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>> CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 8, 2025 MEETING.
WE HAVE A DECLARATION OF A QUORUM, AND LEADING US IN TODAY'S PLEDGE WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER SAM.
>>YOU ALL MAIN STAND AND PRAY WITH YOU.
FATHER, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS LOVE, CONCERN FOR US.
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, AND FATHER THAT YOU THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AS THING GREENS UP AND NEW LIFE HAS SHOWN.
FALL BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE DELIBERATE AS WE GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT TO PARTICIPATE.
OTHER NIGHT, WE WANT TO LIFT UP SIR CROWDS TO YOU.
FATHER BE WITH DOCTORS AND NURSES ATTENDING TO HIM, FATHER.
JUST BE WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS HE'S THERE IN THE HOSPITAL, BRING HIM BACK TO US IN FULL HEALTH.
WE LOVE YOU, LORD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE FOR US.
GO WITH US TONIGHT. EVERYTHING WE DECIDE IS PLEASE IN YOU CHRIST'S NAME.
[CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL]
>> NEXT THING IS WE HAVE CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS, THERE'S FORMS IN THE BACK? RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST SPEAKER FILED WAS MIKE CALLINGER.
YOU'LL HAVE A FIRST, INTRODUCE YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK.
>> MY NAME IS MIKE CALLINGER. MY ADDRESS IS I'D RATHER NOT DISCLOSE, BUT IT WAS IT'S IN RICHWOOD.
FULL DISCLOSURE, I DO OWN PROPERTY IN ANGLETON, I CONSIDERING IT'S A PART OF MY OWN.
MY KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE, I GO TO CHURCH HERE, AND I EMPLOY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AT FULL APART.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME JUST A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK TO YOU.
MY NAME IS MIKE CALLINGER AGAIN, AND I'M RUNNING FOR PORT COMMISSION POSITION, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO GET TO KNOW ME.
I AM AGAIN, RUNNING FOR PORT COMMISSIONER POSITION, AND I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, AM I QUALIFIED? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF ANGLETON BECAUSE IT IS A JOB CREATOR FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I'M CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNDER CR 119 FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
I'VE BEEN SECOND IN COMMAND TO TWO INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES.
I'VE LED FLIGHT DEPARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES WHO SOME OF OPERATE OUT OF THE PORT.
I BUILT A INTERNATIONAL AVIATION COMPANY FROM SCRATCH THAT WE WERE OUT OF HAVI AIRPORT.
NOT JUST ANY AVIATION COMPANY AS AN AVIATION COMPANY IS A JOB CREATOR, IT'S A GREAT SOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN REGARDS TO THE PORT, I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT AN AIRPORT AND A SEAPORT ARE VERY SIMILAR.
I THINK I'VE BRING A EXCELLENT ALTERNATE PERCEPTION COMING FROM THE AIRPORT.
WE ALL HAVE PROPELLERS AND PILOTS AND NAVIDS AND SECURE ENVIRONMENTS AND FUEL.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF AS TIME BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF STUFF ON YOUR AGENDA.
BUT ALSO, I AM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I KNOW HOW BUSY THESE GUYS ARE, SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A WHOLE LOT OF THEIR TIME.
BUT THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. CALLINGER. NEXT SPEAKER, MS. JODI DEPRIEST.
IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE OFF OF DOWNING HERE IN ANGLETON.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT FORM TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL OR TO BE ASKED TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
I'M A PERSONAL TRAINER AND A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR AND A NUTRITIONIST, AND I TEACH A CLASS AT THE REC CENTER.
MY OBJECTIVE OF CONCERN TONIGHT WAS I GET FEEDBACK FROM MY CLASSES ABOUT HOW THEY CAN DO MORE, WHAT'S MORE OFFERED.
I'VE HAD A COUPLE DIFFERENT MEETINGS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE I WAS HIRED ON IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT ADDING NEW CLASSES.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO THAT IN JANUARY WHEN I DIDN'T HEAR BACK.
I PUT TOGETHER AN EMAIL FOR SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS THERE THAT I THOUGHT
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WERE OVER THE PROGRAMS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS AND BRING SOME NEW REVENUE INTO THE REC CENTER.I FEEL LIKE I JUST KEPT GETTING HANDED OFF TO THE NEXT PERSON AND THIS PERSON WOULD GET IN CHARGE, AND IT NEVER REALLY CAME ABOUT.
MY GOAL IS TO GENERATE REVENUE IN THE REC CENTER.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE FOCUS ON THE SENIOR COMMUNITY AND I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A BIG GAP FOR 30, 40, 50 YEAR OLDS, FAMILIES, YOUTH THAT WE COULD MARKET TO TO BRING MORE MEMBERS INTO THE REC CENTER AND TO BRING MORE REVENUE WITHIN ANGLETON.
I WASN'T SURE HOW TO DO ALL THAT.
I COME FROM ARIZONA WHERE I WAS EITHER A PART OF A GYM.
I'VE RUN MY OWN BUSINESS FOR 15 YEARS, AND SO I KNOW HOW TO PUT TOGETHER PROGRAMS AND EXECUTE THEM.
AND HERE, I GUESS IT'S DIFFERENT IN A SMALL TOWN WHERE I HAVE TO ASK THIS PERSON, ASK THIS PERSON, GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY, GO TO THE CITY MEETING AND IT'S IN A DIFFERENT FORUM.
I'M JUST NOT SURE WHICH DIRECTION I NEED TO GO TO TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR VOICES HEARD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE OFFERED THROUGH THE REC CENTER.
>> NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[1. Presentation of the National Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Proclamation.]
IF YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE IN FRONT OF ME? ON THE AGENDA, IT SHOWS THE ANIMAL PATROL OFFICER.I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
OFFICE THE MAYOR OF CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS ANIMAL PATROL OFFICERS DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THE DEDICATED SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC AND OF ALL ANIMALS.
WHEREAS THEY SELFISHLY ENTER POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS DAILY TO SERVE AND PROTECT CITIZENS, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, LIFE AND WILDLIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE NATION, AND WHEREAS SOME IMPORTANT DUTIES OF ANIMAL PATROL OFFICERS INCLUDE ENFORCING ANIMAL CONTROL LAWS.
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC FROM DISEASES SUCH AS RABIES, CAPTURING ROAMING, AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANIMALS, INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF ANIMAL COMPLAINTS AND WELFARE, SEIZING ANIMALS FROM HARMFUL CONDITIONS AND REHOMING, REHABILITATING, RELOCATING AND RELEASING ANIMALS TO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON URGES ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN EXPRESSING OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE SERVICE AND DEDICATION OF ANIMAL PATROL OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN WRIGHT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 13 THROUGH 19TH, 2025 IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION PROCLAIMS EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL 2025, SIGNED BY MAYOR PRO TEM TRES.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF IRONY TO THIS.
EARLIER IN THIS WEEK, I HAD TO CALL FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH AN ANIMAL THAT HAD DID NEED, AND THEY HAD ACTED QUICKLY AND CAPTURE THAT ANIMAL AND WAS ABLE TO GET TESTED AND MAKE SURE IT WAS RABIES, FORTUNATELY, I'M NOT IS EITHER.
THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND BRENDA IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN GET ON THE PHONE AND THEY GET THINGS DONE.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU.
[2. Presentation of the National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week Proclamation.]
>> PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK PROCLAMATION. ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.
AGAIN, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THAT REQUIRE POLICE, FIRE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT PROMPT RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS,
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FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PRESERVE PROPERTY.WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE CALLING FOR HELP AND AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES WHO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE, AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR FIRST RESPONSE, APPREHENSION OF CROMES, AND THE TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS IN LIFE DIRECTING SITUATIONS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO CALLED THE CITY OF ANGLETON EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, AND WHEREAS COUNTLESS LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED DUE TO THE PROMPT, EFFECTIVE, COMPASSIONATE AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSES OF TELECOMMUNICATORS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN, COMMEND EACH TELECOMMUNICATOR, FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO DUTY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMMITMENT TO THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN WRIGHT, MAYOR OF CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL, DO HIRE BY PROCLAIM THAT APRIL 13 THROUGH 19, 2025 IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.
PROCLAIM IS THE EIGHTH DATE OF APRIL 2025, SIGNED BY. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] WE WANT TO AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THEIR EFFORTS JUST TODAY.
THREE MAJOR CALLS CAME DOWN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE, ALL THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE SAFE AT.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ACTION.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARD.
[3. Presentation of employee service award.]
>> PRO TEM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR RALPH HERNANDEZ FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AND THOMAS HALL FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THEN WE HAVE OUR CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF APRIL 2025,
[4. Ceremonial Presentation of April 2025 Keep Angleton Beautiful Yard of the Month and Business of the Month.]
KEETON, BEAUTIFUL YARD OF THE MONTH AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH. JASON.>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. WE'RE AT THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN AS C MENTIONED THAT THE THINGS STARTING TO BLOOM AND GET BACK IN GREEN AND GROWING.
KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL STARTS THE INITIATIVE OF YARD OF THE MONTH AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT YARD OF THE MONTH TO BRUCE AND PELLA BRANCH.
THEIR PROPERTY IS 700 IN DRIVE.
SHE STILL AT WORK? WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU UP.
WE JUST WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
THE YARD IS BEAUTIFUL. THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE RAIN THAT CAME TO BE ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING IN FULL BLOOM, SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THIS CITY. [APPLAUSE].
>> THEN WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE BRAZORI COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN, 139 EAST MYRTLE STREET.
WE APPRECIATE WHEN BUSINESSES TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH WHAT FOOTPRINT THEY HAVE AS FAR AS A YARD OR THEIR STOREFRONTS AND BE ABLE TO UTILIZE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE THAT BEAUTIFUL.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, I'LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO DRIVE BY THERE.
THEY HAVE FOUND SOME VERY UNIQUE WAYS TO BRIGHTEN UP THE AREA, AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AS WELL. [APPLAUSE].
>> GOOD JOB. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT REALLY HELP COMMUNITY WHEN PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.
THAT'S IT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS.
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>> NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
NUMBER 5, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FOR JANUARY 28, FEBRUARY 11, FEBRUARY 26, MARCH 11, AND MARCH 25, 2025.NUMBER 6, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 0408-006, SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE PROPOSED BY CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP TEXAS DIVISION TO INCREASE RATES UNDER THE GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FOR 45 DAYS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN A COALITION OF CITIES KNOWN AS THE ALLIANCE OF CENTERPOINT MUNICIPALITIES TEXAS COAST UTILITIES COALITION.
NUMBER 7, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO WAIVE FEES FOR THE JUNETEENTH MASS GATHERINGS PERMIT AND AUTHORIZED USE OF BATES PARK PAVILION.
AND NUMBER 8, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO WAIVE THE MASS GATHERING PERMIT FEES FOR ANGLETON GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, 10U STATE TOURNAMENT, AND AUTHORIZED CLOSURE OF BATES PARK.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALLING FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNAL BY SAYING, AYE.
NO OPPOSITION. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT.
[9. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and possible action to receive comments regarding the 2025 Standards of Care the Angleton Parks and Recreation Department will operate for youth recreational programs and to approve Ordinance No. 20250408-009 amending and adopting the 2025 Standards of Care for Youth Programs by revising Chapter 17 – Parks and Recreation, Article 1. – In Genera, Section 17-3 Standards of care for youth recreational programs.]
NUMBER 9, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS NUMBER 9 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2025 STANDARDS OF CARE THE ANGLETON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WILL OPERATE FOR YOUTH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 0408-009, AMENDING AND ADOPTING THE 25 STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS BY REVISING CHAPTER 17 PARKS AND RECREATION ARTICLE 1.IN GENERAL, SECTION 17-3 STANDARDS OF CARE FOR YOUTH RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS. ACTION?
>> MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SARTON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING BEFORE COUNCIL IN OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS OUR STANDARDS OF CARE AND OPERATION SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR SUMMER CAMP.
SO THIS IS TO JUST UPDATE AND ADOPT THAT.
WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO LAST YEAR'S REVISION, SO THIS IS JUST TO BRING IT FORWARD TO STAY WITH A COMPLIANCE THAT WE GO THROUGH EACH YEAR.
OUR STANDARD OF CARE ADDRESSES THINGS AS STAFFING RATIO, MINIMUM STAFF QUALIFICATIONS MINIMUM FACILITY QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS MECHANISM AS FAR AS MONITORING AND ENFORCING LOCAL STANDARDS, AND THEN HOW WE INFORM OUR PARENTS AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE LICENSED OR NOT LICENSED AS NEED BE BASED ON OUR FACILITY.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY.
AND ASKING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE?
>> IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? PLEASE GO TO THE MICROPHONE, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WHERE YOU LIVE.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL.
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SARTON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THIS PUBLIC HEARING SAY AYE.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW IN CLOSE.
COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
MY OLDEST WAS IN IT FOR THE ENTIRE AGE BRACKET UNTIL THEY KICKED HIM OUT AT 12 AND IT'S A GREAT PRICE.
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>> I GUESS THE VAST MAJORITY OF US IN HERE ARE PROBABLY PARENTS.
YOU BRING YOUR CHILDREN UP FROM INFANCY TO WHATEVER, YOU WANT TO TRUST THE PEOPLE THAT YOU PUT THEM IN YOUR CARE AND WE HEAR ENOUGH HORROR STORIES, BUT WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THEY DROPPED THEIR CHILD OFF AT REC CENTER.
THERE'S A LOT OF EYES WATCHING.
>> YES, SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANY ACTION?
>> WE'RE JUST ADOPTING THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, SO MOVED.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL TO ACCEPT AND THEN SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE CALL FOR A VOTE? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. CALL FOR VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR SINGLE BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN. ACTION CARRIES.
RESOLUTION CARRIES. NUMBER 10, REGULAR AGENDA.
[10. Discussion and possible action to close the Angleton Recreation Center to host the My Neighbor Day event on December 5-7, 2025 to serve Brazoria County residents.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS CLOSE THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER TO HOST MY NEIGHBOR DAY EVENT ON DECEMBER 5-7, 2025 TO SERVE MAJORITY OF COUNTY RESIDENTS.AND I SEE MR. MUR STILL AT THE PODIUM.
THIS IS TO TALK ABOUT MY NEIGHBOR DAY 2025.
JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK RECAP OF WHAT WE HAD IN 2024.
WE HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE BETTER LIFE INSIGHT FOUNDATION AND RAM, WHICH IS REMOTE AREA MEDICAL, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EYE CARE, DENTAL, AND MEDICAL CARE, AND NO CHARGE TO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD SIGN UP AT NO COST.
THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ANGLETON REC CENTER IN OCTOBER OF 2024.
WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE THAT FREE CARE TO THEM THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE SEEKING COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A 2025 EVENT IN DECEMBER.
THAT WOULD RUN THE FIRST WEEKEND IN DECEMBER.
WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THAT TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE REC CENTER.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE THE DETAILS AS FAR AS THAT CLOSURES GO.
IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
IT WOULD CLOSE AT NOON ON FRIDAY AND THEN IT WOULD BE CLOSED FROM THAT TIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN REOPEN FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS ON SATURDAY, OR SORRY, ON MONDAY, MORNING AT 5:00 AM.
THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE ALWAYS LOOK BACK TO SEE WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD HAVE ON THE MEMBER USAGE OR THE FACILITY USAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THERE IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL, WE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, SO COMPARABLE TO THE FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER.
WE SAW ABOUT 354 MEMBERS THAT CAME IN THROUGHOUT THAT THREE DAYS.
THEN AS FAR AS REVENUE GOES, SPECIFIC REVENUE THAT WAS COLLECTED THROUGH THOSE THREE DAYS WAS 1961.
IF WE WERE TO GO INTO THE SAME PARTNERSHIP, BETTER LIFE AND SITES HAS AGREED TO MAKE WHOLE, AS FAR AS THEIR RENTAL FEE WOULD BE, THAT THEY WOULD PAY THE COST THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOST FROM REVENUE OR DAY PASSES FOR THAT WEEKEND.
I'M ALSO GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO MR. DENISE AND SHE'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE SUCCESS FROM THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
>> HELLO. [OVERLAPPING]. YES. I'LL SHOW YOU A VIDEO.
>> AS THEY'RE BRINGING IT UP. THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO IS ACTUALLY OF THE MY NEIGHBOR DAY CLINIC AT THE REC CENTER.
IT'S SHOWING OUR ACTUAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FOLKS THAT WERE ENGAGED IN AND I THINK THE LAST SLIDE SHOW ALL THE SPONSORS THAT WE HAD.
WHEN I CAME TO YOU ALL IN MAY OF LAST YEAR TO PRESENT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI COUNTY TO ANGLETON SPECIFICALLY, OUR COUNTY SEAT.
WE HAD FIVE MONTHS TO STAND UP THIS OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN MAY AND OCTOBER.
WE CAN CREATE A COMMUNITY COST GROUP LEADERSHIP TEAM AND GET SPONSORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THIS VIDEO,
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WE MAY.I CAN DO WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AFTER ALL SAW YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO SAY IS JUST A BIG THANK YOU.
I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF YOU ALL WHO DID GET A CHANCE TO COME BY.
THE CLINIC ON THAT FRIDAY BEFORE THE CLINIC STARTED.
CAME IN ON FRIDAY, GOT SET UP, AND THEN FRIDAY EVENING, WE HAD A LEADERSHIP DINNER AND IT WAS SPONSORED BY KENJILL'S BARBECUE.
THEY SPONSORED AND WE HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN.
WE HAD LEADERSHIP FROM NOT JUST OF COURSE ANGLETON TO COME, BUT WE HAD LEADERSHIP FROM FREEPORT CITY COUNCIL, FROM COLONY.
THEIR MAYOR CAME AND SO WE HAD SENT OUT INFORMATION IN THE FLYER TO EVERY MAYOR IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI COUNTY.
THEY DID SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH FOLKS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND IN THEIR CITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THESE SERVICES.
WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL IN THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CREATED WITH THE COMMUNITY HOST GROUP LEADERSHIP TEAM.
WE HAD THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE UNITED WAY.
I'M A PART OF THAT GROUP, AS WELL AS THE SALVATION ARMY, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAD A TOUCH POINT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WE WERE TRYING TO REACH THAT WANTED TO THAT WE WANTED TO SERVE.
THOSE LEADERS AND ALL THE SPONSORS THAT YOU'LL SEE, THOSE LEADERS CAME OUT TO THE LEADERSHIP DINNER SO THAT THEY COULD GET A CHANCE TO NOT JUST SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, GET BEHIND THE SCENES, LOOK AT WHAT AFTER THEY HAD GOTTEN IT SET UP, WHAT THE CLINIC WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE GYM AND SO FORTH, AND SO ON.
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SAY, BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HOST GROUP LEADERSHIP TEAM.
MEGAN, SHE'S MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, BUT SHE WAS ON THE COMMUNITY HOST GROUP LEADERSHIP TEAM.
MY HUSBAND, DR. JACKSON ACTUALLY LED THE CLINIC TEAM, SO WE HAD FOUR OPTOMETRISTS BE A PART OF THAT CLINIC TEAM.
WE HAD THE WHOLE SAM HOUSTON COLLEGE, OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE.
THEY BROUGHT A DO FROM THEIR SCHOOL AND 12 STUDENTS.
WE HAD DO STUDENTS BE A PART OF THAT CLINIC.
ONE ORAL SURGEON AND A DENTIST.
WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD CLINIC TEAM.
WE STILL NEED TO BUILD MORE OF THAT TEAM, AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT [INAUDIBLE].
>> ON MY NEIGHBOR DAY, THE BETTER LIFE IN SITE FOUNDATION BROUGHT HOPE AND HEALING TO SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY WITH A FREE POP UP CLINIC.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REMOTE AREA MEDICAL AND THE CITY OF ANGLETON, WE PROUDLY PROVIDED DENTAL VISION AND MEDICAL CARE TO 210 UNDERSERVED AND UNINSURED RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS CLINIC WASN'T JUST ABOUT HEALTH SERVICES.
IT WAS A TRUE COMMUNITY EFFORT.
LOCAL VOLUNTEERS GAVE THEIR TIME, AND GENEROUS SPONSORS PROVIDED THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.
THE IMPACT WAS LIFE CHANGING FROM A CHILD SEEING CLEARLY FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH NEW GLASSES, TO PATIENTS RECEIVING ESSENTIAL DENTAL AND MEDICAL CARE.
THESE MOMENTS OF JOY AND RELIEF REFLECTED THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO, BRINGING CARE AND COMPASSION TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
FOR MANY, THIS CLINIC WAS THEIR ONLY ACCESS TO CARE.
THE GRATITUDE EXPRESSED BY OUR PATIENTS REMINDED US WHY THIS MISSION IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHY WE MUST CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
TOGETHER, WE'RE BUILDING A STRONGER, HEALTHIER COMMUNITY, ONE NEIGHBOR, ONE SMILE, AND ONE BETTER LIFE IN SIGHT AT A TIME.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF MY NEIGHBOR DAY.
YOUR SUPPORT IS CREATING BRIGHTER FUTURES IN SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY AND BEYOND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS VITAL WORK TOGETHER.
>> NEED I SAY MORE? BUT JUST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
WHEN YOU DEVELOP A COMMUNITY HOST GROUP LEADERSHIP TEAM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS, THE HEALTH FOLKS, [INAUDIBLE] CAME OVER AND CAME NEXT DOOR AND SAW WHAT ALL WE WERE DOING THERE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID THAT FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THAT LEADERSHIP DINNER, WE ALSO HAD A PRAYER WALK WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAD SEVERAL CHURCHES OUT OF LAKE JACKSON AND ANGLETON COME AND GIRD US IN PRAYER, SO WE WALKED THE WHOLE FACILITY.
AND OUR HOPE AND THAT WAS THAT WE WOULD BE SAFE, THE SAFETY ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THE POLICE AT THE READY NEXT DOOR, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SAFETY ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH PEOPLE BEING HURT ON THE FACILITY.
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THE FACILITY WAS LEFT WHOLE AND CLEAN.THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT IT WAS LOCKED UP AFTER EVERY NIGHT, THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOOD THAT WE WERE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE VENUE.
ALL THAT SAID, I'M COMING AGAIN.
I THINK LAST YEAR, WE SAID OUR HOPE WAS THAT THIS WAS AN ANNUAL EVENT.
WE COULD BRING THIS TO OUR CITY AND TO OUR COUNTY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
IT TOOK PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS FROM THE END OF THE CLINIC TO ACTUALLY GET THE AUDIT RESULTS FROM REMOTE AREA MEDICAL, SO THEY AUDIT EVERY CLINIC THAT GOES ON IT.
THEY DO A DEEP DIVE IN THE CLINIC CARE AND ALL THESE TYPE OF THING.
WHEN WE GOT THE AUDIT REPORT BACK, I DID SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY HOST GROUP LEADERSHIP TEAM.
I THINK SOME OF YOU PROBABLY GOT SOME OF THAT DATA, SO YOU COULD SEE ALL THE ZIP CODES OF PATIENTS WHO ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO COME.
ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THAT, YOU ALL HAVE A PROSPECTUS, SO YOU ALL HAVE A WHOLE PROSPECTUS IN THERE, AND IT SHOWS THE ZIP CODES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST DID WANT TO SAY IS THAT, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD SHARED THIS WITH THE LOCAL AREA MIRRORS AND ALL THIS TYPE OF THINGS.
WE HAD FOLKS, NOW THE GOOD PORTION OF THE PEOPLE, 36% OF THESE PEOPLE, 77 OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SEEN OF THE 210, WE SAW 210 PATIENTS IN UNIQUE PATIENTS.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY, 75 OF ANGLETON AS TWO ZIP CODES.
ANYWAY, SO WE HAD 75 THAT WERE ACTUALLY ANGLETON, AND THEN PUT, FREEPORT, LAKE JACKSON, THEY MADE UP SOME OF THE OTHER BIGGER NUMBERS.
BUT WE HAD FOLKS FROM SPLENDORA, GOODRICH, SWEENEY, WEST COLUMBIA, ALVIN, LET'S SEE, DAN BERRY, ROSHARON, NEW BRONSKO.
WE EVEN HAD SOMEONE FROM AUSTIN, NEVILLE COME TO THIS CLINIC, PEOPLE WHO AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOOD ABOUT HAVING A NATIONAL PARTNER.
OUR MARKETING WE HAD REALLY GOOD MARKETING LOCALLY, BUT THEN THEY HAVE AN ARM OF NATIONAL MARKETING.
I WILL SAY WE HAD TWO SURPRISES FOR THIS, AS FAR AS LEADERSHIP.
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF REMOTE AREA MEDICAL CAME TO ANGLETON TEXAS.
I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE HIM.
I GOT MET HIM, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO MEET HIM AND HAVE GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIS TEAM BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR MONTHS.
THE OTHER SURPRISE WAS DURING THE CLINIC BECAUSE OF REMOTE AREA MEDICAL HAS A REACH, AS FAR AS NATIONAL MARKETING, THERE WAS A FRENCH TV TEAM THAT WAS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY WERE, I THINK THEY WERE IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS CLINIC, AND THEY WERE ONLY AWAY TO TEXAS.
THEY CAME AND SPENT A DAY AND A HALF.
THEY GOT PERMISSION FROM REMOTE AREA MEDICAL AND A FAMILY TO FOLLOW THEM THROUGH CARE.
ANGLETON IS ON THE NATIONAL MAP, NOT JUST WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
THEN IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE CLINIC TEAM CAME FROM, AS FAR AS THE VOLUNTEER PEOPLE, OH, IT WAS NINE STATES.
IF YOU SEE THAT ON THIS SIDE OF YOUR THING, IT'LL TELL YOU THE STATES THAT THE VOLUNTEERS CAME FROM, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA.
THEN WITHIN TEXAS, WE HAD ALMOST 30 CITIES REPRESENTED AND VOLUNTEERS.
THE HEART OF ANGLETON AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THE EXPOSURE, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECES THAT I WANTED, THAT'S THE CLINIC PART, AND THE EXPOSURE PART.
BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE THERE, THERE WAS OVER $75,000 WORTH OF CARE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO CITIZENS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI COUNTY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID SHARE DOING THIS IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE REFERRALS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
FORTY FOUR OF THOSE 210 PATIENTS NEEDED FOLLOW UP CARE.
MY CHN, AND THEY RECEIVED ALL OF THOSE PATIENTS TO DO FURTHER DEEP DIVES, SOME OF THEM NEED ORAL SURGERY.
MY CHN HAS DENTAL AND THEY HAVE MEDICAL.
THAT'S WHERE THOSE REFERRALS WENT TO SO THAT WAS WITHIN COMMUNITY.
THEN FOR VISION, WE HAD 19 PEOPLE WHO NEED SURGERIES, DIFFERENT TYPE OF VISION SURGERIES.
THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, THEIR SURGERY CENTER TOOK ALL OF OUR PATIENTS AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO USE OUR CONNECTIONS IN OUR PROFESSIONAL SPACES TO BRING HELP AND HELP, I SHOULD SAY, HELP SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEN ALSO, OF THAT 210 PATIENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMICS, 88% OF THOSE PATIENTS WERE MISSOURI COUNTY.
I KNOW THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME TALK OF WE TALKED ABOUT THE 75 THAT WAS ANGLETON, BUT 88% OF THAT 210 PATIENTS THEY WERE MISSOURI COUNTY.
ONLY 12% WERE OTHER PLACES, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME ALL THE WAY I THINK FROM DALLAS OR SOMEWHERE THAT THEY HEARD ABOUT AND THEY NEEDED WHATEVER, AND THEY SHOWED UP.
THESE PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
WE PUT UP THIS CLINIC TEAM FOR FOUR DAYS AT LA QUINTA, SO THAT'S FOUR NIGHTS OF HOTEL HOT TAX DOLLARS.
I JUST WANT TO HIT THAT ON THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE GREAT EXPOSURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL REALLY I WANT TO SAY.
OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
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WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND SPONSORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.AS ALL THE DIFFERENT SPONSORS. HOPEFULLY, THESE FOLKS.
THE SAME PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE TO SPONSOR AS WELL.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME CLINIC PARTNER AS FAR AS RAM AND WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME VENUE AS THE REC CENTER.
THAT WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY MOVING PARTS AND PIECES, AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER DELTAS THAT WE SAW AS IT RELATES TO DEEPENING OUR CLINIC TEAM, DEEPENING OUR SPONSORSHIPS, WE CAN KEEP THOSE THINGS GOING.
ANYONE, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE. LET ME JUST LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULE.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DID Y'ALL HAVE WORK OVERNIGHT LAST YEAR?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT.
>> THE CLINIC WASN'T OVERNIGHT.
THE PARKING LOT WAS OVERNIGHT.
>> YES. THE WAY THIS WORKS IS THAT THEY SET UP ON THAT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
WE HAD THE EVENT AND SO FORTH.
THEN THE CLINIC HOURS START AT MIDNIGHT.
PEOPLE CAN START COMING AND PARK AND GET A TICKET.
THEY BASICALLY THEY HAVE LIKE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND THEN THEY CAN START GETTING TICKETS FOR CARE.
IT'S BASICALLY YOU CAN GET IN LINE STARTING AT MIDNIGHT.
THE CLINIC ITSELF OPENS AT 6:00 AM IN THE MORNING ON SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN STAYS OPEN UNTIL 6:00 PM ON THAT SATURDAY AND THEN 6:00 AM TO NOON ON SUNDAY.
THE OVERNIGHT THINGS IS JUST PEOPLE GETTING IN LINE.
>> I REMEMBER DRIVING BY AND SEEING PEOPLE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. THANK YOU.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> MAYBE JASON, IF YOU KNOW, IS THAT SATURDAY THE POTENTIAL SATURDAY OF HEART OF CHRISTMAS?
>> YES, TYPICALLY, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST DAY.
>> THAT WOULDN'T PRESENT A PROBLEM WITH SPREADING PEOPLE TOO THIN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION FOR WHERE THE CITY IS AND JUST LIMITED RESOURCES, DENISE AND I HAVE ALREADY HAD THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT COMMITMENT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO MY NEIGHBOR DAY A SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
BUT WE WOULD ALWAYS DO OUR INTERNAL FIRST.
IF HEART OF CHRISTMAS IS AGO, WE WOULD SUPPORT THAT AND THEN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS AS WE COULD AS WELL.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE I DON'T HAVE LIMITED OVERLAP.
I GUESS, HEART CHRISTMAS USUALLY STARTS AROUND 5:00, MAYBE 6:00.
>> AS DENISE HAD MENTIONED, WE REALLY TRIED TO DO THIS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS.
WE REACHED THE COMMUNITY FIRST.
THE MORE THAT THIS IS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ENVISION MORE VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING IT.
I WILL ALSO SECOND TO SAY THAT WE HOPE TO MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL THING, BUT WE ALSO DO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR FACILITY IS LIMITED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM RAM.
IF THIS CONTINUES TO GROW, WE MAY HAVE TO EXPLORE AN ALTERNATE OPTION BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH SERVICE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.
WE WERE VERY BENEFICIAL THAT THEY BROUGHT IN A DENTAL TRUCK.
SOMETIMES THEY WILL ACTUALLY HOLD THE DENTAL SPACE WITHIN THE FACILITY, BUT THEY DECIDED TO BRING A TRUCK AND TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THAT TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE MORE SIMPLISTIC.
BUT IF THE EVENT WERE TO CONTINUE TO GROW, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATE OPTIONS TO BRANCH OUT INTO SO. THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S GOOD NEWS. OBVIOUSLY, GROWING IS A GOOD PROBLEM.
IT SAYS, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION.
>> MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANGLETON CLOSURE FOR THE MY NEIGHBOR DAY, DECEMBER 5TH THROUGH 7TH, 2025.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL.
>> SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR I CALL FOR A VOTE? I CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SINGLE BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN? MOTION CARRIES.
CONGRATULATIONS. ITEM NUMBER 11,
[11. Discussion and possible action to award Bid No. 2025-04 Texian Trail Subdivision Drainage Improvements to Scope Twenty-Eight, LLC for an amount not to exceed $211,327.10.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD BID NUMBER 2025-04, TEXIAN TRAIL SUBDIVISION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO SCOPE 28 LLC FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $211,327.10.TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CITY RECEIVED FIVE BIDS THAT WE OPENED, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, BASED ON A BID TAB SHEET THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, SCOPE 28 LLC WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER.
DUE TO THEM BEING A NEW CONTRACTOR TO THE CITY, HDR DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND REVIEWING THE PROJECTS THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST, THAT THEY PRESENTED IN THEIR REFERENCES, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, A LOT OF AS FAR AS DOLLAR COSTS,
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THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THEM THAT ARE RIGHT IN THE REALM OF THIS PROJECT AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.ALSO IN CONTACTING THEIR REFERENCES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ATTACHED REFERENCE CHECKS THEY GOT A LOT OF GOOD REVIEWS FROM ALL THEIR PREVIOUS PROJECTS.
A LOT OF ALL RECOMMENDING THAT THEY WOULD HIRE THIS CONTRACTOR AGAIN TO DO FUTURE WORK.
WE FEEL THAT THEY HAVE CAPABLE CREWS TO DO THIS PROJECT.
WE RECOMMEND THAT WE AWARD THE BID TO SCOPE 28 LLC.
ALSO HAVE THE OWNER AND PROJECT MANAGER HERE, IF ALL HAVE ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS TO THEM?
>> THANK YOU, HECTOR. I DON'T THINK I RECOGNIZE YOU, BUT THANK YOU, HECTOR.
THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMPETITIVE BID.
I THINK WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR WAS, THEY'RE WELL UNDER BUDGET, I GUESS.
IT WAS A ABLC BOND THAT FUNDED THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, THAT'S MORE MONEY WE COULD FUNNEL TOWARDS ABIGAEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH THE COST SAVINGS ON THIS PROJECT.
>> ANY POSSIBLE ACTION? OR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
>> HECTOR PROBABLY HERE, DID YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF DAYS TO ANTICIPATE GETTING WORK DONE IN?
>> WE MAKE A MOTION. WE AWARD THE CONTRACT TO SCOPE 28.
THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $211,327.10.
>> GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SARTIN.
BEFORE I CALL FOR VOTE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M GOT TO HEAR ANY. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS.
[12. Discussion and possible action on the Final Plat of the Ashland Project Sapphire Springs Trail Street Dedication/Number 4.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FINAL PLAT OF ASHLAND PROJECT, SAPPHIRE SPRINGS, TRAIL STREET DEDICATION/ NUMBER 4 [INAUDIBLE] OTIS GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING.COUNCIL. THESE ARE FIVE PLATS THAT I HAVE.
FINAL PLAT FOR ASHLAND PROJECT SAPPHIRE SPRINGS, TRAIL STREET DEDICATION NUMBER 4 IN YOUR COVER AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE LOCATION OF THIS PARTICULAR STREET DEDICATION JUST EAST OF THE SCHOOL IN THE ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU RECALL, THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2023.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS ITEM IN THEIR MEETING FIRST THURSDAY THIS MONTH.
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT IN TERMS OF THE CITY ENGINEERS COMMENTS OF REVIEW, AND THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE RESPONSE LETTER, I THINK IT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN CLEARED ON THE FINAL PLAT, AND WE ARE FORWARDING THIS RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS ITEM SENT TO YOU.
WITH THEIR VOTE FOR FOUR TO ZERO OF THOSE PRESENT, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF FINAL ACTION ON THIS FINAL PLAT.
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLIGHT OF A PROJECTS SAPPHIRE SPRINGS TRAIL STREET DEDICATION NUMBER 4.
>> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SARTIN.
BEFORE I CALL FOR VOTE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> OTIS. THE HIGHWAY THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS FOREIGN MARKET HIGHWAY 521?
HOUSE TO THE ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF IT.
ANOTHER FOREIGN MARKET ROAD FM 523, STATE HIGHWAY 523.
I EVEN KNOW IF TEXAS HAS THIS ONE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY.
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GOING FORWARD. LET'S GET THE RIGHT.>> THAT'S ALL. SOUND PICKY, BUT IT'S A PLAT. THAT'S THE STREET.
>> IF THAT SIMPLE INJURY, YOU'RE CREEPING OUT.
YOU JUST CAN'T HELP IT. [LAUGHTER]
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION.
I CALL FOR THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF SINGLE BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN? MOTION CARRIES.
I THINK WE'RE ON TO NUMBER 13.
[13. Discussion and possible action on the Final Plat of Ashland Section 3, located east of Sections 1 & 2 off Almadine Dr.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FINAL PLAT OF ASHLAND, SECTION 3, LOCATED EAST OF SECTIONS 1&2 OFF ALMADINE ROAD?>> YES, SIR. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU FINAL PLAT FOR SECTION 3, JUST EAST OF SECTIONS 1&2 IN WHICH YOU HAVE APPROVED.
WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN IN TERMS OF THE LOCATION OF SECTION 3.
THIS PARTICULAR FINAL PLAT CONSISTS OF 19.43 ACRES WITH 75 LOCKS.
THEN THERE ARE THE EIGHT RESERVES FOR DRAINAGE LANDSCAPING AND UTILITY RESERVES WITH FOUR BLOCKS BEING PROPOSED.
JUST AS I STATED, THIS PLAT WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE COUNCIL WITH 4-0 VOTE.
ALL OF THE CONCERNS OF THE CD ENGINEER THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE APPLICANT AND CLEARED.
YOU HAVE THE FINAL PLAT ATTACHED WITH THAT RESPONSE LETTER.
THIS IS SUBJECT OF COURSE TO THE APPROVED DA AND SPA, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR ASHLAND, WHICH WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2023 AS WELL.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION ON THE FINAL PLAT FOR SECTION 3.
>> A MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT OF ASHLAND SECTION 3.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? I'M NOT HEARING ANY.
GOT THE MOTION ON THE TABLE. CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SIGNAL BY SAYING, AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[14. Discussion and possible action on the Final Plat of Ashland Development Section 4, located south of Section 3.]
ITEM 14, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FINAL PLAT FOR ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION 4 LOCATED SOUTH OF SECTION 3. OTIS.>> NO, JUST AS DESCRIBED, YOU HAVE ALSO ANOTHER PLAT HERE, WHICH WENT BEFORE YOU AS A PRELIMINARY BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
THIS PARTICULAR PLAT CONSISTS OF 19.38 ACRES WITH 88 LOTS.
THERE ARE SIX RESERVES FOR DRAINAGE, OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPING, AND UTILITY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS ITEM IN THEIR LAST MEETING.
VOTED 4-0 TO APPROVE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY ENGINEER WAS ABLE TO CLEAR ALL OF THE COMMENTS IN THE RESPONSE LETTER THAT'S ATTACHED.
YOU HAVE THAT PLAT SECTION ATTACHED AS WELL WITH ALL OF THOSE CORRECTIONS, AND THIS IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL.
>> APPROVE FINAL PLAT FOR ASHLAND SECTION 4.
>> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
>> SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY, MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING, AYE.
[15. Discussion and possible action on the Final Plat of Ashland Development Section 5, located directly east of Section 4.]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE FINAL PLAT OF ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT SECTION 5 LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST OF SECTION 4. OTIS, GOOD TO SEE YOU.>> SAME IS DESCRIBED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WENT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THEIR FIRST MEETING THIS MONTH IN TERMS OF THE FINAL PLAT OF SECTION 5.
THAT BEING THE 102 LOTS ON 22.75 ACRES OF THE FOUR RESERVES PROPOSED AND FIVE BLOCKS.
PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED 4-0.
CITY ENGINEER HAS CLEARED ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND WE HAVE THE RESPONSE LETTER ATTACHED.
AS QUIT, HE HAS PRESENTED THIS.
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>> MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE FINAL PLAT SECTION 5.
>> GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL.
>> SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOT HEARING ANY, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF SIGNAL BY SAYING, AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN? MOTION CARRIES.
[16. Discussion and possible action on the Final Plat of Ashland Section 6, located south of future Sapphire Springs Trail.]
MR. FICK, GOD TO SEE YOU.NUMBER 16, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON FINAL PLAT OF ASHLAND SECTION 6, LOCATED SOUTH OF FUTURE SAPPHIRE SPRING STORE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS THE FINAL ITEM, WHICH WOULD GET US 2,456 LOCKS ON ALL OF THE PLATS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED PRIOR TO THIS ONE BEING APPROVED.
OF COURSE, THAT WOULD GET US UP TO 456 LOCKS.
THIS IS 62 LOTS ON 52.2 ACRES FOR SECTION 6.
YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION HERE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR ASHLAND.
PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS IN THEIR FIRST MEETING APPROVED IT 4-0, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND THE CITY ENGINEER HAS CLEARED ALL THE COMMENTS ON THIS PLAT.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF SECTION 6 OF ASHLAND.
>> I DO HAVE A LOT OF MIXED CHARTS IF YOU ALL NEED A COPY OF IT, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING.
>> I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> I WILL SAY THAT ALTHOUGH IT SAID 60-FOOT LOTS IN TERMS OF MAXIMUM SIZE, SOME OF THE LOTS IN THE SECTIONS DO APPROACH 70, 80, AND 90 FEET.
WE'LL GET A MORE COMPLETE DELINEATION, I THINK BY THE DEVELOPER FOR YOU, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT.
>> MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE FINAL PLAT ASHLAND SECTION 6.
>> COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER SARTIN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING, AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN? MOTION CARRIES.
>> THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO PAUSE A SECOND.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS.
[17. Discussion and possible action regarding the proposed updates to the Angleton Parks & Recreation Department Cost Recovery policy.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE ANGLETON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT COST RECOVER COVERAGE POLICY.>> YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
IF YOU RECALL BACK ON MARCH 11TH, WE HAD BROUGHT AN UPDATED COST RECOVERY POLICY BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT INCLUSION OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS.
OUR CURRENT COST RECOVERY MODEL THAT IS IN PLACE TAKES INTO ACCOUNT DIRECT COSTS.
IT WAS COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE TO RE-EXPLORE WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, AND WE EVALUATED WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH OUR INDIRECT COSTS.
TAKING THINGS TO ACCOUNT FOR SALARIES OF STAFF, INSURANCE, PART-TIME STAFF, MARKETING, TRANSPORTATION, A NUMBER OF THINGS, WHEN WE DID THAT, WE CAME UP WITH A NEW SPREADSHEET TO BE ABLE TO CALCULATE THAT OUT AND BE ABLE TO DIVIDE OUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR COST RECOVERY.
AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR, OUR CURRENT COST RECOVERY POLICY GOES FROM 0% TO 150%, AND WHERE THAT FALLS ON THAT LINE AS FAR AS WITH THE TIER THAT IT WOULD BE WITHIN AND SO THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SUBSIDY WOULD LOOK LIKE.
ABLC IS OUR FUNDING BOARD, AND THEY PROVIDE THIS FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM.
A PROGRAM THAT IS A 50% COST RECOVERY BRINGS IN 50% OF THE REVENUE THAT IT COSTS TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM, 50% OF THE COST IS COVERED FROM ABLC, TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS BEFORE COUNCIL IN MARCH, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO GO TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A PUBLIC MEETING ON APRIL 1ST.
WE HAD 23 INDIVIDUALS SHOW UP TO THAT MEETING.
YOU'LL SEE BEFORE YOU A LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE BROUGHT TO THEM AS FAR AS SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS.
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I WILL POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COLOR GRAPH.THERE ARE THREE AT THE BOTTOM THAT TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED AND WHERE THEY MAY FALL.
I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER ONES.
WE GAVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT COST RECOVERY IS AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND HOW WE DO BUSINESS FOR THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.
THEN WE ASKED THEM TO ACTUALLY RANK WHERE THEY FELT THAT SHOULD LIE.
WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP AND PUT THEIR INPUTS AND THIS WAS THE INPUT COLLECTED.
YOU'LL SEE THE THINGS HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE.
ANY ITEM OR NUMBER THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE IS THE MAJORITY OF WHERE THEY FELT THAT PROGRAM SHOULD LIE.
IT GAVE US INSIGHT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COMMUNITY'S NEED IS AND WHERE THEY FEEL THOSE SHOULD LIE.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE IF YOU WILL.
BUT THIS GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THEIR INPUT AND THEIR FEEDBACK AND HOW THAT WOULD SUPPORT COST RECOVERY.
I WILL SAY THERE WERE ALSO ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS IN GREAT DISCUSSION AS FAR AS THE NEED FOR COST RECOVERY.
WE DID RECEIVE MULTIPLE COMPLIMENTS ON HAVING AN OFFICIAL COST RECOVERY POLICY IN PLACE TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SENIOR PROGRAMMING AND HOW THAT CURRENTLY FALLS UNDER A 0% COST RECOVERY.
THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS AND CONCERNS THERE THAT THAT HAD A 0%, WHEREAS OTHER THINGS WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING HELPING TO SUPPORT THAT, SO WHERE IS THE BALANCE THAT GOES WITH THAT? IT GOES IN LINE TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
CHENEY, IF YOU GO TO ONE MORE SLIDE FOR ME. ON THIS PAGE HERE.
WE HAVE MADE THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS OUR SENIOR TRIPS AND OVERNIGHT TRIPS, THAT THERE WOULD BE A 25% COST RECOVERY.
THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS THEY CURRENTLY FOLLOWED A 0% EXCEPT FOR DIRECT COST.
IF YOU GO ON A TRIP AND YOU'RE STAYING OVERNIGHT, THE INDIVIDUAL PAYS FOR THE HOTEL.
THEY WOULD PAY THE HOTEL THAT WE PAID THE HOTEL THE FULL COST.
IF THEY ARE GOING TO THE THEATER WHILE THEY'RE THERE, THEY WILL PAY THE THEATER TICKETS, AND THAT GETS PAID FOR, SO IT'S A VERY DIRECT COST.
IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT WE FELT IT DOESN'T CAPTURE THE STAFFING THAT GOES ON IT, THE BUS DRIVER THAT'S NEEDED, THE LEASE FOR THE VEHICLES FOR OUR BUS OR FOR OUR OTHER VEHICLES.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T CAPTURED WITHIN THAT IS WHY WE RECOMMENDED THAT GOING TO TIER 2.
THE OTHER THING YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET IS FROM OUR PREVIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE BROUGHT IT BEFORE THEM. ABLC AND PARKS BOARD.
THEY APPRECIATED THE NEW DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IN TO INCLUDE THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS.
SENIOR COMMISSION DID HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SENIORS PAYING THAT EXTRA PERCENTAGE IF WE WERE TO UP THAT.
THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO EXPLORE A BUS FEE OR A GAS FEE.
ANYBODY WHO WOULD USE THE VEHICLE THAT THEY WOULD PAY FOR THAT.
THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE, IF THAT IS COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE TO GO IN THAT ROUTE.
THAT MAY NOT ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AS FAR AS THE COST RECOVERY MODEL GOES.
I WILL SAY WITH THAT, PART OF THE REASON WE'RE TRYING TO GO TO THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COST IS TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE AND BRING BACK MORE OF THE COST TO HELP OFFSET THAT SUBSIDY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE UPDATE THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC.
>> IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, THERE WAS CONCERNS THAT THERE WAS I GUESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT THAT WE'RE ZEROING OUT SENIOR PROGRAMS OR SOME THAT ARE NOT ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE.
PERHAPS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO INCREASE THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WAS BE CAREFUL, DON'T RAISE TOO MUCH.
>> SENIOR COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF INCLUDING A MORE THAN A 0% COST FOR THEM.
THEY DO UNDERSTAND THE DIRECT COST ASPECT, SO IF THEY PAY FOR A TICKET.
AGAIN, IF WE GO TO THE MOVIES, THEY WILL PAY THEIR MOVIE TICKET PRICE, BUT THAT IS ALL.
THAT DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF A DRIVER, THAT DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF GAS, THAT DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF STAFFING, PLANNING, ALL THAT.
OVERNIGHT TRIPS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
WHEN THEY GO ON AN OVERNIGHT TRIP, OUR STAFF ARE PLANNING TWO DAYS' WORTH OF ACTIVITIES FOR OUR SENIORS, AND SO IT TAKES TIME TO BUILD THAT PROGRAM AND PUT THAT IN PLACE.
WE'RE NOT CAPTURING THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
CURRENTLY, THE WAY TO LOOK AT THAT IS SALARY IS FULLY SUBSIDIZED BY ABLC.
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THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL THAT IS CAPTURED FROM THAT PIECE.EXAMPLE, TRAVIS TO FURTHER ELABORATE.
EXAMPLE I WOULD GIVE ON THAT THAT STANDS OUT IS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MADE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO WE'RE ASKING SENIORS TO PAY ZERO COSTS, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A DAYCARE FACILITY TO HELP PROVIDE CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING OUT, THAT THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT WE'RE FULLY SUBSIDIZING ANOTHER PROGRAM AND WE HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
THEY LOOKED AT THAT REGARDS THAT WE'RE ASKING OTHERS TO PAY A HIGHER COST, BUT NOT TO SAY THEY NEED TO BE 100% COST RECOVERY, BUT THE IDEA IS THERE.
BUT I WILL SAY EXAMPLE THAT GOES WITH THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DIAGRAM, SILVER HART'S EVENTS, MAJORITY, 33% STILL SAID IT SHOULD LIVE WITHIN A TIER 1.
IF YOU GO TO THE TRIPS, THOUGH, THAT SKEWED TO WHERE THEY BELIEVE THAT SHOULD LIVE IN A TIER 4 AND TIER 5.
IT WAS ABOUT 50% OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT SHOULD LIVE IN A TIER 4 OR ABOVE.
IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON HOW [OVERLAPPING].
>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN IT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THE SILVER HEARTS OR SENIOR PROGRAMMING, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE A LITTLE MORE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PAINT WITH SUCH A BROAD BRUSH FOR A BACK.
>> SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ON THEIR PROGRAMMING ON WHAT FITS UNDER DIFFERENT AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FAIR.
I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT IT INDIVIDUALLY AS TO WHAT THAT SPECIFIC PROGRAM IS.
>> I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS THE TIERS GO.
THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THERE UNDER THE TIERS AREN'T SOMETHING THAT ARE NECESSARILY SET IN STONE.
THE POLICY IS WHAT DICTATES THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIERS, STAFF HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE NEED IS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE BENEFIT, WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY BENEFIT OR INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT.
WE UTILIZE THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR MASTER PLAN AND OUR STRATEGIC GOALS TO LOOK AT IF THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR A SUMMER CAMP, AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE NEED AND IS THE GREATER GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT HELP US DICTATE WHERE THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE TIERS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SET IN STONE.
HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE WAS, IS WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS BEFORE COUNCIL IN 2020, IT WAS A DIRECTIVE OF COUNCIL TO NOT HAVE SENIOR PROGRAMS BE ABOVE 0% OR NOT BE IT ANY TIER ABOVE 0%, EXCEPT FOR DIRECT COST.
THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING 25.
THAT COULD CHANGE IN FLUXATE BASED ON THE VERY SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT'S OFFERED.
BUT COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE AT THAT TIME WAS, WE WANT SENIOR PROGRAMS TO BE A ZERO COST UNLESS THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL FEE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH AS A TICKET.
THERE'S FLUIDNESS THAT COMES WITH THIS.
IT'S REALLY THE UPDATING THE POLICY TO NOW INCLUDE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS, WHICH IN TURN WILL INCREASE PRICES.
SO EXAMPLE I GAVE PREVIOUSLY WAS OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.
WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE ABOUT A 40% OR $40 INCREASE THAT COMES ON THAT.
THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT COMES IN.
BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MINDFUL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
IF A PROGRAM DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY OR IS PRICES OUTSIDE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO OFFER THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE LOOK BACK AT THE COST RECOVERY, OUR STRATEGIC PLANS, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEED IS TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE COST RECOVERY AND UPDATING TO INCLUDE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS.
BUT LOOK FOR COUNCIL'S GUIDANCE ON ANY OTHER THOSE.
UNSIF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT STANDS OUT AND YOU SAY, YES, I WANTED TO LIVE HERE, THAT IS COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE.
>> ARE YOU APPROACHING FUEL COSTS FOR THESE TRIPS?
>> HOW DO YOU APPROACH RECOVERING FUEL COSTS FOR THE TRIPS?
>> PLEASE GIVE ME A GENERAL RULE.
>> WHAT WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY GO BY MILEAGE.
WE WILL ACTUALLY MAP OUT HOW FAR AWAY THAT TRIP IS, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE CURRENT COST OF FUEL AND PLUG THAT NUMBER INTO HERE.
KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO FLUCTUATE, SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT THAT TIME WHEN WE SCHEDULE THE PROGRAM.
IF IT GOES UP, $0.50, WE MAY NOT ADJUST IT FROM THAT,
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BUT CURRENT TRIPS DON'T HAVE ANY FACTORS INTO THAT.IF WE DO A DAY TRIP, OR WE DO AN OVERNIGHT TRIP, THE DIVISION OR ABLC OR REC DIVISION ACTUALLY CONSUMES THAT FULL COST.
NONE OF THAT COST IS PUSHED ON TO THE PARTICIPANT.
>> I KNOW I GOT TO PAY FOR MY CAR GAS, I FEEL LIKE GASOLINE, FUEL, DIESEL, WHATEVER THE TRUCK CONSUMES.
I BE SHARED EQUALLY WITH MOST OF THE RIDERS IN THE VEHICLE.
>> THEY'RE GET THEY'RE GETTING THE TRIP SET UP.
>> THEY'RE GETTING TERNARY AND AGENDA, ALL THE PIECES THAT GO WITH THAT. YEAH.
>> TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE EVEN EVEN A CLOSE TO FULL COST, IT'S A BARGAIN.
>> WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW? I KNOW THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION YOU'RE SAYING IS A ZERO COST.
THIS STUDY WOULD HAVE US DO WHAT?
>> OUR RECOMMENDATION, SORRY, CHANGE, WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
THIS ONE GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS WOULD LIE.
OUR SENIOR TRIPS, WHETHER IT BE LUNCH BUNS, OVERNIGHT TRIP, DAY TRIP, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY WOULD BE UNDER THAT 25%, SO THAT WOULD INCREASE THEM FROM THAT ZERO TO THE 25.
THEY WOULD INCUR A COUPLE EXTRA DOLLARS.
EXAMPLE, I GIVE WHAT THAT ONE IS FOR THE MOVIES.
DEPENDING ON THE MOVIE OR THE WHERE WE WENT, IT WAS THREE TO $4 EXTRA PER PERSON TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ON THE VEHICLE AND HAVE THAT ALL PLANNED OUT AND EVERYTHING.
THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK AT TIER 1 WE LEFT OUR GENERAL SILVER HART PROGRAMS IN TIER 1.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE IF WE DID POTLUCKS.
IF THAT WAS OUR BANGO THAT TAKES PLACE ON TUESDAYS, WE COORDINATE GAMES.
THAT ONE WE RECOMMENDED WOULD STAY WITHIN A TIER 1.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS FAR AS THE SOCIALS WINS.
THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND THAT ONE THAT MAYBE BECAUSE IF IT'S A SOCIAL THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE FOOD FOR, THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME SMALL FEE WAS THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WENT WITH IT.
THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION AS WELL, AND THEY FLUCTUATE FROM THERE.
AGAIN, SOME OF IT IS JUST ADOPTING A NEW COST RECOVERY POLICY THAT NOW INCLUDES DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS THAT IS GOING TO ALSO ASSIST WITH INCREASING REVENUE TO HELP OFFSET THAT SUBSIDY.
>> ONE QUESTION I HAD WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
FIELD RENTALS FROM THE LEAGUES, A GSA PG B L. IS THAT AFFECTED BY THIS?
>> AS FAR AS OUR AGREEMENTS WITH THEM?
>> YEAH. YOU AGREEMENTS WITH THEM. NO.
>> WE HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH THE ASA.
THIS IS JUST FOR PARKS AND REC. INTERNAL PROGRAM.
ANYTHING THAT PARKS AND REC PUTS OUT, THIS IS THE COST RECOVERY THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OF HOW WE DETERMINE OUR FEES.
ASA AGREEMENTS ARE SEPARATE AGREEMENTS, AND IT STAYS WITH THEIR AGREEMENT, SO WE DON'T DICTATE THEIR PRICING OR HOW THEY DO ANYTHING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT IS THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY DICTATE OUR RENTAL PRICES TO DEGREE.
COUNSEL HAS ALREADY APPROVED THE COST OR THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE.
THE FEE SCHEDULE IS WHAT HAS OUR RENTAL PRICES.
IF IT WAS AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT WAS RENTING A FIELD, THAT ALREADY HAS A SET FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THE FEE SCHEDULE.
PROGRAMS ARE NOT PUT IN THE FEE SCHEDULE BECAUSE PROGRAMS CHANGE SO OFTEN THAT THEY ARE BASED ON A COST RECOVERY.
WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR SCT FEE SCHEDULE, BUT THAT ALREADY HAS A SET PRICE TO IT, SO THAT DOES NOT IMPACT THE [INAUDIBLE].
>> AS FAR AS MY PERSONAL OPINION, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT I WOULD CHANGE.
>> FOR SENIORS, I LIKE THE GROUP WRENCHES AND THE LENT AND LEARNS AND THE EVENTS ARE STILL AT ZERO COST.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A RESTAURANT TO SPONSOR OR TO DONATE FOOD RATHER THAN HAVING THEM PAY A PRICE FOR IT.
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I PARTIAL MANANA GOES TO ALL THESE.>> PLEASE KNOW. WE DO THAT ANYWAYS.
WE LOOK TO REDUCE THE COST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE SPECIFIC SOCIALS.
WE WILL GET RESTAURANTS THAT DONATE THE FOOD TO US.
WE WORK WITH KROGER. THEY'RE AMAZING, THEY PROVIDE, WHETHER IT BE SIDES OR THE MAIN DISH.
WE HUSTLE, IF YOU WILL, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THE COST IS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT SIDE AS WELL.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T OFFER EVERYTHING IN THE MOST LUXURIOUS MEAL OR, THE FINEST DINING.
WE FIND UNIQUE WAYS TO DO THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CURRENTLY DO.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE DAYCARE ASPECT AND THEN PROVIDING FOR OUR SENIORS.
BUT WE'VE GOT FIXED INCOME AND INABILITY TO WORK TO PROVIDE MORE AND ABLE BODIED, AND I UNDERSTAND THE DOUBLE ADVOCATE FOR THAT PART.
>> TO BE HONEST, I THINK, PART OF THAT COMES FROM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIER SIDE.
A TUESDAY PROGRAM GAMING PROGRAM OR A SOCIAL IS REALLY THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION THAT HAS THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
YES, YOU GET SOME OF THAT INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT THAT COMES WITH IT.
A TRIP, AN OVERNIGHT TRIP SPECIFICALLY ISN'T FOR EVERYBODY, AND THERE IS A LOT MORE OF AN INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT VERSUS NECESSARY TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
THAT'S WHERE WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION IS LOOKING AT IT IN THAT DEGREE IS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER PROGRAMS SAYING, WHO IS THIS REALLY FOR, AND HOW DOES THAT WORK WITHIN LINE WITHIN OUR TEARS? IF IT TIERS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TOWARDS AN INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT BECAUSE IT TRULY IS.
IT SHOULDN'T BE ONE THAT'S FULLY SUBSIDIZED.
BUT I WILL SAY AN EXAMPLE IS VERY INTERESTING ONE IS LIKE LIFEGUARDS.
THIS WAS A HOT TOPIC, OF COURSE.
THERE WAS INDIVIDUALS WHO FELT LIKE LIFEGUARDING SHOULD BE A FREE COST.
IF WE DO LIFEGUARDING CLASS, IT SHOULD BE NO COST.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WAS TO EDUCATE TO SAY IF THEY'RE GOING TO WORK FOR US, THAT WE ACTUALLY PAY FOR THEIR CERTIFICATE.
THAT'S REASONABLE. YEAH. IT ABSOLUTELY IS A FREE COST.
OTHER ONES, I KNOW CITIES THAT HAVE SWIM LESSONS AT ZERO COST BECAUSE THERE'S A GREATER NEED BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF DROWNINGS.
THEY SAY, "NO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO SWIM." EACH COMMUNITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY THE TEARS COMES INTO PLAY OF FLAKE. WHERE DOES IT FALL? SOMETIMES STAFF HAVE TO MAKE THAT HARD DECISION OF SAYING, IT TRULY IS IS A COMMUNITY OR IS IT INDIVIDUAL? IF IT'S INDIVIDUAL, WE NEED TO PUT IT THERE.
>> YEAH. BUT IF YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS TO SWIM LESSONS ANYWHERE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST PLAYING PAYING A FLAT RATE FOR AN HOURLY TRAINING FEE, AT LEAST THE CITY'S RECOVERING THEIR COST ON THAT.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THAT PRICE ANYWAY.
>> FOR ME, IF I WAS TAKING MY KIDS TO HAVE THEM TRAINED FOR SWIMMING AT THE REC CENTER, I'D BE HAPPY TO PAY THAT COST.
IT WOULDN'T I'M PROBABLY GOING TO PAY MORE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY DISAGREE WITH THIS, BUT THAT SITUATION REGARDLESS IS PROBABLY GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GIVING SWIMMING LESSONS REGARDLESS.
WHETHER IT WHETHER IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT REPRESENTS THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROGRAM, OR WHETHER IT'S NOTHING.
BOTH OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EFFECT ON ANYBODY GIVEN PRIVATE LESSONS AND SWIMMING.
>> I THINK WE CAN JUMP INTO TO THAT PLAN HERE.
>> I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT WE AND I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS SOME MORE, BUT WE'RE SAYING ARE INDIVIDUAL SLASH COMMUNITY BENEFIT, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT THAT ARE MORE INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT THAN THEY ARE IN ANY WAY, COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
>> AGAIN, I THINK YOU CAN MAKE THOSE ARGUMENTS.
THAT'S FOR SURE. I SEE SOME OF THEM, I AGREE.
I DO BUT BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT DROWNING, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. YOU WANT TO PREVENT.
I GET IT. I PERSONALLY THINK JUST FROM MY LIFE EXPERIENCE, THAT ANYTIME YOU HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME OR YOU'VE INVESTED A LITTLE MONEY, IT USUALLY GETS YOU TO BE A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
LIKE I SAID, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HOW IT'S SET UP HERE.
>> YOU NEED COME I NEED A MICROPHONE. YEAH.
>> BARBARA, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO UP THERE?
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS OF LIKE THE NUMBERS IN THE LAST MEETING THAT I WENT TO.
WE WERE TOLD THAT 31,000 MEMBERS AND THEN 38 ROUGH THOUSAND DATE PAST MEMBERS.
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OF THOSE 31,000 PEOPLE, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE SENIORS? I LOVE SENIORS. DON'T GIVE YOU AROUND.BUT WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THERE LIKE WHO IS OUR MEMBERS? ARE WE LOOKING AT.
THEN ALSO, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE WITH SOME OF THE TROOPS.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN COMMUNITY AND GENERATE REVENUE WITHIN ANGLETON.
I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE ARE TAKING OUR SENIORS TO WEST COLUMBIA AND ROCK FORD.
SPENDING THAT EXTRA MONEY IN OTHER CITIES INSTEAD OF A ANGLETON.
>> FIRST OF ALL, JASON, HOW MANY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE 31,000?
SHE BRINGS US TO A VALID POINT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE COST RECOVERY, SOME OF IT CAN BE SKEWED.
SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CHILDCARE FACILITY AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE MISS OUT ON A VERY SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC THAT MAY NOT COME DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CARE.
WE CAN'T NECESSARILY OFFER ALL THOSE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT.
SOME OF IT IS SUED IN A WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PROGRAM NUMBERS, I WILL BE FULLY TRANSPARENT, THAT THE MORNING TIME, A LOT OF IT IS SENIOR BASED.
BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE THERE IS WE DO OFFER THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIPS TO BE PAID FOR THROUGH A THIRD PARTY, AND SO THAT'S AN INSURANCE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT'S STILL REVENUE THAT COMES IN THROUGH US.
IT SHOWS THAT OFFSET THAT GOES WITH THAT.
THE COST RECOVERY IS TRYING TO DO THOSE THINGS WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE IN PLACE AND BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE.
IT BECOMES DIFFICULT WHEN YOU GET TOP HEAVY, LET'S SAY IT'S ALL YOUTH PROGRAMS OR 150%.
WELL, YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO KEEP CHARGING THE YOUTH ALWAYS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME OF THE BALANCE.
IT IS STANDARD FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES TO HAVE A SUBSIDY.
THAT IS TYPICALLY HOW IT WORKS.
THERE IS A BENEFIT THAT GOES WITH THAT. TENDER TO YOUR POINT.
THERE'S NO REAL EXACT SIGNS TO IT AS FAR AS WHERE IT MAY LIE.
IT'S A TRIAL AND ERROR SOMETIMES TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, JUST AS YOU SAW IN THE BREAKDOWN HERE.
SOME OF THEM WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SOMEBODY SAID THERE WAS A MAJORITY THAT SAID TIER 1, AND THEN IT WENT TO TIER 4 WAS THE NEXT HIGHEST.
IT WAS IF THEY WERE CLOSE, THAT WAS GREAT.
IT GAVE US FEEDBACK TO SAY, IT'S A FOUR OR FIVE.
>> YEAH. VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER.
>> THEN THE SWEET SPOT THAT YOU CAN LIE WITHIN THAT YOU'RE WITHIN RANGE.
IT'S TRYING TO EVALUATE THOSE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
HENCE THE SECOND POINT, AS FAR AS THE SENIOR PROGRAMMING, I WILL SAY ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS IS ANGLETON DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF, IF IT'S A DAY TRIP, RESTAURANT WISE, THAT CAN FIT THE CAPACITY FOR SENIORS.
OUR SENIOR LUNCH BUNCH FILLS UP, AND WE WANT TO OFFER MORE, BUT THE EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE IS, WE'LL HAVE A WAITING LIST OF TEN TO 20 PEOPLE TO GO ON A TRIP.
FINDING A RESTAURANT TO FIT 40 PEOPLE.
THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS, BUT YOU AGREE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THEN THAT'S WHERE IT GOES BACK TO LOOKING AT WHAT IS THAT SERVICE IS IT THE COMMUNITY? OR IS IT THE INDIVIDUAL?
>> ON THAT ONE QUESTION, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
DO YOU ALL OFFER LUNCH OPTIONS IN TOWN WHERE THEY'LL MEET AT A RESTAURANT OR I SAID THE LUNCH BUNCH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE.
>> THEY'LL HAVE THAT. WITH THAT, WE'LL EVEN OFFER IT TO WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER FOR LUNCH BUNCH AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ON THE BUS.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE SPECIFIC RESTAURANT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT WE DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE BUS.
WE JUST TOLD EVERYBODY TO MEET US THERE.
I WAS I WAS LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM THE REC CENTER.
TO MEET AT THE CENTER TO GET ON A BUS TO TRY TO THE RESTAURANT DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
THE CHALLENGE THAT COMES WITH IT IS FINDING THE PLACES WITHOUT GOING TO THE SAME ONES.
IT'S AN EXPERIENCE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO STAYING WITHIN BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONFINES OF CAPACITY.
BRINGING 20 TO 24 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME, IT'S FINDING THOSE PLACES THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE US.
>> WELL, MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE THE TIME THAT YOU HAD IT IN TOWN.
DID YOU FIND THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE JOINED OR MEET?
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>>I WOULD SAY IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT THE SAME.
>> REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE IN TOWN OR OUT OF TOWN, NEXT I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE OUT OF TOWN WOULD BE A DRAW BECAUSE IT'S A NEW ENVIRONMENT.
>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S SO DRASTIC MORE THAN A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
YOU GET THEY'RE VERY REGULAR THE REGULARS THAT GO ON AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY'RE GOING, THEY WANT TO GO. THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT AS FAR AS A LUNCH BUNCH BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING OUT TO MEAL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRIVEN THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRIVEN BACK AND IT'S ABOUT A TWO HOUR TO THREE HOUR ROUND TRIP DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY GO.
YOU LOVE SITTING, I JUST OBVIOUSLY, HAVE MY LOVE FOR SENIORS.
WE'RE VERY ACTIVE WITH THE REC CENTER.
WE WATCH THEM, ENJOY THEIR PROGRAMMING AND SO FORTH.
I REALLY DO THINK IT IS A COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE IF OUR SENIORS ARE DRIVING, THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S DRIVING.
>> THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK IS THAT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE SENIORS USE THEIR INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR IT AND IF THEY CAN USE ANY OF THE INSURANCE FOR A PROGRAM.
DIGGING INTO WHAT INSURANCE IS OFFER SO THAT, FROM A RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE.
>> ALL GREAT QUESTIONS. I WOULD SAY IF I HAD TO THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 75% OF THEM USE INSURANCE.
WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS, SILVER&FIT, SILVERSNEAKERS, AND THEN RENEW ACTIVE/ONE PASS.
THERE'S MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT GO WITH THAT ONE.
A MAJORITY OF THEM DO USE THAT.
IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT FOR THAT SIDE, BUT WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED TO SEE IF THEY OFFER ADDITIONAL PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
I WILL SAY TO BE A SILVERSNEAKERS FACILITY, YOU HAVE TO OFFER CERTAIN PROGRAMMING.
SOME OF OUR GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES ARE GEARED TOWARD SENIORS.
IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THAT NETWORK, YOU HAVE TO OFFER A SILVERSNEAKERS PROGRAM TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH SILVERSNEAKERS.
THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE OFFER CERTAIN CLASSES TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
>> TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS REAL QUICK, ARE THESE MEMBERS OF THE ANGLETON REC CENTER?
>> THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE SILVER HEARTS.
IF YOU ARE PART OF THE SILVER HEART PROGRAM AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS WITH ANY PROGRAM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER.
ANYBODY CAN SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM AND IT IS A MEMBER, NONMEMBER FEE TYPICALLY, AND SO NOT ALL OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE FACILITY, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE PROGRAM SITE COMES IN.
>> IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF SILVER HEARTS, YOU PAY A FEE?
THEY'RE JUST UNDER THAT UMBRELLA FOR THE SENIOR PROGRAM.
YOU DON'T PAY A FEE FOR BEING IN SILVER HEART.
>> I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M GETTING AT IS IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT?
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, EVERYBODY.
TIER 1 IS MOSTLY COMMUNITY BENEFIT, 0% RECOVERY.
THAT INCLUDES SILVER HEART EVENTS, CHRISTMAS, SUMMER, AND VALENTINE, SILVER HEARTS LUNCH AND LEARN, SILVER HEARTS LUNCH BUNCH, SILVER HEARTS TUESDAYS, BINGO, BUNCO, GAMES.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FRAC AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT SAYS SILVER HEARTS THAT I SEE IS THE OVERNIGHT TRIPS, AND THAT'S TIER 2, WHICH IS THE LOWEST THRESHOLD ABOVE ZERO, WHICH IS 25%.
>> WELL, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT I'M MAKING IS REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THE SITUATION, THESE STILL FALL INTO A TIERED CATEGORY THAT HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL BENEFIT.
NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO DO CPR CLASSES, I WOULD SAY THAT HAS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
>> I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
[OVERLAPPING] I GUESS WHAT ON MY MIND IS IF THEY'RE ALREADY JOINED AS A MEMBER OF THE REC CENTER AND THEY'RE PAYING A FEE, IF THEY'RE NOT A MEMBER OF THE REC CENTER, THEN WE'RE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO COVER THEIR BENEFIT.
>> WELL, IN THAT SITUATION, DON'T YOU PAY A HIGHER FEE SINCE YOU'RE NOT ALREADY A MEMBER?
>> WELL, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO EXCLUDE THEM FROM GOING.
>> THE MEMBERSHIP, LET'S DIVIDE THOSE.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE ANGLETON REC CENTER, IT DOES NOT IMPACT PROGRAMMING EXCEPT FOR A FEE.
ANYBODY CAN SIGN UP FOR SUMMER CAMP.
IF YOU'RE A REC CENTER MEMBER,
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YOU GET A DISCOUNT FOR BEING A MEMBER.HOWEVER, THE WAY SILVER HEARTS CURRENTLY WORKS IS IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE REC CENTER, YOU CAN STILL COME TO TUESDAY PROGRAMMING WITHOUT A MEMBERSHIP AND WITHOUT A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
YES, ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT IF WE'RE DOING BINGO TUESDAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP.
>> SOME MIGHT STILL GOT TO PAY FOR THE [INAUDIBLE].
I WANT ALL OF THEM, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S PAYING A FEE TO JOIN THE AND THEN LET'S SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, I'M A MEMBER OF IT, AND I PAY A FEE, I ASSUME THAT'S IN THE ABLC BUDGET TO HELP RUN THESE PROGRAMS. THEN SOMEBODY IS NOT A MEMBER, AND THEY DON'T PAY A DAY PASS TO GO JOIN THE SILVER HEARTS TUESDAYS, THAT'S IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG HOLE TO ME.
>> IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE.
>> I'M NOT TRYING TO GET RICH.
I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I SAID SKIN IN THE GAME.
IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS PAYING AND YOU'RE WALKING IN SKIN FREE, I DON'T KNOW. BELIEVE ME.
I'M OKAY WITH IT BEING A TIER 2, WHERE IT'S STILL A CONSIDERABLE COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE ARE SUBSIDIZING HEAVILY.
BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST THINK THAT WE MAY NEED TO DISCUSS THAT. I UNDERSTAND.
I'VE ALWAYS BRAGGED ABOUT OUR SILVER HEARTS AND OUR SENIOR PROGRAM. I REALLY DO.
I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. I SEE GREAT INVOLVEMENT.
I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH I THINK IMPROVES YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH, IMPROVES YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.
ALL THOSE ARE WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES.
BUT I JUST THINK THAT ONE LITTLE AREA TO ME IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLE.
I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT. I DON'T KNOW.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I FOLLOW YOUR NO OBJECTIONS FROM THESE TIERS.
>> FIRST OF ALL. HE CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE LADIES WHO COME TO LUNCHEON, WHICH ARE MEMBERS AND WHICH ARE NOT.
IS THERE NOBODY AT THE DOOR? QUE THIS WAY, QUE THAT WAY.
BEFORE YOU SAY SOMEONE'S GETTING A FREE RIDE, FIND OUT.
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT THE WELLNESS CENTER CHARGES LESS PER MONTH AND HAS FULLER CLASSES ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER SILVERFIT AND SILVERSNEAKERS, THERE WILL BE A LARGER MIGRATION.
RIGHT NOW, THE REC CENTER HAS GOT BOTH INSURANCE.
UTMB DOESN'T, AND THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR IT.
NOW, I AM A MEMBER OF BOTH WELLNESS CENTER'S CLASSES ARE PACKED EVERY MONDAY, EVERY WEDNESDAY, EVERY THURSDAY.
THESE ARE LITTLE GRAY HAIRED LADIES AND GRAY HAIRED MEN.
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT KEEPING THAT REC CENTER GOING, YOU HAVE A MARKET ALREADY THERE ROLLING.
DON'T SAY SOMEONE'S GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER HERE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE WORDS MEAN.
>> THE OTHER THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT DURING THE SUMMER, YOUNG MEN, PARTICULARLY COME IN BOUNCING BASKETBALLS.
NOW I WAS TOLD THAT WHY DON'T THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS? WAS IT $50 A MONTH, FAMILY MEMBERSHIP?
>> WELL, I'M IN THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT AT MY CHURCH.
YOU TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO THE REC CENTER? I WOULD FOR SWIMMING DURING THE SUMMER, BUT I WANT TO PAY ALL YEAR.
DO WE HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM? MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM?
>> WE DON'T, BUT WE HAVE A MONTH TO MONTH [OVERLAPPING] WHERE YOU CAN CANCEL IT AT ANY TIME.
>> FIFTY BUCKS. NOW I CAN PAY 50 BUCKS.
I'D BE WILLING TO AND WHEN I LOOK AROUND A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF YOU, $50 WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT THERE ARE FAMILIES AT OUR CHURCH, $50 A MONTH WOULD BE A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON'T WANT THOSE KIDS WHO COME DURING THE SUMMER TO BOUNCE A BASKETBALL OR GET IN THE POOL, TO BE SOMEONE WE SAY WE NEED TO MAKE A PROFIT OF.
WHEN I WENT TO THIS MEETING, AND I WILL SAY [INAUDIBLE] HERE.
WE UNDERSTOOD THIS THE SCENARIO HERE.
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COST RECOVERY. BUT OUR MIND WAS, WHO IS PAYING WHAT DOLLAR? I WANTED TO KNOW ARE DAY FEES GOING UP, MEMBERSHIP FEES GOING UP? WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE WERE BASICALLY DOING THIS.HAVING DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN I WORKED WITH THE COUNTY, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR IT.
BUT THE PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO, AND I ASKED YOU TO DO THE SAME THING.
GO TO THE REC CENTER, MEET THESE PEOPLE, GO TO THE CLASSES, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE YOU COME TO A CONCLUSION.
NOW, THE REC CENTER FOR ME IS A LIFESAVER.
I GO TO CLASSES BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT SHOW UP.
ONE OF MY TEACHERS HERE HAS TO PICK ME OFF THE FLOOR NOW AFTER MY CANCER SURGERY, BUT I STILL GO BECAUSE SHE COUNTS THE NUMBERS.
I KNOW PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD HERE LOOKING AT ME, WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS.
WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT THIS COST RECOVER THING, WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF IT.
I'M JUST ASKING A LITTLE CHARITY HERE. THANK YOU.
>> JUST SO WE KNOW, NONE OF THIS IS CHANGING THE DAY TO DAY MEMBERSHIP.
WE'RE NOT FORCING ANYBODY TO BUY A $50 A MONTH MEMBERSHIP.
IF ANYBODY [BACKGROUND] REGARDLESS OF AGE, WANTS TO COME UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES AT THE REC CENTER, IT'S $5 A DAY, PRESENTLY?
>> CURRENTLY. WE'RE TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY INCREASING THAT, I GUESS?
>> THAT PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WILL INCREASE COME SUMMER, YES.
>> BECAUSE IT COSTS MORE TO RUN THE BUILDING?
>> WHAT WOULD THE DAY FEE BE, IS IT GOING UP TO $10?
>> THE DAY FEE WILL INCREASE TO $10 UNLESS YOU ARE A GUEST OF A MEMBER.
>> WHEN IT COOLS, DOES THE PRICE GO UP?
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAT THE POOL UP [INAUDIBLE]?
>> YOU HAVE TO HEAT THE POOL YEAR OUT.
>> BUT YOU'RE SAYING THE COST GOES UP WHEN SUMMER COMES UP.
>> NO, NOT THAT THE COST GOES UP WITH SUMMER.
THE OPERATIONAL COST OF THE FACILITY CONTINUE TO INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
>> IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE COST HASN'T RISEN IN A WHILE, CORRECT? INFLATIONARY COST MAKES EVERYTHING COST MORE AND SO YOU HAVE TO CORRESPONDINGLY [OVERLAPPING].
IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS COUNCIL, YOU CAN STEP TO THE MICROPHONE.
ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST A COST RECOVERY MODEL.
A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE ON THIS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET FEEDBACK.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK. THANK YOU.
THIS IS, I GUESS THE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT THERE'S ALSO ANY POSSIBLE ACTION.
>> TO WRAP IT BACK IN AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR RECOMMENDATION.
UNLESS THERE IS ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTIVE WITHIN THESE TIERS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO ADOPT THE NEW COST RECOVERY MODEL THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS.
AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT LOCK IN THOSE TIERS FOR THOSE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS, UNLESS IN THE EVENT OF THINGS LIKE SENIOR PROGRAMMING, PER THE LAST RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL IN 2020, THEY SAID 0%.
THE MODEL GIVES US THE ABILITY TO RE EVALUATE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND SEE WHERE THAT COMMUNITY NEED IS AND EVALUATE THOSE THINGS, AS MR. STRONG HAD MENTIONED, WHAT DOES THE YOUTH NEED? WHAT DOES THAT PROGRAMMING LOOK LIKE? ONE OF THE ONES I WILL SAY IS TEENS.
THAT CURRENTLY IS NOT IN HERE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT IN THERE.
THIS IS JUST THE RUBRIC TO LOOK AT AND HOW WE DETERMINE WHERE THOSE WOULD FALL.
UNLESS THERE IS DIRECTIVE TO ONLY INCLUDE SOMETHING IN A VERY SPECIFIC THING, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO UPDATE OUR COST RECOVERY POLICY TO INCLUDE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW IT AFFECTS THOSE THAT SIGN UP FOR THE SENIOR TRIPS AND THE GOINGS OUT TO SEE IF THE ADDED COST IS A DETERRENT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT, AND SAME THING WITH CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING AND THE SPORTS PROGRAMMING,
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IF THE RISE IN THE COST IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON ATTENDANCE RATES.WHAT WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS IS EVALUATE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF SUB PROGRAMS THAT I'VE ALREADY SEEN ADVERTISED WITH COSTS ASSOCIATED.
WOULD THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF THIS CHANGE OR AFFECT THOSE COSTS, SPECIFICALLY, I THINK THERE'S A TRACK PROGRAM AND EVOLVE?
>> THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND ADOPTED AS FAR AS BUDGETARY GOES.
WE FILED THE WHOLE COST RECOVERY MODEL TO DO OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO IMPLEMENT THIS OCTOBER 1 IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
BUT AS COMPLETELY COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE FEE SCHEDULE OBVIOUSLY WAS A MID YEAR ONE.
BUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED, ALSO, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IF YOU LOOK AT CAMP, WE HAVE AN EARLY BIRD RATES RIGHT NOW IN THE EVENT THAT COUNCIL GAVE THE DIRECTIVE TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY, THEN THIS WOULD GO INTO EFFECT TO BE ABLE TO FACTOR IN THOSE NEW COSTS.
>> POTENTIAL, YES, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> YES. BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE OF WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE THIS TO TAKE EFFECT.
>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED UPDATES FOR THE RECOVERY POLICY EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025.
>> I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL. SORRY.
>> A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I KNOW I'M A TOUCH OF THIRD RAW HERE.
BUT I AM A LITTLE BIT CURIOUS ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL GAP OF THE CIVIL HEARTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS, AND IT'S ALSO A 0% RECOVERY COST.
I FEEL LIKE THERE MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW, SOME INVESTMENT THERE.
IT MAY BE SO NOMINAL, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT MAY ONLY BE $1.80 IF THAT'S THE CASE.
LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT IT AND SWEAT OVER IT.
BUT JUST CURIOSITY. I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST-
>> SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.
>> YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME DEBATE ON WHETHER WE CAN KNOW THESE PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OR NOT, BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN PROBABLY DETERMINE WHETHER THEY'RE MEMBERS OR NOT.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, [OVERLAPPING] FEEL LIKE IT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK.
>> DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
ANYBODY ELSE FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALLING FOR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
>> NUMBER 18, UPDATE DISCUSSION,
[18. Update, discussion, and possible action on city special events.]
A POSSIBLE ACTION ON CITY SPECIAL EVENTS. HELLO, MARTHA.>> THANK YOU COUNCIL. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON SPECIAL EVENTS IN LIGHT OF SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO LOOK AT SOME COST SAVING MEASURES AND CONTINUE TO DO A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO CUT DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS FREEDOM FIREWORKS.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO THREE VENDORS, AND WE HAVE A GOOD PROPOSAL THAT I AM GOING TO BRING BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR A 15 MINUTE SHOW FOR $20,000, WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR SPONSORSHIP LEVELS OF 50% WHICH WAS A RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WOULD GIVE US A $10,000 SHOW WITH THE $10,000 SPONSORSHIP.
I'VE ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THAT, AND HAVE HAD INTEREST ALREADY FROM OUR LONGTIME COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS THAT ARE EXCITED TO SPONSOR AS WELL. THAT'S EXCITING.
>> YES. THE DATE OF THAT EVENT WOULD BE JUNE 28TH.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SATURDAY BEFORE THE 4TH.
WE ESTABLISHED THAT WHEN I BROUGHT FIREWORKS BACK TO ANGLETON SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.
YOU CAN GO TO ANGLETON ON THE 28TH AND THEN GO TO LAKE JACKSON ON THE 4TH SO YOU GET TWO SHOWS.
I'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I RECEIVED THE SCHEDULE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE HOME GAMES.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROPOSE THREE BACK TO BACK CONCERTS IN SEPTEMBER WHICH WOULD BE THE 9,5 OR THE 5TH,
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THE 12TH, AND THE 19TH.WHAT THAT WILL HELP US DO IS BRING A STAGE IN THAT WE CAN HAVE CONSECUTIVELY, SO WE'RE NOT BRINGING IT BACK AND FORTH AND HAVING TO PAY EACH TIME, AND ALSO THE PORTABLE RESTROOMS. IT JUST CUTS DOWN ON COST.
AGAIN, I'VE REACHED OUT TO SPONSORS FOR THE FIRST CONCERT.
WE WANT TO DO A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE, WHICH I THINK WILL BE A HUGE HIT.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO MEET WITH ME THIS WEEK THAT IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT SPONSORING.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT GREAT POTENTIAL THERE TO KEEP OUR COST LOW AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE EVENTS, EVEN IF THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE.
IT'S ONLY BEEN OUT SINCE MID MARCH, AND WE'VE HAD OVER 50 VENDOR APPLICATIONS AND A LOT OF INTEREST.
WHEN I STARTED MARKET DAYS IN 2011, IT WAS IN ONE BUILDING.
IF YOU SEE IT NOW, THAT'S HOW YOU GET STARTED.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT AS AN UPDATE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED ME TO COVER?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE.
LOVE A CHALLENGE, AND PEOPLE ARE SO GENEROUS.
THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
THE COMMUNITY LOVES THESE EVENTS, SO IT'S GOOD.
I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DATES.
COULDN'T LOOK AT IT FAST ENOUGH TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE CHECK MY DATES.
AUGUST 30TH AND 31ST, IS THAT LABOR DAY WEEKEND?
>> THEN SEPTEMBER 5TH WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY?
>> CORRECT. FOR THE ARTISAN EVENT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS WHEN WE KNEW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO GET MORE REVENUE GENERATED.
THEY ARE BOOKED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
HE SAID, WE'LL TAKE IT. WE'LL TRY. THAT'S WHY.
>> IT'LL BE HOT, BUT IT'LL BE INSIDE, AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO SIGN UP. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
>> THAT ARTISAN MARKET, THAT'S A MORE OF A REVENUE GENERATOR?
>> FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD FILL ONE BUILDING AT A TIME.
I'LL START WITH THE AUDITORIUM, AND THEN THE HALL OF EXHIBITS, WHICH IS ACROSS FROM THE AUDITORIUM WOULD BE THE SECOND BUILDING I WOULD FILL.
THE THIRD BUILDING WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL HALL, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE FOOD ENCLOSURES.
IF I WERE TO FILL ALL THREE OF THOSE BUILDINGS, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 100 VENDORS TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE BOOST OR $200 FOR 10 BY 10.
THAT WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT WOULD BE $20,000. THAT'S HOW YOU START.
>> THAT'S FINE. I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> ESPECIALLY IN AUGUST IT NEEDS TO BE INSIDE [LAUGHTER].
>> I THINK THE MEMBERS ON COUNCIL UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL STRAINS THAT WE'RE UNDER THIS YEAR.
>> WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL.
I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SOME HOPE THAT WE COULD BROADCAST AT THE FIREWORK SHOW OUT PAST THE ONES THAT WERE JUST AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, THE SOUND BECAUSE IT'S SOMEHOW CAST.
WE'VE DONE IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IF YOU'VE WATCHED THE SHOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YOU KNOW THAT TRIED.
WE'VE DONE A RADIO STATION, WE'VE DONE AN APP.
WE'VE DONE GTX, WHICH WAS THE COMPANY THAT WAS ON SITE LAST YEAR.
THE TWO PROPOSALS THAT I'M ENTERTAINING ARE BOTH FOR 20,000, BUT ONE, YOU COULD DO THE FREE APP AND GET MORE FIREWORKS.
IT'LL STILL BE 15 MINUTES, BUT I'M JUST BEING MORE GRAND OR YOU COULD DO GTX THAT CAME LAST YEAR THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOUND ONSITE.
DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THEM?
>> GRANDER, MORE VISUALLY, AND JUST USING THE APP.
>> CORRECT. BUT THAT'S JUST MINE. THAT'S ONE OUT OF FOUR.
>> IT WAS A BETA TEST, THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE TRIED THE APP.
I DOWNLOADED IT EARLY, AND WE PUT IT OUT EVERYWHERE TO DOWNLOAD IT THAT DAY.
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BUT THEN WHEN WE STARTED, THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO DOWNLOAD IT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT IT TOOK PROBABLY ONE, 1.5 SONGS TO GET IT UPLOADED TO WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY HEAR THE MUSIC.I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT IT'S GOING TO BE GLITCH FREE.
I WOULD HOPE FOR THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE FREE.
TO YOUR POINT, YOU WOULD GET FIREWORKS.
>> WELL, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT IF WE'RE COMPRESSING THE TIME FROM 24 MINUTES YOU SAID OR WHAT WAS IT?
>> IT WAS WHAT LAST YEAR? TWENTY MINUTES FOR $28,500.
WE'RE PROPOSING 15 MINUTES FOR $20,000 THIS YEAR.
>> I JUST THINKING IF WE PUT A LITTLE MORE IN WHILE IT MAY NOT STRETCH AS LONG, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE EXPLOSIONS.
>> YOU COULD SET UP A CAMERA, YOU COULD.
>> I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE.
>> BUT PEOPLE ARE SITTING ALL NIGHT TRYING TO DOWNLOAD [INAUDIBLE] TIME IS TO GO HOME.
>> IS THE FM BROADCASTING THAT [OVERLAPPING]
>> I REACHED OUT TO ALVIN, WHO WAS SUCH A GREAT PARTNER FOR YEARS.
THEY HAVE A RADIO STATION ON CAMPUS.
BUT SINCE THEY CHANGED OVER, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
I EVEN SAID, WE'D BE WILLING TO PAY YOUR STAFF OR WHATEVER, AND THEY JUST AREN'T INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
ALVIN ALSO I BELIEVE IS DOING THEIR OWN THING AS WELL, SO THEY COMPLETE WITH THEIR SCHEDULE. THAT DIDN'T WORK.
>> I DO REMEMBER THE APP DE-BUFFERED.
[LAUGHTER] I WAS ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT.
MY FRIEND WASN'T, BUT THEN WE HAD A BLUETOOTH SPEAKER AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT GOING.
BUT THEN ALSO LAST YEAR, THE SPEAKERS.
WE HAD TO MOVE SPOTS BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD IN THE AREA THAT WE FIRST PARKED IN SO WE HAD TO MOVE BACK A COUPLE OF SPOTS.
BUT I AM FOR A LARGER SHOW, AND HOPEFULLY SOME WAVES WILL DOWNLOAD QUICKLY.
>> SEVERAL OF THE CITIES AROUND US DON'T DO SIMULCAST AT ALL.
YOU COULD LISTEN TO PATRIOTIC MUSIC AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS IN THE SKY.
WE COULD EVEN DO OUR OWN PLAYLIST AND PUT THAT OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREAMING MUSIC, WHILE THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING ON.
>> WHETHER THE APP OR SPEAKER.
>> FOR A MINUTE THERE I THOUGHT THIS WAS SOMETHING COMPLICATED AND IMPORTANT.
>> WELL, THERE WERE A LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE WITH THAT APP DE-BUFFERED.
>> THEY COULD HAVE PUT IT ON SPOTIFY OR SOMETHING?
>> YOU COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT.
>> I'M SORRY. I WAS SITTING HERE TRYING TO CONNECT LIKE SINCE WHEN DID FIREWORKS BECOME APP BASED, I WAS TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS. BUT I GET IT NOW.
>> DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT TASTE, TANNER.
>> I'M JUST TRADITIONAL FIREWORKS LIKE LET'S BLOW SOME STUFF UP.
>> THAT'S BARRICADES, THEY PUT FIREWORKS IN.
>> WELL, THEY TOOK MY SPARKLERS AWAY.
THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
>> IS THE APP THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WOULD GO WITH?
>> IS THERE AN ACTION? THERE A POSSIBLE ACTION HERE?
>> BIGGER FIREWORKS. FIGURE OUT MUSIC.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL THAT A MOTION [LAUGHTER] AND WE HAVE ONE FROM COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL, SECOND BY?
>> YES. AS FAR AS THE FUND BALANCE IN FUND 11, YOU KNOW THAT WE COMMITTED 100,000 FROM MARKET DAYS REVENUE TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR TO HELP WITH THE BUDGET DEFICIT, BUT WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $30,000.
WE DO SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS EVENT, AND WE ARE SEEKING SPONSORSHIP FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY. WE'VE GOT ARTISAN MARKET REVENUE STARTING TO COME IN, SO I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY.
ONE THING AT A TIME, WE'LL TAKE THE FIREWORKS FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, MARTHA. WE STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY
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COUNCILMEMBER DANIEL. IS THERE A SECOND?>> FOR A LARGER FIREWORK SHOW AND LESSER FOR THE MUSIC PART.
>> WAS THAT A SECOND? I'M SORRY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BOOTH, WITH A SECOND.
WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
>> THANK YOU. FINAL AGENDA ITEM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN,19 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE DELIBERATION OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.I WILL RETIRE AS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:51:36.
[OPEN SESSION]
COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECTION?>> WE HAVE NO ACTION. LAST PART HERE IS COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR,
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
WELL, AND COUNCIL JOHN.ANYTHING FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL?
>> I'VE GOT TO ADD MORE. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] STARTED CLEANING UP NEXT TO MASTERSON PARK.
THERE WAS A BUNCH OF LEFT BRANCHES AND STUFF FROM HURRICANE.
>> I'M SORRY. BURRIDGE IS THE NAME.
>> I KNOW. HE'S MY OWN COMMISSIONER TOO.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BURRIDGE FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? THAT LEADS US FOR SOME FAVORITE PART OF THE COUNCILMEMBER MEETING IS ADJOURNMENT AT 8:17 AND 52 SECONDS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.