Jul 22, 2025 City Council

>> IT'S ALL GOING TO BE CONSISTENT SPEED ALL THE WAY THROUGH?

>> CLOSE TO THERE, YEAH.

>> NO. LIKE IT USED TO BE BEFORE.

IT USED TO VARY LIKE FIVE MILES PER HOUR.

IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE SAME VARIATION, BUT I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE 55-60 INSTEAD OF 60-65, BUT WE HAVE THE SUPER 2, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL LANE THAT GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING SLOWER TO MOVE TO THEIR RIGHT, SO VEHICLES WHO ARE DRIVING HOPEFULLY TO THE SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE WHERE SAFE ROADS CAN GO ON THE INSIDE LANE.

THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION MULTIPLE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

LIKE IF YOU DRIVE TOWARD THE NORTH OF THE COUNTY ON 288, WE HAVE SEVEN OVERPASSES.

THEY'RE ALMOST COMPLETED.

THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS FALL.

THEN WE HAVE THE WHOLE CORRIDOR ON STATE HIGHWAY 36 UNDER CONSTRUCTION WIDENING INTO TWO LANE EACH DIRECTION.

WE HAVE SIX SEGMENTS FROM COUNTY LINE TO FREEPORT.

WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO OF THOSE SEGMENTS, SEGMENTS 14 AND 15, WHICH ARE THE SOUTHERN ONE, JUST FROM JONES CREEK TO FREEPORT.

WE STILL HAVE THE NORTHERN SEGMENTS TO BE COMPLETED.

WITH CONSTRUCTION, HOW IT IS, THE LATEST PROJECT, WHICH IS THE ONE THROUGH WEST COLUMBIA SHOULD BE COMPLETED MAYBE IN THE FALL OF 2026.

THE CONTRACTORS HAVE MANY RESOURCES IN THE AREA, SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OPPORTUNITIES OF THOSE, AND HOPEFULLY, THEY'LL FINISH EARLIER, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE IN THE FALL OF 2026 IN THE PORTION IN WEST COLUMBIA.

THE PORTION FROM BRAZORIA TO JONES CREEK, IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED NEXT SUMMER, AND THE MAIN LANES ON THE NORTHERN PORTION FROM NORTH OF WEST COLUMBIA TO THE COUNTY LINE, WE EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE FUTURE PROJECTS COMING TO THE AREA ON STATE HIGHWAY 288 FROM BUSINESS 288 TO FM 2004.

IN LAKE JACKSON, WE HAVE A PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY OF 2027 FOR PAYMENT REPAIRS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS ON THE PAYMENT, INCLUDING THE RIDEABILITY OF OF THE HIGHWAY.

WE ALSO HAVE, ON 2027, SCHEDULED FOR JUNE.

THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

YOU-ALL APPROVED TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FOR IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ALONG VELASCO, BUSINESS 288, AND THAT PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE OF 2027.

IT IS A $3.8 MILLION PROJECT THAT WILL ADD SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN RAMP, LIGHTING, SIGNALIZATION.

ALSO, WE HAVE THE OLD TXDOT FACILITY THAT IS BY 35 ON DOWNING.

WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR A TRANSPORTATION HUB.

CURRENTLY, THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY, 2028, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE PARKING SPACES, VANPOOL SPACES, LANDSCAPING, SIDEWALK, TRUCK PARKING.

YOU DON'T WANT THE TRUCKS PARKING ON OUR STREET.

WE WANT TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE SO THEY CAN PARK AND THEY ARE NOT IMPEDING TRAFFIC AND MAKE IT SAFER AS WELL.

THEN ANOTHER BIG PROJECT THAT IS COMING, IT'S NOT COMING TO ANGLETON, BUT IT CAN BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY IS THE EXTENSION OF THE GRAND PARKWAY, SEGMENT B1 IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING A DESIGN CONTRACTOR BECAUSE IT IS DESIGN BILL.

WE SHOULD HAVE THEM ON BOARD IN 2026, AND WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BE VISIBLE IN THE SPRING OF 2027.

>> '26 OR '27?

>> SPRING OF 2027.

>> SEVEN?

>> YES. THAT PORTION WILL COME FROM I45 IN LAKE CITY ALL ACROSS NEW AREA UP TO ALVIN ON 35, IT WILL COME JUST SOUTH OF FM 528.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE THE GRAND PARKWAY CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO AN OVERPASS ON ON STATE HIGHWAY 35 AND 528, AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD, AS PART OF THE PROJECT, AN OVERPASS AT THAT LOCATION.

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WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE HAD SOME FUNDING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF THE BYPASS ON STATE HIGHWAY 35, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTING THE BYPASS, WHICH THEY BECOME THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF THE GRAND PARKWAY, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BECOME STATE HIGHWAY 35.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONSTRUCT.

ALL THAT IMPROVEMENT IS COMING STARTING IN THE SPRING OF 2027.

THOSE ARE THE MAJOR PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THAT AREA, BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE, YOU CAN ASK ME ANY QUESTION? ANY OTHER PROJECT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW.

IF IT IS OUTSIDE OF BRAZORIA COUNTY, I MIGHT HAVE SOME IDEA, BUT I CAN DO SOME RESEARCH FOR YOU IF IT IS TXDOT-RELATED.

>> I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO FIRST. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WANTED THIS.

>> THIS IS MY KIND OF AGENDA.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT TXDOT'S ONLINE REQUEST SYSTEM, LIKE WE HAVE A REPORTER CONCERN HERE IN THE CITY, THE TXDOT ONE IS SUPERIOR.

YOU ACTUALLY GET AN EMAIL BACK FROM PEOPLE.

THERE'S CORRESPONDENCE, HAS THEIR PHONE NUMBER ON IT.

KUDOS TO THAT GROUP IN HOUSTON AND IN AUSTIN.

IT'S A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM THAT IS REALLY GREAT.

EVERYTHING I'VE PUT IN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN CARE OF.

IF IT'S BEEN SLOW, AND I ASKED, WHAT'S THE DEAL, SOMEBODY REPLIES BACK.

>> THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

>> I REALLY LIKE THAT.

ONE I HAVEN'T PUT IN RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S A SIGN MISSING AT WILKINS GOING EAST AT 274.

THE OVERHEAD SIGN THAT TELLS YOU WILKINS BUSINESS 288, THERE'S ONE OF THE HORIZONTAL HIGHWAY SIGNS MISSING UP ABOVE.

I'LL LET JOHN DO THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.

THEN I JUST HAD ONE OTHER ONE.

I GUESS IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY OR SOMETHING.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND JOHN AND I HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS, WHEN THEY REPAVED THE HIGHWAY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A CONCERN, AND IT'S MY REMEMBRANCE THAT IT WAS LOWERED TO 45 MILES AN HOUR FROM HENDERSON ROAD RIGHT AT [OVERLAPPING]

HENDERSON ROAD GOING NORTH TO TRACTOR SUPPLY.

>> NO. OTHER DIRECTION.

TRACTOR SUPPLY, WHEN YOU'RE GOING NORTH ON THERE, THERE'S NO SHOULDER TO TURN RIGHT INTO THERE.

YOU'VE GOT CREDIT UNION BANK, CAR WASH, TRACTOR SUPPLY, AND THERE'S NO SHOULDER.

CAN THAT BE SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED AT TO REDUCE THAT TO 45 JUST TO THERE?

>> MICHELLE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING US SOME INFORMATION.

WE ALREADY KNEW THAT SOMEONE IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS INTERESTED.

WE SUBMITTED OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SECTION AT DISTRICT TO DO A SPEED STUDY.

ONE THING WITH SPEED STUDIES IS THAT ONCE THEY DO THE SPEED STUDY, IT MIGHT BE TO INCREASE THE SPEED OR TO DECREASE IT OR TO KEEP IT AS IT IS.

WE'LL SEE WHAT IS THERE.

>> ENJOY THE SPEEDY PEOPLE.

>> BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT IS THE OUTCOME, BUT ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT STUDY AND IT'S ANALYZED, WE'LL RECEIVE THAT STREET MILE ONCE IT GET APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

IF THERE IS A NEED TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT, WE WILL BE REPLACING THOSE SIGNS.

>> WILL IT BE NORTH AND SOUTH? BECAUSE COMING TO SOUTH, YOU GOT LA CASONA.

>> WE'RE STUDYING BOTH SIDES OF THE CORRIDOR [INAUDIBLE]

>> TIMING, IS THAT SOMETHING TAKES A WHILE?

>> SIX MONTHS CONSERVATIVELY, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS A LITTLE AMBITIOUSLY.

>> Y'ALL PUT THAT IN IN SOME TIME PERIOD, AND THEN THE CLOCK STARTS FROM THERE?

>> WE SUBMIT IT TO OUR TRAFFIC GEARING SECTION, EITHER WE DO IT IN-HOUSE.

OUR TEAM IN HOUSTON MIGHT DO IT IN-HOUSE, OR DEPENDING ON THEIR WORKLOAD, THEY MIGHT ASSIGN A CONSULTANT TO DO THE STUDY.

IT DEPENDS ON THE ADDITIONAL WORK THEY HAVE IN THE HOUSTON DISTRICT, WHERE OUR REQUEST FALLS.

THAT'S WHY IT IS UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW THE TIME, BUT IT WILL BE BETWEEN THAT TIME FRAME APPROXIMATELY.

>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO MICHELLE.

>> I KNOW THERE WERE ALSO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMING ON STATE HIGHWAY 35 AT DOWNING, STATE HIGHWAY 35 AT LOOP.

>> THE ONE I SEE THE MOST, AND I'VE SIT THROUGH IT EVERY DAY IS GOING FROM 35 HEADING INTO TOWN JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 274.

THE LIGHT TO TURN NORTH ON 274, IT'S GREEN FOR MAYBE ALL OF ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO LET TWO CARS THROUGH, AND THEN IT GOES RED, AND THEN IT FLASHES YELLOW, BUT AT THAT TIME OF DAY, 5:30, SIX O'CLOCK,

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YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, GOING BACK TOWARDS WEST COLUMBIA AND VICE VERSA, AND THAT TURN LINE IS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THAT TRAFFIC.

YOU GOT PEOPLE SWERVING IN THE OPPOSITE LANE TO STAY IN THE TURN LANE, AND YOU PROBABLY SIT THROUGH TWO OR THREE CYCLES JUST TO GET THROUGH THERE SAFELY.

>> OR LEGAL.

>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT LIGHT WORKED REALLY FINE FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL SOMEBODY MESSED WITH THE TIMING ON IT.

WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS LEFT IT ALONE IN UNTIL IT TIMED OUT ON GREEN AND THEN JUST MADE IT FLASH YELLOW SO THAT IF NO ONE WAS COMING, YOU COULD STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TURN.

>> WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT ALSO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SECTION TO COME AND REVIEW THEM.

IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TIMING, THEY WILL ADJUST IT.

IF IT IS WITH THE DETECTION DEVICES THAT WE HAVE THERE, IF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, THEY WILL REPLACE, OR IF THEY NEED TO DO ANY REPAIR, THEY WILL CHECK ON THOSE AS WELL.

WE SUBMIT THEM THOSE AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM OR YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO MY OFFICE.

I WOULD ASK YOU, SEND ME THE EMAIL, BUT IF YOU CAN SEND SOMEONE ELSE IN MY OFFICE TOO, THEY HELP ME SCAN.

I SOMETIMES MISS SOME EMAILS.

I TRY TO GO BACK AND CHECK THEM.

I MISSED YOURS ON MAY, BUT I PASS IT TO MY MAIN SUPERVISOR, AND THEY WENT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REPAIR THAT EXTRA PUB THAT WE HAD.

>> BEFORE YOU START, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE SPEED STUDY ON BUSINESS 288.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> YES, I HAVE A LOT OF.

DO WE HAVE ANY INPUT THAT THEY WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION?

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU PASS SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE, WE WILL TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION.

IF THERE IS AN ORDINANCE FROM THE CITY, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> BECAUSE ONE THING I GET A LOT FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE, THERE'S TWO SUBDIVISIONS JUST SOUTH OF HENDERSON ON BOTH SIDES THAT YOU CAN TURN INTO.

THE HIGH SPEED COMING DOWN THROUGH THERE, IT SLOWS DOWN RIGHT WHERE THEIR INTERSECTIONS ARE, AND NO ONE SLOWS DOWN TO THE 45.

IF THAT WERE TO BE 45 IN FRONT OF TRACTOR SUPPLY, I THINK IT WOULD REALLY CUT DOWN ON THE SPEEDING PAST THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE SAFETY OF TURNING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TURN ON THE SHOULDER TO GET INTO ONE OF THEM.

>> WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CITY ORDINANCES.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANT TO LOOK INTO, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.

>> I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I KNOW THIS IS ON UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

PREVIOUSLY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE, AND I RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT A SIDEWALK ALONG 35 IN THE SAME VEIN OF WAY WEST COLUMBIA HAS IT.

I'M STILL INTERESTED IN THAT.

STILL ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHERE THERE'S A PARK AND THERE'S TWO SCHOOLS, ACTUALLY.

THERE'S THE WESTSIDE JUNIOR HIGH OR I GUESS ELEMENTARY, AND THEN CATS ACADEMY.

HOW DO WE GO ABOUT PUTTING ON OURSELF IN POSITION TO HAVEN'T YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

>> THERE ARE A FEW OPTIONS.

EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A SAFETY PROGRAM.

IT IS TYPICALLY BY THE END OF NOVEMBER OR BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO ABLE TO APPLY AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, WHAT ARE THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

MAYBE WE WANT TO WRITE IT ON OUR LIST AND SEE IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

MAYBE WE COULD BE ABLE TO WORK A FEW SHORTER SEGMENTS, AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE KEEP CONNECTING SOME SEGMENTS OF THE SIDEWALK.

THERE'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR EVERY TWO YEARS.

TEXT IS NOT TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE, IS AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM CODE THAT IS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR STAKEHOLDERS TO APPLY, AND YOU CAN APPLY ON TEXT RIGHT OF WAY OR ON YOUR LOCAL STREET, AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER LIKE WE DID ON THE SIDEWALK ON VELASCO TO GET SOME GRANTS TO DO THAT.

BUT THE FIRST ONE WE CAN START LOOKING IS THE SAFETY PROGRAM CALLED THAT IS LATER THIS PHONE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE NOT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR,

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BUT SOME SECTION MIGHT QUALIFY, AND WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALSO CAN APPLY TO THOSE.

IT IS OPEN FOR EVERYBODY.

>> GREAT. MY SECOND QUESTION SO BE IT FOR ME.

SO NORTH OF US IN, I GUESS IOWA COLONY, THERE'S MARINI ON A PARKWAY.

THEN THERE'S AN OVERPASS, CORRECT? IS THAT CONSTRUCTED BY TEXTO?

>> WELL, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.

I MANAGED THE CONSTRUCTION BY TEXT.

THE ORIGINAL OVERPASS NOW WE'RE WIDENING, AND WE TEXT THE FUNDING.

>> THE WIDEN WITH TEXTILE FUNDING?

>> IT IS. WIDE WITH TEXTILE FUNDING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE ORIGINAL OVERPASS WAS WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I KNOW THE CURRENT OVERPASS THAT WE'RE BUILDING THE ONE WE'RE WIDENING MARDIANA.

WE'RE WIDENING WE ARE DOING A NORTH ONE ON CEDAR RAPID AND ON THE DEVEN PORT; WE ARE DOING WITH TEXA.

>> MY QUESTION TO YOU WOULD BE IF YOU HAD OUT COUNTY ROAD 44 HERE IN ANGLETON.

THERE'S AN OVERPASS.

IT GOES OVER 288.

IT WAS CLEARLY DESIGNED.

I LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ENGINEERED TO HAVE WHAT MERIDIAN IS ALREADY DOING AND GETTING ANOTHER TWO-WAY.

NOW THEY HAVE FOUR LANES.

WHEN CAN ANGLETON GET THE SAME? YOU JUST SAID YOU'RE DOING IT WITH TEXT FUNDS.

YOU'RE WIDE IT WITH TEXT FUNDS.

WHY IS EVERYBODY ELSE GET AN EXPANSION? WE'RE ESTABLISHED CITY? WE HAVE PROBABLY MORE PEOPLE IN ANGLETON THAN THEY HAVE ALL OF MERONA, BUT THEY HAVE FOUR LANES.

WE HAVE TWO FOR OVERPASS.

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THAT THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT BEING DEVELOPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 288, WHICH WILL SIT BETWEEN 288 AND COUNTY ROAD OR 521.

A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE IN 521 WILL THEN COME DOWN THE COUNTY ROAD 44 OVER THAT OVERPASS, AND THEY COMMUTE INTO THE CITY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A HUGE BOTTLENECK RIGHT THERE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE RANK IN PRIORITY IF MARIANA HASN'T EVEN BEEN BUILT OUT, AND THEY'RE GETTING A FOUR-WAY TO ONE DIRECTION TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

ANGLETON HAS BEEN AROUND FOR I DON'T KNOW, 100 SOME YEARS, AND WE CAN JUST GIVE TO GET OUR 12 LANE.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET? THE ADD-ON, THE EXTINCTION.

>> TEXTO HAVE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE HOUSTON GOVERN TT AREA COUNCIL TO SELECT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF FUNDING TO SELECT MULTIPLE PROJECTS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR ADVANCED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SECTION HAVE SELECTED TO DO A STUDY ON BRAZORIA COUNTY ON THE STATE RIGHT OF WAY, AND LOOKING AT MULTIPLE CORRIDORS AND SEE HOW THE GROWTH IS GOING AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO KEEP EXPANDING.

I'M GOING TO SEND THEM A TO LOOK INTO STATE HIGHWAY 288 AND HENDERSON COUNTY ROAD 44, TO LOOK WHAT IS THE CONDITION.

RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT PROGRAM, BUT WE CAN LOOK WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE IF THE TRAFFIC COUNT IS THERE AND THE CHANGES.

>> WE HAVE THE CITY, NOT THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THERE'S THAT SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TWO SCHOOLS OUT THERE, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ELEMENTARY AND A JUNIOR HIGH.

SO I'M IMAGINING THERE'S GOING TO BE TRAFFIC FLOW ALSO CONTINUING OUT AND OVER THAT, WHETHER IT'S ISD BUSES OR TRANSPORTATION OR PEOPLE COMMUTING TO GET BECAUSE JUST INSIDE THAT, I KNOW WHAT THEY CALL HERITAGE OAKS, THE KIDS THAT LIVE THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE BUSED OUT THERE ACROSS TWO ADH.

ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AND SOMETHING SOONER THAN LATER.

>> WE WILL BRING IT UP TOO.

>> MAYOR PRO-TEM GOT ME ON THAT ONE.

I WAS READY TO ASK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF ROOT 44.

THOSE TWO NEW SCHOOLS OPEN THIS FALL.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT NEW SUBDIVISION ALREADY STARTING TO BUILD HOMES AND DEVELOP IN THERE.

>> I WILL SAY THAT 523 AND 44 HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS.

I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A FATALITY TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THERE.

BUT I BET YOU GUYS KNOW.

>> BECAUSE IT'S ONLY BLINKING ON ONE SIDE, SO IT GOES THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR 523, STOPPING STOP LIGHT, BLINKING LIGHT AT THE 44 SIDE.

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A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT, AND THEY GO THROUGH IT THINKING MOST ALL FOUR SIDES ARE GOING TO STOP.

MY QUESTIONS ARE REALLY ARE AROUND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF TEXT IN ITS CURRENT FORM FOR US AS A CITY.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTS LATELY SINCE THE BLINKING YELLOWS.

I THINK THE PUBLIC IS FINALLY ADJUSTING TO THE BLINKING YELLOWS, BUT THE TIMING STILL IS NOT RIGHT IN SOME SPOTS.

JUST LAST WEEK, I THINK FOR A WEEK, ONE OF THE LIGHTS IS JUST BLINKING RED FOR THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION, I GUESS TO COUNCIL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL ARE DOING SOMETIMES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR THAT LIGHT BLINKING FOR AS LONG AS IT WAS, WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT IS THERE REGULAR MAINTENANCE BEING DONE ON OUR LIGHTS? ARE WE STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MORE REACTIONARY HERE LATELY THAN WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE TO FIXING ISSUES.

I CAN TELL YOU 288 IS GETTING TORN UP OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW NORTH OF 521 ON 288.

THEY CAME THROUGH AND THEY PUT THE ASPHALT DOWN OVER THE TOP OF THE CONCRETE FOR THE MOST PART.

THAT'S REALLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT'S REALLY HELPED IMPROVE THE ROAD.

BUT GOING BACK TOWARDS LAKE JACKSON, THAT ROAD IS WITH ALL THE ADDED TRAFFIC.

IT'S JUST IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE DOING MAINTENANCE ON IT AND PATCHING IT HERE AND THERE, BUT IT'S A PRETTY BUMPY RIDE NOW.

YOU CAN WATCH THE 18-WHEELERS MOVE OVER TO THE LEFT LANE NOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE EITHER.

I THINK THAT IMPEDES A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRAFFIC AS WELL.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT TEXT CAN GET MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY WITH FIXING THE ROADS WITH OVERLAY.

>> IT'S THE HIGHWAY 288.

>> BUT YOU SAID 27, RIGHT?

>> IT'S FEBRUARY OF 2027, AND IT'S 2020 $7,000,000 THAT WE HAVE ALLOTTED FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

>> THERE'S NO WAY OF BRINGING THAT UP ANY FASTER? I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE CONDITION OF THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE BY THE YEAR 2027, JUST IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT WAS LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO A SPEED STUDY ON 35 BETWEEN 288 AND LOOP 274, BECAUSE YOU CAME TO US WITH A REQUEST TO CHANGE SPEED LIMITS, AND WE ASKED YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SPEED STUDY, BUT WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK ON THAT.

>> WE DID THE SPEED STUDY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

THE OVERLAY PROJECT WE HAD THERE.

THE SPEED LIMIT THAT WE HAVE THERE IS THE RESULT OF THE SPEED STUDY.

>> KEEP IT THE SAME. THEN ONCE AGAIN, I GOT TO REQUEST, AND THIS HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING WE REALLY WORK ON HARD IS A LIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ON 35 COMING INTO TOWN, WHERE THE LAKINA IS THAT INTERSECTION.

WE'VE GOT TO CONTROL, AND IT'S NOT REALLY SO MUCH FOR THAT INTERSECTION AS IT IS.

WE'RE CONTROLLING THE TRAFFIC AT THE BUCKEYES AND THAT LIGHT AT 35 AND 288.

WE'VE REALLY GOT TO THROTTLE THE TRAFFIC AT THAT POINT, BRINGING THEM INTO TOWN, GIVING PEOPLE SAFE TIME TO GET ACROSS AND FIND WAYS AND AVENUES TO GET SAFELY ACROSS.

I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.

>> THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING AT THAT INTERSECTION.

>> BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US PUT A LIGHT UP AT THE LAKINA.

>> TRAFFIC CONTROL LIGHT.

>> OKAY. GREEN YELLOW.

>> YES. GREEN YELLOW RED.

>> THAT'S 35.

WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY.

LOOKING AT THAT CONDITION. DO YOU REMEMBER?

>> DO NOT MEET WARRANT AT THAT LOCATION AT C 028.

THEY'RE SPEAKING OF THE SPEED OF THE SAFETY HALL COMING UP.

THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT RIGHT NOW ARE REQUIREMENTS DOES NOT MEET WARRANT FOR A SIGNAL, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS WE CAN ADD TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT'S NOT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THAT LET'S SAY QUARTER MILES.

>> IN ORDER TO ADD A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WE HAVE TO DO A STUDY, AND THE STUDY NEED TO SHOW THAT A SIGNAL IS WARRANTED.

THIS TIME IS NOT WARRANTED.

HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME CONCERNS AT THAT LOCATION, AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WITH COUNTY ROAD 28 AND STA 35.

>> THE RESULTS OF THAT, WHY I DIDN'T MEET, AND WARRANT.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET. I KNOW IN THE FUTURE.

>> YEAH, WE'LL SEND A REPORT.

IS $45 AN HOUR.

>> IT IS, BUT IT'S JUST THE SHEER VOLUME COMING THROUGH THERE AND PEOPLE TRYING TO PLAY FRAUD OR COMING FROM OAKWOOD CREEK ACROSS AND FROM BUCKEYES ACROSS.

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IT'S A NIGHTMARE, ACCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE OVER THERE, CHIEF.

A LOT. THAT TO ME WARRANTS IT.

I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS.

>> BEHIND LAKON, THERE ARE ABOUT TO BE 300 NEW HOMES IN THERE.

LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION.

>> ONCE AGAIN, BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.

FEELING WILL BE BETTER OFF.

>> WITH THAT, IF THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT COMING TO THAT AREA.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND WHEN YOU MEET WITH DEVELOPMENT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO IMPACT THE TRAFFIC IN TEXTO, THEY NEED TO COME TO TEXTO BRING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO ADD AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL BE THE RESULT OF THAT IMPROVEMENT LIKE WE DID WITH THE ASHLAND DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE BEING INSTALLED BY THE NEAR AND THE JUNIOR HIGH ARE THROUGH THE ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT.

>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE THAT WAS MY LAST ONE.

THE CONTROL AT 5:21 AND 44.

APPARENTLY, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL LIGHT WAS NOT WARRANTED BY TEXTILE STANDARDS, ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPER.

WE PUT THE TWO LIGHTS IN WHERE THE SCHOOL'S GOING OVER THERE, BUT THERE'S NO TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 44 AND 521, WHERE EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING FROM. THAT CONCERNS ME.

>> I BELIEVE MR. PETERSON HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SAY TO.

>> GO AHEAD, JOHN.

>> THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS. I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.

>> ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE PODIUM.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE. TELL ME AGAIN THAT THE OLD TEXTO FACILITY IN ANGLETON.

THE DATE ON REFURBISHING THAT?

>> THAT ONE THAT PROJECT IS SO FOR JULY OF 2028, I'M SORRY.

>> IT'S SO DISAPPOINTING.

WE HAVE A BRAND NEW SUBDIVISION THERE.

IT'S BEEN RADDY, TADDY FOR EVER SINCE YOU ALL MOVED OUT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY NOW.

THAT'S 2028.

IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE IT A BIG PARKING LOT, YOU CAN'T TEAR DOWN THE OLD BUILDINGS NOW.

>> THIS IS FUNDING IS THROUGH A GRANT.

SO THAT GRANT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

IT'S A NO-TRANSPORTATION TYPE OF GRANT.

IT WILL BE AVAILABLE.

>> VERY DISAPPOINTING.

>> JOHN FOR YOU.

>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL. JUST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING MARIA FOR ALL THE HELP.

SHE AND HER STAFF ARE REALLY AN ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY.

WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PERMITTING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY, THEY MEET WITH US.

QUESTIONS, WE COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

TELL YOUR STAFF THE GRATITUDE WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING A GOOD SPORT AND COMING HERE AND TAKING QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUBTLE COMPLAINTS.

>> WE WANT YOU BACK AGAIN A FACEBOOK.

>> COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS ON THE 288 DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK PROJECT.

>> JOHN, CAN YOU REVOICE UP? JUST REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AT HOME.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW?

>> YES. ON THE 288 DOWNTOWN PROJECT WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT, THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE FINANCIALS OF GETTING THE DESIGN ENGINEER CONTRACT THAT BEEN RESOLVED?

>> I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE HANDLED BY A DESIGN DIVISION IN.

I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT THE CONTRACT IS IN PLACE, BUT THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR 2027, SO WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND NOT THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE COMING.

>> AWESOME. RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT WHAT WAS A PRELIMINARY SET OF PLANS.

THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THEM WE TALKED ABOUT.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE PRELIMINARY ONES AGAIN BEFORE MOVING OUT.

I THINK COUNSEL THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY COUNSEL IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE THEY COMMIT THE 1.6 FOR THE UTILITIES AND STUFF, THAT IT IS GOING TO BE IN WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED EVERYTHING IN THOSE SETS.

>> CAN WE BUMP THE GAIN ON THAT MICROPHONE UP A LITTLE BIT?

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> GOOD. WE HAVE TO COME CLOSE.

[LAUGHTER] WE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE UTILITY.

WE ALREADY APPROVED YOUR PLAN FOR THE UTILITY RELOCATION.

WE DID SOME EXCEPTIONS AND SOME WAIVERS, SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO USE THE FUND THAT WAS ALLOTED THROUGH THAT GRANT THAT IS A PROJECT READY.

IT NEEDS TO BE READY.

IT TAKES THE COMPROMISE THAT IS THERE, WE'RE ADVERTISING IT.

IT IS IN OUR FUNDED PROJECT, SO IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING BY THAT TIME.

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>> I'LL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT THE 30%.

THE LAST ONE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS CITY HAS DONE A STUDY SEVERAL YEARS AGO ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE DRAINAGE, TO HELP DRAIN 35, HELP DRAIN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE AREA.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE IMPROVEMENTS, WE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, THE LOCATIONS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING BACK AND FORTH.

IS ANYTHING PROCEEDED ON THAT? I KNOW THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO DO SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE IF THEY HAD A OUTFALL TO WHERE WE COULD REALLY EFFECTIVELY CHANGE THAT COMMUNITY DOWN THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT.

THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BRING THAT BACK UP TO DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

>> CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECT SCHEDULE.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, OUR ADVANCED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS DOING A BIG STORY ON BRAZORIA, AND WE BROUGHT UP THIS LOCATION.

THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING THE LOCATION.

WE SHOULD BE HAVING MEETINGS IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO THIS CASE MORE IN DEPTH.

WE'RE LOOKING INTO STATE HIGHWAY 35.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, 1462 NORTH OF HERE.

THAT IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR NOW THAT CONNECTING 36 AND AN ALBUM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PARKWAY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT STATE HIGHWAY 35 IS ONE OF THE [OVERLAPPING]

>> ANYTIME WE GET A HEAVY RAIN RIGHT THERE AT THOSE INTERSECTION CAME TOP OF THE CURVE.

IT'S PUSHING A LOT OF WATER BACK INTO WORK A LOT OF MONEY DOWN. [NOISE] THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

>> AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT, AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXDOC.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

I WOULD JUST ASK IF WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE ON MAINTENANCE OF LIGHTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE SIGNAGE IS CORRECT AND THAT WE KEEP THE COMMUNICATION GOING.

I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE WE DON'T COMMUNICATE WELL ENOUGH BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT MAJOR? WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE COUNTY, WE HAVE SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETINGS, QUARTERLY MEETINGS OR EVERY OTHER MONTH, INTERNAL MEETINGS.

MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SCHEDULE.

WE DISCUSS PERMITS, WE DISCUSS PROJECTS, THAT WAY WHEN A DEVELOPER COME WE ALL ON THE SAME AGREEMENT PRIOR TO GOING WITH A DEVELOPMENT.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS, WE CAN SCHEDULE SOMETHING TO MEET REGULARLY.

>> THAT WOULD HELP.

>> WHICHEVER YOU PREFER.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

IT HAS HELPED WITH OTHER CITIES AS WELL, AND WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE JUST DOWN THE STREET, SO IT SHOULD BE EASIER.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE THE NICEST TEXT DOT AREA AROUND.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS SAY WHEN I PASS THAT BUILDING.

>> LET'S SCHEDULE, I'LL REACH OUT.

WHO DO YOU PREFER ME TO REACH OUT TO?

>> REACH OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] FIRST.

[LAUGHTER] HE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO FROM THERE.

>> THEN WITH THE SIGNALS, WE COME WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SECTION.

THEY COVER THE WHOLE DISTRICT, WHICH IS SEVEN COUNTIES.

IF IT IS OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS, TYPICALLY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW THEY CAN CONTACT TRANSTAR.

TRANSTAR IS 24/7.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. THEY WILL MAKE SURE WE PASS THE INFORMATION.

EVERY TIME WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A SIGNAL, WE PASS IT TO OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SECTION AND THEY PUT IT ON THEIR SCHEDULE.

BUT ALSO OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH A SIGNAL, TRANSTAR WILL BE THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL BECAUSE THEY ARE 24/7 AND THEY WILL NOT DEFY THE PERSON WHO IS ON CALL TO ADDRESS THEM.

THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THE FASTEST WAY.

BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL US.

>> WE WILL WORK TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE ON [INAUDIBLE].

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? NO. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

>> ITEM NUMBER 3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST TO RECONSIDER

>> APPRECIATE YOU.

[3. Discussion and possible action on a request to reconsider the 6/10/2025 Action taken on a Final Plat extension for Mulberry Fields Subdivision, for 41 single-family lots, 2 reserves, City Council - July 22, 2025 P a g e | 2 3 blocks on 13.0044 acres, located on SH 35 and N. Walker St., East of Heritage Ln./Murray Ranch Rd.]

THE 610-2025 ACTION TAKEN ON A FINAL PLAT EXTENSION FROM MULBERRY FIELD SUBDIVISION, 41 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, TWO RESERVES, THREE BLOCKS ON 13.344 ACRES, LOCATED ON STATE HIGHWAY 35 AND NORTH WALKER STREET EAST OF HERITAGE LANE, MURRAY RANCH ROAD. ALICE.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'LL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DEVELOPER COREY BARRIER,

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WHO IS THE DEVELOPER FOR MULBERRY FIELD SUBDIVISION, IN WHICH ON JUNE 10, YOU DID DENY HIS REQUEST TO EXTEND THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE SUBDIVISION DUE TO TIMELINESS OF THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.

HE HAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ALONG THE FRONTAGE.

HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO YOU FOR RECONSIDERATION WITH THE NEW INFORMATION, AND ALSO WITH OTHER MIX USE OPPORTUNITIES IN WHICH HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

I WILL STATE THAT HE DID MEET WITH ME AND THE MAYOR CONCERNING HIS REQUEST THIS EVENING, AND WE BROUGHT IT TO LEGAL TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND MR. BOYER IS HERE TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL.

>> MR. BOYER.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR.

I AGAIN, GRACIOUSLY, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING ME BACK UP HERE.

I DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE JUNE 10 MEETING.

IT WAS MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY, AND I PUT FAMILY BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING PRESENT.

I WANTED YOU ALL TO SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER THIS AS WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED OFF AND AGREED TO.

I WAS ABLE TO SECURE THIS COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE HAD PLANNED THE 41 HOMES THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED.

IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER.

IT WAS THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER FOR OUR 13 ACRES THERE IN THE BACK, BUT SHE FINALLY RELENTED TO MY REQUEST.

I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THE WHOLE AREA AS NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP THE VIABILITY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL PIECE, BUT ALSO CLEANING UP THAT FRONTAGE IS, I KNOW, A HUGE PUSH FOR THE CITY AS IT'S A GIANT IS SORE.

FOR US, I DO BELIEVE THAT BRINGING IN RETAIL THERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGES OF WHAT WE'RE INITIALLY LOOKING AT PLACING THERE.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG BENEFIT.

MARY, YOU AND I SPOKE.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS FROM OUR CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY DOES IT MAKE IT MORE VIABLE FOR US WHENEVER WE CAN SHARE THE COST BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MUCH MORE FINANCIAL INTEREST IN IT.

I'M HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THIS.

THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK LIGHTLY.

I HAD BROUGHT BEFORE THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO ACQUIRE IT.

APPARENTLY, THAT WASN'T CONVEYED TO COUNCIL.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY.

QUITE HONESTLY, 2024 WAS REALLY ROUGH FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

BY ADDING THIS COMMERCIAL PIECE, I FEEL LIKE IT BENEFITS BOTH THE CITY OF ANGLETON, BUT IT ALSO HELPS IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY FOR US TO DELIVER OUR SITE THERE IN THE BACK.

>> WILL THIS PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AFFECT WHAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED AS FAR AS EGRESS FROM THE 13-ACRE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU HAD?

>> IT REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT IT BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] WE ALREADY HAD THAT IN THE RIGHT AWAY.

BUT THE COMMERCIAL BEING THERE, IT DRASTICALLY IMPROVES THE VISIBILITY OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY PUSHED FAR BECAUSE WE HAD TO GET THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE STARTED IN CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THAT WE CAN TRULY PUSH THE COMMERCIAL.

WE'VE GOT TO SHOW THE ROOFTOPS AND THAT WE'RE GOING.

BUT YOU HAVE THE SURVEY THERE.

THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN SEE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 1.7 ACRES THERE IN THE FRONT THAT'S DIRECTLY ON MULBERRY.

>> I SEE IT. I LOOKED AT IT.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY ACQUIRE FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY HOLDER.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT COMMERCIAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

>> MR. BOYER, TWO THINGS I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU AND I SPOKE,

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AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS PERTINENT TO COME BACK FOR RECONSIDERATION IS ONE, OUR CONCERN WAS THE WATER AND TYING UP WATER RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER YEAR TO A SUBDIVISION THAT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE.

BUT YOU CAME BACK AND YOU ASSURED AND SAID, NO, I'M READY TO MOVE.

WE DO HAVE A DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT WITH YOU THAT'S SIGNED.

TO ME, I FELT THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT DA WAS THERE.

HE'S GOING TO BE MOVING DIRT IN THIS YEAR.

I THINK YOU SAID IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.

>> THAT TO ME WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN YOU WEREN'T HERE TO EXPLAIN TO US.

THEN TO TELL US ABOUT THIS COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY ON THE FRONT SIDE.

I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND OTIS, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHAT IS IT?

>> IT'S COMMERCIAL GENERAL.

>> COMMERCIAL GENERAL?

>> YES, ON THE FRONTAGE.

>> BECAUSE THAT IS A CONCERN TO ME ONLY BECAUSE A GAS STATION CAN GO THERE, TOO AT THIS POINT.

I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY STRINGENT UPON WHAT GOES THERE AS IT BECOMES VIABLE TO YOUR SUBDIVISION, BUT IT ALSO IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE TO THE CITY FROM A 35 QUARTER STANDPOINT.

YOU ALREADY KNOW MY FEELINGS ON THE TRAFFIC OVER THERE.

THAT'S WHY YOU STILL HAVE THE RIGHT IN COMING WESTBOUND, YOU HAVE TO GO RIGHT IN.

THERE'S NO TURN OUT OR COMING IN FROM THE EAST.

THAT TO ME IS IMPORTANT.

>> THIS IS ONE WAY THAT I WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE THERE IS TRAFFIC CONCERNS THERE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE A PROBLEM ON TOP OF A PROBLEM.

THAT'S ONE. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS ONE THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A GOOD FIT.

I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU ALL NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION RIGHT THERE.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, AND I AM AGAIN, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING LONG TERM.

SUCCESSFUL FOR NOT ONLY OUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

>> THAT COMMERCIAL AREA IS NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT, AND NOT PART OF THE LOTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN CONSIDERATION HERE.

BUT YOU DO MEET YOUR 60 FOOT LOT MINIMUM.

I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR RESERVE ACRES BECAUSE AS COMMERCIAL, WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT IT, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE CASE.

YOU STILL HAVE THE SQUARE ACRE FEET OF RETENTION AVAILABLE IF YOU DEVELOP THIS IN YOUR PLAN BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO USE THAT.

>> OUR ENGINEERS HAVE ONLY DONE A PRELIMINARY, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE NEED TO WITH THAT EXISTING RESERVE ACREAGE.

WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOME MINOR UNDERGROUND OR SOME RELATIVELY SPEAKING, SMALL ADDITIONAL RESERVE FOR THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE.

BUT UNTIL THAT WE GET A FINAL DESIGN AND WE GET EVERYTHING REALLY LOCKED DOWN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW 100%, BUT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY WILL BE ABLE TO BE ACHIEVED WITH OUR CURRENT RESERVE ACREAGE.

>> COUNCIL.

>> WHAT ARE THE WIDTHS OF YOUR ROADS?

>> THEY'RE ALL WHAT WE HAD PUT IN THERE.

I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

THEY'RE EITHER 26 OR 28 FEET.

I DO APOLOGIZE.

>> WHAT'S OUR NEW STANDARD?

>> IT'S ALL 28. WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING, QUITE HONESTLY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE DIDN'T PUSH FOR ANY VARIANCE.

ALL OF OURS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 6.3.

WE'VE GOT A SUBSTANTIAL VARIETY OF LOT SIZES EVEN WITH IT ONLY BEING 41 LOTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TWO POINTS OF EGRESS.

IT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU GUYS REQUEST.

>> THEY FOLLOW THE SETBACK STANDARDS THAT WERE PASSED AS WELL?

>> HE WOULD HAVE PREDATED THE NEW STANDARD THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO [INAUDIBLE]

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>> WELL, IT WAS DENIED. IT SOMEHOW RECIRCULATED ITSELF.

>> IT'S VESTED.

>> YES, SIR.

>> QUESTION SINCE IT WAS DENIED, NOW WE GET INTO THE BATTLE OF THE LEGAL FORMS, THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT VERSUS THE PLAT.

THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT HAD ALL THE STIPULATIONS OF THE LOT SIZES AND EVERYTHING IN IT.

BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DENY THE EXTENSION ON THE PLAT, THE PLAT STILL ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE UNTIL WHEN OCTOBER.

>> THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT DATE WAS, I THINK, OCTOBER OF 2023, EXCUSE ME.

HIS PLAT WOULD SATISFY AS IT WAS APPROVED BACK THEN.

>> BUT NOT NOW.

>> YOUR DECISION TONIGHT IS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF WHAT YOU DID ON JUNE 10TH.

>> BASED ON THE NEW INFORMATION.

LEGALLY, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO LEGAL WHAT THAT MEANS TECHNICALLY.

>> YOU'RE ASKING US TO REVOTE WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOUT THE FRONT A ROAD. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING?

>> PUT IT IN REVERSE, THEN GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE ON JUNE 10TH, WITH THE NEW INFORMATION AND RECONSIDER WHAT YOU DID BASED ON THE NEW INFORMATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

>> GRADING ON [INAUDIBLE].

>> YOU'RE RECONSIDERING JUST LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT YOU DID IN JUNE, AND VESTING SAYS FOLLOWING THE FIRST PIECE OF PAPER CAN BE AS LITTLE AS A GENERAL PLAT VEST THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW AS IT WAS IN ON THAT DATE.

NOW, IF IT'S A NEW SECTION OR YOU CAN HAVE AN ARGUMENT THERE, BUT I'M NOT SEEING THE FACTS HERE.

IT'S VESTED WITH THE OLD.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T CHANGE OR RECONSIDER OUR VOTE.

>> STILL DENY.

>> I WILL ALSO ADD THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL.

I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CROSS ALL THE TS AND DOT ALL OF THE S OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHERE HE PAYS ALL OF HIS FEES, ANY TYPE OF PERFORMANCE BONDS, AND HE'S READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ON THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT.

>> MAYOR PRO-TEM TOWNSEND, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST SPOT TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT YOU'RE AFTER.

DO YOU WANT TO SEE FURTHER SETBACK?

>> I JUST LIKE TO SEE OUR STANDARDS APPLIED.

>> I DO TOO.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE HAD A PLAT.

THEY DIDN'T EXECUTE IT IN TIMELY FASHION.

THE CLOCK RAN. I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES TO 2024.

NOW WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL SHOPPING. I GUESS.

>> THAT'S GOT TO COME BACK TO US, CORRECT DAVIS.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> DOESN'T THAT STUFF TO COME BACK TO US? THE COMMERCIALS?

>> THE COMMERCIAL WOULD NOT COME BEFORE YOU, THAT'S JUST A TYPICAL PERMIT.

THEY WILL HAVE TO SATISFY ANY TYPE OF REFERRAL AGENCY SUCH AS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, ANY TYPE OF ACCESS WOULDN'T GET A THROUGH THE HE WOULD DO PLATTING, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A MINOR PLAT DUE TO IT BEING ONE LOT.

IN THE CASE OF THE PLAT BECOMING STILL AND IT GETS DENIED, HE WOULD JUST BE GOING BACK THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS.

YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME LAYOUT RIGHT BACK BEFORE YOU TECHNICALLY.

FOR CONSIDERATION THAT IS.

>> OTIS, WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, WHAT WOULD HE HAVE TO DO DIFFERENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS?

>> THAT WOULD PROBABLY IF IN MY GUESS, WOULD DECREASE THE LOT TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, THE DEATH OF THE LOTS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW STANDARDS.

THE 60 FEET WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH OF A CHALLENGE BY THINK IN THIS INSTANCE, YOUR LAT DEATH WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE.

YOU MAY END UP WITH A FRACTION OF THE LATS.

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THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD ACHIEVE WITH YOUR NEW STANDARDS.

BUT THEY WOULD STILL PUT IN SIDEWALKS, TYPICALLY IN ANY SUBDIVISION.

HE HAS NO WAIVERS OR VARIANCES OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

>> THE STREET WIDTH IS STILL THE SAME?

>> THOSE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME UNLESS AS I STATED, IF YOU IMPOSE THOSE NEW STANDARDS, THEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH NEW SETBACKS AND HE'LL END UP PROBABLY LOSING A NUMBER OF BLOCKS.

>> THE ISSUE IS THE SETBACKS. THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE?

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MAJOR CHALLENGE IN WHAT THE QUESTION IS ON THE FLOOR.

>> MAYOR. WHEN COUNSEL IS FACED WITH A DISCRETIONARY VOTE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EXTEND HIS FLAT AS YOU DENIED IT ONE TIME BEFORE.

I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO PUT THIS DIPLOMATICALLY.

WHILE THEY MAY BE VESTED UNDER THE OLD RULES, IF THEY WANT SOMETHING COUNSEL DON'T HAVE TO GRANT, THEN THEY NEED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT.

>> ALSO, AT THIS POINT, COUNSEL CAN APPROVE AN EXTENSION OR THEY CAN JUST TAKE NO ACTION, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT?

>> WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE TO DISAPPROVE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THAT ACTION?

>> CORRECT. COUNSEL.

>> THE CHANGE IN SETBACKS WOULD BE FROM WHAT TO WHAT?

>> I'LL HAVE TO PULL UP THE CODE AND NOT TO APOLOGIZE.

WHAT WE DID, IF YOU RECALL, MOST OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS, WE INCREASED THE SETBACK FROM 25-35 FEET IN SOME INSTANCES TO INCREASE DRIVEWAY DEPTH SO THAT CARS WOULD NOT BE PARKED ON THE ROAD.

I THINK THAT'S THE MAJOR CHALLENGE HERE.

IN SOME INSTANCES, WE MAY HAVE INCREASE THE REAR YARD IN SOME OF THE DISTRICTS.

>> BUT IF WE HAD THE SIDE YARDS WERE A LITTLE.

>> SIDE YARDS WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE AFFECTED HERE BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY END UP WITH FIVE OR 10 FEET ON SIDE OF THESE HOMES WITH 60 FOOT LATS WITH THE PRODUCT THAT HE'S PROBABLY PROPOSING.

BUT HE COULD GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

NOW I HAVE IT HERE. I DO APOLOGIZE.

IN THE 7.2, WE INCREASED IT TO 35 FEET, AND IN 6.3, WE INCREASED THE FRONT YARD TO 35 FEET ALSO.

>> WHAT'S HE AT NOW? TWENTY FIVE?

>> HE SHOULD BE AT THE 25 FEET REQUIREMENT.

YOUR SIDE YARDS, IF YOU RECALL, WE FIVE FOOT FIVE AND 10 AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN INCREASED TO 10?

>> HE COULD BE FORCED TO ADHERE TO THE 10 FOOT.

MR. CORRY CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU IF HE CAN ACHIEVE THAT WITH THIS PROPOSED PRODUCT, BUT I THINK THE DEPTH WOULD BE THE CHALLENGE.

LET ME GIVE YOU THE REAR.

>> THE DEPTH DIDN'T CHANGE THAT, DID IT?

>> HIS DEPTH IS LESS THAN 100 FEET ALMOST.

>> NOT THE DEPTH OF THE LOT, BUT HIS LOTS.

WE WOULD HAVE TO ZOOM INTO ONE OF THOSE LOTS TO SEE WHAT THE SMALLEST DEPTH IS, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE A CHALLENGE.

THE REAR YARD ENDED UP BEING 25 FEET.

>> IF IT'S 35 IN THE FRONT, 25 IN THE BACK, THAT'S 60 FEET, AND MOST OF THESE LOTS ARE ABOUT 95 FEET, SO YOUR HOUSE CAN MAYBE BE 25 FEET IN DEPTH.

>> BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SHAPE OF THIS TRACK.

WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL THAT ARE IN THE 90S.

THE MAJORITY ARE 105.

BUT YEAH, IF WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR FRONT AND REAR SETBACKS, IT WILL NOT ONLY RESULT IN KILLING OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PERSONAL LOSS OF OVER $300,000 PLUS MY INVESTORS,

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WHICH WOULD SEEM LIKE AN EPIC WASTE CONSIDERING WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS TO DO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND TO GET EVERYTHING LITERALLY SHOVEL READY.

WE'RE NOW AT THAT POINT.

IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY JUST DESTROY THE WHOLE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 3.5 YEARS.

>> HOW LONG WERE YOU GIVEN TIME TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE PLAT?

>> WE WERE GIVEN, EFFECTIVELY, LIKE, A YEAR, BUT WE HAD OUR DEVELOPMENT.

>> IS THAT A STANDARD MOST CITIES YOU DEAL WITH THEY GIVE YOU A YEAR.

>> WE TYPICALLY DON'T GO THE FINAL PLAT ROUT.

WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET GOING.

BUT LIKE I SAID, 2024 WAS NOT A STANDARD YEAR.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR A PLAT EXTENSION IS NOT FOR AN EXTENSION IN PERPETUITY.

WHENEVER I SAY SIX MONTHS, I MEAN, SIX MONTHS.

>> BUT SEEMS LIKE WE FOLLOWED STANDARD PROCEDURES.

WE WERE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH.

WE WEREN'T TRYING TO SOMEHOW SQUEEZE YOU OUT OF YOUR MONEY.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY.

WE FOLLOWED WHAT IS BASICALLY A STANDARD AGREEMENT.

THEN THE ACTION THAT WASN'T TAKEN WASN'T OUR LACK OF ACTION.

IT WAS YOUR LACK OF ACTION.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT PERCEPTION, BUT WHENEVER MOST DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BUILDERS IN TOW, WE HAD LANAR THAT WAS GOING TO BUILD THERE, AND THEY BACKED OUT.

YOU ALL KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WITH LANAR.

WITH BANKS THAT TYPICALLY REQUIRE A MAJOR BUILDER IN TOW TO PUT UP CONSTRUCTION FINANCING.

IN 2024, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE.

THAT ABSOLUTELY SHUT DOWN FINANCING.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR PERCEPTION, BUT IT'S NOT ONE PIECE THAT THE BANKS OR BREAKS A DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

THAT'S WHY I'M HUMBLY ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S LITERALLY JUST A SIX MONTH EXTENSION ON ALL THE AGREEMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE TO THIS POINT.

>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS THEN. YOU HEARD OUR ATTORNEY SPEAK.

HIS ADVICE TO US WAS, TO GET SOME, YOU GIVE SOME.

WHAT ARE YOU PREPARING TO GIVE?

>> I THINK THAT'S WHY I CAME TO YOU ALL WITH THIS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FRONT IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING BECAUSE I KNOW THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS ASKING FOR MORE BUSINESS.

THAT'S BEEN A FOCUS EVER SINCE THAT I'VE BEEN HERE APPEARING BEFORE THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SECURE THAT LAND SO THAT I CAN MAKE IT A BETTER DEVELOPMENT FOR EVERYBODY.

I UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTIAL DOESN'T DO MUCH FOR YOU, BUT THE COMMERCIAL DEFINITELY DOES.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE JOBS, THE RETAIL TAX, THE SALES TAX, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT QUITE HONESTLY, THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THAT PARTICULAR TRACK, WHERE WHO WANTS THE TREK GUY TO BE THERE ANY LONGER?

>> SURE SOMEBODY DOES. IS LIKE IN BUSINESS.

I IMAGINE SOMEBODY IS DROPPING.

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I'M TRYING TO ADD VALUE, NOT GIVE UP ANYTHING ELSE.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A WIN FOR EVERYBODY AND LITERALLY JUST CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR YEARS, AND NOW THAT IT'S FINALLY READY TO GO, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH BRINGING GOOD SOLID JOBS AND GOOD SALES TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON.

>> I THINK THE THING THAT'S AT PLAY HERE IS THAT WE'VE HAD WHAT WE CONSIDERED TO BE SUBSTANDARD LOT SETBACKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO CHANGE.

WE DID THAT WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON.

YOU GETTING THIS APPROVED SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO YOU BECAUSE AFTER THAT, BASICALLY WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS APPROVING YOUR DEVELOPMENT HERE.

AFTER THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY MADE THESE CHANGES, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE.

NOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION.

>> WELL, COUNCILMAN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, LIKE, WHENEVER WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE HAD 50 FOOTERS.

THEN COUNCIL CHANGED.

I'VE BEEN ADAPTING, AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR ANYTHING ON THAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THIS POINT.

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ALL I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS JUST SIX MONTHS ON THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE SO THAT IT'S LITERALLY TIME.

IT DOESN'T COST THE CITY ANYTHING, AND WE'RE NOT PUTTING A LANAR IN THERE.

I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF BUILDING THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES.

I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR.

I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH.

YOU GUYS AREN'T LOOKING FOR THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS BETTER HOUSES.

I CAN GIVE YOU BETTER DEVELOPMENT, AND I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS THAT ADDED BENEFIT.

ALL I'M ASKING IS TO STICK TO WHAT WE'D AGREED TO AND JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

>> YOU SAID NO NATIONAL BUILDERS WERE IN.

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCAL HERE THAT CAN AFFORD TO BUILD.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING TO FIND THOSE LOCAL PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD TO BUILD RIGHT NOW.

IF THEY DON'T BUILD MILLION-DOLLAR PLUS HOMES, THEY DEFINITELY DON'T BUILD STUFF THAT'LL FIT ON THESE LOTS RIGHT NOW.

>> MAYOR IF I MAY, JUST ONE THING.

THE ZONING CODE WAS UPDATED THE SAME DAY.

THAT WAS 12/12/23 WHEN THE DA WAS APPROVED AS WELL AS OUR ZONING.

>> THEY SLID RIGHT IN?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS FOR SIX MONTHS.

>> SIX MONTHS IS ALLOWED?

>> YES, [INAUDIBLE] SIX MONTHS.

>> I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN, SECONDED BY BARBARA SIMMONS,.

I ALWAYS SAY MS. SIMMONS.

COUNCIL IS ABOUT TO VOTE, BUT MY ONLY THING TO YOU IS THE COUNCIL IS REALLY TRYING TO PULL IN AND SHORE UP OUR CODES TO WHERE EVERYONE HERE IS REALLY MAXIMIZING THE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, THE NEW HOUSES COMING IN.

NOT TO COOKIE CUTTER STANDARD TO WHERE WE CRAM PEOPLE UPON PEOPLE.

THIS LOT IS UNIQUE, AS YOU SAID.

I WOULD BE JUST FINE SEEING IT STILL A PASTURE OR A SWAMP AT THIS POINT.

BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT WITH YOU, WE'VE DONE ALL THIS WORK.

HAD WE NOT GONE THROUGH ALL OF THAT, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE SITTING HERE LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY.

>> IT WOULD BE A MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION.

NOBODY'S TRYING TO HURT YOU EITHER.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I'LL TELL YOU NOW, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL GET ANOTHER EXTENSION.

>> I KNOW.

>> YOU GOT SIX MONTHS.

>> COUNCIL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> HOLD ON.

>> USUALLY YOU SAY BEFORE I GO TO CALL FOR A VOTE, I'M GOING TO LET ANYTHING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

>> GIVE ME YOUR COMMENTS. GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU. I TAKE THE OPPOSITE POSITION.

HE SLID IN ON THE DAY THAT WE SIGNED THE NEW CHANGES WE MADE TO THE ZONING.

THAT WAS THE BIG SIGN FOR HIM TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT LUCKY.

THEY WORKED WITH ME, AND I KNOW THE WORK BEGAN WAY BEFORE THAT DATE, BUT SO DID OUR CONSIDERING THE CHANGING OF THE ZONING.

WE DIDN'T JUST DO IT ON ONE DAY.

THERE HAS TO BE NOTICE PROVISIONS.

WE HAD ALL SORTS OF MEETINGS.

WE TOOK ACTION, BUT WE ALSO GRANTED HIM AN EXCEPTION.

BASICALLY, HE SLID UNDER THE RADAR RIGHT AT THE RIGHT TIME.

THEN WHEN IT HAS TIME TO GET THINGS DONE, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HIM, IT DOESN'T GET DONE.

I KNOW IT'S ECONOMICS AND THINGS GO ON, BUT IT DIDN'T GET DONE.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO TO A STANDARD, WE EITHER SET THE STANDARD, WE PUT ON LINE IN THE SAND, WE FOLLOW THAT STANDARD, OR WE KEEP ACQUIESCING, AND THEN WE'LL JUST END UP IN THE SAME POSITION THAT WE ALWAYS WERE.

WE'LL MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE.

>> NO, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE, AND I'M GOING TO SAY TO THE CAMERA.

THIS WAS ALREADY IN PLAY, EFFECTIVE THE SAME DATE THAT WE MADE THE ZONING CHANGES.

IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? CALL FOR THE VOTE.

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> ALL THOSE POSED, SAME SIGN.

>> THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> MOTION CARRIES.

>> ITEM NUMBER 4,

[4. Discussion and possible action on the Austin Colony Subdivision, First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Development and Public Improvement District (PID) Agreement between Tejas-Angleton Development, LLC. and the City of Angleton, Texas.]

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AUSTIN COLONY SUBDIVISION, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TEJAS-ANGLETON DEVELOPMENT, LLC, AND THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS REQUEST CAME BEFORE US FROM MR. WAYNE SANDY RAY REGARDING AUSTIN COLONY SUBDIVISION.

HE IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE REINSTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT DEALT WITH THE PID FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE PURPOSES HE WILL EXPLAIN THIS EVENING HAVE TO DO WITH LANGUAGE WITHIN THAT DA THAT DEALT WITH THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THE SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS, AND ALSO LANGUAGE DEALING WITH THE ANCHOR ROW TIE IN WITH THE COUNTY.

HE WILL EXPLAIN THE PRIORITY THEREOF.

I WILL SAY THAT WE MEET ON A BI WEEKLY BASIS ON THE PID WITH OUR PROFESSIONALS AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS.

I BROUGHT THIS BEFORE THEM, AS WELL AS LEGAL.

GRADY IS HERE, AND HE ALSO AFFORDED YOU THIS INFORMATION AS WELL.

WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ONCE MR. SANDY RAY APPROACHES THE CONSOLE. THANK YOU.

>> I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ONE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?

>> HAND THAT TO CITY SECRETARY.

I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET UP THERE.

>> THANK YOU. MR. CARTER.

>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING ME ON THIS ISSUE.

WE'RE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON AUSTIN COLONY.

WE NEED A DRIVEWAY PERMIT FROM MISSOURI COUNTY.

MISSOURI COUNTY WANTS A LEFT HAND TURN LANE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ANCHOR ROAD AND THE ENTRANCE INTO AUSTIN COLONY, WHICH WE BUDGETED TO PUT IN BEFORE THEY EVEN ASKED FOR IT.

WE BUDGETED FOR IT TO COME IN IN SECTION 2.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STATES THAT IT IS THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE BUILT WHEN TIGNER ROAD IS OPENED, AND THERE'S 100 HOUSES OCCUPIED.

WHICH WE PUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT.

WE PUT IN OUR NUMBERS THAT WE WOULD DO IT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 2.

BECAUSE SECTION 2A WILL BE FULLY DEVELOPED BEFORE THERE'S 100 HOUSES THAT ARE BUILT AND SOLD IN SECTION 1 A.

THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER SAID, IS THAT IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY? I SAID, NO.

SHE SAID, "WELL, IF IT WAS, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE PERMIT." I SUBMITTED THIS TO OTIS AND SO BASICALLY, WHAT IT DOES, IT AMENDS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

IT REQUIRES ME TO BUILD THAT START CONSTRUCTION ON SECTION 2 A AND THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE 100 LOTS.

THOSE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED FAR IN ADVANCE OF WHEN THE BUILDER ACTUALLY BUILDS THE HOUSES, AND THE HOUSES GENERALLY ARE SITTING OR VACANT ON THE MARKET FOR 30-60 DAYS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE BUILT BEFORE THE HUNDRED HOUSES ARE DEVELOPED.

THE COST TO BUILD THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE IS 100% ON THE DEVELOPER.

THE BURDEN TO INSPECT THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING IS 100% ON BRAZORIA COUNTY.

THE BURDEN OF INSPECTING IT AND APPROVING IT AND ENSURING THAT IS CONSTRUCTED.

THAT BURDEN IS 100% ON BRAZORIA COUNTY.

THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSPECT IT.

THE DESIGN, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSPECT THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO, AND DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO DO.

THERE ARE ISSUES WITH WHY IS THE CITY GETTING INVOLVED IN A COUNTY ROAD,

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AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS SIMPLE.

THE CITY KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS SUBDIVISION THAN THE COUNTY DOES.

THE THE CITIZENS DRIVE UP AND DOWN THAT STREET, AND THAT LEFT HAND LANE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON.

THE REASON I REALLY WANT THIS DONE IS I'M READY TO START CONSTRUCTION.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THIS SIGNED AMENDMENT BY THE MAYOR AND HAND IT TO HER, AND SHE'LL ISSUE THAT DRIVEWAY PERMIT, AND THEN WE CAN TURN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS LOOSE.

WITHIN TWO WEEKS TO A MONTH DEPENDING UPON WEATHER, ETC, WE'LL BE OUT THERE MOVING DIRT.

WITHOUT IT, WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCESS AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROCESS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROCESS.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS TEJAS- ANGLETON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OWNS THE LAND.

TEJAS AND THEN ANGLETON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IS THE DEVELOPER, AND IT'S A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TEJAS-ANGLETON WHOLLY-OWNED.

THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT WE CAN ASSIGN INTO AN AFFILIATE AND A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY IS AN AFFILIATE.

WE DON'T NEED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

IT'S THE SAME OWNERSHIP, SAME PEOPLE.

WHY DID WE DO THAT? BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION LENDER.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. HART.

MR. CARTER, GO AHEAD TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM NOW.

MR. CARTER, CAN COME TO THE PODIUM NOW SINCE YOU'VE FILLED OUT YOUR PHONE.

>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

YOU KNOW THE PROTOCOL HERE.

I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN OR ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR SUBDIVISION.

FOR JUST AS MUCH AS IT DOESN'T BOTHER TO ME.

BUT AT ONE TIME AND MR. WRIGHT KNOWS, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH ME.

WHEN DOUG RACER WAS HERE WITH THE DRAINAGE IF THEY REROUTED CAR ROAD, TOOK THE BEND OUT OF IT AND GO STRAIGHT TO YOUR NEW ROAD.

THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE DRAINAGE ON MY SIDE? THAT DRAINAGE DRILL POOR ANYWAY.

ALL THE WATER ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD.

I LIVED THERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

I KNOW ALL THAT WATER HAS TO GO UNDERNEATH CAR ROAD TO GET OUT, WHICH WENT BACK TO WALMART.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NEW RE ROUTE IS GOING TO BE.

BUT DOUG TOLD ME, WHICH HE IS NOW RETIRED.

SOMEBODY PROBABLY TOOK HIS PLACE, NO ARM DONE.

BUT DOUG ASSURED ME THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT WATER DIDN'T GANG UP ON ME ON MY SIDE AND WE GOT IT OUT THERE WITH THE RE ROUTE.

WHERE WE AT WITH THAT OR AM I TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT QUITE AWARE OF RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, SIR, SO I'M AWARE OF BECAUSE I WAS AT THE MEETING.

>> WE'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF MEETINGS.

WELL, I WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN YOU DISCUSSED THAT ISSUE.

AFTER THE MEETING AND I WENT OUT TO TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> GREAT.

>> WE STOPPED AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

WE GO TIGNER ROAD FROM THE BACK OF WALMART TO OUR PROPERTY LINE.

>> THEN YOU GOT THE PROPERTY LINE, THEN ANOTHER GENTLEMAN OWNS THE-.

>> THE REST OF IT.

>> BEN AND MARS TIGNER ROAD OWNS THAT LITTLE CUT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> NOT THIS ONE. THIS IS-.

>> BACK TOWARDS MEAN?

>> NO. THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> YES. FROM YOUR QUESTION, THE PERSPECTIVE IS, THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THE ROAD FROM THE EDGE OF HIS PROPERTY TO COUNTY ROAD 44.

WE ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT CARR AND TIGNER TEE IN CORRECTLY AND THEN TIE INTO ALTERNATIVES BASICALLY.

>> THAT IS MY QUESTION LIKE TO KEEP THE CARR ROAD.

>> YES. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO CHANGE THE MAIN ROAD.

[LAUGHTER] IT'LL BE CARR ROAD AT THE POINT AT DEAD END OF THE TABLE.

>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.

>> MR. PETERSON'S OVER THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND HE'S HEARING EVERYTHING.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CONNOR.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OTIS AND JOHN IN REGARDS TO THIS.

THE LAND PLAN FOR THAT AREA, WHEN IT'S COUNTY ROAD 44 CITY LIMIT LINE

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IS JUST RIGHT PAST THE HAMRICKS, RIGHT THERE, I GUESS, THE PRINTER PLATE, WHATEVER THAT PLACE WAS.

BCOS. THAT'S A C LIMIT LINE.

FROM OUR LAND PLAN, IT'S ALL COUNTY FROM THAT POINT ON.

THAT GETS TO THE SIDE AND DICTATE HOW 44 LOOKS? CORRECT.

>> THE FRONT END AND THE TIE END, YES.

>> CORRECT. FOR JOHN, HAVE YOU REVIEWED THESE CHANGES FROM A CITY STANDPOINT OF HOW THE WIDTH OF THE TURN LANES, WAITING UNTIL THERE'S 100 HOMES, DOES THAT MEET ALL OF OUR CONDITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE?

>> WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY CONSTRUCTION PLANS OR CIVIL PLANS.

ALL WE'VE SEEN IS JUST THE PLATS.

TO ANSWER THE DRAINAGE QUESTION AND ALL THE OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

>> I WOULD IS THIS NORMAL FOR YOU THIS REQUEST?

>> SPEAKING WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS, THEY FELT THAT THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF IN ANOTHER MANNER.

I WILL SAY, WE ALSO SPOKE WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY ENGINEERING, WHO IS REQUIRING THAT COORDINATION.

THEY ALSO NOTIFIED ME THAT THE OPTION TO CREATE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY IS AN OPTION.

KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.

PERHAPS THIS COULD BE ANOTHER LEGAL INSTRUMENT BY LETTER IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD NEED FROM THE CITY IN TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT.

THIS IS A PD, A PLAN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY ORDINANCE ON THE ZONING.

WE DO HAVE AN OVERLAY OVER THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT WITH CONDITIONS.

IT'S JUST THAT MUCH OF THE TI INFORMATION WE HAVE NOT SEEN, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN FORWARD TO US.

>> BUT ALL THE SUBDIVISION WILL BE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, CORRECT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> EXCEPT FOR THE ROAD, 44 REMAINS ON THE COUNTY.

>> THEY'RE TIE IN. YES, SIR. AT THAT POINT.

>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WAS GOING AFTER.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO KEEP THE ROAD? I DON'T WANT THAT HEADACHE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY LIMIT MARKERS ARE AND HOW IT ALL TIES BACK TOGETHER?

>> THAT CITY LIMITS LINE IS JUST A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THAT AREA, BUT AS YOU SEE SECTION 1 GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT LINE.

>> THEN IN CHANIT OAK DRIVE, BECAUSE WHERE IT FELL, WE HAD TO GET THE COUNTY TO APPROVE THAT BECAUSE THAT INTERSECTION WAS IN THE COUNTY, CORRECT?

>> EXACTLY.

>> THIS IS FOLLOWING THE SAME SUIT.

>> EVERYTHING ACROSS THE STREET IS IN THE COUNTY.

>> OKAY.

>> YES, SIR.

>> IS THAT THE ONLY CHANGE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED?

>> THERE ARE TWO CHANGES TO THE DA.

THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND THE PID ADVISORS, THEY FROWN ON GOING IN AND CHANGING THOSE PID AGREEMENTS IN MULTIPLE MANNERS.

IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY FELT IT'S A PROJECT BEING CREATED THAT CAN BE DONE BY OTHER MEANS.

THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING IS CREATING A NEW PROJECT.

>> WHAT RELATED PROJECT?

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU COMMENT ON THAT.

THIS LEFT-HAND TURN LANE IS NOT IN THE PID.

THE PID LINE STOPS AT OUR PROPERTY LINE.

DOESN'T PICK UP COUNTY ROAD.

WE CANNOT GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE PID.

THERE IS NOT EVEN A PART OF THE ISSUE.

>> THERE LIES THE PROBLEM, AND GRADY CAN HELP ME WITH IT, BUT THAT IS A PID AGREEMENT TIED IN AS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN ONE.

IT'S NOT YOUR STANDARD TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THAT'S WHY THEY OBJECTED TO DOING SO AS GOING IN AND DOING ANOTHER AMENDMENT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE DID A RECENT AMENDMENT.

THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE REINSTATED AMENDMENT.

>> COUNSEL?

>> SHOULD WE DO IT SEPARATELY? WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, NOT CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT SINCE HE'S PAYING THIS OUT OF POCKET, AND NOT INCLUDING WITH THE PID, JUST ENTER INTO A JUST SEPARATE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TURN E.

>> ENTER INTO A SECOND AGREEMENT.

>> A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR THE TURN LANE.

>> WELL, BEFORE THE COUNTY WILL GIVE A PERMIT WANTS THE DEVELOPER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD PARTY, THE CITY, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

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IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE ROAD IS BUILT, THEN THE COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPER SHOULD ENTER INTO THAT AGREEMENT, THEN HE CAN GET HIS PERMIT.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY.

I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE BASIC CONCEPT OF IT WAS NEWS TO ME THAT HE DIDN'T WANT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS ROAD FROM THE PID.

THE PID HADN'T EVEN BEEN CREATED AFTER THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF SITTING THERE.

THAT YOU SAID THE PID LINE IS NOT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ROAD.

IT COULDN'T BE REIMBURSED BY THE PID.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE DEAL WAS AND IT WAS A WRONG DOCUMENT.

IT NEEDS TO GO IN THE PID AND THE PID IS NOT YET CREATED.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE HE JUST NEEDS THIS DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT UPDATED SO THAT HE CAN GO TO THE COUNTY [OVERLAPPING] AND GET HIS PERMIT BECAUSE IT'S CONTROLLED UNDER THE CITY'S AGREEMENT.

>> BUT THE ROAD IS NOT UNDER.

>> RIGHT. THE ROAD IS NOT OURS.

>> THE ROAD IS NOT OURS.

WHY DIDN'T THE COUNTY TAKE CARE OF THE COUNTY BUSINESS?

>> COUNTY I WAS GETTING OUT OF HOUR GO.

>> THAT'S WHERE I'M STUCK.

>> WE RUN INTO THIS SAME SITUATION WHERE A DEVELOPMENT WOULD FRONT ON A STATE ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE.

TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO FROM THE CITY IS WE PROVIDE THE TIE IN LETTER, BASICALLY SAYING THE CITY WILL COOPERATE IN THAT INSTANCE.

THERE'S SUCH A THING AS A TIE IN AGREEMENT LETTER OF SOME SORT.

I JUST DON'T HAVE A TEMPLATE WITH ME OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE STATE.

BUT HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S THE SAME INSTANCE.

>> THE PID HAS BEEN CREATED.

>> NO, SIR.

>> YOU CITY ORDINANCE, WE CREATED THE PID IN '21, I THINK.

>> NO, YOU HAVE TO PETITION THE CITY FOR THAT.

AN EXAMPLE OF ONE WAS ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN.

>> THE CITY VOTED ON AN ORDINANCE.

THE PID HAS BEEN CREATED AMONG [INAUDIBLE].

>> WELL, I TALKED TO THE PID LAWYER AND SHE SAID, NO, TO CONFIRM THAT.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A PID REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.

>> BUT THE CITY VOTED ON AND I'VE GOT IT.

I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT THE CITY VOTED ON THE CREATION, AND THE PID WAS CREATED.

THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SPEAKS TO WHEN THE PID WAS CREATED, I BELIEVE.

>> THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS AS AN EXHIBIT, AND I THINK IT'S EXHIBIT C, A PROPOSED PID AGREEMENT.

BUT AS THE FACTS I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE ACTUAL PID HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS OF BEING CREATED.

I'LL VERIFY IT TOMORROW.

>> I CAN VERIFY THAT.

I'D LIKE TO THROW THIS HYPOTHETICAL OUT.

I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY.

LET'S SAY THE COUNTY ISSUES THAT PERMIT.

THEN LET'S SAY AFTER 200 HOUSES, SECTIONS 2 IS BET, THERE'S 200 HOUSES.

YOU GOT CITIZENS IN THE BACKGROUND COMPLAINING BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LEFT TURN LANE THERE.

THIS IS A BIG BENEFIT TO THE CITY, AND POSSIBLY IT CREATES SOME PAPERWORK THAT IS UNUSUAL.

BUT WHEN IT DOESN'T COST THE CITY ANY MONEY AND IT BENEFITS THE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON, I WOULD THINK YOU'D WANT IT.

>> IT PROPOSED AMENDMENT SAYS THE CITY HAS A RIGHT TO REVIEW THE DESIGN AND INSPECT THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S BRAZORIA COUNTY DESIGN ENGINEERING INSPECTION AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THE BRAZORIA COUNTY ROAD RAY DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL THAT COUNTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE AS IT IS, A COUNTY ROAD.

THE COUNTY CAN ISSUE THEIR PERMIT WITH WHATEVER CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS THEY WANT.

>> I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE SENDING HIM BACK TO US.

>> NOT EITHER. IF WE SEND A LETTER LIKE WE NORMALLY DO NOTICE JUST SPOKE OF WE'LL COORDINATE AND ALL THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AMENDED AGREEMENT THAT WE JUST AMENDED IN MARCH.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT TO INITIATE?

>> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW.

>> THE COUNTY IS WELL AWARE OF THIS AMENDMENT.

I SENT A COPY OF IT AND WHEN SHE SAID IF IT WAS IN THE CITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE WOULD APPROVE IT.

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IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S PART OF DEVELOPMENT SECTION 2A, AND WE CAN'T REACH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T ACCEPT 2A UNTIL WE BUILD THE LEFT HAND TURN LINE.

WHICH IS A BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS AVAILABLE.

THE PROCESS SEEMS TO BE INTERFERING WITH A DIRECT RESULT AND THE DIRECT RESULT IS A LEFT HAND TURN LINE ON COUNTY ROAD 44.

>> THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.

>> IT'S JUST PART OF GAIN IN DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT, IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT OUR AREA.

>> WELL, IT'S NOT WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION ON COUNTY RULE 44, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTION, NOT TO ISSUE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND ACCEPT 2A UNLESS THE COUNTY HAS ACCEPTED IT.

>> WHICH THIS AMENDMENT WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT.

THE CITY'S NOT AGAINST THE BUILDING A LEFT TURN LANE.

>> NO.

>> IT'S JUST IF THE COUNTY WANTS SOMETHING.

IT DOESN'T MAKE A DEAL BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES.

WE JUST A RIGHT TO LOOK AT IT WHILE IT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD.

>> COUNTY STILL HAS TO GIVE HIM THE PERMIT.

THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING TO GIVE IT TO US TO GIVE THE PERMIT.

THEY'RE JUST SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IT IN THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT THAT IT'S A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AT THIS POINT, I REALLY WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

>> WE'RE HERE. I DON'T GUESS IT REALLY MATTER.

>> WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO BE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> WHAT RIGHT DOES THE CITY HAVE PERMIT, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING BY THE CITY OR ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT.

>> BUT WE'RE NOT GRANTING THE PERMIT AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO.

>> I THINK THE COUNTY IS SAYING WE WANT SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO BUILD IT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S IN HERE.

>> MIKE CAN SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY AND SAY, I WILL BUILD THE LEFT TURN LANE.

>> WELL, SIR. THAT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

IT'S TAKEN ME THIS LONG TO GET HERE AND I'M READY TO GO.

I GUARANTEE YOU FOR ME TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY, AND THIS IS WHAT THE ENGINE AND I TALKED ABOUT.

THEY SAID THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS. YOU LIVED WITH IT.

WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO DO ANYTHING BUT JUST DENY YOU SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON 2A IF YOU DON'T PUT THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE.

THAT'S ALL THEY'RE SAYING AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY.

IF I GO BACK TO THE COUNTY, IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR WHAT WE DO TO START CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S A BIG COUNTY. THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.

IN A LEFT HAND TURN LANE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S AGENDA.

>> ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY IS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S AN ODD CONVERSATION.

I FEEL LIKE THE COUNTY, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT BLAME ON ANYBODY, BUT, LIKE, SHOULD WE JUST BE DIRECTLY COMMUNICATING? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE USING THE DEVELOPER AS AN INTERMEDIARY.

WE'RE SPECULATING ON WHAT THEY INTEND AND WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD JUST CUT THE MIDDLE MAN OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO THEM?

>> SURE. BUT OTIS ALREADY HAVE.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY OTIS HAS ALREADY HAVE.

>> WHAT WAS THEIR FEEDBACK? I GUESS I MISSED THAT. I APOLOGIZE.

>> I APOLOGIZE. I STATED, I SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER, SPOKE TO THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER.

SHE DID MENTION IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TURN LINE. ALL OF THAT SAME DAY.

>> I GET THAT THERE'S A MECHANISM THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS ADDITIONAL ACTION TO BE TAKEN.

WHAT ARE THEY WANTING FROM US?

>> THEY'RE NOT REQUIRING THE CITY TO DO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CHANGE OF THAT NATURE.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT COULD BE DONE AT THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER.

THAT OPTION DOES STILL EXIST.

>> WHICH HE SAYS TAKES ANOTHER YEAR.

>> TO GET TO IT.

>> I'M NOT SURE, BUT YEAH. AS I STATED EARLIER, WE'RE WILLING TO DO THE LETTER.

IT COULD COME FROM THE MAYOR, BUT IT WOULD BASICALLY SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES IN TERMS OF THE SECTIONS, AND WE'RE EXPECTING IN TERMS OF THE TIE IN, THE MERE FACT THAT WE WOULD COOPERATE WITH THAT TIE IN.

WE WOULD SUPPORT IT 100%.

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>> THAT'S THE LEFT TURN LANE ISSUE BE.

WHAT DOES HE CALL IT? THE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

THAT'S IN THERE TWICE.

IT'S IN THE DEFINITION, AS HE QUOTED, BUT IF YOU GO LOOK AT 12.3, SAY THE AGREEMENT IS BINDING AND UPON AND INURED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF THE PARTIES.

IT SAYS, AS SANDY SAID, MAY BE ASSIGNED TO AN AFFILIATE WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY.

NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BANKER IS SAYING THEY WON'T, BUT THOSE MAGIC WORDS ARE IN THE DOCUMENT TWICE.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO AMEND IT FOR ONE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL AMEND IT FOR THE OTHER.

I DO SOUND LIKE AN ECONOMIST ON THE ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER HAND.

>> I'M NOT FOLLOWING.

>> YOU PROPOSE THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOR THE WORDS? LIST OUT YOUR SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

IS THE HOLY OWN SUBSIDIARY OF TEJAS-ANGLETON DEVELOPMENT, LLC.

>> RIGHT.

>> SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION THAT'S ALREADY THERE, IT SAYS ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

THEN IF YOU DROP DOWN FROM THE DEFINITION, YOU GO TO 12.03.

IT SAYS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF THE PARTIES, AND THEN IT GOES ON AND TALKS ABOUT, EVEN IF YOU JUST ASSIGN IT TO AN AFFILIATE THAT THIS IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CITY CONSENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BANKER WANTS IT.

>> THE BANKER DIDN'T WANT THIS DEFINITION.

QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD PUT IT IN THERE JUST TO NOTIFY THE CITY THE BUSINESS ARRAY.

BUT I DIDN'T NEED TO.

I WISH I HADN'T NOW.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WELL, AGAIN, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE'RE HERE, WHAT DOES IT HURT? IT DOESN'T HURT ANYTHING.

>> I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT.

>> I DON'T WANT THE DOCUMENT TO GET CHOPPED UP WITH A BUNCH OF AMENDMENTS IN THREE MORE YEARS, AND WE HAVE TO DO A SECOND RESTATED AGREEMENT.

BUT I LOOKED AND WE FIRST OPENED A FILE ON SAY 2021, NOT 2022. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

>> HAVE YOU GOTTEN THE OTHER LAND?

>> WE'RE READY TO GO.

>> WE OWNED ALL OF IT. WE OWNED ALL OF IT FOR FOUR YEARS.

>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BUY SOME OTHER LAND.

>> NO. WE OWNED 180 ACRES.

>> HE'S REFERRING TO THE OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU WERE AFTER.

THAT WAS RIGHT DOWN OFF OF TIGNER.

>> IT'S NOT REALLY PERTINENT TO THIS DESCRIPTION.

>> WHAT IF THE PAVEMENT STOPS?

>> WHERE THE PAVEMENT STOPS.

>> THAT'S THE PCU ALSO AQUATIC.

>> THE SUBDIVISION IS 164 ACRES THAT TO GET WITH 180.

WE OWN THAT.

>> COUNSEL, WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO.

>> GO HOME. [LAUGHTER]

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> I DON'T SEE HOW WE HAVE ANY AUTHORITY.

>> HAVE A DRINK.

>> YOUR AUTHORITY IS YOU DENY SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF WILL COMPLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THAT'S ALL YOU GOT.

THAT'S ALL THE COUNTY'S ASKING.

WHICH I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT THAT.

YOU WOULD WANT THE LEFT HAND TURN LINE.

>> I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION FOR ANYBODY, SO I LOOK TO Y'ALL.

>> IS THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO GO TO HELP PUSH FOR YOU TO GET THE APPROVALS THAT SHE NEED AND THE PERMITTING THAT SHE NEED? BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN.

>> I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.

>> HOW IS THIS GOING TO FURTHER YOUR CAUSE?

>> I TAKE THIS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR TO THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ENGINEER, AND SHE TAKES IT AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN A DAY OR TWO

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GIVES ME A GRAVELY PERMIT, AND THEN I GO BACK.

>> WHAT IF SHE DOES IT?

>> SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THE COUNTY ENGINEER TO DO THE WELL.

IT IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

HOW LONG HAS IT TAKEN? THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF, TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GIVE ME AN AGREEMENT THAT WE COULD BRING TO COUNCIL.

[OVERLAPPING] WAS 16 MONTHS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SIX MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE COUNTY.

AGAIN, HOW WHAT'S THE DEAL? YOU'RE GETTING A LEFT HAND TURN LANE FOR THE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON.

IT'S NOT COSTING YOU ANY MONEY.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OBLIGATIONS.

>> IF IT WAS THAT EASY, WE WOULD PERMIT IT TODAY.

>> I MEAN, THE THING IS WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY IS WHAT I'M HEARING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO.

>> YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY WITH ME?

>> YOU MEAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AGAIN? YOU'RE ASKING.

>> I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, I COULD HEAR A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE LAND PLAN.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS LEFT HAND TURN LANE? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 562 HOUSES IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LEFT HAND TURN LANE.

YOU NEED TO BUILD A LEFT HAND TURN LANE.

THEN PUT IT ONE, WE'LL PUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

>> PUBLIC.

>> I JUST READ THE LINE. THE INSTALLATION OF THE LEFT TURN LANE WILL ENTIRELY BE AT THE DEVELOPER'S EXPENSE AND SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BISOIA COUNTY ROADWAY DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL.

THEN CITY OF ANGLETON HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW THE SIGN AND INSPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE.

HOWEVER, MISSOURI COUNTY SHALL APPROVE THE DESIGN, ENGINEERING INSPECTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEFT TURN LANE.

IT STATES IT WHO HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES?

>> GREAT, THIS IS SIX AND ONE HAND HALF DOZEN AND THE OTHER.

>> IF YOU WANT TO YES, SHORT ANSWER.

>> IS THIS GOING TO HELP YOU GET OFF HOT CENTER?

>> I'M WITH YOU. I I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME TIME WITH THE COUNCIL.

>> THANK GOD.

I ENJOYED THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.

[LAUGHTER] BUT I'D LIKE TO DO IT.

MAYBE WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME DRINKING A FASIZED TEA OR CON AND NEED SOME BARBECUE RIBS.

>> I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED OF SEEING ME COME UP HERE.

>> NO, WE ENJOY IT.

WITH THAT SAID, WE COULD JUST TABLE THIS AND HAVE YOU COME BACK NEXT TIME.

[LAUGHTER].

>> IT WAS A JOKE. SORRY, BAD JOKE.

BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE DA.

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARK SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THE DA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> HEY, GRADY. IF THIS GOES THROUGH, WHAT LIABILITY DO WE HAVE?

>> NONE.

>> GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY.

>> THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.

>> ANYBODY ELSE? CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> THOSE OPPOSE, SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

>> I HOPE MR. REY, DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY, BUT I HOPE I DON'T SEE YOU COME BACK HERE ANY TIME SOON.

[LAUGHTER].

>> THERE'S NOBODY ON THE COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT THE TURN LANE.

WE JUST DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S OUR BUSINESS.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I ALREADY KNOW.

>> TAKE CARE. NOW, THE REST OF YOU.

>> WITHOUT FURTHER.

[5. Update and discussion on the Gambit Energy Storage Park, 319 Murray Ranch Rd., Angleton, currently a Specific Use Permit within a Single-family Residential 7.2 District (SF-7.2).]

>> ITEM NUMBER 5, UPDATE DISCUSSION ON THE GAMBIT ENERGY STORAGE PARK 319 MURRAY RANCH ROAD, ANGLETON.

IT'S CURRENTLY A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 7.2 DISTRICT.

OTIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPPOSE THIS?