[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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WE ARE MISSING ONE. HOPEFULLY HIS KIDS GET BETTER.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE DO THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSING OF THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT BINDS US TOGETHER, AND FOR THE LEADERS WHO HAVE GATHERED HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT OUR LIVES.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT EACH PERSON IN THIS ROOM THE WISDOM THAT IS FAIR, THE COMPASSION, THAT IS STEADY, AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
AND WE ALSO LIFT UP THOSE WHO WORK DAILY TO KEEP OUR CITY STRONG.
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, EDUCATORS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
MAY THEY BE STRENGTHENED AND ENCOURAGED IN THEIR SERVICE.
IN YOUR BLESSED NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU.
DOCTOR ISAAC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL RENDITION.
SO FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU'RE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S A FORM AT THE VERY BACK BY THE DOOR. IF YOU FILL THAT OUT AND HAND IT TO CITY SECRETARY, WE CAN HAVE YOU UP TO THE PODIUM FOR A FEW MINUTES. MOVING ON TO CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY? IF THERE'S ANY THAT COME IN, WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT.
MOVING ON TO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, PRESENTATION OF SERVICE AWARDS.
[1. Presentation of service awards. ]
COLLEEN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO INDIVIDUALS.[APPLAUSE] I HAVE TO [INAUDIBLE] GO HOME.
YOU, MICHELLE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
FIVE YEARS. WOW. I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY COME TO WORK JUST TO GET A CHECK.
WORKING IN THE COURT HAS BEEN AWESOME FOR ME.
IT HAS MADE ME GROW IN SO MANY AREAS OF MY LIFE.
BUT I DO LOVE MY JOB. AND HOPEFULLY ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
EVERY MINUTE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS OFFICER CODY NORRIS WITH THE ANGLETON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED. NOW YOU HAVE TO GIVE A SPEECH. THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MY CHIEF THAT HE IS A VERY FEARLESS LEADER.
AND THAT NOT AT ALL. NO, I, I REALLY DO ENJOY WORKING FOR THE CITY.
AND CHIEF HAS DEFINITELY TAUGHT ME A LOT. AND I LOOK UP TO THAT MAN BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND LEARNING FROM HIM AND HAVING HIS LITTLE. YEAH, HE MIGHT TAKE IN PRIDE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THE WHOLE TIME THERE'S ALWAYS A LEARNING CURVE TO IT.
Y'ALL BE SAFE [APPLAUSE]. WELL, WE HAD TO STAY UP HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE MORE.
[2. Presentation of the Small Business Saturday Proclamation.]
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ITEM NUMBER TWO, PRESENTATION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY PROCLAMATION.DO I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ANGLETON CHAMBER AND GINA ADAMS FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER? OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, CITY OF ANGLETON TEXAS PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENT OF ANGLETON, TEXAS CELEBRATES OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS AMERICAN EXPRESS INTRODUCED THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IN 2010 TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES FACING CHALLENGES DURING THE ECONOMIC RECESSION, AND BY 2012, ADVOCACY GROUPS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL 50 STATES JOINED IN ENDORSING THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO THRIVE EACH YEAR SINCE.
WHEREAS THE EVENT WAS CREATED TO ENCOURAGE CONSUMERS TO SHOP AT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES SUPPORTING THE BACKBONE OF THE ECONOMY, AND HAS GROWN INTO A SIGNIFICANT SHOPPING TRADITION THAT PROMOTES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT CREATE JOBS, BOOST OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, AND URGES THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND MERCHANTS ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NOW, THEREFORE, I. JOHN WRIGHT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 29TH, 2025 AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY PROCLAIMED THIS 12TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2025.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AND I'LL JUST REITERATE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE SHOPPING LOCAL.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IT HAS. EVERY DOLLAR SPENT HERE IS THE LAST THING I READ WAS MULTIPLIED BY TEN WHEN IT'S SPENT IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.
[INAUDIBLE] DINE LOCAL. THAT'S DEFINITELY RIGHT.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, TOMORROW WE'RE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING CELEBRATING [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD HERE IN ANGLETON. BUT WE'RE ALSO RIGHT AFTER THAT.
WE'RE HAVING TXDOT COMING TO OUR OFFICE AND MEETING WITH BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND TALKING ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES ON, YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT FOR WORKING TOGETHER WITH TECH STOCKS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT IS IN THE LOCAL HERE LOCALLY THAT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH TXDOT, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING IT THERE TOMORROW AT THE OFFICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
OF $389,095.34 FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION AT THE FREEDOM PARK, AT THE FREEDOM PARK AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CUNNINGHAM RECREATION PROPOSAL.ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 202511112.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR LIFT STATION NUMBER EIGHT, SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM REHABILITATION PROJECT WITH KING SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $821,310.
DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER SIX DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIFT STATION NUMBER 24 SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM REHABILITATION PROJECT WITH KING SOLUTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $163,536.
AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MASS GATHERING PERMIT AND WAIVE THE ASSOCIATED FEES FOR THE ANGLETON SOCCER CLUBS, SOUTH TEXAS YOUTH SOCCER EASTERN DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BG PECK PARK FROM DECEMBER 6TH TO DECEMBER 7TH, 2025. COUNCIL WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN OUT FOR DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN OUT.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.
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SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH. FOR ALL THOSE EXCEPT FOR SEVEN, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
SO WE'RE ON NUMBER SEVEN. MR. MERCADO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO.
[7. Discussion and possible action to approve the Mass Gathering Permit and waive the associated fees for the Angleton Soccer Club’s South Texas Youth Soccer Eastern District Championships at BG Peck Park from December 6–7, 2025.]
SO WE CAME IN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS ONE BEFORE YOU. SO THIS IS A MASS GATHERING PERMIT.
SO YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF THE DETAILS IN YOUR PACKET.
SO I CAN TELL YOU, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT ANGLETON SOCCER CLUB HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THOSE FIELDS READY FOR THAT, AS WELL AS OUR PARKS DEPARTMENTS TO PREPARE FOR THAT TOURNAMENT.
THIS IS JUST TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL AS THEY GO THROUGH, BASED ON THE CAPACITY FOR MASS GATHERING, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ANSWER THOSE OR WE'LL DUSTIN TO SPEAK AS WELL.
SURE. DUSTIN, I WANT TO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ALSO WANTED TO PULL THIS OUT WAS SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY, WHAT YOU STILL NEED FROM THE CITY. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU STILL NEED FROM THE CITY? AS FAR AS THE PLAN GOES, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR EXTRA STAFF, TRASH DURING THE WEEKEND, SO THERE'LL BE GAMES STARTING AT 8 A.M., THE LAST GAME ENDING A LITTLE AFTER 7 P.M.
BOTH DAYS. UPWARDS OF 2500 TO 3000 PEOPLE. SO IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON GETTING SOME OF THE TRASH AND EVEN MAYBE A LITTLE RESTROOM, WE HELP WITH BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. BUT IF WE'RE WORKING TO HELP COORDINATE AND PUT OUT FIRES ON SITE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, THAT'LL BE GOOD. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPGRADING OUR TRASH CANS.
THAT'S KIND OF A BIG TICKET ITEM. WHICH WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF.
THE LIGHTS ARE LOOKING GOOD, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING ALL THE NEW SETS OF LIGHTS IN THE BACK OF THE FIELD FOR THE AGES, FROM U11 UP TO U14. DO YOU STILL NEED SECURITY? SECURITY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE SECURITY VERIFIED.
AND THERE WILL BE A FULL FOR BOTH DAYS IF THERE'S EXTRA UNITS AVAILABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, WE'RE PLANNING ON UTILIZING ALL THE SPACE WE HAVE, AS WELL AS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNTY TRAINING FACILITY TO PARK THERE, AND POSSIBLY THE OTHER GRASSY AREAS AROUND.
OKAY. AND DO YOU STILL WANT THE PD TO BRING THEIR.
SIDE BY SIDE? COULD THE PD BRING THEIR SIDE BY SIDE OUT THERE.
ARE YOU GOING TO RIDE IT. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TWO OFFICERS FROM ANGLETON ACTUALLY.
YEAH THAT'D BE GREAT. THE GAMES WILL BE LOCALIZED, BUT EVEN THEN THEY COULD MAKE A PASS THROUGH THE PARKING LOT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DEVOTE UNITS TO EXTRA UNITS TO COME OUT.
THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED OVER THERE USED BY THE OFFICERS.
THEY CAN GET AROUND A LITTLE EASIER. THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND THEN FROM A PARKING STANDPOINT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GRASSY AREAS.
WHAT WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT, JASON? DO YOU HAVE ONE? THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH KNOWING THAT THAT SITE'S LOCATION IS NOT THE BEST IN WHAT WAS CURRENTLY THERE.
AND MARTHA'S BACK THERE. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR SIGNAGE OR ADVERTISING OR ANYTHING TO FOR THEM? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING TO TOWN, SOME TYPE OF WAYFINDING OR ANYTHING THAT COULD BE DEPLOYED OVER THERE.
YES, WE RECEIVED THE HOT REQUEST, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.
TO HELP THEM WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY, THEY'VE REQUESTED ON THE THE GRANT REQUEST.
GOOD. I'M. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, DUSTIN. SECOND TIME? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE HOSTED? WE GOT TO HOST BASICALLY THE GIRLS DIVISION AND THE LOWER AGE GROUP ONLY.
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SO THIS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE. THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 52 TEAMS INVITED TO COME TO THIS END OF SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP.SO BY ADDING LIGHTS TO THE OUTER FIELDS AND SOME OF THE FIELD WORK THE CLUB HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY DOING TO IMPROVE THE PLAYING AREA, WE'RE ABLE TO ADD FIELDS IN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NOT NORMALLY USED.
SO WE'VE OPENED UP THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HOST A MUCH BIGGER GATHERING.
OKAY, DO WE NEED TO DEPLOY ANY LIGHT TOWERS? YES.
I'VE BEEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE NEW ONE OUT THERE ON OFF THE COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONER.
OKAY. AND SO WE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET SOME LIGHT PLANTS.
I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER AVENUES IF THERE ARE OTHER IF WE HAVE ANY.
THE CITY HAS ANY OR ANYONE THAT HAS CONNECTIONS.
BUT WE'RE BASICALLY INTENDING ON LINING UP OUR PARKING LOT WITH SOME OF THE PARKING AREAS AS WE CAN, AND THEN EVEN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS THAT WILL BE ON THE FIRST FIELD AS YOU COME IN, WHERE THERE'S NO LIGHTING AS WELL, AND THERE'LL BE PEOPLE THERE WITH POP UP TENTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR CHAIRS AND EVERYTHING UNTIL IT GETS DARK. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THAT EXTRA SPACE LIT.
OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS BATHROOMS. YES. WHAT THE SOCCER OR THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION USUALLY DOES WHEN THEY HOST IS THEY HAVE EXTRA PORTA POTTIES SET UP OUTSIDE.
ARE YOU DOING THE SAME THING? YES. SO YEAH, WE'LL BE UTILIZING SIX EXTRA CANS WITH TWO WASH STATIONS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HANGING OUT AWAY FROM THE REGULAR RESTROOMS. OKAY, GOOD.
WHERE'S THE OVERFLOW PARKING? THAT'S THE GRASSY AREA.
AND WE'RE DISCUSSING UTILIZING THE HILLS WHERE THE TALL GRASS IS PARKING ON THE HILLS, PARKING ON THE HILLS, MAKE USE OF SOMETHING ON THERE. OKAY. AND I KNOW THERE ARE HOUSES DOWN THAT STREET.
ARE THEY GOING TO BE RESPECTED? THE EVENT CENTER IN THE BACK.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. OKAY. I THOUGHT DOWN THAT ROAD TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
YES. BUT IT SHOULD WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE ASSOCIATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND BASICALLY KIND OF A MAP OF WHAT WE EXPECT EVERYONE TO HOW TO COME IN AND EXIT AND WHERE FOOD TRUCKS AND ALL THAT ALSO WILL HAVE BEGINNING THAT TO EVERYONE, AS WELL AS HAVING TWO TRAINERS ON SITE FOR PLAYERS.
OKAY. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH FOR APPROVAL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS TOURNAMENT FOR US.
THIS CAN MEAN EVERY TOURNAMENT THAT WE HOST ON OUR PARK SYSTEM HELPS US BRING TAX DOLLARS HERE.
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING. WE'LL HAVE TEAMS FROM SAN ANTONIO ALL THE WAY EAST TO THE STATE LINE AND THEN SOUTH TO BROWNSVILLE, PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE SQUADRON, IF YOU WILL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN.
WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
SORRY, I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, DUSTIN. I WAS, I WAS READY TO VOTE FOR YOU THE WHOLE TIME.
OH, BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE ITEMS AND THEN GOING TO PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEM,
[8. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 20251112 008 assigning a C-G, commercial general district zoning district with a specific use permit overlay, for the White Oak Power Distribution substation on a 26.084 acre site, located north of 3343 East Mulberry Street/Highway 35, Angleton, Texas 77515, providing a severability clause; providing for a penalty; and providing for repeal and effective date, and findings of fact. ]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20251112-008 ASSIGNING A C-G COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OVERLAY FOR THE WHITE OAK POWER DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATION ON A 26.084 ACRE SITE LOCATED NORTH OF 3343 EAST MULBERRY STREET, HIGHWAY 35, ANGLETON, TEXAS 77515, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FINDINGS OF FACT.OTIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS NOTED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A ZONING OF PROPERTY THAT WE RECENTLY ANNEXED IN IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, BACK IN JULY OF 2024, COUNCIL APPROVED THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE WHITE OAK SUBSTATION, WHICH IS CENTERPOINT AND TNMP. AND AS YOU KNEW AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, ONLY THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY WAS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND IN THE C-G GENERAL COMMERCIAL, WE OVERLAID IT WITH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE SUBSTATION AS A CONDITION OF THAT APPROVAL. COUNCIL CONDITIONED THEM MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY WHICH IS IN THE REAR INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
SO THIS WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP OF THAT ANNEXATION THAT OCCURRED IN AUGUST.
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SO THE SUBJECT ACREAGE OF 26.084 WOULD COMPLETE THAT PLUS OR MINUS 42 ACRES AND CLEAN UP THE MAP.THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER THE 6TH.
THEY VOTED 5 TO 0, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDING THIS REQUEST TO YOU FOR FINAL ACTION.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF I'LL BE GLAD TO STAND BY AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE HAD ONE LETTER THAT WAS RESPONDED TO ON SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH WERE NOTIFIED, AND THAT WAS FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL.
THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY.
THEY UNDERSTOOD WHOLEHEARTEDLY. OTHER THAN THAT, NO FEEDBACK FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND OF COURSE, IT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
COUNCIL DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
DON'T EVERYBODY JUMP UP AT ONCE. I WAS IMPRESSED.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GO UP THERE. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, OTIS, LET'S TALK. I'M A LITTLE GUN SHY AT THIS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN THAT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ON A POWER STATION.
SO, WHAT PREVENTS US FROM FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS NOW, FROM NOW, HAVING RESIDENTS IN THE WINDROSE GREEN SUBDIVISION COMPLAINING ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION OR NOISE? SO DEALING WITH THE FIRST ITEM, WE PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THE LIGHTING.
THAT WAY IT READS ZERO FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO THAT WOULD COVER YOUR LIGHTING. NOISE WOULD STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY OUR CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE.
WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD. THE DIFFERENCE HERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS PREDATING A LOT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY. RIGHT. THAT'S THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS REQUEST.
NOW THAT WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, IS THIS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FACILITY? I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ENGINEERING DATA ON THIS PARTICULAR, BUT THE OTHER ONE IS THE BATTERY OPERATED, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT STORAGE TYPE APPLICATION.
WE MADE THE GUYS OVER THERE PUT A WHAT WAS IT, 6 FOOT OR 8 FOOT? IT'S 18FT. IS THE ATTENUATION WALL. SOUND WALL AROUND RIGHT.
GAMBIT. THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO DO THIS.
NO, SIR. IT JUST SAYS SIX FOOT FENCE. YEAH. IT DOESN'T SPECIFY THE FENCE.
DURING THE HDP. THAT WAS, YOU KNOW. NO, I GUESS EVIDENCE THAT TRIGGERED THAT HAPPENING.
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ORIGINAL SUP WHICH APPROVED THEM GOING ON THE PROPERTY.
AND I THINK AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THESE TYPE OF ISSUES, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT. NOTHING WOULD PRECLUDE YOU FROM ASKING MORE QUESTIONS JUST TO ASSURE THAT THOSE THINGS DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH THOSE.
ONE REMEDY WOULD BE WE CAN CALL THEM BACK IN AND FILL ANY QUESTIONS YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I JUST THINK THIS WAS A DIFFERENT APPLICATION THAT THEY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WOULD DROP THE POWER DOWN FROM THE POWER LINES THAT YOU SEE INTO THE CITY LIMITS. AND I THINK WE FIELDED SOME QUESTIONS. I JUST DON'T HAVE THE RECORD RIGHT BEFORE ME.
BUT I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU TECHNICALLY IF WE'VE COMPLETED THAT DISCUSSION.
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BUT IF YOU FEEL WE NEED TO CHANGE, MODIFY ANY OF THE CONDITIONS OF IT AND WHICH PARALLEL EXACTLY WHAT WE DID THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE WE WERE ONLY DEALING WITH 20 OR SO ACRES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.IT'S THE SAME FACILITY. WE'RE JUST MAKING EVERYTHING PARALLEL.
WE DON'T, SO LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.
ON A SUP. WE DON'T, THE CLOCK'S NOT TICKING. IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL BECAUSE IT'S AN SUP, RIGHT? SO IF WE WANTED TO HOLD IT UP AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS, WE HAVE THAT RIGHT.
YOU CAN TABLE THIS MATTER. [INAUDIBLE] YOU CAN CORRECT ME, BUT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TABLE THE MATTER, HAVE THEM APPEAR. YOU ALL CAN FILL ME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE SURE I GET ANSWERED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY THE CONDITIONS, AS I NOTED, TO ADD MAYBE A DECIBEL READING TO PARALLEL WHAT WE DEAL WITH THE OTHER, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. BUT YOU HAVE ALL THOSE OPTIONS.
LOOKING OVER AT YOU TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS ONE.
ARE THEY WANTING TO PUT MORE THAN JUST A SUBSTATION? WELL, THE NOISE IS GOING TO BE GENERATED FROM THAT. THAT LINE COMING INTO THE SUBSTATION.
AND THERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE SOUND STUDY OR AN OVERALL REVIEW.
YOU CAN ALSO PUT A TIME LIMIT ON, ON THIS ISSUE THAT THEY WOULD COME IN AND GENERATE A REPORT THAT YOU WOULD REQUIRE IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT LEGAL AND STAFF TO COME BACK WITH, IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE YOU CAN CONDITIONAL? IF THERE'S A STANDARD READING ABOVE A CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVEL THAT WOULD NOW KICK IN A REMEDIATION FROM THEM, SUCH AS ADDING A WALL OR ADDING A STRUCTURE FOR SOUND.
I THINK IT'S 80 OR 85DB. IT'S STATUTORILY DEFINED AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR A FAVOR. SO YOU LOAD IT UP WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT.
THE PROBLEM IS ENFORCING THE REMEDY. SO IF SAY, THE REMEDY IS AT 40 AND YOU DO SEVERAL READINGS AND IT'S AT 45-50, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN JUST AN ARGUMENT.
WELL, IT WAS DURING THE SUMMER OR IT'S DURING THE WINTER AND IT'S ARTIFICIALLY LOW.
THAT ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS TWO. AND IF THIS HAPPENS IT'S AUTOMATIC.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. I MEAN I WAS TRYING TO SHOW AN ACT OF GOOD FAITH AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU CAN OPERATE LIKE THIS, THEN YOU WON'T KICK ANY PROVISIONS IN.
CORRECT. 18 FOOT WALL. THAT'S THAT'S THE CARROT.
THAT WAS MY IDEA. SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL NEED TO TABLE IT AND COME DOWN.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MOVING FORWARD, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN A FEW YEARS, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN BURNED ONCE. WELL, THE OTHER THING IS, I MEAN, AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT'S A SUP. YOU CAN MAKE IT ONE YEAR OR TWO IF THEY HAVE TO COME BACK.
MAKE HIM COME AND GIVE YOU ANNUAL REPORTS, GIVE YOU A REPORT.
AND, YOU KNOW. DEVELOPERS. WE DID THAT ONCE BEFORE ON COUNCIL.
WE HAD AN SUP THAT THEY HAD TO COME EVERY YEAR AND GET RE-APPROVAL FOR.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS FOR, BUT. WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME VESTING ISSUES.
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BUT BASICALLY THEY'VE INVESTED TIME, TIME AND MONEY.IN THIS INSTANCE, THE CONSTRUCTION HAS PROGRESSED ON BECAUSE, AS YOU RECALL, [INAUDIBLE] WAS IN THE COUNTY, THEY WENT THROUGH PERMITTING THROUGH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND WE JUST DIRECTED THEM TO CLEAN UP OUR MAP AND THEN BRING THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. IS THERE A IN ANOTHER TOWN CITY AREA? IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT SOMEBODY COULD DO A SOUND TEST ON IT NOW? YEAH, WE HAVE THE STICKER RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE THESE FACILITIES IN THE CITY LIMITS.
MAYBE NOT THE SAME SIZE. I THINK IT'S BIGGER.
SAME TYPE. I KNOW THE ONE THAT IF IT'S SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE WENT OUT, I HEARD THE JOKES.
IT'S. IT'S LOUD. THIS IS NOT BATTERY OPERATED.
AND THEY'RE COOLING DOWN BATTERIES AND THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GRID APPROACH.
AND NOT MANUFACTURING ENERGY, THEY'RE DROPPING IT DOWN FROM THE BIG POWER LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE.
SO BUT TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT MISS SIMMONS IS THERE, ARE THERE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE? YES AND. AND DO THEY. YES. AND THEY USE SUPS.
SO WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT AND THEN YOU CAN PLACE CONDITIONS ON THE LIGHTING.
YOU CAN PROPOSE SCREENING WHEN IT'S NECESSARY.
THROUGH THE SUP AS WELL. SO. AND DO WE HAVE LIGHTING AND SCREENING IN THIS NOW? IN HERE, IN THIS ONE WE DO HAVE THE LIGHTING.
IN THE INSTANCE OF SCREENING, IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A SUBSTATION.
RIGHT. WINDROSE WILL PROBABLY HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVACY FENCE FENCES.
AND I DON'T KNOW PARTICULARLY WHAT PHASE WOULD BE THE CLOSEST.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING TYPICALLY, YES, YOU WOULD LOOK AT SEPARATIONS FROM RESIDENTIAL IN TERMS OF SETBACK BUFFERS AND DEAL WITH THE NOISE, LIGHTING OR ANY TYPE OF NUISANCE THAT COULD BE CREATED.
AND HOW FAR IS THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR RIGHT NEXT TO IT? IT WOULD BE WINDROSE. WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT? THOSE THEY OWN THE STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE RAISED.
OKAY. YES, SIR. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION FACILITIES.
CASEY. YES. CASEY, I'M SORRY. BUT FEET. HOW FAR IS THE CLOSEST HOUSE? THAT'S. THE PROBLEM IS, A LOT OF THOSE PROPERTIES AREN'T DEVELOPED YET IN WINDROSE.
[INAUDIBLE], UNIQUELY HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.
RIGHT. BUT TO THE NORTH, WHERE WINDROSE GREEN IS.
BUT TO THE NORTH? YES. THAT'S ALL OF WINDROSE.
SO HOW FAR IS THE CLOSEST HOUSE GOING TO BE? YOU KNOW WHAT THE BORDER OF THE SUBDIVISION IS? HOW FAR IS THAT SUBDIVISION FROM THE LOUDEST NOISE PRODUCING TOWN? THEY WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE. YEAH, BUT HOWEVER, WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL UP THE SITE PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ATTACHED. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THE ANSWER IS THEY DON'T KNOW.
YEAH. IT GOES RIGHT UP TO THE LINE. YEAH, I MEAN DISTRICT, BUT IS THAT 50FT? IS IT 50IN? IS IT 500FT? WELL YOU CAN BUILD UP TO FIVE FEET OFF YOUR PROPERTY.
THEY CAN BUILD UP TO TEN FEET FEET OFF OF THE HOUSES.
YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE THE BORDER OF THE SUBDIVISION IS.
AND YOUR TYPICAL SETBACK FROM RESIDENTIAL IS ABOUT 20FT.
SO THAT'S NOT THE LINE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
NO, 20FT TO THE SEVENTH DIVISION IS 20FT. THE BACK OF THE SUBDIVISION IS 20FT FROM THE FROM THE LINE, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. IT RUNS ALL THE WAY. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DESIGNATE JUST YET WHERE THOSE LINES EXACTLY FALL IS ALREADY UP.
HOWEVER, I THINK YEAH. Y'ALL HAVE DESIGNATED. Y'ALL DESIGNATED THAT AS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR IN THE PAST, THAT CORNER OF 523 AND 35.
BUT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE NOISE.
THESE TOWERS THAT ELECTRICAL. WHAT THIS IS SO RIGHT WHERE YOU SEE THE PAD WOULD BE.
THE WHITE OAK POWER DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATION. SO HOW FAR IS THE BOUNDARY OF WINDROSE GREEN FROM.
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SO YOU SEE THE GREENERY? WINDROSE GREEN GOES LIKE THIS.YEAH, ALL OF THAT. SO? SO THEY'RE CONTIGUOUS.
SO DOES SOMEBODY HAVE A LEGEND THAT SAYS THAT'S 50 MILES.
IT'S 50FT, IT'S 50IN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT.
THE SUBSTATION? THE WHITE OAK POWER DISTRIBUTION.
THEY'RE IN PROGRESS. THEY'RE THEY'RE IN PROGRESS.
YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE. THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE. THERE'S PICTURES IN THE PACKET.
YEAH, WE HAVE PICTURES IN THE PACKET. YEAH, I SAW THAT.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO COME BACK AND GO. NO.
WE'VE NOTIFIED WINDROSE AS PART. YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY THEM.
RIGHT. BUT HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SLOW THIS DOWN, TABLE IT.
WELL, MY ONLY MY THOUGHT WOULD BE. WHY, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM TEXAS, NEW MEXICO? THEY DID NOT APPEAR. THEY'RE AWARE. BUT THEY DID NOT APPEAR.
AND I THINK IT'S BETTER TALKING THROUGH THIS.
AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION THAT WE SET OUT SOME PARAMETERS AHEAD OF TIME.
IT'S USUALLY EASIER TO DO IT FROM THE FRONT END THAN TRY TO REMEDIATE ON THE BACK END. I DON'T KNOW, JUST AN IDEA. AND AND I'M NOT SAYING WE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE YET BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS EXACTLY. OTHER THAN WHAT WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? I WANT TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'VE RUN ACROSS THIS ISSUE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER HAD. SO WHAT DO THEY DO? DO THEY PUT UP SOUND BARRIERS? DO THEY PUT UP WALLS? DO THEY PUT UP SOME SORT OF FOLIAGE? DO THEY, YOU KNOW IS IT SCREENING OR IS IT JUST NOTHING BECAUSE IT'S GENERALLY NOT COMPLAINED ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK. AND IS THE SOUND GOING TO COME FROM OVERHEAD OR ALONG THE GROUND? I THINK THAT'S A TECHNICAL QUESTION. WE'LL ASK THEM BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POWER STATION.
AND I THINK WE CAN GET THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.
HAVE THEM BRING SOMEONE TECHNICAL THAT CAN GIVE YOU THE CORRECT ANSWERS.
OKAY. SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD AND TABLE THIS TO UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEXAS, NEW MEXICO. AND IDEALLY WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT IN DECEMBER.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVERTISEMENT, WE'LL JUST PLAN IT TO BE ON THE NINTH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. READY. DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE TABLING.
YES. OKAY. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION IS TABLED.
THANK YOU. THANKS. MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.
[9. Discussion and possible action on the 2026 city employee health plan.]
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE 2026 CITY EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN.YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THE AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE 2026 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
AS YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY, WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PLANS.
WE ALSO PURCHASED A PURCHASE A $25,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
YOU DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO VISION OR ANY OTHER ANCILLARY PRODUCT EXCEPT THE HSA.
IF YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN.
WE'RE UNDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.
AND OUR BROKER LOCKTON, WHO IS HERE REPRESENTED TONIGHT BY ROGER VAN SICKLE, AND THEY WENT OUT AND AETNA AND UHC DECLINED TO BID. CIGNA CAME IN AT 40% HIGHER THAN WE ARE AT NOW.
AND CURATIVE CAME AT AT 36.7% HIGHER THAN WE'RE AT NOW WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCKTON.
INITIALLY IT WAS A 20% INCREASE FOR BLUE CROSS, BUT THEY CAME IN AT 19.9 IN THE LONG RUN.
SO WE PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT TO HEALTH PLAN OPTIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BUDGETED 2.1. THE FUNDS REQUESTED ARE 2.031 THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE PLANS OR COST TO THE EMPLOYEE, AND THE CITY WOULD ABSORB THE DIFFERENCE.
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THE OTHER CHANGES TO THE PLANS ARE BLUE CROSS WOULD ONLY OFFER PLANS THAT INCREASE THE DEDUCTIBLES AND MAXIMUM OUT OF POCKET.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING, WE BUDGETED FOR 20%, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE STAY THE SAME. YOU JUST GAVE OUR EMPLOYEES A RAISE.
SO YOU HAVE SAID IN THE PAST THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ARE VALUABLE TOOL.
AND MY SUGGESTION IS TO GO, TO KEEP WHAT WE GOT.
WE'RE BUDGETED. YOU HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS, DON'T YOU, CHIEF? ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU SAY FUNDS REQUESTED $2,031,051, THAT'S WITH OPTION ONE.
AND OF COURSE, IT COULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE OR, I'M SORRY, PARTICIPATE IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN. BUT OF COURSE IT MAY OFFSET BECAUSE THAT IS A LOWER COSTING PLAN TO THE CITY OVERALL, RIGHT? I MEAN, I TEND TO FOLLOW THE SAME LOGIC THAT CHIEF IS FOLLOWING, ESPECIALLY THAT WE'D ALREADY BUDGETED THAT AMOUNT AND WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDER IT.
I'M SURE SUZY'S HAPPY. I WOULD NEVER SEE HER BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHOW THAT YOU'RE HAPPY [LAUGHS].
IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT. WAVE YOUR HANDS.
OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP IT AS IT IS. OPTION ONE.
OPTION ONE. OPTION ONE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH TO GO WITH OPTION ONE, WHICH IS A LOT OF WORDS.
KEEPING EVERYTHING THE SAME. ROLLING WITH THE WHAT WAS THE PERCENT INCREASE TO 19.9 AND THEN ANOTHER 29 AND SOME CHANGE ON THE DENTAL SIDE AS STATED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WE BUDGETED FOR WE CAN OPERATE WITH THAT.
AND I THINK IT JUST WHAT CHIEF SAID. IT'S GOOD THAT WE CAME IN UNDER THAT NUMBER.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF MORE PEOPLE SWITCH TO THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLES, IT HAS AN OFFSET.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE OF MY COMPANY DOING THE SAME THING.
AND THOSE RATE INCREASES ON OPTION TWO WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE THAN THEIR RAISES IN SOME CASES.
ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER.
ITEM NUMBER TEN. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION ON FREEDOM PARK FIELD EXPANSION.
[10. Update and discussion on Freedom Park Field expansion. ]
CLAUDIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO AT YOUR REQUEST, IF YOU RECALL, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION BACK IN OCTOBER TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT FOR FREEDOM FIELD DESIGN. WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL SITTING AT THE 90% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.THOSE ARE ATTACHED IN YOUR PACKET. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO BRING BEFORE YOU TODAY I DO HAVE CLAUDIA BURDETT HERE WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT THE UPDATED OPINION, PROBABLE COST. BEFORE I TURN THAT OVER TO HER, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE ITEMS TO TRY TO REDEFINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN HERE, WHICH CLAUDIA WILL TALK ABOUT, OF HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN THE OWNER, CONTRACTOR AND THE AD ALTERNATIVES. ALSO TO PROVIDE UPDATES IN REGARDS TO THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH ANGLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THIS TIME, THAT IS NOT LOOKING LIKE IT WILL BE AN OPTION.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK CURRENTLY THAT THIS WILL BE AN OPTION.
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WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM, THOUGH IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE DOWN THE LINE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR STANDARDS.SO THAT WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT THIS PARK IS BUILT WITHIN THAT, WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT IF THEY ARE ABLE TO COME IN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO, SUCH AS LIGHTING, IF WE GO TO A TURF FIELD, THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE STANDARDS ALREADY IN PLACE. AND IT DOESN'T CAUSE ADDITIONAL BURDEN FOR US TO HAVE TO CHANGE DESIGN OR ADD ON TO THE FIELD OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO CLAUDIA, AGAIN SHE'S GOING TO REVIEW AND FOCUS ON THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AND KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? BARELY. EXCUSE ME. OKAY.
CAN YOU. I'M SURE. EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU GO TO THANK YOU.
YEP. OKAY. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE KIND OF. WE BROKE IT DOWN INTO WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BASE BID WHAT'S GOING TO BE AN OWNER FURNISHED TO REMOVE THAT OUT OF THE KIND OF THE CONTRACTOR MARKUP ITEM, AND THEN THE ADD ALTERNATES WERE THE OPTIONS TO EITHER ENHANCE THE FIELDS IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AND ALSO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE OVER BUDGET TO BEGIN WITH, TO PUT THEM ON THE ADULTS AND TO TRY TO KEEP THE PROJECT WITHIN BUDGET. WE ARE WORKING ON DOING SOME FINE TUNING ON SOME OF THE COST.
JUST RECEIVED A BID FROM ANOTHER PROJECT IN A SIMILAR SENSE THAT CAME UNDER BUDGET.
SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
BUT THAT WAS A POSITIVE FOR SURE. IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHERE EVERYTHING IS, IS COMING IN HIGH.
SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO. AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS YOU KNOW, SUBMIT THE DRAWINGS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW TO A FEW CONTRACTORS TO KIND OF GET THEIR, THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE COST AND TIME FRAME FOR THE, THE PROJECT AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, DIG INTO THE COST THAT WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED FOR THE OTHER PROJECT AND KIND OF COMPARE SOME OF THOSE AND SEE HOW THOSE ARE COMING IN TO TO REDUCE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT CAN BE CITY PERFORMED POSSIBLY AS WELL SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S THE SPECIFICALLY THAT THE, THE THE COSTS.
EXCUSE ME, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE COSTS HERE IT'S SMALL IN THE GRAND SCHEME, BUT I'D GET RID OF THE WARNING TRACK.
IT'S I DON'T MAINTENANCE ON A WARNING TRACK AT THIS LEVEL IS I JUST DON'T SEE US.
I DON'T SEE A LITTLE LEAGUE HOLDING THAT ON THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IT'S ONLY $20,000, BUT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE MAINTAINING A, YOU KNOW, EIGHT FOOT WIDE GRAVEL THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE GROWN IN BY WEEDS.
AND IT'S IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU'RE NOT ON IT LIKE, ALL THE TIME.
SECOND THE DUGOUT AND JUST I'M JUST I'M. I DID YOUR LITTLE MATH HERE.
I READ THAT THAT'S 40 FOOT, FOUR FOOT DUGOUTS.
I THINK YOU GOT TO EXPAND THAT. IT'S CURRENTLY IT'S 40 FOOT BY TEN FOOT.
OKAY. WHICH WAS THE REQUESTED SIZE. WE HAD IT SMALLER THAN THAT, AND I WOULD.
I WOULD GO 20. I'D GO OUT OF 20FT TO BE 20 YARDS.
STILL TEN FOOT DEPTH. YES, THAT SHOULD BE FINE.
AT 60FT BY 10. THAT SHOULD BE FINE. AND THEN I'D PUSH THAT 20FT NEEDS TO MOVE CLOSER TO HOME PLATE. SO THE BACK END CAN BE WHERE IT IS.
BUT THE FRONT END OF THAT DUGOUT NEEDS TO PUSH.
NOW I KNOW THAT GOES INTO TO POTENTIAL SEATING.
I SEE SOME BLEACHERS AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.
MAYBE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO SETS OF BLEACHERS, BUT I'VE TO BE BLUNT, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PLAY
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COLLEGE BASEBALL. MY OPINION ON THIS IS ONCE YOU GET PAST LITTLE LEAGUE, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO BASICALLY SHOW UP TO THESE GAMES ARE THE PARENTS.AND SOMETIMES THE PARENTS DON'T EVEN SHOW UP. IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LOVE THEIR KIDS.
THEY'VE GOT OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING ON AND THEIR KIDS ARE CAN GET THEMSELVES TO AND FROM THE GAME AT AGE 16, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE CROWDS LIKE YOU DO AT NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN NINE YEAR OLDS. SO I DON'T THINK BY LOSING ONE SET OF STANDS ON EACH SIDE, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE HURTING YOUR END LAYOUT.
SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE TWO DESIGN THINGS THAT I THINK.
I THINK IF YOU, IF YOU GO SMALLER THAN 40, 60FT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU, LIKE I JUST SAID, YOU'RE DOING WITH 16, 17 YEAR OLD, I MEAN, 13 TO 17 YEAR OLDS, THE BODY OF A A 17 YEAR OLD VERSUS THE BODY OF A NINE YEAR OLD.
THE SPACE NEEDED IS A LOT DIFFERENT. IT'S JUST THEY NEED MORE SPACE.
AND THEN IF WE DO ULTIMATELY ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH A HIGH SCHOOL YOU KNOW, THEY MAY CARRY ANYWHERE FROM 16 TO 22 PERSON MAIN ROSTER. SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THE SPACE IN THE DUGOUTS.
MIGHT AS WELL KNOCK IT OUT. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT. DO IT AT THE BEGINNING. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I UNDERSTAND THEIR ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK THEY COULD HAVE WORKED WITH US ON THESE DUGOUTS.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY STILL MIGHT. SO THESE ARE ALL HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PLAYERS, 13, 13 BASICALLY TO HIGH SCHOOL. YEAH, IT'S DESIGNED TO BE A LARGER FIELD.
YES. YEAH. TRAVIS, I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOUR POINT AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE COST WISE.
SO JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT COST ASPECT IS IF YOU ADD THE OWNER PROVIDED IN THE CONTRACT PROVIDED ONES, WE'RE ABOUT 1.1 MILLION. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 775,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
I MEAN, SMALL COSTS RIGHT NOW, BUT DEMOLITION PIECE THAT IS IN HOUSE, NO COST TO THE BUDGET.
THAT STUFF WE CAN DO. THE SMALL TREE, A COUPLE TREES THAT ARE THERE, THE BACKSTOPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE, SEATING WAS ONE OF THEM TO YOUR POINT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE COVERED SEATING.
THAT'S $110,000. WE DO HAVE BLEACHERS FROM BG PACK THAT ARE STILL CURRENTLY IN STORAGE.
AND SO WE WOULD EXPLORE UTILIZING THOSE TO BE ABLE TO STILL HAVE BLEACHERS OF SOME KIND.
SO WE WOULD HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT. THEY WOULD ONLY BE THREE ROW BLEACHERS, BUT STILL KIND OF AS YOU MENTIONED, IT STILL GIVES US THAT SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT FOOTPRINT AND STILL HAVE THAT, BUT JUST MAKING SURE WE IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE PIECES TO FURTHER BRING THAT COST DOWN.
AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR OTHER PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER PROJECTS, ONE PROJECT, TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF FINISHING UP ONE DESIGN, THE OTHER ONE THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF IT.
WE MAY HAVE LITTLE SAVINGS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER MOVING TOWARDS THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
SO STILL TRYING TO DO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, COMING UP WITH JUST OVER, ALMOST CLOSE TO 350,000 IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT FOR DUGOUTS. I WOULD I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT CONCRETE SIDEWALKS YET, I MEAN, OR SEATING AREAS BEHIND THE FENCE. I MEAN, I THINK I WOULD I JUST KNOW IF MAYBE I MEAN, WHEN WE WERE BUILDING OUT FIELD, I THINK IT'S LIKE 5 OVER AT SOFTBALL COMPLEX, THERE WERE NO THERE WAS JUST GRASS. THERE WAS NO CONCRETE PAD. THEY'VE SINCE ADDED ONE.
SO THE ONLY NEGATIVE TO THAT IS WE DO HAVE TO STAY WITHIN ADA REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE CAN REDUCE THE CONCRETE FOOTPRINTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGNS, IT DOES EXPAND OUT QUITE A BIT FOR THE BLEACHERS.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT AND ADA REQUIREMENTS ARE VERY MINIMAL IN CAPACITY.
AND SO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE SOME ACCESSIBILITY YOU MEET THAT STANDARD.
OKAY. THAT'S. I THINK YOU HAVE TO GET AND MAYOR PRO TEM POINT I AGREE. GET WHAT WE CAN GET AT THE MOMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION THE THE STANDARDS THAT WE WANT THIS FIELD
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TO BE IN THE FUTURE. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE ONES WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY.IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE, LIKE THE DUGOUTS, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET RIGHT UP FRONT.
YEP. YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOCK DOWN A DUGOUT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BUILT WITH SOME SORT OF CONCRETE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DONE RIGHT.
YEAH. SO AND I THINK THE, THE DUGOUT AND THE FENCING IS FIRST AND FOREMOST BIG ONES.
YEAH. I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ON THE FIELD SIDE.
IRRIGATION VERSUS THE TURF. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE CONTRACTOR PROVIDED FIELD SOD, $287,555.
BUT THEN YOU ON THE ALTERNATES ON THAT SAME LINE, YOU SUBTRACT OUT THE 23,813, SUBTRACT OUT THE 64, SUBTRACT OUT THE 44, AND THEN YOU ADD THE 297.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF YOU DID THE FIELD SOD, IT'S THE 287, THE 65 AND THE 44? AND IF YOU DO THE TURF, IT'S LESS THOSE AMOUNTS PLUS THE 297.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? INTERESTING. YES.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO SINCE WE WERE REMOVING THE SOD WHERE THE TURF IS GOING TO BE, WE SUBTRACTED THAT OFF OF THAT, THAT INITIAL ONE. THERE'S STILL TURF ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S CHEAPER TO DO THE TURF. NO.
SO ACCORDING TO YOUR PROPOSAL, THE HOLD ON A SECOND. LET'S SEE WHICH ONES ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
SO THE THE FIELD TURF. SO IT'S 287 FOR FOR THE WHOLE FIELD SUBTRACTED THE 23.
THE OTHER AREAS IS THE SKIN AREAS AND THE THE ENTIRE TURF AREA IS 297.
SO IT'S LOOKING AND YOU MAY HAVE CAUGHT ME IN A MISTAKE BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL THIS.
BECAUSE I'LL DO THIS ALL DAY IF IT'S NOT. NO.
SO THERE'S. YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT IT'S NOT EQUIVALENT TO ONE FOR THE ONE FOR THE OTHER.
SO I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. OKAY. JOHN, I THINK IT'S 287 -23 SO YOU STILL HAVE ABOUT 260 SOMETHING FOR YOUR SOD, PLUS YOUR ALMOST $300,000 PLUS.
AND THE ARTIFICIAL TURF IS JUST THE DIAMOND AREA.
IT'S NOT THE OUTFIELD. RIGHT. AND IT DOES GO ALL THE WAY TO, TO THE TO THE, THE BACKSTOP THE TURF BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE THING YEAH, I AGREE ON SAVING ON THE SEATING. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END UP SPENDING THAT IF WE GET THE DUGOUTS 60FT AND BUILD THEM RIGHT.
SO TO JUST POINT OUT WITH THOSE ONES THE AD ALTERNATIVE YOU SEE THERE.
SO THE 88,000 IS THE, THE PIECE OF THE DUGOUT THAT THAT IS JUST CHAIN LINK.
IF WE WERE TO GO TO THE CINDERBLOCK, IT WOULD BE 187,000.
SO THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
YOU MAY WANT TO DO A MIX. OKAY. I'M JUST THROWING AN IDEA.
YOU COULD DO A BACK WALL OF THE BRICK. THE ENDS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SAVING, BUT CHAIN LINK, THE ONES THAT OPEN UP TO THE FIELD. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG ISSUE.
SO THE NETTING ALL THE WAY AROUND? YEAH. STILL THE NETTING STILL INCLUDED? YES. WHERE IS THAT ON HERE? THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE FENCING.
THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE FENCING. YES. YEAH. BACKSTOP.
YEP. SO FENCING BACKSTOP AND SCORE STAND. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT PRICE.
I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO A CONTRACTOR FOR CONCRETE WORK.
LOOKS A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER. SO THEIRS IS ABOUT 675 COMPARED TO THE 750 HERE.
HAVE WE HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO LITTLE LEAGUE AT ALL?
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I DO HAVE A CALL OUT TO THEM. I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEIR PRESIDENT YET TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THIS.YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S THE QUESTION, RIGHT? IS THERE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD WHO ARE HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS THAT NOT OBVIOUSLY ASKING FOR THEM TO DO FOR FREE, BUT THEY AT LEAST GET US A MAYBE MORE CLOSER TO COST? YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE WORKING THAT AVENUE AS WELL.
SUSIE. SIR. I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU, IS THERE MORE MONEY SOMEWHERE? FOR YOU? I HAVE A FEELING, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE WAS.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
I'M GIVING YOU THE OPENING. SO WE DO HAVE A MEETING, OR WE WILL GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS ALL THE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO PROJECTS AND SEE WHICH IS THE PRIORITY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THESE PROJECTS SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN WHAT'S IN THE FUND BALANCE FOR? THE IT'S NOT THE REC DIVISION, IT'S THE ABLC.
ABLC HAS A 27% FUND BALANCE. BUT AS YOU WILL KNOW, THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE FREEDOM PARK EQUIPMENT OR PLAYGROUND. THAT WILL BE A $91,000 PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
OKAY. AND THEIR INCOME IS BASED ON SALES TAX, RIGHT? SHOP LOCAL. SHOP LOCAL DOWN LOCAL.
[LAUGHS] BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO, COUNCIL DECIDES, MAYOR DECIDES TO DO WITH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. I HAVE THEM LISTED. WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FOUR PROJECTS GOING THAT ALL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING WITH X AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DO, DEPENDING WHAT WE DO WITH THE LORAIN STREET AND HOW MUCH THAT COMES IN.
AND WE CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE PROJECTS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT'S OVER $1 MILLION, WHICH IS YOUR SOCCER COMPLEX. HOW MUCH WAS THAT? 1 MILLION. TWO. WHICH ONE IS THAT? THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
THE SOCCER FIELD. OKAY. BUT YOUR OTHER PROJECTS YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED ON THE PROJECTS LIKE THE FREEDOM PARK BASEBALL. WE HAVE THE BASE FIELD. WE HAVE THE REST OF THE ABIGAIL, WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE THE LORAIN TO FIX STREET. THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
GOT YOU UP THERE AND GAVE YOU YOUR OPENING. THANK YOU.
SUSIE. LAST QUESTION I HAVE ON DRAINAGE. AND IS THAT ADDRESSED IN THESE NUMBERS? IT SHOULD BE. I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT AREA, IT CAN HOLD WATER AT TIMES.
YES. SLOPE. YES. MASQUERADING AND ALL THAT. IT DOESN'T NEED ANY WATER LINES OR IT DOES NEED ELECTRICAL LINES. YEAH.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BOTH SLATED TO GO IN THERE.
YEAH. ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE PUTTING SOD DOWN. YEAH.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CLAUDIA, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE THIS.
THE PLAN IS TO BRING 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR APPROVAL AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT PROCESS FORWARD.
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AS CLAUDIA MENTIONED. SHE'S GOING TO GET WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPER TO LOOK AT THOSE ASSOCIATED COSTS AND HAVE THEM REVIEW.SO WE CAN KIND OF CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE THIS.
SO WE'LL BE BACK IN A MONTH. OKAY. THANK YOU.
QUICK QUESTION. YOU COME BACK WITH 100%. WE APPROVE IT.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION TIME? WHEN WE'D BE ABLE TO START.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET WITH THE CONTRACTORS ON AS WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MONTHS OR SO FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S NOT A LOT. IT'S THE NEXT ONE. I'M SORRY, ABOUT THREE MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF IT'S MOSTLY FIELD WORK. NOT A LOT OF CONCRETE.
NOT NOT NOT TOO MANY, YOU KNOW, FENCING AND FIELD WORK, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO BAD.
BUT WE WILL BE CONFIRMING WITH THAT WITH THE CONTRACTORS AS WELL.
IT'D BE GREAT IF SOMEHOW IN APRIL WE COULD TAKE THE FIELD.
THAT WOULD BE PRETTY FANTASTIC. YEAH, RIGHT IN TIME FOR ME TO START UP FOR ME.
I'LL SAY, IF WE'RE AT A POINT AT 100% IN DECEMBER WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BIDDING PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THAT TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY GET AN EARLY 2026 START TIME. SO OBVIOUSLY. YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT WE GOT TO GET THESE THINGS DONE FIRST.
YEAH, YEAH. BUT THREE MONTH BUILD TIME IS PRETTY REASONABLE.
THAT IS NICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS.
ALL RIGHT. SKIPPING 11 AND 12 AS THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
GO TO 13 UPDATE DISCUSSION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND STUDY.
[13. Update and discussion on the Comprehensive Plan Update and Study.]
11 AND 12. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS JUST MY OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STUDY, JUST TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING THE UPDATE TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING CODES. THIS VISIONING PROCESS IS UNDERWAY.AS YOU KNOW, SINCE MAY WE'RE UTILIZING THE WEBSITE AS A TOOL WHERE FOLKS CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PLAN IS AND GET UPDATED ON THE VISIONING EXERCISES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT COUNCIL MAY NOT BE AWARE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WEEK THEY MET WITH THE HOA.
SO PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE. I HAVE THE QR CODE UP JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT A SURVEY IS BEING DONE, JUST TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AS TO HOW YOU SEE ANGLETON GROWING WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE CONSULTANT TODAY. THEY DID MEET WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN EXERCISE, AND ALSO ENGAGE THE LEADERS ON VISIONING EXERCISES.
WE WILL BE PARKING. I THINK A LOT OF THE INFORMATION I'M INCLUDING TO ON THE WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS JUST TO UPDATE IT, BUT THAT WILL BE THE TWO WHERE YOU CAN GO AND CHECK ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PLAN.
IN TERMS OF THE CPAC, THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING IN THEIR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS SOME VERY, I THINK, GOOD DATA IN WHICH I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE WEBSITE FOR YOU TO SEE ON HOW ANGLETON SITS WITHIN THE REGION IN TERMS OF ALL THE PARAMETERS OF THE PLAN.
THEY'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT COMMITTEE. I WILL TRY TO COME BACK TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE WEBSITE.
WE WILL APPEAR AT THE ANGLETON MARK MARKET DAYS ON SATURDAY.
I DO HAVE FLIERS IN CASE ANYONE NEEDS IT, BUT FROM 10 TO 12 THEY'LL BE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE MONTHS TO COME, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THAT.
BUT WE SEE THE PLAN SORT OF CULMINATING IN OR AROUND MAY.
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SATURDAY AT MARKETPLACE. WILL YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THERE? YES, THEY WILL BE THERE FROM 10 TO 12. WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE COMMITTEE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, JUST IN CASE WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT. OKAY.SO ONLY FOR TWO HOURS, TWO HOURS ON MARKET DAYS.
AND THEN FOR THE CHRISTMAS ACTIVITY, WE WILL ALSO HAVE PRESENCE THERE ALSO.
OKAY. YES, MA'AM. BUT NOBODY THERE ON SUNDAY.
OKAY. SUNDAYS ARE USUALLY RELAXED, IF YOU RECALL.
BUT WE THINK SATURDAY WILL BE THE THE PRIME TIME TO TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL GOT SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT NOT HAVING THE BOOTH MANNED.
YES, WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY'RE THERE DURING THAT TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT IS THE QR CODE. PLEASE TAKE THE SURVEY IF YOU HAVE NOT.
AND WE'RE PUSHING THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO REACHING OUT TO OUR DISABLED SENIORS, THE YOUTH, THOSE ARE CERTAIN SEGMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE FOCUS ON THEM AND THEN HAVE STAKEHOLDER SITUATIONS WHERE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH. HOLD ON. I WAS GIVING YOU THE FLOOR THERE.
I'VE GOT SOME ISSUES WITH ADURA. THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IT.
THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN VERY LACKING FROM THAT GROUP.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM STEP IT UP. THEY'RE. THEY'RE WORKING IN A VACUUM HALF THE TIME.
IT'D BE NICE TO GET IN FRONT OF IT AND AHEAD OF IT.
WE'RE I DON'T MIND THE MARKET DAYS THING. I THINK THAT'S FINE.
BUT MARKET DAYS REALLY IS NOT JUST GEARED FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE INSIDE OF ANGLETON.
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM OUR CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO SEE A QUARTERLY REVIEW WITH THEM AT COUNCIL.
COMING UP HERE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE THE MEETING SCHEDULES ARE NOT CONSISTENT.
AND HAD IT SET AND SCHEDULED. IT'S JUST KIND OF RANDOM WHEN THEY CAN FIT IT IN, THEY THEY POST IT.
THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHILE I THINK IT WENT WELL, IT WAS ADOPTED.
AND WITHIN THREE YEARS NOBODY COULD EVEN FIND A COPY OF IT.
AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE FOUND THE COPY OF IT? THE ORIGINAL WE'RE SENDING IT TO. YOU SHOULD HAVE MAYOR.
WE GOT IT TODAY. 2005 ONE. 2005 ONE. YES, SIR.
IT SHOULD BE SENT TO YOU. OKAY. I MEAN, HOW HOW HARD DID YOU HAVE TO LOOK TO FIND IT? NOT HARD. WAS IT IN THE BACK? BACK THERE? IN THE LIBRARY? OH, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE? YEAH, IT'S BEEN ON THE WEBSITE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
IT'S BEEN THERE, BUT THE MANUAL COPIES AND PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT IT.
AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS CHAMBER HERE WHICH WAS NOT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THOSE THAT REMEMBER THIS BUILDING WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2005 SAID THIS BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE AT THE PD, AND WE CHANGED IT.
THE ROAD FOR GRAYSTONE, THAT WAS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE CHANGED IT.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US NOT FOLLOW THAT SAME PATH.
AND THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A LIVE PLAN. IT WILL HAVE THE DASHBOARD.
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DOING. EVERY ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL WILL REFER TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALL THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF COUNCIL.CAN YOU SEND US THE SCHEDULE AGAIN? I CERTAINLY WILL.
I'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF THIS. AND THEN WHAT I'LL TRY TO DO IS ALSO INCLUDE UPDATES IN MY MONTHLY REPORT, AS WELL AS DOING, LIKE YOU SAID, A QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM ADURA.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES, BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING AND THAT WILL OCCUR IN THE WEEKS TO COME.
GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 14 UPDATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
[14. Update, discussion and possible action on drainage projects. ]
ACTION ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS BY HECTOR. GOOD EVENING.MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT WAS REQUESTED SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO TO BRING BACK SOME DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
I THINK AT THE TIME, FOR POTENTIAL ABLC FUNDING.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MORE DETERIORATION ALONG WITH THEM. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON, IT DOESN'T GET BETTER. IT GETS WORSE. I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MEADOWVIEW LANE AND RAYBURN RIDGE ARE IN MOST NEED OF IT AS RAYBURN RIDGE IS.
IT'S A DRAINAGE ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO CAUSING A ROAD ISSUE.
BUT WITH MEADOWVIEW. THE DRAINAGE AREA THERE, LUCKILY IT'S IN AN EASEMENT IN A RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE WITH A CAVE IN STARTING TO HAPPEN AND ALL THOSE ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO EITHER ONE OF THOSE IS A TOSS UP AS TO WHICH ONE WOULD NEED IT MOST.
YOU KNOW, SUSIE JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY MENTIONED ABLC DOESN'T CURRENTLY REALLY HAVE ANY CAPACITY FOR ANY DRAINAGE PROJECTS AT THE MOMENT, BUT I THINK IF ANYTHING, IT GIVES US SOME GOOD TARGETS AS TO WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO GO WITH.
AT LEAST WE GOT SOME GOOD COST ON IT. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT PLANNING OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD AT LEAST TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS INTO THAT FUNDING PLAN AND OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON IT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT RAYBURN RIDGE. I'M OLD.
RAYBURN RIDGE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WHENEVER IT WAS NEW, IT WAS LIKE RAYBURN RIDGE.
RAYBURN RIDGE. OH, WE GOT TO DO THIS. OH, WE GOT TO DO THAT.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH. IF WE FIX IT. WILL IT BE FIXED? AS I KNOW TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. BUT IS IT GOING TO BE A COMPLETE PROJECT? IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, SO THIS PROPOSAL IS ONLY FOR HALF.
I BELIEVE IN JOHN. YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROPERLY, COMPLETELY FIX THIS.
I MEAN, THAT'S CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER, RIGHT? BUT THAT INVOLVES LARGER DRAINAGE AREA, RIGHT.
OKAY. CURRENT THE CURRENT. WELL YOU CAN TELL THEM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPER.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT SUBDIVISION. YES. SEVERAL OTHERS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE EARL KNIGHT SUBDIVISIONS.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY NO DRAINAGE ON, THOSE ARE PRETTY FLAT.
RIGHT. IT'S. YEP. FIRST COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE FIRST THING THAT THE COUNCIL EDUCATED ME ON WAS IF YOU DRIVE DOWN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU ARE IN AN EARL KNIGH SUBDIVISION. YEP. AND THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL.
YOU HAVE NO DRAINAGE, NO CURBING, OR JUST CURB AND GUTTER DRAINAGE.
ALL OF IT IS TRYING TO GO OUT TO THE FRONT. SOME OF IT IS TRYING TO GO OFF TO THE WEST.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, JUST CORRECTING THOSE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP OVER TIME.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE ROAD DETERIORATES, WELL, NOW YOU HAVE POTHOLES AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS EVERYWHERE ELSE THAT ARE PONDING MORE WATER AND PROGRESSIVELY, YOU KNOW, COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE.
SO. ALL THAT AND I WENT REALLY. OF COURSE WOULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE.
YEAH. 1.9 MILLION FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG AT HOME.
SO YOU SAY MEADOWVIEW AND RAYBURN RIDGE. ARE THE TWO WORST OUT OF THESE? YES. THIS IS ALL SEPARATE FROM LORRAINE, CORRECT? YEAH. THESE ARE THESE ARE STRICTLY DRAINAGE ISSUES.
OKAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND NORTHVIEW. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO FIX THAT DITCH. PLEASE EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
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SO MOST OF IT IS ACCESS. NOW, COULD WE GET BACK THERE AND GRADE THAT DITCH? COULDN'T WE DO IT OURSELVES WITH A NEW GRADE? THE GRADE IS NOT GOING TO FIT BACK THERE FOR MOST OF THAT.SO IT WOULD TAKE A MINI EXCAVATOR WHICH JUST ISN'T REALLY EFFICIENT ON GRADING A DITCH.
NOW WE CAN GO BACK THERE AND DO OUR BEST WITH IT AND GRADE IT PROPERLY.
I DON'T HAVE A PROPER GRADE, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE VERY PRETTY WITH THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH BACK THERE. BUT WE CAN DO THAT. AND THEN AS FAR AND THEN THAT WOULD INVOLVE AFTER THAT, WE JUST HAVE TO GET A CONTRACTOR TO REINSTALL THAT CONCRETE PAVEMENT THERE, TEAR IT OUT AND REPLACE IT. BUT I WILL SAY THAT IN THE PORTION THAT RUNS IN BETWEEN THE HOMES, GOING BACK TO THAT LARGER, THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE.
THERE'S A LARGE, VERY, VERY LARGE OAK TREE. I BELIEVE IT WAS THERE.
AND IT'S A IT'S A MASSIVE OAK TREE. IF WE GO TO GRADE THAT DITCH IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO KILL THAT OAK TREE. SO IT HAS TO BE REMOVED OR REMEDIATED IN SOME TYPE OF WAY FOR THAT PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED AS WELL, IN HOUSE OR NOT. ON SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY, I BELIEVE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE DID VERIFY THAT IT WAS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE OAK TREES. YEAH, YEAH, BUT IT'S THAT ONE.
YES. YOU SEE THE CANOPY OF IT? YEAH. SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
YEAH. THE TOP OF THEIR HOUSE ALMOST. YEP. RIGHT THERE.
IS ANYBODY APPROACHED. NOT AT THIS MOMENT. NO.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CARE TO LOSE IT OR NOT AT THIS POINT.
YEAH. WE DON'T KNOW YET. THAT'S ANOTHER SUBDIVISION FROM MR. KNIGHT. WITH THE DRAINAGE, THERE IS JUST A LITTLE NOTCH IN THE CURVE AND YOU SEE WHERE THE PURPLE IS THAT THAT WHOLE ROAD IS, IT RAINS. IT JUST COMPLETELY HOLDS WATER. YEAH.
SOMETIMES IT'S IMPASSABLE. YEAH. IS THERE ALTERNATIVE ACCESS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, OR DO THEY HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER? IT'S A, IT'S A LOOP. IT'S A LOOP. YES.
YOU STILL HAVE THE DRIVEWAY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF IT THAT THEY'RE TRAPPED.
YEAH, IT'S JUST STANDING WATER. IT'LL BE 4 OR 5 DAYS AFTER A RAIN EVENT.
IT HAS TO REALLY EVAPORATE, REALLY IS WHAT IT IS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU KNOW WHAT STEPS WE CAN DO INTERNALLY FOR THIS ONE.
AND IT SHOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR A BID ON.
I MEAN, WE CAN START THERE IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAN GO IN THERE AND SHOOT SOME GRADES AND REGRADE THAT DITCH.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD JUST INVOLVE US AFTER THAT, PAYING THE PAYING A CONTRACTOR TO TEAR OUT THAT ROADWAY AND REPLACE IT AFTER THAT, WHICH WOULD BE LET'S SEE WHAT THAT COST IS SPECIFICALLY IN HERE.
WHERE IS IT AT? YEAH. JUST CONCRETE IS $30,600. SO IT WOULD REDUCE IT TO THAT AMOUNT? YEAH. YEAH. I ALSO ON LAURIE LANE.
SO WE HAVE REGRADED FAIRLY RECENTLY. IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.
BUT THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS, IS WHERE IT GOES UNDER THE HIGHWAY.
THEN IT GOES ON TO A UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD PROPERTY.
THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE PROBLEMS BACK THERE.
AND I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER HOW FAR WE TOOK THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ENDED UP REACHING OUT TO UNION PACIFIC OR HOW FAR WE TOOK THAT.
I DON'T THINK WE DID. RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THE CULVERT THAT SET OUT THERE, TOO. YES, IT SET TOO HIGH. THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING THAT.
Y'ALL REGRADED IT. RIGHT. SO IT SHOULD HAVE. YEAH IT HELPED.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTIPLE PARTY KIND OF THING.
I FEEL LIKE THE CAPACITY IS NOT THERE. JOHN. THE SWELL ON THE BACK OF THOSE ROADS.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE DITCH IS WIDE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE WATER.
I MEAN, IT'S MOVING THE WATER BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT RAINS, I GET CALLS AND I GO OVER THERE AND I WALK THAT THING, AND IT'S MOVING THE WATER. IT'S JUST NOT MOVING IT VERY FAST, WHICH I'M SURE IT'S BACKING UP ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD.
BUT THE DITCH ITSELF, IT JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TO FLOW THOSE ROADS FAST ENOUGH.
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I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE CAPACITY. I JUST LOOKED AT REGRADING AND GETTING POSITIVE DRAINAGE.I BELIEVE IT'S. I THINK IT'S DIPPING BACK TO THE EAST.
SO IT'S KIND OF GOING OVER THAT HUMP, TRYING TO GET OUT.
BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. OKAY.
MIGHT BE CHEAPER THAN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO.
WE CAN GET MORE DONE WITH THEM.
OH, GOOD. I'M GLAD THIS ONE'S ON HERE. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THE DITCH BEHIND REMINGTON. WHICH. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO FIX THIS PERMANENTLY? YOU WANT A SLOPE? PAVE IT. YEAH, IT'S IN A IT'S IN A HARD TO REACH AREA.
IT'S VERY HARD. IT'S VERY HARD TO MOW, VERY HARD TO GO BACK THERE AND REGRADE A LOT OF TREES THAT ARE DYING, THAT HAVE DIED AND FALLEN IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHY THE BEST OPTION, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANY TYPE OF WORK OVER THERE, WOULD BE THAT SLOPE, PAVE IT ALL, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FALLING IN ANYMORE OR YOU KNOW, ANYBODY HAVING TO GO BACK THERE AND MOW ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO WE WOULD WE ACTUALLY WOULD END UP HAVING TO GO DOWN IN BETWEEN THE WELL, WHAT TWO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THERE NOW? SINCE THERE'S A ROAD BACK THERE, IT'S EASIER TO GO BACK TO WHERE THE GATE CONNECTS REMINGTON AND GREYSTONE CURRENTLY. OKAY, TO GO BACK THERE AND THEN JUST TURN RIGHT AND GO BACK BEHIND ALL THAT.
YEP. OKAY. YEAH. I'VE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ON THAT DITCH.
YES, BUT NOT JUST THE PART BEHIND REMINGTON ALL THE WAY DOWN.
THE PEOPLE IN GREYSTONE, ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DITCH MAINTENANCE ON THEIR SIDE? FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT'S FROM THAT POINT ON BACK? YES, BUT THERE'S ALSO DRAINAGE THAT GOES FROM A, YOU KNOW, FROM EAST, FROM EAST TO WEST THAT RUNS INTO THAT MAIN DITCH AS WELL.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY STILL MAINTAINS.
HAS ANYONE FOLLOWED UP THAT GREYSTONE HAS BEEN MAINTAINING IT? NOT TO DATE, I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ANY COMMENTS OR COMPLAINTS ON THAT DRAINAGE AREA EITHER.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
DO WE WANT TO SET THE RIGHT EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, YOU GOT TO DO IT. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT 2 OR 3 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'LL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS HERITAGE PARK.
I LIKE ALL THE PROJECTS. YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT LIST.
YEAH, IT JUST GIVES US A TARGET AND A PLANNING POINT.
SO THAT WAY WHEN, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME, YOU KNOW, BUDGET DISCUSSIONS COME UP WITH ABLC AND YOU KNOW OR ANY, ANY OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THESE IN MIND AND THROW THEM IN THERE AND WE'LL UPDATE THE LIST AS WE GO.
I MEAN, ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, WE COME UP WITH PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL GET COMPLAINTS OF DRAINAGE AREAS AND WE'LL GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING AS A DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WHENEVER YOU ALTER THIS, ADD, SUBTRACT, AMEND IT.
I THINK IF YOU COULD BRING IT TO COUNCIL JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT'S CURRENT.
ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL JUST SAY THIS IS THE LIST.
WELL GO SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC TOPIC. I MEAN, IT'S ON TOPIC, BUT HOW DID THE TEXIAN TRAIL DRAINAGE PROJECT FINISH UP? SO IT ACTUALLY FINISHED UP REALLY WELL.
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IT'S A BIT OF A LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT WE GOT IT DONE.SO AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE REACHED THE BUDGET? YES. SO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. WE'VE GIVEN THEM A PUNCH LIST.
HOPEFULLY DO THAT TOMORROW. AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE PROJECT CLOSEOUT RIGHT NOW.
YES, THAT IS TRUE. YES. THEY DO HAVE A CLAIM GOING ON WITH THE RESIDENT CURRENTLY.
IT'S A FOUNDATION TYPE ISSUE, BUT THEY'RE ISSUES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLAIMING THAT IT'S RESULTED IN A FOUNDATION ISSUE ON THEIR HOME. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ENDS. THAT'S ON THE CONTRACTOR AND THEIR INSURANCE TO HASH THAT OUT WITH THAT RESIDENT.
AND Y'ALL WILL GO SEE IT. IF WE GET A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, Y'ALL WILL GO LOOK AT IT AGAIN, SEE IF ANYTHING CORRECT OR SOMEBODY WILL CALL YOU, TELL YOU.
HOPEFULLY NOT. HOPEFULLY WE NEVER HAVE TO GO BACK THERE. BUT YEAH, WE MADE SURE EVERYTHING GOT COMPLETED PROPERLY, AND WE WE ACTUALLY WENT AND YOU KNOW, JOHN WAS OUT THERE WALKING THE PROJECT AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT AND TALKED TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, MADE SURE THEY WERE HAPPY WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW THEIR YARDS WERE LEFT AND THEIR FENCING AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. EVEN HAD ONE WRITE A LETTER ABOUT HOW GOOD THE PROJECT WAS AND HOW HOW THE SECOND PERSON.
SO RESIDENTS SEEM TO BE PRETTY HAPPY. THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE.
BUT YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE MAKE THE CONTRACTOR HAVE INSURANCE.
YEP. VERY GOOD. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY. THANKS. THANKS, JOHN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE BEST PART OF THE MEETING FOR SOME DEPARTMENT REPORTS.
[15. Department Reports for October]
ITEM NUMBER 15, DEPARTMENT REPORTS FOR OCTOBER.I SHOULD HAVE JUST TOLD HECTOR TO STAY UP THERE, JUST GO DOWN THE LIST.
GOING RIGHT BACK TO IT. I GUESS I'LL ASK JASON.
JASON, COME UP PLEASE. FIRST. YOU ARE IN THE HOT SEAT.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR OCTOBER, WHICH IS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW FISCAL PERIOD, RIGHT? YES. AND SO NOW YOU YOU BASICALLY HAVE SIX MONTHS WORTH OF DATA POINTS SINCE WE MADE THE CHANGES.
BETTER? AS FAR AS OUR MEMBERSHIP PRICES AND EVERYTHING? WELL ATTENDANCE WITH THE NEW HOURS. YES. AND LET'S TOTAL THAT TO DOLLARS.
SO EXAMPLE I WILL GIVE IS TRYING TO BUILD THAT CONSISTENCY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST POINT, 246. YES.
THANK YOU. THE YELLOW IS OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT THAT'S MEMBERSHIP SALES BY QUANTITY.
SO SOME OF THAT CAN BE MISLEADING. AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT IS FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN SO HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ON A MEMBERSHIP. SO THAT'S A QUANTITY OF THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE MEMBERSHIP, IF THEY HAVE FIVE PEOPLE ON THE MEMBERSHIP. AND SO THAT COMES INTO PLAY. SO YOU HAVE THE GIVE AND TAKE THAT GOES WITH THAT VERSUS AN INDIVIDUAL COMPARED TO A HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIP.
BUT WE GO BACK TO AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THINGS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO LIKE THE MONTHLY REVENUE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG KEY INDICATORS FOR US.
IF YOU LOOK AT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE OUR TRENDS BECOME MORE STEADY AS WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, IF NOT INCREASED A LITTLE BIT. I EVEN COMPARE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO LIKE YOU MENTIONED, KIND OF GOING BACK ABOUT SIX MONTHS, IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THAT TO SUMMER BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SEE SUMMER HAVE A LARGE INCREASE, LARGE USAGE FOR THAT TIME. SO WE DID SEE THAT UPTICK.
AND WE ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY SEE A DROP OFF COME THE FALL SEASON.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT TREND BACK TO WHERE WE WERE ABOUT IN THE SPRING.
AND SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH THOSE NUMBERS TO CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE INCREASE AND STAY A LITTLE BIT MORE STEADY COMPARED TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE. SO THREE YEAR TRENDS FOR THIS TIME. WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
SO WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME GOOD CONSISTENCY THERE.
BUT I MEAN, AS ALWAYS, WE EVALUATE THEM AND LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS, LIKE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, DAY PASSES. THAT'S PRETTY SIMILAR AS FAR AS WHAT WE SAW FOR DAY PASSES.
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AND SO WE KIND OF TRY TO DO THOSE. WE'VE INSTITUTED SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY.SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING A $5 THURSDAY SO ANYBODY CAN COME TO THE FACILITY FOR $5 ON A THURSDAY.
WE CAN, WE DO A FACEBOOK POST OR SOMETHING? MARTHA? YES, YES. WE HAVE IT ON OURS, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT IT ON THE CITY ONE AS WELL.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE TRENDS. AS YOU KNOW, EACH MONTH GOES BY AND EVERYTHING, BUT, YES HAPPY WITH WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE AT.
I WILL PROVIDE THE CAVEATS AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE REPORT AS WELL.
POOL RENOVATIONS ARE GOING TO START IN DECEMBER. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT TO WORK WITH OUR CURRENT MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND ADDRESS THAT, WHETHER THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL OR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO A PRORATED AMOUNT KNOWING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE A MAJOR AMENITY.
BUT WE ALSO FORECASTED THAT IN SOME OF OUR PROJECTIONS AS FAR AS ANNUAL BUDGET, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE UNDER RENOVATIONS, THAT IT MAY NOT HAVE A SIMILAR TO THE YEAR PRIOR.
AND HOW LONG WILL THE RENOVATION DO YOU ANTICIPATE RIGHT NOW? I WILL SAY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PROBABLY ABOUT A 2 TO 3 MONTH FOR THE POOL.
IS THE GOAL TO BE TRYING TO SPEAK THAT INTO FRUITION RIGHT NOW? INDICATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO LINE UP THE POOL.
ONE IS AN INTERESTING ONE, BECAUSE THE PLAY FEATURE IS THE FIRST COMPONENTS TO BE DONE AND THEN THE PLASTER, BUT THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE TO KIND OF WORK HAND IN HAND.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE DECKING ADDRESSED AS WELL.
TILE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SLIDE AND THE STAIRS AS THE FIRST COMPONENT AND THEN PAINTING MINOR ONE.
BUT THAT IS THE FIRST MAIN CLOSURE COMPONENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE INTO THOSE.
THIS IS PERFECT SEASON. WHAT'S THAT? WHEN WOULD IT CLOSE? DECEMBER. DECEMBER 1ST. THE POLE. IT'S A LONG TIME TO BE DOWN.
IT IS, BUT MAJOR RENOVATIONS AND THE FACILITY WILL PROBABLY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT WHEN WE REOPEN.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE THAT DOWN, BUT WITH THE DECKING, THE PLASTER AND THE PLAY FEATURE, THOSE ALL IN THEMSELVES TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND ATTENTION.
SO TRYING TO SQUEEZE THAT INTO ONE VERSUS MULTIPLE CLOSURES OVER AND OVER.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE PLAY FEATURE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TEAR INTO THE PLASTER ANYWAYS. AND SO IF WE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE PLASTER, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A MISMATCH AND WHICH CAN HOPEFULLY NOT CAUSE ANY ISSUES, BUT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE ONE SEAMLESS PLASTER THROUGHOUT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO COUPLE THOSE TOGETHER. SO AS LONG AS THEY LINE UP TO WHERE WE DO IT COHESIVELY, IT SHOULD BE GOOD. YEP. BUT IT'S ALSO DOWN SEASON, I WILL SAY.
DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE TYPICALLY OUR SLOWEST SEASONS FOR THE POOL.
JUST WEATHER WISE, SOMETIMES MOST PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S NOT HVAC, SO IF IT IS 50 DEGREES OUT, IT IS 50 DEGREES TEMPERATURE IN THE POOL. THE POOL IS WARMER, BUT THE AMBIENT AIR IS NOT.
SO THE. WHAT COULD BE OUR POSSIBLE HOLDUP? IT'S LIKE TIMELINE IF IT WAS A.
YEAH. BECAUSE I MEAN. I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M.
I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. NOTHING SEEMS TO RUN ON TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY THE REALLY THE BIGGEST ONE, I WOULD SAY, IS ONCE THEY GO INTO WHEN YOU'RE PLACING THE PLAY FEATURE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A LIKE FOR LIKE SO WE JUST ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING TODAY ON SITE.
AND SO THE WATER SOURCE COMING IN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE EVERYTHING.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING TO CAP PORTIONS OF IT.
BUT YOU ALWAYS HOPE THAT WHAT YOU DESIGNED IS THERE.
I GUESS I USE TEXTING AND TRAILS KIND OF EXAMPLE IS LIKE, ONCE THEY DUG, STARTED DIGGING, YOU FOUND THINGS THAT WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE WHERE THEY WERE. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GO CUT INTO THE PLASTER.
THEY HAVE THE PLANS FOR THE PIPING, BUT IF THEY CONSTRUCTED IT, ANY DIFFERENCE? YOU MAY HAVE HICCUPS THERE. HOPEFULLY MINOR. AND KNOWING WITH THEM THEIR WINDOW IS REALLY ABOUT SIX WEEKS IS WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND ADDRESS THE SLOPE THAT'S ON THERE.
BUT THAT'S THE PROBABLY THE BIGGER PIECES THAT COME WITH IT.
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SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING LONG TERM IS IF IT'S THREE MONTHS, WE'RE HOPING IT'S EARLIER THAN THAT.BUT IT JUST IT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT THE CONTRACTORS GET IN THERE AND ARE ABLE TO START THE WORK.
SO. AND HOW OLD IS THAT AREA? HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN THERE? THE FACILITY HAS BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS NOW, BUT THE POOL DECKING HAS BEEN REDONE BEFORE.
YOU MAY NOT NOTICE IT BECAUSE MOST OF IT'S GONE AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT IS ORIGINAL TO THE FACILITY. WOW. YEAH.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT YOU ALSO HAVE ON THIS ARC SIGN.
IS THAT OUTSIDE? YES. SO THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE AND THEN POTENTIAL ON THE BUILDING.
BUT THAT WOULD BE TO ADDRESS THE UPDATE THE NEW SIGN.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING THAT EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT GO WITH THAT.
THAT'S THE ONE ON. THAT'S THE ONE ON. YEP. YEP.
TO BRING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO IT.
THE STROBE PARTY IS OVER, RIGHT? YEAH. I WOULD LOVE TO SAY YES, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE A QUARTERLY EVERY SIX MONTHS THING THAT IT PEAKS BACK UP ON US. SO WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY MAYBE THE FULL ROOT CAUSE, BUT WE GO IN THE PARKS, GUYS GO AND ADDRESS IT, AND IT'S GOOD FOR A WHILE, AND IT COMES BACK.
BUT IF WE GET A NEW SIGN THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN ITSELF.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE A NEW SIGN. IT'S KIND OF BORING.
AT LEAST THEY HAVE A SIGN. YEAH. YEP. BASKETBALL GYM.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY. YES. AND I SHOULD SAY PICKLEBALL AS WELL.
SO HOW'S THE HOW'S THE PICKLEBALL COURT WORKING AT PARK HERE? SO SOME USAGE. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THE ACCESS ROAD HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.
STILL SITTING THERE. SO IT'S STILL SITTING THERE.
STUART IS GETTING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO ADDRESS THAT.
WITH THE PRODUCT WE GOT TO FILL IT IN. CAME WITH EXTRA IN IT.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO GO AND CLEAR OUT SOME METAL AND SOME WIRE BEFORE IT GOT LAID DOWN.
SO THAT WAS A QUESTION HE ASKED ME ABOUT. THEY WEREN'T BEING PUNISHED.
YEAH, IT LOOKED LIKE IT. THAT ONE. I DID FIND CLARITY AS WELL.
THEY WERE ALSO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE POTHOLES IN THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX.
AND SO THEY WERE. YEAH. WITH THE SHOVEL. WELL PUTTING IT INTO THE TRUCK.
YEAH. BUT SO YOU HAVE ITEMS ON HERE TO BE DETERMINED.
THE EXHAUST FANS IN THE BATHROOM. YEAH. SO TRYING TO TAKE IT IN THE STAGES BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF THOSE PROJECTS BEING MINDFUL, KIND OF SIMILAR TO SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS.
IF THINGS COME IN AT A HIGHER COST, WE DON'T WANT TO OVEREXTEND OURSELVES.
THE BATHROOMS IN THE LOCKER ROOMS ARE GOING TO BE QUITE EXTENSIVE.
SO WE MAY BE LOOKING AT THAT AT A WINTER PROJECT NEXT YEAR TO ADDRESS TO GET US THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITY AND COORDINATING THAT ONE. BUT WE WANT TO GET THROUGH AND ADDRESS THINGS.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE COSTS HAVE ALREADY GONE UP.
SO YEAH. SO JUST LIKE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, I'D BE INTERESTED IF THIS GETS CHANGED OR ALTERED.
YEP. ABSOLUTELY. PLUG IN FRIDAY. WHAT'S THAT? THE GRINCH? YES. PLUG FOR FRIDAY. WE DO HAVE OUR MOVIE ON THE LAWN OR MOVIE AT THE REC.
WE WILL BE PLAYING THE NEW GRINCH. SO IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE REC CENTER, IT IS A FREE EVENT. SO WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND JOIN US.
AND LAST TIME YOU HAD HOW MANY PEOPLE COME FOR THE LAST MOVIE? YEAH, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 70 TO 80. WE HAD FOR THE LAST ONE WHEN WE RAN THE EVENT EARLIER, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 30. SO IF WE KEEP GOING IN THAT TREND.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFERINGS FOR THAT, THINGS THAT ARE FREE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO HAVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR US. SO I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A SHOUT OUT FOR THE FALL CLEANUP.
IT WAS GREAT. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. A LOT OF PAPER SHREDDING WAS DONE.
HAVEN'T GOT OFFICIAL NUMBERS JUST YET, BUT WE HAD JUST UNDER 400 CARS COME THROUGH THAT DAY.
GAVE AWAY ALL 500 TREES. AND THAT WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH TREES FOR HOUSTON.
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THEY ACTUALLY DONATED FRUIT TREES THIS YEAR. AND SO WE HAD THANKFULLY, PD DIDN'T COME AND YELL AT US, BUT WE WERE BACKED UP ONTO THE STREET FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AS PEOPLE WERE JUST WAITING TO COME IN.AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE ONLY REASONS THEY WERE THERE. BUT ANOTHER GREAT EVENT.
ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE AN OAK TREE, ONLY A COUPLE.
IT WAS MOSTLY EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, YEAH, YEAH. YEP.
YEAH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HI. EVERYBODY LOOKS DOWN. DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT.
DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT. JUST LIKE COLLEGE. ALL RIGHT.
FIRST OFF I READ THE PART ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT.
I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. OKAY.
THE BACKHOE STILL DOWN. CORRECT. THE GRADE. THE OLD GRADE.
ALL STILL DOWN. CORRECT. THE SWEEPER IS OUT OF SERVICE.
YES. WHAT'S WORKING? EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THOSE THREE.
SO THE GRADE ALL IS THE SAME ISSUE AS LAST TIME.
SO THE REASON WE HAVEN'T FIXED IT QUITE YET IS I WAS TOLD WE NEED TO WAIT ON TAX REVENUE TO COME IN, SO WE'RE NOT EXPENDING TOO MANY FUNDS. AND THEN THE BACKHOE WAS AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS LEFT FROM LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS A $42,000 REPAIR. AND SO WE PAID FOR THE 22,000 OF IT.
AND THIS IS THE REMAINING BALANCE. WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY FINISH THE COMPLETED WORK ON IT.
AND BETWEEN THAT AND THE SWEEPER, THE SWEEPER WAS A SIMPLER ISSUE.
AND WE'VE ALREADY EXPENDED I BELIEVE, 12,000 OUT OF THAT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIX ALL THREE OF THEM.
I SUGGEST WE JUST CONTINUE TO DO WITHOUT IT VERSUS FORGOING THE SWEEPER OR OUR SECOND GRADE ALSO.
THAT WAY, YOU KNOW WE'LL NEVER GET TO OUR PLAN OF RUNNING TWO CREWS AT ONE TIME.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT. LET'S GET THAT SWEEPER FIXED.
OKAY. IS IT MY EXPERIENCE? MAYBE I'M MISREMEMBERING THIS, BUT THAT SWEEPER ALWAYS IN TROUBLE.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY EVALUATED SEVERAL OTHER SWEEPERS AND WE'VE KIND OF GOT IT NARROWED DOWN TO WHAT WE WOULD WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE GOTTEN QUOTES AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND IT'S BE A BY BOARD OR PURCHASING CO-OP AGENCY PURCHASE.
AND THERE'S ALSO A GREAT FUNDING OPTION FOR IT.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO WE'RE PAYING A PAYMENT ON THIS ALREADY RIGHT.
AND SAME DIFFERENCE VERSUS THIS ONE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT OPTION.
WELL, WHOEVER GETS THIS BACK FROM US, THEY CAN KEEP IT.
THAT'S THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT AS WELL. I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IN ALL MY YEARS ON COUNCIL, THE STREET SWEEPER IS ALWAYS BROKEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO PROVIDED IT.
IT'S ALWAYS BROKEN. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. THEY GET ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF ON THE ROAD AND IT BREAKS THE STREET SWEEPERS ALL THE TIME. WELL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE THE TEAM TO GET THE RIGHT ONE.
THEN ON DRAINAGE ISSUES, I SAW THE LIST OF THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT I'D LIKE MORE MORE DETAIL. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, WHAT WHAT WEEKS THEY WERE DONE, HOW MANY LINEAR FEET, AND THEN WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NEXT STREETS? BECAUSE WHEN WE GET ASKED, IT'S NICE TO KNOW, HEY, THESE WERE DONE.
THESE ARE NEXT. OKAY. AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
IT'S JUST THIS WAS ALL PUT TOGETHER, BUT WE HAD THE GREAT ALL OPERATIONAL FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THESE AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF IS THE TOTAL IN YOUR FOOTAGE, THE AMOUNT OF ACTUAL CULVERTS CLEANED OUT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S IN HERE.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT IN A BASICALLY A SPREADSHEET STYLE WHERE IT HAS THAT.
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AND WE'LL ALSO JUST HAVE A QUEUE THAT WE'RE RUNNING THROUGH AND WE WILL PUT DATES ON THOSE AS FAR AS LIKE, HEY, WHAT WEEK DO WE ANTICIPATE TO BE IN THIS AREA, THAT AREA.BUT I WILL SAY THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONSTANTLY CHANGE AS DAYS GO ON AND WEEKS CHANGE.
SO JUST DON'T WANT TO BE HELD FOR IT, YOU KNOW, HELD UP FOR IT AS FAR AS THIS DAY FOR THAT, BUT CORRECT. YEAH. AND WE'LL JUST HAVE A QUEUE GOING AND WE'LL HAVE ESTIMATED TIME FRAMES FOR PROJECT START, PROJECT COMPLETION, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS WE CONTINUE ON THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TELL HOW MANY DAYS IT'S TAKEN US FOR X AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE, X AMOUNT OF CULVERTS. AND SO WE CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, NARROW THAT TIMELINE DOWN.
WHAT'S THE UTILIZATION. ONCE A WEEK. TWICE A WEEK OF THE GRADLE.
HOW ARE THEY RUNNING? WE'VE HAD IT SO FAR OUT FOR FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. OKAY.
DID AFTER WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME, DID YOU MAKE CHANGES TO CONTACTING RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR TICKET SYSTEM? ARE WE STILL JUST CLOSING THE TICKETS NOW? SO YES.
AND ACTUALLY MISSPOKE ON THAT ONE AND MADE MYSELF LOOK A LITTLE WORSE THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS.
BUT SO WHEN CUSTOMERS ACTUALLY GET ON THE PORTAL AND SUBMIT TO THAT, AS LONG AS THEY'RE INCLUDING THEIR EMAIL, WHICH IT IS A REQUIRED FIELD, BY THE WAY THEY WILL GET NOTIFICATION BACK WHEN THAT STATUS CHANGED.
BACK OF NOW IS ASKING YOU FOR YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND SO WE GET THAT AND SOMEONE IN OUR OFFICE PHYSICALLY EMAILS SAID RESIDENT BACK WITH WHAT WAS THE DETERMINED COMPLETED, WHAT WAS DONE, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WE'VE CORRECTED IT.
YES. SO YOU STAY WITH IT UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED.
STAY WITH THE REQUEST. LIKE IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD TO ORDER A PART.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED A WEEK. YES. CORRECT.
YEAH. AND LIKE SOME OF THESE ONES LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THESE ONES THAT ARE ON HERE THAT WE HAVE LISTED OUT FROM 23, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE STREET REPAIR THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL TYPICALLY CHANGE THOSE TO WAITING OR SOMETHING LIKE THOSE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST PENDING ALL THE TIME.
AT LEAST THEY GOT SOME LIKE, HEY, WE'RE WAITING ON THIS OR WAITING ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO UPDATE THAT WITH NOTES. UNFORTUNATELY, IF THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST THROUGH THE PORTAL OR TEXT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT EXACT NOTE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE HAVE THE NOTE IN THERE. IF ANYONE CALLS IN ABOUT IT, WE CAN REFERENCE THE WORK ORDER NUMBER AND GIVE THEM THE UPDATE ON THE NOTES OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF THAT PROJECT, WHERE THEY'RE WAITING ON SOME SORT OF FUNDING OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO OVERALL, HOW MANY WORK ORDERS DO YOU HAVE? OUTSTANDING. NOT FOR THE MONTH. AT THE DATE OF ALL THIS LOOKS LIKE WE HAD A OVERALL AS A CITY.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 637 OF THEM OPEN AS AS A AS A CITY AS A WHOLE.
YEAH. YEP. YEP. 97% COMPLETION RATE. I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
I THINK AN AVERAGE DAY OPEN, IT HAS INCREASED ANOTHER DAY.
IT IS AT LET'S SEE, WHERE WAS IT? I KNOW IT WENT UP ANOTHER DAY.
I KNOW I HAVE IT IN HERE 26 DAYS. IT WAS AT 25 DAYS.
BUT YOU YEAH, LIKE I KNOW LIKE THE HYDRANT REPLACEMENT, FOR INSTANCE.
THAT SHOULD GET RECTIFIED HERE IN THE SPRING.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON OUR HYDRANT CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND FLUSH TEST ALL HYDRANTS AGAIN.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE MOVE PHASE INTO HYDRANT REPAIRS.
AGAIN, BEING THAT THIS IS SUCH AN OLD BACKLOGGED WORK ORDER, I IMAGINE THAT'S GOING TO BE FIRST ON THE LIST TO REPLACE AND SOLAR STREET LIGHTS ON ON CHANNON STREET. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE RECTIFIED THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS A CITY, WE HAVE BEGUN FUNDING THAT SOLAR LIGHT PROJECT.
SO WE CONTINUE ON THAT ROUTE. IT JUST I'M NOT SURE WHERE SHANNON STREET IS ON OUR LIST OF PETITIONS.
SO WE DON'T ALWAYS TURN THOSE PETITIONS INTO WORK ORDERS. SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LIST OF PETITIONS OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR SOLAR LIGHTS THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THIS WORK ORDER SYSTEM. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO FORMALLY REQUESTED IT THROUGH A WORK ORDER.
SO SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, SOME OF THAT INCLUDES STREETLIGHTS, CORRECT? YEAH, A LOT OF THEM ARE. A LOT OF THEM ARE END UP GOING TO TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND THEN WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO RESPOND.
AND, AND AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN CLOSE OUT THE WORK ORDER.
THAT WAY THE RESIDENT GETS A NOTIFICATION. RIGHT.
BUT ACTUALLY, TXDOT HAS A REALLY GOOD PERSON IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY CLOSING THOSE THINGS OUT FOR US AND JUST KNOCKING IT ALL OUT, PUTTING NOTES IN THERE AND ALL THAT. SO IT'S IT'S BEEN GREAT WITH THAT PERSON THAT TXDOT.
I MEAN, TEXAS I'M SORRY, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO I'M SORRY I MISSPOKE.
YEAH. AND ALSO THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH THE SOLAR LIGHTING AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE, I THINK,
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13 SOLAR LIGHTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF JUST OUT OF SERVICE AND END UP HAVING TO BE REPLACED.SO WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SIGNAGE. THAT WOULD BE LIKE STOP SIGNS DOWN WE GO AND PUT IT UP.
YOU KNOW ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE STREET SIGN DOWN, YOU KNOW.
OKAY. SO STREET SWEEPING. YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD A PARENTHESIS ON THERE.
YEAH. IT'S BROKEN. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A HIT FOR A ZERO.
YES. AND AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START DOING WITH THE STREET SWEEPER AS WELL IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE WON'T GET REQUESTS PER SE FOR IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS STREET, THAT STREET, THIS STREET, THAT STREET. SO WE'RE GOING TO START INCLUDING THAT, HEY, IN A DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE X AMOUNT OF FEET OR X AMOUNT OF STREETS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
BUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF TRACKING SYSTEM.
CORRECT. AVERAGE DAYS OPEN HOW MANY YOU HAVE CASES.
THE NUMBER OF STREETS BEING SWEPT, LINEAR FEET OF DITCHES BEING MAINTAINED.
THAT'S ALL MEASURABLE. NOW WHERE BEFORE WE WEREN'T DOING THAT WE DID A LOT OF WORK.
WE JUST DIDN'T. WE COULDN'T TELL THE CITIZENS WHAT WE WERE DOING.
YES, THIS IS A LOT BETTER. I WOULD SAY, HEY, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE DOING THE STREET SWEEPING, OR YOU'RE DOING A DITCH AT THE END OF THE WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH.
HAVE MARTHA POST IT ON ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA. JUST SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT ACCOMPLISHED THIS MONTH.
GOTCHA. TAKE TAKE CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YEAH. ALL THAT DRAINAGE YOU DID ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THAT WAS A LOT. YOU'RE WORKING ON A [INAUDIBLE] THIS WEEK.
YEAH. LIKE WE SEE THE TRUCKS OUT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
TELL US WHAT Y'ALL BEEN DOING. BUT YOU KNOW IF THEY GOT IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND SOMEONE OVER ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, AT LEAST THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE. THEY'LL MAKE THEIR WAY OVER HERE AT SOME POINT. YES. YEAH.
LAST QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU. HECTOR IS ON THE LIST.
STATIONS THAT WE APPROVED TONIGHT, EIGHT AND 24.
THESE ARE THE SEWER LINES THAT ARE GOING TO THOSE LIFTS.
WE'RE DOING SOME SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION.
AND JOHN HAS THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. WITH SECTION EIGHT, THE CONTRACTS ARE IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE READY TO BE EXECUTED AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE. THEN I'M GOING TO SET A PRE-CON MEETING, AND WE'LL BE MOVING IMMEDIATELY WITH THAT PROJECT AND TELL EVERYBODY WHERE AID IS THAT ONE IS THAT'S THE ONE. IT'S RIGHT ON VALDEZ, RIGHT PAST CAWTHORN STREET ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY THERE.
THAT'S LIFT STATION EIGHT. NOW, EVERYTHING IT TAKES, EVERYTHING THAT FLOWS TO IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF RANCHO. YOU'RE ALL THE WAY OVER THERE ON DOWNING ALL THE WAY BACK TO.
BUT, I MEAN, IT'S A MASSIVE AREA THAT GRAVITY FLOWS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS A LOT ON THE RANCHO AREA.
WE'RE ALL WE GOT A LOT OF FLOODING ISSUES GOING ON.
WE THINK WE GOT A LOT OF I AND I IN THAT THE PIPES ARE, THE CLAY.
SO WE KNOW THERE'S GETTING A LOT OF INFILTRATION INTO IT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MANUAL REHABILITATIONS WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S SOME DAMAGED MANHOLES AND DITCHES THAT'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF. NOW, TO CUT DOWN A LOT OF YOUR EYE AND EYE AND POTENTIALLY SAVE YOU SOME MONEY AT THE TREATMENT PLANT AND YOUR ELECTRICAL BILLS AND LIFT STATIONS.
STATION 24. WE GOT THE CONTRACTS TO AFTER THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.
AS SOON AS WE GET THAT, WE'LL CHECK EVERYTHING. WE'LL SEND IT TO THE COUNTY, MAKE SURE THE COUNTY IS HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING. THEN WE'LL WE'VE GOT APPROVED TONIGHT. TO WHERE? WHEN IT COMES IN, YOU CAN SIGN IT IMMEDIATELY. AND 24 IS.
THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN OVER THERE.
IT'S OFF OF GIFFORD ROAD. PROBABLY ABOUT 50 TO 75FT PAST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT THERE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S A COLLECTION SYSTEM.
AND THAT THAT SANITARY SEWER IS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE DITCH. SO WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THAT.
AND YOU DID SOME SMOKE TESTING TO VERIFY THAT.
NOT OVER THERE. NO, THAT WAS ON THE LIFT STATION 25 AREA, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO DO.
IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THE LMI AREA CHANGED ON US, RIGHT? WE DID ALL THAT STUDY ON THAT ENTIRE AREA OF TOWN FOR NOTHING.
OKAY. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY FOR NOTHING. WE GOT GOOD INFORMATION.
WE'RE PLANNING A PROJECT LATER FOR 25 BASIN AREA, BUT YEAH.
THAT'S IT. SO WE'RE MOVING FULL SPEED AHEAD ON THAT.
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YES, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SUBMITTED THE PERFORMANCE WORK ORDER.SO WE JUST NEED TO GO OUT AND DO THE FIELD COLLECTION.
GET EVERYTHING READY. DO GET THE DESIGN READY TO GO.
CONTRACTORS ALREADY AGREED THAT HE WILL ACCEPT THE SAME THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 24.
I'VE ALREADY COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY. COUNTY SAID THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT CHANGE ORDER. WE SHOW THEM THE AREAS. THEY'RE VERY FINE, THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IS STILL GOOD, WHICH IT SHOULD BE.
IT'S THE SAME EXACT AREA. SO WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING ON THAT ONE.
I WON'T BRING THEM IN ON THAT ONE. IT'S JUST ONE RIJINO.
SO THANK YOU. ARE YOU HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WHILE WAITING FOR GRADY TO TELL ME? GIVE ME THE HOOK.
YOU DON'T HAVE A REPORT THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT.
WELL, HECTOR WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST COMING.
YEAH. HECTOR, HOW'S 288B DOING? SO IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, JOHN'S RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AWNINGS.
AWNINGS ARE TO REMAIN IN PLACE. THEY'RE GOING TO BRACE THEM AND WORK AROUND THEM.
SO THOSE AREN'T COMING DOWN OR GETTING TORN DOWN OR ALTERED.
WOW. THERE MAY ACTUALLY BE SOME OPTIONS. POSSIBLY.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BEAUTIFYING THOSE AWNINGS, MAYBE IMPROVING THEM, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AT AN EXTRA COST. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL FIT IN THE PROJECT OR NOT.
JUST THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT, AS WE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT REALLY BALLOON THE COST OF THAT PROJECT.
MAYBE IT'D BE OUT OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING AS FAR AS THE GRANT.
AND THEY'VE ASSURED US THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE UNDER BUDGET.
SO AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BIKE LANE AREA.
AND THAT'S WHAT JOHN'S GOING TO EXPAND ON AS HE'S DONE SOME RESEARCH ON IT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE TALKED THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE WENT OVER THE PLANS, YOU KNOW, GAVE US SOME COMMENTS BACK. SO WE TOOK THAT AND HAD A MEETING ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS NOVEMBER THE 4TH WITH TXDOT.
WE WENT OVER EVERYTHING, AS HECTOR SAID THEY BELIEVE THAT THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER BUDGET. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE ADDITIONAL SIDEWALKS ARE PUSHING EVERYTHING IN TOWARDS THE ROADWAY. THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE NINE FOOT SIDEWALKS THAT WE WERE ALWAYS WANTING.
WE'LL BRING THEM BACK. HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO WHERE Y'ALL CAN TALK ABOUT, WELL, MAYBE WE WANT TO DO X HERE OR Y HERE INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, HEY, EVERYTHING OUT HERE IS GOING TO BE A BRICK PAVER, RIGHT? MAYBE I WANT TO DO SOME ROCK LANDSCAPING OR MAYBE SOME PLANTING OR SOMETHING, BUT HE'S GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A BUFFET OF WHAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY.
SO THAT'S COMING BACK TO US ON THAT. AS FAR AS THE BIKE LANE AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY, WE WERE SEEING SOME ISSUES WITH THE WIDTH OF THE TRAFFIC WAS GETTING PRETTY TIGHT AND THE BIKE LANE WAS THERE.
DID YOU ALL GET THAT EMAIL? AND THAT EMAIL MAKE SENSE ABOUT THE SHARED BIKE LANE? SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A WIDER LANE TO WHERE BOTH PEDESTRIANS, BOTH PEDESTRIANS, BOTH BICYCLISTS AND CARS CAN GO IN THAT LANE.
NOW HERE'S THE THING. BICYCLISTS CAN SHARE THE LANE RIGHT NOW AS IS.
THERE'S NO ABSOLUTELY ZERO DIFFERENCE, EXCEPT FOR IT'S GOING TO BE A WIDER LANE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE PAVEMENT MARKINGS OF THAT BIKE WITH THOSE LITTLE CHEVRONS OVER IT. SO THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.
AND BLAINE AND JOHN. CHIEF, WERE YOU THERE? Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THAT.
Y'ALL SAW THAT IN FORT WORTH. YEAH. THE SHARED LANE.
THE SHARED. YEAH. IT'S A DESIGNATED LANE I MEAN LANE DESIGNATED FOR BIKE BICYCLISTS BUT WOULD ALSO PERMIT MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL MOTOR VEHICLES ON THERE WHICH I'VE SEEN THOSE IN OTHER PLACES.
IT'S THE SAME EXACT THING AS WHAT GOES ON NOW.
I MEAN A BICYCLIST HAS THE RIGHT TO THE ROADWAY, SO I LIKE IT.
WE'RE JUST GETTING A WIDER LANE AND A LITTLE SYMBOL PAINTED ON.
THERE YOU GO. NOW. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, CHIEF? FROM A PUT ON YOUR POLICE HAT. ABOUT THE BICYCLE? THIS, HAVING THIS PAINTED IN WHITE AS A SHARED LANE.
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YEAH. I MEAN. THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE ANYWAY PEOPLE THAT DO RIDE THE BIKES AND THAT'S A THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT AN E-BIKE ON THERE BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE NOBODY RIDES A BIKE ANYMORE. THEY THEY DON'T PEDAL IT.BUT IT'S TRUE. I MEAN, IT'S THAT WAY RIGHT NOW.
LIKE JOHN SAID, THEY CAN DO IT. ALL YOU'RE DOING IS ADDING TO ADDING THE SIGNAGE.
SO WE'RE IN THE LATE. IS IT LIKE THIS PICTURE SHOWS IT BEHIND THIS PERSON'S BUMPER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR? IS THAT KIND OF SORT OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE? IT WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LIKE THE LAST PAGE.
THERE'S OTHER EXAMPLES. YEAH I SAW THAT ONE. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE THERE.
THIS MAKES EVERYBODY A WIN WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO IT KEEPS THE PARKING.
PARKING. PARKING IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE GONE. PARKING.
ANYWAYS, SO THE PARKING HAD BEEN PUSHED OVER TO WHERE YOU COULDN'T GET THE TRAFFIC THROUGH.
I HATE THAT WE'RE LOSING THE PARKING, BUT I LOVE THOSE WIDE SIDEWALKS.
IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY MAKE DOWNTOWN LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT. YEAH.
HE SAYS HE WANTS 1.2 MILLION. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THAT FROM? YES. SORRY. CAREFUL. SHE'S ALREADY RETIRED ONCE.
SHE MIGHT RETIRE. SO COUNCIL HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE SHARED BIKE LANE.
COUNCIL CAN'T GIVE DIRECTION, BUT SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES AND THERE IS SIGNAGE THAT SAYS SHARE THE ROAD, JUST LIKE FOR A MOTORCYCLE. THAT'S POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHAT I NEED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR MEETING? ABOUT THE DRAINAGE? YEAH. YEAH. YOU WANT TO DO THAT? OKAY. YEAH, IT'S THE HOLIDAYS. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE WITH TXDOT.
IT WAS MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE MEETING BETWEEN US JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS OR ISSUES THEY HAVE UPCOMING AND SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST DISCUSSING ALL THOSE THINGS AND JUST GENERAL OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY HANDLE MAINTENANCE, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND IN THAT CONVERSATION STARTED A WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE LARGER DRAINAGE PROJECTS IN AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND SEEING ABOUT COLLABORATION AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I'LL LET JOHN EXPAND ON THAT. SO ESSENTIALLY OUR LAST MEETING WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE WERE WE WERE DISCUSSING POTENTIALLY DOING SOME PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
THE QUESTION ABOUT CONCRETE PAVEMENT CAME UP, AND WE CAN'T DO CONCRETE PAVING UNTIL THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE IN THERE TO WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAIN THE ROADWAY. SO WE HAD DONE A STUDY FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON EIGHT YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE WE IDENTIFIED HOW TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE TO THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
AND SO WE IDENTIFIED HOW TO MITIGATE THAT. IT HELPS OUT TXDOT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLOODING THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON RIGHT THERE AT SHENANGO.
I KNOW THE COUNTY IS PUSHING FOR IT AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO SOME SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT.
NICE TO SEE THAT MONEY WE SPENT ON A STUDY EIGHT YEARS AGO IS STILL RELEVANT.
YEAH, I WAS AT THAT MEETING. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
THE NEXT ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A QUARTERLY MEETING FROM NOW ON.
I THOUGHT IT WAS EXCELLENT. CHIEF HAD GOOD INPUT.
JOHN. HECTOR. EVERYBODY WAS REALLY GOOD MEETING.
YEAH, IT'S A GREAT THING AND A GREAT THING TO CONTINUE ON WITH.
SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME GOOD FRUIT FROM ALL THAT COME.
YEAH. AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT THE TECH STOCK FACILITY.
WILL BE LIKE THAT. BUT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA TOO.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OVER THERE? DID THEY PROVIDE LUNCH? YEAH, LUNCH.
BUT, YEAH, I'M GLAD THEY STARTED SCHEDULING THOSE.
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AND WE ALL TALKED ABOUT QUARTERLY. SHOULD BE ENOUGH.YES. IT'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR HECTOR BEFORE GRADY REALLY GIVES US THE HOOK.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY ELSE? DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. OTIS.
HELLO? HELLO. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ALL THE DATA AND YOUR NEW BUSINESS REPORT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. ALL YOUR SUMMARIES, EVERYBODY DID.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK I KNOW Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS.
AND SO I SAW A LOT OF THEM. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE FOR JUMP VEHICLES.
AND SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CURRENT JUNK VEHICLES WE HAVE SITTING AROUND THE CITY.
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY THEY ARE? I THINK AT ONE TIME THE ESTIMATE WAS 25. DO YOU THINK THAT STILL SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT? JUST GLANCING OVER THE SPREADSHEET, I WOULD SAY THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE.
WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS ON ONE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE A VERY PROBLEMATIC CASE THAT'S IN THE COURT SYSTEM.
IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW OUR ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN VERSUS THE WAY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES MAY DEAL WITH CARS.
IT'S JUST HOW AGGRESSIVE YOU WANT THE STAFF TO BE.
AND CAN YOU. YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS QUICKLY WITH.
CERTAINLY I THINK OURS IS WRITTEN THAT IT BECOMES A VIOLATION AND THEN WE DEAL WITH THE VIOLATION AND TRY TO REMEDY IT THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT. THEY'RE MORE AGGRESSIVE. IT GOES TO THE POLICE CHIEF.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE SENDS NOTIFICATION TO THE STATE TO MOVE THE TITLE TO THE CITY.
AND THEY ACTIVELY TAKE POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVE IT CRUSHED.
SO IN ANGLETON, AFTER YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN, YOU'VE DONE ALL THE THINGS, YOU'VE DONE, ALL THE CITATIONS AND EVERYTHING. IS THE VEHICLE STILL SIT THERE? IF THE OWNER DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING. PROBLEM IS, IT'LL GET INTO COURT.
THEY MIGHT WANT A TRIAL. TYPE HEARING. AND WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE THEY DON'T APPEAR AND THEN THE FEES AND JUST, THEY JUST GET COLLECTED ON THEIR BILL AND THEY GET WARRANTS FOR ARREST AND ALL THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN THE INSTANCE IN SOME OF THESE CASES.
WE HAVE NOTIFICATION LETTERS THAT GO OUT AND PROCESS.
FOR THAT, WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT MORE AGGRESSIVE AND COMPLETE, BECAUSE IF THEY END UP IN COURT AND IT'S JUST SITTING THERE WITH THE FINES AND THAT DOESN'T REMEDY THE SITUATION, RIGHT? SO HAVE SOME OF THEM BEEN THERE FOR YEARS? I CAN'T ATTEST TO THAT.
HAVE A JUNK VEHICLE ON SOME OF THESE STREETS.
YEAH. AND SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE COMPLAINTS AND ONGOING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I MIGHT JUST SAY PENDING EACH SITUATION, EACH SITUATION IS UNIQUE.
OKAY. SO WE NEED TO TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LEGAL TO SEE HOW WE CAN FIX THAT.
BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU DEFINE IT. OKAY. AND IS THAT GOING TO WAIT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.
OKAY. BUT THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
AMENDMENTS. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BUDGET. IT'S A PRIORITY.
IT HAS TO HAVE A BUDGETARY PRIORITY TO PROSECUTE IT.
SUSIE WON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST SURPRISED BY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY HIGH NUMBER OF JUNK VEHICLES.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.
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ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UTILITY BUILDING I JUST.[COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
BUILDING. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A NEIGHBOR OF MINE.HAD SOMEBODY KNOCK ON HER DOOR AND SAID, HEY, YOU'VE USED 11,000 GALLONS OF WATER.
AND SO SHE DIDN'T SEE IN THE BACKYARD. SO AN EXCELLENT YOUNG MAN FROM UTILITY BILLING CAME, WORKED WITH HER, TURNED OFF HER WATER. SHE WORKED WITH UTILITY BILLING TO GET HER SYSTEM SET UP CORRECTLY.
AND IT'S JUST A SHOUT OUT. AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WAITING ON THE NEW ELECTRICAL, THE NEW UTILITY SYSTEM ON THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE, YOU WILL APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU GET IT, BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING KNOWING, AND I ASSUME THE CITY WOULDN'T EITHER UNTIL BILLY CAME OUT.
SO Y'ALL WERE PROACTIVE. SHE NOW HAS THE SYSTEM SET UP CORRECTLY.
JUST GREAT ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO USE THAT PORTAL.
THE PORTAL IS WONDERFUL. OKAY. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WANT TO SAY THAT OVER THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE STAFF.
I MEAN, I'VE, I THINK ALMOST EVERY ONE OF YOU HAS GOT A MESSAGE FROM ME IN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF, AND YOU'RE RESPONSIVE. JASON, I WAS AT TML SENDING YOU PICTURES OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
HECTOR, THANKS FOR GETTING THE GUYS OUT ON SUNDAY TO LOOK AT THAT LIFT STATION.
OR WAS THAT THIS WEEK? THIS WEEK IT WAS THIS WEEK ALL RUNNING TOGETHER.
AND THEN JASON TELL STEWART THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT ON SUNDAY TO LOOK AT LAKESIDE AT THAT WHAT WAS IT? OPEN ELECTRICAL BOX. THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE'S BEEN REALLY RECEPTIVE AND VERY ENGAGED, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I LIKE SEEING HOW THE TEAM'S WORKING.
ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT GROUP GOES ALL OUT OVER THERE AND THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF NOT PROBABLY A THOUSAND KIDS THAT GO THROUGH THAT PLACE.
AND JEREMY AND HIS FAMILY ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF ALEXANDER COURT, THEY, THEY GO ALL OUT.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. MARTHA, YOU WANT TO GIVE US DATE, TIME, LOCATION AND MARKET DATES? IS YOUR SHIRT ON? MUCH? YEAH. MARKET DAYS IS THIS WEEKEND.
THE RAIN HAS BLOWN OUT, SO WE'RE EXPECTING BIG CROWDS.
AND IT'S SATURDAY, 9 TO 5 AND SUNDAY 11 TO 4.
SO WE HOPE YOU COME OUT AND SHOP. TODAY'S A GREAT SHOPPING.
OVER 200 VENDORS GREAT FOOD, 16 FOOD VENDORS.
SO LOTS, LOTS TO DO AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AT THE BRAZORIA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN ANGLETON, TEXAS.
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MISS. JUST A REMINDER.
FRIDAY NIGHT HOME FOOTBALL GAME. PLAYOFFS. GO, CATS.
GO, CATS. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:19.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.