OKAY. IT IS 6:00. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. [00:00:05] IT'S NICE TO HAVE A BIG CROWD TODAY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND THOSE LISTENING ONLINE. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN REMAIN STANDING AS PASTOR ALEXIS GLAZE GIVES US THE INVOCATION. PODIUM. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOUR WORD SAYS THAT UNLESS YOU BUILD A CITY THAT THE WORKERS LABOR IN VAIN. AND, GOD, WE DON'T WANT TO BE PEOPLE WHO LABOR IN VAIN. WE DON'T WANT TO BE PEOPLE WHO SPEND TIME JUST SPINNING OUR WHEELS AND TOILING. WE ARE ASKING THAT TONIGHT. GOD, YOU WOULD GIVE WISDOM THAT YOU WOULD GIVE DIRECTION, THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO BE SENSITIVE TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND TO WHICH WAY WE SHOULD GO. AND I ASK GOD THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED AND HONORED. I THANK YOU FOR PUTTING JUST PROTECTION AROUND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE HERE, PUTTING PROTECTION AROUND THE LEADERS OF OUR CITY, AND WE GLORIFY YOU AND HONOR YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED AND HONORED IN ANGLETON, TEXAS. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN, AMEN. THANK YOU. OKAY, I DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SAVED FOR THE AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHERS RECEIVED? DESIREE. HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY OTHERS? OKAY. AND I REALLY LIKE THIS SETUP HERE. YEAH. WE HAVE A NEW LAYOUT TONIGHT SO I'M TRYING IT OUT. [1. Recognition and swearing in of Fire Lieutenant Corey Castillo. ] CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE RECOGNITION AND SWEARING IN OF FIRE. LIEUTENANT COREY CASTILLO. LIEUTENANT CASTILLO, WILL YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? OH, YOU NEED TO STAND RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY. WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, I, COREY CASTILLO, COREY CASTILLO, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF TEXAS. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. AND I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY AND FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE MY DUTIES. DISCHARGE MY DUTIES AS AN OFFICER OF ANGLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT, AN OFFICER OF THE ANGLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF TEXAS, AND OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON, THE CITY OF ANGLETON, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE ANGLETON VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF ANGLETON VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. THE BEST OF MY SKILLS AND ABILITIES. MY SKILLS AND ABILITIES. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. I'LL BE SWEARING IN ONE DAY. AS A POLICEMAN. AS A POLICEMAN. AS A POLICEMAN. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER TWO. PRESENTATION OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION. [2. Presentation of the Black History Month proclamation. ] MR. GORDON, CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE? OKAY. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. CITY OF ANGLETON PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE LASTING LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHOSE LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE SHAPED OUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND CIVIC LIFE. AND WHEREAS THE THEME IS A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY COMMEMORATION COMMEMORATIONS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2026 TO MARK A CENTURY OF NATIONAL COMMEMORATIONS AND TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT OF HOW BLACK HISTORY AND LIFE COMMEMORATIONS ARE TRANSFORMING THE MODERN WORLD. WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH ENCOURAGES REFLECTION ON PAST AND PRESENT INEQUITIES AND RENEWS OUR COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY IN ORDER TO CONFRONT RACISM AND UPHOLD DEMOCRATIC VALUES. [00:05:02] WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING AN INCLUSIVE AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY THAT HONORS THE HISTORY, EXPERIENCES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS AND RESPECTS ALL RESIDENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I. JOHN WRIGHT THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, PROCLAIMED THIS 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S IT. YES. [CONSENT AGENDA ] OKAY. MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260210. DASH 003 ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION IN ANGLETON, TEXAS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS RELATED THERETO. ITEM NUMBER FOUR DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION. ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE LANDMARK AQUATIC PROPOSAL FOR WATER SLIDE RESTORATION AT THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER NATATORIUM UNDER BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 70123, AND AUTHORIZE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ASSOCIATED AGREEMENT. ITEM NUMBER SIX DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD PAINTING SERVICES AND THE RECREATION CENTER NATATORIUM, AND AUTHORIZED THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH ALVARADO. PAINTING. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE 2025 ANGLETON RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE RENEWAL OF THE WIND AND HAIL INSURANCE AS PART OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR POLICY BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026. ITEM NUMBER NINE. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 28TH, 2025. NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025 DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2025. THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 13TH, 2026 AND JANUARY 27TH, 2026. ITEM NUMBER TEN DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260204010, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION TO FUND RIFLE RELATED BODY ARMOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NUMBER 11 DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260210011, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION TO FUND RIFLE RELATED BALLISTIC SHIELDS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NUMBER 12 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260210012. AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION TO FUND RIFLE RELATED BALLISTIC HELMETS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL. ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING OFF HERE? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SIMMONS, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? NO CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION CARRIES. I HAVE TO PULL IT OUT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS, NUMBER 13, [13. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Ordinance No. 20260210-013 approving an (SUP) Specific Use Permit, within the SF 6.3, Single Family District, allowing for an RV- Recreational Vehicle Temporary Housing for medical purposes, at 202 South Walker Street, Angleton, Texas. ] CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20260210013 APPROVING AN SCP OR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WITHIN THE SF 6.3 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ALLOWING FOR AN RV RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AT 202 SOUTH WALKER STREET, ANGLETON, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR SCP RELATED TO ADDRESS 202 SOUTH WALKER STREET. AND YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH LAURA GREEN'S REQUEST FOR THE SUPP. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE REPORT, IN JANUARY, YOU APPROVED THE WAIVER OF THE FEES FOR THE SGP APPLICATION. WE DULY POSTED THE REQUEST AND APPLICATION AS PART OF THE PROCESS IN WHICH IT WAS TAKEN BEFORE [00:10:02] THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THEIR FEBRUARY MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SP. THEY HELD PUBLIC HEARING AND AS YOU SEE IT WAS, OF COURSE, APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO WE HAVE ADVERTISED IT SENT NOTIFICATION TO EVERYONE WITHIN 200FT OF THE PROPERTY. AND WE ARE ASKING THAT COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THIS EMERGENCY HOUSING UNDER THE SP FOR THE MEDICAL REASONS NOTED FOR THIS REQUEST WITHIN THAT 6.3 ZONING DISTRICT. SO THERE ARE TWO CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE TIME FOR THE UNIT AND OF COURSE, STAFF WILL COORDINATE THAT. AND IF THERE'S A NEED TO CONTINUE IT, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER FOR APPROVAL. AND THAT WAY WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ACCOMMODATE ANY REQUESTS AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION. AND 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. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. ONE MORE TIME. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS OR YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SP 20260210013. SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NUMBER 14. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20260210. [14. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Ordinance No. 20260210-014 granting the voluntary petition to annex approximately 10.646 acres into the City Limits and assigning an “MH” Zoning District/SUP, Specific Use Permit Overlay, originally within the Angleton ETxtraterritorial Jurisdiction, for the Angleton Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park LLC Facility located at 789 and 799 Anchor Road/County Road 44, Brazoria County, Angleton, TX 77515. ] DASH 014, GRANTING THE VOLUNTARY PETITION TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 10.646 ACRES INTO THE CITY LIMITS AND ASSIGNING AN MH ZONING DISTRICT SP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OVERLAY ORIGINALLY WITHIN THE ANGLETON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION FOR THE ANGLETON RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK, LLC FACILITY LOCATED AT SEVEN, EIGHT NINE AND 799 ANCHOR ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 44, BRAZORIA COUNTY. ANGLETON, TEXAS 77515. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN SCP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE RV PARK. AS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH ANGLETON RV PARK. THEY DID COME BEFORE THE PLANNING. I'M SORRY, BEFORE THE COUNCIL REQUESTING A CONCEPT REVIEW. AS YOU RECALL, WE DID HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON THE REQUEST SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SEWER VERSUS WATER SERVICES FROM THE CITY BEING REQUESTED. SO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNEXATION WAS SUBMITTED BY PETITION, AND WE HAVE POSTED IT IN COMPLIANCE AS DIRECTED BY LEGAL. THEY HAVE 78, 78 RV PADS CURRENTLY ON THE FACILITY. WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME ATTACHMENTS IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WOULD COVER THE SERVICE AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON THIS EVENING WITH THE APPLICANT. ALSO IN THE ATTACHMENTS WOULD BE THE CRIME STATS FOR THE FACILITY PROVIDED BY PD. IN WHICH IF THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. AS PART OF THE RV PROCESS OF ANNEXATION, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSIGN A ZONING DISTRICT AS PART OF ANNEXATION. SO WHEN WE ADVERTISE IT, WE ADVERTISE IT AS SUCH TO ALLOW FOR THE RV PARK AS AN SCP WITHIN THE MH DISTRICT. SO WE ADVERTISED IT AND ALSO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GIVE WEIGHT TO THE REZONING OR THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO SUCH WHICH WHICH WOULD BE RV WITHIN THE MH DISTRICT. AS YOU LOOK AT THE USE CHART CHART WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IT'S THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT WOULD HOUSE AN RV FACILITY. SO THAT WAS THE DISTRICT IN WHICH WE HAD TO REQUEST THE ZONING OF. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ONLY REVIEWED IT IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESSFUL ANNEXATION, WHICH IS YOUR ACTION TONIGHT TO CONSIDER THE ANNEXATION, TO CONSIDER THE ZONING DISTRICT, AS NOTED, TO CONSIDER THE UTILITY SERVICE PLAN IN WHICH WE HAVE ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW. [00:15:06] IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS THE CITY ENGINEER HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE REVIEW OF THE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES. AND IN OUR LAST DISCUSSION WITH YOU, THE QUESTION WAS THE DURATION OF COMING ON INTO CITY CITY SERVICES IN TERMS OF WATER, AS YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY WAS ONLY REQUESTING THE SEWER TO GET RID OF THE SPRAY FIELDS, AS YOU RECALL. BUT HOWEVER AT THE ADVICE OF STAFF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE WATER WAS A CONCERN, AND THE TIMELINESS OF THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR REVIEW OF THAT CONCEPT PLAN WHERE, WHERE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE TO GIVE TIME. UNDER HIS CURRENT SITUATION, HOWEVER SPEAKING WITH FINANCE, PUBLIC WORKS AND STAFF, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL WAS TWO YEARS. LAST DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT. IT RAISED TO A LEVEL OF THREE YEARS POSSIBLE CONNECTION, BUT THE APPLICANT WILL COME BEFORE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE HE LANDED. WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION ON THE WATER SERVICE CONNECTION WITH THE RV TAPS. WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS WITH THE APPLICANT THE WEIGHT ON OUR CURRENT SERVICES, BECAUSE RVS, OF COURSE, WOULD NOT BE THE SAME LEVEL OF TAPS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. ALSO, AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION, WE'RE BRINGING IN POSSIBILITY OF OTHER SERVICES, SUCH AS ANYTHING THAT WE DO FROM PARTS TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PERMITS, ENFORCEMENT, POLICING TRASH PICKUP. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE LISTED IN THE SERVICE AGREEMENT. AND THEN AS PART OF THIS APPROVAL, THEY WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO SATISFY OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING OF AN RV PARK. SO OUR FEE SCHEDULE DOES INCLUDE THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DOLLARS PER UNIT AND I THINK A BASE FEE OF $50 FOR THE FACILITY. SO ALL OF THAT IS WRITTEN INTO THE AGREEMENT AND THE ORDINANCE. I WILL TAKE A STEP BACK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK AND POSSIBLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION. AND SECOND, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LUPE VALDEZ WORKED FOR THE CITY. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO GIVING THEM WATER AND SEWER. ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO ADD THE THE CRIME STATS FOR THAT, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PLACE IS BECAUSE LOOK AT OUR OUR DEVELOPMENT MAP AND SEE ALL THESE NEW THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE CITY. WE HAVEN'T ADDED ANY MORE BUILDINGS SO THAT THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY THING. WE ANNEX THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO GET POLICE PROTECTION. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE'RE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. SO I THOUGHT THAT THE I THOUGHT THAT COORDINATING THE THE BILLING FOR THE SEWER WITHOUT THE WATER WAS GOING TO BE CUMBERSOME. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE THAT WE HAD PRIOR. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN AND WHEN WAS THE WHEN WAS THIS LAST BROUGHT BEFORE US? I CAN'T REMEMBER NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER WAS THE MEETING I MISSED. I MEAN. I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE AN INSTANCE JUST LOOKING AT THE, AT THE, THE HURDLES THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH. BECAUSE REALLY EITHER WE'RE HAVING TO CHECK UP ON THIS CONSTANTLY ASSIGN ASSIGN A BASE RATE TO THEM FOR SEWER. AND HOPE THAT THAT COVERS IT. OR WE'RE ASKING THEM TO TO [00:20:01] ACCEPT ACCEPT THE WATER CONNECTION AS THEY TAP INTO THE SEWER AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. YOU SAID NOBODY HERE FROM. NO. OKAY. SO YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK? HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY. THAT'S WHAT I HAD SAID IN THE OPENING. THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? I WATCHED THE PNC MEETING, AND I SAW. I HEARD YOU SAID YOU WERE ONLY HALF FULL RIGHT NOW. CORRECT. SO YOU HAVE 79 PAD SITES, BUT YOU'RE ONLY USING ABOUT 35? YES. THAT'S CORRECT, 78. I'M ONLY USING ABOUT HALF OF THEM. ARE YOU PLANNING TO EXPAND IT AND AND FILL THEM ALL UP, OR ARE YOU TRYING TO CHANGE DIRECTION? WHAT ARE YOU WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR THIS? THIS PROPERTY? WELL, RV PARK, I WAS HOPING TO GET IT FILLED SO I CAN MAKE MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT, BUT SINCE I BOUGHT IT, I'VE BEEN HOVERING AROUND THE 50% CAPACITY. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS I'VE MADE OF MAKING THE PARK LOOK NICE, I WILL GET MORE MORE CLIENTS, ESPECIALLY AS INTEREST RATES DROP AND THERE'S MORE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN BRAZORIA COUNTY. DO YOU OWN THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY TO IS THIS WHAT WE'RE ANNEXING AS WELL? NO, I DO NOT. JUST THIS PIECE HERE. CORRECT. RIGHT. SO THIS IS STILL SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. OKAY. BUT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK, IN THE PNC, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. FOR THE 703 590. YEAH. THAT RIGHT THERE. YEAH, POTENTIALLY. I WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP ON WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. BUT THAT IS A THOUGHT LONGER TERM THAT I'D LIKE TO INVEST INTO A PROJECT HERE. AND THEN CURRENTLY YOU DON'T WANT WATER SERVICE. IS THAT UNDERSTAND? THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT SIR. YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO PAY FOR SEWER. THAT'S CORRECT SIR. WOULD THERE EVER BE A POINT WHERE YOU WANT TO TIE INTO THE WATER LINE? YES. IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO. ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY. CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE THE CAPITAL NOW TO BE ABLE TO TIE INTO IT. OKAY. HEY, CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. OR I CALL IT EITHER YOU OR WHOEVER HAS THE DATA. PARSONS MIGHT HAVE IT. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CALLS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED HERE. YOU SAID 50% WERE NON-EMERGENCY, 26% WERE 911 CALLS. THE CALLS FOR SERVICE. HOW MUCH IS THAT PD OR IS IT FOR FIRE AND EMS? IF YOU HAD A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE TWO, ALL OF THAT IS SIR. YEAH. HE SAID IT'S IN THE REPORT. OTIS SAID IT'S IN THE REPORT. BUT THAT THAT THAT ALL THAT IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STATS. THEY HAVE A CRIME ANALYST THAT GAVE US ALL THOSE STATS, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE WILL GO OUT THERE IF THEY NEED BACKUP. YEAH. OTIS, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IN THE REPORT, I'M STILL ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE IT SAYS BOTH EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 16 REPORTS WERE GENERATED FOR SERVICE. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THAT IT SAYS 50% WERE NOT EMERGENCY. DOES THAT MEAN WHAT IS A NON-EMERGENCY? I DON'T THINK HE WOULD KNOW THAT. WE'D HAVE TO WE'D HAVE TO GET WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO GET SPECIFICS, BECAUSE ALL THIS CAME FROM THE DATA IS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON THE PD. YES, SIR. JUST THE PD BY ITSELF. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO I NEED THAT INFORMATION. I MEAN, I MEAN, WHAT WHAT ONE CALL IS, IS MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE'VE DONE OUT THERE. AND THEN YOU'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT CALLS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IF WE GET A CASE, THAT CASE HAS TO GO TO A DETECTIVE. THAT DETECTIVE HAS TO WORK THAT CASE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM CITIZENS. THESE AREN'T ROOFTOPS, IN MY OPINION. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM OUR CITIZENS RIGHT NOW THAT LIVE IN THE CITY. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE MAN GETTING WATER AND SEWER AT ALL. HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THE PROPERTY? FOR YEARS. WHAT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE YOU MADE TO IT IN FOUR YEARS? I'VE. I'VE ADDED A DOG PARK, A PLAYGROUND. JUST MAKE SURE MY ROADS ARE NICE AND STURDY. [00:25:06] ADDED FENCING AROUND THE FRONT FRONTAGE. CHANGE THE SIGNS. OKAY? HAVE YOU HAD ISSUES WITH YOUR TENANTS IN THAT LOCATION? NO, NOT MANY, JUST SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME LIKE BREAK INS, PEOPLE USING OUR TRASH CAN, FOR EXAMPLE. THOSE TYPE OF INCIDENTS. BUT NOTHING. NOTHING MAJOR, THANK GOD. OKAY. WHERE IS YOUR CURRENT WELL LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S CLOSE TO THE ROAD, ISN'T IT? CORRECT. SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO TRAVERSE CLEAN ACROSS THE PROPERTY TO TIE INTO YOUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO YOU GOT WHAT, 50FT OF WATER LINE YOU GOT TO RUN FROM THE FROM THE LINE? MAYBE. I DON'T KNOW THE MATH AROUND IT. I MEAN, I CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE ON THE MAP. IT DIDN'T LOOK THAT FAR TO ME. THE THE REASON THAT I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT AN EXISTING LINE THERE AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT YOUR. WELL, SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT TASK TO SET A METER AND RUN SOME LINE TO THAT, TO THAT EXISTING WELL LINE AND TIE INTO THAT. UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, I'M AT 50% CAPACITY AND AND A RECURRING WATER CHARGE IS AN ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL EXPENSE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TIME SO I CAN INCREASE MY OCCUPANCY, GET INTO A MODEL WHERE I CAN TIE IN AND BE ABLE TO PAY ALL MY BILLS ON TIME. I UNDERSTAND. THE THING IS, YOUR REQUEST IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE WOULD NORMALLY APPROVE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT I DON'T I DON'T SEE THAT COMMISSIONER SPORER ASKED VERY GOOD QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF PNC, AND IT WAS VERY CONSISTENT WITH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN VERY HARD ON PUTTING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND WHY WOULD WE BE ANY DIFFERENT TO THIS? ALTHOUGH THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING, IT'S ALREADY THERE. I THINK THAT'S YOUR DIFFERENCE. BUT WE'RE ALREADY PRETTY TIGHT ON WATER AND SEWER RIGHT NOW. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK JOHN OR OTIS OR SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO GET UP HERE AND GIVE ME THE ANSWER, BUT WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY LIKE ON THE SEWER SIDE? I KNOW WE'VE SINCE. FOUND. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA CAPACITY ON THE WATER, BUT NOT MUCH. WHERE ARE WE AT? ON THE SEWER? I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE BEFORE US AT THE MOMENT. SEWER. YOU HAVE YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY. THE LIFT STATION WAS PUT IN RIGHT THERE AT COUNTY ROAD 220. AND I THINK THAT'S COUNTY ROAD 288. THE OLD ROAD THAT WAS PUT IN FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA AND THAT IS PART OF THAT AREA. THE IMPACT FEE IT'D BE EASY TO FIGURE OUT WE'VE GOT CALCULATION CONVERSIONS TO CALCULATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME WATER DRAW AS A HOUSE. RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE WASHERS DRYERS, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU DON'T HAVE AS MUCH COOKING. YOU DON'T HAVE THE THE BATHS AND THE HOT WATER RUNNING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THE ONLY THING THAT THAT I HAVE EXPRESSED, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR SUSY TO CALCULATE AND TO GO GET THE WATER READINGS TO COME UP WITH THE BILL FOR THE RETURN RATES. THE CURRENT WAY THAT YOU BUILD YOUR YOUR RESIDENCE IS IT'S A PERCENTAGE OFF OF THE WATER USAGE. CORRECT. SO THAT'S HOW YOU CALCULATE THE SEWER USAGE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEA OF WHAT THAT THAT USAGE IS ON A BASE LEVEL. BUT YOU HAVE TO VERIFY AND VALIDATE THAT EVERY SO OFTEN. RIGHT. BECAUSE AT THAT POINT YOU'RE JUST SELLING FREE WATER. THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, NOT SAYING ANYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THERE IS A DISAGREEMENT. [00:30:03] HIS WELL IS PRIVATE. YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO GO ON HIS PRIVATE WELL AND STOP THE PRODUCTION OF WATER TO WHERE IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T PAY THEIR WATER AND SEWER BILL, YOU TURN THE WATER OFF. THE SEWER STOPS TOO. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO AT THIS POINT IS PLUG THE SEWER LINE. BUT THE WATER STILL GOING, CREATING A POTENTIAL ISSUE WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO USE THEIR WATER. WITH NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO. OKAY. THE WELLS IN THE FRONT. THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRIBUTION LINE IS RIGHT AT THE WELL. IT. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND HE WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT WHEN YOU ACCEPT THE THE SEWER, IT GETS RID OF THE THE FILL LINE OUT THERE, ALL THAT FILL LINE AND BECOMES VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY AT THAT POINT. BECAUSE IT HAS HIGHWAY ACCESS. ALL THAT STUFF. SO WHILE WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION WHERE IT BEHOOVES BOTH PARTIES WITH NOT HAVING TO RUN TO THE BACK, IF THERE'S WATER, WELL WAS IN THE BACK AND HE'D HAVE TO RUN 200FT OF WATER WELL OF WELL, I MEAN TO HIS WELL, THAT WOULD BE MAYBE A DISCUSSION POINT, BUT THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS ALREADY LOCATED IN THE FRONT. I KNOW THAT HE HAD STATED PREVIOUSLY THAT HE HAD HIS WATER WELL REWORKED. WE'RE NOT SAYING HE CAN'T USE IT FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES OR FOR ANYTHING AROUND THERE IN THAT AREA, THAT HE HAS TO QUIT USING HIS. WELL, IT'S JUST YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR HOW MUCH WATER IS BEING USED, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME WAY OF STOPPING IT IF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT UPHELD. OKAY, THAT'S MY $0.02. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, ON THESE IMPACT FEES IN THIS AREA, IS THAT CALCULATED IN THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT? ONCE THEY ONCE THEY CONNECT. THERE'S NO IMPACT FEE ON THE SEWER SIDE. YES, THERE SHOULD BE. SO YEAH. YES, THERE'S THERE'S SEPARATE. EACH ONE IS SEPARATE. OKAY. NOW JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE. LET'S SAY WE DON'T ANNEX BUT WE GIVE SEWER STILL PAYS AN IMPACT FEE, RIGHT? YES. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER TALKED THAT ONE OUT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. AGAIN. THE ONLY THING IS THE BILLING. IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. IT'S GOING TO ADD A LOT MORE EFFORT ON YOUR SIDE. RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY'S WANTING TO PLAY NICE AND HOLD HANDS AND WORK SOMETHING OUT. I THINK THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED. WHAT NEEDS TO TO FAIRLY RUN IN AGREEMENT. WE DO HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT THAT ARE IN THE TJ THAT ARE SUPPLIED WATER THOUGH THAT THAT IS A THING. THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT NOT BEING ANNEXED, YOU RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T PAY THE SAME RATE AS, AS A CUSTOMER WITHIN ANGLETON PROPER. SO YOUR YOUR MULTIPLIER MAY BE, YOU KNOW, 1.25. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I CAN ASSURE YOU, ALTHOUGH ALTHOUGH NO ONE HAS SEEN THE FUTURE, I CAN ASSURE YOU I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING MY BILLS. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I MENTIONED TO YOU, I'VE BEEN AT AROUND 50% CAPACITY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. I WOULD BE OKAY WITH. WE TAKE A MEASUREMENT OF MY WATER AND I'LL PAY YOU MONTHLY FOR 78 SPOTS, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I'LL BE AT 50% CAPACITY. WELL IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T EXACTLY WORK THAT WAY, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A SINGULAR TAP FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE SITE. IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT IF IT'S JUST A SINGLE COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH A BUNCH OF BATHROOMS IN IT. THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL HAVE ONE METER AND ONE OUTLET FOR SEWAGE. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT WON'T IT WON'T MATTER ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY, BUT ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF THE OF THE SITE, SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT WILL WHAT IT WILL BE IS HOW MUCH WATER USAGE THERE ACTUALLY IS. AND THEN WE DETERMINE THE SEWER OFF OF THAT. I CAN, I CAN IF WE NEED TO GET A METER INSTALLED AT MY WATER WELL TO COUNT THE WATER. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. WHATEVER MAKES YOU COMFORTABLE WITH WITH IT, WITH IT BEING PRIVATE THOUGH. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE. I'M HAPPY TO PUT ON THE SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT ANGLETON HAS THE RIGHT AND ABILITY TO GO CHECK THE WATER METER AT ANY POINT. [00:35:05] I'M OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL. IT'D BE A SMART METER AS WELL. NO ONE WOULD HAVE TO STEP FOOT ON PROPERTY FOR INSTALLATION, WHICH WOULD BE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR HIRE. IT'S MY OPINION THAT IF WE THAT IF WE HOOKED YOU INTO THE SEWER, WE NEED TO CONNECT YOU TO THE WATER TO IT SETS IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH WHEN WE START. AND IT REALLY JUST BOILS DOWN TO WHEN WE START MAKING THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM WHERE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS FOR OTHERS. AND WHILE WE DO THAT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, WE NORMALLY DO IT WHEN IT'S RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S NORMALLY NOT A STANDARD PROCEDURAL DEVIATION THAT WE MAKE. UNDERSTOOD. AND I AM NOT SAYING I WILL NOT CONNECT TO WATER. ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS THREE YEARS TIME SO I CAN CONNECT INTO THE WATER. I WILL CONNECT INTO THE WATER. SO JUST CURIOUS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE WITH THE ARABIC LINES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE? I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO EXCAVATE THOSE THE, THE LINES ON THE, THE SPRAY FIELDS. THE SPRAY FIELDS WE CAN DO WITH THEM. I WILL REMOVE THOSE. SO, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND REMOVE THOSE ALL ALL THOSE LINES PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF FEET. AND YOU'VE GOT 75. LET'S JUST LET'S THROW IT OUT THERE. LET'S SAY YOU GOT 100FT OF TRENCH. YOU GOT TO DIG TO RUN WATER TO YOUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOUR RESISTANT TO THAT. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE TO ME. NO, IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE A HUGE CAPITAL EXPENSE OF REMOVING THE SPRAY PILLS AND CONNECTING TO THE LIFT. I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR BOTH PROJECTS AT ONE TIME. I'M ASKING. I DO THE SEWER AND THEN I BUILD UP MY CAPITAL AND I CONNECT TO THE WATER AS WELL. AFTER THAT, I WOULD BE I MIGHT BE COMFORTABLE WITH 12 MONTHS. HOW DOES HOW DOES GAINING SEWER HELP YOU INCREASE YOUR CAPITAL? EXCUSE ME? HE CAN. HE CAN CLEAR THAT THAT THAT PROPERTY OF THE SPRAY FIELDS RIGHT NOW THAT THAT PROPERTY IS TIED UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HE'S DUMPING HIS CLEAN SEWER WATER. SO YOU'RE HOPING TO, I GUESS. LEVERAGE THIS SO YOU CAN ACCESS THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY? YES. AND I'VE HEARD FROM FROM SURROUNDING PROPERTY. PROPERTY OWNERS OF THAT ARE HAVING DIFFICULT THEY'VE HAD DIFFICULTY BECAUSE THERE'S A SPRAY FIELD NEXT TO THEM. THEY'VE BEEN SELLING THEIR LAND. SO I'M HOPING TO GET THAT EYESORE OUT OF CITY OF ANGLETON GIVEN IT'S 288 FRONTAGE, AND I HOPE I CAN DEVELOP ON IT AT A FUTURE DATE AS WELL. BUT NO PLANS RIGHT NOW. I'M HONESTLY GOING TO CRAWFISH ON WHAT I SAID JUST A SECOND AGO, AND I DON'T NORMALLY DO THAT, BUT I WANT THE WATER CONNECTED WHEN THE SEWERS CONNECTED. AND IF YOU'RE NOT READY TO DO THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I AM. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRYING TO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. MY OPINION WOULD PROBABLY BE I DON'T KNOW IF THE TIMING IS RIGHT. AND I KNOW ADDING THIS PROPERTY WOULD HELP YOU ADVANCE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. I GET THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT RIGHT NOW. I WOULD ALSO ADD, IT'S NOT CERTAINLY ONLY A BENEFIT FOR ME. IT'S A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON COMMUNITY. IT'S WELL, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE I PERSONALLY AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE REALLY CONCERNED WITH YOU HAVING THAT SPRAY FILLED THERE. SO I'M QUITE INDIFFERENT TO IT, HONESTLY. I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A PERSONAL GAIN FOR YOU THAN IT IS FOR ANYONE ELSE. I THINK IT'S A GAME FOR BOTH SIDES. IF LAND IS COMMERCIAL, LAND IS DEVELOPED ON MY PROPERTY OR SURROUNDING PURCHASES. THAT BRINGS TAX DOLLARS TO CITY. I THINK IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR YOU. IF YOU WEREN'T HERE TODAY, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE DISCUSSING THE PROPERTY. GENERALLY, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. MY MY MY POSITION WOULD BE THAT ADDING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW. SURE. BUT I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET. THAT'S MY OPINION. ANYBODY ON STAFF WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? THE SECOND CHART MAYOR SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN IN YOUR BACK. [00:40:03] THAT YOU WERE ASKING. WELL. PAGE. CHART BY AGENCY. BY AGENCY. FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE. YEAH. DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING THE CHART. I DON'T OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN HERE. BUT WE CAN MAKE IT ALL ABOUT HERE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR. YEAH, IT'S OUT THERE. SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE A POSITION YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON? MY POSITION IS THAT IF HE'S WILLING TO ACCEPT THE WATER IN THE SEWER. THE REST IS IS EASY FOR ME TO GET BEHIND. I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM THOUGH. I DON'T THINK HE'S WILLING TO TAKE THE WATER AT PRESENT. YOU WANT WATER AND SEWER IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. NO ANNEXATION OUTSIDE THE CITY? WELL, THAT'S A I WOULD SAY TWO PARTS OF THAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY BASED ON. SEE, THAT'S THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A. THAT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL ACCOMMODATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE. SO IF HE, IF HE WANTS TO FOREGO ANNEXATION BUT HE WANTS TO TAKE THE WATER IN THE SEWER, THEN MORE POWER TO YOU. WE ALREADY DO THAT. AGAIN, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A, A STANDARD MULTIPLIER ON YOUR RATE BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE IN THE ETJ. WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR YOU AS FAR AS COST OVER TIME, I'M SURE I DON'T KNOW. SO REALLY, I THINK THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT. WE WILL MAKE WE WILL MAKE CONCESSIONS FOR, FOR PEOPLE AS FAR AS EXECUTING STANDARD USE PERMITS AND EXTENDING THINGS TO, TO HELP WITH DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE. I MEAN, IF WE MADE THIS ACCOMMODATION, YOU COULD SELL THE PROPERTY. WE'D BE DEALING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I'M NOT. I'M NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS ON YOUR INTENT. BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK INTO THE FUTURE WITHOUT HAVING THE ABILITY TO CLEARLY DO SO. UNDERSTOOD. IT'S REALLY NOT ME BEING DIFFICULT WITH. YOU'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO DISRUPT YOUR BUSINESS OR NOT CARING ABOUT YOUR RV PARK OR YOUR LIVELIHOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S SIMPLY PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. UNDERSTOOD. I HAVE ALL U.S. CITIZENS FROM ANGLETON AT MY PARK AS WELL. SO THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY. MR. SARTIN, YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE WILLING TO GIVE ME A 12 MONTH ON THE WATER. MY ASK IS NOT EVEN THREE YEARS. CAN YOU GIVE ME 24 MONTHS TO CONNECT INTO WATER AGAIN? I SAID THAT, AND I AND I MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT I. THAT I PULLED BACK ON THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DON'T DO IT ANYWHERE ELSE. AND IF WE DID THAT WITH YOU, IT WOULD CREATE IT CREATES A PROBLEM WITH STAFF AND BILLING NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, IT CREATES AN OPENING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO COME IN AND SAY, BUT WAIT, YOU DID IT OVER HERE. AND WE TRY NOT TO DO THAT. WE TRY NOT TO OPEN OURSELVES UP FOR THAT SORT OF THING. PROCEDURES, POLICY STANDARDIZATION IS KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE TRY TO LEAD THE CITY WITH. AGAIN, WE DO MAKE WE DO MAKE CERTAIN ALLOWANCES IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS, BUT THEY'RE GENERALLY IN OTHER AREAS AND AND NOT IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD GET US IN A BIND. [00:45:01] WELL, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW IT GETS YOU IN A BIND. SETTING THE PRECEDENT. IT SETS A PRECEDENT FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING OF WHILE YOU'VE BEEN STANDING HERE. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GOING TO STAND HERE AND WORK WITH LEGAL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY. THE DECISION IS FINALLY WE DO HAVE THREE, PROBABLY THREE OPTIONS, BUT THERE IS THE FOOL THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED IN THE PACKET. ANNEXATION ZONING SERVICE AGREEMENT. AND I THINK IT'S LISTED AT THREE YEARS. STAFF RECOMMENDED TWO. AND THEN WE'RE TALKING IF THE ANNEXATION IS NOT APPROVED, THEN HE WOULD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME BACK AND HAVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER. IF YOU APPROVE THAT THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THE ETJ TO CONNECT TO THE WATER AND SEWER, JUST LIKE WE WOULD AFFORD ANYBODY ELSE, ANYBODY ELSE. BUT IF YOU WERE TO GIVE THAT DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER, HE'S AGREED THAT HE FEELS COMFORTABLE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH LEGAL AND COMING UP WITH THAT SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT THE MAYOR WOULD SIGN. MY QUESTION IS, DO WE IF WE DON'T AGREE TO ANNEX, IS THAT IS THERE SOME SORT OF TIMELINE OR SOME SORT OF PROHIBITION TO REENGAGE IN THIS SUBJECT? LIKE, DO YOU MEAN UNDER THE LAW? YEAH, UNDER THE LAW IN TEXAS LAW, IF YOU DENY IT NOW. YES. IS THERE LIKE NOW? LIKE I KNOW SOMETIMES ONE YEAR SET OFFS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AS FAR AS YOU'RE AWARE, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY KIND OF THING THAT PROHIBITS YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE DENYING IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I WILL ALSO REITERATE. I DIDN'T WORK ON ANYTHING. NO. THAT'S FINE. I DIDN'T THINK THERE WOULD BE BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROHIBITION AGAINST THAT. BUT YOU SAID THERE WAS A THIRD OPTION, RIGHT? YOU SAID THERE WERE THREE, THREE THINGS. THE FIRST IS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. RIGHT. SECOND, CITY MANAGER WORK OUT THE TIMING. YEAH. THAT OTHER OPTION WAS ANNEXATION DENIED WITH THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE PERIMETERS, PARAMETERS OF A SERVICE AGREEMENT. RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER WOULD BE WHAT HE'S ASKING NOW, CONNECT TO WATER AT ALL. AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT AGREEABLE TO ANYBODY. OKAY. CORRECT. I THINK. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE LAND. OKAY. COUNCIL. OR YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TABLE THE MATTER IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION. BUT WOULD YOU WOULD WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THE OPTIONS WE'VE PRESENTED. BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE SEWER WITHOUT WATER. YOUR OPTIONS, YOUR OPTIONS ARE BASICALLY TO HAVE THE THE ANNEXATION WITH WATER AND SEWER OR WATER AND SEWER WITHOUT ANNEXATION. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING CITY UTILITIES WITHOUT ANNEXATION BECAUSE THE THERE WILL BE NO TAXES PAID TOWARDS OUR STAFF IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT HAS TO BE FIXED. AND THERE'S OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS GRANTED IN THE PAST IN THE COUNTY THAT LIKE WHY WAS THIS DECISION MADE? WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. IT'S A LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT. THAT JUST PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ON THAT THE THIS AREA, THIS AREA HERE WE PUT IN THE WATER LINES AND SEWER LINES IN THAT AREA WITH THE IDEA AND JOHN KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT, THE IMPACT FEES THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CHARGE ON THIS, TO RECOUP THE MONEY ON THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE PUT IN FOR THAT LOCATION. SO IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT IN THIS AREA TO GET PEOPLE TO TIE INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM IN THIS IN THE WATER LINES, TO PAY FOR THAT DEBT SERVICE. HOW MUCH IS THE 2015 BOND? BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT PREMIUM IS NOW? OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? NO, I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW THAT. BUT AT SOME POINT, IF IT'S NOT PAID FOR HERE, IT'S PAID FOR BY EVERYBODY ELSE. SO THAT'S ON THE BACK. THAT'S ON THE BACK SIDE THERE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING IN OVER THERE. THE NEW DEALERSHIP IS GOING IN AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE TYING IN AND THEY'RE PAYING THEIR IMPACT FEES. [00:50:05] KUBOTA DID LOVES DID I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ELSE HAS ALREADY PAID THAT BUT TEX DOT. RIGHT. SO THERE'S THAT. KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND THEY'RE PAYING A PREMIUM IF THEY'RE NOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. SO THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY EXTRA IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAX BASICALLY IS WHAT THAT'S HOW IT WAS DESIGNED IN THE PAST. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AND UNDERSTAND IF WE WERE TO APPROVE ANNEXATION WITH WITH YOU TAPPING INTO THE CITY SEWER AND WATER. I MEAN THIS YOU HAVE I MEAN AT WILL, RIGHT? I MEAN, PRETTY PRETTY WELL. YOU THEN AT THAT POINT, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT. NOBODY'S FORCING THE BILL DOWN YOUR THROAT TODAY OR TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK. I HAD THE MEETING. I CAN DECIDE WHEN TO CONNECT TO WATER AND SEWER. MEANING? I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT JUST NOW, RIGHT? LIKE I NEED TO HAVE IT DONE. 2026. I'M THINKING ABOUT COSTS AND HOW TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. YOU JUST GOT TO CONNECT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. NOT. YEAH. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE. 24 MONTHS, 36 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? YEAH, BUT NOBODY'S TELLING YOU YOU HAVE TO INCUR THESE COSTS TOMORROW. YOU KNOW, YOU DECIDE WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S VIABLE FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT. BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO DO IT. IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. AND IT'S AGAIN, IT'S FOR THE REASONS THAT WE DISCUSSED. IT'S NOT IN AN ATTEMPT TO HURT YOU. IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE. I WAS COMING HERE WITH A REQUEST TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT THE NORM. YES, SIR. LOUD AND CLEAR. YEAH. WHAT COUNCILMAN SARTIN IS SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE. IF WE SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO ANNEX YOU, YOU CAN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER. IF YOU WANT WATER AND SEWER, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN CLOCK. SO IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION. IF YOU THINK SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR FROM NOW, YOU THINK YOU'RE READY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. THAT IS. BUT IT WILL BE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. BUT HE'S SAYING WE'RE BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN CLOCK. NOT WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE A YEAR TO TO GET THIS DONE. IT'S WHENEVER YOU'RE FEEL COMFORTABLE YOU'RE READY TO GO. THEN YOU TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER TO GO FORWARD. THAT'S IF I DO NOT ANNEX. THAT'S IF YOU DON'T ANNEX. IF I ANNEX, THEN WE'RE SAYING IMMEDIATELY. IS THAT IS IS THAT IS THAT COMMON, THOUGH, FOR US? I MEAN, IF WE ANNEX HIM TYPICALLY. WHAT IS THAT? IF HE'S NOT TYING INTO THE SYSTEMS, WHY WOULD HE WANT TO BE ANNEXED IN PART OF THE TAX RATE? SO DOES HIM NO GOOD UNLESS HE HAS ACCESS TO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. AND AND WE'RE ON THE CLOCK TO WRITE. ANNEXATION. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE HE HAS ACCESS TO THE WATER AND SEWER. IT HAS TO BE AT HIS PROPERTY LINE. IS IT THERE NOW? THAT IS PROPERTY LINE, RIGHT. BUT WE'VE MET OUR CONDITIONS. OKAY. CAN I GET A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DECIDE THE ANNEXATION VERSUS ANNEXATION PATH? YEAH. WE CAN WE CAN TABLE THIS AND YOU CAN BRING IT BACK. BUT AND I DO I DO WANT TO REITERATE TO YOU THOUGH, WITHOUT THE ANNEXATION YOU ARE GOING TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR THE. FOR THE SERVICE. SO JUST KEEP KEEP THAT IN MIND. SO THAT'S A 25% PREMIUM. I DEFER TO SUSAN. SUSAN. IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE RIGHT. 1.25 I THINK IS WHAT I HEARD. RIGHT, HECTOR. OKAY. AND THERE IS PRECEDENT. WE DO. WE'VE GOT THAT EVERYWHERE. IS THERE A WAY I CAN GET US TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WATER COST, WATER AND SEWER COSTS WOULD BE? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A I THINK PROBABLY THE BEST THING IS TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND LET YOU GO BACK AND WORK WITH OTIS AND THE TEAM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT AVENUES YOU WANT TO GO BY, AND THEN YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE CAN TAKE THAT ACTION. UNDERSTOOD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH TO TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I JUST WANT TO ADD, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO TEX-DOT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF CONNECTING TO THE THEATER, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A TORTUOUSLY. PICKY. WHAT'S A POLITE TERM TO CONNECT THAT PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SELLING IS COMMERCIAL. THAT'S ON THE FEEDER. THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE? YEAH. SO TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE ONTO THE FEEDER, THAT WOULD BE TXDOT. SO TO START THE CONVERSATIONS NOW TO SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING FOR YOU TO DO. AND WE'LL SAY THAT WE'LL SAY THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY BUSY. SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO GET IN LINE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. [00:55:05] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. THANK YOU. WE HAVEN'T VOTED, SO I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15. [15. Discussion and update on the Austin Colony Subdivision Development. ] DISCUSSION UPDATE ON THE AUSTIN COLONY SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAVE BAD NEWS, MR. RAY. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. HE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND I DON'T THINK HE SENT ANY REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE UPDATE IN WHICH HE WAS TO GIVE TO COUNCIL. SO WE DID RESCHEDULE THIS FROM YOUR LAST CONSIDERATION OF UPDATES, AND HE WAS AWARE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I GOT NO RESPONSE. DEFAULT? YES. THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM. IT WAS JUST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOPER. YEAH, WE TYPICALLY DO THAT ANNUALLY. RIGHT. SO WE'LL REQUEST HIM TO COME BACK. YES, BUT MR. RENE IS HERE, AND SHE'S WANTING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO LET HER SPEAK ON IT. THANK YOU. NOW, I'VE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN BEHIND THIS PODIUM. I KNOW. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? KIND OF SHAKING. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING WE WERE SITTING OVER THERE LISTENING TO ALL THIS. REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE BUILT CITIES WITH BUILDING BLOCKS AND LINCOLN LOGS? IT WAS A WHOLE LOT EASIER THAN THIS, RIGHT? ON AUGUST THE 5TH, 2021, I ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT, I HEARD A RUMOR ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION OF AUSTIN COLONY. DIDN'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT, BUT ACTUALLY ATTENDED A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURE TO WHATEVER THE LINGO IS THEY ZONED IT TO. AND I ACTUALLY MR. RAY MET MR. RAY AT THAT TIME. AND WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED, WELL, BECAUSE HE THREW A MAP UP THERE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW WHERE MY ENTRANCE AND I MIGHT AS WELL GO BACK. SORRY. WE LIVE. WE HAVE THE BARN. WE OWN THE PROPERTY, THE TWO ACRES. IT'S IN THE DONUT. I'VE HEARD IT CALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUBDIVISION, WHICH TO THIS DAY I STILL SCRATCH MY HEAD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY NO ONE EVER. ONE TIME CAME AND ASKED US IF WE WANTED TO SELL OUR PROPERTY TO BE A PART OF THIS. IT'S JUST I'LL FOREVER WONDER WHY OR HOW THAT HAPPENS. BUT ANYWAY SO I SAW THIS MAP ON THERE, THIS PLAT, AND SHOWED THESE PROPERTIES AT THESE LOTS DIVIDED AND SITTING ON TOP OF OUR ROAD THAT WE GET INTO. SO I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH. SO I ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? SO MR. RAY SAID WHEN HE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE EASEMENT HE SAID THAT'S AN EASEMENT BY USE. AND WE WILL GET WITH THE OWNER TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY WANT IT. WE WILL SURVEY IT, WE WILL STAKE IT, AND WE'LL PAY FOR IT, AND WE WILL GIVE THEM A WRITTEN DEED THAT'S QUOTES THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR US AND GOOD FOR YOU. AND WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF INTERFERING WITH YOUR USE OF YOUR PROPERTY. I RESPONDED WELL, AS AN, YOU KNOW, AS AN HONEST PERSON, THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED. I EXPECTED YOU TO BE HONEST AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, CRAZIER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. WELL, CRAZY THINGS DID HAPPEN BECAUSE WE GOT A CALL IN OCTOBER OF THIS PAST YEAR FROM THE ENGINEER THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH, DOUG RESSLER, AND HE WANTED TO MEET WITH US. HE WENT OUT AND MET WITH MY HUSBAND, TOMMY, WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE DOING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, BY THE WAY. SO I HAD TO GIVE A QUICK LESSON FROM HIM BECAUSE HE CONVENIENTLY GOT SICK. NO, HE REALLY IS SICK, AND HE COULDN'T BE HERE. BUT ANYWAY, I GOT A QUICK LESSON, SO I HOPE I SAY ALL THIS RIGHT. I BROUGHT THE IS THIS A FLAT LIKE NOT A I MEAN IT'S LIKE A GOOGLE EARTH OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S GOT THE LINES DRAWN ON THERE WHERE THE LOTS WOULD BE. AND MR. RACER COMES OUT THERE AND HE SAYS TO TOMMY, I WAS IN CALIFORNIA WORKING. AND HE GOES WELL, TOMMY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO PUT YOUR EASEMENT. I'LL BRING THIS SO Y'ALL CAN SEE IT CLOSER IF YOU'D LIKE. THIS RIGHT HERE THE ROAD IS HERE THAT WE USE NOW. AND WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S MY HUSBAND'S A FARMER, AND WE OWN COMBINES AND CARTS AND TRACTORS AND PLANTERS AND ALL OF THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY FOR A PLACE TO STORE ALL THAT. WELL, IF YOU SEE THIS DRAWING, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TELL ME HOW YOU MIGHT GET A COMBINE OR A TRACTOR TO MAKE THAT TURN RIGHT THERE OVER THE CATTLE BARN. BUT ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER. TOMMY SHOWED HIM OUR DEED. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A DEED FOR. AND WE. AND WE DO NOT CHOOSE TO MOVE THE EASEMENT. I TELL YOU ALL THAT. I SHOWED UP IN AUGUST THE 10TH AT A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE TRAVIS COUNCILMAN TRAVIS TOWNSEND ASKED ABOUT THE ACCESS TO THE [01:00:02] BARN, AND MR. RAY SAID, RIGHT NOW THIS QUOTE, THIS IS A QUOTE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO RECORD EASEMENT, RECORDED EASEMENT. BUT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT BY USE. THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT BY DECENCY. YOU CAN'T CUT SOMEONE OFF THERE. CUT, CUT SOMEONE FROM GETTING TO THEIR HOUSE. I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH HE'S TALKING ABOUT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. WE WILL GET WITH THEM. WE WILL ASK THEM WHERE THEY WANT THIS ROAD TO GO. WE WILL GET WITH THEM AND SURVEY AND STAKE IT. AND THEN WE WILL GIVE THEM A DEED TO IT. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO BUILD THE HOUSES AND GIVE THEM A ROAD. AND THEN HE SAYS, FUNNY WHEN I DISCUSS THIS WITH HER EARLIER MEETING AND I HAD NOT LOOKED AT THE PLAT, BUT THEN WHEN I SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT IT AND AS HE CHUCKLED, HE SAYS, AND I WENT, GOOD GOSH, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE RIGHT ON TOP OF THEIR ENTRANCE. BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM THERE. I TELL YOU THAT STORY. WE'RE PROTECTED BY OUR I TELL YOU THAT STORY TO SPEAK TO THE INTEGRITY OF WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE. DURING HARVEY, WE SHEEP FLOWED ACROSS THAT PROPERTY RIGHT HERE. THERE IS DETENTION THAT WAS THERE WELL BEFORE WE BOUGHT OUR PROPERTY. GOD KNOWS HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE. BUT YOU SEE THAT A CUL DE SAC IS GOING TO SIT ON THAT NOW. YOU SEE THAT THERE'S LOTS SITTING THERE NOW WHERE OUR OUR PROPERTY DRAINS TO THAT DETENTION. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A NATURAL. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? HABITAT. IT'S A NATURAL WETLANDS. WETLANDS. YES. NATURAL WETLANDS ALSO DRAINS THERE AS WELL. BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH FLOODING THERE. BUT IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND YOU LOOK AT THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND YOU SEE HOW HIGH THEY'RE BUILDING THOSE UP FROM EVEN THE ROADS AND THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, IT CONCERNS US. WE ARE CONCERNED WE ARE ON ALERT. THERE IS ALSO A THIS IS WHERE OUR POWER EASEMENT IS THAT CUTS RIGHT ACROSS THOSE TWO PROPERTIES AS WELL, OR THOSE PROPERTIES AS WELL. SO WE JUST WANT IT TO BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE DON'T WANT OUR POWER INTERRUPTED. WE DON'T WANT TO BE FLOODED. AS THE PREVIOUS PLANT CITY PLANNER SAID, IT IS A DONUT. THEY COME IN AND THEY SURROUND US WITH DEVELOPMENT AND THEY FLOOD US. WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU. HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSION WITH HIM SINCE? WE HAVE. WELL, WE ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH HIM AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED. WE SPOKE WITH AN ATTORNEY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE. TOM. WHEN WHEN DOUG CAME OUT, TOMMY ACTUALLY SLID THE DATA OVER THERE TO HIM AND SHOWED HIM. AND HE WAS SHOCKED HOW A DEVELOPER DOES NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S A RECORDED AGE OLD EASEMENT. I DO NOT KNOW. BUT THAT WAS THAT'S WHAT CREATED MY QUESTION IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS ACTUALLY SEEING THE DRAWING WITH THOSE LOTS SITTING RIGHT UP FRONT THERE ON THE EASEMENT. HONESTLY, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD TO BE COMING IN, BUT HE SHOWED THAT TO DOUG AND DOUG WAS SHOCKED. WE DID NOT GET ANY OTHER CORRESPONDENCE FROM THEM, BUT WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT FOR US AT OUR RANCH IN CEDAR LANE, AND WHEN TOMMY VISITED WITH HIM, HE JUST HE WROTE A LETTER. I THINK YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, I'M SURE, HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER. YOU GOT THE LETTER RIGHT? I BELIEVE MY FIRM GOT THE LETTER. I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE MY FIRM GOT THE LETTER. OKAY. AND THEN MR. RAY GOT THE LETTER, AND HE DID RESPOND TO IT AS WELL. HE WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO HEAR FROM US. HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR. HE SAYS. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. ANYBODY WANT TO TALK? ANYTHING ON ITEM NUMBER 15? I FORGOT ONE IMPORTANT PART. I'M SO SORRY. OH, I FORGOT ONE IMPORTANT PART. OH, GOSH. THIS CAMERA TOO. OH. YOU ARE. SMILE. YEAH. SO YEAH. WHEN WHEN HE SAID THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO USE PUT YOUR EASEMENT HERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD IT AND PAY FOR IT. AND I QUOTED TO YOU WHAT HE SAID, WHAT HE SAID FOR 2021. I DID CALL HIM ONCE BEFORE TOMMY SAID, CALL MR. RAY. BEFORE WE DECIDED TO EXTEND. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO SKIN A BARN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO SKIN A BARN, BUT PUT NEW TENT ON THE BARN BEFORE WE DECIDED TO DO THAT AND SPEND THAT MONEY. HE SAID, CALL MR. RAY AND SEE IF HE WANTS TO BUY THIS PLACE. AND SO I CALLED HIM AND HE SAID, OH, MR. NAY, I DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY GAS TO COME TO ANGLETON. SO. THAT'S WHO WE DEAL WITH. [01:05:03] OKAY. I NUMBER 16. OH. GO AHEAD. DO YOU? BECAUSE IT IS AN AGENDA ITEM. CAN YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? WE'VE ALREADY READ THE AGENDA ITEM. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION ON IT. SO YOU CAN I MEAN IT HAS TO BE. ON THE UPDATE. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AN ACTUAL UPDATE. DO YOU HAVE DO YOU. RIGHT. OH, DO YOU MEAN DOES IT NEGATE THE DISCUSSION? RIGHT. THE FACT THAT MR. RAY WAS NOT HERE HAD PUBLIC. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. DISCUSSION ON THE AUSTIN COLONY SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENTS. OKAY. WELL, MY ONLY DISCUSSION IS WE NEED TO HEAR FROM MR. RAY. CORRECT. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE MEETINGS NOW WE HAVE. SOMETHING THAT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. I JUST NEED TO BE. IT NEEDS TO BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALL. IN PERSON, PREFERABLY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE APPEARED FROM THEIR OTHER SUBDIVISIONS. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16. [16. Discussion and possible action on a proposal from HDR Engineering for the 2026 Oyster Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Permit Renewal. ] DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PROPOSAL FROM HDR ENGINEERING FOR THE 2026 OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. PERMIT RENEWAL. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. BACK IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAVE FILLED OUT THE CITY'S WORK WITH HECTOR TO DO TESTING AND FILLED OUT THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PERMIT. DISCHARGE PERMIT AT THE OYSTER CREEK TREATMENT PLANT. THAT WILL EXPIRE JANUARY 2ND, 2027. T-C-E-Q HAS REGULATION THAT THE NEW PERMIT MUST BE SUBMITTED 180 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE, WHICH WOULD BE JULY 2ND, 2026. THEREFORE, WE HAVE PREPARED A PROPOSAL TO COMPLETE THE PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR SUBMITTAL FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON TO KEEP IN COMPLIANCE WITH TKC FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. I SEE IT'S NOT BUDGETED. SUSIE SHAKING HER HEAD. SO IT'S NOT. BUT WE HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL FEES IN OUR IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT THAT TYPICALLY GOES TO FOR ANY TYPE OF TC ITEMS OR ANY REGULATORY ITEMS LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE. RIGHT? YEAH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXECUTE HIS CONTRACT TO COMPLETE THE PERMITTING OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $24,600. SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN. SECOND BY MAYOR BROOKLYN TOWNSEND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST WANT TO SAY ONCE YOU SUBMIT, YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE IN THE PERMIT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SUBMIT THE ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING AND OR I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHATEVER YOU'RE SUBMITTING, THAT THE ACTIONS WE'RE TAKING FROM TCU WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO DO IT. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND READ INTO THAT. I THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST SUBMIT ON HOW THE PLANT CURRENTLY OPERATES. PULL THE PERMIT. IF THE TESTING PROCEDURES THAT COME BACK, WE'LL HAVE TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER AT THAT POINT ON ADDRESSING THAT WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NOT A NECESSARY ACTION ITEM FOR THIS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT RUNS COPLANAR TO IT. GOOD. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WITH WHAT WE'RE SUBMITTING AND WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, WHAT, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE OTHER ONE AND SAY, NO, YOU DIDN'T DO THIS. WHAT'S YOUR TIME FRAME? NO, THEY WOULDN'T BECAUSE SO THE WHAT WE'RE TALKING, WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NICKED US FOR BEFORE. AND THAT WAS A VIOLATION THAT HAPPENED IN THAT TIME PERIOD. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT SAME VIOLATION. SO WHEN WE GO INTO THE TESTING FOR THIS PERMIT, SUBMIT EVERYTHING, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NORMAL FUNCTIONING PLANT. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE WE HAD. WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE PAYING FOR THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE END OF IT. SO NOW IF WE WERE STILL HAVING THOSE INCURSIONS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, [01:10:02] THEN YES, THIS MIGHT BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? JOHN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? SIR, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER 17. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROPOSAL FROM HDR ENGINEERING FOR THE DESIGN, [17. Discussion and possible action on a proposal from HDR Engineering for the design, bid, and construction management on the Lorraine Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements.] BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ON THE LORAIN STREET SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. CITY STAFF HAS HAD A FEW MAINTENANCE ISSUES WITH THIS EXISTING SANITARY SEWER LINE. IT'S A LARGE SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CITY. THE LINE IS AN OLDER LINE. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING ROUTINE, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING JETTING IT OUT. IT'S GETTING DEBRIS HUNG IN IT. SO PREVIOUSLY, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE WENT IN THERE. WE LOVED IT. WE CLEANED IT FOR TWO DAYS. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE PIPE IS WHAT WAS THE BEST TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY PUT IT IN WAS. IT'S A CONCRETE PIPE WITH A KIND OF A RESIN COATING. AND THE RESIN COATING IS FALLING IN AND FAILING, AND IT'S HANGING UP EVERYTHING. MATTER OF FACT, WE COULDN'T TELEVISE PROBABLY 150 FOOT OF PIPE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET A CAMERA TO TO PHYSICALLY BE PULLED THROUGH THERE. SO THE PIPE IS STARTING TO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES CAUSING CONSTANT MAINTENANCE OF THE STAFF. SO HECTOR AND I PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE EXHIBITS, WENT THROUGH SOME COST ESTIMATES, IDENTIFIED A FEW OPTIONS. WE CAME UP WITH A WITH A SOLUTION TO WHERE WE WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY PARALLEL THE LINE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP THE LINE CONSTANTLY FLOWING UNTIL WE GET THE NEW, NEW SYSTEM IN TO WHERE WE CUT DOWN ON THE COST ON THE BYPASS. THE LINE WILL BE IMPROVED TO A 30 INCH LINE, WHICH IS A MORE STANDARD LINE THAN A 27 INCH LINE. WE WILL BE CROSSING TWO ADA, SO THERE'LL BE COORDINATION WITH TEXDOT. WE'LL HAVE TO PUT THE 30 INCH LINE IN A STEEL CASING. THAT'S WHY THIS THING IS SO EXPENSIVE. WITH A 30 INCH LINE, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE AN OPTION OF DOING A LOT OF PVC THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING WITH THE WHOLE PIPE, WHICH IS A FIBERGLASS CENTRIFUGE PIPE THAT WILL LAST FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S GOT STRENGTH, LIKE CONCRETE AND IT'S RESISTIVE TO THE GASES OF THE SANITARY SEWER. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE AND FIX FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. THE EXISTING LINE WILL THEN BE ABANDONED IN PLACE AND GROUT FILLED AND RECONNECTED BACK IN THE NEW LINE WILL BE RECONNECTED BACK INTO THE SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS IS TODAY. JUST OFFSET A LITTLE BIT IN THE LORRAINE STREET RIGHT AWAY. WITH THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED A PROPOSAL FOR THE AMOUNT OF $178,510 FOR THE ENGINEERING BID AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THE LORAIN STREET SANITARY SEWER. WE HAVE PROVIDED COST ESTIMATE, CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATED COST ESTIMATE IS ABOUT ABOUT A MILLION. IS WHAT WE SAID A LITTLE UNDER A MILLION? I BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE BUDGET. CORRECT. SO I BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF, KIND OF BEEN WAITING FOR FOR US TO MOVE ON IT. WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE DONE WITH THE ENGINEERING PORTION OF THIS, OR ARE YOU ARE YOU YOU PRETTY? YOU CAN THROW IT TOGETHER PRETTY QUICK. I ASSUME I'M GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON AS FAST AS WE CAN. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE SURVEY IN FIRST. THAT'LL BE THE BIGGEST THING. AND START COORDINATING WITH TXDOT. TRY TO CONTROL THINGS OF THAT NATURE, TO PULL THAT PERMIT TO DO THE OPERATIONS INSIDE THERE RIGHT AWAY. THE LENGTHS. NOT THAT LONG. I MEAN, IT'S ONLY 450FT, RIGHT? SO WE'LL HAVE TO. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES POTENTIALLY WITH WITH A COUPLE OF THE METERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST. BUT I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK IN THE PROPOSAL, WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE LAID OUT. WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT READY TO BID IN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS. BID PHASE WILL TAKE A MONTH, EXECUTION OF CONTRACT WILL TAKE A MONTH AND THEN FIVE MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT. SO SO WE'LL WE'LL ASSUME THE THE COST AFTER OUR FISCAL YEAR. THE CONSTRUCTION COST? YES. BUDGET AMOUNT SAYS ZERO. BOND. CORRECT. YEP. $8 MILLION UTILITY BOND. THAT WAS JUST TAKEN. THAT'S WHAT'S COMING OUT OF. YES. MAKE SURE YOU IN THE FUTURE MAKE SURE WE UPDATE THAT. OKAY. HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE FUNDS FOR THAT 8 MILLION YET? [01:15:06] WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FUNDS. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO EXECUTE HIS CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE FOR THE LORAIN STREET SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $178,510. SECOND. THANK YOU. JOHN. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH FOR APPROVAL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 18. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. [18. Discussion and possible action on the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) 288B Downtown Improvements and the possible approval to go to bid for 288B Utility Improvements. ] TWO TASB DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS AND THE POSSIBLE APPROVAL TO GO TO BID FOR 288 B UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. SINCE THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAVE HAD A MEETING ON THE 60% DESIGN PLANS AND DISCUSSED WITH TEXDOT OUR COMMENTS. THEY HAVE ADDRESSED OUR 30% COMMENTS. THE PLANS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER PRETTY WELL. WE WENT BACK AND TALKED TO THEM ON A COUPLE ISSUES THAT THAT WE HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES. IN THAT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED WAS THE ACTUAL IDENTIFIED INDEPENDENT BIKE LANES ON THE SIDE OF 288. GOING BACK AND FORTH, WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS, THOSE OPTIONS BEING EVERYTHING FROM POTENTIALLY SHARED BIKE PATH WITH THE WITH THE TRAFFIC, WHICH TEXDOT DOES NOT ALLOW ON THEIR FACILITIES ANYMORE. EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN RIDE A BIKE DOWN ANY ROADWAY, THEY DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE THAT. SO THAT IS NOT AN OPTION. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE POTENTIAL OF EXTENDING THE SIDEWALKS OUT ANOTHER TWO FOOT TO BECOME A SHARED PATH TO WHERE THE BICYCLISTS COULD RIDE ON THAT SHARED PATH. OF THAT EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THE CLEARANCES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SIDEWALK AND WITH THE CANOPIES THAT ARE COMING OVER FROM THE BUSINESSES, IT'S GOT TO BE CLEAN AND FREE TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T SNAG THEIR HANDLEBARS AND WRECK. PLUS TWO FOOT ON THE OUTSIDE WHERE IF IT'S A FENCE OR A WALL, THEY HIT IT WITH THEIR BICYCLE HANDS, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WE ALSO BROUGHT UP POTENTIALLY ABOUT ANOTHER ROUTE THAT WAS KIND OF SHOT DOWN. ULTIMATELY, THE DIRECTION WE WERE GIVEN IS ESSENTIALLY THE GRANT WAS SUBMITTED AND SCORED FOR HAVING THOSE BICYCLE LANES AS PART OF THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ROUTE. AND WITH THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE WATER LANES 11 FOOT THAT WE WANTED AND STILL MAINTAIN THOSE BICYCLE PATHS. SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE BICYCLE LANES FROM THIS PROJECT. THEY WILL BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND THESE ARE THE SOLID WHITE LINES WITH THE PICTURE OF A BICYCLE. YES, MA'AM. IF I DRIVE IN THAT LANE, WE WON'T GIVE YOU A TICKET. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE BY A BICYCLE OR A TRICYCLE OR A CAR? IF I DRIVE MY CAR INTO THAT BICYCLE LANE AND THERE IS NO BICYCLIST IN THERE, DO NOT PASS GO. DO NOT COLLECT $200 STRAIGHT TO JAIL. THERE'S NO BARRIER THERE. THERE'S NO RAISE. IT'S JUST A WHITE STRIPE. IT'S JUST A STRIPE. YES, MA'AM. IS IT JUST THROUGH THE TEX-DOT PROJECT? YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING AT CEDAR, ALL THE WAY TO THE END AT ORANGE. RIGHT HERE. OKAY. IT'LL BE THE WHOLE. THE WHOLE ROUTE. AND HOW WILL IT BE AFFECTED BY AT THE COURTHOUSE FROM THE ANNEX TO THE COURTHOUSE WHERE THEY HAVE THAT? CAN I HAVE A LITTLE CONCRETE BUMP OUT THERE? THEY'RE ABLE TO FIT THAT IN. OKAY. THE PLANS. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR COMMENTS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. IT WAS GETTING A LITTLE TIGHT THERE. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TO MANIPULATE THE SIDEWALKS WITH THE WIDER SIDEWALKS, PUSHING IT BACK, SAVING SOME ROOM. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO FIT THAT IN. OKAY. BUT I WENT BACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PLANS AND MEASURED THEY'D HAVE AT LEAST 11FT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT, WHERE THEY WERE LESS THAN TEN FOR A WHILE. OKAY. SO AS YOU MOVE NORTH PAST CEDAR, THE BIKE LANES JUST DISAPPEAR. CORRECT? BIKE LANES TO NOWHERE. AND THOSE WHITE LINES, I GUESS OUR LIABILITY PREVENTION TO THE ATTORNEYS FOR TXDOT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING A UNIFORM LANE. I'M NOT BLAMING YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. IT JUST SEEMS SILLY. WE'LL JUST DRAW AN ARBITRARY LINES ON THE CONCRETE. SAY IT'S CONSISTENT, AND THEN I GUESS THEY CAN SAY, LOOK, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT WE PAINTED THESE LINES, SO DON'T SUE US. ALL RIGHT. OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED. [01:20:07] ONE COUNCIL HAD A QUESTION ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING DECORATIVE OR THE PROPOSED DECORATIVE POWER POLE. SIGNAL POLES. SIGNAL POLES WILL BE DECORATIVE. THERE WILL BE BLACK BE THE ONES THAT WE SELECTED. THE ANSWER ON THE MAINTENANCE IS IT WILL BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO COME BACK AND REFRESHING THE PAINT, SAYING 20 YEARS, IT STARTS TO FADE OR WHATNOT. IT WOULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO COME BACK AND WHETHER REPLACE IT OR REFRESHING THE PAINT SOMEHOW. THE OTHER QUESTION WE HAD IS WHAT IF IT WAS DAMAGED AT THAT POINT? TEXDOT. BECAUSE IT IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR SAFETY. THEY WILL COME AND PUT A STANDARD POLE UP IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE. THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE DECORATIVE POLES. THOSE ARE SPECIAL ORDERED. SEVERAL MONTHS OUT, THEY'LL GO IN AND PUT ESSENTIALLY A GALVANIZED POLE, AND THAT'S ALL THEY'LL DO. IF THE CITY WANTS TO REPLACE THAT POLE WITH ANOTHER DECORATIVE POLE AT THAT TIME, IT'S THE CITY'S COST TO COME REMOVE IT AND PUT IN THE DECORATIVE POLE. NOW, WHAT I WAS TALKING TO HECTOR AND LOOPY ABOUT IS IF SOMEBODY HITS THAT POLE, YOU'LL HAVE THEIR INSURANCE. SO HOPEFULLY. YEAH, HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY. SO THERE MAY BE AN AVENUE TO HELP WITH THAT COST IF THAT, IF THAT DOES HAPPEN. BUT I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA MY WHOLE LIFE. I DON'T RECALL ANYBODY. DON'T SAY IT, DON'T SAY, WELL, I MEAN, YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA PASS EVERYTHING NOW YOU GOT LIKE A, YOU GOT LIKE AN 18 INCH CURB THERE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU IF YOU HIT THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING, IT WILL REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THIS, JOHN. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE INTERSECTION AT 35, BUT AND SO WE DISCUSSED THOSE. BUT ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE THE SIGNALS AT CEDAR AS WELL. YES. YEAH. THE, THE HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL TO ESPECIALLY AT 35 AND I BELIEVE IS AT MYRTLE RIGHT THERE BY THOSE RESTAURANTS AND STUFF. THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE PARKING THERE. WITH THE BULB OUTS, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COMPLY WITH ADA REQUIREMENTS BY JUST COMING STRAIGHT UP. SO THERE'LL BE SOME RAMPS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH AND SOME STAIRS, BUT THEY REALLY PUT A PRETTY GOOD DESIGN TO WHERE IT'S ALL KIND OF NICE PUT IN POLES THAT WE HAVE NOW. OLDER THOSE, HAVE WE EVER HAD TO PAINT THEM? WE HAVEN'T YET. AND SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY FUNNY YOU SAY THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THEM TODAY AND THEY DO NEED TO BE UPDATED, BUT WE HAVEN'T SINCE WE'VE INSTALLED IT THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND HOW OLD ARE THEY? YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE QUITE OLD. SO THEY, THEY MAINTAIN IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. BUT THE BIGGER CONCERN IS I WAS ACTUALLY JUST TALKING TO HECTOR ABOUT THIS. IF YOU GO THAT ROUTE FOR THE STREET LIGHTS I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT DELINEATES WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE HURRICANE, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ON THE CURRENT ONES AND WHO OWNS THEM. WE COULDN'T GET REIMBURSED FOR IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DELINEATION, BECAUSE IT WAS A TEXT OUT RIGHT AWAY. AND IT DIDN'T SAY IT WAS CITY PROPERTY. SO THEY DID NOT GIVE US CREDIT FOR IT. SO IT WOULD NEED TO BE DELINEATED ON WHOSE PROPERTY THOSE POLES WERE. I THINK THE FACILITIES ARE RETURNED BACK TO THE CITY AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THAT WAS THE SECOND ONE, THE THIRD ONE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. I'VE ATTACHED SOME PICTURES. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIGNS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LIGHTINGS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MAST ARMS, THE COLORS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE HAVEN'T TALKED OR TALKED ABOUT THE ACTUAL BLADES THAT WILL BE PUT ON INDICATING THE ROADS TO CROSS. SO I ASKED HIM TO PULL A FEW DIFFERENT ONES OUT, AND THEY ACTUALLY MADE A COUPLE MOCK ONES FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON. THERE WILL BE AGAIN. IT'S A IT'S GOING TO BE A BLACK SIGNAL SIGN. A BLACK SIGNAL POLE. I FIGURED Y'ALL WOULD WANT THE CITY OF ANGLETON A WITH A HEART ON IT IN THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, TO INDICATE THAT YOU'RE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS A DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE A CERTAIN FONT OR A CERTAIN COLOR OF THE BLADE THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO TO SEE, OR ANOTHER CITY THAT THAT Y'ALL THINK IS A GOOD LOOKING SIGN THAT WE WOULD COPY THAT FONT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MARTHA AMY THINKS. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF STREET SIGNS. [01:25:06] I DON'T KNOW ABOUT COLOR BECAUSE I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT OUR CITY FONT IS LATINO FOR OUR BRAND. SO. ARE WE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE FONTS ON THIS? I THOUGHT THEY WERE STANDARDIZED. I THINK YOU CAN CHANGE ACCORDING TO THE LETTER. WAS JUST A REALLY READABLE FONT. THAT'S WHY WE PICKED IT. SO ALL CAPS THOUGH, RIGHT? AND THAT WOULD, THAT TOLD US ONE TIME BEFORE THAT ALL NEW STREET SIGNS HAD TO BE IN ALL CAPS. I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD THAT. I'LL LOOK INTO IT TOMORROW, BUT I NEED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE SAME. YES. I'LL GIVE YOU A PACKAGE. OKAY. YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE SAYING COLOR OF THE SIGNAGE? YEAH. THE BLADE ITSELF. BLUE. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S YOU KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS. GOING PURPLE. ARE THERE CHOICES TO CHOOSE FROM? JUST LIKE THE FONTS. ARE THERE CERTAIN FONTS WE CAN CHOOSE FROM? ARE THERE CERTAIN COLORS WE CAN CHOOSE FROM? I GOOGLED A LOT OF IT. LOOKS FINE. AS FAR AS THE COLORS, I CAN ASK HIM. HE SAID THESE ARE THE TYPICAL THE BLUES, THE GREENS, THE THE THE THE BROWNS. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WHAT YOU SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE A PURPLE, I COULD ASK. I'M NOT SURE. IT'LL. IT'LL FADE FAST. WHITE. I'M FINE WITH KOREAN. TRADITIONAL WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS SOMETHING. I DON'T WANT YOU DRIVING THROUGH THERE, GOING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS THAT STREET? I THINK GREEN TELLS YOU IT'S A STREET SIGN. I'LL GO WITH LOTTO, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE BOLD. NOT THE. NOT THE THIN. I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIGN ITSELF. I LIKE THE THE HEART ON THE SIDE, BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MATCHING. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. THE DECOR IN DOWNTOWN IS, YOU KNOW, BLACK AND WHITE. MOSTLY HERE LATELY. SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. LIKE A WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? NO. LIKE THE SIGN ITSELF WITH THE WHITE NAME. SO, LIKE, THE STREET NAME WOULD BE IN WHITE WITH THE BACKGROUND BEING IN BLACK WITH WITH THE WITH THE WITH WITH THE WITH THE BLACK POLE. WOULDN'T YOU HAVE PREFER. I MEAN A WHITE SIGN WITH BLACK LETTERING? OKAY, CHIEF, ARE THERE ANY HIGHWAY SAFETY THINGS THAT YOU KNOW OF ABOUT IT? SHOULD BE A CERTAIN COLOR. NO, MA'AM. I CAN LOOK IN THE MUTCD MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT REGULATES THE THE THE STREET SIGNS. I'D BE CAREFUL WITH WHITE. I AGREE WITH THE WHITE. YES. YEAH. I JUST THINK YOU'RE BEING ON WHICH WAY THE SUN FALLS AT THE WRONG TIME CAN TURN TO REFLECTIVE HAZARD. BUT YEAH, THIS IS NOT MY FORTE. SO I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE PROFESSIONALS. THERE ARE SOME ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS TOO ABOUT COLOR. SO YES LET'S TAKE OUR TIME AND LOOK AT THAT MARTHA. WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME LOOKING AT COLORS. YES I'LL HELP YOU. OKAY. I DO LIKE THE BOTTOM. THIS HAS GOT TO BE BOLDER. YEAH. THE BROWN, NOT BLACK. THAT'S BROWN. THAT'S BROWN. YEAH. YES, SIR. IT'S BROWN. OKAY. I TRIED, LIKE I SAID, NOT THE PROFESSIONAL. I GIVE UP. IS IT GOING TO HAVE THE NUMBERS LIKE 8100? IS IT GOING TO VERIFY THAT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE. THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD. THE 60%. THEY'RE WORKING WITH TXDOT I BELIEVE HERE AT ANOTHER 45, 50 DAYS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING ME BACK SOME 90%. 60 SAY 60 DAYS, SAY TWO MONTHS. THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH 60%. OKAY. 90% APOLOGIZE. SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO SEE WITH THE 288 UTILITY PROJECT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMPLETE PRIOR TO THIS, THIS UPGRADE. IS THAT SOMETHING NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THAT COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH? I MEAN, I THINK SO. SUSIE'S NODDING HER HEAD. YES. THEN YES. IS THAT PART OF THE WHOLE PROJECT CORRECT? [01:30:06] PART OF THE WHOLE PROJECT? THE UTILITY? YES. THE MOVING OF THE WHITE LINES AND THE PART OF THE GRANT CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT? YES. BUT WE'RE STILL ON THE HOOK FOR THE 1.5, RIGHT? YES. AND THIS COVERS THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE ONLY AFTER I SAW SOMETHING THAT COVERS THE PORTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND WE HAVE TO DO THE MATCH ONCE. CORRECT. SO IT'S TWO THINGS IT'LL BE. OKAY. BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE YOU DO THE GRANT. I MEAN I'M NOT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE, WITH THE WHAT THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS PROBABLY OUR ONLY SHOT FOR THE NEXT DECADE OR TWO OF GETTING THIS FIXED. SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR LIST. IT'S BEEN COMMENTED. WE'VE HAD ACCIDENTS BY PEDESTRIANS OVER THERE. PEOPLE BROKEN LEGS. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S BAD. IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. I THINK IT'S BEEN ANSWERED PREVIOUSLY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. TAKE THE GRANT. IT'S IN PERPETUITY. THOSE BIKE LANES EXIST. CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, THEY WILL. MAYBE THEY'LL JUST FADE. LIKE I SAID, WE DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP AND SAY WE DIDN'T WANT IT. I MEAN, WE WE GAVE SEVERAL. WE TRIED OPTIONS. NO, I'M JUST CURIOUS. I'M NOT I MEAN, I ECHO WHAT JOHN IS SAYING. IT'S A VERY IT'S NOT THE DESIGN I WOULD AIM FOR IF I GOT TO. BUT CORRECT. GOVERNMENT DOLLARS COME WITH HOOKS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE BIKE LANES IN THIS AREA, BUT I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO JUST GET USED TO THEM. I HAD I WILL SAY THAT I HAD A BUSINESS OWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS IN THAT AREA THAT VOICED TO ME ABOUT THE BIKE LANES AND THEIR LACK OF INTEREST IN THOSE. I IMAGINE MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH LOSING STREET PARKING. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST. YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS BASED ON MOBILITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THAT STREET PARKING IS IS HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE NOT CROSSING THE STREET, NOT HAVING, YOU KNOW, OLDER INDIVIDUALS NOT HAVING TO WALK SO FAR TO, TO A BUSINESS. I MEAN. SO ABLE BODIED PEOPLE CAN NOT RIDE A BICYCLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. YEAH. IT'S. NOT THE DESIGN I WOULD GO WITH FOR SURE. AND I WONDER HOW. I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SIT. THOSE LANES WILL PROBABLY SIT THERE. 98% OF THE TIME, JUST WIDE OPEN. I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION AND YOU MAY NOT YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS, BUT A TOTAL COST OF THIS, OF THIS PROJECT ON THE ON THE ROAD SIDE. DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S. ESTIMATED TO BE LIKE $5.6 MILLION FOR FOR THE ENTIRE CEDAR TO THE IMPROVEMENT FROM CEDAR TO ORANGE. THAT'S A GOOD RUN. THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE JUST KIDDING, RIGHT? WELL, FOR US, IT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE BIG BANG FOR US. WELL, IT'S GOT TO BE PRETTY BAD WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE BALKING AT FIVE, $6 MILLION BECAUSE OF THESE BIKE LANES. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO. I MEAN, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I'D LIKE TO, IF I WISH WE COULD. I WISH WE COULD FUND THE THING OURSELVES. AND, YOU KNOW, TELL THE PEOPLE WITH THEIR BIKE LANES TO POUND SAND. WELL, THE GOOD THING IS, IS IT OPENS UP THE DOWNTOWN TO SPECIAL NEEDS, RIGHT? THERE'S PLACES THERE ARE SOME BAD WHERE IF YOU'RE A SPECIAL NEEDS PERSON, YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS. RIGHT. THAT SAME DISCUSSION YESTERDAY, YOU COULD NOT WRITE A WHEELCHAIR THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF TOWN RIGHT NOW. WELL, WE TOOK WE TOOK AWAY SPOTS WE COULD PUT. WE COULD PUT HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PARKING WITH BIKE LANES. SO MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, I THINK YOU'RE [01:35:03] OPENING UP A LINE OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO PROBABLY BE DISCUSSED, AND THAT WOULD BE ON SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS. OPEN THOSE UP TO STREET PARKING AND THEN DESIGNATING THOSE FOR. I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IS INSTEAD OF HAVING PARALLEL HAVING THE STREET PARKING, THAT YOU HAVE THE BOW OUTS, THAT'S GOING TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC FROM USING THAT WHOLE WIDTH. ANYWAYS, IS DOING SOME SOME ANGLED PARKING AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TO HELP YOU OUT. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH MORE PARKING WITH THE ANGLE THAN YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH THE PARALLEL PARKING. THAT'S A GOOD CASE. YEAH I AGREE. I MEAN, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE SHOULD WORK TOWARDS. WE NEED TO START MITIGATING, TO WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, BALANCING WHAT YOU'RE LOSING AND TRYING TO FIND PLACES WHERE YOU CAN GAIN. JOHN'S DOING A GOOD JOB IN DOING THAT. OKAY. WHAT ACTION DO YOU NEED FROM US? ONE IS COUNCIL OKAY WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTENANCE OF THE DECORATIVE POLE SIGNAL POLES? WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, DO WE? YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND GALVANIZE IT WITH. WITH THE SILVER ONES. YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WANT. WHAT'S THE WARRANTY PERIOD ON THE SILVER ONES? THOSE ARE TEXTILE STANDARDS. NO, NO, ON THE DECORATIVE ONES. I'M SURE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE ANY PROJECTS WILL BE A ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR WARRANTY. ANYWAY, DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THESE, JOHN? I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PAINT PEELING OFF THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD? I DID SOME DECORATIVE STREET SIGNS IN ONE OF MY CLIENTS IN OH SIX, AND THEY LOOK BRAND NEW STILL. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY LOOK AND THEY WERE GREEN FLUTED POLES WITH BASES AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT EXPOSING THE SUNLIGHT. SO THEY WERE THEY WERE THEY WERE PROBABLY PAINTED WITH A, WITH A HIGH VOC NON-ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PAINT TO, YOU KNOW. DIFFERENT TIME. YEAH. BUT I'M. YEAH. IF WE GO WITH A STANDARD GALVANIZED ARE WE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING IT IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT? NO, MA'AM, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A STANDARD POLL AT THAT POINT. I SEE STANDARD POLL. IS PICTURE YOURSELF DRIVING DOWN 35. GRAY. GRAY. GRAY ONE THAT'S BLACK IN OUR INTERSECTION THAT WE'RE REDOING. GRAY. GRAY GRAY. I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. THE OTHER IS YOU JUST START ADDING ON TO YOUR GRAY AND INCORPORATING THE GIVE IT TO YOU. YOU JUST GRANDFATHER IT IN, BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO GO TO COME BACK AND CHANGE IT. OR IF WE HAVE TO, IF IT HAS TO BE REPLACED, THEY'LL REPLACE IT AND JUST PUT THE. SO MY QUESTION IS MORE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE IS IS THERE ANY COST SAVINGS IN JUST DOING THE GALVANIZED OR IT'S JUST STYLISTIC. THERE'S I MEAN, YEAH, THE REPLACEMENT AT THE OTHER ON THE BACK END, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TIME OF THE CONTRACT. YEAH. THESE, THESE DECORATIVE POLES ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN YOUR STANDARD POLE, BUT IT'S NOT COSTING US ANY EXTRA MONEY. RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I'M IN AGREEMENT TO WHERE YOUR AGREEMENT SAYS TEX-DOT COVERS THE. THAT'S MY POINT. SO YOU'RE NOT PAYING TECHNICALLY, BUT YOU WOULD TO FIX IT. IF WE IF WE WANTED TO. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE FIVE YEARS WHEN GETTING CRASHED INTO. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE BLACK ONES AND ONE GRAY ONE. BUT AS MR. PETERSON SAID, IF THERE IS ONE THAT'S DAMAGED, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO COME AND REPLACE IT WITH A GALVANIZED ONE. NOW, IF WE WANT TO REPLACE IT AFTER THAT POINT, THAT'S ON US. SO AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE INSURANCE COMMENTS CAME IN. AND YOU SAID HOPEFULLY. BUT SO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN IDEA. IT'S A CONCEPT IN MY MIND. LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR CONCEPT? IS YOUR CONCEPT TO CREATE A DESTINATION LOCATION TYPE OF IDEA, AND YOU TRY TO MAYBE ELEVATE A LITTLE, RIGHT? CREATE SOME SORT OF OR IS IT, YOU KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE AND, YOU KNOW SAVING COSTS, THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S THERE'S VALID ARGUMENTS FOR BOTH, I THINK. SO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. I THINK WOULD LOOK GOOD. THAT'S. OKAY. SO NO OBJECTIONS ON THAT. THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED ON THAT. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE SIGNS MARTHA AND I WILL WORK TOGETHER TO BRING Y'ALL SOME INFORMATION, [01:40:01] MAYBE GET A COUPLE MOCKUPS. I'LL ASK THEM IF THEY DO. THEY GOT THERE'S A THING CALLED STREET GUIDE WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THE MOCK UPS LIKE WE WANT THEM, AND BRING THEM BACK TO Y'ALL. LET Y'ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. OKAY. THEN AS FAR AS THE ONE I WILL NEED AN ACTION ITEM FROM, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO, IS THE APPROVAL TO GO TO BED, GO TO 288 B PROJECT UTILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BANK THAT BUILDING. WE HAVE THE MONEY, SUSIE. YOU KNOW, JUST ASK HIM. MAKE SURE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. LIKE, ONCE WE AGREE TO THIS, WE'RE JUST BASICALLY IN AT THIS POINT. THE CITY HAS COST ALREADY. I KNOW, BUT BUT THIS IS THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF PUSHING MAJORITY OF YOUR CHIPS TO THE TABLE. WELL, I MEAN, HERE'S THE DEAL. I MEAN, ANYBODY HAVE ANY TREPIDATION? AND NOW. I KNOW WE'VE ALL EXPRESSED. WELL, NOT ALL, BUT I THINK WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BIKE LANE. AND THERE WILL BE SOME PUSHBACK, I'M SURE. AND THERE'S PROBABLY I'M NOT ONLINE RIGHT NOW. I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE COMMENTING AND TELLING US HOW IT'S A BAD IDEA, WHICH IS THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR OPINION. I'M PLEASED WITH THE UTILITY PART OF IT, AND I AM PLEASED WITH. THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT, QUITE HONESTLY, STRETCHING FROM CEDAR ALL THE WAY TO ORANGE IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN I WAS HAD IMAGINED. I WAS ALWAYS THINKING FROM LOCUST TO 35. SO WE GO A LITTLE PAST THAT. SO BRING SOME UNIFORMITY. THERE THERE IS, THERE ARE. I'M AWARE OF PEOPLE FALLING AND BEING INJURED ON THE SIDEWALKS IN DOWNTOWN ANGLETON. SO IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. SO IT BRINGS SOME UNIFORMITY. AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S I, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TIME IN ANGLETON FUTURE, A CONTINUATION OF THE GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN. IT'S IT'S NOT MUCH OF A DOWNTOWN, BUT WE'LL WE'LL CELEBRATE WHAT WE HAVE AND SO EMBRACE WHAT WE HAVE. THAT'S MY OPINION. SO HOPEFULLY US INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN IN THESE PROJECTS WILL HELP BRING OTHER THINGS TO TOWN THAT YOU KNOW, WE NEED AND WANT. AND YOU SAID THEY'RE GOING TO REDO THE FRONTAGE AT THE THE SIDEWALKS AND ALL THAT. RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SIDEWALK. THE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RAMPS TO THE EXISTING IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE COMING TO COMPLIANCE, ADA COMPLIANCE. SO THOSE THOSE HIGHER ELEVATED WHERE PEOPLE WHERE THAT COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN AND BROKEN SOME BONES. THERE'S ACTUALLY GUARDRAILS RIGHT THERE IN THAT IN THAT CORNER. AND THE RAMPS KIND OF GO OFF AND THEN TURN AROUND AND COME BACK. YOU ALSO HAVE STAIRS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK THE RAMPS. BUT I REMEMBER THAT IT'S IT ALLOWS YOU TO WHERE, SAY, THERE'S A EATERY THAT MOVES INTO ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS PERSON. THEY THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, TO THAT EATERY OR TO TO WHATEVER SERVICE THEY'RE OFFERING. YEAH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN TO APPROVE. OH MY GOSH, THE BIKE LANES. AND YOUR APPROVAL IS TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO BID FOR THE 28 B UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. YES. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AFTER. OKAY. JUST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. IT'S OUR FIRST STEP ACTUALLY. PROBABLY LIKE OUR FIFTH STEP, BUT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 19 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CONSTRUCTION BIDS RECEIVED FOR BID NUMBER 20260 FOR FREEDOM PARK FIELD. [19. Discussion and possible action regarding construction bids received for Bid No. 2026-04 Freedom Park Field. ] I'M GLAD YOU'RE PASSING THAT OUT BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING, WHERE IS THAT? THANK YOU. [01:45:07] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M EXCITED TO BRING BEFORE YOU THE BIDS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR FREEDOM PARK FIELD. IN REGARDS TO BID NUMBER 2020 604 YOU'LL SEE THAT WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS FROM THE RECENT BID OPENING THAT WAS CONDUCTED LAST WEDNESDAY. THE TWO BIDS WE RECEIVED WERE FROM HELLAS CONSTRUCTION AND FROST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THERE, IT OUTLINES THE BASE BID RECEIVED FOR THEM AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATES. YOU'LL NOTICE AS I PASSED OUT, THIS INCLUDES A RECOMMENDATION FROM VERDICT LAND IN PLACE. THEY ARE CONSULTING FOR THIS. DO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THEM TODAY AS WELL THAT THEY ARE IDENTIFYING THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND REVIEWED THESE, REVIEWED THE TWO BIDS, SCORED THEM CHECK REFERENCES AND COMPARED THIS TO THE PROBABLE COST THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR THIS PROJECT. THE RECOMMENDATION THEY WOULD LOOK TO DO IS TO AWARD FROST CONSTRUCTION WITH THIS BID. SO WE'LL BRING IT BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. ALSO LOOKING FOR YOU TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON SOME OF THE BID ALTERNATES AS YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET, THIS DID COME UNDER BUDGETS. WE DID HAVE 1,000,123 23,000 FOR THIS PROJECT REMAINING IN THE BALANCE. SO THERE IS A ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL BID ALTERNATES TO BE ADDED IN. SO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL ADD INS THAT WE COULD UTILIZE. AND THEN WE WOULD BE PLANNING TO BRING THIS BACK PER YOUR DIRECTION, FOR AN OFFICIAL CONTRACT SIGNING FOR THIS PROJECT AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT. YEAH, REAL QUICK QUESTION. AND THIS IS NOT THE BIDS. MY QUESTION WOULD BE JUST CONSTRUCTION SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA IF WE UPDATED? THE HOPE WOULD TO BE ABLE TO DO A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND. WE WERE INTENTIONAL ABOUT INCLUDING THE AIA CONTRACT IN THE BID DOCUMENTS. SO THAT WAY, ANY CONTRACTOR THAT WAS AWARDED WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVIEW THAT. AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS THERE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS THE FUNDING COMPONENT. SO AS I MENTIONED, IF WE STAY WITHIN THE PROJECT SCOPE FOR FUNDING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A QUICK TURNAROUND TO BRING THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE 24TH. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING AFTER THAT? I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CONTRACTOR, BUT YOU WILL NOTICE IN YOUR PACKETS THE THIRD PAGE, WHEN IT BREAKS DOWN THE BID TABULATION, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT. SO FROM BASE BID TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, THEY LOOK AT ABOUT THREE MONTHS IN FULL, FULL COMPLETION, ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. SO IT JUST WOULD DEPEND ON WHEN THE OFFICIAL CONTRACT WAS AWARDED AND WHEN THEY COULD START. SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANSWER MY QUESTION. OKAY. I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK I'M EXCITED. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE ABIGAIL BIDS AND I WAS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS ONE COMING IN. AND THIS DID EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD DO COME IN WAY UNDER BUDGET FROM WHERE WE THOUGHT. I THINK WE CAN STILL TAKE OUT SOME OF THESE LINES. CORRECT? YES. SO YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THEM. SO IF THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO PULL SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AND REMOVE CERTAIN PIECES OF THOSE AND THEN JUST BRING THAT BACK WITH THE AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS BID ALTERNATE SIX FENCING. I'VE REACHED OUT TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE. I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK TO THEM. I THINK THEY'D BE WILLING TO PAY THAT. OKAY. I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO THE PRESIDENT. I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A RESPONSE BACK FROM THEM YET. SO WE I'VE TALKED TO THE ASSOCIATE PRESIDENT ALREADY AS ASSISTANT ASSISTANT. OKAY. SO WE WILL CONTINUE THAT ONE TO LOOK AT THAT RECOMMENDATION. SO HAPPY TO DO SO WITH THAT REGARDS. I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY WERE REALLY HOPING TO HAVE BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS ON THE FOUR FOOT FENCE. AND SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED TO GET THE SIX FOOT CLEARANCE. AT SMALL ITEMS. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW, THOUGH. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT ELIMINATING UNDER FURNISHINGS AND WELL, I'LL BACK UP. I'LL SOMEBODY ELSE TALK FIRST. WELL, I WAS I WAS WANTING TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BIT ANYWAY, SO I'LL BACK UP. [01:50:04] I'LL WAIT. I THINK THE ARTIFICIAL TURF WOULD BE A BIT ALTERNATE. I'D BE SINCERELY INTERESTED IN. AGREED. I THINK THE I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BID TO THE WARNING TRACK. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED LATER IF WANTED. I'D ALSO EX OUT BID ONE. BID ALTERNATE ONE. THE COVERED BLEACHERS. YEAH, WE ALREADY HAVE IT IN THERE. IS. SO THAT WAS A SECONDARY. SO THERE IS ALREADY SLATED IN THE BASE BID TO HAVE TWO OR A COVERING ON EACH SIDE AND BLEACHERS ON EACH SIDE. SO THIS WAS TO ADD TWO MORE. WELL, SO I MEAN, I MEAN JUST LOOKING AT THIS, IF, IF, IF YOU TOOK THE, THE LOW BID AND THREW ANOTHER 215,000, THAT LEAVES YOU A $58,000 REMAINDER. YEAH. WELL I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF BID ALTERNATE FOUR. YES. THAT WAS. AND THEN I THINK WE'RE MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND WAS GOING, AND I. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL HIS THUNDER UNDER THE HARDSCAPE ITEMS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? YEAH. GO AHEAD. REMOVING THE ELEVATED SCORE TABLE FOR $9,100. AND. AND AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE BLEACHERS FROM THE SOCCER FIELDS. SO WE'RE GOING TO REUSE. WE COULD REUSE THOSE. AGREE WITH THAT. THE ONLY CAVEAT, AFTER GETTING WITH BURDETT'S WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER ONE SIDE JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMPLIANCE FOR THE ADA PIECE. SO THAT WOULD SPLIT THAT IN HALF FROM 36. CORRECT. AS LONG AS WE INCLUDE ONE THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE. WE COULD ELIMINATE THE OTHER ONE. SO SAVE 18,000 BASICALLY. THAT'S ON 4.4. SO JUST CHANGE THAT TO ONE TWO AND A HALF. DO WE NEED TWO DOUBLE GATES. WE COULD LOOK AT ELIMINATING ONE. I THINK THAT THEY COULD MAKE DO WITH THE SINGLE BUT JUST EASE OF ACCESS FOR FUTURE WISE, BUT IT'S ONLY $3,000. BUT IT ALL ADDS UP. SO THOSE THREE GETS US 30,000 IN SAVINGS, WHICH PAYS FOR ALMOST PAYS FOR THE DUGOUT ON BID. ALTERNATE FOR THE BID. ALTERNATE SIX THAT MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND MENTIONED WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE LEAGUE. YEAH, I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO. I'LL I THINK I CAN CONNECT YOU. OKAY. COULD OUR GROUP DO THE DUGOUT BENCHES? THAT'S THE ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU. I MEAN, IF IT WEREN'T FOR COUNSEL'S RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO THAT. WHAT IS IT? THE FAKE WOOD. YEAH. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT'S THE CURRENT ONE FOR THEIRS? SO KEEP IN MIND FOR THOSE ONES TOO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE THEM SECURE THAT WE COULD GO OUT AND SECURE THAT IN ANY WAY. SO IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDED IN THIS. RIGHT. YEAH. WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER FUNDING COMPONENT THAT WE IF WE WERE TO DO THAT. BUT WE COULD SECURE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS OURSELVES BECAUSE THERE MAY BE AN OVERHEAD THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE AND. I DON'T SEE I THINK A LOT OF BID ALTERNATE FIVE COULD BE THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT STRUCK. I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD REALLY STRIP THAT DOWN, I GUESS IS A BETTER WAY TO PUT THAT. I THINK YOU WOULD NEED THE FOUL POLES. BASES, HOME PLATE, TRASH RECEPTACLES AFTER THAT. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THE FLAGPOLE SCOREBOARD IF BENCHES CAN BE OUTSOURCED. TRASH RECEPTACLES, I GUESS. YOU KNOW. DO YOU ALREADY HAVE? YEAH. WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE? [01:55:06] IT'S $500 FOR TRASH. SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF DOLLARS. ESPECIALLY FOR I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER SECURING A LOAN TO BUY A 500 HOT TRASH CAN. WELL, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO MENTION. LIKE WE COULD. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INCLUDED. SO WE COULD SECURE THESE OURSELVES. TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT COST. SO I MEAN, SAME THING WITH THE BASES AND HOME PLATE. WE COULD, IN THEORY, PURCHASE THOSE ON OUR OWN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T. I DON'T THINK I WOULD THINK THE ONLY THING OUT OF FIVE THAT WAS, TO ME, A COMPLETE MUST, WOULD JUST BE THE FOUL POLES. THOSE ARE. WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING INFIELD, INFIELD TURF. RIGHT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. NO. YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT FIVE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS TURF WAS THREE. YEAH. OKAY. SO THEY BUILD YOU A FIELD BUT YOU, THEY DON'T FURNISH ANYTHING ON THE FIELD. YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF. FACES FOUL POLE. I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD NEED BASES ON A TURF FIELD. I MEAN YOU WOULD THERE'D BE SOME SORT OF THERE LAY DOWN. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THEY'RE THROW DOWN BASES, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY. THERE'S. THE ONE COMMENT I DID RECEIVE FROM LITTLE LEAGUE IS IF WE CAN REQUEST THAT THE TURF BE MARKED. SO FOR 90 FOOT 90 FOOT IS STANDARD JUNIOR LEAGUE. BUT IF YOU HAVE JUST THROW DOWN LIKE THE 60 FOOT MARK. YEAH, LIKE A JUST A CROSS. ESSENTIALLY CROSSING THE WHITE LINE TO TO SHOW WHERE THE SO LITTLE SO LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD COULD BE PLAYED ON TOP OF THE 70 AND A 70, 60, 70, 90, 60, 70, 80. AND I'VE SEEN THAT UP IN SOME OF THE FIELDS UP IN HOUSTON WHERE THEY, THEY JUST PUT A LITTLE LIKE A SQUARE WHITE DASH SHOWS ALMOST LIKE A HASH RIGHT THERE. YEAH. LIKE A HASH MARK, ESSENTIALLY A HASH. YES. YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT WAY THIS CAN BE UTILIZED IF WE HAVE TO AS AN ADDITIONAL. YEP. OKAY. TRAVIS, TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR THE ITEMS FOR NUMBER FIVE FLAGPOLE YOU MENTIONED. NO, NOT AT ALL. SCOREBOARD. FLAGPOLE. I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS. YEAH. VERY, YOU KNOW, PATRIOTIC ANGLETON WOULD BE HAPPY TO. I SAY THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO. THEY MIGHT BE HAPPY TO. WE DID HAVE ONE. THE MOST RECENT. WE HAD ONE FOR LAKESIDE THAT WAS SEPARATE OF. SO SCOREBOARD. NO AS AS WELL. CORRECT. NO. AND I THINK THERE IS THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO. I WAS INFORMED ABOUT VIDEO BOARDS THAT YOU CAN ADVERTISE OFF OF THAT CAN ALSO DUPLICATE AS A SCOREBOARD. NOW INSTEAD OF THE OLD SINGLE LIGHTS LIGHTING UP, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF SCREEN. SO IDEALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN VERIFY ON THAT ONE WE STILL WANT ELECTRICAL. I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT SOMETHING, BUT JUST NO PHYSICAL SCOREBOARD AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. DUGOUT BENCHES. WE TALKED ABOUT OUTSOURCING IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. HOME PLATE. WE CAN EXPLORE WHAT THAT COST IS TO DO ON OUR OWN. AND THEN THEN SAME THING WITH TRASH RECEPTACLES. WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED FOR THIS. MAYOR YOU MADE THE MATH. MATH WORK ON IT. ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS? I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WOULDN'T EVEN. IT'S UP TO ME. I WOULD NOT SPEND ANY RESOURCES ON BID ALTERNATE TWO. I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT. UNLESS IT'S JUST WHATEVER NEEDS FOR FOR GRADED FOR FOR ANY SORT OF DRAINAGE. BUT THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE, THEN I WOULDN'T, RIGHT. I CAN REFERENCE THE CLEAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL. I BELIEVE IT IS CHARGERS. THEIR FIELD DOES NOT HAVE A WARNING TRACK. YEAH. I'VE SEEN SOPHOMORE BASEBALL. I'VE SEEN HIM. YEAH. AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL THAT DON'T HAVE TRACKS. [02:00:02] SO CURRENT PRIORITIES TO EXPLORE ARE ARTIFICIAL TURF FENCING WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO GET OR HAVING CONVERSATION WITH ANGLETON LITTLE LEAGUE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. CMU DUGOUTS. AND WE DISCUSSED THE SITE FURNISHINGS, WARNING TRACK AND COVERED BLEACHERS DID NOT SEEM CURRENTLY VIABLE. CORRECT? I AGREE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ELIMINATE THE THIS SCORE TABLE. ELIMINATES A ONE OF THE BLEACHERS. AND REMOVE ONE OF THE DOUBLE GATES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK? YEAH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT, AND THAT WAS THE. YOU HAVE WARNING TRACK BEHIND BACKSTOP. WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FIELDS WHERE THERE IS NO WARNING TRACK BEHIND THERE. IT'S JUST IT GOES TURF STRAIGHT TO THE, TO THE EDGE. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE LONG TERM. I MEAN WARNING TRACK IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE THE GRASS GROWS AND YEAH WE DID A LOT OF PLACES I'VE SEEN LATELY. THEY'VE JUST PUSHED THE TURF RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE. AND. IT'S EASIER TO MAINTAIN. WE COULD EXPLORE THAT. I THINK THE ONLY HURDLE THAT COMES WITH THAT ONE IS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BID. WE MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALTER IT. NOW WOULD HAVE TO BE A CHANGE ORDER. SO WHAT WOULD IT BE IF WE DIDN'T PUT THE WARNING TRACK IN? GOOD EVENING. SO ACTUALLY, IF YOU GUYS ARE OPTING FOR THE ARTIFICIAL TURF THE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE. SO IT WOULD BE A POINT. BUT, YEAH, OTHERWISE IT WOULD. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TURF. RIGHT? I MEAN, EXCUSE ME. GRASS. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. I BELIEVE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HOME PLATE TO THE BACK STOP BEHIND HOME PLATE IS MEASURED AT 40FT, ROUGHLY. IF IT'S TO FOLLOW THE HIGH SCHOOLS, DIMENSIONS, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE MY QUESTION TO YOU IF IF WE WERE TO SHORTEN THAT A LITTLE, SAY, INSTEAD OF 40FT, IT'S 30. IS THERE ANY COST SAVINGS IN THAT? IT WOULD A LITTLE LESS ASTROTURF, A LITTLE LESS TURF YOU WOULD NEED. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. BUT WE DID HAVE TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE BACKSTOP FENCING IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR THE FOUL BALLS TO NOT GO AND HIT EVERYBODY BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE THAT IS THERE ALREADY. SO IF WE WERE TO SHORTEN IT MORE, WE MAY HAVE TO RISE TO RAISE THE FENCE. OH, REALLY? I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE TO GO QUITE AS HIGH. YEAH. 46 IS ABOUT THE NUMBER THAT WE WANTED TO HIT IN THE FIRST PLACE. BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN 60 FOOT IS A PRETTY STANDARD 60FT FROM BEHIND THE HOME PLATE TO THE BACKSTOP. BUT YEAH, THAT'S A LONG WAYS. YEAH IT IS. BALL GETS PAST THE CATCHER. HE'S GOING TO RUN A 20 YARD SPRINT. JUST KIND OF PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE. A SMALL FIELD, LITTLE LEAGUE SIZE FIELD TO 25 OR SO. THE BACKSTOP IS TYPICALLY ABOUT 25FT MINIMUM. YEAH OKAY. SO THAT WOULD OKAY. WELL MAYBE MAYBE NOT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I WENT AND LOOKED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD LAST NIGHT OR LAST WEEK AND JUST TO SEE WHAT THAT SEEMED SPACIOUS. BUT YEAH. YEAH. MOST HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS HAVE THE BACKSTOP HEIGHT AT ABOUT 50. I USED TO THINK IT WAS IT WAS REALLY HIGH, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S NOT. EVERYBODY CAN HIT THE BALL STRAIGHT. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF MEMORIES MADE AT MAJOR MINOR LEAGUE GAMES BY COLLECTING FOUL BALLS. AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT ON YOUR HEAD. SO IT CAN BE YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ON THE TURF GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE. THEY DIDN'T GIVE US THE CREDIT ON THE ON THE WARNING TRACK PIECE. SO THE CREDIT IS REALLY FOR THE. IT SAYS ON THE ARTIFICIAL TURF ALTERNATE THREE, THERE'S A CREDIT OF 25,000 FOR THE ADJUSTED SOD, IRRIGATION AND INFIELD DIRT, BUT NOT CREDIT FOR THE WARNING TRACK BEHIND BACKSTOP. THAT'S 21,000. WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? DOUBLE CHECK, BUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS IS STILL THE SAME, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT ON THERE, RIGHT? OKAY. THAT'D BE A GOOD SAVINGS TO PICK UP. [02:05:09] JASON? YES, SIR. NOT THAT THIS IS TO BE DONE ANYTIME, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRETTY COOL. WE HAVE THAT BERM. MAYBE ON THE BACKSIDE OF IT. YOU HAD, LIKE, A COUPLE TREES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF. YOU CAN KIND OF HIDE IN THE TREES AND ROLL DOWN THE BERM. OKAY. GET THEM IN THE SPRING OR THE FALL. CLEAN UP. THAT'S TRUE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF. I KNOW YOU KNOW A GUY. I DO. I'LL SEE IF I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. THE LEAGUE IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BY THE WAY. THE BERM? YEAH. THEY ASKED. THEY ASKED ME. THEY SAID, IS IT STILL IN THERE? AND I SAID, I THINK IT IS. SO I MESSAGED YOU. YEAH. IT IS. AND THEN WHEN THE, THE IT IS SITUATED I THINK LONG TERM IT WOULD BE A PRETTY. ESTHETICALLY PLEASING BUT NICE TO HAVE SOME MORE TREES ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THE FENCE JUST TO KIND OF. BUT THAT'S A LONG TERM. Y'ALL CAN THINK ABOUT THAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MADE. THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS. BUT THAT'S JUST THE. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT TREES THIS MUCH. SMART. I LIKE TREES. I GOT TO PLANT THEM NOW. OR, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A WHILE. YEAH. SO AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION IS 111. 1 MILLION, RIGHT? YES. JUST JUST OVER. BUT. YES. 1.12. THREE ISN'T IT. YEAH. AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING 81,000 OVER. OKAY. SO I WILL WORK WITH FINANCE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR ABLC NEXT WEEK, A PLAN TO BRING THIS TO THEM AS WELL. SO WE CAN PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER TO SEE IF THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CONSIDER VERIFYING IS THAT INCLUDE THE 30,000 OR NOT INCLUDE THAT EXCLUDE IT'S IT'S EXCLUDING THE 30,000. JUST JUST WANT TO VERIFY ON THAT ONE. SO WE WILL PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT. AND THEN, AND IF WE CAN GET THAT 20 000 SAVINGS ON THAT WARNING TRACK BEHIND THE BACKSTOP BRINGS US TO 60. OKAY. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THAT. YOU SAID WE HAD 80,000 IN PARKLAND DEDICATION. I DID. BUT YOU'RE ALSO ABOUT TO GET A BIG PAYMENT IN PARKLAND DEDICATION. I AM HOPEFUL TO GET A BIG PAYMENT. I WILL SAY THAT. BUT WE DO NOT KNOW UNLESS IF HE COULD CLARIFY WHEN WE ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF THAT PAYMENT SO THAT. YES, COULD HELP. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL COMING FROM THE FREEDOM PARK PASSIVE AREA. AND SO BASED ON THE AMBER GROUP, THAT'S ONE. NOW WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM ON ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE RECEIVED. BUT I BELIEVE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THEIR DEADLINE IS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO OKAY, I BELIEVE THAT WAS EITHER 72 OR 78 SOMEWHERE IN THAT THAT RANGE. RIGHT. IT'S PRETTY CLOSE IN A NUMBER. AND YOU SHOULD START SEEING PAYMENTS FROM ASHLAND, RIGHT? YES. BUT THOSE ARE SLOW COMING. BUT THEY'VE GOT OVER 100 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. YES. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE. THAT ONE. I'VE SPOKEN WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHEN THAT FIRST PAYMENT WILL ARRIVE. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE AN OPTION ON THIS. WE COULD UTILIZE IF WE NEED TO. WELL, I KIND OF FEEL OPPORTUNITY WAS PROBABLY MISSED LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE AND MR. JANEK WAS HERE. WE COULD HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION OF HIM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DUE BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT IF HE MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO ANGLETON IN THE NEXT YEAR OR DURING THIS CALENDAR YEAR, JUST REMIND US AND WE'LL BE SURE TO ASK HIM. OKAY. ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS? I MEAN, IF I WERE YOU WHEN YOU SPOKE TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE ABOUT THE FENCING AND THE 30,000, YOU MAY WANT TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS. IF THERE'S SOME OF THESE THINGS THEY MAY WANT TO CHECK OFF. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS, BUT IF THEY DID, THIS IS THE TIME FOR THEM TO SPEAK UP. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY REALLY THE COUNCIL IS NOT PREPARED TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON, BUT THEY MAY WANT WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THEM. [02:10:06] I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WE SET A BUDGET. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON IT FOR THE MOST PART, GETTING ALMOST EVERYTHING WE WERE WANTING AND REALLY DOING IT RIGHT. I FEEL LIKE ON THE FRONT SIDE AND NOT PAYING FOR IT ON THE END. I AGREE THERE'S STILL QUITE A FEW OPEN LITTLE ITEMS HERE AND THERE THAT STILL HAVE TO BE TICKED AND TIED, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET THERE. AND THIS IS WHAT IS IT, 80%, 90% FROM SALES TAX, 75% FUNDED, 75% OF THIS IS BEING FUNDED FROM SALES TAX. RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE POINT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. THERE'S NO WAY I'M MAKING THAT MOTION. WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO. WE JUST REALLY WHAT WE'RE NEEDING IS APPROVAL FOR STAFF TO INITIATE AN AGREEMENT OR START THE CONVERSATION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM BIRDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FROST, I MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FROST. CONSTRUCTION? YEAH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 20TH JANUARY. [20. January Staff Reports ] STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE A NEW CITY SECRETARY. RAISE YOUR HAND, DESIREE. YEAH. THERE SHE IS. WELCOME ABOARD. DID YOU DO THIS ONE? I DID, OKAY. I NOTICED THAT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS ARE INCREASING. THEY ARE? IT'S BECAUSE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT DON'T. DON'T ADVERTISE. MAYOR. MARTHA, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A PLUG ABOUT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON? SURE. SO WE HAD A MEETING THIS LAST WEEK ABOUT A SHOP LOCAL. DINE LOCAL CAMPAIGN. AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL IT OUT WITH THE CONCERT DOWNTOWN AND GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EAT AT OUR RESTAURANTS AND HEAR GREAT MUSIC AND ROLL OUR CAMPAIGN OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. YEAH. AND MOVE THE LOCATION. YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO TRY THE CONCERT AT IF YOU KNOW WHERE JUSTIN GAMINO HAD HIS CONCERT IN THE PARKING LOT BY THE WEST ANNEX. THE WEST ANNEX? YES. CORRECT. YES. WE'RE LOOKING AT ELECTRICAL POSSIBILITIES IN THAT AREA CLOSE TO THE HEART SO THAT WE CAN PROGRAM OUR FIRST CONCERT FROM THERE AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE CONCERT DOWNTOWN. REALLY? DOWNTOWN AND WALKING. YES, DOWN FRONT STREET, HAVE IT CLOSED OFF. WALKABLE WITH. YES. I THINK THE MAYOR HAD A CONVERSATION. WE ALL HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE MEETING, BUT THE LUPI HAD A CONVERSATION. CHIEF VALDEZ HAD A CONVERSATION WITH KINJO ABOUT HIS RESTAURANT, AND WE HAD SOMEONE THAT BACKED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE WITH THE FOOD TRUCK LAST YEAR, AND I CALLED HIM AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU BRING YOUR TRUCK OUT? IT WASN'T POSSIBLE WITH THE LATE NOTICE, BUT HE WAS SAYING TO CHIEF, HEY, WE'VE GOT A RESTAURANT. IF YOU MOVED OR THE CONCERT CLOSER, PEOPLE CAN JUST EAT AND COME TO THE CONCERT AND ALL THE RESTAURANTS WOULD HAVE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. AND WE TALKED ABOUT CLOSING DOWN FRONT STREET AND INVITING ALL THE BUSINESSES IN TOWN. GIVE THEM A FREE SPACE DOWN FRONT STREET TO ADVERTISE WHATEVER BUSINESS THEY HAVE, WHETHER IT'S CHILI'S OR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT DOWNTOWN. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A RESTAURANT. NEW AG, WHICH IS DOWN ON ON 220. ANY TRACTOR SUPPLY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME DOWN DOWNTOWN WE'LL HAVE FRONT STREET CLOSED OFF, AND WE CAN GET YOU A SPACE FOR FREE. YES. AND SO IF Y'ALL KNOW WHEN WE DO CONCERTS IN THE PARK AND WE INVITE OUR FOOD TRUCKS THERE, [02:15:03] WE NEVER CHARGE THEM TO COME. WE ALWAYS GIVE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS AND TO ADD A SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHO ARE COMING TO THE CONCERT TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. SO SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE DON'T KNOW THE DATE OR THE THE MUSIC YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO THROW THIS OUT THERE. OKAY. THAT'S A WRENCH. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT TWO WEEKENDS. SUCCESSIVE WEEKENDS. OKAY. BECAUSE INVARIABLY SOMEBODY HERE'S WHAT I REALLY ANTICIPATE HAPPEN THE FIRST WEEKEND. AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND THEN WORD OF MOUTH IS GOING TO SPREAD. AND THEN THE SECOND WEEKEND PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE, WOW, WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. OR JUST PEOPLE HAVE SCHEDULES AND THEY WANT TO GO, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE OF WHATEVER THOSE WEEKENDS. JUST AN IDEA. SURE. I DON'T KNOW FUNDING, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. SURE. SO WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH BEING OUTSIDE OF VETERANS PARK, WHICH IS OUR PROPERTY, IS BEING ABLE TO USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. IF WE BRING A STAGE IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EXPENSIVE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND CHIEF HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD HELP WITH THAT AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. UNDERSTOOD. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT TRYING THAT AREA, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO THE JUSTIN GAMBINO CONCERT I HAD, I CAN'T EVEN COUNT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED, WHY AREN'T YOU ALL HAVING YOUR CONCERTS HERE? THIS IS REALLY GREAT. AND I'M JUST LIKE, WELL, IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY. I MEAN, WE CAN TRY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD THAT IF WE CAN TRY IT OUT AS A CITY STREET. SO WE DID TALK ABOUT IF WE WANTED A PROGRAM FROM FRONT STREET. SO WE'RE JUST UTILIZING THE PARKING LOT FOR MAYBE PART PARKING, PART SEATING. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY WORK. SO I TALKED TO STUART THIS WEEK ABOUT THE POWER SO THAT POTENTIALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GENERATE POWER, AND WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE POWER AROUND THE HEART THAT WOULD SUSTAIN THE SPEAKER SYSTEMS AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE NEED FOR THE SOUND. WHICH WOULD HELP. YEAH. IT'S EXCITING. YEAH. I'M I REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT. ONE OF THE THE BENEFITS OF MOVING THIS NOT ONLY FOR THE, THE CONCERT AREA AND THE AND MAKING IT AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE, BUT IT'S REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO DO THIS FOR A LONG TIME. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY A FREE SPOT. ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. I'M SORRY. NO, GO FOR IT. NO. YOU SAID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT. SO IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE KNOW TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR BUSINESS TO THE COMMAS ARE IMPORTANT. THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. LET'S EAT. GRANDMA. THEY HAVE AN AUDIENCE THERE. THEY CAN PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS. ABSOLUTELY. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY DON'T KNOW THAT BUSINESS EXISTED. OR, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A RESTAURANT OR I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD. YOU KNOW, I WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HIRING, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS THERE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT NIGHT. YOU KNOW JUST REALLY A COMMUNITY EVENT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT THESE CONCERTS WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE. IT'S ABOUT THE CONCERTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S ABOUT THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY. YES. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND. IT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY, GREAT. I KNEW WHAT YOU MEANT. IT WAS JUST THE WAY IT WAS. THAT'S SITTING BACK THERE. THE MAYOR'S PROMOTING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS CITIZENS. VERY GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE GOT QUESTIONS? THE CAMERA IS LOOKING GREAT. I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU. SORRY. HECTOR AND I TOOK IT TO HER TODAY, AND WE ARE SETTING UP A TOUR. I'LL BE SENDING YOU AN INVITE FOR NEXT WEEK. THURSDAY. IT'S VERY EXCITING. IT'S LOOKING FANTASTIC. SO. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE OTIS BACK THERE. KYLE, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS ONE? NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO TOWN. NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING OR. YEAH, I SAW PERMITS ISSUED FOR COMMERCIAL. I THINK THERE'S JUST A FEW, LIKE, CODE BUSINESSES. WE HAVE, WELL, [02:20:08] DOWNTOWN I CALL THEM THE RICE BUILDINGS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS WERE. BUT NEW OWNERS THERE'S THE FLOWER SHOP, THE THERE'S A MEN'S BARBERSHOP IN THERE NOW. CELL PHONE REPAIR. MISS ROY'S THE TAXES. SHE'S STILL THERE. ANGIE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER. AT THE END THERE WHERE MIKEY WAS. AND OTHER BARS, THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN. IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED THE ALLEY. IT'S ALMOST DONE. THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE BACK ALLEY. NOT THE ONE BETWEEN DIRTY STUFF BUT THE BAG. SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO A LITTLE OUTSIDE SEATING WHEN THE WEATHER'S GOOD, BUT THAT ONE'S COMING UP. THE ONLY EMPTY IS THE END HERE. OKAY. WHICH THEY'RE DOING SOME REMODEL WORK ON THAT FOR. THE AT THE SHELL DOWN BY ARBY'S. I KNOW IT STARTED OUT AS A HOOKAH BAR. IT IS NOT. THEY CHANGED THAT THEIR MIND ON THAT? IT'S JUST A SPORTS BAR CALLED THE THIRSTY GOAT. IF YOU HADN'T SEEN THE SIGN. IT'S THE OLD CAR WASH. THE OLD CAR WASH AT THE SHELL? YEAH, CLOSEST TO ARBY'S. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY. THERE'S A FEW SMALLER. NEW BUSINESSES, LITTLE RESTAURANTS. THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF. PLANET FITNESS IS THEY THEY SHOULD BE GETTING STARTED. THEY DID SOME RESUBMITTED SOME REVISIONS IN THEIR PLANS, WHICH ARE DONE. AND STILL NICE TO KING DOLLAR. YES. TO THE NORTH OF KING DOLLAR NORTH SIDE. THEY'RE JUST REDOING ALL THE AC AND EVERYTHING. SO THEY SENT THOSE IN. THEY FIGURED SINCE THEY'RE DOING IT, THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S WHY IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER. GREAT. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. WE MADE THAT LIST A WHILE BACK, BUT ALWAYS. LISTENING. YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. I WAS LOOKING AS FAR AS THE NEW ONES. YEP. OKAY. THANKS, KYLE. ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING UP THERE? I GUESS REAL QUICK WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, KYLE, THE THE DEMOLITIONS WE JUST HAD, WE HAD THREE IN THE LAST MONTH, RIGHT? HOMES, WE HAD THE ONE OFF OF WEST LIVE OAK. CORRECT? WE HAD WEST MILLER, WEST LIVE OAK, VALDERAS PAST THE LIBRARY THERE. EAST. THEY HAVE ONE OF THE STRUCTURES DOWN HERE ON EAST PEACH FINISHING THAT UP. IS IT ARE THEY TAKING DOWN THE WHOLE THING OR JUST THE THE GARAGE STRUCTURE? THE GARAGE STRUCTURE WAS FIRST, AND THEN THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO TEAR THE BACK HALF OFF THE HOUSE OR REPAIR IT, WHATEVER THEY THAT'S THEIR NEXT STEP. ONCE THE GARAGE STRUCTURE FOR. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW WES MILLER. MYRTLE. THERE'S QUITE A FEW ON THE LIST THAT WILL BE COMING IN. THE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THEIR LITTLE PROCESSES. APARTMENT COMPLEX UP HERE ON AT MILLER. AND VELASCO WILL BE COMING SOON. IT WILL BE GOING TO GRADY AND THEM THIS WEEK, PROBABLY TO GET MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO GO TO BRING IT TO Y'ALL. OKAY. AND THE ROCK ISLAND APARTMENTS THAT HAD THE FIRE, I BELIEVE PAUL HAD JUST TOLD ME LAST WEEK WHEN IT CHANGED HANDS AGAIN. SO WE'RE WORKING THAT TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING WITH DEMO OR. PERMIT TO REPAIR. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? [02:25:09] KYLE. THANKS, KYLE. MY LAST QUESTION FOR THE NIGHT IS FOR HR, BUT I DON'T THINK COLIN'S HERE, RIGHT? YEAH, SHE LEFT AFTER UNDER PART TIME STAFF. I SEE THE DECLINE OF FIVE YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT I DON'T SEE THE BREAKDOWN LIKE WE HAVE IN 25. IF SHE CAN JUST FILL THAT IN FOR US. YES, SIR. BECAUSE I ASSUME ALL THE PART TIME STAFF IS PRETTY MUCH THE REC CENTERS. SO AND I DO SEE THAT I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN TAKEN OUT, SO IT LOOKS GOOD. THE RECEPTIONIST IS PART TIME. OKAY. IT HAS ONE AS WELL. BE NICE TO SEE WHERE THAT'S REFLECTED. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE STAFF? AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL THE DATA. YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTS. YEP. CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PD REAL QUICK? YES, SIR. I'M SO PROUD OF THE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR RESPONSE TIMES, OUR RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY CALLS ARE LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES. NON PRIORITY IS FIVE MINUTES ON AVERAGE. AND WE JUST HIRED. 4 OR 5. THAT'S WITH BEING SIX OFFICERS DOWN. SO THOSE GUYS AND GALS ARE WORKING HARD. I GOT TO MEET A FEW OF THEM THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN I WENT RIDING. DANIEL WAS LOOKING AT ME. HE SAID, THEY'RE NOT WORKING THAT HARD. YOU. DANIEL THIS GAME. THEY'RE NOT WORKING THAT HARD. NOW THEY'RE. THEY DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT. I WAS WITH THEM. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR PD REPORT IN HERE, ACTUALLY. NOPE, IT'S NOT IN HERE. I KNOW WE SENT IT. I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IT. TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER, PLEASE. MAKE SURE THAT GETS CORRECTED. I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT FOR HER. ALSO, JASON, A PROUD MOMENT HAPPENED TODAY. I WENT OVER TO BATES PARK. THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE FULL, AND THEY'RE ALL BEING UTILIZED. AND IT TOOK A CITIZEN POSTING ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY'RE HERE AND TAKING IT HIS OWN INITIATIVE AND CREATING HIS OWN LITTLE GROUP, AND PEOPLE SHOWED UP. SO IRONIC THING THERE IS THAT THAT HAPPENED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ROAD GOT COMPLETED. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO WE GOT CONFIRMATION FROM STUART THAT THE ROAD WAS COMPLETED AND THEY WERE TRULY OUT THERE THE NEXT DAY. SO THEY BEAT US TO THE PUNCH OF ADVERTISING IT. BUT WE DO HAVE PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT IT AND GET SOME PICTURES OUT THERE SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE WHICH THEY'RE ALREADY AWARE OF. AND YES, THEY'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED THEIR OWN TIME OUT THERE TO UTILIZE IT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH I ACTUALLY PLAYED AROUND TODAY WITH THEM. AWESOME. THEY THEY WERE ALL EXCITED. THEY HAD A GREAT TIME. YEAH. THEY'RE ALREADY PUTTING A SCHEDULE TOGETHER OF THAT. PICKLEBALL. I WAS DRESSED JUST LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW PLAYING PICKLEBALL. SO YEAH, EVEN MORE THE REASON, YOU KNOW, IF I'D HAVE KNOWN THIS, I'D HAVE SWUNG BY AND HELPED YOU OUT WITH THAT. NO. WE'RE GOOD. I DON'T NEED THE LIMELIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS. IT WAS GREAT. I'M. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THEY'RE UTILIZED. NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR LIGHTS. OF COURSE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY WHEN I ADDED IT TO FACEBOOK OR NOT TO FACEBOOK, TO GOOGLE MAPS, I PUT THE TIMES IS 8 TO 7 BECAUSE DAYLIGHT? YES, THE PARK'S OPEN, BUT NO LIGHTS. SO TRULY JUST HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I WASN'T SEEING THINGS. WE HAVE A HE SENT ME A PICTURE AND I SAID, YEAH, YOU CAUGHT HIM ON A GOOD DAY BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE PERSON THERE PLAYING AND NOW THERE'S LIKE A WHOLE GROUP PLAYING. YES. WELL, THE ROAD HAD A LITTLE HURDLE THERE THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE IT UTILIZED AS WELL. SO YEAH, I WAS TELLING HIM I SAW PEOPLE OVER THERE PLAYING. HE WAS LIKE, STOP IT, YOU GOT A TRICK. WE WERE OVER THERE RECENTLY AND THERE WAS PEOPLE ON THE COURT, [02:30:03] BUT THEY WEREN'T PLAYING BASKETBALL, SO I COULDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T PICKLEBALL. SO. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND HOW'S THE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR REC CENTER POOL REAL QUICK, PLEASE. YEAH. SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. PLAY NOOK IS INSTALLED. YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THAT IN YOUR YOUR PACKET. SO SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. WE ARE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO SOME OF THE RENOVATION WORK ON THE LARGE SLIDE GETTING THAT REPAINTED, ADDRESSING SOME THE ROUGH SPOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. WE'LL WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO GETTING THE PLASTER PUT IN AND PAINTING. SO THOSE ONES YOU APPROVED TONIGHT? I WILL POINT OUT, THOUGH, WE ARE A TBD AT THE MOMENT. WE DID RUN INTO A SMALL HURDLE AT THIS TIME REGARDING ADA ACCESSIBILITY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO RECTIFY THAT AND WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. BUT THE DECKING IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN ADDRESS THAT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS ADA COMPLIANT. SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO GET THAT RESOLVED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. BUT UNTIL I KNOW THAT COMPONENT, I WON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE AS FAR AS WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE FINISHED. ALL THE REST OF THEM CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, THOUGH. THE DECKING REALLY WAS THE LAST COMPONENT ANYWAYS. BUT THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE ADDRESS BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN WHAT THE INITIAL REPORT HAD AND WHAT WORK NEEDS TO GET DONE TO GET US INTO COMPLIANCE. SO SO WE'RE MOVING ALONG. BUT AS WITH EVERY PROJECT, THERE'S COMES HURDLES, SO WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY KNOW MORE SOON. GOOD. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THOUGH. THE DUST HAS SETTLED. IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE. THE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, LIKE THEY WERE WONDERING WHY SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING. IT WASN'T SMOKE. THEY WERE TEARING OUT THAT DECK AND IT CAUSED DUST EVERYWHERE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS THERE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR JASON? I'M GONNA PUT TWO PLUGS IN. WE HAVE DADDY DAUGHTER OR A DATE NIGHT COMING UP. THAT IS ON FEBRUARY 21ST, SO REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN. SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT'S STILL IS INTERESTED IN THAT TO GO REGISTER. THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE REC CENTER. AND THEN QUICK UPDATE. TRAVIS, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME. WE ARE ANTICIPATING A INSTALLATION IN APRIL FOR THE NEW PLAYGROUND AT FREEDOM PARK. SO THAT IS THE CURRENT GOAL. APRIL. APRIL. WE. THE ONLY COMPONENT WE'RE WAITING ON IS THE LARGE TOWER THAT WE SECURED. AND SO THAT WAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND SO UNTIL WE GET A FIRM DATE ON THAT ONE. BUT THE UPDATE THEY GAVE ME WAS THEY ANTICIPATE TO HOPEFULLY START INSTALLATION IN APRIL. WE WOULD START THE DEMOLITION PRIOR TO THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY THE INSTALLATION WILL BEGIN IN APRIL. SO HOW LONG WILL INSTALLATION TAKE? IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS. DEMOLITION IS THE OTHER SIDE OF IT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT INTERNALLY. NOT TO SAY IT WILL TAKE TOO LONG. DEMOLITION IS TYPICALLY A LITTLE BIT EASIER BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT ANYTHING WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. YOU'RE JUST CUTTING IT OUT AND GETTING RID OF IT. SO WE COULD BE LOOKING AT ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS FULL CLOSURE. BUT ONCE YOU GET THE FINISHED PRODUCT, IT'LL BE WELL WORTH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SUSIE, CAN YOU COME UP? HEY, DON'T LOOK AT ME. IT WASN'T MY IDEA. IS YOU. UTILITY BUILDING. OH, YES. UTILITY BILLING. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE? UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW UPDATES BECAUSE OF THE THIRD PARTY. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE PROBLEM. AND UNFORTUNATELY, ALL OUR CITIZENS CANNOT DO ONLINE PAYMENTS. AND THAT DOES NOT ONLY AFFECT OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT, IT ALSO AFFECTS THE COURT ONLINE PAYMENTS AND ALSO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT DO THE CONTRACTORS THAT DO MGO. IT'S WORKING WITH THEM AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. AND UNTIL THEY GET THAT FIXED, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING INTERNALLY. WE DO GO EVERY, EVERY MORNING TO ENCODE AND SEE WHO HAS SCHEDULED THEIR PAYMENTS TO BE PAID THAT PARTICULAR DAY. WE DOWNLOAD WHO THE CUSTOMERS ARE AND TRY TO CONTACT THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE GOING THROUGH, WORKING WITH THEM WITH LATE FEES AND DISCONNECTIONS. SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT GET CHARGED A LATE FEE OR DISCONNECT FEES. [02:35:04] AND WE CAN TELL IF YOU DID GO TO TRY TO MAKE A PAYMENT BECAUSE IT DOES SAY DENIED. WE'RE ALSO KEEPING UP WITH THE WITH THE LOSSES SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN TRY TO RECOVER FROM THAT THIRD PARTY VENDOR. THERE ALSO IT IS LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE. SO ALL THAT'S IN THE WORKS. UNFORTUNATELY, JASON IS SICK THIS WEEK, BUT BRANDON AND CRAIG ARE TAKING CARE OF STUFF AND YOU CAN MAKE A PAYMENT IN PERSON. YES, YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN MAKE A PAYMENT AT THE DRIVE. THE DROP OFF. YES, YOU CAN DROP IT OFF. WE WILL EVEN TAKE PAYMENTS OVER THE PHONE. WE NORMALLY DO NOT TAKE CREDIT CARDS OVER THE PHONE, BUT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND YOU CAN CALL IT IN, COME BY OR DROP IT IN THE NIGHT. AND IF YOU HAVE AUTOMATIC BANK DRAFT ONLY NOW THAT IS DIFFERENT. THE ACH BANK DRAFTS WE DO OURSELVES AND THAT IS NOT HINDERED AT ALL. OKAY I DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT FROM A CITIZEN ABOUT THE FREEZE AND GETTING CHARGED A LATE FEE THAT DAY OF THE FREEZE. SINCE IT WAS THAT MONDAY, THE PAYMENTS WERE I. I HELD BACK ON CHARGING THEM THAT MONDAY. WE DID NOT POST LATE CHARGES TILL THAT WEDNESDAY BECAUSE MAIL DID NOT RUN THAT MONDAY EITHER. SO WE WAITED TILL THE MAIL TO RUN TUESDAY. WE DID NOT POST LATE CHARGES TILL WEDNESDAY, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ON THAT MONDAY. SO IF OUR RESPOND TO THE CITIZEN, I DID CHECK THE CUSTOMER WHO DID WRITE THAT LETTER. HE WAS NOT CHARGED TO LATE CHARGE. RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK HE'S BEEN DOING. GREAT. I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT. LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHO SAID THIS. SO ANYTHING ELSE AT THE MOMENT OF FINANCE IS WORKING. STILL ON THE AUDIT? HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD FINISH OR GET A DRAFT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. VERY GOOD. AND MID-YEAR COMING UP PRETTY SOON. MID-YEARS COMING UP PRETTY SOON. HOW ARE WE LOOKING FINANCIALLY? WE ARE LOOKING GOOD FINANCIALLY. MID-YEAR WILL BE AT THE END OF MARCH. OF COURSE WE WILL NOT DO MID-YEAR REVIEWS TILL APRIL. YOU WILL GET FINANCIALS IN NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. GREAT. A LOT OF SAVINGS. A LOT OF MOVING BUDGETS AROUND. IT'S OKAY TO SAY SAVINGS. IT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR SUSIE? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ANYONE ELSE? WELL, HEARING NONE, I'LL GO TO COMMUNICATIONS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL. [COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL ] JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF GETTING US WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE THROUGH THE FREEZE, ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING ALONG. SOME OF THEM ARE MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES ALL OF US. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S FORTHCOMING AND ANSWERING THE PHONE AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. ANYBODY ELSE? MARKET DAYS AD 20TH, 21ST AND 22ND. YEAH. 2021. THE THIRD WEEK IN MARCH. OKAY. THIRD WEEK IN MARCH. MARKET DAYS. IS THERE IS IT ARE WE PERMITTED OR HAS IT BEEN OPEN FOR BIDDING ON ABIGAIL? IS IT REOPENED? YES. BIDS ARE DUE BACK NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 3:00. 03:00? YES. THERE ARE TWO CURRENT BID OPENINGS. AT THE MOMENT ARE TWO PUBLICATIONS. THE JANITORIAL RFP IS OUT AS WELL. AND THAT WAS AT 2:00 IN THE SPL. WILL BE AT 3:00. SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. THE ABIGAIL IS AT 3:00 NEXT WEDNESDAY. BID OPENING IS AT 3 P.M. NEXT WEDNESDAY. NOT 330, NOT 305. 03:00 IS THE DEADLINE. YES, THERE WAS MORE THAN TWO THIS TIME THAT WERE IN A PRE-BID MEETING. I'LL BE CALLING AT 305 TO FIND OUT. FULL DISCLOSURE THERE WAS A BID THAT CAME IN 30 MINUTES LATE FOR THE FREEDOM PARK FIELD. IT WAS VERY SAD TO SEE, BUT NEVER CAN'T RELY ON FEDEX. THOSE ARE THE RULES. ONE THING I DID WANT IS NEXT. [02:40:04] WELL, IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, IN THE MEETING. DESIREE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRITE THIS ONE DOWN, IS I WANT TO SEE THE STREET PROJECTS AND HOW TO FUND THEM USING THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. EITHER WE CREATE OUR OWN STREET DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE KNOW HOW MUCH? RIGHT? YEP. THE OTHER OPTION IS GO OUT FOR A DEBT SERVICE. THE OTHER OPTION IS GET MORE OVERLAYS DONE FROM THE COUNTY. AND THEN. YOU WANT TO DO IT. NUMBER FOUR BEING GO OUT FOR AMENDMENT TO THE ABLC AND TO THE VOTERS TO MOVE THE ABLC FUND BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. I VOTE FOR OPTION THREE. HONESTLY, RIGHT NOW I THINK WE CAN GET A LOT DONE WITH THE COUNTY. WE CAN GET IT WORKED OUT. MAYBE NOT. MAYBE A COMBINATION OF THREE AND TWO. THE ONE THING HANGING OVER OUR HEADS RIGHT NOW ARE THE STREETS. CHIEF, IF YOU COULD GET WITH OTIS AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THE SUP DETAILS TO US TO MAYBE DECIDE DEFINE WHAT MINOR CHANGE IS. ACTUALLY DEFINE WHAT MAJOR CHANGE IS, ACTUALLY, AND MAYBE EVEN CHANGE IT TO WHERE MAJOR CHANGES HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL FOR SUP. I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM TODAY AND HE SAID THAT ANY SUP THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, YOU CAN ADD WHATEVER RESTRICTIONS YOU WANT. NO CHANGES FOR THIS SUP UNTIL IT COMES TO COUNCIL. OR YOU CAN MAKE MINOR CHANGES, BUT IT'S UP TO COUNCIL ON EACH INDIVIDUAL SUP. SO IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, THANK YOU. AM I RIGHT, SCOTT? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT YOUR SPECIFIC ORDINANCE OR YOUR CHARTER ON THAT, ON HOW YOU GUYS DEAL WITH SUBS. BUT AS FAR AS THE GENERAL LAW. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND THAT WAS MY THING BECAUSE IN OUR ORDINANCES IT DOES SPECIFY THAT SUPS CAN BE CHANGED. MINOR CHANGED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND MAJOR CHANGES BY THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE AS HE SEES OR SHE SEES FIT TO DO IT THEMSELVES OR BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. SO I'D HAVE I'LL HAVE TO LOOK UP YOUR SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON THAT. EVERY CITY DOES IT JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. YEAH. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? GOT ANYTHING? GOOD, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL ADJOURN AT 843 AND 52 SECONDS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.