[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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WE HAVE A FULL QUORUM PRESENT TONIGHT. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE PACKED AUDIENCE TONIGHT.I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION.
IT WILL BE DELIVERED BY CHRIS MEYER FROM CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
LET'S PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE COME BEFORE YOU, LORD, GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A COUNTRY, LORD, THAT IS FREE AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXERCISE OUR FREEDOMS LORD HERE.
SO I JUST ASK, DEAR LORD JESUS, THAT YOU WOULD BE PRESENT HERE AS CASES AND CONCERNS ARE REPRESENTED, LORD, THAT WE WOULD THAT YOU WOULD BE IN THE MIDST OF US.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LORD, FOR TAKING THEIR TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY.
I PRAY, FATHER, FOR BLESSINGS AND PROVISIONS OVER THEIR FAMILIES, LORD.
AND I PRAY, FATHER, FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE SPOKEN THIS EVENING THAT YOU WOULD INTERVENE.
WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE. IT'S IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
BE SEATED. WE HAVE A FORM THAT WE SET A BACKDOOR FOR CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
YOU CAN ADDRESS ANY ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE CAN GIVE YOU A FEW MOMENTS TO GO TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK.
AMANDA, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY? I HAVE NOT. IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT ANY TIME, PLEASE FILL OUT THE CARD AND HAND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU ON THE PODIUM FOR A FEW MINUTES. MOVING ON TO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[1. Presentation of April 2026 Keep Angleton Beautiful Yard of the Month and Business of the Month. ]
ITEM NUMBER ONE PRESENTATION OF APRIL 2026. KEITH ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL YARD OF THE MONTH AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH.JASON. HAVE YOU MISSED US? SURE. SURE. WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO BE BACK. AND WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PROJECTS COMING UP THIS YEAR, BEAUTIFYING. AND WE'VE GOT SOME PINPOINTED, SOME AREAS OF TOWN WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON WITH OUR TASK FORCE.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. IS THIS ON.
OKAY. OKAY. TERESA, OUR NEW FRIEND TERESA LIVES ON CATALPA AND SOMEBODY, A NEIGHBOR NOMINATED HER. OH, AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER. AND SO PATTY AND I WENT OUT THERE AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY WORKING IN HER YARD.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE IT FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL AND THE CITIZENS. ANGLETON, YOUR PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY. EVERYBODY'S GETTING SHY NOW.
OH. COME ON. TRACY. OH! COME ON.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
OUR NEW FRIEND. SHE LIVES OVER BY YOU. JOHN? YES.
OKAY. AND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH. SAINT JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS ON DOWNING. AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THROUGHOUT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WE ARE SO BLESSED IN MISSOURI COUNTY TO HAVE WONDERFUL CHURCHES, WONDERFUL PASTORS, PREACHERS, AND WE ARE REALLY BLESSED AS A COUNTY AND AS A CITY.
SO FOR THAT BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, SAINT JOHN, THE WHOLE CREW COME ON UP.
AND I CAN SAY WHEN I CALLED NANCY THIS MORNING, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, CAN ANYBODY COME AND LOOK HERE? NO, SHE KNOWS. I KNOW SHE'S OUR GO TO GIRL. EVERYBODY'S GO GIRL.
GREAT JOB. HOW'S THAT? PERFECT. YAY YAY 123. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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THAT'S YOUR THAT'S YOURS. THAT'S YOURS. THANK YOU.WE'RE OUT OF HERE. THANK YOU. WE LOST SOME OF THE CROWD, BUT WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW. COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.
[CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL]
I HAVE MR. DANIEL BURKE. IF YOU HAVE A FEW MOMENTS, YOU CAN GO TO THE PODIUM AND TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.KEEP IT PRETTY BRIEF. YES, SIR. FIRST OFF, TALKING ABOUT THE HOT SEAT, ONLY ONE TO DO THAT AND HOW TO GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING TO GET THE PAPERWORK, BUT TO KEEP TO SAVE ALL OF US SOME TIME. I'M GOING TO READ DIRECTLY OFF THIS PHONE.
I WROTE THIS DOWN FOR US. THIS IS FAR OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE.
BASICALLY, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS DANIEL BURT. WE ARE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON.
OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE TO BUILD SOLUTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES, CREATE OPPORTUNITY, AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL VALUE WHERE WE OPERATE.
WE BELIEVE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES DO MORE THAN JUST GROW.
THEY SHOULD BECOME TRUSTED PARTNERS. I'M PRETTY NERVOUS.
OH, GOSH, MAN, THEY SHOULD BECOME TRUSTED LOCAL PARTNERS.
WHAT EXCITES US MOST ABOUT BEING HERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, TO WORK ALONGSIDE LOCAL LEADERS, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE INVOLVED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COME WITH RESPONSIBILITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COUNCIL, AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO ADD THAT SBCC AND MY WIFE IS WITH THE WITH THE GIRLS, WITH SBCC. SAVANNAH, BLAKE AND CATHERINE, THAT'S OUR THREE DAUGHTERS AT HOME.
SO SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE. BUT MORGAN BROOKS, MY WIFE, AND THAT'S ALL OF SBCC.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
COUNCIL GOING TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 24TH, 2026.
ITEM NUMBER THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A REQUEST SUBMITTED BY ELLEN EBY ON BEHALF OF PEACH STREET FARMERS MARKET TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO CLOSE THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST PEACH STREET BETWEEN ARCOLA AND SHENANGO ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 5TH, 2026 AND JUNE 6TH, 2026 FROM 5:30 P.M.
TO 10:30 P.M. FOR THE ANNUAL SINGER SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[4. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on a Variance request of the Angleton LDC, Land Development Code Section 23-5, E 3., for insufficient lot frontage for a Lot Split application, on property located at 1581 County Road 597/1583 Fig Lane, Angleton, Texas in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of Brazoria County.]
ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER FOUR.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON A VARIANCE REQUEST OF THE ANGLETON LDC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 20 3-5E3 FOR INSUFFICIENT LOT FRONTAGE FOR A LOT. SPLIT APPLICATION ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1581 COUNTY ROAD 597 1583 FIG LANE, ANGLETON, TEXAS, IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF MISSOURI COUNTY.
THIS ITEM ORIGINALLY CAME IN AS A VARIANCE BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE LEGAL WE ACTUALLY HAD TO REVERT IT. THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ON TO COUNCIL.
ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THIS FAMILY IS DOING IS SPLITTING OFF A PROPERTY THAT HAS TWO HOMES ON IT.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SHARE THE TWO LOTS WITH THE TWO SIBLINGS.
AND THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE OWNER WHO IS HERE WITH ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS.
THEY HAVE NO WISH TO SELL THESE LOTS. IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL REMAIN IN THE FAMILY.
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PROPERTIES. THIS IS ETJ PROPERTY. OTHER THAN THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THAT.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND.
MOTION AND SECOND, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION. CLOSE. PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? FOR THE RESIDENCES THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY ARE.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL BUILDING. IT'S YOU.
IT'S IT'S AS IT IS WITH THE. THERE. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO DWELLINGS ON IT AND YOU'RE BASICALLY SPLITTING IT IN HALF, RIGHT? YES. AND THE RESULTING FRONTAGE ON THE FLAG LINE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 30FT OR SO.
THE DRIVEWAY IS ACTUALLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FRONT HOME.
AND IT WILL REMAIN AS SUCH. SO IT WOULD MAKE THE LOTS LEGAL ONCE THE VARIANCE IS GRANTED.
COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE BASED ON THE EXISTING DWELLING.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH FOR APPROVAL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YOU DID SAY THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UNANIMOUSLY.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[5. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and possible action on consideration of a substandard structure determination order for removal at 708-718 North Velasco Street, Highway 288-Business, within the City of Angleton, Texas. ]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CONSIDERATION OF A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE.DETERMINATION. ORDER FOR REMOVAL AT 708 TO 718 NORTH OF ALASKA STREET, HIGHWAY 38.
BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR PROCESS TO DEAL WITH THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN DETERMINED AT 7087 18 NORTH VELASCO, IN WHICH MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE APARTMENT STRUCTURE, WHICH HAS BEEN THERE IN THIS CONDITION FOR QUITE SOME TIME PRIOR TO MY COMING HERE. BUT WE'VE BEEN SERVING THIS PROPERTY OVER THE PERIOD OF THE LAST FEW YEARS CONTACTING THE OWNERSHIP, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE BUILDING NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE WITH OUR CURRENT PROCESS AND WHICH I DO HAVE SOME COPIES, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO, OF COURSE, EXHAUST THE EFFORTS TO GET THE VIOLATIONS CORRECTED WITH NO RESULT. WE SERVED THEM THIS LAST TIME IT WAS SIGNED AS A GREEN CARD.
IN TERMS OF THE OWNERSHIP AND THEN WE SET THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED AS A SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE FOR CONDEMNATION, THE ORDER WILL BE PREPARED PER THE COUNCIL, WHICH WE'RE READY TO DO.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK THERE'S A REPRESENTATION FROM THE OWNERSHIP, WHICH COULD BASICALLY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED PER THE HOUSING MAINTENANCE CODE, AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING CODES.
FOR THE STRUCTURE, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HERE AS WELL AS KYLE WHO IS SUPERVISOR OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT IN WHICH HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
THE ORDER PER THE PROCEDURES WOULD ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER 30 DAYS TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE CONCERNS OF THE PROPERTY FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE. COUNCIL HAS THE LIBERTY TO GRANT THEM NO MORE THAN 90 DAYS TO DO THOSE CORRECTIONS.
WILL BE BACK. THANK YOU. MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
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OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR POSITION. GO AHEAD.MY NAME IS KEITH JACKSON MANAGEMENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT MANAGES THIS PROPERTY.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS.
I KNOW THAT THE OWNERSHIP IS. THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED ON MLS FOR SALE.
I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY WORKING WITH A BUYER BROKER THAT HAS SEVERAL INVESTORS INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY, AND WE'RE WORKING TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, SELL THIS PROPERTY SO IT CAN BE AN ASSET TO THE CITY.
ANGLETON NOT A HINDRANCE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
WE'RE IN A PUBLIC HEARING. SO ONCE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL HAVE YOU UP AND ASK THESE QUESTIONS. ANYONE ELSE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE NOW AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE PODIUM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YES, SIR.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE GROUP TONIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO ASK WHAT'S BEEN THE HOLD UP? WHAT'S TAKEN? IT'S THIS IS YEARS AND YEARS OF NEGLECT. THE WE HAVE CONCENTRATED OUR EFFORTS IN OTHER HOMES THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR MANAGEMENT IN ANGLETON. I LOOKED UP THE NUMBERS.
SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED.
THEY'VE ALSO BUILT A SUBDIVISION ON THE SHANNON AND TRACY LOTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF THOSE HOUSES.
AND WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT YET. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.
I THINK I LOOKED UP THE TOTAL EXPENSE IN ANGLETON SPENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS LIKE $5.3 MILLION.
I GUESS THE ISSUE I HAVE THERE IS HOW MUCH OF THAT 5.3 MILLION IS IN.
SEEMS LIKE THE MONEY SHOULD BE THE OTHER WAY INTO THE ONES THAT ARE FALLING APART THE MOST.
WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVEN'T STARTED WITH THE BEST.
AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SITTING THERE SAYING, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS MUCH TO DO THIS ONE AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS MUCH TO DO THIS ONE. AND WE SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE BETTER WAY TO GO AT THIS TIME.
AND WE JUST PRIORITIZE THEM BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE.
NOT SAYING THAT THE NEW HOUSING WAS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE.
THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. YOU KNOW, ON OUR ON OUR WORK.
SO BUT WE'VE RENOVATED HOUSES ON SAN FELIPE AND WIMBERLEY.
THAT THAT WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE. THEY OWNED SEVERAL HOUSES OVER THERE. I MEAN, TO ME IT'S YOUR BUSINESS MODEL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND TELL YOU HOW TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS. BUT TO ME, IT'S NOT QUALITY OR QUANTITY. IT'S QUALITY. AND I MEAN, YOU KEEP ADDING MORE AND MORE HOUSES, BUT KEEP GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND ON SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES.
DO YOU AGREE THAT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD REALLY GO TO THE GO DOWN TO THE GROUND? I'VE I'VE WENT IN THE PROPERTY IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS SEVERAL TIMES.
IT IS SALVAGEABLE PROPERTY. IT'S NOT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A A VERY MOTIVATED PERSON TO BRING IT UP TO A STANDARD BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO REWIRE IT, REPLUMB IT ALL NEW.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR RENOVATION TO KEEP THE PROPERTY AS IT STANDS TODAY.
YES. THAT'S A YES OR THAT'S A NO. A NO TO WHAT QUESTION DO YOU AGREE THAT IT SHOULD GO DOWN TO THE GROUND? NO.
I SAY IT'S SALVAGEABLE. DO YOU HAVE A MOTIVATED BUYER? WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS I'VE TALKED TO THE BROKER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT AT THIS? I DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT AT THIS TIME.
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AND I KNOW THAT THE THAT THE OWNERSHIP WAS ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME TO LIKE I SAID, IT'S LISTED ON MLS. WE'VE GOT A WE HAD A REAL ESTATE AGENT THERE YESTERDAY, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO IMPROVE IT RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD OF.PUSHING IT A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S A BLIGHT ON THIS CITY AND HAS BEEN FOR DECADES.
A BLOCK AWAY FROM COURTHOUSE THAT JUST GOT COMPLETELY RENOVATED.
AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN THIS TOWN.
LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES. THIS HAS BEEN A BLIGHT FOR DECADES.
BUT I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN A WHOLE LOT TO, TO RAISE THIS OR JUST DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE A PROFITABLE ITEM WITHIN WITHIN A PORTFOLIO AND TO MOVE ON FROM IT.
YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE CITIZENRY OF THIS TOWN TO KEEP UP THESE PROPERTIES.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, CORRECT? EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR.
SO TO ME, THE THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THESE OTHER PROPERTIES FOR PROFITS AND MATERIAL.
AND HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU OWNED THIS PROPERTY? I DO NOT KNOW.
THE WHEN THEY PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY. SO MORE YEARS THAN YOU.
MORE YEARS THAN I'VE BEEN THERE. 2007. YEAH. THANK YOU.
ALMOST 20 YEARS. AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT IN 20 YEARS? NO IT'S NOT. IT WAS OCCUPIED UP UNTIL ABOUT. MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS OCCUPIED? DO WE KNOW? OH. LEGALLY OCCUPIED? YEAH. LEGALLY OCCUPIED.
YEAH, I CAN LOOK IT UP. AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO LOOK IT UP NOW.
BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN. I WENT TO WORK THERE IN 2018 AND IT WAS TENANTS THERE IN 2018.
UTILITY DEPARTMENT RECORDS SHOW THE UTILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN SERVICED SINCE 2017.
AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, IT WAS IT WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE BEING FAIR AND HONEST. YEAH.
I'M NOT ARGUING THE FACT THAT LOOKS LIKE I SAW THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
GOD BLESS THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE MAKING, I'M SURE, THE BEST THEY COULD AND THAT'S THE BEST THEY COULD AFFORD. SO I'M NOT CRITICAL. BUT IT WASN'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EFFORT WAS BEING MADE TO, TO MAINTAIN A.
JUST TO MAINTAIN THE PLACE SO. WELL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE TODAY.
CORRECT? YEAH. AND SO YOU COULD SEE OUR CONCERN, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT BECOMES HOLLOW, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET THEIR PROPERTIES UP TO CODE.
BUT WE FEEL LIKE IN THIS CASE AND YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN THIS, THERE'S A FEW OTHERS TOO.
AND I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT LAKE JACKSON MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF OUR OFFENDERS.
ALL. HOW MANY OPEN CITATIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH LAKE JACKSON? THERE'S ONLY A FEW RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE PRIMARY ONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER FEW YOU HAVE BECAUSE I AM NOT.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I'M THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS FOR THE MOST.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PART. I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY OTHER ACTIVE CITATIONS AT THIS TIME.
ONE OF YOU TWO WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? IT'S COLOR CODED.
CAN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? WE DON'T HAVE THE I MEAN THAT EXACT INFORMATION WITH US AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE WOULD BE GLAD TO GET THAT FOR YOU. HOW MANY WERE YOU UP TO LAST YEAR WITH ON BUILDINGS ONLY
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OR ALL ANYTHING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? I'M GOING TO LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT, PAUL, BECAUSE HE'S APPROXIMATELY EIGHT. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT LIST.WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT LIST BECAUSE WE WANT THESE PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW? AND YOU KNOW, NOT TO TAKE AWAY, LIKE Y'ALL SAID, WITH THESE APARTMENTS.
I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD LOTS OF EXCUSES ARE GOING TO DO OR NOT DO OR, YOU KNOW, SO, I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE TO FINALLY, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE A LOT OF TIME TO TRY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WANT SOMEBODY TO FIX SOMETHING UP OR IMPROVE IT, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING AT ALL. AND IT'S JUST WE'VE BEEN IN IT. THEY'VE LET US IN IT PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
GOT PICTURES, GOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ORIGINAL.
IT'S IT'S JUST. WOOD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN REHAB ANYTHING IF YOU THROW ENOUGH AT IT, BUT.
AND IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET WORSE, AS Y'ALL SEE.
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, WHAT IS THE COMPANY'S POSITION? WHAT ARE YOU ASKING US FOR? ANYTHING. I. 120 DAYS TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
NO, I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION AS FAR AS HOW MANY DAYS YOU CAN GIVE THEM.
AND I THINK OTIS HAS THAT. OR GRADY DOES. 90, 90 DAYS.
THEN THEY HAVE TO. IF IT GOES OVER 90, IT HAS.
THEY HAVE TO SEND A PLAN WITH GUIDEPOST AND MILE MARKERS ON WHAT HAPPENS.
WE HAVE WE HAVE SIX PAGES OF DUE PROCESS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
OUR POSITION. WE WANT TO SEE THE BUILDINGS TORN DOWN.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM TRY TO SOMEONE TRY TO REHAB THEM BECAUSE.
WE'RE SO FAR GONE ON THIS ROAD. IF THIS HAS HAPPENED, 2018, MAYBE.
BUT AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, IT'S NICE HERE. AND I SAT HERE ON THIS COUNCIL BEFORE WHERE WE HAD SOMEBODY TRYING TO REHAB AN APARTMENT, AND THE GUY WAS LITERALLY OUT THERE REMOVING BRICK BY BRICK BY BRICK BY HAND, TRYING TO DO IT HIMSELF.
AND IT JUST KEPT THE CLOCK ROLLING. THAT'S WE'RE PAST THAT POINT.
I'M OKAY WITH YOU TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL HAS TO HAPPEN HERE.
IT HAS TO COME DOWN. UNDERSTAND? IT'S NOT US.
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A DIRECTIVE FROM THE ELECTORATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THE CITY UP.
AND THIS IS PART OF IT. THIS IS ON THE MAIN ROAD.
I UNDERSTAND EVERY JUROR, EVERYBODY THAT WORKS AT THE COUNTY COMES AND GOES FROM THERE.
THERE ARE LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE TRYING VERY, VERY HARD TO MAKE A PROFIT.
AND THIS I SAW THIS BLIGHT ON THE CITY HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REALLY DIVE INTO OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH, TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE TAXPAYER ITSELF AND HAVE MORE OF A TOWN THAT IS DRIVEN RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN IT UP AND THAT THAT THAT BEING ON THE MAIN ROAD TO THIS TOWN IS A HUGE, HUGE THORN IN ITS SIDE. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC. I THINK YOU'RE GETTING THE. AND THE POSITION SEEMS PRETTY UNANIMOUS THAT.
EXCUSE ME. YOU STILL GOT TO COME DOWN. I MEAN, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE KNOWN.
AND YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU. THAT'S THE CONCERN IS IF WE JUST KICK THE CAN TO ANOTHER BUYER.
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IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ENFORCE? YES. JUST TELL ME HOW MUCH TIME YOU WANT TO GIVE, AND WE'LL DO AN ORDER THAT SAYS, IF YOU DON'T DO IT BY THIS DATE, IT'S COMING DOWN.DONE WITH THE PLAN. I'M OKAY WITH GIVING THEM 90 DAYS AS LONG AS THE BUILDING COMES DOWN.
SO YOU'RE SAYING REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS OF THE IF WE HAVE A PERSON THAT'S INTERESTED IN REVAMPING THAT BUILDING, YOU'RE SAYING REGARDLESS OF THAT FACT, YOU'RE WANTING THE BUILDING DOWN.
CORRECT. THERE WAS A TIME TO DO THIS, AND IT WAS WAY BEFORE.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE I'M CLEAR ON. AND KYLE'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW, HE'S OUR EYES.
WE HAVE TO TRUST HIM. HE'S BEEN OUT THERE AND BEEN TOGETHER FOR A WHILE, SO.
LIKE I SAID, WE NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THIS ONE. THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHERE I LIKE TO SEE THIS KIND OF STUFF.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THEM. I'M JUST GOING TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST.
BUT I'M ALSO THE SAME MINDSET THAT THEY'VE GOT TO COME DOWN.
I THINK I WAS PRETTY CHEAP. DID YOU? THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR TOO.
DOCTOR GRADY IN CONVERSATION. CORRECT? NO, SIR.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. WAS ASKING TO HAVE TIME FOR A BUYER.
HE WANTED FOUR MONTHS TO THEN TALK WITH GREAT WITH OTIS.
AND THE LAW APPARENTLY ONLY GIVES THEM 90 DAYS.
SO. IF YOU DO AN ORDER NOW AND YOU SAY 90 DAYS AND IT'S COMING DOWN IF THEY CAN CLOSE THE DEAL IN UNDER 90 DAYS, AND I DOUBT THAT HAPPENS.
BUT IF THEY CAN CLOSE THE DEAL, THE NEW OWNER CAN COME IN HERE AND ASK FOR MERCY.
ANYBODY WHO WOULD BUY THE PROPERTY WOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE, WOULD BE ABLE WOULD BE CLEARED TO CLOSE QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY WOULD BRING CASH TO THE TABLE. NOBODY'S GOING TO LEND ON THAT. OH, RIGHT.
YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. GREAT. I MEAN, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST BEING HONEST HERE.
WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE A CASH BUYER. CORRECT. IF WE WERE TO PROCEED WITH THAT AND THE NEW BUYER APPROACH US AND ASK FOR LENIENCY OR PLAN, WHAT COULD WE WHAT RESTRICTIONS COULD WE PUT ON THAT? ANOTHER JUST LIKE YOU WOULD IF THE NEW OWNER WAS STANDING HERE TODAY.
YOU GOT X AMOUNT OF TIME. YOU HAVE TO SHOW US.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE US THE PLAN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE IT FOR YOU.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT, WHATEVER THE MILE MARKERS ARE YOU WANT.
BUT YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS IT HAS TO BE. ROOF HAS TO BE CLEARED.
PULLING STUFF OUT OF THE AIR. 60 DAYS ELECTRICAL, 90 DAYS PLUMBING.
NONE OF THAT HAPPENS. HE BOUGHT LAND. HE DIDN'T BUY A BUILDING.
HE MAY WANT US TO. TO SPEND THE MONEY TO TEAR IT DOWN.
BUT WE WOULD PUT A LIEN ON IT. SO. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ZONING.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT ZONING? THAT ONE IS C G. IT IS C G.
YES. RIGHT. YES. SO IT'S GRANDFATHERED. YEAH.
IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES COMMERCIAL ONE SIDE. YES, THAT'D BE PRETTY WIDE OPEN FOR, YOU KNOW, OFFICE OR. AND THAT WAS ONE THING WE HAD LOOKED INTO WAS PUTTING IN AN OFFICE COMPLEX THERE.
AND IT WAS THE VERY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, THE SETBACKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM THE MAIN ROAD.
AND IT WAS JUST GOING TO SHRINK THAT TO A VERY SMALL COMPLEX, VERY.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND ASK FOR.
CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS PRETTY OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT WE WOULD LOVE FOR SOMETHING OF VALUE TO JOIN US.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT TAKES A MODIFICATION TO OUR ZONING FOR SETBACKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION. BUT TO ME, WE'RE JUST GETTING SO FAR AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING. LET'S JUST SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENS.
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I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM GET 90 DAYS AND IT COMES DOWN.BUT THAT'S THAT'S MY POSITION.
YES. SETBACKS. THAT IS TECHSTUFF PROPERTY ALONG THAT HIGHWAY.
WE STILL MODIFY SETBACKS. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TEXTILE ON THAT.
IT'LL GO THROUGH THEM JUST LIKE THEY'RE DOING.
NO, IT'S SNOW CONES IS GOING TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING.
WE MET WITH THEY'RE HAVING TO DO THE SAME THING WITH TECH STOCK, BUT THEY'RE REALLY RECEPTIVE TO THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE FRONT PARKING KIND OF ON THE HIGH OFF THE HIGHWAY. SO IT'S JUST IT GOES THROUGH TEXDOT, BUT THEY SEEM LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY RECEPTIVE TO IT.
AND SO, YES, THERE IS POSSIBILITIES HERE. CAN I ASK YOU, WHAT ABOUT THE MASSAGE? THAT'S THAT'S STRICTLY THE CITY, RIGHT? YES. AND I WANT YOU TO CORRECT THE ZONING IS ACTUALLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S SURROUNDED BY ALL COMMERCIAL. THAT'S WHAT I SUSPECTED.
SO IT STILL DOESN'T CHANGE MY OPINION. I STILL FEEL LIKE WE'RE.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO REZONE BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S SURROUNDED ACROSS THE STREET.
YEAH. AND DOWN AND IT'S ALL CG, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REZONED BACK ON ASH.
CORRECT. THAT'S MY CONCERN. IT DON'T HAVE TO BE.
AND BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BUILDING DID HAVE GET AN ESTIMATE JUST SO WE WOULD HAVE AN IDEA FROM A CONTRACTOR WE'VE USED WITH THE SLAB GONE, YOU'RE LOOKING TWEEN.
4142. COUNCIL ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE THEM 90 DAYS CONDITION ON THE PROPERTY BEING.
RAISED, I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT. SO YOU DECLARE IT SUBSTANDARD? CORRECT. AND THAT THE ORDER BE DRAFTED AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.
CORRECT. ALL THE ABOVE. SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. SARTIN. ALSO, I WANT TO BE FAIR TO LAKE JACKSON MANAGEMENT AND SAY YOU HAVE 90 DAYS ACCORDING TO THE MOTION. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THOSE OPEN ITEMS. AND MR. PAUL WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL GET A COPY OF ALL THOSE.
YOU GET THOSE TOO. SO THAT AMONG OTHER PROPERTIES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS ALL PROPERTIES GET BROUGHT UP TO CODE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT IN ANGLETON.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND ORDINANCES.
SO. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. I. I ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS A 90 DAY. OKAY.
READY? OKAY. 90 DAYS FROM THE DAY THE ORDER SIGNED.
IT WON'T BE SIGNED TODAY. OKAY. AND WHEN WE GET A COPY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO SEND YOU A COPY.
OKAY, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE DEATH PENALTY.
[6. Discussion and possible action on using surplus funds from Engine 2 towards a new tanker and surplus funds from old Brush 3 towards a new utility truck for the Angleton Fire Department.]
THREE TOWARDS A NEW TRUCK. UTILITY TRUCK ANGLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT.IF IT'S ALLOWED, CAN WE TAKE OFF THAT LAST PART OF THAT SENTENCE? IF IT'S NOT, WE CAN CONTINUE. I JUST HAD SOME MISINTERPRETATION OF SOME FUNDS, BUT IT'S OKAY.
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DEALING WITH THE OLD BRUSH THREE WE CAN TAKE ACTION WITHOUT TAKING ACTION SPECIFICALLY ON THAT UTILITY TRUCK.BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE. YES, SIR. AND WE'LL COME BACK FOR IT.
OKAY. SO TO CONTINUE WITH ACTION NUMBER WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF USING SURPLUS FUNDS FROM ENGINE TWO TOWARDS A NEW TANKER. WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE TRADE IN VALUE FOR ENGINE TWO TOWARDS THE NEW TANKER, WHICH IS ALSO AN ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
THAT IS 82,000. HOW MUCH AGAIN? 82.
SO ENGINE TWO IS $82,000 SURPLUS. YES, SIR. TRADING.
TAKE THAT 82 AND YOU APPLY IT TO. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
YES, SIR. NEW TANKER. THE NEW TANKER IS ITEM AGENDA SEVEN. YES, SIR. I'LL MAKE SURE I FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING HERE.
UNDERSTOOD. AND ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE UTILITY TRUCK AT ALL? NO, SIR. WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. COME BACK TO THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? OH, WE'LL PRESENT IT AT THE NEXT AGENDA MEETING.
OKAY? YEAH. NOT TODAY. OKAY. YES, SIR. I BELIEVE YOU.
32,000 LEFT OVER FOUR. OH, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S SURPLUS. IS 82,000, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND HE'S APPLYING. YOU'RE APPLYING THAT TO THE TANKER, RIGHT? YES, SIR. THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A COMMA BEHIND THREE NUMBERS ON THAT ONE.
RIGHT. MR.. FINANCE, I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AMOUNT SAYS 50,000.
SO I'M LIKE, THAT WAS FOR THE UTILITY. OKAY, MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN.
AND I THINK I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ONE. WE'RE GOING ON. YES.
THIS IS THERE'S BEEN AN AUDIBLE CALL I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
SO 80, 80, SOME ODD THOUSAND OUT OF THE FIVE.
[7. Discussion and possible action on approving a proposal with Siddons Martin Emergency Group for a new Angleton Fire Department Tanker in the amount of $1,176,673.62. ]
$0.62. YES, SIR. NOW, THAT PRICE RIGHT THERE IS INCLUDING THE 82,000 FROM THE TRADE IN VALUE FOR TWO.THIS WILL BE WE'LL PUT 582,000 AS A DOWN PAYMENT USING ESG FUNDS, AND THEN IT WOULD BE FINANCED THROUGH THE CITY AND WILL BE PAID USING ESG FUNDS TO THE CITY UNDER THE CITY NAME. WHERE IS SUSIE? SUSIE IS ON A BOAT, PROBABLY ON A WATCHING IT ON THE INTERNET AND GOING.
GREEN. SUSIE GREEN WITH THE MARGARITA. I HAVE.
I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE YET AND THIS REMINDS ME OF WHEN I BOUGHT A TRUCK LAST SUMMER.
SUSIE WAS SENDING IN REINFORCEMENTS. IT'S LOOPY.
IT'S JUST YOU. LOOPY. IT'S JUST ME. IT'S YOU AND I.
THE QUESTION. RIGHT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND IT? ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? FOR FINANCING.
I THINK THIS IS THE SAME TRUCK THAT WE HAVE. $500,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT DOWN.
CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND YOU WANT TO PUT 82,000 ON THAT AS WELL? YES, SIR. SO WE DO HAVE 500,000 TO PUT DOWN ON THE TRUCK.
THAT'S FROM THE SD FUNDS. YES, SIR. YOU'RE COMMITTING THAT ALL THE ESG FUNDS IN THE FUTURE PERIODS WILL BE GOING TO THIS FUND. FUND IT TO COVER THE. YES, SIR. CONTRACT AMOUNT.
THIS HAS BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR THREE YEARS. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR OF THIS.
ESD GAVE US AN OVERAGE. SCOTT, DID YOU TAKE. GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE. AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU GUYS COULD SPEAK ON, ON KIND OF THE PACE PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND, AND WHAT YOU HAVE COMING IN ISD WISE SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND.
YEAH. SO, SO TO GIVE YOU SOME TIMELINE BACK ON MY LAST YEAR AS CHIEF, WE STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD.
ISD WAS GOING TO GIVE US THEY GAVE US AN OVERAGE FOR A DOWN PAYMENT.
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WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD OF FINDING THE TRUCK. WE COULDN'T FIND ANY TRUCKS THAT THEY WANTED 50% DOWN OR MORE.THIS WENT ON TO THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH THEY GAVE US ANOTHER OVERAGE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE 500,000 COMES FROM OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
OKAY. THE 82,000 IS FROM ENGINE TWO. IF Y'ALL REMEMBER ENGINE TWO.
ENGINE TWO IS THE ONE THAT HAD THE BLOWN MOTOR AND WE REPLACED IT.
IT BLEW UP AGAIN AND WE REPLACED IT. AND IT'S BEEN A LIMIT EVER SINCE.
THAT COST US ABOUT 67,000 TO DO THAT. SO THEY'RE GIVING US THE 82,000 TO OFFSET THAT, BASICALLY.
IT'S THE SAME COMPANY. THE SAME COMPANY. I UNDERSTAND.
YEAH. SO WHAT THE SSD HAS AGREED TO IN OUR CONTRACT.
THE SSD HAS AGREED TO FUND THE PAYMENTS OF THIS TRUCK OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
UNTIL THE TRUCK'S PAID FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 1.17.
DO WE HAVE THAT IN WRITING? YES, IT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
THAT'S CORRECT. IT WENT BAD. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S NOW A LIMIT.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT GENTLEMAN NO LONGER.
WELL, GENTLEMAN NO LONGER WORKS FOR THAT COMPANY.
FOUND A NEW OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. AND YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH PURCHASING THIS FROM THEM.
AND THE DEAL THAT THEY'VE WORKED OUT AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE, FOR SURE.
I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD TRUCK. IT'S A REPUTABLE COMPANY.
LIKE I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COMPANY WITH THE THE WHOLE ENGINE ORDEAL? THE COMPANY WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT DEAL. I MEAN, IT WAS KIND OF AN UNDER THE TABLE TYPE DEAL, REALLY. SO THAT WAS THE GENTLEMAN NO LONGER WORKS THERE.
WOW. SO. I THINK I KNOW WHERE THAT WENT. THIS IS IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, THIS IS I MEAN, IT TOOK US ALMOST TWO YEARS TO GET THE TRUCK BACK. WE WENT THROUGH LEGAL. WE WERE. IT WAS IT WAS A MESS.
COUNCIL. HOW LONG WILL WE BE PAYING? YOU SAID THAT.
SO? SO THAT. SO WE WON'T WE WON'T START A LOAN PROCESS FOR TWO YEARS.
RIGHT? IT'S A TWO YEAR DELIVERY. SO WE PUT THE DOWN PAYMENT.
NOW WE'RE TWO YEARS FROM GETTING THIS TRUCK AND SO WE START THE LOAN PROCESS IN THAT TWO YEARS, AND YOU JUST MAKE DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE UNTIL YOU GET THIS NEW.
YES. SO BASICALLY, SO, SO JUST TO FILL YOU IN.
SO WE BUILT THIS STRUCTURE. WE'VE GOT A 2000 GALLON TANK RIGHT NOW.
SD CAME TO US A WHILE BACK AND ASKED, WELL, 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO, ASKED WHAT WE NEEDED.
SO THIS TRUCK'S GOING TO RUN, IT'S GOING TO RUN OUR STREETS, IT'S GOING TO RUN HOUSE FIRES.
IT'S A 3000 GALLON TANK VERSUS A 2000 GALLON TANK.
SO IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US AS WELL. WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU GUYS EXPECT THE TERMS TO BE ON THIS? THE LAST TRUCK WE DID WAS SIX YEARS. SO YOU ALL HAVE IT DONE IN SIX.
WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE YOU OUT OF THE SD FUNDING EVERY YEAR ROUGHLY.
I MEAN, IT'S ENOUGH TO COVER IT WITH MONEY LEFT OVER, RIGHT? YEAH. SO SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY, THEY BASICALLY PUT THE LOAN AMOUNT, THE, THE EXTRA LOAN AMOUNT IN OUR LAST CONTRACT.
SO IT'S GOING TO COVER IT. AND THEN YOU'LL STILL GET THE NORMAL. OKAY.
YEAH, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE DONE THIS.
SEE Y'ALL. Y'ALL ALREADY GOT IT COVERED. THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE SSD THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GROWTH YOU'RE SEEING IN CERTAIN AREAS, ARE YOU SEEING THE SSD SHRINKING OR THE SSD STAYS THE SAME? YOUR COVERAGE AREA OR COVERAGE AREA OR COVERAGE AREA IS GROWING.
AND THEN WE'RE STUCK WITH A TRUCK AND WE'VE WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT.
YEAH. AND IT'S IN THE PAYMENT. THE AGREEMENTS ARE IN THE CONTRACT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE $582,000 AS A DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE CUSTOM SABER FOR TINKER.
SECOND. CAN YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT REMAINING OF THE TINKER? WITH THE REMAINING BALANCE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH EST FUNDING.
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SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.SECOND BY COUNCIL SARTIN. 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.
ALRIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I APPRECIATE THOSE LEGWORK ON THAT, BY THE WAY.
YEAH. APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. NUMBER EIGHT DISCUSSION.
[8. Discussion and possible action to use the 2026 Angleton Fire Department Bond to replace the emergency generator at Station 1. ]
POSSIBLE ACTION TO USE THE 2026 ANGLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT BOND TO REPLACE THE EMERGENCY GENERATOR AT STATION ONE.YES, SIR. WE DO HAVE SOME FUNDS. IT'S ACTUALLY 22 BOND.
CORRECT ME ON THAT. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE THE GENERATOR THERE.
THE GENERATOR THERE IS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 20 YEARS OLD.
IT'S A DIESEL ENGINE. LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS 100KW, BUT IT'S INSIDE OUR BUILDING.
WE'D LIKE TO CONVERT IT TO GAS. THAT WAY IT'S CONTINUOUSLY RUN IF WE EVER NEED IT.
AND IT WOULD BE LOCATED OUTSIDE. AND I SEE THE BUDGET AMOUNT IS 500,000.
SO WE STILL HAVE THE FULL ALLOTTED AMOUNT. WE HAVE NOT TAPPED INTO THAT YET.
ON THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. SO WHERE, WHERE ARE WE ON? WHAT IS THE ACTUAL OUR REMAINING BALANCE BALANCE IS ABOUT 135 OKAY, 135 SO THIS WON'T EAT UP ALL THE BALANCE THEN.
NO, SIR. OKAY. THIS WILL GIVE US PROBABLY ABOUT 95 ROUGHLY.
AND YOU'LL HAVE IDEAS ON HOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO. SPEND THAT LAST 95,000.
WE NEED TO DISCUSS ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THAT'S FINE.
JUST ONE STEP AT A TIME. YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE DID TELL THEM TO COME BACK TO US WITH A BETTER PLAN ON THE ON THAT GENERATOR. SO THIS IS THE RIGHT PLAN? WELL, WHAT'S YOUR WARRANTY PERIOD? FIVE YEARS.
FIVE YEAR WARRANTY. DID YOU GET A SERVICE CONTRACT OR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR THIS AFTERWARDS? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AT THE MOMENT. IT IS IN THE QUOTE.
OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 BOND FUNDS MOVE TO PURCHASE THIS NEW GENERATOR FOR OUR MD.
IT'S NOT ME DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM. I'LL MAKE IT.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. I WASN'T SURE I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.
SARTIN. BY MAYOR PRO TEM. TOWNSEND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'M JUST. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IT UP AND RUNNING.
I MEAN, WE WE PROMISED ONCE WE GOT THE EVERYTHING IN ORDER WITH BUDGETING AND ALL THAT, THAT, THAT WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF, OF YOU KNOW, FIRST RESPONDERS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
MAYBE NOT AS QUICKLY AS, AS WE WOULD HOPE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
THAT AREA LOOKS REALLY GOOD SO FAR. I SAW THAT THE OTHER DAY WITH.
OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAPPY. THEY'RE EXCITED. A LOT BETTER THAN I USED TO GO INTO THAT PLACE.
I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[9. Discussion and possible action on Resolution No. 20260414-009 establishing an agreement between the City of Angleton, Texas and Angleton RV Park LLC, located at 789 and 799 Anchor Road/County Road 44, Brazoria County, Texas, for the granting of water and sewer utility services and providing an effective date. ]
ESTABLISHING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ANGLETON AND ANGLETON RV PARK, LLC, LOCATED AT 789 AND 799 ANCHOR ROAD, COUNTY ROAD 44, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE GRANTING OF WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SERVICES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.SINCE THAT TIME, MR. HAS WITHDRAWN THAT APPLICATION OR PETITION FOR ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY LIMITS WITH THE REQUEST TO CONNECT TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICES. I HAVE ATTACHED THE ESTIMATIONS ON THE CURRENT RATES OF WHICH HE WOULD HAVE TO, OF COURSE, CONNECT WITH THOSE FEES IN MIND.
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LEGAL HAS ASSISTED US WITH THE DRAFTING OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE PROTECTIONS JUST IN CASE IN THE FUTURE.THEY DECIDED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE ETA OF SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
THE RESOLUTION WOULD OUTLINE THE PROCESS FOR US.
OF COURSE, BASICALLY ENDING THE AGREEMENT OF THE SERVICES.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE AND WE'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU.
WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DO WANT TO ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION.
ARE YOU AWARE OF THE RATES THAT WILL BE CHARGED TO YOU? YES. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A 2,025% PREMIUM. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH YOU.
AND WE DO HAVE THAT PROTECTION NOTICE IN THERE ABOUT FILING TO GET OUT OF AN ETJ.
YEAH, WE HAVE A PHRASE IN THERE THAT I DRAFTED.
AND OF COURSE, SCOTT CORRECTED ME AND PUT IT PROPERLY HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY DO IT BY LEGAL MEANS.
SO I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TEETH IN THAT CLAUSE THAT YOU SEE IN THE SECTIONS TOWARD THE END.
OKAY. COUNCIL WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? IS YOUR REFERENCE.
REAL QUICK. HECTOR. DID WE REVIEW THIS FOR ESTABLISHING THAT THE QUANTITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING IS ADEQUATE FOR US TO PROVIDE LIKE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER? YES. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AMOUNT OF WATER. WHAT WE'RE OUT OF ESSENTIALLY IS CONNECTIONS, BUT THIS IS ONE CONNECTION TO A PROPERTY.
OH. WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? I NEED TO GO BACK TO VERIFY.
WE DO HAVE ENOUGH CONNECTIONS FOR THAT. THERE'S A CHART IN.
THE PERCENTAGE OF TRAILER HOUSES FOR TRADING HOUSES.
I CAN VERIFY THAT. HOW DO YOU VERIFY THAT? WE DID AN EQUIVALENCY ESTIMATE. OKAY, SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. YES.
FOR RENOVATIONS. COUNCIL. ANY THOUGHTS? ACTIONS.
SO IF IN THE FUTURE HE DECIDES TO RELEASE HIMSELF FROM THE ETJ AND SERVICES ARE NO LONGER PROVIDED, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE LIFT STATION? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY. WE HAVE A LIFT STATION IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S THAT'S CITY PROPERTY. NOW, IF IF THE PROPERTY OWNER, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FALL FOR THEM TO MAKE IT TO THAT LIFT STATION, WHICH I SERIOUSLY DOUBT BECAUSE THAT LIFT STATION IS VERY DEEP.
BUT IF THAT WERE THE CASE, THEN IT WOULD STILL BE OWNED BY WHOEVER OWNS THAT PROPERTY.
IT'S PART OF THE PROPERTY. IF THEY WERE TO BUILD A LIFT STATION ON THAT PROPERTY.
BUT THE LIFT STATION BEHIND THERE, CLOSER TO LOWE'S IS THE CITY OF ANGLETON LIFT STATION.
CORRECT? THE STATION IS THE CITY OF ANGLETON LIFT STATION.
IT'S A LOT BETTER WHERE HE CAN TIE INTO THAT MANHOLE.
AND THAT MANHOLE IS RIGHT THERE TO WHERE HE CAN EASILY ACCESS IT.
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PLANS, BUT THAT THAT SEPTIC FIELD THAT HE WILL HAVE TO HAVE WILL BE DEVELOPED AND BE GONE.SO. THERE'S. THERE'S NO WAY FOR HIM TO. IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO DO THAT.
JOHN, WHILE YOU'RE UP. THAT AREA IS UNDER THE TAXI AREA.
CAPACITY. IMPACT FEE? YES, SIR. IT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PAY THAT.
YES. FOR THOSE SERVICE CONNECTIONS. YES. OKAY.
CHECK THAT. ANYTHING GOING INTO THAT LIFT STATION? THAT'S RIGHT. IS IT GOING TO HAVE TO PAY AN IMPACT FEE? YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT FEE? NO. THERE'S AN IMPACT FEE ZONE ON THAT PROPERTY IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU TIE INTO THE SERVICE UNIT COUNTS THAT THE EQUIVALENCY THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT, THAT THERE'S ALREADY AN AMOUNT PER EQUIVALENT SERVICE UNIT FOR THAT.
YOU JUST MULTIPLY THAT THIRD AND THAT IS HIS IMPACT FEE.
OTIS, DID YOU DISCUSS THAT WITH HIM? WE DID NOT.
WE NEED TO TABLE THIS ITEM. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ATTACHED.
OKAY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SETUP. BASICALLY, CORRECT.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS. I'LL BE I'LL BE OKAY WITH THE IMPACT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A NEGOTIATION ITEM UNLESS IT IS.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT BEFORE WE'D PAY IT ANYWAY, WHETHER IT'S INSIDE THE CITY OR OUT. THAT'S CORRECT.
YES. BECAUSE YOU'RE ATTACHED. YOU'RE ANYBODY WHO GOES INTO SERVICE, THAT AREA IS SUBJECT TO IT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. IS THERE AN UNDERSTANDING? I UNDERSTAND.
I EXPECTED A SOME KIND OF SERVICE FEE CHARGE.
I STILL HAVE HESITATIONS OF GIVING CITY SERVICES TO AN ANNEXED PROPERTY.
MAKES SENSE. LONG HISTORY OF IT. I MEAN, THE PROPERTY THAT HE HAS THE SEWER FIELD ON IS CITY OF ANGLETON.
POLICY CALL FOR THIS. IT'S A POLICY CALL FOR THE CITY.
IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO NONRESIDENTS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT IN THIS CASE, BUT WE HAVE SET POLICY FOR SO LONG IN THE CITY OF PROVIDING SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AT A HIGHER RATE. FOR CASES LIKE THIS, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE REASON AGAINST IT.
SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT DECISION. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
ONE THING IS WE NEED RIGHT NOW WE NEED MORE WATER USERS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE WATER COMING ONLINE SOON. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CONNECTION TO THE CITY WATER, SEWER, SEWER SERVICES FOR. OH, GOSH. LET'S SEE.
THE PROPERTY AT 799 COUNTY ROAD 44. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY
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COUNCILMAN SARTIN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH.MAYBE. MAYBE. I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.
GO AHEAD. SO WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO EXIT THE ETJ.
WHAT IF THEY JUST SELL THE PROPERTY OUTRIGHT? DOES IT STAY WITH THE PROPERTY? OKAY. YES.
AND YOU'RE NOT PLANNING, ARE YOU PLANNING TO EXPAND THE PROPERTY? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER. PLEASE REMEMBER ONCE HE'S TIED IN. RIGHT. AND IF HE DOES COME OUT, HE'LL HAVE TO REESTABLISH HIS FIELD, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE.
SO IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR HIM ON A LIMITED PROPERTY TO REESTABLISH THAT.
SO IT WOULD BEHOOVE HIM TO STAY WITH CITY SERVICES AT THAT POINT BECAUSE HE CAN'T GO BACK TO HIS WATER WELL AND STILL HAVE SANITARY BACK IN WHICH HE'S ALWAYS WANTED. HE HAS TO HAVE BOTH AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
HOW MANY MORE CAN YOU EXPAND TO? ARE WE PATENT 20? JUST NOT. NOT AN EQUIVALENT OF HOMES. IT'S QUITE LOW VOLUME.
HE EXPANDS THE IMPACT FEES COME IN TOO, RIGHT? EVERY TIME WE EXPAND. THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. NOT IN THE CONTRACT. IT'S THE STATUTE.
LOCAL ORDINANCE. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? IF HE DOES EXPAND IT, WE'LL HAVE TO UPDATE HIS PLAN ON HOW MANY PHONE NUMBERS HE HAS OUT THERE.
CORRECT. REPORT TO THE CITY. REPORT TO THE CITY AT LEAST.
IT'S ONE TURBINE. CORRECT. YEAH, IT'S ONE MASTER METER.
WE'RE GOING TO CALCULATE THE IMPACT FEES BASED ON ACCOUNTS.
SO HE COMES BACK AND SAYS DON'T ADD ANY MORE.
WE'LL GET THAT 20 MORE ACCOUNTS INTO THE. YES SIR.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NOT ON THE CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. TEAM.
YES, SIR. NUMBER TEN, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260414-010.
[10. Discussion and possible action on Resolution No. 20260414-010 approving a Reimbursement Agreement relating to the Austin Colony Public Improvement District (PID). ]
APPROVING A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE AUSTIN COLONY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.AS YOU KNOW, MR. RAY, WHO IS HERE HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION.
SECTION ONE IS PREPARED FOR THE MOST PART IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PIT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTING COMPANY, P3.
OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THIS, AND WE DO MEET ON A BI WEEKLY BASIS WITH THE PIT CALL REGARDING ALL OF THESE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. SO WHERE WE ARE NOW ONCE THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IS PASSED BY RESOLUTION, WE WILL COME IN THE FUTURE STEPS IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL PRELIMINARY S P, WHICH IS THE ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY.
THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE SET.
SO THERE ARE A FEW MEETINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN THEREAFTER.
MR. RAY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BE SET ASIDE AND APPROVED.
AT THIS TIME WHILE WE WAIT ON A FEW CHECK POINTS AT THE THE AG'S OFFICE REGARDING HIS SETUP.
ONCE WE COME BACK TO CONSOLE WITH THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
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COUNCIL WILL THEN ACT AND THEN ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLE WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT DOES TODAY, IT BASICALLY ESTABLISHES THAT FINANCING PLAN, WHICH IS THE STRUCTURE BY WHICH THE DEVELOPER FRONTS THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN IT'S REPAID OVER TIME, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PUBLIC ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE PAID FOR THOSE THAT ARE BENEFITING PROPERTIES AND NOT OUR GENERAL TAX PAYERS. SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU'RE ACTING ON TODAY IS JUST ESTABLISHING WHAT THAT REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PLAN WOULD BE FOR THE PIT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.YOU WANT TO COME TO THE PARTY? THANK YOU. OTIS. COUNCIL MAYOR. WE WE'VE DEVELOPED 50 LOTS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE STREETS, THE DRAINAGE, THE RETENTION, WATER AND WASTEWATER ARE ISSUED.
TODAY IS WE CANNOT GET A CONTRACT FROM TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL SERVICE.
AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR SIX MONTHS. WHAT'S WHAT'S PREVENTING YOU? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION I ASKED. I CALL THEM EVERY DAY, AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE.
AND WHEN THEY DO ANSWER THE PHONE, THEY TELL ME I'M GOING TO GET IT NEXT WEEK. I'VE TALKED TO THEIR CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM, JOHN CABRERA, AND HE SAID IT'S BEEN APPROVED.
HIS ENGINEERING HAS BEEN APPROVED. HE SENT IT OVER.
IT'S BEEN THERE PROBABLY A MONTH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
I TRULY DON'T. I HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT TEXAS, NEW MEXICO IS VERY DIFFICULT, VERY SLOW.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS ISN'T RETRIBUTION. TEXAS.
MEXICO DOES NOT WANT TO PUT THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN THE REAR.
THEY DON'T WANT THOSE LINES IN THE REAR. THEY WANT THEM IN THE FRONT.
THE CITY OF ANGLETON PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO BE IN THE REAR.
IT WAS DEPENDENT UPON THE LOT SIZE. HOW YOU REMEMBER IT? YES, IT WAS LESS THAN 60. BUT I THINK ALL YOUR LOTS ARE BASICALLY ALL WITHIN THAT PARAMETER.
HE'S MOSTLY 50S AND 55. SO. EVEN THEN, 60S WOULD STILL.
SO HE WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU. AND IT CREATED AN ISSUE WITH HIM.
TREMENDOUS ISSUE. AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT AND I SAID, WELL.
GO GET YOUR BEARINGS. YOU KNOW, I DRIVE BY THE CITY CODE.
TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST. WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE WRONG.
WE WANT THEM IN THE REAR. WE JUST. BUT BUT THEY FINALLY CONCEDED AND THEY THE ENGINEERING FIRM REDID THE PLAN AND APPROVED IT AND SENT IT OVER. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS JUST RETRIBUTION OR WHETHER IT'S JUST SLOW, BUT IT IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. THE OTHER THING IS THAT ISIL.
I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT OF AN EYESORE. IF YOU GO INTO THE SUBDIVISION, IT'S.
EXCUSE ME. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GREAT AND EVERYTHING LOOKS NICE, BUT THE FRONT OF IT LOOKS BAD.
WITHOUT WATER, IT'LL JUST DIE. WHERE'S THE WATER COMING IN FROM? IS IT COMING ALONG? 44? NO. WELL, YES. THE WATER.
WE EXTENDED THE WATER TO THE CITY WATER LINE AND WE'VE GOT A TAP.
THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE GOT TO HAVE. WE GOT TO HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PUMP TO PUMP THE WATER THROUGH THE THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THROUGH THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A NICE SIGNED DESIGN THAT WE'RE READY TO BUILD THAT SIGN, BUT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, I WON'T HAVE THE LIGHTS.
SO WE JUST SIT THERE AND THE BUILDERS ARE READY.
IN FACT, THE BUILDERS ARE READY TO GO FORWARD AND START BUILDING HOUSES.
AND THE PROCEDURES THAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH IMMEDIATELY OR ONCE.
ONCE THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IS APPROVED, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BEFORE I FILE THE FINAL PLAT WITH THE CITY AND IT HAS TO PAY THE FEES. SO ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE IN HERE WITH PAYING THE IMPACT FEES AND FILE THE FINAL PLANS.
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WE'LL GIVE IT TO THE BUILDERS AND START BUILDING HOUSES.SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE READY TO GO. EXCEPT FOR TEXAS, NEW MEXICO.
SO IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY STROKE OVER THERE, LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU. MR. RANDALL, YOU ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS? THE AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
THE ONLY ITEM. I DON'T HAVE ANY STROKE WITH TEXAS.
NEW MEXICO. IT'S THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE BOND COUNCIL.
WE ALL, I THINK, WORK TOGETHER WELL. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THAT THAT THE LAWYERS HAD TO IRON OUT, WHICH IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE ALL LAWYERS GENERALLY AGREE ON EVERYTHING.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR GETTING THAT FOR US.
GRADY, EVERYTHING IS UP TO CODE FOR YOU. YES, SIR.
THIS IS ONE OF MANY STEPS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MR. RAY, I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
THANK YOU FOR THE SIGN FOR COUNCILMAN ROBERTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, THANK YOU. I REMEMBER YOUR REQUEST AND WHAT A SAD DAY IT WAS.
ALSO, YOU WENT PRETTY FAR BACK THERE ON THIS FIRST.
I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING THAT DEEP IN THE FIRST PHASE, BUT I GUESS IT DID.
YEAH. YES, IT'S ON THE GROUND A LOT DIFFERENT.
EXCUSE ME. ONCE IT WAS ON THE GROUND. IT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT OVER THERE.
OH YEAH. IT DOES, DOESN'T IT? YEAH. AND THEN THE NEXT PHASE WILL TIE INTO TIGER.
I REALLY AM. I THINK IT'LL ADD A LOT TO IT. YOU MEAN JOHN WRIGHT DRIVE, RIGHT? NO. JOHN WRIGHT DRIVE. WE'RE GOING TO NAME ONE STREET JOHN WRIGHT DRIVE.
JOHN WRIGHT. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A DOGLEG.
THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF B J W, RIGHT? NO CUL DE SAC, I MEAN, SORRY.
SERIOUS QUESTION IS DRAINAGE. YOU. DID YOU HEAR THE JOURNEYS AND THEIR ISSUES WITH THE DRAINAGE ON THAT SIDE? WE. HAVE YOU MADE ANY CHANGES TO DRAINAGE? ANY.
WHAT'S THE. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE DRAINAGE? WELL, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ASK.
AND DOUG ROSLER HAS STUDIED AND HAS A DRAINAGE PLAN, BUT WE CANNOT WE CANNOT DEVELOP A LOT THAT DRAINS WATER INTO AN OFFSET TRACK. SO THAT ISSUE WILL BE FULLY INVESTIGATED, FULLY ENGINEERED.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE IT'S DONE AND DONE. RIGHT.
AND SO IT SEEMS VERY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT MR. TOMMY JOURNEYS FEARS ARE VALID AND THAT WHEN THEY BECOME ENCIRCLED, IT'S GOING TO BECOME A BOWL THAT WILL JUST DUMP INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
AND SO I KNOW YOU HAVE TIME IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US 3 TO 4 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY WITH A GOOD MARKET. AND YOU KNOW, MARKET DOESN'T RESET AND YOU KNOW,
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HAVE TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON AGAIN. BUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL START WORKING TOWARDS MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION. I KNOW I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU LOOK AT ME AND YOU SAY, WELL, TRAVIS, YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WELL, THAT I KNOW FOR ONE.
AND I KNOW THAT PROPERTY IS OUTSIDE TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY, BUT IT'S IN OUR ETJ.
IT'S ABUTS TO OUR CITY. I MEAN, IT CARVED OUT AROUND IT.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST IT'S GOOD FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED TO START WORKING AT THIS NOW AND LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE THAN IT IS TO WAIT AT LAST MINUTE.
AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE THAT'S WHAT LAWYERS ARE FOR.
THAT'S WHY THEY BUILD COURTHOUSES. I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. I GET IT, I GET IT, I GET IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT MY $0.02 IN THERE.
I'LL MAKE THIS COMMITMENT TO YOU. OKAY. ONCE ONCE WE GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE, GET UTILITIES, GET THE FINAL PLANS, GET EVERYTHING DONE.
THE BUILDERS ARE BUILDING HOUSES, THEN WE WILL FINISH THE ENGINEERING AND ETC.
ON SECTION ONE B, WHICH IS 50 LOTS. AND IF THAT DURING THAT PERIOD, WHAT I WILL DO IS REQUEST DOUG ROSSLER AND THE ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT THAT AND GIVE US AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PREVENT THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP.
AND YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. WE DO RAISE THOSE ROCKS UP A LITTLE BIT SO IT DRAINS DOWN.
WE WANT TO DRAIN TOWARDS THE STREET AND DRAIN.
AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE OF THAT THAT WE DON'T WELL, I, I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT THEN. SO 1B11B IS SOMEBODY WRITE THIS DOWN, ONE B IS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
THEN YOU WILL START ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE, RIGHT? OKAY, SO YOUR WORD IS GOOD. I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD.
BUT, BUT THEY'LL SEE THE CONCEPT AND WE CAN EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT TO YOU.
AND WE MIGHT GO AHEAD AND DO A TOPO SURVEY. YEAH, I JUST, I JUST IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, YEAH, IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. THAT ISSUE IS GOING TO ARISE, ARISE, I SHOULD SAY.
ANYWAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'VE SAID MY PIECE. OH, WELL.
THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ACTION TONIGHT BEFORE US IS TO APPROVE THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? RADKE SAYS IN THE MEMO.
AT THAT POINT, HE CAN ASSESSMENTS WILL BEGIN TO ACCRUE AND COLLECT.
COLLECTION WILL BEGIN. JUST GETTING HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH FOR APPROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? FOR THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. ITEM NUMBER 11 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON HDR ENGINEERING.
PROPOSAL FOR DISINFECTION PROCESS UPGRADES TO THE JAMESON AND SHENANGO WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
WE ARE TABLING THAT ONE MAYOR. ALSO ITEM 12 AND 12.
I KNEW OF 12. I DIDN'T KNOW OF 11. SO GREAT. LET'S GO TO MY FAVORITE TOPIC.
NUMBER 13 DISCUSSION UPDATE ON STREET REHABILITATION OPTIONS.
[13. Discussion and update on street rehabilitation options. ]
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THESE ARE THE LOWEST COSTS ON STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED OR BROUGHT UP.THANK YOU. HE HAD MENTIONED TO ME AS WELL. MAYOR.
YOU KNOW. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER AND SHAKE MY HEAD.
WRITE A CHECK. YES. SO HDR HELPS US OUT WITH COMING UP WITH THOSE COSTS FOR US.
THEY'RE PRETTY UP TO DATE. THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MORE DETAILED LIST OF ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE COST.
SO THIS AGENDA ITEM AS A WHOLE WAS BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE BRING IT UP. SO WE, WE EVALUATED, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW THINGS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS YOU KNOW, ABOUT CREATING A CITY STREET CREW, RIGHT? OF, YOU KNOW, US IN-HOUSE, YOU KNOW, GOING AND REHABILITATING ASPHALT ROADWAYS.
FOUND OUT THAT WE NEED ABOUT A CREW OF NINE TO EFFECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, OPERATE A ROAD CREW.
COST OF EQUIPMENT IS AROUND $2 MILLION. SO BETWEEN THAT AND TOTAL COST OF EMPLOYEES.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET GET IT OFF THE GROUND RUNNING YEAR ONE, WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND 3.7 MILLION.
AND THEN COST OF MATERIALS AND ONGOING EMPLOYEES, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
ABOUT 1.7 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AFTER THE INITIAL YEAR, DIDN'T CALCULATE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT AND FUEL CHARGES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE DIDN'T GET THAT FAR INTO THE WEEDS, BUT JUST KIND OF QUICK OVERVIEW. AND JOHN CAN KIND OF ATTEST TO THIS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND QUALIFIED ASPHALT EMPLOYEES OR PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY OPERATE A ASPHALT ROAD CREW.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S FAR SPREAD AND WIDE, LIKE CONCRETE WORK IS.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? SO JUST BACK OF THE NAPKIN. THAT IS 18.5 CENT IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE.
SO WE CAN START DOING OUR OWN ROADS AND PAY AN EXTRA 18.5 CENTS PER 100,000 VALUATION.
HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION ON THE PROPERTY TAXES.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT WOULD BE ONLY ASPHALT STREETS, NOT ASPHALT.
AND IT DOESN'T COST INCLUDE THE COST OF FUEL AND DEPRECIATION AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.
CORRECT. RIGHT. YES. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT TOO.
YEAH. LIKE HAULING OFF THE SPOILS OF ANY, YOU KNOW, UNUSED MILLINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
RIGHT. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, STREET CREW 18.5 CENTS, I REMEMBER.
WHAT'S THE SECOND ONE? AND THE SECOND ONE WAS BROUGHT UP TO, YOU KNOW, JUST CAPACITY FOR, FOR A BOND. AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, TALKING TO SUSIE, YOU KNOW, SHE CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NOT CAPACITY FOR A BOND AND GENERAL FUND AT THIS MOMENT. I BELIEVE SHE SAID THE ONLY LEEWAY THAT'S POSSIBLE IS WHEN, IF, AND WHEN THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL THE FEMA STUFF COMES ALONG. ONCE THAT THAT KIND OF GIVES US SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM, I BELIEVE FOR SOME TYPE OF BOND.
YES, BUT WHAT I WAS ASKING IS IF WE WERE TO TAKE.
LET ME JUST SAY WE TAKE THE BOTTOM STREETS THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS LIST.
AND WE WENT OUT AND DID A STREET BOND. SO WE WENT TO THE VOTERS AND WE SAID, VOTERS, WILL YOU APPROVE US TO GO BUILD THESE STREETS, THAT EXTRA AMOUNT? HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE TAX RATE? BECAUSE YOU CAN GO OUT FOR A BOND, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAX RATE BECAUSE THE INS PORTION GOES UP.
SO I GUESS THAT WAS THE PART THAT'S MISSING IN THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS HOW MUCH DOES THAT IMPACT THE TAX RATE? SUSIE SAID IS CORRECT. AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
THE TAX RATE I'M SAYING RAISE THE TAX RATE TO THE VOTERS.
LET THEM VOTE FOR IT. AND HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST THEM.
OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. WE CAN WORK. WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
GOTCHA. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A STRATEGY TO CONSIDER, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU LET THE VOTERS DECIDE ON WHAT THEIR TAX RATE IS AND WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO BUY IT OFF OR NOT.
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EXPANDING WHAT THEY DO FOR US. AND, AND SO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE NO OPERATIONAL PLANS TO EXPAND BEYOND WHAT THEY CURRENTLY GIVE ANY ENTITY. SO THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION SPECIFIC OF WHAT THEY GIVE US NOW. SO CURRENTLY WE GET, IF YOU WANT TWO MILES OF MILLING AND OVERLAY, YOU CAN GET THAT. OR IF YOU WANT A COMPLETE REHABILITATION OF A STREET, WHICH IS TAKING IT DOWN TO THE BASE AND, YOU KNOW, MIXING THAT WITH AN EMULSIFIER TO KIND OF RECREATE THAT BASE AND THEN POURING AN OVERLAY ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, LASTS A LITTLE LONGER.WE GET A MILE OF THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO THOSE ARE YOUR TWO OPTIONS.
THAT WAS ONE MILE MILL AND OVERLAY TWO. IF YOU JUST WANT THEM TO COME THROUGH AND JUST OVERLAY.
ONE MILE OF A REBUILD. CORRECT. HAS THERE BEEN AGREEMENTS? I THOUGHT WE DID THAT. I KNOW I'M STUMBLING OVER MY WORDS, BUT WHERE MY THOUGHTS.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPRESS IS AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE COUNTY WHERE WE WOULD KICK IN MONEY TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PURCHASE ADDITION CAPACITY INSTEAD OF A MILE YOU GET FOR A REBUILD.
I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR A REBUILD THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SAY, HEY, IF WE WERE ABLE TO FINANCE TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE US WHAT, TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO GIVE YOU TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED AT ALL? NO, IN MY, MY INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WAS JUST SIMPLY THAT, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GET MORE OUT OF OUT OF, OUT OF, OUT OF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS GIVE US ALREADY.
AND THE ANSWER IS NO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.
THEY DON'T PLAN ON INCREASING THAT FOR, FOR ANY ENTITY, NOT JUST US, BUT FOR ANYBODY.
THEY'RE STICKING TO THEIR GUNS OF WHAT THEY OFFER THE ENTITIES.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S THAT'S WHERE IT STANDS.
I CAN SAY THAT WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT OVERLAYING THE HAMMEL SERVICES PARKING LOT, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY WOULD CHARGE US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THEY WOULD DO IT, THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT AND THEY WOULD CHARGE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO THEY WILL DO IT FOR A FEE.
OKAY. OKAY. ALSO BE SPECIFIC ON THIS COUNTY OVERLAYS.
THE ROADS HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS FOR MOBILIZATION PURPOSES, CORRECT? YES. THEY THEY REALLY DESIRE FOR US TO KEEP THEM AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE.
PRETTY FIRM SUGGESTION, WAS IT? I MEAN, IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOME BACKTRACKING TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HE WAS JUST PLAYING TO THE CROWD. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS ALSO IN REFERENCE TO, YOU KNOW, WHICH WHICH WE'RE GUILTY OF IT AS WELL IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE PICK, YOU KNOW, 13 SMALLER STREETS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE OUR ASPHALT STREETS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.
RIGHT. AND THAT WAS KIND OF MORE OF THE THING. BUT IF YOU HAVE THREE LONGER STRETCHES OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWNS, THEY DON'T HAVE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE WITH THAT AS 13 SCATTERED EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW? SO IT WAS KIND OF A YEAH, I WOULD SAY LIKE A STRONG SUGGESTION.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE STRAIGHT UP, KEEP PLAYING THAT YOU HAVE SHOULD CAUSE YOU TO ACT ON THOSE ROADS YOURSELF, WHICH, WHICH IS FAIR. YEAH. THAT'S A FAIR ARGUMENT THAT THAT WAS KIND OF THE WAY I TOOK IT.
YEAH. NO, I. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. I AGREE.
RIGHT NOW WE GIVE. WE PAY FOR THE MATERIALS. SO THE COUNTY PROVIDES THE LABOR.
WE PROVIDE. WE PAY FOR THE MATERIAL. CORRECT.
RIGHT NOW WE BUDGETED ABOUT 200,000 A YEAR. CORRECT? YES. THIS YEAR? YES. PREVIOUS YEARS WE WERE UP TO 300,000 IS WHAT WE WERE.
THIS YEAR WAS 200. YES. AND WHAT DID WE DO THIS YEAR? SO THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO. WHICH THEY DID TELL ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COMPLETE TRY TO COMPLETE ALL OF THEM THIS SUMMER.
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SOME AREAS IN THERE, THAT NORTH ANDERSON AREA FROM LOCUST TO 35 TO MYRTLE.THAT WE SUBMITTED TWO DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS, ALL IN ONE.
THIS SUMMER IS WHAT THE. ENGINEERS TOLD ME. WAS OUR COLA GOING TO BE DONE? THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING. YEAH. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL PIECE BY THE COURTHOUSE? CORRECT. OR. NO, THAT ONE'S NOT GOING TO BE ADDED IN THIS.
ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS. WESTERN AVENUE AND HENDERSON.
CORRECT. THAT'S OUR TWO MILES. CORRECT. OUR. WELL.
WE'RE DOING A REBUILD ONE MILE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING REBUILDS. YES.
OKAY. I'M NOT TRYING TO BE THAT GUY AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK FIGHTS, BUT WE DO GIVE HALF A CENT SALES TAX TO THE COUNTY AS WELL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT THE HALF CENT SALES TAX WAS FOR AB OK LAST YEAR? TOTAL OVER 2.2. 2.2 MILLION. CITY TAX GOES TO THE COUNTY.
IT'S OUR FOURTH OPTION. SO THE FOURTH OPTION WAS TO TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW CURRENTLY WHAT ABLC IS FUNDING AND POSSIBLY SHIFTING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS OR I GUESS, YOU KNOW, REVISING, YOU KNOW, ABLC TO WHERE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR LANGUAGE OF BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE DRAINAGE INCLUDED IN THAT LANGUAGE OF WHAT IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR, AND I GUESS INCLUDING STREETS WOULD BE.
WOULD BE ADDING TO THAT AND BETWEEN SUSIE AND, AND JASON.
JASON DEFINITELY KNOWS A LOT MORE ABOUT. ABLC THAN I DO.
BUT THEY CAME UP WITH THIS SHEET TOGETHER. SUSIE PUT SOME FACTS IN HERE AS WELL AS JASON.
OF, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY CURRENT CAPACITY OF ABLC, BUT ALSO WHAT IT CURRENTLY FUNDS.
SO IF. YOU ARE TO SHIFT SOME FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIST IN HERE OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE REDUCED AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, SERVICE LEVEL STAFF, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THE FUND BALANCE IS 875,000. ONE THAN I EXPECTED.
YES. AND SUSIE GAVE GAVE US ALL THESE NUMBERS PRIOR TO HER.
SO I STILL I KNOW, I STILL THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED.
PRESENTED TO THE THE RESIDENTS FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT OR WHATEVER THE AMENDMENT TO THE A, B, L, C. TO INCLUDE ROADS IN THE FUNDING CAPABILITIES OF A, B, C. I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE OTHER EXPENSES THAT ARE MANDATED, WHICH IS LARGELY THE RECREATION CENTER, THE ACTIVITY CENTER, PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS, I THINK, ROOM FOR DEBT SERVICE WOULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY.
YES, IT WOULD WOULD HAVE TO BE PATIENT. BUT I THINK IT COULD BE DONE.
YES, IT SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD. TO ME, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.
IT WOULD BECOME. YOU WOULD IN. MY IDEA WAS WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR ROADS IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET AND ALSO GO TO ABLC TO OFFER ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO. WHEN WHEN WHEN APPROPRIATE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO BE FINANCIALLY SAVVY.
YOU CAN'T JUST. BUT WHEN APPROPRIATE, UTILIZE THAT OPTION.
AND SUSIE DID. OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE VOTERS ANYWAY.
I MEAN, WE CAN ONLY GET IT WITH VOTER APPROVAL.
YES. SUSIE LEFT A NOTE FOR US AS WELL, AND SHE KIND OF EXPLAINED IT TO ME A LITTLE BIT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME CAPACITY IN THERE FOR BOND.
IT JUST DEPENDS HOW IT WAS STRUCTURED AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT ON HERE.
I BELIEVE SHE PUT A NOT ADVISABLE UNDER OVER $300,000 A YEAR AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT YOU COULD EVEN IF YOU STUCK AT $300,000 A YEAR.
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AND THAT TO ME, SEEMS TO BE ON THE HIGH END THAT YOU ANNUALLY COULD START CHECKING OFF A LOT OF STREETS.$300,000 AT A TIME. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY LESS THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WELL BELOW THAT. BUT IF I REMEMBER HOW.
RIGHT. I THINK WE DID. WE'RE DOING TWO OF THEM AT A TIME FOR ABOUT WHAT WAS IT JOHN.
OH YEAH. IT WAS BIG SAVINGS WHEN WE DID THAT.
YEAH. I MEAN, IT WAS TOGETHER WE, WE AWARDED THE BID TO PROBABLY TWO STREETS.
YEAH. IT WAS RIGHT. AND MY POINT IS, IS IT COULD BE A A.
A GUIDE ON HOW TO PROCEED INTO THE FUTURE. AND IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE WERE SAYING A SECOND AGO IS, IS THE OVERARCHING PICTURE OF WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ROADS AND BE THE CITY.
NOT THAT WE CAN'T BE PARTNERS WITH THE COUNTY, BUT IT'S STILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO. I THINK I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE YOU BRING UP REALLY VALID POINTS ON THAT.
ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH SUSIE AS WELL THAT KIND OF COUPLES ALONG WITH THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION IS TO EXPLORE WHAT ABLAK IS CURRENTLY FUNDING AS FAR AS THE FUNDING AMOUNT THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE, WHICH COULD TAKE SOME COST AWAY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
SO AS YOU KNOW, ABLAK FUNDS A PORTION OF PARKS DEPARTMENTS, AND YOU COULD ALWAYS HAVE ABLAK FUND OR MAKE THAT REQUEST TO FUND ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD FREE UP MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WOULD NOT CAUSE TO HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE VOTERS.
YEAH. YOU COULD JUST MOVE YOUR FUNDS ON WHERE YOU'RE ALLOCATING IT. EXACTLY. OKAY. THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WITH SALES TAX, JUST TO POINT OUT. THE NUMBERS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THIS YEAR, SO BUDGETED THIS YEAR FOR SALES TAX REVENUE IS ABOUT 2.4 MILLION.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ABOUT A $300,000 BUFFER RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT TODAY'S NUMBERS, WE WOULD AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT 300,000 BUFFER.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOME OF THAT EXTRA THAT'S STILL THERE, IT'S ALL CONTINGENT BASED ON SPEND, LOCAL SALES TAX AND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN. SO.
A MONTH AGO WAS LOOKING BETTER. LAST MONTH WAS WAS A BIG HIT.
SO TO THE COUNCIL I MUST ENTER THESE NUMBERS IN CEMETERY ROAD, RAYBURN RIDGE, WESTERN AVENUE, GIFFORD ROAD EAST, LOCUST STREET TIGNOR DRIVE, GIFFORD LANE, WAYNE STREET, DWYER STREET AND THE SPANISH TRACE FIX IS JUST SHY OF 15 MILLION, SO THAT EXCLUDES THE SECOND HALF OF CHEVY CHASE AND SAN FELIPE. THAT EXCLUDES NORTH ARCOLA AND EXCLUDES HENDERSON.
15 MILLION TO BUY IT OFF. THAT'S A LOT OF STREETS.
STREETS AND. AND THAT'S AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST, WHICH WE'VE.
THAT'S THE NEXT STEP JOHN. I'LL COME RUNNING.
HECTOR'S ASPHALT CREW AFTER THAT.
IT'S AN ELEPHANT. SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO START BITING AWAY AT IT.
HENDERSON ROAD RIGHT NOW, 65 MILLION NORTH ARCOLA STREET, 17.5 MILLION.
JOHN. NORTH ARCOLA STREET AT 17.5. THAT INCLUDES THE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE TAKING THE. THE TENSION ALL THE WAY ACROSS UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK? SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT ROAD SPECIFICALLY, IT'S THE DRAINAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT TOO.
HENDERSON ROAD WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.
BUT I REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET FUNDED LAST YEAR.
SEE THIS HAND MOVING? IT LOOKS LIKE I GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS TO HOLD.
EVERYBODY KIND OF. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET HENDERSON ROAD.
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WITH THE FUNDING, WE SCORED EXTREMELY HIGH. THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, WE QUALIFIED FOR IT.WE WERE HIGH ON THAT, BUT THE WAY THEY SCORED THEM LAST YEAR, THEY KIND OF COMBINED THE WRITTEN PORTION, WHICH WERE EXTREMELY HIGH, HIGHER THAN THE ONES THAT GOT AWARDED.
AND THEY DID THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND COMBINED THEM.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT PUSHED OUT. BUT THAT'S BASICALLY DRIVEN ON QUANTITY AND CAR MOVEMENT THINGS.
SO THERE IS A MEETING TUESDAY A WEEK FROM TODAY IN HOUSTON.
I PLAN ON GOING. HECTOR MAY COME AND INVITE ALL THE COUNCIL IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP TO IT, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT FUNDING CYCLE, WHERE I WANT TO TALK TO THEM, OR WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH THEM THE SCORING CRITERIA, HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SCORED. HOW, YOU KNOW, LITTLE CITIES, SMALLER CITIES ARE NOT GOING TO COMPETE WITH THESE LARGER CITIES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT POTENTIALLY BREAKING OFF A PIECE FOR SMALL CITIES WHERE THERE'LL BE A SMALL CITY KIND OF KIND OF THING. I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE THAT LITTLE FAIR. ALSO AS PART OF THAT, THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CAME THROUGH, THERE WAS ALSO A DRAFT OF THE 27 TO 30 TIP FUNDED PROJECT.
THAT WAS WHAT WE SUBMITTED ON AND WEREN'T SELECTED. HOWEVER, AGAIN, I WANT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KIND OF TILL I GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT, BUT I'M JUST REPORTING WHAT WAS IN THERE IS HENDERSON ROAD WAS IN THERE.
AND IT HAD A DATE SUBJECT TO 20. 2029. SO I DON'T. IT HAD SOME LITTLE DISCLAIMERS IN THERE.
SOME GOTTA FIND OUT WHAT THE DISCLAIMERS ARE. BUT IF NOTHING ELSE, THAT PROJECT MADE AN IMPACT ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF BEING IDENTIFIED AS NEXT IN LINE TO COME UP. SO I THINK, I THINK IF WE DO ANOTHER SUBMITTAL, I THINK HENDERSON ROAD IS A, A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING IT, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SCORING CRITERIA, BECAUSE IT USED TO BE YOU WENT OFF OF THE, THE WRITTEN PORTION THAT YOU SCORED EXTREMELY HIGH ON, AND ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS QUALIFY FOR THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND YOU WERE APPROVED.
SO THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME MAJOR FUNDINGS AVAILABLE, 70%, 75% ON HENDERSON ROAD TO HELP WITH THE COSTS THAT YOU SEE ON HENDERSON ROAD GOING ON DOWN. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NORTH ARCOLA AGAIN, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE MAJOR SYSTEMS THAT WE PUT IN THERE.
WE DID THE STUDY THAT'S GOING TO DRAIN LIKE 200 ACRES IN THE CITY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A LARGE BOX CULVERT SYSTEM PUT IN THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN THAT WILL DRAIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THAT ALSO GOES ACROSS 35. IT'LL DRAIN 35. IT'LL CONTINUE ON.
WE GOT A DETENTION POND INTO IT AND WE GOT A RELEASE FOR IT.
WE DID A STUDY BACK IN 2015 AND IDENTIFIED THAT IT REALLY CLEARS UP EVERYTHING IN YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA TO WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND START CONNECTING ALL THE SIDE STREETS AND IMPROVING THE DRAINAGE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA WAS DESIGNED BACK IN THE 40S WHERE THEY DIDN'T PUT.
THERE'S NOT WHEN I SAY NOT MUCH, VERY LITTLE DRAINAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THAT'S WHY THE STREETS ARE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE CURBS IS.
BUT ON THAT ONE, WE ARE HAVING TALKS WITH TEX-DOT.
TEX-DOT IS SHOWING SOME SIGNS THAT THEY THEY'VE ASKED FOR THE MODELS.
AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH THEM EVERY TIME WE'VE EVERY TIME WE MEET, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING COME UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I BELIEVE. AND THEY'VE ASKED FOR THE MODELS THAT ARE REVIEWING THE MODELS.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO PUSH FOR THEM ON THAT. ALSO, THE COUNTY HAS SHOWED SIGNS THAT IF THAT PROJECT GOES, THEY MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS A PARTNERSHIP.
SO YOU MAY HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. SO AGAIN, IF THE IF THE STATE PAYS FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT, MAYBE THE ANGLETON AND THE COUNTY CAN PAY SPLIT THE THE REMAINING PORTION TO WHERE YOU AGAIN, MAKES IT MORE PALATABLE AT THAT POINT. AND THEN FINALLY, CHEVY CHASE AND SAN FELIPE DRIVE.
NOW WE'VE DONE THE WATER LINE DOWN SAN FELIPE DRIVE AND CHEVY CHASE.
WE DID THE WATERLINE. THE WATERLINE WAS DONE SIX YEARS AGO, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
BUT WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING NOW AND WE'VE DONE THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAN FELIPE.
ON DOWNING, REDUCE THE FLOODING RISK ON DOWNING.
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IT COMES DOWN SAN FELIPE. IT CROSSES 35. WE IDENTIFIED SOME AREA FOR DETENTION POND AND A RELEASE.SO IT IS A MAJOR DRAINAGE PROJECT. AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES THAT THAT PROJECT.
THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO BIG RIGHT THERE.
LARGE DIAMETER PIPES OR BOX CULVERTS ACTUALLY.
THIS IS JUST THE MAIN TRUNK MAIN WHERE WE CAN DO THE OUTREACH I'VE IDENTIFIED RIGHT.
THERE'LL BE SOME SIDE CONNECTIONS IN LATER ON, BUT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF YOUR 2 MILLION OR 3 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS LATER ON. BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE BACKBONE IN PLACE TO SET THE CITY UP TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE AREAS.
OKAY. MOVING ON. RAYBURN RIDGE AND RICHLAND CIRCLE, WE WENT AHEAD AND STARTED TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
AND IF Y'ALL WANT I CAN, WE CAN MEET SOME OTHER TIME.
SO DON'T TAKE ALL Y'ALL'S TIME UP TONIGHT. BUT WE MET WITH HECTOR.
THESE ARE UTILITIES. THESE ARE COMPLETE STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
RIGHT? I THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY RAYBURN RIDGE AND RICHLAND CIRCLE PROBABLY NEEDS IT.
WHY THEY WERE SO MUCH, YOU KNOW. WELL, ON TIGNOR, FOR INSTANCE, YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GO DOWN THERE, BUT THERE'S A STORM SURGE SYSTEM RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE ROAD THAT DUMPS OUT INTO A LARGE DITCH.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CULVERT THAT ALL THE WAY BACK AND SEND THAT FLOW THE OTHER WAY.
THERE'S A LARGE THAT'S NOT ON OUR DIME, THAT IS, BUT IT'S BEFORE HIS PROPERTY LINE.
IT'S STILL IN YOUR IN YOUR AREA WHERE TIGNOR ROAD STOPS BEFORE THE PROPERTY LINE.
HE'S GOT TO DO THAT, RIGHT. HE'S GOT A HE'S HE'S CONNECTING IN.
IS HE CONNECTING IN OR DID HE TAKE TIGNOR OUT THEN? RIGHT. I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST GOING TO BE THAT LITTLE.
SHORT JUMP FROM. YEAH. IT'S A LITTLE SHORT PROPERTY TO 44.
AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO AND AND SPLIT OUT TO.
SO ONCE WE GET THE PLANS AND DESIGN OF IT, WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN AND TRIM SOME OF THESE COSTS OUT.
OKAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE LATER. BUT GO BACK TO RAVEN RIDGE.
SO RAVEN RIDGE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WHERE THE CONCRETE STOPS ON RAYBURN RIDGE AND ASPHALT.
THE FIRST PART WAS ASPHALT. THEY BUILT THE SECOND PART THAT WAS CONCRETE.
I KNOW WHO IT IS, ZERO DRAINAGE IN THESE SUBDIVISIONS.
WE CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO HOSPITAL. ONCE WE GET TO HOSPITAL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.
DEEP ENOUGH TO DRAIN DOWN HOSPITAL TO THE DITCH, THE DRAINAGE DITCH, JUST BACK TOWARDS 171.
SO WE'VE DONE SOME QUICK HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS.
WE'VE DEFINED HYDRAULIC OR SOME DRAINAGE MAPS TO KIND OF COME UP TO IT AND CAME UP WITH THAT.
SO THE EXISTING ROAD RIGHT NOW IS IT'S ASPHALT.
WE'RE PROPOSING CONCRETE TO MATCH THE CONCRETE BEHIND IT.
YOU'LL HAVE NEW NEW UTILITIES IN THERE. THOSE UTILITIES ARE OLD CONCRETE AND THEIR AC OR ASBESTOS.
CONCRETE FOR YOUR WATER LINES THAT ARE BRITTLE.
WE'LL PASS THOSE OUT ON ON THE SECTION THAT IS RICHLAND.
RICHLAND IS A IS AN ASPHALT ROAD RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONCRETE THAT ONE.
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I LIKE USING CEMENTITIOUS STABILIZATION BECAUSE OF YOU'RE MIXING DIRT AND STUFF IN THERE INSTEAD OF EMULSIFYING.IT'S HARD TO EMULSIFY A LOT OF THAT STUFF THAT'S NOT ROCK AND MATERIAL.
WE STABILIZE IT WITH WITH CEMENT. WE'VE DONE THAT TO A LOT OF CITIES.
GREAT SUCCESS. COME BACK MICROCRACKING AND THEN ASPHALT OVER IT.
SO THAT'S THAT PROJECT. THERE WILL BE SOME SIDEWALKS ALONG RAYBURN RIDGE.
AGAIN, THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH OF AN OUTFALL THERE IN THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME CULVERT CLEANING. GIFFORD ROAD GIFFORD LANE WILL BOTH BE ASPHALT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OF PIPE BURSTING AND WATER LINES IN THERE ON THAT.
LET'S SEE, WE TALKED ABOUT TIGNOR WAYNE STREET.
THAT'S A SMALL LITTLE SECTION THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE CITY LIMITS.
SO THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A RECLAMATION PROJECT.
WE'LL GO BACK AND RESTABILIZE THE ASPHALT BY MIXING THE EXISTING ASPHALT WITH THE EXISTING BASE, STABILIZE IT WITH CEMENTITIOUS SLURRY MICROCRACKING AND OVERLAY IT.
AND THEN SPANISH TRACE IS JUST A POINT REPAIR THAT WE NEED TO DO.
ALL THE DIRT AND STUFF UNDER THE STREET OUT IN THE STREET IS SETTLING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO TEAR OUT TWO SECTIONS, ABOUT 120FT OF THE STREET ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
REPLACE THE PIPE BEDDED CEMENT, STABILIZED SAND.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THE ENGINEERING SERVICE.
I GOT TO GO PUT THE GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY AND ALL THAT STUFF IN THERE TOO.
15 MILLION ON A 25 YEAR. I ACTUALLY STOLE JOE MARRA'S CALCULATIONS.
SO I'VE GOT IT 960,000 ANNUALLY IN DEBT SERVICE.
THAT'S HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. THAT'S AT 5% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AS WELL.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE ROADS ARE WORST CASE.
FOR EXAMPLE, GIFFORD LANE. HOW MUCH COULD YOU DO, GIFFORD LANE IF YOU COULD GET THE COUNTY TO HELP YOU ON DIFFERENT LANES? I THINK I'M $1.1 MILLION ROAD. WHAT'S THAT ENDED UP BEING.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, I DID HAVE ON THE LIST LAST YEAR.
I WOULD SAY. PROBABLY ABOUT 250,000 I THINK 250,000.
YEAH. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WALKER STREET COST.
NOT AN INSTANT WHEN WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
THAT'S MY POINT. WELL, THIS ONE WAS. YEAH, WE ARE TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THIS.
YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT DOING ALL OF WESTERN AVENUE, RIGHT? SO SO YES, WESTERN AVE IS GOING TO BE CORRECTED THIS SUMMER.
MY POINT IS, IS YEAH, CORRECT. STRIKE THROUGH IT I THINK IS WORTH SAYING.
AND TWO MILES. YEAH, WE'RE OVERLAYING WESTERN.
WE'RE NOT RECONSTRUCTING. WE'RE DOING THE WHOLE THING. CORRECT.
BUT JUST OVERLAY. NO, NO, NO. RECLAMATION ON THAT ONE.
YES, WE'RE REHABILITATING THAT ONE. THAT'S THE SAME. THAT'S THE OTHER HALF OF A.
BECAUSE WE DID REMEMBER WE'RE DOING HENDERSON ROAD, THAT SECTION OF HENDERSON ROAD AND WE LIMITED. WE DIDN'T GO A FULL MILE ON HENDERSON. WE TOOK SOME OF THAT AND MOVED IT OVER TO. I BELIEVE WESTERN AVENUE IS LIKE SEVEN MILES OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
IT WAS. EXACTLY. BUT AND THEN YOU LOOK AT WAS I JUST LOOKING AT.
I'M SORRY. I'M BLANKING OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES ANYWAY.
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THERE'S. PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES. ON REAL QUICK ON CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, WE TALK ABOUT THIS DRAINAGE STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE AND THE HOLDING WATER THAT HAPPENS OVER THERE.LOCUST STREET THAT COMES OFF OF THAT. YEAH. HAVE WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THAT ROAD FOR BECAUSE OF THE WATER'S TOO HIGH? SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME WE DID SO. NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
THOSE HOUSES HAVEN'T FLOODED, RIGHT? THE SCHOOL HASN'T FLOODED.
AS WE DID SOUTHSIDE DRIVE SCHOOL. SOUTH SIDE HAD WATER IN IT DURING ONE OF THE BIG RAINS.
BUT EVER SINCE WE PUT THE DRAINAGE IN, WE DID NORTHSIDE FIXING RIDGECREST.
SO SOMEBODY WAS ASKING ME TODAY ABOUT WHAT ABOUT CENTRAL.
AND THAT ROAD'S IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. WHEN WE DROVE IT AND I SAID, IF YOU DRIVE IT FROM ONE SIDE, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN YOU DRIVE IT FROM THE OTHER. YES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS SECTION OF EAST LOCUST IS ON HERE IN FRONT OF CENTRAL.
AND CURRENTLY, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREETS, WHAT IS PARRISH STREET? DID YOU EVER SEE YOU BACK? SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
WE'VE ACTUALLY SENT LETTERS IDENTIFYING THE CONTRACT TIME AND LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM EVERY 2 OR 3 DAYS.
WE'RE EXPECTING SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING SAMPLING OR SILVER SADDLE.
RIGHT. SILVER SADDLES FIRST, BUT THEY'RE THE SAME CONTRACTOR.
YES. RIGHT. SO THAT WILL BE FIRST. THEY ARE GOING TO HAND OUT NEW RESIDENTIAL FLIERS BECAUSE THE CONTRACT SAYS AFTER TWO WEEKS, YOU GOT TO REDO IT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO IT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SITTING THERE WAITING WHERE Y'ALL AT? THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, LIKE I SAID, TWO WEEKS AGO. BUT THEY THEY'VE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO US.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT YEAH, I HAVE SEVERAL EMAILS IF Y'ALL LIKE TO SEE THE COORDINATION EFFORTS.
JOHN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF MONEY.
MEANS YOUR TAX RATE WILL GO UP FOUR MORE CENTS BECAUSE THE INS RATE HAS TO FOLLOW.
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ABSORB IT.
WELL, $0.04 ON WHAT PER HUNDRED DOLLAR VALUATION OF YOUR PROPERTY.
OKAY. I'M JUST. YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST $0.04. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS.
HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU HAVE LEFT OVER? CAME IN.
THEY WERE UNDER BUDGET. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT OVER.
HOW MUCH DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH THAT WAS? OUT OF THE BOND? YES. I THINK IT WAS 350,000, I BELIEVE. 250 OR 350.
YES. AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT. YEAH. WE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING WITH THAT YET, JUST IN CASE THERE'S ISSUES WITH THIS PROJECT.
NEVER KNOW. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT MONEY HOLDS UP, AND I'M GOING TO GO TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE COUNTY AND ASK HIM TO HELP US WITH SOME MORE ROADS.
ALSO, SPANISH TRACED THAT CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENT.
THAT WOULD BE NICE TO PUT IN THERE. LOW HANGING FRUIT.
SO I THINK THE NEXT STEP IS LET'S REGROUP WITH SUSIE.
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LET'S DISCUSS DEBT SERVICE AND HOW MUCH WE CAN GO OUT FOR.WE CAN GET A LIST OF STREETS AND WE CAN GO TO THE VOTERS.
THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S GOT TO BE WE GOT TO START PLANNING THAT NOW.
YES. THEN. THE OTHER THING IS TO TALK TO THE COUNTY ON THE OVERLAYS.
I HAVE A MEETING AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET A ONE YEAR REPRIEVE MORE.
AND THEN. YOU CAN WORK HER MAGIC WITH ABBY OK.
I'M SURE WE CAN STILL FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED THERE.
COUNCIL PROBABLY NEEDS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THAT AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND STREET CREW IS COMPLETELY OUT. A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF MONEY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVERLAYS. WE NEED TO ALSO PUT ON OUR RADAR.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHAT WHAT'S COLLAPSING? WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WOULD YOU RATHER DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND GET TOILET PAPER AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE IF YOU DON'T FLUSH? OR WOULD YOU RATHER GO DOWN A COUPLE OF POTHOLES WHERE YOU THROW IN THE DUST? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK ON THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE ARE SOME VERY HANDY INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSES HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON AS WELL. I KNOW, I KNOW, THE STREETS ARE PRETTY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THEM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PUT ON THE RADAR.
THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCILS ALWAYS FIGHT WITH BECAUSE ROADWAYS ARE SEXY, RIGHT? EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. YOU DON'T SEE THE WATER.
YOU DON'T SEE THE SANITARY UNTIL YOU FLUSH. YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC SEES. THE ROADS, THE POTHOLES.
IT'S A VISUAL THING. WELL, THINK OF IT AS A SAFETY.
I MEAN, YOU PUT ALL THESE CARS ON THIS ROAD AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET OFFENDED, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOT OF ACTIONS TO FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, WE JUST DID $8 MILLION, RIGHT? LORRAINE STREET, LORRAINE STREET'S COMING THROUGH BECAUSE WE LIKE WE FIXED WE FIXED THE LIFT STATIONS. A LOT OF LIFT STATIONS LATELY.
WELL, I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, RIGHT? SO LIKE WE CAN LOOK AT ROADS, BUT WE CAN THROW OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
YOU. WE JUST NEED TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AS BEST AS WE CAN.
I GET THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE THEIR IDEAS OF WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT.
BUT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT CITY HALL THINKS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE OF, THEN IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE, AS THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY, THE BEST WAY TO HOPEFULLY ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY FREE TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU THINK IS MOST APPROPRIATE.
I GET IT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR FOREVER.
FOREVER. I MEAN, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS CITY.
YOU FIX, YOU FIX THE ROAD, YOU FIX A PIPE. WELL, IF YOU GO MOVE TO THE NEXT ROAD OR THE NEXT PIPE AND THAT TAKES YOU 2 TO 3 YEARS, GUESS WHAT? THE ONE YOU JUST LAID IS STILL ALREADY NOW 2 TO 3 YEARS OLD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S JUST IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CONTINUAL UPKEEP. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IS WHEN WE DO THESE STREETS, IS MAKE SURE WE DO COMPLETE STREET 100%, YOU KNOW, UTILITIES, EVERYTHING. BUT THE THING WITH UTILITIES, AGAIN, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
EVERY TIME YOU FIX A UTILITY, WHETHER IT BE WATER OR WHETHER IT BE SEWER, NOT ONLY ARE YOU IMPROVING THE SERVICE, BUT YOU'RE SAVING THE CITY MONEY FROM INI THAT'S GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO YOUR TREE, THAT'S GOING TO YOUR LIST STATION, THAT'S BEING PUMPED TO YOUR TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S BEING PROCESSED IN YOUR TREATMENT PLANT WITH YOUR WATER LINE.
THESE WATER LINES THAT ARE AC WATER LINES BREAK.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOSING WATER THAT YOU'RE PURCHASING, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S GOT TO BE BALANCED OUT.
YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO TAKE IT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT I THINK THE WAY WE GOT TO THOSE NUMBERS WITH COMPLETE UTILITY REPLACEMENTS ON THE STREETS, BECAUSE WE'RE EVEN DOING BACKYARD EASEMENTS WHEN WE'RE THERE, WE'RE GOING TO GO LIKE IF THERE'S A SANITARY INSTANCE AT AN INTERSECTION, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT MANHOLE DOWN TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND TEAR UP YOUR STREET EVER AGAIN.
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YOU'RE DONE, YOU'RE COMPLETED. YOU'RE OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION IN THAT STREET, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE CALLING ANY ROAD PROJECT DRAINAGE PROJECT, AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE THEN.YEAH, THOSE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE, I THINK.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT. EVERY STREET WE'VE REBUILT, WE REDID THE WATER AND SEWER.
IS THAT CORRECT STATEMENT? WELL, NOT FOR BACKYARD REASONS LIKE SOUTHSIDE DRIVE.
THERE'S BACKYARD EASEMENTS, HAS SANITARY SEWER AND SANITARY SEWER IS IN PRETTY POOR SHAPE.
BUT IF IT WAS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT'S A FAIR STATEMENT TO SAY IF THERE'S A UTILITY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ROAD RIGHT AWAY, WE'RE FIXING IT. OKAY. THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT.
OKAY. IT'S BEEN MY OPINION THAT ANY THAT ANY BOND BONDING PROPOSAL THAT NEEDS TO BE MORE, NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT TO THE VOTERS.
THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE ROADS, BUT ALSO PRIORITIZES SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST GOT THROUGH DISCUSSING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT BIG ON ASKING FOR MONEY.
AND IF AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, EVERYBODY, WE KIND OF ALL NEED TO BE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO SAY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WE'RE GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS.
BECAUSE IF WE KEEP LOOKING AT IT IN THE KIND OF I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE MAKING A LOT MORE PROGRESS.
I'M SURE YOU CAN AGREE. JOHN HECTOR MEMBERS OF THIS.
COUNCIL. BUT IF WE KEEP LOOKING AT THIS FROM A STANDPOINT OF, OF ONLY MANAGING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LINEAR FEET OF ROAD AND THEN JUST PRIORITIZING A FEW OF THESE ROADS AND, AND, AND MAYBE A FEW PIECES OF, OF UNDERGROUND UTILITY, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS THING. IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST. I THINK IT'S PRETTY ENCOMPASSING FOR SURE.
FOR ALL PARTS OF THE TOWN, BUT SOUTH EAST, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTH.
WEST SIDE, SOUTH AGAIN. AND THEN THE NORTH SIDE.
BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUND COMPONENT TO THIS, THAT THAT MAY, THAT MAY INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL ROAD WORK ELSEWHERE ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO GO UNDERGROUND.
AND MAYBE SOME STUFF THAT THAT DOESN'T. HERE'S ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
PRECINCT ONE. PRECINCT. TWO. PRECINCT ONE. PRECINCT TWO.
ONE. PRECINCT FOUR MIGHT BE PRECINCT ONE AND THEN PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT TWO.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. I THINK YOU'RE JUST TALKING DIFFERENT THINGS.
APPLES AND ORANGES, I THINK. TANNER IS BRINGING UP A MORE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GEOGRAPHICALLY HE'S.
NO, NO, I'M AGREEING WITH HIM. I'M AGREEING WITH HIM FROM A GEOGRAPHICAL STANDPOINT. BUT I WAS ALSO SAYING, JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. OKAY, YES, I AGREE. YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE STREETS, ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THAT STREET, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO IT, DRAINAGE, SEWER, WATER, EVERYTHING GOES INTO THAT WELL.
AND I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH A BONDING PROJECT TO ALSO WORK IN, IN TANDEM WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP US ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE.
THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WORK, WORK WITH THE PRECINCTS AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL EFFORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
CAN YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU HELP US? YEAH. IF YOUR AVERAGE HOME IS WORTH 325,000 IN THIS COUNTY, WHICH I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH, YOU DIVIDE THAT INTO THE 15 MILLION, DIVIDE THAT BY THE $100 THAT THEY SET THE TAX RATE ON, AND THEN MULTIPLY THAT BY $0.04. IT'S $130 A YEAR.
YEP. I DID THE MATH ON A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION HOME.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? WELL, YEAH. GO AHEAD.
I MEAN, SO ROADS YOU MENTIONED GETTING ON IT, SO THAT NEEDS TO.
MAYBE THIS IS A NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT. IT'S NOT.
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BUT THE REHABILITATION OF ROADS. LET'S KEEP IT LEGAL HERE.COULD BE MATCHED WITH OTHER CONCERNS AND PROBABLY SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO US IN THE PRETTY NEAR, NEAR, NEAR, NEAR FUTURE. SO WE CAN START HAVING THOSE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE IF, IF YOU WAIT, IT'S TOO LATE THAT THINGS WILL RUN UP ON US BEFORE WE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TO ACT.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER MORE CHANCE TO VOTE.
ON NOVEMBER. SO. WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT I'VE, THAT I'VE RUN INTO WHEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT BONDING AND THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE FINANCES WITHIN THE CITY IS EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT THAT BOND MEANS TO THEM AS A FUNCTION OF OUTFLOW OF MONEY TO THEM, BECAUSE YOU HEAR $0.04 AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INCREASE.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY THAT'S VALUED AT 165,000 135,000 235,000 400,000. THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS, AN ADDITIONAL TAX.
AND I THINK THAT AS YOU GUYS COMMENTED, THE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT WINDS UP BEING TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ROADWAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IS. YOU KNOW, IT'S PALATABLE.
IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON, PROBABLY. WELL, IT'S ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE THE FACT THAT.
THE DEBT SERVICE IS GOING TO FALL AS OTHER STUFF FALLS OFF.
SO THIS IS THE IMPACT AT THE BEGINNING. IF YOU DO REPLACEMENT, EACH TIME A BOND FALLS OFF, YOU PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON. YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD SLOWLY FALL AS THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO.
IT WOULDN'T ALL BE ABSORBED IMMEDIATELY.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, LET'S GO TO 14.
[14. Discussion and possible action to approve a Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program Planning and Demonstration Grant.]
YES. SO THIS THIS ITEM WE ENDED UP WORKING WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION A SEVERAL YEARS AGO.WE WENT TO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SAFE STREETS, SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.
THE SS FOR A PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW. SO WE PURSUED IT.
AND SO HERE WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY IN, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE US D.O.T.
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING UNDER CONTRACT FOR THIS GRANT.
AND WHAT THIS GRANT IS, IS IT, IT FOCUSES ON UNSAFE ROADS.
IT DOESN'T FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS OR LIKE MEDIAN INCOMES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
IT FOCUSES ON WHETHER OR NOT STREETS ARE UNSAFE.
AND THEN, SO THIS INITIAL GRANT WOULD BE TO CREATE AN ACTION PLAN.
HAS SET ASIDE. SO YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING AN ACTION PLAN.
SO THIS IS STEP ONE. YOU GET THE ACTION PLAN, THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING FOR OTHER FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING OF THESE STREETS. AND UNTIL WE DO THE ACTION PLAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS ON WHAT POTENTIAL STREETS IT WOULD BE.
WE HAD WE HAD GOTTEN THAT DEEP IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH USDOT.
SO I IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD I IMAGINE THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES GOING DOWN THERE, I IMAGINE ALL THAT FACTORS INTO WHAT'S SAFE AND UNSAFE.
THE CITY'S MATCHES 35,000. AND SUSIE HAD MENTIONED THAT IN THAT FUND OH TWO OR.
WE'VE BEEN PUTTING THAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT TAX OVER THERE.
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LEAD TO NOWHERE. AND I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THAT.UNDERSTOOD. 175,000. THEY TELL YOU THE STREETS AND THEN SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY GRANT FUNDING.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IN SHARED BIKE LANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WAS DESIGNED IN ON A ROADWAY THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO DO SO. I MEAN, THAT WAS THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING WITH ARCOLA, RIGHT, WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO THEY WERE GOING TO WANT TO RUN BIKE PATHS BETWEEN CEDAR AND 35 WHERE THERE WASN'T A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
SO I MEAN, WHAT. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PURSE? WHAT'S THE. WHAT. IS THE POTENTIAL REWARD. I KNOW THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THIS PROGRAM WAS A. I BELIEVE IT WAS 300 BILLION.
AND IT'S ALL BEEN LOCAL CITIES, TOWNS THAT HAVE GOTTEN THIS FUNDING.
IT'S WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED 300 BILLION TO THE, TO THE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATES OR TO TEXAS OR TOTAL JUST TOTAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU'RE APPLYING DIRECTLY.
A LOT OF COMPETITION. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST I'M CAUTIOUSLY SICK OF BEING TOLD HOW WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP OUR CITY FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT.
YOU TAKE THAT 35,000 AND START ADDRESSING THE SIDEWALKS AND.
YES, WE COULD. AND I COULD I CAN ASK THESE QUESTIONS, CLARIFY THESE QUESTIONS, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THAT. I FEEL LIKE WE DO NEED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
YEAH. I MEAN, NOT A PROBLEM. I'M NOT SAYING YES OR NO.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
SO THIS IS $175 OR WHATEVER IT IS JUST FOR AN ACTION PLAN OF WHAT ROADS ARE AN ACTION PLAN.
SO THEY CAN TELL US, SO THEY CAN GIVE ME THE EXACT SAME LIST THAT I GOT SITTING RIGHT HERE.
YEAH. ONE OF THE CATCHES IS IN ORDER. IF WE RECEIVE AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT, DO WE NEED TO FOLLOW STATE AND FEDERAL DESIGN STANDARDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY PROJECTS? JOHN'S NOT HERE, BUT YES, I'M SURE HE WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW THEIR STANDARD DESIGN NOW AND IS PROBABLY SOME SORT OF BIKE LANE CAVEAT DEAL.
YES. SO IT WOULD BE TO RECEIVE THE FEDERAL FUNDS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.
NOT INCLUDED. INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
APPLICABLE GUIDELINES, STATE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO. WOULD YOU DO ANYWAY ON THAT? TEXT. TEXT. OK VERSION.
WELL, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE NOT. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE AGAINST BIKE PATHS WHERE THEY MAKE SENSE OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS OTHER SIDE OF IT WHERE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN KIDS RIDING AROUND TOWN, BUT NONE OF THEM WOULD USE A BIKE LANE ANYWAY. THEY RIDE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, OFTEN WEARING BLACK AT 10:00 AT NIGHT.
SO YEP. TRUE STORY. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND PD IS WORKING ON A STATEMENT, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON IT.
WELL, THERE ARE ALREADY THERE ARE ALREADY THINGS IN PLACE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PSA GOING ON. I DO LOVE SEEING OUTSIDE THOUGH.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR ELECTRIC HANDHELD DEVICES.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A COUPLE OF THEM THE OTHER DAY AND THEY WERE LIKE YOU KNOW, I SAID, LOOK, COME OVER HERE. I SAID, LOOK, I SAID, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WHATEVER.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST BE, BE POLITE. DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
IT'S REAL. GET INTO THE DETAILS OF IT. OKAY. SO, SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING YES. I JUST FEEL LIKE BEFORE WE SAY NO, WE SHOULD HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
NOT A PROBLEM. ANY OTHER CONCERNS YOU WANT ME TO ASK ABOUT, OR JUST THESE SPECIFIC ONES? MORE OR LESS. WITH BIKE PATHS AND HAVING IT'S PRETTY MUCH FORCED TO FOLLOW THESE CERTAIN STANDARDS.
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I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S THE TIMING IS THIS TEN YEARS YOU'LL SEE FUNDING OR NEVER.SO, SO FOR THIS, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE FUNDING THIS THIS YEAR FOR THIS ACTION PLAN.
IS IT SUBJECT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THESE THINGS ARE SUBJECT TO FURTHER MODIFICATION.
AND THEN YOU'RE STUCK WITH. OR IS THIS AS THE RULES ARE NOW? OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW HOW RIGID OR FLEXIBLE.
WHAT THE WHAT THE FUTURE. IF IT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? JUST THAT. JUST THAT I'VE STILL LOST. I'VE STILL LOST SLEEP OVER WHAT WE DID TO DOWNTOWN.
YEAH. IT SUCKS. OH, AND THEY WILL. I WILL TRY ITEM NUMBER 15. GOSH, BARBARA, CHIEF SAID I WILL NOT GET A TICKET, SO I'LL TAKE THE DISCUSSION ON CURRENT PARK PROJECTS.
[15. Update and discussion on current Park Projects.]
I'M THINKING ABOUT TEXTILE STATE TROOPERS. IF THERE ARE NO.SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT. FIRST ONE I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON.
YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THERE, THERE ARE SOME PICTURES INCLUDED.
IS BATES PARK FIELD SIX. THOSE PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE.
NOT AT ALL. IT'S REALLY HARD TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IT IS ABOUT 95% COMPLETE.
BUT THAT'S MINOR AS FAR AS THE WORK GOES. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS DONE.
SO EXCITED TO SAY THAT, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
WE DO PLAN TO LOCK IT FOR A TIME PERIOD TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A GROWTH PERIOD IN PLACE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO PLAY ON IT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THAT. BUT THIS PROJECT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
I MEAN, WHAT WAS IT, THREE AND A HALF WEEKS, ROUGHLY? YEAH. ONCE THEY ACTUALLY GOT ON SITE, I THINK WE WERE JUST ABOUT THREE, MAYBE JUST OVER THREE AND A HALF.
YEAH. BUT WITHIN A MONTH TO DO ALL THE FIELD WORK AND EVERYTHING FIELD IT.
THEY'VE ALREADY ROLLED OUT THE GRASS. THEY'VE CONDITIONED IT.
YEAH. I MEAN IRRIGATION BEING PUT IN AND TIE ON.
THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS THERE WAS QUITE A BIT THAT WE DID THERE. SO SOMETHING ELSE I NOTICED ON THE LEFT SIDE, IF YOU SCROLL UP ONE PAGE ON THAT LEFT SIDE, RIGHT THERE, ALL THAT SHADE, THE THERE'S THAT RETENTION POND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE RIGHT THERE.
YES. THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGE AND DRAINING THAT FIELD PRETTY QUICKLY.
YEAH. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AS WELL.
I WILL SAY FOR IF DOWN THE ROAD, WE DO HAVE THE SPACE, IF WE EVER WERE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AGAIN AT THAT POINT, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT DRAINAGE BECAUSE OF THAT FOOTPRINT THAT'S THERE, BUT GO THAT WAY.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TOWARDS THE 35. YEAH, YEAH, WE MAY HAVE JUST ENOUGH ROOM TO GET ANOTHER.
WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT DO A SMALL PIXIE.
OH OF COURSE THIS IS GETTING CONCRETE FROM THE FROM THE PARKING LOT.
NOW TO FIELD THREE. THERE I CAN TELL YOU. SO PARK'S BOARD IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IT.
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IT'S JUST A BIG SPOT AND IT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR LIST AS THEIR CURRENT TOP TEN.SO. GREAT JOB. VERY EFFICIENT. GLAD TO SEE IT'S ALMOST DONE.
AND DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR THAT NATIONAL TOURNAMENT? I DO NOT RECALL. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHER ONES BECAUSE.
THEY REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL FIELD ON IT.
AND SO THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING TOURNAMENT AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING AROUND 500 TO 600 INDIVIDUALS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON BATES? NO. I MEAN, WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT NOW THAT THIS ONE'S BEEN UPDATED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BETWEEN THE LEAGUE AND THE CITY, BUT THE FENCING.
OH, IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. THAT ONE PUTS THEM ALL TO SHAME.
YEAH, THEY DID TWO. WE I WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AGSA ABOUT THAT ONE.
I WOULD SAY FIELD ONE IS PROBABLY THE ONE I WOULD SAY ONE WOULD BE FIRST WOULD NEED THE MEAT AT THE MOST THREE AND FOUR ARE OKAY AT THE MOMENT FIVE IS ACTUALLY THE LEAST USED FIELD. SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PUT THAT ONE AS A PRIORITY, BUT ONE IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT COULD USE A LITTLE REHAB.
YEAH, I WOULD LOOK AT REPLACING FIELD ONE AND ALL GO INTO THE BLACK.
THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CODED. YEAH, THE VINYL GALVANIZED AND JUST HAVE A UNIFORM.
OKAY, THAT'S THE PARK STANDARD. NOW ANY REPLACEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO THE ELECTRICAL THAT WAS OVER THERE WAS A TIE IN THAT WAS FROM THE PREEXISTING THAT WAS OFF OF FIELD THREE, I BELIEVE. RIGHT. SO YES, THERE IS ELECTRICAL THERE, BUT I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN IF WHAT CAPACITY THEY WOULD HAVE TO TIE INTO.
BUT THERE WAS AN ELECTORAL RUN THAT WAS ALREADY THERE ON FIELD THREE.
YEAH. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONTROLLER FOR IRRIGATION IS, WAS PUT OVER THERE.
INSTEAD OF HAVING TRIED TO RUN IT FROM THE CONCESSION STAND.
FROM THERE, THEY PUT THE CONTROLLER OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WAS THINKING WHEN I WENT OUT AND CHECKED IT OUT IS THAT IN MOVING TO THE SUMMER, THAT THIRD BASE DUG OUTSIDE. LOVELY. IT'S THE WESTERN SIDE.
YEAH, YEAH, YOU CAN ALREADY SEE WHAT THAT PICTURE IS DOWN THERE.
IT'S ALREADY SHADY ON THAT SIDEWALK AND GOING THAT WAY.
AND THEY BOTH DID A GREAT WORK AS WELL. AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY EFFICIENT ON THAT.
HOW MUCH DID THAT FIELD COST US, TONY? AND I BELIEVE JUST OVER 350,000 FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND I WILL MENTION, WE DID KEEP IN MIND THE, THE CONCRETE THAT WENT IN FOR THE SIDEWALK.
WE DID PUT CULVERTS UNDERNEATH TO HELP WITH THAT DRAINAGE FOR THAT EXISTING SWELL.
SO WE SHOULDN'T SEE ANY IMPACTS FROM THAT. SO NEXT ONE GIVE AN UPDATE ON FIRST.
THE THINGS THAT WE ASK OF OUR STAFF SOMETIMES CAN BE A LOT TO THEM.
AND THEY RANGE FROM 200 TO 500 POUNDS OF CONCRETE ON ONE POLE.
SO THEY WORKED FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT AND TORE OUT AN ENTIRE PLAYGROUND.
SO I JUST GOT TO GIVE KUDOS TO STAFF ON THAT ONE.
BUT AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM PUBLIC NOTICES HAVE GONE OUT SOME POSTINGS.
WE DID CLOSE FREEDOM PARK PLAYGROUND ON APRIL 6TH.
STAFF WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, GOT THAT FULL PLAYGROUND TAKEN OUT.
I WAS OUT THERE THIS MORNING AND YOU WILL ALREADY SEE A PLAYGROUND BEING ERECTED.
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WE WILL HIT THAT FOUR WEEK TIMELINE AND MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO SQUEAK IN UNDER THAT, BUT OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING WEATHER CONTINGENT.SO WE'LL BE GETTING A NEW SHADE STRUCTURE ON THERE AS WELL. SHADE CANOPY.
SO THE FOOTPRINT STAYS THE SAME THOUGH, RIGHT? NO, THE FOOTPRINT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LARGER. SO IF YOU WILL.
WELL THEY CAN'T BE. YES. CANOPY CANOPY WILL BE THE SAME.
AND SO THEY'RE POSITIONING THE MAJORITY OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE UNDER THE CANOPY.
AND THE PLAY TOWER MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CANOPY, RIGHT? SO. YEP. ANY QUESTIONS ON FREEDOM? OKAY.
NEXT PROJECT IS FREEDOM PARK FIELD EXPANSION.
SO A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN FREEDOM PARK. EXCITING THINGS TAKING SHAPE.
THE CONTRACTOR FROST CONSTRUCTION TOOK THEIR NOTICE TO PROCEED TO HEART.
AND APRIL 6TH, THEY WERE ON THE GROUND. THEY DID RECEIVE PERMISSION TO GO OUT THERE THE WEEK PRIOR, AND THEY ACTUALLY SET UP THEIR LAY DOWN YARD. THEY WANTED, THEY WERE EAGER TO GET STARTED.
AND I ASKED THEM WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO BE MOVING DIRT AND THEY SAID SOMETIME THE WEEK OF, AND WHEN I GOT OUT THERE FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, THEY ALREADY HAD MOVED DIRT.
AND SO EXCITED ON THAT ONE. THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO BUILD OUT THE BERM THIS WEEK.
AND SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT, WHICH IS, IMPACTING THE FIELD.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE GO THROUGH.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A 90 DAY TURNAROUND FOR THIS ONE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT CONTINUE TO TAKE SHAPE.
BUT THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH PROGRESS ON THOSE.
THEY AGAIN WILL BE STARTING MORE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
SO THE QUESTION I HAD WAS, ARE THEY GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO RAISE THE, THE AREA UP.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN MORE DIRT AND LEVEL IT OFF SO IT CAN DRAIN INTO THAT DITCH, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. SO THEY'RE DOING A COUPLE THINGS WITH THAT ONE.
SO THE YOU'LL SEE THE DIRT WORK CURRENTLY GOING DOWN THAT DRAIN CURRENT SWELL.
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO CORRECT THAT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE PROPER DRAINAGE.
THEY'RE ALSO DIGGING IN THE CURRENT DITCH TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE DITCH ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.
AND THEN THEY WILL ADDRESS WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW SOME OF THAT DRAINAGE IS GOING TO GO IN ALONG THE THIRD BASE LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE TO COME OUT FROM THAT FIELD AS WELL.
SO YES. AND JUST WHAT SIZE IS THE HOME SIDE GOING TO BE? DOES IT MATTER? RECOMMENDATIONS. SUGGESTIONS.
WE ONLY FUNDED ONE ADA COMPLIANT BLEACHER ON THE ON THE HOME SIDE.
SO WE TECHNICALLY CAN PUT WHATEVER SIDE WE WOULD WE WANT BECAUSE THE BLEACHER WISE IS EASY.
THAT'S AN EASY ONE. SO IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE, WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.
SEEING ARGUMENT FOR BOTH SIDES. NO, I MEANT PICK YOUR POISON.
YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NO LARGE TREES OUT THERE, SO SHADING IS NONEXISTENT.
AND THEN THE FOURTH PROJECT TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THIS ONE.
SO ABIGAIL AREAS PARK. THEY DID DR. MEACHAM IS THE CONTRACT FOR THIS ONE.
THEY DID RECEIVE THEIR NOTICE TO PROCEED, WHICH IS OFFICIALLY FOR APRIL 8TH.
AFTER THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE SOME PERMITTING AND CONTACT WITH TEXAS AND MEXICO.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE MOVED ANY DIRT.
THEIR PROJECT COORDINATOR HAD A NEWBORN THAT WAS BORN LAST WEEK WHICH IS EXCITING NEWS FOR THEM.
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THEY GAVE ME, THEY SHOULD BE MOBILIZED AND READY TO START TOMORROW.BUT NOW THAT WE THEY HAVE THEIR OFFICIAL NOTICE TO PROCEED, THAT STARTS THEIR WINDOW OF 150 DAYS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS PROJECT FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. SO EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE THAT ON THE WAY.
THEIR SIGN IS UP. I WILL SAY THAT. SO THERE IS SOMETHING THERE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY STARTED ANY WORK ON SITE YET, SO. OKAY, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IN YOUR REPORT HOLDS OPEN.
HAD A MEETING WITH CONTRACT AND ENGINEERING FIRM LAST WEEK.
THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE OPEN FOR SUMMER.
WHEREAS INITIAL THOUGHTS WERE B, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MONTHS.
SO RIGHT NOW THINGS ARE LOOKING ENCOURAGING. THAT WILL BE IN A BETTER PLACE.
SO WHEN WILL YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? NEXT COUNCIL THAT I'M HOPING TO.
I DID A FOLLOW UP REQUEST YESTERDAY. THEY TOLD ME THEY'RE STILL REVIEWING PLANS TO PUT THE FULL PROPOSAL TOGETHER, WHICH TELLS ME THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, SO HOPEFULLY WE SHOULD. BASED ON OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, THEY, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION. WE HAD IDENTIFIED TWO DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, WHICH THEY WERE BOTH IN, IN FAVOR OF VERSUS THE INITIAL ONE, WHICH WAS A VERY LARGE SCALE PROBLEM THAT HAS GOT TO BE OPEN BY MAY.
WE CAN'T KEEP IT CLOSED, I KNOW. SO WHAT IS SCHOOL LET OUT BEFORE MAY 22ND? RIGHT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY, RIGHT. YEAH, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THE WEEKEND BEFORE. YEAH. SO THERE'S YOUR GOAL.
I WILL TAKE IT TO HEART. I MEAN, YEAH. BEING HONEST.
IT'S ALMOST MAY. YEAH, IT DEFINITELY WAS UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT CORRECTED.
SO DID SOMETHING COME UP DURING CONSTRUCTION? YEAH. THERE IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR DECKING. AND IN MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE'S AND SO WE HAD TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT WERE FOUND DURING THE PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLIANT.
WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAY UP THERE? KEN, DO STAFF REPORTS ON 16TH MARCH? DEPARTMENT REPORTS KEEP GOING. OKAY. GET IT OUT OF THE WAY.
[16. March Department Reports]
HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON IMPROVEMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR THE REC CENTER AT THIS POINT? SO SIMILAR IN THE PAST. THE MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS THE POOL BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH THIS ADDITIONAL COST, NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE, WE WANT TO GET THE POOL DONE FIRST.SO ONCE WE OFFICIALLY GET THE POOL DONE AND WE HAVE THAT FINAL COST, WE'RE GOING TO START.
OUR NEXT FOCUS IS MOVE ON TO THE GYM TO DO A REVITALIZATION IN THERE.
AND THAT WOULD A GOAL FOR THAT ONE IS TO AFTER SUMMER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PEAK USAGE KIND OF DROPS OFF FOR US, IS THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THAT AND WORK ON THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AS WELL.
AND WOULD BE OUR NEXT TWO PROJECTS TO, TO GO INTO.
ULTIMATELY WE WOULD LOVE TO ADDRESS THE, A NUMBER OF THINGS LONG TERM IS THINKING ABOUT THE LOCKER ROOMS, BUT I ENVISION THE SCARY SIDE THAT COMES WITH THAT AS WELL.
JUST LIKE THE POOL, WE'RE TRYING TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH OUR SPENDING.
SO BUT OUR NEXT TWO MAIN AREAS WOULD BE THE BASKETBALL GYM AND THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS.
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I AMBUSHED YOUR PARKS PEOPLE ON FRIDAY. I GUESS IT WAS.AND WHILE THEY WERE WORKING ON REMOVING THE PLAYGROUND.
AND I SAW THEIR SKID STEER THAT THEY RENTED FROM UNITED RENTALS.
AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WELL, DON'T WE HAVE A SKID STEER? AND THEY SAID, NO, WE DO NOT. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
THE ONE THAT WE HAVE IS WE WOULD USE WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
THE REASON WE RENTED ONE IS THE ONE WE RENTED HAS TRACKS ON IT.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MANEUVER IN THAT SPACE.
AND THE ONE WE RENTED WAS LARGER SKID STEER. THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
YEAH. THAT HELPED THEM IMMENSELY TO BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE FOOTINGS OUT OF THE GROUND.
SO. SO WE DO HAVE ONE, BUT CAN YOU FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO GET A SKID STEER THAT WE CAN PUT FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH THE TRACKS. ABSOLUTELY. WE DO A LOT OF DIRT MOVING.
YEP. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AS THE NEW PARK AS ABIGAIL COMES ONLINE AND OTHER THINGS.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT. AND I CAN TELL YOU, I MEAN WITH THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE ONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS FOR CLEANUP OF ABIGAIL.
AND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE THE TRACKS THE AREA WE WERE CLEANING IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER.
SO HAVING THE TRACKS WAS A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO DO.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THAT SIZING YOU HAD RENTED WOULD BE THE RIGHT ONE.
ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE TWO DEPARTMENTS ARE TOGETHER.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHAT THE COST WAS TO RENT IT. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ONLY CLOSE TO A THOUSAND FOR THE WEEK.
SO ALREADY WORKING ON IT. PRICE A LOT OF OTHER PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE ONE OFF FOR YOU. I THINK MAKING SURE THAT OUR OUR GUYS ARE EQUIPPED PROPERLY IS GOT TO BE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FOCUSES AND THAT IS ONE OF THEM. I WAS JUST ON MY LIST AND THEN THEY MENTIONED A TRAILER. SO. THAT'S I LIKE IT.
WELL, TRAILER WAS ONE OF THE ONES WE'VE HAD ON PREVIOUS REQUESTS.
IT JUST WASN'T ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REPLACED A MOWER LAST YEAR.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE A MOWER THIS YEAR. AND SO THOSE TWO BEING A PRIORITY TRAILER, JUST, IT'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED ON THE ROAD, BUT WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP. AND ONE LAST THING FOR YOU ON PARKS, I HAVE PROGRAMING.
WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT BETTER ON PROGRAMING.
OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS FALLING BEHIND. I FEEL ON REALLY PUSHING PROGRAMS. WHAT'S GOING ON, GETTING PEOPLE SIGNED UP. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
WELL, MY BIG THING WITH THAT WOULD BE IS, AND I KNOW THIS IS HARD IS TO REACH THE NEW AUDIENCE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE DAILY OR WEEKLY AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR PROGRAMING.
ADVERTISEMENTS. IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T REGULARLY, EVEN IF IT'S WEEKLY, REGULARLY, MUCH LESS DAILY, REGULARLY. SO THAT'S GOT TO BE YOUR. IT'S GOT TO BE THE WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO FIND.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO FIND THE WAY TO, TO, TO FIND BECAUSE A LOT OF YOUR STUFF GEARED TOWARDS CHILDREN AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ADULT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST EXPECT THE CHILD TO SHOW UP ON THEIR OWN, BUT THEIR PARENT, THEIR GUARDIAN. SO I CAN RESONATE WITH THAT SENTIMENT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MARTHA AND I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS OF SOME COLLABORATION EFFORTS AS WELL AS SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO MAKE IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO CHANGE OUR FOCUS AND HOW WE PROMOTE AND HOW WE DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I ALSO DO WANT TO POINT OUT, ESPECIALLY MORE RECENTLY, WE DID AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ON LEAVE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR MARKETING.
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AND SO SOME OF THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME ATTENTION ONTO IT.BUT A COUPLE ADDITIONAL CHANGES WILL BE COMING.
DO YOU THINK IF YOU THINK YOU'RE OVERCOMMUNICATING, YOU'RE NOT? OH, POST IT EVERY WEEK. I MEAN, THESE CLASSES, THESE LEAGUES, THINGS LIKE THAT JUST KEEP KEEP GETTING THE WORD OUT, KEEP GOING AND NOT SOMETHING WITH 20,000 WORDS ON IT LIKE THAT.
YEAH. MANAGE YOUR WHITE SPACES. YEP. ONE CLASS, ONE POST.
HERE'S A PICTURE. OKAY. COME AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT OLD PEOPLE. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE.
YEP. CHILDREN. I MEAN, THERE ARE WORK FROM HOME PEOPLE.
THERE ARE MOMS WITH CHILDREN. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT OLD.
I'VE BEEN TO TWO CLASSES. EVERYBODY HAD GRAY HAIR.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ANGLETON.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S BEEN A FOCUS OF OURS.
ONE OF THE DEFICIENTS WE HAVE IS WE DON'T HAVE CHILDCARE.
AND SO IT IS HARD TO GET INDIVIDUALS IN DURING THE DAY.
YEAH. BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO SHOW UP. SO YOU TAILOR TO THAT.
AND TRYING TO GET INTO THAT IS A HARD SHIFT TO DO.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CURRENT SPRING SCHEDULE IS OUT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO TO ADD A COUPLE MORE CLASSES TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL INTEREST IN TO START TO SHIFT SOME OF THAT.
SO MOMMY AND ME. ARE YOU GETTING MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN A CLASS TOGETHER TO DO YOGA? TO DO. WALKING. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE AREN'T MOTHERS OUT THERE WITH CHILDREN.
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A QUALIFIED TEACHER TO GO BRING A STROLLER.
IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED, YOU KNOW. AND I THINK WITH ABLC AS WELL IS THE CHILD CARE.
I'LL BE HONEST, I I'VE LISTENED TO YOU SAY IT BEFORE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPLORE ALL THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT DOES COST MONEY, BUT MAYBE IT CAN BE LIKE REALLY NARROWLY TAILORED, NOT A FULL, YOU KNOW, EIGHT HOUR PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 5.
BUT MAYBE IT COULD BE A LIMITED HOURS, MORNINGS, MID MORNINGS, TWO HOURS OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW. NO WAY YOU COULD STRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
I GUESS PROGRAMING TO WHERE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE LICENSED AND WHATEVER STATE QUALIFICATION. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF OVERHEAD.
SO THAT'S ALL. I'M JUST SAYING. WE CAN BRING IT BACK, BRING IT UP, PUT SOME SOME NUMBERS ON IT BECAUSE WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT THE REAL DETAILS ARE BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS HIDDEN NUMBERS BEHIND THERE. YEAH. WELL, IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU HAVE A TRULY STRUCTURED PROGRAM IS THE SPACE RIGHT? IS OUR REC CENTER IS FAIRLY LIMITED. AND SO IF YOU TAKE AWAY LIKE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.
AND SO IT'S JUST NAVIGATING SOME OF THOSE. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT SOME MORE CONCRETE NUMBERS IN TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I WASN'T GOING TO ASK YOU ANYTHING ELSE. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK ANYTHING ELSE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. FIRST PAYMENT FROM ASHLAND.
YEP. FINALLY GOT THAT PAYMENT. AND WE ALL GOT THE ONE FROM WINDRUSH.
YES. YEP. THEY PAY IT OFF. I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
YEAH. WHEN DID THEY PAY THAT? ASHLAND, 61,000 OF THE 1.9, BUT I WILL.
I MEAN, I'LL MAKE SURE IT'S AT LEAST COMING IN AND IT'S SHOWING PROGRESS.
AND BASED ON THEIR PLAN, THEY ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT EVERY SIX MONTHS.
SO. THAT ONE PROJECT CAN HELP FUND A LOT OF PARK IMPROVEMENTS FOR A WHILE.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR JASON?
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I'M GOING TO PUT ONE PLUG IN. KB IS HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL EVENTS.WE HAVE THE TREE AND BUTTERFLY SEED SEED BALL GIVEAWAY NEXT FRIDAY, 8 A.M.
AT THE REC CENTER. AND THEN ON SATURDAY, WE'LL HAVE THE SPRING CLEANUP WHICH WILL HAVE OUR REGULARS FOR HEAVY TRASH, TIRE RECYCLING, ELECTRONIC RECYCLING, DATA SHREDDING AND PAINT RECYCLING.
SO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO NEEDS THOSE SERVICES TO COME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF TREES ARE GIVING AWAY THIS YEAR? THAT'S NUMBER ONE QUESTION.
I DO NOT AS GOOD AS THE FRUIT TREES WE GAVE AWAY IN THE FALL, BUT A MIXTURE OF, I BELIEVE THERE'S A A MAPLE, A TWO OAK, DIFFERENT OAK TREES, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY.
WE PLAN TO PUT A POST OUT NEXT WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHICH ONES ARE COMING UP, BUT WELL, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS A REQUEST LAST EVENT FOR OAK TREES.
YES. YEP. THIS YEAR I THINK THERE'S A TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES OF OAK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
SO WE'LL HAVE 750 ON SITE FOR THE TWO DAYS. YEP.
IS PICKLEBALL STILL THRIVING? IT IS. I WAS THERE ON SATURDAY.
PLAYING PICKLEBALL IN THE ESPECIALLY OUTDOORS IS REALLY THRIVING.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC PLAYER TO COME OUT BUT HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
I'M AWARE OF BEING AT THE REC CENTER. THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN PICKLEBALL PLAYERS.
BASKETBALL PLAYERS, AND THE ALLOCATION OF COURT TIME FOR.
SO I'M JUST THERE IS DEFINITELY STILL A NEED.
I WILL SAY PICKLEBALL IS ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE GYM.
SO IT WOULD BE OFFICIAL LINES WOULD BE IN AND THEN SECOND, WE DO PLAN TO ADDRESS THE WINDOWS IN SOME CAPACITY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE GLARE BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE GET. THEY SAY MOST PEOPLE DON'T COME TO OUR FACILITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE THE GLARE AND OTHER FACILITIES DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO WE'LL SEE ONCE WE REDUCE THE GLARE, IF WE GET AN INFLUX OF THEM COMING IN, BUT THERE IS STILL A RELIGIOUS GROUP THAT COMES OUT TO PLAY PICKLEBALL EVERY TIME WE OFFER IT IN THE MORNINGS. AND THEN WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE IN THE EVENINGS, BUT THERE IS A FOLLOWING THAT COMES OUT DURING THE DAY TO STILL UTILIZE.
SO GRASS GROWING IN THE PICKLEBALL COURT UPDATES.
OKAY. JUST TELLING YOU HOW OFTEN IT'S BEING USED.
I SEE PEOPLE THERE REGULARLY AND I'M ONE OF THEM HERE LATELY.
APPARENTLY MY KIDS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THE BUG.
THEY'RE GREAT COURTS. THEY'RE ENJOYING THEM. YEP.
RIGHT? ANYTHING ELSE I CAN ANSWER FOR Y'ALL? THANK YOU.
YEAH. THERE'S NO REASON THIS CAN'T BE FUN. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR ANYONE ELSE? NO. I DO WANT TO SAY TO MARTHA. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN OVER THE. I FEEL LIKE I THINK YOU WERE UP HERE YOU WERE YOU WERE DOING A LOT THERE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE I WAS GETTING WORRIED ABOUT YOU FOR A MINUTE, BUT IT CAME THROUGH VERY WELL.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. WENT OVER VERY WELL.
AND GREAT JOB ON MARKET DAYS. HOW MANY? HOW MANY TOTAL PEOPLE.
THE NUMBER WENT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. 13,400.
I SEE THE KING MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS CENTER IS ALMOST THERE.
WHEN ARE WE EXPECTING TO TAKE. KEY TO THE PLACE THIS SUMMER.
DO I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I GO TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR COUNCIL.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PREPAREDNESS. ARE ALWAYS ON TOP OF THINGS.
A FAR CRY FROM NOT TOO LONG AGO.
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ONE DEPARTMENT THAT. NOT TO LET. NOT TO LET ANYONE GET AWAY.GO AHEAD. JOHN. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. NO LATE PD.
YOU'RE NOT OFF THE LIST. I'M GOING TO. ASK YOU ALL SOME QUESTIONS LATER.
LAST THING IS COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN.IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THE ACTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
IT'S IT'S NICE. LET'S KEEP UP THE GOOD MOMENTUM.
I'LL MY COMMUNICATION IS KIND OF JUST A FOLLOW UP.
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE EVENING IS START PREPARING YOUR ACTION ITEMS OF IF THERE WERE ANY SORT OF FUNDING FOR FROM BONDS, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STREETS. SO IF THERE ARE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT FOCUS ON. WHAT MAYBE WE REALLY DRILL DOWN TO WHAT? WHAT'S NECESSARY.
NECESSARY. AND THEN WE CAN PUT OUR MINDS TOGETHER AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A.
SOMETHING THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TRYING TO SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN TOUCH AND HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE CAN MAKE FOR ON A BUDGET.
NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT DO YOU DO YOU GO OUT FOR A BOND AND PUT IT ON TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER? WHAT'S THE. HOW SOON DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT? IT WAS AUGUST 15TH.
AUGUST 15TH. SO YOU USED TO HAVE HER DARK HAIR? WE WILL MOVE ON FIGURING THIS OUT. SO. YEAH. CORRECT.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE STREETS.
WE NEED TO GET MOVING. WE NEED TO GET. SUSIE, WE NEED TO.
DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPAND THIS LIST OF STREETS AS WELL, OR ARE WE JUST WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SELECTING FROM THE POOL WE HAVE TONIGHT? I THINK COUNCIL CAN SUBMIT SOME REQUESTS. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER STREETS THAT I KNOW, BUT BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
IT'S LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, I'M NOT LIVING UNDERGROUND.
RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, UNLESS Y'ALL COME TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE DON'T ARE NOT AWARE OF.
SO BUT I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY POINT OUT A FEW THINGS.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING IN AND YOU'RE HITTING UP STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, CUL DE SACS, DEAD ENDS, WE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE MAIN THOROUGHFARES BECAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN THE BACKING OF THE PUBLIC, WHILE ALSO KNOCKING OUT SOME OF THESE OTHER STREETS THAT ARE NEEDED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO I THINK THAT THIS THING IS GOING TO KIND OF BALLOON, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HIT SOME OF THESE MAIN ROADS TO TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR THIS. BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST THESE ISOLATED AREAS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THEIR PLIGHT, BUT WHAT'S THIS DO FOR US? RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S TRAVIS. I MEAN, I KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I THINK THE COUNCIL SUBMIT YOUR STREAKS.
SUBMIT WHAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO. LET'S GIVE IT TO HECTOR.
LET HIM PUT TOGETHER A PLAN ON WHAT YOU WANT IN IT.
YOU WANT SIDEWALKS, YOU WANT WATER, SEWER REPLACEMENT.
YOU WANT. YOU WANT A CONCRETE. DO YOU WANT AN ASPHALT? YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER.
AND THEN LET'S BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH ALL OF OUR OUR LIST.
LET'S GET THIS DONE SO IT'S READY FOR THE VOTERS BY AND APPROVED BY AUGUST 15TH.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE OUR OWN COMMITTEE. YEAH. AND I, AND I'LL SAY THIS AND I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I WANT TO LOOK INTO AMENDING THE CHARTER ON ABLC TO INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND STREETS TO GIVE US ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM. THAT, LIKE I SAID, WHERE MY IDEAL IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, THE GENERAL. THERE'S. THERE'S. ANNUAL BUDGET FOR STREETS.BUT THEN YOU CAN ALSO GO TO A, B, L, C TO ALSO DO A COLLABORATIVE TO ME THAT THEY WORK HAND IN HAND BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT DRAINAGE, STREETS AND DRAINAGE SHOULD GO HAND IN HAND FOR THE MOST PART.
I'M NOT LYING TO MYSELF. I WANTED TO TO LOOK AT EXPLORING ONE MORE TERM FOR COUNCIL IN THE MAYOR.
BY NOW IT'S CAPPED AT THREE TWO YEAR TERMS FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THE PRESIDENT. UNITED STATES CAN HAVE EIGHT YEARS. I THINK THE MAYOR OF ANGLETON CAN HAVE EIGHT YEARS. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY.
AND TWO THINGS I'VE OBSERVED IS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IT TAKES A WHILE TO MOVE THROUGH PROJECTS.
AND WHEN THERE'S CHANGEOVER AT COUNCIL AND THERE'S CHANGEOVER AT CITY MANAGER, EVERYBODY COMES IN WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS, AND THOSE LISTS AND OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CHANGE, AND YOU GET HALFWAY DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU PULL A U-TURN, OR YOU GET HALFWAY DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU JUMP STRAIGHT OVER HERE AND JUST THINGS DON'T GET DONE.
I THINK IT ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, IT SOMETIMES LIMITS WHAT IS ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE THERE'S A CHANGE OF IDEAS AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THOSE TIMES THAT I'VE NOTICED IN COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I HAVE LEFT COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN UNELECTED. SOMEBODY HAS UNSEATED SOMEBODY.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S ALL MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS.
ON WHY I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT ONE MORE TERM.
I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY I WILL NOT SEEK A FOURTH TERM.
I'M GOING TO EXPIRE AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO BE JUST A PLAIN CITIZEN OF OF ANGLETON, TEXAS.
BUT I DO THINK THE OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE OUT THERE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CONTINUE ON IN THAT ROLE.
AND I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE HURDLES THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST AS FAR AS CONTINUING MOMENTUM TO MOVE THROUGH THESE PROJECTS. EVEN, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE OPERATING, I THINK A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD MUCH DIFFERENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT GROUP. BUT. I DON'T MEAN. I MEAN, I'M HAPPY, I'M PLEASED, BUT I JUST THINK WHEN YOU'RE.
TURNOVER. SOUNDS GOOD AND IN THEORY. BUT SOMETIMES IT.
IT PRESENTS ITS OWN HURDLES. IT CAN BE GOOD. FRESH BLOOD CAN BE GOOD.
I'M PREPARED FOR SLINGS AND ARROWS. THAT'S OKAY. I CAN HANDLE IT.
I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT. DO I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I DO? I HAVE A COMPLETE 180. I HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS AND BUSINESS OWNERS REACH OUT TO ME AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT THE BATTERY AND AFTER THE FACTS ARTICLE CAME OUT, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO IF THERE IS A FIRE? AND I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CALM THEM LIKE OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE, THEY DO YEARLY TRAINING AND LIKE, BUT BUT WHAT KIND OF TRAINING? AND SO I THOUGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A WORKSHOP.
AND I TALKED WITH CHIEF GARCIA AND ASKED HIM IF HE'D BE WILLING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURES.
LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DO IF THIS OCCURS?
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AND WHAT ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT SURROUND THE AREA? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO AS WELL? AND HE SAID, OH YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.IN FACT, WE JUST DID OUR TRAINING NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND YEAH, SO I'D LIKE TO SET SOMETHING UP LIKE THAT IN THE SUMMER.
AND THEN, BUT I WANT TO INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY CHIEF AND PROBABLY THE COUNTY ALSO BECAUSE IF IT IS A LARGER DISASTER, THEN WE HAVE MUTUAL AID INVOLVED AND THEN TRAIN THE MUTUAL AID FROM THE OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WHEN THEY TRAIN THEIR OFFICERS, THEY NEED TO BE INVOLVED ALSO.
ISD. WORK ON THAT. YES, SIR. OUR CHIEF ALREADY ALL FOR. YES. THANK YOU. GRADY, I DON'T THINK YOU GET ENOUGH PRAISE FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. FALLING OUT OF MY CHAIR.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:12 P.M..
THERE YOU GO.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.