[00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. [DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER] WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE HAVE NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE. [1. Discussion and possible action on the minutes for the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held on April 2, 2026. ] AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON APRIL 2ND. DID WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING ON APRIL 2ND OR DID WE CANCEL THAT ONE FOR LACK OF. OH WAIT, I'M THINKING OF THE MAY MEETING. YEAH, WE CANCELED THE MAY MEETING, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES. IF SO, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OR CORRECTION AND THEN A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TOWNSEND AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HESTON. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ACTION ITEMS. [2. Update, Discussion, and Worksession on proposed text amendments to the Angleton Code of Ordinances, regarding the Data Center Use within the City Limits. (No Action Agenda Item) ] MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA NUMBER 2 UPDATE DISCUSSION AND WORK SESSION ON PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE ANGLETON CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING THE DATA CENTER USE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. MR. SPRIGGS, WOULD YOU CARE TO EDUCATE US ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. SO, AS STATED IN THE COVER, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS BASICALLY JUST A WORK SESSION, JUST TO INTRODUCE AN ITEM THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU IN THE FUTURE FOR ACTUAL TEXT AMENDMENTS, POSSIBLY. ONCE WE WORK THROUGH THE WORK SESSIONS, THIS IS THE FIRST 1 THAT YOU'LL BE DOING. COUNCIL DID ENTERTAIN THIS TOPIC WITHIN THEIR LAST SESSION. I THINK 2 SESSIONS AGO TIME IS FLYING. I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH FOR YOU AHEAD OF TIME. WE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE RESEARCH. WE LOOKED AT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES JUST TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, AS YOU SEE IN THE NEWS. THIS IS A NATIONAL TOPIC. A LOT OF COUNTIES WITHIN TEXAS, TEXAS HAVE HANDLED THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. WE SAW MORATORIUMS OCCURRING. WE SAW WHERE MOST COUNTIES ARE JUST HOLDING THEIR HANDS UP AND SAY, HEY, WE GIVE UP. THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO TO STOP THESE THINGS. AS YOU KNOW, ON THE FEDERAL ON THE FEDERAL SCENE, THESE PARTICULAR TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS ARE BEING PROMOTED. HOWEVER, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF IMPACTS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS AS IT RELATES TO NUISANCES LOADS ON OUR UTILITY SERVICES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL RUN THE SLIDES REAL QUICK. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I GO TOO FAST, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THIS INFORMATION AS, AS YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR AGENDA, AND I DON'T WANT TO REHASH AND REPEAT, BUT HOWEVER I'M GRACE WILL GO TO THE SLIDE SHOW FURTHER DOWN AND WE'LL KIND OF RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU TO ALLOW YOU TO GIVE US SOME INPUT AND DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU. AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO I'LL ASK A QUICK QUESTION. I'M SORRY, IS, IS THE PROPOSED, I GUESS, ORDINANCE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, A RESULT OF FEEDBACK COUNCIL HAS ALREADY GIVEN. LIKE, IS THIS. THE RESEARCH COUNCIL GOT THE SAME PRESENTATION? THE SAME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEY WANTED US TO BRING IT BEFORE YOU TO GET GET YOUR INPUT AS WELL, SO THAT WHEN WE START SHAPING THE ORDINANCES AND RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY, WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT, YOU KNOW, TO YOU PRIOR AND THEN INCORPORATE ANYTHING THAT YOU ADD. OKAY. BUT THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE AND SAMPLING THAT YOU SEE THERE. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SO HERE IN TERMS OF THE TOPICS WE'LL WE'LL DISCUSS WOULD BE AN APPROACH TO THIS TYPE OF REGULATION THROUGH OUR SUP PROCESS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. THE PLAN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN WHICH SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. AND THEN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PLANNING AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER. WE'LL LOOK AT THE CASE STUDIES AND THEN ALSO COMPATIBILITY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE ETJ. AS YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE ETJ WE ONLY HAVE PLANNING AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW. AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW FROM BILL 2038, PROPERTY OWNERS CAN. ACTUALLY REQUEST TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR ETJ IN WHICH THAT PROCESS CAN BE EXPEDITED, NOT ALWAYS SUPPORTED. AND HERE IN TERMS OF WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONTROL OVER ZONING AND THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL IN TERMS OF OUR CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE USES THAT WE GET REQUESTED IN THE FUTURE. KEEP GOING. THIS SLIDE HERE, I ADDED, YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT, BUT WHAT I DID WAS I KIND OF DID ANOTHER REFRESH AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND US IN TERMS OF WHO'S DISCUSSING IT. AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY REGULATING OR WORKING ON. SO AS YOU SEE, PEARLAND IS NOT DOING MUCH. MANVILLE NO DISCUSSIONS WERE IDENTIFIED. AND THEN MISSOURI CITY, I HAD THE RESEARCH TO KIND OF ADD THE FACT THAT THEY RECENTLY ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I GAVE YOU. AND THEN IN FORT WORTH AND ALL THESE OTHER CITIES, ALVIN, THEY'RE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING THAT. [00:05:05] AND IN FACT, I THINK IN ALVIN, THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING DISCUSSION AS WELL. SO IT PROBABLY WILL BEHOOVE YOU TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WATCH SOME OF THESE MEETINGS AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS. IS LAKE JACKSON LOOKING AT THIS? IT DIDN'T COME UP. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE NOT KEEP GOING. SO SPECIFIC USE PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW, IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY DEVELOP A LIST OF USES THAT OTHERWISE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE DISTRICT. BUT IF AN APPLICANT COMES TO THE CITY AND REQUESTS IT, WE MIGHT CONSIDER IT, YOU KNOW, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, LOOK AT THE INTENSITY OF IT AND ALSO THE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT CONDITIONS ON AN SUP AND STRUCTURE IT IN SUCH A WAY WHERE YOU HAVE HOURS OF OPERATION AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE A GOOD FIT IN A SITUATION ARE THE OPPOSITE WHERE, HEY, WE KNOW WE DON'T. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY AND COMPATIBILITY ISSUES AND ALSO PUBLIC OUTCRY. KEEP GOING. IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS FROM YOU AND ALSO CITY COUNCIL. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU IS WHERE DO YOU SEE THESE THINGS POSSIBLY BEING ALLOWED OR NOT? AND THEN IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER USES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS AND OTHER USES THAT ARE NOT COMPATIBLE. AND THEN THE ELECTRIC LOAD, AS YOU'LL SEE, IS A MAJOR ISSUE. AND ALSO WATER CONSUMPTION IS A MAJOR ISSUE FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT. DATA CENTERS DON'T BRING ABOUT A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS CLOUD BASED COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THEY JUST HAVE THESE HUGE BUILDINGS WITH A WHOLE LOT OF CABINETS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY THAT NEED TO BE COOLED DOWN IN TERMS OF WARM, HOT, HOT TEMPERATURES. WHAT NUMBERS ARE YOU KIND OF SEEING ON DATA CENTERS? I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S BETWEEN DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 100 LOCAL JOBS THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. NO MORE THAN THAT. GOTCHA. NOW, THEY ARE FAIRLY GOOD PAYING JOBS. FROM WHAT? WELL, FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT POINT TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS, THEY HAVE TO BRING IN TEAMS AND THEY HAVE TO BRING IN CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT PERMANENT JOBS. BUT THE PERMANENT JOBS ARE CONSIDERED HIGH PAID JOBS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S VERY FEW. YEAH. THEY'RE RELATIVELY TO OPERATE A FACILITY. BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY HIGH PAYING JOBS. SO DO THEY HAVE A POTENTIAL IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT ECONOMIC JOB BENEFIT. WHAT KIND OF TAX BENEFIT FOR THE CITY MIGHT THEY HAVE OR AM I, I GUESS, WOULD YOU PREFER WE RESERVE QUESTIONS TO THE END OR. I WOULD PREFER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN THE PARKING LOT AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THEM AS WE GO. BUT NO, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING ME YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT. BUT ON THAT LEVEL, YOU ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY THE JOBS BUT ALSO PROPERTY VALUATION INCREASE. AND THEN A LOT OF THEM ARE GOING TO THE COUNTY FOR TAX INCENTIVES TO DO TAX ABATEMENT, YOU KNOW. AND THAT'S ANOTHER TRICK. MR.. LAY OUR TAXES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. WHAT THINGS ARE YOU GOING TO BRING TO THE CITY. YOU CAN ALSO NEGOTIATE. YOU KNOW, THINGS TO BE ADDED, AMENITIES TO BE ADDED. SO IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE SITUATION. KEEP GOING HERE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE NOISE THINGS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND EMPLOYMENT PREFERRED LOCATIONS THERE. AS I STATED. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. KEEP ROLLING. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IDEAS TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL. WE'VE HAD OUR EXPERIENCE WITH BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES, SO WE KNOW THE HUMMING NOISE. IF YOU RESEARCH THIS TOPIC, YOU'LL HEAR THE SAME COMPLAINT FROM THE NEIGHBORS, THOUGH. WE HEAR THIS HUMMING THING GOING ON. SO HERE YOU CAN IMPOSE STANDARDS IN PROXIMITY FROM SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND HOSPITALS, BERMS SOUND WALLS, LANDSCAPING, ALSO HOURS OF OPERATION OF THESE THINGS AT A CERTAIN HOUR YOU CAN ACTUALLY IMPOSE A CERTAIN DECIBEL READING AS YOU SEE HERE, MAXIMUM AT THE PROPERTY LINES. THESE ARE SORT OF THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW GOING INTO THE BATTERY IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU DEFINITELY DON'T, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP YOU FROM ASKING A QUESTION, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS I CAN. YES. BUT YEAH, JUST JUST JOT THAT BULLET POINT DOWN AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT. KEEP GOING. SO IN TERMS OF ELECTRICITY, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE OVER 300MW AND, AND THEY'RE UP, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY. SO HERE IT'S A BIG LOAD ON ERCOT. AND A LOT OF CITIES ARE IMPOSING STANDARDS THAT THEY WOULD PROVE UP. IF I BRING THIS THING IN, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT? WHAT HAPPENS IF THE GRID ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS OVERLOADED? AND THEN THERE'S A SHUTDOWN ON ERCOT, WHERE YOU SHUT YOUR FACILITY DOWN AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FOLKS ARE WRITING CONDITIONS ON THE APPROVAL TO RUN THE FACILITIES HERE. YOU SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF WATER USAGE TO CONTROL AND ALSO COOL DOWN THESE CABINETS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND HVAC. [00:10:02] YOU GOT THE HUGE HVAC ON THE ROOFTOPS. HOW DO WE SCREEN THESE THINGS AND PROVIDE FOR. SOUND ATTENUATION AND SOUND WALLS AROUND THESE UNITS. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION TIME. ON, ON AND OFF SITE ACCESS. THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE. DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN OUR CITY FACILITIES. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT. SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES? I JUST KIND OF GAVE YOU THE INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THESE MASSIVE. ENTERPRISE DATA CENTERS, THE ONES THAT CAN CO-LOCATE, YOU KNOW, THE HUGE ONES. SO THE LARGER THE SIZE, PROBABLY THE MORE CAPACITY OF ELECTRICITY NEEDED. AND THEN THERE ARE THE SMALLER ONES. IF YOU ROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT GRACE THAT ARE YOUR HYPER SCALES, AS I JUST STATED, ARE ABOVE 100MW. EDGE CENTER DATA CENTERS. THESE ARE YOUR SMALLER FACILITIES AND CABINET TYPE FACILITIES ARE MODULAR MODULAR TYPE STRUCTURES. KEEP GOING. VISUAL. I KNOW THAT TEXAS HAS ALL THESE RULES ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT FROM AN IMPACT STANDPOINT THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. LIGHTING, I DIDN'T NOT MENTION, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM. ROOFTOP SCREENING WE TALKED ABOUT KEEP GOING. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THE FACILITIES, BUT IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE UNDERTAKING RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS LOUISIANA, SOME HUGE FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS AS WE WRITE THE COMP PLAN THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT DISASTER RECOVERY, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS. WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH FIRE AND, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK AT WRITING THE SUP SECTION. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SAMPLING, THERE'S A SECTION THAT SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS USE WHERE WE CAN WRITE THESE THINGS IN, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED HUGE GENERATORS ON THE SLIDE BEFORE. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS NOISE AND ELECTRICAL AND WATER IMPACTS JUST IN TERMS OF SUGGESTIONS OF THE PROCESS. THIS IS YOUR TYPICAL FLOW, AS YOU KNOW, FOR AN SUP, WE'LL RUN THEM THROUGH A PERIOD OF ELEMENT MEETING, UTILITY REVIEW STAFF REVIEW. THEN IT COMES TO YOU FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ON TO RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON SUP IN TERMS OF FUTURE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION, WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE TOPICS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE BUFFERING COMPATIBILITY, SEPARATIONS AND THEN IMPACT ON OUR LOADING SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE? I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT. I'M GOING TO JUST HALT RIGHT HERE. WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. I DID HEAR FROM, FROM AT LEAST 1 OR 2 OF YOU ON SOME IDEAS THAT WE WERE DEFINITELY KIND OF CONSIDERING. WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE NOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BRING THOSE UP AS WELL. I THINK THE WHAT I EMAILED YOU ON EARLIER, OTIS, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO COMPLETELY CAPITULATE ON THE ETJ AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BECAUSE WE CAN, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE AS FAR AS I KNOW, ANGLETON HAS NOT CHOSEN TO DO SO. UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, ANGLETON COULD REGULATE NUISANCE WITHIN 5000FT OF THE CITY LIMITS. SO A GOOD 5000 FOOT BUFFER WOULD ALLOW US TO ADDRESS, WHILE NOT LIKE LOAD ISSUES, WE COULD ADDRESS SOUND. AND I KNOW I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT ANOTHER THING I'M HEARING ON THESE IS LIGHT. THEY LIKE THE LIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE PERFECTLY GOOD SECURITY CAMERAS. OH, YEAH. SO THE LIGHT POLLUTION, SOMETHING REASONABLE. SO ANOTHER APPROACH THAT WE COULD TAKE IS I KNOW A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING LANDOWNERS HAVE VIGOROUSLY FOUGHT ANNEXATION BECAUSE. BUT IF IT'S THIS OR ANNEXATION OR A DATA CENTER, IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO WIN. AND THEN I GUESS SO I, I KNOW THAT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF OUR SUP SPECIFICALLY ON THE SUP ON THE WATER ISSUE. SOMETHING I'VE HEARD IS A LOT OF THEM WILL TRUCK IN A LARGE AMOUNT, CAN TRUCK IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER TO GET THE INITIAL LOOP GOING, AND THEN THEIR MAINTENANCE WILL BE LOWERED. THAT WAY. WE DON'T HAVE A BIG SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GET THEM TO KIND OF PULL OUT FOR US ON OPTIONS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HANDLE SPOOLING ONE OF THESE THINGS UP OVER A MONTH, BUT IF IT'S YOU JUST NEED TO TOP IT OFF A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND AGAIN, LIGHT, IF WE CAN LOOK AT LIGHT FROM AN SUP MORE THAN ARCHITECTURAL, I'M WORRIED ABOUT LIGHT. LIGHT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DEAL. AND AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMERCIAL USES WE TRY TO 0 THE FOOT CANDLES AT THE PROPERTY LINE? SO WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT'S SOMETHING AS A TOOL YOU CAN USE. [00:15:01] THOSE ARE GOOD SUGGESTIONS. WHAT THIS IS ADMITTEDLY, I SHOULD HAVE EMAILED YOU AHEAD OF TIME. THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION. OH. BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. WHAT? HOW CLOSE IS THAT BATTERY FACILITY TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT IS EXPERIENCING SOME ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL WITH? LIKE WHAT? I KNOW THIS IS TALKING MAYBE 500 TO 1000 FOOT BUFFER, BUT HOW CLOSE IS THAT FACILITY TO THOSE RESIDENCES? WOULD BE MY QUESTION. BECAUSE IN MY MIND, THEN CLEARLY WE DON'T WANT TO GO ANY CLOSER THAN THAT BECAUSE THOSE DECIBEL LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME OR MAYBE EVEN LESS THAN A DATA CENTER, A SIMILAR. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE CLEARLY HAVING SOUND ISSUES AT THAT DISTANCE. SO PART OF OUR PROBLEM WITH. OH, SORRY. NO. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY PART OF OUR PROBLEM WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE WHERE I FEEL LIKE THEY BAMBOOZLED, AT LEAST ME, I FEEL A LITTLE BAMBOOZLED, IS THAT THEY GOT US TO ADOPT A 24 HOUR AVERAGE DECIBEL LEVEL RATHER THAN ABSOLUTE. AN ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OR WITH THAT ONE? YEAH. OR WITH THAT ONE. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE STUCK WITH THE REQUIREMENT. HELD. HELD TO US BY THE BY THE STATE IN TERMS OF 85DB. AS OPPOSED TO THIS ONE, WE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC IN THE ORDINANCE, MEANING YOU GIVE IT MORE TEETH WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, SAY AT AT BEDTIME HOURS, YOU NEED TO BE AT A MORE RESTRICTIVE LEVEL. SO IT'S HOW THAT SUP IS WRITTEN. WITH THE EXAMPLE YOU JUST CITED, THE BATTERY PARK UNFORTUNATELY ABUTS DIRECTLY TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE WITH THIS ONE. WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT A LOT BETTER. YOU KNOW, NOT THE ACTUAL UNITS MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, 200FT OR 2 TO 500FT. THE IMPACT MIGHT BE PRETTY BAD. THEN THEY WENT IN AND PUT IN THE SOUND WALL AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND THOSE KIND OF APPROACHES. BUT THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT CLOSELY. OKAY. AND I KNOW WE DID ADDRESS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THE IDEA OF SOUND MITIGATION WITH THE GENERATORS, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED THEM TO SPLIT OUT WHEN THE GENERATORS ARE ON VERSUS OFF WHEN THEY'RE GIVING US THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD, ALREADY HEARD FROM FOLKS IN OTHER AREAS THAT THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE SO LOUD, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN THE GENERATORS ARE. OH, IT'S GOING TO BE. AND THEN YOUR SUGGESTION IN TERMS OF THE NUISANCE APPROACH IN CHAPTER 217, I THINK IT WAS. YEAH. THAT WORKS BETTER AFTER THE FACT. AFTER YOU PROVE THAT A NUISANCE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, AFTER YOU APPROVE IT. SO IN THAT CASE FOR AN SUP WE GET TO WORK AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE, MEANING WE CAN REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IN THE DEVICES TO MONITOR IT ON A REGULAR DAILY BASIS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. THAT WAY, WHEN IT'S COMPLAINT BASIS, YOU HAVE THE DATA ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED, AND THEN THE COST TO DO THESE DEVICES IS ALREADY THERE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT BEFOREHAND AS YOU WRITE THE ORDINANCE. ABSOLUTELY. NO. 217 WAS A SEPARATE ISSUE TO TRY AND ADDRESS THE THE IDEA THAT ONE OF THESE MIGHT BE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. EXACTLY. AND I AT THE VERY LEAST, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NOISE AND LIGHTS. CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, MICHELLE, THAT WOULD, WE COULD CONSIDER A NUISANCE ON ONE OF THESE. WELL, VISUAL SIGHT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE TALL, SO HEIGHT CAN BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A STRUGGLE. BUT I DO THINK LIGHT AND SOUND FOR SURE. AND WE DON'T TARGET IT AT DATA CENTERS. WE JUST MAKE IT A GENERAL ACROSS ACROSS THE BOARD. YEAH. I THINK OUR YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL GET MUCH PUSHBACK FROM THE EXTRATERRITORIAL RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT QUIET NIGHTS, TOO. EXACTLY. YEAH. MR. GORDON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO NOT. SO REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL USAGE, IS THERE. DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO BE USED ON THESE THINGS TO REDUCE THE DRAW FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION? WE DON'T, BUT AS WE COME UP WITH THE CRITERIA FOR THEM SUBMITTING, THEY CAN PROVE UP. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE THE LOAD ON THE SERVICES. SO WITH ELECTRICITY, A LOT OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THEIR OWN POWER GENERATOR OR WHATEVER, BY WHATEVER MEANS POWER PLANTS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO A POWER GENERATING FACILITY. SO THAT GOES TO THE WHOLE NOISE ISSUE, I WOULD ASSUME. EXACTLY. SO IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED. OKAY. BUT WE NEED TO CHECK OFF ALL THE BOXES AND CREATE THAT PROCESS. DO WE WANT TO IMPOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REGULATION DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE DATA CENTER? I MEAN, ONE OF THOSE LITTLE EDGE ONES VERSUS A HYPERSCALE IS GOING TO BE A REAL DIFFERENT PROPOSITION. YOU CAN DO IT BY TYPE. YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LEVELS. THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, BUT A GOOD POINT. WE'LL KIND OF WRITE THAT. [00:20:03] WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO TODAY? FOR THAT, ANYTHING YOU SEE THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AS WE, WE DRAFT THE REGULATIONS IF YOU LIKE THE SUP APPROACH AND THE PLAN DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT APPROACH, BECAUSE YOU GET TO NEGOTIATE IT UP OR DOWN BECAUSE IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD FIT. SOME CITIES ARE SAYING, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT THE ZONING CHART AND X THEM OUT. THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THESE DISTRICT VERSUS OTHER DISTRICTS. THAT'S ANOTHER THING YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT. OR TELL ME TODAY, HEY, I THINK THEY SHOULD NEED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL USE WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT COUNCIL. THE QUESTION WAS RAISED. WHAT IF ONE CAME IN TODAY? WHERE WOULD YOU PUT IT? MY ANSWER WAS, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDED EXTERIOR STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT, EXTERIOR COMPONENTS THAT PRODUCE NOISE. IT LOOKED INDUSTRIAL. THEN I SAID, BASICALLY INDUSTRIAL. HOWEVER, SOMEONE MIGHT COME IN WITH A DATA CENTER THAT'S ALL EQUIPMENT BASED, WITH NO EXTERIOR COMPONENTS, AND IT MIGHT FIT IN YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA. YEAH, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT LOOKED AND FELT LIKE FROM THE EXTERIOR. SO THAT'S WHY YOU KIND OF NEED TO PUT IT IN, PUT THEM AT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL. HOW DO THE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS COMPARE TO OTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT? I CAN'T RECALL SEEING THESE ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS ON THE. YEAH. PARAMETERS ON OTHER SPECIAL USE PERMITS THAT WE'VE, THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE COULDN'T, WHICH IS WHY I DO LOVE THE IDEA OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. BECAUSE IT CAN BE CASE BY CASE BASIS AND SPECIFICALLY TO WHATEVER THE USER IS. YOU CAN ALSO RUN IT WITH THE LAND, OR YOU CAN SAY, HEY, IT'S ONLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR USER. SO WHEN THIS USER SELLS IT OUT, THE FACILITY GOES AWAY, AND THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT OWNER. WE'VE HAD SPECIFIC USE PERMITS THAT WERE TIME LIMITED IN THE PAST. YOU CAN TIME LIMIT, YOU CAN EXPIRE. IT DEPENDS ON THE USE. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO DO A REEVALUATION ON A YEARLY BASIS. I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING AHEAD IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY DON'T WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU JUST SAY THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TIME LIMIT, WHY WOULD THE DEVELOPER PUT IN A HIGH DOLLAR FACILITY IF HE KNOWS THERE'S RISK IN 1 YEAR OR 5 YEARS OR TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY, WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE ANYMORE? THAT'S A DECISION YOU GOT TO MAKE AND NOT BE ARBITRARILY, YOU KNOW, APPROVING IT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME ISSUE. YOU DON'T WANT A TIME LIMIT THEM. THERE'S SOME WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU'VE GOT ONE THAT BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING AND IT'S JUST GOT EQUIPMENT IN THERE VERSUS ONE OF THESE LOUD BUZZING, LIT UP ONES, I GUESS. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TIME LIMITATIONS OR EXPIRATIONS, YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A REASON OF RENEWAL AND YOU WRITE IT IN TO ALLOW THEM TO RENEW JUST AS LONG AS YOU CAN COME AND PROVE TO US THAT YOU HAVEN'T CREATED A NUISANCE, AND YOU'VE CREATED A QUALITY PROJECT THAT FITS WITHIN THE FABRIC OF WHERE WE'RE LOCATED. SO IT MEANS, YOU KNOW, YOU ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE AS A RENEWAL. SO I THINK IT'S OKAY WHAT YOU SAID, YOU JUST WRITE IN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWAL IF EVERYTHING IS CHECKED OFF. ALL RIGHT. BUT YEAH, I THINK THIS IS SUFFICIENT. THE TOPIC GOES ON FURTHER WHERE WE'RE WRITING THE COMP PLAN. AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS, BUT WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE IT TO YOU IN THE WORK SESSION. YEAH. THAT'S COOL. WE HAVE ONE MORE TOPIC, RIGHT? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 3 UPDATE DISCUSSION AND WORK SESSION ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ANGLETON BUILDING CODE ZONING AND [3. Update, Discussion, and Worksession on a proposed amendments to the Angleton Building Code, Zoning and LDC within the Angleton Code of Ordinances. (No Action Agenda Item) ] LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WITHIN THE ANGLETON CODE OF ORDINANCES. MR. SPRIGGS? YES. SO AS YOU SEE IN YOUR COVER, THIS TOPIC DEALS WITH 2 THINGS THE BUILDING CODE. AS PART OF OUR COMP PLAN UPDATE, WE CURRENTLY ARE LISTING THE CODES HERE, ANGLETON BEING AT 215 AND OTHER CITIES RANGING FROM THAT DATE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 24 CODE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY AS PART OF A COMP PLAN [INAUDIBLE] GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO LOOK AT OUR CODES AND PROVIDE FOR SOME LEVEL OF UPGRADE. WE WENT TO COUNCIL AND JUST TRIED TO GET FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT LEVEL YOU WOULD LIKE THAT TO GO. AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY THEY ASKED US TO GO IN AND HAVE A COMPARISON DONE THROUGH THE CONSULTANTS. SO WE. WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THOSE COMPARISONS THAT LOOK AT THE IBC 215 AND ABOVE. SO WE'VE DONE THAT LITTLE RESEARCH, AND I THINK SOME OF THE ATTACHMENTS ARE THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. WE HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH THE CONTRACTORS A LUNCHEON MEET NEXT TUESDAY AT 12, IN WHICH WE'RE ROLLING OUT THOSE ADVERTISEMENTS WHERE WE'LL GET THEIR INPUT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING WITH BBG CONSULTANTS WHO, WHO DO A LOT OF CODE REVIEWS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. [00:25:05] AND THEY'RE GIVING US INPUT AS WELL. BUT HOWEVER, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE RATING FOLKS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST FIT. SO WITH THIS QUICK SLIDE SHOW THAT GRACE WILL RUN THROUGH HERE. THIS IS JUST AS YOU SEE. I'M SORRY, ROLL UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE LDC, WHICH IS OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. WE BROUGHT SOME PROPOSED UPGRADES TO YOU MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR OR 2 AGO, BUT WE NEVER COMPLETED THAT PROCESS. THIS WILL INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THIS PARTICULAR SECTION. WE'LL LOOK AT THE BUILDING CODES AS YOU SEE HERE. AS I NOTED. ROLL UP A LITTLE BIT. THIS TABLE HERE SORT OF LOOKS AT THE 3 THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. ROLL UP JUST A LITTLE TINY BIT THERE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE. AS I STATED, WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE PROCESS TO LOOK AT THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION CODES. WE'RE DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NOW. WE'RE AT MILESTONE MILESTONE 4 AND WILL BE COMPLETED WITH THAT WITHIN THE NEXT I WOULD SAY 8 TO 10 MONTHS, HOPEFULLY. THE BUILDING CODE UPDATE IS A PART OF IT. AS I STATED, WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW AS YOU SEE IN THE RED. AND KEEP GOING. I'M SORRY TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE BUILDING CODE, AS I STATED, THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WANTED US TO BE ANYWHERE ABOVE 12. BUT COUNCIL NEEDS TO LOOK AT OUR BUILDING CODES AND LOOK FOR UPGRADES BECAUSE AS WE SEE DISASTERS, DISASTERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WE WANT OUR BUILDINGS TO BE MORE RESISTANT TO A LOT OF DISASTERS. AND THEN A LOT OF THE BUILDERS ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING THE HOMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE WAY UP TO THE IBC 2021 CODE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE FOUND WITH THE RESEARCH. KEEP GOING. SO HERE THIS IS JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE PURPOSE OF WHY WE WOULD DO THIS AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. KEEP ROLLING, BUT HOPEFULLY BY OCTOBER WE HOPE TO BE FINISHED LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS. AS, AS YOU SEE HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE. AND THEN PLACES LIKE HOUSTON, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ARE PROBABLY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 21 CODES KEEP GOING. THERE ARE BENEFITS OF DOING THESE CODE UPGRADES, AS YOU SEE HERE, I O RATINGS, WHICH WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IF WE HAVE A BETTER RATING WITH THE ISO, WHICH IS OUR INSURANCE RATING SYSTEM, THEN INSURANCE RATES KIND OF GO DOWN FROM A BUILDING PERSPECTIVE. AS I STATED EARLIER, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY. A LOT OF YOUR BUILDERS ARE ALREADY DOING THESE THINGS FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, INCORPORATING BETTER RESISTANCE TO DISASTERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. KEEP GOING. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF FIRE SAFETY THAT WE'LL BE TALKING WITH THE BUILDERS WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK IN TERMS OF BEING MORE FLEXIBLE, BEING MORE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR ADA AND WHAT HAVE YOU HERE IN TERMS OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. SO THE INSURANCE RATINGS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, MANDATING THESE THINGS ALREADY. KYLE, YOU CAN INTERRUPT ME IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, BUT WE JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE WHOLE COMP PLAN UPDATE. WE'RE VETTING THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT THE DEVELOPERS INPUT AS WELL AS THE BUILDER'S INPUT IN TERMS OF THE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS WHO ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK. KEEP ROLLING. THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMPARISONS THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD WITH SOME OF THE ATTACHMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL UTILIZE YOU IN THE BUILDING. I'M SORRY, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THESE. SO WE MIGHT BE BRINGING THESE THINGS BEFORE BOTH THE BOARDS TO KIND OF GIVE US INPUT. IN TERMS OF THE LDC. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE BULLET POINTS IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THROUGH THE COMP PLAN AND WHICH IS WELL UNDER ADVISEMENT. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STARTING. IF YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET SOME OF THE SECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAFTED. SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO KEEP LOOKING AT THOSE. BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE CATEGORIES IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN US ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO THE RIGHT OF THAT. IN TERMS OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF UPGRADES TO THE SUBDIVISION CODE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND IMPLEMENTING. WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU IN TERMS OF ETJ, IN TERMS OF A LOT OF THE LAWS THAT HAVE CHANGED ON THE STATE REGULATING SIDE, WE'LL LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CODES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH A LOT OF THESE TIME CLOCK REVIEW STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS KEEP GOING. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TALK ABOUT THE COMP PLAN CONTRACT AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL WORK TOWARDS ADOPTION BY MID NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SO WE ALSO GAVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO [00:30:09] TAKE PART IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE, KIND OF ROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT. KEEP GOING. THAT'S JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU GET TO THE LAST SLIDE BECAUSE I'M NOT, I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU ON MY END. IS THAT IT? YES. OKAY. I KNOW I SAID A LOT THERE, BUT JUST TO UPDATE YOU WHERE WE ARE ON THE COMP PLAN UPDATE WE'LL BE UTILIZING YOUR INPUT ON THESE THINGS. AND HOPEFULLY WHEN WE HEAR FROM THE BUILDERS, WE'LL KIND OF SEE WHAT LEVEL WE WANT TO BE AT IN TERMS OF A CODE UPGRADE, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. BUT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US WITHOUT CAUSING PERMIT COSTS TO GO UP FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE TO HIGH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING, I THINK, FROM 1 OR 2 BUILDERS JUST RECENTLY. THEY'LL BE AT THE MEETING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT, AND THEN WE'LL CREATE THE PLATEAU WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN TERMS OF ANGLETON OH. 2 HIGH MEANING IN COMPARISON. TO 2024. OKAY. IT'S THE HIGHEST RIGHT NOW. AND IT IT. KYLE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL? STUFF ON A HOME AND FROM ROOFING TO, YOU KNOW, FRAMING, WHATEVER. THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO ADD SOME COST COST TO THE PRICE OF THE HOME. YES. OKAY. THE PERMITS WILL PROBABLY HELP THE HOMEOWNER WITH THEIR INSURANCE COSTS. YEAH, YEAH. IF YOU'RE SO IF DID I HEAR YOU RIGHT? YOU'RE SAYING THAT WINDSTORM INSURANCE IS REQUIRING 2024 ON NEW BUILDS, NOT 2024 AND SOME OF YOUR BUILDERS ARE ALREADY DESIGNING THE HOMES TO THAT LEVEL ALREADY, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT REQUIRING IT. YEAH. BUT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO. WE'RE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT HAPPY MEDIUM. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T GET WINDSTORM INSURANCE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT BUILD THE HOUSE. EXACTLY. RIGHT. SO I MEAN, WE MIGHT AS WELL AT LEAST TRACK WHAT'S THE MINIMUM. RIGHT. RIGHT. EXACTLY. THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR MR. SPRIGGS OR STAFF? SO TRY TO FILL OUT THAT LINK. THAT WAY YOU CAN SPEAK TO US THAT WAY ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT THE CONSULTANTS HAD, AND THEN WE'LL KEEP IT MOVING. AND YOU DO HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE COMP PLAN COMMITTEE. SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THAT VOICE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSION. I KNOW THESE ARE NOT ACTION ITEMS, BUT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS, BUT WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO YOU AS AN UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? IF NOT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.