[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
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WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, BUT WE ARE ABSENT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TONIGHT.IF I COULD ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE AND REMAIN STANDING AS GRANT GLAZED WITH LIFE, FOURSQUARE GIVES US THE INVOCATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AWESOME. FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW BEING A PASTOR IN 2026 ISN'T THE EASIEST SOMETIMES SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING IN YOUR GUYS'S CHURCH. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TONIGHT. LORD, I THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.
LORD, I JUST PRAY FOR A PEACE THAT PROTECTS OUR MIND, PROTECTS OUR HEARTS, AND ALLOWS THEM TO DO THEIR JOB WITH CLARITY, ALLOWS THEM TO DO THEIR JOB WITH GOOD CONSCIENCE AND ALLOWS THEIR ALLOWS THEM TO SERVE OUR CITY TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY IN A WAY THAT HONORS YOU AND THAT LOVES YOU AND LOVES OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL. I THANK YOU FOR THAT, LORD. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, MOVING ON TO CITIZENS
[CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL]
WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE TWO. I'LL ASK I CAN YOU EITHER GO UP NOW OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE AGENDA ITEM TO SPEAK, BUT I'LL GO IN ORDER AS I RECEIVED THEM. MISTER LARRY BOYD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT, PLEASE? YES, SIR. MISS LAURA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT? OKAY, GREAT. ANY OTHERS? NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.MOVING ON TO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE PRESENTATION OF THE JUNE 2026 KEEFE ANGLETON.
[1.Presentation of June 2026 Keep Angleton Beautiful Yard of the Month.]
BEAUTIFUL YARD OF THE MONTH. HI, CHERYL. COUNCIL, CAN YOU COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE? IS IT ON? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON OR NOT. DOES IT SOUND LIKE IT IS? YEAH. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WHAT'S MY PLEASURE? FOR JUNE TO PRESENT OUR YARD OF THE MONTH TO RICHARD AND TERRY WOODWORTH.AS I WAS GOING AROUND TRYING TO FIND A YARD TO PICK THIS MONTH I SAW TERRY OUT IN HER YARD WORKING, AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO PRESENT HER, I FOUND OUT HOW MUCH SHE LOVES WORKING IN HER YARD.
SO IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO PRESENT THEM YARD OF THE MONTH.
SO TERRY, RICHARD AND TERRY WOODWORTH, IF YOU'D COME UP FOR COUNCIL.
THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YES. THAT'S WHAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER SAID.
YOU NEED FLOWERS. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
OKAY. NO BUSINESS. NOT NEW BUSINESS. THE NEXT.
YES. THANK YOU ALL. ITEM NUMBER TWO. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH
[2.Presentation of Proclamation for Parks and Recreation Month.]
WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. WOULD LIKE TO COME UP, PLEASE.THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THE POOL IS OPEN. OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
CITY OF ANGLETON. TEXAS. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF MAINTAINING QUALITY OF LIFE IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING ANGLETON, TEXAS.
AND. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES HEALTH, WELLNESS, TIME, CONNECTING WITH NATURE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, YOUTH SPORTS, OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES ECONOMIC PROSPERITY THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM AND THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ANGLETON RECOGNIZES THE IMPACTS OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND THE BENEFITS OF THEIR RESOURCES. NOW, THEREFORE, I.
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JOHN WRIGHT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANGLETON, TEXAS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF ANGLETON CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT THE MONTH OF JULY IS RECOGNIZED AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH PROCLAIMED THIS NINTH DAY OF JUNE 2026.TO ALL OF YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS GROUP IS WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL GET COMPLETED ON TIME.
AND THAT'S IT. ARE Y'ALL HOT? MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 26TH, 2026.COUNCIL. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SMITH. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[4.Discussion and possible action on HDR Engineering's update on projects throughout the City.]
JOHN, YOU ARE IN THE HOT SEAT. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.LORRAINE STREET. WE'RE PROGRESSING THROUGH ACCORDINGLY.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE GEOTECH INFORMATION BACK IN.
WE'RE WAITING ON THE GEOTECH REPORT FINAL TO COME IN.
MAKE MAKE THE COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND ADDRESS THE COMMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
THE PROJECT REMAINS ON SCHEDULE, AND WE'RE PROCEEDING AS WE PLANNED.
WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? WHAT? 60% PLANS GO IN NEXT WEEK.
Y'ALL GOT TWO WEEKS TO REVIEW. WE'LL TURN IT AROUND AND PROBABLY ABOUT 4 OR 5 WEEKS AND GO TO BED.
WE'VE GOT ALL THE UTILITIES INFORMATION CAME IN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON IT. SO THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF HOLDING FROM US.
SEND IT IN TODAY LIKE WE PLANNED ON. OKAY, BUT AFTER YOU GET EVERYTHING BACK, LIKE UNTIL YOU CAN CLOSE IT UP, BUTTON IT UP AND SAY IT'S FINISHED. HOW LONG IS THAT PROJECTED TO BE PROJECTED TO BE? PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY THE MID-AUGUST SOMETIME IN THERE, END OF AUGUST.
OKAY. READY TO GO? ALL RIGHT. STREET BOND PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON? OKAY, I'LL HAVE QUESTIONS. STREET BOND PROJECT.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS MOVED FORWARD AND STARTED ON SILVER SADDLE.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE DOING THE GRADING, RESETTING THE PIPES.
MOVING FORWARD ON THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE ON. THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN GET IT DONE IN TEN DAYS.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE 15. MY PERSONAL OPINION, THEY'LL BE DONE IN ABOUT 15 DAYS.
SO THE WHOLE PROJECT, 15 DAYS ON SILVER SADDLE.
YES, SIR. THAT INCLUDES. THAT INCLUDES THE REPAVING.
YES. THEY THINK TEN. I JUST DON'T SEE TEN. PARDON ME.
TEN BUSINESS DAYS. BUSINESS DAYS. THREE WEEKS.
TWO WEEKS. THEY THINK. I THINK IT'LL TAKE THREE WEEKS.
DID THEY SAY 15 BUSINESS DAYS OR DID THEY SAY 15 DAYS? THEY SAY. THEY SAY TEN BUSINESS DAYS. TEN BUSINESS DAYS.
TWO WEEKS. SO THEY'VE PUT OUT THE CULVERTS AND THEY PUT OUT A COUPLE OF STEAKS.
HAVE THEY TOLD YOU YET WHICH END THEY'RE STARTING ON.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO MILL EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE.
PROBABLY. I'M THINKING CLOSER TO THE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE.
EAST SIDE WHERE IT CONNECTS INTO BRONCHO BEND.
IT CONNECTS ON BOTH ENDS. SO THERE'S WE SAY THE VALVE SIDE AND THE VELASCO SIDE.
YES, MA'AM. WELL, THEY GOT TO REPLACE THAT PIPE, RIGHT.
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BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HITTING IT PRETTY HARD ON THE DRAINAGE AND CUTTING THE DITCHES AND STUFF RIGHT NOW.OKAY. THAT WHOLE PLACE DRAINS THREE DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT? THE VELASCO SIDE, THE VALDERAS SIDE, AND THEN THE HENDERSON SIDE.
HENDERSON SIDE. YEP. OKAY. DOES SOME OF IT GO INTO THE VALDERAS SIDE, THOUGH? WELL, THERE IT GOES. A LITTLE BIT BACK TO BRONCO BEND.
THERE'S A LITTLE PORTION OF IT. I MEAN SMALL PORTION GOES BACK AND COLLECTS AND GOES OUT THAT WAY, BUT MAJORITY OF IT EITHER GOES TO HENDERSON OR VELASCO.
I ASKED HECTOR TO DRIVE BY AND LOOK AT WHERE THEY'VE DROPPED THE CULVERTS.
I KNOW THEY JUST DROP THEM, BUT THEY'VE GOT TWO DROPPED BETWEEN SILVER SADDLE AND PINE VIEW ON BRONCO BEND, AND THERE'S NO WORK BEING DONE THERE. AND THERE ARE NO PIPES ON THE NORTH SIDE BY MIKEY'S HOUSE.
WHEN YOU GET PAST MIKEY'S HOUSE, GOING NORTH ON THAT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THERE ARE TWO PIPES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND HAVE A BIG DIP.
AND THERE'S ALSO A DIP. CORRECT ME AT AT EASTBROOK BEND AND SILVER SADDLE IN FRONT OF MIKEY'S HOUSE RIGHT AT THAT INTERSECTION.
OKAY. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED. OKAY. SO ARE THERE MORE PIPES TO COME? THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE ABOUT MID BLOCK THAT DRAINS BACK TO HENDERSON.
RIGHT. AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION.
KIND OF OVER BY VELASCO. WHERE IT'S ALL KIND OF PUSHED DOWN AND.
RIGHT. RIGHT. I JUST DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WARM FUZZIES ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SINCE THEY'VE DELAYED IT WITHOUT NOTICE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. OKAY, SO I WAS GLAD TO SEE THEM AS THEY STATED THEY WOULD BE THIS MONDAY.
NOT Y'ALL. I DON'T SEE WHERE Y'ALL HAVE. Y'ALL HAVE JUST BEEN PUTTING UP WITH THEM.
SO I WANT THEM TO DO BETTER IN COMMUNICATING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SHINING FACES. AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THOSE CULVERTS, IF THEY'VE GOT THEM ALL THERE NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, SITTING BY THIS DESK KNOWING NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I AM I WON'T HARP ON IT AS MUCH AS MISS SIMMONS JUST DID.
BUT NOTICE PROCEED WAS GRANTED MARCH 23RD. HERE WE ARE IN JUNE.
YES, SIR. AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE. YES, SIR.
NOT ACCEPTABLE. MATILDA. MATILDA NEEDS TO DO BETTER.
YES. WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. PUSHED THEM WITH EMAILS, PUSHED THEM WITH PHONE CALLS, TALKED TO JOHN. SO WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THEM OFTEN.
YEAH. I NEED TO SEE THEIR FACES. MA'AM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR FACES.
OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS DROPPED, SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG.
RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE WEATHER. I WAS GONE ALL LAST WEEK WHEN IT RAINED SO MUCH, BUT IT DID NOT RAIN EVERY DAY IN A FLOOD 24 HOURS A DAY. SO CORRECT. AND AS FAR AS PARRISH STREET, WE'RE HAVING TO CORRECT SOME OF THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW.
SO I HAD TO GO BACK AND REDESIGN, CHANGE SOME PIPES TO ARCH PIPES BECAUSE WE'RE THAT, THAT TIGHT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO ORDER THE INLETS HERE PRETTY SOON.
SO. HOW'S THAT GOING TO WHAT'S THE START? WHAT DAY THEY PLAN ON MOVING OVER THERE.
AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE WITH SILVER SADDLE, THEY'VE GOT TO ORDER THE INLETS TO GET GOING.
TO KEEP GOING. THE OTHER THING THAT'S GOING ON IS WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK TO TEX DOT BECAUSE OF THE DELAY OF THE PROJECT, OUR PERMIT WITH TXDOT IS EXPIRED, SO I'M HAVING TO GO AT OUR OWN COST TO GO AND GET A NEW PERMIT RENEWED AND PAYING FOR THAT PERMIT. NO, WE'RE JUST WE'RE DOING THAT.
WE'RE DOING THAT, SIR. AND SO HOW MANY DAYS ON THEIR PROJECT? LIKE TEN FOR SILVER SADDLE. THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
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WHICH, YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 25TH OF 2027 IS WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PUT OUT JUST LIKE THEY PUT OUT RESIDENTS NOTIFICATIONS.
THEY'LL DO ALL THAT AS WELL. YEAH. THEY NEED TO NOT DO THEM ON WEEKS THEY MISS.
YES. YES. YEAH. WE GOT NO. ALL RIGHT. WHEN DID WE START WORK ON PARISH? LIKE WHEN DID WE START THIS WHOLE PROJECT? THIS WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO.
RIGHT. AND THEN WE WERE READY TO GO. AND THAT'S WHEN CENTERPOINT SAID THEY NEEDED TO MOVE ALL THEIR GAS LINES AFTER THEY HAD ALL OUR PLANS IN HAD EVERYTHING. THEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE IT AND THEY REALLOCATED THEIR FUNDS BECAUSE THEY HAD A BIGGER PROJECT, PUT IT ON HOLD FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN PUSHBACK, WAS THAT APPARENTLY THE EXISTING GAS LINES WERE SO SHALLOW THAT IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST WENT IN THERE AND JUST MIXED THE EXISTING PAVEMENT UP, NOT JUST LOWERING IT.
WE WOULD HAVE RUPTURED LINES. THEY WERE SHALLOW, VERY, VERY SHALLOW.
IT WAS THAT SHALLOW. IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OVER THERE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS BECAUSE WE TOLD THEM, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR STREET FIXED. AND STILL TO THIS POINT, NO WORK.
YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH ANGLETON ISD.
WE HAVE GOT ANOTHER THING WE GOT TO, WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF FOR THE WATER SAMPLING.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE'LL START MOVING FORWARD.
THAT VOTE HAPPENED, I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEEK.
SO THAT'S MOVING. GRADY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET WITH YOU ON.
WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF MEMORIALIZE THE EASEMENTS.
SURE. SEND IT ON OVER TO YOU TOMORROW. THE NEXT DAY WE'LL GET EVERYBODY TO SIGN IT.
WE'LL GO FILE IT AT THE. YEAH, AT THE COURTHOUSE, AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO WHERE IT'S ALL TIED TOGETHER.
WHEN SOMEBODY PULLS IT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO BACK AND RECONVENING.
OKAY. WHERE IS THAT EASEMENT GOING AGAIN? WHICH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO GO.
IT'S. HERE YOU GO. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE OLD BENCHMARK PROPERTY.
BENCHMARK PROPERTY. OKAY. THERE ARE SEVERAL EASEMENTS, AND I NEED TO COORDINATE WITH ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT ON A DITCH CROSSING AS WELL.
GOING TO BE IN THE PARKING LOT, BASICALLY, RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. LIFT STATION EIGHT. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE GLO TO APPROVE THE THE CHANGE ORDER FOR THE FOR THE PROJECT, FOR THE ADDITIONAL WORK.
WE DID HAVE A PHONE CALL TODAY JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW HOW THAT PHONE CALL WENT.
ESSENTIALLY, WE'VE BEEN DIRECTED TO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER WITH THE CONTRACT AND THE CITY, EXECUTE THE CHANGE ORDER TO BE A PART OF THE EVALUATION IF THEY'RE GOING TO GRANT IT OR NOT.
SO I'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR SAYING, HEY, LOOK, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. IT'LL BE PART OF THE PROJECT BEFORE WE GET THE FUNDS. IF FOR SOME REASON GLOW BACKS OUT, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE ORDER OF THAT WORK BACK OUT OF IT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? NEXT ONE IS LIFT STATION 24.THE STATION 24 IS COMPLETE. WE'RE WAITING ON DOING THE TESTING.
SHOULD HELP OUT THE SYSTEM. THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
I'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL PROBABLY BID OR WILL BID.
HE TOLD ME HE WILL BID ON THIS PROJECT. AS WE DISCUSSED SO I'VE BEEN PUSHING HIM A LITTLE BIT.
I CAN'T PUSH HIM BECAUSE HE'S DOING FREE WORK TO HELP US OUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO SOME BUDGETING.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'VE GOT IT TO WHERE HE GAVE US BACK YESTERDAY.
THAT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED.
WHAT WAS OUR BUDGET ORIGINALLY? ORIGINALLY, AND I THINK WE STILL MAY BE.
THIS IS A BUDGET NUMBER, RIGHT? SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS, JOHN.
GOT TO GET TO 3.8. IT'S PROBABLY THERE. I JUST I CAN'T TELL YOU IT'S GOING TO BE 3.8.
AND IT COMES IN AT FOUR. IT'S CLOSE. IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO IT.
KEEP WORKING ON IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT.
NEXT IS THE SANITARY SEWER LINE UNDER THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SURVEYING CREW. WE GOT BACK THE INFORMATION.
WE NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO THE FIELD. I BELIEVE YESTERDAY WE MET WITH THE CREW.
WE PUMPED THE LIFT STATION DOWN TO WHERE WE COULD SEE THE PENETRATIONS OF THE PIPE.
EXHIBIT A SHOULD BE DONE, WHICH IS PART OF THIS PACKAGE TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
AND WE'LL BRING IT OVER. LET THE CITY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND FROM THERE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON MAKING AN OFFICIAL SUBMITTAL TO THE TO THE RAILROAD.
2AB UTILITIES IMPROVEMENT. TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF ADVERTISING.
WE WILL HAVE A PRE-BID MEETING ON THE 17TH. WE'LL HAVE THE BID OPENING ON THE 1ST OF JULY.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL FOR AWARD.
THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY WILL EXECUTE CONTRACTS.
THEN IT TAKES ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET EVERYTHING GOING TOGETHER. WE'LL BE STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD CLOSE TO, I WOULD SAY END OF AUGUST, CONSTRUCTION STARTS SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
AND I'VE ALREADY PUT DOCUMENTATION IN ABOUT THE BRAZORIA COUNTY FAIR. YES, SIR.
BUT THERE'S OTHER PLACES THEY CAN BE WORKING AT TO NOT, NOT GET IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT, I JUST THOUGHT THAT'S GOING TO BE.
YEAH. THE WORST TIME RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE THAT WE HAVE TO COME THROUGH.
SO ONCE THE FAIR IS OVER, THEN THEY CAN COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
ANGLETON DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE WE'RE WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING BACK TO THEM.
SO IT'S A GOOD CHUNK OUT. I THINK THEY DID TALK TO US ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOME TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
YES, MA'AM. WE HAD, WHAT, 3 OR 4? YEAH.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOT. HEY, REAL QUICK, GO BACK TO LIFT STATION EIGHT.
YES, SIR. I WANT TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT RANCHO AND ALL THE THINGS GOING ON OVER THERE.
I'VE SEEN THE THE PIPE AND THE HENDERSON DITCH.
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I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF RAIN LATELY. WELL HOW ARE WE SECURING THAT PIPE SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR FLOOD COMING THROUGH, THE PIPE DOESN'T END UP FLOATING DOWN THE THE DITCH.
I'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK AT IT. MAYOR AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT IS THE EXPECTED COMPLETION OF LIFT STATION EIGHT COLLECTION SYSTEM? I'LL I'LL GET YOU A SCHEDULE ON THAT. WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET A FAST TURNAROUND, THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET IT DONE FOR AN EXTRA, I THINK FOUR WEEKS.
BUT THEY MOVE REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. I MEAN THEY'RE A VERY GOOD CONTRACTOR.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A DATE UNTIL WE GET ALL THIS APPROVED.
ARE THEY SLOW ROLLING IT, THOUGH, BECAUSE OF THE WAITING ON THE GLO.
THEY'RE NOT. THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T. THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE GLO.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, EVERYTHING IS ON HOLD, WAITING. BUT THE PIPE IS JUST SITTING THERE IN THE DITCH.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M CONCERNED. YEAH.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. I DIDN'T SAY IT'S FALLEN INTO THE. IT'S ON THE SIDE. IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.
I'VE SEEN. THAT'S IN THE DITCH. YES. OKAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT.
OKAY, I PICKED IT UP. IT'S ALL BACK UP ON THE BANK FOR NOW.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT. YOU'RE OKAY. YES, I'LL HAVE THAT SECURED TOMORROW. PLEASE.
OKAY. LAST THING WE NEED IS FLOODING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE DITCH GOT CLOGGED OR BLOCKED.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE WAITING ON GLO. SO IS IT POSSIBLE OR NOT TO HAVE MORE TIMES IN EACH OF THESE ITEMS LIKE WE STARTED ON THIS DAY, WE ANTICIPATE TEN DAYS, BUT REALLY 15 ANTICIPATED DATE TO END PARRISH STREET WILL BE THESE EVERY ONE OF THE ITEMS. CAN WE HAVE MORE DATES ON THEM? OKAY. ARE YOU ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE BOND PROJECT? THREE EVERY ONE OF YOUR ITEMS IN ALL THE ITEMS. OKAY, YEAH. NEXT TIME WE DO AN HDR REPORT, I GUESS SHE'S JUST ASKING FOR A YOU WANT JUST A KIND OF A SCHEDULE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING? YES. WHAT DAY DO WE START? LIKE YOU SAID, OH, WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH A CERTAIN ONE ON HERE.
OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH CONTRACTORS. YEAH.
IF THERE'S BEEN A DELAY. HOW MANY DELAYS DATES, NUMBER OF DAYS.
OKAY. THIS IS GOOD. JOHN, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS.
AND MAYBE A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, ALL THE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY HDR FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT GONE FORWARD.
FOR EXAMPLE, HENDERSON ROAD, YOU'VE GOT THAT ALL TOGETHER.
FOR US. IT'S ALL SITTING THERE. FOR HENDERSON.
I NEVER DID THE DESIGN. WE JUST DID THE PRELIMINARY LAYOUT.
RIGHT. YES, SIR. JUST BE NICE TO KEEP A ROLLING DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN LOOK BACK TO WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND WHAT, YOU KNOW. OKAY. A REPORT, MAYBE FROM HDR OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'VE DONE BESIDES THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
I DON'T NEED THE DAY TO DAY STUFF. BUT THE MAJOR STUFF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE THE DRAINAGE STUDY FOR WHAT IS IT? ARCOLA AND THEN THE EAST SIDE, 35 SAN FELIPE.
THAT STUDY SITTING OUT THERE THAT YOU'VE DONE. I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS BECAUSE AS WE TRY TO OBTAIN FUNDING, LET'S KEEP THOSE HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST AND START TACKLING THEM AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GET AVENUES FOR FUNDING.
OKAY, NOT A PROBLEM. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR JOHN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JOHN. ITEM NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER
[5.Discussion and possible action on approving Resolution No. 20260609-005 approving the finding of a public necessity by Angleton Drainage District and approving the use of eminent domain by Angleton Drainage District to condemn in fee simple a tract of 0.169 acres, more or less, of property generally located at the northwest corner of Valderas Street and Brushy Bayou in Angleton, Texas for the public purposes of drainage, flood control, and related purposes.]
20260609-005. APPROVING THE FINDING OF A PUBLIC NECESSITY BY ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND APPROVING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO CONDEMN IN FEE SIMPLE A TRACT OF 0.169 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF VALDERAS STREET AND BRUSHY AND ANGLETON, TEXAS, FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF DRAINAGE, FLOOD CONTROL AND RELATED PURPOSES.[00:30:05]
OTIS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM, AS YOU STATED, IS AN ITEM BY RESOLUTION.WE HAVE ATTACHED A RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL.
AND ALSO TONIGHT THE REQUEST IN WHICH WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE DISTRICT TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION. WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND DO THAT FOR THIS AGENDA, ALTHOUGH WE TRY TO ATTEMPTED TO DO IT IN THE LAST AGENDA.
SO STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS LEGAL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD POSSIBLY BEGIN WITH THE DISTRICT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING OF THE COUNCIL, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SPORE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE PODIUM AND.
YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE I WILL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
YES, SIR. 632 SOUNDS GOOD. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR AN EXPLANATION AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU NEED FROM THE FOUR OF US. GREAT. MR. BOYD.
YES, SIR. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LARRY BOYD, AND I'M THE LAWYER FOR ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT. AND WHAT BRINGS US HERE IS AN ODD STATE LAW PASSED JUST FOR ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
AND IT SAYS, LIKE EVERY OTHER DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND WATER DISTRICT AND CITY IN TEXAS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN CONDEMNATION.
WE JUST NEED A RESOLUTION FROM ANGLETON SAYING THAT YOU MAY PROCEED WITH THE USUAL LAWS, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE GET TO TAKE IT FREE, OR THAT WE GET TO SHORTCUT THE TEXAS LANDOWNER'S BILL OF RIGHTS OR ANY OF THE OTHER PROTECTIONS.
TEXAS IS A VERY PROTECTIVE STATE FOR LANDOWNERS, AND ALL WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO IS TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHOKE THE NORMAL PROCESS WITH A NORMAL INDEPENDENT JUDGE AND A NORMAL INDEPENDENT JURY, AND SAY THAT THE USUAL PROGRESS OF LAW CANNOT COME OUT OF THE STARTING BLOCKS BECAUSE WE'RE KILLING IT.
WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO ABOUT THE NORMAL LEGAL PROCESS WITH THE NORMAL PROTECTIONS.
AND WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. THE WAY THIS AROSE IS BACK IN 1981, BEFORE EVEN MY TIME.
AND COME TO FIND OUT, A FEW YEARS EARLIER, SOMEBODY ELSE ALREADY BOUGHT A LITTLE STRIP OF THAT FROM THE DEVELOPER, A VERY LITTLE STRIP ABOUT 3/16 OF AN ACRE, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE BANK OF BRUSHY BIO.
WE DON'T. SO WE NEED TO CONDEMN THAT. THE POINT AND IT'S NOT TAKING ANY BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST A STRIP OF BARE LAND. WE HAVE TRIED TO ACQUIRE IT BY NEGOTIATION AND THAT HAS NOT WORKED.
BUT AS A RESULT OF OUR DEALINGS, WE HAVE BECOME DISCOURAGED THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE LIKELY TO SUCCEED.
AND SO WE NEED THE ABILITY TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION IF NECESSARY.
WE'RE NOT DONE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE, BUT. WE NEED THE ABILITY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP IF NECESSARY.
AND I ASK THE COUNCIL TO THINK IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE NEXT STEP, IF YOU MAKE US HELPLESS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO DO TO THE NEGOTIATIONS? DO YOU THINK THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SUCCEED? NO.
THE REASON WE NEED THIS IS TO KEEP BRUSHY BAYOU FLOWING.
THERE IS A WORLD OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING THAT DRAINS INTO BRUSHY BIO AND MORE COMING.
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WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR YARD. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOUSE OR ANY OUTBUILDINGS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BANKS OF BRUSHY BAYOU, A NATURAL WATERWAY, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE BRUSH FROM THAT AND PASS.BUT BRUSH IS NOT WHAT YOU USE FOR EROSION CONTROL.
GRASS IS THE COMMON ORDINARILY STATE OF THE ART WAY THAT YOU DO THAT, BECAUSE BRUSH AND TREES GET WASHED DOWN AND THEY RIP OUT ROOT BALLS. WE'VE ALL SEEN IT AFTER FLOODS, AFTER STORMS, AND THEY DO WAY MORE DAMAGE TO THE SLOPE TO THE BANK.
THEN IF THEY HADN'T BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
GRASS IS WHAT IS USED FOR EROSION CONTROL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE PROPOSE TO HAVE THERE.
BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE AND CLEAR OUT THE OBSTRUCTIONS.
THERE ARE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG RUSHY ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS. ONE OF THEM GAVE THE INVOCATION. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO GIVE IT TO THEM FREE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO CUT OFF ANY OF THEIR PROTECTIONS.
JUST LET THE PROCESS PROCEED. ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS AN INDEPENDENT, ELECTED GOVERNING BODY OF ANOTHER INDEPENDENT POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, AND THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB AND ALLOW THE CITY TO DO ITS JOB.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR PRESENTATION. THERE IS A RESOLUTION IN YOUR PACKET.
AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO USE THAT AS SOMETHING MR. RANDALL AND I HAD WORKED OUT TOGETHER, AND HE'S APPROVED.
SO DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR FOR ME, FOR THE DISTRICT? NONE AT THE MOMENT. I GET MISS HAAS UP TO THE PODIUM, THOUGH, AND LET HER SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE MOMENT, IF ANY QUESTIONS COME UP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
WE WILL MISS LAUREN. HELLO, COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. SO TODAY, ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON A FINDING OF PUBLIC NECESSITY.
THIS DECISION CARRIES A LOT OF LEGAL WEIGHT. YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT PROPERTY OWNERS HERE IN ANGLETON, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE A MORAL COMMITMENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF ANGLETON AS WELL.
FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT HAS FAILED TO FOLLOW STATUTORY PROCEDURES.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT EARLIER.
THIS IS WHERE THEY CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO TAKE MY PROPERTY.
THOSE MEETINGS SHOULD BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND THEY'RE NOT.
THEY DON'T IDENTIFY ME BY NAME. THEY DON'T IDENTIFY MY PROPERTY BY ADDRESS.
THEY DON'T IDENTIFY ANY OF THIS PROPERTY BY LEGAL MEANS.
IT'S JUST BASICALLY THE CORNER OF THIS STREET AND THIS STREET AND BRUSHY BAYOU.
SO IN MANY OF THESE MEETINGS WERE EXECUTIVE SESSION, MAYBE TWO WERE NOT.
THE REMAINING 40 SOMETHING WERE EVEN CITY OF ANGLETON, WHEN THEY PUBLISHED THEIR PUBLIC NOTICE, DIDN'T EVEN ADD MY NAME OR MY PROPERTY ADDRESS ON THERE.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS HEARING LATE LAST NIGHT.
THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT HAS FAILED TO EVEN AUTHORIZE A PROJECT.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THIS.
THEY HAVEN'T SHARED TIMELINES. THEY HAVEN'T SHARED ANYTHING.
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AS A TEXAS PROPERTY OWNER, I'M ENTITLED TO LATERAL SUPPORT OF MY PROPERTY, AND THEY HAVE NOT SHARED ANY OF THE PROJECTS OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT, OR IF THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO MAINTAIN IT.THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT CONDONE TAKE NOW AND PLAN LATER.
THE CITY OF THE PORT OF FREEPORT JUST FOUND THAT OUT JUST IN 2025.
YOU CANNOT TAKE PROPERTY AND THEN SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN. THERE'S A LOT OF CASE LAW INVOLVING EMINENT DOMAIN.
THE CASE LAW PROTECTS THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ALSO REQUIRES THAT THEY LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES.
AND THEY ALSO LOOK AT FEE SIMPLE VERSUS JUST A DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY ENTIRE PROPERTY AND TAKE MY NAME OFF OF IT.
THEY CAN GET AN EASEMENT TO MAINTAIN IT. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO.
THERE'S NO FACTUAL BASIS. THERE'S NO ENGINEERING STUDY THAT I'VE SEEN.
NONE OF THAT INFORMATION. AND THEY WANT YOU TO APPROVE EMINENT DOMAIN.
AT THIS POINT, WITHOUT ANY OF THAT INFORMATION, THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.
HOWEVER IT'S NOT. SO TODAY I'M ASKING YOU TO NOT APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND SEND THEM BACK TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND DO THEIR JOB BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH EMINENT DOMAIN, BECAUSE THE PROCEEDING EMINENT DOMAIN IN THIS MANNER AGAINST ME, MY FAMILY, THAT OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR THEM TO DO IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A TWO LINKS ON YOUR EMAIL.
THIS IS THE COMPTROLLER'S ONLINE EMINENT DOMAIN DATABASE.
THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING INFORMATION FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. REGARDING THIS, MR. BOYD. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT A PARTY TO ARGUE TO THE JUDGE IN A CONDEMNATION CASE.
WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL NOT SAY THAT.
NO, A JUDGE CAN'T TOUCH THIS. A JURY CAN'T TOUCH THIS.
AN ELECTED GOVERNING BODY OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CANNOT TOUCH THIS.
AND SO CAN WE. WHAT WAS MR. BOYD, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THE INTENT ON THE LAW. WITH THIS UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT HAS TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE INTENT OF THAT LAW WAS FOR? I DON'T HAVE A CLUE. THAT IS THE TRUTH. I HAVE LOOKED, I FOUND NOTHING ON IT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS FULL OF THESE DISTRICTS NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT DO YOU THINK IT WAS? I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN THERE, SPECIFICALLY TO THE ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
THAT MAKES IT TO WHERE IT HAS TO COME TO US AS WELL.
WAS THERE AN ISSUE IN THE PAST THE WAY THESE LOCAL LAWS COMMONLY.
NO. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES IN THE PAST, TO GIVE YOU A STRAIGHT ANSWER.
THIS IS PURELY CONJECTURE, BUT THE WAY THAT LOCAL LAWS GENERALLY WORK IS THAT THE LEGISLATURE WON'T PASS THEM UNLESS THE LOCAL STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR APPROVE OF THEM.
AND THE LOCAL STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR USUALLY ASKS THE PEOPLE BACK HOME WHAT THEY THINK,
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AND MAYBE SOMEBODY REQUESTED IT AT THAT TIME.BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT AUTHORITY IS IN THE LAW, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANGLETON THE CITY COUNCIL TO STEP IN AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, JUST THROTTLE THE PROCESS, PREVENT THE DISTRICT FROM MOVING, PREVENT PRESENT, EXCUSE ME, ME. PREVENT A JUDGE FROM MOVING OR A JURY FROM MOVING, PREVENT THESE ARGUMENTS FROM BEING HEARD AND DECIDED IN COURT.
NO, WE WANT TO HEAR THEM. AND AGAIN, IF YOU TAKE AWAY OUR AUTHORITY, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS. OKAY. BUT IN FAIRNESS, WE HAVE TO IF THE LAW IS WRITTEN THAT WAY, WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A CITY COUNCIL TO KIND OF NOT NOT ARBITRATE THIS, BUT AT LEAST HEAR IT OUT BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE DOING OUR JOB DUE TO THE FACT THAT THAT'S THE STATE LAW.
RIGHT. I THINK THE, THE, THE JOB OF THE COUNCIL IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE IS TO SEE IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING HERE OR IS THIS JUST A TOTALLY GROUNDLESS, MALICIOUS THAT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED TO BE HEARD BY THE SYSTEM? AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE'VE GOT A SECTION OF BRUSHY BILL THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT OPEN, BECAUSE BRUSHY IS BEING OVERBURDENED AND NEEDS ALL OF ITS FLOW.
AND WE NEED THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THAT. THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD IS ELECTED FOR.
THAT'S WHAT THIS GOVERNING BODY DOES. AND WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO TO BE THE JUDGE OF THAT.
OKAY. COUNCIL YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, TOO.
SO DO YOU. MR. BOYD'S REPRESENTATION THAT THIS IS JUST THE, I GUESS.
PERMISSION FOR A CONTINUING OF THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH A CONDEMNATION HEARING.
DO YOU AGREE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS BEING CALLED UPON BY THE.
I GUESS THAT STATUTE. I WISH I COULD SAY THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT, BUT THE LEGISLATURE HAS PUT THE CITY IN THIS FIGHT IN 6,601.103 OF THE SPECIAL LAWS. IT SAYS UNDER.
THAT'S ALL IT SAYS. SO YOU WOULD BE CONSENTING TO THEM CONDEMNING WITHIN THE CITY.
THIS IS MORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN PLATTING, IF THEY MEET THE IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN YOUR JOB IS MINISTERIAL AND YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
THIS IS MORE THAN THAT. THIS IS NOT A MINISTERIAL JOB.
YOU HAVE JUDGMENT IN IT. SO YOU'RE NOT CONDEMNING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE LISTED ON THE PLEADINGS.
YOU YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CONSENT OR NOT CONSENT.
AND IF YOU DON'T CONSENT, IT DOESN'T GO FORWARD.
WHAT THAT DOES TO DRAINAGE OR BRUSHY BAYOU, I HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT IT'S NOT PERFUNCTORY. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY YEA OR NAY.
SOUNDS LIKE A LAWYER ANSWER, BUT SURE. SO. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PLEADINGS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CONDEMNATION SUIT BETWEEN ANGLETON AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER.
CORRECT. SO A 300 ZERO FOOT VIEW, YOU HAVE A PETITION AND IT'LL BE THE AD VERSUS THE LANDOWNER THAT'S FILED IN WHATEVER COURT HAS JURISDICTION IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.
IT'S CONCURRENT JURISDICTION BETWEEN COUNTY COURT AT LAW AND DISTRICT COURT.
THE COURT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT AFTER THAT.
THE THREE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS MEET, AND EVEN IF THEY'VE MESSED UP AND NOT FOLLOWED ALL THE PROCEDURES COMMISSIONER THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS DON'T DEAL WITH THAT. THEY ONLY DEAL WITH VALUE.
SO YOU HAVE THE BATTLE OF THE EXPERTS. SOMETIMES THE LANDOWNER SHOWS UP.
IF THEY DO, THEY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO CONTEST WHETHER THE DISTRICT HAS A RIGHT TO CONDEMN.
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SO A LOT OF THEM DON'T SHOW UP AT THE HEARING.YOU HAVE ONE APPRAISER, AND HE SAYS THE THE EASEMENT OR RIGHT OF WAY IS WORTH X.
THEY HAVE 30 DAYS, APPROXIMATELY 30. WELL, BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THAT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN OFFER.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A LANDOWNER'S BILL OF RIGHTS.
A COPY OF THAT. YOU HAVE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS.
THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A FINAL AND BEST OFFER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU GO THROUGH THE CONDEMNATION PROCESS.
AFTER THE COMMISSIONER COURTS MAKES THEIR RULINGS THAT THE COURT THEN GETS ACTIVE AGAIN.
YOU HAVE 30 DAYS. THE LANDOWNER HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL IT.
IF THE DISTRICT WANTS TO GO ON THE LAND IMMEDIATELY, THEY CAN DEPOSIT THAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGES AND IT'S THE DAMAGE FOR THE LAND TAKEN AND IT'S THE DAMAGE FOR THE REMAINDER. SO IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TREES AND THOSE TREES ARE VALUABLE, THEN IT'S IT'S NOT JUST THE VALUE OF THE LAND, IT'S THE VALUE OF, OF HOW IT AFFECTS THE REMAINING PART OF THE LAND.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THE JUDGE HEARS ALL THE ISSUES, WHETHER IT WAS PROPER OR NOT, WHETHER AND ON VALUE AND SCHEDULES A TRIAL AND DO IT LIKE ANY OTHER CASE. SO THAT'S IT.
AT 300 ZERO FOOT VIEW, THERE ARE IT'S PROCEDURALLY.
ROBUST I GUESS IS A WAY TO PUT IT. YOU GET INTO QUESTIONS OF WHETHER IT'S VOID OR VOIDABLE AND ALL THIS OTHER MINUTIA THAT WOULD PUT YOU TO SLEEP IF I LAUNCHED INTO THAT. BUT TO EVEN BEGIN THAT UNDER THIS SECTION, THE DISTRICT NEEDS PERMISSION, NEEDS CONSENT FROM THE CITY TO DO IT.
THEY DON'T. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. WHETHER IT FLOODS OR NOT.
LOOK AT THE DISTRICT. BUT THE DISTRICT'S GOING TO POINT THE FINGER AT THE CITY.
NO ONE LIKES CONDEMNATIONS TAKING PROPERTY, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY EVER GONE THROUGH, AT LEAST ON MY TIME IN COUNCIL. I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME WHEN WE'VE DONE EMINENT DOMAIN.
THAT'S SINCE 2008. WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED IT OUT WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE TIME WHERE WE KNOW EACH CITY HAS THEIR OWN PERSONALITY. EACH COUNTY HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY.
ROSENBERG. WE DID ONE WITH THE GLOW GRANT. WE DIDN'T DO ONE.
WE DID EIGHT FOR DRAINAGE MAJOR DRAINAGE PROJECT.
BELLEVUE HAS FOUR GOING NOW TO EXPAND THE GOLF COURSE.
PORT FREEPORT THAT WAS MENTIONED HAS ONE TAKING LAND ON QUOTE UNQUOTE, THE EAST SIDE OR PORT EXPANSION FOR CONTAINERS AND ALL THAT. AND THAT ONE WAS REVERSED ON APPEAL, NOT HANDLED BY ME, BUT REVERSED ON APPEAL FOR LACK OF A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR FAILURE OF THE RECORD TO SHOW A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
SO THAT'S SET FOR TRIAL IN ANGLETON HERE IN THE COURTHOUSE IN AUGUST AND RETRIED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I LISTEN TO MR. BOYD.
WHAT I THINK I'VE HEARD IS AN ARGUMENT WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE.
SO IT'S, IT'S YOU STATED IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT MALICIOUS.
I'M NOT SAYING IT IS. I JUST I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY ARTICULATE TESTIFY, PUT FORTH ANY RECORD, PUT FORTH ANY EXHIBITS SHOWING WHY THIS PARTICULAR TAKING NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
AND I MEAN, ALL YOU'VE DONE IS, AND I'M I'M CALLING YOU.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AN ADVOCATE, I GET IT. BUT YOU'RE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE AT THIS POINT.
I'M NOT SAYING WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN HAVING AN ACTUAL SOMEBODY COME BEFORE US AND TELL US SPECIFICALLY WHY WE NEED THIS AND WHAT DOES IT DO? SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN THAT FIELD AND CAN PROVIDE US WITH SOME SORT OF DOCUMENTATION.
SO I CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING, OKAY, THIS IS NOT DONE FOR ON ANY SORT OF MALICIOUS INTENT.
THIS IS DONE OUT OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, AND THEN I CAN COMFORTABLY MOVE FORWARD WITH IT VOTING FOR IT.
I THINK WE NEED SOME SORT OF EVIDENCE. YOU WANT TO SEE THE PLAN? I'M DOING SOMETHING. I WANT TO KNOW. THERE'S GOT TO BE A REASON GRADY ON ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
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AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. I'M ONLY SPEAKING TO THE CITY OF ANGLETON AT THE MOMENT. SHOULD WE HAVE GIVEN MISS HASSO NOTICE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS ON OUR AGENDA? YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. NOT REQUIRED TO.I WANT TO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT? NO. OKAY. WE'RE ONLY CONSENTING. WE'RE NOT CONDEMNING.
SO IT'S JUST A. YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO. LET ME JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OTIS AND TO KYLE AND THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM IN THE FUTURE, ANYTHING LIKE THIS EVER COMES UP LESS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOTIFIED.
I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY GIVE HER MUCH TIME TO PREPARE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS TONIGHT. NOW, WHATEVER ACTION THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO GO IN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR IN THE FUTURE. THE CITY, WE WANT TO BE ABOVE BOARD.
ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE? GOT ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO. I'D LIKE TO SEE, LIKE, WHAT TRAVIS SAID OR WHAT TRAVIS SAID.
AM I IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE SAYING THIS IS WE'RE AGREEING THAT THIS IS SOME SORT OF PUBLIC NECESSITY. I MEAN, MR. BOYD, I THINK WE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN MR. BOYD'S ARGUMENT. WELL, YOU OPENED YOUR MEETING, MR. SPUR. IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? YES, I DO. MY COUNSEL WOULD NOT SUGGEST THAT.
I FEEL HIS PAIN. THIS. I'M A RICE FARMER ALL MY LIFE.
I KNOW HOW WATER FLOWS. LIVED UP NEXT TO THE BAYOU.
IN FACT, PINEY WAY AND A LOT OF WATER DOES GO THROUGH THIS.
ALL OF OUR DITCHES DO NOT HAVE OBSTRUCTIONS IN IT, EXCEPT ONE PLACE WE RECOGNIZED BETWEEN 288 B AND VALDEZ ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO, THAT THERE ARE TREES GOING UP AND DOWN THE SLOPE OF THE BANK IN THAT, AND WE SENT TREE TRIMMERS IN THERE TO GET MOST OF THEM OUT UNTIL WE HIT MISS HUSSLE'S PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT WE DON'T HAVE THE EASEMENT THROUGH THERE.
WE WERE TOLD TO STOP. WE DID. WE CUT OUT 3 OR 4 REAL SMALL TREES.
AND THAT'S THE STRUCTURE. THERE'S TREES. IF YOU DRIVE BY THERE.
LOOK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEER TO SEE IT OR STROKES THE, THE, THE BOW ITSELF, THE DITCH.
AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING IS JUST TO MOVE THIS PROCESS ON BECAUSE IT NO, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I UNDERSTAND HOW WATER FLOWS. AND THEN I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 81 TO 93 AND 95 TO PRESENT.
WE'VE ONLY HAD TO CONDEMN ONE LANDOWNER. AND THAT WAS ON THE LOWER END OF BRUSHY BILL.
AND WE DID COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT LANDOWNER.
IN FACT, THEY GOT A LITTLE MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE OFFERED THEM DUE TO A MISS ENGINEERING OF THE SURVEY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, A MISS SURVEY.
WHEN WE DID GO AFTER THE FOR EASEMENT TO THE LANDOWNERS.
BUT THE DITCH DIDN'T LINE UP WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT WAS AN 81. THAT'S A THAT'S A LONG TIME THAT WE WORK WITH LANDOWNERS.
WE NEGOTIATE. THAT'S THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS GO TO THAT COURTHOUSE.
BUT SHE HAS ALL OF HER INFORMATION THAT, LIKE LARRY SAID, THAT, THAT WE HAVE SENT HER.
AND THE PROPOSAL ALSO, THIS IS A NECESSITY. IF YOU LOOK TO THE TO THE EAST OVER LOOK TO THE NORTH.
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THERE IS A CLEAN DITCH ALL THE WAY UP. BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT.OBSTRUCTION, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BEND WHERE YOU GET EDDIES GOING.
AND THERE IS A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE WITH BRUSH THAT ANYTHING GET HUNG UP WITH IT, NOT BRUSH ACTUAL TREES AND NOT ON TOP OF THE BANK. THIS IS ON THE SLOPE OF THE BANK WHERE THE WATER FLOWS.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE LIKE THIS PROCESS TO KEEP GOING.
NOW WE'VE BEEN THIS HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IN FACT, IT'S YEAH, ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS AND YES, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, A LOT OF IT'S OWN AGENDAS, BUT IT GOT TABLED.
WE WEREN'T READY. WE HAD TO CHANGE ADJUSTERS ON IT.
BARRY WAS ORIGINALLY OUR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? PRAISES. THANK YOU. HE WAS ORIGINALLY THE APPRAISAL, AND THEN WE HAD TO GO GET ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE WE PUT HIM ON OUR BOARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. SO Y'ALL DO HAVE AN APPRAISAL. YOU DO HAVE AN APPRAISAL? YES WE DO. YES WE DO. CERTIFIED APPRAISER. AND THAT'S WHAT THESE THREE JUDGES, THEY DETERMINE IF WHO THEY'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO, WHAT APPRAISAL. AND YES, WE LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT THAT'S IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT, IT'S A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. BUT THEY'LL SAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE THE SLOPE OF THE BANKS, THE SLOPES AND THE BOTTOM CARRIES THE WATER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO MOVE THIS PROCESS ON.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S I DON'T THINK WE NEED AN ENGINEER TO SEE THAT.
IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS WHEN A DITCH IS BEING BLOCKED PARTIALLY OR JUST, JUST PARTIALLY, IT STILL AFFECTS DRAINAGE FROM UP AND DOWN, ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM. SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS JUST KEEP GOING WITH THE PROCESS.
THERE IS A PROCESS. ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GOING TO BE HOW FAR DOES YOUR EASEMENT GO ALONG ALL THE PINEY WAY ROAD PROPERTIES ON BRUSHY BIO? YES. LIKE I SAID. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE IT ALL LIKE WE NEED FROM FROM 2 TO 8 B TO TWO BOUNDARIES.
I JUST I'M LOOKING AT THE AERIAL VIEWS TAKEN 2026 THIS YEAR.
ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON PINEY WAY HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PINE TREES.
THAT FOLLOW THE SAME LINE ALL THE WAY BETWEEN VALDERAS AND 288 B AND THERE'S GOING TO BE 15 TREES IN THIS SECTION. AND THEIR AGES RANGE FROM 45 YEARS TO 143 YEARS OLD BASED ON THE MEASUREMENTS, 100 AND HOW MANY YEARS, 143, THE 26 INCH ONE.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE TREES THERE BECAUSE THE ONES LISTED ON THE WENT THROUGH THERE IN THE 70S AND TOOK OUT MOST OF THE TREES THEN THESE ARE THE ONES LISTED ON THE PLOT THAT YOU GAVE US. THE MEASUREMENTS 26 INCH, 25 INCH, 24 INCH.
ALL THOSE ARE ESTIMATED AT OVER 100. YOU'RE TALKING ARE THEY ON TOP OF THE BANK OR ON THE SLOPE OF THE BANK? THE 45. WELL, THERE'S A 15 INCH ONE AND A 16 INCH ONE THAT ARE PROBABLY ON THE SLOPE BASED ON YOUR DRAWING.
THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND A TEN INCH ONE. SO THAT'S 45 YEARS.
LET'S SEE, 16 INCH ONE IS APPROXIMATELY. YOU'RE 80 YEARS OLD OR 16 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREE. THE PINE TREES WERE BUILT BACK IN WERE PLANTED BACK IN. MR. KENNON DID THAT BACK IN.
I WANT TO SAY. WELL, IT'S GOT TO BE THE LATE 50S.
MID TO LATE 50S IS WHEN THOSE PINE TREES WERE PLANTED.
THEY WEREN'T PLANTED IN, IN THE IN THE SLOPE, THOUGH.
YEAH, I'M JUST I'M JUST THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE LABELED IN THE CHUNK THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE.
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AND THEY GOT VALUE AND WE KNOW THEY GOT VALUE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY.AND WE'VE OFFERED DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY. BUT THAT'S UP.
LIKE I SAID, THE PROCESS DETERMINES THAT TOO.
BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT. WE WE STILL GOT MORE TO GO.
THAT'S IN THE SLOPE. WE DID WHAT OUR MONEY COULD GO SO FAR AND WE STOPPED.
WE'RE READY TO DO. THIS IS BETWEEN 288 AND VALDEZ, JUST NOT OUR PROPERTY.
AND WE'RE ALL TALKING ON THE SLOPE OF THE BANK.
YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE LOOK OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S A BUMMER.
IT'S THEIR ONLY BUFFER BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. JUST PULL UP.
AND YOU CAN DO A A STREET LEVEL LOOK. YEAH. IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH. GOOGLE. THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOGLE MAP. AND IT'LL SHOW A STREET LEVEL.
YEAH, I'VE SEEN IT. I DON'T TOUCH THE STUFF. SOMEBODY ELSE GOT TO PULL IT UP.
THAT'S A BIG. ONE GOING THIS WAY. NO, YOU'RE LOOKING THERE.
EXACTLY. LOOK HERE. YEAH, I WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT WAY.
YEAH. I WENT TO THE SOUTH AND I CAME BACK AROUND TO LOOK AT IT ONE MORE TIME.
NOW TURN. YOU CAN ZOOM IN. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO LOOK.
MR.. I'VE GOT YOU UP THERE. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT BRUSHY BAYOU IN GENERAL.
OKAY. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GOING THROUGH AND CLEANING THAT? HOW OFTEN DOES IT GET TOUCHED? BRUSHY. IT GETS MOWED YEARLY.
YEARLY. I MEAN, LIKE, IS IT THREE TIMES A YEAR? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOUR TIMES A YEAR WHERE WE CAN GET TO? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WHERE WE CAN GET TO IT GETS MOWED.
THERE ARE PLACES LIKE THIS. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES.
WE'VE JUST RECENTLY GOT A MULCHING MACHINE TO A HEAD ATTACHED TO OUR TRACK HOSE THAT CAN GO IN AND DO A LOT OF THIS KIND OF STUFF ON BRUSHY. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER AREA ALONG 35 AT BRUSHY ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
I'D LIKE TO CLEAN THAT OUT. AND A LOT OF PINE TREES THERE TOO.
WE ALSO HAVE NORTH OF CARANCAHUA, WE'RE LOOKING AT USING THIS SAME MACHINE THERE THROUGH THAT BRUSH.
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SPOT, AND I KNOW OF FOUR TREES UP THERE SOUTH OF CARANCAHUA THAT WE NEED TO DEFINITELY TAKE OUT.SO I GUESS THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT IS I REMEMBER THIS WAS PROBABLY 2009, 2010.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DONE SINCE. NO IT HASN'T.
IT HAS NOT BECAUSE WHAT IS WE, WE, WE DIDN'T DO MUCH OF THAT. I THINK WE HAD HELP FROM THE CITY, EVEN.
I THINK WE DID HELP. YEAH, I THINK THE CITY DID THAT ALONG WITH THE CHURCH THROUGH THERE.
YES. SOUTH OF THE CHURCH IS NOT CONCRETE AT THAT MUCH.
YES, IT'S A CONSTANT. IT'S A MAJOR COLLECTOR.
AND THEN FOR THOSE IN THE BACK, CAN YOU SWING THAT CAMERA AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF BRUSHY? GO. GO UP ONE TO THE NORTH. RIGHT. THERE'S FINE.
NOW SWING IT BACK AROUND. YOU SEE THE THE WIDTH OF THAT DITCH ON THAT SIDE.
IS THAT THE SAME WIDTH THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT DITCH? ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT DITCH? NO, NO IT'S NOT. IT BREAKS THERE. IT BREAKS THERE.
YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN IT KEEPS GRADUALLY GETTING LARGER.
YOU KEEP GOING SOUTH OR TO THE TO THE EAST TO BASTROP.
RIGHT. AND THAT WAS OPEN PASTURE. YOU HAD HOMES ON THE ON THE WEST WEST SIDE OF VALDEZ.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY THERE'S TREES AND EVERYTHING STILL THERE WHERE THIS WAS PASTURE LAND.
THERE WASN'T HARDLY ANYTHING WHEN THAT WAS DONE.
THERE WAS NO HOMES EVEN TO THE NORTH. CORRECT.
I MEAN, THE SOUTH. EXCUSE ME. RIGHT MANNER AND MANNER WAS NOT THERE WHEN WE FIRST.
YES, THAT WAS FIRST PUT IN IN THE 80S. SO WE TOOK.
AND LANDOWNER, LET US GET LAY IT DOWN FLATTER TO MOST OF THIS IS 2 TO 1.
OKAY. THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM. SO WE, WE EITHER CUT THE TREES BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THE BANK AND PLANT OUR GRASS AND KEEP IT SPRAYED ON THAT SIDE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT GETTING IN AND OUT OF THERE WITH MOWERS.
SO WE KEEP IT SPRAYED, AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE DONE OTHER DISHES.
THIS IS. FEEL FREE TO MR. ATTORNEY AND NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
WHY NOW? IT'S TIME. I'M JUST ASKING. SOME OF THOSE TREES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO NOW WE'RE IT'S TIME WITH WITH THE GROWTH WE'RE SEEING AND WE'RE SEEING MORE UP THERE AROUND INTERMEDIUS IS COMING.
WE'VE HAD Y'ALL, Y'ALL HEARD THEM TOO. HERE AT OUTSIDE ACROSS FROM BENCHMARK DEVELOPERS READY TO MOVE. AND ALL THAT'S GOT TO COME COME THROUGH ALL THIS PROPERTY UP THERE.
SO YOUR GOAL IS TO, TO BASICALLY CLEAR THAT SLOPE.
YES. AND THERE'S JUST NO WAY BETWEEN THE TWO OF Y'ALL COULD COME TO SOME AGREEMENT. THAT LEAVES THOSE PINE TREES ON THE TOP OF THE SLOPE, BUT TAKES DOWN.
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION. YES, BUT WE HAVE NOT.
WE'VE SENT LETTERS TO HER ATTORNEYS THAT GOT SENT SENT THEM THERE.
I, I ASSUME YOU'RE GETTING THEM ALL. I DON'T REALLY KNOW, MISS JOSEPH.
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STILL TALK, BUT WE'VE GONE TO WHERE WE NEED TO PROGRESS ON WITHOUT NEGOTIATION.AND THAT THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. THAT'S NOT MY ATTORNEY'S.
OKAY, BUT I STILL THINK, YEAH, I'M UP FOR IT.
OKAY. THE BOARD IS ALSO LOOKING AT THAT PHOTO RIGHT THERE.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S A PRETTY FAIR AGREEMENT OF WHAT THE CURRENT, I GUESS, FOLIAGE OR.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU DO YOU MIND STEPPING TO THE MICROPHONE JUST SO BECAUSE IT'S RECORDED. PEOPLE ARE LISTENING. I DID SPEAK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER. SHE DID SHARE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GOT FROM THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
THEY ACTUALLY GOT FUNDING AND MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PLANT THESE TREES.
THEY WERE TOLD THIS IS HOW YOU THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO PLANT.
THIS IS HOW YOU PLANT IT. THIS IS HOW YOU MAINTAIN IT.
THIS IS YOUR EROSION CONTROL. IF YOU TAKE IT, IF YOU TAKE IT OUT, YOU CUT IT.
IT'S GOING TO YOUR PROPERTY IS GOING TO START CAVING IN.
SO WE'VE MAINTAINED IT. WHEN THEY CAME, THEY TOOK OUT A LOT OF IT.
MY HUSBAND AND I INVESTED SOME MONEY AND PUT IT BACK IN THERE.
AND THE SOIL HAS BEEN STABLE, WE MAINTAIN IT.
ANOTHER THING IS, THEY DO SAY THEY CLEAN OUT THE BRUSHY BAYOU.
THAT'S A LIE. WHEN IT RAINS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COME OUT THROUGH THE BAYOU.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ICE CHEST TOYS, MATTRESSES.
WE HIRED A CREW TO COME CLEAN IT OUT.
DO YOU NEED ACCESS TO THE DITCH FROM THAT SIDE? WE CAN ACCESS THE DITCH FROM THE SOUTH SIDE. FROM THE SOUTH SIDE? YES WE CAN.
MISS, YOU SAID SOMETHING. I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO REBUTTAL THAT ONE AND SAY I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS IS NOT MAINTAINING THEIR DITCHES, BUT I MOW MY YARD PRETTY REGULARLY, BUT I CAN'T CONTROL THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE PAST AND THROW TRASH IN MY YARD.
SO, I MEAN, I GET IT, THERE'S ALWAYS TRASH IN THE DITCH, BUT WE DO OUR BEST EFFORTS.
AND SHE IS RIGHT ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS FLOATING DOWN THAT BOW OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
AND WE AS A CITY GET BLAMED FOR A LOT OF STUFF TOO.
SO THE REASON WHY THEY GET HUNG UP ON STUFF THAT'S GOT TO BE TAKEN OUT.
AND WE DO A LOT. IF YOU SAW WHAT AFTER EVERY RAIN, HOW MUCH DEBRIS WE BRING IN.
AND THE STATE PUTS YOU ON BETWEEN US NOW. IT JUST I'M SORRY THAT Y'ALL CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, BUT YEAH, WE WE NEED DIRECTION FROM YOU. I AGREE.
SHE'S A CONSTITUENT. SHE LIVES HERE IN ANGLETON, SO WE NEED TO DO THAT ALSO.
WE DO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND NEED OF HAVING GOOD DRAINAGE.
AND I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT TOO, BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND SO YOU KNOW, I, I DO APPRECIATE HAVING THIS IMAGE BEFORE US NOW, I GUESS THE, I GUESS THE GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE I'VE DRIVEN BY THIS MANY TIMES.
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I'VE NEVER STOPPED, PULLED OVER AND SAW THE ROAD AND LOOKED, YOU KNOW THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THAT SIDE.THERE IS ON THE, I GUESS THE EAST SIDE. I JUST WISH THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW. UNDERSTAND AND TRY TO RESPECT MRS. I'M SURE PRIVACY WAS IMPORTANT.
THOSE TREES DO HOLD VALUE. I UNDERSTAND TREES HOLD VALUE.
I UNDERSTAND HER CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW LATERAL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SLOUGHING OFF INTO THE BAYOU. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND WE ALL HAVE A JOB OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER FLOWS.
SO YOU ALL HAVE THE RIGHT BECAUSE THERE YOUR CONSENT IS NEEDED TO REQUEST WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU WANT, BUT ALSO WANT TO BALANCE THAT.
YOU'RE NOT A COURT OF LAW. CORRECT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ADJUDICATE THOSE RIGHTS.
YOU CAN ADJUDICATE WHETHER YOU GIVE YOUR CONSENT, WHETHER YOU WANT A TIMELINE, AN ENGINEERING PLAN, THE APPRAISAL, THE PICTURES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE COURT'S JOB TO DO THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LIABILITY IF YOU DO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU GOT A LOT OF EQUITIES TO BALANCE.
COUNCILMAN SMITH AND MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND HAVE ASKED FOR THE PLAN.
I KNOW THAT MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S ASKING FOR ANYTHING? COUNCILWOMAN. DANIEL. DID YOU ASK FOR A PLAN ON THE TREES? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? YES. ALL ALONG, BECAUSE IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE THE BAYOU AND 288 B IS ALONG PINEY WAY. AND THEN IF YOU GO UP NORTH ON FOLLOWING THE BAYOU WHERE IT MEETS COUNTY ROAD.
339 THAT LOOKS ABOUT LIKE THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S IN THE COUNTY. THAT'S NOT US. BUT JUST SAYING.
NORTHERN PART OF THE BAYOU RESEMBLES THAT AS WELL.
ARE THOSE PROJECTS ARE THOSE THINGS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED? PARDON? ARE OUR REQUESTING DOCUMENTATION. I GUESS BASICALLY OF THE PLAN YOU'LL HAVE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PRODUCED AND SHARED. YES, SIR.
THANK YOU. I MEAN, WE CAN PROVIDE WHATEVER IS NEEDED.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WANT TO COOPERATE.
BUT THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT OBSTRUCTING A WATERWAY IMPEDES THE FLOW, AND IT CAN CARRY LESS WATER AWAY. I'M. I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, WE CAN BRING A DRAINAGE ENGINEER AND PROVE EXACTLY THAT IF WE NEED TO, BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. ARE Y'ALL UNDER A TIME CONSTRAINT? NO, NOT. NOT REALLY. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'VE MADE OFFERS CRICKETS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WITH MUNICIPAL MATTERS OF DRAINAGE TO TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YEAH, WE COULD BRING AN ENGINEER TO SAY THAT THAT BLOCKS WATER, BUT THAT BLOCKS WATER AND WE CAN ALL SEE IT.
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AND AS MR. RANDALL SAID YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT, OKAY, WE'RE TAKING THIS PROPERTY AND YOU'RE NOT SAYING, AND HERE'S THE PRICE FOR IT. AND YOU'RE NOT SAYING, HERE'S THE DAMAGES FOR THE TREES, WHICH WE'VE OFFERED MONEY AS WELL.BUT SO THE WAY I SEE IT THOUGH, IS WE HAVE ONE SHOT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE HAVE ONE SHOT AT THIS, RIGHT. IF WE EITHER PROVE IT ONCE WE APPROVE IT, THEN YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. OKAY.
THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. IF WE REJECT IT, THEN YOU LOSE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
OKAY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE AN ACT IN GOOD FAITH AND BE A GATEKEEPER TO MAKE SURE THAT I FEEL LIKE I'M MAKING AN EDUCATED DECISION. AND THAT'S ALL.
OKAY. AND BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND. WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S NOT MY PROPERTY THAT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, AT ISSUE. BUT I KNOW IF MY PROPERTY WERE AT ISSUE, I'D WANT THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE SURE IT'S FULL AND COMPLETE AND NOT NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THINGS JUST QUICKLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S OBVIOUS AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN BRING ENGINEERING EVIDENCE OF THAT. IF THAT WOULD MAKE THE COUNCIL MORE COMFORTABLE.
I'M JUST WE'RE JUST ASKING. WELL, I KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYBODY ELSE. I'M ASKING FOR.
SOMEBODY TO DO JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE US WITH A.
IT COULD BE AN AFFIDAVIT. IT COULD BE A REPORT.
IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REVIEW. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN CAN BRANDON, CAN YOU LOOK TO THE WEST ALL ALONG OUT TO 288.
HE CAN'T. HE'S ONLY ON A STREET VIEW. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WHOLE TIME IS GOING DOWN, FINDING THE STREETS THAT CROSS IT AND GOING AND LOOKING AT THE OTHER ONES.
I MEAN, COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL IS CORRECT THAT THERE'S THERE'S NEED NECESSITY ALL THROUGH THE DITCH, BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A POV OR JUST TOP DOWN, TOP DOWN.
SHE WANTS POV POV. YEAH, YOU CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY.
HOW SOON CAN YOU SHOW YOU THE TREES EITHER? NO.
HOW SOON CAN YOU GET THE COUNCIL? WHATEVER IT IS THEY NEED? DAVID, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO GET AN ENGINEERING REPORT ON THAT? IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME AND MONEY, AND WE'RE RESTRAINT, JUST LIKE YOU ALL ARE ABOUT MONEY.
AND WE WE KNOW IT'S IT'S AN OBSTRUCTION. IT'S THERE.
IT'S DEFICIT. AND IT OBSTRUCTS THE FLOW OF WATER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL. AND WE NEED TO GO THROUGH.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THERE ONCE WITH TREE COVERS ABOVE HER.
YEAH. YES. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE WE'RE CLEANING IT UP ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS. SO THIS VIEW THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FROM 288, HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN CLEANED? PARTIALLY. LIKE I SAID, THE MONEY IS A PROBLEM.
WE WE DID MOST OF THE THE TREES THAT WERE DOWN CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH.
ARE THERE ANY OF IT ALSO JUST CAUSE. ARE THERE ANY OF THE TREES THAT WE CAN SEE RIGHT NOW TO ANY OF THOSE ALSO NEED TO COME OUT? YES, YES. I SEE 123456 ON THE SLOPE RIGHT WHERE THE WATER.
OKAY. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. WE HAVE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE BANK.
IN FACT, ON TOP OF THE BANK AND TEN FEET. AND THOSE OWNERS KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT EASEMENT.
THERE'S NO. YES, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THERE BEFORE.
YES. AND WE TOOK CARE OF THEM BY BRINGING THE TREES ACROSS.
YOU SEE WHERE THAT IS? YEAH. WHEN DO YOU WANT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA? I'M FINE WITH TWO. NEXT MEETING. THAT'S QUICK ENOUGH.
I NEED MORE TIME THAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN ENGINEERING REPORT.
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AND YOU BRING A TIMELINE AND SOME PICTURES. A TIMELINE OF WHAT I'M SURE YOU CAN, BUT A TIMELINE OF WHEN YOU BEGAN AND THROUGH THE DATE AND SOME PICTURES. BASICALLY A PROJECT PLAN FOR BRUSHY BAYOU.YOU SAID IF WE QUIT DOING EVERYTHING THERE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COME THROUGH AGAIN AND KEEP UP THE SLOPE AS MONEY ALLOWS US AND WHETHER TO. I HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS.
IT'D BE CLEARED AND WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST. YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN.
ARE YOU USING YOUR OWN PEOPLE TO DO THIS RIGHT? NO. WE HIRED THREE TRUCKS TO DO THAT. PROFESSIONALS.
SO TOM, LIKE Y'ALL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE HARD TO FIND.
TIMELINE PICTURES, BRUSHY BAYOU PLAN APPRAISAL.
ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL WANT WITH ME? YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE? IT WOULD HELP TO SEE YOUR EASEMENT ALSO SO THAT WE'D HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF.
WHERE IT MATCHES UP WITH THE EASEMENT WOULD LINE UP.
WITH THE EASEMENT. YOU'LL HAVE A SURVEY. I ASSUME YOU DO.
YES WE DO. THAT'D BE MAYOR. COUNCIL. YES, SIR.
MAY YOU APPROACH THE BENCH. THIS IS THE EASEMENT DRAWN ON A GOOGLE AERIAL VIEW.
THE 3/16 OF AN ACRE. YEAH I SAW THAT IN THE REPORT.
SO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR EASEMENT ALONG THE BAYOU ABUTTING THIS PROPERTY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING BIGGER IN OTHER WORDS. SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE.
YOU HAVE A SIMILAR AREA EASEMENT WHERE IT ABUTS OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING BIGGER JUST HERE. THAT'S RIGHT.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PACKET AND THEN PULL UP THE EASEMENT MAP? PAGE NUMBER 24. THANK YOU. I WAS ON IT. 24. YEAH.
THIS ONE. DESIREE. I PROMISE I'M NOT POINTING AT YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS CHOKE POINT IS, ARE YOU.
SO THIS IS THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THROUGH HERE, RIGHT? YEAH. IT'S THIS IS THIS LOOKING SHAPE. OKAY, OKAY.
IT'S THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE. THAT IS THE TOP LINE, THE TOP OF THE BANK.
THE PROPERTY LINE IS BECAUSE THIS IS I HAVE IT SHOWING THAT THAT'S THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
YEAH. THIS IS THE PROPERTY CORNER OF THE OF THE HOUSE, RIGHT.
OLVERA STREET. RIGHT. AND THIS IS THEIR PROPERTY LINE.
THAT'S THE PROPERTY LINE UP TO HERE. AND THEY WANT TO TAKE IT.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE THE TOP OF IT IS. THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO CUT TO.
SO IT GOES UP TO HERE AND THEIR DEED COMES DOWN TO HERE.
THIS IS OVERLAPPING. THEY WERE THERE FIRST. SO WE'RE SEEKING TO ACQUIRE THIS SHAPE.
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THERE ARE 15 TREES IN THAT. I ASSUME THOSE ARE TREES.YES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE ALL 15. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL.
WE HAVE OFFERED PAYMENT FOR THEM THOUGH. NO RESPONSE.
WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THAT PLAN, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOUR WHAT TREES YOU ARE TAKING? WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING? THAT IS THE SLOPE OF THE DITCH THOUGH.
IT'S ABOUT FLAT LAND. THAT'S THE DITCH SLOPE OF IT.
SO FROM THE NORTH SIDE, THE NORTH LINE IS BASICALLY IS WHERE THE SLOPE STARTS.
I UNDERSTAND. THAT IS THE BOTTOM OF THE TOPO IS NOT PERFECTLY EVEN IF YOU COME OUT THIS LINE AT SOMEWHERE ABOUT THIS FAR, YOU'RE HUGGING THE TOP AND THEN YOU CROSS OVER AND SLOPE ON DOWN, RIGHT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEE, WE LOOK AT IT. IS IT JUST A MAINTENANCE ISSUE? WE DON'T HAVE TO. DEAL WITH WHATEVER.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. THAT'S OUR NORMAL MAINTENANCE.
OKAY. IF THEY HAVE TREES GROWING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUSTEE.
THAT'S THE ONE. BEFORE WE REALIZED THAT SHE OWNED IT, WE WERE TAKING IT OUT.
TAKE OUT INSTRUCTIONS. OKAY, WELL, DO YOU NEED A FORM OF AN ACTION, GRADY? OR CAN WE JUST SAY THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AND COME BACK TO US? I JUST TABLED A MOTION TO TABLE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
DOES ANYBODY THAT MADE THE MOTION OR SECOND, WANT TO ADD A DATE TO THEIR TABLING TO COME BACK? WELL, I THINK THEY NEED TIME TO PUT THEIR STUFF TOGETHER.
HOW LONG DO Y'ALL NEED? WE'LL GET IT. WE'LL GET A HOLD OF YOU WHENEVER.
IT COULD HAPPEN NEXT WEEK. I DON'T KNOW. AND SINCE YOU ARE HERE AND YOU DO HAVE YOUR MEETING OPEN, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH YOU TO DISCUSS.
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GOT TO HURT MORE PEOPLE THAN I DO.
SURE. EVERYBODY HERE. I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
SO YOU'RE STILL HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH YOUR ENGINEER A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HE'S BEEN LAID OUT.
ONE BIG PROJECT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. GOOD. OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THIS IS TABLED. I'M GOING TO GO AND JUMP TO NINE.
[9.Update on drainage projects.]
YOU DID ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE. WELL WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NINE DRAINAGE PROJECTS IF YOU WANT TO.OKAY. OKAY. AND YOU ALL ARE STILL IN SESSION.
YES. WE'RE STILL. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING TO JUST BRING ALL OUR CURRENT DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
AND SO WE BROUGHT ALL THESE FORTH ALSO BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CURRENT MAINTENANCE STATUS IS.
AND THERE'S A SPREADSHEET THAT WE HAD CREATED THAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF SINCE THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT AREAS WE'VE CUT, WHAT DATES, YOU KNOW, TOTAL, TOTAL LINEAR FOOTAGE.
SO AS OF NOW, WE'VE CUT 23,282FT OR WELL AS THE END OF END OF MAY.
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AND THEN ALSO WE'VE CLEANED OUT 256 CULVERTS.YOU KNOW, OUR CREWS HAVE ALSO DONE LIKE A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY CLEARING, MOWING, REMOVING TREES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND ALSO LISTED OUT SOME DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED JUST TO KIND OF ALSO, YOU KNOW, STATE THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE PUT SOME FUNDS OUT TOWARDS DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT REPAIRED SOME UNDERGROUND UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE.
THOSE WERE THE SMALL PAVEMENT REPLACEMENTS. WE DID HOSPITAL BILL, ET CETERA.
ALSO, LIKE THE BIGGER STREET PROJECTS LIKE RICHMOND, RIDGECREST, SAN FELIPE, ALL THOSE HAD BIG DRAINAGE COMPONENTS, AND DRAINAGE HAS BEEN IMPROVED IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THE ROADS HAVE BEEN REDONE.
ALSO, MILLER AND PARRISH, WE DID A SMALL DRAINAGE PROJECT THERE TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE AND ALSO INSTALL, EXCUSE ME, INSTALL A SIDEWALK THERE. AND PARRISH AND SILVER SADDLE IS A PROJECT THAT'S ONGOING AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
I'VE LISTED THOSE OUT. SOME OF THEM WE'VE SEEN HERE, SOME OF THEM AREN'T THERE.
SOME OF THEM ARE ON SMALLER SCALES THAT WE'VE JUST NOTICED, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S ITEMS LIKE EVANS STREET THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST.
SO IT WAS SORT OF EVALUATED AT THE TIME JUST TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DRAINAGE FLOWS, HOW IT FLOWS THROUGH THERE. WE ENDED UP GOING OVER THERE AND DOING SOME DITCH MAINTENANCE ON EAST ORANGE. JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, LIKE BETTY STREET, I KNOW WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS ON BETTY STREET.
WE RESPONDED WHEN IT LOOKED AT THE AREA YOU KNOW, KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FIX SOMETHING LIKE BETTY STREET, RIGHT? THAT'S COMPLETELY REDOING THE ROAD, REDIRECTING THE DRAINAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH WALKER WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN.
WE WERE TALKING THEY'RE UP TO 17 OR 18 MILLION AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, I'VE INCLUDED JUST CONTRACTED DITCH MAINTENANCE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST KIND OF LEAVE IT OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR. YES, ANYTHING ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? YES. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL SINCE WE HAVE THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT HERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE SOME, PROBABLY SOME COORDINATION WITH THEM. CORRECT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT RAEBURN RIDGE AND RICHLAND CIRCLE.
OKAY. SO. THAT ONE REQUIRES THE OUTFALL GOING TO BRUSHY BIO, CORRECT.
CORRECT. SO COUNCIL HAS ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT RAEBURN RIDGE AND RICHLAND CIRCLE.
RICHLAND CIRCLE. THAT IS AN OLDER SUBDIVISION.
THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED. THERE WAS NO DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN IT.
IT WAS JUST A CURB AND GUTTER. AND THE WATER JUST RAN DOWN THE ROAD.
IF WE WANTED TO GO DO IMPROVEMENTS ON IT AND WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY TAKE IT.
AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THE SURVEY TO VERIFY THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DEPTH, BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PIPE TAKING IT UP TO HOSPITAL AND THEN DOWN TO HOSPITAL, DOWN TO BRUSHY BAYOU. OF COURSE WE WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE FLOW.
WORK WITH Y'ALL ON THAT. BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES WE ARE LOOKING AT.
THAT WOULD REALLY HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT. WHAT'S THE DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG THE HOSPITAL? BECAUSE BRUSHES OVER HERE, RAYBURN RIDGE, RICHLAND CIRCLE.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOSPITAL.
WHAT DOES THIS DITCH? WHO OWNS IT? THAT'S OUR THAT'S YOURS ON THE WEST SIDE OF RICHLAND CIRCLE.
THERE'S A ROAD RIDING OR SOME KIND OF SMALL. THERE IS.
WHERE'S DITCH THREE RUNNING. IS IT RUNNING SOUTH? IT RUNS STRAIGHT SOUTH AS FAR AS RIGHT THERE INTO THAT.
THE RIGHT. THERE'S AN EASEMENT ON THE BACKSIDE OF RICHLAND CIRCLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT RUNS ALONG A FENCE LINE. I GUESS IT'S DRAINING INTO DITCH THREE AND IT GOES UNDER DITCH THREE.
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IT GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO BRUSHY THAT WE CALL THAT.I CALL IT THE BROCKMAN DITCH, THE CITY BUILT TO THE SOUTH OF IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
YEAH. IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO BRUSHY. WELL, IT STARTS UP THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 35.
IT ACTUALLY HELPS DRAIN PART OF HOSPITAL. HOSPITAL DRIVE.
SUBDIVISION. IT'S A PRETTY GOOD AREA.
WELL, SPECIFICALLY THERE IS A THERE'S AN ALLEYWAY THAT RUNS FROM RAYBURN RIDGE BACK TO DITCH THREE.
IT'S ON ON THE BACK OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNER'S HOUSES, AND IT'S WELL OVERGROWN AND IT'S RUNNING BACK INTO RAYBURN RIDGE. SO EVERYTHING'S DRAINING DOWN AND BACK AND INTO RAYBURN RIDGE.
HOW CAN WE GET THAT WATER TO GO TO DITCH THREE? I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. I HAVE SOME PICTURES BECAUSE I WENT OUT THERE THE NIGHT THE GUY WAS TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT.
AND THAT THAT LITTLE EASEMENTS ALL OVERGROWN.
THAT IT MIGHT HELP RELIEVE SOME OF RAYBURN RIDGE.
IT WON'T FIX RICHLAND CIRCLE THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT.
OR IS THAT JUST CITY. THAT IS THE CITY CITY DITCH ONLY.
YEAH, IT RUNS INTO BRUSHY WHENEVER. THE STORY I WAS TOLD WHEN REMINGTON ESSER SUBDIVISION THAT THE CITY REQUIRED THEM TO PUT PUT A DRAINAGE IN TO THE NEXT SUBDIVISION OVER.
THAT'S HORRIBLE. THAT'S ON US. WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER ON THAT.
YOU RUN OUT OF ROOM. THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO EXCEPT KEEP THE SMALL TREES AND SPRAY.
YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S TRASH, THERE'S LOGS AND.
YEAH, I THINK I SAW A BICYCLE IN THERE THE OTHER DAY.
YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION TAKE CARE OF THAT BEFORE.
AND THEN NOT TRYING TO HIJACK THIS AGENDA. BUT SINCE YOU ARE HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE ISSUES AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, DRAINAGE DETENTION ON THE EAST SIDE.
ARE Y'ALL STILL WORKING ON RAAB ROAD OR. YES, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON BRINGING THAT BIT ON THE LINE, SO IT'S NOT ON LINE YET. IT'S NOT ON LINE? NO.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT TO COME OUT OF THERE. AND WHEN.
Y'ALL MADE THAT DEAL WITH. SUBDIVISION OUT. LORD WE HOPE THAT THEY TAKE THAT DIRT THAT Y'ALL Y'ALL HAVE. WHICH ALSO WILL HELP. IT WAS ALL GOOD OVERALL, BUT.
I THINK JASON WANTS MORE DIRT. IS THAT TRUE? SO YOU HAVE A NEED FOR PUTTING DIRT SOMEWHERE.
I MEAN, WE'RE BUILDING A MOUNTAIN OVER THERE AT THE SOCCER FIELD.
RIGHT. WE NEED TO DIG A HOLE. SO SPECIFICALLY ON THAT DETENTION DITCH, IS THAT GOING IN? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO ALLEVIATE BRUSHY BAYOU? YES IT IS.
ESPECIALLY AROUND 288. ONCE WE GET IT ONLINE, WE CAN SWAP OUT OR PUT IN SMALL DETENTION ALONG 288 AND ELSEWHERE. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE.
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GO BACK TO THE MEETING. HECTOR, ARE THERE OTHER PLACES WHERE WE NEED THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT'S HELP, OR ARE THERE PLACES WHERE WE CAN HELP THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT? I THINK MOST OF THESE OTHER ONES ARE JUST LIKE AT LIKE AT THE END OF A LAHAR, FOR INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE LIKE A REHABILITATION AND POSSIBLY WIDENING THAT CONCRETE SPILLWAY, BUT THAT'S GOING TO TIE INTO THEIR DITCH, WHICH WE WOULD GET APPROVAL FROM THEM TO RESTRUCTURE ANYTHING DOWN THERE.JUST SIMPLE ONES LIKE THAT. AND AS FAR AS US HELPING THEM, I THINK THE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED A COUPLE TIMES ON SOME, REMOVING SOME TREES FROM CERTAIN DRAINAGE AREAS THAT WERE EITHER THEY WERE EITHER ALL, ALL IMPARTIAL TO THEM OR TO US.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASSISTED IN THOSE KIND OF WAYS. SO I JUST HOPE WE CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THEY'VE HELPED US DEER IN A LIKE DEER BARREL.
WE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TREES FALL IN A, IN A DITCH.
THAT'S VERY HARD TO GET TO OFF OF SHANKS ROAD IT GOES BASICALLY RUNS IN BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES ON A I'M SORRY, FRONT STREET AND THE HIGHWAY 28. SO THEY, THEY ASSISTED US BIG TIME IN REMOVING A LOT OF THOSE TREES.
SO THOSE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS OUT, BUT I KNOW THOSE ARE THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND HELP.
YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT. CONTACT OUR OFFICE WITH WITH YOUR OFFICE AND OUR.
OUR PEOPLE WORK REALLY GOOD WITH WITH THE CITY.
MOST ALL THE TIME. I CAN'T THINK OF THE TIME WE HAVE.
WE HAD A COLLABORATION ABOUT DRAINAGE BEHIND THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.
MADE IT OVER TO PHILIP ROAD AND WE STILL HAVE TAKEN THAT.
OFF THE LANDOWNER. THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT'S EASY TO WORK AT.
US AND TELL US HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB EVERY TIME.
THAT'S SOMETHING WITH THE CITY. CALL THEM UP. YOUR PEOPLE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I HAVE A QUESTION ON DOWNING DITCH.
THAT FORM THE RAILROAD TRACK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHATEVER THE LITTLE STREET IS.
PAST THE DAVIS PROPERTY. THAT IS, WE FOUND THIS OUT IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS.
THAT IS ACTUALLY WHEN THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GAVE YOU THE ROAD THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD.
SO GIVE ME THE THE AREA AGAIN. THE. SO THE THERE THAT WE.
WE'RE STILL HELPING MAINTAIN IT. ARE YOU MAINTAINING THE ORANGE SIDE OR THE DOWNING SIDE? THE. ONLY. THAT DATES ALONE ARE DOWNING ALONE, DOWNING ON THE WEST SIDE OF DOWNING ON THE RAILROAD TRACK.
AND THAT'S OURS. YEAH, THAT BIG ONE DOWN. WHAT IS THAT? 543. THAT'S OURS. THAT'S OURS. NOT QUITE ALL THE WAY TO SYMMETRY.
DID YOU KNOW THAT? HECTOR? I KNOW YOU DO. WHO WAS PAVING THAT? I DON'T KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AGO. THERE'S A PAVED SECTION JUST PAST OUR BRIDGE RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, THAT THAT THAT'S OUR. THAT'S A DITCH COMING THROUGH THERE.
OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. OH. I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT.
DO YOU MAINTAIN ANY OF THE DRAINAGE ALONG THE RAILROAD? WE HAVE ONE WE CALL THE DITCH, AND IT DRAINS FROM VIRTUALLY FROM WHERE? OLD LITTLE BANDAGE USED TO BE UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND COMES DOWN TO THE DOWNING.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD OR THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD, GO UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE. OKAY. I ASSUME IT'S BY WHERE O'BANNON'S WAS, RIGHT.
I ASSUME IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE O'BANNON'S USED TO BE.
OKAY. UNDERGROUND. ALL UNDERGROUND. THERE. PART OF MYRTLE STREET.
ROCK ISLAND. WHERE'S THE INLET FOR IT? UNDERGROUND. IT STARTS ABOUT MYRTLE STREET AND GOES ALL THE WAY UNDERNEATH THE HIGHWAY.
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UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS. BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THERE A.IS THERE LIKE A STREET? DRAIN OR. A JUST A PIPE.
WONDERFUL. SOMEWHERE AROUND BOURBON STREET. I'M GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE MYRTLE AND FIND IT.
SO I SEE THAT PART. TO THE SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD.
YEAH. IT'S RIGHT BEHIND JACK IN THE BOX SOMEWHERE. HOW AM I GONNA FIND IT? OKAY. REMINGTON IS $588,000 TO DO SLOPE PAVING. CORRECT. TO INSTALL CONCRETE PAVING ON THAT DITCH.
SO THAT WAY NO ONE HAS TO TRY TO SQUEEZE BACK THERE.
THERE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
YEAH, I KNOW WE HAVE. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING BEHIND REMINGTON? YOU SAID, STARTING AT GREYSTONE, THE EDGE OF GREYSTONE PROPERTY.
SO YOU WOULDN'T GO BEHIND REMINGTON. IS THAT CORRECT? ARE YOU SAYING YOU'D START AT THE BEHIND AT THE EDGE OF WHAT IS THAT SUBDIVISION RIGHT NEXT TO THE JUNIOR HIGH. THE THE ONE THAT HAS THE GATE.
NO. ROSEWOOD. ROSEWOOD SHOULD BE SLOPE PAVING FROM THE EDGE OF ROSEWOOD BACK DOWN.
WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT THAT WE MADE FOR THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS.
JUST. I'LL JUST PULL IT UP ON THE MAP. IT'LL BE FASTER. WHY DOES THE.
DOES THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT WANT TO DO MORE SLOPE PAVING EXPENSE? IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT WE'VE DONE SOME JUST RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND THAT WAS LIKE, OH YEAH, THAT LITTLE BIT WAS 80, $88,000 FOR IT. $86,000. THAT'S WHAT IT COST US. YEAH.
UNTIL WE RAN INTO THE LOWEST BID OUT THERE. CORRECT.
YES. SO THAT WAS RIGHT. BUT DO YOU SEE SLOPE PAVING AS A EASIER ON THE M AND O ON THE LONG RUN.
AND YEAH THE IN THE LONG RUN. YES. BUT. IN CERTAIN PLACES IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN.
YES. IT ALSO INCREASES YOUR CAPACITY, YOUR DITCH YOU LOWER YOUR FRICTION COEFFICIENT.
RIGHT. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE MORE WATER. AND IF YOU'RE IN THERE DOING THAT, YOU CAN ALSO DO A LOW FLOW CHANNEL, TRY TO UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE ALL YOUR RESOURCES TO GET A MORE EFFICIENT CHANNEL TO PUSH THROUGH.
YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE VERTICAL WALLS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I MEAN, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WITH ALL THESE NEW HOUSES COMING IN, WE HAVE A LEVEE WE'RE PROTECTED BY ON THE WEST SIDE.
BUT ULTIMATELY WE WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS WATER OUT OF HERE.
IT'S ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE RESTRICTED A LOT BY THE DRAINAGE.
ANGLETON. OVERALL THE RAILROAD. AND ALSO ALL THESE DITCHES WHERE WE'RE WE'RE DISCUSSING THERE USED TO BE HOUSES ALL OVER HAD BEEN GONE THROUGH AND CONSTRUCTED FOR 100 YEAR FLOOD WITH AROUND 13.5IN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. NOW WE'RE SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND 17IN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRING BIGGER AND MORE. WATER.
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ATLAS. THE ATLAS RINGS. THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH ATLAS FLOODS.YEAH. YEAH. I WENT FROM ABOUT 13 TO ABOUT 17IN OF RAIN.
24 HOUR PERIOD. AND THAT'S OUR OUR GOAL TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
WE CANNOT WIDEN OUR BOWS OUT. I MEAN, OUR COUNTY, WHAT IT WAS THE EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT.
SO IF THE CITY WOULD BE COUNTY RIGHT HERE, IT'S A GOOD THING.
ONE OF THE OTHER DITCHES THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, THAT YOURS IS JUST NOT OURS.
ALL FOR STREET. ACROSS THE STREET FROM HENRY MUNSON.
IT RUNS OUT. IT'S ON THE BACK SIDE. THEY CROSS THE STREET.
OH, I LIVE RIGHT THERE. YEAH, I KNOW THAT DITCH DOWN THE STREET.
YEAH. AND WHAT IS THAT? MIMOSA. MIMOSA, MIMOSA.
WHICH IS THAT ON HERE? THERE IT IS. 75,000. IT'S ON HERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS 63, SO I GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT CLOTHES.
RIGHT. DON'T GO UP ON ME, HECTOR. MULTIPLE BIDS.
SO WHAT I DID IS I PUT AN AVERAGE COST IN THERE.
SO JUST PUT THAT IN THERE. BUT I GOT TO GET THREE BIDS.
YOU REMEMBER? THAT'S TRUE. HECTOR OF YOUR LIST, WHAT'S MOST. WHAT WOULD YOU HOW WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE.
TOP THREE. I WOULD SAY. I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO LIST THOSE TOP THREE IN IMPORTANCE. BUT I WOULD SAY LIKE RAEBURN RIDGE IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE DUE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ROADWAY AS WELL.
I'D SAY THAT'S REALLY HIGH UP ON THAT LIST AND NORTHVIEW AS WELL.
DUE TO THAT. IT GETS SO FULL THERE AT TIMES DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL LIKE THE ONE WE HAD SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH THAT SECTION NOW.
YOU CAN EXIT OUT THE OTHER TWO. IT'S A HORSESHOE, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN EXIT OUT THE OTHER TWO WAYS. BUT TO ACTUALLY DRIVE ALONG THAT BACK SECTION ISN'T REALLY POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER IT RAINS TILL IT ALL METERS OUT.
SO I'D SAY THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT ONE THERE.
AND THE ROAD IS WHAT'S CAUSING A PART OF IT TOO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE HAS GOTTEN BAD, THAT WATER'S BEEN SITTING ON THE ROADS AND NOW THE CONCRETE STARTED CONCAVING BECAUSE WATER IS GETTING UNDER THE BASE, IT'S DESTROYING THE CONCRETE. SO FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE AS TIME GOES ON.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TOP THREE OF THE SMALLER ONES THAT I WOULD SAY, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE REALLY BIG ONES, LIKE THESE REALLY BIG ONES ARE KIND OF I SAY THEY'RE REALLY HIGH ON THE PRIORITY LIST, BUT THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS FUNDING WITH THOSE. NOW, LIKE I, JOHN, CAN SPEAK BETTER ON THOSE, BUT I THINK LIKE THE SHENANGO DRAINAGE PROJECTS, I THINK THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO IMPROVE A BIG AREA.
CORRECT. I THINK THE DITCH DOWN, BUT THEY WANT THOSE BIGGER ONES.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER 200 ACRES BEING APPROVED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
HELP WITH THE VITALIZATION OF YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL.
HELP WITH ANY KIND OF STANDING WATER YOU HAVE DOWN BY THE COURTHOUSE.
ALL THOSE DOWNTOWN AREAS THAT THAT'S A CRITICAL ONE.
WHAT'S THE FUNDING OPTIONS? WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING.
WE DON'T HAVE 15 MILLION LAYING AROUND. WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK IT WITH TECH STOCK.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE BIGGEST, THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT DOES TAKE CARE OF FLOODING THAT THEY CAN'T SOLVE ON THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY 35, RIGHT THERE AT ANDERSON, THAT FLOODS RIGHT THERE.
TAKE IT WITH US TO OUR LOCATION, TO OUR STUDY.
SO IF WE COULD GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN REDUCING THE POTENTIAL OF FLOOD RISK THERE ON 35 AND MAYBE FOR A FUTURE EXPANSION OF 35. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
SO YOU HAVE POTENTIALLY TWO OTHER PARTNERS THAT COULD REALLY, REALLY GET THAT PROJECT GOING.
THE PROBLEM WITH FUNDING SOURCES FOR CITY OF ANGLETON IS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY STRUCTURAL FLOODING. YOU HAVE NUISANCE FLOODING. WHEN THEY SAY TALK ABOUT A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, YOU CANNOT GO SHOW THEM THAT HOUSES ARE STRUCTURALLY FLOODED OUT.
PEOPLE ARE LOSING CARPET. PEOPLE ARE LOSING WALLS.
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YOU GOT TWO FOOT OF WATER IN SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.CORRECT. IT'S LIKE A MASSIVE OAK TREE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE GO IN THERE, BUT NOW OUR ROADS ERODING, CORRECT? YEP. SO WE'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO IN THERE AND CUT THAT.
WHEN WE DO CUT THAT DITCH, I'M LIKE, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH JOHN, ME AND JOHN WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT. WE'RE PRETTY SURE IT'S GOING TO KILL THAT TREE. YEAH, I HAVE TO GET AN ARBORIST OUT THERE TO GO LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO DO ENTIRE TREE REMOVAL FOR THAT, AND THE ROAD HAS TO BE FIXED. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS ALL INCLUDED IN THE COST WHEN WE DID THIS WITH THE TREE REMOVAL OR NOT.
HAVE YOU HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE LANDOWNER, THE HOUSE, THE HOMEOWNER AND ASKED THEM? WE, WE, WE HAVE NOT TALKED TO THEM ABOUT REMOVING THE TREE? NO. AM I GOING TO KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR AND ASK THEM? MAYBE THEY WANT THE TREE DOWN. IT'S WORTH A WHILE. AND MAYBE.
AND MAYBE THEY DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO OBJECTION TO GOING AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
OTHERWISE EVERY TIME IT RAINS, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FLOOD.
YEAH. YEAH. WE CAN GET A TREE AND REPLANT A TREE FOR THEM OR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE.
AND IS THIS A PROJECT THAT YOU ALL WANT TO POTENTIALLY FUND? I WOULD. OKAY. I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS THE ROADS CAVING IN OR GOING TO CAVE IN.
NOT GOING TO GET BETTER. MAYBE. YEAH. MAYBE. ELK PROJECT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK. YEAH, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
I GOT A COUPLE IDEAS. MAYBE. MAYBE WE CAN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM ON HERE WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT, BUT MAYBE ELK. YES, I AGREE. MIMOSA.
LIKE MIMOSA. YES, SIR. DRAINAGE. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE SHENANGO CITY ALLEY.
WHAT DO YOU WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
THAT BUSINESS OWNER. OH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT HERE.
YES. CORRECT. YOU GOT 25,000. I THOUGHT IT WAS 15.
AGAIN, YOU GOT TO GET MULTIPLE QUOTES. THROW THE WE CAN'T JUST GO FORWARDS LIKE THAT.
BUT I'LL HAVE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. SO I DID IT, AND THAT WAS THE BEST WAY I COULD THINK OF DOING IT WITHOUT PUTTING SOMETHING WRONG ON THERE. YOU'RE SCARING US, HECTOR. I APOLOGIZE, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE BEST WAY I COULD THINK OF.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE. I MIGHT HAVE MISHEARD YOU.
THREE YOU HIGHLIGHTED WAS NORTHVIEW, RAEBURN RIDGE.
AND WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE? THE BIG ONE. OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHENANGO, NOT.
YEAH. SHENANGO. DRAINAGE. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S.
YEAH. DO WE NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO OUR OWN CONTRACT, OUR OWN DITCH MAINTENANCE? WE CAN'T REGRADE OUR DITCHES. WE CAN. YES. SO WHY WOULD WE CONTRACT THAT OUT? JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER AMOUNT OF IT. AS I HAD STATED BEFORE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS 63 MILES THAT WE HAD, WE HAD A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION PRIOR TO BUYING THE NEW GRADE, ALL THAT WE HAD X AMOUNT OF MILES AND WE CAN ONLY DO X AMOUNT OF FEET THAT IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY, I THINK IT WAS SEVEN YEARS TO ROTATE THROUGH EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S IF YOU HAVE SUNNY WEATHER EVERY DAY AND EVERYBODY'S HERE AND ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT'S OPERATIONAL, HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GOING TO ALL YOUR DITCHES? HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO THROUGH ALL YOUR DITCHES? LIKE HIT EVERY INCH OF EVERY DITCH? WELL, EROSION CONTROL KIND OF EQUIPMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOWING. NO, NOT NOT MOWING, DITCH CUTTING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'VE ALREADY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, MOST OF OUR DITCHES SOUTH AFRICA FOR.
LIMITED MONEY. WE GOT TWO TRACTORS AND TWO DOSES OF BOYS IN THE FIELD.
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YEAH. THAT'S THREE FOR 2 OR 3 TRACTOR DRIVERS FOR SPRAYERS.THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE GOING ON, BUT. I MEAN, ONCE WE GET THEM DONE IS MOWING. THAT KEEPS ALL THE LITTLE TREES GOING UP.
AND WHILE WE CAN'T GET TO, WE, WE SPRAYED WE, WE CONTRACT OUT OUR SPRAYERS AND WE SAVE A LITTLE MONEY DOING IT THAT WAY FROM HIRING AN EMPLOYEE WITH A TRUCK AND BUYING ALL THESE THINGS.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT. EQUIPMENT OR.
GET SOMEBODY ELSE. AS YOU CAN SEE. CHANGES TO A PROGRAM.
NOW WE WORK BECAUSE HE DOES A GREAT JOB.
GOOD. DAY. Y'ALL MAY NOT HEAR IT, BUT IT'S NOT OFTEN HECTOR GETS COMPLIMENTS FROM THE PODIUM.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
THANK YOU. HECTOR. GOOD JOB. NO PROBLEM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
HECTOR. ON A GOOD WEEK. HOW MANY DAYS OF THE WEEK ARE WE CUTTING DITCHES? GUARANTEED TWO. WE TRY TO PUSH THREE. BUT ON A GOOD, HEALTHY WEEK, WE'RE DOING TWO.
BUT WE ONLY GOT SEVEN FOLKS IN THAT ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE GOT TO SPLIT THEM TO DO ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'VE GOT TO DO DITCH MAINTENANCE. WE GOT TO DO ALL THE SIGNAGE, WE'RE TRIMMING TREES.
WE'RE DOING ANY POTHOLE PATCHING. ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OUT THERE. A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS IN THAT ONE LITTLE DEPARTMENT.
OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE DITCHES? BIG LIST. Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR IN THE LAST.
WHEN WE GET THAT GREAT ALL EIGHT NINE MONTHS AGO.
CORRECT. A GOOD CHUNK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE COUPLE PROJECTS.
SHE'S NOT LOOKING AT ME. SO YES, WE'LL ALL WORK TOGETHER.
WE GET COMPLAINTS ON THAT, I GUESS. PRIVATE RESERVE.
OKAY. ALONE. ORANGES AND EVANS AND FARRELL. THAT'S RIGHT.
WHAT YOU ALL DID THERE. THAT'S GREAT. YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, WHEN THEY DO DIG, THEY GOT TO HAVE DUMP TRUCKS, A PLACE TO SPREAD DIRT THAT WE HAVE ON MOST PLACES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL DIRT.
YOU GOT TO ALLOW PRODUCTION, RIGHT? GOOD. YEAH.
PLEASE BRING NORTHVIEW AND MIMOSA BACK IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO WITH A FUNDING SOURCE.
WE HAD AN EMPLOYEE JUST WALK OUT TODAY OR YESTERDAY.
OR IS IT LAST THURSDAY? LAST WEEK? OH IT'S BAD YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. Y'ALL HAVE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN MOWING THAT FOR US OR THE CITY'S BEEN MOWING.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN. WE DO IT AT THE REQUEST OF Y'ALL.
OKAY. I THINK WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. YES WE HAVE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A REQUEST, A PHONE CALL. DO WE HAVE A MOWER THAT CAN REACH DOWN TO THE BOTTOM? WHO DOES? HENDERSON. WE DO. RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE A MOWER THAT CAN POSSIBLY REACH DOWN INTO HENDERSON OR DO Y'ALL KNOW HENDERSON OR NO, WE DO, Y'ALL DO. WE SUBTRACT THAT OUT? IT'S ONE OF THOSE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
OKAY. HENDERSON'S BEEN KEPT UP VERY WELL. HELP THEM OUT.
IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE, LOWER THE MAINTENANCE ON THEM.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A HIGH MAINTENANCE BITCH. AND IT'S HARD TO GET ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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WE DON'T. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE CONTRACT THAT OUT.BUT IT LOOKS GOOD. IT DOES. AND IT KEEPS THAT WATER FLOWING OVER THERE.
THAT'S THE MAIN THING IT GETS DOWN TO. RIGHT.
SARITA CONSIDER DRAINAGE GOING INTO. RANCHO WHERE IT'S DIPPED.
I ASK JOHN, IS SARITA WHERE IT'S DIPPED GOING INTO RANCHO ISABELLA? IS THAT CONSIDERED DRAINAGE CORRECT? YEAH. IT IS.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A DRAIN BOX. AND IT'S. OKAY.
YEAH. A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL HAVE TO CUT A VALLEY GUTTER IN IN SOME PLACES.
THE THING WHEN YOU DO DEPRESS CURB AND GUTTER, IT'S THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS YOU CAN ONLY GO AS DEEP AS YOUR DITCH ALLOWS YOU, BUT YOU CAN ONLY GO AS HIGH AS WHAT YOUR RIGHT OF WAY ALLOWS YOU.
SO IT'S A VERY. SOME OF THOSE PLACES ARE VERY, VERY TIGHT, SO YOU CAN'T GET PIPE IN THERE.
SO YOU HAVE TO DO VALLEY SKIRT INTERSECTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. IT WAS A.
LIKE IF WE DO REPAIR STREET PROJECTS, RIGHT? THAT'S INCLUDED IN THOSE TEN THAT I HAVE LISTED OUT THAT GO IN THERE AND FIX THE DRAINAGE PIPE UNDERNEATH AND REPAIR THE ROAD, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LIKE ON HOSPITAL DRIVE TO THOSE AREAS OVER THERE.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE? ON THIS? ANYTHING WE CAN HELP WITH OR ANYTHING? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.
YES, SIR. AND WE'LL TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS ON NINE? OKAY. HEARING NONE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO NUMBER SIX.
DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON STREET SWEEPER REPLACEMENT OPTIONS.
[6.Discussion and possible action on Street Sweeper Replacement Options.]
ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS OUR OUR CURRENT STREET SWEEPER THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LEASED OUT THROUGH ENTERPRISE. WE CURRENTLY PAY.AND THAT LEASE IS ACTUALLY ENDING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
WE CURRENTLY SPEND $2,805 PER MONTH FOR, FOR THIS LEASED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY WHAT I HAD LISTED AT THIS TIME, 56000.
IT'S NOT A VACUUM. IT'S NOT A REGENERATIVE AIR.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A BIG VACUUM THAT PULLS ALL THOSE LEAVES IN. SO WHEN WE DO GO SWEEP AREAS, IF IT'S A HEAVILY LEAF AREA, LIKE, LIKE ON CANNON STREET, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE WE'LL TYPICALLY HAVE TO MAKE MULTIPLE PASSES TO TRY TO GET ALL OF IT.
AND THEN EVEN THEN WE STILL DON'T. SO WE GET COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, YOUR GUY JUST WENT THROUGH HERE, BUT HE DID A TERRIBLE JOB. BUT IT'S NOT HIM THAT IS JUST NOT THE RIGHT UNIT FOR IT.
SO WE GET THOSE COMPLAINTS QUITE OFTEN, BUT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH IT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT A COUPLE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED INTO WITH THESE REGENERATIVE AIR SWEEPERS AND, YOU KNOW, THESE COMPANIES THAT SELL THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE KIND OF THE SOLE SOURCE FOR THESE BRANDS OF EQUIPMENT.
AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAS A VERY SIMILAR PROGRAM TO WHERE YOU'RE LEASING THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST LEASING THE VEHICLE TO A POINT AT THE END TO FINISH THE LEASE.
YOU HAVE THE VEHICLE, YOU PURCHASE IT. I WILL SAY WITH THESE WITH THESE, BOTH OF THESE DIFFERENT ONES, THESE COMBOS, THESE TRUCKS ARE NON CDL UNITS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN ESSENTIALLY THROW ANY EMPLOYEE WE CAN PUT IN THERE THAT KNOWS HOW TO OPERATE.
IT CAN JUMP IN. SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE VERSATILITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT SWEEPER OUT ON THE ROAD MORE VERSUS NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A CDL DRIVER AVAILABLE TO, TO EVEN SWEEP RIGHT OR PULL THEM OFF FOR THAT DAY TO HAVE HIM SWEEP HIM OR HER SWEEP US.
IF WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE, WITH ENTERPRISE, FOR INSTANCE, AND JUST GO LIKE ON A MONTH TO MONTH.
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THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME THE ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PURCHASE THIS FROM THEM, ALTHOUGH MY PERSONAL OPINION, I WOULDN'T JUST DUE TO THE FACT OF WHAT THE, WHAT THE UNIT HAS PERFORMED FOR US BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF UNIT IT IS.BUT HE HAD SAID THE ESTIMATED PAYMENT, IT WOULD GO DOWN TO 16 TO $1700 A MONTH IS WHAT IT WOULD GO DOWN TO IF WE JUST CONTINUED ON THE EXTENDED LEASE, AND WE COULD POSSIBLY BUY IT FOR 2000 OR LESS, IF THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION TO US.
BUT AGAIN, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT ANSWER FROM ENTERPRISE YET. OUR OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THE, IS THE ELGIN UNIT, WHICH IS THE MORE EXPENSIVE UNIT, BUT OUT OF THOSE TWO DIFFERENT CD, NON CD COMBO OPTIONS THAT EACH ONE OF THESE COMPANIES OFFERS, THAT'S THE LARGER UNIT. AND TO US, IT SEEMS LIKE THE BETTER PERFORMING UNIT.
AND ANOTHER OTHER COUPLE ITEMS THAT WE LIKED ABOUT IT AS WELL THAT REALLY JUST KIND OF PUT THAT ABOVE THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR US AS FAR AS WHICH ONE WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN OUR FLEET. AND SO THAT, THAT COST OF THAT ONE IS, YOU KNOW, TOTAL FOR NOW, WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO ENTERPRISE IS $33,660 IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING ANNUALLY. AND TO GET THE ELGIN UNIT, IT WOULD BE $73,376 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE SPENT 60,000.
SO IF YOU'RE TAKING MAINTENANCE OUT OF THAT EQUATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S ESSENTIALLY WE'VE BEEN PAYING $12,000 ANNUALLY ON AN AVERAGE BASIS THAT WE'VE HAD TO PUT MONEY INTO THIS SWEEPER UNIT TO KEEP IT GOING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD PUT US AROUND 45,000 THAT WE'RE SPENDING ANNUALLY BETWEEN THE VEHICLE PAYMENT AND MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE. SO IT PUTS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CLOSING THAT GAP.
BUT STILL, YES, IT IS A BUDGET INCREASE THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN.
SO JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AS IT IS COMING TO AN END.
BUT IF ANYTHING, WE JUST ROLL INTO MONTH TO MONTH. IF A DECISION ISN'T MADE, YOU KNOW, TODAY AND A MONTH, BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND OF DISCUSS IT. SARTIN BUDGET.
SO HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT? IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET FOR.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BUDGET COMING UP. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE POINTING IT OUT.
IF IT'S A DESIRE TO GET A NEW UNIT THEN WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
THERE ARE COST SAVINGS SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DON'T THINK SO.
WANNA BE A BAD QUESTION? DO WE NEED A SWEEP SWEEPER? SO IN THE END, WHAT HAPPENS IS I USE IT. I LOVE IT WHEN Y'ALL HAVE IT, BUT IT'S SO SAD WHEN IT WORKS.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. EXACTLY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU DON'T GET IT OFF THE STREET WHEN IT RAINS, ALL THOSE LEAVES AND STUFF GET IN THE UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE AND THAT BLOCK STARTS CLOGGING THOSE UP. AND THEN SO PERIODICALLY WE'LL HAVE TO GO IN AND WE'LL HAVE THEORY. YEAH. IN THEORY, YES. AND I SAY THAT IN THEORY BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT IF IT'S IN THE SHOP.
EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU'RE CORRECT. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T ADDED A LOT OF THE TIME.
RIGHT. SO BUT YES, I, I SAY YOU NEED ONE FOR THAT PURPOSE, JUST FOR DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE PURPOSE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC ENJOYS IT FOR GETTING THE LEAVES OUT OF THE STREET.
BUT YOU KNOW, FOR US, IT SEEMS LIKE A BAD DEAL.
SO IT'S IT'S NOT THE PRODUCT YOU WANT. IT'S IN THE IN THE SHOP MORE THAN WE WISH.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET OUT OF THE LEASE? AND IF WE HAVE TO EAT A YEAR OR TWO WITH NO SWEEPER.
IT'S NOT IDEAL. COME BACK WITH THE SWEEPER WE WANT AND START BUILDING THAT INTO THE BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT SEEMS TO ME I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CHASING BAD MONEY OR GOOD MONEY.
BAD WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, THE PHRASE I'M TRYING TO SAY, WE'RE JUST THROWING MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN.
WELL, HE'S SAYING THAT THIS IS THE ONE HE WANTS THAT WOULD FIX THAT PROBLEM.
LET'S NOT GO MONTH TO MONTH ON A PRODUCT WE'RE NOT UTILIZING.
WE'RE NOT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD VALUE. AGREED.
SO LET'S GET OUT OF THAT AND THEN LET'S WORK AWAY.
IF IT'S SOMETHING HE WANTS, THEN HE'S GOT TO WORK IT INTO THE BUDGET.
ONE OF THESE WE'VE HE'S COME TO US BEFORE. WE'VE MADE CAPITAL PURCHASES.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT ALL SOMETHING OF THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE.
THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT THIS TIME AROUND IN PUBLIC WORKS.
IS THERE A SAVINGS IF YOU BUY IT OUTRIGHT? CORRECT.
YES. THERE IS A SAVINGS AND YOU KNOW, YOU BUY IT OUTRIGHT BECAUSE WHAT'S OBVIOUSLY WRAPPED UP IN THIS COST TOO IS THEIR COST FOR THE THEIR FINANCING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, CORRECT FINANCING, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO YES, IF YOU BUY A CASH, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SAVINGS TO THAT. SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD
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LIKE US TO KIND OF EXPLORE THAT ROUTE, I MEAN, NO PROBLEM DOING THAT.ACTUALLY, I DON'T YEAH. I DON'T THINK PURCHASING OUTRIGHT COSTS ARE ON THEIR ON THESE LAUGHING.
WELL SUSIE THERE'S I ASK YOU, IS THERE A SAVINGS SOMEWHERE.
I THINK THERE IS. YES. YOU ARE IN THE LAST. IF YOU DO THE.
SUSIE, HELP ME OUT. WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE. THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING.
GOVERNMENTAL. FINANCIAL. YOU GET IT. THE FIRST YEAR YOU DON'T PAY UNTIL THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH YEAR BECAUSE A THREE YEAR TYPICALLY.
RIGHT. IT'S ONE YEAR. YOU DON'T PAY CORRECT GOVERNMENT CAPITAL.
AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR, THE STUFF THAT WE BOUGHT TWO YEARS AGO SHOULD BE FALLING OFF.
IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE ONE MORE YEAR, RIGHT.
BUT IF YOU GET THIS IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, YOU DON'T PAY FOR IT TO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
CORRECT. AND WE DO THE GOVERNMENTAL FINANCING, GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL.
WOULDN'T THAT WORK? PROBLEM SOLVED. GO WITH OPTION THE ONE THAT YOU'RE WANTING AT THE MONTHLY NOTE FOR 48 MONTHS. IT'S $293,000. AND THEN TO BUY IT OUT AFTER 48 MONTHS, YOU'RE AT 449.
635. SO ALMOST HALF $1 MILLION IN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S FIVE YEARS OLD AT THAT POINT, 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD. THERE'S WAYS AROUND THIS ONE.
WHY DON'T YOU GET WITH SUSIE, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW THE HOW THE GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL IS GOING TO.
WELL, WE'RE ALMOST TO BUDGET NOW. I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
OKAY. OKAY. YOU TAKE POSSESSION OF IT IN OCTOBER.
YOU DON'T PAY FOR IT TO THE NEXT OCTOBER. SO WE'RE SAYING JUST NOT HAVE A STREET SWEEPER BETWEEN JUNE AND OCTOBER, BASICALLY. IS IT WORKING? WE JUST GOT IT BACK.
SO CURRENTLY, YES, TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT WE ADDED ANOTHER $3,000 CHARGE TO THAT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE GOT FIXED. SO NOW AS OF NOW, AS OF NOW, IT'S WORKING.
YEAH. WELL, NOW I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT BACK BECAUSE WE JUST SPENT THE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED.
WHY WOULD WE RETURN IT FIXED FOR THEM? THEY WILL.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE JUST LIKE A TRUCK THAT HAD A DENT IN A FENDER, RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT IT DIDN'T REACH OUR THRESHOLD TO COVER ON OUR DEDUCTIBLE.
AND SO THEY'LL ADD THAT TO THE COST OF ANY REPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. THEY'LL JUST ADD IT TO WHAT YOU OWE AT THE END OF THE LEASE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. GO DOWN CANNON AND CAWTHORN A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST RUN IT OUT TO THE END OF THE LEASE? LEASE? THE LEASE IS WHAT NOW? I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST TILL THE END OF THE.
WHEN IS IT? WHEN IS IT NOW. WHEN'S THE LEASE UP THE LEASE END? THE OFFICIAL LEASE WHERE YOU CAN GET OUT OF IT IS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OH, OH.
BUT I STILL THINK. I THINK YOU CAN LET IT GO.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT STORMS, AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT TRYING TO JINX THIS. I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS CALLED RAKES AND. SHOVELS.
AND THERE'S A ONE YOU COULD RENT FOR TWO WEEKS FROM.
TRUE. YOU COULD ALWAYS IF THEY'RE BAD ENOUGH, OTHER COMPANIES AROUND HERE THAT HAVE STREET SWEEPERS FOR RENT, I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVEN'T EVER LOOKED INTO IT.
I KNOW THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU CONTRACT SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO IT WITH THEIR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BUT AS FAR AS RENTING ONE, I JUST HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO IT YET, BUT I CAN.
CAN THEY BE MOVED LIKE IN AN EMERGENCY? COULD SOMEBODY IN ANOTHER COUNTY? PROBABLY NOT. PROBABLY NOT ACROSS COUNTY LINES, USUALLY.
UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER LOCAL. AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT WAS LIKE LAKE JACKSON CAME.
RIGHT? YEAH. VERY NICE OF HIM.
AND I GUESS REALLY AS CLARIFICATION ON DO WE WANT US TO SEND IT BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
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OR DO YOU WANT TO DROP INTO MONTH TO MONTH? I DO USE IT UNTIL.I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, I KNOW Y'ALL, WE JUST PAID FOR, BUT WHY WOULD WE? YEAH, WELL, THEY CHARGE US SOME SORT. YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT REGARDLESS, RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. FIVE YEARS AGO, IN MARCH OF 2021, THIS WAS THE OTHER OPTION.
AND THE FLEET ENTERPRISE WAS CHOSEN OVER. THE KIND THAT HE STILL WANTS THAT WAS WANTED THEN ALSO.
WELL, WE MAKE MISTAKES. WE LEARN FROM THEM. GOT IT.
SO EVERYBODY GOOD ON THE ACTION FOR THAT? YES.
YOU. YOU'RE GOOD HECTOR. GOOD. OKAY. THANK Y'ALL.
[7.Discussion and possible action to approve the Quarterly Investment Reports for March 2026.]
HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE MAKE, SUSIE? CHEERFUL MARY COUNCIL. THIS INVESTMENT REPORT IS THROUGH MARCH 2026.IS JUST TO LET THE COUNCILMAN MAYOR KNOW WHERE WE STAND IN OUR FINANCIALS.
FOR ALL OUR INVESTMENTS, MONEY ARE AT. WE ARE STILL LOOKING GOOD.
WE'RE STILL DOING VERY WELL ON OUR INVESTMENTS.
OUR TOTAL INVESTMENTS IS 36 MILLION. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE IS.
WE MADE 75,000 ON THAT 8 MILLION. OF COURSE, THE 8 MILLION WAS FOR THE WASTEWATER SEWER PLANT.
SO I WANTED TO LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY, WE MADE $75,000 IN INTEREST ON THAT.
YES. STILL THERE, SUSIE'S BANK.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I DON'T KEEP THAT MUCH MONEY IN OUR POOL.
CASH? I PUT IT IN THE EMERGENCY FUND.
THAT'S A PRETTY HEALTHY RETURN. 4%. IT'S NOT BAD.
BECAUSE MOST OF OUR BONDS ARE FOR. HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE BONDS BECAUSE OF ARBITRAGE.
I THINK WHAT 2.9, 2.9. SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL THERE.
I THINK IT'S THE MOST I'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT THE INVESTMENT REPORT. BUT IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING IT'S IT'S CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE CITY TO GET BACK ON TRACK. AND THIS WAS NOT BEING DONE IN THE PAST.
OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SUZY? IF NOT, SHE.
I THINK SHE WANTS AN ACTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FROM MARCH.
IS THAT CORRECT? I NEED AN APPROVAL. DO WHAT I SAY.
I NEED AN APPROVAL. CORRECT. AND I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTS FROM MARCH FOR MARCH. SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SMITH.
SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR MARCH 2026.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? HEARING NONE.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
[8.Update on partnership with Phillips 66 on beautification enhancements at Abigail Arias Park.]
YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH ABIGAIL ARIAS PARK.[02:35:08]
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WITH THE TITLE AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WE'VE PUT IN HERE.SO MYSELF AND MARTHA HAD MET WITH THEM TO REVIEW SOME PROJECTS PRESENTED SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS TO THEM OF WHAT COULD BE IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. NATURALLY THEY LATCHED ON TO ABIGAIL PARK AS WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AND THE ENHANCEMENTS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN A MOMENT, A POWERPOINT THEY PUT TOGETHER THAT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT THAT PROJECT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS BEFORE I DO THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PIECES.
THEY ARE HAVING A COMMUNITY KICKOFF EVENT NEXT WEEK ON THE 16TH THAT I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO.
IT'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING, AS WELL AS THEIR PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. PART OF THEIR GRANT REQUIRES THEM TO DO AN ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH A NONPROFIT.
AND SO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WILL BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT TO HELP SUPPORT IT, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY GETTING ABIGAIL'S FAMILY INVOLVED IN THIS.
THEY'VE BEEN INVITED TO THIS AS WELL, BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN ON THE 16TH NEXT WEEK AT 530.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT INVITATION A LITTLE BIT IN THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL HAVE BRANDON PULL UP THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN FOR ABIGAIL.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A FOOTPRINT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO AS YOU RECALL, THIS IMAGE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT OUR GRAND MASTER PLAN LOOKED LIKE FOR ABIGAIL WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND WENT THROUGH AND ALL THE THINGS WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE INTO THERE. I BELIEVE IT'S SECTION 17. SO, THE GREEN SPACE RIGHT WHERE BRANDON'S CURSOR IS.
YEP. 17, 12 AND 11. THAT SECTION RIGHT THERE IS MORE OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION SPACE THAT WE IDENTIFIED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT NATURAL SPACE TO THE PARK. AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN WAS TO HAVE MORE GREENERY IN THERE AND PROVIDE THAT YOU KNOW, BREAK AWAY THAT GARDEN SPACE, THAT ZEN FEEL TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK FROM YOUR PLAY AREA TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT NATURAL AREA.
SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN. GO TO THE NEXT ONE FOR ME, PLEASE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE RENDERING THAT IS COMING FROM WHAT SHOULD BE THE ACTUAL PUT INTO THE PARK.
AND SO THAT FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN REDUCED QUITE A BIT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS IS TO EXPAND THAT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL INTENT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BEAUTIFICATION AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY, AS THEY'LL BE DOING SOME ENHANCEMENT IN THAT SPACE AS WELL, AND DOING SOME NATIVE PLANTINGS TO REALLY INCORPORATE THAT AS AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
GO TO THE THE POWERPOINT FOR ME, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH PHILLIPS 66.
THEY HAVE CONTRACTED WITH TANDEM GLOBAL TO BE ABLE TO HELP MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN.
THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PROJECT TALKED ABOUT.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO BE ON SITE NEXT WEEK TO REVIEW THE PROPERTY SITE AS WELL, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, WHAT THE CURRENT SPACE WOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T PHYSICALLY SEEN IT IN PERSON YET.
THEY ARE PARTNERING TO HELP WITH THIS PROJECT.
AS FAR AS SECURING NATIVE SPECIES, THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST NORTH OF THE ASHLAND PROPERTY.
SO IT IS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS HELPING TO SUPPORT THIS.
SO WE'RE GETTING THIS TOUR AND SEE WHAT SOME OF THE NATIVE WETLAND PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE, SOME OF THE SPECIES THEY HAVE OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED IN WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD US UP INTO KICKING OFF THIS FULL PLANTING, WHICH WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE FULL PROJECT. SO AS YOU RECALL FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE, WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OUR OTHER ITEMS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ADD ON AN ADDITION TO THEY FEEL MORE CONFIDENT WITH SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN TO DO A FALL PLANTING, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON FOR US AS FAR AS SEASON WISE.
SO WE WERE GOING TO PARTNER THIS WITH OUR CURRENT PLANTINGS THAT WE DO FOR CEB IN NOVEMBER.
SO USUALLY WE DO OUR TREE PLANTING. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR TEXAS ARBOR DAY, AS THAT WOULD BE OUR KICKOFF TIME TO DO THE PLANTING THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THAT PROPERTY.
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NEXT SLIDE. IT TALKS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY HOPE TO INCORPORATE IN THERE.I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE NEAT IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE INCLUDED.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE BE HOTELS. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF NATIVE PLANTINGS THAT HELP WITH WILDLIFE, WITH INSECTS WITH THE EDUCATION PIECE. AND THEY'RE EXPLORING A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY DESIGN ONE OF THEIR BEE HOTELS TO BE A LAMA, WHICH WOULD INCORPORATE ABIGAIL INTO THAT.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE FAMILY. AND SO IT'LL BRING THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE, BUT THAT ALSO THAT TIE BACK TO ABIGAIL. SO THEY'LL BRING THAT THE TWO FOLD NATURE FEEL AND OUR MEMORIAL FOR HER.
SO NEXT SLIDE. THIS ONE IS THE INVITATION AS FAR AS WHAT IS BEING PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT GETTING THE FEEDBACK AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT AND REALLY TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO BUY IN TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.
WE WOULD BE INCLUDING SIGNAGE THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
AND THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY A VIDEO. THIS IS A PREVIOUS PROJECT THEY DID.
THIS PROJECT AT HILL. CREST PARK BUILDS INTO PHILIP SUSTAINABILITY IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
THIS PARK WAS ACTUALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD ONE TIME THAT HAD A LOT OF WATER ISSUES.
WE'RE HOPING TO SLOW DOWN THE DRAINAGE THROUGH THIS PROJECT, TO GET RID OF POLLUTANTS AND CREATE A HABITAT FOR INSECTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT FEED OFF OF THOSE THINGS. BUT ALSO, IT'S JUST PRETTY. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS PARK SOMETHING YOU WANT TO COME TO AND JUST ENJOY. WE HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 SPECIES OF LIVE PLANTS WE'RE PLANTING TODAY. WE'LL BE OVERSEEDING IT WITH ANOTHER PROBABLY HUNDRED SPECIES, GIVE OR TAKE.
SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST BIODIVERSE PARKS, PROBABLY IN ALL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S 7000FT², WHICH MIGHT SEEM SMALL, THE IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE IS GOING TO RIPPLE INTO THESE OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD FROM THINGS COMING HERE THAT MIGHT BE STOPOVER HABITAT, BIRDS THAT ARE ARRIVING ON THE COAST RIGHT NOW THAT MIGHT BE BREEDING HERE IN LOUISIANA, AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHERN CANADA. SO IT'S NOT JUST BENEFITING THE WILDLIFE THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THIS PROPERTY HERE, BUT IT'S THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING TO THIS PROPERTY AND LEAVING IT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK WITH THE CITY AND ASK THEM ABOUT WHAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER WITH THEM ON, THEY WERE QUICK TO THE DRAW AND OPENED UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH MCNEESE IS EASY BECAUSE LOTS OF OUR FOLKS WENT TO THE MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY.
I'M ONE OF THEM. AND SO CONNECTING WITH THEM WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOM AND ENHANCING THEIR PROGRAMS IS JUST ONE MORE STEP IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? MCNEESE IS AN ENGINE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS COMING BACK PERIODICALLY TO VISIT THE PLANTING AND CHECKING AND TRACKING THE PROGRESS. AND WE EXPECT AS THE PLANTING GETS MORE MATURE, WE'LL SEE MORE SPECIES DIVERSITY IN OUR NATIVE INSECTS AND POLLINATOR POPULATIONS.
SO AS YOU WALK THROUGH, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE BIODIVERSITY IN THIS LITTLE AREA WE'RE PLANTING THAN IN A LOT OF EVEN WILD LANDS AROUND HERE, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING BACK THAT BALANCE OF THE NATIVE BIODIVERSITY AND THE HABITAT.
SO AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THEY'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY.
SO FAR IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH PHILLIPS ON THIS AS WELL AS TANDEM TANDEM GLOBAL ON THAT.
AS WELL AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE THAT THEY WOULD HELP COME OUT AND BE PART OF THE PROJECT, WHICH REALLY KIND OF BUYS IN EVEN MORE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR ABIGAIL AND THAT LEGACY WE'RE TRYING TO LEAVE FOR HER.
AND THE LAST SLIDE I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU IS KIND OF GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF SPECIES THAT THEY TRY TO BRING IN AND THE AMOUNT OF PLANTINGS THEY DO, AND THIS IS AT NO COST TO THE CITY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE FULLY SPONSORED BY PHILIP 66 IN CONJUNCTION WITH TANDEM GLOBAL.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
CAN WE HELP PLANT. WHAT'S THAT? CAN WE HELP PLANT?
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ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE FULLY OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AS A COMMUNITY EVENT.YEAH. MR. CCB KNOW ABOUT THIS. OKAY. YEAH. LET'S BE BEFORE OR AFTER WE OPEN THE PARK. THIS WOULD BE AFTER THE PARK IS OPEN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS THE ON SITE VISIT IS IF WE IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEIR CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK IS, IS POTENTIALLY DESIGNATING THOSE AREAS THAT THEY MAY REMAIN MORE UNFINISHED, IF YOU WILL.
AND JUST SAYING THAT SIMILAR TO THE SIGNAGE, THAT SIGNAGE YOU SAW OUT THERE WOULD SAY THAT A FUTURE PLANTING IS COMING AND WOULD PROMOTE THEM TO COME BACK FOR THE COMMUNITY PLANNING TO IDENTIFY THOSE EARLY ON.
SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT. WE GO IN, THEY LAY A NEW SOD OR HYDRO SEED, AND THEN WE JUST TEAR IT UP.
SO WE'LL BE IDENTIFYING SOME OF THOSE AREAS NEXT WEEK.
THANK YOU. PHILIP 66. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. GLAD TO SEE IT'S COMING ALONG.
ALL RIGHT. I NUMBER TEN DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PURCHASE OF A FIDELITY BOND.
[10.Discussion and possible action on the purchase of a fidelity bond(s).]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS AN ITEM I'M BRINGING BACK TO YOU AT YOUR REQUEST WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FIDELITY BOND.OF ALL THE CITIES I ATTEMPTED TO SURVEY, 11 RESPONDED TWO DO NOT BUY BONDS.
ALL THE OTHERS BUY BONDS. ONLY TO PURCHASE FOR A CFO AND ONLY TO INCLUDE THEM IN THEIR CHARTER.
ALL THE OTHERS DO PURCHASE PURCHASE BONDS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 100.
AND OF COURSE THEY DO PURCHASE THEM ON CHECK SIGNERS, FINANCE DIRECTOR, CITY MANAGER, MUNICIPAL JUDGE, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE ONE ON OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
WHAT'S OUR CHARTER SAY? THE SECTION IN THE CHARTER IS IN THE AGENDA ITEM.
IT'S THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY SECRETARY AND OTHER SUCH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AS THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REQUIRE, SHALL, BEFORE ENTERING UPON THE DUTIES OF THEIR OFFICE, ENTER INTO A GOOD FAITH AND SUFFICIENT FIDELITY BOND IN A SUM TO BE DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL PAYABLE TO THE CITY OF ANGLETON. ALSO IN THE AGENDA ITEM, I DID OUTLINE THAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS REPORTED THAT ONE BOND HAS BEEN PAID ON IN THE PAST YEARS DUE TO THE THEFT OF AN EMPLOYEE. AND THAT WE HAVE TYPICALLY HELD BONDS ON CITY MANAGER, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
CITY SECRETARY. YEAH. THOSE ARE THE THREE I WAS THINKING TO.
DID WE TABLE THIS THE LAST TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE GOING TO.
WE WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON WHO. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, WHAT OTHER CITIES DO.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO THOUGH, WASN'T IT? THE ONE THAT WAS PAID OUT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? I SAY CITY MANAGER.
SEE SECRETARY AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND THEN I GUESS WE NEED TO DECIDE ON THE AMOUNT.
YES. CORRECT. I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GOING UP A PERCENTAGE.
BUT I THINK THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY PROBABLY OKAY, PROBABLY OKAY.
I'M FINE WITH THOSE THREE POSITIONS AND I'M FINE WITH STAYING THE AMOUNT.
THAT A MOTION THAT'S A MOTION SECOND AND I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT?
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THE SAME AMOUNT WE'VE BEEN OKAY, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT, 50,000 OR 100,000 FINANCE DIRECTOR AND CITY MANAGER 100, I BELIEVE THERE WERE 100. YES. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH FOR ADOPTION OF THE FIDELITY BOND FOR THE CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY AND FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMOUNT OF 100,000 ANNUALLY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CALLING. ON TO STAFF REPORTS.
ITEM NUMBER 11, MAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS. FIRST, HAROLD.
[11.May Department Reports]
THANK YOU. I SIGNED OFF ON THE PLAN. I JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE THAT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN UPDATED AND HAS BEEN SENT THAT EMAIL TO YOU TODAY.YEP. SO GREAT NEWS ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT? NO, SIR. JUST THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. MARTHA. YOU WANT TO GO REAL QUICK? I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU KUDOS. COME ON. TAKE. TAKE THE PODIUM.
I'LL STAND UP HERE FOR THAT. WHILE I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE.
I HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT REVIEWS OF THE CONCERT BY THE HEART.
AND DID ANYBODY GET ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NOISE? YES. OKAY. ONE COMPLAINT. MORE THAN ONE. JUST ONE FROM WESTERN AVENUE. WESTERN AVENUE. WESTERN AVENUE.
IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED. ALL OF THE NOISE THAT WAS THERE? NO, THE PARKING LOT. SO WAS THE STAGE FACING WEST? NO. OKAY. WOW. I WANT TO SAY THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES SEEM TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
I WAS WANTING TO KNOW WHAT FEEDBACK WERE YOU GIVEN? EVERYBODY WAS POSITIVE. WE WERE TALKING IN SALT THIS MORNING THAT IT'S RARE THAT WE HAVE FEEDBACK THAT'S ALL POSITIVE.
SO IT'S BEEN GREAT. VERY GOOD FEEDBACK. GREAT.
WE WERE THE FOUR OF US WERE ALL WANDERING AROUND TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND THEY ASKED, COULD THE VENDORS BE THERE AT OTHER CONCERTS JUST TO SPOTLIGHT AND SHOW THEIR WARES? SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
HOW MANY OF THE BUSINESSES WERE SELLING THINGS OUT OF THEIR BOOTHS? JUST THE FOOD TRUCKS.
YEAH, IT REALLY IT WASN'T REALLY EVERYBODY ELSE'S.
YEAH. IT WAS. YEAH. YEAH. ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS WERE THERE.
HAPPY KIDS WITH FIRE HATS, NOT HATS.
BUT YEAH. GIOVANNI'S OTHER PEOPLE. IT WAS GREAT.
EVERYBODY ENJOYED IT. EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY AND KIDS WERE HAPPY.
AND A BIG PLAY SPACE FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY. EVERYBODY WE TALKED TO WAS JUST WAS ALSO VERY FORTUNATE.
THE ONE OBSERVATION I MADE WAS. NOTHING WRONG WITH VETERANS PARK.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN WE'VE HAD. NOT BEING ON GRASS WAS PROBABLY A BENEFICIARY.
BENEFICIAL? YEAH. MOSQUITOES WOULD HAVE BEEN.
COULD HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE. THIS WAS JUST A PARKING LOT.
LIMITED GRASS. LIMITED EXPOSURE TO STANDING WATER.
YEAH, THE, THAT PARKING LOT SEEMED TO WORK WELL BECAUSE IT'S A WIDE OPEN PARKING LOT.
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NIGHT. SO I SAW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXITING THAT RESTAURANT AND RETURNING TO THE PARK.SO IT A LITTLE TWO FOR ONE ACTION FOR PEOPLE.
TO ENJOY LOCAL RESTAURANT AND THEN STEP OFF INTO THE PARK AND DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT.
AND I JUST DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD SAY ENOUGH THANK YOUS TO MARSHA, TO MARTHA AND THE STAFF, RESCHEDULING THINGS REPEATEDLY AND MAKING IT ALL LOOK EFFORTLESS.
I KNOW IT WAS NOT, BUT EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB.
PARKS, OTIS. WEATHER, WEATHER TURNED OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BLESSING.
YEAH, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO RAIN, STAY DRY.
IT ACTUALLY COOLED IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE, YOU KNOW? YEAH. YES, IT WAS GREAT. FANTASTIC. YEAH. THAT WAS A NEAT CONTRAPTION.
YES. THE FANCY RESTROOMS. YES. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE.
AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S REALLY FUNNY THAT IN YOUR CONTENT TRACKING THE CONTENT FROM THE CITY PAGE.
THAT THE ONE ITEM THAT JUST RECENTLY GOT POSTED AT $290,000, 290,000 VIEWS SO QUICKLY, THE POOL BEING REOPENED. YEAH, I THINK IT'S UP TO 385,000 NOW.
YEAH. IT'S CRAZY. SO THAT WAS BIG. AND PLEASE TELL THE THE GENTLEMAN THAT DID THE CONCERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH US ON RESCHEDULING AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
BECAUSE THAT THAT'S NOT NORMAL, THAT THEY CAN JUST SLIDE ANOTHER WEEK AND BE ABLE TO GET IT IN.
IT WAS RAIN OR SHINE, BUT WE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM EARLY AND SAID, LOOK, IT'S I MEAN, WE'RE, WE HAVE NO HOPE THAT THE WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
AND WITH PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN AND THEY HADN'T ALREADY LOADED UP AND EVERYTHING.
HE WAS LIKE, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY THAT DATE WAS PICKED.
IT WAS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH US, HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHEN THEY COULD GET TOGETHER.
BOTH BANDS WERE VERY GOOD. YEAH. WELCOME EITHER ONE OR BOTH BACK IF THEY EVER MADE IT.
YES. AND ALSO THE FIRST RESPONDERS EVENT WAS GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT FOSTERS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS WHEN WE GET OUT AND DO THINGS AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO ENABLE THAT, IT REALLY HELPS US.
WITH THAT SAID, PLEASE BE ACTIVE, KEEP BEING ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH POSTS.
I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE, FOR THE ONE ABOUT THE TEAR DOWN.
YEAH. SO WE I REACHED OUT TO BROOKE BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST SAY, I WANT TO GIVE KIND OF WHAT HIS PLAN IS. AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET TOGETHER THIS WEEK.
WE HAVEN'T SET A TIME YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
SO I HAVE REACHED OUT TO HIM. I DID GO BY AND THERE'S A, A PILE OF DEBRIS STILL THERE THAT WE JUST, WE WANT IT TO BE JUST RIGHT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I GO? I WANTED TO MENTION THE EAT LOCAL SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR TOTAL IS YET, BUT SO MANY RESTAURANTS SO MANY BUSINESSES THAT I'M GETTING THESE REPORTS NOW THAT THEY'RE SAYING, YES, WE WANT TO HAVE THE DECAL IN OUR SHOP FRONT, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
AND WHAT IS IT DOING? YES. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE CAMPAIGN AROUND THAT.
WE HAD A VIDEOGRAPHER OUT THERE. I KNOW YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT WE HAVE A LOT ROLLING IN THE BACKGROUND, SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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I HAVE TO GET TO. I WILL TALK TO JASON REAL QUICK. OKAY. LOOK AT THAT SMILE. JUST UPDATES.LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. WELL, WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE AS FAR AS IT SEEMS PRETTY.
VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT FOR THE PUBLIC ON JUNE 1ST AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, START OUR SWIM LESSONS, SUMMER CAMP. EVERYTHING WAS HAPPENING ON THAT DAY.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE BACK IN THE FACILITY.
NUMBERS LOOK GREAT. SO FAR, WE'VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT CONTINUES FOR THE SUMMER, BUT YEAH, A PRETTY STEADY FLOW.
I WILL SAY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE OUR ADULT SWIMMING EARLY IN THE MORNING IS PRETTY PACKED.
IT IS AS WELL AS OUR SPLASH CLASS. THEY ARE ALL VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE POOL BACK OPEN.
AND SO YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE THERE'S MORE USERS THAN IN THE PAST.
I CAN SAY THAT THE WE USED TO HAVE A WAVE THAT WOULD COME IN AROUND LUNCHTIME, AND WE STILL DO, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THAT SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO OUR NUMBERS ARE STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENT.
SO IT'S THANKFULLY WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH HAVING TO HAVE A WAITING LIST OR ANYTHING.
THEY'VE STAYED PRETTY CONSISTENT IN THEIR FLOW THROUGHOUT IT. SO BUT YEAH, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT ONE.
STILL HAVE SOME MINOR THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
ONE OF OUR PLAY FEATURE COMPONENTS IS AN OPERATING APPROPRIATELY.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE CHANGE OUT PIECE FOR THAT.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT. I BELIEVE IT SHIPS NEXT WEEK.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HOW ABOUT FREEDOM PARK? I'LL JUST COUPLE. FREEDOM PARK. WELL, WE'LL DO FREEDOM PARK.
THE WEATHER FOR MAY WAS NOT GREAT FOR US. I JUST GOT THEIR LATEST REPORT AS FAR AS TIMELINE WISE.
THEIR DATES DID NOT LINE UP THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY REQUESTED RAIN DAYS IN JUNE, WHICH I'M NOT A, YOU KNOW, METEOROLOGIST OR ANYTHING, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN'T REQUEST JUNE STUFF YET.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT, BUT IT HURT US QUITE A BIT ON THAT.
I WILL SAY WE DO HAVE THE PLAY AREA. SO THE PLAY AREA IS IS FAIRLY OR IS MOSTLY COMPLETE.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A MEETING ON SITE ON FRIDAY TO TALK ABOUT THE FIELD LEVEL ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WASN'T A LONG TERM CONCERN.
I DO KNOW THAT RIGHT FIELDS ISN'T AT GRADE YET, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE DRAINAGE COMPLETELY BECAUSE EVEN IF RIGHT FIELD IS IS RAISED, I'M STILL NOT CONFIDENT THE WATER IS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
AND NEAR THE DUGOUTS HAD SOME GRADING CONCERNS OF HOW TO GET THAT TO THE SWELL.
SO THEY DID A CHANGE ORDER FOR A NEW TRENCH DRAIN TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT WATER OUT, WHICH WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION AND PUSHBACK ON BECAUSE IT WASN'T OTHER PROPOSALS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME MORE CLARITY ON THAT. SO WHAT ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND? SO PLAYGROUNDS ARE 100% COMPLETE. IT HAS BEEN SEEN GREAT FOOT TRAFFIC.
I'VE HEARD SOME NOTHING, BUT I THOUGHT I SAW OVER THERE.
SO THERE ARE SOME SAME THING. THE WEATHER HAS IMPACTED US TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE TO REMOVE IT.
OKAY. THERE IS ONE SECTION OF MULCH WORKS OUT ON OUR BENEFIT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE THAT TO BRUSHY BECAUSE WE NEED TO INCREASE THE MULCH AT BRUSHY.
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I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU'RE BUSY.I I'M GOING TO PUT A PLUG IN REAL QUICK FOR THE MOVIE NEXT WEEK.
SO WE DO HAVE AN OUTDOOR MOVIE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE REC CENTER ON THE 12TH.
AND SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THAT ONE.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS SOME UPCOMING THINGS AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH OUR PROCLAMATION.
SO ONE THING IS JUST, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE TIMELINES WITH THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING.
NICE. AND WHEN ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET THE COVERS ON THE DUGOUTS AT BATES? YEAH. TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR TODAY. JUST HAD, OR I SHOULD SAY, EMAILED CONTRACTOR TODAY TO FIND UPDATE, BUT WE SHOULD BE GETTING THEM WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
WHEN SHOULD WE START? WHEN IS THAT PARTICULAR? THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY. YEAH. AND THEIR, THEIR TIMELINE SHOULD ONLY BE A COUPLE DAYS TO GET THE, THE DUG OUT OR THE ROOF ON. ARE WE MOWING THAT NOW? GRASS SHOULD BE MOWING GROWING BY NOW. THE GRASS IS ALREADY GROWING.
YEAH. IT'S GROWING, BUT YEAH, SOMEBODY'S MOWING IT. SHOULD HAVE STARTED MOWING THIS WEEK.
BETTER GET ON. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO FIND OUT.
I WILL GO CONFIRM WITH THEM. WE REACHED OUT OR THEY.
I HAD CONFIRMATION WITH THEM LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH.
I GAVE THEM DIRECTION ON HOW TO START MOWING.
BECAUSE ALL THE RAIN MADE IT GO A LITTLE LONGER THAN IT NEEDED TO BE.
SO I WILL GO OUT THERE TOMORROW AND VERIFY THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE.
BUT YEAH, I'M SAYING THE RAIN FOR THAT ONE IS YEAH, PREVENTED A LITTLE BIT GOING IN THERE.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT EVEN IF WE DID THE FIRST CUT AND WE SHOW THEM, HERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.
EXACTLY. AND SO YOU NEED TO PREP YOUR MOWER BEFORE YOU TAKE IT OUT TO THE NEW FIELD.
AND THEY DON'T DO THAT. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, THAT IS CLEAR, BUT I CAN IF, IF IT HASN'T BEEN MOWED OR EVEN IF IT HAS, WE CAN GO OUT THERE WITH OUR TEAM TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME STEPS ON THAT.
OKAY. YEP. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MR. PARSONS, OR CHIEF WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. PD POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHO WANTS TO COME UP? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. IT WAS EITHER YOU OR THE CAMERA.
YOU GOT IT PULLED UP. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STATS TO GO THROUGH ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE TO THE CITIZENS WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE PD SIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON SEXUAL OFFENSES, BUT THEY'RE UP, BUT ASSAULTS ARE DOWN AND ALL OTHER ASSAULTS, I GUESS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? NO. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO SOME CORRELATIONS WITH SEXUAL OFFENSES IN PARTICULAR.
AM I LOOKING AT A FULL YEAR JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2025 OR IS THAT YEAR TO DATE? SO THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TWO.
I THINK IT'S YEAR TO DATE. OTHERWISE WE REALLY DID GOOD LAST YEAR.
YEAH. I MEAN, WHEN I LOOK AT TRAFFIC STOPS DOWN, POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE REALLY LOW. IF YOU WENT FROM MAY OF 24 9600, ROUGHLY TO 4000 LAST MAY OF 26, I MEAN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM FROM THE POLICE.
CONVERSELY I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT AN EXPLANATION FOR JUST CALLS FOR SERVICE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ALMOST HALF. AND SOME. WITH FIRE GOING UP, I SUSPECT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE WAY THAT IT WAS COUNTED POSSIBLY
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RECORDING SYSTEM THAT WAS PULLED. SO ONE THING THAT DID JUMP OUT, I MEAN, I WANT TO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER AND I NEED PD TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER.IS AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME ON PRIORITY IS GOING UP AND NON PRIORITY IS GOING UP.
WHAT'S CAUSING THAT. I KNEW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY BACK THERE.
WE'RE DOWN FROM SEVEN PEOPLE DOWN. WE'RE DOWN SEVEN PEOPLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE FOLKS STAFFING. YOU CAN YOU CAN LOOK AT AT CITATIONS ALSO.
YEAH. ON IN MAY OF 2026. OKAY. IT'S 568 VERSUS MARCH 2026, THREE MONTHS PRIOR WHEN WE WERE CLOSER TO FULL STAFFING, AND WE'VE HAD SOME OFFICERS THAT HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE AGENCY.
AND AND THEN YOU LOOK AT PTO HOURS FOR THAT SAME MONTH, MAY 26TH, IT'S 554 PTO HOURS VERSUS THE MONTH PRIOR TO 300. SO OFFICERS TAKING OFF, OFFICERS SEPARATED.
I THINK AS THE TICKER READS TODAY WE'RE DOWN FOUR OFFICERS, FIVE OFFICERS.
YEAH. BECAUSE IT WAS SEVEN. AND THEN WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
ARE THESE SIX ON PATROL. CORRECT. ALL SIX ARE ALL DOWN TO TO THAT.
SO WE'LL FILL FROM WE HAVE WE HAVE MOVED ONE FROM CITY OVER TO PATROL IN ORDER TO, TO FACILITATE THAT. SO WE'RE SHORT ONE. WILL BE TRANSFERRING OVER TO HAROLD'S POSITION ONCE WE GET THAT SPOT FILLED.
BUT WE GOT A HEARTBEAT, OKAY. AND EVERYBODY, EVEN DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THEY'RE GOING TO VISIT OUR COUNTY. BUT WHATEVER THE MONEY THEY'RE GETTING.
OKAY. WE GOT ONE GUY COMING BACK WITH EXPERIENCE IN THERE.
HE WILL DRIVE TICKETS. WAS HE WITH US IN 24? HE WAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO STEP INTO A BIGGER ISSUE, BUT WHAT OTHER RECRUITING TOOLS CAN YOU USE? WHAT OTHER RECRUITING TOOLS CAN WE USE? WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED TO GIVE YOU KNOW, GET THEM RECRUIT PEOPLE SOONER THROUGH THE ACADEMY PROCESS AND I MEAN, A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, EVEN SINCE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, THIS, THIS IS NOT, I'M NOT COMING FROM A POSITION OF KNOWLEDGE OR OTHER AGENCIES SENDING OR PAYING FOR OFFICERS TO BE SENT TO ACADEMIES AND THEN WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT YOU STAY ON FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE BUDGET TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE EVER CONSIDERED. YES. YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT AS AN EMPLOYEE AND WE'RE DOWN THAT OFFICER THE WHOLE TIME THEY'RE IN THAT AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND. BUT IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GIVING UP SIX OFFICERS RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO HAVE 1 OR 2 IN THE PIPELINE.
THEY'RE RECRUITING WITH WITH NUMBERS AND THE PAY SCALES.
SURE, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT A CITY OF ANGLETON PROBLEM.
IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. NOBODY WANTS TO BE COPS.
WELL, YEAH, WE WE WENT FROM THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS.
WE WENT WHERE IT WAS VERY NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
CORRECT. AND SPONSORING THEM IN THE ACADEMY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
SO YOUR SUPPLY WAS DOWN AND NOW YOU GOT GROWTH AT THE SAME TIME.
SO YOUR DEMAND IS UP. IT'S A IT'S A A BAD SITUATION, RIGHT? TOUGH SITUATION. NOT A BAD ONE. IT'S TOUGH. WE JUST TODAY TURNED DOWN SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
I STILL, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ME AS YOUR CHIEF, I WILL NOT HIRE PEOPLE JUST TO HIRE PEOPLE.
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WE'RE GOING TO HIRE QUALITY PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO HIRE QUALITY OFFICERS.WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT TODAY WAS A GUT FEELING ON ONE PERSON, I SAID NO. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET QUALITY PEOPLE AS LONG AS I'M STILL THERE.
I DON'T KNOW, I JUST LET HIM SAY TO YOU, DON'T MIND ME SPEAKING.
YEAH. GO AHEAD, SPEAK UP. ON THE RECRUITING PART.
IF IF WE GIVE THEM A TAKE HOME UNIT, THE NEXT PD IS GOING TO GO UP THAT IN STEP ONE ABOVE US.
SO WE'RE JUST FIGHTING BACK AND FORTH FROM ONE CITY TO ANOTHER.
REALLY BAD PROBLEMS. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
I'VE ALWAYS APPLAUDED HIM FOR THAT BECAUSE IF IT'S A NO WITH ME, HE WAS A NO.
SO BUT IT'S IT'S SAVED US. NO. YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND YOU MENTIONED THE ECONOMICS PART TOO. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A REALLY BIG INVESTMENT TO AS FAR AS TIME GOES AND, AND COST TO PUT SOMEBODY THROUGH THE ACADEMY, WAIT FOR THEM TO GET THERE, GET THROUGH IT.
AND THEN WHEN THEY GET OUT, EVEN GOING THROUGH THE FIELD TRAINING I MEAN, OUR, AND NOT JUST AP ANGLETON PD, BUT, YOU KNOW, TEXAS MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR EVEN NATIONWIDE, THEIR FAILURE RATE IS REALLY HIGH, NOT MAKING IT THROUGH FIELD TRAINING EITHER, EITHER BY THEY JUST DIDN'T COMPLETE THE OBJECTIVES OR THEY JUST GOT IN THERE AND WENT A WEEK WEEKEND AND DECIDED THAT THIS PROFESSION JUST ISN'T FOR THEM.
THEY CAN'T. THEY CAN'T HANDLE IT. SO. AND THEN YOU'RE OUT THE MONEY FOR SCHOOL.
SURE. IT'S A TOUGH EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR UNIFORMS, BUT FOR EQUIPMENT FOR THE OFFICERS INITIALLY YOU DON'T WANT THEM ON THE STREET WITHOUT YOU DON'T WANT THEM ON THE STREET WITHOUT BEING EQUIPPED.
SO ALL THAT STUFF IS INITIALLY PURCHASED. AND THEN IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T MAKE IT TO THEIR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, THAT INVESTMENT IS GONE. WE WE DO RECYCLE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY DOES.
SO WE HAVE THAT. BUT IT'S THE RECRUITING. RECRUITING IS NOT JUST OUR RECRUITING PROBLEM NATIONWIDE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT ON CLASSES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT RECRUITING PEOPLE EVEN FOR $0.25 AN HOUR. THESE YOUNG FOLKS ARE CHASING THE DOLLAR.
IS THERE I DON'T KNOW IF HAROLD WAS ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT ACTIVELY RECRUIT FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM THE AREA, MEANING THEY GREW UP AND WENT TO EITHER ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL, DANBURY HIGH SCHOOL OR SOME MORE LOCAL CENTRAL SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY.
I MEAN, CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO THAT OR IS THAT EVEN A POSSIBILITY TO FIND THIS INFORMATION? IF WE IF WE ATTACK OTHER CITIES, YOU KNOW, WOULD JUST BE BY WORD OF MOUTH, HEY, WE'RE STARTING OFF IN THIS.
YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE? MAYBE YOU'RE NOT HAPPY THERE.
THOSE ARE KIND OF JUST TIDBITS TO MOUTH. MOUTH TO MOUTH.
WE DO GO TO THE SCHOOLS. WE GO TO THE ACADEMIES.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO ALL THESE PLACES, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, IT'S DONE FOR THROUGH THE ACADEMY, THERE SITTING IN ZERO. REALLY? WOW. SO THE MONEY THAT THEY INVESTED THERE, THEY DID GET, YOU KNOW, HALF THE TIME THEY WOULD MAKE THEM COME WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IT WAS A LOSS FOR THEM AS FAR AS THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALL RECRUITING UNDER THE SAME TOOL, THE SAME MONEY, THE SAME EVERYTHING.
IT'S LIKE CHIEF VALDEZ. DO THEY LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL? DO THEY LIKE THE WAY WE PROMOTE NOW IS LIKE ANGLETON IS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING YOU IN HOMES.
THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE STUFF. SO THAT'S HOW WE RECRUIT.
THAT'S A STEPPING STONE AND SOMETHING TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE CAREERS COMING UP.
HOW LONG YOU KNOW, HOW THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND ALSO RECRUITING LOCAL LOCAL TALENT LIKE THAT IS, I MEAN, WE HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM FOR AND MAKING SURE WE VISIT EVERY EVERY CLASS AT THE ACADEMY AS WELL AS A COLLEGE ACADEMY TO YOU. SO HAVE Y'ALL SNIFFED AROUND AT ALL THE NEW PEARLAND ACADEMY.
THEY JUST STARTED THAT ACADEMY, I BELIEVE. YEAH.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR YET. YEAH. APPARENTLY IT HASN'T OPENED, BUT THEY'RE THERE.
PEARLAND OFFICES. OH, I KNOW THEY'RE STILL ON.
WELL THEY DO, THAT'S PART OF THE IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO PEARLAND ACADEMY I THINK.
YEAH, I BELIEVE IT. BUT THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE SWEET TOWN OF ANGLETON, DO THEY?
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THAT'S RIGHT. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTED AND.IT SHOWS. IT SHOWS PEOPLE THAT ARE. HERE. WE GOT SOME.
SOME OF THE YOUNG ONES I CAN I CAN NAME YOU ONE RIGHT NOW THAT LOVES IT WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
LOVES WORKING HERE. LOVES COMING IN JUST JUST ONE.
BUT THERE'S SEVERAL. JUST ONE. LOOK AT. SUBSCRIBE TO SOMETHING CALLED POLICE SALARIES.COM AND YOU'LL SEE HOW. AS A SIGN UP TO 88. YOU KNOW, THEY START OFF AT $111,000.
YEP. SO YEAH, THAT MONEY SOUNDS GOOD, BUT YOU DON'T GET TO WORK WITH US.
OKAY, LAST TWO I GOT FOR YOU SPEED STUDIES. ARE WE ACTIVELY PUTTING THAT CAT OUT? ARE WE GETTING. THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS. ME. WE WE'VE LOST SOME OF OUR TALENT THAT.
YOU HAVEN'T LOST HIM. I KNOW WHERE HE'S AT. YEAH.
THE SPEED STUDIES HAVE I. I WENT OVER AND I PUT UP A COUPLE.
THE CHARGER ENDED UP BEING BAD. THEN ADDING BATTERY WAS BAD.
SO I MEET WITH LAND TOMORROW. I'M GONNA TEACH HIM HOW TO DO THAT.
IF YOU IF YOU DO IT WRONG. OH MY GOODNESS. THEY'RE GOING TO QUESTION THAT EVERY FIVE MINUTES.
SO BUT I WILL SHOW HIM HOW TO DO THAT TOMORROW AND WE'LL TRY TO GET IT OUT HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY. WE CAN LOOK AT PURCHASING SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THIS ONE COMPANY THAT WE USE, EAGLE, IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY THAT CAN FIX THAT COMPUTER.
AND THAT BRAND IS NOT AGAINST EVIL, IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT CAN FIX THAT COMPUTER.
SO HE'S FIXING IT FOR THE WHOLE COMPANY. SO SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET IT.
SOMETIMES YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS. IT'S OLD. YOU CAN'T DOWNLOAD THE STUFF AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
AND WE PUT IT OUT AND I WAITED TWO WEEKS AND I BROUGHT IT BACK AND HE GOES, OH, THEY'RE HERE.
YOU SHOULD UPDATE THAT. SO I'LL LOSE ALL THAT DATA.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A CONTROLLING THING AS FAR AS THEIR COMPANY TO US.
ONE OTHER THING IS ON MY DRIVE TO TENNESSEE AND BACK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES I SAW SOMETHING AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, WE USED TO DO IT HERE IS WE USED TO GO PARK A UNIT SOMEWHERE IN TOWN AND JUST THE UNITS PRESENCE HELPED SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN. THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ANYBODY IN IT, BUT THE UNIT WAS SITTING THERE LIKE TO KEEP AN OFFICER IN IT AND HAVE THEM WRITING TICKETS. THAT'S THAT'S PLAN TWO IF WE JUST DO THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I WAS TODAY'S TODAY'S CLASS. I WOULDN'T LEAVE ONE OUT THERE BY ITSELF.
PLUS, THE THE THE NEW CARS LOOK REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR. CAN WE USE ONE OF THE OLD ONES? BROKEN ONES? NO. PUT THE OLD BROKEN ONE OUT THERE.
WE HAVE WE HAVE OLD BROKEN. THAT'S COMING UP ON.
THE NEXT AGENDA IS TO SURPLUS. SOME OF THESE GUYS HAVE THE STAFF TO COMMAND.
STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB. SO WHAT DO YOU SEE BACK BEHIND THE FENCE BACK THERE? THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSMISSIONS. THEY DON'T HAVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
YOU'LL SEE HEADLIGHTS OUT OF THEM. YOU'LL SEE TAIL LIGHTS OUT OF.
SO TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON MAINTENANCE PLAN, THOSE THOSE NEW CARS WERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
SOME OF THOSE CARS ARE 17 MODELS WITH ALMOST 200,000 MILES IN.
IT'S JUST NOT CONDUCIVE TO THOSE POLICE CARS.
NOW WE'RE WAITING ON THE COMPUTERS, AND THERE WE ARE.
OKAY. ALSO, ONE MORE THING. WE HAVE. WE DID ACQUIRE A DRONE AND OUR.
IT'S GOING TO HELP ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE, EMS AND US.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT DRONE. IT HAS A FLIER ON IT.
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IT HAS A SPOTLIGHT ON. IT HAS A PARACHUTE ON IT.IT'S GOT EVERYTHING WE COULD BUY ON IT. THAT'S ACTUALLY A LOCAL DRUG DEALERS.
BUT IT ALSO THE BIG THING IS, IS THE IT'S GOING TO BE MAPPING PROCEDURES.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING OFFICERS STAND OUTSIDE IN THE ROAD AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ROAD FOREVER, WE CAN HAVE THAT DRONE, WHAT THEY CALL IT'S CALLED MOWING AND IT MOWS THE SCENE.
AND WHEN IT'S DONE, YOU HAVE A TWO SCALE DRAWING OF A CRASH SCENE.
SO THE DEMO, HE'S WORKING ON A DEMO RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TWO PILOTS RIGHT NOW WORKING ON A DEMO TO GET THAT COUNCIL SEE, I CAN SEE WHAT IT SAYS.
I SEE YOU HAVE CLEAR FREEDOM PARK THE OTHER DAY ON THAT.
THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINING ON FACEBOOK, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO YOUR DEFENSE AND SAID, NO Y'ALL HAD A JOB TO DO AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO KUDOS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR PD? ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ANYONE ELSE? WE WENT THROUGH HECTOR'S STUFF TONIGHT, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BRING HECTOR BACK UP.
WE'LL JUST SAY ONE THING. I KNOW THAT IT WAS ASKED FOR ME TO INCLUDE COST TO, LIKE, WATER LEAKS OF WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST MONTH, AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS TO GET ON THIS, TO HAVE IT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
BUT I HAVE IT. AND WE SPENT THIS IS INCLUDING MAN HOURS AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS.
OKAY. IT'D BE INCLUDED ALL IN NEXT MONTH'S ON THE ALL THE FOLLOWING REPORTS.
IT'LL BE IN THERE. OKAY. AND SINCE OUR FIRE CHIEF IS WITH US TONIGHT, MR. GARCIA, WE JUST WANT TO SAY YOUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE WAY UP.
YOU'RE GOING FROM 61 AND 24 TO 57 AND 25, WHICH WAS DOWN TO 89 IN MAY OF 26.
THAT'S PRETTY BUSY. STAFFING IS GOOD OVER THERE.
YOU ABLE TO RESPOND TO ALL YOUR CALLS ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN'T GIVE US A REPORT? YES, SIR. I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. I'M USING PD'S REPORT TO GET THERE.
YES, SIR. OUR CALL VOLUME IS UP. OUR GUYS ARE MAKING MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE THESE CALLS, AND OUR STAFFING IS GREAT. IT IS? YEAH. OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF, IT'S GONE UP.
IT HAS? YES, SIR. RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN GREAT.
YOU SEE OUR FLIERS ALL AROUND TOWN. QR CODES YOU NAME IT, WE THREW IT OUT THERE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IT GOT A LOT OF GOOD BITES OUT OF THAT.
AND THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT THE NEW RECRUITS THAT WE GOT, THEY'RE STAYING.
SO THAT'S PART OF IT. HE KNOWS GETTING PEOPLE TO STAY.
YOU KNOW ONCE THEY GET, YOU KNOW, GET UP LATE AT NIGHT, GO DO THESE CALLS.
YOU KNOW, THEY THINK TWICE IF THEY WANT TO DO THIS.
BUT THIS NEW GROUP OF RECRUITS, THEY KIND OF SHOWED, HEY, THEY WANT TO BE HERE.
THEY WANT TO SERVE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A BIG, BIG HELP FOR US.
GOOD. WHO FILLED BURCH'S SPOT. BLAINE BURCH. THAT WOULD BE CURTIS DAVIS OR SO WE HAVE.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE. WE'VE HAD CURTIS DAVIS, WE'VE HAD WEST.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SANDOVAL AS OUR NEW RECRUITS.
I MEAN, AS OUR NEW. GREAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF OR CHIEF GARCIA? OH, YES. SO WE JUST FINISHED ONE OF OUR PROJECTS, OUR RADIO UPGRADE.
WE DID MOVE ALL OF OUR CONSOLES TO THE PD TOWER.
DID THAT HAPPEN TODAY, SIR? YES, SIR. AND POSITIVE RESULTS.
BUT YES, THAT IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT MOVING ALL OF OUR STUFF TO THE PD TOWER.
IT'S, IT'S BETTER THAN YOU KNOW. OURS IS THE ALL THE PAVING DONE AROUND THE FIRE STATION NOW, ALL THE PAINTING. PAVING. OH, PAVING. SO THE FRONT APRON IS IS COMPLETE, AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO NOW IS GET THE
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ASPHALT TO CONNECT TO, TO THE, TO THE ROADWAY, TO CHENANGO STREET.AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DROVE BY DURING ALL THIS RAIN, BUT IT DID NOT HOLD ANY WATER AT ALL. SO THAT'S THAT WAS A BLESSING.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE. IT LOOKS GREAT. IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER.
YEAH. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FIXING UP OUR CONCRETE AROUND THE STATION.
SO GOOD. AND HOW MANY MORE DAYS TILL YOU CAN DRIVE A RIG ON IT? I HAVE TO I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. I KNOW IT'S COMING CLOSE, BUT.
RIGHT. I THINK IT WAS AROUND ROUGHLY 28 DAYS THAT BEFORE WE CAN DRIVE ONE OF OUR APPARATUSES ON THAT ACTUAL CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS. WE DON'T WANT TO CRACK ANYTHING SO GOOD, BUT IT IS GETTING CLOSER.
GREAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.
YES, SIR. I SAW YOU IN THE AUDIENCE. I MEAN, YOU'RE HERE.
MIGHT AS WELL CALL YOU UP. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT? OTIS, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MEETING TODAY? YES. SO AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND AS WE PRESENTED TO YOU JUST RECENTLY, THE BUILDING CODE UPDATE, WE'LL GET OVER TO YOU THE COMPARISONS. BUT JUST TO UPDATE YOU WHERE WE ARE, WE HELD THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTRACTORS MEETING TODAY FOR BROWN BAG LUNCH SESSION. IT WENT REALLY WELL THANKS TO COUNCIL WOMAN BARBARA WHO MODERATED THE EVENT.
SO WHAT WE'RE LEARNING IRONICALLY IS MOST OF THE BUILDERS ARE IMPLEMENTING THE 21 CODES ALREADY.
SO WE'RE BEHIND THE CURVE AS WE GET INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSIONS AND AS YOU'LL GET FURTHER INPUT, YOU'LL LEARN THAT IT WILL BE THE JOB WOULD BE A LOT EASIER FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHERE IT WILL FALL.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS 21. BUT HOWEVER, WE'RE LEARNING THAT WE MAY BE MORE ADVANCED, MORE TO AN ADVANTAGE OF ADOPTING THE 24 CODES.
SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION.
THE SESSION WAS RECORDED. WE'LL POST IT AND SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF THE INVITES.
SO WE'LL BE GETTING BACK WITH YOU ON THAT. AND CPAC WILL MEET AGAIN THIS MONTH.
WE'RE POSTING A LOT OF THE DRAFTS OF THE PLAN.
WE'LL BE GETTING INTO THE LAND USE PORTION. THAT WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PLAN.
SO WE'LL NEED YOUR INPUT ON THAT. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
YOU'LL SEE THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSIONS COME UP WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO HELD THEIR FIRST SESSION EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF MAY, EXCUSE ME, JUNE. AND THEN THEY'LL GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING, HOPEFULLY JULY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I THINK I'VE SAID EVERYTHING.
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL]
ALL THE ACTIVITY WE'VE GOT GOING ON. SO THANK YOU AGAIN.I KNOW, IT'S ENDLESS. YEAH. AND WE SAY IT EVERY SINGLE TIME, BUT THANK YOU.
I HAD NIGHT JAMS GOING TO AT THE SAME TIME, SO YEAH.
A LOT OF ACTIVITY. YEAH. YOU HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME AT THE CONCERT.
AND NOT ONLY WHEN WE WERE WALKING AROUND WERE PEOPLE TALKING TO US, BUT WHEN WE WERE JUST STANDING OUT BY THE FOOD TRUCKS, PEOPLE WERE COMING TO US TO TELL US HOW AWESOME IT WAS AND HOW HAPPY THEY WERE AND WHERE THEY WENT BEFORE THE CONCERT AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE CONCERT.
AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT. YEAH, THERE WAS A FEW THAT SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT WAS GOING ON, BUT THEY WERE DRIVING UP THE LOOP. AND NOW THAT IT'S MORE VISIBLE, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, I GUESS I'LL COME BACK TO THIS.
THERE WAS A FEW THAT SAID, YEAH, I JUST WENT HOME. I WAS COMING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE.
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IT'S GREAT. I HAVE IDEAS. WE'LL TALK OFFLINE.GOOD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE CITY MANAGER.ITEM NUMBER 13 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS ONE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR TWO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT DESCRIBED BY SUBDIVISION ONE PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 940. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE COMING BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:09 P.M.
[OPEN SESSION]
COUNCIL DO I HAVE ANY ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 13? YES. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY ABOUT THE ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK.SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SMITH, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
AND BEING THAT THERE IS NO OTHER ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN,
WE WILL GO TO ADJOURNMENT AT 11:10 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.