5. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Ordinance No. 20260714-005 a request to abandon a 15-foot-wide portion of the South Columbia Street Right-of-Way, located on the southside of West Mulberry Street/State Highway 35, along the full west boundary of the tract situated at 513 West Mulberry Street, Angleton, Texas.

[5. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Ordinance No. 20260714-005 a request to abandon a 15-foot-wide portion of the South Columbia Street Right-of-Way, located on the southside of West Mulberry Street/State Highway 35, along the full west boundary of the tract situated at 513 West Mulberry Street, Angleton, Texas. ]

ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20260714-005. A REQUEST TO ABANDON A 15 FOOT WIDE PORTION OF THE SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET RIGHT OF WAY, LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST MULBERRY STREET.

STATE HIGHWAY 35, ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE TRACT SITUATED AT 513 WEST MULBERRY STREET.

ANGLETON, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PUBLIC HEARING. AS NOTED, THIS ITEM ALSO CAME BEFORE YOU WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, JASON RILEY HAD A CONCEPT PLAN FOR THIS WEST MULBERRY PROPERTY AT 513 WEST MULBERRY, IN WHICH HE WISHES TO REDEVELOP IT FOR UP TO DATE COMMERCIAL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, HE DID PRESENT HIS WISH TO THE COUNCIL TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT HE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE NORTH COLUMBUS STREET.

I'M SORRY. COLUMBIA RIGHT OF WAY. SO WITH THIS, HE DID SUBMIT THE SOUTH COLUMBIA, EXCUSE ME, STREET RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT APPLICATION. THEY ACTUALLY PULLED BACK A LITTLE AND THEY'RE ONLY ASKING FOR A 15 FOOT OF THAT STREET RIGHT AWAY.

WHICH MOST OF IT IS NOT APPROVED PAVEMENT PER SE.

SO THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU AS A RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT.

WE DID PROCESS IT ACCORDINGLY AND DID NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED ALONG THAT RIGHT OF WAY.

THERE IS AN ALLEYWAY, AND IF YOU WOULD GO TO THE AERIAL VIEW, MOST PEOPLE WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY.

BUT HOWEVER, THERE'S AN ALLEYWAY, UNIMPROVED ALLEYWAY, AS YOU SEE ON THE LOWER PART OF THE SLIDE IN WHICH HE BASICALLY WOULD BACK UP TO THAT. SO HE'S ASKING FOR A SMALL PORTION IN WHICH HE WOULD SITUATE SOME OF THE PARKING ALONG THAT AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THE LAYOUT, IF YOU WOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT GRAPHIC. I'M SORRY.

JUST KEEP TURNING TILL YOU SEE THE THERE'S A LAYOUT OF A BUILDING.

KEEP GOING TO THE ORDINANCE DOCUMENT, AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU EXACTLY THE FOOTPRINT OF WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE BUILDING LAYOUT WITH WEST MULBERRY TO THE TOP OF THE SLIDE.

I'M SORRY. IT'S JUST A LITTLE ZOOMED OUT WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE MUCH AND THEN GO TO THE VERY NEXT SLIDE.

THIS WOULD SHOW THE OVERLAY OF THE ABANDONMENT AREA IN WHICH YOU WOULD BE ABANDONING A PORTION OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY, AS YOU SEE COLUMBIA STREET. AS A TRADE OFF THERE WOULD BE SOME PAVEMENT SORT OF ADDED TO THAT AREA.

WE DO HAVE THE ENGINEERS FROM BAKER LAWSON HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE,

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BUT THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO THIS EFFECT THAT WOULD DESCRIBE THAT 15 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S BEING ABANDONED WITHIN THAT STREET AREA.

I'LL STOP NOW, AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE QUESTIONS OF THE PUBLIC.

ARE YOU? AND WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE PRIOR TO ANY ACTION.

COUNCIL DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN? WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON, FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND APPROACH THE PODIUM. I'M GOING TO CALL MR. WAGNER. YOU FILLED OUT FOR THIS ITEM, SO YOU GET TO GO FIRST.

MY NAME IS RICK WAGNER. I'M A CITIZEN OF ANGLETON MY WHOLE LIFE.

I OWN THE BUSINESS DIRECTLY WEST OF THAT PLOT THERE.

RICK'S OUTDOOR PARK. IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1996.

I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN IN A LONG WHILE.

I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. THAT SIDE OF TOWN HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL NEGLECTED, I WOULD SAY OVER THE YEARS, IT HASN'T BEEN USED LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

BEING HIGHWAY 35 RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THERE. A LOT OF TRAFFIC STUFF, BUT MR. RILEY IS TAKING IT UPON HIMSELF TO TO IMPROVE THAT WHOLE AREA OVER THERE, WHICH I'M IN FAVOR OF.

SO THAT LOT THAT HE'S PROPOSING TO IMPROVE HAS BEEN VACANT BASICALLY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS BEEN NEGLECTED. I MOWED IT AND MOWED IT AND AND TRIED TO KEEP IT UP AND THEN AND BEEN SEVERAL LITTLE THINGS GO IN THERE, RENTAL SPOTS, STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT HE'S TAKING HIM TO, HE'S GOING TO IMPROVE IT DRAMATICALLY, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT DEAL FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET.

IF HE'S PROPOSING TO IMPROVE THAT PROPERTY AND PUT A SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY, THAT STREET HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR 30 YEARS. WHEN I BUILT MY BUILDING, RUTH HERTEL WAS CITY SECRETARY HERE.

THAT'S BEEN HOW LONG AGO I CAME TO HER. THAT STREET WAS UNPAVED.

IT WAS A SHELL ROAD. AND SHE SAID, NO, NO, MR. WAGNER, THAT'S THAT'S NOT A CITY STREET. I SAID, YES, IT IS.

SO WE FOUND THE PLAT AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET.

SHE GOES UP. OKAY, SO THEY CAME IN AND PUT A SMALL LAYER OF ASPHALT OVER 30 YEARS AGO.

IT'S NOTHING BUT A POTHOLE MESS SO IF MR. RILEY'S GOING TO INVEST SO MUCH MONEY IN DEVELOPING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IMPROVING THE CITY OF ANGLETON IMAGE, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

OUR IMAGE COMING INTO TOWN FROM PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER.

YOU KNOW, THEY COME IN FROM THE WEST SIDE, THEY COME TO THE COURTHOUSE, COME TO DO BUSINESS IN ANGLETON.

IT'S WHAT THEY SEE. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT THEY SEE.

I THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST IF THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER IF HE'S GOING TO INVEST THIS MUCH MONEY AND THIS MUCH TIME AND THIS MUCH EFFORT IN DEVELOPING THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEY WOULD CONSIDER THAT SMALL SECTION OF SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET, WHICH IS NOT ABOUT, WHAT, 200FT? I DON'T KNOW. I CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU 200, 250FT, I THINK.

YEAH. I MEAN, COME ON GUYS. I MEAN, THAT'S A SMALL PORTION OF PROPERTY THAT COULD BE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, COULD BE SPENT VERY WELL. JUST IMPROVING THAT ONE LITTLE 250FT OF SECTION RIGHT THERE.

IT WOULD HELP MY BUSINESS. I'VE ASKED FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS.

I MEAN, PLEASE COME OUT AND APPROVE THIS 200FT OF ROADWAY.

I GET DELIVERIES THERE. I GET CUSTOMERS COMING IN THE POTHOLES EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S ONE THING, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF OF ABANDONING THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR HIS PURPOSES.

I THINK HE WOULD IMPROVE IT, MAKE IT MUCH BETTER.

I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT I DO NOW KNOW THAT I MAY HAVE TO FILE SOME PAPERWORK, BUT IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER BANNING THE THE RIGHT OF WAY ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I CAN IMPROVE THAT. THE 15 FOOT ON MY SIDE. SO THAT'S MY SAY.

I HOPE Y'ALL CONSIDER MAYBE LOOKING INTO IMPROVING SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET SO WE CAN MAKE THAT SIDE OF TOWN THAT JASON IS INVESTING IN.

AND IF PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND I THINK HE'S EVEN GOING TO DO MORE AND WANTS TO DO MORE.

BUT IF WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET, THE IMAGE OVER THERE, THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A BETTER ACCESS TO HIS BUSINESSES AND IT WOULD IMPROVE THE LOOKS OF THE CITY CONSIDERABLY. THAT ONE SMALL SECTION OF ROAD AND THE DRAINAGE THERE TOO, THE DRAINAGE UNDERNEATH US ALLEY Y'ALL MENTIONED THAT'S A SHELL ROAD ALLEY.

IT IS A UTILITY ALLEY. THERE'S SEWER RUNNING INTO IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ROAD.

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OKAY. THE DRAINAGE ON THAT ALLEY HAS CONCAVED AND IS OBSOLETE NOW.

THERE'S NO DRAINAGE. THE DRAINAGE, THE ROAD IS THE DRAINAGE.

THERE USED TO BE DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.

SO THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED EVENTUALLY.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, SO HOPE Y'ALL CAN CONSIDER IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND APPROACH PODIUM. ANYBODY ELSE? SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. SO WE'RE AT A PUBLIC HEARING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT, OTIS YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? YES, SIR. SO IN THIS, THIS ISN'T FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT.

THIS IS JUST ABANDONING THE RIGHT OF WAY TO BE USED FOR PARKING.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IF IF IT WOULD FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT PRIOR TO THIS ONE THAT SMALL AREA, AS YOU SEE THERE WOULD BE WHERE THAT PARKING AREA WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN YOUR LAST MEETING, RIGHT? IT'S. I'M NOT GOING TO POINT THIS OUT TO DESIREE.

DON'T WORRY. IT'S THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. YES, SIR.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. IT STILL LEAVES THE ROAD INTACT WHERE IT'S AT? YES. AND THERE'S A CAR OUT THERE. THAT'S STREET RIGHT AWAY.

THAT WILL REMAIN. THAT PORTION, I THINK THIS GENTLEMAN IS STRESSING MIGHT NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT OR PAVEMENT THERE.

AND THAT WOULD IMPROVE THAT WHOLE AREA. THIS SERVES ONLY, I THINK, TWO PROPERTY OWNERS, HIM AND THE RESIDENTS IN THE BACK.

I THINK IT'S A RESIDENT. REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE, I DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY.

THE APRON IS CONCRETE ISN'T IT? THAT'S CONCRETE RIGHT THROUGH THERE.

SO THIS WOULD ALL BE IF WE WERE TO IMPROVE IT.

MOST LIKELY ASPHALT. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

YES. YEAH. JASON, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

I LOVE HOW MIGUEL JUST JUMPS UP [LAUGHS] HE KNOWS.

OKAY, SO THE ALLEYWAY ON THE BACK SIDE, IS THAT, IS THAT ALSO GOING TO BE IMPROVED AT ALL OR IS THAT GOING TO STAY? DON'T WORRY. I'M NOT GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO, IT NEEDS SOME MORE GRAVEL.

IT DOES NEED, IT NEEDS WORK. BUT IT DOESN'T HURT IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT YOU DEVELOPING AND RUNNING THE BUSINESS.

SO AS LONG AS I HAVE ACCESS TO, TO PUT GRAVEL BACK, TO RUN A TRACK ACROSS IT, I CAN DO THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. A COUPLE LOADS OF FRESH CONCRETE.

WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS. THAT WOULDN'T SLOW ME DOWN AT ALL.

NO, SIR. OKAY. AS FOR SOUTH COLUMBIA, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPROVE THE ROAD OR ANYTHING.

CORRECT. YOU'RE ARE YOU WANTING THE CITY TO IMPROVE THAT ROAD? SO IF THE CITY SAID, HEY, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, THAT'S FABULOUS.

I WANT MY SIDE OF TOWN TO LOOK GOOD. SO IF IT COMES DOWN TO THE CITY SAYS I'M NOT TOUCHING IT, THEN MY SISTER AND I, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN BUDGET, WE'LL JUMP IN AND DO IT.

AGAIN, JUST TO IMPROVE THAT SIDE OF TOWN. OKAY.

MY QUESTION. THE ALLEY IS THAT THE RESIDENTS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT ALLEY, I CALL IT THE BACKSIDE.

DO THEY UTILIZE IT? YES. THERE'S ONE HOME THAT DOES.

OKAY.

ANOTHER HOME. FURTHER DOWN.

FURTHER AWAY. I GUESS MIGUEL OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WE GO AHEAD AND RELEASE THIS RIGHT AWAY. WHAT ABOUT THE FLOODING? I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD UP THAT PARKING LOT.

CORRECT. WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT. AND THEN HOW DO YOU TEND TO DRAIN IT? SO THIS DRAINS INTO A CHANNEL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PEACH STREET.

PART OF OUR DESIGN IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT DITCH FROM THERE TO PEACH STREET.

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THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT RICK HAD BROUGHT UP. A LOT OF THOSE CULVERTS JUST DON'T HAVE GOOD ELEVATIONS TO THEM.

AND YES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IN THE PLAN.

IT'S JUST FOR NOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT I MEAN IT KIND OF DOES AFFECT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUSH WATER ON MR. WAGNER'S PROPERTY OR THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM. CORRECT.

AND THE MAIN ISSUE IS THAT IS THE RECEIVING DRAINAGE DITCH.

IT JUST DOESN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF DRAINING THAT PROPERTY OR ANY OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE, BECAUSE WE'VE GONE AND DONE THE TOTAL. BUT WE HAVE CULVERTS THAT ARE LIKE SIX, EIGHT INCHES HIGHER THAN THE CULVERT DOWN, AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE DESIGN FOR.

OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE EXISTING ALLEYWAY IS AND THAT'S MADE OUT OF GRAVEL.

BUT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR PARKING TIED INTO SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET.

AND THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT PLAN. WE HAVEN'T DONE THE DESIGN.

BUT I MEAN, IF THERE'S A NEED TO REPAVE COLUMBIA STREET OR, YOU KNOW, DO A SMALL CUT AND GET, YOU KNOW, GET IT UP TO A BETTER STANDARD. NOT TO SPEAK TOO MUCH FOR JASON, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL LOOK INTO BECAUSE IT STILL GOES BACK TO THE DRAINAGE, GETTING IT TO DRAIN RIGHT OVER THERE. THIS BORDER.

AND WHERE YOU. CORRECT. AND WHEN WE SUBMITTED THIS SITE PLAN TO OTIS, IT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO.

WE HAVE UPDATED THAT. WE'VE ACTUALLY PUSHED THE BUILDING IN THE PARKING LOT FURTHER UP JUST SO WE CAN HAVE MORE ROOM TO KIND OF LEAVE THAT ALLEYWAY THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE POWER POLES THAT DON'T LET US MOVE THAT ALLEYWAY FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.

IT DOES OVERLAP INTO MR. JASON'S PROPERTY A BIT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS.

HAS TEXDOT, HAVE THEY GIVEN THEIR BLESSING YET? THEY GAVE US THEIR DISAPPROVAL [LAUGHS], BUT SO WE WANTED TO REALLY UPDATE THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE THAT GOES TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. TEXDOT PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN AND SAYS, NO, YOU NEED TO ACCESS YOUR PROPERTY THROUGH SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY UPDATED THAT EXHIBIT, GIVEN THAT TO TEXDOT, WE JUST, WE DIDN'T GET THAT TO YOU ALL BEFORE THIS MEETING.

SO THE SITE PLAN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT TWO ENTRANCES OR JUST ONE? JUST ONE ON SOUTH COLUMBIA. WE'RE KIND OF GOING TO DO THE SAME THING, LIKE WHAT THE BARBERSHOP DID FURTHER DOWN MULBERRY, WHERE THEY JUST ONLY HAVE AN ACCESS TO THE PRIVATE WAY ON THE SIDE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A SECOND DRIVEWAY. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST [INAUDIBLE] HE'S MAKING THE INVESTMENT.

I AGREE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CITIZENS PAVING STREETS FOR US.

I AGREE, I AGREE. IT'S 150FT OF ROAD. I WANT TO DO IT RIGHT THOUGH.

I WANT HONESTLY I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT CONCRETE AND DRAINAGE.

I WON'T PUSH WATER ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. WELL, WHILE WE'RE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD. MR. WAGNER, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE TRUCKS? NO PUN INTENDED. THE SIZE OF THEM. WHEN THEY COME DOWN THAT ROAD, YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT MY CONCERN IS.

IF WE DID GO WITH ASPHALT, THAT'S PROBABLY THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.

SO YES, I DO GET 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC. I HAVE AN OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT COMPANY THAT DELIVERS [INAUDIBLE] TURNS BY THE TRUCKLOAD DAILY. TRUCKS ACROSS THE STREET DAILY.

SO RIGHT THERE. YES, I CAN UNLOAD THE MOWERS OUT ON 35.

THAT'D BE TOTALLY DANGEROUS. LOCUST STREET, SOUTH COLUMBIA.

STOP AND UNLOAD IT AND GET OVER TO MY PROPERTY.

YES. HOW DID THEY THEY BACK BACK OUT ON 35. THEY SWING AROUND.

THEY BACK IN. OH. GOT YOU. AND THEN PULL OUT STRAIGHT.

HOPEFULLY. I MEAN GET SOME TRUCK DRIVERS THAT TRY TO PULL IN STRAIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S MOST OF THEM. PULL UP IN COLUMBIA.

STOP UNLOAD THE TRUCKS AND THEY'RE GONE. MAYBE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TOTAL 30 MINUTES.

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BUT YES, IT IS. THERE IS SOME HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.

THAT'S BEEN THE PROBLEM OVER THE YEARS IS THERE'S BEEN NO UPGRADES TO THAT.

THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL UPGRADES TO THE BASE OF THAT ROAD.

WHENEVER BACK IN 96, WHENEVER THEY PUT THE PAVEMENT OVER, THEY JUST CAME IN AND THE COUNTY COME IN ONE DAY.

JUST JUST LAY A REAL SMALL ASPHALT. THERE IS A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT RUNS ALONG HIS PROPERTY.

IT'S OPEN AFTER THE WATER RUNS TO THE HIGHWAY.

AFTER THE WATER RUNS TO DOWN [INAUDIBLE] PROPERTY.

YEAH. THAT ALLEY HAS ACTUALLY, I THINK BAKER HAS ALSO, A FEW YEARS AGO, THAT ALLEY HAS ACTUALLY MOVED OVER ONTO JASON'S PROPERTY.

SO THE CITY'S ALLEY HAS MOVED OVER THE YEARS.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT USED TO BE. YES, YOU CAN SEE IT.

SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVER STRAIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST HAVE A COMPLAINT A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THAT ALL GOT RESOLVED. PAUL SEGURA IS, PAUL IS RIGHT HERE.

IT'S A RESIDENCE. THERE WAS SUCH DEEP POTHOLES IN THAT ALLEY FROM TRAFFIC THAT HE PUT UP BARRELS BECAUSE THAT WAS ON HIS PROPERTY AND. CITY TRUCKS. I MEAN, THE TRASH TRUCKS. WHEN THERE WAS A BUSINESS DOWN ON THE CORNER, THEY WOULD BACK IN THERE AND JUST HIT HIS CULVERTS. AND THAT WAS HIS CULVERTS.

HE PUT UP BARRELS THERE. BUT I THINK THE CITY GOT THAT ALL RESOLVED.

TO FIX THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE A TEXDOT DISCUSSION BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE IN SOME CASES IS GOING TO GO BACK TO 35.

IF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, IT'S UNDERGROUND, IF ANY OF IT GOES THERE, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH TEXDOT.

YEAH, IT'S JUST ON THE APRON RIGHT FROM THE APRON THERE.

I THINK IT'S ON THAT RIGHT OF WAY. IT'S ALREADY ON STATE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THE REST OF THE REST OF THE WATER RUNS THROUGH THE TO THE SOUTH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

I MEAN, I CAN ANSWER THAT. YEAH. CORRECT. ONLY ABOUT 100 FOOT OF THE PROPERTY DRAINS TOWARDS THE REST OF IT.

DRAINS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PEACH STREET. RIGHT.

OKAY. I MEAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. MY PERSONAL OPINION IS I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I HAVE I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO IT.

I FIXING THAT ROAD. I AGREE IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

DON'T KNOW HOW FAST WE CAN GET THAT FIXED FOR YOU IF YOU'RE BUILDING THIS YOUR PLANS TO HAVE THIS DONE? IN WHAT TIME FRAME? I HAVE TO GIVE [INAUDIBLE] THE KEYS BY JANUARY 1ST.

THAT'S RIGHT. JUST START FROM SCRATCH. AND NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE IS OFF THAT ROAD.

YES SIR. SO THAT PLAN CHANGES.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO PUT THE, MIGUEL JUST SPIT BALLING ON.

THIS IS WHERE MIKEY HAD THAT ENTRANCE GOING IN.

IS THAT GOING TO BE THE SAME THING YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS USE THAT SAME SPOT TO COME IN AND OUT OF.

OR ARE YOU GOING TO GO FURTHER DOWN OFF THE HIGHWAY? SO VEHICLES CAN COME IN.[INAUDIBLE] SO SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO INCHES. TWO ON THAT SIDE.

TWO. OKAY. ONE WAY TRAFFIC. THE DESIGN IS FOR ONE WAY TRAFFIC.

NO, IT WILL BE BOTH WAYS FOR SOUTH COLUMBIA. ONLY ONE WAY FOR THIS, I GUESS.

AND THEN TWO WAYS FOR THE. NO. ONE WAY. IS THAT A ONE WAY IN AND A ONE WAY OUT? OR IS IT IN AND OUT? IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT.

BUT TEXDOT WON'T LET YOU USE MIKEY'S ENTRANCE NOW ON 35.

THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. YEAH, I'M THE ONE. THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH. YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT. THAT'S ALREADY THERE [INAUDIBLE]

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ANYONE PUT A ROUNDABOUT? [LAUGHS] IF YOU KEEP SAYING ROUNDABOUT COME SIT UP HERE.

MAKE HIM GRAB YOU BY THE HAND. AND YOUR. ALL OF YOUR PARKING IS GOING TO BE CONCRETE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. BASED ON, SO WE GOT COST ON WAYNE DRIVE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

AND I WOULD COMPARE PROBABLY THE CONDITION OF THAT TO WAYNE DRIVE.

RIGHT. AND THAT WE DID IT ON 1000FT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 35 TO $40,000 TO FIX THAT SECTION.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COMPLETELY RECLAIM THE BASE. THAT'S JUST ASPHALT. YEAH.

LET'S LET'S GET SOME NUMBERS ON THAT. SOME HARD NUMBERS ON IT.

HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL WE'LL DETERMINE.

I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT NUMBERS ON CONCRETE. I WANT TO LOOK AT CONCRETE ON SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THAT.

THE BASE IS GONE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT BLACK BASE IN.

SILVER SADDLE IS FABULOUS. CONCRETE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE.

I WOULD BE OPEN TO MAYBE BRINGING THE CONCRETE INTO THAT FIRST ENTRANCE INTO IT, AND THEN ASPHALTING THE REST OF IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT RICK'S POWER IS GOING TO THEY'RE NOT TURNING ON IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I MEAN, I'M JUST JUST PULLING IN AND OUT. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THAT BAD IF YOU HAVE A PROPERLY PREPPED ASPHALT ROADWAY.

AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T MIND HAVING A TRUCK PULL IN THERE THERE'S.

NOT AT ALL. OTHER THAN THAT, IT WOULD BE TO BE IT IS A PUBLIC STREET.

I DO HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT PULL IN WITH TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.

THAT'S WHERE THEY UNLOAD THEIR [INAUDIBLE] OFF OF THE HIGHWAY ALL DAY LONG.

WELL, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT SIZE WISE. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST, I JUST KEEP GOING STRAIGHT AND GO DOWN THE ALLEY AND LOOK.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR. I'D SAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT PAVING.

PAVING THAT THAT RUN, AND THEN MAYBE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BRING IN SOME A LITTLE BIT OF MATERIAL FOR THE ALLEY AROUND.

OKAY. I THINK WE JUST GOT TO GET PRICES TOGETHER AND FIGURE IT ALL OUT.

YEAH. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE QUESTION BEFORE US TONIGHT IS JUST ABANDONING THE 15 FOOT WIDE PORTION.

THAT'S ALL THE ACTION WE CAN TAKE ON THIS TONIGHT.

WELL, I DO THINK THAT'S PART OF YOUR CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE. YES.

IT'S UP TO YOUR MOTION. SO WHATEVER. WE'RE NOT MAKING A MOTION ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS.

IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION AROUND THE BOTTOM. TRYING TO GET US OUT OF HERE.

NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. NO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST THINK I MEAN, I LIKE THE IDEA AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF CAPABILITIES AND, BUT I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO ANY DOLLARS TONIGHT ON A ROAD.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS. SO I THINK I WAS JUST ASKING TO GET SOME.

YEAH. YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. YEAH. WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON ALL THE, YOU KNOW, STREET BOND AREAS.

SO WE'LL JUST INCLUDE THAT IN THERE. INCLUDE THAT IN THERE.

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ABANDON A 15 FOOT WIDE PORTION OF SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT WHAT'S PICTURED. SECOND. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TOWNSEND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN, TO APPROVE A 15 FOOT WIDE ABANDONMENT OF SOUTH COLUMBIA STREET IN THE AREA DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I APPRECIATE THE GIVE AND TAKE THAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT WE STILL KEEP THE ROAD, BUT YOU STILL GET YOUR PARKING LOT AND OUR CITIZENS STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.

SO I APPRECIATE IT ALSO. YEAH. AND JANUARY 1ST YES, SIR.

I HOPE IT HAPPENS. WE'RE EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVESTING.

THANK YOU SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND, MR. WAGNER, THE YOU DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT A 15 FOOT ABANDONMENT ON YOUR SIDE.

SO PLEASE WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON THAT AND WE'LL STAY IN CONTACT.

[6. Conduct a public hearing, discussion and take possible action on Ordinance No. 20260714-006, amending Chapter 5, buildings and Chapter 7, "fire prevention and protection", of the code of ordinances to adopt and upgrade existing codes to the 2024 international building code, the 2024 international swimming pool and spa code, the 2024 international residential code, the 2024 international plumbing code, the 2024 international mechanical code, the 2024 international fuel gas code, the 2024 international energy conservation code, the 2024 international existing building code, and the 2024 international property maintenance code, each as published by the international code council, inc.; providing certain amendments and deletions to said standard codes.]

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ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 20260714-006.

OTIS, YOU HAD TO MAKE ME READ ALL THAT, DIDN'T YOU? SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN ITEM FOR YOU AS A PUBLIC HEARING. SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

IT'S PROGRESS MADE ON THE GLO GRANT, WHICH AFFORDED US TO UPGRADE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO OUR BUILDING CODES, ZONING CODES AND CITY ORDINANCES. THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED TONIGHT BY OUR CONSULTANTS GUNDA, WILL BE HERE TODAY AS WELL AS HEATHER FROM SAFE BUILD, WHO WILL GIVE YOU A BIT OF THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING THE PUBLIC AND ALSO DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS REGARDING THE UPGRADES FROM THE 2014 AND 15 EXISTING CODES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 24 CODES. SO WE'VE DONE SOME COMPARISONS. WE'VE MET WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

WE ALSO HAVE CURRENTLY, AND ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKET A RUNNING SURVEY TO GET INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING ANY UPGRADES TO THESE CODES, SO THEY STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CONSOLE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF 2 OR 3 OPPORTUNITIES OF A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HOPE TO HAVE A FINAL DECISION MADE BY YOUR AUGUST, I THINK 11TH DATE.

SO YOU'LL READ IT ONE TIME TODAY AND GET INPUT.

AND THEN IN YOUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 28TH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE AND WE HAVE A BRIEF POWER POINT WHERE WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO LOTS OF FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE HEATHER.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

I'M HERE TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL.

JUST TO GIVE YOU THE OUTLINE, WE'LL START OFF WITH SOME INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN GO OVER THE PROJECTS AND THEN HAVE AMPLE TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS.

NEXT, PLEASE. SO, AS YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY WAS AWARDED A GRANT BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE UNDER THE RCP OR THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM TO LOOK INTO THESE UPDATES.

AND SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THE SCHEDULE BEFORE. THE GRANT ALSO INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND UPDATE TO THE ZONING AND LDC THAT WILL FOLLOW. NEXT, PLEASE. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE WE ARE IS WE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING EARLIER ON IN FEBRUARY TO APRIL.

WE HAD A COUNCIL WORK SESSION. AT THAT TIME, WE WORKED ON THE FINDINGS AND DRAFT AMENDMENTS.

AND NOW WE ARE KIND OF INTO THE FINALIZATION AND ADOPTION PHASE.

WE HAVE BEEN CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT AFTER THE WORK SESSION.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

SO THROUGH THOSE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE GATHERED SOME INPUT ON CODE UPDATES TOO.

WE HAVE AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

AND WE HAVE HAD SOME INFORMAL INTERVIEWS AND A BUILDERS FORUM THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT TOO.

SO SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WERE PART OF THE COMP PLAN UPDATE.

WE HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTIONNAIRE REGARDING THE BUILDING CODE UPDATE ONLINE.

IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, DISPLAYED AT THE CITY HALL.

IT WAS EMAILED TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE BUILDERS FORUM.

AND THEN CITY HAD AN EMAIL LIST OF BUILDING PROFESSIONALS.

SO IT WAS SENT OUT TO THEM TOO. QUESTIONNAIRE HAS LINKS TO THE CODE.

THERE IS A QR CODE THAT TAKES YOU RIGHT TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE.

AND THIS IS PART OF THE WHOLE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

THERE ARE ALSO PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY AND ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

SO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, IS THERE WAS A LOT OF SUPPORT TO UPDATE THE FIRE CODES AND THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES.

ALSO TO LOOK AT MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR REHAB AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR AGING BUILDINGS SO THAT IT PROVIDED AN IMPETUS FOR PEOPLE TO

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KEEP, TO UPGRADE AND RENOVATE OLDER BUILDINGS.

THE PUBLIC WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ESPECIALLY NEW HOUSING HAVING HIGHER QUALITY AND MORE DURABLE MATERIALS.

FLOODING WAS AND STORM RESILIENCE WAS A BIG CONCERN TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

AND THEN ALSO SOME TYPE OF PERMIT REVIEW AND INSPECTION PREDICTABILITY, HAVING MORE EFFICIENT PROCESSES SO THAT THERE WAS SOME CONSISTENCY OVER THE CODES THAT THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH. NEXT, PLEASE. SO JUNE 9TH, WE DID HAVE A BUILDERS FORUM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN BARBARA SIMMONS.

SHE WAS THERE, SHE REALLY FACILITATED OUR BACK AND FORTH QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION.

THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. SO THE LOCAL AREA BUILDERS ATTENDED AND SO THE NEW CODES WERE PRESENTED TO THEM AND I'M GOING TO ASK HEATHER IF SHE WANTS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IN THE TEAM WE HAVE HEATHER AND SCOTT HERE.

THEY ARE WITH SAFE FIELD AND THEY WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THEIR CODE ADOPTION.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AS LAURA MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE THE BUILDERS FORUM.

OVERALL VERY PUBLIC OPINION OR VERY POSITIVE OPINIONS FROM THE BUILDERS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

SOME ARE ALREADY USED TO WORKING WITH THE UPDATED CODES OF THE 2024 AND 23 STANDARDS BECAUSE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT THEY WORK IN ARE ALREADY AT THAT POINT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS LAURA MENTIONED, WE DID PUT OUT A SURVEY TO THE BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HASN'T BEEN A LOT.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IS THERE IS SOME CONCERNS REGARDING INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COST, DESIGN COST, TRAINING NEEDS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ADHERE TO THOSE 24 AND 23 CODES.

AND IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY NEW INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.

AND ONE OF THE STANDOUT QUESTIONS WE ASKED, WERE THEY FAMILIAR WITH THE CODES IN THEMSELVES JUST AT A VERY BASE LEVEL? AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, OF COURSE ICC, I BELIEVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ON THE HANDOUTS AND FOR THE SURVEY, THERE IS LINKS TO THE ICC WEBSITE WHERE THE CODES LIVE.

SO THEY'RE THERE TO REFERENCE ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT THEM AND READ THROUGH THEM.

WE DID A SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR CODES.

AND AS OF TODAY, ALVIN AND FRIENDSWOOD ARE THE TWO CLOSEST TO YOU.

ALL THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE 24 CODES OFFICIALLY.

THE REST OF THE CITIES ARE IN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LOOKING AT IT AND CONSIDERING IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE CODES DO COME OUT EVERY THREE YEARS.

SO BASICALLY, THE NEWEST CODES ARE GOING TO COME OUT IN 27.

SO THESE REALLY WILL NO LONGER BE THE LATEST AND GREATEST NEWEST VERSIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN ON THE BOOKS AND WORKED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE STATE FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

WE ALSO PREPARED A CODE COMPARISON IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING YOU GUYS, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 18 TO 21 AND 24. VERY INCREMENTAL CHANGES FROM 2018.

MOST NOTABLY IN 21, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER POTENTIALLY FOR AN AMENDMENT FOR A LOCAL AMENDMENT. THAT DID START IN 21 AND IT ALSO CARRIED OVER IN 24 IS PART OF THE BUILDING CODE AND IT IS IN THE RESTROOM FACILITIES SECTION. AND WHAT'S REQUIRED THERE IS NOW AN EXCEPTION IN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ALLOWS FOR COMMUNAL RESTROOMS. AS LONG AS THE ACTUAL WATER CLOSET COUNTS MATCH YOUR WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR YOUR USE. IT CAN BE A EVERYBODY RESTROOM. SO SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE WORK IN HAVE AMENDED THAT TO REMOVE THAT EXCEPTION. SO SEPARATE RESTROOMS ARE REQUIRED.

SOME HAVE LEFT IT ALONE. IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU, BUT IT IS SOMETHING JUST TO, TO THINK ABOUT.

SO OF COURSE, WHEN YOU CONSIDER UPDATING YOUR CODES, WHY YOU DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU WANT ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

THERE'S ALWAYS IMPROVED SAFETY STANDARDS. THE ICC IS THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARD FOR COMING UP WITH THESE CODES.

SO THEY ARE ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF SAFETY AND IMPROVING STANDARDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

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AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH EVERYBODY LOVES.

SO MOST NOTABLY IN 24. WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THEM IS ICC DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TAKING ALL OF THE CODES AND MAKING EVERYTHING WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE CODES. SO THEY DID A REALLY OUTSTANDING JOB.

THEY IMPROVED DEFINITIONS. SO THEY'RE MUCH MORE CLEAR, CONCISE, EASIER TO USE AND THEREFORE EASIER TO ENFORCE.

ELECTRIC. ELECTRIC. OH. I'M SORRY. SORRY. I KNOW IT'S SUPER BORING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, HUGE THING.

EVERYBODY IS GETTING THEM, THEY HAVE THEM, AND BATTERY STORAGE FOR THOSE STATIONS AS WELL, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. 24 IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT ADDRESSES ACROSS THE BOARD SAFETY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHARGING STATIONS AND COMMERCIAL USE OF THEM. SO THAT IS KIND OF A GOLD STAR, ESPECIALLY WHERE FIRE IS CONCERNED.

AS YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF FIRES BURN HOT. THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM.

SO HAVING AS MUCH REGULATION THAT YOU CAN TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, TO KEEP HOMES AS SAFE AS THEY CAN BE THAT IS ADDRESSED IN THE 24 CODES REALLY WELL. OUR FIRE GUYS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S ALSO THE RESILIENCY STANDARDS ARE HIGHER, THE WIND STORM AND REGULATIONS FOR THAT ARE HIGHER FOR BUILDINGS, FOR THE REQUIREMENTS. SO OF COURSE, THEORETICALLY THEY SHOULD WEATHER BETTER IN STORMS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TEXAS IS FOR THE INSURANCE IN TEXAS WINDSTORM INSURANCE, THEY ARE HOLDING TO 24 CODES.

SO NEW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION THAT IS BUILT DOES HAVE TO BE BUILT TO THOSE STANDARDS TO BE INSURED.

SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE. THAT'S WHAT THE STATE IS HOLDING TO.

SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE. AND THEN OF COURSE MODERNIZED CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES.

THE EXISTING BUILDING CODE ADDRESSES SOME AGING BUILDINGS AND HOW TO BRING THOSE UP SAFELY TO CODE WITHOUT ACTUALLY LEVELING YOUR CITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE STATE'S BEEN KNOWN TO JUST LEVEL AND START OVER, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO REHAB WHEN YOU CAN AND LEAVE SOME OF THAT HISTORY IN PLACE.

NEXT SLIDE. WELL, I JUMPED AHEAD OF MYSELF. WE CAN KEEP GOING.

I WAS ON A ROLL. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE UPDATED WIND LOAD AND STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE 24 CODES.

IMPROVE PROTECTION FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.

AND THIS OVERALL SUPPORTS LONG TERM PROPERTY VALUE AND INSURABILITY.

AND THEN WE MENTIONED THAT TWIA DOES REQUIRE THE 24 ICC.

AND OF COURSE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS ARE NUMEROUS.

IT DOES BETTER ALLOW FOR MIXED USE PROJECTS AND HOW TO BUILD THOSE AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM, WHICH IS, IS NICE FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.

MODERN BUILDING DESIGNS AND OCCUPANCIES ARE ALSO ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED AND IT WILL HELP ANGLETON MAINTAIN THEIR COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR INVESTMENT IN THE AREA. AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THE EV CHARGING.

AND IT ALSO SUPPORTS SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATIONS.

SO THOSE ARE ALL BIG TICKET ITEMS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN EVERY DAY DEVELOPMENT.

AS FAR AS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OPERATING COSTS, THERE ARE IMPROVED BUILDING ENVELOPE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND ENHANCED MECHANICAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY. AND THAT WILL NO DOUBT NET, YOU KNOW BETTER LONG TERM BENEFITS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE THEIR BILLS ARE GOING TO BE LOWER AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE BETTER LONGER.

AND WE DISCUSSED THIS ONE ALREADY. I KEEP JUMPING AHEAD, YOU GUYS.

I'M SORRY I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND WE CAN KEEP GOING.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN DUE TO ALL OF THE ATTENTION THAT WAS PAID TO THE EV CHARGING STATIONS AND THE BATTERY STORAGE, THERE ARE PROTECTION UPDATED PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY, WHICH OF COURSE IS EVERYBODY'S CONCERN.

WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, AND IT ALSO HELPS KEEP YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS SAFER AS WELL.

AND THEN OVERALL, AS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, YOU'RE ADOPTING THESE CODES JUST KEEPS YOU AT THE LEADING EDGE OF WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO DEVELOP. THE CODES ARE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR BETTER EFFECTIVE SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR US?

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SCOTT IS HERE AND HE'S AMAZING. SO HE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW, NOT ME.

HE'S THE SMART ONE. I MEAN, I GOT A LIST, BUT OH GOOD. GO FIRST IF THEY WANTED TO. CHRISTIENE GO AHEAD, START US.

IN THIS NEW UPDATES? AND SHIPPING CONTAINERS AS RESIDENCES? ALSO LOWERS THE CEILING HEIGHT MINIMUM. RIGHT NOW, OUR CEILING HEIGHT MINIMUM IS SEVEN FOOT AND IT DOES SIX FOOT EIGHT INCHES.

AND THEN IT HAS HIGHER APARTMENTS HEIGHT WISE, SAME WITH COMMERCIAL UP TO EIGHT STORIES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN HANDLE.

I KNOW THAT WE NEED AN EXCEPTION AND HAD TO GET A NEW TRUCK FOR THE COURTHOUSE.

SO I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, AND WE HAVE A MINIMUM TOWNHOUSE OF FOUR. AND IT CHANGES THAT TO THREE.

NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE ICC CODES, AS THEY STAND IS A WAY TO HAVE STANDARDS OVER THOSE USES. THEY DO NOT OVERRIDE WHAT IS ALLOWED IN YOUR ZONING AND USE TABLES.

THOSE ARE FIRST. SO THIS BASICALLY COVERS EVERY CONSTRUCTION POSSIBILITY OUT THERE.

AND BUT IF YOUR ORDINANCES, YOUR ZONING CODE SAYS YOUR BUILDINGS CAN ONLY BE X NUMBER OF FEET HIGH, WELL, THAT'S WHAT RIDES. AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE ADHERED TO.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT COVERS EVERYTHING, CHANCES ARE, AND THIS HAPPENS IN MOST MUNICIPALITIES, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THESE CODES, MOST CITIES WILL NOT ACTUALLY USE EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER IN EVERY SINGLE EPISODE OF THESE ICC CODES.

THEY ARE A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR BASICALLY EVERY CONSTRUCTION AVAILABLE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT RELIES ON THE JURISDICTION.

WHAT DO YOU ALLOW IN YOUR CITY? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING TO MAKE THOSE STANDARDS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE TINY HOMES IF WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT ORDINANCE, OR IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO ADOPT THAT APPENDIX, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. WE, YOU'RE FREE TO ADOPT ANY SECTIONS OR NOT, OR WE CAN AMEND THOSE SECTIONS HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO READ WHATEVER IS, IS BEST FOR THE CITY. SOME OF OUR JURISDICTIONS WE WORK IN CHOOSE NOT TO ADOPT THEM, AND SOME OF THEM DO. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I'M SCOTT, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE THE CONSTRUCTION CODES TELL YOU HOW TO BUILD SOMETHING.

AND SO EVERYTHING IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION CODE AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A BILL TO TAKE A SHIPPING CONTAINER AND TURN IT INTO A HOME, THE CONSTRUCTION CODES TELL YOU HOW TO DO THAT.

IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED.

WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED IS HANDLED THROUGH ORDINANCE IN YOUR ZONING, RIGHT? SO IF THE TOWNHOME, TOWNHOME IS THREE OR MORE CONNECTED HOMES, RIGHT? BY DEFINITION IN THE BUILDING CODE. BUT IF YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN YOUR ZONING ON THE BOOKS THAT STATES THAT ALL TOWN MINIMUM TOWNHOMES MUST BE FOUR UNITS, THEN IT'S THE FOUR UNITS THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? SO REALLY, WHEN YOU'RE ADOPTING THE CODES, IT'S NOT WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED.

THE CODE WILL LET YOU BUILD A PYRAMID ON ITS POINT IF YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH MONEY, RIGHT? AND YOU CAN DESIGN IT, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AS LONG AS YOU COMPLY WITH THE CODE.

IT'S THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ANY OTHER ORDINANCE YOU HAVE ON YOUR BOOKS THAT RESTRICT THE USE.

AND THEN IF THERE IS A CONFLICT, TYPICALLY THE MOST RESTRICTIVE APPLIES.

SO 3 OR 4 AND THE FOUR WOULD BE THE MORE RESTRICTIVE.

OH, NO, DON'T GO AWAY NOW [LAUGHS].

CAN YOU SCROLL UP, PLEASE? LET'S GO TO WHAT HAS BEEN HEARD FROM SO FAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I REALLY WANT TO DIVE INTO THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. YOU'VE HAD A SESSION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEY GAVE YOU FEEDBACK.

I WANT TO HEAR THE GOOD AND THE BAD. I'VE GOT PAGE 47 ON THE SLIDE.

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NUMBER ONE. WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TOO, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THIS ONE FIRST.

BECAUSE THE SLIDE DECK THAT YOU SHOWED US HERE DOESN'T LINE UP COMPLETELY WITH THE ONE THAT'S IN OUR OUR BOOK, THEY ADDED TWO SLIDES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SURVEY IS STILL OPEN.

IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW THAT PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING.

SURE. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MEETING THAT YOU HAD WITH THE BUILDERS, THOUGH. SPECIFICALLY, DID THEY YOU SAID YOU HAD A MEETING WITH THE BUILDERS AND WE DID.

THE CITY HOSTED THEY CALLED IT A BUILDER BUILDERS FORUM.

IT WAS A LUNCH AND LEARN. WE HAD I THINK GIVE OR TAKE 12 BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS SHOW UP.

THERE REALLY WERE NO SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD FROM THEM.

THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF TREPIDATION ON UPGRADING CODES, BUT AS DEVELOPERS, THEY ALWAYS EXPECT IT.

AND MOSTLY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE STATE IS ENFORCING THE 24 FOR THE WINDSTORM INSURANCE.

EVERYBODY'S VERY MUCH EXPECTING IT. AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, 27 CODES ARE COMING OUT SOON.

SO EVERYBODY IS IF THEY'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, THEY FULLY EXPECT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION ALWAYS COMES INTO PLAY WITH EVERYBODY.

THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE QUESTION THERE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NOT A HARD NUMBER POSSIBILITY TO GIVE YOU.

IT COST X NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO DO IT IN THIS CODE YEAR, AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE OR DECREASE X NUMBER OF DOLLARS.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT INITIALLY THE INVESTMENT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER WITH THE INCREASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WITH SOME OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE REQUIREMENTS AND THE MECHANICAL STANDARDS. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, IN THE LONG RUN, THEY PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN EFFICIENCY AS IT GOES OUTWARD.

AND AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS ARE CONCERNED, THOSE COST, AS ALWAYS, LIKE WHEN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SPIKE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR THERE'S SHORTAGES, IT'S PASSED ON TO THE CONSUMER.

UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN OUR LIFE, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST WHERE IT GOES.

RARELY IS A DEVELOPER GOING TO EAT THE COST OF SOMETHING BEING SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT THOSE WERE REALLY THE ONLY CONCERNS THAT WE HAD.

STAFF, I KNOW MISS SIMMONS ASKED IF STAFF WAS GOING TO NEED ANY KIND OF TRAINING TO GO TO THE 24 CODES.

AND I THINK KYLE MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF COURSES THAT YOU ALL TAKE, WHICH IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE INSPECTIONS. BUT OVERALL I FELT LIKE IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE FORUM.

NOBODY WAS CARRYING PITCHFORKS OR ANYTHING. SO IT WAS AMAZING.

IT WENT REALLY WELL. I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING.

THE LAST COMMENT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT EFFICIENCY AND WOULD IT DELAY THE PROCESSING TIME? AND THAT'S WHERE SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE 2024 CODE.

SO IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE FACING AND LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES EARLIER ON SO THAT ANGLETON COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY MORE FEELINGS OR PROCESSING.

WELL, I MY BIGGEST THING IS YOU KIND OF HAVE A BLUEPRINT THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT.

ALVIN ADOPTED THE 2024. WHAT DID ALVIN EXPERIENCE.

DOES ANYBODY LOOKED AT THAT TO SEE WHAT ALVIN'S GONE THROUGH SINCE THEY ADOPTED IT.

SO I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT ALVIN HAS GONE THROUGH WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE 24.

WHEN I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS, WE WERE UNDER THE 2000 CODE CYCLE.

AND NOW WE'RE UP TO FIXING TO RELEASE THE 2027 CODE CYCLE.

THE ONLY TIME DURING THAT PERIOD WHERE WE SAW A REAL INCREASE IN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION, WHERE IT WAS NOTABLE WAS WHEN THE ENERGY CODE COMPLIANCE BECAME AN ISSUE.

RIGHT. RIGHT. THEY STARTED DABBLING THAT IN 2006 AND IN 2009 IT CAME OUT.

IT WAS MANDATORY AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT REQUIREMENT KICKED IN.

ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTING, YOU KNOW, SEALING YOUR DUCTWORK, HAVING A BLOWER DOOR, PRESSURIZING THE HOUSE, PRESSURIZING THE DUCT SYSTEM.

SO THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE INCREASE IN THAT TIME.

ALL THE OTHER CODE CYCLE CHANGES. IT'S BEEN VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, INCREASE IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THAT TIME PERIOD OVER

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THE LAST 26 YEARS. WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR TRACK BUILDERS.

THEY DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T DESIGN THEIR HOUSES FOR EVERY JURISDICTION.

THEY DESIGN THEIR. IF THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THEIR AREA THAT'S, THAT'S UNDER THE.

20 FOR ALL OF THEIR HOUSES ARE DESIGNED TO THE.

24 STANDARD BECAUSE IT'S JUST CHEAPER AND FASTER FOR THEM TO HAVE THE ONE PRODUCT DESIGNED A CERTAIN WAY.

SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY TYPICALLY WILL SUPER EXCEED THE 2012 REQUIREMENTS 2015, 2018, YOU KNOW, 2021 REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING TO THE.

24 REALIZING THAT THE 2024 IS COMING. IT'S ALSO IMPERATIVE FOR THE CITIES TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE ADOPTING NEW CODES.

THIS AFFECTS THE INSURANCE RATES OF YOUR CITIZENS.

OKAY. THROUGH YOUR BUILDING CODE EFFECTIVENESS GRADING SCHEDULE THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

YOU WILL. YOU WILL GET DINGED POINTS FOR NOT HAVING YOUR CODES WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THE CURRENT CODE CYCLE.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOUR RATING WILL GO DOWN.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IT'S INVERSE OR I THINK IF IT GOES DOWN IT'S YOUR INSURANCE RATES AS A WHOLE FOR THE COMMUNITY WILL WILL GO UP. SO CODE CHANGING THE CODES AND UPDATING THE CODES IS IS PRETTY NORMAL AND PRETTY REGULAR UNLESS YOU GET UP LIKE TO THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA WHERE THOSE GUYS ARE REALLY LIKE GOT EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH AND ALL THOSE CITIES.

THEY'VE GOT A COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS UP THERE. THEY'RE EVERY THREE YEARS THEY'RE ADOPTING A NEW CODE CYCLE AS A WHOLE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT DOWN HERE, BUT TYPICALLY NOBODY GETS MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS BEHIND ON THE CODE CYCLE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR BCGS. AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE.

WE HAVE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE IN THE CITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED 24, THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THOSE CITIES.

WE HAVE ZERO COMPLAINTS THAT I'M AWARE OF, OF ANYBODY SAYING, HEY, MAN, THIS IS JUST BLOWN OUT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OR, OR WHATEVER IS GOING ON. AND TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN INSULATION VALUES AND THERMAL ENVELOPE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR 13 TO OUR 15, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF INSULATION.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING TO MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA.

YOU KNOW, YOUR DUCTWORK WAS R SIX AND THEN IT WENT TO R EIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST INCREASED THE INSULATION VALUE OF YOUR DUCTWORK.

SO I DON'T THINK I JUST DON'T SEE IT AFFECTING ANYTHING AS FAR AS INCREASED COST TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GOING TO BE EVEN NOTICEABLE. OKAY, NOT FOR YOU THOUGH.

I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO LOOK AT WHAT'S. ALVIN. SOMEBODY CALL ALVIN.

FIND OUT WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON? HOW HAVE THEY ADOPTED IT? HOW? ANY ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD? WE'LL BRING THAT BACK NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT METRIC, MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR VALUES THAT WE THAT EACH CITY IMPLEMENTS. AND REMEMBER LOOKING AT THIS ON SATURDAY AND ALVIN'S POPULATION HAS GROWN. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, I'M NOT I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THAT'S INDICATIVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SLOWING IT DOWN TOO MUCH.

AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE TIME WAS WHEN EFFECT, WHEN IT RATE WHEN THESE NEW BUILDS ARE COMING IN.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY WERE SHOWING ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TABLE THAT IS.

THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR BUDGET BOOK, BUT IT SHOWED A GROWTH.

SO ANYWAY. IF SOMEONE SPOKE TO WINDSTORM A MINUTE AGO, UP.

ONE OF YOU DID. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE IS, AT WHAT POINT IS THE IS THE 24 CODING GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN WINDSTORM COMPLIANCE? WHEN DOES THAT OCCUR? IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. SO WINDSTORM IN BRAZORIA COUNTY IS WHAT WE CALL A TDI COUNTY.

AND ALL OF WINDSTORM INSURANCE IS SUPPLIED BY TWE AND HAS TO MEET A CERTAIN STANDARD.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE HAS ALREADY ADOPTED THE 2024 FOR THE WINDSTORM AND THE STRUCTURAL.

BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AND YOUR BUILDERS ARE ALREADY DESIGNED INTO THE 2024.

OKAY. AND THAT INCLUDES I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD INCLUDE RENOVATIONS OVER A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE AS WELL.

YOUR WINDSTORM, IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF RENOVATION.

IF YOU'RE DOING AN INTERIOR AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE BONES OF THE STRUCTURE, THEN NO.

BUT IF ROOF, WINDOWS, DOORS. EXTERIOR WALLS. ADDITIONS.

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YES. 2024. OKAY, I WASN'T, I WASN'T, I DIDN'T REALLY CATCH CATCH THAT DEAL BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING, SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT THAT YEAR, THAT SPAN OF YEARS, I WAS WONDERING IF THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED OR IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WHERE IT WAS GOING TO OCCUR SAY LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE JANUARY 1ST.

AND AT THAT POINT, I'D SAY, WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YES AFTER MAYBE A TABLE AND A REVIEW, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING WE WOULD DO, BUT BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND HAVE IT APPROVED FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST MONTH IN 2027, JUST TO GIVE ANYBODY WHO'S IN THAT SITUATION OR PLANNING OR WHATEVER TO GET THROUGH WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY PLANNED AND GET A PERMIT DONE SO THEY CAN GET THEIR WORK DONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED ON. BUT SINCE THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE, RIGHT.

MAYBE IN OUR EARLIER PRESENTATIONS WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, YOU PROBABLY SAW A DIFFERENT EAR.

BUT SINCE THEN, 2024 WAS ADOPTED. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN 2018 OR 2020.

2024 WAS ADOPTED THIS YEAR SOMETIME. AND THAT'S WHY, LIKE TODAY, WE CHECK AND CHANGE THE DATE ON THE 2024.

SO THAT'S A GOOD OBSERVATION. I KNOW A FEW YEARS BACK, LAKE JACKSON ADOPTED THEIRS AND THEY HAD A PRETTY HARD TIME GETTING THOSE STANDARDS CHANGED.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THE STANDARD ON FIRE PROTECTION IS IN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.

WHAT'S THE STANDARD IN 2024 NOW FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR 2024? BECAUSE THAT WAS A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. SPRINKLER SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED, I BELIEVE IN THE CODES SINCE 2012 FOR STRUCTURES OVER A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE. BUT STATE LAW CAME IN STATE LEGISLATURE AND RULED THAT OUT AND STATED THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY, IF THEY ALREADY HAD AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS PRIOR TO THAT REQUIRING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, THEY COULD KEEP IT.

BUT NO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID NOT ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO REQUIRE SPRINKLERS AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.

OKAY. AND THAT THESE ARE THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

YES. THESE THIS IS WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS FOR.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. I MEAN, WE NEED A WHOLE POWERPOINT ON THIS.

YEAH. WHAT'S CHANGING? I MEAN, TO ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CURRENT STANDARDS, THE 2024 STANDARDS.

WHAT'S THE CHANGE? I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IF WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S PUBLISHED AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

I GET THAT WE NEED TO HAVE GOOD STANDARDS. MOST OF THE CHANGES, WE'LL PULL THEM UP FOR YOU.

RIGHT. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS REALLY. A LOT IN THE STRUCTURAL CHAPTER 16 TO SEE THE DIFFERENT SIMPSON COMPONENTS. WELL, REALLY WHAT IT ENDED UP BEING WAS LIKE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE UPDATING TO THEIR THEIR DESIGN GROUPS LIKE ACI, AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE.

THERE IS A A S E THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, AND THEY DRIVE THE NUMBERS THAT DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS USE TO BUILD AND DESIGN BUILDINGS. AND SO WHAT THE CODES ARE DOING IS THERE'S A LOT OF UPDATE ON THE STRUCTURAL SIDE OF THAT, BUT IT WAS UPDATING TO NEWER STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, REFLECTING AND ADOPTING NEWER STANDARDS THAT THESE DESIGN GROUPS ARE USING.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW CHANGES IN IN THE, IN THE CHAPTER NINE, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH FIRE ALARMS AND, AND STUFF.

AND SO IT LIKE REQUIRES CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.

IF YOU HAVE A HOME WITH AN ATTACHED GARAGE. THEN ONE OF YOUR SMOKE ALARMS HAS TO HAVE A SEAT, HAS TO ALSO BE A CO DETECTOR. IF YOU HAVE NATURAL GAS APPLIANCES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CO DETECTOR IN THE HOUSE.

THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CHANGES YOU'RE SEEING. SO YOU'RE NOT SEEING SOME YOU KNOW, IF IT'S LIKE TWO BY FOUR THEN YOU GOT TO GO TWO BY SIX.

ALTHOUGH THEY DID CHANGE THE SPAN TABLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT THAT'S, THAT WAS CAUGHT UP, I BELIEVE IN THE. 15 I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS YOU SPOKE OF THE LEGISLATURE PUSHED OUT THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.

RIGHT. BUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS ON THE BACK SIDE OF WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH WAS ORDINANCES THAT EXIST PRIOR TO.

SO THAT THAT STATEMENT WAS WHEN STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE LAW.

IF A CITY HAD THAT ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS WHEN THE STATE IS PRETTY TYPICAL ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN ENFORCING THIS AND IT WAS, YOU CAN LIKE GRANDFATHERING IN ORDINANCE.

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SO THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS. IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I COULD ONLY SEE THAT MAYBE BEING IN JUST A COUPLE OF INSTANCES THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE THING. BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SIMILAR TO HAVING A WHOLE HOUSE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO, THAT WE OR OUR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ARE GOING TO TRIP OVER IN THE FUTURE.

I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THAT ORDINANCE IN PLACE BEFORE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT HAVE BIT US IN THE REAR.

AND THAT'S THE REASON I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK BACK AND WE'RE LIKE, MAN, I'M THE MAYOR HERE IS GOING TO BE LIKE THIS.

AND I REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THIS REALLY THIS REALLY BIT US IN THE REAR.

IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AND I'VE BEEN BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR MULTIPLE CITIES OVER A 21 YEAR PERIOD WITH MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LIVING, BREATHING ORGANISM.

YOUR CODE ADOPTION CONSTANTLY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT PERFECT THE FIRST TIME.

AND SO TYPICALLY I WOULD GO IN BECAUSE THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE CHANGES TO YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

I ALWAYS LIKE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO KIND OF REFLECT AND, AND, AND MATCH WITH THE BUILDING CODES, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE MINIMUM FOUR UNITS IN A, IN A, IN A TOWNHOME, THEN THEN I WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM CORRECTING MY, YOU KNOW, AMENDING MY BUILDING CODE.

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL A THREE UNIT? IT'S A TOWN.

IT'S A, IT'S A TRIPLET. IT'S A TRIPLEX BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A DUPLEX.

THEN YOU JUST HAD TO TELL HIM, WELL, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES.

YOU START GETTING INTO THAT. THAT'S AN APARTMENT, A MULTI-FAMILY AS OPPOSED TO A TOWNHOME, WHICH IS INDIVIDUAL OWNERS. SO THERE'S NO LONGER A DUPLEX.

FAMILY DWELLINGS. OKAY. WHATEVER DUPLEX YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY TOMATO.

THE LAST THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN HERE IS YOU HAVE ON YOUR SLIDE.

THIS KEEPS ANGLETON COMPETITIVE. PLEASE ELABORATE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? COMPETITIVE. HOW. SO TYPICALLY YOUR BIGGER INVESTMENT INVESTORS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS.

THEY LOOK FOR CITIES THAT HAVE CURRENT HIGH STANDARDS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND BUILD IN.

AS SCOTT MENTIONED, BUILDERS ARE BUILDING UP TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

DEVELOPERS ARE IN THE SAME VEIN. SO IT JUST MAKES YOU MORE ATTRACTIVE AS A PLACE TO COME AND INVEST IN.

IF YOU ARE INVESTED IN YOUR CITY AND IN YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE BY UPDATING YOUR CODES AND HAVING THEM ADOPTED TO FUND INVESTMENT LIKE DEVELOPERS LIKE SO.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN HERE AND SAY, PLEASE HIT ME HARD. NO, BUT YOU CAN THINK OF TERMS OF SOME BIGGER, MORE POPULATED CITIES THAN, THAN ANGLETON. THOSE CODES ARE HIGHER, BIGGER STANDARDS.

THE SAFER THE AREA IS BECAUSE OF THOSE HIGHER STANDARDS DRIVE OTHER ECONOMIC DRIVERS, SUCH AS NEW RESIDENTS COMING INTO THE HOME BECAUSE THE HOMES ARE NEWER. ARE THEY CREATING BARRIERS TO ENTRY? THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

I THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE FOR THAT. TYPICALLY MOST OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT WE WORK IN, IN JURISDICTIONS APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, MORE UP TO DATE CODES, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS YOUR CITY AND YOU KNOW IT BEST. SO. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD VERY INTERESTING.

JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE AS WORKING FOR CITIES, WE DID HAVE DEVELOPERS WHO ACTUALLY BUILT A VERY NICE FACILITY AND ACTUALLY WANTED THE CITY TO UPGRADE CORRIDOR STANDARDS SO THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THEIR PROPERTY, THOSE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE NICER DEVELOPMENTS TO JUST KEEP UP THE VALUE OF THE AREA. SO INTERESTINGLY, WE HAVE HAD DEVELOPERS SAY, I WANT TO DO THIS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY AROUND ME BUILDS HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEN YOU TALK TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN THEY BRING PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS INTO THE CITY, JUST LIKE REAL ESTATE AGENTS, THE FRONT APPEAL IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE FRONT YARD APPEAL. SO I HAD AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO WOULD DRIVE IN THE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED PARKWAY TO GET TO A SITE KIND OF ROUNDABOUT TO SHOW A PROSPECTIVE CLIENT AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH ANOTHER PART OF THE TOWN THAT DIDN'T LOOK, YOU KNOW, THAT IT HAD ANY STANDARDS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE COMES IN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT LARGER LIKE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT DO COME INTO THE CITY,

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THEY DO LOOK FOR STANDARDS. THAT'S BEEN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S NOT THE SAME STANDARDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING CODE. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY SET STANDARDS FOR THE WAY SOME THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK, BUT SOME OF THE BUILDING CODE STANDARDS DO TRANSLATE INTO THAT PERCEPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR THE CITY.

SO. WE HAVE A BUILDER RIGHT HERE, I KNOW. I WAS ABOUT TO I WAS TEMPTED TO CALL HIM UP THERE.

DO YOU HAVE SOME INPUT? WE'D LIKE TO HEAR IT.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MICROPHONE, THOUGH. I MEAN, YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AND YOU'RE A BUILDER.

SO APPLICABLE. MY FIRST THOUGHT IS I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT WITH MORE COSTS.

I'VE ALREADY GOT FRIENDS IN THE BUSINESS THAT 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO DIDN'T WANT TO WORK IN ANGLETON BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY SO HARD TO TO GET THROUGH.

IF WE WANT ANGLETON TO GROW, I CAN'T SEE MAKING IT HARDER AND COST MORE.

SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S FAIR.

HERE'S THE THING I WANT, I WANT, I WANT TO SEE, I WANT TO SEE US HAVE, YOU KNOW, ROBUST BUILDING CODES.

BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT AN UNNECESSARY STRAIN ON PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE FOR WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING.

THING. NOT NOT THINGS BEING BUILT OVER, NOT THINGS NOT SURVIVING A HURRICANE, BUT HAVING TO USE A BUNCH OF MATERIALS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO USE, MAYBE SOME MATERIALS THAT THEY CAN'T GET BECAUSE THERE'S A DEMAND BECAUSE OF THE COATING, AND THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF REASON TO USE THAT MATERIAL ASIDE FROM ANOTHER MATERIAL.

TYPICALLY, WHAT WILL HAPPEN, THE UPDATED CODES ALLOW FOR NEWER MATERIALS THAT ARE OUT ON THE MARKET.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS IN 2006 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE.

OR 2000 I CAN'T REMEMBER THREE DIDN'T ALLOW FOR PEX PLUMBING.

SO I WORKED IN THE CITY. WE DIDN'T ALLOW PEX BECAUSE OUR, OUR, OUR PLUMBING CODE DIDN'T ALLOW FOR PEX PIPING.

RIGHT. SO IT WAS MORE RESTRICTIVE TO HAVE THE OLDER CODES.

AND THIS IS Y'ALL DO. THIS IS YOUR CITY. YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT, RIGHT? IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT THE CODES, ADOPT THEM. IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WHERE I'VE GONE TO CITIES THAT JUMP FROM LIKE THE 2008 TO THE 2021. YOU MAKE THOSE BIG JUMPS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHEN YOU GET SLAPPED IN THE FACE. THAT'S WHEN THE BUILDERS COME IN. AND IT'S TYPICALLY THE LOCAL BUILDERS THAT ARE BUILDING IN.

THEY DON'T BUILD OUTSIDE YOUR CITY, AND THEY DON'T GET OUTSIDE BUILDERS WHO BUILD OUTSIDE OF YOUR CITY AND BUILDING IN OTHER AREAS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED TO THE CHANGE OF THE CODE.

THIS IS THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE TO THEM AT ALL. RIGHT.

YOU COULD, YOU COULD ADOPT, YOU COULD AMEND THE CODE, YOU COULD AMEND THESE HOW YOU SEE FIT.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T IT'S NOT ALL OR NONE. RIGHT ON, ON THE PROCESS.

IF YOU SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT WE DON'T WANT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT ALL.

WE THINK INSULATION IS TOO MUCH OF A COST. YOU COULD JUST BAN INSULATION IN YOUR HOUSES AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE INSULATION IN THEIR HOUSES.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S THE DEGREE THAT YOU COULD TAKE IF YOU CHOSE.

RIGHT. SO IT KIND OF UP TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CITIZENS.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND AMENDING THE CODES, YOU KNOW.

THERE'S GOING TO BE BASIC AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ANYWAY JUST TO GET YOUR NAME INTO THE CODE BOOK AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO STAND UP LEGALLY THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME AMENDMENTS. BUT, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

WHAT DOES REQUIRE PERMIT, WHAT DOES NOT REQUIRE PERMIT WORK EXEMPT FROM PERMIT IS ANOTHER SECTION THAT TENDS TO GET LOOKED AT.

SO THE, THE BUILDING CODES WILL SAY ANYTHING ON THE RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.

LESS THAN 200 SQUARE FOOT. NO PERMITS REQUIRED.

RIGHT. A LOT OF CITIES WITH A ZONING ORDINANCE PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE SIDE SETBACKS.

THEY GET BURNED BECAUSE HOMEOWNER WILL GO BY A TEN BY 20 BUILDING AND THEN PUT IT ONE FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING THAT THEY DIDN'T MEET THE SETBACK. SO A LOT OF CITIES WILL ADJUST THAT OUT, AMEND THAT, AMEND THOSE KIND OF THINGS OUT. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME SOME OPPORTUNITY TO GO LOOK AT KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE BIG, JUST FROM PAST EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, BIG COST WAS THAT WHEN THEY INPUTTED THE ENERGY CODE, WHEN THAT BECAME A THING AND ALL THAT CAME WITH THE ENERGY CODE AND THEN BIG JUMPS BETWEEN CODE CYCLES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUMPING A LOT OF GEARS AND A LOT OF STUFF THAT CAN TEND TO, TO, TO RAISE A LITTLE CAIN WITH THE,

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WITH THE POPULOUS. BUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS IS REALLY JUST GOING TO BE SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY ITEMS THINGS OF SAFETY NATURE AND, AND A FEW STRUCTURAL ITEMS. SO IT'LL DO THINGS LIKE INCREASE THE R VALUE OF INSULATION, INCREASE THE SEER RATING OF YOUR, OF YOUR, OF YOUR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS. THE MANUFACTURERS ARE ALREADY DOING THAT, RIGHT? WHEN THEY ROLLED OUT THE, WHEN THEY USED TO BE.

EVERYTHING WAS R 22. I THINK IT WENT TO LIKE R34A ON THE REFRIGERANT.

THERE WAS ALL THESE BIG JUMPS INTO REFRIGERATION.

THE MANUFACTURERS ARE DOING THAT STUFF. GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER IN YOUR BATHROOM.

THAT WAS A BIG ONE. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND FOR A LONG TIME, WE DIDN'T ENFORCE THAT BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURERS WEREN'T MAKING THEM.

AND THEN THE AQUIFER FAULTS BECAME, OUR FAULTS CAME OUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE MANUFACTURERS WERE PRODUCING THOSE.

SO THERE IS AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF LOOK AT THESE, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN TOUCH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH YOUR CITIZENRY AS MUCH AS YOU ARE.

WE KIND OF PROVIDE THE, THE 30,000. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

HERE'S WHERE MOST OF THE CHANGES OCCURRED. THERE WAS SOME INCREASE THERE WAS INCREASED CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS STRUCTURALLY FOR SCHOOLS, LARGE ASSEMBLY AREAS, WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION PLANTS ON THE STRUCTURAL SIDE.

MOST OF THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE HERE.

A LOT OF STUFF FOR HIGH RISE BUILDINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO IN ANGLETON THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE.

BUT I KNOW THERE WAS AN INCREASE FOR DESIGN FOR TORNADO.

NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE REQUIRING THAT YOU DESIGN YOUR, YOUR BUILDINGS FOR WINDSTORM, FOR TORNADO, WHICH IS BEING COVERED UNDER PD ALREADY. SO THAT, THAT THAT INCREASE COST HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THIS ALSO SAYS A PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE WANT TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? GO AHEAD CHIME IN.

I KNOW ON JUST TO WHEN WE SPOKE AT THE MEETING, WE HAD TOM WITH SEDNA HAD CAME AND HE HAD MENTIONED ON THEIR END, YOU KNOW THE STATES ALREADY AT 24 ON THE ROOFING.

THERE WAS JUST MINIMUM I THINK WAS LIKE TWO. LAYERS OF FELT PAPER UNDERNEATH THE THE ROOF. SO NOT A BIG COST DIFFERENCE. OF COURSE, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING 24 COAT THERE, AND I THINK I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO JASON'S COMMENT ABOUT.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE 12 YEARS NOW, AND I'VE HEARD IT MANY TIMES IN THE PAST THAT BUILDERS DID NOT AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO COME HERE.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF CODES, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT WAS DIFFICULT AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT WAY ANYMORE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS REALLY JUST BECAUSE OF THE CODES THAT WERE JUST REVIEWS, JUST MAKING IT HARD. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BUILD THIS.

AND SO THAT'S. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON, FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.

STATE YOUR NAME. I SAID IT RIGHT AT THAT TIME.

DO YOU WANT US TO LEAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN? SO WE HAVE A SCHEDULED BOTH DAYS.

BUT I SAY LET'S JUST LEAVE IT OPEN. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. AND ASK GOD, SAY THAT I WAS GOING TO END ON THAT NOTE.

ALSO, JUST IF YOU COULD READ THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS, THAT'S HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK MORE LIKE ANGLETON.

BY MAKING THOSE AMENDMENTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU ON A REGULAR, ONGOING BASIS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE, HEY, YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THIS OR THAT, BUT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS.

SO THOSE ARE THE RED MARKS IN THE SHEETS TO FOLLOW THAT ARE PART OF THE ORDER.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE A PART OF THE ADOPTION. OKAY.

ONE ISSUE THAT NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEARTS IN THE 2024 CODE, JUST DOING A QUICK ALGORITHMS CAN CHATGPT. YEAH. ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ARE OUTLINED FOR STRICT FIRE PROTECTION AND VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STATIONARY BATTERY SYSTEMS LIKE LITHIUM ION TO PREVENT THERMAL RUNAWAY.

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IT WAS ONLY MINIMALLY ADDRESSED IN 2015. SO TOUCHING THE THIRD RAIL, NO PUN INTENDED, MAY BE AN UP KICK. SOUNDED LIKE IT. PUN INTENDED. YOU LIKE A PUN? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS? I'LL LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. MOVE ON. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

[7. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Order No. 20260714-007 for the demolition of 326 N. Erskine Street, for property being in a substandard condition with the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code and the attached deficiency form.]

I, NUMBER SEVEN, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, 0260714-007 FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 326 NORTH ERSKINE STREET FOR PROPERTY BEING IN A SUBSTANDARD CONDITION WITH A 2015 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND THE ATTACHED DEFICIENCY FORM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BRING IT TO YOU.

BRING 26 NORTH ERSKINE. IT'S A VACANT BUILDING NOW.

IT WAS A AN OLD BAR. I KNOW, PULLING THE. DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE.

THEY CLOSED, PULLING THE WATER. IT WAS IN 23.

EIGHT OF 23 WAS WHEN IT WAS FINALIZED FROM THE LAST TIME IT WAS OPEN AND HAD A CEO.

I KNOW YOU HAD PICTURES THERE OF IT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN IT NUMEROUS TIMES BACK.

BUT IT WAS BUILT IN 1955. A LOT OF STRUCTURAL.

I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL BY SOME OF THE PICTURES, THE WITH THE SWAY AND THE ROOFS, THE WHAT HAVE YOU.

I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY MAJOR STRUCTURE ISSUES BEEN VACANT AT LEAST. WELL, ABOUT THREE YEARS FROM THEIR LAST OPENING.

NO CITATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S JUST CONTINUES TO DEGRADE IN THE SUBSTANDARD. FASHION. WAS A. WHEN IT WAS LAST FINALIZED IN WATER, THERE WAS $2,975. STILL, THERE. FEES THAT WEREN'T PAID.

BUT. THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE ON THAT ONE. IT WAS.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE PICTURES OF THE OUTSIDE HAVE A QUOTE JUST TO HAVE OF FOR DEMO ON THAT ONE WAS 153.

AND OWNERSHIP IS PRESENT TO SPEAK. OKAY, COUNCIL, DO WE WANT TO GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING NOW? MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. THOMAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. WE ALL ARE DOING WELL.

MY NAME IS MARIO THOMAS. THIS IS MY FATHER, THOMAS.

AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN HERE.

WE DID HAVE A RENTER IN THE PROPERTY FROM ABOUT 2020 TO ABOUT 2023, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED BY THE COUNCIL.

AND DURING THAT TIME THAT THE RENTER HAD THE PROPERTY, THEY DIDN'T DO THE BEST JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THE PROPERTY AND TAKING GOOD MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE PROPERTY, AND NOT INFORMING MY FATHER WHEN CERTAIN NEEDS AND IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE DONE TO THE PROPERTY.

BECAUSE MY FATHER'S ALWAYS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROPERTY, DOING THEIR BEST TO KEEP THE PROPERTY UP GOT KILLED, BUT THAT WAS A MAJOR OBSTACLE THAT WE HAD. HAVING ATTENDED THERE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME AND EVEN ATTENDED.

CHANGE THE LOCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO IT WAS AN OBSTACLE.

DURING THAT TIME, TO SAY THE LEAST, THAT WE COULDN'T GET IN TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AT THAT TIME, WE WANTED TO THEN COME IN AND THEN PUT THE PROPERTY UP FOR SALE AT THAT TIME.

SO IT WAS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO ACTUALLY SELL THE PROPERTY.

WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A REAL ESTATE AGENT THAT WE DID MARKET THE PROPERTY TO.

STEPHEN IS STILL ONLINE TODAY. SO DURING THAT TIME FRAME, WE WERE TRYING TO SELL IT, BUT DURING THAT TIME FRAME, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY REALISTIC OFFERS FOR THE PROPERTY.

OF COURSE, BEING IN A DILAPIDATED CONDITION, IT REALLY DIDN'T BRING IN ANY SIGNIFICANT INCOME FOR THE FAMILY TO ACTUALLY SELL IT.

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SO AT THAT TIME, THAT'S WHEN WE REVERTED TO, HEY, LET'S TRY TO PUT OUR OWN HAND TO THE PLOW AND ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE PROPERTY AND GOING FORWARD AND ACTUALLY HAVE REMODEL STAGES BE DONE.

AND SO ONCE THAT HAPPENED, WE GOT IN CONTACT WITH A FEW CONTRACTORS TO GET BIDS FOR ACTUALLY REMODELING THE BUILDING AND GETTING THE BUILDING BACK UP TO CODE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE RECEIVED BIDS.

I HAVE THE BIDS HERE. BUT IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS PRESENTED.

AND ALSO WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND THEY GAVE US DIFFERENT TERM SHEETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT IT CAME DOWN TO A REALISTIC CONCLUSION THAT IT WASN'T THE BEST FINANCIAL OPTION FOR US TO ACTUALLY GO FORWARD WITH THOSE CONTRACTORS AND THOSE LOAN OPTIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. AFTER A LONG DISCUSSION WITH MY FATHER AND MY FAMILY, THAT WE HAVE REACHED A CONCLUSION, A CONCLUSION, EXCUSE ME, TO ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND DEMO THE BUILDING.

AS OF NOW, I DO HAVE RIGHT HERE. NOW A QUOTE FROM MR. BILLY MYERS. I MET HIM ON YESTERDAY TO ACTUALLY COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.

AND HE GAVE ME A QUOTE IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A DEMO.

SO WE'RE JUST HERE TODAY. TODAY, EXCUSE ME TO JUST ASK FOR TIME TO HAVE THAT PROCESS BE DONE TO HAVE EVERYTHING BASICALLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAND AND HAVE EVERYTHING DEMOED AND CLEARED. WE JUST ASKED FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO THAT.

MY FATHER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ENERGY COMPANY, THE GAS COMPANY TO PULL BACK THE LINES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE JUST ASK FOR TIME.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? WELL, I WAS TALKING TO MR. MYERS. HE SAID THAT THE REAL ISSUE IS JUST THE GAS COMPANY AND THE ENERGY COMPANIES TO ACTUALLY COME OUT THERE AND PULL THOSE POWER LINES BACK.

AND HE SAID IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST SIX WEEKS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY DO THAT PROCESS BEFORE HE INITIATES THIS DEMOLITION SERVICES.

THAT WAY, IT'S DONE IN THE MOST SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.

SO DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THAT ACTUALLY COMES TO PASS, AND THEN HE HAS TO COME OUT AND DO HIS JOB.

OF COURSE, I CAN'T GIVE AN EXACT TIME FRAME. I TALKED TO THE LIGHT COMPANY AND.

THE ONLY THING I HAD WAS TXU, AND THAT'S WHO I SERVED WITH.

THEY SAID I HAD TO CALL TEXAS, NEW MEXICO TO GET TALK TO THEM WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT, BUT IT WAS CLOSE.

I COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF THEM TODAY. BUT I GOT OVER TO THE GAS COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO BE OUT, TAKE 7 TO 10 DAYS TO REMOVE THE METER, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IN 5 TO 7 BUSINESS DAYS ABOUT THE GAS LINE, REMOVE THE GAS LINE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THE METER REMOVED AND GAS LINE AND POWER LINE MOVING.

WE'D BE READY BECAUSE WE ALREADY GOT SOMEBODY TO DO IT.

WE ALL PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD. LET'S ASSUME THAT THE THAT THE UTILITIES WEREN'T AN ISSUE.

AT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU BE READY TO PROCEED WITH THE DEMO IMMEDIATELY? YES, SIR. BUT ONCE THOSE ISSUES ARE TAKEN CARE OF, I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING.

I DON'T MIND HELPING HIM EITHER WITH THE UTILITIES TO HELP WORK ON THE POWER.

THANK YOU. CARL. WE ARE STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

ABOUT THAT. WELL, YEAH, IF YOU GIVE US A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. I BROKE PROTOCOL WHEN I SAID HOW LONG? SO IT'S MY FAULT. YOU DID. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION REPORT.

MAYOR BOOT CAMP. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COUNCIL. MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PROACTIVE ON THIS AND SHOWING UP TONIGHT.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THESE ALREADY AND THE OWNERS DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR IT.

SO IT MEANS A LOT THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALSO APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING ACTION ON THIS.

YOU DEFINITELY MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER OF A DISCUSSION FOR SURE.

I MEAN, BEING THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS COME TO COUNCIL, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO GIVING THEM.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T SIX MONTHS WOULD BE FINE WITH ME.

IF IT'S DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, I'D BE FINE WITH IT.

I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT I JUST I THINK IT'S A I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE ACTION.

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PODIUM. PODIUM. YEAH. YOU CAN GO BACK UP TO THE PODIUM.

WE JUST HAD TO MAKE SURE NOBODY ELSE HAD TO SPEAK.

PROCEDURAL. OKAY. IS WOULD SIX MONTHS BE OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? I MEAN, I DON'T I DON'T HANDLE YOUR FINANCES, BUT I KNOW YOU GOT TO COME UP WITH SOME MONEY TO HAVE IT DEMOED, SO WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS TIME TO.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT SHOULD BE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING PATIENT WITH US THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME AND WORKING WITH US.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND GAVE US TIME TO ACTUALLY COME DOWN TO THE CONCLUSION OF WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR FAMILY.

SO MY DAD HAS ENOUGH TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT AND COME TO THAT CONCLUSION.

WE APPRECIATE. SIX MONTHS. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A SHAME TO SEE THAT BUILDING GO DOWN.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. MY FATHER HAD A LOT OF MEMORIES.

SO WE WERE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL, TRYING TO.

TRYING TO KEEP IT. AND I WAS RIGHT, RIGHT THERE WITH HIM.

BUT WE THINK IT'D BE BEST TO MOVE ON AND PUT IT DOWN.

MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YES, SIR. RATHER THAN BECAUSE YOUR AGENDA ITEM IS AN ORDER DECLARING IT SUBSTANDARD.

RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH ALL THAT, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN COOPERATIVE, THEY'VE SHOWN UP AND ALL THAT.

AND YOU SAID YOU COULD PROBABLY START WITHIN THREE MONTHS.

YES, SIR. SIR, WHY DON'T YOU. YOU'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MOVE TO TABLE THIS AND RESCHEDULE IT IN THREE MONTHS.

AND THEY BETTER BE STARTED BY THREE MONTHS. AND THEN IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE CAN DO THE FORMAL ORDER.

AND IT JUST KEEPS IT SIMPLE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. ITEM.

SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DANIEL. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SUTTON TO TABLE THIS MOTION FOR THREE MONTHS.

I HOPE IT'S NOT IN TROUBLE WITHOUT US KNOWING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION.

YEAH. NO PROBLEM. OTIS WILL DEFINITELY HELP YOU DIRECT YOU THROUGH THAT.

BUT LONG STORY. WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION TONIGHT.

KEEPS LEGAL AND ALL THAT OUT OF IT. PROCEDURALLY.

AND THEN WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU. ACT OF GOOD FAITH TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, WE'LL PUT IT IN AS AN AGENDA ITEM.

IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE US. HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL STAND BEFORE US AND SAY WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION, OR ACTION IS BEGINNING OR WHATEVER. HOPEFULLY IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AND THEN KIND OF BECOME THE POINT BECOMES MOOT.

IT'S DONE. IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IF ACTION HASN'T BEEN TAKEN IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, THREE MONTHS, ROUGHLY, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE ACTION AT THAT TIME.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND THEN WE PROCEDURALLY GETS A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, LAWYERS GET INVOLVED AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS, OR WE'RE NOT SAYING IT HAS TO COME DOWN AND BE COMPLETELY DONE IN 90 DAYS.

WE WE JUST NEED TO SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN ACTION AND THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT. LIKE I SAID, ACT OF GOOD FAITH TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE MOVING ALONG IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OBSTACLES MAY PRESENT THEMSELVES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OUR HANDS TO THE PLOW TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO MR. MYERS. HE'S ALREADY GIVEN US A QUOTE. WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ONCE THE ENERGY COMPANY GETS OUT THERE AND THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. OTIS AND KYLE ARE THE TWO GOOD CONTACTS, SO THEY'LL IF YOU'LL WORK WITH THEM, THEY'LL HELP WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.

APPRECIATE IT. SO MY FINAL QUESTION WOULD BE, ONCE THE PROCESS GOES SMOOTHLY AND LET'S SAY WE DO FINISH THE PROJECT IN A MONTH OR TWO, WE HAVE TO APPEAR TO THE NEXT COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY SHOW OUR FINDINGS.

OR IT'S DONE. IT'S DONE, IT'S COMPLETE. JUST LET THEM KNOW AND THEY'LL LET US KNOW.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, MOST OF US PROBABLY ARE ON COUNCIL DRIVE AROUND TOWN PERIODICALLY AND LOOK AT THESE THINGS. AND SO WE'LL KNOW WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS IF ANYTHING'S MOVING.

SO WE'LL JUST I'M OFTEN DRIVING DOWN ERSKINE OR TJ, RIGHT.

SO I BET YOU CAN JUST STEP OUTSIDE AND GO OUT THERE AND AROUND THE CORNER AND JUST LOOK AND SEE IF YOU'RE DONE RIGHT.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE DIDN'T VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

[8. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Order No. 20260714-008 for the demolition of 1220 E Mulberry St., for property being in a substandard condition with the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code and the attached deficiency form.]

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDER NUMBER TWO, DASH 008 FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 1220 EAST MULBERRY STREET FOR PROPERTY BEING IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITION WITH THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND THE

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ATTACHED DEFICIENCY FORM. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR COUNCIL.

BRING TO YOU 1220 EAST MULBERRY. I THINK YEARS AGO KNOWN AS THE FIRE SALE BUILDING.

I THINK IT WAS CALLED SOMETHING ELSE LATER. RIGHT ACROSS FROM WILD WEST, BASICALLY.

THAT WAS WHAT WAS CALLED THAT BUILDING BUILT IN 52.

I DON'T REMEMBER. TRYING TO THINK WHEN IT WAS LAST OCCUPIED.

I KNOW THE WATER WAS FINALIZED IN 17 BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS BEFORE THAT.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T FINALIZE ALL THE LIKE THE WATER ACCOUNT AND WHAT HAVE YOU UNTIL LATER.

BUT THAT WAS WHEN THE WATER WAS FINALIZED. NOTHING ON THERE.

I KNOW WE'VE MOLDED NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO CONTACT FROM THE OWNER.

HE DID RESPOND TO THE HEARING CERTIFIED LETTER.

HE'S A DOCTOR IN CALIFORNIA. HE COULDN'T MAKE IT.

HE HAS PATIENTS OR HIS ASSISTANT HAD A FEW EMAILS, JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TALKING DEMO AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND ARE FIXING IT UP JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NORMAL TALK.

PAUL SPOKE WITH HIM YESTERDAY. 13TH VOICEMAIL ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A DEMO CONTRACTOR.

I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION. WE HAVE AS PICTURES SHOW.

WE GOT, WE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT THROUGH COURT TO GO IN.

WE TOOK OFF. WE HAD THE DOOR BOARDED IN ONE OF THE WINDOWS THAT WAS BUSTED OUT, BOARDED UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

THESE ARE JUST THE ROOFS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.

I MEAN, YOU SEE LOTS OF SUNLIGHT THROUGH IT. AND WATER KIND OF JUST POURING IN WITH THE OUTSIDE.

A LOT OF THE OTHER WINDOWS ARE BUSTED. I JUST, I THINK THE TENT'S JUST HOLDING THEM IN IN THE FRONT.

THOSE WAREHOUSE LABEL WAREHOUSE, I COULDN'T REMEMBER.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE HAD REALLY ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE OWNER ON THOSE WHEN HE GOT THE PUBLIC HEARING LETTER AND JUST REACHING OUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO IT.

AND THEY TALKED TO DEMO, BUT THEY KIND OF TALKED FIXING IT UP ALSO.

SO. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. WITH 1227. AND HE IS. IS IT BRICK ALL THE WAY AROUND? YES, SIR. IT IS BRICK ALL THE WAY AROUND. RIGHT.

PRETTY MUCH JUST OPEN BUILDING A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE WALL THERE WHERE I THINK JUST STORAGE BEHIND THERE, INSIDE WITH JUST THAT. CEILING. BUT YOU CAN WHERE THE WATER WAS REALLY POURING IN.

IT'S THE ROOF IS. DID YOU SEE FOUNDATION ISSUES INSIDE? NOT REALLY. I MEAN, NOTHING REAL OBVIOUS. NO.

AND THE OUTSIDE SEEMS PRETTY INTACT. CRACKS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOUR NORMAL I GUESS, AND CINDERBLOCK OR BUT WINDOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FRONT, THEY WERE, WE HAD HAD THEM BOARDED UP, BUT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY BUSTED THEM OUT. BUT JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF IT. NOT MUCH IN IT, BUT CLOSE RANKS.

AND WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF IT? LET ME SEE IF IT'S IN HERE.

IS IT. I KNOW YOU GAVE ME A QUOTE. OKAY. 8000.

SO. DID THE CITY PUT MOWING LIENS ON IT WHEN IT MOWED IT? YES. BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANY LIENS PLACED AGAINST IT? WELL, 12 LOW MOWING SO FAR. IT'S GOING TO BE MOWED THIS WEEK AGAIN.

IT'S A SHAME TO SEE THAT BUILDING GO. I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE IT NEEDS A NEW ROOF, BUT YEAH, I MEAN ROOF. I DON'T THINK THE BUILDING'S IN, YOU KNOW, THE CINDER BLOCK PART IS IN THAT BAD OF SHAPE TO ME.

I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OR ANY PLANS TO FIX IT.

WE HAVE NOTHING. AND I THINK THE LAST WITH YESTERDAY, THEY KIND OF WERE THEY'LL WAIT TO SEE IF THEY GET A DEMO ORDER OR.

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CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. I THINK IT WILL JUST SIT.

I MEAN, I MEAN, WITH PAUL TALKING TO HIM AND HIS ASSISTANT.

I THINK HE OWNS MANY BUILDINGS IN HOUSTON. OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, MINDY AND ANGLETON KNOW JUST THIS ONE.

MY THOUGHT IS, IF WE DON'T GO THROUGH WITH THE DEMOLITION, IT'S GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M IN MY 30S, AND THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN THAT EXACT CONDITION, IF NOT GETTING WORSE.

AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. AND AS COUNCIL, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE DID TAKE A STANCE TO HEAR THE CITIZENS AND CLEAN THE TOWN OUT.

WE NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO MAKE A MOTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW IN A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON, FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME.

MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. WE ARE NOW OUT OF PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I MAKE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 20260714008 FOR THE DEMOLITION OF 1220 EAST MULBERRY STREET.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH TO APPROVE THE DEMOLITION ORDER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I WILL SAY THIS.

I THINK THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, HE COMES WITH A PLAN OF WHAT HE CAN DO TO FIX THIS BUILDING.

WE'LL LISTEN. OKAY. BUT IT'S GOT TO BE FIXED.

THE BUILDING, NOT JUST NOT JUST PAINT IT OR PAINT IT.

YEAH. YOU KNOW? YEAH. WE NEED A WE NEED A PLAN ON THIS.

OTHERWISE, IT DOES COME DOWN. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 1967.

IT WASN'T PLEASANT IN 1967. IT WAS GRAY, DINGY, DIRTY.

I DON'T. BUT WE SHOT THERE BUT IN GOOD SHAPE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M HARD OF HEARING.

YES. NOTED. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF PAPERWORK. DOING ALL THE GOOD.

YEAH. ITEM NUMBER. REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.

[9. Discussion and possible action on approving Resolution No. 20260714-009 requesting an amendment to the qualifications for the Brazosport Water Authority Board of Directors.]

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20260714-009.

REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RESERVOIR WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M MR. BOOTH, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

HELLO, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOVEMENT ON THAT LAST ON THAT LAST ACTION.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IT BEING ANYTHING WORSE THAN BETTER THAN ISIL.

YEAH. IT'S GREAT. Y'ALL POSTED THIS AND I CAME HERE.

OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU. OKAY.

NO. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN THE IN THE IN THE AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT. ANGLETON IS NOW, I GUESS, THE SECOND CITY THAT HAS COME TO PORT AUTHORITY WITH WITH THIS THIS BEING A REQUEST TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES FROM THE MEMBER CITIES TO BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE PORT THE WATER AUTHORITY.

WHEN THE WATER AUTHORITY WAS CONSTITUTED OR WHATEVER WORD YOU WOULD USE SPECIFICALLY A SPECIFIC ITEM IN THAT WAS THAT EMPLOYEES OF THE MEMBER CITIES COULD NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE WATER AUTHORITY.

THAT THAT STILL HOLDS TODAY. THE REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE OF THE BRAZOSPORT WATER AUTHORITY IN THE

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PAST TO DO THIS, AND THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN DENIED IN THE PAST.

THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE DENIAL OF REQUEST IS THAT IT IS SEEN AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY WAS ALSO TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE OPERATING BOARD OF THE PRESENT CORPORATION. THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION AT THE BOARD SINCE SINCE LAKE JACKSON SUBMITTED THEIR RESOLUTION CAME UP WITH THAT.

JUST JUST STRAIGHT UP WITH YOU. THE BRAZOSPORT WATER AUTHORITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL HAS ADVISED US NOT TO CHANGE THE BYLAW.

AND WE MIGHT GET OUT OF HERE EARLY, AFTER ALL. JUST TO.

TRY TO TRY TO MAKE THE ENGLISH A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT IF SOMETHING ISN'T BROKEN, DO YOU NEED TO TRY TO FIX IT? BUT THE COUNCIL SEES SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS.

THEN WE'RE OPEN TO TO ADDRESS IT. BUT. MR. MASSENGILL WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON FOR MANY YEARS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. I DON'T KNOW WHO PRECEDED HIM OR.

THERE WAS A VACANCY BETWEEN HIM AND HIS PREDECESSOR.

I KNOW THERE WASN'T A VACANCY BETWEEN MR. MASSENGILL AND ME.

RIGHT. SO THE POINT OF FINDING REPRESENTATIVES ARE HARD TO FIND.

A REPRESENTATIVE SEEMS LIKE IT'S ANGLETON HASN'T HAD A PROBLEM FINDING A REPRESENTATIVE.

WAS THAT WAS THAT THE ARGUMENT THAT THAT THE CITY MADE FOR WANTING TO ASSIGN AN EMPLOYEE? THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN THE ANGLETON PACKAGE TONIGHT, AS BEST AS I CAN TELL, IS THE SAME RESOLUTION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US FROM THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON. THE ONLY THING THE CITY CHANGED, THE MAYOR'S NAME CHANGED, AND THE TESTING PERSON.

BUT SURELY. I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE COMMENT YOU MADE IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING COOPERATION FROM THE CITIZENRY TO MAN THE BOARD. YEAH. I DON'T THINK THIS TANNER.

THE CURRENT THE CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

HE CAME ON BOARD, RIGHT, RIGHT AFTER ME. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME FRAME BETWEEN MR. LONGORIA, WHO WAS THE PREVIOUS REPRESENTATIVE WHO SAT ON THAT BOARD FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.

AND BLESS HIS HEART, HIS WIFE FELL ILL AND HE HAD TO HE HAD TO STEP ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE.

AND HE'D BEEN THERE 30 YEARS IT'S TIME TO. TIME TO STEP ASIDE.

EVERYBODY'S GOT A PITCH. SO I'LL TELL YOU. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IF LEGAL COUNSEL TELLS ME I SHOULDN'T VOTE FOR IT, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.

DID THEY GIVE A REASON WHY THEY SAY NOT TO? DID THE CONFLICT JUST.

BUT WHAT IF IT WAS A TEMPORARY. WHAT IF IT. I MEAN, I GET THIS THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T DEFINE THAT.

BUT IF IT'S A TEMPORARY OPENING AND YOU NEED A POINT, A POINT, SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION UNTIL YOU FIND QUALIFIED, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM. I MEAN, YOU CAME DIRECTLY AFTER MORRIS.

MORRIS CAME AFTER MR. SCHAEFER. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S BEEN PRETTY EASY FOR ANGLETON, BUT I DO KNOW SOME CITIES DON'T HAVE ANY.

THEY JUST. I THINK OYSTER CREEK JUST FINALLY GOT SOMEBODY.

THE ONLY CITY THAT HASN'T HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FOR QUITE A WHILE WAS OYSTER CREEK.

SOMEONE STEPPED UP AND BECAME THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.

THAT PERSON HASN'T ATTENDED A MEETING YET, BUT THEY JUST CAME ON BOARD.

I THINK MAY HAVE HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST SPEAKING OUT OF TURN HERE. BUT. OF THE SEVEN MEMBER CITIES, OYSTER CREEK'S BEEN THE ONLY ONE WITHOUT A REPRESENTATIVE THAT I'M AWARE OF. MY DEAL IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

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SO IF YOU DON'T PROVIDE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD, THEN YOU SHOULD PROVIDE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD FROM THE CITIZENRY.

YOU SHOULD RECRUIT SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO IT. YOU CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY OR FIGURE IT OUT.

WELL, JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THE TWO LARGEST POPULATION CITIES ON THE BOARD ARE ANGLETON AND LAKE JACKSON.

YOU WOULD THINK. WE COULD PROBABLY FIND SOME.

YEAH, I'M. I'M WITH I'M WITH COUNCIL. AND I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.

I MEAN, WE'RE HERE. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ANGLETON. I'M GOING TO LET ANGEL, LET JASON LET.

I AM GOING TO LET LAKE JACKSON LIE. THEY CAN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES TO SPEAK TO WHOEVER AGREED.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THEIR ARGUMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE WHAT WHAT WAS THE CATALYST BEHIND THIS STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE DOCUMENT THAT THAT'S THE RESOLUTION. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO FIND.

REPRESENTATIVE. WELL, THERE WAS A MR. B I MIGHT BE MISSPEAKING A LITTLE BIT, I JUST.

BUT AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THE COUNCIL AND LAKE JACKSON COULD NOT AGREE ON SOMEBODY TO GO INTO THAT SPOT AT THE TIME.

AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF COULD THEY PUT SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THERE AND UNTIL THEY COULD FIND, YOU KNOW, GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNCIL.

BUT THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE. I MIGHT BE WRONG ON SOME OF THE DETAILS THERE, BUT THAT'S HOW I THINK IT CAME ABOUT.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THE HARDSHIP IF THE CITY CAN'T IMMEDIATELY FIND A REPRESENTATIVE.

RIGHT. BUT THE BYLAWS SAY NO. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO.

IT'S THE ONLY REASON THIS IS BROUGHT UP IS JUST TO COVER THE ONE GAP SCENARIO.

THAT'S HOW I WOULD THAT'S HOW I INTERPRETED IT.

BUT IT DOESN'T CLEARLY DEFINE THAT HERE. SO BECAUSE IF I IF I BROUGHT UP ANOTHER POINT, WHICH IS TO.

MR. BOOTH BROUGHT UP A SECOND AGO, AND I DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER HOW HE PHRASED IT EXACTLY, BUT. IT'S NOT YOU, MR. BOOTH. BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY HAPPY WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE BW.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE PEOPLE I SPEAK WITH, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S I THINK THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY THINK IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WHAT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST IS NOT ALWAYS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANGLETON. RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.

AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO BEING IN 30 YEARS. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO END ANYTIME SOON.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY THOUGHT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE.

THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS OUR CITY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE VERY LITTLE AUTHORITY.

MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING THAT. YOU CAN SPEAK UP.

BUT IN THE END, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOUR VOICE CARRIES OVER THERE.

AND SO YEAH, AND I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU NEEDED A STAND IN, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN HAVING SOMEBODY IN PUBLIC WORKS, IF YOU NEEDED SOMEBODY TO FILL A SPOT UNTIL YOU COULD FIND SOMEBODY, THEN MAYBE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FILL IN TEMPORARILY.

MR.. TANNER. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS OUR COUNCIL TOLD US THERE'S SOME KIND OF A GRANER CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BUT NO ONE FROM A CITY COUNCIL OR CAN THE CITY MANAGER OR MINISTER DO IT FOR FOR A LEGAL TERM FOR DUAL OFFICEHOLDERS.

YEAH. THAT'S WHY I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. IF IN A TEMPORARY POSITION, YOU NEED TO PUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE UNTIL YOU CAN DO IT. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE THERE'S STILL ONE SEVENTH OF THE BOARD DOESN'T I MEAN, DOESN'T MAKE DECISIONS. STILL HAS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR THOSE APPROVALS. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS MUCH OF AN ISSUE TO ME.

BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE TEMPORARY. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE TERM TEMPORARY CAN BE PRETTY LONG.

WE KNOW THAT. WE KNOW THAT. ONE PERSON'S DEFINITION OF TEMPORARY AND ANOTHER PERSON'S DEFINITION CAN BE QUITE DIFFERENT.

WELL SAID. I'M JUST GOING TO THE CONFLICT IS YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE IN THERE WHO'S EMPLOYED BY THE CITY.

BW. BW HAS AN ISSUE THAT GOOD FOR. BW GENERALLY, PROBABLY NOT GOOD FOR A PARTICULAR CONSTITUENT,

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I.E. THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEE IS FACED WITH DO I VOTE FOR THAT? OR DO I POSSIBLY LOSE MY JOB BECAUSE I VOTED FOR.

SO THAT'S WHY I CAN SEE NOT HAVING AN EMPLOYEE.

OKAY, YOU SOUND EXACTLY LIKE MAYBE I'LL GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING.

WE WE HEARD FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. WHERE DOES YOUR ALLEGIANCE LIE? WHERE DOES YOUR ALLEGIANCE. WHERE DOES THE ALLEGIANCE LIE? WHO PAYS THE CHECK? THIS IS A FREE JOB. I'M DOING SO.

DEVIL'S ADVOCATE. BECAUSE IT JUST FALLS INTO THE ASKING THE EMPLOYEE TO DO IT, OR HOLDING THE EMPLOYEE TO DO IT WITHIN THEIR TIME SPENT STUDYING THE AGENDA AND GOING TO THE MEETINGS.

EIGHME WOULD IT FALL INTO OVERTIME? YEAH. THE THE EMPLOYEE HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY.

OKAY. NO, I'M GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO IF WE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ORDINANCE, THAT'S FINE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT IT. FORGIVE ME. I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE REQUIREMENTS FULLY.

I WOULD THINK THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY SHOULD BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT A IF YOU WANT JOHNNY Q ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE CITY TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, AND HE HAPPENS TO LIVE IN OUR COLONY, WELL, HOW'S THAT WORK? THAT'S NOT WORKING EITHER. RIGHT. I AGREE. DOES IT DOES IT PROTOCOL ALLOW FOR A SECONDARY OR A.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE. WELL, OKAY. I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

I GET IT. OPEN POSITIONS IN OUR BOARDS FOR YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL THEM.

AND THEN WE DO FILL THEM AND THEN TURN OVER RATE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT HIGH IN SOME SPOTS.

AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE RESIDENTS FILLING MULTIPLE SPOTS RIGHT? UP THERE. Y'ALL'S PAIN, I FELT IT. YOU HAVE A HARD TIME FILLING BOARD AND SOMETIMES COMMISSIONERS.

AND IT'S IT'S BECOME UNIVERSAL. SO. YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO NO ACTION ON THIS. NO ACTION. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. BOOTH. I WILL CONVEY THAT BEFORE TUESDAY.

THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TEN. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF ASHLAND RESERVE.

[10. Discussion and possible action on the Preliminary Plat of Ashland Reserves Section 1 Preliminary Plat Review as resubmitted, and to consider updates to the Ashland Land Plan as it relates to this section located on the northeast corner of Ashland Blvd. and FM521. ]

SECTION ONE, PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW AS SUBMITTED.

AND TO CONSIDER UPDATES TO THE ASHLAND LAND PLAN AS IT RELATES TO THIS SECTION.

LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ASHLAND BOULEVARD AND FM.

521. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT AS DESCRIBED.

IT IS A COMMERCIAL RESERVE LOCATED AT 521. AND AS STATED HERE, ASHLAND BOULEVARD ASHLAND DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL AS A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

THIS COMMERCIAL LOT ONCE IT'S DEVELOPED WOULD COST THE CITY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND DO A LIMITED ANNEXATION. WHEREAS WE WOULD GAIN THE TAX BASE SALES TAX ONLY AS PART OF THAT ANNEXATION PROCESS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL KEEP AHEAD OF AS THEY MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO DEVELOP THIS PARTICULAR LOT.

THE PLAT WENT BEFORE CITY ENGINEER FOR REVIEW.

A FEW COMMENTS DID GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE APPLICANTS AND THE CITY.

AND WE FINALLY GOT ALL OF THOSE CLEARED. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE DEVELOPER IN TERMS OF THE COMMERCIAL CONTINGENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS THE AGREEMENT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED.

ALSO THE MOTIFS AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ASHLAND.

AS YOU SEE THE CHARACTER OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THE COMMERCIAL.

SO THAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE DAY AS WELL.

SO ALL OF THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN CLEARED ON THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THIS SECTION ONE RESERVE FOR THE COMMERCIAL.

AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PLAT. I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE.

JACOB IS ALSO HERE FROM META. TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALSO.

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CAN YOU PULL UP THE MAP, PLEASE? WOULD BE THE CONCEPT PLAN OR.

THE PLAN ITSELF.

SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS SECTION HERE.

YES, SIR. WHICH IS STILL IN PHASE ONE. CORRECT.

AND THAT'S ASHLAND BOULEVARD RIGHT THERE. THAT'S ASHLAND BOULEVARD, CORRECT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY ZONED AND OR READY TO GO.

IT'S NOT ZONED. IT HAD NOT BEEN PLATTED EITHER.

YOU'VE SEEN IT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN WHICH IS ALSO IN THE PACKET.

I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN I DRIVE BY THAT THAT SPOT, IT ALWAYS I THINK IT ALWAYS ALREADY SAID LIKE COMING SOON THEY PROBABLY HAVE BECAUSE HE'S STILL MARKETING COMMERCIAL. IN FACT I THINK JACOB PROBABLY RESPOND TO ANY POTENTIAL USES THAT MIGHT BE PLACED THERE.

BUT THIS IS THE PLAT, OF COURSE. OKAY.

DOES THAT LIGHT STILL BLINKING RIGHT THERE? AND THAT'S WHERE THE BLINKING LIGHTS AT, RIGHT? YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S ASHLAND BOULEVARD. THAT'S 32.

THAT'S GOING ACROSS. YES. SO WITH THIS COMING IN OR BEING PHASED IN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE LIGHT WILL CHANGE FROM BLINKING TO TO ACTUAL SIGNAL. ACTUAL SIGNAL.

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ON THE T I, AND ALSO I DON'T HAVE NO FAITH IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE T, THE, THE LAST VERSION THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO REVIEW THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND ALSO WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER COMMERCIAL USES ARE HIGHLIGHTED FOR THESE PARCELS WILL BE ALSO MODIFIED IN THAT T.

I AS WELL.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CROSS AXIS EASEMENTS WRITTEN INTO THE PLAT ALSO.

SO THEY HAVE ADHERED TO THE COMMENTS REGARDING THAT AND MADE THOSE CORRECTIONS AS WELL.

OKAY. COUNCIL.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM? GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JACOB GUERRERO WITH PLANNING DESIGN. WE ARE THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS ITEM.

JUST LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE LIGHTING THAT IS MAGIA, AND I GUESS CONSTRUCTION WILL BE INITIATED FOR A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.

I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME. SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THAT, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THRESHOLDS THAT NEED TO OCCUR.

I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE, SPECIFICALLY THIS SECTION, BUT I DO THINK THE T NEEDS TO BE REDONE.

OKAY. I THINK IT'S NOT CORRECT. I DON'T THINK THE WAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN GOING IS WHAT THE T SAID.

SO I THINK IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF HEARTBURN OVER THERE IN THAT AREA.

SO YEAH, I CAN RAISE THOSE CONCERNS OVER TO THE DEVELOPER.

I'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE DETAILS.

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IT'S A SMALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHT HERE.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT IS AGAIN? OF THE ACRE ACREAGE? YEAH. 11.5, 4.8. YEAH. SMALL DEVELOPMENT.

I JUST SEE IT BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE WHAT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED RIGHT THERE WHENEVER YOU DRIVE BY IT.

IT'S WAY OUT THERE. I'LL WAIT. AND YOU WILL SEE THIS AGAIN FOR THE FINAL TIME.

YEAH. BUT LET ME KNOW HOW THAT GOES. YOU'LL DO THE.

WELL, YOU ALREADY ACCEPTED THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, SO THEREFORE YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FINAL PLOT, SOME SORT OF DETRIMENTAL ALLIANCE, SOME SORT OF ESTOPPEL KEEPING US FROM TAKING ANY FURTHER ACTION.

OH, NEVER. OH, THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME. YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT THEN? YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT UP. WHY DIDN'T YOU? WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTION RESEARCH SECTION ONE.

LIMINARY PLAT. BASED ON ADHERENCE TO THE NOTES.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH.

I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THOSE ARE THE BULLET POINTS THAT WERE MADE BY KINSEY.

YES, THEY HAVE BEEN ALL CLEARED SINCE THEN. OH.

THEY'RE CLEAN. YES. YES, SIR.

THE. GOING TO BE. THAT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A THING UNTIL THE FINAL PLAT IS APPROVED, THOUGH. SO A CLARIFICATION ON THE ON THE SIGNAL LIGHT BEING ACTIVE.

YOU'RE INCLUDING THAT IN YOUR MOTION. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT THERE'S A FINAL PLAT TO BE APPROVED.

SO I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN NOW. OKAY. GOING BACK TO WHAT TRAVIS SAID SIGNAL ON THE INACTIVE.

COULD YOU JUST READ YOUR MOTION WAS JUST SO I CAN REACH OUT? OKAY. YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT ON THE ACTUAL RESERVE SECTION ONE.

AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT THAT THAT SIGNAL LIGHT WILL BE OPERABLE.

OR ACCORDING TO WHATEVER, ACCORDING TO A REVIEW, THE T REVIEW.

THANK YOU. YOU AMEND YOUR SECOND. AMEND THE SECOND.

OKAY. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THESE NOTES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CLEAR.

RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SARTIN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH.

WITH SOME WORDING ON REVIEWING THAT IT MEETS THE DIA AND THAT THE TIA IS STILL CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? REDOING THIS MOTION AGAIN? NO. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NUMBER 11. UPDATE ON HDR ENGINEERING'S PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

[11. Update on HDR Engineering's projects throughout the City.]

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADD A LITTLE MORE, SINCE IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE I HAD TO PUT THIS IN.

WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE STUFF GOING ON, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ EXACTLY WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL.

LORRAINE STREET WE HAVE PRESENTED THE 60% PLANS TO THE CITY.

THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING IT. WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED THOSE TO ALL UTILITY COMPANIES.

THERE MAY BE A UTILITY CONFLICT THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO REMOVE RELOCATE ONE OF THE UTILITIES STATED IN THEIR DRAWINGS THAT THEY PUT THEIR EXISTING LINE OVER THE TOP OF YOUR LINE, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE NO WAY OF MAINTENANCE THAT LINE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IT. I THINK THEY JUST MARKED IT WRONG IN THE FIELD AND THEIR UTILITIES ARE OFF, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND FIND IT IN THE FIELD. ONCE WE RECEIVE COMMENTS BACK FROM THE CITY WE WILL BEGIN FINALIZING THE PLANS,

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BE READY TO GO TO BID. WE'RE ALSO STARTING A SUBMITTAL TO TXDOT ON THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR THAT AREA AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT ACCORDINGLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT? OPC SAYS THAT WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AT THE BUDGET TIME, THE 60% OPC.

OKAY. THE 2003 STREET BOND SILVER SADDLE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE MOST PART.

THE HEAVY LIFTING IS DONE. THERE'LL STILL BE SOME CLEANUP, SOME MORE TAKING CARE OF PLANTING SOME GRASS AND SOME POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT EXTENSION OF A CURVE. ONE OF THE TURNING RADIUSES MAY, MAY BE DONE ON THAT ONE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW. AS FAR AS PARRISH STREET, THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A TEMPORARY PAVING AS DIRECTED.

THEY HAVE THE BARRICADES UP TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM RUNNING OVER.

ONCE THEY START LOWERING THE GROUND WHERE PEOPLE DON'T GET HIGH CENTERED.

THEY'VE INSTALLED A JUNCTION BOX AT 35, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD UP NORTH.

THEY'VE ALSO BEGAN REGRADING THE DITCH. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF CAPACITY, THE DITCH.

AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT THAT DITCH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S FILLED IN THROUGH THE YEAR. SO WE'RE REESTABLISHING THE CAPACITY. IT'S THERE THAT GOES INTO THAT 48 INCH.

SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE HAD A MEETING TODAY.

PAY ESTIMATE NUMBER ONE WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR WAS APPROVED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR PAYMENT.

PROJECT SEEMS TO BE MOVING ON SCHEDULE AS PART OF THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY REDONE.

WE'RE REQUESTING EVERY MONTH THAT WE GET A NEWLY UPDATED SCHEDULE WITH A TWO WEEK LOOK AHEAD AND WHERE WE CAN MONITOR THEM CLOSELY.

THEY'RE STILL THINKING THE END OF THE YEAR, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. YES, SIR. THEY'RE THEY'RE PUTTING MUSCLE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE GETTING STUFF GOING. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING IT.

THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

I'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THEM. I'M TRYING TO GET ON THEIR BOARD TO GO ON THEIR BOARD.

WE'VE GOT TO GET AN EASEMENT ACROSS THE DITCH THERE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH GRADY. WE'VE GOT THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE WATER TANK IN THE EASEMENTS.

I NEED TO GET WITH ANGLETON ISD. I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM TIME TO REVIEW IT AND STUFF.

I JUST NEED TO GET A HOLD OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT STILL THERE? IS THERE A NEW DOCTOR PRESSER NOW? OKAY, I'LL PROBABLY GET HIM. GET HIS CONTACT.

SHE SHE OKAY. GET WITH HER ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.

IT HAS BEEN APPROVED. SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING IN THE AGREEMENT FOR BOTH PARTIES ARE HAPPY SO THAT WE CAN CODIFY THAT AGREEMENT AT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND FIND IT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE IT'S AT, AND ESTABLISHING EVERYTHING.

I'VE BEEN TALKING TO ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT ENGINEER.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON THEIR BOARD. THEY HAVE MAILED OFF ALL THE EXHIBITS AND THE AGREEMENT TO THEIR BOARD MEMBER, A COUPLE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. SO THAT'S STARTING TO GO ON. SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT DRAINAGE DISTRICT MEETING OR ONE THEREAFTER, I'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND PRESENT, HOPEFULLY GET APPROVAL AND GET EVERYTHING SIGNED AND NOTARIZED. SO THAT IS ALL MOVING ALONG WELL.

ALL RIGHT. SANITARY SEWER LIFT STATION EIGHT COLLECTION SYSTEM.

WE HAVE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THE GLO ONE LAST WEEK, ONE AGAIN TODAY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS NOW.

THINGS ARE BEING UPLOADED TO TIGER FOR THE TIGER GRANT.

AS SOON AS WE GET APPROVAL THAT THAT THE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

ALL CCTV HAS BEEN COMPLETED. BEEN REVIEWED. CONTRACTORS AGREED TO TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE UNIT PRICES.

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WELL. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE GLO THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THESE ITEMS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S HOLDING. SO I'LL UPDATE Y'ALL AS WE GO ALONG.

THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REQUEST AN EXTENDED SCHEDULE ON IT JUST BECAUSE OF HOW LONG IT'S TAKING THEM TO REVIEW AND GET BACK TO US.

BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WERE TODAY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, ABOUT THIS STATION 24.

THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. HOWEVER I WAS ABLE, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AND WE SAW THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS REMAINING IN THERE. AND SO WE WANT TO USE AS MUCH OF THE FUNDS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE COORDINATED WITH THE CONTRACTOR. THE CONTRACTOR CAME BACK AND REMEMBER HOW I SAID THE PRICES WERE UNHEARD OF? YOU KNOW, THAT WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD PRIZES. WELL, IT KIND OF CAUGHT UP.

JUST THE MATERIAL PRICES WENT UP $17 A FOOT SINCE THE LAST TIME TOLD HIM THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

BUT IF HE COULD DO IT FOR THE AMOUNT LEFT IN THE CONTRACT, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ANOTHER SECTION PROVIDED HIM ALL THE INFORMATION HE HAS PROVIDED US.

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WRITTEN AGREEMENT. HE WILL DO IT FOR THAT AMOUNT.

SO WE'VE STARTED COORDINATING WITH MISSOURI COUNTY JAIL DEPARTMENT.

THE DEPARTMENT THEY ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING BACK BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED ON THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE EVERY DIME IN THAT PROJECT AND GET ANOTHER SECTION OF SANITARY SEWER REPLACED OVER THERE IN THAT AREA.

IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TAPES, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT REVIEW. CHRIS IS HERE.

WE'LL BE HAVING A PRESENTATION ON THAT. SO I'M GOING TO SKIP ON OVER TO THAT. THE SANITARY SEWER FOR THE UNION PACIFIC.

WE HAD TO GET SOME MORE SURVEY INFORMATION ON IT, BASED ON SOME OF THE EXHIBITS THAT ARE REQUIRED FROM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

WE'VE GOT THE 60% DESIGN IN OUR QA. WE WILL HAVE A CONTRACTOR FRIDAY.

LET HIM LOOK OVER IT ONCE WE GET THAT DONE. WE WILL FINALIZE THAT PLAN SET ON THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FOUND OUT IN THE FIELD, BUT IT'LL WORK OUT.

288 B UTILITY SORRY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON? OKAY. 280 B UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. WE DID OPEN BIDS ON JULY 1ST.

WE RECEIVED SIX BIDS. THE LOW BIDDER IS VERA INDUSTRIES.

I'VE NEVER WORKED WITH VARIOUS INDUSTRIES BEFORE.

SO WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THEIR REFERENCES.

REFERENCES ALL CAME BACK LIKE GLOWING REFERENCES.

AND PROJECTS SEEM TO BE A SIMILAR SIZE, SIMILAR NATURE.

HOWEVER I HAVE REQUESTED, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO COME TO THE OFFICE ON FRIDAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE PROJECT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH LOWER THEY WERE THAN THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE AND HOW MUCH LOWER THEY WERE THAN THE SECOND PLACE BIDDER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S ACCOUNTED FOR BEFORE WE AWARD SOMETHING, AND WE HAVE TO GET INTO A LARGE FIGHT.

DO YOU NOT WANT TO GIVE US THE NUMBER? YEAH. THE NUMBER WAS.

THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS 1.2 MILLION. THEY CAME IN AT 848,000.

SECOND PLACE BIDDER CAME IN A LITTLE OVER A MILLION.

THIRD PLACE BIDDER CAME AT 1.3, I BELIEVE. SO WE WERE TECHNICALLY THIRD PLACE.

BETTER ON THAT. SO WE'RE WE'RE METULLA METULLA WAS THE SECOND PLACE BIDDER, BUT I WANT TO CHECK.

LIKE I SAID, THE REFERENCES LOVED THEM. IT'S JUST I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR, THEIR PRICE, ESPECIALLY THEIR MORE PARTICULARLY THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

ESPECIALLY. EVERYTHING'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN DOWNTOWN TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC, TO KEEP THE COURTHOUSE AND EVERYBODY FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. I WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE PROVIDED A LETTER REQUESTED LETTER FOR TXDOT ABOUT THE PARALLEL PARKING.

THE CITY NOT HAVING ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PARALLEL PARK BEING REMOVED.

WE HAVE BEGUN DISCUSSION ON A TOWN HALL MEETING.

THERE HAS TO BE A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THE FUNDING.

SO TECH STARTS WORKING ON THAT. WE'LL GET BACK TO US ON THE STREET PROGRAMS. WE HAVE WENT AHEAD AND STARTED WORKING ON THESE.

WE'VE MET WITH, WITH HECTOR ON THESE WE'VE GOT COST BREAKDOWNS ON IT.

WE'RE GOING TO FINALIZE THOSE. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO ADD SOUTH COLUMBIA FROM TODAY'S MEETING INTO THAT SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT INCLUDED INTO THESE BUNCH OF PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS RAEBURN RIDGE AND RICHLAND CIRCLE. WARREN STREET FROM WILKINS TO UP TOWARDS 74. ACTUALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE THE DRAINAGE DITCH FROM 74.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TWO SECTIONS ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ONE JUST REPLACING THE EXISTING ASPHALT AND THEN ANOTHER ONE. IF WE WANTED TO TRY TO DO A BOULEVARD SECTION DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL WANTS. ALSO, WE LOOKED AT EAST LOCUST.

WE HAVE A VERY QUICK REPAIR PROJECT IN HERE. THIS WILL GIVE HECTOR FUNDING TO WHERE HE CAN GO OUT AND IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT NEEDS QUICK DOWN AND DOWN AND DIRTY POINT REPAIRS TO KEEP MOVING THE CITY FORWARD.

CEMETERY ROAD SWIFT STREET, TINSLEY STREET, PARRISH STREET EAST KIVER DWYER STREET, TIGNER DRIVE.

ALSO INCLUDED WILL BE HENDERSON, DOWNING AND ARCOLA, PER YOUR REQUEST.

SO WE WILL BE PUTTING THOSE IN THERE JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE THOSE, EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE KIND OF YOUR BIGGER MEGA PROJECTS AS WELL.

AS I SAID, WE'VE GOT THE OPC. RIGHT NOW OPC THE OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

I WILL BE SEEING THAT. AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. ITEM NUMBER 11 THE TIGNOR DRIVE.

JUST BEING CLEAR. THAT'S FROM COUNTY ROAD 44 TO THE EDGE OF AUSTIN COLONIES.

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WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS AUSTIN COLONY. RIGHT. NO, NO, WE'RE GOING FROM WHERE? DEAD ENDS. RIGHT THERE BEHIND THE WALMART TO THE AUSTIN COLONY.

PROPERTY LINE. JUST THAT LITTLE SMALL SECTION.

I THOUGHT HE WAS DOING THAT. I BELIEVE HE'S STOPPING IN HIS PROPERTY.

TO GET CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE HE SAYS HE'S CONNECTING INTO WHAT WE HAVE.

OKAY. WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO ON TAYLOR DRIVE WAS 44 TO THE EDGE WHERE THERE.

SO THE REST OF THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER.

MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT ON THAT.

OKAY. WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT BECAUSE I REMEMBER HIM COMING AND SAY THAT THE COST OF UNEXPECTED AND WANTED US TO CHANGE OUR MIND. YEAH. I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF PAYING FOR THAT LITTLE PIECE.

WELL, I REMEMBER THAT LITTLE PIECE NOT BEING SUCH A LITTLE PIECE OF BOX CULVERTS AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

I REMEMBER IT BEING A BIGGER DEAL. IT'S A 48 INCH PIPE FOR SURE.

EXTENSION OUT. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT A BOX OVER UNDERNEATH TO GET THAT WATER ACROSS THAT OPEN DITCH THERE.

YEAH. IT'S A BIG DITCH RIGHT THERE. IT'S THE MAIN ONE THAT GOES ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF WALMART ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHAT IS IT TO WILKINS, RIGHT? YEAH. AND YOU SAID FROM COUNTY ROAD 44 TO THE EDGE.

BUT WHAT EDGE? THE EDGE OF HIS PROPERTY, THE AUSTIN COLONY DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE HE SAYS HE'S TAKING THE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF HIS PROPERTY.

AND THEN THERE'S THAT LITTLE SLIVER. THERE'S A LITTLE PIECE BETWEEN 44 ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY LINE THAT HAS TO CONNECT.

IT HAS TO TIE INTO ENCHANTED OAKS. I'LL GET THAT LOOKED AT.

OTIS. YOU GOT THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT PARRISH STREET TWO AND THE CURRENT PARRISH STREET PROJECT.

I NOTICED THAT THEY ASPHALTED A ROADWAY BASICALLY ON THE SIDE FOR TEMPORARY ACCESS GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE.

IT'S FOR ACTUALLY CARS TO DRIVE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO HAVE A TEN FOOT WIDE, RIGHT? IS THE ROAD GOING TO STAY THAT WIDE? BECAUSE THE ROAD WAS THE ROAD WAS TIGHT WAS SKINNY RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT. THE ROAD WILL BE 28 FOOT WIDE. IT'D BE A STANDARD CITY ROAD.

RIGHT. IT DOES NARROW DOWN. THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WAS YOU GOT TO LOWER THAT ROAD DOWN IN ORDER TO GET WATER TO DRAIN OVER THE CURB. BUT AS WE GOT TO THE SCHOOL, THAT SCHOOL IS SO ELEVATED, RIGHT? SO I WAS RUNNING OUT OF ROOM, AND THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT WORK WAS WE NARROWED THE ROAD RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA FROM 28 CITY STANDARD TO 24. AND WE ACTUALLY SHIFTED THE ROAD OVER AND WE WENT TO A SUPER ELEVATED SECTION TO GET THE HEIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TIE BACK IN TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE ADA REQUIREMENTS. OKAY.

AND ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ON. WHERE IS IT? THE ONE WHERE WE'RE GOING BACK TO GLO FOR IS IT LIFT STATION 248.

I THINK EVERYBODY GOT ON THE SAME PAGE AGAIN TODAY.

LIKE I SAID, IT WAS KIND OF A QUICK MEETING. WE HAD ONE LAST WEEK AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND GOT ON TO IT AGAIN THIS WEEK.

WELL, THE CONCERN WAS THAT WE HOLD THIS UP BY TRYING TO GO BACK FOR THE MONEY TO DO MORE, THAT WE WOULD LOSE OUT ON THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED. IS THERE CONCERN STILL OF THAT? NO. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT, THAT END.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE IS THERE IS A ACTUAL DROP DEAD DATE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DONE BY NOVEMBER 30TH.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, CAN WE MAKE THOSE DATES? WE HAVE THE TIME TO DO AN EXTENSION BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THE GLOW TO GET BACK TO US.

IS THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER EXTENSION BY BY LAW.

JUST WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR MORE TIME.

WE'RE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET DONE.

AND WHEN WE GET TO SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, WE'LL START REQUESTING THAT EXTENSION OF THAT TIME TO MOVE IT BACK TO WHATEVER WE NEED TO.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT IN THAT TIME. BUT WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND HE NEEDS THREE MONTHS,

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FOUR MONTHS TO DO IT. SO IT'S WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST IT, COMING UP AGAINST IT, BUT WE'VE LAID THE GROUNDWORK.

THE PLAN HAS BEEN LAID OUT AND THE PIPE STILL LAYING IN THE DITCH.

I'M STILL LAYING IN THE DITCH. YES, SIR. OKAY.

BUT WE WE WE WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT.

AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. MATTER OF FACT, THAT WAS A BIG POINT OF CONVERSATION WAS.

ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ITEM 12 DISCUSSION. POSSIBLE ACTION ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN REVIEW AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE PATH FORWARD FOR RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS.

[12. Discussion and possible action on acceptance of the Oyster Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Design Review and direction regarding the path forward for recommended improvements.]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHRIS MALINOWSKI WITH HDR.

A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I WAS HERE AND PRESENTED OUR PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FOR THE PROJECT YOU MENTIONED AT THE OYSTER CREEK WASTEWATER PLANT.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE GOT SOME, SOME FEEDBACK.

WE WENT BACK, WE HAD SOME MORE WORK TO DO. WE GOT THE WORK DONE AND WE SUBMITTED OUR FINAL REPORT TO THE CITY.

AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE UPDATES.

FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, THE APPROACH DIDN'T CHANGE THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS ON THE COMPONENTS.

OUR FOCUS WAS 99.9% ON COST EFFICIENCIES. GETTING THAT COST DOWN.

SO I'M GOING TO JUMP OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES JUST TO REMIND YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THERE'S FOUR AREAS THERE. AND WE'LL SPEND MOST OF THE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE NEW OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WATER REUSE. THIS WAS SIMPLE.

THE RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST TO PUT ANOTHER A SECOND REUSE PUMP.

KIND OF LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE THERE. AND EXPAND THE THE ABILITY TO USE REUSE WATER AND REDUCE POTABLE WATER.