* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] ALL [DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER ] RIGHT. THE TIME IS 6 0 7 ON THE DOT. UH, I WILL CALL THE CITY OF HAMILTON, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TODAY'S DATE. JULY 28TH, 2026. UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER AND EVERYBODY WILL STAND WITH ME. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FERRARO. OKAY. [INVOCATION ] AND IF YOU'LL, UH, GO AHEAD AND REMAIN STANDING, WE HAVE PASTOR BROWN. HE'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, WE APPRECIATE IT. AND IF YOU NOTICE, HE'S GOT A NICE LITTLE APRON ON. HE WAS SO KIND TO PROVIDE, UH, A MEAL TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. IT WAS DELICIOUS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMEN. THANK YOU, FATHER DELICIOUS. ALRIGHT, LET US BOW ETERNAL. THE GOD OUR FATHER, WE HAD DESIRE WILL COME TO SAY THANK YOU, LORD. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS JUST ANOTHER DAY'S JOURNEY. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO BE IN THIS PLACE. WE PRAY. NOW, HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE ASSEMBLE, THAT ALL WILL BE DONE DECENT AND IN ORDER, PRAY OUR GOD THAT ALL CONCERNS WILL BE HEARD AND DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY. LORD, WE BLESS YOUR NAME AND WE JUST GIVE YOU ALL PRAISE AND ALL GLORY AND ALL HONOR, AND WE ASK THIS PRAYER IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT PASTOR. GREAT TO SEE YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT [CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ] WE HAVE LISTED S WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL. I DO HAVE FOUR CARDS. THREE OF 'EM APPEAR TO BE ON AGENDA ITEM 11 AND ONE ON AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK NOW OR DO YOU WISH TO WAIT UNTIL THE AGENDA ITEM IS PRESENTED? NUMBER EIGHT, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. UM, JUST CAME FROM THE UK. OKAY. SO IN THIS CASE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL, IS IT MR. LARRY PRICE? THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND IF YOU WILL STEP TO THE MICROPHONE, UH, IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR CITY AND WHAT YOU WISH TO ADDRESS. THAT ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. WHAT'S THAT PUBLIC HEARING? YES. SO HE HAS TO SPEAK NOW THOUGH. OKAY. SO, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW OR YOU CAN WAIT TO SPEAK LATER IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK NOW, BUT I HEARD YOU SAY YOU, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL WAIT TO SPEAK LATER, BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET MY PORTION OF THE Q AND A OVER. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE OPTIONS. THE WAY IT, THE WAY IT WORKS, UM, IS IN THE PORTION OF THE, UH, CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL. UH, BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EN LISTED AGENDA ITEM, EVEN THOUGH IT SUBSEQUENTLY IS, WE WILL NOT RE RESPOND TO CITIZEN'S WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S A OPEN MEETINGS ACT THING. IF YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR RESPONSE, THEN, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT TOWARD THAT ONE GETS CALLED. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. WE'LL WAIT. ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON. UH, EVERYBODY ELSE JUST GO OKAY WITH WAITING. OKAY. MOVING ON TO CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY? THERE ARE NO. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS AGENDA QUICKLY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT [CONSENT AGENDA ] I WILL CALL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF JULY 11TH, 2026 AND THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JULY 14TH, 2026. ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BRAZORIA COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT, ESD NUMBER THREE FOR FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE SUPPRESSION, AND RESCUE SERVICES. NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 6 0 7 2 8 DASH 0 0 3. THE 2026 UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE GREEN TRAIL'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAKING AND ADOPTING FINDINGS, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, UPDATE AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THERE TO NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 7 2 8 DASH ZERO FOUR. THE 2026 UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE RIVERWOOD RANCH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, MAKING AN ADOPTING FINDINGS, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, UPDATE AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO. NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND [00:05:01] POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE. ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 7 2 8 DASH 0 0 5. THE 2026 UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE RIVERWOOD RANCH NORTH PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAKING AND ADOPTING FINDINGS, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, UPDATE AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO. NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 6 0 7 2 8 DASH 0 0 6. THE 2026 UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE GRAYSTONE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAKING AND ADOPTING FINDINGS, ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN, UPDATE AND UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 6 0 7 2 8 DASH ZERO SEVEN. THE 2026 UPDATE TO THE SE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE CBRA RESERVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAKING AND ADOPTING FINDINGS, ACCEPTING AND IMPROVING THE ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN. UPDATE AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE DISTRICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERE TOO. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SARTON, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY ALL IN FAVOR, SINGLE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY, UH, AGAINST SAME SIGN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MOVING TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, EXCUSE ME. [8. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Order No. 20260728 008 finding and declaring the property located at 208 S. Hancock Street, Angleton, Brazoria Vounty, Texas 77515, and the structure thereupon to be a public nuisance and substandard and ordering the abatement of the public nuisance conditions and the demolition and removal of the structure; providing for amendment; and providing for severability. ] MOVING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDER NUMBER 20 26 0 7 2 8 0 0 8. FINDING AND DECLARING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 0 8 SOUTH HANCOCK STREET, TON, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS 7 7 5 1 5. AND THE STRUCTURE THERE UPON TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A AND SUBSTANDARD AND ORDERING THE ABATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC NUISANCE CONDITIONS AND THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE STRUCTURE PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. AND I SEE MR. REYNOLDS, HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. UH, THIS ITEM YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE BRINGING A TWO EIGHT SOUTH HANCOCK, AN OLD BAR, UH, AS YOU, YOU HAVE THE PICTURES, UH, OF IT, THERE'S BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME. I KNOW THE WATER ACCOUNT WAS DISCONNECTED IN AUGUST OF OH EIGHT, UH, BUT, UH, HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE THIS ONE. UH, BUT THERE'S QUITE A FEW ROOF PICTURES AND THERE TO LOOK AT. AND THIS IS THE ONE WE, UH, TALK ABOUT FIRST ON THE DEMO LIST. AND AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, THERE'S, THE OWNERSHIP IS PRESENT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC. YEAH. ANY MOTIONS? MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SARTON. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY, UH, ALL IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AYE. PUBLIC HEARING IS, UH, NOW OPEN. ANYBODY WISHING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? AND I BELIEVE MR. PRICE, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK UP. THANKS FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK. MY NAME'S LARRY PRICE. I DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM THE AUSTIN AREA TODAY TO BE HERE. I WAS GONNA HAVE MY WIFE SPEAK, UH, THE PROPERTY'S IN HER NAME. THAT PROPERTY DATES STACKED IN 1961. A LOT OF YOU HERE PROBABLY STOPPED IN AND HAD A BEER OR TWO. UH, THE CHARACTERIZATION THAT THE PROPERTY'S BEEN IN DISREPAIR IS TRUE. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS SUFFERING FROM CANCER FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. SHE'S PASSED THE PROPERTY, WENT INTO PROBATE AND THE STATE HAD TO BE SETTLED. SO IT'S BEEN JUST A SHORT WHILE SINCE THE STATE WAS SETTLED AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO MY WIFE'S NAME AND IT'S ONLY BEEN SINCE MAY SINCE WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY AND WE'VE BEEN HERE EVERY WEEKEND. SO IN REGARDS TO THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE NUISANCE AND THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE THERE, WE DO WANT TO DEMOLITION THE PROPERTY. SO I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT HERE [00:10:01] AND WE HAVE MUTUAL OF INTEREST. SO WE ARE REVIEWING CONTRACTORS, GETTING BIDS, EVALUATING THE PROCESSES REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF ANGLETON, REVIEWING SOME WEBSITE INFORMATION, AND ULTIMATELY WHOMEVER WE PICK WILL BE MANAGING IT, APPLYING FOR THE NECESSARY PERMITTING AND DEALING WITH THE APPROPRIATE CITY REPRESENTATIVE. THAT'S ALL I HAD TO, SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANYBODY HAVE TIMEFRAME? THAT'S, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION. TIMEFRAME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. HOPEFULLY A LOT SOONER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING TO CONTRACTORS. I HAVE A HARD TIME IN THIS, IN BRAZORIA COUNTY RIGHT NOW DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF CONTRACTORS. THE CITY FIRST CONTACTED US ABOUT THE LAWN, UH, WAS ABOUT, THAT'S ALL OUR, UH, LAWN CARE GUIDE SKIPPED IT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE DOWN THE STREET THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A MONTH AND A HALF, ABOUT TWO FEET TALL. WE HAD TAKEN CARE OF THAT. THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROPERTY IS IT'S L-SHAPED AND WE CAN'T FIND THE BOUNDARIES YET. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND WE UNKNOWINGLY HAVE BEEN MOWING THE ADJACENT PROPERTY FOR YEARS. AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. SO THE CITY SENDS US A LETTER, HOW DO WE DELINEATE WHAT'S THERE WITH, WHAT'S OURS? DO WE HAVE TO, UH, BEAR THE BURDEN OF COSTS? SO I TRIED TO EVALUATE WHAT THAT COST WAS SO FAR. I'M GETTING QUOTES NEAR A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A SEVERAL SURVEYOR TO COME OUT AND TELL ME WHERE THESE TWO MARKERS ARE. I ATE IT BEFORE MYSELF, JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. I'VE MADE MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. COME AGAIN. I WAS JUST GONNA FINISH MY STATEMENT. I'M LISTENING. I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. I THOUGHT YOU DID. YOU CAN CONTINUE. SO, I, I'VE MADE OVER 13, 14 PHONE CALLS JUST TO FIND A SURVEYOR. SO I'M ON LIKE NUMBER 10 CONTRACTOR FOR DEMOLITION. SO WE'RE GONNA GET IT DEMOLISHED. IT'S, IT COSTS RIGHT NOW, IT'S, THE COSTS ARE PRETTY HUGE. SO WE WANNA MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION BEFORE WE COMMIT TO A CON CONTRACT, BUT WE HOPE TO EXPEDITE THAT. ALRIGHT, SO, SO WHAT WE, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN SPEAK TO. OUR GENERAL PROGRESSION IN THIS HAS BEEN TO SEE ACTION WITHIN 90 DAYS. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE? REMEMBER AGAIN, SEEMS LIKE WE'VE KIND OF LEANED ON THAT DATE SO THAT, I'M SORRY, A DATE, SIR. WITHIN 90 DAYS WE'VE BEEN TAKING ACTION, BEEN GIVING, I THINK THAT'S A LOT TO ASK FOR WHAT? AND, UH, A CONTRACT THAT'S GONNA BE A FEW, SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. YOU'RE, YOU'RE FORCING ME TO EXPEDITE SELECTION AND, UH, COMPLETING THAT PLAN. I'LL TRY AND DO THAT. BUT IF YOU COULD A LITTLE MORE THAN 90 DAYS, WE'D BE VERY GRACIOUS AND APPRECIATE IT. WELL, WE'RE ACTING ON IT RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST, WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, EVERYBODY'S UNIQUE. I GET EVERY SITUATION, EVERYBODY'S UNIQUE. THE PAST EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, EXTENDING MORE TIME, THEN PEOPLE COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE TIME AND IT JUST BECOMES A PROCESS WHERE, UH, IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE NOT GETTING TO THAT FINISH LINE. SO IN ALMOST EVERY INSTANCE WE'VE HAD TO GO AND, AND ORDER DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER DID THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S YOU, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE. OKAY. UM, I HAVE A LOT OF TRAVEL, BUSINESS TRAVEL AND IT, IT INVOLVES INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THAT, THAT'S KIND OF BACKING ME IN A CORNER. I'LL DO MY BEST. WELL, I MEAN, WE CAN TALK. I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO, I I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH MR. MCKEEVER THOUGH HE DOESN'T RETURN OR FOLLOW UP CALLS. AND MY CONVERSATIONS ARE MORE VERBAL THAN ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DOCUMENTED. EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN EMAILING, I TRIED TO FOLLOW UP TO GET THE, UH, CONFIRM THAT I HAD TO ATTEND HERE AND I DIDN'T EVEN GET A RESPONSE TO THAT. I THINK IT'S REASONABLE WHEN I DEAL WITH ANY OF YOUR OFFICIALS, IF I ASK A QUESTION WITHIN 24 HOURS OR EVEN A BUSINESS WEEK, SOMEBODY GETS BACKED, PLEASE. I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, A STICKING POINT. NOW HERE WE ARE AND WE'VE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION ISSUES. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING STRUGGLING. 90 DAYS YOU WANTED DEMOED OR YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA DEMO IT. I GET IT. SORRY. IT'S BEEN A, A NUISANCE. SO WE HAD TO DEAL WITH OUR MOTHER'S ESTATE, MY LATE MOTHER-IN-LAW'S ESTATE. IT'S, IT IS A BIG DEAL. WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING COUNSEL. UM, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MOVE FORWARD. WE, THIS IS JUST THE POSITION THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN THE PAST. IT'S BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S, I CAN'T SPEAK THAT, THAT CAN SURE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S FINANCIAL, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER REASONS PEOPLE JUST DON'T MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. [00:15:01] I JUST AS A POINT, IF THERE IS A DETERMINATION THAT THE BUILDING IS, UM, UH, IS REQUIRED REPAIR REMOVAL, UM, DUE TO SAFETY, IF THAT DECISION IS MADE, 90 DAYS IS THE LIMIT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE, THE, UH, THE PROBLEMS PER STATUTE, JUST SO I BELIEVE. BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ACTUAL, IF YOU HAVE A FINDING THAT IT IS A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING AND THEN THE DECISION IS TO REPAIR, THEN 90 DAYS IS THE OUTSIDE BOUNDS OF, OF TIME. UH, ALLOWED. THANK YOU, SCOTT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS REPAIR THOUGH. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. WELL, ABATE IF, IF IT IS D DETERMINED, WHATEVER THE DETERMINATION OF IF IT'S A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING AND IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED, 90 DAYS IS THE, OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY. UM, SCOTT, I THINK YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. FORGIVE EVERYBODY. I'M SLEEP DEPART LARRY. I'M SORRY. I I I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLANET. SO IF I GET A CONTRACT SIGNED WITHIN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, ARE WE GOOD? AND START PROCEEDING WITH THIS? YOU HAVE TO COME BACK. EXCUSE ME. YOU WOULD'VE TO COME BACK. I, I JUST, THE QUESTION IS, IF I GET A CONTRACT, A BINDING CONTRACT IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, WILL THIS SATISFY YOUR REQUIREMENTS AS THE PLAN STARTS GETTING EXECUTED FORWARD AND THEN THE PERMITS ARE GOING THROUGH? I I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT. I, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. UH, WE, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. THE ANSWER FOR ME IS, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING 90 DAYS. SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT. UNDERSTAND. RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL, THE REASON I'M GETTING, OKAY, WITHIN 90 DAYS, THE BUILDING HAS TO BE KNOCKED DOWN AND ALL THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN CASE. YES. OR WITHIN 90 DAYS, I HAVE TO SECURE A CONTRACTOR AND PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAN FOR DEMOLITION AS WELL AS THE TIMELINE. NO, ANYBODY WHO'S GONNA DEMO THAT PLACE ONCE YOU SECURE THE CONTRACT, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHIN 90 DAYS. I, I'VE MADE NO ASSUMPTIONS TODAY. I'M JUST TAKING BIDS RIGHT NOW. I HAVEN'T EVEN REALLY GOTTEN INTO THOSE DETAILS. 'CAUSE THE FIRST GUY THAT QUOTE ME SOMETHING THAT JUST SHOCK ME AND ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK. I THINK WHAT OTIS IS TELLING YOU IS IF YOU'RE NEEDING MORE THAN 90 DAYS, BUT YOU SAY SECURED A CONTRACT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO PRESENT BACK TO COUNSEL AND BASICALLY SEEK PERMISSION TO CONTINUE OR STAY THE, THE PROCEEDING. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, SO FOLLOW UP QUESTION, IF I MAY, IF I SEEK A FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, HOW DO I HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU? WELL, AND SCHEDULE. IT'S GOTTA BE, PLEASE, I'VE TRIED TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND REVIEW SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION. IT'S NOT VERY HELPFUL FOR ME. IT HASN'T BEEN. SO IF YOU COULD ANSWER THAT, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU TALK OFFLINE WITH OTIS HERE IN A SECOND. HE MAKE SURE NO OTIS IS OVER HERE. DEVELOPMENT SERVICE. OKAY. AND HE'LL BE, HE'LL BE A, A PERSON A POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOU, BUT THE EXPECTATION IS NOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK TO US WITH A CONTRACT. THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE SHOULD IT, THERE'S NO MO NO MOTION HAS BEEN FINALIZED. BUT SHOULD THE MOTION BE FINALIZED SHORTLY, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE TO COMPLETE IT WITHIN 90 DAYS IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THIS, AND THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXERT CONTROL OVER THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE ON YOUR PROPERTY. WELL, I WOULD HOPE SO. I MEAN, I'M GONNA SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SECURE A CONTRACT. I MEAN, WELL, WELL HANG ON A MINUTE THOUGH. BUT THE, BUT THE OTHER, BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS YOU DON'T MOVE FORWARD IN DOING THAT ON YOUR OWN. AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT. AND THEN WE, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SPARE THEM TO WRITE TO YOU IN MY WORK. AND THEN ACTION. WE WILL FOLLOW UP. I'M GOING TO SEE THIS THROUGH THE CITY. THE CITY'S REALLY NOT, UH, BIG ON TAKING THAT SORT OF STUFF, STUFF. WE STILL LIVE IN TEXAS AND WE STILL OPERATE BYSTANDER CODE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE RULES AND ROADS AS MAN TO MAN. SO I'LL GET, MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO, UM, NEXT STEPS. I GOTTA NOTIFY THIS GENTLEMAN HERE. WHAT'S GOING ON? HE'LL, HE'LL, HE'LL GET WITH YOU OFFLINE. OKAY. WHICH MEANS, SO WE CAN MOVE ON WITH OTHER BUSINESS. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE HERE IN A SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS, UH, TO NOTE BEFORE WE GO FORWARD? IT WAS TRANSFERRED INTO HER NAME MARCH OF 2025. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? UH, SCOTT, REMIND ME, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT IS THE, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE WAY THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST TIME IN THE, WITH THE 90 DAYS, BUT WE ALSO GAVE OURSELVES THE ABILITY TO PULL BACK AND EXTEND THE TIMELINE. SHOULD THEY GET STARTED? SO I CAN'T REMEMBER. THERE ARE, THERE, [00:20:01] THERE YOU CAN DO IT INFORMALLY WHERE THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN. AND ESSENTIALLY YOU ARE GIVING, THE COUNSEL IS ESSENTIALLY TABLING THIS, UM, AND NOT MAKING ANY DETERMINATION, UM, ALLOWING A KIND OF, UH, HANDSHAKE BY WORD AGREEMENT THAT IT'LL GET IT DONE IN 90 DAYS. YOU CAN IF THE MO IF THE ORDINANCE, IF THE ORDER IS PASSED, THAT MEANS THE CITY COUNCIL IS DETERMINING THAT THE BUILDING IS SUBSTANDARD. UM, AND IT'S UNFIT, UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED. UM, AND IF THAT DETERMINATION HAS, IS BEING MADE, IF THE ORDER IS BEING MADE, THEN 90 DAYS IS THE OUTSIDE TIME FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY COMPORT WITH THE ORDER. CORRECT. UNLESS HE SUBMITS A DETAILED PLAN OF AND TIMELINE SCHEDULE AND A GOOD REASON FOR WHY IT COULDN'T BE DONE IN THE 90 DAYS. UH, TRAVIS, DO YOU REMEMBER THE, ON THE, ON THE LAST ONE? WAS IT, WAS IT, WE JUST TABLED IT FOR 90 DAYS FOR REVIEW, DIDN'T WE? NOT TO COME? I THINK IT COULD BE NINE DAYS, BUT YOU CAN TABLE IT FOR, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIME SHORTER OF THAT TOO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THE FULL 90. GOSH, I WISH I'D TAKEN NOTE OF THIS. CHRISTY, DO YOU REMEMBER? I THOUGHT WE TABLED IT FOR 90 DAYS AND IN 90 DAYS WE WERE GONNA REVIEW IT AGAIN. MM-HMM. WE'VE DONE A FEW IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. I'M NOT RECALLING THAT SPECIFIC ONE, BUT I THINK, I KNOW YOU CAN'T. I MEAN, TABLING IT FOR 90 DAYS IS ESSENTIALLY JUST, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS THE, IT WAS THE ONE OFF OF, UH, THE WHITE BUILDING. YEAH. MR. THOMAS AND HIS GOOD. YES. YEAH, WE TABLED IT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION TO TO TABLE IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK GOT A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL UNDER THE HEARING. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, FARGO, I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, SPEAK ON FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM. THANK YOU FOR MINOR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY CALLING FOR THE VOTE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THANK YOU. UH, MOVING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. ALL RIGHT, NOW, SORRY, WE'RE MOVING, MOVING ALONG HERE. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL MOTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO, I'M THINKING WE'RE, HOLD ON. OH, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS COUNSEL. SO IN THE ONE THAT YOU TABLED, I THINK YOU WERE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS 90 DAYS. THAT'LL HELP US WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT, THEN YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO RE NOTIFY THE, YOU KNOW, THE DATE OF THE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING. UM, EITHER WAY WE CAN HANDLE IT. BUT IT HELPS IF YOU GIVE A SPECIFIC 30, 60, 90 DAYS LIKE IT DID. THE OTHER ONE, WHAT DID WE DO ON THE OTHER ONE? DO YOU RECALL? UM, HE SPECIFIED MEETING I THINK SIX MONTHS. IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? YEAH. SO WE, WE HAVE A ACCOUNT THAT WE CAN DO. BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT DONE, THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. 10. THERE WAS, UM, HE WOULD HAVE IT IF HE DIDN'T HAVE IT DONE IN 90 DAYS, WE WOULD COME BACK FOR THE ORDER. THAT WAS WHAT I, THAT WAS WHAT I REMEMBERED. AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE IT DONE WITHIN THE 90 DAY PERIOD. OKAY. DO YOU WANNA RESTART YOUR MOTION? ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS? GIVE ME TWO SECONDS. I'M WAITING ON YOU. . THAT THEY WERE, THAT THEY WERE, UH, MARCH OF 24, YOU SAW? 25. 25. I'M SORRY, 25 MM-HMM . SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM MM-HMM . 10, 10 28, 2000. SO WE GAVE THEM SIX MONTHS TO BRING US A PLANT TO, AND THEN YOU TABLED IT TO CHECK ON IT FOR ID BECAUSE THEY WERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING HELD TO GETTING IT STARTED. MM-HMM . [00:25:04] ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS? FIRST MEETING? UH, FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CALLING AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR YOU GUYS, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL STAY THIS, WE'LL STAY THE ITEM UNTIL THE, UH, TRAVIS, I'M LISTENING MM-HMM. UNTIL OCTOBER 19TH. IF WE KEEP US UNDER THE 90 DAYS, THAT WAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK OUT, GO BACK TO YOU BEFORE 90 DAYS EXPIRES. OKAY. SO WHAT WAS THAT DATE AGAIN? OCTOBER 20TH. 20TH. THIS SECOND MEETING? NO. SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. TUESDAY IN OCTOBER. THE 27TH. THE 27TH. THE 27TH. OKAY. WE'LL TABLE THIS UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH AT SUCH TIME WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS WITH THE DEMOLITION. THANK YOU, SIR. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH, 2026. UH, ANY SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? A NOT HEARING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR, SINGLE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY HEAR BACK ON OCTOBER 27TH THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN COMPLETED, BUT IF NOT, YOU KNOW, TO BRING BACK AND YOU'LL COMMUNICATE WITH OTIS. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NUMBER NINE. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING [9. Conduct a public hearing, discussion, and take possible action on Order No. 20260728 009 finding and declaring the property located at 631 W. Orange St., Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas 77515, and the structure thereupon to be a public nuisance and substandard and ordering the abatement of the public nuisance conditions and the demolition and removal of the structure; providing for amendment; and providing for severability. ] DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDER NUMBER 20 26 0 7 2 8 0 0. AND DECLARING AND DECLARING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 31 WEST ORANGE STREET, ANGLETON BRA COUNTY, TEXAS 7 7 5 1 5. AND THE STRUCTURE THERE UPON TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND SUBSTANDARD IN ORDERING THE ABATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC NUISANCE CONDITIONS IN THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE STRUCTURE, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. WE HAVE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. A MOTION. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL. SECOND BY, WAS IT COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, UH, CALL FOR VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SOON BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. SAME SIGN IF YOU'RE OPPOSED. NOT HEARING ANY. ALRIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. AND I SEE MR. REYNOLDS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, MAYOR PROP, TIM AND COUNSEL. UH, THIS ONE WE BRING FOR, UH, TO LOOK AT FOR DEMO IS 6 31 WEST ORANGE. AN OLDER, OLDER HOME. UH, IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. YOU HAD UTILITY DEPARTMENT COULDN'T FIND ANY RECORD OF WATER IN 20 YEARS, SO WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN IT WAS HAD WATER SERVICE LAST, BUT DEFINITELY 20 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN NO WATER SERVICE. UM, IT IS DEFINITELY IN NEED OF REPAIR, SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE. UH, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER, UH, THAT WAS WANTING TO REDO IT. UH, I AM NOT SURE THIS, I THINK IT WAS TODAY WE HAD, HE WAS GOING TO SEND HIS CONTRACTOR. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE. OKAY. OH, OKAY. SORRY. UH, BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS THE ONE WE, UH, BRING TO YOU TO, FOR THE DISCUSSION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON FOR OR AGAINST? GUESS THAT'S ALSO ON AND FOR THANK YOU CITY COUNSEL. UH, I'M GLEN MOODY, MOODY AND SUN SERVICE. I ALSO HAVE, UH, DANIEL RIVERA, UH, CONTRACTOR THAT, UH, WILL BE HELPING WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, REVITALIZATION REMODELING OF THIS HOME. UH, IT'S CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES AND, UH, ENDED UP THAT, UH, UH, CHRIS RAMIREZ IS THE ONE THAT OWNS IT NOW. UH, HE GREW UP JUST TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM THAT PROPERTY, UH, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, PURCHASED IT, UH, WANTING TO SAVE SOMEWHAT OF THE COMMUNITY AND HISTORY. UM, UH, BUT HE WORKS OUT OF TOWN A LOT. AND REALLY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS I'LL MAKE NO EXCUSES FOR HIM OUTTA SIGHT, OUTTA MIND. AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT, UH, DETERMINED THAT THERE IS ENOUGH STRUCTURE THAT IT CAN BE REMODELED. IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. THE BACK PORCH, UH, WOULD HAVE TO COME [00:30:01] OFF. UH, AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE SOME, UH, SUBSTRUCTURE WORK DONE, UH, TO BRING IT UP TO, UH, UH, LIVABLE CONDITIONS. AND ALL OUR PROPOSAL IS TO, UH, IMMEDIATELY OR AS SOON AS, UH, UH, UH, NEXT WEEK, UH, SINCE THE WEATHER IS GOOD TO GO IN, UM, WORK ON THE YARD WORK, GET, UH, THAT LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER. UM, A LOT OF THE WEATHER HAS KEPT IT FROM BEING MOWED AS SOON AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT NORMALLY WHEN THEY MOW THE, THE, UH, THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, THEY TRY TO GET THAT DONE. WE WILL BE CLOSING OFF ANY OPEN, UH, LOCATIONS THAT, UH, WINDOWS, DOORS, UH, THAT ARE OPEN THAT COULD, UM, ENTERTAIN SQUATTERS OR ANYONE GETTING IN AND BRING THE, UM, THE OUTSIDE STRUCTURE SO THAT IT'S SAFE UNTIL WE CAN GET STARTED WORKING ON THE INSIDE AND THE FLOORING. UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS SOME TIME TO GET THE REMODELING DONE AND GET, UH, THE FINAL, THE PLANS FINALIZED FOR WHAT ALL IS GONNA NEED TO BE DONE. SO WE CAN BRING A PERMIT, UH, UM, APPLY FOR THE PERMIT FOR THE, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION WORK. UM, I WAS CALLED IN AT THE LAST MOMENT BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, CHRIS IS OUT OF TOWN. AND THEN, UH, UH, WHEN HE GOT THE NOTICE, UH, HE ASKED ME TO COME AND, UH, AND, UH, HELP TALK ON HIS BEHALF. UH, AND I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF YOU MAY KNOW ME, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, WE WILL MAKE THE PROPERTY SAFE. WE WILL BRING, UM, AFTER THE LAST, UH, DISCUSSION WITHIN 90 DAYS, WE WILL BE, BRING THE PLANS AND, UH, UH, UH, PERMITTING NECESSARY TO REMODEL THIS. IF YOU'LL GIVE US, UH, GIVE US THAT TIME TO DO THAT. SO DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WE'RE STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING. OH, S**T. IN PUBLIC HEARINGS. YOU CAN ASK HIM QUESTIONS. I CAN ASK HIM. OKAY. GO AHEAD. AS LONG AS YOU'RE DIRECTLY DOWN HERE. YES. . OKAY. SO, UM, DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE, YOU'LL BE IN A POSITION WITH, WITH, UH, THE, UH, RE THE REMODEL YOUR, YOUR PRINTS CODE ISSUES AND, AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UM, UH, PROOF OF PERMITTING OR ACTUALLY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BY THAT OCTOBER 27TH? I, I, I BELIEVE WE CAN. IT'S GONNA TAKE, YES. IT'LL, IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK AND, AND ALL, BUT, UH, WE CAN, UH, UH, WE CAN EXPEDITE THAT. UH, IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE, UH, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, OF PEN AND PENCIL AND, UH, AND WORKING ON IT. BUT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, HEARING THE, UH, PREVIOUS ONE, THAT BY THAT OCTOBER 27TH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING YOU AND I CAN WORK WITH, UH, WITH OUR CITY INSPECTOR AND, AND BE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING, UH, UH, THAT WE NEED TO PULL A PERMIT AND THEN, UH, GET STARTED ON THAT. SO, UH, THE BIG THING IS TO GET THE PLAN AND GET IT TO, UH, UH, TO THE, THE CITY FOR, UH, PERMITTING AND BE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET ALL THE, UH, STANDARDS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FOR THAT REMODEL. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES. THE TIMESTAMP ON THE FIRST PICTURE IS JUNE 4TH, 2012. THAT'S A HISTORICAL PHOTO, WHICH IS TRUE. THAT'S HOW IT LOOKS. SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE NOW? SAME PICTURE, SAME THING. THE NEXT PICTURE IS JUST, OH, OKAY. THERE'S A SECOND PICTURE OF THERESA. OKAY. BUT IT'S BASICALLY, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S REALLY CHANGED. MM-HMM . THE TREES HAVE GROWN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AROUND, IT MIGHT BE GROWN UP A LITTLE, BUT THE STRUCTURE'S THE SAME. STILL HAS A ROOF. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. NOT MISSING HALF OF IT. YEP. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MOODY? I, DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON, FOR OR AGAINST ON THIS ISSUE? MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SERGEANT SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE CLOSING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? NOT HEARING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR OF FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AYE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. [00:35:01] ANY DISCUSSION? HE HAS OWNED THIS HOUSE FOR 18 YEARS AND THERE'S CURRENTLY NO ADDRESS FOR HIM ON FILE IN THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. MR. RAMIREZ, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE A DESPERATE ATTEMPT AND NOT MR. MOODY, I'M NOT BLAMING YOU, BUT YOU GOT CALLED, CALLED IN AND ROPED IN AT THE LAST SECOND. UH, NO, I, I'M SORRY I HAD TO CHOKE EARLIER. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD POKER FACE. BUT WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN PUBLIC WATER SINCE AT LEAST 20 YEARS ON RECORD, THAT'S SEEMS LIKE A WHILE. SAME DEAL. WHAT'S THAT? I'M SAME, SAME DEAL. I MEAN, I MEAN, I'M JUST, AND THEN MR. MOODY, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A RESPECT FOR MR. MOODY DOES A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR ACTION? ALL UH, YOU'VE, YOU'VE WALKED THE PROPERTY. YOU'VE WALKED THE PROPERTY, I TAKE IT. YES. WE'VE BEEN THERE. UM, YEAH, TO GET PICTURES. AND WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE PROPERTY THAT HAD THE, UH, OSB ALL OVER IT WITH THE OPEN ROOF? WHICH ONE WAS IT? WEST PEACH. THANK YOU. UH, IS, IS THIS THAT, UM, I MEAN THIS ONE HAS A ROOF ALL THE WAY COVERING, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A TOTAL REHAB. I MEAN, FROM FOUNDATION TO STRUCTURE UP DOES NOT HAVE A FLOOR. I REALLY DID. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S ONLY PARTIALLY FLOORED AND, UH, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT. IT'S DEFINITELY A TOTAL REHAB. WHEN, WHEN WAS THE, UH, DO YOU OR DO WE, LET ME SEE, LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK. AS WE'RE DISCUSSING, THERE HAS BEEN OTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY ALL THE WAY BACK TO OH EIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. IT'S IN THE, UM, EXECUTIVE, UH, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THAT. ON THIS PROPERTY FOR WHAT, FIVE OH GRAPHS? YEAH. JUST KIND OF GENERAL CODE IN THE BUILDING AS WELL. WELL, IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE LIENS THAT WERE FILED AND RELEASED AS THEY WERE RELEASED. YES, THEY WERE RELEASED. BUT ON THE PROPERTY MAY PROPERTY THE PROPERTY AS EARLY AS 2009. IT'S STILL UNDER, IT'S THE, THE LIENS WERE FILED UNDER THE, UNDER THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER, WE BELIEVE. YES. UH, YES. ACCORDING TO OR THIS SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS AGO. YES. YES, MS. DANIELS SAID WE, WE HAD A LITTLE TIME. THE COUNTY WAS NOT SHOWING. IT TOOK UTILITY DEPARTMENT A WHILE TO FIND, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, CHLOEY HAD SAID IT, IT WAS WAY BEFORE CITY HAD END CODE TO SHOW WATER. SO WE JUST KIND OF PUT 20 YEARS . UH, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED IT'S NOT ALREADY BOARDED UP, BUT THAT'S, [00:40:04] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH TO GIVE TIME FOR PERMITTING AND PLANNING AT SUCH TIME. IT'LL BE ASSESSED AS WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL DEMO THE STRUCTURE. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 27TH WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER SARTON A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH HAVING A FAR CALL FOR A VOTE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DANIEL, HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR ANYTHING? OKAY. NOT HEARING ANY, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AYE. WE WILL SEE YOU BACK ON THE 27TH OR SOONER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER [10. 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, the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC), 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. (Note that this public hearing remained open and continued).] 10, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSION AND TAKE POSSIBLE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 6 0 7 1 4 0 0 6 AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE BUILDINGS AND CHAPTER SEVEN, 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, THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, AND THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. SO I JUST PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL INC. PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AND DELETION TO SAID STANDARD CODES. OKAY. SO THE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING REMAINED OPEN AND CONTINUED AND THAT'S WHY THAT WAS ALSO 20. ALRIGHT. SO WE'RE STILL ALREADY IN A PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR. I NEED A CALL. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIMON COUNSEL. UM, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU. AGAIN, AS YOU RECALL IN YOUR LAST MEETING, WE HEARD FROM AURA, OUR CONSULTANT, WE INTRODUCED HEATHER CHERRY AS WELL AS SCOTT WILLIAMS, UM, WHO I THINK DID A GOOD JOB AT INTRODUCING THIS ITEM. I'M JUST HERE MILLAGE TO, UH, JUST UPDATE THE ITEM AND JUST LET YOU KNOW THINGS ARE STILL IN MOTION IN TERMS OF THE SURVEY AND WHICH INDIVIDUALS CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE. UM, AND CLICK ON THE LINK IN TERMS OF, UM, GIVING INPUT ON THE CODE AND THE REVISIONS AND THE UPDATE TO THE 2024 CODE, AS WELL AS THE 2023, UM, NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE ALSO DONE COMPARISONS IN WHICH, UM, SAFE BILL WILL, UM, PRESENT THOSE COMPARISONS AS REQUESTED OF THE COUNCIL IN YOUR LAST MEETING. UM, KYLE HAS ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS CITED ON ALVIN, WHO HAS ADOPTED THE 2024 CODE, JUST TO GET A GOOD TAKE ON THAT, UM, CHIEF BUILDING CODE OFFICIALS EXPERIENCE WITH IT. UM, THEY HAVE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO US TO STAY AWAY FROM THE APPENDICES, WHICH SORT OF COMPLICATE THINGS FROM TIME TO TIME. UM, AND AS NOTED LAST TIME, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS IN WHICH WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WOULD MAKE THIS CODE, UM, SPECIFIC TO ANGLETON. UM, AND WE GAVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE AMENDMENTS AS WELL TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS READ. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A STEP BACK, UM, AND HAVE, HAVE YOU AT LEAST LISTEN TO, UM, BOTH THE CONSULTANTS, UM, REGARDING ANY UPDATES AND ALSO TO EXPLAIN THIS, UM, NICE READABLE COMPARISON AND, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO I'LL SIT DOWN FOR NOW AND WE'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MY MAYOR PROAM AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, AS ALWAYS SAID, UH, WE WILL, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL, SINCE IT'S A LOT OF IT IS REPETITION FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT WE ARE MOSTLY HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD. SO, UH, SCOTT WILLIAMS IS HERE FROM SAFE FIELD AS WELL AS HEATHER CHERRY WHO WERE HERE BEFORE. UH, MY NAME IS LATA KRISHNA AND I'M WITH THE AR DURA TEAM. SO, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE POWERPOINT? YES. [00:45:02] GREAT. NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, THE OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION. UH, I PROMISE YOU I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF SINCE YOU HAVE HEARD MOST OF IT AND FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE. UM, AS WE MENTIONED LAST TIME, UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY THE G-L-O-R-C-P GRANT. IT'S THE RESILIENT COMMUNITY GRANT, WHICH ALSO IS FUNDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES, UM, IN THE CITY OF, FOR THE CITY OF ANGLETON. AND, UM, SO THE PURPOSE, THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UM, EXERCISE IS TO SEE THE, UM, WHAT CODES THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT. UH, AND THE GLO REQUIREMENT IS TO ADOPT A CODE THAT IS EXCEEDS THE IRC 2012, WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY. AND, UM, THE SCHEDULE, AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, WE ARE TOWARDS THIS, UM, END OF THE PROJECT WHERE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE ARE HOPING THAT WITH WHATEVER CODE YOU WOULD PREFER TO GETS ADOPTED. SO, UM, WE DID, UH, GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS, WHICH WAS, UM, ALSO COMBINED WITH THE OTHER COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE OTHER TWO TASKS, WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND THE, UM, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UPDATE. SO, UM, SOME OF THAT WAS SUB, UM, SUMMARIZED, UH, AND WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO, UM, STAKEHOLDERS. THERE WAS A MEETING HELD SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT THAT HEATHER IS GOING TO TOUCH ON SOON. SO I'M GOING TO, UM, HAND IT OVER TO HEATHER. UM, SHE'S GOING TO, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD AND ABOUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE BACK WITH YOU GUYS. UM, AS LATA MENTIONED, UM, A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY FROM LAST TIME, SO WE'RE GONNA REALLY FOCUS ON THE POINTS, UM, THAT YOU REQUESTED CLARIFICATION FOR AT OUR LAST MEETING. UM, OUR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, AS LADA MENTIONED, WE DID THE, THE BUILDERS FORUM, UM, AND IT, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. UH, OTIS MENTIONED THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT SURVEY GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC. UM, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, SINCE YOU'VE LAST BEEN UPDATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, KEEP GOING. CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE SEVEN FOR ME? ALL RIGHT. OUR SLIDES DON'T MATCH UP, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM, ON YOUR, THE DAAS, YOU ALL, UM, WE LEFT YOU GUYS, UM, A HANDOUT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE WE WERE AT. UM, WHAT WE DID WAS WE AUDITED YOUR REGION. SO YOU'RE IN TML REGION 14, AS YOU'RE AWARE. UM, 25 OF THOSE CITIES IN YOUR REGION HAVE ADOPTED UP TO 24. AND, UM, SAFE BUILT HAS PERSONALLY WORKED WITH AND GONE THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF 14 COMMUNITIES, NOT ALL OF WHICH ARE IN REGION 14, BUT THEY ARE LISTED ON YOUR HANDOUT. AND THREE COMMUNITIES ARE IN PROCESS. UM, ONE OF YOUR RELATIVE NEIGHBORS IOWA COLONY IS PRO IN PROCESS OF UPDATING TO THE 24 CODES. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. OISH, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE, UM, LATEST THIS ISN'T. SORRY, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE, THE RIGHT STUFF IN FRONT OF YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA SUMMARIZE. UM, THE, THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, FROM YOU ALL AND AND FROM THE PUBLIC WAS WERE THERE ANY POTENTIAL UNNECESSARY HARDSHIPS FOR THE BUILDERS IN THE COMMUNITY? UM, PREVIOUSLY UNCLEAR CHANGES TO THE STANDARDS AND IN POTENTIAL COST CONCERNS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE BUILDING THE BUILDERS. SO THE POTENTIALLY UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP AS WE MENTIONED, UM, LAST TIME. AND THEN IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL, ICC, THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, UM, IS THE RECOGNIZED STANDARD [00:50:01] FOR INDUSTRY FOR BUILDING CODES AND SAFETY. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THE CODES COVER A VARIETY OF ISSUES AND INSTANCES, UM, YOUR ZONING ORDINANCES AND OTHER CITY REGULATIONS ARE WHAT'S ACTUALLY DICTATING WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWING IN YOUR CITY. UM, YOU TAKE THAT AND THEN ACCORDING TO THAT, THOSE BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS ARE WHAT HAVE TO BE BUILT TO ACCORDING TO YOUR ZONING CODE AND OTHER REGULATIONS. UM, WE DO HAVE THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, PREVIOUSLY THE ONLY OTHER, UM, ORDINANCE THAT OR AMENDMENT THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU WAS THE, UM, RESTROOM EXCEPTION WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME. UM, AND THAT EXCEPTION IN ITS ENTIRETY. UM, IT'S AN EXCEPTION NUMBER SIX IN, UH, CHAPTER 29. AND IT'S, UM, AN EXCEPTION FOR SEPARATE TOILET FACILITIES NOT BEING REQUIRED FOR BOTH SEXES AS LONG AS THE TOILET COUNT IS MET. UM, SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WE WORK WITH HAVE AMENDED THE ORDINANCE TO GET RID OF THAT EXCEPTION. UM, SO IT WOULD GO BACK TO, I THINK PREVIOUSLY IT WAS AT 2018 WHERE THAT WASN'T AN EXCEPTION. SO, UM, THAT'S AN EASY ENOUGH AMENDMENT. YOU JUST GET RID OF THAT EXCEPTION IN THE UPDATE IF YOU CHOOSE TO GET RID OF THAT EXCEPTION. UM, WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO AMEND THE PLUMBING CODE AS WELL BECAUSE THOSE REFERENCE EACH OTHER. BUT IT'S A SIMPLE, SIMPLE AMENDMENT TO MAKE THE REST OF THE, UH, LOCAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE RECOMMEND ARE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE. ANOTHER, UH, CONCERN WAS UNCLEAR OF THE CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE ICC CODE FROM WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE BOOKS TO NOW. UM, AND WE DID SEND OUT A SPREADSHEET, UM, THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT ENCAPSULATES THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ALL OF THE CODE BOOKS. DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, UM, AMENDMENTS OR, I'M SORRY, THE CHANGES TO THE UPDATES? IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT, UM, THOSE WERE THE, THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE, THE, THE CODES. UM, AND THEN FINALLY THE POTENTIAL COST CONCERNS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUILDING TO UPDATE TO THE 2024 CODES. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NOT A VERIFIED METRIC TO DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST ONE DIRECTION TO ANOTHER FOR CODE YEAR TO CODE YEAR. UM, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, UM, WITH OTHER CITY PROJECTS, COST OF CONSTRUCTION VARIES WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE YOU'RE PUTTING UP. THERE'S JUST TOO MANY VARIABLES TO GIVE YOU A A HARD NUMBER ON THAT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, WITH THE UPDATED CODES, IT DOES INCREASE YOUR ISO RATING. IT ADDS TO YOUR POINT SYSTEM FOR HOW THAT'S DETERMINED. AND THE ISO IS THE DETERMINING FACTOR OF WHAT YOUR INSURANCE RATES ARE FOR YOUR HOMEOWNERS AND YOUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY. SO THE MORE UPDATED THE CODES, THE MORE POINTS YOU GET, THE BETTER YOUR ISO RATING FOR THAT SECTION WILL BE. UM, AS WE MENTIONED LAST TIME AS WELL, BRAZORIA COUNTY HAS ADOPTED THE 2024 CODES AND SO THE WINDSTORM REQUIREMENTS FOR INSURABILITY WILL HAVE TO BE MET AT THE 2024 CODES. UM, I THINK WITHOUT OUR PRESENTATION, I THINK THAT COVERS IT. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR FOR SCOTT OF ANY AREAS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION ON OR MORE INFORMATION? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION YOU JUST ASKED. YOU JUST STATED THAT BRAZORIA COUNTY PASSED IT. MM-HMM . UH, DID THEY MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS? I BELIEVE, DID THEY JUST TAKE IT HALS CLOTH? WELL, TDI IS TO 24 AND TO GET THE INSURANCE RATES IN BRAZORIA COUNTY YOU HAVE TO DO, SO MISSOURI COUNTY DID ADOPT THEM. WE'RE STILL IN THE, YOU CAN ASK THEM QUESTIONS COUNTY AS FAR AS THEIR AMENDMENT WERE CONCERNED. UH, BUT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IF YOU NEED. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE SIT, [00:55:01] ASK RIGHT HERE IN THE SAME CITY AS THE COUNTY SEAT, MAYBE THAT PERSONAL COME WE ARE THE COUNTY SEAT, BUT RIGHT IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE MM-HMM . TECHNICALLY YOUR QUESTION NEEDS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS HER. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME INPUT ON HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT BUILDERS OR PEOPLE WITH DIRECT INPUT? NO, DID, DID THEY? YOU CAN, I DID LOOK UP. YEAH. UH, IF YOU GO TO THE MICROPHONE SURE. , I HAD TO ASK IT GENERALLY. WELL, I SAW YOU, I THOUGHT YOU WERE STARING AT, WE KIND OF WERE WANTING TO HEAR FROM YOU ON THIS ONE. YEAH. . UH, YEAH, I'M CHRIS BELTER. UM, WE'VE BEEN, THE CODES HAVE BEEN EVOLVING FOR YEARS. I STARTED BUILDING HAMILTON IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES IN OUR FIRST SUBDIVISION ALEXANDER COURT. AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF MY OTHER ONES AND CODES CHANGE, UM, WINDSTORM CODES, WHENEVER THEY CAME INTO EFFECT, THEY, THEY EVOLVE. I KNOW THERE'S A NEW CHANGE. SO I PERSONALLY, UH, HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH NEW CODES AS LONG AS THEY'RE, UM, BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, MAJORITY OF TIME IT'S BETTER FOR OUR HOME BUYERS TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S UP TO CODE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THESE OLD HOUSES BEFORE THERE WERE CODES. THEY DON'T LAST LONG. UM, AND, AND HAVING STRONGER CODES IS REALLY NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME. I'M BUILDING MOSTLY CUSTOM HOME NOW COMPARED TO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING STARTER HOMES. BUT THE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS EVERYBODY PLAYS BY THE SAME RULES. WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT. YOU HAVE OUT OF TOWN PRODUCTION BUILDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MY WINDSTORM ENGINEERS TELL ME THEY COULD NEVER APPROVE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET TO THE STROM CODES THAT THEY COMPLY WITH. 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THESE ARE USUALLY OUT, OUT OF STATE, UH, COMPANIES. SO THEY, I'VE HEARD SOME STORIES FROM PEOPLE. SO ANYWAY, SO EVERYBODY SHOULD PLAY BY THE SAME BOOK. IF WE, IF YOU INCREASE THE CODES, THAT'S FINE. IT, IT WON'T IMPACT WHAT I DO. UM, AND IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT THE BIG PRODUCTION GUYS. THEY'LL MEET THE CONES 'CAUSE THEY ARE MEETING THEM IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. NOTHING STANDS OUT ON ANY OF THESE WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS OR ANYTHING? NO, NOT REALLY. NO. IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S, IT'S NEVER BEEN, NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. AND UH, THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IMPROVEMENT CODE. IF IT COST A LITTLE MORE THAN IT COSTS LITTLE MORE, BUT YOU GET A LITTLE BETTER HOUSE FOR IT TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, IF IN THE FUTURE SOMETHING SHOULD COME UP, THIS CAN BE BROUGHT BACK UP. COUNSEL CAN'T AMEND IT. THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. MM-HMM . SO IT'S NOT, ONCE IT'S VOTED ON, IT'S IN STONE AND CAN EVER CHANGE. RIGHT. YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND CHANGE IT IF YOU SO DESIRE. THANK YOU. I LIKE TO TRY TO CLEAN IT UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE FRONT END. UM, I MEAN I DON'T WANNA RELY ON OTHER JURISDICTIONS LIKE ALVIN OR PE COUNTY, BUT USUALLY IF THEY'RE CATCHING THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH LIVING IN THE COASTAL GULF BEND REGION OF TEXAS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST MORE EYES ON IT, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE THOUGHTS. SO A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE. UM, BUT THAT'S WHY I KIND OF, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT IF, IF ZORA COUNTY JUST ACCEPTED IT AS IS OR THEY MADE SOME BRAZORIA COUNTIES IN A COUNTIES ARE IN A DIFFERENT BOAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T, AREN'T ALLOWED THROUGH, UH, TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO HAVE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND ISSUE. THEY CAN ISSUE PERMITS, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF, THEY'RE KIND OF HEMMED INTO DRAINAGE RELATED ISSUES, FLOOD RELATED ISSUES, BUT THERE'S STILL STUFF THAT WOULD BE CARRY OVER IT. RIGHT. SO THERE'S THERE'S SOME OF IT. CORRECT. BUT NOT, NOT, UH, IT'S IT'S NOT GONNA BE APPLES TO APPLES. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS LOOKING AT ANOTHER CITY WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE BENEFICIAL AS FAR AS APPLE TO APPLE COMPARISON AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THEIR AMENDMENTS. AND, AND I THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PRESENTATION WAS THE CITY OF ALVIN, SO, RIGHT. CORRECT. I GUESS I NEED SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT. YEAH, KYLE, KYLE'S BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THAT CI, UH, EMAILED AND THEN SPOKE WITH THEIR BUILDING OFFICIAL ABOUT THEM GOING TO THE 24. AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF ON A LIKE THREE YEARS. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADVANCING SO THEY'RE GONNA STAY. HE, HE JUST SAID IN ALVIN THEY [01:00:01] WOULDN'T DO THE APPENDICES. THEY JUST DO THE CODE AND HE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S, THEY'RE USED TO IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OR A SUBDIVISION OR, YOU KNOW, THEY, HE, IT WAS ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2025. YEAH. THEY ACTED QUICKLY. HAVE, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT? HAVE THEY SUBSEQUENTLY, AND I YOU SAID THEY DON'T ADOPT THE APPENDIX, BUT DID THEY, HAVE THEY MADE OTHER CHANGES TO THEIR UH, TO THAT HE DIDN'T MENTION ANY. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, COMPARE, DO A LITTLE, 'CAUSE WE'RE AT 15, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE IN HERE. IS IT REALLY GONNA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD THAT'S REALLY GONNA STAND OUT TO A BUILDER OR DEVELOPER AND HE JUST HAD NOTHING? I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE, I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, IF IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY TRIPPED OVER, WE MIGHT WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT TOO. YEAH. AND I CAN, I'LL, I'LL REACH BACK OUT TO HIM AND JUST SEE IF HE, DID THEY COME BACK AND, UH, WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT OR YOU KNOW, KIND, I'LL DO THAT AND BRING IT BACK. WELL, AND I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN MAKE UNDER OUR OWN ORDINANCES AFTER THE FACT WE CAN SET THESE THINGS UP. I DON'T SEE A REASON THAT WE CAN'T ADOPT THE CODE AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW AND PROBABLY MAKE, UH, UH, REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FOR THE UNISEX BATHROOM EXCEPT FOR AN INSTANCE OF A REMODEL ON AN OLDER FACILITY WHERE IT'S KIND OF A GRANDFATHER DEAL. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME OLDER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE A SINGLE BATHROOM AND MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY A, A READILY ACCESSIBLE. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, SAME SEX RESTROOMS AS FAR AS A SINGLE USER RESTROOM WITH A, A TOILET, A LABORATORY AND A DOOR THAT HAS THE INTERNATIONAL SIGN FOR MALE AND FEMALE, THAT'S STILL ALLOWED. MM-HMM . WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IN 21 WHAT THEY CHANGED WAS IF YOU NEEDED, UH, 10 TOILETS FOR MEN AND 10 TOILETS FOR WOMEN, UH, THEY, THIS EXCEPTION TO THE SEPARATE RESTROOM REQUIRED SAID YOU COULD PUT ALL 20 TOILETS IN THE SAME ROOM AND THEN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE WOULD GO INTO THE SAME ROOM. YEAH. WE WON'T BE DOING THAT TO USE THE RESTROOM. AND PEOPLE HAVE OR HAVE . RIGHT. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE AMENDING THAT OUT OF THEIR, JUST DELETING THAT, UH, THAT EXCEPTION, UH, THAT, THAT IT STILL REQUIRES, UH, SEPARATE RESTROOMS FOR MALE AND FEMALE. IT STILL ALLOWS THE SAME, A SINGLE USER, SAME SEX WITH IT. HOW YOU CAN LOCK THE DOOR AND NOBODY CAN COME IN. SO, AND AGAIN, THE APPENDICES, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CODE, UH, THE, THERE'S THE CODE PROPER AND THEN THERE'S AT THE BACK, THERE'S SEPARATE CHAPTERS THAT ARE APPENDICES THAT GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL. UH, ON SITE SURGERY, TREATMENT, FACILITIES, FIRE LANE, I MEAN ALL KIND OF STUFF. THOSE ARE NOT ADOPTED. WOULD YOU ADOPT THE CODE IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT APPENDICES, YOU HAVE TO CALL THAT OUT IN YOUR ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY WHICH APPENDICES YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE ADOPTION. SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT THOSE. AND, UH, ABOUT 50 50 IS, UH, ON CITIES THAT ADOPT SOME OF THE APPENDICES OR, OR DON'T. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL, WILL RUN ACROSS IN OUR TRAVELS. AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THE, ON THE BATHROOM. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. UM, SO, OKAY, SO MY ONLY PUSHBACK IS NOT YOU. IT'S UH, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A MATTER JOHN WOULD LIKE TO DIG INTO. I MEAN, HE'S THE ONE WHO BASICALLY MADE US COME BACK FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING TABLE. IT WE CAN PROCEED WITHOUT HIM OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL HE RETURNS NEXT TIME. 'CAUSE HE SPECIFICALLY, I JUST REMEMBER HIM ASKING ABOUT ALVIN. I DON'T KNOW IF KYLE'S ANSWERS WERE SUFFICIENT OR NOT. THAT'S ALL. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO YOU SAID THAT IF WE ADOPT IT, WHATEVER ORDINANCES WE HAVE OVERRIDES THE CODE THAT WE ADOPT? I THINK YOU, YOU MEAN THE ZONING CODE? YEAH, LIKE IF WE REQUIRE SEVEN FOOT CEILINGS, THEN THE SIX FOOT THAT WOULD BE BUILDING SPECIFIC. BUT WHEN SHE MENTIONED THAT, THAT WOULD QUESTIONS RAISED IN TERMS OF I THINK SETBACK AND PARAMETERS THAT ARE PART OF THE ZONING, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION. MM-HMM . I THINK THEY WERE, UH, MAKING THAT CORRELATION THAT THAT ZONING CODE WOULD [01:05:01] GUIDE HOW, UM, KYLE AND I WOULD APPLY, UM, THE BUILDING CODES TO ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS. OKAY. BUT THERE, THERE'S ALSO CEILING HEIGHT TOO. THAT'S A PART OF THE BUILDING CODE. SO IF WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES SEVEN FOOT CEILINGS, THEN THAT OVERRIDES THIS ONE OR NO, IN THAT INSTANCE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT WOULD TRUNCATE, BUT I CAN'T RECALL IN THE ZONING CODE WHERE THERE'S A CEILING HEIGHT. YEAH. SO OURS IS SEVEN FOOT SEVEN IN THE CODE. THEN THAT'S A REVISION THAT THE TEAM HERE WITH THE COMP PLAN, WE'LL COORDINATE AND MAKE IT PARALLEL AS, 'CAUSE BOTH CODES WILL BE UPDATED AS PART OF OUR COMP PLAN UPDATE. UM, SO WE WILL FLAG THAT ITEM IN THE, IN THE ZONING CODE. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK. IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR, THEN THIS WOULD, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A TINY HOME ORDINANCE OR A SHIPPING CONTAINER. THOSE THINGS WILL COME BEFORE YOU WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ZONING CODE. OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT. MM-HMM . AND IF WE WERE TO ADOPT THOSE AS A, A ALLOWABLE USE WITHIN THE ZONING CODE, THEN EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING CODE THAT APPLIES TO THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, REGULATED ACCORDINGLY. OKAY. SO PUBLIC HEARING, STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I MAKE A MOTION TO I CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO LEAVE IT OPEN. LEAVE IT OPEN. OKAY. YES SIR. WE HAVE UNTIL AUGUST THE 11TH. UM, CORRECT ME LATA, IF I'M INCORRECT, THAT GIVES US SUFFICIENT TIME TO MEET THE GUIDELINES OF THE GLO. IF WE COULD CONSIDER BRINGING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE ASKED ANYTHING ELSE OR THE MAYOR AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, HIT ADOPTION AUGUST 11TH. UM, THAT WAY THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO GIVE INPUT TO THE CONS. SO THAT IS OUR NEXT MEETING, CORRECT? I'M SORRY? OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS THE AUGUST, AUGUST THE 11TH IS YOUR FIRST MEETING IN, IN AUGUST. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACTION WOULD'VE TO BE TAKEN THAT DAY. WE RECOMMEND. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY. 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR. YES. UHHUH. . OKAY. YEP. AND WE'LL KEEP IT, UM, CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. UM, MOVING TO KEEP THIS OPEN. ALL IN FAVOR. SINGLE BY SAYING AYE A. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE [11. Discussion and update on the Gambit Energy Storage Park, 319 Murray Ranch Rd., Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas.] REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 11, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON GAMBIT ENERGY STORAGE PARK. THREE 19 MURRAY RANCH ROAD. ANGLETON, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNSEL, THIS ITEM AS YOU, UM, SEE IN THE COVER WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU, UM, BACK EARLIER. UM, AND YOU ASKED THAT IT BE, UM, BROUGHT BACK TO YOU AS UPDATES BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME BULLET POINTS THAT WERE PRESENTED BEFORE THE CONSOLE IN TERMS OF SOME THINGS THAT THE APPLICANTS COULD PROVIDE. UM, BETTER I THINK COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE RESPONSES, UM, ON THE ITEMS. SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE. UM, THE GAMBIT FOLKS ARE HERE TODAY. THEY DO HAVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE DO HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL. YES SIR. I'M GONNA GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK NOW OR, OR, YES SIR. REPLY. YES, SIR. MM-HMM . JUST INTRODUCING. UM, SO THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE HERE IS, AND WE CAN STILL CONTINUE. CORRECT. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE WE GOT ENOUGH. UH, STEPHANIE BOX, I BELIEVE AND SHE IS WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER 11. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE BOX. I RESIDE AT 9 0 3. SPREADING OAKS RESIDENT SHOULD BE HERE. HOW MUCH WE'RE HERE. UM, I WANNA START BY READING AN EMAIL THAT I SENT ON JUNE 29TH. UM, 'CAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM ANYONE ON CITY COUNCIL, SO I WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN WHAT IT SAYS. SO Y'ALL CAN'T SAY WE NEVER RECEIVED IT. UM, I SAID I WANNA RAISE AWARENESS TO A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED WITH THE BATTERY PARK LAST WEEK ON JUNE 18TH, 2026 AT 9:18 AM I WAS OUT CLEANING HER FULL AFTER THE RAINS WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD AN ALARM SOUNDING OFF AT THE BATTERY PARK. IMAGINE THE FEAR I HAD, SORRY. IMMEDIATELY THINKING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. MY KIDS AND DOG WERE INSIDE. I WAS GETTING READY TO LOAD THEM UP AND EVACUATE OUR HOME. SHAKING. UM, I TOOK A QUICK CLIP OF THAT [01:10:01] AUDIO AND WAS ABOUT TO CALL FOR HELP AND THE ALARM STOPPED. IT SOUNDED FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. THEN I REALIZED IN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF HERE, I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER ACTUALLY BEEN INFORMED HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SITUATION. DO WE CALL A-P-D-A-F-D 9 1 1? I SENT AN EMAIL TO KEITH WHOM LATER CONFIRMED THAT GAMBIT WAS RUNNING TESTS, BUT IT WAS AGREED UPON BY GAMBIT THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY US AHEAD OF TIME. AND HE WAS ALSO UNAWARE THAT TESTING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING PLACE. UM, THIS LEADS US BACK TO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE SUB FOR THE STORAGE PARK. ALTHOUGH GAMBIT HAS MADE MANY POSITIVE CHANGES TO, AND CONTINUE TO APPEAR TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF SAFETY, SHOULD AN EMERGENCY ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE. THE CITY HAS ADMITTED FAULT MULTIPLE TIMES REGARDING THE APPROVAL FOR THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE BATTERY PARK. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH GAMBIT REPRESENTATIVES SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IN MARCH, AND THEY'VE STATED ON MANY OCCASIONS THAT THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, BUT HAD YET TO HEAR BACK TO SCHEDULE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. AT WHAT POINT AND WHAT COSTS OR RISKS TO THE CITIZENS OF ANGLETON WILL EFFORTS BE PUT FORTH TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE THE CITY HAS CLAIMED FAULTS ON. WILL SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH BE REQUIRED BEFORE CHANGE TAKES PLACE? WHEN WILL THE CITY BE PROACTIVE TO REVOKE THIS UP INSTEAD OF REMAINING REACTIVE AND HOPING FOR THE PEST? I DO GIVE PRAISE TO GAMBIT FOR MAKING GREAT EFFORTS TO LOWER THE NOISE POLLUTION AND CONTINUING TO MEET WITH AND UPDATE RESIDENTS OF HERITAGE OAK ON FUTURE LANDSCAPING PLANS. AND OUR LAST MEETING, THEY ALSO GAVE US TESTING DATES. UM, WHILE I GREATLY APPRECIATE THESE EFFORTS, WE ARE READY FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY REPRESENTATIVES TO TAKE ACTION AND CORRECT THE MISTAKES THEY HAVE BEEN MADE. I DO NOT WANT THE FACT THAT THE NOISE POLLUTION HAS BEEN REDUCED TO RE TO SHADOW THE FACT THAT THE STUFF REMAINS IN PLACE. JUST BECAUSE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT NOISE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE BIGGER ISSUE HAS DISAPPEARED IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, NO ACTION HAS TAKEN PLACE BY THE CITY. THEN I ASKED WHEN THIS ITEM WOULD BE ADDED FOR A TOPIC ON AN AGENDA, AND I NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE. I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY THAT CLIP SO YOU CAN HEAR THE ALARM. SO THIS CLIP THAT I HAVE WAS 15 SECONDS AND THE ALARM SOUNDED FOR ABOUT 30. UM, I'VE REVIEWED PREVIOUS AGENDA MINUTES AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MEETINGS WHERE NO ACTION HAS TAKEN PLACE. AFTER HEARING THAT ALARM GO OFF, IT QUICKLY PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE HOW OUR LIVES COULD CHANGE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IFS HERE MANY TIMES, BUT THAT WOULD'VE WAS A REALITY FOR THOSE 30 SECONDS. DURING THAT TIME, I WENT INTO PANIC. I WAS QUIET AND CALM IN THE CLIP, BUT YOU CAN'T HEAR MY HEART RACING. YOU CAN'T SEE MY BODY SHAKING. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE FEAR THAT I HAVE TO NOT KNOWING WHETHER MY KIDS AND MY DOGS WERE SAFE, WHETHER OUR COMMUNITY WAS SAFE, WHETHER WE NEEDED TO EVACUATE OR NOT, AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS SITUATION. I AM ASKING YOU TO IMAGINE THAT THIS WAS YOUR FAMILY AND THIS IS IN YOUR BACKYARD, AND HOW YOU WOULD RESPOND AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOUR LIVES BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FEAR. THIS IS OUR LIFE. AND WE PICKED OUR HOUSE, OUR SPOT BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOVE BEING IN INGLETON. WE LOVE BEING IN BRAZORIA COUNTY. WE WANT TO REMAIN WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN. AND THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT IT IS FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE ACTION. THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES AND IT'S TIME TO OWN UP AND MAKE CHANGES. AND I'M SORRY FOR CRYING. THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON REQUEST TO SPEAK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IS CLARA DAN HOUSE. MY NAME'S CLARA DAN HOUSE. I LIVE AT 8 6 4 SPREADING OAKS DRIVE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIFTH OR SIXTH TIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO GAMBIT. THEY HAVE MET WITH US I THINK THREE TIMES SINCE, UM, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THEY'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE NOISE. I DON'T HEAR IT. [01:15:01] I'VE ONLY HEARD IT ONE TIME. SO I FEEL LIKE THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, LIVED UP TO THEIR COMMITMENT AND THEY'VE ALSO, UM, LOWERED THE LIGHTING AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE LANDSCAPING PLAN. WE RECOMMENDED THEY WAIT TILL FALL 'CAUSE IT'S TOO HOT TO BE PLANTING PLANTS RIGHT NOW. SO THEY LISTEN TO US. THEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN PROACTIVE. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GAMBIT. I THINK THEY'VE BEEN MAKING THE EFFORT. MY CONCERN IS WHAT STEPHANIE BROUGHT UP IS, I GUESS WE'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY ON WHAT YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS. RESPONSE PLAN IS, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THERE, DO THEY HAVE ONE? YOU KNOW, CAN THEY TALK TO US? CAN THEY UPDATE US IN A MEETING? SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF AN, YOU KNOW, IS THE CITY OF ANGLETON PREPARED? IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT AT THE BATTERY PARK, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? HOW ARE YOU GONNA INFORM US? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO SO WE CAN INFORM THE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL. WE DON'T KNOW IF, IF THIS, YOU KNOW, IF ANGLETON FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWS WHAT TO DO. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS JUST AN UPDATE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND JUST MORE TRANSPARENCY ON WHAT THE RESPONSE PLAN IS. OH, Y'ALL GOT ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. WE GOT A LITTLE MORE. AND THEN FINALLY I HAVE A PERSON REQUESTING, UH, MARK STEWART, YOU STEP OUT. OKAY. WELL SHOULD HE RETURN, IS HE GONE LIKE DON? IS HE GONE, GONE, GONE. OH, OKAY. YEAH, HE MENTIONED TO US. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. IT SHOWS THE LAKE JACKSON RESIDENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCURATE OR NOT. OKAY, SO NOW I GUESS JUST LIKE HAVE GAMBIT RESPOND OR JOSEPH, YOU WANNA CHIEF YOU WANNA OKAY, I'LL GO. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR PRO TIM COUNSEL, UH, I AM THE FIRE CHIEF OF THE, WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO I DO KNOW OUR, OUR TRAINING OFFICERS GOT AHOLD OF YOU RECENTLY, RIGHT? AS OF TODAY, IN THE PAST WEEK. SO WE WERE GONNA CONDUCT A TRAINING, BUT ALSO WE FOUND OUT GAMBIT WAS GONNA CONDUCT A TRAINING. UM, SO NOW WE'RE CORRELATING WITH THAT. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO IT. UH, THAT WAS DECIDED TODAY. WE DO HAVE A STANDARD OPERATING GUIDELINE WHERE WHENEVER GAMBIT WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE DID OUR, UH, FIRST PRE-PLAN AND HOW WE WOULD RESPOND. SO IN THAT TRAINING, WE WILL MOST DEFINITELY CAN GO OVER THAT WITH Y'ALL. BUT, UH, AS FAR AS THE ALARM AND ALL THAT, IF Y'ALL WERE CONDUCTING TESTING, WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN NOTIFIED BY A PD AND A PD MORE THAN LIKELY TOLD US, HEY, THERE'S A DISREGARD. THEY'RE DOING FIRE ALARM TESTING. SO, UM, IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IF SOMETHING WAS TO GO OFF, YEAH, WE DO HAVE A PLAN AND HOW WE'RE GONNA RESPOND TO THAT. UM, AND THAT'S THAT Y'ALL HAVE ADOPTED OUR SOG CORRECT? OUR STANDING OPERAT GUIDELINE. OKAY. AND I FOUND OUT TODAY, YEAH, THERE IS NO CHANGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO IT. SO IT'S STILL CURRENT EVERYTHING, BUT YES, THAT IS IN PLACE. AND CHIEF, JUST, ARE YOU OPEN TO MEETING WITH ANY MEMBERS OF CITIZENS OF ANGLETON IF THEY WISH TO ADDRESS OR SPEAK WITH YOU? ABSOLUTELY. UM, WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOU? WHERE CAN THEY FIND ME? WELL, SO I DO GO TO THE STATION ON FRIDAYS. UM, BUT IF NOT, I AM HERE ON, UH, MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS AS WELL. UH, I DO GO TO THE STATION PERIODICALLY, BUT IF NOT, YOU CAN CALL FROM EIGHT TO FIVE AND, UH, WE HAVE OUR OFFICE MANAGER THERE. SHE WILL GET AHOLD OF ME AND WE'LL SET SOMETHING UP. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR AND I WILL MOST DEFINITELY MEET WITH YOU. WE ARE GONNA CONDUCT TRAINING AND IT IS GONNA BE OPEN. SO, UM, Y'ALL ALSO HAVE THAT TOO, THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. THANK YOU CHIEF. ALRIGHT. AND THEN GAMBIT IS HERE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. YOU MAY NEED TO MI MOVE THE MICROPHONE UP. IT'S, YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT TALLER. ALL RIGHT. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WRIGHT. UH, MAYOR PROTE TALENTED. THAT'S OKAY. SORRY. UH, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, THE GHOST OF JOHN WRIGHT WASN'T AWARE HE WAS NOT GONNA BE IN ATTENDANCE WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER. I'M KEITH MERKEL, THE DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT FOR DDA ENERGY STORAGE. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE IN PERSON TONIGHT. UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR TEAM IN THE ROOM, KEN MCINTYRE, UH, SENIOR VP OF OPERATIONS. SO BACK IN JANUARY AND MARCH, CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AND VISUAL IMPACT [01:20:01] FROM THE, FROM THE FACILITY ON THE HERITAGE OAK COMMUNITY CAME DIRECTLY BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, AND WE HEARD THEM. SINCE THEN, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON STAYING CLOSE TO THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST SHOWING UP WHEN THERE'S THIS MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR. SO TONIGHT I WANNA WALK THROUGH THREE THINGS. UM, HOW WE BUILT A REAL ONGOING LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT WE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON FROM OUR ACTION PLAN AND OUR NEXT STEPS. SO I'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, AND THEN I'M GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS. UM, FIRST, AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT UPDATE, AND YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE ESTABLISHED A, UM, A MONTHLY CHECK IN CALL WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE HERITAGE OAK COMMUNITY. AND WE'VE KEPT IT GOING. OUR MOST RECENT CALL WAS JUST THIS LAST WEEK. THIS ISN'T JUST A ONE TIME THING, AND WE'RE TRACKING EVERY CONCERN THAT DOES COME TO US DIRECTLY AND WORKING TO RESPOND WITHIN 24 HOURS. SO WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WERE REAL COMMUNICATION GAPS THAT FED TO A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION. AND CLOSING THOSE GAPS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES. SO COMMUNICATION FLOWS BOTH WAYS. ON THE, ON THOSE CALLS, WE HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND WE USE THAT TIME TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON HOW AND WHEN WE'RE OPERATING. SO WE GENUINELY APPRECIATE, UH, THE NEIGHBORS WHO STAYED ENGAGED WITH US IN THAT, IN THAT DIALOGUE. SECOND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO IN OUR AFTER PLAN, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE ACTED ON, UM, FAN SPEEDS. WE'VE REDUCED OUR OPERATING LIMIT ON THE BATTERY COOLING. FANS AND NEIGHBOR NEIGHBOR FEEDBACK HAS TOLD US THAT IT'S MADE A REAL NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE AND THAT THAT LIMIT IS STILL IN PLACE TODAY. UH, LIGHTING THE SUBSTATION LIGHTS, UM, THE WERE A TOPIC IN OUR MARCH DISCUSSION HAVE BEEN LOWERED, UM, FROM 40 FEET DOWN 15 FEET. THAT WAS COMPLETED BACK IN APRIL. UM, THE DIRECT CONTACT LINE TO OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM IS LIVE MONITORED. SO THE LANDSCAPING BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. WE'VE SIGNED ON WITH THE LOCAL LANDSCAPING FIRM FOR THE ADDITIONAL TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST BOUNDARY. AND WE WERE INTENTIONALLY PLANNING THIS FALL AS MENTIONED TO AVOID THAT SUMMER HEAT INCREASED THE LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVABILITY, UM, OPERATION TIMING. SO IN ADDITION TO OPERATING AT 50%, UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR OPERATIONS TEAM AND SHIFTED, UH, THE FACILITY CHARGE IN DISCHARGE TIMES TO MITIGATE PERCEIVED NOISE. AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO REVIEW OPERATIONAL DATA AND ADD MEASURES TO UNDERSTAND NOISE IMPACT AND HAD TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON WHEN THE BATTERY IS DISPATCHED. UH, ONE ITEM PAINTING OF THE TRANSMISSION POLES IS ON HOLD. THAT THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS HAS JUST BEEN DEPRIORITIZED. SO THIRD, WE KNOW THIS FACILITY HAS A REAL IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND NO SINGLE UPDATE ERASES THAT WE HAVE AN UPCOMING SEMI-ANNUAL NOISE STUDIES, UH, SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10TH THROUGH 17TH, AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT TO THE CITY, CITY IN SEPTEMBER. UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS FACILITY MATTERS TO THE REGION. IT'S THE KIND OF RESOURCE THAT KEPT ENGLETON AND THE ERCO GRID OUT OF ROLLING BLACKOUTS DURING TIGHT CONDITIONS LIKE SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023. SO WE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBLY SERIOUSLY. WHILE WE'RE NOT CHOOSING BETWEEN BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND BEING A RELIABLE, GREAT RESOURCE, WE INTEND TO DO BOTH. TO SUM UP, WE'VE BUILT REAL MONTHLY LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT GOING. AND WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH OUR COMMITMENTS AND OUR ACTION PLAN, AND WE'RE GONNA STAY ENGAGED AND HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. AND MAYBE ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. THAT RECENT ALARM THAT WAS NOTED BY STEPHANIE, I EXPRESSED MY APOLOGIES THAT WE DID NOT PROVIDE ADVANCED NOTICE OF THE ALARMING. I WAS AWARE OF THE TESTING. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS GONNA BE ENUNCIATING, UH, ON THE DAY OF THE TESTING. SO, UM, WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT EMAIL, I DID MAKE CONTACT BACK TO LET HER KNOW WE, WE WERE SORRY ABOUT THAT AND WON'T LET IT HAPPEN IN, IN FUTURE TESTING. AND IT CAME BACK THE SAME DAY. IF YOU WANNA KNOW, IT WAS THE AFTERNOON. HE HAD MY SO LETTER, THE FOUR HOURS MM-HMM . YEAH. AND IN REGARDS TO CHIEF LOPEZ, UM, SO WE'VE GARCIA, WE PRE, SO WE'VE, FROM IT'S CHIEF GARCIA. CHIEF GARCIA. I'M THAT'S OKAY. IT'S OVER . SO, UM, SO WE'VE WORKED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE, THE, THE PRIOR FIRE CHIEFS, UM, AND LIEUTENANT LUCIER MM-HMM . WHO, UM, WHO I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. MEANING THAT IS JUST TYPICALLY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOT FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, SO THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE REACHING OUT TO REVIEW OUR ANNUALLY, REVIEW OUR PLAN. SO, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT OR HELP IN THAT AS DISCUSSIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER [01:25:01] DISCUSSIONS. YES. SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, GENERALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TESTING SITUATION THAT REQUIRES ALARMS, A LOT OF TIMES THERE WILL BE A MULTI-TONE ALARM SO THAT PEOPLE AROUND CAN DIFFERENTIATE A TEST FROM AN ACTUAL EVENT. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF YOUR PROBLEMS. MM-HMM . IF THEY HEARD AN ALARM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALARM AS A TEST ALARM. IF THEY DIDN'T GET AN UPDATE THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING A TEST, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE A TEST FROM AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY AND THEY CAN'T DO THAT. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE THAT, TAKE THAT NOTE BACK. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE, BUT, UM, WE'LL LOOK INTO IF THERE'S DIFFERENT ANNUNCIATION TYPES TO DIFFERENTIATE, UM, AS A RECOMMENDATION, INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT IT'S YOUR GOAL TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TESTING IT NEED, YOU NEED TO, YEAH. LIKE IT'S NOT A GOAL. THE NEXT TESTING THERE NEEDS TO BE, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A WEEK IN ADVANCE AND PROBABLY 48 TO 24 TO 48 HOURS. YEAH. UM, WE AGREE THAT'S ALARMING. AND TO KNOW THAT IT WAS A NON-EMERGENCY ALARM, BUT OUR CONTACTS WEREN'T NOTIFIED IN A REASONABLE TIME, THAT'S ALARMING. AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU'LL GO OVER WITH THEM, I WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. I WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC TOWN HALL THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN COME AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY WILL DO FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AND I WANNA INVITE THE CHURCH. THERE'S TWO CHURCHES THAT ARE WITHIN WHAT, 150 FEET? 200 FEET. I WANT TO INVITE THE DAYCARE THAT IS ALSO NEIGHBORING THIS FACILITY. I WANT TO INVITE, UM, A ISD BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR SCHOOL NEEDS TO DO. IF SOMETHING WERE TO OCCUR, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GROUP EFFORT. WE ALL NEED TO BE EDUCATED. YEP. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. WE'LL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THAT. UH, SO SOMEONE NODDING IN THE KNOW WHAT IS, WHO IS Y'ALL'S CONTACTS FOR? Y'ALL HAVE A, YOU JUST REACH OUT TO MS. DAN HOUSE. I MEAN, WHO IS, HOW DO Y'ALL DO THAT? WE'VE, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA, WE'VE, WE'VE COORDINATED THROUGH THE CLARA DAN, PRESIDENT OF THE, OF THE HOI. OKAY. JUST SEND HER AN EMAIL, A MESSAGE. WHAT DO Y'ALL BOTH VIA PHONE, PHONE CALL. AND THEN IS SHE EXPECTED TO, TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION? WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT SHE, SHE'S, SHE'S ACKNOWLEDGED AND SHARES THOSE, THE INVITES TO, TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBORS. I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT. I WOULD JUST HATE FOR MS. DAN HOUSE TO BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SHE RECEIVES AN EMAIL IN FRANCE AND SHE'S SLEEPING. AND I'M JUST SAYING, YOU MAY NEED SOME REDUNDANCY. THAT'S ALL. YOU MAY WANNA LOOK INTO SOME, I MEAN, YOU OUGHT BE ABLE TO SEND, YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION VIA TEXT MESSAGE OR EMAIL. RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF ADDRESS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST WORK WITH ME. YEAH. AND THEY DO MULTIPLE STUFF TO KEEP WE ALL THEY SHARE. I JUST WANT, JUST TRYING TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND I DON'T WANNA PUT ALL THE ONUS ON MISS DAN HOUSE TO COME UP WITH IT. NO, HE DIDN'T HEAR FROM ME. I'M SURE HE'LL CONTACT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE LIST. YEAH. IT'S NOT BEEN A PROBLEM. I'M NOT WORRIED. WELL, IN A CASE OF, I KNOW IT'S, Y'ALL WOULD PROBABLY DISPUTE THIS, BUT IN A CASE OF A EMERGENCY SCENARIO, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE ALARM. WHAT OTHER PROTOCOLS ARE PR ARE IN PLACE IN CASE OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ISS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WHAT, WHATEVER IT IS, IS THERE, OTHER THAN ALARM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN PLACE? IT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON. AND THE FIRST ACTION SHOULD BE TO CONTACT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WORK THROUGH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. WELL, WE'LL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH LIKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IF IT KEEPS GOING. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ALL THAT. BUT IF IT, IF IT DOES STEADILY, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS DECLINE, THEN PUBLIC WILL BE NOTIFIED IN CHIEF. IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCY, WOULD YOU JUST ASK THEM TO REQUEST NINE ONE ONE CALL OR WHAT WOULD YOU YES, [01:30:01] SIR. IF 9 1 1 DISPATCHES SSON FIRE, IS THAT THE FASTEST WAY TO GET AHOLD OF YOU? YES SIR. OKAY. 9 1 1 DISPATCHES ALL OF STON FIRES . AND WE EXPECT TO GET, UM, REACHED OUT TO, IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD INFORM THERE WAS A HURRICANE COMING AND THE STREETS FLOODING THE WAY WE ARE SIGNED UP THROUGH THE CITY OF ANGLETON. IS THAT HOW WE WOULD GET YES', THAT'LL GO. YES MA'AM. THEY'LL GO THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE'LL, WE'LL LOOP IN MORE AND MORE. AND ALTHOUGH ALL THAT INFORM, SO IF THERE WAS A NEED, WE WOULD, WE WOULD, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHO TO CONTACT TO GET OUT? SO WE GO TO OUR KNOCK ON OUR DOOR, IT SAYS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA KNOW WHO WE ARE? WELL, SO USUALLY WHEN WE DO A SHELTER IN PLACE AND WE DO EVACUATION, WE'RE GONNA GET PD D USE THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL. EMS SOMETIMES HELPS OUT. WE'RE GONNA GET ALL INVOLVED IN THAT AND WE'RE GONNA SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO EVACUATE THIS AREA. I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME AS A RAIL YARD THAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE'S CHLOR, WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STEPS THAT WE'LL PROVIDE THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO ELEVATE, TO GET PEOPLE TO SAFETY. DO YOU HAVE PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT? YES, WE HAVE GUIDELINES. THE INCIDENT AT THE BATTERY CAR. WHAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO? YOU KNOW? YES. I MEAN, ARE YOU JUST TREATING IT THE SAME AS A CHLORINE LEAK AT THE RAIL YARD? I MEAN, IS IT THE SAME THING TO Y'ALL OR IS IT DIFFERENT? WELL, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S BATTERIES. UM, BUT IT'S STILL GONNA BE A HAZMAT RELEASE, A DOCUMENTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. THAT'S WHAT'S WORKS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR WE DO TRAINING ON THAT. EVERY YEAR IT'S REVIEWED. WE HAVE EXPERT. YES. UH, CONSULTANTS COME IN. YOU'RE A EX FIRE CHIEF FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, WHO REVIEW THAT. SO THE LATEST INFORMATION IS ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT UP TODAY, UM, THERE'S A CLASSROOM, UH, SESSION AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY A MOBILIZATION TO THE SITE. SO THEY ACTUALLY WALK THE SITE AND GO THROUGH. SO IT'S A VERY THOROUGH, UM, TRAINING, EXERCISE, REVIEW OF THE PLAN ON, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING EACH YEAR. ALWAYS LOOKING THE WAYS TO ENHANCE IT. RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT I'M HEARING IS THE COMMUNITY, THOSE THINGS EXIST. IM JUST SURPRISED SHELTER PLACE IS AN OPTION. IF THE BATTERY PART THAT SURPRISES ME. BUT THAT'S AN OKAY RESPONSE. BUT MAYBE IT IS, IT'S NOT. WHEN WE DO THAT TRAINING, WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS YEAH. THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'LL RESPOND TO IT. OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS. WHAT'S THE DECIBEL READING ON THAT ALARM? I'M, I'M, I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. YEAH. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT I CAN HEAR THE FANS IN MY HOME, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR THAT ALARM. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO RESPOND TO THAT. YEP. NEXT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? DO WE STILL HAVE THE, UM, THE EMERGENCY NUMBER THAT WE CAN SIGN UP FOR TO BE NOTIFIED FOR EMERGENCY THINGS? DO WE STILL HAVE THAT SAME SYSTEM? I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. OKAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE USED TO HAVE THE SYSTEM WHERE YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD SIGN UP FOR IT AND THEN IN THE SYSTEM YOU COULD LIKE NOTIFY A CERTAIN AREA. LIKE WE DID THAT FOR A GAS LEAK AND YEAH. THAT, THAT GOES THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HAROLD ON THAT. OKAY. WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT'S AT. PERFECT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? GO AHEAD CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. KEITH. SORRY, I KNOW I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS, BUT WHAT IS THE, UH, ALLOWABLE DECAL READING THAT WE HAVE? WE HAD ONE IN THE SUP AND ONE IN THE, UH, UH, ORDINANCE PROVING OF THE SUP, BUT IT SEEMS VERY FLUID, BUT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FIXED DECAL, MAXIMUM READING. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT IT IS. UM, THAT'S KIND OF AN IMPORTANT, UH, THING. IF IT'S, IF IT'S OUT THERE SCREAMING, LET'S SAY I CALLED KYLE OR I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING 'CAUSE IT'S BELOW THE 85 OR 90 DESAL READING THAT THE CITY HAS. SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ENFORCEMENT IF IT'S, IF THEY'RE EXCEEDING IT BY 20% OR 30%, [01:35:01] UNLESS IT GOES OVER THE CITY'S VERY MAXIMUM. BUT I LOOKED UP THE, AND I SEE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. I KNOW WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED, THEY CAME OUT AND DID A STUDY ON THE DECIBEL READING THE AMBIENT DE DEPO READING OF 50. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THE MAXIMUM IS OR WHERE IT IS. THAT'S A NUMBER. IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ON WITH THE FIRE CHIEF. UM, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING BATTERY PARKS THAT ARE, UM, LIGHTING UP AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD AND, UH, VARIOUS TIMEFRAMES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IS, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE, HOW MUCH WATER IT TAKES TO KEEP THOSE CONTAINERS COOL. AS YOU KNOW, WE SAW YEARS AGO, A TESLA CAR TOOK, YOU KNOW, ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WATER TO PUT IT OUT AND IT REIGNITES, BUT THE FACILITY SITS ON THE BANKS OF DITCH 10. AND FROM THE BANKS FROM WHERE IT'S AT TO OYSTER CREEK IS A SHORT DISTANCE. ONCE IT'S IN OYSTER CREEK, IT'S GONNA BE PICKED UP BY B'S INTAKE FOR, UH, MISSOURI COUNTY OR LARGE PORTION, UH, PORTION OF MISSOURI COUNTY. WHAT I'VE READ AND WHAT I'VE WATCHED IN THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, THEY DON'T NORMALLY HAVE IT, UH, WHERE IT IS GONNA GO TO THE INTAKE OF COMMUNITY WATER. WHAT PROCEDURES CAN WE DO TO KEEP THAT WATER OUT? 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA FLOW RIGHT DOWN DITCH 10. WELL, ABSOLUTELY WE HAVE, UH, HAZ ASTHMATIC EQUIPMENT WHERE WE CAN D**E OFF AND TRY TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. UM, IF IT DOES, WE WILL ELEVATE THAT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET, IF WE HAVE TO GET THE DRAINAGE, UH, DISTRICT IN CONTROL, GET SOME PERSONNEL OUT THERE, DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF THAT WATER. YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE WHAT CAN HAPPEN SO YOU GUYS CAN PUT IT IN YOUR POLICIES AND THEN, THEN WE, WE LOOK OUT THERE AND, AND WE SEE BEHIND STEPHANIE BOX'S HOUSE OR ELSEWHERE, YOU SEE THIS RIVER WATER. 'CAUSE YOU, I KNOW YOU, YOU ARE AWARE YOU HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF WATER ON THESE THINGS TO KEEP ANOTHER CONTAINER FROM LIGHTING OFF. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WAS NEVER DISCUSSED INITIALLY, BESIDES THE LOCATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS POOR DECISION. BUT PUTTING IT ON, UH, AN AVENUE OF THAT IT RUNS RIGHT TO, UH, OYSTER CREEK WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. SO WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY OF CONTAINING THE RUNOFF. 'CAUSE I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE OTHER FIRE TRUCKS FROM OTHER PLACES SHOOTING WATER AS WELL. APPRECIATE IT. DOES ANYBODY ANSWER THIS QUESTION ABOUT THE DECIBEL LEVEL VAN? ANSWER? NO. UM, TONIGHT VAN IS 85 AND ALL OF THE NOISE COMPLAINTS GO TO THE POLICE CHIEF. UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER RIGHT NOW. YOU SAID 85? WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S CITY CODE STATE. THERE'S A DIFFERENT ONE. SO THE LAST ORDINANCE YOU PASSED ON THE SUP, UM, DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE AND THE ITEM AS IT WAS WRITTEN, I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE RIGHT BEFORE ME TRYING TO, BUT IT BASICALLY STATE WHATEVER THAT CITY REQUIREMENT IS AND THE STATE REQUIREMENT THAT IT WOULD REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. SO IT WOULD DEFAULT BACK TO THE 85. UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU OTIS. APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THAT. AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT'S A 24 HOUR AVERAGE. SO FOR THE VERY, THE VERY FIRST SUP HAD THE WORD AVERAGE IN IT, THE FENCE. SUP DOES NOT HAVE THE WORD AVERAGE ON IT. SO IT STATES THE SOUND LEVEL EMITTED FROM THE ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY SHALL BE NO LONG, NO LOUDER IN THE AMBIENT NOISE LEVEL PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION. I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING ON SUBJECT. OKAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. GOTTA MAKE SURE, I MEAN YOU CAN DISCUSS ALL OF THIS. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AND THAT THEY'VE LINE UP THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEN I'M JUST, OKAY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS SHELF FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS LANCE WAR. THANK YOU. I LIVE AT 8 8 7 SPREADING OUTS. I'M APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE FENCE. I CONSTANTLY RECORD NOISE LEVELS. CURRENTLY IN THE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSS TALKING ON A DAILY BASIS, I RECORD IN THE FIFTIES IN MY BACKYARD EVERY DAY. I'VE GOT AN 11 INCH SCREEN THAT I CAN SEE FROM MY RECLINER. I WATCH IT ALL DAY LONG. UH, IT HAS GOTTEN MUCH BETTER. I STILL HEAR IT FROM NINE 30 TO 1130 IN THE MORNINGS AND IN THE EVENINGS. IT CYCLES TWICE A DAY, SOMEWHERE AROUND 6 30, 7 O'CLOCK. UH, IT'S TOLERABLE, BUT YOU CAN STILL HEAR IT. UM, BUT WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN 40 DECIBELS AT A HUNDRED FEET. SO, WHICH MEANS I WOULD NOT EVER BE ABLE TO HEAR IT. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SOUND STUDIES THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CITY, EVERYTHING TALKS IN TERMS OF YES, WE DID THE SOUND STUDY IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD, WE [01:40:01] WERE COMPLIANT BECAUSE THEY TAKE A 24 HOUR AVERAGE. AND I'VE GIVEN THIS ANALOGY SEVERAL TIMES. IF I PARK MY TRUCK IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND RUN IT AT A HUNDRED DECIBELS FOR 11 HOURS AND THEN I LEAVE, I'M IN COMPLIANCE. YOU HAVEN'T SLEPT ALL NIGHT LONG AND I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU YET. SO THAT'S WHERE MY PROBLEM AND MY QUESTION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, FROM A SOUND LEVEL POINT IS, UH, GAMBITS BEEN VERY GOOD AND BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN GETTING IT DOWN. BUT WHEN, UH, KEITH AND THEM WERE NO LONGER THERE AND THEY GET A NEW TEAM THAT COMES IN AND SAYS, HEY LOOK, WE CAN INCREASE PROFITABILITY BY 20% IF WE RUN THE BATTERIES AT A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH US BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NO PENALTIES IN THEM EXCEEDING THE, THE, THE SOUND LEVELS. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS GOING FORWARD WE WILL HAVE THOSE LEVELS MAINTAINED. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE. I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORS. IT'S MY CONCERN IS NOW LONG TERM. AND OF COURSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE HAZARD SAFETY, THE THE HAZARD ISSUES. 'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING, WHEN THE BATTERIES BURN, THE, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BASICALLY IS GONNA WATCH AND KEEP THE TREES IN MY HOUSE AND KEEP CATCHING ON FIRE. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE CHEMICAL RELEASES. UH, IT'S MY 2 CENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. ANYBODY ELSE? STATE YOUR NAME, APPROACH THE BOARD. DID THEY ALREADY SIGN UP? THE LAST MEETING I WAS AT, COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME JUST FOR THE RECORD? UH, GARY MCDANIEL. OKAY, THANK YOU. LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THAT. YES SIR. I, I'M JUST, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. LAST MEETING, WE ATTENDED, UH, THE CITY WAS GONNA DO THEIR OWN SOUND STUDY. WHERE WE AT ON THAT OR HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING? NOBODY. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. ANYBODY ELSE? I DUNNO THE ANSWER. I DO, I DO REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION. I DO REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION. I REMEMBER HOW THE MAYOR BRINGING IT UP. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO, UH, WHEN THAT WAS DONE. I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING IT THIS SUMMER. REMEMBER MR. UH, THE, THE MAYOR SAID THEY WERE GOING, NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT. SO YES, I, I AGREE. I, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER. SO, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A NOTE RIGHT HERE AND SEEK AN ANSWER FOR YOU. MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? PLEASE COME TO THE, I JUST WANNA ASK THAT AT THE END OF A MEETING, THERE'S SOME MEETING NOTES THAT ARE REPORTED AFTER THEY'RE APPROVED AND MULTIPLE MEETING NOTES HAVE SAID NO ACTION TAKEN. SO IF THERE'S NOT A DATE THAT'S PROVIDED BY COUNSEL DURING THESE MEETINGS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT JUST GETS TABLED AND IT'S NOT BROUGHT BACK UP AGAIN UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT UP HERE? I SO IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S KIND OF OFF TOPIC. THAT'S RIGHT. UH, SO YOU'RE KINDA ASKING A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, DON'T SOUNDS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? BASICALLY, YOUR RULING AND SAYING IT'S A PROCEDURAL QUESTION, THAT'S REALLY A PROCEDURAL QUESTION. THAT'S NOT OKAY. I MEAN, SO I MEAN, WE, FOR THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, WE'VE GOTTA STAY ON SUBJECT, THAT'S ALL. BUT, UM, WE CAN ALWAYS TALK OFFLINE AND WE CAN GET THAT ANSWERED FOR YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? I THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING OUT HERE. I KNOW IT'S, UH, APPRECI, Y'ALL, Y'ALL MAKING THE TRIP DOWN HERE. WE DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL MAKING ANOTHER TRIP TO CITY HALL AND KEEPING US UPDATED AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER ALONG THE LINES OF PROGRESS, I WOULDN'T MIND, I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH, UH, THE HOA TO PERHAPS GET SOME SHRUBS AND PLANNING. WE WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY SEE AN UPDATE ON THAT JUST SO WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PROGRESS TO SEE THAT IT'S BEING DONE AND FOLLOWED THROUGH. YEAH. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON [12. Discussion and possible action to accept and award the 288B Utility Improvements Bid to Vera Industries in the amount of $848,011.50. ] TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, DISCUSSION, A POSSIBLE ACTION TO ACCEPT AN AWARD. THE 2 88 B UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS BID TO VARY INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $848,011 AND 50 CENTS. AND I SEE JOHN, GOOD TO SEE YOU. I SEE YOU SEE HECTOR THOUGH. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. UH, BUILDING CLICK ON JULY 1ST. WE HAD A BID OPENING FOR THE 2 88 B UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. AT THAT BID, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, SIX DIFFERENT BIDS. UM, THE BIDDER THAT CAME IN [01:45:01] THE LOWEST THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER WAS VERA INDUSTRIES. UM, WE WENT AHEAD AND PULLED THEIR REFERENCES, CALLED ALL THEIR REFERENCES, TALKED TO 'EM. UM, THE REFERENCES CAME BACK VERY WELL. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE USED THEM ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM, WOULD USE 'EM AGAIN. WORK QUALITY WAS PRETTY GOOD. UM, HOWEVER, IT WAS KIND OF, KIND OF A BIG DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHERE THEY ARE AND THE SECOND PLACE BID IT WAS AND WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD COME INTO. SO I WENT AHEAD AND, UH, CALLED 'EM INTO THE OFFICE AND WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL. WE TALKED ABOUT YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS IS GONNA BE AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA NEAR THE COURTHOUSE? UH, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE COMING THROUGH. WE TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS PRICING WAS GOOD, UH, THAT HE HAD SUFFICIENT CREW, UH, SUFFICIENT EQUIPMENT TO GET THIS DONE. UH, THEY HAD STATED THAT THEY HAVE, UH, GAVE US SOME MORE REFERENCES. WE CALLED THEM. THEY WERE SIMILAR PROJECTS OF SIZE AND NATURE. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD, UH, SAY THAT THEY SEEM TO BE A REASONABLY, UM, A REASONABLE FIRM THAT'S CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THIS WORK. UH, FOR THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY OF ANGLETON ACCEPT AND AWARD THE 2 88 BID UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO VERA INDUSTRIES FOR THE TOTAL BID AMOUNT OF $848,011 AND 50 CENTS. THANK JOHN QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. DO THEY HAVE ANY CUSTOMERS EVER IN BRAZORIA COUNTY? I DID NOT ASK 'EM THAT. I KNOW THEY'RE BIDDEN ALL, ALL AROUND IN THE AREA. UM, MATTER OF FACT, THEY WANT A A, ANOTHER PROJECT OF MINE, UH, UP IN HOUSTON. SO THEY'RE KIND OF, OF TRYING TO BECOME A LARGER, LARGER FIRM. YEAH. A SEE SEALY, RIGHT? ONE OF THEIRS, RICHMOND. SO JOHN, THERE'S ALWAYS A CONCERN WHERE THAT'S BELOW THE NEXT BID, NEARLY 200,000 IN THE LAST BID OR NEARLY HALF. RIGHT? UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT RUNNING INTO, YOU KNOW, THAT PROBLEM WHERE SOMETHING WAS OVERLOOKED AND THEN THE CHANGE ORDER COMES IN AND WE'RE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'RE RANKED, YOU KNOW, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. RIGHT. UM, I, I, WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE, THE PROJECT. WE LAID OUT THE PLANS, WENT THROUGH IT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE UNIT PRICES, WHAT WE'RE ALL INVOLVED. UM, I'VE, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD DO TO TO, TO VET 'EM THAT I KNOW TO DO. UM, THE REFERENCES, LIKE I SAID, ALL CAME BACK REALLY, REALLY WELL. UM, PEOPLE SAY THEY ENJOYED TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE RESPONSIVE. THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY NEEDS CONCERNS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THE BIDDERS, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIDDERS, YOU KNOW, UH, MATULA, MATULA IS A MUCH BIGGER FIRM, UH, AR TURNKEY, UM, ALL THOSE COMPANIES HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OVERHEAD. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S $200,000 WORTH OF OVERHEAD, BUT THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OVERHEAD. UM, BUT AGAIN, I'VE ASKED THEM, WE, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, ESPECIALLY BEING RIGHT THERE ON 2 88, THAT'S, IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE COURTHOUSE. YES, SIR. SO IF WE WERE TO GO AND AWARD THIS TO THEM, WHAT, WHEN WOULD THEY START? DID THEY, IS THERE A TIMELINE OF START TO COMPLETION? YEAH, WELL, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS TONIGHT IS NOT JUST THE ACCEPTING, IT'S THE AWARDINGS. Y'ALL GIVE THE MAYOR PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS. SO I WOULD GO AND GIVE THEM CONTRACTS TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS. THEY GET THEIR INSURANCES, I BRING 'EM BACK. Y'ALL GO AHEAD AND, AND FINALIZE THE CONTRACTS. THEN WE WOULD START AT PROCESS. NORMALLY TAKES ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. UH, THEN WE WOULD SET UP A PRE-BID MEETING, UM, AT THAT TIME, I BELIEVE THAT PROJECT IS AN EIGHT MONTH PROJECT. SO WE'LL BE STARTING. MY BIGGEST THING IS THERE'S PLACES FOR THEM TO WORK, NOT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA UNTIL AFTER OCTOBER. RIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE FAIR. THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY CAN WORK OFF OF, UH, 2 88 B TO WHERE WE DON'T TEAR UP THE SIDEWALKS AND THINGS. AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THAT TOO AS WELL. YOU GUYS ESTIMATED THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THIS. HOW [01:50:01] FAR OFF OF YOUR ESTIMATE WERE THEY? WE WERE AT 1.14. I ROUNDED IT UP TO 1.2. SO WE'RE RIGHT WHERE MATULA, MATULA S UH, ISJ, UH, AR TURNKEY. YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE, I THINK WE WERE ACTUALLY THIRD PLACE BIDDERS WHEN YOU LINED 'EM UP FROM WHERE WE THOUGHT IT ACTUALLY WOULD COME IN. BUT EVERYBODY'S REAL TIGHT THE FIRST, AFTER THE FIRST BIDDER, TWO, THREE OR FOUR ARE, ARE REALLY TIGHT. NO CONCERNS ON YOUR END HERE. I WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH, BRING THEM IN AND, AND TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM. RIGHT. BUT I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEGALLY TO WHERE I CAN RECOMMEND NOT AWARDING THIS CONTRACT. YOU SAID LEGALLY IT KIND OF CONCERNS ME. WHAT ABOUT PROFESSIONALLY? PROFESSIONALLY AS WELL. OKAY. PROFESSIONALLY AS WELL. LEGALLY IS A LITTLE LOOSER. END USER, LEGALLY IS A LOOSER STATE. OKAY. YEAH. I SEE. YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T USUALLY ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, HAIR'S ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK, GUT FEELINGS, . YEAH, THE GUY SEEMED TO BE A PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD GUY WHEN I MET WITH HIM. WAS THERE ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT? LIKE, WAS THERE $200,000 ON ONE ITEM WHERE YOU WENT REALLY THE, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS, WAS QUITE A BIT LOWER, BUT IT WASN'T WHERE ALL THE THINGS WERE AT. IT WAS KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD JUST THERE. THAT'S GREAT. THEY WERE JUST THE LOW COST BIDDER. YES MA'AM. GOOD. AND WHAT DOES TRAFFIC CONTROL ENTAIL? LIKE DO THEY HAVE SECURITY? DO THEY HAVE THE GUY THAT SITS THERE IN THE CAR? UH, NO MA'AM. THEY HAVE TO, UH, PUT UP, UH, ESSENTIALLY BARRICADES. WE'RE GONNA BE CLOSING DOWN THE ROAD. WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING DETOURS UP AROUND THERE. MM-HMM . UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT WITH TDOT. UM, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING APPROVED THROUGH TX DOTS. WE JUST GIVE 'EM THE NUMBER AND THEY'VE GOTTA GO APPROVE IT. AND THEN THEY GOTTA MAKE SURE TX DOT'S HAPPY WITH THEIR SETUP. MM-HMM . AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MONITOR IT AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. UM, ON, ON THE TRAFFIC CONTROL. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHY I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT WERE THEY GONNA BARRICADE, UH, DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 2 88 AND ONE WAY THAT NO. ON, UH, ON THIS PROJECT, UH, IF, IF YOU RECALL THE ORIGINAL LINE, THE EXISTING LINE RUNS DOWN 2 88, THE SIDEWALK RIGHT. KIND OF CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALK. IT'S ACTUALLY THE LANE, THE CURRENT ONE IN THE LENGTH OR PIPE. SO, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GO OVER THE SIDE OF IT, RIGHT? NO, SIR. THEY WOULDN'T LET US GO BACK INTO THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE'RE LOOPING EVERYTHING AROUND AND COMING THROUGH THE SIDE STREETS. THAT'S RIGHT. AND WE'RE HAVING TO, NOW WE ARE GONNA BRING, BE USING, UH, WATER SERVICES ARE GONNA BE COMING DOWN THE RIGHT OF, BECAUSE WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA TIE PEOPLE BACK IN SOMEHOW. AND SO THE, THE EIGHT INCH WATER LINE WILL NOT BE RAN DOWN, BUT THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WATER SURFACES WILL BE RAN. YOU'LL HAVE SOME SANITARY SERVER WILL BE OPEN CUT ACROSS 2 88. AT THAT POINT, THOSE SECTIONS OF SECTION 2 88 WILL BE, WILL BE CLOSED DOWN. THANK YOU. JOHN. I, I, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER NOW. I JUST KIND OF SLIPPED MY MIND ON THAT ONE. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, WELL IS THERE ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OF COURSE. UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE. UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START CHANGING, UH, SERVICES. UM, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE RESIDENTS, WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY. MM-HMM . THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. 'CAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME RESTAURANTS AND STUFF THAT THEY'LL BE AFFECTED BY IT. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. HOW WILL THEY GET ACROSS THE STREET? YOU KNOW, THE PARKING FOR DIRTY SOUTH. MM-HMM . IS ACROSS THE STREET. SO WILL, THERE'LL BE A WALKWAY, A WALKING PATH? ALL ALWAYS. WILL THERE BE SOME ACCESSIBILITY? YEAH, THERE'LL BE THE SIDEWALKS FOR, FOR THE MOST PART, THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE OPEN. I MEAN, THERE'LL BE SOME TIMES WHERE WE'RE RUNNING TO MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE WATER SERVICES. THAT'LL, BUT IT WON'T BE ON BOTH SIDES TO WHERE THERE'S NO WAY OF GETTING TO IT. OKAY. BUT THERE WILL BE SOME SO THEY COULD GO AT 35 OR, YEAH, EITHER. UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS WHEN WE CHANGE, WHEN WE HOOK THE WATER LINE UP, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE, THE FIRE, UH, THE POLICE, UH, AND THE FIRE STATION'S NOTIFIED. SO IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW WHAT? FIRE HYDRANTS ARE HOT. WHICH ONES AREN'T? IT'S NICE 'CAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. IT IS. NICE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AN AWARD. THE [01:55:01] 2 88, UH, UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS BID TO VARY INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $848,011 AND 50 CENTS. SECOND, GOT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SARTON, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE I CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR, SINGLE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS VERA INDUSTRIES. ALRIGHT, NUMBER [13. Discussion and possible action on new street bond package. ] 13, REGULAR AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A NEW STREET PAWN PACKAGE. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH COUNCIL OR WORKED WITH STAFF. UM, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, SEVERAL STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN IDENTIFIED. UM, WE'VE GOT SOME PRELIMINARY COSTS. UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY I WAS, I WAS LOOKING AT, I, I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WANTING TO DO A TOWN HALL MEETING. IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE WANTING TO DO AND PREPARE FOR? I THINK THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION. WELL, MY THOUGHT IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEEK THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT YOUR BOND PACKAGE, THEN IT IS A GOOD STARTING POINT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD WITH. I WOULD SAY THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A TOWN HALL TO BE TRANSPARENT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHY WE'RE DOING IT, WHAT IT INCLUDES, WHAT IT, WHAT IT INCLUDES ALL THAT. I THINK IT NOT ONLY NEEDS TO, I THINK KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT BLAINE SAID, BUT UM, NOT JUST SPECIFICALLY ROADS, BUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU GO OUT FOR THIS MUCH, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR TAX RATE THIS MUCH. AND IF YOU GO OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, A SUBSTANTIAL MORE, IT, YOU KNOW, INCREASES ACCORDINGLY. AND SO TO THINK ACCORDINGLY AS YOU ARE PRESENTING YOUR OPTIONS ON WHAT AREAS OF TOWN WE SEEK TO IMPROVE. I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE TO REPAVE AND, YOU KNOW, CULVERT ALL THE ROADS, BUT THAT'S JUST A NOT GONNA HAPPEN. NOR NOT REALLY NECESSARY IN ALL PLACES. BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. I GUESS THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, TALK TO Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON SOME OF THESE, UM, MORE PARTICULAR FOR THE, UM, THE, UH, COMBINATION STREET OF, UH, RAVEN RIDGE AND, AND RICHLAND CIRCLE. WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO DO A HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS 'CAUSE THERE IS NO EXISTING DRAINAGE OUT THERE. AND THAT WATER SITS. SO WHEN WE COLLECT IT AND TAKE IT TO BRUSHY BIO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS, RIGHT? SO THAT WATER'S SLOWLY JUST FEEDING OUT AND TAKING DAYS TO GET OUT THERE OR A DAY TO GET OUT. A PLUS WE'RE GONNA PICK IT UP. IT'S GONNA BE IN BRUSHY BIO WITHIN THREE HOURS. AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CHANGE THE HYDROGRAPH. SO I'LL NEED TO COORDINATE WITH ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO SEE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THERE MAY BE SOME MITIGATION EFFORTS REQUIRED ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS IT, IS THAT, IS THAT A WAY OF SAYING, WELL, THERE'LL BE SOME ADDED EXPENSES COULD BE ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE. DO Y'ALL REMEMBER, UH, RICHMOND, WHEN WE DID THE, THE FIRST STREETS, DID Y'ALL SEE THE BIG DETENTION POND WE HAD TO PUT IN OVER THERE BEHIND THE REC CENTER? THAT WAS BECAUSE WE SHIFTED ALL THAT WATER THAT WAS TRYING TO GO ONE WAY BACK ANOTHER WAY AND PUT IT IN THAT DITCH AND TO, AND TO SOLVE THE FLOODING ISSUE THAT WAS IN THAT AREA ALTOGETHER. SO THAT PROJECT WASN'T JUST RICHMOND, IT WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON ALREADY. AND THAT DETENTION PONDS KIND OF CLEANED EVERYTHING UP. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. DOES SOMEONE FOLLOW UP ON THOSE DETENTION PONDS? THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, IT'S WORKING. UH, IT'S NOT. UM, THE NEW DETENTION PONDS COME IN. UM, THE CITY MAKES A, AN AGREEMENT. PART OF THEIR DEVELOPER AGREEMENT IS IN HERE, I BELIEVE TO WHERE THE HOA HAS OWNERSHIP? NO, LIKE THE ONE NEXT TO THE REC CENTER WHERE IT'S CITY PROPERTY. I, I HAVEN'T DONE AN INSPECTION. I KNOW THE CITY DOES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE OUT THERE. I I'D HAVE TO TALK TO HECTOR, BUT YOU [02:00:01] KNOW, EVENTUALLY YOU'LL HAVE TO MAYBE DO SOME DE SILTING OF IT EVENTUALLY. I MEAN, ALL OF THEM. THAT ONE, THAT ONE'S A DRY BOTTOM POND. IT'S NOT A WET BOTTOM POND. SO YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT MUCH SILT. 'CAUSE IT IT'S GONNA COME IN AND COME OUT. YEAH. IT'S JUST A CURIOSITY. YEAH. SO, SO I, I DO, I WANNA SAY, AND I, AND YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT RAVEN RIDGE AND UH, RICHLAND CIRCLE. UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED, UH, WE HAVE DEFINITIVE OPTIONS AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A CARTE BLANCHE. WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE DONE? I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE MORE GUIDED OR POINTED, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO WAY FAR AFIELD IF YOU'RE JUST ALMOST DOING IT LIKE A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION. WE'RE JUST GONNA, WHATEVER'S BEST, YOU KNOW, MOST POPULAR WINS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO HAVE A, A FOCUS ON WHAT WE THINK ARE AREAS THAT REALLY ARE UNDER STRESS OR REALLY NEED AN UPDATE OR WHATEVER IT IS. UH, AND IT, AND IT MAY BE A LIST OF EIGHT TO 10, KNOWING THAT THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE REACHED ALL EIGHT OR 10 AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, TELL US WHAT'S THE PROBLEM IN THE CITY. UM, I I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T BE SUBJECT TO A BLIND SPOT. IT COULD BE, BUT I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ASKING IMPACT FROM THE CITY NOW THESE COSTS AREN'T COMPLETELY FIRM, BUT I'LL LET YOU SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE'RE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. BUT ESSENTIALLY FROM THE STREET TO JOB IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY IN THE PAST, IT, FOR, FOR THE LIST OF, OF THERE WERE 11, BUT I HAD TO ADD 12 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE NORTH SIDE OF PARIS STREET WHERE WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO HAVE AN OUTFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF PARISH OUTFALL. THE GOOD NEWS ON THAT, WHEN I WAS DIGGING THROUGH, UH, A BUNCH OF PLANS FOR THE CITY OF TON HAD DONE IN THE PAST IN 2000, THE YEAR 2000, I FOUND SOME, SOME, UH, ENGINEERING PLANS THAT WERE DONE THAT ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED A SEVEN BY SEVEN DOWN, UH, MILLER STREET TO ALLOW THAT PART OF TOWN TO, UH, DRAIN. SO WE'VE KIND OF INCLUDED THAT COST. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SEE WES MILLER, IT WASN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT I PUT THAT ON THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE COULD DO PARISH OR ANYTHING OVER IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN. BUT THE CITY HAS DONE SOME PREVIOUS WORK AND HAS SOME ENGINEERING PLANS SET UP 20, 25-YEAR-OLD PLANS OR 26-YEAR-OLD PLANS. SO I'M FINALIZING THESE, THESE ARE JUST PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, BUT WE HAVE EXHIBITS TO GO ALONG WITH IT TO TALK YOU THROUGH 'EM TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY'RE AT. WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL BREAKDOWNS AT EACH STREET WITH EACH ITEM. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE COST COMES UP. THESE ROADS AREN'T JUST ROADS, THESE ARE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY'RE WATER IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY'RE SANITARY AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. SO THEY'RE FULL STREET REHABILITATION PROJECTS. SO I, I JUST GIVE THAT TO Y'ALL, JUST FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF KIND OF MILL OVER. I'M NOT EXPECTING ANY KIND OF DIRECTION OR ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO WHERE IF Y'ALL WANT TO, I CAN, I, I'LL HAVE THESE FINALIZED AND I'LL HAVE THE EXHIBITS TO WHERE IF Y'ALL WANT TO, WE, WE CAN PULL TOGETHER SOMETHING PRETTY QUICKLY. I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF COUNSEL WANTS TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL NO, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH ALL THESE LOCATIONS. THE ONLY QUESTION I'VE GOT IS SOME OF THESE SAY CONVERT FROM ASPHALT TO CONCRETE. IS THERE, I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T DO CONCRETE ON SOME OF THESE THAT ARE CURRENTLY JUST ASPHALT AND WE GO BACK WITH REBUILDING AN ASPHALT ROAD? BUT I THINK, BUT I THINK SOME OF THESE WERE CONCRETE 'CAUSE THEY WERE CONNECTING ADJACENT CONCRETE ROADS, CORRECT? YEAH. AND THAT YEAH, YEAH. THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE REASONING. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU HAD TO, YOU HAD CON WE IDENTIFIED THE AREAS WHERE YOU HAD CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER CONCRETE CURB AND GUT CURB AND GUTTER. AND THEN THERE WAS AN ASPHALT SECTION IN BETWEEN THESE ROADS, LIKE, UH, WASN'T IT, UH, VALDERS. YEAH. SOME, SOME OF THOSE PLACES. YEAH. AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF THAT. YEAH. OKAY. I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION OUT AND I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT LIKE CEMETERY, YOU KNOW, IT GOES, SO MUCH OF IT'S ASPHALT AND THEN IT DROPS DOWN INTO A CONCRETE ROAD THAT IS NICE WITH A TURN MEDIA AND STUFF WITH A SCHOOL ON IT. I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO, OKAY. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. IT DOESN'T, I, [02:05:01] WELL THAT'S WHAT I, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A GUIDED DISCUSSION, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. YES SIR. I IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD. UH, WHEN WE GO TO THAT TOWN HALL, I DON'T WANT, I I, 'CAUSE I'M NOT SAYING THAT SOMEBODY CAN'T PITCH US AN IDEA THAT WE'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WE MISSED THAT BLIND SPOT. BUT I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF ISOLATING OR NOT ISOLATING, UH, IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, THE, AND I HAVE A REALLY PLACES BROKE OUT FIRST STREET, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT BIG TICKET ITEMS. I MEAN, IT'S REAL EASY TO DIGEST. I JUST NEED TO NEED TO FINALIZE IT. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE THE STREETS Y'ALL ARE WANTING AND WE'LL, I'LL FINALIZE IT THIS WEEK. IS RODEN RIDGE THE ONE THAT LEANS MOST TOWARDS THE WORST DRAINAGE? IS THERE SOMETHING ON HERE THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU AS, WHOA, WE WERE, THIS IS BIG TIME DRAINAGE ISSUE. UM, RAYBURN RIDGE, I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN IT WHEN IT RAINS, BUT THERE IS NO STORM SUGAR. MM-HMM . AT ALL ON THAT STREET. RIGHT. IT'S A CURB AND GUTTER STREET WITH NO STORM SURGE. AND IT JUST ALL SLOWLY GOES DOWN THE GUTTER LINE. IT'S GOT SOME SMALL LITTLE PIPES AT THE END THAT OUTFALL INTO THE DITCH ON HOSPITAL. SO, AND THE ROAD IS KIND OF SETTLED BECAUSE IT'S NOT MOVING WATER FAST ENOUGH. THE SUBGRADE GOT WET. MM-HMM . AND SO YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THE ASPHALT FALL APART, THAT KIND OF STUFF. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NON-ST STREET DRAINAGE AREAS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT? STRICTLY DRAINAGE PROJECTS. NOT STREET. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PERMIT TO SAY A BLC HAS BEEN PROVIDED A LIST AND I GUESS THAT LIST COULD BE PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL TO CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. UH, A BLC APPROVED, UH, ONE DRAINAGE PROJECT FROM ITS FUND BALANCE. A NEW ONE? UM, YES. A NEW ONE TAXI TRAIL THAT NO, NO, NO. IT WAS A NEW ONE OVER OFF OF, UH, WELL, MY GOSH, SORRY, SUSIE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE, IT WAS, IT WAS PRICED AT $67,000 I WANNA SAY. TALKING ABOUT THE ONE WITH THE TREE. YEAH, THE TREE WAS BASICALLY SITTING INTO THE NORTHRIDGE. NORTHRIDGE. NORTHRIDGE, NORTHRIDGE. YEAH. OKAY. SO I, I, I, ANYWAY, I, WE'VE APPROVED IT, BUT WE ACCUMULATED A LIST OF PROJECTS, SO YOU COULD HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL LIST PROVIDED IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT, AT THAT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 'CAUSE THEY, AND THEN YOU GOT THE, THE BIG MEGA PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, ARCOLA IS ONE OF THE BIG MEGA PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN DRAIN THE DOWNTOWN MM-HMM . AREA. YES, YES. UM, THE OTHER ONE IS SAM FELIPE I BUY IN YEAH. TO HELP ING OUT AND EVERYTHING. IT, IT'S IN, I THINK THAT'S ALL. I THINK THOSE ARE BOTH LISTED IN THAT, IN THAT LIST. SO WITH, WITH, THEY'VE GOT PRICE POINTS. THEY HAVE BEEN, I GUESS PUT TO SOME ENGINEERING SO WE COULD SHARE IT. I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. OKAY. I'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THESE. I'LL GET THE EXHIBITS PUT TOGETHER AND THEN I'LL, I'LL HAVE IT, UM, TO HECTOR WHERE YOU CAN AND LOOP IT WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT IT OUT TO COUNSEL WHERE Y'ALL CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS TO ME. AND WHENEVER Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, IT WON'T TAKE ME LONG TO BE READY. OKAY. AND FOR WITH RAYBURN RIDGE, UM, I KNOW THAT WE DID A STUDY, UM, THERE'S A DRAINAGE DESIGN FROM 2024. UM, IS THAT STILL USABLE? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY WORK. THAT WAS JUST A, A QUICK PRELIMINARY LOOK AT IT TO SIZE OF THE STORM SEWER. SO ALL WE DID WAS JUST DO WHAT'S CALLED THE RATIONAL METHOD, WHICH IS Q EQUALS UH, C UH, Q'S EQUAL TO CIA. AND WE GOT TO WHERE, WHAT THE AREAS IDENTIFIED THE DRAINAGE AREAS COMING INTO IT. SO IT'S A PORTION OF IT, BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT BY DRAINAGE STUDY IS WE'RE MOVING MORE WATER THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT, UM, THE FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF BRUSHY BAYOU. SO THERE MAY BE SOME MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT MAY HAVE TO HAPPEN INSTEAD OF THE WATER. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CALL THE TIME OF CONCENTRATION IS LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT A PIECE OF LAND AND FOR THE TIME FOR A DROP OF WATER TO GO ACROSS THE LAND, COMPLETELY ACROSS THE LAND, YOU KNOW, MAY TAKE A DAY OR TWO RIGHT? TO WHERE IF YOU PUT IT IN A STORM SEWER, YOU'RE MOVING IT THROUGH THERE IN 30 MINUTES. SO WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT A VOLUME OF RAIN IN A HYDRO DRAFT OR HYDRO DOESN'T GO THAT THAT HIGH NATURALLY BECAUSE IT'S JUST SLOWLY RELEASING. BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN A PIPE, THE HYDRO SPIKES YOUR WATER LEVEL WILL COME UP. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T, I NEED TO COORDINATE WITH, UH, [02:10:01] WITH ANGLETON. NOW ANGLETON DRAINAGE DISTRICT'S DONE A LOT OF WORK. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK. SO THEY MAY HAVE PLANNED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEY MAY HAVE SOME CAPACITY AVAILABLE FOR US, BUT I'VE GOTTA RUN THOSE, I GOTTA RUN THOSE TRAPS AND I CAN, I CAN START DOING THAT MYSELF. IF THAT'S SOMETHING COUNSEL WANTS ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT. I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH CHIEF . I DON'T WANNA GIVE DIRECTION. . NO, I'M GOOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, I DO WANT TO JUST REITERATE THAT IF WE DO DO THIS, THAT IT'S NOT JUST FIXING A ROAD, LIKE JOHN SAID, IT'S FIXING THE SANITARY SEWER, THE WATER LINES THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THIS YEAR. SO YEAH. I MEAN IT NEEDS TO BE IN ALL ENCOMPASSING WHENEVER WE'RE TEARING UP STUFF. THAT CORRECT. CORRECT. RAVEN RIDGE IS LIKE, OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A TRAINING SYSTEM, BUT IN AREAS THAT DO, WE CAN CLEAN THOSE UP, I GUESS. NO, AND THAT COST WITH RAVEN RIDGE, WE'RE PUTTING IN A DRAINAGE SYSTEM, RIGHT. I'M JUST SAYING AS AN EXAMPLE. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT I AGREE. OKAY. AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE, I, Y'ALL COULD CALL MY CELL PHONE OR WE'LL SET UP A MEETING. WE CAN GO OVER EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY IF Y'ALL LIKE. I GUESS WE NEED TO START LOOKING ON A TIMELINE ON THESE. UM, I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE IMMEDIATE SPRING, BUT WHAT'S THAT SPRING? NOT IN THE FALL. YOU'RE THINK IN THE FALL WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THE DEADLINE TO BE ON A BALLOT. OH, I, I AGREE WITH THAT. I MEANT, UH OH, FOR A TOWN HALL. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GONNA START PLANNING, YOU MAY HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE PLAN AHEAD. I DON'T WANNA MISS SPRING TOO, 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE RUSHING YOURSELVES. SO I'D RATHER, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST FOR A TOWN HALL, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THE DECISION HAS TO BE MADE TONIGHT, SO NO, NO, NO, NO. IT, IT'S JUST A TALKING POINT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY POSSIBLE ACTION THAT SAYS NOT HEARING ANY. WE'LL MOVE [14. Discussion and possible action to approve an Engagement Letter with Crowe LLP to provide a financial audit and report on the financial statements for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. ] ON TO IRREGULAR AGENDA ITEM 14. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. JUST THANK YOU JOHN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPRECIATE JOHN TIME DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH CROW LLP TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL AUDIT AND REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR PHYSICAL YEAR 2025. 2026. HELLO HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. PER AND COUNSEL, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE AUDITS HAVE TO BE DONE BY MARCH 28TH AND OUR AUDITORS HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH US EVERY YEAR. SO THIS IS THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER. SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND START THE AUDIT. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO FINISH ON TIME, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY BE DOING A SINGLE AUDIT. AND THAT ALSO HAS TO BE DONE BY MARCH 28TH. SO THIS IS THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER TO DO THE AUDIT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. IS THAT A CHANGE? YOU EMPHASIZED A SINGLE AUDIT. THE SINGLE AUDIT IS DONE IF YOU RECEIVED MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS OF ANY TYPE OF FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING. OKAY. WITHIN THE YEAR. THANK YOU. SO THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER DOES NEED TO BE SIGNED AND I NEED TO FORWARD THAT BACK TO THEM SO THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND INITIATE THE TRIAL BALANCE THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED AND STOP WORKING ON THIS YEAR. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH CROW TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AUDIT AND REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. FISCAL YEAR 25 26. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE CALLING FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY CALLING FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SINGLE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING [15. Discussion and possible action on approving Resolution No. 20260728-015 directing the finance director to open a purchase account and approving and authorizing designated persons who will act as signatories on the accounts; providing for repeal; and providing for an effective date. ] ON TO ITEM 15. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON IMPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 2 6 0 7 2 8 DASH 15. DIRECTING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO OPEN A PURCHASE ACCOUNT AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING DESIGNATED PERSONS WHO WILL ACT AS SIGNATORIES ON THE ACCOUNT, INCLUDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND MR. HERNANDEZ? YES. UH, THE PURCHASE ACCOUNT IS STRICTLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS YOU WELL KNOW, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN THE SEIZURES AND [02:15:01] THE DRUG ACCOUNTS IN THE AREA. SO A PURCHASE ACCOUNT IS NEEDED FOR THEM. AND THIS, WE DID NOT HAVE ONE SO WE DECIDED TO REOPEN. WE DO HAVE ONE, BUT IT'S INACTIVE SO WE NEEDED TO OPEN IT AT A DIFFERENT BANK, WITH THE BANK THAT WE'RE WITH NOW, WHICH IS FOR STATE BANK OF LOUISE. SO THIS IS GIVING ME PERMISSION TO OPEN THIS ACCOUNT. ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION OR POSSIBLE ACTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BANK RECORDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT LABELED PURCHASE ACCOUNT WITH FOR STATE BANK OF POLICE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR CALLING FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SINGLE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT NOW. THANK YOU SUSIE. APPRECIATE IT. ESPECIALLY FOR THAT'S EFFICIENCY OF TIME. LET'S QUIT. ALRIGHT. EXECUTIVE [EXECUTIVE SESSION ] SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 5 51 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED THEREIN. ITEM 16, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.074. THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ALRIGHT, I WILL CALL US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL TAKE A, UH, FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8 23. 8 28. TURN [OPEN SESSION ] THE OPEN SESSION. UH, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, MOTIONS COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE DO. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SERGEANT SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR OUR CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT HEARING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAME. SIGNED. ALRIGHT, WE MOVE TO [COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL ] COMMUNICATIONS FROM IT SAYS MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MAYOR, HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING YOURSELF. YEAH, NO SIR. UM, ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL? I DO HAVE, I DID HAVE A COUPLE NOTES, WHICH, WHAT DID I DO WITH IT REAL QUICK? UM, I GUESS AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING INTO THE HURRICANE SEASON, IT WOULDN'T BE BAD TO HAVE HAROLD VANDERGRIFF COME BACK AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE ALERT SYSTEM. AND THEN I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE LIKE A CODE RED OR WHATEVER IT USED TO BE CALLED. WHATEVER WE HAVE NOW, JUST SO THAT WE CAN START PUTTING THE WORD OUT SO PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP. IT ALSO MIGHT HELP FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN AGENDA 11. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT A SOUND STUDY THAT WAS TO BE DONE DURING, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MAYOR WRIGHT HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT BACK WHEN THE FIRST MEETING CAME AROUND. SO LET'S HAVE AN UPDATE IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT SOUND STUDY THAT WAS PROPOSED. UM, AND THEN, UH, JOHN PATTERSON SPOKE. AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING, UM, BARBARA'S QUESTION ABOUT DRAINAGE PROJECTS, I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UH, THERE WAS SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO A BLC FOR DRAINAGE THAT IT BE GO AHEAD AND FORWARD AND SHARED TO CITY COUNCIL. 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, PACKAGES THAT HAVE, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNTS SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AS IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT TO THE BOND, UM, POTENTIAL BOND, UH, VOTE ELECTION. UM, SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND IF ANYTHING WANTS TO BE WRAPPED UP INCLUDED IN THAT, I THINK WE COULD STILL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO PUT UP A WALL, I GUESS, BETWEEN A BLC AND, UM, COUNSEL, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE WILLING TO GO THERE FAR. OKAY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I WAS KIND OF, I WAS CURIOUS. UM, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO BY THERE TODAY. I MEANT TO, BUT I WAS A LITTLE BUSY. UM, HAS, HAS ANYBODY SPOKE TO ANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF SILVER SADDLE TO SEE HOW [02:20:01] HAPPY THEY ARE WITH HER ROAD? I HAVE SPOKEN TWO OF THEM. . IT IS FANTASTIC. IT IS JUST A NICE, BEAUTIFUL MATULA. MATULA DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB. THEY HAD REALLY GREAT CREWS THAT THEY USED AND SUBBED AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH. STOPPED BY AND SPOKE TO STEVE GARNER WHEN THEY WERE PAVING IT. YES. AND UH, YEAH, BUT I, BUT I HADN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO GET BACK BY THERE AND YEAH. AND SEE HOW IT TURNED OUT. YEAH, I JUST DROVE PAST IT AND LOOKED LETTER CARRIER'S HAPPY. THE WASTE MANAGEMENT GUYS ARE HAPPY, SO YEAH. FANTASTIC. IT'S FINE. I DON'T SPEED THROUGH IT, BUT I WANT TO, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AMONGST OURSELVES. IT MAKES YOU WANNA GO WOO BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO SLOW YOU DOWN LIKE THERE WAS BEFORE. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT. THANK YOU TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE CITY, UH, CITY HALL, UM, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE AND, UH, KIND OF SEE HOW BERTHA WAS GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY TO TOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, AVOIDED A, A BULLET AS THEY SAY. AND SO, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTIVE ROLES AND, AND WATCHING THAT SITUATION AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO DO THE SAME 'CAUSE WE ARE ROLLING UNTIL THAT TIME OF SEASON. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANNA LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THIS FRIDAY FROM SIX TO SEVEN, THE RADIO, UH, STATION, KSBJ, IT'S GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY FREE BLUE BELL ICE CREAM WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AT LAKESIDE. SO CITY PARK, COME ENJOY IT. YEP. WHAT, WHAT TIME IS THAT AGAIN? SIX TO SEVEN ON FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY? MM-HMM . SIX TO SEVEN. FRIDAY. I'M TALKING LIKE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING ONLINE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE ON TONIGHT, BUT WHATEVER. . ALRIGHT, WONDERFUL. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 8 47 0 6. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.