Aug 24, 2026 Keep Angleton Beautiful Commission

UH, SO THIS ONE IS DISCUSSION ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AT A AS OF, UH, AUGUST 15TH, 2026.

MOTION CARRIES ON TO NUMBER TWO.

[2. Discussion on Keep Angleton Beautiful YTD financial statements as of August 15, 2026.]

SO YOU'LL ALSO FIND IN YOUR PACKETS, UH, RAN THE REPORT TO SHOW YOU WHERE OUR CURRENT STANDINGS ARE.

JUST GONNA REVIEW A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ON THERE, UM, AND KIND OF POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS TO BE OF NOTES.

AND SO, FIRST OF ALL I'LL TALK ABOUT IS TRASH BAG REVENUE.

UM, SO THIS ONE WE ARE, WE HAVE ALREADY HIT OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.

UH, THAT, UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTIVE OF JULY 31ST, UH, BECAUSE THAT TIES INTO SALES THROUGH THE ANGLETON RECREATION CENTER.

THOSE DON'T GET TABULATED UNTIL THE END OF A MONTH.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THIS UPDATE WAS DONE ON THE 15TH, YOU WON'T SEE THOSE NUMBERS INFLECTED UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE END OF SEPTEMBER AS WELL.

UH, ROUGH ESTIMATE, I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE PROBABLY SHOULD SEE SOMEWHERE AROUND $11,000 TOTAL.

SO WE SHOULD SEE A, A GOOD INCREASE THERE.

UH, KEEP IN MIND, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASED PRICE THIS YEAR, UH, FOR THIS LAST ROUND THAT WE WENT TO.

UH, SO WE WERE TYPICALLY SELLING IT A COST OF $10 PER ROLL OR, UH, $40 PER BOX.

AND NOW WE'RE AT $12 PER ROLL AND $48 PER BOX.

UM, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING PEOPLE COME THROUGH AND UTILIZE THAT.

SO DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT.

UM, ANOTHER ONE TO KEEP NOTE OF IS THE KAB DONATIONS.

THIS IS THROUGH THE WATER BILL.

WE ARE TRACKING ABOUT $3,000 OF REVENUE A MONTH ON THAT ONE.

SO WE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SHORT THERE.

UH, BUT WE WILL MAKE UP SOME OF THAT FROM THE TRASH BAG SALES.

UH, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AND THEN, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DECENT FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW, OUR INTEREST REVENUE, OUR INTEREST THAT COMES FOR THAT HAS BEEN IN A GOOD SIDE AS WELL.

SO, UM, NOTHING MAJOR TO BE CONCERNED OVER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR EXPENSES.

SO, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR EXPENSES ON PAGE EIGHT.

UH, A COUPLE THINGS OF NOTE THERE, AS I PREVIOUSLY HAD MENTIONED, YOU'LL SEE ON 13 504 0 7, 4 0 7, WHICH IS KB BEAUTIFICATION, THERE ISN'T AN AUM AMOUNT.

THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT CHECK HASN'T OFFICIALLY CLEARED, BUT DOESN'T TAKE TO ACCOUNTS, UH, FOR THAT LINE ITEM.

SO THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THOSE TRASH, UH, BAGS THAT WE PURCHASED.

WE DID GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THE THREE PALLETS OF TRASH BAGS TO GET AHEAD OF THAT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DID SEE ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASE THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY GO THROUGH, UM, AT LEAST SIX TO NINE MONTHS OF TRASH BAG SALES BEFORE THAT.

UM, AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET US THROUGH AT LEAST HALF OF THE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO CONSUME, UH, BE MINDFUL OF THOSE COSTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

UM, WE DO HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS BECAUSE OF THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL, UH, CONFERENCE BEING VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.

SO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ATTEND THAT ONE.

UH, SO WE DO HAVE SOME SAVINGS ATTRIBUTED THERE.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MINOR EXPENSES WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AS WE GET THROUGH THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WILL END SEPTEMBER 30TH.

UH, PARKS IS WORKING ON SOME IRRIGATION REPAIRS, UH, THAT IS BUDGETED FOR ON KUB.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME BEAUTIFICATION, UH, ENHANCEMENTS, SO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE FLOWER BEDS AND THE GARDEN AREA OUT HERE SPECIFICALLY, UH, LIBERTY GARDEN, WE'RE GONNA DO A REFRESH OUT THERE AS WELL.

UH, SO WE GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING TO TACKLE IN SEPTEMBER.

SO, UM, SOME MINOR THINGS THERE.

BUT, UH, ALL IN ALL, THAT SHOULD STILL LEAD US TO A POSITIVE, UH, NET VERSUS OUR REVENUE.

UM, AND SO WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING SOME MORE MONEY INTO THAT FUND BALANCE, UH, CONTINGENT BASED ON SOME OF OUR OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE HERE, UH, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

SO I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIALS.

IT'S STEADY, SO I GUESS STEADY IS BETTER THAN MM-HMM .

BEING IN THE RED THAT IT IS.

WE, WE, WE TRY TO BE AS FISCAL RESPONSIBLE AS WE CAN.

SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT COMES, AS Y'ALL KNOW, UH, THIS IS YEAR TWO OF SUPPORTING SOME OF THE PARKS EXPENSES.

UH,

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AND WE REALLY ONLY DO THOSE AS NECESSARY.

UM, AND SO WE TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE.

ONE OF THEM IS A RESERVE FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, UH, STREET POLE OR THE LIGHT POLES, UH, THE ANTIQUE LIGHTS.

AND SO WE HAVE, KNOCK ON WOOD, HAVEN'T HAD ANY, UH, EMERGENCY REPAIRS OR ISSUES WITH THOSE.

UH, SO, BUT THAT'S A HEFTY COST.

IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD PEOPLE HIT THEM AND THEY'RE, UH, ANYWHERE, UH, FROM TWO TO $3,000 A PIECE, SO, OH WOW.

UM, THANKFULLY WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THOSE, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE SOME EXPENSES THERE.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL

[3. Discussion and possible actions on approving the proposed 2026-2027 Fiscal Year budget for Keep Angleton Beautiful.]

GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVING THE PROPOSED 20 26 20 27 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR KEEP ANGLETON.

BEAUTIFUL.

UH, THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF, UH, THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL IN APRIL AS WE WENT THROUGH THE INITIAL PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT'S BEEN SPECIFICALLY CHANGED IN THE BUDGET FROM OUR ORIGINAL DISCUSSIONS TO WHAT, WHERE WE ARE NOW.

UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE A COPY OF THAT IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, WE ARE PROJECTING IN EX REVENUE SIDE OF ABOUT 56,500.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE, UH, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF CORRELATION TO THAT ONE AS WELL.

TRASH BAG REVENUE, WE DID PROJECTED 11,000.

SO AS THE TREND WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR, WE, UH, ANTICIPATE THAT, UH, TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

SO, UH, DEFINITELY GOOD THINGS THERE.

UH, WE ALSO BALANCE THAT OUT AT, UH, 56,500 IN EXPENSES, UH, KEEPING TO, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE'VE BEEN STARTING TO SEE FOR SOME OF OUR CLEANUPS.

UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SUPPORT, SUPPORT FOR PARKS ITEMS, UM, ALSO OUR TRASH BAGS, UH, BEING IN THERE AS WELL.

UH, I DO ANTICIPATE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL BEING IN PERSON THIS YEAR.

SO WE DO HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THAT, FOR, UH, BOARD AND STAFF TO ATTEND, UM, AND CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE ADVERTISING FOR OUR POSTCARDS.

UH, SO A THOUSAND DOLLARS CONTRIBUTION PER POSTCARD TO SUPPORT OUR EVENTS.

UH, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT FUTURE OF, UH, HOW WE DO OUR, UH, ANNUAL EVENTS AND EXPLORING SOME ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS THERE THAT IF WE WANT TO GO DOWN TO ONE EVENTS.

AND IT'S REALLY HARD AS TO ONE CLEANUP TIME AND ONE, UM, RECYCLING EVENT, IF YOU WILL.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THAT AS THE, UH, YEAR GOES ON.

BUT AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS IN THERE.

UM, OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER IF YOU, UH, WANTED TO LOOK AT IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED AND WE'VE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM, REVITALIZING OUR TREE CANOPY AT BATES, UH, PARK.

UH, SO A LOT OF THAT IS AN OLD PECAN GROVE, AND OVER THE TIME WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE, UH, NUMEROUS TREES, UH, DIE OFF LIMBS FALL OFF.

WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH WORKING WITH AN ARBORIST TO EVALUATE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF ALL OF THEM, UH, TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A PROJECT, UH, THAT KB WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING TO WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UH, WE DID PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, TO BUDGET $10,000 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO BE ABLE TO PUT BACK INTO THE TREES.

UM, AND SO, UH, AS WE GO FARTHER WITH MORE OF THAT AND GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK, UH, THAT KB MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WITH.

BUT, SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BUT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS Y'ALL HAVE ON THE CURRENT OR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

NOTHING NEW.

MM-HMM.

NOTHING NEW FROM OUR, OUR LAST DISCUSSION.

THIS WAS, THAT ONE WAS JUST PRELIMINARY AND THIS IS JUST ACTUALLY, UH, UH, APPROVING THE BUDGET.

SO WE CAN GO INTO, FOR FINAL COUNSEL APPROVAL, YOU NEED US TO GIVE YOU AN A VOTE.

SO YOU'LL SEE WITHIN THE CHART THERE, UH, WE WENT THROUGH AND GRADED SOME OF THEM, UM, UH, FROM WHEN THEY WERE INSTALLED.

UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE 26 27.

I HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.

THANK Y'ALL.

[4. Discussion and possible action on the replacement of existing traffic controller cabinet art wraps throughout Angleton.]

UH, THIS ORDER GETS FUN.

UM, SO THIS ONE, THERE ARE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CABINET ART WRAPS THROUGHOUT ANGLETON.

UH, SO YOU'LL SEE HERE IN YOUR PACKETS, UM, WITH A COMBINATION FROM, UH, EFFORT FROM OUR INSTALLER AS WELL AS OUR STAFF GOING OUT INTO THE FIELD.

I'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS THE CURRENT LOOK OF, UH, ALL OUR BOX WRAPS THROUGHOUT TOWN.

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AND SO, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A SEVEN YEAR LIFECYCLE ON THESE WRAPS.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF OURS ARE IN EXTREMELY HIGH, UH, SUNLIGHT AREAS, UH, WHICH IS HAVING A LARGE IMPACT ON THEM.

UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT, UH, THE PACKETS, UH, AS YOU GO THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE WEAR AND TEAR THAT'S BEING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

UH, INTERESTING ENOUGH IF YOU KIND OF CORRELATE THEM TO THEIR LOCATION AND WHERE ANY SHADE WOULD BE, YOU'RE GONNA KINDA SEE HOW THAT WEATHER IS REALLY IMPACTING US, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN.

UH, SO THERE'S A FEW OF 'EM THAT ARE QUITE INTERESTING AS YOU SCROLL THROUGH THESE.

UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ONE AS AN EXAMPLE.

UH, SO IF YOU GO DOWN TO PAGE 27, NOPE, NOT THAT ONE.

JUST KIDDING.

THERE'S ONE SPECIFICALLY, UM, 31.

UH, SO THIS ONE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS.

SO THIS IS THE BLUE JAY.

UM, THERE IS ONE SIDE OF THIS, IF YOU LOOKED AT ONE SIDE OF IT, YOU THINK, MAN, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN GREAT CONDITION, STILL HOLDING UP WELL, RIGHT? IF YOU GO DOWN TO PAGE 32, YOU GET A DIFFERENT LOOK FOR IT.

UM, AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT A NUMBER OF THEM.

UH, SO I WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION TODAY ON, UH, THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF HOW WE PROCEED FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM.

WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT, UH, WHICH I THINK IS DEFINITELY, UH, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

UH, WE'VE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND WHAT IT DOES FOR THE LOOK AND FEEL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT WE'VE KIND OF HIT THAT POINT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT OF OUR EXISTING ONES, UH, AND FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THE ARTISTS, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE OF HOW LONG THESE WOULD STAY IN PLACE.

AND SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS THAT GO WITH THAT.

IS THAT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT A REPLACEMENT OF OUR, OUR CURRENT ONES IS DO WE GO BACK WITH THE EXISTING ARTWORK OR DO WE GO BACK OUT AND SEEK NEW ARTWORK? UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST DISCUSSIONS IS TO CONSIDER THAT IS IF WE ARE TO REPLACE THESE AND CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT, UH, THE CURRENT ARTWORK THAT'S THERE OR REPLACING WITH NEW ARTWORK? UH, AS WELL AS ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT IS WE CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE SOME PARAMETERS ON WHAT WE LOOK FOR AS FAR AS THE ARTWORK, UH, AS IT EXISTS.

SO, UM, NATIVE PLANTS, BUTTERFLIES, WILD, AND UH, NATIVE BIRDS.

AND WE COULD ALWAYS EXPAND THAT AS WELL AS WE SEEK NEW ARTISTS IF WE WANT TO GET A DIFFERENT LOOK AND FEEL.

SO, UM, JUST WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME OF THESE PICTURES KNOWING THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, UH, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TACKLE.

UH, OUR CURRENT, UM, INSTALLS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UH, WRAP.

UH, HOWEVER, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M STILL CURRENTLY TRYING TO EXPLORE IS WHAT THE ACTUAL CO IT, THOSE, SOME OF THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED OR THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL OVER THEM.

UM, AND SO THAT IS, UH, ONE FACTOR THAT MAY COME INTO PLAY FOR COST WISE IS IF WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THE NEW ONES HAVE THE, THE BEST INTEGRITY POSSIBLE.

UH, I WILL SAY AS WELL, UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON SOME SURROUNDING AREAS.

I'VE SEEN SOME THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN AS IMPACTED, UH, IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS OURS HAVE.

UH, AND SO I'M TRYING TO GATHER A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, INFORMATION FOR WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL THEY'RE USING TO SEE IF WE MAY WANT TO EXPLORE THAT AS WELL.

SO, UH, BUT JUST WANTED TO START THIS INITIAL CONVERSATION TO SEE IF THIS WAS OF INTEREST TO REPLACE AND WHAT THAT MEANS SO WE CAN, UH, DETERMINE HOW WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

SO ABOUT HOW MANY APPLICANTS DO WE HAVE EACH TIME? UM, WE USUALLY AVERAGE TWO TO FOUR.

UH, I THINK SOME OF IT COULD BE JUST BE LIMITED BASED ON THE ARTWORK WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

I THINK IF WE WERE TO EXPAND IT, UH, THE PROGRAM AND REDEFINE WHAT KIND OF ARTWORK, LIKE IF WE WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE, UM, UH, RELATIVE TO ANGLETON, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ONE THAT'S MORE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SOMETHING OF THAT.

EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND PUT A NEW PIECE OF ARTWORK IN, I WOULD OPEN IT UP LIKE WE'VE DONE ANY OF THE REST OF 'EM AND SOLICIT ART, UH, ARTISTS FOR IT.

UM, WHEREAS WHEN IT WAS VERY SPECIFIC BEING BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES AND NATIVE, IT MAY NOT HAVE CAPTURED AS MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAVING AN INTEREST.

UH, AND SO JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO IT'S USUALLY ABOUT TWO TO FOUR.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING TO UTILIZE THE SAME ARTISTS OR, UM, FIND DIFFERENT ONES? UH, SO THAT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON, UH, IF WE WERE GONNA STAY WITH THE CURRENT ARTWORK, I WOULD JUST UPDATE THE ARTWORK AND SO KEEP EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, PUT A NEW WRAP IN THERE.

UM, IF WE WERE GOING TO

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UH, WE COULD SEND IT OUT, UH, TO OUR CURRENT ARTISTS THAT HAVE DONE THE ARTWORK.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY A LOT OF THE REPEAT ONES, UH, WOULD SAY THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE ONES WE GET IS ALWAYS A REPEAT ONE, UH, WHEN THEY COME IN.

UH, SO THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE INTERESTED.

BUT, UH, I CAN TELL YOU SOME OF 'EM WHEN WE'VE SENT 'EM OUT, UH, IF I RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE HAVE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN ARTISTS AND YOU MIGHT GET ONE OF SIX, RIGHT.

AND THEN THE NEXT TIME YOU DO IT, YOU'LL GET TWO OF SIX.

BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST ONE.

SO IT JUST VARIES.

WAS THE ONE THAT'S OVER BY BUCKY'S THE NEWER ONE? YES.

WAS THAT A NEW ARTIST? YES.

I LIKE THAT SO MUCH.

NO, THAT WAS THE, I WANNA SAY SHE WAS AN ORIGINAL ARTIST.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF CHANGING OUT THE IMAGE AND GOING BACK TO REQUESTING FRESH ARTWORK.

UM, AND THEN I'M ASSUMING, BUT, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE OF, OKAY, WHY IS OUR, YOU KNOW, ARE THE MATERIALS IN OTHER CITIES, ARE THEY HOLDING UP LONGER THAN OURS? AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY USING? I THINK THAT NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE START SPENDING A BUNCH OF MONEY REPLACING ALL OF THESE THAT WE HAVE ON THIS LIST.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T START REPLACING, BUT MAYBE WE CAN FIND A BETTER SOLUTION MAYBE WITHIN THE YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, AND I'M CURIOUS, IT'S A WRAP, BUT DOES IT HAVE TO LIKE SOME OF THESE, THEY LOOK GOOD ON ONE SIDE, BUT REALLY BAD ON THE OTHER.

DOES IT, DO THEY HAVE TO WRAP THE WHOLE THING, RIGHT? CAN YOU JUST REPLACE A PART OF IT? THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

UM, I MEAN WE CAN EVEN LOOK AT THAT STRATEGICALLY.

THERE ARE A FEW THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SIDE.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE DOWNTOWN THAT MM-HMM .

BUT YOU'RE ONLY SEEING ONE SIDE.

WELL, DOWNTOWN YOU'LL SEE BOTH SIDES.

AND SO THERE'S ONE SPECIFICALLY, LIKE THE CARDINAL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ON ONE SIDE.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 19 AND 20, UM, THAT ONE SEES SUN ON BOTH.

UM, AND I FORGET THE BUSINESS THAT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF.

UM, BUT THAT WRAP ITSELF HAS JUST DETERIORATED FULLY.

THE, UM, THE WRAP AND THE MATERIAL AND THAT KINDA STUFF.

WHO'S OUR CONTRACTOR FOR THAT? UH, HOUSTON SIDE COMPANY.

OH, THAT ONE.

THE 19 AND 20 IS OVER THERE BY SOMETHING BLUE.

THANK YOU.

THAT ONE.

SO THERE'S A FEW OF THEM THAT ARE GONNA BE MORE VISUAL ON BOTH SIDES, BUT THE OTHER ONE THAT I WOULD POINT OUT THAT'S, UH, KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT ON 27, 28, THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE IT'S BARELY TAKEN ANY IMPACT.

UM, VERSUS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLUE JAY, RIGHT? IS UH, THE SIDE THAT FACES THE ROAD FACES, UH, 35 LOOKS THE BEST.

THE SIDE THAT FACES WHAT WOULD BE THE SIDE STREET IS THE ONE THAT LOOKS THE WORST.

SO, I MEAN THAT DEFINITELY IS AN OPTION AS WELL.

UM, IS TO LOOK AT, UH, SOME PIECES OF THAT.

CHERYL, TO YOUR POINT, WHILE IT'S A WRAP, UH, I WOULD HESITATE ON ONLY DOING A PORTION OF IT JUST BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT FADE JUST IN GENERAL.

WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA FADE OVER TIME.

UH, BUT THERE ARE A FEW OF THESE THAT I WAS NOT ANTICIPATING THEY WOULD FADE THIS QUICKLY.

WE TALKED, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT ONE TIME ABOUT PAINT, YOU KNOW, PAINTING THAT IF THAT WAS OTHERS HAVE, I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S OTHER, UH, CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THAT.

UM, I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD LONGEVITY-WISE, , I KNOW SPECIFICALLY FRIENDS WOULD'VE JUST PAINTED THEIRS.

UH, BUT I MEAN, THEIRS IS, THEY'RE ONLY A YEAR OLD.

SO, UM, I JUST DON'T, I I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PAINTING THEM WOULD, UNLESS YOU WERE, UH, ASKING THE ARTIST TO DO IS A, YOU KNOW, A, A FREE OPTION, A $250 TO PAINT, IT PROBABLY ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T EXPAND WHAT WE PROVIDED AS A STIPEND, BUT UM, I THINK THE WRAPS ARE PRETTY, THEY LAST , WE HAD NO GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY OR ANYTHING ON THESE.

MM-HMM.

I THINK THAT WAS THE DEAL IN THE BEGINNING.

WE KNEW THEY WEREN'T GONNA LAST.

IT'S JUST, THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

UM, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SIX YEARS, PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

WANT TO SAY SIX OF THEM THAT WERE IN 20 21, 2, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR VERY POOR AND POOR OPTIONS HERE.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO START REPLACING MM-HMM .

AND SO WE'RE COMING UP ON THAT FIRST, BUT FOR SOME OF THEM, YEAH.

UM, AND SO THOSE FIRST COUPLE, SO UH, 'CAUSE WE HAD, I

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UM, AND SO MOST OF THEM, I MEAN YOU CAN, YOU CAN PICK THEM OUT BASED ON THEIR CONDITION, RIGHT? LIKE HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN THERE.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THEM RIGHT.

R FROM 2021, AND THEN YOU GET INTO 2022 AND THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER COUPLE POUR POP UP ONCE YOU HIT THE 2023.

ONE IS WHEN WE START TO GET IN THE CATEGORY OF EARTH, THEY'RE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION.

AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND THAT POINT.

UH, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT NINE THAT NEED SOME KIND OF ATTENTION, UH, WHEN WE TRIED TO HAVE A GOAL OF HAVING THREE DONE A YEAR, I MEAN THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE WHERE WE'RE AT FOR OUR REGULAR BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE, UH, WE CAN START TO REINVEST IN THESE AND SEE WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS TO SEE WHAT UH, OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING WITH THEIR MATERIAL.

'CAUSE I KNOW I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH UH, A SEPARATE CITY THAT WAS DOING A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK AND THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC ON A DIFFERENT STYLE OF MATERIAL IF YOU WILL.

SO, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THERE.

AND YEAH, WE JUST, THE REAL QUESTION IS IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE ON WHAT DIRECTION DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT? I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE.

I THINK, UM, THE OTHER THING I DID WANNA POINT OUT REAL QUICKLY, I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T MENTION THIS.

UM, SO THE ONE WE DID LAST YEAR, UHHUH UH, ON CEMETERY ROAD OH, I SAW THAT IS ALREADY GONE.

SO THAT STINK.

KEEP THAT, THAT ONE.

MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD JUST BE TO REPLACE IT AS IS AND JUST PUT A NEW ONE IN.

UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, THE, THE CAVEAT THAT GOES WITH IT.

A BOX THAT IS NOT YOURS YEAH.

IS TECH SIDE GRANTS US AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

BUT WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO ANY WORK AND IF THEY CHANGE THE BOX, CHANGE THE BOX, BOX BOX, IT'S GONE.

IT IS OUR DIME THAT'S GONE.

SO JUST UNFORTUNATELY IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS IN POOR CONDITION .

IT HAD TO BE ONE THAT WAS A YEAR OLD.

SO YEAH.

BUT WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO POSSIBLY DO THREE REPLACED.

SO IN OUR NORMAL BUDGET WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THREE.

AND WE DO HAVE, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, FROM THIS YEAR.

LET'S NOT SAY YOU HAVE TO DO IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE ANYTHING WE DON'T USE IS GONNA ROLL INTO A FUND BALANCE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE FUND BALANCE, YOU COULD TACKLE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE AT ONE TIME.

UM, I THINK AND I THINK DEFINITELY LOOK INTO WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

TO SEE WHAT, WHERE THOSE ARE LASTING.

I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO, I DON'T KNOW, LET THAT ARTIST MAYBE DO SOMETHING ELSE IF THEY WANT TO OR I THINK SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING DIFFERENT KNEW THAT SOMEONE COULD SAY, OH, THAT CHANGED.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BUT WE CERTAINLY DO WANNA UPDATE 'EM 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO START COMPLAINING.

SO I MEAN, THIS IS JUST US, IF YOU WILL BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.

LIKE WE COULD ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THOSE ARTISTS AND ASK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT NEW ARTWORK FOR THEIR PREVIOUS LOCATION.

AND MAYBE WE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU WANNA FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS MATERIALS, BUT MAYBE WE START TACKLING THIS YEAR IF WE CAN TACKLE MAYBE THE THREE WORST.

WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? AND THEN RESEARCH.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD NEW MATERIALS.

RESEARCH THE NEW, IF THERE'S NEW MATERIALS OR SOME OTHER BETTER WAY BEFORE WE START TACKLING ALL THE REST.

BECAUSE AT LEAST THOSE THREE, HOPEFULLY IF THEY DON'T TAKE AWAY THE BOX, WOULD LAST ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OR SO.

UM, AND ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL CLARIFY TOO, BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT.

UM, DOWNTOWN IS GONNA GO THROUGH A REVITALIZATION, UH, ON, UH, VELASCO FROM ORANGE TO CEDAR ISH.

NO, MAYBE NOT THAT FAR DOWN.

I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MAP.

UH, SO THEY'RE REDOING, UH, THERE IS A, UM, GRANT THAT WE GOT PART OF WITH TDO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, ENHANCE THAT ROADWAY TO MAKE IT MORE A DA ACCESSIBLE, UM, THOSE COMPONENT PIECES.

UH, AND SO I'M GONNA ACTUALLY VERIFY AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT MAY BE A DIFFERENT FACTOR FOR THE DOWNTOWN ONES THAT WE WOULD NOT DO THOSE UNTIL WE DID THAT.

UM, SO I'M GONNA SAY THAT AS WELL THOUGH.

UH, I'LL SEE IF THERE'S A COST AS WHAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS.

UM, IT MAY BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO EVEN EXPLORE REMOVAL OF THEM JUST SO THEY'RE NOT AN

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EYESORE.

UM, UNTIL THAT POINT.

AND WE CAN PUT OUT THERE PUBLIC, LIKE, SO PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS COMING.

WE JUST TOOK OUT, TOOK OFF THE ARTWORK SO IT DIDN'T LOOK THE WAY IT DOES.

SO IT LOOKS NEGLECTED VERSUS THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE THAT'S TOO BIG, LIKE COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

'CAUSE I THINK SOME OF THOSE WITH THAT, UM, SOME OF THOSE BOX REPS ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE IN, OR THOSE TRAFFIC CONTROL BOXES ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE IMPACTED WITH THAT REVITALIZATION PLAN.

SO THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY TAKE OUT 1, 2, 3, 4, I THINK FOUR OF THEM THAT ARE ON OUR TO-DO LIST OVER HERE THAT ARE CURRENT, THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF IT.

SO YOU HAVE, WELL, SOME OF THEM.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HOLD OFF ON THOSE.

SO I, I WOULDN'T DO THOSE ONES RIGHT AWAY.

IT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T LOOK AT THE OTHER ONES.

LIKE THE ONE I KNOW THE ONE WITH THE FLOWERS THAT MELISSA DID, THAT'S PROBABLY IN THERE AND IT'S HOLDING UP REALLY WELL BECAUSE THE, THE ORANGE STREET ONE MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE.

UH, I BELIEVE WILKINS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE, THE ONE BY DIRTY SOUTH, THE ONE BY DIRTY SOUTH.

AND THAT ONE'S HOLDING UP REALLY WELL.

UH, THE ONE RIGHT HERE ON 35 AND VELASCO WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE.

I DON'T THINK THAT ONE'S HOLDING UP VERY WELL.

WELL IF THEY'RE HOLDING UP GOOD, WE CAN JUST LEAVE THEM.

SO YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE.

SO LET ME GET CLARITY ON THAT ONE.

BUT I, I WOULD, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT IF, 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA DO THE ROADWAY, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SIDEWALK, THEY'RE GONNA REDO UH, THE LIGHT CONTROLS.

AND SO THERE ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE IMPACTS TO THE BOX WRAP.

SO LET ME CONFIRM THAT FIRST.

SO CAN WE JUST TABLE OUR DECISION UNTIL WE GET FURTHER NOTICE ABOUT THOSE THREE? YEAH.

BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES TO TICK, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

AND I CAN GET, SO, UH, I'LL KEEP LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS SO I CAN BRING TO OUR NEXT MEETING.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ON POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE, UH, WRAP MATERIAL WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE.

I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE TEXT.

ONE OF ONES THAT NOT TO CONSIDER IF THEY'RE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY.

UH, SO THAT SHOULD HELP US NARROW DOWN THE LIST.

I'LL GET A COST TO REMOVE, UH, HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE EXISTING WRAP JUST IN ITSELF TO ALLEVIATE THAT.

WOULD HOUSTON SIGN COMPANY BE ABLE TO GUIDE US ON MATERIAL? THEY WOULD.

UM, BUT I MEAN, I CAN ALWAYS ASK THEM.

I JUST WANNA SEE IF I CAN GET INFORMATION FROM OTHERS ON WHAT THEY'RE USING.

IS LIKE WHY OURS IS NOT, UH, HOLDING UP AS WELL, IF YOU WILL.

UM, SO JUST TO KINDA GET BOTH PERSPECTIVES ON THAT.

SO WITH OUR CURRENT FUNDING, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH ME GETTING THE ONE PUT BACK AT CEMETERY? CEMETERY? THE CEMETERY ROAD IS THE ONE THAT, THAT GOT REMOVED AFTER A YEAR.

WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? I CAN'T REMEMBER.

UM, I'D BE LYING IF I TELL YOU THE KIND OF BIRD THAT'S THERE, BUT, UM, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE IN YOUR, I KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO.

WELL I COULDN'T TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT ONE.

THAT ONE DIDN'T EXIST.

UH, THAT WAS UH, KIND OF A DARK BLUE, UM, PATTERN THAT WENT OUT AND THEN IT HAD A NATIVE BIRD ON THERE.

I JUST CAN'T RECALL.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHEN THAT ONE WAS PUT IN.

WELL, GOOGLE'S NO HELP.

DOESN'T HAVE UPDATED PICTURES TAKE FOREVER TO LOAD.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I THINK WE SHOULD REPLACE IT MAINLY THAT ONE.

I WAS JUST, JUST THINKING MORE SO BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIFESPAN.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW, HONESTLY KNOW IF IT MADE IT A YEAR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, CONNECTIONS TO AUSTIN? I MEAN, ANYONE YOU CAN REACH OUT TO IN AUSTIN OR

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OH YEAH.

I SAY DEFINITELY PUT THAT TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THAT ONE.

LET'S DO IT.

UM, SORRY DIANE, YOU WERE COMING.

OH.

IF YOU HAD, IF YOU KNEW ANY OF THE AUSTIN PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD TALK TO, I'M SURE I COULD GET ONE YEAH.

TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE USING ON THEIRS.

SO THE WRAP, IS IT SIMILAR TO LIKE IF YOU WERE WRAPPING A CAR? MM-HMM .

WE DO HAVE, HAVE SOMEONE LOCALLY HERE THAT MIGHT BE OH, SOMEONE YOU COULD TALK TO.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, HIS NAME'S KENNETH WALKER WITH BC STICKER GUY RIGHT OVER HERE OFF OF, UH, MYRTLE CAN DO.

HE IS, UM, IN THE WOODMAN OF THE WORLD BUILDING THE ONE THAT'S GOT THE GLASS COMPANY AND YEAH.

HE'S IN THERE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON KEEP ANGLETON BEAUTIFUL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

SEE IF HE HAS, HAS HIS SUGGESTION AS WELL.

OF COURSE.

HE'S VERY CREATIVE BY THE WAY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THE MOMENT? WELL, IF YOU DO LOOK FOR OUR OR OPEN IT TO NEW OR ARTIST, I WOULD DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH THE NEW ARTIST ALLIANCE GROUP THAT WE HAVE.

UM, THEY HAVE A GOOD FOLLOWING OF LOCAL ARTISTS AND THEN MAYBE THE, UM, ART TEACHERS AT THE COLLEGE.

MAYBE SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY PUT ON, UM, GALLERY ART SHOWS AND THINGS WILL DO.

IT'S PRETTY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS ONE? ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL I'LL PLAN TO BRING THIS BACK FOR OUR MEETING FOR OCTOBER.

UH, BUT I WILL MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE CURRENT FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THE ONE AT CEMETERY ROAD.

AWESOME.

UH,

[5. Discussion and update on Keep Angleton Beautiful programs and projects.]

UM, AND SO THIS WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON SOME, UH, RECAP OF SOME PREVIOUS ITEMS. 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION FROM A PREVIOUS MEETING.

UH, AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE, UH, NEW, UH, OBJECTIVES THAT ARE COMING UP.

UH, SO JUST A BRIEF RECAP ON THE SPRING CLEANUP IS SOME OFFICIAL NUMBERS.

UH, SO ATTENDANCE WAS, UH, 420 PEOPLE, HEAVY TRASH, 5.65 TONS.

DATA SHREDDING, APOLOGIES, NOT SURE WHY I HAVE A BLANK THERE.

UM, JUST A MYSTERY.

APPARENTLY , UH, ELECTRONIC RECYCLING WAS 4,500 POUNDS.

TIRE RECYCLING 246 AND PAINT RECYCLING WAS 1700 POUNDS.

UH, ANOTHER ONE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A NEW ONE THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, I FEEL LIKE WILL BE A GREAT TIE IN FOR US.

UH, SO WE WERE APPROACHED BY PHILLIPS 66, UH, WHO IS ALSO PARTNERING WITH A GROUP CALLED TANDEM GLOBAL.

UM, THAT THEY ARE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY IDENTIFIED WAS JUST A GREAT TIE IN FOR ABIGAIL AREAS PARK.

UH, SO STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM, UH, ON THIS PROJECT WHERE IT'LL BE A FULLY FUNDED, UH, PHILLIPS 66 PROJECT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ENHANCEMENT OF ONE OF THE GARDEN AREAS AT ABIGAIL AREAS.

UH, AND WITH THAT ENHANCEMENT.

SO THERE'LL BE NUMEROUS AREAS.

IT'S, UH, ABIGAIL THAT WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT GARDEN FEEL.

UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE AREAS AROUND THE TRACK THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, NATIVE WILDFLOWER PLANTING AREAS, BUT THEN THERE'S THE AREA DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PAVILION THAT IS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFICATION PIECE AS WELL.

AND THEN THERE'S A CONNECTION POINT AT, UH, BY ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS IN THE ENTRANCE IS WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR FOCUS.

AND SO, UM, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT'S BROUGHT ON BY THEM TO BRING, UH, AWARENESS TO LOCAL PLANT LIFE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT TO BE ABLE TO JUST GET PEOPLE ON SITE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROJECT WORKS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE, UH, IN TALKING TO THEM, WE FEEL LIKE WOULD BE A GREAT TIE IN IS WE NORMALLY DO OUR ANNUAL TREE PLANTING IN NOVEMBER.

AND SO INSTEAD OF DOING THE TREE PLANTING, WE FELT LIKE THIS WOULD BE A GREAT FOCUS KNOWING THAT WE ARE PLANTING TREES ALREADY AT ABIGAIL.

UH, BUT THIS WOULD BE GREAT, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS TO BE ABLE TO BRING OUT SOME VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.

UH, SO THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER.

UH, SO THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER, UM, IS

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WHEN WE WOULD BE SLATED TO DO THIS.

SO NOVEMBER 6TH IS THE DATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO DO THIS PLANTING.

UH, AND THEN WRAP UP ANYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, COMES THE DAY AFTER.

UH, SO THE DAY AFTER NOVEMBER 7TH IS OUR FALL SWEEP DATE.

UH, SO WE'D STILL DO EVERYTHING NORMAL FOR OUR FALL SWEEP.

UM, BUT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING THIS LIKE A VOLUNTEER WEEKEND IF YOU WILL.

UH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO PLANT ANYWHERE FROM 33 TO 3000 TO 3,500 PLUGS IN THIS LITTLE GARDEN AREA.

SO, UH, DEFINITELY AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING.

AND SO MORE INFORMATION TO COME, I'LL BE SURE TO SHARE THAT OUT.

BUT, UH, I THINK THIS COULD BE A GREAT COLLABORATION OF WHAT WE DO FOR THE KB SIDE, FOR OUR NORMAL PLANTINGS, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE, UH, TAKING THE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT PHILLIPS 66 IS PRESENTING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT PROJECT.

SO I'M DEFINITELY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ADD THAT TO THAT.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY? THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

YEAH, IT'S, IT REALLY IS.

I'LL SEND YOU ALL SOME, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON RENDERINGS, UH, RIGHT NOW.

UH, DAVID HEINEKE, OUR PARKS BOARD PRESIDENT, OUR CHAIR, UH, CHAIRMAN IS, UH, WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THEM AS WELL FROM HIS, UH, PREVIOUS CAREER OF DOING THIS IN TEXAN PARKS AND WILDLIFE.

AND SO HE'S REALLY TAKEN, UH, A LEAD ON THIS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

BUT UH, JUST SEEING SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE GOING ON, I'M LIKE, THIS IS A WORLD THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOVE, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, AND SO I'M LEARNING FROM IT, BUT TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN PLACE IS REALLY EXCITING.

SO DEFINITELY AN EXCITING NEW CONDITION FOR US.

UM, OTHER ONE WOULD BE OUR FALL SWEEP.

AS I MENTIONED, WE WE'RE KICKING THAT OFF, CONTINUING TO HAVE THE SAME, UH, VENDORS, UH, PRESENT FOR THAT ONE.

THAT WILL BE, AS I MENTIONED, THE NOVEMBER 7TH ONE.

UM, THE GCAA ONE.

UH, SO THIS I WANNA BRING BACK FOR A DISCUSSION.

SO AFTER MEETING WITH TXDOT, ONE OF THE AREAS WE STARTED TO FOCUS IN ON WAS THE SILVER HEARTS THAT ARE AROUND TONE.

WE'VE RUN INTO A LITTLE HURDLE WITH THAT THOUGH, SO I'M SEEKING SOME INFORMATION FROM Y'ALL ON WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE BEING INSTALLED IN THE PAST AND HOW THOSE CAME TO BE.

UH, AND THE BIGGEST REASON WHY IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY ARE VERY OFFSET FROM THE ROAD, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY A PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BE IN A, A TEXT OUT RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO, UH, THIS GRANT HAS TO BE WITHIN A TEXT OUT RIGHT AWAY.

UH, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO STAY WITHIN A RIGHT AWAY TO DO A PROJECT.

WELL, YOU CAN'T ENHANCE, ENHANCE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT WAY.

SO, UM, JUST TRYING TO SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY BACKGROUND HISTORY OF WHERE THEY CAME ABOUT.

AND THEY CURRENT CURRENTLY SEEM TO BE WITHIN, UH, INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY LINE.

UH, WE JUST DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN AND DON'T HAVE RECORD OF, UH, ANY TRUE AGREEMENT THAT STATES THAT THESE WERE, UH, GRANTED ACCESS TO OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? YOU'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE.

AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME CONSIDERING.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MAY REACH OUT TO ELLEN EVIE 'CAUSE I THINK SHE WAS ON THE BOARD WHEN THAT THOSE HEARTS WERE PUT UP.

UM, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY WERE PART OF A GRANT AT THAT TIME.

THEY MIGHT MIGHT'VE BEEN.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE SET BACK SO FAR ALL ALONG.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE LIKE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT FOR TRAFFIC FAR ENOUGH BACK SO THAT THEY WEREN'T LIKE A HAZARD HAZARD.

WAS, WAS DIVIDED THERE MADE INTO THE FOUR LANES AND I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WEST SIDE, WHEN WAS WEST SIDE BUILT, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW.

UM, WHAT, WHAT YEAR WERE THEY? DO WE KNOW WHAT YEAR? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR.

SO I GOT ON THE BOARD IN, UH, 2011.

2011.

THEY, THEY WERE INSTALLED BEFORE THEN.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT, UH, MONICA MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THE, AND EVIE WAS ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.

SO WE, WE MAY HAVE SOME, WE MAY HAVE OR WE CAN TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.

THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

START THE MEMORY.

UM, BECAUSE THAT IS THE, AND WHEN LOOKING AT IT, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT FALLS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH WOULD COMPLETELY NIX THAT OUT FROM OUR ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE GCAA FOR THAT.

SO WHEN DID, WHEN WAS, WHEN DID THE ROAD BECOME DIVIDED? LONG BEFORE THAT? OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BECAUSE THAT MAY BE THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE REASON BECAUSE THERE WAS, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ROAD

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DON'T ASK ME THAT.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN THERE PRIOR TO WEST SIDE.

VERY WELL.

COULD HAVE BEEN.

AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW WEST SIDE? I AM NOT THE OLD WEST SIDE.

I AM, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEW AND WEST SIDE HISTORY.

YEAH, I, I THINK I HAVE SOMEONE I CAN TALK TO.

GIVE CONTACT INFORMATION.

AND ASK IF YOU CAN, I MEAN YOU CAN EVEN STEER HIM IN MY DIRECTION.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION.

UM, IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE, UH, WE KEEP GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF MAYBE HAVING AN OPTION BUT THEN HAVING TO PULL BACK FROM IT.

'CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ALONG, UH, LIKE DOWNTOWN VELASCO AREA.

BUT BECAUSE HOW FAR ARE WE OFF FROM THE, FROM THE TDOT RIGHT AWAY ON, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ONE ON 35? UM, WELL THE, THERE'S TWO ENDS OF 35, BUT THE ONE MM-HMM .

AT 35, UH, EAST, I MEAN WEST 35 WEST.

HOW FAR OFF IS THAT? FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY? PROBABLY AT LEAST 10 FOOT.

I WAS GONNA SAY THAT ONE'S PRETTY FAR OFF THE ROAD.

I FOUND A FAX ARTICLE ABOUT THE ONE THAT WAS INSTALLED BY THE WEST ANNEX AND THAT ONE WAS INSTALLED IN 2015 ON CEDAR.

UM, THE ONE I I I, I, SORRY, 2 74 AND MAGNOLIA.

THE, UH, LOOP 2 74 TALKING ABOUT THE BIG ONE.

YEAH, THE BIG ONE.

THAT WAS PART OF THE, THAT ONE ACTUALLY WAS PART OF THE, THIS THE GCA A THAT, THAT ONE I KNOW THE HISTORY ON.

WE TALKED ABOUT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN PIECE.

BUT THE, THE SMALLER ONES AND IT SAID I JUST BACKED, I APOLOGIZE.

IT'S OKAY.

AND SO, I MEAN, WE'VE GONE BACK TO THAT ONE.

SO WE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT IS AN OPTION TO GO BACK INTO THAT ONE AND USE THE FUNDING.

'CAUSE THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BENCHES AND LANDSCAPING, UH, AND DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO ADD INTO THAT MM-HMM .

UM, AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IS THERE TO, IF WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT, TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ENHANCEMENT TO THAT AREA.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THE CITY HAS EXPLORED CONTINUING TO UTILIZE THAT PARKING LOT THERE FOR, UM, LIKE CONCERTS AND EVENTS.

AND SO IT COULD PROVIDE A, A GOOD TRANSITION PIECE OF HAVING SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S THERE.

SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT MAYBE MAXIMIZING AND INCLUDING ALL THE HEARTS AND DOING A, UM, A REFRESH ON THOSE TO CREATE THOSE TO, TO BE MORE OF A FOCAL POINT WHEN YOU COME IN.

'CAUSE THEY KIND OF GET LOST WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SO FAR BACK.

THAT COULD BE PART OF THE REASON WHY.

SO I SAID SINCE 2006, HEARTS FROM THE MURAL COMPANY WERE INSTALLED.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR IDEAS ON PROJECTS? OKAY, SO WE, THE HEARTS ARE OUT.

THEY, SMALL HEARTS ARE PROBABLY OUT.

SMALL HEARTS ARE OUT.

THE LARGE HEART COULD BE EXPANDED ON.

UH, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS COMING INTO PLAY IS IT HAS TO BE IN A TECH STOCK RIGHT OF WAY.

AREN'T WE GONNA HAVE A COMMITTEE TO GO OVER WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH, DIDN'T WE LOOK AT SOME STUFF ON WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO TO ENHANCE THE BIG HEART? WELL ONE OF THE HEART WE, SO WE HAVE THAT LIKE, 'CAUSE WE HAVE IT FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE, BUT WE, UH, LAST WE TALKED WAS LOOKING AT THE SMALL HEARTS AND DOING AN ENHANCEMENT AT ALL THOSE LOCATIONS, WHICH THEY DO NEED IT.

AND IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING SEPARATE OF, RIGHT.

LIKE THIS ONE'S JUST TRYING TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH THE GCAA GRANT.

UM, BECAUSE THAT, UH, WE NEED TO GET THAT PROJECT ROLLING, BUT WE'RE RUNNING INTO WHAT PROJECT DO WE WANNA LOOK AT? I REALLY WISH WE COULD DO A, UH, ENTRANCE SIGNS, BUT, UM, NOT ANYMORE.

I KNOW, UM, ETHAN WAS, WASN'T HE GIVING US SOME IDEAS? I MEAN, HE KIND OF KNOWS AND HE DID.

UH, I MEAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ETCHING ON THE UNDERPASSES FOR, UH, 2 88.

YEAH, THEY DO LOOK BAD.

UM,

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HE HAD SOME IDEAS ABOUT DOING SOME ENHANCEMENTS ON DOWNTOWN, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROJECT THAT OH, BECAUSE DOESN'T THE PROJECT GOING THROUGH, WE MIGHT COULD PIGGYBACK ON THAT, RIGHT? IT WAS A PIGGYBACK, BUT NOT KNOWING UNTIL WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE OF WHAT OUR ENHANCEMENT COULD BE.

UH, BECAUSE EXAMPLE IS, HE TOLD ME IN THE PAST, YOU CAN PIGGYBACK ON A TECH STOP PROJECT.

OUR MONEY GOES A LOT FURTHER.

IT DOES.

AND I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT WAS OVER HERE WAS THE GARDEN AREA.

UM, I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE EXTRA PIECES DONE IN THERE AND THEY MADE AND THROW, BECAUSE HE HAS THE LANDSCAPING PIECE THAT HE CAN INCLUDE IN A CURRENT PROJECT.

AND SO WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED ON WHAT ENHANCEMENTS CAN HAPPEN AT THE GARDEN RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL BECAUSE THAT IS ON THE SAME, UH, LINE AS THE PROJECT.

SO IT WOULD ENCOMPASS SOME OF THOSE EXTRA COMPONENTS AND EXCUSE MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROJECT, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON FROM ORANGE TO CEDAR MM-HMM .

OR WHATEVER.

IS IT SIDEWALK WORK OR IS IT JUST ROAD EXPANSION? NO SIDEWALKS.

IT IS MAINLY TO ADDRESS SIDEWALK AND THAT CONNECTION POINT FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

BUT IT IS ALSO ROAD, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

AS WELL AS THE CITY IS GOING IN TO DO SOME, UH, UNDERGROUND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS.

WHAT IF WE, IS THERE ROOM IN THAT PROJECT IF WE WERE TO PIGGYBACK TO DO ANY LANDSCAPING ON THE SIDEWALK AREAS? OR IS IT TOO NARROW? CHRIS THE SIDEWALK.

THAT, THAT IS GONNA BE VERY NARROW.

UH, WHERE AT I WAS LOOKING FOR THE HEART FILTER DOWNTOWN.

DOWNTOWN.

THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.

WE'RE WE'RE SQUEEZING IN AND NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LANDSCAPE, RIGHT? NO.

IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THE, UM, SIDEWALKS VERY WIDE, UM, TO LET SHOPS PUT THINGS ON THE SIDEWALK AND STILL HAVE, UH, TRAFFIC, WALKING TRAFFIC.

UM, THEY WERE LOOKING TO THINK OF LIKE PLANTERS AND THINGS, BUT NOT SURE BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THEY'RE GONNA REPLACE THE AWNINGS ALSO.

'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THEM DOWN.

DO THE THINGS.

AND SO IS THAT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH US PUTTING MORE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE BIG HEART? NO, BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT ONE TIME AND WE HAD LOOKED AT DIFFERENT TOWNS, UM, I SLEPT AND STUFF.

THAT ONE WON'T BECAUSE THAT, UH, IT WON'T COME THAT FAR OFF OF.

SO THAT'S JUST DOWNTOWN HERE ON VELASCO IS WHAT IS THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.

THE BIG HEART WOULD BE MORE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER 2 74 COMPONENT THINKING THAT'S WHAT BE WORTH.

AND THAT PROJECT'S GOING TO CEDAR DOWNTOWN AREA TO CEDAR ORANGE, TO CEDAR CLOSE.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING ALL, ALL THE WAY TO CEDAR.

I THINK SO.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA STOP.

I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS BEFORE THE COURTHOUSE OR AFTER THE COURTHOUSE RIGHT AROUND IN THAT AREA.

I CAN, I FEEL LIKE I'LL PATIO I HAVE IN MY HEAD IS WHERE IT'S STOPPING.

BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

I HOPE NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UM, AND IT MAY BE CEDAR, THE ONE THE, YEAH.

I CAN'T, I'M MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW THAT ONE ROAD, YOU KNOW, .

BUT UNTIL THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS THERE, THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RUNNING TO SOME OF THE, THE HICCUPS IS IDENTIFYING AN AREA THAT NEEDS, THAT WOULD, UH, BODE WELL FOR BEAUTIFICATION ENHANCEMENT.

GOING BACK TO WHAT CHRISTIE SAID, WHAT ABOUT IF, IF WE CAN'T DO A IN GROUND LANDSCAPE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TREE THING OR WHATEVER, BUT THE PLANTERS, WE COULD DO SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE A UNIFORM LOOKING PLANTER DESIGN.

I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING TO TRY TO INCLUDE THAT.

IN THEIR, IN THAT PLANT.

YEAH, BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE EXISTING PLANTERS THERE.

SO I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO, TO INCORPORATE THAT IN GENERAL.

WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THOSE PLANTERS.

NO, I THINK THEY WOULD JUST PERSONALLY HAVE PAINTED THEM.

SO I THINK THERE'D BE SOME NEW ONES THAT WOULD BE PUT OUT.

WELL, PLANTERS ARE NICE, BUT EVERYBODY LIKES TO DROP THE TRASH IN IT.

IT LOOKS LIKE A TRASH CAN SOMETIMES.

UM, I'M KINDA LEANING BACK TOWARDS THE, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ETHAN.

UM, IF WE COULD, UM, AND, AND MAYBE

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LOOK AT THE HEART AGAIN.

UM, DRESSING IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T, I I DON'T EVER WANNA, THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION ONLY 'CAUSE THAT WAS MY BABY PROJECT.

I DON'T WANNA PUT ANYTHING ON THE HEART.

NO.

THAT WAS THE ART PIECE OF IT WAS THE HEART ITSELF, BUT TO ENHANCE, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME BENCHES OR, UH, SOME LANDSCAPING AROUND IT OR YOU KNOW, NICE STONE OR SOMETHING.

'CAUSE WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

'CAUSE WE SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE PICTURES THERE AND THINGS AND IT JUST NEEDS SOMETHING.

IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WELL THEN I WILL PUT A MEETING TOGETHER AND THEN SEND IT OUT.

WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UM, CAN DO SO AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF FOCUS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND I'LL GO BACK AND SEE IF I CAN FIND, UH, THE PLAN THAT SHOWS WHAT WAS HOPEFUL TO GET IN THERE AND WHAT HAD TO BE REMOVED.

SO.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS JUST TO IDENTIFY ANY OTHER THINGS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, PUT ON THE RADAR FOR THIS NEXT UPCOMING YEAR.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT Y'ALL HAD IN MIND OR, UH, PROGRAMS, EVENTS, IDEAS YOU WANNA CONSIDER? WE NEED TO DO THE LITTER INDEX.

UH, YES.

BUT THAT'S NOT UNTIL DECEMBER-ISH I THINK.

DECEMBER MAY ON STATE KEEP OUR DECEMBER OR JANUARY STATUS.

I WANNA SAY, UH, JANUARY IS THE ONE WE COMPLETED LAST TIME, SO IT'S USUALLY RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME.

WE WAIT TILL EVERYTHING'S GOOD AND DEAD.

SO IT'S .

OH WAIT, THAT'S RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW DON'T GO TO THE COUNTY BEFORE THEN.

AND THEN WE GOT YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT THE MEDIANS.

I KNOW THEY DO LOOK BAD.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA DO TO JUST RIP EVERYTHING OUT? UH, I MEAN, AND A LOT OF IT JUST IS OVERGROWTH.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED, IT'S, WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE IS INTENTIONAL PLANTS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GROUND COVER, BUT, UH, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER 'EM FROM A COUPLE YEARS AGO, IT WAS JUST GRASS.

AND SO THE ISSUE IS FROM THAT IS OUR STAFF HAD TO GO IN THE MEETINGS AND THEY, NOBODY REALLY CARES WHEN SOMEBODY'S OUT THERE, SO THEY JUST KEEP ZIP ZIPPING ON BY.

UM, AND SO THE HOPE WAS TO REMOVE STAFF FROM THE MEDIAS AND HAVE, UH, LESS NEED TO GO OUT THERE.

BUT, UH, WHAT THEY PUT IN THERE DIDN'T REALLY PREVENT WEEDS FROM GROWING, IF YOU WILL.

UH, AND SO IT IS A DAUNTING TASK TO GET OUR STAFF OUT THERE BECAUSE THE ABUNDANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE NOW DOING.

BEFORE IT WAS YOU TAKE A WEED EATER OR YOU WOULD GO OUT THERE WITH A MOWER AND YOU'D BE DONE.

AND NOW THEY ARE HANDPICKING THE WEEDS FROM THE MEDIAS.

AND SO FOR US IT'S A LANE CLOSURE.

WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A LANE CLOSURE TO TDOT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN GETTING MULTIPLE STAFF OUT THERE.

WE USUALLY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM, UH, EIGHT TO 10 INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE, WHICH IS AT LEAST HALF OF OUR STAFF PULLING WEEDS.

AND IT TAKES US TWO DAYS JUST TO PULL, PUT WEEDS.

YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH KEEPING GRASS IN THERE.

THE PROBLEM WITH HAVING MEDIUMS OR MEDIUMS THAT ARE, UM, WHERE YOU CREATE THE FOLIAGE AND THE, AND THE GROUND COVERAGE, IS THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A TENSE HEAT AT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE YEAR OR MAINLY SUMMER, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KEEP A LOT OF THAT ALIVE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S WATER LINES THAT RUN THROUGH THERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT GROUND, JUST THAT HEAT COMING OFF OF THE ROAD IS, IS TREMENDOUS.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HEAT HITTING THOSE PLANTS.

I MEAN, EVEN, EVEN GRASS CAN'T, CAN'T MAINTAIN ITSELF UNLESS IT'S A WEED.

WEEDS TEND TO DO BETTER.

MAYBE WE OUGHT TO PLANT WEEDS, BUT WE HAVE PLENTY RIGHT NOW.

CAME WAS WE, UH, THERE WERE, WHEN THE CITY WENT THROUGH, UH, ITS FINANCIAL PIECE, THERE WAS TWO POSITIONS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WERE NEVER REHIRED.

WE PLANTED PLENTY OF THOSE WEEDS.

YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY THEY DO, THEY DO.

WELL, I MEAN, PLANT ALL THE DANDELION WEEDS.

I MEAN THOSE LOOK PRETTY WHEN THEY, THEY GROW OUT.

BUT, UM, I MEAN THERE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND, AND THEY, IT, IT LOOKS GREAT LIKE I SAID, BUT TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT IN, IN THE TYPE OF HEAT THAT WE GET, WE GO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY COLD, OUR COLD TEMPERATURES SOMETIMES TOO.

IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP IT, I MEAN IT'S HARD TO, IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH.

WELL I'M SURPRISED THIS THE TREES HAVE DONE AS WELL AS THEY'VE DONE.

WELL, CRE MYRTLES JUST DON'T EVER DIE OFF.

CAN WE GO BACK TO JUST HAVING GRASS THERE? WE PUT IN ROCK OR ROCK OR ROCK.

SO YEAH.

WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH TTA SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT WAS A T.GREEN RIBBON PROJECT.

SO I WOULD, UH, IT DIDN'T COST US ANYTHING.

IT WAS FULLY FUNDED BY THEM.

AND SO I WOULD, BEFORE WE DID ANYTHING, I WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT.

UH, I WILL SAY THE OTHER PIECE THAT COMES TO IT IS WHERE SOME OF THE DIFFICULTY IN MANAGING IT

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AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS WITHOUT TWO POSITIONS, ONE OF THEM BEING OUR BEAUTIFICATION ONE AND THEY WOULDN'T BE THE SOLE PERSON THAT WOULD DO THAT PROJECT.

UM, BUT THAT WAS IN THE MIDST OF US GETTING THAT BACK AND NOT HAVING TWO POSITIONS.

AND SO OUR STAFF IS ALREADY PLAYING FROM BEHIND ON OTHER STUFF.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT CAN'T, IT, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE A PRIORITY WHEN OUR MOST CYCLE IN PARKS AND OUR, OUR, OUR OTHER, UH, JOBS FOR RIGHT AWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WENT FROM UH, A FIVE TO SIX DAY MOTORCYCLE TO AN EIGHT TO 10 DAY MOTORCYCLE.

SO WE WERE, AND THE SPRING WAS TOUGH.

SPRING HIT US HARD TO WHERE IT, WE HAD A LOT OF GROWTH AND WE COULDN'T MOW FOR A WEEK AT ANY OF OUR PARKS BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.

AND SO WE'RE ALREADY A WEEK BEHIND ON OUR NORMAL.

AND SO WE ENDED UP BEING THREE WEEKS BEHIND ON SOME OF THE PARKS.

SO SOME OF OUR PARKS, I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE NOT IN THE CONDITION THAT WE WANTED THEM THIS YEAR.

WE JUST COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH.

AND THEN IT GOES TO THE OTHER PROJECTS IS THEY GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE, UH, BEING REACTIVE BEING VERSUS BEING PROACTIVE.

SO WELL NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE ALL THE HEAT AGAIN.

, WE GOT ALL THE RAIN THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE THE VER THE THE OPPOSITE.

UM, WELL THE, I MEAN A POSITIVE THOUGH.

I WILL SAY, UH, WE, WE UH, THROUGH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, RETURN TO A NORMALCY.

UH, AND SO OUR BEAUTIFICATION POSITION WAS APPROVED, UH, FOR, UH, HIGHER AT MIDYEAR.

UH, AND SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME CHANGES THAT GO WITH THAT.

UH, ALSO MENTIONED THAT HEAT IS, IT'S ACTUALLY STARTING TO KILL EVERYTHING.

AND SO OUR MOWING HAS STARTED TO TO DROP DRASTICALLY RIGHT NOW.

WE WENT FROM HIGH MOW AND TRYING TO KEEP UP IN THE SPRING TO NOW IT'S JUST DRY AND EVERYTHING'S DEAD.

SO, UM, WE, WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO, TO WORK TOWARDS THAT.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE IT.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY GET RID OF IT JUST YET.

UM, LET US GET ON A REGULAR CYCLE OF HAVING FULL STAFF AND WE SHOULD SEE BETTER IMPROVEMENT THERE.

UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN TACKLE IT MORE OF LIKE A ONCE UH, A MONTH OR ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH VERSUS ONCE EVERY FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.

THROW SOME WILDFLOWER SEEDS OUT THERE.

THEY DON'T DIE.

JUST, WELL, IT GOES THE SAME THING.

'CAUSE PEOPLE SEE ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE, THE, THEY DIE OFF.

THEY'RE LIKE THE DEAD CYCLE.

UM, PROGRAM IDEAS, EVENTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? JUST WANTED TO KEEP THOSE DISCUSSIONS OPEN.

IT'S LIKE, ARE ARE YOU GONNA MOW THOSE? I MEAN LAKESIDE'S THE SAME THING.

WE MOW THOSE, UH, TYPICALLY TWICE A YEAR, SO IT'LL GO THROUGH ITS CYCLE, THEN IT'LL DIE OFF AND THEN WE COME THROUGH AND CUT IT ALL DOWN.

SO, BUT ANY OTHER,

[COMMUNICATION FROM BOARD MEMBERS]

THINGS Y'ALL WANT TO CONSIDER FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

IF Y'ALL GOT NOTHING ELSE, THEN THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR YOU.

COASTAL MACHINE AND MECHANICAL IS WHO DID THE HEARTS FOR US.

SO MAYBE THEY WOULD THEY MIGHT THE ORIGINAL THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY DID THE ORIGINAL AS WELL.

THEY DID, THEY DID THE SMALL HEARTS YES.

AS WELL.

SO I'LL SEE IF THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE YEAH.

INFO FOBE TO THE MAN MR. MURAL.

THAT WAS A FAVORITE PROJECT OF HIS SO HE SHOULD BE PRETTY TALL.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS WHY THEY WERE PLACED, WHERE THEY REPLACED.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AND HE, I MEAN MAYBE IT DOESN'T HURT TO, TO ASK LIKE I'M JUST TRYING TO TRACK DOWN JUST TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTENTIONALLY CONSIDERED A RIGHT AWAY AT THE TIME FOR WHATEVER REASON.

UM, OR IF THEY'RE TRULY OUTSIDE OF, BECAUSE THEN THAT'S GONNA BRING, WHEN GRANTED, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PIECES WITH IT.

THEY'RE THE ONE ON 35 BY TWO 80 EIGHTS THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND THEN THE 5 23 AND 2 88 1, THOSE APPEAR TO BE ON PERSONAL PROPERTY.

SO IF ANYBODY EVER SOLD THAT PROPERTY, SO STRANGE.

WE MAY BE IN A, IN THE PAST FOR GCCA OUR WARDS WE HAD CONSIDERED DOING LIKE ENHANCING THOSE HEARTS.

THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION.

AND NEVER BROUGHT UP THAT IT WASN'T MM-HMM .

ON TEXT DOT RIGHT AWAY.

SO THAT'S INTERESTING.

IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WE LOOKED AT.

ETHAN SAID, HE'S LIKE, THOSE ARE SET BACK PRETTY FAR.

LIKE THEY ARE.

HE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, BUT I MEAN MY THING WOULD STILL BE TO, IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY WERE AN ANTICIPATING FUTURE EXPANSION.

AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN, I MEAN, THERE MAY, AT THAT TIME IT MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE ENTRY SIGNS,

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RIGHT? YES.

THEIR, THEIR REQUIREMENTS HAVE BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO AT THAT TIME, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LONG, A TEXTILE ROAD AND THEY HAVE TO BE SO MANY FEET BACK IF THEIR ENTRY SIGN, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IF THERE WAS EXPANSION DOWN THE ROAD THAT THEY WOULD, UH, AC ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT.

AND SO, UM, I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ENOUGH THROUGH HISTORY TO EXACTLY.

IS THERE THEY REPLACED WITH THERE FROM TECH STOCK THAT YOU COULD SPEAK WITH THAT IT'S IN THE AREA THAT, BESIDES WHAT ANDREA'S ALREADY SUGGESTED, BUT MM-HMM.

I MEAN, I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICE ANYMORE DOWN HERE ON ORANGE STREET.

RIGHT? IT'S OVER ON 5 23.

FIVE 20.

IT'S ON FIVE 20.

I DON'T THAT IT'S, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RETIRED.

TIRED ALREADY.

THAT WOULD'VE HAD ANY HISTORY.

SEARCH.

AND ETHAN WAS AROUND AT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT YES.

SOME OF THIS STUFF WAS DISCUSSED.

SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE'S LIKE, OH YEAH, NO, YOU KNOW, WELL, HIS WAS MORE SO, HE JUST WASN'T SURE.

LIKE, IT, IT WASN'T FULLY CLEAR, LIKE WHEN IT'S SET BACK JUST SLIGHTLY LIKE, IT, IT MAKES SENSE.

BUT HE IS LIKE, THESE ARE MORE THAN I WOULD ANTICIPATE WITH BEING IN A RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT IT COULD AGAIN, GO BACK TO IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE WHERE THE RESTRICTIONS WERE BEFORE.

AND SO THEY MAY HAVE SAID, OKAY, NO, THIS HAS TO BE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR OUR STREET VERSUS BEFORE, LIKE, AND BECAUSE MAYBE THERE WAS ONE THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL AND IT WAS LIKE, WELL, THAT'S NOT SLAR PROPERTY, THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY.

AND, AND SO THEY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SQUEEZE THAT DOWN.

AND IT'S JUST WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO.

SO WE HAVE SOME HOMEWORK.

YOU EMAILED JOHN, HE MIGHT KNOW.

OR HE MIGHT REMEMBER SOMETHING.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHO WAS LIKE, THAT WAS ABOUT SAME TIME WE DID RIGHT BEFORE JOHN, WHO? THE REC REC CENTER.

UM, WHAT'S THE BEST, WAS YOUR BROTHER ON COUNCIL? I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO THINK, I'M LOOKING AT HIS PICTURE OF THERE THINKING WHEN WAS HE IN OFFICE? I THINK HE WAS, BECAUSE THAT WAS, THINK HE WAS, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHEN THE REC CENTER VOTING STARTED.

SO I THINK HE, I I CAN, I CAN REACH OUT TO HIM.

LET ME LOOK AT THE HISTORY PAGE.

THAT'D BE GREAT.