* 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. ALL RIGHT. [Special City Council Meeting] [00:00:03] WE HAVE SIX 30. WE ARE STREAMING MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA BECAUSE IT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2020 AT SIX 30. WE'VE MOVED IT UP, UH, FOR THE HOLIDAYS ITEM A IS CALLED ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THE QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE ARE ORDERED AND ALL OF COUNCIL IS PRESENT. UM, WE WANT TO GO THEN TO ITEM ONE, WHICH IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY MR. KEVIN BAKER AND, UH, INVOCATION STAY UP AND JIMMY FENWICK WILL LEAVE. IS THAT OKAY? THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US ALL HERE TONIGHT FOR THE CITY OF THOSE IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S HEY SCOTT, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO GIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY. AS WE LOOK AT THE CITY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU. WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER ALL OF US NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JIMMY. WE ARE LIVE. WE ARE ON AND WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM B ELECTION MATTERS. UM, RECOMMENDATION HAD TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 20, 20 DASH 38. UM, AND THIS, UH, CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS IN DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A MAYOR, ALDERMAN PLACE ONE, PLACE TWO AND PLACE THREE. OKAY. OPEN THE ENVELOPE, BUDDY, AND DO THE SAME. I'M GOING TO READ ALL THE TOTALS FROM THE CANVAS ALOUD. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOUR NUMBERS AREN'T THE SAME. LET ME KNOW. CHARLES D JESSUP BOLTS RECEIVED 1,794. JOHN F ISABEL ONE ALDERMAN PLACE ONE, 1,656, ALDERMAN PLACED TO, UM, T A BAKER, 1,352, SHARON LEE AL 735. I'LL ALDERMAN THREE, WHICH PUTS T A BAKER AS THE WINNER. UM, ALDERMAN PLAYS THREE, RICK STAGOLEE 1,640. OKAY. HAVE YOU EVER REVIEWED YOUR CANVAS MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY RICK SECOND BY JOHN? ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ELECTION HEARING? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS CONCLUDES THE CANVAS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 3RD FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE WITH A TOTAL OF 2,534 VOTERS. WE'RE GOING TO, UH, THIS NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE SWORN IN. THAT WAS TO BE SIGNED. UH, THEN WE'RE GOING TO LET, UH, ALDERMAN BUSINESS SPEAK AS WE HAVE OUR COFFEE AND CAKE AND CELEBRATE EITHER HIS LEAVING OR TEA IS COMING ON BOARD. I'M NOT SURE. UH, BUT ANYWAY, SO WITH THAT, UH, ABSOLUTE. OKAY. SO IF I CAN HAVE ASKED THE, UH, LECTIN NEWLY APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER TO MEET IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL DIES, WE WILL RECEIVE OUR LICENSE CERTIFICATES. WE'LL TAKE OUR OATH, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO US BY THE CITY SECRETARY AND PUTS US FIRST IN LINE [00:05:15] I'M OUT OF HERE. THIS MICROPHONE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT DONE. YOU WANT ME TO WAIT? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS I HAVE MY SPEECH WRITTEN ON MY IPAD. THE BAD NEWS IS, IS THAT I GOT A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY. SO DON'T EVEN TRY TO BRING OUT YOUR THREE MINUTE LIMIT ON ME, CHARLIE. . ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. THANK YOU TO, UH, THE CITIZENS HAVE HAD A REALLY ENJOYABLE TIME. I'VE LEARNED A LOT, AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION A FEW PEOPLE AS I GO THROUGH THIS. BUT FIRST I MOVED HERE IN 1976 WHEN I WAS ONE THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING WITH. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ME, I MEAN, ME AND MY WIFE, WE MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT AFTER COLLEGE AND WE SETTLED HERE IN 2003 IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE. IT'S INTERESTING STORY ON HOW WE ENDED UP HERE BECAUSE WE WERE IN FIRST COLONY AND I QUIT MY JOB. UH, AMY WAS PREGNANT AND WE HAD SOLD THE HOUSE AND WE HAD NOWHERE TO LIVE. I HAD NOWHERE TO GO. I HAD NO JOB AND I HAD NO HEALTH INSURANCE. SO I SAID, WELL, LET'S GO BACK TO WHERE I KNOW BEST. AND IT'S GO BACK TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE. THAT'S FINE. IT'S A LITTLE HOUSE. WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FROM THERE. AND THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, SO DURING THAT TIME, I STARTED TO GET ENGAGED IN COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT AND GO TO THE MEETINGS. JUST I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND FOR MO MORE OF MY OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT THAN ANYTHING. UH, BUT IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I WALKED DOWN TO THE POOL FOR THE ROUNDABOUT MEETING. AND, UH, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT. AND IT WAS JUST AN EXPLOSIVE MEETING THAT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WHAT TO THINK. I ACTUALLY KIND OF FELT SORRY FOR RICK AND CHARLIE UP THERE TRYING TO FIELD ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND STUFF. AND SO, AND [00:10:01] I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN OPINION. I HADN'T REALLY TRAVELED A LOT AT THAT TIME. SO I ENDED UP, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING A LITTLE MORE ENGAGED, GETTING, TALKING TO A LITTLE MORE PEOPLE, TALKING TO THE MAYOR AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL. AND THEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE WAS AN EMPTY POSITION. AND IF YOU REMEMBER KELLY, I WAS GOING TO RUN FOR YOUR POSITION. YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND YEAH, WE DECIDED, WELL, KELLY'S TOO NICE OF A PERSON. SO I SAID, WELL, YOU GO AHEAD, KELLY. AND I REALLY WASN'T READY ANYWAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO DO. AND SO THEN I RAN UNOPPOSED, UH, THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND I'M ACTUALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT I NEVER HAD NEVER HAD AN OPPONENT IN SIX YEARS OF BEING ON COUNCIL. PEOPLE THINK I'M CRAZY. BUT I REMEMBER TELLING MY WIFE LAST TIME, WE WAS LIKE, I REALLY WISH I HAVE AN OPPONENT OPPONENT. CAUSE THEN MAKE IT AT LEAST A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING AND UH, RUNNING FOR THE RACE, YOU KNOW, OH, THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS WERE, ARE PRETTY OLD WHELMING. I THOUGHT, UH, LEARNED A LOT. I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF, UH, UH, OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND JUST SAY AGAIN, I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF, THAT STREAM OF VOLUNTEERS, YOU JUST COME THROUGH THIS PLACE TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. UM, AND YOU KNOW, DURING THAT, I WANTED TO CALL OUT A FEW PEOPLE AND MAYBE ROASTED ONE OR TWO OF YOU GUYS AT THE SAME TIME. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH KELLY. KELLY'S PROBABLY PERHAPS THE MOST FUN PERSON TO WORK WITH ON COUNCIL AND MAYBE THE MOST POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, I THINK KELLY, YOU BRING A LOT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF LIVING IN THE MEADOWS FOREVER. YOU'RE KIND OF THE ADOPTED MOM. YOU LOOK AFTER THE BASEBALL TEAM, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU MANAGE THAT FACEBOOK PAGE THAT HAPPENS. BUT NOW THAT I'M NO LONGER A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M FREE TO COMMENT WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF HERE AND START COMMENTING ON THAT THING. SO WHETHER YOU'RE CHEF SHEPHERDING THE KIDDOS OR LOOKING AFTER, I THINK YOU BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO, UH, TO MEADOWS PLACE AND PERHAPS NOT ALWAYS IN THE FRONT, BUT ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES. IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW. AND I WALKED UP TO THE BASEBALL PARK A FEW WEEKS AGO, HERE'S KELLY BACK THERE SHOVELING FOOD. HERE'S KELLY SAYING, HEY, YOU GOT ANY, UH, UH, THINGS, THE WHOLE BASEBALL UNIFORM. SURE. SHE'S ALWAYS KIND OF BOUND THE BEHIND THE SCENES. SO THANK YOU, KELLY. UM, WE WENT ON TO RICK. RICK IS THE SOLE ENGINEER OF THE BUNCH. AND I THINK BECAUSE HOBBIES ACTUALLY ARE ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS, BUDGET, WORKSHEETS, AND TURNING UP NEW ISSUES THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO INTEREST TO ME ON WHAT WOULD THE CITY NEEDS TO DO WITH THEM. AND, UH, BUT SERIOUSLY, I THINK YOU BRING A LOT OF EXPERTISE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE SECTOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND YOU'RE WITH THE COUNTY. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND TO HAVE YOU, UH, GET INVOLVED. I KNOW THAT I'M MORE OF A COUNCILMAN MEANING I GIVE COUNSEL ARE USED TO, AT LEAST. AND I LOOK AT RICK IS MORE OF A HANDS-ON DOER. IF YOU NEED SOMETHING DONE, HE, RICK IS THE GUY TO GET IT DONE WITH THE VERY LEVEL HEADED TYPE APPROACH. THANK YOU. UH, RICK, WE WENT DOWN TO JOHN, JOHN. I KIND OF LOOK AT AS THE JACK OF ALL TRADES OF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, HE BRINGS A GREAT ATTITUDE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU WORKED AT THE BOWLING ALLEY, JOHN 45 YEARS AT THE SAME JOB. THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. AND HE'S DONE EVERYTHING FROM CLEAN TOILETS TO WHO KNOWS WHAT HE'S DONE AT ALL AT THE BOWLING ALLEY. AND HE TAKES A VERY SENSIBLE APPROACH, UH, TO COUNCIL. I FIND THAT JOHN, UH, IS A JACK OF ALL TRADES AND CAN BRING A LOT FROM EXPERIENCES AND HIS BUSINESS IN HIS BUSINESS. AND IF YOU WANT A JOB DONE AND YOU WANT IT DONE WELL, JOHN'S THE GUY TO CALL. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS THINGS THAT HE'S TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORNS HORNS, NOT TO MENTION JOHN MAKES THE BEST DANGER RITA, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, ASK ME AFTERWARDS, BUT IT'S A SLIGHT TWIST ON A MARGARITA. UM, WE WENT ON TO KURT, RICK NO LONGER THE ROOKIE OF THE BUNCH. YOU KNOW, KIRBY BRINGS A WEALTH OF REAL ESTATE KNOWLEDGE, WHETHER IT'S COMPS AMENITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, HIS GOAL IS ALWAYS TO KEEP THE PROPERTY VALUES HIGH. AND, UH, THE CITY OF MEZ MEADOWS PLACE, IT KEEPS US INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CIRCLES OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, HIS BUSINESSES, REAL ESTATE. SO HE'S KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE VALUES. AND, UM, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, HE'S PUTTING HIS OWN WALLET BEHIND IT AS WELL. AND HE'S BUILDING A MEGA MANSION OVER THERE ON, UH, DORRANCE AND A METRO TRO. SO I INVITE YOU TO GO DRIVE BY THAT MANSION. I TOOK IT. I HAD A PERSONAL TOUR OF IT ON A SATURDAY. SO THANK YOU, KIRK. AND WELCOME TO VETERANS STATUS ON THE COUNCIL. UH, MOVING ON TO CHARLIE, THE MAYOR, I GUESS [00:15:01] IF THERE'S ONE THING I COULD SAY ABOUT CHARLIE IS THAT HE CARES, HE CARES FOR THE CITIES, THE RESIDENTS, THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER MEET ANOTHER MAYOR WHO PUTS SO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE VISION AND INCREMENTALLY MAKING THIS A BETTER PLACE. UM, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND, UM, BUT I ALWAYS KNOW 100% THAT HIS HEART IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND OUR DISAGREEMENTS ARE USUALLY NOT, OR MORE BASED ON SPEED AND PROTOCOL THEN IS SO MUCH ON A CONTENT. I KNOW THE CITY, UH, THE CITY OF MEADOWS OWES CHARLIE A BIG THANK YOU JUDGES FROM ME, BUT FROM ALL THE COUNCIL. SO SINCE I'M NO LONGER IN COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO EXPRESS MY VIEWS NOW. UM, SO THIS IS WHAT I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD DO. UM, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE OUT OF TURN A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE, BUT I HAVE THE MICROPHONE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, CHARLIE'S NOT GOING TO BE MAYOR FOREVER. AND I THINK SCARCELLA IS, YOU KNOW, WAS A LONG LONGSTANDING MAYOR. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 40 YEARS OUT OF, UH, CHARLIE. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY FITTING FOR THIS COUNCIL TO NAME THE LAKE UP THERE AND CALL IT LAKE JESUP. AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD BECAUSE CHARLIE'S BEHIND ALL OF THAT STUFF. HE WAS BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND MATERIALIZING THAT, AND HE'S SEEN IT ALL. AND IF YOU CAN FIND A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS AND I KNOW COOK, OH, COLEEN CAN ALWAYS SQUEEZE A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS. WHAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IS AS CHARLIE'S LOOKED AFTER THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, UH, SOME KIND OF PLAQUE OR MEMORIAL, OR EVEN A SMALL STATUE, CAN'T YOU GUYS JUST PICTURE CHARLIE WITH HIS AMERICAN FLAG TIE HIS SUSPENDERS, HIS BALD HEAD, LOOKING OVER THE HILLS AND MEADOWS PLACE LIKE HE'S DONE FOR ALL THESE YEARS, FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. UM, PLUS I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY KNOWN ANYONE. WHO'S HAD A STATUE MADE OUT OF HIM. SO THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COOL AS WELL. UM, BUT I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD DO THAT BEFORE, UH, CHARLIE STEPS DOWN. SO MOVING ON A LITTLE BIT TO THE STAFF, UH, COURTNEY, I GUESS THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND WITH, UH, COURTNEY IS PATIENCE AND THEN JUST A SWEETHEART OF A PERSON. UM, YOU REALLY TAKE, YOU TOOK OVER THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY SECRETARY JOB, WHICH WAS IN DISARRAY AND YOU REALLY BROUGHT A SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM, UH, NOT ONLY TO YOUR POSITION, BUT THE ENTIRE, UM, ENTIRE STAFF, YOUR LEADERSHIP DICTATES THE ATTITUDES, THE MOODS, THE, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF. AND I THINK YOU'VE JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW YEARS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAPPY THAT I DON'T HAVE TO ASK YOU FOR THE WIFI PASSWORD OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHASE ME AT 10 AT 9:00 AM FOR A 9:00 AM MEETING, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS 10:00 AM. SO, BUT YOU REALLY ARE. THANK YOU. IT'S YOUR ASSET TO THE CITY, NICK. SO NICK IS, I'M PRIVILEGED TO SAY I WAS ON THE HIRING COMMITTEE, UH, FOR NICK. SO I'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL REALLY WANTED TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. I THINK WE MADE GREAT STRIDES AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HEAR THESE POLITICIANS SAY I LEFT THIS PLACE IN A BETTER SPOT. WELL, I DIDN'T DO IT, BUT THERE WAS A PART OF IT. AND AS WE MOVE ON PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10, 15 YEARS, WE WANT TO PROTECT THAT INVESTMENT. WE WANT TO PROTECT THE VELOCITY, UH, THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE AMENDMENT, UH, ENTITIES. AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION HERE IS NOT TIED TO ANY COUNCIL OR ANY MAYOR AND NICK EPITOMIZES THAT NICK IS ALWAYS A PERSON WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE. HE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. I ROUTINELY ASK HIM, WELL, WHAT DID THE CITY DO? OR WHAT DID THE CITY DO? HE ENSURES THAT HE REMAINS INDEPENDENT AND THAT WE ARE, UM, THE DECISION IS UP TO COUNCIL AND HE'S NOT INFLUENCING OTHERS. AND SO I THINK JUST OVER THE LAST FEW, ME AND NICK WERE TALKING THIS MORNING, I THINK IT'S SEVEN MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS THAT, UH, AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY PROVEN TO BE A, A GOOD DECISION AND TO ADD GREAT VALUE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU THE YEARS TO COME. AND, UH, NOW WHO I KNOW WHO TO CALL WHEN I HAVE ISSUES, UH, SO LOST MY PLACE IN MY SPEECH. OKAY. I'M SORRY, GUYS. SO I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE MORE THINGS. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T CALL IT SOUND MY SPEECH. I'M GOING OFF SPEECH NOW. SO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IS FIRST AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER CHIEFS OF POLICE, BUT THE AMOUNT OF PROFESSIONALISM YOU GUYS BRING, NOT JUST [00:20:01] TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT JUST TO THE COMMUNITY. BEING ABLE TO MAKE STOPS, TALKING TO PEOPLE, YOUR EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY, THE, UH, JUST THE ENTIRE OUTFIT IS NOTHING BUT RUN PROFESSIONALLY. AND WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I LOOK AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WHY ISN'T THAT THE MODEL THAT OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD, UH, MODEL THEMSELVES AFTER, UM, HOPE I DON'T EMBARRASS YOU CHIEF, BUT THE CHIEF GAVE ME A LITTLE COIN ON SATURDAY AND IT WAS A LITTLE, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE COIN? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS YET. I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT MEANS YET. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD OR IF THAT'S JUST A MOMENTUM TO HAVE, BUT IT MEANT A LOT TO ME. AND, UH, I'M A BIG FAN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK ALL, YOU KNOW, THAT WHENEVER WE'VE HAD BUDGET MEETINGS, LIKE IF, IF OUR CRIME RATE GOES TO POT, I'M OUTTA HERE. AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN MY MOTTO. IT'S A LITTLE BIT TONGUE IN CHEEK, BUT IT'S A LOT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WITH YOU AND WHAT YOU DO. AND I'M REALLY GLAD CAPTAIN JACK SHOWED UP TODAY BECAUSE, BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT CAPTAIN JACK, WE GET A TWOFER. IT'S A CAPTAIN, JACK IS ALWAYS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, HE ALWAYS HAS A WISDOM WHO TO BRING UPON EITHER COUNSEL IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OR JUST ADVICE IN GENERAL. AND YOU GUYS WORK INCREDIBLY WELL TOGETHER. AND I ALWAYS THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE BOTH YOU GUYS AND, UH, LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ON OUR, ON OUR FORCE. SO THANKS JACK. SO MOVING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ONTO, UH, SOME OTHER AREAS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, CARLENE, WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS REALLY PROFESSIONALIZED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. LOOKS LIKE I'VE ALREADY LOST SOMEBODY. UM, SO, UM, JUST SOME OF THE, YOU THINK THE ITEMS I CAN'T GO THROUGH WHAT YOU DO IT ACTUALLY, EVERY TIME YOU DO AT A COUNCIL MEETING, IT TAKES 15 OR 20 MINUTES. AND I WON'T DO THAT, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY WHAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS TODAY AND WHAT A COMPARE, WHAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO, OR JUST SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED ON COUNCIL IS INCREDIBLE. YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS BEEN KIND OF A BUMMER WITH COVID, BUT I THINK, UH, THAT'S COME AND I CAN'T WAIT. MY FAVORITE EVENTS IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW, ARE THE PARTIES IN THE PARK, ESPECIALLY OCTOBER FEST. SO I LIVE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO WALK OVER AND HAVE A BEER WITH MY, MY FELLOW CITIZENS. UM, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A MUCH MORE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. ARE YOU CITIZENS WHO WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLUSH YOUR COMMODE? TALK TO CHARLIE. HE'LL BE SURE HE'LL BE, ARE YOU HAPPY TO GET YOU LINED UP WITH OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS GUY, TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT CENTER? I'VE DONE IT, I'VE DONE IT TWICE. AND IT'S AMAZING ON WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU FLUSH THE COMMODE ON WHAT GOES ON DOWN THERE. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO THAT. UM, AND FINALLY TO TM FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS, AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. I'M NOT ONE TO GIVE MUCH ADVICE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE OVERWHELMING FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS. AND MY ADVICE IS TO LISTEN, ASK QUESTIONS, TAKE SOME TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND VERY HELPFUL IS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OR SOMETHING. I SAT IN CHIEF'S OFFICE. I SAT IN A NUMBER OF PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF, UH, UH, DEPARTMENTAL HEADS. I SAT DOWN WITH HIM FOR 30 MINUTES. WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR OPERATING MODEL AND TO TALK TO THOSE GUYS, UM, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I'M REALLY CONFIDENT. UH, AND I JUST HAD MY BOSS. WHO'S THE CEO OF A POET COMPANY JUST RETIRED, UH, JUST LAST MONTH. AND HE GAVE ME A PIECE OF ADVICE ALL THE TIME. OH, I THOUGHT I'D PASS ON. IT DIDN'T MATTER IF WE WERE DOING A DEAL, WE'RE DOING AN ACQUISITION, WE'RE STARTING A NEW PROJECT. WE'RE GETTING SOME COMPETITIVE INFORMATION. HE'D ALWAYS LOOK ME IN THE EYE RIGHT BEFORE WE'D DONE IT. HE SAY, DON'T SCREW IT UP. BUT SERIOUSLY, UM, I SAY THAT TONGUE IN CHEEK, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE ON COUNCIL. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF PASSION, UH, FOR THE CITY. SO AS A PART OF ALL MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE NOW HAVE TWO ENGINEERS ON COUNCIL. THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE RICK, THANKS CAN GET INTO A VERY DETAILED, DRAWN OUT DISCUSSION WHERE YOU GO TO THE NTH DEGREE ON WORTHLESS CRAP. SO WHAT I AM DOING NOW IS I HAVE A HORSE. [00:25:01] I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE A HORSE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP ON YOUR COUNCIL DESK. I ESPECIALLY EXPECT YOU GUYS TO HAVE THIS HORSE AT BUDGET MEETING BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED IT. AND SO THE CONCEPT IS AND YOU'RE LIKE, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. I WILL REPLACE THESE HORSES FOR FEDERAL HORSES. YEAH. YOU GOT TO RAISE YOUR HORSE ON ME THAT WAY. IT'S A SIGNAL TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. MOVE ON. LET'S GET DONE WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK. I'M GOING TO GET ME A PIECE OF CAKE AND WELCOME TO YOU. WELL, GUESS WHAT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU'RE BROUGHT ON TO CITY COUNCIL. HOPE IT'S NOT MINE. UM, IT COULD BE ALL RIGHT. WE ARE DONE WITH, UH, ELECTIONS AND WE'RE DONE WITH CAKE AS GOOD CAKE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, WE'VE SAID HELLO TO TIA. UM, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO REPORTS. UH, CHIEF IS HERE. HE'S READY TO GIVE HIS REPORT. UH, CHIEF GARY STEWART IS GOING TO STEP UP COUNCIL AND GIVE US THE PD REPORT TO YOU. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? AND EVERY MONTH WE GET THE REPORT FROM THE PD AND THEN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS ROTATE AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. AND THEN THAT COMES UP AND GETS TO START THE REAL MEETING OFF BY TELLING US WHAT HAPPENED, UH, IN THE CITY, ET CETERA. UH, AND YOU'LL GET A USE TO THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE AND GET A HANDLE ON IT, THE POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT WILL COME SECONDHAND, BUT THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF IN THE BACK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT TOO. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL. AND THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ALL THESE YEARS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. YOU DO, YOU WELCOME A BOARD. WE ARE GLAD YOU WERE BORN WITH THAT. MR. MAN, WE IN COUNCIL WANT TO LET YOU KNOW OR ACCIDENTS THAT WE ALWAYS KEEP TRACK OF. UH, WE HAD 10 THIS PAST MONTH, UH, ZERO IN THE ROUNDABOUTS. UH, WE HAD FIVE ARRESTS, 1,988 CALLS FOR SERVICE REPORT CALLS OF 30 TO 240 WITH TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, CHARGES OF 444, UH, ZERO, UH, CITY OWNERS VIOLATION CITATIONS WARNINGS ISSUE FOR TRIBAL 49 ONE 127 CHARGES WARNINGS FOR OWNERS VIOLATIONS WOULD FIVE [00:30:01] FOR ACTIVITY COUNT OF 2,611. WE HAD ZERO ASSAULTS THIS PAST MONTH AS WE'RE DOWN, WE HAD TWO BMVS BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLE, UH, ZERO BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, ZERO RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, 122, UH, BUSINESS CHECKS, 121 CLOSE PATROL, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. ONE TWO WOULD FRAUD, 187 HOUSE WATCHES 100. ONE OF THOSE BEAM PARKS, SECURITY CHECKS, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS OF 586 ROBBERIES ZERO SCHOOL CHECKS, 12 TENNIS COURT CHECKS 71 FOUR TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS COMBINED OF 1078 THEFTS. WE HAD SIX DEATHS AND TWO , WHICH IS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE OR STOLEN VEHICLE DURING THE ENTIRE TLC PROGRAM. THIS PAST MONTH, WE HAD 41 PAST 17 FILL A TOTAL OF 58 CONTACTS. UH, THERE'S REPORTING PERIOD, JUST AS TO DO YOU WANT HIS BREAKDOWN FOR THE WARNINGS WERE THREE ISSUED FOR SOLICITOR ONE FOR NOISE COMPLAINT, ONE FOR JUNK VEHICLE. UM, UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE WAS ZERO ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE ROUNDABOUTS. UH, NO NEW CITATIONS ISSUED FOR THE DOORS PARKING, UH, LANES THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING MOVING ON TO THE CHIEFS NOTES AS EACH MONTH. UH, THE NOTES ARE THERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW. I ONLY MENTIONED A FEW THINGS AND I'LL GO INTO MY LAST PAGE NOTES. UH, SO WE'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF ARRESTS, UH, SIGNIFICANT ARREST. UH, WE DID HAVE FIVE, ONE TO DIDN'T NEED TO MENTION, AS WE HAD INNOVATING IN A THEFT THAT OCCURRED AT NORTHERN TOOL, UH, THE, IT WAS TWO MALES THAT WERE INVOLVED AS YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR NOTES. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT OFFICER, I WAS, DID A GREAT JOB ON STOPPING THEM AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO EVADE. UM, DURING THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY ARREST THEM FOR THE EVADING IN A THEFT, BUT NOW WE'RE DOING A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, UH, CASE ON THEM FOR NOT ONLY THE STOLEN PROPERTY, BUT AS BEING INVOLVED IN OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL. ANOTHER ARREST THAT OCCURRED IS A WARRANT OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION, WHICH IS A FAILED TO ID FUGITIVE WITH A POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WARRANT OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. THIS IS ANOTHER BIG CASE. AND CARLOS ELLIS ALSO DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS. UM, WHEN SHE STOPPED A, WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN UNCONSCIOUS MALE IN A VEHICLE, IT TURNS OUT HE PROVIDED HER A FALSE OR FICTITIOUS DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHICH LED INTO AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINES AND SEVERAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS ON THE SUSPECT. UM, WITH THIS, WE FOUND A LARGE QUANTITY OF US MAIL BELONGING TO VARIOUS PEOPLE, LOCATED ALL OVER ALL OVER HOUSTON, FORT BEND COUNTY AND SO FORTH WOULD THAT HE WAS TAKEN TO JAIL. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT FEDERAL CHARGES WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, THE U S P S UH, INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS SUGARLAND STAFFORD, MISSOURI CITY, FORT BEND, COUNTY HOUSTON. AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, THE, UH, FEDERAL USP S AS WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO FILE A FEDERAL CHARGES. AND THOSE WERE JUST TWO THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PICKING UP SOME OF THESE, UH, REALLY BAD PEOPLE, UH, MOVING ON TO ADDITIONAL NOTES. UH, WE'LL SKIP THAT FIRST COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS AS THOSE ARE TYPICALLY THE SAME ONES IN EVERY MONTH. THOSE ARE GOING OVER COVID. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO MITIGATE THAT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER THINGS, THE TRAINING CENTER, WE HAVE PARTIAL REOPENED, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, CO-HOST A CLASS WHEN MISSOURI CITY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DA'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE SENDING UP TRAINING AGREEMENT WITH HPD FOR A MUTUAL TRAINING AT OUR FACILITY, WHICH WILL OCCUR STARTING NEXT MONTH. UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK IN, IN MONITORING THE NEVER ENDING HURRICANE SEASON. UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO END, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COMES AFTER THE GREEK ALPHABET, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL FIND SOMETHING. UH, BUT WE DO MONITOR THOSE CLOSELY AND KEEP UP WITH THEM. UH, JUST IN CASE SOMETHING SHIFTS OUR WAY, LIKE TO TALK NEXT ABOUT OUR GRANTS. WE WERE AWARDED THE LPR GRANT AND FINALIZING PAPERWORK, WORKING THROUGH SOME, UH, SMALL ISSUES THAT WERE THERE, NOT ISSUES WORKING THROUGH SOME AGREEMENT, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF TO TIDY UP ON THIS LAST END, AND THEN WE'LL START PLACING THOSE IN PLACE, UH, AND PUT THEM TO WORK. THE LIVE SCAN IS COMPLETE, AND WE WERE STARTING TO WORK ON THE PROCESS AS WE WERE AWARDED THAT THIS MONTH LIVE SCAN BEING OUR AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT WE CAN USE MOBILY [00:35:01] AND INTERNALLY NEXT TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND CHRISTMAS MARRIAGE, JUST AROUND THE CORNER. AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR THOSE EVENTS AND MONITORING CRIME TRENDS IN THE REGION, AS WE ALWAYS DO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INFORM OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS OF, UH, CRIME TRENDS AND WHAT THEY NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR. UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE, UH, DO HAVE SOME RETIREMENTS COMING UP ONE IN NOVEMBER ONE IN DECEMBER. UH, WE HAVE TWO OPEN POSITIONS TOTAL FOR, UH, ONE MAY BE RESCINDED. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE ONLY HAVE THE THREE, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING SEVERAL APPLICANTS, UH, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I MENTIONED THIS, THAT WE DID HAVE A PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW FOR TWO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES LAST WEEK. UH, BOTH ARE CURRENTLY IN WHARTON COUNTY, JUNIOR COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY, AND EXPECT TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER. AND WE ALSO HAVE A PROMINENT, ANOTHER PROMISING CANDIDATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW LATER THIS WEEK, THAT'S WORKING IN CURRENTLY FOR FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. NOW FOR, UH, MY HESITATION HERE, WE DID HAVE AN AT FAULT FLEET ACCIDENT THIS MONTH. HAPPY TO REPORT THOUGH, THE OFFICER INVOLVED AND THE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. UH, FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE DID HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. DPS WORKED THE ACCIDENT, AND WE DID AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OURSELVES TO ENSURE WE ADDRESSED ANY POLICY DEFICIENCIES THAT WERE VIOLATIONS WELL, THAT I'LL MOVE ON TO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARIN COUNCIL, AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN OUR NEWEST FLEET EDITION, WHICH IS OUR NEW AND FIRST, UH, BLACK GHOST CORP. AND THE GUYS ARE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING OVER IT. AND I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE IT PARKED WHEN I GOT HERE, BUT I THINK THEY KNEW THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO WANDER OUT THERE AND LOOK AT IT. OTHER PROJECTS IN THE WORKS. UH, WE DO HAVE A VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM, UH, THAT'S GOING IN AT THE UFC AND TRAINING CENTER AND IT'S IN PROGRESS. IN FACT, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME LOOSE ENDS TIED UP TONIGHT, A COUPLE OF THINGS TO BUTTON DOWN IN THE MORNING AND TEST, AND THAT'LL BE READY TO ROLL. SO I FEEL CONFIDENT NOW BECAUSE I HAD MY RIGHT HAND CAPTAIN ASHTON THERE THIS EVENING PRIOR TO THE MEETING WHILE I WAS STILL PREPARING NOTES, CHECKING THAT SYSTEM OUT. AND, UH, HE'S ASSURED ME THAT, UH, IF ANYTHING FAILS, WE ALL GO HUNT KEVIN DOWN. UH, OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON AND IT'S STILL IN PROGRESS IS THE TEMPERATURE RECOGNITION TERMINALS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN CITY BUILDINGS. UM, WE DO HAVE THE QUOTE. WE DID SEND THAT OFF AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DATE FOR INITIALIZATION, FOR THEM TO BRING IT IN AND BRING IN THE SOFTWARE AND TRAIN US ON IT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE VITAL FOR US DURING COVID, UH, AS PEOPLE COME IN AND WE'LL SCAN THEIR TEMPERATURE, UH, DO A FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO FLAG STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATION LEVELS THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY COMING IN, WHO HAS A FEVER OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT'LL ACTUALLY SEND A PHOTO SO THAT WE KNOW WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO THAT'S MY REPORT COUNSEL. SO AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU USUAL, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, OF THE NEWEST FLEET AND THE BLACK BUTTON GHOST CAR. UM, FOR THOSE, UH, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD CROWD ON A SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING AND THOSE THAT ATTENDED IT, GOT TO SEE THAT, UH, GHOST CAR, UH, THE CHIEF, UH, AND JACK HAD THE CAR PARKED OUT THERE FOR US TO HAVE TWO VIEWS. WE CAME IN THE DOOR AND, AND, UH, UH, IT WAS, UH, IT'S REALLY NEAT. SEEMS TO CHANGE COLORS ALL THE TIME. IT'S HARD TO RECOGNIZE, AND IT'S GOT THE INFRARED CAMERA, UH, W OUR GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO GET SOME USE OUT OF IT OF THAT. I AM SURE ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE CHIEF, UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, HIS ONGOING, UH, AND NEVER ENDING SEARCH FOR POLICE OFFICERS, HE GOES THROUGH A RIGOROUS TRAINING OR SCREENING PROCESS, AND I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES AND THEY DON'T DO IT. NOT THE WAY WE DID. I DON'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE AFTER A LONG TIME, I LEARNED THAT WE ENDED UP GETTING OFFICERS THAT STAY, AND WE'VE HAD VERY FEW FELONS, UH, SINCE ZERO. YEAH. BUT THEY HAVE APPLIED. YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. AND, AND I WANT TO ALSO STATE THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, I HOPE I'M NOT STEPPING ON YOUR TOES, BUT YOU'VE MET WITH, UH, JOSH MEREDITH MERRITT MEDIA, AND THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF PLANNING A, UH, RECRUITING VIDEO THAT WILL HAVE SOME LEGS ON IT LASTS ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF [00:40:01] TYPE VIDEO, I THINK IS WHAT IT WILL BE. UH, AND WE WILL, UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, SOME OF THE VIDEOS WE'VE DONE WITH JOSH, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STANDS BEHIND THOSE AND HELPS FUND THEM. UH, AND THEY WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL. SO, CHIEF, I WANT TO SAY, THANKS. UH, THANKS FOR ADC SU THREE MEMBERS HERE, UH, HAVE IT, UH, BUT RUTTEN. YEAH. FORGOT THAT. UM, BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. AND JOSH WAS VERY EXCITED AFTER TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE CRITERIA YOU LAID OUT, AND HE SAID, MAN, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. UM, THE ONE OTHER THING WAS THE DPS, HAVING THE DPS WORK, YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID THAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, CAUSE WE JUST DON'T NEED TO BE EXPLAINING ALL THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL COUNSEL. OKAY. OKAY, JOHN, SORRY. I WAS LOOKING AT JACK 10 YEARS. WHAT CAN I SAY? HEY, CHIEF, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES IS WONDERFUL. THE BLACK BEAST OR BLACK GHOST THAT INFRARED CAMERA. YES. WE PUT THOSE ON ALL THE CRUISER. WE EVENTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. YES. UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL TRADE IN VALUE THAT ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE THAT. BUT, UH, THE BLESSING OF COUNSEL, WE CAN PUT IT ON, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST CRUISING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STUFF. AND IN BETWEEN HOUSES WHERE THE FENCE ARE, YOU CAN'T SEE THIS ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR HEAT, SIGNATURE MARKS SO THAT IF SOMEBODY IS HIDING, WE CAN ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THEM. IF THEY'RE LAYING DOWN IN A FIELD, UH, EVEN IT'S SENSITIVE ENOUGH, IF YOU BELIEVE A PALM PRENTICE GLASS FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE DISSIPATES, BUT WE CAN SEE THAT. SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING AWAY, WE CAN PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAIL. SO YEAH, IT'S A VERY VALUABLE TOOL THAT HOW MUCH ARE THEY ARE ABOUT 33, $3,400 A PIECE. OKAY. EDC, JUST SAYING, HEY, THAT'S ALL I HAD, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I HOPE THE OFFICER'S OKAY. THAT HAD THE ACCIDENT AND HOPE EVERYTHING IS DOING WELL AND I'LL PASS IT ALONG. THANK YOU. NOT QUITE ALL RIGHT. WOW. WHAT'S SHORT AND SWEET LISTS. WHAT WAS THE WELL WE CAN HAVE EARLY THIS WEEK. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND, UM, I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING FORMER COUNCILMAN BEZNER SAID ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PARKS AND RECREATION IS THAT, UH, WILL ADDRESS COUNCIL. I'VE GOT MINE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, THIS REPORT WILL SERVE AS A SUMMARY OF PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES, UM, FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER. SO AS STEVE MENTIONED, I ALWAYS HAVE MUCH TO SAY IN MY REPORT, UM, BUT I AM COVERING A THREE-MONTH PERIOD OF ACTIVITIES AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AS WELL. UM, SO I BEGAN WITH OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES. UM, THESE ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IN EACH PARTICULAR AREA OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND SOME OF THE NEW THINGS TO COME. UM, OUR CENTER POINT RIGHT AWAY IS THIS IS THE, UM, 13 ACRES OF LAND UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES. UM, BETTER KNOWN AS OUR, A MONARCH BUTTERFLY, UM, PROJECT OR NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASS PROJECT. UM, RECENTLY IT WAS MOWED. UM, THAT WAS NOT TO OUR REQUEST. I DO WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THAT LAND BELONGS TO CENTER POINT. UM, AND WE KNEW THAT WHEN WE WENT INTO THE AGREEMENT FOR, UM, THE PRAIRIE PROJECT, THAT AT TIMES THEY MIGHT NEED TO GET IN THERE AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT, UM, THEY ARE AT THE END OF A YEAR LONG PROJECT, UM, CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE POWER LINES THERE AND THE TRANSFORMERS. UM, THEY BEGAN THAT PROJECT LAST YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER, AND THEY PUT THE TEMPORARY POLE IN THE PARKING GRAVEL PARKING LOT. WELL NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK TO FINISH THE END OF THAT PROJECT. [00:45:01] SO THEY RECENTLY MOWED THAT, UM, IN PREPARATION, UM, FOR THE END, THEY'VE ALSO PLAYED, UH, PLACED A BIG, UM, UNITED RENTAL TRAILER OUT THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET, THAT IS ALL PART OF THE CENTER POINT PROJECT. UM, SO IN THE MEANTIME IT IS MOWED, BUT JUST LIKE ANY GRASS AND, UM, FLOWERS, IT WILL COME BACK. UM, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL COME BACK WITH NATIVE SPECIES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THAT AREA AS A NATIVE MIGRATORY PATHWAY. UM, SO THAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT AND THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, THE DISCOVERY AND NATURE CENTER, UM, WE HAVE CERTAINLY TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY DURING COVID TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS CHANGES. UH, WE HAVE ADDED ON, UM, A LOOKOUT PLATFORM ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. IT CONNECTS TO OUR THREE-STORY TREE HOUSE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE WHEN WE PURCHASED THE FACILITY, BUT THIS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARENT TO GO UP WITH THE CHILD ON PART OF THAT PLATFORM. UH, WHEREAS BEFORE ONLY THE CHILDREN COULD ENTER THE TREE HOUSE. THIS ALSO PROVIDES A LOOKOUT OVER THE TURTLE PEN, UM, AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVENING STAR GAZING. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. UM, ONCE WE REOPENED THE NATURE CENTER THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, UTILIZE THAT TO FULL CAPACITY. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE A NEIGHBOR, UM, NEXT DOOR TO US AND, AND OUT OF CONSIDERATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PRIVACY IS, UM, KEPT AND WE WILL BE INSTALLING A PRIVACY FENCE PRIOR TO THE REOPENING OF THE NATURE CENTER, UM, THAT WILL BLOCK ANY VIEWS, UM, FROM THAT NEW PLATFORM AREA. UM, OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE PLAYGROUNDS. UM, THEY ALL HAVE REMAINED OPEN DURING THIS COVID PROCESS. THEY WERE CLOSED FOR A SHORT TIME. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUS TO THIS MEETING, UH, BUT THEY ARE OPEN AT THIS POINT AND WE DO HAVE SIGNS POSTED ABOUT PLAYING AT YOUR OWN RISK AND MAKING SURE TO WEAR YOUR MASK AND CLEAN YOUR HANDS, UM, AT YOUR OWN RISK. UM, WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE KANGAROO PARK. UM, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS ONE OF OUR POCKET PARKS OFF OF MONTECITO, WE ADDED, UM, A PICNIC TABLE, A LITTLE LIBRARY, SOME CLIMBING BOULDERS, UH, INSTALLED A BALANCE BEAM, PUT IN SOME FENCING AND ASSIGNED. SO IT IS NOW AN OFFICIAL PARK. UM, IT IS A UNIQUE PARK IN AND OF ITSELF. THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA ASKED THAT WE, UH, KEEP IT MORE OPEN SPACE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE KIDS GATHERED THERE AND THROW A FOOTBALL. SO, UH, WE HAD A FEW CHALLENGES AS TO WHAT WE COULD DO AT ONE END OF THAT AREA. UM, THE NEXT IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE MADE AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS BRIGHTON PARK, AS YOU'VE KNOWN, UM, BRIGHTON PARK HAS JUST BEEN AN OPEN PLOT OF LAND FOR MANY YEARS. UM, WE PUT THREE ITEMS IN THERE, UM, TO GET US BY, UNTIL WE COULD ACTUALLY FUND, UM, SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAS DELIVERED THIS WEEK. IT WILL BE INSTALLED ON THURSDAY. UM, SO THAT WILL BE A VERY NICE FUNCTIONING, UM, MULTI-AGE PLAYGROUND. UM, ONCE THE EQUIPMENT GOES IN AND WE GET THE, UM, FALL FOOTPRINT AROUND, IT, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT WIDE PICNIC TABLES. WE'RE GOING TO FENCE THE PLAYGROUND AT A SOLAR LIGHT POLE. AND, UM, IT'LL BE A VERY GREAT OPERABLE PARK ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, BE A FREE LITTLE LIBRARY IN THERE AS WELL. WELL, WE WILL, UM, WE WILL NEED TO CONSTRUCT ONE. UM, SO ONCE WE GET IT, WE WILL, WE'LL PUT THEM THERE AND THEY, THE, THOSE LITTLE LIBRARIES ARE MAGICAL. ALMOST. WE PUT A COUPLE OF BOOKS IN IT TO START, AND THEN IT JUST STAYS FILLED AND ROTATING, UM, BOOKS. AND WE DON'T EVEN DO THAT. THAT'S THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, THOSE LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN, UH, SERVES OUR COMMUNITY VERY WELL. YES, MA'AM MOVING ON TO OUR FIELDS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR MAJORS BALL FIELD IS STILL BEHIND THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING OF THE SCHOOL FOR FORT BEND. UM, ONCE FORT BEN FINISHES THEIR CONSTRUCTION, UM, INTERIOR, EXTERIOR, UM, DOES SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BALL FIELD JUST TO MAKE IT, UM, MANAGEABLE FROM THEIR STANDPOINT, THE FENCE WILL COME DOWN AND THEN OUR WORK BEGINS AT THAT POINT. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FORT BEN IN REGARDS TO TIMEFRAMES, UM, AND WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON, UM, WHEN THEY MIGHT BE TAKING THAT DOWN AND WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE. UM, AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO FALL MORE HEAVY ON THE CITY TO GET IT TO THE WAY THAT WE NEED IT [00:50:01] BACK FOR, UM, PLAYING SEASON. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE IT BEING READY UNTIL NEXT FALL FROM OUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE. UM, AS SOON AS THE FENCE COME DOWN, WE WILL BEGIN, BUT IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR US TO FINISH THAT. UM, MOVING ON THE BACKFIELD, WE'RE CALLING THAT THE TEMPORARY FIELD WHERE OUR MEADOWS PLAYS PONY LEAGUE PLAYED THEIR SEASON. UH, THIS YEAR THEY ACTUALLY FINISHED UP THIS PAST WEEKEND. THAT WAS THE LAST GAME FOR THE SEASON. SO I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEIR PRESIDENT, ASKED THEM TO REMOVE THE TEMPORARY FENCING, UM, UNTIL THE NEXT SEASON BEGINS BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A THREE MONTH GAP AND WE DON'T WANT THE TEMPORARY FENCING TO BE OUT THERE. UM, SO THEY WILL BE CLEANING THAT UP. UM, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AGAIN TO THEM IN THE SPRING. UM, IN REGARDS TO BEAUTIFICATION, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED RECENTLY, WE HAD ALL THE TREES PRUNED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE PARKS, THE WRITEAWAYS, UM, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. UM, OUR TREES, THIS IS THE SAME TREE, UM, GROUP THAT WE'VE USED FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW. AND, UM, HE CAME BACK THIS YEAR AND HE SAID, UM, HOW MUCH OUR TREES HAVE GROWN TO THE POINT NOW THAT HE CAN REALLY DO HIS CRAFT ON THEM AND MAKE THEM EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL AS THEY'RE MATURING. SO THAT WAS NICE TO HEAR. UM, OUR STAFF DISCOVERED, UM, A PRODUCT TO HELP WITH THE EROSION AROUND THE LAKE. UM, IT IS A HONEYCOMB TYPE PRODUCT, UM, THAT EXPANDS OUT AND THEY JUST RECENTLY PUT IT INTO THE BEACH AREA OF THE LAKE BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY HIGH EROSION RATE THERE. UM, AND THEY'VE INSTALLED THAT YOU CAN'T SEE IT IT'S UNDERGROUND AND IT SHOULD HELP TO BIND, UM, ALL OF THAT GRANITE TOGETHER AND HOLD IT INTO PLACE. SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE BIG VALLEYS WASHING AWAY INTO THE LAKE. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE, UM, THE OUTCOME OF THAT. ONCE WE GET A RAIN, UM, THE WETLAND PROGRAM, WE HAVE BEGUN THAT. AND, UM, THE WETLAND PROGRAM BASICALLY IS OUR FOCUS AND OUR WORKING WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO ESTABLISH A VIABLE WETLAND AREA AROUND OUR LAKE. WE HAVE MANY SPECIES OF PLANTS, UM, SOME INVASIVE, UM, AND JUST GETTING THEIR GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THERE, WHAT WE SHOULD REMOVE. WE'VE BEGUN TO MOVE, REMOVE ALLIGATOR WEED AND BUTTONED BUSH. UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGER INVASIVES THAT GROW IN THERE AND JUST TAKE OVER. UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO COGNIZANT OF THE, UH, ANIMAL LIFE THAT IS LIVING THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE MORE WORK AND MORE DETAILED TO COME, UM, IN REGARDS TO THOSE AREAS AND IMPROVEMENT. UM, AND THEN ON MY STAFF JUST COMPLETED DECORATING THE CITY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO IF YOU'VE NOTICED THE BANNERS, THE SNOWFLAKES, UM, ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT WILL SOON BE ILLUMINATED ON, UM, THANKSGIVING EVENING. AND THEN I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TREMENDOUSLY WITH IRRIGATION. UM, OUR NON-OPERATING IRRIGATION, THE LINES ARE THERE. UM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT, AND THE IMPACT THAT IT CREATES FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. UM, REALLY A SIGNIFICANT, OUR PLANTS ARE DYING. UH, WE MADE A DECISION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPLACE THE PLANTS UNTIL THE IRRIGATION IS WORKING AGAIN BECAUSE WE ARE IN A CYCLE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO REPLACE THEM AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO DIE. UM, ADDITIONALLY THERE ARE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE PARK, UM, WHICH CREATE A UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, UM, FOR, FOR PARK GOERS, WALKING OUT THERE. UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HAS, UM, TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THAT NOW, UM, AS HE HAS COME INTO IT AND WE HOPE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I JUST WANTED COUNCIL TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PROBLEM, UM, WITH IRRIGATION AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING AS A TEAM TO REMEDY IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. UM, AND IF YOU SEE THINGS DYING AND SEE CRACKS, WE'RE AWARE OF IT TOO. UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON, UM, MY STAFF IN REGARDS TO LEE, SHE IS MY PARK SUPERINTENDENT. UM, SHE IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A SPART, UH, SPORTS TURF, MANAGE IT PROGRAM THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. UM, THE BENEFIT OF HER GETTING THAT TRAINING IS THAT SHE WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US, UM, INFORMED OVERSIGHT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR FIELDS. SO ONCE OUR, UM, MAJOR LEAGUE FIELD COMES BACK ONLINE, UH, SHE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT [00:55:01] OF THOSE OPEN SPACE AREAS. UM, ADDITIONALLY, I AM SERVING ON THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, UH, CAMPUS PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL, KURT YOU'RE RIGHT THERE WITH ME. UM, THIS IS THROUGH MEADOWS ELEMENTARY. UM, IT IS A GROUP OF TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, UM, OUR ACTIVE PARTNERS OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UM, AGAIN, MEADOWS ELEMENTARY AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM CURRENTLY ON A FOOD AND BLANKET DRIVE. AND YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A BOX IN OUR FRONT LOBBY, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE COLLECTING, UM, AT CHRISTMAS MEMORIES. UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, UM, ARE DOING THIS YEAR FOR THEIR, UM, THEIR DRIVE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH SCOUT TROOP THREE OH ONE, UM, PROVIDING PLACE FOR THEM TO MEET, UM, AND, UM, ASSISTING THEM AND, UM, MERIT BADGES AS THEY REQUEST CERTAIN PRESENTATIONS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. UM, ALSO HOUSTON LIGHTENING BUG PRAIRIE PROJECT. UM, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. UH, I SPOKE WITH LISA GRAFF THERE, DIFFERENT SPELLING, THE BOB'S HE'S ALREADY LEFT THE BUILDING. UM, BUT I SPOKE WITH LISA AND HOUSTON IS TRYING TO START AN INITIATIVE, UM, TO TRACK LIGHTENING BUGS, GATHERED DATA INFORMATION. UM, THEY'VE KIND OF HIT A WALL IN THAT PROJECT, BUT IN SPEAKING WITH LISA, UH, WE ARE PRIME HERE IN MEADOWS PLACE. WE ALREADY HAVE THE NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASSES. WE HAVE A CLOSE BY WATER SOURCE. UM, SO, UH, SHE AND I WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO, UM, HELP BRING AWARENESS AND GATHERED DATA, UM, FUN PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF, WE ALREADY HAVE THE PRAIRIE GROWING. UM, AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONAL PARTNERS, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, AS I MENTIONED, IN REGARDS TO THE WETLANDS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS. UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER OUR PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR CURRENT COVID PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. WE ARE BACK, UM, FULLY WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, EXCEPT FOR ONE AT THIS TIME, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WE HAD BEEN RUNNING BEFORE WE ARE BACK, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ACTIVE ADULTS, UH, WE ARE NOT PROVIDING THAT ONE AT THIS TIME. UM, YES, THE NUMBERS ARE LIMITED BECAUSE THE COVID PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR THESE, BUT THERE'S STILL AN INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR AND TO SEE THE NUMBERS THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL WANTING TO PARTICIPATE AND GET INVOLVED. UM, COMMUNITY CENTER IS OPEN FOR RENTALS, AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SEVERAL ON OUR BOOKS ALREADY FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, UH, THE NATURE CENTER AND THE ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS, UH, DO YOU REMAIN CLOSED? UM, AND PRIMARILY THAT IS DUE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE NATURE CENTER, THAT'S DUE TO LACK OF STAFFING. UM, THE RECREATION COORDINATOR WAS CUT IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, TO DISCUSS LATER IN THE YEAR, UM, OUR CONCERN WAS COVID AND WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT AND WHAT THIS PERSON WOULD BE DOING. UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT POSITION HAS NOT BEEN FILLED. UM, HOWEVER, UM, WE DO NEED TO REEVALUATE THAT AFTER CHRISTMAS AND, UH, TALK ABOUT A DATE TO REINSTATE THAT PERSON OR THAT POSITION. UM, IF WE PLAN TO OPEN UP AND PROVIDE NATURE CENTER SERVICES, WE CAN'T DO THAT WHEN THAT POSITION IS NOT SUPPORTED. UM, ALSO OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAM. I NEED THAT RECREATION COORDINATOR TO BE THERE, INVOLVED WITH THE ACTIVE ADULTS. THAT'S A VERY HANDS-ON PROGRAM, UM, SUMMER CAMP AND OPENING THE POOL THE SUMMER THAT TAKES PREPARATION WEEK CAN'T FUND, OR PROVIDE A PERSON IN THAT POSITION A MONTH BEFORE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OPEN, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE MULTIPLE MONTHS OF PREPARING. SO I SAY THAT TO YOU COUNSEL, UM, BECAUSE YOU'LL HEAR ME BRING THIS UP AGAIN. UM, WE NEED TO ALL WATCH AND BE AWARE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHERE WE'RE MOVING, AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY KEEP AN EYE ON COVID AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY. UM, WE DO NEED TO FILL, UH, FILL THAT POSITION, UPCOMING PROJECTS. UM, RICK WE'LL GIVE A FULL UPDATE LATER IN REGARDS TO THE KIRKWOOD ROUNDABOUT PROJECT. RICK, ARE YOU STILL IN THEORY, HE'S REPORTING ON THAT? UH, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL MOVING. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE PROCESS. WE JUST HAD A, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER, RICK. UM, I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE PART THAT REALLY, UH, AFFECTS MY DEPARTMENT AND THAT IS THE UPKEEP OF THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPING. UM, THE PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE CITY YET, SO IT'S STILL UNDER THE CARE OF THE, UM, UM, MARK HON. AND ONCE THE PROJECT IS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY, WE ARE [01:00:01] PROPOSING THAT, UH, WE DO TAKE ON A THREE MONTH MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THROUGH C MARK. THEY WERE THEIR ORIGINAL INSTALLERS OF THE IRRIGATION AND THE LANDSCAPING. AND SO WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE, UM, TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR THREE MONTHS AND USE THAT AS A TRAINING TIME FOR MY STAFF TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROPERLY CARE FOR ALL THE PLANTS THAT WERE PUT IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT. UM, ANOTHER THING I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT RICK, RICK AND I WORK A LOT TOGETHER ON SOME OF THESE SPECIAL PROJECTS. UM, THE BIKE WAY MOBILITY PROJECT. UH, WE DID HAVE A PRELIMINARY MEETING, UM, UH, SEVERAL OF US HERE FROM THE CITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL PROJECT AND DECIDE ON WHAT SOME OF OUR NEXT ACTION STEPS ARE. UM, AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO STAFFORD. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UM, IS COORDINATED THROUGH STAFFORD AND THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, AND IT'S A BIKE TRAIL PROJECT AND, UM, TWO BRIDGES AND SOME SIDEWALKS AND SOME DECORATIVE ACCENTS. UM, SO TALK TO YANA, LUTON, SCHLAGER, UH, SHE'S THE CITY PLANNER, UH, WITH CITY OF STAFFORD. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? UM, AND SHE'LL BE JOINING US AT OUR NEXT MEETING WHEN WE CALL IT, BUT I'M SURE RICK, AGAIN, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT. UH, THAT IS THE PROJECT WE PUT INTO THE 2020 MOBILITY BOND PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY. IT WAS APPROVED. UM, IT WOULD, UH, CREATE A TRAIL FROM DORRANCE CROSS WEST AIRPORT DOWN TO THE FOUNTAINS. IT WILL ALSO BUILD A SIDEWALK ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST AIRPORT INTO THE, UM, SECTION OF SUBDIVISION THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS, GOOD ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS TO THE PARK. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID SIGNAL ON WEST AIRPORT TO ASSIST THOSE CHILDREN GETTING BACK AND FORTH TO THE PARK IN THE SCHOOL. AND IT ALSO CHIEF OF SEE YOU STARING AND WAITING ON THIS. IT INCLUDES THE PARKING LOT. YES. SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND, UM, WE ARE, UM, NOT TAKING IT, UH, LIGHTLY. WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY ON THAT COUNCIL AND TRYING TO GET THINGS ROLLING BECAUSE IT WILL DEFINITELY BRING, UM, A GREAT ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE. MOVING ON, UH, SHORTLY, YOU'LL SEE SOME REALLY NIFTY EDUCATIONAL SIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO GO, UM, AROUND THE LAKE AREA AND AROUND OUR, UH, SOME OF OUR EXISTING TRAILS. THESE ARE INFORMATIONAL SIGNS ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM BUGS TO HABITAT, TO PLANT LIFE, TO MAMMALS. UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME LITTLE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS ON THERE FOR, UM, KIDS, UM, AS THEY READ AND THINGS TO GO AND DO. SO, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A NEAT ADDITION TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND OUR PARKS. UM, WE WILL ALSO BE INSTALLING ADDITIONAL SOLAR LIGHTS. YOU'VE SEEN THE ONES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY BETWEEN ON THE TRAIL, UM, BETWEEN DORRANCE AND MONTECITO. WE WILL CONTINUE THAT SAME LIGHT SYSTEM, UM, DOWN THE WASTE, TREAT A WASTEWATER TREATMENT TRAIL OVER TO KIRKWOOD. SO WE HAVE THOSE IN-HOUSE AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THOSE AT THE GROUND, BUT THAT WILL BE COMING SHORTLY. UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR MCGRATH PARK. UM, THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE EDC. THEY GRANTED THAT. UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET SUMMIT SOMETHING IN, NOT JUST ANY OLD TREE, UM, BUT SOMETHING IN TO THE PARK, UH, IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES IS A CHALLENGE. SO THAT LEADS INTO OUR, MY LAST ITEM. AND THAT IS OUR UPCOMING EVENT, WHICH IS CHRISTMAS MEMORIES ON DECEMBER 4TH, THAT'LL BE FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM. HOWEVER, WE ARE BRINGING IN AN ICE SKATING RINK THIS YEAR, AND THAT OPENS AT 3:00 PM. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT EARLY, BRING ANY OF THE KIDS OUT, UM, TO JUST TO SPRAY SPACE PEOPLE OUT AND GIVE FOLKS MORE TIME TO SKATE. UH, THAT'LL OPEN AT THREE O'CLOCK, BUT OUR BIG EVENT, UH, KICKOFF IS AT SIX. WE'LL HAVE A LIVE BAND CALLED LEVEL ONE. EXCUSE ME, COLIN. I KNOW YOU'VE TOLD ME WHAT ARE FORGOTTEN, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO GET INTO THAT ICE SKATING RINK? UH, WELL, THAT'LL BE A CANNED GOOD OR A NEW BLANKET AND WHAT THAT GOES TO THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, UH, FOOD AND BLANKET DRIVE. OUTSTANDING. WHAT A GOOD IDEA. UH, YES, SIR. UM, WE WILL HAVE THE LIVE BAND CALLED LEVEL ONE. UH, WE'LL HAVE TWO SNOW HILLS, ONE, UH, DUAL LANE FOR LARGER KIDS, AND ONE SMALL FOR THE TODDLERS. TWO TRAINS, [01:05:01] A TODDLER FERRIS WILL, THE SCOUTS WILL BE OUT DOING A SMALL PIT AREA. WE'LL HAVE A FOOD AND HOT COCOA IN THE FIELD HOUSE. AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE PHOTOS WITH MR AND MRS. SNOWMAN AND SELFIES WITH LIFESIZE REINDEER. THOSE AREN'T REAL REINDEER, THEY'RE LIFE-SIZE REINDEER. UM, WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME OUT THERE. UH, WE ARE TAKING COVID PROTOCOLS TO HEART. WE DO RECOMMEND MASK. ALL OF OUR WORKERS WILL BE WEARING MASK. ALL OF THESE RIDES, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UM, MINUS THE SNOW HILLS, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT FOR TWO REASONS. ONE CERTAINLY COVID. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WIPE DOWN IN BETWEEN, UM, PARTICIPANTS, THE SKATES, WE CAN SPRAY DOWN THE SEATS. WE CAN WIPE DOWN THE RIDES OF THE TRAIN, ANY HARD SURFACES WE CAN WIPE DOWN EASILY INFLATES. YOU CAN'T WIPE DOWN. SO THE BIG JUMP BEES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, YOU CAN'T WIPE DOWN, BUT THESE ITEMS WERE PICKED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF COVID PROTOCOLS. ALSO, OUR FOOTPRINT HAS CHANGED THIS YEAR. WE HAVE LESS SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE THE BALL FIELD TO SPREAD OUT ON. WE HAVE THE STREET. UM, SO WE'VE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE WITH THE LAYOUT. UM, BUT I THINK THE ADDITION OF THE ICE SKATING RINK WILL BE, UH, EXCITING, SOMETHING FUN AND NEW AND DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE SKATES FOR ALL SIZES, KIDS AND ADULTS. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THAT BEGINS AT THREE. I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY, FIRST OF ALL, I'M SURE THIS IS WORKING. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOU DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. I JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR IT. STEVE SAID IT. EVERYONE'S GOING TO SAY YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. CURIOUS ON THIS LIGHTNING BUG THING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUY IN BULK AND LIKE, LIKE SEED STUFF? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I DID REQUEST INFORMATION ON THE LIGHTENING BUGS SPECIFICALLY, UM, AND THE, UM, PROJECT COORDINATOR HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON THAT PART OF IT YET, THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON WHAT DATA THEY'RE GOING TO COLLECT AND WHAT THEY NEED, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LIGHTNING BUG. SO I'VE BEEN DOING SOME SELF EDUCATION MYSELF, UM, BUT HERE'S SOMETHING NEAT WITH OUR PRAIRIE GRASSES THAT WE HAD, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER, THEY WERE HIGHER. THERE WERE SOME SIGHTINGS HERE IN MEADOWS, PLACE OF LIGHTENING BUGS, UM, ON THE PATCH BETWEEN, UM, DORRANCE. AND MONOSITO OBVIOUSLY IT NEEDS TO BE A DARKER AREA AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE A, UH, A, A WATER SOURCE CLOSE BY, BUT WE, WE WERE SEEING A COUPLE, UM, WE HOPE THAT WE'LL EVEN GET MORE AND HAVE THEM COME BACK. SO THAT'S REALLY NEAT. I GREW UP IN VIRGINIA WHERE THEY WERE THICK. YES. WE USED TO CATCH THEM, PUT THEM IN JARS AND HAVE A FLASHLIGHT TO WALK THEM. EXACTLY. SO IT'S EXCITING. HOUSTON GREW OUT HERE, UM, COLINA, I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS. UM, ONE, UM, TOM'S GOING TO BE CALLING IN, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING TO YOU DIRECTLY TOMORROW OR NOT, BUT IF YOU WOULD, UH, HIT HIM UP ON THE, UH, LETTERS TO SANTA BOX AND ASK HIM TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IT'S GOING UP, BUT ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE SELFIES AND SEND THEM IN, AND OUR POSTING EITHER ONES TO, TO TRY TO PROMOTE THAT. IT'S, IT'S SUCH A CUTE THING. UM, AND SECONDLY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF EVENT, UH, REQUESTS IN THE PAST AND RON, AND BRING THIS UP FOR, FORGET IT, UH, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S INVOLVED TOO, BUT, UM, IF WE CAN PUT UP SOME SORT OF CHIEF, UH, SOME SORT OF ADDRESS OR SOMETHING IN THE CULDESAC, THAT WOULD BE, UH, NOTED NOTE NOTEWORTHY FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CALL INTO DISPATCH, IF THEY GET OUR DISPATCH, THERE'S NO PROBLEM, UH, YOU KNOW, SEND WEREN'T THE CUL-DE-SAC IN FRONT OF THE FIELD HOUSE. AND BY THE TIME THEY FINISHED, COPS ARE ON THEIR WAY. BUT IF WE ENDED UP GOING TO THE SHERIFF, WELL, WHAT CALLED A SACK? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO IF WE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DO, BUT IF YOU THREE COULD PUT YOUR HEAD TOGETHER AND PUT SOMETHING UP THERE, AND THEN WE CAN MAYBE DO A QUICK VIDEO ON IT OR SOMETHING TO PUT UP POSTS OF PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE TO LOOK AND WHAT, SO THAT WE CAN HELP OUR FOLKS JUST MAKE THAT CALL. IT SOMETIMES TAKES 20 MINUTES OR SO, AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPT ADDRESSES THAT ARE ASSIGNED BY CENTER POINT. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS THERE, WE DO HAVE AN ADDRESS THERE. YEP. YEP. [01:10:01] ONCE YOU'VE GOT THE ADDRESS, IF YOU PROVIDE IT TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE. OH, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STILL HERE, RICK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ONE MORE IN THE RICK COLUMN, IT SHOWS THERE'S ALWAYS A SOLUTION. IF YOU BRING UP THE PROBLEM HERE, UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR, UM, I WOULD SAY MOST OF THE ISSUES ARE, UM, IT'S A FAIR BALANCE BETWEEN AGE AND, UM, MAINTENANCE, LACK OF MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS. UM, I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE WE PUT IN A SYSTEM BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE SYSTEMS WERE PUT IN CORRECTLY AND TESTED, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE THAT WAS MISSING, UM, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, UM, THAT HAS CREATED PROBLEMS. ALSO, WE HAVE SHIFTING GROUND AGAIN, THAT DEALS GOES BACK TO MAINTENANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE REPAIRED CORRECTLY AND CHECKED OFTEN. UM, THAT WAS NOT A PART OF THE PROCESS. AND, UM, WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, UM, INTERNALLY. UM, IT'S JUST GETTING A PROTOCOL IN PLACE AS TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, GOING FORWARD OR RESOURCES IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE WHETHER THAT'S FUNDING, UM, TO CONTRACT OUT OR HIRE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON TO ASSIST BECAUSE IT IS, UM, CONSUMING, WELL, LET ME STOP THERE. COLEEN AND RICK, I'LL SAY THIS, UM, WE'VE HAD NO ISSUE. WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. UM, PERSONNEL HAVE CHANGED AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. UM, NICK SPENT, UH, QUITE A BIT OF TIME PUTTING IN A PROTOCOL AND PUTTING THE THING INTO PLACE. UH, ROD'S JUST NOW FINDING OUT HE HAS THIS ISSUE, UH, AND, UH, BUT IT ALREADY IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, WE WILL COME UP JUST LIKE THE ADDRESS SOLUTION. WE WILL HAVE A SOLUTION. AND, UH, ACTUALLY WE, I THINK WE'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD PROTOCOL IN PLACE TO FIND OUT. AND THEN JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC WORKS. SOME OF THEM TOOK MORE INTEREST IN THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAN OTHERS. AND ALSO WITH THE TURNOVER IN THE LABOR STAFF AT PUBLIC WORKS, ALL OF THEM KNOW HOW THEY WORK WITH IRRIGATION. SOME OF THEM DON'T, THAT'S THE ISSUE YOU'D HAVE WHEN YOU TRY TO DO IT IN HOUSE RATHER THAN CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY THAT KNOWS HOW TO DO IRRIGATION. OH. SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND. UM, LET'S SEE. I THINK THAT'S, Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT YEAH. COLEEN REAL QUICK. UM, OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. IT'S MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED, UH, TRULY, UM, SECTION ONE, I'M EXCITED. YOU'RE GETTING THE BRIGHTON PARK GOING. UH, IF, IF, AND WHEN WE GET THE RECREATION COORDINATOR, IT WOULD BE FUN TO HOLD SOME SORT OF EVENT OR GRAND OPENING OR SOMETHING THERE JUST, YOU KNOW, HEY, EVERYTHING IS ACROSS KIRKWOOD. IT'D BE NICE FOR THE KIDS ON THIS SIDE TO HAVE A LITTLE CELEBRATION OVER HERE AND TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. SO JUST A SUGGESTION, BUT I THINK IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO THE FOLKS HERE IN SECTION ONE. UM, PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED ABOUT THE RECREATION COORDINATOR POSITION. UH, I AGREE. IT'S IMPORTANT AND I'D LOVE TO REMIND US ABOUT IT SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE RIGHT TIME. THANK YOU. DID CENTERPOINT GIVE A TIME OF WHEN IT WOULD BE? UM, NO, THEY DON'T DO THAT. THAT WAS MY GUESS, BUT I, I FIGURED I'D ASK ANYWAY. UM, THEY DID SAY 20, 21, BUT THEY NEEDED TO PREPARE MOWING NOW, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WET SEASON. CAUSE IT TENDS TO GET REALLY RUTTED. UM, BUT AS SOON AS THEY MOWED THAT, THEN THE TRAILER SHOWED UP. SO THE TH THAT SHOWS ME THAT THEY'RE ROLLING WITH THEIR ACTION PRETTY FAST NOW. SO, UM, AND WE'RE NOT TOO FAR FROM 2021, SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN HELENE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I'VE GOT A NOTE HERE, SAYS TALK TO COLEEN ABOUT THE LIGHTS. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT, SO I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT TOMORROW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE. UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT, UM, OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS HELD BY STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, [01:15:01] AND, UH, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, WE DO A GOOD JOB, BUT IN THIS TIME WE'VE GOT 24 OUT OF THE 35 CALLS AND IT'S A SHORT MONTH. OKAY. BUT, UH, 24 OF THOSE WERE EMS. UM, WE HAD ONE VEHICLE FIRE. WE HAD ONE FIRE, UM, ALARM WITH IT THAT THEY RESPONDED TO ONE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT THEY RESPONDED TO AND EIGHT GOOD INTENTS. AND, BUT GOOD INTENTS ARE, IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING AND THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY RESPOND. THE CHIEF KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THEY RESPOND TO GOOD INTENT CALLS ALL THE TIME IN THE CITY. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THOSE. IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN, HAVE A QUESTION CALL. UM, I GET SO FRUSTRATED, UH, LOOKING THEM AT 3G PAGE AND SOMEBODY WILL CALL AND SAY, WELL, WE SAW 13 PEOPLE ASSAULTING SOMEBODY, AND I WONDER IF I SHOULD CALL THE POLICE. I JUST DON'T GET IT. UH, BUT THEY COME, UH, MOST OF THIS TIME IN THE WEEKDAY, UH, 22 OF THE 20, UH, OR THE 35 OR IN THE WEEKDAY, UH, EIGHT WHERE WEEKEND DAY THREE WE'RE IN THE WEEK, NIGHT AND TWO IN THE WEEKEND NIGHT FOR THAT TOTAL 40, 35, WE HAD, UH, SOME, UH, INCREASED, UH, FAR MARSHAL ACTIVITY. WE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT, UH, CALLS BY THE FIRE MARSHALL AT, IN CITY MEADOWS PLACE. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE, UM, OUR REPORT. I DO WANT TO SAY THIS THAT, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT. YEAH, THURSDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. ANUCHIN UM, THURSDAY NIGHT WE WILL BE HONORING THE, ALL THE FIRE PEOPLE, ALL THE EMS PEOPLE. AND OF COURSE ALL THE POLICE IN FORT BEND COUNTY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE'LL BE HOSTING THE FORBIDDEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S ASSOCIATION. UH, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THREE PEOPLE. ONE FROM EACH DEPARTMENT RECEIVED, UH, FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY. AND, UM, WE CHOSE TO HAVE A CHIEF DECA MELLA WAS STAFFORD, UH, RECEIVED THE, UH, UH, WHAT'S IT CALLED THE RESOLUTION, THE PROCLAMATION, OR, UH, THERE A JOB WELL DONE, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT ONE TO THEM. WE'VE GOT A FORBIDDEN COUNTY EMS APP GOING TO BE THERE TO RECEIVE, UH, FOR THE EMS. AND WE'VE GOT OUR OWN, UH, CHIEF GARY STEWART. THAT'S GOING TO SIT THERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF, UH, PEACE OFFICERS ACROSS THE ACROSS FORT BEND COUNTY. AND I'VE MEANT TO ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT IS. I NEED TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. UH, YEAH, CAUSE THAT'S, UH, I JUST STARTED THINKING, MAN, THAT'S A LOT. UH, SO ANYWAY, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOSTING THAT, AND THAT WAS A, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A CITY MEADOWS PLACE IN, IS BEING HELD HERE AND, UH, RUN BY US. AND IT'S MEANT A LOT, UH, A LOT OF EXTRA WORK ON COLEEN. UH, AND, UH, SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP WHEN I HAD THE FIREPOINT AND THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER, BUT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IN THIS CASE, FIRE, POLICE, AND EMS. SO NICK YOU'RE UP. THANKS, MERYL. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF, UH, TONIGHT. UH, FIRST OF ALL, STEVE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON BEHALF OF STAFF. AS WE HAD MENTIONED THIS MORNING, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN PROMOTED. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, UH, AT CITY HALL AS THERE ALWAYS ARE, BUT WANTED TO MENTION THAT ROD, OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS, UH, IS DOING A GOOD JOB SETTLING IN, UH, LEARNING THE OPERATIONS, LEARNING OUR FACILITIES. AND, UH, IT BRINGS A LOT OF GOOD EXPERIENCE. UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET A HANDLE ON, UH, THAT WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON IS THE CITY, UH, HAS, UH, A NUMBER OF, UH, BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES THAT AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, HAVE TO BE MONITORED AND INSPECTED ANNUALLY. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF, AND IT'S SOMETHING HE'S WORKED ON JUST HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. AND SO IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HIM GETTING IN AND, AND REALLY BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE AN IMPACT FROM THE GET GO, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HIM HERE. UH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE MENTION TO YOU GUYS, JUST TO KIND OF PUT ON YOUR RADAR REAL QUICK IS YESTERDAY, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTUALLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY, UH, TO AMEND THEIR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UH, THE REASON THEY DID THAT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN ELECTRONIC SIGN AT THE SCHOOL. AND SO BY AMENDING, BY REQUESTING TO AMEND THAT SUP THEY WANT TO BUILD IN, UH, AN ELECTRONIC SIGN ON THAT SITE AS A PART OF THEIR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THAT. SO I WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, SINCE THIS IS A ZONING RELATED ISSUE, YOU'D HAVE TO GET P AND Z'S RECOMMENDATION FIRST, [01:20:01] AND THEN IT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. SO WHEN I LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AS FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE, AS WE CAN, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU, UH, WHERE YOU SEE IT, UH, WOULD THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TONIGHT. , UH, , UH, KNOW NOT TO UH, YEAH. UH, UM, OKAY. UH, RIGHT. ONE A B MARK [01:25:56] UH, UH, SO THE CONTRACTOR DID MOVE OUR METER FOR THE IRRIGATION CENTER. PAINT CENTER POINT CAME OUT TO HOOK IT UP, DECIDED THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE WIRING, SO THEY DIDN'T PUT THE METER CAN IN IT. SO WE'RE GETTING THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT. UM, THAT'S WHY YOU'LL FIND ONE OF THE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA HERE LATER ON, WE'LL BE EXTENDING THE EAR OR THE LANDSCAPING CONTRACT. BY THREE MONTHS, WE HAVEN'T HAD IRRIGATION. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DEAD PLANTS. THOSE WILL BE REPLACED UNDER THE CONTRACT, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AT NO EXTRA COST, BUT STAFF REALLY NEEDS SOME TRAINING ON HOW TO RUN THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, HOW TO ADJUST THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET. SO WE'LL ASK FOR THAT PRETTY MUCH MONTH EXTENSION. OTHER THAN THAT, MARK, HAHN'S BEEN OUT DOING SOME OF THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. THEY DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF THE FIRST TIME THAT SHOULD BE DONE NEXT WEEK. SO WE'RE REALLY DOWN TO CLEANING UP THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, UH, THE, UH, REGULAR WHAT NUMBER, WHAT NUMBER YOU'RE NOMINATING NOMINATION BY ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, NOW, UH, UM, [01:30:15] THIS JUST RED TAPE PAPERWORK. OKAY. UH, QUESTION . UH, UH, NAME IS DAVID GARCIA, UH, ONE, TWO ZERO TWO, TWO DORAN'S LANE. AND, UM, SO I JUST HAD A FEW, FEW QUICK QUESTIONS, I GUESS. AM I ALLOWED TO ASK? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO COME UP THIS WAY HERE. ALL RIGHT, I'M READY. OKAY. UH, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE, UH, THESE CAMERAS WOULD BE LOCATED. THESE SCANNERS WOULD BE LOCATED. UM, DO, ARE THEY JUST GOING TO BE ON POLICE VEHICLES OR DO I GET TO ASK QUESTIONS? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE CRIMINALS TO KNOW. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST, OKAY, WELL THEN I'LL JUST GET, I GUESS MY POINTS ACROSS. OKAY. UM, WHILE I GUESS I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE VIDEOTAPING DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. UH, DO WE ALSO, UM, ARE THESE GOING TO BE UPLOADED TO A CENTRAL SERVER WHO IS GOING TO RUN THIS SERVER, UH, WHAT AGENCIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION? UH, LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION. YES, SIR. AND HONESTLY, I JUST, UM, I DON'T NEED ANSWERS. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF BRING THIS UP AND MAKE SURE, LIKE, YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THIS. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO IT, I ACTUALLY DON'T DISAGREE WITH THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CONCERNS ARE HEARD. SO, UM, YEAH, I'M JUST, I GUESS, PHRASING THEM AS QUESTIONS, BUT YES, YES, SIR. YEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK THAT THE GENERAL THING IS IF IT'S GOT TO, IF IT'S A STOLEN VEHICLE, OR IF THERE'S A BOLO OUT ON A CERTAIN LICENSE PLATE, IT'S USED TO TRY TO LOOK FOR THOSE VEHICLES. AND THEN IF WE DO HAVE AN INCIDENT, THE PD CAN GO BACK TO LOOK AT IT. IF SOMEBODY GETS A PARTIAL PLATE NUMBER, THEY CAN LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO PULL THE FULL PLATE NUMBER OFF THE INFORMATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, ALSO A FEW OTHER THINGS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LICENSE PLATES THAT ARE PULLED, ARE THESE BEING STORED OR, UM, I GUESS THEY'RE THEY'RE ARE BEING STORED AND I'M NOT SURE FOR HOW LONG, BUT I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE THE ONES THAT ARE ON A HOT LIST ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR ARE THE ONES THAT GET STORED. THE OTHER ONES MAYBE GET, YOU KNOW, UM, ERASED JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYTHING IN PUBLIC IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VIDEOTAPE IT, YOU CAN RECORD IT, YOU CAN WATCH IT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I CANNOT DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT I WANT A LICENSE PLATE ON MY VEHICLE. I HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE PLATE ON MY VEHICLE, ON THE FRONT AND BACK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY LICENSE, I REALLY DON'T WANT THAT. OR MY, MY, UM, UH, TAG, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE IN SOME SYSTEM SOMEWHERE FOR FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FOR SOME TIME, BUT ALL RIGHT. AND, UM, WHAT ABOUT, UH, I GUESS A FOYER REQUESTS, UH, FOR THIS INFORMANT, FOR YOUR REQUESTS, FOR THIS INFORMATION, ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC? [01:35:02] OKAY. RIGHT. AND THEN WHO, I GUESS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AUDITING THE SYSTEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A, UM, I GUESS, A MISCONFIGURATION WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M ABLE TO GO ONLINE AND SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND, UM, I GUESS, UH, JUST THE ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS JUST MAKE SURE, I GUESS THERE ARE SENSIBLE RETENTION LIMITS, UM, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE'S A GOOD AUDIT AND CONTROL. AND DOES THIS HAPPEN THAT DO THEY COME OUT EVERY SO OFTEN AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE, I GUESS, CALIBRATED CORRECTLY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. AND FOR THE REST I GOT REELECTED AND REAL QUICK, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. IF I REMEMBER, RIGHT, WE ALLOW THE ALTERNATE TO COME TO THE MEETING. ONE OF OUR OTHER MEMBERS DOESN'T SHOW UP THERE AND ACTUAL CITY [01:40:52] I SEE IT MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 5,000 TOTAL POPULATION. AND THAT WAS IT. RIGHT? SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 80% OF HER CITY FROM THAT TIME. RIGHT? SO IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THE OTHER 20% POSSIBLY, UM, I WAS ON SOME TIME ON THE CENSUS WEBSITE, IT'S A MESS. YOU CAN'T FIND, I GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE HOUSING CHANGE, OR HOW MANY ARE SINGLE FAMILY OR SINGLE PERSON TURNING FAMILIES. I, UH, HAD A SPREADSHEET FOR THIS AND I, I WISH I KNEW I WOULD'VE PULLED IT UP RIGHT AWAY. BUT, UH, WHEN I DID THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF IN A HOUSEHOLD MOVING OUT WAS LIKE 1.6. THE AVERAGE MOVING IN WAS 3.7. IT WAS QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS, UH, UH, WHO WAS MOVING OUT, WHO WAS MOVING IN. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENCE. AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS NOTICED IT AS WELL. UH, THEY'RE ALL OF THE ATTENDANCE PROJECTIONS THEY HAD FOR US WERE INCORRECT. UM, WE HAVE ENROLLED MORE. SO I FEEL LIKE MY DATA WAS PRETTY COMPLETE. AS FAR AS THAT GOES. I REALLY THINK THE 2010 CENSUS IS GOING TO BE POPULATION TURNOVER IS HUGE. AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN 2007 AND NOW WE LOST 298. I DON'T, I DON'T BUY THAT. I DON'T MIND THE CITY DATE, THE CITY CITY DATA. WELL, IF HE, IF TWO PEOPLE FROM EVERY HOUSEHOLD GREW UP, UH, MOVED AWAY, [01:45:02] YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA THINK OF IT LIKE THAT. AND WE DECLARE IT. WE MOVE FORWARD. IF THE 2020 CENSUS DATA DOES COME OUT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO TO THE CITIZENS, THEY CAN JUST SAY, YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS AND I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT. FOR THAT REASON, MAYOR, YOU HAD BROUGHT UP THE 2010 NUMBERS THAT 80% HAD RESPONDED. AND THAT'S WHAT MADE UP THE 46 60. IS THAT DATA COME OUT WITH THE NUMBER. SO WOULD WE KNOW RIGHT AWAY? HEY, IN 2020 WE HAD, YOU KNOW, 82%, UH, I THINK WHEN THEY FIRST ROLL OUT THE DATA, THEY PROVIDE A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION. AND I THINK BECAUSE IT'S A CENSUS, YOU CAN'T FIND THAT INFORMATION WHERE AT 80%, UH, ANOTHER PART OF DISCUSSION, WELL, IF WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, IT GOES THROUGH A COMMITTEE. IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A MONTH. SO IF WE DON'T MAKE THIS ONE IS THE CENSUS INFO, THE GOVERNMENT THING, AND HURRY UP AND WAIT. YEAH. WELL, THE FACT THAT AUSTIN WILL HAVE LESS CONTROL IS A POSITIVE THING PERSONALLY, BECAUSE WHAT THEY DID WITH, UH, THAT HOUSE BUILT ABOUT BUILDING MATERIALS. YEAH. YEAH. YOU GOT THAT EMBEDDED IN YOUR HEAD. I'M TONY, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH FOR US. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE AUSTIN DOESN'T EVEN LIVE HERE, DOESN'T CARE. IT TELLS YOU OUR CITY, WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO RIGHT NOW, SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND BUILD A TIN SHED NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE, PROVIDING THE MATERIALS, MEET BUILDING. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO FOR YOUR HOUSE VALUE? SO, BASED ON THAT, I'D SAY LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD. AND IF THE CENSUS COMES OUT LESS THAN COUNSEL, REMIND COUNCIL, THAT GRADING SAID LAST TIME, THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE TO THIS AND THEY HAVE TO CHALLENGE US AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE CENSUS DATA. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S BS THAT HOW CAN THEY SAY 82% [01:50:01] RESPONDED? IF THEY KNEW THAT THEN THEY WOULD KNEW THEM KIND OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY. SO, BUT I THINK THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE. I AGREE WITH CHARLIE THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE BY MAY THOUGH. THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE HERE. BY THE TIME THIS COUNTLESS CHARTER GETS ORGANIZED. THAT'S FIVE MONTHS. THAT'S FOUR MONTHS BY THE TIME YOU GET IT. SO I THINK YOU NEED, SO THE THING IS, IS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR HAVE TO STAY, HAVE TO STEP AWAY FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE NO CONTROL. THEY HAVE NO INPUT OVER THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF THAT PROCESS. AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT NOW BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DO THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A GOOD 12 MONTHS TO GET IT DONE. QUICK COMMENT. UH, PEOPLE LISTENING ON THE LIVE STREAM ARE SAYING THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING US SO REMINDER TO TALKING TO YOUR MICROPHONES. UH, UH, . [01:55:58] I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHAT THE HISTORY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I'D RATHER GET SOMEBODY I'D SAY AGE DISCRIMINATION, BUT YOUNGER. UM, AND THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS I REALLY WANT TO GET, I WANT TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE, NOT THE PAST. I DON'T KNOW IF ANITA WAS EXCITED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. I DID NOT TALK TO HER. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. I SEE THIRTIES TO FIFTIES, MAYBE SOME 16. I REALLY WANTED PEOPLE YOUNGER IF WE COULD. UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT , I MEAN, I WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE EXCITED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. I WAS TORN OF WHICH OF THE TWO ALTERNATE TO MOVE UP. I THINK BOTH WOULD DO A GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY. CAN WE HAVE 16? IS THAT ALLOWED? OKAY. THANK YOU, NICK. OKAY. ANOTHER PERSON. I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW, JOSEPH. I THINK WE MIGHT NEED A STRONG ALTERNATE AS WELL. SOMEONE MAY BE MOVING ON THIS LIST AS WELL. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE. THAT'S THE CASE. WHY WOULD [02:00:06] I KNOW IT'S THE SAME LIST RIGHT NOW? SO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE LEFT. WELL, THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENS HERE. AND IF COUNCIL CANNOT HAVE INFLUENCE INTO THE COMMITTEE AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S OKAY, THERE WE GO. NOPE. YOU'D WANT TO GET SOME PICKS UP. WHAT OTHER COMMITTEE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON? FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, I WOULD RATHER SEE STEVEN PUTTING ALL THAT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE ADD TO THE COMMITTEE. THE FORT, THE 14 ON HERE, MOVED JOSEPH TO THE ALTERNATE LIST AND MOVE AND NAUSEA UP TO, I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION THROUGH THE HEAVY LIFT. THE REST OF THIS SHOULD GO FAST. OKAY. NO, NO CHRISTMAS, NO CHRISTMAS VACATION FOR THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. DOCUMENT OUR ORDERS EARLIER. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE WITH NO PRESENTATION. [02:05:01] I WILL SECOND THAT I GOTTA GET THIS ON THE RECORD. I GOT TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD. NOW I GOTTA GET THIS ON THE RECORD. SO YES, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ACTUAL HARDWARE AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS WILL BE CARES, FUNDED. HOWEVER YOU NEED TO KNOW, THERE IS AN ONGOING, A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS OF A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A SERVER THAT WILL REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF MAINTENANCE OVER TIME. SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT IT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S CARE'S ELIGIBLE, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE'S A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR ON THE END THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO ROLLING. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MOVE, GET THE C TO MOVE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND GO DIGITAL. SO, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'M READY. UM, DAVID GARCIA, UH, ONE, TWO ZERO TWO, TWO DORRANCE LANE. UM, I'M GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT EFFICIENCY. UH, MY QUESTION IS, UM, ARE THERE ANY MEASURABLE OUTCOMES THAT CAN SHOW A PERFORMANCE IS MEETING REQUIREMENTS, AS YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP PAYING FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW IF IT'S WORKING AS IT SHOULD? WHAT W WHAT ARE Y'ALL LOOKING FOR? BUT THE PRIMARY ADVANTAGE IS THE BACKUP SYSTEM, SO THAT IF THERE'S A FIRE, WE DON'T LOSE EVERYTHING. AND SO ANYTIME YOU'VE GOT ELECTRONICS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT BACKUP AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SERVER MEASURABLES. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY ALL THAT STAFF USES IT CORRECTLY. YOU'LL SAVE ON PARENTING. THAT'S WHAT I WAS FIGURING IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT YEAH. ANY OTHER, ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS, UM, DOES THE COMPANY GIVE YOU REPORTS OR ANYTHING SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S RUNNING SMOOTHLY OR, UM, UH, I DON'T THINK THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S MORE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED DOCUMENTS, PUT THEM DIRECTLY ON THE SERVER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRINT THE PAPER, THAT TYPE OF THING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROTECTED BY OUR FULL FIREWALLS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE ARE PROTECTING THE DATA. RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, UH, UM, , UH, , UH, UH, [02:10:08] UH, . I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE, BUT ALSO ADD, WE'LL GO TO IN CONTINGENCIES SO THAT YOU, IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT, IT OFF TO IT, EVEN 10,000, CALL A SPECIAL MEETING FOR A $50 CHANGE ORDER. UH, YEAH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS ONCE BEFORE THIS PRICE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. UM, AND SO WE NEEDED TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU, BUT SAME CONCEPT. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING MORE SPACE UP HERE. WE HAVE TO DO THE ADA RAMP OVER HERE. THE ADDITION TO THE ADA RAMP WITH THE, UH, FACULTY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DOORS IN THIS SPACE, MADE IT A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN WE WANTED, BUT, UH, UH, WE ADDED ABOUT, I THINK SHE WAS $3,000 FROM WHAT WE DID BEFORE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY STILL UNDER THE 50, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE, BUT, UH, THIS ROOM HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO, SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A U SHAPE UP HERE. THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A PICTURE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE BACK END HERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A U SHAPE. AND THEN OVER ON THIS SIDE, THERE'S GOING TO BE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THIS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MOVABLE ON WHEELS. UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT ANY ADA RAMP OVER HERE. UH, THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US TO TAKE OUT A COUPLE OF THESE DOORS AND SHEET ROCK. THOSE. WE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE, REMOVE ONE OF THESE TWO DOORS AS WELL IN ORDER TO KEEP US AT THE SAME LEVEL UP HERE AND HAVE THAT DOOR FUNCTIONAL. SO, UM, THIS IS CARES ACT RELATED. WE DO HAVE, THERE'S ACTUALLY REIMBURSABLE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL THESE GUYS NEED ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO DO IT WILL BE A MESS FOR A BIT, BUT, UH, WE'LL UPDATE THE DAY. LET'S GET IT DONE. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT ABOUT A YEAR. AND THEN GOOGLE YOURSELF. YOU'LL GET PAGES. [02:16:35] UH, COUNSEL, UH, UH, NICK . WELL, WHAT THE EMAIL? ALL I CAN SAY ALL I CAN SAY, NICK OR MAYOR, IS THERE A BENEFIT TO HAVING WIRELESS OVER WIRED? UM, IF WE, WELL, IN ADDITION TO WIRE BEING A LESS EXPENSIVE, AND RICK DID GO AHEAD, YOU CAN WEAR IT TO THE RESTROOM, AND I DON'T WANT TO END UP ON YOUTUBE, PLEASE. WE'LL STILL BE GOOSENECK. UM, IF, IF YOU CHOOSE THE WIRED OPTION, WE'LL SIMPLY HAVE TO PUT SOME CONDUIT IN OVER THERE NEAR WHERE YOU ARE SO WE CAN RUN IT BACK THERE TO TOWER. UM, OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S WIRELESS, IN ADDITION TO NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WIRES, UM, YOU CAN LITERALLY PICK THE THING UP AND PUT IT IN YOUR LAP. UM, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ALDERMAN BEZNER WHO GO, WELL, I CAN TAKE THE MIC WITH THEM. MY CONCERN WOULD BE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY. HAS IT GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET STATIC FEEDBACK, ET CETERA? UH, I I'VE BEEN TO MANY, A MEETING WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK BECAUSE OF HAVING A WIRELESS MIC. YEAH. THE CONTRACTOR THAT CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT IT USED A BUNCH OF BIG WORDS THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND TO EXPLAIN THAT IT IS SAFE AND IT IS HIGH-TECH AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF INTERFERENCE. I CAN'T SIT HERE AND TELL YOU THAT THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. UM, THE WIRED, THE WIRED OPTION CERTAINLY PROVIDES THIS LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY, UM, FOR US, I MEAN, REALLY TO DO WIRED, WE JUST LAY SOME CONDUIT AND ONCE IN A WHILE, AND WE CAN DO THAT. WHAT'S THAT TYPE OF WORM. WELL, IF YOU KNOW HOW TO READ THE PROPOSAL, BUT IT'S EMAILED TO ME AND I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU THEN IT'S UP TO COUNCIL. I MEAN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE THE EMAIL FROM THE, UH, THE COUNTY SAYING THAT THIS IS REIMBURSABLE. UM, AT THIS POINT, IT'S UP TO YOU ALL, WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE $5,000 OR THE 20,000 MINUTES, WE STILL HAVEN'T TRIPPED OVER 75,000 THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SENDING BACK, ARE WE NOT GOING TO DO THAT NOW? NO, WE'RE STILL GONNA, WE'RE STILL GONNA DO THAT. UM, WE'RE GOING TO SEND BACK WHATEVER'S LEFT, BUT ANNA MARIA DID A GOOD JOB, NOT LONG AGO OF UPDATING SOME NUMBERS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE ON CARES ACT. UH, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, UH, WE STARTED WITH 253,000, [02:20:01] AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 158. WE HAVE 34,000 OUTSTANDING THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHECK FOR. IF WE GET THE CHECK FOR THOSE, WHICH IS TWO DIFFERENT CARES ACT SUBMITTALS THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE CHECK BACK. THAT'LL BRING US DOWN TO ONE 24. OKAY. SO WOULD THE TYLER SOFTWARE AND THE SERVER FOR TYLER, THAT'S ANOTHER 28, 29,000 A COUNCIL CHAMBER RENOVATION. WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF IT BACK, BUT THAT COULD BE AS MUCH AS ANOTHER 44,000. UM, THE MICROPHONES, LET'S SAY WE DO THE 20,000 INSTEAD OF THE FIVE. THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT FOR PPES. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A CONFERENCE PHONE. UH, WE GOT SOME TEMPERATURE, FACIAL TECH, SERVICE RECOGNITION MACHINES, ALL TOLD IF WE DO ALL OF THIS AND GET ALL OF THIS BACK, WE COULD BE DOWN TO SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF MAYBE 5,000, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS AND PULL ALL THIS OFF BY THE END. UM, I SAY WORST CASE SCENARIO IS 5,000. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S THE WAY TO SAY IT, BUT THAT'S THE POSSIBILITY NICK, IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE $20,000 MIX, CAN WE SAY, TAKE THIS BACK AND GIVE US THE WIRED BIKES? OH, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. DO WHERE DO YOU NEED TO PUT THE CONDUIT AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE? YEAH. SO WE WOULD HAVE PUT THE BILL, WE WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE COMPANY. THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND TEAR THIS OUT AND PUT THE CONDUIT IN PLACE. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S EASY. YOU PUT THE CONDUIT IN AND DO WIRELESS. SO WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT TOO. WE COULD PRE WE CAN PRE-WIRE IT, OR PRETTY CHARGED MORE THAN A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR CONDUIT, JOHN AND I WILL COME AND DO IT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. I MEAN, I'VE GOT EXTRA CONDUIT. YEAH. SO I KNOW WHERE'S, THERE'S SOME LANE IN, OVER OFF OF DORRANCE. I ALREADY GOT THAT. AND I, AND I KNOW I'M USUALLY THE TECH GUY, BUT WHEN I GO FOR MY HOUSE, I'VE GOT CAT SIX CABLE. I'M NOT USING WIRELESS FOR GAMING. I'M JUST, I'M LEANING TOWARDS THE WIRED, JUST BECAUSE THAT HARD CONNECT ALWAYS GIVES YOU A BETTER CAN. YEAH. FORMER ALDERMAN WIRED IS ALWAYS BETTER, WHETHER YOU'RE SO CELLULAR VERSUS YOUR TELEPHONE, THE QUALITY, THE LATENCY, THE, UM, YOU LOSE PACKETS THROUGH WIRELESS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WIRED. IF I, IF I'VE BUILT A NEW HOUSE, I WOULD HAVE WIRED EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BETTER. IT WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER. ALWAYS BE BETTER BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BETTER CONNECTION. THAT'S MY VIEW. AT LEAST IF I'M HEARING COUNSEL RIGHT, THEN WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT GOING WIRELESS. YEAH. I WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO ASSUAGE THOSE CONCERNS AND GO WIRE. I WOULD AGREE. I'LL MOVE FOR THE WIRED. I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE WIRED. SECOND, SECOND BY KURT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. FOR WIRED. ANY POSE. GOOD. YOU'RE WELCOME. FACE THE FACEBOOK OR NOT FACEBOOK, THE LIVE STREAM FOLKS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A BETTER, A BETTER AUDIO AFTER THIS. WE'LL GET LONGER ARMS. YES. WHAT SOLD THIS TO THE COUNTY IS THAT WE HAD TO SHARE IT AND THEY SAID, OH NO, YOU NEED TO BUY ONE FOREVER IN MY MIND. I'M NOT GOING TO TALK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE. YEAH. OKAY. UH, HERE WE ARE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 13, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2020 DASH 61, AUTHORIZING A MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH C MARK LANDSCAPING, LLC, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 FOR INTERIM MAINTENANCE OF SOUTH KIRKWOOD DRIVE. WE HEARD ABOUT THAT ISSUE EARLIER WITH, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT DISCUSSING THAT, UM, RICK HAD BROUGHT IT UP. SO, UH, IF I CAN GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, THEN WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. OR WE CAN ACTUALLY DISCUSSING THAT. RICK, YOU WON'T TELL ME I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND BY JOHN. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY DOING THIS BECAUSE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM HASN'T BEEN OPERATIONAL. ALL RIGHT. UM, DAVID GARCIA, UM, ONE, TWO ZERO, TWO, TWO DORRANCE LANE, I GUESS RICK, I'LL JUST, , I'VE SET A DIFFERENT ADDRESS EACH TIME YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED YET. UM, I REALLY LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TRACKING AND, UM, I REALLY LIKE WHAT, WHAT, UH, THE ROUNDABOUTS, I THINK THEY'VE DEFINITELY, UM, GOT RID OF A LOT OF CONGESTION AND STOP SIGNS. DID I? I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. I JUST WISH PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO USE THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WITH THIS IS, DOES THIS $10,000, UH, GO TOWARDS REPAIRING LIKE THE, THE RUTS THAT YOU SEE, THE BIG TRUCKS CAUSE IN THE GRAVEL [02:25:01] AND TOSSING AND BOULDERS AND OTHER PLANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, OR REPAIRING THEM, THE RUTS AND STUFF IS ALL PART OF THE PUNCH LIST THAT THEY'LL BE DOING WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THE, TO TAKE CARE OF THE DEAD PLANTS. OKAY. AND REPLACING THE DEAD PLANTS ARE ALL PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. THIS IS REALLY TO GET US FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. ONCE WE GET THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WORKING, HELPING MAKING SURE IT'S WORKING CORRECTLY AND THEN GETTING THE STAFF TRAINED ON HOW TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THAT HERE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THE PLANTS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD A MOTION SECOND AND DAVID'S DISCUSSION ANYONE ELSE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE MOVING ON. UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. AMENDING CITY OF MEADOWS, PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 30, A DASH 31 PAYMENT OF DEPTHS AND OBLIGATIONS. UM, COUNSEL. THIS IS, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT YOUR BACKUP HERE, THE, UM, UH, THIS IS ASKING TO MODIFY THE THING THAT RICK WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT HAVING TO MOVE ON, UM, NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNTS BACK IN 1940, 84, THIS MO UH, THIS MOTION WAS PUT IN AND IT WAS MODIFIED IN 1994. I THINK IT WAS PUT IN OR NEAR 84 PER A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND MODIFIED IN 94 FOR FIVE, $5,000. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WHILE WE'RE HAVING TO BRING THINGS OF SIX, SEVEN, $8,009,000. UM, SO WE'RE, I RECOMMEND WE CONSIDERED TO MODIFY THE $5,000 THRESHOLD TO SOME DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF SAY 25,000 TO, UH, WHEN WE NEED AN AGREED UPON THRESHOLD. SO WE PUT IN THE, AND WE'VE GOT TO PUT THE, PUT IT IN THE ORDINANCE AND MODIFY THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I THINK MOST OF COUNCIL STILL THINKS WE DID THIS BEFORE, BUT THAT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE RECORDS OF IT. UM, WE DISCUSSED IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS AN ACTION ITEM TAKEN. WE CAN'T FIND IT. AND SO IF WE HAD DIGITAL STUFF, WE COULD PULL BACK, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 2,500. I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF COUNCIL WANTS TO CHIME IN, ON A NUMBER AND TRUTHFULLY, MOST OF THIS STUFF IS ALREADY BUDGETED. THAT'S IT? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, WE DIDN'T USE TO DEAL WELL, AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I STRUGGLED WITH TOO. SO THERE'S REALLY TWO THINGS I'M HOPING WE CAN ANSWER TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, IS YEAH. THE 5,000 THRESHOLD MEANS WE'RE BRINGING A LOT OF STUFF TO YOU GUYS. THE PLUMBING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. UM, IF WE MOVE IT UP, THEN IT'LL GIVE US SOME LATITUDE AT THE STAFF LEVEL TO GET SOME STUFF DONE WITHOUT PUTTING THE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS YOU GUYS SEE A LOT OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS COME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND IN THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE TRANSFERS FROM LINE ITEM TO LINE ITEM WITHIN DEPARTMENTS. WE CALL THEM INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN THAT OCCURS, WE PUT A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TO DO THAT. IF COUNCIL WANTS TO, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS IS THAT FOR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO MOVE MONEY BETWEEN DEPARTMENT LINE ITEMS AND NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT TO COUNCILS, BUT WE CAN DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, LET'S SAY VIA RESOLUTION. AND THE COUNCIL CAN BASICALLY RESOLVE TO ALLOW STAFF TO MOVE MONEY WITHIN A BUDGET SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE BOTTOM LINE. SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS TONIGHT IS NOT ONLY THAT THRESHOLD, BUT, UH, FOR THE IDEA OF ADD THAT, THAT ALLOWS, THAT SETS US UP FOR BUST IN THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, JOHN, AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT ENGINEERING, I'VE GOT THE AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER ANYWHERE IN ANYTHING FROM FEES TO PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT TO SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE TO IT. WE JUST MOVE THAT MONEY AROUND WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S ONLY IF WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT FOR SOME REASON, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE SOME MONEY UP INTO SAY OVERTIME OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT. [02:30:01] AS LONG AS THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T BUST THEIR OVERALL OPERATING BUDGET, WE CAN SHIFT THAT AROUND AS WE, SO WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A RESOLUTION TO RESULT NEXT MONTH, ALONG WITH THIS ORDINANCE CHANGE. NOW, IF Y'ALL WANT TO, WE CAN PUT A CAP ON THAT TOO. WE CAN SAY YOU CAN MOVE MONEY. NO, NO, NO. YOU WERE DOING FINE. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS, UH, IF ROD WAS HERE TO BE SHAKING HIS HEAD, NO, I'VE GOT BIG NUMBERS. WE GOT POSSIBLE. ACTION. IS THERE, WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO AHEAD AND MODIFY THAT TO, SO OUR POSSIBLE ACTION IS JUST SAYING YES, 25,000 BE OKAY. PUT THE NUMBER DOWN TO BRING IT BACK. OKAY. SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION FOR 25,000. WE HAD A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS. LIMBLESS SOMEBODY JUMPS UP, CHANGES IT. UM, THAT'S GOING TO REALLY SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. AND I THINK THE NEXT CHANGE THAT NICK WAS TALKING ABOUT, OR THE OTHER CHANGE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WELL, THIS IS A GOODIE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. UM, AND NOW, UM, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE, MAN, THIS IS A LONG AGENDA, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AMENDING CITY OF METAL'S PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER ONE 50, SECTION ONE 50 POINT ON NINE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS. WE, UH, WE REALLY KICKED THIS AROUND A LOT AND I THINK, UH, UH, IF YOU'LL TURN INTO YOUR BACKUP ON WHAT HAS THE ORDINANCE ONE FIVE 0.09, IF YOU GO DOWN TO ITEM D UH, THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION, UM, AND I'LL READ THAT TO YOU, RIGHT, AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE OR PREMISE SHALL APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A NEW CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UPON THE ADDITION OF ANY NEW OWNER TENANT LEASEE, AND SHALL PAY THE APPLICABLE FEE THEREOF. UM, AS I RECALL, COUNSEL WAS OF THE ELK THAT WE CONSIDER GETTING RID OF REQUIRING TO SEE DIFFICULT OF OCCUPANCY. IF SOMEBODY BUYS A HOUSE TO CITY MEDICINE, BUT WE'RE LEANING TOWARD, IF I RECALL, UM, MAKING THAT REQUIREMENT FOR RENTERS, THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION. NOW I'M THROWING IT UP TO Y'ALL TO DISCUSS THIS AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH. UM, SO ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? I DIDN'T THINK WE COULD USE IT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST RANCHERS. I THOUGHT IT HAD TO BE ALL OR NOTHING. UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT LEGALLY WE CAN. THE ISSUE IS THE RE THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, IT DOESN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WHEN IT COMES TO CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY. AND SO THE WAY IT READS EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A NEW OWNER, YOU'D HAVE TO GO GET THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, TO GO IN AND DO A CEO INSPECTION, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT EVERY TIME A NEW HOUSE WAS SOLD AND BOUGHT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL GOES IN THERE AND INSPECTS THE HOUSE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL. THAT IS UNUSUAL FOR A CITY. NOW ON THE RENTER SIDE, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I'M ON THE RENTAL SIDE, WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE OVER IN TENANTS, THE CITY WILL COME IN AND DO A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY INSPECTION AND BASICALLY DO WHAT'S CALLED A LIFE SAFETY INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE SMOKE DETECTORS, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, ET CETERA. GOOD. AND THEN THAT THEN TRIGGERS THE NEW TENANTS FIELD. THEN WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS RIGHT NOW IS THAT BASICALLY WHEN AN OWNER CHANGES, WE HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING THAT BRINGS A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF WORK AND OVERSIGHT. AND QUESTION MARKS THAT WE HAVE FOR COUNSELING. WELL, I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION WAS, IS WE WANTED TO DO IT BEFORE IT ACTUALLY WENT UP FOR SALE SO THAT THE BUYER KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. AND, AND THE, THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THAT AND TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN WHAT THEY SAID. THERE WAS NO MANAGEABLE WAY TO DO THAT. HOS CAN DO IT CAUSE THEY HAVE RESALE CERTIFICATES THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. RIGHT? WE, WE CAN'T DO THAT. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT WAS SAID. WE COULDN'T DO JUST THE RENTERS. WE COULDN'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE RENTERS VERSUS THE HOMEOWNERS. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, IT HAD TO BE CITY OF SUGARLAND, CITY OF RICHMOND. IT IS JUST FOR, UH, UH, RENTAL PROPERTY RENTERS. SO IT'S BEING DONE ALL AROUND US. UH, I THINK NICK, YOU HAD A COUPLE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT THEY WILL, WE'LL RUN THIS THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY TOO. OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE THAT GOES AHEAD AND ONLY DOES THIS FOR RENTALS AND REMOVES. THE, THE OWNERS WILL RUN THIS BY CITY ATTORNEY, MAKE SURE IT PASSES MUSTER. BUT THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE AT THE STAFF [02:35:01] LEVEL. I'LL MEAN FROM TIME TO TIME, WE FIND THESE THINGS AND WE WANT TO BRING THEM TO YOU JUST TO SEE IF IT STILL MAKES SENSE FOR COMMUNITY. UM, WELL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE FIXING THE DRIVEWAYS IF WE DON'T HAVE AN OCCUPANCY INSPECTION ON RENTAL ON THE, ON THEM. BUT, BUT WE'VE SAID THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TAG 80 YEAR OLD WIDOW. WE WANT TO GET THAT DRIVEWAY FIXED ON THE SALE OF THE HOUSE, BUT WE COULD ENFORCE IT IMMEDIATELY IF WE WANT ME TOO. I MEAN, WE COULD. YEAH, BUT THAT WAS NOT PALATABLE TO COUNCIL AT THE TIME. YUP. PELL PULLED TO THIS MAYOR AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, DON'T LOOK AT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS DOING IS PUTTING A NOTE, PUTTING THESE FOLKS ON, NOTICE THAT WE'RE DOING IT A FEW AT A TIME, BUT IF WE PUT THEM ON NOTICE, THEN WE CAN AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AND WE'RE GOING TO CATCH SOME OF THEM WE'LL CATCH THEM ALL. I'LL BE NOT, BUT WE'LL CATCH IT. WE'LL CATCH ENOUGH OF THEM. AND AS SOON AS SHE'S DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND SEATS A FOR SALE SIGN GOING UP, SHE CAN STOP RUNNER THEATER AND SAYING, AH, THIS ADDRESS NEEDS DRIVEWAY. AND NOW YOU CAN GET IN THERE BEFORE THEY SLOW. THERE'S THREE PROPERTIES FOR SALE RIGHT NOW WITH NO SIGN IN THE YARD. AND THAT'S YEAH. THAT'S WHY I SAID, ARE WE GOING TO CATCH YOUR MOM? NOPE. OKAY. AND TWO OF THOSE NEED A NEW DRIVEWAY BADLY, SORRY. UM, DAVID GARCIA, ONE, TWO ZERO, TWO, TWO DARREN'S LANE. UM, SO I JUST MOVED IN IN JULY AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN ORDINANCE OR NOT, BUT WHEN I, I HAD TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND I DID GET MINE. UM, AS YOU SAID, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HARD TO ENFORCE IT, UH, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING THE HOUSE BEFOREHAND. UM, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF I WOULD HAVE MOVED IN, GOT MY CERTIFICATE OR TRIED TO APPLY FOR THAT, AND THEY CAME AND SAW A MESSED UP DRIVEWAY, UH, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? WELL, THAT'S THE ISSUE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS FOR A WHILE. THE NEW OWNER GOT THE NOTICE THAT THEY HAD TO COME FIX THEIR DRIVEWAY AT A MAJOR EXPENSE WHEN THEY'D JUST PUT ALL THEIR MONEY INTO THEIR DOWN PAYMENT AND WE WERE TRYING TO CATCH IT SO THAT THE SELLER AT LEAST HAD TO NOTIFY THE BUYER, HEY, THE CITY'S GOING TO COME IN AND WANT A NEW DRIVEWAY. SO THAT COULD BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATING ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY. UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMETHING WHERE THE SELLER DOES, YOU KNOW, IF THEY STIPULATE, HEY, I TOLD THE BUYER, THEN YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BUYER. IF THAT STIPULATION IS NOT THERE, IF THAT PAPERWORK OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT IT. MAYBE GO ABOUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THERE DEFINITELY CAN BE SOME WORK, I GUESS I CAN START THERE BY TRYING TO PUT IT ON THE SELLER BECAUSE YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY BAD SITUATION FOR ME, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DRIVEWAY, BUT, BUT, BUT, UH, YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, DAVID. SO WE'RE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF DROPPING THE CEO, BUT THAT'S JUST ME. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT FOR ALL THE HOUSES. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE IT FOR THE COMMERCIAL AS WELL. UM, UNLESS FIRE MARSHALL IS TAKING CARE OF THAT. SO LIKE IN THE COUNTY, IF A BUSINESS CHANGES OWNERSHIP, LET'S SAY IT GOES FROM A CHINESE RESTAURANT TO A MEXICAN RESTAURANT. FIRE MARSHALL ACTUALLY GOES IN THERE AND HAS TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE PRIOR TO THE NEW BUSINESS OPENING AND THAT'S SAME THING HERE. OKAY. SO IF WE'RE DOING IT THROUGH THE FIRE MARSHALL, THEN I'VE GOT LESS CONCERNED. YEAH. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. NOW THE FI IN OUR, WE HAD FIRE MARSHALL AND INVOLVED IN EIGHT DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS THIS MONTH. OKAY. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ENGAGED IN THOSE ALL THE TIME. UM, AND WE'VE HAD SOME HEARTBURN, AS YOU COUNSEL KNOW, COMING BACK FROM SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL PEOPLE, UH, WHO WERE WORKING SLOWLY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PROCESS. I REALLY DON'T HAVE A COMMENT. I HAVE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I BOUGHT A HOUSE, MY CONCERN IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WOULD EXPRESS OUT OF BOUGHT A HOUSE. AND THEN I COME IN AND YOU TAG ME. AND IF HE'S GOT A LONG DRIVEWAY, THAT'S $10,000, NINE 16. IT GOES BEHIND MY HOUSE. WELL, NO, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY CURRENT THAT'S JUST FOR MANSIONS. MY CURRENT HOME IS 2000 SQUARE FEET. THANK YOU. BUT NO, BUT IT DOES. WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW OF BOB GRAFF STONE DOES THE SAME THING. IF HE HAD TO REPLACE THAT WHOLE THING, IT'S PROBABLY 15, $18,000. SO WE DON'T WANT THAT HAMLET. I STILL, HAVEN'T GOT A GREAT [02:40:01] WAY TO DO THAT. RICK, I THINK CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH IT, UM, IS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. AND WE'RE PUTTING THEM, WE SEND THEM A NOTICE AND THEN IT GOES IN THEIR FILE. AND SO IF WE CAN AND WE'LL LET THEM KNOW. SO IT COMES BACK DOWN TO THIS. DO WE WANT TO, WELL MODIFY THIS TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE, A METALS PLANT IT'S ALREADY BEEN INSPECTED. WHY DON'T, Y'ALL DISCUSS WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL. AND IF YOU'LL LEAN INTO YOUR SPEAKERS, PEOPLE BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU HERTZ GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE. JOHN WAS ASKING, IS THERE A WAY TO NOTE TO GET A NOTICE FROM HJR IF A HOME IS SOLD AND YES THERE IS, BUT THAT DOES NOT COVER THAT. THAT'S ONLY IF IT'S ON THE MLS ONLY IF IT'S LISTED. RIGHT. AND I DO OFF-MARKET DEALS ALL THE TIME. UH, MY, MY THOUGHTS AND I WAS IN FAVOR OF DOING THE CBO, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL I'M I'M AGAINST IT NOW. UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT THROWS OFF EVERY OTHER REALTOR I WORK WITH AND IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD WHEN A BUYER COMES IN AND THEY GET THAT PAPERWORK AND REALIZE, OH MY GOSH, I GOT TO DO SOMETHING. WHETHER IT'S BIG, SMALL, WHATEVER, BUT IT'S A WELCOME TO MEADOWS PLACE. YOU JUST PAID YOUR WATER, SET UP BILL AND, AND INSPECTORS COME IN THROUGH YOUR HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH YOU JUST PAID AN INSPECTOR, MOST LIKELY TO INSPECT YOU. AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT HEARTBURN. WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS MORE, I WOULD WANT TO ADD AN ADDENDUM TO THE WELCOME PACKET THAT WOULD SAY, HERE'S WHY SMOKE DETECTORS ARE IMPORTANT. HERE'S WHERE YOU SHOULD PUT THEM IN YOUR HOUSE SO THAT THEY STOP STUFFING. PUT THAT INTO A EMAIL FORM. OKAY. AND S AND SEND IT TO COURTNEY. UM, LILIANA RIGHT NOW IS REDOING OUR WELCOME PACKET. OH, IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT NO, YOU CAN'T SEE IT YET, BUT IT'LL BE DONE IN ABOUT A WEEK. AND WE'LL JUST ADD THAT TO IT. AND IN ADDITION, A VACUUM BREAK DEVICES, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL. ROD WOULD AGREE IF HE WAS HERE. IF WE COULD ADD THOSE TWO PIECES OF PAPER, THE VACUUM BRAKE DEVICE IS SUPER HELPFUL WHEN I EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE WHY WE NEED NO, AND THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE RE WE'RE ADDRESSING OUR WELCOME PACKET TO WHERE, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY GET THEIR WELCOME PACKET, IT'S FULL OF USEFUL INFORMATION ALONG THOSE LINES, HOW TO SIGN UP FOR UTILITY PAYMENTS, HOW TO SIGN UP PRIOR ON WATER CODE RED, ET CETERA. UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL INCLUDE THOSE IN, SEND IT, SEND THAT. THANKS. THE RESIDENTIAL CFO, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A NECESSARY THING TO PUT IN THERE. OKAY. SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO GET RID OF THE CMO. UH, DAVID GARCIA, ONE, TWO ZERO, TWO, TWO DORRANCE LANE. OKAY. UM, SO I GUESS IF, IF THIS WAS AMENDED, WOULD THIS APPLY ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A COMMERCIAL? MARSHALL'S GOING TO BE HANDLED THROUGH THE FIRE MARSHALL, LIKE, LIKE WE DISCUSSED HERE. OKAY. OKAY. SO KURT, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BIT REDUNDANT WHEN I DID. I GOT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MOVED IN, GOT MY INSPECTION THEN HAD TO GET ANOTHER CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. UH, THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY DISCREPANCY. SO I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT I GOT BOTH, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF SOMEBODY SHOWS THAT THEY GOT THEIR INSPECTION WITH THEIR HOUSE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO GET THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE AN IDEA. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. MY, MY PRIMARY CONCERN ARE THE DRIVEWAYS. YEP. HURT. DO YOU FEEL WITH THE ACTIONS WE'VE SEEN BY HOMEOWNERS? CAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF NEW DRIVEWAYS GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MAYBE WE'VE TURNED THE CORNER. WE DON'T HAVE TO FORCE IT QUITE SO MUCH ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A RESALE PART OF THE VALUE. ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT I HAVE RECOMMENDED, HEY, YOUR DRIVEWAY IS HORRIBLE. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP TO IT AND NOT GOING TO WANT TO BUY THE HOUSE. I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING IT. YOU, YOU MIGHT GET DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BACK. AND IF ANYTHING, IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE CITY, IMPROVE THE LOOK. AND SO FAR, MOST SELLERS HAVE BEEN AGREEABLE TO IT. UH, AT LEAST RAISING IT, YOU KNOW, DOING LEVELING, DOING SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE DRIVEWAY, UH, SOME GET REPLACED, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL FOR THE BUYERS THEY COME IN AND THEY HAVE A DRIVEWAY. THAT'S GOING TO LAST 75 YEARS. HOPEFULLY NOT WITH OUR SOIL. WELL, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE REBAR ON THE NEW DRAGS. YEAH. THEY'RE PUTTING REBAR IN THESE KURT. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THIS. PUT A LITTLE NOTE IN THERE ABOUT, UH, CAUSE THIS IS GOING TO GO LILIANA AND WE'LL PUT SOMETHING ON THE, UH, AND I'LL GET WITH YOU ON IT ABOUT, UH, UM, REPAIRS AND UH, ON OUR [02:45:01] DRIVEWAYS. AND WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR UTILITY BILL. OKAY. THE LITTLE NOTICE ON THE UTILITY BILL, A GREAT WAY TO ENHANCE THE PROPERTY VALUE OF YOUR HOUSE IS TO REPAIR YOUR DRIVEWAY. YEP. OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT. NO COMMENT. OKAY. SO WHERE ARE WE HERE? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION TO MY, UH, I'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE THE MOTION, UM, WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR RESIDENTIAL NEW SALES OR RESALES, IF YOU WILL KEEP IT FOR, UM, TENANT OR, UH, INVESTMENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES. UM, AND, AND, OR AIRBNB. NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADD THAT. I'VE READ TOO MANY THINGS ON THAT RECENTLY. NOPE. CORRECT. AND IT MIGHT BE RESALE MIGHT BE THE CORRECT TERM FOR LEGALLY. WHAT I KNOW GRADY WOULD WANT TO LOOK THROUGH THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. OKAY. DOESN'T DIDN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT I NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION. SO FROM THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, IF YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER AND IT CHANGES OWNERSHIP, THE TENANTS ALL STAY THE SAME, THE RESTAURANTS ALL THE SAME. YOU JUST HAVE A NEW OWNER. IF THAT OCCURS, THEN THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN, YOU'D NEED A NEW CEO INSPECTION. IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO? YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE MOTION THERE? RICK, ARE YOU ALLOWED TO DO WELL, BUT YOU'VE GOT EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT DIDN'T CHANGE. NOTHING CHANGED OTHER THAN THEIR OWN, BUT ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE THE SAME. SO IF, IF STERLING MCCALL SOLD OUT TO HEALTH, THAT WE GET AN INSPECTION, I WAS THINKING MORE OF THE STRIP CENTER. SO IF IT'S A SINGLE USE BUILDING OR SINGLE TENANT BUILDINGS, I'D BE FINE WITH THAT. IT'S ONE OF OUR TWO STRIP CENTERS, STRIP CENTERS, THREE STRIP CENTERS, NOT THE ONE ON THE OTHER END. UM, AND NONE OF THE TENANTS CHANGE. THAT MEANS THEY'RE NOT REALLY DOING ANY INTERIOR BUILD OUT. WHAT DO WE LOOK? WHAT WOULD WE LOOK AT? AND WE'VE GOT IN THE PURPOSE IS HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE RESIDENTS, TEMPS IN THE BUSINESS AND PROP POPPING UP PROPERTY, GUYS, FIRE MARSHALS INSPECTED. YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THE FIRE MARSHALS, DO A YEARLY INSPECTION ANYWAY. YES. OKAY. WELL THAT SEEMS PRETTY COVERED RIGHT THERE. WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IF WE AGREE, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO JUST STRIKE OWNER BOTH ON THE COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, EVERY TIME AN OWNER CHANGES, THEN THAT'S A REAL EASY FIX. WE JUST STRIKE THE WORD OWNER FROM THAT SECTION AND D SO REALLY ALL WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS TENANT CHANGES, WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL. WELL, THEN THAT BECOMES A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. YEAH. YEAH. SO, AND I GUESS THAT WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. RIGHT. THIS, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. WE GOT TO DRAFT UP THE ORDINANCE. YEAH. OKAY. SO I HAVE THREE BUYERS MOVE TWO BUYERS MOVING IN BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING. YOU BETTER HURRY. THEY STILL HAVE TO GET THERE. OKAY. OKAY. I INSTRUCTED THEM TO ALREADY DO THAT. SO THAT'S OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO BRING IT BACK ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS. SO Y'ALL ARE ON THE ROAD, UH, A DISCUSSION AND RESCHEDULE A REGULAR MEETING TO DECEMBER 15TH FROM THE 22ND MOTION BY JOHN SECOND BY TIAA. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED CONSENT AGENDA. MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK KELLY. GOT IT. SECOND BY KELLY. GOT IT. KELLY. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ITEM NUMBER G AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS. NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD, YES. OKAY. CHARLES, YOU WISH TO GET UP AND ADDRESS FREEDOM. BE HAPPY TO KNOW. I SAW BRAVEHEART THE OTHER DAY. PERFECT. [02:50:02] SO I'M CHARLIE TIG. ONE, ONE SIX, ONE, ONE LAWRENCE, UH, TODAY, UH, YOU GUYS, UH, PROMISED TO PROTECT THE US CONSTITUTION. SO IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT FREEDOM. UM, SO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, UH, OR I START THIS, UH, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID FIND 15,406, UH, IRREGULARITIES IN THE TEXAS, UH, EARLY VOTING. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS MORE DETAIL, JUST LET ME KNOW AFTERWARDS. AND I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I HAVE ALL THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE I'M QUOTING A JUDGE, THE FEDERAL JUDGE, HE SAID, UH, THERE'S THERE. UM, THE CONSTITUTION CANNOT ACCEPT THE CONCEPT OF A NEW NORMAL WHERE, UH, THE BASIC LIBERTIES OF THE PEOPLE CAN BE SUBORDINATE TO OPEN-ENDED EMERGENCY MITIGATIONS. SO HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO, UH, PUT IT IN PRACTICAL TERMS FOR US. UH, THE PEOPLE OF MEADOWS PLACE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OUR CITY ISSUING RECOMMENDATIONS. WELL, WE USE THE ADVICE THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT FORCE COMPLIANCE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IS AGAINST THE LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION WEARING FACE COVERINGS, TEMPERATURE, TAKING VIRAL TESTING, VACCINATIONS, SEPARATIONS OF PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, FORBIDDING PEOPLE TO COME IN WITH WITHIN SIX FEET OF ONE, ANOTHER ENDING PEACEFUL GATHERINGS, FORCED BUSINESS CLOSINGS. HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF FORCED COMPLIANCE, MEADOWS, POLICE, MEADOWS, PLACE, POLICE DEMAND TO CITIZEN TO LEAVE THE SWIMMING POOL FOR NOT WEARING A FACE COVERING OR TEMPERATURE REFUSAL, OR IF USING A VIRAL TEST OR FOR NOT ACCEPTING OR APPROVING VACCINATIONS THAT IS PLACED POLICE DEMANDS CITIZENS TO LEAVE BUSINESS FOR NOT WEARING A FACE COVERING OR TEMPERATURE REFERS TO AS FUSIL REFUSING VIRAL TEST OR FOR NOT ACCEPTING OR APPROVING VACCINATIONS AND LIKEWISE MEADOWS PLACE POLICE ARREST, OR THREATENS OR CLUBS OR TASERS ASSIST CITIZEN FOR NOT WEARING FACE COVERING OR TEMPERATURE REFUSE OR VIRAL TESTING AND SO FORTH. ONE MINUTE, THANK YOU. UH, METIS PLACE POLICE INVADES THE CITIZENS HOME FOR NOT WEARING FACE COVERING OR TEMPERATURE REFUSAL OR FOR TESTING, OR TO BREAK UP, UH, HAVING MORE THAN SIX PEOPLE INSIDE FOR THANKSGIVING OR MEADOW DISPLAYS. POLICE USES TEAR GAS, SHOUTS, THREATS, CLUBS, RUBBER BULLETS, TASERS TO END PEACEFUL GATHERINGS, UH, EXCEEDING SOME SORT OF LIMIT KNOW, NOT, NOT TO MENTION, NOT TALKING ABOUT FIRE CODES, EXAMPLES OR CHURCHES, SMALL BUSINESS GATHERINGS, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, BIBLE STUDIES, SMALL HOUSE PARTIES. A NOTE I'M NOT REFERRING TO CROWD THAT VANDALIZES OR ASSAULTS PEOPLE I'M ALMOST DONE, UH, PEOPLE OR THAT ARE STANDING IN AN INTERSECTION. UH, THAT'S IT FOR, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO SUM UP FOR A PRACTICAL WAY OF FREEDOM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHY DID YOU CARE? PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO ALRIGHT WITH THAT. ANY OTHER AUDIENCE COMMENTS THEN LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT'S NEXT? OH, ITEM H KELLY AND SOMEBODY RICK. OH, KELLY AND T ALL IN FAVOR. WE ARE ADJOURNED AND IT IS NINE 24 AND M YES, IT IS AN ANIMAL, A LONG MEETING. * 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.