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MEMBERS TO SIT DOWN.[City Council Meeting]
TO ORDER, UH, BEFORE DEAL.I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR WAR, WALKING WOUNDED, UH, KURT, NICK, AND TELL YA, UH, OF THE LE LAST TWO, WHOEVER RECEIVED THEIR COVID SHOT TODAY, BOTH THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING TIRED.
SO IF THEY FALL ASLEEP, WE'LL WAKE THEM UP.
IF ANYTHING IMPORTANT COMES UP, UH, AND FOR CURTIS GETTING OVER ABOUT A VERTIGO.
SO IF HE FALLS OVER, DON'T WORRY.
ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL CAL DISORDER OF THE MEADOWS PLACE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 27TH, 2021 AT 6:30 PM TO ORDER ITEM MAY IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR INVOCATION.
UH, JIM, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE HERE TO LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION.
AND, UH, STEVE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY STAND UP, STAY, REMAIN STANDING PLEASE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING BUSINESS.
AND THANK YOU, FORMER COUNSEL, STEVE.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO LET THE CHIEF TAKE THIS OVER AND APPARENTLY WE'RE HAVING A CON FAB.
I'M GOING TO GO DOWN THERE TOO.
FIRST STEP IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE GIVING THE REPORT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS USUAL, WE START OUT OUR REPORT WITH NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR MONTH, A LITTLE BIT OF ANOMALY.
WE HAD 14, A NUMBER OF REST WERE 14.
NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS 1,524 57 WERE A NUMBER OF REPORTS.
CITATIONS ISSUED 348 WITH CHARGES, UH, IN THAT ST.
MARRIOTT WOULD, UH, CITATIONS FOR COV.
OKAY, SO THE TRAFFIC CITATIONS IS ONE LINE DOWN SIX 45, JUST TRANSPOSE THEIR, UH, CITY ORDERS,
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VIOLATIONS AND TRAFFIC WARNINGS AT 86, WHICH CHARGES OF 227.TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT IS 24 AND 81 ASSAULTS WERE UP.
WE HAD BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE WAS ONE BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, THREE BURGLAR RESIDENTS.
UH, ONE, THIS DOES CHECKS 197 CITY ORDINANCE OF 11 CLOSE PATROL OF 87 ONE, A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE FRAUD HOUSE WATCHES OF 88 ALERT SECURITY, 76 PROPERTY CHECKS A 390.
I'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT SCHOOL CHECKS OF 50 TENNIS COURT, 62 OR TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS 950.
WE HAD 10 THOUSANDTHS, UH, ZERO UN VISA THIS MONTH.
UH, TLC PROGRAM WAS 39 PASS AND SIX FAIL AND A TOTAL CONTACT OF 45 GOING INTO OUR REPORT EVERY MONTH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITY AND COMMENTS ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE ONE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, YOU CAN READ ON THE ASSAULTS AND SO FORTH.
I WANT US TO FLIP TO PAGE FOUR, IF YOU WOULD, ON A SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT OCCURRED IN WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I COVERED THIS ONE ON THE ROBBERY.
THIS WAS A ROBBERY HOME INVASION THAT OCCURRED IN 11 700 BLOCK OF BROOK MEADOWS.
UH, WE DO HAVE THREE SUSPECTS, ONE HISPANIC MALE, AND TWO BLACK MALES THAT ENTERED THE RESIDENCE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
TWO OF THEM, THE SUSPECTS WERE ARMED WITH FIREARMS, ONE SEMIOTIC AND ONE REVOLVER.
A, UH, THE UNKNOWN SUSPECT WAS ON THE PHONE IN PERSON DURING THE EVENT, ALL THREE SUSPECTS SPOKE SPANISH.
ONE VICTIM WAS LOOSELY BOUND BY, UH, ARMS AND FEET.
ONLY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN.
UH, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND IT'S GOING TO BE RELATED TO NARCOTICS.
AND AT THAT, UH, I JUST, UH, CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER ON THE DETAIL.
AND NOW IF WE'LL FLIP TO PAGE SEVEN WITH THE ARRESTS, I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF THESE AND HIGHLIGHT THEM, UH, BURGLARY OF A BUILDING.
AND WE DO MAKE A ARREST THAT WAS AT SUGAR GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST, UH, A YOUNG MAN FROM OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OR GLEN DECIDED TO COME OVER AND BREAK IN.
AND, UH, HE SET OFF THE ALARM.
WE ARRIVED LOCATED HIM AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE JAIL.
UH, THIS GUY, UM, THE DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, SECOND OFFENSE, UM, UH, WAS ALSO IN THERE AS WELL.
WE DID HAVE AN ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE, AS YOU COULD SEE FOR A NINE ONE ONE CALL, UH, THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE EIGHT, WE'LL START WITH THE UNDERWRITERS USER VEHICLE.
IF YOU'LL SEE THAT'S A STOLEN VEHICLE, IT'S OFF HER FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.
THIS WANTS A FLAW KIT ON THERE.
I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES AT THE BACK.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE FLOCK, WHAT WE SEE WHEN THAT FLOCK CAMERA, UH, IT ALERTS US.
UH, ALSO THE, THE NEXT ONE DOWN FROM THAT IS AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
UH, YOU CW, WHICH IS UNAUTHORIZED CARRIED A WEAPON BY A FELON TIMES TWO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OF A PUBLIC SERVANT, TWO OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS TIMES TO ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THIS, UH, WHAT BY STRANGULATION, UH, THIS WAS OUR STANDOFF WOULD AN ARMED SUSPECT.
UH, DID IT GO, WERE MADE AWARE OF, UM, THE VICTIM WAS VIOLENTLY BEATEN.
UH, WE DID GET HER THE MEDICAL CARE THAT SHE NEEDED OVER THE COURSE, BUT THE HUSBAND HAD ABUSED HER FOR OVER FOUR TO SIX HOURS BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT.
UH, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MY OFFICERS WHO USED GREAT RESTRAINT DURING THIS.
UM, THEY HAD EVERY LEGAL JUSTIFICATION TO USE LETHAL FORCE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, OFFICER MAN AND HIS PARTNER HAD JUST LEFT, BUT WAS ABLE TO TALK THIS SUSPECT DOWN TO RELINQUISH HIS FIREARM SUBSEQUENT TO THIS THOUGH, I DO WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE DID FIND SEVERAL FIREARMS IN THE HOUSE AND HE WAS READY TO, UM, ENGAGE US.
AND SO AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS QUITE WELL.
UM, SO SUSPECT LATER FOUND TO BE INTOXICATED BY GAMMA HYDROCODONE O GHB AND PSILOCYBIN, WHICH IS A MUSHROOMS MATRIX, HALLUCINATE.
UH, HE HAD FOUR CHARGES ON HIM.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE LARGE AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE HOUSE AND HIS EXTREME, I THINK, SENT SOME PICTURES FOR YOU.
THE, UM, WE ALSO SEIZED ADDITIONAL FIVE FIREARMS AND WE WORKED WITH THE FORT BEND
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COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE AND SERVED A JOINT CONSENT TO SEARCH, UH, THAT WE RECOVERED THAT ON AND FURTHER CHARGES ARE BEING FILED.HE'S CURRENTLY IN FORT BEND COUNTY JAIL.
WE'LL SKIP PAST THE WARRANTS THAT ARE IN THE NEXT COUPLE.
AND IF YOU'LL GO TO PAGE NINE, UM, WHERE YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER CHARGE ON THE UCW ON AUTHORIZED CARRYING OR AN AUTHORIZED USE OF CRIMINAL INSTRUMENT, TIMES THREE.
AND THAT'S ALSO WITH THE GUN ENGAGING, ORGANIZED CON TIMES THREE.
THIS IS, UH, WE STOPPED SOMEONE.
WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THREE STOLEN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, UH, WHILE WE'VE HAD THOSE STEPS HERE THAT THEY'D BEEN PLAGUING THE WHOLE AREA.
NOW THEY JUST ASK HOUSTON AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THE, UH, SUSPECTS AS WAS WANTED IN THREE LAND CASES.
SO HE JUST PASSED THROUGH THE WRONG CITY.
UH, THE LAST, UH, THREE THAT I WANT TO COVER ONE IS WE DID AN OTHER AGENCY ASSIST ON A CAPITAL MURDER WARRANT, UH, MEMBERS OF THE GULF COAST, UH, UH, VIOLENT OFFENDERS TASK FORCE NOTIFIED US OF A SUSPECT THAT WAS, UH, ACTIVE CAPITAL WARRANT FOR WHO IS LOCATED AT A RESIDENCE IN THE 12 300 BLOCK OF DORRANCE.
THEY ASKED US TO MAKE LOCATION AND STAGING NEARBY SO WE COULD PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE COVER.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE SUSPECT WENT MOBILE AND WE HAD TO TAKE HIM DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST AIRPORT AND KIRKWOOD.
UH, WE DID THAT WITH ABOUT 11 UNMARKED UNITS AND BROUGHT IN OUR PARK UNITS AFTERWARDS.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, WE DID THAT SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO SHOTS FIRED.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY THE TASK FORCE TO HPD HOMICIDE, WHERE THE HOMICIDE WAS COMMITTED AND THEY WERE GOING TO DO THEIR INTERVIEW IN A VERY INTERROGATION.
UH, THE NEXT PAGE ALSO YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER UNV THAT WAS A FLAW KIT.
UM, THESE ARE THE STOLEN CARS THAT ARE COMING UP ON OUR SYSTEM AND WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE THEM COMING THROUGH, UH, AND TAKE THEM DOWN AGAIN.
WE WERE TAKING THEM DOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT AND, UH, THE LAST ONE AS WELL.
SO THE GUYS ARE THESE CAMERAS AND THERE WAS ONLY FOUR, UH, HAVE BEEN HELPING US OUT TREMENDOUSLY, TREMENDOUSLY.
AND BEFORE I GO INTO MY ADDITIONAL NOTES, IF YOU'LL FLIP BACK TO PAGE 12, EXCUSE ME, PAGE 13, YOU'LL SEE WHAT A FLOOD KIT LOOKS LIKE TO US.
IT TELLS US THE SOURCE, WHICH IS NCI, WHICH IS NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER.
UH, THAT'LL GIVE YOU THE MODEL OF THE VEHICLE TYPE AND COLOR.
AND IF LIKE IN THIS CASE, WESTBOUND ON AIRPORT, IT'S UP TO US TO LOCATE THAT VEHICLE.
AND, BUT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, SO WE HAVE THE LICENSE PLATE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S UP TO US TO MAKE THAT STOP.
UH, THEY MAY MAKE A LEFT TURN OR RIGHT TURN SOMEWHERE ELSE ALONG THE WAY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TYPES OF CALLS WE HAVE.
UH, SO THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE IN THAT IS A STOLEN VEHICLE.
DAYTIME, YOU'LL SEE A STOLEN VEHICLE, NIGHTTIME PROTECTION ORDERS THAT LETS US KNOW IF THERE'S PROTECTION ORDERS, GANG, OR SUSPECTED TO TERRORIST, AS YOU CAN SEE AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PAGES AND SEX OFFENDERS.
SO WE GET THAT NOTIFICATION AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH.
IT DOES NOT PROVIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS MOST PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PICTURE OF THE PERSON DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT'S UP TO US TO INVESTIGATE AT THAT POINT.
ENLIGHTEN ME ON WHAT THE DEFINITION OF A PROTECTION ORDER IS.
IT WOULD BE SOMEONE, SO IT WAS FAMILY VIOLENCE WOULD BE A PROTECTION ORDER OF SOMEBODY WHO HAD RECEIVED ONE LIKE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM.
A WIFE GETS A PROTECTION ORDER TO PROTECT HER FROM THE HUSBAND, ESPECIALLY WELL, TORT CASES ARE GOING FORWARD WITH, OR WITHOUT SOMETIMES WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN RIGHT CONVICTED OR NOT.
SO HE'S, THAT'S HIS CAR SAYS, CORRECT.
AND NOW IF YOU GO BACK TO WHERE MY ADDITIONAL NOTES WERE STARTED ON PAGE 11, THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS KEEP THOSE IN THERE AND THAT'S OUR COVID PROTOCOLS THAT WE ARE, UH, CONTINUALLY WORKING ON AND MAINTAINING.
UH, THE NEXT THING IS THAT WE DO HAVE MANY OF OUR OFFICERS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE VACCINE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE OUT AT THIS TIME, THE CAR CLUB MEETING THAT WAS 68 SEAFOOD, WE'RE NOW SIX WEEKS CLEAR.
AND SO WE ARE STILL IN CONTACT, BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT'S A DONE DEAL.
AGAIN, I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE FLOCK LPRS, BUT JUST KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR 30 DAYS.
I MEAN, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, WE'VE HAD 30 INVESTIGATIONS AND ARRESTS JUST IN THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
SO IT'S BEEN A VALUABLE TOOL FOR US.
UH, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE 12TH OR 16 PAGES LIVE
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SCAN.THE GRANT IS IN PROGRESS, AS WE SAID, BUT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED, THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED.
WE'RE WAITING FOR INSTALLATION AND TRAINING AND WE'LL GO LIVE WITH IT.
AND THAT'S THE SAME SYSTEM THAT I'VE BEEN LETTING Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT EACH MONTH THAT WE PRETTY MUCH HAD TO WAIT UNTIL WE'VE RECEIVED IT.
OUR TWO NEW OFFICERS, UH, ONE WHO WAS HERE EARLIER TONIGHT, UH, DAVE ADVANCED TO THE, UH, PHASE FOUR OF OUR FIVE PHASE PROGRAM.
UH, SO THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING DONE WITH THAT.
WE STILL HAVE THE TWO FULL-TIME OPEN POSITIONS, BUT WE HAVE SOME CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT.
AND THEN FOR SHOP 36, THAT WAS A TOTALED IN AN, UH, FLEET INCIDENT.
UH, WE DID GET OUR 20, 21 TAHOE IS Y'ALL KNOW, AND AT THIS TIME THE EQUIPMENT IS BEING ORDERED AND IT'S BEEN STRIPED.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ANY ETA ON THE VEHICLES, CHIEF? PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE CHIEF, PLEASE? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU GUYS AMAZE ME EVERY MONTH THAT I GET YOUR REPORT, UH, THE THINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE ABLE TO DO, AND, UH, THE CRIMES THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO STOP OR ASSISTANT, OR IT'S REALLY MIND BLOWING.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANKS FOR KEEPING US SAFE, APPRECIATE THAT.
SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT THEY ENGAGE IN REAL LIFE COP WORK ON THIS KIND OF STUFF.
I PAID WATCH TV FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, TO ANYBODY WATCHING, CAN THEY SEE THIS BACK SCREEN? THEY CAN CAN'T THEY KNOW, WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY IT, NEVERMIND FOR EVERYBODY IN HERE.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AD THAT'S UP ON THERE.
AND THIS IS IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, NEWCOMERS GOT, AND, UM, W THIS IS WHERE ON PAGE FIVE, BY THE WAY, PASS THAT DOWN TO OUR ATTORNEY SO HE CAN SEE WHAT A REAL CITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT, UH, UP ON TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF PAGE FIVE IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE SEQUENCE WAS NOT A MISTAKE IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE SAFETY.
AND WITHOUT ONE, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN HAVE THE OTHER AND LIKE 10.
I'M A VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WHEN I READ THESE REPORTS, UH, AND THE, AND THE REAL LIFE BAD GUYS WERE TAKEN OUT, GETTING OUT OF THIS CITY AND THE WORD WILL EVENTUALLY GET OUT, MAN, DON'T GO THROUGH THERE.
AND I HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, WE CAN GET UP A NEW GENERATION OF, OF BAD GUYS THAT KNOW THAT NOTHING ELSE, CHIEF.
ASK A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, RON HANEY TO STEP UP, UM, GIVE HIS REPORT EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS REPORT IS FOR THE PERIOD, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF 2021.
GUESS I'VE MADE ANOTHER 33 MONTHS.
SO YOU MUST WANT TO KEEP, YEAH, IT'S OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I'LL GIVE YOU A SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE.
I TOUCHED ON THIS ON MY FIRST REPORT AND PHASE ONE WAS RELEASED ON OCTOBER ONE OF 20, 20, EARLY IN THE YEAR THAT TOOK ABOUT HALF THE BUDGET.
I DID NOT RELEASE PHASE TWO UNTIL PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED.
AND WE STARTED WORKING ON PHASE TWO LATE IN MARCH, AND WE ACTUALLY RELEASED IT IN EARLY FIRST WEEK IN APRIL.
THERE'S 19 NEW SECTIONS OF STRAIGHTENED STREET REPAIR, NOT STREET REPAIR SIDEWALK REPAIR THERE'S ON THIS LIST AND THEY'RE FULLY FUNDED ON PAGE THREE OF THE REPORT.
YOU CAN SEE IF I'M WORKING ALREADY ON ANOTHER LIST, THAT'S CURRENTLY UNFUNDED.
AND SINCE I WROTE THIS, I BELIEVE I'VE GOT TWO OR THREE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING I'VE CALLED IN AND THEY'VE HAD HAVE ADDED THEM TO THE LIST.
WELL, NOT TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT CALLING YOU YOU'LL INSPECT IT AND YOU DECIDE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IS THIS THE LIST THAT I'M LOOKING AT? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANTED ON THE RECORD, I WASN'T MAKING THIS UP.
THE ORIGINAL LIST AND THIS, THIS, THIS I, AS YOU'VE MADE THE LIST, BUT I HAVEN'T SPENT THE TIME TO, UH, TO CHECK IT OUT AND GET IT FUNDED.
BUT ONCE I GET TO THAT POINT AND FIND SOME MONEY I CAN DO SO IT'S STILL ACTIVE.
AND, UM, AS THE RESIDENTS CALLED IN, THE COMPLAINTS WILL BE ADDRESSED AND ADDED TO THE LIST, SIDEWALKS OF THE EASY ONE
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STREET REPAIRS AND ROAD FUNDING FEE.FIRST REPORT COVERED THE REPAIR IN FRONT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND WE HAVE SINCE COMPLETED A SECOND ONE AT ONE, ONE NINE, TWO, TWO METRO TRAIL, AND THE, THE EXPENSES, THERE ARE 49,000 FOR THE FIRST AND 49,000 FOR THE SECOND, SINCE THEN I'VE RELEASED THE THIRD ONE.
AND I EXPECT BY THE NEXT REPORT, WE SHOULD BE PROBABLY DOWN TO NUMBER SIX ON THE LIST.
SO I'M ACTIVELY TAKING AN AGGRESSIVE STANCE ON GETTING THAT AND HAVING THAT MONEY EXPENDED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SINCE IT'S AVAILABLE, BILL TOLD ME USW EXPENSES, THE FREE SEEMS IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT REVIEW JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH SHOWS THAT, UH, THE FEBRUARY EXPENSES FOR USW WAS REALLY LOW, BUT THAT'S KIND OF OFFSET BY THE, UH, THE FREEZE REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE BY 24 SEVEN 24 SIX.
WE HAD A FREEZE REPAIRS AT WATER PLANTS, ONE AND TWO, BUT $10,000 WATER PLANT THREE.
THE WELL MOTOR REPAIR WAS 24,000 AND THE MOTOR RENTAL FOR PLANT THREE WAS 17,006.
THESE THREE INVOICES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO A TML FOR INSURANCE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIM.
AND THIS, THIS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP PROCESS.
WE SHOULD GET SOME MONEY BACK ON THOSE.
I THINK MS. COURTNEY CAN HELP US NOT ONE BYE.
I HAVE, UM, I SUBMITTED NINE OF THEM FOR TESTING, ONLY FIVE PASSED AND FOUR NEEDS SOME REPAIRS.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU BY CLO TESTERS ARE REALLY BUSY AND I'VE ONLY RECEIVED A PARTIAL REPORT ON WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO IT, HOW TO FIX THEM AND WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE.
I'LL GIVE YOU CONTINUE WITH THE UPDATE, BUT I'M PUSHING HARD ON THAT ONE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 18 BACKFLOW PREVENTERS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND I'VE ONLY TESTED HALF OF THEM, BUT I'LL BE WORKING ON THE OTHER ONES.
THE REST OF ARE PRETTY MUCH OUT ON DAIRY ASHFORD, IRRIGATION SYSTEM, ANYBODY INTERESTED IN IRRIGATION SYSTEM, NOAH MCGRATH PARK, I HAD TO TRACKED A NEW CONTROL OR HAVE THEM INSTALL A NEW CONTROLLER.
AND, UM, WE WERE CONTINUALLY HAVING ELECTRICAL FAILURES AND IT WAS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS OLD STYLE AND HAD CONTINUOUS VOLTAGE.
VOLTAGE WAS CAUSING CORROSION AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION OR BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION.
WE HAD THE SYSTEM REPAIRED BEFORE I GOT HERE.
AND WHEN I GOT INTO IT DEEPLY IN JANUARY, EVERYTHING WAS BACK BROKEN AGAIN.
SO I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REPAIR THIS? AND THE VENDOR TOLD ME, HE SAYS, WELL, WE'VE MOVED TO A NEWER SYSTEM.
AND SO, BECAUSE I COMPLAINED SO MUCH, I ACTUALLY GOT THE CONTROLLER FOR FREE.
THEY'RE STILL CURRENTLY WORKING ON RUGRATS PARK CONTROLLED OR HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
AND I BELIEVE ABOUT MAYBE ALMOST 50% OF THE, OF THE DECODERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
AND, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK THERE'S THAT GOT, UH, WE HAD, UH, A LEAK OUT THERE ON ONE OF THE MAIN LINES AND FLOODED THE, UM, THE PARK.
SO THEY HAD TO FIX THAT FIRST, THE LEAK CAME FROM SOME SORT OF VEHICLE DRIVING OVER IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAPPENED ON THE WEEKEND OR IT WAS DONE BY OUR OWN STAFF, BUT EITHER WAY IS BEING WORKED ON AND BEING FIXED.
I HAD THE IRRIGATION PUMP SERVICE, THAT SERVICES, UM, THE, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND REGRET PARK, COUPLE OF ISSUES WERE FOUND.
I'M A ONE, WE NEED A CELL PRIMARY PUMP.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN QUOTED, HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT GUY'S REAL BUSY TOO.
AND THE SECOND THING WAS THE DISCHARGED LINE ON THE FILTER IS BEING DISCHARGED UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE.
AND THAT WAS PROBABLY DONE FOR JUST THE AESTHETICS, BUT THE BACKWASH FILTER THAT RUNS ON AN AUTOMATIC CYCLE THAT IS DESIGNED TO VENT TO THE ATMOSPHERE, BY PUTTING IT ONTO THE WATER, WE'RE CREATING A BACK PRESSURE.
AND THE FILTER HAS PROBABLY NEVER BEEN REALLY CLEANED.
I'M PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE IT APART, CLEAN IT UP WHEN I GET THE LINE REDESIGNED OR REMOVED, AND THEN PUT IT BACK INTO PLACE.
SINCE I'VE WRITTEN THIS REPORT, I CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU A BETTER UPDATE ON WHAT IS WORKING.
WE ARE AT A A HUNDRED PERCENT ON KIRKWOOD, A HUNDRED PERCENT ON WEST AIRPORT WITH ONE MINOR EXCEPTION.
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IS UP AND RUNNING.GLEN MEADOWS IS UP AND RUNNING.
ALL THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE BY CENTER POINT HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY THEIR CONTRACTOR.
WE HAD TO FIX A COUPLE OF VALVES THAT'S OVER AT MEADOW, GLEN AND MEDICAL.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY TORN UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WHO DROVE OVER TO SEE IT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A MESS.
I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS WE DID, THE BACKFLOW VENDOR WAS FROZEN AND BROKEN.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE, COUPLE OF HOURS.
AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO WORK ON THAT.
BRIGHTON PARK IS ALSO OPERATIONAL.
WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR WORKING ON MCGRATH PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE DAIRY ASHFORD PROBABLY WORKS IS WORKING ON THAT.
THE EXPENSE WAS JUST TOO LARGE FOR A CONTRACT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
THE ESPANADE WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS STUNNED BY THE REMOVAL OR THE INSTALLATION OF THAT LEFT-HAND TURN LANE.
THERE'S AN IRRIGATION CONTRACTOR WORKING ON FIXING OUR SYSTEM AS WE SPEAK.
NOW, THE OTHER SIX OR SEVEN SYSTEMS, OR ESPLANADES IN THE MIDDLE ARE OPERATIONAL AND HAVE NO LEAKS.
I JUST NEED TO GET THE BACKFLOWS CORRECTED.
THE LAST ESPLANADES HAS A BROKEN BACK FULL.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE LAST ONE.
SO MOM, SOME FUNDING LEFT PAGE SEVEN OF MY REPORT.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THE KIRKWOOD PROJECT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL 65 LOOPS AND EVERYTHING WAS TESTED PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE WITH NO LEAKS, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE FOUND WITH A MAINTENANCE AND THEY ARE INPUTTING NEW PLANTS.
WE'VE MADE THREE NEW CONCRETE CURB REPAIRS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, WITH VEHICLE DAMAGE AND TRUCK DAMAGE.
AND, BUT I AM STARTING TO NOTICE SOME ISSUES WITH THE DRIP IRRIGATION.
THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWS A NICE LITTLE T WITH, UH, THE FLEX TUBING AND THE DRIP IRRIGATION LINE ATTACHED TO IT.
THE SMALL MALE NIPPLE IS WHAT IS THE WEAK PART OF THE SYSTEM.
IF IT HAS ANY PRESSURE ON THAT TEA, IT BREAKS THAT NIPPLE PAGE EIGHT SHOWS A SHORT SECTION, PROBABLY MAYBE SIX OR EIGHT FEET.
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MAIN MANIFOLD AND THERE'S 10 TEES.
AFTER WE DID THE MAINTENANCE AND PUT NEW PLANTS INTO THE ESPANADE THERE, WE HAD 10 LEAKS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE NAPLES WAS BROKEN.
SO WE ARE OUR WORST ENEMY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, ROD, BEFORE YOU GO ON THERE, ARE WE GETTING WITH OUR STAFF TO EXPLAIN CARE AS, AS THEY'RE WORKING IN THOSE AREAS? COLLEEN AND I ARE WORKING PRETTY WELL ON THAT.
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO REALIZE THAT 10 LEAKS IN ONE LITTLE SIX FOOT SECTION IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO WORK ALONE.
WELL, I MEAN, UNTIL WE TRAIN OUR STAFF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY NEED TO WORK AROUND, YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF.
IT'S LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S A VERY FRAGILE, A LITTLE PLASTIC PIECE OF PIPE.
AND A LOT OF OUR GUYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST USED TO WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT USED TO WORKING AROUND THIS STUFF AND SAME WITH THE, UM, VEHICLE DAMAGE IN THE PARK.
IF IT WAS ONE OF OUR STAFF, WE JUST NEED TO LET THEM KNOW WE DID.
AND IT JUST COLLECTIVELY MY STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS PROBABLY WORKS ON PARKS ARE ALSO IN THERE.
AND SO COLLECTIVELY WE JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHERE WE DRIVE OUR TRUCKS.
BECAUSE I MEAN, WE WE'VE GOT THAT SAME ISSUE AT THE COUNTY.
WE'LL HAVE A COUNTY EMPLOYEE JUMP OVER A CURB, PULL UP ON AN, ONTO A MEDIAN AND WE BREAK THE HOA IRRIGATION.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, FIND A PARKING LOT.
SO I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND I'M GOING TO MONITOR JUST HOW MANY LEAKS WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, IF IT'S, IF IT'S COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS, WE MAY WANT TO REPLACE THE DRIP IRRIGATION WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUCKET, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE IRRIGATION BEFORE I MOVE ON MY LAST ITEM THERE, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.
I'VE FOUND SOME STUFF THAT HADN'T BEEN FIXED IN A LONG TIME OUT ON WEST AIRPORT.
IT IS A SOMEONE, INSTEAD OF FIXING A LEAK, JUST PUT A CAP ON THE PIPE AND IT'S HOT ON ONE 91 SIDE OF THIS WHEN IT DRIES A BONE ON THE OTHER.
SO THAT'S JUST DIFFICULT FOR ME TO FIND ONGOING PROCESS.
LAST THING, A UTILITY BUILDING, UTILITY BILLING WE CREATED, I SAY WE LILIANA CREATED A NEW DOOR HANGER.
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I HAVE TO GIVE HER THE CREDIT FOR IT.WE WERE FINDING ISSUES WITH HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS WHEN WE HAVE A WATER LEAK OR WE'VE CHANGED THE METER OR WHATEVER, THEY'LL CALL UP AND SAY, HOW COME NOBODY TOLD US.
SO WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS DOOR HANGER LILIANA DID.
AND WE WILL USE THAT TO NOTIFY AND IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION WE HAVE WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
I HAVE TO GIVE HER THE CREDIT FOR, BECAUSE SHE DID THE WORK.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I BELIEVE I'LL HAVE US DO SOMETHING I'M GOING TO STEP IN RIGHT HERE.
AFTER WE HAD AN ISSUE AT THE FREEZE WITH PEOPLE NOT KNOWING HOW TO TURN OFF THEIR WATER, WHERE TO TURN IT OFF.
WE WERE TELLING PEOPLE TO TURN IT OFF AT THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE.
AND THEY WENT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? TIA BAKER WAS SITTING THERE AND SAID, WHY CAN'T WE DO SOME SORT OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO TO HELP FOLKS OUT? SOME OF THEM KNOW, BUT THERE'S SURPRISINGLY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T.
AND THIS GAVE A ROD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VENT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE MESSING UP HIS VOWS.
UH, SO I LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID, THAT LOOKS GREAT.
WHY DON'T Y'ALL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
AND SO WE HAVE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE FIRE THAT UP AND THE PEOPLE AT HOME SEE THIS ALL Y'ALL, CAN'T SEE THIS AT HOME, MAN.
WE'RE ENJOYING THE HECK OUT OF IT.
WELL, UH, UH, UM, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING.
MA'AM AND I GUESS THE THING I WANT TO SAY IS, UH, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND ROD, YOU WERE ABLE TO TALK US THROUGH THAT.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE CITY'S VOW.
AND NOT, NOT TO TOUCH IT UNLESS I HAVE TO GO UP TO THE HOUSE, TURN WATER OFF.
UM, I GREW UP, YOU WENT DOWN TO THE CITY, THAT VALVE, AND YOU DIDN'T
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HAVE A WRENCH.YOU GOT A BIGGER ONE AS WITNESSED BY THAT VALVE, BUT WE WILL GET THAT OUT.
THAT'S JUST BEEN RELEASED AGAIN, THAT'S A, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY COMING UP WITH GOOD IDEA IN THE CITY FOLLOWING THROUGH.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS GREAT VIDEO AND REALLY, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.
AND SO THANK YOU, ROB, FOR, UH, MAKING IT AND GETTING IT DONE.
UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FOR, YEAH.
UH, THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY ROAD REPAIRS, UH, SPRINKLERS, ET CETERA, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO.
UM, AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DOOR HANGERS.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP IN THE PAST.
HOW DO WE GET THE INFORMATION TO US? THIS IS GOING TO BE SUPER EASY.
WHEN YOU SEE A BRIGHT GREEN THING ON YOUR FRONT DOOR, YOU'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AT IT.
DO I HAVE A QUESTION? UM, SO I LOVE YOUR LIST ABOUT THE REPAIRS FOR THE SIDEWALKS.
IS THAT, UM, MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
CAN THEY SEE THIS LIST ANYWHERE OR NONE AT THIS POINT IN TIME? IT REALLY, IT GOES BETWEEN MYSELF AND A CONTRACTOR.
AND ONCE THIS, ONCE THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED AND APPROVED, HE W HE'LL WORK THROUGH IT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I CAN TELL YOU, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, I'M GOING TO RUN A MONEY, BUY PART OF THE SIDEWALK REPAIR.
WELL, AND, AND JUST BRING IT UP.
CAUSE IT COULD BE USEFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS, EVEN THOUGH, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE UNFUNDED, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD GET FRUSTRATED THAT IT'S NOT GETTING DONE, BUT AT LEAST TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT'S ON THE LIST AND KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE USEFUL TOOL.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT LIST IS NOT PRIORITIZED WHEN IT THROWS IT ON THERE.
AND SO WHEN WE SIT DOWN AND JUST LIKE HE'S SAYING, UM, WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FUNDING.
WE ALREADY KNOW IT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND ONCE HE'S JUST RELEASED, THAT'S IT.
AND SOME OF THOSE WERE ALREADY ON THE LIST, BUT THE HAZARDS WERE FAR GREATER AT SOME OF THE OTHERS.
SO THEY GOT, UH, THEY GOT PUSHED DOWN AND THAT'S POSSIBLY HAPPENING AGAIN.
SO, UH, BUT YEAH, ROD'S GOT THAT LIST.
UM, ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN ASK AND HE'LL CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH THEM.
WELL ROD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THE IRRIGATION.
I W WE HAVE DISCUSSION DAILY, IF NOT TWICE, I THINK I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH IT.
UM, MY GOAL IS TO GET EVERYTHING OPERATIONAL HERE PRETTY QUICK.
WE ARE GETTING THERE AND I, AND I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS THE, THE, UM, SATISFACTION THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS GET A HANDLE ON IT AS WELL AS YOU HAVE AS QUICKLY AS YOU HAVE.
AND I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THAT'S A LOT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN ROD ARE, ARE USW OPERATORS, UH, COLEEN AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE, ALL THE OTHER FOLKS THERE.
AND YOU LEAD THAT CHARGE IN MANY TIMES.
THE NEXT, NEXT ONE IS ONE EVERYBODY'S WANTING, WAITING ON AND THAT'S THE FIRE REPORT.
UM, AS I TRY TO REMEMBER TO SAY EVERY MONTH AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHO WE CONTRACT OUT WITH.
AND, UH, AND TODAY I TALKED TO CHIEF DECA, MELLOW, UH, WHO'S THE FIRE CHIEF OVER THERE.
AND JOHN LOPEZ, THE FIRE MARSHALL WAS IN THE HOUSE.
UH, SO WE'RE IN FAIRLY CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE GUYS AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
UM, I'M GOING TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT THE, UH, THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS UP IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, TALK WITH THE CHIEF DEEK MELLOW THIS MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW FOR HERE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO VISIT WITH HIM ABOUT THE, UH, THE ONGOING CONTRACT AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, SEE HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO REDUCE THAT.
UM, BUT NICK, AND I'LL BE MEETING WITH HIM SAYING WE'LL SET THAT TOMORROW.
THEY GIVE ME THIS NEW FANCY THING AND I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE
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BIT WITH IT, BUT IT'S REALLY PRETTY AT CHART, UH, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, UM, WHICH WERE 67% OF OUR CALLS.WE HAD 18 ON, WE HAD A SERVICE CALL, UH, ONE, WE HAD GOOD INTENT CALL SEVEN, AND THOSE ARE THINGS WHERE PEOPLE CALL THEY'RE WORRIED, THEY'RE CONCERNED OR SOMETHING.
AND THEY CALL IN, UM, CHIEF STEWARD WILL TELL YOU HE LOVES THOSE CALLS CAUSE HE WANTS PEOPLE CALLING HIM AND CHIEF DEACON.
WE'D RATHER HAVE HIM CALL AND HAVE THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN, GO PUTTING IT ON FACEBOOK BEFORE THEY CALL, UH, THEY HAD, DID HAVE ONE FALSE ALARM, BUT, UH, THAT'S THIS 27 CALLS THAT WE HAD, UH, SINCE OUR LAST INCIDENT, UH, OR LAST REPORTING PERIOD.
SO, UH, THAT'S IT, UH, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS ALWAYS WE'RE, UH, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, EMS TAKES, UH, IS A BIG PART OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE EMS AND MEADOWS PLACE, UH, MEADOWS INSPECTIONS BY THE FIRE.
MARSHALL INCLUDED MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, WALGREENS, BOMBAY, BAZAAR, GROCERY, AND ALDI.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT THEY DO AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO WRAP UP THE, UM, FIRE PART AND MOVE ON TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
HE'S GOT A LONG REPORT, SO EVERYBODY GET COMFORTABLE.
THANKS, MERRILL, TRY AND MAKE IT SHORT AT ALL.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL FIND ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE OUR, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR FUNDS, UH, HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, JUST A QUICK, UH, MENTION ON THAT, UH, THAT DOES GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT IS IN THE ACCOUNTS RIGHT NOW IS NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATE BASED ON AVALARA NUMBERS THAT COME IN SALES TAX, THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, ON THE SALES TAX SIDE, I DID WANT TO MENTION TO COUNCIL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO GIVE YOU GUYS MONTHLY REPORTS ON OUR SALES TAX REVENUES AS THEY COME IN.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK LITTLE PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE, UM, IN SALES TAX THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, UM, WE BUDGET SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT, WELL, WE BUDGET $1.3 MILLION IN SALES TAX, BOTH ACROSS THE EDC SIDE AND THE CITY BESIDE, UM, TODAY, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT 58% OF THE YEAR THROUGH, WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED ABOUT $950,000.
SO IF WE COULD DO THAT ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS, WE'RE ABOUT 58% OF THE YEAR DONE.
WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT 73% OF WHAT WE BUDGETED ON ON SALES TAX.
NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE BUDGET YEAR, BUT ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE, UH, THE WAY THINGS ARE PROJECTING, WE ARE GOING TO BE QUITE OVER WHAT WE PROJECTED IN SALES TAX.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US AS WE MOVE INTO BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 22, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE SALES TAX NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TRY AND PROJECT.
UM, AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL TRY AND GIVE YOU A HISTORICAL PICTURE OVER THE LAST, OVER SEVERAL YEARS.
WELL, WE PROJECTED ON SALES TAX AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED IN SALES TAX.
UM, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID, UH, IN THE YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT STAFF HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO, PARTICULARLY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND YET WE STILL BUDGET FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
UM, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS GOT TOGETHER NOT LONG AGO AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DOING, UM, AND EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY, NOT ONLY FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO FOR OUR FAMILIES.
AND, UH, WE PICKED A DATE, UH, MAY 22ND NEXT MONTH.
AND WE LIKE IT TO INVITE YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO THE EVENT.
AND IT'S FOR EMPLOYEES, UH, FAMILIES AND A COUNCIL MEMBER, A GOOD DAY OF FELLOWSHIP.
UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON IT BEING FROM I THINK, 11 TO TWO COURTNEY, UM, AND OUR FOOD WE'RE GONNA HAVE SWIMMING.
UH, IT'LL BE JUST BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE POOL YEARS OF THE LIFEGUARDS, WE'LL GET A GOOD CHANCE TO PRACTICE THEIR SKILLS AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE'RE CALLING IT THE FIRST ANNUAL EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION EMPLOYEE AND FAMILY APPRECIATION DAY.
AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN, UM, UH, I KNOW WE'LL GET SOME INFORMATION OUT VIA EMAIL TO YOU, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, WANTED TO MAKE MENTION, I DON'T THINK I'VE DONE SO YET, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHARTER GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
NOW I HAVE A FEW MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE GROUP.
UH, THEY'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB SO FAR, UH, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 108, I THINK IT'S 182 QUESTIONS ON A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.
UH, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, I THINK 111 OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT ANYTHING THEY'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT, BUT, UH, THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SORT OF HOW MANY DECISIONS THEY'VE HAD TO MAKE SO FAR AND GOING THROUGH IT.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND OUR CITY ATTORNEY GRADY AS WELL AS COURTNEY, UH, FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD GROUP
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AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT TODAY, AND THIS MAY BE THE FIRST EVER, UH, CHARTER THAT'S BEEN CREATED VIA ZOOM, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING, UH, THING, BUT, UM, MEL'S PLACE OUT FRONT AGAIN.IS IT GREAT? THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.
SO, UH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO RUN DOWN A FEW WEEKS AGO IS AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT THE CORNER OF AIRPORT AND KIRKWOOD, UH, FOR A NEW CENTER, THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE THAT STARBUCKS, UH, IN ORDER TO GET POWER TO THAT.
BUILDING A CENTER POINT HAS GONE AHEAD AND FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO GO AHEAD AND INSTALL NEW POLES AND WIRES AND THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, NOW WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT DOES REQUIRE, UM, IN GROUND FACILITIES FOR POWER.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, UH, BASICALLY ALLOW THEM TO GO AHEAD AND USE THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS TO PUT POLES AND WIRES.
UM, ALL THAT, TO SAY THAT WE DID GO AHEAD AND INQUIRE WITH CENTER POINT ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BURY THOSE FACILITIES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROUGHLY 350 LINEAR FEET.
UH, IT TOOK THEM ABOUT A WEEK TO GET WHERE THEIR DESIGN TEAM TO DECIDE HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST AND TO GO ABOUT 350 LINEAR FEET.
THEIR BALLPARK IS ABOUT $650,000.
ALL THAT TO SAY YOU WILL BE SEEING NEW POLES AND WIRES GOING, UM, ON, UH, ON KIRKWOOD, UM, HERE, UH, SHORTLY IN ORDER TO SERVE THAT FACILITY.
UH, WE WANTED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD COST AND WE HAVE THAT, UH, WE HAVE THAT ANSWER.
UH, WE DID COURTNEY AND I GOT TOGETHER THIS MORNING.
UH, WE COMPARED NOTES OVER THE MEETING WE HAD ON SATURDAY.
UM, WE DID GO AHEAD AND GET WITH YOU AT ZOLLARS, UM, TO GET BACK WITH THEM ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
UM, WHEN COUNCIL MET ON SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM, UH, SEE WHEN THEY CAN'T COME BACK AND MEET AGAIN WITH US AND KIND OF KICKSTART RE KICKSTART OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THEM.
UH, INCIDENTALLY, UH, YESTERDAY HE HAD DOLLARS DID GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT AN INVOICE TO THE CITY AND INVOICE IN THE AMOUNT OF A $2,400, UH, FOR THE, UH, MEETING THEY HAD WITH US NOT LONG AGO.
UM, PLEASE EXPECT A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO GO AHEAD AND REALIZE THE REST OF WHAT WE AUTHORIZE LAST YEAR, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THE BALANCE OF WHAT HE WOULD SELLERS IS GOING TO DO FOR US.
DON'T WANT TO CATCH YOU GUYS OFF GUARD WITH THAT.
SO WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR WHERE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, COMPLETES MY REPORT TONIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR A CITY ADMINISTRATOR? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE, UM, WE USED TO HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WHERE WE ALSO BROUGHT IN OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT KIND OF WENT AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO.
ARE WE GOING TO START DOING THINGS FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS AGAIN? OR WHAT, WHAT ARE THE PLANS GOING FORWARD OR DO WE HAVE ANY, THAT'S A SUGGESTION WE DID TWO YEARS AGO.
WE DID A APPRECIATION STRICTLY FOR THE BOARDS AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT DOING AGAIN THIS YEAR, NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING FURTHER AWAY FROM COVID, IT'S NOT OVER, BUT RIGHT.
I JUST, I WAS JUST BRINGING IT BACK UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT DOING THINGS TOGETHER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK UP, UM, AS FAR AS THE POWER FOR THE REST OF THE NINE ACRES THERE, UM, WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO LOOK AT WHEN THAT GOES TO PLAT OR REPLAT THAT WE GET A EASEMENT DOWN THE BACKSIDE RATHER THAN HAVE FUTURE POLLS ON WEST AIRPORT.
AND, OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO PROACTIVELY THAT WOULD MAYBE REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR UNDERGROUND RATHER THAN THE CITY? YES.
I MEAN, THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE TO REQUIRE THAT.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THE IDEA OF IF, IF WE DIDN'T, UH, REQUIRE THE BURYING OF THOSE, THEN CERTAINLY PUTTING AN EASEMENT IN PLACE THAT WOULD QUOTE UNQUOTE HIDE THOSE LINES WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
SO THERE'S ALREADY, UM, AERIAL LINES IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SERVICE THE REST OF THE NINE ACRES ON OUR SIDE.
SO THEY MAY NEED AN ADDITIONAL LINE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE OVERLY CONCERNED WITH ANOTHER POWER LINE ON THAT BACK, UM, APARTMENT FENCE, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT IT ON WEST AIRPORT, RIGHT.
I MEAN, THE DEVELOPER, IF THEY WANT TO, COULD PAY FOR IT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE BEARING OF THE LIONS, THEY'D HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO CREATE, UH, THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE THOSE FACILITIES UNDER UNDERGROUND VAULT AND STUFF.
AND, OR WE DON'T GIVE THEM A PERMIT.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT NICK WILL THE POWER LINES BE GOING ALONG AIRPORT FOR THAT STARBUCKS CENTER OR IS IT GOING TO BE OKAY,
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SO IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THE PLAN SET RIGHT NOW SHOWS THREE NEW POLES GOING IN AGAIN ON KIRKWOOD.KIRKWOOD THREE NEW POLLS GOING IN AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF, OF WHY, I MEAN, YOU CAN, IT IS A SITE-SPECIFIC ESTIMATE.
AND SO A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S IN THE WAY.
UM, AND SO THAT DEPENDS A LOT ON WHAT THE NUMBER THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU, UH, THE NUMBER WAS HIGHER THAN I EXPECTED.
UM, BUT THAT'S BASED ON CENTER POINT LOOKING INTO IT, GETTING BACK WITH US.
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING EXERCISE.
I TOOK OUR QUOTE PROJECTIONS AND WAS IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR EDC.
AND, UH, WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN CENTER POINT, UM, NICK CAME IN SAID, WELL, HAVE YOU TALKED TO EDC? AND I WILL KNOW YEAH.
AND I, AND I WILL SAY THAT I WAS REALLY, AGAIN, IMPRESSED BY THE WAY WE HANDLED IT, THAT PROCESS, UM, NICK STEPPED UP AND, UH, CONTACTED, UH, CENTER POINT AND WITHOUT JUST TAKING A WELL YEAH.
KIND OF APPROACH, WE SAID, NO, WE WOULD LIKE AN ACTUAL SITE ESTIMATE.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, THAT'S IN AND OUT THE CREWS AND ACTUALLY DO IT.
WE CAN GIVE YOU ESTIMATES THAT ARE PRETTY DARN CLOSE VOTES, PRETTY SIMPLE PROJECT.
UH, SO THEY CAME BACK AND GAVE US AN ESTIMATE THAT WE FELT WAS REAL AND UNFORTUNATELY COST PROHIBITIVE.
SO AT LEAST WE'RE NOT WORKING IN THE SHADOWS OR GUESSING.
AND I WANT TO THANK NICK FOR STEPPING UP AND DOING THAT.
YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE YOU THOUGHT OF? ARE YOU DONE? OKAY.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
UH, ONE, I WANNA, UH, TALK ABOUT VIDEO UPDATE AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, YOU SAW AN EXAMPLE OF THE VIDEO, THE SAME THING THAT, UH, UH, TIAA THOUGHT THE NEIGHBORS COULD USE.
AND, UH, WE GOT WITH ROD ON, UH, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN TAKEN A SERIES OF, OF IPHONE TYPE VIDEOS.
THIS TIME WE WENT OUT THERE AND I TALKED WITH ERICSSON, TOM ERICKSON OF ERICKSON ADVERTISING AND SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND HE SAYS, I'VE GOT A GUY.
AND SO Y'ALL WENT OUT THERE AND HAD MIKES AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
THERE WAS MULTIPLE TEXTS AND, AND TOUCHED AND EDITING JUST LIKE THEY TALKED ABOUT IN THE OSCARS, EXCEPT NOBODY WATCHED.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, WE HAVE BEEN UPGRADING THOSE AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN FOR A SERIES OF THEM THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF ABOUT ONE, ONE A MONTH, UH, TO GET THROUGH.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UM, MORE DOCUMENTARY TYPE, UM, FILM THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS A POLICE RECRUITING VIDEO, WHICH IS DOING ABOUT THREE WEEKS OR SOMETHING.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT ONE THAT'S, UH, IN THE CAN, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE SCHOOL, UH, WITH, EXCEPT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FINAL TAIL AND EDITING THAT WILL ROLL OUT AT THE, UH, WHEN THEY FINALLY DO THE MAJOR UNVEILING, UH, WHICH IS, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT, UH, WE JUST DID THE FINAL FLY OVER, UH, LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, ON THE, ON THE KIRKWOOD PROJECT.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN DOWN THOSE ROUNDABOUTS DOWN KIRKWOOD LATELY, YOU NEED TO DO IT.
AND THAT IS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC WORKS, WORK, MORE PARKS, SOLID TO OVERCOME THE FREEZE, RIP UP ALL THE DARN DEAD PLANTS COME BACK AND START BROAD.
WE BROKE SOME IRRIGATION IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, UH, AND COME BACK IN AND MAKE THAT, UH, THAT AREA JUST SO MUCH MORE NICE, UH, NICE AND P UH, FOR FILM.
AND, UH, WE HAD SOME FAMILIES COME OUT AND DO A WALK THROUGH AND KIND OF STAGED SOME FAMILIES WALKING.
UM, UH, SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS REALLY A NICE, NICE CONCLUSION TO A ROUNDABOUT VIDEO, WHICH IS A, WE'LL BE BEING EDITED RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT THIS CITY IS DOING BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, WITH FOLKS THAT ARE MOVING IN FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF WE'RE GOING, GONNA CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THOSE FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE NOT ONLY THE AMENITIES, BUT THE APPEARANCE AND GET THEM TO COME HERE AND LOOK.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PURPOSE THAT I HAD, A NUMBER TWO SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT UPDATE.
I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND MY VERY FIRST ACT AS MAYOR WAS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH WC AND ID NUMBER TWO, UH, WHICH ALLOWED US TO GET ON THEIR, UH, GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN,
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UH, AND ALLOW US TO PUMP OUR GROUNDWATER.UM, WE SIGNED IN AT, UH, UH, BACK THEN WE BUMPED EVERY RESIDENT, A BUCK, 80 TO A THOUSAND BALL.
TELL YOU WHAT THAT WAS A SHOCK BECAUSE WATER WENT BASICALLY FROM FREE TO SEMI EXPENSIVE.
NOW A BUCK 80 TO A THOUSAND ACRE BEEN RAISED UP TO TWO 10, UM, AND THERE'S PEOPLE PAYING $3, $4, $6 A THOUSAND.
SO MEADOWS PLACES IN GREAT SHAPE.
WE CONTROL IT, UH, RODS ON TOP OF THE, UH, THE WELLS.
HE'S GOT SOME LONG-TERM PLANS FOR THE WELLS, UH, THAT PRECIPITANT ARE PRECIPITATED BY THE CHANGES THAT THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE 40% GAP OF ALL, UH, WC IDS, UH, WATER PRODUCING THAT ALLOWS US TO PUMP GROUNDWATER IF THEY CHANGE THAT.
AND IT GOES FROM 60 DOWN TO 40 OR FURTHER, UM, IT WILL AFFECT US.
I'M NOT ANTICIPATING IT, BUT IT WILL, UH, OR IT COULD, UH, NICK AND I, AND ROTTER ON A JOINT CALL ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY MORNING, UH, FOR A COUPLE HOURS WITH THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.
UH, SO WE'LL BE LEARNING A LOT.
AND THEN THAT EVENING, UH, THERE'S FOUR BEEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL ASSOCIATION, UH, MEETING, UH, WHERE WE'RE HAVING, UH, MIKE TURCO, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT.
UM, AND, UH, THE GENERAL MANAGER COME SPEAK TO ALL THE MAYORS AND COUNCIL AND ARE IN FORT BEND COUNTY, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO TRY TO DO COULD AFFECT WILL AFFECT EVERY CITY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE TO UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THAT I WANT TO DRAW ON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER C IS A CANCELED VACANCY, UM, GRADY YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES.
UH, BUT IN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONCE AGAIN, MEADOWS, PLACES STEPPED UP AND FOUND A BETTER WAY.
UH, NOBODY ELSE HAS DONE QUITE WHAT WE'VE DONE WHEN THEY'VE HAD A VACANCY APPEAR.
I COULD HAVE JUST APPOINTED SOMEBODY.
AND IF COUNCIL BLESSED THAT PERSON WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, THEY JUST MET IN THE BACK ROOM AND PICK SOMEBODY.
WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
AND FRANKLY, I WAS KIND OF EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN STAGOLEE.
AND, UH, HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST OPEN IT UP AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME PEOPLE IN HERE.
WE MIGHT EVEN GET SOME PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
I SAID, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
SO WE WORKED IT OUT AND YOU SAW ON THE, WE PUT A NOTICE OUT IN MARCH, AND THEN WE TOLD PEOPLE TO STEP UP, UH, GET THEIR RESUME IN BY APRIL 16TH.
AND WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE DO THAT.
I HAD NEVER MET OR HEARD OF BEFORE ALL OF THEM COME VERY RECOMMENDED AND ARE VERY QUALIFIED.
UM, THE COUNCIL IS IN STILL IN A PROCESS TO DOING THAT, AND THEY'LL FINISH UP ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.
WE SHOULD HAVE THAT PERSON, UH, PICKED AND APPOINTED.
UH, SO I WANT TO APPLAUD COUNCIL.
I WANT TO PLUG TO OUR CITY SECRETARY FOR HANDLING ALL THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, MAKING EVERYTHING, ALL THE APPOINTMENTS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME IN ALMOST TO A PERSON THEY'VE SAID, I'LL BE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY IN SOME SHAPE OR FORM, OR ON THIS.
IT'S NOT ON COUNCIL, MAYBE SOMEWHERE ELSE, PLANNING AND ZONING.
ONE PERSON BRINGS PLANNING AND ZONING EXPERIENCE WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE.
AND THE OTHER ONE HAS AN ECONOMIC BACKGROUND LOVED TO BE ON ADC.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND WALKING IN THE DOOR, THANKS TO THIS PROCESS.
SO, UM, GO AHEAD, SHARE THAT WITH OTHER CITIES.
IF THEY NEEDED TO COME THANK CALL THEM, THEY COULD PAY HIM ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, AND THE FACT THAT THESE FOLKS STEPPED UP.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MY MAYOR'S COMMENTS HAVE MOVED ON, UH, TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
UH, MR. STEGALL, YOU STILL HAVE TWO UP THERE, OR I'M GOING TO DEFER KIRKWOOD TO OUR ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM.
UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO REPLACE KIRKWOOD WITH DORRANCE AND I'LL, I'LL PLAY ROCK PAPER SCISSORS WITH, UH, WITH ROD TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO GIVE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
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MOBILITY PROJECT, WE DID HAVE A, UM, SCOPING MEETING WITH OUR SELECTED CONSULTANT, UM, AND WITH STAFFORD WHO WAS HERE, UM, KIND OF GO OVER WHAT THE MAIN CONCEPT IS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE US A PROPOSAL.WE'VE SENT THE INITIAL INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT TO THE COUNTY.
UM, WE STILL NEED TO DO AN INTER LOCAL WITH STAFFORD.
WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
UM, STAFFORD'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAPPED WITH MONEY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, TURMOIL WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE IN MAYOR AND THE CHANGING COUNCIL, GETTING EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND AND GET ON BOARD.
THEY, THEY STILL ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS FISCAL YEAR VERSUS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET ALL THOSE INNER LOCALS IN PLACE AND GET A CONTRACT SIGNED, WE CAN START DESIGN.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION FIRST OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT IS 80% FUNDED BY FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BONDS.
SO WHAT THE BALANCE BEING PICKED UP BY THE CITIES OF STAFFORD AND MEADOWS PLACE, RIGHT.
AND AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR RICK'S LEGACY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS, UH, HE CREATED THE BOND PROJECT, PUT IT ON PAPER HANDED TO ME AND SAID, HERE, GET THIS SUBMITTED.
UH, HE CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A WEEK TO GET THIS IN.
UH, SO I GOT IT IN AND, AND I'M SO GLAD WE DID, AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY MAKE A HUGE CHANGE.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF IDEAS COME UP ABOUT 5K RUN, START IN, STAFFORD, RUN IT THROUGH EUROPE.
I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT CONCLUDES IT.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE MOVING ON.
WHAT ABOUT THE LAND SWAP? UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A SMALL PIECE OF STAFFORD THAT CROSSES WEST AIRPORT AND COMES IN THROUGH THE, UM, CENTER POINT EASEMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT WITH STAFFORD AND GET, AND GET THAT BOUNDARY CLEANED UP SO THAT IT GOES, JUST GO STRAIGHT ACROSS AND DOESN'T COME ACROSS WEST AIRPORT.
IT REALLY IS NO BENEFIT TO THEM.
UM, THERE'S NO REAL TAX VALUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AND YET IT'S GOING TO BE SO COMPLICATED.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, REGULAR AGENDA DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2107 RE UH, NAUSEA, THE RESIGNATION OF JOHN WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT IN MY COMMENTS, AND THERE IS GOING TO BE NO ACTION TAKEN AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BEFORE, OH, WE MOVE ON.
CAN MAYBE TELL THEM WHERE W WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
UH, YES, WE CAN ANNOUNCE IS GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING FOLKS ON THE 11TH AND 12TH, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL MAKE A SELECTION THEREAFTER.
UM, SO ITEM, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, CLOSING, AND ACCEPTING THE KIRKWOOD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH I'M GOING TO FLIP RIGHT OVER SINCE YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT, UH, HERE, RICK.
UM, SO WE HAVE MOST OF THE PAPERWORK IN, FROM THE CONTRACTOR MARK ON, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE OUTSTANDING ITEM, SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CLOSING OF THE CLOSEOUT OF THE KIRKWOOD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTINGENT ON ALL PAPERWORK BEING SUBMITTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION CLOSE UP THE PROJECT WITH CON CONTINGENT ON ALL PAPERWORK, BANKS AND MEHTA.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND HEREBY KURT, FURTHER DISCUSSION JUST TO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION.
UM, THE, THE OUTSTANDING ITEM IS AN AFFIDAVIT OF BILLS PAID FOR THE LANDSCAPER.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR SAID, AS SOON AS YOU PAY US ALL OF OUR MONEY, WE'LL PAY THEM.
AND WE'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, WE, YOU NEED TO PROVE THAT YOU'VE PAID ALL YOUR SUBS BEFORE WE RELEASE THE FINAL PAGE.
HE MEANT TO YOU AND NOT THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.
SO UNLESS THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, AYE, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BETWEEN ALL THREE OF YOU.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE, UH, STRUCTURED LOCATION AT, UH, ONE, 1-810-DORRANCE LANE.
I'M GOING TO STOP HOLD IT COUNSEL.
BEFORE I FINISHED THIS SENTENCE, I'M
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GOING TO SWAP THIS OVER.AND I AM GOING TO GO DOWN TO ITEM G, WHICH IS THE AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND I'M GOING TO MOVE THEM UP FRONT BECAUSE WE MAY BE TIED UP BACK HERE WHILE.
AND SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK TO ITEM G, COME ON UP.
WELL, ARE WE, ARE WE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR SOMETHING? YES.
WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THE REST OF THE ITEMS AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING THE ATTORNEY AND I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM OUTTA HERE EARLY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE US LONG TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THEM.
MAYOR'S BOUND TO THE WILL OF COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN.
SO WE WILL THEN JUMP DOWN TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION ITEM 2021, UH, 10 AUTHORIZING STAFF TO ADVERTISE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR INTERNAL AUDITING SERVICE.
UM, WHERE'D THAT WENT AUDIT RFP.
UH, IF YOU, IF YOU YOU'VE LOOKED AT YOUR NOTES THAT, UH, ARE SO CAREFULLY GIVEN TO US BY OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO HAVE A FINANCIAL AUDIT PERFORMED ANNUALLY BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.
AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN AND ARE CONTINUING AND WILL ALWAYS DO SO THERE'S NO STATE REGULATION SAYING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE AUDIT FIRMS. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY SATISFIED WITH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER.
HOWEVER, IN GOING TO THE CLASSES AND LEARNING ALL ABOUT THIS IS THAT THEY TELL US WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR AUDITOR.
AND SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MYSELF AND OTHERS, AND DECIDED WERE GOING TO PULL THAT TRIGGER.
NOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR, BUT WE WERE TOO LATE IN THE YEAR THAT WE'RE PULLING THE TRIGGER NOW THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP.
AND BASICALLY IT'S JUST, UH, JUST THAT, UH, FINANCIAL REVIEWED IT TO CITY ADMIN AND VIEWED IT.
AND SO WITH THAT COUNCIL, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE US, TO GO OUT TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES, MOVED TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
SECOND, SECOND, BY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, DISCUSSION OF, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, 20, 21 DAYS SHOW AWAY AMENDING CHARLES, WHAT IS YOUR PAPER SAY? I CAN'T SEE IT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE GIVING IT TO, BUT I'M SURE THEY'LL APPRECIATE IT.
UM, BUT ITEM 2021, 10 AUTHORIZING STAFF TO ADVERTISE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL UP OF, OF, OF, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE TITLED MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES BY ADDING SECTION ONE 30.1, ONE PORTABLE ON DEMAND STORAGE UNITS OR PODS.
UM, AGAIN, UH, IF YOU GLANCED AT YOUR SUMMARY, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WILL, UM, COVER PODS, UH, SPECIFICALLY.
AND, UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO, WELL, I BELIEVE WE THOUGHT WE DID, BUT IT WASN'T ACTUALLY THE CORRECT CODE TYPE THING.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO CLEAN THAT UP.
AND AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES THEM, EVEN THOUGH, LIKE RICK SAID, WE HAVE IN THE PAST, TRIED TO AND USED IT AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE WENT, OKAY, WE'LL FIX THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HAVE A MOTION TO FIX IT.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT FEE NUMBER IS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE COST IS.
THAT'LL BE, I THINK NUMBER SIX.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVED FOR THE ORDINANCE.
THAT'S JUST FOR THE APPROVAL OF IT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH NOW.
I MEAN, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO GET A FEEL FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT WE FEEL IS FAIR.
I MEAN, WE WANT SOME KIND OF FEE TO COVER THE PAPERWORK SIDE OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE, UM, CRAZY ON THE FEE BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REMODEL, UM, $3,800 A POD TOO MUCH.
AND KURT, YOU DO MORE OF THIS.
UH, HOW ABOUT 25 BUCKS? WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION BEFORE DISCUSSING THIS.
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OKAY.UH, PARTLY BECAUSE WE NEED SOME WAY TO TRACK IT.
SO THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME FEE INVOLVED IN, IN 25.
IT'S NOT REALLY, COST-PROHIBITIVE, THAT'S EXCESSIVE AND IT COVERS MOST OF OUR COSTS INSIDE CITY HALL.
HOW MUCH? I MEAN, HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE, UM, FOR OUR STAFF TO ISSUE A PERMIT LIKE THIS? IS IT 10 MINUTES? IS IT OKAY? AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO GO TO OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.
NO, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT CATCHES THIS STUFF AND MAKE SURE THAT THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE GIVE THEM AS ADHERE TO.
SO IF LET'S SAY WE HAVE A 90 DAY TIMEFRAME, WELL CODE ENFORCEMENT GO OUT AND MAKE SURE.
SO YEAH, THE PERMIT CLERK BEEN IN ADDITION, WE'VE GOT A CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT OF ONE THING, AND THIS MIGHT'VE BEEN BETTER ON ITEM FIVE, BUT, UH, COULD WE WAIVE THE FEE IF IT'S LESS THAN THREE DAYS, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, JUST SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING.
AND, UH, THEY PUT IT IN FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS.
UH, AND SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN THE SAME DAY WHERE IT'S ONLY THERE ONE OR TWO DAYS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME, NO MATTER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT.
AND YOU KNOW, IN THEORY, I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THE TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE THE PERSON THAT'S BRINGING IN THE POD, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO CHARGE AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT EITHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID READJUST OUR FEES QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY, UH, LAST, LAST YEAR, MAYBE TWO YEARS.
UM, AND THAT WAS A GREAT REVIEW AND IT WAS A GOOD SESSION BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WEREN'T IN, IN LIME ON ANYMORE.
AND I THINK THIS IS KEEPING THEM IN LINE WITH THAT FEELING OF WE'RE TRYING TO COVER SOME COSTS AND WE'RE NOT GOUGING ANYBODY.
PAYING BUDDY HAS HANDED IN A CARD AND WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM ON THE, UH,
I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY.
WHAT IF I WANT TO USE A POD OVER THE WEEKEND TO CLEAN OUT MY GARAGE AND THEN GIVE IT AWAY? IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IF I PARK A TRAILER IN MY DRIVEWAY.
I DO SOME WORK AND THEN I HAUL IT OFF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE COMBINING IF I HAVE IT PARKED MORE THAN THREE DAYS THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE, I LIKE KURT'S IDEA, BUT IF YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE IT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, JUST PUT INTO THE ORDINANCE, YOU CAN'T HAVE A POD JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T HAVE A TRAILER MORE THAN X NUMBER OF DAYS.
AND GIVE THE, GIVE THE RESIDENTS A BREAK HERE WITH MORE PERMITS AND BUREAUCRACY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR A WEEK OR FIVE DAYS OR SOMETHING, OR JUST FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS TO DO SOME HOUSE CLEANING, YOU'VE GOT TO GO GET ANOTHER STINKING PERMIT.
AND THE MAYOR CAN BEND TO THE WILL OF THE THREE COUNCIL, PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE TABLE TONIGHT, THE PERMIT FEE WE HAVE WE'VE PASSED THE ORDINANCE.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY, THAT THE FEE IS A PERMIT FEE OF $25.
IF ON THAT PROPERTY, WE'LL AFTER THREE DAYS, IF ON THE PROPERTY MORE THAN THREE DAYS, COULD WE, WHERE DID THAT WAY? I'D FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE, NICK.
I MEAN WE COULD, BUT WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ACTUALLY CREATE THAT, THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT IN THE ORDINANCE AS WELL.
ONE, NOT THE CONFLICT, IT WOULD CONFLICT.
HOW WOULD IT CONFLICT? IT SAYS YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT.
NO, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IF YOU'RE LESS THAN WHAT IS IT? THREE DAYS, SEVEN DAYS, YOU DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT.
IT'S JUST, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT FOR LONGER THAN THAT TIME, TWO HOURS.
AND I, AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE, JUST FROM STEVE SAID, AND THEY DON'T WANT ONE FOR THE WEEKEND.
UM, WOULD THAT BE, COULD THAT BE ADDRESSED JUST HERE TO, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND READDRESS THE ORDINANCE LEGAL COUNSEL SAYS YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR FIRST ORDINANCE.
LEGAL COUNCIL SAYS WE NEED TO DO THAT.
SO, SO WE NEED TO, LET'S FINISH WITH THIS.
UM, WE HAVE, SO, AND YOU NEED TO PULL THE PERMIT $25.
EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION OR NO? I'LL MOVE THAT.
THE FEE, IF IT'S REQUIRED THAT THEY PULL THE PERMIT IS $25.
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MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.NOW LET'S GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT AMENDING THIS ORDINANCE.
WE DO IT AT THE COUNTY ALL THE TIME FOR YOUR ATTORNEY.
SO REOPENING THE DISCUSSION ON THIS.
UM, I GUESS WE DID THE, WHO DID THE MOTION ON THIS? THAT WAS ME.
I WILL MOVE TO THEM, AMEND MY MOTION TO, UM, ONLY REQUIRE THE PERMIT.
IF IT EXCEEDS 72 HOURS OR THE POD WILL BE THERE FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS.
HOWEVER, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS WE NEED TO WORD THAT THEIR CITY ATTORNEY, WE WAITING ON SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A POWERPOINT.
IT'S, IT'S THREE DOWN FROM WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
JUST TO COVER THE, THIS IS ONLY A COUPLE OF SLIDES JUST TO COVER THE WATERFRONT ON THIS.
UM, HERE'S WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, NO PODS ON ANY RIGHT OF WAY OR SIDEWALK.
IT HAS TO BE PLACED ON AN IMPROVED SURFACE.
AND THAT THAT TIMEFRAME RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A 90 DAY PERMIT.
AND YOU CAN'T DO IT MORE THAN ONCE PER YEAR.
I CAN GO TO THE NEXT, UH, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH SIGHT LINES, MAKING SURE YOU KEEP IT CLEAR OF ANY KIND OF VISIBILITY, UH, FOR MOTORISTS MAXIMUM SIZE, WHICH YOU SEE THERE MAXIMUM LENGTH.
AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PER LOT.
NEXT SLIDE THAT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU THAT SPOOL FROM THEIR WEBSITE, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY SELL AS OPPOSED TO WHAT OUR ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT THE LARGEST ONE THEY SELL IS THAT EIGHT BY 16, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN WHAT WE WOULD ALLOW AS A MAX.
UM, SO I GUESS UNDER SECTION B3, THE WORDING IS NO PERSON SELL INSTALLED DEPOSIT PARK OR LEAVE ANY POD OR SIMILAR DEVICE ON ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT FROM THE CITY.
SO I THINK THE WORDING CHANGES, UM, PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS WITHIN THE CITY WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT.
OUR ATTORNEY HAS A MICROPHONE.
UH, SO COURTNEY, HAVE YOU GOT THE LANGUAGE? NO PERSONAL SHOW DEPOSIT.
UM, GOT IT UP HERE AND I'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF IT AMENDED.
SO NO PERSON SHALL BE INSTALLED A POSIT PARK OR LEAVE ANY POD OR OTHER SIMILAR ADVICE ON ANY PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.
WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT FROM THIS AFTER 72 HOURS IS WHERE I WANT TO PUT IT LONGER THAN IS 72 HOUR.
NO PERSON SHALL INSTALL, DEPOSIT PARK OR LEAVE ANY POD OR SYMBOL DEVICE LONGER THAN 72 HOURS ON ANYBODY WITHIN THE CITY WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE PERMIT FROM THE CITY.
SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION WITH CORRECTED ANG, UH, TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE.
WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES AND STEVE BEZNER IS HAPPY.
UH, AND WHERE AM I AM ON SEVEN.
HEY, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION SETTING A DATE FOR THE COUNCIL RETREAT.
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OKAY.FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE LOOKING, I'M NOT PLAYING A GAME, I'M LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR.
FOR GAMBLING THROW THIS AND YOU, I'M ASSUMING WE'RE LOOKING AT MID-MAY OKAY.
FROM THE 13TH ON JUNE 12TH, I'M GOING TO BEAT UP.
SO JUST DEPENDS ON IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS, YOU BOTH AVAILABLE.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE? I'M AVAILABLE ON THE 19TH.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE SET UP FOR JUNE 19TH, EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEND OUT AN INVITE.
SO WE'RE DONE WITH THAT CONSENT AGENDA.
MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
NOW ITEM G AUDIENCE COMMENTS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY MAKE AN AUDIENCE COMMENT.
ANYBODY ELSE, TERRY? YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP THERE.
ONE, ONE SIX, ONE, ONE DORRANCE LANE.
THIS IS A THANK YOU NOTE FROM, UM, TWO LITTLE GIRLS.
IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GO TO COLLEEN.
AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST PART IS THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD DEAR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE PARK.
UM, HE EVEN LIKES THE MERRY-GO-ROUND DOWN THE STREET TOO.
SHE WAS REFERRING TO THE POCKET PARK AS WELL.
UH, THAT'S FROM JANELL H FOR NEXT.
THIS IS FROM FELICITY AGE EIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE PARK.
UH, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS LEFT? OKAY.
YEAH, SHE'LL HAVE IT IN THE MORNING AND SHE WILL BE THRILLED.
STEVE BEZNER ONE 22, 22 MEADOW CREST STRIPE.
UM, I HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS WHO THINK I'M STILL ON COUNCIL FOR SOME REASON AND, UH, HAVE ASKED ABOUT THIS AND I'VE ALSO HAD SOME OTHER, UM, COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS AND I THINK, UM, TIA, YOU BROUGHT IT UP LAST MEETING ABOUT OUR LOVELY, UH, PLANTS THAT ARE DYING IN THE FRONT YARD.
AND I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, ONE PERSON BEEN HERE 30 PLUS YEARS AND GOT THEIR FIRST WARNING OR TAKE I'M SURE IT WAS A WARNING ON, UH, PLANTS AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN THIS IN, I KNOW TIA, YOU ASKED, LIKE, WHY DID WE DECIDE ON THIS DATE? BECAUSE TEXAS A AND M SAID THIS.
UM, I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL BACK OFF OF THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UH, PERSONALLY I LIKED SEEING CODE ENFORCEMENT OUT.
I KNOW IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT JOB.
UM, BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO GIVE SOME RESIDENTS LIKE PERSONALLY I HAVE EIGHT LITTLE SHRUBS THAT ARE ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF TALL.
TWO OF THEM LOOK PRETTY POOR, BUT MY WIFE IS OUT THERE EVERY NIGHT, WATERING PRUNING, AND COMING TO ME AND SAYING, LOOK, IT'S ALIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS DEAD.
AND SO THEN I DON'T WANT, I SAW CODE ENFORCEMENT OUT ON SATURDAY.
I SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET A TICKET NOW OR WE'RE GOING TO GET A WARNING BECAUSE HERE SHE COMES, LUCKILY SHE MUST HAVE SAW MY WIFE PLAYING WITH THEM OR PASSED ON US FOR SOME REASON.
BUT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY SHOULD BACK OFF OF THAT A LITTLE BIT AND IT'S KIND OF MY SUGGESTION.
I WANT TO HAVE COMMENT ON THAT YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ARE DULY NOTED, BUT ALSO WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE INCREASED THE DISTANCE THE LENGTH OF TIME FROM LIKE A WEEK TO 30 DAYS.
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TEXAS AG LIFE.HAVE YOU SEEN THE VIDEO? I SUGGESTED TO REQUEST THAT YOU DO BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE VERY THING THAT YOUR WIFE IS DEALING WITH.
AND WE HAD A FELLOW NAMED, OH GOD, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BOONE HOLIDAY.
WHO'S WELL-KNOWN IN THAT FIELD, COME OUT AND VISIT WITH CITY MEADOWS PLACE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO, NOT TOO.
UNLIKE WHAT YOU SAW EARLIER ABOUT THE PLANTS THAT WE HAVE, CAUSE THE CITY'S GOT DYING AND DEAD AND DYING TOO, AND WE'RE CLEANING IT UP FAST, BUT THERE'S A CHANCE OF PLACE TO LOOK.
I'VE GOT ONE OUT IN THE FRONT THAT I'VE BEEN CUTTING BACK THREE INCHES AT A TIME THAT IS STILL ALIVE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO THOSE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE ON THAT.
AND WE JUST WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
SOMEBODY'S GOT TO GO UP AND FIND THAT GREEN MORE POWER TO, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE THAT GO WATCH THE FILM AND PLEASE ASK YOUR FOLKS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, TO GO WATCH THE FILM AS WELL.
AND IT WAS CAM ALONG THE LINE OF TEARS.
WELL, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW AND WHAT DO WE DO? AND SO WE ADDRESSED IT SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE FOLKS THEN HOLLER AT ME BACK AGAIN.
IF YOU, I GOT, I GOT A VERBAL WARNING, HOW'D YOU GET OFF? I WOULD LIKE TO.
I MEAN, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT IS SOME I'VE TALKED TO SOME RESIDENTS WHO MONEY IS KIND OF AN ISSUE AS WELL.
UM, THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN A LITTLE TOUGH ON PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO REPLACE THINGS.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SHORTAGE OF PLANTS, SHORTAGE OF PLANS TO REPLACE THEM WITH.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF AN ISSUE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO TAKE THOSE PLANTS OUT FOR NOTHING.
I, EH, WELL, NOT NECESSARILY, BUT A LOT OF THEM.
I THINK THE RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING NOTED THAT THESE NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OR REPLACED, BUT, UM, I ALSO DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE TOO HARSH AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
UM, JUST TO, AS LONG AS IT'S BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING I'M WORKING ON IT, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO, YEAH.
HER, HEART'S ALMOST TOO SOFT AT THIS JOB.
AND I THINK JENNIFER IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, I THINK JENNIFER IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
SHE WORKS WITH FOLKS ON A DAILY BASIS REGARDING THOSE.
AND OF THE 40, SOME ODD PEOPLE SHE TALKED TO OR 30, SOME ODD PEOPLE, SHE TALKED TO THE LAST WEEK 11, WE'RE GETTING GIVEN A WARNING.
AND IT WAS JUST THAT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WARNING BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T THERE.
SO THAT'S PART OF HOW THAT WORKS.
AND UH, ANYBODY THAT CALLS IN AND TALKS TO HER, SHE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO WITH THEM, GO OUT THERE AND SEE IT AND TALK ABOUT IT AND PUT THEM A TOUCH, A BOON HOLIDAY FOR A LOT OF ADVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR FOLKS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A TENDENCY TO NANCY.
WELL, AND I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST SEE A WARNING.
THEY AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THEY'RE IN TROUBLE OR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A FRIENDLY WARNING, SOME PEOPLE TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY.
SO, UM, I KNOW JENNIFER IS DOING A GREAT JOB, SO RIGHT.
READY? TERRY HENLEY ONE, TWO, TWO, THREE.
I GOT A COMMENT ON THE SHRUG BEFORE I GET INTO MY TOPIC.
YOU'RE STARTING, YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK.
NOW I CAN SET THE FREEZES HARD ON SHRUBS.
NOW HAD 10 OF THEM THAT I KNEW THEY WERE DEAD.
I DUG THREE OF THEM UP AND THE ROOTS IS A MESS TO DIG THEM UP.
AND THE WEEK LATER I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER ONES, THEY STARTED SPROUTING OUT, WAIT A MINUTE.
I'M JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, USE MY CLIPPERS TO TERMINAL BACK A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT.
SOME SHRUBS ARE JUST REALLY, ANYWAY, I'M GOING UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT TIM AND SOME OF THE BILLS.
THEY, UH, UH, THE NEWSPAPER NOTICES, LEGAL NOTICES, WHICH I WENT TO AUSTIN TO TESTIFY WITH.
WE'VE HAD TO THROUGH, UH, IN COMMITTEE, THE THIRD ONE HADN'T MADE IT, UH, WE'VE GOT SUPPORT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DO.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS WEEK IS THE LAST WEEK TO GET THEM OUT OF COMMITTEE.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAG THEM ON TO ANOTHER BILL OR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S STILL MOVING.
THAT'S W WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD TOO, THAT TIM IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AS OF COURSE, SENATE BILL 10, AND YOU KNOW WHAT SENATE BILL 10 IS ABOUT LOBBYING AND THAT HAS SOME TRACTION AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO PASS IT AND THEY WON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT.
UH, WELL, IT'S GOING TO PASS IN THE SENATE FOR SURE.
WE GOT, YEAH, WE STILL GOT, WHAT ARE THEY HEARING ON THE HOUSE? RIGHT, RIGHT.
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THE SENATE, I THINK IT'LL PASS A HOUSE IS EVER STORY.AND, AND, UH, TIM HAS GOT SOME INFLUENCER AND I STILL THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH THE OTHER ONE THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS HOUSE BILL 1869 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OR CHANGING THAT.
AND THAT ONE HAS SOME TRACTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND YOU GOT TO IDENTIFY THE AD VALOREM TAX ASSOCIATED.
I'M ABOUT THROUGH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND, UH, GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO.
BUT, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, BUT I WILL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GOING TO AUSTIN TESTIFY, TERRY, THAT THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
IT IS TO HAVE A LIVE VOICE, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT'S BEEN THERE BOUNCING.
AND WE GOT SOME REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE REALLY SUPPORTING IT.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
SO, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT GETS OUT OF COMMITTEE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHICH HAS COME ADDRESS COUNCIL ON ITEMS THAT WEREN'T ON THE AGENDA? OKAY.
SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK UP TO, UH, WHAT WAS THAT? UH, ITEM THREE AND UNDER A SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE DASH OH SEVEN ONE AND SALTING ATTORNEY.
UM, I MOVE, WE MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DO JUST THAT.
SO WITH THAT, HOLD ON THE, OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THERE.
Y'ALL ARE FREE TO SIT HERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
UM, AND IF THERE'S, WE'LL TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, YOU DON'T NEED TO SHAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SERGEANT
THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THE INVOCATION.
WE'RE RECONVENING BREAK CONVENING.
UM, THE REGULAR MEETING AND WE ARE ON, UH, THE ITEM THREE AND RICK DID LANGUAGE FOR THE MOTION.
ONE, ONE EIGHT ONE ZERO, DORRANCE.
I MOVE THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAWSUIT FOR DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY AT 11 EIGHT ONE OH DORRANCE.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION OR AS BEING SUBSTANDARD? HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED HEARING? NONE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND THEN MOVE TO ADJOURN.
WE ARE HEARING NO OBJECTIONS OF JOURNEY.