[City Council Meeting]
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HI, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING.
IT IS TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2021.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM.
WE HAVE A COMPLETE COUNCIL HERE TODAY, PLUS AN ATTORNEY.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE INVOCATION.
UH, AND SO I'VE GOT THE INVOCATION COVERED AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. TERRY HANLEY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE IF HE CAN REMEMBER IT.
LASERS TO FLY OUT 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 POSSIBLE OVER PROTECT US GOD OR VISIT.
THANK YOU, JIMMY, ON TO ITEM B, WHICH IS REPORTS.
UM, FIRST REPORT IS BY, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL BE, UH, UH, GIVEN THIS EVENING BY, UH, CAPTAIN JACK, ASHTON UP UPS.
I'M SORRY, ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON MAYOR COUNCIL CITIZENS.
WE WILL START WITH OUR MONTHLY STATS FOR ACTIVITY, A NUMBER OF REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS OR TN NUMBER OF ARREST 13, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH ARE ANY, UH, CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE.
1,701, UH, CITATIONS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC TO HUNT.
A NUMBER OF CRIMINAL OFFENSE REPORTS.
43 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC 226 WITH 381 CHARGES.
AND THEN FOUR CITATION ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
WARNINGS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC, A HUNDRED AND TWO, FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT CHARGES AND CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION WARNINGS 11, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 2,341.
MOVING DOWN TO THE SECOND SECTION FOR A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
WE HAD ZERO ASSAULTS REPORTED THIS PERIOD, ONE BURGLAR MOTOR VEHICLE, ZERO, A BURGLAR BUSINESSES ZERO RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, 172 BUSINESS CHECKS.
I 15 CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, 37 CLOSE PATROLS, THREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE FRAUD, 124 HOUSE WATCHES, 98, UH, PARK SECURITY CHECKS, 439 OTHER PROPERTY CHECKS.
WELL HE HAD ZERO ROBBERIES, 29.
SCHOOL CHECKS, 83 CHECKS AT THE, UH, TENNIS COURTS.
TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS WERE 982.
WE HAD FOUR REPORTED THEFTS, ZERO STOLEN VEHICLES.
UH, THE TLC PROGRAM, WE HAD 20 THAT PASSED SEVEN THAT FAILED FOR A TOTAL, UH, CONTACT OF 27 DOWN IN YOUR LOW, UH, BOTTOM SECTION.
THE REPORTING PERIOD IS FROM MAY 26TH TO JUNE 21ST, THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION BREAKDOWN.
WE HAD EIGHT FOR SOLICITORS THREE FOR NOISE COMPLAINT.
ONE OF WHICH WAS FOR A BARKING DOG, TWO A FOR LOUD MUSIC, AND THEN CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CITATIONS
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THAT WERE ISSUED.WE HAD TWO FOR LOUD MUSIC AND WORKED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ON TWO VIOLATIONS ACCIDENTS.
WE HAD 10 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS, ZERO IN THE ROUNDABOUTS.
UH, OUR ACCIDENT COUNT STILL IS A BIT HIGH ALONG THE FEEDER ROAD AND ON WEST AIRPORT BETWEEN THE FEEDER ROAD AND KIRKWOOD MOVING TO YOUR PACKET.
UM, UH, AS WE TURN TO THE NOTES SECTION, YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.
ONE IS UNDER THE FRAUD FOR THE HEALTH MEN FRAUD, WHICH WE WILL GO OVER WHEN ACTUALLY GET TO THE ARREST SECTION AND THEN, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN ON, THERE WAS A LATE REPORTING OF AN INCIDENT YESTERDAY.
SO FIRST GOING OVER HEALTH, MAN, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT ON THE NEWS OR MAY HAVE HEARD IT ON THE RADIO THAT DETECTIVE MEZA GABBY GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF THE MANAGERS OVER AT HELFMAN ABOUT A PERSON THEY BELIEVE THAT WAS USING FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR.
UH, DETECTIVE MEZA GABI QUICKLY NOTIFIED OUR OFFICERS WHO GOTTEN PLACED TO MAINTAIN SURVEILLANCE ON THE GUY AND ALSO CONTACTED HP D AUTO THEFT, WHO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ON SOME OF THESE FRAUD CASES, UH, IDENTITY THEFT.
SO THEY COMPLETED THE TRANSACTION, WHICH WE NEEDED THEM TO DO.
AND IN DOING SO, WE WENT AND DETAIN THE FELLOW, GOT HIS INFORMATION, SENT IT OUT TO HPD AUTO THEFT, WHO WE EVIDENTLY SAVED HPD BECAUSE THIS GUY WAS WANTED.
AND AS YOU SEE IN THE BODY OF THAT, JUST 19 CARS AT $1.3 MILLION THAT HE'S GOTTEN IN OUR AREA THAT, UH, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ESTIMATED AT $3 MILLION NATIONWIDE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES PUERTO RICO IN THERE.
WE'VE HAD THE NUMBER'S NOT IN THERE, BUT I THINK WE NOW ARE UP TO 21 DIFFERENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE CONTACTING US FOR INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT THAT MEADOWS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT HAS BEEN ALLUDING EVERYBODY FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
THIS GUY WAS CAUGHT BY MEADOWS PLACE, POLICE OFFICERS IN A TOWN THAT'S ONE SQUARE MILE.
BUT HE'S ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ALLUDE PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT, LOUISIANA, AND PUERTO RICO THUS FAR.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT RIGHT? YES, YOU'RE CORRECT, SIR.
NO, I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S MADE IT THAT FAR YET.
UH, SO IT IS QUITE A BIG DEAL AND WE ARE STILL CONGRATULATIONS.
AND THAT ALSO SHOWS THE, THE TREMENDOUS TRUST THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS IN YOU GUYS.
THE FACT THAT WE GOT A HEADS UP AND CALLED HIM BECAUSE IT'S STILL AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF OUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA IS SETTING UP A MULTI-AGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, THIS EVENT, UH, JUST HOW BIG A DEAL IT IS.
THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE NEXT PAGE AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT TOO DARK CODE BLUE HIGHLIGHT, UH, OFFICER RICHMON FOLLOWING UP ON A FLOCK, HIT CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP OF A SPEEDING VEHICLE ON THE WEST END OF WEST AIRPORT, UH, WEST BELFORD COMING EASTBOUND.
THEY ENDED UP STOPPING IN FRONT OF THE FAMILY DOLLAR, WHICH IS IN WHAT WE KNOW AS THE OLD RANDAL'S SHOPPING CENTER, UH, CONDUCTING HIS INVESTIGATION.
HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE SOME MARIJUANA.
AND FROM THERE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, RECOVERING, UH, GLOCK PISTOL, UH, SEVERAL MAGAZINES OF AMMUNITION AND, UH, IN THERE, THE ALSO SCALES AND PACKAGING, WHICH WE'RE HOPING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL TAKE AS AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE CHARGE BECAUSE WE SEIZED THE VEHICLE AND APPROXIMATELY $20,000 IN CASH, AS WELL AS THE FIREARMS DRUGS.
AND THEY SELL AND DISTRIBUTION ITEMS FOR THAT.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE REAL COPS.
THEY, THEY ARE HUSTLING OUT THERE.
AND THEN, UH, FLIPPING OVER THE,
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IN THE ADDITIONAL NOTES SECTION, THE CHIEF REQUESTED THAT I LEAVE HIS FIRST SECTION, WHICH IS ABOUT OUR COVID DEFENSE MEASURES AND THAT WE'RE STILL MAINTAINING ALL OF THE NECESSARY IMPRUDENT PROTOCOLS.AND THEN FLIPPING OVER ONE MORE PAGE, STARTING OFF WITH THE FLOCK LP CAMERAS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE A VALUABLE TO.
I BELIEVE INSIDE OF YOUR PACKET, I MAY HAVE, UH, GONE OVER IT A LITTLE TOO QUICK THAT WE HAVE, OR STARTING TO AFTER LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE'RE STARTING TO TRY AND COUNT THE NUMBER OF HITS THAT WE GET VERSUS THE NUMBER OF HITS THAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE CONTACT WITH.
AND THEN THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT CID IS USING FLOCK IN THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES ARE REACHING OUT TO US FOR FLOCKING INFORMATION.
AND WHEN I SAY NEIGHBORING AGENCIES, WE'VE HAD CONTACTS FROM MISSOURI CITY, HOUSTON, FORT BEND COUNTY, AN AGENCY IN TENNESSEE AND AGENCY IN KENTUCKY, ONE IN CONNECTICUT.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I'VE OVERLOOKED.
SO THIS, AS I MENTIONED IN LAST MONTH'S MEETING, THE MORE THAT WE USE IT AND LEARN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITH IT, IT IS A PHENOMENAL TOOL.
AND SO GOING THROUGH THERE, WE APPLIED FOR ANOTHER GRANT FOR FOUR MORE FLOCK CAMERAS.
THE GRANT HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT IT'S STILL PENDING.
SO IT'LL BE ABOUT SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THE MONEY TO SPEND FOR THAT, THAT, UH, SERGEANT BROWN LEE, OUR GRANTS GUY REACHED OUT TO THE SOUTHWEST BORDER ASSOCIATION FOR A GRANT IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO FIND TWO OF OUR IN-CAR LAPTOPS THAT ARE NOW $6,200 A PIECE.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPLACE OUR TWO OLDEST UNITS AT NO EXPENSE, NO COST TO US.
AND THEN LAST IN THE GRANTS ARENA THAT WE, AGAIN, SERGEANT BROWN LYNN WAS ABLE TO GET, I THINK, THROUGH A HJC A GRANT AWARD FOR US TO PURCHASE AN ATV OR SIDE-BY-SIDE OR GATOR TYPE VEHICLE THAT THE POLICE MODEL SO THAT IT WILL COME EQUIPPED WITH ALL OF THE, UH, LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING AND WARS AND SO FORTH ON THERE.
I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS MENTIONED IN, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL, BUT OUR LIVE SCAN GRANT WAS APPROVED.
WE GOT THE OFFICE PART OF THE SYSTEM FOR SCANNING DOING A LIVE SCAN OF FINGERS FOR FINGERPRINTS AND, AND SET UP OUR MOBILE UNIT SO THAT WE CAN DO IT OUT IN THE FIELD, ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
AND NOW AT DEMIA THE COMPANY, THE VENDOR DID WANT TO DO THE TRAINING UNTIL WE HAD BOTH UNITS IN HAND AND SET UP.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE THE TRAINING WITH THOSE AND GET THEM DEPLOYED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO, AS THE CHIEF HAS TOLD YOU MANY THINGS RELATED TO TWO FINGERPRINTS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE MENTIONED THAT SERGEANT
SHE DID RETIRE THAT THE 31ST WAS HER LAST DAY THAT SHE WAS WITH THE MEADOWS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 15 YEARS, AND HAD A TOTAL OF 33 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS A REAL STRUGGLE AND HAS BEEN WITH COVID THAT TWO OF OUR RESERVES HAVE, UH, TALKED TO THE CHIEF AND SAID THEY WERE JUST UNABLE TO DEDICATE THE TIME TO CATCH UP WITH ALL THE MANDATORY TRAINING THAT TICO HAS PUT ON US.
THAT'S DUE BY OCTOBER OR AUGUST.
THE 31ST, THE PROBLEM WAS AS YOU KNOW, WITH COVID, ALL OF THE IN-PERSON TRAINING WAS CANCELED, AND MANY OF THESE CLASSES ARE SIT DOWN ONLY CLASSES.
SO WE WERE, UH, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO GET ALL OF THE FULL-TIME PEOPLE THROUGH THERE.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE RESERVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT MAY LOSE ANOTHER ONE DUE TO THE TRAINING, BECAUSE IF THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE TRAINING BOX OVER 31ST, THEN TICO SUSPENDS THEIR LICENSE.
THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
THAT A T COLE ACTION AND THE CHIEF HAS IN HERE A NOTE ABOUT THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT TICO WENT TO THE GOVERNOR TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OR GRACE,
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AND IT WAS DENIED SHOP 38, THE, UH, 2021 TAHOE THAT WAS HERE BRIEFLY AFTER BEING STRIPED IS AT THE UPFITTER.WE TALKED TO THE UPFITTER YESTERDAY, THE HOLD UP ON THE CAR ARE THE TWO PRISONER PARTITIONS IN THERE.
THEY HAVE ASSURED HIM, THE VENDOR HAS ASSURED OUR UPFITTER THAT THEY WILL SHIP NEXT WEEK SHIPPING.
SO IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GET THERE.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL, WE WILL HAVE THE CAR IN SERVICE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, INTO JULY.
I'M AFRAID SO REALISTIC REALISTICALLY.
AND THAT, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE 2020 TAHOE WILL NOT FIT IN THE 2021 AS WE REFER TO, IT WAS A COMPLETE MODEL CHANGE.
AND SO THEY CHANGE THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE TAHOE.
UH, JUST TO MENTION, I SAY PARKS AND REC IS HERE THAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, BOTH IN THE SCHEDULING AND OUR RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
WE HAVE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING COMING UP, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF JULY THAT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL INCLUDE OUR DISPATCHER AS WELL FOR THE, A NEW MODULE THAT THEY HAVE ADDED TO IT.
AND LASTLY IS JUST TO COMMENT.
UH, NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON A PROGRAM, THE CHIEF IS ON THEIR BOARD OF ADVISORS FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM.
AND WE WERE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM.
AND, UH, JOHN LOPEZ, THE FIRE MARSHALL, WHO IS ONE OF THE ALERT INSTRUCTORS, AND THIS IS A ZERO COST TO US WITH JUST ALLOWING THE TIME TO GO SCHEDULE HIM FOR THE TIME TO GO DO IT.
SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL AUDIENCE.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, THIS IS AGAIN, DUE TO A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SHIP.
WE HAVE WITH OUR NEIGHBOR, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW NORTH AMERICA UNIVERSITY IS NOT IN OUR CITY.
UH, BUT WE WORK WELL WITH THEM.
THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO US SEVERAL TIMES, RPDS RESPONDED AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
THIS CAME UP AND THE CHIEF AND OTHERS PUT THIS THING TOGETHER AND OUR OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT BENEFIT AND WE CAN USE THEIR FACILITIES, ET CETERA.
I DIDN'T MISSPEAK ANYWHERE IN THERE, SIR.
AND THEN THE LAST THANKS TO YOU AND THE CHIEF OF PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.
UH, THE, THE LAST COMMENT IN YOUR PACKET, AS WE ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF SINCE OUR FREEZE EVENT THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN GETTING, UH, CONTINUAL DOWNPOURS AND THE WEATHER MONITORING HAS GONE FROM ONCE A WEEK TO SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND TRYING TO GUESS, AND LISTENING TO IT ON THE WEATHER SERVICE CALLS EVERY DAY TO DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE IT MAY COME.
SO THE POINT OF THAT IS FOR EVERYBODY TO JUST BE PREPARED, WE'RE CONSTANTLY REMINDING OUR GUYS TO HAVE THEIR GO BAG, READY TO HAVE THEIR PLANS IN PLACE FOR THEIR FAMILY, LOVED ONES, PETS AND EVERYTHING, SO THAT WHEN THEY GET THE CALL, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AT THE LAST MOMENT.
SO FOR Y'ALL AS WELL, PLEASE HAVE YOUR GO BAG AND PLAN IN PLACE.
I'VE GOT NO PLACE TO GO TAG, SIR.
WE'LL WE'LL SAY THE AOC CANNOT DRIVE THE HUMMER.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR NASH ASSISTANT CHIEF? I'M SORRY.
AT THAT TIME, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF PATCHED.
ANYBODY YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY SITTING HERE COSTS US MONEY MINDS ARE USING NOW.
I GOT MINE IN BEFORE THE MEETING, SIR.
CHIEF ASSISTANT, CHIEF ASHTON, HOW MANY FLOCK CAMERAS DO WE HAVE NOW? WE HAVE FOUR AND PLACE AND WE'RE GETTING FOUR MORE.
OUR COUNTERPARTS JUST IN QUICK, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT THEY GET THE ALERT WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
ONCE THE LICENSE PLATE IS RED, BUT ONCE IT PASSES THE CAMERA, THERE ARE MANY PLACES THAT THEY CAN TURN OR STOP.
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SO WITH, AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE CAMERAS, IT WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK THE VEHICLES FULL.ONE OF OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS IS INCREASING THEIR NUMBER OF CANBERRA'S FOR THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL, WHERE USING SOME OF THEIR IDEAS AND HOW TO PUT THEM TO WORK, BUT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TRACK A VEHICLE A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO THAT IF THE OFFICER HAPPENS TO BE AT SAY, DAIRY ASHFORD AND WEST AIRPORT, AND IT'S THE CAMERA THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE AREA OF WALLACE STATE BANK.
WELL, THEY'VE GOT TO GET FROM THERE TO HERE, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT LEAVES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE ALONG THE WAY OR COVERING SOME OF OUR OTHER ENTRANCES TO THE CITY, OKAY.
NOW ALL OF THEM WERE ACQUIRED WITH GRANTS, CORRECT? YES.
I HAVE A, I HAVE SOMETHING I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I, EVERY REPORT THAT YOU GUYS GIVE, I AM AMAZED BY WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING.
AND EVERY TIME IT'S A NEW AND BIGGER CASE AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK INTO GETTING A MEDIA ROOM FOR YOU.
UM, BUT I REALLY AM VERY IMPRESSED, DAVID AND I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE CHIEF RECENTLY AND HE TOLD US ALL THE GREAT THINGS AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH.
AND I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED BY THAT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB FINDING GRANT MONEY FOR VARIOUS THINGS, AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IT HELPS TO ELEVATE YOU GUYS AND GIVE YOU MORE RESOURCES.
WELL, JERRY BROWN LEAVES, SERGEANT BROWN LEE WHO'S ALSO, THE BAILIFF HAS BEEN OUR GRANTS GUY FOR 20 YEARS APPROXIMATELY, AND HAS LEARNED A GREAT DEAL OF THE INSIDER'S TRACK AND WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO ASK FOR.
BUT YES, PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING.
UM, NEXT STEP IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL JENNIFER CONVEO WILL COME UP AND ADDRESS COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE NUMBERS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THE TOTAL CASES, UM, FOR THIS QUARTER ARE 932 CASES OPENED OUR 325 CASES CLOSED 287 CASES THAT WENT TO COURT IN THIS QUARTER ARE 29 ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ITEMS OF FOCUS.
DID WE SKIP OVER THE NOTE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISION INTENTIONALLY? YES, SIR.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO COVER THAT LATER.
AND THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR ITEMS OF FOCUS AND THESE ARE, UM, HOMES THAT ARE UNOCCUPIED AND YOU'LL SEE THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE WHERE THEY'RE AT AT THIS MOMENT AND THE LAST PAGE.
AND HOW MANY ARE THERE? THERE ARE, COULD BE NINE.
AND HOW ARE YOU DETERMINING WHAT'S UNOCCUPIED? WELL, EITHER WE, I SEE THAT THERE'S NO WATER USAGE.
THERE ARE GOING TO REPORT THAT IT'S AN OCCUPIED, OR YOU CAN JUST TELL THERE'S NO VEHICLES THERE.
AND, UH, WE LOOKED FOR 90 DAYS OF NO ONE USING WATER OR NO ON BEING AROUND OR HAVING A VERBAL, UM, A COMPLAINT.
SOMEONE SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR SO MANY MONTHS.
AND WE ALSO DO VERIFY THAT THROUGH THE WATER USAGE COUNSEL REASON, I STOPPED HER HERE BECAUSE I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT SHE AND ANNE MARIA AND ROD ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND THEY'RE PULLING REPORTS AND THEY COMES FROM LOW WATER USAGE.
AND IF THEY'VE GOT ZERO USAGE FOR 90 DAYS, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO GOING TO START, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY FEEDING THIS INFORMATION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THESE ADDRESSES OF UNOCCUPIED HOUSES.NOW THEY KNOW MOST OF THEM, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE'LL CATCH ONE OR THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU'RE MISSING ONE.
SO THIS IS HOW THE CITY IS KEEPING UP WITH THESE.
AND AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUBSTANDARD ISSUES BEING BRAISED.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE WE ARE FINDING THESE THINGS.
THEY ARE UNOCCUPIED AND WE'RE WORKING THEM DOWN AND WE'VE GONE FROM A LOT DOWN TO 10 NOW, AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, UH, IN THE, YOU KNOW, PROPPING UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, CONTINUE THAT, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ROD, UH, ON THIS, UH, JENNIFER.
UH, I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR REPORT.
ON THE LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIOLATIONS AND THE NUMBERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHEST ONE AT OUR GRASS AND WEEDS, DEAD LANDSCAPING AND TREES, UH, RENTAL LICENSES, UM, GRASS AND WEEDS IN THE CRACKS OF THE CONCRETE AND FOR THE DOWN, YOU SEE THE REST OF THEM AS THEY FALL OUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE TOP FOUR THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS QUARTER.
SO IN THE VERY FRONT AGAIN, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE.
UM, THE NOTE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISION.
UH, I HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH STAFFORD'S CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR, SCOTT MCELRATH.
UH, WE MEET EVERY OTHER TUESDAY AND WE GO OVER CASES.
AND AT ANY TIME DURING THE WEEK, IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I NEED GUIDANCE, I GIVE HIM A CALL AND HE IS THERE FOR ME.
AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS? THE PURPOSE OF A MAKAROVS, UH, SUPERVISION IS FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET MY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER LICENSE.
AND THAT SHOULD BE IN 10 MONTHS TIME.
AND THAT'S ONE WAY FOR A CITY LIKE OURSELVES, BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND IT WORKS GREAT.
UH, SCOTT'S OVER HERE, SHE'S OVER THERE.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INTERACTION THAT CONTINUES TO BUILD THE CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, WHICH IS GOOD THING.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M REAL THRILLED TO SCOUTS WORKING WITH YOU.
UM, AND I'M HEARING GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW TO, HOW TO DO THINGS AND IMPROVE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, I NOTICED, UH, HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS REPORT? NOPE.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY, I DO RENTAL LICENSING.
YOU HAD 17, UH, VIOLATIONS IN MAY, ONE IN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.
UM, W HOW DID THOSE GET BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION? UM, AND HOW DID THEY GET WRITTEN UP AND WHERE DO WE STAND? UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS.
UM, ONE OF THE WAYS I, I RUN ACROSS HIM AS IF I COME ACROSS A HOUSE AS VIOLATIONS AND I'LL WRITE IT UP AND I WILL PLUG IN THE ADDRESS AND THE OWNER'S NAME AND ADDRESS WILL, MAY POP UP AT ANOTHER LOCATION, NOT IN MEADOWS PLACE OR IN MEADOWS PLACE.
THAT'LL INDICATE THAT IT IS A RENTAL.
SO I'LL VERIFY THROUGH FOR BEING CAD, THAT, THAT ADDRESS THAT I HAD THE VIOLATION ON IS NOT THEIR HOMESTEAD.
AND AT THAT POINT, I'LL ADDRESS IT WITH ANGIE AND PERMITS.
AND IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A CURRENT RENTAL OR EVEN OCCUPANCY, MAYBE THEY JUST PULL THE RENTAL AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CURRENT OCCUPANCY EITHER WAY.
SO IF THEY HAVE NOT HAD THEIR RENTAL REGISTRY IN, THEN YOU'LL ISSUE THEM A VIOLATION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ONGOING, BUT YOU REALLY NAILED A BUNCH IN MAY.
WHEN ARE THOSE ALL DO, ARE THEY ON DOING AN, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? THEY ARE.
THEY'RE ALL DUE AND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO IF I RENT A HOUSE ON JANUARY ONE, I'VE GOT TO HAVE RENTAL REGISTRY EVERY JANUARY ONE.
AS SOON AS YOU START, UM, ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR RENTERS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE RENTAL LIFE AND MY HOUSE AND ONE DOWN THE STREET THAT GOES ON APRIL 1ST, THEY'RE DUE ON APRIL 1ST.
I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO, I BELIEVE THE ANNUAL EXPIRATION FOR THEM IS JUNE 30TH ON EVERY RENTAL HOUSE, EVERY RENTAL.
AND DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY I DON'T, I'LL BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET, YOU DO, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RENTALS WE HAVE IN THE CITY? RIGHT? I DO NOT.
ANYBODY WANT TO COUNSEL UP THE GIFTS? 150, 150.
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47 IS WHAT WE'VE GOT REGISTERED, THAT'S IT? YES.WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF WORKING ON THAT.
UH, WE WORK THEM DOWN, WE FIND OUT AND WHEN WE CHASE THEM OUT AND WE FIND SOMEBODY JUST LIKE JENNIFER J IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO FIND SOME OF THESE OUT.
THEN WE RUN THEM DOWN AND WE GET THEM TO REGISTER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, ONCE THEY'RE IN THERE, WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRY, ANGIE SHINS THEM ALL OUT.
AND, UM, IF SOMETHING BOUNCES BACK OR IF THE HOUSE IS SOLD, SOMETHING'S CHANGED, WE'LL ADJUST IT THERE.
UM, KIRK, THAT WAS A LOT OF FOLKS GUESS A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT.
150 IS 10% OF OUR HOUSING STOCK.
AND I KNOW THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT.
AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF METIS PLACE TO THINK WE'RE ALL RENTERS.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN KUDOS TO JENNIFER, UH, FOR SEARCHING THESE THINGS OUT, TURNED INTO TURNING OVER ALL THE ROCKS AND FINDING THEM, AND THEN WORKING WITH PERMITS CLERK TO GET STUFF DONE.
AND OF COURSE WHO'S RUNNING THIS WHOLE DEAL, ALL THAT.
SO GIVE HER A ROUND OF BOSS TOO.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO COVER WAS ON THE RENTALS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND Y'ALL ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT COUNCIL.
ANY MET ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? I DO MORE OF A, A STATEMENT, JENNIFER, UM, WITH THE SUMMER GROWTH, I'M STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF TREES STARTING TO DROOP OVER THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
UM, CAN WE TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? LET'S GET THE HOMEOWNERS TO TRIM THOSE BACK, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT DAMAGE TO THE FIRE TRUCK.
I, UH, BEGUN DOING THAT LEAVING DOOR HANGERS, STARTING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT IN US IS OUT THERE AND OKAY.
UH, ONE QUICK QUESTION, SPECIAL OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT INCUR, UM, SPECIAL OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS? UM, THAT ONE REFERS.
THEY KIND OF SEPARATE ALMOST SIMILAR ITEMS, ESPECIALLY SPECIAL STREET PARKING IS GOING TO BE, OR ANY KIND OF, UH, TRAILERS OR, UH, REC VEHICLES THAT ARE ON DRIVEWAYS OR ON THE GRASS.
JENNIFER, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW THE LAST FEW MONTHS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, SOME OF THE DAMAGES THAT WE HAD FROM THE FREEZE.
NOTICE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CUT BACK THINGS OR REMOVE THINGS.
HOW IS THAT COMING? ARE YOU, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE KIND OF FINDING, STARTING TO FIND REPLACEMENTS OR TAKING CARE OF STUFF.
MA'AM, THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME, AS YOU CAN SEE A MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT HAVE GONE TO COURT OR BECAUSE, UM, THEY HAVE NOT COMPLIED YET.
AND THEN ARE THOSE, OR DO YOU DEAL WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE PEOPLE JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS OR IF IT'S A, WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE? CAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT, YES.
UM, TYPICALLY I'LL GET A CALL FROM MY RESIDENT AND LETTING ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND IF THEY WANT AN EXTENSION, I'LL GRANT THEM ONE.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T MEET THAT EXTENSION.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WITH MY CASE LOADS THAT I HAVE AND ALL THE DETAILED STUFF THAT I HAVE TO DO, I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE TIME TO GO BACK TO ONE PERSON.
IF THEY DON'T CALL ME BACK OR LEAVE A MESSAGE OR AN EMAIL.
UM, I I'M ALWAYS OPEN IF THEY LEAVE ME A VOICEMAIL OR AN EMAIL, IF THEY CAN'T REACH ME VIA PHONE SO I CAN GO BACK TO THEM.
UM, IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM TO LET ME KNOW THEY NEED AN EXTENSION, I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY GRANT IT, BUT IF THEY DON'T, UH, AND THAT DATE HAS COME AND GONE.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I WAS ALSO TRYING TO GET TO.
I KNOW THAT YOU WERE VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AS THEY'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND THEN ALSO SAY THANK YOU.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF, THANK YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
ONE QUICK NOTE, UM, CITY OF SUGARLAND, 21% OF HOMES ARE RENTALS.
SO JUST TO GIVE SOME SORT OF BASIS, UH, FOR US TO REFERENCE THERE AT 21%.
SO SNICKERING, I LOOK A LITTLE HARDER.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INPUT.
REALTOR, UM, IT'S APPRECIATED.
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ALRIGHT.ANYBODY ELSE? COUNSEL FOR JENNIFER? ALL RIGHT, JENNIFER.
UH, KEEP WORKING WITH ANGIE, KEEP WORKING WITH ROD, UH, AND KEEP BUSY OUT THERE.
AND BY THE WAY, AND FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T NOTICE IT ON THE REPORT SHE'S WORKING EVERY OTHER WEEKEND, BASICALLY, AND THAT CATCHES A CATCH.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO SKIRT THE PERMIT ISSUE.
AND WHEN SHE SNEAKS UP ON THERE, IT'S LIKE, OH, DARN.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JENNIFER.
AND I'M ALSO WORKING HOURS, SO GOT YOU THE EVENING.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY GIVE HER A RANDOM BOSCH.
BATED BREATH IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S WORRIED ABOUT IS HITTING TREES AS THEY DRIVE THROUGH THE STREET.
UH, SO WE DO NEED TO TRIM THEM.
UM, WE ALSO NEED TO TRIM THE ONES AROUND THE STREET LIGHTS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE ADDRESSES, UM, OUR COVERAGE, THIS LAST, UH, PERIOD.
UM, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 39 INCIDENTS, 24, WHERE A RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR 64% OF THE CAUSE.
UM, WE HAD ONE SERVICE CALL, 11 GOOD INTENT CALLS AND THREE FALSE ALARM CALLS FOR THAT TOTAL OF 39.
UM, WE'VE GOT IT ON, ON REAL, PRETTY GRAPH THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT IT WAS, UH, COMING IN FROM MOSTLY, WE'VE GOT AGAIN, EMS AND EMS CALLS, UH, WITH, WITHOUT INDUSTRY, UH, UH, INJURY.
UM, AND WE HAVE SOME, UH, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR AND ALARM SOUNDS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, SEVERAL WERE DISPATCHED AND CANCELED IN ROUTE, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BREAK THEM OUT OF THAT FIREHOUSE AND GET THEM ON THE ROAD.
AND, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT CAUSE THEY'RE HERE.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WILL SAY THE FIRE, UH, PARMA, WE HAVE A CURRENTLY HAVING OUTSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UH, STAFFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, BOTH WITH THEIR FIRE MARSHALL OR THEIR FIRE CHIEF AND THEIR FIRE MARSHALL, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING IN MEADOWS PLACE, UM, AND HAS, UM, WE'RE DISTRICT FOUR FOR THEM AND DONE INSPECTIONS AT SONIA HUT, UH, AND STARBUCKS HAVE ON PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SOME MORE THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRE REPORTS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM OR CALL JOHN TOMORROW.
UH, ITEM FOUR CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT, NICK HAVEN, CITY ADMINISTRATOR MAYOR.
WE GOT A BIG AGENDA TONIGHT AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I THINK I'M GOING TO DEFER ON MY REPORTS TONIGHT OTHER THAN TO SAY WELCOME BACK INTO TOWN.
I AM REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE AND I'M MOVING DOWN TO MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND I'VE ALREADY DONE THE SAME THING BY GOT ONE SENTENCE ON EACH ITEM.
UH, WE'VE ON, OFF TO OUR BUDGET SEASON, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS WAS AN, THIS IS DAVID'S FIRST TIME TO SIT THROUGH IT T HIS SECOND.
UM, AND I KNOW SHE LOOKED A WHOLE LOT MORE COMFORTABLE THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
UM, BUT, UH, WE SAT DOWN WITH, UH, THE FULL COUNCIL, THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR CITY SECRETARY ON THEIR FINANCES DIRECTOR.
UM, AND WE HAD A TREMENDOUSLY WELL PUT TOGETHER OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET SESSIONS AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
AND THEN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR PUT TOGETHER, UM, VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PUT TOGETHER CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INTEGRATING EITHER SOME OR ALL, UH, INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
UH, BUT WE ARE HEAVILY INTO BUDGET SEASON.
UM, I WANT TO COMMENT, UH, ON MEDISPLAY STAFF I'VE, AS NICK JUST MENTIONED, UM, I'M BACK, I'VE BEEN GONE.
MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW IT, BUT IT WAS.
AND WHAT WAS REALLY NICE WAS I WENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM BIRMINGTON WASHINGTON ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VISITING NATIONAL PARKS, BIG TOWNS, LITTLE CITIES, WE WERE OFF THE MAIN ROADS AND I GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE CUTS AND I GOT A LOT, I GOT TO TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A LOT OF PLACES.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR,
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UM, THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE FELT IMPORTANT BECAUSE I FOUND THEM ALL IMPORTANT HERE IN MEADOWS PLACE.AND OUR STAFF CARRIES THAT BANNER FOR, OF COURSE, AND I WAS JUST SO TICKLED TO COME BACK AND REALIZING THAT IT WASN'T JUST ME, BUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ARE, UM, BEING, UH, LIFTED UP IT VALUABLE TO A COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF IS CARING TO EVERYONE AND W WAY THAT THIS CITY OPERATED AND THE MANY VERY IMPORTANT, VERY CHAOTIC THINGS THAT WE HAD GOING ON.
UH, THEY NEVER EVEN MISSED A BLIP.
AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO ANY STAFF THAT ARE HERE IN THIS REMIND COUNCIL.
AND I THINK FROM THE COMMENTS THAT WRITTEN MADE THE OTHER DAY OF THE COUNCIL VALUES OF THE STAFF AS WELL, AND I HOPE ANY CITIZENS IN HERE DO AS WELL.
UH, I WANT TO SAY, UH, WERE COMING DOWN TO CONCLUSION ON THE HOME, UH, METIS PLACE, HOME, REAL OR COMMISSION.
UM, NICK AND COURTNEY HAD BEEN IN THERE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, GRADY RANDALL RED LAW OFFICE DONE A GREAT JOB IN COMPILING THAT THING, KEEPING IT MOVING, UH, RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE HICCUPS THAT, UH, UH, THE COMMITTEES TRIED TO THROW AT US.
UH, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE, UH, BY HAVING ASKING CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND WE CAME THROUGH AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH GRADY ON KEEPING THAT MOVING.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THIS NEXT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
UM, AND, UH, COUNSEL, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT IF THEY COME TO US, WE WILL BE CALLING FOR AN ELECTION.
IF THEY SAY IT'S FAST AND WE'LL HAVE TO REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AFTER THAT.
AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY SMART, GOOD, HARD WORK AND NEIGHBORS ON THAT HOME ROAD, UH, COMMITTEE, I PUT THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT APPOINTEE, UM, FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT COST.
Y'ALL A LOT OF MONEY EVERY MONTH COST THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY EVERY MONTH.
UH, IN AN EARLIER HEARING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CITIES HAVE OBLIGATED TO PAY, UH, THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT FEES FOR WHEN THERE'S LEAKS AND WE JUST LOSE, LOSE WATER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN REPRESENTED OF FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH, UH, BEING PART OF A SMALL CITIES GROUP, UM, THAT IS REPRESENTED BY ONE REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN ASKING AND IT HASN'T FALLEN COMPLETELY ON DEAF EARS, UH, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO ASSIGN TWO NEW CANDIDATES.
ONE WILL BE FOR FULCHER, UH, TO GET SOMEBODY ON THERE.
AND ANOTHER IS A MUNICIPAL REPRESENTED THIS, THE FORT BEN MARIN COUNCIL ASSOCIATION, UM, HAS BEEN ASKED TO APPOINT, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT THURSDAY COUNCIL FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT THERE.
UH, AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR ANY PEOPLE, UH, LET ME KNOW, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT UP THERE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND WHAT'S REALLY NEAT IS THAT MEADOWS PLACE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF, UH, GETTING THAT DONE.
AND NOW MOVE ONTO, UH, ITEM TWO COUNCIL COMMENTS DURING SLANG.
WE, YOU JUST GOT THE NEXT WHOLE BUNCH RE GOING IN.
SO FOR DORRANCE LANE, UM, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE 30% DESIGN PLANS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF DORRANCE FROM KIRKWOOD TO THE DOG PARK.
THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON THE DESIGN AND THEN, UM, PLAN IS THE DESIGN OR THE BID PACKAGE WILL BE, WE'LL PROBABLY ONLY BE ABLE TO DO THE ONE BLOCK OF IT.
SO PROBABLY THE DOG OR DOG OR KIRKWOOD TO OXFORD GLEN.
UM, AND THAT'S SIMPLY FOR CASHFLOW REASONS.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO HOPEFULLY BUILD ON THAT AND START REBUILDING THE CITY STREETS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON DORRANCE? A SECOND ONE IS THE MOBILITY PROJECT.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT FOR THE INNER LOCAL, WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COST PROPOSAL FROM THE ENGINEERS AND, UH, SURVEYORS THAT WE'VE SELECTED.
UM, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE COMING FORTH MAYBE JULY 7TH.
UM, DEPENDS ON WHEN WE GET THE INNER LOCAL SIGNED BY THE COUNTY.
WE MAY HOLD OFF ON SIGNING THE CONTRACT UNTIL WE'VE GOT THE COUNTY MONEY IN HAND, OR AT LEAST PROMISED, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BIKEWAY COUNSEL? NONE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY A FEW CITIZENS AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT, START PUTTING SOME
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INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.SHE WON'T PUT IN THE DRAWING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THERE.
I THINK WE CAN, ONCE WE'VE GOT THE INNER LOCAL SIGNED WITH THE COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO HOLD OFF TILL THEN.
WHICH WE START TONIGHT IF COUNCILS SO DISEASES, IS THAT IT? THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
I WANT TO SAY BEFORE I LET YOU GO, RICK, UM, THOSE TWO BRIEF LITTLE SENTENCES INVOLVED, MORE WORK THAN YOU WOULD EVEN IMAGINE.
AND HE HAS, UH, UM, AND HANDY TO HAVE AROUND ANY NET VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER.
HE'S, UH, RICK'S PUT IN SO MANY HOURS, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE COST THE CITY SO MUCH MONEY.
WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
AND, UH, HE'S THE ONE WHO PUT THE DESIGN AND PUT THIS TOGETHER AFTER WE MENTIONED IT BECAUSE THE CHIEF WANTS A PARKING LOT AND THAT, AND, UH, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR WANTS A BRIDGE.
SO WE MANAGED TO GET ALL THAT POUT PILED IN THERE.
SO, RICK, THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH.
MOVING ON TO ITEM D REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
NUMBER ONE IS DISCUSSION RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, REGARDING VACCARO BELFORT PARTNERS, AMENDING PLAT APPLICATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT RESTRICTED RESERVE B AND RESTRICTED RESERVES C BLOCK ONE CVS MEADOWS PARK, UH, 12, 3 81 MUST.
HAVE WE RECEIVED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IT'S COMING, RIGHT? OH, THE CHAIRMAN'S HERE.
SO WE MET LAST NIGHT HAD SHONTEL RICK, SORRY.
UH, WE MET LAST NIGHT, HAD A LIVELY DISCUSSION AND, UM, DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR AMENDING PLAT APPLICATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 12 3 81 WEST BELFORT ROAD.
WELL, IF YOU WILL HAND THAT OVER TO THE CITY SECRETARY, ABSOLUTELY.
AND JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SEAN BEFORE DISAPPEARS? NO.
MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RECORDING FOR KARA BELFORT, PARTNERS UP PARTNERS AMENDING THE PLAT APPLICATION WE JUST RECEIVED FROM, UH, SEAN AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COUNCIL.
THIS IS A MINISTERIAL FUNCTION.
UM, WE, UH, UH, WE MUST APPROVE IT IF ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE REQUESTED WERE MADE AND ALL THOSE REQUESTS WERE MADE.
AND THAT'S A WORD I LEARNED WHAT 17 MINUTES AGO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY RICK SECOND SECOND BY KURT, ANY WELL, JUST, JUST TO BUILD ON, UH, CHARLIE'S COMMENTS.
IF THIS WERE A CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING, COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD ADVISE THAT THIS IS A SHALLOW PROVE ITEM.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THOSE, BECAUSE THEY WILL STILL HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE CITIZENS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TURNED DOWN AT THE END OF IT.
STAFFOLD ONCE AGAIN, REMIND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THIS IS A SHALLOW APPROVE ITEM.
YOU DO NOT HAVE, UM, THE AUTHORITY TO DECLINE THIS.
AND, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S, IF THEY COMPLY WITH ALL YOUR ORDINANCES AND ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
YOU CAN'T JUST DENY IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BRICK AND IS BACKUP FROM KURT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, THIS IS A VERY MINOR CHANGE TO ONE CORNER OF THE PLAT.
UM, JUST SO IT MATCHES THEIR PARKING LOT.
UM, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE DETENTION.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY THE SIZE OF THE PARCELS.
I SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THERE, BUT YOU'RE PRETTY HANDY.
HAVE RIM SYSTEM, PROJECT MANAGER OR VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER ALL IN FAVOR.
IT'S NOT LIKE I DO THIS EVERY DAY.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL.
NOW THIS WILL BE ALLOWING THEM TO, UH, MOVE AHEAD.
UH, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SUBMIT THEIR PLANS AND MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, GET A, UH, JUST AMENDS THE PLANT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT RICK, IT'S A STEP.
IT'S THE, ACTUALLY THE FIRST STEP AND
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THE NEXT STEP IS THE IMPORTANT ONE.UH, AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
HUH? COULD BE AN ITEM THREE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE 2021 DAY 16 CALLING FOR A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, TO BE HELD ON JULY, 2021 AT 6:30 PM, CITY MEADOWS, PLACE, CITY HALL TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE APPLICATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND CODE OF ORDINANCES.
CHAPTER 1 53 0.095 AUTO PARTS SALE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE TWO, OOPS, THAT'S INCORRECT.
3 81 WEST BELFORD MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS, ALL WERE DONE.
COUNSEL IS CALLING FOR THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 13TH, 2021.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING MOTION MADE BY RICK TO APPROVE SECOND BOMB.
SORRY, WHO WAS AT KELLY? OKAY.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS DATE? ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE IMPORTANT ONE.
THIS, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2021 DASH ONE THREE, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT NUMBER 2 0 2, 1 1 BIKE WAY AT MEADOWS PLAY STAFFORD.
UH, BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A MOTION TO VOTE, TO APPROVE.
UH, WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PENDING WITH STAFFORD IN, IN, IN MOTION.
AND THIS GETS ONE WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, I'LL MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, REPRESENTATIVE DAVID OR COUNCILMAN DAVID MARTINS.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION, SORRY, MAYOR.
UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION A LITTLE BIT ON THAT THIRD.
WHEREAS AT THE RESOLUTION IT SAYS THE COUNTY WILL FUND 80% OF THE 2.9 MILLION.
UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MISREAD A LITTLE BIT.
THE COUNTY WILL FUND UP TO 2.9 MILLION, UH, OF THE PROJECT.
IF WE CAN SAY UP TO INSTEAD OF, OF THE, I THINK THAT WAS CORRECT.
SO WE WILL, WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO ABSTAIN ON THIS AND RICK'S GOING TO HAVE TO ABSTAIN ON THIS BECAUSE HIS GROUPS, MY STAFF WORKS ON AS ONE THAT WORK AND GET THIS APPROVED, SO, OKAY.
SO EVERYBODY ELSE IS NOT GOING TO ABSTAIN.
DO I HEAR, DO I HEAR A YES OR NO? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED HEARING? NONE MOTION CARRIES IS STILL UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US OUT ON THAT COUNCIL.
THIS WAS A, THIS IS ANOTHER BIG STEP.
AND HOW LONG DOES IT TYPICALLY TAKE TO GET THIS THING RUN THROUGH COUNTY RICK THREE WEEKS OR FOUR WEEKS.
ONCE WE RETURNED IT, WE'LL GET ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONTH, BUT IT PROBABLY CAN PROBABLY GET ON THE JULY 7TH, UH COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY, DOES ANY DELAY OF STAFFER DOESN'T GO WITH THEIR PORTION? IS THIS THE STILL, STILL GOES FORWARD WITH THE MEADOWS PORTION? CORRECT.
IF STAFFORD WERE TO PULL BACK AND DECIDE NOT TO GO FORWARD, WE WOULD, THEY WOULD NOTIFY US.
UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST RESERVE THEIR PORTION SO THAT THEY COULD GO FORWARD LATER.
AND, UM, AND OR IF THEY HAD DECIDED THEY DID NOT WANT IT, WE COULD ACTUALLY APPROACH THE COUNTY ABOUT PICKING UP THE REST OF THE BOND, WHICH WOULD REALLY WOULDN'T AFFECT US MUCH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER JUST DEPENDS ON HOW FANCY YOU WANT TO GET.
I JUST WANT A PARKING LOT AND THE BRIDGE.
UH, I DON'T REMEMBER FIVE DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION AND, UH, CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 2021 DAY 17 REGARDING PARKING LOT REGARDING PARKING ON APPLEWOOD DRIVE BETWEEN BRIGHTON AND DORRANCE, BASICALLY FROM THE NATURE CENTER TO THE EDGE OF THE STREET.
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SAW LAST NIGHT, UM, WE HAVE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND THEY JUST PARKED ON ONE SIDE, BUT TECHNICALLY IT'S NO PARKING ON EITHER SIDE AND WE'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THIS.UM, WELL APPARENTLY WE HAD SOME SIGNS THAT WENT AWAY AT SOME POINT, UM, WHETHER THAT WAS MISCOMMUNICATION STOLEN SIGNS, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, I THINK WE'VE BEEN ASKED WHETHER WE COULD ALLOW PARKING ON THAT STRETCH.
AND THEN THAT'S THE POINT OF DISCUSSION IS, UM, DO WE WANT TO TAKE THOSE SIGNS DOWN PERMANENTLY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET, UM, DURING SWIM MEETS OR WHATEVER, OR DO WE WANT TWO PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO PARK IN THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT? I DON'T GO TO THE SWIM MEETS, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A DOG IN THE HUNT.
AND IT'S MORE ON A DAILY BASIS FROM NATURE AND DISCOVERY CENTER.
UH, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS PARK THERE, SO THEY'RE NOT PARKING IN FRONT OF HOUSES.
UM, SO THAT WAS ONE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND DISCUSS.
AND IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE WEST SIDE THAT'S SO THAT'S, I WOULD WANT NO PARKING SIGNS REMOVED FROM THE WEST SIDE AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE.
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK PARKS DIRECTORS STAND UP RIGHT HERE AND CONFIRM MY NOTE HERE.
UM, THAT WAS THE INTENTION TO ALLOW FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO PARK ON THAT SIDE, UM, WHEN THEY VISIT THE NATURE CENTER, UH, WE ALSO HOST A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS THERE AND THERE'S A ADDITIONAL CAR, SO THAT WOULD CREATE THE OVERFLOW, UM, AND THEN ALSO SWIM TEAM, WHICH IS ONLY SEASONAL, BUT, UM, IT DOES IMPACT THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT.
SO IF WE COULD, UH, REMOVE THE SIGN FROM THAT ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ONLY, WE STILL WANT NO PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET TO ALLOW THE FIRETRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWN IF THEY NEEDED TO.
NOW, WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE HOUSE, THERE WERE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PARKING ACTIVITY AROUND THE NATURE CENTER DISCOVERY CENTER.
AND TERRY'S, AND REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION, WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING BY PULLING THE POOL FENCE BACK AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I DON'T GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PARKING AROUND THE NATURE CENTER DISCOVERY CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF YOU HAVE, UM, EITHER, EITHER AT, DURING THE DAY OR AT SWIM MEETS WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME, UM, OVER THE YEARS, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT CONTINUOUS.
IT'S REALLY, UM, UM, PERIODICALLY IF THERE'S A BIG MEETING, UH, WHICH IS MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH.
UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A DAILY ISSUE.
SO AT THIS POINT WE DON'T SEE A BIG NEED TO EXPEND A LOT OF MONEY ADDING SOME PARKING OVER THERE BY ENCROACHING INTO THE POOL.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? OH, TERRY, DO YOU HAVE, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING MORE SINCE? OKAY.
WELL, THE RESPONSE WAS FROM TERRY IS THERE'S REALLY NO COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF ADDING MORE PARKING AT THIS TIME NOW AGAIN, SO JUST TO MAKE CLEAR FOR ME AS MY CONCERN WAS, IF WE'RE PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE, IS THAT KIDS PARKED THEIR BIKES THERE AND THEY RUN UP AND DOWN THERE AND I'M AFRAID THEY COULD CUT, CUT THROUGH PARKED CARS INTO THE STREET.
UM, WHEREAS IF THEY PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AS OFTEN BECAUSE MOST OF THE KIDS ARE ON THE POOLSIDE.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY I DON'T SEE THAT OFTEN.
I SEE MORE PEOPLE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET TO GET IN THEIR CARS AND LOAD FROM THAT MIGHT BE MORE.
AND SO I'M JUST BRINGING UP BOTH SIDES HERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAYS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW PARKING ON ONE SIDE, IT NEEDS TO BE THE WAY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
BUT I JUST WANTED THAT TO COME UP AS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ME.
UM, SO FEBRUARY, IF I, WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT IS WE'RE GONNA ALLOW TRAFFIC PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER SAYS WE OUGHT TO PUT IT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
PARKS HAS NO PREFERENCE WEST SIDE, BUT PARKS DOES HAVE A PREFERENCE.
THEY PREFER PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE AS WELL.
SO I GUESS, DO, DO WE NEED AN ACTION ITEM DIRECTING NICK TO AMENDED OR THE GUYS WILL BRING US AN ACTION ITEM BACK.
NEXT MEETING ARE NOT, WE W WE, WE DID SOMETHING DANGEROUS.
AND SO WE, WE ALREADY DRAFTED AN ORDINANCE.
SO WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR BACKUP RIGHT NOW IS THE ORIGINAL
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ORDINANCE FROM 2009 THAT CREATED THAT NO PARKING, AND YOU'VE GOT A BRAND NEW ORDINANCE, 2021 DASH 17 THAT REMOVES THE WORD AND WEST FROM THE LOCATION.SO BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD SAY IS, UH, AMBLE WOULD DRIVE BETWEEN DORRANCE AND BRIGHTON ON THE EAST SIDE WOULD BE NO PARKING.
WE WOULD REMOVE THE WEST SIDE AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO THE ORDINANCE IS GEARED UP AND READY TO GO IF YOU'RE READY TO APPROVE IT.
I WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DECEMBER 20, 21 DASH 17, MOVED TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BY KURT SECOND, SECOND BY TIAA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BUT OH, DID DAVID.
ANY OPPOSED THAT ONE CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT'S BEEN A BOOGER FOR AWHILE.
I'M GLAD WE'RE CLEARING THAT UP.
UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2021.
THANK YOU CALLING FOR YOUR INPUT.
UH, DASH 18 AMENDING THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 20, OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $17,045 FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BALANCE, UH, TO LINE ITEM 100 0 6 0 DASH 5 6 5 0 0 1 PARKS MOWING AND LANDSCAPING FOR LANDSCAPING THE CITY.
UM, IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT YOUR, UM, PACKET, THERE'S THAT LITTLE HANDY THING YOU PUT ON THERE? I'M SORRY.
UM, YOU SEE WHERE THE BOTTOM LINE IS IN THE SUMMARY? UM, WE ENDED UP, UH, NEEDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, BECAUSE WE TURNED OVER THREE MONTHS TO, UH, MAINTENANCE TO ST.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE AND SOME OTHER STUFF THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH WERE ALSO COVERED BY C MARK.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THAT 17,845 IS COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE, UH, TO MOVE OVER INTO THAT, TO COVER THE COSTS, INCURRED THE MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY KELLY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO START DOING IS ALSO BRINGING FORWARD, UM, ADJUSTMENTS ON THE REVENUE SIDE TO RECOGNIZE THE ADDITIONAL INCOME WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
UM, THAT'LL HELP SHOW THAT IT'S AN OFFSET.
WE'RE WORKING ON SETTING THAT UP.
SO, UH, ANY MONEY WE GET BACK FROM INSURANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE LEDGER WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
WELL, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF THE COSTS FROM THE CARS THAT HAVE HIT THE ROUNDABOUTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE INCOME, NOT JUST THE EXPENSE.
SO I HAD A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
DID WE VOTE? I DON'T THINK WE DID ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED, WONDERFUL MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THIS IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION REGARDING INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC SIGN AT THE MEADOWS PLACE, COMMUNITY CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION.
UM, THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET.
THIS HAS BEEN, UH, BROUGHT FORTH.
UM, THE SUMMARY, UH, THAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THE CURRENT MARQUIS, UH, WHICH WE USE TO COMMUNICATE IS OLD, IT'S MECHANICAL.
UM, AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE BOARD, ELECTRONIC SIGN, UTILIZING CURRENT FRAME AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET.
UH, SO ELECTRONIC SAND PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USER, SUCH AS PD WOULD HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS.
MULTIPLE MESSAGES CAN BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE DAY IF WE NEEDED OR WANTED TO.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRONIC SAND REPLACED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON CITY PROPERTY.
UH, ONCE THE FUNDING SOURCE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY COUNCIL, UH, YOU WILL SEE IN THE BACK, THERE'S A KEY FEATURES OR ELECTRONIC SIGNS, AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE ELECTRONIC SIGN USED TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER PRIMARILY BY COLEEN.
ONCE AGAIN, COLEEN FOR PD, FOR ADMIN, UH, ONE OF THE ELECTRIC NOTICES.
IT ALSO HAS VOTER INFO WHERE WE CAN PUT ON THERE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M THROWING THE WIDE OPEN IT'S TIME FOR DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY GOT ANY COMMENTS? I'LL START.
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I HAVE HEARTBURN WITH THE CITY DOING SOMETHING WE DON'T ALLOW OUR BUSINESSES TO DO.AND SO IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS UP, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR P AND Z RE EVALUATE OUR SIGN ORDINANCE AGAIN, FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF OPENING THIS UP TO OUR BUSINESSES.
UNDERSTOOD ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SORRY.
I THINK HAVING THIS SIGN GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THE FACT THAT IT CAN CHANGE EVERY 10, 15 SECONDS, WE CAN PUT MULTIPLE MESSAGES, PEOPLE WALKING, RIDING, BIKES, GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SWIM MEET.
I JUST THINK IT'S A MUCH BETTER WAY TO GET MESSAGES OUT.
I THINK WHEN WE HAD THE FREEZE AND WE HAD AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THIS WEEK, I SAW A FOLLOW-UP ON RECYCLING.
WE LOOKED AT THE EMAIL, I THINK NICK HAD POSTED SOMETHING THAT SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP TOMORROW.
THAT COULD BE THE KIND OF THING THAT GOES UP ON THE SIGN.
SO TO ME, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNICATION TOOL TO GET MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE SUNDAYS DAVID, I'M GOING TO, I, FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RICK IS SAYING.
AND TERRY, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO.
RICK'S POINT IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE WON'T ALLOW OUR BUSINESS.
WE, WE HAVE DENIED THIS SIGN TO WALLACE STATE BANK.
WE HAVE DENIED THIS SIGN TO THE CHURCH.
WE HAVE DENIED THIS SIGN TO CVS AT A MINIMUM.
THOSE THREE, MAYBE MORE ACTUALLY CVS KIND OF DROPPED THE BALL ON THEMSELVES, BUT THEY COULD HAVE COME IN HERE AND DONE A BETTER JOB.
THEY DID IS THE CONCERN, THE AESTHETICS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE DENIED THIS, OR JUST A LONGSTANDING THING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO OPEN UP A CAN OF WORMS. A LOT OF IT IS IT'S TIME FOR P AND Z TO REEVALUATE.
IS RICK SAYING THAT WELL, AND I'LL JUST ROLL WITH A BIT QUICK BEFORE TERRY CHIMES IN.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT AESTHETIC SUGAR LAND DOES NOT ALLOW ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
BEL-AIR DOES NOT ALLOW ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
UM, YOUR HIGHER END COMMUNITIES DO NOT.
AND SO THE DECISION WAS WE DID NOT WANT AIRPORT TO LOOK LIKE HARLEM OR NOT HARLEM.
AND SO THE DECISION WAS IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ALLOWED.
THEN WE ALLOWED STERLING MCCALL TO PUT ONE IN BECAUSE IT HAD FREEWAY FRONTAGE.
THEY WERE IN A SPECIAL, NO, WE CREATED THAT.
BACK IN 1986, WE, WE HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT WE DID SO THAT THEY COULD DO IT.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT OUR 10% TIME.
AND WE LEGISLATED WHEN, HOW OFTEN THEY COULD CHANGE IT.
WASN'T WELL, I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE ALLOWED THE SCHOOL TO DO IT.
SO THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COUNCIL.
THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PNZ THAT MADE THOSE PREVIOUS DECISIONS.
THE FIRST COMMENT HAS TO DO WITH THE FIRST ELECTRONIC SIGN WE GOT IN THE CITY FOR THE BALL FIELD WALLACE STATE BANK.
AND IT WAS APPROVED TO GO IN THAT THAT WAS SINCE THE MUNICIPALITY IS A PROVENANCE IT'S OKAY.
AND I HAVE BEEN PUSHING ELECTRONS, FORGET WALGREENS, SIR.
WALGREENS WAS THE FIRST WALGREENS.
OKAY BUT THAT WASN'T APPROVED WALGREENS.
WASN'T THE FIRST AND ACTUALLY, UM, WALGREENS SLIPPED THROUGH A CRACK IN OUR ORDINANCES.
THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS IS IT'S DIGITAL SIGNS OF WHERE THE FUTURE I'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT MONUMENT SIGN UP AT APPLEWOOD AND DORRANCE.
I PUSH HER ELECTRONIC SIGN THERE.
I SAID, IT'S SO EASY TO CHANGE.
IT WILL HELP COLLEEN, AS SHE WANTS TO MAKE IMMEDIATE CHANGES FOR MESSAGES AND THE WHOLE WORKS.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S A WAY TO GO.
NOW, IF WE GOT TO GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND MODIFY THE ORDINANCE, THAT'S FINE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.
I'VE BEEN PUSHING IT FOR 15 YEARS AND I'VE GOTTEN REJECTED EVERY TIME I BROUGHT IT UP.
SO I'M JUST SAYING IT IS, I DON'T CARE WHAT SUGARLAND DOES.
I DON'T CARE WHAT MISSOURI CITY DOES.
AND IF YOU START LOOKING AT THE SIGNAGE THAT'S GOING IN AND ALL THESE OTHER CITIES, THAT'S GOING UP, ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SIGN IN IS GOING UP AND IT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE AS A WAY TO ADVERTISE.
IT'S A WAY TO PROMOTE OUR BUSINESSES.
AND IF IT'S DONE APPROPRIATELY WITH PLANNING AND ZONING,
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IT CAN LOOK VERY, VERY GOOD.I MEAN LIKE THE SIGNAGE ON THE SMART FINANCIAL CENTER, THAT'S ONE JUST, JUST BECAUSE THE CITY DECIDES TO ALLOW THAT WE CAN STILL CONTROL SIZE BRIGHTNESS.
AND, AND THE, THE, THE, THE PRECONCEIVED IN WHICH THE MESSAGE HAS CHANGED ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT RIGHT NOW THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE RUN THROUGH P AND Z.
BUT IT IS, BUT I DO THINK AN ORDINANCE CHANGE IF WE DO THIS TO BE NOT TO BE HYPOCRITICAL, IF WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT BACK UP AND SAY, WHISKEY HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO CHARLIE, BUT IT DOES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING WITH CONDITIONS.
I THINK WE COULD AGREE THAT IT'S PROGRESS.
AND I THINK IT'S MY CONTENTION THAT THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH THE FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE UPSET ABOUT IT.
SO THE, THE QUESTION BECOMES, ARE WE GOING TO GIVE THIS SIGN TO OURSELVES BEFORE WE GO BACK TO P AND Z AND REEVALUATE THE ORDINANCE? OR ARE WE GOING TO TABLE THIS UNTIL P AND Z GOES THROUGH THEIR PROCEDURES? AND THAT'S THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW? YES.
I MENTIONED, DOES THE ORDINANCE PREVENT US FROM PUTTING THE SIGN UP MALWARE EXEMPT? NOW WE CAN EXEMPT OURSELVES, PLUS IT'S ON CITY PROPERTY.
HONESTLY, I THINK, AGAIN, THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE REMARKS WE MAY GET ON IT, ESPECIALLY WITH HURRICANE SEASON COMING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT MESSAGES THAT NEED TO GET OUT MORE QUICKLY.
UH, THAT'S A REAL EASY WAY TO GET THEM OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO DELAY IT ANY FURTHER.
IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO CHANGE THAT UP.
THEY DON'T GET CHANGED VERY OFF.
I THINK WE NEED TO OPEN UP BECAUSE I'VE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS ON THE LOWER END OF THE CITY ACROSS KIRKWOOD SAY THEY NEVER COME TO THE POOL OR TO THE SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.
NOT THAT THEIR KIDS ARE GROWN UP.
SO THOSE SIGNS, ELECTRONIC SIGNS DO THEM.
WE NEED SOMETHING SOMEWHERE THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE GOING DOWN, PARKWOOD WEST AIRPORT, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE GOT BEFORE IS KILLING AS THE SCHOOL IS TAKING THE OLD MECHANICAL SIGN OFF AT THE POOL AND PUTTING THE ELECTRONIC SIGN ON.
AND WE'VE GOT ONE PERSON THAT SAYS DO IT.
NOW YOU GOT TWO PEOPLE SAY, DO IT NOW.
UM, SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, I AM NOT OPPOSED TO DOING IT NOW.
I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DO IT.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO P AND Z.
I THINK THEY NEED TO AT LEAST CONSIDER IT AND TALK ABOUT IT.
I THINK MAYBE IT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED IN AWHILE.
UM, BUT THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THIS DECISION.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING SOURCE.
AND IS IT AN ADDITIONAL COST TO US PER YEAR? KIND OF WHAT THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE PAY FOR THAT SERVICE? GOOD QUESTION TO YOU? YES.
UM, THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL FEE AND THAT FEE IS $30 A MONTH.
THAT $30 A MONTH WOULD ALLOW, UM, MAYOR PD, MYSELF, UM, THE ACCOUNT HOLDERS ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT SIGN.
UM, SO BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S CONNECTED WITH AT AND T OR VERIZON, AND IT'S JUST THAT USER FEE THAT ALL OF US WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, LOG INTO THAT CODE.
UM, THE SIGN THAT ARE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY MANUFACTURERS OUT THERE FOR THESE SIGNS, BUT THE INDUSTRY STANDARD RIGHT NOW, IT'S A FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY ON THE SIGN, UH, WITH 11 TO 15 YEAR LIFESPAN, UM, AND A TWO DAY TURNAROUND.
SO OF THE, UH, PANEL FAILED ON IT.
UM, THEY COULD GET YOU A NEW PANEL TO JUST POP BACK IN WITHIN, UH, TWO DAYS.
AND THEN HAVE WE, DO WE HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS TOO? IT HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO IT, SHE, UH, COLEEN DID PUT AN ESTIMATE IN THERE, UM, IN THE BACKUP, ON, ON A COST AND A SIGN LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT WE COULD DO IS OBVIOUSLY WE, YOU KNOW, UH, WOULDN'T HAVE TO, WOULD NOT HAVE TO COMPETITIVELY BID THIS, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO, IF YOU AUTHORIZE US TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE IT AND PUT IT IN, WE COULD THEN BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING TO RECTIFY THAT.
CAUSE YOU SAID IT TAKES YOU A WHILE TO GET GONE.
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THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE FOR P AND Z TO BRING FORWARD THE ISSUE AND REVISIT IT, UH, REGARDING ELECTRONIC SIGNS IN BUSINESSES, IF IT'S LIMITED OR WIDE OPEN OR WHATEVER, UM, I'M SURE YOU COULD GET TERRY AND PROBABLY RICK TO JOIN THAT MEETING AND VISIT WITH YOU.BUT IF YOU WOULD CONTACT, UH, COURTNEY, UH, MAYBE MAR THE NEXT DAY, GET SOMETHING SET UP, UH, TO WHERE THEY COME IN AND THEY REVISIT, I AGREE WITH RICK, IT NEEDS TO BE REVISITED.
IF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY SAY, NOPE, WE'RE STILL DON'T WANT IT WE'LL THEN.
OR IF THEY LOOK AT US LIKE SAYING, DID Y'ALL RECOGNIZE THIS AS THE 21ST CENTURY COME ON, THAT'S FINE TOO, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE, AND A P AND Z NEEDS TO RUN THROUGH IT.
SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT, OKAY.
NOW THAT BRINGS US TO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW.
AND THAT IS, UH, I NEED A MOTION IF WE ARE SO INCLINED.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE MOTION TO, UH, PUT IN AND INSTALL THE ELECTRONIC SIGN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE PRICE, UH, STATED AS SUCH, AND GO AHEAD AND PULL IT OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH, UH, A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, NEXT MONTH.
SO MOVED MOTION BY KELLY SECOND BY DAVID, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
RICK WAS THE NE AND I APPLAUD IT, UH, UH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR, SINCE WE GOT P AND Z TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT NO, HE'S, UH, HE'S STILL TOO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, BUT THAT MOTION PASSES.
UM, YOU'LL NEED TO GET THAT BALL MOVING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND ROD.
UM, I WANT TO SAY THIS AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT Y'ALL HERE ANYBODY, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TALK ON IT THREE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO LET, Y'ALL COME UP AND SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN PLANNING ON IT FOR A YEAR.
WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE GOT THE SCHOOL OUT OF THERE.
AND AS YOU SAW YESTERDAY, THEY'RE STILL TEARING STUFF OUT OF THERE.
NOW, SO WHAT COULD WE DO BEFORE THEN? NOTHING.
WHAT COULD WE PLAN NOTHING? WHAT DID Y'ALL WANT US TO DO EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAY BASEBALL AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
WE'VE RUN A LOT OF, UH, TRAPS ON THAT.
CO COVERED CALL, GOT PART OF IT COVERED.
AND WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK, TUESDAY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, AND WENT OVER IT IN DETAIL.
UH, WE CAME UP AND FOUND OUT WE HAD SOME HOLES AND WORKED DILIGENTLY TO FILL THOSE HOLES, WHICH WERE PRETTY WELL SATISFIED AT THIS POINT.
CAUSE WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANY CHECKS, UH, THAT WE'RE SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
NOW I'M GONNA LET, UH, I'VE GOT THESE ORDER OF JAMES BRIAN AND, UH, PAM.
SO, UH, JAMES, LET ME SET MY, UM, UH, I, I'M CALLING JAMES FIELDS UP.
I GOT, THIS IS HOW I GOT HELLO.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE AN ORDER TO, IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL TRYING TO DO? OKAY.
OKAY, WELL Y'ALL GOT THAT AND PAY HIM.
YOU CAN, YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO COME SPEAK.
I NEED TO GIVE HIM A STOPWATCH ON, UM, AND SHE'S GOT TO GET THE INFORMATION ON YOUR MARK.
UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.
UH, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS, UH, JUST AN IDEA OF THE MAIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 1, 1 9 2 7 METRO LANE.
I JUST MOVED THERE RECENTLY, UH, BEEN, BEEN WITH METTA IN MEADOWS FOR SINCE 2012.
SO, UH, I AM THE, UH, MAINTENANCE OFFICER FOR THE MEADOWS PLACE, PONY BASEBALL LEAGUE.
UH, AND SO, UH, I I'M KEEPING UP WITH THE FIELDS AS BEST AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR, UH, LOOKING AT, UH,
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WITH THE HANDOUTS, UM, IS THE, UH, SO THIS IS WHAT THE, THE, THE ONE FIELD THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UH, LOOK LIKE AFTER OUR FIRST FIELD DAY OR FIELD MAINTENANCE DAY.AND WE FELT REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT FIELD, UH, AND HOW GOOD IT LOOKED AFTER THAT DAY.
UM, BUT, UM, IF YOU WOULD TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE AFTER THE FIRST RAIN, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THAT FIELD ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE, UH, AFTER THE FIRST RAIN, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNPLAYABLE FOR, FOR DAYS AFTERWARDS, AND WE HAVE THE BEST VOLUNTEER, UH, UH, PARTICIPATION.
I THINK OF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S IN THOSE PLACE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH SHOP VACS, VACUUMING OUT THE WATER FROM THE FIELD.
WE VACUUMED OUT OVER 300 GALLONS OF WATER FROM THAT FIELD TO MAKE IT ACTUALLY PLAYABLE FOR THE, FOR THE GAME NEXT DAY.
AND, UH, THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS WHAT THAT FIELD LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE DID THE MAINTENANCE ON IT.
AFTER THAT, UH, AFTER THAT RAIN, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY GAMES THE NEXT DAY IT WAS MUDDY, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT THE RAIN WAS ACTUALLY GONNA COME OUT.
THE NEXT PICTURE IS THE FIELD THE VERY NEXT DAY WITH NO RAIN AFTERWARDS, RAIN SEAT, BACK UP INTO THE FIELD A MINUTE AND A HALF.
A RAIN SEAT BACKED UP INTO THE FIELD.
AND, AND AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS DEFINITELY A UNPLAYABLE, UH, FOR, FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTERWARDS.
AND THAT'S THE ONE FIELD THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, UH, BESIDES THE TEMPORARY FIELD, UH, FOR THAT SEAT FOR, UH, FOR LAST SEASON.
UM, OUR PRESIDENT JAMES, HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, IN THE MEADOWS PLACE, UH, PONY FIELD, AS WELL AS THE NON-RESIDENTS THAT COME IN AS WELL.
AND JUST THE CONDITION OF THE FIELDS THEMSELVES A MINUTE, ONE MINUTE, THANK YOU.
THE CONDITIONS OF THE FIELDS THEMSELVES.
IT COULD BE NEGATIVE PRESS FOR MEADOWS PLACE.
AS WE SEE THAT AS PEOPLE COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE THE CONDITION OF THE FIELDS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE FIELDS THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING REPAIRS TO ONE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
UH, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT CONSIDERATION CAN BE MADE NOT NECESSARILY THIS YEAR, BUT IN THE FUTURE FOR THE OTHER TWO FIELDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE SO THAT THEY CAN BE USABLE AS WELL.
UH, AND I, AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UH, CONSIDERATION IN THAT REGARD.
DO YOU GET A FEW SECONDS? I KNOW I'M GOOD.
AND I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE HAVING THE FIELDS AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT.
AND BEING ABLE TO PLAY ON THE FIELDS, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITION THAT THEY'RE IN, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
MY SONS HAVE BEEN PLAYING ON THE MEADOWS FIELD FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS.
MY YOUNGEST IS IN HIS LAST YEAR.
I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU SAID, MR. MAYOR.
I AM ONLY UP HERE JUST IN CASE ANYONE NEEDS TO BE PERSUADED.
SO WE ASK YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE STRONGLY, IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN FUND AND CARRY OUT THIS WORK TO RE REDO LEVEL, FIX UP THE MAIN MUSTANG AND BRONCO.
THAT'S THE BIG FIELD, GET THE LIGHTS IN SUPPLY.
WE THINK WE HAVE, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU IF I CAN, FOR JUST A MOMENT, I'M ALSO GONNA STOP THE CLOCK.
SO I'M NOT TAKING ANY OF YOUR TIME.
I HEAR THE, THE REALLY THE PANIC AND DISK AND CONCERN IN YOUR VOICE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FRUSTRATED ME FOR OVER A YEAR ON THIS FIELD.
AND THE SAME THING WITH COLEEN.
I KNOW BECAUSE, AND, AND ROD, THE OTHER DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISCUSSION, HE JUST SAID, WHAT DO THEY THINK? WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX THESE FIELDS BECAUSE HE'S NEW TO THIS.
HE HADN'T, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THERE, ET CETERA.
AND I'M HEARING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
AND I WANT YOU TO BE SURE THAT THAT'S NEVER BEEN THE CITY'S INTENTION.
UM, YOU GOT TWO EDC MEMBERS SITTING UP HERE AND, UH, IN THE ATC MEETING, UM, WHEN F UH, THERE WAS A FIGURE $15,000 BROUGHT UP PRESENT 80 C.
NOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THOSE BASEBALL FIELDS.
AND SO THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN TRYING TO HAVE SET SOME TYPE OF EXPECTATION OF TIMING, WHICH IS OUT THE WINDOW, STILL OUT THE WINDOW.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO ACCEPT ANY KIND OF TIMING ON US, CAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE FIELD'S GOING TO GET FIXED UP.
AND IN A MANNER THAT MET WHERE WE WERE, WE'VE GOT, UM, I FORGET
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THE DIFFERENT LAYER LEVELS OF FIELD, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE IN THE RECREATIONAL LEAGUE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BALL FIELD TO SET UP FOR RECREATIONAL PLAY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN, THAT LITTLE COMMUNITY OUT THERE ON BASEBALL.
THAT'S A, THAT'S LIKE SWIM THING.
IT'S THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR, OUR CITY WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE PLAYING.
SO I JUST WANT THAT TO PUT YOU AT RISK, AS I KNOW YOU GO OUT AND YOU, AND YOU CARE AND YOU WILL.
AND BECAUSE YOU SHOWED UP AND YOU CARE, I WANTED TO PUT YOUR HEART AT EASE AND LET YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR ATTITUDE.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO IT? I DON'T KNOW HOW COMPLETE EVERYTHING WILL BE.
I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH HERE LATELY THAT ROD GACK CAME OVER FROM THE CITY WITH A LOT OF MONEY AND HE KNOWS HOW TO SPEND IT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK ALL THIS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ON WHAT, AND WHEN YOU JUST HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM ME AND THIS CITY, THAT THOSE FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE REBUILT, THERE WILL BE A FENCE AROUND IT.
THERE WILL BE LIGHTS OUT THERE AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY BALL.
THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO SPEAK.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ALL SET, SO THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE SIX MINUTES HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG ROAD FOR OUR BASEBALL LEAGUE, WORKING THROUGH ONE OF OUR MAIN FIELDS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR SO LONG.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PLAYING ON IT AGAIN.
SOON WHILE BRIAN SPOKE ABOUT THE PRACTICAL ISSUES WE FACE WITH OUR FIELDS, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR BASEBALL LEAGUE AS A WHOLE, AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE GOT MY MEADOWS PLACE, 2021, ALL STAR BAND SHIRT, UM, ON THE BACK, THERE'S 37 NAMES OF KIDS THAT, UM, WE'VE, WE GOT THE BEST OF OUR KIDS AND FORMED THREE TEAMS. AND THEY'RE PLAYING ON ALL-STAR TOURNAMENTS RIGHT NOW OF THE 37 PLAYERS, 23 OF THEM EITHER LIVE IN MEADOWS PLACE OR A 10 MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I'M LOOKING MORE BROADLY OF ALL THE FAMILIES ENROLLED IN OUR SPRING BASEBALL SEASON.
60% OF THEM LIVE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
AND OVER 90% OF THEM, UH, LIVE WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS OF OUR, OF OUR BASEBALL FIELDS AND, UH, KURT, HIS DAUGHTER, BRINLEY HEATH IS A JEEP PLAY THIS YEAR.
THIS IS A TRUE COMMUNITY LEAGUE.
UM, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYERS, BUT THEY ARE OUR PLAYERS.
IF WE WEREN'T AROUND, THEN A LOT OF THESE KIDS WOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO THE GAME OF BASEBALL AS I'VE TRAVELED TO SOME OTHER BASEBALL VENUES FOR ALL SORTS TOURNAMENTS.
I'M SOMETIMES IN ALL OF THE FACILITIES THAT OTHER LEAGUES HAVE.
I THINK, MAN, IF I ONLY HAD THIS, WHAT WE CAN MAKE OUR LEAGUE AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE JUST NOT PHYSICALLY ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THAT, BUT I DO HAVE DREAMS OF IMPROVING GREATLY.
WHAT WE DO HAVE, AND THIS BASEBALL FIELD PROJECT IS THE FIRST STEP OVER THE PAST THREE TO FOUR SEASONS, THREE TO FOUR SEASONS.
WE OPERATE OUR OLDER VISIONS WITH SUB OPTIMAL PLAN CONDITIONS.
WHY DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUFFERED SOME ATTRITION BECAUSE OF IT.
I'M ALSO THANKFUL TO THE PLAYERS AND FAMILIES HAVE STUCK WITH US, EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH TO OFFER THEM FACILITIES WISE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY, HOPEFULLY SOON THAT OUR OLDER PLAYERS CAN FINALLY PLAY ON A FIELD THAT ALL OF US CAN BE PROUD OF.
AND AS BRIAN'S PICTURES ARE THE TEST, WE ALSO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH OUR SMALL FIELD, AS WELL AS A SMALL LEAGUE WITH MINIMAL ASSETS.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GET BOTH NOW AND IN FUTURE YEARS WITH IT BEING BUDGET SEASON, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP US IN MIND THROUGHOUT YOUR DISCUSSIONS.
IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO, PROBABLY AFTER A LONG FIELD PREP DAY WHERE IT FELT LIKE WE WERE JUST SPITTING IN THE WIND, TRYING TO FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BASEBALL FIELDS.
I FORESAW A DAY IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, WHERE IF WE DIDN'T DO SOMETHING MAJOR TO FIX THESE FIELD PROBLEMS, THAT THE NUMBERS OF OUR SMALL LEAGUE WILL CONTINUE TO DWINDLE UNTIL IT'S SIMPLY JUST CEASE TO EXIST.
I'M HAPPY TODAY THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING TO TAKE THE FIRST STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT DAY NEVER HAPPENS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY YEARS OF THE CITY AND METIS PLACE, PONY BASEBALL, PARTNERING WITH EACH OTHER TO BRING A HIGH QUALITY BASEBALL LEAGUE THAT EVERYONE CAN BE PROUD OF.
VERY ALL RIGHT, JAMES, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
UM, UM, AND, UH, BRIAN CAN HAVE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON IT.
UM, Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, DOING SOME WORK OVER THERE AT THE MINERS FIELD OR THE LITTLE WHATEVER Y'ALL CALL IT.
WE, WE HAVE SOME MONEY THAT WE WERE WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, POSSIBLY Y'ALL GOT TO PUT OVER THERE, UM, UH, INTO 15,000, IS IT, IT'S BASICALLY ENOUGH TO, TO REDO THE, UH, INFIELD COMPLETELY OF THE SMALL FIELD, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IT NEEDS RIGHT NOW, IT'S BASICALLY A BATHTUB.
AND WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE BUDGETED AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
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SOME OF THIS IN OUR CIP.UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING TO POKE IT IN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO RAISE IT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT FROM.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT BASEBALL IS DOING BECAUSE IN THE PAST BASEBALL'S ALWAYS CARRIED A BIG PORTION OF REPAIR, ET CETERA, WHICH I WOULDN'T EXPECT ON THE, ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, BECAUSE THAT WAS, UH, NOT BASEBALL.
UM, BUT Y'ALL HAVE PASSED UP ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPPORTUNITIES TO FUNDRAISE.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHY, I MEAN, Y'ALL KNOW YOUR ONGOING FUNDING AND I, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, UH, TO NOT PASS UP ON ANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I KNOW BRIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT GREAT SUPPORT IN BY VOLUNTEERS AND, YOU KNOW, PAM IS HERE.
UH, I KNOW YOU CAN COUNT ON PAM.
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE GIVEN THE REST OF YOUR PARENTS AND HAVE THEM STEP UP A LITTLE BIT AND SHOW UP AT SOME OF THESE THINGS AND, AND SELL PEANUTS OR POPCORN OR CRACKER JACKS OR WHATEVER YOU CAN AT SOME OF OUR CITY EVENTS TO TRY TO INCREASE FUNDRAISING.
WE GOT THE 4TH OF JULY COMING.
I'M ASSUMING Y'ALL ARE ENGAGED IN THAT.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL, UH, BE PROFITABLE FOR YOU.
UH, A LOT OF MONEY, 10 TO 15 GRAND.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF FUNDRAISING.
AND SO I WOULD CONTEST THAT, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT AND, UM, WE'VE RAISED A LOT OF MONEY IN THE PAST AND WE'VE, WE'VE DONE WELL WITH OUR BUDGETING AND CUTTING EXPENSES.
SO I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A LOT, BUT WE CAN'T JUST WITH A LOT OF A LOT COMING UP.
AND IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE WANTING TO MAKE THIS SOMEPLACE, YOU QUOTE, YOU CAN BE PROUD OF.
Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT GETTING WITH FOLKS AND DECIDED WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IT.
AND WHEN, IF ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE MINOR FIELDS FOR A DRAINAGE ISSUE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT EASILY COULD I REALLY DO.
UM, THEN WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THERE? BASEBALL HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THIS COMMUNITY SINCE BEFORE I GOT HERE, TERRY HENLEY AND MR. JOHNSON, UH, WENT DOWN TO WHAT'S NOW ACROSS FROM SAM'S AND BUILT A BASEBALL FIELD.
THEN THEY STUCK ONE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FIELD, OUT THERE ABOUT WHERE THE PATH GOES OVER TO THE LAKE AND THEY PUT ONE UP AND THAT WAS THE MAJORS FIELD.
AND IT WAS, IT HAD A 10 FOOT BACKSTOP, MAN, EVERYBODY PROUDEST PAGES OF THAT.
SO TH IT'S WE'VE CONTINUED TO GROW AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, LOOKING AT IS WHAT DO WE DO? SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET, IT GETS SOME INPUT HERE FROM PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, SURE.
I, FOR ONE, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE LEAGUE THIS PAST SEASON, SHEILA LEE AND I WENT UP AND WORKED CONCESSION STADIUM, BASEBALL, DEAD, DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING.
I'VE BEEN AFTER HIM FOR EVER SPONSOR THE FENCE SPONSOR THE DUGOUT SPONSOR DIRT ON THE GROUND.
AND MY THOUGHT IS, THE LEAGUE IS REAL BIG OUT HERE.
MY SON STARTED WHEN HE WAS FOUR.
HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL, THANK GOD THEY, MY, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME.
LET DAKOTA PLAY BECAUSE BEFORE THEN YOU CAN START PLAYING OUT HERE UNTIL YOU WERE SIX.
HE WAS THE FIRST, HE WAS ACTUALLY THREE TURNING FOUR.
IF YOU WENT TO HIS WEDDING, HIS BEST MAN, HE MET AT MEADOWS, ALL PLAY.
THESE KIDS ARE FRIENDS FOR LIFE.
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING, OH, HEY, WE PLAYED TOGETHER, NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.
AND IF WE CAN AFFORD 17 GRAND FOR DORAN'S THAT PEOPLE WON'T EVEN LOOK AT OR WHATEVER KIRKWOOD PROJECT FOR, TO TRIM SOME TREES OR PLANTS, FIX THINGS WE CAN AFFORD TO FIX OUR BASEBALL FIELDS UP TO STAGE TO WHERE THE KIDS WON'T GET HURT.
WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, KIDS ARE ON THE FIELDS PLAYING KICKBALL OR WHATEVER.
THE COMMUNITY USES THAT FIELD.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING, I WANT TO SEE THIS FIELDS BOUGHT BACK UP TO SNUFF AND MAY BE BETTER.
I KNOW IT'S NOT PREMIER BASEBALL.
IT NEVER WILL BE, BUT WE CAN DO GOOD TO OUR FIELDS.
AND THE BIT THE LEAGUE FOR THE RECORD DID WORK HARD.
THIS PAST SEASON THAT I SAW, WELL, IF THEY GETTING MONEY IN THE BANK, THEN THEY DID.
I WAS GOING TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID.
I THINK THEY, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB, UH, FUNDRAISING.
AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ON THE VOLUNTEER
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ASPECT.SOMETIMES WHEN IT CAME TO THE VAULT TO THE FUNDRAISING, THEY'RE GETTING TAPPED OUT.
I MEAN, THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE DO HAVE ARE ON ALL THE DIFFERENT LEAGUES AND I'M SEEING IT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TO VOLUNTEER, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH.
AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE GETTING TAXED.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE FEELING IT AND I SEE IT ON SOME OTHER SIDES.
SO SOMETIMES I THINK WHEN THEY SAY, NO, THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY YES, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS TO REALLY HELP THEM OUT.
NOW, IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM THE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CITY POINT OF VIEW, UH, ROD, I'M GONNA LET YOU GO FIRST.
SINCE YOU HIT ME UP WITH MORE MONEY HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO, I'M GOING TO HIT YOU UP FOR MORE MONEY.
THIS SITUATION WITH THE FORT BEND ISD BASEBALL FIELD IS CALLED THE MAJORS.
THE CONSTRUCTION DAMAGED THE FIELDS FAIRLY SUBSTANTIALLY.
THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS.
AND THE FOURTH BIG ONE IS THE LIGHTING.
WE ALL THOUGHT THAT
AND IF CHOSEN NOT TO THE MEETING LAST WEEK, WE HAD, UH, WE COVERED A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS. WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE SPRINKLERS REPAIRED FOR UNDER 5,000, HAVING A FENCE REPAIR FOR UNDER 7,000 AND DOING THE LANDSCAPING WORK OR THE LEVELING OF A FIELD FOR LESS THAN 20,000.
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, I RECEIVED AN UPDATED QUOTE FROM TECH LINE SPORTS FOR THE LIGHTING, REPLACING THE POLE.
AND IF WE REPLACE THE POLE AND PUT IN THE SAME LIGHTS, THERE, THERE THE METAL HAYLIGHT, THAT'LL BE A COST OF A 38,600 FOR ONE POLE AND SIX LIGHTS.
IF WE, UM, LET ME SEE KURT GOING.
THIS IS NOT THE EXPENSIVE ONE.
UM, THIS COMPANY ANYWAY, TO P TO REPLACE THE POLE AND UPGRADE THE LIGHTS TO LED, WHICH WOULD BE YOU'RE COMING FROM A 1500 WATT DOWN TO A 630 WATT.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON ALL THREE POLES, ALL THREE POLES, YES, WOULD BE A TOTAL COST OF 66,800.
AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS THAT I DID FOR THE, UH, CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSERVATION, THE COMPANY WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME A COMPARISON FROM THE LED TO THE METAL HALIDE.
WE WOULD BE SAVING 76% OF OUR POWER BILL EVERY YEAR FROM NOW ON IF WE WENT THE LEDS.
THE OTHER THING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE OLD LIGHTS ARE BECOMING VERY, VERY HARD TO REPLACE.
SO IT WOULD BE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IF, IF, AND WHEN THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED, IT WAS IN THE CIP FOR NEXT YEAR.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO FIND THAT EARLY, THAT WE USE THE FIGURE OF 5,000 FOR THE IRRIGATION 7,000 FOR THE FENCE, 20,000 FOR THE LEVELING.
AND IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION TO GO WITH THE 66,000 FOR THE LED CONVERSION, WE WOULD SAVE MONEY.
LONG-TERM THERE WAS A HANDOUT THAT WAS LATE IN COMING, BUT IT'S THERE FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
AND IT DOES SHOW THE LAST PAGE SHOWS THE CONVERT, THE, UH, THE ACTUAL SAVINGS.
EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE AN ENERGY AUDIT.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY 5%.
WE'RE NOT MEETING THIS AS A SECONDARY ISSUE WOULD HELP US MEET THAT.
SO THE TOTAL IS ROUGHLY $108,000.
LET ME ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO ONE OF MY THING, THAT WHOLE AREA THAT WAS TORN UP INCLUDES FROM THE, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO DANG EUROPE, TO DORRANCE, AS FAR AS IRRIGATION, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE FOR THE, WHAT UNDER
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FIVE IS GOING FROM THROUGH BASICALLY THE BASEBALL FIELD UP TO THE CLASSROOM, AND IT WILL CONNECT YOU TO THE NEXT SET OF IRRIGATION, BUT IT DOESN'T FIX IT.IT DOES, IT DOESN'T FIX IT BECAUSE THESE, THIS IRRIGATION WAS SET UP IN SERIES.
I HAVE TO FIX THE MAJORS FIRST.
I HAVE TO GET WATER SUPPLY TO THAT NEXT SECTION BEFORE YOU EVEN GET AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
THIS IS STRICTLY GOING TO GET THE MAJORS FIELD RUNNING.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION ON THE QUOTE THAT, UM, UH, ROD PROVIDED THE 20,000 FOR THE FIELD REPAIR.
UM, THAT'S FOR THE INFIELD, THAT'S NOT THE OUTFIELD.
UM, THE OUTFIELD, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT MORE OF A, UM, RECREATIONAL FIELD USE VORST VERSUS MORE OF A SPORT TYPE FIELD.
SO THAT WOULD MY, UM, MIGHT HAVE TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE VERSUS CONTRACTING OUT IF FUNDS WERE TIGHT.
SO, UM, AN ADDITIONAL TO ADD THE OUTFIELD IS A MINIMUM OF 20 IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS WELL.
SO IT KIND OF MATCHES THE INFIELD.
UM, BUT FOR PLAYING PURPOSES, I BELIEVE THE INFIELD IS QUITE IMPORTANT, CORRECT? YEAH.
TH TH THE INFIELD IS THE PRIORITY IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THAT FEE.
UM, AND TO RECAP THIS ALL TOGETHER, WHEN WE KNEW WE WERE GOING INTO THIS PROJECT, UM, IT WASN'T BECAUSE WE JUST SAID, WE NEED AN UPGRADE TO THE FIELD.
IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND GREATER DAMAGE AS THE PROJECT WENT ON.
INITIALLY, WE THOUGHT WE JUST NEEDED TO FIX THE IRRIGATION, UH, RESURFACE THE FIELD AND PUT A FENCE BACK UP.
WELL, AND AS ROD STATED, NOW WE HAVE A LIGHT POLE.
SO THE FEE HAS GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY BEYOND WHAT WE FIRST ANTICIPATED.
UM, AND WHEN BASEBALL AND WE FIRST STARTED TALKING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS STILL WITHIN OUR GRASP TO FIX IT AND REPAIR IT.
I JUST NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE ASK IS BIGGER.
WE'RE PUT INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO REPAIR IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS AT LEAST.
UM, AND THERE IS A COST OBVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY KEEPING IN MIND WHAT THE ASK IS TONIGHT, THEN THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM EDC COULD QUITE POSSIBLY GO TOWARDS THE OUTFIELD.
IF THAT'S WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK, ROD, UH, THE LIGHT POLE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST I'D HEARD OF, OF THAT.
WHEN DID FORT BEND ISD TELL US THAT.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY CHANCE OF RECOURSE ON THAT? OKAY.
CAN I GO AHEAD AND FINISH HEARING SOME LAUGHTER AND I, I KNOW WHY, BUT CAN I GO UP AND PICK THE FIRE ISSUE? DO WE REALLY WANT TO GO THERE BEFORE I ANSWER? YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA ON EMAILING.
SO BEFORE I ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I HAVE TO DEFER IT ONE PAY GRADE UP.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
UH, THE LIGHT POLE, WHEN IT WAS REMOVED, IT WAS A DIRECT WHAT WE CALL A DIRECT BURY.
AND SO IT WAS DAMAGED AND THROWN AWAY.
THE ONE WE'RE PUTTING IN IS ALSO A DIRECT BURY.
IT WOULD BE MORE FOR THE FOUNDATION.
IT IS THE REASON, THE REASON THAT I WOULD PUSH FOR THE LEDS IS THAT EVERYTHING WE LOOK AT NOWADAYS IS LED A, SAVED SO MUCH MONEY.
IN FACT, I KNOW THAT THE SIX LIGHTS THAT HE'S PROPOSING TO PUT ON THIS LIGHT POST FOR THE METAL HALOGEN, THAT'S THE LAST SIX HE HAS.
SO I KNOW IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT WE WILL RECOUP THOSE SAVINGS AS WE GO ON DOWN THE ROAD WITH REGARD TO OUR POWER BILL, ALL I CAN SAY IS IF YOU WALK INTO CITY HALL TO MEET PART OF THAT REQUIREMENT THAT ROD WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TO SAVE US MONEY IN THE CITY HALL, WE SWAPPED ALL OF THEM OUT TO LEDS.
UM, WHEN I CAME BACK TO YES, EVEN THESE, UM, WHEN I CAME BACK FROM MY VACATION, I HAD NO AIR CONDITIONING AND I HAD NO LIGHTS IN MY KITCHEN.
UM, DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT THE SCHOOL PAID FOR THEIR PERMIT FEE AND WHAT WE ENDED UP EXPANDING WITH OUR, UM, REVIEW COMPANY, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS RIGHT.
AS I REMEMBER THAT THAT FEE WE CHARGED THEM FOR THEIR PERMIT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.
AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT AT THE TIME DISHING IT REFUNDING SOME OF THAT.
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WE KNEW WHAT OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES WERE, I'M NO LONGER INCLINED TO DO THAT.AND WE APPLY THE EXTRA TOWARDS, NO, I AGREE.
UM, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, THE 25% THAT WE PAID TO BBG WAS $12,691.
THAT'D BE THREE TIMES THEN MINUS THAT WEALTH.
SO, UM, MY POINT WAS WHEN I, WE GOT MARRIED CONDITIONER FIXED AND WE STUMBLED AROUND WITHOUT LIGHTS IN THE KITCHEN UNTIL I COULD GET A COMPANY OUT BECAUSE ELECTRICITY ELECTRICIAN'S A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW TO CONVERT FROM FLUORESCENT TO LED.
ONE OF THE REASONS IS BETTER LIGHTING, MORE EFFICIENT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BUT IT COSTS COST TO OPERATE.
I DON'T THINK YOU GOT TO PUSH THIS COUNCIL TOO FAR TO GET THEM TO AGREE IN WITH YOUR CHOICE ON THE LED.
WOULD THAT BE A FAIR STATEMENT, COUNSEL? TRUE.
I MEAN, UH, I WOULDN'T HAVE US DO ANYTHING BUT LED.
SO, SO, SO KNOWING THAT WE HAD GOT ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, KNOWING THAT OUR SALES TAX NUMBERS FOR 2021 ARE SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE, UM, ABOVE BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON STARTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SHE MAKING A MOTION TO PROCEED WITH AS ROD AND COLEEN HAVE W WHAT I'M THINKING IS, SO, I MEAN, WHAT NUMBER ARE YOU GUYS ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW? 108,000 ON HUNDRED, 8,000.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CITY? SELF-PERFORMING THE OUTFIELD? WHAT WOULD THAT COST OF THE CITY DID IT VERSUS A COMPANY? IF THE BASE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THE IRRIGATION DEFENSE, THE LEVELING OF 20,000, THE LIGHTS AS A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED, $8,000, THAT DOES NOT NOTHING FOR THE OUTFIELD.
SO THE ADDITIONAL FOR THE OUTFIELD, THE QUOTES PFIZER PROVIDED WAS AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 FOR THE OUTFIELD.
UM, I MOVED TO ALLOCATE, UM, A MAXIMUM OF $150,000 TO THE BASEBALL REPAIRS JUST TO GIVE THEM SOME LEEWAY TO WORK WITH.
SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION HERE TO BEGAN CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION ON THE, UH, REPAIR, THE MAJOR'S BASEBALL FIELD WITH THE MACS, OR DO NOT EXCEED $150,000 RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BACK KELLY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION YESTERDAY? OF COURSE.
AND WE DID HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS PRIOR.
UM, AND SO ANY UPGRADES THAT NEED TO OCCUR, THEY HAVE GIVEN THAT BACK TO US.
NOW THEY'RE FINISHED WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS ALL, ANY, ANY IMPROVEMENT WE, WE MAKE ON THAT PROPERTY IS AT RISK.
I CAN COME BACK AND JUST LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE THIS AGAIN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE OPERATED COHESIVELY WITH THEM FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M HOPING WE HAVE ANOTHER 40 YEARS OF, YOU KNOW, GOOD, GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
ONE ITEM, UH, THE LIGHTING COMPANY.
DID YOU JUST GET ONE QUOTE FROM ONE COMPANY OR HAVE YOU ALL SOUGHT OUT MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES? I'VE SOUGHT OUT, IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND I HAVE SOUGHT OUT A SECOND QUOTE, BUT I, THE OTHER QUOTE, I ANTICIPATE COMING BACK A MUCH HIGHER THAN THE ONE I'VE GOT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE YEAH, YEAH.
DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY GOALS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE CURRENTLY.
THAT'S THE QUOTE THAT HE DID GET FROM THE COMPANY THAT'S ON OUR FIELDS, FAMILIAR WITH IT.
THAT ALREADY HAS A, THE CURRENT LIGHT POLES.
THE COMPANY TECH LINE WAS THE ONE THAT DISCONNECTED THEM.
THEY DID NOT TAKE THEM OUT, BUT THEY MADE THE INITIAL INSTALLATION OF THE OTHER COLES.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT'S WHERE WE DO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND WE'LL WORK WITH, UH, BASEBALL AND
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BARDS TO MOVING FORWARD, UM, BECAUSE THEIR INTEREST ALSO IS TO, UH, REPAIR THE OTHER FIELDS.AND AS BRIAN HAD MENTIONED TO ME WORKING WITH A COMPANY, IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TWO FIELDS, UM, THEY'RE MORE INCLINED TO DROP A PRICE, ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET.
SO FOR OUR CLARIFICATION, IF COUNCIL IS APPROVING THIS TONIGHT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT ROD AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND START GETTING YOUR FINGERS TO THE POINT WHERE WE VOTE ON IT.
NO, JUST ONE MORE CLARIFICATION SCHEDULE I WILL MEET.
I WILL LEAD AT LEAST 45 TO 60 DAYS TO GET THIS COMPLETED.
NOT THAT THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD, DOES THAT INCLUDE POLL DELIVERY? CAUSE MY GUESS IS UNFOLD.
DELIVERY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW.
SIGNAL POLLS ARE 16 TO 20 MONTHS.
THE PROJECT CAN STILL BE DONE.
THAT LIGHT POLE CAN BE BROUGHT IN AFTER THE FACT FOLKS ON BANG.
UM, SO WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE BALL FIELD WOULD BE REBEL AND CAN SLEEP GOOD TONIGHT.
AND UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HEY COUNSEL, I GOT A COMMAND ROD AND COLEEN FOR THE TON OF WORK THAT THEY PUT IN IN GETTING THIS TO THE, WHERE THEY COULD INVITE AND SIT ME DOWN.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, IT WAS A SCRAMBLE FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION IN ONE VOTE.
THERE'S NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
IN WHICH CASE WE'LL MOVE IT OUT TO A SEPARATE ACTION TO HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA MODES BARRICK.
UM, AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO STEP UP AND VISIT.
OH, WELL I THINK I CAN SPEAK PRETTY LOUD.
NOW WE HAVE A GOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WORKED WITH THEM FOR SOME YEARS AND I BET YOU, I CAN COUNT ON ONE FOOT.
HOW MANY FATALITY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WE'VE HAD IN THIS CITY? WE'VE DONE VERY WELL AT KEEPING TRAFFIC FLOWING, KEEPING PEOPLE THINKING SO ON THAT.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR.
WHY CAN'T WE GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MORE INVOLVED? LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY DON'T SHOW UP FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO GIVE THE REPORT.
I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IT'D BE NICE TUESDAYS THEIR TRAINING NIGHT.
WELL, IF THEY COULD BREAK ONE OFF TO, UH, JUST SHOW UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW THIS BRUCE DOESN'T LIKE HIM.
WELL WE CAN INVITE HIM, BUT IT'D BE NICE.
I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I THINK IT'D BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LIKE COMMUNITY POLICING, COMMUNITY, FIRE PREVENTION, AT LEAST GET THEM OUT THERE AND INTRODUCE THEM TO EVERYBODY.
SO I THINK THEY'RE NOT OURS AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BRUCE.
I'M SURE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT OURS.
WE DO WORK WITH THEM VERY WELL.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UP AT THE SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES THEY'LL SHOW UP TO OUR EVENTS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT THE BEST WE GET FOR THEM THOUGH.
WELL, I, TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, PUTTING IN THE AMBULANCE SERVICE, THAT'S BEEN EXCELLENT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING PLUS PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT IT HELPS ON YOUR HOME INSURANCE.
IF YOU HAVE AMBULANCE AND FIRE SERVICE, VERY CLOSE, YOU GET A, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM TO BE WITHIN ONE SQUARE MILE.
I GUARANTEE THAT, WELL, HEY, THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY ASK AS LONG AS THEY'RE CLOSE, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT THIS POWER CONSERVANCY.
UH, WE SHOULD, I'LL GO BACK AND REVISIT WITH COLLEEN ON THE SOLAR POWER
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LIGHTS.AGAIN, WE COST THE CITY NOTHING.
I WROTE A REPORT ONCE WE CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SEE WHERE IT GOES WITH THE PARKS.
SO WHATEVER YOU CAN BRING US UP, PROMISE YOU WE'LL LOOK AT IT, BRUCE.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR THEY'RE TELLING ME I'M NUTS OR LET'S SAY IT SAYS IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.
AND TERRY, THANK YOU FOR THE SPEAKER.
TERRY HENLEY 1, 2, 2 0 3 AUSTIN DRIVE THREE THINGS.
FIRST WAS RECYCLING, WHICH, UH, THE TEXAS PRIDE, THE NICK AND I'VE GONE THROUGH LOW ISSUES THIS, THIS PAST FEW DAYS AND TRYING TO GET MY RECYCLING PICKED UP AND I UNDERSTAND, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT WE WORKED OUT, NICK AND YOU KNOW, ROD, OH, ROD'S ALREADY GONE.
I'D HEAD OUT THERE FOR FOUR DAYS, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY BECAUSE OF THE LABOR SHORTAGE.
AND I MENTIONED TO CHARLIE EARLIER THAT, UH, TEXAS PRIDE ACTUALLY HAS A NUMBER ON OUR WEBSITE OR THE $2,000 SIGNING FOR SOMEBODY TO GO TO WORK FOR THEM.
SO THERE'S SHORT STREETS, UH, THAT THEY MISS AND BECAUSE OF LACK OF TRAINING, THEY MISS THEM.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'VE DONE ONCE THEY'VE DONE MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT ANYWAY, BUT WE WORKED IT OUT AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID.
UH, ROD CAME AND NEIL PICKED IT UP AND YOU KNOW, AND UH, SO WE'RE OKAY.
I'VE ALREADY GOT IT HALF FULL AGAIN.
BUT ANYWAY, I ENJOY RECYCLING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE FOR SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NOT RECYCLING.
THEN WE NEED TO RECONSIDER THAT BECAUSE RECYCLING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
NUMBER TWO IS NEWSPAPER NOTICES, WHICH HAVE SOMEWHAT DISGUSTED.
I SPENT ALL THE HUNDREDS OF HOURS TESTIFYING AND GET UP OR IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, JAY HAYNE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HOUNDED THE NEWSPAPER.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT UP TO TESTIFY, UH, SUPPORTING THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC NOTICES USED TO THE WEBSITE, EVERYBODY LEFT, THE ONLY PEOPLE LEFT IN THE COMMITTEE WAS A GUY WHO, UH, ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE DOWN THE VALLEY DID NOT, UH, ONE IN FIVE WROTE WHY IT MIGHT AFFECT MY LITTLE NEWSPAPER HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
I SAID A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT PUBLIC ENTITIES HAS BEEN IN AS TIGHT TEXAS ON NEWSPAPER ADS.
AND, UH, YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
BUT THE NEWSPAPERS ARE STILL DRIVING IT.
THEY ARE MISREPRESENTING WHAT THEY HAVE.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE NEWSPAPER, PUBLICATIONS AND CIRCULATION, YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED TO GET A MILLION.
AND THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS, IT'D BE HARD PRESSED.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THOSE PLACES, BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, THE THIRD ONE IS A TML CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON IN THE FALL, OCTOBER, THE SIXTH AND NINTH, IT'LL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WILL NOT BE VIRTUAL.
UH, THE CROWDS WON'T BE AS HEAVY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING IN THE LAST, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN 2020, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN MAYBE ALMOST 50%.
SO, UH, UH, YOU SHOULD GET EXCELLENT COVERAGE AS FAR AS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S GOING TO WANT TO GET OUT AND THE VIRTUAL STUFFS FOR THE BURGERS.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER THAN THAT.
TALK ABOUT TML WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING, WE HAPPY TO, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER ATTENDED THAN WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AS FAR AS TONIGHT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST NIGHT FOR THAT.
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CLOSE SESSION AFTER THIS, SO, WELL, HE CAN GIVE ME A COUPLE MINUTES MAYBE.UM, BUT I WILL, I WILL VISIT WITH YOU TERRY.
AND, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, AND METAL'S PLACE WILL SUPPORT IT AND WE WILL BE THERE.
WE WILL HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS GOING AT LEAST ONCE.
NOW WE'RE GOING INTO RECESS ON THIS REGULAR MEETING.
IF I GOT TO HAVE A MOTION, DO THEY'RE JUST NOT JUST CALL THAT WE'RE RECESSED.
Y'ALL CAN STAY HERE IF YOU WANT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE OTHER RING.