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[City Council Meeting]
AND WE GOT A CRAP.CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, JULY 27TH, 2021 AT 6:30 PM.
UH, IDA MAE IS CALLED ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THE QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM THAT IS BACK IN FROM THE PARKING LOT.
AND, UH, WE ARE MISSING ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS ILL AND THAT'S KELLY MILLS, ITEM B AS A PO OR ITEM A ONE IS PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.
WE DO HAVE JIMMY FENWICK HERE FOR THE INVOCATION AND, UH, WE WOULD, UH, ASK AND BE HONORED IF OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ROD WOULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YOU AMERICAN FOR THAT ATTENTION PLAY JUST TO THE FLAG 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.
PLEASE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING IN EACH OF OUR LINES INDIVIDUALLY IN THE WAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS TURN TO YOU.
NOW, AS WE TURN TO THE BUSINESS IN THE CITY, AS WE LOOK AT DETAILS, HELP US TO DISCERN WHERE WE ARE GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR CITY.
GOD, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO IS VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF HELPING THE CITY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THE CITY TO MAKE IT SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO VISITED US.
LET'S BE SEATED EXCEPT FOR THE CITY SECRETARY AND MYSELF.
WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN RIGHT HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO INVITE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT TWIST SALAD.
WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO COME UP HERE.
YEAH, EVERYBODY SAY HI TO SELL, OR SHE COMES UP.
LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND WE'LL CALL ARE, UH, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, SELLER HERNANDEZ.
OUR DEPUTY COURT CLERK HAS BEEN HERE NOW FIVE YEARS AND HAS MADE A HUGE, HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR FRONT OFFICE.
UM, SHE, UH, BOUNCES FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT AS NEEDED, UH, RESPONDS TO DIFFERENT FOLKS, UH, WITH LANGUAGE.
UH, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HELPS US OUT IN THAT AREA AND HAS, UH, COMES IN HERE WITH SUCH A CHEERFUL, CHEERFUL, DEMEANOR EVERY MORNING.
AND WHEN SHE WALKS BY MY OFFICE, SHE GIVES ME THE PARADE WHERE NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF GRUMPY MOOD I'M IN, I ALWAYS END UP FEELING BETTER.
AND STELLA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WE ARE PROUD AND PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR FIVE YEARS.
UH, YOU HAVE A PEN WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO WEAR OCCASIONALLY, BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE SUPPORT, RAISE NEW YORKERS TO KEEP YOU SUPPORT COURTNEY AS SHE IS SO APPRECIATIVE.
AND THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT SPECIAL.
WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM C, WHICH IS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS, UH, OUR REPORTS AND THE FIRST ONE IS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, CHIEF GEARY STEWART IS GOING TO, UH, UH, PRESENT US THIS EVENING AND ALL THE POLICE ACTIVITY AND THE THINGS HE NEEDS US TO KNOW ABOUT.
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AS ALWAYS, UH, START OUT WITH THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS FOR THE REPORTABLE MONTH, WE DID HAVE 13, UH, GET TO THE DETAILS OF THAT AT A LITTLE LATER.NUMBER REST WERE 16 ARRESTS, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS 1,781.
UH, TRAFFIC CITATIONS WERE 400 WITH 790 CHARGES.
A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CITATIONS WERE ZERO, UH, WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC, 1 34 WITH A CHARGE ACCOUNT OF 2 63, UH, WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION 16, A TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 22,919 OR ASSAULTS.
WE HAD TWO, UH, BMVS ONE OR THE RESIDENTS AT BUSINESS WHERE AT ZERO HUNDRED AND 97 BUSINESS CHECKS WITH, UH, 55 CLOSED PATROL.
WE HAD THREE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, FIVE FRAUDS, 161 HOUSE WATCHES PARKS SECURITIES AT 82 WITH A 320 PROPERTY CHECKS.
WE HAD ZERO ROBBERIES THIS MONTH.
UH, SCHOOL CHECKS WERE AT 12, UH, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS AT 50 AND EXCUSE ME, 877, UH, THEFT.
WE HAD SIX, WE HAD ONE YEAR UMV AGAIN, THIS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
AND ON OUR TLC PROGRAM AT A 28 CONTACTS, WE HAD 11 FAIL AND 39 PASS OR A TOTALLY PASS, UH, ON THE NOTES SECTION, UM, FOR JUST GO TO THE ARREST, THE OTHER STUFF, UH, WE CAN LOOK AT, BUT THE ASSAULTS WERE UP TO THIS MONTH.
AND, UH, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO PAGE, EXCUSE ME, ACTUALLY.
UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REST ON PAGE FIVE, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS HIGHLIGHTED AND IT SAYS FLOCK SAFETY, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE PAST, SO WE BROKE THIS OUT FOR YOU.
SO YOU COULD SEE HOW THOSE CAMERAS ARE OPERATING ON WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING.
SO YOU SEE THERE WAS 38 HITS, UH, WITH 21 OF THOSE WE LOCATED AND 17 ON THOSE HITS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LOCATE, UM, WOULD THE OTHER CAMERAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN INSTALL.
IT MIGHT MAKE US JUST FOR US TO TRACK THEM, BUT WITH THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, IF THEY TURN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MISS THAT.
BUT THE BREAKDOWN WAS A OF 13 STOLEN VEHICLES.
ALERTS, FOUR VEHICLES WERE CLEARED LOCATED, BUT NO REST WAS MADE.
UH, THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY STOLEN EIGHT PLATES THAT WERE REPORTED STOLEN.
VEHICLES WERE NOT LOCATED A DUPLICATE PATE PLATES AND ONE ARREST.
UH, THREE OF THE ALERTS WERE FOR SEX OFFENDER.
SIX WERE A GANG MEMBER OR A TERRORIST ALERTS FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND THREE CRIMPED, CORRECT READINGS, EIGHT STOLEN PLATES.
UH, ONE OF THESE WE'VE, UH, IDENTIFIED.
YOU CAN READ THE, UH, NOTES THERE, BUT BASICALLY, UH, OUT OF THE HUNDRED AND 35 READS IN OUR CITY AND 738 READS WITHIN THE 208 CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
UM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS A STOLEN PLATE THAT THEY RESOLD ON THE INTERNET.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE DRIVING WITH THE SLAM PAPER PLAYED OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UH, WE DID HAVE THE REST ON THE STOLEN VEHICLE CASE, UH, AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO AN ARREST.
SO AS WE GO DOWN TO ADULT REST, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE UP A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE DID HAVE CHARGES RANGING FROM WARRANT, UH, FROM OTHER JURISDICTION, WE HAD FIVE DWI, UH, AND UNDER AUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE, WHICH WAS THE STOLEN VEHICLE, UNLAWFUL CARRYING A WEAPON, SAME PERSON WITH A VEHICLE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ASSAULT, FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THERE WERE ZERO JUVENILE REST, BUT THE, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH HERE, THERE WAS SEVERAL, LIKE I SAID, A DWI THAT WOULD HAVE HAD A POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AS WELL.
UH, WE HAD A DWI THAT WAS RESISTING ARREST AND OTHER WARRANT OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE FIVE DWI IS KIND OF UP THIS TIME A YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAYS WERE AROUND.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THEY STOPPED THE FLOCK STOLEN CAR, HIT, PRODUCED A UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A WEAPON AS WELL.
SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, THE FELONY STOPPED.
I MEAN, OF COURSE HE'S IN A STOLEN VEHICLE, BUT HE HAD A GLOCK 42 WITH A 32 ROUND MAGAZINE AND IT, AND IT WAS CHARGED.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A FRAUD USE OF, UM, POSSESSION OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
IF WE MOVE ON TO PAGE 11, WHICH ADDITIONAL NOTES WE'LL SKIP 10 BECAUSE THAT'S A COVID RELATED.
AND I KEEP THAT IN THERE IS WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS, UH, NOTES AGAIN ON PAGE 11, THE FLOCK LPL CAMERAS ARE CONTINUING TO BE A VALUABLE TOOL,
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AS YOU CAN SEE.UM, I THINK GIVEN YOU ALL BREAKDOWNS SO YOU CAN SEE THE VALUE OF THEM REALLY HELPS.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN USING THEM AGAIN IN MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS THAT INCLUDE DRUG TRAFFICKING.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THOSE CASES OF HOME INVASION, BURGLARIES, AND MANY MORE, UH, THE FLOP GRANT THAT'S PENDING.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE APPROVAL WILL BE MADE AND WE'RE SHOULD GET FOUR MORE SOMEWHERE AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER.
AND IN THAT CASE, WE'LL IDENTIFY SOME OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND AGAIN, I WRAPPED THAT COST UP INTO FIVE YEARS OF THAT GRANT.
SO THE CITY'S NOT PAYING FOR IT FOR FIVE YEARS.
YO WENT OUT THERE AND SAW A, IT IS A DIFFERENT MODEL, DIFFERENT LOOK, UH, DEFINITELY, BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK MARIN COUNCIL FOR, UH, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT WAS A REC VEHICLE, BUT YOU HAD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ON THAT AND APPRECIATE IT.
FREEZE MITIGATION, UH, WITH FEMA IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF OUR APPLICATION SUBMISSION WAS DONE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF, JACK ASHTON, AND ANNA MARIA AND FINANCIAL OFFICER WHO BEEN SAT DOWN WITH THEM TODAY AND WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE I PROBABLY WOULD'VE REACHED THROUGH THE PHONE.
ANYWAY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
UH, 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WENT WELL, UH, IN SPITE OF THE RAIN, THAT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.
THERE WAS NO INCIDENCES AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAD A HEAVY PRESENCE AND, UH, I THINK THAT WAS WELL-RECEIVED.
UH, THANK GOODNESS WE PUT OUR POP-UP UP OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DROWNED.
UH, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR TRAINING METALS, POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY'S GOING THROUGH ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, WHICH IS IN PROGRESS.
IT WAS LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK, UM, WE'RE USING THIS, DOING THIS AT NAU, WHICH WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY.
UM, AND MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW JOHN LOPEZ HE'S ACTUALLY THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THIS.
SO WE ARE ALSO ACTIVELY TRYING TO FILL THE FOUR POSITIONS ARE OPEN, UH, THREE PATROL, ONE SERGEANT, UH, BACKGROUNDS ARE IN PROGRESS.
AND RIGHT NOW, OUT OF ALL THE APPLICATIONS WE HAVE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER.
AND SO AS A REMINDER, WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, IT'S TIME TO START PREPARING IS GOING TO BE BUSY.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE BUSY A YEAR AGO.
AND WOULD THAT OUTCOME CONCLUDE MY REPORT? MARE COUNCIL.
UM, I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS, UM, ON THE FRAUD ISSUES ARE, ARE, MOST OF THOSE ARE ONLINE TYPE.
SOME ARE SIMILAR SOLICITED FRAUDS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE INVESTIGATE THEM AS SOLICITED, FRAUDS CALLING, YOU KNOW, AND SO FORTH, UH, YOU KNOW, VICTIMS. AND WE TRY TO EDUCATE ON THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UH, BUT UH, SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOOD AT DEFRAUDING PEOPLE.
UH, WE DO INVESTIGATE AS FAR AS WE CAN.
AND SOMETIMES THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THESE CALLS ARE, UH, YOU CAN'T TRACK THEM OR THEY'LL COME OUT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY THE WAY THEY'D HAVE IT SET UP.
AND THEN WE ENDED UP, NOBODY'S GONNA INVESTIGATE.
AND THERE'S NOBODY ELSE GOING TO DO THAT.
UH, SO WE, UH, TRIED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THAT.
HAVE YOU SEEN IN A NEWSLETTERS WOULD PUT UP BEFORE WITH WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND WHAT NOT TO DO? UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE IN A TIME WHERE THAT'S BIG BUSINESS FOR THESE, UH, CROOKS CHIEF.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SIT DOWN MAYBE WITH YOU AND ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON, AND TALK ABOUT DOING ONE OF OUR LITTLE, DID YOU KNOW, 45 SECOND.
I THINK THAT'D BE PERFECT FOR A NEW AC TO DO.
IF I COULD GET YOU OR ASSISTANT CHIEF CAPTION ASHTON TO COME OVER AND VISIT WITH ME SOMETIME AFTER NINE O'CLOCK WHEN THOMAS HERE.
SO WE CAN SET UP A TIME TO DO THAT.
MAYBE TOMORROW, BUT IF WE JUST SET A TIMER YOUNG CALL IN, UH, IF, IF YOU, WE HAVE A NINE O'CLOCK MEETING IN THE MORNING, BUT HE DOESN'T LEAVE UNTIL ABOUT 10 30, WE'LL BE DONE BY THEN.
IF, IF POSSIBLE, IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST COME STICK YOUR HEAD IN YOU TO SET UP A TIME.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO GET POSTED AND LET PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE SO SMOOTH WHEN THEY CALL IN.
YOU JUST ALMOST WANT TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING.
AND SO THE CLOSER WEEK, OR THE MORE CLOSELY WE CAN GET TO THESE FOLKS AND, AND, AND LET, LET PEOPLE KNOW THE BETTER OFF OUR RESIDENTS, WE'LL BE IN A BETTER PROTECTED.
UH, JUST ONE QUESTION I HAD, UH, OFFICER FOSS IS YOUR MIC ON, I DIDN'T NEED TO PULL IT DOWN.
OFFICER FOSTER LOOKED LIKE HE WAS ON NINE OF THE 16 ARREST.
IS THAT JUST THE SHIFT THAT HE WAS WORKING OR SHE WAS WORKING? I DON'T KNOW IF HE, TROOPER FOSTER AS WE CALL THEM, IS THAT HE'S DWI.
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IF YOU SEE HE GOT, IT WAS ALL FIVE OF THE DWI AS HE'S DOING.HE IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST OFFICERS AND, UH, OFFICER, HE BORROWED, WHO'S SITTING HERE, UH, AS WELL.
THEY'VE BOTH BEEN DOING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
SO THEY'RE OUT THERE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN.
WELL THEN I THINK THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO ASSAULT YOUR PARTNER, DON'T DO IT IN FRONT OF AN OFFICE.
THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE STORY.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF.
APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANT CHIEF, ASHTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING TODAY WITH ANNA ON THAT.
HE'S NOT GLAD TO DO IT, BUT HE HAS.
UM, STEPPING UP NEXT IS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, ROD HANEY, WHO WAS, UM, MAKING A VIDEO ON OUR DRAINING SYSTEM SOMETIME PRETTY QUICK.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TOMORROW NINE 30 OR SO AFTER I'D GO TO THE DENTIST AT SEVEN 30.
MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO POSTPONE IT.
UH, THIS QUARTER, THE REPORT IS NOT AS NEAR EXCITING.
IT'S A POLICE REPORT, BUT IT IS PUBLIC WORKS.
IT COVERS THE PERIOD OF APRIL, MAY AND JUNE OF 2021.
WE START WITH A SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR YOU POST OR YOU FUND $70,000 TOWARDS THE REPLACEMENT OF A TRIP HAZARD AND SIDEWALKS AND PHASE ONE WAS RELEASED OCTOBER 1ST, PHASE TWO.
WE DIDN'T GET ANY PRINTED COPIES.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING PUMPS.
AND REMEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE A VISUAL AND SO MAYBE YOU MAY NEED TO DROP A BULLET OR TWO MARKS EXPLANATION OR KEEP IT SIMPLE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WHEN I GAVE IT TO MS. COURTNEY, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE MY BAD.
SO THIS, THIS, THIS REPORT IS A SECRET REPORT.
I'M DOING THE ONE THAT HAS IT.
SOMEBODY SAYS DON'T HAND IT OUT EARLY NOW.
AGAIN, THIS REPORT IS FOR APRIL AND MAY AND JUNE OF 2021.
FIRST, I'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THE SIDEWALK REPAIR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, THE CITY, $70,000 A YEAR AND SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PHASE ONE WAS RELEASED OCTOBER THE FIRST AND THE AMOUNT OF 33,600 PHASE TWO WAS RELEASED IN MARCH OF 21.
AND THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF ALMOST $35,000.
SO I REALLY DID BUST THE BUDGET UP TO $73,935 IN REPLACING SIDEWALKS ALREADY THIS YEAR.
SO THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM TECHNICALLY IS COMPLETE BASED ON THE FUNDING YOU'VE PROVIDED, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE $50,000 IN MY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BUDGET THAT I'M GOING TO USE TO DO SOME MORE SIDEWALKS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
I HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER 19 LOCATIONS, 1920 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS THAT PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IN.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES I'LL ADDRESS.
FIRST OF ALL, ANY QUESTIONS, THOSE ARE ON THE LIST.
AS I GET THE PHONE CALLS AND PEOPLE COMPLAIN, THEY GO ON A LIST THEY GET REVIEWED AND I'VE YET TO DO THAT FOR THESE, THIS NEXT 20 NEXT LARGEST THING IS THE STREET REPAIR ROAD FEE FUNDING.
BACK IN NOVEMBER, I PROPOSED EIGHT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND WE WERE GOING TO SPENDING ABOUT $238,875.
SO FAR I HAVE COMPLETED SIX OF THOSE.
I HAVE RELEASED THE SEVENTH AND THE EIGHTH ONE WILL PROBABLY BE FINISHED BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST WEATHER PERMITTING.
I MENTIONED I HAD $50,000 IN PUBLIC WORKS FUNDING FOR STREET PREPARE.
I WILL PROBABLY DO AT LEAST ONE SMALL ONE OR TWO SMALL SECTIONS OF PAVEMENT REPAIR WITH SOME SIDEWALK TO MOVE TO THE JEWS THAT MONEY UP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO AS WE STARTED IN NOVEMBER, I'M RIGHT ON SCHEDULE FOR USING ALL THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE ROAD FEE FUNDING.
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FOR NEXT YEAR, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ME, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I HAVE ABOUT ONE MORE YEAR'S WORTH OF PLANNING, PLANNED ROAD REPAIRS THAT WAS DONE BY MY PREDECESSOR IN AMIR.I HAVE A ONE MORE YEAR THEREAFTER.
I WILL HAVE TO START FINDING SOME MORE AND THAT WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM.
USW EXPENSES FOR MARCH, APRIL AND MAY OF 2021.
THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE SKEWED.
UH, APRIL WAS 39,000 MAY WAS 91,000.
THE MAY BILLING INCLUDED 10 MAJOR WATER LINE REPAIRS.
AND THEY HAD, THEY LISTED THEM FROM MARCH THROUGH MAY AND THERE WAS ALSO 17 NEW METER INSTALLATIONS TO CORRECT FAULTY EQUIPMENT.
UH, TNL INSURANCE PAID ALL THE PHRASE RELATED INVOICES.
THERE WAS A 10,000, 24,000 AND 17,000.
IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO PAID AN ADDITIONAL 5,100 FOR THE RECYCLED WATER LINE THAT BROKE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PAPERWORK FOR IT WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE TML REPRESENTATIVE, BUT WE HAD MENTIONED IT AND HE NOTED IT.
AND SO WHEN WE PRESENTED THE INVOICE LATE, HE WAS QUITE HAPPY TO PAY IT FOR US.
BACKFLOW DEVICES SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY FIX, BUT BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I'D MOVED ON TO A NEW VENDOR AND HE WILL START DOING THE WORK NEXT MONDAY.
BUT THE NEXT TIME I REPORT, I SHALL HAVE ALL THOSE BIKE FLOW DEVICES PROPERLY REPAIRED AND TESTED.
THAT'S BEEN A REAL NIGHTMARE BECAUSE THE GUY JUST WON'T CALL ME BACK OR HE'S FALLEN OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH IRRIGATION SYSTEM REVIEW AND UPDATE.
I BELIEVE I'VE REPORTED BEFORE THAT ALL THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN ONE SYSTEM AS NEW CONTROL UNIT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON MAJORS FIELD AND I SHALL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT NINE O'CLOCK ON THURSDAY TO GO AND MEET WITH THE REPAIR COMPANY BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME THINGS THEY WANT TO GET CLEARANCE ON AND APPROVAL ON.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
ONCE I FINISHED THAT SECTION, I WILL MOVE ON TO THE SMALL T-BALL FIELD, THE ONE UP BY DORRANCE, ONE BY DORCHESTER.
AND I'M NOT EXPECTING A, AN EASY REPAIR BECAUSE THERE'S, THEY TOOK A WATER LINE THROUGH THERE.
THEY TOOK A SER LINE THROUGH THERE AND THEY TOOK A MAJOR STORM SURGE THROUGH THERE.
AND THERE'S TWO OR THREE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S WIRES STICKING UP BROKEN AND THERE'S OTHER LOCATIONS FOR THIS PIPE.
SO IT MAY BE JUST A COMPLETE NEW NEW LINE.
I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FUND THAT THROUGH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PUBLIC.
IT WORKS DOES A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
WE KEEP OURSELVES PRETTY BUSY RUNNING WORK ORDERS FOR THE LADIES UP FRONT.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LIST OF THINGS.
OTHER PROJECTS THAT POLYWORKS WORKS HAS DONE IN APRIL MAY AND JUNE MCGRATH PARK, THE SPRINKLER PUMP UPGRADE.
WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF A CELL PRIMING PUMP SO THAT THAT PUMP WILL CONTINUOUSLY PRIMED AND WILL NOT FAIL FOR LACK OF PRIME AND AS BEING A PROBLEM AS THE PUMP GETS OLDER, WE'VE NOW FIXED.
THAT IS THAT THING FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW? YES, IT WAS.
THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED LAST FRIDAY ON I THINK THE, UM, THE COSTS WAS LIKE $3,600, RIGHT? IT'S JUST A SMALL ELECTRIC PUMP THAT PRIMES THE BIG PUMP AND IT KEEPS IT PRIMED.
IT WAS ANY LOSS OF, IN LOSS OF PRESSURE.
IT, IT CLICKS ON AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS. NEXT PROJECT WAS CLEANING OF THE WET, WELL ON THE LAKE PUMP, I'VE GOT SOME DEBRIS AND I'VE GOT SOME, SOME GRAVEL COMING IN THERE.
AND SO I NEED TO GET THAT CLEANED UP.
MY ISSUE IS TRYING TO FIND THEM A TRUCK SMALL ENOUGH TO GET IN THERE, BUT TO DO THE JOB A SUCTION, A VACUUM TRUCK.
NOW THE PROJECT IS THE EMS FRONT DOOR REPLACEMENT.
IT'S ONGOING WHERE WE STAND ON THAT.
AS WE SENT THEM A 50% CHECK, THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND IT.
I REQUESTED SOME, UH, AN UPDATE THIS MORNING.
HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING ELSE FROM THAT MAJOR'S FIELD.
WE'VE GOT THE LIGHTS, THE SPRINKLERS, THE REGRADE OF
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THE FIELD AND THE FENCING INSTALLATION.WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE LIGHTING COMPANY.
THEY'VE HAD ONE VISIT AND I BELIEVE THEY ORDERED THE POLE.
THE SPRINKLERS I TOLD YOU, I'M MEETING WITH THEM ON THURSDAY.
THE REGRADING OF THE FIELD LEE GAVE US AN UPDATE ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY, THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO THE REGRADING OF THE FIELD.
THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE GETTING TO THAT WORK BEFORE DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT READY BY AUGUST.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY TO US.
THE LAST EMAIL, THE LAST EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT TO THE BASEBALL FOLKS, I SUGGESTED THAT THEY HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN.
AND, AND, AND I SAW THAT RODAN.
I DON'T THINK BASEBALL SAW IT WITH THE SAME DATES IN MIND THAT YOU DID, UM, WOULD HAVE YOU CONTACTED BASEBALL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE MAIN CONTACT PERSON IS CALLING AND I WILL CATCH UP WITH HER.
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION IN THE MORNING.
THE COVENANT IS REGRADING THE FIELD AND THE LIGHTING COMPANY ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE FENCE NOT BE INSTALLED IN TERRITORY UNTIL THEIR WORK IS COMPLETED.
AND SO I'VE NOT RELEASED A FENCING AT ALL.
SO IT WILL BE AN ONGOING PROJECT.
WELL, ROD W WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT ARE THEY GOING TO NEED TO GET IN THERE TO PUT THAT LIGHT UP? MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT ON THE IRRIGATION AS WELL.
IRRIGATION IS FUNDAMENTALLY, UM, THEY'LL COME IN FROM THE BACKSIDE.
UH, FROM THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT, RIGHT WHERE THE FENCE IS DOWN.
SO THE IRRIGATION SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
I'LL BE SURPRISED IF WE LOSE ONE OR TWO HEADS, BUT, UM, I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL BETTER BY ON THURSDAY WHEN I GET A REPORT, THAT'S JUST AS AN ONGOING PROJECT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE MARKETPLACE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, I GUESS THAT, AND IT HAS COME TRUE.
ONE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE DURING THIS THREE MONTH PERIOD IS WE COMPLETED A CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT FOR THE TCEQ AND IT WAS DONE ON TIME, RIGHT? COURTNEY, WE ALSO SAVE SOME POSTAGE THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF MAILING OUT, THERE'S AN OPTION FOR PUTTING A LINK ONTO OUR WEBSITE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WE NORMALLY SPEND ON POSTAGE, BUT WE DID NOT SPEND THAT THIS YEAR.
TCQ ALSO TESTED OUR WATER SUPPLY.
DURING THIS LAST THREE MONTHS PERIOD, WE TESTED IT FOR US, BESTOS, HAPPILY.
CITY HALL HAD UPGRADE TO THE LIGHTS, THE LED LIGHTS THAT ARE ADJUSTABLE LADIES AND MS. COURTNEY ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
YOU'RE WELCOME, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD SLASH TCEQ WATER IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE CITY'S HISTORY, THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE A WATER AUDIT MYSELF AND ANNA MARIE TOOK THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND WE COMPLETED THE WATER AUDIT AND SUBMITTED IT ON TIME.
NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE EVER CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR WATER LINE LOANS, ET CETERA, WE MUST HAVE THAT WATER AUDIT AND THAT MUST BE DONE PROPERLY.
AND WE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF OUR WATER.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT VERY WELL ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE AND OUR OWN METERS FOR IRRIGATION THAT'S.
THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING W METER READERS.
THE GATEWAY AT CITY HALL FAILED AND IS BEING REPLACED.
IT WAS REPLACED YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.
THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS LIKE THAT.
ALL OF THE FOUR COMPANIES THAT BASICALLY, UH, DEALING WITH THE CELL TOWERS, ET CETERA, HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOFTWARE, BUT THEY'VE ALL SETTLED WITH THIS LTE.
THEY'RE GOING TO STOP SUPPORTING THAT LATER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY BY DECEMBER.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO OTHER GATEWAYS THAT ARE IN TOWN, AND WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED A SPECIAL DEAL, DEAL TO PURCHASE NEW ONES.
I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN BUY TWO NEW ONES FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND KEEP THE OTHER ONE AS A SPARE.
AS MY UNDERSTANDING GATEWAYS ARE NORMALLY ABOUT $15,000 EACH, BUT CORRECT.
COURTNEY, DO YOU REMEMBER AT ALL? NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD BY ANNA MARIA.
UH, WE CAN PURCHASE THESE ONES FOR ABOUT $4,000 AND SO THEY'RE GIVING IT A REAL GOOD DEAL.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET AN AIR AND A SPARE.
THAT'LL BE, UM, THAT'D BE UP AND COMING.
I WANT TO GET THE DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, MYSELF AND JAKE COMPLETED A WET SPRINKLER COURSE, ROB, I'M SORRY.
YOU RUN THAT BY ME ON THE GATEWAY
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PURCHASES AGAIN, HOW MANY ARE YOU PLANNING TO MAKE? CAUSE MONEY PUTNAM PURCHASING THREE, TWO FOR INSTALLATION IMMEDIATELY.AND JUST LIKE I HAD THE SPARE, RIGHT.
IF I COULD BUY IT FOR 40, $4,500.
THE ONE THAT WE'VE JUST PUT UP IS THAT LTE SOFTWARE AS WELL.
I HAD TO SEND THEM A COPY OF, OF THE SERIAL NUMBER AND THEY CHECKED THAT BEFORE WE SET IT UP, HAD IT NOT BEEN, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE IMMEDIATELY.
NOW, W WE'VE FOUND THAT OVER THE COURSE OF VINCE AND THIS LAST ONE PROVED THAT, UH, HAVING A SPARE SITTING IN HERE IS THE THING TO DO, HAVING A SPIRIT IS, IS, IS DEFINITELY THE THING TO DO BECAUSE YOU CAN KNOW LEAD TIME ON IT.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS GETTING THIS ONE UP THIS HIGH, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS PUTTING IT UP, ARROWHEAD ELECTRIC.
HE HAD ARRANGED FOR THE LIFT TO COME.
AND FOR THREE DAYS HE HAD TWO TRUCKS AND THREE OR FOUR GUYS SITTING OUT THERE DOING NOTHING.
THERE'S A BUSY RIGHT NOW, I GUESS.
SO IT'S UP NOW? UH, MYSELF AND JAKE COMPLETED A WET COURSE ON THE SPRINKLERS.
I'VE GOT TENTATIVELY, THEY GOT SANTANA SET UP FOR EARLY OCTOBER.
I'LL TAKE THAT OUT OF THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ORDERED A NEW DRYER FOR THEM.
THE EIGHTH EMS IS CURRENTLY HAVING AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE BACK DOOR, THERE'S A NEW AREA FOR A PICNIC TABLE FOR STAFF.
MY TWO GUYS HAVE BUILT THAT WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT SET UP IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO IF WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY OTHER DISTRACTIONS, WHICH IS WHAT OUR TREATMENT PLAN TO LIFT STATION PUMP IS BEING REPLACED.
I'M WAITING FOR, UM, A GOOD INVOICE FROM, FROM COREY WITH USW.
SO WE CAN GET THAT FIRST ONE REPLACED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND CLOSER TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
I'LL SEE IF MY BUDGET WILL WE'LL HANDLE ANOTHER ONE.
PLUMBING, REPAIRS AND CITY HALL WERE ALSO COMPLETED.
PD GATE WAS REPAIRED BACKDOOR.
THAT WAS JUST A, AN OVERVIEW OF THE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT WE DO THAT ARE NOT REGULAR, BUT IT'S STUFF THAT POET WORKS DOES.
AND WE KEEP OURSELVES FAIRLY BUSY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? NO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE LITTLE PROJECTS THAT ARE TO GET JUMPED UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF, AND YOU DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT BY THE WAY.
AND I CANNOT THANK YOU FOR IT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, HAD SOME VERY SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS COUNCIL WITH, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PRO UH, BUDGET PROCESS ON WHAT TO DO WITH IRRIGATION.
AND I THINK, UH, WE HAVE NOW A GOOD LEAD ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
UM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT AS WE GO THROUGH BUDGET, BUT I THINK, UH, ROD HAS US ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AND BLESSING AND OF COURSE FUNDING.
UM, AND SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR THAT.
SO, UH, AND I THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THAT BECAUSE IT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT.
UH, CANCEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR RON OR COMMENTS, ONE COMMENT I WANTED TO COME IN AGAIN, UH, THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, BUDGET AND BOOKLET THAT WE GOT AND JUST THE SCOPE OF THAT.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWUP QUESTION TO THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IT'S PART OF THE, THIS BUDGET OR A SEPARATE MEETING, BUT ARE WE GOING TO PRIOR, HAVE YOU GOTTEN FARTHER INTO PRIORITIZING THOSE AS FAR AS YES.
UH, NICK, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT? I CAN DO IT GET AFTER IT.
WE HAVE, UM, FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T HAVE MY, MY, UH, CIP IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WERE LISTED ON THE CIP FOR, FOR COMPLETION ON YEAR.
WE HAVE FUNDING THAT THIS YEAR, UM, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE, UH, THE, THE, THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES ON KIRKWOOD WAS SET UP FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'VE MOVED SOME OF THOSE THINGS OUT AT STAFF LEVEL AND DISCUSSION, AND WE'VE TAKEN IT AND FUNDED IT THIS YEAR.
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OUT TO YEAR TWO.THE MAIN THING THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO FUND IN YEAR ONE OF THE CIP IS DORRANCE.
AND SO WE RECEIVED 75% AND SAID PLANS AND UPDATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AND I SAT DOWN WITH NICK THIS MORNING AND WE, UH, WENT OVER THE FIGURES AND I WILL UPDATE THOSE THOSE SHEETS.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO, UH, TO BRIEF COUNSEL.
AND IF THEY WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR WE CAN FIND SOME, SOME POT OF GOLD SOMEWHERE SO I CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAME PRETTY APPARENT WHEN ROD AND I WERE TALKING THIS MORNING IS, UM, I'M, I'M, I TRY NOT TO SLIP INTO THE, MY REPORT, BUT, UH, AFTER STAFF MET YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT BALANCING THE BUDGET CIP CAME UP AND AS WE WENT LINE BY LINE ON THE CIP, A LOT OF THIS STUFF FELL OFF MAINLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WE'RE FUNDING THIS YEAR AS A PART OF WHAT COUNCIL HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, SOME OF IT, UH, COULD BE FUNDED BY SPY EDC.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY EAC STILL NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT, EDC DID GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO, TO FUND THAT.
AND SO THAT CAN MOVE OVER TO THE EDC SIDE, UH, SAME THING WITH THE KIRKWOOD, AND THAT CAN BE EDC MONEY.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM THAT YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WAS ON THE CIP FOR YEAR ONE WAS A ITEM TO RESURFACE THE, UM, THE CUL-DE-SAC OVER THERE.
AND THAT'S A ONE-TIME ITEM THAT WE COULD FUND THIS YEAR IF WE WANT IT TO.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUTSIDE OF THE IDEA OF SETTING ASIDE MONEY FOR A CITY HALL POLICE DEPARTMENT RECONSTRUCTION, UH, THAT WE COULD DO ONE TIME THIS YEAR, IF WE WANTED TO, AND STAFF CAN BE PREPARED TO BRING THAT TO YOU EVEN NEXT MONTH, IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE.
UM, BUT REALLY ALL THAT LEAVES IS DORRANCE.
AND WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE WERE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT GOING, OKAY, WE GOT A FUN DOOR.
IT'S HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? AND THAT MAY BE THE CIP DISCUSSION OR THIS YEAR, THIS NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS PRETTY MUCH FALLEN OFF OR IT'S BEEN REPAIRED OR DONE THIS YEAR OR MOVED IT OUT TO, UM, YEAR TWO.
AND THE OTHER BIG THING WAS, UH, THE UPGRADES OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE HAD A MILLION AND A HALF THERE, BUT WE HAVE POTENTIALLY A 1.2 MILLION RECOVERY ACT GRANT COMING.
AND SO I CAN SPEND THAT TWICE.
UM, THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS, THE ONES THAT ARE UPCOMING, ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT THOSE ON A MAP THAT WE CAN PUT ONLINE AND JUST SHARE WITH RESIDENTS? HEY, HERE'S, WHAT'S COMING.
UM, I'M SURE I COULD GET SOMEONE TO HELP ME ON THAT.
NO, WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
A NICE TO HAVE, WE CAN, I CAN TEACH HER ON HOW TO DO THAT.
TEACH AN OLD DOG, A NEW TRICK.
IF YOU SHOW WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
I THINK WE, WE DO A YEAR IN, I THINK THE SPENDING ON THAT, CAUSE THERE'S, IT'S LIKE, WHERE'S YOUR MONEY GO? I THINK THERE'S SOME TANGIBLE WAYS TO GET A LITTLE PUBLICITY ON THAT ONLINE OR THROUGH THE NEWSLETTER, WHATEVER TALK ABOUT.
SO BASICALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR I CAN, OR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE CAN DO A REPORT AND DO AN UPGRADE.
SO IN MY FOURTH QUARTER REPORT, I GIVE THAT TO YOU.
I CAN BRING IT TO COUNCIL BEFORE THAT, IF YOU SO CHOOSE GOOD DEAL, UM, ON THE SPRINKLERS, HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE ON THE, UH, THE AREAS YOU'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW? THE FIELDS, THE, THE, THE FIELDS AGAIN.
NOW WE'LL HAVE A, A GOOD IDEA ON THURSDAY.
YOU WANT, YOU WANTED ME TO COME OUT, HE'S WORKING ON REPLACING SOME CONTROL KNOWLEDGE, AND HE'S ALWAYS, SHE FOUND SOMETHING HE WANTS ME TO BLESS TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I'M OUT THERE WORKING ON IT IN THE HEAT.
IT WAS, I MEAN, IF THE FIELDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE REGRESS, I DIDN'T UNTIL DECEMBER I'LL BE DONE BY THEN.
UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE LAST, LAST THING.
ARE WE HAVING LESS THIS, THIS YEAR? DO WE HAVE ANY, WE HAD, UH, UH, BETWEEN MAY, AS THE REPORT SAID IT WAS BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE.
WE HAD, LIKE I SAID, 19, I SAY 19, THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER, 14, 14, MAYBE SO PAST THAT, IT SEEMS SO SLOWED DOWN.
IT SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF RAIN.
WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO BAKE, DUPE THE CLAY GROUND, IT WILL START TO MOVE AND SHIFT AND YOU'LL BE BACK IN YOUR WATER LEAKS CYCLE AGAIN.
SO ABOUT NORMAL OR LITTLE LESS THAN NORMAL.
I'D SAY NOT THAT I KNOW WHAT NORMAL IS, BUT I SAY WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SAME FREQUENCY IS NOT, IT'S NOT AS MANY.
AND WHERE IT GETS WE'RE USING THAT BANK SAND, OR IS THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING? YEAH.
HELP YOU, YOU, WHEN YOU BED YOUR PIPE, YOU ALWAYS DO.
YOU HAVE TO PUT BANKS IN THERE.
WE WEREN'T DOING THAT FOR AWHILE.
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IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE GOING TO FIX IT TWICE.IF WHAT I'M HEARING ROD SAY, AS WE DO NOW, UM, UM, BEFORE WE GO ON, UM, WE'VE GOT A YEARLY CONTRACT WITH HDR TO PROVIDE GIS SERVICES.
AND I THOUGHT WE WERE PROVIDING THEM QUARTERLY UPDATES ON ANY REPAIRS TO THE WATER LINE THAT MIGHT'VE GOTTEN DROPPED WITH NEW STAFF, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION WAS NOT TRANSFERRED TO THEM.
THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS.
THAT'LL MAKE THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR ME.
SO LET'S, LET'S CRACK THAT CONTRACT OPEN, FIND OUT WHAT IS IN THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES.
AND RE-ENGAGE THEM, THERE IS, THERE IS SOME FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT.
SO THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM, WE'RE PAYING THEM.
IT'S JUST WHEN IT'S COST EXTRA.
I'LL GET WITH THEIR GA, I'LL GET WITH SOMEBODY AT HDR AND THEN GET WITH OUR GIS AND START THAT AGAIN.
AFTER WE CHECKED THE CONTRACT, UM, ROD, WE HAVE A, AN ESTIMATED COST OF THE REPAIR OF THE TOPPING OF THE CUL-DE-SAC TOPPING THIS CULDESAC.
UH, YOU ASSIGNED THAT TO, UH, TO COLLEEN, BUT I'LL CHECK WITH JOE.
I THOUGHT I SAW A FIGURE COMING IN.
THERE WAS $30,000 IS WHAT COLEEN SAID THAT SHE HAD TALKED TO JOE ABOUT FOR THE TOPPING OF THE CUL-DE-SAC LET'S LET'S GET TOGETHER TOMORROW ON THAT.
CAUSE I THINK WE DO HAVE A HARD FIGURE THAT I SAW BRUSH THROUGH THE FIGURE WAS $30,000.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, UM, LET'S SAY IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE THE FUNDING, NICK, THEN WE CAN BRING THAT TO COUNCIL AT COUNCIL AND DISCUSS IT NEXT.
SO THAT ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING FOR ROD? JUST, JUST REMEMBER BRING IT EARLY NEXT MONTH BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
THAT WAS GOING TO END UP BEING VERY BUSY.
THE SCHOOL STARTING IT'S THEY USE THAT COL-DE-SAC EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO, WE MIGHT HAVE TO WORK WITH THE ISD ON THAT OR WITH MS. VICKY AND REROUTE.
CAR'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF THEY CAN DO IT ON A SATURDAY MORNING, GET IT DONE AND DRIVE DAVID AND OUR QUESTIONS, BUT WE CAN TRY.
THAT'S THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
IT WAS MILLING IT OFF AND THEN PUTTING NEW, UH, NEW TOP COAT ON IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT POLLING YOU GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE AS THOUGH WE'RE PLANNING ON FUNDING THIS NEXT MONTH.
UM, IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT, LET ME KNOW WHAT'S THAT IS HEARING NO PROBLEMS COMING UP.
WE'LL MOVE AHEAD AND GET, PUT IT ON THERE.
WE CAN ALWAYS KILL IT NEXT MONTH IF WE NEED TO.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CALL CONCLUSION TO THE REPORT PROCESSED BY A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ROB HANEY.
AND SO ROB, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
UM,
I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST US TO A SIDESTEP, ANY OF YOUR COMMENTS AND NOT STEP ON YOUR TOES.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT TO YOU REVISED.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR THAT YES, WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT DORRANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE PLANTS THAT'S GETTING CLOSER TO COMPLETION AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG STICKING POINT FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME DAYS TO PENCIL IN TO UNDER YOUR CALENDAR OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UH, COLEEN OR COLEEN, UH, ANNA MARIA, COURTNEY.
AND I GOT TOGETHER OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND REVISITED OUR BUDGET CALENDAR, PARTICULARLY AFTER COUNCIL MET, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT DOING THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE, UH, THE DAY WE VOTE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO LIGHT, UM, IS THAT YOU, YOU AND I MENTIONED THIS IN AN EMAIL EARLIER, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE, UM, ON YOUR BUDGET WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF DOING THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON YOUR TAX RATE.
UH, WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT ONE WEEK GAP AS OPPOSED TO A TWO WEEK GAP BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO, UM, EVERYBODY LANDED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 12TH FOR A WORKSHOP, UH, FOR A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UH, STAFF DID MEET THIS WEEK AND, UM, DID A GOOD JOB OF, OF ACTUALLY COMING TOWARD, UH, BALANCING THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT TO YOU.
UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE
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CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS THAT'S COMING.UH, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN HOUSE YET.
THAT'S GOING TO PLAY A BIG ROLE IN WHAT THE BUDGET'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UH, BUT WE DO FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AUGUST 24TH.
UH, WE GOT A VOTE ON A PROPOSED TAX RATE.
REMEMBER THAT'S THE VOTE OF NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SET IT OUT, BUT IT'S A PROPOSED VOTE.
UM, SEPTEMBER 21ST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN SEPTEMBER THE 28TH IS GOING AHEAD AND VOTING ON BUDGET ITSELF.
SO 21ST PUT A SECOND ITEM FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE THE OPTION TO DISCUSS JUST IN CASE WE DO GET FEEDBACK WE WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING STANDALONE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN A DISCUSSION ITEM ASSOCIATED WITH IT RIGHT AFTER THAT WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO HAVE THOSE, UH, ITEMS ON THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUDGET SEASON.
SO I WANTED YOU GUYS TO PENCIL THAT IN, UM, THAT AUGUST 12TH WORKSHOPS ON THURSDAY, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE, AUGUST 24TH IS YOUR REGULAR MEETING.
SEPTEMBER 28TH IS YOUR REGULAR MEETING AS WELL.
SO, UM, I DID HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN HERE.
I WANTED TO MENTION CIP, BUT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL STAFF DID A GREAT JOB YESTERDAY OF QUITE FRANKLY, BALANCING THE BUDGET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MET FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THAT WITH YOU, BUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, UH, RICK OVER HERE FOR GIVING US A GOOD IDEA, UH, THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE UTILIZED TO GET THERE PAST THE FINISH LINE.
SO, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU.
UH, SOON WE WANT TO GET THOSE CERTIFIED VALUES IN THE DOOR THOUGH, UH, BEFORE WE GO TOO FAR INTO DETAIL.
SO YEAH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AS WE GO THROUGH THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TO BRING US INTO CLOSER TO BUDGET ALIGNMENT, JUST A QUESTION YOU HAD SENT.
CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE AGENDA ANYWHERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES.
SO YOU HAD SENT US THAT REPORT ON THE CURRENT INCIDENT WE'RE HAVING AND THAT THE JUDGE MAY BE INTERPRETING, UM, THE ORDINANCE DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT COUNCIL HAD INTENDED.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA SLATED TO BE ON THE NEXT MONTH.
IT'S FINE FOR THE 12TH OR FOR WHICH OKAY.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS ME AND KELLY WERE THE ONLY ONES ON COUNCIL WHEN THAT WAS PASSED.
SO THE OTHER ONES PROBABLY NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THE INTENT WAS.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF THE JUDGE IS NOT INTERPRETING IT THE SAME WAY, WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
AND WE'LL HAVE SOME BULLET POINTS NOT TO WORKSHOP THAT TOO MUCH, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOME BULLET POINTS ON THINGS THAT WE THINK AS WELL THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY.
NICK, WHAT WAS THE DATE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THE CERTIFIED VALUES? UH, TWO DAYS AGO.
AND THEY'RE NOT OUT YET, CORRECT? WE'RE TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS ONE YEAR.
IT WAS THE, THE BA THE BUDGET IS BALANCED AT 180 3 TOO, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'LL SEE WHAT THE CERTIFIED VALUES SHOW YOU.
IF WE WANT TO GO FULL THREE AND A HALF.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I'M MOVING ON TO MAYOR'S COMMENTS.
I'VE GOT A REALLY NICE TWO PAGE, LONG THING ON HARM, REAL CHARTER.
UM, SO, UH, BASICALLY THE, THE CRUX OF THE SITUATION IS WE HAD A 15 PERSON HOME, REAL CHARTER COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION WITH ONE ALTERNATE AMAZING WORK, GOT DONE.
THE STATE REGULATES, UH, THAT COMMISSION AND LED INSTEAD, IT SAYS, SET IT UP BY LEGISLATION.
WE HAD NO SAY SO IN HOW IT RUNS OR WHAT POWER OR AUTHORITY THEY HAD.
THEY WERE A FREE STANDING BODY UNTO THEMSELVES.
UH, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING THAT, UH, W WAS THE RESULT OF THAT, UH, WHICH IS, UM, COMING TO US, UH, AS OF IN THE FORM OF A CHARTER, UH, WHICH WE WILL BE VOTING ON AS A CITY, UH, FOR THE HOME RULE CHARTER.
AND I'M SAYING THIS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING US ONLINE.
WE WILL BE HAVING SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, SET UP FOR YOU TO COME IN AND REMARKING WITH, UH, REACHED OUT TO BEN WEBBER, WHO WAS THE, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMISSION.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE SOME THINGS OUT, UH, THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT IT.
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BEST, BEST THING.WE CAN COME UP WITH THE, LET THE PUBLIC HAVE COME TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, FAQ'S POSTED, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A LOT OF TIME FOR BETWEEN HERE AND NOW, BUT TONIGHT'S GOING TO BE, THE DATE IS SET FOR THAT ELECTION AND THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION, UH, AND I WILL BE POSTING THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION MEMBERS BY NAME.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS ON THE COMMISSION OR SOMETHING, THEY CAN GO TALK TO THEM, THEY CAN ASK THEM, WHAT DO THEY THINK? WHAT DID THEY CHANGE? HOW DID THIS THING COME ABOUT? BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF HOURS PUT INTO, UH, INTO THAT, UH, DECISION TO DECIDE TO PUT FORTH THE CHARTER AND WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
AND EVERYBODY WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE INFORMATION.
WE'LL BE POSTING IT ON THE WEBSITE, WE'LL POSTED ON FACEBOOK, A LINK, UM, AND SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
WELL, WE'LL ALSO BE MAILING IT DIRECTLY TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS AND FILL MUCH THUNDER, BUT GO AHEAD.
WE WILL BE MAILING THAT TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS.
AND SHE'S IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTION.
SO SHE GETS TO SAY THAT, UH, BUT THANKS VERY MUCH.
AND SO WHEN YOU GET IT, LOOK AT IT AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET IT, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER B SURVEY ON THE 4TH OF JULY PREFERENCES.
UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY A SURVEY ONLINE FOR, UH, ON, UH, ON FACEBOOK AND ON THE WEBSITE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE MENTIONING IN THE NEWSLETTER, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T, UH, FOLLOW ANY TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I FOUND THAT THERE'S FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT DON'T.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO THAT.
AND BY AUGUST 10TH, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT IN HOUSE, LET STAFF COME WITH RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL AFTER THAT.
UM, WE'VE GOT, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT IT WILL MAKE SOME DECISION.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE GO UP THERE AND PICK A PREFERENCE, UM, ON THE TYPE OF CELEBRATION WE WANT TO HAVE AND CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, UH, AND THE PREFERENCE IS NOT BOTH IN SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT.
UM, I DIDN'T EVER SEE AS EDC APPOINTEE, COUNCIL'S GOING TO BE VOTING, VOTING DECEIVING.
UM, AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF TIM GOODING IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED AND PUT, UH, ON THE, UH, ATC.
UM, AND TIM HAS BEEN ON THE ECONOMIC, UH, THE METIS PLACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, BOARD OF, UH, ADVISORY COUNCIL.
NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THE ADVISORY COUNCIL IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE THAT, UH, WANT TO COME IN AND GET ACTIVE, GET INVOLVED, UH, WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SEATS AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ALTERNATES FOR AN EDC.
I DON'T KNOW WHY SOMEBODY SAID IT, THE RULES THAT WAY.
SO BOB GRAFF AND HIS WISDOM SET UP A MEADOWS PLACE AT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ADVISORY COUNCIL IT'S PROVED TO BE VERY, VERY FRUITFUL.
AND SO IF ANYBODY OUT LISTENING WANTS TO GET INVOLVED, UM, CONTACT MYSELF OR BOB GRAFF OR TIA OR KURT ABOUT BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL LIKE TIM DID, UH, ITEM NUMBER D IS POOL AND SUMMER CAMP.
I AM SO SAD THAT WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE POOL, AND I'M SO SAD THAT WE HAD TO CLOSE THAT CAMP.
WE WERE RUNNING 20 SOMETHING KIDS A DAY THROUGH THAT GAME.
PEOPLE WERE HAVING FUN UNTIL THEY STARTED GETTING SICK.
AND THE REASON WE CLOSED IT DOWN WAS FOR THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS AND VISITORS FOR CITY METIS PLACE.
WE STARTED, KEVIN LIFEGUARD HAS GOT EXPOSED AND GOT SICK.
WE HAD KIDS GOT EXPOSED AND GOT SICK, AND WE SHUT IT DOWN TODAY.
AND YESTERDAY, UM, COURTNEY SPENT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT ALL THE TIME, FIGURING OUT HOW TO PAY HIM BECAUSE WE HAD TO FOLLOW A PROTOCOL SET BY PELVIS.
AND, UM, SHE HAD TO GO BACK SIX MONTHS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE AND CANDIDATE TOO LATE.
AND SHE FINISHED UP THIS EVENING.
UH, SO WE'LL BE DOING PAYROLL THIS WEEK IF WE DON'T BOTHER YOU IN THE MORNING.
WELL, ACTUALLY THE DECISION ONCE WE FOUND SOMEBODY GOT SICK WAS EASY, HOW TO DEAL WITH IT, WHAT TO DO, UH, MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT.
UH, BUT I WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF, EVERYBODY FROM ANNA MARIA IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO COURTNEY,
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WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH ALL THE STAFFING IN HERE AND TO COLLEEN AND HER STAFF ON HOW TO, UH, HOW TO HANDLE IT AND WHERE TO GO.AND SHE'S HAS ONE OF THOSE SICK KIDS AT HOME.
SO, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE IN THAT THING REACHED OUT, SURPRISED US, UH, BUT IT WAS A GREAT REMINDER.
AND THIS ONE, THE REASON I PUT IT ON HERE, WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS ON THIS THING.
UH, SO PLEASE, UH, REMEMBER BE CAUTIOUS.
IF SOMEBODY'S SICK, PLEASE DON'T COME TO WORK.
DON'T BE AROUND ME IF YOU'RE SICK.
AND IF YOU ARE, UM, CONCERNED, PLEASE, IF YOU FEEL LIKE WEARING A MASK, WEAR A MASK AND WE DO A ONE REMINDER, BUDDY, SOMEBODY COUGHING AND HACKING, STAY AWAY FROM THEM AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
IT'S BUDGET SEASON, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET SEASON, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS IN MY OPINION, THE BEST BUDGET SEASON WE'VE HAD THE STAFF THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, AND I THINK THE CHIEF CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS WEEK.
CAUSE WE WENT AND DEALT A COUPLE OF HOURS, UH, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH, UH, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUDGET ITEMS, UH, AROUND THE TABLE.
AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS SLASH AND BURN TIME AND WE SLASHED AND BURNED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PRELIMINARILY BALANCED THE BUDGET.
AND WE STILL CAME OUT FRIENDS.
UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WORK TOGETHER.
IT WAS, IT WAS INSPIRATIONAL COUNSEL.
I WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW IN PARTICULAR HOW PROUD I WAS OF THAT STAFF.
AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
SO AS ROD SAID, WE DID RECEIVE THE 75% SUBMISSION FOR THE DOOR AND SLAIN.
UM, I HAVE NOT REVIEWED IT YET.
I DON'T KNOW IF ROD'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT TOO CLOSELY YET, BUT, UM, WE WILL GET COMMENTS BACK AND MOVE THAT PROJECT ALONG.
UM, I GUESS THE ONE BIG HICCUP THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR IS WITH THE DRIVEWAYS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SIDEWALK ADA, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER UP THE DRIVEWAYS AND WE HAD ANTICIPATED, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA INCREASE THE COST A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, SECOND ONE IS THE BIKE WAY.
STAFFORD STILL HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
WE ARE, OR I'VE ADVISED THE MAYOR.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN SENT YET.
WE GIVE THEM UNTIL AUGUST 18TH TO RESPOND AND IF THEY DON'T, WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HAS THAT BEEN TRANSMITTED TO THEM YET DRAFTED HADN'T BEEN SENT YET, BUT, UM, WE HAVE A DEADLINE IN THERE OF AUGUST.
REMEMBER THE DATE THAT WILL AFFECT THE SCHEDULE.
SO WE WILL NOT BE STARTING THAT PROJECT FIRST QUARTER.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
UM, WE DO ALSO NEED TO GET THE MEETING SCHEDULED WITH CENTER POINT.
I'M HEARING RUMORS THAT THEY'RE TELLING OTHERS THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING TRAILS.
SO OTHERS IT'S OUTSIDE OF FORT BEND COUNTY IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
SO I, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGE AT CENTER POINT.
I THOUGHT THE STATE LAW HAD GOTTEN PAST THAT.
IT DID, BUT, UM, WE JUST NEED TO VERIFY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CENTER POINT.
IF YOU TALKED TO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, IT WAS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT TALKED TO ME BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN TOLD THEY CAN'T DO ONE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SAID NO PRECINCT TOO, RIGHT? IT MAY HELP THAT WE'RE JUST IMPROVING EXISTING ONE, BUT WE CAN, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY SCHEDULE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE IN ON THAT, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.
HE NEEDS TO THERE, UM, I'LL CALL I'LL CALL GRADY.
THEY WOULD HEAR HERE BECAUSE YEAH, HE WAS THE ONE HELPED US GET THAT THROUGH AND I WOULD CALL MY STATE REP, BUT HE'S IN WASHINGTON DC.
WELL, LET'S HOLD OFF TALKING TO THE COMMISSIONER UNTIL WE TALK TO CENTER POINT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT ORDER MY NOTES ARE IN.
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HOLD ON.JUST SAY, WHO'S GOING TO SET UP CENTER POINT ME.
HOW MUCH YOU HIRE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE SIDEWALK? DEPENDS ON WHAT WE CHOOSE FOR OUR CRITERIA SOMEWHERE GOING ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE TO CATCH UP.
SO WHAT WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE CLOSER.
YEAH, I WOULD THINK, ALL RIGHT.
UM, IT'S DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION COUNCIL OF ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 21 CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING A HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING AND NOTICE OF SET ELECTION.
NOW IT'S A, WE ALL KNOW THIS IS COMING.
UH, UH, COURTNEY HILL WILL BE SETTING UP THE ELECTION WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, SO UNLESS THERE'S A FURTHER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, WHO WOULD DO APPROVE, GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE BY RICK SECOND BY OCCUR ALL IN FAVOR.
BEARING NONE, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.
UM, AND OFF WE GO, UM, DISCUSSION SINCE THEN.
THANK YOU COMMITTEE, BY THE WAY, IF YOU LISTEN TO A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2021 DASH ONE SIX, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BELT BELT, HARRISON OR WHEREVER THAT IS LLP FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR, UH, PROPOSALS FOR PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THAT, UH, COUNCIL SINCE MAY, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, RESEARCH DONE INTO IT.
WE'VE HAD SOME, WE HAD WHAT, SIX OR SIX OR SET SIX, SIX SUBMITTALS, UH, THAT WERE CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED.
UM, THERE WENT FROM SIX TO FOUR TO THREE TO TWO, UH, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT, UH, UH, BELT HARRIS WAS SELECTED.
UM, AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF MYSELF, COURTNEY, UH, NICK AND ANNA MARIA.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 16, MOVE TO THAT EMOTION, UH, TAB BACK UP BY, UH, DAVID DO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR THREE YEARS WITH OPTIONAL YEARS, RIGHT? WHICH MATCHES WHAT WE HAD PUT IN THE RFP.
MARIA'S HAPPY AS HAPPY AS SHE CAN BE.
UM, WE CALLED I CALLED OR MADE CONTACT WITH FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES, UM, IN THE AREA ALL FIVE OF THEM HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THEIR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM ABOUT HARRIS COVERS THE WATERFRONT VERY SMALL CITIES, ALL THE WAY TO VERY LARGE CITIES.
THE SMALLEST ONE I CONTACTED THAT WORKED WITH THEM AS A TOWN CALLED CLEAR LAKE SHORES.
THEY HAVE ABOUT 2000 POPULATION GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEM AS WELL.
UH, ROSENBERG, UH, AS AS BIG AS THEM, UH, ALSO HAD GREAT THINGS TO SAY.
AND WE TOUCHED BASE WAS FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN IN, BEEN IN DURING A TRANSITION.
AND SO THAT WAS WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THE TRANSITION.
SO YEAH, IT IS GOING TO COME WITH MY GUESS IS THAT IT IS GOING TO COME WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME NEW LOOKS AT THE BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO, UM, WITH THESE NEW EYES, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING SOME STUFF TO LIGHT THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO ABSORB AND TAKE UNDER ADVISEMENT.
AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO GO INTO IT KNOWING THAT AND KNOWING THAT WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT, UH, THEY'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US ON BEST PRACTICES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW UP.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I'M EXCITED, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021 DASH 22.
AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET,
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UH, FOR YEAR BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2020 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.AND THE AMOUNT OF $354, $354,761 DUE TO INCREASE SALES TAX RECEIVED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CARES ACT ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE RICK BACK IN THE BACK, CURT AND DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED HEARING NONE THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR JUSTIN THAT SIDE OF THE LEDGER, UH, ITEM FOR DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 23 AMENDING GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2021 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000 FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO LINE ITEM 1 0 0 DASH OH FOUR OH DASH 5 8 0 0 0 0.
PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE MAJOR'S BASEBALL FIELD.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I THINK I HEARD KELLY SAYING MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ITEM FIVE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 24, AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2021 IN THE AME, UM, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $38,250 FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BALANCE ONLINE ITEM 1 0 0 DASH OH 5 0 5 3 3 0 0.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR POWER DMS SOFTWARE FOR TPCA RECOGNITION PROGRAM.
THIS IS FOR, UH, THE FIRST, UH, BEST PRACTICES SOFTWARE THAT THE CHIEF NEEDS TO MOVE US INTO THE FUTURE AND KEEP US MODERNIZED AND COMPETING WITH THE BIG BOYS.
BOB BRICK BACK ABOUT DAVID ALL IN FAVOR OR JUST THOSE AS A REMINDER, THIS COVERS ACTUALLY FIVE YEARS, NOT JUST ONE YEAR AND WE'RE SAVING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY BY DOING A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT.
FOR THE UPGRADE, UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION THE ORDINANCE 2021 DAYS 25 AMENDING GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2021 AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $69,000 FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, BUT A BALANCED LINE ITEM 1 0 0 DASH OH 5 0 5, 2 0 5 10 VEHICLE PURCHASE FOR A NEW PATROL VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT.
Y'ALL LOOKED AT ONE THAT'S OUT THERE.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE PUSHED IT INTO THIS YEAR.
IF WE PASS THIS MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY RICK TO APPROVE SECOND SECOND BY TIAA, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GET A JUMP ON ALL THE OTHER FLEETS THAT WANT TO ORDER BECAUSE OTHERWISE OUR SINGLE ONE PURCHASE IS GOING TO GET LEFT BEHIND IT SURE WILL.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AND I'M THE CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CAMP, THE NASH CENTER BACK THERE, SMILING.
UM, SO, UM, THAT WILL BE ORDERING TOMORROW.
UM, ITEM SEVEN DISCUSSION INCINERATION OF RESOLUTION 2021 DAY 17 APPOINTING ONE DIRECTOR TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR TERM OF COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, UH, COUNCIL YOU'RE I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE READ YOUR PACKET AND UPGRADE ON, UH, INFORMATION ON MR. TIM GOODING, WHO IS A BUSINESS OWNER HERE, UM, IN CITY METALS PLACE HAS BEEN ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR NOW SOME TIME, UM, AWARD-WINNING BUSINESS OWNER.
AND HE IS AN AWARD-WINNING BUSINESS OWNER, UM, WHICH WE'LL BE POSTING UP TOMORROW.
UM, SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 21 17 APPOINTING TIM GOODING TO THE EDC MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT SECOND BY FELLOW EDC MEMBER T AND BAKER ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS, TIM, THAT CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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200,000 VOTES, I THINK PRETTY INCREDIBLE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WHOLE EUSTON AREA.THE BEST OF THE BEST IS IN MEADOWS.
WELL, WE KNEW THAT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT TOO.
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ON RESOLUTION 2021 DAYS SHAPE 18 OF SUPPORTING SKA CONSULTING APPLICATION FROM MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION CERTIFICATE FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACCOUNT.
SO YOU'VE ALL READ THE AI OR THE AI FORM EXPLAINING THIS, UM, LIKE THAT.
UH, AND THERE'S TWO PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT UNDERSTAND IT.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA SAY ROD, WOULD YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND GIVE US THAT NUTSHELL VERSION PLEASE AND IMPOR, AND THIS IS, I'M ALWAYS BLOWN BY THESE, BUT ROD CAN EXPLAIN IT TO US AND WE'VE GOT BACKUP PAPERWORK ON THE AIS.
THE MSD DESIGNATION IS SPECIFIC TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS SOME CONTAMINATED SOIL AND HAS CONTAMINATED THE WATER BELOW IT.
THIS CONTAMINATION IS FROM ZERO TO 300 FEET.
IF THE PROPERTY HAS AN MSD DESIGNATION, IT SERVES AS A PATHWAY TOWARDS CLOSURE IN AN IRREGULATORY CLOSURE.
IT ALSO LIMITS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING AND, UH, CLEANUP, ET CETERA.
SO CURRENTLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS JUST UNUSABLE WITH THE MSD DESIGNATION.
IT BECOMES USABLE AND CAN BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE W THERE'S A CONTAMINATION OF THE WATER, THE WATER TABLE, ANYBODY WITHIN FIVE MILES HAS TO BE NOTIFIED AND HAS TO AGREE TO IT.
WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION BECAUSE THIS CONTAMINATED WELL IS DOWNSTREAM FROM OUR LOCATION.
THE MAJORITY OF THEIR UNDERGROUND WATER IN THIS AREA TRAVELS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
AND IT IS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF US, SORT OF SOUTHWEST OF US, ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT HAVE A WATER WILL HAVE TO AGREE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THIS WATER IN THE ZERO TO 300 FOOT LEVEL.
AND IT IS BASICALLY BULLYING, BE OFF LIMITS FOR PUBLIC USE.
WE ALL HAVE AGAIN, IF WE ALL AGREE WITH IT AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO USE THIS WATER BECAUSE OUR WELL WATER WELLS ARE 800 TO 1200 FEET DEEP AND PUBLIC WATER WELLS HAVE A CONCRETE CASING AROUND THEM.
SO TO PROTECT FOR THIS CAR TENANT, CROSS-CONTAMINATION, I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY WHO USES WATER BELT, BUT UP TO 300 FEET.
SO IN THE NICHE, IN A NUTSHELL, WHEN WE AGREE TO THIS, IT, UH, IT LIMITS THE COST OF ANY CLEANUP.
IT'S ARE A PATHWAY TO A REGULATORY CLOSURE AND ALSO ALLOWS THE PROPERTY TO DEVELOP.
IT'S A GOOD MOVE AND HELPS OUR BUDDIES OVER SHARE GLEN AT THE SAME TIME, SHARON DOES, WE DO THESE OCCASIONALLY.
UH, WE GET THEM FROM STAFFORD.
WE GET THEM FROM HOUSTON, UH, WOULD GET THEM FROM, UH, UM, SARAH LAND.
SO THIS IS JUST RELATIVELY COMMON PRACTICE.
UM, BUT UH, I THOUGHT WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION.
SO BASICALLY I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO PASS RESOLUTION 20, 21 DAYS, 18 MOVED TO APPROVAL MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY KURT ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
YOU ALL ARE SO MUCH SMARTER NOW.
I THINK THAT TAKES US OVER TO, UM, ITEM NINE.
UM, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON, UH, AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DUMPSTERS.
NOW THERE IS NO ORDINANCE ATTACHED TO THIS.
IF WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP AND WITH AN ORDINANCE, WE CAN, WE CAN CALL IT THE DISCUSSION.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A COUNCIL DRIVEN, UM, REQUEST TO BE ON THE, UH, ON THE AGENDA, UH, KURT AND, UH, T BACKED HIM UP ON THAT TO GET THIS ON.
UM, SO KURT, I'M GOING TO THROW THIS AT YOU, UH, TO ASK YOU TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS WITH COUNCIL.
UH, THIS CAME, CAME UP, UH, RECENTLY THERE'S A DUMPSTER NEAR THE SCHOOL, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK FOR MANY MONTHS AND, UH, SCHOOL'S ABOUT TO START.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I WONDER WHAT THE LIMIT IS, OR IF DUMPSTERS ARE EVEN ALLOWED TO
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COVER THE SIDEWALK AND, UH, LEARNED, WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.SO, UM, IT WAS OF MY OPINION THAT WE NEED AN ORDINANCE AND, UH, UH, LET'S CONTRACTORS KNOW, OWNERS KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T BLOCK THE SIDEWALKS, UM, AND CAN PLACE A TIME LIMIT AS WELL.
UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE NO D WE DIDN'T ATTACH ANYTHING.
SO WE HAVE THAT NEW POD ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE RECENTLY.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE PACKET HERE, IT, IT SHOWS THAT POD ORDINANCE.
AND SINCE THAT ONE WAS APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL, UH, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD GO BY FOR, UM, POSSIBLY DRAFTING ONE FOR DUMPSTERS AS WELL.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK THAT, UH, IT SHOULD MATCH OUR POD ORDINANCE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY, UM, PRETTY GOOD ORDINANCE.
WE PUT TOGETHER AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MINIMAL FEE TO GET IT.
WE ENCOURAGE IT IN A LOT OF WAYS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S USUALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE RENOVATING THEIR HOUSES, BUT I DO AGREE THAT, UM, IT IS A PROBLEM IF IT'S BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK AND PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO GET BY.
SO THAT'S REALLY, UM, AND TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A LIMIT ON, ON TIME, OR AT LEAST HAVE TO REAPPLY OR GET A NEW PERMIT OR SOMETHING, IT SHOULDN'T BE INDEFINITE.
APPARENTLY THE PERMIT, THERE IS A PERMIT FOR A DUMPSTER AND IT'S TIED TO CONSTRUCTION PERMIT WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT EXPIRES.
SO DOES THE PERMIT ON THE DUMPSTER? WHAT IF, NO, IF THERE'S NO PERMIT OR NO CONSTRUCTION PERMIT AND IT'S THERE, THEN WE HAVE NO NOTHING IN PLACE TO STOP IT ON THE BACK END.
UM, THAT'S WHERE AN ORDINANCE WOULD, WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ORDINANCE SAYING YOU CAN'T BLOCK OUR SIDEWALKS.
WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T BLOCK THE SIDEWALKS THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY, IS IT ACTUALLY, AND I IT'S IN THE BACKUP.
UM, THE CITY'S CODE MATCHES WHAT THE STATE'S TRANSPORTATION CODE STATES, WHICH IS ILLEGAL FOR A VEHICLE TO SIT ON TOP OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO THIS NOT BEING A VEHICLE, IF YOU WERE TO LEAD, READ THE LETTER OF THE LAW DUMPSTER WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T FALL UNDER THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE TO USE IS RIGHT NOW IT'S SITTING THERE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK.
IF THAT ONE WERE NOT THERE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I MEAN, IF RIGHT NOW, IF THEY PUT ONE DOWN THERE, IT'S GOING TO BLOCK THAT SIDEWALK.
I'M ASSUMING THEY CAN GET A SHORT DUMPSTER.
OR FIND A WAY TO TURN IT SIDEWAYS OR FIND A WAY TO TURN IT SIDEWAYS.
THEY HAD A VERY LONG, VERY LONG DUMPSTER.
THEY COULD'VE HAD A SHORTER ONE.
UM, THERE'S ONE THAT'S BEEN THERE A VERY LONG TIME.
I BELIEVE IN, IN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THE END DATE.
IF IT'S NOT TIED TO A, UH, CONSTRUCTION PERMIT AND THAT CONSTRUCTION PERMIT CAN BE SIX MONTHS.
UM, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT IS INCONVENIENCE.
THAT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S TIED TO SOMETHING.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I THINK THE OTHER THING, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A COORDINATES SAYS THAT WE THINK OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES.
SO LENGTH MIGHT BE ONE, BUT THE SIZE OF IT MIGHT BE ONE, THE DURATION, THE COVERING THE THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF DUMPSTERS IN SOME CITIES NOW THAT ARE THERE, THE BAGS AND THEY CAN SIT OUT AND SO WE NEED IT.
I CAN, IF I'M DOING A HOUSE FLIP, I CAN FILL UP 10 OF THOSE BAGS IN A DAY.
SO IT ECONOMICALLY, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
WELL, WE MAY ALSO WANT TO LIMIT IT TO CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
SO PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING A BIG DUMPSTER AND THROWING THEIR HOUSEHOLD, GARBER HOUSEHOLD FOOD SCRAPS IN THERE.
CAUSE THAT'S GOING TO START CAUSING SMELL.
THERE'S ALSO THE TIMES WHEN DUMPSTERS ARE USED TO CLEAR OUT HOUSES, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S DECEASED AND FAMILY HAS TO COME IN AND MOVE ALL THEIR ARTICLES.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW SPECIFIC WE WANT TO GET ON THAT.
I, I THINK THE, THE SIZE, THE BIGGEST SIZE YOU CAN GET IS A 40 YARD THAT I'M AWARE OF.
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UM, AND IN THAT ONE DRIVEWAY, AND THAT IT'S GONE TODAY.AT LEAST I DROVE BY EARLIER, IT HAD BEEN REMOVED.
I WAS THANKFUL TO SEE THAT, UM, WHERE'S THAT, UH, THERE WAS ONE, ONE ON BRIGHTON, BRIGHTON NEAR MULHOLLAND, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER.
NICE LITTLE THOROUGHFARE TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.
SO, UM, I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS REALLY HAS NOT TO MY RECOLLECTION BEEN MUCH OF A PROBLEM.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
HOWEVER, I LIKED THAT THE IDEA OF TRYING TO TIE SOMETHING TO AN END POINT NOW, COUNSEL, THE QUESTION IS IF IT'S NOT TIED TO A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, WHAT IS THE THOUGHT ON THE END GAME? IS IT SIX MONTHS LIKE A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT? IS IT 30 DAYS, 90 DAYS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN? I THINK PAUSE WAS 90 DAYS.
UM, THE, I MEAN THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT, YOU KNOW, FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO REGULATE OR TO HAVE CLARIFICATION ON IS HOW LONG CAN IT BE THERE? UH, WHERE CAN IT GO? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THERE CERTAINLY ABOUT THE MATERIAL BEING PUT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, PERISHABLES, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT IF STAFF HAS CLEAR DIRECTION ON HOW LONG CAN IT BE THERE AND WHERE CAN IT GO? THEN I THINK THAT COVERS REALLY WHAT WE DID ON THE PODS ORDINANCE AS WELL.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCES IS THAT WITH THE PAUSE ORDINANCE, IT WAS THE CLOCK STOPS AFTER US BEING THERE FOR 72 HOURS.
AND SO ONCE WE NOTICE IT ON DAY THREE, THEY NEED TO COME IN AND GET A PERMIT.
YOU'LL WANT TO DO THE SAME THING WITH DUMPSTERS.
WE CAN DO THE SAME THING AND JUST COPY IT.
THERE IS A SECTION OF THE CODE CHAPTER 91, THAT'S ENTITLED, YOU KNOW, GARBAGE AND REFUSE I THINK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, GARBAGE AND TRASH, WE CAN PLUG IT IN THERE.
UM, SO IF Y'ALL WANT STAFF TO BRING BACK OVER, UH, UH, ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY MIRRORS WHAT WE DID FOR PODS AND WE CAN DO THAT, BUT I WOULD ASK HOW LONG, UH, YOU WANT DUMPSTERS OUT THERE NOT ATTACHED TO A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK MORE THAN ME.
MAYBE I'LL BE NICE AND SAY 60, I WAS GOING TO SAY 30 AND I WAS GOING TO SAY 30.
I MEAN, WITHOUT CONSTRUCTION, 30, 30.
IF YOU WANT GEL AND SHELLS, I'D SAY 60 ONLY BECAUSE I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD NEED THE TIME, BUT HONESTLY YOU HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE ON FLIPPING AND, AND, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO YEAH, BUT JUST LIKE YOU SAID, AND WE HAVE IT AND WE HAVE WAY MORE OFTEN THAN WE THINK IS WHEN SOMEBODY AGES OUT HERE AND THEY HAVE TO PUT THE FAMILY, PUT SOME OUT THERE AND IT JUST TAKES A TIME.
AND HOW COMPANIES SAID IT, MOST OF THE TIME OF MONTHLY FEE.
SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE A ONE MONTH, TWO MONTH, THREE MONTH.
SO I'M INCLINED TO GO WITH THE 60 DAYS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE GRACE TIME.
UM, CERTAINLY I DON'T THINK IF THEY, AND THEY CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IN TO TRY TO PULL A PERMIT AND TALK TO US ABOUT IT AND DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT, AND GRANTED OR NOT, UH, THAT WE NEED TO TIE IT TO A PERMIT, UH, HAVE THAT PERMIT, UH, TO A DATE AND COME IN AND PULL OUT THE PERMIT IF THEY NEED TO.
AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE, MY QUESTION IS IF THEY ARE STILL, STILL WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS OR THEY, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THEY'RE, THERE'S A LEGITIMATE REASON TO BE THERE.
THAT MEAN THAT'S THE OTHER HALF, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LAZY AND SLOW OR THEY'RE LIKE ME AND PUT THINGS OFF FOR THE POD ORDINANCE.
DID WE SAY IT HAD TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? IT COULD NOT BE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
NO, I DON'T THINK WE, YOU MADE THAT DISTINCTION.
SO IT, IT DOESN'T MENTION THE SIDEWALK EITHER.
WHAT IT SAYS ON PODS IS THAT IT HAS TO BE ON AN IMPROVED SURFACE.
AND SO I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, WE DIDN'T WANT IT ON THE STREET.
TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT BEING IN THE DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING NOT ON, ON THE ROAD.
I THOUGHT SHE FOUND SOMETHING TO SAID, IT COULDN'T BE ON THE STREET.
WE CAN LOOK AT IT WHEN THEY COME, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT SHOULD NOT CROSS THE SIDEWALK.
I, AND I'M ASKING LEGITIMATELY
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CHIEF, MAYBE YOU MADE THE DRAIN ON THEM.SOME OF OUR AREAS WIDE, THE CUL-DE-SACS AND ESPECIALLY HAVE SHORT DRIVEWAY.
CAN THEY EVEN GET A 20 FOOT DUMPSTER IN THERE AND NOT BLOCK SIDEWALK? NOT ALL OF THEM.
I'VE GOT, AND I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT THERE.
IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO PARK PLACE OR SUFFER THE PLACEMENT OF ANY PODS OR SIMILAR DEVICE AND UPON ANY STREET ROADWAY, DESIGNATED FIRE LANE SIDEWALK OR RIGHT AWAY IN THE CITY.
SO I WOULD SAY JUST MIRROR THAT WITH THE DUMPSTERS.
IF WE GET A HARDSHIP CASE WHERE THEY'VE JUST GOT A REAL SHORT DRIVEWAY, THEN THEY CAN BRING THAT TO US.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAKING AN EXCEPTION MORE THAN LIKELY, BUT IF IT'S REAL.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WE ARE, UH, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE SO RARE AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT MORE AND MORE AS WE START SEEING MORE AND MORE RICAN OR FLIPS RECONSTRUCTION, THINGS LIKE THAT THOUGHT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY MORE AND MORE OF US CROAK.
THERE'S THE NO UP PODS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, I'M PROVED SURFACE 90 DAYS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE PERMIT PER 12 MONTH PERIOD.
UM, THEY CAN ONLY BE 20 FEET LONG, NO LONGER THAN 20 FEET.
UM, AND NO MORE THAN ONE PORTABLE CONTAINER PER LOT.
I THINK WE NEED TO CROSS OFF THE LENGTH ON THE DUMPSTER ONE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT TO 60 DAYS.
IS THAT THAT CORRECT? COUNSEL.
SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A MIRROR.
WITH 60, 60 DAYS, WE'LL LOOK AT IT THEN NEXT MONTH, TRUTHFULLY, I WOULDN'T MIND IT BEING ON UNIMPROVED SERVICE.
IF IT'S IN SURFACES IN THE BACKYARD.
I WOULDN'T WANT IT IN THE FRONT YARD.
IF WE SAY IMPROVE SURFACE THEN I GUESS.
I MEAN, SO LET'S SAY SOMEBODY'S GOT A SHORT DRIVEWAY AND THEY'VE GOT ACCESS TO THEIR BACKYARD.
THEY PUT THE DUMPSTER BACK THERE NOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FEASIBLE, IF THE TRUCK WOULD BE ABLE TO GET BACK THERE.
THAT'S BEEN A BIG, UM, YEAH, I THINK I'D RATHER LEAVE IT IMPROVED SURFACE.
BUT HE'S THAT HE'S GOT IMPROVED ALL THE WAY IN THE BACKYARD, SO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO, UH, BACK TO US, UH, AUGUST, AUGUST 2ND MEETING.
UM, I'LL DO A SENTENCE A DAY UNTIL AUGUST.
THAT MOVES US ON ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
UM, ITEM F IS CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ACCEPTS, UH, INCLUDES THE, UH, QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES TO, UH, ALL THESE MEETINGS AND SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED BY KURT SACRIFICE, DAVID ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS IS THE FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING BECAUSE IT'S GETTING CLOSE, BUT IT'S ALSO WHERE THE AUDIENCE GIVES TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THEIR CITY COUNCIL, UH, AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOUR COUNCIL, PLEASE, YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.
GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE RICHARD RAMIREZ FOR BEING HERE.
HE WAS PART OF THE CHARTER COMMITTEE AS WELL AS REPRESENTING EDC FOR US.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING.
YOU CAN'T OFFER, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU CAN, AS A CITIZEN DURING THIS THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU TO YOU.