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BAD GUYS.ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
[City Council Meeting]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO, UH, THIS IS THE MEADOWS PLACE.CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
IT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH, 2021, AND IT IS 6:30 PM.
UH, ITEM MADE AS A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.
AND IF I CAN ASK CHRIS GOLIC WHAT HIS SON'S NAME IS, UM, DYLAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THAT'LL TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS WE ALL STAND UP.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN GYMS AND JIMMY WE'LL LET YOU SEND THE INVOCATION.
DYLAN GET US STARTED LATE IS 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
ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR OVER ALL, THAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU FOR THE VOLUNTEER THING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DYLAN, BY THE WAY, THIS GOES INTO THE RECORD AND IT'LL BE ON THE RECORD EVER.
I'M GOING TO STEP DOWN TO THE PODIUM.
UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MANY GUESTS AND VISITORS, FORMER COUNCIL PEOPLE, UH, WE'RE HERE FOR AWARDS TO SEE EVENING.
I'M VERY, VERY TICKLED TO HAND UP MISSISSIPPI.
IT'S A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, UH, AWARDED TO JAREN JACKSON.
ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, A POLICE OFFICER THAT HAS SERVED THIS, UH, CITY WELL FOR 15 YEARS.
BUT ONE LITTLE NOTE IN THE 15 YEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN COMING TO WORK HERE, HE'S NEVER TAKEN A SICK DAY.
AND I PICKED UP THE WRONG DEALER.
UH, CHIEF, YOU GOT THE BUTTON.
OH, WE HAVE SOME STUFF ON ORDER THAT YOU CAN COME OVER AND GET, WHEN WE GET IT HERE, JAREN GET UP, YOU KNOW, I'M HONORED TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND WE SPEAK ALL THE TIME AND I'M JUST PROUD AS I CAN BE TO, TO KNOW THIS GUY AND TO WORK WITH THIS GUY AND, AND KNOW THAT HE'S OUT THERE LOOKING AFTER ME AND MY FAMILY AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE THE 15 YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, THE RELIABILITY, THEN A FAITHFULNESS THAT YOU'VE SHOWN THE CITY IS JUST UNMATCHED ANYWHERE.
WE DO HAVE A PEN THAT'S ON ORDER.
UH, AND WE'LL GET, UH, WHEN IT GETS HERE, I'LL BRING IT OVER TO YOU PERSONALLY, ALL ALRIGHT, BUT TONIGHT YOU GET THIS AND UH, IT'S IT'S.
I WANT YOU TO SHOW IT OFF THEIR BODY.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO US? CAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY CHATTY GUY.
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WE ALSO ARE RECOGNIZING A GENTLEMAN OUT OF OUR, COME ON OVER HERE.I WANT YOU TO HELP ME PRESENT THIS DYLAN'S HERE BECAUSE UH, I WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL DEAL IN THIS TOWN FEELS OF A SPECIAL DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO YOUR DAD.
AND IT WAS FOR THE CHILDREN, THE CITY OF MEMPHIS PLACE THAT HE FIRED OFF AND GOT ALL EXCITED.
AND WE'RE HERE TO DINE, TO RECOGNIZE AND FORMERLY APPRECIATE YOUR DAD, CHRIS GOLIC, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE DID TO HELP FIRE BODY UP AND GET ORGANIZED AND PUSH AND SPEARHEAD THE, THE MOMENTUM AND THE, AND THE EFFORT TO SAVE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY.
AND YOU HAD, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH MEADOWS ELEMENTARY.
THAT'S A YES, IN CASE SHE COULDN'T HEAR THE HEAD NOD, BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW DOESN'T IT.
AT FIVE 30, WE HAD MET WITH A GUY THAT HELPED BUILD THAT SCHOOL.
AND HE SAID, WELL, MOM, START TO GET OLD.
WHEN YOU REALIZE THE STUFF THAT YOU BUILT WAS TORN DOWN.
WELL, IT WAS TORN DOWN AND THAT WAS THEIR PLAN, BUT THE PLAN WASN'T TO REBUILD IT.
BUT I GOT A CALL AND I MADE A CALL THAT CALL LED INTO ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN.
CITY MEADOWS PLACE COME ON UP NOW IS BEHOLDEN TO THIS GENTLEMAN.
THAT'S NOW WALKING UP, MS. CHRIS GALLON AND CHRIS, WE WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
YOU CAN SAY THANKS TO DAN AND PROUD OF YOU.
THAT'S THE ONLY TIME HE GET TO HEAR IT.
AND THIS, THIS IS KIND OF A UNUSUAL GIFT, EXCEPT IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE SHE HAD BOUGHT ONE AT AN AUCTION AND SAID, IF ANYBODY BELIEVES THIS DESERVES IS IT'S CHRIS.
AND SHE BROUGHT IT UP AND PUT IT IN MY FRONT DOOR AND SAID, WOULD YOU PASS IT ON TO HIM? AND I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, NO, IT'S 40 YEARS OLD.
I'M NOT A ROD, UH, ORDERED ONE.
AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THIS TO YOU.
SO THIS COMES NOT ONLY FROM HERE, BUT MOSTLY GENERATED JUST LIKE YOUR EFFORTS FROM THE RESIDENTS OF CITY, MEADOWS PLACE AND BILL.
NOW I WANT TO RECOGNIZE IT AND RECOGNIZE YOUR EFFORTS AND, UH, GIVE THIS TO YOU TO HANG ON YOUR WALL WITHOUT GETTING ARRESTED.
BUT CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE ENJOYED THE, LOOKING BACK AT THE MOVIE, UH, SEEING YOU IN THERE AND IF Y'ALL, HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT AND BE SURE AND DO, BECAUSE CHRIS IS REPRESENTING THE WHOLE CITY AND HE DOES A GREAT, GREAT JOB ON IT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
AND THE PEOPLE AT HOME WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
MAYBE IF YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.
ANYWAY, CHRIS OFFICIALLY FROM THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AND ON THE RECORD AND IT'LL BE IN THE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES FOREVER.
UH, I ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF CITY MEADOWS PLACE WANT TO THANK YOU.
THIS MAY BE MINE, BUT THE REAL GRATITUDE.
AND THANKS GOES TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT INSPIRED ME TO INSPIRE EVERYBODY ELSE.
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THANKS CHRIS, FOR ALL THAT YOU DID.
AND I BELIEVE IN HERE
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AND I WANTED TO THANK PUBLICLY ASSISTANT CHIEF, JACK ASHTON FOR MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.UH, JACK GOT WITH THE CAMERA FOLKS THAT DO THE CAMERAS HERE AND OUTSIDE IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND PUT, UH, TWO CAMERAS UP.
WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT LOCATIONS AND DEAL WITH THAT.
AND THEN HE HAD TO PUT UP WITH ME NOT KNOWING HOW TO WORK THE DANG BUTTON ABOUT THREE TIMES A WEEK.
UH, BUT WE MADE THAT POSSIBLE TO WHERE WE HAD SEVERAL SHOTS A WEEK TO PUT THOSE TIMELINES TOGETHER.
AND THAT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF LONG PROJECT, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND OF COURSE WE PUT IT IN THE PARK.
UH, CHRIS, WE DO APPRECIATE IT AND THAT'S, UH, UH, THAT'S A LIVING TESTAMENT TO THE EFFORTS THAT ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE A CHANGE.
WE GOT, WE, WE GOT TO MOVE ON, BUT THANKS AGAIN.
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, POLICE REPORTS OR REPORTS.
UH, CHIEF GARY STEWART IS HERE TO, UH, UH, RUN THROUGH THE POLICE REPORT WITH US.
I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF NEVER COMPLAINED ONCE ABOUT HAVING TO DO ALL THAT.
SO MAYBE ONCE RIGHT NOW YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT, MAN.
UH, CHRIS, APPRECIATE THAT TOO.
AND, UH, OFFICER JACKSON, SO, UH, POLICE REPORT, WE ALWAYS STARTED OUT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
UH, THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD 10.
THAT'S NOT IN THE SAME RANGE WE ALWAYS ARE AND NOTHING NEW.
THERE WERE NONE IN THE ROUNDABOUTS, UH, NUMBER OF ARRESTS, 10 NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICES, 1,801.
WE HAD, UH, 43 REPORTS, UH, WITH 361 TRAFFIC CITATIONS OR 697 CHARGES.
WE ISSUED CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION, CITATIONS OF ZERO WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC, 1 41 WITH CHARGES OF 257.
UH, SO URANUS WARNINGS, UH, 13 AND TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 28 31, 2,831 ASSAULTS.
WE HAD FOUR, ZERO, UM, BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, ONE BURGLARY OF A RESIDENCE CITY ORDINANCES, AS MENTIONED BEFORE 13, ZERO ON CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, TWO FRAUDS, UH, ZERO ROBBERIES, A TOTAL PART CHECKS, OR YOU CAN SEE THE PAGE LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE COMBINED THEM ALL AT 658 AND THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, BUSINESS CHECKS, CLEVIS PATROL HOUSE.
WATCH IN SCHOOL IN TENNIS COURTS THEFT.
WE HAD THREE TESTS, TWO U U M VS, UH, ON THE TLC PROGRAM, UH, 21 PASS NINE FELL, 30 CONTACTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE DOWN AND BELOW THE, UH, CITY WARRANTS BREAKDOWN FOR VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD SIX FOR SOLICITORS, ONE FOR A JUNK OR ABANDONED VEHICLE, THREE NOISE COMPLAINTS.
UH, UH, AND THAT'S, UH, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST HAVE DONE THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS NO ACCIDENTS ON ROUNDABOUTS THIS TIME AS YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE IS GOT THE BREAKDOWN OF NOTES.
AS WE USUALLY DO THAT, YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ABOUT A PARTICULAR CALL OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH ME.
I'D LIKE TO, TO GO TO THE NOTES SECTION, WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE SEVEN, BUT WE'LL GO TO, UH, EXCUSE ME, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT TO DO, DISCUSS OUR ARREST REAL QUICK.
IF YOU WILL GO TO PAGE FOUR, GO, UH, RIGHT BEFORE REST, WE HAVE OUR FLOCKS SAFETY BREAKDOWN, UH, OUR CAMERA SYSTEM, AND I KNOW THERE'S INTRO AND IT WAS THE LAST TIME WE PUT IT IN HERE.
SO I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK UP AGAIN.
SO OUT OF THOSE FLOCK, UH, CAMERA HITS THAT WE GET, WE HAD 32 17 OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE LOCATED AND 15 WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE.
IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THEY WENT, OFFICERS WEREN'T ABLE TO LOCATE THEM OUT OF THOSE.
WE HAD FIVE ARRESTS MADE FOR YOU, YOU AND V STOLEN VEHICLES.
UH, WE HAD FIVE, SIX FENDER ALERTS, THREE GANG OR TERRORIST ALERTS, FOUR STOLEN PLATES.
A FLOCK WAS USED 26 TIMES BY OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION, UH, FOR LOOKING UP AND CROSS REMNANTS OF CRIMES.
IN ADDITION, UH, PUT A NOTE IN HERE THAT OUR FLOOD, UH, GRANT THAT'S PENDING, WE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT NEXT MONTH WHERE WE SH WE'VE, UH, WE SHOULD GET FOUR MORE CAMERAS.
SO I LOOK FOR THAT COMING IN THIS NEXT MONTH.
UH, SO THE ADULT ARREST, I DID WANT TO GO OVER THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT SAYS FLAW HIT.
THOSE ARE GONNA BE RELATED TO THAT.
UH, WE MADE THAT CLEAR ON THERE, BUT, UH, THE FIVE STOLEN CARS THAT'S OR FIVE ARREST FOR THE STOLEN VEHICLE, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND WE'RE GETTING THEM AS A COME
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THROUGH.UH, WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL DWI ARRESTS, AS YOU CAN SEE AS A THREE.
AND THEN WE HAD ONE FOR PCS, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PENALTY GROUP, ONE TO IN TEMPORARY WITH EVIDENCE.
UH, WE HAD ONE WARRANT OF OTHER JURISDICTION AND THOSE CONCLUDED UNDER ADDITIONAL NOTES.
IF YOU'LL GO TO PAGE EIGHT, PAGE SEVEN IS JUST GOING OVER THE COVID PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN THERE EVERY TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL DOING THOSE THINGS LIVE SCAN IS INSTALLED AND SET UP AND MOBILE UNIT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOU WITH THEM, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, TO ACCESS THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR HANDHELD MONITOR OR UNIT, EXCUSE ME, SHUT 39.
THAT'S THE NEWEST ONE THAT YOU APPROVED FOR US TO GET OUT OF THIS BUDGET YEAR? IT HAS BEEN PURCHASED.
IT IS, IT WAS ONSITE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO ONSITE DETAILS FOR STRIPING.
AND IN ORDER TO GO TO EFS FOR INSTALLATION OF THE EQUIPMENT, UH, SHOULD WE'RE, WE'RE GUESSING ABOUT FIVE WEEKS A MONTH TO FIVE WEEKS.
UH, WE ALSO SHOULD RECEIVE THE POLICE ATV, UH, GRANT APPROVAL NEXT MONTH, UH, WHICH WILL HELP US OUT, ESPECIALLY DURING SPECIAL EVENTS AND COVER IN THE PARK AREAS.
UH, AGAIN, THAT WAS CLOSE TO $50,000 IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPEND, UH, AND IT, UH, WILL BE USED QUITE OFTEN.
I CAN GUARANTEE A FREEZE MITIGATION WITH FEMA IS STILL IN PROGRESS, BUT WE ARE ON THE FINAL TIER.
UM, AND AS SOON A REVIEW PROCESS FOR APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR BACK SOON WITH THAT.
AND WE WILL RECOVER SOME OF THE MONIES THAT WERE SPENT, UH, DURING THE FREEZE.
UH, WE'RE ACTIVELY STILL TRYING TO FILL HER FOUR POSITIONS.
ONE IS A SERGEANT, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE SOME BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS AND ONE POTENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH A REVIEW BOARD.
UM, THIS THURSDAY, IF HE MAKES IT THROUGH THAT, THEN HE'LL PROBABLY GET A JOB OFFER, UH, OR HE CERTAINLY WILL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE BACKGROUND FOR OUR PART-TIME DISPATCH POSITION TO FILL SOME OF OUR HOLES, UH, AS ALWAYS, WE CONTINUE TO WATER MONITOR OUR WEATHER AS A REMINDER, WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON AND WE'RE WATCHING A TROPICAL SUBTROPICAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW THAT MAY AFFECT US.
SO AS ALWAYS WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO TO START PREPARING, AND AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY SEASON.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS I HAVEN'T GOT, I'VE GOT A COMMENT CHIEF, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M TICKLED TO DEATH WITH THE USE OF THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM OR THE FLOCK SYSTEM.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE FOR IT'S EVEN GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN OUR LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE.
I WASN'T SURE HOW EFFECTIVE IT WOULD BE.
I THINK THE RESULTS ARE SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF.
AND AGAIN, I SHOULD'VE JUST ACCEPTED THAT.
IT WOULD CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
UM, THE NEXT THING I WANT TO COMMENT, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL, UH, IS THAT ALL YOUR TICO HOURS AND MANDATED TRAINING COMPLETED FOR THIS TRAINING? WE DID, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE IN A CRUNCH BECAUSE TIKO WAS NOT ALLOWED AT WHAT ISN'T ABLE TO GET THE GOVERNOR TO EXTEND OUR TRAINING CYCLE.
AND THE REASON WE WANTED IT EXTENDED AND ALL THE CHIEFS GOT TOGETHER AND PETITION FOR IT WAS COVID, UH, YOU CAN'T GO TO TRAINING IF THEY'RE NOT HOLDING IT, OR IF THEY WON'T LET YOU IN THE BUILDING, YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH VIRTUAL.
A LOT OF POLICE WORK, UNFORTUNATELY IS HANDS ON.
YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THERE AND YOU GOT TO DO IT.
UH, SO WHEN, WHEN THAT WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE EXTENDED, UM, BUT ALL THE PDS STARTED SCRAMBLING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE GUYS THROUGH AND IT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT ENDS, UH, REALLY QUICK HERE, BUT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY THROUGH, OH, CHIEF.
I KNOW THAT WAS, UH, ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT KEPT YOU UP AT NIGHT.
AND, UM, I, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL YOU AND SYSTEM CHIEF OVER THERE AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAD TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER TO MAKE IT WORK AND IT WASN'T EASY.
AND UH, I RESPECT YOU FOR THE EFFORT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING IT DONE TICKLED TO DEATH COUNCIL.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE AS A COUNCIL OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF THAT THEY MANAGED TO GET DONE.
SO CHIEF, I WANT TO BRING THAT UP.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANYBODY I'LL QUICK GO CHIEF.
WELL, IF YOU ABSOLUTELY TAKE OFF, GET WHILE THE GETTING'S GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EFFORT.
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IS PARKS DIRECTOR, COLINHE'S GOING TO GIVE US A REPORT FROM WHEN TO WHEN, UH, THIS REPORT REPRESENTS ACTIVITIES FROM THE MONTH OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, UM, WANTED TO TOUCH BASE REAL QUICK ON THE TRAIL PROJECT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RICK WILL FILL YOU IN, UM, FURTHER HERE IN A MOMENT.
UH, BUT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF, A FEW DETAILS, THE TRAIL PROJECT DOES CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I'VE MET WITH A SIGNED DESIGN GROUP FOR INTERPRETIVE AND WAYFINDING SIGNS TO BE PLACED ALONG THE TRAIL.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE INTRODUCTORY PHASE, GETTING INFORMATION, UH, DETERMINING WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT ON THAT TRAIL, UM, TO BENEFIT THOSE THAT ARE USING IT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO MET WITH CENTER POINT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE BUILD THE TRAIL CLEAR OF THEIR FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PLANS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
SO, UH, RICK AND NICK, UM, UH, ORGANIZE THAT FOR US TO MEET WITH THEM.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, RICK, WE'LL FILL YOU IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO HERE.
UH, THE DISCOVERY AND NATURE CENTER, WE CONTINUED TO HAVE A STEADY FLOW OF VISITORS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
UM, CAMP WAS ALSO ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY FOR PART OF ITS PROGRAMS AND WE DID LIMIT OUR HOURS FOR TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND DURING THAT TIME, UH, IT WAS DUE TO LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF STAFF DUE TO COVID OUTBREAK.
UH, THE BALL FIELDS MAJOR'S BALL FIELD.
WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, MEADOWS, UH, PLACE PONY LEAGUE, AND THE CITY WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO BEGIN THE RENOVATIONS ON THAT FIELD.
UM, THE LIGHT POLE AND THE FIELD REPAIR HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED.
PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS WILL MEET WITH FORT BEN ISD AND THE FIRE MARSHALL TO CONFIRM ACCEPTABLE, ACCEPTABLE PLACEMENT OF THE OUTFIELD FENCE.
THERE ARE A FEW, UM, POINTS IN QUESTION WHERE THEY WANTED TO PUT THE NEW FENCE.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, UM, IS PUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND NOT INTRUSIVE ON FORT BEND ISD, UM, TEXAS MULTI KIM THEY'RE THE GROUP THAT, UM, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DO THE FIELD PREPARATION, UM, AND THEY WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR WORK UNTIL DECEMBER.
SO YOU COULD SEE THIS IS A LONG PROJECT.
UM, THE PRODY LEAGUE, UM, PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE SHARING THE INFORMATION.
WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE OF THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE KIRKWOOD PROJECT IN JUNE.
WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY REPLACE ALL THE PLANTS FROM THE FREEZE.
UH, IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET ENOUGH IN THE NURSERIES AND, UM, LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE DID IN JUNE AND THEN CAME RAIN AND MORE RAIN AND MORE RAIN.
UM, SO WITH RAIN COMES A LOT OF GROWTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW IS, UM, LOT OF GROWTH OVERGROWTH AND WEEDS.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH TEXAS LAWN ON A NEW CONTRACT TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE WEEDS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, COME OCTOBER, UH, TO ASSIST IT'S A MUCH BIGGER JOB THAN WHAT STAFF CAN HANDLE ALONE THERE.
UH, MOVING ON TO BEAUTIFICATION, AS I STATED, THE RAIN, THE SUMMERS, RIGHT QUICK GROWTH, UH, NOT ONLY INTO PLANTS, UH, WEEDS, BUT ALSO TO AUNTS.
KURT CAN SPEAK TO THAT FIRSTHAND WITH HIS CHILD.
UM, AND OUR STAFF ARE CONTINUING TO MANAGE WHAT THEY CAN BETWEEN THE RAIN EVENTS AND THE EXTREME HEAT.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE, FEEL FREE TO REPORT IT TO US, UH, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET THERE.
UM, IT'S HARD FOR US TO KNOW WHERE EVERY, UM, ISSUE IS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WE ARE OPEN TO YOU SHARING THAT WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME ATTENTION TO IT, THE POOL, UM, IT RAN SUCCESSFULLY THE SUMMER MINUS A TWO WEEK SHUT DOWN FOR COVID AND A LAP POOL REPAIR THAT LAP POOL HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED AND IS BACK OPEN AND USABLE.
UM, AND WE HAVE TWO WEEKENDS LEFT FOR THE POOL.
UH, WE WILL BE CLOSING THE POOL, UM, AT THE END OF DAY LABOR DAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER SIX.
I DO BELIEVE, UM, ON A GOOD NOTE, WE DID SELL $10,000 WORTH OF POOL BANDS AS COMPARED TO 5,000 LAST SUMMER.
THE BIGGEST INCREASE ONE IS THE POOL WAS OPEN LONGER, MORE WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER AND TO THE COST OF THE WRISTBANDS, WENT UP FROM $5 TO $10.
SO THAT DEFINITELY HELPS TO OFFSET THE LIFEGUARD EXPENSES, THE POOL REPAIRS
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AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.HELFMAN PARK, WE COMPLETED A TURF REPAIR UNDER THE SWING SETS.
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HUFFMAN HELFMAN PARK, THE PLAYGROUND FOR ALL, IT WAS ALL GREEN ASTROTURF.
NOW THERE'S A BIG PATCH OF BLUE, ALMOST LIKE A BIG LAKE OR POND UNDERNEATH THE SWING SET.
AND THAT WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE TURF WAS SEPARATING.
SO WE RE WE REDESIGNED THAT PATCH TO HAVE LESS WEAR AREAS.
THERE'S ALSO A SLIDE THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED FOR REPLACE OUT THERE.
THIS WAS A SLIDE THAT WAS DONATED TO US FROM THE SCHOOL, THEIR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE TRIED TO REPAIR IT ON OUR OWN IN HOUSE, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO AHEAD AND ORDER ONE NOW.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY ON THAT NOTE, THE NIGHT HERONS, THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FLOWN THE COOP.
SO, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THOSE NIGHT HERONS, THEY TEST A TREE OUT THE FIRST SEASON.
IF IT WAS GOOD, THEY BRING BACK THEIR FRIENDS THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WILL HAVE A GAME PLAN GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WE LIVE AND COHABITATE WITH NATURE AMONG US.
SO WE WILL JUST HAVE TO ALL GET ALONG, UM, MOVING ON TO RECREATION.
UM, AS I STATED, SUMMER CAMP, UM, IT WAS VERY FULL EACH WEEK WITH AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 18 CHILDREN.
AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS WERE UP OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT WE RAN SUMMER CAMP JUST ABOUT DOUBLE.
UH, WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE THE CAMP THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
AND THAT WAS TO, UM, DUE TO A COVID EXPOSURE OF 14 CHILDREN, COUNSELORS, LIFEGUARDS, UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REFUND THOSE THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE CLOSURE.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER REMAINED OPEN DURING THIS PERIOD, AND WE WERE BOOKED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
HOWEVER, NOW WE ARE STARTING TO TREND WITH SOME COVID CANCELLATIONS.
I GET ABOUT ONE OF THOSE A WEEK.
NOW PEOPLE ARE BECOMING EITHER CONCERNED ABOUT GET TOGETHERS OR SOMEONE IN THEIR PARTY HAS COVID.
SO THEY ARE CANCELING THEIR RENTALS, MARKETING VIDEOS.
THESE ARE THE DIGI, NO VIDEOS.
I COMPLETED SIX OF THOSE BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST, AND WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR THREE MORE THIS WEEK.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OVER THAT'D BE GREAT, UM, EVENTS.
SO DURING THE SUMMER KICKOFF TO SUMMER, IT WAS CANCELED DUE TO RAIN.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST EVENT OF THE SUMMER.
THEN WE MOVED INTO JULY 4TH, IT WAS RAINY, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL.
IT CLEARED, AND WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 800 TO A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS AND THE FIREWORK SHOW LASTED ABOUT 12 MINUTES.
SUBSEQUENTLY THE SURVEY RESULTS AFTER THIS JULY 4TH EVENT HAVE COME BACK THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD PREFER AN EVENING EVENT WITH FIREWORKS.
SO COUNSEL, IF WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT, I DO NEED TO BEGIN TO SECURE A FIREWORKS VENDOR FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, BAREFOOT AND FRIDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR FIRST ONE IN JUNE, BUT THEN JULY'S WAS CANCELED ALSO DUE TO COVID.
SO UPCOMING FOR OUR PROGRAMS. AS I STATED, POOL CLOSING IS SEPTEMBER SIX AT END OF DAY, THAT IS LABOR DAY.
THAT IS A LAST DAY THAT THE POOL WILL BE OPEN FOR THIS SEASON.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EXTEND IT LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER, REALLY DUE TO THE LACK OF LIFEGUARDS.
LAST SUMMER, KIDS WERE STILL AT HOME ON THEIR COMPUTERS, DOING SCHOOL.
THE AVAILABILITY WAS A LOT BETTER, BUT ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL NOW.
AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE STAFFING TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND HOURS THROUGH SEPTEMBER PROJECTS, THE INSTALLATION OF THE DIGITAL MARQUIS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN THE ASPHALT OVERLAY TO THE BRIGHTON CULDESAC WILL BEGIN AFTER LABOR DAY.
AND THAT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FORT BEND ISD, UPCOMING EVENTS, OUR FALL FESTIVAL THAT'S OCTOBER 16TH.
IT IS THE CRAFT SHOW WITH THE HOME AND GARDEN CLUB, GERMAN BANNED FOOD, GERMAN WEINSTEIN, HOLDING CONTESTS, KIDS RIDES, AND ACTIVITIES.
SO THIS IS A COMBINATION OF OUR OCTOBER, OUR MONARCH FESTIVAL, THE CRAFT SHOW.
WE'RE PUTTING IT ALL INTO ONE AND CALLING IT A FALL FESTIVAL, WHICH CAN INTERCHANGE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I SPOKE TO KURT EARLIER AND HAD TOLD HIM
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ALL WE CAN DO IS PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.WE'LL GET AS CLOSE TO THE EVENT AS WE CAN AND MAKE THE, MAKE THE CALL TYPICALLY THE DAY BEFORE IF WE HAVE TO.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE MOVING AHEAD WITH THIS EVENT AND IT'S OCTOBER 16TH.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AS A CRAFT VENDOR, PLEASE HAVE THEM GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AND ALL YOU GENTLEMEN, AND LADIES START GETTING YOUR MUSCLES READY TO HOLD THOSE STEINS.
AND THE NEXT EVENT AFTER THAT, YES, SIR, IS A CHANGE IN THE CRAFT SHOW.
LOCATION IS THERE, THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE CRAFT SHOW LOCATION, TYPICALLY HOME AND GARDEN UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT SOME BOOSTS INSIDE.
AND THEN IN THE PARKING LOT, WE FOUND THAT ONCE THE CITY AND THE CRAFT AND THE HOME AND GARDEN CLUB COMBINED THE EVENT TOGETHER, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY MAKE A, UH, AN EVENT FLOW BECAUSE OF THEM BEING IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE TRIED TO MOVE OUR EVENT CLOSER.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SPATIALITY OF THE AREA, UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT GEL.
SO THE HOME AND GARDEN CLUB ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE JOINING US OVER IN MCGRATH PARK.
UM, THERE'LL BE UNDER A BIG, UM, 60 BY 60 TENT WITH THEIR CRAFT VENDORS.
AND THEN OUR, UM, THE REST OF THE CITY EVENT WILL FLOW ALL AROUND THEM.
SO IT'LL BE GREAT FOR EVERYBODY.
EVERY EVERYTHING WILL BE IN ONE PLACE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM I HAVE IS CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
NOW THAT'S DECEMBER 3RD AND YES, I HAVE ALREADY ORDERED THE SNOW.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I'M JUST WANTING TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, ON THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL, UM, IT DID BRING, AND I PULLED UP OUT IN THE CUL-DE-SAC ABOUT FIVE 30.
BEN WAS SUPPOSED TO START AT SIX AND YOU COULDN'T SEE ACROSS THAT CULDESAC AND WHO, WHO WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
COL-DE-SAC TRYING TO DIRECT TRAFFIC AND CANCEL THIS AND SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT LOOKING AT THE WEATHER IN THAT POURING RAIN.
AND THAT WAS OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND I WAS BALL TAKE WHAT IT DIDN'T GET HIM OUR HANDS ON THAT.
YOU GOT IN AND GRIPPING, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD NOW TO THE FALL FESTIVAL.
UH, I KNOW Y'ALL HAD SOME ARRANGING TO DO ON THE CRAFT SHOW.
I'M IN GREAT HOPES THAT THAT WORKS WELL FOR THE FESTIVAL AND FOR THE HOME AND GARDEN CLUB.
I THINK THEY'LL DO A LOT BETTER, UH, CAUSE PEOPLE WILL ALL BE CENTERED AROUND WHERE THEY ARE INSTEAD OF MOM NOT WALKING OVER THERE, TYPE OF THING.
MELINA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
UH, ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, IT'S ALL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM AND 2:00 PM.
SO WE WILL HAVE, WE'LL BE SELLING GERMAN BEERS, UH, GERMAN FOOD.
THERE'LL BE A GERMAN BAND PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'LL HAVE THE CRAFT SHOW GOING ON.
SO YOU HAVE ENTERTAINMENT AND THEN WE HAVE RIDES AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND PETTING ZOO AND FACE PAINTING.
SO IT WILL ALL BE IN THE SAME AREA DURING THE DAY FROM 10 TO TWO.
THE, THAT WILL CONCLUDE, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT GOING, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ITEM THREE, ONE, EVERYBODY WAKES FOR IS A FIRE DEPARTMENT, MONTHLY REPORT, UM, AND I'M GIVING IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS LAST, UH, REPORTING PERIOD FROM THEN TO NOW, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 43 INCIDENTS, UH, ONE FIRE, UH, 30 RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE.
UM, ONE HAZARD CONDITION WITHOUT A FIRE, UH, TWO SERVICE CALLS, SEVEN GOOD INTENT CALLS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES WHERE PEOPLE THINK OR ARE WORRIED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING AND THEY CALL AND THEY CALL NINE ONE ONE AND THE D AND THEY DISPATCH.
AND JUST LIKE THE POLICE WERE GLAD THAT THEY DO.
WE WANT RATHER COMING OUT TO NOTHING AND NOT COME TO SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE.
AND WE HAD TWO FALSE ALARMS CLAUSE FOR THE TOTAL OF 43 CALLS, UM, THAT 30 RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MED SCHOOL SERVICES THAT'S RIGHT AT 70% OF OUR CALLS.
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AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, THE FACT THAT WE GOT MANAGED TO GET EMS COME INTO THIS CITY WHEN EVERYBODY SAID WE COULDN'T AND WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, KICKED THEM OUT OF THEIR TRAINING FACILITY, UH, WORKED WITH A CAP, UH, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, WHOM I WAS VISITING WITH ON THIS TOPIC, UH, LAST NIGHT OR SUNDAY NIGHT.AND, UH, BOY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, UH, CAUSE WE'VE GOT THEM RIGHT HERE IN RESPONSE TIME.
UM, WE HAD, UH, SOME, UH, ACTIVITY OUT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL AT MEADOWS PLACE, PRESCHOOL AERO LIBERATION ACADEMY, AND, UH, RILEY AUTO PARTS.
UH, WE, YEAH, UH, RALLY AUTO PARTS IS GOING TO BE OVER THERE BY CBS.
AND THEY HAVE OBTAINED THEIR CIVIL PERMIT.
SO I DIDN'T CHECK TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE IT WENT THROUGH TODAY.
UH, SO THEY'VE, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO PUT A MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY DOWN ON THAT CORNER UP THERE.
AND, UH, THAT'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION IN CITY MEADOWS PLACE, UH, AND THE FIRE MARSHALL'S ALREADY WORKING ON THEM.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT AND EUROPE, MR. NICK HAVEY, OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
WE'RE COMING UP ON THE TAIL END OF CLOSE TO THE TAIL END OF BUDGET SEASON.
SO IT'S BEEN ALL BUDGET ALL THE TIME, THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, BUT I'M PROUD OF THE WAY THAT, THAT STAFFS, UH, RISEN TO THE OCCASION ON THIS.
AND, AND THEN I LIKE, UH, I VERY MUCH ENJOYED THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH ON THIS.
AND, UM, MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT WAS THE IDEA OF GETTING THE TEAM TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO WORK, TO BALANCE A BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROUD OF.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO SHOW TO YOU.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, A LITTLE LATER ON TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE BUDGET, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE, UH, UH, UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM OUR LAST WORKSHOP IN TERMS OF, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATES AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT MONTHS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF A WALL OF CITY SERVICE THAT WE WANTED TO PUT OUT IN THE LOBBY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, AND SO HERE, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE'LL START TO SEE PHOTOS OF ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES GO UP IN THE LOBBY AND IT'LL KIND OF, UH, DIVIDE IT BY THE LENGTH OF SERVICE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN HERE.
AND IT'LL BE A NICE SHOWCASE OF THE, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT A FACE AND A NAME TO SOME OF OUR, UH, TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE AND, AND, UH, RECOGNIZE HOW LONG THEY'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, ALSO THIS MORNING, SINCE YOU ALL IN EMAIL, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A, UH, A WEBINAR COME SEPTEMBER 9TH THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, WE FOUND ONE RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LATELY, WHICH IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS, UH, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO CITIES, SOME OF THE LAWS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH IT, UH, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT CAN COME, UH, TO ATTEND.
UH, IT'LL BE FROM NINE TO NOON OVER AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, UM, THERE ON THE NINTH, UM, COURTNEY SAYS WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY GOOD FOOD THERE TO ENTICE YOU TO COME.
AND SO, UH, WHAT, UH, WHERE ARE WE TO HAVE A QUORUM? UH, LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN BE THERE SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND POST AND POST THE NOTICE OF THAT, UH, WOULD THAT I'M DONE.
WE SHOULD KEEP ON GOING THERE.
AND I WANT TO SAY FOR AS MUCH AS YOU DO, THAT'S AWFUL BRIEF REPORT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BY THE WAY.
UM, I MOST MOVES US ON TO ITEM D MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE, UH, JUST A SECOND ON THE FEMA RISK RATING, 2.0, SOME OF YOU KNOW, A LOT ABOUT IT.
SO MAYBE WE NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.
ALL OF YOU WILL BE AFFECTED, UH, THERE BRI REDOING THE FEMA FLOOD RATES, THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES.
UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO GO UP OVER $12,500 FOR YOUR ANNUAL, UH, FLOOD INSURANCE.
WE SHOULD BE RIGHT ABOUT BREAK EVEN FOR A LOT OF FOLKS HERE IN MEADOWS, PLACE.
SOME, UH, WITH THE REALLY BIG HOUSES, UH, AND MULTIMILLION DOLLARS WILL GET A HIT, BUT THE REST OF US WE'RE NOT KNOW YET.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RESOLUTION LATER ON, UH, OBJECTING TO THIS THING MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO ADJUST IT BECAUSE THE THINGS UPSIDE DOWN IT'S LOSING MONEY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
THE PROBLEM IS, AND I SAT THROUGH A TWO HOUR SEMINAR ON THIS.
THE ANSWER IS WHAT DID YOU USE? WELL, WE USE REALLY GOOD ACTUARIAL TABLES.
AND WHAT WERE THE RATES BASED ON? WELL, MOST OF THEM WERE BASED ON, ON A TOPOGRAPHY.
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WHAT ABOUT THE ONES BEHIND THE LEVEES? WELL, MOST OF THOSE ARE TO WHAT'S THAT A BOTTOM LINE OF YEAR FINISHED FLOOR YET.UH, BUT A LOT, UM, ESPECIALLY IN A LOT OF FORMAT COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE LEVIES AND LEVY SYSTEMS, THEY'RE STILL USING IN A LOT OF THAT DATA FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL.
AND WE CAN'T TELL ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEVER LEASED ANYTHING.
AND THEY'RE LEGALLY, DON'T HAVE TO, UM, THEY'RE USING ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER DATA, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF THREE FLOODS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN HARVEY, NOT TO BE ACCURATE.
LEVEES WERE BUILT HIGHER, ALL KINDS OF STUFF HAS CHANGED.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DATA THEY'RE USING NOW.
MEADOWS PLACE FORTUNATELY IS PRETTY WELL ON EFFECTIVE.
NOW, IF YOU'LL NOTICE I PUT SOMETHING IN THE NEWSLETTER PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND ON, OR IN ON FACEBOOK, IF YOU GOT A FLOOD INSURANCE AND ADVISER BY THE HABIT, IF YOU WANT IT, UM, WHETHER YOU'RE IN A FLOOD PLAIN OR NOT, AND MO BY THE WAY, THE FLOOD PLAIN MAPS ARE GETTING THROWN OUT, UH, BECAUSE ONCE IT GOES INTO EFFECT, UM, IN YOUR UNIT AND YOU'VE GOT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON WHEN IT GOES UP, YOU'LL BE ON A GRADUAL SLOPE.
IF YOU DON'T BUY IT AND YOU DECIDE TO BUY IT.
AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY HERE RIGHT NOW.
AND IF YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE, IT DOESN'T GO, IT DOESN'T GO WITH IT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE HAVE IT, NOW, IT DOES THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY HOLD OFF FOR SIX MONTHS, UM, THURSDAY NIGHT COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME MORE ON THIS, UH, URGE YOUR BUDDY THAT CAN BE BE THERE.
UM, AND SO, UH, THIS IS A THING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT FORT BEND COUNTY, PARTICULARLY BAD, UM, BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE FULL-SERVICE AND 12000% GROWTH AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF CAN BE ANY GOOD.
I'M NOT AS AFRAID AND METALS PLACE.
SHOULDN'T BE IT, UH, AS BAD AS IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD, BUT, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON HER.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.
SECOND THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT ITEM B IS COURT COLLECTIONS.
UM, I'M GONNA LET, UH, OUR CITY SECRETARY AND HIT A COURTS.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO STREAMLINE OUR COURTS, UH, SYSTEM TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MODERNIZED IT.
AND, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE COLLECTIONS AND, UH, AREA ARENA WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO SAY.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH LINEBARGER, UH, WHICH IS THE LARGEST, UH, COLLECTION LAW FIRM THAT WILL ACTUALLY IN THE WORLD, UH, AND WE'RE PART OF THEM.
AND SO IT'S, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING AND, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE POSITION TO MEADOWS PLACES IN, AND WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND COURTNEY, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT REAL QUICK.
UM, WELL, WE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE WITH LINEBARGER IN DECEMBER, 2019 TO START OUR COURT COLLECTIONS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY COVID HIT SHORTLY AFTER, AND THAT PREVENTED US FROM SENDING SOME THINGS TO COLLECTIONS, BUT WE ARE SENDING, UM, TO COLLECTIONS FOR THEM.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ARE COLLECTING, UM, TRYING TO COLLECT OUR UNPAID FINES.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS ISSUED A TICKET, IF THEY COME TO COURT AND THEY MAKE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS OR MAKE AGREEMENTS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FINE, AND THEY DON'T MEET THEIR OBLIGATION, THAT WE THEN FORWARD THAT ON TO THE COLLECTION COMPANY AND THEY REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE THIS FINE THAT YOU OWED MEADOWS PLACE.
WE ALSO, AT THAT TIME, SUBMIT THE INFORMATION INTO OMNI.
IF WE HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR THAT PERSON, THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE IS THEN PUT ON HOLD AND THEY CAN NOT RENEW IT UNTIL THEY PAY THEIR FINE HERE AT MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, ANOTHER TIME WE SEND TO OMNI IS IF THEY FAIL TO APPEAR AT COURT, IF THEY FAIL TO APPEAR AT COURT, WE THEN MAIL THEM A LETTER THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU HAD A COURT DATE.
YOU DIDN'T APPEAR, PLEASE CONTACT THE COURT.
WE CAN RESCHEDULE, TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR CITATION ONCE THAT'S MAILED OUT.
IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM THE DEFENDANT IN 30 DAYS, SAME THING, WE TURN THEM OVER TO COLLECTIONS.
UM, WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY OUR MEETING WITH LINEBARGER THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING AND THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT WHERE ALL THE OTHER COURTS ARE RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS COLLECTIONS.
UM, ONE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THE NO DRIVER'S LICENSE.
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BE AN ISSUE WITH SEVERAL COURTS.UM, I THINK FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 47% THAT WE SENT OVER DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
NOW, IN ALL FAIRNESS, FOUR WE'LL FREAK OUT.
A LOT OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF COVID DRIVER'S LICENSE EXPIRED AND COULDN'T GO IN OR THEY WERE DELAYED.
BUT THAT'S AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT.
IT DOES AFFECT WHAT WE DO, RIGHT.
BUT LINEBARGER STILL HAS OTHER WAYS.
THEY TAKE A LICENSE PLATE THAT'S ON THE CITATION.
THEY HAVE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE TO SKIP TRACE.
AND THEY WERE EXPLAINING THAT THEY HAVE COMPANIES THAT BASICALLY COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER WHO CAN GET IT BACK TO THEM FASTEST THAT'S WHO KEEPS GETTING THE BUSINESS.
SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING THESE CASES.
THEY EVEN HAVE CASES THAT WE SUBMITTED THAT WERE WITH OUR PREVIOUS COLLECTION COMPANY THAT WERE NOT COLLECTED, AND THEY ARE WORKING TO COLLECT THOSE AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN COLLECTIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WE HOPE TO EVENTUALLY, I THINK THEY SAID IN FIVE YEARS, THEY WOULD HOPE WE'RE AT 30% COLLECTIONS, BUT WE ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH ALL THE OTHER COURTS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT PERCENT I THOUGHT WE WERE AT.
LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY 10%.
AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE DROPPED DOWN TO SIX WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, AND NOW THEY'RE BUILDING BACK UP AND I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, UH, COURTNEY WAS IN THERE AND, UH, UH, NICK WAS IN THERE.
WE WERE SITTING, LISTENING TO THOSE THINGS AND I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED BY THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE, OF THE GROUP AND, UH, THE FACT THAT METAL'S PLACES WITH THEM.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST ONE AREA THAT WE SOUGHT TO INCREASE THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE OF OUR STAFF, AND WE'VE MANAGED TO DO IT.
AND I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR COURTNEY FOR PUSHING ME ON THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M MOVING ON TO, UH, UH, ITEMS TWO, WHICH IS COUNCIL COMMENTS.
I MIGHT'VE JUST, AND BY THE WAY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR NAME FOR HIM? OUR PERSONAL PROJECT, MANAGING VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGERS, VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER, GUYS THAT CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH WORK HE DOES FOR THE CITY.
UH, AND, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RICK.
WE'LL START OUT WITH THE DORRANCE LANE, UH, RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
UM, WE DID REVIEW THE 75% OF PLANS, UH, MET WITH HDR LAST WEEK TO KIND OF GO OVER OUR COMMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE AFTER.
UM, IT DID END UP WITH SOME COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO GET ANSWERS TO THEM.
AND SO I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THOSE FOR COUNCIL.
UM, YOU CAN, WE CAN EITHER DECIDE, YES, DECIDE NO, OR YOU WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS IT.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS WE'VE GOT A FEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVE DECORATIVE, UM, SIDEWALKS GOING DOWN TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK.
WE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THOSE A LITTLE BIT, UM, WHEN WE WERE REDOING THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK.
SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, AND I, AND ACTUALLY I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IRRIGATION AS WELL.
IRRIGATION IS ALSO BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK.
AND SO AS A CITY, DO WE WANT TO REPLACE THAT WHEN WE DAMAGE IT WITH OUR ROAD WORK OR IS THAT THE RESIDENT'S COST? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE COUNTY'S ANSWER IS.
ANYTHING OUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS AT RISK AND THE COUNTY WILL NOT REPLACE IT.
SO THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THAT COSTS.
WE TALKED WITH HDR AND THEY SAID, IT'S ABOUT 50 50 ON WHAT CITIES DO.
AND IN GENERAL, BIGGER CITIES WILL SAY, THAT'S THE RESIDENT'S COST BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH VOTES THERE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT ANYBODY.
SMALLER CITIES WILL USUALLY SPEND THE CITY MONEY, DID REPAIR THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEM, OR REPLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOUR FEET OF SIDEWALK WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND SO DO WE WANT TO TELL HDR REPAIR, YOU'RE REPLACING KIND IT'S THE RESIDENT'S COST, OR YOU WANT TO WORKSHOP AT AND HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION? WELL, I DON'T HAVE A VOTE, SO I'M GOING TO THROW MY 2 CENTS IN FIRST.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER TAKING OUT SOMEBODY'S IRRIGATION, NOT PUTTING IT BACK.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE WOULD RIP SOMEBODY AS FAR A SIDEWALK UP AND NOT PUT IT BACK.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE TYPE OF LOVING, CARING ATTITUDE.
THE MEADOWS PLACE IS, IS KNOWN FOR.
AND, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO IT, BUT THAT'S UP
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TO COUNTS BECAUSE Y'ALL VOTE AND WE'RE NOT VOTING RIGHT NOW.I'M JUST LOOKING FOR HEAD NODS TYPE THING.
ANY, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? REPLACE IT? CITY COST.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION UNILATERALLY.
THEN YOU GUYS GO, WHY DOES THIS COST SO MUCH YOU WOULD HAVE, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OR NOT? I WOULD SAY PROBABLY HALF OF THEM WILL HAVE IRRIGATION.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING A COUPLE OF DECORATIVE WALKS.
UM, I THINK LAST TIME I MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE PROPERTIES THAN WE WOULD, LIKE HDR DID DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS.
AND IF WE GO TO A 12% SLOPE, UM, WE CAN REALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT FOR MOST OF THE PROPERTIES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS.
AND I SAID THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE LESS THAN THE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS, WE SHOULD BE.
TALKING ABOUT THE PERCENT OF SLOPE PERCENT OF SLOPE ON THE, ON THE DRIVEWAYS.
WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO PREPARE A DRAWING PER, UM, PER HOUSE, PER RESIDENT, PER ADDRESS, I SHOULD SAY.
AND THEN WE WILL SEND THAT TO THE RESIDENT WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TELL THEM WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE INCONVENIENCING THEM.
IF WE HAVE TO GET ON THEIR PROPERTY, THAT WE WILL BE REPLACING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IF DAMAGED, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY SLOPE.
IF THEY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS, THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD TELL US, LET'S SAY THE SKY IS SOMEBODY GOT A LOW PROFILE CAR AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO I DON'T REALLY THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT MORE.
UM, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT DURING THE DESIGN AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE, AND EACH RESIDENT WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THEM AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT.
AND IF THEY'VE GOT A CONCERN, THEY'LL COME BACK TO US.
UM, NEXT THING IS THE GRAVEL SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THE ROOM.
DO WE WANT TO KEEP, KEEP THOSE AS DECOMPOSED GRANITE, OR DO WE WANT TO UPGRADE THOSE TO CONCRETE WHERE WE'RE DOING THAT? AND THIS IS ACTUALLY PHASE TWO, THIS IS A DECISION WE CAN KICK DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO FINISH UP THE PLANS.
SO ARE THERE ANY PREFERENCES, THOUGHTS, COLEEN, ANY THOUGHTS? THE, THE, THOSE GRANITE SIDEWALKS OUT IN FRONT OF ROOM? DO WE WANT IT LEAVE IT DECOMPOSED GRANITE, OR DO WE WANT TO UPGRADE THAT TO CONCRETE AND HAVE LESS MAINTENANCE OVER THERE? CAUSE IT'S KIND OF NO COMPLETE CONCRETE SIDEWALK, CAUSE IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR YOU GUYS AS TO MAINTAIN IT.
IT'S AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM.
IT'S WELL, RIGHT NOW NOBODY'S REALLY MAINTAINING IT AS THE ISSUE.
UM, I WOULD SAY GO TO CONCRETE OVER THERE BECAUSE IT IS DISJOINTED FROM OF COURSE THE REST.
SO THE SYSTEM, UM, NO, NO, I'D SAY GO WITH CONCRETE AND A WHIFF.
IF WE HAVE TO CUT SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD CUT AND GO BACK TO IT.
IT'S PENNIES WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING 400 FEET OF SIDEWALK HERE.
IT'S NOT COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE PROJECT.
I'D SAY WHEN YOU W WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT FITS THE REST OF OUR CITY THOUGH.
WELL, THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND I THINK WE MAY HAVE, COLLEEN DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT BETTER, BUT SHE MAY BE PART OF THE SOLUTION BECAUSE SHE'S GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THE, ACTUALLY, THERE'S THE MAINTAIN.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, I'D SAY IF WE CAN, WE CAN ADJUST THIS AT ANY TIME.
AND THEN SEE IF WE CAN FIND A, A WAY TO MAINTAIN IT.
HAVE IT LOOKED PRETTY, THE BEAR DOESN'T GET A VOTE.
WHAT THE REST OF IT, OF THE REST OF US.
WE, WELL, I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY TO NORTHERN TOOLS, WE'D HAVE TO EXPAND THE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW.
OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST PASS THE, THE DOG PARK? YEAH.
AND SO WE COULD DO IT AS PART OF THE PROJECT, OR WE COULD DO IT IN PHASES OVER THE YEARS.
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IF YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, THEY MIGHT WANT TO WALK TO JAMES CONEY.IT'S A WALKING JAMES CONEY ISLAND RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THE DECOMPOSED GRANITE, EVEN, EVEN IF WE COULD DO THE CURVES IS GOING TO BE MORE MAINTENANCE THAN JUST CONCRETE.
AND SO IT REALLY BECOMES ABOUT, LOOK, DO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT DECOMPOSED GRANITE UP THERE? OR DO WE JUST WANT STANDARD SIDEWALK? I'VE HEARD A COUPLE SAY THIS, LEAVE IT DECOMPOSED.
WE WALK IT OFTEN TO THE DOG PARK AND WHEN IT RAINS AND THERE IS A LOT OF WATER THAT DECOMPOSED GRANITE, UM, IF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DRAINAGE THERE, SO THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY HAVING JUST THAT SMALL PIECE GOES AGAINST THE REST OF THE LOOK.
SO, UM, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PENNIES AND I THINK THAT IS THE MOST WALKED AREA FROM THAT PIECE TO THE DOG PARK.
SO IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE, UM, CONCRETE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
WHERE DOES THAT START? IT STARTS IT WILMINGTON, RIGHT? IT'S WELL, BLOOMINGTON, IT'S CON IT'S CONCRETE TO THE END OF THE FIRST HOUSE.
AND THEN IT'S A DECOMPOSED GRANITE FROM THERE DOWN TO, UH, ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 59 ALMOST, UM, YEAH.
TO THE DRIVEWAY HAD NEVER BEEN TO NORTHERN TOOL.
NO, THAT'S GOING TO BE WELL OVER A THOUSAND TO, DOWN TO DOWN TO THERE, TONY, HE'S NOT THROWING OUT IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING, BUT SHE SAID, ET CETERA, BUT THE PARKS DIRECTOR WALKS IT.
WHAT'S OUR VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER PREFER, OKAY.
I WOULD DO CONCRETE OVER HERE.
IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO TIE THIS INTO THE REST OF OUR TRAIL SYSTEM, I'D HAVE A DIFFERENT ANSWER, BUT THERE'S NOT, THERE'S JUST NOT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING THE GATOR OUT OR TO, YOU KNOW, TO PUT THE GRANITE DOWN OR, OR TO RUN THE TILLER OR WHATEVER, THE THING IS THAT THEY DRAGGED BEHIND THE GATOR, IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO GET DOWN INTO THE PARK, INTO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM THAN IT IS TO GET OVER HERE.
THIS STUFF THAT WAS LAID WAS LAID WITH A, UH, CONCRETE BINDER IN IT.
WHEREAS THE REST OF THEM WEREN'T.
AND AT ONE TIME, AND THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS CENTURY WAY.
WHEN, WHEN TEXAS DIRECT WAS THERE, UH, THEY HAD ALL THE FLOWER GARDENS, BLOOMING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND, AND IT REALLY LOOKED NICE AND THEY PUT THOSE TRAILS IN A MAINTAINED THEM, UH, TEXAS DIRECT ONE AWAY AND ENOUGH SAID THAT'S FOR HIM.
WELL, I GOT, I'VE GOT THE FINAL ANSWER.
UM, THE SHEROS THAT WE HAD, THE BIKE SYMBOLS THAT WE PUT ON DORRANCE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO OBTAIN GRANT MONEY, THAT WAS JUST TO HELP US SCORE BETTER.
NOT REALLY USED, NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE NEEDED.
SO WHEN WE WERE GOAT REDOING THE STREETS, WE WEREN'T GOING TO PUT THE SHEROS BACK.
DOES ANYBODY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT WANTING TO KEEP THOSE? NO,
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I DO REMEMBER WE GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM WHEN WE DID IT.UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT A LOT OF COST.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, DO WE WANT THEM BACK AND I'LL SAY THIS, OF COURSE, BUNCH OF THOSE PEOPLE, THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO GRAB.
I MEAN, THEY'D GRABBED THE, HUNG THEM WITH NEW ROPE AND IT WAS CHANGED AND IT LOOKED SO DIFFERENT DOWN DORRANCE.
SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WOULDN'T GRIPE THIS TIME, BUT I, I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PRACTICALITY AND TYING IT IN.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRAIL SYSTEM COMING IN AT THE, UH, POWER LINES.
WELL, THIS IS ONE WHERE I CAN TELL HER TO JUST LEAVE IT IN FOR NOW.
AND WE MAKE A DECISION AT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT LEVEL BEFORE THE PROJECT GOES TO BED.
AND WE NEEDED MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY.
I MEAN, REALLY? NO, YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING LESS THAN $2,000.
SO GET SOME LIFE CARDS OUT THERE ON THE WEEKEND FOR WATCHING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THAT QUESTION.
UM, NICK HANDED OUT, UM, A HANDOUT FOR YOU GUYS.
THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE OUR NEW STANDARD.
WHENEVER SOMEBODY PUNCHES THROUGH OUR CURB WITH A DRAIN, UM, THIS WILL HA SHOULD HELP US MAINTAIN THE LOOK OF THE CURB A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY JUST KIND OF BOOTLEGS SOMETHING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM? YES.
BASICALLY THEY WOULD JUST SOCK CUT THE CURB OUT.
UM, INSERT THIS, POUR THE CURBING BACK AROUND IT.
AND I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE IT TO, UH, THE, THE AUDIENCE IF YOU WANT IT AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE, DOUBLE-CHECKING, IT APPEARS TO BE STEEL, SOME KIND OF CAST STEEL, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SOME KIND OF POLYCARBONATE, WELL, TRAUMA POLYCARBON THEY MAKE JET AIRPLANES OR FIGHTERS OUT OF THAT STUFF.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S MADE AND HOW UV RESISTANT IT IS.
IF YOU USE THE RIGHT STUFF, IF YOU AGREE, USE THE WRONG STEEL IN YOUR BRIDGE STRUCTURES, IT KIND OF FALLS DOWN.
SO STAY, DO YOU WANT TO GET THIS AND PASS IT AROUND? WOW.
THIS IS REALLY, I LIKE THIS A LOT.
YEAH, IT'D BE WELL, I MEAN THE, FOR IF IT'S DONE AS PART OF THE PROJECT, YES.
YOU COME IN THREE YEARS LATER.
UM, NOW THE TOUGH ONE, I, I TOOK ALL THE EASY ONES.
IF WE'RE IS THIS SOMETHING THEN THAT WE WOULD MAKE MANDATORY FOR PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH.
SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO MAKE THEM AVAILABLE, MAKE AN ORDINANCE AND MAKE, MAKE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
WHETHER WE WOULD BUY SOME AND HAVE THEM ON STOCK.
THAT'D BE ANOTHER OPTION WE COULD DO, AND THEY COULD BUY IT DIRECTLY FROM US AT COST.
NOW THE TOUGH ONE, THEY ALWAYS STOP.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE WARRANTS.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, IS COUNSEL BRAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGN, THE STOP SIGNS ON DORAN'S UM, HOW MANY WE GOT RICK? WHAT'S THAT HOW MANY WE GOT? IT'S JUST, WELL, IT'S PROBABLY BLOOMINGTON AND OXFORD TRAIL ON THIS PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.
SO IT IT'D BE ONE ON PHASE ONE AND ONE ON PHASE TWO.
AND THIS IS ONE WE CAN WORKSHOP BECAUSE I FIGURED THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SOME AXED.
AND IF YOU CAN'T PROVE UP THAT YOU'VE DONE THE STUDY AND HAVE THE ENGINEERING WARRANT, ANYBODY THAT CHALLENGED TO TAKE, IT'S GOING TO GET IT THROWN OUT.
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US TO HAVE THAT STUDY DONE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS, MAYBE 5,000 UP TO 5,000.THE PROBLEM IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN ENGINEER TO SIGN OFF ON IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT WARRANTED.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC COUNT IT.
DOESN'T MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE A STOP SIGN AND IT'S NOT WARRANTED, AND YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO THROW IT OUT IN COURT.
MOST PEOPLE WILL STILL STOP AT IT AT THE STOP SIGN THERE AND GETS ON THE BUS.
AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE HAUL DOWN THAT ROAD VERY, VERY FAST.
AND SO THAT WORRIES ME UNDERSTAND, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE QUESTION THAT WE GET.
IF WE DECIDE TO TAKE THE STOP SIGN, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO PUT IT IN.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A LIABILITY ISSUE, CORRECT? YOU ACTUALLY CARRY MORE LIABILITY FROM PUTTING IT IN THE, NOT INSTALLING IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING IN VIOLATION OF THE EMMY TCD AND YOU KNEW IT TRUTHFULLY, IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU KNOW IT NEGLIGEE OR IGNORANCE.
IGNORANCE IS NOT EXCUSE UNDER LIABILITY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY LIABILITY ACCIDENT? YES.
IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT THERE, THEN WE DON'T, THEN WE'RE HELD LIABLE.
WHEREAS RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT, THERE'S AN ACCIDENT AT THAT CORNER.
SO LET'S SAY CAR NUMBER ONE STOPS CAR NUMBER TWO DOES NOT RUNS INTO THE BACK OF THEM.
NUMBER TWO GETS CITED FOR MOVING VIOLATION FOR REAR-ENDING THE CAR IN FRONT OF THEM.
HE'S GOT A SAVVY LAWYER AND HE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THEREFORE, THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME WENT TO STOPPED AND I WOULDN'T HAVE HIT THEM.
NOW THE QUESTION IS, DOES HE WIN? AND I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE SEARCHED FOR CASE LAW ON THIS FOR 20 YEARS.
THERE IS NOT BECAUSE CITIES ALWAYS SAID A LOT OF COURT, THEIR LAWYERS SAY YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING THIS, PAY IT OUT.
THE ONLY CASE LAW I FOUND WAS IN CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY HAD A MID-BLOCK ONE AND THAT CITY GOT SUED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND I CAN FORWARD THAT TO YOU IF YOU WANT, SO LET'S WORKSHOP THIS WAY.
I AM NOT AWARE OF A WARRANT FOR ANY OF OUR EXISTING STOP SIGNS.
NOW, WHAT I WILL SAY IS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT A JUDGE AND A JURY WILL DO.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ANY OF YOU THAT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, TALK TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, PREFERABLY IN A GROUP.
SO WE DON'T ONLY CHARGES THIS ONCE AND IT MAY SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY MAYBE AT OUR DINNER THAT WE'RE HAVING AT TML.
I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE ANOTHER WORKSHOP ITEM, BUT WE WANT TO DOUBLE CLICK A LITTLE DEEPER.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING.
SO NOW YOU GET EVERYBODY ALL RILED UP.
MOVING ON TO OUR BIKE PROJECT, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD CALL WITH CENTER POINT.
YOU CAN'T PUT A PARKING LOT IN WHAT THEY DID WANT IS TO DO A ROUTING ANALYSIS BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER BIG 20 INCH GAS LINE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP THAT CORRIDOR.
AND SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH THAT NEW GAS LINE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT WOULD TAKE.
AND SO OUR QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO GET A NEW PRO PRICE FROM OUR SURVEYOR AND SURVEY THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE CENTER POINT FEE STRIP? OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT? BECAUSE THEY ONLY SCOPED IN, UM, SURVEYING 80 FEET OF THE, OF THE PROJECT OR 80 FEET OF THE STRIP AND IT'S 300 FEET WIDE.
AND SO IT'S EITHER OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US TIME OR MONEY.
AND TRUTHFULLY, THEY CAN'T REALLY START DESIGNING UNTIL WE GET THE ROUTE ANALYSIS BACK.
ANYWAY, THEY COULD, THEY COULD START DESIGN OF THE SIDEWALK AREAS.
THEY COULD START DESIGN OF THE PARKING LOT, BUT THEY REALLY CAN'T DESIGN THE TRAIL UNTIL WE GET THE ROUTING ANALYSIS.
SO I CAN GET THEM PARKING LOT IN THE BRIDGE.
WELL, YOU GET A DESIGN, YOU DON'T GET IT BUILT UNTIL WE GET THE WHOLE THING OUT, READY FOR BED.
I THINK WE COULD ASK CENTER POINT HOW LONG THIS USUALLY TAKES AND THEN GET A BETTER ANSWER.
I THINK THAT'S THE THING TO DO BECAUSE THE, FOR TALKING A COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT'S NO BIG DEAL, BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE THREE AND A HALF HOURS, THE
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APPLICATION SAYS, I THINK SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS WEEK ON PUTTING TOGETHER THE APPLICATION TO SEND A CENTER POINT, UH, ALONG WITH A GOOD DRAWING THAT RICK HAD SUBMITTED WITH BOTH WHAT WE WANT AND THEN AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
UM, NOW WE, UH, SEND THAT IN, ALONG WITH AN APPLICATION FEE.
UM, WE WAIT PRESUMABLY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
THEY MAY COME BACK AND SAY, YES, NO.
OR THEY MAY NEED MORE INFORMATION.
THEY'LL PROBABLY SAY NO OR ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION.
UM, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
THEN WE COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL, I THINK THE ROUTING IS THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US WHERE WE CAN BE.
AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE ASSUMING WE WERE GOING TO GO ON THE EAST SIDE ALONG THE CHANNEL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY MAY MOVE US TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE FEAST STRIP.
ONCE WE GET PAST THE, THE DISCOVERY CENTER, WHEN WE GET PAST THE DISCOVERY CENTER, I'LL DRAW YOU A PICTURE OF CHARLIE.
UM, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT APPLICATION? UH, THE APPLICATION IS DONE.
UH, IT'S A $1,500 APPLICATION FEE.
SO WE'VE GOT TO CUT THE CHECK AND SEND IT INTO CENTER POINT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY IT TAKES SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, THEN DO THAT TOMORROW.
SO FOR FALL THAT BRICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU VOLUNTEERING AND BEING OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON ITEM A AND B YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GET SOME INSIGHT IN MY JOB, I'M THE ONE THAT GETS TO TELL PEOPLE, NO, YOUR REALTOR LIED TO YOU AND THEY TOLD YOU THAT WAS A LINEAR PARK.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FUTURE TOLL ROAD.
THOSE ARE FUN CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE.
IT'S NOT AS BAD AS, HEY, YOU GOT TO TEAR YOUR HOUSE DOWN.
THAT WAS PRETTY BAD CONVERSATION.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE THING AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR IT.
OH, WAS HE GOT BORED WITH THIS? AND I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE PURCHASED.
THESE AMAZING IS TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF BUSINESS FOR THIS CITY TONIGHT.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAD TO ME MOVING DOWN TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY CERTAIN, IS THAT CORRECT TO THE CITY SECRETARY THAT WE KNOW THE ORDER IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE NOW? THAT WAS AN INSIDE JOKE.
I HAD NUMBER ONE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2021 DAYS 29, UH, SETTING THE MAXIMUM PROMOTE, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE, UH, EMPHASIS ON MAT MAXIMUM SETTING DATES FOR ANY NECESSARY PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND SETTING THE DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE FISCAL TAX, UH, ADOPT FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22 TAX RATE AND CANCELED.
THIS IS A RECORD VOTE AND WE WILL BE DOING A VOICE VOTE.
UH, SO, UH, I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY HAS LOOKED AND UNDERSTAND IT AND, UM, WE WILL BE SETTING HEARING AND, AND, UH, ON THE SAME, BUT RIGHT NOW I JUST NEED TO CALL OUT.
UH, UM, OH, I THINK WE JUST WANT TO STATE THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS THE 0.832.
AND THE HEARING DATE IS SEPTEMBER 21ST.
WHAT SHE SAID, DO WE NEED TO DO A RECORD VOTE ON THAT? YES.
SO I'M GOING TO START DOWN THERE WITH DAVID WE'RE PROPOSING TAX RATE OF 0.832, AND, UM, THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER FOR A HEARING.
YOU GAVE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
OH, ALL THOSE PAST WE'RE DONE.
HOW MUCH DID OUR TAX RATE GO UP THIS YEAR? OH, IT DIDN'T, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND.
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IT'S FOR BRICK WITH YOUR CALCULATOR OUT.NO, I'M GETTING MY STOPWATCH OUT.
YOU GOT THREE MINUTES, STEVE BEZNER 1 22, 22, METRO CREST, UH, RICK OR WHOEVER ON COUNCIL.
WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TAXES GOING UP PER CITIZEN THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
THAT HAS A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST SETTING A PROPOSED TAX RATE.
WE WILL, THE OFFICIAL TAX RATE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO IF, IF WE NEED TO SHOW UP AT THE HEARING IN OPPOSITION OR IN FOR THIS, WHAT, LIKE HOW MUCH IS THE AVERAGE CITIZEN OUT OF POCKET, ADDITIONAL VISITS.
WE CAN ALL SAY THE TAX RATES STAY THE SAME, BUT THEN VALUES GO UP.
SO HOW MUCH VALUE AND, WELL, I THINK IT ACTUALLY HAS THAT, THAT WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AND, UM, YEP.
UH, ACTUAL, UH, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA FLASH THE THING ON SCREEN, I THINK WILL BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, THE TIME TO DISCUSS THAT IS DURING THE HEARING YOU JUST PASSED, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SET THE DATE FOR THE HEARING.
SO THE PROPOSED TAX RATE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TAX RATE.
UM, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT THEY JUST VOTED ON MEANS THAT THEY CAN GO AT THAT RATE OR BELOW.
SO WE SHOW THOSE FIGURES ON THERE, IN THIS SEPTEMBER.
THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE FULL RATE IN SEPTEMBER.
WE TRIED TO COME PREPARED, STEVE.
WHERE WERE WE AT? WE FINISHED A OKAY.
I TOOK A BUNK, WE HAD FOUR YESES AND ONE I DID.
DID YOU GIVE THE DATES THAT WERE HOLDING THOSE HEARINGS? OKAY.
I APPRECIATE RICK ALWAYS LOOKS AFTER ME.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ITEMS, UH, ITEM ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 2030, AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE REGARDING TRASH PICKUP AND WATER AND SEWER RATES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2021.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS INCLUDED IN THIS POWERPOINT, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN JUST A MINUTE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT.
UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, UH, WELL, LET ME JUST GO, LET YOU GO THROUGH IT.
UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, LET ME START BY SAYING ANNA MARIA, UH, HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY LAST MINUTE AND I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HER GETTING THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I'M GONNA PICK UP THE MANTLE AND DO MY BEST ANNA-MARIA IMPRESSION ON THIS REAL QUICK, NICK, TERRY, IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU'LL TURN AROUND THAT.
IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO SEE THAT'S CAUSE HE'S OLD.
SO DO YOU RECALL WHEN WE MET AT THE LAST WORKSHOP WHERE WE SHOWED YOU, UM, BASED ON CURRENT WATER, SEWER AND TRASH RATES, UH, WHAT THE DEFICIT WAS GOING TO BE, UM, ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT DEFICIT WAS, UM, SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT $112,000 COUNCIL AT THAT TIME GAVE US DIRECTION TO GO AHEAD AND CUT THAT DEFICIT IN HALF WITH THE BALANCE OF THE DEFICIT, BASICALLY COMING FROM OUR FUND BALANCE TO ZERO OUT OUR WATER AND SEWER BUDGET.
NOW WATER AND SEWER IS OF COURSE, WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SEPARATE FUND.
THAT'S MEANT TO PAY FOR A PAY ITS OWN WAY.
SO TO SPEAK, YOU SET THE RATES, UH, THAT ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
SO KNOWING THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF GAVE OR THAT COUNCIL GAVE US, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TO CUT THAT 113,800, $12,000 IN HALF, WE BEGAN TO PLAY WITH THE NUMBERS TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET THAT DONE.
UH, ROD, ANNA MARIE, AND I GOT TOGETHER AND THREW UP A LOT OF IDEAS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WE LANDED ON AS A PROPOSAL.
NOW, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP ON OUR, UM, GARBAGE RATES BECAUSE TEXAS PRIDE IS GOING AHEAD AND INCREASING THEIR RATES TO US.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING OF A FURTHER CONTRACT AS PER THEIR CONTRACT.
AND SO THAT'S A PASS THROUGH THAT.
WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND TAKING CARE OF, TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE ARROW IS ON A DOLLAR 90.
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SO AT THIS TIME FISCAL YEAR 21, THE GARBAGE RATE ON YOUR BILL IS 1810.THAT WOULD BE GOING UP TO $20 TO COVER THAT INCREASE.
NOW YOU START TALKING ABOUT WATER AND SEWER BEFORE WE LEAVE GARBAGE, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, TEXAS PRIDE DIDN'T HAVE AN INCREASE LAST YEAR AS WELL, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT AND NOT INCREASE THE GARBAGE COLLECTION COSTS LAST YEAR.
BUT WITH THIS YEAR'S INCREASE, WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE IT.
SO WE'RE COVERING OUR COSTS, RIGHT? AND THAT WAS SOME DIRECTION COUNTS.
COUNCIL TALKED TO US ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL.
WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED THE GARBAGE RATES SINCE, UH, I BELIEVE 2016 WAS THE NUMBER, UM, THAT ALONE GENERATES AN ADDITIONAL 35,431 TO THE COFFERS TO BE ABLE TO SHORTEN THAT GAP, UH, THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
THEN WE LOOK AT THE WATER AND SEWER RATES.
UM, NOW YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ALL OF THE BASE FEES STAY THE SAME.
WE DIDN'T PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THE BASE FEES.
NOW, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT ESSENTIALLY FOR ANYBODY THAT USES UP TO 4,000 GALLONS, WHICH INCIDENTALLY IS ABOUT 50% OF OUR RATE PAYERS, THEY WILL SEE NO INCREASE IN WATER AND NO INCREASE IN SEWER.
THE ONLY INCREASE THEY WOULD SEE WAS THAT DOLLAR 90 IN THE, UH, IN THE GARBAGE RATE, THEN YOU LOOK AT THE ADDITIONAL, THE, THE TIERS UP THERE, UM, UP TO 10,000 GALLONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT STILL STAYS AT A DOLLAR 20 ON THE WATER SIDE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU USE ALL THE WAY UP TO 10,000 GALLONS, THE WATERSIDE DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL, YOU'RE STILL PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT.
NOW ON THE SEWER SIDE, WE DID BUMP IT UP, UM, FROM A DOLLAR 15 TO A DOLLAR 40, WAS IT A 25 CENT INCREASE PER THOUSAND GALLONS, UH, BEGINNING AT THAT, UH, ADDITIONAL THOUSAND GALLONS AFTER 4,000 AND UP TO 15.
SO WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS IS THAT IF YOU USE BASICALLY UP TO, UH, 10,000 GALLONS, IF YOU USE ANYTHING BETWEEN 4,000 AND 10,000, WHICH IS ANOTHER, ROUGHLY 30 TO 40% OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE ONLY INCREASE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS GOING TO BE ON THE GARBAGE AND ON THE SEWER SIDE, THAT COVERS ROUGHLY 80 TO 90% OF THEM.
AND WHAT'S THAT INCREASE GOING TO BE IF YOU USE THAT, RAN THAT UP ABOUT 50.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER SHEET THAT SHOWS THAT ANYTHING ABOVE THAT 10,000 ON THE WATER SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WENT UP 50 CENTS TO A DOLLAR 90, UM, OVER 20,000.
WE ALSO ADJUSTED IT TO A DOLLAR 90.
SO REALLY WHAT THIS DOES, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THREE TIERS ON HERE IS IT REDUCES IT TO TWO TIERS.
IT'S THE FIRST RATE UP TO 4,000 AND THEN THE SECOND RATE AT 10,000.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IF WE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, IF WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THAT REALLY, AND I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF AN EYE TEST, BUT THAT REALLY SHOWS YOU WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THEIR PROPOSED RATES, UH, AND WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR CURRENT RATES ARE NOW AND WHAT THE PROPOSED RATES ARE.
ANNA MARIA DID A FINE JOB OF BREAKING THIS DOWN.
SO YOU CAN SEE 50% TO 60% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ONLY GOING TO SEE THAT DOLLAR 90 CENT INCREASE ON THE, UH, ON THE GARBAGE, GARBAGE, WITHOUT ANY ADJUSTMENTS ON THE WATER AND SEWER.
ONCE YOU HIT THAT 5,000, UH, UP TO 10,000, WHICH IS ANOTHER 30 TO 40% OF THE RESIDENTS, WATER STAYS THE SAME SEWER INCREMENTALLY GOES UP.
THEN YOU GET INTO THE HIGH END USERS.
UM, THOSE THAT ARE GOING UP TO 20 AND HIGHER, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A WATER AND SEWER INCREASE THERE IN ADDITION TO THAT STANDARD DOLLAR 90.
IF YOU USE, LET'S SAY 8,000 GALLONS, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEIR RATE IS YOU'RE PAYING THIS YEAR AND WHAT THE RATE IS, YOU'D PAY UNDER THE PROPOSED.
NOW WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMERCIAL AS WELL, BUT FAST FORWARDING, A LITTLE BIT SPOILER ALERT TO THE END DOING THIS DOES GO AHEAD AND CUT THAT HUNDRED AND $12,000 DEFICIT IN HALF.
THIS WOULD BE YEAR ONE OF BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
LET'S SAY WE DECIDED TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, SAME THING.
THEN WE'D FIND OURSELVES AT A BALANCED BUDGET ON THE WATER AND SUICIDE.
BUT AT THIS TIME WE DO FIND OURSELVES $112,000 IN THE HOLE, UM, WHICH WE NEED TO CLOSE.
SO THE OPTION HERE IS INSTEAD OF WHAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE DOUBLING THIS INCREASE, WE'RE WHERE WE'RE DOING THIS INCREASE AND THE OTHER HALF WE NEED TO MAKE UP, WE'RE PULLING OUT OF FUND BALANCE AND DOING A TRANSFER RATE ON THE WATER AND SEWER THIS YEAR.
AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A SECOND, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, COURTNEY, UH, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
WHAT WE REALLY KIND OF TRIED TO DO WAS MATCH THE RESIDENTIAL RATES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WENT UP 50 CENTS.
UM, AFTER 4,000 AGAIN, BASE RATE STAYS THE SAME, UH, WENT NOT 50 CENTS ON THE ADDITIONAL THOUSAND GALLONS UP TO 10,000.
UM, AND THEN AFTER 10,000, YOU'RE PAYING TWO
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10 AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS THE TWO RATES OF ONE 40 OR ONE 60.NOW THAT TWO 10, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, ALSO MATCHES WHAT YOU'D PAY ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OVER 10,000 GALLONS, SEWER PSI WOULD, UH, WE DID THAT LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT 50 CENTS ON THE SEWER BASE RATE UP, UH, ABOVE 4,000, THE 4,000 BASE RATE STAYS THE SAME CONVERSION FEE STAYS.
THAT RIGHT THERE JUST GENERATES ANOTHER 13,000 ESTIMATED IN ANNUAL REVENUE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WATER PEOPLE CHOOSE TO USE, UH, NEXT SLIDE, COURTNEY.
UM, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF WHAT THAT RATE ADJUSTMENT WOULD DO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE PRETTY LARGE METERS AND PRETTY LARGE USAGE, UM, USAGES.
THESE ARE THE HIGHEST USERS WE'VE GOT, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD DO, UM, ON A, ON A CHARGE THERE AGAIN, UM, NOT A LOT OF USERS, BUT VERY HIGH, UH, VOLUME OF USAGE ON WHO YOU'VE GOT THERE.
WE HAVE 16 SPRINKLER ACCOUNTS, ALL COMMERCIAL MADE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT THERE, 50 CENTS ON THE, UH, ON THE, ON THE SPRINKLER SIDE, THIS ISN'T GOING TO GENERATE MUCH MONEY.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE IN THE HUNDREDS, UM, OVER WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
UH, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND ADJUSTED THAT AS WELL.
AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE AND IT'S ACROSS 16 SPRINKLER ACCOUNTS.
SO REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS I THINK IT ACHIEVES COUNCIL'S GOAL OF GOING AHEAD AND CUT THAT DEFICIT IN HALF.
WHEN I SHOW YOU THE BUDGET SPREADSHEETS OR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE PRETTY SOON, WE'LL KIND OF SHOW, WE'LL SHOW THAT TRANSFER IN, UM, ON THE OTHER HALF TO BASICALLY ZERO OUT, UH, YOUR UTILITIES BUDGET.
I WILL CAUTION YOU THAT A YEAR FROM NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SAME THING, BECAUSE LET'S SAY THAT EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME COSTS STAY THE SAME.
WE'RE GOING TO STILL FIND OURSELVES ROUGHLY $50,000 IN THE HOLE ON THE WATER AND SUICIDE.
SO THIS IS PHASE ONE OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THAT WATER AND SEWER HOLE.
AND THIS IS A FIRST STEP AND GOING AHEAD AND DOING THAT, WE THINK THAT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS, THAT BEING 50% PLUS, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A DOLLAR 90 INCREASE A MONTH.
UM, WHEN YOU GET TO THE HIGHER TIER USERS LIKE RICK OVER HERE, WHO USES A WHOLE BUNCH OF WATER, UM, QUITE FRANKLY, THEIR WATER USAGE FLUCTUATES FROM MONTH TO MONTH ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HITTING THAT 4,000 BASE RATE, THEY'RE GOING 6,001 MONTH, 8,000, THE NEXT MONTH, 10,000 A MONTH AFTER THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE SEEING THEIR BILL FLUCTUATE NO MATTER WHAT.
SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS THAT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE UP TO 4,000 AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PAYING EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A DOLLAR 90 INCREASE EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH.
UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE TRY TO LOOK AT WHEN WE KNEW WE HAD TO CUT THAT GAP IN HALF.
THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION WE COULD COME UP WITH.
SO WITH THAT, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
IT'S, IT'S TELL ANNA-MARIA THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, KEY HER OR CONCERNED ABOUT HER FATHER IS THAT THE DEAL, UM, LET HER KNOW THAT HER, AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
DON'T CAN'T IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
UH, NICK, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PICKING THE BALL UP AND RUNNING WITH IT.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT, WHICH HE HAS SINCE YOU WERE INVOLVED IN CREATING IT, YOU KIND OF HAD AN EASY ROAD TO GO.
UH, SO WE HAVE HAD, UH, UH, A DISCUSSION ON THIS.
I'M CALLING FOR A MOTION TO AMEND THE FEE SCHEDULE REGARDING THE TRASH PICKUP IN THE SEWER RATES, AS WE JUST REVIEWED MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION, TO APPROVE BY KURT SECOND BY RICK, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I DID WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COUNSEL WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT THE BASE STAY THE SAME, ESPECIALLY, AND I KNOW FOR ME AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT LIVES AT HOME, IT'S ON A FIXED INCOME.
THAT'S NOT USING A LOT OF WATER.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE THE SAME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE USE A LOT OF WATER AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.
SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TRY TO KEEP THAT THE SAME SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FIXED INCOME IT'S ANY LITTLE INCREASES HARD.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT NICK AND YOUR STAFF REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, I DON'T WANT TO SAY YOUR WORDS WERE ECHOING IN OUR EARS WHEN THAT'S, WHEN THAT DISCUSSION WAS BEING MADE.
SO THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED HEARING NONE THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, HERE WE ARE ITEM THREE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ITEM ORDINANCE 2021 DAY 31, ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND SETTING THE 21ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021 AT 6:00 PM.
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UH, AT MEADOWS PLACE, CITY HALL, UH, IS THE TIME DATE AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 DASH 22.UM, WE HAVE A POWERPOINT ON THIS.
WE HAVE A, UH, ITEMIZED POWERPOINT TO VIEW, WHICH WILL, UH, KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A FEW SLIDES HERE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANNUAL BUDGET.
UH, STEVE, ANYTHING YOU LIKE ABOUT, THIS WAS ME, ANYTHING YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT WAS ANNA MARIA.
UM, AND IT'S SHORT, IT'S SHORT.
SO THIS REALLY KIND OF TH THIS IS A STATE LAW.
AND SO THIS'LL BE YOUR COVER PAGE ON YOUR BUDGET.
AND IT GOES AHEAD AND SHOWS YOU WHAT 0.83, TWO GENERATES, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT GENERATED LAST YEAR.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THEY REDID THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT NO NEW REVENUE, RENT REVENUE, RAISED DIMINIMOUS RATES, VOTER APPROVAL RATES.
UM, THE 0.832 PUTS IT'S IN BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT KEEPING IT AT 0.83, TWO GENERATES AN ADDITIONAL 54,935 A, WHICH IS A BILL 1.6%, 6% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT GENERATE, WHAT DOES THE NEW VALUATIONS IN TOWN GENERATE IF WE KEEP THE TAX RATE THE SAME ACROSS BOTH YEARS? THERE'S THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
SINCE WE MET LAST, UH, AT THE EOC TO DISCUSS BUDGET, UH, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME CHANGES THEN, UH, HERE, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE GOT.
UH, SINCE LAST TIME WE DID TALK ABOUT GOING AHEAD AND GOING FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME ON THAT COUNT SPECIALIST POSITION.
THAT'S NOW, UH, WORKED INTO THE BUDGET.
UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND REDID THE ELECTION EXPENDITURES BACK TO WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS, UH, THAT 30,000 AND PARKS CAPITAL, UH, THAT GOES AHEAD AND GETS FUNDED IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE PARKS BUDGET DOWN THERE AS A CAPITAL ITEM.
AND SO YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT IN THE PAST, WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THIS, WE HAD REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES AT 121,000, AND THAT BRINGS THE NUMBER DOWN TO 45,000 AFTER ALL THESE ARE CHANGED.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT IS BALANCED WITH A $45,000, UH, IN, UH, SURPLUS.
NOW, THE QUESTION THEN IS WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE 45,000 THAT'S DANGLING OUT THERE? UH, WHAT WE DID AS A STAFF, AS WE KIND OF CALLED AN AUDIBLE AT THE LINE AND SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST THROW IT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENSE? OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IS THAT 45,000 IS LIVING INSIDE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE LINE ITEM UNDER CIP.
THAT WAY WE CAN ZERO OUT THE BUDGET AND HAVE A ZERO ON REVENUE, OR, UH, HAVE REVENUES MATCH EXPENDITURES.
ABOUT THE UTILITY SIDE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE GARBAGE RATE.
WE TALKED ABOUT WATER AND SEWER THAT WERE ADJUSTED, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHILE IT USED TO BE WELL OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, UH, DECREASE THAT DEFICIT AND HAVE $57,000 IN THE HOLE THERE.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS, IS THAT ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A $57,000 TRANSFER IN FROM RESERVES IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND ZERO OUT AND BALANCE THAT WATER AND SEWER BUDGET BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS SLIDE.
SO THE FULL-TIME ACCOUNT SPECIALIST IT'S, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VACANCY THERE WHEN YOU'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT USED TO BE A FULL-TIME POSITION WHEN, UH, LAURA WAS HERE, WE CHANGED IT TO PART-TIME BECAUSE THE PERSON WE HIRED WANTED TO BE PART-TIME, WE ARE PUTTING IT BACK TO A FULL-TIME SO WE CAN TRY TO ATTRACT SOMEONE INTO IT.
IF, IF THE PERSON WE ENDED UP HIRING WANTS TO BE PART-TIME, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW TO ADJUST THAT AGAIN.
BUT FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, KNOWING TO TRY TO ATTRACT SOMEONE, WE HAD TO GO BACK TO A FULL-TIME POSITION, RIGHT? AND FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UM, IT DOES CREATE SOME INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR US TO USE ANOTHER SPORTS TERM ARE OUR DEPTH CHARTS PRETTY THIN.
AND, UM, THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOMEBODY FULL-TIME THAT CAN GET IN THERE AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOME OF OUR FINANCE DUTIES.
IF FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR THAT NEEDS TO GET ON A PLANE, WHICH HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
SO, UM, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME REDUNDANCIES AND ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE, UH, SINGLE POINT FAILURES THAT WE HATE TO SEE.
YOU SEE, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY FOR
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GENERAL ROLL FUND REVENUE, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES? IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET AT 0.832.ON THE UTILITY SIDE, SAME THING, A UTILITY FUND SHOWS A BALANCED BUDGET, UH, WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY 112.
WE WERE ABLE TO DROP THAT IN HALF WITH THE INCREASE IN THE RATES AND THEN PULLED IN THE OTHER HALF FROM RESERVES CREATING A BALANCED BUDGET THERE.
SO THIS IS, UH, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, THERE'S QUESTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT WHAT EXEMPTIONS TO CITY GRANTS.
WE DO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THAT 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.
UM, AVERAGE HOME SET VALUE IS RIGHT THERE.
UH, THIS IS APPRAISAL DISTRICT HOME SAID VALUE THIS ISN'T MARKET VALUE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE HOME SET EXEMPTION IS ON THOSE HOMES.
UM, AND SO THE AVERAGE HOME AT 218,000, UH, AT 0.83, TWO, UH, LEVIES IS 1,455 A YEAR IN CITY PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THAT GIVES YOU AN AVERAGE HOME.
UM, ANYBODY CAN OBVIOUSLY STACK UP WHAT THEIR HOME VALUE WOULD BE AGAINST THE TAX RATE, UH, MINUS THE 20% AND FIND OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE.
THIS IS JUST AN AVERAGE, SECOND IDEA IS THE OVER 65 EXEMPTION, WHICH YOU SEE THE $30,000 THERE IN EFFECT, WE HAVE 535 OVER 30, OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, WITH THAT 535, UH, THAT KNOCKS THE LEVY DOWN $249 AND 60 CENTS, YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT BASICALLY ON THE CITY SIDE, UH, THAT OVER 65 EXEMPTION BEING IN PLACE, UH, GENERATES 133,000 5, 36 LESS TO THE CITY, AS OPPOSED TO IF THAT 65 EXEMPTION WAS NOT IN EFFECT AT ALL.
AND SO REALLY WHAT THAT IS IS THAT'S 535 HOMES, TIMES THAT $249 AND 60 CENTS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
THIS SHOWS YOU, UH, THE ACTUAL VALUES.
AND SO WHAT ANNA MARIA DID HERE WAS WE STACKED UP THE TAXABLE VALUE BACK IN 2020, UH, AGAINST WHAT THE TAXABLE VALUE THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN US IN 2021.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT INCREASE IS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THOSE VALUES UNDER PROTEST, AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE LEVY ON THAT RIGHT COLUMN OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LEVYING, UH, BASED ON THOSE VALUES.
AND SO, AGAIN, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IN ORDER TO GENERATE THE EXACT SAME OF MONEY THIS YEAR, AS WE WOULD HAVE LAST YEAR, UH, YOU CAN SEE, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO SET THE TAX RATE OF 0.18818, AND WE WOULD HAVE LEVIED 3.313, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE LEVIED IN FISCAL YEAR 21, INSTEAD OF GOING WITH THE 0.832, DELIVERING 3.368, WHICH AGAIN IS ROUGHLY 50,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE'D LOVE WE'D LAST YEAR.
AND SO THAT 50,000 REALLY TELLS YOU WHAT THE VALUES DID YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE CITY BY KEEPING THE RATES.
AND THIS AGAIN IS JUST A DEFINITION, CAUSE WE'RE ALL STILL LEARNING IT.
UM, THE LEGISLATURE AND THEIR WISDOM CHANGED EVERYTHING UP.
UH, NOW WE'RE HAVING TO LEARN NEW VOCABULARY, TRYING TO FORGET WHAT THE WORD EFFECTIVE TAX RATE MEANS.
UM, NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UH, IS OF COURSE THAT RATE THAT'LL GENERATE THE SAME MONEY IN BOTH YEARS.
UH, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THAT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT FIGURE, WHICH WOULD TRACK TRIGGER THE, UH, UH, THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO GO OUT AND CALL FOR AN ELECTION.
AND THEN THAT DIMINIMOUS RATE, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE HITTING, UM, IS THAT VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE CAN GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL HALF A MILLION DOLLAR IN M AND O UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BEFORE AN AUTOMATIC ELECTION IS, UH, IS ORDERED.
UH, NOW AGAIN, WE CAME IN ROUGHLY BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND THAT DIMINIMOUS RATES, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THAT ON OUR BUDGET.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET OF, LET'S SAY 5.7 MILLION, BECAUSE FOR US TO DRIVE UP TO 500, I CAN GO UP AND ADDITIONAL 500,000.
I MEAN, WE, WE COULD HAVE INCREASED THE TAX RATE TO 0.9, FOUR, SIX, RIGHT.
AND ON THAT DIMINISH THIS RATE, CORRECT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE BUDGET'S IN THE PACKET, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BUDGET THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THOSE TRANSFERS IN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A TRANSFER IN FROM EDC, UH, F UH, IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT.
UM, THE TRANSFER IN AS WELL FOR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AT $45,008 OUT, OF COURSE, IS THE LEFTOVER MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
AND THAT GETS US STARTED ON WHATEVER WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY PUT IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE LINE
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ITEM TO GO AHEAD AND START DORRANCE.UM, NOW WHEN WE HIT FISCAL YEAR 22, IN MY OPINION, THE BIGGEST CONVERSATION COUNCIL'S GOING TO HAVE IS WHEN DO WE START DORRANCE? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ONCE THOSE FULL PLANS COME IN, UM, WHEN WE DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT, THE MONEY WILL LIVE INSIDE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE LINE ITEM.
SO WOULD THAT, UM, THAT IS FISCAL YEAR 22 PROPOSED, UM, JUST A REMINDER, YOU DON'T VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH YOU VOTE TO RECEIVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, THE RULE VOTE COMES NEXT MONTH, UH, ALONG WITH THE VOTE ON THE TAX RATE THAT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'RE GOING TO POST THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, WE'LL THE LINK UP ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL.
THAT WAY SOMEBODY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO LOOK AT IT CAN LOOK AT IT AND COME PREPARED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED RATE AND SETTING THE SET 21ST SEPTEMBER DATE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2021 DAYS 30? WE'RE ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET, NOT THE RATE I'M ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT'S WRITTEN, RIGHT? IT'S JUST SPOKEN WRONG.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK SECOND BACK YELLING OR THE DISCUSSION.
WELL, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE AT THIS POINT, HELLO, MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE AT THE I'M HEARING AT HINT.
COULD YOU HELP GUYS? I'M ACTUALLY IMPRESSED.
WHAT I CALCULATED IS 35 BUCKS A HOUSE THAT IT'S GOING UP.
SO, UH, I DO HAVE A CORPORATE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL HOLD TO THAT.
YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DID TO YOUR HOUSE.
BUT 30 THAT'S WHAT, TWO OR 3%, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, WHICH IS BETTER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, I ASSUME SOME OF THAT'S FROM THE BONDS THAT WE'RE NO LONGER HAVING TO PAY THAT THREE OR 400,000, WHICH IS FUNDING.
UM, ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, I THINK WE, YEAH, TWO YEARS AGO WAS WHEN WE PAID THAT OFF.
SO LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOND DEBT AND THAT'S BEING USED TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
DID YOU CONSIDER INCREASING THE ROAD USE FEE? IT WAS ACTUALLY TALKED BRIEFLY, BUT NOT EXTENSIVELY IT BE BEANS.
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST THE UTILITY RATES.
AND ON THE UTILITY RATES, I NOTICED THERE'S 54,000 OF VERSUS COMING OUT OF RESERVES.
HOW MUCH IS IN THAT ACCOUNT? UH, AS OF I WROTE IT DOWN BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
I GOTTA FIND WHERE I WROTE IT DOWN.
THE ISSUE IS, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
I MEAN, IT'S SLOW, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME BIGGIES.
UM, OH, UH, AS OF THE LAST, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I THINK IT IS A 2.4, 5 MILLION IN RESERVES RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL THEN TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN THEY'RE INCREASING, MAKE SURE IS, DO WE REALLY NEED TO INCREASE IN DISTRO DOWN RESERVES? CAUSE WHAT DOES THAT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS ARE WE PRESENTING THE CIP? YES.
WAIT, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND COME BACK TO US.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO STAY HERE ALL NIGHT.
GOING TO PUT THE TIMER ON THIS GUY, TERRY HENLEY 1 22 0 3 AUSTIN DRIVE.
NO, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TAX, RIGHT? LEAVE IT AT THE SAME WOULD, UH, BASICALLY INCREASE SEE THE REVENUE IN THE MAYBE 2% RANGE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT, WE'RE BASICALLY LIMITED TO AROUND 8%, WHICH IS A, UH, MINIMALIST, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
UH, MY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH, YOU SAID THAT THE CAPITOL PARKS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER.
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL PARTS PRO PROJECT AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS THAT? CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, NOT PARKS PROJECT.
THERE'S A LINE ITEM OF CAPITAL PARKS.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE SAID WE WERE DOING WITH THAT MONEY.
SHE'S GOT IT ALL BROKEN DOWN INTO PARTS REPAIRS.
JUST SAY EQUIPMENT RATHER THAN TRYING TO PATCH A SLIDE, WE'LL REPLACE THE SIDE, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND WHERE WE, AND WE HAVE PUT NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
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IN THE POCKET PARKS AS WELL AND OTHER PLACES.AND THE MONEY IS A, THE PREVIOUS AREA SET ASIDE FOR, UH, UH, RETIRING OR DEBT WAS, I DON'T SEEM LIKE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WAS LEFT IN IT LAST YEAR.
AND SO THAT MONEY MUST BE GOING SOMEWHERE.
I JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW YOU BROKE IT DOWN BECAUSE THE OVERALL GENERAL NUMBERS YOU GAVE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT TO, DID WE CALL IT A ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'LL PUT THAT MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT AWAY FOR RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A FUN IDENTIFIED AS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH IS GOING INTO THAT FUND.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU'RE NOW RESET.
SO WE HAD A MOTION AND WE HAD A SECOND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THAT WAS TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER FOUR OF ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 32 ACCEPTING THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2021 DASH 22.
GET READY TO HOLD YOUR BREATH.
THE CIP IS, UH, UH, I GOT SOMETHING I'M JUST READING RIGHT OFF THE RECAP IN THE SUMMARY HERE, UH, STAFF HAS WORKED ON APPROVAL TO AND PRESENTED THE CITY CIP TO COUNCIL AS PART OF A FISCAL YEAR, 20 20 22 PROCESS.
THE PLAN, WHICH WORKS ON BOTH LONG-TERM OR SHORT-TERM AND FIVE-YEAR, AND LONG-TERM 15 YEAR BASIS CONSISTS OF BOTH FUNDED AND UNFUNDED PROJECTS.
UH, SEVERAL WORKSHOPS WERE SPENT ON IT.
THERE WERE TWEAKS WERE MADE, IT WAS BACK AND FORTH.
UH, AND THE OPPORTUNITY THE CITY HAS HAD TO FUND, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WERE ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR.
UH, THIS COUNCIL HAS, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY ADOPT THE CFP, KNOWING THAT IN SOME CASES, FUNDING SOURCES STILL NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED.
SO WE'RE LISTING EVERYTHING OUT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT HAS FUNDING SOURCES TIED TO IT.
UM, SO WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY THING ELSE TO ADD ON CFP? NO PROJECT, NO NOTHING.
SO COUNSELOR Y'ALL WERE AWARE OF IT.
YOU'VE SEEN THEM COME BACK AND FORTH.
UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR IS A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 21 22.
YOU GOT A SECOND BAG, KURT, ANY DISCUSSION WHERE WE'D BE PUTTING THIS UP ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL, AND JUST SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM A MILLION DOLLARS TO, YOU KNOW, $500,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FROM.
CAN WE GET SOME OF IT FROM THE COUNTY THROUGH A MOBILITY PROJECT? IS IT THROUGH INCREASING THE ROAD, USE FEE, TRANSFERRING THE MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BONDS INTO AN INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT? WE'RE TRYING TO LINE IT OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND MAKE SOME DETERMINATIONS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THIS.
DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT ON THE ITEM? NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF, SIR.
UM, THAT'S A HUNDRED YEARS, RIGHT? WHAT'S EXCUSE ME.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FIVE TO 500,000 TO A MILLION BUCKS A YEAR PER YEAR ON A PROJECT.
THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST AT LEAST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL THE STREETS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A HUNDRED YEAR PROJECT IN THEORY.
RIGHT? AND LIKE WE'RE ALL BE GONE, OUR CHILDREN GONNA BE GONE.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF, I KNOW I'VE ASKED THIS, WE'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION FOR YEARS.
IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE CAN GET SOME MOBILITY FUNDING, SOME FUNDING FROM THE FEDS OR FROM THE STATE? SO WE'VE, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DESIGNING DORRANCE FROM BLUE, BASICALLY THE DOG PARK TO KIRKWOOD AND TRYING TO FUND THAT OURSELVES, THE COUNTY WILL MOST LIKELY BE COMING FORWARD
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WITH ANOTHER BOND PROJECT IN 2023, MAYBE 20, 24.AND WE'LL PROBABLY PUT IN DORRANCE FROM KIRKWOOD TO DAIRY ASHFORD AS PART OF THAT, FOR THAT PROJECT.
WOULD YOU SKIP BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND KIRKWOOD THEN? THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST LEG OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE COVER PHASE TWO, THE FIRST PART.
AND SO IF WE CAN SHOW THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME OF IT OURSELVES, OR WE'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET FUNDING FOR AN INTERNAL STREET, MOST OF THE MOBILITY FUNDS GO TO, YOU KNOW, THOROUGHFARES LIKE KIRKWOOD WEST AIRPORT.
UM, THE COUNTY WILL FUND SOME INTERNAL STREETS FOR SMALL CITIES.
WE'VE DONE IT FOR
SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE CAN GET ON THE LIST.
IT'LL JUST BE HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN FOR PROJECTS, RIGHT? AND THERE'S LIKE ZERO CHANCE.
SOME OF THAT TOM DELAY MONEY WE GOT YEARS AGO ONLY IF THEY COME UP WITH MORE STIMULUS FUNDS IN GENERAL.
BASICALLY IF YOU PUT, UM, CALL IT DORRANCE OR MONTECITO UP AGAINST ANY CITY OF HOUSTON STREET, THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN FROM AN HGC FOR TEP FUNDING.
DO YOU HAVE A ROADMAP YET ON KIND OF THE PHASING? I JUST HEARD FROM PHASE TWO WOULD BE FROM KIRKWOOD TO DAIRY ASHFORD AND THE NEW YOU GUYS LOOKING AT, WE'RE GOING TO DO MULHOLLAND NEXT OR KIND OF WHAT'S THE, DO WE HAVE A PLAN ON THAT? IT'D BE MULHOLLAND OR MONTECITO SEDA.
AND SO AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COUNCIL BY THEN, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE ON COUNCIL BEFORE, SO IT COULD BE SIX YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH.
JUST, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO GET ALL THE, ALL OF DARREN'S DONE.
SO UNTIL WE SEE A FINISH LINE FOR DORRANCE, WE'RE NOT REALLY STARTING TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER STREET.
UM, BUT JUST WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRAVEL DEMAND, IT'S GOTTA BE MALL HALL UNDER MONTECITO.
I KNOW, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, WITH ANY AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING TO THE SCHOOL, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE LAST W WITH, WITH ME BEING ON A, YOU I'M, IT'S GOING TO BE THE USE AND THE CUL-DE-SACS THAT GET LAST.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF, LOTS OF, LOTS OF DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SHE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HER, HER, HER STUFF GOT IN THE CIP.
UH, I'VE NEVER A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 21, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF STAFFORD, FOR FIREFIGHTING FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES.
UH, FOLKS NEED TO, UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO START ONE, WE NEED TO MOVE ON WITH THIS MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION.
WE NEED YOU GUYS TO, UH, ADDRESS ADDRESS ON PAGE THREE, UH, BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE, IT STILL SAYS THAT THE FIRE MARSHALL IS GOING TO GET $35 AN HOUR OVER 125.
THAT PROPOSAL ACTUALLY BUMPS THAT TO 45.
SO WE'LL NEED TO, UH, APPROVE AS AMENDED FROM 35 45.
FROM 35 TO 40 COUNCIL TO APPROVE AS AMENDED, GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED SECOND BY PART, JUST TO REMINDER, WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH.
NO, WE'RE NOT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED HEARING THAT THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH DEACON MELLOW FRIDAY, RIGHT? THURSDAY MORNING.
UM, NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 33, AMENDING CHAPTER 90, ONE OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, CORDON CODE OF ORDINANCES, GARBAGE AND TRASH BY ADDING, ADDING SECTION NINE, 1.02, SIX GENERAL PENALTY CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT SECTION OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH REGULATES HAVING DUMPSTERS IN THE CITY.
YOU CAN PARK THEM OUT THERE FOR 13 YEARS AND REALLY WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S REVIEWED IT.
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TO THE PODS, UH, PERMIT OR ORDINANCE, UH, THAT, AND IT'LL REQUIRE A FEE, A PERMIT, ET CETERA, JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? NO MOVED MOTION BY KURT.
SECOND SECOND ABOUT TIAA DOES HAVE A THREE-DAY GRACE PERIOD, RIGHT.
OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER, FOR NINE DAYS AHEAD.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THIS BECAUSE WE DID CREATE THIS TO MIRROR THE PAUSE ORDINANCE THAT WE JUST DID.
UM, THIS DOES HAVE THAT 60 DAY TIMEFRAME ON IT.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO FURTHER THAN 60 DAYS, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT REMEMBER THAT AN OPEN PERMIT LET'S SAY FOR REMODELING COULD LAST SIX MONTHS.
SO WE PUT 60 DAYS IN THERE AS A, YOU KNOW, TIMEFRAME THAT YOU COULD HAVE YOUR DUMPSTER OUT THERE.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I GUESS GET YOUR COMFORT LEVEL ON THAT BEFORE WE APPROVE.
SO I MEAN, HOW MANY DAYS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO PULL THE PERMIT? OKAY.
REALLY IT'S REALLY IT'S IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FIND IT.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A, UM, I THOUGHT KURT DIDN'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT HAVING A MOUNTAIN, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT'S LESS THERE IN THREE DAYS, NO PERMIT REQUIRED, CORRECT? YEAH.
THAT WAS IN THE PODS ORDINANCE.
WE CAN ADD A, A THERE'S TIMES.
PEOPLE ARE JUST CLEANING OUT A GARAGE OVER A WEEKEND AND IT'S GONE.
ON SECTION THREE, WE CAN JUST ADD A SECTION IN THERE.
IT SAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER 72 HOURS OF THE DUMPSTER BEING ON PROPERTY, UH, THE NO PERSON SHALL LEAVE THE DUMPSTER WITHOUT THE PERMIT.
KURT, YOU WANT TO, UM, I'M UNDER YOUR MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDED VERSION HERE WITH THE THREE DAY GRACE PERIOD.
IT BASICALLY SAYS IT CAN'T YEAH, CAN'T BE ON THE SIDEWALK.
THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT ON THIS ONE.
HERE'S A QUESTION CLARIFICATION ON THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF HOUSES THAT WOULD FALL, UM, WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO THEIR DRIVE WITH THE SHORTER DRIVEWAY.
THEY'D EITHER HAVE TO GET A SHORTER DUMPSTER OR SOMETHING.
THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THAT LONG WAY OR MAYBE SIDEWAYS.
WITH THE 60 DAYS, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION WHERE THAT SHOULD BE A LONGER TIME THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE WHEN WE, FOR PERMIT TO, WELL, IT SAYS NO MORE THAN ONE PERMIT MAY BE ISSUED FOR ANY LOT OR IN ANY 12 MONTH PERIOD.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S HALF A YEAR.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU.
I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH THE 60 DAYS, BUT KURT, YOU DO THIS MORE THAN I DO.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, DOING FLIPS.
IF SOMEONE'S COMING IN AND FLIPPING A HOUSE, DOING A BIG REMODEL, THE DUMPSTERS REALLY THEY'RE MORE FOR THE BEGINNING AND KIND OF AT THE END, IT'S JUST ONE LAST LITTLE TRASH HAUL.
SO 60 DAYS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, LET'S BRING THIS BACK UP AGAIN.
WE CAN REVISIT IT IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
SO WE'RE LEAVING THE 60 DAYS WHERE ARE ADDING A 72 HOUR GRACE PERIOD WITH THE AMENDED CLAUSE BEING ADDED FOR THREE DAYS, SECONDED BY TIAA ON, ON THEM AS AMENDED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I LOOKED AT THE AUDIENCE, NEITHER ONE OF THEM SAID ANYTHING ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AFTER OUR CONSTITUENTS, RICK.
ITEM SEVEN IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 34 AMENDING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 10, RULES OF CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL PENALTY, SECTION 1 0 9, 9 GENERAL PENALTY OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT SETTLED IT.
THIS IS, AS YOU LOOK, IF YOUR SUMMARY, UH, ADJUSTING THE STEP TIERED LADDER FOR, UM, CODE ORDINANCES, UM, WE HAD, I THOUGHT A TREMENDOUS DISCUSSION WORKED IT THROUGH AND IT ENDED UP WITH THIS, UM, UH, MODIFICATION, UH, AMENDING THE CITY
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OF, UH, PLACE CODE, UH, TO WHERE, AND I'M GOING TO RECAP THIS REAL QUICK COUNSEL LAST CHANCE TO CHANGE IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTED TO CHANGE WHEN WE, WE HAD TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS.UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO APPRECIATE T IS STEPPING UP ON THIS AND STICKING TO IT SO HARD.
UH, COUNCIL WANTED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSION COURTNEY AND, UM, JENNIFER THIS MORNING TO MAKE SURE SHE UNDERSTOOD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THAT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT GOES AND THAT'S A VIOLATION.
AND THAT'S WHEN IT GOES TO COURT.
UH, THE TIMEFRAME THAT CAME ALONG TO THE VIOLATIONS WERE 36 MONTHS ON A ROTATING BASIS.
AND ULTIMATELY COUNCIL DECIDED MODIFY THE, MODIFIED THE FINE AMOUNTS TO $50 FOR THE FIRST TIME VIOLATION, 150 FOR THE SECOND AND 500, BY THE WAY, THOSE ARE THE MAXIMUM, OKAY.
AND HOPEFULLY THESE, THESE DID SERVE THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CLEAR PARAMETERS FOR EVERYBODY TO, UH, TO SEE.
SO WITH THAT COMMENT, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE, UH, 20, 21 DAYS 34 MENDING OUR CODE? SO MOVED THE MOTION BY KURT SO I CAN BUY TWO.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING WIGGED, UH, ANY FURTHER WELL, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, IF WE CAN EITHER PUT IT IN THE NEWSLETTER OR WE'RE GOING TO SPLASH IT OR DO ONE OF OUR VIDEO THINGS WE'LL DO THAT TOO, BUT THE RESIDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF, IF IT GOES TO A SUMMONS, YOU'RE GOING TO DRAW A FINE, YOU NEED TO, YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT BEFORE YOU DRAW THE SUMMONS.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THEY THINK THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SHOW UP AT COURT SHOW THAT IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AND ON THE WHOLE THING GOES AWAY.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING TAGGED WITH COURT COSTS REGARDLESS.
AND I DON'T THINK OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND, OR AT LEAST NOT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THAT.
I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT I MENTIONED TO NICK AND THAT IS THAT JENNIFER OR WHOEVER OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS, DOES NOT ISSUE CITATIONS OR SUMMONS.
SHE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COURT BASED ON WHAT SHE SEES.
AND SHE HAS THAT WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY CORRECT.
OR HAVE THE RESIDENT CORRECT OR CALL HER BEFORE IT GOES TO COURT BEFORE THE CITATION IS ISSUED.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB EXPLAINING THAT TO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, JUST FROM THE CURRENT FACEBOOK POSTINGS THAT I SAW, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE FACT THAT SHE'S NOT THE PERSON WHO, UH, WRITES THE CITATION, UH, AND HER RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT IS WHAT GENERATES AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
BY THE TIME THE COURT SENDS YOU A SUMMONS, YOU'RE ALREADY ON THE HOOK FOR AT LEAST THE COURT COST, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE, RIGHT.
JUST TO CLARIFY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL DOES FILE THE COMPLAINT, CORRECT.
BUT SHE DOESN'T PERSONALLY WRITE A CITATION ON ON-SITE AND SHE, WHAT SHE, WHAT SHE DOES TO WITH THE HOMEOWNER IS TALKS ABOUT THE INFRACTION AND WAYS TO REMI REMEDY IT.
AND IF THEY DON'T REMEDY IT OR THEY DON'T TALK TO HER AGAIN, SHE WILL PROCEED WITH, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT OUR SITE OR OUR, WHAT SHE GIVES OUT, BUT I THINK WE, THE QUESTION IS, IS IT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE IF IT'S DONE? OR IS IT THE CITY'S REESE OR THE CITIZEN'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY HER IT'S BEEN DONE.
I THINK THAT NEEDED TO BE CLARIFIED AS WELL.
AND PART OF THAT, RICK, I HAD A CALL YESTERDAY FROM A RESIDENT WITH THAT QUESTION AND THEY SENT ME A PHOTO OF THEIR NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
SO NOTICE A VIOLATION, NOT COURT SUMMONS, NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS ESSENTIALLY YOUR IN VIOLATION, FIX IT BY THIS DATE.
BUT WHAT IT SAYS IS VIOLATION MUST BE CORRECTED BY A CERTAIN DATE AND THEY CONTACT US.
AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO SAY, WELL, IT SAYS NOT RIGHT THERE.
IT SAYS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, OKAY.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO SAY CONTACT US? SO, ONE THING I WANT, I THINK SHOULD BE HAPPENED ON THEIR VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED BY 8 22.
THIS IS FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS ONE, UH, I THINK IT WOULD S SHOULD SAY, UM, I WILL COME BACK BY, ON THAT DATE TO INSPECT, TO MAKE SURE IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF JUST SO THEY KNOW SHE'S DOING IT AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL HER.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY ON THAT DAY.
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AND SAY, AND CHECK IT.SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN YEAH, I AGREE.
THERE SHOULD BE A DAY THAT SHE WILL COME BACK TO CITIZENS.
WE HAVE ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND SOMETIMES SHE GETS SICK.
AND WHAT IF SHE MENTIONS THAT DAY?
WELL, THAT'S WHERE YOU CHANGE IT TO, TO SAY TO THE PERSON IT'S THE PERSON'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTACT HER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S DONE SO THAT SHE CAN GO OUT AND CHECK.
IT'S TOO CUMBERSOME ON THE RESIDENT.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU CAN'T HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW ON OUR FLOW CHART THAT SHE'S GOING TO COME OUT OR I AGREE WHEN SHE PUTS IT DOWN INTO CAKE, SHE PUTS THE OFFENSE DATE AND SHE PUTS THE DATE WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THAT TRIGGERS A NEXT FLOW NEXT, DROP A GO BY DATE.
AND SHE GOES BY ON THAT DAY TO THE DAY BEFORE.
OKAY, WELL, IT CAN'T BE THE DAY BEFORE AND THE DAY AFTER, MAYBE AFTER YOU GO THE DAY BEFORE, AND THEN THEY TAKE CARE OF IT ON THE DAY BEFORE IN FRONT OF COURT, IN FRONT OF COURT.
SO SHE GOES, SHE NEEDS TO GO BACK AND INSPECT ON THAT, THAT DAY, LATE IN THE DAY OR THE FOLLOWING DAY.
BECAUSE IF YOU TELL ME I'VE GOT NO 8 22 TO ADDRESS IT.
AND I DO IT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK THAT NIGHT, BUT SHE WAS THERE AT THREE IN THE MORNING OR THREE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO YOU NEEDED TO BE, SHE GOES THE NEXT DAY.
SO IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? THAT WE DON'T CARE IF IT'S MIDNIGHT, BUT IT'S THAT.
SO SHE GOES BACK TO THE DAY AFTER, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH JEN TO REACH OUT AND MISS OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH JENNIFER WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE FLOWCHART OR MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THESE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO IT'S COUNCIL'S UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DAY AFTER THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES THE FLOW CHART SHOW? WELL, GO LOOK AT IT.
I'LL MAKE MINE, LET THEM GO LOOK AT IT.
AND CHARLIE, CHARLIE, YOU'RE GETTING DEFENSIVE.
I AM CAUSE THERE'S HE KNOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND HE'S NOT GO LOOK AT IT AND LOOKING AT IT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE LOOKED AT IT IN THE PAST, UNLESS YOU'VE CHANGED IT.
A WARNING IS WRITTEN FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I DESCRIBED THERE, WHAT ARE A WARNING? OKAY.
ACTING ON THE FLOW CHART, TERRY, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE ON THERE.
IF THE FLOW CHART SHOWS, I DON'T HAVE A FLOW CHART IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S CALLED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION VIOLATION.
AND IT SAYS, NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
IT SAYS NOT A TICKET SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW CORRECT, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND THEN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR THAT.
THEN THERE, IF IT IS A CITATION AFTER THAT, THEN IT'S A TICKET.
IF SHE HAS TO CALL A POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE, WHICH SOMETIMES HAPPENS AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON A POLICE REPORT, THEY HAD A LOT OF WARNINGS, BUT THEY DIDN'T ISSUE ANY VIOLATIONS.
IF THEY ISSUE IT, IT'S A TICKET.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S DONE RIGHT THERE AND IT'S ALL HANDLED THROUGH THEM IN THE COURTS.
IF JENNIFER DOES IT, THERE'S A TIME.
AND IT HAS A DATE OF WHENEVER THE VIOLATION IS DUE TO BE REPAIRED.
AND IF THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED, SHE NEEDS TO VERIFY IT'S CORRECT.
THAT IF IT WASN'T, THEN SHE CAN GO TO COURT, SHE CLOSES THE CASE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE FLOW CHART.
SHE CAN GO TO DEPARTMENTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT IN, IN RED, IT SAYS CODE ENFORCEMENT FLOW CHART.
THEN A WHILE SINCE I LOOKED AT IT.
BUT IT NEEDS TO BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THAT IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED ARE THEN THE CITATIONS ISSUED TO PARENTS COURT.
THAT'S HOW SHE CAUSES THE CASE.
AND THAT IS A CLARIFICATION THAT IS NOT CLEAR TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND SOMEHOW THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
HOW WE'RE TRYING RIGHT NOW TO DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING OUT WITH A WHOLE DEAL ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANNOUNCING THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE BLOKE CHART SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHAT SHE SEES AND WHAT WE INTEND.
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TO SIT DOWN THERE.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S 1159 AND HE FIXED THAT ON THAT DATE.
YOU GOT TO COVER, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT SHE DOESN'T GO OUT THERE ON THE DAY BEFORE AT ALL AND GOES ON THAT DATE OR THE DAY AFTER.
I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTS GO, YOU KNOW, IF IN RECENT, UM, IF SOMETHING, IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN TREATED UNFAIR OR IT DIDN'T WORK, I, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REACH OUT TO US.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME AND, AND THAT CAUSES US TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S HOW THIS CAME ABOUT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO EVERYBODY AND WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE MORE RESIDENTS TO LET US KNOW IF THEY FEEL THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE AND WE WILL, AND WE WILL LOOK INTO IT ONE QUICK NOTE, UM, FOR, FOR FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND ALSO FOLKS LISTENING.
UM, SO WE, WE PROPOSED LOWERING THE FEE.
I MEAN, I THINK ONE REASON WAS WE LEARNED THERE WAS A COURT COST OR I LEARNED THERE WAS A COURT COST OF WHAT? $82, I BELIEVE.
SO EVEN IF YOU GOT A FIRST TIME SUMMONS AND IT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS MAX, ALL THAT'S REALLY 182, WHICH I FELT, WE FELT THAT WAS TOO HIGH.
UH, AND SO FIRST TIME VIOLATION USED TO BE OUR FIRST TIME, SUMMONS WAS A HUNDRED BUCKS.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE SAME.
SO YOU'LL SEE, I'LL KNOW THE BEFORE AND AFTER, I DON'T THINK WE SPOKE OF THAT YET.
I WANT TO COUNT AND TAGGED ON THAT.
CAUSE YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, IT'S MAX, IT'S UP TO YOU.
UM, AND IF YOU COME IN THERE WITH THAT TAKEN CARE OF THE JUDGE CAN WORK WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT.
HOWEVER, I THINK WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO FLOAT IN THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF IT JUST TAGGING ON FOR 17.
IF YOU'RE HERE AND YOU GET ONE IN THE 17TH YEAR AS NUMBER THREE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET PAID WITH THE HIGHEST.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.
UM, I THINK TIA HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD IS TO CALL AND COMMUNICATE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK.
IT'S NEVER BEEN CRACKED IN FROM THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
IT'S STILL NOT CORRECT, BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT THING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR FOREVER.
AND MY SUGGESTION IS WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO THE NEWSLETTER IS TO COMMUNICATE.
IF I GET A CITATION OR IF SOMEONE GETS A CITATION, I'LL CALL THEM MAYOR OR CALL NICK OR CALL SOMEONE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE AN ALLYING ON MY SIDE TO HELP ME NAVIGATE THE BUREAUCRACY BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED TO, I'VE SEEN THE FLOOR.
I THINK I HAD PARKED MY HAND IN THAT FLOW CHART.
ANY PROCESS WITH THAT MANY STEPS, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE FOLLOWED.
AND SO I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST THAT YOU GUYS BECOME ADVOCATES OF THE CITIZENS AND PUT YOUR NAME OUT THERE AND SAY, CONTACT ONE OF YOUR COUNCILMAN, THE CITY SECRETARY OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD RESOLVE IT.
WE CAN TAKE THE FLUFF CHART OFF.
UM, NO, BUT THE FLOW CHART DOESN'T HAVE WHAT NICK READ, WHICH WAS THE NAME OF THAT.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A WARNING, IT WAS JUST A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
THAT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NOT A FLOW CHART.
THERE'S INSPECTION OR VIOLATION OF REPORT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS RIGHT BEFORE.
AND THEN BEFORE SHE ISSUES A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
AND I WANNA, I WANNA SAY, I'VE TALKED TO JENNIFER SINCE THIS STARTED.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WELL, NOBODY LET ME KNOW.
WELL, THAT MAY BE TRUE BECAUSE THEIR WORK AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THEIR PHONE NUMBER UP HERE, WE CAN'T DO AN OUTREACH TO THEM.
BUT BEFORE SHE GETS OUT OF THE TRUCK TO TRY, SHE WRITES OUT A LITTLE YELLOW CARD AND PUTS THE VIOLATION NUMBER AND WHAT IT IS AND HER PHONE NUMBER ON THERE AND HANGS IT ON THE DOOR.
UH, IF NOBODY'S HOME, THERE'S NOT, I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE WE CAN DO.
BUT WE REACHING, I TOLD JENNIFER, I ASKED HER, I SAID, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE DO YOU CONTACT? SHE SAID, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY 95 TO 99%.
SO WE'RE PUTTING THESE ON THE DOOR.
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THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION GETS MAILED.BUT WHEN SHE GOES UP TO TALK TO THEM TO SAY, HEY, RICK, BY THE WAY, YOU'VE GOT SNOW KNOW WE'VE GOT RESIDENTS THAT DON'T USE THEIR FRONT DOOR.
NO, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I DON'T, I'M FINE WITH DROPPING IT ON THE DOOR, BUT WE NEED TO MAIL THIS TO, WE CAN'T RELY ON JUST STICKING IT ON WITH DOOR.
I KNOW THAT SHE IS MAILING NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS, BUT I KNOW SHE'S ACTUALLY DOING THE YELLOW CARD.
I DO NOT KNOW IF SHE COMES BACK AND MAILS A NOTICE AFTER THAT YELLOW, I DON'T KNOW HER PROCESS ON THAT.
I FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO MAIL THAT BECAUSE IF A RESIDENT SAYS, NOBODY TOLD ME I HAD A VIOLATION AND ALL WE'VE GOT IS WE STUCK IT ON YOUR FRONT DOOR.
I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO COME UP HERE BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS.
BUT I'M JIMMY FENWICK AT 1, 2, 3, 2, 3 AUSTIN DRIVE.
AND I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE FREEZE RE WE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
AND IT WAS FOR, I HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOREVER.
THE VINES THAT PEOPLE LOVE IN THIS CITY THAT GROW UP ON THE HOUSES.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED BEFORE US, THEY PUT THEM IN AND I BATTLE IT MADELINE AND BATTLE IT.
WELL, SOME OF THE VINES WERE STILL THERE.
I WAS ALSO, I HAD, UH, ONE OF THE PICKETS WAS MISSING OUT OF MY FENCE.
UH, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE TWO.
UM, THE, UH, JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS HOME OR NOT AT THE TIME, BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY KIND OF YELLOW, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING.
AND ALSO I HAVE TALKED TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT, BUT I'VE TALKED TO OTHER RESIDENTS WHO HAVE HAD THOSE NOTES THAT SHOWED UP AT ONE TIME, BUT THEY WERE HOME AND THEY WERE NEVER, NO NOBODY EVER KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, TRIED TO SPEAK TO THEM OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
I DO WANT TO SAY, UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CONCERNS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THIS WAS, THE FREEZE HAD HAPPENED.
NOBODY COULD GET ANYBODY TO HELP DO ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALL THIS STUFF.
AND SHE WORKED WITH ME AND SAID, HEY, JUST TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU CAN GET IT DONE.
I'LL COME BACK AND LOOK, THIS IS EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND IT WAS GREAT, BUT IT WAS THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS MAILED TO ME WITH PICTURES, UM, SHOWING THOSE AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, SO I, YEAH, I WAS STILL, I WAS ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT WAS ALSO UPSET BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE GOING REALLY, WE JUST WENT THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND I'M RECEIVING THIS.
HOWEVER, IT MAY HAVE BEEN NOTICED BEFOREHAND.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, BUT I, I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT CAUSE RICK WITH YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING AS A RESIDENT WHO EXPERIENCED IT, UH, IT CAME TO ME THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE COME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER AS RESIDENTS, WE LIKE IT.
NOBODY LIKES TO BE TOLD THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM, BUT IT DID COME.
AND AGAIN, WHEN I TALKED TO HER, SHE WORKED WITH ME TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT I HAD THE TIME TO GET IT REPAIRED.
THIS, THIS GOES BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ON JENNIFER AND I HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS ON, IS SOME MOLD ON THE FIREPLACE AND WE COMMUNICATED VIA EMAILS.
I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY, AS LONG AS SOME WAY OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU GET LEAVE TRACKS.
CAN SHE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BY EMAIL? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY'S EMAIL, NOT EVERYBODY EMAILS HER.
SO SHE'S TRYING TO FIGHT ON MANY, MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS.
UH, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THIS CONVERSATION.
AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE KNOWS THIS ISN'T COUNSELED BEING DOWN ON HER OR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THIS COUNCIL IS VERY MUCH FOR AN ACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WE JUST WANT THE RESIDENTS BEING TREATED FAIRLY.
ANYTHING ELSE, ARE WE SURE THEN CAN WE GET BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND, UM, OR CONDENSE, UH, 20, 21 DASH 34 AMENDING OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE ITEMS ON THE PENALTY OR VIOLATION AND WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND WE'VE HAD A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
MOTION CARRIES AND GUYS WE'RE WORKING WITH HER RIGHT NOW AND RICK, I HESITATED, BUT I THINK WE'VE MAIL OUT
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EVERY NOTICE OF VIOLATION, BUT I WILL CONFIRM, OKAY.I WISH THAT I HAD MY HORSE, UH, REVOLUTION 2021 DASH 22 RATIFYING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE A, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH, FOR BEN COUNTY.
UM, WE EXECUTED THAT DEGREE, THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY ON OR ABOUT JULY 18TH, 2015, UH, IT ROLLED AROUND, IT WAS TIME FOR RENEWAL, UH, THIS, UH, AMENDMENT UPDATES, UH, ALL THE SECTION THREE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, DUE TO THE DEADLINE THAT THEY CONTACTED US.
AND, UH, WE GOT BACK TO THEM, UH, WE'VE SENT IT THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THEY SAID, GREAT READ, REVIEWED IT, APPROVED IT.
WE SENT IT OVER TO THE COUNTY.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS, UH, JUST OP IS, UH, AUTHORIZED.
THEY AUTHORIZED IT, UH, FOR ME TO SIGN IT.
UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST RATIFYING BY CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED TO SENT BACK TO COUNTY MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK SECOND, BY KURT AND BEANS AND BEANS.
MOST OF OUR COUNCIL WAS NOT HERE.
THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS IN GENERAL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO QUALIFY FOR ANY CPG FUNDS.
AND SO WHATEVER SMALL AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD NEVER GET IT, UM, WE JUST TRANSFERRED THE COUNTY TO BE USED BY THEM.
ANY OPPOSED? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT I THINK WE JUST DO BECAUSE WE SHOULD, AND WE'RE AFRAID NOT TO, UM, WAS A LITTLE MONEY TO THE COUNTY THAT WE WOULD NEVER SEE.
UH, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2021 DAYS, 23 AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY TO ENTER INTO A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE OR NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 SPECIAL ELECTION SERVICE MOVE TO APPROVE.
I DON'T WANT TO RUN AN ELECTION, NO MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY KELLY, ANY DISCUSSION THIS I'VE GOT, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS COVERS THE, UH, THE HOME RULE CHARTER ELECTION.
UH, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE GENERAL LICENSE ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY COUNSEL.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO CONSIDER, AND PLEASE PASS THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, 20, 21 DASH 24, REQUESTING A DELAY IN THE FEMA RATING 2.0.
UM, WHETHER WE CAN GET THEM TO, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TIGHT ON BUDGET, BUT, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE RICK AS A MOTION SECOND BY TIAA.
AND WHILE IT WOULD HAVE A MINIMAL EFFECT ON MEADOWS PLACE, IT WILL HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON FORT BEND COUNTY.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOUSING, VALUATIONS OF PROPERTIES INSIDE LEVIES DROPPED BY HALF.
YEAH, IT, IT IS THAT BIG POSSIBLY.
AND NOBODY'S TALKING, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUY A HOUSE AND YOUR YEARLY FLOOD INSURANCE BILL WAS GOING TO BE OVER $10,000, WOULD YOU BUY IN A LEVY? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST SAY, HEY, HOLD ON A SECOND REAL QUICK MAYOR, PAT US ON THE BACK OF A LOT.
I'M GOING TO PAT HIM ON THE BACK ON THIS ONE.
UH, HE TOOK THE CHARGE ON THIS ONE WITH THE COUNTY, UM, MAYORS AND COUNCIL ACROSS THE COUNTY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
HE CONTACTED THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
HE'S BEEN CHASING THIS DOWN A LOT.
UM, WHEN HONESTLY IT DOESN'T AFFECT US, BUT IT AFFECTS THE COUNTY.
YOU BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SOME HEADWAY ON THIS.
I JUST FEEL AS IF WE WANT TO TRY TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAND UP, YOU NEED TO DO IT.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL CITIES IN THE COUNTY TO PASS ORDINANCES SOME LAST NIGHT, SOME TONIGHT, SOME TOMORROW NIGHT, SOME THURSDAY.
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UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SENDING THOSE UP.WE'VE SENT STUFF UP TO CORNING, UH, CREWS AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
SO WITH THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE THE MEADOWS PLACE LETTER IN PLACE.
SO WE HAD A MOTION, A SECOND, SOME VERY KIND WORDS ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND GET FLIPPED THE PAGE AND GET OVER HERE TO F CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, I HAVE MOST OF THE PAST CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION BY KELLY, ZACH DAVID, ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY ALSO.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
NO, I JUST SAID TEARY HANDLING ONE TO TWO OR THREE AUSTIN DRIVE COMMENT ON A REGION, 14 MILLION IN TML REGION 14, BUT A 12TH, 13TH, 14TH, CHARLIE ZURICH WAS THERE.
IT WAS VERY GOOD, GOOD PRESENTATIONS ON WATER AND WASTEWATER AND YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS.
IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO ALL CITIES REALLY.
AND UH, CERTAINLY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, THE HARRIS COUNTY, UH, YOU KNOW, HARRIS, GALVESTON, THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT.
THOSE ARE SOME VERY GOOD ONES.
AND UH, OF COURSE MY FAVORITE IS MY RESOLUTION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ON CITY COUNCIL NOW RESOLUTIONS ON, UH, NEWSPAPER ADS, PUBLIC NOTICES, WHICH WE PASSED AT TML REGION 14, NOBODY, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES ON THE, UH, ON THE BUSINESS, MEETING THE TML AT OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER.
SO WE HAVE THAT ONE ON THERE IS SEEKING REDUCTION IN PASSAGE.
SO WHO KNOWS ONE OF THESE DAYS IT MAY PASS.
ANYWAY, UH, IT'S UH, IN ESSENCE, UH, ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES AND STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH SPENDING AN EXCESS OF A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ON NEWSPAPER NOTICES, WHICH AREN'T RED.
AND WE CAN'T GET, YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT BLANKET STATEMENT, TERRY, BUT I'M VERY SOUND WITH YOU AND ESPECIALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN OUR LEGISLATORS, INCLUDING OURS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, WHERE DO THEY POST IT? THEY DON'T GO PULL AN AD OUT IN NEWSPAPER.
RIGHT? THAT'S ALL YOU'RE ASKING.
THAT'S ALL MY ASKING FOR AN OPTIONAL.
THAT WAS CALLED THE TERRY HENLEY BILL LAST, UH, LAST WEEKEND AT THE TML.
SO ANYWAY, YEAH, TERRY'S HUNG IN THERE FOR WHAT, TEN FIVE SESSIONS.
YOU'VE BEEN FIVE SESSIONS WITH THAT FIGHT AND NOT CRAZY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THERE'S NO OTHER AUDIENCE COMMENTS.
UH, JIMMY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND LEADING US IN THE END VACATION WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WELL, MOTION BY TIAA THAT CAN, UH, THANK YOU.
UH, SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.