[City Council Meeting]
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.THIS, THIS MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THIS AS A METIS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING.
IT IS APRIL 26TH, 2022 AT SIX 30 P NO 6:55 PM.
UH, DUE TO A PUBLIC HEARING, RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LONG.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE INVOCATION.
UM, AND NOW I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAND FOR BOTH, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE CHIEF TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
SO IF YOU DO THAT, AND THEN, UH, THE APPLICATION BE BROUGHT IF THEREAFTER BY, UH, UH, RE METALS PLACE, RESUME JIMMY FENWAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
AND WE ASKED THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR FAMILIES, EVERYBODY.
UH, G I WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT YOU HAVE LET US, AND, UH, JIMMY HAS GONE HIS, HIS, UH, SON AND STARTING A CONCERT AT DALLAS, UH, IN NINE MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT, UM, ITEM NUMBER B IS PRESENTATIONS.
UM, THIS ONE WAS KIND OF FUN AND SPECIAL TO ME.
IT'S A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING, UM, MR. PRUITT, MR. PRUITT IS A, UH, WHO HAS LIVED A, SERVED DOWN A DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL FOR, UH, 26 YEARS.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I DO.
UM, I'VE KNOWN MR. PRUITT FOR PROBABLY 20 YEARS, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS.
I HAD TWO SONS GO THROUGH THAT SCHOOL AND GO THROUGH BAND.
UH, WHEREAS MR. PRUITT HAS BEEN A SELFLESS SERVICE AND SERVANT OF DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS SERVED, UH, 35 YEARS IN TEXAS PUBLIC ED EDUCATION, 26 OF THOSE YEARS WITH FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WHEREAS HE IS ONE OF FIVE PEOPLE TO SERVE AS THE HEAD BAND DIRECTOR AT DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN 62 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS HE ALSO SERVED AS THE DULLES HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR 18 YEARS.
AND WHEREAS MR. PRUITT HAS LED HIS BANDS TO EXCELLENCE IN A NUMERABLE CONTEST, UIL COMPETITIONS, AND REPRESENTED MEADOWS PLACE TO CROWDS OF FOOTBALLS GAMES, SPECIAL EVENTS ALL OVER TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES, AND WERE AS HE HAS MENTORED HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS FROM MEADOWS PLACE AND MANY MORE OVER THE YEARS TO EXCELLENCE AT STATE SOLOISTS AT TIMIYA AND WHO HAVE GONE ON TO SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
WHEREAS MR. PRUITT HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB SERVING THE COMMUNITY, EXEMPLIFYING LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND THE COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR CHARLES D JESSOP THE FORT ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF MEADOWS PLACE TO HEAR BY THE OFFICIALLY THANK MR. JOE PRUITT FOR ALL OF HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON A JOB WELL DONE AND WISH HIM SUCCESS.
MR. PRO, TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT HERE.
I HOPE SOMEBODY WILL SHOW YOU THIS A LIVE STREAM, BUT THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
UH, I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
HE'S DOWN LEADING KIDS RIGHT NOW.
CAN'T ASK FOR ANY MORE OF A COMMITMENT THAN THAT.
UH, WE NOW HAVE ALSO A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT, UH, THE AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 20, 20, 20 21.
AND WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING, PRESENTING THIS REPORT.
I'M WITH BELTERRA, SPACEK THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM.
PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I WILL BE PRESENTING OUT OF THE, UH, REPORTS IN FRONT OF YOU.
I WILL KEEP MY PRESENTATION PRETTY BRIEF, AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END, UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, UM, WHAT DO YOU SELL US? ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATES, UH, WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH ANA MARIA AND, AND, UH, SHE SUNG HER PRAISES AND WE JUST
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WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP.I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S STAFF'S JOB TO DO 10,000 THINGS, RIGHT? ALL YEAR LONG TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE REQUIRED, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO COME IN AND NITPICK AT THE END.
SO, UH, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.
UM, IF YOU WILL TURN WITH ME TO PAGE NUMBER ONE OF YOUR REPORT, PAGE NUMBER ONE IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OPINION LETTER.
UH, THIS IS WHERE WE, AS YOUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS EXPRESS OUR OPINION.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE EXPRESS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CAN GIVE THAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT.
AND THAT ALL REQUIRED A NOTE DISCLOSURES FROM THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN MADE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, A CLEAN OPINION, UH, IF YOU'LL COME BACK WITH ME TO PAGE 15, PAGE 15 IS CALLED A STATEMENT OF NET POSITION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A BALANCE SHEET.
UH, THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS PRESENTED ON A FULL ACCRUAL BASIS, MEANING THOSE LONG-TERM, UH, ITEMS LIKE YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS, ANY TYPE OF LONG-TERM LIABILITIES, ET CETERA, ARE CARRIED ON THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
UM, I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE CITY ENDED THE YEAR WITH TOTAL ASSETS AND GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF ABOUT 38 MILLION TOTAL LIABILITIES OF ABOUT 3.5 MILLION AND ENDED THE YEAR WITH A TOTAL NET POSITION OF 34.6 MILLION, UH, THE LONGTERM LIABILITIES IN GENERAL, IT SEEMS ODD PRESENTED ON THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT, BUT THE BULK OF THAT AMOUNT IS YOUR PENSION, THE PENSION LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH TMR. SO AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE LONG-TERM LIABILITIES THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A TANGIBLE DUE TIME PERIOD, BUT IT IS CARRIED ON THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
I FEEL FLIP BACK WITH ME TO PAGE 19 PAGE 19 IS AGAIN, A BALANCE SHEET.
HOWEVER, THIS IS PRESENTED AT THE FUND LEVEL OF WHAT WE CALL THE FUND LEVEL.
IT IS PRESENTED ON A MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS.
SO THOSE LONG-TERM ITEMS LIKE THE LIABILITIES, THE CAPITAL ASSETS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE NOT CARRIED ON THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
UH, THIS IS MUCH SIMILAR TO HOW YOU WOULD ADOPT YOUR BUDGET ON A MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF 9.2 MILLION TOTAL LIABILITIES OF ABOUT 928,000 AND A TOTAL ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $8.2 MILLION.
PAGE 23 IS A STATEMENT OF REVENUES EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN INCOME STATEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS ADOPTED ON THAT MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW YOU WOULD SEE YOUR BUDGET PRESENTED.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF ABOUT 8 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT 7.6 MILLION.
AND AFTER A SMALL SALE OF AN ASSET, A TOTAL NET INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $520,000, UH, LEAVING YOU WITH THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 8.2 MILLION AS A GENERAL INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL HEALTH RATING AGENCIES, ET CETERA.
TYPICALLY LOOK AT THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE NUMBER AND WANT TO SEE ABOUT THREE TO SIX MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES INCLUDED IN THAT FUND BALANCE.
THAT FUND BALANCE OF $8.2 MILLION REPRESENTS 108% OR RIGHT ABOUT 110% OF YOUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE ALMOST 12 AND A HALF MONTHS.
SO A VERY, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE THERE.
UH, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LOT OF DATA AND INFORMATION TO DIGEST.
SO AS YOU TAKE TIME TO READ THIS WONDERFUL REPORT, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO PASS THEM ALONG TO STAFF AND WE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERED FOR YOU.
DO WE TAKE THIS THING OR NOT? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WITH THAT, WE CONCLUDE THAT AND THEN CANCEL ON THE, UH, UH, JUST TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR, GOT A MOTION BY DAVID SECOND BY KURT, ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, THIS WAS A CHANGE FOR THE CITY MEADOWS PLACE THIS YEAR.
UM, WE CHANGED THE AUDITORS, UH, FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN THAT.
UH, ANNA AND I, MARIA, ANNA MARIA, AND I WENT TO A CLASS AND, UH, LEARNED THAT, UH, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A YEAR.
YOU REMEMBER THAT COUNSEL, WE CAME BACK IN MID YEAR, UH, AND DISCUSS IT AND DECIDED WE WOULD GO OUT.
UM, AND, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE US HER TIMES TO GO.
WE HAD MULTIPLE FOLKS BANGING ON OUR DOOR FOR OUR BUSINESS, UM, AND THEY HAD A VERY GOOD, UH, MATRIX ON HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE, UM, AS IT WAS, UH, WE CHOSE THE, THE CURRENT, UH, AUDITOR, UM, BELT HARRIS, WHATEVER IT IS.
AND, UM, THEY CAME IN AND HAD TO LEARN US AND WE HAD TO LEARN THEM.
UM, THEY DID SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY, UM, WHICH I DIDN'T GET DON'T CARE AND MARIA TELLS ME, YEP, WE HAVE TO DO THIS.
UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT YOUR AUDIT REPORT AS YOU BUILT IT.
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I THINK THIS IS THE MOST THOROUGH AUDIT REPORT WE'VE SEEN.AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND MARIA, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN, IN WORKING WITH THEM AND GUIDING THEM THROUGH BEING THE MEADOWS PLACE FRIENDLY.
AND I EXPECT NEXT YEAR TO BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR CHERYL.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR, UH, UH, WORKING WITH US ON STAFF AND COUNCIL.
I THINK WE MAKE, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN SELECTION, AND I THINK THIS AUDIT REPORT WILL BEAR THAT OUT.
CHIEF IS IN OUR ITEMS C LEADS OFF A NUMBER ONE, UM, AND YOU GOT IT, EVEN MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, SO GO THROUGH THE POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT IS ALWAYS, WE'RE GOING TO START ON PAGE ONE.
THERE ARE THE SPREADSHEET WITH THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY STABLE.
AND ABOUT THE SAME AS USUAL AVERAGE 10, A NUMBER OF REST NINE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE 1,847 WITH 30 S 38 OF THOSE IS A REPORT CALLS, CITATIONS ISSUE FOR TRAFFIC WHERE 363 WITH CHARGES OF 746.
UH, THERE WERE ZERO CITATIONS ISSUED FOR A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
UH, WARNINGS ISSUED WERE 103 WITH CHARGES OF 239, UH, WARNINGS FOR A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION OR SEVEN AND A TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 2,896.
WE HAD, UH, THREE ASSAULTS THIS PAST MONTH, UH, DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, UM, ZERO BMVS, ONE BURGLARY OF A BUSINESS, ONE RESIDENTIAL, UH, EXCUSE ME, ZERO, UH, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.
UH, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE CITY ORDINANCES WHERE WE ISSUED WARNINGS.
I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE ARE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IS ONE, ONE FRAUD, AND WE DID HAVE ONE ROBBERY, A ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED AT, UM, MURPHY WALL.
TOTAL BUSINESS CHECKS WAS 1,197.
UM, THIS MONTH WE HAD 12 THEFTS ONE YEAR UNV, WHICH IS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE TLC PROGRAM IS STILL GOING STRONG.
WE HAD, UH, 33, THE PAST 18 FAILURES WOULD HAVE 51 CONTACTS, THE REPORTING PERIOD FOR THE CITY WARRANTS VIOLATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE BELOW IN THE NOTES.
THERE WERE FOUR FOR SOLICITORS, TWO FOR JUNK VEHICLE, ONE FOR ALLOWED PARTY, UM, OF THOSE, THE 10 REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS.
AND I DO THIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF RICK, NONE IN THE ROUNDABOUTS AGAIN.
SO WE'VE, UH, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF QUELLED THAT UNLESS IT'S A DWI AND THEY SEEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT, UH, FLIPPING TWO THROUGH THE IT'S NOT GOOD INTERRUPT.
BEFORE YOU GO OFF, I WANT TO, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE LAB PARTY.
DOES THAT GET ADDRESSED ANYWHERE OR DO I NEED TO ASK BETTER NOW? WHAT'S A LOUD PARTY FOR IT'S A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION, SO IT'S A WARNING.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THE ACTUAL REPORT HERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT UP.
WAS THAT, UH, UH, MESOS PLACE RESIDENT, OR WAS THAT TAKING PLACE AT AN AIRBNB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UH, IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE AT A RESIDENCE, BUT, UH, IF IT WAS AN AIRBNB, WE DON'T ASK THAT.
THAT MADE THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WE'D ADDRESS AND LIST OF.
BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT RIGHT NOW AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT, WE HAVE HAD THEM IN THE PAST AND WE KNEW THEY WERE AIR B AND BS.
AND, UH, THAT WAS THE SOLE INTENT OF THEM RENTING THAT PROPERTY WAS TO HAVE A PARTY.
UM, SO YOU BET IN THIS CASE, I COULDN'T TELL YOU IF IT WAS A ROOSEVELT.
UH, MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE NOTES, UM, THOSE ARE THE NOTES FOR THE CALLS THAT I'VE ALREADY OUTLINED THAT WE'VE HAD THIS MONTH.
SO I WOULD LIKE CHRIS TO GO TO PAGE STANDBY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, LET'S GO TO, UM, A COUPLE OF THAT I WON'T DO WHEN I ADDRESS ONE IS, UH, LET'S START WITH PAGE FOUR AT THE VERY TOP.
UH, YOU SEE, I HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED AS CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT.
AND IF YOU FLIP A PAGE OR TWO BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN MY ADDITIONAL NOTES COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT THIS IS A, A PROBLEM THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF.
YOU'VE SEEN IT ON, UH, COVERED IN THE MEDIA, UH, AND MULTIPLE CITIES, MULTIPLE PLACES.
AND IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM THROUGHOUT EVERY JURISDICTION.
UM, THERE'S PEOPLE BEING SHOT OVER THESE THINGS.
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IMPERVIOUS TO THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.SO I WILL GO OVER THAT AND JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND ME AND THE MAYOR HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING ON IT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S, UH, ONLY A FEW THINGS AS A CITIZEN THAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THAT TYPE OF THEFT.
UH, THERE ARE ABOUT $800, UH, THAT CAN, UH, HAVE THEM INSTALLED.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COST YOU A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T FIND THAT VERY APPEALING IN THAT PRICE.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL SEE HPD HAS DONE SOME THINGS ON IT AS WELL, WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PAINTING THEM, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU TAKE THESE TO A BUSINESS, THAT'S NOT DOESN'T CARE IF THEY'RE STOLEN OR NOT.
THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S PAINTED OR NOT.
I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
UM, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE OTHER THING IS ON PAGE FIVE.
UM, THIS WAS A CALL THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE GOTTEN, UM, OR A TEXT OR EMAIL OVER THE WEEKEND WHERE WE HAD SOME ACTIVITY, A LOT OF POLICE ACTIVITY AT ONE PARTICULAR RESIDENCE.
UM, AND HERE IS SOME NOTES TO, I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE DID HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT APPEARED THAT WE HAD A BURGLARY WHERE A PERSON WAS IN THE HOUSE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN ABUSIVE TO THE, UH, THE COMPLAINANT, THE VICTIM IN THE CASE.
HOWEVER, AFTER A LOT OF REVIEW, WE DID HAVE TO SEARCH FOR SOMEONE.
WE PUT UP DRONES, UH, AND WE USED SUGARLAND AND, UH, OTHER AGENCIES TO ASSIST, SETTING UP OR PERIMETER WHILE WE LOOKED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, HE DID NOT, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO LOCATE HIM.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST.
WE DO KNOW WHO HE IS WITH THAT.
WE ALSO HAD SOME OTHER INVESTIGATION TO DO WITH THAT RESIDENCE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS PART OF THAT TURNED INTO A NARCOTICS ARREST FOR THE ACTUAL RESIDENT.
AND, UM, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER CHARGES THERE AS WELL, BUT I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THAT SINCE THAT TOOK UP A LOT OF TIME THIS WEEKEND.
AND NOW IF WE'LL LOOK, UH, JUST ON THE SAME PAGE, JUST BELOW THAT, UH, FLUX SAFETY ALERTS, AND NOW THAT ALL OUR CAMERAS ARE DEPLOYED AND IN PLACE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE TWENTY EIGHT HITS FOR FLOCK ACTIVITY IS IT CAME THROUGH WITH 20, THOSE BEING STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS, 36 SEX OFFENDER ALERTS, 32 STOLEN PLATE ALERTS, 25 GANG OR TERRORIST ALERTS, ONE MISSING PERSON ALERT AND 14 WARRANTS OR PROTECTION ORDER ALERTS.
AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, WE CAN LOOK AT ARRESTS, UM, NONE OF THOSE ADULT AND ZERO OR JUVENILES THIS LAST MONTH, UM, LIKE TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THOSE IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE CAN, IF YOU LOOK FOR THE FIRST ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A WARRANT OUT OF OTHER JURISDICTION.
UM, AND THEN ON 42, WE HAD A DWI ARREST MUSE.
YOU COULD SEE THAT WAS AGAIN IN OUR NORMAL HOURS THAT WE SEE THOSE ABOUT ONE IN THE MORNING.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT WERE DONE FROM OUR FLOCK HITS THAT I JUST BROUGHT UP ON FOUR, SIX.
WE HAD, UH, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN A WARRANT OR OTHER JURISDICTION, FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF ID DURING THAT ARREST.
AND THAT STOP OFF THAT FLAW KIT.
THE VERY NEXT ONE IN FOUR TENS, ANOTHER FLOOD KIT FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE.
AGAIN, A FOUR 11, WE GOT ANOTHER FLAW KIT FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE, WHICH WE MADE THAT ARREST AS WELL.
UM, W WARRANTED OTHER JURISDICTION.
AND AGAIN, WE HAD ANOTHER ON FOUR 18 FLOOD KIT WITH A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE ARREST AND APPREHENSION ON.
AND AGAIN, ON FOUR 20 FOR A FLOOD KIT, THE LAST IN A NOTABLE ONE.
UM, AND I'M KIND OF GLAD THAT HE'S ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT, BUT, UH, IT WAS OFFICER BRUNO SITTING BACK HERE.
UH, HE'S NOT QUITE ASLEEP YET, SO WE'RE DOING GOOD.
THE OTHER NIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO GET 1.5 OUNCES OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.
PLUS A FELONY HAS SHEESH CASE ON A INDIVIDUAL THAT TRAVELED THROUGH AS WELL, FLIP INTO PAGE NINE, MY ADDITIONAL NOTES.
UH, THERE'S ALWAYS, WE'RE ALWAYS CHECKING OUR POLICIES AND MAKING SURE WE'RE UP WITH THE MOST, THE LATEST DATA WOULD COVID, UH, CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUR APPLICATIONS FOR 30 HOUR DISPATCHER.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT HAVING VERY MUCH LUCK WITH THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL PURSUING IT, OUR LIVE SCAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS EQUIPMENT FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND WE'VE MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL.
THEIR VENDOR IS OVERBURDENED WITH TRAINING.
SO WE'RE NUMBER FIVE ON THE LIST OR STILL ON THE LIST.
SO WE'VE OF COURSE FILED OUR COMPLAINTS WITH IT.
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AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL OR THE STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME.UH, WE'RE WORKING TO GET IT STRIPED.
I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE RENDERINGS OF THAT.
I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT QUITE A BIT.
AND, UH, WE HOPE TO, IT WOULD NOT HAVE THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IN IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AT OLD TOWN MEADOWS ON FRIDAY OR A MESA DOOR SYSTEM HAS BEEN, UH, ONE OF THE APPROVED MONIES GO FORWARD.
SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH THOSE ARE GOING TO BE STAGED BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, JUST LIKE EVERYONE.
WE DO HAVE ALL THE NEW CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FOR CITY HALL COURT AND PD.
WE'RE WAITING ON THE WIRELESS CONNECTION FOR THE MAILBOX CAMERA.
UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HELD UP.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE AND THE SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR REMOTE VIEWING IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WAITING UPON.
WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO FILL OUR FIVE FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION.
WE DO HAVE SOME APPLICANTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, AND WE'RE DOING BACKGROUNDS ON A FEW OF THOSE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN AT LEAST GET SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS FILLED.
UH, THIS IS A NO FOR, UH, JUST TO MENTION SERGEANT NICKS TESTIFIED IN THE 268 DISTRICT COURT IN FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, PROVIDING A TWO AND A HALF HOUR TESTIMONY, A SEVEN YEAR OLD CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD CASE, AND THE SUSPECT WERE FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO MENTION BECAUSE THESE CASES WE GET WE'VE, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S AS OF RECENT, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW LONG THEY PUT THESE OFF BEFORE WE ACTUALLY TESTIFY.
AND SO IT'S AMAZING THAT SEVEN YEARS LATER, WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING THAT CASE CLOSED.
ONE OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS, THAT'S A PLAGUE IN THE AREA.
AND YOU ALSO PROBABLY SEEN THIS ON THE NEWS MEDIA IS THE TEMPORARY TAGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN A HUGE ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH MANY OF THEM BEING FRAUDULENT.
OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THAT NPPD.
WE'VE SEIZED QUITE A FEW, UH, RECENTLY, AND WE, THE CHIEFS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IT.
WE'VE ALSO TAUGHT WITH DPS AND A MATTER OF FACT, UM, DANA WHO'S THE, UH, LOCAL DPS WORKS.
THIS AREA DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WELL IS GOING TO BE CONDUCTING A CLASS HERE AT OUR TRAINING CENTER FOR US.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE SISTER OR OFFICERS AND FALLING ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR OFFENDERS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY VARIANTS OF THIS LAWS OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPORARY TAGS, CHIEF, I NEED TO INTERRUPT YOU REAL QUICK.
WOULD YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL, NOT A TEXT CAUSE I HAVE A HARD TIME MOVING THOSE AROUND.
SOMETIMES I THINK THEY ENDED UP IN TIM BOOK TO SEND ME A REAL QUICK SYNOPSIS OF THAT, WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE PLACES I'M GOING TO USE IT.
AND UH, ONE OF THEM I'LL NEED IT.
I'M GOING TO MENTION THIS AGAIN AT, UH, FOR AMERICAN COUNCIL ASSOCIATION, UH, THAT, UH, AND I WANT THAT GUY'S NAME AND WHO'S COMING.
UM, JUST TO SAY THAT TO LET OTHER SMALL CITIES KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET ACTIVE, THEY CAN GET PROACTIVE AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, AND IF THEY CAN'T MANAGE TO DO IT THEMSELVES, I WANT THEM TO CONTACT YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH THEM.
UH, WE'RE DOING THAT ON MAY SIX, JUST TO FINISH THAT UP.
SO I SAID, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, AS THEY, AGAIN, THEY PLAY OUR AREA.
UM, HOUSTON IS CONSIDERING THE ORDINANCE THAT'S GONNA OUTLAW THE PURCHASE OF CATALYTIC.
CONVERTERS ARE USED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN.
UH, ME AND THE MAYOR HAVE HAD CONVERSATION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT TOO.
I'M GOING TO BE HAVING MY CHIEF'S MEETING IN WHICH I HAVE EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM, TO SEE WHAT ACTIVITY THEY'RE HAVING AN AURA.
IF THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY SIMILAR TYPE OF ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A CRIMINAL ACT, WHICH WE CAN ACT UPON.
UH, THE MAYOR'S GOING TO GRACIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT MENTIONING THIS TO THE MAYORS AS WELL, TO SEE IF THEY CAN PASS ANYTHING.
AND MAYBE WE CAN GET WITH THE COUNTY TO KIND OF CLOSE THIS OFF.
NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT CRIMINALS, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY YOU HEAR IT'S TAILGATES AND THEN IT'S TIRES.
IT'S WHATEVER NEXT THING THEY'RE GOING TO FIND, RIGHT? BUT AT LEAST IT'LL ELIMINATE THIS CAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING HURT OVER IT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, UH, UH, ON APRIL 5TH, UH, LIEUTENANT DOMUS AND OFFICER MELLOW SONG WERE JUDGES FOR THE GEORGE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL CRIME SCENE OF FORENSICS COMPETITION.
UH, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, GET A LOT OF, UH, SUPPORT FROM THEM AS WELL.
AND THEY'VE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH.
THAT AGAIN, EVERY YEAR WE, WE HAD TO DO THEIR
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LAW ENFORCEMENT JUDGING FOR THEIR CADET OR THEIR, THEIR, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY FOR HIGH SCHOOL.WE ALSO ATTENDED THEIR LAW DAY ROTE GEORGE RANCH ON THE 12TH.
THIS WAS OUR FIFTH YEAR DOING THAT IN ATTENDANCE AND AGENCIES FROM ACROSS THE REGION AND VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY ARE THERE AS WELL.
THIS IS WHERE WE BRING SOME OF OUR ASSETS AND VEHICLES AND DO SOME HANDOUTS AND, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT US.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO COLLEGE, THEY'LL GO THROUGH ACADEMIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE POTENTIAL HIRES FOR US AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, BUT IT'S ALSO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S TO HUMANIZE THE BADGE.
BASICALLY WE WANT THEM TO NOTE, IT'S NOT JUST THEIR STUDENTS, AS ALL THE STUDENTS CAN COME AND ENJOY AND GET TO VISIT WITH OFFICERS AND SEE THAT WE'RE REAL HUMAN BEINGS.
UH, WE'RE REPAIRING AND PREPARING, EXCUSE ME, FOR OLD TOWN MEADOWS FRIDAY, UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, VEHICLES ON DISPLAY AND CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO COME IN AND PLAY WITH THE LIGHTS AND SIREN.
UH, AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS TO SECURE THE EVENT.
AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED OUR ATV WOULD BE THERE.
SO KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND LASTLY, WE ARE ENTERING THE HURRICANE SEASON, WHICH STARTS JUNE 1ST AND ENDS NOVEMBER 30TH.
THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR YEARLY MEETING THAT I USUALLY DO WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WE'LL TEST OUR SYSTEM FOR THE NEVER FAIL AND OUR GENERATOR TEST.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH AND WITH THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONE SQUARE MILE HERE ON THE EDGE OF FORT BEND COUNTY AND WE'RE POLICING REGIONALLY NOW.
AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE REMEMBER WHEN WE WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE REGION AND NOW THANKS TO THE CHIEF, THE ABILITY TO MEET OVER HERE AT, UH, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND USE IT FOR TRAINING AND GALLEYS, UH, PLAYS A BIG ROLE.
UM, WE'RE NOW A BIG PART OF THE REGIONAL PLACING THAT GOES ON IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT GO ON AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT, UH, WHERE THE CHIEFS EXPLAIN OR EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND HELP.
AND IT HELPS US CAUSE WE'RE BOARDED UP AGAINST THE BAD GUYS AND WE HAUL AWAY A BUNCH OF BAD GUYS AND WE'VE HAD SENT OUT INFORMATION WHERE SUGAR LANDS, HAULED AWAY.
SOME OF THEIR REALLY BAD GUESTS THANKS TO INFORMATION ON US.
AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE QUESTION ME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WHAT'S GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW, CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS ONE OF THE DISTRICT LIST IF YOU WILL.
UH, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT, UH, THAT WASN'T ORIGINALLY IN YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION AND NOW IT'S A MAJOR PART OF IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF, FOR YOUR ROLE ON THAT.
UM, CHIEF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSED A STIR LAST MONTH WAS THE NUMBER OF SEX OFFENDER HITS.
SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT IF WE HAVE SOMEONE DRIVING THROUGH ON WEST AIRPORT TO, AND FROM WAR TWICE A DAY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE WORKED 20 HOURS OR 20 DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK, THAT'S GOING TO BE 80 HIT.
LET ME, UH, PUT EVERYBODY'S MIND TO REST.
THESE ARE THE SAME TWO SEX OFFENDERS THAT ARE COMING BACK AND FORTH JUST FOR THAT REASON.
IT'S NOT A NEW, UM, WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE ACTUALLY EVEN FOLLOWED THEM TO MAKE, SEE IF THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
UH, SO, AND THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS.
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD POINT TO BRING UP.
UH, IT WAS A BUSY MONTH AND, UM, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OFFICERS.
UM, FIRST THING, UH, FLOCK THE NUMBERS ARE, SEEM TO BE UP QUITE A BIT SINCE WE ADDED IN THE NEW CAMERAS.
IS IT POSSIBLE AT SOME POINT TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT CAMERAS ARE GETTING? WHAT AMOUNTS OF TRAFFIC, IF YOU WILL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE, YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, WE CAN, UH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE REASON I DO IT THIS WAY IS IT'S A WHOLE LOT LESS FOR ME TO PUT TOGETHER, BUT I'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
I THINK, UH, IT'S A IMPORTANT, YOU WANT TO SEE WHICH ONES ARE HITTING MORE OFTEN AND YOU CAN, UH, I'M GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO BE OUR MAIN PERIMETERS THAT ARE HIT MORE OFTEN, BUT I WILL GET THAT BREAKDOWN FOR YOU TO SEE, UH, HOW ABOUT NEXT REPORT, UH, IN THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE IT FOR EVERY MEETING AFTER THAT.
IT'LL MAKE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS SINCE WE ADDED CAMERAS AROUND THE WHOLE PERIMETER NOW, YOU KNOW, ARE THE ONES UP NORTH, ARE WE REALLY GETTING HITS OR NOT? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CATCHING THE PENDER ONE.
I MEAN, I'VE HAD, I THINK THE, UH, IN A DO I HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN AND I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
AND SO WHAT I'LL DO, IF Y'ALL, IF YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT, LET'S YOU WANT A QUICKER, UH, JUST DO IT IN THE MONTHLY REPORT EACH MONTH AND I'LL ADD THAT IN.
WOULD THEY BREAK DOWN? AND I COULD EVEN BREAK IT DOWN BY PERCENTAGE IF Y'ALL WANT THAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EACH CAMERA'S
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DOING, WHICH YOU WILL KNOW, WHICH CAMERA'S DOING THE MOST WORK.AND MAYBE THE LEAST WORK, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER YOU CAN LOOK AND SAY, WE'VE GOT THIS ONE SEVEN HITS, THIS ONE'S 14 HITS THIS ONE'S 11 THAT'S WHATEVER'S EASIEST.
UM, ONE OTHER THING OR HAVE TWO OTHER THINGS.
UM, HAVE WE NOTICED AN INCREASE IN APPLICANTS FOR OUR OPEN POSITIONS SINCE WE'VE ADJUSTED SALARY? HMM.
UM, WE DID UNTIL, UH, THE INFORMATION GOT OUT THAT WE DID THE INCREASE IN, THEY DID ONE, TWO, UH, WE HAD, UH, EIGHT APPLICANTS PULLED THEIR APPLICATION.
UH, SO, AND THAT WAS TYPICAL IN THE UNIT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY, THE WORD GOT TO THE, UH, GOT OUT AND THEN THEY MADE A MOVE.
AND SO EVERYBODY, IT'S THE JOCKEYING GAME THAT YOU SEE, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BALLPARK THOUGH.
UM, SO, UM, BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE PLACES WHERE WE WERE PULLING FROM, AND YOU COULD SAY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO RECRUIT THEIR OFFICERS LIKE THEY DO OURS WHEN WE WERE LOWER, UH, REALIZED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE AT THE SAME AND IT WASN'T WORTH IT TO, TO LEAVE AT THAT POINT, BUT WE'RE FINE.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO DRAFT IT.
AND WE STILL HAVE INFORMATION NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE WHERE HAVE TWO ACADEMIES THAT WE WILL BE VISITING HERE IN JUNE, THAT SOMEONE, THEIR GRADUATION IS ACTUALLY PRIOR TO THEIR GRADUATION.
SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY RECRUIT FROM THERE.
AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF GOOD CANDIDATES RIGHT NOW TO FILL A COUPLE OF POSITIONS.
UH, LAST THING, UH, NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME MORE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS, WE NOTICING A PARTICULAR TYPE OF VEHICLE BRAND, YOU KNOW, TRUCK, SUV, CAR, HE HAD ANYTHING, UH, WHAT SEEMS TO BE POPULAR AT THIS POINT IS TOYOTAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE METAL THAT'S DESIRABLE AND THEY'RE GETTING A FEW MORE BUCKS FOR THOSE.
UM, THINK THE MAYOR, OR MAYBE A COUNCIL MERTON'S WAS ASKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY GET FOR THOSE.
UH, SO FOR THE TYPICAL CATALYTIC CONVERTER GOING TO GET BETWEEN THREE AND $500, THE COST TO THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE CAR IS 3000 TO $5,200.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, BUT IF THEY'RE HITTING 10 TO 15 A NIGHT AT THREE TO $500, A POP, THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.
AND LET ME ALSO POINT OUT AS I DID TO THEM THAT 90 SECONDS IS ALL IT TAKES TO TAKE ONE OF THESE.
UH, THEY USE A RECIPROCATING, SAW THE SLIDE UNDER THE VEHICLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRUCKS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS JACKED UP, OR THEY'RE GREAT FOR ROAD CLARENCE, BUT, WELL, THEY'RE EASY TO SLIDE UNDER TOO.
SO, UH, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE ARE MOST IN THE STREET OR ALL OF THEM IN THE STREET.
ARE YOU SEEING THEM IN THE DRIVEWAY? THEY'LL HIT THEM IN THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, IN FACT, ONE OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE REPORT THERE, IF YOU LOOK BACK WOULD BE HEALTHMAN, UH, WE'VE SEEN THEM AT VARUN, A LOT OF THE DEALERSHIPS, THERE'S ONE IN HOUSTON THAT, UH, HPD WHEN WE GET THEIR REPORT WEEKLY AND STUFF LIKE THAT HAD A 42 STOLEN IN ONE NIGHT.
SO, UH, OFF THE SAME LOCK, DANG, PROBABLY THAT, UH, MICROPHONE.
WELL, I WASN'T GOING TO TELL HER EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, NOW I WILL, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS THAT GET HURT BY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.
AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE DROPPING THAT PORTION OF THEIR INSURANCE WHEN THAT VALUE, THAT CAR GETS DOWN, THEY STILL COST THEM THAT MUCH TO REPLACE IT.
AND SO WHO'S GETTING HURT IN THAT IS A LOT OF YOUR SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GETTING TAGGED IN THAT WHERE IT HURTS THEM MORE INTENSELY THAN IT WOULD BE A PERSON THAT HAS INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY AT LEAST RECOVER SOME OF IT.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE CHIEF, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.
AND HE'S, HE'S LEADING AGAIN, THE TASK FORCE HE'S GOING TO BE TALKING TO, UH, THE REGIONALLY, THE POLICE CHIEF TOMORROW.
I'M GOING TO BE TAKING IT OUT TO A SIMONTON, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE FORMER AMERICAN COUNCIL ASSOCIATION TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF GET UNIFIED BEHIND IT.
UH, CITY HOUSTON IS MOVING FORWARD ON IT.
UH, TML HAS GOT SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, UH, SCRAP DEALERS NEAR ME, WE LIGHT UP, WE'RE SURROUNDED.
SO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SEWING SNAGIT AND WHAT 90 SECONDS, CHIEF.
AND IN FOUR MINUTES THEY CAN BEAT THE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT SCRAP DEALERS.
AND THEY JUST WALK IN, DROP IT OFF ON WHAT I'M GOING TO GET.
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YOU PAID IN $2 BILLS.SO IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY A REAL DEAL.
SO ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
MOVIE STAR, MOVIE STAR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I TOLD YOU WHAT YOU'RE GETTING, YOU'RE GETTING THOSE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, UH, VIDEOS DOWN.
YOU LOOK GREAT IN THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? TO KIND IT DOWN REAL SHORT EVENING, MARIN CASTLE.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC WORKS REPORT FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH OF 2022.
I DID MY FIRST ONE A YEAR AGO, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN JANUARY OF 2021.
SO I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE WE HOPE I'LL START OFF ON PAGE TWO HERE.
UH, SIDEWALK REPAIR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
EVERY YEAR WE BUDGET ABOUT $70,000 IN REPLACEMENT FOR THE SIDEWALKS IN OCTOBER, I RELEASED A CONTRACT FOR $50,000 THEREABOUTS FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
AND I HAVE JUST RELEASED PHASE TWO, AND IT'S JUST LESS THAN $20,000.
AND SO AFTER THIS, I WILL HAVE SPENT THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, I'LL TELL YOU, MY LIST IS ALREADY STARTED.
I'VE GOT ABOUT 16 OR 18 LOCATIONS FOR MY NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM STARTED.
SO I'VE GIVE ME A CALL AND I'LL ADD THEM TO THE LIST STREET REPAIRS, THE ROAD FUNDING.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $185,000 A YEAR THAT IS DEDICATED TO THIS, UH, THIS, THIS PANEL REPLACEMENT.
AND, UH, IF YOU ADD UP THIS, THIS LIST, I CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE YOU I'M AHEAD OF WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN A YEAR, BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY USED ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $48,000 FROM MY POLAR WORKS BUDGET TO DO SOME STREET PANELS, KIND OF GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF.
WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE MINIMUM OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN BALANCE.
AND I HAD IT DOWN TO ABOUT 85 FOR ONE MONTH THERE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
AND I'M WORKING ON NEXT YEAR'S LIST.
PAGE THREE, USW EXPENSES FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, JANUARY IS PRETTY MUCH AVERAGE AROUND 62, 5, FEBRUARY 36,000, MARCH 25.
I THINK THAT'S THE QUIET BEFORE THE STORM, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD AN UPTAKE IN INSERT LINE.
REPAIRS HAD ONE THIS AFTERNOON, HAVE TO DIG IT OUT FOR A PLUMBER BECAUSE THE SER THE ROOTS ARE INTO THE SER TAB ON THE MAIN LINE.
AND WE HAD A WATER LEAK THIS MORNING.
I GOT NOTIFIED AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING OVER THERE ON, UM, CAINSEY COURT AND MONTECITO.
SO AGAIN, I'M SEEING AN UPTAKE.
AND SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE NEXT MONTH'S BILL WOULD BE FAIRLY EXPENSIVE.
THE OTHER REPAIRS WITH USW AND OUTSIDE VENDORS ON STARTING WITH ALLSTATE AND THE REPAIR ON, WELL, NUMBER THREE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, PLEASE, PLEASE ASK.
WE'VE GOT THE EXPENSE IS SO FAR AS PUTTING THE WELL, THE MECHANICAL CLEANING, AN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, CHEMICAL CLEANING, I WOULD SAY IS NOT BEING COMPLETED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
OUR PROVIDED A NEW VIDEO SHOWING IT THE SCREENS HAVE BEEN CLEANED.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND WITH REGARD TO THE, THE POSITION ON RE RESTORED IN A, WELL, I WOULD SAY IT COULD BE AT LEAST ANOTHER 30 DAYS BEFORE IT GOES BACK INTO PLACE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANY MONEY APPEARS TO BE THE MOTOR IT MEG.
AND SO IT'S TESTED, TESTED, WELL THEN THE FIELD WHERE THE SENT OUT TO THE SHOUT TO BE, TO BE CHECKED OUT SO FAR TO DATE THE COST'S REPAIR FOR THIS.
WELL, JUST TO SERVICE, IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 131,600.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS KIND OF REPAIRS ON ALL OF OUR WELLS.
AND I HAD THEM PUSHED THEM OUT 10, 15 YEARS.
THIS IS THE KIND OF MONEY THAT WE NEED TO BE ANTICIPATING IN SPENDING ON WELLS ONE.
AND WELL, TWO PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE.
I'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE THAT AND NOT HAVE IT DROP LIKE IT HAS TODAY.
YOU SAID 30 DAYS WE'D BE BACK IN OPERATION.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO HEAT UP.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I'VE DONE SOME CHANGES AND I'LL FURTHER DOWN IN THE REPORT THAT WELLS NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO ARE WORKING A LITTLE BETTER TOGETHER.
UM, I'VE REPLACED SOME OF THE PRESSURE AMERICAN MERCURY
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SWITCHES WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND WITH WEALTH THREE BEING DOWN.WHAT I'M FINDING IS THAT IF WELL, TWO IS RUNNING WELL, ONE IS COMING IN AND SUPPORT.
I DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ON AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THOSE DEVICES.
ADA'S ONE WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON ANOTHER ONE.
SO THE OTHER TWO ARE WORKING WELL AND THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE THE BASIS OF YOUR SCADA SYSTEM, THESE SYSTEMS WORKING WELL TOGETHER.
AND SO WE CAN ALREADY SEE IT JUST WITH HAVING THE TWO UP AND RUNNING.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE START BACK OVER.
IT, IT IS BACK AT THE SHAPE THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT IT IN.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT, PREVENTATIVE LABOR VERSUS REPAIR.
UM, PART OF THAT EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT INCLUDES A NEW MO NEW PUMP ON THE BOTTOM OF $17,000 AND A SOME NEW COLUMN SHAFT AND NEW BEARINGS, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, AND THAT WAS APPROPRIATE PROVEN.
SO THAT'LL ALL GO BACK IN AND THE WELL WILL BE COMPLETELY RECONDITIONED.
ONCE YOU GO INTO IT AND THIS LIKE THIS AT THIS TIME, YOU DON'T LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED.
IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH IT, YOU NEED TO GO IN AND FIX IT AND GET IT DONE CORRECTLY.
LET ME INTERRUPT RIGHT HERE, DAVID.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT ON THE RECORDING.
YOU NEED TO SCOOT THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU.
YOU CAN PULL THAT WHOLE THING RIGHT OVER TO YOU IF YOU WANT BANKS, OKAY.
HAVE I TRIED TO GIVE YOU A, A BRIEF LIST OF SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT PULL IT WORKS NUTS AND STARBOARD NUMBER TWO VORTEX, WHICH IS A COMPANY THAT DID A REPAIR ON OUR CITY HALL FRONT DOOR.
APPARENTLY WE WORN SOME COMPONENTS OUT.
IT WOULD LOCK AND IT WOULD NOT LOCK.
AND SO I'VE HAD THAT FIXED THE LAKE PUMP, WHICH RUNS THE, UH, IRRIGATION SYSTEM OR MCGRATH PARK I'VE HAD THAT SERVICED TWICE OR THREE TIMES ALREADY.
UH, LAST TIME IT WAS THE VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE COMPONENT WILL CAUSE A 500, 500 OR $700 COMPONENT.
WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH IT.
HAD IT TESTED AGAIN LAST MONTH.
AND WE FOUND THAT ONE CIRCUIT ZONE EIGHT HAD TOO MANY SPRINKLER HEADS ON IT, WHICH WAS CREATING A BACK PRESSURE AND CAUSING THE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN THIS LAKE PUMP.
IF IT HAS A HIGH PRESSURE HEAD OR A LOW PRESSURE HEAD, IT WAS SHUT DOWN AUTOMATICALLY.
SO IF IT'S GOT A LEAK IS GOING TO SHUT DOWN IF IT'S GOT A DEAD HEAD OR SHUT DOWN.
SO BEFORE USW INSTALLED A BACKFLOW DEVICE AT THE SPLASH PAD, THAT WAS A NEW TCE KEY REQUIREMENT QUESTION, SIR.
NOW I'M JUST GRIPING THE BED IRRIGATION.
AH, AH, THAT'S THE LAST THING.
IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST THING ON THE BACK HERE.
SO THAT'S A NEW TCU TCEQ REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT HAVE A SPLASH PAD.
I HAD TO INSTALL THAT BY CO DEVICE, THE FARMHOUSE GENERATOR WAS SERVICED.
THE GATEWAYS WE'VE DONE A REPLACEMENT LATE LAST YEAR AND I'M FINDING THE GATEWAYS ARE JUST LIKE CELL PHONES.
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A SOFTWARE UPDATE ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN THEY UPDATED THEM.
I HAD ONE GO DOWN COMPLETELY AND I HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN FOR 24 HOURS.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BELL PRESS HAD BEEN SERVICED AND THAT WAS DONE.
THAT'D BE DONE QUARTERLY FROM NOW ON.
I SHOWED HER PLACED THE BELT LATE DECEMBER, EARLY JANUARY SWANSON, WHICH IS A AC UNITS.
I'VE CONTRACTED THEM TO SERVICE ALL OF THE HVC UNITS IN THE CITY ON A QUARTERLY SERVICE.
SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY FAILURES FOR AIR CONDITIONING.
ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT THE, THE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE HERE, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME WORK.
WE PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE TO REPAIR IT OR REPLACE IT.
THAT'LL BE ONGOING EVERY QUARTER, ITEM 10, WE REPLACED THE PARKING PARKING LIGHTS OUTSIDE AND REPLACED THEM WITH NEW LED LIGHTS.
AND NUMBER 11 WAS THE HOUSTON OFFENSE.
WE COMPLETED THE PERIMETER FENCE AND MAJORS FIELD.
I THINK IT WAS EARLY IN JANUARY.
AGAIN, SWANSON WE ORDERED, WE HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT NO HEAT AND THE FIRE STATION JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
AND THEY'VE GOT A, I BELIEVE FIVE, WELL, THOSE BIG SPACE HEATERS UP HUNG FROM THE CEILING.
WE'VE GOT TWO OF THEM WORKING.
AND THE OTHER THREE I DECIDED TO REPLACE JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND THE REPAIR PARTS AND THE WAITING TIME.
SO EVEN BUYING A NEW ONE THAT ON A 16 WEEK LEAD TIME.
SO THERE WILL BE SET UP FOR NEXT WINTER FOR THE FIRE STATION WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE GEARBOX, THE TRAVELING GLITCH
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HAS BEEN ORDERED.WE'RE STILL NOT RUNNING PROPERLY.
HDR IS WORKING ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE UPGRADES ON THE CLARIFIER BRIDGE.
I'VE MET WITH HIM VIA PHONE MEETINGS TWICE NOW.
AND I THINK THERE THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING FOR US IN THE NEXT WEEK.
I TOLD YOU I'D REPLACE A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS ON WITH PLATINUM BL TWO, AND THAT'S THE EDA FOR THE BOOSTER PUMPS THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED.
WE'VE ALSO GOT A MECHANICAL SEAL ON PLANT NUMBER TWO, BOOSTER, NUMBER TWO, THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, BUT I CAN'T TAKE THAT OUT OF SERVICE IN CASE THAT WOULD BRING A PORTION OF THAT PLANT DOWN AND TOW PLANT.
NUMBER THREE IS BACK UP AND RUNNING.
I'M A 17 WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, OR I DID THE EDA.
SO I'VE TOLD YOU HOW THAT'S IMPROVED THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WATER PLANTS.
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HAS BEEN THERE.
NEW HAS BEEN INITIATED AND IT'S DUE IN SEPTEMBER OF, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH PUBLISHING THE NOTICES IN THE NEWSPAPER.
THANK YOU, MS. COURTNEY, WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THAT.
I LIKED THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, THE MAYOR'S FAVORITE.
I HOPE YOU RECEIVED IT AS THE MONTH OF THE REPORT FOR MARCH.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF WHAT WE GET FROM OUR IRRIGATION SPECIALIST THAT COMES OUT AND REVIEWS EACH SYSTEM.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THE GREEN LIGHTS ARE GOOD.
THE RED ONES WHERE WE NEED TO DO THE REPAIRS.
UM, MY GOAL IS TO HAVE EACH ITEM THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A REPAIR COMPLETED BEFORE HE DOES THE NEXT INSPECTION.
SOMETIMES THAT'S A LITTLE, PARDON ME? REPEAT THAT LAST PART FOR ME ON THE, ON THE SPRINKLER REPORT, THERE'S, IT'S EITHER GOOD OR IT NEEDS REPAIRS.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS IS THAT ANYTHING THAT IS INDICATED TO NEED REPAIRS? I WANT TO, MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BEFORE THE NEXT CYCLE.
WE'LL PROBABLY DO PRETTY GOOD.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE SOME TRUCKS RUNNING THROUGH THERE ON KIRKWOOD LINEAR PARK.
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE OF THOSE THREE REPORTS THAT SAMPLE OF THE MONTH BEFORE ON EACH REPORT FROM NOW ON KIRKWOOD LINEAR PARK, WHERE DO I START? UM, WORKING WITH PARKS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED 12 AREAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PAVEMENT AND AREN'T THOSE SMALL DIAMOND ISLANDS OF THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT WERE CONSTANTLY BEING RUNNING OVER BY VEHICLES.
AND SO COLLEEN AND I ARE MOSTLY CLEANED, DECIDED WE WANTED TO REMOVE THE DRIP IRRIGATION.
AND SO WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND BILLS JUST CROSSED MY DESK THIS MORNING.
SO WE'VE ALSO AT HER REQUEST, REPLACED THE DRIP IRRIGATION IN THE ROUNDABOUTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO PLANT EVERYTHING BACK THE WAY IT IS.
I'M KIND OF WANTING THEM TO STOP TAKING REMOVING IRRIGATION BECAUSE WE'VE STILL GOT MONEY INVESTED IN IT UNLESS IT'S BECOMING A PROBLEM.
I DON'T WANT TO REPLACE IT UNLESS I'M FOR OTHERWISE DIRECTED.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AND PUTTING THE BULL ROCK IN BACK TO REPLACE THAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING PUTTING IN CONCRETE IN A STABILIZED BASE.
BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLANS AND YOU TALK TO THE IRRIGATOR IN THOSE FRINGE AREAS, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PIPING.
AND SO IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT WE DO NOT CONCRETE, BUT I CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE AS LIKE A GRANITE GRANITE SUB-BASE THEN PUT THE BLUE ROCK ON TOP OF IT WITH THE WATER, NO LONGER BEING PART OF THAT SYSTEM.
IT WON'T PUMP AS MUCH AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO MAINTAIN.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD AT DRIP IRRIGATION CLOSE TO THE ROAD WILL BE REPLACED BY SPRAY NOZZLES QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS. OKAY.
I'VE STARTED, YOU HAVE INITIATED THE EVALUATION OF THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM IN REGARD TO THE OUTFALLS.
IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I THINK WE REPLACED A REPAIRED.
ONE WAS 25 OR $24,000 AS I GO THROUGH.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 16 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE THE PIPE HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
AND FOR THAT REPORT COMES THROUGH, I'LL HAVE A BASIS OF A COST, BUT IT WILL NOT BE PRETTY AT THIS POINT, EXPENSIVE.
I'M GOING TO ALSO INITIATE WITH PUBLIC, WORKS, A STREETS, A STREET SIGN, CLEANING AND REPAIR THAT'S ON SET.
I'M BACK UP TO A FULL STAFF, FULL
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STAFF OF TWO, AND WE'LL GET THAT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SUMMER.A NOTE, I HAVE TO MAKE A MENTION OF A NOTE TO MEET HER RATING WAS MONDAYS AND BY THE 25TH OF EVERY MONTH.
AND WE ONLY HAD ONE REREAD THIS MONTH, WHICH IS QUITE ASTOUNDING BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED WELL OVER A YEAR AGO OR REREADS COULD CYCLE AS MANY AS 35 TO 45, WE HAVE TO THANK ANNA MARIA FOR BEING VERY DILIGENT AND WITH REGARD TO WEEDING OUT THESE ISSUES.
AND SHE FINDS A PROBLEM AND I FIX IT IN THE FIELD.
AND I'VE ALSO REPLACED ABOUT 10 COMMERCIAL METERS ON THE, UM, AUTOMATIC READING SYSTEM.
AND I LEFT YOU AN EMAIL THIS MORNING, OR THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD IS ON BEACON.
SO YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT TOO.
WE USE QUITE A LOT OF WATER THERE, ANYTHING THAT GOES IN THE GROUND.
NOW I'M TRYING TO GET CONNECTED TO OUR AMR AND I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON THE COMMERCIAL METERS TO GET THINGS UP TO SPEED, WHETHER NEED TO BE, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE METERS HAVEN'T BEEN SERVICING DECADES.
AND SO WE'RE BRINGING IT UP TO SPEED, BUT THE ONE METER RAID IS AWESOME.
YES, WE HAVE TO THANK ANNA MARIA.
CAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT SPEARHEADED THAT I WANT TO INTERRUPT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING HER ALL THIS CREDIT CAUSE YES, SHE'S PUT IN YEOMAN'S HOURS ON THIS.
HOWEVER, I ALSO WANT TO PAT YOU ON THE BACK ROD, YOU'VE TAKEN THAT BULL BY THE HORNS AND YOU'VE MADE IT YOURS.
YOU OWN OUR WATER SYSTEM NOW AND YOU HAVE A MUCH BETTER HANDLE ON IT THAN IT'S RIGHT NOW THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.
I APPRECIATE THE HECK OUT OF IT.
THE COMMERCIAL METERS WERE MEANT TO FOLLOW UP ALL OUR ROADS AND NOW YOU'RE MOVING RIGHT THROUGH THOSE.
ONE OUNCE OF ONE RESIDENTIAL REREAD IS JUST FANTASTIC.
THAT'S THE WAY I ENVISIONED IT WHEN WE HAD TO PUT IN THE SYSTEM SHOULD WORK AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD WORK.
AND WE'VE NEVER MANAGED TO QUITE GET IT.
YOU JUST THROW SOME MONEY IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND DRIVE AROUND AND YOU'VE GOT IT COVERED.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER THE STANDARD THAT WE SET IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AND IT SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED PROPERLY AND IT IS NOW.
AND YOU'VE, UH, YOU REALLY JUMPED ON THAT AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, THOSE THINGS WERE ALL DONE TODAY IN A MATTER OF HOURS INSTEAD OF WITH PREVIOUS DAYS.
COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THROUGH, AND I'LL BE FINISHED, UH, WPI GENERATORS HAVE BEEN ORDERED, SEE TO BE A LENGTHY PROCESS, MAKING THEM PLAY BALL PEOPLE HAPPY ALSO, UM, BALLPARK, CAN I PLEAD THE FIFTH? CAN I PLEAD THE FIFTH? WE DON'T KNOW YET.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW YET NOW THERE IS A, YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW YET.
ALSO THE SCHOOL SIGNS ALSO BEEN ORDERED.
I'M IN TOUCH WITH FEMA ON I'LL CLOSE ON FEMA.
UH, WE'RE DOING A CAC, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CONTACT AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND SHE WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE NO FLOOD PLAN PER SE.
SO I WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THAT THING THAT THAT INSPECTION WILL BE OVER.
YOU CONFIRMED IT'S A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD.
I MEAN A 500 YEAR FLOOD PAYING BACK.
I SENT THE YOUNG LADY THE, UH, A COPY OF THE MAP AND, UM, SHE WAS QUITE SURPRISED ACTUALLY.
THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE WAS QUITE QUIET CAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK ME FIRST.
YES I DID BECAUSE I'VE WORKED AT SOME PLACES IT'S NOT QUITE AS EASY.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT'S ON TOP OF HIS DEPARTMENT AND IS WORKING HARD AND DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.
ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR RON TODAY ON THE, UM, FEMA? SO THIS CONTACT IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
UM, CURRENTLY THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF OUR INNER LOCALS WITH SOME MUDS AND OTHER CITIES, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF 14 CCACS AND ONE IN OUR ORIGINAL INNER, ACTUAL CALF FOR THE COUNTY.
AND SO THE COUNTY RECEIVED A LIST OF 120 SOME PERMITS WHERE WE HAD TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ONTO THEM ON TO SHOW THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY FOLLOWING ARE OUR REQUIREMENTS.
SO I'M GLAD I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE COUNTY.
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PASSED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I COULD AND DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD GO VERY FAR BECAUSE OF THE NO FLOODPLAIN ISSUE.UM, FOLLOWING UP ON THE COMMENTS ON THE, UH, OUTFALL DRAINS, REMEMBER THOSE PIPES ARE ROUGHLY 40 YEARS OLD AND EVENTUALLY YOU DO HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE.
UH, BARRY HAD DONE SOME, TAKING SOME PICTURES.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN IN-DEPTH REPORT NEXT MONTH.
SOME OF IT DOESN'T LOOK SO GOOD.
THE NEW ONES THAT WERE REPLACED, IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
YOU BABYSIT A GOOD COMPARISON.
AND UM, LITERALLY YOU HAVE TO CRAWL INSIDE OF THOSE THINGS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM, HE'S FINE AND HE'S PRIORITIZED.
AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE AND, UH, OUR BUDGET'S GOING TO HELP HIM PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE OTHERS.
ANYBODY ELSE OTHERWISE I'M SAYING YOU'RE DONE.
UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT, UH, THIS MONTH, UM, WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, OR AS WE'VE, SO LAST MONTH WE REVISED OUR AGREEMENT, STAFFORD.
UH, WE GOT THEIR SIGNED CONTRACTS BACK, CORRECT.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DONE REVISING THAT AND NOW ALL OF OUR FIRE INSPECTIONS, UM, AND, UH, GO THROUGH BVG, UH, AS FAR AS FIRE MARSHALL IS CONCERNED, UH, RATHER THAN STAFFORD, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF US, UH, INCORPORATING EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOF, ONE PHONE CALL, UH, AND SO FAR IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY, VERY WELL.
SO I JUST WANT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO, UH, TO KNOW THAT, UM, IN OTHER INSTANCES, WE HAD, UH, UH, 59 RE REPORTING INCIDENTS WITH, UH, UH, FIRE AND EMS. UH, WE HAD, UH, ONE FIRE, OTHER, WE HAD 38 MEDICAL ASSISTS WITH THE EMS CREW.
UM, AGAIN, I'M SO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THEM HERE, UH, AND THE, UH, FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD WORKING RELATION WITH, UH, CHIEF DICAMILLO, UM, AND OUR FIRE FIRE SERVICE CRUDE MEMBERS, UH, IS SUCH A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
SO AGAIN, UH, LAST MONTH WE HAD 59 INCIDENTS, 38 OF WHICH INCORPORATED, UH, HEALTH HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEM THERE.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE MOST OF IT'S A 1, 1, 1, AND DONE, UM, MOVING ON TO MY FAVORITE ONE THAT I GET TO GET NOW, DANG IT HE'S BACK, BUT I'M GOING TO DO PART YOURS.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO DO THE, SINCE HE WAS OUT, HE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PREPARE FOR IT.
THE, UM, UH, CITY HE'S THROWING ME A BONE, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.
AND THIS GUY DOES A LOT FOR THIS CITY AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE TURN OFF HIS MIC.
UM, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WORKS AS HARD WITH THE CITY IN MIND IS, IS, IS OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
AND, UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S A GOOD HIRE AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT, AND THIS TIME, IT, IT, IT SEEMS TO BE, WELL, TIME WILL TELL, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON NICK.
AND I WANT EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT HE TAKES HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY AND WORKS VERY HARD WITH OUR STAFF.
AND I THINK IT'D BE FAIR TO SAY THAT OUR STAFF ENJOYS THEIR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
UM, BUT I'M TAKING YOUR REPORT OVER.
HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF WRITTEN THERE, AND I'M JUST NOT GONNA READ ANY OF THAT.
CAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT HAPPENED.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK CAMERON MILLER TO STAND UP.
UM, SOME OF YOU WILL KNOW, CAMERON CAMERON COME OVER HERE PRETTY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, BEFORE I CONFIRM THIS WE'RE STILL SCHEDULED FOR MAY 16TH, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
YOU'RE NOT MOVING OR ANYTHING? NO.
I, WOULD IT COME SURPRISED YOU WOULD? OKAY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, UH, SCHEDULED TO CAMERON MILLER IS SCHEDULED TO START WORKING WITH THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE ON MAY 16.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SEARCH FOR A FULL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORS FOR SOME MONTHS NOW, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE GOT SOME, UH, APPLICATIONS, APPLICANTS, UH, SOME WHOM THAT, UH, KNOCKED YOUR SOCKS OFF OF WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE WHAT CAMERON HAD.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A HEARTFELT COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.
UH, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE IN SOME AREAS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AND USE TO MOVE MEADOWS PLACE FORWARD.
WE WORK CONSTANTLY IN THIS BUILDING,
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UH, TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF CITY OF MEADOWS FLIGHT, MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CITIZENS AND TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY CALLED COMMUNICATION.AND SOMETIMES I GET A LITTLE BIT GRUMPY AND I DON'T DO THAT SO WELL.
SO I APPRECIATE THOSE PEOPLE THAT WILL, AND THAT CAN, AND, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
CAMERON'S GONNA REALLY MAKE THIS CITY, UH, SHINE A LITTLE BRIGHTER TO BE, UH, JUST, UH, A HARBOR FOR THOSE WHO WANT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO FOLKS.
UM, HE WENT THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS, UH, OR THE CITY DID.
WE WENT THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF INTERVIEWS WITH MULTIPLE CANDIDATES.
UH, AGAIN, IT CAME DOWN TO, UH, MAKING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.
UM, AND, UM, WHEN CAMERON CAME IN TO HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE STAFF, UM, AND WHICH WE DO, UH, HERE AT METIS PLACE, AND HE GOT TO SIT WITH, UH, WITH EVERYONE AND TO SHARE HIS THOUGHTS AND HEAR THEIRS.
UM, IT WAS, UH, QUITE CLEAR WHICH CANDIDATE THE STAFF WANTED.
AND, UM, I'M THRILLED ABOUT THAT.
HE'S BRINGING THIS WITH, UH, OVER 10 YEARS OF COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE.
HE'S ALSO BRINGING US, UH, BEING ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND WHO'S OUT THERE ATTENDING OUR EVENTS, IS WALKING IN THE SCHOOLS WITH HIS KIDS AND OUR PARKS AND PLAYING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT IN BECAUSE WHEN HE'S SITTING THERE LOOKING AT US, HE'S GOING TO SAY, HEY, NOW THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE WANT.
I THINK WE COULD DO THIS A BETTER WAY TO GET AND MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND CAMERON, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM A ROD.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR OFFICE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
UM, UH, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO SAY.
OKAY, WELL, IF WE'RE HIRING, WE NEED A PLACE FOR HIM.
SO, UH, IT'S EXCITING, KAREN, I WANT TO SAY WELCOME ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL OF THE STAFF.
UM, I KNOW THIS, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PRETTY HEARTFELT CONVERSATIONS AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU COME ON AND TO GUIDE US INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION FOR CITY MEADOWS PLACE.
SO IF YOU WOULD EVERYBODY WELCOME CAMERON MILLER.
NOW, SINCE YOU'RE A, YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATE WITH US, YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALLOWING ME TO HAVE IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT TO BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO COME IN AND THROW MY WEIGHT AROUND.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD THING GOING HERE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT.
THERE'S A, I TOLD EVERYBODY IN MY INTERVIEW, THERE'S A TINGLE IN THIS BUILDING.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT I GET TO BE A PART OF IT AND WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK, WHERE THEY LIVE.
ALL RIGHT THERE AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, EVERYBODY CAMERON MILLER, YOU'LL BE SEEING HIM AROUND TOWN, TELLING YOU IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND A WONDERFUL PLACE TO WORK, AND HE GETS TO DO IT TWICE.
RICK'S DOWN THERE LAUGHING BECAUSE ONE ITEM.
OKAY, WELL THEN I'VE GOT AN ITEM THAT I WANT TO HEAR.
WHAT DO YOU GOT THE MAYOR REALLY WANTED ME TO TELL YOU ALL THIS? UM, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE HE DID SO BRIEFLY BY THE END OF THE MEETING, YOU GUYS AREN'T GONNA WANT TO HEAR FROM ME.
WE'RE ALL GONNA WANT TO BE DONE.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE AUDIT REPORT.
I TRUST THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND WE'RE STILL SOLVENT AND, OKAY, GOOD.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE MANAGEMENT LETTER THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO YOU THOUGH, IS THE IMPORTANCE OF, AND THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT, EXAMPLES OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND SOME POLICIES, UM, IN COMBINATION WITH THAT LATER ON TONIGHT AND YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE GIVE YOU GUYS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ON THAT BACK PAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY YOUR FUND RESERVE FUND RESERVE ANALYSIS AT THE END OF EVERY QUARTER, THAT SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH YOU HAVE, UM, IN THE BANK.
UM, AND EVERY QUARTER, UH, BOTH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THERE IS THAT YOUR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE IS SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF A LITTLE OVER 12 MONTHS IN CASH.
SO YOUR CASH POSITION IS VERY STRONG.
THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO.
AND I THINK WHAT STAFF'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THROUGH THE UPCOMING BUDGET SEASON IS TO FIND A WAY
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TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT EXCESS FUND BALANCE.IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT THING TO HAVE 12 MONTHS OF EXPENSES IN THE BANK.
BUT WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO IS BASICALLY PICK A RAINY DAY FUND X NUMBER OF MONTHS OF EXPENSES, AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE FUNDS OVER AND ABOVE THAT AMOUNT.
WE CAN MOVE IT OVER INTO ANY FUND YOU WANT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PICKED SIX MONTHS, EVERYTHING OVER AND ABOVE SIX MONTHS CAN GO INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR EXAMPLE, NOT THAT I HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN SET UP A SITUATION SO THAT MAYBE ONCE A YEAR STAFF CAN AUTOMATICALLY MOVE ANY EXCESS FUND BALANCE OVER AND ABOVE YOUR MINIMUM INTO THAT ACCOUNT OR INTO AN ACCOUNT.
AND WE CAN DO THAT ON A ROLLING ANNUAL BASIS SO THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UP, UH, SOME MONIES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW THE MONEY IS JUST SITTING THERE WITH REALLY NO INSTRUCTION OR DIRECTION ON WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT UNTIL YOU TELL ME TO SHUT UP.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST HEARD FROM ROD THAT WE DO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THAT ARE EMINENT.
UM, IT'S BETTER TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE EARLIER, RATHER THAN AFTER FAILURES.
IF, IF YOU'VE ALREADY HAD THE FAILURE, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A PREMIUM.
ANY CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO DO THAT.
ALTHOUGH JOE DOES TREAT US PRETTY WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK HE DOES DO HERE.
UM, I DID ACTUALLY HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH NICK ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MAYBE A FEW DAYS AGO, YOU KNOW, THE OPTION IS, DO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT BETTING THE SECOND PHASE OF DORRANCE, NOT IN THIS MARKET.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT BIDDING THINGS RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET ONE OR TWO BETTERS AND IT'S HIGH.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT JUST AS WE START THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THESE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THEN SOME WANTS THAT WE WANT TO DO AS WELL.
THIS IS THE FIRST FULL YEAR WE'VE HAD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT, UM, IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR FROM COUNCIL IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT MONEY? AND IF STAFF HAS A GOOD ROADMAP ON MOVING FORWARD, THEN NO MATTER WHO'S IN THESE SEATS UP HERE, WE HAVE A GAME PLAN THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE NEXT GROUP TO SAY, HERE'S THEIR VISION.
DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THAT VISION? IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE, WHAT POINT DO WE REVISIT THE, UH, P BUDGET? UH, WE DO IT ANNUALLY.
SO THAT, THAT MAY BE A CONSIDERATION TO LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS AND LOOK AT THE, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT FUNDING IS.
I THINK THAT'S MY WOULD BE, MY COMMENT WOULD BE, MY COMMENT FOR TONIGHT WOULD BE TO LOOK AT CIP IS AS, UH, AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF THAT.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER THAT, UH, THIS WAS THE LINE ITEM IN QUESTION, WHICH IS NOW READS INFRASTRUCTURE FUND USED TO BE CALLED KIRKWOOD FUND.
AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID THAT, DAVID.
AND SO WE CAN DO JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID AND TAKE, WELL, LET'S TAKE THIS AND PUT IT IN THIS, OR LET'S FIX THIS AND PULL IT FROM THERE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE FUNDING THERE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH CAUSE YOU DID IT SO MUCH BETTER THAN I DO.
I'M JUST HAPPY TO HAVE THE MONEY.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE DONE? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM D MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND RICK'S DOWN THERE LAUGHING.
CAUSE I TOOK OFF AND LEFT MY NOTES AT HOME.
UH, SO, UH, YEAH, CATCHING A BREAK ON THAT TOO.
THE MAYOR FORGOT HIS HOMEWORK.
I DID MY HOMEWORK AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A DOG, A MAT.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS THE, UH, UH, MAY, UH, FIRST WEEK IN MAY 3RD, MAY 3RD DOWN AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
IF EVERYTHING GOES AWAY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO, THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION FOR A HOUSE HERE IN METAL SPLICE, UH, FOR BACK TEXAS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES.
THIS IS THROUGH A DISTRICT JUDGE DOWN IN THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
UH, SHERIFF WILL GET OUT AND HE'LL AUCTION THIS HOUSE OFF.
IT'S A HOUSE THAT WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OVER THE YEARS AND CODE VIOLATIONS.
WE'VE HAD TO GO IN AND CLEAN UP THE BACKYARD FOR INSTANCE, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S A SAD DEAL TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
BUT PART OF IT IS, IS I'M THRILLED BECAUSE IT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO GET LIFE
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BACK IN THAT HOUSE.AND THERE HASN'T BEEN LIFE THERE FOR YEARS AND WE'VE STRUGGLED, KEEPING IT LOOKING NICE.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A HOUSE, UH, THAT, UH, WAS EMPTY AND LIFELESS.
UM, WE WALKED INTO ONE HOUSE AND DOING AN INSPECTION AND WE, UH, WOKE A GUY UP THAT WAS LUMINAIRE.
HE NO LONGER LIVED THERE, BUT, UH, UH, HE WAS FOR A WHILE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE, HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY, WE WENT OVER BIG DEAL TONIGHT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF EMPTY HOUSES, WHAT WE DO WITH THEM.
AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE WORKSHOP DISCUSSION, BUT I WANTED EVERYBODY KNOW IN CASE ANYBODY SEES IT.
THERE'S NO BIG RUMORS, NOT METIS PLACE.
DIDN'T SATELLITES FRIDAY TO AUCTION THIS HOUSE OFF.
AND I KNOW IF I LOOKED ON ONE, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE, IT'D BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS A LONG DRAWN OUT OVER THE YEARS PROCESS THE ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF LEGAL STEPS.
AND I'M PROUD OF THE WAY WE DO IT IN THE AMBULANCE.
AND WE HANDLE IT WITHOUT MALICE, BUT WITH THE BEST THOUGHT OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN MIND, NUMBER TWO IS INFLATION.
I'VE WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF, UH, UH, MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INFLATION EDGES AND INFLATION PROTECTIONS.
AND WHAT CAN WE DO? UM, BECAUSE AS Y'ALL KNOW, WHEN YOU GO OUT AND BUY STUFF, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT OF PRODUCT FOR YOUR MONEY.
WELL, WE WORK OFF OF A SPREADSHEET OFF A BALANCE OR HAVE A BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO BUDGET NEXT YEAR.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE HAD CREEPING INFLATION AND WE'RE POPPING 10% AND WE'VE STILL GOT TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS.
IN MANY INSTANCE, WE TAKEN ITEMS AND PUSH THEM BACK TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR TO SEE IF WE CAN EVEN AFFORD TO BUY THEM, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY FIRST.
SO WE'VE, RESHIFTED WHERE WE'VE SHIFTED PRIORITIES.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO PREPARE THE CHIEF IS NOT HAPPY, BUT HE'S LOOKING AT WHAT THE THING HE'S, HE MAY HAVE TO DO TO DEAL WITH, UH, SURGING FUEL PRICES, IF THEY KEEP UP.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT, UH, ANY DIFFERENT FOR A CITY THAN IT IS FOR A HOME BUDGET.
UH, WE'VE ONLY GOT X AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, AND IT'S NOT OURS AND WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THINGS AND RUN OUT OF, OUT OF MONEY AND HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, WHICH WE'VE HAD TO DO SINCE I'VE BEEN IN MAYOR WHERE WE JUST HAD TO SAY, HEY, UNLESS IT'S AN EMERGENCY, YOU CAN'T SPEND THE MONEY.
UH, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION LIKE THAT WITH ANNA MARIA, WITH THE ACTUALLY WITH, UH, NICK AND, AND, UH, UH, COURTNEY HERE, WE'RE ON TOP OF IT AND MO MOVING THINGS REAL GOOD.
AND WE REVIEW THESE BUDGET FIGURES ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
UM, I CAN LOOK AT THEM ANYTIME AND I DO QUITE OFTEN.
I'M NOT A NUMBERS GUY, BUT THEY ALWAYS TELL A STORY.
SO I JUST WANTED ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING.
AND THE FOLKS HERE KNOW THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HEAD GROUP WHO IS HANDLING THE BUDGETS IS THE BEST PREPARED GROUP I'VE EVER SEEN.
AND THEY HAVEN'T GREAT IDEA HOW TO WORK WITH THEIR MONEY AND HOW TO NOT RUN OVER THAT.
AND, UH, UM, EVEN WHEN IT MEANS CUTTING BACK SOMEWHERE HERE AND THERE, WE HAVE PROS DENNIS.
AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE MY REALLY GREEN CUPS.
UM, CHARLIE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE AUCTION OF THE HOUSE.
UM, I JUST CONFIRMED WITH NICK.
IT WASN'T THE CITY THAT ASKED FOR THAT.
IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT, UM, INITIATED THOSE, UM, TAX SALES, BUT WE WILL STILL GET OUR PORTION OF THE MONEY ONCE THE HOUSE SELLS.
AND THEN IS IT TIME FOR MY COMMENTS? UM, NO, IT'S A TIME FOR WHOEVER'S HAND IN THE DOOR AND SLANG CONSTRUCT.
THAT YOU, UM, FOR DARREN'S LANE, WE HAVE STARTED TO GET, UM, THE SUBMITTALS FROM THE CONTRACTOR.
HDR HAS BEEN REVIEWING THOSE AS WELL AS ROD, UM, PROVIDED THE RESPONSES ON MOST OF THEM.
UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT AN OPEN HOUSE TYPE THING NEXT MONTH, TOWN HALL, RIGHT.
TOWN HALL IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS ON DORRANCE THE IMPACT TO THEM.
AND JUST HOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON DORRANCE? OKAY.
UH, THE BIKE PROJECT IS ALSO MOVING ALONG.
UM, WE RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE ENGINEER LAST WEEK, AS WELL AS QUESTIONS FOR STAFFORD.
UM, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO LOOK AT THE BRIDGE DESIGN, THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO THE BACK OF A DISCOVERY
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CENTER.I'M SURE THE MAYOR WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL AS STAFF, BUT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE THE OPTIONS, WE CAN PROBABLY SEND THOSE OUT AFTERWARDS BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION.
THEY'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE THE TIME AND ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BIKEWAY? NO, BUT I WANT TO SAY DIDN'T HAVING YOU THERE AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER.
UM, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED AND I'M GOING TO HAUL, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE HERDING CATS.
AND, UM, RICK TOOK THE LEAD AND SET THIS THING ON FORD.
NOW EVERYBODY HAS TO FIGURE IT OUT THAT I JUST GOT TO SAY, YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE SHOWED AT THAT MOMENT.
AND I WENT, WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
FORT BEND COUNTY HAS OVER A HUNDRED MOBILITY PROJECTS UNDER OUR SUPERVISION SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO I'M WELL VERSED IN MANAGING THESE PROJECTS.
RECORD KELLER'S MOVE ON UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, AND WITH THAT BRIDGE COMES A PARKING LOT RIGHT SOON.
EVENTUALLY I'D MADE REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, COUNCIL, THIS IS A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ON ORDINANCE 22, 20 22 DASH 16.
UH, IT'S JUST FOR CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY MEADOWS PLACE AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO BE HELD ON 24TH DAY OF MAY, 2022.
UM, SO WE'RE CALLING A JOINT P AND Z MEETING FOR THE 24TH OF MAY HERE AT CITY MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, SO MOVED MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY WAS AT KIRK, UH, ALL IN FAVOR.
WELL, A COMMENT FOR THE AUDIENCE.
THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, ROUGHLY A MONTH AGO AND WE'RE MAKING IT LESS RESTRICTIVE, NOT MORE RESTRICTIVE, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GET IT, GET THE ORDINANCE IN THE WAY THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN HANDLING THIS ISSUE IN THE PAST.
SO WE HAVE A CALL FOR A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
HEARING NONE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO'S DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION AND ORDINANCE 22 20 22 DASH 17.
REAPPOINTING RANDALL LAW OFFICE LIMITED AS CITY TURNER CITY METALS PLACE AND PROVIDING, I GUESS HE STILL WANTS COMPENSATION.
UM, I HA I AM NOT UNHAPPY WITH RANDALL LAW FARM AND THAT'S IT SUGGEST WE GO AHEAD AND REAPPOINTING.
I HAVE A MOTION TO DO SO, SO MOVED MOTION BY RICK.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS AND TALK AMONGST YOURSELF A CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 11, MOVING.
THIS IS JUST SOME HOUSE CLEANING, UH, UH, MOVING JOHN, HIS BILL AND DESIGNATING A NEW CHECK SIGNER FOR THE CITY OF CANCELLED INDEPENDENT BANK, DESIGNATED PRIMARY CHECK CENTERS.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE PRIMARY CHECK SIGNERS.
THE PRIMARY ARE YOU AND NICK KB.
I'VE A SERVICE, A BACKUP IF ONE OF YOUR OUT.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST IN CASE OF THE EVENT.
WE'RE ALL THREE OUT RICK IS ON.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE PERSON THAT WOULD BE MOST FLEXIBLE AND BE HERE.
AND IT'S PREFERABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S REGULARLY AROUND, NOT SOMEBODY THAT TRAVELS FOR WORK A LOT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
SOMEBODY THAT CAN RUN UP HERE IN A PINCH.
UM, WHEN YOU DO LIKE THAT, YEAH.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A 20, UH, 22 DASH 11.
WE WOULD REMOVE JOHN BILL AND DESIGNATE DAVID MARTINS AS THE, UH, NEW CHECK SOCKET BACK UP.
UH, RICK, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, UH, 22, 20 22 DASH 18 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 20, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND HIM OUT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE
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TO LINE ITEM 100 ZERO DASH OH FIVE OH DASH 5 8 0 0 0 0 P D CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS, THE INTERNAL DOOR SYSTEM AT CAPITOL AT CITY HALL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS MONEY.SECOND, SECOND BY DAVID AND DISCUSSION QUESTION ON THE SUMMARY ON THE SUMMARY HERE ON THE BUDGET ITEM AND SAYS WE'RE MOVING 50,000, BUT THERE'S 88,000 IN RESERVE FOR THESE FUNDS.
UM, IS THAT A TYPO OR NO? THAT'S COMING OUT OF BUILDING SECURITY FUNDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN RESERVE.
SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 130,000 THEN NO, IT'S THE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE BUILDING SECURITY FUNDS, WHICH HAS A BALANCE OF 88,000 RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE GOING TO USE 80,000, 50,000 IS, WHICH ARE APPROVED FOR US FOR THE EMERGENCY USE.
AND WE WILL BE USING THAT THE OTHERS, OTHER FUNDS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT AFTER WE GET THE EMERGENCY PORTION TAKEN CARE OF.
SO 80,000 TOTAL, SOME OF THIS IS A COST ACCOUNTING THING BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUT 50,000 IN THAT PD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, LINE ITEM AND MARIA.
UM, ANNA MARIA WANTED TO TAKE IT OUT OF THAT PD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, LINE ITEM, AS OPPOSED TO THE COURSE OF FUTURE SECURITY FUND DIRECTLY.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE'RE MOVING IN OVER THERE AS WELL.
IT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT IMMEDIATELY.
SO LET'S JUST GIVE US ACCESS TO IT OVER THERE.
IT'S A COST ACCOUNT AND THIS IS FUNDING SOMETHING WE APPROVED AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, RIGHT.
IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS.
AND SO THIS FUNDS THAT DISCUSSION.
IS THE PORTION WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT KEY CARDS FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM RIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
I DON'T NEED TO, UH, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION AND I PICK, WE HAVE A SECOND FIRST AND SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
RICK WANTED TO DISCUSS ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED HEARING? NONE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I'M NUMBER FIVE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 19 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 22 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 FROM THE CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM FUNDS TO LINE ITEM 1 0, 0 DASH OH 4 0 58 0 0 CAP LAB BY FOR FLASHING SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS FOR DORRANCE SLANG.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT SAYS.
HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE CHILD SAFETY FUNDS, WHICH IS A HARD THING TO USE FOR US.
RICK, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.
THIS CAME IN UNDER BUDGET IS THAT WE JUST FOUND SOME THAT WERE LESS MONEY.
IS THAT YEAH, WE GOT IT FOR A LITTLE UNDER 10,000.
SO YEAH, PART OF THAT WAS, UM, WE DIDN'T NEED ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT THE COUNTY USES.
UM, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE REMOTELY OR THEY'LL HAVE TO BE, UM, PROGRAMMED AT THE SITE RATHER THAN REMOTELY FROM YOUR OFFICE.
WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE RELAY SYSTEM ANYWAY, IN ORDER TO GET IT.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE, UH, CELLULAR PACKAGE TO DO IT WITHOUT THAT SYSTEM.
SO IT'S EASY AFTER FOR US TO RUN UP THERE AND PROGRAM TWO SIGNS TWICE A YEAR.
EXCEPT I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE OCCASIONAL VETERAN'S DAY MLK DAY THAT W I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN IT OFF AND ON.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT HOLIDAYS IN HOPE SO.
ALL OF THEM, IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO PROGRAM IN THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S AUTOMATIC.
SO WITH THAT PAT EMOTION, WE HAD A SECOND, UM, KURT SENT A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, UH, A BACK LIGHT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SIGN.
SO THE OFFICER KNOWS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY OPERATIONAL.
HOWEVER, WE CAN EASILY WIRE IN WHAT WE IN THE INDUSTRY CALL A TATTLETALE.
UM, JUST PUT AN LED ON THE BACKSIDE THAT FLASHES WHENEVER THE, THE FRONT LIGHT FLASHES THAT WAY.
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BEHIND THE SIGN KNOWS THAT IT'S OPERATIONAL, IT'S USED MOSTLY FOR RED LIGHTS, BUT IT CAN BE DONE ON THIS AS WELL.WELL, THE, THE ISSUE IS, UM, SO THE WAY THE COURT SYSTEM WORKS, IF THE OFFICER HAS TO KIND OF SEE THAT THE LIGHT WAS RED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TESTIFY THAT THE RAN IN THE RED LIGHT, YOU DON'T WANT YOUR OFFICER TO HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE RED LIGHT TO GO AFTER THE VIOLATOR.
I LIKE THAT TERM, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE ONE THAT'S THAT'S HELPFUL.
SO IT'S, IT'S EASY TO WIRE THAT UP AFTER WE GET IT INSTALLED.
NOW WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TATTLETALE ON OUR LIFE, WE READY TO PROVE THIS.
ANY OPPOSED? TATTLE, TAILING OFF.
AND I'M, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A NEAT DEAL.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD ADDITION AND IT'S A FEEL GOOD, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE.
THIS IS A, A PROPOSAL OF RESOLUTION 2022 DAYS, 12 REGARDING A COALITION OF CITIES PERTAINING TO CENTERPOINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF A DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR.
GUYS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO.
UM, WELL ACTUALLY THE NEXT ONE IS, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, SUGGESTED BY OTHERS AND TO, TO JOIN INTO THIS, UH, UH, COALITION OF CITIES, UM, AS THEY GO TO FIGHT FOR LOWER TAXES OR FIGHT THE T AS TPC FOR LOWER RATES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WAGGING THE DOG, BUT IT'S NICE TO SAY RENT AND HOUSTON CITY CITY EASTON CAN THEN POINT IN THERE.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS MOVED TO APPROVE TO LET HOUSTON DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.
UM, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE AN ITEM SEVEN.
UM, UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 2022 DASH TWO ZERO REGARDING CENTERPOINT ENERGY ELECTRIC APPLICATION TO AMEND ITS DISTRIBUTION COST FACTOR, THE DCRS, UM, W RECOMMENDATIONS OR STAFF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCES TO DENY THE INCREASE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
WE JUST JOINED THE COALITION OF CITIES.
UH, SO IF WE DENY IT, WE'LL LET THEM DO THE HEAVY LIFTING AND TRY TO FIGHT OUR BATTLES FOR US.
AND MAYBE WE'LL GET A DIFFERENT RATE, MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION TO JOIN BY RICK THAT CAN BY DAVID ANY PREFER THE AUDIENCE.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS ROUTINE ITEM.
WE DO IT EVERY YEAR OR EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP.
UM, USUALLY HOUSTON TAKES THE LEAD FOR US, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IT'S TO SERVE OUR INTEREST IN THE INTEREST OF OUR CITIZENS IN THE RATE SETTING.
OBVIOUSLY THE MORE MONEY THAT CENTER POINT GETS, THE MORE THEY CAN PUT INTO HARDENING THE SYSTEM, GET THE REDUNDANCY IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER OUTAGES WE HAD DURING THAT LAST WINTER STORM.
DID WE NOT VOTE? WE HAD MOTION TO SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? NOW MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, SORRY.
UH, I WAS READING ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS A SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING DISCUSSION FROM K ITEM.
NUMBER EIGHT IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION TO CREATE A NEW CHAPTER 96 SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT PROCEDURES IN CITY OF MEADOWS, PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCE.
I'M GOING TO, UH, BACK OFF ON THIS AND SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN GET IS, AND IT'S ALL IN THE DEFINITION AND IT'S ALL IN WHAT COUNCIL WANTS.
WE CAN MAKE THIS AS COMPLICATED AS WE WANT TO, AND WE DON'T NEED TO, WE DON'T NEED AN 11,000 PAGE ORDINANCE TO SAY, IF EVENTS
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UNIQUE OR UNUSUAL OR SPECIAL HERE, IF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.WE'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE, AND WE DON'T NEED TO CREATE ANYTHING IN MY OPINION, THAT WOULD CAUSE BASEBALL THE SCHOOL, UM, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT OR ANYBODY ELSE TO GO CREATE ONE, HOWEVER, IT HAS COME UP, SO WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.
SO, UM, I THINK YOU HAVE NICK PREPARED US TO SPEAK AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU HAVE IT.
SO AT THE LAST MEETING, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT AFTER SHOWING YOU THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE WAS REALLY RELATED TO DEFINITIONS AND WHAT IS, AND WHAT IS NOT A SPECIAL EVENT.
AND SO THE IDEA WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE TIME.
DO WE NEED TO PUT IN SOME KIND OF A THRESHOLD TO DETERMINE OR DEFINE WHAT A SPECIAL EVENT IS? I THINK RICK HAD BROUGHT THAT QUESTION UP AND ASKED THE QUESTION, UH, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO PUT A NUMBER ON THAT? UM, WE'VE HAD SOME TIME AS A STAFF TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
UM, WITH THE MAYOR, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT 96.04 GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS, AGAIN, THIS, FOR THE MOST PART MATCHES WHAT WE HAVE BY BEEN DOING ALREADY WITH THE PERMIT THAT WE HAD ON THE FILE.
UM, STAFF GOT TOGETHER AND KIND OF VETTED A LOT OF THOSE THINGS AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS IT WE NEED TO KNOW AS A STAFF FROM THE EVENT, UH, FROM THE EVENT ORGANIZERS, TO KNOW WHAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THE EVENT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO A SPECIAL EVENT, REALLY IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED A PERMIT, RIGHT? WHAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF, OF A SPECIAL EVENT RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU READ THE DEFINITION, IT REALLY HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
DOES IT HAVE AN IMPACT UPON CITY, PROPERTY SERVICES, FACILITIES, ET CETERA, IF IT DOES HAVE ANY KIND OF AN IMPACT ON CITY RESOURCES, THEN WE WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO COME GET A PERMIT.
IF IT'S A, WHAT WE WOULD CALL A SELF-CONTAINED EVENT, THAT IS AN EVENT THAT DOESN'T IN ANY WAY, TOUCH CITY SERVICES, THEN IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER TO US ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WHETHER THE EVENT OCCURS SO LONG AS IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE CITY.
UH, WE RESEARCHED AND ACTUALLY FOUND THE CITY OF SUGARLAND.
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE AS WELL.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE PURPOSE, BUT IF YOU READ THE DEFINITIONS, I THINK IT READS VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE HAD WRITTEN OURS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THAT A SPECIAL EVENT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, WELL, I'M SORRY THAT IT, THAT IT HAS TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN PAEDS OR INSTRUCT, UH, NORMAL USE OF CITY PROPERTY FACILITIES RIGHT AWAY.
SO I THINK THAT THE DECISION HERE WOULD BE ASSUMING YOU GUYS AGREE WITH THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPECIAL EVENT, WHAT IS A SPECIAL EVENT AND AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CITY GET INVOLVED IN MAKING SOMEBODY COME IN AND GET A PERMIT? OH, I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT THE, WHAT YOU STARTED OF IN SUGAR LANDS, I THINK SAYS IT ALL, ESPECIALLY EVENT MEANS A UNIQUE ACTIVITY.
NOT SOMETHING THAT IS STANDARD OR SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE HERE FOR 25 YEARS.
WELL, THE, THE FEED KICKS IN AT 200 PEOPLE.
SO IS THAT THE THRESHOLD FOR A, THAT'S A NUMBER 16, B 16.
UM, SO IS R 17, I'M SORRY, B 17.
IS THAT THE THRESHOLD THAT THIS KICKS IN? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE DEPOSIT, NOT THE FEE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBLY REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.
THE, THE FEE ITSELF WOULD HAVE TO BE SET BY COUNCIL AS A CONDITION OF THE, SO THE APPLICATION COMES IN AND THERE'S A FEE ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE, THEN IN ADDITION TO THE FEE AND TALKING AND THE STAFF REVIEWING IT, YOU WOULD ALSO NEED TO PUT UP A DEPOSIT, ANYTHING UNDER 200 PEOPLE, YOU WOULD NOT NEED TO PUT A DEPOSIT UP WITH THE CITY.
SO THAT HADN'T DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT NUMBER.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT STAFF HAD THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS FROM TIME TO TIME, PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO HAVE EVENTS.
AND THE QUESTION WAS ALWAYS WHAT DOES AND WHAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, RISE TO THE LEVEL OF NEEDING A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
UM, THAT'S BEEN THE BIG QUESTION AND IT'S BEEN SO SUBJECTIVE, I THINK OVER THE YEARS, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT TOLD US WHAT TO DO.
AND YET WE DID HAVE THIS PERMIT APPLICATION THAT WE HAD IN THE FILE THAT WE WOULD PULL OUT AND USE WHEN A SPECIAL EVENT WOULD POP UP.
AND SO WE JUST NEED SOMETHING TO BACK IT UP.
UM, AGAIN, THERE WERE THINGS ON THAT APPLICATION, LIKE
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT WEREN'T BACKED UP WITH ANY KIND OF AN ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WE NEEDED YOU GUYS TO VOTE ON.I FEEL WE NEED TO PICK A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S 50, WHETHER THAT'S A HUNDRED WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE TO ME, IF YOU SAY A SPECIAL EVENT, WELL, AS A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE PARK, ESPECIALLY EVENT 25 PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK WE CARE 300 PEOPLE.
WE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE IN ADVANCE.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT IS WE NEED TO PICK A NUMBER.
I'D BE FINE WITH MAYBE 50, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, THERE ARE SOME BIRTHDAY PARTIES THAT PROBABLY HAVE 50 OR 60.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT, AND SO MAYBE WE DO SET THE THRESHOLD HIGHER GOING OUT AND CANDIDATE ABOUT 78 PEOPLE UNDER THAT PAVILION AT A PARTY.
I MEAN, THEY WERE OVER THERE PLAYING ON THE TOYS.
THEY WEREN'T CAUSING ANY TROUBLE ON ONE BUTTON THE NEXT DAY AND PARK WAS PRETTY WELL CLEANED UP.
SO NICK, UH, RICK, I KNOW YOU 100, YOU LIKE A HUNDRED CHIEF SAYS A HUNDRED.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO GRIND.
THE CHIEF HAS SATISFIED WITH A HUNDRED.
WHAT IS OUR PARKS? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH A HUNDRED OR DO YOU WANT A NUMBER AT ALL? HELLO.
SO WE GOT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, A HUNDRED GOING ONCE.
AND THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF'S LOOKING AT IT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT.
I THINK COLLEEN'S LOOKING AT IT OF ARE THE GARBAGE CANS CLEANED UP.
DO WE NEED TO HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE OUT THERE TO, TO EMPTY THE CANS? SO IT DOESN'T END UP ALL OVER THE PARK AND I'M GOING TO PULL RANK AND SAY, I'M SUPPORTING THE CHIEF ON THIS ONE.
HE'S GOING, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN WHAT PARTIES OF 50 CAN DO TO A PARK OR SOMETHING.
I'VE SEEN 18 PEOPLE GOING WRECK THE PARK.
SO WHAT DOES THAT SPECIAL EVENT NOW? THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH THE NUMBER? WELL, WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE IT OPEN.
I THINK THAT'S RICK'S POINT IS THAT THE DISCRETION, IF IT, IF IT BECOMES COURTNEY, WHO'S TAKING THE APPLICATION AND SHE'S SAYING, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? YOU PICK FIVE.
I WOULD SAY 75, YOU GOT 75, YOU GOT 75.
WELL GUESS WHAT? Y'ALL HAVE A VOTE.
SO I WAS AT A, THAT WAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT.
AND THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY COLEEN.
ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'LL HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND THEY CAN WRITE UP WITH US AND LET US ALL KNOW THAT.
WHY DO WE NEED TO PICK A FEE AS WELL? IT SAYS WE MAY ESTABLISH AND COLLECT FEES.
SO AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ACTUALLY BRING THIS ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE FORUM TO YOU TO VOTE ON.
SO IT'LL SAY DEFINITION FOR THE PURPOSES.
IT MEANS A NON-ROUTINE ACTIVITY WITH 75 PEOPLE OR MORE.
AND THEN ALL THE REST OF THAT STUFF THAT DOES AFFECT THEM.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BRING A SEPARATE ITEM ON THE FEE SCHEDULE TO AMEND IT, TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, TO PUT IN A FEE FOR THIS.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD A INAPPROPRIATE PHOEBE TO REVIEW THIS FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE? SO, SO THAT'S THE B FOR THE F FOR THE FEE.
WE WANT TO RECOVER THE STAFF TIME.
BUT IF THIS IS NOT A MONEYMAKER TYPE THING, YOU DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO NOT FILL OUT THE FORM OR TRY TO SKIRT IT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GATHER YOUR NEIGHBORS, RIGHT.
THIS IS FOR MEZZO MEADOWS RESIDENTS.
IS THERE A FEE FOR RESIDENTS VERSUS NON-RESIDENTS? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO YOU START GETTING INTO RESIDENTS.
NON-RESIDENTS NON-PROFITS 5 0 1 C3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
PTA'S UM, YOU WILL GET THE OCCASIONAL, HEY, WE'RE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO, SO THE WAY THE COUNTY DOES IT IS THAT THERE'S A SET FEE.
AND THEN, UM, NON-PROFITS CAN COME TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND ASK TO HAVE THAT FEE WAIVED.
I WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT RATHER THAN JUST EXEMPT THEM FROM THE FEE.
UH, YEAH, BUT COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETS ONCE A WEEK, RIGHT? WELL, THIS HAS TO BE IN, THIS HAS TO BE IN LIKE 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OVER A MONTH.
THIS, THIS, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE MUST BE, YOU KNOW, IN 30 DAYS IN ADVANCED MINIMUM, BUT NO MORE THAN 180 DAYS.
SO IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCONVENIENCE ANYBODY.
CAUSE THEY'RE FALLING UNDER THE SCAT GUIDELINES TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR AN EXEMPTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME, I DON'T THINK THIS FEE SHOULD BE ANY MORE THAN ABOUT $50.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT IT LESS THAN THAT.
DO WE NEED TO HAVE A THRESHOLD FOR SAY THEY HAVE 300 PEOPLE? WE NEED OFFICERS.
WELL, THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHERE, WHERE DID THE OFFICERS KICK IN ON THIS THING?
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YOU, YOU GOT A CONDITIONALLY FUNDABLE DEPOSIT FOR 200 BUCKS UP TO 200 PARTICIPANTS, 300 FOR 2 0 1 TO 500, 500 NUT.SO YOU'VE GOT A FLOATING SCALE RIGHT HERE.
I THINK IT'S UNDER E IT'S A, THAT ONE'S, THAT'S A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FEE FOR AN OPPOSITIONALLY REFUNDABLE.
HE DOES SAY THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COST OF THESE SERVICES.
AND THEN IT LISTS THE DIFFERENT THINGS, POLICE PROTECTION, PARK MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA.
NOW, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE DON'T NEED TO BE ARBITRARY ABOUT THAT.
WE DO WANT TO KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF OFFICERS, DEPENDING ON THE CLEANUP.
UM, THAT'S A TOUGH CALL, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE LENGTH OF THE EVENT.
WE CAN'T HARDCODE IT, WE COULD HARD-CODE IT BY HOUR, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TWO HOUR EVENT THAT NEEDS ONE OFFICER VERSUS YOU WANT TO HAVE A 10 HOUR EVENT WITH 700 PEOPLE, HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE NEED AT THAT POINT IS ONE PER A HUNDRED OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER WAS.
SO DO WE, DO WE JUST SAY, I MEAN, HOW OFTEN IS THIS EVENT ARE EVENTS LIKE THIS GOING TO OCCUR? WE NEED TO SET ANYTHING IN STONE RIGHT NOW, OR DO WE SAY WE WILL PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE? AND THEN BASED ON THAT ESTIMATE, THEY CAN GO WITH IT OR NOT.
UM, BASICALLY THE STAFF REVIEWS, THE APPLICATION THAT DETERMINES WHAT ADDITIONAL STAFF NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE.
IF PARKS NEEDS TO PUT SOMEBODY OUT THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT TO REPLACE GARBAGE, YOU KNOW, THE GARBAGE LINERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
CHIEF LOOKS AT IT TO SEE HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS HE NEEDS.
UM, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, COLEEN COMPASSES, PARKS DIRECTOR.
SO BASED OFF OF THE OVERALL REVIEW, CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS TO, UM, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WORKED ON THIS WITH COURTNEY AND NICK, THEY'RE HEADING IT UP AND WE'VE ALL PUT OUR INPUT IN IT TOGETHER ON WHAT WE SEE COULD BE SOME OF THE OBSTACLES OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
UM, BUT BASICALLY ONCE THE APPLICANT, UM, PROVIDES THE DOCUMENTATION TO US, THEN EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS REVIEW IT.
SO CHIEF MIGHT SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A STREET CLOSURE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED IN THIS ONE VERSUS A PARK BIRTHDAY PARTY UNDER PAVILION THAT THEY WANT TO BRING IN A FOOD TRUCK.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS AND YOU CAN'T PREDETERMINED WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND ONCE THEY PUT THE APPLICATION IN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW WHAT THE COSTS WOULD BE.
SO CHIEF WOULD ASSESS AND SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAY, OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED X AMOUNT OF POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S GOING TO BE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S HOW THE ADDITIONAL FEES ARE DERIVED.
BUT YOUR BASIC FEES ARE, THIS IS YOUR ADMIN FEE, THE $50 PROCESSING.
AND THEN HERE IS YOUR REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT THAT WE HOLD ON TO TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DESTROY OUR CITY OR DESTROY OUR PARKS OR LIE TO DUMPSTER ON FIRE.
UH, SINCE 2005, I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE FUN RUNS THAT MIGHT'VE QUALIFIED FOR THIS.
YES, MAYBE THE PHONE RUNS IN THE TORCH RUN AS WELL.
UH, BUT WE USUALLY PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF OFFICERS INVOLVED.
THE ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TOO, IF IT IMPACTS CITY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO IF IT'S IMPACTING TRAFFIC, THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION BESIDES JUST SECURITY, WHICH SECURITY YOU WON'T.
UH, THE, THE MINIMUM STAFFING IS ONE PER 100, BUT IF YOU HAVE TRAFFIC DIRECTION OR IF YOU'RE HAVING, UH, UH, TO DEAL WITH PARKING ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEN THEY COULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS.
THE WAY WE SET THAT, AS YOU SAID, A STANDARD FEE AT THE HIGHEST RATE, THAT WAY YOU NEVER KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN'T, IF YOU'RE DOING IT AT OFFICER RATE, WHICH OFFICER, SO YOU HAVE TO SET A RATE.
SO THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK ALSO, STAFF IS MAKE SURE THAT I THINK I SAW IT COVERED IN HERE, BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE BASEBALL GAMES.
IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SWIM MEETS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTING THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
THIS IS TO GO BACK TO THIS UNIQUE.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY FOR, IT'S REALLY JUST A SAFEGUARD TO THE CITY.
I MEAN, THE COUNTY JUST RECEIVED AN APPLICATION TO HAVE A FUN RUN ON TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY.
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ON TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY.96.02, UM, EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE PAVILION COMMUNITY CENTER OR SWIMMING POOL ARE EXEMPTED HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE REGULATED WITHIN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE CODE BOOK.
WELL, WHALE DISNEYLAND COMES IN WEDDELL THIS COME HERE.
SO ANYTHING ELSE FROM, FOR THESE GUYS, NICK, ARE WE COVERED? I THINK WE'VE GOT THE DIRECTION.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE AND A FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENT, AND THEN, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN WHAT STAFF WILL DO IS AT THE END OF OUR REVIEW WITH THE APPLICANT, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THEM WITH, UH, WHAT AMOUNTS TO AN INVOICE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO PAY IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN THE COVERAGE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THEIR EVENT.
WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THEY HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I WAS SO DOG UNIMPRESSED, WE SOUNDED SO PROFESSIONAL THERE.
UM, I WANT TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS, UH, ACCEPT THE REPORT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING A SPECIFIC VIEW SAS APPLICATION FROM, UH, SEVEN MULTI-STATE SOLUTIONS PER METALS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AND I'M ASSUMING SEAN, YOU'RE READY TO PRESENT US A REPORT.
UM, THIS IS ON THE, AND FORGIVE ME SINCE WE HAVE TWO POINTS, IS THIS ONE ON THE JIFFY LUBE OR ON THE SIGN ORDINANCE IS JIFFY LUBE.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPLIT VOTE IN ALL THE YEARS.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO CONSENSUS.
SO WE DO HAVE, WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE PRESENT, UH, 3, 4, 2 AGAINST, UM, ONLY ONE OF US WASN'T ABLE TO STAY.
UM, BUT WE THOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF IT CHANGING, POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE SCOPE, OR AT LEAST THERE'S A LOT OF STRONG OPINIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE WANTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL TO ASK US ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW WE CAME TO THOSE ANSWERS.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALL, BUT ONE OF THE MEMBERS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2 AGAIN.
UM, BUT IT, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS ANYBODY THAT WAS SO STRONG THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A JIFFY LUBE ON THIS CORNER.
IT WAS MORE THE SPIRIT OF THE DISCUSSION.
IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD A REASON.
I THINK IT FELT MORE LIKE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED AGAINST IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH REASON TO VOTE IT IN.
IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO SAY NO.
UM, ME BEING ONE OF THOSE, I THINK THAT I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN SWAYED EITHER DIRECTION.
UM, I VOTED FOR IT, BUT WE DID GO THROUGH AND WE DID, WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF DISCOUNTED FOR US BECAUSE I THINK OUR PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC BEING AN ISSUE WAS THAT IT, TRAFFIC WAS ONLY AN ISSUE FOR JIFFY LUBE.
UM, UP UNTIL THE POINT THAT WE FOUND A BUSINESS THAT THEY WANTED, THEIR TRAFFIC'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EFFECT ON THAT AREA.
THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS ACTIVELY THAT, WELL, THIS IS GONNA BE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC, SO WE DON'T WANT IT.
UM, I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST THINGS, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY FOR ANYBODY THAT SAID, NO, THEY'LL GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M SURE THEY'D BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU.
BUT A LOT OF IT CAME DOWN TO THE AESTHETICS, UM, TO WHAT THE AESTHETICS THAT IT WOULD ADD TO THAT CORNER.
SO IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE TONE IT DOWN TO A MICROPHONE.
UM, SO THERE IS, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT WENT INTO, WAS THIS THE APPROPRIATE BUSINESS? WAS IT NOT THE APPROPRIATE BUSINESS? I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT FEELINGS TOWARDS IT.
I KNOW ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT DIAMOND BUSINESS TO GO INTO THAT CORNER THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
UM, I DO THINK THERE WERE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP EITHER HERE, VIRTUALLY FROM, YOU KNOW, OPEN DOOR AND FACEBOOK.
UM, A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES SOUND GREAT.
THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD SURVIVE.
UM, I THINK IN TERMS OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN GO FOR THIS LOCATION, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MOST APPEALING AND HAD PROBABLY THE BIGGEST STABILITY AND WOULD BE A GOOD PARTNER FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WHAT I KEPT GOING BACK TO IS THAT IF I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD BEEN AMAZING PARTNERS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THEM PURELY ON PAPER, WE MAY HAVE SAID THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY'VE TURNED OUT TO BE GREAT PARTNERS FOR, FOR INSTANCE, VIRTUE TATTOO.
I THINK THE MOMENT THAT YOU COME AND YOU SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A TATTOO PARLOR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU PUSH AGAINST.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE CROWD WE HAD HERE WHEN THAT CAME THROUGH.
NO, BUT, AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS PART OF IT TOO, IS THAT THERE IS A NATURAL AVERSION TO LOOK THAT BUSINESS.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE BUSINESS, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 20 WELL, A BIG NUMBER.
UM, AND I THINK THAT VERY FEW BUSINESSES THAT I CAN LOOK AT THAT HAVE BEEN IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN AS GOOD, A PARTNER AS VIRTUE TATTOO HAS BEEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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AND HE'S GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO BE A GOOD, GOOD PARTNER FOR THIS CITY A HUNDRED PERCENT.AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT JIFFY LUBE WILL BE THAT SAME PARTNER, BUT LOOKING AT THE BUSINESS OF WHAT IT BRINGS, THE STABILITY, THE, YOU DON'T SEE JIFFY, LUBES GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
I'M SURE IT HAPPENS, BUT THEY'RE GROWING.
THEY'RE NOT SHRINKING AT A TIME THAT A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES ARE, UM, A BIG APPEAL FOR ME WAS THAT, UM, THIS LOCATION THAT IT DIDN'T, I DON'T REMEMBER IT COMING UP WHEN IT WAS PART OF THE OPEN DISCUSSION, BUT THIS LOCATION'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A TRAINING CENTER.
THEY ARE DESIGNING IT AS HAS GOT ONE BAY BIGGER.
IT'S GOT A PLATFORM AND IT IS DESIGNED SO THAT IT CAN HELP TRAIN OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND YOU DON'T LET YOUR TRAINING FACILITY FALL APART.
THAT'S NOT THE ONE THAT YOU FORGET ABOUT.
SO I JUST LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A BAD PARTNER FOR US AND IT'LL BE A SOLID BUSINESS.
THEY HAVE A NATURAL PEOPLE KNOW JIFFY LUBE TO COME TO IT.
SO I'M NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT IT BEING BILLY BOB'S LUBE ENTIRE, AND MAYBE THEY'LL BUILD UP A REPUTATION, HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HAVE A TAX BASE.
I THINK THEY'LL, THEY'LL BRING IN, THIS WAS ALL PART OF Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION.
THIS WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.
NOW, AGAIN, I WAS FOR IT, THERE WERE SOME AGAINST THAT.
THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME DISCUSS IT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING YOUR REPORT.
SO IF YOU'RE THREE REPORTING, I AM OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO CALL IT OFF AGAIN WITH A THREE TO TWO VOTE AND IT TAKES COUNCIL.
I'M A MEMBER FROM PLANNING AND ZONING FOR, IT TAKES FOUR VOTES FOR THEM TO BRING THEM REPORT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER HERE MOVED TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT BY RICK.
SECOND SECOND BY DAVE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, ALL IN FAVOR.
HEY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, SEAN.
YOU'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT THESE REPORTS, BY THE WAY.
HOW, HOW BAD WAS I AT THE BEGINNING? THIS IS THE BAR, BUT WE DO WANT YOU TO STAY FOR ITEM 10 WHEN WE ACTUALLY DISCUSS, BUT THIS IS WHERE THERE COULD BE SOME DISCUSSION, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE P AND Z MEMBERS AT THIS POINT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THINGS THAT, UH, UM, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, OKAY, SO THAT'LL MOVE US ON TO ITEM 10 DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATIONS OF 2022 DASH 21 REGARDING A SPECIFIC USE APPLICATION, UH, FROM SERVON MILK MULTI-STATE SOLUTIONS PER METIS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 1 53 0.094 B TO D THREE, ALLOWING FOR AUTOMOBILE SERVICES, A JIFFY LUBE ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE BACK CORNER OF 11 7 20 WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD.
UM, COUNSEL, WE'VE HEARD THE JIFFY LUBE BOATS TALK.
WE'VE HEARD OUR AUDIENCE'S TALK.
WE'VE HEARD OUR REPORT FROM, UH, SEAN OVARY, THE CHAIR OF, UH, UH, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S UP TO YO, UM, TO DECIDE WHETHER WE PUT IT IN AND NOT, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE A FULL COUNCIL HERE TO DISCUSS THIS.
UH, BUT I I'M GONNA SAY ONE THING.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND THE WORRIES THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS HAVE AND THAT BROUGHT FORTH, BUT I'VE SAT HERE AND LOOKED AT ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES, BEEN PROMOTED AND LOOKED AT FOR 20, SOME ODD YEARS INVOLVED IN RIGHT AT 20 YEARS IN CITY COUNCIL.
AND AS MAYOR, THIS IS THE FIRST BUSINESS THAT I WILL SAY IS A VIABLE BUSINESS THAT I WOULD NOT MIND SEEING.
THERE IS A SERVICE THAT FOR ME AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE TUCKED IN A CORNER THAT WE HAVE HAD NOBODY COME AND ASK FOR.
WE'VE TRIED TO PUSH THAT CORNER OFF ON OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY JUST SAY, NO, I DON'T WANT THERE ON, OUT ON THE CORNER.
WELL, JEFFREY LEAVES NOT SAYING I WANT OUT THERE, THEY'RE SAYING WE WANT BACK HERE.
I WAS UNAWARE THAT IT WAS A TRAINING SESSION.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THING, BUT AGAIN, COUNCIL, I DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
SO NOW IT'S YOUR TIME TO DISCUSS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE SORT OF, HOLD ON, HOLD ONE SECOND HERE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY.
THAT'S WHERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION SO I CAN HAVE TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER RIGHT HERE.
GO AHEAD, SHAWN, IF YOU GET ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO LET SEAN DO THAT, I APOLOGIZE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP, I MEANT TO, I WROTE NOTES DOWN.
OF COURSE, I DIDN'T LOOK AT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND WE KEPT HEARING AS WELL FROM THE PUBLIC AND THINGS WE'VE READ WAS
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ESPECIALLY THE NEIGHBORS.THAT BORDER WAS A NOISE CONCERN.
UM, WHEN, AND WE, THE REPRESENTATIVE
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ASKED IS CAN WE RECOMMEND THAT INSTEAD OF A STANDARD EIGHT FOOT FENCE, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO PUT IN A SOUND BARRIER WALL FOR THOSE, THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE THERE, THAT BORDER IT? AND SHE SAID THAT THEY WOULD, THEY SEEM TO BE VERY OPEN TO THE IDEA OF DOING SOMETHING TO HELP BE GOOD NEIGHBORS FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS, THAT THEY'RE THERE TO HELP MITIGATE MAYBE SOME OF THE NOISE THAT'LL BE OFFSET AND ARE COMING OFF THE BACK OF THEIR BUILDING.
AND THAT IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, BY THE WAY, JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY.
SO SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE A MOTION UP DOWN, OR LET'S MOVE ON.
WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO THROW IN CAVEATS OR REQUIREMENTS LIKE THAT, IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE MOTION.
SO THIS IS ONE WHERE MAYBE WE WANT TO DISCUSS IT BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.
UM, I WILL PUT IN LIKE, SEAN, THIS IS ONE THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE FENCE FOR.
I CAN SEE THE PROS AND CONS THE, THE NOISE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE NOISE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE HEARD OVER THE TRAFFIC NOISE.
THAT'S ALREADY THERE, EXCEPT POSSIBLY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE RATCHET, OR IF THEY INSTALLED A STEREO SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE HEARD OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D WANT NOW.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS ONE'S ONE I'VE BEEN ON THE FENCE FOR, I DO BELIEVE WE CHECKED AND IT WOULD THROW OFF SALES TAX.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I DON'T WANT TO INFLUENCE A, I'M JUST GOING TO YIELD THE FLOOR TO WHEN, UH, YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT, I WANTED TO, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM A COUPLE OF THE OTHER, OR AT LEAST ONE OTHER MEMBER WHO WAS OPPOSED TO IT TOO AGAINST IT.
AND JUST WHY THAT, WHY WERE YOU AGAINST IT AND NOT, I'LL OPEN THAT UP.
UH, GO UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF NAME, ADDRESS.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS NEXT TO KUWAIT.
HOGGART THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD, I WANTED TO REFLECT MY NEIGHBORS AND WHAT I WAS SAYING AND HEARING FROM MEADOW PLACE.
NEIGHBORS, OF COURSE, YOU GUYS GOT TO HEAR EVERYONE GET UP AND SPEAK TODAY.
BUT WHAT I WAS REALLY HEARING WAS THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
IT SEEMS TO BE THAT PROPERTY, WHAT I WAS HEARING OR REASONS TO BACK UP, WHY THEY DIDN'T.
THEY FELT THAT THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE MIGHT BE IMPACTED NOISE, PROPERTY TAXES, ET CETERA, PROPERTY VALUE.
ALL OF THOSE WERE REASONS TO SAY METAL'S PLACE.
ISN'T GOING TO BE AS PRETTY OR AS QUAINT OR AS NICE OR A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.
JIFFY LUBE MAY BRING, BUT GIVE A NUMBER OF 30,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S GREAT, BUT IS IT WORTH US LOSING THAT FEELING THAT THIS IS OUR PLACE FOR LIFE? OUR HOME, I FELT THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ON CONTAINING POLLUTION WERE WELL ADDRESSED BY JEFFY LOOP.
AND I COULD SEE THAT THEY WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITION MO MONETARILY, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL THAT THEY WERE A GOOD FIT FOR MEADOWS PLACE.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN MORE PATIENT.
I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR ABOUT.
MAYBE WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IF WE DON'T LIKE THE SUITORS THAT ARE COMING TO THIS TO DO THIS PROPERTY, WE NEED TO BE MORE CREATIVE AND GO LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL FIT BETTER AND LOOK BETTER.
AND IF IT WAS 20,000 A YEAR, BUT IT LOOKED MORE ACCEPTING AND FELT MORE LIKE, UM, A SMALL TOWN FEEL, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
IF ALWAYS MAY BERRY, INSTEAD OF HOUSTON, I'D LOOK FOR THEM.
WE NEED TO GO OUT AND WAIT A YEAR OR ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO FIND THE RIGHT PROPERTY.
I'M GLAD THAT THE, UM, COMMITTEE THAT I'M SERVING ON IS SO CARING, DETAIL ORIENTED AND OPEN FOR LOTS OF DISCUSSION, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD TONIGHT.
AND EVERYONE CAREFULLY WAITED BECAUSE WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER'S POSITIONS.
I THINK EVERYONE HERE TRY TO REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORS.
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I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO SAYS, OH, I DON'T WANT COMMERCE.AND I DON'T WANT THE FLOURISHING BUSINESSES, BUT I DO WANT MEADOWS PLACE TO KEEP TRADITIONAL.
I'VE GOT A COMMENT AND RESPONSE THURSDAY, AND THEN I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND THIS CAN BE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAS FOUR OR, AND IF YOU WANT TO AGAINST IS, UM, WE HAD A SIMILAR, UM, P AND Z BOAT, NOT LONG AGO, WE VOTED AGAINST QUICK QUACK.
THAT WAS A DECISION THAT THE, UH, THERE WAS A UNANIMITY ON, AT LEAST IT WAS FOR FOUR TO ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS WHAT THE EXACT BOAT WAS.
I DO REMEMBER THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO PRO MY QUESTION IS WHY, WHY THIS ONE? AND NOT THAT ONE, SAM SKIMP 1, 2, 1, 1, 4 DORRANCE.
UH, MY FEEL ON IT, THE DIFFERENCE WAS THE AESTHETICS OF THE BUSINESS ARE A LOT BETTER THAN A BIG DUCK.
ALSO, IT, IT, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REVENUE BRINGER TO THE CITY.
I THINK THEY'LL, UM, BE A BETTER FIT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, AS I KNOW, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OF A CARWASH, IN MY OPINION, WAS, UH, A BIGGER IMPACT THAN WHAT THIS WILL BE.
I THINK THAT IT WILL BE A SMALLER IMPACT AND IT WILL BE A BETTER REVENUE DRIVER.
I MEAN, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S A BETTER FIT THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED PROPOSED PROPOSED BEFORE.
UM, WELL, THEY WERE BOTH AUTOMOTIVE RELATED.
THEY ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, SO, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE, BUT HOW MUCH FUN WOULD WE HAVE SEEN QUICK, QUITE CARWASH.
UM, AND, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK.
AND DAVID, THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
AND I WANT TO SAY, I WISH WE COULD FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A PANACEA AND BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT.
AND THAT IS WE, WE HAVE TRIED TO GET BUSINESSES IN THAT ARE A GOOD FIT FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO DO THAT.
AND FOR THE MOST PART WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL UP AT THE OTHER CORNER BY CVS.
WE'VE GOT A NO RILEY'S COMING IN.
I WOULD NOT BE AS THRILLED WITH O'REILLY'S BEING ON THE CORNER KIRKWOOD AND AIRPORT TO YOUR POINT.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND IT WAS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT.
SO THEY KIND OF HAD TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'VE GOT A VERY DELICATE BALANCE HERE IN COUNCIL.
IT'S Y'ALL'S DISCUSSION ON, ON WHERE WE ARE, BUT I WANT TO SAY WE'VE HAD PROS AND WE'VE HAD CONS AESTHETICS HAS KICKED ONE TO THE CURB AND ALLOWED ONE IN, IN, IN YOUR MIND.
BUT THE LOCATION OF THAT PROPERTY IS VITAL.
IT'S OUR LAST COMMERCIAL PROPERTY UNTIL SOMEONE DOES A MAJOR OVERHAUL AND THAT'S A HARD CORNER TO SELL BACK IN THAT BACK.
I MEAN, I, I LOVE THAT I'VE TRIED TO GET SOME AND I'VE JUST BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
UM, IS IT GOING TO HURT MY FEELINGS IF WE SAY NO, NO, WILL IT MAKE ME HAPPY IF WE DO? YES, BUT RIGHT BEHIND US, WE GOT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WE SAID EMPTY SALON.
WE WERE JUST HAD TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD OWNERS TELLING THEM THIS TO COUNCIL TO WORK WITH.
SO KEEP ALL THOSE THINGS IN MIND AS YOU BRING IT UP.
AND NOW RICK, WHERE ARE WE NOW? UH, YOU TURNED IT OVER TO SOMEBODY HERE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO MAKE A DISCUSSION.
UM, I GREW UP WORKING ON CARS ALL THE TIME.
I ALWAYS HAD A BAD PERCEPTION OF JIFFY LUBE UNTIL I GREW UP NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT OF JIFFY LUBE AT THAT TIME.
SO, UH, I WOULD MAKE JOKES ABOUT IT AND HE SAID, WELL, HOW ABOUT YOU? COME, COME WITH ME TO WORK.
ONE DAY ENDED UP, I INTERVIEWED FOR A DISTRICT MANAGER POSITION BECAUSE I LIKED WHAT I SAW.
UM, I, I WENT INTO A JIFFY LUBE AND HE MADE ME A SECRET SHOPPER AT A COUPLE OF THEM.
UM, AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.
IT TURNED MY PERCEPTION, UM, TO BEING GOOD.
UH, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK UNTIL I HEARD EVERYONE BECAUSE I I'M A LITTLE BIASED TOWARDS THEM.
UH, I'D SAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF THE CADILLAC OF SERVICE CENTERS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK WHERE THEIR
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LOCATIONS ARE, THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, PROMINENT AREAS OF TOWN, UH, RIVER OAKS, UM, SOME CLOSER TO US ALIANA UM, RIGHT BEHIND HOUSES, CROSS CREEK RANCH, MY BEHIND HOUSES.UM, YEAH, GREATWOOD, YOU'VE GOT, UM, MEMORIAL, UM, SOUTH SIDE PLACES, ONE WITH HOUSES RIGHT BEHIND IT THAT ARE WORTH A MILLION BUCKS.
UM, SO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW IS GOING TO LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THIS JIFFY LUBE, IF IT GOES IN AND, AND SOME, YOU KNOW, I SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT.
UH, BUT I DO LIKE WHAT I'M SEEING SO FAR, I LIKE WHAT WAS PRESENTED.
UH, I LIKED THE TIME THAT WERE PROPOSED TO THE TIMES THAT THEY WOULD BE OPENING, CLOSING.
UM, THE ONE THING I WOULDN'T LIKE IS USING THE AIR TOOLS ON DOING TIRES, BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER, THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER IS OIL AND OTHER FLUIDS.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M LEANING TOWARDS FOUR AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO DO THE MOTION.
AND DOES IT HAVE, SO ALL THREE OF US HAVE TO THAT'S TRUE.
AND JUST REALLY PUBLIC MY ALL THREE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A MAJORITY OUT OF A, OUT OF A QUORUM IS IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, I JUST SCREW THAT.
YOU NEED TO LOOK THAT UP TOMORROW.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT SPOT.
UH, AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BEAUTIFY THE SPOT AS WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL.
CAUSE WE HAVE A LINEAR PARK RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
WE GOT A JIFFY LUBE REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
RICK BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF A SOUND WALL, LIKE A TALLER FENCE TO BE ADDED INTO THE MOTION, THEN I THINK NOW WE NEED TO DISCUSS RIGHT.
WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT SWAY? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT? BECAUSE IF IT COMES AS PART OF THE SUP YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT, IS THAT A MAKE OR BREAK FOR JIFFY LUBE? OH, CON COMMENT COMING MEREDITH SMITH, 1, 2 0 3, 4 SCOTTSDALE DRIVE.
UM, AND ONE THING AFTER WE VOTED TODAY, BOB GRAFF MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT AND HE SAID, I DIDN'T WANT TO ADD THIS UNTIL AFTER YOU GUYS PLACED YOUR BOAT.
BUT THE ONLY REASON THIS REALLY WAS BROUGHT FORTH WAS BECAUSE THIS IS AN AUTO DRIVEN BUSINESS.
AM I GETTING THIS CORRECT, NICK? AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ONLY SHOTS BECAUSE WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS TO CONTROL WHAT GOES IN THIS SPACE.
THEY COULD PUT ANOTHER STRIP CENTER IN THERE AND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY THINGS WE CAN POLICE GOING IN THAT STRIP CENTER, NOT TO SAY THAT VIRTUE TATTOO IS A POOR PARTNER.
THEY'RE FABULOUS PARTNER, BUT THERE COULD BE A BUNCH OF OTHER BUSINESSES THAT GO IN THERE THAT MIGHT NOT BE JUST A THOUGHT.
YOU COULD END UP WITH A RESTAURANT WITH A PATIO, WITH MUSIC ON THE PATIO THAT WE COULD NOT CONTROL.
SO, I MEAN, JUST THAT'S PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, UM, WAS THE MAYOR, CORRECT? I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR THIS ON THE RECORD, THE MAYOR WAS CORRECT.
UM, I'M TELLING YOU SO TWO IS A MAJORITY OF THE QUORUM THAT WE HAVE.
SO ALL YOU NEED IS TO, I'VE BEEN RIGHT TWICE NOW IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN, IT GIVES.
AND SO GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION, OH, NOW WE CAN GET A SPLIT VOTE AND MAKE CHARLIE VOTE.
FINALLY, JIFFY LUBE, ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK OUT THE DOOR? UM, I'M NOT TOTALLY CONVINCED THAT A MASONRY WALL IS REALLY NEEDED FOR THIS.
HOWEVER, IT WOULD ASSIST WITH MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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THOSE NEIGHBORS.UM, BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY BEHIND THE BUILDING TYPE THING.
SO ONCE AGAIN, CAN YOU MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT A MASONRY WALL IS ON THE TABLE OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION, GO BACK, TALK TO YOUR MANAGEMENT GROUP AND LOSE THE DEAL, BUT YOU WATCH SHARK TANK, UM, RATHER THAN HAVE HARD-CODED INTO THE SUP THE WAY THE ORDINANCE READS.
IT SAYS EITHER AN EIGHT FOOT WOOD OR MASONRY WALL.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TOWARD THE MASONRY ROUTE, WE JUST BAKE THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE.
AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
WOULD IT REPLACE THE EXISTING WOODEN FENCE? WE PREFER THAT IT REPLACED THE WOODEN FENCE AND THEY EXTEND TO IT.
OTHERWISE THAT GAP BECOMES A PROBLEM.
WE'VE HAD THAT PROBLEM OVER AT THE SHELL STATION IN THE PAST.
THERE'S I THINK IT'S AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE THERE.
IT HONESTLY IS 10 FOR, AND I KNOW BESIDE, BEHIND 1, 1 77 IT'S 10.
UM, AND SO THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IS THE LIMIT? IT IS THE ENTIRE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, OR IS IT THE EXTENT OF THIS PAD SITE? TO ME, IT'S THE EXTENT OF THE PAD SITE.
THE PROBLEM IS IF WE DO EIGHT FOOT, IT'S GOING TO BE TWO FOOT LOWER WHERE IT ABUTS TO THE WOODEN.
WE JUST, WE SAY 10, THEN SCHERMER CAM WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
BECAUSE IT'S AN SUP YOU DO HAVE, YEAH, THIS HAS SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
WE GET TO WRITE ANYTHING IN THERE WE WANT.
UM, SO, SO THE SOUND WALL ON KIRKWOOD IS I THINK IT'S AN EIGHT OR IS IT A 10 ON AIRPORT OR ON AIRPORT? I MEAN, UM, I THINK THERE'S, YOU MAY GET INTO A STRUCTURAL ISSUE IF YOU GO TO 10.
IS THAT ROD COMING UP TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.
ANYTHING OVER EIGHT FEET NEEDS TO BE ENGINEERED EIGHT FEET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D WANT TO GO TO AN ENGINEERED WALL.
UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST INVOLVED IN IT.
EIGHT PROFESSIONAL EIGHT FEET IS, UM, GENERALLY CONSIDERED ADEQUATE FOR MOST THINGS.
IN FACT, IF YOU DO SOUND WALLS ON A STANDARD STREET, WHICH THE COUNTY DOESN'T, WE WON'T DO, BUT IT'S GENERALLY EIGHT FEET.
UM, WHAT'S THE POINT, THE POINT HERE'S THE BACH, THE SOUND.
AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, WE'RE SAYING MASONARY WORD WOOD WORKS BETTER THAN WORDING.
THAT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING, LET'S DO EIGHT FEET.
SO AS SOMEBODY INCLINED TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL, I'M NOT GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE OFF COUNSEL WHEN I RETIRE.
SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE JIFFY LUBE WITH A MASONRY WALL, UM, ALONG THE PATH FOR THE LENGTH OF THE PAD SITE.
WE'LL HAVE A MOTION WITH AN EIGHT FOOT BALL, MASON, HER WALL FOR THE LENGTH OF THE PAD SIDE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, HAVE A SECOND BY KURT KAPUSCINSKI THAT LEAVES US TO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR THE LIGHT PERSON HE IS OVER HERE GOING, WHAT DID I WALK INTO? THERE WAS, UM, YEAH.
CAN WE GIVE HER THE SUMMARY OF P AND Z REAL QUICK SPLIT VOTE ON PNZ THREE TO, UM, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD? NOT A WHOLE LOT OF STRONG FEELINGS AGAINST NOT A LOT OF STRONG FEELINGS FOR IF I BELIEVE THAT WAS FAIR.
UM, WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE COUNCIL HAS FALLEN OUT AS WELL.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE, THE CONCERNS WERE TRAFFIC WHILE THEY'RE PREDICTING 60, 80 VEHICLES A DAY, THAT'S LESS THAN MOST THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN HERE KNOWING IS, UM, LIKE I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE, HAD COME IN YET OR NOT.
I DON'T THINK THE NOISE IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE TRAFFIC NOISE THAT THEY'RE GETTING NOW EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE AIR WRENCHES.
UM, AND SO IF WE DO THE MASONRY WALL THAT SHOULD HELP MITIGATE THAT, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF USES IN THAT COULD COME IN HERE WITHOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WE COULD NOT.
UM, WE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE NOISE THAT THEY PRODUCE.
AND SO YOU START GETTING INTO A BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE CONTROL? WHAT CAN WE CONTROL?
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UM, THIS DOES GENERATE SALES TAX, THE COMMENTS AGAINST IT WERE, IT'S JUST NOT THE FIT FOR MEADOWS PLACE.IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BUSINESS THAT WILL MAKE THIS YOUR PLACE FOR LIFE.
I REALLY DON'T SEE ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES GOING THE WAY THAT, THAT IT WAS DESCRIBED AND WITH THE LANDSCAPING.
UM, I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT JIFFY LUBE IS IN A VERY PROMINENT AREAS OF TOWN.
IT'S IT BACKS UP TO HOMES AND ELIANA CROSS CREEK GREATWOOD MEMORIAL RIVER OAKS, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, THERE, I DON'T SEE ANY EFFECT ON VALUES THERE BECAUSE OF IT.
I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK, UM, I KNOW IT'S HARD PROBABLY LIVING BEHIND THERE.
UM, I AM IN THE BUSINESS OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S ALWAYS HARD WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES, EVEN THOUGH YOU WANT IT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT SOMETIMES.
UM, SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SOUND WALL BARRIER.
UH, TO ME, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS.
SO, UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND ON PROVING THE SUP WITH THE ADDITION OF A EIGHT FOOT MASONRY SOUND WALL FOR THE LENGTH OF THE PAD SIDE.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO NICK ABOUT WHETHER WE NEEDED TO HARD-CODE HOURS OF OPERATION.
IT REALLY FALLS UNDER THE CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE.
ANYWAY, THEY'RE THERE HOURS OF OPERATION AREN'T EXCEEDING ANYTHING THAT WE CONSIDER NORMAL.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OPEN UNTIL TWO IN THE MORNING.
YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, IF A RESTAURANT WENT IN HERE THAT HAD A BAR COMPONENT TO IT, THEY WOULD BE OPEN UNTIL TWO IN THE MORNING.
AND THE ONLY THING WE WOULD HAVE AGAINST, OR TO CONTROL THAT WITH WOULD BE OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN I'M CALLED FOR VOTE.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO SECOND, THIRD DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED YOU WERE ELECTED TO COUNCIL TO DEAL DEAL WITH? HUH? OKAY.
SO WE GOT IT HAS THE, IT HAS THE SAME EFFECT DAVID, NO, OR ABSTAIN HAS.
SO WE GOT THREE TO ONE MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR HAVING THE GUTS TO VOTE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT VOTE FOR BOTH THE P AND Z AND COUNCIL REFREX REFLECTS A LOT OF THE ATTITUDE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU, OURS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO GET THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT IT TO SHOW UP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, DO WANT IT, OR ARE NEUTRAL.
WON'T SHOW UP TO A MEETING LIKE THIS.
AND I DID SEE SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS ON THE WHAT'S HAPPENING PAGE OF WHAT DO YOU GUYS HAVE? YOU KNOW, SO, SO WHAT DO WE WANT? WE WANT A BUSINESS THAT GENERATES A MILLION DOLLARS, NO TRAFFIC TYPE THING, 30 STORY HEB.
AND YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO GET THAT.
AND SO I THINK THE VOTE REFLECT A LOT OF THE ATTITUDE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I CAN'T, WE CAN'T UNDO THAT BOAT NOW.
AND, AND, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GOT UP AND YOU SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY.
BUT YOU, YOU, YOU DID A GOOD JOB, BUT SAYING WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT, INCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST VOTED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL A I'M JUST SO TICKLED TO THAT.
Y'ALL ARE HERE AND HAVE WORKED SO HARD.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? WE'RE IN ITEM NUMBER 11, EXCEPT THE REPORT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING REGARDING RECOMMENDATION, UH, REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MEADOWS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCE 1, 5, 3 0.98, NINE, OR IN SEVEN B SIGNS, UH, COMMERCIAL ALLOWING UPON THE CITY REQUEST A MINIMUM OF SIX MINUTES OF ADVERTISEMENT PER HOUR.
WE, WE ACCEPTED THAT UNANIMOUSLY.
PRETTY MUCH THE FEELING WAS THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION BEFORE WITH THAT WAY.
NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT MOTION BY KURT SECOND.
AND THIS IS WHERE IT COMES UP TO COUNCIL.
AGAIN, ALL WE'RE DOING IS MODIFYING THE LANGUAGE OF EXISTING ORDINANCE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 22 AMENDING METAL'S PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 1 5, 3, 9, 8 IN SEVEN B SIGNS
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COMMERCIAL OFFICE ADVERTISING, ALLOWING REQUEST BY THE CITY, A MINIMUM OF SIX MINUTES OF ADVERTISING PER HOUR.COUNCIL Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SO MOVED MOTION BY WRIT SECOND BY KURT.
AND REALLY THIS IS CLEAN UP OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY WHEN IT WAS FIRST.
ANY OPPOSED THAT MOTION PASSES, UM, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION, SETTING A DATE FOR THE COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT.
UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HOLDING IT IN COLORADO SPRINGS THIS YEAR.
WE'LL PROBABLY HEAD OVER TO OUR EFC.
UM, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY A RETREAT.
SO WHO'S SETTING THIS DATE WHEN HISTORICALLY, HAVE WE TYPICALLY SET THIS DATE IT'S AFTER THE ELECTION, FOR SURE.
WHICH, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AFTER THE ELECTION THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE? YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO BREAK THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT OR WHATEVER OUR CAP IS WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE ON THE ACCELERATED SCHEDULE.
IF WE EVEN WOULD CONSIDER THAT, THEN WE PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE THIS IN MAY.
UM, AND, AND EVEN, EVEN IF WE KEEP THE 0.8, THREE, IT'S GOING TO BE GREATER THAN THE ABSOLUTELY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S Y'ALL'S CHOICE AS TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO ABOVE THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT.
UM, AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE WANT TO START OUR PROCESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THE FULL OPTIONS AND THE FULL POSSIBLE SCHEDULE WE NEED TO FOLLOW.
THE ACCELERATED SCHEDULE DOES, DOES COME INTO PLAY HERE, RICK.
UM, I HAVE IT BY AUGUST, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE LOOP.
SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22ND, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT READY TO HAND IN AND AUGUST.
WHAT ABOUT END OF MAY? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE? YEAH.
I'M ACTUALLY OUT OF TOWN MAY, MAY 21ST.
AND MAY 28TH IS WHEN'S LABOR OR WHEN'S MEMORIAL DAY.
PROBABLY THE, UM, SO I CAN'T DO 14TH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO IT ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE CAN'T ALWAYS DO IT DURING THE WEEK.
THAT'S A, IT'S A REALLY BUSY MONTH.
I KNOW FOR ME AND TIA WITHIN THE SCHOOL STUFF, IT'S KIND OF NUTS LIKE A LATE AFTERNOON.
IF COUNCIL'S AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, NOT START.
I THINK WE JUST DO A TUESDAY NIGHT, MID, EARLY TO MID MONTH.
AND THEN IF WE NEED A SECOND, FOLLOW-UP WE SAVE IN FILE WITH, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATES, HDR'S LOOKING AT MAY 17TH FOR THE TOWN HALL IS COUNTED AS AVAILABLE AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TUESDAY.
IT COULD BE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AS WELL.
UM, SO 17TH IS PROBABLY THE MID I'M OPEN ON THE 10TH.
THIS IS EXHILARATING DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN MAY 11TH DANCE RECITAL.
NO, IT'S ONLY THE RUN-THROUGH.
LIKE 6, 6, 6 34 35, 5, 5, 5, 5.
I'LL JUST HAVE TO GET ON MY CALENDAR TO LEAVE WORK AND EMORY TIME THEY GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME.
I MEAN, I'LL JUST HAVE TO LEAVE WORK EARLY.
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OH, SHUCKS.YOU'RE GOING TO SEND OUT THE INVITES THEN FOR MY 10TH.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM F THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS, UH, INCLUDES THE INVESTMENT REPORT, FINANCIAL REPORT, AND THE MINUTES AS LISTED, MOVED TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY RICK.
ANY OPPOSED? NO, THAT'S A BIG USE FOR UNANIMOUSLY.
FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING IS AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS? NOT ON THE AGENDA GOING ONCE GOING TWICE, MOVING ON TO ITEM H JEREMY.
WELL THAT THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS.