[City Council Meeting]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.UH, WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL MEETING GOING ON.
WE'VE GOT PLANNING AND ZONING IN THE OTHER ROOM.
THERE'LL BE BACK IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT THIS IS A MEADOWS PLACE.
IT'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2022.
UH, ITEM ONE IS CALLED TO ORDER AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WE'VE GOT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HERE.
WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUESTS HERE THIS EVENING THAT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM RIGHT AFTER WE HEAR THE, UH, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE INVOCATION.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK JOSHUA IF YOU WOULD TO LEAD THE PLEDGE RIGHT AFTER, UH, WELL, LET'S DO THAT NOW.
AND THEN WE'LL DO THE INVOCATION.
YOU MIND LEADING US INTO PLEDGE.
WE'VE GOT FLAGS RIGHT UP HERE.
YOU HAD A START OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
FENWICKS GOT TO PRAY FOR
WE THINK FOR THOSE PLACES, FOR ALL THOSE FOUR IN THIS
AND SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM B, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS, JOSHUA DUMPS, SIT DOWN, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR STUFF AND YOU NEED TO TRAILBLAZE UP HERE.
AND, UH, I'VE ASKED OUR PARKS DIRECTOR COLEEN
AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR PICTURES TAKEN EVERYTHING.
I WANT YOU TO COME UP AND CHECK OUR HANDS ON COUNCIL.
WELL, YOU ALL RIGHT CALLING AND IT COMES UP HERE.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU'VE ALREADY NOTED, THIS IS JOSHUA AND HE IS A EAGLE SCOUT.
OUR SOON TO BE RIGHT NOW THAT HE COMPLETED HIS PROJECT, HE APPROACHED THE CITY WITH THIS GREAT IDEA TO PROVIDE BAT HOUSES THAT HE AND HIS GROUP MADE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NUMBERS ON THEM.
HE MADE 10 HOUSES TO BE PLACED IN SOME OF OUR POCKET PARKS AROUND THE CITY.
AND THE REASON WHY THERE ARE NUMBERS ON THEM OR THAT WE CAN COLLECT DATA, WHICH ONES ARE BEING INHABITED.
ARE THEY MIGRATORY? WHAT TYPES OF BATS POSSIBLY EVEN ARE ENTERING IN THIS AREA? WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF BATS.
AND WHAT ARE THOSE? THE MEXICAN FREE TAILED BET AND THE TEXAS BROWN BAG.
SO, UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WHEN HE PRESENTED THIS TO THE CITY WAS, WELL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING IS ACCURATE FOR THE TYPE OF BATS.
SO YOU, HE DID SOME RESEARCH, UH, ONE OF MY MAIN RESEARCH POINTS TO JOSHUA.
I HATE TO BUG HIM, BUT YOU NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE SPEAKER BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING COURTED FOR ETERNITY.
UM, WELL, ONE OF MY MAIN RESEARCH LOCATIONS WAS THE, UH, BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
AND, UM, I FOLLOWED THEIR GUIDELINES TO CREATE AN OPTIMAL BAT HOUSE, UH, SUCH AS THIS ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS, UM, ADDITIONAL CONTAINERS, LITTLE POCKETS FOR THE BATS TO CHAMBERS CHAMBERS FOR THE BATS TO RESIDE IN.
AND, UM, THERE ARE GROOVES CARVED INTO THE, EACH OF THE WOOD, UH, PIECES SO THAT THE BATS CAN USE THEIR TALENTS TO CLIMB UP INTO THE BAT HOUSE AND SLEEP IN THERE.
ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A, UM, OVERHANG SO THAT IT CAN PREVENT MOISTURE FROM, YOU KNOW, RAIN POURING DOWN ON TOP AND CREATE SHADE ALSO.
HE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO FROM START TO FINISH WAS ABOUT A MONTH, MAYBE SIX WEEKS.
UM, PROBABLY THE FASTEST EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT GROUP THAT I'VE WORKED WITH.
UM, SO I WAS VERY PLEASED AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT TO, UM, PROVIDE US WITH THE LAST BOX AND WE WANTED TO GET A PICTURE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND JUST GIVE HIM RECOGNITION FOR WHAT HE'S DONE.
SO LET'S HEAR IT FOR JOSHUA OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE OVER HERE WITH CAMERON.
AND THEN DID YOU WANT TO STEP DOWN? I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE AND SHAKE COUNCIL'S HANDS.
HE CAN JUST WALK BY AND LET US SEE THAT BAT BOX.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SEVERAL OF THESE ALREADY OUT.
I THINK NINE OF THEM ARE ALREADY OUT.
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AND, AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, CAMERON'S POSTED THE, UH, CAMERON'S POSTED THE PLANS.SO YOU GO ONLINE ONTO OUR WEBSITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLANS.
SO TO REPEAT WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING, CAMERON HAS ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE PUT PLANS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUILD YOUR OWN BAT HOUSE.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO HELP JOIN IN THE CAUSE TO BRING MORE BATS INTO THE AREA, YOU CAN BUILD A BAT HOUSE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I BELIEVE HE USED A CEDAR FENCE PICKETS.
UM, SO IT WAS VERY RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE TO PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT DEFINITELY WITH INSIGHT OF WHAT THE BATS NEED.
SO THIS IS JUST, YES, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT MAKE OUR LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE, SO WONDERFUL AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND RAISE THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY IN ALL AREAS AND MAKES IT A, YOUR PLACE FOR LIFE.
AND, UH, AS, AS AN OLD GUY AND TELL YOU, IT'S KIND OF FUN TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, MY FINGERPRINTS ARE ON THIS TOWN.
AND SO, UH, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, YOU'LL COME BACK AND GO ONE OF MY BAD HOUSES.
AND, UH, COLEEN IS A BAD ENTHUSIAST AND WILL USE YOUR BAD HOUSES IN HER, UH, PROGRAMS OVER AT THE NATURE CENTER.
I AM SURE TAKE CARE OF THANKING COLEEN.
AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH, UH, UH, JOSHUA ON, UH, ON GETTING THIS THING DONE.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND IF YOU DON'T WANT IT.
UH, AND BY THE WAY, WHO'S THIS WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
AND I'M ASSUMING THAT LADY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
DIDN'T PICK UP HITCHHIKING OR SOMETHING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
I KNOW YOU GOTTA BE PROUD AS PEACHES OF HIM.
AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM C REPORTS, UH, AS USUAL, THE FIRST REPORT APP IS, UH, UH, GIVEN BY THE POLICE AND, UH, CHIEF FURY STUART HIMSELF IS HERE TO GIVE THIS REPORT.
WE'VE GOT OFFICER RICHMOND, GUARDEDNESS AND OFFICER ASHTON WATCHING OVER.
UH, AS ALWAYS, WE STARTED OUT WITH A REPORT ON OUR MONTHLY NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND WE HAD EIGHT, UH, THIS PAST MONTH, A NUMBER OF REST 12, A NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, 1,881 NUMBER REPORT CALLS 48 TRAFFIC CITATIONS ISSUED FOR 350 WITH 830 TOTAL CHARGES CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
UH, CITATIONS ISSUED WAS ZERO WARNINGS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC WERE 107 WITH 146 CHARGES WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION 11 TOTAL ACTIVITY, COUNT THREE, UH, 2,936, UH, ACTIVITIES.
THIS PAST MONTH, WE HAD FOUR ASSAULTS TO BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLE, ZERO BURGLARY BUSINESS, ZERO BURGLARY OF RESIDENTS, CITY ORDINANCE, AGAIN WAS 11, A ONE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE FRAUD AND ONE ROBBERY.
UH, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS, 1,121, A THEFT.
WE HAD SEVEN UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES STOLEN VEHICLE NINE.
I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A MOMENT, UH, TLC PROGRAM, WE HAD 11 PASS AND ONE PHIL.
UM, JUST SO WE HAD 22 TOTAL CONTEXT THOUGH.
SO THERE WAS A LOT, IT SHOULD BE 11 AND 11.
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, UH, REPORTING PERIOD, UH, EIGHT OF THE NINE STOLEN VEHICLES.
AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER THAT.
UM, THEY HAD, UH, I'LL GO OVER THAT LATER IN THE REPORT, THEY HAD SOME, UM, MISSING INVENTORY, UH, WHICH WORD THEIR KEYS TO THOSE VEHICLES.
SO FLIPPING TO THE, AND STARTED ON PAGE, UH, ON THE FLOG PAGE, WHICH IS A, THEY'RE NOT NUMBERED APOLOGIZE.
WE HAVE AN ISSUES WITH THIS TODAY.
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THAT'S SEVEN BACK.SO IF YOU FLIP TO THE FLUX SAFETY ALERTS PAGE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, WE HAD 73 ALERTS.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN KACZYNSKI HAD WANTED US TO GIVE A BREAKDOWN PER CAMERA.
WE'RE WORKING WITH FLOCK AT THIS TIME TO BE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN THE DATA PER CAMERA.
I'M HOPING THAT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING I'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THAT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT CLEAR INFORMATION, BUT THEIR TOTAL ALERTS WERE 73.
WHAT 24 OF THOSE BEING STOLEN VEHICLES TO SEX OFFENDERS, 25 STOLEN PLATES, ONE SEVEN GANG MEMBER OR TERRORIST ALERTS, UH, ONE MISSING PERSON, FIVE WARRANTS, AND THEN OUT OF OUR OTHER AGENCY, HOT LIST, WHICH IS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INVOLVED WITH THOSE VEHICLES SEVEN AND VIOLENT PERSONS TO ON HER ARREST.
WE HAD, UM, LET ME BACK UP ONE THING I WANT TO GO BACK FOR REAL QUICK, IF YOU'LL GO BACK ONE PAGE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THERE'S ALL THE OTHER CALLS IN THERE AND SERVICE, AND WE'LL GO OVER THE REST OF THE MINUTE, BUT THIS ONE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ARREST END, BUT THEY'RE PENDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT, UH, AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW LATER ON THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING BROUGHT UP ABOUT IT.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, LET YOU KNOW WHAT OCCURRED JUST THE OTHER NIGHT.
SO ON THE 6 23, UH, OFFICER BRUNO OBSERVED A VEHICLE PARKED ON DORAN'S OUTSIDE OF ROOM VEHICLES, RUNNING IN A NEUTRAL, THE GATE WAS CUT NEAR THE VEHICLE.
PROPERTY SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN CATALYTIC.
CONVERTER WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A VEHICLE, OTHER AGENCIES ASSISTANCE, LOOKING TO KNOW SUGARLAND, STAFFORD AND FORT BEN.
UM, SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS LOCATED, UH, INSIDE.
WE FOUND 14 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, THREE CELL PHONES AND A FIREARM.
UM, THESE WERE ALL 13 OF THE 14 WERE STOLEN FROM VROOM AND ONE IS FROM AN UNKNOWN LOCATION.
AND WE HAVE OUR SURROUNDING AGENCIES LOOKING FOR THAT.
DURING THAT TIME WE DID DEPLOY, UM, UH, NOT ONLY DID THE OFFICERS HELP US SET UP PERIMETER SO THAT WE COULD SEARCH THROUGH THE FACILITY, WHICH IS LARGE AS YOU KNOW, BUT WE ALSO SET UP DRONES AND WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THEM.
BUT THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN FROM THE CELL PHONES HAVE, UH, IDENTIFIED THEM AS, UH, GANG MEMBERS OUT OF SPRING BRANCH AREA.
UM, THEY'RE, UH, POSING ON THEIR FACEBOOK PICTURES WITH THE GUNS.
AND SO WE HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET A WARRANT FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE NINE VEHICLES FROM VROOM.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT, UH, I WANTED TO STATE THAT THEY HAD, UH, VEHICLES NOT ONLY MISSING, BUT THEIR KEY INVENTORY FOR THOSE VEHICLES WERE ALREADY MISSING.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE INVESTIGATING THAT, UH, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY AFFIRMATIVE LINK BACK TO THE NEXT PAGE ON THE ARRESTS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS 12 AND THOSE CHARGES RANGE, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH IT.
BUT WITH NONE OF THEM, THEY WERE ALL ADULT, NO JUVENILES.
UM, THOSE I HAVE IDENTIFIED AND HIGHLIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM, BUT, OR, UH, FLAW KITS.
AND IF YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE THAT A FEW OF THOSE STOLEN CARS WERE, WE DID CATCH AND MAKE AN ARREST OUT OF FROM THE THOUGHT CAMERAS, UH, AND TRANSPORT THEM TO FORT BEND COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THEY BELONG.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TO A HIGHLIGHTED ON ANOTHER PAGE, UH, ON THE VERY NEXT PAGE ACTUALLY, IS THAT WE HAD SOLICITORS.
AND WE ALWAYS ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO CALL US WHEN THEY WERE SOLICITORS.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM, OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
ARE THEY CASING? ARE THEY REALLY PART OF IT ORGANIZED GROUP OR NOT? AND WE DON'T HAVE SOLICITORS HERE UNLESS THEY ARE PERMITTED, OR IF THEY'RE BOY SCOUTS, CHURCH FOR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY, CORRECT, OR POLITICAL.
SO WE LIKE TO CHECK ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN THIS CASE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT HE HAD A WARRANT.
I MEAN, SO WHEN HE ALLOW PEOPLE IN AND GO DOOR TO DOOR AND YOU DON'T TELL YOU, DON'T LET US KNOW, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT YOU COULD BECOME A VICTIM OF CRIME.
SO WE ASKED EVERYBODY TO CALL US, WOULD THAT WE HAD SEVERAL OR THE JURISDICTION WARRANTS AND A COUPLE OF RESTS FOR, UH, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
IN BOTH OF THESE CASES, IT WAS CRACK COCAINE AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
UH, ONE OF THE WARRANT HITS WAS OFF THE FLOCK SYSTEM AND WE DID OF COURSE ARREST THEM.
SO WE HAD TO, FOR A, YOU UNV A STOLEN VEHICLE AND A ONE FOR A WARRANT OFF THE FLAW TATS MOVING ON TO THE LAST PAGE, WHICH WOULD BE MY ADDITIONAL NOTES.
UH, ONE SECOND HERE, UM, HAS ALWAYS
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WORKED CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OR BEST PRACTICES FOR COVID, UH, LIVE SCAN.UH, FINALLY, GLAD TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT.
UH, OUR FIRST ROUND OF ACADEMIA TRAINING, WHICH IS OUR LIVE SCAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND ALL EQUIPMENT IS NOW IN USE EXCEPT FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE.
THAT'S BEING HELD UP FOR PROGRAMMING THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT, BUT WE'VE MADE PROGRESS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HAS HAD THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE HAD A THAT'S EQUIPMENT, WE GOT UNDER A GRANT AND WE WERE HELD UP FOR HARRIS COUNTY RIP OUR INCIDENT ACTION PLAN, UM, COMPLETED THAT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
AND IN NONE OF THE COMPLETED, IT WE'VE HAD TO D FAR MARSHALL LOOK AT IT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, IT'S ON FILE WITH FOUR PINK COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE AND THE FORT BEN, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, ATV IS IN, UH, IN FULL GEAR.
NOW, UH, WE HAVE ALL THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AND IT'S READY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO, UH, YOU'LL GET TO SEE IT IN ALL ITS GLORY, INCLUDING THE SIREN AND LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, THE MESA DOOR ACCESS SYSTEM, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT WORK HERE IN THE CITY, IT'S ABOUT 75% COMPLETE.
UH, AFTER THAT COMPLETION, WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEN WE'LL BE HANDING OUT THE ID STAR BODY FOR ACCESS.
UH, MONDAY I WAS ABLE TO HIRE A NEW OFFICER, UH, DAMIEN DURRAN, UH, HE ONBOARDED AGAIN YESTERDAY.
AND, UH, AND WE SHOULD, IF ALL GOES, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER ON BOARD HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT HAVE APPLIED RECENTLY.
SO IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS FOR US AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED WITH THAT.
UM, HOPEFULLY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FILL THE FOUR POSITIONS I HAVE HERE, IT'LL BE THREE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME, BUT AT LEAST WE WERE MAKING FOR PROGRESS REMINDER THAT, UH, WE'RE IN HURRICANE SEASON, AGAIN FROM JUNE 1ST TO NOVEMBER 30TH, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY MONITORING THE ACTIVITY THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR AREA, SENT OUT NOTICES TO THE, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
AND AS WE MONITOR IT, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT AFFECTS THE CITY, OF COURSE, WE'LL PUT IT OUT TO EVERYONE.
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION IS SCHEDULED FOR A MONDAY EVENING.
UH, OUR OFFICERS WOULD BE THERE AND, AND LARGE NUMBERS AS ALWAYS, AND WE'LL BE HANDING OUT, UH, STUFF TO THE TITO'S AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AN ENJOYABLE EVENING, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE'LL BE THERE AND MONITOR, UH, ANY ACTIVITY.
AND, UH, JUST THE LAST NOTED, WE DID HAVE A, UH, PD FAILURE, UH, ON OUR SERVER.
AND, UH, THAT RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE IT ORDERED AND THAT'S, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ETA ON IT.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU ORDER A COMPUTER OR A SERVER AND IT COULD TAKE UP TO 90 DAYS NOW, UH, WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ETA, BUT WE DO HAVE TAUGHT TO WRITE TECHNOLOGIES AND THEY'RE BUGGING DELL DAILY.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE WE'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION SOON.
WELL, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
SO WE NOTICED THAT, UH, THE TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT IS A LITTLE HIGHER THIS MONTH.
IS IT JUST SUMMERTIME? IS THAT YEAH.
SO THE TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT IS GONNA INCLUDE, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, OUR HOUSE WATCHES AND EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP, SO WE'RE DOING AN ACTUAL CALL FOR SERVICE FOR THAT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FLUCTUATIONS DURING THE SUMMER AND THE ACTIVITY PICKS UP A LITTLE BIT.
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I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS.I THINK HAVING YOUR OFFICER OBSERVED THAT CAR PARKED, UH, ON DORRANCE, UH, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST REPORTS JUST, AND I HAD A LITTLE LITTLE TIME BETWEEN MEETINGS TO READ IT AND IT'S AWESOME.
HOW MUCH STUFF Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS.
IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL POLICE TRAINING HERE.
DOESN'T IT? AND, UH, I'M, I'M TICKLED THAT, UH, HE BROUGHT THAT UP.
THAT IT WILL, THEN WE WILL LET YOU, WELL, TERRY, WHY DON'T YOU GET UP AND COMMENT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? YEAH, NO, THIS, THIS IS GOOD.
IT HAPPENED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND ME WATER WAS SHOOTING, SHOOTING, WATER AND AIR, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE THE WATER HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR 24 HOURS AND WE, UH, TRIED TO, HE WASN'T THERE.
AND SO I GOT THE WATER OFF, BUT I CALL IT, WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
AND, UH, I CALLED DISPATCH AND THEY ANSWERED, WHICH WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET THAT IN THE EVENING.
THEY WERE OUT THERE AND ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND WE DETERMINED THAT NOBODY WAS IN THE HOUSE AND AS SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAW THE LIGHT ON AND THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND A DUTY THROUGH EMS. THEY DETERMINED THAT, THAT HE HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL ABOUT 10 DAYS BEFORE THAT.
AND HE GOT HOME, UH, LATE, LAST, EARLY LAST WEEK.
AND IT HAD QUADRUPLE BYPASS, BUT THE BACKYARD HAD BEEN FLOODED BECAUSE WATER HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT THAT'S OUR POLICE DEBARMENT.
IT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
WE WILL NEVER GOTTEN THAT KIND OF SERVICE.
AND THEY CAME BY MY HOUSE TWICE TO UPDATE ME ABOUT MY NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND WE APPRECIATE, AND DOES ANY PART OF THAT SURPRISE YOU TERRY? NO.
I KNOW WHAT I LIVE LIVE HERE FOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TERRY, FOR THAT STORY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SURPRISES ANYBODY.
BUT THAT GOING ONCE GOING TWICE.
UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, JENNIFER KYBELLA OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS HERE TO GIVE US A REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL COURTNEY.
IT'S NOT AM PRESENTING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT QUARTERLY REPORT FOR APRIL THROUGH JUNE, 2022.
AND AFTER THAT, I WILL PRESENT A POWERPOINT ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE SYSTEM.
COMCAST'S GOING TO THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
THERE WERE 228 VIOLATIONS OPENED 172 CLOSED.
AND TWO WEEKENDS WORKED FOR MAY.
THERE WERE 145 VIOLATIONS OPENED 146 CLOSED.
AND ONE WORKED FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
THERE WERE 113 VIOLATIONS OPENED 150 CLOSED.
AND TWO WEEKENDS WORKED FOR THE TOTAL OPEN VIOLATIONS, 486 AND CLOSED 468 5 DAYS WORKED ON THE WEEKENDS FOR THE CASES OPENED FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
THERE WERE 130 CASES CLOSED WERE 109 AND CASES TO COURT WERE SIX MAY.
THERE WERE 91 CASES OPEN 95 CLOSED AND FOUR WERE SENT TO COURT JUNE.
THERE WERE 64 CASES OPENED 82 CLOSED AND 15 CASES SENT TO COURT ANIMAL CONTROL FOR PENN COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES REPORTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED DURING THIS QUARTER OF WAR IN APRIL.
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, THEY HAD THREE CALLS FOR SERVICE, THREE IMPOUNDED, TWO DOGS, AND ONE POSSUM IN JUNE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, THEY HAD ONE CALL OF SERVICE, BUT THE ANIMAL HAD GONE ON ARRIVAL.
I'M AWARE THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOME WITH A BLUE TOP SHIELD COVER ON DORRANCE.
THE ROOFING PERMIT WAS PULLED ON MAY 4TH AND EXPIRES ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
SO THEY HAVE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE ROOF WORK ROOF WORK.
THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH A ROOFING COMPANY WAS LET GO, AND A NEW ONE STEPPED IN.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT ROOFING COMPANY THAT WOULD BE ORANGE ELEPHANT ROOFING,
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ORANGE VELVET ROOFING.THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THE FINANCES TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE AND WE HOPE IT WILL BE DONE.
YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS QUARTER.
THAT WOULD BE GRASS AND WEEDS AND EXCESS EXCESSIVE NINE INCHES, 78 VIOLATIONS, BANDIT SIGNS.
THERE WERE 45 DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE.
THERE IS ABOUT 37 OF THOSE AUCTIONS SIGNS OVER THERE.
THE THIRD ONE IS GRASS AND WEEDS AND FLOWERBEDS ARE IN CRACKS OF THE CONCRETE 41 ACCUMULATIONS PROHIBITED ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE POVERTY, 35 AND RENTAL PROPERTY LICENSES REQUIRED.
THERE WERE 21 CASES ON A SIDE NOTE.
I THINK YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN I SEPARATED THE DIFFERENT PERMITS THAT WERE REQUIRED INSTEAD OF BUNCHING IT TOGETHER AND ONE HEADING SO WE COULD SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING WORKED ON WITHOUT PERMITS.
I NOTICED THAT IN THIS PERIOD, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OF ALL OF THEM AND WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE THAT ALL TOGETHER, THERE WERE 45 CASES WHERE PERMITS WERE REQUIRED AND THEY HAD ALREADY STARTED WORK WITHOUT ONE.
WE CONTINUE TO THE THIRD PAGE.
THERE IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE VIOLATIONS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOS OF A COUPLE OF CASES THAT STOOD OUT FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE COMMUNITY, THE FIRST SET OF PHOTOS YOU'LL SEE IS FOUR PAGES.
I HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS, TWO DIFFERENT COMPLAINTS, ONE OVER THE PHONE AND WENT OVER THE EMAIL TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, ABOUT A PEST INFESTATION ON PAMELA SUE COURT.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE HIGH GRASS AND WEEDS AND ACCUMULATION OF RUBBISH.
AND THE BACKYARD UPON INSPECTION A WINDOW UNIT WAS ALSO VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
THE OWNER CAME INTO COMPLIANCE BY PLACING BAIT BOXES AND TRAPS AROUND THE PROPERTY, REMOVING THE RUBBISH, MOWING THE LAWN AND REMOVING THE WINDOW UNIT.
THIS CASE WAS ACTUALLY HAD BEEN, UH, MAY 23RD AND WAS CLOSED ON JUNE 8TH.
THE SECOND SET OF PICTURES YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS OF A STAGNANT POOL ON MONTECITO.
THIS CASE WAS OPEN ON THE 6TH OF APRIL.
WE TREATED FOR MOSQUITOES ON THE SEVENTH AND THE POOL WAS PROPERLY DRAINED, FILLED AND GRASS OVER BY MAY 6TH.
THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT WAS THAT THE OWNER, WHEN I WAS EXPLAINING THAT THE CONCERN WAS FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF THE STAGNANT WATER THAT YOU SEE THEIR CONCERN WAS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE TURTLES THAT WERE LIVING IN THE POOL.
IF THE MOSQUITO PUCKS WOULD HURT THEM.
UM, THERE IS A LONGSTANDING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WAS IN VIOLATION FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE WERE SEVEN OUTSTANDING VIOLATIONS THEY HAVE NOW BEEN MADE INTO BE COMPLIANT AFTER PERSISTENCE, AND FINALLY SENDING THEM TO COURT.
THEY ABLE TO GET THE DAMAGE FENCING REMOVED, CLEAN THE WALLS OF THE BUILDING HAD THEM REPAIRED AND REPAINTED WORD NEED BE THE MARQUEE SIGNS.
THE BRICK WAS REPAIRED AND REPAINTED DRIVEWAY PARKING LOT.
THE LOW TREE CLEARANCES WERE CORRECTED AND THE LITTER AND THE JUNK WHO HAS BEEN REMOVED.
WE ALSO HAD A STAGNANT JACUZZI THAT I TREATED FOR MOSQUITOES.
IT WAS PROPERLY DRAINED AND A NEW COVERS PLACED TO ENSURE NO RAIN, WATER, INTRUSION, ANY QUESTIONS.
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UM, UM, THERE IS A CITATION WRITTEN, ANYTIME WE DO THROW IN A, ANY SET OF PUCKS TO KILL MOSQUITOES.AND NOW MY MIKE'S ON, I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SAY EXCEPT THANK YOU, JENNIFER.
UH, COUNSELING, BUT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO I NOTICED THAT THE AMOUNT OF VIOLATIONS HAVE GONE UP FOR THIS QUARTER IS THAT, UM, YOUR NEW SOFTWARE, ARE YOU ABLE TO BE, UH, MORE EFFICIENT? WHAT I MEAN, IT'S NOT ABOUT, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY DUE TO THE WEATHER.
I THINK, UM, PEOPLE ARE OUT MORE DOING DIFFERENT JOBS AND MAYBE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS OR VACATIONING.
I'M NOT SURE THE GRASS IS GROWING A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THE SOFTWARE IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
UM, SO I'M DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, JENNIFER, WHAT IS IT YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT CAKE? SO THE NEXT PACKET YOU GUYS HAVE, THERE IS THE POWERPOINT FOR YOU TO REFERENCE ALONG WITH WHAT I'M SHOWING ON THE SCREENS.
WHAT IS COMCAST? COMCAST IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE USE TO CREATE, UM, CASES, CREATE NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS, TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THAT PARTICULAR CASE AND, UH, EVENTUALLY CLOSE IT.
THE FIRST THING I DO IS OPEN UP COMPLICATE.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST SCREEN I SEE, THIS IS MY DASHBOARD AT THE TOP.
THERE IS AN IN CONSPICUOUS, BUT POWERFUL TOOLBAR.
THIS TOOLBAR ALLOWS ME TO ACCESS DETAILED INFORMATION ON MY DASHBOARD REPORTS AND CASES.
SECTIONS THE DASHBOARD SCREEN SHOWS.
MANY CASES ARE CURRENT THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN.
HOW MANY CASES AND TOTAL OVERALL AND NUMBER OF SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS AND NUMBER OF NOTICES IN QUEUE TO PRINT NOTE, ALL THE BLUE TEXT IS A CLIP CO CLICKABLE LINK TO ACCESS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
CLICKING THE PRINTED, THE PRINT QUEUE OPENS THE SUB SCREEN WHERE I CAN EITHER PRINT IT CREATED NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAITING IN QUEUE OR A CLICK THE CASE NUMBER TO GO BACK INTO THE CASE FILE AND MODIFY THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
SCREEN LISTS ALL OPEN CASES AND DISPLAYS THE MAIN POINTS OF EACH CASE, SUCH AS CASE NUMBER VIOLATIONS, LOCATION, STATUS OF THE CASE WHEN THE CASE IS CREATED OR CLOSED CONTACTS.
AND THE DATE THAT THE CASE WAS LAST UPDATED THE REPORTS SCREEN.
PLEASE NOTE THE COLOR PIE CHARTS AND GRAPHS IN THIS REPORT.
THE FOLLOWING IS WHAT MAYOR JESSUPS OFTEN LIKES TO HEAR ABOUT MY STATS, AGENCY OVERVIEW AND CASE SUMMARY.
EACH SECTION CAN BE ADJUSTED TO ANY PARTICULAR START AND END DATE.
OVERALL INSPECTIONS, COMPLETED CASES CREATED VIOLATIONS CLOSED AND ACTIVITIES PERFORMS. AGENCY OVERVIEW.
THIS DISPLAYS AVERAGE RESOLUTION TIME ACTIVITIES PERFORMED INSPECTIONS, COMPLETED VIOLATIONS, RESOLVED AND CASES CREATED CASE SUMMARY.
THIS SCREEN INDICATES THE NUMBER OF CASES CLOSED VOLUNTARILY OR FORCED AND CASES CREATED.
I USE DATA GATHERED FROM REPORTING SUMMARIES TO DO MY WEEKLY FLASH REPORTS FOR MAYOR JESSUP, COMPILE DATA FOR THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ARTICLE THAT I SUBMIT TO COURTNEY FOR THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MEADOWS PLACE AND QUARTERLY COUNCIL REPORTS FOR YOU OR DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS.
THIS CONCLUDES THE POWERPOINT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST ONE QUESTION,
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IS THERE A PLACE IN THE CUPCAKE TO LIST HOW MANY COMPLAINTS YOU GET VERSUS HOW MANY VIOLATIONS YOU LIST? IS THERE A COMPLAINT, UM, LIKE CALLED IN AND YOU MENTIONED A COMPLAINT ABOUT A YARD.IS THERE A STAT FOR THAT SOMEWHERE? YES.
UM, IT WOULD BE IN THE REPORTING SECTION UNDER ANOTHER ITEM.
I DID NOT COVER ALSO IN THE, NO, IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE DASHBOARD, BUT IT WOULD BE, I BELIEVE UNDER MY STATS UNDER PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE.
ON THAT SAME PAGE, THERE'S A VIOLATION IS CLOSED.
ONE OF THEM SAYS VOLUNTARY AND ONE OF THEM SAYS FORCED.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO COUNSEL AND MYSELF PLEASE? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE UNDER AGENCY OVERVIEW UNDER AGENCY OVERVIEW PAGE.
SO VOLUNTARY IS GOING TO BE, I GAVE THEM A TIMEFRAME AND THEY CAME INTO COMPLIANCE.
UH, FORCED WOULD BE, THERE WAS ISSUED A SUMMONS TO COURT CITATION, OR WE ABATED THE PROPERTY.
AND AT THAT POINT IT MOVES OUT OF YOUR HANDS AND OVER TO THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF COURT.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE FOR JENNIFER, JENNIFER? I KNOW THIS TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR YOU TO PUT TOGETHER.
I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH COUNSEL.
UM, I THINK THIS IS INFORMATION THAT HOPEFULLY Y'ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WAY SHE WORKS WITH.
AND SO DON'T, DON'T BE HESITANT TO ASK HER ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE SHE CAN FIND YOU THE ANSWER.
JENNIFER, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO RELAY TO COUNSEL? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
UM, YOU GOT OUT THERE AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE FIRE REPORT.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT, WE DIDN'T GET IT AND I DIDN'T CARE ENOUGH TO CHASE IT DOWN.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO CHASE IT DOWN TOMORROW AND I WILL POST IT.
CAMERON, I'LL GET WITH YOU AND WE'LL POST FIRE REPORT IF YOU WILL.
UM, THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, IS NOT HERE.
HE DOES HAVE SOME THINGS HE WANTS TO ADDRESS TO COUNCIL, BUT WE CAN DO IT LATER ON IN, IN HIS PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A MAYOR, COUNCIL AND COMMENTS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMENTS ABOUT MEADOWS PLACE.
AND, UH, AND I LOVE IT THAT OTHERS PEOPLE LOVE IT.
AND I HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT OUR CITY WHEN I GO OUT TO DO THINGS FOR THE CITY OR IF I GO TO COUNTY, UH, GO OUT AND DIFFERENT CITIES, ET CETERA.
AND WE HEAR A LOT OF NICE THINGS ABOUT METIS PLACE.
UH, BUT THE MOST USUAL, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT MEADOWS PLACE CAME FROM, UH, A SURGEON THAT WAS WORKING ON MY HEAD.
UH, SHE WAS CARVING A HOLE IN ME TRYING TO DIG OUT ALL THE CANCER AND SHE ASKED WHERE YOU FROM? AND I SAID, WELL, I'M FROM MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS.
AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE A LOT OF PATIENTS FOR MEADOWS PLACE AND THEY JUST LOVE IT.
AND I'M THINKING, WELL, OKAY, UH, TAKE THAT, KEEP GOING.
BUT SHE SAID, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IS AND HOW FRIENDLY EVERYBODY IS AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY LIVING THERE.
AND HAVE THEY GOT SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND ALL THE NEAT THINGS THAT YOU JUST HEAR ABOUT? SO WHAT MAKES MEADOWS PLACE SO SPECIAL? I SAID, THE VERY THINGS THAT YOU JUST SAID ARE WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE NOT ONLY APPRECIATE IT, BUT THEY CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES MEADOWS PLACES SPECIAL.
YOU SAID, I JUST NEVER HAVE HEARD ANYTHING BUT WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT MEADOWS PLACE.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT BACK TO WORK AND SHE WAS GLAD ABOUT THAT PART TOO, BUT IT WAS A THRILL TO SIT THERE, UH, AND HAVE SOMEBODY JUST ERUPT LIKE THAT.
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ABOUT OUR CITY AND SHE DIDN'T LIVE HERE.I MEAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL.
SO I LOVE HEARING THEIR COMMENTS, BUT THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY ARE SHARING THOSE THOUGHTS WITH FOLKS OUTSIDE FOLKS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT AND OR SOMEBODY THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S PRETTY SPECIAL, SOMETHING ABOUT CITY METAL SPLICE.
UH, SO I APPRECIATED THAT AND I WANTED TO SHARE IT ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BACK COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, SOMEBODY ASKED ME THE DAY FOR THE 32ND TIME, HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN MAYOR? I HAD TO LOOK IT UP AGAIN.
I'VE BEEN MAYOR HERE 15 YEARS AND I WAS ON COUNCIL FIVE BEFORE THAT.
UM, AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, COMMUNICATIONS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND I HAVE TO BE, UH, WITH, UH, JANET AND DAVID POHANKA AND FOUND OUT THAT, UH, JANET PLANCHA STARTED THE FIRST NEWSLETTER AND TYPED IT UP WHEN SHE WAS WITH THE MUD OR DOING IT FOR THE MUD BECAUSE PEOPLE WANTED A WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
AND SO COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, IT HAD BEEN, IT'S BEEN ON THE CITY'S RADAR BEFORE IT WAS A CITY.
AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A, A CITY OR A CHURCH OR, OR WHAT YOU ARE.
AND I WILL SAY THIS, THAT THIS CITY HAS, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENCE.
UH, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET EVERYTHING DONE.
WE WANT TO, UH, BUT THE NEWSLETTER THAT WE HAVE, UH, I THINK IS A GREAT NEWSLETTER.
IT INCLUDES STUFF FROM, UH, CLUBS AND GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO NOW THE WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER TO FACEBOOK, WHICH IS, UH, ON THE STEADY ROAD TO IMPROVEMENT.
UH, THANKS TO, UH, UH, CAMERON AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE'S THERE ON IT AND WORKING ON IT EVERY DAY.
AND HE'S WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ON A DAILY, ONGOING BASIS, EVERYBODY FROM THE PD, WE'VE GOT ALREADY PLANNED, UH, SOME STUFF FOR IT, FOR THEM TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE PARKS I THINK IS BENEFITING.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT CODE RED.
UH, AND NOW WE'VE GOT ELECTRONIC MARQUEE, WHICH IS EYE OPENING, UH, AND IT TELLS ME, AND I HOPE IT TELLS EVERYBODY HERE IN THIS LISTING THAT WE, AS THE CITY WANT TO WANT TO COMMUNICATE.
UM, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ANY OF US.
I HAVE A LITTLE NOTE HERE SAYS, RAISE UP YOUR, UH, NEWSLETTER, PRETEND IT'S THERE.
AND ON THE BACK OF IT IS ALL OF OUR PHONE NUMBERS THAT RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, UH, WE DO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING TO CONTACT THE CITY THROUGH THE CITY STUFF, UH, COURTNEY'S GOT A QUESTION BUTTON UP THERE THAT SHE RESPONDS TO ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO WE, WE GET EVERYTHING OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UH, SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO ASK US QUESTIONS SO WE KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS THEN TO ANSWER FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT AND I PROMISE YOU THIS CITY COUNCIL, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AS TIMES CHANGE, UH, FROM THAT TYPE WRITING A LETTER THAT JANET USED TO WRITE TO TODAY'S MODERN TECHNOLOGIES WERE OUT IN ATTEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
I WANT TO GO INTO BUDGET SEASON.
UH, WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON, UM, AND IT'S THIS GOING TO BE THE MOST UNIQUE WHEN YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHERE EVERYTHING GOING ON, ALL THE COSTS GOING UP, GAS, GOING UP, SUPPLY STUFF, NOT GETTING HERE.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL TOUGH BUDGET SEASON, UH, BUT YOU AS A PUBLIC ARE INVITED AND I'M INVITING YOU EVERYBODY HERE AND ONLINE TO PLEASE COME TO THE MEETINGS, LISTEN UP, ASK QUESTIONS, SEND THINGS INTO COURTNEY, SENDS SOMETHING INTO, UH, REMEMBER ALL OF OUR EMAILS ARE ON HERE TOO.
UH, SO DON'T HESITATE TO SHOOT THOSE IN, GIVE US A CALL, ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.
UH, AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY BEFORE WE GET ANY FURTHER, AND SINCE I'VE GOT SOME KEY DEPARTMENT HEADS SITTING IN HERE, UM, THESE FOLKS, AND I'M SORRY, NICK'S NOT HERE.
UH, BUT NICK AND OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE WORKED SO HARD ALONG WITH OUR FINANCE.
OH, SHE IS HERE, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND, AND MARIE WESTERN TO, UH, COME UP WITH FIGURES THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH AND PROVIDE SERVICES WITHOUT GOING BROKE, UH, WITHOUT BORROWING MONEY.
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UH, SO IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME OF LIFE FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE CHARGED TO DO.AND SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF IT.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'M MOVING ON TO, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND, UH, I THINK THERE MAY BE A THING OR TWO GOING ON.
DORRANCE LANE IN THEORY WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY.
THEY'LL START WORKING ON THE WATER LINES.
UM, WE FINALLY GOT THEM A LAY DOWN YARD.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE WATER PIPE IN.
UM, ROD, I DON'T THINK THEY'VE TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO SHUT A LANE DOWN YET.
HAVE THEY? WELL, THE FIRST ASPECT OF THE PROJECT BOTTOM LINE IS OKAY, SO FOR NOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE DORRANCE.
ONCE THEY START WORKING ON THE STREET, IT WILL BE ONE WAY, UM, FOR THAT BLOCK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS ON HOW THEY CAN PARK AND WHERE THEY CAN PARK.
UM, SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WALK DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT.
AND THEN, UH, ON THE, UH, THE BIKE PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING BETWEEN US AND STAFFORD, WE DO HAVE A 50% PLAN SET THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND ARE REVIEWING.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON SOME COORDINATION WITH CENTER POINT, UH, GET PERMISSION TO DO THE SOIL BORINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE NEED FOR THE PARKING LOT DESIGN THE BRIDGE, UH, FOUNDATION, STUFF LIKE THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER PROJECT? I KNOW THIS THERE'S A WHOLE TON OF COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH ON THE BORAL.
AND I THINK I WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON THE EMAIL STREAM THAT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON, BUT BOLT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
YOU ENDED UP GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, CHANGING THE PATTERN BRICK.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THERE? UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE ONLY PLANNING TO DO THE PARKING LOT ON WEST AIRPORT.
UM, WHEN STAFFORD CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY WERE GOING TO USE, WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, UH, REPLACE THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT ON DORRANCE WITH A CONCRETE ONE.
UM, BUT THAT REQUIRES A COUPLE BORINGS.
UM, THEY INITIALLY REQUIRED OR REQUESTED FOR BORINGS FOR THAT PARKING LOT, WHICH TO ME WAS EXCESSIVE.
UM, GRANTED IT WAS ONLY GOING TO BE $10,000, BUT I THINK WE GOT THEM DOWN TO ABOUT 7,000 OR $6,000 ON, ON THE REVISED BORING SCHEDULE.
UM, SO SAVING A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A REAL NEAT ADDITION TO THE CITY.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE IT THAT FROM HERE, IT'S GOING TO RAISE OUR STANDARDS.
AND WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU'VE JUST SEEN IS OUR RESIDENT IN HOUSE VOLUNTEER, PROJECT MANAGER AT WORK, UH, UM, SAID, RICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO PEOPLE KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH TIME AND HOW HARD YOU WORK AND, AND, AND FOR ME TO YOU PERSONALLY, AND I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR COUNCIL.
WE THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL.
THESE GUYS GIVE ME A HARD TIME, CAUSE I AM A LITTLE JADED ABOUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT, UM, AT THE COUNTY WE'RE BURNING THROUGH ABOUT $17 MILLION PER QUARTER ON MOBILITY PROJECTS.
SO, UM, W W WE'RE WE'RE DOING QUITE A BIT, WE'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED PROJECTS, OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, THANK YOU, RICK.
APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THAT YOU DO.
SO THAT MOVES US ON TO REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 18, APPROVING THEM TML HEALTH, RENEWAL NOTICE, AND BENEFIT VERIFICATION SETTING THE EMPLOYER FUNDED, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, THOSE RIGHTS FOR MEDICAL DENTAL, LONG-TERM COVERAGE, ET CETERA, UM, ANNUALLY, THE CITY REVIEW STAFF BENEFITS AND RENEWS MEDICAL CLAIM AND DENTAL COVERAGE.
THIS YEAR, THE CURRENT PLAN IS INCREASING 5% DUE TO COVID-19 CLAIMS AS YOU CAN.
WELL, IMAGINE THEY'RE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, TML HAS ALSO GIVEN FOR ADDITIONAL RENEWAL OPERATIONS, UH, WITH RATES FROM 4.85 DECREASED 5% INCREASE OF THESE OPTIONS INCLUDE VARYING PLAN OPTIONS WITH INCREASED DEDUCTIBLE AND
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OUT OF POCKET PIN, UH, EXPENSES.AND I WOULD LIKE COURTNEY TO TELL US, GIVE US A BRIEF HERE IN THE VIEW, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? UM, WELL, UH, THE 5% INCREASES KEEPING, UM, ALL THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, THE SAME DEDUCTIBLES, THE SAME, OUT-OF-POCKET THE SAME, UM, SAME COPAYS.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE FIGURED THIS NUMBER INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE 5%, UM, KEEPING BENEFITS.
THE SAME STAFF, UH, HAS WORKED HARD ON THIS.
LIKE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, UH, DILIGENT IN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND IS A LOT OF STAFF MOVEMENT OUT THERE IN THE CITIES RIGHT NOW.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY IS WHAT IS MY HEALTH CARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND, UH, WE'RE WE WANT TO MAKE DARN SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS PROTECTED AS BEST WE CAN.
UH, WOULD YOU SHARE JUST BRIEFLY AS WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD OF WHAT YOU WERE HIRING A COURT CLERK? THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
SO I WAS TALKING WITH ALDERMAN MARTIN'S EARLIER AND TOLD HIM THAT WE'VE HAD A VACANT POSITION IN THE CITY FOR NINE MONTHS.
I SENT THE JOB POSTING OUT TO MY SECRETARY'S GROUP AND SAID, ANYBODY WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY LOOKING FOR A JOB OR LOOKING, I IMMEDIATELY GOT A RESPONSE FROM SOMEBODY SAYING WHY HE KNOWS SOMEBODY, BUT YOUR SALARY IS THE SAME AS WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY MAKING.
SO I TOOK OUR BENEFITS PACKET AND OUR RATES AND SAID, WELL, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH ANYBODY, THIS IS OUR, OUR BENEFITS.
I GOT AN APPLICATION WITHIN 15 MINUTES AND SHE STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY THIS PAST MONDAY, JUST YESTERDAY, BASED ON OUR BENEFIT PACKAGE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN A MOTION BY RICHTER SECOND BY DAVID, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND THEN, AND I THINK TERRY WORKED ON THIS FROM THE TML STANDPOINT, AND NOW NOW'S THE DISCUSSION TIME PERRY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND IT REALLY BACKS UP WHAT BOUGHT TERRY HENLEY.
1, 2, 3 AUSTIN DRIVE STAFFORD, TEXAS THAT'S PROBLEM AT A SLICE CHECK, BUT I KNEW THEY'D GET HIM.
WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH TELMO HEALTH BENEFITS POOL ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE TO TRY TO STABILIZE THEM.
AND, UH, SINCE IT'S A POOL, UM, WE HAVE MONEY IN RESERVES TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CALLED, UH, UH, KINDA LIKE A OWNER'S EQUITY, SO TO SPEAK THAT, UH, THAT PROVIDES A BUFFER.
AND THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE SPENT SOME 20 TO $25 MILLION OVER AND ABOVE WHAT THE RIGHT'S COVERED BECAUSE OF COVID.
NOW IN 21, THE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES WERE PRETTY GOOD AND WE MADE BACK A LOT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 12 MILLION, BUT WE'RE STILL SHORT AND, AND TML HEALTH BENEFITS POOL HAS A REQUEST INTO THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE THERE AS FAR A REIMBURSEMENT OF HEALTH BENEFIT EXPENSES.
AND WE HOPE WE CAN RECOVER SOME OR ALL OF THAT.
BUT THE CAUSE OF THE MEMBERSHIP EQUITY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STABILIZE THE RIGHTS AND KEEP THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
AND 5% IS VERY GOOD IN THIS DAY AND AGE WITH THE HEALTH COST.
AND LOT OF, OF THE OTHER, UH, POOLS AND, AND HEALTH INSURANCE IS 20% OR MORE AS FAR AS AN INCREASE.
I JUST, THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON WHICH IS GOOD.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, TERRY.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A DISCUSSION RESOLUTION 22, 20 22 DASH 19.
ACCEPTING THE 10 TO 20 YEAR WRITE-OFF PER TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE, SECTION 33.05 LIMITATION ON COLLECTION OF TEXAS FROM FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO DUB MOVE TO APPROVE WRITING OFF THE $845 AND 2120 1 CENTS.
THANK YOU, ACTUALLY, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A SECOND.
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GOT A SECOND BY 10, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I WANTED TO GET THAT 8 45 IN THERE.
UM, JUST ADAM THREE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 20, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, CIVIC PLUS SLASH MUNI CODE TO MAINTAIN AND HOST THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES ONLINE AND QUARTERLY CODIFICATIONS.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT, UH, COURTNEY HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR SINCE THE SECOND HOUR SHE WAS HIRED.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'VE GOT, WHY WE SHOULD DO IT.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS PUSHING FORWARD AS WE'RE CURRENTLY WITH AMERICAN LEGAL AND WE PAY A ANNUAL RATE AND THEN AS WE CODIFIED, THEY CHARGE US FOR EACH CODIFICATION.
SO I TRY TO CODIFY ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, MOVING TO, UM, MUNI CODE.
THEY AUTOMATICALLY IN THEIR BASE FEE CODIFIED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
SO EVERY MONTH AFTER A COUNCIL MEETING IN THE ORDINANCES THAT THE CITY PASSES, I EMAILED TO MY REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING EVERY QUARTER.
AND IT'S A MUCH FASTER PROCESS TO GET OUR, UM, OUR CODES UPDATED.
THE LAST QUALIFICATION I DID TOOK THREE MONTHS FROM THE TIME I SENT IT UNTIL THE TIME THEY MADE THE CHANGES.
SO THIS WILL GET OUR CODES UPDATED MUCH FASTER, AND WE UTILIZE THINGS NOW MUCH QUICKER THAN WE USED TO.
SO, UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS 2022 DASH.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS, UM, INVESTMENT IN SWITCHING TO MOTION MEDICAID.
SECOND, SECOND BACK, KIRK, FOR THE DISCUSSION, AND THIS IS COVERED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.
WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST CHANGING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE MAYOR ALWAYS MUST KEEP CITY SECRETARY HAPPY.
UM, THIS IS, UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR MORE SOFTWARE RELATED STUFF.
DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 21 AUTHORIZED MEREDITH TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, UH, TO COVER, TO CONVERT CURRENT INCODE NINE SERVER BASED SOFTWARE TO INCODE NINE CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE.
UM, YOU'VE ALL READ THE SUMMARY.
UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS IT PARTICULARLY, UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND, UH, MARIA WESTERN IS BACK THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE.
UH, SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST MOVING OVER FROM SERVER BASED THE CLOUD-BASED, WHICH ALLOWS US TO, UH, WORK REMOTELY BETTER TO BETTER TRANSFER TO THE EOC IF WE NEED TO, UM, AND TO HAVE BETTER TECH SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE SERVER BASED TECH SUPPORT IS FADING AWAY, MOVED TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK CURT, ANY DISCUSSION.
AND THE FUTURE IS ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE LOCAL BASE MIGHT BE POLICE.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BE OUT ON CLOUD.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT WHEN IT'S CLEAR OUT THERE, I GET WORRIED ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY HAPPY.
UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 22, 20 22 DASH 29, UH, ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER ONE 18 TITLED CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AS PART OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO PURCHASING THE PURCHASERS AND SELLERS OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, DECLARING CERTAIN CONDUCT TO BE UNLAWFUL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE, UH, EPIDEMIC THAT IS STRIKING THE AREA AND ACROSS THE NATION.
UM, WE'RE BEING, UH, ATTACKED ON ALL AROUND US NOW IN OUR CITY.
UM, SO AS WE KNOW, IT IS AN EPIDEMIC YOU HEARD THE CHIEF AND THIS GIVES THE PD A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH AND HOPEFULLY CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE CAN SPUR THE REST OF THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY TO REACT IN THE SAME WAY.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GOOD, POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
I GOT A LOT OF MAYORS WAITING RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF WE PASS IT.
AND I KNOW THE CHIEF, UH, IF WE DO WE'LL THEN TAKE IT TO HIS MEETING AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IT AND MAKE IT JUST
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REAL UNCOMFORTABLE, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH THIS.UH, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE.
I HAVE A MOTION SUCH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS IT.
DAVID FIVE, ALSO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER CAUSE I WANT TO, AND THAT IS, IS THIS HAD A LEGAL REVIEW AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
AND I THOUGHT HE'D BE BACK HERE TO ADDRESS ANY LEGAL ISSUES, BUT HE'S NOT, BUT YES, I SAW HIM WALK IN.
THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MELLON QUESTIONS.
UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS MASSAGE AND THEN SENT OUT AS A GENERIC TO ALL THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION THAT WE'VE HAD A SECOND HAD DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO PASS ON THAT SEVEN, UH, PACKET.
DID THEY GET YOU JUST HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO, IS WE'RE GOING TO PASS ON 6, 7, 8 AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE.
WE'LL COME BACK TO VISIT THOSE WHEN P AND Z COMES AND GIVES US THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS GET THIS OUT OF THE WINE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 22, ACCEPTING THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING CONNECTION CON COLLECTION SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL AND SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING.
EVERYBODY HAS TAKEN LOOK AT THE TRASH BID.
I HOPE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE, BUT THE TRASH IS BEING PASSED AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT OF THE THREE MEN TO A TRUCK BUSINESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE SIDE LIFT OWN LINK.
UM, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THOSE TRUCKS INTO SOME OF OUR STREETS.
UH, SO THAT'S NOT OUR, OUR BEST WAY WE DID, UH, GET TWO BIDS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION PROPOSAL FORM THAT, UH, EVERYBODY HAS.
WE WERE A TEXAS PRIDE DISPOSAL CAME IN WITH, UH, UH, $14 PER AND RECYCLED COST AT THREE 15, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE OTHER.
SO, UH, I'M RECOMMENDING WE GO AHEAD AND SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THOSE GUYS.
ANYBODY WANT TO MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR MOTION, TO APPROVE BY TIA, THANK YOU TO YOU OR HURT AND ANY DISCUSSION ON TRASH COLLECTION.
T A YEAR RECOMMENDATION WAS YOUR MOTION WAS FOR HIRING TEXAS PROCESS PRICE.
UH, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THERE ANY KIND OF, UM, FUEL KICKER IN THIS BID? I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT.
AND, UM, I'LL HAVE TO DIG IT UP, BUT IT'S IN RANGE WITH YES.
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT AN UNBALANCED BID IS THE ONLY THING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
NO, IT'S LESS THAN THE OTHERS ACTUALLY.
I'M ACTUALLY SHOCKED AT THE PRICE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE WELL OVER $20 A MONTH.
UM, SO I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD BID.
SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION TO SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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KEVIN, IF YOU WATCH HIM, CONGRATULATIONS, I'VE ALSO JUST FYI.I'LL BE MEETING WITH KEVIN NEXT WEEK OF THE WEEK AFTER.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE WORKING, GIVING THEM ONE MORE RUN TO THE CITY, HOUSTON TO MAYOR TURNER'S OFFICE.
WE'VE GOT THOSE FOUR HOUSES OVER THERE AND I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
OTHERWISE IT'S JUST A MESS AND I WANT TO CLEAN IT UP.
AND KEVIN'S WORKING WITH ME ON THAT NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN IT TO HIM, HE'S GOT ACCEPTED.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 10 DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH THREE TO AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, FOR FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE LINE ITEM 1 0 0 DASH OH 5 0 5, 2 0 5 10 VEHICLE PURCHASE FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO NEW POLICE VEHICLES.
UM, I, I HOPE EVERYBODY'S LOOKED AT THE SUMMARY HERE.
UM, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, ALL THE PLAYERS IN THIS ROOM, UH, HAD SOME LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT VEHICLES, WHAT WE COULD DO, WHERE WE COULD USE THEM, HOW THEY COULD BE MOVED AROUND, UM, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THESE THIS YEAR WITHOUT COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY NEXT YEAR, AND TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SLURRY FROM THE LACK OF POLICE OFFICERS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BUY COP CARS WITH IT.
SO THEY'LL HAVE A MOTION ABOUT TWO COP CARS NOT TO EXCEED $90,000.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOTION PURCHASING THIS YEAR.
I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION AS WELL.
AND I DID WANT TO SAY THAT I DID NOTICE THAT WE WERE MOVING THOSE, THOSE CARS AROUND, SO WE ARE STILL USING THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT USE OF OUR RESOURCES.
SO THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
THE IDEA POINTED AHEAD, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA TOO.
I THINK THAT'S WILL HELP US NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE FACING NEXT YEAR AND, AND MARIA REFUSES TO BE TIED DOWN.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION ABOUT TWO NEW POLICE CARS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SMILE.
G I'M ASSUMING THAT WE CAN GET THEM.
HE'S GOT A TASER, A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH THREE THREE AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO LINE ITEM 100 ZERO DAY SHOW 558 OH OH PD CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A POLICE EVIDENCE STORAGE LOCKER.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING THAT INTO THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THIS GOES INTO, UH, THE POLICE CHIEFS ARE TRYING TO MOVE INTO THE WHAT'S A RECOGNITION, OKAY.
TEXAS POLICE, CHIEF ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION, UH, TO BE AN ACCREDITED DEPARTMENT.
I RECOMMENDED DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOVED MOTION BY KURT? THANK YOU KURT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
AND, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR PLUGGING AWAY.
UM, WE HAD AS MANY AS SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, WE HAD JUST BOUGHT OUR WAY IN A BUNCH OF YEARS AGO, A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY, JULY 4TH EVENT AND CELEBRATE IT.
WE DON'T NEED TO, UM, ITEM 12, ITEM 12.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION WORDS.
22 DASH 34 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 21 ENDING SEND TO SEPTEMBER 22 AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $36,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO LINE ITEM 1 0 0 DASH OH TWO OH
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DASH 5 3 3 0 0 9.CITYWIDE COMPUTER SLASH SERVICE FOR THE PURCHASE OF A NEW POLICE SERVER AND FIVE COMPUTERS FOR THE CITY.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN GONE OVER AND, UM, RIGHT'S BEEN INVOLVED.
YOU HEARD THE CHIEF EARLIER TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR A SERVER.
I RECOMMEND IT RIPE, RECOMMENDS IT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THIS ITEM LIVE TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU, KURT AND MOVE MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR COMPUTERS? TOWERS OR LAPTOPS? OKAY.
AND, BUT JANE IS, AGAIN, I WAS TALKING ABOUT 90 DAYS TO GET A COMPUTER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ON OUR RESERVES SHELF FOR PURCHASING YOU SO DEPLOYING THAT CAN DELAY EXPEDITING SERVICE, UM, WHO, WHO PUT THE SPECS TOGETHER ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUY.
AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE NOT GOING BARE BONES.
AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE NO, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THAT AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN.
YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH PROCESSING POWER OR RAM AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL, NOT EVEN BY THE COMPUTER.
UM, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAD A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY POSTS, COMPUTERS WILL BE GONE, UH, ARE PURCHASED.
UM, WE ARE ON ITEM 13, BUT A C P AND Z MOVING BACK.
WHY DON'T WE STOP THERE? GIVE OUR LAWYER, OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND SEAN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN UM, YEAH, BUT WE'VE GOT TO ACCEPT.
WE'RE READY TO MOVE BACK TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 30 REPEALING SECTIONS AT 1 5 0 0.014 OF CHAPTER ONE 50.
WE'RE ON NUMBER SIX, UM, AND SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION 1 5 0 0 1 FOR CHAPTER ONE 50, THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UM, NO REV, UH, OF THE CUPBOARD REGULATING PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY LICENSING AND INSPECTION.
UM, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE CHANGES FROM WHAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR PACKET.
TH THERE WERE A COUPLE OF JUST NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT JUST RELATED TO THE STATE LAW REFERENCES, SINCE THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY IN THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCES, IT WAS JUST TO MAKE DIFFERENT REFERENCES SINCE THIS IS FOR LICENSING AND NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATED TO ZONING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO MAKE BRANDON? SO, SO MAYOR, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, YOU HAVE THE OLDER VERSION IN FRONT OF YOU AND IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? THEY HAVE THE REVISED COPY.
SO, UM, JUST IN THE WHEREAS SECTION, UM, THE VERY FIRST ONE THERE, UM, WHERE IT SAYS THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER SUCH-AND-SUCH PREVIOUSLY, THAT WAS REFERENCING A DIFFERENT PART OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
UM, BUT SINCE THIS ISN'T, UH, GOING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, I JUST MADE A CHANGE THERE.
IT CHANGED FROM CHAPTER TWO 11 TO CHAPTERS, 51 AND 54.
SO MAYOR BASICALLY, UM, BRANDON AND I HAD A SPIRITED DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NEEDED TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE SIDE ON, EVEN THOUGH THIS DOES NOT LIVE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE THIS CHANGE DOES REFERENCE ZONING.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN BRANDON AND I TALKED ABOUT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT P AND Z HAS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? WE EVENTUALLY DECIDED NO P AND Z DOES NOT NEED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION,
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BUT IN DOING SO, BRANDON MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THIS ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE REFERRING TO CHAPTERS 1 50, 51 AND 5,454, BECAUSE IT'S STILL RESIGNING AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT BEING RECLASSIFIED AS COMMERCIAL, CORRECT.
AND 51 AND 54, JUST SORT OF THE GENERAL POLICE POWERS FOR A CITY.
AND YOU'VE GOT THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT UNDER THOSE CHAPTERS AS WELL.
YOU ORIGINALLY REFERENCED TWO 11, WHICH IS ZONING.
SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OUR SHORT-TERM RENTALS, WE DO HAVE SOME AIRBNB VERBOSE IN THE CITY, UM, THAT CURRENTLY WE HAD NO WAY OF REGULATING THEM.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A WAY TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME AUTHORITY OVER THEM AND HOW THEY OPERATE DUE TO SOME ISSUES WE'VE HAD ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE HOUSES.
SO NOW WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT BEING IN ONE, UH, ONE 50 AND THE 51 CHAPTER 51 CHAPTER 54.
AND, UH, SEE ALL THIS STUFF IN RED, THOSE ARE THE NEW ITEMS. SO THE ITEMS THAT WE ACTUALLY DOING, AND THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY TAKES PLACE, THAT'S CHANGING IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, IS THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE, OR THE NEW SHORT-TERM RENTALS WILL HAVE TO HAVE AN INSPECTION.
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE OR RENTAL LICENSE.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REVOKE THIS LICENSE, UH, FOR SAFETY OR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS.
AND CANCEL MAY ALSO REVOKE THE LICENSE IF TWO OR MORE CITATIONS RELATED TO PARKING NOISE OR NUISANCE VIOLATIONS ARE ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY WITHIN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
IS THAT BASICALLY THE CHANGE THE COUNCIL HAPPY WITH? OKAY.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
DAVID MARTINS MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CAN SECOND AND BACK HER ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, JUST SO THE RESIDENTS KNOW YOU CANNOT OUTRIGHT BAN, UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, AIRBNBS.
SOME CITIES HAVE TRIED, THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN TO COURT.
I THINK AUSTIN WAS ONE OF THEM, FEW OTHERS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT WE NECESSARILY WANT THESE THINGS HERE, BUT WE CAN'T BAN THEM.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PLAY NICE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO WE ARE DETERMINING SHORT-TERM RENTALS AS ONLY THOSE RENTED FOR FEWER THAN 30 DAYS.
THESE ARE NOT ALL RENTAL HOUSES.
THESE ARE ONLY SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
SO TH THE CITY'S ORDINANCE HAS ALREADY ADDRESSED RENTALS OF 30 DAYS OR MORE.
SO THIS IS JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP AND BRING IN THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS AS WELL.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, IF WE ARE TO TAKE AWAY REVOKE A LICENSE, SAY, DO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THEN REAPPLY? WHAT IS THAT PROCESS AFTERWARDS? YES.
IF THEY CAN COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS ADDRESSED, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, DONE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO.
AND I'M ASSUMING IF THEY'VE GONE TO COURT, IF THEY'VE, IF THAT'S THE CASE AND DEALT WITH THE JUDGE AND MAKE MADE BRIGHT THERE, THEN THEY COULD REAPPLY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME TO CITY COUNCIL, OR THAT WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE CITY FOR NOW, FOR THE REHAB GO STRAIGHT TO RIGHT.
AND KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU DO GO AHEAD AND REVOKE THAT IN THE ORDINANCE, THERE'S SOME, UH, THE CITY HAS TO GIVE A STATEMENT OF THE REASON WHY THE CITY INTENDS TO REVOKE THE LICENSE.
SO WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE Y'ALL'S NOTES DOWN WHEN YOU MADE THAT VOTE.
AND THEN WE WOULD SEND CORRESPONDENCE TO THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
AND THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS AS WELL.
SO YOU, CAN'T JUST ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY REAL QUICK.
UM, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GRANDFATHERED CORRECTED.
THIS IS GOING TO APPLY TO EVERYONE, WHETHER THEY'RE CURRENTLY RENTING OR, OR ONES IN THE FUTURE.
SINCE THIS IS JUST LICENSING, IT, IT GOES FORWARD FROM THIS DAY ON, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTALS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE LICENSED.
SO BASICALLY SINCE, UH, UH, MOST OF US USE AIRBNBS OR BE HOSTS, AND IT'S, UH, BEEN TOLD TO ME BY OUR LEGAL COUNCILS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT WE CAN'T BAN A LEGAL BUSINESS.
THIS IS THE BEST WE CAN DO IS REGULATE IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A SHORT TERM REGULATION WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND, UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
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MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.WHERE ARE WE AT SEVEN, EXCEPT A REPORT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING AMENDMENT TO MEADOWS PLACE ORDINANCES 1 53 AND SECTION 1 53 0.016, AND A DEFINITION TO 1 53 0.07, THREE OFFSPRING PARKING LOADING, AND SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO GARAGES SPECIFIC.
UM, SO I'M PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, WE SPENT, THERE WERE SEVEN OF US THERE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME DISCUSSING IT.
AND TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CLOSER INTO YOUR MIC CLOSER.
UM, I, I, UH, LOOKING AT INITIALLY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, UM, I HAD HEARD THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN KICKING THIS AROUND FOR AWHILE, AND THEN AFTER A VERY LONG CONVERSATION, I HAD A MUCH GREATER APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT ON IT.
UM, AT A VOTE OF SIX TO ONE, UH, WE DID NOT.
UM, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE ACCEPT THE VERBIAGE AS IT IS.
UM, AS A WHOLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE VERBIAGE.
MAYBE DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T QUITE GO AS FAR AS WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD GO.
A LOT OF IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ADDRESSING CURRENT ISSUES.
MAYBE NOT LOOKING OUT AHEAD OF WHAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS MAY EXIST AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THIS, THE, AS A WHOLE, WE LIKED IT.
UH, BUT WE DID FEEL THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO ADD, UM, NEW BUILDINGS, UH, NEW BUILDS REQUIRE TO HAVE A GARAGE.
UM, THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHERE WE LOST ONE OF THE VOTES.
UH, SAMMY SKIMP, UH, IS HERE AND WILLING TO EXPAND ON IT.
BUT FOR THE, IN SHORT, IT WAS JUST, HE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT WAS EVEN, UM, THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE A NEW BILL TO HAVE IT, BUT MAYBE NOT AN EXISTING HOME THAT HAD ONE TORN DOWN.
UM, IN ADDITION TO IT THOUGH, I THINK WHERE IT SATISFIED MOST OF US WAS THAT WE FELT THAT THE PARKING ORDINANCE NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED, TO REQUIRE ONSITE PARKING, WHICH WOULD SATISFY THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAD, WHICH IS CREATING TRAFFIC AND EXTRA PARKING AND CLOGGING IN THE STREETS.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF THE BIG, WHAT IF, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, WHETHER WE HAVE A GARAGE OR THEY HAVE PARKING STRUCTURE OR ANYTHING THAT'S INVOLVED.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE SEPARATION THAT WE HAD WITH, UH, WHERE THE CODE OR THE AMENDMENT WE HAD REAL SAUL IS THAT I'M NOT SURE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING IT, THEIR QUESTIONS.
NO, I'M STILL LISTENING TO YOU.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE I HAVE MUCH ELSE TO EXPAND ON THAT AND BEYOND THAT, BUT IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO JUST, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT QUITE WENT FAR ENOUGH.
NOT THAT IT NEEDED TO GO A WHOLE LOT FURTHER.
IT JUST WAS MISSING SOME ITEMS SPECIFICALLY WITH NEW BUILDS, REQUIRING A GARAGE.
WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A NEW BUILD AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STARTS TO TURN OVER.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE NEW BUILDS THAT COME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THERE WAS, THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT HAS A GARAGE STRUCTURE ON PROPERTY.
SO I GUESS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO, I GUESS, TABLE AND SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS, OR DID YOU COME UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED? UH, MY TAKEAWAY FROM IT WAS THAT WE ALL FELT THAT THE LANGUAGES NEEDED TO BE ADDED, TO REQUIRE IT TO REQUIRE GARAGE ON NEW BUILD PROPERTIES OR NEW BUILDS ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
NOT NECESSARILY THE, THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT OR THE ENTIRE ITEM THAT YOU GAVE US, JUST THAT IT NEEDED TO BE EXPANDED ON A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN YOU WENT, NOT A LOT, BUT JUST THAT, THAT ONE DETAIL WAS REALLY THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT, BUT WE FELT THAT IT DID KIND OF TAILOR INTO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THE PARKING, UM, CODE TO REVISIT THAT, TO ADD A REQUIREMENT FOR ONSITE PARKING OR OFF STREET PARKING ON THE PROPERTY, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S THERE.
SO WE'D KIND OF TAILOR INTO THAT AREA AS AN ADDITION, BUT NOT NECESSARILY REINVENTING THE WHEEL, WHICHEVER I SPENT TIME ON THAT WOULD CORRECT.
CORRECT WITH THE, THE ONE I SAID SAMMY WAS THE ONE THAT WAS, UM, FELT THAT IT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, UM, TO HAVE NO REQUIREMENT, IF YOU HAVE A GARAGE IT'S GOTTEN TORN DOWN AND WE DON'T REQUIRE TO REBUILD THAT WE WOULD NOW REQUIRE THAT FOR A NEW BUILD ON THERE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT SAME SEPARATION.
SO JUST TO GET, MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT IN MY MIND, P AND Z IS COMING TO ME WITH A 61 NOTE, CORRECT.
BASED ON THE FACT THAT W P AND Z FEELS LIKE ANY NEW BILLS SHOULD REQUIRE TO HAVE
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A GARAGE.AND THIS IS TO DEAL WITH PARKING.
UM, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST REASON, UH, TO, TO, IN, TO HELP ALLEVIATE, UM, TRAFFIC OR PARKING ISSUES ON THE STREET.
CAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO PARK SOMEWHERE.
UM, NICK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, P AND Z COULD TAKE UP THE PARKING ORDINANCE ON THEIR OWN CORRECT.
OR AS A SEPARATE TOPIC THEY COULD, BUT THE PARKING ORDINANCE IS NOT INSIDE THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING FOR US.
AND SO, AND I HAVEN'T, ADMITTEDLY, I HAVE NOT SPENT ENOUGH TIME READING THE PARKING ORDINANCE, AND THIS IS KIND OF LAST SECOND, UM, DISCUSSION.
BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT ANY RESIDENTIAL PARKING HAS TO BE ONSITE, IT DOES NOT.
HOWEVER, SAY HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL PARKING SPACES YOU NEED NOW ON THE GARAGE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE DEFINITION, IT DOES SAY THAT IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO VEHICLES, BUT THAT'S INSIDE THE GARAGE.
SO WE'RE AT SILENT IS HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO YOU NEED ON THAT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF YOUR GARAGE? AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BIG DISCUSSION THAT YOU ALL HAD.
WE DISCUSSED THAT QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY SPOTS WE DIDN'T VOTE ON IT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS TO KEEP THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF TWO SPOTS, YOU KNOW, TWO SPOTS ONSITE THAT YOU COULD PARK CARS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WE DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT, DO WE NEED TO DRILL DOWN TO, IS IT A CURVED DRIVEWAY? DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
UM, WE NEVER CAME TO CONSENSUS ON THAT, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
THE, THE, PROBABLY THE MOST I WOULD, I'M INTERESTED THAT WE UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE ONSITE PARKING.
SO IF YOU HAVE A DRIVEWAY, YOU GOT ON-SITE PARKING LOT.
IF YOU HAVE A DRIVEWAY, ON-SITE PARKING.
IF YOU'VE GOT A DRIVEWAY THAT'S 22 FEET DEEP, THAT'S 20 FEET WIDE, YOU'VE GOT TWO PARTS.
THEN YOU GET TWO SPOTS AT, AT NO POINT, WAS THERE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE? THE GENERAL DISCUSSION WAS AROUND? WHAT, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE FRAME IT SO THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARK VEHICLES OFF THE STREET? UM, THE EXAMPLES USED WHERE THE CONGESTIONS JUICY AND NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE BEL AIR, UM, WEST USE SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER, HAVING MORE NARROW STREETS THAN WE DO, BUT THEY HAVE ISSUES WHERE THE NEW HOMES CAN'T SATISFY ALL THEIR PARKING.
AND NOW YOU HAVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS COMING THROUGH THOSE AREAS.
AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TURNS OVER, WE DIDN'T WANT TO MAYBE CREATE A PROBLEM.
WE HAD TO REVISIT LATER ON THAT ADDRESS IT NOW FOR HERE.
AND WHEN I SAY 22 FEET, I'D SAY IN 22 FEET ON YOUR PROPERTY, PASS THE SIDEWALK.
WHICH YOU CAN'T HAVE IN SOME PLACES IN OUR CITY.
SO COUNSEL, WE'VE HEARD YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE FOR SEAN? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
YOU'VE HEARD, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COME IN AND TALK TO US, UH, WITH THE SIX TO ONE THEY'VE RECOMMENDING, UH, NOT TO ACTS EXCEPT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THE, UH, GAR GARAGE OUTLINE AND, UH, THE EAST SEVEN AND EIGHT, UM, BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY FELT LIKE GOING FORWARD, NEW, UM, NEW HOUSES, NEW HOMES, NEW BILLS SHOULD HAVE A GARAGE.
DOES THAT BASICALLY SUM IT UP? THAT WAS WHAT WE WOULD BE ACCEPTING, CORRECT.
SO WOULD THAT NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT P AND Z'S REPORT OR NOT MOVED TO REJECT? OKAY.
CAN WE DO THAT? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
WE CAN JUST, WE GOT THE REPORT IS JUST TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND THEN WE'LL DEAL WITH IT IN THE NEXT ITEM A SECOND.
MOTION PASSES AND YOU'LL GET THAT TOO.
UM, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT.
UM, THIS IS DISCUSSION AND AUTOMATED DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ORDERS.
2022 DAYS 31 REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO MEADOWS PLACE.
CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 1 53, SECTION 1 53 0.01, SIX DEFINITIONS AND 1 53 0.073 ALL STREET PARTY PARKING AND LOADING SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO GARAGES.
JUST HEARD THAT A P AND Z IS CONCERNED, NOT AS MUCH WITH THE HOUSES THAT WE HAVE NOW.
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WHERE WE ARE.UM, I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO REMIND OURSELVES, WE APPRECIATE THE HECK OUT OF ALL THE WORK P AND Z DOES.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO WE, WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME DISCUSSING WHETHER NEW HOMES SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BUILD NEW GARAGES.
AND OUR DISCUSSION KIND OF ENDED WITH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TREAT THE RESIDENTS DIFFERENTLY, WHETHER THEY BUY AN EXISTING HOUSE, BUILD A NEW ONE.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE REBUILDS.
I THINK ANYBODY THAT BUILDS A NEW HOUSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BUILD A GARAGE, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TREAT PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHERE COUNCIL'S STILL FALLS OUT, OR IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE, ARE WE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ANY EMOTION? YEAH.
AND RICK, AND I APPRECIATE THAT KURT, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, TERRY HENLEY WAS UP HERE EARLIER SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HOUSES THAT DON'T HAVE GARAGES NOW.
WELL, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GARAGE JUST CAUSE THEY'RE GONE.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GARAGES BECAUSE THEY'RE FULL.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GARAGES CAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE GARAGES.
AND THAT WAS THE THING THAT COUNCIL HAD WANTED TO HAVE BEFORE.
WAS A LOOK, IF YOU HAVE ONE IT'S THERE ALSO, I WENT UP LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE BACK PAGE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE EXTERNAL SPACE, MAINTAIN THE APPEARANCE OF A GARAGE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS VISIBLE FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
WE'VE GOT SOME HOUSES IN THIS CITY THAT YOU AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT.
THIS CREEK YOU CAN'T SEE FROM THE RIGHT AWAY, JUST CAN'T SEE IT.
SO HOW DID THOSE FILLED IN WITH THE REST OF THE CITY? UM, I I'M KINDA TORN WITH THOSE ME IF NOBODY KNOWS.
UH, SO WITH THAT COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO LET IT TURN IT OVER TO Y'ALL FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IT'S BEEN DRUG UP I'M PLEASE ASK FOR A VOTE ON SOMETHING DENIED.
SO RICK I'VE, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ITEM QUITE A BIT, REQUIRING IT FOR NEW HOMES OR NOT.
AND I'M ON THE SIDE OF YES, WE SHOULD REQUIRE IT FOR NEW HOMES.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE CAN'T REGULATE BUILDING MATERIALS RIGHT NOW AS, AS A CITY.
IF SOMEONE COULD BUILD A CONTAINER HOME, PUT THREE CONTAINERS ON THERE THAT SATISFIES OUR 1400 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM, AND THERE'S NO GARAGE AND THAT REALLY, IT LOOKED BAD IN ITSELF, BUT ADDING A GARAGE MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, AND, AND, UH, AND SO I KEPT GOING BACK TO THAT AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK 99.9, 9% OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUILD A NEW HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A GARAGE WITH IT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT HURTS FOR US TO PUT THAT IN WRITING AND JUST GO AHEAD AND SPELL IT OUT.
UH, OTHER CITIES DO, UM, I, I THINK WE SOME DO SOME DOPE.
I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR US, UM, OCCUR.
SO, I MEAN, HOW DO WE DO THAT ON THE FLY? OR DO WE S IF, IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT DIRECTION, DOES IT GO BACK TO LEGAL FOR DRAFTING LEGAL AND THEN BACK TO P AND Z OR OKAY.
WOULD IT HAVE TO GO UP TO P AND Z? I DON'T THINK SO.
ONCE YOU'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION FROM P AND Z, THEN COUNSEL CONNECT.
SO WHAT WE COULD ACT TONIGHT ON FLY FOR YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH TO DO THIS RIGHT.
YOU COULD, LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU THEN, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE QUAGMIRE THAT I'VE FALLEN IN, UH, SOMETHING TERRY SAID, HE TALKED OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH AS BEAUTIFULLY AND ELOQUENTLY AND SHOWED BOTH SIDES OF THAT POSITION.
THAT'S WHERE I AM, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHAT? RIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT? I HAVE TO HAVE A GARAGE IF MY NEIGHBOR DOESN'T.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT SOME WITH NO HOUSES BACK THERE.
I MEAN, NO GARAGE IS BACK THERE.
OH, SAME KIND OF THING OF THE BUILDING CODE IS CHANGED.
I CAN'T BUILD A HOME THE SAME WAY THE HOME WAS BEFORE MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE IS I HAVE TO HAVE WINDOWS, A CERTAIN HEIGHT AND WIDTH.
SO MY NEIGHBOR DOESN'T HAVE IT.
WHY DO I HAVE TO DO IT? WELL, THAT'S THE BUILDING CODE.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY NECESSARILY ALL OF THE HOMES IN MEADOWS PLACE WERE BUILT WITH THE GARAGE.
SO THEY HAD ONE TO BEGIN WITH AS A NEW BUILD.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GET RID OF THAT NEW BUILD REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A GARAGE.
SO THIS GOES BACK TO YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL BUILDING MATERIALS.
SO WE, WE PUT IT IN HERE THAT WE REQUIRE IT.
GUY PORT COMES IN AND POURS HIS DRIVEWAY AS HE WANTS IT SLAPS UP AS MINIMAL TWO BY FOURS AS HE CAN GET BY WITH,
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A STRUCTURAL INSPECTION ON THE GARAGE.WELL FINALLY, WE DO THE STRUCTURAL INSPECTION.
WE APPROVE HIM, GIVE HIM A CEO, TAKES THE GARAGE DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? HE JUST WASTED 50 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT'S GOTTA BE BUILT TO WITHSTAND WIND STORMS DEVIOUS, MAN.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHY YOU WOULD THINK OF THAT.
I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET AROUND THIS IF THEY DON'T WANT THAT GARAGE, LET THEM SPEND $50,000 AND TEAR IT DOWN.
I DIDN'T BUILD THE GARAGE, TURNED AROUND AROUND, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A GARAGE ON THE OUTSIDE AND MOVED MOTHER-IN-LAW IN THERE ON IT.
SO AM I HEARING THAT, HEY, ALL NEW HOMES MEAN A TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A GARAGE.
JUST BE, IF I HAVE A HOUSE, MY WANTING TO TEAR MY GARAGE DOWN AND TURN MY GARAGE SLAB INTO A SPLICE PAN FOR MY GRANDKIDS, I COULD DO THAT.
SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS WHOLE ISSUE.
I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE REQUIRING NEW BUILDS TO HAVE THEM, I THINK WE SHOULD REQUIRE ALL EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEM.
I DO UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO WANT NEW BUILDS TO HAVE THEM.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS, IS NOT TOMORROW.
IT'S NOT THE THREE HOUSES THAT DON'T HAVE GARAGES.
IT'S 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN MORE GARAGES START GOING DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE DILAPIDATED AND PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T AFFORD TO REBUILD THEM.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CARE WHERE THEY PUT TO THEIR, THEIR THINGS AS WELL.
I THINK A LOT OF THINGS COULD END UP IN THE GRASS IN THEIR BACKYARD AND WE'LL GET A LOT OF PICTURES LIKE JENNIFER PRESENTED TODAY.
UM, AND WE CAN'T REQUIRE PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR THINGS INSIDE OF THINGS.
UM, WE DO HAVE ORDINANCES AGAINST THAT.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S LOTS OF HOUSES RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE LOTS OF THINGS IN FRONT OF THEIR EXISTING GARAGE.
UM, SO FOR ME, THAT'S KIND OF, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT'S IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES, I MEAN, YOU SOLD THE HOUSE.
IT WASN'T THAT MUCH DIFFERENT.
SO THAT KIND OF $5,000 DIFFERENCE, DEFINITELY, WHICH IS A 10TH OF THE COST TO REBUILD A NEW ONE AT THAT POINT.
AND I'VE GOTTEN OVER THE FACT OF KIND OF DRIVING BY AND NOT SEEING A GARAGE.
RIGHT? I MEAN, AT FIRST IT KIND OF TOOK ME A WHILE TO ENVISION A HOUSE WITH A SEPARATE GARAGE THAT IS NO LONGER THERE THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE STREET, MIKE.
I THINK I'M CONCERNED WE MIGHT GET MORE CARPORTS OR PEOPLE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING OF THE SORT, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T ALLOW THEM.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THAT SPACE? UM, THOSE ARE MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH THIS OR THIS ONE, ONE NOTE TO BRING UP, UH, PEOPLE ARE IN PROGRESS.
THERE'S ONE RIGHT NOW LIKE A GARAGE THAT GOT TORN DOWN THIS WEEK AND IT'S BEING REBUILT.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE ASKED ME, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A CONTRACT RECOMMENDATION? I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING.
I WANT TO TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD MY GARAGE.
SO I THINK NATURALLY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AS PEOPLE SELL A NEW OWNERS, COME IN.
IF THE HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE A GARAGE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT ONE.
THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BUILD ONE.
UH, BUT IT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK IT ENDS UP WORKING ITSELF OUT AS PEOPLE CYCLE THROUGH THE CITY AND WANT TO MAKE THEIR HOUSE AT HOME AND THE WAY THEY WANT TO USE IT.
BRANDON, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE.
NUMBER THREE, EVERY SITE WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT HAS THE OPTION TO HAVE A GARAGE AS DEFINED IN 1 5, 3 0.016 THAT WAS IN BRED.
UM, SHOULD A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE BE CONVERTED INTO A SPACE? UH, THE FACADE SHALL MAINTAIN YOUR PARENTS VISIBLE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT WAS IS DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE GARAGE? AND TIA IS, IF I'M ADDING STUFF, YOUR WORDS DON'T LET ME, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAINTAINING.
THAT'S NOT BEING PUT IN HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REQUIRING EXISTING HOMES TO HAVE ONE, BUT NEW BUILDS TO HAVE THEM.
HOW CAN WE DO THAT? COUNSEL? WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT, BUT WE CAN ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL CAN COME UP AND GO, THOSE GUYS WERE STUPID.
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LET US CHANGE THIS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING RIGHT NOW.I DON'T KNOW IF WE HOLD ANY, HOLD THIS WHOLE THING UP AND THROW IT AWAY.
HOWEVER, I THINK WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION BY SOME FOLKS THAT HAD A THOUGHT THEY WAS GOING TO BE A, NOTHING, AND ENDED UP BEING A, UH, HIGHER POLAR.
AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WE'VE FOUND.
HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE WE FIDDLE WITH THIS THING? FIVE AND SIX.
WELL, I MEAN, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T ADOPT THE CHANGES AS THEY ARE, THERE'S JENNIFER HAS TO GO IN AND FORCE THE EXISTING CODE AND TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A GARAGE AND YOU'VE GOT X MONTHS TO BUILD ONE.
AND THEN SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIALS TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
AND THAT INCLUDES SOMEONE WHO BOUGHT A HOUSE NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT DIDN'T KNOW THIS ORDINANCE EXISTED.
I KNOW IT'S, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, BUT WHO LOOKS IT UP AND NOW, HEY, YOU GOT TO HERE'S $40,000 BILL.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD TIMES RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE AN EXTRA $40,000 LAYING AROUND TO BUILD A NEW GARAGE.
UH DON'T BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, IF, IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE PEOPLE AND MAYBE TRY TO FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH THEM, MAYBE THAT'S AN AVENUE, BUT I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE MONEY TO, TO REBUILD A GARAGE TOMORROW.
AND THAT'S WHY Y'ALL RAN SO HARD TO GET ON THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE THESE TOUGH DECISIONS.
ONE, ONE ITEM THAT P AND Z BROUGHT UP WAS THE PARKING ISSUE.
UH, I I'D SAY 90 HIGH, 90% OF HOMES THAT HAVE DETACHED GARAGE IS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE TEARING DOWN, ARE FURTHER BACK, UM, ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S A FEW THAT ARE CORNER HOUSES THAT ARE KIND OF THE ANOMALIES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A LONG DRIVEWAY TO PARK ON.
SO THAT ONE DOESN'T CONCERN ME AS MUCH AS SOMEONE'S LIKE TIA'S HOUSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAY OR THE GARAGE IS RIGHT IN THE FRONT.
AND YOU'RE, WELL, YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR GARAGE.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS WHERE WE AT 22, THOSE AND 20 TO 31 AS CRAFTED BY OUR ATTORNEYS.
WE'LL SEE IF I GET A SECOND, BECAUSE IF NOT, THIS WHOLE THING JUST DIED AND IT GOES AWAY.
THEN KURT CAN MAKE HIS WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE IF HE CHOOSES.
SO KURT, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION? OKAY.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE ADDITION OF A SECTION OR I GUESS PARAGRAPH THREE THERE, UM, ADDING IN A SENTENCE OR A SECTION, HOWEVER WE NEED TO DO IT, THAT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES, INCLUDING TEAR DOWN REBUILD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S INCLUDED, NOT JUST NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS A GARAGE CAPABLE OF HOUSING.
TWO VEHICLES GOT A BRANDON GOD GOT EMOTION.
AND I GOT A SEC REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS, A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN, OR IS THIS A REMODEL OVER 50% OF THE VALUE? SO I DEBATED THAT AS WELL.
I'M GOING WITH COMPLETE TEAR DOWN, I THINK BECAUSE TRUTHFULLY A TEAR DOWN OR A REMODEL OF OVER 50% WOULD QUALIFY A TRIGGER THIS.
SO YOU MAY WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IN YOUR LANE, IT'S A COMPLETE DOWN, COMPLETE TEAR DOWN.
I DON'T WANT THE 50% CAUSE THAT WE'VE DONE 50% REMODELS AND I DON'T WANT TO ADD A 50 GRAND TO SOMEONE'S REMODEL THE RESIDENT ADVENTUROUS STRUCTURE.
SO CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THAT SENTENCE BACK TO US? UH, WHICH SAYS DESIGN.
IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS THE OPTION, THE WHOLE, WHICH HAS THE OPTION TO HOLD TO AS, AS IN THE ORDINANCES.
DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY'D YOU DO? CAUSE YOU'VE A PET THAT WILL THAT, UH, YEAH, WE HAD A SECOND DAVID SECOND.
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SO WITH THAT, WE ARE TOLD THE VOTE.WE'RE CALLING FOR A VOTE ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2, 2 DASH THREE ONE REGARDING THE AMENDMENT TO THE METAL'S PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, SO WE HAVE 3, 3, 2, NO, I MEAN TO YOUR NOSE, GAL OR NOSE.
SO I'VE GOT THREE, TWO MOTION CARRIES BY THE WHOPPING MARGIN OF THREE, TWO IN MOTION PASS.
I THINK THAT'S OUR SECOND THREE TO VOTE THIS YEAR.
THAT'S AND THAT JUST, I MEAN, THIS SHOWS WHERE THIS HAS TAKEN COUNCIL P AND D HOW IT IS THAT DIVIDED.
AND I THINK IF WE REALLY GOT THE CITIZENS INVOLVED AND PAID ATTENTION, WE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMILAR SPLIT WITHIN THE REDS OR WITHIN THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
NOW I WANT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAUSE T THAT'S THE REASON I WANTED YOU TO SPEAK ON THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU'D BEEN A LOT OF CREDIBILITY TO THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO SHOWED THE DEPTH OF THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT WAS A TOUGH ISSUE.
AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH, IT WAS ABOUT MOVING INTO THE FUTURE 10, 15, 20 YEARS THAT THERE'S A VEHICLE FOR THEM TO WORK WITH.
AND, UM, I WANT YOU TO TAKE HIM, TAKE THIS BACK TO RANDALL LAW OFFICE FOUND MRS. MOSLEY GENIUS COUNSELING YOU'VE HAD TO WORK WITH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSELING.
UH, IT DOESN'T GO THIS SMOOTHLY ALL THE TIME.
UM, I'D MOVE, I'M MOVING ON TO ITEM 13 DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY EVENT AND CELEBRATION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I MEAN, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK A HALF INCH RAIN IS ENOUGH TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FIREWORKS.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET MORE RAIN IN HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT THE WEATHER'S GOING TO DO TO MAKE A DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
HOWEVER, UM, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO GIVE SOME GUIDANCE TO STAFF AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH FIREWORKS OR NOT.
I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BURNING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE A BUNCH OF THESE NEW BUILDS WITH GARAGES.
HOWEVER, SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO REMAKE RECOMMENDATION.
I'M SAYING WE GO AHEAD AND, AND SAY, WE'LL LEAVE IT STAT.
AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR DAILY WAS STUFFED FIRE MARSHALL, WE'RE CHECKING IN WITH THE COUNTY, OTHER CITIES AND I'M GETTING FEEDBACK ON IT DAILY.
SO, SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION WAS TO STAFF.
I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE SEEING THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE OR YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE, MARSHALL, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND, AND WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION ARE YOU GUYS GETTING? WELL, THANK YOU.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, UH, EARLIER IN MY REPORT THAT I DID GIVE THE INCIDENT ACTION PLAN TO THE FAR MARSHALL AND THE FORT BEN OEM, THEY HAVE REVIEWED IT.
THAT BEING SAID, THE FIRE MARSHALL'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT A BURN BAN.
UM, BUT SINCE THE JUDGE DID NOT ISSUE A, HIS DECLARATION, THEN IT LEFT IT UP TO THE CITIES.
SO FOR ME, AND MY PART, I FLIPPED IT BACK TO Y'ALL BECAUSE THAT'S SHELL'S DECISION.
UH, AND, UH, WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT.
UH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT.
OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT ANY DANGER OR ANYTHING THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT EVERY PRECAUTION IN PLACE.
WE HAVE FIRE AND POLICE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE OUR STAFF, UH, BUT AGAIN, IT BECOMES A COUNCIL DECISION.
SO THAT'S A NICE WAY OF ME NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION CHIEF.
THERE WILL BE WHERE YOU SAYING THERE ISN'T GONNA BE A FIRE TRUCK ON SITE.
IT IS PART OF THE PLAN WHERE WE HAVE A FIRE MARSHALL HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES ON AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, AN ISSUE.
UH, I THINK HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO GET SOME MORE RAIN, UM, THING IS GOING TO BE DRY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AT THIS POINT, NOBODY KNOWS.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE GETTING CONTINUING ON WITH THEIR CELEBRATION AS WELL.
SO I AGREE WITH CHIEF, UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE FAR MARSHALL, UM, UH, SEVERAL ACTUALLY WE HAD A BIG MEETING, UM, AND CHIEF HAS BEEN UP ON THE WEATHER AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S
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DRY.AND EVEN IF WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN BETWEEN NOW, AND THEN IT'S STILL NOT THE QUANTITIES THAT WE NEED.
UM, REGARDLESS IF WE HAVE FIREWORKS OR NOT, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE EVENT, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH TO HAVE A LARGE EVENT, A SUCCESSFUL EVENT WITH A LIVE BAND, EIGHT FOOD TRUCKS.
WE HAVE FOUR WATER SLIDES, UM, YES, SEVEN SPIRIT BOOTHS.
UM, AND SO WE, AND THEN LIVE BAND WE'RE SELLING BEER AND BEVERAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE THE EVENT, UH, FROM SIX TO NINE, AND THEN IT WAS AT NINE WHEN THE FIREWORKS SHOULD DISPERSE AT THAT POINT.
SO AGAIN, UM, CHIEF AND I STAND TOGETHER AND ASK YOU GUYS TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR US.
IF WE CANCEL, WELL, WE WOULD REALLY CANCEL.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY JUST MOVE IT TO ANOTHER DATE.
WE COULD MOVE IT TO LABOR DAY.
WE COULD MOVE IT TO CHRISTMAS.
AND IF THEY TRAVEL HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE PLAYING, GONNA PAY AT LEAST WINDSHIELD TIME.
THERE, THERE IS A SMALL COST, UM, UNDER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, THE EVENT ITSELF IS IF YOU CANCEL THAT DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY SOMEBODY.
IF WE CANCELED THAT DAY, YES, WE WOULD BE PAYING THE TOTAL COST.
SO THE DECISION WOULD NEED TO BE MADE, UM, BY, FOR THIS FRIDAY, HOPEFULLY TONIGHT, MY OPINION IS IF WE DON'T GET A DROP OF RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND FOURTH INDEPENDENCE DAY, I DON'T THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO DO IT.
AND I, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND COLEEN.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU AND THE CHIEF ARE DOING.
RICH SAID IT PERFECTLY SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK THE WEATHER'S GOING TO DO.
TODAY'S TUESDAY, WE'RE, WE'RE PREDICTED TO HAVE RAIN, POSSIBLY CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY.
SO I'M SITTING THERE, I'M GOING TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION AND PUT IT IN.
WOULD YOU, YOU AND I, AND THE CHIEF WILL SIT DOWN ON FRIDAY.
I THINK YOUR COUNCIL AGREES WITH YOU AND Y'ALL READY TO POSTPONE CANCEL IT.
WELL, I, I WANT TO DISCUSS IT BEFORE YOU JUST TABLE IT ON US.
SO, I MEAN, FOR, FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL, WELL, LET ME FINISH.
AND THEN ONE OF THEM IS SAY, IF WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN COME FRIDAY, I'M WITH PEAR.
IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT TOO DANGEROUS, BUT IF WE'VE HAD A BUNCH OF RAIN COME IN AND OTHER FOLKS HAVE GONE ON THE FIRE, MARSHALL GOES IFFY, THEN I'M IN FAVOR PUTTING ON FIREWORKS.
AND NOW WHAT'S YOUR DISCUSSION? WELL, I MEAN, I DO WE WANT, WELL, NUMBER ONE, THEY MIGHT HAVE THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A CONCERN OR NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING IT.
SO DO WE WANT TO DEFINE HOW MUCH RAIN WE HAVE TO HAVE? IS THAT TWO INCHES IS THAT THREE INCHES? WE GOT ROUGHLY A HALF INCH YESTERDAY.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET RAINED TODAY.
UM, UM, I, YEAH, IF YOU, IF, IF ALL EVERYBODY WANTS TO PUNT TO THE MAYOR AND STAFF, THAT'S FINE.
IT COULD ALSO BE THE FIRE MARSHALL'S RECOMMENDATION.
I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.
HE, I MEAN, HE'S GOING TO HAVE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND WHAT, UH, COULD BE A HAZARD THAN, THAN ANYONE I'M OKAY.
HUNTING TO HIM IS AS LONG AS WELL, AS LONG AS WE AGREE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET AN INCH OF RAIN OR INCH AND A HALF, I SAY, YEAH, LET'S GO FOR IT.
UNLESS WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING.
IF WE POINT IT TO THE FIRE, MARSHALL, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT HAVING FIRE.
AND SO, NO, I'M TRYING TO TAKE IT OFF HIS DESK.
SO I MEAN, I, IF, TO ME, IF WE GET, LIKE I SAID, TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND SATURDAY, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY OKAY.
BUT IF WE DON'T GET ANY MORE RAIN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THE SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS.
I THINK WE'D PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE THE CALL BY SATURDAY IN ORDER TO NOT COST US MONEY RIGHT.
AND IS THAT A, HEY, YOU GUYS, CALL COUNCIL AND GET OUR THOUGHTS AT THAT MOMENT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO FUND STAFF AND MAYOR, IF WE GO THAT WAY, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM GUIDANCE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE CONSIDER ACCEPTABLE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE, YOU COULD CALL THE EMERGENCY
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MEETING TOMORROW FOR FRIDAY.WELL, I THINK IN EMERGENCY MEETING, YOU ONLY HAVE TO POST THREE HOURS IN ADVANCE.
IT'S A, I BELIEVE IT IS THREE.
UM, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S THREE.
I CAN DOUBLE CHECK IT, BUT I THINK IT'S THREE FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING.
FORTUNATELY, YOU CAN'T, AS LONG AS THE QUORUM IS, IS HERE PHYSICALLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOME CAN MAKE IT IN SOME CAN'T, AS LONG AS ON FRIDAY OR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AFTERNOON, I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WHAT TIME I WON'T BE HERE? WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE? I WON'T BE HERE.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME TO MEET AND THEN CALL THE PEOPLE THREE.
O'CLOCK DAVID CALLING FOR YOU TO CANCEL TEA AT THREE O'CLOCK KELLY THREE O'CLOCK.
I'M CHIEF AND CHIEF AND I ARE JUST TAKING DEEP BREATHS OVER HERE AND WE'LL JUST BE HONEST.
UM, WE'RE NERVOUS, UM, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL AND, AND BEING A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UM, WHERE WE HAVE CONCERNS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO DEFER TO THE FIRE CHIEF.
UM, BUT IF Y'ALL WANT TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY AND Y'ALL MAKE THE DECISION, WE'LL GO THAT WAY.
THREE O'CLOCK HOPEFULLY CITY HALL, CITY HALL THREE O'CLOCK YES.
THERE'S A GUY THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HERE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ACTION HERE.
WE WILL HAVE ACTION FRIDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK.
KELLY DISCUSSION REGARDING RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION METERS IS THE NEXT EXCITING TOPIC.
SO ITEM 14 DISCUSSION REGARDING RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION METERS.
I WAS OUT WITH COVID WHEN Y'ALL HAD ALL YOUR BIGS DISCUSSIONS, UH, WE'VE WORKED SHOP THIS, UH, EARLIER STAFF HAS A REVISED PRESENTATION TO BE GIVEN AT THE MEETING AND EXPLAINS THE OPTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION METERS.
UM, I THINK ROD'S GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, UH, AND WORK WITH NICK ON THIS, AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL GET IT RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO ITEM 14 AND WHO'S GOT THE, SO YEAH.
UH, ROD'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, YEAH, THANKS CHARLES STROUD REPRESENTATIVE FROM USW WHO'S HERE TODAY.
UM, AS WELL AS CHRIS WHO'S RIGHT TO HIS LEFT.
UM, IF YOU GUYS GET INTO FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THE FIELD, THEY WILL BE HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE MET, UM, WITH COUNCIL AND, AND MET ON THIS, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS DID WANT TO PURSUE, UH, LOOKING INTO THIS FURTHER WITH THE GOAL OF COMING UP WITH ONE FEE, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND INSTALL A RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION METER, UM, IN, IN GETTING TO THAT POINT, WE WANT, UH, ROD'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND KIND OF SHOW YOU PHYSICALLY, UH, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO DO THIS.
AND THEN, UH, TOWARD THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME IDEAS ON NUMBERS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO ROD YOU'RE UP, WE SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST SLIDE.
NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION METERS.
THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PROBABLY ABOUT 80 TO 85% OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE ONE, THREE QUARTER-INCH LINE COMING IN TO SERVICE, LOT A ON LOT B A THREE QUARTER INCH LINE SPLITS AND GOES TWO TO THREE QUARTER INCH LINES GOING INTO EACH HOME.
AND THAT IS THE EXISTING CONDITION OF 80 TO 85% OF THE HOMES IN TOWN.
THERE ARE A SMALL PORTION OF HOMES SOUTH OF WEST AIRPORT THAT HAVE A ONE INCH LINE ALREADY INSTALLED.
SO THAT'S THE EXISTING, THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES, NEXT SLIDE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE A NEW HOME ON LOT A AND A LOT A'S HOME IS A MUCH LARGER HOME THAN THE EXISTING ONE WAS BEFORE IN COMPARISON TO LOT B IT HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A ONE INCH SERVICE LINE COMING INTO THE RESIDENCE.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF INSTALLATION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY A SCENE IN ONE HOME SO FAR
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WHERE WE DROPPED IN A NEW ONE INCH LINE.AND WE SPLIT THE SERVICE BETWEEN LOT A AND LOT B INTO TWO SEPARATE ITEMS, THE OLD THREE QUARTER INCH LINE, WHICH PREVIOUSLY SERVICED TWO HOMES IS NOW ONLY SERVICING ONE, WHICH IS A MUCH BETTER SITUATION FOR ME AND ALSO FOR USW.
AND, UH, THE NEW HOME HAS A SEPARATE LOCATION FOR A POTENTIAL SPRINKLER METER, WHICH WOULD SEPARATE THE DOMESTIC USE AND THE USE OF IRRIGATION TO TWO SEPARATE METERS.
THIS IS A FAIRLY STANDARD TYPE OF SITUATION AND ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND AGAIN, 85% OF OUR HOMES ARE NOT THAT WAY, BUT WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR AFTER THIS PRESENTATION IS SOME, SOME GUIDANCE ON A POLICY FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT WAS BASICALLY MY MAIN GOAL FOR THIS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES.
YOU HAVE A LARGER LINE ON A NEWER HOME, AND YOU HAVE A SMALL LINE GOING TO THE OLD HOME.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT, UH, WE POSSIBLY TAKE THE THREE QUARTER INCH LINE AND YOU CAN SEE LOT A HAS A THREE QUARTER INCH LAW.
B HAS A THREE QUARTER INCH, BOTH FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE DOMESTIC.
AND WE WERE SUGGESTION WAS TO ADD A THREE QUARTER INCH LINE FOR AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE WERE KIND OF GETTING APPLES TO ORANGES AND ET CETERA.
WE WEREN'T VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THIS, THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS JUST EXACTLY HOW WE SHOULD NOT BE INSTALLING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. WE HAVE A THREE QUARTER INCH LINE SERVICE COMING IN FROM THE MAIN LINE.
IT'S BEEN SPLIT INTO TWO THREE-QUARTER-INCH LINES FOR LOT A L B A RESIDENTIAL USE AND AN ADDITIONAL THREE QUARTER INCH LINE FOR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION, THE PRESSURE AND VOLUME JUST DON'T WORK.
THIS, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT IS BEING MIRRORED OR POSSIBLY BEING INSTALLED OUT THERE WITHOUT THE USE OF THAT THIRD METER ON EXISTING LOTS, BUT IT IS REALLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR ME TO PUT THE OTHER METER IN THERE AND TRY TO SPLIT THAT LINEUP THE WAY IT'S SHOWN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND FROM THE OPERATIONS PERSPECTIVE, IT IS NOT A WORKABLE SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE LOT A AND LOT B THAT HAVE GOT THEIR LITTLE IRRIGATION SYSTEM SET OFF TO THE SIDE ONTO THEIR RESIDENTIAL DOMESTIC FEED.
IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME TO DO THIS, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, NO, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT WE DO THIS.
SO THIS WOULD BE, THIS IS WHAT I THINK WE WERE ASKED FOR IS LIKE LOBBY WAS GOING TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL METER AND I'M NOT READY TO MAKE AN RECOMMENDATION.
I'M SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT.
SO WE MOVED FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE SEE THAT A LOT, LOT A AS SEEN AS NEIGHBOR AND LOT B, AND HE'S GOT A NICE THREE QUARTER INCH METER GOING TO HIS SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
SO HE SAYS, I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING.
ALL RIGHT, KNOW WHAT I MISS ONE? YEAH, THERE WE GO.
SO WE WENT FROM A VERY POOR SITUATION TO A REALLY BAD SITUATION WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH LOT A AND LOT B ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A ONE, THREE QUARTER INCH LINE AND SPLIT IT FOUR WAYS INTO TWO DOMESTIC FEEDS AND TEAR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. SO THE LAST SLIDE IN THIS SLIDE IS DEFINITELY NOT THE WAY THAT WE WOULD WANT THINGS TO BE SET UP.
NO, GO BACK, GO BACK TO PLEASE.
THIS, THIS RESIDENT, THIS, THIS SET UP WITH LOT A AND LOT B IF YOU HAVE A SPRINKLING METER, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A NEW ONE INCH LINE BE SET IN PLACE SO THAT IT WOULD SPLIT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM BETWEEN THE DOMESTIC USE AND THE, UH, THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM FROM, SORRY.
SORRY, GO BACK OVER THERE RIGHT NOW YOU GET A ONE INCH LINE THAT GOES UP AND SPLITS TO THE HOUSE AND WENT TO THE IRRIGATION ON THE OTHER SIDE, TO GET A THREE QUARTER INCH YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT BE CHANGED FROM A THREE QUARTER INCH TO A ONE.
NO, I'M SAYING THIS IS, THIS IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION.
THIS IS SOMETHING IS ALREADY HAPPENED IN THE CITY.
GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE.
FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THAT THE ONE, THREE QUARTER-INCH LINE SPLITTING INTO TWO SEPARATE QUARTER INCH LINES.
SO IF YOU HAVE A NEW HOUSE BUILT IN GENERAL, THEY HAVE
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A MUCH HIGHER CAPACITY OR A MUCH HIGHER DEMAND ON THE SUPPLY.SO THE HOUSE ON LOT A IS A MUCH LARGER HOME.
IT HAS A REQUIREMENT OF A ONE INCH LINE COMING INTO THE HOUSE JUST TO SELL THE VOLUME.
SO, SO HAVING A, A THREE QUARTER INCH LINE FEED THAT ONE INCH LINE IS INSUFFICIENT.
THIS THE CITY, WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE AT THE POINT IN TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT WAS NOT DONE IN THIS CASE.
SO BRINGING THE NEW ONE INCH LINE INTO THE NEW HOME, WE NOW HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE FEED FOR THE DOMESTIC USE, WITH THE ONE INCH LINE.
AND WE CAN SPLIT THAT INTO A ONE INCH SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT AN ARROGATION METER IS, UH, IS, UH, IS INSTALLED.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WAY IT WOULD GO.
THAT'S IF YOU WANT IT, WHETHER YOU'VE GOT A NEW HOME OR AN EXISTING HOME, THAT, AND YOU WANT TO ADD IRRIGATION, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY METHOD THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE DO IT.
ANYTHING ELSE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SHOESTRING AND BUBBLEGUM.
UM, CHARLES, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
CHARLES, STRAUBEL US WATER, TEXAS STATE MANAGER.
UM, ACTUALLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SUBSTANTIAL HIGH POTENTIAL FOR PRESSURE DEFICIT.
UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MANY OUTLETS OFF THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR TAP LINE, COMING OFF YOUR MAIN, WHEREAS I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH ROD IN HIS, HIS COMMENTS MADE ON THE ACTUAL ONE, IT SUPPLY LINE, AND YOU CAN BRANCH OFF ACCORDINGLY WITH YOUR, BOTH YOUR RESIDENTIAL AND IRRIGATION SUPPLY.
UM, AND THAT, THAT IS KIND OF THE STANDARD AS WHAT'S, AS TO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY AS TO CODE, UM, ANYTHING LESS THAN WE WOULD BE NOT JUST LESSER THAN DESIRABLE, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A PRESSURE FLUCTUATION OR LOSS AT TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE INTERMITTENT OR SIMULTANEOUS, YOU KNOW, SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS DOMESTIC USE INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, YOU WOULD BE VERY NOTICEABLE AND FRUSTRATING FOR THAT MATTER.
NEXT THING IS, UM, THAT'S A NO-NO, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE.
UH, THAT'S TWO OLD HOMES WITH AN EXISTING THREE QUARTER INCH LINE, AND BOTH OF THEM WANT AN IRRIGATION METER AND BOTH WANT DOMESTIC YEARS.
THE SOLUTION FOR THIS CASE WOULD BE TWO NEW ONE INCH LINES DIVIDING THE CYRUS FOR BOTH HOMES, READY FOR THE MONEY AREN'T READY FOR THE MONEY, DEAR.
UM, HOW ABOUT THAT, NICK? YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT, WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
UM, I'M GOING TO LOOK IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ANNA MARIA AS WELL.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE GOT IS SOME EXERCISES, SOME IDEAS, UM, AND GETTING WITH USW AND GETTING SOME NUMBERS FROM THEM.
WE TRIED TO ADD UP WHAT A COST MIGHT BE TO THE CITY TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE A HOUSE FOR THAT ONE INCH SINGLE TAP.
PLUS THE METER METER ITSELF WOULD COST ROUGHLY $400.
THEN YOU'VE GOT USW SUPPLIED COSTS, UM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE EXCAVATION PARTS MATERIAL, LABOR LANDSCAPING.
THEY WOULD INVOICE US DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT WAS A SHORT TAP OR A LONG TAP.
THAT BEING EITHER HAVING TO TAP A WATER LINE, THAT'S ON YOUR SIDE OF THE STREET OR WATERLINE THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE TWO DIFFERENCES ARE.
WE WOULD THEN PUT A PERMIT FEE IN THERE TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THE PERMIT TO DO THIS.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A COST OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2,520 $900 TO PREPARE A HOUSE THAT HAS AN EXISTING THREE QUARTER INCH METER, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND GO UP TO A ONE INCH METER FOR THOSE HOUSES IN TOWN THAT MIGHT ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ONE INCH LINE.
UM, PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE HOUSES SOUTH OF AIRPORT, OR PERHAPS JUST A HOUSE THAT IS BUILT NOW HAS A ONE INCH LINE.
UM, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE COST OF THE METER.
UH, USW STILL HAS TO GO OUT AND GO AHEAD AND INSTALL ON THEIR SIDE OF THE LINE THAT YOU BRANCH THE BOX AND THE LABOR.
UH, THEN WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT PERMIT FEE IN THERE.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY $1,300 OR SO OTHER COSTS TO THE HOMEOWNER TO ENTER INTO THIS.
OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THEIR OWN PLUMBER TO GO AHEAD AND CONNECT THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO THEIR SIDE OF THE METER.
UH, WE WOULD NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD A BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
LET'S SAY THAT WE HAD A, AN INSPECTOR WITH, UM, THE COMPANY COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SYSTEM.
AND THEY FOUND THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE A BACKFLOW PREVENTER.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, AND THAT'D BE COVERING THE PERMIT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE,
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NO.WELL, IF YOU LET'S SAY YOU HAD AN EXISTING IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THE GROUND AND YOU WANTED TO ADD THE IRRIGATION METER, UM, AND THEY BEGAN TO DO THAT, BUT THE INSPECTOR CAME OUT TO CHECK THAT CONNECTION.
THEY MIGHT ALSO INCIDENTALLY SEE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKFLOW PREVENTER AND THEN THE CITY WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO GET THAT.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE COST OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, UH, ITSELF.
I KNOW, BUT BASICALLY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THAT TOP LEFT BOX IS OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL MONTHLY UTILITY RATE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE CHARGED RIGHT NOW FOR A METER.
THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE, UM, THE SUGGESTION OR THE OPTION THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET WHERE WE WOULD BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT A, WHAT AN IRRIGATION METER CHARGE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR WATER BASE FEE AT $2 A THAT'S BASICALLY TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE METER IN THE GROUND.
KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR THAT NEW ACCOUNT, THAT'S SET UP FOR THAT IRRIGATION METER.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE A LITTLE OVER A DOLLAR FOR THAT SERVICE.
SO THAT GOES TO CERTAINLY COVER THAT THEN THAT 1000 GALLON, UM, ON THE IRRIGATION METER WOULD BE CHARGED AT THE SAME RATE THAT YOU HAVE THE 1000 ON YOUR REGULAR WATER METER.
SO BUCK 20, OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU DON'T SEE THERE IS THE SEWER CHARGE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE POLICY BEHIND THIS IS THAT IF YOU'RE PUTTING WATER IN THE YARD, YOU'RE NOT DUMPING THAT INTO SANITARY.
WE ARE NOT CHARGING YOU FOR THAT SANITARY SERVICE.
SO LET'S ASSUME THAT WE DO PUT AN IRRIGATION METER IN THE GROUND AND CHARGE YOU $2 A MONTH FOR THAT WATER BASE FEE, PLUS A BUCK 20 FOR EVERY THOUSAND GALLONS, UH, IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE, BUT, UM, IN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S BASICALLY HOWEVER MANY THOUSANDS OF GALLONS, WHAT THAT CHARGE WOULD BE ON THAT IRRIGATION METER.
AND THEN ON THE FAR, RIGHT, IS AN IDEA OF WHAT YOUR POTENTIAL SAVINGS MIGHT BE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF GALLONS YOU USE ON THAT SPRINKLER METER.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AS YOU GO FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, YOU'RE USING MORE SPRINKLER WATER, YOU SAVE MORE PER MONTH.
UM, IF YOU'RE USING 4,000 ON YOUR RESIDENTIAL METER AND 4,000 ON YOUR SPRINKLER, YOU'RE GETTING A BILL THAT'S ABOUT $3 AND 60 CENTS LESS THAN WHAT YOU WOULD, IF YOU PUT IT ALL THROUGH A REGULAR OLD METER, UH, IF YOU USE 8,000 RESIDENTIAL AND 4,000 SPRINKLER, YOU'RE SAVING ABOUT FIVE BUCKS A MONTH.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE A HIGH USER AND YOU USE 10,000 THROUGH THAT SPRINKLER EVERY MONTH, YOU'RE POTENTIALLY SAVING AROUND $13 AND 40 CENTS A MONTH, UM, ON YOUR IRRIGATION BILL, BUT, UH, BY HAVING AN IRRIGATION METER, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE NOT WATERING 12 MONTHS OUT A YEAR.
SO IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, YOU'RE STILL PAYING THAT $2 PER MONTH WATER BASE FEE.
AND THAT OF COURSE EATS INTO ANY PROFIT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, RA'S FAVORITE SLIDE IS THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS BASICALLY A POLICY QUESTION FOR COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE DO GO AHEAD AND SEE A LOT OF, UM, NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, POP-UP WE AS A STAFF, WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHAT THE STANDARD IS FOR THE DESIGN OF A NEW STRUCTURE.
UH, ROD IS RECOMMENDING WE'RE RECOMMENDING ONE INCH TAP WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THAT NEW HOUSE THAT YOU'D GO AHEAD AND DO A NEW SANITARY TAP AT A STANDARD FOUR INCHES.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE METER WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ULTRASONIC METER.
UM, THE THINGS THAT GO AHEAD, THINGS TO BE NOTED HERE IS THAT THE NEW ONE INCH TAP IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN ON DARREN'S.
SO ANY OF THE HOMES THAT WE ARE REHABBING OR WE HAVE, WHEN WE REHABILITATE THE STREET ON DOORS, EACH ONE OF THOSE WATER SERVICES WILL BE A NEW ONE IS TAP AND THEY'LL BE READY FOR THE DIVISION OF OUR SPRINKLER METER.
SO AGAIN, WHAT I WAS LOOKING, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS AS A POLICY THAT WE HAVE NO IRRIGATION METER FEE SCHEDULE, AND OUR, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH NOTHING TO SEPARATE THAT FROM THE, UH, THE DOMESTIC WATER, IT REALLY DOESN'T BECOME FINANCIALLY VIABLE UNTIL THE WATER RATES AND THE SURVEYS INCREASE, AND WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DEVELOPING THE POLICY FOR THE SEPARATE IRRIGATION METER AND MAKING SURE THAT IT REQUIRES A ONE INCH TAP.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT, UH, BACK TO THE SANITARY SERVE.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS ABANDONMENT OF THE OLD SANITARY SEWER TAP AND A NEW TAT TO BE STALLED TO A STANDARD FOUR INCH.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE SANITARY SER TAPS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM ARE CURRENTLY THREE INCH IT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR THE PLUMBERS TO CLEAN THEM AT TIMES, BUT THAT WAS BACK 40, 50 YEARS AGO, THEY PUT IN THREE INCH TAPS.
SO IF WE HAVE A NEW BUILD, I WANT TO GO WITH A FULL NEW SERVICE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE TAP FOUR IN SIZE, AND THE METERS WILL BE THE NEW ECE RESULT OR SAUNA COULD NO MOVING
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PARTS.AND THEY WILL BE IN THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS WITH NO MOVING PARTS, THE REGISTER, EVERY SINGLE GALLON, EVERY SINGLE TRICKLE OF WATER THAT GOES THROUGH THERE FOR THE CUSTOMERS PAYING EXACTLY FOR WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT Y'ALL HAD WHEN I WAS NOT HERE.
I'VE HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER SINCE THEN.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO DO, BUT SOME OF US MAY, I THINK WE'VE MADE A GOOD DECISION ON UPGRADING THE HOUSES ON DORRANCE TO INCLUDE THE ONE INCH FEED, UH, AND IF SET THEM UP, THEN IF THEY WANT TO PUT IN A RESIDENTIAL, UH, METER, THEY CAN FOR BOTH THE HOME AND THE IRRIGATION.
UM, THE ONE, THE ONE INCH METER THAT WE PUT IN ON DORRANCE IS REALLY JUST SETTING UP FOR THE NEW, LARGER HOMES.
IF WE'D GET THEM, W WHETHER THEY PUT IN THE IRRIGATION METER OR NOT IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT, IRRELEVANT TO THIS.
AND SO WHEN WE COME BACK AND HAVE THE COMPLETE TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD, AND WE SAY, HEY, THIS REQUIRES A ONE INCH METER OR ONE INCH FEET WITH, WITH MY EXPERIENCE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND NEW DEVELOPMENT, THAT WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS PRETTY MUCH STANDARD IT'S SOP.
SO THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT DO WE WANT TO, ROD'S WANTING TO COME OUT OF HERE WITH A POLICY, AND I'VE SEEN HOW YOU WARMED UP FOUR INCH, THREE INCH AND A FOUR INCH INTO THIS POLICY RODS.
THAT'S IT? IT'S FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CUSTOMER, SIR.
SO, WELL, I MEAN, I THINK I'M IN FAVOR OF GOING FORWARD WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL NEW BUILDS ONE INCH WHEN WE RECONSTRUCT, WE GO ONE INCH TO EACH HOUSE.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE PENALIZED BY MY NEIGHBOR USING TOO MUCH WATER, AND THEN I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PRESSURE.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR, YOU KNOW, MY HOUSE.
EVENTUALLY IT WON'T GET THERE IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE I'VE LIVE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AREA.
SO, UM, BUT I MEAN, I THINK WE DO NEED TO THEN SET THE RATES DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, SET, THE RATES TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT RIGHT.
WELL, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND INSTALLS A IRRIGATION METER, WE NEED TO HAVE A RATE SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE RACE TO BE IN HERE.
YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES OF BRAND NEW SERVICE TAB.
TH THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS TO INSTALL.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COST OF THE WATER, WHICH COST, WHICH WE HAVE.
WE'VE GOT A PROPOSED, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO, OKAY.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT WASN'T A PROPOSED.
IT'S AN EXAMPLE BASED ON EXISTING RATES.
SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUTTING IN THAT WATER-BASED FEE JUST TO HAVE THAT IRRIGATION METER IN THE GROUND, AND THEN YOU'RE CHARGING THEM ON BUCK 20 FOR EVERY THOUSAND GALLONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CHARGING TODAY FOR EVERY THOUSAND GALLONS.
SO, AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE, WE FOLLOW WHAT THE CURRENT WATER RATE IS, WHAT MAKES IT SUPER EASY? YEAH.
IT JUST, IT JUST GOES RIGHT UP.
IT WOULD JUST, IT WOULD, IT WOULD MIRROR WHATEVER OUR WATER.
ONE IS, DO WE REQUIRE IT? YES OR NO? IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THAT.
UM, THE COST OF THE, UH, GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, SHOWING THE, UH, YEAH.
UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE IT'S GOING TO COST YOU, ARE WE HAPPY WITH THAT PRICING? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE JUST SAY SET IT, SUCH THAT WHATEVER IT COSTS US IS THE RESIDENT'S GONNA PAY IT.
WHOEVER WANTS IT, PAYS IT, THE CITY, THE RESIDENT, THE OTHER RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THAT.
SO WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THERE.
SO IF I COME UP, I SAY, I WANT TO GET ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, YES, DEBBIE IS GOING TO CHARGE THE CITY, UH, $2,400.
AND THEN I, THEN THEY'LL PUT IT IN AND I GOT TO GET A PLUMBER TO HOOK IT UP, PUT MY BLACK BACKFLOW PREVENTER IN WHICH GOES WITH THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THIS DOES, IT'S NOT FINANCIALLY
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FEASIBLE UNTIL THE RATES CHANGE.YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'M GOING TO LIVE.
UH, IT'S AN ORDINANCE, BUT WOULD IT BE CHANGED IN THE FACE? AH, FOR THE POLICY? YEAH.
UM, SEE, WE DON'T HAVE A DESIGN CRITERIA.
THE REASON WE GOT INTO THE SITUATION WE GOT INTO THE ORIGINAL POLICY FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO REVIEW, WE COULD DO UTILITIES SO WE CAN DRAFT UP A RESOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES THIS AND MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT'D BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY LANGUAGE WE CAN CHANGE IT.
UM, SO WE COULD PAY FOR THAT UP IN A RESOLUTION THAT STAFF COULD FOLLOW SIMILAR TO A DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL.
A LOT OF CITIES WILL HAVE A MANUAL THAT'S REVISITED PERIODICALLY.
WE DON'T HAVE ONE THAT GIVES THAT TYPE OF CRITERIA, DRIVEWAYS, WATER, METERS, ET CETERA.
WELL, WE COULD OBTAIN SUBSTANDARD DETAILS AND ADOPT THOSE, RIGHT.
THAT'D BE ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU, YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD ME YOU, WE, OVER WE ADOPTED OR WE USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S STANDARDS ON OUR REPAIR THAT REGULAR BASIS.
WAS IT SUGARLAND OR STAFFORD? I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED TO RECREATE THE WHEEL.
AND I MEAN, WE COULD JUST FIND SOME NEW MUD THAT HAS THIS TYPE OF SET UP AND WE COULD GET THEIR STANDARD DETAILS.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME STANDARD DETAILS COMING OUT OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR CURBS, YOU HAVE YOUR DRIVEWAY APPROACHES YOUR SIDEWALKS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A WATER.
AND WHEN WE GET TO PHASE TWO, YOU'LL HAVE A STANDARD DETAIL ON THE SANITARY SEWERS ALSO.
WELL, I MEAN THAT IN A MONTH, IF WE JUST WANT TO PUT IT IN A RESOLUTION, WE COULD JUST SAY NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIRES A ONE INCH METER.
THEN WE WOULD ASK YOU GUYS, WHAT ELSE REQUIRES A ONE INCH METER? DO YOU GUYS WANT THERE TO BE A TRIGGER ON 50% RULE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OKAY.
I THINK WE STAY WITH OUR REBUILT TEAR DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS TO BE REQUIRED.
THE RESIDENT ALWAYS HAS THE OPTION TO COME IN AND SAY, I WANT A ONE INCH TAP.
THE W THE WAY THAT, THAT ONE IN SERVICE TAP IS SIZED.
AS FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A NEW BUILD, THE BUILDER HAS A NEW SET OF PLANS.
HE HAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RESTROOMS, AND HE HAS A FIXTURE COUNT.
A THREE-QUARTER INCH METER WILL HANDLE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FIXTURES.
A ONE INCH METER REQUIRES MORE, MORE FIXTURES REQUIRED, LARGER METER.
WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW HOME IN GENERAL, IT'S A ONE INCH LINE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FIXTURES, INCREASED NUMBER OF FIXTURES THAT ARE IN THE HOME.
SO THAT ONE'S ACROSS THE AIRPORT.
BUT EVEN A REMODEL COULD ADD FIXTURES WHERE IT COULD PUSH IT INTO THAT NO MORE.
UM, THAT THAT'S WHERE THE FIXTURE COUNT.
WHEN, WHEN THE PLANS ARE SUBMITTED, THE PLUMBER SCHEDULED NEEDS TO DELINEATE THAT.
AND THAT FIXTURE COUNT MUST BE REVIEWED BY PUBLIC WORKS.
AND WE WILL SIZE THE METER APPROPRIATELY.
AND IF THERE'S MORE INCREASED COSTS AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S WHEN IT TAKES PLACE AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
DURING PLAN REVIEW PEOPLE, THEY USED TO BE DONE THROUGH PLAN REVIEW.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, OUR BUILDING INSPECTION GROUP STOP AT THE METER FROM THE METER DOWN TO THE MAIN LINE IS MINE DOING SOME QUICK MATH? IT'S KIND OF EYE-OPENING UH, A SPRINKLER SYSTEM CAN USE 12 GALLONS A MINUTE.
A THREE QUARTER INCH LINE CAN ONLY HANDLE 20 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
SO IF YOU'RE USING YOUR SPRINKLER AND YOUR NEIGHBOR IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, YEAH.
YOUR SEE THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT COMES UP IS IS IF YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SPRINKLER COMPANY, COME IN, THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AT IS WHAT'S OUR FLOW AVAILABLE? AND YOU JUST HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
THERE'S INSUFFICIENT FLOW FOR A NEW SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITHOUT THREE QUARTER INCH LINE FROM I REALIZE UNTIL I LOOKED AT MY EYE ON WATER AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THE MATH AND THEN RESEARCH THE SIDES OF THE LINES.
AND THAT'S THREE QUARTER WHEN IT'S BRANDS THAT YOU WERE USING YOUR, WHAT I ON WATER, PHENOMENAL TOOL THAT WE HAVE THAT IS FREE TO USE FOR RESIDENTS SIGN UP TODAY.
SO WE CAN, WHERE ARE WE AT AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO? I THINK WE'VE GOT A DIRECTION HERE.
WE CAN BRING A RESOLUTION THAT JUST PAPERS THIS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT STAFF IN PERPETUITY KNOWS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
UM, NOW WHEN IT GETS TO IRRIGATION, WE HAVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW IN THE POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR AN IRRIGATION METER.
LITTLE QUESTION WOULD BE, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO PURSUE PUTTING
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A FEE SCHEDULE IN THERE FOR IRRIGATION METERS? OKAY.SO WHAT SHOULD THAT PHOEBE GO BACK TO WHERE AT OUR GOLFER? RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE COST PLUS 50%, BRING THIS TO THE BUDGET SESSION TOMORROW.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT THERE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE CALLED A GOOD NIGHT.
WE'VE GOT THE POLICY COMING TOWARD THE ONE INCH ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DETAIL ON THE OTHER TOMORROW.
IF THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVES TO A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.
ARE WE GOING TO TABLE THE, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT? OH, UNLESS YOUR MOTION TO TABLE.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE DON'T SEE IT? THAT TAKES US TO ADJOURN WITH NO OBJECTIONS.
LET'S VOTE ON THE JOURNEY ALL IN FAVOR, THE MOTION WE'RE ADJOURNED.