[City Council Meeting]
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AND WELCOME TO THE MEADOWS PLACE.
CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
THIS IS TUESDAY NIGHT OR AUGUST 23RD, 2022.
IT IS 6:30 PM AT MEADOWS PLACE, CITY HALL.
UM, WE'RE CALLING THE ORDER AND AN ASKING A QUORUM IS PRESENT WITH CON WITH ALL OF COUNCIL THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND AN INVOCATION.
WE HAVE, UH, JIMMY FENWICK TO GIVE US THE INVOCATION AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PREVIOUS COUNCIL PERSON THAT TERRY HENLEY HAS LIVED HERE SINCE 1975, OPENNESS WITH THE PLEDGE.
SO IF YOU WOULD STAY STAND ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
OTHER ITEMS THAT THANK YOU, TERRY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROCLAMATION NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN TEXAS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
IT'S HELD IN OCTOBER WHEN THE WEATHER'S A LITTLE COOLER, BUT I'M GOING TO BREED THE, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION AND HONOR OF, UH, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE PRESENT AND OUR POLICE HAD SUPPORT US SO WELL.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH SPONSORS A UNIQUE NATIONWIDE CRIME DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM ENTITLED NATIONAL TIED OUT NICE AND NIGHT OUT.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A NATIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN.
THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PARTNER UP AGAINST CRIME.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL MINED OUT PROMOTES POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ENHANCING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE BRINGING BACK A TRUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS METIS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING THE FORT BEND COUNTY THROUGH JOINT, UH, CRIME DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS.
AND MEADOWS PLACE IS SUPPORTING THE 37TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT LOCALLY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF BETOS PLACE BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND IMPACT THE PARTICIPATION.
THEY CAN HAVE A REDUCING, UH, CRIME DRUG AND VIOLENCE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
AND WE'RE AS POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND NEIGHBORHOODS SAFETY AWARENESS, COOPERATION ARE IMPORTANT THEMES OF NATIONAL MITAP PROGRAM.
NOW, THEREFORE I'VE MADE CHARLES JESSUP THE FOURTH DO HEREBY INVENT THE RE INVITE THE RESIDENTS OF MEADOWS PLACE TO JOIN THE MEADOWS PLACE IN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MILLIONS OF TEXAS SUPPORTING 2022 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2022, AND DO HERE BY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS.
AND LET'S GIVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS A BIG HAND FOR BEING HERE AND FOR BEING PART OF THAT, PARDON ME? ONE SEC.
G UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF ASKED YOU WOULD, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TO POST OVER THERE, LET YOUR FOLK SEE IT AND KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM AND THAT, UH, IT BETTER GET THEIR GAME ON FOR THE 22ND.
WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT MAYBE OVER BARBECUE.
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WE CAN DO THAT.UH, SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE US THE, UH, POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT REPORT? YES, SIR.
UH, YOU HAVE YOUR PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, I AM COVERING THE COUNCIL MEETING.
CHIEF STEWART FINALLY IS TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF WELL DESERVED, UH, IN YOUR, UH, PACKET, THE TOP SHEET, THE SPREADSHEET OR THE NUMBERS WHERE OUR ACTIVITY FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING UP UNTIL THIS WEEKEND, A NUMBER OF REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS.
WE HAD NINE NUMBER OF ARRESTS.
WE HAD 13 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 2065, A NUMBER OF REPORTS, 48 CITATIONS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC 226 FOR 524 CHARGES.
THERE WERE TWO CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, CITATIONS ISSUED WARNINGS.
THERE WERE 78 WARNINGS ISSUED FOR 131 CHARGES.
AND THEN TWO CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION WARNINGS, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT 2,794.
AS WE MOVE DOWN THE PAGE, UH, THE BREAKDOWN OF ACTIVITY, UH, THERE WERE TWO ASSAULTS, TWO BMVS, ZERO BURGLARY OF A BUSINESS, ONE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, UH, FIVE CITY ORDINANCE CONTACTS, A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF WERE ZERO FRAUD.
WE HAD ONE ROBBERY, ZERO TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS WAS 1,101, WE HAD 14 THEFT REPORTED, THREE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE TLC PROGRAM.
WE FELT A NEED TO STEP IT UP AND THEY GUYS DID STEP IT UP 82 PASSING 21, FAILING FOR 103 CONTACTS FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
WELL, THEY DID STEP IT UP AGAIN.
AND TWO, JUST TO POINT OUT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR BURGLAR MOTOR VEHICLES WERE TO THAT.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION IN OUR VISIBILITY AND ACTIVITY OUT THERE FROM THE TLC PROGRAM, A FEW ADDITIONAL NOTES DOWN IN THE BOTTOM SECTION, THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS THAT, UH, WE HAD ONE FOR SOLICITOR, ONE NOISE COMPLAINT, AND THEN THE CITATIONS ISSUED ONE WAS FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING, A POOL THAT WAS BEING DRAINED.
AND ONE FOR AN OVERSIZED VEHICLE, THE OLD AMBULANCE THAT WE HAVE SEEN A TIME OR TWO OVER ON SCOTTSDALE NORTH SCOTTSDALE COURT, UH, ZERO ACCIDENTS OR DAMAGE THAT WERE REPORTED IN THE ROUNDABOUTS.
IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BETTER THERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR SPREADSHEET GOING INTO YOUR PACKET THAT I WILL SLOWLY TURN THE PAGES.
AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT, UH, HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, PLEASE ASK, I'M GOING TO GO TO PAGE FIVE, WHERE WE START WITH THE FLOCK HITS.
SO FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 52 FLOSS KITS, 19 FOR STOLEN VEHICLES, FIVE FOR SEX OFFENDER ALERTS SEVEN FOR STOLEN PLATES, SIX FOR THE GANG, OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOUR FOR MISSING PERSON FOUR FOR WARRANT SIX FOR PROTECTION ORDERS, UH, OTHER AGENCY HOT LISTS THAT IS WHERE OTHER AGENCIES CAN ENTER IN INFORMATION ABOUT VEHICLES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OR MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.
THERE WAS ONE, THERE WERE ZERO FOR VIOLIN PERSONS AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN AS WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, WE MOVE INTO THE ARREST FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD.
AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME, AS WE LOOK THROUGH HERE, HOW MANY OF OUR ARREST ARE GENERATED BY FLOCK KIT? NOW THAT WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 ARREST, WHICH IS A LITTLE ON THE HIGHER SIDE FOR US, THE VERY FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE WAS A FLOP KIT.
IT WAS A WARRANT OUT OF, UH, UH, OTHER AGENCIES, JURISDICTION, AND, UH, OFFICER RICHMOND VERIFIED THE STOLEN TEMPORARY TAG MADE THE STOP, CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION.
THEN CONTINUING THROUGH THERE, WE SEE A WARRANT FOR OTHER AGENCY JURISDICTION.
AND THEN THERE'S PUBLIC INTOXICATION WHERE OFFICER FOSTER OBSERVED A MALE WHO APPEARED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY SWAY WALKING.
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OFFICER FOSTER AND OFFICER RICHMOND MADE CONTACT WITH THE MALE, FOUND HIM TO BE IMPAIRED TO A DEGREE THAT HE WAS A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS.AND KINDLY GAVE HIM A RIDE TO FORT BEND COUNTY GOING TO PAGE SEVEN THAT, UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS TO PICK UP, YOU SEE SEVERAL ARRESTS IN HERE FOR WARRANTS OUT OF OTHER AGENCIES.
THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE COMING THROUGH THE CITY AND ALL OF THESE ARE LOCATED VIA VIA TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
AGAIN, JUST EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, THAT THE NEXT ONE DOWN, IT WAS A FLOCK HIT.
AND THIS ONE'S KINDA, IT'S A NEW ONE TO US.
UH, SERGEANT KENIG GOT THE FLOCK HIT LOCATED.
THE VEHICLE OBSERVED, UH, AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION TO MAKE THE STOP AND CONDUCT HIS INVESTIGATION TURNS OUT THAT THE SUBJECT HAD FAILED TO REGISTER HE'S IN.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN HOUSTON, BUT HE HAD FAILED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, WHICH MEANS THAT MOST LIKELY HE'S FLOATING AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND TRYING TO MAKE IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.
BUT HE GOT THAT CHARGE ALONG WITH INVALID DL, A DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TRANSPORTED TO FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND THEN AS WE GO DOWN THE PAGE, YOU SEE TWO MORE FLOCK HITS.
SO FLOCK IS HELPING US TO FIND MORE OF THE UNDESIRABLES THAT ARE COMING INTO THE, THE CITY AS WE GO TO PAGE EIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, THE FIRST TWO ARREST ARE FOR DWI OFFICER FOSTER AS A VERY AGGRESSIVE AND WORKING THE DWI THAT I BELIEVE HIS COUNT THUS FAR FOR THE YEAR IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 19 DDL BI ARREST, WHICH WERE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T NEED ON THE ROAD.
THEY ARE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
UH, THE ARREST FOR A BURGLARY OF A HABITATION, ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS IS A BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS AND, UH, HAS BEEN A REOCCURRING PROBLEM.
BUT THIS TIME THAT IT WENT TO THE DA'S OFFICE AND, UH, THE YOUNGER OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH THE BURGLARY.
AND THEN GOING TO PAGE NINE, THE ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD, OF COURSE, THE CHIEF LIKES TO ALWAYS REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND COMBATING COVID THAT THE GUYS ARE DISINFECTING THE OFFICE IN THE CARS, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY SHIFT, IF NOT SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, THE NEXT IS A NOTE THAT IN TALKING TO THE CHIEF TODAY, EVEN THOUGH YES, SIR.
THAT, UH, I WANTED HIM TO KNOW, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS DOWN AT THE BAY, ENJOYING HIMSELF, THAT TICO CAME OUT FOR OUR AUDIT.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS A BIT NERVOUS WHEN THEY COME BECAUSE THEY LEAVE NO PAGE UNTURNED AS THE LIEUTENANT CAN ATTEST TO FIRSTHAND AS OF TODAY.
BUT WE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED ON OUR OFFICIAL REPORT.
IT SAYS NO DEFICIENCIES, WHICH MEANS WE SCORED A 100 THAT, UH, I THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE NOT HAD ANYTHING TO ADD, DELETE OR CHANGE.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT, UH, THE MESA DOOR SYSTEM.
SO ALL OF THE COMPUTER READERS LOCKS ARE INSTALLED AND WE ARE FINISHING UP THE IDS THIS WEEK, WHICH I'LL GET WITH COURTNEY TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THEM DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY.
AND THEN WE WILL TURN ON THE CITY HALL SIDE OF IT.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT WE'LL BE OPERATIONAL.
AND THEN WE WILL BE MOVING IN OCTOBER WITH PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE, UH, EXTERIOR DOORS, UH, UPDATE ON OUR RECRUITING THAT, UH, OFFICERS FOSTER AT BARRA AND THE LAWN SIGN WENT TO U OF H DOWNTOWN ACADEMY LAST WEEK ON THEIR RECRUITING MISSION.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO INTEREST EIGHT OF THE CANDIDATES DOWN THERE, ANDING OUT APPLICATIONS THAT FLASHED RATHER INCLUDES OUR APPLICATION, OUR RECRUITING VIDEO, AND A FEW OTHER TIDBITS ABOUT WHY MEADOWS PLACE IS THEIR PLACE FOR LIFE.
BUT ALSO OUR, UH, CANDIDATE FOR CID IS DOING HER TESTING TOMORROW FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL POLYGRAPH.
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AND THEN ASSUMING THAT THAT GOES WELL, THE CHIEF HAS ALREADY MADE HER A CONTINGENT JOB OFFER AND WE WILL MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH GETTING HER IN HERE.COURTNEY ALSO, WE HAVE, UH, TWO CANDIDATES THAT GRADUATED FROM OFFICER DURAND'S ACADEMY THAT ARE NEW TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE LIEUTENANT HAS THEM SET UP FOR THE ORAL REVIEW BOARD ON THURSDAY.
SO SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR US AND THEM THAT WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT WILL HELP OUT AS WELL.
I KNOW THE CHIEF HAS MENTIONED THAT AND I WANTED TO PUT A TIDBIT IN THERE ABOUT HIM WORKING WITH, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON UPDATING THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
THAT IT'S A TYPICALLY A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT THAT TAKES FIVE MINUTES TO JUST TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S UP TO DATE.
I DO THINK THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME NEW PEOPLE DOWN AT OEM THAT OUR BEING THE CHIEF AND OUR CONTACTS HAVE MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
SO WE'RE LEARNING THE REPLACEMENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION.
WE'VE MISSED A COUPLE OF EMAILS, BUT THEY NOW HAVE OUR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND CELL PHONE NUMBERS, A NEW PD VEHICLES.
THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM AS YOU SEE, WE ARE WAITING ON AND YOU BLESS MOTOROLA FOR THEIR PROPRIETARY CONNECTORS THAT BECAUSE WE RUN AN EXTENSION CABLE FROM WHERE THE RADIO IS MOUNTED TO WHERE THE MICROPHONE IS, WE HAVE TO GET FROM MOTOROLA, THEIR CONNECTOR, THAT'S ALL THAT'S HOLDING UP OUR TWO VEHICLES WHERE YOU'RE HOPING THEY WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK.
AND IT'LL TAKE THEM ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO FLIP EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
AND, UH, LAST THAT, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR WAS ABLE TO JOIN US, UH, THIS PAST WEDNESDAY FOR OUR WEEKLY RUN ON THE MEALS ON WHEELS AT, UH, CAMERON SERGEANT NICKS AND OFFICER DURAN WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT MEETING AND GREETING AND, UH, PASSING OUT THE, THE MEALS.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST ON BOARD RATHER THAN US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
AND YOU'VE GOT A NEW STORAGE CONTAINER.
OH, DID I SKIP THAT? YES, SIR.
SOMETIMES CAN DRIVE RIGHT BY IT AND NOT EVEN SEE IT, BUT IT IS OUT HERE ON THE NEW CONCRETE PAD NEXT TO, UH, MR. JOE, THAT, UH, HE GAVE US A BONUS THREE FEET IN FRONT OF IT FOR A STANDING PLATFORM THAT A I'M AFRAID.
HE WAS, BUT IT'S A VERY NICE THAT TURNED OUT WELL, UH, LEE WITH, UH, PARKS AND REC HOOKED ME UP WITH A CONTAINER COMPANY THAT, UH, TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF US.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY FOR ALL OF US, THAT PD PARKS AND RECS AND PUBLIC WORKS, ALL GOT CONTAINERS.
AND THAT OURS IS A VERY NICE, UH, CONSIDERING IT'S A SHIPPING CONTAINER, BUT TO BE OUT NEXT TO CITY HALL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THIS ALSO IS A STEP TOWARD THE CERTIFICATION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, THAT A AS THE CHIEF HAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION, BEST PRACTICES CERTIFICATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IS A WEATHER PROOF.
SECURABLE EXTRA LARGE EVIDENCE STORAGE PLACE.
I THINK I COVERED IT ALL WITH THAT.
AND ESSENTIALLY THAT THAT IS USED FOR OUR BICYCLES.
AND, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BIG TABLE SAW THAT, UH, WE'RE HOLDING ON TO FOR A, UH, BURGLARY CASE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO TO HAVE A SECURE PLACE THAT IS WEATHERPROOF BECAUSE IN THE CORRAL, BEFORE THAT IT WAS SUBJECT TO THE ELEMENTS.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE REPORT.
I'M REALLY TICKLED WITH Y'ALL, UH, GETTING ZERO MISCUES OR WHATEVER IT IS IN THAT, UH, AUDIT THAT MAN.
WELL SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, SIR, I WAS A TAD BIT NERVOUS I'VE BEEN THROUGH THOUGH.
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UH, I WAS IN THE SERVICE ONCE.UH, WHEN THEY COME INTO DOODLE INSPECTION, THEIR JOB IS TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.
SO CONGRATULATIONS COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR A SYSTEM CHIEF? THANK YOU.
LIEUTENANT ADAMAS, DID THE HEAVY LIFTING AND MAKING SURE THE BOOKS WERE COMPLETE.
I SERVED SUPERVISED WELL, GOOD JOB TO SUPERVISE AN LT.
UM, APPRECIATE THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE, AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO CAMERON, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T GET MENTIONED IS THAT THE, UH, CITY METALS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS ITS OWN FACEBOOK PAGE.
THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH FACEBOOK FOR A LONG TIME AND THE, AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN, UM, KIND OF STAFFING AND WHO'S GOING TO DO IT AND WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND NOBODY COULD EVER COME TO A, QUITE AN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN, THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, KNOWS HOW TO GATHER DATA.
AND I THINK THE MEALS ON WHEELS, A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THAT STUFF THAT GOES ON AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES UP ON THE METIS PLACE.
I EVEN LEARNED HOW TO FOLLOW DIDN'T I, YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S, THERE'S A LOT GOING TO COME UP ON THERE THAT I I'M THRILLED TO SHARE.
I GET A CHANCE TO, TO HEAR A LOT OF THIS STUFF THROUGH, UH, THE JACK AND CHIEF AND, AND, UH, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T GET A CHANCE TO, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE THAN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO KNOW HOW DOGGONE MUCH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES FOR US.
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN OR ASSISTANT CHIEF ASIAN AND THE CHIEF ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IF Y'ALL, AREN'T FOLLOWING THAT I URGE YOU TO, AND ALL OF THE THOUSANDS OF LISTENERS ON THE ONLINE, I URGE YOU TO CHECK AND FOLLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, WE'RE RUNNING AT A TIME, SO I'M JUST GOING TO CUT OUT THEM TWO OUT.
UH, AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, THAT WAS WAIVED DUE TO COVID.
UH, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR HAS COVID AS A DOWN FEELING BAD AS ALL THE SYMPTOMS, THE POSITIVE TEST SOUNDS TERRIBLE AND, UM, WOULD HAVE COME IN AND DONE OR WOULD HAVE DONE A ZOOM TYPE.
AND I JUST COULDN'T HEAR A CROAK THAT MUCH.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL PUSH THAT BACK.
I'D NUMBER THREE IS A FIRE DEPARTMENT, MONTHLY REPORT.
UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE CHIEF AND COURTNEY ARE WORKING, FIND THAT AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION IN ON SCHEDULE.
I APPRECIATE THE HECK OUT OF THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK TO THE CHIEF THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I POINTED OUT THAT, UH, THAT THEY WERE VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN MEADOWS PLACES, LAST REPORTING PERIOD, WITH OVER 54 INCIDENTS BEING REPORTED.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR REPORT COUNCIL WITH, UH, AGAIN, UH, MEDICAL ASSISTS IN THE EMS CREW BEING 30 OF THE 54.
UH, AGAIN, GLAD THAT THEY'RE HERE GLAD THAT OUR EMS CREW IS HERE.
WE HAD A HAZMAT ONE CALL OUT, BUT IT TURNED OUT IT WASN'T, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THINGS LIKE MOTOR ACCIDENTS, PERSONS' STRESS, UH, AND POLICE ASSISTS.
AND, UH, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, THE PD WITH OUR PD WORKS VERY, VERY WELL, BUT THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR EMS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, CHIEF DICAMILLO FOR KEEPING PROFESSIONAL STAFF OVER HERE AND TO RESPONDING SO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, AS, AS SANE.
SO CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL THE, UH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT FOLK.
UM, MOVING ON TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, UM, NICK EUROPE.
UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE.
IT IS ACTIVE, UH, KUDOS TO CAMERON FOR, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK AND HELP US, UH, PROMOTE THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NEXT MONTH, UM, MARK YOUR CALENDARS SEPTEMBER THE 14TH FROM 11 TO ONE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
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A LUNCHEON FOR OUR CITY STAFF, OR WE'RE CALLING IT THE COUNTDOWN TO FISCAL NEW YEAR LUNCH, AND THAT WAS A NEGOTIATED TITLE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE LANDED ON.UM, THAT'S, SOME OF US ARE MORE CREATIVE THAN OTHERS, BUT, UM, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE 14TH FROM 11 TO ONE.
AND EVERYONE'S INVITED HERE ON COUNCIL.
UH, MAYOR'S INVITED TO, UM, THE, UH, FEW, IF, UM, PLEASE STOP BY IF YOU CAN, UH, FELLOWSHIP, THERE'LL BE SOME FOOD AND, UH, THERE'LL BE OVER AT THE TRAINING CENTER, UH, THE 14TH.
SO IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EAT TOGETHER.
UH, SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UH, JUST VISITING WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING SOME FELLOWSHIP, UM, AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, UM, UH, WE HAD A MEETING A WEEK OR TWO AGO WITH OUR IT VENDOR, UH, IN ORDER TO TALK ABOUT, UH, INTERNET SPEEDS AND TO TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES IN TERMS OF, UH, BANDWIDTH AND THEN HAVING SOME BOTTLENECKING ON, UH, ON THE INTERNET AND, UH, COME TO FIND OUT, UM, OUR INTERNET SPEED HERE THAT HANDLES ALL OF CITY HALL, INCLUDING POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A HUNDRED GIGS, UM, WHICH IS MANY OF US HAVE MORE THAN THAT AT OUR OWN HOUSES.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND WORKED WITH RIGHT TECHNOLOGIES.
AND AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, UH, WE ARE NOW UP TO ONE GIG, UM, AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA MONITOR THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT HELPS, UH, IMPROVE, UM, OUR WORKFLOW AND IMPROVE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE SLOWDOWNS.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT ON THE SIDE, UH, AS WELL AS WITH PD, UM, NOT TO STEP TOO MUCH ONTO THE, UH, VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU, I DO WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, NEW WORK BEING DONE ON DORRANCE.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME DEMO TODAY OF SOME CONCRETE, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL MANY, BUT NOT ALL OF THE MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN MOVED ACROSS THE STREET.
AS OF NOW, UH, THE CONTRACTOR IS STILL MOVING SOME OF THE OTHER ONES OVER, UH, THOSE BEING THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE PORTIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DEMOED YET, BUT THAT ARE BLOCKED OFF WITH CONES.
UM, AND SO THAT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT I DID ACTUALLY GET CAUGHT BEHIND A MAIL TRUCK TONIGHT DELIVERING TWO DIFFERENT MAILBOXES IN ONE LOCATION, UM, GOING DOWN THE STREET TODAY.
SO, UH, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S MOVING AS SMOOTHLY AS I THINK IT CAN GO.
I'M PROUD OF THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE.
AND, UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS IN QUARTERS, SO WE'RE DOING THIS BASICALLY 1, 2, 3, 4.
SO AS TO MINIMIZE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT RESIDENTS ARE WITHOUT THEIR DRIVEWAYS, UM, THE CONTRACTOR'S DOING A GOOD JOB OF ACCOMMODATING THAT FOR US, BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE, IT'S A BETTER ECONOMY OF SCALE IF THEY JUST GO DO THE ENTIRE THING ALL AT ONCE.
UH, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTS, THEY'RE SPLITTING IT UP INTO SMALLER SECTIONS.
UM, SO WITH THAT MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TONIGHT.
UH, I ALSO WENT OUT AND TOOK A RUN AT THAT AND SAW A MAIL CARRIER PULLED UP BEHIND HIM, FOUND A LITTLE BIT AND FLAGGED HIM OVER, TALK TO HIM.
WELL, I DID, UM, CAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AND I WAS REAL TICKLED BECAUSE, UM, HE SAID, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THEY'VE MADE IT REAL EASY FOR THEM.
AND UH, HE SAID THEY DO HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO ODD, EVEN ODD EVEN, BUT BECAUSE THEY DID IT IN AN ODD, EVEN ODD, EVEN SEQUENCED, THEY CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF A RHYTHM.
THEY WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT OF GRIPING HER BELLY ACHING BECAUSE OF CHANGE IF NOTHING ELSE, BUT THEY'RE THERE, HE'S PRETTY THRILLED WITH IT.
AND HE APPRECIATED THE COMMUNICATION AND US WORKING WITH THEM.
SO, YEAH, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS INTERESTING FOR ME TOO.
WELL, YOU WERE OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, POOL BRIGHTEN THOSE TICKET TO THE PEOPLE IN THE POOL.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, I, I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE JUST ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, ONE IS INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE, WHICH, UM, TERRY AND NICK AND BRIG, UH, TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT.
AND Y'ALL HEARD THE DISCUSSION.
DAVE CAME AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT.
THIS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO FOR A LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE CITY WITH NO MONEY.
UM, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THIS COUNCIL LIVES HERE WANTS TO DO WHAT'S BEST WE CAN FOR THE CITY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
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JUST TAKE OUT A BOND, EXCEPT WE CAN'T.AND WITH THE EXPERIENCES THAT ARE COME OFF OF THIS COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY IN, WHEN TONOMYS HAVE DIPPED DOWN IN THE PAST, UM, IT WAS POINTED OUT TO COUNCIL AND I THINK MOST OF THE COUNCIL ALL SAW THE PITFALL OF IF WE LOCK OURSELVES INTO A BOND AND IT'S LOCKED IN AND WE GOT TO PAY THAT.
WHEREAS IF WE'RE NOT, AND WE'RE ON A PAY AS YOU GO, WE CAN BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT.
WE CAN JUST LESS, LESS THAN THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
TELL WE PICKED BACK UP THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, GIVE IT THERE.
BUT THE WHOLE CRUX OF THE SITUATION IS HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE CITY? AND WE'RE DOING IT IN MY OPINION, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
SO THAT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
PEOPLE SEE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE IN THIS CITY.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS FIRST PHASE FIXED RICK.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
I THINK THE, UH, SIDEWALK PORTIONS GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
I THINK PEOPLE START SAYING, WELL, I WANT ONE OF THOSE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
UH, WE'RE SHOWING, UH, I THINK JUST AN ATTITUDE OF IMPROVEMENT.
WE'RE RAISING THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
AND IT ALL GOES TO CREDIT TO OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ARE STRIVING TO DO THE VERY BEST THEY CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES FOR THE CITY AND TO THIS COUNCIL.
THIS IS A VERY STRONG COUNCIL WITH THE VISION FOR THE CITY, UH, IN MIND.
AND NOT JUST, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THIS COUNCIL, TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TO THE SIT, FRANKLY, THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR CITY SECRETARY FOR WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE ALL THESE THINGS POSSIBLE.
CAUSE THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE'VE GOT A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT JUST WON'T GIVE UP.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE WITH INTENTIONALITY AND DETERMINATION AND THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE.
AND I JUST, I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH EVERYBODY IN THE CITY DOING THAT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, BY LISTENING IN AND SITTING HERE, UM, KNOW THAT THESE FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH YOUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND.
AND, UH, ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS, DO NOT HESITATE.
PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL US, ASK US, SEND ME AN EMAIL.
WHEN HE FOUNDS PEOPLE, WE'RE HERE TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OR YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE, CLICK ASK A QUESTION AND GET AN ANSWER.
MIGHT NOT BE THAT DAY, BUT YOU WILL GET AN ANSWER AND IT WILL BE SENT BECAUSE WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE ITEM.
NUMBER TWO IS BEING NEIGHBORLY.
UM, THIS COMES UP TYPICALLY AT ELECTION YEAR WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO NOT BE AS NEIGHBORLY AS WE COULD BECAUSE WE GET INTENSE AND WE'RE CERTAIN THAT OUR SIDES, RIGHT? AND THAT OTHER SIDE IS THEY'RE JUST STUPID.
UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT.
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE GOLDEN RULE, MAYBE APPLY THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN THAT APPLIES FIRST TO OURSELVES AND THEN TO OTHERS, I'M JUST ASKING EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER THAT, UM, THIS CITY IS FULL OF GOOD PEOPLE.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME OPINION AND THAT'S OKAY.
UH, BUT I'M, I'M URGING EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNCIL TO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND EVERYBODY LISTENING HERE AND ALL THE PUBLIC THAT'S HERE TO, UH, JUST BE NEIGHBOR THAT'S ALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS ELECTIONS OVER HOLIDAYS TO BE HERE LATE, TOO MUCH TURKEY AND START CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
SO LET'S BE NEIGHBORHOOD FILLED IN ITEM TWO, CANCELED COMMENTS, DORRANCE LANE, CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
WELL, NICK PRETTY MUCH GAVE THAT ONE.
SO ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DARTS? I THINK IT'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY WELL.
ARE WE ON SCHEDULE SO FAR? UH, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, I MEAN, I MIGHT'VE SLID A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE WATER PIPE DELIVERY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NO RAIN.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY CATCH UP, WELL, I SAY NO RAIN IS SUPPOSED TO RAIN THIS WEEK.
SO WE'LL SEE NOW THAT WE REMOVE THE PAVEMENT.
SIT THERE AND WATER REC WHAT HAVE WE DONE? END OF NOVEMBER.
SO WE STILL SHOOT FOR THE END OF THE YEAR THEN, HOPEFULLY.
AND THEN THE, UM, BIKE PROJECT, UM, TRAIL THROUGH THE CENTER
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POINT, WE HAVE A SEMI APPROVED ALIGNMENT FROM CENTER POINT.UM, NOW THE ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON THE RELEASES TO GET THE, UM, BORING TRUCK IN THERE FOR THE BORES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CENTER POINT FOR WHAT A YEAR NOW, HE'S STILL GOT TO GET THE PAPERWORK APPROVED BEFORE YOU CAN PUT EQUIPMENT ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY, LIKE SURVEYORS ARE DONE.
UM, AND IT'S SHOULD START MOVING FASTER NOW.
WELL, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
I FOLLOW THESE EMAIL STRINGS, NOT AN ENGINEER, DON'T PRETEND TO BE, BUT A BANK HUNG AROUND THOSE GUYS LONG ENOUGH.
I CAN READ MOST OF THIS STUFF WHEN YOU HAVE AS MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES ON THE STRING AS WE HAVE THAT ONE, I GET SO DANG CONFUSED.
AND I'M GLAD YOU COME UP AND GO, OH NO, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.
GO TO ITEM FOUR AND LOOK AT TWO B AND THREE C AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND STAFFORD YOU'D TAKE CARE OF THAT AND CENTERPOINT WILL MEET WITH YOU ON THAT.
UM, RICH DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR CITY MEADOWS PLACE, UM, AND STAFFORD IN THE COUNTY, BUT REALLY REPRESENTING US INSIDE.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN PUBLIC.
UH, RICK, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AND BRINGING UP.
ALL RIGHT, RICK, I HAD A QUESTION ON THE I, WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, I SAW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROVE THE PHILIPPINE LIGHTED.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON FOR THAT? CAUSE THE REST OF THE TRAIL WAS ALREADY, I WANT TO ANSWER THAT AND THEY DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A RUNWAY.
OH, THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE A RUNWAY.
SO THEY DON'T WANT IT USED AFTER DARK.
AND SO THE ONES WE'VE GOT UP WERE BOOTLEGGED, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
UM, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE, THE ONE THAT RUNS OVER TO KIRKWOOD.
UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO TALK ABOUT, CAN WE PUT SOMETHING AT GROUND LEVEL? YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UM, SOLAR ILLUMINATION, SOMETHING TO LIGHT IT UP A LITTLE BIT, JUST FOR SAFETY.
THERE'S BEEN ALL KIND OF DAVID, A LOT, A LOT OF RESEARCH TO WHAT KIND OF LIGHT WE'VE BEEN DOING NOW THAT THEY'VE SAID VIRTUALLY NO TO ANYTHING UP.
NO KIND OF BALLARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THERE IS SOME LIGHTING OUT THERE THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE KNOW, WE HOPE THAT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE
SO, AND THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HOUSTON PARKS BOARD AFTER WE WERE TOLD NO, TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD ACROSS THE REGION CENTER POINT SAYING NO.
AND BASICALLY I'M SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET US, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO POINT TO US AND SAY, WELL, YOU LET THEM DO IT SO WE CAN DO IT.
AND SO I THINK, UH, POINT HIGH TENSITY FLOODLIGHTS FROM THE FIELD NEXT TO IT.
REMEMBER THAT WE'RE A DARK SKY.
ARE WE, IF WE TRY TO DO DARK SKY AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT POINTING TOO BRIGHT.
I THINK YOU REMEMBER THE COMPLAINTS WE GOT ABOUT THE SIGN IN FRONT OF THE REC CENTER.
NO, BUT THIS, IT WAS VERY DISHEARTENING TO SIT IN ON THAT MEETING AND HAVE THAT GUY GO.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE A TRAIL.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A PROJECT.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A BRIDGE MAYBE, UH, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD INTENDED, BUT UH, WE'VE JUMPED ON THAT AND I'M CONFIDENT IN BRICK THAT WE WILL GET THAT DONE AND WE'LL HAVE A PARKING LOT, FEW YEARS AFTER THAT THOUGHT WE'D HAVE IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE IT AGAIN.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER.
MOVING ON TO ITEM E THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ONE WAS, UH, LAUNCHED BY COUNCIL AND IT'S A DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ORDINANCE 2 0 2, 2 DASH FIVE, ONE ADOPTING CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
UM, COUNCIL VOTED ON THAT ON WHAT THE 19TH,
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UH, AND APPROVED, BUT IT WAS A FRIDAY EVENING AND WE TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE MEETINGS ON FRIDAY EVENINGS.AND SO THEY THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFUSION.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTED TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE BUDGET OR INVITE YOU TO DO SO RIGHT NOW, ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, A, THIS IS TO CONDUCT A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE 20 22, 20 23 BUDGET.
UM, COUNCIL, WE'VE ALL SEEN THE FIGURES OF SAYING YOU HAVE OVER AND OVER AND LOOKED AT THEM AND WE NOW KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
SO I NEED TO, I'M CALLING FOR A MOTION TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF 11.5, 4% REFLECTED ON THIS POLL BUDGET.
FISCAL YEAR 2022 DASH 23 ADOPTED ON AUGUST 19TH.
THIS WILL BE A VOICE, BUT EMOTION BY RICK KURT.
ALDERMAN BAKER, STATE YOUR VOTE.
AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT EVERYONE DID YOU GOT THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
THAT CLOSES THE ITEM THREE RANKED.
NO, THAT WAS THAT CLOSING TO THIS WAS ITEM THREE DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022, PROVIDING A PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF THE AD VALOREM TAXES ABOUT A CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE X FOR YEAR 2022, UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY ADOPTING A RIGHT THAT WILL, UH, PAY FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE PASSED.
SO WITH THAT, I NEED A SECOND.
I'VE GOT A MOTION BY RICK JUST TO CONFIRM THIS IS THE 0.806.
THANKS AT A MOTION THAT WE HAVE SECOND DAVID.
UM, WE WILL JUST GO BACKWARDS.
WE HAVE VOTED FOR AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A 0.806 LEVY FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 TAX YEAR AND AN ORDINANCE 2022 DASH FIVE TWO COUNCIL.
AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT $286,676 AND 3 CENTS INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS A BIGGER TRUCK.
MOVING ON TO ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION OF A RESOLUTION 2022 DAYS 26, APPROVING TEXAS LAWN WORKS TO UPGRADE THE IRRIGATION.
THE CITY HALL, NOT TO EXCEED $30,240.
UM, COUNCIL, THIS IS A BUDGETED ITEM.
UH, WE STARTED OFF WITH THE LINE ITEM LAST YEAR OF 70,000.
WE BUMPED IT UP THIS YEAR TO 130,000 TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THESE PROJECTS.
UH, WE HAD 67, WE'VE USED 60 TO HAVE A BALANCE OF 70.
THIS IS 30, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT COMING UP BEHIND THAT, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE DOWN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AREA.
UH, ALL OF WHICH DESPERATELY NEED UPGRADES.
I, BEFORE HAND, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO PASS AND I'VE GOT A COMMENT, MAKE A MOTION, KIND OF GOT EMOTION ABOUT TO YOU SECOND BY KELLY, AS I'D LIKE TO START THE DISCUSSION.
UM, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND WHEN I SAW THIS LISTED ON THERE, I SAID, WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON? CAUSE I WASN'T
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REALLY SURE WHAT'S HAPPENED.WELL, I CALLED AND, AND UH, HAD, UH, AS NICK TO GET OUR PARKS DIRECTORS IN HERE ON THE, TO HAVE A MEETING.
SO MONDAY MORNING, FIRST THING, UM, AFTER WE POSTED IT, I HAD, UH, COLEEN, WHICH I'M THRILLED TO SASS SET RIGHT BY, UH, AND ROD AND MYSELF.
AND WE HAD, UH, THE INSTALLERS OF THE SYSTEM COME IN.
I FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE NOW WE'RE GETTING A NEW SYSTEM.
IT'LL JUST START AT THE NEW EXISTING BACKFLOW.
MOST OF IT, THAT'S THERE, UH, BECAUSE NONE OF IT'S DEPENDABLE AND NONE OF IT IS MATCHING, UM, WHICH IS CAUSING US SOME PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL NEW WIRING, ALL NEW HEADS, ALL NEW VALVES AND CONTROL SYSTEMS WE WILL HAVE.
AND I FOUND OUT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF.
AND A ROD, YOU TO ILLUSTRATE THAT FOR US AGAIN, UH, IF HIS HANDS WERE THE S THE HEADS THAT'S GOING TO BE, WHAT DOES THAT CALL, UH, HAD TO HAVE COVERAGE, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE NOW, WHICH HAS CAUSED US TO LOSE TONS OF PLAYERS ON AND OFF.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO CORRECT THAT IT'LL SAVE WATER.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL EXPAND THE AREA BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FURTHER OUT BACK OF CITY HALL.
UM, WE WILL HAVE OF COURSE RAIN SENSOR AND IS BEING DESIGNED TO MODERN STANDARDS.
AND AFTER IT'S ALL DONE, WE'LL HAVE THE DRAWINGS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MOVING, MOVING THE CONTROLLER OUTSIDE.
SO WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT INSTEAD OF HAVING IT LOCKED IN A CLOSET, UH, MIGHT BE BETTER FOR FOLKS TO WORK ON IT.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, THE FUNDING, IT WAS BUDGETED FOR, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM WE, UH, ASKED ROD TO TAKE CARE OF AND HE WORKED WITH COLEEN.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU I'VE, UH, I WAS REALLY TICKLED TO SEE THOSE TWO IN THE SAME ROOM TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UH, AND THEY WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE BOTH VERY STRONG DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UH, SOMETIMES I'M A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, I DON'T WANT STAFF TAKEN OVER COMPLETELY.
UH, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY CONVINCED ME, OH, I'M RECOMMENDED WE GO AHEAD.
THIS IS ALL SPRAY HEADS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY OUR HAND AT DRIP IRRIGATION AGAIN.
THIS WAS THIS PART OF THE REPAIR REPLACE AND HAVE THE SYSTEM, THE TOTAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM, WHERE WE COULD START MAINTAINING IT AND REDUCE SOME OF OUR OVERALL COSTS, REPAIRS COSTS.
AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL GOAL.
WE HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
AND THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RON, FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR HEARING ME OUT ON THAT ITEM.
NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 27, APPROVING THE WALKER SHAW PIERCE INDUSTRIES TO IS, UH, INSTALLED GENERATOR TWICE WATER TREATMENT PLANT LOCATED AT 1 1 9 3, 4 AND A HALF MONTECITO CEDAR LANE, NOT TO EXCEED $242,000.
THIS IS IF YOU'VE GOT ALL THE SPEC BOOKS, UH, THAT'S BACK THERE.
UM, ONE REMIND COUNT, CANCELED IT IN THE SUMMARY NOTES, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY AUTHORIZED $645,000, THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS WOULD BE COMING FROM.
RIGHT? SO I BLOCKED THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THAT, UH, 500 KW GENERATOR.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MOTION BY DAVID.
SECOND, SECOND BY KURT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS GENERATOR OR ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? NONE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET A GENERATOR.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR TOYS ARE EXPENSIVE.
UM, ROD, DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT IN BY THE FIRST? NO, SIR.
I WOULD EXPECT THE LEAD TIME OF ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 24, 25 WEEKS MINIMUM.
SO BEFORE NEXT, JUNE, ONCE, ONCE I, ONCE I TAKE THIS APPROVAL, MAYBE BEFORE NEXT HURRICANE, ONCE, ONCE I TAKE THIS APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZE THE VENDOR TO ORDER IT, THE TIME WILL START AND THAT'LL RUN EVERY PIECE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN.
THE LOAD CAME UP JUST SHORT OF 400 AND WE MOVED IT TO 500.
UH, I I'M, THIS, THIS IS NOT YOUR MAIN CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY
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VOTED, BUT WHAT WAS THE COST WHEN WE HAD TO RENT A PORTABLE GENERATOR THE LAST TIME WERE YOU, OR WERE YOU HERE THEN? OR DO WE KNOW BALLPARK? OKAY.THAT'S I SAID, THIS IS A GOOD PRICE.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD PRICE, 18 LITER ENGINE.
SO THIS IS A VETTED BY MORE PRICE, COMPETITIVE PRICE.
AND, UM, IN ABOUT 20 MONTHS OR 20 WEEKS OR SO, OR US THAT WE'RE EXCITED WHEN WE START MOVING, UM, THIS IS THAT NUMBER ITEM SIX IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DAYS, 28, ALLOWING THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY TO DECLARE SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND DISPOSAL THEREOF OF THIS IS A MEGA DEAL.
UM, YOU CAN WITNESS THIS EQUIPMENT IF YOU GO LOOK AND SEE THAT LITTLE BACK BEHIND THE BIN AND SEE THAT, UM, ALL A HUNDRED DOLLARS OF IT.
SO, BUT IT MAY COST ME A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HAVE A TOWED OFF.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY RICK KURT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS, WHAT ARE WE USING FOR A REPLACEMENT OR YOU JUST NOT HAVE THE NEED FOR IT ANYMORE? SORRY THAT TRACTOR HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A DECADE AND IT'S GOT MAYBE TWO WHEELS IT'S CHAINED UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE USING FOR IT, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN REPLACED A LONG TIME AGO.
IT JUST NEVER WAS DISPOSED OF APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE REPLACED ONE AT THE CLOSED LANDFILL.
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE GOT RID OF A 1980 TRACTOR, BOUGHT A BRAND NEW ONE.
THE BRAND NEW ONE'S BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN THAT OLD 1980 TRACTOR EVER WAS.
SO I WAS JUST WORRIED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BUY SOMETHING NEW.
NO, I'M NOT GOING TO BUY ANYTHING THERE.
ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUS.
UM, ITEM SEVEN DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 22 DAYS 29 AMENDING SECTION 5.44, EMERGENCY INCLEMENT WEATHER COMPENSATION AND SECTION 6.4 MATERNITY LEAVE IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE PERSONNEL POLICY.
I THINK I'M PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TO DO SO.
CAUSE I'M GOING TO STUMBLE IN A COUPLE OF PLACES.
UH, BUT NICK IS THAT USE THAT COURTNEY? WELL, WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS, UH, TO LOOK AT REAL QUICK AND ACTUALLY ANNA MARIA MIGHT BE BEST IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY PAY POLICY, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MAKING A LITTLE SHORTER AND MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE TO WHAT WE THINK, UH, FEMA, UM, UH, WANTS US TO HAVE IN THE POLICY, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF, ASHTON AND ANNA MARIA WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT, UH, THROUGH EXPERIENCE THEY THINK IS MORE PALATABLE, UH, CLARIFY ON THE VERBIAGE FOR FEMA.
NOW IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE WAY THAT ANYONE'S PAID AS A PART OF THAT.
IT'S JUST THAT THE TOP PART KIND OF TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, PROCESS RELATED TO EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.
THE SECOND PART IS ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT BACK BECAUSE COUNCIL WANTED TO REVISIT IT, HAVING TO DO WITH, UM, UH, PAID LEAVE FOR HAVING A BABY.
UH, WE'RE CALLING UP MATERNITY PATERNITY LEAVE AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE DID MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK SUGGESTED CHANGES TO THAT.
UM, FIRST ONE IS SIMPLY CALLING A MATERNITY SLASH PATERNITY.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS WE DID ADD ADOPTIONS AS WELL AS FOSTERING TO IT.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE CRUX OF THIS IS THAT WE HAD, UH, THREE DAYS OFF WITH PAY, UH, FOR BIRTH AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY THAT SEPARATE AND APART FROM YOUR PAY TIME OFF THAT YOU'D GET VACATION SICK.
WE DID DO A SURVEY OF CITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE AREA.
UM, AND THERE'S TWO THINGS I LEARNED WHEN WE DID THAT.
NUMBER ONE, IT PAYS TO HAVE A BABY IF YOU WORK FOR LJA ENGINEERING, UM, UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE CITIES AND THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT BASICALLY RELY SOLELY ON THE FMLA MODEL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY PAID TIME OFF.
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM MULTIPLE WEEKS OF TIME OFF, SEPARATE FROM YOUR VACATION AND SICK.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT IN BETWEEN, SO EXCEPT FOR METALS PLACE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE CITIES, DEER PARK, MORGAN'S POINT HITCHCOCK, MISSOURI CITY, THOUGH, THOSE ARE CITIES THAT GIVE YOU YOUR STRAIGHT FMLA LEAVE.
THEN YOU LOOK AT JERSEY VILLAGE AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE BIG HOUSTON PD, HARRIS COUNTY, UH, LJ, AND THEN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, UH, THEY ALL GIVE, UH, MULTIPLE WEEKS OF PAID TIME OFF ANYWHERE FROM, UH, 15 DAYS
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AND A 12 PACK PERIOD TO 12 WEEKS, UM, SEPARATE FROM FMLA.AND SO REALLY WHAT WE DID IN LOOKING AT THAT IS JUST KEPT IT WHERE IT IS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
SO WE'VE GOT THREE DAYS AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE IT UP OR DOWN, WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE WOLF COUNCIL.
SO I'M GOING TO DROP OVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS IF YOU WILL.
IT SAYS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS IMPROVE ON THE WORDING CHANGES AND THEY WORKED HARD ON THAT TO BRING THAT UP TO FAMOUS.
I THINK THAT'S FOUR AND TO LEAVE SECTION 6.4 MATERNITY PATERNITY LEAVE OR NEFF PERIPHERALLY, UM, AT THREE DAYS, UM, WITH THE CHANGE TO INCLUDE, UM, ADOPTION, ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE IS CORRECT.
SO WE NEED A, DO WE NEED A MOTION OR ANYTHING, OR JUST I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION TO APPROVE WAS PRESENTED ALL SECOND, SECOND DAY, YOU GOT YOUR LEAK.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? YES, I GUESS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE THREE DAYS.
UM, I LIKE WHAT THE CITY OF RICHMOND DID, UH, 15 DAYS.
SO ESSENTIALLY THREE WEEKS FROM THREE DAYS AT CAPSULE.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE FAIR AND IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER COMPANIES AND, UH, UH, SOME CITIES DO NOW.
I, I I'D LIKE TO BE, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN LAST PLACE.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE LAST PLACE THREE DAYS.
A LOT OF THINGS GIVES ZERO AND A LOT OF THREE DAYS IS KIND OF A LITTLE SILLY, HEY, THREE DAYS YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL OR JUST GETTING RELEASED THAT DAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'RE DEPENDING UPON PTO AND THEN FMLA AFTER THAT.
SO WE HAVE, WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST 10 DAYS? ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST AT ALL? I THINK IT IS SUCH A RARE, IT'S BEEN A RARE OCCURRENCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT HAVE USED IT AND I WISH WE HAD, I WISH WE HAD MORE TO GIVE.
UM, AND OKAY, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL OF 10 DAYS, 15 FOR ME, 15, 10, WE'D HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
SO REST OF COUNCIL BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION, CAUSE WE GOT A 10 AND 15 DAY DISCUSSION.
I'M LEANING A LITTLE BIT MORE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10.
UM, THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, TO KIND OF SAVE UP SOME TIME BEFORE THEN SHORT-TERM DISABILITY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, I AM FOR, I WOULD CONSIDER INCREASING IT.
I THINK 15 IS A LITTLE MUCH, BUT MAYBE WE COULD GO WITH 10.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF COUNCIL IS THINKING ON THAT.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION AND SOMEBODY'S GOT TO NAME THE DAYS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION FROM 10 TO THREE TO 10.
WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT TO GET FROM THREE TO 10.
SO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THREE TO 10.
THIS IS WHERE I GET CONFUSED AND KEEP IT STRAIGHT.
COURTNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE 10 DAYS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOTION DOES CARRY OR ONE, FOUR TO ONE.
SO NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO VOTING ON THE MOTION AND MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT FROM THREE TO 10 DAYS, CHANGE THE CHANGE.
THE DAYS OFF FROM THREE TO 10.
NOW WE'RE VOTING ON NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE WHOLE THING, THE OTHER, THEY AMENDED THE MOTION.
SO NOW THEY HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
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IT.SO WE'RE BACK TO THE BEGINNING CHANGE, CORRECT? IN HIS PARENTAL LEAVE, ADDING THE ADOPTIONS AND FOSTER AND 10 DAYS OFF.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION HERE AND UH, T A SECOND.
SO WE'RE BACK TO THE MOTION SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
PLAY STEPS UP ONCE A YEAR, VOTED AGAINST INCLUDING MR.
WELL THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT WE DID.
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT THAT WAY BECAUSE I'M MADE, BECAUSE I MOVED FIRST TO TRY TO GET WHAT I WANTED.
THEY HAD TO OVERRULE ME AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID, WHICH WAS OKAY WITH NO HARD FEELINGS.
NOW I DON'T REMEMBER DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE STATE SALES AS A RULE REAL LATE TO CHAPTER ONE, 12 GARAGE SALES.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO FLIPPED UP ALL THE PAGE.
UM, THIS IS A COUNCIL REQUESTS, UM, ITEM, UH, W WE DO NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW GARAGE SALES ON DIFFERENT DAYS.
I MEAN, STATE SALES ON DIFFERENT DAYS THAN GARAGE SALES OR PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY, I WANT TO DO AN ESTATE SALE.
YOU CAN HAVE IT ON GARAGE SALE DAY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE WE CHANGED TO THE GARAGE SALES MULTIPLE TABS A YEAR.
WE HAVE DEFINED THE GARAGE SALE, VERY SPECIFICALLY, THE OFFERING FOR SALE OF 20 OR MORE ITEMS ON ONE'S PERSONAL PROPERTY RESIDENCE, UH, WHICH INCLUDES PATIO SALES, PORT SALES AND DRIVEWAY SALES, WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT WE CAN TYPICALLY HAVE, HAVE A GARAGE SALE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS WHICH ALLOWS FOR A STATE SALES.
UM, KURT, I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU'RE IN, I MAKE CLEAR HERE, YOU GOT A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS.
UH, SO HE'S BRINGING THAT FROM A POINT OF VIEW, OF AS A PERSONAL IMPACT, BUT HE ALSO HAS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, SO TWICE, SO FAR THIS YEAR, UH, I'VE HAD, UH, WORKED WITH TWO FAMILIES WHO HAVE RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEEDED THAT THEY HAD A PERSON PASS, UH, WHO LIVED IN A HOME.
THEY NEEDED TO SELL EVERYTHING IN THE HOME DOING A STATE SALE.
UH, BUT EACH TIME THEY HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT GARAGE SALE DAY FOR ONE OF THEM, IT MEANT MOVING OUT OF STATE AND THEN FLYING BACK DOWN HERE TO DO THE ESTATE SALE, WHICH OF COURSE IS EXPENSIVE, TAKES TIME, ET CETERA.
UH, THE SECOND FAMILY, SAME KIND OF DEAL.
IT HELD EVERYTHING UP WITH THE FAMILY FOR OVER TWO MONTHS.
UH, AS FAR AS GETTING THE HOUSE CLEARED OUT, UM, GETTING THINGS DIVIDED, ET CETERA.
UH, AND BOTH OF THEM HAD MENTIONED THEIR DISPLEASURE THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT SOONER.
UH, AND I PROMISED THEM I WOULD BRING IT UP TO COUNCIL AND GET EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT TO BE WORKED OUT IF WE ARE TO ADJUST ANYTHING.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I'D APPRECIATE HEARING ANY IDEAS OR, OR THOUGHTS ON, UH, IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS OR NOT ALLOW A STATE SALES OUTSIDE OF GARAGE SALES, I AM FOR A ESTATE SALES OUTSIDE OF GARAGE SALES.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
I WOULDN'T WANT SOMEBODY TO DRAG IT OUT FOR MONTHS.
LET'S SAY EVERY WEEKEND FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, I THINK MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING A PERMIT AND HAVING A SPECIFIC TIME THAT, THAT THEY HAVE IT.
UM, BUT I AGREE NOBODY EVER EXPECTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
AND SOMETIMES YOU, YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF ITEMS QUICKLY.
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QUICKLY.THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT HAPPEN WHEN THERE'S A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
I THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME AVENUE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ESTATE SALE I'M UP FOR DISCUSSION ON HOW EXACTLY THAT WOULD WORK.
BUT I DO THINK THAT, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING AVAILABLE.
I THINK HAVING IT WOULD BE THE PARAMETERS AGAIN, A STATE SALE SHOULD BE A ONCE AND DONE.
SO THE SAME HOUSE CAN'T HAVE ONE EVERY SEASON JUST TO SELL STUFF OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.
SO I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME, SOME, SOME PRETTY STIFF PARAMETERS THAT WE SET.
I THINK THE OTHER THING IS, UH, HOW, HOW BIG A CROWD? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARKING ISSUE, BUT THE ONLY THING I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, WITH THE GROSS SHELLS WHEN THEY'RE ALL ON THE ONE SAME WEEKEND NOW, IS THAT IT'S CRAZY TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE CITY, THOSE MORNINGS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE ON A BICYCLE, YOU JUST DON'T DO IT.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY REASONABLE REQUEST.
I THINK IF WE HAVE A PERMITTING PROCESS AND WE HAVE THE PARAMETERS THAT A STAFF CAN COME UP WITH OR CAN COPY FROM ANOTHER STATE TYPE SITUATION, I I'D BE, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF US PUTTING THAT INTO PLACE.
IN ADDITION TO THE, OR AMENDING THE GARAGE SALE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A SEPARATE OF SAY, A STATE SELL TO ME, THOSE ARE INSIDE.
THEY DON'T NORMALLY SPILL OVER, UH, THEY'RE ADVERTISED AND THEY'RE USUALLY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SEE IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT ALSO INCLUDE IF MOM, DAD, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, OR A MOVING DOWNSIZING, IT'S NOT JUST DEATH THAT PERTAINS TO ESTATE SALES, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DECIDE, OKAY, I DON'T NEED THIS BIG OLD HOUSE OR WHATEVER, AND I'M GOING TO DEL WEBB OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF PROOF DO WE NEED IF WE HAVE TO DRAG GREAT AUNT TILLY UP HERE AND THE CA BRING PICTURES IN THE COUGH ON HER? NO, WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY DEATH, OR IF YOU'RE MOVING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, ASSISTED LIVING OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY TYPE THING, OR AGE-RESTRICTED APARTMENT.
IF, IF YOU'RE DOWNSIZING TO ME, IF YOU'RE DOWNSIZING, YOU'VE MADE A DECISION, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE MADE, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY, YOU CAN WAIT TILL A GARAGE SALE WEEKEND, BUT LIKE I SAID, DEATH, OR HEY, WE, ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF HERSELF.
WE NEED TO MOVE HER INTO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
I THINK THOSE WOULD BE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WOULD QUALIFY.
AND THEN I THINK THE HARD PART FOR STAFF IS WHAT PROOF.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DECIDE IS ARE WE JUST GOING TO TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD? AND THEY GET ONCE AT THAT ADDRESS.
AND IF YOU COME IN AGAIN AND THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE NO, UM, OR HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL HOMES THAT ARE EMPTY FROM PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES AND BEING MOVED IN WITH A KID, MOVE TO BE WITH KIDS, SOMEBODY PASSED AND THEN SURPRISINGLY SOMEBODY ELSE PASSED.
THE KIDS ARE NOW LOOKING AFTER THE HOUSE.
UH, BUT THEY'RE NOT A TWO MONTH WINDOW IS NOT GONNA UPSET THEM.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING AGAIN, AND I'VE SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, CITY MEADOWS PLACE IS PERFECTLY WELL-STAFFED UNTIL SOMEBODY HAS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM VACATION OR ADD ANOTHER TASK TO THEM.
I KIND OF HAD TO LOOK IT UP AND DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON WHAT THE HECK IS STATE SALE IS.
AND, UM, RATHER THAN A GARAGE SALE, I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL UP HERE AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT AN ESTATE SALE.
SO YOU'VE NEVER DONE GARAGE SALE WEEKEND.
AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE WANT TO PUT A SIGN UP THAT SAYS A STATE SALE, AS IT SOUNDS MORE PRESTIGIOUS, THEY THINK THEY CAN GET A FEW MORE BUCKS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED, UH, STATE SALES DIFFER FROM A YARD OR GARAGE SALE.
AND THE FACT THAT THE ESTATE SALE IS TYPICALLY TO MOVE EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THE HOME AND ONE WHACK.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE HELD UP AND, YOU KNOW, PUT A PRICE TAG ON IT AND THEY'RE CALLED TAX SALES.
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I'M NOT AGAINST THAT.I JUST DON'T THINK THAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S WORTH CAUSING GRIEF BACK IN THERE.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW DO WE IDENTIFY IT? WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION.
WHO'S GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S REALLY SOMEBODY DEAD.
HOW W WHAT KIND OF PROOF ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE? UM, I LOVE THE COMPASSION.
THAT'S SHOWN UP THERE IN THE PRAGMATIC PRACTICALITY OF THIS.
UM, BUT ESTATE SALES ARE DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE AN ENTIRE STATE AT ONE WHACK BROAD SALES GET RID OF JUNK.
YOU DON'T WANT, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I JUST, I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE SEEKING A SOLUTION FOR A PROBLEM.
THAT'S NOT REALLY THERE IN COUNCIL.
THIS IS WHY Y'ALL ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UM, IF WE, EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL FEELS THAT ESTATE SALES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO OFFER AS A VALUE ADDED TO THE CITY, IF NOTHING ELSE, OKAY.
TO RAISE THE STANDARDS OF HOW WE DEAL WITH FOLKS IN THE, IN THE CITY.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO IT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN THERE AND GIVE THE CITY STAFF AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR SOME TIME TO RECORD, TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF, THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.
IF WE PASS IT, THEN WE'RE SAYING, DO SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE US HAVE ONE MORE SHOT AT IT TO VISIT ON IT AND GO THAT WAY.
WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW KURT WAS LOOKING TO GET AN ANSWER TODAY.
I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DISCUSS.
I DO THINK THAT, UM, IF STAFF COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT THEY RECOMMEND, I WOULD ALSO THROW IN WITH AN ESTATE SALE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ESTATE SALE INSIDE.
I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THE ESTATE SALE OUTSIDE.
YOU AUTOMATICALLY THINK IT'S GARAGE SALE.
PEOPLE START THROWING THEIR STUFF OUTSIDE.
I THINK IT DOES NEED TO BE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PARAMETERS, BUT, AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME LITTLE ONE.
I JUST HAD ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TEXTS, ME AND MY KID'S SISTER.
SHE DOES A LOT OF ESTATE SALES AND EVERYTHING.
UH, THEY SAID, UH, THEY NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE AND I STAYED SELL COMPANY TO RUN IT.
AND THAT WILL DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE GROWTH THEY'VE DONE BY AN AUCTIONEER OR AN ESTATE SALE COMPANY.
YOU CAN GO TO ESTATE SALES.NET AND SEE A BUNCH OF THEM LISTED.
AND IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, ONE AND A YEAH.
AN EASY PARAMETER IS YOU GET ONE PER OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE WHILE THE WALLET, ONE NAME IS ON THE WATER BILL.
YOU GET ONE, IF IT'S A NEW RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY PASS GREAT, YOU GET ANOTHER ONE, BUT I'M SORRY, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A DIP IN THAT HOUSE.
NO, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AT THAT POINT.
SO IT'S, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN THREE A YEAR, MAYBE FOUR A YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MY, DO WE NEED TO PAUSE AND I'M AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH ANGST THIS IS CAUSING STAFF.
CAUSE AS I HEARD, AS I HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSIONS IN THAT SIDE ABOUT IT, EVERYBODY WAS WONDERING THERE'S A LOT OF TOO MANY, I DON'T KNOWS.
AND A LOT OF
AND THEN PAST THAT DEFINITION, YOU HAVE DURATION AND FREQUENCY.
HOW OFTEN CAN YOU HAVE ONE? AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT BASICALLY PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING.
UM, KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, IN SECTION B, YOU NOTICE THAT THE MAYOR DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE THOSE LICENSES.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, IF YOU CAN DEFINE IT, THEN WE CAN REGULATE IT.
WOULD THE MAYOR STILL HAVE THAT? IF WE WENT HOME RULE, UH, TYPICALLY IF YOU WENT HOME RULE, YOU'D HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.
SO THE CODE BOOK, BUT PROBABLY NOT, PROBABLY NOT, BUT IF YOU CAN DEFINE IT, THEN WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE DEFINE IT.
AND THEN DOWN THERE WE SAY, LET'S SAY SALES ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS SECTION OF THE CODE.
AND THEN IF WE CAN, THAT THEY CAN PROVE THAT IT IS AN ESTATE SALE.
THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE IMPROVED, WOULD BE DEFINED IN THERE AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE ALL ABOUT THE DEFINITION.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS CAN DEFINE WHAT IT IS AND THEY CAN PROVE BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF WHAT AN ESTATE SALE IS, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE BOUND TO ONE POINT 12 TONO TWO, WHICH IS THOSE FOUR WEEKENDS.
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STILL WANT IT HAVE DEFINITIONS IN HERE OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING CARTE BLANCHE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN PUT IN THERE THAT, UM, AN ESTATE SALE IS THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SALE OF GOODS INSIDE THE HOME, NOT OUTSIDE.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BECOME ITS OWN SECTION.
WE'D HAVE A SECTION ABOUT ESTATE SALES.
OR YOU COULD JUST DEFINE IT AS A SALE THAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HOME.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY TRY IF THEY SAY IT AS AN ESTATE SALE, BUT THEY START SELLING STUFF IN THE DRIVEWAY.
IT'S NO LONGER AN ESTATE SALE.
IT'S A GARAGE SALE BASED ON THE DEFINITION.
AND SO THE ESTATE SALE WOULD BE DEATH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND ALL SALES ARE INSIDE THE RUPTURE AND WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO PUT ON THE PARAMETERS AND THEN WANT YOU TO FIND IT, THEN WE CAN EXEMPT THAT FROM THE ORDINANCE AND THEY CAN DO IT WHENEVER WE CAN.
THEY WANT, DOES IT HELP TO HAVE, IF THEY WERE TO USE, UM, UH, SOMEBODY TO FACILITATE THE ESTATE SALE, A COMPANY THAT DOES THAT? I MEAN, IS IT, YEAH, IF Y'ALL WANT TO, I MEAN, Y'ALL CAN, Y'ALL CAN SAY THAT WE CAN EVEN SAY IN THE ORDINANCE THAT, UM, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE IN A STATE SALE, THAT A COMPANY HAS TO COME IN AND PULL A PERMIT, IF YOU WILL.
ON THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY NEED TO GET RID OF SOMETHING QUICKLY, MAYBE YOU USE A COMPANY, YOU NEED TO DO IT QUICKLY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT YOURSELF, MAYBE YOU DO HAVE ANOTHER TWO MONTHS TO WAIT UNTIL GARAGE THAT WEEKEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, ANYTIME STUFF LIKE THIS COMES UP, STAFF'S ALWAYS GOING TO SAY, CAN WE ENFORCE IT? I MEAN, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS, IS IT ENFORCEABLE WHEN YOU CAN THINK OF ALL KINDS OF IDEAS AND YOU KNOW, BUT IS IT ENFORCEABLE? UM, WE DON'T WANT THE LADIES AT THE FRONT WINDOW TRYING TO ADJUDICATE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY DIED NOW.
AND SO WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT AS A GROUP, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PRACTICALLY ENFORCE THIS? IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CLAIM A STATE SALE ON A DECEMBER OR FEBRUARY, WHENEVER IT MIGHT BE, HOW DO WE PROVE THAT UP? I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU GUYS HAVE TO DELIBERATE.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I THINK IT IS, THEY HAVE TO COME REGISTER WITH US TO HAVE THIS, A STATE SALE ONE, JUST SO WE DON'T THINK SOME, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF RANDOM PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP GOING THROUGH A HOUSE.
UM, AND THEN, SO WHETHER IT'S IN THIS SECTION OR A NEW SECTION FOR ESTATE SALES, IT'S THEY CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME REGISTER, PERMIT, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT.
IT'S ONE, EVEN TWO DAYS PER YEAR OR TWO DAY DURATION WITH YOU WANT TO HAVE IT ON THE WEEKEND OR WHATEVER.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF FORCING THEM TO HIRE A COMPANY.
I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THEM TO GET TOP DOLLAR AND GET TRAFFIC THROUGH.
BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TRY TO DO IT THEMSELVES, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ADVERTISE THAT AND GET PEOPLE HERE.
BUT AS PART OF THE ISSUE, I THINK THEY'D BE BETTER OFF GOING WITH THE STATE SALE.
THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT PERCENTAGE OR WHATEVER THAT CUT IS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT DEFINED WHETHER WE FIND A LET'S GET THIS.
SO WE ALL SUDDENLY COME UP AND WE SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS WEAK NAME YOU CAN HAVE IN THE STATE SALE.
THEY COME IN, THEY CHOOSE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY HAVE THEIR STATE SALE.
AND THEY TURN RIGHT AROUND THEN AND GO OUT TO A BROAD SET.
THEY CAN WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT GARAGE SALE WEEKEND.
OR, OR THEY CAN LOAD IT UP AND TAKE IT TO GOODWILL, WHATEVER DIDN'T SELL.
AND A LOT OF THE, THE ESTATE SELL COMPANIES.
NOW THEY TAKE EVERYTHING THAT DIDN'T SELL AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE IT.
THAT'S PART OF THE WHOLE DEAL.
AND THAT'S WHY SO MANY FAMILIES ARE GOING THAT ROUTE.
THEY, THE COMPANY GETS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE BECAUSE OF THAT.
BUT THEN THE FAMILY DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
IT IS LITERALLY ONE AND DONE AT THAT.
FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO THE WINDOW, IF THEY COME TO THE WINDOW, OR IF SOMEBODY IS HAVING A SALE ON A SATURDAY, THAT'S NOT ONE OF THESE FOUR SATURDAYS AND JENNIFER FINDS HIM, THEN WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
EITHER WE TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT, BUT IT'S AN ESTATE SALE OR THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT PROVES THAT IT'S AN ESTATE SALE.
AND SO THE QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS IS WHICH ONE OF THOSE DO WE WANT TO DO? AND IF IT IS PROVING SOMETHING, WHAT DO WE USE TO PROVE TAKING THEIR WORD FOR IT? I MEAN, IT WOULD, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME SORT OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.
THEY'VE GOT TO CALL CITY HALL, PUT IT ON RECORD.
THIS IS THE TIME WE KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND THEN IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT TIME, WELL THAT'S YEAH, IT'S, IT'S EASY.
SO TYPICALLY IT SAYS AND EVERYTHING I'VE FOUND, IT'S
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USUALLY A TWO DAY SALE.EITHER FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, OR IT CAN BE ANY DAY, ANY TWO DAYS, THE REALITY, MOST PEOPLE HAVE.
THOSE ARE THE WEEKEND JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN GET MORE PEOPLE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONFLICT WITH OUR GARAGE SALES.
UH, IF WE HAVE AN ESTATE SALE AND SATURDAY, SUNDAY, YOU GOT A GARAGE SALE THAT HAD FRIDAY, SATURDAY.
WELL, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE AN ESTATE SALE AND IT WAS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO GARAGE SALE WEEKEND, I'D WAIT AND HAVE IT THAT DAY JUST FOR THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FROM HERE TO GET SOMETHING UP? I THINK, UH, ONE MORE THING.
UH, A LOT OF THESE ALSO INCLUDE EVERYTHING IN THE GARAGE OR WAS SAYING IN THE HOUSE, BUT, AND THE STRUCTURES, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD AGREE IN THE STRUCTURES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE ALL YOUR TOOLS INTO THE HOUSE.
SO WHAT DO WE NEED HERE? I STILL THINK Y'ALL NEED TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
HYPOTHETICAL IT'S SATURDAY, JENNIFER HAPPENS TO BE OUT ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
IT'S NOT ONE OF THE FOUR WEEKENDS.
SHE GOES UP TO THEM AND SAY, IT'S AN ESTATE SALE.
THEY DIDN'T REGISTER A SHUTDOWN.
SO IN THAT CASE, THEY HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY.
SO IN ORDER TO REGISTER, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO PRODUCE TO US AS A CITY? I'M WILLING TO TAKE THEIR WORD AS LONG AS THEY REGISTER AND GIVE US THE DATES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVE.
BUT KURT SAID ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE PER, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT AT THE TIME.
I THINK THAT THAT'S A, IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT.
I MEAN, IT IS KIND OF AN HONOR SYSTEM, BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE A RECORD.
IF THEY COME BACK TO PULL ANOTHER PERMIT IN SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING SIMPLE.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE FULL-BLOWN PERMIT WITH A FEE SITUATION.
IT SHOULDN'T BE SAMPLE REGISTRATION.
IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD FOR STAFF AND IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD FOR THE FAMILY.
I MEAN, WE CAN DOCUMENT THAT ADDRESS HAD AN ESTATE SALE ON THIS DATE.
AND IF Y'ALL WANT TO LIMIT IT TO ONCE A YEAR, ONCE A OWNERSHIP, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE CAN JUST DOCUMENT THAT IT HAPPENED AT ONCE AND THEN THAT'S IT.
WELL, YOU COULD JUST DO IT THROUGH THE PERMIT SYSTEM AND A NO FEE LIKE PERMIT AND THAT WAY IT'LL ALWAYS BE IN THERE FOR THAT ADDRESS.
I THINK THAT AS LONG AS IT GOES THROUGH THE ALL RIGHT, DOES THAT, DOES THAT HAPPY WITH THAT SATISFIED BY, YEAH.
NICK, ARE YOU ABLE TO WRITE SOMETHING UP THAT WE CAN REVIEW NEXT MONTH? YEAH, I THINK, UH, UH, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
I MEAN, SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS WE CAN DEFINE AN ESTATE SALE AND THEN WE CAN BASICALLY SAY THAT THEY DO HAVE TO COME IN AND, AND REGISTER A PERMIT FOR THAT ESTATE SALE THAT A STATE.
SO IT'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT ONLINE.
WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE IT AN ONLINE APPLICATION AND IT WOULD BE NO FEE.
SO IT'D JUST BE AN ONLINE APPLICATION THAT SEND INTO THE PERMIT CLERK.
AND THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY ONE TIME PER OWNERSHIP, BUT IT HAS TO BE RECEIVED SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE, OR AT LEAST DAYS I WOULD SAY WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE WELL IN THE INSTANCE THAT THIS DOES HAPPEN.
I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ROLL UP ON THEM ON A SATURDAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT DAY THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT.
THEY WALKED IN AND PUT IT ONLINE AND SIGN UP AND REGISTER.
I MEAN, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO KNOW TO GO TO THE CITY TO HAVE AN ESTATE SALE, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FLY IN HERE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO CLEAR AND MOM AND DAD.
AND THERE'LL BE WORKING WITH A COMPANY AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, OKLAHOMA.
IF JENNIFER WHO'S HERE LOOKING FORWARD TO ROLLING UP ON SOMEBODY, HAVING AN ESTATE SALE AND FINDS OUT THAT THEY HAVE NOT REGISTERED, THEY COULD GO THEN ONLINE REGISTER RIGHT THEN AND THERE SEND IT TO PERMANENT.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD, WE WOULD, WE WOULD, I WOULD SAY THREE DAYS IS A GREAT LEAD, BUT WHAT IF THEY DON'T OKAY.
THERE COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY DIDN'T KNOW, MAYBE KNOW THE PROCEDURE, IF IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S YEP.
AND WE, JENNIFER, YOU EVER HAD ANYBODY TELL YOU, THEY DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED A PERMIT.
RIGHT? SUGGEST I'M PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE REGISTRATION, UH, REGARDING THE SIGNS FOR THEIR STATE CELL.
MAYBE LIMITING THEM TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SIGNS, SIGNS HAVE TO REMOVE BE REMOVED BY
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A CERTAIN TIME, BUT THAT WE ADDRESS THE SIGNAGE.OR IF WE SAY NO SIGNAGE, JUST SOMETHING TO ADDRESS SIGNS FOR THE ESTATE SALES.
I'D SAY ONLY ONE SIGN IN THE YARD.
CAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TO THAT ADDRESS.
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THESE ESTATES SALES ONE SIGN IN THE YARD KILLING.
WE DON'T NEED TO LITTER THE NEIGHBOR, THE LITTER, THE HAMPER.
AND IF THEY GO WITH THE COMPANY, DELL HANDILY ADVERTISE AND OF COURSE THEY COULD ALWAYS PUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER TIME.
WE GOT A YELLOW PAGES IN THE MAIL TODAY.
HE'S GETTING HUNGRY AND HANGRY.
HE SAY, HE SAID, HE'D GET US SOMETHING BY NEXT MONTH.
EVERYBODY'S SATISFIED WITH THAT.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL Y'ALL ARE THE NICEST COUNCIL EVER PEOPLE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG WAY TO SAY THAT.
UH, I HAD A MATH CONSENT AGENDA MOTION BY RECTAL APPROVED.
SECOND BY TIAA IS ALSO HUNGRY.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM G UM, Y'ALL GET IN LINE OVER HERE FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS.
H IF NOBODY HAS ANY OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.