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BE QUIET.[City Council Meeting]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.WE'LL, WE'LL TRY IT ONCE MORE.
COLLEEN
THIS IS MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
UH, THIS IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2022.
IT IS 6:30 PM WE ARE AT MEADOWS PLACE, CITY HALL.
CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCING THAT WE HAVE FULL, UH, QUORUM WITH ALL COUNCIL PRESENT.
UH, WE WILL ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, UH, WHICH, UH, TANNER SIS WILL LEAD US IN.
UM, DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST WORDS? AND, UH, JIM FENWICK WILL START A OR WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
TANNER, LEAD US TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY IS JUST FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER HERE.
THANK PLACE, ESPECIALLY AS WE INTO THE BUSINESS OF THIS VIDEO.
I WAS ASK, WE THANKING FOR ALL YOU THANK FOR YOUR PROTECTION.
WE'RE ON TO ITEM B, WHICH IS, UH, STARTED OFF ITS OWN REPORTS AND, UH, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE EXTRA THIS TIME.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE CHIEF POLICE, UH, GARY STEWART TO, UH, LEAD US IN THE REPORTS.
AND, UH, CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD GET US STARTED.
COUNSEL, AS ALWAYS, EACH, UH, REPORTING PERIOD.
WE START OUT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
UM, THIS REPORTING PERIOD, WE HAD EIGHT, UM, TOTAL NUMBER OF REST, 16, UH, 2,101 CALLS FOR SERVICE REPORTS AT 53.
OUR TRAFFIC, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, NUMBER ONE, REPORTS ARE 53.
OUR TRAFFIC CITATIONS ISSUED WERE 359 WITH 589 CHARGES.
UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD, UH, ZERO, UH, ISSUED FOR CITATIONS.
UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BELOW.
WE DID HAVE SOME CONTACT WARNINGS ISSUED WITH 106 WITH 127 CHARGES.
UH, CITY ORDERS VIOLATION, THAT'S THE ONE WE'RE TALK ABOUT BELOW WERE SEVEN.
AND TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT WAS 2,901.
UH, WE HAD TWO ASSAULTS THIS PAST MONTH.
THREE BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLE, ZERO BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.
UH, THE SEVEN CITY ORDINANCES ARE, UH, DOWN BELOW.
WERE FOR SIX, WERE FOR SOLICITORS.
UM, WE HAD, UM, CONTACT WITH THEM THREE, NOISE COMPLAINT, AND ONE FOR LOADING.
WE HAD ZERO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
WE HAD ONE FRAUD AND TWO BUR, UH, ROBBERIES.
AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS WAS 1,359.
AND ON OUR TLC PROGRAM, UH, WE HAD 51 CONTACTS WITH PASSING 25 WITH FELONY, WITH TOTAL 2076 CONTACTS.
MOVED ON TO THE CHIEF'S NOTES.
UH, ON PAGE ONE, UH, THE TWO BMVS, WE HAD ONE COMMERCIAL, ONE RESIDENTIAL, THE TWO ASSAULTS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOCATIONS, UH, THAT HAD ESCALATED AND SOME MEMBER BEING PROSECUTED.
UH, ON PAGE TWO, WE JUST HAD THE ONE, THE ROBBERIES.
WE DID HAVE, UM, A CRITICAL INCIDENT, UM, EARLY IN THE MON, UH, END OF AUGUST THAT DID INVOLVE GUNFIRE.
WE HAD A SEVERAL SUSPECTS THAT WERE ATTEMPTING TO BURGLARIZE A VEHICLE.
THE HOMEOWNER, UH, DID COME OUT.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY RECOVERING EVIDENCE AND HAVE SOME LIMITED VIDEO THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 16 ROUNDS FIRED BETWEEN THE TWO.
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ON TO, UH, THE PAGE THREE, THE THEFTS.THERE ARE TYPICAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING NORTHERN TOOL AND OF COURSE MURPHY.
WE HAD ZERO, UH, FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS FROM OUR FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.
WE HAD 107 HITS, UH, OF THOSE 21 FOR STOLEN VEHICLES.
LOVE THEM FOR SEX OFFENDER ALERTS, 29 STOLEN PLATES, 27 GANG MEMBER TERRACE ALERTS, TWO MISSING PERSONS, TWO WARRANTS, ONE PROTECTION ORDER, AND 14 OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST FOR SPECIFIC CRIMES IN THEIR AREA.
THEY WANTED US TO INVESTIGATE.
THEY HAD ZERO VIOLENT PERSON CONTACTS.
ADULT ARREST ON PAGE FOUR, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE UP 16 AND THOSE CHARGES ARE GONNA BE RANGING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
UH, PART OF THAT, AS YOU'LL SEE A HIGHLIGHTED, UH, NOTATION THERE FOR OPERATION SAPPHIRE.
AND I'M GONNA GO OVER THAT LATER SO I DON'T WANT TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING RIGHT TO THIS POINT.
UM, OF THOSE, UH, 16 ARRESTS, UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, SEVERAL WARRANTS OUT OF THE OTHER JURISDICTION, UH, UUM V FOR OUR FLOCK HITS.
UM, WE HAD DWI, UH, INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC DUTY, RECKLESS DRIVING, AND THREE OTHER MOVING VIOLATIONS.
AND ON AN UPDATE ON THE ONE CASE, UH, THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH, IF YOU REMEMBER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS THAT WE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THAT WE ACTUALLY RECOVERED THE VEHICLE AND CELL PHONES.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE SUSPECTS AND ARE PURSUING CHARGES.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, THAT UPDATE ON THE CASES THAT C I D ASSISTED HPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVES WITH A CELL PHONE RECOVERY, THE PHONE WE RECOVERED IS RELATED TO A HOMICIDE IN HOUSTON.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO LIFT PRINTS OFF THAT OUR PRINTS LED TO THE HIT WITH HOUSTON BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT WE HAD RECOVERED THAT AND LET US KNOW THAT WAS PART OF A HOMICIDE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH 'EM TO DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION OPERATION SAPPHIRE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS AND I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS OPERATION WAS INITIATED BY FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S HUMAN TRAFFIC DIVISION.
AND IT WAS FACILITATED BY MULTIPLE AGENCIES, INCLUDING US.
WE HAD OVER 60 PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING, UH, UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UH, DPS, T C VICTIMS, UH, Y M C A VOLUNTEERS, UH, VICTIM COUNSELORS, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSES.
UH, THE OPERATION WAS OVER THREE DAY PERIOD.
I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE DETAILS CAUSE WE STILL HAVE OPEN CASES ON THIS, AND IT IS NOT MY CASE OR MY INITIATIVE TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING SINCE THERE'S NOT BEEN A MEDIA RELEASE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OVER THOSE THREE DAYS THAT I'VE OUTLINED BELOW, IF YOU CAN CONTACT ME INDIVIDUALLY, I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
BUT WE DON'T GO IN PUBLIC RIGHT NOW.
I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW, DURING THAT WE HAD 16 RESCUES, UH, 15 MILS, UH, 15 FEMALES, ONE MALE AT ARREST.
WE HAD SIX WITH 10 CHARGES FILED.
WE DETAINED FOUR WITH CHARGES PENDING AND TOWED FOUR VEHICLES.
MOVING ON TO ADDITIONAL NOTES ON PAGE EIGHT.
UM, THE FIRST ONE'S ALWAYS THERE CUZ, UH, COVID, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY, UH, DISAPPEARING SOON.
BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES.
UH, WE'RE START CURRENTLY GOING UNDER OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY AUDIT.
UM, ALSO OUR NEW DOOR ACCESS SYSTEM AND NEW WATCHGUARD ROUTER IN PLACE.
UH, AS YOU'LL KNOW TOO, THAT THE KEY ELEMENT IS PART OF THE SECURITY ADDENDUM, UH, MESA DOOR ACCESS.
ALL ID CARDS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, UH, SHOULD BE TO EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE WORKING WITH MESA TO SCHEDULE PHASE TWO, WHICH WILL BE THE EXTERIOR DOORS.
UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE KEY CARDS.
WE ARE ACTIVELY ALSO WORKING TO FILL OUR FOUR FULL-TIME OPEN POSITIONS, ONE PART-TIME POSITION AS WE SPEAK.
WE DO HAVE A NEW, UH, UH, PERSON ON BOARD.
AND SINCE SHE'S IN THE ROOM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DETECTIVE AVALOS, WHO JUST STARTED WITH US STAND UP.
SHE HAS, UH, MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND COMES FOR, UH, HER LAST PLACE OF RICE UNIVERSITY AND DETECTIVE VISION AS WELL.
OUR NEW STORAGE CONTAINERS IN PLACE, UH, PD AND, UH, PUBLIC REX AND PUBLIC WORKS.
THE LIGHTING AND SECURITY DIVIDER IS IN PLACE FOR PDS.
WE HAD TO HAVE A DIVIDER FOR PROPERTY IN THERE.
GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICAL TO DO, AND THEN IT'LL BE IN FULL OPERATION.
NEW PD VEHICLES ARE ALMOST READY.
UH, WE HAD A COUPLE LITTLE ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO SEND THEM BACK, UH, TO, UH, FIX SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL.
AND THEN THE BIG ONE IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS NEXT TUESDAY FROM 68.
I'M SURE MY DISPATCHERS REACHED OUT TO YOU ALL ABOUT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING OR WRITING.
IF YOU HAVE NOT RESPONDED, PLEASE DO.
JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE ROOM AND CAPACITY FOR IT.
ALSO, UH, THE PARTIES I'M GONNA GET WITH
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CAMERON, WE JUST DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER SO THAT HE CAN DISCLOSE THOSE.AT THIS TIME, WE ONLY HAVE FIVE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A VIDEO TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS IF THEY ARE HAVING ONE, UH, TO LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ATTEND.
AND WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
UM, BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS, CHIEF, LET ME OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS ON OPERATIONS SCIFI AND THE SUCCESS OF IT.
A GREAT DEAL OF IT WENT TO THE FACT THAT, UH, IT, THE FACILITATION BOTH THE, THE, THE PROPERTY, THE PEOPLE WERE, UH, WAS RUN VERY, VERY WELL.
AND I KNOW YOU HAD A BIG HAND IN THAT.
UH, I'M REAL PROUD OF THE FACT THAT MEADOW'S PLACE WAS PART OF, OF THAT OPERATION AND FACILITATED HERE.
UM, BOY, THERE FOR THREE DAYS WE'RE THE SAFEST PLACE ON THE UNIVERSE.
NOW, IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SO SUBTLY TOLD US IS THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION HERE.
THE, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE DA'S OFFICE WILL BE DONE? THEY MAY NOT.
AND AGAIN, SINCE THERE'S OPEN CASES, THAT'S STILL IN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
SO UNTIL THEN, WE JUST, UH, SIT DOWN THERE AND BE THANKFUL THAT Y'ALL CAUGHT 16 PEOPLE, ARRESTED THOSE PEOPLE OR, OR SAVED 16 PEOPLE AND, UH, ARRESTED THOSE FOLKS.
AND I WANNA SAY TO ANY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, UM, I, I NOTICED Y'ALL WERE STEPPING A LITTLE TALLER, LASER FOCUSED DURING THOSE DAYS.
YOU COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE, AND THEY WERE JUST ON TOP OF THEIR GAME CHIEF.
AND, UH, YEAH, I'M REAL PROUD OF MY TEAM.
SO ANYWAY, UH, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON, UH, ON GETTING ALL THAT DONE.
I LIKE THE TRAILER OUT THERE, THE, THE CONTAINER OUT THERE.
AND Y'ALL ARE READY EXCEPT FOR SOME WIRING, SOME MINOR STUFF.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR THE CHIEF? ILL RUN NOW.
AND, UM, WE WERE AFFECTED BY COVID LAST MONTH.
UM, SO WE'RE HAVING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARKS THIS, THIS MONTH.
THAT'S IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THEY'RE THERE.
SO CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTAL REPORT.
UH, THIS IS A IN COURT ENFORCEMENTS FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.
UH, OPEN VIOLATIONS FOR THIS QUARTER WERE 382 AND CLOSED FOR 355.
WEEKEND DAYS WORKED, WERE FOUR TOTAL CASES OPEN.
CITATIONS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 28TH.
I WAS ISSUED A TICKET WRITER PRINTER AND RECEIVE TRAINING ON THE USE OF THESE DEVICES.
THE FOUR CITATIONS ISSUED INCLUDED TWO CITATIONS FOR THREE DOGS AT LARGE, ONE CITATION FOR IMPRO TREAT CLEARANCE, AND ONE CITATION FOR JUNK ABANDONED VEHICLE.
ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT HER? WANT ME TO FINISH IT?
FORT BEND COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES SUBMITTED IN SEPTEMBER REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
THERE WERE TWO CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH TWO IMPOUNDED, ONE DOG AND ONE STRAY.
OKAY, THE SECOND PAGE, TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS QUARTER WERE 90 GRASS AND WEEDS AND THE XS OF NINE INCHES.
36 GRASS AND WEEDS AND FLOWER BEDS.
25 BANDIT SIGNS, 23 DEAD LANDSCAPING TREES.
AND, UH, 21 JUNK AND ABANDONED VEHICLES.
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OF, UH, UM, THE REGISTRATION HAD GONE OUT OF DATE.THE NEXT PAGE, UH, YOU CAN REFERENCE, UM, THE FIRST SET OF PHOTOS FOR CASE 6 46.
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL COMPLAINT WITH PHOTOS ABOUT A GARAGE NEEDING REPAIR ON SCOTTSDALE.
THE OWNER REQUESTED AN EXTENSION TO COMPLY BY OCTOBER 11TH.
IN REFERENCING THE SECOND SET OF PHOTOS, CASE NUMBER 7 32.
WHILE INSPECTING THIS PAST WEEKEND, I FOUND A CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THE FOUR MENTIONED GARAGE, RATHER WITHOUT A STRUCTURAL PERMIT, A STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED.
I DID ALLOW FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO TEMPORARILY STABILIZED LEFT WALL SO THE ROOF WOULD NOT COLLAPSE.
THE STRUCTURAL PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR TODAY.
DID THEY APPLY FOR THE PERMIT? YES, SIR.
TODAY THE FINAL SET OF PHOTOS FOR CASE NUMBER 6 39 IS A PROPERTY ON MEADOWDALE.
WE MOVED TO ABATE THE OVERGROWN PROPERTY SINCE THE OWNER HAS PASSED THE FRONT YARD WAS ABATED TODAY.
AND THE OWNER, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, TODAY AND THE REAR SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
THERE ARE NO FAMILY CONTACTS AT THIS TIME AND I'M CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING TO FIND A RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
THE LAST PAGE OF THIS REPORT IS THE UPDATED DOOR HANGER VIOLATION NOTICE I COLLABORATED WITH CAMERON TO ACHIEVE THIS NEW AND IMPROVED DOOR HANGER.
I WANTED IT TO LOOK MORE PROFESSIONAL, CLEAR AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
I ALSO WANTED TO ADD A QR CODE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT ON A FORM THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND HELPFUL.
SO AT YOUR LEISURE, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PHONES AND SCAN THE CAR CODE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR HANGER.
YOU WILL SEE THE MEADOWS PLACE LOGO APPEAR, FOLLOWED BY THE CODE ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SCREEN, WHERE YOU WILL FIND FIVE OPTIONS TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO INFORMATION LOCATIONS.
BASE THESE OPTIONS ON QUESTIONS I RE FREQUENTLY RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS AND CONTRACTORS.
THE FIRST OPTION IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT WEBPAGE.
THE SECOND IS OUR ORDINANCES ON AM LEGAL.
THE THIRD IS THE PERMITS WEBPAGE.
THE FOURTH IS FORT BEND, AGRILIFE H CULTURALIST WEBSITE.
AND THE FIFTH IS A TEXAS PRIDE DISPOSABLE WEBSITE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE TREES.
WE, YOU'VE MANAGED TO DO A LOT WITH TREES THIS SUMMER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, THE FREEZE AND THEN WE HAD THE DROUGHT AND, AND THE, WE LOST A LOT OF TREES AND, UM, THOSE THINGS CAN BE DANGEROUS AS WE KNOW WE'VE SAID SOME FALL.
AND YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT, JENNIFER.
UM, THAT'S A PROBLEM ISSUE THAT'S NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH.
UM, NOW SAID THAT, ARE WE, HAVE WE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE TREES HAVE GROWN OVER OVER THE SOUND WALLS YET? NOT YET.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON DAIRY ASHFORD? YEAH.
YOU'VE DONE WELL WITH IT BEFORE AND I'VE GOT ALL FULL CONFIDENCE.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE GARAGE DOOR.
YOU SHUT THOSE ON THE GARAGE BUILD.
UH, THAT WAS REALLY, UH, A GOOD WAY TO HANDLE THAT AND I THOUGHT YOU HANDLED IT VERY GOOD.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY INCLUDING THE HOMEOWNER AND THE CONTRACTOR WAS HAPPY, UH, WITH UH, WITH THE WAY YOU HANDLED THAT.
AND THEN I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, SO ANYBODY ELSE GOT COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR GUN ENFORCEMENT? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS VIOLATION NOTICE I SCANNED THE QR CODE AND IT TOOK ME TO ALL THE WEBSITES AND UH, IT'S VERY HELPFUL AND I CAN SEE HOW THIS WILL BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR, UH, RESIDENTS.
I SECOND WHAT TIA SAID, CUZ I JUST GAINED IT ALONG WITH HER.
AND I AM THE LEAST TECHNICAL PERSON YOU'LL EVER MEET.
AND IT POPPED RIGHT UP AND HAD ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE, WOW.
SO DOES THAT MEAN Y'ALL THINK THIS INTERNET STUFF'S GONNA HANG AROUND FOR A WHILE? MAYBE
ANYTHING FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT? NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JENNIFER.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE OUT THERE LOOKING AFTER US.
UM, THAT ONE THAT'S GONNA COST US ONYX IS DOING THAT.
HOW DO WE UM, WELL I GUESS THE LESSON TO
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ME IS LET'S NOT LET IT GO SO LONG SO IT WON'T BE SO MUCH.WE'RE STILL GONNA END UP PAYING, PROBABLY CLOSE TO THE SAME, BUT OUR NEIGHBORS WON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT SO LONG.
AND THAT, THAT LADY IS PASSED.
UM, THIS SON IS NOT REACHABLE AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE, I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, WE NOW HAVE FROM LAST MONTH CUZ SHE STAYED HOME AND GOOFED OFF I THINK
UM, THIS REPORT, UH, WILL BE MORE CONCISE AND SHORT.
IT IS, UH, COVERING A PERIOD FROM JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS HERE TONIGHT AND THAT'S HERE ON THE FRONT ROW.
NICK GARZA, TANNER KIBES, FRANK BIRCH, DAN DENNEY, LEE LANIN.
I BROUGHT THEM IN HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THEY REALLY NEEDED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, UM, AFTER THIS PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS.
UM, AND I WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
SO AS I TALK ABOUT YOUR AREA, IF YOU WILL STAND UP AND THEN REMAIN STANDING RECREATION WHEN YOU STAND UP, TURN AROUND AND WAVE AT THAT CAMERA TOO.
SO FRANK, UM, HE PUT ON SUMMER CAMP AND HE HAD 290 KIDS THROUGHOUT OUR SUMMER.
SO JUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON, LAST YEAR OUR REVENUE WAS $14,459 FOR SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR, 34,552.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT'S GREAT SUCCESS TO HIM AND AND HIS LEADERSHIP AT CAMP AND HE REALLY MADE IT A GREAT SAFE TIME FOR THE KIDS.
UM, HE ALSO, WHERE'S THAT NUMBER? OH, NATURE CENTER RENTALS.
SO HE'S DOING GREAT THINGS OVER THERE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
UH, NEXT AREA IS THE POOL, LEE.
UM, SO NICK AND TANNER ARE BOTH PART-TIME.
TANNER WAS ONE OF THE HEAD GUARDS.
UM, AND THEN LEE ALSO, UM, IS PART OF HER AS A SUPERINTENDENT.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT SUMMER SUPER LEADERSHIP, NO COMPLAINTS.
WE TYPICALLY GET LOTS AND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS DURING THE SUMMER FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER.
BUT BECAUSE OF THESE TWO GUYS RIGHT THERE, THEY HANDLED THE PUBLIC.
THEY WERE ATTENTIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS, THEY LISTENED TO THEIR SUPERVISOR.
UM, SO WE HAD A GREAT SUMMER IN THAT RESPECT.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO, YES, 13 POOL PARTIES.
UM, THEY SOLD 1,176 POOL PASSES FOR A REVENUE OF $11,760.
PRIOR TO THAT, THEY ONLY SOLD 1024 POOL PASSES.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF MONEY.
UM, 1000 THOUSAND $520 INCREASE.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAS REALLY HAPPY.
WE HAD THE POOL CLOSED IN ALL MAYBE TWO DAYS.
UM, AND THAT WAS DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUE FROM A STORM.
UM, AND THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE POOLS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DID THERE, LEE.
YOU CAN STAY STANDING UP PARKS, DAN, IF YOU'LL STAND UP.
UM, SO IN PARKS, UH,
UH, 1,700 LAST YEAR WAS 1,500.
SO WE DO HAVE A INCREASE THERE.
THEY COMPLETED THE MAJORS FIELD.
UM, THAT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
THEY INSTALLED THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN.
I'M SORRY, JC YOU NEED TO STAND UP TOO.
YOU'RE PART OF PARKS
UM, THEY DID THE KIRKWOOD CHANGE OUT.
THAT'S, UM, DEALING WITH ALL THE DEAD PLANTS THAT DIED DUE TO IRRIGATION ISSUES, HEAT ISSUES, UM, ALSO BEING, UM, RUN OVER.
UM, SO THEY'VE CHANGED ALL THAT OUT.
PUT IN NEW PLANTS, NEW BOULDERS.
AND THAT PROJECT IS NEARING COMPLETION.
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AND STRUGGLING WITH THE HEAT AND LACK OF WATER THEREOF.UM, THEY PUT IN CITY HALL LANDSCAPING.
UM, SHE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN WITH, UH, XENIAS, RIGHT, I BELIEVE.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF COLOR IN THE FRONT OF CITY HALL THANKS TO JCS DECISION ON THAT.
UM, ALSO INSTALLATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, AND THE NATURE CENTER.
AND THEN FINALLY WE ALSO INSTALLED A STORAGE UNIT.
ALL YOU GUYS STAND UP NOW, PLEASE.
THEY DID ALL OF THAT IN THIS FOUR, UH, FOUR SHORT MONTHS WHILE WE HAD SEVEN EVENTS KICK OFF TO SUMMER LIFEGUARD KICKBALL EVENT, TWO BAREFOOT AND FRIDAYS JULY 4TH, AND ANIMAL CLINIC AND WRECK THE NIGHT.
TWO OF THEM SUFFERED HEAT EXHAUSTION.
ONE HAD A MINOR INJURY AND FIVE WERE OUT DURING COVID EXPOSURE.
THE TWO DOWN HERE, THE TWO BOYS, UM, WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES GUYS? NICK AND TANNER ARE PART-TIMERS.
THEY CARRIED OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT DURING THAT PERIOD THAT WE WERE OUT DURING COVID.
SO THEY RAN THE POOL, THEY RAN POOL PARTIES AND THEY DID THE ROUNDS IN THE PARKS.
WE KNEW WE COULD COUNT ON 'EM AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT, THAT THEY GAVE TO IT.
AND FRANK, I KNOW YOU WERE HERE TOO.
HE WAS RUNNING CAMP, SO HE HELD IT DOWN FOR CAMP, BUT WITHOUT ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS, PARKS WOULD BE NOTHING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE GUYS GET THE PROPER RECOGNITION IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS, UM, BECAUSE THEY WORK HARD AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT THEY GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO ON A FINAL NOTE, WHAT'S COMING UP? WE HAVE OUR FALL FESTIVAL OCTOBER 15TH.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED PREPARING YOUR STEIN HOLDING ARMS, PLEASE BEGIN PRACTICING.
TIA AND KURT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE OPUS FOUR, IF YOU REMEMBER THEM.
SO THEY'LL BE HERE FOR OCTOBER 28TH AND NOVEMBER 3RD.
UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF AN EVENT.
IT'S A ONE HOUR, UM, DESSERTS INCLUDED DURING THE EVENT.
UM, AND IT'S JUST A, A THEME NIGHT IS WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING.
AND THEN MOVING INTO OCTOBER FORWARD, UH, WE'LL BE INSTALLING OUR SENSORY PARK.
WE'RE REBUILDING THE BRIDGE OVER THE LAKE, INSTALLING MEADOW GLEN PARK, NEW IRRIGATION AT, WELL THIS IS ROD AND I TOGETHER, BUT I'M GONNA STEAL YOUR THUNDER.
NEW IRRIGATION AT CITY HALL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN MCDONALD PARK.
UM, WE HAVE A CREW OUT CURRENTLY TRIMMING THE TREES, UM, AT APPROXIMATELY 260 TREES, UM, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT.
AND THEN ALSO COMING UP WE'LL HAVE THE, UM, COUNTY SUPPORTED PROJECTS, UM, ONCE THE FUNDING COMES THROUGH FOR THE FISHING PIER, CHANGING THE FIELD HOUSE ROOF AND, UH, REDOING THE TENNIS COURT PIECE, THE PAPER.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED? ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, YOUR STAFF IS AMAZING.
I WATCHED YOU GUYS ALL SUMMER AND ESPECIALLY DURING, IN THE ROUNDABOUTS.
UM, I COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU GUYS DID DO IT EVERY DAY.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID PUT IN, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE, THE POOL GOES, UM, DEALING WITH THE POOL DURING SWIM TEAM, YOU GUYS WERE INCREDIBLE.
ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED, YOU WERE THERE.
AND WHILE WE WERE AT SWAM, WE SAW THE KIDS COMING OVER FROM CAMP AND THEY ALWAYS LOOKED VERY HAPPY.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT CUZ I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I WAS WONDERING IS, DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES YET OR ARE WE STILL WE DO HAVE A DATE FOR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES.
I BELIEVE THAT'S DECEMBER 2ND.
IT'S THE FIRST FRIDAY IN DECEMBER.
BUT CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
YEAH, I WANTED TO ECHO THE SAME THING.
I MOUNT QUITE A BIT ON MY BIKE DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND YOU GUYS WORKING OUT IN THAT HEAT, NOT JUST FOR AN HOUR RIDING A BIKE, BUT SEVEN OR EIGHT HOURS.
I THINK I SAID SOMETHING NICK, I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED TO YOU THE TIMES I'VE SEEN YOU GUYS, BUT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK YOU DO, PARTICULARLY THIS SUMMER.
IT WAS, IT WAS BLISTERING HOT.
THERE WERE A LOT OF 107 DEGREE HEAT INDEX DAYS AND IT'S TEXAS.
THERE WAS NO SHADE WHERE YOU GUYS WERE WORKING MOST OF THE TIME.
OH, I'M SORRY, KELLY, GO AHEAD.
I WANNA SAY THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF THE CONCESSION STAND WHENEVER I BOTHER YOU OR WHATEVER WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE HOT WATER HEATER WENT OUT
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THANK DAN AND LEE AND DANIEL.THEY GET IN THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS RIGHT AWAY.
YEAH, BUT THEY DO A GOOD JOB AND ALL AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY IN CONCESSION DOES AND IT'S A GOOD DEAL.
I WANT TO AS WELL SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
UM, I JUST ENJOY WATCHING WORK CAUSE I'M LAZY AND, UH, THE RESULTS ARE SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU THOUGH.
I, I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE EVER SEEN 13 POOL PARTIES.
THE, THIS SUMMER WAS FANTASTIC WITH, WITH ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND, UM, MOST OF THEM, WOULD YOU SAY IT WAS ABOUT 50 50 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE? YEAH.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, OF DAYS AND WEEKENDS THAT IT WAS BACKED FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
AND SOME OF 'EM EVEN HAD, UH, MULTIPLE POOL PARTIES IN ONE DAY.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S KUDOS TO THE GUYS THAT WERE ACTUALLY WORKING THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND RE THE POOL AND KEEPING IT CLEAN AND KEEPING ALL THEIR GUARDS IN LINE.
SO I'M, UH, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAD AT THE POOL THIS SUMMER.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY, THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JUMP AND FOR A LITTLE BITTY TOWN LIKE OURS TO HAVE THAT KIND OF INFLUX INTO USING THAT POOL AND THAT CAPACITY.
AND THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF JOY, A WHOLE LOT OF SMILES GOING OUT AND A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING NICE THINGS ABOUT MEADOW'S PLACE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAY THANK YOU.
I DO WANNA REMIND YOU, IF I CAN CALLING THAT WAS, HE'S UP THERE AT THE POOL AND DOING THAT STUFF.
HE'S IN THERE CLEANING THE BATHROOM SO HE KNOWS HOW TO CLEAN THE BATHROOM.
UH, ANYWAY, COLLEEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND COUNCIL, WE, UH, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE THANK YOUS AND THE GRATITUDE IS SINCERE AND IT'S DEEP AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
UM, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW DO YOU SELL MEADOW'S PLACE? THAT'S HAL RIGHT THERE.
WRAP THAT THING UP AND THANK YOU COLLEEN.
UM, IT'S TIME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT, UM, AND WHICH WE GET FROM THE STAFFING FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAD, UH, TOTAL OF 48 OR 46 INCIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE THAT UTILIZED, UH, RESCUE, FIRE, EMS. UM, WE HAD, UH, 19, UH, WERE MEDICAL ASSISTS WITH EMS CREW, UM, WHICH IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, BUT NOT UNUSUAL FOR, FOR CITY OF MEADOW'S PLACE WE HAD FIVE RESCUE EMS, OTHERS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MEDICAL ASSIST WITH THE EMS CREW.
UM, WE HAD, UH, GAS LEAK, UH, WHICH CALLED OUT, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAD TWO OF THOSE THIS TIME THAT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL, BUT A SUMMERTIME GRILLING.
UH, WE HAD ONE ASSISTING THE POLICE AND I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
ASSISTING, UH, SOMEONE THAT AN INVALID NEEDED HELP.
SO WE'RE BUSY IN CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AS USUAL.
UM, A LOT OF IT INVOLVES OUR EMS, UH, RATHER THAN FIRE.
AND LET'S BE THANKFUL OF THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SO GLAD THAT AGAIN, UH, THAT WE HAVE BOTH FIRE AND EMS RIGHT HERE IN CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, THAT'S IT FOR THAT, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATOR IS, UH, GONNA GIVE US HIS REPORT.
UM, WE DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HAVE A STAFF LUNCHEON.
WE HAD ABOUT 25 EMPLOYEES SHOW UP.
UH, GOOD FELLOWSHIP, GOOD TIME HAD, BY ALL I WANNA THANK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, MAKE IT BUY AS WELL AS OUR MAYOR.
UM, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRY AND MAKE IT MORE OF A HABIT TO DO SO.
UM, COLINE MENTIONED WE ARE GETTING SOME TREES TRIMMED.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTICED THAT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALSO BEGINNING TO WORK ON THE IRRIGATION HERE AT CITY HALL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING SOME FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
UM, WANNA MAKE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT WE DID RECEIVE THE SECOND HALF OF OUR APA FUNDING.
WOOHOO, IN THE, UH, IN THE BANK TODAY IS ANOTHER $569,000, UH, TO MAKE A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER 1.14 MILLION, UH, THAT WE NOW HAVE IN THE BANK.
UH, NO TAKE SEA BACKIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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LITTLE BIT LATER ON TONIGHT, HAVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL TO HAND OUT TO YOU GUYS ON THAT FUNDING AND SOME OTHER UTILITY FUNDING, UH, TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHERE YOU ARE ON THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME BIG PROJECTS COMING UP THAT WE WANNA FUND, UH, NOT THE LEAST OF, WHICH IS OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, AND OF COURSE ALL OF THAT.AND THEN SOME WILL BE NEEDED FOR THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH OUR ENGINEERS.
THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER ON DELIVERING, UH, THOSE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PLANS TO US.
AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL ON THAT WHEN THEY DO.
UM, OF COURSE TML IS NEXT WEEK, SO IF YOU SEE ANY HDR FOLKS, DON'T, DON'T BE SHY ABOUT ASKING HIM WHERE OUR PLAN SET IS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I WANNA MAKE MENTION THAT STARTING NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, NEW YEAR'S EVE FOR US CITY EMPLOYEES, OR AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE HOURS OF CITY HALL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE EXTENDING THE HOURS OF CITY HALL BY ABOUT AN HOUR.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE GOING FROM 9:00 AM BACK TO 8:30 AM AND WE'RE GONNA BE GOING FROM 4:00 PM OUT TO 4:30 PM SO NEW HOURS ARE FROM EIGHT 30 TO FOUR 30.
UH, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A WELCOME ADDITION AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WELCOMED BY THE COMMUNITY.
WE CERTAINLY, UH, DO THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT.
WE'RE GONNA PUBLICIZE THE HECK OUT OF IT.
AGAIN, WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT ANYTIME STAFF CHANGES SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UM, IT'S ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, OR TWEAKS, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO, TO MAKE THIS WORK.
AND IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT FOR EVERYBODY CUZ AS YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S HOURS ARE CHANGING A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
SO FOLKS WILL BE COMING IN A LITTLE EARLIER.
THEY'LL BE LEAVING A LITTLE LATER.
BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND WE APPRECIATES COUNCIL'S SUPPORT ON THAT CHANGE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN THIS ONE SQUARE MILE CITY, SO WE DO.
UM, WITH THAT, WE'RE MOVING ON OUT OF REPORTS TO, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS.
UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE MIGHT GET LENGTHY, I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF AS WELL.
THE, UH, REAR THE YEAR END REVIEW FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE GOT TO BE A BOOK.
AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SHORTEN IT.
AND I LOOKED AT EVERY DEPARTMENT.
WE MADE SUCH HUGE PROGRESS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SOLIDIFIED, UH, AN ISSUE THAT WAS BUGGING US FOR A LONG TIME AND IN DISPATCH.
AND THE CHIEF WORKED REAL HARD WITH THAT.
WE HAD SOME CHANGES OF PERSONNEL THAT, UH, I THINK IS GONNA BE GOOD.
UH, AND, UH, HE'S HANDLED ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, MOVING US INTO THE NEXT YEAR IN A, IN A VERY SOLID POSITION.
LTS GOT A YEAR UNDER A BELT AS, UH, BEING THE ONE IN CHARGE AND IS DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT AS WELL.
SO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S IN BETTER SHAPE THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
AND IT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE THEN.
AND I APPRECIATE AND COMMEND ALL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE EFFORT AND THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN.
UH, BUT THAT BODES WELL FOR OUR FUTURE, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
WE JUST HEARD THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE DONE AND THAT'S, UH, THE DAY TO DAY STUFF.
UH, IT DOESN'T REALLY GET MENTIONED AT, UH, AS, AS MUCH AS THEY DID.
WE HAVE IMPROVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE CITY.
OUR, OUR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS FULL.
WE'VE GOT GOOD PERSONNEL IN COURTS AND ADMIN AND FINANCE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT AS WE CHANGED AUDITORS, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
UH, AND I WASN'T INVOLVED TOO MUCH IN THAT BECAUSE I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD WHENEVER I SAW YOU WORKING ON A MANAM MARIA.
UM, BUT, UH, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT PICKED THAT UP AND RAN WITH IT AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
AND IT'S, IT, IT, IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE THAT TRANSITION.
AND WHEN EVERY NUMBER THAT GETS DEALT WITH IS DEALT WITH AND THEN TAKEN APART AND LOOKED AT, IT CAN GET REALLY TENSE AND THEY'VE ALL GOTTA COME UP AND MATCH.
AND I, I JUST SAY WE DID A GREAT JOB.
I THINK, UH, WHAT WAS IT, TWO YEARS AGO WE CHANGED BANKS AND OR THREE, TWO YEARS AGO WE CHANGED BANKS.
THAT WAS A BIG TRANSITION AND NOW WE'VE CHANGED AUDITORS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE MADE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN OUR BANKING RELATIONSHIP.
UH, AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR OUR STAFF TO DEAL WITH THE NEW BANK.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE THAT WAY WITH THE AUDITOR MOVING FORWARD TOO.
UM, CITY ADMINISTRATOR HAS A YEAR UNDER HIS BELT, UM, AND, UM,
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HAS, UH, MENTIONED TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT, UH, MEADOWS PLACE IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND HE HAS SOME COMPARISONS, UH, TO, TO DEAL WITH.AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND CITY, THE, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS JUST SOLID AS A ROCK COMPARED TO MANY, MANY, MANY OF THE CITIES AROUND HERE.
AND, UH, WE'VE GOT SUCH A, A SMALL STAFF.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, AS I'VE SAID EARLIER, UH, BEFORE WE HAVE, UH, THE PERFECT STAFFING SITUATION AS LONG AS NOBODY HAS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM OR ON VACATION.
AND THEN LIKE WE'D SAW IN PARKS AND WE'VE SEEN IN PD PEOPLE PICK UP THE LOAD.
WE'VE ADDED A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR WHO IS, UH, I THINK STARTING TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE FOUND OUT TONIGHT WE STILL HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, UM, REALLY EXCEEDED THE, THE EXPECTATIONS, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I DIDN'T, WASN'T ABLE TO CONNECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SKILLSET THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR CAMERON MILLER BOUGHT.
BUT THE CONNECTION TO THE CITY, I KNEW IT'D BE IMPORTANT, BUT NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS IT IS.
AND HE'S REALLY REACHED OUT AND GOT THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE CITY AND HE'S MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND I SEE JIM FENWICK OVER THERE NODDING YES HE HAS.
AND SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE'VE DONE.
SO WE'VE HAD A HECK OF A GOOD YEAR.
UH, IT IS, UH, WE'RE WINDING DOWN WHERE BUDGET LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
UH, BUT I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT, UH, THE CHIEF AND COLLEEN, UH, KNOW HOW TO WORK THEIR BUDGETS AND, UH, BY GOLLY RODS RIGHT IN THERE WITH 'EM.
SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO WORK WITHIN THE, WITH THEIR OWN BUDGETS AND TO LOOK OUT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.
AND THEY WORK TOGETHER WHEN MONIES NEED TO BE MOVED.
SO ALL I CAN SAY IS WHEN I SIT UP THERE WITH THE REST OF, OR WITH OTHER MAYORS IN THE CITY OF ME OR CITY OF FORT BEND COUNTY, KNOWING HOW MUCH MORE THEY'VE GOT.
WELL, FOR INSTANCE, FOLSTER WAS SITTING THERE BRAGGING ABOUT THEIR, UH, PROPERTY VALUES BEING ABOUT 454,000 AVERAGE.
THEY TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ON PROPERTY TAX THAN WE DO.
BUT WE DO A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB OF MAXIMIZING, IT'S EVERYBODY IN THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY IN THIS, UH, COUNCIL DOES A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT THE, UH, LAST PHYSICAL YEAR IS TO ME PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT.
AND I THINK IT'S GOT TO REALLY SET US UP TO LAUNCH FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER D IS, UH, I WANNA MENTION CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN.
THANK YOU COURTNEY, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I WAS, HAD SOME OTHER THINGS AND I SAID, NO, I'M GONNA CUT 'EM.
AND SHE SAID, WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN? UM, THIS IS, UM, REALLY SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH, UM, I WAS REALLY UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY THE COMMUNITY GARDEN WAS WORKING.
WE WEREN'T, WE WEREN'T CLICKING OVER THERE AND IT DIDN'T LOOK NICE.
AND I CALLED COLLEEN IN ONE DAY AND I SAID, FIX THIS THING.
AND SHE'S GOT, WELL, MAYOR, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MEANS IT'S GOTTA HAVE FLOWERS AND LOOK PRETTY WHEN PEOPLE WALK THROUGH IT.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, I, AND I SAID, WELL, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMEBODY.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIAN STMI MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
YOU KNOW, SHE WAS REAL INVOLVED LAST TIME AND SHE'S ALWAYS SHOWN INTEREST.
SO I SAID, WELL, OKAY, I'LL CALL HER.
UM, BUT SHE, BEFORE I GOT A CHANCE, SHE STEPPED UP AND RESPONDED TO SOMETHING THAT COLLEEN POSTED LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
AND SHE CAME IN, SAID, I'LL BE WILLING TO HELP.
SHE RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
HER, SHE AND COLLEEN, UH, REVISED THE MISSION TO THE, UH, TO CHANGE IT FROM A COMMUNITY GARDEN TO A BUTTERFLY GARDEN WITH A CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN AT THE BACK END.
KRISTEN AND KIRSTEN AND KRISTEN AND HER FAMILY GOT OUT THERE AND PRETTY SOON THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WORKING AND THEY GREW WATERMELONS AND IT LOOKED GREAT.
AND, UM, I SAID, YOU NEED TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND JUST TAKE IT OVER.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, OKAY, WHAT DO I DO? I SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED? AND SHE SAID, WELL, WE COULD USE SOME WATER.
I'M GOING, OKAY, I CAN DO THAT.
AND WE GOT THAT AND SAID, AND WHAT ELSE YOU NEED? AND THEN SHE SAID A COUPLE THINGS.
WELL, IF WE COULD DO, I SAID, YOU GOT
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IT.AND, UH, NICK AND LAST, UH, WELL, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY OR THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE LAST.
THEY HAD 10 FAMILIES OUT THERE.
THAT'S WITH KIDS AT THAT CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN GUYS.
THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT.
I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE'VE GOT BASEBALL GOING ON, WE'VE GOT SWIM TEAM GOING ON NOW.
GOT CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN.
WE GOT THE NATURE CENTER WHERE WE HAD A BIG INCREASE IN PEOPLE GOING THROUGH.
UH, SO ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THERE.
AND I REALLY WANNA SAY, UH, OH.
AND BY THE WAY, WE HAD ANOTHER CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS OUT OF THAT.
AND, AND, AND KRISTEN HELPED RUN THAT THING, UH, UP AND GOT SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP FOR A PHOTO OP PUMPKIN PATCH.
IT'S GONNA BE AT THE, UH, NATURE CENTER THAT IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN AND IT'S DECORATED OUT THERE AND YOU GO POPULAR LITTLE KID OR YOUR GRANDKID ON THERE.
UH, I, I WILL BE HAULING MINE UP HERE IF I CAN GET 'EM HERE.
UH, AND I WANT TO THANK BRITTANY HANSON, CLAUDIA HERNANDEZ, MELISSA GARCIA, UH, WHO HELPED C STMI TO PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER.
AND THEY'RE LIFTING AALS AND THROWING IT AROUND AND IT LOOKS GREAT.
SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE FOLKS FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'VE GOT, UH, A LOT OF THE THINGS ON THAT TIE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND FROM, UH, THE COMMUNITY ASPECTS.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO, UH, ITEM C ON THAT, WHICH IS, UH, RICK.
MOST PEOPLE, UM, KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A FEW ISSUES WITH OUR CONTRACTOR ON DORRANCE.
UM, HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEM GETTING DELIVERIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S SLOWED SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAD WANTED TO SEE.
UM, THEY DID CATCH SOME RAIN LAST MONTH AND THAT ALSO IMPACTED THEM.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE AREA HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY RATIONING.
UM, GETTING LIME, GETTING CEMENT, WHICH MEANS GETTING CONCRETE HAS BEEN A SHORTAGE JUST DUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
UM, TO THE POINT WHERE CONTRACT WILL GO TO ORDER CONCRETE FOR HIS VARIOUS PROJECTS.
AND IF HE WANTS CALL IT A THOUSAND YARDS, THEY'LL SAY, YOU'RE GETTING 500 THIS WEEK, WHERE DO YOU WANT IT? AND SO THAT'S BEEN AN IMPACT FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UM, BEYOND THAT, UM, WE ARE GONNA MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE SIDEWALK AREAS.
UH, GETTING SOME, UM, PLYWOOD ON, UM, PALLETS TO TRY TO ASSIST THOSE PEOPLE GETTING TO AND FROM THEIR HOUSES.
BUT BEYOND THAT CONCRETE POUR IS SUPPOSED TO START TOMORROW AT 6:00 AM AND THAT'S GONNA BE SPREAD OVER TWO DAYS FOR THIS FIRST SECTION.
UM, SO WE'LL SEE A LITTLE PROGRESS THERE.
ONCE THAT CURES, THEN THEY'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION.
UM, I MEAN, THEY'LL DO I THINK SOME OF THE SIDEWALK AS WELL AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DOES THE WEATHER COOPERATE, DO THE MATERIALS COOPERATE, ARE THE UTILITIES WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
AND WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT WILL BE PAINFUL.
WHEN WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, CONCRETE POUR 6:00 AM THEY, WERE TRYING FOR 4:00 AM UM, WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLAINT IN ON THAT, BUT PART OF THAT IS THAT'S WHEN THE CONCRETE PLANTS OPEN AND WHEN THEY START DELIVERING CONCRETE.
SO, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT WHEN WE CAN GET IT.
6:00 AM IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ASKED FOR, BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD'VE LIKED.
UM, WILL DO BE CLOSED DURING THE POOR, UH, MORE THAN LIKELY, YES.
SO DURING THE POOR, THEY'LL HAVE SOME TEMPORARY BARRICADES OUT THERE, SO, BUT THEY SHOULD BE DONE IN A MATTER OF HOURS.
ARE THE RESIDENTS AWARE OF THAT BEING CLOSED FOR? UH, ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN INTERMITTENTLY OPEN AND CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS WILL BE OUTTA THE ORDINARY FROM WHAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCING.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, AND THIS IS PHASE ONE, SO WE'RE STILL, WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS BRING A TRUCK UP, DUMP THE TRUCK, GET IT OUTTA THE WAY, LET SOME TRAFFIC THROUGH, NEXT TRUCK COMES UP.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GONNA WANNA WAIT.
THEY'RE GONNA TURN AROUND AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.
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THE TROUBLE, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR DOES PAY ATTENTION AND DOESN'T ROLL TWO TRUCKS UP THERE AT THE SAME TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MONITOR IT AS THE CONSTRUCTION'S HAPPENING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON DOS? ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON DOS? OKAY.
I AM LETTING OUR, OUR, UH, OUR TEAM, OUR CONSULTANTS AND OUR STAFF TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE BIKEWAY PROJECT.
THERE WAS A TELEPHONE CALL WITH CENTERPOINT.
UM, THERE ARE, WE HAVE AN EXISTING APPLICATION INTO THEM THAT THEY HAVE NOT ANSWERED ON THE ROUTE.
UM, TRYING TO GET THE FIRM ANSWER ON THAT.
THEY HAVE REQUIRE OR THEY ARE REQUIRING A SECOND APPLICATION FOR, DIDN'T THEY CHECK THE, THE, UM, GEOTECH AND THE SURVEYING TO GET ONTO THEIR PROPERTY? WE HAVE TO PAY A SECOND CHECK.
THEY, IT'S THEIR LAND, THEIR RULES.
UM, AND SO WE'LL GET THAT IN PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD AN ITEM LATER ON HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE BRIDGE DESIGN.
UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR SCHEDULE IS B BLOWN.
UM, WE WON'T BE ADVERTISING THIS YEAR.
UH, EARLIEST WILL BE JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
YEAH, NO, FOR, FOR THE BIKE WAY.
OH, THE BIKE PROJECT WE HAD, WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE THE BIKEWAY BID IN OCTOBER.
MOVING ON TO ITEM D, REGULAR AGENDA.
UH, THIS DISCUSSION ITEM ONE IS DISCUSSION.
CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DAYS 53 APPROVING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PHYSICAL YEAR BUDGET AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ITS SEPTEMBER, UH, EIGHTH MEETING COUNCIL NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE EDC BUDGET.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, ON THE EDC BUDGET? I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PORTION OF THEIR BUDGET.
40,000 FOR GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
$150,000 TRANSFER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
$187,000 FOR TO MATCH THE UM, FOR BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BOND MONEY.
UM, BEYOND THAT, THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING IN ABOUT 85,000 INTO PARKS IMPROVEMENTS IN MAINTENANCE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AND HE POSED, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, ITEM D TWO, DISCUSSION OF US REGARDING, UM, ESTATE SALES.
UM, THIS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 54 AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 11 SALES, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF METAL PLACED BY MODIFYING SECTIONS ONE 11.01 AND ONE 11.02.
AND IF YOU SEE IN YOUR BACK PACKET, UH, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS, UH, 1 1 12 0 1 DEFINED.
UH, IT MENTIONS, UH, A STATE SALE, A SALE, OR UH, AUCTION OF A RESIDENCE.
USED PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO IS RECENTLY DECEASED OR WHO MUST DISPOSE A PERSONAL PROPERTY TO FACILITATE A PHYSICAL MOVE.
UH, SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT REGARD.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER IN THE STATE'S SALE SHALL ONLY OCCUR WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE SUBJECT RESIDENCE AND NOT OUT ONTO THE PORCH OR DRIVEWAY.
SO IT CAN'T BE CONFUSED WITH A GARAGE OR PORCH SALE.
UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, AMEND? UM, WAS THAT, UH, SECTION 1, 12 0 1 AND TWO RELATED TO HIS STATE SALES? MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT? SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 30, CREATING A POLICY FOR DISCONNECTS RELATED TO BILLING
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DELINQUENCIES.YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS CONVERSATION, COURTNEY.
UM, AND NICK, UM, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY THROW THIS AT YOU TO TELL US WHY WE'RE HERE.
UM, CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BY THE WAY, IS TO CLARIFY FOR STAFF WHAT TO DO.
SO COUNSEL, THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU IS CUZ WE REALLY WANT YOU TO HAVE SOME SAY IN THE POLICY DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE HERE.
UM, RIGHT NOW OUR ORDINANCE, UM, DOES OFFER SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO DO IF PEOPLE DON'T PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS IN TOWN.
BUT WHAT IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS IS, IS THAT IF A CUSTOMER FAILS TO PAY, THAT WE CAN CUT THEM OFF.
UH, WE DO HAVE TO GIVE THEM NOTICE, UH, BUT AS SOON AS WE GIVE THEM NOTICE, UH, WE CAN CUT THEM OFF EVEN AFTER THEIR FIRST MISSED PAYMENT.
NOW, I CAN TELL YOU PROCEDURALLY WE DO NOT DO THAT AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, AND SO IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BACKUP, UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, UH, THE NUMBER OF, UH, DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S, UM, WHERE IS THAT COURTNEY? UM, HERE WE GO.
SO WE HAVE, AS OF LAST WEEK, WE HAD 44 ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT.
UH, SOME OF THEM AS MANY AS 120 DAYS DELINQUENT OR PLUS.
UM, AND SO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT CUTTING ANYBODY OFF.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE NEED REALLY COUNSEL TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON THREE THINGS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE WAY THAT IT'S BROKEN DOWN IN THE SPREADSHEET OR IN THE SHEET OF THE BACK.
YOU'VE GOT THEIR, UH, 30, 60, 90 IN 120 DAYS IN ARREARS.
SO THE QUESTION WE HAVE IS, YES, WE CAN DISCONNECT YOU FOR NONPAYMENT, BUT WE WANT SOME IDEAS FROM YOU GUYS ON WHEN WE SHOULD DO THAT.
WHAT'S THE TRIGGER? SHOULD IT BE 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, ONE MISSED PAYMENT, TWO MIS PAYMENTS, ET CETERA.
THE SECOND QUESTION WE'D LIKE SOME DIRECTION ON IS WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET THAT TURNED BACK ON? IF WE TURN YOU BACK, IF WE TURN YOU OFF AND YOU HAVE A BILL THAT IS, LET'S SAY $600, DO YOU NEED TO PAY THAT FULL $600 BEFORE YOU GET TURNED BACK ON? OR CAN YOU MAKE A A PAYMENT THAT SORT OF IS, IS GOOD FAITH OR A PAYMENT PLAN KIND OF A THING? THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO THAT AS A MATTER OF POLICY.
THE THIRD THING IS, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A FEW ACCOUNTS THAT ESSENTIALLY HAVE NEVER PAID.
UH, AND SOMETIMES THOSE HOUSES ARE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT, WE'RE NOT GONNA COLLECT ON THOSE.
UM, ANNAMARIA KIND OF CARRIES THOSE, YOU KNOW, MONTH TO MONTH AND WONDERS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST NOT COLLECTING ON THAT.
SO, UH, COULD WE OR SHOULD WE WRITE OFF SOME OF THOSE THAT WE KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SKIPPED DOWN, THEY'RE NOT MOVING BACK AND THEY HAVE A $200 BILL SITTING THERE, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THOSE ARE THE THREE BIGGIES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, BACK OF THE, OF THIS SECTION, WE DO HAVE A TEMPLATE RESOLUTION FOR YOU THAT BASICALLY HAS BLANKS.
SECTION TWO BASICALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE UTILITY COUNTS THAT ARE NOT PAID WITHIN FULL, WITHIN X DAYS FOLLOWING THE DUE DATE SHALL BE CUT OFF.
UM, THE NEXT SECTION TALKS ABOUT IF THEY ARE PAID, YOU KNOW, 25%, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE, UM, INCLUDING THE WATER RECONNECT FEE, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND RECONNECT THEM.
AND THEN, UH, THAT LAST SECTION IS UTILITY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT MORE THAN X DAYS OR HOWEVER LONG SHALL BE HERE BY RETIRED AND DEEMED UNCOLLECTABLE BY THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE TENANTS.
THE THREE THINGS WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU GUYS SOME FEEDBACK ON, BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO AS A STAFF IS BEGIN TO CREATE A POLICY THAT THEN YOU GUYS HEAR THE GRUMBLES ON AND YOU GUYS HAD REALLY NO SAY SO OR FINGERPRINTS ON THAT POLICY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I KNOW IT'S OPEN-ENDED, I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY GUIDE YOU ON CUZ IT REALLY IS A POLICY QUESTION.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU.
I HAD A QUESTION ON THE ONES THAT SKIP TOWN WITHOUT PAYING, ARE THOSE MOSTLY RENTERS OR ARE THOSE HOMEOWNERS? WE DON'T KNOW.
IT'S BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.
HOW MANY DO YOU THINK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN MARIA? UH, THOSE THAT, THAT WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED ON THAT, THAT HA THAT WE THINK HAVE MOVED.
RIGHT? HOW MANY? MORE THAN 30.
MORE THAN 30 THAT HAVE FINAL AND NOT PAID.
SO SO THE RENTERS, UH, DO WE STILL REQUIRE, UM, DEPOSITS? YES.
SO A HOMEOWNER PAYS $150 DEPOSIT, A RENTER PAYS A $200 DEPOSIT.
UM, SO IF, IF IT'S A HOMEOWNER THAT SKIPS AND THE HOUSE HAS NOT CHANGED TITLED YET, I WOULD SAY THAT WE COULD PLACE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
I HAVE ASKED LEGAL, WE CANNOT PLACE A LIEN FOR PAST DUE WATER BILL.
I ASKED CHIEF IF THEY'VE EVER GOTTEN A WARRANT FOR
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WATER.BILL HADN'T BEEN PAID AND HE SAID HE NEVER HAS
I MEAN, YOU COULD CONTRACT AND SEND THEM TO COLLECTIONS.
UM, SO, BUT WE CAN'T, I WOULD SAY NO.
IS THIS THE WATER PORTION OR IS THIS UTILITY BILLS? IT'S THE UTILITY BILLS.
THESE ARE WATER, SEWER, TRASH, ROAD FEE SERVICE WATER.
SO AVERAGE UTILITY BILL IN MY HOUSE IS CALL IT 120, 130 A MONTH.
UM, I WOULD SAY WE INCREASE OUR DEPOSITS TO COVER TWO MONTHS WORTH OF AVERAGE BILL.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU COUNSEL, IN THE PAST WE GOT REAL AGGRESSIVE ON THIS ONCE BEFORE WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND IT WAS, YOU DIDN'T PAY, YOU GOT NOTICE 45 DAYS WE WERE SHUTTING YOUR WATER OFF.
UM, I'D BE MORE OPEN TO 60 DAYS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT I'D BE OPEN TO HEARING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY.
UM, I THINK I'VE MISSED PAYING THREE WATER BILLS IN MY ENTIRE 22 YEARS HERE AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED EACH AND EVERY TIME AND WHY THAT HAPPENED.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, LIFE HAPPENS.
I'M NOT GONNA SHUT SOMEBODY'S WATER OFF AFTER ONE MISSED BILL, BUT WHEN IT HITS THAT SECOND ONE, WE SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
IF I COULD INTERRUPT DAVE, BEFORE YOU TAKE OFF ANNAMARIA, YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.
HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU GET? WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON, RICK, YOU REMEMBER WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION ON THE FACT THAT THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
SOME OF THEM WE KNEW MIGHT HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME AND SO WE'VE KIND OF TRIED TO WORK SOME COMPASSION IN THERE.
I ALSO THOUGH WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT TO COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD A BOOK AND CARRIED UP TO 500 PEOPLE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PAYING THE WATER BILL.
UM, I THOUGHT, AND THE ANSWER WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THAT WAS HOW MANY DO WE DO? AND THE ANSWER I GOT WAS, OH, A FEW TELLS SHE HAD TO PICK UP THE BOOK IN THE BINDER BACK WHEN WE HAD THAT END NOTE.
AND I WENT INTO A PANIC AND I'M, I'M ALMOST FEELING THAT SAME PANIC NOW.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ANSWER.
SO CAN WE USE RICK'S, UH, 60 DAYS TO START, UH, THE BIDDING? MY, MY QUESTION WAS THE 60 IS THE 60 FROM THE 20TH, THAT WHAT IT WAS DUE, IS IT 60 DAYS FROM THEN, WHICH MEANS YOU'D HAVE THE NEXT MONTH TO PAY AND YOU'D HAVE ANOTHER MONTH TO THAT 20TH OF THE THIRD MONTH BASICALLY OF NOT PAYING THAT WOULD BE THE MEANING THAT YOU'D, YOU'D, CUZ ON THE 20TH, YOU, THAT, THAT NEXT MONTH AND IT GOES TO THE, I GUESS THE NEXT ONE.
SO 60 DAYS IS FROM WHEN IT WAS DUE ON THE 20TH? YES.
SO IF, DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT? SO I'M THE ONLY ONE DOESN'T NEED TO, I DON'T CARE.
SO, AND MY QUESTION IS BACK TO THE 45, CUZ I WAS THINKING, SO I LIVED SOMEWHERE SIMILAR WHERE ANNAMARIA LIVED AND WE, YOU DON'T HAVE VERY LONG, SO 45 DAYS, TO ME, FROM THE DAY THAT IT WAS DUE, THAT GIVES YOU A WHOLE NOTHER MONTH TO BE LATE AND AN EXTRA TWO WEEKS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET IT TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT WAS.
IT'S LIKE OKAY, AT 45 DAYS YOU'VE MISSED TWO BILLS.
YOU MISSED THE FIRST ONE, YOU MISSED THE SECOND ONE.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 45.
I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I DON'T, I I THINK 45 DAYS IS, IS ENOUGH.
I MEAN, WE COULD DO 60, BUT THEN AT THAT POINT YOU'RE ALMOST, YOU'RE YOU'RE AT, YOU'RE AT THREE BILLS.
YOU'RE AT THREE BILLS AT THAT POINT.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO ME, UH, WAS WE HAD A LEAK ONE TIME AND MY BILL WAS $800
WE WERE NOT MAKING VERY MUCH MONEY AT THE TIME.
AND I ABOUT HAD A HEART ATTACK CUZ THEY THREATENED TO SHUT MY WATER OFF IN 10 DAYS.
UM, SO IF THERE WAS A WAY TO SET UP SOME SORT OF A, A PAYMENT PLAN, IF YOU WERE HAVING THAT SORT OF ISSUE, UM, TO SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SCHEDULE IS, IF YOU MISS IT, YOU KNOW, THEN WE SHUT IT OFF.
SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.
AND AGAIN, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROCESS OF PROCEDURE, IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE WILL ALLOW SOMEBODY TO BE ON THE PAYMENT PLAN.
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WE USUALLY TRY TO HONOR THAT AS LONG AS THEY ARE MAKING REGULAR PAYMENTS.BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS WE SET THESE PEOPLE UP ON PAYMENT PLANS, THEY MAKE THAT FIRST PAYMENT, AND THEN WE DON'T HEAR FROM 'EM.
AND THEN YOU CALL 'EM, YOU'VE MISSED YOUR PAYMENTS AGAIN.
WELL NOW IT'S, IT'S A NEW DILEMMA.
YOU KNOW, NOW SOMEBODY'S SICK.
UM, BUT WE DO SET UP PAYMENT PLANS CURRENTLY AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO PAY.
BUT THOSE ARE ONE OFF SITUATIONS AND A LITTLE MORE BELIEVABLE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY.
TRUST ME, MY PARENTS OWN A COLLECTION AGENCY GROWING UP.
THEY KNOW EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK.
AND YOU WILL GET A LOT OF THOSE SURE.
SO UNLESS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY THAT JUST SAYS YEAH.
AND THE SITU, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS IN A REALLY BAD SITUATION, YOU KNOW, MEADOW'S ARMY USUALLY GETS TOGETHER AND WE CAN TRY TO HELP SOMEBODY OUT IF THERE REALLY IS A NEED.
WE'VE COME TOGETHER AS COMMUNITY AND HELPED PEOPLE OUT.
BUT IF WE DON'T PUT A POLICY IN PLACE THAT WE STICK TO, THEN WE'RE GONNA END UP, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BACK, THE LAST TIME WE ADDRESSED THIS, THE, THE, THE STATEMENT THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ALL OF US WAS THE CITY IS NOT A BANK.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO MAKE LOANS TO THE CITIZENS.
AND WHEN WE ALLOW SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TO NOT PAY, WE'RE REALLY IMPACTING THE OTHER CITIZENS THAT ARE HAVING TO CARRY THE LOAD.
JIM'S CARRYING THEIR NOTE AND I'M LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF THESE THAT ARE, THEY OWE OVER $1,200.
I CALLED MY KID SISTER, SHE LIVES IN LAGRANGE TO SEE WHAT THEY DO IN SMALL TOWNS.
UH, 15 DAYS PAST DUE OR AFTER YOU GET HIT WITH A 10% PENALTY, 25 DAYS IT $40 IN ADMIN FEE, 26 DAYS YOU'RE SHOWERING AT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
UH, THE DAY AFTER THE DUE DATE, YOU GET THE 10% PENALTY AND SHE SAYS SHE'S MOVING TO MEADOW'S PLACE SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY A WATER BILL EVER AGAIN.
AND WE ALSO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU DO GET DISCONNECTED THERE IS THAT $50 RECONNECT FEE.
IN ADDITION, WE COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL 150 TO GO UNDER YOUR DEPOSIT.
AND AS FAR AS GETTING DISCONNECTED, UH, GAS BILL THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, IT WAS DUE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
WE COULDN'T HEAT UP OUR OVEN ENOUGH TO MAKE A PIZZA.
TOOK US A WHILE TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
GUESS WHO DIDN'T HAVE GAS? IT WAS CUT OFF.
I HAD TO DO LUKEWARM SHOWERS TILL TUESDAY CUZ KELLY CHEAP WOULD NOT PAY THE SAME DAY RECONNECT FEE
SO, BUT THEY GAVE ME ONE DAY AFTER HAVING SERVERS WITH THEM FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS.
SO WE WERE DISCONNECTING WATER SERVICES PRIOR TO COVID.
AND WHEN COVID HIT, WE COULDN'T DISCONNECT WITH ALL THE EMERGENCY ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR AND EVERYTHING, WE COULD NOT DISCONNECT.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE SENDING THE LATE NOTICE OUT ON THE 21ST AND THEN THE LATE NOTICE GIVES THEM TO THE FIFTH.
SO THEN ON THE SIXTH WE WOULD TAG DOORS TO GIVING THEM TO LIKE THE NEXT DAY, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY IT WAS, GIVING 'EM TO LIKE NOON TO COME IN AND PAY.
AND THEN WE WOULD EVEN GO ANOTHER STEP AND TRY TO CALL THEM AND SAY, LOOK, YOU'RE ON THE DISCONNECT LIST.
AND MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET THAT ORANGE NOTICE WILL PAY.
AND THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WE HAD TO TURN PEOPLE OFF.
NOW SINCE COVID WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN QUITE BACK INTO THAT ROUTINE.
WE'LL FOLLOW, BUT IT, IT IS NICE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO TO TURN OFF WITHOUT JUST LOOKING AT IT AND GO, WELL THEY OWE A HUNDRED, THEY OWE 300, LET'S SHUT THEM OFF THIS TIME.
JUST GIVE US THE, IT'S GOTTA BE THE SAME AND THAT WAY DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH.
IT'S, OUR POLICY IS 45 DAYS, 60 DAYS AND WE HAVE TO SHUT YOU OFF.
AND I, I DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES RIGHT NOW, SO I DON'T WANT TO BE INSENSITIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH.
SO HAVING A PAYMENT PLAN OPTION IS, IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM.
UM, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS IF YOU DO GET IT CUT OFF, YOU PAY THE EXTRA $50 PLUS IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING OVERDRAFT FEES, I MADE SURE NOT TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUT TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU START TO PAY THOSE FEES AND YOU KIND OF LEARN A LESSON.
BUT WE DO NEED TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD.
I AGREE WITH RICK, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CU CARRY IT ALL.
EDUCATION'S EXPENSIVE ISN'T IT? MM-HMM.
SO ARE WE, WE'RE BACK TO 45 DAYS.
EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? YES.
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DAYS.SO 45 DAYS I THINK PENCIL THAT ONE IN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS THAT COURTNEY JUST LAID OUT? NO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROCESS.
I I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT THEY WORKED REAL HARD ON IT.
WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE SCREAM AT US WHEN WE WENT TO ORANGE PAPER.
THEY DON'T LIKE THE ORANGE PAPER.
THEY SAID THEY WERE AFRAID THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT SEE IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA STAY WITH THE SAME PROCESS.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO 45 DAYS BACK.
SO SECTION THREE, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
SO IF WE STAY AT 45 DAYS, I DON'T THINK THE PAYMENT PLANS ARE GONNA COME INTO EFFECT NEARLY AS MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THIS HUGE BILL.
NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OH, $1,200, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING FOR A PAYMENT PLAN OR LIKE THE OCCASIONAL DEATH IN THE FAMILY, WHATEVER'S HAPPENING, LOSS OF A JOB.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE SECTION THREE WOULD COME IN, RIGHT.
IF YOU ALL SET THAT PERCENTAGE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY UP FRONT AND THEN WE CAN SET A PAYMENT PLAN FOR THE REMAINDER.
SO WHAT DO WE FEEL IS FAIR? 2020 5% FOR THE FIRST 50% I WAS GONNA GO HIGHER AT 50% JUST OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA GET STRUNG ALONG EVEN FURTHER.
AND THAT INVOLVES OUR STAFF, THAT TAKES THEIR TIME.
I'M GOOD WITH 50% BUT I'M USUALLY THE ONE CALLED HARDHEARTED UP HERE.
I'M 50 50% IT, IT IS ONE MONTH, BUT YOU GOTTA ADD ON THE 10%, THE WATER RECONNECT FEE AND THAT ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT, THAT ADDITIONAL ONE 50.
SO IT'S ALL ADDED TO THAT AS WELL.
SO IF IT'S A, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE IN DEBT, $200, UM, IT'S NOT JUST 100 TO BE 100 PLUS ONE 50 PLUS 50 PLUS 10% ON THAT EXTRA 50 NO MATTER IS, IS THERE A WAY TO KIND OF STAGGER IT? WHERE YOU GET IS THERE'S AN INCENTIVE TO PAY IT OFF QUICKER.
MAYBE LIKE IF WE HOLD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SPREAD IT OUT OVER, YOU KNOW, FOUR PAYMENTS, IT KIND OF, THERE'S A 5% OR SOMETHING THAT GOES UP.
IF YOU PAY IT QUICKER, YOU KIND OF, WELL CAN YOU EVEN DO THAT FOR OUT EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A REMAINING BALANCE, THEY GET A 10% FEE AGAIN NEXT MONTH UNTIL THAT PAST DUE BALANCE IS PAID OFF, THEY'RE GONNA PAY OFF.
SO THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT THEY'RE GONNA KEEP GETTING OH, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
BUT WE, BUT WE COULD, WE COULD CHANGE THE ORDINANCE OF CHANGE THE POLICY TO INCLUDE A 10% PER MONTH, WHICH IS US.
USUALLY IT'S THAT'S LONE SHARK LEVEL
SAY SOMETHING LOWER THAN THAT.
I MEAN I DON'T NECESSARILY PUNISH SOMEBODY THAT'S TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT BRIAN, BRIAN FRAME AT 9 27 MEADOW TRAIL LANE, WE DID ACTUALLY RECENTLY HAVE A LEAK.
JUST LIKE YOU SAID, OUR BILL WAS OVER $300 FOR THE LEAK THAT WE HAD AND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE FI IF IT WERE TO BE A 50% WE WERE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
BUT I DO THINK IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THAT SAME 50% IS A LITTLE BIT HIGH IN THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
SO JUST TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.
MY ONLY ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU ON THIS WOULD BE KEEP THE ORDINANCE BROAD AND MAKE YOUR POLICY SPECIFIC.
CUZ WHEN YOU WANNA CHANGE IT, IT'S A MATTER OF POLICY NOT CHANGING THE ORDER.
SO NOW I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. BROAD POLICY SPECIFIC UTILITY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE PAID, I'M USING THE TERM 50% INCLUDING THE WATER RECONNECT FEE, LATE PAYMENT FEE.
SO THAT IS ADDED ON AFTER MY AMOUNT.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO I PAY 50, IF I OWE 400 BUCKS, I'D HAVE TO PAY 200 BUCKS PLUS THE ONE 50 PLUS THE 50 PLUS THE 50 PLUS THE 10%.
SO WHAT IF I HAVE A LEAK AND I HAVE NOT MADE IT 45 DAYS, SO YOU HAVE NOT SHUT OFF MY
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WATER? YOU HAVE NOT.SO I DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE $50 RECONNECT FEE.
YOU HAVEN'T ADDED THE EXTRA 150.
CAN I STILL DO A PAYMENT PLAN AT THAT POINT? YES, I WOULD.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT NOW FOR PEOPLE THAT, UM, HAVE A HIGH BILL OR HAVE BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS BEHIND.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING PAYMENT PLANS.
SO THE THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS THAT THERE IS AN OPTION TO COME IN AND GET ON A PAYMENT PLAN BEFORE YOU SHUT ME OFF AND I INCUR ALL YOUR OTHER FEES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING SIGN UP FOR EYE ON WATER.
YEAH, YOU CAN BE ON VACATION IN BRANSON, MISSOURI AND SEE IF YOU'RE LEAKING.
AND THAT'S COME IN HANDY SEVERAL TIMES.
THE ONLY THING WE DON'T HAVE FOR A PAYMENT PLAN IS DETERMINING HOW MUCH THAT INITIAL PAYMENT SHOULD BE TO QUALIFY FOR A PAYMENT PLAN.
LIKE SHOULD THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS RIGHT HERE THAT FOR A PAYMENT PLAN YOU GOTTA PAY 50% OF WHAT'S OWED AND THIS IS BEFORE CUTOFF.
SO SHOULD WE FOLLOW THE SAME AS THIS? SO LIKE YOU NEED A PAYMENT PLAN, SO YOUR INITIAL PAYMENT NEEDS TO BE 50% AND THEN WE CAN WORK OUT THE BALANCE WITH YOU.
I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT SHOULD STAY THE SAME FOR OKAY.
ESPECIALLY FOR ADMINISTRATION.
WHATEVER PERCENTAGE WE GO WITH IT SHOULD BE THE SAME WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN CUT OFF OR YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CUT OFF.
THAT'S KIND OF WHY I'M LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE 25%.
I, I JUST READY TO SAY ON THAT PART I'M FOR 25% PERCENT JUST, YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEBODY'S IN THAT, IN THAT FINANCIAL STRAIGHTS, 25% GET ON THE PAYMENT PLAN OR 25% AND ALL THIS EXTRA STUFF AND GET ON THE PAYMENT PLAN, WHETHER THERE'S PROBABLY STILL GONNA BE STRETCHED.
BUT THE MY ISSUE IS, IS IF YOU'RE STRETCHED PAYING YOUR UTILITY BILL, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA MAKE YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT EITHER.
AND IT'S ONLY GONNA BE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THEY'RE GONNA BE FORECLOSED UPON OR HOPEFULLY GET A JOB AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
LET ME ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK.
CAUSE I'M NOT ANY GOOD AT THIS, JIM, LET ME ASK THIS.
AND THEN IF WE SIT DOWN THERE AND DO 50%, BUT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN EARLY, IF SOMEHOW WE'RE ABLE TO CONVEY THIS TO THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH NUT.
BUT IF WE COULD
SO LIKE IF YOU COME IN BEFORE THE DISCONNECT, YOU CAN GET A 25% DOWN PAYMENT WITH PAYMENT PLAN.
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WAIT, IF YOU IGNORE US UNTIL YOU GET DISCONNECTED, IT'S 50%, IT'S 50% PLUS ALL THESE OTHER FEES.
IS EVERYBODY DOWN AT THAT END OF THE TABLE? HAPPY WITH THAT? LET'S SIT THERE.
OR JIMMY? WELL, IT, I'M JIMMY FENWICK, UH, I HAD TO THINK OF MY ADDRESS REAL QUICK.
UM, I THAT IT'S KIND OF A MOO POINT NOW.
I, YOU KNOW, IN MY JOB WORKING ADMISSIONS, WE USED TO ACTUALLY HAVE KIND OF A, A, A BENEVOLENCE PROGRAM.
WE NOW WORK WITH THESE FORT BEND, BUT THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD COME AND USUALLY IF THEY HAVEN'T PAID THEIR WATER BILL, THEY'RE ALSO FIGHTING FOR THEIR ELECTRIC BILL.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND UM, AND SO THAT'S, BUT BUT HERE'S THE THING IS, IS THAT WE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND OTHER SOURCES TO HELP PAY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE WOULD HELP THEM PAY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT DOESN'T WORK JUST TO, TO SAY, WELL YOU HAVE TO PAY THIS MUCH AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT, BUT THEN THEY'RE STILL OWING.
SO, BUT THE 25% IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CUT OFF IS, IS THAT INCENTIVE AND THAT HELPS THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT SO I MEAN I THINK THAT, BUT I, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE IS MEADOWS PLACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY COMPASSIONATE WITH ITS RESIDENTS, BUT WE STILL ALSO HAVE TO MANAGE.
I I MEAN THAT'S NOT FAIR, LIKE YOU SAID TO TO EVERYBODY.
CAMERON LINK, I, HEY, I I I'VE BEEN THERE.
I MEAN WE'VE, I'VE, IT WAS JUST STUPIDITY AND, AND NOT NOTICING, BUT WE'VE HAD OUR WATER CUT OFF AND I TELL YOU IT HURTS WHEN YOU HAVE TO PAY ALL THOSE EXTRA FEES AND STUFF AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO TURN ON THE SHOWER AND IT'S NOT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU GO IN AND, AND IT'S A WEEKEND OR SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE TO GO WITHOUT WATER FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
AND UM, SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT BUT I, I LIKE THAT 25% BECAUSE WE DO WANT, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT PEOPLE IN A POSITION THAT THEY JUST CANNOT EITHER.
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SO THAT'S THAT YOU PUT FORTH EFFORT AND, AND WE DO.SO JUST SHARING FROM MY EXPERIENCES OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE THAT, THAT STRUGGLE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
THAT SATISFY YOUR THOUGHTS TOO IF THEY GET IN HERE AHEAD OF TIME.
AND SO THAT, I MEAN THAT'S GONNA BE SERIOUSLY, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY NOW CAUSE WE GOT A COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR.
SO HOW LONG, UM, WILL IT, HOW LONG DO WE, DO WE WANNA PUT A TIMEFRAME ON THE PAYOFF THOUGH? IF YOU PAY 25% AND YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE NEXT MONTH, IF YOU ALSO ARE LATE NEXT MONTH, IS IT ANOTHER 25%? IS THIS, BUT IS THIS ONLY UTILITY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE FINAL OR CAN IT BE A CURRENT DELINQUENT ACCOUNT WHEN WE QUESTION? I'M THINKING CURRENT DELINQUENT.
YEAH, WE NEED TO, I MEAN THAT'S A QUESTION.
SO I MEAN THESE ARE CURRENT DELINQUENT AND THAT'S THE FEE.
I MEAN IT'S, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU FOR THE MONTH, YOU'VE ALREADY MISSED, BUT THIS ISN'T, YOU PAY 25% OF YOUR BILL FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GONNA END UP WITH THAT $1,200.
THEY WON'T BE RECOVER FROM IT, YOU KNOW, IF JUST THAT 70 YEAH, THEY'RE, YEAH.
SO YEAH, SO I MEAN IT'S, IT'S A PAYMENT PLAN AND I WOULD SAY YOU GIVE 'EM FOUR MONTHS TO PAY IT OFF.
WELL, DOES IT NEED TO BE ONCE A MONTH? CAN IT BE TWO WEEKS? I MEAN, YOU BASICALLY MAKING A PAYMENT EVERY TIME YOU GET A PAYCHECK KIND OF THING, OR BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU START OVER FOUR MONTHS, YOU NOW HAVE FOUR MORE MONTHS OF, OF WATER BILLS AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALREADY HAVE TROUBLE PAYING THAT ONE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SORRY, SORRY, I JUST RIGHT HERE REAL QUICK.
THEY WON'T HEAR YOU THOUGH ON THE LIVESTREAM.
THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE WITH GOING TO EVERY TWO WEEKS IS IT'S, THE STAFF HAS TO KEEP UP WITH THAT AND I THINK IT WOULD OVERWHELM PEOPLE TOO OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS EVER TRIED TO NAVIGATE, IF YOU'VE EVER HAD FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND HAVE TO NAVIGATE GETTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
IT IS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING.
I MEAN, I'VE LITERALLY HAD PEOPLE JUST GROWN MEN BREAK DOWN IN TEARS, UH, IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THEY SAID, I I HAVE BEEN TO THIS MANY PLACES AND I CAN'T GET ANYBODY TO HELP.
SO IT, IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
I I, I THINK THOUGH THAT THAT 25%, IF YOU DO 25% ON TOP OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE BILL, SO THEY'RE PAYING THE NEXT MONTH PLUS JUST THE LITTLE BIT EXTRA CUZ THEN WE'RE GIVING 'EM A BUFFER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S 25% OF THEIR BILL.
I MEAN THAT WAS MY THOUGHT WAS YOU'RE PAYING YOUR BILL RIGHT.
PLUS THAT 25% PAYMENT PLAN TO PAY IT OUT.
SO YOU PAY 25% OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY OWED.
SO I GUESS IF YOU, IF YOU PAY 25% UPFRONT AND THEN YOU PAY 25% THE FOLLOWING THREE MONTHS, IT'S A THREE MONTH, FOUR MONTH PAYBACK PERIOD.
BUT IF YOU DON'T PAY WITHIN THAT FOUR MONTHS, THAT'S 15 DAYS AND THEN YOU MAYBE SHUT OFF THEN CUT BACK TO YOUR GREEN, YOUR RED CAR.
JUST BECAUSE I KNOW OTHERS WOULD ASK, BUT SO FOR CLARIFICATION, WE PAY A DEPOSIT.
WE ONLY PUT DEPOSITS IN FOR RESIDENTS IN 2016.
SO ANYBODY PRIOR TO THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DEPOSIT.
BUT SO I'M SAYING BUT SO IF SOMEBODY DID PAY A DEPOSIT AND THEN THEY ARE CUT OFF, THEY HAVE TO REPAY THE DEPOSIT.
SO DOES THAT MONEY GO, DOES THE DEPOSIT GO TO HELP WITH THE BILL OR IS THAT JUST DISAPPEARS? THAT'S, THAT'S PROTECTION AGAINST YOU DEFAULTING IN THE FUTURE.
IF YOU LEAVE THE CITY AND YOU'RE, AND YOU FULLY PAID YOUR BILL, YOU WOULD GET THAT DEPOSIT BACK THING.
I'M JUST, I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THAT, THAT PURPOSE.
SO, OKAY, BUT JIM, I'M, I'M, I DON'T THINK YOU GOT YOUR ANSWER AND I'M GONNA SIMPLIFY IT OUT CUZ I'M NOT THE BRIGHTEST.
BALDMAN HERE CAME IN, OWE A HUNDRED BUCKS, YOU HAD A $50 DEPOSIT, YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT AND THEY SHUT YOU OFF.
WHERE IT HAPPENS IS THAT 50 BUCKS, DOESN'T IT GO TO LOWER THE WATER BILL? CUZ YOU NOW OWN SEVEN.
NOT, NOT, IF NOT, IF YOU WANT THE WATER TURNED BACK ON, RIGHT.
THE THE, THE DEPOSIT STAYS THERE.
THAT REALLY HELPS RECTIFY WHEN YOU CLOSE OUT AT THE END OF THE, WHEN YOU LEAVE NOW.
BUT IF YOU HAVE TO PAY AND YOU'VE PAID TWO DEPOSITS, ARE BOTH THOSE DEPOSITS GIVEN BACK TO YOU? YES.
SO AT THE END, IF YOU HAD A $50 AND YOUR NEW AMOUNT IS ONE 50, YOU'D YOU, YOU'D BRING THAT UP TO ONE, IT'D BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS EXTRA.
IT WOULDN'T BE 150 ON TOP OF THE 50.
BASICALLY HOW THE DEPOSIT WORKS WHEN WE FINAL
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OUT AN ACCOUNT, THE BALANCE THAT OWED IS PULLED FROM THE DEPOSIT.IF YOU HAVE MONEY LEFT, WE MAIL A REFUND CHECK.
AND WE DO EVERY WEEK WE SEND REFUND CHECKS OUT
I JUST WAS ASKING, SO IF SOMEBODY JUST JUST PAID A DEPOSIT IN SIX MONTHS, THEY DEFAULTED.
THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T PAY, THEY WERE CUT OFF AND THEY PAID ANOTHER DEPOSIT.
DO BOTH THOSE DEPOSITS, IF THEY MOVE IN A YEAR, DO BOTH THOSE DEPOSITS COME BACK TO THEM IF THEY'RE CURRENT? YES.
SO, SO THEY'RE NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I GUESS WHERE THAT WAS QUESTION WAS COMING IS SO THEY, THAT MONEY IS STILL THERE, THEY'LL GET IT AT THE END.
IT'S JUST PROTECTED AND IT'S GIVEN INCENTIVE TO NOT BE, YOU KNOW, DELINQUENT ON IT AND, AND IT FURTHER PROTECTS THE CITY BECAUSE IF THERE'S A PATTERN OF THEM NOT PAYING, THEN OF COURSE YOUR DEPOSIT'S GONNA BE HIGHER.
WHAT IS THIS AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETING?
SO WE'RE GOOD WITH 25% DOWN PAYMENT AND THEN THE REST TO BE PREPARED MONTHLY OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, 25% PER MONTH ADDITION TO THEIR BILL.
SO NICK, BETWEEN YOU AND COURTNEY, CAN Y'ALL GET THIS? I'M, I'M PRAYING THAT COURTNEY'S GOT ALL THIS STUFF.
SO THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO SECTION FOUR, CORRECT? YES.
TELL THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT MORE THAN X SHALL HEREBY BE RETIRED AND DEEMED UNCOLLECTABLE BY THE CITY.
CAN I ASK ANNA MARIA WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS ONE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
PLEASE COME UP ANNA MARIA AND UH, UM, YOU'RE THE ONES THAT DEALS WITH IT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS.
JUST THOSE ORANGE DELINQUENT LETTERS REALLY WORK FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO JUST MISSED A PAYMENT.
LIKE MEANING, YOU KNOW, AND THEY FORGET, YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 95% OF THOSE PEOPLE COME IN AND PAY BEFORE THE FIFTH CUZ THEY'RE SCARED THE OTHERS GET THAT ORANGE LETTER REPEATEDLY.
UH, WE DID JUST, UM, SEND OUT OUR BILLS, UM, MONDAY, TUESDAY.
AND SO THERE WERE SOME FINAL ACCOUNTS.
I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ONE FINAL ACCOUNT THAT HAD A BILL OF OWING THE CITY $600.
THEY'VE BEEN DELINQUENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE PROBABLY WILL NEVER SEE THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OLD FINAL ACCOUNTS THAT HAD AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM AND WHEN DO WE JUST SAY WE'RE WE NEED TO WRITE THEM OFF, YOU KNOW, IS IT AFTER SIX MONTHS AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED PAYMENT AFTER A YEAR? YOU KNOW, SOME GUIDANCE.
NUMBER FOUR IS HER FINAL ACCOUNT.
NOT ANYTHING THAT'S CURRENTLY DELINQUENT, RIGHT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD TURN OVER TO OUR TAX ATTORNEYS AND HAVE THEM GO AFTER IT? I THINK COLLECTION AGENCY, I THINK LINEBARGER DOES, WOULD DO UTILITY COLLECTIONS.
TROUBLE IS THAT A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW, OLD FINAL ACCOUNTS, IF YOU REALLY START LOOKING AT THEM, THEY MAY HAVE $50 OR A HUNDRED.
YOU AND, AND I THINK WE MAKE A, I THINK THERE'S A FINANCIAL DECISION THERE OF RIGHT.
IF IT'S OVER THAT ARE $600 OUTSTANDING.
WELL IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE BULK.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T GET TO $600 ANYMORE WITH THE MAKING SURE THAT WE, THAT THE PROCESS GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I WOULD SAY ANYTHING LESS THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS AFTER SIX MONTHS, WE JUST WRITE IT OFF CUZ WE'RE, IT'S NOT WORTH CHASING.
UM, A LOT OF THEM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE GOOD ADDRESSES, YOU KNOW, TO SEND OUT THAT FINAL BILL.
THEY JUST SORT OF, AND, AND ONCE THEY'RE GONE, WHAT ARE OUR TEETH TO GO GET 'EM? RIGHT.
OTHER THAN DINGING THEIR CREDIT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT LINEBARGER.
AND IF IT'S OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WE TURN IT OVER TO LINEBARGER.
IF THEY CAN'T, WE DING THEIR CREDIT.
SO I WOULD WONDER HOW MUCH LINEBARGER CHARGES I'D TO USUALLY ONE PERCENTAGE.
IT'S USUALLY 50% OR SOMETHING.
I I WOULD ACTUALLY PROPOSE MAYBE 200.
UM, SO LIKE WITH OUR COURT COLLECTIONS IT'S 30%.
SO WHEN WE SEND A CITATION TO COLLECTIONS, THEY AUTOMATICALLY GET 30% ADDED TO THE FINE.
YEAH, BUT THEY SO THAT OH, THEY ADDED ON TOP THE SAME HUNDRED, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WHEN WE COLLECT THAT 30 PERCENT'S ALREADY BUILT IN THAT WE PAY LINEBARGER.
I WOULD SAY 200 ONLY BECAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE IT WORTH THEIR TIME TOO TO DO IT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW.
WELL, I'D SAY LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
NUMBER ONE, ARE THEY INTERESTED?
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OKAY.AND THEN TO GET AN IDEA FROM THEM WHAT THAT CUTOFF WOULD BE.
ARE YOU GONNA BE GOING TO TML? YES.
YOU COULD VISIT WITH THEM UP THERE.
CAN WE TURN 'EM OVER TO THE CREDIT BUREAU? I MEAN THE TROUBLE MIGHT BE ALSO WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO LINE BAR.
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? WE DON'T, WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GIVE THEM OTHER THAN THEIR LAST, YOU KNOW, THE ADDRESS.
WE SHOULD HAVE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE OLD ACCOUNTS WE MAY NOT, BUT NEW ACCOUNTS REQUIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE ALL.
SO WE'LL GET WITH LINEBARGER AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE AFTER WE DECIDE WHAT, SO AT THIS POINT, WELL I'LL, I'LL PUT IN SIX MONTHS FOR NOW.
WELL WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY, I MEAN WE CAN BRING THIS RESOLUTION BACK NEXT TIME.
UM, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
I MEAN IF WE NEED, WE CAN WRITE THIS THING UP, GET YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH THE LANGUAGE, TALK TO LINEBERGER AND THEN, UH, COME BACK NEXT MONTH.
WITH THAT WOULD GIVE US, GIVE CAMERON, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME STILL HERE.
UH, IS IS HAVING, HAVING SOME TIME TO WORK THIS UP IN A COMMUNICATION.
CAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED.
NO, THAT'S WHY WE WANT THE REST OF THIS IS HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHO TO TURN OFF? THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHO TO TURN OFF.
WELL THAT'S AND IF, IF, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT THIS SO THAT YOU CAN START WORKING THAT PROCESS, LIKE I SAID, I'M GOOD WITH SAYING SIX MONTHS TONIGHT.
WE CAN ALWAYS AMEND IT ONCE WE GET INFORMATION BACK TO LINEBARGER FROM RON BARGER.
WELL, NOT ONLY AFFECTS FINAL, IT DOESN'T CHANGE HOW WE WOULD TAKE CURRENT DELINQUENCIES.
WE'LL MODIFY OUR LETTER AND SEND OUT A LETTER.
SO, WELL, LET'S GO SIX MONTHS.
AND WE CAN APPROVE THIS AS DESCRIBED AND IF WE NEED TO MODIFY LATER, WE DO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDED.
SECOND TIA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
CAUSE WE WERE ON A ROLL BEFORE COVID WITH THIS.
EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO, WELL TWO.
UM, THIS IS PREPARED BY ROD KANEY AND EVERY TIME HE TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING, SOMETHING BREAKS.
SO DON'T BRING UP ANYTHING NEW.
UM, UH, YES, W REPORTED WELL TOO WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS. AND SO AT THIS POINT, UH, THANK YOU.
WE NEED A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL PROVING EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO, WELL, NUMBER TWO, MOVE TO HAVE THE MAYOR PAY THIS.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE EMERGENCY PAYMENT.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? SO IN GENERAL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS OPERATE ON TWO WELLS, WE STILL HAVE DECENT PRESSURE, WE'VE GOT DECENT WATER, UM, BARRING ANOTHER ONE GOING DOWN, AND WE HAVE HOPEFULLY A PLAN ON GETTING THIS BACK UP.
WELL, ROB ROD'S GOT A GOOD PRESENTATION.
I'VE GOT A QUICK PRESENTATION AND I'VE ALSO, WHEN I WROTE THIS, I HAD A VERY, UM, GOOD, GOOD LOOK AT, UH, WELL THREE, HOW WE REPAIRED IT.
AND I'M NOW LOOKING AT, WELL, TWO AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE AS, AS FORTUNATE REPAIRING WELL, TWO THE SAME WAY WE DID.
WELL, THREE WHAT YOU SAID, RICK, WAS, UH, THAT WE HAVE THREE WELLS.
AND WELL, THREE HAS BEEN REESTABLISHED.
WELL, TWO IS IN ROUGH SHAPE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE FIRST I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH C AND C WHEN WE, UH, INITIAL DID OUR INITIAL REVIEW AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY TURN THE SHAFT ON, ON THE WELL MOTOR BY HAND, WHICH IS NOT GOOD, WHICH MEANS THAT THE BOWL ASSEMBLY ON THE BOTTOM HAD BROKEN OFF AND WAS DROPPED DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL, WHICH IT SHOWED CERTAINLY DID HAVE.
SO WE DID, UH, APPROVED THE, UH, INITIAL TV REVIEW AND THE PULLING OF THE PUMP, ET CETERA, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING.
AND ONLY AFTER YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY MORNING I RECEIVED THIS VIDEO.
WE HAVE A 16 INCH CASING SERVICE CASING AND WE HAVE A 10 INCH SCREEN CASING BELOW THAT.
I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THE TOP HALF OF THE, WELL, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE BOTTOM HALF WAS ONLY CLEARED THIS AFTERNOON.
AND I HAVE NOT HAD A TV REPORT OR ANYTHING, OR A CERTAIN CAMERA SURVEY DOWN BELOW THAT.
I GUESS IT'S A GOOD TIME TO GO INTO THE, UH, THE, UH, REPORT HERE.
PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS MIGHT BE A
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THOUSAND DOLLARS.THE, THE ISSUE IS THE DISTANCE AND THERE'S LAG ON THE MOUSE.
WANNA JUST TELL ME YEAH, I CAN, YEAH, GO AHEAD PLEASE IF YOU WANT.
HAVE WE FISHED EVERYTHING OUT AT THIS POINT? WE HAVE, AS OF THREE 30 THIS AFTERNOON, WE WERE ABLE TO FISH OUT THE, THE PUMP BOWL ASSEMBLY THAT HAD DROPPED DOWN HALFWAY DOWN.
THE, THE, THE, UH, THE WELL TO THE 600 FOOT LEVEL.
THERE'S STILL SOME OTHER DEBRIS DOWN THERE AND YOU'LL SEE IT ON AS PART OF THE REVIEW.
THE NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS THE DEPTH OF THE WATER OR THE DEPTH OF THE, THE WELL BELOW THE SURFACE.
SO 390 FEET, THAT IS A HOLE IN THE CASING RIGHT THERE WITH A, WITH A SHADOW FROM LIGHT SOURCE.
THE DARK PART IS THE ACTUAL THICKNESS OF THE CASING.
SO YOU'VE GOT DRILLING, MUD AND CONCRETE COMING OUT OF IT, BUT THAT'S A HOLE IN CASING AT 400 FEET.
THE, THE LIGHT COLORED PARTICULATE MATTER YOU'RE SEEING IN THERE IS JUST WHAT WE SEE.
THE BIGGER STUFF IS RUST AND IT'S NOT VERY, THERE'S A BIG PIECE THERE.
IT'S NOT VERY EVIDENT RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO THE BOTTOM, THE VOLUME OF THE RUST THAT IS COMING OFF OF THAT CASING IS A LOT.
THE CASINGS SUPPOSED TO BE ROUND, YOU CAN SEE SOME FLAT EDGES.
THOSE FLAT EDGES IS WHERE THE CASING IS PUSHING IN.
AND SO THE CASING IS FUNDAMENTALLY FAILING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED, THE, UH, THE, THE WELL DRILLER WAS CAN WE SAVE THIS? WELL, AND HE SAID, YES, WE CAN SAVE IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REDUCED PRODUCTION WATER PRODUCTION.
WE PROBABLY GO DOWN TO SEVEN OR 800 GALLONS PER MINUTE FROM 11 OR 1200 GALLONS PER MINUTE WITH THE CONDITION OF THIS SURFACE CASING.
I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW, I'LL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT HE'S GIVEN ME WITH REGARD TO HOW WE POSSIBLY PLAN TO, UH, REPAIR THIS.
5 80, 580 FEET WE'RE DOWN GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE THE, THE, UH, THE BLOCKAGE IS.
AND LIKE 5 85, YOU START TO SEE THIS CABLE.
NOW THAT CABLE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE EITHER A FISHING LINE OR A, OR A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THAT THEY DROPPED AND NOBODY TOLD ANYBODY.
SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE 600 FOOT MARK AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE, THE PUMP BOWL ASSEMBLY AROUND PART OF IT.
AND, UH, THAT'S RIGHT WHERE THE LIP IS BETWEEN THE, THE MAIN CASING, THE 16 INCH CASING AND THE 10 INCH UH, CASING.
AND THE BOTTOM A SIDE VIEW, LOOKING AT THE, THE DEBRIS FALLING DOWN.
AS WE'RE MOVING DOWN THERE, ALL THIS RUST IS FALLING OFF OF THE, UM, OF THE CASING.
WE'RE COMING INTO A REGULAR SPAGHETTI BOWL OF, UH, OF WIRE HERE.
THE CAMERA WILL PUSH PAST IT AND YOU'LL SEE JUST AT THE BOTTOM OR RIGHT, RIGHT PAST THE CAMERA.
YOU'LL SEE THE, THE PUMP BALL ASSEMBLY, THE BIG ROUND THING THERE.
NOW THEY, TODAY AT THREE 30, THEY FISH THAT OUT.
BUT YOU COULD, WE CAN GET PAST THAT BECAUSE IT REDUCES DOWN TO A 10 INCH.
AND THE PUMP BALL IS HEAVILY, IS BLOCKING THE ACCESS.
SO ALL THAT DEBRIS IS GOING DOWN THE BOTTOM.
AGAIN, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCESS TO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE, WELL GOES ABOUT ANOTHER 400 FEET I BELIEVE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE COMING BACK OUT AND, UH, YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE COMING DOWN, 5 85 WAS WHERE WE SEEN THE CABLE.
AND THIS CAMERA WILL INADVERTENTLY HOOK UP SOME OF THAT CABLE AND DRAG IT UP.
AND WE DON'T DROP THE CABLE UNTIL IT GETS TO ABOUT 445 FEET.
SO IT'S AT LEAST 150 FEET PLUS OF THAT CABLE OR WHATEVER IS, I THINK IT'S ELECTRICAL CABLE.
I WOULD HAZARD A GUESS THAT SOMEBODY DROPPED THE SUMP PUMP DOWN THERE, A SUBMERSIBLE AND DIDN'T GO AFTER IT.
I DON'T THINK THEY TOLD ANYBODY BECAUSE NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD LEAVE THAT STUFF DOWN THERE.
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SO MY CONCERN HERE WITH THE RUST IS, IS THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN PUMPING INTO THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS, BUT I DO NEED TO DO AN INSPECTION ON THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT STUFF IS CLEANED OUT BEFORE WE PUT THE THING BACK IN SERVICE.IF I PUT THAT STUFF INTO THE SYSTEM, WE'LL CLOG EVERY METER AROUND THAT.
THOSE METERS ARE A HUNDRED OR $200 A PIECE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PULLING THE CABLE UP WITH US.
AND SO IT MEANS THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SLACK IN IT AND IT'LL GO ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, 445 FEET, I BELIEVE.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THAT 16 INCH CASING, IT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REPAIR LIKE WE DID ON THE, UH, WELL THREE, WELL THREE WE'RE ABLE TO AGITATE ACID WASH AND CLEAN IT.
I I WOULD BE VERY SCARED TO, UH, TO WASH THIS.
THE, SO DO WE, THE REPORT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA SURVEY DID REVEAL THAT THE, UH, THE WELL TO BE VERY UNSTABLE WITH MULTIPLE BREAKS AND HOLES IN THE 16 INCH CASING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE.
SO ROD, LET ME MENTION THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, OF COURSE RIGHT NOW IS FOR TWO 50.
WE DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA COST TWO 50 TO MAKE THIS REPAIR, BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS AN EMERGENCY REPAIR AND WHATEVER IT'S GONNA COST, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPETITIVELY BID THIS BECAUSE IT'S A WATER WELL AND WE NEED TO, IS THERE ANYMORE? IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT.
SO WHATEVER THE NUMBER ENDS UP BEING, WE'LL RECTIFY IT AT A LATER MEETING.
BUT THIS JUST PUTS ON PAPER AND DOCUMENTS FOR US, THE AUDITORS AND EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE URGENCY, WE'RE RECOGNIZING IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN 50 AND WE'RE NOT GONNA COMPETITIVELY BID THIS THING.
WE'LL HAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A COST ON A FIX.
I HAVE, YEAH, I I HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UH, PASTOR DIRECTOR DANNY SEGUNDO AND PASTOR RECTOR, UH, JIM MCGRATH AND JIM WAS ABLE TO TELL ME THAT, UH, WELL ONE WAS SERVICED IN 1986 AND WELL TWO WAS SERVICED IN 1987.
SO THAT BRINGS TO THE QUESTION.
FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT KINDA SHAPE IS WELL ONE IN.
SO BACK TO RICK'S INITIAL COMMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE STRONG ONE IF WE CAN SAVE, WELL, TWO, I HAVEN'T GOT THE REPORT THAT WE CAN SAY.
HE SAYS HE CAN SAVE IT, BUT IT'S GONNA COST US A LOT OF MONEY TO SAVE IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WELL AND A HALF AS SOON AS WE FINISH WITH, WELL, TWO, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO MOVE TO, WELL ONE, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN SERVICED SINCE 1986, THIS IS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH, WELL THREE BEFORE WE HAD TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
BUT WELL ONE IS GOING TO BE IN ROUGH SHAPE.
SO HOW DO WE FIX THIS? WE HAVE A 60 INCH SURFACE CASING.
WE'LL GO INSIDE OF THAT ONE WITH A 12 INCH CASING ON THE BOTTOM PART OF IT WHERE THE SCREENS ARE.
WE HAVE A CURRENTLY HAVE A 10 INCH CASING WITH SCREENS WE WILL GO DOWN TO A SIX INCH.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY REBUILDING THE WELL AND MAKING IT SMALLER INSIDE WHAT WE'VE GOT.
SO THERE'LL BE NEW CONCRETE PACK THERE.
WE DO GRAVEL PACK DOWN THE BOTTOM.
YOU MAY HAVE TO DO SOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE LOWER, LOWER PARTS OF IT.
AND UM, THEN WE'LL HAVE CHOICES TO MAKE.
DO WE PUT IN A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP OR DO WE GO BACK WITH A MOTOR ON TOP AND A PUMP IN THE MIDDLE? WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE A REDUCED CAPACITY, BUT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT UNTIL WE GET THE BOTTOM HALF INSPECTED.
SO LONG TERM, LONG TERM, IF I HAVE A WELL AND A HALF NEXT YEAR, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE MAY BE GOING INTO ENACTING OUR DRUG CONTINUENCY PLAN WHERE WE HAVE TO RESTRICT WATER USE.
WELL ONE WILL HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT.
NOW ANNA MARIA GETS A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE ALL OF THIS COSTS MONEY AND I'VE JUST ABOUT RUNNING EVERYBODY OUTTA MONEY
SO COUNSEL, WHAT I JUST PASSED OUT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SO WANTED TO JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GONNA COST YET, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET UP ON TOP AND, AND THANKS TO ANNA MARIA FOR HELPING US PUT THIS TOGETHER.
IT'S, IT'S GREAT WORK AND I'LL JUST KIND OF TALK YOU THROUGH IT.
SO YOU KNOW THAT WE GOT THE 6 45 FROM THE COUNT COUNTY ON THE APA FUNDING.
SO THOSE CURRENT PROJECTS ARE WHAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR.
AND AFTER WE PAY FOR THAT, THAT LEAVES A BALANCE OF ABOUT 165,000 LEFT.
KEEP IN MIND THAT WE STILL WANT TO DO ANOTHER PUMP AT OUR LIFT STATION, UH, AS WELL AS CONTROLLERS FOR THE VARIABLE SPEED.
SO THAT'S GONNA EAT UP THE REST OF THAT 1 65 PLUS.
UM, THEN YOU GET DOWN INTO OUR UTILITY ACCOUNT AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, CASH BALANCE IN OUR, UH, ON
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OUR FUNDS, YOU SEE 'EM ALL BROKEN DOWN THERE AND WHAT IT, WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS A TOTAL OF 2.8, BUT UNRESTRICTED OF THAT IS GONNA BE 1.647 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE UH, UH, ITEM, UH, THAT THE FOURTH AND FIFTH ITEM, THE 501,000 IS DEDICATED FOR DORRANCE.THE LAST ONE IS OF COURSE THAT FIRST HALF OF OUR APA FUNDING.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT SECOND HALF, UH, TODAY.
SO YOU'VE GOT 1.647 UNRESTRICTED IN YOUR WATER AND SEWER BALANCE.
WE KNOW THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LIFT PUMP NUMBER TWO AND THE CONTROLLER, WHICH WE DO WANT TO USE THE REST OF THAT COUNTY APA MONEY FOR, UH, THIS TWO 50 THAT WE HAVE NOW FOR WATER.
WELL, TWO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER'S GONNA BE, BUT WE'RE PLUGGING IN TWO 50 RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON OUR CLARIFIER THAT'S UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE AROUND 2.1.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE 1.14 OF APA SO THAT LEAVES A BALANCE OF ABOUT NINE 60 WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, DORRANCE AS WELL, WHICH WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE HOPEFULLY DOING DORRANCE AND THAT'LL, SOME OF THAT COULD BE UM, COULD BE WATER AND SEWER MONEY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND HIGHLIGHTED NUMBER, THAT 1.32 THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO FINISH OUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE SHEET.
SO REALLY WHAT YOU NEED TO PUT NEXT TO EACH OTHER IS THE 1.647 AND THEN THE 1.32 THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED.
SO YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO DRAW YOUR UTILITY FUND DOWN TO 300,000.
WE WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THAT.
UM, BUT THAT JUST KINDS OF SHOW YOU THAT, THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND THAT ONLY COSTS TWO 50 TO DO THE WATER WELL AND WE WERE ONLY GONNA USE OUR UTILITY FUNDS, THAT YOU'D HAVE A BALANCE OF ABOUT 300,000 LEFT OVER.
AND KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO MAKE THAT UTILITY FUND SOLVENT, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO DO THAT AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE SO WE'RE NOT STACKING AWAY A BUNCH EVERY YEAR.
SO THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE UTILITY FUND AND OF COURSE THIS BIT OF NEWS THAT WE GOT.
UM, IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP SHORE THIS UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HEAR STAFF SAY THAT YOU NEED TO DRAW YOUR UTILITY FUND DOWN TO 300 K.
SO WE MAY WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET TO IT.
UM, MAY HAVE TO DELAY SOME PROJECTS WE DON'T KNOW YET.
BUT REALLY THE BIG LINCHPIN IS WHAT'S THIS GONNA COST AND UH, THEN WHAT'S WELL ONE GONNA COST ONCE WE GET TO THAT, WHAT SIZE IS? WELL ONE IS THAT A 12 INCH? IT'S THE SAME AS WELL TWO I BELIEVE.
WHAT'S IT COST TO PUNCH A NEW WELL, THE, THE LAST WATER WELL THAT I PUNCHED THROUGH WITH A 12 INCH CASING OR 16 INCH CASING WAS 1.3 MILLION FOR THE COST OF THE WELL $200,000 FOR ENGINEERING.
AND IN OUR CASE, IF WE CHOOSE TO DRILL ANOTHER WATER WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE'LL HAVE TO GET A PERMIT THROUGH THE SUBSIDENT DISTRICT AND W C I D AND THEN A PERMIT THROUGH THE TCEQ.
THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DRILL WELL A SECOND WELL ON ANY ONE OF OUR EXISTING WATER BORDER WELL SITES, WE WILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE SOME LAND AND YOU'LL NEED AT LEAST A 500 FOOT SANITARY SEWER CONTROL EASEMENT.
AND THEN YOU WILL NEED A DISTRIBUTION LINE FROM THAT WELL TO EITHER PLANT THREE OR PLANT TWO, WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER 500,000.
SO I'M RUNNING ABOUT 2 MILLION.
WHAT WHAT I'M THINKING IS PUNCH A NEW WELL AT ONE AND PLUG THE OLD ONE.
UM, CAN I, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH PUNCHING A NEW WELL IS IT'LL TAKE ME TWO YEARS ONCE YOU TELL ME TO GO TO THE POINT IN TIME THAT I COULD GET THE FIRST GALLON OF WATER OUT OF IT.
SO HERE, HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING CHARLIE.
SO, UM, GO BACK TO THE COUNTY, EXPLAIN TO THE COMMISSIONER OUR SITUATION AND ASK FOR, CALL IT $2 MILLION MILLION, CALL IT $2 MILLION TO REPLACE.
WELL ONE, WE DO THE EMERGENCY REPAIR ON, WELL TWO TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING AND ASK FOR THE MONEY TO PUNCH.
WELL, TWO OR A NEW ONE AT, WELL ONE, UM, I'M MANAGING TWO OF THESE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
ONE FOR KENTON AND ONE FOR BEASLEY.
UM, WE'RE ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN.
BOTH DESIGNERS SAY THEY WILL HAVE THE WELLS PUNCHED BEFORE THE END OF 2024.
THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL THE PERMITTING IN.
AND SO IF WE CAN GET THE COUNTY TO FUND THE MONEY AND THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SPEND THAT MONEY BECAUSE SOME OF THE ALLOCATIONS THEY'VE ALREADY DONE ARE NOT GONNA HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF 2024.
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TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.I DID ASK HIM IF THERE WAS, IF WE CAME WITH A PROJECT, WOULD THERE BE FUNDING? AND HE SAID IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS AND I MEAN, HE'S EVASIVE AS HE COULD BE, UH, BUT STILL WAS A POSITIVE.
SO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU'RE COMING IN FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT OR STUFF LIKE THAT, NO, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE INTERESTED.
HOWEVER, THEY ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE LOOKING UNDER THE GUN OF FORT BEND SIDE DISTRICT AND WE'RE KIND OF IN A UNIQUE POSITION.
USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE SAY MEADOWS PLACE IS UNIQUE, IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE DEAL.
SO, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND VISIT, MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THE PARAGRAPH AND A HALF CORRECT AND THEN I WILL, UH, I'LL TOUCH BASE WITH THEM NOW, NOW BEASLEY AND KENTON ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER.
THEY'VE GOT THERE IN SECOND PHASE OF THE SUBSIDENT DISTRICT STUFF.
BUT KENTON'S IS A, IS A WELL REPLACEMENT.
THEY'RE PUNCHING A NEW, WELL, PLUGGING THE OLD ONE AND BEASLEY'S A NEW WELL, AND BEASLEY'S NEVER HEAD RUN WATER BEFORE UNLESS IT CAME OUTTA THEIR BACKYARD.
SO, SO RIGHT TO, YOU'RE SAYING MAKE REPAIRS TO WELL TOO AND DRILL ANOTHER WELL MAKE REPAIRS TO, WELL TWO, MY GUESS IS WELL ONE'S GONNA BE IN SIMILAR CONDITION.
WE, IT'S, THAT'S THE, THE COMPLETE UNKNOWN IF THERE WERE SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT ONE LOOKS LIKE AND I'M NOT A BETTING MAN, BUT I'LL TAKE IT ALL YOUR BETS AND, AND, AND RATHER THAN DO A REPAIR WHERE WE'RE GONNA REDUCE CAPACITY AT, WELL ONE, IF WE CAN GET THE COUNTY TO, TO COME UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY, GIVE US THE FUNDING, WE, WE PUNCH A NEW WELL.
SO WE'D HAVE THE SAME GALLONS PER DAY CAPACITY.
YOU'D ASK FOR ANYWHERE FROM 1200 TO 1500 GALLONS A MINUTE, TRY AND MAKE UP SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOSING IN WELL TOO.
I LIKE THE BOTTOM, BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE GOT ONE TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, I I MEAN WE, WE NEED TO MOVE RE TO DO THESE REPAIRS CUZ WE CAN'T BE DOWN THE WELL.
RIGHT? SO WE'VE MADE A MOTION IN A SECOND, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ASK ONE QUESTION AND, AND THIS MIGHT BE A SILLY ONE, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD IT ASKED BEFORE.
WHY DON'T WE EVER CONSIDER JUST CONNECTING INTO W C I D NUMBER TWO, DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY? NO.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE I I MEAN IT'S GONNA COST US MONEY, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY? AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY YET, BUT IF WE BUY INTO IT, WE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR IT.
WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO STAY WITH OUR WATER WELLS.
I MEAN YOU MADE THAT COMMITMENT QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE G WHICH THAT G P ALLOWS YOU TO USE YOUR GROUND WATER.
THAT'S GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLANT.
SO I'M SORRY, GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLANT.
IF YOU MOVE TO UH, AN INTERCONNECT WITH W C I D, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THAT LINE, THAT WATER PUMPED TO SAY FOR INSTANCE, WELL THREE AND THEN YOU REPU IT AND YOU SWEETEN IT THERE.
THE OTHER TWO BELLS THAT YOU HAVE WILL HAVE TO HAVE AMMONIA FACILITIES AND YOU WILL NEED A SC SYSTEM TO CONTROL THIS.
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WOULD THEY HAVE ENOUGH SURFACE RIGHTS TO ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF US? I MEAN THEY'VE GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SURFACE WATER RIGHTS THAT THEY CAN'T PROBABLY CAN'T BUY ANYMORE.
PLUS IT'S BETWEEN ME AND YOU, IT'S GONNA EAT OUR PIPES UP
EVERYBODY IN THIS DANG CITY THAT HADN'T HAD THEIR PIPES ADJUSTED IS GONNA HAVE TO BUY NEW PUMPS.
YOU CHANGED THE CHEMISTRY OF THE WATER.
KURT DID THAT CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'LL BE.
AND WE'VE LOOKED AT 'EM, WE TALKED AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVID C ID NUMBER TWO.
UM, THEY'RE NOT ANXIOUS FOR US TO TAKE ANY OF THEIR WATER.
SO WE'RE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, THOSE UH, WE'VE SAID WE WANNA FIX THE WELL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AS SOON AS I GET SOME MORE UPDATE WE'LL PROVIDE IT.
NEXT TIME LET US KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MOVIE BRING POPCORN.
UM, I'VE BEEN ANXIOUS FOR THAT.
I'VE SEEN THOSE BEFORE AND THEY TELL A TALE THAT ONE TOLD A DIFFERENT TALE THAN I WOULD THOUGHT.
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AMENDING PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL OUTLET $5,600.UM, TO MOTION TO APPROVE BY RICK.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 20 20 20 22 DAYS 32 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO WITH HDR ENGINEERING AND THE AMOUNT OF $16,285 AND 52 CENTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TEMPORARY WOODEN WALKWAY.
CONSTRUCTED A QUARTER INCH OR HALF INCH PLY WOODEN SKID HAZARD GRIP FOR DORRANCE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT PHASE ONE.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT'S DRY AND IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THOSE FOLKS OUT NOT ONLY IN THIS SECTION BUT ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS.
ANY DO I HAVE A MOTION TO FOR APPROVE THE CHANGEOVER MOTION? BUT I HAVE A QUESTION AFTER THIS.
GOT A MOTION? SECOND AND A SECOND BY DAVID TIA, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE PLANNING TO REUSE THESE FOR EACH ONE OF THE SECTIONS.
SO WE GET AS MUCH USE OUTTA THAN AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT $3,500 OR WHATEVER PER PHASE.
THE CITY IS VERY NICE BECAUSE THE COUNTY WOULD NEVER PAY FOR THIS.
VERY COMPASSIONATE COUNCIL AND A VERY GOOD ONE.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I WANNA THANK, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO THANK ON THIS ON WHO GOT THIS MOVING SO FAST WITH H E TO GET THE PRICING AND STUFF BACK, BUT ALL I DID WAS SAID I WANT A SIDEWALK.
I MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING RIGHT.
ATEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION.
SELECTING A REVISED BRIDGE DESIGN FOR THE CITY'S MOBILITY BOND PROJECT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.
WELL, I MEAN RATHER THAN SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON HERE, DOES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A FAVORITE RIGHT NOW? YES.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE? MY FAVORITE'S THE ONE THAT GOES LIKE THIS.
OKAY, SO SO THAT IS CALLED THE, THE KEYSTONE, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA FIGHT FOR THE OTHER ONE? I WILL MOVE.
NOW'S THE NOW'S THE TIME TO GET IT.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE KEYSTONE.
I WILL, I WILL MOVE TO, DO WE NEED A MOTION OR OH YEAH, WE DO.
PULL THAT PEN OUT OF THAT HANGER DAY AND THROW IT UP BEHIND COUNCIL.
SO THE DECISION TONIGHT IS JUST TO GO WITH THAT PRICE RANGE AND THAT STYLE, CORRECT.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TIME TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR COSMETIC ADJUSTMENTS OR ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIL COSMETIC.
I WOULD SAY COSMETIC ADJUSTMENTS JUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
CAUSE THIS, TO ME, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE, THE STRUCTURED DESIGN.
TO ME, THE, THE STRUCTURE I'M NOT THAT CONCERNED WITH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL WEREN'T DECIDING THAT BRIDGE, THE PLEXIGLAS THAT'S IN THERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOOD TO HAVE IN A PARK SITUATION IS THE PLEXIGLASS.
CUZ OVER TIME IT, UH, FOGS AND COLORS AND SCRATCHES.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA GO WITH THAT.
I'M FINE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE.
I JUST WANNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE STYLE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE DO SOME OF THAT ETCHING ON THE WALKWAY LIKE THEY DID AND GET WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BECAUSE IF WE TAKE OUT THE PLEXIGLAS, IT'LL PROBABLY ACTUALLY BE CHEAPER AND THAT, AND THAT'LL PAY FOR YOUR ETCHING AND GOOD FOOD.
IF EVERYONE LOOKS AT THE LAST PAGE AT ON THE KEYSTONE, THAT'S HOW IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK WITH THE RAILING BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'D HAVE KIDS FALLING OVER THE EDGE INTO THE, THE EDGE OF THE, THE BAYOU.
AND RICK, THIS TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION.
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I TALKED TO TRANSCEND ABOUT THAT.SO EITHER ONE OF THE BRIDGES ARE STILL, AND I WAS READING THIS AS FAR AS THE FOUNDATION GOES AND CENTER POINT, THEY BOTH TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH THEM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANY PLEXIGLAS IN IT.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE FOR OPTION TWO.
UM, GOING INTO THE FOUNDATION DISCUSSION.
CENTERPOINT SAID WE COULD NOT PUT ANY FOUNDATION WORK ON THEIR FEE STRIP.
UM, WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT WORKED OUT WITH THEM THAT RATHER THAN HAVING THE BRIDGE LOW CORD ONE FOOT ABOVE THE BANKS, THAT WE COULD JUST GO FLAT WITH THE BANKS AS LONG AS THE OPENING WAS AT LEAST AS LARGE AS THE OPENING IN DO AT DORRANCE.
SO WE'RE NOT CREATING ANY KIND OF RESTRICTION ON THE WATER.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
SO THAT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT THE, THE SURFACE ELEVATION OF THE WATER.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD ANYTHING BACK.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CAUSE ANY FLOODING AND UM, BUT IT GETS US OUT OF OUR FIGHT WITH CENTER POINT.
NOW WHAT I DID TELL THEM IS THE EAST WALL OF THE DITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED.
THE, THE CONCRETE'S BEEN REPLACED.
THE WEST WALL CONCRETE SLOPE PAVING HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED.
SO WHEN WE PUNCH THROUGH IT TO PUT THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BRIDGE, I TOLD HIM TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND REPLACE THAT PANEL.
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE OLD CONCRETE UNDER OUR NEW BRIDGE THAT'S GONNA POSSIBLY FAIL.
SO WE'RE NOT REPLACING THE ENTIRE SLOPE PAVING ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT UNDER THE BRIDGE WE WILL, WELL, THAT'S IN THESE NOTES.
OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE BRIDGE? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WHEN YOU HAVE A BRIDGE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 34.
APPOINTING ONE DIRECTOR TO THE MEADOWS PLACE FOUR B, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR A TERM COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.
UM, AS WE KNOW ARE SIMILAR, SO MOVED.
WE'VE GOT BRIAN FRAME HERE IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHO IT IS.
YOUR YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL'S GETTING PUNCHY.
AND I WANT TO TELL Y'ALL I'M VERY, VERY TICKLED AND I HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH HIM TODAY AND HE TIED ME UP AND NUTS AND WOULDN'T LET ME GO.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HIM AT WORK FOR OUR EDC.
AND BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR SERVING.
UM, JUST MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, AUTHORIZED THE RFP FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES.
UM, SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 22 DASH 35 AUTHORIZING STAFF TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR JANITOR SERVICES FOR CITY FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS.
I HAVE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE US MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT, SECOND BY TIA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION BY RICK, SECOND BY KURT.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT ONE ALSO CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, ITEM F AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL OR JUST COME IN AND TALK TO THE FOLKS WATCHING, COME ON AND TALK NOW AND YOU GET THREE MINUTES.
SO LET ME GET MY CLOCK STARTED.
ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK? UH, WE GOT A COUPLE PICTURES.
THE BRIAN FRAME 1, 9 27 MEADOW TRAIL LANE.
UH, WANNA TALK ABOUT THE CONVERSATION I JUST HAD WITH THE CUSTOMER OR, OR WITH THE, THE, UH, UH, MAYOR EARLIER TODAY.
UM, LAST WEEK, THE, UH, MEADOWS PLACE, PONY BASEBALL LEAGUE GOT A, UH, NOTIFICATION FROM THE, UH, PARKS AND REC RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT THE MAJORS FIELD WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE
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ON OCTOBER 15TH, UH, DUE TO THE FALL FESTIVAL THAT WAS GOING ON.UH, THIS, UH, UH, IT DOES CAUSE A MAJORING CONVENIENCE FOR THE LEAGUE.
UH, WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE THREE GAMES, WHICH IS ABOUT 60 FAMILIES.
UM, AND WE'RE INCURRING AN EXTRA COST FOR THAT AND, UH, AND WELL WOULD, WOULD INCUR AN EXTRA COST FOR THAT AND, UH, WOULD HAVE TROUBLE FINDING, UH, ADDITIONAL EMPIRES FOR THAT.
UH, LAST YEAR WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A GREAT SYNERGY BETWEEN THE FESTIVAL AND THE LEAGUE AND, UH, AND WOULD THINK THAT THAT'S SYNERGY WOULD STILL BE GOOD THERE, THERE FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE INNER LEAGUE GAMES SCHEDULED ON THAT DAY IN WHICH PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE, UH, ATTENDING.
AND SO IT'S GOOD, GOOD ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE CITY ITSELF AND BRING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN AS WELL.
AND, UH, AND, AND AGAIN, SEEING THE KIDS PLAY ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS GREAT FIELD THAT WE JUST SPENT $160,000 ON, AGAIN, IS ALSO REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
UM, UH, UH, ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE CITY, UH, AS WELL.
UM, COLLEEN DID PROVIDE US A LAYOUT OF WHAT, WHERE SHE SAID THINGS WERE GONNA BE LAID OUT AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THAT AND HAVE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL PLACES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, UH, BOUNCY THINGS AND THAT TYPE OF THING COULD BE HOUSED OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STILL PLAY THE GAMES AS SCHEDULED ON THE, ON OCTOBER 15TH INSTEAD OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOUR COMMENTS DO NOTED, I'VE HEARD OF COUNCIL THIS, THIS IS, UM, ONGOING CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR BASEBALL LEAGUE.
UM, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW.
ONE THING BRIAN AND I BOTH AGREED ON, I THINK WE DID, WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION.
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DISAPPOINTED.
I KNOW MY PARKS DIRECTOR IS DISAPPOINTED AND I'M JUST, I'M REALLY SORRY THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO STAND IT BACK MY PARKS DIRECTOR AND PUT THE WHOLE THING UP AND PUT TOGETHER.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY WILL AGREE THAT COLLEEN THROWS A HECK OF A PARTY.
SO I'M HOPING YOUR FOLKS WILL COME OUT THERE.
I MIGHT SUGGEST YOU ASK HER THE CONTACTS FOR THE GARDEN CLUB AND MAYBE YOU WORK WITH THEM AS FAR AS Y'ALL'S BASKETS AND STUFF.
SO MAYBE YOU GET A BIGGER CROWD LOOKING AT YOUR BASKETS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BRIAN, IT'S, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT, BUT AS FAR AS CHANGING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.
WHAT WOULD BE THE PROBLEM WITH MOVING THE, THE BOUNCY HOUSES OUTSIDE OF THE BASEBALL FIELD? THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S THE, THE, THE COMMENTS PERIOD IS FOR PEOPLE TO COME MAKE COMMENTS.
WE CAN TALK POLICY AND THINGS LIKE THAT WE DON'T DEBATE.
UM, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL? ANYBODY HERE RELATED TO ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I WAS, I WAS AFRAID SHE WASN'T GONNA RAISE HER HAND.
WITH THAT, WE'RE CLOSING OUT ITEM A FOR MOVING ON TO ITEM G.
AND UNLESS I HAVE SOME EJECT OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.