[City Council Meeting]
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THERE'S BRUCE AND TERRY, AND THEY THANK YOU, TERRY.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANNA PASS THIS ON TO YOU, TERRY.
UM, I WAS DOWN AT, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT, RAN INTO SOME FOLKS FROM H G A C, UM, A COUPLE COUNTY JUDGES, UH, LIKE FROM MATAGORDA AND, UH, OTHERS.
AND, UH, THEY SAID TO SAY HI WHEN THEY FOUND OUT I WAS FROM MEADOW'S PLACE.
AND, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON BEFORE I FORGOT IT.
SO, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY SPOKE PRETTY WELL.
ARE YOU TERRY? JUST WANNA KNOW
NO, THEY SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOUR TIME THERE.
IT IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 2022.
UM, THE, PROBABLY THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL.
UM, LAST SCHEDULED ONE FOR SURE.
IT IS TAKING PLACE HERE IN, UH, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT, UH, AND I'M ASSUMING THE CAMERAS ARE ON.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, ITEM A IS, UH, CALL TO ORDER AND, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, CAMERON, HAVE YOU EVER LED US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? WELL, I THINK YOU NEED TO DO THAT TONIGHT, AND, UH, UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA LET, UH, LIEUTENANT DMA LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION.
WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, PLEDGE AND THEN THE ENGINE VACATION, CUZ THAT'S HOW IT'S WRITTEN.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STAINS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.
FATHER, WE COME TO YOU WITH THE HEART OF THANKSGIVING TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE ASK FOR YOU TO GUIDE US AND GIVE US WISDOM AS WE ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THE CITIZENS MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND VISITORS OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THOSE WHO STRUGGLED DURING THIS TIME, WHETHER IT BE LOSS, ANXIETY, OR DEPRESSION.
HOLD THEM EXTRA TIGHT AND PROVIDE THEM WITH COMFORT, PEACE, AND FREEDOM.
AS WE ALL NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS SEASON.
LET US NOT FORGET THE REASON FOR THE SEASON, AND THAT IS A BIRTH OF YOUR SON JESUS.
AND IT IS IN HIS HOLY NAME THAT WE PRAY.
SO THAT, CAMERON, THAT WILL BE IN THE RECORD ETERNITY.
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM B, POLICE REPORTS, UM, OR REPORTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL REPORT.
FIRST WITH LED BY CHIEF GARY STEWART, CHIEF, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNSEL, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.
UH, AS USUAL, WE WANNA START OUT WITH A REPORT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS FOR THIS PAST MONTH.
UH, WE HAD 11, UH, SEVEN ARRESTS.
THERE WAS 24 61 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, NUMBER OF REPORTS WITH THAT WERE 33, UH, TOTAL.
UH, CITATIONS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC WAS 322 WITH 805 CHARGES.
THERE WERE ZERO CITATIONS ISSUED FOR OUR CITY ORDINANCES.
VIOLATIONS, UH, WARNINGS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC WERE ONE 50 WITH CHARGES OF 240.
UH, CITY ORDINANCE WARNINGS WAS EIGHT.
AND TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 3,565.
OUR ASSAULTS, WE HAD ZERO, WE HAD ONE BMV, UH, AGAIN ON, UH, BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE AND BURGLARY OF BUSINESSES WAS ZERO, UH, EIGHT.
UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE, AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE IN ONE MINUTE.
UH, CRIMINAL EMISSIONS ONE FOUR FOR FRAUD.
AND WE DID HAVE ONE ROBBERY HOUSE WATCHING CLOSE PATROLS, UH, ALTOGETHER LUMPED TOGETHER FOR PARK SECURITY AND SCHOOL CHECKS.
1,521 THEFTS WERE TWO ONE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
AS YOU SEE, OUR TLC PROGRAM THIS TIME OF YEAR IS RAMPED UP PRETTY HIGH.
AND WE HAD 145 PASSING, 34 FAILURES.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RATE AND 179 CONTACTS FOR THAT.
UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE CITY HORSE VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD THREE FOR SOLICITORS, FOUR FOR NOISE COMPLAINT, AND ONE FOR DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM, UH, THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE.
SOMEBODY HEARD WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A GUNSHOT WHILE THEY WERE WALKING.
UH, WE CHECKED THE AREA, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE
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ANYTHING.UH, ACCIDENTS IN THE ROUNDABOUTS, WERE ZERO.
MOVING ON TO THE CHIEF'S NOTES.
UM, IF I CAN, I'LL JUST DIRECT YOU BACK TO, UH, THE CALLS FOR SERVICE LIST.
GET TO PAGE FOUR AND WE'LL GO OVER THE FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS.
UM, WE HAD 83, UH, STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS WERE 26.
SEX OFFENDER ALERT SIX, UH, STOLEN PLATE 1221 FOR A GANG OR SUSPECTED, UH, TERRORIST, TWO MISSING PERSONS, ZERO FOR WARRANTS, 14 PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST REPORTS WERE TWO AND VIOLENT PERSON ZERO THIS MONTH.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE FLOCK HIT RECOVERY.
AND THESE ARE STOLEN VEHICLES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE FLOCK HIT.
UH, THERE WERE NO ARRESTS MADE FROM THAT NECESSARILY AS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE EVER REPORTED STOLEN.
WERE ABLE TO TAKE 'EM OUTTA THE COMPUTER AND RELEASE THOSE FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS TO BE DONE BY THE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ENTERED THOSE AS STOLEN CHIEF.
IS THIS WHERE YOU GOT THAT CORVETTE
AND I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE.
YOU CAN READ THOSE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE CONTENT.
BUT THERE WAS ONE DWI, ONE THEFT EVADING ARREST, AND THEN FIVE WARRANTS FOR WARRANT ARRESTS.
FLIPPING TO PAGE SEVEN, UH, THE FINAL PAGE THERE, AND I'LL, WE'LL START UNDER ADDITIONAL NOTES.
UH, JUST A REMINDER, UH, AS WE, UH, DO THIS EACH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE THAT WE'RE IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THE BAD GUYS ARE SHOPPING TOO.
SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR CARE TO BE, UH, AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND TAKE YOUR ITEMS WITH YOU.
LOCK UP AND DON'T LEAVE VEHICLES UNLOCKED.
MESA DOOR ACCESS SYSTEM, PHASE ONE IS COMPLETED.
UH, PHASE TWO WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHICH IS MOSTLY EXTERIOR DOORS.
WE'RE WAITING ON PARTS AND WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THAT OUT.
AND I'M ALSO WORKING WITH ANNA MARIA FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE FUNDING IS IN PLACE PRIOR TO STARTING THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR, UH, ENTRIES INTO THE BUILDING.
UH, AGAIN, WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO FILL FOR, UH, FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION.
UH, WE ALSO NOW HAVE OUR SENIOR POLICE OFFICER PROGRAM.
THIS IS DESIGNED FOR SENIOR OFFICERS TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA AND TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO STEP INTO A SUPERVISOR ROLE IN THE ABSENCE OF A SERGEANT DURING A SHIFT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST CAME UP WITH, UM, THAT IN MANY DEPARTMENTS YOU'LL HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT'S ABSENT AND A SENIOR OFFICER WILL ASSUME THAT POSITION.
UH, BUT THERE'S A PAY DIFFERENCE THERE AND YOU'RE ASKING 'EM TO TAKE ON SOME PRETTY POWERFUL, UH, RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S CRITERIA SET AND THAT THEY'RE BEING, UH, PROPERLY, UH, PAID FOR THAT ROLE.
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES WENT REALLY WELL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO APPLAUD TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT HAD, UH, ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT ACTUALLY.
BUT PARKS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SETTING THIS UP THIS YEAR.
EVERYTHING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
I THINK IT WAS ONE OF OUR LARGER CROWDS.
I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE STREETS AND WHERE EVERYBODY WAS PARKED, UH, WE CAN TELL BY THAT PLUS THE, IT WAS SPREAD OUT SO YOU DON'T GET TO SEE IT IF IT WAS ALL IN ONE UH, AREA.
SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY, UH, PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST ONES WE HAD.
I'M GLAD WE HAD THE HEATERS OUT.
ANYWAY, THE, UH, PD GAVE AWAY SOME CUSTOM BAGS.
UH, THE KIDS WERE, UH, LIKE DU A LOT.
SANTA WAS ESCORTED SUCCESSFULLY.
AND WE HAD GREAT INTERACTION BETWEEN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, ALL THE KIDS.
WE ALSO HELPED OUT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, WITH A DISMISSAL CUZ WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN THE CUL-DE-SAC.
AND THAT ALWAYS CREATES A LITTLE ISSUE FOR THEM.
BUT WE WERE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, UH, ON TOP OF THAT WITH A PD TO HELP OUT.
AND THEN LET'S GET TO THE, UH, CORVETTE IN THE ROOM.
I MEAN THE, UH, GOOD PART, THE COFFEE WITH A COP.
THAT WAS, UH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 10 TO 12 WHEN IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
WE HAD NINE OFFICERS PRESENT AND WE INTERACTED WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VISITORS OF THE AREA THAT FREQUENT OUR, MET US PLAY STARBUCKS.
SO IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD TO SEE.
UH, OUR OFFICERS, UH, WAITED ON CUSTOMERS PREPARED DRINKS AND SHOWED OFF OUR EQUIPMENT AND VIEWS, WHICH INCLUDE A CORVETTE THAT WAS DECKED OUT WITH OUR DECALS.
AND I KNOW, OF COURSE, THIS CO CAUSED US TO GO VIRAL A LITTLE BIT AND IT CAUSED A LOT OF Y'ALL TO SWEAT AND MAKE PHONE CALLS.
AND I WANTED TO THANK ONSITE CALLS FOR DOING THAT.
AND THEY WRAPPED IT IN OUR, UH, MARKINGS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FUNCTIONS.
AND THEY DO THIS FOR OTHER AGENCIES.
IT WASN'T JUST OURS, BUT IT'S A VERY POWERFUL TOOL AS YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT CAME IN IS THAT, UH, TALKING TO FINAL NUMBERS, THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE ARE SOME POINT OR SOME 800
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VIEWS.BUT ACTUALLY TALKING WITH CAMERON THIS MORNING, THAT'S UP TO 8,400 VIEWS OR PLACE AND 624 VIEWS ON INSTAGRAM.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK CAMERON TO COME UP AND TELL YOU ABOUT HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH OUR PAGE AND HIM, UH, HOW OFTEN WE GET THIS KIND OF A HIT.
SO IT DID GO VIRAL AND I'M KIND OF GLAD TO SEE THAT.
SO HE SAID IT WAS 8.4, UM, THAT WAS THIS MORNING, WHAT, LIKE 10, 10 30 WE TALKED.
THAT'S OUR HIGHEST ON, THAT'S OUR HIGHEST FACEBOOK VIDEO EVER, INCLUDING THE CITY'S PAGE, NOT JUST THE POLICE PAGE.
UM, IT IS A SHORTER VIDEO, IT'S A REEL, BUT STILL 8,500 IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
CUZ I THINK THE POLICE PAGE, WE ONLY HAVE, WE HAVE LESS THAN A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS ON OUR POLICE PAGE.
UM, AND THEN INSTAGRAM, 626 VIEWS, THAT MAKES IT THE FOURTH HIGHEST VIDEO THAT WE'VE EVER POSTED ON INSTAGRAM AS WELL.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE CHIEF FOR COORDINATING THIS AND GETTING THIS, UH, INFORMATION OUT.
WELL, I WANT TO THANK CAMERON AGAIN FOR GETTING ME IN TROUBLE WITH THE CORVETTE ABOUT LOOK AT THE POLICE CHIEF'S NEW CAR.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM TO SAY THAT.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT COM CONCLUDES THE POLICE REPORT.
UH, AND I DO HAVE SOME OTHER INFORMATION FOR YOU I WANNA GET INTO LATER INTO THE, UH, UH, INTO THE MEETING.
BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON REGARDING THIS, COUNSEL? ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THANK YOU CHIEF, AS ALWAYS.
UM, LOVE THE NOTES AND THE, THE REPORTS.
UH, THANK YOU AND THE GUYS AND AND GALS FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE OPEN POSITIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY APPLICANTS AT THE MOMENT? WE, WE HAVE ONE THAT I KNOW OF THAT'S, UH, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK IS GONNA MAKE IT OR HAS, OR THEY'VE ALREADY MAYBE NOT PASSED IT, IT ON THAT WASN'T GONNA MAKE IT CUZ THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE IN.
BUT I WANT TO, UH, LET, UH, COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THIS POSITION RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, UH, CUZ I THINK, UH, AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW, STAFFERS DOWN 12, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S DOWN 21 AND RECRUITING FROM THE ACADEMIES IS GETTING TOUGHER.
SO WHAT ALL THESE OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING IS THEY'RE STILL IN YOUR OFFICERS AND THEY'RE PAYING THEM WELL TO COME OVER TO THEIR AGENCY.
AND THAT'S THE COMPETITION THAT'S AT HAND RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, STAFFER COULDN'T FIND ANY, UH, CANDIDATES LOCALLY FROM OUR LOCAL ACADEMIES, JUST LIKE WE SEARCHED FOR, HAVE THE LIEUTENANT GO OUT.
AND WE HAVE OTHER OFFICERS THAT GO OUT AND TRY TO RECRUIT THAT.
THEY ACTUALLY DROVE THEMSELVES DOWN TO THE VALLEY AND WERE ABLE TO GET A COUPLE RECRUITS FROM THERE.
SO IT'S, UH, I I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
UM, BUT THE MARKET RIGHT NOW IS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
YEAH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT CHIEF.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S AN ISSUE.
WE HAD A MAYOR'S RETREAT AS YOU KNOW, ONE A WEEK AGO OR SO, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOPICS.
AND WE'RE ALL KIND OF SQUIRMING BECAUSE YOU, OUR CHIEFS ARE WORKING HARD.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
UM, SO ALL I CAN DO IS ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, KEEP IT UP AND PLEASE, AND KEEP YOUR EYES OUT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING FOR THE CHIEF? WE'RE DONE.
WE'RE CLIMBING THAT CORVETTE AND YES, SIR, WE'RE DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THIS EVENING WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, REPORT FROM OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, JENNIFER CABELLO.
AND SO JENNIFER, IF YOU WOULD, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, GET CLOSE, SPEAK LOUD.
UH, THIS IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT'S FIRST QUARTER REPORT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST PAGE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WERE 397 VIOLATIONS OPENED, AND 367 WERE CLOSED.
TOTAL WEEKENDS WORK WERE FIVE TOTAL CASES OPENED WERE 292 CASES CLOSED, 404 AND 12.
CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF JUNK COMMANDED VEHICLES.
TRASH VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, BANDIT SIGNS, DOG AT LARGE UNOCCUPIED BUILDING PERMITS NOT OBTAINED, AND NO PREMISES NUMBER VISIBLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE ADDED FOUR NEW SECTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL'S LAST MEETING REQUEST.
YOU'LL SEE THERE, THERE'S A MINUS INVALID CASE INITIATION TYPE VIOLATION, CLOSED TYPE AND ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.
THE MINUS INVALID ARE ASSEMBLY.
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED THAT WERE NOT VALID UPON INSPECTION AND THERE WERE 14 INVALID FOR THIS QUARTER.
MOVING ON, WE HAVE CASE INITIATION TYPE 245.
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WHERE I OBSERVED THE VIOLATION MYSELF.THAT'S WHERE THE HOMEOWNER, THE OCCUPANT OBVIOUSLY GOT IN COMPLIANCE 49 WERE FORCED, FORCED ABATEMENTS.
AND THAT REFERS TO ME PULLING THE SIGNS, HAVING LAWNS MODE IN ABATED, UH, PLACING A LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY OR CITATIONS BEING ISSUED.
THOSE ARE FORCED ABATEMENTS ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE 893 INSPECTIONS COMPLETED.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOTICES BEING THE DOOR HANGERS FIRST NOTICE OF VIOLATION, SECOND NOTICE OF VIOLATION, ANY NOTICE OF EXTENSION THAT WAS GRANTED, AND OR UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES NOTICE OF CITATION.
MOVING ON TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, THEY SUBMITTED TWO REPORTS DURING THIS QUARTER.
THE FIRST ONE WAS DATED OCTOBER.
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THERE WERE 10 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
ONE WAS A WARNING FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF A DOG, SIX IMPOUNDED.
THAT WAS ONE DOG AND FIVE POSSUMS AT THE SAME ADDRESS ON DIFFERENT DATES, $27 AND 50 CENTS PER POSSUM, AND THREE GONE ON ARRIVAL.
THE SECOND REPORT IS DATED NOVEMBER, 2022.
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, THERE WERE FOUR CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THAT SAME ADDRESS FOR FOUR POSSUMS ON DIFFERENT DATES.
JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE THE, THEY'RE NOT DOING A TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE, ARE THEY WITH THE POSSUMS? I DON'T THINK SO.
JUST, I MIGHT GONNA HAVE TO CALL AND ASK THOUGH.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE ON THE TOP, YOU'LL SEE THE FIVE TOP VIOLATIONS FOR THE QUARTER.
THERE WERE TRASH NEXT TO THE CURB, NOT ON A TRASH DAY.
BANDIT SIGNS WERE 51 GRASS AND WEEDS AND EXCESSIVE NINE INCHES WERE 40 TRASH CANS.
UM, RECYCLE BINS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET WERE 32 JUNK ABANDONED VEHICLES WERE 23.
THOSE JUNK AND ABANDONED VEHICLES WERE THE ONES THAT HAD, UM, THEIR REGISTRATIONS EXPIRED.
THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE ALSO WRECKED, INCLUDING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LAST TWO VIOLATIONS, UH, THERE'S A, I EQUALS A NUMBER THAT GOES BACK TO THE INVALID COUNT.
THREE OF THE TRASH CANS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET WERE INVALID.
AND THAT TOTAL ON THE RIGHT IS ALREADY TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
JENNIFER, IF I COULD JUST TO, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS CONFUSE ME.
SO YOU GOT, UH, OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 32, AND YOU HAVE AN I EQUALS THREE.
SO THAT MEANS A TOTAL OF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A TOTAL OF 35.
BUT THREE PEOPLE CALLED IN, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AND YOU WENT AND CHECKED THOSE OUT AND THERE WAS NOT A COMPLAINT TO BE HAD AT THAT ADDRESS AT THAT TIME, IS THAT RIGHT? NO VIOLATION, CORRECT.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, YOU YOU GOT THE FLOOR.
SO THE FINAL NOTE FOR THIS REPORT IS THAT THE GARAGE ON SCOTTSDALE NEEDING A STRUCTURAL PERMIT, THE OWNER REQUESTED AN EXTENSION TILL DECEMBER 1ST.
UM, THE DATE CAME AND WENT, NO PERMIT WAS OBTAINED, NO COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE OWNER.
SO A CITATION WAS ISSUED FOR NO PERMIT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS QUARTERLY REPORT.
JENNIFER, JUST TO CONFIRM ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, THE, THE GARAGE, YOU DID ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THAT OWNER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE CUZ THAT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE AND I JUST WANTED MAKE SURE WE'RE THERE.
COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR JENNIFER? UH, JENNIFER, I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH THIS REPORT, BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THIS IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSISTENCY AND YOUR MANAGE TO KEEP IN YOUR NUMBERS UP.
UH, SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S HOT, SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S COLD, SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S RAINY.
AND WE'LL SEE HOW YOU DO THIS THIS WEEK.
BUT
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT'S OUT OF THE WAY AND IT'S FOR THE, IT'S THE ONE Y'ALL BEEN WAITING ON, UM, ALL NIGHT.
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UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, A GOOD RELATIONSHIP FROM ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH OUR PUBLIC WORK SIDE AND OUR PD SIDE.AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, AGAIN AT THAT RETREAT.
UM, MAYOR, UH, WILLIS AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER MAYORS WERE WONDERING, WHAT, WHAT CAN THEY DO? HOW CAN THEY, UH, GET BETTER FIRE COVERAGE? CUZ THEY'RE SMALL CITIES THAT REALLY DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THE BURDEN OF A WHOLE FIRE, FIRE TRUCK.
UH, THAT'S STARTING AT COST US ABOUT 750,000 BUCKS.
UH, SO, UH, THEY PAID ATTENTION TO THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE WORK WITH, WITH THE CITY OF STAFFORD.
AND IT WAS, UH, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, COOPERATION BETWEEN MUNICIPAL, UH, ENTITIES.
UH, BUT THIS, THIS LAST, UH, DATE RANGE, UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 46 INCIDENTS, I'M SORRY, 45 INCIDENTS.
UM, 16 WERE MEDICAL ASSIST AND, UM, WITH EMS CREW, UH, SOME WERE, WERE JUST REVIEWED IN NOT NO ACTION TAKEN.
SEVEN WERE, THERE WAS ACTION TAKEN.
UH, YOU HAVE, UH, DISPATCHED AND CANCELED, UH, TYPE CALLS FOR 15.
OF THOSE 45 WERE THOSE, SO THEY'RE BUSY AND THEY ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY, UH, ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT.
UM, RESPONDING TO ALL TYPES OF CALLS.
UM, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU START ADDING THEM UP OVER THIS, OVER THE YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD A GRAND TOTAL OF 566 INCIDENTS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN EMS. UM, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT WAS, UH, THERE FOR A WHILE.
WE DID NOT HAVE EMS IN THIS CITY.
UM, AND WE MANAGED TO WORK WITH THE COOPERATION AND THE HELP OF, UH, CHIEF D CAMILLO OVER IN STAFFORD TO GET EMS HERE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
AND I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I'M THANKFUL FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR, UH, KEEPING HIM HERE.
AND, UH, IT IS JUST A, A BLESSING FOR THIS LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, FIRE AND EMS AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND OF THOSE 262 WERE MEDICAL ASSIST WITH THE EMS CREW.
SO THAT'S OUR PRIMARY, UH, CALL LOAD IS GOING TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES FOR, FOR EMS RATHER THAN FIRE.
UM, LET'S HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
ANYWAY, THAT'S, IT CONCLUDES THE FIRE REPORT.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON AND JUMP DOWN TO ITEM FOUR.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, STAFF MADE A CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT WE, UH, HANDLE, UH, THE CITY'S LONGEVITY PAY.
UH, AS A REMINDER, WE DO $5 A MONTH, UH, FOR FOLKS, UH, THAT CAN GET THAT LONGEVITY CHECK AFTER FIVE YEARS.
UM, BEFORE WE MADE THE CHANGE, THOSE WERE BASICALLY DOLED OUT ON EVERY PAYCHECK THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS MADE A CHANGE AND, AND GONE AHEAD AND, AND LUMP SUM THAT, UH, ON THE FIRST, UH, PAYCHECK OF DECEMBER.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS A GOOD CHANGE.
I KNOW STAFF APPRECIATES GETTING IT ALL AT ONCE IN DECEMBER.
AND, UM, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A RECOGNITION OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO MEADOW'S PLACE.
AND SO, UH, WE DID JUST, WE HAD 17 EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT JUST RECEIVED THOSE CHECKS.
AND, UH, WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HELPING OUT WITH THAT.
AND, UH, I KNOW IT WAS A NICE, UH, A NICE GESTURE, UH, TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT TENURE HERE.
UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CAMERON A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUT THE HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY FACILITIES.
UH, JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT.
UM, OF COURSE, THIS THURSDAY WE'LL BE, UH, CLOSING EARLY.
UH, WE WILL BE CLOSE ON FRIDAY AND ON MONDAY FOR THE HOLIDAY.
AND THEN, UH, THE 2ND OF JANUARY, THAT MONDAY, UH, FOR THE NEW YEAR WILL ALSO BE CLOSED, UH, ON THAT DAY AS WELL.
UH, SO WANTED TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.
UH, WANTED AS A REMINDER, UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO GET WITH YOU ON JANUARY 10TH.
UM, WE WANNA DO A WORKSHOP, UH, DISCUSS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND,
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AND, AND FI AND, AND SOME FINANCES.AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA PULL THAT TOGETHER AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET EVERYBODY, UH, IN THE ROOM, UH, FOR A MEETING.
THEN, UM, WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, BUT JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UM, FOR ME, ONE OF THE BEST GIFTS THAT I HAVE IS THIS AWESOME STAFF.
AND, UH, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO COME IN AND WORK WITH THESE FOLKS.
UM, AND I, I'M ABSOLUTELY SINCERE ABOUT THAT.
NOT EVERY ORGANIZATION, UH, IS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, TO COME IN AND AND HAVE A SMILE WHEN YOU WALK IN IS, IS AWESOME.
SO APPRECIATE THE STAFF, APPRECIATE YOU AS COUNCIL AND, UH, LOOK, LOOK FORWARD TO 2023.
THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE STAFF.
NICK, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT TOO, MAYOR.
UM, MAYOR, MAYOR DOESN'T CARE.
UM, BUT NO, IT'S, UH, IT'S A, A PLEASURE TO WORK HERE.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, BUT I WANT YOU TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT, UH, ONE O'CLOCK ON JANUARY 3RD.
UM, ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR? I, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT HERE JUST CUZ I FEEL LIKE TALKING.
I SAT IN THIS CHAIR WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY ADMINISTRATOR, AND I LISTENED TO OTHER MAYORS THAT HAD CITY MANAGERS AND CITY ADMINISTRATORS, AND I HAD COLLEAGUES WHO DID NOT.
FOR A LONG TIME, I FELT LIKE WE WERE OKAY, BUT THE WORLD STARTED MOVING FASTER.
PEOPLE STARTED GETTING A LITTLE PICKIER.
THINGS HAD TO BE A LITTLE MORE PRECISE AND A LITTLE MORE PROFESSIONAL.
UM, I FEEL LIKE BY MAKING THE DECISION COUNCIL TO BRING IN A CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO MEET THOSE GOALS WAS THE RIGHT DECISION.
AND FRANKLY, I THINK WE GOT PRETTY FORTUNATE IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR THAT WE'VE GOT.
SO WE ARE VERY WELL RESPECTED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I, I SAT AROUND A TABLE OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER MAYORS AND MEADOW'S PLACE WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OF.
UM, I HAD A STATE REPRESENTATIVE OUT OF, UH, WALLER COUNTY WHO HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT US AND FROM WHAT HE'D HEARD.
SO I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED AND PROUD OF THAT.
AND I, AGAIN, UP THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TRYING TO SET THE BAR HIGH AND THEN PUSH IT UP EACH AND EVERY DAY, I THINK, I THINK THEY'VE ACHIEVED IT.
AND I THANK YOUR GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP ON THAT HAS MEANT A LOT, NICK.
AND SO THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO MAYOR'S COUNSEL AND COMMENTS.
UM, SPEAKING OF STAFF, UH, ITEM MAY UNDER MAYOR'S, UH, MAYOR'S COMMENTS IS ONE, UH, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE COURTNEY RUTHERFORD, OUR CITY SECRETARY, HAS, UH, BEEN ELECTED TREASURER OF THE SALTGRASS CHAPTER OF COUNTY CLERKS OR WHATEVER.
IT'S, UM, THERE'S 80 MEMBERS IN THAT ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING 60 SOMETHING CITIES.
AND, UM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S SOME HIGH ACHIEVERS IN THERE, UM, AND THEY'RE ALL, ALL PRETTY, UH, PRETTY SMART PEOPLE AND THEY WERE SMART ENOUGH TO ELECT, UH, COURTNEY, UH, AS THEIR TREASURER.
UH, THAT'S A ONE YEAR, I BELIEVE, CORRECT, UH, THAT YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE TREASURER.
UM, SHE WAS SHOOTING FOR SORT OF HISTORIAN OR SOMETHING.
THEY WENT, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
UH, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MOVING UP THE LINE LADIES.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR, UH, FOR HER TO RECEIVE THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, SAY CONGRATULATIONS, COURTNEY, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME AND EFFORT ON YOUR PART THIS NEXT YEAR, UH, AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY, UH, GONNA REPRESENT, UH, THE CITY MEADOWS PLACE.
SO LET'S GIVE, UH, COURTNEY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
YOU DO HEAR SO MIGHT AS WELL THERE TOO.
UM, I WANT TO POINT OUT ITEM B IS A NEW WEBSITE.
UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT I'M POINTING OUT ON THAT IS, IS THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH BI OPIA.
UH, WE'LL START, UH, THE ACTUAL SIT DOWN WITH CAMERON AND, UH, ERIC OVER AT BI OPIA, AND THEY'LL START TO,
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UH, PUT TOGETHER, UH, WHAT OUR, OUR NEW WEBSITE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AT LEAST.
UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF SOME OF THE DEAD WOOD THAT'S THERE.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT, UH, HOPEFULLY EASIER TO USE, UH, MAKE THINGS WHERE THEY'RE NOT HIDING, UM, AND TO ALLOW FOR US TO UTILIZE ALL THE TECHNO TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE.
RIGHT NOW, OUR WEBSITE IS OLD AND THEY'VE GOT NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND CAMERON AND OTHERS TRY TO DO THINGS AND THEY CAN'T, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY'S TOO OLD.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THAT MOVE OR SHIFTING IT, UH, INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK.
AND CAMERON'S, UH, JUST A GUY FOR IT.
HE'S, UH, UH, LEARNED OUR WEBSITE, LEARNED WHAT WAS DONE, AND THEN, UH, AND WORKING WITH BE OPIA.
WE HAD, UH, CONFERENCE WITH THEM.
AND BOY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ON THE SINK.
SO, CAMERON, THANK YOU FOR PICKING THAT BALL UP AND RUNNING WITH IT.
UH, AND, UH, I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING IT WHEN WE ROLL OUT AND WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS ON HOW TO REVIEW IT AND EVERYTHING BEFORE WE PROCESS IT OUT.
AND AGAIN, THOSE THAT, UH, I'M LEAVING UP TO, UH, CAMERON TO ROLL THAT STUFF OUT IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UH,
AND, UH, WE'LL BE BACK IN, UH, PROBABLY MARCH AND SAY WE'RE GIVE YOUR PROGRESS REPORT.
HOW'S THAT? UH, COUNSEL COMMENTS? I SEE THEY'RE BOTH, UH, ALDERMAN RICK STALEY.
WELL, HE'S, HE'S IN THE POCONOS.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
ALDERMAN MILLS SAYS SHE'D BE HAPPY TO, ALL RIGHT, KELLY, WHAT HAVE WE GOT? NO, NOT A
WELL, LET ME TRY AND INTERPRET.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT.
I'M ALSO NOT A PROJECT MANAGER, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST IMPRESSION.
SO IF RICK WERE HERE, HE'D SAY, UM, IT'S A MESS.
SO ON DORRANCE, UH, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY WORK IS ONGOING.
UM, THE LAST WE HAD TALKED, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING A CHANGE ORDER TO EXTEND THEIR REQUESTED TIME TO FINISH THE PROJECT TO JANUARY 17TH.
WE ARE NOW HEARING FROM THE CONTRACTOR THAT THEY'RE GONNA BLOW BY THAT DEADLINE AS WELL.
OKAY? UM, WE STILL NEED INFORMATION FROM THEM AND WE'RE GATHERING IT, BUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US AN OFFICIAL, UM, REQUEST, UH, FOR AN EXTENSION, UM, ON, UH, THE COMPLETION DATE OF THE PROJECT.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW YET WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO, UH, WHEN THEY SUBMIT THAT TO US, IS ESSENTIALLY GIVE US SOME JUSTIFICATION AS TO WHY.
OKAY? SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS WHEN WE GET THAT LETTER FROM THEM AND, AND THAT LETTER WILL BE DRAFTED, UM, VERY DELIBERATELY, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REGROUP WITH OUR ENGINEER AND FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO FROM THERE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS AS A COUNCIL TO APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER THAT WOULD THEN, UH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A, A MODIFICATION TO THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? UM, TO GRANT THEM THAT EXTENSION.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO BE TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS, BUT, UH, JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STEADILY WORKING AND THE CITY'S DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY FOR THEM TO FINISH, UM, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE PUT US ON NOTICE THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN GONNA MEET JANUARY 17.
SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS GONNA GET DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL COMPLETION DATE WAS IN NOVEMBER, AS YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER.
UM, AND WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY, UH, REQUESTED THAT FIVE WEEK EXTENSION, UH, IT WAS BECAUSE OF SU SUPPLY DELAYS, UH, PRIMARILY.
UM, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH THIS SECOND ONE, UM, AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL I KNOW AT THIS TIME.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL WE CAN, WE CAN SAY FOR SURE.
UM, THE SECOND, UH, ITEM, UH, MOBILITY BOND, UM, THE, UH, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE BRIDGE AESTHETIC HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
SO THEY'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THEY ARE APPROACHING 90% COMPLETION ON THE DESIGN.
UH, WE ARE STILL CIRCLING
AND SO, UH, THE PERMIT THAT'S IN PROCESS WITH THEM RIGHT NOW, UH, HAS TO DO WITH THE BORING, GETTING THE BORING SAMPLES TO DO SOME OF THE WORK.
UH, THERE IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND NOT ONLY IS THERE AN APPLICATION FEE, BUT THERE IS A FEE PER BOAR.
AND SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED THAT FEE, UM, AND NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR, UH, RESPONSE, UH, FROM THERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THEM A $5,000 DEPOSIT ONCE WE GET THE, THE OKAY, UH, JUST FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE IS, UH, WHEN WE, WE GO AHEAD AND DO OUR BORING, UH, WE WILL STILL BE READY TO BID.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA WAS TO BID QUARTER ONE OF 2023.
UM, A LOT OF THAT SIMPLY, QUITE FRANKLY, GONNA DEPEND ON WIND CENTER POINT, CAN GET
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BACK TO US AND GIVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO START DOING OUR BORING.UM, SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO BUG THEM.
UM, I'M SURE RICK WOULD HAVE SOME WORDS OF WISDOM FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE ON CENTER POINT, WHICH I'M GONNA DEFER, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THE MOBILITY BOND.
SO, QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, CHERYL TEG, UH, ONE 16 DORRANCE, UH, 11 DORRANCE.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON DORRANCE.
UM, I HAD WRITTEN AN EMAIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORS AND THEIR COMPLAINTS.
UM, I SENT IT TO THE MAYOR TO NICK AND ALDI ALDERMAN AND I GOT NO RESPONSE FROM ANYONE.
AND, UM, UH, SEVERAL NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT CALLING, UM, A NUMBER OF YOU AND, UM, NOT GETTING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD.
UM, THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT, UH, I SEE ARE SAFETY ISSUES OF, UM, POOL DRAINS SUPPOSEDLY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO OUT TO THE STREET.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.
I DON'T HAVE A POOL, BUT NOW THEY ARE, UM, DRAINING OVER THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS CAUSING A MUDDY MESS.
AND THESE ARE SIDEWALKS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, ADA COMPLIANT FOR, UM, DISABLED PEOPLE.
AND THEY, UM, ARE GONNA BE FULL OF MUD AND, AND, UH, I'M AFRAID PEOPLE ARE GONNA FALL AND THERE'S GONNA BE ISSUES, UH, LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND, UH, ALSO THEY'RE, UM, NOT REALLY GIVING US ANYWHERE TO WALK SAFELY.
UM, I THINK I HEARD FROM THE LAST MEETING, OR A FEW MEETINGS AGO THAT WE PAID LIKE $3,500 FOR TEMPORARY SIDEWALKS TO BE PUT IN EACH SECTION.
I THINK THAT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY.
WE NEED TO GET OUR MONEY BACK.
I HAVE PICTURES HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE SIDEWALKS LOOK LIKE.
THEY'RE LEAVING REBAR, LAYING ON THEM, AND, UM, WOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I HAVE SEEN NO ONE USE THEM EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ONE TINY LITTLE SECTION THAT'S LIKE TWO BOARDS LONG AND THAT'S IT.
AND WHEN THEY DID PUT IT UP, I MEAN, JUST DIDN'T LOOK SAFE FOR WALKING ON EITHER.
UM, AND TO GET TO OUR HOMES, WE HAVE TO WALK OVER A MUDDY, SLIPPERY MESS THAT ALSO HAS OTHER, UM, THINGS TO WALK OVER WOOD WITH NAILS STICKING OUT OF THEM, UM, BOARDS AND, UH, REBARB AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS.
UM, AS FOR THE, UM, DRIVEWAYS, THEY JUST POURED OUR DRIVEWAY TODAY.
UM, IT MAY LOOK GOOD, BUT I COUNTED THE REBAR THAT WAS IN OUR, OUR EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
IT WAS 18 THINGS OF REBAR GOING THIS WAY.
AND WHEN THEY PUT IT IN, UM, THEY ONLY PUT 13 IN.
AND THE, UM, SIDEWALK SECTION HAS LESS REBAR PER THE AMOUNT OF, UM, FEET.
AND THE REBAR WAS LIKE WAY UP HIGH, CLOSE TO THE TOP BOARD, AND I THINK IT'S JUST MAY JUST POP OUT OF THERE.
SO, UM, AND ALSO THEY DID NOT POUND DOWN THE DIRT WHEN THEY DID THE ROADS.
THEY MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS GOOD AND FLAT.
THEY DID NOT DO THAT WITH OUR DRIVEWAYS AT ALL.
AND, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANDARD, UH, WORK.
IT'S NOT THE WAY THE DRIVEWAY WAS ORIGINALLY.
AND SO, UM, THEY DID NOT POUND DOWN THE DIRT, WHICH IS WHAT'S REALLY REQUIRED WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING IN CEMENT.
UM, SO MY HUSBAND HAD TO DO OUR DRIVEWAY HIMSELF SO THAT IT WAS DONE PROPERLY BECAUSE HE'S A PERFECTIONIST AND HE DOESN'T WANT ISSUES LATER.
BUT, UM, I'M AFRAID THAT THAT MAY CAUSE ISSUES WITH THE CITY LATER.
AT SOME POINT, IF PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR DRIVEWAYS, UM, THERE'S, UH, WORKERS PARKING IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS AND HAD PARKED ON PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT.
UM, TRASH BEING THROWN ALL OVER THE PLACE, UM, BY THE WORKERS AS WELL.
UM, AND PEOPLE DRIVING THE WRONG DIRECTION DOWN THE STREET, UM, INCLUDING THE WORKERS AND MAIL TRUCKS, DELIVERY TRUCKS, PEOP JUST NORMAL PEOPLE.
UM, THERE SHOULD BE SIGNS PUT UP.
AND I, THIS WAS ONE OF THE THING, MANY OF THESE THINGS I MENTIONED IN MY EMAIL, BUT, UM, THAT SAY NO THROUGH TRAFFIC BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOO FAST,
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IT'S UNSAFE.WE HAVE TO WALK AC ALL THE WAY ACROSS A MUDDY MASS TO GET TO OUR, UM, TAKING OUR TRASH AND RECYCLING OUT AND GETTING TO OUR MAIL.
AND, UM, IT'S UNSAFE ALREADY, LET ALONE HAVING PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE WRONG DIRECTION THAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR.
UM, WE HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE ON OUR STREET AND IT'S JUST NOT A SAFE SITUATION FOR ANY, ANY OF US WHO CAN EVEN WALK RIGHT.
LET ALONE THE OLDER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY.
UM, SO I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THOSE THINGS I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT.
AND THERE'S SOME NOTES ON THE PICTURES.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL OF MY, UM, THINGS.
I THOUGHT I HAD RE RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL.
IT WAS QUITE LENGTHY AND IT TOOK ME A TIME TO I KNOW THROUGH IT.
AND I, AND, AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT, UH, TO ANYBODY THAT'S HERE OR LISTENING WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER OR, UH, WITH NICK, IF YOU CAN LIMIT IT TO ONE THING, IT ALLOWS US TO RESPOND IF I'VE GOT NINE THINGS, BUT I CAN ONLY RESPOND TO ONE, I'M NOT GONNA RESPOND UN UNTIL I GET THROUGH TRACKING BECAUSE IT JUST CONFUSES THE SITUATION.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I, I'M STILL NOT SURE THAT I, BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT.
I LOOKED TODAY FOR QUITE A WHILE AND, AND, UM, I WOULD, I'M, I'M SO SORRY BECAUSE I USUALLY TRY TO RESPOND TO THOSE.
UM, BUT IF YOU WOULD, AND I'M, THIS IS, DO YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE BREAK YOURS DOWN, GET IT DOWN TO A RESPONDENT.
LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THINGS ON SAFETY, MAYBE YOU COULD LUMP THOSE TOGETHER, BUT MORE THAN THAT, IT GETS TOO CUMBERSOME AND IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR US TO TRY TO TRACK DOWN THINGS.
IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD HELP US HELP YOU, IT'D BE GREAT.
UM, I KNOW YOU LIVE AT WHAT, 116 11 DORMS? MM-HMM.
THAT WORD WAS HANDED TO ME BY RICK STALEY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN THERE.
AND I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN IT.
UM, AND, AND I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME KIND OF A WORD TO, TO, TO, TO DEAL WITH WITH THE PUBLIC MM-HMM.
AND HE SAID, CHARLIE, IT'S GONNA BE A MESS AND IT'S GONNA STAY THAT WAY UNTIL IT'S FINISHED.
AND THEN WE'LL CLEAN UP AND THEN IT'LL BE GREAT TILL THEN IT'S GONNA BE A MESS.
IT STILL GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN WHEN I SIT DOWN THERE AND SAY, WELL, IT'S GONNA BE A MESS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WILL BE TILL IT'S DONE.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU.
UM, IF IT GIVES YOU ANY CONSOLATION, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE DONE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE GOING, WELL, HOW COME SHE GOT HER STREET DONE? CUZ IT'S GONNA BE NICE.
AND YOU GOT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE WIDER SIDEWALKS.
UH, YOU, AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE IT'S FINISHED OVER THERE AFTER RAIN, YOU USED TO HAVE SEVERAL BIRD BATHS.
A COUPLE OF 'EM ARE PRETTY BIG RIGHT IN THAT AREA, AND YOU GOT NONE NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THE QUALITY OF THE WORKMANSHIP ON BOTH SIDES, WE'LL WORK AND WE'LL HAVE THAT TYPE OF QUALITY, UH, ROADWAY WHEN WE FINISHED CHERYL.
SO, UH, I I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.
YOU WANT TO GIVE THOSE, UH, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS HERE TO COURTNEY? UH, SHE'LL COLLECT 'EM FOR YOU.
AND ALSO, LIKE ON OUR STREET, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FLOODING ISSUES, LIKE WHEN IT COME TO THE HURRICANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR STREET REALLY DIDN'T FLOOD.
AND SO, UM, THE ISSUE NOW IS LIKE, ARE THE POOLS GOING TO FLOOD, UM, HAVE FLOODING ISSUES BECAUSE THE DRAINS ARE NOT GOING OUT TO THE STREETS? WELL, THE POOLS ARE A DIFFERENT ISSUE.
POOL OWNERS ARE, SHOULD NEVER EVER BE PUMPING IT OUT INTO THE STREET.
NO, I'M JUST TALKING LIKE WHEN IT RAINS A LOT.
AND THE POOLS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE THEREFORE WHEN THE POOL GETS TOO MUCH RAINWATER IN IT SO THAT THAT RAINWATER HAS SOMEWHERE TO GO, SO IT'S NOT FLOODING THEIR BACKYARDS AND THEN IT'S IT'S GONNA BE GOING OVER THE STREETS AND CAUSING PROBLEMS THAT'S DRAIN WITHIN THEIR BACKYARD.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DON'T, I'M NOT FOR, I DON'T HAVE A POOL EITHER.
SO, UM, YEAH, POOL OWNERS WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AND COME UP WITH THEIR OWN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. I MEAN, AND EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
THE WAY THE WHOLE CITY WAS MADE WAS DESIGNED TO RUN FROM FRONT YARD TO THE BACK IN 99.9% OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU MEAN THE BACKYARD TO FRONT?
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WHAT'D I SAY, FRONT TO BACKUM, SO ANYWAY, THESE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION AS FAR AS THE POOLS ARE CONCERNED.
UM, BUT ALL THE REST OF 'EM, I MEAN, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE AND UH, I THINK YOU ILLUSTRATE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT OF TRYING TO LOOK AFTER YOUR NEIGHBOR.
UH, SO IT'S A GOOD MEETING TO HAND THIS STUFF IN ON CHERYL.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND IF THAT'S IT, JUST HAND YOUR STUFF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE, UH, WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT NICK'S COMMENTS? NO.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
PROJECT, EXCUSE ME, TERRY, DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ON THE PROJECT? LIKE NOW OR I COULD, I COULD HAVE WAITED LATER RIGHT NOW? NO, IF YOU'RE, IF IT'S ABOUT THE PROJECT, THAT'S THE PROJECT.
NOW'S THE PLA NOW'S THE TIME AND PLACE.
WHO ARE YOU? WHO AM I? AND DO YOU REALLY LIVE IN, OH, YOU KNOW WHO I AM? TERRY HENLEY 1, 2, 2 0 3 AUSTIN DRIVE.
NOW SHER RAISED SOME ISSUES AND THERE'S ALWAYS SAFETY CONCERNS AND LIKE HE SAID, IT'S A MESS AND IT'S JUST MAYBE PLAYING A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO THE BOARDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A MESS UNTIL IT'S FINISHED.
MINE HAS TO DO SPECIFICALLY ON THE SIDE THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY BEEN FINISHED.
THE FIRST ONE IS 1 15 10 DORRANCE.
AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND PROBABLY, UH, FINISH THIS UP AND SEND AN EMAIL TO PROBABLY CHARLIE AND THE, AND THE RICK AND UH, MAYBE WHOEVER WANTS IT.
THE ISSUE IS ON THIS PARTICULAR ADDRESS IS THE SIDEWALK AND THE DRIVEWAY, WHEN THEY POURED A SIDEWALK, THEY MADE IT ABOUT SIX INCHES LOWER THAN THE OLD SIDEWALK.
AND NOW THE DRIVEWAY FROM THE SIDEWALK UP TO THE HOUSE DON'T MEET.
IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, A GAP IN IT.
AND THE REST OF THE DRIVEWAYS, THEY SEEM TO DO OKAY, BUT THIS ONE, THEY JUST SCREWED IT UP BIG TIME.
THE ACTUAL SUPERINTENDENT HAS SAID HE WILL ADDRESS IT AND TRY TO CORRECT IT, BUT IT WOULD NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE IF THEY'D PUT THE SIDEWALK BACK THE SAME LEVEL IT WAS WHEN THEY TORE IT OUT.
SO IT'S CREATED A, YOU KNOW, ELEVATION ISSUE AND SLOPE FROM THE YARD DOWN TO THE SIDEWALK AS WELL AS THE DRIVEWAY.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE ISSUES THERE.
OKAY, WELL WE'VE GOT THE ADDRESS NOTED, TERRY.
THE NEXT ONE IS 1,514 DORRANCE.
FOR SOME REASON, THEY PUT THE MANHOLE COVER FOR THE STORM SEWER UP IN THE, UH, IN, IN SUSAN HOOD'S YARD.
TERRY, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ADDRESS THAT? WELL, IF, IF, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ADDRESS THAT, TERRY? WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T I ADDRESS IT? LEMME TELL YOU.
WELL THE REASON THEY PUT THAT IN SUSAN HOOD'S YARD RIGHT WHERE IT WAS IS BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE THAT MANHOLE WAS.
WHEN, WHEN IT GOT COVERED UP WITH DIRT AND GRASS.
YOU'RE SAYING BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, PROBABLY THERE WAS ONE THERE ALL ALONG, PROBABLY SOMETHING AROUND 50 YEARS AGO.
WELL I, AT LEAST IN TALKING WITH SUSAN'S DAUGHTER, THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF IT.
AND WHEN THEY UNCOVERED THE DIRT, THEY REALIZED THAT A MANHOLE COVER THERE AND THEY WONDER WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
WELL, AND, AND TERRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT NICK'S HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AS, UH, WITH SUSAN, AS HAVE I AND THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS.
THEY THOUGHT WE COULD JUST MOVE IT.
WELL, WE CAN'T BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING DOWN THERE EX UH, I MEAN THE, THE, THE MANHOLE COVER NEEDS TO GO RIGHT WHERE IT IS.
UM, SO THEY'VE GONE OUT AND REDONE AND THEY'RE GONNA ADJUST THE BRICK TO MAKE THE WALL AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH SUSAN AND SHE SO YOU'RE SAYING FROM OF THE BEGINNING THERE WAS AN EASEMENT THERE TO ALLOW 'EM TO HAVE A MANHOLE COVER IN THE FRONT YARD? YEP.
WE'RE DOWN THE STREET AT, UH, UH, 1 1614.
THE MANHOLE COVERS ON THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
SO, AND, AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT COULDN'T BE IN THE SIDEWALK THERE AT 100 1514.
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ISN'T IT WOULD'VE NOW IF THERE'S AN EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT ALLOWS 'EM TO USE THAT, THEN THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE.BUT IF THERE ISN'T AN EASEMENT, THEN THERE'S AN ISSUE EASEMENT.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
AND THE MANHOLE THAT WAS RAISED, UH, IS ALL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS WHAT THE, THE MANHOLE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS RAISED YES, UH, IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THE OLD MANHOLE WAS COVERED IN A LOT OF DIRT, SO THAT JUNCTION BOX UNDERNEATH IS STILL THERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT HAD TO CONNECT.
IF WE WOULD'VE MOVED THAT MANHOLE INTO THE SIDEWALK, YOU GOTTA MOVE THE WHOLE JUNCTION A BIT MORE INVASIVE AND A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
CUZ IT WOULD'VE CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA.
SO IT HAD TO STAY RIGHT THERE.
AND THEY KNEW THAT MANHOLE WAS THERE, AND I KNOW MS. HOOD HAS BEEN TALKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
AND SO SHE, UM, IN FACT, LAST I HEARD WAS THAT THEY CAME WITH A WORKABLE SOLUTION.
SO THE CONTRACTOR'S BEEN SPEAKING WITH HER, AND SO SHE'S TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW TO PUT IT BACK AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THE WAY THAT IT WAS PUT IN THERE IS THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE PUT IN THERE.
AND THAT MANHOLE WAS ALWAYS THERE.
I'VE GOT, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE IN
IT'S OLD AND RUSTY, BUT IT'S UNDER ABOUT A FOOT OF DIRT.
BUT IT IS, UH, UH, SEEMED LIKE A, A RAISE A LOT HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST.
SO IT HAD OF COURSE TO BE IT, IT, AND TERRY, WE DID THAT TO ACCOMMODATE HER YARD SO SHE COULD HAVE THAT DECORATIVE WALL IN FRONT.
WELL, IT JUST BROUGHT UP, AND OF COURSE, TUCK WASN'T, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF US BUSTING OUR TAIL TO MAKE OUR CITIZENS HAPPY.
AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE NOW THE THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS THAT WE HAVE ON THIS LIVE STREAM, THAT'S GOOD.
BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS WEREN'T AWARE OF IT.
THEY JUST SHOW, WELL, WHAT'S THAT DOING THERE? LIKE THEY DIDN'T.
THAT'S BASICALLY IT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 1, 1 51 OH HAS GOTTA BE ADDRESSED CAUSE OF THE, THE SIDEWALK AND THE WAY THE SIDEWALK MEETS, UH, THE DRIVEWAY.
AND, AND THE THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID HE WILL ADDRESS IT.
WELL WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE DONE BEFORE JANUARY 17TH.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALLOW COMMENTS ON THIS STUFF WHILE WE HAVE OPEN COMMENTARY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF AND FOR FOLKS TO COME DOWN HERE AND ADDRESS COUNSEL DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF ON A BACKDOOR BLOG OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
TERRY, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? NO.
MOVING ON TO ITEM D, REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, ITEM ONE, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION, UH, 2022 DASH 45 APPOINTING, UH, THREE DIRECTORS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR A TERM COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
UM, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THE CITY OF COUNCIL, CITY MEADOWS PLACE THAT BOB GRAFF, BRIAN FRAME, AND I CAN'T READ THIS LAST NAME.
OH, TERRY HENLEY, UH, OUR ARE APPOINTED, I'M SORRY, TERRY, I COULDN'T RESIST, ARE, UH, APPOINTED AS DIRECTORS OF MEADOWS PLACE FOUR B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION TO SERVE FOR TWO YEAR TERM TO THE END OF DECEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, OR UNTIL, UH, SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED.
UM, COUNSEL, I NEED A MOTION TO POINT THOSE FOLKS TO EDC, MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT.
SECOND BY GUY ON THE END DOWN THERE.
THERE'S NO USE OF LOOKING DOWN THERE.
ANY, ANY OPPOSED? MOST CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, I WANT TO SAY TO BOB WHO'S WATCHING, UH, TO BRIAN AND TO TERRY, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
UM, I'VE MET, UH, HERE IN THE LAST, LAST MONTH, WELL, SEVERAL MAYORS AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND, UM, WE PLAY WELL WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, COUNSEL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 46 APPOINTING TWO COMMISSIONERS
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TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR TERM COMMENCING IMMEDIATELY UPON THIS RE RESOLUTION AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.NOW THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED BY CITY COUNCIL CITY MEADOWS PLACE THAT MATT ALMAR AND MEREDITH SMITH ARE HEREBY APPOINTED AS COMMISSIONERS TO THE MEADOWS PLACE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO SERVE FOR TWO YEARS, THE END OF DECEMBER, 2030 FIRST, 2024.
WE HAVE A TWO MEMBERS TO BE NOMINATED.
SO DAVID IS, UH, MADE THE MOTION.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, BOY, IF I TELL YOU WHAT, UH, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT HERE.
UM, OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND MYSELF, UH, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PAST MONTH WITH SEVERAL FOLKS, SOMETIMES THE SAME FOLKS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, AND PLANNING ZONING HAS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN OUR POSITIONING.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE ON THAT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT CARE ABOUT OUR CITY.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2022 DASH 57, SETTING THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY 23RD, 2023 AT 6:30 PM UH, MEADOWS PLACE, CITY HALL ONE, TROY AND DRIVE IN MEADOWS PLACE SAYS THE DI DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CHAPTER 1 53, UH OH, 74 OF SPECIAL OFF STREET, OFF STREET PARKING, UM, UH, HERE IN THE CITY.
WHAT, WHERE I'M, I LOST O STREET PARKING REGULATIONS.
SO COUNCIL, ALL WE'RE DOING IS, UH, UH, SETTING A DATE OF, UH, JANUARY 24TH TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, TO HAVE A MOTION MOVE.
THAT'S THE REGULATIONS THAT, UH, UH, JUST THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO DEAL WITH ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR PARKING REGULATIONS.
WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS POSSIBLE CHANGING.
AND THE GREAT THING FOR YOU TO DO, CHERYL, REALLY SERIOUSLY, IS TO BE AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU WANT TO, UH, CHECK THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AHEAD OF TIME, IT'S KIND, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND I'M GONNA VOLUNTEER, UH, JENNIFER BEHIND YOU, UH, CUZ SHE DEALS WITH THEM OR COURTNEY RUTHERFORD RIGHT HERE THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
NOW NOT FLIPPANT, THAT'S WHAT OUR CHAPTER 1 53 IS.
ZONING ORDINANCE, OFF-STREET PARKING, IN OTHER WORDS, NOT IN THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 2022 DASH 58 AMENDING, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 20, OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $26,910 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO LINE ITEM ONE ZERO DASH OH FOUR DASH 5 66 0 0.
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT THE COMMUNITY SYSTEM CENTER.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT A SUMMARY ON THAT SOMEWHERE, AND I AM LOOKING FOR IT.
UH, IF Y'ALL COUNSEL, IF YOU'LL LOOK, UH, THIS WAS APPROVED BY US IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
IT DIDN'T GET DONE OR CARRYING THE MO MONEY FORWARD THIS FISCAL YEAR AND JUST REAPPROPRIATING INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE MONEY? MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KURT? SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE ADDITION OF TWO SURPLUS POLICE VEHICLES TO THE CITY FLEET.
UH, THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, UH, BUT IT WAS, UH, POINTED OUT THAT, UH, IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS ROLLED THESE SURPLUS
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VEHICLES OFF, SOLD 'EM, GOTTEN RID OF 'EM, AND WE HAVEN'T INCREASED OUR FLEET.UH, THIS TIME WE HAD SOMEBODY SCREAMING FOR MORE VEHICLES.
UM, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UH, UH, JUST REQUESTED OR REQUIRED OF CHIEF TO NOT SELL 'EM AND TO MOVE THEM FORTH.
AND UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE TRYING TO, UH, PUT ONE INTO PARKS, TWO OF 'EM, INTO PARKS.
WHAT? ONE OF 'EM GOES TO JENNIFER.
UH, CUZ JENNIFER'S IS GONNA GO TO PARKS ASSUMING EVERYTHING WORKS RIGHT.
SO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I JUST SAID? WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE KEEP TO ADD TWO VEHICLES TO OUR FLEET? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY KELLY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
NOW I'M GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE SINCE WE HAVE JUST HEARING THAT AND I'M GOING TO THANK THE CHIEF.
HE'S GIVEN Y'ALL, UH, GIVEN US A BUNCH OF DATA AND HE HAS REALLY RUN SOME DATA OUT.
UM, AND YOU SEE THERE ON ONE OF 'EM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA CUZ WE WEREN'T KEEPING THE DATA THE SAME WAY THE CHIEF DOES.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE ALL DOING THAT, UH, ROD GETS A TICKET, FOR INSTANCE, AND HE HANDS IT RIGHT IN TO THE PD WHO RUNS THIS WHOLE SECTION.
UM, AND NOW PARKS IS DOING THAT AND UM, WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND PEOPLE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, RESULTS OF HOW WE KNOW HOW MUCH PER MILE OUR VEHICLES COST TO OPERATE WHEN WE HAVE PD VEHICLES, WHEN WE KNOW THEY GET UP TO BE 27, 20 9 CENTS, IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING AT ROLL THEM OVER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME THAT ARE 17, 11 AND 4 CENTS AND THAT FOUR MAY BE A LITTLE LIGHT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TRACKING IT THE SAME WAY WE DO ON ALL THE REST.
SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT AS WE LOOK IN THERE, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK THIS, FOLLOW THIS, AND KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AND, AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO GET THIS SETTLED AND GET UH, UH, GET THESE VEHICLES MOVED IN.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THAT.
UH, DO WE HAVE A, A THRESHOLD AT SOME POINT FOR NON-POLICE VEHICLES WHERE IT REACHES A CERTAIN COST PER MILE THAT WE'RE GOING TO IT'S NOT PREDETERMINED, DAVID.
BUT THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU GUYS.
UM, I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS VISIBILITY AND APPROVAL AUTHORITY ON THE FACTORY KNOWING THAT THAT VERY THING IS COMING OKAY, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T BUDGET TO MAINTAIN WHAT ESSENTIALLY IS TWO MORE VEHICLES CORRECT, UM, IN THE FLEET.
AND SO IT MAY BE THAT IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WE NEED TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO, YOU KNOW, HELP GET US THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES BY TWO.
OKAY? IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR US TO OBVIOUSLY RECEIVE, DO A LITTLE BIT OF MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH VEHICLES.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR IS THAT IT'S NOT ONE IN, ONE OUT, IT'S, WE'RE ACTUALLY KEEPING TWO VEHICLES AND INCREASING THAT FLEET BY TWO OVER ON THE ADMIN SIDE.
SO I WANTED YOU GUYS TO HAVE SOME, UH, SOME VISIBILITY ON THAT.
NO, I'D SAY THIS IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO TRACK AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT IN DOING THIS.
I THINK IT, BUT AGAIN, FOR ME IT'S THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, IF THESE TWO VEHICLES ARE NO LONGER ECONOMICALLY OPERABLE, WE'LL HAVE THE RECORDS TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE REACHING A CERTAIN POINT.
AT THAT POINT, WE'LL HAVE A POLICY OR SOMEBODY WILL HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS, HEY, IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF THESE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER USEFUL, THEY'RE COSTLY.
OR DAVID ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN GOES, I WANT A NEW CAR, WE CAN GO, WELL, LET'S SEE.
YOURS IS STILL ONLY COSTING US 12 CENTS.
NOPE, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA DRIVE IT TILL THE DIES.
SO THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THAT INFORMATION AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
UM, WITH THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SHUFFLING THIS, UH, TOMORROW DISCUSSION IN ITEM NUMBER SIX, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION REGARDING ESTATE SALE, DURATION AND SIGNAGE IN THE CITY.
UM, COUNCIL, WE MADE SOME CHANGES IN OUR, UM, GARAGE SALE ORDINANCES.
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS WE AS A COUNCIL COLLECTIVELY, UM, DECIDED TO, UH, ADD ESTATE SALES AND SEPARATE THEN WE HAD SOMEBODY COME UP AND HOLD AN ESTATE SALE IN THE CITY.
JUST WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO, JENNIFER?
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AND THEY DID IT RIGHT? UH, THEY HELD IT FOR A WEEK.THEY PUT THEIR SIGNS OUT EVERY DAY.
BOY, I WAS MATTERING THE WET HEN WHEN I SAW FIRST COMING OUT AND SAID, I BET YOU YOU HAD SOMEBODY WITH A GARAGE SIGN HOOKED UP.
SO WELL, IT WASN'T, IT WAS A REAL ESTATE SALE.
NOW YOU CALL COUNSEL THAT THEY CAN HAVE ONE AT THAT HOUSEHOLD FOR THAT OWNER.
BUT WHAT CAME UP TO ME AND REALLY GOT ME TO WORRYING IT, AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS UP CAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, IS WE DIDN'T PUT ANY TIME LIMIT TO AN ESTATE SALE.
SOMEBODY WANTED TO, THE WAY WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW, THEY COULD COME OUT ON JANUARY 3RD, GET THE PERMIT FOR AN ESTATE SALE AND END IT ON DECEMBER 23RD.
AND WE'RE NOT, WE GOT NO SAYING THAT'S NOT WHAT WE INTENDED, BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE SIT NOW.
SO I WANTED TO THROW IT BACK UP TO COUNCIL AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO, DO ANYTHING WITH IT TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST GET THE BALL ROLLING.
UM, AND SAY, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT SOME SORT OF A TIMEFRAME THAT YOU CAN HOLD, UH, AN ESTATE SALE MANY TIMES THERE ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS OR ONE WEEKEND.
OKAY? UM, I'VE DONE SOME CHECKING AROUND AND, AND, UH, I, I WAS RAISED UP, WELL, I HAD COUNTRY KEN FOLKEN WHEN THEY HAD AN ESTATE SALE THAT ALSO INCLUDED FARMS AND FARM ANIMALS AND FARM IMPLEMENTS.
AND THEY HELD, UH, AUCTIONS AND PRICE DOWNS THAT DAY.
AND PEOPLE OPENED, THEY OPENED UP THE HOUSE, PEOPLE WALKED IN.
IF IT HAD A TAG ON IT, IT WALKED OUT.
AND THAT'S HOW GARAGE, UH, AN ESTATE SALE WORKS.
CUZ YOU REMEMBER THEY CAN'T PUT IT OUT ON THE GARAGE OR OUT ON THE DRIVEWAY.
SO COUNSEL, I, I'M THROWING THIS UP, I'D LIKE TO PUT SOME SORT OF A, A STOP ON THE LIMIT OF TIME THEY COULD HAVE AN ESTATE SALE.
ANYBODY'S THOUGHTS? YEAH, I THINK WE ADDRESSED THE FREQUENCY AND WE GOT THAT RIGHT ONE, ONE TIME.
I THINK IT WAS CALENDAR YEAR WE'RE MOVING FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT IT WAS, SO IT WOULDN'T BE A YEAH, CONTINUAL THING.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT THE DURATION.
I THINK I DIDN'T, I I WOULD, I WOULD SAY A WEEK.
AGAIN, IF IT'S ONE TIME AND, AND YOU'RE GONNA DO IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA WORK IT OR SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE THERE TO DO IT.
SO, UH, TO ME IT'S NOT OUT ANYWHERE.
IT'S SOMEBODY GOING INTO THE HOUSE AND LEAVING THAT, LEAVING THAT WINDOW LONG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING.
FIVE DAYS SEEMS A LITTLE LONG IN, IN MY MIND.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I DON'T, I DON'T DO ESTATE SALES.
UM, TYPICALLY WHAT I SEE IS THREE DAYS I THINK.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR IT FROM ANYONE ELSE.
AND, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY, AND, AND THIS CAME OUT IN OUR ORIGINAL DISCUSSION, MOST OF THEM, THEY COME UP IN ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT OVER, IT GOES EITHER DIRECTLY TO GOODWILL OR SOME CHARITY OR IT GOES INTO THEIR TRUCK MORE THAN LIKELY TO THEIR AUCTION HOUSE.
OKAY? UM, BUT THE HOUSE IS IN CLEARED WHEN WE HAVE FAMILY RUNNING IT, THEY'RE, THAT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE ACCESS TO THAT.
THAT'S NOT ON US, THAT'S ON THEM.
AND SO THEY GOTTA SELL IT IN A HURRY.
UM, JENNIFER, HOW LONG DID THAT ONE RUN? THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.
KELLY, YOU GOT ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS? CUZ YOU'RE NICER THAN I AM.
I AND ARE YOU NOT TALKING THROUGH YOUR MICROPHONE TO STAY SECRET OR, OKAY.
THREE TO FIVE DAYS IS USUALLY LIKE ESTATE SALES.COM.
IF YOU GO LOOK AT 'EM ONLINE, THEN YOU GO TO, UM, SO WE'VE GOT A THREE OR A THREE TO FIVE.
DAVID THE FIVE DAYS, DO WE WANT TO SAY WHICH? FIVE DAYS? I DON'T THINK SO.
I, AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE DO FIVE NOW AND IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, WE CAN ALWAYS ADDRESS IT LATER.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU 14 HOURS, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY, SO COUNSEL, IF, IF WE DOES ANYONE
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WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS? YES.THERE'S THAT PROFESSIONALISM, SIR.
AMEND THIS, UM, ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE A DURATION, NOT TO EXCEED FIVE DAYS, FIVE CONTINUOUS DAYS.
WE'LL BRING AN ORDINANCE BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING, OKAY? FIVE DAYS, CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
I'M GLAD YOU PUT THAT IN CUZ SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO IT ON JANUARY 1ST, FEBRUARY 8TH, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT.
I'M, I'M KIND OF A THREE DAY GUY ON THIS.
YEAH, BUT I CONSIDERED IF IT'S ALL PROFESSIONALS, I KNEW IF IT'S GONNA BE PROFESSIONALS, I'D HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THREE DAYS.
IF A FAMILY'S GONNA HAVE TO BE HANDLING IT, IT MIGHT TAKE 'EM THREE DAYS TO GET IT TOGETHER.
SO, UM, COUNSEL, WE ARE HERE NOW.
MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION BY KELLY SECOND BY, WAS THAT DAVID? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE OF THAT, KAREN, THAT CONSENT AGENDA IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? THE NEXT ITEM IS G ADJOURNED.
AND WITH NO OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.