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I, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
[City Council Meeting]
EVENING EVERYONE.THIS IS A MEADOWS PLACE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
IT IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM WE ARE CALLING THIS TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCING THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PL PRESENT.
YOU SEE TWO OF 'EM OVER THERE AND, OH, THERE HE IS.
WE HAVE, UH, KELLY, UH, RICK AND KURT HERE.
UM, TIA IS OUT OF TOWN IN AUSTIN, WORKING HARD FOR THE CITY.
AND, UM, UH, DAVE MERTON'S, UM, LAST I CHECKED, HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.
HE CRASHED HIS BIKE, SO WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GONNA SHOW UP HERE OR NOT, SO JIMMY, KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, B IS PROCLAMATION.
SO WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE, AND I'M REALLY TICKLED TO DEATH THAT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ONE HERE.
UM, AND THAT'S A PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING JERRY BROWNMAN.
JERRY, WOULD YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? SORRY.
UM, I DON'T GET TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF THAT, THINGS LIKE THIS, AND I'M ALWAYS HONORED WHEN I CAN AND THEY MEAN A LOT TO ME BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, WE'RE HONORING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY ONE SQUARE MILE IN CASE Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LOT GOES ON HERE SOMETIMES, BUT BOY, THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL ONE.
WE HAVE TONIGHT A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF THE MEADOWS POLICE, POLICE SERGEANT, UH, JERRY BROWNLEY, AND I'VE GOT A FEW EZS AND ARE THEREFORE, SO PAY ATTENTION AS WE GO THROUGH THESE.
UM, WHERE AS SERGEANT JERRY BROWNLEY HAS BEEN WITH THE MEADOWS POLICE DE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, 1995, SERVING OUR CITY FAITHFULLY PRO, PROVIDING 27 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND TO THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT CHIEF STEWART AND I SAT DOWN THERE AND PUT THIS TOGETHER AND IT WAS A, A LITTLE BIT, UH, TOUGH BECAUSE THE FIRST DRAFT WAS 17 PAGES.
JERRY, WE HAD TO GET IT DOWN TO A FEW, A FEW LESS WHERE ASS.
BUT I WANT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW, THE CHIEF WAS, UH, BRILLIANT, REALLY INSISTENT ON, ON TRYING TO MAKE THIS REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COM CAREER SERGEANT JERRY BROWNLEY HAS PERFORMED A MYRIAD OF TASKS FOR THE CITY, GUARDING OUR COURTS, AND WORKING HIMSELF INTO THE POSITION OF GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.
AND WHEREAS SERGEANT JERRY BRANDLEY HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES AWARDS, RECOMMENDATIONS, COMMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, AND WHEREAS HE IS TIRELESSLY ENGAGED IN A NEVER-ENDING SEARCH TO TRY TO FIND, APPLY FOR AND SECURE FUNDING FROM AN ELEC ECLECTIC ARRAY OF GRANTS.
AND WHEREAS HIS EFFORTS TO SECURE GRANTS HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR CITY'S EFFORTS TO CREATE AFIN FINANCIAL CONDUIT WITH WHICH TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY.
AND WHEREAS SERGEANT JERRY BROWNLEY DURING HIS AS ASSIGNMENT AS OUR GRANT'S ADMINISTRATOR HAS ACQUIRED $1,601,500 IN GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE GREATLY BENEFITED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY, OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE PROCLAIMED THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE MEADOWS PLACE POLICE CHIEF GARY STEWART, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR DO HEREBY OFFICIALLY EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND OUR APPRECIATION AND RECOGNIZE HIS NOBLE EFFORTS IN MAKING OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
AND THUS, DUE TO DECLARE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023, SERGEANT JERRY BROWNLEY DAY
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IN THE CITY OF MEADOW'S PLACE.LET'S GIVE HIM A GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WHAT YOU DOING OVER THERE? THESE ARE THE TWO IMPORTANT THANKS,
THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO LIKE BEING IN THE POSITION OF MAYOR, CUZ I GET TO HEAR LITTLE THINGS WHEN THE CHIEF COMES OVER AND GOES, WE GOT ANOTHER $32,000 WORTH OF GRANT RIGHT HERE.
I KNOW THAT WAS EXCITING FOR YOU, MAYOR, BUT YOU WANNA BACK UP TO A
SO NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE INVOCATION
UM, AND JERRY, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY SAT NOW, WHY DON'T YOU TO STAND BACK UP AND GIVE US SOME PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND IT'LL BE FOREVER RECORDED THAT YOU GAVE, LED US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND, UH, JIMMY FEN WILL LEAD US IN THE, UH, INVOCATION THANK YOU, RICK PLEDGE OF TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR PRAY.
THANK YOU SO US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
WE CAN ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS TIME TOGETHER, THAT YOU NEED TO BE WITH US AND GO BEFORE US.
AND, AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE HERE, CAUSE THEY'RE FOR REASONS.
WE LIFT THOSE, ALL THOSE WHO ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND YOU BLESS US.
HE WAS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE POUR IN AND GIVEN UP THEIR TIME.
MAKE THIS BE AMAZING PLACE THAT IT IS LEADERS FOR VOLUNTEERS, STAFF AND RESIDENT.
WE HAVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER C IS AUDIT.
IT'S, UH, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 AUDIT REPORT.
AND, UH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY STANDING AT THE, AT THE MIC, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
MY NAME IS DANIEL HEBERT, EXCUSE ME.
WE'RE THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM.
UH, HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING OUT OF THE BOOK WITH A BROWN COVER IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, BEFORE I GET INTO MY PRESENTATION, I DO WANNA EXTEND MY THANKS TO ANNAMARIA.
SHE'S, UH, BEEN A GREAT HELP, UH, IN GETTING THIS PROCESS DONE.
UH, SHE TAKES REALLY GOOD CARE OF EVERYTHING HERE AT THE CITY, AND SO I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, EXTEND MY THANKS TO HER, UM, FOR HELPING US GET WRAPPED UP WITH THE AUDIT THIS YEAR.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START MY PRESENTATION ON PAGE NUMBER ONE.
PAGE NUMBER ONE IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN OPINION LETTER.
I AM PLEASED TO SAY WE HAVE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE AS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CAN GIVE, THAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MATERIALLY CORRECT AND THAT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES BY THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN MADE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A CLEAN OPINION.
IF YOU'LL COME BACK WITH ME TO PAGE NUMBER 15.
PAGE NUMBER 15 IS WHAT WE CALL A STATEMENT OF NET POSITION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A BALANCE SHEET.
UH, THIS IS YOUR GOVERNMENT-WIDE BALANCE SHEET, THEREFORE, IT'S CARRIED ON A FULL ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING, MEANING THAT ALL OF THE LONG-TERM ITEMS OF THE CITY, SUCH AS CAPITAL ASSETS, ET CETERA, CAPITAL ASSETS, ET CETERA, ARE PRESENTED HERE.
UH, I WILL POINT OUT THAT THIS YEAR, UH, THIS PAGE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN IT MIGHT HAVE IN THE PAST, UH, AS WE HAVE MADE, UH, A CHANGE TO SPLIT OUT THE UTILITY FUND INTO WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED, UH, ITS OWN BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITY.
SO YOU'LL SEE SORT OF THE DIFFERENT PRESENTATION BETWEEN YOUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES HERE.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BETWEEN BOTH YOUR GOVERNMENTAL AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, YOU HAD TOTAL ASSETS OF ABOUT 39.7 MILLION.
TOTAL LIABILITIES, ABOUT 4.6 MILLION, AN OVERALL ENDING NET POSITION OF ABOUT 34.9 MILLION.
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THAT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN JUST A SECOND.UH, BUT IF YOU'LL FOLLOW BACK WITH ME TO PAGE NUMBER 19.
PAGE NUMBER 19 IS THAT SAME TYPE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT, UH, A BALANCE SHEET.
HOWEVER, THIS IS PRESENTED ON A MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING.
SO THOSE LONG-TERM ITEMS LIKE YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS ARE NOT PRESENTED HERE.
HERE, I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF ABOUT 7.1 MILLION.
TOTAL LIABILITY IS AROUND 753,000.
AND OVERALL ENDING, UH, FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 6.2 MILLION.
IF WE GO BACK TO PAGE NUMBER 23, PAGE NUMBER 23 IS OUR STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN INCOME STATEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS PRESENTED ON THAT SAME MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD ADOPT YOUR BUDGET ON.
UH, HERE, I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH TOTAL REVENUES OF ABOUT 6.8 MILLION.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT 6.6 MILLION, LEADING TO A LITTLE BIT OF A NET INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $176,000.
UH, AND A AT THE, AGAIN, THAT OVERALL ENDING NET FUND BALANCE, ABOUT 6.2 MILLION AS A GENERAL INDICATOR OF FINANCIAL HEALTH, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE NUMBER TO HAVE ABOUT THREE TO SIX MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
UH, SO THAT 6.2 MILLION REPRESENTS ALMOST 94%, UH, OF YOUR OVERALL YEARLY OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE CLOSE TO 11 AND A HALF MONTHS.
SO VERY, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE THERE.
AGAIN, I WILL POINT OUT THAT AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE, UH, TO SORT OF SPLIT OUT THE UTILITY FUND AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS YEAR, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE UTILITY FUND PRESENTED AFTER THIS SCHEDULE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA NECESSARILY GO INTO ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY, BUT JUST KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA PAGES THERE, UH, TO DIG THROUGH.
WITH THAT, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
FIRST OF ALL, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, ANNAMARIA IS CALLED UN TATTLED ON Y'ALL YEAR LONG, LONG, AND WE'RE GLAD YOU FINALLY GOT IT TOGETHER.
ANNAMARIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STEP UP AND ADD ANYTHING TO THIS OR MAKE A COMMENT?
WELL, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THE, UH, AUDIT REPORT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR THE AUDITORS AT THIS POINT? THEN I'M GONNA SAY, UH, LET'S ALL GIVE ANNAMARIA A GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE.
AND I, I LIKE SOME OF THE CHANGES Y'ALL MADE.
UM, SHE USED TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME AND SAID, WELL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY GO THERE.
WELL, YOU GIVE ME, NOW IT'S MOVED OUT, AND I THANK YOU.
UM, SHE HAS TO TALK IT DOWN AND NOW SHE DOESN'T.
AND IF I'M JUST HEARING YOU RIGHT, THE AUDIT IS OKAY.
THE MONEY IS ACCOUNTED FOR AND THE CITY'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
AND VERY MUCH, AND WE, WE, WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, APPRECIATED YOUR FARM'S PROFESSIONALISM AND COURTESY WHEN THEY'RE WORKING HERE, SO ABSOLUTELY.
UH, ANNEMARIA DOES, LIKE I SAID, SHE, SHE MAKES IT EASY FOR US, SO, ALL RIGHT.
COUNSEL, LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OTHER REPORTS.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, MOVING INTO ITEM D, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CHIEF GARY STEWART, UH, YOU COME, COME UP AND GIVE US A REPORT.
UH, FIRST, I KNOW IT'S ON THE ACCEPTANCE LIST, BUT I WANNA GO AHEAD AND GET THIS, UH, FIRST, UH, I USUALLY PRESENT THIS RIGHT AWAY.
UH, WE'VE JUST COMPLETED OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, ALSO KNOWN AS, AS THE ANNUAL CONTACT REPORT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, COMPILED BY DR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE USED HIM FOR YEARS.
I'M GONNA PRESENT THAT TO Y'ALL TONIGHT FOR YOUR REVIEW.
UM, THIS HAS JUST BEEN ACCEPTED HERE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE, THERE'S ONE HERE FOR YOU TO COME UP AND LOOK AT.
UM, THE CHIEF WILL BE HAPPY TO GO OVER THROUGH IT WITH YOU, UH, AND LOOK AT IT.
UH, I WAS PRESENTING MY COPY, WHAT LAST WEEK? YES, SIR.
UM, AND WENT THROUGH IT CUZ UH, IT ALWAYS BRINGS UP SOME QUESTIONS.
AND AS USUAL, THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE LOOKS VERY, VERY STRONG AND IS EASILY DEFENDED.
AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS WELL FOR THE CHIEF, FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND OF COURSE FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE THE BOOTS ON THE, THE STREET AND HOW THEY HANDLE THE BUSINESS.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S TOUGH OUT THERE AND I KNOW IT IS.
UH, BUT, UM, I ALSO SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITY POLICING
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TAKING PLACE THAT WILL NEVER FILL THE PAGES OF THIS REPORT.AND THAT'S WHAT WE APPRECIATE OUT OF 'EM.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF AND, UH, NICK OVER FOR YOU TO, IS THERE PERUS AND KEITH? YES, PLEASE DO.
UM, AND CHIEF, SO YOU'LL BOUNCE BACK UP TO, SO GOING THROUGH THE, UH, POLICE ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WERE NINE.
NUMBER OF REST, SIX, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS 2,143 WITH 48 REPORT CALLS.
CITATIONS FOR TRAFFIC WERE 3 38 WITH A TOTAL CHARGES OF 601.
UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS ISSUED CITATIONS EIGHT, UH, WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC.
UH, WARNINGS ISSUED FOR CV ONE.
UH, IN THE ACTIVITY REPORT, THERE WERE TWO ASSAULTS, UH, ONE BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLE, ZERO BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, ONE BURGLARY, UH, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, BUT IT WAS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY BUILDING.
SO IT WAS A SEPARATE GARAGE ORDINANCE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE NINE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE SIX FRAUDS.
THIS, UH, REPORTING PERIOD TOTAL, UH, PROPERTY CHECKS WAS 1,801, UH, THEFTS, SEVEN ZERO UVS.
OUR TLC PROGRAM WERE 62 PASS 17, FAILED WITH 79 CONTACT, UH, DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD ON THE CITY LIMITS BREAKDOWN AT THE, UH, BOTTOM, THE WARNINGS ISSUED WERE FOUR FOR SOLICITORS, THREE FOR NO'S COMPLAINT, ONE FOR ABANDONED VEHICLE CITATIONS WAS ONE FOR LOOSE DOG.
UH, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER ACCIDENTS IN ANY, UH, NOTICEABLE AREA.
THERE WAS NOTHING, UH, TO REPORT AS FAR AS ROUNDABOUTS GOING THROUGH THE ACTIVITY REPORT.
IF WE COULD SKIP TO PAGE, UM, SIX.
UH, ELSE IS THE REPORTS ON THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT I, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE DID HAVE ONE CATA CONVERTER THEFT THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP.
UH, THE OTHER THREE WAS OUR FLOCK SAFETY, WHICH I'LL GO OVER EACH TIME.
WE'RE UP SEVEN HITS FROM LAST MONTH WITH NINE OF THOSE BEING STOLEN IN VE VEHICLE ALERTS.
FOUR, SEX OFFENDER SIX, STOLEN PLATE 10 WERE A GANGER SUSPECTED TERRORIST.
UH, ZERO MISSING ALERTS, ONE WARRANT, SIX PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND THREE AGENCY HOT LIST.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, ONE OF THE FLOCK HITS WAS A RECOVERY FOR OTHER'S JURISDICTION, UM, OUT OF H P D.
UH, THE ARREST THIS MONTH WERE FOR, FOR ASSAULT D W L I AND DRIVING MY LICENSE IS, UH, INVALID EVADING ARREST FRAUD, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND WARRANTS OUT OF OTHER JURISDICTION.
MOVING TO PAGE NINE, UH, JUST GOING OVER THE ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
UH, WE ARE IN OUR CURRENT TRAINING CYCLE.
SO WE'RE FINISHING UP AND GETTING A LOT OF TRAINING DONE HERE CURRENTLY.
AND PART OF THOSE WERE, WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR DEFENSIVE TACTICS, WHICH WE HAVE, IF Y'ALL RECALL, LIEUTENANT REV, WHO WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY.
HE TEACHES A LOT OF THAT FORCE.
COMES IN FROM AUSTIN NOW, AND WE JUST COMPLETED THAT.
OUR NEXT WOUND UP IS CPR, A E D AND NARCAN GLASS, UH, AND STOP THE BLEED, WHICH IS, UH, COMING ON REALLY QUICK HERE.
UH, WE HAVE TASER RECERTIFICATION COMING ON.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR TCO MANDATES DURING THIS CYCLE.
AND ALL THAT'S REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE AUGUST, 2023 RECRUITING FOR OUR CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS.
WE DO HAVE SOME RECRUITING TROOPS LINED UP.
UM, SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDANCE TONIGHT WILL BE ATTENDING THAT.
UH, WE HAVE ONE, UH, TRIP TO GUS GEORGE ACADEMY AND ONE TO U UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN'S ACADEMY.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO FILL THOSE FOUR FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN ONE PART-TIME POSITION THAT ARE STILL OPEN.
UH, WE DO HAVE THREE PATROL APPLICATIONS AND BACKGROUND WITH ONE POTENTIAL HIRE AT THIS POINT.
UH, ONE PART-TIME DISPATCH APPLICATION AND BACKGROUND, AND TWO ACCREDITATION MANAGER APPLICATIONS AND BACKGROUND.
UH, THE NEW SERVER IS NOW AT THE E O C.
UH, IT'S BEING SET UP, UM, WITH THE HYPER SYNC.
UH, IT SHOULD BE READY FOR TESTING IN A FEW WEEKS AND THAT WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT NEVER FAIL SYSTEM.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE SERVER FROM.
UH, CITY HALL, IF YOU RECALL, AS WE'RE MOVING THINGS OVER, THIS WILL MAKE THINGS A LOT MORE, UH, UH, FLUID, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
UH, WE'LL ALL NEED TO PARTICIPATE AGAIN IN TESTING OF THAT SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TIME.
AND THAT'S FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM AS WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DEADLINE.
AND AS WE APPROACH HURRICANE SEASON, IT'S THE PERFECT TIMING TO GO AHEAD AND TEST ALL OUR EQUIPMENT OUT.
UH, MISA DOOR ACCESS SYSTEM, UH, WE'RE IN PHASE TWO.
WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD AND OUT HERE PRETTY SOON, NEXT MONTH OR SO.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, I'M SURE PARTS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE MARCH CAMP OUT, BUT WE'RE PREPARING FOR THAT AS WELL TO BE THERE TO ASSIST THE GRANTS, UH,
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AS WE RECOGNIZE JERRY BROWNLEY TONIGHT.SERGEANT BROWNLEY, UH, PART OF THIS REPORT COVERS SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
UH, BALLISTIC SHIELD GRANT WAS JUST APPROVED AND STARTED TO ARRIVE.
IT'LL BE TAKING A PICTURE TONIGHT IF YOU WANNA SEE IT.
UH, OF THOSE SHIELDS, THAT'S $56,000 WORTH OF SHIELDS THAT WE, UH, RECOVERED.
WE DO HAVE A RADIO RECORDER GRANT, UH, THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.
THAT'S 52,000 AND WE'RE WAITING ON APPROVAL.
IT'S IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW FOR THE DISPATCH CONSOLE, WHICH IS CONSTITUTES 197,000.
THE PORTABLE RADIOS, WHICH WERE 10, UM, WERE, THEY'RE IN REVIEW AS WELL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD BROWNLEY TOO FOR HIS YEARS OF, UH, ACQUIRING THIS, THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT HAVE REALLY, UH, TAKEN THE BURDEN OFF OF OUR TAXPAYERS AND PROVIDED US WITH THE EQUIPMENT WE TRULY NEED FOR THE CITY.
SO IF I CAN GET ONE MORE HAND OF APPLAUSE FOR HIM, I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
AND WOULD THAT MAYOR THATTA CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M, UH, ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT ME HAVE COUNSELING.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOUR CHIEF? WHAT LED ME OFF EASY TONIGHT.
ON THE, UH, CONTACT REPORT THAT'S DONE BY DR.
DEL CARMA? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
HE IS ALSO INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH T COLE NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
HE ACTUALLY FORMULATED THIS, UH, TEMPLATE AND ALL AGENCIES ARE USING IT.
AND HE WAS DEVELOPING A PROCESS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR OTHER AGENCIES TO USE AND REPORT INTO THE TCO SYSTEM.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY BEEN FOLLOWING HIS, UH, THIS TEMPLATE FOR A WHILE.
SO THAT ELIMINATES IN MY MIND ANY CONCERN THAT WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT US NOT MEETING ANY OF THE TCO REQUIREMENTS.
YOU'RE HAVING SOMETHING AND I REPORT THE TCO WOULD NOT WANT.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HYPER AND I'M SCARED OF EVERY NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM.
THE DISPATCH CONSOLE GRANT IS IN REVIEW.
UH, TYPICALLY IS GONNA REVIEW AND I'M, I'M CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, JERRY, BUT PROBABLY AROUND SEPTEMBER WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING THAT'LL BE FALL, BE FALL SOMETIME IN THE FALL.
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER LAST YEAR I THINK THEY WERE A LITTLE BEHIND COVID MESSED THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, SOMEWHERE IN THE FALL.
AND ARE WE OPTIMISTIC? I'M ASSUMING OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT ON? I'M ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING YOUR OFFICERS IN HERE.
UM, CAMERON, HE SAID THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE THAT WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF.
LIKE A ONE OF THOSE SHEETS, HUH? WE'RE READY.
UM, HOWEVER, HOWEVER Y'ALL WANNA WORK.
SO Y'ALL GONNA PUT SOMETHING, LET JACKSON HOLD IT AND SHOOT HIM OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA GO? ALL.
MOVING ON TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR COLLEEN KUBEK WILL GIVE US A YES, SIR.
MAYOR, UM, THIS REPORT COVERS PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FROM DECEMBER, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY OF 2023.
SO, UM, AS I WAS PUTTING THIS RECAP TOGETHER, I, I KIND OF GOOGLED THINKING, OH MY GOODNESS, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER CHRISTMAS MEMORIES.
AND HERE WE ARE, UM, JUST THREE SHORT MONTHS PAST.
UM, SO TO UPDATE YOU GUYS, UM, AS FAR AS STAFFING IS CONCERNED, THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WE HAD A GROUNDS MAINTENANCE POSITION OPEN THAT HAS BEEN FIELD FILLED BY, UH, NICK GARZA.
UM, AND HE HAS ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS IN A SEASONAL, UH, CAPACITY.
AND SO WE WERE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO BRING HIM ON IN A FULL-TIME POSITION.
UM, HE'S ADDED A LOT OF VALUE TO THE TEAM.
UM, JUST IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HE'S BEEN WITH US.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE DO HAVE ONE OPEN POSITION, AND THAT'S OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR.
LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE FILLED THAT POSITION, BUT NOW IT IS OPEN AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE KRISTEN WILL BE LEAVING.
SHE HAS SOME FAMILY OBLIGATIONS THAT SHE NEEDS TO TEND TO.
UM, SO WE ARE, UM, IN THE MIDST OF INTERVIEWING, UH, FOR THAT POSITION CURRENTLY.
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SEASONAL POSITIONS OPEN THAT WE ARE HIRING FOR AT THIS TIME.SO WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON WITH STAFFING.
UM, EVENT RECAP, CHRISTMAS MEMORIES.
UM, SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO THINK BACK A FEW MONTHS INTO LAST YEAR, UH, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT EVENT.
UM, BETWEEN THE CHIEF AND I, WE HAD A CONVERSATION.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THE LARGEST CHRISTMAS MEMORIES THAT, UM, THE CITY HAS, UM, PUT ON BEFORE, UH, WHICH IS INDICATIVE TO, UM, THE INTEREST LEVEL OF PEOPLE WANTING TO GET BACK OUT AGAIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER COVID, UH, WANTING TO REALLY GET BACK TO NORMALCY AND PARTICIPATE INTO OUR EVENT AND ACTIVITIES.
UM, SO WHEN WE HAVE LARGER EVENTS LIKE THAT NOW AND OUR NUMBERS ARE INCREASING, UM, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
AND WE DO RELY UPON PD, UH, INCREDIBLY TO BE THERE FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
UH, FINANCES INVOLVED, UM, ON THE FRONT END OF IT.
UH, PARKS AND REC OBVIOUSLY AS FAR AS SETTING UP AND EVEN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS FROM TIMES TO TIMES, UM, COMES AND ASSISTS WITH SOME OF THE SETUPS.
SO IT DOES REQUIRE MORE HANDS ON DECK.
UM, AT, AT CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, IF Y'ALL WANNA REMEMBER THAT, WE DID HAVE MANY NEW ADDITIONS.
UM, THE DANCE FLOOR THAT WAS A REALLY BIG HIT.
UH, THE LIGHTED WALKING TOUR AND THE BRIDGE, ALL THE NEW CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND DECORATIONS THAT WE PUT UP THERE.
PD UTILIZED OUR NEW ATV TO TRANSPORT SANTA CLAUS.
UH, WE HAD ADDITIONAL INFLATES AND FOOD TRUCKS, A LARGER PETTING ZOO.
AND THE TREE HEIGHT ACTUALLY INCREASED BY FOUR FEET WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW TOPPER.
SO OVERALL CHRISTMAS MEMORIES WAS A SUCCESS AND WE WILL BE P PLANNING FOR AN EVEN LARGER ONE THIS COMING YEAR.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE HAD TWO DROP-IN SHOP EVENTS.
THIS IS WHEN WE GIVE PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF AT THE NATURE CENTER FOR AN EVENING OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, WHILE THE PARENTS EITHER GO OUT ON A DATE NIGHT OR BEGIN THEIR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ADVENTURE.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'RE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS, UM, THAT THEY WERE DOUBLED OVER WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO OUR PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW, OUR RENTALS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW, AND OUR EVENTS ARE CONTINUING TO GROW.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, OUR OTHER EVENT, OUR ACTIVITY THAT WE OFFERED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS WAS THE TROUT STALKING.
UM, SO WE HAD A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
WE PUT 1100 RAINBOW TROUT INTO THE LAKE, UM, COURTESY OF TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
AND, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OUT THERE AND THE FISHING HAS KIND OF DIED OFF.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ALL CAUGHT.
OR, UM, THE LAST FEW THAT HAVE SURVIVED ARE WAY DOWN DEEP RIGHT NOW.
PROJECTS COMPLETED OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
UH, WE RELOCATED 21 BOULDERS, THREE BENCHES, AND 11 SOLAR LIGHT POLES FROM THE TRAIL ALONG MEADOWS PLACE.
BAYOU PER CENTER POINT'S REQUEST.
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL TRAIL THAT WE HAD RUNNING IN THERE FROM, UH, DORRANCE TO MONTECITO.
UM, AS RICK TALKS LATER ABOUT OUR MOBILITY BOND PROJECT, THERE WILL STILL BE A TRAIL IN THAT AREA, BUT JUST MOVED OVER.
UH, BUT CENTER POINT HAD ASKED US TO RELOCATE THOSE ITEMS THAT WE HAD ON THAT TRAIL.
AND SO WE HAVE REPURPOSED THEM.
AND AS YOUR WALKING IN CITY HALL TONIGHT, IF YOU WALKED IN THE BACKSIDE, UM, AND SAW THE NEW LANDSCAPING THAT WAS INSTALLED, SOME OF THE BOULDERS, WELL ALL OF THE BOULDERS THAT ARE BACK THERE WERE SOME OF THOSE USED FROM THAT TRAIL SYSTEM COUNSEL, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, TAKE A PEEK AT IT.
IT'S UH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS A REQUEST
WELL IT SOUNDS BETTER THAT WAY.
UM, SO SPEAKING OF THE, THE NEW LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION, UH, WE DID INSTALL ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING, UPDATING IT, MAKING IT MORE, UM, APPEALING AND, UM, CREATING A HIGHER LEVEL OF STANDARD FOR OUR CITY, UH, IN ALL THAT WE DO.
AND ESPECIALLY EVEN IN THE LANDSCAPING.
UM, AN EXCITING POINT WE HAVE ORDERED, UM, THE FLOATING DOCK.
THIS IS THE NEW DOCK THAT WILL BE PUT INTO THE LAKE AT MCGRATH PARK.
UM, THIS WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY, UM, THE COUNTY PARKS PROJECT, UM, THAT SHOULD BE INSTALLED BY APRIL 1ST.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UH, IT'LL HAVE A LONG PIER, UM, WITH A VERY LARGE 16 FEET WIDE, UH, DECK AT THE END OF IT.
AND A BENCH, UM, IT WILL, WILL BE SURROUNDED ALL BY RAILING FOR, UM, ADA COMPLIANCE AND, AND SAFETY.
UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHICH OF YOUR GIRLS JUMPS IN OFF OF IT.
KURT, I KNOW, RIGHT? IS IS THERE GONNA BE A, A KAYAK LAUNCH ATTACHED TO THAT IN SOME WAY, OR, UH, THERE WILL NOT BE.
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WE, WE RE UM, LOOKED AT THAT AND REEVALUATED.UM, AND IT ACTUALLY WOULD CREATE MORE, UH, DAMAGE FOR US TO GET THE KAYAKS DOWN TO THAT AREA.
UM, CUZ WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IN THE TRAILERS AND THE TRUCKS AND ACROSS THE PATH, UH, THAN IT WOULD FOR, UM, PUTTING 'EM IN AT THE BEACH.
SO IT WON'T HAVE THAT, IT'LL REALLY BE MORE FOR, UM, FISHING, SITTING OBSERVATION, BIRD WATCHING.
UM, IT'LL BE PRETTY, UH, ADJACENT TO THE WETLANDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A REALLY GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, WE ALSO INSTALLED THE NEW FIELDHOUSE ROOF, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE LATELY, UM, IT HAS A BRAND NEW SHINY GREEN ROOF UP THERE THAT SHOULD LAST US, UM, FOR THE NEXT 25 TO 30 YEARS.
HOPEFULLY ALSO THAT WAS, UH, FUNDED THROUGH THE PARKS, UH, THE COUNTY FUNDING.
UH, SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UH, CAN YOU GET THE WORKERS OUT THERE WITH ONE OF THOSE MAGNETIC STRIPS? WE WERE UP SUNDAY STOCKING THE CONCESSION STAND AND ONE OF THE LITTLE BOYS, LEVI, WAS PICKING NAIL SCREWS, WHATEVER UP OUT OF THE FLOWER BEDS THERE.
SO IF THEY COULD GO OVER THERE BEFORE BASEBALL STARTS A SATURDAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WELL, I THINK HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, KELLY, CUZ I'VE SENT MY STAFF OUT THERE AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A ONE
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A WALKTHROUGH, UH, A SIGN OFF OF THE PROJECT, UM, AND AS PART OF IT THEY HAD TO DO A THOROUGH CLEANING.
UM, AND THAT TOOK PLACE TODAY.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING BETWEEN SUNDAY AND TODAY, EITHER YOUR LITTLE FRIEND OR THE ROOFERS ACTUALLY PICKED IT UP.
BUT IF YOU DO SEE ANYMORE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GO OUT THERE AGAIN.
UM, THE MAJORS FIELD AND THE T-BALL FIELD IN PREPARATION FOR THE, UM, MEADOWS PLACE PONY, UH, BASEBALL SEASON.
WE HAVE GONE IN AND BROUGHT IN SIX YARDS OF SAND FOR TOP DRESSING AND WE ANTICIPATE NEEDING TO BRING IN ANOTHER SIX YARDS OF SAND, UH, FOR THE TOP DRESSING, GETTING BOTH OF THOSE FIELDS READY FOR THE SEASON.
UH, WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED THE NEW, UH, IRRIGATION UPGRADE ON THE MAJORS AND THE MINOR FIELD, UM, THAT WAS DUE TO THE SPRINKLER HEADS GETTING CLOGGED.
UM, AND SO SCRUBBERS, UM, THAT'S I GUESS IS THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR THAT IRRIGATION COMPONENT, UH, WAS INSTALLED IN A, UM, PART OF THE SYSTEM TO HELP BREAK DOWN THE ALGAE AND THE, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THAT TYPICALLY CLOG THE HEADS.
SO THAT, UM, ACTUALLY WAS COMPLETED TODAY.
SO WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US OUT THERE ON THOSE FIELDS.
UH, WE ALSO PREPARED FOR, UH, THE POOL OPENING.
YOU GUYS, IT'S OPENING IN A MONTH.
WE ARE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THE POOL OPENING.
NOW THAT'S NOT PUBLIC OPENING, BUT THAT IS FOR SWIM TEAM.
BUT THAT IS A BIG THING FOR US.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR GUARDS HIRED, TRAINED AND SAFETY CERTIFIED.
OUR POOL SYSTEMS HAVE HAVE TO BE READY, WE HAVE TO BE INVENTORIED IN STOCK.
SO, UH, WE ARE ON IT AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ORDERED ADDITIONAL LOUNGE CHAIRS, MAINTENANCE CHECKS ON ALL THE PUMP SYSTEMS, STOCK SUPPLIES AND ORDERED, UM, A NEW PORTABLE A E D IN PREPARATION.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ANIMALS AT OUR NATURE CENTER AND, UM, WE ARE NOT THE PROFESSIONALS, SO WE DO CALL IN THE PROFESSIONALS FROM TIME TO TIME AND EVERY SIX MONTHS WE DO ANIMAL WELL CHECK.
AND OUR ABC, UM, VETERINARIAN CLINIC WAS OUT THERE LAST WEEK DOING, WELL CHECK ON ALL OF OUR ANIMALS.
UM, NOT ONLY DO THEY CHECK THEM, BUT THEY ALSO GIVE SUGGESTIONS, UH, TO BETTER THEIR HABITAT OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN TRY OR DO FOR, UH, THE WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS.
SO WE WERE, UM, VERY EXCITED FOR THEM COMING, GOT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH ON ALL OF THEM.
UM, AND WE ALSO DO THE SAME FOR OUR GOATS IN THE BACK.
ABC DOES NOT HANDLE LIVESTOCK, SO WE TYPICALLY HAVE A MOBILE VET THAT COMES OUT AND CHECKS ON THOSE, UM, ANIMALS AS WELL.
UH, WE CREATED COL CURRICULUM AND ACTIVITIES FOR SEVEN FIELD TRIPS FROM THE, UM, MEADOWS ELEMENTARY OVER TO THE NATURE CENTER.
SO SEVEN FIELD TRIPS AND A SPAN OF THREE MONTHS.
AND ONE OF THOSE MONTHS WAS, UM, CHRISTMAS AND A SHORTER MONTH.
SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD FOR, UM, A LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMING OVER TO THE NATURE CENTER.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE THEM.
SPRING IS A BIG TIME, SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE, UM, SEVERAL MORE FIELD TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, BEFORE THE SCHOOL ENDS.
SO, UM, OUR APRIL MAY CONCERT SERIES IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE BOOKED THE BANDS AND THE FOOD TRUCKS FOR THOSE CONCERTS.
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YOU THE FLYER THERE OF ALL OF OUR, UM, UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH.AND YOU CAN SEE THE LISTING ON THE LAST PAGE OF ALL THE CONCERTS AND THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING.
WE ALSO INSTALLED FIVE DUCK NESTING BOXES AND THESE WERE DONATED, IF Y'ALL RECALL, BACK, UM, BY THE SCOUT TROOP 3 0 1.
Y'ALL REMEMBER THEM COMING IN HERE TO COUNCIL THAT DAY AND, AND DONATED THOSE BOXES.
THEY MADE THEM, UH, WELL WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO PUT THEM IN PLACE AND YOU'LL SEE THEM, UM, AROUND THE WETLAND AREAS OF THE LAKE AND THEY ARE INSTALLED.
MAYOR, THEY WERE PUT OUT THERE TODAY.
UM, AND THESE ARE FOR THE, UM, BLACK BELTED WHISTLING DUCKS.
SO IT'S, IT'S TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO NEST CLOSER TO THE LAKE VERSUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOSING THEIR DUCKLINGS ALONG THE WAY, CUZ THAT'S A LONG WAY FOR THEM TO TRAVEL TO GET TO A LAKE.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T MAKE IT.
SO, UH, WE'RE HELPING AND HOPING THAT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO NEST THERE AT THE LAKE.
UH, THE SPLASH PAD IS NOW OPEN AND OPERATING FOR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, BEFORE WE SIR ON, IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIAL YOU HAVE TO DO TO ENCOURAGE THOSE DUCKS TO PICK THAT PLACE? WELL, THERE'S A CERTAIN WHISTLE YOU HAVE TO DO, MAYOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, MY STAFF, THEY'RE TRAINING AND THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY MORNING CALLING THOSE DUCKS IN.
BUT NO SIR, THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING SPECIAL OTHER THAN, UM, IN THE DUCK HOUSES YOU DO HAVE TO, UM, PUT IN NESTING MATERIAL, WHICH IS REALLY JUST STICKS AND TWIGS.
UM, SO WE, WE, THE BOXES ARE DESIGNED WHERE WE CAN OPEN 'EM EACH YEAR, UM, CLEAN 'EM OUT AND PUT IN NEW, NEW NESTING MATERIAL FOR THE DUCKS.
UM, THE SPLASH PAD, AS I WAS SAYING, IS NOW OPEN AND OPERATING FOR THE SEASON.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE KIDDOS ALREADY OUT THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND ENJOYING IT BECAUSE IT WAS WARM.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES, UH, WE WILL BEGIN A MAINTENANCE OR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CLOSURE OF THE NATURE CENTER EFFECTIVE TOMORROW, UH, THROUGH MARCH 10TH.
SO WE'LL BE CLOSED FOR A WEEK AND A HALF, UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE LITERALLY EMPTY CLOSETS, RELABEL, REPACK THINGS, INVENTORY, UH, IMPROVE, UH, HABITATS, IMPROVE THE FACILITY, UH, REALLY DO A DEEP THOROUGH CLEANING OF THAT.
AND SO THAT WILL BEGIN TOMORROW.
UM, ALSO WE ARE FINALIZING OUR QUOTE TO REPAIR AND RESURFACE THE TENNIS COURTS.
THIS IS AGAIN, A PROJECT THAT'S BEING FUNDED, UH, THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THIS WILL INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE RESURFACING AND THE REPAIR OF THE CRACKS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT KURT DRUMROLL ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO THAT IS, UH, BECOMING VERY POPULAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ALTHOUGH THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR WHAT MAYOR? WE PUT THOSE IN SIX YEARS AGO.
UM, AND I'M GLAD IT'S FINALLY CATCHING ON.
UH, WE'VE GOT
SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE PAINTED THE WHOLE, UH, COURT AND PERMANENT, UM, NETS ALSO IN PLACE.
WE HAD, UH, 13 OR 14 PEOPLE OUT THERE ON SATURDAY PLAYING.
JUST ROTATED OUT AND IT WAS, IT WAS A FUN TIME.
UM, THIS MONTH WE WILL BE INSTALLING A NEW, NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT THE MEADOW VALLEY PARK.
UM, THIS WILL INCLUDE TREE HUGGER SEATING.
UM, THERE'S SOME LARGE TREES OUT THERE AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SEATING FOR THE PARENTS TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR TODDLERS WHILE THEY'RE PLAYING ON THE EQUIPMENT.
UH, FOUR RIDE-ONS, A CLIMBING FEATURE AND A THREE BAY SWING SET.
AND WE WILL ALSO FENCE IN THAT PARK.
UM, IT SITS RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE KIDS AREN'T RUNNING OUT INTO THE STREET IF WE'RE PUTTING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE AND BRINGING THEM TO THAT AREA.
UM, AND WE ALSO WILL BE INSTALLING SOLAR LIGHTING, SOLAR LIGHT POLES OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT ONE COMPLETE, UM, BY THE END OF APRIL AND IN AND IN PLACE.
YOU WERE SAID YOU WERE STARTING THIS WEEK.
WE'RE THIS MONTH, THIS MONTH, THIS MONTH.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THAT DONE AT THE, BY THE END OF APRIL.
UH, WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR SUMMER CAMP.
AS I SAID, THE POOL'S OPENING.
WELL WHAT COMES AFTER THAT SUMMER CAMP BEGINS.
SO WE ARE ALSO HIRING STAFF, TRAINING STAFF AND WRITING THE CURRICULUM FOR SUMMER CAMP, UPCOMING EVENTS.
TELL YOUR FRIENDS, TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS CUZ THIS ONE SNUCK UP ON US.
OPUS FOUR, UM, CALLED ME THIS WEEKEND AND ASKED IF, OR LAST FRIDAY, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, AND ASKED IF THEY COULD DO A PERFORMANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THIS COMING SUNDAY, MARCH 5TH.
UM, SO THIS IS GONNA BE AN, AN ITALIAN CEREMONY AND IT'LL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND CAMERON, WHAT'S THE, UH, TIME ON THAT, DO YOU RECALL? YES SIR.
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30 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, THIS COMING SUNDAY.WE ALWAYS HAVE, UM, REFRESHMENTS, WINE, CHEESES, CHOCOLATES, DESSERTS, ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS.
UH, AND IT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC NOW.
YOU SERENADES ITALIAN SERENADE.
THOSE FOLKS ARE, UH, OUTSTANDING COURSE.
PABLO, A MEMBER OF OUR OF RESIDENT, LONGTIME RESIDENT THAT HIS PLACE.
UM, PABLO IS, UH, KIND ENOUGH TO GET HIS BAND OR HIS, UH, ORCHESTRA.
WHAT IS IT FOR? IS, UH, UH, QUARTET, UH, TO COME TOGETHER AND, AND, AND THEY'RE JUST BEAUTIFUL, UH, SO TALL.
YOU FOLKS ARE LISTENING TO US AT LIVESTREAM.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THESE, YOU WANNA BE THERE.
AND WHERE I'M ASSUMING IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AGAIN.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE, UH, YOUNG KIDS TO CULTURE.
UM, TO HEAR THIS, THESE BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTS.
NO ONE'S SINGING, BUT IT'S ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
AND, UM, TO HEAR IT IN THAT ROOM AND THE SOUND JUST BELLOWING OUT.
IT'S, IT'S QUITE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
HOW LONG DOES THAT PERFORMANCE LAST? UH, IT'S ABOUT TWO HOURS AT MOST.
WE DO HAVE, UH, FOOD AND SNACKS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE TIME IF, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
THE LAST ONE THEY DID FOR US WAS AN HOUR.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A SNIPPET IS WHAT THEY CALLED IT CUZ THEY DID SEVERAL IN A ROW, BUT I BELIEVE THIS ONE IS AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS MAYBE.
THE NEXT EVENT IS THE FAMILY CAMP OUT.
UH, AND CHIEF ALLUDED TO THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
UH, THAT IS MARCH 25TH IN THE PARK.
TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP TO GET THE DISCOUNTED RATE.
SO EFFECTIVE TOMORROW, UH, THE RATE WILL GO UP TO $15 PER PERSON.
IT DOES INCLUDE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOING OUT THERE, KAYAKING, ARCHERY CRAFTS, SCAVENGER HUNTS, UM, PUT UP YOUR TENTS, STAY THE NIGHT.
I THINK THE WEATHER'S GONNA BE IN OUR FAVOR THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR IT WAS IN THE TEENS, I DO BELIEVE, UM, 17 DEGREES.
SO WE, UM, WE DO COOK DINNER, UM, AND S'MORES AND THEN PROVIDE BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING.
SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT.
APRIL AND MAY ARE OUR CONCERT.
SO WE HAVE TWO IN APRIL AND TWO IN MAY.
UM, THE LAST, THE, THE SECOND ONE IN MAY IS ACTUALLY THE KICKOFF TO SUMMER EVENT.
THE ARTIST THAT I HAVE COMING THIS YEAR, THE BANDS, UM, THEY ARE, THREE OF 'EM ARE NEW TO US.
UM, I HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND THEM FROM SOME VERY GREAT, UM, PLACES THAT THEY PLAY.
THEY PLAYED AT LONE STAR SALOONS, THEY PLAYED IN GREEN HALL.
THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GREAT ARTISTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL FOOD TRUCKS INSTEAD OF ONE AT EACH EVENT.
NOW WE'LL HAVE THREE, UM, TWO OF THOSE BEING, UH, SAVORIES AND ONE BEING A SUITE.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU GUYS COME AND PARTICIPATE.
AND THEN THE LAST EVENT, OBVIOUSLY IS THE POOL OFFICIALLY OPENS MAY 26TH FOR THE SEASON.
SO I WON'T BE BACK IN FRONT OF Y'ALL UNTIL THAT POINT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR COLLEEN? COLLEEN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER.
IT'D BE REAL INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE DUCK HOUSES WORK BECAUSE YOU, YOU COULD END UP WITH A WOOD DUCK.
UH, IT'D BE THRILLED TO ME IF THEY DID.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE AND I WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HIT TWO FREEZES IN A ROW OR IN EVERY OTHER YEAR AND WE LOST A TON OF PLANTS AND IT'S FORCED TO REDO.
AND I, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, IT REALLY BROKE MY HEART CUZ THINGS WERE JUST STARTING TO LOOK GOOD, BUT FROZE.
IT WAS STARTING TO LOOK GOOD AND IT FROZE.
AND WE'VE REDONE, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BACK TO THIS, UH, FACILITY, IT'S COMPLETELY REDONE.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW PLANTS BACK THERE.
THEY'RE A LITTLE LESS EXPENSIVE AND THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE HARDY AND THEY'RE SPACED OUT IN A BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT AND THE, AND, AND IT LOOKS FANTASTIC.
AND WE WILL START SEEING SOME MORE OF THAT TYPE OF THING AROUND.
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AND, AND YOUR FOLKS OUT THERE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF HOURS CUTTING AND GETTING RID OF DEBRIS, CUTTING DOWN DEAD WEEDS, DEAD PLANTS, DEAD, UH, STEMS, ET CETERA.AND I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORT, UH, BECAUSE THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY ON KIRKWOOD, IT'LL LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL WHEN THEY GET DONE.
SO, UH, AS USUAL FOR ME, MY APPRECIATE TO YOU AND TO YOUR STAFF AND, UH, GOOD LUCK IN, UH, TRYING TO FIND YOUR ONE LAST EMPLOYEE.
ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL, LAST CHANCE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NA'S ROD'S TURN, PUBLIC WORKS UPSTATES COUNSEL ON WATER.
WELL NUMBER TWO, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW.
GLAD, GLAD I AM TO HEAR THIS UPDATE COMING EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL DECIDED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF VISUAL UPDATE OR VIDEO UPDATE OF WATER.
WELL NUMBER TWO, WE'RE FINALLY COMPLETED AND BACK ONLINE.
SO NEXT WEEK I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE TURNING OFF.
WELL, THREE IN, WELL TWO WILL BE CARRYING LOAD IF YOU, UH, FIRST COUPLE OF PITCHES HERE, JUST, UH, THE RIGGING AND, UM, THE PLANT AND THE TYPE OF WORK THAT GOES ON PULLING A WELL CREATES AN AWFUL LOT OF A MESS AND IS HARD ON THE SURROUNDING AREA.
BUT WE HAVE, WE'VE COMPLETED THIS, WE'VE PULLED ALL THE PIPE AND REPLACED WITH A NEW LINER.
NEW LINER WERE SMALLER IN DIAMETER THAN THE ORIGINAL ONE.
THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS 16 AT THE TOP AND I BELIEVE IT'S NOW DOWN TO 10.
AND THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM WAS A 10 INCH.
AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, NOT HEAVY PIECE OF METAL.
THERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SCREEN, THE ACTUAL TYPE OF SCREEN THAT WE PLACED IN OUR WELL, AND YOU CAN SEE STAINLESS STEEL AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD SUCH A LEAD TIME ON THE MATERIAL.
IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS ALWAYS A HOLD UP ON MATERIAL.
PROBABLY HAD AT LEAST TWO MONTHS IN THERE.
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.
I'LL GIVE YOU, I'VE, I'VE MADE A COUPLE OF SHORT CLIPS OUT OF THE VIDEO.
IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT FAR TOO LONG FOR ME TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
BUT, UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS RIGHT AT THE SURFACE AND THE, THE COUNTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN IS THE DEPTH BELOW GRADE.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST THE EXTENSION OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE LIGHT THAT'S OUT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY SHINING ON, UH, THE SIDES OF THE, UH, OF THE NICE NEW IRON PIPE.
IT WAS A LOT OF, LOT OF PITTING, A LOT OF HOLES.
AND SO THIS IS A NEW ONE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE.
YOU SEE A TAG STILL ON THERE? NO, SIR.
WE, UH, WE PUT A COMPLETE NEW LINER INSIDE OF THE EXISTING WELL CASING AND WE REPACK THE GRAVEL ON THE OUTSIDE.
THE NEXT ONE GOES DOWN TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY ENTER THE WATER.
AND WE'RE, THINGS DON'T BE PLAYING VERY WELL WITH ME HERE TODAY, WHERE WE ACTUALLY ENTER THE WATER AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE CONDENSATION.
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YEAH, SO HERE WE ARE.YOU SEE THE CONDENSATION JUST DROPPING ONTO THE LIGHT.
YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF STEAM EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.
THE WATER LEVEL'S RIGHT AROUND 220 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE HAVE, UM, THE PUMP IS, THE PUMP IS NOT IN THE WELL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT, UM, THE PUMP IS SET AROUND THE 400 MARK ONCE IT'S INSTALLED.
NOW THE WATER'S A LITTLE MURKY BECAUSE AS WE, AS WE GO UP AND DOWN ON THIS, THE, THE CAMERA HAS CENTERING SLIDES ON IT AND THAT RUBS UP AGAINST THE, UH, THE NEW CASING AND IT'S CAUSING A LITTLE BIT OF RUST TO DROP OFF OF IT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE IT RIGHT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM CUZ I'M HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULT TIME HERE, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM ON THE, THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION, THIS IS, UH, WHERE THE WATER, THE MAIN, THE FIRST LEVEL OF WATER COMES FROM.
WE'RE NOW DOWN WHEN WE START HERE ON THIS ONE, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 720 FEET.
THE WATER LEVEL IN THE WELL IS 220 FEET.
AND SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 500 FOOT OF COVER ON, ON THIS LOCATION.
NOW THIS IS WHERE THE WATER COMES IN FROM THE AQUIFER.
I'M SORRY I'M MOVING A LOT FASTER THAN I THINK NOW.
YOU CAN SEE HOW CRYSTAL CLEAR IT IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF ATION AND TURBIDITY IN IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE EXPECTED AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE HOLES THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU IN, IN THAT.
AND SO THEY'LL DO A LITTLE PROFILE ON THE WATER WELL HERE ON THE CASING AND YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET TO SEE SOME OF THESE HOLES WHEN THE WATER'S PASSING THROUGH IT.
THE WATER IS NEVER STAGNANT DOWN THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS MOVING VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE AVIR.
YOU'VE JUST GOT A STRAW STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND THE WATER WILL PASS STRAIGHT THROUGH IT.
I DUNNO IF YOU REMEMBER ON WILL NUMBER THREE WHEN WE LOOKED AT 'EM, THEY WERE ALL CLOGGED UP AND, UH, CALCIFIED AND HAD A LOT OF IRON BACTERIA ON 'EM.
SO LOOKING AT THIS, IT'S UH, BEEN A FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL REBUILD OF OUR WATER.
WELL, THE ORIGINAL PLUMAGE ON GALLONS PER MINUTE ON THE ORIGINAL WELL WAS RIGHT AROUND 1200, 11 50 TO 1200 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, I'VE GOT A PRODUCTION REPORT ON THIS ONE, WHICH TELLS ME IT'S PUMPING 972 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU I AM ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDED.
HERE'S BYRON PULLING A SAMPLE.
OH, THE WATER COMING OUT OF OUR, WELL, WE'RE JUST, WE FLUSHED IT FOR THIS REASON.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST THE HOW, HOW CLEAN THE WATER IS COMING OUT OF THERE.
BYRON'S OUR OPERATOR, OBVIOUSLY U S W.
NOW THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE EXISTING WELL TO THE NEW WELL IS THE EXISTING, WELL THE FIRST, WELL ORIGINAL, WELL HAD A, UH, UH, A TURBINE WATER TUR TURBINE PUMP IN IT.
THE TURBINE THAT WAS IN THERE HADN'T BEEN TOUCHED FOR 36 YEARS.
THE SUBMERSIBLE WILL ONLY LAST SEVEN TO 10 YEARS.
SO I WILL PUT IT ON THE C I P FOR A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT YEARS TO BE PULLED AND HAVE THAT SUBMERSIBLE PUMP REPLACED.
THEY JUST DON'T LAST AS LONG AS THEY USED TO.
I'M HOPING THAT THE 972 GALLONS PER MINUTE WILL LAST.
WE'VE PUMPED IT FOR THREE DAYS IN A PRODUCTION TEST AND THAT'S IN GENERAL WHAT YOU DO, UH, AT A WA THE WATER WELL TO, TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH WATER IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, PRODUCING.
BUT WE PUT IT UNDER LOAD AND PUT IT ON FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PRODUCTION LASTS SO FAR.
WE'VE, UH, DONE FAIRLY WELL IN KEEPING IT, UH, UP TO THE 9 72 A AGAIN, I HOPE IT STAYS THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS I'LL TRY TO TURN ON.
NOT FOR TWO, BUT WHEN ARE WE GONNA PULL DOWN? UH, WELL, ONE AND TELEVISE IT.
I'VE ASKED FOR AN ESTIMATE AND THAT
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SHOULD BE LESS THAN $20,000.UM, HE HASN'T RECEIVED THIS CHECK FOR THIS YET, SO HE MAY BE A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT STARTING ANOTHER ONE UNTIL HE GETS PAID FOR THE FIRST ONE.
YEAH, HE'S, HE'S SCHEDULED TO PICK UP THE CHECK ON MONDAY MORNING.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MAIL IT OUT JUST TOO LARGE.
SO HE MIGHT GIVE YOU A DATE THEN.
UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT I HAD TO REPORT ON TONIGHT IS ON YOUR AGENDA.
THERE'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, IT'S AN ALL WEATHER DRIVEWAY.
THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT BIG HILL IS ACTUALLY A BIG BULL AND IT HOLDS A LOT OF WATER.
I NEED TO HAVE AN ACCESS ROAD BACK THERE AND CREATE SOME DRAINAGE.
I CAN'T, I'VE GOT A, CURRENTLY I'VE GOT, UM, A RECYCLED WATER PUMP THAT'S DOWN AND I CAN'T GET A CRANE TRUCK IN THERE TO PULL IT.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING IN REGULAR MAINTENANCE.
IT'S, NO NOT GONNA BE ANY ADDITION TO MY BUDGET JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE, WHILE I'M HERE.
WOULD IT GO DOWN? D SHORT ANSWER IS, IS IT, DOES THAT FIBERGLASS CASING PASS THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY MATERIALS SPECIFICATION? THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE MY, THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT BRUCE, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, ROD.
I THINK THAT DESERVES, UH, LOOKING INTO, WE'VE ONLY GOT, WE'VE GOT TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO.
UM, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, GOTTEN THIS ONE REBUILT.
UM, AND IT CAME INTO KIND OF SURPRISE RICK WILL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED ON THE NEXT ONE.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I THINK YOU'RE IN THE, IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT ON TRYING TO GET THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
AND RODNEY, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THIS, UH, ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN AS EASY AS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD ONCE IT WENT DOWN.
UM, AND, UH, I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED BY, UH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUPPLY TRAIN? I, WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PIECE OF STAINLESS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND IT HAS TO BE FABRICATED.
SO YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL AND IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT AND UM, I THINK THIS IS, UH, AN INTERESTING THING NOW, CAMERON, AND I'M REMINDED THAT ON OUR VIDEO THAT TALKS ABOUT THE, UH, UH, WATER SYSTEM AT THAT, IN THAT, UH, WE SAID ANYONE WELL WILL CARRY THE CITY.
WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT NOW, CUZ THIS WELL WILL NOT, I I WOULD BE A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT PUSHING IT TOO HARD.
WE HAVE SO, WE'LL WE, WE SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A RACEHORSE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY PERFORM.
SO LET'S VISIT THAT NEAR, FAIRLY SOON.
UM, AND ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, WELL ROD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I LEARNED ANYTHING, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
UM, AGAIN, I I WANT TO THANK ROD BEFORE HE GETS OUTTA HERE.
UH, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE, UH, COMPRESSOR ON THE ICE MACHINE.
AND THOSE FIRE PEOPLE GET REALLY UPSET WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A ICE MAKER.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR SOFT DRINKS AND I WAS REMINDED THAT NO, THEY LOAD UP A LOT OF COOLERS AND PUT ON THOSE TRUCKS TO TAKE WITH THEM OUT THE, OUT THE FIRE SCENES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEY NEEDED TO HAVE IT DONE AND FIXED.
AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROD, FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT SO QUICKLY.
UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, WITH THE STAFFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUR CHIEF KNOWS THEIR CHIEF AND THEY HAVE FOR WHAT, 30 YEARS JUST ABOUT.
UM, SO THEY KNOW HOW TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND IT, IT, IT'S A, A BIG HELP.
THE CITY MEADOWS PLACE, UM, WE'RE WHAT'S CALLED ZONE FOUR FOR THE STAFFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY IS, IS LISTED DOWN HERE.
UM, WE HAD A TOTAL 37 INCIDENTS, UH, IN THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD, UM, 11 OF WHICH WERE MEDICAL ASSISTED, UM, BY EMS CREWS IN THE CITY.
UH, THERE WAS A RESCUE OF EMS STANDBY, FOR INSTANCE, IN CAR WRECKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS DO END UP TYPICALLY BEING EMS CALLS.HOWEVER, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY.
THERE'S DISPATCHED, BUT A LOT OF 'EM CALLED BACK.
UH, WHEN THEY GOT THERE, IT WAS A FALSE ALARM OR SOMEBODY WHO'S SCARED CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK THE POLICE HAD HAD FINALLY TAUGHT ME TO GO, IT'S OKAY TO SHOW UP.
UM, WE'D RATHER SHOW UP FOR NOTHING THAN NOT COME TO SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME WAY I LOOK THE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE UP AND THEY'RE READY.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO, AGAIN, 37, UH, INCIDENTS BETWEEN FIRE AND EMS. UH, SOMETIMES I SEE THOSE BIG FIRETRUCKS GOING BY AND THERE'S JUST NOTHING LIKE WATCHING A FIRETRUCK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR FIRE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME? THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN ANSWER.
UH, ITEM FIVE, CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORTING.
NICK HABE, CITY ADMINISTRATOR SAYS SO RIGHT HERE.
UH, FIRST WANNA MENTION, UM, REEMPHASIZE, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO AROUND THE BACK OF OUR BUILDING DURING DAYLIGHT, YOU NEED TO, THAT LANDSCAPING THAT PARKS WORKED ON IS PHENOMENAL AND I WANNA GIVE, UH, COLLEEN AND, AND ALL OF HER STAFF A CREDIT FOR, FOR THAT WORK.
IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE, UM, AND EASY TO MAINTAIN AND EASY TO MAINTAIN FOR SURE.
UM, WE ARE STREAMING TONIGHT ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
UH, CAMERON WOULD LET YOU KNOW, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
SEVEN PEOPLE ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
AND I HAVE A GOOD ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT ONE OF THOSE SEVEN IS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO, UH, WANNA SAY HI TO MR. MERTON'S, WHO'S OUT THERE IN, UH, THE INTERNET SOMEWHERE WATCHING US.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, ALSO HAPPY, UH, HAPPY TO PRESENT THE AUDIT THAT WE GAVE EARLIER TODAY.
UM, BOY, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOU'VE GOT A FINANCE DIRECTOR IS DELIBERATE AND AS GOOD AS ANNAMARIA.
IT SURE DOES MAKE LIFE EASIER UP HERE.
AND I KNOW THE AUDITOR VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, UH, THE DELIBERATE WAY SHE WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THEM EVERYTHING THEY ASKED FOR.
UM, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT ANNAMARIA AND I ARE WORKING, UM, PAGE BY PAGE RIGHT NOW ON A BRAND NEW CITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.
UH, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S BRAND NEW TO ALL OF US.
WE'RE GONNA GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AS SOON AS WE CAN.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS POLICY IS, IS IT'S A, A, A POLICY THAT KIND OF PUTS ON PAPER WHAT WE TYPICALLY, WHAT WE ALREADY DO.
UH, BUT IT DOES GIVE US SOME GUIDEPOSTS AND SOME GUIDELINES ON, ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL GOALS AND JUST FINANCIAL PROCEDURES INTERNALLY AS WELL AS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT IT'S A VERY DELIBERATE, UH, PROCESS.
SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
UH, ALSO I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, CAMERON, WAS BUSY, UH, THIS WEEK.
WE PUT UP, UH, A LOT OF STUFF THAT I THOUGHT WAS NOTEWORTHY.
UM, ON FACEBOOK IN PARTICULAR.
WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY HE CHRONICLED THE FIELD HOUSE ROOF, WHICH WAS A GOOD THING.
UM, CABO BOB'S OBVIOUSLY, WHICH OPENED, UH, WE HAD THAT ON FACEBOOK.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO HDR THIS WEEK, UH, OUR CONTRACT ENGINEER, UH, HAD A FIELD VISIT OUT WITH US AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE LIFT STATION TO DO SOME WORK, SOME FIELD WORK OUT THERE WITH US.
AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNDER DESIGN.
THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS BOTH ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AS WELL AS THE LIFT STATION.
SO WE WERE OUT THERE WITH THEM, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO.
CAMERON WAS ON SITE TO NOT ONLY DOCUMENT THAT, BUT ALSO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON OUT THERE.
CAUSE THAT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, UM, IN TERMS OF UPGRADING SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES, SOME VERY IMPORTANT FACILITIES, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LEMME KNOW.
YEAH, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT ON AND PRAY THAT DON'T MISSPEAK.
UM, THE CAMERA'S DID A GREAT JOB AND HE WORKS REAL WELL WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UM, AND ROD HAD HIM OUT THERE AND, AND WE SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND PEOPLE HAVEN'T NEVER SEEN THAT AREA.
IT'S A LITTLE, LITTLE OF A MYSTERY.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HOW COME THEY'RE THERE? AND IT'S ALL DISPLAYED AND, AND IT'S UP THERE FOR US.
SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
UH, OF COURSE, THE OTHER NICE THING WAS THAT THEY FEATURED CABO BOX, UM, WHICH
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IS, UM, A NEW BUSINESS, UH, IN THE CITY.AND IF YOU'RE DONE, ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING FOR CITY ADMINISTRATOR? I'M GONNA JUMP ON AND SAY MAYOR IN COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND I'M SITTING HERE FEELING THE EFFECT OF THIS, UH, UM, OAK POLLEN.
UH, SOME, I'M GONNA PROBABLY BE VERY BRIEF.
UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, CITY MEADOWS PLACE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S ABOUT ONE SQUARE MILE.
NOT QUITE, UH, BUT WE EXAGGERATE A LITTLE BIT AND CALL IT ONE SQUARE MILE.
MOST OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS PUT TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.
MOST OF THE STREETS, MOST OF THE SIDEWALKS, MOST OF THE PIPE, UH, WAS PUT TOGETHER.
AND IT'S STARTING TO GIVE US TROUBLE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I THINK THIS CITY, FOR A LITTLE ONE SQUARE, UH, CITY WITH NOT A WHOLE LOT OF REVENUE, UM, DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING AND PLANNING.
AND ROD, I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, YOU WORKING WITH, UH, OTHERS HAVE COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN, LIKE THE, UH, THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AFTER OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH OF COURSE IS OUR STREETS AND OUR SIDEWALKS AND OUR PIPE, AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UH, MEADOWS PLACE HAS, UH, UH, BEEN WORKING VERY HARD, UH, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO PREPARE FOR, UH, EXTENSIVE INF UH, INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS AND UPGRADES AND, UH, RENOVATIONS, ET CETERA.
UH, AND I WANT TO SAY ALSO, I, I, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T POINT OUT THAT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN STALEY'S HAD A LOT OF INPUT IN THAT.
HE'S, UH, HE'S PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND OUT TONIGHT THAT IS CONSIDERED INFRASTRUCTURE IS ROADS.
AND, UH, WE WERE, UH, PRES, WE FOUND TONIGHT A PLAQUE, WHICH I KNEW WE HAD WON.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS.
I FOUND IT, IT WAS ON MY DESK.
AND IT'S FROM THE TEXAS DISTRICT OF THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS.
IT'S A 2021 NORMAN HOUE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT OF THE YEAR WARDEN.
IT'S PRESENTED TO CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, UM, IN RECOGNITION OF A MODERN ROUNDABOUT INTERSECTION.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT OUR ROUNDABOUTS FOLKS, THAT'S ALL ACROSS TEXAS.
AND OUR LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE CITY WALKED OFF WITH THE PLAQUE.
UH, CAMERON, I'M GONNA ASSUME YOU CAN GET A PICTURE OF IT AND SOMEHOW SHOW IT OFF.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN A HURRY.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
WE'VE GOT SOME FAIRLY SERIOUS CHALLENGES.
UH, I KNOW NICK AND, AND ROD AND ANNA MARIA HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING.
AND THE COUNCIL IS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO DO IT AND WE HAVE TO DO IT, AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SACRIFICES, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHICH SACRIFICES ARE DONE AND WHICH PROJECTS ARE CARRIED THROUGH.
UM, AND WE'RE, UH, UH, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
UM, AND WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON WHAT WE'VE GOT WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
AND I WANT TO PAT COUNCIL ON THE BACK WITH THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING, ITEM B IS, UH, INVOLVE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.
UH, CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, A SMALL CITY LIKE OURS HAS GOT TO RESPECT, RESPOND TO AND SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO DOES PARTICIPATE IN IT FROM Y'ALL SEEN THIS IN THE STAR.
UM, THE, UH, FORT BEND STAR HAS A, UH, A BIG ABOVE THE FOLD, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
NEWSPAPER VERNACULAR, UH, PRESENTATION ABOUT THE, UH, UM, BOY SCOUT, UH, FLAG BOX OUT THERE.
AND, UH, GETTING IT BUILT HERE.
SO FROM SCOUTS ON UP TO THE COACHES AND, UH, SWIM TEAM LEADERS AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS, DOWN TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON OUR BOARDS AND OUR COMMISSIONS AND ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE SCHOOLS, ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND FOR A CITY OUR SIZE, WE HAVE
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TONS OF THEM.AND I WANT TO, THERE'S NO WAY TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY, BUT I WANT TO SAY, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT IS DOING SOMETHING, THANK 'EM, JUST THANK 'EM.
IT'S, THEY'RE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, UH, HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE GONNA BE IN ADDRESSING A, UH, AN ELECTION.
AND I WANT TO SAY TO ANYBODY THAT'S CONSIDERING GETTING INVOLVED IN CITY OR THE GOVERNMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT, PLEASE DON'T WALK IN HERE THE DAY OF THE ELECTION AND EXPECT TO COME IN HERE AND KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I IMPLORE YOU TO GET INVOLVED INTO A BOARD OR A COMMISSIONER ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND ZONING, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ONE OF THOSE.
AND WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A NEED FOR SOME ALTERNATES THERE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS GOT SOME, UH, A NEED FOR SOME ECONOMIC ADVISORS.
YOU'LL MEET SOME REALLY NEAT PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT, DON'T YOU? UH, SOME REALLY STRONG PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY IF YOU DON'T.
AND SO NO GRIPING ABOUT IT IF YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED.
UM, SO PLEASE CONSIDER, GET ENGAGED, GET GET TO KNOW YOUR COUNCIL.
ANYBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? I'LL SPEND SOME TIME.
WE'LL GO OVER THE WHOLE CITY AND, AND FIND SOMETHING THAT FITS YOUR NICHE.
UM, HAD THE LADY COME IN AND SAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT? WELL, SHE'S NOW SITTING ON A BOARD, OKAY? SO THAT, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND THEN, UH, SO PLEASE, I ASK YOU TO DO THAT.
GET INVOLVED AND LET'S GO LOOK, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY ENGAGED IN THIS CITY WERE THE HOME RURAL CHARTER GROUP MAN WITH A BRILLIANT BUNCH OF PEOPLE, HARDWORKING FOLKS.
THOSE WERE, UH, SO THAT'S THE KIND OF FOLKS THAT CAN DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.
AND WITH MANY CHANGES AS THEY'RE GOING ON, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE GOOD CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.
AND I ASK EVERYBODY TO, UH, LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN DO.
AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE, UH, CHECK WITH ONE OF YOUR COUNCILMAN WITH NICK, UH, MYSELF.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU UP INVOLVED.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOVE IT OFF TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS DORRANCE LANE.
WE ARE FINALLY IN THE HOME STRETCH, GET SOME SIDEWALK TO FINISH SOME RAMPS.
UM, I BELIEVE ALL THE ROADWAY PAVING IS DONE.
THEY'RE JUST LETTING THE CURE SET BEFORE THEY CLEAR OFF THE CROSSWALKS.
UM, BUT THAT DOES LEAD US TO ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT CHARLIE MADE ABOUT, UM, WE HAD SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE, SOME SACRIFICES TO MAKE, BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS, WHEN ARE WE GONNA BID PHASE TWO, THAT NEXT BLOCK GOING TOWARDS THE DOG PARK, UM, THAT'S EXPECTED TO COME IN AT A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, THE ISSUE IS DURING THE, UM, DESIGN OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FIX, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A MILLION DOLLAR JOB AS BALLOONED UP TO $3.2 MILLION.
UM, WE WENT TO THE COUNTY, ASKED FOR SOME MONEY THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN HARD.
NO, BUT THE INCLINATION WAS NO.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY, THERE WAS A PRETTY LONG WORKSHOP DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REALLOCATION OF SOME RESOURCES.
A GROUP CAME TO, UH, PRESENT A 13 MILLION REQUEST, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME HOMELESS ISSUES AND, AND STUDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN CARS, UM, THEY WERE DE THEY WEREN'T DENIED.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS WAS WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER REQUESTS THAT ARE JUST AS VALID AND MEADOW'S PLACE WAS NAMED.
SO WHAT I'M THINKING, WE, WE ASKED FOR 4 MILLION.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAILOR THAT REQUEST DOWN TO 2000003.2 AND GO FROM THERE AND THEN PUT THE DORRANCE PROJECT INTO THE REQUEST FOR THE NEXT FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND, WHICH SHOULD HAVE AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER THAT'S GONNA PUSH THE NEXT BLOCK OF DORRANCE TO THE NEXT YEAR.
IT PUTS US THE YEAR BEHIND WHERE WE WANTED TO BE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESSING CONCERN WITH THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, ROD'S HAVING TO HAUL RATHER THAN, OR HAUL LIQUID RATHER THAN THE, THE SLUDGE, WHICH IS MORE DIFFICULT, MORE EXPENSIVE.
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AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, HOPEFULLY THE MAYOR AND NICK CAN RETAILER OUR REQUEST TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND I CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT I THINK MIGHT WORK AND TAILOR IT IN SUCH A WAY DOES, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE ASKED FOR MORE THAN WE NEEDED.UM, WE'RE JUST TAILORING OUR REQUEST TO WHAT, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER, THE COMPETING SOURCES OUT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON DORRANCE AT THE MOMENT? YES.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THAT STUFF TO CURE? IT'S CURED.
ALRIGHT, WELL I'M GO TALK TO 'EM TOMORROW.
CHARLIE WANTS TO SEE THE RED BRICK STAMP.
UM, NEXT ONE'S GONNA BE A SHORT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING ON CENTERPOINT TO GIVE US CLEARANCE TO DO THE BOARS SO WE CAN FINISH THE BIKEWAY DESIGN THAT'S BEEN IN FOR WHAT, THREE MONTHS NOW.
AND WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THEM TO BLESS OUR ABILITY TO GO IN THERE AND DO OUR BOARS.
IT'S FAIRLY TYPICAL FOR CENTERPOINT FOR THINGS TO TAKE THIS LONG.
UM, AND IT'S JUST AN UNFORTUNATE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
IF, IF YOU WANNA CALL, CALL OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PERSON, PLEASE DO.
UH, I HAVE, AND WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION AND HE HAS A REQUEST IN FOR ME THE OTHER DAY ABOUT SPECIFIC SO HE CAN GIMME A NAME.
AND SO I WILL BE DOING THAT THIS WEEK AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SAY, WELL, MONDAY OR SOMETIME.
GET IT UP, GET IT, UH, MOVING.
UM, RICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN.
UM, RICK IS UH, MORE OR LESS OUR UNPAID, UH, VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER.
AND, UM, WE GET SO MUCH BENEFIT OUTTA YOU SITTING THERE AND DOING THAT.
AND RICK, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT EXCEPT THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AND EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE FOR, TO TAKE CARE OF CITY BUSINESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO RIGHT NOW.
CAN I TALK ABOUT THE SWEETHEART LUNCHEON REAL QUICK? NO, THERE WILL BE A SPOT AT THE END.
AND I WANT YOU TO, UH, BUT NOT RIGHT HERE.
UM, WE ARE AT ITEM F, THE REGULAR AGENDA.
RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE CERTIFICATION UN UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR MAY 7TH, 2022, GENERAL ELECTION FROM THE CITY SE SECRETARY MOVE TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MEANS YOU'RE STILL ON AND NO SIGNS.
AND, UM, KELLY, I'M STILL, YOU'RE STILL ON.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO KURT AND KELLY.
UH, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
UM, I'M VERY TICKLED THAT, UH, THAT YOU ARE, UM, ITEM MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION REGARDING, UM, AN ORDINANCE 20 23 6 CANCELING THE ELECTION.
I WILL MO AS WE ONLY HAVE TWO CANDIDATES, I WILL MOVE TO CANCEL THE ELECTION.
UH, CANCEL OR SECOND BY KELLY.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE 2023, DAY ZERO SEVEN AMENDING, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, ENDING SEPTEMBER 20 OR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,300 FROM THE GEN GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO LINE ITEM 100 0 65, 71 0 1 11 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCES SUPPLY FOR A NEW PROJECTOR SYSTEM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THE, THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT AMOUNT.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY KIRK TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? I WANNA KNOW WHY THE MAYOR BROKE IT.
I WANNA KNOW WHY THE MAYOR BROKE IT.
I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR BROKE IT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT HE'LL TAKE THE BLAME IF WE GOT THE NEW ONE.
SO IF EVERYBODY APPROVES, UH, WE'LL MOVE
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ON.I WAS TRYING TO SLIDE THROUGH.
ANY OPPOSED? NOW IT'S UNANIMOUS.
I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS AND LED ME ASTRAY.
APPOINTING A PRESIDING JUDGE TO SERVE IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD OF CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR OR EVERY TWO YEARS.
DO YOU REMEMBER? WE HAVE TO DO IT EITHER ANNUALLY OF THE TWO YEARS.
SO, AND THEN, UH, BRETT KISSICK IS OUR SITTING JUDGE AND UH, THE MOTION WOULD BE APPOINTING, UH, BRETT TO TAKE OVER THE, OR KEEP THE JUDGE SHIPPED.
MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, VERY GIVE OVER HERE THE ONE THAT'S OKAY.
ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION, ONE VOTE.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS, UH, REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MEMBER IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN A SEPARATE ITEM.
THIS HAS ALL TYPES OF FOLKS, ALL TYPES OF, UH, THINGS, UM, AND I AM GONNA SAY INCLUDING, UM, UH, AN ACCESS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
SO, MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
KELLY, THIS WOULD COME TO AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, NOT AUDIENCE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, SIT RIGHT THERE AND TELL US ABOUT THE, UH, YES.
ON, UH, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11TH, WE HOSTED THE SWEETHEART LUNCHEON AT MEADOWS PLACE, SENIOR VILLAGE.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN ALLOWED BACK IN THERE SINCE CHRISTMAS OF 2019.
UH, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, I USUALLY PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, THEY ALL STEPPED UP.
TIA BAKER WAS THERE, MAYOR CAME, AND THE EVERYBODY LOVES HIM GIVING HIS LITTLE TALKS.
PD WAS THERE HANDING OUT THE CARDS.
THE RESIDENTS LOVE TO HAVE THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE STILL HAVE THE MAGNETIC ONES Y'ALL USED TO OFFER TO PUT ON THE FRIDGE.
IF SO, CAN I GET SOME TO TAKE OVER THERE? IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK DU HONOR SOCIETY.
THEY CAME OUT, THERE WAS ABOUT A DOZEN OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES FROM DUS THAT TOOK OVER HIS WAITERS, WAITRESSES AND SERVED EVERYBODY WITH A SIT DOWN LUNCHEON.
UH, HEATHER, WHO WORKS FOR CHILI'S AND LIVES OUT HERE, PROVIDED THE FAJITAS CHICKEN FAJITAS WITH ALL THE FIXING.
AND THEN WE HAD APRIL HARVEY WHO GREW UP HERE IN THE MEADOWS.
SHE WORKED FOR CANES IN SUGAR LAND AND SHE HAD ABOUT 12 GALLONS BETWEEN LEMONADE, TEA AND SWEET TEA.
UH, MICHELLE COCHRAN, ANOTHER RESIDENT HERE, WORKED FOR A ROXANNE WATER AND CRYSTAL GEYSER WATER.
WE HAD ALL KIND BOTTLED WATER.
THE MAYOR MADE SURE THAT I HAD THE MEADOWS, CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE WATER THERE ON THE TABLE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYBODY GOT TICKLED AT THAT.
AND THEN GRACIE, WHO IS JULIE HARVEY AND PAUL HARVEY'S GRANDDAUGHTER.
AND ANNE TAYLOR, GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, THIRD GENERATION HERE IN MEADOWS, WAS HANGING OUT ALL THE TREATS TO THE, UH, OLD PEOPLE AS SHE CALLED.
UM, AND MIKE CAME THROUGH FROM STARBUCKS AND PROVIDED US WITH COFFEE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY LOVE, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION THEY GET, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE CUT OFF.
AND OF COURSE, CHRIS, MY SAVIOR WAS THERE AND HE'S THE ONE THAT MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S UP TO DATE AND ALL, ALL IN ALL, IT WENT ROLL.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY SOMETHING AROUND, UH, EASTER TIMERS.
SO EASTER EGGS OR SOMETHING FOR THEM.
WE TALKING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ON FEBRUARY 11TH OVER AT MEADOW SENIOR VILLAGE.
YOU SAW COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THEY WERE, AND THEY WERE SO PLEASANT AND SO ENERGETIC AND SO THOUGHTFUL AND SO
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KIND TO EVERYBODY INCLUDING ME.AND I REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, IN CASE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT RICK'S LAUGHING ABOUT, KELLY SAID, YEAH, THEY THOUGHT I WAS A RESIDENT OVER THERE.
BUT, UM, IT WAS, UM, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE, BUT IT TAKES A LOT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND, UM, I GOTTA TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU AND SHEILA FOR SETTING THAT THING UP, KELLY, AND WORK SO HARD AND GO TO THE STORE AND GATHER ALL THE STUFF, BRING IT THERE, PUT STUFF TOGETHER AND MAKE THAT THING HAPPEN.
UM, THOSE PEOPLE WERE APPRECIATIVE AND I THINK IT'S CUZ THEY KNEW HOW MUCH WORK IT WAS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND FOR ALL THE 800 HAVE YOU OUT HERE, PLEASE.
LET'S GIVE KELLY A GREAT BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
ANYTHING ELSE, KELLY? ALL RIGHT.
SO MOVING FORWARD, ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE HAVE, UH, ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADDRESS? YOU GET, UH, YOU GET THREE MINUTES AND, UH, CAN I MOVE IT OVER TO THE THAT'S WHAT I, THANK YOU.
I LIVE AT 1 2 1 2 3 SCOTTSDALE HERE IN MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE HAD ANY PROBLEMS UNDERSTANDING NOW I'VE TRIED TO PUT IN A NEW FENCE TO IMPROVE MY PROPERTY, AND I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE NEIGHBOR BEHIND ME WHO WANTS TO HAVE A STRUCTURE THAT IS POSTED WITHIN SIX INCHES OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
I'VE CHECKED UNDER THE COUNTY AND IT STATES THAT IT HAS TO BE FIVE FEET.
ACCORDING TO TERRY HENLEY, IT'S ALSO FIVE FEET, ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE CITY, IT'S ONLY TWO FEET.
NOW, I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT YOU MAKE RULES AND YET YOU DON'T ENFORCE 'EM.
WHY? OKAY, BRUCE, YOU TALKING A SIDE FENCE OR A BACK FENCE? A BACK FENCE AND SIDE FENCE.
WELL, THE BACK FENCE IS GONNA BE RULED BY THE UTILITY EASEMENT.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE PLAT SAYS.
BRUCE, YOU GOT ANOTHER TWO MINUTES THAT YOU WANNA RUN THROUGH YOUR WHOLE THING, OR IS THERE FINE, I WILL DO THAT.
AND YET I'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND THE PERSON BEHIND ME IS THROWING THEIR TRASH OVER THE FENCE.
SO WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS? I'M GONNA TALK TO THE COUNTY TOMORROW.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL ANSWER THE LAST ONE.
COUNTY'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE INSIDE THE CITY.
SO, SO IT'S OUR JURISDICTION AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, YOU SA THIS IS A CIVIL MATTER BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS BRUCE AND AS FAR AS THE RIGHT OF WAYS, IF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE HAS TO GO IN THERE AND GET GAIN ACCESS TO ANYTHING ON YOUR SIDE OR THEIR SIDE, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THERE AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING BUILT THERE, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE IT.
WE WILL TRY NOT TO DESTROY IT, BUT IF WE HAVE TO, IT'S GONE.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AND REGULATE JUST BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA FORCE SOMEBODY NOT TO HAVE IT.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A FENCE IF YOU DON'T WANT ONE.
SO YOU NEED TO START WITH THAT.
WELL THAT'S, I WE'RE JUST REPLACING A FENCE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY THE OPTION.
AND SOME, SOME NEIGHBORS ARE IN A POSITION TO HELP AND SOME ARE NOT.
AND Y'ALL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT, RIGHT? BECAUSE BUT I'M WONDERING WHY WE HAVE RULES THAT SAYS THAT TWO FOOT SETBACK BACK.
NO, IT SAYS THAT YOU, THAT IF YOU HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT? OKAY.
YOU'RE NOT THE BUILD A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THERE.
AND PERMANENT IS TO FIND SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA GET TORN UP WHEN WE COME BY OR WHEN CENTER POINT COMES BY OR WHEN AT AND T COMES BY.
IF THEY COME DIGGING STUFF UP THERE, THEY'RE GONNA TEAR IT UP AND THAT'S IT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF SITTING IN RIGHT OF WAYS.
THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THE SLEDS SO THEY CAN GET PULLED OUT OF THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT, BUT SOMETHING BUTTED UP AGAINST THEIR FENCE, WE'RE NOT GONNA ADDRESS THAT.
CAN YOU SHOW ME THAT? DO YOU HAVE IT IN WRITING? YES.
COULD YOU, UH, WE WILL NOT ADDRESS
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THAT.I MEAN, NO, I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE RULE IN WRITING.
CAN I HAVE A COPY OF THAT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT, BRUCE? I WANT TO LOOK AT THE TWO FOOT RULE, WHAT IT IS ON THE EASEMENTS TO, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION FOR US SO WE DON'T GET A LITTLE, UH, UH, SET THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION HERE.
BRUCE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT? WELL, I'D LIKE TO, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THAT, WELL, I'D LIKE TO LEAST READ IT AND, AND SEE THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL RULE.
RU WHAT, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M TALKING ABOUT A DECK WITH THE POST SUNKEN, THE GROUND CEMENTED IN PLACE.
IT'S GOT, UH, A LATTICE WORK IN THE BACK.
AND THAT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD? YES, SIR.
UH, I DOUBT ANYTHING'S GONNA ADDRESS A, A DECK WHEN WE SAY STRUCTURES, WE'RE TALKING BUILDINGS, EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE GARAGE OR OUTBUILDING.
UM, DECKS USUALLY ARE NOT CONSIDERED THAT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY, UM, A AC UNIT IS WITHIN A FOOT OF MY PROPERTY LINE.
WE'VE GOT THAT ALL OVER THE, THE CITY.
AND SO SOMEBODY PUTTING A DECK THAT CLOSE TO THE, THE SIDE FENCE MM-HMM.
WELL THIS HAS GOT A WALL WITH THE LATTICE ON IT.
LAT LATS IS SO IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT GONNA COUNT AGAIN AS ANYTHING THAT'S A STRUCTURE.
I'M WONDERING WHY, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
UM, BE BECAUSE STRUCTURE UNDER THE, WELL, STATE BUILDING CODE, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, IS GONNA BE DEFINED AS A BUILDING.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE DEFINED AS LATTICE.
OR A TRELLIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO FIND.
YOU'RE FIND LOOKING TO SET SOMETHING TO MAKE HIM MOVE IT AND IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
NO, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO BE NICE ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PERSON BEHIND ME WAS THROWING THEIR TRASH OPEN.
COUNSEL IN THE BACKYARD SINCE THIS INCIDENT, I THINK IT'S, NO.
YOU DONE? YOU GOT ABOUT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE FINISHED ALL THEN I'M GONNA COME BACK AND RE UH, RECAP ON THAT IF I MAY.
UH, AND I'M, I'M SADDENED TO FEEL THE NEED TO EVEN RESPOND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS.
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T RESPOND IF I'M BEING HONEST.
UH, THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND US HAVE NOT BEEN TRUTHFUL THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE.
WE'VE NOT BEEN IN OUR BACKYARD SINCE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED.
UH, AND THE DECK IS MOBILE, BY THE WAY.
I'VE ACTUALLY REMOVED IT ONCE BEFORE AS THE SEWAGE.
UH, WE HAD REPLACED OUR MAIN SEWER LINE ONCE BEFORE, SO THAT WASN'T AN ISSUE.
IT'S NOT CEMENTED INTO THE GROUND EITHER, BY THE WAY.
UH, I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR COUNSEL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I'LL SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FINE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR RESPONSIVENESS AND THE WAY THAT THEY HANDLED THAT SITUATION APPROPRIATELY.
UH, THE POLICE CHIEF HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN HIS REPORT THAT A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF WAS ISSUED THIS PAST MONTH.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE SITUATION THAT MR. BRUCE IS REFERENCING.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE'RE PRAYERFUL THAT THEY CAN FIND PEACE OVER THE MATTER.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ABOUT ANYTHING? NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, I'M NOT WAITING LONG ON THIS ONE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF, UH, ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS I, WHICH IS CALLED ADJOURNED COUNSEL, UNLESS WE HAVE ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS ADJOURNED.
BANG, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.