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[City Council Meeting]
WE'RE ON.GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, MEADOWS PLACE.
THIS IS A MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
THAT IS TUESDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2023.
AND IT IS 6:30 PM UH, WE'RE LOCATED HERE IN THE CITY OF, OF MEADOWS PLACE.
I HOPE, UH, THE CROWD WILL KEEP QUIET DURING THE MEETING.
AND, UH, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING.
UH, ITEM A IS, UH, UH, CALLED TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
UM, WE WILL GO TO ITEM ONE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION.
KRISTA, COULD I THROW A CURVE AT YOU AND ASK YOU TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? STILL REMEMBER HOW TO JUST GET US STARTED
AND IT, IT GOES ON TO THE MINUTES, AND YOU'LL BE THERE FOREVER.
UH, AND JIM, UH, IS GONNA DO OUR, UH, INVOCATION.
SO WE'LL START OFF WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG BY THE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY, AND GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY OF ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING, WAY THAT YOU ARE MOVING CITY.
THANK FOR ALL THE STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, OR PURCHAS, GOD, REALLY JUST EVERYBODY WHO POUR INTO THIS AS WE INTO THE BUSINESS, THOSE PLACES THAT WE, YOU ARE PRESENT AND EVERY THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU OUR PROTECT US.
UH, KRISTEN MALONE, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND, I S D SCHOOLBOARD.
AND WE THANK HER FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, BRIAN FOR, UH, WHO IS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND WHO WILL BE HANDLING ANY QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM B, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FORT BEND I S D BOND, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE UP FOR ELECTION MAY 6TH, 2023.
UM, WE INVITED THEM TO COME EXPLAIN THIS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOND AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY COUNSEL TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
UH, WE CANNOT PROMOTE OR SPEAK AGAINST IT.
WE MUST REMAIN NEUTRAL FROM THIS BODY.
HOWEVER, UH, WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE, NOT EVERYBODY IS GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR IT ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY, DIRECTLY TO THEM, NOR HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, WHO'S GONNA GO FIRST? OKAY.
WELL, UM, KRISTEN, LET ME ASK YOU THIS BEFORE YOU GET STARTED.
UM, I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE HAVE DONE THIS TYPE OF THING A LOT.
HOW MANY CITY COUNCILS HAVE YOU BEEN TO ON THIS BOND? THIS IS THE FIRST, OH, SO MEADOW'S PLACE FIRST AGAIN, Y'ALL ARE THE LEADERS.
UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE IN FORT BEND.
I S D I MYSELF AM A PRODUCT OF FORT BEND DI D GREW UP HERE, K THROUGH 12, GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY.
AND FELT, UM, TO GET INVOLVED AND ENGAGED BACK IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I THINK IT'S COOL BEING HERE IN THE MEADOW.
SO I WANNA GIVE Y'ALL HATS OFF.
MY SISTER USED TO LIVE ON DORRANCE, AND I LOVE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH A ZEST AND APPRECIATION FOR COMMUNITY AND TOGETHERNESS, AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST A, A PRAYER AND YOU KNOW, THAT IT REALLY EXISTS.
AND WHAT YOU DO ON HALLOWEEN AND HOW YOU BLOCK OFF THE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS JUST SUCH A GIFT.
AND I ALSO THINK I'VE BEEN TO, UM, SOME EVENTS DOWN BY THE NEW MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SEEING THE DOGS OUT AND THE CHILDREN PLAYING AND THE MUSIC GOING, AND FATHERS DANCING WITH DAUGHTERS AND HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FAMILY AND TOGETHERNESS AND FRIENDS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING.
AND I LOOK AROUND AT THAT CAMPUS AND IT BRINGS ME SUCH GREAT JOY TO KNOW THAT FORT BEND IS, D'S SCHOOL IS PROVIDING
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A PLACE OF FELLOWSHIP AND TOGETHERNESS IN SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF.AND SO I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AND HOW YOU'RE UTILIZING THESE FACILITIES FOR, FOR GOOD AND TO BRING FOLKS TOGETHER.
SO WITH THAT, IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE OUR LAST BOND.
AND I, I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I'M PRETTY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS AND THINK THAT IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CHILDREN NOT JUST HERE AND NOT JUST WHERE I LIVE, BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A, UM, A THRIVING SCHOOL WHERE LEARNING CAN HAPPEN, WHERE FAMILIES ARE PROUD, WHERE THEY'RE ENGAGED, CONNECTED, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC OUTCOMES POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, COVID DID A NUMBER ON US, AND IT WAS A REAL STRUGGLE.
AND THERE WAS THAT ABSENCE FOR QUITE SOME TIME OF, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS.
WE WERE DOING THE ONLINE LEARNING AND NOW WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.
WE'RE PAYING FOR IT WITH ACADEMIC LOSS, WE'RE PAYING FOR IT WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ISSUES IN, IN FOLKS.
UM, BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, I'M LIKE, HOW DO WE OVERCOME THIS? FRANKLY, IT IS A PROBLEM.
WELL, WE OVERCOME THIS WITH APPROACHING IT HEAD ON.
WE OVERCOME THIS WITH MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, UM, IS WE'VE DONE A COUPLE CONSOLIDATIONS RECENTLY, BUT WE'RE DOING A REBUILD JUST LIKE WITH MEADOWS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT TO DO THAT, THAT WE TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY CAN MAKE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK FORT BEND COUNTY'S PRETTY DUG ON.
GREAT, RIGHT? AND I KNOW FORT BEND ISD IS ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING, UM, ISDS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T KEEP DOING MORE, RIGHT? WE NEED TO STAY CUTTING EDGE.
WE NEED TO STAY WHERE WE ARE, NOT STAY.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROPEL, CONTINUE TO RAISE THE BAR OF EXCELLENCE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO WITH THAT, I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US TODAY, MR. GWEN AND I TO PRESENT AND TO SHARE, UM, INFORMATION AND PROVIDE SOME SPECIFICS AROUND THE BOND AND THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO ASKING QUESTIONS AND LISTENING AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
AND IF YOU WANNA START SHARING AND VOTE ON MAY 6TH ELECTION DAY, FOR ANYONE LISTENING TO SUPPORT FOR VIN I S D, GO FOR IT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME'S BRIAN GWEN, AND I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FORT BEND IS D AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THE BOND AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND THEN GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
SO I WANNA START OUT BY SAYING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BONDS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS EVER HELD.
AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY, AND IT IS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS YOU DO THIS, OUR LAST BOND WAS 992 MILLION, AND THAT WAS DONE IN 2018.
AND IF YOU APPLY THE RATE OF INFLATION TO $2,018 TO TODAY, YOU ARRIVE ALMOST MAGICALLY BY COINCIDENCE AT $1.2 BILLION.
WE ARE VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, ALTHOUGH IT IS A LARGE NUMBER, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN.
AND I'LL SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE IN THE THING.
WE'LL HAVE TO DO THIS IN THREE PROPOSITIONS, TWO OF THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THE FIRST PROPOSITION PROPOSITION A PROPOSITION A IS THE LARGEST AT 1.18 BILLION.
IT INCLUDES 317 MILLION TO REBUILD THREE NEW SCHOOLS.
THIS COMMUNITY, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, HAD YOUR SCHOOL REBUILT.
WE'RE NOW EXPANDING THAT OUT TO TWO OTHER COMMUNITIES.
PLUS A HIGH SCHOOL, BRIARGATE ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, IS PLANNED TO BE REBUILT.
AND ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE, WE'LL HAVE OUR MISSION BEND ELEMENTARY REBUILT AS WELL.
AND SO WE'LL BRING THOSE COMMUNITIES IN JUST AS WE DID WITH MEADOW'S PLACE, AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT SCHOOL WILL LOOK LIKE.
CLEMENTS HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO SLATED FOR REBUILD.
THAT CAMPUS IS, HAS OUR HIGHEST FACILITY CONDITION INDEX.
THAT'S A SCORE THAT WHERE WE HAVE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS COME IN AND WALK THROUGH THE SITE TO DETERMINE HOW IT LOOKS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT FOUNDATION ISSUES AT CLEMENTS.
AND THE REBUILD OF CLEMENTS IS ACTUALLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN MITIGATING THAT THOSE FOUNDATION ISSUES JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE.
AND SO THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THAT 317 MILLION, ABOUT 220 MILLION, IS TO REBUILD CLEMENTS.
NOW, THAT IS A HUGE STAGGERING
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NUMBER, BUT IT WE'RE REBUILDING ON THAT SAME SITE.AND SO WE'LL BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL, THE STUDENTS WILL THEN MOVE INTO IT, AND THEN WE'LL DEMOLISH THE OLD SCHOOL.
SO NO DISPLACING OF STUDENTS, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S A FOUR YEAR PROCESS AND IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, WHICH IS ADDING TO SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS 146 MILLION FOR THREE NEW SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THOSE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WILL SERVE ALSO THE SOUTHEAST PAR PORTION OF THE DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A NEW MIDDLE, OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WILL GO IN THE HARVEST GREEN AREA BECAUSE OF THE PROFOUND GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
AND THEN, RATHER THAN BUILD A NEW CAMPUS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FACILITY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, ELMAR WOODS, AND WE'RE GOING TO RECONFIGURE THAT TO SERVE STUDENTS.
AND SO THE COST OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW IS ABOUT $47 MILLION.
NOW IT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT $20 MILLION TO REPURPOSE THIS BUILDING.
SO WE'RE USING WHAT WE HAVE AND SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY AT THE SAME TIME.
THE NEXT IS 591 MILLION, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING LIFECYCLE DEFICIENCIES.
THIS IS WHERE WE GO IN AND PUT NEW ROOFS, HVACS, PLUMBING, FLOORING, ET CETERA, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION STAY THAT WAY.
SO THIS IS MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE 67 MILLION FOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK EVERYONE HERE IS AWARE THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WENT 100% REMOTE AT THE ONSET.
PART OF THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE THE INVESTMENTS WE MADE IN OUR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT THAT WAS ALL INSTALLED BACK IN 2014.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE WITH TECHNOLOGY, YOU CAN'T RELY ON OLD STUFF.
THIS IS TO RECONFIGURE THE NETWORK AND BRING IT UP TO DATE.
SO IT'S REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE.
IT'S STILL SERVING US, BUT IT IS TIME TO UPGRADE IT TO NEWER COMPONENTS.
AND SO THAT'S A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT 30 MILLION FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, BASED ON RECENT EVENTS, I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THEOR IMPORTANCE OF THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE COMPONENTS IN THERE TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS REMAIN SAFE AND SECURE WITH ADDITIONAL CAMERAS, ENSURING THAT THE RHINO DOOR LOCKS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED ARE ADDED TO CAMPUSES WHERE WE MAY HAVE EXPANDED CLA INTO SPACES THAT WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY USED AS CLASSROOMS, POLICE VEHICLES, AND THEN ALSO A RESPONSE, A, AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE KIT FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE IS EVER AN INCIDENTS IN FORT BEND ISC, THEY ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND IN A WAY THAT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST ANY TYPE OF INTRUDER.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST ITEM, 20 MILLION, 29 MILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE BUSES ABOUT 30 BUSES THAT NEED TO BE PURCHASED AND REPLACED.
WE DRIVE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE EARTH'S CIRCUMFERENCE EVERY DAY IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE PUT MILEAGE ON OUR BUSES.
WE'RE ALSO BUILDING A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO, ONE AT HODGES BEND, WHICH IS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE, AS WELL AS OUR LAKE OLYMPIA TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL, WHICH IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, LAKE OLYMPIA SUBDIVISION.
THIS WOULD ADD ONE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE SO THAT WE'RE NOT DRIVING US FAR AND REDUCING OUR DEADHEAD MILES.
SO THAT WILL SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY IN THE LONG RUN FROM A MILEAGE PERSPECTIVE.
CAN YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND? SURE.
IN REGARD, I WANNA JUST BRING THIS UP.
UM, THE 591 MILLION FOR AGING BUILDINGS.
SO WE, AS THE BOARD SAID, MAN, THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
AND WE ACTUALLY WOUND UP HAVING A WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO JUST THAT NUMBER WHERE WE WENT THROUGH AND THEY HAD A SMARTSHEET AND LINE BY LINE SHOWED US EXACTLY THE TIMEFRAME, SHOWED US HOW MUCH THE COST IS, THE SOFT COST, THE HARD COST, ET CETERA.
SO IT'S ROOFS ACROSS VARIOUS, UM, CAMPUSES.
IT COULD BE A PLAYGROUND FEATURE, IT COULD BE SOME, THEY'RE ALL PRIORITY ONE, SO THEY HAVE PRIORITY ONE THROUGH FOUR.
AND THE REALITY IS, GUYS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE NEARLY 1 BILLION IN AGING BUILDING DEFICIENCIES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET 591 MILLION CURRENTLY, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GONE OUT FOR A BOND IN FIVE YEARS.
SO THE NUMBER FROM BEFORE THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED.
AND SOME FOLKS ARE ASKING, WHY ARE YOU CALLING FOR 1.18 BILLION? AND THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT OF IT, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE KEEP CHASING OUR TAILS AND IT'S TIME TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE BALL.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE OUR LAST MINE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T MENTION AT THE ONSET IS THAT THAT BOND WAS ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED TO BE A TWO-PART PROGRAM, WILL THE FIRST PORTION BEING 992 MILLION, AND THE SECOND PART BEING ABOUT 800 MILLION BROKEN UP IN OVER THREE YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THAT THIRD YEAR, FROM 20 2018 TO 2021, THERE WAS A PANDEMIC IN THERE.
WE HAD A SUPERINTENDENT CHANGE OUT.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMING OF THAT DIDN'T OCCUR WHEN WE NECESSARILY WANTED IT TO.
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THE NEXT PROPOSITION THAT WE HAVE WILL BE PROPOSITION B FOR 52 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.AND THIS IS A REFRESH OF COMPUTERS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
AND SO, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, AT MEADOWS ELEMENTARY, THEY HAVE IPADS AND LAPTOP CARTS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.
AND SO THIS IS TO PURCHASE NEW ITEMS THAT WILL KEEP THOSE COMPONENTS GOING.
FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO PUT ANYTHING THE VICE RELATED IN A SEPARATE PROPOSITION.
SO VOTERS CAN CONSIDER IT SEPARATELY.
AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT HERE AS OPPOSED TO INCLUDED IN THAT ORIGINAL PROPOSITION.
AND THEN OUR FINAL PROPOSITION PROPOSITION C IS FOR AN AUDITORIUM THAT WOULD ALSO SERVE THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
THE DISTRICT CURRENTLY HAS TWO AQUATIC FACILITIES, ONE AT HODGES BIN, ONE THAT'S ON LEXINGTON ADJACENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
THIS WOULD PUT ONE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE TO SERVE THOSE STUDENTS.
CURRENTLY THEY ARE BUSED EITHER TO THE LEXINGTON LOCATION OR GO TO STAFFORD AT THEIR, TO THEIR FACILITY TO PRACTICE IF THEY ARE DOING SWIM MEETS.
AND SO THIS WILL NOT NECESSARILY SAVE MONEY PER SE, BUT IT DOES GIVE STUDENTS A FEW EXTRA MINUTES IN THE MORNING TO SLEEP IN AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO GET UP EARLY TO BE BUSED TO THAT SITE.
AND AGAIN, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE POST THIS AS A SEPARATE PROPOSITION, ANYTHING, ANY TYPE OF ATHLETIC FACILITY, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT INCORPORATED INTO THE BOND.
AND SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE BALLOT IN MAY, YOU WILL SEE THREE PROPOSITIONS FOR FORT BEND ISD THAT ARE BEING ASKED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WE TALK THROUGH THIS.
SO I THINK PROBABLY GREAT, THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED, EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, WELL, WHAT'S THE COST OF THIS? WELL, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WHAT IS OUR TAX RATE? OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS A DOLLAR AND 13 CENTS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AND THE HOUSTON REGION IS ONE OF THE LOWEST, WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS BOND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT 1.2 BILLION? IT WOULD BE A 1 CENT INCREASE TO OUR TAX RATE.
AND SO WE WOULD GO FROM A DOLLAR 13 TO A DOLLAR 14, WHICH DOES NOT MOVE OUR POSITION IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL TAX RATE.
THE NEXT THING TO CONSIDER IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT GOING TO BE TO THE TAXPAYERS? $2 AND 50 CENTS PER MONTH IS WHAT THE COST IS ON AN AVERAGE HOME OF ABOUT $300,000, WHICH WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $30 A YEAR.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD EMPHASIZE IN THIS IS THAT WE JUST DECREASED OUR I N S INCOME AND SINKING TAX RATE BY ONE PENNY THIS YEAR.
WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT WE WOULD ADD THAT BACK IN THE PENNY THAT WE HAD WAS SUPPORTING THE SEVEN 14 AND THE 18 BOND.
AND SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED FOR THE 2023 BOND THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION.
THE LAST THING, AND I THINK YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY VERY AWARE OF THIS, BUT MANY IN THE POPULATION ARE NOT.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT GOING TO BE TO OUR SENIORS AND THOSE WHO ARE OVER WHO ARE DISABLED? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS ZERO.
THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THEIR TAX BILL BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A CEILING ON THEIR TAX BILLS AND IT WILL NOT EXCEED THEIR CURRENT RATE.
YOU ARE PROBABLY ALSO AWARE THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE IF THEY DO A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THEIR PROPERTY AT A POOL AT AN ADDITION.
OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT TO SENIORS AND THOSE THAT ARE, HAVE A DISABILITY ON THEIR HOMESTEAD.
AND SO THAT'S THE POSITIVE NEWS THERE.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT? IT'S A 1 CENT INCREASE TO OUR TAX RATE, $2 AND 50 CENTS PER MONTH IS WHAT THE OVERALL COST IS.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
WELL, FIRST, LEMME SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
I KNOW I LEARNED SOMETHING IN CASE SOMEBODY ASKS ME.
COUNSEL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT JUST, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AV AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, MAYBE REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THAT FORT BEND ISD WENT THROUGH IN THE TWO THOUSANDS.
ALL THOSE BUILDINGS ARE COMING TO BE 20 YEARS OLD.
YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING THE NEED FOR NEW ROOFS AND SOME PAINT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'LL EMPHASIZE YOUR POINT BY SAYING THE AVERAGE AGE OF A BUILDING IN FORT BEND ISD IS NOW 30 YEARS OLD POINT.
AND IF YOU HAVE POINT OWN A 30 YEAR OLD HOME, YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE HVAC SYSTEM, THE ROOF, ET CETERA.
AND THAT IS WHAT THESE FUNDS WILL DO.
OPPOSITIONS, WHAT THE, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE A AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF B WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, THE THIRD ONE? THE THIRD ONE'S THE NATATORIUM.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SAY COMPETITIVE.
AND I'M GONNA JUST MENTION LAMAR ISSD, THEY HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE NATATORIUM OR MULTIPLE SWIM FACILITIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND FOR US, SAME THING WITH K D I S D.
K I S D HAS, I DON'T KNOW, I WANNA SAY IT, I THINK AT LEAST FOUR SWIM FACILITIES.
AND SO WE'RE KIND OF BEHIND THE CURVE ON THAT.
AND WE JUST ADDED WATER POLO RECENTLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE PANDEMIC EARLIER IN CONNECTION, AND, UM, FRANKLY, I KNEW HE'D BE DOING ALL OF THE NUMBERS STUFF, SO I WAS LEAVING THAT.
BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR KIDS ARE CONNECTED AND
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INVOLVED, AND THE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN HAVE TO, UM, ENGAGE THEM, ACTUALLY INCREASE HIS GRADUATION RATE.AND OUR GOAL IS TO GRADUATE 'EM, BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS HERE IN MEADOWS, YOU WANT 'EM TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY IN A, IN A, IN A WAY THAT PROMOTES OUR ECONOMY.
AND SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY FEEL CONNECTED BECAUSE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE LITERALLY TRYING TO OVERCOME THAT WAVE OF DISCONNECTION.
AND SO A NATATORIUM IS CRUCIAL, NOT JUST SO THEY CAN SLEEP IN, BUT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CHILDREN HAVE THOSE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES.
AND LIKE IN LAMAR, I KNOW CURRENTLY, UM, THEY DO A SWIM CLASS THAT EVERY SINGLE CHILD LEARNS TO SWIM.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WOULD DO NECESSARILY, BUT COULD WE LOOK INTO IT? SURE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
ALSO, OUR EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS DURING THE SUMMERTIME, THEY USE THOSE NATATORIUM AS PART OF THEIR CAMP, AND THAT BRINGS A LOT OF JOY TO A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE KIDS DISTRICTWIDE AND CREATES THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR SWIM TEAMS, BUT ALL KIDS WIND UP HAVING ACCESS TO IT K THROUGH 12.
KRISTEN, I'M GONNA CUT YOU OFF RIGHT THERE, COUNSEL, IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY GO AHEAD.
FIRST, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN SUPER HELPFUL TO YOU TO, TO SEE A PRESENTATION ON, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, AS WELL.
UH, ONE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP A LOT RECENTLY, BARRINGTON ELEMENTARY, THERE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE HOUSING IN IN MEADOWS RIGHT NOW, OR AT LEAST PART OF THE SCHOOL.
HOW IS THAT, UH, PROCESS GOING OR, OR PROGRESS GOING ON THEIR SCHOOL? WHEN ARE THE, WHEN IS THAT CAMPUS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK UP AND RUNNING? IS IT GONNA BE BACK UP AND RUNNING? THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES, BARRINGTON PLACE WILL BE REOPENING.
THERE ARE FUNDS, THERE ARE FUNDS INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT 519 MILLION.
WE HIGHLIGHTED TO CON TO FINISH OUT THE REFURBISHMENT OF BARRINGTON PLACE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MOLD ISSUE THERE WAS MUCH MORE INTENSIVE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.
AND SO, AS PART OF THAT, CURRENTLY, IF YOU LOOK AT HOW OUR NEW SCHOOLS ARE BUILT, THEY HAVE A MUCH LARGER GYM.
I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT I'VE HEARD THE, WHAT'S CALLED THE GYM AT BARRINGTON PLACE HAS BEEN REFERENCED TO AS A LIVING ROOM.
AND SO THEIR MULTIPURPOSE ROOM WILL BE EXPANDED AS PART OF THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES MEAN THAT THEY WILL BE CLOSED FOR ONE MORE YEAR AND REMAIN AT MEADOWS PLACE IN LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY.
BUT IN THE 2025 SCHOOL YEAR, THEY WILL BE REOPENING AS BARRINGTON PLACE ELEMENTARY, WHETHER THE BOND GOES THROUGH OR NOT.
WHETHER THE BOND GOES THROUGH OR NOT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I THINK IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT YOU GUYS PUT TOGETHER, AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WAS THE ENDING WHERE PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IN HIGHLIGHTING WHAT THAT ACTUALLY IS, THE $2 AND 50 CENTS A MONTH.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 65 AND OVER, A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY WONDER THAT.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING THAT YOU GUYS ARE HITTING ON AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE, UM, BECAUSE WE, WE WANT ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN, WE'RE AHEAD OF THIS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, WANT TO KNOW WHAT DOES THAT IMPACT ME ON A DAILY BASIS? AND SO I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
LET ME TURN MY PHONE OFF AND TELL THESE PEOPLE TO GO AWAY.
ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO ASK, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR ME, CUZ I'M A LITTLE BEHIND HERE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING IN STAFFORD? ARE WE SPENDING ANY MONEY IN STAFFORD TO SWIM PEOPLE? RIGHT NOW? IT'S THROUGH A, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
WE ARE NOT SPENDING MONEY TO SEND STUDENTS TO STAFFORD.
THEY'RE BEING MAGNANIMOUS WITH THEIR OFFER TO ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO SWIM THERE.
WELL THEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STAFFORD.
UM, IF I COULD GET YOU TWO TO COME UP HERE JUST A SECOND AND, UH, TAKE THIS WITH YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR THANK YOU ALL AND WE DO APPRECIATE THANK YOU.
AND NOW YOU KNOW WHERE MEADOW'S PLACE IS.
SO WE'RE THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO'VE EVER DONE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, WHICH IS, UH, TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
IN OUR REPORTS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, CHIEF GARY STEWART TO COME UP AND VISIT WITH US.
FIRST CHIEF, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
I HAVE NO, I WANT TO START OUT, UH, A REPORT, AS WE USUALLY DO WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
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UH, NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WERE 11 NUMBER OF ARREST, THREE CALLS FOR SERVICE, 2301.UH, NUMBER OF REPORTS WERE 51 TRAFFIC CITATIONS 258 WITH 610 CHARGES.
CITY ORDINANCE OR CITATIONS ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE WAS ZERO.
UH, WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC WERE 1 0 3 WITH 163 CHARGES.
UH, WARNINGS ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION WERE 17, AND TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT WAS 3,156.
UH, WE HAD ONE ASSAULT THIS MONTH.
THREE BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, UM, EXCUSE ME, THREE BMVS, ZERO BURGLARY BUSINESS, ONE, UH, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, UH, THE CITY ORDINANCE.
SO I'LL GET IT TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WARNINGS THAT WE ISSUED.
UH, CRIMINAL ZERO FRAUD, TWO ZERO ROBBERIES THIS MONTH.
PROPERTY CHECKS, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE OUR CLOSE PATROL HOUSE, WATCHES OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER, UH, THEFTS.
SIX TWO, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S GONNA, THAT NUMBER IS WRONG.
I'M GONNA CORRECT IT ON THE NEXT PAGE.
IT'S THREE U UVS, UH, TLC PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A LOT OF CONTACT.
IT WAS 26 THAT PASSED, AND 67 FAILED, UH, WITH A TOTAL OF 93 CONTACTS.
THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN I TALK ABOUT THESE BMVS IN A MINUTE, UH, REPORTING PERIOD.
ALSO IN OUR CITY WARNINGS BREAKDOWN, THE WARNINGS THAT WERE ISSUED WERE 11 FOR SOLICITORS, FIVE WERE FOR NOISE COMPLAINT WHEN WAS FOR A LOOSE DOG.
AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE ROUNDABOUT ACCIDENTS, WE HAD ZERO.
FLIPPING TO THE NOTES SECTION.
UM, I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ON PAGE ONE, WE'LL GO THROUGH PAGE ONE AND TWO ON THE BMVS.
UM, WHEN WE DO THESE, TLCS, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO CHECK VEHICLES AND SEE IF THEY'RE LEAVING ITEMS THAT ARE INVISIBLE AND WOULD ATTRACT A BURGLAR.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THREE, IT'S, TO ME IT'S THREE TOO MANY CUZ SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION IN THIS CASE IS THAT, UM, OF THESE BMVS, IN ONE CASE WE HAD WHERE A GLOCK PISTOL WAS TAKEN FROM THE CONSOLE.
UH, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE ON PAGE TWO, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THERE, UH, WE HAD A BANK BAG THAT WAS TAKEN THAT WAS UNSECURED IN A GLOVE BOX, AND THEY HAD, THEY HAD LEFT THE BANK.
SO PROBABLY THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE CALLED JUGGING THAT FOLLOWED THEM FROM THE BANK.
SO THESE ITEMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE ADVISE PEOPLE NOT TO LEAVE IN THEIR VEHICLES.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE DO OUR REPORT CARD PROGRAM.
MOVING ON TO, UM, THE, UH, LET'S GO TO PAGE THREE, THE U UVS, OR EXCUSE ME, PAGE FIVE, UH, UNDER U M V UNAUTHORIZED, UH, USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
THIS HAS OCCURRED OUT OF ROOM AND THESE WERE REPORTED AS STOLEN OR LOST INVENTORY, AS WE CALL IT.
AND WE'RE STILL IN THE CONFIRMATION PHASE OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING, OR THEY HAVE BEEN REPORTED STOLEN AT THIS POINT THROUGH OUR AGENCY.
BELOW THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS.
UH, 42 ALERTS, UH, UP THREE FROM LAST MONTH.
BREAKDOWN OF WAS 10 FOR STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS, THREE FOR SEX OFFENDER ALERTS, SEVEN STOLEN PLATE, SEVEN AS GANG OR TERRORIST RELATED.
THE NEXT ONE BE NINE FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST.
THOSE ARE VEHICLES THAT THE OTHER AGENCIES WANT US TO, UH, WANT IDENTIFYING US TO LOOK FOR.
OF THOSE, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE RECOVERY OF A STOLEN VEHICLE, UH, OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION OUT OF H HP D UH, RIGHT BELOW THAT WAS, UH, THE OUTCOME OF THAT.
ON THE PAGE SIX IS OUR TOTAL ARREST.
UH, WE'RE DOWN THREE FROM LAST MONTH, BUT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE DOWN ON ARREST, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
THAT MEANS WE'RE NOT SEEING AS MUCH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CORRECT.
BUT, UH, OF THOSE WE HAD ONE DWI AND TWO WARRANTS OF OTHER JURISDICTION.
MOVING TO PAGE SEVEN, AN ADDITIONAL NOTES SECTION.
UM, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS TRAINING, UH, SENATOR GUYS TO GET THROUGH TRAINING, BUT WE'RE ALSO ENDING A TRAINING CYCLE.
SO IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CATCHING UP AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR REQUIRED TRAINING.
BUT FROM, UH, TCO HAS MANDATED AND SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS MONTH, UM, AS PART OF OUR TRAINING CYCLE, WE HAVE CPR THIS WEEK IN A E D AND NARCAN CLASS.
UH, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS, UH, A WOUND PACKING AND TOURNIQUET APPLICATION.
WE HAVE TASER, RECERTIFICATION MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT CARRY, UH, UH, THE AREA.
UH, SOME OF THAT IS OCCURRING THIS THURSDAY.
UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE STILL HAVE SOME MANDATES AND LEGISLATIVE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF, AND THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO MEET BY AUGUST, 2023.
AND, AND WE'RE ON TARGET FOR THAT, UH, FLOCK.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THIS, THAT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN COMING OUT OR THEY'RE COMING OUT TO REPLACE FOUR OF OUR CAMERAS, UH, AND UPDATE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM COURT.
THAT'S NO COST TO US, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR GRANT PROGRAM THAT, THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINED IT THROUGH THAT, UH, PROCESS.
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IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.AND AS WE NOTICED AND BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION, AS WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FLUCTUATION IN THOSE FLOCK NUMBERS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
AND SO THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED TO DO SOME UPDATING.
AND SO THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT.
UH, RECRUITING, UH, WE JUST HAD A TRIP TO U H D, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS PASSED OUT AND HAD SOME GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE GROUP THERE IN SOME INTEREST.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME RETURNED APPLICATIONS.
UH, SO NOW WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO FILL THREE FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND TWO PART-TIME POSITIONS.
WE HAVE, UM, TWO PRO UH, PATROL APPLICATIONS ARE IN A BACKGROUND AND WE JUST HIRED A NEW HIRE, UM, MONDAY, OR EXCUSE ME, YESTERDAY.
UM, UH, FLORIAN, WHO IS A FORMER OFFICER FROM HERE.
SO HE'S COMING BACK FULL-TIME WITH US AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIM IN PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE PART-TIME DISPATCHER APPLICATION AND BACKGROUND, AND THEN IS COMPLETED AND THEN IN REVIEW AND TWO ACCREDITATION MANAGER APPLICATIONS AND BACKGROUND.
AND THAT'S FOR OUR, UH, TP C A, UH, POLICE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NEW SERVERS UP AT THE, UH, EOC AS SET UP AND TESTING CONTINUES WITH THE HYPER, UH, SYNC SYSTEM.
UH, WHAT THIS MEANS TO US IS THAT, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET RID OF, UM, NEVER FAIL.
UM, AND WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THE WORKS STATIONS BEING SET UP AND US ALL GETTING OUR TESTING OVER THERE AND GOING THROUGH OUR HURRICANE REVIEW.
ONCE THIS IS ALL COMPLETED, SHOULD BE, UH, COMPLETED WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
I'VE KIND OF PUT A HARD DEADLINE ON, UH, RIGHT TECHNOLOGIES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THREE WEEKS CUZ WE'RE MOVING INTO THE HURRICANE SEASON BEFORE WE KNOW IT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO TEST ALL OUR SYSTEMS OUT MESA DOOR PHASE, AS MANY OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE NOTICED, THERE'S A LOT OF HANGING WIRES BY OUR DOORS AND ENTRIES.
AND I UNDERSTAND TONIGHT WE HAD A COUPLE PROBLEMS AND I'M SURE IT'S RELATED, UH, BUT THEY ARE UPGRADING THAT SYSTEM.
AND PHASE TWO, THAT PROJECT'S MOVING FORWARD AND WE SHOULD BE COMPLETED WITH THAT WIRING THIS WEEK.
UH, MARCH CAMP, UH, I MENTIONED WENT WELL, UH, AND I KNOW MANY OF Y'ALL ATTENDED.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR, UH, THE ACTIVE SPRING AND SUMMER, UH, CONCERTS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO WE'RE ALREADY DOING OUR ICS FORMS AND STARTING TO SET UP, UH, OUR PLANS FOR THOSE, UH, OUR INTER INCIDENT ACTION PLANS FOR THOSE AS WELL, UH, GRANTS, WE BROUGHT 'EM UP LAST TIME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.
SO I WANTED TO MENTION WHERE WE'RE AT ON SOME OF THESE.
THE BALLISTIC SHIELD GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED AND WE WE'RE RECEIVING OUR SHIELDS NOW.
AND THERE WILL BE SOME TRAINING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS LONG WHEN THOSE, WHEN THOSE ARE ALL RECEIVED.
THE RADIO, UH, RECORDER GRANT, UH, 52,000 HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'LL HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
THE DISPATCH CONSOLE, UH, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN THIS WHOLE GROUP IS, UH, OF GRANTS RIGHT NOW AT 197,000 IS STILL UNDER REVIEW, AND SO IS OUR PORTABLE RADIO GRANT FOR 10 RADIOS.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CHIEF, LET ME ASK ON THE DISPATCH CONSULT GRANT, WHERE'S THAT GRANT COMING FROM? WHERE DID WE APPLY FOR THAT? I BELIEVE THIS IS THE H G A C C.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? CHIEF ON PAGE THREE? IS THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT RIGHT? THE MIDDLE ONE? MM-HMM.
UH, I, I'VE HEARD SOME COMPLAINTS OF COURSE ON FACEBOOK ABOUT OUR AIRBNBS IN TOWN.
ARE YOU GUYS SEEING COMPLAINTS ON THAT OR ARE PEOPLE JUST PUTTING IT ONLINE AND NOT CALLING? SO WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY FILLED THOSE, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD A TON OF THEM.
UH, AND I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT YES, WE'VE HAD A FEW FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT NOTHING, UH, IT'S NOT A CONSISTENT, UH, THING THAT'S REPORTED.
BUT IF ANYBODY'S HAVING, AND IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU MENTION THAT IF THEY'RE ANYBODY'S HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THEM, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE 'EM TO CALL US AND LET US KNOW.
WE HAD AN AIRBNB HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO OR SO WHERE SOMEBODY CALLED ME ABOUT THEIR AIRBNB NEXT DOOR AND I SAID, THIS IS GREAT, EXCEPT I CAN'T STOP THEM.
AND, UH, I WENT AND JUMPED ON MY CAR, WENT OVER THERE, AND BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, THE POLICE WAS THERE AND THERE WAS NO NOISE TO BE HAD.
AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OUR LISTENERS OUT THERE AND ALL THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE
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AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS.CALL THE POLICE RIGHT THEN BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IF YOUR NEIGHBORS, UH, UPSET ABOUT POSSIBLE NOISE COMPLAINTS, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO CALL THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
UM, YOU'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.
I KNOW YOU HAVE, UH, LOOKED AT IT.
UH, I, I, I WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON ONE OTHER THING.
THE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS.
YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
DID I MISS IT? WELL, NO, IT WAS JUST THE NUMBERS THERE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHEN WE SEE THIS MANY SOLICITORS, UH, I WILL MENTION THIS, AND IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TOO, IS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO A ZERO TOLERANCE BECAUSE THAT WILL KEEP THEM OUT.
UH, USUALLY YOU'LL GET TWO OR THREE OF THOSE IF Y'ALL KNOW OTHER PREVIOUS REPORTS.
BUT IF YOU GET AN INFLUX, THEN WE'LL START ISSUING CITATIONS.
AND USUALLY THAT'LL, THEY WON'T COME BACK IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, WE'VE HAD ONE GROUP COME IN AND SUBMIT THEIR PAPERWORK AND GET THEIR PERMITS.
NOW CUZ THAT'S A BIG NUMBER FOR US AND THAT'S, UH, THE MOST WE'VE HAD AT ONE TIME.
AND I LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE SEE HIM OUT THERE AND CALL THE PD IMMEDIATELY ON THAT AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAY, UH, BY THE TIME Y'ALL GET THERE, THERE'S STILL THAT GUY RIGHT OVER THERE.
NEXT IS, UH, WE STILL HAVE A REPORT COMING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UH, A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM, UH, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL, UH, JENNIFER CABELA.
THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MAYOR.
SO THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT'S, UH, SECOND QUARTER REPORT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WERE 489 VIOLATIONS OPENED AND 376 THAT WERE CLOSED.
WERE 342 CASES CLOSED WERE THREE 15 AND 14 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
MOVING ON, WE HAVE CASE INITIATION TYPES 297 WERE PROACTIVE, 45 WERE REACTIVE VIOLATION.
CLOSED TYPES 339, VOLUNTARY, 37 WERE FORCED ABATEMENTS ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE 778 INSPECTIONS COMPLETED.
721 NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR THIS QUARTER.
FORT BEND COUNTY AMAL SERVICES DID NOT SUBMIT ANY REPORTS.
IF YOU GO TO YOUR SECOND PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE TOP FIVE VI VIOLATIONS FOR THIS QUARTER.
AND THEY WERE 79 FOR OUR TRASH NEXT YEAR.
JENNIFER, CAN I INTERRUPT? YES, SIR.
UM, UM, I'M GONNA TOUCH BASE ON THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
THIS IS A COUPLE OF REPORTS IN A ROW.
WE'VE HAD ZERO REPORTING FROM FORT BEND ANIMAL CONTROL.
NOTHING CAME IN TO OUR ACCOUNTING.
I SIGNED A CHECK FOR FORT BEND ANIMAL CONTROL WITHIN THE LAST QUARTER, I ASSURE YOU.
SO LET'S CHECK ON THAT AND, UH, SEE HOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT SPLIT OUT SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND CAN WE GET THEM TO SEND TWO REPORTS? THEY DON'T NEED TO SEND YOU THE BILL UNLESS YOU WANNA PAY IT.
UH, BUT WE COULD GET, MAYBE ASK THEM TO SEND YOU A REPORT.
WILL THEY DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
IF NOT, WE NEED TO START BREAKING THAT REPORT OUT AND GETTING THAT IN YOUR HANDS.
UH RIGHT, I JUST RECEIVED ONE TODAY.
SO WE ARE GETTING THEM, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEWHERE IN THAT PROCESS THEY'RE GETTING YOUR HANDS.
AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I, SINCE I DON'T HAVE IT, I WOULD REPORT IT FOR NEXT QUARTER STATING THAT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
WE'RE JUST, WE NEED TO JUST TIGHTEN UP OUR PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE BEING LEFT OUT AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE.
SO AT THE SECOND PAGE, UM, AT THE TOP YOU'LL SEE THE FIVE TOP VIOLATIONS FOR THIS QUARTER.
AND THEY WERE 79 FOR THE TRASH NEXT TO THE CURB, NOT TRASH DAY 73 FOR GRASS AND WEEDS IN EXCESS OF NINE INCHES.
47 FOR A TRASH CANS AND RUBBISH OR RECYCLE BINS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
40 FOR GRASS AND WEEDS AND FLOWER BEDS OR CRACKS.
SO THE CONCRETE AND 30 FOR BANDED SIGNS.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE TURN TO PAGE THREE, YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF DIFFERENT CASES,
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UM, THAT I ADDRESSED, I THOUGHT TO POINT OUT TO YOU.THE ONE THAT I DO WANNA SPEAK ON RIGHT NOW WOULD BE A HOME ON MEADOW CREST, UH, WAS ADDRESSED FOR NON PERMITTED PLUMBING WORK ON A GAS LINE IN THE GARAGE.
AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE TURN TO THE REMAINING PAGES FOR THE PHOTOS.
UH, INITIALLY I HAD STOPPED FOR A VIOLATION OF TRASH CANS, HAD THE CURB ON A SUNDAY.
I WASN'T ABLE TO REACH THE BLOCKED FRONT DOOR TO MAKE CONTACT.
I PROCEEDED TO THE GARAGE AS I HEARD MOVEMENT, THE HOMEOWNER.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW AN INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN SETUP IN THE GARAGE.
DENNIS, MEL HIT ME OF PREVIOUS LIT GAS AND OLD COOKING OIL AND THE SOOT ON THE GARAGE DOOR BECAME APPARENT.
WHEN THE OWNER CAME OUT, I WAS ALREADY IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TRUCK AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE TRASH CANS CUZ THAT'S WHAT I WAS THERE FOR INITIALLY.
I HAD ALSO ASKED HIM IF HE HAD USED PROPANE IN FOR HIS GARAGE KITCHEN, AND HE SAID NO, HE HAD TIED THEM INTO THE GAS LINE.
SO IN, IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT WORK WEEK, IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT WORK WEEK, I CONTACTED FIRE MARSHAL RICHTER IN HOPES THAT HE HAD A WAY TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR CASE THAT I'VE NEVER DEALT WITH BEFORE.
UM, HE WENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE, BUT THE, IT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE HOMEOWNER.
AND DURING MY ONGOING INVESTIGATION, I FOUND THAT NO PERMIT WAS EVER PULLED FOR PLUMBING ON THAT GAS LINE.
I DID SEND A NOTE, I DID SEND A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THE PLUMBING, UH, FOR THE PLUMBING PERMIT AND IT WAS OBTAINED.
UH, THE PLUMBER DID SUGGEST TO THE OWNER THAT THE LINE JUST BE REMOVED AND IT WAS DONE.
AND THE WORK FOR CLOSING THAT LINE WAS APPROVED.
SO, AND THAT IS THE END OF MY CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I DO.
NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST THANKLESS JOBS IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MAKE ANYONE HAPPY IF YOU WRITE 'EM UP.
THEY'RE NOT HAPPY IF YOU DON'T WRITE SOMEONE UP, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORS AREN'T HAPPY.
I GOT A YELLOW LOVE LETTER FROM HER.
I SENT HER AN EMAIL, SHE RESPONDED BACK REALLY WELL, PROFESSIONALLY, CAME OUT AND INSPECTED STUFF AND RESPONDED BACK VIA EMAIL WITH PICTURES SAYING WHAT STILL NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND I MENTIONED, OKAY, ON THE DRIVEWAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA REPLACE IT.
AND THEN SHE CAME OUT PERSONALLY TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T DOING BECAUSE OF THE VIOLATION
AND THEN IN PASSING, I MENTIONED OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET HAD PASSED TWO YEARS AGO AND THAT HOUSE WAS EMPTY AND SHE IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON THAT, SENT A LETTER TO WHOEVER GOT TO THE U OF H LAW SCHOOL.
AND THERE IS NOW A FOUR SALE SIGN IN THAT YARD, WHICH MADE ALL THE STREET HAPPY BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT AN EMPTY HOUSE ON YOUR STREET WHERE WHO KNOWS WHAT GOES ON, YOU KNOW, CUZ THE DRIVEWAY, YOU GO IN THE BACK AND I WOULDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE WAS GOING IN THE BACK DOOR OR NOT.
AND YES, THE DRIVEWAY IS BEING REPLACED.
AND, UH, JENNIFER HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH TO FIND IT, AND THEN SHE HAD TO ATTACK IT FROM TWO DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS TO GET BOTH THE, UH, TO GET IT DONE.
AND WE FOUND A GREAT RESPONSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE BECAME THE SQUEAKY WHEEL AND IT GOT GREASED WITH A STOP SIGN, I MEAN, WITH A FOR SALE SIGN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THAT.
UH, KELLY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT, UH, A GREAT JOB.
I'M GLAD YOU SAID SOMETHING, WHICH GOES TO A LESSON TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S LISTENING.
UM, YOU CAN CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTLY ON THOSE THINGS OR YOU CAN COME THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON OR YOU CAN SEND HER AN EMAIL OR TEXT.
BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING OUT THERE.
WE DON'T WANT ABANDON HOUSE, US SITTING IN HERE.
UM, AND IF SOMEBODY'S PAYING TO GET THE FRONT YARD MODE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW IT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT?
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UM, DON'T YOU HAVE A NEW VEHICLE COMING? THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN I DO NOT.
WE HAVE CONTACTED, I'M SURE, WHAT WAS THAT SOUND? WAS THAT SOMEBODY BEING THROWN UNDER THE BUS NOW? JACK, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF A ETA ON THIS? JUST TALKING.
LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY THAT'S A, THAT'S A NO.
UM, REMEMBER THAT SQUEAKY WHEEL THING? WE CAN SQUEAK IF YOU'LL BRING IT UP.
VEHICLES ARE TOUGH GETTING VEHICLES IN.
IT'S WHENEVER THE DEALERSHIP GETS 'EM IN.
OH, WE GOT IT SITTING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES WHERE REPURPOSED, BUT IT HAD TO GET REPAIRED AND SO I PROBABLY COULD DROP IT OFF.
NOT TILL THEY CAN GET IT'S, IT'S HAPPENING.
WELL THAT, JENNIFER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I, I JUST, I THINK THAT GARAGE DEAL WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, AND I'M GLAD WE SNUFFED IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE.
I KEEP CHECKING, UH, WITH, UH, CAMERON.
UH, SO MAKE SURE HE IS NOT HOLDING UP HIS, UH, NOTICE.
UM, CUZ I'M MOVING ON AND I'M TALKING TO, UH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE RESPONSE.
UM, WE HAD, UH, LOWER THAN, UH, USUAL ACTIVITY.
UH, WE ONLY HAD 32 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
USUALLY WE'RE UP INTO THE FORTIES AND ABOVE.
UM, AGAIN, MOST OF 'EM WERE, UH, MEDICAL ASSIST WITH EMS CREWS, UH, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY JUST FIRES WHERE I'M GLAD.
BUT, UH, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME INTERESTING STUFF GOING ON.
I MET WITH, UH, FIRE CHIEF D CAMILLO, UH, THE OTHER DAY.
UM, AND I'VE TALKED TO MAYOR STAFFORD ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER HERE.
AND, UH, THEY'RE HAPPY WITH US.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, AND CHIEF, YOU'LL BE APPRE YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS AS THIS SHORT OF PEOPLE.
AND WITH ALL THE NEW GROWTH THAT THEY'VE GOT OVER THERE, THE DEMANDS ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY'RE TRYING TO STAFF UP TO MEET, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GONNA DO HERE IS SWAP UH, LIVING QUARTERS OF COUNCIL WITH THE EMA EMS RIGHT NOW, THE EMS IS IN THE FRONT BUILDING AND THE FIRE CREW IS IN THE BACK.
EMS WILL VERY SELDOM, IF EVER HAVE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE.
AND SO THEY SOMETIMES HAVE THREE PLUS ON THE FIRETRUCKS.
SO THEY'RE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO SLEEP THEIR CREWS.
AND IF SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO COME IN OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEY CAN, SO THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF IT, THAT THEY ALSO COMPLIMENTED US.
AND I, I PASSED THIS ON TO ROD.
UH, EVERYBODY IS, UH, AT STAFFORD, UM, TALKING ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS, UM, UP THROUGH COMMAND STAFF AND ONTO STAFFORD MAYOR AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
THEY'RE VERY COMFORTABLE BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE CALLING FOR H V A C REPAIR, ICE MACHINE REPAIR, OR IF SOME ROOKIE HITS THE DOOR, UM, WE'RE GETTING ON IT AND WE'RE GETTING ON IT QUICKLY.
AND THEY HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN US RESPONDING TO THAT FIRE BUILDING.
AND, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY DO.
AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
UH, ROD, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, WE ALSO, ACCORDING TO, UH, CHIEF, CHIEF D CAMILLA, WELL, WE STILL HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FIRE, WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON WORKING TOGETHER.
Y'ALL, UH, COUNCIL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON FIRE DEPARTMENT? HEARING NONE, CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, CITY ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO WORK ON OUR SIGN ORDINANCE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF REVISITING THAT AT OUR MONTHLY OR MEETING NEXT MONTH.
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY DO ANOTHER WORKSHOP, UH, TO DISCUSS, UM, WHAT SHE'S COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF TEMPLATE.
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THAT'S WHEN THE, THE WORK BEGINS.UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD, UH, WE ARE NOW SWITCHING OR WE'VE GONE TO SWITCH, UH, THE WAY THAT WE LOOK UP OUR CODES NOW.
WE USED TO USE WHAT'S CALLED AMERICAN LEGAL.
WE NOW USE A COMPANY CALLED MUNI CODE, WHICH IS A, A MUCH MORE OF A, WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL INDUSTRY STANDARD, UH, WAY OF LOOKING UP OUR CODES.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF TERMS OF PUBLICITY, WE'LL DO SOME MORE, UM, IN TERMS OF, OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, UH, THAT MUNI CODES THE WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK UP OUR CODES.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, ROD HAS GONE AND HAD AN AUTHORIZED, A COMPANY NAMED WEISINGER INC.
TO GO, UH, INSPECT, UH, WATER WELL NUMBER ONE.
SO THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY, AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THE CONDITION IS THERE AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHEN THEY'RE DONE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE OVER AT THAT WELL, UH, TO SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.
SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE TEARING INTO IT AND, UH, SEEING WHAT WE'VE GOT.
UH, FINALLY TONIGHT, UH, I HANDED OUT A FEW MINUTES AGO, UH, A COUPLE OF PAGES, UM, WITH A BUNCH OF BULLETS ON IT.
SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, OUR MAYOR AND ANNAMARIA, UH, WENT THROUGH P F I A TRAINING, WHICH STANDS FOR PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENTS ACT.
UH, THOSE OF US WHO, UH, ANNAMARIA THE MAYOR, I, UH, COURTNEY I THINK ALSO, UH, GOES THROUGH THE P F I A TRAINING ON A A TWO YEAR CYCLE.
AND GIVING THIS TO YOU ISN'T REALLY SOMETHING WE'RE ASKING YOU TO READ THOROUGHLY OR, OR GOING INTO ANY DETAIL ON.
BUT REALLY WHAT IT DOES, I THINK IS IT, THESE ARE ANNA MARIA'S NOTES FROM WHEN SHE WENT TO THAT TRAINING.
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT WE AS A STAFF GIVE TO THESE TRAININGS WHEN WE GO.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO SAY, GRACE OVER WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC FUNDS AND, AND THE WAY WE HANDLE THOSE FUNDS.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THE CHANGES IN THE WAY THAT, THAT WE DO THINGS.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT THROUGH MINE LAST YEAR, PROBABLY HALF THE, UH, THE TWO DAY COURSE, UH, DEALT WITH CYBERSECURITY AND HOW SO MANY CITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THE AREA AND THE COUNTRY ARE, ARE GETTING HACKED AND, AND, AND GETTING, UH, EVERYTHING FROM RANSOMWARE TO, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOMETHING NEW THAT'S GETTING BROUGHT THAT GETS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.
AND, AND, AND THIS YEAR IS CERTAINLY NO DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF JUST THE DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTERS THAT ARE COVERED, UH, WHEN IT COMES WITH PUBLIC, UH, FUNDING AND PUBLIC FINANCE AND, AND BEING THE STEWARDS OF PUBLIC TRUST.
SO, UM, JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH AND, UH, CERTAINLY WANNA THANK ANNAMARIA FOR, UH, PAYING MUCH CLOSER ATTENTION THAN I CERTAINLY EVER DID, UM,
SO, UM, IT, IT, IT'S GOOD TO GO THROUGH THIS TRAINING EVERY OTHER YEAR, AND SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO SO AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S, UH, THE REPORT THIS, UH, UH, THIS MONTH ABOUT AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, NICK, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UH, ABOUT THE, UM, I WAS WAITING ON IS HIS STAFF FOR, UM, YEAH.
UM, I HAD ASKED, UH, ANNAMARIE AND I SAT DOWN THERE AND WENT THROUGH THAT.
AND, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THE, UH, FINANCIAL POLICY AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT TRAINING, WHAT, SIX YEARS AGO OR FOUR YEARS AGO, HAVE MOVED FORWARD.
WE'VE CHANGED AUDITORS, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR DEPOSITORY, OUR BANK.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, HAVING TO GO THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT WILL FALL IN LINE WITH OUR FINANCIAL, UH, PLAN THAT AGAIN, ANNE MARIA, UH, DID THE YEOMAN'S WORK ON.
UH, BUT WE LEARNED A LOT AT THAT NICK, I, I HAD MY NOTES FROM THAT TRAINING, AND I'VE STILL GOT 'EM.
THEY, YEAH, THEY WERE EXCELLENT IF I COULD READ THEM.
UH, BUT THEY'RE SCATTERED OUT THROUGHOUT THE, THE MESSAGE BOARD.
AND I TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE AND, AND WAS UNABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE DATA THAT SHE GOT, AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE WHAT SHE PICKED UP AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HER.
AND I D AND I SURE COUNSELED THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PICKED UP AT THAT TRAINING HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCORPORATED INTO OUR FINANCIAL, UH, REP, UH, POLICY.
UH, IT WILL CAUSE SOME WORK, AND YOU'LL SEE US MOVING FORWARD WITH DOING SOME THINGS LIKE DEPOSITORY BIDDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE ALL PART OF THIS.
SO THANK, UH, ANNAMARIA FOR BEING THERE.
AND, AND, UH, AFTER I LOOKED AT YOUR LIST, I FIGURED THAT I GOT REAL SMART.
UH, SO ANYWAY, WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, NICK, I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTS.
THERE'S, UH, SO MUCH BETTER THAN MINE.
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A LITTLE BIT.AND I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO MINE NOW.
DEAN, MAYOR, COUNSEL AND COMMENTS.
UM, COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, YOUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAD A ONE HOUR WORKSHOP EARLIER WITH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
UM, I'M, I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF SPEAKING OUT.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE IN THE ROOM.
UH, BUT FOR THOSE THAT WEREN'T, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, UH, INTERNATIONALLY, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HAD, UH, DECIDED AS A CITY WE NEED TO TRY TO APPROVE.
AND SO WE DID HIRE AND WE MADE SOME, UH, STEPS TO THAT WAY, AND WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS.
IT JUST WASN'T WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING.
SO WHEN WE ROLLED AROUND THE BUDGET YEAR, THIS COUNCIL SAID, WE'RE GONNA FUND A POSITION WE DID.
AND, UH, WE HIRED, UH, CAMERON, UH, AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
AND HE'S REALLY WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY MEADOW'S PLACE HAS RAISED ITS STANDARDS AND RAISED HIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE BOTH INTERNALLY, UH, WITH STAFF TO COUNSEL, ET CETERA, AND TO THE RESIDENTS AND EXTERNALLY.
UH, WE GET A LOT OF, UH, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK NOW FROM ACROSS FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, THAT WE NEVER DID BEFORE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, ALL SORTS OF, UH, THINGS GOING ON.
UM, UH, AND WE'VE GOTTA INCLUDE OUR NEW WEBSITE, WHICH YOU HAVEN'T SEEN.
YOU NEED TO GO CHECK OUT A LOT OF HARD WORK IN WITH THAT.
UH, BUT THE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS IS, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S JUST SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS.
AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT COUNSEL WANTED WHEN THEY AUTHORIZED THE FUNDING FOR COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I WOULD SAY AFTER HEARING TONIGHT'S COMMENTS BY COUNSEL, WE'RE SATISFIED WITH WHERE THEY ARE.
SO WE JUST WANT, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, AND I WANT IT ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE MAKING, UM, WE'RE MAKING, UH, SURE THAT WE PUT THOSE TI UH, TYPES OF COMMUNICATION EFFORTS ON A ONTO A PRIORITY.
UH, ITEM NUMBER B IS SPRINGTIME IN MEADOW'S PLACE.
I LOVE MEADOW'S PLACE IN THE SPRINGTIME.
I JUST DO, THINGS ARE STARTING TO BLOSSOM, STARTING TO LOOK GOOD.
WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO SHOW OFF, UH, OUR CITY.
WELL, UH, DORRANCE LOOKS GORGEOUS WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN IT.
YEAH, THE ONLY THING IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY STREET NUMBERS ON THERE HERE.
THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GONNA RESOLVE THOUGH, TOO.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA LOOK SPECIAL.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD THE CAMP OUT, HEARD IT ACTUALLY CAMPED OUT AND THE CAMP OUT.
UH, WE HAD, UH, I WILL SAY WE'VE NEVER HAD THE PARK AS CROWDED AS IT WAS.
WE HAD BASEBALL OUT THERE AND THERE WAS FOLKS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THAT.
WE HAD CAMP OUT GROUPS STARTING, UH, WE HAD, UH, PEOPLE IN THE HEALTHMAN PARK THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME SORT OF A EVENT.
I DON'T, COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS A WEDDING OR BIRTHDAY OR WHAT.
UH, SO IT, IT WAS JUST SPECTACULAR TO SIT DOWN THERE AND LOOK.
AND THE WEATHER WAS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
AND IT'S JUST TYPICAL OF MEADOWS PLACE IN SPRINGTIME, AND I LOVE IT.
SO, UH, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS TO ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT LOST PLANTS THAT ARE DIGGING UP THOSE OLD DEAD PLANTS OR HAVE DUG THEM UP AND THEY'RE REPLACING 'EM JUST LIKE THE CITY WAS AND IS DOING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE APPEARANCE OF OUR CITY.
AND I THINK, UH, UH, I THINK IF WE LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND LOOK AT THE, UH, THE WAY WE LOOK AS, UH, WE SEE ONE ANOTHER THAT, UH, THOSE THINGS PAY OFF.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS COUNCIL COMMENTS, RICK.
STARTING OFF WITH THE DORRANCE PROJECT, AND LET ME GET BACK TO MY EMAIL.
UH, WE DID GET A, UM, UPDATE FROM OUR ENGINEER HDR THAT'S WORKING ON THE PROJECT.
UH, CONTRACTOR HAS STARTED WORKING ON THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. WE HAD OUR INSPECTION EARLIER OR LAST MONTH, OR ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH.
UM, IT DOES HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO, UM, PRIMARILY FLOODING THE STREETS.
WE DO KNOW WE HAVE ONE BIRD BATH AND IT'S GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT BIRD BATH.
AND A BIRD BATH IS AN AREA THAT HOLDS WATER THAT SHOULDN'T.
UM, WE'RE NOT SURE IF THEY CAN GRIND IT OUT OR IF IT'LL TAKE SOMETHING MORE EXTENSIVE, LIKE REMOVING SOME OF THE PAVEMENT TO REPLACE IT.
UM, CLEANING UP THE MAILBOXES.
THE ADA UM, INSPECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 3RD.
UM, UH, WE'RE STILL COCKING TO THE CONTRACTOR ABOUT THE TIME, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE
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CONTRACT'S GONNA COME IN ABOUT 50,000 UNDER BUDGET.UM, WE DID HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO DO, LIKE RELOCATE SOME OF THE STREET LIGHTS.
THAT'S GONNA SAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR IS PROBABLY GONNA GET INTO SOME LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, UM, WHICH MEANS HE'LL GET, UM, PENALIZED FOR BEING LIGHT.
UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING, LIKE I SAID, COORDINATE EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME HE MIGHT BE OWED DUE TO SOME OF THE THINGS THE CITY ASKED HIM TO DO.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT AS MANY DAYS AS HE'S ASKING FOR AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, YOU DID MENTION THE, UM, ADDRESSING FOR THE HOUSES THAT ARE THERE.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON HIS PUNCH LIST CUZ WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE ADDRESSES ON AND THEN GET 'EM, YOU KNOW, MUCK MUCKED UP.
UM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE ENCOURAGED NICK AND THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY GOES AHEAD AND PAYS FOR THE, PUT THE STREET NUMBERS BACK ON THERE.
THE RESIDENTS HAD THE STREET NUMBERS BEFORE.
WERE THE ONES THAT REMOVED THE BL OR REMOVED THE CURB.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT THE STREET NUMBERS BACK, SO, AND IT'S GONNA LOOK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON DORRANCE BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE BIKE PROJECT? DID I HEAR IT'S LOOKING THAT WAY.
UNDER BUDGET ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, LARGE OR SMALL IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A RARITY.
AND, UM, ESPECIALLY IN A DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT PROJECT LIKE THIS WHERE YOU'RE DEALING WITH WHAT, 20 SOME ODD HOUSES, UH, TWO SIDES OF THE STREETS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, MOVING THINGS BACK AND FORTH.
UH, SO I, I'M REALLY SURPRISED AND THRILLED TO HEAR THAT.
AND I WANNA SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT OVERSAW THE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S FANTASTIC.
I HAVE NO OTHER QUE UH, MOVING ON TO THE BIKE PROJECT.
UM, I THINK IT'S THIS WEEK OUR ENGINEERS GOING TO BE MEETING WITH CENTERPOINT IN THE FIELD, UM, TO VERIFY WHERE THE BORE LOCATIONS WILL BE FOR THE BOTH THE BRIDGE, UM, TESTING LOCATION AS WELL AS THE TRAIL.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE THEIR VERBAL OKAY FROM THAT MEETING, THEN WE'LL PUSH TO GET THE WRITTEN OKAY FROM THEM AND THEN WE CAN, UH, MOVE ON WITH THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN, WHAT ABOUT SEVEN TO NINE MONTH DELAY? YEAH, BUT HAVING A A MEETING WITH THEM OUT IN THE FIELD IS A, A NICE POSITIVE SIGN.
SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY I CAN SAY THAT'S JUST KIND OF CENTER POINT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, THE COUNTY'S ACTUALLY BEEN HOLDING SOME OF CENTER POINTS PERMITS BECAUSE OF THEY'VE GOT CONFLICTS WITH SOME OF OUR PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO MOVE LAST YEAR AND STILL HAVEN'T MOVED.
AND SO WE KIND OF GOT THEIR ATTENTION BY HOLDING THEIR PERMITS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ITEM E REGULAR AGENDA.
THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 20 23 4 AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES REGARDING FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
UM, IF YOU'LL LOOK ON YOUR SUMMARY PAGE, THE BOTTOM PORTION IS, UH, UH, SUMS IT UP.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR ON ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE, UH, REACHED OUT TO FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO ENTER AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES REGARDING FOOD SERVICES ESTABLISHMENT.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE A ONE PHONE CALLED DUN.
WE HAVE IT MOVING FORWARD AND COUNSEL, WE'RE HERE TO, UH, UH, PUT OUT A RESOLUTION THAT, UH, WE WOULD AUTHORIZE INTERLINK AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO BE OUR FOOD SERVICE, UH, INSPECTORS.
IT WILL MEAN A LOT OF LOAD LIFTED OFF OF OUR PEOPLE AND THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO DO IT.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS RESOLUTION 20 23 0 4.
I'LL MOVE TO GO AHEAD, MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY I'LL SECOND BY DAVID.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO THIS STILL HAS TO GO TO THE COUNTY AND, UH, ONCE THEY, UH, APPROVE IT, THEN WE'RE GONNA NOTIFY ALL OF THE FOLKS IN OUR
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TOWN THAT, UH, FROM HERE ON OUT, THEY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET WITH THE COUNTY, UH, FOR ANY AND ALL HEALTH INSPECTIONS.TAKING CARE OF A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSINESS, UH, IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 2023 DASH FIVE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH BBB G CONSULTING TO ADD RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY INSPECTION SERVICES.
WE HAVE AN AGREE, AS YOU KNOW, WITH UH, BBB G UH, WE'VE BEEN DANCING AROUND THIS ISSUE TRYING TO FIND A GOOD SOLUTION.
UM, NICK HAS WORKED WITH, UH, KEVIN OVER THERE AT, UH, B BG AND HAS COME UP WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THESE ANNUAL RENTAL INSPECTIONS.
AND, UH, COS UH, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THIS IS NOT A FLAT FEE, THIS IS PER INSPECTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND IS IT THE FEE? IS IT, DOES IT GO TO THE, UH, RENTAL PROPERTY? WHO PAYS FOR THE, WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A HUNDRED DOLLARS APPLICATION FEE OKAY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A $75 FEE FOR, UM, THE ADDITIONAL CERT, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY INSPECTIONS.
SO THEY HAVE A CHANGE IN TENANTS.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? NO, NO.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE YEAH, WE DID DISCUSSION BEFORE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO OR SECOND EITHER ONE.
WE DISCUSSED IT BEFORE YOU MADE A MOTION.
AND IT'S OKAY, YOU CAN DISCUSS THIS.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE BID OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN.
UM, BRAD, I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT A PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GONNA GET 'EM TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT COUNSEL, THE, UH, AS YOU, YOU CAN READ THROUGH, WE'VE GOT, UM, A MILLION IN, IN FEDERAL RPA FUNDING, ALL OF WHICH IS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE SCOPE IS EXCEEDS THIS FUNDING AMOUNT BY A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ON OUR FUNDING SOURCES.
I WANTED TO CALL THIS MEETING TONIGHT TO LET COUNSEL REVIEW IT ONE MORE TIME TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO SEE IF ANY QUESTIONS COME UP BECAUSE WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADE ON THE FUNDING, WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, WE MIGHT NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE AND HURRY.
UH, SO I'M ASKING EVERYBODY TO LET, UH, LET'S REVIEW IT, UM, GO THROUGH IT.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT, UH, 3.2 MILLION APPROXIMATELY TO COME UP WITH.
WELL, WE'RE IN CASE EVERYBODY FORGOT, WE'RE ONE SQUARE MILE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA CAPITAL.
SO, UM, ROD, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING? OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, MAYOR, WE'VE, WE, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE.
Y'ALL GOT A PROGRAM LAID OUT? WE DO.
WE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANNA SHARE WITH COUNSEL.
SO, UH, FIRST, UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS, I, THIS ITEM IS TO GIVE COUNSEL THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO
BUT BEFORE WE GO THAT FAR, A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, JOHN PETERSON IS HERE WITH HDR.
JOHN OBVIOUSLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN OF, UH, THE PLAN SET.
AND FOR ANY, JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, CERTAINLY, UM, FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THE WORK, WHAT THIS WOULD DO, UH, JOHN CAN GO AS DEEP INTO THE WEEDS AS YOU NEED HIM TO GET IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING TO THE PLANT.
UM, SINCE THE DESIGN PHASE IS COMPLETE, UM, ONCE YOU GUYS ARE DONE WITH, WITH JOHN, UH, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AT THE STAFF LEVEL IS SHOW YOU KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF FUNDING, UM, AND JUST KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY A AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT FUNDING IS, IS, IS KEY HERE BECAUSE WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE FROM ANY OTHER ENTITIES OR ANY OTHER FUNDING SOURCE, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING A DECISION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, IN THE SPREADSHEET BETWEEN DOING THIS OR DOING PHASE TWO OF DORRANCE RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY CLEAR, UH, CHOICE THAT WE'VE LAID OUT FOR YOU, AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT LET'S, SINCE JOHN'S HERE AND JOHN'S UP THERE, BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP INTO THE NUMBERS,
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UM, I WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR AND JOHN, IF YOU WANT TO JUST MAKE MENTION OF SORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, IF COUNSEL HAS ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WE'D LOVE FOR THEM TO, TO USE YOU TONIGHT.UH, THE CITY'S EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS, UH, WHAT THEY CALL A TRAVELING BRIDGE PLANT.
UM, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S NOT UNIQUE, BUT IT'S, IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT NOT YOUR STANDARD THING.
YOU NORMALLY SEE A BIG CIRCULAR, UH, CLARIFIER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SO AS OF LATELY, UH, THE, THE TRAVELING BRIDGE STARTS AT ONE END OF THE TREATMENT PLANT AND PUSHES SLUDGE TO THE OTHER END.
IT PICKS UP SLUDGE, TAKES IT BACK TO THE OTHER END AND BACK AND FORTH.
AND THAT'S HOW THE, THE PLANT BASICALLY OPERATES IN THE CLARIFIER.
UH, THE, THE PLANT IS FAIRLY OLD AND IT'S REACHED ITS USEFUL LIFE ON THE TRAVELING BRIDGE.
CURRENT TRAVELING BRIDGE USES HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO MOVE IT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
AND IT'S KIND OF WORN DOWN TO WHERE THE BRIDGE ACTUALLY STARTS CATWALK UNTIL IT FALLS OFF OR STOPS MOVING AND CAN'T PROCEED ANY FURTHER.
UM, THE CITY'S REACHED OUT TO US.
WE'VE WENT AHEAD AND STARTED COORDINATING, UM, THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF A PROPRIETARY THING.
UH, AVIVO IS THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT MADE THE TRAVELING BRIDGE.
THEY'RE STILL ACTIVELY STILL SELL PARTS TO THAT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
YOU'RE GONNA GO TO AVIVO, YOU'RE GONNA BUY THE STUFF AND, AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE THE ONE THAT DOES THE INSTALLATION OF IT.
UH, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE A DESIGN, WE'VE WORKED WITH AVIVO.
UH, ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT FROM, UH, HYDRAULIC TO ELECTRIC MOTOR BASED, WHICH WILL GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, CONTROL, BE ABLE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
UH, ALSO HAVE BETTER CORALS AND RESISTANT MATERIALS.
WE'LL USE IN ALL GALVANIZE IN THERE.
UH, AS PART OF THE PROJECT ALSO, THERE'LL BE 18 SLIDE GATES.
THERE'LL BE, UH, REPLACED THE SLIDE GATES IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL, UH, PLANT IS CRITICAL FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE PLANT.
YOU CAN USE IT TO MODIFY THE PLANT TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AS, AS DIFFERENT SCENARIOS COME UP.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, Y'ALL REALLY ARE KIND OF STUCK TO WHERE Y'ALL AREN'T, THEY DON'T WORK.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS PROJECT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BYPASS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS WATER AROUND.
YOU GOTTA HAVE THOSE 18 GATES.
SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE'LL ALSO BE, UH, SOME NEW CONTROL PANELS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY THE, THE, THE PROJECT IN A NUTSHELL.
IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS, HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE, THAT, THAT KIND OF STUFF TOO.
AND, AND THEN ALSO COUNSEL ON YOUR BACKUP, YOU CAN SEE, UH, AN EMAIL FROM HDR THAT KIND OF LAYS OUT A PROJECT TIMELINE, UM, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST.
NOW, THEIR TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST IS AN ESTIMATE THAT'S, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, DOES NOT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION PHASE ENGINEERING AT THIS POINT.
SO AT THIS POINT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PROJECT TIMELINE, LET'S SAY THAT WE DID GO AHEAD AND, AND BID IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
AND LET'S ASSUME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A JUNE, UH, CONTRACTS EXECUTION.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING SOMETIME AT THE BEGINNING OF 2025 BEFORE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME ON THE PHONE NOT LONG AGO AS FAR AS THE LEAD TIME ON SOME OF THE MATERIALS.
DO YOU WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF SENTENCES ON THAT? SURE.
UH, AGAIN, THIS, THIS PROJECT IS, IS KIND OF UNIQUE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH AVIVO AND AVIVO HAS STATED THAT BY THE TIME THAT THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS STARTS, THEY'RE APPROVED TO THE ACTUAL FABRICATION FROM POINT A TO POINT B WILL BE A YEAR'S TIME.
SO IT'S A LONG LEAD TIME TO GET IT, GET IT CONSTRUCTED, GET IT FABRICATED, AND GET IT SHIPPED OUT TO THE PLANT SITE.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME LEAD TIME ON THAT.
JOHN, LET ME ASK A QUESTION HERE.
I'M NOT, I'M JUST ASKING THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE SINGLE MOST LONG OR WHAT'S CAUSING THE LONGEVITY ON THAT? IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRACKING TRAVELING BRIDGE ITSELF OR? YES, SIR.
NOW, WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE FABRICATED? IT'LL BE FABRICATED IN AVIVO PLANT.
I, I DON'T HAVE THE CITY, BUT IT'LL BE AT THEIR, AT THEIR PLANT.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL FABRICATE IT, THEY'LL SEND IN ALL THE SUBMITTALS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS, IS UP TO STANDARD.
THEY'LL GALVANIZE IT THERE, THEN THEY'LL SEND IT OUT HERE TO WHERE YOU DO HAVE SOME CORROSION RESISTANCE ON YOUR MATERIALS.
IN A PERFECT WORLD, WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN ON THIS REPLACEMENT BRIDGE? 30 YEARS? OR ARE WE GONNA GET LESS THAN THAT? IT IT, I MEAN, IT'S A CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT.
SO I'M SAYING PERFECT WORLD, PERFECT WORLD 30, YEAH.
30, 35 YEARS, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
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YOU KNOW, THE, THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP COUNCIL IS WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE, TO ME AN ANTIQUATED SYSTEM.AND WE REALLY, THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THE, GOING TO THOSE STANDARD ROUND CLARIFIERS CUZ IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET PARTS.
WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT NOW.
I THINK IT WAS 7 MILLION TO GO THAT ROUTE.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO START THINKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD WHEN THIS ONE DOES WEAR OUT, SWITCHING OVER TO THE, THE ROUND CLARIFIER OR WHATEVER'S CURRENT AT THAT TIME.
UM, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE US TO NOT TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
UM, MY LITTLE BIRDIE'S ARE TELLING ME WE SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER FROM THE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH ON WHETHER WE'RE GONNA GET ANY ARPA MONEY FROM THE COUNTY OR NOT.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT'S CORRECT AND WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT BEFORE WE PULL THE TRIGGER AND GIVE UP ON DORRANCE, I THINK IT'S WORTH 30 DAYS.
WELL RICK, I'LL SAY THIS, I'M NOT TYING THE TWO TOGETHER CUZ FOR ME, MY PORTION, THE FIRST PORTION OF DORRANCE IS DONE.
I CAN DRIVE ALL THE WAY, THE WHOLE LENGTH TO DORRANCE, THAT PLANT GOES DOWN AND WE GOT PROBLEMS. SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AS SOON AS WE PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY FROM THE COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I AM GOING TO SAY AS IMPORTANT AS THIS IS, I THINK BEING, UM, WISE WITH OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY IS PART OF THAT PROCESS.
AND I THINK IF WE TRY, IF, IF WE JUMPED IN THE GUN AND I THINK IT WOULD BE JUMPING THE GUN TO, TO AUTHORIZE BIDDING IT, I THINK WE'D BE OKAY.
BUT THEY MIGHT TAKE IT THEN AS IF, OH, YOU DON'T NEED US.
AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE CUZ WE'RE SITTING THERE 2 MILLION SHORT AND A PLANT THAT'S WOBBLING OFF ITS RAILS.
SO JUST, UH, AND I AGREE AND I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE WILL, UH, COUNSEL THIS.
NOW I HAVE A QUESTION SINCE YOU'RE STANDING THERE, ROD.
THIS CITY DEPENDS ON RECLAIMED WATER NOW.
ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP US IN RECLAIMED WATER? NO, SIR.
UH, BUT I DO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE AND I'VE JUST COMPLETED THAT PROJECT.
I'VE, I'VE PUT IN A POTABLE WATER SUPPLY LINE INTO THE RECLAIMED SYSTEM AND I'VE GOT IT SO I CAN DECOR THE WATER AS, AS THE PO AS RECENT.
MOST RECENTLY, THE, THE LAKE WAS DOWN ABOUT A FOOT AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE NITROGEN WAS JUST TOO HIGH.
THE QUALITY OF THE EFFLUENT WAS NOT GOOD AND I CAN'T SEND THAT TO THE LAKE.
NOW WE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB.
UM, BUT THE PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY THAT I CAN DEC DECLARE AT THE PLANT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND I THINK IT WAS TURNED ON TODAY CUZ THEY'RE TAKING THE FILTERS OFFLINE TO DO SOME, SOME WORK AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER OF THE AFFLUENT.
I'M HOPING WE CAN MEET PERMIT, BUT AGAIN, IF THE NITROGEN'S HIGH, I CAN'T SEND IT TO THE LAKE.
SO WITH IT, WITH THAT PROJECT BEING A YEAR PLUS, THAT'S A CONCERN.
AND, AND I DO UNDERSTAND ALMOND RICK'S CONCERN ABOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY IN THIS, UH, STAFF AND THE ENGINEER HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STARTING THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS AND THE CITY PURCHASING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE, WOULD THAT UPSET THE APPLE CARTT AT THE, AT THE COUNTY LAB REG WITHOUT GOING TO BID? WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE CONTROLLERS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUBMITTAL PROCESS AND, AND THE MANUFACTURING OF THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT AND US BUYING IT.
YEAH, WE PUT THE BRAND THAT'D BE PUTTING THE GUY WATCH ON IT.
YOU'RE DOING IT THE TIME, THE TIMEFRAME IS, IS IS MY ISSUE IN, IN SO MUCH THAT, UM, THE LONG WE WAIT, THE LONGER THE PROCESS TAKES.
IF WE CAN START AT LEAST A SUBMITTAL WITHOUT GOING OUT TO BID, IT MIGHT BE WORTH A CONVERSATION WITH ED.
BASICALLY WHAT I'M THINKING IS SPLITTING IT INTO TWO BID PROCESSES.
ONE WOULD BE MANUFACTURING OF SOME PARTS WITH SO IS THE MAIN THING THE BRIDGE, WELL THE GATES FIRST.
THE GATES WOULD BE THE FIRST THING.
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IF YOU'D GIMME JUST A, A MOMENT, I'VE, AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LAY IT OUT IN FRONT OF NICK, SO I'M GOING TO EITHER BE A, A, A HERO OR A BUFFOON RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.YOU NEVER WANT TO DO THIS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING AND I, I BRIEFLY RAN IT BY ROD ON, ON THE WAY IN.
THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD PR POTENTIALLY MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND SAVE THE CITY MONEY AND SAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF STRUGGLE.
WE KNOW THAT THE, THE SUBMITTAL AND THE, THE ACTUAL TRAVELING BRIDGE AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT'S COMING FROM ONE PLACE.
SO NO MATTER WHAT CONTRACTOR WINS, IT'S GONNA COME FROM THAT ONE PLACE.
THAT ONE PLACE IS GONNA SELL IT TO THE CONTRACTOR.
HE'S GONNA TURN AROUND AND ADD 15% TO 20% ON TOP OF IT AND GO INTO HIS BID.
NOW WE ALSO KNOW THERE'S A LEAD TIME OF 12 MONTHS FOR THE SUBMITTALS AND FOR THE FABRICATION.
SO AGAIN, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD DO IS THE CITY COULD PUT THE ORDER IN FOR THE TRAVELING BRIDGE AT A COST OF ABOUT ONE POINT.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF ON THE HIGH END BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO BE.
I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU LATER, LATER TIME.
AGAIN, THIS WILL SAVE THE CITY MONEY.
IF YOU PURCHASE IT, THERE'LL BE NO MARKUP ON IT.
YOU'RE BUYING IT STRAIGHT FROM THE FABRICATOR, HE'LL DELIVER IT TO THE PLANT SITE.
NOW WHILE YOU'RE WAITING, YOU CAN START THE BIDDING PROCESS OF HIRING A CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND DO THE INSTALLATION AND TO DO THE GATES, I THINK.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE, THE BID PROCESS WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT ABOUT, UH, RIGHT ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO GO OUT TO BID IT, TO GET THE BIDS IN, TO GIVE YOU A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION AND TO GET UNDER CONTRACT.
YOU'LL THEN DO THREE MONTHS OF SUBMITTALS AND BUILDING OF THE GATES.
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A MONTH AND A HALF OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE 18 GATES.
SO IF THE CITY WERE TO START DOWN THE PATH OF, OF PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE BOUGHT YOURSELF SIX MONTHS AND YOU'VE ACCELERATED YOUR SCHEDULE BY SIX MONTHS TO WHERE HAVE TO HAVE THAT.
YOU CAN GO OUT TO BID TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR COME AND DO THE INSTALLATION OF THE EQUIPMENT YOU PURCHASED PLUS THE GATES THAT YOU PURCHASED FOR ANOTHER ONE POINT, UH, 2 MILLION.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RUN SOME TRAPS ON THIS BECAUSE THAT'S A SOLE SOURCE ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA THEN VIOLATE THE ARPA FUNDING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK INTO BEFORE WE CAN EVEN CONSIDER IT.
YEAH, I THINK GIVEN OUR EXPERIENCE WITH ARPA, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO RUN SOME TRAPS CUZ YEAH.
UM, SEE, BY, BY HAVE, BY HAVING THE BI HAVING THE CONTRACTORS GO OUT AND SOLE SOURCE IT, BUT THEY'RE ALL PUTTING ON THEIR OWN MARKUP.
YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF THAT SOLE SOURCE ISSUE.
IF, IF WE GO AND ORDER ONLY FROM THIS ONE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT BUILDS IT, WE COULD HAVE ISSUES WITH THE FUNDING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE, THE FUNDING WOULD ALLOW IT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA USE ARPA FUNDING NOT CITY FUNDS FOR THAT ON THE BRIDGE.
YEAH, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS JUST A IDEA OF HOW TO HELP Y'ALL BUY THAT EXTRA TIME.
IF, IF WE CAN PASS THE SOLE SOURCE ISSUE THIS, THE TRAVELING BRIDGE AND PROBABLY EAT UP ALL OF THE COUNTY'S OR I MEAN THE CITY'S CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED ARPA FUND, ARPA FUND.
AND, AND THEN WE COULD GET IT STARTED WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COUNTY TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND THEN IF THE COUNTY COMES THROUGH, GREAT.
IF THE COUNTY DOES NOT COME THROUGH, WE PUT PHASE TWO OF DORRANCE ON HOLD AND GO FORWARD WITH OUR OWN BID.
SEE JOHN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING.
I MEAN NOW I USED TO, THAT WAS MY W LIVELIHOOD WAS MAKING THINGS HAPPEN IN A SHORTER TIMEFRAME AND YOU'VE JUST STEPPED UP SIX MONTHS.
UM, NICK, WE NEED TO VISIT ON THIS.
I THINK, UM, I CAN MAKE SOME PHONE CALLS AND SEE WHAT, WHAT I HEAR.
UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A COORDINATOR UP AT THE STATE RIGHT.
FOR THE STATE FUNDS CUZ THE STUFF THAT THE CITY GOT DIRECTLY CAME FROM THE STATE.
IT DID NOT COME THROUGH THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR STATE COORDINATOR WITH THESE QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T STEP ON OURSELVES OVER A COUPLE WEEKS WAIT BECAUSE
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IF THE ANSWER IS NO AND YOU GO OUT AND BID IT, NO.ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S 1.4 OUT OF CITY MONEY.
HOW MUCH PER HOUSEHOLD WOULD THAT BE? NO,
UM, ROD SIR, NOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AND I'M FEELING A SENSE OF URGENCY OUTTA YOU THAT I HAVEN'T FELT BEFORE.
IS THIS, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENED THAT'S CAUSING THIS? ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH MEAT AND TCE CREW REQUIREMENTS NOW OR WHAT? YES.
I I I'VE BEEN RUNNING PLANTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND KUDOS TO, UH, BYRON, WHO'S CURRENTLY RUNNING IT.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED HOW HE'S ABLE TO MEET PERMITT.
HE COMES CLOSE TO BUSING PERMIT AND THAT'S WHEN WE CAN'T SEND THE WATER TO THE LAKE.
MY PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN ROUGH SHAPE.
IF ONE OF THESE GATES DROPS AND AND CLOSES, WHAT DO I DO THEN? THEN FOR SURE I'M GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE.
I HAVE SO MANY, AGAIN, SOME TOO MANY COMPONENTS THAT ARE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY THE LONGER IT GOES JUST JUST BY THE NUMBERS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROD OR HDR? WELL, IN, IN THE EVENT WE CAN'T GET PAST THE SOLE SOURCE ISSUE, COULD WE BID THE GATE REPAIR THAT'S $700,000 AND THE ANSWER IS SURE IS.
WELL, I MEAN IT FITS WITHIN THE CITY'S ALLOCATED AMOUNT.
WE WOULD GET TAKE CARE OF PART OF ROD'S CONCERN BY FIXING THE GATES WE NEED TO FIX STARTED, WE NEED TO FIX 'EM ANYWAY.
BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA HELP ADVANCE OUR TIMELINE, BUT IT WOULD ADDRESS ONE OF THE ISSUES.
THE ONLY THING ABOUT ABOUT DOING THAT IS THERE'S SOME SHARED COSTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA PAY, YOU'RE GONNA PAY TWICE ON SOME OF THE ITEMS. ON SOME OF THE ITEMS. MM-HMM.
WE NEED TO MAKE IT GOOD AGAIN, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND VISIT.
IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
THE LEAD TIME ON THE GATES IS 12 WEEKS.
GATES, THE GATE, THE GATES ARE NOT PROPRIETARY.
BEFORE WE CAN FIX THE BRIDGE, WE HAVE TO FIX THE GATES SO WE CAN ADEQUATELY CONTROL THE PLANT BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE EVERYTHING AROUND.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START DIVERTING, GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY ISOLATE THE TRAVELING BRIDGE.
JOHN, IF WE DID DO THAT, IF WE SEPARATED OUT THE BIDS AND WENT AHEAD AND BID GATES, UH, SEPARATELY, WHAT'S Y'ALL'S LEAD TIME? HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND BID THAT? JUST SPECIFICALLY I'VE, WE, I'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WITH MY STAFF.
UM, AND, AND THAT, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD BE LIKE THE DEWATERING AND THE BYPASSING THAT THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'D HAVE TO PAY FOR TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE.
CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US IN, WHEN YOU GET BACK TO NICK AND ROD WITH THE ANSWER ON TIME, CAN YOU GET BACK TO US WITH A FIGURE OF HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA END UP DOUBLE PAYING? MM-HMM.
I CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT ON THE WAY THAT I LAID IT OUT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE SOLE SOURCE THING IS, IS WORKING IT ALL TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.
YOU COULD, YOU COULD END UP BY HAVING THE GATES INSTALLED BY THE TIME THE EQUIPMENT ARRIVES WITH ONE CONTRACTOR.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST OPTIMAL WAY IS THAT WAY.
IF YOU CAN GET PAST THAT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPRIETARY AND THIS, THIS IS AN EXISTING PLANT.
SO THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO.
WELL WE'RE UP HERE HAVING PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS BEHIND YOUR BACK, BUT WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
UM, I GUESS I'M, I'M, I'M ON A POINT OF SAYING COUNSEL AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'VE GOT SO MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING, I'M READY TO JUST CALL THIS DISCUSSION AT AN END AND MOVE ON.
I HAD ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TEXT ME THEY WANT TO KNOW WILL THEY EXPERIENCE ANY ISSUES, BACKUPS OR PROBLEMS DURING THE REBUILD? NO.
WE HAVE ONE LIFT STATION AND THAT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT ON THE REBUILD OF THE CLARIFIER.
THE LIFT STATION HAS GOT TWO GOOD PUMPS AND WE'RE FINE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS IT.
YEAH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BASICALLY ONE OF
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THE LAST STAGES OF THE TRIP THROUGH THE TREATMENT PLANT.UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT THE INTAKE, IT'S WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, EXPORT THE WATER THAT YOU SE YOU SEPARATE THE SOLIDS AND THE LIQUID IN THE CLARIFIER AND YOU TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THE LIQUID AND SEND IT DOWNSTREAM.
CAMERON, DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF A VISUAL FOR PEOPLE TO GO LOOK AT
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF A VIDEO ON OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT PEOPLE CAN GO LOOK AT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
UH, ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY? OKAY.
I THINK, ROD, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO COME UP HERE AND VISIT WITH US.
UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS YOU GUYS TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER FOR US TONIGHT.
I REALLY DO CUZ I, I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT LINE OF THOUGHT A WHOLE LOT, SO THANKS VERY MUCH.
AND NICK, I DON'T YOU, YOU WANNA GO OVER THE NUMBERS OR ARE WE DONE? I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE ON AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE MOVING ON THEN TO ITEM UH, FOUR, WHICH IS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENTS.
UM, I'M, I GET IT REAL TICKLED WHEN, UH, DAVID MERTONS GETS EXCITED.
HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT ALL KIND OF STUFF AND GOES WAY OVER MY HEAD WAY IN A HURRY.
BUT HE SUMMED IT UP LIKE THIS.
I WISH I'D HAVE HAD A FINANCIAL POLICY LIKE THIS WHEN I FIRST STARTED.
I COULD'VE BEEN LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE I AM TO TRY TO LEARN EVERYTHING AND WE CAN POST IT AND HE HAS ALL KIND OF GOOD IDEAS WITH THAT.
BUT BASICALLY THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENTS THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN SENT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, INCORPORATED SOME CHANGES AS OF YESTERDAY.
UH, SOME OF WHICH CAME THROUGH THE PFI TRAINING, UH, SOME OF WHICH WE CAUGHT BECAUSE, UH, WE DOUBLE CHECKED IT AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND ANNAMARIA MADE IT BETTER.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION TO PASS.
UH, THIS, UH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENT.
WHO MADE THE RESOLUTION? DAVID? ANYBODY GOT A SECOND ON THAT? TIA'S GOT TO TIA.
ANYBODY GOT A, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND ANNAMARIA HAS A LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT QUICK OVER, WASN'T IT? AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OH, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN COLOR.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, CITY OF COUNCIL.
IS THAT RIGHT? UH, DISCUSSION? YEAH.
UH, CENTERPOINT ENERGY 2023 ANNUAL GAS RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM GRIP ADJUSTMENT WITH RADI INCREASE.
UM, COUNSEL HAS THREE ACTIONS AS YOU CAN SEE TO NO ACTION, APPROVE OR SUSPEND.
UM, AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST IS SUSPENDED AND THEY'LL COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT IT IS.
IT JUST SUSPENDS IT FOR 45 DAYS BASICALLY.
THEN THEY FINISH NEGOTIATING WITH ALL THE BIG CITIES AND THE P U C.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS, UM, A LOT OF THIS COST IS GOING TO UM, I GUESS HARDEN THE NETWORK FOR DISTRIBUTION.
UM, EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR GAS AND THEIR ELECTRIC TO FLOW DURING HOT AND COLD SEASONS.
UM, BASICALLY YOU NEED TO GIVE 'EM THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN PLACE.
SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE TO THAT FULL AMOUNT.
UM, IT MIGHT BE $2 BY THE TIME THEY GET DONE, BUT BASICALLY WITH WHAT CENTER POINT NEEDS TO DO TO IMPROVE THE GRID, BOTH ELECTRIC AND GAS.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE ANYWAY CUZ ONCE THEY GET THROUGH NEGOTIATING, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT OUR RATES ARE.
WE'RE SUSPENDING IT 45 DAYS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT NOW.
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$2 AND 47 CENTS PER MONTH.SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN SAVE THAT FOR 45 DAYS.
NOW WE'RE MAKING IT OVER TO, UH, E SIX DISCUSSION REGARDING LETTER TO TEXAS LEGISLATURE REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT TO TML HEALTH FOR COVID EXPENSES.
UM, I'VE HEARD ALL TYPES OF STUFF AND I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE FROM AUSTIN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND COURTNEY, UM, RATHER THAN ME STEP ON THIS, I'M GONNA LET YOU ADDRESS THE, UH, SUMMARY ON THIS.
OKAY? SO, UM, TML HAS REACHED OUT TO ALL THE PARTICIPATING CITIES.
THEY'VE CURRENTLY SPENT OVER 29 MILLION IN COVID TESTING, UM, VACCINATIONS, TREATMENTS, AND UM, AND SANITIZER.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO, UM, GO INTO THEIR RESERVES TO PAY FOR THESE.
UM, WE WERE GETTING FOR THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS, A MONTHLY CREDIT FROM TML HEALTH, WHICH WE NO LONGER GET BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO GO INTO THEIR RESERVES.
SO THEY'RE ASKING ALL THE CITIES TO SEND A LETTER, UM, TO SUPPORT THEM AND GETTING SOME FUNDING BACK FROM THE STATE TO HELP, UM, GET BACK PART OF THAT 29 MILLION.
BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS SEND A LETTER ASKING THEM TO PUT TL ON AS A BUDGET ITEM, RIGHT? BY THE WAY, THE FIRST TIME, YES, THEY'VE NEVER ASKED.
AND THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP OUR PREMIUMS AT A LOWER RATE OR AT LEAST IT WON'T GO ADVANCE UP.
UM, I'LL MOVE, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GO ANYWHERE.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FOR COURT? ALL I CAN SAY IS THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS UNLIKELY TO DO T M L ANY FAVORS UNLESS THERE'S SOME, UM, FEDERAL MONEY OR SOMETHING WHERE THEY, IF THEY DO IT FOR THEMSELVES, THEY'VE GOTTA DO IT FOR THE REST OF THE, UM, ENTITIES.
BUT I THINK WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES AND OUR AND OUR ORIGINAL, IT DOESN'T HURT TO ASK YEP.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, ITEM SEVEN, UH, IS DISCUSSION REGARDING CONTRACTOR, UH, REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE.
UM, THIS WAS REQUESTED BY ALDERMAN STALEY.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUE QUESTIONS AND SOME GRAY AREAS COME UP.
SO RICK, YOU WANNA START US OFF? SURE.
SO, UM, BASICALLY I'VE, DURING THIS LAST DROUGHT, I HAD SOME SETTLEMENT ON MY FOUNDATION.
UM, HOPED IT WOULD POP BACK WHEN IT RAINED, IT DIDN'T.
SO I CALLED MY FOUNDATION GUY TO COME IN AND DO THE ADJUSTMENT.
I'VE GOT LIFETIME WARRANTY ON MY FOUNDATION REPAIR.
UM, HE COMES IN, GIVES ME MY ESTIMATE, SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT TO PULL A PERMIT, AND I SAID I'LL PULL IT.
UM, I SUBMIT THE INFORMATION AND HE GETS A CALL FROM THE CITY TO COME IN AND REGISTER AND PROVIDE HIS INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
HE CALLS ME BACK AND SAYS THAT'S THIS IS THE REASON I DON'T DO ANY NEW WORK IN MEADOW'S PLACE.
I'M NOT REGISTERING, I'M NOT PAYING ANY MONEY.
SO IT PUT ME IN A POSITION OF EITHER TRYING TO NOT GET A PERMIT OR VOIDING MY LIFETIME WARRANTY.
UM, I DID WORK IT OUT WITH THE STAFF THAT I PULLED THE PERMIT IN MY NAME.
UM, MY CONTRACTOR CAN NOW COME DO THE WARRANTY WORK, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'VE GOTTA AVOID A WARRANTY.
SO MY QUESTION ON THIS IS FOR WARRANTY TYPE WORK, WHETHER IT'S FOUNDATION, WHETHER IT'S AC, DO WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO ALLOW GRANDFATHER THE COMPANIES TO COME IN AND DO THE WARRANTY WORK? ONLY? I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NEW WORK.
I THINK NEW WORK SHOULD BE, CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO BE REGISTERED, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT FOR WARRANTY WORK WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA COST THE HOMEOWNER ANYTHING, THE CONTRACTOR'S NOT GONNA MAKE ANY MONEY, BASICALLY.
HE'S NOT GONNA WANT TO COME IN AND REGISTER WITH THE CITY IF HE DOESN'T HAVE TO.
FOR FOUNDATION WORK ARE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR REPAIRS? NOT REPAIRS, BUT WARRANTY WORK.
SO I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NO FEE PERMIT.
YEAH, HAVEN'T I HADN'T HEARD THAT YET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR.
SO SINCE THAT TIME I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, YOU WOULD NOT NEED A PERMIT FOR
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THAT.SO THE CITY WON'T BE SEEING PERMITS FOR THOSE ANYMORE.
AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT, UM, THERE, IN TALKING TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, THERE ARE CERTAINLY A BUILDING OFFICIAL HAS A LOT OF, UH, DISCRETION WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT NEEDS A PERMIT AND WHAT DOESN'T.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, UH, MADE WHEN THERE ARE WHAT WE MIGHT CALL UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHERE DOES THIS NEED A PERMIT? UM, AND A BUILDING OFFICIAL WILL SAY, YES, WE NEED TO INSPECT THAT OR NO, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO INSPECT HERE.
UM, I THINK I'VE SAID THIS TO A COUPLE OF YOU OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PERMITTING, UM, FOR ITEMS THAT REALLY DON'T NEED AN INSPECTION ATTACHED TO THEM, UM, LIKE AN ALTERATION OF A FOUNDATION, THERE'S REALLY, IN MY OPINION, ONLY TWO REASONS WHY A CITY WOULD WANNA PERMIT THAT.
NUMBER ONE IS TO CHECK THE CREDENTIALS OF THE THE CONTRACTOR.
ARE THEY INSURED? YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY COLLECT THEIR INFORMATION, UM, HAVE IT ON FILE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
YOU CAN FIND OUT INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECTED ON THAT CONTRACTOR.
UH, THE SECOND REASON IS TO SIMPLY HAVE A RECORD ON THE CITY FILES AND THE ADDRESS FILE OF WHAT WAS DONE AND WHEN.
RIGHT? IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY A HOUSE IN TOWN, MAYBE YOU GO TO CITY HALL, YOU PULL THE ADDRESS FILE, YOU FIND OUT THAT THE FOUNDATION WAS ALTERED IN 2023.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, IF A, IF A JOB DOES NOT REQUIRE AN INSPECTION FROM AN INSPECTOR, I THINK THE QUESTION AT YOUR LEVEL WOULD BE, DO WE WANNA PULL A PERMIT FOR THAT KIND OF WORK? UH, THINK, UH, FENCES OR A LOT OF TIMES ROOFS, UM, WINDOWS, UH, THINGS THAT REALLY AN INSPECTOR WOULDN'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, SIDING REPLACEMENT.
IF, IF THE WEATHER BAR BARRIERS ALREADY THERE, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FOR AN INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT.
AND YET IN A LOT OF CITIES YOU'D NEED TO PULL A PERMIT FOR REPLACING SIDING, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE, UM, THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE AS A CITY STILL REQUIRE PERMITTING, UH, STILL CHECK THE CREDENTIALS OF CONTRACTORS IF AN INSPECTOR'S NOT REQUIRED TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT? AND THERE'S NO RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT.
IT'S A POLICY QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS, AND I'M NOT ARGUING AGAINST REQUIRING THE PERMIT.
SO LET'S, LET'S SAY IT HAD BEEN MY AC UNIT AND THEY HAD TO GO REPLACE SOMETHING IN THE ATTIC AND IT INVOLVED ELECTRICAL.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR THAT.
WHAT I'VE GOT A PROBLEM IS REQUIRING A COMPANY THAT IS NO LONGER WAS REGISTERED WHEN THEY FIRST PUT IT IN, BUT IS NO LONGER REGISTERED, FORCING THEM TO RE-REGISTER TO COME IN TO DO WARRANTY WORK.
AND IF IT'S MINOR REPAIRS, GENERAL REPAIRS OR MAINTENANCE, THAT WOULDN'T REQUIRE A PERMIT ANYWAY, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO REASON, IN MY OPINION, FOR THEM TO COME GET THE PERMIT.
UM, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT TOUCHES GAS, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT TOUCHES ELECTRICAL, UM, THE EXAMPLE I'VE GIVEN IS, UM, YOUR WATER HEATER'S UNDER WARRANTY, BUT IT FAILED IN FIVE MONTHS AND THEY NEEDED TO COME REPLACE IT.
WELL THE INSPECTOR'S GONNA WANT TO GO IN AND CHECK THOSE CONNECTIONS.
IF IT GOES OUT, THEY'RE GONNA WANNA CHECK THOSE GAS LINES.
SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INSPECTABLE WARRANTY WORK OR NOT, WE'RE GONNA WANT THAT PERMIT TO OCCUR SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND INSPECT IT AND GIVE US, YOU KNOW, THE PASS ON THAT INSPECTION.
UM, THAT'S WHY WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL DOES HAVE A LOT OF DISCRETION WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT NEEDS A PERMIT AND WHAT DOESN'T.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ART IN SOME CASES.
UM, SO QUESTION, WHAT, WHAT GUIDES THAT TODAY? JUST WHICHEVER INSPECTOR HAPPENS TO A CALL TO B B G.
A PHONE CALL TO B B G AND THE TYPICALLY IT WOULD BE AN INSPECTOR.
UM, YOU'RE USUALLY NOT GONNA GET KEVIN TAYLOR, I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, BLUNT WITH YOU.
UM, BUT PERHAPS SOMEBODY IN THE OFFICE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS, UH, HEY, THIS GUY IS REPLACING WINDOWS, BUT HE'S NOT DOING ANY STRUCTURAL WORK, HE'S JUST POPPING IN NEW ONES.
DO WE NEED A PERMIT FOR THAT? RIGHT.
UM, IT'S QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, NICK.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE INSPECTED AFTER PERMITS ARE PULLED OR, OR THINGS THAT WOULD EVEN, IS THAT SOMETHING BBG HAS? IT'S, IT'S SO MANY.
I MEAN IF YOU LOOK AT THE IRC, THE I, ALL THE DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL SET OF BUILDING CODES, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THERE'S NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, UM, THAT I KNOW OF THAT MM-HMM.
UM, MY BIG FOUR IS GONNA BE YOUR MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND STRUCTURAL.
ANYTHING THAT TOUCHES THOSE ABSOLUTELY NEED A PERMIT.
WHICH MEANS IF YOU ARE GONNA SWITCH OUT AN OUTLET, TECHNICALLY YOU NEED A PERMIT THAT'S ELECTRICAL.
THE REALITY IS WE KNOW NOBODY'S GONNA PULL THAT PERMIT.
UH, IF SOMEBODY GOES IN AND THEY'RE MOVING CABINETS AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN SOME NEW COUNTERTOPS
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AND THERE'S AN OUTLET IN THE WAY AND THEY NEED TO MOVE THAT OUTLET TWO FEET OVER, CHANCES ARE THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME PULL A PERMIT FOR THAT.TECHNICALLY THE INTERNATIONAL SET OF CODES REQUIRES IT, BUT WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE INTERNATIONAL CODE BOOK IS THAT GENERAL MINOR REPAIRS OR GENERAL MINOR MAINTENANCE, HVAC, TUNEUPS, ET CETERA, THOSE DON'T REQUIRE PERMITS.
SO I SEE THE QUESTION IS DO WE DO ANYTHING OR NOT IN, IN THIS INSTANCE.
SO NO PERMIT WOULD BE NEEDED RIGHT.
SO THAT COMPANY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT FINALLY CAME OUT.
SO THAT COMPANY BUT, BUT THE ORIG, SO THE, BUT I HAVE, I'VE GOT A PERMIT IN MY NAME ON THIS FOR THE SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
BUT MY, SO I, I DID THIS ALL BY EMAIL.
HEY, I'M HAVING MY, MY FOUNDATION ADJUSTED.
NO NEW PEERS HISTORICALLY THAT IS NOT NEEDED A PERMIT.
EMAIL COMES BACK, YOU NEED A NO FEE PERMIT.
I TALKED TO MY CONTRACTOR, HE SAYS HE'S NOT GONNA PULL IT.
I SAID I'LL FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK CUZ BASICALLY I I I DON'T NEED THE SCANDAL FOR NOT PULLING A PERMIT.
FILL OUT THE INFORMATION, SEND IT IN.
INCLUDED MY CONTRACTOR'S INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S A SPOT FOR IT.
CITY CONTACTS HIM, TELLS HIM HE HAS TO COME IN AND REGISTER AND PAY HIS FEE.
I GET A PHONE CALL SAYING I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS WAS A, A, A MOMENT OF EDUCATION OR STAFF AND WE'RE ALL, BUT GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA RUN INTO THIS WHERE SOMEBODY IS GONNA GET, NEED WARRANTY WORK ON THEIR AC, WHICH DOES REQUIRE A PERMIT.
AND IF THEIR PERSON, IF THEIR LIFETIME WARRANTY GUY IS NO LONGER DOING WORK IN THE CITY, HE'S GONNA TELL THAT RESIDENT, I'M EITHER NOT GONNA PULL A PERMIT OR I'M NOT GONNA DO THIS WORK, I'M NOT GONNA DO YOUR WARRANTY WORK.
AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR COURTNEY.
HOW OFTEN DOES THAT COME UP? IS THIS A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE OR I'LL BE HONEST, THIS IS THE, UM, IT'S NOT RARE.
WE HAVE, UM, RESIDENTS WHO COME IN AND HAVE NOT GET PEOPLE TO COME DO WORK THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY LICENSED CONTRACTORS.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY A COMPANY.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS THE HOMEOWNER PULLS THE PERMIT AND UM, JUST PULLS IT UNDER THEIR NAME AND GETS INSPECTIONS UNDER THE HOMEOWNER'S NAME.
NOW SOMETHING WITH AN AC WOULD HAVE THE MECHANICAL ASPECT AND WOULD STILL REQUIRE INSPECTIONS, THEREFORE WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT.
SO I, I GUESS HAVE YOU SEEN A SITUATION LIKE THIS COME UP? NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT JUST BE LOOKING, WE HAVE HAD RESIDENTS COME UP HERE WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR AND THE RESIDENT JUST PAY THE FEE DIRECTLY.
WHERE CONTRACTORS DIDN'T WANNA PAY THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS REGISTRATION AND SO THE HOMEOWNER JUST COMES UP HERE AND PAYS IT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR DOING THE WORK, WE HAVE CHECKED WITH B B G, YOU CAN'T PULL THAT AS A HOMEOWNER IF YOU HAVE A TRUE LICENSED CONTRACTOR IN THERE FOR INSPECTABLE WORK.
FOR INSPECTABLE WORK, FOR A, FOR A TRADE, A PLUMBER, ELECTRICIAN, ET CETERA.
SO I THINK WHAT THIS HAS DONE TO FOR ME IS ELIMINATED GRAY AREA BECAUSE I'VE HAD MY FOUNDATION ADJUSTED.
I JUST CALLED 'EM UP TODAY, COME ADJUST MY FOUNDATION.
THEY CAME OUT, SHOWED UP, ADJUSTED MY FOUNDATION, CLEANED UP AND LEFT.
I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING THE PERMIT, BUT YOU LIVE IN THAT WORLD AND I DON'T.
SO RIGHT NOW AS WE SIT, I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT ONE ISSUE WE, A BIG ISSUE WE HAVE IS FOUNDATION COMPANIES DOING FOUNDATION WORK WITHOUT PERMITS HERE.
AND THERE'S ONE COMPANY IN PARTICULAR THAT DOES IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO AT THE COUNTY WHEN WORK STARTS WITHOUT A PERMIT, WE DOUBLE FEE 'EM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS, WE DOUBLE FEE THIS COMPANY AND THEY DON'T CARE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY FILL IN THE PIERS BEFORE THE INSPECTOR EVEN COMES OUT THERE.
SO THEN THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THE ENGINEERED LETTER AND THEY JUST PROVIDE IT.
SO, I MEAN, BUT THAT IS A BIG ISSUE WE HAVE DEFINITELY WITH FOUNDATION CONTRACTORS.
SO SEPARATE FROM THAT IN OUR CODE BOOK, AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN YOUR BACKUP, WE DO HAVE TWO SECTIONS THAT ARE I THINK, APPLICABLE HERE.
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THAT'S THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS AND THEN THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS.UM, THOSE ARE THE CREDENTIALS THAT THE CITY WOULD REQUIRE FOR A CONTRACTOR TO DO WORK IN TOWN.
UM, IT'S A PROTECTION MECHANISM.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY VERY COMMON IN CITIES.
I THINK THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, IN FACT I KNOW THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE LINES OF INSURANCE FOR CONTRACTORS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A POLICY QUESTION.
WELL LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT, SAY I'M NOT ARGUING GOING AWAY FROM THAT FOR NEW WORK.
THE ONLY THING I'M ASKING ABOUT IS WARRANTY WORK.
AND WE DID NOT, I DID NOT ASK FOR AN ACTION ITEM.
SO I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT I, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU, THAT RICK'S SCENARIO, AND YOU WOULD PICK A WEIRD, WEIRD ONE, IS A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HAS ALL OF THE WRONG BOXES FALLING IN PLACE.
AND, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I'VE GOT LIFETIME WARRANTY ON MY AT LEAST PARTS OF MY AC AND THERE I WOULD RUN INTO THIS HUGE ISSUE.
YOU COULD, DEPENDING ON WHO NOW I'M NOT GOING TO BECAUSE THAT WAS DONE BY, WAS IT ARC OR WHATEVER.
I'M NOT GONNA RUN INTO AN ISSUE WHERE THEY STOPPED DOING WORK HERE.
BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE USE MOM AND POP TYPE AC PLACES AND IF ONE OF 'EM STOPS DOING WORK IN MEADOWS AND IS NO LONGER REGISTERED, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET WARRANTY WORK.
AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUT THE RESIDENTS IN THAT POSITION.
AND I DON'T SEE A SOLUTION IF WE SAY I'M SORRY, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE REGISTERED TO NO.
THE THE, THE, THE ISSUE, WHAT YOU DO HERE IS SAY FOR WARRANTY WORK ONLY, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR DOES NOT NEED TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY STILL.
THEY STILL HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WELL IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REGISTERED A CONTRACTOR ON THAT.
BUT FOR, FOR THE WARRANTY WORK ONLY, NOT FOR NEW WORK.
THAT I THINK IS A RARE SITUATION.
IS IT NOT? LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF IT.
YEAH, BUT YOU WELL I, I'M, I'LL SAY THAT IT'S RARE, BUT MY GUESS IS THOSE CONTRACTORS ARE JUST COMING IN AND OUT WITHOUT PULLING A PERMIT AND HOPING THEY'RE NOT GETTING CAUGHT.
A LOT OF TIMES JEN CATCHES 'EM.
AND AGAIN, IT, IT GOES DOWN TO YOUR ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR.
I GUESS WHAT RICK MIGHT BE SAYING AND WHAT YOU COULD DO IS YOU COULD SAY FOR ANY WARRANTY WORK ASSOCIATED WITH AN ORIGINAL PERMIT, YES.
THAT ONE 50.05 WOULD NOT APPLY.
ONE 50.05 IS THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IF THEY ARE DOING FOLLOW UP WORK TO SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AS A PERMIT ON FILE, MAYBE WE DON'T REQUIRE INSURANCE.
SO THAT WOULD MAKE AN ADDENDUM TO THIS ORDINANCE.
YEAH, I MEAN THEY CAN STILL COME IN AND REGISTER AND WE COULD STILL TAKE THEIR CREDENTIALS DOWN.
I MEAN PART OF THE REASON WE DO THAT IS CUZ IF THEY SKIP TOWN, THE CITY'S GOT THEIR CONTACT INFO.
UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT ON WARRANTY WORK, BUT IS THERE A REGISTRATION FEE? THERE IS, WHAT IS IT COURTNEY? LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS OUR BUCKS.
MY CONTRACTOR WASN'T GONNA, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA WAIVE THE WARRANT, THE INSURANCE, YOU CAN WAIVE THE REGISTRATION FEE AS WELL FOR THAT.
BECAUSE I'M WITH THAT GUY AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HE IS SAYING.
Y'ALL ARE ONE SQUARE MILE PAL.
I'M NOT GONNA MISS YOUR BUSINESS.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS SO FOR WARRANTY WORK ONLY DRAFT UP SOMETHING WE, WE WAIVE THIS REQUIRE.
NO, I MEAN IF, LET'S LOOK AT IF, IF THERE IS SUPPORT BY COUNSEL THAT THAT IS THE DIRECTION.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S RARE, BUT IF IT CAUGHT ME AND I, AND I KNOW WHAT BUTTONS TO PUSH, THERE'RE GOOD ARE GONNA BE RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST GONNA BE FURIOUS AND THEY, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO WAR WITH CITY HALL.
YOU JUST ENJOY IT TOO MUCH
I GUESS THE ONLY CATCH TO THIS IS, IS THAT IF THE WARRANTY WORK IS GAS RELATED OR WATER RELATED, UM, AND THEY HAD TO RE-HOOK UP A FURNACE, WOULD WE WANT TO INSPECT THAT? IT WOULD, IT WOULD REQUIRE AN INSPECTION.
THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU'RE SAYING THEY WOULD STILL PERMIT MM-HMM.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE A NO FEE PERMIT WOULD BE, WELL WE WOULD, WELL
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I MEAN THERE'S STILL A PERMIT FEE SEPARATE FROM FEE FOR THE PERMIT.THE HOMEOWNER'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY THAT CAUSE THE CONTRACTOR.
SO WE'RE COVERING THE COSTS ON THE INSPECTION, BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THE CREDENTIALS FOR THE RIGHT.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THEM TO REGISTER AND WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THEM TO, FROM THE ORIGINAL, FROM THE ORIGINALS.
FROM FROM THE ORIGINAL PERMIT CONTRACT FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR OR WHOEVER ACQUIRED THEM.
CUZ THERE ARE THINGS WHERE SOMETIMES A COMPANY GETS ACQUIRED.
SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID NICK MM-HMM.
WE'D WRITE OFF SOMETHING SAYING 1 50 0 5 AND 1 50 0 7 WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE ON.
DO Y'ALL WANT, OKAY, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME CONSENSUS HERE.
DO Y'ALL WANNA SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING? OKAY.
AND THEN IF, AND WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE OR AGREE TO AGREE NEXT TIME AND WE'LL GET TO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO GET INVOLVED IN IT AT THAT TIME.
MOVING ON, WE'RE MOVING ON TO UH, ITEM E EIGHT DISCUSSION REGARDING BARS AND ZONING REGULATIONS.
UM, I REQUESTED THIS BE PUT ON BECAUSE I MISSPOKE ON SOMETHING WHO LEFT DOWN THERE
AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED CUZ EDC WAS REAL FOCUSED AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW TO DRAW SOME NEW BUSINESSES, WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, AND I, AND I GOT, UH, GOT SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM FOLKS AND THEY, AND ASK THEM TO SEND THE, SEND IT TO 'EM AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND I'LL TRY TO CHASE DOWN WHO TO TALK TO.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT.
UH, WE'VE GOTTA SEE, UH, O'REILLY'S UP THERE BECAUSE WE'VE CHASED THEM.
OKAY, WE'VE GOT AN ALDI CAUSE WE'VE CHASED THEM, WE'VE GOT A STARBUCKS CAUSE WE CHASED THEM.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, SOME BUSINESSES IN THIS CITY THAT HAVE COME IN THAT WAY.
I MEAN, WE'RE THROWING, WE REALIZE WE'RE THROWING STUFF ON THE WALL AND SAID, BUT SOME OF IT'S STICKS AND IT'S WORTH THE EFFORT.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, RESTAURANTS, UH, THAT WERE SUGGESTED THAT, UH, I'VE CONTACTED AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM 'EM ON EITHER OF 'EM.
BUT, UH, UH, WE ALSO HAD A QUESTION ON A BAR AND I SAID, NOPE.
CAN'T HAVE A BAR BECAUSE IT'S 51% OF ITS INCOME IS, UH, ALCOHOL RELATED AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET THE MAJORITY OF THEIR INCOME.
AND THEN I, I WAS TALKING TO NICK AND TALKING TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL CUZ I KNEW SHE'D BE ABLE TO BAIL ME OUT AND UH, WHATEVER OFFICER, WHATEVER, UM, THE, UH, AND NOBODY COULD FIND IT.
AND I SAID, WELL IT'S GOTTA BE THERE.
I I, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR 20 YEARS CUZ SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT IT MADE SENSE.
WE HAD A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE AND EVERYBODY SAID, NOPE, 51% CAN'T HAVE THEM.
WELL SINCE THEN, MAYBE THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO OUTLAW A LEGAL BUSINESS.
SO IT KINDA LEAVES ME ON WHAT TO DO AND, AND, AND I'M, I'M KINDA LOST.
UM, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT SAYS THAT'S THE CASE.
I GUESS THIS WOULD RESIDE IF WE DID MAKE ANY CHANGES, WOULD RESIDE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
I'VE LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, COMMERCIAL 1 23 AND ALL THAT.
SO I AM ST I AM OWED THE OPINION.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST STRAIGHT BARN MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, SOMEBODY COMES IN LIKE PAPPAS AND THEY SOLD A TON OF LIQUOR, A LOT OF MARGARITAS WENT OUT OF THAT FRONT BUILDING, BROUGHT IN A LOT OF REVENUE, BUT WE CAN'T RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO SAY YAY OR NAY.
AND THIS IS A COUNCIL DECISION.
IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DON'T.
UM, I'VE, I'VE GOT SOME RESERVATIONS AND I'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES OF BARS THAT WERE JUST TOP NOTCH 20 YEARS AGO.
UH, TODAY YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO INTO.
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I'M GONNA ASK COUNSEL TO HERE, ALLOW ME TO ASK THE CHIEF TO COME UP AND GIVE HIS INPUT FROM A PDS PERSPECTIVE BEFORE WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.THERE'S A LOT OF CON THINGS YOU HAVE TO, UH, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND, AND IT DOES IMPACT, UH, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF BAR YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE HAS TO BE REGULAR BAR CHECKS.
THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE GONNA GO ON.
UM, WE OR NEIGHBOR UP TO MANY CITIES THAT HAVE BARS.
AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM PRIMARILY THEY'RE NOT GONNA MENTION IS ACROSS THE FREEWAY, STRAIGHT ACROSS THAT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHERE WE BACKED THEM UP AT THOSE PLACES ARE QUITE HIGH.
UM, THERE WERE SOME THAT COME IN, UM, EVEN THAT YOU REMEMBER IN THAT DOWN, IT'S CLOSED NOW, SO I'LL JUST BRING IT UP WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH OF THAT.
AND THAT WAS LIKE REDNECK COUNTRY CLUB.
WELL, NOW THEY HAVE A NEW NAME AND A NEW TITLE, UH, AND DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN THEY START OUT NEW, NEW AND FRESH, THEY HAVE THE PROPER, UM, AMOUNT OF SECURITY THERE.
UH, IN FACT, EVEN, UM, RECENTLY SOME OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE PUT IN, UH, EXTRA JOB REQUESTS TO WORK THERE OFF DUTY.
BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD COME UP THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT, UH, LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR THOSE THINGS, AND IT DOES IMPACT US.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UH, AND THE FACT THAT IF IT'S PRIMARILY FOR DRINKING AND THERE'S NO FOOD SERVICE OR LIMITED FOOD SERVICE WHERE THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS OFF OF ALCOHOL, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS ON THE STREET AS WELL.
I MEAN, MOST OF OUR DWIS DON'T COME FROM HERE, RIGHT? THEY COME FROM THE BO THE BARS DOWN THE STREET.
SO THAT WOULD BE WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, AND I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT.
THERE'D BE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER NONE FOR, FOR YOU, CHIEF.
BUT, UH, FOR, FOR THE MAYOR, ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE HAVE AN S U REQUIREMENT FOR A BAR OR, OR WHAT? WELL, YEAH.
THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT 'EM UNDER AN S G P AND WE CAN PUT 'EM IN A LIMITED AREA.
THAT'S, I I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS TONIGHT.
IF, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IT GETS KICKED TO P AND Z.
AND WE HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS ABOUT IT.
THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO GO INTO P AND Z ANYWAY, ISN'T IT? YEP.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO GET OUTTA HEAVEN TO DO ANYTHING
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE WHAT ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND, AND COUNCIL WILL GET TO LOOK AT IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
NO HARM IN THAT AS LONG AS THEY COME IN AND STAY NICE.
AND THERE'S A LIMITED AREA THEY CAN EVEN BE IN RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IF YOU CAN DO THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S, THERE, THERE ARE STATE, STATE LAWS.
IT, IT'S 300 FEET, BUT THAT'S GONNA COVER THAT MUCH AREA.
UM, SO WON'T, AND IT, AND IT'S FROM THE DOOR.
IT'S NOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
RIGHT? IT IS FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
SO STILL P AND Z IS A GOOD WAY TO ADD A LEVEL OF PROTECTION SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE POP UP AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS.
SINCE YOU CAN'T OUTRIGHT BAN A USE, UH, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN TACK THE S U P ON TOP OF THE USE AND THEN BASICALLY DETERMINE WHICH ZONING CATEGORIES TO PUT THAT IN.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO PUT BARS RIGHT NOW, BARS ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT ADDRESSED IN OUR CODEBOOK AT ALL.
SO YOU'D NEED TO DO TWO THINGS.
YOU'D NEED TO DEFINE A BAR, AND THEN ONCE YOU DEFINE IT, YOU'D BASICALLY DETERMINE WHERE IT GOES.
UH, AND IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE IT AS A SPECIFIC USE IN YOUR ZONING CATEGORIES, THEN THAT'S WHERE IT COULD LIVE.
SO IF, UH, WE HAD, UH, C1 OR WHATEVER, WE COULD PUT AN SU WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ADDRESS IT, IT'S JUST NOT PERMITTED.
BUT IF WE HAVE IT IN LIKE C2, RIGHT, MULTI-USE UPFRONT, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PLACE THAT IT WOULD BE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIAL USE, RIGHT? YOU COULD LIMIT IT TO ONE ZONING CATEGORY AND S U P IF YOU WANTED TO.
SO NOW YOU SEE WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP.
CAUSE I WAS VERY, I WAS JUST, I WAS SHOCKED THAT WE DIDN'T, I'D HAVE BET MONEY ON IT.
UH, BUT IT NEEDS TO GET ADDRESSED IN MY OPINION.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I'M GOING CLOSE THIS OUT AND UH, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR P AND Z AND PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE ON.
UM, OH, WHAT IS THAT? THAT LEAVES US THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
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KELLY.ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
UM, ARE WE GOING INTO A EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH OH, AUDIENCE COMMENTS? WHERE ARE WE? OH, HERE WE ARE ON TEAM.
SCOTTSDALE THE MAYOR, BRO, BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
SPRINGTIME IN THE MEADOWS AT THE PARKS.
UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M INVOLVED WITH THE BASEBALL LEAGUE DOING CONCESSIONS, ET CETERA.
UH, THIS PAST SE THIS SEASON, SHEILA AND I WENT HOME DEAD ONE TIME AND I LOOKED UP THE GAMES.
WE HAD LIKE SEVEN GAMES, WHICH IS 14 TEAMS JUST IN THE MEADOWS REGISTERED, WHICH I AVERAGE OUT TO ABOUT 140 PLAYERS SOME WEEKS COMING UP.
ALEF WILL BE COMING IN AND PLAYING WITH US, WHICH WILL MAKE US 10 GAMES ON THE WEEKEND.
SO SLOWLY AND SURELY THE LEAGUE IS BUILDING BACK UP.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE BASEBALL LEAGUES, MEADOWS PLACE, PONY BASEBALL LEAGUE, THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR STICKING WITH THIS.
CAUSE THERE WERE TIMES THERE WAS NOBODY AND NOTHING GOING ON.
AND, UH, THE CITY SUPPORTED 'EM, MADE A BIG DONATION TO FIXING UP THE FIELDS AND EVERYTHING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WELL THAT'S CUZ THEY GOT CABO, BOB AND LOPEZ FIELDS.
UM, KELLY, Y'ALL WORKED FOR A BUNCH, UM, UP THERE AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS WERE HAPPY ABOUT, UH, ALL THE FACILITIES GOING ON, INCLUDING THE WATER PARK AND ALL THE PLAY STUFF.
SO, UH, IT MAKES A GREAT AFTERNOON OR MORNING FOR FAMILIES TO GO UP THERE AND, AND, AND BE PART OF MEADOWS PLACE PARK.
AND WE WILL HAVE GAMES TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, STARTING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
IT'S OUR FIRST NIGHTTIME GAME OF THE SEASON.
CONCESSION WILL BE OPEN FOR CHICKEN SANDWICHES, HOT DOGS AND CORN DOGS.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA ADDRESS COUNSEL? NO.
THAT MOVES ON TO THANK YOU KELLY.
UH, ITEM H UH, WE ARE CALLING TO RECESS TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
UH, CHAIR, WE ARE HEREBY RECESSED, SORRY, YOUR MICROPHONE TURN, TURN OFF YOUR MICROPHONES.
MOVING OUT OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WERE RECONVENING INTO OUR, UH, NORMAL, REGULAR MEETING.
UH, WE'LL MOVE IT DOWN TO ITEM ONE, WHICH IS DISCUSSED AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO REGARDING THE ANNUAL EVALUATION FOR CITY ADMINISTRATION.
I'M ASSUMING BY THE FACT THAT Y'ALL ALL RETURNED, UH, Y UH, Y'ALL HAVE COMPLETED YOUR EVALUATION AND THE FACT THAT HE RETURNED, YOU STILL HAVEN'T
SO, UH, I, I NEED NO COMMENTS UNLESS ANYBODY HAS TO SAY NO.
SO MOVE MOTION BY KELLY, SECOND BY DAVE.
THIS MEETING IS HERE BY ADJOURNED.