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[City Council Meeting]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.IT IS 6 31 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2023.
AND THIS IS A MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
UH, I WANT TO CALL THE ORDER ANNOUNCE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE FULL COUNCIL STAFF HERE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO STAND AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INVOCATION.
UH, I'M GONNA, UH, I GOT, I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT SIGN WORKS VERY WELL.
SO TO ALL OF OUR VISITORS FROM ALASKA AND MEADOWS, TEXAS, AND ME OR COLORADO, WE WELCOME YOU.
UM, LET'S STAND AND I'M GOING TO, UH, ASK OUR NEWEST OFFICER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SHE SHOULD BE OVER HER TASING BY NOW,
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY TO JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHO YOU ARE, ALL THAT YOU DO.
WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS PRESENT, EVEN WHEN WE MAY NOT RECOGNIZE GARCIA.
WE ESPECIALLY TAKE A MOMENT TO PRAY FOR EVERYBODY OVER IN HAWAII OVER IN ALL THE, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL THERE.
AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PRESENCE.
AND GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU MOVE EVERYWHERE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THOSE PLACE AND THE WAYS THAT YOU ARE CARING OUR RESIDENTS, YOU STAFF VOLUNTEERS THEM AND BE WITH THEM.
YOU GO TAKE CARE AND GET THAT KID OFF TO SCHOOL.
OFFICER CHAN, I WANT BE, I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT, UH, YOU SANG THE PLEDGE WILL BE DOCUMENTED IN THE RECORDS FOR ETERNITY.
I WANT TO, UH, READ THE PROCLAMATION CHIEF, I'M JUST GONNA READ IT FROM RIGHT HERE.
UH, I'M AFRAID THE CROWD WOULD JUST BE, GET UNRULY IF I GOT OUT THERE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT BECAUSE THIS IS A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN 2023.
AND WHEREAS A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH SPONSORS A UNIQUE NATIONWIDE DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM ENTITLED A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A NATIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN, A NATIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PARTNER UP AGAINST CRIME.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROMOTES POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS IN SUING AND ENHANCING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE BRINGING BACK A TRUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS MEADOWS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE ASSISTING THE FORT BEND COUNTY THROUGH JOINT CRIME, DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS IN MEADOWS PLACE AND IN SUPPORTING THE 40TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT LOCALLY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF MEADOWS PLACE BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION, THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
AND WHEREAS POLICE, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AWARENESS, AND COOPERATION ARE IMPORTANT THEMES OF NATIONAL NIGHT OWL PROGRAM.
THEREFORE, I, CHARLES JESSUP MAYOR DO HEREBY INVITE THE RESIDENTS OF MEADOWS PLACE TO JOIN MEADOWS POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MILLIONS OF TEXAS IN SUPPORTING 2023 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2023.
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PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2023 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.CHIEF, THIS IS SIGNED AND IT'S READY FOR YOU.
AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, TO COME GET THIS.
AND I WANNA SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO CHIEF IS, UH, AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, IS DEAL PRETTY WELL IN COMMUNITY PLEASING.
AND I GOTTA SAY, MOST OF THE TIME, SOCIAL MEDIA SETS ME ON EDGE, BUT WHEN I SAW OUR POLICE OUT THERE PLAYING NERF
I KNOW MY KIDS WHO ARE NOW 34 AND SOMETHING AND SOMETHING STILL REMEMBERED THEIR TIMES AT THE CORNER AND, AND IN THE, AT THE PARK AND IN THE MEADOWS NAS NIGHT OUT WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY NAME 'EM SPECIFICALLY.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF IMPACT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAD THEN AND THAT Y'ALL ARE HAVING NOW.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S NOT TOO MANY KIDS AT SCHOOL.
SO I GOT TO PLAY NER GUN WITH THE COPS YESTERDAY, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
I KNOW CAMERON'S GONNA WORK HIS TAIL OFF TO GET THE WORD OUT TO GET PARTICIPATION UP WITH NATIONAL LIGHT OUT, GET THE PARTIES ADVERTISED AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, LET US KNOW.
AND SINCE YOU'RE THERE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HUH? I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO THE REPORT.
UH, THE REPORT THIS MONTH IS ALWAYS GONNA START OUT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
UH, WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS MONTH.
EIGHT, UH, NUMBER ARREST, 15 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THERE WAS 302 TRAFFIC WITH CHARGES OF 736, UH, CITY ORDINANCE, UH, VIOLATIONS, THREE, UH, WARNINGS.
APPRECI FOR TRAFFIC WAS ONE 16 WITH 183 CHARGES.
WARNINGS FOR, UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION, SIX FOR A TOTAL ACTIVITY OF 3,221.
OUR ASSAULTS ARE DOWN FOR THE SECOND MONTH OF THIS MONTH.
WE HAD ZERO ASSAULTS, ZERO BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLE, ZERO BURGLARY RESIDENCE, ZERO BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, UH, THE NINE FOR THE CITY ORDINANCE, ONE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE FRAUD, ZERO ROBBERIES THIS MONTH.
UH, TOTAL BUSINESS CHECKS WAS 1,801 HAD NINE THEFTS, ONE U U M B, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
AND ON OUR T O C PROGRAM, WE HAD 62 CONTACTS.
UH, WITH 26 FAILING, WE HAD 88 OVER ALTOGETHER.
BREAKING THAT DOWN IN THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR CITY ORDINANCE BREAKDOWN FOR THREE WERE FOR JUNK VEHICLES AND THEY WERE TAGGED AND COMPLIED.
THREE WERE FOR SOLICITOR, UH, UNABLE TO LOCATE.
AND WITH THAT WE DID HAVE THREE SOLICITORS THAT WERE PANHANDLER AND, UH, THOSE WERE ISSUED CITATIONS.
UH, NO ACCIDENTS IN THE ROUNDABOUT.
THIS, UH, THIS REPORTING PERIOD AND THE OTHER ACCIDENTS WERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH THREE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR DRIVEWAY RELATED.
MOVING ON TO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY, IF WE CAN GO TO PAGE FIVE, WE'LL GO OVER OUR FLOCK HITS.
AS USUAL, OUR SAFETY ALERTS, WE HAD 64, THAT'S UP 14 FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
UH, STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS, WE HAD 18, UH, SEX OFFENDER ALERTS.
16 STOLEN PLATE, 14 GANG SUSPECTED TERRACE ALERTS TO MISSING PERSONS.
1, 3 0 4, UH, WARRANT EIGHT FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER ALERTS.
AND OUT OF A HOT LIST FOR OTHER AGENCIES, TWO AND ZERO VALID PERSONS.
I WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT THE RIGHT BELOW THAT IS A FLOCK HIT THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT.
TWO OF 'EM THAT LED TO ARREST THAT, UM, DID END UP IN PURSUITS, SO I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT.
IT WAS PUT OUT, UH, ONE OF 'EM.
THIS VEHICLE IN PARTICULAR, THE FLOCK KIT WAS A STOLEN OUT OF HOUSTON.
UM, WE DID ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, WHICH HAD EVADED AND THE PURSUIT ENDED AND STAFFORD ON THE FIRST ONE AND THE TWO SUSPECTS DID, UH, FLEE THE NEXT ONE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD A STOLEN LP.
UH, AND THIS ONE THAT WE, UH, DID PURSUE.
THE OFFICER, UH, APPROACHED ON FOOT AND THE VEHICLE SPED AWAY THE PURSUIT AND CONDUCTED INTO SUGARLAND WHERE THE DRIVER AND THE VEHICLE WERE FLED ON FOOT, OUR UNITS, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SUGARLAND PD.
AND THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
NEXT PAGE SIX WE'RE IN OUR ACTUAL TOTAL ARREST WHERE 15 UP SEVEN FROM PREVIOUS MONTH, ZERO JUVENILE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'LL GO DOWN THE LIST HERE THAT, UH, WE HAD WARRANTS FROM OTHER JURISDICTION, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH, UH, POSSESSION OF PROHIBITIVE WEAPON PI,
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SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION, VIOLATOR, D W I, UH, WALKING IN STREET, RESISTING.UH, WE DID HAVE ANOTHER WARRANT OF JURIST AT, UH, OTHER JURISDICTION, ANOTHER D W I.
AND THEN ON PAGE EIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS ANOTHER EVADING WITH THE FLOCK KIT.
UH, AND THIS ONE LED INTO SUGAR LAND.
UH, THEN YOU CAN SEE THE P C S PI P C S AS WE GO DOWN, AS EACH WARNING GOES THROUGH.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION AS WELL IS THE REGISTRATION EVADING ON PAGE NINE.
UH, THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO MAKE SEVERAL TURNS.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A PURSUIT AND ENDED UP STOPPING.
WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE 'EM, UH, INTO CUSTODY.
UM, WE JUST FINISHED OUR CURRENT EXCHANGING CYCLE.
ALL OUR OFFICERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OFFICER CHAN ALREADY ARRESTED SOMEBODY AND HAULED 'EM OFF TO JAIL.
I BELIEVE SHE HAD HER F T O WITH HER SHOWING HER EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
AND I'M, UH, I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, EVERYTHING FROM OFFICER CHEN HAS BEEN A GREAT JOB.
SHE WILL BE HOPEFULLY OFF THE TRAINING PROGRAM IN PROBABLY ANOTHER MONTH OR SO.
JUST WANTED TO, UNLESS SHE WANTS TO STAY ON IT LONGER, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE DOES.
UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE JUST DID THE PROCLAMATION.
WE WILL BE, UH, OF COURSE AS EVERY YEAR WE DO FROM 60 8:00 PM AND WE'LL BE RIDING AROUND TO EACH PARTY.
SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR VISITORS AND WE'LL OF COURSE GET WITH CAMERA TO PUT IT OUT AS WELL, THAT THEY COME AND LIST PARTIES WITH US SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
UH, SHOP 40, WHICH IS OUR NEW VEHICLE.
UH, WE'RE STILL, UH, WORKING THROUGH GETTING IT.
UPFITTED ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I'M GONNA GO OVER JUST IN A LITTLE BIT ON GRANTS AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE RUNNING INTO THE MESA DOOR SYSTEM.
OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME MINOR SOFTWARE CHANGES THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF ERRORS TODAY THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW TOO.
WE'RE, UH, GONNA BE PERFORMING AN ASSESSMENT BOARD FOR SERGEANT ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.
UM, SO WE'VE JUST LISTED THAT OUT.
I PUT THAT OUT FOR OUR APPLICANTS AND WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND ONCE THEY RESPOND, WE'LL HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT BOARD ON THE, UH, 14TH WITH ALL THE ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.
UH, MEADOWS POLICE OFFICERS ATTENDED THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, HERE AT SUGAR GROVE CHURCH.
UH, OF COURSE WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
WE HAD SEVERAL OFFICERS THERE.
IN FACT, UH, IF YOU SAW THE POST ON FACEBOOK THAT CAMERON HAD DONE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT OFFICERS.
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER TOO, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH ONE OF OUR YOUNG RESIDENTS AND THAT WAS A GREAT TIME.
AND IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY POLICING MODEL AND IT WORKS WELL.
IN FACT, THE, THERE'S OFFICERS HERE THAT ATTENDED.
AND, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
UH, OUR GRANT STATUS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, STILL WAITING ON, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ONES THAT ARE APPROVED.
WE HAVE THE GRANT RECORDER, UH, APPROVED.
AND THE DISPATCH, UH, GRANT IS STILL UNDER REVIEW FOR THE CONSOLE.
UM, I EXPECT THAT WOULD BE COMING IN PROBABLY NEXT MONTH.
WE WILL KNOW WHETHER WE GOT THAT OR NOT.
UH, THE PORTABLE RADIO 10, UH, THAT WE ASKED FOR IS STILL UNDER REVIEW AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, I THINK SEPTEMBER, USUALLY WE GET THAT END OF SEPTEMBER, BEGINNING OCTOBER, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEKING A $250,000 GRANT FOR IN-CAR CAMERAS AND BODY CAMERAS, WHICH IS WHERE I'M BRING YOU UP TO, UH, MENTIONING WHEN I'M MENTIONING THE SHOP THAT WE'RE UPFITTING IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE RECENTLY IS THE CURRENT COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING FOR OUR IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM IS NO LONGER GONNA BE PRODUCING IN-CAR CAMERAS AND BODY CAMS WHILE RIGHT NOW THEY'LL TAKE CARE WITH WHAT SUPPLY THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE, UH, CURRENTLY ARE USING.
WE CAN'T UPFIT OUR CAR WITH THEIR SYSTEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER IN IT.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS FOR A WHILE UNTIL, AND WE'RE IDENTIFYING THAT NOW UNTIL WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS GRANT, WHICH THEN WE'LL REPLACE EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT WITH THAT COMES SOME MORE WAITING.
BUT WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES THE REPORT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, UM, THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION, WASN'T IT?
UM, AND I'VE SEEN IT ON REGULAR REPORTS.
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OR YOUR JOB TO ASK THEM, BUT NORTHERN TOOL, IS THERE A REASON THEY DON'T HAVE ANY VIDEO ON THEIR PROPERTY? THEY'VE HAD REGULAR BREAK-INS ON A, ON A CONSISTENT, I I SEE ALMOST EVERY MONTH A BREAK IN AND IT, I ALWAYS SEE INVESTIGATION, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO VIDEO EVER.SO THEY DID HAVE VIDEO CAMERAS AT ONE TIME AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE UP, SOMETIMES THEY'RE DOWN.
BUT LATELY I DON'T THINK THEY EVEN, I I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT ANYMORE AND WE CAN'T REQUIRE 'EM TO HAVE IT, BUT IT SURE DOES HELP.
'CAUSE ANY PLACE THAT HAS VIDEO IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS, SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CATCH THE PERPETRATOR.
AND THEY, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS OUR NORMAL THEFT TI UH, AREAS, WHICH IS GONNA BE MURPHY'S NORTHERN TOOL, WALGREENS C V S.
I HAVE SOMETHING, UM, I JUST, YES, MA'AM.
WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, CHIEF.
UM, I RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO YOU AND, UM, AND YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS HELP ME OUT.
BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT NOT ONLY YOU, BUT YOUR OFFICERS HAVE.
AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT NOT ONLY DO YOU GUYS KEEP US SAFE, BUT, UM, YOU LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS EVIDENT BY THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.
SO I THINK, UM, THAT'S A SIDE OF YOU GUYS THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE.
AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT JUST COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALWAYS FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IS, UM, IS A GREAT THING.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS, SO THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, ANOTHER THING I NOTICED IS SOMETHING I, I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER CITY CAN SAY AROUND US THIS LAST MONTH, ZERO ASSAULTS, ZERO BURGLARY, MOTOR VEHICLES, ZERO BURGLARY BUSINESS, ZERO BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE, AND ZERO ROBBERIES.
WHAT OTHER CITY CAN SAY THAT AROUND US? I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE NUMBERS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING VI VIGILANT AND, AND STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS.
I LOVE SHARING THOSE NUMBERS WITH PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO ASK ME, UH, IS MEADOW'S PLACE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE? WELL, I CAN BACK IT UP WITH DATA AND IT, IT'S A GREAT FEELING.
UH, I THINK WE GOT GREAT LEADERSHIP.
SO WITH THAT, UH, CHIEF, WE APPRECIATE IT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, COLLEEN CAB WILL GIVE US A REPORT.
UH, COUNCIL MAYOR, THIS REPORT COVERS PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST.
SO, IN AN EVENT RECAP, AND I ALWAYS LOVE TO DO THESE BECAUSE IT MAKES ME REALIZE, WOW, TIME IS JUST FLYING BY.
UH, KICKOFF TO SUMMER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WAS JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO.
UH, WE HAD, UH, 400 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE HAD GREAT SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL.
THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, PARTICIPATING IN COOKING.
Y'ALL ACTUALLY COOKED 350 BURGERS AND 200 HOT DOGS, UM, PD, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEN ALSO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A, AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT OUR CITY'S BEEN DOING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TO LOVE AND KNOW, UH, IT HAS GROWN IN REGARDS TO THE STYLE OF EVENT THAT IT IS.
AND THIS PAST YEAR, UH, WAS OUR SECOND YEAR IN THE PARK HAVING A LIVE BAND, UM, AND THEN ALSO HAVING THE POOL OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE THAT WANTED TO SWIM DID AND THOSE THAT WANTED TO HANG OUT AT THE CONCERT ALSO DID.
AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY WAS COMFORTABLE AND, AND HAPPY.
SO AGAIN, COUNCIL, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN COOKING.
'CAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT Y'ALL.
UM, A FEW NUMBERS I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE.
UH, NOW THAT SUMMER IS REALLY AT ITS END ON THE POOL PASSES.
I'M SORRY, WHAT SUMMER IS, UH, AT ITS END? YES.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE TEMPERATURE'S GONNA CHANGE
UM, BUT AS FAR AS POOL PASSES, WE SOLD 1072 PASSES, 1072 INDIVIDUAL PASSES.
UH, WE HAD 12 POOL PARTIES THIS PAST YEAR AND, UM, ZERO RAIN OUT DAYS.
UM, THE POOL WILL BE CLOSING ON LABOR DAY, SO IT IS OPEN THIS WEEKEND, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND THROUGH THAT MONDAY, AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF THE POOL FOR THE SEASON SUMMER CAMP, WE HAD 242 CAMPERS.
OVER A COURSE OF 10 WEEKS OF CAMP.
THAT PROGRAM IS AN EXAMPLE OF USER FUNDED PROGRAM.
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SO ALL MONEY THAT COMES IN COVERS THE EXPENSES OF THAT PROGRAM.AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD NUMBER TO LOOK AT, TO SEE THE RESULTS AND THE USE OF A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
JULY 4TH FESTIVAL, UM, WE HAD, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO TO KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT BETWEEN CHIEF AND I, WE SAY IT WAS ABOUT A THOUSAND PLUS IN AGREEMENT THERE.
UM, IN ATTENDANCE, WE HAD 12 FOOD TRUCKS, SEVERAL COMMUNITY SPIRIT BOOZE, LIVE BAND, UM, A 12 MINUTE FIREWORK SHOW WITHOUT INCIDENT.
UM, AND GREAT DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT.
THAT EVENT WAS, UM, SUPPORTED BY E D C FUNDING AND OUR GENERAL FUND PROJECTS COMPLETED.
UH, WE COMPLETED ALL PHASES NOW OF THE TENNIS COURT REPAIRS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY THERE, BE SURE TO NO, IT'S NOT OPEN QUITE YET.
UM, BUT DURING THIS PROCESS WE HAVE, UM, CHANGED OUT THE LIGHTS TO AN L E D, THE COURT REPAIRS AND LEVELING, PAINTING STRIPING, ADDING PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UM, AND WE ARE NOW WORKING ON UPDATING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR FEE SCHEDULES AND CARD PURCHASING PROCEDURES.
WE ARE PLANNING TO OPEN THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
THAT ENTIRE PROJECT WAS COUNTY FUNDED, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT THE MEADOW VALLEY PARK, THE SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
IF YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN BY THERE, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT PARK.
UM, FINISHING TOUCHES ARE OCCURRING THIS WEEK, WHICH IS THE INSTALLATION OF A WATER FOUNTAIN AND BIKE RACKS.
AND THOSE SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THAT PARK PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY E D C CHILD SAFETY AND GENERAL FUND.
DEFINITELY TAKE A WALK BY THERE.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE OUR NEW TRACTOR.
IT WAS DELIVERED LAST WEEK AND WE'VE ALREADY, UH, PUT IT INTO GOOD USE.
THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVEN RIDES IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT.
WE WORK TOGETHER TO MITIGATE ISSUES, UH, DURING THE INTENSE HEAT THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH.
UH, WE UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY TO INSPECT, OPERATE, AND REPAIR OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS. BOTH DEPARTMENTS COMMUNICATE WITH THE IRRIGATOR AS NEEDED AND HE PROVIDES US WITH A MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORT.
OUR IRRIGATION DOES FAIL FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THAT BECOMES APPARENT WHEN WE SEE DYING OR DEAD VEGETATION AND CRACKS IN THE GROUND.
CURRENTLY, THE BASEBALL FIELDS ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IRRIGATION ISSUES.
UM, THE PARKS NOTICE THAT THE GRASS WAS DYING AND CRACKS BECOMING APPARENT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
PARKS MADE A REQUEST TO THE IRRIGATOR TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF THE AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION.
PUBLIC WORKS WAS, UM, DISCOVERED LAST FRIDAY THAT THE LAKE PUMP THAT RUNS THE MCGRATH PARK IRRIGATION WAS NOT OPERATING.
PUBLIC WORKS ISSUED A REQUEST FOR REPAIR AND THAT WAS COMPLETED TODAY.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT IS NOW OPERATING AND SHOULD GET BACK ON SYSTEM TO BEGIN, UM, IRRIGATING THOSE AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, PUBLIC WORKS WILL INCREASE THEIR OVERSIGHT OF THE PUMP BY PERFORMING A WEEKLY MAINTENANCE CHECK.
SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY WERE ALREADY DOING IN ADDITION TO THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT WE GET FROM THE IRRIGATOR.
NOW, PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE GOING IN WEEKLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUMP IS WORKING ACCURATELY AND APPROPRIATELY.
THIS WILL PROVIDE US A REAL TIME AWARENESS OF THE OPERATING STATUS OF THAT SYSTEM.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS? BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
THIS HAS BEEN VERY STRESSFUL SUBJECT FOR ME FOR A LONG TIME.
NEVER WORKS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THAT.
I'VE NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS COMPLETELY SATISFIED THAT WE WERE GIVEN AT THE ATTENTION THAT IT'S DUE.
I THINK THIS THE SCENARIO YOU JUST READ OUT, GOING, WORKING WITH YOU AND WITH, UH, PAR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WITH WEEKLY CHECKS.
I I KNOW I'VE HAD PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH YOU ON HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET INFORMATION AND HOW OFTEN THAT Y YOU HAVE FINALLY CONVEYED TO OTHERS THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.
AND WORKING WITH ROD, I THINK ROD'S, UH, HAVING HIS GUYS GO OVER THERE DOING A WEEKLY INSPECTION IS WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE BECAUSE YOU SIT DOWN THERE AND YOU GO, WELL IRRIGATE AND IT GOES ON AT TWO O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
WELL, MOST OF US ARE SLEEPING AT TWO AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT DOES OR NOT.
THIS WILL TELL US, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
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IS GONNA BE NEEDED TO, TO, TO RAISE OUR STANDARDS AND KEEP 'EM GOING AND TO PRODUCE THE TYPE OF PARKS THAT I KNOW YOU WANT OUT HERE.AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EXTRA EFFORT.
I'M SORRY, BASEBALL GOT DINGED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS.
WE WILL RECOVER, WE'LL RECOVER AS BEST WE CAN.
AND UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS.
UH, MOVING ON, UH, OUR SENSORY PARK INSTALLATION, YOU'VE HEARD ME BRING THAT UP SEVERAL TIMES.
IS THERE A QUESTION? SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JUMPING RIGHT ON THE BASEBALL FIELD THING BECAUSE I KNOW I HADN'T BEEN OUT THERE SINCE LAST SEASON.
WE GO OUT THERE IN THE GRASS, LOOKS LIKE MY FRONT YARD AND ALL.
I TOLD 'EM TO CONTACT YOU AND YOU'D HANDLE IT AND OF COURSE AS USUAL YOU DO.
ANYONE ELSE ON BASEBALL? OKAY, MOVING ON.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME BRING THAT UP ON THE LAST FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS.
NEXT WEEK THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW CLIMBING HILL AND CRAWL THROUGH TUNNEL WILL BE INSTALLED.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WILL GO INTO THE GROUND BOULDERS AND GROUND COVER.
UM, WE SHOULD COMPLETE THAT PROJECT AT LEAST IN THAT PHASE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH WILL BE IN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, WILL ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, TRASH CANS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO CONTINUE TO SPRUCE UP THAT AREA.
THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY E D C AND GENERAL FUND.
WILL THE PARK BE CLOSED? WILL WILL THAT PLAYGROUND BE CLOSED THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER? UH, THE PORTIONS WHERE WE'RE WORKING, WE ARE COGNIZANT THAT THAT'S A GATHERING AREA FOR THE SCHOOL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.
SO, UM, WE WILL ONLY CLOSE WHAT'S NECESSARY AND OUR CONSTRUCTION HOURS WILL BE WHILE SCHOOL'S IN SESSION.
SO IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT THE BEFORE AND AFTER OR MINIMAL.
UM, PAINTING OF THE FIELD HOUSE, KELLY, YOU CAN PASS THAT ALONG TO, TO BASEBALL AS WELL.
WE WILL BE PAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF THE FIELD HOUSE.
UM, SAME COLOR, BUT IT JUST NEEDS A A, A BRUSH UP I GUESS.
AND THEN ALSO THE BATHROOMS THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER.
FOUNDATION REPAIR OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THE NATURE CENTER IS ALSO SLATED TO, UH, BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN THE, WELL, TWO LANDSCAPING INSTALLATION CURRENTLY THAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW DUE TO SOME LEAKS THAT ARE, UM, HAPPENING OVER AT THAT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD IMPACT POSSIBLY THE NEW LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING ON AND OR THE CONSTRUCTION THAT MIGHT HAVE TO OCCUR TO REPAIR THAT.
TALK TO ROD ABOUT THAT'S ON THAT TOMORROW.
TALK TO ROD ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
ROD AND I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
UM, OCTOBER 14TH, FALL FESTIVAL.
BY SAYING THAT WORD, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GONNA BRING COOL WEATHER.
SO THAT'S THE FALL FESTIVAL AND BIZARRE.
UM, THIS EVENT IS ONE THAT WE DO PARTNER WITH HOME AND GARDEN, UM, MEADOWS PLACE, HOME AND GARDEN CLUB.
AND THEY DO THE BIZARRE, UM, UH, PART OF IT, THE CRAFT VENDORS AND THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
E D C ALSO, UH, SUPPORTS THIS EVENT AS FAR AND SO DOES OUR GENERAL FUND.
OUR NEXT EVENT IS THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN PUMPKIN PATCH, AND THAT'S HOSTED AT THE NATURE CENTER.
THIS IS AN EVENT THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS, BUT THE CITY DOES NOT OPERATE.
SO THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN, UM, WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 14TH AND RUN THROUGH THE 29TH.
IT'S ONLY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS IN THE FRONT YARD.
THEY'LL HAVE THE BIG PUMPKIN PATCH.
UM, AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE BY GOING THROUGH THE NATURE CENTER AND THEY HAVE SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS, UM, TO DO DURING THAT TIME.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, TO ROUND OUT THE YEAR IS OUR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES.
SO PLEASE MARK YOUR SCHEDULES FOR THAT.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE AT MCGRATH PARK AND SNOW AND FUN AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE ARE COLLEEN, I I, UH, I'M SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH YOU WE COVERED THAT WE JUST COVERED IN THREE MONTHS AND HOW MUCH YOU GOT GOING ON MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I WANT, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PUMPKIN PATCH, THOUGH.
WE DID THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
OUR CHILDREN'S GARDEN DID IT FOR THE FIRST, FIRST TIME LAST OCTOBER.
AND HOW THAT FOR TWO WEEKENDS, I MEAN THEY, THEY OPERATED IT AS FAR AS SELLING THE PUMPKINS AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? THEY DO.
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YARD AND, UM, ACCESS TO THE NATURE CENTER IN EXCHANGE FOR THEM TO OPERATE A PUMPKIN PATCH FOR THE COMMUNITY.UM, THEY GO AND EITHER GET SPONSORS OR PURCHASE THEIR OWN PUMPKINS.
UM, INDIVIDUALS COME IN AND THEY PAY A PRICE FOR THE PUMPKIN DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF IT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO GET ACCESS TO THE NATURE CENTER.
AND THEN IN RETURN, THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN, UM, TAKES THAT, UM, THE MONIES THAT THEY COLLECTED AND PUTS IT BACK INTO THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S FOR SEEDS OR PLANTS OR WHATEVER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S KIDS, UM, AT THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN.
AND IT WENT, AS I RECALL, IT WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
AND, AND I, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY COLLECTED, UH, ALMOST $500 THEY WENT, GOT POURED RIGHT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN.
WELL I THINK THAT'S AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF YOU WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE TO OUTSOURCE AND BRING THINGS INTO THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SHE DOES A GREAT, AND HER NAME IS KRISTEN MEYER.
AND I THINK SHE'S A TREMENDOUS PARTNER WITH YOU ON THAT.
I AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE HER, TELL HER I SAID THANK YOU, WOULDN'T YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING FOR COLLEEN? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNSEL.
OH, AND THE ONE EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING ON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY.
WE HAD 67 INCIDENTS LAST, UH, BETWEEN THE LAST, UH, RANGE IN, IN BASICALLY JULY TO, AND IT, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT 37 OF WERE FOR MEDICAL ASSIST E M SS.
I JUST CAN'T BEGIN TO SAY HOW GLAD I AM THAT WE ARE SITTING HERE WITH AN E M S STATION LOCATED IN MEADOWS PLACE AND THE CHIEF, I GOTTA BRING IT UP BECAUSE I I, THERE'S A COUPLE INCIDENTS THAT MATTER OF THEM GETTING THERE QUICKLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND AS YOU RECALL, WHEN SUGARLAND SPUN OFF, OUR RESPONSE TIMES IN THAT AREA JUMPED, UH, FROM, WELL, UNACCEPTABLE, BORDERLINE UNACCEPTABLE RANGES AND NOW THEY'RE BACK WAY DOWN.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE MOVED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT OF THAT BUILDING.
AND THE CHIEF AND, UH, I GOTTA SAY CAPTAIN ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON, SINCE YOU'RE THERE, YOU UH, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS GRACIOUS.
BUT I KNOW YOU WERE GRUMPING ABOUT IT TOO.
I WAS TOO, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THE COOPERATION OF THE CHIEF AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF IN MOVING OUR POLICE OFFICER TRAINING OUT OF THERE, FIGURING OUT THINGS TO DO AND PLACES TO GO AND WAYS TO HAVE IT WHILE WE, UNTIL WE GOT THE NEW FACILITY, UH, WAS JUST, UH, WHAT IT TOOK TO GET IT DONE.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT, 37 OUT OF THESE 57 WERE E M SS RESPONSES AND THOSE FOLKS WERE THERE IN A HURRY AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE TEAMWORK OF, UH, THE COUNCIL PD TO GET THAT HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU COUNCIL BACK THEN.
UH, AND THANK YOU CHIEF, UH, SINCE Y'ALL WERE STILL HERE.
WE HAD, UH, ADDITIONAL INCIDENCES.
WE DID HAVE SOME PUBLIC SERVICES.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME, UH, UH, CALLS THAT, UH, WERE RELEASED 'CAUSE THEY REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE, BUT THEY WERE THERE AND THEY RESPONDED.
UH, SO OVERALL, UH, WE'RE, OUR STATUS RANGE IS GOOD.
UH, THEIR WORKING LOAD IS FINE AND WE HAVE A GOOD ONE.
AND ROD, DIDN'T Y'ALL FIX SOMETHING OVER THERE? THE DOOR OR SOMETHING AT THE FIRE STATION THIS LAST WEEK? YES SIR.
WE PLACED SOME BOILERS BIG DOORS.
AND YOU DID THAT IN A PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE POINT OF VIEW? YES, SIR.
I HAD CHECK IT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEY HADN'T HIT IT OR ANYTHING.
AND THEY HADN'T HIT THE DOOR OR ANYTHING.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STAYING IN, IN, IN TOUCH WITH IT.
WE DO LOOK AFTER THAT, UH, FIRE STATION OVER THERE AND THE E M S BUILDING AS WELL.
TRY TO MAKE IT, UH, UH, AS COMFORTABLE FOR THOSE FOLKS, UH, AS AS POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE THEY DO HAVE, THEY ARE SITTING THERE WAITING TO GO PUT THEIR
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LIFE ON THE LINE.THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT.
UM, FIRST I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT MORE OF EACH OTHER, UH, THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAN WE, UH, USUALLY DO.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, COUNCIL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR DEDICATING YOUR TIME TO US.
UM, I WAS REMINDED LAST WEEK I WENT TO A, UM, UH, A T C M A OR A CITY MANAGER GROUP THAT MEETS PERIODICALLY.
THEY HAVE LUNCHEONS EVERY SO OFTEN.
AND I WENT TO ONE LAST WEEK, AND WHEN I GO TO THOSE, I'M ALWAYS REMINDED, UM, WHEN HEARING STORIES FROM NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA, UH, WHAT A BLESSING MEADOWS PLACE TEXAS IS.
AND I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING I LEARNED IS THAT, UH, THIS COUNCIL HAS GIVEN STAFF A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT NOT EVERY CITY GETS.
AND SO I WANNA APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, HEARING STORIES FROM OTHER CITIES IS ALWAYS INTERESTING AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE WITH OTHER CITIES IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TOO.
SO, UM, HAD ONE CITY, UH, WHICH I WILL NOT NAME, UH, WHO LET US ALL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVEN FULL DAY BUDGET SESSIONS AND THEY'RE NOT DONE YET.
SO, UM, WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF STAFF.
I'LL LET THAT SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
UM, NOT LONG AGO, CAMERON PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK BEARS REPEATING HERE.
UM, WE ARE NOT UNDER ANY MANDATORY WATER RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NOW ANY, ANY WATER RESTRICTIONS OR ANY WATER RATIONING THAT PEOPLE DO IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY AT THIS TIME.
AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THE CITY'S NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE CLOSE TO DOING ANY MANDATORY.
UM, AS, AS YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR WATER IS GROUNDWATER.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE VERY WELL-MEANING CAPACITY.
AND SO, UM, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT ALL OVER THE PLACE, UM, THE DROUGHT IS IMPACTING INFRASTRUCTURE, EVERYTHING FROM HOUSES TO, UH, ROADS AND, AND WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA REALLY KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE IMPACT UNTIL WE GET TO A MORE REGULAR WEATHER PATTERN AND EVERYTHING SWELLS BACK UP.
BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY DO A, UH, YEAH.
SO WE'LL CERTAINLY DO AN ASSESSMENT WHEN THAT OCCURS.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY ALSO HEARING SOMETHING ELSE I LEARNED IN MY, UH, LUNCHEON LAST WEEK IS, IS SORT OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS HAVING ON CITIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK ANY FURTHER THAN, UM, UH, CHER THIS WEEK TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE IMPACT THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH WATER.
UM, SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE I, I FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF A SUCCESS STORY.
UM, WE GOT NOTICE FROM OUR BANK THAT, UH, A CHECK THAT HAD MY NAME ON IT AND YOUR MAYOR'S NAME ON IT, UH, WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE FRAUDULENTLY CASHED IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,500.
WE DIDN'T WRITE THAT CHECK, BUT OUR NAME WAS ON IT.
AND SO IT WAS ON THE SIGNATURE.
I JUST WANTED, NO, IT WASN'T MADE OUT.
IT WAS, IT WASN'T MADE OUT TO YOU.
BUT I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY DID ATTEMPT TO FRAUDULENTLY CAST THAT CHECK.
THE BANK CAUGHT IT, THEY STOPPED IT.
AND SO I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT, THAT THERE ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE THERE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD MY, UH, UH, MY NAME ON A CHECK THAT WAS, UH, FRAUDULENT.
SO IT WAS A BIT, IT WAS A BIT SPOOKY, BUT, UM, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, UH, THAT IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT, THAT, THAT WE CAUGHT THAT, UM, YOU CAN'T SEE IT HERE, BUT BEHIND THE DOORS OVER THERE, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RENOVATION WORK IN CITY HALL.
UM, I'M TOLD THAT THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM HAS, IS GETTING SOME MUCH NEEDED RENOVATION.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME CONTRACTORS IN THERE BASICALLY DOING A COMPLETE REHAUL OF, UH, OF THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM.
UM, AND I'M TOLD THAT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD THING, ALTHOUGH I DON'T GET TO USE IT.
UM, AND SO, UH, AFTER THAT WE'LL BE DOING SOME MAINTENANCE IN THE HALLWAY.
WE'LL ALSO BE DOING, UH, SOME RENOVATION UP IN THE COURT AREA.
THE, UH, UM, THE DESKS, UH, HEIGHTS UP IN THE COURT AREA NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
UH, THEY'RE NOT THE CORRECT HEIGHT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND, AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE, UH, CERTAINLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO SPEND A LOT OF TIME UP THERE.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG BENEFIT, SPECIAL THANKS TO STAFF FOR, FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THIS AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, EXPRESSING THEIR NEEDS.
AND, UH, THIS MONEY IS COMING OUT OF OUR, UM, UH, CITY HALL MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS INSIDE CITY HALL.
UH, THE LAST THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT, UH, TODAY WE DID DO A BID OPENING FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT TWO O'CLOCK.
UH, WE GOT ONE BID, UH, FROM A COMPANY CALLED, UM, THAT, UH, THAT BID AMOUNT FOR THE BASE WAS 3.3 MILLION, 3.345, UH, WITH ALL OF THE ADD ALTERNATES IN THERE, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY INCLUDE EVERYTHING WE WANT, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE, UH, UM, THE CONTROL VALVES THAT WE WANT TO GET IN THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, WE'VE GOT THE INTERLOCAL GOING.
UM, SO HDR R IS GONNA GO AHEAD
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AND DO THEIR PART TO GO AHEAD AND GET US THE LETTER.UM, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE BIDDER, SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA SAY, BUT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA DO THE CHECKS, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT ON THE SHEETS AND, UH, GET US SOME INFORMATION BACK.
BUT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO, TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE HERE PRETTY SOON.
BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THE BID THAT CAME IN AND THAT'S MY REPORT.
A NIGHTMARE, WELL, I'LL SAY PAST WEEK OR SO HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY INTERESTING.
UM, STRESSFUL MAYOR IS THE WORD WORD LOOKING FOR WELL, I WAS GONNA USE.
UM, AND I, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENT, NICK.
I THINK YOU'VE HANDLED THIS STUFF VERY WELL.
I'M EXCITED THAT WE GOT A BID COUNSEL.
I'M ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE DON'T GET THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE, UM, AND YOU THINK 3.4 MILLION'S, A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF RICK, IF Y'ALL DO ANY BIDS THAT BIG OR NOT, BUT IT'S HARD RIGHT NOW.
SUPPLIES ARE STILL HARD AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE GOT ONE.
WE'VE GOT A HARD BID IN AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.
UM, AND I WANT TO THANK COURTNEY AND EVERYBODY FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE BID PACKET AND GETTING IT OUT THERE.
UM, I WANNA MOVE ON TO BUDGET TAX.
CITY MEADOWS PLACE IS A ACTUALLY A PRETTY COMPLICATED LITTLE CITY.
WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERY, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT BIG CITIES LIKE, UH, SUGAR LAND AND HOUSTON DO.
WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN A LOT OF AREAS.
YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF IT COVERED TONIGHT IN BOTH THE PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR PARKS AND PD AND HOW MANY THINGS WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
UM, OUR CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR, ANNA MARIA WESTON IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO I'M GONNA BRAG ON HER JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THE BUDGET PACK THAT COUNCIL GOT, YOU KNOW, BRANDON, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY NEVER SEEN ONE THIS GOOD.
WE'LL LET YOU LOOK AT IT BEFORE YOU GO, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.
UM, BUT CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS, UH, FROM THE TIME I'VE STARTED HERE, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE ON A DOT MATRIX PRINTER.
UM, IF WE GOT A PRINTOUT, UH, WE, WE DID, I'M PRETTY SURE, UM, TO WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW.
AND, UH, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, EVERYBODY THAT'S ONLINE, ANY STAFF AND NEIGHBORS TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BUDGET.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GONE IN THERE.
WE STARTED ON THIS BACK IN WHAT MAY AND WE DIDN'T HAVE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SEVEN OR FULL DAY BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BUDGET MEETINGS.
UH, THE STAFF STARTED ON THAT AND IT'S REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB.
IT INCLUDES, UH, BESIDE THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND TIMELINE, WHICH I KNOW IS AN IMPORTANT READING IN THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S GOT HISTORICAL TRENDS.
IT'S GOT FIVE YEAR, UH, UTILITY RATE PLAN, IT'S GOT OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND, AND THE FUND STRUCTURES COMPLETELY LISTED THROUGH HERE AND ALL THE DETAILS ARE THERE, PLUS AN OVERALL BUDGET PAGE SUMMARY.
UH, SO IT'S AN EASY QUICK READ.
I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT, UH, OUR BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER SO WELL.
I'M NOT A NUMBERS GUY, SO I, I'M THE, THE LEAST QUALIFIED TO LOOK AT IT.
AND IF I CAN READ IT, THAT MEANS ANYBODY CAN.
AND IF ANYBODY IN ALL THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND I'M KIND OF SPEAKING TO Y'ALL AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS Y'ALL PUT INTO IT AND DOUBLE CHECKING.
AND NOW I'LL BE WATCHING THIS NEXT MONTH TO SEE IF Y'ALL KEEP TO WHAT LAST YEAR'S WAS.
'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE LOOKING TO, Y'ALL ARE CREEPING UP THERE.
BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE DIRECTORS IN OUR, IN OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT UNDERSTAND THAT, KNOW HOW TO OPERATE A BUDGET AND THEY WORK OFF OF IT AND IT'S, UH, TRY TO, TRY TO MAKE COUNCIL HAPPY.
UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR BUDGET.
WE'RE GONNA BE SETTLING THAT TONIGHT.
AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE OVERFLOW CROWD, IT'S A, IT'S A SOMETHING OF INTEREST.
UM, BUT IT'S HARD, IT'S HARD IN A LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE CITY, UH, TO, TO DO WHAT WE DO.
AND YOU HEARD TONIGHT, AND I'M LEADING ON INTO B UM, FUNDING SOURCES.
WE HAD SOMEBODY COMPLAIN AT US A WHILE, A LITTLE WHILE BACK THAT, WELL, Y'ALL ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH OF MY TAX MONEY.
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THE ITEM THEY WERE GRIPING ABOUT DIDN'T CONTAIN A PENNY OF THEIR TAX MONEY.AND WHOSE FAULT WAS THAT? THAT'S OURS.
WELL, CAMERON AND NICK GOT TOGETHER, AND THEN I HAVE TO SAY IS CAMERON SAID, WELL, I CAN FIX THAT.
I'LL JUST START MENTIONING IT.
AND WE'VE STARTED SEEING THAT.
AND YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, E D C CHILD SAFETY GENERAL FUND, MOBILITY BOND PROJECT PARKS, BOND PROJECT.
UH, WE HAD THREE ITEMS OUT THERE.
WE HAD THE, UH, FLOATING DOCK, UM, WE HAD THE, UH, TENNIS COURT AND WHAT ELSE DID WE GET? THE, THE FIELD HOUSE GOT A BRAND NEW ROOF ON A 50 YEAR OLD FIELD HOUSE OR 40 SOMETHING YEARS.
UH, AND ALL OF THAT WAS COVERED THROUGH A PARKS BOND, NOT CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, HAVE GO OUT AND FIGHT FOR THESE FUNDS, FIGHT FOR THESE BONDS, FIGHT FOR THESE GRANTS TO PULL 'EM IN HERE AND USE 'EM AS WELL AS ANYBODY I'VE EVER SEEN.
I KNOW I, I SIT DOWN AND TALK AT, AT LUNCH WITH MAYORS AND, AND BOY, SOME OF THESE CITIES THAT HAVE GOT A FULL STAFF CHASING THIS WHILE THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY GOT SEVEN OF 'EM RUNNING AROUND LOOKING FOR MONEY.
WE DO A GREAT JOB OF IT THAT WE JUST HAD SOMETHING THIS YEAR WITH PD EXCEEDED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS THAT THEY'VE GONE OUT AND SEARCHED.
AND NOW YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE WHERE THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS TELLING ITS RESIDENTS WHERE THIS FUNDING'S COMING FROM.
WE'RE MENTIONING IT MORE AND MORE OFTEN AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT.
SO AS YOU, AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK THROUGH, THROUGH THESE THINGS, LOOK FOR THAT FUNDING SOURCE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, YOUR STAFF, YOUR COUNCIL, ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF UTILIZING FUNDS THAT WE RAISE AND FUNDS THAT WE, WE GET FROM INTERNAL.
SO THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE OUT THERE, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, AND I THINK CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE DOES A BETTER JOB THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER CITY AROUND, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SIZE OR OF OF OUR SIZE ESPECIALLY.
UH, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, DO PHASE ONE, NO CHANGE CONTRACTOR STILL HAS NOT GOT HIS PAPERWORK IN, STILL DOESN'T WANT HIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UH,
MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD, WE DID RECEIVE THE, UM, OR WE ARE ON THE LIST FOR THE 20 23 4 BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BOND FOR $3 MILLION.
SO IF THE VOTERS APPROVE THAT BOND IN NOVEMBER, UM, THE COUNTY'S GONNA PICK UP MOST OF THE PHASE THREE PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON DORRANCE? REMIND ME, UH, PHASE THREE, WOULD THAT BE FROM THE ROUNDABOUTS TO AMBLE WOOD? THAT IS THE GOAL.
WE'LL HAVE TO, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DESIGN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE, UM, WHAT THE BIDS LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
UM, THE COUNTY WON'T PAY FOR THE WATER LINES, SO THE WA THAT'LL COME OUT OF, UM, FUND 300 MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S ALSO GONNA IMPACT US A LITTLE BIT, WHAT, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE GOTTA SPEND ON THIS WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND SO IF THE BOND PASSES IN NOVEMBER, UM, WE CAN PROBABLY GET ACCESS TO THE DESIGN FUNDING EARLY 24, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE WATER LINES, THEN WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION IN 25 AT THE EARLIEST.
AND SO WE MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN, GET SOME MONEY MOVED AROUND AS NEEDED.
UM, THE OTHER, THE, THE 2000 MOBILITY BOND PROJECT WE HAD, WHICH IS OUR BIKE WIFE, WHICH GOES FROM KIRKWOOD DOWN ALONG THE BAYOU AND THEN MONTECITO SOUTH TO WEST AIRPORT, AND THEN CONTINUES ON THROUGH STAFFORD DOWN TO MOUNTAIN LAKE.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.
UM, THEY'RE MAKING CURRENT CHANGES TRYING TO FINISH UP THE DESIGN ON THE BRIDGE.
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UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE, THE GATE WE WANT ON THE BRIDGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A A WHAT I'LL PROBABLY CALL A 95% REVIEW NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY.
UM, AT THAT POINT, IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH IT, WE'LL GET 'EM TO SUBMIT IT TO CENTERPOINT FOR THEIR REVIEW.
THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ANOTHER LENGTHY PROCESS TO GET CENTERPOINT TO BUY OFF ON IT.
UM, PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL SURVEY NOW THAT THE POWER LINES ARE ON WEST AIRPORT, THAT IMPACTS HOW WE'RE GONNA DESIGN THAT SIDEWALK.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO, IT'S EASIER TO DO IT ON PAPER, SO IT'S WORTH PAYING FOR THE SURVEY RATHER THAN TRYING TO FIX IT IN THE FIELD.
UH, THAT JUST GIVES YOUR CONTRACTOR A CHANCE TO SAY, OH, THAT'S A CHANGE ORDER AND HERE'S HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST YOU.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BIKEWAY? OKAY.
I, I, I WILL, I WILL REPEAT ALL OF THAT.
WE ARE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE SPEAKING, COME UP, SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
UM, GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED TAX PROPERTY RATE FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS 2023.
MAYOR AT THIS TIME, THE, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE SITS AT 0.79961.
THERE IS NO I N SS OR DEBT PORTION OF THE RATE AS THE CITY CARRIES NO DEBT AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO KIND OF CUT TO THE CHASE.
STEVE, Y'ALL WANT TO COME, COME UP AND TALK ON THE TAX RATE? I'M CALLING THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO AN END.
OKAY, SO CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVING ON.
UM, MOVING INTO ITEM F, REGULAR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT A SEPARATE VOTE TO RATIFY THE, UM, TAX FREIGHT, UH, TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE 20 23 20 24 BUDGET ADOPTED AUGUST 15TH, 23.
HAVE I GOT ONE OF THOSE? READ IT THINGS? NO.
THIS IS A CALL VOTE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.
WHAT AM I DOING? WE'RE RATIFYING, OH, HERE IT IS.
THIS IS TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OF 6.6% REFLECTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 23 24, ADOPTED AUGUST 15TH, 2023.
UM, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THEN I WILL CALL UPON EACH ALDERMAN TO NAME THE REC.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
ALDERMAN BAKER, STATE YOUR VOTE.
ALDERMAN MILLS STATE YOUR VOTE.
YOU GOT THAT RECORDED? YES, SIR.
THAT WAS WHAT? THAT'S RATIFIED.
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO, UH, ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 32, PROVIDING A PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF AVALOR TAXES BY CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS FOR
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THE YEAR 2023.UM, COUNSEL, YOU'VE ADOPTED THE BUDGET AND TO SET THAT THE VOTE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER RECORD VOTE.
AND THIS IS GONNA INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES TO THE BUDGET AMOUNT OF $243,611, WHICH IS A 6.6% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE RATE WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO TO APPROVE, ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 32, PROVIDING A TAX RATE OF 0.0 0.7 9 6 6 1 7 9 9 6 1.
UH, AND LEVY, THE COLLECTION OF THE ADVIL ALARM, TEXAS, ABOUT CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE FOR THE YEAR 2023.
AND THEN WE WILL CALL UPON EACH COUNCIL MEMBER BY NAME, MOTION BY RICK.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER STATE YOUR VOTE.
THIS IS A RECORD VOTE THAT HAS NOW BEEN CARRIED, UH, AND RECORDED BY THE CITY SECRETARY, SIR, WE'RE MOVING ON.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING SIGNED ORDINANCE CHANGES.
UM, WE HAD THIS, UH, ISSUED TO US AND I'M ASSUMING SI UH, THE COUNSEL HAS RE REVIEWED THIS SIGNED ORDINANCE.
WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, LEGAL HELP HERE IN CASE WE NEED TO, UH, TO, TO, UH, ASK ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS.
BRANDON, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
UM, COUNSEL, UM, I, UNLESS, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ARE GOING OVER, UM, I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION, THE NEXT ITEM, THIS DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION ONLY DISCUSSING.
ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I WAS, I WAS GONNA JUST POINT OUT THE FACT FOR THOSE THAT PROBABLY HAVEN'T READ, UH, THIS, THAT THIS WAS A NEEDED CHANGE.
UH, WE STARTED ON IT MONTHS AGO.
UH, WE HAD A LOT OF ASSISTANCE FROM, UH, NICK AND THE STAFF, BUT ALSO FROM THE RUN LAW FIRM.
UH, LOOKED AT LOTS OF OTHER CITIES, LOOKED AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND OTHER LAWS THAT GOVERN SIGNAGE AND HAVE COME UP WITH, I THINK, A REALLY GOOD PLAN THAT ALLOWS US TO REGULATE WHAT WE CAN AND SETS ASIDE THINGS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER, UH, STIPULATE IN OUR ORDINANCE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY UPDATING A LONG NEEDED REVIEW OF SIGNAGE IN THE CITY AND, UH, GIVES US A LOT OF ABILITY TO CLARIFY A LOT OF THE THINGS.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR THE, THE, THE BACKGROUND WORK AND LITERALLY THE REAMS OF PAPER THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO, TO KIND OF COME UP WITH THIS FINAL DRAFT DEFINITIONS.
AND, UH, UH, WHAT I THINK IS A REALLY THOROUGH, UH, ORDINANCE THAT IS GONNA REPLACE, UH, SOME STUFF THAT'S OUTDATED AND IT ALSO MEANS LESS GOVERNMENT.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT.
THIS NO LONGER REQUIRES THE PLANET AND ZONING TEAM TO THEN FORWARD IT TO US.
WE'RE NOW DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, UH, THE CHANGES, THE REQUESTS, AND THE SPECIAL NEEDS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED.
AND I THINK IT, UM, IT SIMPLIFIES A LOT AND AGAIN, TAKES OUT A LAYER OF GOVERNMENT THAT I THINK IS GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP MY, MY DISCUSSION OR PONTIFICATING
I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THAT IT NO LONGER LIVES UNDER PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT LIVES IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UM, THAT'S SIMPLIFIES IT GREATLY.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE, NOT A QUESTION, BUT, UM, ASSUMING THIS PASSES, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE BUSINESSES? UM, SO THAT ONE, THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A CHANGE AND TWO, WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
I'M NOT GONNA MAKE ANY SPECIAL EFFORT TO GO OUT TO BUSINESSES, RICK, AS, AS, AS THEY COME IN AND THEY'LL BE TALKING TO OUR PERMITS CLERK.
OUR PERMITS CLERK WILL GUIDE THEM TO THAT.
MOST OF THEM, AS YOU WELL KNOW, GO TO THE SIGNED SECTIONS FIRST BEFORE THEY COME TO THE CITY.
THEY LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.
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OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES.WE'LL JUST SEND CODE ENFORCEMENT AROUND THERE AND SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, IT'S CHANGED.
HOW'S THAT? I WOULD RATHER IT COME FROM E D C RATHER THAN CODE ENFORCEMENT FROM E D C.
WILL TALK THAT OLD GEEZER THAT LEADS IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO JUST NOW.
PLUS YOU GOT TWO MEMBERS SITTING RIGHT HERE THAT CAN GET INVOLVED.
OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS A POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE HOW THEY ADVERTISE.
I THINK IT WOULD, I THINK THE MESSAGE WOULD BE BETTER COMING FROM E D C RATHER THAN CODE ENFORCEMENT.
T WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? YOU SIT ON BOTH.
I I DO THINK THAT IT SHOULD COME FROM E D C.
UM, I THINK IT'S THEIR JOB TO KIND OF LOOK AFTER THE BUSINESSES AND IF THERE'S A CHANGE AS SIGNIFICANT AS THIS.
I DON'T SEE WHY E D C COULDN'T REACH OUT TO THEM.
AND HOW, WHAT FORM WOULD THAT TAKE? WELL, IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO BE PERSON TO PERSON, I THINK, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO IT MIGHT JUST BE E D C, SPLITTING IT UP AND, AND TAKING A COUPLE BUSINESSES AND GOING BY, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO A GREAT WAY TO DO IT ANYWAY.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST ON THINGS AND IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? MM-HMM.
ERIC, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
AND, UH, I THINK WE JUST PRINT THIS OUT JUST LIKE WE HAVE HERE.
HAND IT TO WHOEVER'S THE, THE MANAGER THAT DAY AND HOPEFULLY IT GETS IN THE RIGHT HANDS AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW TO CONTACT US.
OF COURSE, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, HAVING A COVER SHEET KIND OF GOING OVER THE MAJOR CHANGES, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE BUSINESS.
OTHER, OTHERWISE IF IT'S A MANAGER, HE'S JUST GONNA GO.
AND NOW WE'LL GET WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO COME UP WITH A COVER SHEET THAT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, EASIER TO USE, LESS GOVERNMENT, BOO GOVERNMENT, MAYBE A, MAYBE A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF E D C.
AND IN THAT LETTER IS A SUMMARY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THIS.
I, UM, KEN, A CONTRACTOR PUT UP A SIGN IN MY YARD UNDER THIS SAYS JOE BLOWS WHATEVER LEAF GROOMING.
BRANDON, I THINK WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS ESSENTIALLY YARD SIGNS INSIDE SOMEONE'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO THAT WOULD BE IN RESIDENTIAL.
YES, YOU COULD, YOU COULD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
WELL, BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF IT THAT IT IS IN A, ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, UM, YOU STILL WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND CAN WE CHARGE A FEE FOR THAT? I BELIEVE THE ONLY PERMITS ARE FOR COMMERCIAL SIGNS THAT ARE NOT ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
I, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M A LONE WOLF AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS BUGS AND WITHOUT A VOTE.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY THAT.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ITEM SEVEN ON PAGE 12.
UM, WHERE IT SAYS, UH, COMMERCIAL COMPLEX IDENTIFIERS, MOST OF THIS STUFF IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE, UH, BROKEN OUT.
LET'S, I'M GONNA TAKE FOR INSTANCE, THE PROPERTY UP HERE, UH, WHERE THE DOG PARK IS.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO BUILD ON THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND PUT A LITTLE BUSINESS COMPLEX IN THERE, THEY OWN THE WHOLE BOTH SIDES.
AND IF THEY HAVE SIGNS ON, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? THE SOUTH SIDE OF DORRANCE.
BUT THE BUSINESSES ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DORRANCE, HOW DO THEY PUT SIGNS UP? OR IS IT BASIC? WELL, IF THEY, THEY'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO PUT UP SIGNS PER BUSINESS.
PER BUSINESS PER, PER PER BUILDING.
IT SAYS INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.
AND IF I'M WRITING IT, READING IT, RIGHT.
NOTHING HERE PROHIBITS ANY ESTABLISHED FROM HAVING A SEPARATE FREE STANDING SIGN ON PREMISES.
SO THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PUT SIGNS ON THE NORTH SIDE OUT BY THE PREMISES AS LONG AS IT'S ON THE PREMISES.
AND NOT ON OUR RIGHT OF WAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WHAT IF THERE'S, LET'S SAY THREE BUSINESSES IN THERE AND THEY WANT 'EM ALL BY ADVERTISING OUT BY D, THEY'D BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE, UH, A MONUMENT SIGN COVERED ALL THREE BUSINESSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF IT'S ON THE PREMISES, THEY CAN.
I HAD ASSUMED THAT, BUT I DIDN'T.
THIS IS ALL LEGAL STUFF AND YOU GUYS, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I HAVE A QUESTION NUMBER ON ITEM NUMBER THREE
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OR NO ON VARIANCES ON PAGE 22 AND 23.NOW, TO WHOM IS THE VARIANCE REQUESTED? CITY COUNCIL TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU GO TO PAGE 21, IT TALKS ABOUT VARIANCES OF PROCEDURAL REVIEW.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS FINAL AUTHORITY.
SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE AN APPEAL MM-HMM.
I WOULD, I WOULD CALL THAT A SEMI-FINAL DECISION.
EVERYONE, ANYONE CAN APPEAL TO THE COURT SYSTEM BEYOND CITY COUNCIL.
I MEAN, YOU CAN COURT IF YOU WANTED TO, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL THAT CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE CRITERIA BY WHICH YOU GUYS WOULD, OR THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD JUDGE THAT IS GONNA BE FOUND ON PAGE, UH, 22 OR IT GIVES YOU SOME, SOME CRITERIA, SOME CONSIDERATIONS IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE SAME LIST AS THAT WE HAD WHEN THEY STOOD BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT BASICALLY IT'S NO LONGER IN THERE.
IT'S IN HERE AND IT COMES TO COUNCIL AND WE CAN TELL 'EM, WE DON'T CARE IF IT'S GONNA COST YOU MORE MONEY.
LEMME GLANCE ONE OTHER THING ON PAGE 24, EXCUSE ME.
UH, ON 24, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
AND THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS OF PENALTIES.
BRANDON, WHERE IT SAYS THAT IF A PARTY PUTS A SIGN UP AND THEY FAILED TO REMOVE IT WITHIN 72 HOURS OR A PRESUMPTION CLAUSE, ITEM D IN, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON A UTILITY POOL OR PRIVATE PROPERTY, SHALL BE PRIMA FACIA EVIDENCE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES WHO UN PLACED TO SIGN UP.
SO IF I WALK UP AND IT GOES, UH, BOB'S DOG GROOMING AND IS STUCK ON A, ON A SIGN POLE, DOES THIS TELL ME I CAN GO WRITE BOB'S DOG GROOMING OR BOB OR BOB'S DOG GROOMING OF VIOLATION? AND YOU WERE UNDER 1 0 2, UH, DID YOU SAY A 1 0 1 55 DASH? UM, YEAH.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY, I'M DOWN AT, UH, D D OKAY.
SO WHILE BRANDON'S THINKING, GO AHEAD.
DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, SO IF IT IS BASICALLY IF IT'S, UH, ON YOUR PROPERTY, UM, IF IT'S A TELEPHONE POLE OUT IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
LEMME MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT SECTION HERE.
D PROBABLY SHOULD ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT, BOB.
IF IT'S, SO IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY ON A PERSON'S PROPERTY, IT'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
SO THE PERSON WHO PLACED IT WOULD THEN BE THE LIABLE PARTY.
OKAY, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT WE RUN INTO IN REAL WORLD.
I JUST HIRED A SIGN COMPANY AND THEY PUT IT THERE.
BUT IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, IT SAYS THAT IF IT'S EVEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY IS WHO UNLAWFULLY PLACED OR ERECTED THE SIGN.
THAT MEANS I DON'T CARE IF I PAID COLLEEN TO GO, HANG ON.
SHE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TICKET.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING TOO FAR INTO THE REALM OF, OF ADJUDICATING THIS CITATION SO WE CAN ISSUE THE CITATION TO WHOEVER WE THINK WE SHOULD ISSUE THE CITATION TO.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE CONVICTED OF IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT'S UP TO THE COURTS.
BUT THIS IS TELLING ME THAT I'M NOT, I MEAN, I HAVE SOME AUTHORITY TO TALK TO DO THAT.
AND IF THE GUY SAYS, WELL, YOU CAN'T WRITE ME A TICKET, WHICH IS WHAT WE RUN INTO, I CAN SAY, I'M SORRY, GO LOOK AT 1 55 0.102 ITEM D AND YEAH, BUDDY, I CAN'T THAT'S RIGHT.
AND, AND TO, UH, AND I'M HAPPY SURE.
AND I'M WRITING THAT BABY, WHETHER OR NOT THE TICKET STICKS IS NOT UP TO US.
WE CAN CERTAINLY WRITE THE TICKET ON ANYBODY THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO WRITE THE TICKET TO.
BUT YOU MEAN THAT GUY'S GONNA HAVE TO TAKE OFF FROM HIS TIME AND HE'S GONNA HAVE TO COME IN HERE TO COURT AND HE'S
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GONNA HAVE TO HIRE A LAWYER AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE JENNIFER THERE.WELL, AND MAYOR SOME OF THAT, THE, THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT, THE REMEDY OF THAT SIGN IN ADDITION TO THE TICKET, THAT THERE'S A REMOVAL PROCESS THAT'S SPELLED OUT IN A AND THAT, THAT IS REALLY THE CRUX OF IT, IS THAT THE SIGN CAN BE REMOVED AND THERE'S REASON AND THERE'S REGULATIONS ON THAT NOW.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE TICKET SIGN CAN BE REMOVED OR BE ASKED TO BE REMOVED.
IF THEY DON'T MOVE IT OUT IN 72 HOURS, WE CAN, IF WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE TICKET BUSINESS, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SUFFER THROUGH THAT 72 HOURS, BUT WE'LL DOCUMENT IT THAT IT'S THERE ON MONDAY AND THEN ON THURSDAY MORNING THAT BABY'S COMING DOWN AND THEY'RE GETTING A CITATION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS READING THIS RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE DO GET, WE RUN INTO THAT A LOT.
WELL, AND BEING THIS FALLS UNDER MY SUPERVISION AT WORK, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU SHOULD DO PRIOR TO REMOVING THAT SIGN.
TAKE A PHOTO OF IT, DOCUMENT IT, UM, THAT WAY YOU'VE GOT YOUR EVIDENCE THAT YOU CAN PRESENT IN COURT.
IF YOU JUST GO TO COURT, HAND A SIGN AND SAY, THIS WAS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET THAT TICKET KICKED.
SO IF, IF JENNIFER NEEDS SOME PROCEDURAL RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN COME IN.
ACTUALLY, SHE DOES THAT PRETTY DARN WELL, RICK.
AS FAR AS DOCUMENTING WHAT SHE'S DOING.
I MEAN, SHE'LL WALK IN WITH A STACK OF PAPERS ABOUT THIS HIGH AND I JUST NEED TO KNOW DID WE SEE IT GOOD? UH, BUT OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT EXPECTING THE CITY TO GET WEALTHY OFF THE TAX, I MEAN OFF TICKETS.
BUT I DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AT LEAST UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO MESS UP OUR CITY.
DO WE STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO JUST REMOVE IT? YEAH.
SO WE CAN STILL REMOVE IT IMMEDIATELY IF WE WANT IT TO.
PARTICULARLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S JUST IF YOU'VE GOT A FREQUENT FLYER, SOMETIMES IT'S WORTH WRITING THEM THE TICKET AND MAKE 'EM COME IN AND SPEND A LITTLE TIME YEP.
SO, AND JENNIFER GOES OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, RUNS THE PERIMETER.
AND THAT'S WHY IF I SEE ONE OR SOMETHING, SOMETIMES THE PD WILL OR SAY, HEY, THERE'S A SIGN HERE.
UM, BUT IF THEY'RE A FREQUENT FLYER, AS SHE SAID, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE 'EM TO MAKE, MAKE SURE I TELL HER.
AND, AND GOING TO PAGE 23, 1 55, 100, THE VIOLATIONS.
THIS IS A QUESTION THAT OFTEN COMES UP.
UM, VIOLATION IS $200 PER DAY PER SIGN.
HOW YOU ACTUALLY ENFORCE THAT GETS DIFFICULT.
I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU HAVE TO ISSUE A CITATION EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO GET THAT $200 LOGGED IN.
UM, 'CAUSE TRUTHFULLY, BY THE TIME YOU GET TO COURT, 30, 60, 90 DAYS OUT, 180, THAT'S, THAT IS A LONG, THAT'S A LOT OF EFFORT FOR YOUR STAFF MEMBER.
IF YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO COLLECT EVERY DAY, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, YOU RUN UP ENOUGH OF A COST TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE AND THEN YOU, UH, DON'T NECESSARILY CONTINUE EVERY DAY.
RUN 'EM UP, RUN 'EM UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN JUST WAIT FOR YOUR COURT DATE.
AND REALLY THE REASON THAT'S, THAT'S THERE EACH DAY'S A NEW VIOLATION IS TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION TO, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE CITY HAS TO WRITE ANY TICKET EVERY DAY.
WE GOT THAT PART UNDER UNDERSTAND IT BOTH FROM PD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS READING THAT RIGHT AND
UH, WE'RE DONE WITH THE DISCUSSION UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
DAVID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS.
AND, UM, SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 33, AMENDING CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REPEALING CHAPTER 1 53 SIGNS SECTION 1 53 0.190 THROUGH 1 53, 1 99 APPENDICES A THROUGH D AND ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 1 55 SIGNS.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE BY DAVID, SECOND BY KELLY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS AWAITING FURTHER INPUT FROM OUR LEGAL TEAM.
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SO IF YOU HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE, THAT MEANS IT AUTOMATICALLY COMES BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST BYPASS IT AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT AUTOMATICALLY COMES BACK.
YOU WANNA JUST DO THAT? OH, OH, WE'RE JUST, YEP.
ITEM FIVE IS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.
ITEM SIX, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION ON ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 35 AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES BY ADDING A MONTHLY INFRASTRUCTURE FEE, AMENDING FEES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, AND REMOVING THE FEES FROM CHAPTER ONE 15.
SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS, IS THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND AMEND IT, BUT DON'T TOUCH THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FEE.
SO, UM, EVERYTHING CAN BE AMENDED EXCEPT FOR THAT UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FEE, UH, ITEM.
AND WE'LL TAKE THAT UP WHEN IT'S TIME.
SO WE NEED A MOTION AND THEN HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
SO AS LONG AS YOU MAKE IT CLEAR IN YOUR MOTION THAT YOU ARE ADOPTING SCHEDULE A FEES ASIDE FROM, UH, THAT UTILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE FEE, THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, APPROVING THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED BY REMOVING THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FEE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, REMOVING THE MENTION OF THE, UH, UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FEE.
HAVE A MOTION WITHOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FEE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY KIRK.
THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH,
ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 16 DECLARING SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
UM, COUNSEL, WHAT'S WHERE? A MASK SURPLUS PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS THINK THIS IPAD FIRST EDITION IS OUTDATED.
YOU WANT IT? WE, WE GOT RID OF THAT LAST MONTH.
UM, BASIC MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
RE UM, IN DISCUSSION AND, UH, CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 17 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH LEMONS AUCTIONEERS, L L C AND ONLINE PROS AGREEMENT PER BY BOARD NUMBER 7 0 8 DASH 23 TO AUCTION CITY PROPERTY DECLARED SURPLUS.
BASICALLY THIS IS PUTTING US IN THE CONTRACT AND IT EXPIRES, UH, UH, STARTING SEPTEMBER 1ST EXPIRING, UH, END OF AUGUST OF 2024.
SO THEN IF COUNSEL WILL SOW MOTION, THEN WE'LL GET THIS CONTRACT.
MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY DAVID.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? UH, IT WASN'T QUESTIONED FOR THE SIGNS THAT WERE CONSIDERED SURPLUS, DO WE WANNA JUST TURN THAT IN OR DO WE WANT TO DO THAT AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS? AUCTION IT TO RESIDENTS? I, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOME PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE SIGNS.
'CAUSE THERE'S, WE HAVEN'T WE DONE THAT BEFORE? WASN'T THAT? YEAH, WE'VE WATCHED SIGNS BEFORE.
'CAUSE I MEAN, PEOPLE MIGHT BID ON A STOP SIGN OR THERE'S STREET NAME SIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
EVEN IF WE GET FIVE, 10 BUCKS FOR IT.
THE KIRKWOOD SIGNS WENT, I I BOUGHT ONE OF THE KIRKWOOD STOP SIGNS AND MM-HMM.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED BUCKS, I GUESS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO AUCTION THEM THROUGH LIMITS.
DO WE HAVE TO AUCTION 'EM THROUGH LIMITS OR CAN WE HAVE AN AUCTION OURSELVES? NO, YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO IT YOURSELF.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THE DECLARATION THAT IT'S, UH, SURPLUS.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH DOING IT.
GREAT RECOMMENDATION, RICK, TO BACK HIM UP TO YOU.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE MOTION TO EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE SIGNS? SO WE'RE STILL GONNA BE AUCTIONING.
THIS IS JUST TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT SO YOU CAN APPROVE THE AGREEMENT AND UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ITEMS CAN JUST BE LEFT OUT OF THAT AGREEMENT WHEN WE HAND THEM IN.
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MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING ELSE COME UP IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THEY'LL STILL HELP US AUCTION THE TRACTOR AND THE OTHER STUFF, RIGHT? YEAH.SO WE ARE BACK INTO THE, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MARK IT OFF.
ANY OPPOSED? GOOD CATCH AND GOOD QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER NINE OF ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 26 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 DASH OH SIX OH DASH 5 8 0 0 0.
87, UH, $8,750 FROM GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR FOUNDATION REPAIRS.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE A MOTION TO PONY UP FOR THE FOUNDATION REPAIR.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? YOU'RE STILL CERTAIN OF THE PRICING THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE
ANY OPPOSED? AND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FOUNDATION TRUCKS I SEE AROUND THE CITY,
ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSSING AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 18 AMENDING CERTIFICATE PAY AND ACADEMIC PAY POLICY.
UM, COUNSEL, I HAD THIS ONE WAY BEYOND ME.
UM, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT SUMMARY IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S READ IT NOW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'VE DISCUSSED IT FOR HOURS.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? YOU GET YOUR CERTIFICATE PAID AFTER MONTHS.
UM, THAT TAKES US ON TO CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEM, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION.
MOTION BY ATTIA SECOND BY KURT.
WELL, I'M GONNA BACK UP TO ITEM TWO B REAL QUICK.
I REMEMBERED SOMETHING, I I DON'T WHAT TWO B MOVED ON THE BIKEWAY.
UM, BASED ON THE DESIGN THAT CENTERPOINT SUBMITTED FOR THEIR PHASE ONE PROJECT OF THE PIPELINE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM BORING UNDERNEATH OUR PARKING LOTS.
SO THEREFORE WE WON'T HAVE TO, UM, WAIT ON THAT PROJECT ONCE WE GET APPROVAL BY CENTERPOINT.
UM, THEY WERE IN WHAT PARKING LOT
SO I DON'T, I REALLY DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE AN ISSUE.
SO CAN I GET EXCITED OR SHOULD I JUST WAIT? I WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE GET APPROVAL FROM CENTERPOINT ON THE OKAY.
UM, I'M ASSUMING COUNSEL HAS NO AUDIENCE COMMENTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THEN? I'M MOVING ON AND THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS.
BRANDON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING.
YOU CAN GO BACK AND TELL GRADY THIS IS THE BEST RUN MEETING YOU'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.