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DOWN AND WE'LL GET THIS THING ROLLING.[City Council Meeting]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.THIS IS MEADOWS PLACE, CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING.
UM, THIS IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023, AND WE ARE RIGHT AT 6:30 PM AND WE HAVE SOME VISITORS.
UM, CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE.
UM, SO YEAH, MAYBE TRY TO TOUCH BASE.
UM, WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER B, WHICH WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE THIS EVENING.
NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA SKIP THE P SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT YES, NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE PLEDGE 'CAUSE I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND, UH, I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY BACKED OVER THERE BEHIND JIMMY WOULD VOLUNTEER TO LEAD US IN THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND WHAT IS HIS NAME? WHAT? YEAH, WHAT IS HIS NAME? NOW THIS IS HOW YOU LEARN TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, NOW EVERYBODY, PLEASE, UH, REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR THE INVOCATION FAR BREATH.
FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GIVE US.
LEMME ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE WATCH OVER THE CITY.
I THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT YOU BROUGHT HERE.
OUR OFFICIAL, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WATCH OVER THEM AND PROTECT THEM AS WE GATHER HERE.
BE AT THE CENTER OF THE CONVERSATION TO BE WITH US.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY CONDOLENCES AND CONTINUED PRAYER FOR THE FRANCIS FAMILY.
THE RULES ARE THAT IF YOU SAY THE PLEDGE, YOU GET TO HAVE A BOTTLE OF WATER.
OKAY, WELL, YOU GET A CUPCAKE WHENEVER WE'RE EVER.
UM, I CAME ACROSS THIS THING AND I WAS READING IT AND IT WAS WORLD EDUCATION DAY AND WORLD TEACHER DAY.
AND I WENT, WOW, THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS COMING UP NEXT, UH, NEXT WEEK ON OCTOBER 5TH.
AND I SAID, WE'VE GOT TEACHERS AT MEADOW'S PLACE AND THEY'RE PART OF THE WORLD.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROCLAMATION IF YOU'LL JOIN ME.
MS. BLACKMEYER, UP AT THE PODIUM AND ALL THE MEADOWS PEOPLE.
I, AND THEN, AND MAINLY BECAUSE CAMERON SAYS, YOU'VE GOTTA GET DOWN HERE, WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE,
WHEREAS TEACHERS MOLD FUTURE CITIZENS THROUGH GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS ENCOUNTER STUDENTS OF WIDELY DIFFERING BACKGROUNDS.
AND WHEREAS OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE DEPENDS UPON PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS PREPARING LESSONS, EVALUATING PROGRESS COUNSELING AND COACHING STUDENTS, AND PERFORMING COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS ITS TEACHERS IN EDUCATING THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY IN MEADOWS PLACE.
WHEREAS WORLD TEACHERS DAY IS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE DAY, HELD DAY ANNUALLY ON 5TH OF OCTOBER TO CELEBRATE THE WORK OF TEACHERS
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ESTABLISHED IN 1994.COMMEMORATES THE SIGNING OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY MANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, BY VIRTUE OF OUR AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 IN BIG, BOLD LETTERS.
WORLD TEACHERS TODAY BE A FURTHER RESOLVED AS CITY MEADOWS PLACE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN PERSONAL EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO OUR TEACHERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION, DEVOTION TO THEIR WORK SIGNED CD CDIV.
AND I WANT TO SAY, LET'S GIVE THESE GALS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
CAMERON, WHERE YOU WANT? THANK MY GRANDDAUGHTER JUST MOVED TO, OR JUST STARTED HER FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OUT IN SAN DIEGO.
WE'RE THERE AT THE NEW, NEW BASE OUT THERE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TIME FOR ITEM C.
THE REPORTS, UH, IF WE COULD GET, UH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UP TO GIVE THEIR REPORT.
MAYOR, COUNCIL CITIZENS, THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WE'LL GO OVER THE SPREADSHEET, WHICH IS OUR MONTHLY NUMBERS.
FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING UP UNTIL YESTERDAY, NUMBER OF REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS.
WE HAD 11 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH WERE ANY POLICE ACTIVITY WE HAD 2,198.
WE TOOK 53, UH, OFFENSE REPORTS.
365 FOR 701 CHARGES AND TWO CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
CITATIONS ISSUED CI UH, WARNINGS ISSUED FOR TRAFFIC.
WARNINGS ISSUED FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS WERE SIX, WHICH GAVE US A TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 3,153.
AS WE MOVED DOWN TO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, UH, ASSAULTS.
WE HAD THREE BURGLARY MOTOR VEHICLE.
WE HAD TWO BURGLARY OF BUSINESS.
WE HAD ZERO, A BURGLARY OF A RESIDENCE.
WE HAD ONE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
WE HAD THREE AND ZERO ROBBERIES.
PROPERTY CHECKS, WHICH INCLUDE THE SCHOOL CHECKS AND BUSINESS CHECKS.
100, UH, EXCUSE ME, 1,701 THEFTS.
WE HAD THREE, UH, STOLEN VEHICLES, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
WE HAD, UH, IN THE T L C PROGRAM, 71 TO PASS 33 TO FAIL FOR 104 CONTACTS.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
WE HAD THREE CONTACTS FOR JUNK OR ABANDONED VEHICLES.
UH, THEY WERE TAGGED AND COMPLIED.
THREE FOR SOLICITORS, UH, THAT HAD LEFT THE AREA BEFORE THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO ARRIVE.
WE ISSUED TWO CITATIONS FOR SOLICITORS, UH, ZERO ACCIDENTS IN THE ROUNDABOUT FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD.
AND THEN YOU SEE, WE SEEM TO BE HAVING AN INCREASE IN PARKING LOT ACCIDENTS.
UH, WE'D LIKE FOR 'EM TO BE THERE THEN ON THE HIGHWAY, 'CAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY JUST MINOR FENDER BENDERS.
GOING TO, UH, YOUR SUMMARY, UH, WITH THE, UH, ACTIVITY AND COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE THE CHIEF USUALLY TELLS YOU TO SKIMM THROUGH THERE RIGHT QUICK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ACTIVITY FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD.
AND THEN I, I DID WANT TO MENTION UNDER YOUR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, WE DID HAVE ONE AND THE RESIDENCE IS LISTED,
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UH, THAT, UH, A PROPERTY WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE.AND WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING MORE, IT IS CLASSIFIED AS A BURGLARY.
HOWEVER, WE TALK ABOUT OUR REPORTING THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WOULD GENERALLY THINK OF AS A BURGLARY.
TECHNICALLY IT IS 'CAUSE PROPERTY, SOMEBODY WENT TO THE HOUSE, TOOK PROPERTY OUTTA THERE.
GIVEN THAT IT'S A DAILY WEEKLY RENTAL PROPERTY.
I'M SORRY, UH, PAGE THREE NEAR THE TOP.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT 'CAUSE UH, IT'S NOT REALLY A BURGLARY IN THE SENSE THAT WE THINK, UH, AND THEN CONTINUING ON, ON, SO ON PAGE SIX, WE, JACK YES SIR.
IF I COULD, COULD I GET YOU TO STOP AT PAGE FOUR? SURE.
YOU HAD A, A FRAUD DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOUR.
UM, LET ME, IT'S, UM, SEE, HAD C I D RECEIVED LOT OF LYNN'S REPORT FROM, UH, FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND IT WAS POSSIBLE EXPLANATION EXPLOITATION OF A ELDERLY MEADOWS PLACE RESIDENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AN AREA THAT KINDA WORRIES ME.
UM, IT SAID THE BANK WAS NOTIFIED AFTER A FRAUDULENT ACCOUNT WAS OPENED, UM, WITH SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS BEING MADE.
BUT THE ROUGH, THE RESIDENTS SUFFERED NO LOSS.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S 'CAUSE BANKING INSURANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, THE BANK ACTUALLY TRAPPED THE TRANSACTIONS BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR.
SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, THE TIMELINESS OF EVERYTHING, THE, THE NOTIFICATION AND THEN COORDINATING WITH THE BANK AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DETECT AND PICK UP THAT IT WAS A FRAUDULENT CHARGE.
THIS WASN'T THE CLASSIC, UH, NOTIFYING WRITE-OFF THE, THE BANK ACTUALLY CAUGHT IT IN TIME.
SO THEY'RE GETTING BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO TOO.
AND WHAT'S THE CHANCE OF CATCHING SOMEBODY LIKE THAT BASED ON THE INFORMATION? IN THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR? NOT VERY MUCH.
AND THEN WITH THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, I WAS JUST TALKING WITH A RESIDENT YESTERDAY WHOSE AMERICAN EXPRESS HAD BEEN HIJACKED.
AND AMERICAN EXPRESS IS GREAT AT CREDITING YOUR ACCOUNT, BUT THEY DON'T INVESTIGATE.
I I SUSPECT THAT IT'S GOTTA BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BEFORE THEY GET CONCERNED.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO, MEANING YOU AND US AS A CITY ADMINISTRATION DO TO REMIND PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF SOMETHING? I, I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS THE CONSTANT REMINDERS.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE BEEN OUT AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PUBLIC EVENTS AND SOMEBODY COMES UP AND THAT WE REMIND THEM, WE REFER THEM THAT WE PUT OUT, UH, ARTICLES, WE MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, STARTING BACK UP, SOMETHING IN THE FORM OF THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING THAT, UH, TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE AND TO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES A FLYER DOESN'T QUITE GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THIS UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ABOUT 40% OF OUR RESIDENT IS THE BEST I CAN GUESS READ IS THEIR UTILITY BILL.
SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A MESSAGE THAT WE COULD PUT ON THAT OR SOMETHING, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT AND JUST GET THAT PLUGGED IN.
AND MAYBE AS SIMPLE AS, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
I'M SURE WE CAN WORK WITH CAMERON TO GET SOME OF OUR FLYERS BROCHURES UP THERE AS WELL, TO HAVE SOMETHING TO REFER PEOPLE TO.
I THINK THAT'S JUST A, I THINK WE'RE SUSCEPTIBLE.
UH, SO FLIPPING OVER TO TINY PRINT, PAGE SIX, THAT, UH, THE FLOCK BREAKDOWN, UH, WE SEEM TO BE HOVERING IN THE, UH, 60 TO 70 UNIQUE, UH, ALERTS ON THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, 18 FOR STOLEN VEHICLE, 16 FOR SEX OFFENDER, 14 FOR STOLEN PLATES, UH, FOUR FOR GANG OR SUSPECTED TERROR ALERTS.
ONE WAS A MISSING PERSON, THREE FOR WARRANTS, EIGHT FOR PROTECTION ORDER ALERTS, TWO FOR O OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE ENTERED, UH, VEHICLES IN THEMSELVES AND ZERO FOR
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VIOLENT PERSONS.AND THEN AS WE MOVED DOWN, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ARREST WERE 11.
YOU SEE A QUICK BREAKDOWN WARRANTS AND, UH, OTHER AGENCY JURISDICTIONS.
WE HAD FOUR PROTECTIVE ORDER, ONE FAILURE TO ID FUGITIVE, WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEBODY WAS A FUGITIVE.
THEY WERE WANTED AND THEY FAILED TO ID OR TO GIVE, UH, THEY GAVE FICTITIOUS INFORMATION.
UH, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID WAS ONE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WAS ONE D W I WITH EVADING WAS ONE.
AND THEN CRIMINAL TRESPASS, WE HAD TWO.
I WILL, UH, JUMP TO THE CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
WE HAD TWO VISITORS TO THE POOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS OFFICER RICHMOND IN DOING HIS PROPERTY CHECK TO OBSERVE THEM, KNOWING THAT THE POOL WAS CLOSED AT, UH, 8:00 AM UH, WENT IN TO VISIT WITH HIM AND FOUND OUT THEY HAD HOPPED THE FENCE AND SPENT SOME TIME IN THERE.
AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF SOME MARIJUANA AS WELL.
SO THEY WERE ESCORTED OFF OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN I HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T GLOSS OVER IT, BUT WE DID HAVE THE, UH, ACTIVITY WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AT, UH, 12 3, 2 6 MEADOW HOLLOW.
AS WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT, UH, THAT'S ON PAGE NINE ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE PAGE.
AND IT'S JUST A QUICK NOTE THAT, UH, IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THAT IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE CASE, MEANING THAT IT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SO THERE IS LIMITED AVAIL, UH, INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND THEN MOVING TO THE ADDITIONAL NOTES THAT IT'S EVERYBODY, WE JUST FINISHED OUR TRAINING CYCLE AND IT MOVED INTO THE NEW TRAINING CYCLE.
AND I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET A JUMP ON THAT UP FRONT RATHER THAN BEING TOWARDS THE BACK END WITH THAT.
UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS NEXT TUESDAY.
OUR HOURS ARE 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM I BELIEVE THAT LEE SENT OUT AN EMAIL INVITING EVERYONE AND HOPEFULLY YOU R S V P, YES OR NO.
AND, UH, LAST COUNT, I THINK WE ONLY HAD FIVE PARTIES, BUT WE WILL MAKE OUR CUSTOMARY, UH, LIST FROM LAST YEAR TO DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF WE'VE MISSED ANYBODY IN THAT.
BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT.
UH, SHOP 40, WHICH IS OUR NEW, YES, SIR.
COUNSEL, HOW MANY COUNCIL ARE PLANNING ON PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT? YOU'RE, SEE, YOU'RE GONNA STAY THERE AND HAVE A PARTY, SO YOU'RE GONNA MAKE US COME TOGETHER.
THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THIS MR. ONE OR THE OTHER.
MR. MARY, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ANY OF THE ALDERMEN THAT ARE HAVING A PARTY, IF YOU COULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO NOTIFY US OF SUCH, I'LL DO SO IMMEDIATELY.
I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'LL BE HAVING A PARTY.
UH, MOVING RIGHT ALONG THAT, UH, I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TODAY WE GOT NOTIFICATION THAT ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS IN FOR THE NEW CAR.
AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE IT TUESDAY TO THE UPFITTER AND HOPE TO HAVE IT BACK BY THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY.
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER THAT THAT HOLDS TRUE.
AND MESA, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON IT AND, UH, POOR COURTNEY HAS EXPERIENCED SOME OF OUR AFTER HOURS GLITCHES.
AND I THINK WE ARE CLOSE TO HAVING THOSE WORKED OUT.
SO I'M, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THIS MESA PROJECT.
UH, AND AS YOU MAY KNOW THAT LAST WEEK WE CONDUCTED A SERGEANT'S PROMOTIONAL ASSESSMENT BOARD AND IT, UH, WENT VERY WELL THAT WE HAD, UH, FIVE THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN IT AND ALL DID WELL THAT I KNOW THE CHIEF AND I BOTH WERE VERY EXCITED.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD SIX AND HATED TO HEAR THAT ONE OF THEM DROPPED OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
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UH, IT WENT WELL.THAT'S ALL I CAN SHARE WITH YOU UNTIL THE CHIEF, UH, RETURNS.
BUT JUST THAT WE'RE EXCITED HOW IT DID GO.
UH, GRANT STATUS THAT, UH, THE RADIO RECORDER STILL, IT'S APPROVED.
WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE CONSOLE SO WE KNOW HOW TO CONFIGURE THE RECORDER FOR THE CONSOLE.
UH, THE CONSOLE GRANT HAS GONE THROUGH A REVIEW AND HAS BEEN PUSHED TILL LATER THIS YEAR FOR, OR ANOTHER ROUND OF REVIEWS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDING WAS CUT AND WE'RE TRYING, THEY'RE TRYING TO RESTRUCTURE THE, THE LIST.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO, WHERE'D THAT FUNDING ORIGINATE? IS THAT A FEDERAL, IS THAT FEDERAL FUNDING? STATE OR COUNTY? YOUR WHAT? UH, DO YOU KNOW THAT MR. MAYOR? I NOT LOCAL.
I, I DO KNOW THAT IT IS AT THE STATE LEVEL 'CAUSE IT, UH, WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND WAS SENT BACK FOR A LATER REVIEW.
SO THEY'RE SITTING ON $31 BILLION.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY'RE STILL ON.
SIR, WE WERE ASKING FOR A 197,000 OF THAT.
NO, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT KILLED IT.
SO A PORTABLE RADIO GRANT IS MOVING, UH, VERY WELL THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT, AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE, UH, FUNDING, UH, APPROXIMATELY $250,000 FOR IN-CAR AND BODY CAMERA THAT I THINK THAT JERRY HAS DISCOVERED THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO SPLIT THAT TO TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE PALATABLE AS WELL TO THOSE, UH, WITH THE FUNDS.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR JACK OR FOR COLLEEN.
UM, THE FLOATING DOCK DAMAGE TO THE RAILS, DO WE THINK IT WAS, UM, VANDALISM? JUST PEOPLE SHAKING THE, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, SO ANYBODY WALKING IN THE PARK, PEOPLE WATCH OUT FOR THE VANDALS AND REPORT 'EM TO US.
IS THE DOCK CLOSED AT THIS POINT? OKAY, SO BASICALLY RIGHT HERE, UM, YEAH.
IT APPEARS THAT, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL OR MULTIPLE, WE DON'T KNOW, THERE'S NO CAMERAS DOWN THERE, BUT APPARENTLY, UM, THEY WERE TRYING TO ROCK THE DOCK.
UM, AND SO THEY WERE STANDING, UM, IN THE, THE WALKWAY, THE GANGWAY PLANK, AND THEY WERE ROCKING IT SO HARD THAT IT ACTUALLY BROKE THE WELDS, UH, THAT HOLD THE RAILING ONTO THE, TO THE DOCK.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY CONTACTED THE, UM, THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES THAT AND GOT SOME PRICING FOR TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF THAT.
UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY BOTH RAILINGS THAT ARE, UH, IN QUESTION, SO WE WILL BE REPLACING THOSE.
UM, AND WE WILL BE ORDERING THOSE SOON.
I'M PRESENTING CODE ENFORCEMENT'S FOURTH QUARTER REPORT, AND WE'LL INCLUDE, UM, FISCAL YEAR NUMBERS AS WELL.
FROM JUNE 23RD TO SEPTEMBER 20TH, THERE WERE 450 VIOLATIONS OPENED, 332 CLOSED TOTAL WEEKENDS WORKED WERE SIX TOTAL CASES OPENED WERE 242, AND THERE WERE ALSO 242 CASES CLOSED.
THERE WERE 28 CITATIONS ISSUED.
THERE WERE FOR TWO OF THEM WERE DEAD LANDSCAPING.
FIVE WERE FOR TRASH AT THE CURB, NOT, UM, ON A TRASH DAY, FOUR OF THEM WERE FOR RUNNING AT LARGE.
TWO WERE PERMITS THAT WERE NOT OBTAINED, AND THREE WERE FOR JUNK ABANDONED VEHICLES.
THREE WERE FOR STAGNANT POOLS, THREE
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WERE FOR TREE CLEARANCES, TWO WERE FOR CLEAN.THE EXTERIOR WALLS WERE NOT CLEANED.
UH, TWO WERE FOR ACCUMULATIONS.
THREE WERE FOR STUMPS NOT REMOVED, AND TWO WERE FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING INTO THE STORM SEWER.
ONE WAS FOR SUBSTANDARD HOME AND ONE WAS FOR A GRASS LARGER.
THE GRASS WAS HIGHER THAN NINE INCHES AND ONE WAS FOR THE FENCE NOT REPAIRED AS WELL AS ONE OF THE HOMES WAS, UM, NOT, THE WALLS WERE NOT REPAIRED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
THERE WERE 1,815 VIOLATIONS THAT WERE OPENED AND 1,507 THAT WERE CLOSED, 1,304 CASES WERE OPENED.
THERE WERE 24 WEEKENDS WORKED, AND 96 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, THERE ARE THE CASE INITIATION TYPES.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PROACTIVE OR REACTIVE.
FOR THIS QUARTER, THERE WERE 142, PROACTIVE 992.
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 100 WERE REACTIVE IN THIS QUARTER, 322 REACTIVE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR VIOLATION, CLOSED TYPES WHERE THEY'RE EITHER VOLUNTARY OR THEY'RE FORCED ABATEMENTS, 295 WERE VOLUNTARY FOR THIS QUARTER.
1,275 WERE CLOSED VOLUNTARILY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
37, FORCED ABATEMENTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND 232 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
DEFINE FORCED, FORCED WOULD EITHER BE, UH, HAVING TO GO TO COURT OR ME PULLING SIGNS.
ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES, UM, THERE WERE 778 INSPECTIONS COMPLETED FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, 3,389.
INSPECTIONS COMPLETED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 721.
NOTICES WERE ISSUED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, 2,783 NOTICES WERE ISSUED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, THEY SUBMITTED TWO REPORTS DURING THIS QUARTER.
UM, THEY INCLUDED FIVE IM IMPOUNDED ANIMALS.
THEY WERE CONSISTING OF TWO POSSUMS, ONE CAT, ONE BIRD, AND ONE RACCOON.
THERE WAS A ONE WELFARE CHECK WHERE THEY WERE, UM, CHECKING ON A DOG AND ITS WELFARE.
AND THE WARNING WAS GIVEN TO THE OWNER.
THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT OF A LOOSE DOG, UM, THAT IT WAS ATTACKING OTHER DOGS, BUT THE AGGRESSIVE DOG WAS GONE WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
TURNING TO THE SECOND PAGE, UM, THE TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS QUARTER WERE 41 TRASH NEXT TO THE CURB AREA, NOT ON A TRASH DAY, 38, DEAD LANDSCAPING AND TREES.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THERE THE EYES, MEANING THEY'RE INVALID.
UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, I STATED THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ADDRESSING DEAD GRASS FOR A LITTLE TIME DUE TO THE DROUGHT THAT WE'RE IN, BUT I WAS STILL GETTING, UM, COMPLAINTS.
SO THEY, I HAD A REGISTER, BUT THEY WERE INVALID FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
OBSTRUCTIONS AND CLEARANCES OF TREES AND LANDSCAPING.
THERE WERE 36 FOR THIS QUARTER AND 31, UH, GRASS AND WEEDS IN EXCESS OF NINE INCHES.
THAT WAS FOR THE QUARTER AND THE TOP 10 VIOLATIONS, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA DO THE FIVE ONLY FOR THIS MEETING.
THE TOP FIVE WERE THE GRASS AND WEEDS IN EXCESS OF NINE INCHES.
TRASH NEXT TO THE CURB AREA, NOT A TRASH DAY.
BANDIT SIGNS WERE 142 TRASH CANS OR RECYCLING BINS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
WERE 131 DEAD LANDSCAPING TREES WAS 129.
A LONG STANDING HOME ON ALSTON, UM, WITH VARIOUS VIOLATIONS HAS BEEN MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE.
UH, THERE'S A SUMMATION AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE OF THREE.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COMPLETE WITH WHAT HE'S DOING, BUT HE'S IN COMPLIANCE.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE HE WAS WORKING FOR A WHILE AND THEN I HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF WORK RECENTLY.
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PERMITS, BUT I HOPE HE ACTUALLY FINISHES THE HOUSE.I, I NOTICED THE LAST NAME ON THAT ALSTON HOUSE.
IS IT A SAME PERSON THAT HAD ONE ON DO? YES.
YOU THINK HE WOULD'VE LEARNED FROM THAT ONE? OH, NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT THREE COUNCIL PEOPLE UP HERE THAT ALL KNOW THE HOUSE, IT HAS OUR ATTENTION.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT? NO.
OH, IS YOUR AIR CONDITIONER WORKING IN YOUR TRUCK? OKAY.
UM, ITEM C IS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
UH, COUNSEL, Y'ALL GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND I GOT IT THE LAST MINUTE I SPOKE, UH, LAST NIGHT WITH THE, UH, OR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE FIRE CHIEF.
THEY'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON OVER THERE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT EVERYTHING IS OKAY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE.
UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, 43 INCIDENTS.
UM, ONE OF WHICH WAS, I NEED TO CHECK ON, WAS AN ANIMAL PROBLEM.
UM, I'M HOPING WE DIDN'T INVITE ANYBODY.
UH, THE, UM, WE HAD ONE BUILDING FIRE, WHICH WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE.
WE DO HAVE PASSENGER VEHICLE FIRE, WHICH IS NOT THAT UNUSUAL.
SO WITH THE, UH, GOOD INTENT CALLS, UH, DISPATCHED AND CANCELED EN ROUTE CO DETECTORS DUE TO MALFUNCTION, ALL OF THOSE ARE TYPES OF THINGS WE WANT TO SEE ON HERE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO, BUT ARE ACTUALLY NOT A CRISIS OR ANYBODY GETTING HURT.
UM, WE START A NEW YEAR WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PHY, UH, FISCAL NEW YEAR, AND THE PRICE GOES UP THIS YEAR.
SO WE BUDGETED IN THERE FOR THAT.
UM, AND WE SAW YESTERDAY AT THE FRANCIS FUNERAL, THE, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF FIREFIGHTERS HAVE FELL OUT TO BE RESPOND, TO BE THERE AND BE A PART OF IT.
UM, I WAS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT, UH, AND SEE THAT, THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT LOOK AFTER AND PROTECT US, UM, TOOK IT TO HEART THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THEIRS AND THIS WAS IN OUR CITY.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF A FIRE SAFETY GROUP, UH, LOOKING AFTER US.
I FEEL ABOUT THE SAME WAY, OF COURSE, ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT, UH, I DID NOTICE THAT YESTERDAY BECAUSE I DON'T HANG AROUND WITH THEM A LOT, SO I DON'T GET TO SEE THAT.
SO I WAS VERY PROUD TO OF HOW OUR, OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HANDLED ITSELF.
UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
THIS MEETING MARKS THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 23, UH, BUDGET YEAR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ADOPTED AND STACK THAT UP AGAINST WHAT WE, UH, EVENTUALLY ENDED UP WITH ON AN AMENDED BUDGET.
IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET TONIGHT, UH, YOU'LL FIND SOME WORK THAT ANNA MARIA HELPED COMPILE, UH, THAT SHOWS ESSENTIALLY OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED WAY BACK LAST YEAR.
AND THEN THE AMENDED BUDGET THAT IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH.
THAT FRONT PAGE SHOWS OUR ORIGINAL REVENUES ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.
YOUR BUDGET THAT YOU ADOPTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WAS A $6.66 MILLION BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AS OF TODAY, UH, WE FIND THAT THE REVENUE WAS ACTUALLY 7.25 MILLION, UH, WITH AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 600,000.
UH, A GOOD PORTION OF THAT WAS THE INTEREST REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, MUCH, MUCH HEALTHIER THAN WE EXPECTED.
BUT THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF TRANSFERS IN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT WE REALIZED, UH, THROUGH BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY PARK BOND THAT WE BROUGHT IN, AS WELL AS SOME ARPA MONEY, UH, HELPED MAKE UP,
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UH, ALMOST 600,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.UH, ONE OF THE NEAT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS BUDGET, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT, IS EVERY REVENUE OR EVERY, UM, BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE BROUGHT TO COUNCILS REFLECTED OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UH, IN DIFFERENT ORDINANCE NUMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHERE WE MADE THOSE CHANGES.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE SPENT THE MONEY.
UM, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET THAT WE, UM, ADOPTED LAST YEAR, UM, ON THE CITY SIDE, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE, UH, WE ADOPTED A $6.66 MILLION BUDGET.
WE ENDED UP THOUGH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE ABOUT 650 MORE THAN THAT AT BOY 7.315.
A LOT OF THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF TRANSFERS IN, UH, FOR CERTAIN GRANTS PROJECTS.
SOME OF THAT CAME FROM VEHICLES THAT WE PURCHASED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
UH, YOU, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME OF IT CAME FROM, UM, AGAIN, THE PARKS BOND MONEY THAT WE GOT, NEW TRACTOR FOR PARKS, SENSORY PLAYGROUND FOUNDATION, REPAIR VEHICLE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO ALL OF THAT'S ITEMIZED OUT FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND NEXT TO ALL OF THOSE CHANGES IN THAT MIDDLE COLUMN, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE WHICH ORDINANCE, UH, CHANGED THE EXPENDITURE AND THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE BUDGET, UH, WHEN WE BROUGHT THOSE TO YOU.
SO IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE TO SHOW SORT OF WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE COURSE OF A BUDGET YEAR.
UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS THAT I LIKE TO ALWAYS REPEAT IS THAT A BUDGET, WHEN YOU ADOPT IT, IT'S A PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT AN AUDIT.
RIGHT? AND SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE DID, AND IT TELLS A REALLY GOOD STORY OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A 12 MONTH PERIOD.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS DID, UM, FOR US.
SO, UH, WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO ANNAMARIA FOR, FOR COMING UP WITH THIS.
IT'S A NEAT TOOL TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AND IT REALLY KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHAT WE DID, UH, AND WHAT WE WERE THINKING AS WE WERE DOING IT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, UM, HAD A LOT OF MONEY COME IN FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES, WHICH IS ALWAYS WELCOMED, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT WITH THAT.
SO, UH, WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, LET US KNOW.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT WITH THAT MAYOR, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REPORT FOR THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 23, THE DISTRICT ORGANS NUMBERS.
UM, SEE, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT IN A REPORT LIKE THIS.
THAT'S, UH, I'M JUST TICKLED AT THE INCREMENTS THAT WE'RE GROWING AND GETTING BETTER AND MORE PROFESSIONAL IN RAISING OUR STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING, INCLUDING OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND IT DOES, IT GIVES YOU A REAL GOOD IDEA.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? WELL, BEFORE WE'D HAVE TO SIT DOWN THERE AND THINK BACK ON WHAT HAPPENED OR I'D HAVE TO ASK RICK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, NOW I'VE GOT AN ORDINANCE THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANNA MARIA GO BACK AND FORTH ON, UH, AND I GO BACK AND FORTH ON IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES ON HOW TO BUDGET.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING FOR, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO A CAF R HERE, A CERTIFIED ANNUAL FINISH REPORT.
BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO REFLECT THE ACTUALS ONCE THE BUT THE YEAR ENDS.
AND THERE ARE SOME OUT THERE THAT WANT TO SEE, UH, YOUR YEAR END BUDGETS NOT GO OVER.
YOU DON'T WANNA SEE RED NUMBERS.
UM, I ACTUALLY FEEL THE OPPOSITE.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL IF YOU SPENT MORE THAN YOU BUDGETED IN A GIVEN YEAR, WE WANNA KNOW THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS JUST LET IT STAY RED.
AND, AND THAT WAY WE KNOW THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF BUDGETING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS YEAR WE SPENT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS MORE ON FUEL, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
SO THERE ARE CITIES THAT LIKE TO DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS AT THE VERY END OF THE YEAR TO TRY AND SHORE UP ALL THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER LOOK BACK, IT'D BE HARD TO TELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED.
SO, UM, THIS IS A GOOD TOOL TO KIND OF SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THIS MONTH WE DECIDED WE'D BUY A TRUCK FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
WE DECIDED WE'D BUY A PARK, A TRACTOR FOR PARKS, AND THEN IT ACTUALLY REFLECTS THROUGH AN ORDINANCE WHEN WE DID THAT AND WHEN WE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU.
SO IT'S A GOOD TOOL AND HOW MUCH IT WAS INDIVIDUALLY INSTEAD OF ABOUT.
SO IF YOU WOULD PASS MY, YEAH, I, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT.
I, THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, HOW DID WE AFFORD THAT? OR WHAT PAY FOR THIS, UH, IT'S, IT ALL MATCHES BACK UP.
SO IF, AND IF IT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET, I THINK HAVING THE ORDINANCE, WHEN WE VOTED TO SOME OF THOSE, I REMEMBER SOME OF 'EM WE HAD TO VOTE FOUR TIMES OR THAT WAS TO GET IT AN ORDINANCE AND GET IT, GET IT DONE.
BUT I, I THINK IT REALLY HELPS LOOKING AT HOW IT BALANCED AND KNOWING WE HAD ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND HOW THAT REVENUE WAS SPENT.
OKAY, RICK, I MEAN, NICK, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT? THAT CONCLUDES
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MY REPORT.WE'RE DOING OUR VERY LAST CHECK RUN OF THE YEAR THIS WEEK.
SO FISCAL YEAR 23 IS IN THE BOOKS.
ARE YOU WAVING TO ME? OKAY, THANK YOU.
I'LL, I'LL TRY TO PAY ATTENTION BACK TO THE DJ BOOTH.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR MEADOWS PLACE.
WE'VE JUST SEEN A SMALL AREA OF INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT WHERE WE ADDED INTO, UH, OUR REPORTING SYSTEM, THE ORDINANCE NUMBERS THAT KEYED TO, UH, CHANGES IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGETS.
WE, UH, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL EXCEPT IT IS KIND OF A NICE DEAL.
AND IF ANYBODY EVER ASKS, I'VE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT, ASKING AND GOING, UM, UM, AND YOU HAVE TO GO DIG IT UP.
NOW, WE CAN FIND IT F QUICKLY, BUT THAT'S A SMALL TYPE OF THING THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND I'M REAL TICKLED WITH THAT.
WE ADDED, UH, YOU HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE REVENUE INPUTS, WELL THAT'S COMES FROM, FROM PARKS, BONDS AND MOBILITY BONDS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THAT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO GET WORK AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE US SPEND THAT, THAT MONEY AND THAT'LL END UP, UH, IN AN EXPENDITURE THAT BENEFITS OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXPLICITLY WHAT IT'S FOR.
UM, IF THEY'LL QUIT BREAKING THE DOCK.
THE, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE KEY THINGS THAT, UH, WE, WE DID, WE MADE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE ONE OF 'EM AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR ONE OF 'EM FOR PARTICULARLY A LONG TIME.
UH, BECAUSE WE HAD TO SHUFFLE MONEY AROUND.
WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T OVERCOMMITTING ONE WAY AND, AND WE HAD TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE TABLE IN ANOTHER AREA.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH WHEN YOU'RE A ONE SQUARE MILES CITY WITH NOT A WHOLE LOT OF EXCESS REVENUE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS.
AND, UM, COUNCIL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE, I'VE SHARED THIS DIOCESE WITH SOME REALLY GREAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT AS A COUNCIL, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OVERALL COUNCIL THAT I'VE EVER SAT WITH.
AND I, I THANK Y'ALL AND Y'ALL ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THIS THING SUCH A GREAT PLACE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING READY TO APPROVE, I'M ASSUMING THE E D C BUDGET, WHICH WILL CLOSE US OUT FINANCIALLY.
UH, BUT WE STRUGGLED WITH SOME OF THAT AS WELL IN E D C FUNDING.
WHO'S GONNA BE THERE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO UTILIZE THE MONEY THAT THEY SHIFT OVER? HOW CAN WE BETTER USE IT? AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO THAT.
AND AS MAYOR, I AM, UH, I'M TICKLED TO DEATH THAT, UH, WE PUT, PUT THIS BUDGET OUT.
UH, AND I THINK YOU, AND, AND PARTICULARLY ANNA ANNAMARIA, ALONG WITH EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE MADE THIS, UH, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE RESULTS OF HOW THEY SPENT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND I'M, I'M TELLING YOU, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR BUDGET AND THEY USE IT TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF MEADOW'S PLACE AND MAKE IT A BETTER CITY.
AND I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALL TOTAL, WHEN YOU LOOK DRIVE BY, WHAT'S THE SENSORY, UM, SENSORY AREA OF OUR PARK AREA THAT IS JUST GORGEOUS.
AND WE SAW A BUNCH OF KIDS OUT THERE PLAYING AND LOOKING AT IT, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST SPECTACULAR.
I PULLED UP BECAUSE I, AT THE, BY BESIDE THE TENNIS COURT, OH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY THERE, I'M GUESSING 13 ISH, UM, WITH THEIR LITTLE BROTHER WHO WAS MAYBE FIVE-ISH.
AND THEY JUST HIT, CANCELED THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY.
AND HE WALKED UP AND SHE, AS BIG SISTERS WOULD DO, SHOWED HIM THE BOOKS.
AND HE PICKED ONE AND GRAND AND THEY STARTED TO WALK OFF.
WELL, I COULDN'T HELP, BUT I HAD TO STOP.
THEY USED THAT EVERY ABOUT THREE WEEKS THEY SAY THEY'D COME UP THERE AND THEY GET HIM A NEW BOOK 'CAUSE SAID, WE GOT PLENTY AT HOME, BUT HE LIKES TO COME HERE.
AND WE READ THIS BOOK AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK.
MAKE THIS CITY A JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
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PLACE TO LIVE.AND, UM, INSPIRING ME TO MAYBE GO UP AND STRAIGHTEN THE BOOKS OUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS 'CAUSE EVERYBODY HERE HAS PUT SOMETHING IN TO MAKE IT BETTER.
UM, ROD AND I HATE IRRIGATION, AND YET HE'S STILL TRYING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S WHAT CAN YOU DO? UH, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'LL TAKE AND IT CAN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING.
BUT BY GOLLY, Y'ALL DO A GREAT, GREAT JOB.
AND I WANT, UH, I WANT TO ASK THE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT ARE LISTENING TO US AND ALL OF Y'ALL IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, ALL OF Y'ALL IN THE AUDIENCE, TO LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR CITY, UM, AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO DO THAT.
I'M MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY INPUT AND REPORTING CONCERNS.
UM, I'M NOT FEELING REAL WELL.
AND SO IF I SOUND A LITTLE GRUMPY, IT'S 'CAUSE I AM ESPECIALLY ABOUT THIS GUYS.
WE TRY SO HARD TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU REMEMBER JANET POKA, SHE TYPED UP SOMETHING AND, AND HANDED IT OUT.
THEN IT TURNED INTO A NEWSLETTER.
AND WHERE WE HAD, WE STARTED LIKE EVERY OTHER MONTH AND IT GREW.
AND NOW WE'VE, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT.
WE EVEN HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR WHO IS VERY ENGAGED AND TAKES HIS BUSINESS VERY SERIOUSLY AND WORKS WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE ANYTHING GOING ON THAT, UH, THAT WE CAN GET OUT THERE.
WE DO, UM, CAMERON, DON'T LET ME FORGET ANYTHING, BUT RIGHT NOW, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER, WE'VE GOT A WEBSITE, WE GOT FACEBOOK, WE GOT INSTAGRAM, WE GOT YOUTUBE, WE GOT, WE GOT MARQUEE SIGNS, UH, THAT, UM, HE CAN CHANGE FROM UP HERE, UH, AND, AND CHANGE THE MESSAGES TO LET PEOPLE RECEIVE THE, THE INFORMATION.
I'M EXCITED BECAUSE SOMETIMES I SEE FEEDBACK OF A POSITIVE MANNER SAYING, MAN, I'M GLAD THEY TOLD US THAT, BUT I WANT TO STRESS HERE THAT WE WANT YOUR INPUT.
I THINK, UM, RICK, I I THINK YOU DO A REAL GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO REACH OUT WITHOUT AGGRAVATING PEOPLE MOST OF THE TIME.
I KNOW I SEE KURT STAND UP BY THE SCHOOL.
SOME OF THAT'S INTENTIONAL FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO HIS JOB BETTER AND COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE AND GETTING INPUT FROM 'EM.
AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SEND US AND BACK.
WE'VE GOT, WE SET UP THAT WHAT SECRET ASK A QUESTION THING.
YOU CAN REPORT YOUR NEIGHBOR ANONYMOUSLY, WHICH WE DON'T LIKE TO DO 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET BACK TO YOU.
BUT YOU CAN GO ONTO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SAY, HEY, MY NEIGHBOR'S UGLY AND BESIDES THAT, HIS GRASS IS TOO TALL AND I'M NOT TELLING YOU MY NAME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WANT YOUR INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING GOING ON, AND THE ONE THAT BURNS ME UP IS PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SOLICITING.
COURTNEY, HOW LONG, HOW MANY, UH, SOLICITING PERMITS HAVE YOU HANDED OUT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE? ONE IN ALMOST EIGHT YEARS.
SO THE ODDS ARE WITH YOU THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLICITING PERMIT.
I'M PUTTING THIS DOWN IN THE RECORD.
SO IN CASE ANYBODY READS THIS, THEY'LL KNOW TO CALL IN, PLEASE CALL IN IF THE, IF THE COPS ROLL UP ON 'EM AND GO, HEY, LEMME SEE YOUR PERMIT, AND THEY TAKE OFF RUNNING, IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
SO PLEASE DO THAT AND KNOW THAT IT'S COMMUNICATION'S A TWO WAY STREET AND WE REALLY WOULD DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER SERVE YOU.
GONNA START WITH THE, UH, MOBILITY BOND BIKEWAY PROJECT.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE NEXT SUBMISSION.
UM, RATHER THAN GETTING THE SURVEYOR, UH, PROPOSAL FROM THE SURVEYOR TO GO PICK UP THE NEW CENTER POINT POLES, THEY JUST WENT OUT IN THE FIELD AND FIELD LOCATED 'EM.
IT WON'T BE QUITE AS ACCURATE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT SAVES US MONEY.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY HOPE TO SUBMIT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT PLANS TO THE CITY
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ON OCTOBER 23RD.UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION, FINISHING UP DESIGN, SO THAT'S CURRENTLY THE GOAL.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE LOOK AT IT AND THEN SEND IT TO CENTERPOINT AGAIN.
SO HOPEFULLY THE FINAL REVIEW WILL GO FASTER THAN THE INITIAL REVIEW DID.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BIKEWAY PROJECT? I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, WHEN WAS THIS LAST WEEK, MAYOR, YOU AND I MET WITH THE MAYOR OF STAFFORD AND BROUGHT HIM UP TO DATE ON THE NEW MAYOR OF STAFFORD TO BRING HIM UP TO DATE ON THE PROJECT.
GAVE HIM A LOT OF DETAILS, INCLUDING THE, IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH STAFFORD.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF BROUGHT HIM UP TO DATE ON, UH, COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS, ET CETERA.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION.
UM, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT DORRANCE IS NOT ON HERE ANYMORE.
WE HAVE DECLARED THAT PROJECT CLOSED.
UM, AND UNTIL WE START PHASE TWO OR THE COUNTY STARTS PHASE THREE, WE WILL NOT HAVE IT ON THE, UM, MONTHLY MEETINGS.
WHEN, WHEN YOU SAY CLOSED, DOES THAT MEAN WE PAID THE FINAL AMOUNT OR THAT'S NO, NO.
BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WE CAN ALLOCATE THAT MONEY AND WAIT ON THAT CONTRACTOR TO SUBMIT TO US RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO TRY TO CHASE HIM TO SEND IN HIS FINAL INVOICE THAT HE HAS NOT SENT IN FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
ACTUALLY 10 MONTHS, ISN'T IT? 10 MONTHS.
AND ALSO FOR THE RECORD, COURTNEY, UM, THE CITY ALSO HAS HAD COUNSEL FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS THAT THE CONTRACT HAS IN IT.
AND SO THAT'S A DATE THAT WE HAVE CIRCLED ON OUR CALENDAR AS WELL.
MA'AM, WE GOT A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS OVER HERE, I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE IT OUT AND MOVE IT ON TO REG E REGULAR AGENDA, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 37 APPROVING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2023.
PHYSICAL BUDGET AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ITS SEPTEMBER FOUR OR SEPTEMBER 14TH, UH, 2023 E D C CORPORATION MEETING COUNSEL, LOOKING FOR, UM, MOTION TO PASS THE E D C BUDGET.
I'LL MOVE MOTION BY DAVID SECOND.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? MAYOR, THE ONLY THING I'LL MENTION ON THIS ONE IS THAT AS YOU NOTICE IN THE E D C BUDGET, THERE IS THAT $250,000 THAT THEY'VE DEDICATED TO THE CITY FOR DO.
UM, WE'LL AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WE'RE IN NO RUSH, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WE CAN BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO YOU TO REFLECT THAT AS A REVENUE INTO THE CITY BUDGET, UH, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE THAT, THAT THEY'RE GOOD FOR IT, WORKED FOR IT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT DOWN THE ROAD.
Y'ALL DO THAT OFFICIAL MONEY TRANSFER STUFF, DON'T YOU? OKAY.
UH, DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST READING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023, IDENTIFYING DORRANCE LANE REHABILITATION, UH, PROJECT AS A REHABILITATION NATION AS A PROJECT AND PROVING E D C EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED 250,000 FOR, UH, THIS PROJECT.
I'M GONNA TURN TO CITY SECRETARY.
HOW MUCH THIS HAVE I GOTTA READ? CAN YOU JUST READ THE TOP? OKAY, IT'S BEEN NOTICED.
NO, THIS IS, THIS IS THAT TWO 50 I JUST MENTIONED.
SO STATE STATUTE REQUIRES BOTH GOVERNING BODIES, BOTH E D C AND COUNSEL TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IT AS A PROJECT AND THEN SPENDING THE MONEY.
SO, AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN TWO READINGS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN DO BOTH READINGS AT THE SAME MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT TWICE HERE.
UH, BUT THIS IS JUST CHECKING THAT BOX STATUTORILY TO ALLOW US TO RECEIVE THAT 250,000 AND IDENTIFY IT AS A PROJECT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO SPEND IT, IT DOESN'T COMMIT THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY DOING THE PROJECT.
IT JUST COMMITS US TO FREEING UP THE MONEY TO DO IT IF AND WHEN WE DECIDE TO.
AND THIS IS JUST PUBLIC IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S ABOUT TO TRANSPIRE.
OKAY, SO THAT, THAT THEN, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING, IS COMMENCES
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AS A READING.SO I CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 2 0 2 3 DASH 21.
RATIFYING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON AN AGREEMENT WITH T X U ENERGY RETAIL COMPANY L L C FOR ELECTRIC RATES FOR A TERM FROM JANUARY 26TH, UH, TO DECEMBER 30TH.
WE HAVE AN AGENT FOR THE CITY THAT, UH, LOOKS OUT AND SEARCHES FOR BEST UTILITY RATES WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE OR WHEN THERE'S A FEAR OF A CHANGE UPWARD, THEY NOTIFY US.
UH, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND POINT OF ORDER.
WE DID NOT VOTE ON NUMBER TWO.
WHO WAS THAT SECOND BY? KELLY? KELLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY NAYS OF UNANIMOUS TO PASS? UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THIS.
WHAT HAPPENED? WE GOT A CALL FROM THAT, UH, AGENT ANN MARIE AND I SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT IT AND WE COMMENCED TO TIE IN A RATE.
IT'S GOING UP, BUT WE DON'T GET TIED IN UNTIL WHAT YEAR? 25TH.
IT WENT INTO JANUARY OF, OF 2026.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
IT'S GONNA BE, UH, 0.0661, WHEREAS IT'S NOW 0.0393.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE GOING UP AND THAT'S THE LOWEST RATE WE COULD FIND ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, SO KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE HEADING UP.
SO ANYWAY, I NEED A, OTHERWISE WE'LL BE PAYING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, LIKE AROUND 11 OR NINE PROBABLY.
UH, SO ONE, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO LET ME TIE DOWN THIS, RIGHT? DO I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? NO.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANNA MARIA WILL BE GREATLY RELIEVED.
UM, ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 22 AUTHORIZED AND MERIT EXECUTING AGREEMENT.
L E M CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CLARIFY REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,275,000, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE ITEMS PER RECOMMENDATION OF H D R ENGINEERING.
WE HAD LONG DISCUSSION ON THIS.
WE HAD DIFFERENT, UH, AGREEMENT WHEN WE SAT DOWN, THINGS CHANGED.
UM, RICK, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY RIGHT HERE, OR? WELL, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, HE SAID THAT WHAT WE DID AT THE LAST MEETING WASN'T QUITE KOSHER WITH PROCUREMENT LAWS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I MADE THE MOTION WITH CONTINGENT ON NICK.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PASS THE FULL AMOUNT.
WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT REDUCTION IN PRICE.
SO I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 22 IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,275,000.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? NOW? SAID THE OTHER ENGINEER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT AND THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO, UH, SOLIDIFY THE LIFE OF THIS CITY, UH, GOING FORWARD FOR HOPEFULLY ANOTHER 50 YEARS.
UM, PROBABLY TAKE YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS TO GET DONE.
UM, BUT FOR OUR CITY, THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR DEAL.
UH, IT IS, IT IS FUN SEEING Y'ALL WORK.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2023 DASH 38.
REPEALING THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER ONE 30, SECTION ONE 30.53.
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HOUSE BILL 1819, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023.SO I NEED A MOTION TO REPEAL IT.
I WILL REGRETTABLY MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
DID I HEAR A GRUNT SECOND? SO TO, TO FOLLOW UP ON CHARLIE AND BECAUSE KELLY'S OVER HERE GOING, WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS FOR? SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU'RE GREAT STATE LEGISLATURE DECIDED THAT CITIES SHOULD NOT HAVE SAY OVER THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEY STRIPPED THE CITIES OF BEING ABLE TO DO JUVENILE ORDINANCES, WHICH MEANS ALL OF YOU NOW HAVE TO CONTROL YOUR OWN HOOLIGANS.
UM, THAT MEANS IF A 13 BUNCH OF 13 YEAR OLDS ARE RUNNING AROUND AT 4:00 AM POLICE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE JUST OUT ON THE STREET.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE, THEY HATE CITIES, BUT GO AHEAD AND CALL 'EM.
I'M SORRY TO SEE THIS GET REPEALED.
THIS IS AN ACT THAT, UH, OR AN ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE USED A TIME OR TWO, NOT A LOT, BUT THEY'VE USED IT VERY EFFECTIVELY WHEN NEEDED TO.
AND IT'S A TOOL THAT WE'VE NOW TAKEN OUTTA THEIR TOOL BELT.
UM, AND JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF PROOF.
WHEN THE, UH, AG SAID, I HATE CITIES, HE MEANT IT AHEAD OF QUESTION.
SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING IF THEY'RE OUT, BUT CAN YOU STILL CALL THEIR PARENTS OR, I MEAN, DO WE JUST WAVE AT THEM AND SPEAK TO THEM? I MEAN, WHAT DO WE, WHAT HAPPENS? I REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR PROBABLE CAUSE FOR STOPPING AND TALKING TO 'EM? WHAT ARE YOU DOING
WELL, IT'S JUST, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE A STRUGGLE FOR THE POLICE ON HOW DO WE, WE DEAL WITH THIS NOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU CALL, YOU CALL THE PARENTS AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU WAKING ME UP FOR? YEAH, I KNOW MY KID'S OUT AND I DON'T CARE.
ANY OPPOSED? ARE YOU, ARE YOU VOTING? NO.
I THINK IT'S ANOTHER MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY FOR ANYBODY WATCHING HERE OR UP IN MEADOW, TEXAS UP IN NORTH TEXAS.
THEY, UM, I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD THEIR COMMENTARY.
I'VE READ COMMENTARY BY THE, BY THE, UH, LEGISLATORS.
SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE PROUD OF THIS.
UM, WELL, THEY'LL HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY SOMEDAY.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX AND THIS, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE $250,000.
THIS IS A SECOND READING DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND READING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 20, IDENTIFYING DORRANCE LANE REHABILITATION AS A PROJECT AND APPROVING E D C EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.
COUNSEL NEED A RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE IT.
MOTION BY KURT SECOND BY DAVID, YOU CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD, BOTH OF YOU COMING OVER THERE.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO ITEM F, CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
I GOTTA GET MY, I GOTTA GET, I GOTTA GET THAT TIMER.
WELL THIS IS GONNA BE A GROUP EFFORT, BUT WE'RE GONNA SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
WE NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU.
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I CAN JUST, I DON'T HAVE TO SING.YOU SING TO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOURSELF,
WE'RE GONNA WATCH YOU SING IT TO YOURSELF.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CAMERON, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, CAMERON, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
ANY OTHER AUDIENCE COMMENTS WITH THAT? JIMMY? ANYTHING TO SAY? I NEVER DO THAT.
JIMMY FENWICK AT 1 2 3 2 3 AUSTIN DRIVE.
I ACTUALLY, THIS IS JUST AN EXACT EXAMPLE.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING OF THIS EARLIER.
I WANT TO THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR STAFF, THIS COMMUNITY.
I, I'M, I'M CONSTANTLY PRAYING AND THANKING OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS AMAZING.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE WE, WHERE YOU CAN LIVE, WHERE EVERYTHING IS SO INTEGRATED BETWEEN OUR, OUR OFFICIALS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR STAFF, AND EVERYBODY.
AND I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE CARE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS.
THERE'S, PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT CARES FOR EACH OTHER.
I GOT TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PLACE FOR LIFE.
IT IS SO TRUE THAT THAT MEADOWS PLACE IS YOUR PLACE FOR LIFE.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO, UH, LEE US AN INVOCATION, WHICH PROVES YOUR POINT.
I'M JUST TOO LAZY TO GET UP AND WALK.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, MY FIRST LOVE IS BASEBALL.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT 10 YEARS, THEY HAVE OVER 160 KIDS PLAYING IN A FALL OFF SEASON SESSION, WHICH IS AMAZING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, JAMES FIELDS AND EVERYBODY WORKED SO HARD.
I JUST GO UP THERE ON SATURDAYS AND WORK IN THE SWEAT BOX AND EVERYTHING,
BUT I WANNA PUT A SHOUT OUT TO THEM BECAUSE FOR A WHILE THERE OUR LEAGUE WAS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN AND ALL I ASKED HIM RECENTLY, I SAID, HOW MANY KIDS ARE THERE? HE GOES, 168 AND ALL.
SO I WANTED TO TELL THEM THAT.
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I, I'M PROUD OF ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THIS CITY THAT SUPPLY SOMETHING.
WHETHER IT'S BINGO TO THE OLD PEOPLE, UH, OR IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN SEEING BEEN THERE AND SEEING 'EM PLAY DOMINOES, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT AND THEY GET HURT TO BASEBALL, SWIM, ET CETERA.
UH, OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT GETS, OR THE PUTS TOGETHER OUT THERE THAT ONE TIME, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, JIMMY, JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY, KNIT THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN CITY HALL DOES
BUT, UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS LEND ITSELF TO MAKING OURSELVES A BETTER COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL FEELS THAT WAY AND IT'S HEARTFELT.
AND, UH, I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL PASS THAT WORD TO, TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ADJOURNED.