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ATTENTION.[City Council Meeting]
DO NOT HAVE A ALRIGHT.WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
THIS IS A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS AT, UH, LOCATED AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY, MEADOWS PLACE.
AND IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD, AND IT IS AT 6 33.
WE'RE STARTING INSTEAD OF SIX 30.
EVERYBODY WAS SO EXCITED AND SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET STARTED.
ITEM MAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THAT CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THE CORPSMAN IS PRESENT.
WE HAVE FULL COUNSEL HERE AND A HECK OF AN AUDIENCE HERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, ITEM ONE IS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND ITEM TWO IS THE INVOCATION, WHICH WILL BE LED BY JIMMY FENWICK.
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS GONNA BE NOW LED BY KEVIN BARNETT.
AND KEVIN, IF YOU'D START US OFF WITH THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, EVERYBODY, POLICE TEAM, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TYPICALLY, BY THE WAY, FOR WHICH IT STANDS BY NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL STANDING.
THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU ARE MOVING IN THE CITY OF GOD'S PLACE.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE DON'T SEE.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR OFFICIALS.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO POUR IN AND WHO VOLUNTEER AND SERVE IN THIS CITY.
WE ALSO THANK YOU OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE THANK YOU FOR CHIEF AND FOR ALL THAT HE DOES TO THIS COMMUNITY, UM, BOTH ON DUTY, DUTY AND ON DUTY SUPPORT.
I YOU'RE WITH US TONIGHT, THAT YOU ARE A PART OF THIS MEETING AND THAT, THAT, THAT YOU GO FOR US AND PAVE THE WAY AND THAT AS WE FROM THIS PLACE THAT YOU PROTECT US AND WATCH WE THANK YOU.
UM, CITY MEADOWS PLACE DOES A A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT, INCLUDING KEEPING STAFF.
WHAT IT DOESN'T DO VERY WELL IS RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE STAFF.
AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME LIKE, WELL, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS.
AND I, I HAVE, I HAVE JUST FAILED IN THAT.
BUT I'M GONNA STEP DOWN RIGHT NOW AND TALK TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE
SO WITH THAT CHIEF STEP UP HERE, I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN CITY METALS PLACE.
YOU TOOK OVER BEING A PATROL OFFICER IN THE CITY RIGHT AFTER MARSHALL ARD STOPPED PATROLLING FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UM, NOT ALL THE HOUSES WERE EVEN BUILT AND IT SURE LOOKED DIFFERENT.
IT'S BEEN RUN EFFECTIVELY AND NOT SO EFFECTIVELY.
AND YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL OF IT AND HELP US GET THROUGH IT.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY AND NOW WE'RE RUNNING PRETTY SMOOTH.
FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT HERE, MAY NOT APPRECIATE IT.
THERE'S ONE CITY IN THE ALL OF FORT BEND COUNTY THAT HAS ALL THEIR PATROL OFFICER POSITIONS FILLED AND CHIEF, YOU KNOW WHAT CITY THAT IS? YES, SIR.
THAT'S CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, TEXAS.
THAT ONE, THAT ONE SQUARE MILE OF WONDERFUL.
AND WHEN I LOOK UP AT, I SEE AN OFFICER TROLLING DOWN MEADOWLAND OR DOWN MONTECITO OR OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE OR PARKING THAT AND LOOKING AFTER THE SCHOOL.
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THAT PART.AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU INSTITUTED LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I COULD, I JUST, I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS, THE WHEREWITHAL OR THE NOTES, BUT I DO, I DO HAVE THIS IN MY HEART.
I HAVE A HEART FOR WISHING YOU AND THANK A VERY HAPPY CAREER HERE AND CONTINUED HERE.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF AND ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GUIDING THIS GROUP TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE A HECK OF A GOOD, THERE'S A COUPLE UGLY ONES, BUT YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
BUT, UH, CHIEF ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PEN FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ANYBODY ELSE HAS WITH EXCEPTION.
I'M NOT SURE THE LONGEST SERVING PERSON, BUT OKAY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY GIVING A BIG ROUND OF, YEAH.
YOU WANT TO GET YOUR FAMILY UP THERE THEN GET THE COUNCIL.
YEAH, GET YOUR FAMILY UP HERE WHERE YOU WANT 'EM.
YOU GOT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FAMILY PHOTO, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE CHIEF.
AND I WANT TO THANK MRS. CHIEF AS WELL.
HER SCHEDULE IS NOT HER OWN EITHER.
COUNSEL, CAN WE GET UP THERE AND THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.
IS HE SHY? HEY BUDDY, WE'RE GONNA COME AROUND YOU'S.
UM, I'LL DO MY REPORT AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD.
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DO A REPORT AND Y'ALL NO, I'LL DO IT.UM, JUST WHATEVER THAT, ALL THAT.
THAT GOT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, MUCH LESS A POLICE.
BUT IT WAS ON, SORRY, I MUST HAVE BUMPED IT.
COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TONIGHT.
I'LL STARTED MY REPORT OUT WITH A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
THIS MONTH WE HAD NINE, UH, NUMBER ARREST, FIVE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE, 2,631, UH, REPORTS.
THIS PERIOD 53 CITATIONS ISSUED TWO 40 WITH CHARGES OF 625, UH, CITATIONS FOR THE CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
ONE, UH, WARNINGS 182 WITH CHARGES OF 354, UH, WARNINGS FOR COV CITY WARNINGS.
VIOLATION WERE 10, TOTAL COUNT WAS 3,688.
WE HAD ONE, WE HAD ZERO BMVS THIS PAST MONTH.
THREE BURGLARY OF A BUSINESS, ONE BURGLARY OF A RESIDENCE, UH, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ZERO ONE FRAUD, ZERO ROBBERY, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS 2,681 WITH FOUR THEFTS.
AND ON OUR TLC PROGRAM, WE HAD 61 PASS, 26 FAILURES WITH 87 UH, CONTACTS.
CITY ORDERS VIOLATIONS ARE, UH, LISTED BELOW.
UM, I'LL LET YOU LOOK THROUGH THOSE ON YOUR OWN.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT STANDS OUT.
UH, NOTE THAT FIREWORKS COME UP.
UH, WE DID NOT ISSUE ANY CITATIONS FOR FIREWORKS.
AND THE CALLS WE HAD, THERE WAS ONE INTERNAL TO THE CITY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, UH, SOME THAT WERE ON THE PERIPHERAL AS USUAL, UH, IN HOUSTON, THERE WAS A LOT OF CELEBRATORY GUNFIRE IN HOUSTON, BY THE WAY.
MOVING ON TO COMMENTS AND NOTES.
UM, WE'LL TALK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR, UM, UH, BURGLARIES OF BUSINESS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE UP THREE FROM PREVIOUS MONTH AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING THOSE UNTIL JUST RECENT.
ONE WAS CABO BOBS, UH, WHICH, UH, WE DID HAVE THE MAID ENTRY INTO A WINDOW THERE.
THEY DID MORE DAMAGE THAN ANYTHING.
DIDN'T REALLY GET ANYTHING OUT OF THERE, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT CASE AS WELL.
ALSO, FORMER ROOM, WE HAVE AN OPEN CASE FOR THERE, UH, FOR BURGLARY AND FOR JIFFY LUBE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE JIFFY LUBE CORPORATE SECURITY ON SEVERAL THINGS BECAUSE IT HAD SEVERAL AND THEY'RE USING THE SAME MO MODUS OPERANDI SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
AND OUR INVESTIGATIVE STATUS IS STILL OPEN.
UH, THE, ON THE RESIDENTIAL THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO, THAT STATUS IS STILL OPEN AS WELL.
AND THAT'S RIGHT BELOW THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE TWO.
MOVING ON TO PAGE FOUR, UM, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS WE'RE UP A LITTLE BIT THIS MONTH.
UH, THERE WAS 11 FOR STOLEN VEHICLE.
28 FOR SEX OFFENDER, THREE FOR STOLEN PLATE, 14 FOR GANG MEMBER OR SUSPECTED TERRORIST.
ZERO FOR MISSING PERSON ONE WARRANT SIX FOR PROTECTION ORDERS.
FOUR ON OTHER AGENCY, UH, AGENCY HOT LISTS.
OUT OF THOSE YOU'LL SEE BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE IN HIGHLIGHTED IS THE FLOCK HITS.
AND TWO OF THOSE RESULTED IN ARREST FOR STOLEN VEHICLE OUT OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
UH, THEY WERE CONFIRMED TO BE STOLEN ONE OUT.
UM, WE DID ALSO GET A POSITION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE SIX FOR THE, THE ARREST.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE.
THERE WAS TWO FOR WARRANT OF OTHER JURISDICTION, ONE FOR THEFT, THE UUM VS ARE ALSO LISTED THERE.
AND ONE WAS AT, UH, UH, AGAIN WITH A POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
MOVING TO THE LAST PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL NOTES, I DID HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE WAS, UH, THE THREE CALLS THAT WE DID RECEIVE FOR FIREWORKS THAT WERE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND THE ONE THAT WAS INSIDE THE CITY AND THE REST OUTSIDE THE HOUSTON AREA, MESA, OUR SECURITY SYSTEM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON STILL WITH PARKS.
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UH, THE TENNIS COURT PROJECT HAS STILL BEEN DELAYED, UH, DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN AND EQUIPMENT.UH, WE'RE EXPECTING SOMETHING HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
GRANT STATUS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A RADIO GRANT OR RADIO RECORDER GRANT, EXCUSE ME, WAS APPROVED FOR 52,000.
THAT RECORDER HAS BEEN ORDERED.
OUR DISPATCH CONSOLE GRANT IS UNDER REVIEW FOR 197,000.
THAT WAS OVER 200,000 THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY, UH, TRIED TO ASK FOR, BUT WE HAD TO RECONFIGURE THAT.
OUR PORTABLE RADIO GRANT FOR 10 HAS BEEN PLACED, UH, NO DELIVERY DATE SET FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY STILL SEEKING A $250,000 GRANT FOR OUR INCAR CAMERA SYSTEM.
AS YOU REALIZE THAT OUR CURRENT, UM, VENDOR HAS NOW GONE OUTTA BUSINESS.
I DID WANNA MENTION, UM, THE HOUSE FIRE THAT WE HAD.
AND, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY WAS HERE FIRST.
I WANTED TO, UH, MENTION ONE OF OUR OFFICERS.
I MEAN, ALL OF THEM DID A GREAT JOB.
BUT, UH, OFFICER DURAN, WHO WAS OUT ON PATROL THAT DAY, DID SEE THE SMOKE INITIALLY AND WENT TO INVESTIGATE, UH, AND LOCATED THE SOURCE.
HE LOCATED THE SMOKE OF THE RESIDENCE.
THE 12,100 BLOCK OF BRIGHTON CALLED IT IN IMMEDIATELY AND WENT TO THE DOOR, NOTIFIED THE RESIDENCE.
THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE REAR, AND IT WAS THE GARAGE NOT IN THE LIVING AREA.
OFFICER DURAN ASSISTED THE RESIDENCE IN GATHERING A FEW ESSENTIAL BELONGINGS AND EXITING THE HOUSE TO SAFETY.
OUR MPPD OFFICERS, DURAN, OFFICER CHAN AND OFFICER RODRIGUEZ SET UP A SAFETY PERIMETER AND ASSISTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS OF STAFFORD SUGARLAND, MISSOURI CITY, NORTHEAST COMMUNITY FIRE, AND LATER THE FORT BEND COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS, UH, WHO DID ARRIVE ON SCENE NOT ONLY TO, UH, EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, BUT TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, OFFICER DURAN FOR, AS WE ALWAYS DO ON PATROL, YOU NOTICE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE DOING THINGS, BUT AS MY GUYS DO ABOVE AND BEYOND, I LIKE TO GIVE HIM ONE OF OUR, UM, CHALLENGE COINS.
AND SO I'M GONNA GIVE HIM HIS TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT HIS MODESTY, HE WOULD NOT WANT TO TELL THAT HE DID WHAT HE DID THAT DAY, BUT HE DID A, A GREAT JOB.
YEAH, I, UH, I HAVE A FIRE REPORT LATER, WHICH WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON THE FIRE, AND I'LL MENTION THAT 'CAUSE THAT'LL COME IN NEXT MONTH'S REPORT.
BUT I, I DID CHIEF, UH, SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF DE CAMILLO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A REAL GOOD RAPPORT WITH THE FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU TWO HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND KNOW HOW TO WORK WELL WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TALK TO ONE ANOTHER TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND I KNOW, UH, I RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND, UH, SAY THANK YOU FOR IT.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIVING YOUR, UH, FIRST CHALLENGE COIN.
AND I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THAT, UH, BEING SET UP THANKS TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO WAS FOLLOWING Y'ALL TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND, UH, SENDING ME UPDATES AS SHE WENT AND THEN REALIZED, OOPS, THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENED.
UH, BUT, UH, Y'ALL DID NOT, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS A PERIMETER AT FIRST.
I THOUGHT, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SETTING UP LIKE THAT.
BUT IT WAS APPARENT PRETTY QUICKLY THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO WE THANK YOU, UM, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND GET WITH YOUR FAMILY, GET SOME CELEBRATORY 30 YEAR CAKE
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? NO.
WELL, YES, THANK YOU WITH THAT.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, SERVING US, LOOKING AFTER US, AND DRIVING BY MY HOUSE AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS.
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ALL RIGHT.FOLLOW THAT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HANEY.
WELL, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL OF MY QUARTERLY REPORT HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S FOR THE, THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2023.
AS USUAL, WE'LL START WITH A SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
I HAVE, UH, COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE CITY AND IDENTIFIED EVERY LOCATION THAT HAS MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF GRADE DIFFERENCE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE TRIPPING HAZARD.
I'VE IDENTIFIED 60 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I HAVEN'T SPENT ANY OF MY MONEY FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR REPLACEMENT YET.
SO I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
THAT WORK SHOULD BE STARTED MID TO LATE FEBRUARY.
I HAVEN'T DONE ANY SIDEWALK WORK AT ALL THIS YEAR.
CONCENTRATING ON STREETS STREET REPAIR PROGRAM, AGAIN, WE ONLY HAVE $185,000 IN, UH, IN FUNDING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND I'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF IT SO FAR, ONLY DONE TWO BEDROOM LOCATIONS AND I HAVE NOT RELEASED ANYTHING ELSE.
THE REASON IS EDC HAD FUNDED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIGHTON PARKING LOTS AROUND THE MCGRATH PARK.
IT WAS FOUR AREAS, ACTUALLY, 5 1, 2, 2 A, TWO B THREE, AND FOUR.
SO WE STARTED A PROJECT AND THAT EXPENDITURE WAS ABOUT 145,000 IN TOTAL.
AND WE'RE ABOUT TWO PHASES INTO IT SO FAR.
AFTER HE FINISHES WITH, WITH THAT, THAT'S WHEN I'LL START MY SIDEWALKS RECAPPING.
THE, THE, THE STREETS I HAVE, I HAVE IDENTIFIED MORE AREAS THAN I HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL LEAD US INTO PAGE NUMBER THREE.
I'M PROPOSING SOME CONCRETE STREET CRI REPAIR CRITERIA.
WHEN I GOT HERE THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE LIST THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND MY PREDECESSOR.
AND THE LIST WAS, WAS WELL-DEFINED AND LENGTHY.
THERE WAS, UH, GOOD LOCATIONS.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO PICK OUT SOME, SOME OF THE MAIN ONES.
BUT FROM NOW ON, I NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS JUSTIFIABLE AND DEFENSIBLE TO, UH, DECIDE WHICH SECTION GETS REPLACED.
NEXT, I I'VE, I'VE DECIDED ON A FIVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
NUMBER ONE, BEING A DAMAGE TO THE RIDING SURFACE.
NUMBER TWO BEING IF THERE'S ANY UTILITY UNDERNEATH CAUSING THE DAMAGE.
NUMBER THREE, THE PONDING OF WATER ON THE CURB.
NUMBER FOUR, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREET AND THE RELATIVE AGE OF THE STREET.
I'VE DESIGNED THIS CRITERIA SO THAT THE TOTAL SCORE WOULD BE ABOUT A HUNDRED.
THE DAMAGE BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF THE RODING SURFACE, WE WOULD'VE SCORE A MAXIMUM OF 40.
SO IF IT WAS 50%, IT WOULD WANT TO GET 20.
IF THERE'S DRAINAGE PIPES OR ANOTHER UTILITY UNDERNEATH THAT PANEL THAT'S CAUSING THE DAMAGE, THAT PANEL WOULD GET A, AN ADDITIONAL SCORE OF 10.
IF THERE'S PONDING WATER IN THE CURB, WE HAVE A SCORE OF ZERO TO 25, DEPENDING HOW MUCH OF THE PANEL IS STILL COVERED AFTER ABOUT 48 TO SEVEN TWO HOURS.
ONCE THE RAIN STOPS EACH, EACH PANEL WILL ALSO BE ASSIGNED A SCORE BASED ON THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, MAIN THOROUGHFARES, COLLECTOR STREETS, AND ALL OTHER STREETS.
A MAIN THOROUGH, FAIR BEING LIKE DOS OR BRIGHTON NEAR THE SCHOOL, MONTECITO, ET CETERA.
A COLLECTOR BEAM HOLLAND, MEADOW VALLEY, AMER WOOD, MEADOW TRAIL, BLAIR, BLAIR MEADOW, ET CETERA.
THAT, THAT LIST CAN BE MODIFIED, ADDED TO OR SUBTRACTED AT OUR LEISURE.
ALL, ALL OF THE STREETS WERE BUILT AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND SO I'VE IDENTIFIED SEVEN DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
MEADOW, SECTION ONE, SECTION TWO, SECTION THREE, SECTION FOUR, MEADOW GLAND, SECTION ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND I BROKE DOWN THEIR SCORE FROM A 10 DOWN TO A THREE.
IF EACH PANEL IS REVIEWED BASED ON THIS CRITERIA, IT WILL END UP WITH A SCORE THAT WILL BE A JUSTIFIABLE SCORE THAT I CAN PUT IN A PRIORITY LIST, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I HAVE MORE ON MY LIST THAN I HAVE FUNDING TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR.
SO I'M GOING TO, IF THERE'S ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS CRITERIA, ANY MODIFICATIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE?
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NOTHING, RICK, HE'S GONNA HAVE SOMETHING.NO, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD POLICY.
UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AS FAR AS SCORING, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HERE.
YES, I, I WANT TO DO IT JUST SO THAT WE HAVE A, A PATH FORWARD.
UH, IT'LL GIVE SOMEONE THE IDEA OR THE, THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE EACH PANEL AND SCORE THEM ACCORDINGLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S PANEL'S NUMBER ONE, AND I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH ONE'S GOING TO GO FIRST.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL, I'LL START IMPLEMENTING THAT NEXT WEEK.
USW EXPENSES, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, RELATIVELY LIGHT COMPARED TO SOME OF THE MONTHS WE HAD IN SUMMER OCTOBER BEING 76,000.
AND, UM, I DID, I DID UPDATE ALSO THE, UH, EXPENSE ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE SPENT ON REPAIRING WATER LINES.
THAT WOULD BE ON PAGE NUMBER FIVE WITH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER BEING AVAILABLE.
AND THAT THOSE, THAT NUMBER BEING ABLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS, WE SPENT ABOUT $436,000 ON WATERLINE REPAIRS LAST YEAR.
AS I TOLD TOLD YOU EARLIER, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE, WE'VE COME, COME UP FROM ABOUT 112,000, AND THEN LIKE THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE'RE ON THIS PAGE 1 68, 1 62, 360.
AND AND THAT'S JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
ONLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN OUR CIP OF THE REPAIRS WITH USW AND OUTSIDE VENDORS, TWO OF THE GENERATORS ARE FINISHED.
OBVIOUSLY, I THINK I REPORTED THAT LAST TIME.
NUMBER THREE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HAS BEEN INSTALLED BUT NOT CONNECTED.
WE ARE WAITING ON THE TRANSFER SWITCH BEING MANUFACTURED AND DELIVERED.
AND TENTATIVELY THE DELIVERY DATE IS 3 7 0 24.
I'M SAYING MORE, MORE LIKE TAX DAY THE NEXT MONTH.
WHO'S MANUFACTURING THAT TRANSFER SWITCH? THAT I CANNOT ANSWER.
UH, WPI IS THE ONE THAT'S HANDLING THE, UH, THE ENTIRE INSTALLATION.
IF, IF IT MATTERS TO YOU, I CAN FIND OUT.
YEAH, WHEN YOUR NEXT TIME YOU TALK TO HIM, IF YOU'D ASK HIM.
I KNOW TERRY HENLEY'S INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL.
IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE BUYBOARD PROGRAM AND THE EXPENSE THAT WE HAD, SO IT HAD TO BE STATE APPROVED, SO OH, NO DOUBT.
IT'S JUST THAT INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE WATER METER FOR THE NEW LIBRARY OUT IN SHORE HAS BEEN BACK ORDERED FOR 12 MONTHS.
SO, UM, WE OPENED THE LIBRARY WITH SOME TEMPORARY METERS BECAUSE THE MASTER METER IS STILL NOT IN NO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
I I USED TO HANG AROUND THAT INDUSTRY A LITTLE BIT AND I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHO MAKE, THAT'S A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND SO, YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THAT.
ON MY PART, ON THAT METER NOTE, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME PURCHASING METERS FOR OUR LITTLE CITY OF METALS PLACE.
THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
SO THE INSTALLATION SHOULD BE COMPLETED HOPEFULLY AROUND APRIL.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T PAID FOR IT.
WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK.
UM, THAT WAS THE, UM, THE ORIGINAL ARPA MONEY THAT WE USED FOR THAT, I BELIEVE ON NUMBER TWO, THE CLARIFY REPAIR PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED 540 DAYS IN THE CONTRACT.
WE SHOULD BE FINISHED BY MAY THE 20TH, 2025.
ROD, LET ME INTERJECT REAL QUICK.
UH, I WANNA LET COUNSEL KNOW, AND, AND I'VE LET YOU ALL KNOW IN AN EMAIL THAT WE DID CON GET CONTACTED BY TCEQ ABOUT THE EFFLUENT COMING OUTTA THE BACK OF THE PLANT.
UH, YOU MAY KNOW THAT BACK IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE LEVEL OF AMMONIA COME OUTTA THE BACK OF THE PLANT EXCEEDED PERMANENT LEVELS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNEXPECTED, BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT TCES TWO IS GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, WE'VE INFORMED TCEQ WITH A LETTER THAT THE PROJECT IS ALREADY UNDER DESIGN, WHEN THE PERMIT WAS, UH, OR WHEN THE, WHEN IT WAS BUSTED.
UM, AND WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIX IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE PROACTIVE MEASURES WE'VE BEEN TAKING, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, TCEQ IS
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LOOKING AT US BY THE BOOK, AND WE DID BUST THAT PERMIT, SO WE DO EXPECT THAT THEY'RE GONNA WRITE US UP, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A LETTER FORMALLY.UM, AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THERE MAY BE SOME KIND OF A PENALTY COMING, UH, FROM THE STATE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UH, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY TCEQ IS THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT NOWADAYS THOSE PENALTIES CAN ACTUALLY PUT PRE TOWARDS THE COST OF THE FIX.
AND SO SHOULD THERE BE ANY PENALTY ATTACHED TO THIS, UH, WHAT WE'RE TOLD FROM TCEQ IS THAT THAT PENALTY CAN ROLL INTO THIS PROJECT COST.
SO, UM, DON'T HAVE THAT IN WRITING.
I DID HAVE THAT IN A PHONE CALL THE OTHER DAY, BUT, UM, I'M TELLING YOU THAT SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED IF WE DO GET SOMETHING FROM TCE Q SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET FINED AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE MORE.
UH, US W'S DONE A FINE JOB KEEPING US WITHIN PERMIT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME.
THE, THE VIOLATIONS THEY HAD WERE, WERE WHAT WE CONSIDER MINOR, THEY BUSTED AVERAGES AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S NOT THAT BAD.
SO BLOWERS AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT, I HAVE NOTHING TO, UH, ANYTHING NEW ON THAT.
I STILL ONLY HAVE TWO OPERATIONAL, UH, ONE'S BEEN WORKED ON BY NTS, BUT LIKE IT'S, THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
THE PARTS ARE STILL PROBABLY OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE OCEAN SOMEWHERE TRYING TO GET DELIVERED TO THE USA.
THE GARAGE DOORS ARE SERVICED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
THIS, THIS TIME AROUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE.
WE HAD, UH, WE WERE ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WE ARE STILL ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO INSPECT OUR PRESSURE VESSELS.
WE PULLED EACH ONE DOWN ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
NUMBER ONE PASSED THE INSPECTION.
IT HAD A MINOR REPAIR THAT THEY SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIX.
I ASKED THEM TO FIX IT ANYWAY.
IT WAS, UH, AN EPOXY REPAIR ON THE INSIDE.
AND SO NUMBER ONE WAS UP AND RUNNING QUITE QUICKLY.
PLANT NUMBER THREE REQUIRED REPAIRS INSIDE AND OUT, AND IT COST ABOUT $22,000, AND I HAVE APPROVED THAT.
AND, UH, WORK SHOULD BE PROCEEDING WITH THAT.
PLANT NUMBER TWO ALSO REQUIRE REPAIRS AT A COST OF 12 FIVE, AND WORK HAS ALSO BEEN AUTHORIZED BUT NOT COMPLETED.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, LAKE PUMP UPDATE.
I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THE LAKE PUMP TRYING TO GET THE REPLACEMENT, UH, PROPOSITION.
AND FINALLY, THE, UH, PUMPS, MOTORS, AND CONTROLS COMPANY CAME THROUGH WITH A QUOTE FOR A NEW PUMP AND FILTER.
AND, UH, THAT IS A, AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR, FOR LATER THIS EVENING.
IF IT'S APPROVED, WE, AND WE ORDER IT DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 12 TO 18 WEEKS THEREAFTER.
THIS IS THE, UH, THE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THAT WE'RE USING.
WE'RE GOING PUT IN PLACE TO REPLACE THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND FILTER SYSTEM THAT WAS THERE SINCE THE LAKE HAS BEEN THERE.
AND, UM, THIS SHOULD ADDRESS OUR PRIMING ISSUE, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM.
NUMBER SEVEN, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AGAIN, THE JOCKEY PUMP HAD FAILED AGAIN.
UH, WE HAD REPAIRED IT AND THEY PUT IT BACK IN PLACE AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND THEY PULLED IT OUT AGAIN.
SO I'M WAITING FOR THEM TO GIVE US A REPORT ON, ON THAT DAMAGE.
I WON'T BE PAYING FOR THE SECOND ONE.
IN FACT, I HAVEN'T PAID FOR THE FIRST ONE YET.
THAT UNIT'S NOT BEING REPAIRED.
I HAD THE ELECTRIC INSTALLED NEW LED LIGHTS ON TOP OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE HAD SOME REALLY AGED UNITS UP THERE, AND NONE OF THEM, THEY WEREN'T OPERATING PROPERLY.
AND SO I HAD THEM REPLACE ALL THE LIGHTS ON TOP OF THE PLANT WITH LEDS.
IF WE GET INTO A SITUATION DURING A CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME THAT THEY'RE WORKING AT NIGHT, AT LEAST THE TOP OF THE PLANT WILL BE APPROPRIATELY LIT.
I TOOK THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED.
AND I BELIEVE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, UH, REPORT FOR THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WAS ADDED TO THIS, UH, REPORT.
AND WE'RE NOW IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE'RE INSPECTING THE IRRIGATION AT LEAST 42 TIMES A YEAR.
AND ONCE THAT INSPECTION IS COMPLETED, THE REPORT GOES TO, UH, TO OUR STAFF AND, UH, WE AUTHORIZE THE REPAIRS ACCORDINGLY.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FIXING THEM WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK.
ANY QUESTIONS? FIRST OF ALL, ROD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SITTING DOWN WITH ME AND DRAWING OUT THE, UH, SUBMERSIBLE SYSTEM.
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MM-HMM.YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT PUMP NOT BEING PRIMED AND LOSING THIS AND LOSING THAT, I THINK SINCE THE SECOND DAY WE PUT IT IN.
SO I'M GLAD TO, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS, HOPEFULLY THIS SOLUTION WORKS FOR US.
I I THINK IT OUGHT TO, IT'S A LOT SIMPLER.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THIS, THAT, UH, MY HAT IS OFF TO THE STAFF, A CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE FOR ENGAGING IN REPAIRS, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, TURNING IT ON, FIGURING IT OUT, GOING OUT THERE WITH A COKE BOTTLE FULL OF WATER TO PRIME IN THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
I MEAN THIS, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING IT UP.
I'D LIKE TO RELIEVE EVERYBODY OF THAT BURDEN.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, UH, IRRIGATION, WHICH IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE SYSTEM OR THING TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IS YOU HAVE A NOTE HERE.
IT SAYS WATER OFF DUE TO MAINLINE LEAK AT SCOTTSDALE.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY WILL GET BACK TO YOU MM-HMM.
YES, THEY IS THAT THEY REPORT ON THE LEAKS? YES, SIR.
THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION, ROD.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE STREET.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU PUT IT FORWARD ON THE, UH, REPAIR CRITERIA.
I, I KNOW THE ONES THAT I HAVE A LIST OF ABOUT A DOZEN SO FAR, AND I THINK I'M MAY BE ABLE TO FUND OR FUND EITHER FOUR OR FIVE.
WHAT DO WE GET 50 OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND CRITERIA WILL DEFINITELY HELP.
WITH, WITH THE DROUGHT, WE HAD THE ISSUE REALLY COMPOUNDED THIS YEAR.
UM, PLUS THE WATER LEAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT ALWAYS DAMAGES THE CONCRETE AROUND IT.
UM, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE'RE FOUR OR FIVE, SIX YEARS WORTH OF NEEDED REPAIRS JUST ON SPOT REPAIRS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE REPLACING OUR STREET SYSTEM GOING FORWARD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
I, I KNOW YOU GUYS WORK WITH LITTLE RESOURCES AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CONTINUOUSLY, UH, KEEP IT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW IN WHAT SHAPE WE ARE.
WE'RE NOT IN A GREAT SHAPE, AND I, AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB TRYING TO GET US THERE, BUT WE NEED THE MONEY, UM, WHICH YOU REMIND US EVERY COUNCILS AND MEETING, UH, WHICH WE APPRECIATE BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I, WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED MORE RESOURCES AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
I, I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT'S THAT'S, THAT NEEDS TO BE ATTENDED TO MM-HMM.
AND, UM, I'LL COVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN THE CAP IN THE SPRINGTIME.
ONE, ONE THING I'VE ASKED IN THE PAST, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ANSWER, SO MY APOLOGIES.
UM, TALKING ABOUT WATERLINE REPLACEMENT ON STREETS, UH, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR FIGURE IF WE WERE TO DO AN ENTIRE BLOCK? NICK, CAN YOU REMEMBER? DID WE SPEND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON ONE BLOCK FOR A WATERLINE? YEAH.
FOR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DORRANCE? YES.
SO THE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE DORRANCE ONE BLOCK.
IF YOU WANT TO DO FOUR BLOCKS AND NEED $2 MILLION, WE MIGHT GET A FIFTH BLOCK IN THERE BECAUSE OF AN ECONOMY OF SCALE.
SO IT'S, WE'RE LOOKING AT MANY, MANY TENS OF MILLIONS TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING AT ONCE.
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WE LOOK AT IS NOT A CHEAP FIX.
BUT WE CAN HAVE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO IT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE OUR LEAGUES HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND, UH, USW COULD IDENTIFY THE, THE BLOCKS NUMBERS BY THE HUNDRED PROBABLY, BUT IT, IT IS ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
THERE'S A COUPLE STREETS OVER THERE THAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE FREQUENT FLYERS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'LL SEE ON THE CIP UH, IN THE FUTURE FOR WELL, THEY KNOW, WELL, WE'LL, REPLACEMENT OF THE WORST ONES IS THAT SOMETHING, REPLACEMENT OF THE WORST ONES WILL BE HANDLED BY STAFF AND, AND HDR.
WE'LL IDENTIFY THE, THE AREAS AND THEN THEY'LL BE RETESTED WITH PUTTING A PROJECT TOGETHER, DEPENDING HOW MUCH MONEY AND FUNDING YOU HAVE.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT, COUNSEL.
ANYBODY ELSE? NO, I'M GONNA SAY AGAIN, I, I'M TICKLED YOU FINALLY WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THE LISTS THAT YOU WERE HANDED WHEN
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YOU CAME.I, I MEAN, IT WAS THOROUGH AND, AND IT LASTED ME TWO YEARS.
I, WITH THE MONEY I HAD, I THINK YOURSELF.
AND, UH, THE LAST DIRECTOR DID A GOOD JOB LAYING THAT OUT.
AND SO I, I WAS SEEKING A WAY FORWARD.
AND, UH, THIS IS, BUT YOU HAVE A MEASURABLE CRITERIA GOING, YES, SIR.
I HAVE MEASURABLE CRITERIA BECAUSE I'M AT A POINT WHERE I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FUND EVERYTHING THAT I GET ASKED TO FIX.
AND SO IF I'VE GOT THIS MEASURABLE CRITERIA, WE HAVE AN ANSWER.
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE REPORT, THE FIRE REPORT.
UM, THIS MOR, THIS LAST REPORTING PERIOD, WHICH IS THE MONTH PREVIOUS TO THIS, THEY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS WERE BUSY.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 60 RESPONSES.
UM, 30 OF 'EM, OR 50% WERE MEDICAL ASSIST AND EMS CALLS.
A LOT OF 'EM WERE TAKEN AT STAFFORD MEADOWS AND SOME OVER AT THE ALZHEIMER'S UNIT, OR I MEAN, SENIOR VILLAGE.
UM, AND THEN A LOT WITHIN A LOT OF THOSE WERE ALSO WITHIN THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT MAIN PART OF THE CITY.
WE HAD SOME MOTORIST VEHICLE, TWO MOTOR VEHICLE RESPONSES.
UH, WE HAD, UH, FIVE THAT WERE DISPATCHED AND CANCELED EN ROUTE.
PEOPLE HAVE SEEN SOMETHING REPORTED, SOMETHING THEY GOT GOING AND FOUND OUT THEY DIDN'T.
THEY'RE LIKE, UH, OUR PD WHO WOULD RATHER GO TO SOMETHING THAT WASN'T A PROBLEM AND NOT GO TO SOMETHING THAT WAS, UH, SO, AND I'VE TALKED TO CHIEF DE CAMILLA ABOUT THAT, AND THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM IN RESPONDING, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLEASED TO DO IT.
SO TYPICALLY THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE GET IS, UH, QUICK RESPONSES.
I KNOW OF THE FIRE RESPONSE TO THE, TO THE HOUSE FIRE HERE.
UM, AND KEEP IN MIND, OUR POLICE HAD ALREADY SET UP A PERIMETER BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, AND THAT RESPONSE WAS ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AFTER THEY GOT THE CALL.
I HAVE TO TAKE, GIVE MY HAT ON.
SO EACH REPORT, UH, GIVES AN INCIDENT TYPE.
THESE THINGS ARE PUBLISHED TO US AND, UM, ARE AVAILABLE TO CLOSER INSPECTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME SEE ME.
I'M, I'M, I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK, MOVING ON.
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT ON TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
AND IT SAYS RIGHT HERE STILL, NICK HABE, CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE OF QUICK EXAMPLES TONIGHT AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UM, IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE WE MET LAST, UH, TWO, UH, EVENTS THAT I, I WANTED TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO STAFF ON, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST WAS THE FREEZE THAT WE JUST HAD.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN A, IN A, IN A CITY, THERE'S A LOT OF PREPARATION THAT IS REQUIRED, UH, IN ADVANCE OF A HARD FREEZE LIKE THAT.
AND I WANT TO GIVE, UH, UH, PROPS TO OUR STAFF WHO DID A, A GREAT JOB IN COLD WEATHER, PARTICULARLY OUR PARK STAFF AND OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF OUT IN THE FIELD, OUT IN THE ELEMENTS, UH, WRAPPING PIPES AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT ANIMALS WERE TAKEN CARE OF, ET CETERA.
UM, PLEASED TO SAY THAT, UH, WE HAVE REALLY NO MEASURABLE DAMAGE, UH, AT THE CITY LEVEL, UH, FROM THE FREEZE.
AND, AND THAT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED.
HAD NOT, UH, HAD THE EMPLOYEES NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND DO THE HARD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE FACILITIES WERE PROTECTED.
UH, THE SECOND THING, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT, BUT I JUST WANNA MENTION TONIGHT 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK I EVER HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN AGENDA PACKET.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA PACKET IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T JUST COME TOGETHER MAGICALLY.
UM, EVERY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF GETS TOGETHER.
WE BUILD THE AGENDA, WE OBVIOUSLY GO OVER IT WITH THE MAYOR, AND WE BUILD THE BACKUP MATERIALS FOR THE PACKET.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE BACKUP THAT GOES IN THESE PACKETS HELPS STAFF AS MUCH AS IT HELPS ANYBODY, BECAUSE IT HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED AS A STAFF TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS.
AND, UH, THIS ONE, THIS ONE WAS, I HAVE TO SAY, WAS A, WAS A TOUGH ONE.
WE HAD A LOT OF ITEMS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A LOT OF BACKUP IN THERE.
UM, IT IS IN HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THESE AGENDA ITEM FORMS, THESE AI FORMS THAT ARE IN THERE EVERY TIME, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS DO A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THOSE ARE FILLED OUT, MAKING SURE THAT THE ATTACHMENTS ARE IN THERE, THAT THEY'RE THOROUGH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FOR THAT BECAUSE PUTTING TOGETHER THESE AGENDAS IS A TASK.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE TALK A LOT ABOUT,
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BUT IT'S A PUZZLE.AND WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WITH COURTNEY, OUR CITY SECRETARY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN ORDER ON TIME, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S A TASK.
AND I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT IF I NEVER, EVER DO AGAIN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY REPORT TONIGHT.
IT'S FUNNY THAT, UH, YOU SAID IT'S, UH, IT'S A POLITICAL COINCIDENCE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I WAS SITTING IN THE OTHER OFFICE SAYING, AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS AGENDA, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I HAD ROD, I WAS COME BY AND DRAW OUT THE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP BASED OFF OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING READING IN THE AGENDA.
I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THE DOG PARK.
I'M LOOKING AT INFORMATION SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THIS AGENDA.
AND THIS IS PRETTY THICK AGENDA.
I'M SURE WE'RE PAPERLESS REAL SOON, BUT NICK, I I WANNA SAY THAT YOU AND THE STAFF DO A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THESE TOGETHER, UM, BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO.
AND SO MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW THE CITY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND KNOW WHAT'S THE HECK'S HAPPENING, AS YOU MENTIONED DOWN THERE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS GOING FORWARD.
SO I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU COURTNEY AND, AND ALL THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS MUCH WORK INTO THIS.
SO THANK YOU NICK AND, AND COURTNEY, AND THEN THE REST OF STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENT ON YOUR COMMENTS.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO COUNCIL COMMENTS, SO I'LL BE BRIEF.
UM, EVERYBODY, THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC THAT IS CHOSEN TO BE HERE, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BUT IT'S ALSO FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT IN OUR AUDIENCE AND THOSE UP IN MEADOW, TEXAS THAT ARE WATCHING US, YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR UTILITY BILL DAVID, THAT THERE'S A LINE ITEM CALLED INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE HAD TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FALLING IN LINE LEGALLY.
WE HAD THREE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT ADDING THE FEE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THE FEE WAS, WHAT'S THE FAVORITE WORD? TRANSPARENT, PARENT, TRANSPARENT TO ALL THAT.
IT IS A DESIGNATED FEE AND IT SERVES ONE PURPOSE.
WE COLLECT AND USE $185,000 WORTH OF ROAD USE FEE, WORKED ON INTERIOR ROADS, AND THAT'S WHAT ROD WORKS OFF OF.
OTHERWISE, WE'D HAVE THE $50,000 OFF OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT WE WOULDN'T GET MUCH DONE.
AND WE'RE GONNA GET THE SAME AMOUNT NOW IN THE, UH, UTILITY, UH, FUND, WHICH IS GONNA BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR WATER AND SEWER ISSUES.
AND AS YOU HEARD AND HEARD THE QUESTIONS, $185,000 DOESN'T GO A LONG WAY.
UM, BUT IT'S A START AND MOVING FORWARD.
IT CAN BE A FUNDING SOURCE IF YOU, IF YOU DECIDE TO ISSUE BONDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO.
OTHER CITIES DO IT, BUT A LOT OF 'EM HIDE IT IN THEIR GARBAGE FEES AND THEN GET FED BACK MONEY BY THE GARBAGE COMPANIES.
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PAYING $35 FOR A GARBAGE FEE, AND PART OF IT'S KICKING BACK INTO THE CITY UTILITY FUND.
I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK THEY'RE PAYING FOR.
THAT WAY IF THEY CAN COME AND SIT IN THIS ROOM AND SAY, I DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT.
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AS WE HAD THAT WONDERFUL ENGINEER THAT SAT OUT THERE AND SAID, 10 BUCKS ISN'T ENOUGH, YOU OUGHT TO GO TO 25.SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT SOME OF YOU THAT HAVE PAID YOUR UTILITY BILL HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT.
DAVID, I THINK YOU'RE SATISFIED THAT THE DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE FOR IS SPECIFIC AND IT'S OPEN AND IT'S, UH, WELL TRANSPARENT TO ALL.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, WHAT'S THIS $10 FEE THAT POPPED UP? IT'S TO HELP OFFSET THAT $365,000 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN LINE BREAKS FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
AND IT'S, UH, SHOWING A SIGN OF A PROGRESSIVE CITY THAT IS WORKING THROUGH THE BEST IT CAN, WHERE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE 60 YEARS OLD WITH A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 40.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
AND I WANNA APPLAUD CITY COUNCIL FOR GOING ALONG WITH THAT AND GOING ALONG WITH IT IN A WAY THAT'S OPEN TO EYES ABOUT THE PUBLIC AND THEY CAN TELL, AND THE STAFF CAN EASILY EXPLAIN IT WHEN THEY GET QUESTIONS.
ITEM TWO IS COUNCIL COMMENTS, RICK, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON CENTER POINT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY COVER THE ENTIRE AREA AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
SO GETTING THEM TO GIVE US A RESPONSE AND THE FINAL APPROVAL BEFORE WE CAN GO TO BID IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING.
I'M GONNA BE VISITING WITH SOME CENTER POINT PEOPLE IN MARCH, AND SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE'LL BE ABLE TO GIMME SOME ANSWERS.
IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE MID-FEBRUARY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN PUT IN A CALL YOU.
THAT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE TENTATIVE BECAUSE IF YOU BECOME TOO MUCH OF A PEST, YOU JUST GET PUT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE.
YOU GET PUT ON THE LIST, THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING UP WITH IT.
HE IS OUR VOLUNTEER PROJECT MANAGER IN CASE Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW E AND WE GOT A LONG ONE HERE.
ITEM ONE IS A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION REGARDING ORDINANCE 2024, UM, HOLDING A GENERAL ELECTION.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND, UH, SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER GOT THIS OUTTA ORDER.
UM, CALLING A GENERAL ELECTION ON SATURDAY MAY 4TH, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CITY OFFICIALS OF CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE FOR MAYOR ALDERMAN.
UM, FEBRUARY 16TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR A PLACE ON THE BAT BALLOT AND FOR ORDERING THE ELECTION.
A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF AND BY MAYOR IS TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
A MOTION BY KURT, SECOND BY RICK.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ANY NAYS? HEARING NONE UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM TWO, DISCUSSION ORDINANCE 24 20 24 DASH ZERO TWO AMENDING, UH, CHAPTER 94 TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BY ADDING SECTION NINE 4.22, WHICH WILL, UH, PUT UP THE RULES FOR THE CITY GREEN SPACES AND FOR THE CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR CITY MEADOWS PLACE.
WE TALKED TO COLLEEN LAST MONTH.
WE SAW WHAT THOSE RULES WERE AND UH, EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH 'EM AS I UNDERSTOOD.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
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MOTION BY KELLY.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? WELL HOLD.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA PUT IN A TIERED PENALTY SYSTEM LIKE WE DID FOR GARBAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
COUNCIL'S OKAY WITH $500 FINE FOR WATER BALLOONS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO POST.
RICK, WHY WOULDN'T IT FALL UNDER THE CURRENT FIFTY A HUNDRED TWO FIFTY? THE FIFTY A HUNDRED TWO FIFTY WAS A VERY SPECIFIC PENALTY PROVISION IN A, A VERY SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
THIS SECTION FOUR PENALTY PROVISION IS THE BOILERPLATE PENALTY FOR ANY CLASS C IN TOWN.
UM, I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK.
IT WAS ALREADY IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO BY ADDING THE OTHER ITEMS WERE JUST PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALREADY HAD? CORRECT? SO THIS, SO THE SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE SECTION ONE BASICALLY, WHICH IS IN THE ORDINANCE, IS WHAT WOULD BE INSERTED INTO CHAPTER 94.
THE PENALTY PROVISION THAT'S IN THERE ALREADY EXISTS IN CHANNEL NINE.
SO IF WE WANTED TO MODIFY IT TO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE ALREADY OTHER RULES IN CHAPTER 94 THAT ALSO FALL UNDER THIS PENALTY PROVISION.
SO IF WE WERE TO, UH, DO A DIFFERENT TIER, THEN WE'D HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC AS TO WHICH SECTION THE PENALTY PROVISION APPLIES TO IN THAT CHAPTER 94.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 'CAUSE IT, IT COVERS A LOT OF STUFF, NOT JUST THESE, UH, FEW RULES THAT ARE GONNA
OKAY, WELL I DON'T REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK.
SO CAN WE MAKE THIS, CAN WE, I WOULD AGREE THIS ON THE FLY.
MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND IT HOW YOU WANT THE PENALTIES TO BE.
ARE WE SAYING ALL OF THEM OR ARE WE ARE TEARING WHICH ONES ARE MORE? BECAUSE I MEAN, A BIKE ON THE TRAIL IS NOT THE SAME TO ME AS, YOU KNOW, SO I I'M SAYING THE ONES THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE $500 PENALTY.
THE $2,000 PENALTY ARE YOUR MORE SUBSTANTIAL, UM, RIGHT.
ISSUES THAT ARE MORE LIFE SAFETY.
I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED WITH THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IF KID SHOWS UP WITH A WATER BALLOON, I DON'T WANNA SEE US HANDING OUT A $500 FINE.
I MEAN, I THINK IF IT'S CONTINUOUS, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY JUST RIDING THEIR BIKE ON THERE OR SOMETHING, WHICH, WELL, ONCE AGAIN, IF WE GO WITH THE TIERED SYSTEM AFTER YOUR THIRD PENALTY, IT'S 250 CORRECT.
THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESS THE REPEAT OFFENDERS WITH THE GARBAGE CANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S I THINK FAIR, BUT, AND CAN WE AMEND IT RIGHT HERE? CAN WE TUCK THIS AWAY SOME WAY TO WE, WE CAN, IT'S JUST WE'RE GONNA, THE, WHAT I'M RACKING MY BRAIN OVER IS HOW TO WORD IT.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, THAT PENALTY PROVISION, IT COVERS THE ENTIRETY OF CHAPTER 94.
UM, SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, TO ME, THIS IS NOT A CRITICAL, WE HAVE TO PASS THIS TONIGHT.
IF, IF STAFF THINKS THEY NEED TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE PENALTY SO WE DON'T VO ACCIDENTALLY VOID SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, I WOULD PREFER TO DO THEM.
COLLEEN, YOUR THOUGHTS? I MEAN, SHE CAN, CAN GET THE SIGN ORDERED.
IT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING NOT GONNA PASS THESE THINGS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT THAT PENALTY'S GOING TO BE.
WELL THE OTHER RULES IN THERE ARE TIED TO THIS 500, 2000.
UM, AND I, I CAN'T RECALL NOW WHAT, UH, WHAT ELSE IS IN 94.
AND THIS IS WHY WE DISCUSSED THESE.
SO WITH THAT ONE, WHY DON'T WE BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? I WAS GONNA SAY, LET'S TABLE THIS TILL NEXT MONTH.
AND WE WILL, WE CAN PUT A SPECIFIC TIME ON IT AND SAY NEXT MONTH.
SO, BUT REAL QUICK, ARE WE TALKING, UH, WE MIRROR WHAT WE DID WITH THE GARBAGE CANS AND DO LIKE THE HUNDRED? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE WAS IT 50 OR 75 FOR YOUR FIRST OFFENSE? SECOND OFFENSE IS 1 50 50.
AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU'RE PAYING THE FULL RIDE.
WE CAN, I THINK THAT'S A VERY FAIR WAY
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TO DO IT.SO WITH THAT, WELL HOLD REAL QUICK JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE PDS GONNA HAVE DISCRETION ON THIS, RIGHT? SO IF THEY SEE A KID, IF THEY SEE A PARTY SETTING UP, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WRITE THE TICKET.
IF THEY SEE PINATA GOING UP, THEY CAN SAY, HEY, PLEASE REMOVE THE PINATA.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A TICKET.
RIGHT? IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC NO.
BUT BUT THE PROBLEM IS THEY CATCH THE TEENAGER WITH THE WATER BALLOON.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD TURN AROUND AND GIVES 'EM ATTITUDE THAT KID'S GETTING A TICKET.
COURTNEY, CAN YOU PULL UP 94 ON MUNI CODE? WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, WE COULD DO IT RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT ELSE THIS TOUCHES.
AND IF, IF COUNCIL'S OKAY WITH THAT, UH, TIER SYSTEM BEING APPLIED TO ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE CODE, THEN WE COULD DO IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT ELSE THIS TOUCHES IN THAT, IN THAT CHAPTER OF THE CODE.
AND I DON'T WANNA BLANKET, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE THIS, WELL, NO, IT'S ALL PARKS.
IT'S JUST, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT ALREADY EXISTS.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WHAT EXISTS IN THE PARKS CODE IS UNDER THIS 5,500, 2000, RIGHT? AND IF WE'RE ONLY WANTING TO DO THE TIERED ON JUST THIS NEW THING THAT WE'RE PLUGGING IN, THAT WE COULD WRITE IT AND DO THAT.
OR WE COULD DO IT FOR EVERYTHING IN 94.
'CAUSE THE OTHER RULES APPLY TO SIMILAR TYPE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE PARKS RELATED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY REGULATION OF PARKS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS ALREADY IN HERE, RIGHT? UM, PARK HOURS, COMMUNITY CENTER AND SWIMMING POOL, UM, SWIMMING POOL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I MEAN TECHNICALLY IF SOMEBODY WAS CALLED IN THE PARK AFTER HOURS, THEY COULD GET A CLASS C WITH A $500 FINE TODAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT STILL THEN, AND YOU DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THAT, THEN THAT'S FINE.
BUT WE CAN CLEAN THAT UP NOW IF YOU GUYS WANNA ALSO DO THE TIERED, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF TEARING IT FOR EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE, WE'VE HAD THE ISSUE WITH MUNICIPAL COURT WHERE IT WENT.
'CAUSE IT WOULD HAD THE, HAD THE 500 WE, WE DIDN'T CONSIDER THE OTHER.
I THINK THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE TIER IN.
I'M OKAY WITH GOING THE TIER ACROSS THE BOARD FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, ALL THE PARKS.
SO IT WOULD BE, WELL, I'D, I'D PREFER TO HAVE ANOTHER MONTH JUST TO READ.
I DON'T WANT TO AGREE TO SOMETHING IF I CAN'T READ.
OKAY, THEN WE GOT, WE'VE GOT, BECAUSE WE CAN PUT THE COUNCIL HERE.
SO LET'S PUT THIS THING TO BED FOR A MONTH.
OKAY? LET US LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND SHOW YOU.
DO WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE? YES.
I THINK 'CAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
OR YOU CAN JUST PULL YOUR MOTION.
YEAH, YOU CAN PULL YOUR MOTION.
WHO, WHO? KELLY MADE THE MOTION.
YOU HAVE TO PULL IT OR RESCIND IT.
AND THIS, UH, ITEM E TWO IS TABLED UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
AND WE CAN REWRITE AND ADD THAT TO ADD THAT TO IT.
OKAY, ITEM E THREE, GRANT APPLICATION FOR RECORDER DISPATCH CONSOLE.
Y'ALL HEARD JUST SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
THE RESOLUTION IS TO AUTHORIZE CHIEF STEWART TO, UH, SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE PURCHASE AND REORDER OF A DISPATCH CONSOLE, WHICH, UH, HAS BEEN A MOVE TO APPROVE BIG DEAL.
SECOND MOTION BY KURT SECOND BY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER GRANT APPLICATION, UH, FOR CHIEF STEWART TO SUBMIT THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THEM FOR THE PURCHASE OF PORTABLE RADIOS, WHICH I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, THAT'S GRANT NUMBER 4 5 2 2 7 0 1 FOR THE RADIOS MOTION BY RICK.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THIS IS A MESS RIGHT NOW, THIS RADIO THING.
SO I'M GLAD, UH, GLAD WE'RE GOING AFTER IT.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT THIS THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER FOUR, WILL STATEWIDE SERVICES FOR DO IS PHASE ONE.
UH, THIS IS WHERE THIS, UH, AI, THIS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THING COMES IN REAL HANDY.
I READ THROUGH THIS THING AND I'M AMAZED.
BASICALLY WE HAVE, UH, STATEWIDE SERVICES THE CONTRACTOR FOR DO PHASE ONE.
UH, FINALLY SENT THEIR CLOSING OUT DOCUMENTS, UH,
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AND CHANGE ORDER FOR THE FINAL, FINAL PAYMENT.UM, ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED RIGHT OUT THERE.
UH, AND ONCE THE CITY APPROVES THE FINAL CHANGE OF ORDER FOR, UH, THE CITY WILL OWE THE CONTRACTOR $45,372 AND 4 CENTS, WHICH IS A HECK OF A LOT LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND WE HAD SITTING THERE.
SO THE TIME THE TALLY WILL SHOW THAT, WE'LL STILL, IT'LL FINAL PRICE WILL BE $975,935 AND 70 CENTS, WHICH AGAIN, IS LESS THAN THE MILLION SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT COST.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS COMPLICATED, COMPLEX ISSUE? NO.
YOU CALL IT TAILS ON THE HEADS OR TAILS ON THAT ONE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'D EVER PAY.
NOT YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION.
UH, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH HDR ENGINEERING FOR DO CONSTRUCTION, BASICALLY IS TO, UH, COMPLETE THE CONTRACT WITH HDR ENGINEERING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF DO ONE PROJECT.
UM, SO IT, WE NOTICED THAT THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WERE ASSESSED IN HERE AND THERE'S ALL THE DETAILED BACKUP WORK ON THIS.
AND COUNCIL IS BASICALLY BEING ASKED TO AUTHORIZE THE MORE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON THE CHANGE ORDER AND MOVED TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK HDR FOR HELPING US THROUGH THE PROJECT AND, AND WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WASN'T ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.
UH, THE FACT THAT IT TOOK THEM OVER SIX MONTHS TO GET US THEIR FINAL, UH, PAY REQUEST.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WAIT THAT LONG TO GET YOUR, GET YOUR LAST CHECK, BUT
UH, RICK, SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ITEM E SIX FOR HDR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL ARE ALREADY WORKING ON TML AND OUR STUFF ON THE LINE TOO.
ITEM E SEVEN, UM, REPLACE THE SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AT THE LAKE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
UM, THE UPGRADE IS A PLANNED PROJECT.
THE LAKE PUMP IS ORIGINAL TO CONSTRUCTION.
THAT THING HAS FA FAILED OVER AND OVER.
AND EVEN HIS NEW PRIMER PUMP LAST SIX MONTHS AGO DIDN'T, UH, DIDN'T KEEP IT UP AND RUNNING.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING IS, UH, FOR $39,150, WHICH IS OVER THE 2,500 THRESHOLD, $25,000 THRESHOLD.
SO COUNSEL'S GOTTA APPROVE IT BEFORE WE GO AHEAD.
SO I'D LIKE, UH, I'M RECOMMENDING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UH, THIS ITEM.
AND ROD, YOU BETTER START WAVING AT PEOPLE.
SEE IF YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO SECOND IT FOR YOU.
AND WHO SECOND, WHICH ONE MAKE YOU SWEAT? TIA.
WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ROD'S BREATHING EASIER.
ALL IN FAVOR? REAL QUICK DISCUSSION.
UH, JUST WANTED TO INFORM COUNSEL.
I ASKED WHAT WE GET OR, OR WHY WE WANT, WE WOULD WANT TO DO THIS, SPEND THE MONEY.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE GET A CREDIT FROM WCID NUMBER TWO FOR USING THIS RECLAIMED WATER.
IN DECEMBER, IT WAS FIVE GRAND.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CREDIT IT'S GONNA END UP PAYING FOR THIS PLUS.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD JUSTIFY IT.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE GOT A CREDIT THAT BIG.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 'CAUSE I GOT A DRAWING RIGHT HERE.
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THAT SUBMERSIBLE PUMP.
NOW THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED TO IT AND SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT, WE NEED TO AMEND THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO, UH, TO THE $239,150.
SO, STAFFER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
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APPROVAL.DOES THE COUNCIL SEE IT THAT WAY? DAVE? PASS OR OFFICER UP? A MOTION TO PASS? SECOND.
E NINE AND E 10 ARE GONNA KIND OF INTERTWINED, BUT E NINE IS DOG PARK MAINTENANCE AND FUNDING.
AND COLLEEN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST GET UP.
WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED WITH OME, WHO, SOMEBODY, I THINK EVERYBODY SAW THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, OR SOME PEOPLE DID.
UM, BUT THE OWNERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF A ONE PAGE LEASE OR A ONE YEAR LEASE FOR $1 WITH NO RENEWALS, ET CETERA.
THERE'S REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES INCLUDE JUST THE LEASE, THE DOG PARK AND THE, UH, PARKING LOT, NOT NONE OF THE OTHER STUFF.
AND, UH, IF WE DO THIS AND IF WE DO ANYTHING THERE, WE KEEP THE PROPERTY.
UM, 25,000 WAS SUGGESTED AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO OPERATE THE DOG PARK AND THEY WERE ASKED TO DO SOME FURTHER RESEARCH AND MORE DETAILED PLAN TO RUN THE DOG PARK.
UH, A LITTLE NOTE AND THANK Y'ALL ALL HAVE ALL READ IT.
THEY'RE CONFIDENT THAT 25,000 WILL COVER THE BASE OPERATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
MOWING THE POOPER, SCOOPER PEOPLE TO GO IN AND CLEAN UP THE DOG PARK AND, UH, SPRAY IT DOWN AND MAKE IT SANITARY.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN AN ASSESSMENT.
AND COLLEEN, HAVE Y'ALL, HAS EVERYBODY SEEN THE ASSESSMENT FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? OKAY.
UM, MY QUESTION IS TO COUNCIL, DO WE WANT A DOG PARK? AND IF SO, IS THIS ONE WE WANT? UM, DO WE NEED A MOTION BEFORE WE DISCUSS? NO.
I'M, NO, LET'S DISCUSS RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, I WAS MOSTLY A NO AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND, AND NOW AFTER READING, UH, THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY, I DON'T WANNA PUT ANOTHER 25 GRAND PLUS ANOTHER 25 GRAND FOR A NEW FENCE OR REPAIRS, OR IT'S GONNA, WELL EXCEED THAT.
LET ME BACK UP AND ASK YOU A QUESTION.
IS THE NO ON THE EXISTING DOG PARK OR DOG PARK PERIOD? A HUNDRED PERCENT NO.
ON THE EXISTING DOG PARK, BASED ON THE CURRENT CONDITION, THE MONEY IT WOULD TAKE TO COME TO, TO BRING IT UP TO SNUFF, AND THEN IT COULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US MONTHS LATER, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
UM, AS FAR AS A DOG PARK IN GENERAL, I REALLY WANT MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS ON THIS.
I, I RECEIVED VERY LITTLE FEEDBACK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WOULD USE IT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE GONNA USE IT, OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO SO.
I DON'T WANT TO DO A BIG INVESTMENT IF WE CAN'T JUSTIFY.
UM, I, I WAS DEFINITELY ON THE FENCE UNTIL SEEING KIND OF THE ASSESSMENT.
UM, I THINK I AM AGAINST WHERE IT IS JUST BASED ON THE CURRENT NEEDS AND OUR BUDGET, UM, AND ALL OF OUR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
UM, AND IF WE WERE TO PUT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OWN IT.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE BIGGEST, UH, HEARTBURN FOR ME IS PUTTING ALL THIS MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
UM, BUT I THINK IF WE DID HAVE ONE, I THINK PEOPLE WOULD USE IT.
I THINK THAT ONE, I TRIED TO USE IT AND IT WAS AWFUL.
UM, SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD USE IT IF WE HAD ONE.
I THINK IT COULD BE A GREAT AMENITY.
I MEAN THE, THE MAINTENANCE ON IT.
WE JUST NEED TO BUILD THAT IN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WE JUST REALLY NEED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE, WE COULD GET SOMETHING.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN AND HOW MUCH AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
BUT FOR ME BEING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY IS, UM, I JUST CAN'T SEE INVESTING THAT KIND OF MONEY.
I THINK IN THE LAST, UM, LAST MEETING I HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE HERE
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AND IT WAS UNANIMOUS.THEY WANTED US TO HAVE A DOG PARK.
UH, BUT I ALSO HEARD THE COMMENTS THAT THE DOG PARK THAT WE ONCE HAD WHEN IT WAS TEXAS DIRECT WAS A GREAT DOG PARK.
AND THAT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GET THE MAINTENANCE, IT DIDN'T GET THE UPDATES, DIDN'T GET ANY CARE, IT REALLY DISINTEGRATED.
AND NOW IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE STILL USE SOME, BUT THEY DON'T GATHER.
IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS IT WAS.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A DOG PARK IN THE CITY.
UM, AT THIS POINT, LOOKING AT THE ASSESSMENT, THIS PROBABLY ISN'T THE DOG PARK WE WANT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE MONEY TO FIX IT.
IT'S GONNA MAKE MONEY TO RETAIN IT.
AND IF WE TOOK IT IN THE CONDITION IT'S IN, WE BECOME LIABLE.
AND SO FOR ME, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR RIGHT NOW THAT WE MAYBE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT WITH THIS PARTICULAR DOG PARK.
BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO, AND I THINK RICK'S RECOMMENDATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS THAT WE DO AN OVERALL PARKS AND, UH, ASSESSMENT.
WE LOOK AT HOW THAT MIGHT FIT IN AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE FUNDED, BUDGETED.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUDGET, UH, A LOT INTO THE PARKS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
COLLEEN'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF FINDING FUNDING SOURCES OUTSIDE THE CITY REVENUE TO, TO BUILD THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US GOING FORWARD TO, TO, TO TAKE THAT AND INVEST IN MEADOWS AND KNOW WHERE THAT INVESTMENT'S GONNA BE HERE 10, 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I'M, I'M NOT IN FAVOR ANY LONGER OF KEEPING THAT PARK.
COLLEEN, DO WE HAVE A, A ROUNDABOUT NUMBER ON WHAT A DOG PARK WOULD IT COST IF WE WERE TO BUILD ONE FROM SCRATCH ON OUR OWN PROPERTY? I MEAN, THEY CERTAINLY VARY.
UM, A BIG PART OF THE EXPENSE IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE THE SECURITY, THE FENCING, THE GATES.
UM, THE GREAT THING IS IF WE INVEST IN OURSELF ON OUR CITY PROPERTY, WE'RE ALREADY MOWING AND MAINTAINING AND IRRIGATING THOSE AREAS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PUT IN THERE.
SO THERE WOULD BE A COST SAVINGS ON THE MONTHLY MAINTENANCE.
UM, BUT TO INVEST IN A FENCE, UM, THE MEADOW VALLEY PARK THAT WE JUST RECENTLY FENCED, THAT'S ONLY 250 YARDS OF FENCING OR 250 FEET OF FENCING.
UH, AND THAT WAS AT AN AVERAGE OF, OF $4,000 FOR AN ALUMINUM FENCE.
SO FIGURE ANOTHER TWO 500 FOR GATES PROBABLY, I DON'T WANNA MISQUOTE.
OBVIOUSLY I'LL GUESS, I'LL GUESS 'CAUSE I LOOKED INTO IT JUST A NICHOLS WORTH.
AND I, I THINK I'M COMFORTABLE IN SAYING IT'D BE ABOUT $2,500 TO ADD TO YOUR $46,000.
THE FENCING, THE, THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE LARGE AND THE SMALL DOGS.
THE COMMON AREA WHERE THEY COME IN WITH THE GATES.
UM, A DOG PARK, YOU COULD TAKE IT TO ANY EXTREME.
YOU CAN HAVE A FULL AGILITY COURSE, YOU CAN HAVE A LANDSCAPED, WHICH IS WHAT THE, THE PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WAS ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND.
UM, THAT'S, UH, EATING AWAY YOUR MONEY EVERY, EVERY SEASON WITH THE LANDSCAPING.
UM, OR YOU CAN JUST HAVE A SIMPLE DOG RUN AREA, UH, WITH BENCHES FOR THE PET OWNERS AND SOME TYPE OF A SHADE STRUCTURE FOR THEM TO SIT WHILE THEY'RE WAITING TO ALLOW THEIR DOG TO RUN.
SO IT'S REALLY BASED ON HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO PUT INTO IT.
IT'S A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE, UM, TO DO IT THIS WAY WITH US UTILIZING OUR OWN PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, WITH ALREADY WE HAVE THE IRRIGATION BUILT IN.
THE MOWING IS ALREADY BEING DONE CURRENTLY ON ALL OF OUR CITY PROPERTIES, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL FEE.
UM, BUT WE WOULD NEED THE, UH, MONTHLY SANITATION, WHICH IS $450 PER MONTH FOR A COMPANY TO COME IN AND DO THE SANITATION PORTION OF THAT.
SO IT'S VERY, UM, IT, IT COULD BE VERY AFFORDABLE AND REASONABLE.
BUT I DO AGREE WITH COUNSEL, UM, ON THIS.
I THINK THAT WE DO, UH, NEED TO CONDUCT AN INTEREST SURVEY FROM OUR CITIZENS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER DECISION WE END UP MAKING IN THE END BASED OFF OF, UH, CITIZEN INPUT.
I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO, UM, LOOK AT ALTERNATE FUNDING AND, UH, RESEARCH LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE CAN PLACE AS
I JUST TURNED IT OUT 'CAUSE I WAS TALKING SECRET STUFF TO NICK, UM, SAYING I THINK WE NEED TO JUST GO AHEAD WITH THE DOG PARK IN OUR CITY.
WE DO THAT WITH YOU, NOT WITH US
SO I THINK WE'VE, COLLEEN I'LL SAY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP HERE PREPARED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND TO HAVE SOME IDEA OF PRICING BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO CHARLIE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED
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FOR UPDATING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UPDATING THE CITY VISION THAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE.IT'D BE BETTER TO START THAT NOW.
SO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON.
QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF IS, HAVE YOU GUYS RUN COMMITTEES LIKE THIS BEFORE AND FEEL UP TO IT? OR DO WE NEED TO BRING IN AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR? HAVE WE EVER BROUGHT IN AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR? YES.
YEAH, WE DID LAST TIME FOR THE, FOR THE BIG VISIONING THAT WE DID THAT WAS THE FACILITIES 15 YEARS AGO.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING OF THAT SCALE BEING DONE IN HOUSE.
UH, USUALLY A THIRD PARTY COMING IN BRINGS A CERTAIN DEGREE OF NEUTRALITY, ET CETERA.
UH, IT'S ALL I CAN ADD TO THAT CONVERSATION.
SO RATHER THAN MAKE IT A DOG PARK DISCUSSION, IT WOULD BE PART OF A CITYWIDE LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK WE RESTRICTED TO OVERALL VISION FOR THE CITY.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ON THE PARK SYSTEM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO WHICH STREETS NEED TO BE IMPROVED FIRST BECAUSE WE DON'T, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL LOCKED INTO DOING DO OVER THE NEXT FIVE, 10 YEARS, WHATEVER THAT IS.
WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OTHER STREETS.
UM, AND SO TO ME IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LIKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ANY CHANGES? UH, WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WITH THE PARKS? THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ONCE AGAIN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH OF THESE THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR.
I DON'T, THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT ONE, JUST AS NICK SAID, BRING IN THAT NEUTRALITY AND NOT LOOK LIKE COUNSEL'S TRYING TO POINT, PUSH THE CONVERSATION IN A DIRECTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER ONE OF THE, THE LAST VISIONING SESSIONS IS WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE LOGO, CAME UP WITH THE SLOGANS.
UM, AND THEN WHERE DID WE WANNA SEE OURSELVES IN 5, 10, 15 YEARS AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT? WELL, I WAS BACK ON A PARKS COMMISSION FROM 1996 THAT DID SPECIFICALLY THE PARKS.
AND I'LL SAY IT TOOK US 15 YEARS, BUT WE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THAT, THAT BOOK.
UM, WHICH I TRIED TO FIND THE OTHER DAY, AND I CAN'T.
SO, UH, I, RICK I'VE, I'VE NOT DONE ONE WITHOUT A THIRD PARTY ON AN OVERALL PLAN.
BUT FOR, SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE ROADS, WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BEING DONE.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON CAN WE DO IT IN-HOUSE? I THINK WE CAN.
UM, I'D BE WILLING TO TRY IT AND IF WE FIND OUT, WELL WE CAN'T, WE CAN ALWAYS BAIL IT OUT AND CALL THIRD PARTY.
BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR THAT'S NOW HE'S FAIR TO MIDLAND, UH,
WE'VE GOT ALL THE TOOLS WE'RE GETTING.
UH, I I I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, GETTING BACK TO THIS SCRAP THIS DOG PARK MAINTENANCE PROJECT RIGHT NOW, AND THEN MOVE AHEAD WITH WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO TO ME, WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS, UM, WE NEED A COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS AND WE NEED TO PICK DATES.
SO IF, IF YOU COULD WORK WITH, WITH STAFF AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS.
SUBMIT YOUR RESUME OR SUBMIT YOUR INTEREST.
GIVE, GIVE 'EM A DEADLINE OF WHEN THEY NEED TO SUBMIT TO BE ON OUR COMMITTEE.
ANYBODY CAN SHOW UP TO THE ACTUAL MEETINGS.
BUT WE WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTED IN THE CITY AND WANT TO BRING IDEAS TO US AS TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE WITH OUR PARK SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY AND THE CITY IN GENERAL OVER THE NEXT HORIZON YEARS 5, 10, 25 YEARS TYPE THING.
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AND GET IT STARTED BECAUSE AT, AT, AT THAT POINT IT'S THROWN OVER OPEN TO AN OPEN COMMITTEE AND THAT'S, AND AND, AND I'VE SEEN SAT IN ON THOSE AND I'M AMAZED AT THE BRAIN POWER THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN THIS CITY.SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WE CAN DO THAT.
SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO E NINE AND WE ARE HAVING A DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO US, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE DOG PARK IN SPECIFIC AND THAT PERSON'S MIKE BESSNER FROM ONE 1-842-MULHOLLAND.
UH, MIKE, YOU GET THREE MINUTES.
AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DRAW UP A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER AND SUBMIT THAT TO THE OWNER.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WAS THAT SIGNED BY THE OWNER? IF NOT, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE, THE THING THAT HE OBJECTED TO? IT WAS SENT TO THE OWNER.
THEY, AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR, THEY DIDN'T GIVE US AN OBJECTION.
WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD HAVE IT BY TODAY.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN HAND.
SO THAT WAS A LEASE FOR ONE YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO YOU, SO WE SUBMITTED THAT TO THE OWNER AND, AND NOW ARE WE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA RENEG ON THAT CONTRACT.
WE HAVE OFFERED THEM A CONTRACT.
AND SO YOU'VE OFFERED THEM A CONTRACT AND THEY, UH, AND IF THEY SIGN IT, WELL, THEY DID NOT MEET OUR DEADLINE, WHICH WAS TODAY, SO THAT WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON IT IF NEEDED.
NOW THEY MAY STILL SHOW UP TOMORROW AND SIGN IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T MEET THE DEADLINE WE HAD GIVEN THEM.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW IS THAT YOU WILL, UH, REVOKE THE CONTRACT IF THERE'S NOTHING TO REVOKE.
WE GAVE PERMISSION AT THE LAST MEETING LAST FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN IT AT SUCH TIME THAT THE OWNER HAD AGREED TO IT IN WRITING, BUT IT STILL NEEDED COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, LET ME ASK REAL QUICK, MIKE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO RUN OUTTA TIME.
HE WOULD LIKE US TO STILL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ONE, BUT I DON'T THINK COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE SPENDING 50 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WELL, THIS IS AN ASSET THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IT'S BEEN USED FOR OVER 10, 15 YEARS.
AND, AND MIKE, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, AFTER COLLEEN AND HER STAFF WENT OUT THERE AND SENT IN A REPORT, IT MADE ME WAVER.
AND THEN I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND THERE'S SOME SAFETY ISSUES WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS, WHICH WE WOULD PROBABLY THROW ANOTHER 20, $25,000 AT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT'S UP THEN.
SO ANYWAY, THE REGARDLESS, UH, AT THIS POINT COUNSEL IS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, COUNSEL, BUT COUNCIL IS, IS NOT WILLING TO PUT ANY MONEY INTO, NOR DO THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THE EXISTING DOG PARK.
OKAY? THEN I'M GONNA ASK THE COUNCIL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THE HEALTH VIOLATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON, AREN'T THERE NOW BECAUSE THE CANS ARE FULL, THEY NEED TO BE EMPTIED.
AND, UH, THERE'S A, THAT, UH, WATER THING IN THE BACK, THE WATER HOLE WHERE THE WATER STANDS AND IS NOT DRAINED.
AND WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THAT, WITH THE WATER, WITH THE WATER IN THAT PARK TO BEGIN WITH.
AND IT TOOK, UH, TOOK THREE YEARS FOR TO COME IN AND COME IN AND DUMP DIRT ON IT TO
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS 'CAUSE I AGREE.
AND, AND THERE IT'S A CONCERN.
AND THE ONE THING WE DO HAVE IS WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WHICH COVERS WHO, WHICH WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO COVER ALL THOSE ITEMS AND THEY'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT WITH THE OWNER POST A ALRIGHT, SO WHERE WERE WE STILL IN DISCUSSION?
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NO, NO FURTHER ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEM NINE, WHICH TAKES US TO 10, WHICH IS THE DOG PARK LEASE, WHICH WAS HMM, YEP.SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE HIM JUST WITH NO ACTION ON ITEM 10.
THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER PARK ITEM FOR SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO TONIGHT.
YOU GOT A LOT TO DO, HUH? UH, ITEM 11 MEADOWS PLAYS PONY BASEBALL BATTING CAGE PROPOSAL.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN POED AROUND WITH FOR A LONG TIME, WAS A BATTING CAGE WITHIN ONE OF THE CITY'S PARKS.
UH, BASEBALL HAS SOME FOLKS HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS IT, I BELIEVE.
UM, CITY STAFF IS AVAILABLE ALSO, MEANING COLLEEN FOR REFERENCE AND TALK.
NICK INFORMED ME THE OTHER DAY THAT, UH, WE DID RECEIVE BACK A LETTER OF, UH, NO OBJECTION FROM, UH, FORT BEND, ISD.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA INVITE, UH, BASEBALL UP TO JUST TELL US WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS ALL THE BACKUP DATA IN THEIR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PACKET.
UM, SO Y Y'ALL DID GET THIS PACKET THAT I, YOU HAVE I GOT IT.
UM, YEAH, OUR, OUR PROPOSAL IS FOR MEADOWS PLACE PONY BASEBALL TO, UH, PAY TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A SINGLE LANE BATTING CAGE AT MARK MCGRATH PARK.
UM, IF YOU SEE IN THE, THE, UM, PICTURE UP THERE, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING, I, I KNOW THE, THE PARK IS VERY, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THE PARK.
AND SO WE, I LOOKED ALL OVER TRYING TO FIGURE, UH, THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT.
AND THE ONE I CAME UP WITH WAS, UM, HUGGING THE RIGHT FIELD, UH, FENCE, UM, ON THE BIG FIELD.
UM, THE STANDARD SIZE OF A BATTING CAGE IS, IS, UH, 70 FEET BY 12 FEET.
SO, UH, IT WOULD BE A CONCRETE PAD OF ABOUT 70 FEET BY 12 FEET.
SO TO BE DETERMINED, BUT, BUT BASICALLY ENOUGH TO HOUSE A STANDARD BATTING CAGE.
UM, THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DESIGNED, OR IT HAS THE ABILITY TO BASICALLY BE REMOVED DURING, UM, THE OFF SEASON.
'CAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF THE, ONE OF THE BIG STICKING POINTS, OR ONE BIG, BIG DISCUSSION POINTS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE INITIALLY WANTED TO PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A, A NON-STARTER JUST DUE TO LIABILITY CONCERNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, SO THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THE OFF SEASON, WE WILL REMOVE THE, THE NETTING, UM, THE, THE MODEL THAT WE'RE U WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE, YOU HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT A GROUND SLEEVE IN THE GROUND THAT YOU BASICALLY SET THE GROUND SLEEVE IN CONCRETE, AND THEN YOU, THE POLE GOES INTO THE GROUND SLEEVE.
UM, SO THOSE CAN BE PULLED UP AND REMOVED.
UM, THE, THE NETTING FROM, FROM THE DATA I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE, THE NETTING FITS IN A, LIKE A, ONE OF THOSE JUST A BIG, BIG TRASH CANS.
SO IT, IT, IT ACTUALLY STORES PRETTY NICELY.
UM, SO, UM, I PUT, I PUT IN THE PACKAGE, IT'S A FEW PICTURES OF SOME EXAMPLE LOCAL EXAMPLES, UM, AND ONE IN BEL AIR, ONE IN WEST UNIVERSITY.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR IS JUST KIND OF GET IT TO HUG THE, THE, THE, UM, THE, THE RIGHT, RIGHT FIELD FENCE.
UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THE PACKET IS, IS THE MODEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, THE ONE I, I LIKE THIS MODEL BECAUSE IT, IT, UH, HAS BASICALLY HAS THREE POLES ON EITHER END, UM, AND THEN IT HAS A, A WINCH TO, TO KIND OF STORE IT.
UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL IT UP AND LET IT DOWN WITHOUT HAVING TO GET INTO LADDERS AND STUFF.
AND, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OPTION FOR GROUND SLEEVES.
UM, IF YOU, THE, THE PICTURE THERE, I, I, I, I EVEN EMAILED THEM AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THE, THE OPTIMUM, UH, SIZE OF THE, THE, THE, UM, CONCRETE PAD AND, AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE, OR IN CASE THE, THE POLE OR NOT.
AND THEY BASICALLY SAID, FIGURE IT OUT,
SO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING APPROXIMATELY 70 BY 14.
THE, THE, THE ACTUAL NET IS, UH, IS 70 BY 12.
AND I THINK I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T PRINT OFF THE, THE, BUT, BUT BASICALLY I THINK THE, THE POLES GET OFFSET FROM THAT ABOUT TWO OR THREE FEET.
SO SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT RIGHT? IS, IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, SO, UH, SOME, SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW
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IS JUST APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT.UM, AND, AND THEN WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR GRANTS, UM, OTHER DONATIONS AND, AND ALSO JUST USING AVAILABLE RESERVES.
UM, BUT, BUT KIND OF, WE, WE WANTED TO GET THE GO AHEAD FROM FORT BEND, ISD AND CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY AGREE THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING THAT WE CAN PURSUE.
DID YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN THE SPEAKER? I'M JAMES FIELDS.
I LIVE AT 1 1 7 0 6 KANGAROO COURT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE JAMES, UM, I'D LIKE TO JUMP IN HERE.
I WOULD'VE FOUGHT YOU TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET A BIG PERMANENT STRUCTURE THERE.
AS MUCH AS I LOVE OUR BASEBALL LEAGUE, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BELONGS THERE.
WHAT I SEE HERE IS NOT ONLY A SEMI ATTRACTIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, IT'S FLEXIBLE, IT'LL BE USED.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE HANDY.
UM, AND I THINK, I THINK IT'LL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE BASEBALL LEAGUE AND THE, AND THE EXPERIENCE THE KIDS HAVE.
I MEAN, YES, IT, IT, IT'S JUST, THERE'S, BY STICKING 'EM IN THAT CAGE AND SAYING, NOW YOU'RE IN A BATTING CAGE, MAN.
AND, AND ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, WE, WE HAVE BEEN GROWING AS A LEAGUE AND, AND WE ARE REALLY TIGHT ON FIELD SPACE FOR PRACTICES AND STUFF.
AND WHAT THIS EFFECTIVELY DOES IS OPEN UP ANOTHER, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT EFFECTIVELY IS ANOTHER FIELD THAT WE CAN HAVE PRACTICES ON, YOU KNOW? ABSOLUTELY.
HAVE, HAVE A TEAM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE HOUR A WEEK ON, ON THE BATTING CAGE AND THEN AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE FIELD, DIFFERENT DAYS.
AND SO, ANYWAY, LET ME ASK THIS, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, AND I'M SEEING HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING DODGE THE GAGA PIT, UH, AND MISS IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN.
WHICH I SEE KIDS OUT THERE PLAYING BY THEMSELVES QUITE OFTEN, AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
HOW SOON AFTER THE SEASON ENDS WOULD THE CAGE COME DOWN? UM, IDEALLY, AS SOON AS WE ARE DONE WITH BASEBALL ACTIVITIES, PRIMARILY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH BASEBALL, MOST OF US ARE KIND OF READY TO TAKE A BREAK AND WE DON'T REALLY GO OUT AND VISIT IT.
UM, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST CONCERN WE HAVE IS WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING FORTH A LOT OF MONEY AND, AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE DAMAGED JUST BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS AT THE PARKS, EVEN THOUGH
SO PROBABLY ONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FALL, ONCE WE HAVE OUR LAST GAME, WE'LL PUT IT UP AND, AND STORE IT.
UM, IN THE SUMMERTIME, ONCE OUR ALL-STAR TEAMS ARE, ARE DONE, THAT'LL BE THE LAST THING WE DO IS PUT UP THE, THE, THE BATTING CAGE AND, AND, AND STORE IT.
ANOTHER, ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT'S GOOD IS 'CAUSE IT, IT PROTECTS IT FROM THE ELEMENTS.
'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE, THE HOUSTON SUN WILL, WILL ALWAYS WIN
DID FORT BEND ISD GIVE APPROVAL YET? YES, YES, YES.
WHERE ARE YOU GONNA STORE IT? BECAUSE I KNOW THE MEADOWS, THE BASEBALL PART IN THAT FIELD HOUSE, THE AREA, THE AREA WE HAVE BASEBALL IS VERY TIGHT BACK THERE.
THE NETTING IS GOING TO BE, LIKE I SAID, IT CAN BE STORED IN A LARGE TRASH CAN.
SO THAT'S, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
AND THEN, AND THEN IT'S BASICALLY, UM, SIX, UH, POLES THAT ARE, I THINK LIKE 16 FEET LONG.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO DO IT.
I, I, I, I ANTICIPATE WE'LL, WE'LL, WE WON'T HAVE, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE SOME STUFF AROUND AND, AND FIND A PLACE TO STORE IT.
SO YOU CAN ALWAYS HANG IT FROM THE RAFTERS.
UM, IS, IS, IS IT GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? IS ANYONE ELSE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE IT? WHAT ARE THE HOURS? HOW DOES THAT IT'LL IT WILL HAVE TO BE OKAY.
SO, SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT JAMES HAD MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, THE FENCING, WE, WE HAD NO ISSUE WITH A FENCING STRUCTURE.
A LOCKABLE GATE THAT BECAME THE ISSUE.
AND WE CONSULTED WITH THE, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL AND THEY INFORMED US THAT NO, IT, IT HAS TO BE PUBLIC SPACE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO THAT ACTUALLY MADE IT BETTER FOR THESE GUYS.
'CAUSE NOW THEY'RE NOT DOING THE FENCING AROUND IT.
UM, SO AS LONG AS THE STRUCTURE IS THERE, THE NETTING AND ALL THAT, YES, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL ALSO BE A LOT OF EYES ON IT TRYING TO MITIGATE AND KEEP IT FROM GETTING DAMAGED.
AND THEN, LIKE JAMES SAID, UM, AT THE END OF THE SEASON, BASEBALL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO TAKE IT DOWN AND STORE IT.
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THEN ONE THING I WANTED TO, TO MENTION IS THAT THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS TONIGHT.UM, THEY'VE ALREADY MET WITH US.
WE'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH FORT BEND, ISD TONIGHT.
WE'RE GETTING, UM, Y'ALL'S PERMISSION FOR THE DONATION TO THE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE O AND M IS GONNA BE ON THE CITY.
UM, BASEBALL PRESIDENTS COME AND GO, LEAGUES COME AND GO.
SO WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CRITICAL AND LOOK AT IT LIKE, WHAT IS THIS REALLY GONNA COST THE CITY LONG TERM? AND HOW ARE WE GONNA MANAGE IT IN OUR PARKS? SO THE, SO THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO TONIGHT.
UM, ONCE THESE GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR FUNDING SOURCE AND BEEN ABLE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS, WE HAVE OTHER STEPS THAT THEY'LL FOLLOW.
UM, THEY HAVE TO GET THE, UM, SLAB, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, AND IT HAS TO BE PERMITTED.
WE'LL WAIVE THE FEE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CONSTRUCTED CORRECTLY.
AND FOR LONG TERM STABILITY, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A TERM OF AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THEM AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR KEEPING IT UP, KEEPING IT SAFE, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THIS ISN'T THE END OF THE, THE PROCESS.
IT'S JUST ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE.
SO E EVEN THOUGH IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE RESERVATIONS WILL BE RESERVED FOR BASEBALL DURING THEIR PRACTICE TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YES.
SIMILAR TO THE FIELDS, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT, WE, WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH, WITH ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO, TO HEAD OUT WHEN, WHEN PRACTICES START, UM, I, I TELL THE COACHES JUST ACT LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AND PEOPLE WILL, WILL LEAVE
SO KIND, KIND OF THE SAME, SAME DEAL FOR THAT.
COLLEEN, DO WE HAVE A CAMERA THAT IS ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT SPACE? UH, ONE OF OUR CITY CAMERAS, UH, CHIEF, IS HE HERE? NO, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A CAMERA ON THE FIELD DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ONE'S ANGLED THAT DIRECTION OR IF IT CAN SEE THAT WHOLE DISTANCE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO.
UM, IF WE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL BE PLACING ONE THERE.
IF THAT WAS YOUR NEXT QUESTION, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A COST.
IF Y'ALL FEEL LIKE IT'S NECESSARY, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
UM, BUT FIRST LET US SEE IF THAT CAMERA THAT'S EXISTING OUT THERE, WHAT THE SCOPE OF IT IS.
YEAH, I, I GUESS THE QUESTION ABOUT SOFTBALL, I MEAN, ANYONE IS ABLE TO USE IT, BUT WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON HAVING A SOFTBALL LEAGUE
NO, I, I, I'M FIELD, WE, WE, WE WELCOME GIRLS AND WE HAVE PROBABLY 20 TO 25% ARE GIRLS, ESPECIALLY ON THE YOUNGER DIVISIONS.
BUT, UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL STICK TO BASEBALL.
I THINK TERRY WAS LOOKING FOR AN OLD TIMERS LEAGUE.
ANYTHING ELSE, JAMES? UM, NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
COUNSEL, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT ACTION TO TAKE RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT, AND THE QUESTION WOULD BE, DO WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION? WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A DONATION TO ACCEPT YET, BUT I, I THINK THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM COUNSEL ON WHETHER THEY'D BE RECEPTIVE TO ACCEPT IT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE ALSO, AT THIS POINT, AM I, I'M SAYING THAT, UH, COUNSEL IS, OR WILLING TO ACCORDING, DO YOU NEED A MOTION? HMM? DO YOU NEED A MOTION? THAT'S WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING.
I MEAN, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO IT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.
I, I'LL MOVE TO, UM, APPROVE BATTING CAGES AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION, UM, SUBJECT TO MEADOWS PLACE, BASEBALL, BEING ABLE TO RAISE THE FUNDS.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION YOU SECOND.
I THOUGHT YOU'D OBJECT, KELLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR? A.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SMILE NOW.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 12, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING MEMORIAL TREE OR BENCH DEDICATION PROGRAM, UH, IN CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE CITY GROWING UP AND DOING THINGS PROFESSIONALLY.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, UH, PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO DO THINGS IN MY MEMORY OF A LOVED ONE OR
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WHATEVER, AND, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROCESS.AND THIS PARTS DIRECTOR HAS COME UP WITH A GREAT PROCESS AND PROGRAM.
UH, SO IS THERE ANY, I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE AHEAD WITH, UH, RECOMMENDING THE TREE AND BENCH DEDICATION PROGRAM.
I'LL MOVE MOTION BY DAVID SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THIS IS ALL ALL IN FAVOR.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, THIS IS JUST TO, TO DISCUSS PUTTING A PROGRAM TOGETHER.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY VOTING ON THE PROGRAM YET.
THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, RIGHT? NO, THE TERMS, NO, THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST APPROVING THE, THE FEE FEE SCHEDULE FEES.
SO IT'D BE THE FEES THAT GOES WITH THE PROGRAM.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO SAY THIS, BUT, SO GOING THROUGH IT, I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT IDEA.
UM, IT'S SUCH A GREAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY FOR THE REALLY LONG-TERM FAILINGS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE.
THE ONLY THING THAT I, UH, DID IN QUESTIONING IS THE, AFTER THE FOUR YEAR, UH, RENEWAL, UM, THE $150, TO ME, I FEEL LIKE, UM, IF I PURCHASED SOMETHING, UH, DEDICATION LIKE THAT, MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY, AND THEN I MOVE OUTTA STATE, I MIGHT NOT BE AROUND OR KNOW, OR MAYBE I PASS AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON DOESN'T KNOW TO PAY THIS $150 EVERY FOUR YEARS.
UM, OR I MAY GO OUT AND BUY MY OWN, AND THEN WHEN I DIE, YOU KNOW, AND MY FAMILY DOESN'T KNOW OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, ALWAYS THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT GIVES ME THE, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN OF, OF DOING IT EVERY FOUR YEARS.
WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT? SO IT'S ACTUALLY EIGHT YEARS.
UM, AND THEN THAT THE, UH, FOUR YEARS WAS, IT GAVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS AFTER THE EIGHT COMPLETED.
SO YOU GOT IT FOR WHEN YOU BUY IT, YOU GET IT FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU GET IT FOR EIGHT YEARS.
THE CITY MAINTAINS THE BENCH, MAINTAINS THE PLACARD.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THE EIGHT YEARS, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO, UM, CONTINUE IT AGAIN.
MEANING, BECAUSE AFTER A WHILE THAT PLACARD DETERIORATES, YOU CAN'T READ IT.
IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A, AT ABOUT THAT EIGHT, EIGHT YEAR MARK.
SO TO PURCHASE A NEW PLACARD, THAT'S THE TIME THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL GAIN YOU ANOTHER FOUR YEARS ON THAT.
SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TREES AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BENCHES, AND YOU GUYS HAVE IDENTIFIED LOCATIONS.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE EXCEED? I DON'T THINK WE WILL.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE EXCEED THAT? UM, OR LIKE IN THE BENCH SITUATION, IF THEY DO NOT RENEW, DO YOU JUST TAKE THE PLACARD OFF AND THEN IT SOMEBODY ELSE COULD CORRECT.
THEN YOU, THEN YOU BEGAN TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM AND THE, THE PRICING STRUCTURE, WE'D COME BACK WITH A NEW FEE ORDINANCE, UM, TO THEN PLACE PLACARDS ON EXISTING BENCHES.
UM, THESE ARE VERY FLUID PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE TO BE, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DO RUN OUT OF SPACE.
UM, AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THE, THE PROGRAM ENDS OR IT, IT MERGES INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY REQUESTS.
WE DO ON AN OCCASION, I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE MAYBE THREE TIMES AND EIGHT YEARS.
UM, SO, BUT WE, WE NEED A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO, UM, PROVIDE US A GUIDELINE OF HOW TO HANDLE IT AND WHAT THE PRICING STRUCTURE WOULD BE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THIS.
AND THESE ARE MODELED AFTER OTHER CITIES PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
UH, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY ALREADY WORK.
THE PRICING STRUCTURE IS, IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE MARKET WILL BEAR AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE FOUND, AND, AND AGAIN, AS OTHER CITIES HAVE FOUND AS WELL, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE PUTTING THAT ON THE GROUND.
UM, YOU'VE SEEN, LIKE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE AROUND THE CITY RIGHT NOW, THEY END UP SINKING INTO THE GROUND.
IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MOW AND LANDSCAPE AROUND IT.
IF IT'S ON THE TREE, IT ACTUALLY, UH, CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE TREE BECAUSE YOU'RE CREATING A, A HOLE IN IT.
SO INSTEAD WHAT WE DO IS, UM, WE'LL PLACE A, A, A WEBPAGE, A PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, THAT IT WILL HONOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.
IT'LL HAVE THEIR PICTURE, AND THEN IT'LL HAVE A, A REASON WHAT THE DEDICATION WAS FOR.
AND THAT WILL STAY THERE, UM, FOR THE LONGEVITY OF THE, THE PROGRAM AND THE DONATION.
AND, AND TIA I DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YOU SAID WHAT IF YOU MOVE AWAY? OH, YEAH.
UH, AND IT, IT'S TIME TO RENEW IT.
WELL, WE WOULD CONTACT THE FAMILY OR THE CONTACT NUMBER THAT WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S SET FOR RENEWAL AND GIVE THEM THE OPTION.
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QUESTION.COLLEEN IS THE PERSON WHO SAT IN THAT SEAT AND HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND HEARD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER THEM.
UM, SO I REALLY THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC AND IS REALLY A SIGN OF THE CITY GROWING UP AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND RAISING OUR STANDARDS.
YOU AND ROD ARE ON A ROLL TONIGHT.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 13, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 2024 AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER HALF DAY REYNOLDS AND THE MEMORIAL DEDICATION PROGRAM.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING ADDING A HALF DAY RATE TO LONG-TERM RENTALS.
WE HAVE HAD THAT IN THE PAST, BUT AGAIN, IT'S BEEN NOTHING IN WRITING.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BASICALLY PUTTING IT IN WRITING.
UH, STAFF ALSO RE RECOMMENDS ADDING FEES FOR TR A TREE AND BENCH DEDICATION PROGRAM, WHICH WE JUST DISCUSSED.
MY QUESTION IS, NICK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FEES OR THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT WE KNOW OF OR AT THIS TIME? UH, NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT FEE SCHEDULE IS ONE OF THOSE FLUID DEAL WITH.
WE SEE IT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN A LOT OF OTHER ORDINANCES.
WELL, WITH THAT, UM, UM, THERE'S A NEW STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES CITIES TO, I GUESS, RENEW.
I THINK
AND I ACTUALLY WANNA CONTACT LEGAL 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THIS.
I WENT TO TRAINING LAST WEEK AND THEY STATED THAT IT HAS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THOSE BUILDING FEES.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST I HEARD THAT HAD TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL, REMEMBERING TO DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS TO ME IS HARD ON STAFF.
WHAT WE MIGHT START DOING IS PART OF THE BUDGET CYCLE EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE'VE FOLLOWED THE STATE LAW AND IT MAKES US LOOK AT IT AND DOES EVERYTHING LOOK REASONABLE STILL? AND THAT WAY IT'S DONE WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T ADOPT THOSE FEES, THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY NULL AND VOID, MAN.
I'M DOING SOME GOOD MAILING UP HERE TONIGHT.
SO WE DO HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW TO DEAL WITH, AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, HALF DAY LONG-TERM RENTAL RATE AND THE FEES FOR THE DEDICATION AT THE TREE AND BENCH.
I HAVE A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE MOTION BY RICK.
SECOND BY NAIA, SECOND BY TIA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
WE HAVE A INPUT FROM OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, EVERYBODY'S HUNGRY, RICK, ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT NEW, UM, MINIMUM FUND BALANCE, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST TWO PAGES OF THAT REPORT, PAGE AGENT 0.9, PAGE EIGHT, AND PAGE NINE, SHOW YOUR GENERAL FUNDS ANALYSIS AND YOUR WATER AND SEWER ANALYSIS.
YOU SEE THE GREEN NUMBER ON THE GENERAL FUND PAGE.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE OVER AND ABOVE YOUR RECOMMENDED RESERVES, YOUR SEVEN MONTHS.
AND THEN ON PAGE NINE, THAT RED NUMBER IS THE UTILITY FUND AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE UNDER YOUR 10 MONTH RECOMMENDED RESERVE.
I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVERY TIME WE BRING THAT IN FRONT OF YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, BECAUSE IF WE DISCUSS ANY FURTHER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR? WHO WAS THE SECOND? KELLY, DID YOU SECOND OR TIA DID.
WAS AYE, UNANIMOUS AND ANYBODY? NO, THAT ONE CARRIES UNANIMOUS.
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UH, OUR FAVORITE TIME FOR, UH, EMILY TO COME UP FOR MATTERS.OKAY WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM H.
WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY COMING UP TO SPEAK AND YOU'LL NEED TO GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1 1 4 1 9 SCOTTS STEELE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO ATTENTION, UM, SOME ONGOING ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD AT MEADOWS PLACE.
AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD A GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS THAT HAVE GONE UP THERE AND KIND OF BEEN THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.
UM, RECENTLY AGAIN, THEY'VE HAD ANOTHER EVENT CANCELED THIS TIME, UM, DURING OUR COLD SPELL, THEY HAD IT CANCELED BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURES WERE TOO COLD.
INSIDE THE BUILDING, THERE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN HEATING AND COOLING INSIDE BUILDINGS.
UM, THESE ARE, THERE'S 182 UNITS THERE.
I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S PROBABLY UPWARD OF 200 PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
THESE PEOPLE COULDN'T LEAVE THEIR, THEIR UNITS TO GO IN THE HALLWAY WITHOUT PUTTING ON A JACKET.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE TEMPERATURES WERE LIKE, THE FIRST FLOOR I BELIEVE WAS 66 DEGREES, BUT I THINK THE SECOND FLOOR WAS IN THE FORTIES, FIFTIES.
UM, I THINK THIS IS CRIMINAL AT, YOU KNOW, AT BEST.
BUT AT ANY RATE, UM, THEY WROTE A LETTER TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE THERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND KIND OF IRONIC, AND THIS WAS A VERY INTIMIDATING LETTER, IF I WAS AN ELDERLY PERSON LIVING, YOU KNOW, ON A FIXED INCOME IN A PLACE LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY STATED IS TO LEAVE THE HEAT ON 24 HOURS A DAY OF A SETTING, NO LESS THAN 65 DEGREES, WHICH THEY VIOLATED.
UM, AND THEN LATER ON DOWN IN THE LETTER IT SAYS, YOU COULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR DAMAGE IF PIPES FREEZE IN YOUR UNIT AND DAMAGE OTHER UNITS AROUND YOU.
SO THIS LETTER TO ME, I MEAN, SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF ALLOWING THESE PEOPLE TO ABUSE OUR ELDERLY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M ASKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET CITY COUNCIL INVOLVED IN THAT.
IF WE CAN GET CODE ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THAT, CAN WE GET OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN THAT? CAN WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT GO OVER THERE AND DO AN OCCUPANCY CHECK EVERY TIME A NEW RESIDENT MOVES IN OR ONCE A MONTH OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? WE HAVE TO DO IT WHENEVER RENTERS MOVE INTO OUR HOUSES HERE.
WHY IS IT ANY DIFFERENT THERE? UM, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO GO OUT AND FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'VE GONE OUT THERE AND DONE SOMETHING FOR THEM THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING THE FACILITY THAT THEY LIVE IN AND PAY FOR TO DO, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT.
UM, THEY ADVERTISE HEATING COOLING, THEY ADVERTISE DISPOSALS IN THERE AND YET THEY TRY TO LEAN ON THE RESIDENTS TO REPLACE THE DISPOSALS THEMSELVES.
THEY ADVERTISE WASHERS AND DRYERS WHENEVER THEY BREAK.
IT TAKES MONTHS IF NOT YEARS, TO GET THESE THINGS FIXED.
UM, THEY, THEY ADVERTISE CONTROLLED ACCESS.
WELL, I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO OVER THERE THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE FRONT GATES ARE JUST WIDE OPEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T GET 'EM FIXED OR WHATEVER.
SO THEY JUST OPEN 'EM UP AND THEY DON'T CARE.
UM, THEY AT A SECURE FACILITY, THEY, THEY ADVERTISE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO OVER THERE WITH A WHEELCHAIR AND GET IN AND OUTTA THAT DOOR.
FIRST OF ALL, FREE EGRESS MEANS THAT WHENEVER YOU WALK UP TO THE DOOR, THE DOOR IS FREE TO OPEN.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A PUSH BUTTON THAT IS NOT ON A TIMER.
SO YOU HAVE TO HOLD THE BUTTON WHILE OPENING THE DOOR.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA DIE.
IF THERE'S A FIRE, UM, THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MOTION DETECTOR ON 'EM, ANEX, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO EXIT.
SO WHENEVER YOU ACTIVATE THAT, IT GIVES YOU 15, 30 SECONDS OR WHATEVER TO GET TO THE DOOR IN YOUR WHEELCHAIR.
UH, THERE'S THRESHOLD ISSUES OUT THERE THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING IN AND OUT.
PRESTON, YOU, YOU JUST HIT THREE MONTHS.
HAVE YOU GOT ALL THIS STUFF WRITTEN DOWN? I'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF IT WRITTEN DOWN.
WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO DO IS LET ME VISIT WITH NICK.
LET ME VISIT WITH EITHER CHIEF DE CAMILLO OR THE FIRE MARSHAL.
MAYBE WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I'M, I'M PRETTY UPSET ABOUT THIS.
I'VE WORKED AND GONE OVER THERE AND TALKED TO THOSE FOLKS IN THE PAST.
I'VE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT GO OVER THERE, BUT THEY'RE LIMITED.
AND SO THIS, YEAH, THIS, THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE AND UH, IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE WE WANT TO COVER IN THREE MINUTES.
AND IT'S A BIGGER ISSUE THAN I WANT TO PRETEND TO PLAY WITH TONIGHT.
IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT IS A BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SOME AUTHORITY REGARDING THOSE, WHAT THAT IS.
MAYBE THE LAWYER NEEDS TO BE AT THE MEETING.
SO IF YOU CAN GIVE US A, A FEW DAYS TO KIND OF GATHER TOGETHER AND, UH, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THIS HALF HALF.
TALK AND, AND CHARLIE, REMEMBER THIS IS A, UM, FEDERAL CREDIT TYPE
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FACILITY.SO THERE ARE SOME STATE AND NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THEY NEED TO MEET.
WE MAY HAVE A BIGGER HAMMER THAN WHAT WE THINK WE HAVE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO I, SO WE'LL HAVE A MEETING.
ALRIGHT, TERRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR VOLUNTEERING.
TERRY HENLEY 1, 2, 2 0 3 AUSTIN DRIVE.
CHARLIE, YOU AND I MET A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH DR.
AND GET ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW.
THE LEGAL ASPECTS, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO UNLESS HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH HIM.
THIS HAS TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT.
AND WHAT CHRIS IS SAYING IS RIGHT.
THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING.
THEY'RE AFRAID OF GETTING KICKED OUT.
SO I'LL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP OUT BECAUSE HE SEEMS I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RAPPORT WITH DR.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM AFTER WE GET OUR DUCKS IN ORDER.
I KNOW A COUPLE PRETTY NICE SLUMLORDS AND THAT, SO THAT'S HARD TO TELL.
UM, RICK, WE'LL LOOK, WE'LL TRY TO USE ALL ASPECTS OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S UH, THEY'RE PART OF OUR CITY TOO.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO LOOK AFTER THEM AS WELL.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO GET US? YES.
UM, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT CALLED PD AND NOTIFIED HIM THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN COMMON AREAS.
UH, PD SENT AN OFFICER OVER FOR A WHEELCHAIR WELFARE CHECK.
AMAZINGLY THE COMMON AREA WARMED UP SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WE NOW HAVE 'EM DOING POTLUCK LUNCHES ONCE A MONTH, WHICH IS GOOD.
THEY GET OUTTA THEIR APARTMENT.
THEY HAD TO CANCEL THIS MONTH BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COLD.
AND WHERE WE HAVE OUR, LIKE THE CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON AND ALL AND THE COMMON AREA, UH, SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE DONATED LIKE COFFEE AND ALL THAT.
WE KEEP STOCK THERE SO THEY CAN COME DOWN AND HAVE COFFEE IN THE MORNING WITH THE RESIDENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND LIKE CHRIS SAID, THAT DOOR IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO PUSH A BUTTON AND HOLD IT.
YOU CAN'T JUST PUSH THE BUTTON LIKE HERE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT OPENS, YOU CAN GO.
IT, IT DOESN'T EVEN OPEN ON ITS OWN.
AND I'VE SEEN WHEELCHAIR PEOPLE ALMOST FALL TRYING TO GET OUT IN THEIR WHEELCHAIR AND THEY DID JUST NOW PUT A WHATEVER IT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR SO THE COLD AIR WOULD STOP COMING IN.
A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS CONTACT ME BECAUSE OF THE, THEY KNOW I'M NOT AFRAID OF 'EM.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? WRAP MY HOUSE AT NIGHT AND I'LL UM, AND I WILL GO UP AGAINST 'EM, YOU KNOW, AND CONTACT MARY WHO'S AT THE OFFICE AND JUST TELL HER THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR 'EM.
'CAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT.
I MEAN, A LOT OF 'EM DON'T HAVE THE INCOME TO SAY, I, I'LL JUST GO GET ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE.
SO KELLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW YOU DO A LOT OVER THERE.
UM, COUNCIL, I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE CITY'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT RESOURCES, IF, IF ANY, WE WILL HAVE TO TAP, BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE CAN.
IF ANYBODY COMES UP WITH ANY IDEAS, CALL NICK.
UM, HE'S GONNA BE IN THE MEETING, THAT'S WHY.
WITH THAT, UH, ANY UH, ANY OTHER AUDIENCE COMMENTS? NO.
OKAY THEN MOVING ON TO ADJOURN AND UNLESS ANYBODY HAS AN OBJECTION.
OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AUDIENCE.
NOT TELL EVERYBODY AT HDR WE SAID HI.