[City Council Meeting]
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I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF MY MEADOWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO IF YOU ARE A CHILD IN HERE, YOU'RE GONNA START US OFF.
UM, WE ARE GONNA START THIS MEETING BY RECOGNIZING, UM, OUR STAFF, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY WHO DID SO MUCH DURING OUR HURRICANE BARREL.
UM, TO DO THIS, I WOULD LIKE COUNSEL TO COME DOWN, UM, AND AS I CALL YOUR NAME, WOULD YOU, I'M SORRY, KELLY, WOULD YOU, UM, WOULD YOU GUYS COME THIS WAY SO THAT YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS AS YOU WHOOP, SHAKE HANDS BEFORE YOU COME? OR SHOULD WE GO THE OTHER WAY? COME TO YOU.
COME TO ME FIRST AND THEN WE'LL SHAKE HANDS THIS DIRECTION.
THE FIRST GROUP THAT I'M CALLING STOOD UP AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
THESE PEOPLE KEPT OUR STREETS CLEAR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES, DROVE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES, COORDINATED OUR EFFORTS, AND KEPT US SAFE DURING HURRICANE BARREL.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF GARY STEWART, ASSISTANT CHIEF JACK ASHTON.
IS SHE HERE TONIGHT? SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.
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AND ANTHONY IBARRA.ANTHONY WAS ALSO NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
NOW I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THE STAFF THAT HELPED US PREPARE FOR THE STORM CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS, KEPT OUR ANIMALS SAFE, SUBMITTED SO MUCH PAPERWORK TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE.
YOUR EFFORTS, UM, YOUR EFFORTS WERE VERY, VERY APPRECIATED.
I'M GONNA START WITH NICK HABE.
DORAN KINNICK AND MICHAEL HEADLEY.
WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT WHOSE EFFORTS, WHOSE EFFORTS HELPED US AFTER BARREL.
ANNA MARIA WESTON, CLAYTON FOSTER, ANN ZALES, KELLY RABIA, JACKIE MCCORICK, DAN DENNY, NICK GARZA, DANIEL REEK, CAROLYN WHITLOW, LEE LANIN, WADE BOATWRIGHT, TANNER CBA, KYLE DOW, MIA GARZA, AIDAN GRABON, CAMDEN MILLER, MADELINE PETERS, JOSIAH ROBINSON, ATTICUS WEBER, AND ETHAN SWAR.
ARE WE GOING BACK UP TO THE DIA FOR THAT? WELL, BEFORE WE DO, IT'S REAL QUICK.
UM, SO WHEN YOU WORK FOR A CITY, IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET TO GO THROUGH A HURRICANE WITH A MAYOR WHO'S ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR MAYBE EIGHT WEEKS OR SO,
UM, AND SO THIS STAFF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, WORK WITH AND BOND WITH OUR MAYOR THROUGH A HURRICANE.
AND, UH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, QUITE FRANKLY, DESPITE THE DISASTER, DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON, UH, WE GOT TO SEE THE HEART OF OUR MAYOR.
UH, WE GOT SEE THE CHARACTER OF OUR MAYOR AND REALLY THE CARE THAT SHE HAD FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS, UH, THIS TO HER AS WELL.
IT'S PRESENTED TO MAYOR AUDREY SAINT GERMAIN, AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
YOUR SELFLESSNESS AND EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND YOUR CALL OF DUTY FOR OUR CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY.
MAYOR, I HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TO READ THIS EVENING.
UM, I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE KINDNESS OF THE COMMUNITY IN MEADOWS PLACE.
I KNEW THAT MEADOWS PLACE IS SUCH A SPECIAL, SPECIAL, WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS FRONT AND CENTER WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH A DISASTER.
UM, SO WE WROTE THIS PROCLAMATION HONORING ALL OF OUR MEADOWS PLACE CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS DURING HURRICANE BARREL.
I'M GONNA READ THROUGH THIS LIST AND AFTERWARDS, UM, IF YOU, UM, CONTRIBUTED TO THIS AT ALL, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO STAND UP AND WE WILL CLAP FOR YOU.
HONORING A PROCLAMATION HONORING OUR MEADOWS PLACE CITIZENS AND
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ORGANIZATIONS DURING HURRICANE BARREL, WHEREAS THE TO CLEAR DRAINS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE STORM TO ALLOW WATER TO FLOW.AND WHEREAS THE CITIZEN WHO ORGANIZED AN EFF EFFORT TO PROVIDE FOOD TO PEOPLE, AND WHEREAS THE CITIZEN TO CLEAR THEIR ELDERLY NEIGHBOR'S YARDS AFTER THE, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM, AND WHEREAS THE CITIZEN TO EXPEDITED OUR POWER RESTORATION BY IDENTIFYING A MAJOR PROBLEM.
AND WHEREAS OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD LINEMAN AND HIS FAMILY WHO SACRIFICED TIME, ENERGY, AND A VACATION TO RESTORE POWER TO OUR CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND WHEREAS THE CITIZENS WHO LENT THEIR PORTABLE GENERATORS, FANS, POWER BANKS, WINDOW UNITS AND OR HOUSE NEIGHBORS WITHOUT POWER, WHEREAS THE CITIZENS WHO SET UP CHARGING AND COOLING STATIONS IN THEIR FRONT YARDS.
AND WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ORGANIZE EFFORTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO CLEAN OUT REFRIGERATORS AND CONNECT WITH ELDERLY RESIDENTS AT SENIOR VILLAGE, AND WHEREAS THE CHURCH WHO OPENED ITS DOORS FOR OVER A WEEK TO PROVIDE COOLING AND CHARGING STATION TO ALL WITHOUT POWER, AND WHEREAS THE CITIZENS WHO CHECKED ON NEIGHBORS ASSESSED THEIR NEEDS AND PROVIDED.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR AUDREY ST.
GERMAINE, ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL OF MEADOWS PLACE, DO HEREBY OFFER OUR SINCEREST THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THE CITIZENS OF MEADOWS PLACE, WHO MAKES MEADOWS PLACE YOUR PLACE FOR LIFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA.
THIS IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2024.
WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH SPONSORS A UNIQUE NATIONWIDE CRIME, DRUG AND VI VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM ENTITLED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND WHEREAS, WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A NATIONAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITIZENS TO PARTNER UP AGAINST CRIME.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROMOTES POLICE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ENHANCING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHILE BRINGING BACK A TRUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS MEADOWS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING FORT BEND COUNTY THROUGH JOINT CRIME, DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS IN MEADOWS PLACE.
AND WHEREAS IT IS NOW ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF MEADOWS PLACE BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT THEIR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN MEADOWS PLACE.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I AUDREY ST.
GERMAINE, DO HEREBY INVITE THE RESIDENTS OF MEADOWS PLACE TO JOIN THE MEADOWS PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MILLIONS OF TEXAS TEXANS IN SUPPORTING THE 2024 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN MEADOWS PLACE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CAME THIS EVENING.
FEEL FREE, UM, FEEL FREE TO NOT STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
YOU'RE WELCOME, WELCOME TO STAY.
UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO START ON REPORTS HERE MOMENTARILY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEMS D AND THAT IS REPORTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ARE YOU READY, CHIEF STEWART? YES, MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, GETTING ME OFF THAT INCLINE.
UM, AS ALWAYS, WE STARTED OUT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS FOR THE MONTH AS 20.
12 OF THOSE WERE IN PRIVATE PARKING LOTS, SO EIGHT, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN RIGHT IN OUR NORMAL AVERAGE NUMBER OF ARRESTS WAS SEVEN.
UH, NUMBER OF REPORTS, OR EXCUSE ME, CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS 2198.
TRAFFIC CITATIONS, UH, FOR CALLS WERE 288.
TRAFFIC CHARGES, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS ISSUED WERE TWO, UH, TRAFFIC WARNINGS, 1 74 WITH 351 CHARGES, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
THERE WERE 16 CONTACTS FOR WARNING.
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UH, TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT WAS 3,374.WE DID HAVE ONE ASSAULT, ONE BMV ZERO BURGLARY OF BUSINESS, ONE BURGLARY OF A RESIDENCE, 18 CITY ORDINANCE.
ALTOGETHER, UH, ZERO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE FRAUD, ZERO ROBBERIES.
UH, TOTAL BUSINESS CHECKS INCLUDING CLOSED PATROL, HOUSE WATCH SCHOOL WAS 2023 SIX THEFTS, UH, UNION VS.
AND OUR TLC PROGRAM, UH, WAS 128 CONTACTS WITH 32 FAILURES.
AND, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, A HUNDRED SIXTY TWENTY EIGHT PASSING, 32 FAILURES WITH A TOTAL OF 160 CONTACTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE, UH, VIOLATIONS BELOW AND WARNINGS WERE FIVE FOR SOLICITOR, THREE FOR LOUD NOISE, TWO FOR LOOSE DOG, AND SIX FOR JUNK VEHICLE PARKING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE CITY.
UH, TWO, UH, CITATIONS WERE ISSUED TO SOLICITORS AND THERE WERE ZERO ACCIDENTS IN THE ROUNDABOUTS.
MOVING ON THROUGH THE REPORT, THE, UH, SUPPORTIVE, UH, DETAILS ARE BELOW ONE OF THE REST THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER ON.
IF WE CAN FLIP TO PAGE FIVE, GO OVER OUR FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS.
IT'S UP FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH BY ONE.
OUR SEX OFFENDER ALERTS WERE 28.
UH, 24 HITS WERE FOUR REPEAT VEHICLES, STOLEN PLATE ALERTS, SEVEN GANG OR SUSPECTED TARIFFS PAID FIVE MISSING PERSONAL ALERTS WAS THREE, TWO FOR WARRANT, 10 FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER, ONE FOR OTHER, UH, AGENCY HOT LIST.
IN THOSE CASES, FLOCK, WE UTILIZED ONE.
DID, UH, RESULT IN AN ARREST THAT WE HAD FOR AN THEFT FROM A NORTHERN TOOL.
MOVING ON TO THE ARRESTS, YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE THAT, UH, THE ARRESTS WERE BROKEN DOWN BY FIVE FOR WARRANT, OTHER JURISDICTION, ONE FOR, UH, THEFT, EVADING, AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
AND ONE FALSE ID TO A PEACE OFFICER.
THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION BEHIND THAT FOR THOSE ARRESTS.
IF WE MOVE TO PAGE NINE, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL NOTES SECTION, UH, GO OVER OUR GRANT STATUS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
OUR DISPATCH CONSOLE GRANT IS IN REVIEW, UH, THEN 197,000 THAT WE'D ASKED FOR.
UH, WE SHOULD BE, UH, EXPECTING TO HEAR SOMETHING IN SEPTEMBER, AND HOPEFULLY THAT GOES THROUGH SO WE CAN UPDATE OUR SYSTEM.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE SEEKING THE $250,000 GRANT FOR OUR IN-CAR AND BODY CAMERAS TO UPDATE AS THAT, UH, THAT WE EXPLAINED BEFORE.
THE COMPANY THAT WAS, UH, TAKING CARE OF THAT FOR US IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.
UH, WE DID SEEK THE GRANT AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY GET A PARTIAL FUNDING GRANT, UH, TO BE AWARDED IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON FINAL DECISION FOR THAT.
OUR, UH, JERRY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HE DOES OUR GRANTS.
HE IS, UH, WORKING AS SECONDARY SOURCE AND IT'S UNDER CURRENT REVIEW AS WELL.
UH, CONTINUING WITH, UH, THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AND TEAM, UH, TEEM AND FEMA RECOVERY TEAM, UH, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PEOPLE.
OUR PROGRAM MANAGER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AND FEMA, UH, FOR THE FEMA RECOVERY FUNDS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANNA MARIA AND, AND ASSISTANT CHIEF ASHTON HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND LINING EVERYTHING UP AS EVERYTHING.
IT TAKES A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME AS WE JUST NOW GOT OUR CASE MANAGER.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE, UH, TWO DISPATCH APPLICATIONS IN THE REVIEW.
ONE'S FOR FULL-TIME POSITION THAT'S CURRENTLY OPEN.
UH, AND THE OTHER ONE, AND IT'S GOT MOVED TO BACKGROUND AND THE OTHER ONE'S FOR A PART-TIME POSITION.
AND THAT'S ALSO MOVED FORWARD.
UH, I DO HAVE THE NAMES DOWN THERE, OUR BAILIFF POSITION.
WE STILL DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY, UH, APPLICATIONS AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REVIEW AT THIS TIME.
UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OUR MARRIAGE HAS BROUGHT THAT UP.
SO THE PROCLAMATION IS IN EFFECT, YOU KNOW, THE TIMES, IT'LL BE 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 1ST.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE.
UH, OUR IAP UH, INCIDENT ACTION PLAN IS, UH, BEING, IT'S IN PROGRESS FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL AND BACK TO FEMA AND TEEM TRAINING FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS.
TO DISCUSS THE DATA WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE ICS FORMS. IT'S REQUIRED FOR TEEM AND FEMA SUBMISSIONS WILL BE HELD TOMORROW, UH, AT 1:00 PM IN OUR TRAINING CENTER.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE FOR STAFF SO THAT WE CAN JUST REVIEW AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMPLETING THE PAPERWORK CORRECTLY.
UH, I DID WANNA MENTION I JUST RETURNED, UH, FROM ROUND ROCK TEXAS, ATTENDING THE MANDATORY CHIEFS TRAINING REQUIRED BY TECO.
UH, WE HAD 115 CHIEFS IN THIS CLASS, AND I'M JUST GONNA LET Y'ALL KNOW.
AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP MAINLY IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNFUNDED MANDATES COMING IN
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2025.UH, I KNOW, SEE RICK OVER THERE SHAKING HIS HEAD, IT'S GONNA BE ACROSS THE BOARD WITH A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT ESPECIALLY, UM, THOSE THINGS WE DIDN'T FORESEE.
UM, BUT T COLE, UH, BEING OUR GOVERNING BODY AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, GOT SURPRISED DURING THEIR SUNSET REVIEW.
AND NOW, UH, THAT GETS PASSED ON TO THE AGENCIES.
WITH THAT, THAT'LL INCLUDE CONCLUDE MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
DID COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? ALL RIGHT.
UM, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT IS NEXT.
ANGIE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT WITH TONIGHT, SO NICK WILL BE GIVING THE REPORT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THE REPORT, UM, IN THE BACKUP.
UH, ANGIE DID HAVE SOME SCHEDULED TIME OFF.
UM, UH, DID WANNA MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE TOP THREE VIOLATIONS THIS TIME OF YEAR, WHICH YOU MIGHT TYPICALLY SEE TOP VIOLATION IS GONNA BE YOUR GRASS AND WEEDS IN EXCESS OF NINE INCHES OVER THE LAST QUARTER.
IF WE HAD 96 VIOLATIONS GO OUT.
UH, THE OTHER TWO WOULD BE OBSTRUCTIONS AND CLEARANCES, PARTICULARLY FOR TREES AND LANDSCAPING.
THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM STUMPS AND YARDS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, LIMBS THAT NEED TO BE TRIMMED.
AND THEN THAT THIRD ONE'S SPECIAL OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S AN ORDINANCE IN THERE THAT DEALS WITH, UH, BOATS, TRAILERS, RVS.
THOSE THINGS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE THE THIRD, UH, LARGEST, UH, VIOLATION THAT WAS, UH, WITNESSED, UH, DURING THE LAST QUARTER.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WHEN ANGIE GETS BACK, WE STILL WANT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A WORKSHOP WITH COUNSEL TO REALLY KIND OF TALK ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AS A WHOLE.
UH, ANGIE'S DOING A GOOD JOB LEARNING THE JOB.
WE'RE SITTING TOGETHER, WE'RE READING ORDINANCES TOGETHER.
SHE'S LEARNING THE CODE BOOK, UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THERE.
UM, QUITE FRANKLY, THE, UH, THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE LATER ON TONIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE AND I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, DIDN'T WANNA SKIP THE REPORT TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT IT IS IN THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UM, ANSWER THEM WHEN WE CAN.
WHEN DID THE PAINT OPTIONS CHANGE? I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COMMENT TO ME ABOUT A COUPLE OF HOUSES THAT THE PAINT IS VERY OUTSTANDING.
OH, DO WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE? WE DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY.
UH, WHEN DID THAT CHA I MEAN, BECAUSE WHEN I DID MY, THE STATE, THE STATE LEGISLATURE TAKE IT AWAY.
BECAUSE I HAD TO GO, YOU KNOW, PICK OUT SHIPS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THE ONLY THING LEFT IS FOR US TO CREATE AN HOA 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T STRIP THE HOAS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE, UH, SHINGLE COLOR, PAINT COLOR, FENCE, HEIGHT, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT WE DON'T ANYMORE.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE OPTION.
SO THERE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT PRIVATE DEED RESTRICTIONS CAN ENFORCE THAT CITIES CANNOT ENFORCE AND PAINT COLOR AND MATERIALS ARE, YEAH.
UM, HAVE WE HAVE, HAS ANGIE GONE AROUND AND LOOKED AT THE, ANY DEBRIS THAT WE HAVE LEFT? I KNOW RICK PROBABLY KNOWS, BUT IN COMMISSIONER COURT, THEY SAID THE LAST PICKUP WOULD BE AUGUST 31ST.
THEY'RE GONNA DO ONE MORE ROUND.
ARE WE LOOKING GOOD THERE? WE DID.
WE, WE WERE LOOKING VERY GOOD.
THE LAST, UH, THE LAST CHECK SHE DID WHEN RUNNING AROUND SITTING, SHE'S FOUND 12 SPOTS LEFT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE TRUCK CAME BACK THROUGH TOWN.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING VERY GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THERE MAY BE.
I DON'T WANNA SAY THAT, BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING VERY, VERY GOOD.
AND, AND THE REPORT WE ACTUALLY GOT FROM TEXAS PRIDE WHEN WE MET WITH THEM NOT LONG AGO, WAS AT MEADOWS PLACE.
AND THIS WAS BACK WHEN WE STILL HAD DEBRIS.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRE REPORT.
UM, THIS MONTH WE HAD 63 INCIDENTS, 27 OF THOSE INCIDENTS WERE MEDICAL ASSIST WITH AN EMS CREW.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A REPORT.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING A LOT LATELY.
UH, DON'T REALLY HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT, BUT I DID WANNA MENTION THAT THIS MORNING, UH, WE DID HAVE A PRE-BID MEETING, AN OPTIONAL PRE-BID MEETING FOR THE DORRANCE PHASE TWO PROJECT.
WE'RE IN THE BID PHASE OF THAT.
WE DID HAVE FOUR CONTRACTORS SHOW UP, SO WE HOPE FOR SOME GOOD BIDS.
UH, THE BID OPENING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 10TH, AND WE'LL KNOW THEN, UH, WHAT PHASE TWO WILL COST.
WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICK? OKAY.
THAT MOVES US ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND THAT IS THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND PROJECT, WHICH IS ALSO OUR FIRST AGENDA
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ITEM.BUT IF YOU WANTED TO CHAT ABOUT THAT, NICK, RICK.
UM, ITEM F1 IS AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER, WHICH WILL, UM, PROVIDE THE ITEMS NEEDED TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINT TO USE THAT AREA.
UM, THEY WILL NO LONGER DO ANY MORE REVIEWS UNTIL THAT IS SUBMITTED.
AND SO THAT'S JUST OUR NEXT STEP AND THAT'S GONNA BE, WELL, I'LL COVER THAT DURING THE ITEM.
THAT BRINGS US ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 24 34, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TRANSCEND ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS LLC SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE, INCORPORATING A SUPPLEMENTAL WITH QUO AND ASSOCIATES FOR SURVEYING AND CAD SERVICES TO PREPARE CENTERPOINT E EXHIBITS FOR GRANT TO OTHERS APPLICATION ASSOCIATED SUPPLEMENT FOR THE PRO FORT BEND MOBILITY MOBILITY BOND PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,255 AND 25 CENTS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS 51% MEADOWS PLACE, 49% STAFFORD FUNDING.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 20 24 35, DESIGNATING SCOTT WILLIAMS AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, WE APPOINTED KEVIN TAYLOR FROM BBG AS THE CITY'S BUILDING OFFICIAL.
KEVIN SOLD HIS COMPANY TO SAFE BUILD LLC AND HAS RETIRED.
SCOTT WILLIAMS FROM SAFE BUILD HAS BEEN DOING THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DUTIES FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
DO YOU MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM? THANKS, TRACY.
DID ANY, DID COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TRACY? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
RICK AND TIA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NICK DOESN'T WANT TO DO THIS.
UM,
UM, TRACY, THANKS FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK, TO VISIT WITH COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DUTIES OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO NAME A BUILDING OFFICIAL, UH, IN A CITY, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE ON A CONTRACT BASIS WITH A COMPANY THAT DOES OUR PLAN REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS.
SO, SAFE BUILT IS A NATIONAL COMPANY, UM, ACQUIRED BBGA COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A BUILDING OFFICIAL IS TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS QUALIFIED IN EXPERIENCED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CODE AND HOW THEY APPLY WITH YOUR ORDINANCES.
UM, WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC THAT HAS QUESTIONS, DEVELOPERS, AND TO HELP THE CITY WITH THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THEIR GROWTH TO ENSURE THAT IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN CODES AND ORDINANCES.
SCOTT'S GOT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT.
HE'S BEEN SERVING Y'ALL FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UM, AND HE DOES A FABULOUS JOB.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.
IS, IS SCOTT OPEN TO CONVERSATION WITH RESIDENTS? IS WOULD HE BE THE ONE THAT A RESIDENT COULD INTERFACE WITH IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS OR DOES THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH CITY STAFF, UM, IN ORDER TO BE ANSWERED? SO, NO, IF, IF ANY OF OUR BUILDING OFFICIALS RECEIVE A CALL AND THEY'RE JUST ASKED A GENERAL QUESTION, THEY'RE GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION RELATED TO THE CODE.
IF IT HAS TO DO WITH CITY ORDINANCES, MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE GONNA GATHER ALL THE QUESTION AND WE'RE GOING TO RESEARCH THE ORDINANCES AND MAKE SURE BEFORE WE ANSWER THAT WE DON'T FLY OFF THE CUFF.
UM, BUT MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS START WITH THE CITY FIRST AND GET DIRECTED TO US.
THAT WAY THE CITY'S IN THE LOOP AND IS AWARE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING SO THAT IF IT'S A KIND OF A REPEAT OCCURRENCE, THE CITY KNOWS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH OR SOMETHING TO DO.
A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GET A LOT OF TIME FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SET OF BUILDING CODES THAT WE'VE ADOPTED.
UH, IT'S NOT CITY ORDINANCE CODE RELATED CODES, IT'S INTERNATIONAL SET OF CODES.
AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL RELY ON THE BUILDING OFFICIAL TO HELP US CLARIFY THAT.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE EVER HAD IN MY CAREER, UH, OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL HAD TO DO WITH WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL, YOU KNOW, IRC OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
UM, CITY ORDINANCES, TYPICALLY STAFF IS PRETTY WELL VERSED IN THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO TAILORED TO YOUR CITY AND THEY'RE SO PERSONALIZED TO, TO US.
BUT THE INTERNATIONAL SET OF CODES, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SQUARE FOOTAGE IS OF BUILDINGS FOR SPRINKLING OR DOES A NEW WINDOW NEED A PERMIT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THOSE ARE ALL TYPICALLY COVERED
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IN THOSE INTERNATIONAL CODES.AND THAT'S WHERE A BUILDING OFFICIAL CAN COME IN HANDY.
UM, IS THAT A FAIR? ABSOLUTELY.
WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THAT WAS ALL OF THE DISCUSSION.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 37 AMENDING CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 90, ANIMAL CONTROL REGULATIONS.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MONTH WE DISCUSSED THIS, THE THREE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO AMEND, UM, WERE CLEARLY DEFINED PREMISES REMOVE AT HEEL AND SPECIFY THAT DOGS MUST BE LEASHED EVEN IF IN THEIR OWN OWNER'S FRONT YARD MOVE TO APPROVE KURT, KURT MOVES AND KELLY SECONDS.
AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I'LL ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
I GOT A CALL TODAY FROM A RESIDENT WHO SAID, UH, I NEED TO, I NEED HELP GETTING IN A CENTER POINT, NEED TO HELP GETTING IN A, A YARD TO HOOK UP THEIR INTERNET.
THERE WAS A DOG, THE OWNER'S DOG IN THE FRONT YARD JUST WALKING AROUND AND HE SAID, THE DOG I THINK IS FRIENDLY, BUT IT KEEPS GIVING US A WEIRD LOOK.
AND IS THAT ALLOWED? WHO DO I CALL? AND I SAID, WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
SO, UM, THAT SITUATION DOES COME UP WHERE THERE MAY BE A HOMEOWNER'S DOG IN THE FRONT YARD, BUT STILL COULD JUST GO RUNNING OFF.
SO I'M, I'M THANKFUL WE'RE, UH, KIND OF TIGHTENING THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND, AND PUTTING THIS IN PLACE.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD, WE HA WE NOW HAVE TERMS DEFINED.
WE HAVE, UM, CLARIFIED SOME OF THE GRAY AREAS.
WE HAVE THE PENALTY, WHICH WOULD GO BACK TO THE STAIR STEP, UH, PENALTY.
UH, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT? WHERE DOES, WHERE DOES THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS LAY LIE? IT CAN EITHER BE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD SAY THAT FOR THE RESIDENTS, IF THIS IS A, A SITUATION THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL IS, IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, THEN DON'T HESITATE TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT CERTAINLY COULD TAKE, UH, ACTION AS WELL.
AND WHILE THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPY TO SEE THIS, AND WE'LL BE THANKFUL, UH, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THIS NEW DEFINITION.
I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THEIR FRONT YARDS PLAYING CATCH WITH THEIR DOG.
AND TECHNICALLY NOW THEY CAN RECEIVE A FINE FOR THAT.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO PUSH THIS OUT? I'M ASSUMING CAMERON'S GONNA BLAST WHAT HE CAN, BUT NOT EVERYBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
ARE WE ISSUING, I GUESS, UH, WARNINGS FOR A WHILE? OR HOW DO WE WANT STAFF TO HANDLE THIS?
ESPECIALLY, I DO KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT, THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT ARE ALWAYS OUTSIDE WITH THEIR DOG IN THEIR FRONT YARD.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME THAT ARE, UM, LIKE RICK SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE VERY HAPPY AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TOLERANCE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I, I DO THINK THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PUSHBACK ON SOME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU SOMEBODY WHO RIDES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS CHASED BY DOGS.
THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE PLEASED TO HAVE, 'CAUSE THESE ARE, THESE ARE DOGS THAT OTHERWISE ARE PLAYING IN THEIR FRONT YARD UNTIL SOMEBODY ON A BIKE RIDES BY AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN PURSUIT.
AND FORTUNATELY FOR ME, I'M NOT THE SLOWEST ONE IN RIDING.
WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE IS OBVIOUSLY THAT THE DOG HAS TO BE ON A LEASH EVEN IF THEY'RE IN YOUR FRONT YARD, WHICH HAS CHANGED.
UM, IF YOU GUYS CAN GIVE STAFF SOME PARAMETERS AND HOW LONG YOU'D LIKE US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE? I WOULD, I MEAN, I, I WOULD THINK 30 DAYS, BUT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE IT TO BE IN THE NEWSLETTER AND I KNOW THE NEWSLETTER OUT.
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, I DO WANNA PUT A BLURB IN THE NEWSLETTER ABOUT THIS.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA DO 30 60, WE CAN KIND OF SAY, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S GONNA GIVE WARNINGS IF, IF CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT AND SEES A DOG OUT FRONT, SHE'S DRIVING BY, TALKS TO THE OWNER CAN LET THE OWNER KNOW FOR X NUMBER OF DAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW LAW IN TOWN.
WELL, IS THE OCTO OCTOBER NEWSLETTER ALREADY OUT? NO, THE SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER IS OUT.
SO OCTOBER NEWSLETTER GOES TO PRINT.
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LET'S SAY 60 DAYS FROM TODAY.I HAVE A MOTION AND A, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ONE? OKAY.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 38 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 6 5 0 1 MOWING AND LANDSCAPING $40,000 FROM GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE TREE TRIMMING IN THE CITY.
AND THIS, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS WAS, WE MOVED THIS UP TO THE 24 BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAD RESOURCES TO COVER IT.
AND THIS WOULD NOT HAVE PROTECTED ANYBODY'S POWER DURING THE HURRICANE.
THIS IS JUST IN THE STREETS AND PARKS.
THESE ARE FAR AWAY FROM LINES.
IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 24 39 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 6, 0 5, 1, 0 1, 0 0 PARKS AND RECREATION SALARIES, $28,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE DUE TO THE INCREASE IN PAY FOR THE SUMMER STAFF.
WOULD YOU MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM? UM, SO THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO, UH, CONVERSATIONS WE HAD, UH, PRIOR TO THE SUMMER STARTING.
UM, AS WE WERE TRYING TO HIRE SUMMER STAFF AND WE WERE HAVING ISSUES DOING THAT BECAUSE OF THE MARKET VALUE AND, AND GAINING INTEREST.
UH, COUNCIL APPROVED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND INCREASE, UM, THE, THE SALARIES FOR THE SEASONAL STAFF.
UM, AND WE DID, AND THEN WE ALSO ASKED THAT, UM, WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO GATHER A REAL TIME NUMBER FOR YOU GUYS AS FAR AS HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA COST.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY IT TURNED OUT TO BE LESS THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.
UM, BUT THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS $28,000, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IS ON THERE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT DOES NOT ALS UH, INCLUDE THE COUNSELORS.
THAT WAS A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM, WHICH WE'LL BRING BACK NEXT MONTH.
SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 7,000 FOR THAT PART.
SO IN ALL, IT WAS 35,000 AND I BELIEVE AT THE BEGINNING THIS SUMMER, WE WERE BELIEVING IT WAS GONNA BE MORE LIKE 40 TO 60,000.
UM, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR COLLEEN? ALL RIGHT.
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM, REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
AND THAT IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING TEXAS WATER CODE SECTION 11.086 OVERFLOW CAUSED BY DIVERSION OF WATER.
AND THIS IS ON THE TOPIC OF STORM WATER RUNOFF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED LATELY.
SPECIFICALLY WHAT TO DO WHEN WATER FLOWS FROM ONE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER, POTENTIALLY CAUSING DAMAGE.
THERE IS NO CITY CODE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO REGARDING OR IMPERVIOUS COVER INSTALLATIONS IN TOWN.
STORM WATER MITIGATION IS TYPICALLY HANDLED THROUGH A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS WHERE A PLAN SET IS REVIEWED.
THE CITY COULD STILL WRITE CITATIONS AGAINST PEOPLE DIVERTING PROPERTY, WATER OFF PROPERTY OFF THEIR NEIGHBOR, BUT IT MEANS THAT THE CLASS C WOULD TYPICALLY BE TIED TO AN OWNER REGARDING PROPERTY AND OR DIVERTING WATER WITHOUT FIRST GETTING AN A, AN APPROVED CITY PERMIT TO DO SO.
THEY'D HAVE TO GET CAUGHT BY THE CITY DAMAGES AND OTHER LEGAL REMEDIES WOULD STILL NEED TO BE HANDLED AT THE CIVIL COURT LEVEL.
THE CITY DOES HAVE OPTIONS TO CREATE A THRESHOLD FOR FILL DIRT REGARD, UM, REGRADING OR IMPERVIOUS COVER, ET CETERA, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CITY PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT TO ENSURE WATER IS NOT DIVERTED IMPROPERLY.
UM, WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE THIS EVENING TO HELP GUIDE US IN THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS DIRECTLY AFFECTING, AFFECTING FAMILIES, SO I WANNA OPEN THE FLOOR FOR CONVERSATION.
SO I I WANTED TO BRING THIS ONE TO COUNCIL, UM, BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WITH THAT LIVES IN THE R TWO, UH, SECTION THAT HAS, UH, THE ZERO LOT LINES.
AND, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NEIGHBOR PUTS A BUNCH OF FILL DIRT IN AND DOESN'T GRADE IT CORRECTLY AND THEN WATER CAN FLOW TOWARDS,
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UM, THE, THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND FLOW INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE DURING HEAVY RAIN FLOW.UH, SO I WANTED TO EXPLORE TO SEE IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO TIGHTEN UP, UH, OUR ORDINANCE IF POSSIBLE? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS MAY AFFECT, UH, EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE? AND I'LL ADD THAT IF YOU ASK A DOZEN ATTORNEYS OR A DOZEN ENGINEERS THIS QUESTION, YOU'RE GOING TO GET 50 OR TO A HUNDRED OPINIONS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT APPROACHES WE CAN TAKE AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA START DISCUSSION OR IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM DAVID FIRST.
I THINK SOME OF US HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOS AND JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT'S GOING ON FIRST.
DAVID, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT DIRECTLY FROM YOU.
OKAY, SO I LIVE IN THE, UH, PATIO HOME SECTION.
I GUESS I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF, DAVID LANCE, 1 1 9 4 6 MEADOW CREST DRIVE, UM, LIVE IN THE PATIO HOME SECTION.
UM, AND UH, SO WE HAVE THE ZERO LOT LINE.
UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU EXPLAINED IT, HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
THE, THE, THE WALL OF THE HOUSE IS THE PROPERTY LINE.
I DON'T HAVE A YARD ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT I CAN WALK AROUND AND DO MAINTENANCE EVEN IF I WANT TO PAINT PRESSURE, WASH, WHATEVER THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
I'VE GOTTA, UH, COORDINATE THAT WITH THE NEIGHBOR AND MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THAT SECTION ARE COOPERATIVE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND, AND I'VE, I GREW UP IN THAT SECTION TWO STREETS OVER AND, UH, SO I'M USED TO THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WHERE I AM NOW, I'VE GOT A, A RENTAL PROPERTY NEXT TO ME THAT'S, UH, GOT A HISTORY WITH THE CITY AND IS IS, IS JUST A PROBLEM.
AND IN LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL OF THIS YEAR, I THINK WHEN I WAS ON VACATION, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT HAPPEN, THE, UH, RENTER RAISED HIS BACKYARD CONSIDERABLY, BROUGHT IN DIRT AND SOD AND JUST PILED ON TOP OF WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
AND WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE WAS PROBABLY TALL ENOUGH, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE TOO TALL.
AND NOW IT'S REALLY WAY UP ABOVE GRADE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
AND SOME PLACES THE, UM, GROUND LEVEL IS AT THE LEVEL OF MY WEEP HOLES ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND IT SLOPES TOWARD ME.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, THAT WHEN WE GET REALLY, EVEN JUST A SLIGHT RAIN WATER STARTS COMING IN AND HE ALSO BUILT SORT OF A DAM THAT PREVENTS IT FROM FLOWING TOWARD THE STREET AND JUST KEEPS IT THERE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT OVER TIME IT'S GOING TO CAUSE, UH, FOUNDATION ISSUES.
UM, I I, I TRY TO, UH, KEEP EVERYTHING DRY AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN WE HAVE A A RAINSTORM, I'VE GOTTA BE HOME.
I CAN'T TRAVEL, CAN'T GO OUT OF TOWN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BECAUSE I'VE GOTTA WATCH THE WEATHER.
UH, UNLESS WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, I'M PRETTY WELL STUCK HERE.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES IN, I TRY TO USE A DEHUMIDIFIER IN FANS.
UM, SO FAR, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE SHEET ROCK FROM GETTING DAMAGED 'CAUSE IT'S COMING UNDER IT.
UM, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CARPET HAD TO COME OUT OF THAT PART OF THE HOUSE.
UH, FURNITURE'S DAMAGED ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND I'M NOT EVEN ASKING ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, THE HOMEOWNER TO, UH, PAY FOR ANY OF THAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST NEED THAT YARD TO BE REGRADED BECAUSE ACTUALLY WHEN YOU WALK BACK THERE, AS I DID WITH A CONTRACTOR SHORTLY AFTER HE DID THIS, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IF WE GET A REALLY SERIOUS RAIN EVENT, IT'S GONNA FLOOD HIS HOUSE TOO.
IT MIGHT EVEN SHORT OUT HIS AC UNIT.
SO I THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, MIND BOGGLING THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
BUT, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
AND THEN ALSO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OTHER FOLKS IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE THIS, I'VE FOUND IN TALKING, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I KNOW THIS HAPPENS QUITE A BIT AND USUALLY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO JUST WALK OVER AND TALK TO THE HOMEOWNER AND THEY WORK SOMETHING OUT.
AND EVEN IF IT GETS, UM, CONTENTIOUS, THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARRIVE AT, UH, AT, AT SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT.
A COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WELL, IT HAPPENED AND I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL OF IT, BUT WE GOT IT FIXED.
I'M WILLING TO DO THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT A, UM, INVESTOR OWNED PROPERTY, WE CAN'T REACH THE OWNER AND THE RENTER IS NOT COOPERATIVE.
AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT ACTUALLY DID THIS HASN'T BEEN THERE FOR SIX WEEKS AND I'VE OVERHEARD THAT HIS KIDS DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.
SO REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO AT THIS POINT TO ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING DONE.
AND I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MYSELF OR HIRING SOMEONE.
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IN THEREBUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY GOING IN THERE AND DIGGING UP A LARGE PORTION OF SOMEONE'S YARD, I DON'T KNOW
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHERE I AM.
I'VE BEEN THERE 17 YEARS, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MY WHOLE LIFE.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PACK UP AND MOVE BECAUSE OF THIS.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT CONTINUES FOR, FOR TOO LONG, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT COULD I SELL A HOUSE FOR THAT WOULD BE WORTH 350,000 MAYBE.
WHAT IS IT WORTH IF IT WON'T PASS AN INSPECTION AND WHO'S GONNA BUY IT AND WHAT KIND OF NEIGHBOR IS GONNA MOVE IN THERE? UH, THEN, UH, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT TO MEADOW'S PLACE EVEN IF I WERE TO LEAVE HERE AND I DON'T WANNA LEAVE HERE.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT, UM, THAT YOU FOLKS CAN DO AND, UH, AND AGAIN, PREVENT OTHERS FROM ENDING UP IN THIS SAME SITUATION LATER.
UH, EVEN IF I HAVE TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED.
BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS THAT THE NEXT TIME WHEN IT'S A A RETIRED PERSON ON A FIXED INCOME, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT'S DISABLED OR SOMEBODY THAT ISN'T WORKING FULL-TIME AS I'M BLESSED TO BE, UM, THAT THEY HAVE SOME HELP TO RESOLVE IT.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE GONNA BE SHOCKED, BUT I'VE GOT AN OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT.
AND THE, SO I'LL SAY THE, THE CHEAPEST AND EASIEST THING FOR THE CITY ITSELF IS TO SAY THIS IS A CIVIL MATTER.
THAT WORKED FOR FORT BEND COUNTY UP UNTIL 2014.
PRIOR TO THAT TIME, THE COUNTY DID NOT DO ANY REGULATION OUTSIDE THE FLOODPLAIN.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN REQUIRE A PERMIT TO GO BUILD STRUCTURES.
UM, BECAUSE OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND WHAT WE CALLED A DO NO HARM TYPE ATTITUDE.
FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, PASSED REGULATIONS IN 2014 THAT WERE CALLED REGULATIONS OF FLOODPLAINS, BUT ACTUALLY APPLIED ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY ON OCTOBER 8TH, WE'LL BE ADOPTING AN UPDATE TO THOSE REGULATIONS.
IT IS NOW CALLED REGULATIONS FOR FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION.
AND AS I SAID, IT APPLIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT IS, UH, UNDER OUR JURISDICTION, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CITY'S UNLESS THE COUNTY HAS AN INTERLOCAL WITH THAT CITY TO ACT AS THEIR FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, IT IS ALL WRITTEN AROUND THE WATER CODE AND UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THINGS EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T, UM, REVIEW BUILDING DESIGNS.
UM, WE HAD A BUILDING GO UP ON A PROPERTY THAT DID NOT HAVE A BUILDING LINE.
SO IT WAS BUILT UP AGAINST THE PROPERTY LINE AND WHILE IT ITSELF WAS TWO FEET WITHIN THE PROPERTY, THE EVE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND WAS SHEDDING WATER ACROSS THE FENCE INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
UM, THROUGH THIS REGULATIONS WE WERE ABLE TO REQUIRE THAT THEY GO ADD, UM, GUTTERS, DOWNSPOUTS AND PULL THE WATER AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M OPEN TO ADOPTING ORDINANCES SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS, JUST SO THAT WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, DO NO HARM TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GET INTO, UM, PERMITTING EVERY LITTLE STRUCTURE OR UH, BRICK PAVERS THAT PEOPLE ADD, BUT AS LONG AS THEY DON'T, UH, IF THEY DO IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBOR, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO GO BACK AND, AND WORK WITH THAT HOMEOWNER TO REMEDY THE SITUATION.
SO IF, IF WE HAD AN INTERLOCAL WITH THE COUNTY, WOULD THAT OPEN THE DOOR TO THE COUNTY COMING IN AND ENFORCING SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE? AND IS IT FREE FOR US TO DO THAT INTERLOCAL? SO THE COUNTY IS REALLY, I DON'T KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO TALK WITH OUR COMMISSIONER.
UM, IT'S MOSTLY IF TO DO THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PIECE OF IT.
THE COUNTY DOES NOT DO PLAN OR PLA REVIEW FOR ANY OF THOSE CITIES.
IT'S JUST THE PERMITTING FOR THE FLOODPLAIN.
UM, I THINK IT'D PROBABLY BE BETTER, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T ADD WELL, AND THE OTHER THING IS THE COUNTY WOULD REQUIRE ADOPTING THE EXACT SAME ORDINANCE AND IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS, WE MIGHT WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN WHAT THE COUNTY ORDINANCE IS.
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BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT, I GUESS WITH LEGAL.UM, WHAT CAN YOU SAY AT THIS POINT AS, AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP, UH, RESIDENTS WITH THIS SITUATION? YEAH, I KNOW WHEN, UM, WE WERE CALLED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WE LOOKED LONG AND HARD AT ALL OF THE ORDINANCES WERE THAT WERE ON THE BOOKS AND THE BUILDING CODES AND TRIED TO FIND AN AVENUE TO, TO ASSIST.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE LIMITED BY THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS TODAY.
UM, CITIES ORDINARILY HANDLE THESE ISSUES THROUGH FILL AND GRADE PERMITS.
UM, AND AGAIN, SOMETIMES FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, I KNOW THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY FLOODPLAIN, BUT PERHAPS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COUNTY HAS IN PLACE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, ACTIONS AT LAW AVAILABLE IN THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT PROCESS AS WELL IN CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY.
UM, COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE A QUICKER AVENUE FOR ASSISTANCE GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION.
'CAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO RETROACTIVELY APPLY WHATEVER THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES IT WANTS TO DO ONCE WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW ON THE BOOKS.
IF THAT'S HOW THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO PROCEED, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF ADDING SOMETHING TO THE BOOKS THAT WOULD HELP IN THIS SITUATION IF COUNSEL WOULD WANT TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION AS WELL.
SO DO WE WANT TO AUTHORIZE, UH, LEGAL TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO? WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, UM, LET ME SEND OUT THE DRAFT COUNTY REGULATIONS TO BOTH THE COUNSEL AND, AND THE ATTORNEYS AND THEN WE COULD SEE WHAT WE WANT TO TWEAK, ADD, COMMENT FROM THERE RATHER THAN RECREATE THE WORLD.
AND I THINK IF WE PUT IT UNDER THE, AS I THINK YOUR WORD TO DESCRIBE IT AS DO NO HARM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE, THE INTENT OF THIS VERSUS TRYING TO COME UP WITH A NEW PERMITTING AND NEW, HAVING SOMEBODY DO ENGINEERING ON TRYING TO ADD A SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER ON IN THEIR BACKYARD.
I THINK, I THINK IF WE CAN PHRASE, PHRASE IT SO THAT IT IT IT COMES TO THAT INTENT.
I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE A GUIDE TO THE, TO BOTH THE, THE LAWYERS AND THE, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
'CAUSE WE'LL DEFINITELY NEED TO TWEAK THINGS.
'CAUSE LIKE WITH THE NEW REGULATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO EXEMPT POOLS FROM PERMITS.
'CAUSE THE COUNTY REALLY DOESN'T WANNA LOOK AT YOUR POOL PERMIT OR DESIGN OF YOUR POOL.
THE CITY MAY WANT TO KEEP THAT OPTION.
UM, AND ALSO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS GONE FROM 100 TO 400 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE THE COUNTY WAS TIRED OF LOOKING AT 10 BY 12.
UM, STORAGE SHEDS, STORAGE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS STORAGE IN THE EVENT THAT WE CAUGHT IT, WE KNEW DOZENS OR HUNDREDS WERE GOING IN EVERY YEAR WITHOUT PERMITS.
BUT IT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT THE COUNTY WAS CONCERNED WITH.
WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT, LIKE I SAID, THE DO NO HARM.
WELL, AND, AND IF I MAY, SOME COLOR I'D LIKE TO ADD IS THAT IF CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THING SOMETHING MORE QUICKLY, IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH THE BUILDING CODE PROCESS AND THE BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S HOW CITIES TYPICALLY REGULATE THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS YOUR, YOUR BUILDING CODE OFFICIALS, YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO IMMEDIATELY GO OUT.
IF THERE'S UNPERMITTED CONSTRUCTION, THEY'VE REMOVED A BUNCH OF DIRT FROM A LOT AND EXCAVATED WITHOUT A PERMIT.
UM, AND WE'D HAVE TO DETERMINE THRESHOLDS FOR THAT OF COURSE.
OR THEY'VE ADDED A BUNCH OF FILL TO A LOT.
IT ALLOWS YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ISSUE RED TAGS OR STOP WORK ORDERS AND ISSUE CITATIONS AND EVERY DAY THAT A VIOLATION CONTINUES CAN BE AN ADDITIONAL CITATION.
UM, AND SO THAT CAN BE A MUCH QUICKER PROCESS TO GETTING A RESOLUTION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, SOMETIMES THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, A LONG DRAWN OUT BECAUSE I'M WILLING TO BET THE COUNTY SPENT MONTHS AND MONTHS DRAFTING THIS STUFF.
UM, WELL, AND IT'S NOT EVEN JUST A DRAFTING BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COUNTY WORKS.
ENGINEERING CAN'T ISSUE A STOP WORK.
WE TELL THEM THEY'RE IN VIOLATION AND THEN BY THE TIME WE ISSUE OUR THIRD NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND GIVE IT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEY ACTUALLY GET IT TO COURT, WE'RE USUALLY SIX TO NINE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO WE'RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF LOOKING AT THE, THE BUILDING CODES.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED THRESHOLD AND I
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THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY ADOPT.UM, ULTIMATELY STAFF IS GONNA BE TASKED WITH ENFORCING WITH WHAT, WHATEVER'S ON THE BOOKS.
AND SO WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH DIRT IS TOO MUCH DIRT, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT AND THINK ABOUT.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT WITH HER EAGLE EYES AND SEES SOMEBODY DROPPING FIVE YARDS OF DIRT IN THE DRIVEWAY, IS THAT OKAY? RIGHT.
SO THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT WE AS A STAFF ARE GONNA, UH, ENCOUNTER OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND SO WE WANT SOME, SOME DIRECTION AND PARAMETERS, UH, ON THAT AS WELL.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SOIL, I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE ELEVATION OF THE SOIL, BUT WHEN IT'S FINISHED, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN WE HAD THREE DUMP TRUCKS OF SAND, ONE OF TOP SOIL AND ONE OF PEA GRAVEL BROUGHT IN.
I'VE STILL GOT A FRENCH TRADE SYSTEM,
WAS THERE ANOTHER RESIDENT THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS? OKAY.
UM, MY MOM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? MONICA IAN.
I LIVE ON MY MOTHER LIVE THERE, 11 8 27 OAK MEADOW.
SHE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM MANY MONTHS AGO.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEIGHBOR IS SHE ALLOWED HER TO GO CHECK, MOVE HER PLANTS AND EVERYTHING.
SO THE WATER STOPPED GOING TO HER HOUSE.
WE ARE ALREADY CHANGED THE SHEET ROCK TWICE.
MY MOTHER'S A SENIOR WITH HEALTHY PROBLEMS AND I CAN GO FIVE WITH THE NEIGHBOR BECAUSE I SAY FIVE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY UNDERSTAND OR THEY TRY TO, BUT THEN THEY LOCK THE DOOR AND MY MOM HOUSE GET FLOOD AND SHE'S TIRED, SHE STRESSED OUT.
NOW THE PROBLEM IS THE OLD OWNER SOLD THE HOUSE IS A NEW OWNER NOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE LOVE PLANTS, BUT HE LOVE PLANTS TOO MUCH.
AND HE PUT EVERYTHING ON SIDE OF MY MOTHER HOUSE AND HE FLOORED AGAIN.
AND WE TALKED TO HIM, WE EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM.
HE SAID, WELL, I WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN SO YOU CAN MOVE WHATEVER WHEN IT'S RAINING.
MY MOTHER IS SEVEN YEARS OLD, SHE CANNOT MOVE POTS BIG LIKE THIS.
SHE CAN NO BEND TO MOVE ANYTHING.
AND WE CANNOT BE CHANGING THE SHEET ROCK EVERY DAMN CHAIR.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WE EXPECTING SOMETHING FROM YOU GUYS BECAUSE SINCE IT'S TOO MANY CALLS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHY NOT TO SEND A A, I DON'T KNOW, WARNING OR COOPERATE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR OR STOP PUTTING SO MANY PLANTS OR DON'T LEAVE YOUR YARD, YOUR BACKYARD ALMOST, ALMOST ON THE TOP OF THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
YOU DAMAGE SOMEONE ELSE PROPERTY AND THEY GO, THEY NO HOME, THEY'RE HAPPY WHEN IT'S RAIN EVEN MINIMAL RAINS, IT GETS BAD.
WE EVEN PUT SOME KIND OF, UH, CONCRETE BUT HELP TEMPORARILY.
AND THE THING IS, I GUESS SINCE YOU LIVING THERE ALMOST 30 YEARS, EH, SHE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS WHEN SHE'S 70 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE'S SUPPOSED TO ENJOY HER HOUSE WITH HER PLANS AND SHE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE NEIGHBOR THINGS.
LIKE I SAY, WE ALL LOVE PLANS, BUT RESPECT, IT'S MY MOM PROPERTY, HER STRUCTURE, HIS HOUSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS AS A COMMUNITY SINCE MATTER PLACE HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT, I GUESS IT'S FAIR TO HELP THE SENIORS TOO.
AND THAT'S MY CONCERN AND I'M FRUSTRATE AND I GUESS THEY SAID NO, I KNOW HOW YOU GOT TO GO TO FOLLOW TIME TO APPROVE THIS, TO APPROVE THAT.
BUT I, I GUESS WE KNOW SHE DON'T HAVE THAT TIME BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS NO HELPING RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST CROSSING FINGER THAT IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN TO CHANGE THE F THE TRUE ROCK AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME.
THIS IS, WE ALREADY CHANGED THIS YEAR, BUT I'M EXPECTING THE FIR THE WORST TIME IT GO LIKE THIS, THE WATER, THE ROOM FURNITURE, WE CANNOT DO NOTHING BECAUSE IT'S NATURAL, RIGHT? BUT THE THING IS, THE OTHER NEIGHBOR COOPERATE.
WE FIX THINGS LIKE WE THOUGHT THIS NEIGHBOR IS NOT HELPING AT
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ALL.AND LIKE I SAY, UM, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR MY MOTHER AS A SENIOR FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THOUGH HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND I GUESS AS A BABY SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS SAY THE SAME THING.
SO I GUESS IT'S TIME TO DON'T TAKE SO LONG TIME TO FIX SOMETHING.
IT CAN DAMAGE A PROPERTY, UH, A LOT AND SHE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOLD GREW UP FASTER AND SHE CANNOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MOVE FROM MEADOW'S PLACE BECAUSE OF THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.
YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ARE UTTERLY JUSTIFIED AND I'M SO SORRY THAT THIS HAS BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND COUNSEL IS WORKING ON THIS, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS JUST THE GENERAL DEGRADATION OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, DAVID, YOUR HOUSE IS WHAT, 50 YEARS OLD PLUS OR MINUS? SO FOUR, YOU KNOW, 40 SOME.
I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL CLOSE TO 20 YEARS NOW, NOT QUITE.
AND JUST WE HAVEN'T HAD THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK IT OUT NOW NOBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH THEIR NEIGHBOR.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR NEIGHBOR.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO COMBAT THAT.
WE ARE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER KNIT THAN A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO SEE IT.
IT COME IN AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S HOW LAWS OCCUR.
UM, THAT'S HOW WARNING LABELS OCCUR BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DID NOT ADDRESS THINGS WITH COMMON SENSE.
I I KNOW SUGAR LAND HAS A DECENT AMOUNT OF, UM, PATIO HOMES LIKE THIS AS WELL.
I'D BE CURIOUS IF THEY HAD ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS.
IF, IF WE HAVE ANY CONTACTS JUST TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? UM, SEVERAL OF US HAVE CONTACTS.
SO I, IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND JUST SEE HOW ARE Y'ALL HANDLING IT.
'CAUSE I LIVED IN A HOME WITH A ZERO LOT LINE IN SUGAR LAND PRIOR TO MEADOW'S PLACE AND THAT WAS ALWAYS A CONCERN OF MINE.
THANKFULLY WATER NEVER CAME IN, BUT, UH, THAT NEIGHBOR THERE WAS A, A LANGUAGE BARRIER AND THEY DIDN'T WANT ME IN THE YARD.
SO IT WAS, IT, IT MADE IT TOUGH.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK NICK MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF THINGS WE WANNA CONSIDER AND SORT OF WHAT THRESHOLDS WE WANNA LOOK AT.
AND SOME THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES CONSIDER, UM, ARE THINGS LIKE WEATHER, THE EXCAVATION OR THE FILL DIRT PUTS PRESSURE OR IMPACTS ANY ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UM, CITY OF HOUSTON I KNOW SETS THEIR FILL PERMIT AT 50 CUBIC YARDS.
UM, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEPTH.
AND SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE FEET OR MORE IS, IS WHERE A PERMIT IS REQUIRED.
UM, LOOKING AT, UM, THE SLOPE OF THE FILL AS WELL, THAT CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT 'CAUSE IT TELLS YOU WHERE THE WATER'S GONNA GO, RIGHT? UM, LOOKING AT, UM, WHETHER THERE WAS ALREADY A NATURAL DRAINAGE COURSE AND WHETHER THE NEW FILL IMPACTS THAT OR OBSTRUCTS IT.
UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE LOOKED AT.
UM, OTHER CITIES ALSO SET ADDITIONAL THRESHOLDS FOR WHEN AN ENGINEER HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THAT FILL OR THAT EXCAVATION.
UM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO A DEPTH THAT'S UNSUPPORTED, THAT'S MORE THAN FIVE FEET WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL, ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AROUND A THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS IS, IS WHAT PEOPLE LOOK AT AS THE VOLUME THRESHOLD REQUIRING ENGINEERING.
UM, SO YEAH, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK AT AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONSIDER AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT ADJACENT CITIES TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING WELL FOR THEM AND, UM, WHETHER THOSE THRESHOLDS ARE WORKING WELL FOR THEM.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SO I THINK WE HAVE AN ALDERMAN MM-HMM
UH, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE DO IS MASSAGE IT AND TAILOR IT FOR OUR USE.
UM, SEE WHAT'S BEST FOR MEADOWS PLACE IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION
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WE GO.AND SO THE BUILDING CODES, CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT I'VE HAD ALL MY EXPERIENCE IN IS, IS ADDRESSING THIS THROUGH THE BUILDING CODE.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY DOES WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT, UM, CERTAINLY WE STOP THAT WORK ANYWAY.
BUT IF THAT WORK PASSES A THRESHOLD WHERE YOU GO, NEED TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT A DRAINAGE PLAN WITH THAT AS WELL, UH, IN MANY CASES AN ENGINEERED DRAINAGE PLAN, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMES WITH IT.
UM, HOWEVER, I WILL CAUTION THAT IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO CREATE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL ORDINANCE.
SO THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEBODY CHOOSES TO, UH, BUILD A GARDEN THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE DRAINAGE WAY OF A TYPE A DRAINAGE AND IT DAMS UP WHERE WATER USUALLY NATURALLY FLOWED.
THEY DIDN'T NEED A PERMIT FOR THE GARDEN, BUT THE GARDEN IS NOW CAUSING ISSUES.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU SEE OVER TIME WHERE YOU DO HAVE TO, AND ULTIMATELY YOU'RE RIGHT.
TYPICALLY IT'S A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR, HEY MAN, YOU SEE WHAT THIS IS DOING? UH, THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL HAS TO WRESTLE WITH IS WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE CITY PLAY WHEN THAT GARDEN IS MESSING UP THE NEIGHBOR'S, UH, THE DRAINAGE, UH MM-HMM.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT JUST THROUGH SOME GENERAL, UM, EXHIBITS THAT KIND OF SHOW THAT THE AREA BETWEEN HOUSES LEADING INTO THE BACKYARDS IS PROHIBITED FROM RISING ABOVE THE FOUNDATION LEVEL AND OR BLOCKING DRAINAGE FROM THE BACKYARDS OVER TIME.
DECORATIVE LANDSCAPE FEATURES, TREES, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT CAN BLOCK.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE EVEN SEEN PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR DRIVEWAYS REDONE, DIDN'T THINK ABOUT GRADE, RAISE THEIR DRIVEWAY, AND NOW THE WATER IN THE BACKYARD CAN'T GET OUT AND THEY'RE CALLING THE COUNTY TO SAY SOMEBODY CHANGED SOMETHING.
YOU
SO IT'S HARD TO PUT A THRESHOLD.
I KNOW, NICK, YOU WERE ASKING FOR A THRESHOLD.
I DON'T, I MEAN, I, I THINK WE, I THINK IT'S MORE, LET'S DEFINE THE AREA BETWEEN THE HOUSES AS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE, EASEMENTS, DRAIN, DRAIN, ESPECIALLY ON THE R TWO AREA OF THE CITY.
BUT I MEAN, EVEN, EVEN WITH MY HOUSE, IF MY NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, IF HE WERE TO REPAVE HIS DRIVEWAY AND RIGHT.
RAISE IT FOUR INCHES, IT WOULD NOW BE ABOVE MY FOUNDATION.
AND I KNOW FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION WE, WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, THEY TOLD US WHAT WE HAD TO DO.
WE HAD TO MAKE THE SWALE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WHEN ALL THE HOUSES WERE BUILT, BUT THEY'VE ALL FILLED IN AFTER 50 YEARS.
SO ONE OTHER, TO DAVID'S POINT, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM RENTAL, BUT IF WE HAVE ANY CONTROL ON RENTAL PROPERTY, THIS WOULD BE A PLACE TO EXERCISE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT'D BE A QUESTION TO, MIGHT BE A LEGAL QUESTION IF WE CAN TREAT RENTAL PROPERTIES.
UH, NOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE WHEN IT'S A NON-OWNER OCCUPANT AND WHETHER OR NOT WITH A LEASE, I THINK WE REQUIRE A SHORT TERM, UH, PERMIT NOW, RIGHT.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ANNUALLY HAS TO BE RENEWED AND THAT RENEWAL.
IT'S LIKE A LICENSE BASICALLY.
SO I DUNNO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE POSSIBLY RENTAL HOMES SO THAT THE, IF THE OWNER ISN'T COOPERATING, THE, THE TENANT ISN'T COOPERATING, THEN WE GO BACK TO THE OWNER AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES ALREADY WITH FENCES AND POOLS AND OTHER AREAS WITH, UH, INVESTMENT PROPERTIES AND MEADOWS NOW NOT BEING CARED FOR PROPERLY.
SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH THE, WELL, I THINK WE STILL HAVE OUR RENTAL REGISTRY, DON'T WE? YES.
AND WE DO HAVE THE OCCUPANCY INSPECTIONS WHENEVER IT, IT CHANGES IN TURNS OVER.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE SHOULD HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THIS OWNER.
DAVID HAS INDICATED HE CAN'T REACH THE OWNER, CORRECT? I MEAN, WE'VE SENT, I BELIEVE THEY LIVE OUT OF COUNTRY, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I MEAN, WE'VE, THEY HAVE A SUGAR LAND ADDRESS ONE TIME THEY HOUSE CHANGED OVER ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, ADDRESS NEXT DOOR TO ME.
SO YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
SO WHEN WE SENT A CODE ENFORCEMENT LETTER TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER, UM, IN THAT LETTER, IT BASICALLY SAID, WE ARE AWARE THAT YOU ARE SHEET FLOWING ONTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY, PLEASE FIX IT.
NOW WE KNOW THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY TEETH TO ENFORCE THAT, BUT WE STILL WANTED THEM TO KNOW THAT WE KNEW, UH, DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD HARM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT.
UH, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN RADIO SILENCE
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SINCE WE, SINCE WE SENT THAT, UH, SENT THAT LETTER.BUT WE CAN REACH OUT AND REQUEST A COURTESY MEETING.
AND DAVID AND I HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT WE WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE HOW TONIGHT PROGRESSED.
UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ARE, ARE JUSTIFIED.
UM, I THINK THIS IS DE DEGRADATION OF THE NEIGHBOR.
UM, AND DO NO HARM IS A REALLY GOOD PHRASE HERE.
SO, UM, PLEASE KNOW THAT I WILL BE IN TOUCH, I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH INVOLVED PARTIES, UM, AND COUNSEL AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD.
'CAUSE I, I SUSPECT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE, SO THANK YOU COUNSEL.
KELLY, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, WHAT WILL BE THE TURNAROUND ON ALL THIS STUFF? BECAUSE I JUST GLANCED AT THE WEATHER FOR LIKE THE NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX DAYS OF RAIN, WHICH I'M SURE DAVID IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RIGHT NOW.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE OBJECTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, THE STRESS AT THAT LEVEL AND ALL, YOU KNOW, IT PLAYS GAMES WITH YOU MENTALLY AND EVERYTHING, AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET SOMEONE BACK THERE TO FIX THE BACKYARD, MAYBE TEMPORARILY OR WHATEVER SO DAVID DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OR HAVE SOMEBODY COME MOVE IT.
I'VE GOT FRIENDS I CAN CALL IT.
THEY'LL BE GLAD TO MOVE ALL THOSE PLANTS AND EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MEADOWS PLACE ARMY THAT'LL COME AND MOVE PLANTS AND EVERYTHING.
WE JUST NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW.
IT'S GOOD TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE, BUT THE NEXT WEEK IS NOT GONNA BE A HAPPY TIME.
NOTHING IN GOVERNMENT IS FAST
SO AS, AS ATTORNEY FOR, FOR THE CITY, I, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TRESPASSING ON PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND TALKING TO US TONIGHT.
IS EVERYBODY READY TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM RICK AND A SECOND FROM KELLY TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
DO I NEED TO READ THE WHOLE LIST? OH, NO.
IT'S TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS.
ALL THE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME FORWARD? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1 2 2 1 1 MEADOW CREST DRIVE.
AND I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY ALMOST, WELL, 30 YEARS OF MORE ALMOST.
AND MY CONCERN IS THE INFESTATION OF THE CATS.
AND, UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE UPDATING THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
UH, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING MENTIONED ABOUT THE CATS AND UM, THEY'RE BEING FED IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES, UH, AND THE INFESTATION IS JUST GETTING OUTTA CONTROL.
ANGIE CODE ENFORCER WAS LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, SHE SUPPOSEDLY SPOKE WITH THE RESIDENT THAT IS FEEDING THE CATS AND, UM, JUST AS A WARNING.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ELSE WAS DONE.
I'VE ALSO CONTACTED THE S-P-C-C-A.
AND THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN OUT AND, UM, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THAT PERSON ONLY OWNED ONE CAT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.
SO ME AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE BEING INUNDATED WITH CATS THAT ARE NOT OURS.
I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN WE INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR FORMER MAYOR
'CAUSE THEY JUST SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT THEIRS AND IT'S HARD TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE.
AND THEY, SO THEY'RE DEFINED AS FERAL AND THEN IF WE CALL ANIMAL CONTROL, THEY WILL COME SPAY AND NUDE TO THEM AND THEN RETURN
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THEM TO US.THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THAT WITH ME.
HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THEM BEING FED.
I, THERE IS A DRAINAGE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE MM-HMM.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BRING FOOD TO THEM AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
THEY'RE PUTTING FOOD IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
THEY'RE BRINGING FOOD IN MY HOUSE OR WHEREVER THEY WANT TO FEED THEIR CATS.
AS I TOLD THE FORMER MAYOR, IF WE CAN CATCH THEM FEEDING THEM, THAT TO ME DEFINES OWNERSHIP.
ALSO, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, WE CHANGED OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO IF YOU TALK TO JENNIFER, PROBABLY ANYTIME PRIOR TO MARCH, UH, SHE, SHE LEFT I THINK THE FIRST PART OF MARCH AND WE'VE HAD A NEW, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STARTED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
UH, SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO HAVE HER COME BACK OUT AND TALK WITH YOU.
THE TRICKY PART ABOUT THIS ISSUE, UM, AND I'VE, I'VE MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, UNIT.
AND THE, THE TRICKY PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE CATS ARE, THE CATS ARE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE BABIES SO QUICKLY.
AND YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY STREET.
WE HAVE A SCOTTSDALE SITUATION.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL GANGS OF CATS HANGING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE CATS THOUGH CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH THE TRAP, NEUTER AND RELEASE PROGRAM.
UM, AND ACTUALLY I WATCHED, UM, MY, I WATCHED A FRIEND OF MINE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH, WITH KAT NEUTER AND RELEASE.
SHE ALSO HAS A LADY NEXT TO HER THAT FEEDS THE CATS DAILY.
UM, AND IT WAS MORE COMPLICATED THAN I IMAGINED IT TO BE.
YOU CAN TRAP THEM AND YOU CAN GET THEM TO THE, YOU CAN GET THEM TO FORT BEND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL, WHICH IS IN ROSENBERG.
SO IT'S A 30 MINUTE DRIVE, AND THEN THEY CAN ONLY GO FOR CERTAIN DAYS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PICK THEM UP THE NEXT DAY.
I DO KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO, UM, HAVE TRAPS THE, UM, AND ARE WILLING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM.
UM, FORT BEND, FORT BEND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, WILL GIVE YOU A, I THINK THERE'S A DEPOSIT, BUT IT'S FREE.
SO YOU PUT MONEY DOWN, YOU CAN GET THE TRAP, UM, AND THEN, UM, RELEASE THE CAT, UH, ONCE IT'S SPAYED AND SPAYED OR NEUTERED.
UM, AND THEN YOU GET YOUR DEPOSIT BACK.
UM, YES, I WAS TOLD THAT TODAY.
UH, BUT I DO, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS QUICK STORY.
A NEIGHBOR DID, UH, PUT A TRAP DOWN INSTEAD OF IT CATCHING A, UH, A CAT.
AND THE PERSON THAT LOVED CATS RELEASED THE POSSUM.
HAS ON CAMERA SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE WANNA STAY NEIGHBORLY.
SO WE ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY TRYING TO UPSET SOMEBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO RESCUE AND FEED CATS, BUT WE JUST PREFER THAT THEY NOT BE DONE IN OUR, IN AT OUR HOMES.
NO, I THINK THAT'S REALLY FAIR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, MR. VASQUEZ AT THE HEAD OF THE DIRECTOR OF FORT BEND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, THE TRAP NEUTER RELEASE PROGRAM SEEMS TO BE PRETTY EFFECTIVE ONCE THEY'RE TRAPPED AND NEUTERED AND RELEASED.
FERAL CATS DON'T HAVE A VERY, VERY LONG LIFESPAN.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOUR HOUSE CAT THAT LIVES FOR 18 TO 20 YEARS.
UM, FERAL CATS LIVE, UH, EIGHT TO 10 YEARS MAX.
AND SO WHEN THE CATS IN THE AREA ARE ALL SPAYED AND NEUTERED, THEN YOU HAVE THIS TIMEFRAME WHERE THEY'RE NO LONGER LIVING.
UM, THI THIS IS, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR AND I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I, WHILE I'M HERE, CAN I ADDRESS ANOTHER ISSUE? YES, PLEASE.
UH, THE SOUND I BACK UP TO WEST AIRPORT AND I WAS TOLD BY THE FORMER MAYOR THAT WE CANNOT REGULATE THE TIMES THAT TRUCKS COME THROUGH.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S CHANGED ANY
IT'S A PUBLIC STREET, SO IT'S VERY LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO TO REGULATE, UM, TRAFFIC.
UM, UNLESS THE SPECIFIC VEHICLE VIOLATES A NOISE ORDINANCE WITH LOUD STEREO OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING YOU CAN DO.
WILL THERE BE ANY UPDATE TO THE WALLS THAT ARE THERE IN PLACE NOW? THERE, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THAT.
I MEAN, I, WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BUILT
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UP AGAINST THE RAILROAD TRACKS.WE'VE GOT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BUILT UP TO, UH, SAND PITS WHERE THE SAND TRUCKS START HAULING AT 3:00 AM.
UM, COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE ANY NOISE ORDINANCES, SO AT LEAST THE CITY HAS THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MELBA.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM? WOULD ALL RIGHT.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS THIS MEETING STANDS ADJOURNED.