* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] [City Council Meeting] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6 31. WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT. UM, AND WE ARE GONNA START OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THAT'S GREAT. LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE. ALL ALL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LEADERS, THIS CITY. WE LOOK AT THE BUSINESS TONIGHT. I ASK PRESENT, WATCH OVER EVERYONE. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING THIS EVENING. UM, I LOVE TO START, UH, AN, UH, OUR, I LOVE TO START OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH A SERVICE RECOGNITION. WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE RECOGNIZING OFFICER DESI RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. SO I'M GONNA COME DOWN AS THE MAYOR, UH, PRESENTS THIS AWARD. I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT SENIOR POLICE OFFICER, DESI RODRIGUEZ, ATTENDED A LEAF ELICK HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED IN 19 93, 19 92, SORRY. IN 1999, HE ATTENDED HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE POLICE ACADEMY AND GRADUATED IN MARCH OF 2000. ON MAY 25TH, 2000, HE STARTED HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNEY WITH THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE AS A RESERVE OFFICER, AND A FEW MONTHS LATER WAS HIRED FULL-TIME WHERE HE HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. SENIOR POLICE OFFICER RODRIGUEZ ENJOYS , ENJOYS TRAINING YOUNGER OFFICERS WHILE IN THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, AND IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO GIVE THEM ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON THE MANY ASPECTS OF POLICING. SENIOR PRIDE POLICE OFFICER RODRIGUEZ HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE AWARDS FOR POLICE SERVICE DURING THE PAST 25 YEARS TO INCLUDE OFFICER OF THE YEAR CHIEF'S AWARD OF SERVICE, AND OTHER COMMENDATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON 25 YEARS OF SERVICE OFFICER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA IS REPORTS, AND WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH GARY, CHIEF GARY STEWART WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS USUAL, WE'LL START OFF THE REPORT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE REPORTABLE. NINE, UH, THIS PAST MONTH NUMBER ARREST 12 CALLS FOR SERVICE 3000 601 54 REPORTS. UH, TRAFFIC CITATIONS 4 21 WOULD'VE 1061 TOTAL CHARGES, CITY ORDINANCES, VIOLATIONS, UH, ISSUED, UH, EIGHT, UH, WARNINGS FOR TRAFFIC. 1 66, UH, WERE CHARGES OF 319 OR CITY, UH, WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION, 31 AND TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT 5,682. UH, ASSAULTS FOR THE MONTH WERE TWO, UH, BMV, ZERO, ZERO BURGLARY RESIDENCE, AND ZERO FOR, UM, BURGLARY BUSINESS. CITY ORDINANCE, AGAIN, WAS AT 39. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, UH, WAS ONE FRAUD, ONE ROBBERY. WE HAD ZERO ROBBERIES THIS MONTH. TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS WERE 3,100. THEFT SEVEN UUMV UNAUTHORIZED USE, UH, ONE AND TLC PROGRAM. NINE. PASSING TWO FAILURES FOR TOTAL. 11 CONTACTS. SEE THE ORDINANCE BREAKDOWN AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE, THE WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR SEVEN SOLICITOR, 22 FOR JUNK VEHICLE OR PARKING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. TWO FOR LOUD NOISE, UH, CITATIONS ISSUED WITH A FOUR SOLICITOR AND FOUR FOR JUNK VEHICLE OR PARKING VIOLATION. [00:05:01] UH, THE NINE REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS, NONE WERE IN THE ROUNDABOUTS AND THERE WERE VARIOUS, UH, AREAS OF THE CITY. UH, WE ALSO WORKED 15, UH, TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS BASED ON COMPLAINTS WITH FOUR CITATIONS ISSUED FOR OBSERVED TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR REPORT, AS THOSE ARE COVERED ON THE FIRST FEW PAGES, THE, UH, STATS THAT I JUST GAVE YOU, IF WE CAN FLIP TO PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE OUR FLOCK SAFETY ALERTS. TOTAL WAS 117 UP FROM 26 FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH. FIVE FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE. UH, 52 SEX OFFENDER, ALTHOUGH 46 HITS CAME FROM THE THREE SAME VEHICLES. UH, THE STOLEN PLATES, THREE ALERTS, TWO FOR A GANG OR SUSPECTED TERRORIST, ZERO, MISSING PERSON, ZERO WARRANT. UH, 53 FOR, UH, PROTECTIVE ORDER, AND TWO OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST. MOVING ON TO TOTAL OF ARREST. ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE WE HAD UCW POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA OF TWO, ONE FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, ONE WARRANT OR THE JURISDICTION WITH A POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND A UNDER OATH, UH, CARRYING OF A WEAPON, ONE WARRANT. OTHER JURISDICTION OTHER THAN FOUR UUMV OJ, WHICH IS OTHER JURISDICTION, TAMPERING WITH A RECORD ONE WARRANT OTHER JURISDICTION WITH FAILURE TO ID FUGITIVE ONE, ONE FOR EVADING ARREST AND UCW AND ONE FOR PCS. AND THOSE, UH, NOTES ARE BELOW THAT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE COURSE OF ACTION FOR THOSE ARRESTS. MOVING ON TO PAGE NINE, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL NOTES. UH, TALK ABOUT OUR GRANT STATUS. WE ARE PRETTY SET UP WITH OUR DISPATCH CONSOLE. WE'RE JUST GOT SOME FINAL SCHEDULING FOR INSTALLATION ON THE FINAL PROCESS OF PEACE. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S THIS WEEK AND WE'LL BE UP FULLY RUNNING WITH IT. OUR CAR CAMERA AND BODY CAMERA GRANT IS IN PROGRESS. WE HAVE TWO CARS REMAINING FOR INSTALLATION ON THAT, UH, FLOCK GRANT AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER FUNDING IS IN PROGRESS AND FINALIZING PAVEMENT. SHOULD BE THIS WEEK. UH, TALKING ABOUT OUR TIAM AND FEMA RECOVERY, UH, WORKING WITH FEMA AND TEEM BOTH, BUT FINALIZE, UH, BARREL SUBMISSION, CAT Z UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COST IS THE ONLY THING PENDING BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT ON THAT. WORKING WITH TEEM IS ALSO FOR OUR HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, UPDATE PLAN. YOU KNOW, WE DID FOR TWO GRANTS, SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE GENERATORS AND OUR DRAINAGE OUTFALL, AND, UH, WE'RE WAITING FOR ANY FEEDBACK FROM THOSE, UH, FROM TEEM. OFFICER WARGA, OUR NEWEST OFFICER IS CURRENTLY IN PA, PHASE FOUR OF OUR FTO PROGRAM, AND HE'S HEADED FOR ALERT TRAINING THIS WEEK. UH, WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE ONE FULL-TIME POSITION OPEN FOR A POLICE OFFICER, AND AT THIS POINT, AS WE'RE GETTING, UH, WITH A SIGN OUT HERE FOR 4TH OF JULY, MPPD IS, UH, HAS COMPLETED THE IAP AND WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF COUNSEL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ABOUT THE SCHOOL ALARM THAT WAS GOING OFF THE OTHER NIGHT AT LIKE MIDNIGHT? SOMEBODY CALLED ME AND I WENT UP, BUT IT'S ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. IS EVERYTHING OKAY? YES, EVERYTHING IS FINE. OKAY. I MISSED ALL THE FUN. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? OKAY, ALL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT WITH COLLEEN. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MAYOR. UH, THIS REPORT WILL SERVE, UH, TO COVER THE MONTHS OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE. UM, IN EVENT RECAPS, WE HAD CONCERT IN THE PARKS. UH, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HOST TWO OF THOSE OUT OF THREE. UM, ONE WE HAD TO CANCEL DUE TO RAIN. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE ON MAY 2ND, BUT THE FIRST TWO, UH, BEING APRIL 14TH, YOU GUYS, UM, UP THERE, OUR COUNCIL HELPED SUPPORT THAT EVENT BY, UM, COOKING HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THAT WAS THE EVENT PREVIOUS THAT STOOD ON ITS OWN. WE MOVED IT TO THE CONCERT SERIES. IT REALLY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS THIS PAST YEAR. UM, AND WE HAD GHOST ROWS PERFORM, AND SO WE ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 300, UM, RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT. THE NEXT ONE WAS APRIL 11TH, THE GARY KYLE BAND. UH, WE HAD FOOD TRUCKS OUT AND WE ESTIMATED THERE WERE ABOUT 200 INDIVIDUALS AT THAT EVENT. UH, MOVING ON, WE BEGAN OUR POOL AND SUMMER CAMP BOTH OPENED, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES RENTALS, AND LOTS AND LOTS OF RAIN. UH, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING THE BEST OF IT ALL THE WAY AROUND. UH, EVEN, UH, THE MARLINS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THEIR EVENTS OUT THERE AND THEIR PRACTICES. SO, UM, WE'VE STARTED OFF TO A REALLY GOOD SEASON, AND HONESTLY, WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE [00:10:01] SUMMER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. UH, BFF WE HAD OUR FIRST ONE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, UM, WITH 66 KIDDOS THAT PARTICIPATED. AND THAT WAS NOT ONLY IN THE, UH, REGULAR BFF, BUT ALSO THE JUNIOR BF UM, COMBINED PROJECTS WE COMPLETED DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL THROUGH JUNE. UH, OUR YAK GROUP, THEY BUILT TWO ADDITIONAL LITTLE LIBRARIES. UH, ONE OF THOSE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT THE BRIGHTON PARK. THE ADDITIONAL ONE IS HERE, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL ON THE LITTLE SIDEWALK. AND WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED A BENCH THERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE REALLY ARE, UM, FOCUSING ON BRINGING AMENITIES TO THIS SIDE OF KIRKWOOD. AND SO THOSE ARE TWO NEW AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE OVER HERE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS. WE ALSO WILL BE RELOCATING TWO OF THE LITTLE LIBRARIES THAT ARE IN THE MCDONALD PARK CURRENTLY. THERE ARE THREE. UM, THOSE ARE HIT CONSTANTLY, UH, WITH, UH, THE PIRATES THAT ARE STEALING THE BOOKS. UM, SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WILL LEAVE ONE THERE AND RELOCATE THE TWO OTHERS. THOSE THREE IN THAT PARK ARE, UM, REGISTERED AS LITTLE LIBRARIES, AND THEY'RE ON THE MAP, THE WORLDWIDE MAP OF WHERE THOSE LIBRARIES ARE. THE OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN TOWN ARE NOT. UM, AND THEY HAVE NOT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN HIT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT BY RELOCATING TWO THEN, IF ANY, WE'LL JUST BE HIT ON THAT ONE. UM, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, WHAT COMMENTS ARE. THE BIG THING IS IT SAYS FREE LITTLE LIBRARY. SO THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO IN THAT REGARD. UM, WE HAVE STAMPED THE INSIDES OF THE BOOKS. UH, WE HAVE TAKEN DIFFERENT MEASURES TO, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO DO THAT. BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO LEGALLY, UH, TO KEEP SOMEONE FROM TAKING THOSE BOOKS OUTTA THERE AND NOT RETURNING THEM. SO THESE ARE OUR EFFORTS. UM, NEXT AT LAKE JESSUP, WE HAVE REPLACED THE TWO FOUNTAINS THAT WERE IN THE LAKE. BOTH OF THEM HAD, UH, ISSUES. THEY ACTUALLY LASTED LONGER THAN THE LIFESPAN OF THOSE FOUNTAINS ARE SUPPOSED TO. SO WE WERE TOLD. SO WE DEFINITELY GOT, UM, SOME GOOD USE OUT OF THOSE. AND WE HAVE PUT TWO IN PLACE. AND THOSE WERE FUNDED THROUGH EDC AT $16,800. UM, OUR NEXT PROJECT WERE THE NEW AMERICAN FLAG BANNERS, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THROUGH TOWN, WEST AIRPORT, KIRKWOOD, DORRANCE. UM, THOSE ARE OUR NEW BANNERS ALSO. THOSE WERE FUNDED THROUGH EDC AT $6,000. AND THEN WE HAVE A PLAN TO INSTALL, UM, SOME NEW TREES. THESE ARE GONNA BE VERY LARGE CRATE MYRTLES. UM, FULLY MATURED CRATE BRILES AT THE ENTRY OF, UH, 59 AND WEST AIRPORT. AND THIS WILL BE BEHIND THE MARQUEE IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE, UH, FULL AND PLEASING AND INVITING AS AS YOU DRIVE INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PLANTING ONE, UM, AT THE FIRE STATION IN KIRKWOOD. UM, WE HAVE ALREADY ORDERED THESE TREES. THEY WERE PAID FOR ALSO BY EDC AT $2,000. UM, BUT THEY WILL BE HOLDING THOSE FOR US UNTIL SEPTEMBER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WATERING THEM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. UM, THEY'LL KEEP THEM AND, AND MAINTAIN THEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER DRIVE DOWN HERE AND PLANT THEM FOR US. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM THAT, THAT WE FOUND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, 'CAUSE THESE ARE LARGER THAN ANYTHING THAT'LL FIT IN ANY OF OUR TRUCKS, UH, STAFF UPDATES. WE HAVE HIRED AND TRAINED 36 SUMMER STAFF FOR THE POOL AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS. AND ALL THE TRAINING WAS DONE IN-HOUSE BY CERTIFIED STAFF. NEXT, OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR WILL BOLEN. HE IS A NEW DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE BABY AND MOM ARE DOING VERY WELL. UM, WE MET WITH, UH, PD, FIRE CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL TO DISCUSS OUR JULY 4TH EVENT AND GET ALL PARTIES SIGNED OFF ON THE PERMIT. UH, CHIEF AND I WERE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE EARLY THIS YEAR, UM, INSTEAD OF A WEEK OR TWO PRIOR TO THE EVENT. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTIES, UM, REALLY LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, UH, LOOK AT THE EVENT ITSELF, ALL OF THE RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, SIGNED OFF BY ALL, AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD FOR NEXT FRIDAY'S EVENT. UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I HAVE THIS THING ON MY, UM, LITTLE CONSOLE UP HERE. WELL, I MET WITH THE CITY OF PEARLAND TO DISCUSS A JOINT PROGRAM, UM, TO INSIST TO ASSIST WITH REINTRODUCING AND BREEDING THE HORN TOWED LIZARD. UM, SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT PEARLAND IS ALREADY DOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE THROUGH THE NATURE CENTER, DOLORES FENWICK NATURE CENTER. UM, AND THIS IS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS MEADOW PLACE TO PARTNER WITH THEM, SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES, [00:15:01] SHARE THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO RETRIEVE THE LIZARDS, UM, FROM WEST TEXAS. WE BRING 'EM BACK. WE WILL HAVE THEM IN CAPTIVITY. UM, WE KEEP 'EM FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, RUN 'EM THROUGH A PROGRAM, LET THEM BREED, LET THEM LAY THEIR EGGS. WE, UM, INCUBATE THEM, LET THE EGGS HATCH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO THE NATURE CENTER AND SEE. UM, IF Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW, WHICH I'M SURE YOU DO BECAUSE YOU'RE A SCHOOL TEACHER, WHAT IS THE TEXAS STATE REPTILE? THE, THE TEXAS HORN TOAD LIZARD. THAT'S RIGHT. UH, AND IT IS A LIZARD, NOT A FROG. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, HOW WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT. BUT ONCE IT'S ALL IN PLACE, UM, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING I THINK THAT'LL BE VERY EXCITING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE SCHOOL, UM, AND FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HELP, UM, REINTRODUCE THESE BACK INTO THE WILD. WE ALSO UPCOMING, UM, PROJECTS. OUR BABY POOL IS CLOSED AS OF TODAY. UM, WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO REOPEN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THE MOTOR WILL BE REPLACED, AND FORTUNATELY IT IS UNDER WARRANTY. MM-HMM . SO CAMERON HAS HELPED ME OUT. WE'VE PUT A NOTICE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WILL ALSO BE INFORMING RESIDENTS AS THEY ENTER THE POOL AREA. OUR 2018 TRUCK NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND WE WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE. IT WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL THAT'S COMPLETED. UM, AND ONCE WE GET OUR PRICING ON THAT, I MIGHT BE COMING BACK TO Y'ALL WITH A REQUEST FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT, TENNIS COURT CAMERA REQUEST. THIS IS SOMETHING ALSO I WAS, UM, MADE AWARE OF TODAY. WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH OUR COURTS. UH, PERIODICALLY WE GET COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS. UM, WE HAVE GONE AND, UH, DONE A MONITORING PROCESS. WE HAVE TALKED WITH PD ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S TIME NOW THAT WE TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND POSSIBLY LOOK AT PUTTING A CAMERA, UM, WHAT IS OCCURRING OUT THERE. UM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SIGNAGE, AND THE SIGNAGE HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT, UM, WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE BRINGING THEIR DOGS IN THERE AND ALLOWING THEM TO DEFECATE ON THE COURTS. WE HAVE MEN URINATING IN THE CORNER ON THE COURTS AND ALSO IN GATORADE BOTTLES AND LEAVING THOSE, UM, ON THE TENNIS COURTS. UM, WE ALSO HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LEAVING THE GATE OPEN, PROPPING THE GATE OPEN SO OTHERS CAN COME IN AND CARD ABUSE, BRINGING OTHERS IN ON A FOUR PERSON CARD. AND THEY'RE BRINGING EIGHT PEOPLE IN. UM, ALSO REPORTS OF LOUD MUSIC, AND WE ARE NOTICING DAMAGE TO OUR TENNIS NETS, UM, INDIVIDUALS SITTING ON 'EM, STRETCHING 'EM OUT. SO IT'S TIME. I, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP AND POSSIBLY, UM, POST A CAMERA, THE CARD SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN TRACK THE NUMBER SWIPE. UM, SO THE, THE CARD THAT IS ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, IT WILL RECORD WHO IS ENTERING AT THAT POINT. UM, WE WILL JUST HAVE TO LOOK ON THE CAMERAS AND SEE WHEN THE DAMAGE, OR WHEN THE CA THE GATE IS LEFT OPEN OR THE OTHER THINGS ARE OCCURRING TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO NARROW THAT DOWN. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE TALKING FURTHER WITH STAFF AND WITH PD ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHEN EVENTS COMING UP. UM, PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR NEXT FRIDAY. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S OUR JULY 4TH FESTIVAL. ON THURSDAY, JULY 3RD, WE'LL BE SETTING UP. WE'LL BE CLOSING THE ROAD, UM, PUTTING OUT THE DECORATIONS, SETTING UP TABLES AND CHAIRS, TRASH CANS, A DUMPSTER AND PORTA-POTTIES WILL ARRIVE. THE DUMPSTER IS NEW. UM, AND THIS IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AFTER SHOW. UM, SO THAT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL, UH, FIREWORKS, UH, GOING OFF AFTER THE EVENT. UH, WHICH WE DID LEARN IN THAT VERY, UH, BENEFICIAL MEETING THAT CHIEF AND I HAD WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL THAT, UM, LAST YEAR, THAT COMPANY DROVE OFF PROPERTY AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO AT THE END OF THE EVENT. AND THEIR TRAILER CAUGHT ON FIRE ONCE AGAIN, BUT IN ANOTHER CITY. SO WE WANT TO AVOID ALL OF THAT. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE A DUMPSTER DELIVERED, AND THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HOSE THAT DUMPSTER DOWN WITH THAT DEBRIS INSIDE ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH FROM SIX TO NINE 30 IS THE EVENT. WE HAVE 10 FOOD TRUCKS, UH, LIVE BAND, THE EMOTIONS, FIVE FULL-SIZE CARNIVAL RIDES FIREWORKS. AND THEN TO MENTION THE POOL WILL BE OPEN AT 11:00 AM AND WE'LL CLOSE AT 5:00 PM PRIOR TO THE EVENT STARTING. OUR FINAL TWO, UH, EVENTS ARE BAREFOOT AND FRIDAY ON JULY 13TH, AND THEN OUR POOL WILL TRANSITION TO WEEKEND HOURS AS OF AUGUST 9TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEEN. COUNSEL. UH, JUST A COMMENT. UM, AS A RESIDENT OF THIS SIDE [00:20:01] OF KIRKWOOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ADDED AMENITIES . UH, THAT WILL BE VERY, UH, WELL APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COLLEEN? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, CAN WE GET A WEBCAM ON THE HORN LIZARD POTENTIAL? YES. CAMERON AND I HAVE, HAVE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, AND WE'LL BE TALKING MORE, UH, IN DETAIL ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT. AWESOME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO THE FIRE REPORT. UH, WE DID NOT GET A FIRE REPORT FROM STAFFORD THIS MONTH, SO I'M GONNA KICK IT TO NICK WITH OUR CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, TWO QUICK ITEMS, UH, TODAY. UH, FIRST IS THAT, UH, ON THIS SATURDAY, WE DO HAVE OUR BUDGET KICKOFF WITH CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'VE POSTED THAT AGENDA, UH, SATURDAY MORNING AT NINE OVER AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. WE WILL BEGIN BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, UH, THAT IS AN OPEN MEETING, AND, UH, STAFF HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO, UH, GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS, UM, PRESENTATION. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TOGETHER AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS TO PREPARE FOR OUR PRESENTATION FOR THAT KICKOFF ON SATURDAY. TIS THE SEASON. UM, SECONDLY, WANNA MENTION, ACTUALLY THE SECOND ONE, I WANTED TO INVITE ROD TO THE PODIUM. I'M NOT SURPRISING HIM. HE KNOWS I'M DOING THIS. UM, TO DISCUSS A MEETING THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH TCEQ WHEN THEY DID A SITE VISIT AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. ROB WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF, UH, OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHAT HAPPENED. HELLO, ROD. THANK YOU FOR COMING. EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. UH, OVERALL THE MEETING WITH TCEQ WENT FAIRLY WELL. THE, UH, PERIOD OF THE COMPLIANCE REVIEW WAS FROM MAY OF 2024 THROUGH APRIL OF 2025. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WE HAD TWO OPERATORS OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THERE WERE SIX POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS. TWO OF THEM WERE MAINLY FOR RECORDS. WE HAD NOT REPORTED IT TO THE PROPER LOCATION. THEY, WE ONLY HAD REPORTED OUR, OUR EXCURSIONS THROUGH OUR REGULAR DM R AND THEY WANTED TO REPORT IN OTHER PLACES. WE HAVE SINCE DONE SO AND TAKEN CARE OF THAT. THE OTHER ONE, SECOND ONE WAS FOR, UH, UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE IN A MANHOLE, A HURRICANE BARREL. WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HYDRAULICS OF THE SYSTEM FORCES SOME SEWER WATER UP IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND WE REPORTED THAT NO PROBLEM TAKING CARE OF IT. THE THIRD THING WAS FOR OUR CLEARING CONTACT CHAMBER, WHERE WE HAD SOLIDS IN THE BOTTOM OF IT, WHICH WAS, UH, WE KNEW IT WAS STILL THERE BECAUSE WE WERE STILL WORKING UNDER THE LIFT STATION. WE DIDN'T WANT TO CLEAN THAT LAST OUT THE LAST TIME. BUT THAT HAS NOW BEEN DONE. WE FORWARDED THE PICTURES TO, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. THERE WAS ONE CHLORINE EXCURSION ON SITE, BUT WE CORRECTED THAT AS WE WERE, AS THEY WERE THERE. AND WE HAD RECORDS REQUEST FOR A FLOW METER CALIBRATION CERTIFICATION. THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THEY WANTED IT UPDATED. WE HAD JUST DONE IT SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PERMANENT RECORD. I WILL MAKE A GOOD NOTE THAT, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR WERE AT THE INSPECTION AND THE TCEQ WAS QUITE IMPRESSED WITH THEIR PRESENCE. THEY WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HOW THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPLIANCE INTERVIEW. WE HAVE RESOLVED IT WITH THE TCEQ SO FAR. WE'VE ANSWERED ALL THEIR QUESTIONS. AND SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME BACK TO THE PLANT AND SEE HOW GOOD THE AIRFLOW IS, LOOKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S IMPROVING DAILY. WE CAN ALMOST SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE CLARIFIER. CHARLIE, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT RIGHT BEFORE A-T-C-E-Q SHOWED UP FOR THAT VISIT, UH, WE HAD THE IDEA THAT SHORTLY BEFORE THEY VISITED, CAMERON COMPLETED A, A PRETTY COOL VIDEO THAT SHOWED THE PROGRESS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT ON THE PLANT. AND, UH, WE HAD THIS IDEA THAT WE WOULD QUEUE THAT UP FOR TCEQ. AND SO LITERALLY THESE GUYS WERE SITTING IN THE OFFICE WITH SHIRTS THAT SAY TCEQ ACROSS IT, AND WE TURN THE MONITOR AND LET THEM WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO. AND I WOULD SAY THEY WERE, UM, IMPRESSED. THEY WERE IMPRESSED. IT WAS, IT WAS, THEY WERE IMPRESSED. THE PICTURE THAT I LIKED THE BEST IS THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER. MM-HMM . YEAH. IT, IT'S NIGHT AND DAY COMPARISON. IT REALLY DOES TELL A STORY. AND SO WE WERE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH 'EM. AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A NEAT, YEAH, SOMETHING THEY PROBABLY DON'T GET TO SEE WHEN THEY GO TO CITIES. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE PLAN IS STILL OPEN. THEY HAVE NOT CLOSED THE DOOR ON IT YET. UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED OF ANY OTHER POTENTIAL FINES, BUT, UH, AGAIN, IT'S STILL OPEN AT THIS POINT IN [00:25:01] TIME. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROB? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THAT CONCLUDES ROD'S REPORT. . UM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE ONE. WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, SIR? YOU CAN HAND YOUR CARD TO CHANDRA RIGHT HERE. UH, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT CHANDRA'S VOICE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. UM, SHE HAS NO VOICE TONIGHT. WE'VE BEEN WHISPERING TO HER ALL DAY. UH, BUT JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS THE MEETING CONTINUES, WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER. NICK AND I ARE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO, TO ANSWER WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED. SO, ALRIGHT. OKAY. WILL YOU COME TO THE PODIUM? WILL YOU LET EVERYBODY KNOW YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS ART KEEPERS. I LIVE AT 12 2 43 AUSTIN DRIVE, UH, EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL EVENING. UH, I'M GONNA ASK FOR SOME HELP HERE ON AN ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD CODE IN ORDINANCE, WHATEVER YOU WISH TO RAISE IT ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN THE CITY. THEY WERE ONE TON OR OVER, AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED. I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS CHANGED FOR THE LIFE OF ME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD UPGRADE THAT. AMEND IT. UH, BECAUSE IF I WERE A POSSIBLE HOME SEEKER IN HERE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LOOK AT. I'D, I'D WANT TO KNOW THE QUALITY OF THE CITY. IF I SEE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES SITTING AROUND THE PLACE, TRAILERS, TRUCKS, WHATEVER, I'D AT LEAST EXAMINE OTHER AREAS FIRST. AND I KNOW OTHER AREAS DO EXIST, WHY YOU WOULD ALLOW VEHICLES THAT ARE CLEARLY A COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR TO SIT ON PUBLIC STREETS. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BECAUSE IT IS NOTHING BUT DEGRADING TO THE CITY. I AM HERE TO SEE, WE'VE LIVED HERE 19 YEARS PLUS I WANT TO GO OUTTA HERE TO INDEPENDENT LIVING, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO SOON, BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SELL MY HOUSE AT PRIME MARKET RATE. WHEN I DO, I COMMEND THE CITY FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE. WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE. YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB. WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S THE REASON WE MOVED HERE. REALLY, I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT IN THIS STEPPED UP ENFORCEMENT ON THESE STOP SIGNS, YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS ALREADY. I MEAN, I WALK MY DOG AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I SEE THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA SEE AND IT'S ALREADY HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT. SO I PRAISE THAT. AND IF I COULD PERSUADE Y'ALL TO RECONSIDER YOUR POSITION ON THESE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTERMENT FOR THE CITY. SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COUNSEL, DID ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. WE ARE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR. HANLEY? ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP. YEAH. TERRY HENLEY 1 2, 2 0 3 AUSTIN DRIVE. REALLY, IT HAS TO DO WITH TWO THINGS. ONE IS QUESTION FOR KURT. THE, UH, YOU'RE THE REAL ESTATE EXPERT AND FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T GET AN ANSWER OUTTA THE COUNTY. I CAN'T GET AN ANSWER OUTTA MY, UH, COMPANY THAT DOES MY APPRAISAL, UH, REVIEWS AS TO WHY MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, AT LEAST A 10 OR 15 I'VE CHECKED, HAVE DROPPED 15 TO 20% IN THE LAST YEAR. AND WHAT IS THE REASONING BEHIND THAT FROM THE CAD OR, SO, I, I CAN'T ANSWER FOR THE CAD. I KNOW WE HAD, UH, THE CHIEF APPRAISER OUT HERE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THAT MEETING, BUT HE DID COME AND SPEAK. UM, I CAN SPEAK TO ACTUAL SALES PRICE. THEY HAVEN'T DECREASED AT ALL. SO IT'S NOT THE WORST THING TO BE PAYING LESS IN TAXES. UH, AND [00:30:01] IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR SALES PRICE AT ALL. THERE'S, THERE'S NO BEARING ON WHAT HOUSES SELL FOR FROM WHAT YOU SEE ON THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WEBSITE. AGREED. AND ONE ITEM TO NOTE, IT, IT SEEMED TO BE ALL THE SEVENTIES HOUSES, THE HOMES BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES AND MEADOWS, THOSE ALL DROPPED EIGHTIES, STAYED THE SAME OR WENT UP A LITTLE BIT NINETIES AND NEWER WENT UP. AND THAT SEEMED TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE COUNTY, OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY, UH, WITH SIMILAR KIND OF MAKEUPS OF, OF WHEN THE HOUSES WERE BUILT. THE CON GROVES, ONE OF 'EM, SIMILAR KIND OF THING TO WHERE THE OLDER HOMES DROPPED. THE NEWER HOMES WENT UP. WELL, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE APPRAISED VALUE THEY'VE GIVEN THE HOUSES COMPARED TO THE SES VALUES ARE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW THAT, THAT A LOT OF 'EM HAVE SOLD FOR 40, 50,000 MORE THAN THEIR SES FOR WHICH IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO TERRY, THIS IS A COUNTYWIDE PROBLEM. IT IS NOT JUST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, WE HAD JORDAN WISE COME IN, TALK TO THE CITY, THE COUNCIL OR THE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAD JORDAN WISE COME TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. AND YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON COMMISSIONER'S COURT. IT'S RECORDED IF YOU WANT TO. UM, JORDAN'S EXPLANATION TO BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY IS THEY BASE IT ON ACTUAL SALES. WE CHALLENGED THAT AND SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING. RIGHT? AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY STICKING TO THEIR, THEIR ASSESSMENT. UM, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE COUNTY, IT'S GONNA HAVE PRETTY DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE COUNTY'S BUDGET. UM, THEY ARE LOOKING AT HAVING TO SHIFT ABOUT 5 CENTS FROM M AND O OVER TO INS, WHICH IS THE BOND PAYMENTS. UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A $40 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE COUNTY BUDGET BECAUSE THE, THE TOTAL COUNTY VALUATION WENT UP 1%. IF YOU TAKE OUT THE NEW BUILD, IT WENT DOWN ONE AND A HALF PERCENT. THERE IS NO WAY THIS COUNTY WENT DOWN AT NO ONE POINT A HALF PERCENT ACROSS THE COUNTY. UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THE, LIKE I SAID, THE CAD IS STICKING TO THEIR ASSESSMENT AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET THEM TO CHANGE IT NOW. UM, IT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY'S BUDGET. AND THEY CAN'T RECOVER IN A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE 10%, UM, LIMIT ON THE HOMESTEAD. SO WE EXPECT THINGS TO START GOING UP 10% AGAIN NEXT YEAR. OKAY. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE UP THAT 15, 20% DROP. WELL, AND AND YOU RAISED THE POINT OF THE COUNTY, THE BUDGET'S THE SAME THING FOR THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, ASSESSED VALUE IS GOING DOWN AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, ALOR TAXES WE'RE COLLECTING, IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE HERE TOO. YEAH. SO NORMALLY THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE GOES DOWN THIS YEAR. OUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE'S PROBABLY GONNA GO UP ABOUT SIX OR 7 CENTS. WELL, AS LONG AS IT STAYS BELOW 8% FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, WE'RE OKAY. WELL NOW THAT, THAT'S JUST THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. WELL, IT DOESN'T, THAT THE 8% INCREASE THAT REVENUE RATE DOESN'T, THE 8% INCREASE IS GONNA BE ABOUT 15 TO 17 CENTS. WELL, THE, WE HAVE A BUDGET HERE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, CERTAIN EXPENSES THAT YOU GOTTA ADDRESS . CORRECT. AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, IT MAY GO UP, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, A SIX OR EIGHT OR 10 POINTS, YOU KNOW, BUT AS LONG AS IT'S BELOW THE 8% REVENUE RATE, WE'RE OKAY. AND, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE COUN THE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT STARTING SATURDAY IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS IMPACT TO OUR, OUR BUDGET? WELL, THAT'S THE REASON I RAISED YOU. SOMETHING DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. AND MY APPRAISED VALUE FROM APRIL TILL NOW HAS GONE DOWN ANOTHER 7,000 OR 8,000. AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 'CAUSE I HAD THE R RECORD OF WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN APRIL AND NOW IT'S ANOTHER SEVEN OR 8,000 BELOW THAT. I SAID, WHAT IS GOING ON? SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, NOT YOU ALL GO ONLINE, YOU CAN GO INTO FORT BEND CAD AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF. ANYWAY, YOU, I'M, I DIDN'T WANT TO DIGRESS HERE, BUT TERRY, I FORGOT TO START THE TIMER OVER HERE. WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT, WAS THERE ONE OTHER THING YOU WANTED TO GO OVER? OH, WELL, UH, MY UH, BOARD MEETING I HAD LAST WEEK, I WAS GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THAT. OKAY. AND IF YOU WANNA START THE CLOCK NOW. YES. IF YOU DON'T. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. WHICH IS, YEAH, I, SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S, BUT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US. UH, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET NOW, WE DID HAVE A TML BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK MM-HMM . AND ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IT, IN MY OPINION, IS THE EXECUTIVE [00:35:01] DIRECTORS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THE, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMENDED A MIGHTY WIND WYNN FOR THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HAS BROUGHT IT BEFORE THE BOARD. AND HE'S WAS UNANIMOUSLY, UM, ELECTED AS NEW ED EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND IF Y'ALL AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH MARTY WYNN, HE'S BEEN THERE 19 YEARS. MARTY, UH, HEADED UP THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AND HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE HAVE THE BEST RAPPORT WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE WE'VE EVER HAD. HE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. HE KNOWS HOW TO, UH, WORK WITH PEOPLE AND, AND, AND A POSITIVE APPROACH TO IT. AND IT'S WORKING OUT VERY GOOD. SO WE WILL HAVE A NEW ED AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND I SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO COVER SOME OF THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, COVER IT. IS EVERYBODY OKAY? YOU GOT AN EMAIL WITH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS? SO YOU GOOD? NO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THEN WE GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. HEMAN. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. IS THAT OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT? EXCELLENT. WE ARE MOVING ON TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS. UM, MY BIGGEST COMMENT WAS THAT CHANDRA'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FULLY ANSWER THIS EVENING. SO NICK AND I WILL WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND, UH, THAT LEADS US TO MR. STALEY'S UPDATES ABOUT THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND PROJECT ENDURANCE LANE. YEP. UM, ONCE AGAIN, NO REAL PROGRESS ON THE BIKEWAY PROJECT. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH CENTERPOINT. UM, OUR SCHEDULES AND THEIR SCHEDULES HAVE NOT LINED UP YET, SO WE JUST NEED TO, TO GET WITH THEM. WE'RE ALSO PREPARING A LETTER TO GO OUT TO STAFFORD, UM, GIVING THEM THEIR OPTIONS. UM, THEY'RE ALSO HAVING FINANCIAL ISSUES, SO THEY MAY NOT CONSTRUCT THEIR PORTION OF THE PROJECT. UM, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO PAY BACK THE COUNTY, WHAT THE COUNTY HAS PAID ON THE DESIGN FEE. AND SO THEY NEED TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THEIR COST IF THEY DON'T GO FORWARD. AND WHAT THEIR COST IS, IS IF THEY, IF THEY DO GO FORWARD. AND THAT'S ALL BASED ON THE INTERLOCALS BETWEEN THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY. UM, DORRANCE LANE PHASE TWO, UH, THE PUNCH LIST HAS BEEN COMPLETED. WE'RE WORKING ON FINAL CHANGE ORDER CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS AND HDR SAID IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND BELOW BUDGET. UM, PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS PUT IN SOME EXTRA ITEMS THAT COVER DEWATERING AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE, THE DEEP SANITARY OR THE DEEP, UH, STORM SEWER. UM, IT WAS NOT NEEDED THIS YEAR BE, OR DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION PERIOD WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN. SO THOSE EXTRA ITEMS AREN'T GOING TO BE USED AND IT'LL HELP REDUCE THE COST THAT WILL THEN GET SHIFTED OVER TO PHASE THREE. UM, SPEAKING OF PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THE DESIGN FROM KIRKWOOD TO, UH, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT OR THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL BEHIND THE POOL, UM, WE'VE MET WITH THE ENGINEER. THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR COST ESTIMATE FOR THAT DESIGN, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO COUNCIL IN JULY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RICK? OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 18, APPROVING THE 20 25 20 26 TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS POOL RENEWAL NOTICE AND BENEFIT VERIFICATION FORM, SETTING THE EMPLOYER FUNDED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR EMPLOYEE MEDICAL, DENTAL, LONG-TERM DISABILITY, BASIC LIFE, AND A D AND D, VOLUNTARY DEPENDENT LIFE AND ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE LIFE COVERAGE. UM, ANNUALLY THE CITY REVIEWS THESE NEW, THESE STAFF BENEFITS AND RENEWS MEDICAL AND DENTAL COVERAGE. I KNOW THAT CHANDRA'S BEEN MEETING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, UH, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING THE AVERAGE RATE INCREASES IN THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS THIS PAST YEAR. THERE WAS NO RATE INCREASE FOR THE CITY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A 2% RATE INCREASE FROM MEDICAL ONLY. ALL OF OTHER COVERAGE WILL REMAIN THE SAME. THIS IS ABOUT $18 PER THE PER EMPLOYEE. PER EMPLOYEE. YEP. SO THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE FOR OUR MEETING ON SATURDAY. UH, WE CAN BEGIN TO ABSORB THIS, UH, AS WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER FY 26 AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT SOME OF THOSE FORCES AT WORK ARE. UH, HEALTH INSURANCE IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT BEFORE WE BEGIN TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 2% IS OF THE, WE WERE NOT UPSET TO RECEIVE THAT NUMBER. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION [00:40:01] MOTION BY DAVID. DO I HAVE A SECOND KURT SECONDS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 19 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACT WITH COURTNEY RUTHERFORD TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025. UH, COURTNEY IS OUR, IS OUR FORMER SEC CITY SECRETARY. UM, SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH CHANDRA, UM, AND NICK AND I IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. SHE WAS SUPPOSED, HER CONTRACT WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE ON MAY 30TH. UM, WE'RE JUST REQUESTING AN EXTENSION THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST. IT GETS US MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH BUDGET SEASON. UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, SHE GETS ACCESS TO, SHE CAN LIKE LOG IN AND GET ACCESS AND SEE THE SAME THINGS THAT CHANDRA CAN SEE. UH, WITHOUT THE CONTRACT, SHE'S NOT ABLE TO SEE LIKE SHE'S NOT ABLE TO, TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF ACCESS, UM, AND HELP IN IN A FULL WAY. UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER OR NICK CAN ANSWER. WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL IMPACT? WHAT'S THE EXPECTED COST? SHE HAS ONE PENDING INVOICE. THE INVOICE IS FROM MARCH TO JUNE AND IT WAS FOR $700. SO NOT EXTENSIVE. NO ONE I WOULD ASSUME MOVING FORWARD DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WE USE HER, CORRECT? IT'S CONSUMPTION BASED, YEAH. MM-HMM . I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. TIA, MOVE TO APPROVE. YES. AND DAVID SECONDED. MM-HMM . EXCELLENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 20 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING HOLIDAYS WITH TEXAS PRIDE DISPOSAL SOLUTIONS. LLC. UM, TEXAS PRIDE IS ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL HOLLI, UH, DAYS TO THEIR HOLIDAY OPERATION. UH, FORMERLY THEY'VE ONLY HAD, UM, NEW YEAR'S DAY MEMORIAL. WELL NOW IT'S GOING TO BE THEY'RE ADDING MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY. UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY ADDITIONAL DAYS THAT THAT IS GONNA BE ALONG WITH NEW YEAR'S DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY. SO IT'S JUST GOING TO SIX HOLIDAYS. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND EMILY? SECONDS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THIS MAY ACTUALLY CUT DOWN ON OUR COMPLAINTS AS PEOPLE PUT THEIR GARBAGE OUT AND LEAVE FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AND THEN WE, I ALWAYS GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT GARBAGE CANS BEING OUT . YEP. UM, WE ARE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 21 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH AR TURNKEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,250 FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT LIFT STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT. UM, THE ELECTRICAL CONDUIT INSIDE THE LIFT STATION IS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND THE ESTIMATED COST, UH, WAS $11,300. THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF $7,950 WAS FOR A NEW PIPE FITTINGS REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE NEW PUMP IN THE LIFT STATION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I DO WANNA COMMEND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR WORKING WITH THE ENGINEER TO MINIMIZE THIS COST BEST WE CAN. UH, I THINK THEY WORKED WELL TOGETHER TO ONCE THEY DISCOVERED THIS, TO TRY AND KEEP THAT COST DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE COULDN'T AVOID THE CHANGE ORDER THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU. MM-HMM . SECOND. RICK MOVES. DAVID SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE FOR UPDATE. THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE REGARDING A PURCHASING AGENDA, QUICK SOFTWARE, DESTINY SOFTWARE INCORPORATED FOR SEARCHABLE MEETING MINUTES COMPONENT. UM, I'M GONNA HAVE, WERE YOU COMING TO THE PODIUM FOR THIS ONE? AFTER THEY, OKAY. SO I'LL, I'M GONNA KICK THIS ONE TO NICK. IT'S GONNA BE OKAY. CAMERON HAS AN, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY. SO YES, WE DID GO GET A QUOTE, UH, FOR THE SOFTWARE. WE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE TO SEE WHO THEY USED. WE REACHED OUT, YOU DO SEE THE QUOTES, THE PRICES IN FRONT OF YOU. MM-HMM . BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, CAMERON IS COMING TO THE PODIUM BECAUSE HE DID HIS OWN GOOD WORK AND RESEARCH TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY WE COULD DO THIS IN HOUSE, UH, IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO I WANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO CAMERON SO HE CAN VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT ANOTHER WAY TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED. SO THE, THE SOLUTION THAT THE COUNTY HAS IS A PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT ARCHIVES ALL OF THE MINUTES AND THEN IS SEARCHABLE BY RESIDENTS [00:45:01] OR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO ON THERE. THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO IT IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW WHEN A MEETING TOOK PLACE, YOU JUST PUT IN WORDS AND IT TELLS YOU MM-HMM . IT SPITS OUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED. ALL I'M PROPOSING IS, UM, BEFORE COURTNEY LEFT, WE HAD STARTED, WELL EVEN BEFORE I GOT HERE, SHE TOOK ALL OF THE MINUTES BACK FROM 1984, STARTED SCANNING THEM INTO DOCUMENTS. SO THEY ALL LIVED AS INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS PER YEAR BY MONTH. AND SO THEN ME AND HER STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHY DON'T WE CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO ONE SINGLE PDF. SO FOR 1984, THERE'S A 1984 PDF, THAT DOCUMENT IS SEARCHABLE AND MOST OF THAT WAS FOR INTERNAL USE. SO WHENEVER YOU GUYS WOULD ASK A QUESTION, IT WAS EASIER FOR SOMEONE TO GO IN AND SEARCH THE MINUTES FROM 1984 AND FIND THAT KEYWORD WITH THE SIMPLE ADOBE PDF FUNCTION OF CONTROL F. SO THE, THE, SO I COULD LITERALLY TAKE EVERY ONE OF THOSE PDFS, CREATE AN ARCHIVED MINUTES PAGE ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S SIMILAR, PROBABLY LIVE ALONGSIDE THE AGENDA SOMEWHERE. THE AGENDAS A MINUTES THAT EXISTS NOW. SO THE ONLY THING A RESIDENT WOULD JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YEAR THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC WAS ADDRESSED. AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO OPEN THAT PARTICULAR PDF AND THEN DO CONTROL LEFT AND SEARCH KEYWORDS AND JUST SIMPLY MOVE THE NEXT WORD, NEXT WORD, NEXT WORD. AND THAT WOULD COST NOTHING BUT MY TIME. UM, SO THAT'S JUST A FREE SOLUTION THAT WE COULD DO STARTING TOMORROW. I CAN START WORKING ON THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT. UH, SO IN SPIRIT OF OUR ME COMING UP OUR BUDGET MEETING, I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO AT LEAST TRY THAT FIRST BEFORE WE TAKE ON A ANOTHER COST. MM-HMM . UM, THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION ON IT. HOW MANY PAGES IS ONE YEAR? OH, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S, IT'S, IT COULD BE A LOT. IT COULD BE A LOT. BUT YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, WE DON'T, UNLIKE THE COUNTY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS. SO I MEAN, ANY GIVEN YEAR WE DO 20 MEETINGS MAYBE THAT HAVE MINUTES. SO IT'S NOT AS EXTENSIVE AS WHAT YOU, YOU THINK. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WITH OUR STREAMING SERVICE, IF YOU GO WATCH AN ARCHIVE VIDEO TO ONCE IT'S ARCHIVED, LIKE TOMORROW MORNING, ONCE SWAG, IT TAKES CARE OF THE VIDEO FOR TONIGHT, IT'LL BE ARCHIVED WITH A TRANSCRIPT. THAT TRANSCRIPT IS SEARCHABLE. SO IF A PERSON DOESN'T KNOW WHAT YEAR IT TOOK PLACE, BUT THEY, THEY KNOW IT HAPPENED AT THIS MEETING TONIGHT, THEY CAN GO FIND THAT MEETING IN THE VIDEO ARCHIVE AND SEARCH THE TRANSCRIPT THE SAME WAY. SO THERE'S MORE THAN ONE OPTION, UM, TO FIND MINUTES. I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE I FOUND IT ANNOYING THAT I COULDN'T SEARCH THE, THE CITY'S, UM, MINUTES AS EASILY AS I WANTED. UM, I AM GOOD WITH GOING WITH THE FREE OPTION. I THINK DOING IT BY YEAR, IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT EXTENSIVE OF A LIFT IF SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING. UM, AS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE, I'M FAMILIAR WITH AGENDA QUICK. MY STAFF DOESN'T LOVE IT. UM, AND, AND SO IT IS, IT DOES HAVE ITS OWN QUIRKS AND SO JUST A SEARCHABLE PDF IS REALLY WHAT I WAS AFTER. AND THE AGENDA QUICK DOES NOT THAT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. THE PRICING YOU SEE STARTS WITH THE FIRST MEETING FROM THE TIME WE SIGN UP, THEY DON'T GO BACKWARDS. MM-HMM . UH, AND IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THEM. THERE IS A WHOLE PORTION OF MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE TO SEARCH BY PDF AND IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU DIRECTIONS ON THE WEBSITE ON HOW TO, HOW TO SEARCH A PDF. SO I WAS SUPER EXCITED AS WE WERE GETTING THE NUMBERS BACK. UM, AND THEN WHEN CAMERON CAME FORWARD WITH LIKE, WITH THIS IDEA, I THOUGHT THIS WAS, THIS WAS A GREAT SOLUTION TO THAT. I, I JUST GOT TIRED OF HAVING TO OPEN EACH MONTH'S MEETING TO, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHATEVER WAS COVERED. IF I COULD SEARCH BY YEAR, I THINK THAT'D BE ADEQUATE. OKAY. YEAH. SOUNDS, I LOVE THIS. DIY. GOT IT. LOVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CAMERON AND CHANDRA AND NICK FOR DOING ALL OF THAT. ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE END OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA. UM, WE ARE GONNA MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA. WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MAY 20TH COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING, THE MAY 20TH JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND EDC SPECIAL MEETING AND THE JUNE 10TH JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND EDC MEETING. OKAY, KURT. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME KURT DID IT TONIGHT. SO KURT'S MOVE AND RICK IS SECOND. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND THEN I'M GOING TO OPEN A ME YES, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND THEN I'M GONNA OPEN ANOTHER MEETING. SO JUST LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS IN OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.