* 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. [00:00:06] GOOD [City Council Meeting on November 18, 2025.] EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THIS STARTED. IT IS 6 32. IF EVERYBODY WOULD RISE, PLEASE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, AND LIBERTY TO JUSTICE FOR GOD. LET'S PRAY. NOW. WE JUST THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO GATHER TODAY, GATHER HERE, GOD. AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU, UM, ARE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING. GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE START MOVING INTO THIS TIME OF THANKSGIVING AND, AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE THINKING. WE ARE THANKFUL THE CITY. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO POUR INTO IT. WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THE CITY OF ANOTHER PLACE. AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE HERE FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, EVERY THANK YOU. WE ASK THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GONNA START OUR MEETING WITH REPORTS. WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF STEWART. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNSEL, TONIGHT. AS USUAL, WE'LL START OUT WITH OUR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THIS PAST MONTH. UH, WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO WE HAD NINE ARREST, FOUR, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE. 4,001, UH, 51 FOR TOTAL REPORT CALLS. CITATIONS ISSUED 319 WITH 766 CHARGES, CITY HO VIOLATION, UH, CITATIONS FOR WARNINGS ON TRAFFIC. 109 WITH 163, UH, OFFENSES, UM, CONTACTS OR WARNINGS FOR CITY OWNERS. VIOLATION 21 AND ACTIVITY COUNT 5,447. UH, WE HAD ONE, ASSAULT, UH, B OF V ZERO ZERO FOR BURGLARY OF BUSINESS. ONE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY. UM, WE DID 25 CONTACTS AGAIN FOR CITY ORDINANCE. TOTAL CRIMINAL MIXTURE, ZERO, ZERO FOR FRAUD AND FORGERY, AND ZERO FOR ROBBERY. UH, TOTAL PROPERTY CHECKS WAS 3,902. WE HAD EIGHT THEFTS. WE HAD ONE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ON OUR TLC. THERE WAS THREE PASS, THREE FAIL FOR A TOTAL OF SIXTH WITH CONTACTS. THAT NUMBER, YOU'RE GONNA SEE INCREASING 'CAUSE WE'RE HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAYS AS USUAL. UH, NUMBERS ARE USUALLY HIGHER THAN THAT, AS YOU KNOW, UH, REPORTING PERIOD FOR OUR CITY ORDINANCE. WARNINGS ISSUED. THERE WERE SEVEN FOR SOLICITOR, 11 FOR JUNK VEHICLE, OR, UH, PARKING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. THREE FOR LOUD NOISE. AND THE CITATIONS FOR CD ORDINANCE VIOLATION WERE THREE ON SOLICITOR AND ONE ON A JUNK VEHICLE. UH, NINE REPORTABLE ACCIDENTS THAT WE HAD. TWO OF THESE WERE WITH INJURIES. UH, NONE WERE IN THE ROUNDABOUTS. UM, IT SHOWS ONE FSGI, WHICH IS FAIR TO STOP AND GET INFORMATION. AND ON, UH, OUR MPPD HOTSPOTS FOR OUR TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX HOTSPOTS AND 12 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED FOR OBSERVED VIOLATIONS. MOVING ON TO THE REPORT, UM, THE, I WANT TO BRING UP ON PAGE ONE, YOU SEE THE BURGLARY. UM, IF YOU'LL JUST LOOK THROUGH THAT, THIS IS, UM, REPORTED AS A BURGLARY, BUT AS A REPEAT, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH IT MAYBE AN ISSUE WITH THE PERSONS, UH, HAVING SOME, UM, CLARITY ISSUES, AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT. MOVING ON TO THE THEFTS, UH, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL, UH, UH, NORTHERN TOOL, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST THERE. WE DID HAVE WALGREENS, BUT OUT OF THE WALGREENS, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S AN ARREST MADE FOR THEFT. AND WE WILL GET, UH, ON THE UMV. WE HAD ONE AT A RESIDENT, UH, THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. UH, IT WAS TRACKED INTO HOUSTON BEFORE A SIGNAL DISSIPATED, UH, WHICH MEANS THEY DISCONNECTED IT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FOUND IN OUR FLOCK SYSTEM. AND SO MOVING TO FLOCK, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 131 FLOCK ALERTS, WHICH IS OF ABOUT 21, 21 FOR STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS. UH, SEX OFFENDER 33 16 FOR PLATE ALERTS. UM, STOLEN PLATE 27 FOR A GANG MEMBER, ONE FOR MISSING PERSON ONE WARRANT 18 FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER. 10 OF THOSE HITS COMING FROM A REPEAT VEHICLE. 12 ON A, UH, OTHER AGENCY, HOT [00:05:01] LIST. AND TWO, FOR VIOLENT PERSONS INCIDENTS WHERE FLOCKS WERE USED, WHICH IS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. UH, OFFICER BRUNO RESPONDED TO A FLOCK ON A STOLEN LP. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AND ONCE HE STOPPED IT, HE FOUND OUT THE DRIVER HAD LEGITIMATELY BUILT THE VEHICLE. SO HE SEIZED THE LICENSE PLATE. NO CHARGES WERE FILED IN THAT CASE. AND THE, THE, UH, PERSON WAS RELEASED ON THE ARREST. YOU CAN SEE WE HAD ONE FOR PCS AND, UH, NORTHWEST CARRYING OF A WEAPON, THE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE OTHER ONE WAS DWI AND UN AUTHORIZED CARRYING OF A WEAPON. ONE, UH, THE THIRD ONE'S DWI AND ONE THEFT. NOTABLE INCIDENTS TO, UH, ON PAGE FIVE, WE HAD AN FSRA, WHICH IS A FAILURE TO STOP AND RENDER AID WHERE A MOTORIST STRUCK A BICYCLIST. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, THE OPERATOR OF THAT VEHICLE WHO HAD LEFT THE SCENE. UH, CID DETECTIVE SERGEANT AVALOS WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS ENTERING THE VEHICLE INTO OUR FLOCK SYSTEM. AND OFFICER BRUNO LOCATED THAT VEHICLE LATER ON A LATER DATE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP HIM AND GONNA IDENTIFY HIM SO THAT WE COULD FILE CHARGES. AND THAT INVESTIGATIVE STATUS IS OPEN. AN UPDATE ON THE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY THAT INVOLVED A JUVENILE. WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, CID HAS DEVELOPED A PERSON OF INTEREST, AND A PHOTO LINEUP IS GONNA BE PRESENTED TO THE VICTIM. UH, ADDITIONAL NOTES, UH, HALLOWEEN, UH, WE JUST WENT OVER THE NUMBERS WITH CAMERON. SO WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT WAS A BIGGER CROWD, TURNS OUT IS ABOUT THE SAME AS JUST MUST HAVE BEEN THE WAY THEY WERE FLOWING. BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A PRETTY BUSY NIGHT. UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THE STREETS BEING FILLED WITH ACTIVITIES, SO IT KEPT US PRETTY BUSY. UH, WE DID HAVE A HIGH VISIBILITY, AS WE ALWAYS DO. UH, ARROW ACADEMY DID THEIR ANNUAL AWARDS DAY, AND THE SUGAR GROVE HAD THEIR EVENT DURING THE HALLOWEEN. AND MPPD WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. AND NOW WE ARE IN THE SEASON WHERE WE'RE PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES, WHICH IS DECEMBER 5TH. UH, AS FAR AS OUR GRANT STATUS, EVERYTHING'S APPROVED AND WE'RE WAITING ON OUR AWARDS. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE MONEY TO FLOW. UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR TWO CURRENT POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN FOR POLICE OFFICER. WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE, UH, THAT HAS PASSED ALL OF OUR BACKGROUNDS THAT WILL BE IN ORAL REVIEW BOARD, UH, TOMORROW. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT GOOD THINGS COME FROM THAT. UH, AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE THANKSGIVING AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. AND WITH THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF COUNSEL. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT WITH NICK HABE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANNA FIRST MENTION THAT WE HAD A, A NEAT EVENT OCCUR OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO. UM, ELAINE BROWN, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY, UM, FOR OVER 10 YEARS, UH, BETTER KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY BY STAFF AS MS. ELAINE, UH, ASSISTS OUR COURTS DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, COURT COLLECTIONS, AND ALSO HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN HELPING TRAIN SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS COURT PROCEDURES. UM, SO SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE TEXAS COURT SYSTEM FOR MANY YEARS AND WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF CITIES AND WE'RE, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HER HERE. UM, RECENTLY SHE CAME IN WITH A BEAUTIFUL, UM, PLAQUE, UH, WITH HER NAME ON IT. AND LET US KNOW THAT THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED HER CONTRIBUTION, UH, BY AWARDING HER THE LORNA NELSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY COMMITMENT TO THE TEXAS COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION. UH, MS. ELAINE IS ONLY THE 10TH PERSON TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD SINCE, UH, THE ASSOCIATE AVIATION BEGAN IN 1972. SO, UH, SHE WAS DESCRIBED BY OUR COLLEAGUES AS KIND, STEADFAST, AND GENEROUS WITH HER TIME AND WISDOM. UM, WE HAVE CERTAINLY EXPERIENCED THAT HERE. AND HAVING MS. ELAINE, UH, HELPING WITH US, UM, HERE AT THE CITY HAS BEEN A BLESSING. SO, UH, STAFF DID PUT TOGETHER A NICE SENTIMENT THAT WE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE FOR HER. UM, AND SO WE WANT TO, UM, APPRECIATE THOSE ACCOLADES AND THAT DESERVED RECOGNITION. AND WE'RE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE MS. ELAINE HERE, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR OVER A DECADE. I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, THIS THURSDAY NIGHT WE'RE HAVING AN EDC MEETING. UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS MEETING. UM, AND SO FOR COUNCIL, UH, THIS IS THE MEETING, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN EDC DOES ALL OF THEIR PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES AND PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RESOLUTIONS FOR THEIR EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR DECEMBER MEETING IS, UM, A FOLLOW UP TO ALL OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS WHERE COUNCIL THEN GOES AHEAD AND APPROVES THOSE EXPENDITURES AT THE EDC LEVEL AS WELL. AND THEN THOSE, UH, THOSE EXPENDITURES WILL BE FREED UP TO, UH, BE SPENT AT THE EDC LEVEL. UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU [00:10:01] MAY HAVE A QUESTION. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. UH, OUR NEXT, OUR OFFICER BRIAN FRAME, WHO'S THE NEXT HIGH OFFICER ON THE EDC, WILL BE CONDUCTING THAT MEETING. AND SO, UH, BRIAN IS READY AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAVING THAT MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. UH, FINALLY, I WANNA MENTION SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT LATELY, WHICH IS THIS NEW CHANGE ON OUR UTILITY BILLING. UM, THE UTILITY BILL, UH, DUE DATE IS CHANGING. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UTILITY PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN DUE ON THE 20TH OF THE MONTH, WHERE OUR BILL READS DATES. WERE USUALLY ON THE 25TH OF THAT PREVIOUS MONTH. UM, FOR STAFF, THAT 25TH DATE HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE, QUITE FRANKLY, A LOT OF HOLIDAYS THAT FALL ON THE 25TH CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING MEMORIAL DAY. AND SO, UM, WE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT OVER TIME AND REMOVE US FROM THOSE CONFLICTS. SO, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS OF MAKING THAT CHANGE. AND NOW THE DUE DATE WILL BE THE 10TH OF THE MONTH, AND THAT WILL MAKE THE METER READING DATE THE 15TH OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH. UM, ON THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH, UH, METERS WILL BE READ STILL, UH, AS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRANSITION. UM, THERE WILL BE MAILED AND THE DUE DATE WILL STILL BE DECEMBER, UH, WILL BE DECEMBER THE 10TH. UM, BUT I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT NO LATE FEES WILL BE ASSESSED AS WE MAKE THIS TRANSITION. UH, THEN ON DECEMBER 15TH, UH, METERS ARE GONNA BE READ AGAIN, UM, AND WILL BE MAILED WITH A DUE DATE OF JANUARY 10TH. NOW, THAT'S 20 DAYS OF WATER USE. AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, THERE WILL BE A BILL CREDIT OR A PRORATED ADJUSTMENT MADE FOR THAT PERIOD. BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO DO THIS WITHOUT FINDING A WAY TO BASICALLY HAVE ONE OF OUR PAY PERIODS SHORTENED BY 10 DAYS. SO THAT'LL BE, UH, THAT'LL BE, UH, THE BILLS THAT GO OUT IN DECEMBER WITH A DUE DATE OF JANUARY 10TH. AND AGAIN, NO LATE FEES WILL BE ASSESSED AS WE MAKE THIS TRANSITION. SO ONCE WE MOVE INTO, INTO 2026, WE'LL BE ON THIS NEW SYSTEM, UM, WHERE WE'LL KIND OF GET AWAY FROM THOSE HOLIDAYS. WE WON'T HAVE SUCH A STRUGGLE WHEN IT'S TIME TO, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY READ METERS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SO, UH, MAYOR, WITH THAT, THAT IS MY REPORT TONIGHT. THANK YOU, NICK. COUNSEL, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM . UM, ARE, ARE WE COMMUNICATING THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC, I ASSUME VIA ALL THE THINGS HAS BEEN? YES. YES. OKAY. OKAY. BEEN, AND I THINK THERE WERE THREE SECTIONS OF THE NEWSLETTER THAT MENTIONED THIS. UM, JUST IN THAT ONE THING, PLUS ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS AND DIFFERENT PAGES. AGREED. UM, BUT ARE WE, IS IT LIKE A DIFFERENT COLOR OR SOMETHING? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE DID THIS BEFORE. IT'S A FULL PAGE AD. OKAY. NOT A DIFFERENT COLOR, BUT IT'S FULL PAGE. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT. I JUST KNOW THAT WHEN IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT AND THEY WERE LIKE, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING. AND IT WAS IN THE NEWSLETTER. IT WAS ON THE FACEBOOK. I KNOW IT WAS ON FACEBOOK. AND WE PUT IT IN ALL, WE WERE DOING NOTHING MORE OR LESS THAN WE DID. OKAY, PERFECT. EXCEPT IT IS A FULL PAGE AD IN THE NEWSLETTER. OKAY. WHICH I THINK IS NEW. I DON'T THINK WE DID, WE DIDN'T DO A BEFORE, WASN'T, I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. BEFORE WAS NOT A BUILDING CHANGE, IT WAS JUST A SYSTEM CHANGE. YES. BECAUSE THIS IS A BUILDING CHANGE. OKAY. MM-HMM . PERFECT. THANK YOU. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A BIG CHANGE. MM-HMM . UM, AND, AND, AND THIS WASN'T TAKEN LIGHTLY. I MEAN, WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK LONG TERM IS GONNA REALLY SET US UP FOR NO INTERRUPTIONS AND A GOOD CONSISTENT, UH, BILL AND METER READING SCHEDULE. NO, I AGREE. UM, 'CAUSE WE JUST, WE KEPT BEATING OUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL ABOUT MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, THESE HOLIDAYS AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HERE TO READ METERS. AGREE. THE THING ABOUT METER READING, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, IS THAT, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF METERS OUT IN TOWN, AND INEVITABLY SOME OF THEM DON'T READ CORRECTLY DURING A BILLING CYCLE. MM-HMM . SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY MANUALLY READ SOME OF THESE. WELL, THAT ALSO TAKES TIME AS WELL. SO AS, AS GOOD AS THESE REMOTE READERS ARE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DEDICATE SOME TIME TO GO OUT AND TRUE UP A LOT OF THE NUMBERS, EVERY SINGLE BILLING CYCLE. SO IT DOES TAKE TIME AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY PAINSTAKING PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THESE BILLS ARE CORRECT. I WANNA SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WE'D LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL RIGHT. NOT THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. UH, THAT MOVES US ON TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS. I HAVE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND, PROJECT NUMBER 2 0 2 1 1 BIKEWAY AT MEADOWS PLACE. STAFFORD UPDATE WITH ALDERMAN STALEY, AND THEN ALSO THE DORRANCE LANE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PHASE THREE WITH ALDERMAN STALEY. [00:15:02] ALRIGHT. UH, FOR THE MOBIL OR THE BIKEWAY PROJECT, UM, ENGINEERS STILL WORKING ON THE SUBMITTAL PACKAGES. THEY'VE SAID THE END OF THIS WEEK, I EXPECT IT'LL BE NEXT WEEK BEFORE WE GET THE PACKAGES TO SEND BACK TO CENTERPOINT. UM, WE WILL SUBMIT OUR PACKAGES AND THEN HAND OVER STAFF STAFFORD'S PACKAGES TO THEM AND, UH, TRY TO ASSIST THEM WITH GETTING THEIR, THEIR CENTER POINT AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. BUT ULTIMATELY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT AND PAY THE FEES TO CENTER POINT. UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, WE CAN THEN WE'LL BID OUR PROJECT WHEN WE'RE READY, OR ONCE WE HAVE CENTER POINTS AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. AND THEN STAFFORD WILL JUST FOLLOW ALONG. THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FINISH THEIR PORTION OF THE PROJECT RATHER THAN WRITE A CHECK BACK TO THE COUNTY. UH, DORRANCE LANE. UM, SURVEY'S ONGOING. UM, NICK'S TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION HERE. I'M TRYING TO NOT TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. UM, SO THAT PROJECT IS REALLY JUST GETTING STARTED. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE FOR THE PREVIOUS PHASES, WE DID TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CONTROL OR DIFFERENT TREATMENTS WE COULD USE. APPARENTLY, UM, STOP SIGNS WITH LED EMBEDDED INTO THEM HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. UM, I AM NOT A FAN. THE NOVELTY WEARS OFF WITHIN A FEW WEEKS. IF YOU HAVE A STOP SIGN RUNNING, YOU EITHER HAVE A VISIBILITY PROBLEM AND THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT VISIBILITY PROBLEM, OR YOU JUST HAVE A COMPLETE, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT STOP SIGN, WHICH THE ONLY WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT IS, WELL, ONE WAY TO TAKE CARE OF IT IS ENFORCEMENT. ANOTHER WAY IS TO TAKE DOWN THE STOP SIGN AND HAVE A TWO-WAY STOP INSTEAD OF A FOUR-WAY STOP. UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE FOUR-WAY STOPS ON DO AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT HERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION. UM, WE CAN ALWAYS PICK THAT DISCUSSION UP. AGAIN AS WE CONTINUE THIS, DO, UM, DESIGN. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON TYPES OF SIGNAGE, WHY I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S WORTH THE MONEY, UM, I'M WILLING TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION. WE GET THESE REQUESTS AT THE COUNTY ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE REFUSED TO DO THE LED UM, EMBEDDED SIGNS IN THE RURAL AREAS. THEY JUST BECOME BIGGER TARGETS THAT WE LIGHT IT UP FOR THE GUYS PRACTICING AT NIGHT. UM, AND IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS, SOMETIMES YOU GET COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEARBY HOUSES BECAUSE OF THE FLASHING LIGHTS. SOMETIMES IT'S, THEY BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE HOME TO THEIR ROOM. UH, SO BE PREPARED TO REPLACE THEM FREQUENTLY. UM, AND I HAVE NOT CHECKED THE PRICE ON THEM LATELY. MY GUESS, INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS SIGN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 700 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS SIGN. YES. THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED. SO, DID I MISS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC PLACE, A SPECIFIC INTERSECTION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THAT I I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE REQUEST CAME FROM. I JUST KNOW THAT THERE WAS, IS THIS AMBLE WOOD DORRANCE? MAYBE? I DO NOT KNOW. UM, SO I HAD , I HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE ONE AT VALENCIA AND DORRANCE, UH, RIGHT THERE WHERE THE CROSSWALK IS, WHERE WE'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW CARS AT, AT SCHOOL, PICK UP, NOT SEE THE SIGN, OR SEE IT AT THE LAST SECOND, HAVE TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES. AND, AND I THINK, RICK, WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP IS IT MAY BE A VISIBILITY ISSUE. UM, AND, AND FROM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, IF THE SIGN IS SUPPOSED TO BE SEVEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND THERE, THAT THE BOTTOM OF IT, THAT ONE IS NOT. SO IT, IT, IT COULD BE HIGHER AS CARS GO AROUND THAT CURVE, IF THERE'S A VEHICLE PARKED ALONG DORRANCE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. AND, AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A TRUCK OR AN SUV THAT'S PARKED, AND IT'S THE CARS THAT ARE DRIVING NEXT TO IT THAT CAN'T SEE THE STOP SIGN. AND, AND WHAT KURT'S REFERRING TO IS IF ON THE M-U-T-C-D MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN IS SUPPOSED TO BE SEVEN FEET ABOVE THE CURB. A LOT OF OURS ARE FIVE TO SIX. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IT IS AN ATTENTION ISSUE MORE THAN, I DON'T KNOW. WHEN I SEE PEOPLE RUNNING THE SIGN, I'M LIKE, THEY WEREN'T EVEN WATCHING THE, AND, AND WE ARE SEEING THAT CON ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, THE STOP SIGN RUNNING, THE RED LIGHT RUNNING HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE SINCE COVID. [00:20:02] UM, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE CRO RUNNING DOWN IN, UM, NEVILLE AREA, CROSSING 36. THEY DON'T EVEN STOP BEFORE THEY ENTER 36. AND WE'VE HAD SOME FATAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF IT. AND IT, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SOME DOWN THERE RURAL INTERSECTIONS, TWO LANE ROAD, RIGHT? ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION. YOU'VE GOT YOUR STOP SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT STOP SIGNS ON THE LEFT SIDE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE. THEY'RE STILL RUNNING THOSE STOP SIGNS. UM, WHETHER IT'S JUST A, A LOW DEGRADATION OF DRIVING SKILLS OR PEOPLE HAVE THEIR NOSE ON THEIR PHONE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT IT'S, WE'RE SEEING IT EVERYWHERE. UM, IN FACT, I HAD ASKED THE CHIEF TO, TO WATCH ALSTON AND MULHOLLAND BECAUSE I ABOUT GOT T-BONED THERE. AND IF YOU DON'T SEE MY RED COUNTY TRUCK, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. SO, UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND THEN LOOKING DOWN AT THEIR PHONE, THE FLASHING SIGN ISN'T GONNA MATTER WHETHER WE WANNA TRY ONE OR TWO. BUT I WOULD SAY PUT A CRITERIA IN PLACE ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. BECAUSE ONCE YOU DO ONE, EVERYBODY'S GONNA WANT IT. AND 700 A SIGN TIMES THE NUMBER OF STOP SIGNS WE'VE GOT, LET'S GO A THOUSAND DOLLARS A SIGN WITH INSTALLATION. I MEAN, YOU COULD EASILY RUN ON $50,000 ON STOP SIGNS, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT BETTER PLACES TO SPEND THAT 50,000. HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE FOR US TO RAISE THEM TO THE SEVEN FEET? WELL, DEPENDING ON, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE BASES ARE SET. UM, IF THE, IF IT'S A SLIP BASE, IT WOULD JUST BE PULL THE, THE, THE VERTICAL POST AND PUT UP A, A LONGER POST. IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY EMBEDDED INTO CONCRETE, THEN YOU'VE GOTTA TEAR OUT THE ENTIRE SIGN. I THINK WE HAVE A COMBINATION ACROSS THE TOWN. WE COULD DO AN INVENTORY AND FIGURE THAT OUT JUST TO, TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO RESET THEM TO THAT HEIGHT. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU KNOW, A A SIGN GETS KNOCKED DOWN, STAFF MEMBER GETS SENT OUT THERE TO FIX IT. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE A POST. THEY JUST CUT IT OFF AND SLIDE IT BACK INTO THE, INTO THE SLOT OR CUT OFF WHAT'S BENT AND THEN EMBED THE, THE REST OF IT BACK INTO THE CONCRETE. AND SO YOU END UP WITH A LOWER SIGN. I THINK TAKING AN INVENTORY WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA AND, AND GETTING US UP TO, UP TO THE NEW STANDARD WOULD ALSO BE A WORTHY ENDEAVOR. YEAH. AND, AND ANYTIME YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PARKING, IT, THAT'S WHEN THE SEVEN FEET BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT. MM-HMM . UM, AND THEN ALSO YOU'RE WATCH YOUR TREE COVER BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TRIM THE TREE UP AS, AS YOU RAISE THAT SIGN, NOW IT'S UP INTO THE LEAVES AND YOU GOTTA TRIM THAT TREE BACK A LITTLE BIT. MM-HMM . WE CAN, WE CAN DO AN INVENTORY. WE ACTUALLY DID THAT THIS WEEK. IS TRIM A TREE IN FRONT OF A STOP SIGN YESTERDAY? UM, YEAH, WE'LL DO AN INVENTORY. IF, IF IT'S, IF IT BECOMES A FUNDING ISSUE, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU. MM-HMM . MAYBE ABLE TO BE . BUT I DO THINK, AND ROD, YOU COULD CONFIRM WHEN WE GO OUT, BUT IT'S LIKELY A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SIGNS OUT THERE OVER TIME. MM-HMM . UH, SOME OF THESE SIGNS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN HERE FOR DECADES, AND SOME ARE NEW. WE, WE HAVE NOT OUT THERE. AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE JUST UNBOLTING THE, THE STOP SIGN AND BOLTING IT BACK TO THE EXISTING POST. SO WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET A TAPE MEASURE AND INVENTORY ALL OF THEM. AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY AGENCY THAT HAS THIS ISSUE AS FAR AS THE SIGNS ALL AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS AND DIFFERENT BASES. MM-HMM . AND EVERY AGENCY HAS THAT JUST BECAUSE OF STAFF CHANGES OVER YEARS. MM-HMM . WELL, THAT'S USUALLY NOT THE CITIES THAT ARE PUTTING 'EM UP IN THE FIRST PLACE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RICK? OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS HALLOWEEN. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER LONG, LONG, LONG BEFORE I EVER INTENDED TO BE SITTING UP HERE. UH, I CAME AND TALKED AT THE PODIUM IN PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DERAILED THE MEETING FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, UH, TALKING ABOUT HALLOWEEN. UM, CHIEF AND I HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UH, [00:25:01] AND IT THIS YEAR, I, I GET THINGS, I GET EMAILS IN MY INBOX, I GET PHONE CALLS ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN. I ASSUME SOME OF YOU MIGHT AS WELL. UM, BUT A WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN IS NOT ANY AMOUNT OF TIME FOR US TO ADJUST OUR PLAN AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR WHAT WE WANT NEXT YEAR, WHAT WE WANT HALLOWEEN TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE SEVEN DAYS OUT. CHIEF AND I HAD A LENGTHY, LENGTHY CONVERSATION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUTTA THAT CONVERSATION, UM, WAS A, WAS A DESIRE TO COME AND TALK OFFICIALLY AT THE, HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION AT THE MEETING ABOUT HALLOWEEN. WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT WE THINK NEXT YEAR SHOULD LOOK LIKE, AND MAYBE PUT IN SOME STEPS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. IT'S NOVEMBER. WE HAVE AN ENTIRE 12 MONTHS TO THINK ABOUT THIS, WHAT WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE. UM, AND SO CHIEF IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM. UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF HALLOWEEN THAT WE SEE IN MEADOWS PLACES, WE HAVE A VERY LARGE INFLUX OF VISITORS TO OUR CITY. THIS IS VERY TYPICAL. OTHER CITIES EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING. THEY DEAL WITH THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, CHIEF HAS AN ACTION PLAN IN PLACE. WE HAVE HOW MANY MORE OFFICERS ON PATROL DO YOU HAVE ON HALLOWEEN? WE, WE ADD QUITE A FEW MM-HMM . MORE PATROL OFFICERS. BUT FROM OUR TYPICAL STAFFING, WE'RE GONNA ADD THREE OR FOUR, SOMETIMES FIVE MORE ONTO STAFF JUST TO, UH, KEEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLY VISIBLE. UH, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS FROM, UH, CAMERON AND STUFF, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER YEAR. MM-HMM . UH, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, UH, INFLUX OF, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL PRETTY LARGE INFLUX OVER OUR ACTUAL POPULATION FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, OF A FEW HOURS. MM-HMM . ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT CHIEF AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IS THE FACT THAT HALLOWEEN IS NOT A CITY EVENT. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH MONEY IS PUT TOWARDS, IS TO PUT TOWARDS OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT THAT NIGHT LOOKS LIKE, WITH ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE AS A GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY. AND CHIEF CERTAINLY DOES THAT WITH ALL OF THE OFFICERS WE HAVE. I LIKE, I'M OUT WITH MY KIDS. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS ARE OUT OR ANSWERING YOUR DOOR, . UM, WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT MEADOW'S PLACE IS HOW, UH, STACKED TO THE TRAFFIC GETS IN CERTAIN AREAS. SOME PLACES ARE TOTALLY DEVOID OF TRICK OR TREATERS, AND SOME PLACES ARE COMPLETELY OVERRUN WITH TRICK OR TREATERS. UM, WE, THE TWO STREETS IN PARTICULAR THAT I KNOW ARE HEAVY, HEAVY TRAFFICKED ARE SCOTTSDALE BETWEEN, UM, MULHOLLAND AND, WELL, IT'S ALSTON, IT'S SCOTTSDALE. AND THE ONE RIGHT AFTER, WHICH IS, UH, MEADOWDALE IN THAT ONE SECTION BETWEEN MEADOW TRAIL AND MULHOLLAND. UM, WE WALKED ALL OF THOSE STREETS THIS YEAR. AND THEN WHEN YOU WENT TO MEADOW HOLLOW, LIKE TOTALLY, TOTALLY DEAD. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, IT'S GET, IT GETS BROUGHT UP TO ME EVERY SINGLE, OR HAS THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN SITTING IN THIS SEAT, IS POTENTIALLY BLOCKING A STREET THAT HAS LOTS OF CHALLENGES. UM, IT'S, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER. UH, CHIEF, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? UM, SO I DON'T SHUT DOWN STREETS MM-HMM . UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE YOU'RE DIVERTING THAT TRAFFIC TO ANOTHER STREET THAT'S GONNA HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC DIRECTION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER AT THAT INTERSECTION, WHICH IS PULLING FROM THE PATROL THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. MM-HMM . AND, UH, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE WANNA VOLUNTEER AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING, BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT. AND THEN IF THEY TRY TO ENFORCE SOMETHING THEY CAN'T ENFORCE, THERE'S GONNA BE A FIST FIGHT OUT THERE. AND THEN WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH THAT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S ISSUES, BUT THE, IF YOU CHANGE THE TRAFFIC FLOW FROM WHAT IT IS NOW, YOU'RE JUST DIVERTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT. AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA WANT THEIR STREET SHUT DOWN. AND THE OTHER THING TOO IS WITHOUT GUIDANCE FROM Y'ALL ABOUT, HEY, I WANNA SHUT DOWN THIS STREET AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, THEN I'M GONNA GET, UH, INUNDATED WITH CALLS TO SHUT DOWN ALL KINDS OF STREETS WHERE THEY MAY BE EXPERIENCING IT. TYPICALLY, I'VE HAD REQUESTS EVEN SHUT DOWN FOR PARTIES OR FOR OTHER EVENTS, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND I DO NOT APPROVE THAT, EVEN THOUGH, UH, I CAN, I DON'T, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT CREATES THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE WANTING TO DO IT. AND I HAVE TO MAN THAT MM-HMM . UM, AND SO I TRY TO MITIGATE ALL THOSE PROBLEMS BY HAVING MORE OFFICERS OUT THERE AND KEEP THE TRAFFIC FLOW MOVING. UM, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CLOSE DOWN ONE STREET, YOU THAT TRAFFIC'S GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. MM-HMM . IT'S JUST GONNA BE ANOTHER STREET THAT'S GONNA HAVE THE ISSUE. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. BUT THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAPPENS FROM PAST, UH, EXPERIENCE. TRUST ME. I, I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR WAS BETTER THAN MM-HMM . A A FEW OTHERS AS FAR AS, UH, PEOPLE, TRAFFIC JAMS, PEOPLE RUNNING IN FRONT OF CARS. I FEEL LIKE THE POLICE PRESENCE WAS [00:30:01] MORE CONSISTENT, UM, TO WHERE ONCE Y'ALL GOT OUT THERE, IT WAS VERY MUCH A POLICE CAR, A FEW OTHER CARS, ANOTHER POLICE CAR. AND SO IT, IT FELT MORE, I DON'T KNOW IF ORGANIZED IS THE WORD. I KNOW IT WASN'T ORGANIZED, BUT IT, IT MADE MORE SENSE. IT, IT WAS SAFER. UH, AT LEAST IN MY CORNER RIGHT THERE, IT FELT SAFER. WELL, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT ON THE PAST. AND SO WE SEE THE INFLUXES, BUT WE, THE, THE ASSIGNMENT HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL. WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU SEE LESS CARS IN PREVIOUS YEARS IS THEY STILL HAVE TO ANSWER CALLS. SO THEY ARE GETTING PULLED SOMETIMES. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST THERE FOR HALLOWEEN. THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UH, SOME ARE PRIMARILY THIS OUR PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT. AND THEN YOU HAVE A, A PATROL OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED AS WELL THAT MAY BE OUT THERE TO GET CALLED AWAY. SO WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN, UH, AVAILABILITY AS WELL. DID ANYBODY ELSE ELSE IF WE CONSIDERED FLASHING STOP SIGNS FOR HALLOWEEN? ? JUST KIDDING. NO, THERE WAS A CAR THAT WAS DOUBLE PARKED. 'CAUSE THEY WERE JUMP STARTING A CAR AND I WAS LIKE, DO I CALL THE POLICE? THEY WERE TOTALLY STOPPING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. AND THEN FOSTER WAS RIGHT THERE, AND I JUST WAVED HIM DOWN. I WAS LIKE, THESE PEOPLE ARE PARKING HERE. YEAH. HE'S THE ONE THAT TOLD 'EM THEY COULD DO THAT. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. HE CIRCLED AROUND. NO, HE DOESN'T. NO. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO CALL ANYONE. HE WAS RIGHT THERE. GOOD JOB. WE'RE YEAH, WE AND, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT LOOKING FOR THINGS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, SO THAT IS A, SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD NORMALLY STOP ON AND WE APPRECIATE HIM AND HIM, YOU KNOW, DOING THAT. SO I DIDN'T SEE PEOPLE RUNNING IN FRONT OF CARS LIKE I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, SO. RIGHT. IT WAS BETTER. MOST OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE CITY LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WE USED TO HAVE A HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL YES. AT THE PARK. YES. UM, SOME OF, SOME OF YOU GREW UP HERE AND REMEMBER THAT UNFORTUNATELY, TROOPS 7 31 FOLDED, UH, 7 31 3 0 1 FOLDED. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT USED TO DO THAT FOR US. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO, THE, DOES THE SWIM TEAM OR BASEBALL WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING DOWN AT THE PARK AT THE CUL-DE-SAC AGAIN, WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PARK AND THEN GO AROUND THE CUL-DE-SAC ONCE AGAIN, IT'S CLOSING THE STREET. ONE THAT WE NORMALLY CLOSE. IT ENDED UP BEING A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE PARK FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO CLEAN UP. MM-HMM . RIGHT. SO THERE, IT'S NOT A SOLVE EVERYTHING BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE EATING THE CANDY AND JUST THROWING IT ON THE FLOOR OR ON THE, ON THE GROUND. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD SELL THE CONFETTI EGGS AND THE, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR THE LAKE. AND THERE ARE OTHER SOLUTIONS, BUT EVERYTHING'S GOT, ITS GOOD AND BAD POINTS TO IT. RIGHT. THERE ARE PROS AND CONS ALL AROUND. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED THE LAST TIME, WE HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WAS CREATING SOME SORT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT COULD BRING IN RESIDENTS. AND WE COULD, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS AND THAT WE WOULD BE UPDATED ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 'CAUSE I THINK CHIEF, WHEN, WHEN CHIEF AND I TALKED, IT WAS, WE REALLY NEED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL BECAUSE EXACTLY. WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS, HE AND I BOTH EVERY YEAR. AND WE WANT, IF, IF YOU GUYS WOULD REALLY, AND I DO THINK, I THINK THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE, THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, THE KIND OF NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE ON HALLOWEEN. I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD SAY YES TO SOMETHING HERE AND BE JUSTIFIED IN SAYING NO TO SOMETHING SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DO THINK IT, IT MIGHT OPEN THE FLOOD GATES OF REQUESTS FOR STREET SHUTTING DOWN, BUT I, I ALSO THINK THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHT. AND WE HAVE NUMBERS BEHIND THEM. UM, SO WE REALLY ARE JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. UM, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? IS ANYBODY WILLING TO HEAD UP A AD HOC COMMITTEE? I THINK KURT, LAST TIME YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU'RE KIND OF KEY ON THE CORNER THERE. SO, UH, AND I, LIKE WE, WE SEND OUR EXTRA CANDY THAT, THAT I HAVE IN THE PAST AND I SEND OUR EXTRA CANDY THAT DIRECTION. THERE WERE OTHER THINGS DISCUSSED. LIKE I WOULD REALLY LOVE, UM, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO, TO BRAINSTORM SOME WAYS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO PARK, LIKE PARK AND WALK. UM, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT AT ENTRANCE POINTS INTO THE, INTO THE CITY. UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW THAT ON, ON THE SLY, NOT, NOT ON THE SLY MAYBE IS THE WRONG WORD, BUT, BUT PERSONALLY, THERE ARE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN RESIDENTS WHERE THEY'LL SAY, OH, I DON'T HAVE, LIKE, I'LL, I'LL BRING YOU ALL MY CANDY BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GET ALL OF THE HOUSES. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE OFFICIAL IN NOT MAKING IT A CITY EVENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE JUST, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A CONVERSATION HERE WORTH HAVING. IS ANYBODY WITH ANYBODY WILLING OR DOES COUNCIL SEE A NEED OR WOULD LIKE TO START, HAVE SOME SORT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE COULD CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION SEVEN DAYS BEFORE HALLOWEEN AND NOT REALLY ABLE TO MAKE ANY REAL DECISIONS? DOES ANYBODY? WELL, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA END UP FINDING OUT IS ALL [00:35:01] THE PEOPLE THAT WANT IT AREN'T GOING TO VOLUNTEER. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT GONNA SHOW UP FOR YOUR MEETINGS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE. AND THEN THEY WILL CALL YOU SEVEN DAYS BEFORE AND GO, WHAT'D YOU COME UP WITH? RIGHT. THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. YOU MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PARENTS, BUT VOLUNTEERISM HAS DROPPED OFF TREMENDOUSLY FROM WHAT I USED TO SEE. I'M WILLING TO PUT A CALL IN THE NEWSLETTER AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF SEE, 'CAUSE WELL THE NEXT ONE WILL GO OUT IN MARCH. SO I'M WILLING TO PUT A BLURB IN IT. I THINK A YEAR AGO WE PUT A BLURB IN IT, AND I'M NOT SURE I RECEIVED ANY REPLIES, BUT IF I, IF I DO A CALL LIKE THAT, OR IF WE, IF WE DO IT, DO A REQUEST FOR RESIDENTS AND WE GET A RESPONSE, UM, I'M WILLING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD DO THAT. I THINK THAT RESIDENTS ALWAYS ASK, AND I THINK WE PUT IT BACK ON THEM. IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA DO THIS, THEN LET'S GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A COMMITTEE. ME PERSONALLY, I LIVE IN SECTION ONE. WE HARDLY GET ANYBODY SAME. UM, AND SO I CAN SEE A LOT OF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, UM, PUTTING MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T SEE THEY DON'T BENEFIT FROM. UM, I CAN SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN ON SCOTTSDALE AND AUSTIN, UM, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF CARS AND IT IS, IT DOES GET VERY DANGEROUS. UM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THINGS WENT REALLY WELL THIS YEAR TOO. THINGS WENT VERY SMOOTHLY THIS YEAR. UH, I'VE BEEN HERE 32 YEARS MM-HMM . AND, UH, WE, IT'S THE SAME. MM-HMM . IT, IT IS, NOTHING'S REALLY CHANGED. WHEN WE DID HAVE 'EM AT THE PARK AND WE HAD THE, I'M SURE RICK REMEMBERS THEY HAD BRINGING AN OLD JUNK CAR AND YOU COULD TAKE A SLEDGEHAMMER AND PAY TO DAMAGE IT AND SURE. AND ALL THESE, I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT WAS, WE STILL HAD LARGE CROWDS. WE'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT AND MM-HMM . WHEN I SAY THIS, I WANNA KNOCK ON SOMEWHAT OF COURSE, BUT THE THING IS THAT WE'VE HAD ANY MAJOR INCIDENTS AS IT WORKS NOW. AND AS I TOLD THE MAYOR, I DON'T WANT TO FIX SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REALLY BROKEN. IT'S JUST THAT WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHEN WE MAINTAIN HIGH VISIBILITY AS IT IS. MM-HMM . MY, WHAT I DISCUSSED WITH THE MAYOR WAS, I NEED DIRECTION FROM Y'ALL. IF Y'ALL DECIDE YOU WANNA SHUT DOWN THE STREET, IT'S NOT ME DOING IT. AND THE REASON WHY IS THEN I'M GONNA GET ALL THE CALLS ABOUT HOW COME YOU CAN'T SHUT DOWN MINE? IT LOOKS LIKE I'M BEING, YOU KNOW, SHOWING FAVORITISM FOR ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER AT THE DIRECTION OF Y'ALL. IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF A RELIEF MM-HMM . TO GET SOMETHING DONE. SO WHETHER IT'S CLOSE IT DOWN OR NOT, AND WE MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE, WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME JOB WE DO NOW. AND IF Y'ALL HAVE DIRECTION TO ANOTHER THING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, THEN WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT I DO THINK A COMMITTEE WOULD BE A GOOD OKAY. THANK YOU. I WILL, I WILL MAKE A REQUEST AND SEE, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. IS THAT OKAY? IT'S NOT THAT I'M NOT INTERESTED NECESSARILY, IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN REALLY BE DONE TO IMPROVE IT THAT IS GONNA BE WORTHWHILE SHORT OF, SHORT OF SHUTTING SOMETHING DOWN IF WE, IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. WHICH I JUST, I SAW A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR AND I, I TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING, WALKING THE LOOP. RIGHT. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE SAID IT SEEMED LESS CHAOTIC. IT, IT WENT SWIMMINGLY THIS YEAR. I ALSO WALKED THE LOOP. IT WAS THIS BETTER THIS YEAR THAN IT, THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. I THINK AS THESE CROWDS, AS SOME OF 'EM ARE GETTING, UH, MORE ACCUSTOMED TO WHAT WE EXPECT MM-HMM . AND THEY'RE GETTING BETTER AT WHAT THEY DO AS WELL. 'CAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, THESE ARE PEOPLE, A, A MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY. YES. I DON'T WANNA OVERCOMPLICATE A HOLIDAY. THAT IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE OF ITS SIMPLICITY, RIGHT? YOU JUST SHOW UP. YES. WALK AROUND. IT'S SO EASY. UM, BUT IF I NEED TO PUT ON A SAFETY VEST AND LIKE YELL AT PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN, I DO THAT EVERY DAY. SO I'M WILLING, I'M WILLING TO DO IT. I'M WILLING TO, WHATEVER NEEDS, YES. I'LL SIGN UP FOR IT FOR COMMITTEE, I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE, I'LL MAKE THE ALLALL CALL AND WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND AS THE TRAFFIC GUY, AS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS AS THEY GET TO THAT FIRST STREET THEY USED TO DRIVE DOWN AND THE SECOND STREET THAT THEY USED TO DRIVE DOWN AND IT'S CLOSED, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THE ENGINES GET GUNNED. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE MAD AND THEY'RE GONNA BE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THEM. MM-HMM . OR THEY'RE GONNA PARK IN SOMEBODY'S DRIVEWAY AND THEN JUST TAKE THEIR KIDS AND WALK. WELL, WHAT'LL HAPPEN AS WELL IS IF YOU BLOCK OFF THAT ONE STREET, THEY'LL JUST START PARKING ON MULHOLLAND AND GOING DOWN IT, YOU'RE GONNA, IT, IT CREATES, SO FOR EVERY, FOR EVERY GOOD DEED, THERE'S AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND I WANNA WEIGH THOSE, WHICH IS WHY I THINK HAVING A CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT. SO, OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THIS. ARE YOU GOOD WITH CHIEF, WITH THAT CHIEF? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE QUARTERLY BUDGET AND FINANCIAL REPORT WITH ANNA MARIA. WE'VE GOT SLIDES. THERE'S A SLIDE FOR THAT. [00:40:01] WE DID IT. OKAY. OH, GOOD EVENING. OKAY. I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR REPORT. AND, UH, WE'LL KIND OF, THIS IS OUR INS AND OUTS FOR THE QUARTER. I'VE GOT A FEW NUMBERS HIGHLIGHTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. . UH, OKAY. SO CITI, UH, OUR CITIBANK TOOK IN ABOUT $2.3 MILLION IN DEPOSITS AND PUT OUT 2.5 MILLION IN WITHDRAWALS. MOST OF THAT MONEY COMING IN FROM, UM, BEING TRANSFERRED IN FROM THE TECH POOL ACCOUNT, UM, A LOT OF MONEY GOING OUT ON OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND, UM, THE LIFT STATION, UH, THE OTHER WITHDRAWALS LAST, UH, LAST QUARTER IN CR IN THE BOX, THE 70 1050 7,000, THOSE WERE FOR THE FINAL PAYMENTS FOR TO TANDEM ON DORRANCE PHASE TWO. SO OUR DORRANCE MOBILITY PROJECT, UM, TEXT POOL ACCOUNT NOW IS A ZERO BALANCE. UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT HAS, UH, $1.6 MILLION SITTING IN THERE. AND OUR ROAD USE ENDED THE YEAR AT ABOUT 1 26 FOR THE YEAR. OVERALL CITY FUNDS WERE AT 6.5 MILLION. UH, DECREASE FROM JUNE ABOUT, UH, $1.4 MILLION. AND THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WE LOOK AT ON THE UTILITY SIDE. UM, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE FIRST LINE, WHICH IS A UTILITY CHECKING ACCOUNT. NORMALLY WE LIKE TO SEE THE DEPOSITS EQUAL THE WITHDRAWALS, AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CASE, WITHDRAWALS WERE MORE THAN THE DEPOSITS AND THAT IS A GAIN RELATED TO THE CLARIFIER PROJECT EXPENDITURES. SOME OF THE, THOSE DEPOSITS CAME FROM THE CITY TO COVER THE WITHDRAWALS. UM, AND THE OTHER MAIN TAKEAWAY HERE IS THE, THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FEE. UM, WE ADDED 43,000 OVER THE QUARTER, ENDED THE QUARTER AT 323,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT. OVER OVERALL UTILITY IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION LESS THAN, UH, 2 MILLION. THAT WAS IN THE END OF JUNE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALL RELATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS BEING COMPLETED. AND WE'LL SEE THAT LATER ON AND ON THE UEDC, UH, MY TAKEAWAY HERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT EDC, THE FIRST LINE, THE ONE 10 MATCHES, THE ONE 10 THAT CAME OUT OF, UH, TEXT POOL. SO WE DID TRANSFER IN A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE QUARTER, UM, MOSTLY FOR, UH, END OF THE FISCAL YEAR EXPENDITURES. UH, NOT ALL OF IT WAS, UM, UH, PAID OUT I GUESS BECAUSE, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EDC CITI CHECKING ACCOUNT HAS ABOUT $65,000 IN THERE AND IT REALLY SHOULDN'T . I MEAN, WE WROTE THE CHECKS, SO THAT'S WHY WE, UH, PUT THE ONE 10 INTO THE, INTO THE BANK. SO THE, THOSE CHECKS OBVIOUSLY WERE CASHED IN OCTOBER. UH, AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, EDC FUNDS WAS ABOUT 781,000 IN THE BANK. UM, AND OVERALL, UH, ALL THE CITY FUNDS, UM, THE END, UH, END OF THE QUARTER ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR AT JUST OVER $9 MILLION. 9.1. THAT IS A DECREASE OF ABOUT 1.5 SINCE THE END OF JUNE. AND AGAIN, MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CLARIFIER AND LIFT STATION PAYMENTS BEING MADE THAT THIS PAST QUARTER, ALONG WITH PAYROLL AND THE FINAL PAYMENTS ON DO AND OUR NORMAL BILLS. ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE INS AND OUTS FOR THE QUARTER? NOW I'M GONNA GO BACK. UH, YEAH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE ON THE CITY, UH, IF YOU NOTICE THE SECOND LINE TEXT POOL CITY DEPOSITS 97,000, THAT IS THE PROPERTY TAX THAT WENT INTO THE TEXT POOL CITY ACCOUNT. SO VERY LOW, BUT ACTUALLY QUITE HIGH FOR THE QUARTER. WE NORMALLY DON'T EVEN SEE THAT MUCH. SO A LOT OF THAT IS SOME [00:45:01] DELINQUENT TAX PROPERTY TAXES THAT CAME IN LATE IN THE QUARTER. OKAY. I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO BEST PART, I THINK, UH, THIRD QUARTER, BUT IT'S OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET REPORT. SO THIS REALLY IS A PRECURSOR TO THE AUDIT REPORT. I'VE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO GET ALL OUR END OF THE YEAR, UM, NUMBERS INTO THE, TO THE GL AND THIS, UH, SHOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD, UM, LOOK AT WHAT THE AUDIT REPORT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE TO NOT COMPLETE, BUT IT'S A PRETTY GOOD PRECURSOR. OKAY. SO IF WE LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT CHART WISE FOR CITY REVENUES, UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS ABOVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. UM, THE COUPLE THAT I'VE GOT HIGHLIGHTED, ONE OF THOSE IS FRANCHISE FEES IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN OUR BUDGET. I THINK WE'RE AT 97%. UM, AND THAT A LITTLE WORRISOME, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'RE JUST NOT, UH, PULLING IN WHAT WE USED TO FROM COMCAST. AND EVEN OUR CENTER POINT FRANCHISE FEE IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN NORMAL. SO THANK YOU TO THE WARM WEATHER WE'RE HAVING 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING THE, SOME OF THE, UH, RECEIPTS THERE. SO WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND LOWER THAT A LITTLE BIT. UM, IS EASY. FIBER GONNA BE CAPTURED NEXT YEAR. OKAY. WE SHOULD, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET, SO WE MAY WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT WITH THE STATE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PAYING. JUST VERIFY WE GET THAT. YEAH, GOOD POINT. UM, BUT THEY ARE ONE I HAVE NOT YET SEEN. UH, THE OTHER TAKEAWAY IS ON THE GRANT, REVENUE IS ABOVE BUDGET QUITE A BIT, AND THAT IS REALLY, UH, RECOGNITION OF SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED THAT WE CAN FINALLY, UH, SAY THEY ARE TRUE REVENUE. AND THAT BEING THE BIGGEST ONE IS REALLY OUR, UM, MONIES FROM THE COUNTY FOR DO PHASE TWO. WHILE WE RECEIVED THE MONEY LAST YEAR, WE COULDN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS REVENUE. AND NOW THAT WE'VE SPENT IT, WE CAN RECOGNIZE IT AS WE'VE EARNED THAT REVENUE. SO THERE'S SOME BIG NUMBERS GOING INTO THE BUDGET NOW BECAUSE OF WE HAVE EARNED THE REVENUE. UM, SO SOME TAKEAWAYS. UH, FOR THE MOST PART, REVENUE WAS ABOVE BUDGET. UH, THE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES WERE WAY ABOVE BUDGET BY ABOUT 200,000. UH, COURT REVENUE WAS ALSO ABOVE BUDGET BY ABOUT 149,000. OUR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS ABOVE BUDGET BY ABOUT 45,000. AND THAT IS FROM OUR RECEIPTS FROM BARREL FROM A YEAR AGO. UH, PD GRANTS, WE HAD ABOUT 190,000 THAT IS IN THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE GL SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING IT, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY WAITING ON ABOUT 150,000. SO IT'S NOT IN THE BANK YET. UH, THE DORRANCE PHASE TWO FUNDS, WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT'S THE 1.8 MILLION AND MOBILITY BOND FUNDS. THE MONIES FROM STAFFORD AND, UM, THE COUNTY, WE CAN RECOGNIZE 27,000 THIS YEAR. UH, FRANCHISE FEES, WERE SHORT ABOUT 8,000 FROM BUDGET. UH, OVERALL, OUR REVENUE SHOULD SHOW THAT OUR OVERALL REVENUES WERE 7.4 MILLION VERSUS 6.8 IS WHAT WE HAD IN THE BUDGET. UM, OF ALL OF THAT, WE CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT THERE WAS 459,000 THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTED THIS YEAR TO INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ALSO HAVE 280 THAT WAS CONTRIBUTED BY EDC AND THE CITY ALSO TRANSFERRED ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO UTILITY FOR THE CLARIFIER AND LIFT STATION. UH, THERE'S ANOTHER 81,000 THAT THE CITY WILL ALSO BE TRANSFERRING TO UTILITY THIS QUARTER FOR THE FINAL, UH, LIFT STATION, UM, PAYMENT TO AR TURNKEY. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AWAITING, UH, 166,000 FROM THE COUNTY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION ON THE LIFT STATION PROJECT. WE'VE, I'VE FILED ALL THE PAPERWORK. IT HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE FUNDING NOW. AND INCIDENTALLY, TODAY WE GOT OUR CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS FROM OUR ENGINEER ON THAT PROJECT, ON THE LIFT STATION PROJECT. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT 81,000 IN THERE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ON THE CITY EXPENDITURES, UH, SNAPSHOT CHART, UH, THERE ARE TWO LINES [00:50:01] FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. THE FIRST IS PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS. THE SECOND IS THE OPERATIONAL COSTS UNDER EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. UM, EVERYTHING REALLY IS UNDER BUDGET. UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT IS ABOVE BUDGET IS COURT. COURT ACTUALLY IS A RATHER SMALL DEPARTMENT. SO WHEN IT SAYS IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED AND, YOU KNOW, 27% ABOVE BUDGET OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS UP THERE, , IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. I MEAN, IT'S A NUMBER, BUT IT'S NOT THAT LARGE OF A NUMBER. UH, IT'S ABOUT $20,000. AND IT IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OUR BUDGET FOR THE COLLECTION AGENCY, UM, WAS EXCEEDED. ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE HAVE THE REVENUE FOR COLLECTION AGENCY THAT ALSO WAS ABOVE NORMAL. SO IT'S, UH, COLLECTION AGENCY DID A VERY GOOD JOB COLLECTING, UM, ON CITATIONS THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S A KIND OF A GOOD NUMBER. UM, SOME TAKEAWAYS HERE. UH, PDS SALARY WAS UNDER BUDGET ABOUT $76,000, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO SEE BECAUSE WE BUDGETED A VEHICLE BASED UPON PD SALARY BEING UNDER BUDGET. UH, ADMIN OVERALL WAS 98% OF BUDGET COURT, 96 PUBLIC WORKS 95 PD 97 AND PARKS 97. UH, FINAL NUMBER ON PHASE TWO, THE COMPLETED PROJECT IS JUST OVER $2 MILLION, 2.184 MILLION. UH, THE COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION ON THAT PROJECT IS 1.8 MILLION, AND THEN THE CITY SHARE WAS 348,000. ANY QUESTION? OH, LET ME, OH, LET'S MY TAKEAWAYS HERE. UH, WE ALSO HAD, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CITY ADDITIONS. WHAT WAS FUNDED FROM THE CITY THIS YEAR. SO ON THE PD SIDE, WE OF COURSE HAD THE VEHICLE. WE HAD NEW DISPATCH CONSOLE RADIOS, CAR CAMERAS WERE ALL GRANT FUNDED. PUBLIC WORKS, OF COURSE, THE ROAD FEE, THE STREET WORK, UH, THE CITY HALL CANOPY THAT, UH, SOME OF YOU MIGHT FORGET THAT WE DID, WE DID IT BACK LAST OCTOBER. UH, THERE WERE NEW LED LIGHTS INSTALLED AT THE FIRE STATION, EOC, UH, LOTS OF SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS. I'M SURE I'M MISSING A FEW OTHERS UNDER PARKS. AND SOME OF THIS WAS EDC FUNDED. THERE WERE NEW TRASH CANS IN MOST OF THE PARKS. THERE'S NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, UH, LAKE FOUNTAIN PORTABLE STAGE, UH, CAMERAS AT THE TENNIS COURT. AND WHEN I THROW UP THESE ADDITIONS, SOME OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA GET CAPITALIZED. SO I'M COLLECTING THESE ALSO FOR THE AUDITORS SAY THESE WERE OUR BIGGER PURCHASES THIS YEAR, SO LET ME KNOW WHAT I'M MISSING. I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A COMPLETE LIST. UM, SO OVERALL ON THE CITY SIDE, UH, REVENUES EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET. UM, THE AUDIT'S PROBABLY GONNA SHOW ABOUT 666,000. UH, WE'RE UNDER BUDGET ON EXPENDITURES. 220, 220 7,000. BUT OVERALL, OUR EXPENDITURES WAY EXCEEDED OUR REVENUE, ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. NOT UNEXPECTED. WITH ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED THIS YEAR. WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA BE DIGGING INTO RESERVES. SO BUDGET WISE WE'RE GOOD, BUT WE SPENT MONEY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CITY SIDE? OKAY, NOW MOVE ON TO UTILITY. UH, IF WE LOOK AT THE SNAPSHOT ON UTILITY REVENUE, AGAIN, THINGS LOOK REALLY VERY GOOD. EVERYTHING'S ABOVE BUDGET. UH, COUPLE OF ITEMS I WANNA NOTE AS THE PURPLE LINE. WE ARE ABOVE BUDGET. THAT IS FOR THE WATER TAP AND RECONNECTS. AND OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAD SOME MAJOR WATER TAP, UH, UM, UM, FEES THIS YEAR THAT WE RECEIVED FROM WEST AIRPORT. UH, 11, 7 20. AND THEN OVER ON THE FIRE LINE AT THE OLD ROOM PROPERTY, UH, ON THE, THE GRAY THAT IS JUST A REFLECTION OF THE GRANT REVENUES AND SOME OF THE MONIES RECEIVED FROM THE, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WE'RE NOT REALLY BUDGETING PER SE FOR THAT. UM, TAKEAWAYS, UH, REVENUES ALL ABOVE BUDGET. UH, WE DID RECOGNIZE THE ARPA FUNDING. WE HAD ONE POINT, UH, $3 MILLION THAT WE COULD RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR. UH, THE CITY FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT 1.454, UM, MILLION [00:55:02] INTEREST EARNED WAS ABOVE BUDGET ABOUT AN EXTRA 53,000. A LOT OF THAT AGAIN, WAS BECAUSE WE HAD ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY SITTING IN THE BANK FROM THE COUNTY. AND THE ARPA, UH, THE TAP FEES, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED WAS A HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE, SIXTY 6,000. SO QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT WE NORMALLY DON'T SEE EITHER. UH, REVENUES OVERALL, UM, SINCE WE DIDN'T REALLY BUDGET, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE OTHER IN, UM, REVENUES, THE ARPA FUNDING AND IN THE BUDGET PER SE, IT'S GONNA SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OVER BUDGET BY $3 MILLION. UH, WE DID COLLECT WHAT WE EXPECTED TO COLLECT ON THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ONE 89,000 AND BALANCE IN THAT ACCOUNTS 323,000, SO MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR. AND WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT SPENDING SOME OF THAT MONEY. UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, THE GREEN OR THE UTILITY ADMIN KIND OF ACTIVITIES, THE BLUE IS THE WATER, AND THEN OFF TO THE RIGHT IS THE SEWER OPERATIONS. UM, AGAIN, ON THIS SIDE, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, MOST EVERYTHING IS UNDER BUDGET. UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UM, CAN'T QUITE SEE WHAT THAT, BUT THE SEWER, THE ONE THAT'S THE SEWER THAT'S OVER BUDGET. WELL, IT IS REALLY RELATED TO OUR SLUDGE REMOVAL. EVEN THOUGH WE INCREASED THE BUDGET ON SLUDGE, THERE WAS A, SOME LAST MINUTE LATE QUARTER EXPENDITURES TO REMOVE SLUDGE OUT OF THE AERATION. BUT, UM, BASINS THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, INCLUDE IN, IN THE BUDGETS THAT'S SHOWING OVER BUDGET. UM, OVERALL THOUGH, WATER WAS AT 97% OF BUDGET. UH, SEWER DEPARTMENT PER SE, IS A LITTLE OVER BUDGET AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THAT EXTRA SLEDGE REMOVAL. UM, THE NUMBERS FOR THE CLARIFIER REHAB, UH, 3.8 MILLION. UH, 1.1 CAME FROM THE FEDERAL ARPA. 1.5 CAME FROM COUNTY ARPA. THE CITY THREW IN ANOTHER MILLION AND THE UTILITY SHARE WAS ABOUT 146,000 ON THE LIST STATION. THE PROJECT BEING COMPLETED WITH OUR FINAL NUMBERS TODAY, 748,000 COUNTY ARPA CONTRIBUTION. THE 1 66 THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE'RE WAITING ON THE CITY SHARE, ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY 9,000 AND UTILITY, 235,000. UM, LOTS OF ADDITIONS OVER IN THE UTILITY SIDE THIS LAST YEAR. I'M THINKING THIS IS A VERY INCOMPLETE LIST, BUT, UH, WE, THERE WERE 50 NEW, AT LEAST 50 NEW CELLULAR METERS THAT WERE INSTALLED. UM, A NEW COMMERCIAL METER, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE OVER AT THE SENIOR VILLAGE, A SIX INCH METER. THERE WAS CAMERAS THAT WERE INSTALLED AT ALL THE WATER PLANTS FOR SECURITY. UH, THERE WAS A NEW METER VAULT AND METER OVER AT 11 7 20 WEST AIRPORT BOOSTER PUMPS. UH, WATER, WELL THREE AND ONE NEW CHECK VALVES. THREE, UH, NEW WATER LINE EXTENSION, THE AUTO ZONE WATERLINE CONNECTION AT DORRANCE. FIRE LINE INSTALLATION AT DORRANCE, THE VROOM PROPERTY UPGRADE ON CONTROLS AT WATER. WELL THREE, THERE WERE REPAIRS DONE ON THE GROUND. STORAGE TANKS. UH, NEW WATERLINE MULHOLLAND, NEW TRANSFER SWITCH, UH, FOR THE GENERATOR OVER AT THE WATER. WELL, THREE AND I'M SURE ROD'S GONNA TELL ME I MISSED A WHOLE BUNCH, BUT I'M GONNA WORK WITH HIM BECAUSE I NEED THESE FOR THE AUDITOR. UH, TAKEAWAY OUR OVERALL REVENUE EXCEEDED BUDGET SAID IT'S GONNA PROBABLY SHOW ABOUT 3.3 MILLION. UH, EXPENDITURES. WERE UNDER OUR BUDGET OF 1 0 2. UM, AGAIN, EXPENDITURES THOUGH ARE EXCEEDED REVENUE. SO THERE WAS DIGGING INTO DIPPING INTO RESERVES BY 66,000. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR? UH, JUST A COMMENT. UM MM-HMM . I APPRECIATE THE, THAT, ALL THE NUMBERS. AND I, I THINK FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT'S LISTENING ONLINE, WE HAD A, UH, THE, YOU AND NICK AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB LAST YEAR. WE, WE CAME IN OVER, UH, REVENUE [01:00:02] BY 650,000. WE CAME IN UNDER EXPENSES BY 250,000 AND WE INVESTED, UH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE. A GOOD BIT OF IT CAME FROM THE CITY BUDGET. SO LOOKING AT THE, LOOKING AT THE YEAR IN, IN TOTAL, 'CAUSE WE, WE SAW A LOT OF NUMBERS. IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR MEADOW'S PLACE. AND IT, IT'S A, IT'S A TRIBUTE TO THE FACT THAT WE GOT GRANT MONEY, THE INTEREST, ALL THE THINGS THAT COMPILED MEANT THAT THE CITY WORKED THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO, WHICH IS A, A, A TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR A GREAT YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID. THAT IS ALL VERY, VERY TRUE AND ACTUALLY LEADS US IN TO OUR VERY NEXT AGENDA ITEM. UM, WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANNA MARIA? OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 37. AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. INCREASING ADMINISTRATION LINE ITEMS, SALARIES AND BENEFITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,382 FOR THE FULL TIME FINANCE DIRECTOR POSITION. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION JUST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW? UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS MOVING FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME AND SHE'S FANTASTIC AND WE DESPERATELY NEED HER EXPERTISE AT THE HELM IN A FULL-TIME CAPACITY. ALL RIGHT, WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 38 AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. INCREASING LINE ITEM 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 7 1 0 1 1 PARKS COMMUNITY CENTER REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR $44,644 FOR THE REMOVAL PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW HVAC SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I HAVE, UH, ROD HERE TONIGHT AND COLLEEN HERE TONIGHT, AND ALSO S SWENSSON. UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM S SWENSSON HERE THIS EVENING. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THAT PROCESS OR UM, OR ANYTHING, I HAVE A MOTION FROM RICK AND A SECOND FROM TIA. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, IT SEEMS, SEEMS NECESSARY. I AM, I AM EXPECTING TO HAVE SOME HOCKEY GAMES HELD HERE FOR THIS, THIS PLACE IS GONNA BE FREEZING COLD FOR THAT MUCH MONEY. LIKE, YEAH. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING RATIFYING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE ON THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TCEQ REVISED PROPOSED AGREED ORDER DATED OCTOBER 29TH, 2025. WE HAVE ROD HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. NICK ALSO IS WELL VERSED ON THIS, UM, MATTER. NOT AS VERSED AS ROD THOUGH. SO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR A MOTION FORM? I HAVE A MOTION FROM DAVID AND A SECOND FROM KURT. ANY DISCUSSION? DID YOU WANNA SHARE? JUST THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS LETTER BACK TO CCEQ WITHIN THEIR REQUIRED TWO WEEKS OF, UM, MAILED IN WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE DATE OF THE LETTER. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE MAYOR SIGN IT AND THEN WE WERE RATIFYING IT TONIGHT. WE DIDN'T WANNA PUSH THE TIME CLOCK AND RISK NOT GETTING IT BACK IN TIME. UM, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER. ALL RIGHT. WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THAT MOVES US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 34 CASTING THE CITY'S VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR 2026 FORT BEND COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TWO CANDIDATES IN YOUR BACKUP. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE BOTH THE ONES THAT WERE LISTED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FROM DAVID AND A SECOND FOR EACH POSITION FROM EMILY. YEAH, THERE'S TWO CANDIDATES IN TWO POSITIONS. YEP. OKAY. [01:05:01] THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY VOLUNTEER FOR THESE POSITIONS. I WOULD NEVER DO IT. I DON'T KNOW EITHER OF THOSE PEOPLE, BUT IF THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES AND TWO SPOTS AND TWO SPOTS, YES. OKAY. SO ALL OF OUR VOTES WILL GO TOWARDS BOTH CANDIDATES IN EACH POSITION. OKAY. DO I NEED A MOTION AND DO I NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? FANTASTIC. OKAY. UH, I DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. GREAT. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT MOVES US ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. OH. SO A MOVE FROM A MOTION FROM KURT AND A SECOND FROM RICK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO RECESS OUR REGULAR SESSION, UH, RECESS, THE REGULAR SESSION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT, PURSUANT TO THE OP TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS AT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL MATTERS NOT RELATED TO LITIGATION OR TO THE SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS COME THIS EVENING. UM, WE WILL BE RECESSING AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND RECONVENE AND DISMISS AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. YEAH, IT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE, IT IS EIGHT 11. WE ARE RECONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, AND MR. SEGLEY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR SESSION. UM, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM OUR ATTORNEY, THERE IS NO ENABLING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ADOPT A ORDINANCE TO ABATE POOLS. THEREFORE, THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU SIR. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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