[City Council Meeting on March 24, 2026.]
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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET THIS MEETING STARTED.
IF EVERYONE WILL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG NINEISH, STATE PUBLIC SCOTT, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, RECOGNITION.
SO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SEAT, AND I'M GONNA MOVE TO THIS PODIUM.
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT I GET TO DO IS RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE FREE YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE.
UM, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE EVERY MORNING TO WAKE UP AND POUR THEIR TALENTS INTO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU.
SO, UH, OUR VERY FIRST ONE IS MIKA DAVIS.
SHE'S OUR DEPUTY, DEPUTY COURT CLERK.
UM, SHE IS GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SHE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT I JUST WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT SHE IS.
UM, SHE SITS AT THIS WINDOW RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH A TICKET, MIKA IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE, UM, THAT YOU'VE HAD TO, YOU'VE HAD TO CHAT WITH.
AND SHE IS, SHE IS SUCH A LIGHT.
SHE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL HUMAN AND, UM, DRIVES REALLY FAR EVERY DAY TO BE HERE.
AND EVERY, EVERY DAY WHEN I SEE HER LEAVE, I THINK, OH, MIKA, MIKA, MIKA JUST POURS SO MUCH OF HERSELF INTO THIS JOB, BUT SHE ALSO REALLY, REALLY CHOOSES THIS EVERY DAY.
MY NEXT RECOGNITION IS STUART DENTON.
HE'S A POLICE LIEUTENANT, AND HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
HE IS NOT HERE, SO I WILL, I'VE GOT HIS PIN HERE.
AND THEN, UM, OFFICER DENTON, OFFICER DENTON, THAT HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED HERE FOR LIEUTENANT DENTON.
LIEUTENANT DENTON IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
HE'S ALSO A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UM, MEMBER OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY.
HE'S A FATHER OF DAUGHTERS, SO WE CONNECT ON ALL ON A LOT OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO, TO RAISE ADOLESCENT GIRLS.
AND, UM, I SO APPRECIATE THE WISDOM THAT HE BRINGS, UH, TO THIS COMMUNITY.
OUR FINAL ONE IS HERE THIS EVENING, AND THAT IS, UH, DANIEL.
HE'S OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT.
HE'S GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
COME ON OUT, DANIEL, WHILE HE'S STANDING HERE.
ARE YOU TAKING A PICTURE? OKAY.
I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SHAKE, HOLD ON.
DANIEL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW DANIEL VERY WELL.
DANIEL IS A LOCAL COMMUNITY CELEBRITY.
UM, HE IS ALWAYS OUT THERE DOING SOMETHING AT THE PARK.
AND WHEN I GOT TO DO, UH, PRE-K, UH, RECESS DUTY EVERY DAY, HE WAS, HE WAS SO ACCOMMODATING.
IF HE HAD THE TRACTOR OUT, HE WOULD BRING IT AROUND, BRING IT AROUND THE BAND, OR, UM, IF HE WAS DOING SOMETHING COOL WITH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WE WOULD SAY DANIEL AND WAVE.
AND, UM, THE KIDS JUST THOROUGHLY ENJOYED WATCHING HIM JUST DO WHAT HE DOES EVERY DAY.
AND HE WAS ALWAYS SO KIND AND ACCOMMODATING, UM, TO, TO OUR, TO OUR LITTLE GUYS AT SCHOOL.
SO I SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
I SEE WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY WITH MY OWN EYES, BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS, UM, WITH OUR, WITH THE LITTLE, LITTLE GUYS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS REPORTS.WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M GONNA WELCOME CHIEF GARY STEWART TO THE PODIUM.
SO, AS ALWAYS, WE'LL BEGIN, UH, TONIGHT'S REPORT WITH A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS REPORTABLE FOR MARCH, WHICH 11 THREE ARRESTS, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, 2,177.
TRAFFIC WAS, UH, 401 WITH CHARGES OF 6 25.
CITY ORDINANCE CITATION ISSUE.
UH, WARNINGS WERE 231 WITH 265 CHARGES, WARNINGS FOR CITY ORDINANCE, UH, NINE, TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT, 3,766 ASSAULTS WOULD ONE ONE BMV ZERO BURGLARY BUSINESS, THE BURGLARY OF RESIDENCE 10 OF THE COURSE OF, I'LL JUST MENTION ON THE CITY ORDINANCE.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN IN ONE MOMENT.
UM, ONE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, ONE FRAUD ROBBERIES WERE AT AT ZERO, UH, TOTALS.
BUSINESS CHECKS WERE IN HOUSE CHECKS, CLOSE PATROL SCHOOL AND OTHER 2,969 THEFT.
WE HAD ONE, UH, ZERO UUM VS THIS MONTH, UH, TLC SIX WITH TWO FAILING AND EIGHT PASSING ON THAT.
UH, LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM, UH, CORNER THERE, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS WERE SIX FOR SOLICITOR, THREE FOR JUNK VEHICLE, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AND ONE WAS ISSUED A CITATION.
THE ACCIDENTS WERE EIGHT THAT WERE REPORTABLE, AND THREE THAT WERE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, NOT REPORTABLE.
UH, WE ALSO WORKED THREE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS BASED ON COMPLAINTS, AND THERE WERE FOUR CITATIONS ISSUED OUT OF THAT.
MOVING ON TO, UH, THE FLOCK SAFETY ON PAGE SEVEN, OR EXCUSE ME, PAGE THREE.
UH, STATE, UH, FLOCK ALERTS WERE 83 12 FOR STOLEN VEHICLE ALERTS.
UH, 27 SEX OFFENDER, BUT THOSE ARE 12.
REPEAT, UH, ON THE HITS, UH, STOLEN PLATE, UH, 25 11, REPEAT, UH, GANG ACTIVITY.
THREE, UH, ZERO MISSING PERSON ONE, WARRANT FOUR, AND PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
ZERO FOR OTHER AGENCY HOT LIST AND 11 FOR VIOLENT PERSONS.
UH, THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY TO NOTE WITH THE FLOCK INCIDENCE ACCOUNTS.
AS YOU NOTICE, THOSE ARE GOING DOWN AS PEOPLE REALIZE THEY'RE GETTING CAUGHT AS THEY COME THROUGH, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WERE THERE FOR.
UH, ON THE ARREST, YOU COULD SEE THE LIST OF ARRESTS.
THE DWI, UH, FAILED TO, UH, ID FUGITIVE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONAL WARRANT, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER FAILURE TO ID, UH, FUGITIVE NOTABLE INFORMATION.
UH, WE DID HAVE A DWI CRASH THAT CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE CITY'S PROPERTY.
UM, IN THAT, UH, DID HIT OR IMPACT NEAR THE FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH HAS BEEN HIT BEFORE.
UH, DURING THAT EVALUATION, UM, SHE SHOWED SIGNS OF INTOXICATION AND REFUSED S FSTS.
WE DID A, UH, BLOOD DRAW WARRANT, AND SHE WAS, UH, TAKEN TO FORT BEND COUNTY.
THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, OFFICER CHAN, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT AT A PC STOP.
UH, AND DURING THAT SEARCH, SMELLED MARIJUANA, FOUND A PISTOL IN THE VEHICLE.
UH, THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED FOR UCW IN POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
THE NOTABLE PART IS THAT COMING BACK OUTTA HARRIS COUNTY, THIS APPEARS THIS, UH, WEAPON WAS INVOLVED IN A MURDER.
UM, ON ANOTHER CASE, UH, THIS IS ONE THAT COMES BACK A LITTLE BIT.
ADULT MALE FAMILY MEMBER EXPOSED ITSELF TO A CHILD.
AND IN THIS ONE, THE CASE, UH, WE HAD FILED A WHILE BACK AND THE DA'S OFFICE FINALLY, UH, UH, ISSUED A WARRANT AND HE WAS ARRESTED ON TWO 16.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ARE GRANT STATUS, UH, ALL HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE HAVE TWO REMAINING FOR COLLECTION FOR US TO COLLECT THE MONEY.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO FULL-TIME POSITIONS OPEN AT THIS TIME.
UH, CURRENTLY RECRUITING ONE OUT OF THE ACADEMY, BUT THE ACADEMY DOESN'T UNTIL JUNE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL AT LEAST BE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT ONE.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE'RE IN A NEW TRAINING CYCLE, OF COURSE, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO IN, UH, A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AS WE CROSS TRAIN WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY SUGAR LAND HERE RECENTLY, WHO WE'VE WORKED WITH QUITE A BIT.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
MOVES US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, A REPORT ON PARKS AND RECREATION BY COLLEEN CAB DIRECTOR.
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COUNCIL MAYOR.THIS REPORT WILL SERVE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.
SO FOR AN EVENT RECAP, THE DADDY DAUGHTER DATE NIGHT WAS FEBRUARY 7TH, AND WE HAD A TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF 24 DADS AND DAUGHTERS.
SO FOR A FIRST TIME EVENT, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, THEY WERE TREATED TO A CATER DINNER, ICE CREAM BAR, PHOTO BOOTH, AND DANCE.
AND, UM, THE PICTURE, I THINK SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS THAT CAMERON CAPTURED AND, AND PUT ONLINE FOR US TO SEE.
UH, WE ALSO HAD OUR FAMILY CAMP OUT.
THAT WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WE HAD 81 REGISTERED CAMPERS.
SO COMBINED WITH 22 STAFF THAT SUPPORTED THAT EVENT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 102, UM, INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THIS PAST SATURDAY, ENJOYING EVERYTHING FROM ARCHERY, KAYAKING, FISHING, UH, COOKOUT, S'MORES MOVIE, AND, UM, THOSE THAT CHOSE TO STAY, UH, CAMPED IN THE TENTS AND HAD A GREAT EVENING.
SO, KURT, I THINK YOU WERE THERE, EMILY, YOU AS WELL.
UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, MOVING ON PROGRAM SUMMER REGISTRATION IS BEGINNING.
UM, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM SPECIALTY NATURE CAMPS, SWIM LESSONS, JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM, CROCHETING, COUNTRY DANCE CLASSES, AND SO MUCH MORE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEGUN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR OUR LIFEGUARDS.
WE WILL NOT BE HIRING SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS THIS YEAR.
WE'LL BE MANAGING THAT IN-HOUSE.
SO THIS YEAR IT'S JUST OUR LIFEGUARDS.
UM, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY DONE OUR, UH, INTERVIEWING PROCESS AND WE'VE CHOSEN 15 GUARDS, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FOUR ADDITIONAL FRONT DESK PERSONNEL.
UH, TRAINING WILL BEGIN IN APRIL.
AND THEN THE POOL OFFICIALLY OPENS, UM, THAT, UH, MEMORIAL WEEKEND, WHICH IS THE 23RD OF MAY SCHOOL'S STILL IN SESSION THE NEXT WEEK.
SO ON TUESDAY IT WILL CLOSE AND THEN REOPEN THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY PROJECTS COMPLETED.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL OF THE POOL LIGHTING HAS BEEN REPLACED AND IS NOW WORKING.
UM, THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UM, POOL AND DEEPEN AREA.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
UM, WE HAD TO REMOVE THE TRANSFORMER, REPLACE THAT, THE OLD WIRING AND ALL OF THE LIGHTING.
SO IT'S BEEN TESTED AND NOW IT IS UP BACK AND WORKING.
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE A GREAT, UH, SWIM SEASON, UH, WITH THE EXTRA LIGHTING IN THERE.
AND THAT WAS FUNDED IN ENTIRETY THROUGH EDC FUNDING AT $17,000.
UM, ALSO WE HAD OUR MAINTENANCE CLOSURE AT THE NATURE AND DISCOVERY CENTER BACK IN JANUARY.
UM, WITH THAT PROCESS, UM, WE WERE SUCCESSFULLY BUILDING OUT A CLOSET FROM MORE STORAGE SPACE, UH, PAINTING THE FACILITY.
A NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED, AND THEN WE CONSTRUCTED A TURTLE SHADE STRUCTURE.
SO OUTDOORS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE GIANT SOTA TORTOISES, AND EVERY YEAR THEY GROW EVEN LARGER AND LARGER.
UM, AND THEY DO LIKE SHADE IN THE, UM, SUMMER HEAT.
AND SO WE BUILT A SHADE STRUCTURE OUT THERE FOR THEM.
BEFORE WE WERE USING A A 10 BY 10 TENT.
AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DECORATIVE AND, UH, LONG-TERM, UH, PERMANENT STATUS.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE TURTLES OUT THERE, YOU'LL GET TO SEE THE, THE SHADE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN ALSO IF YOU PASS BY THE FRONT OF THE NATURE CENTER, UM, MAKE SURE YOU LOOK OVER AT THE, THE FRONT DOORS OF THE NATURE CENTER.
UH, ONE OF OUR IN-HOUSE STAFF, LEE ILAN, HAD PAINTED A NATURE MURAL UP THERE OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES AND MILKWEEDS.
IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE, A VERY INVITING FOR THOSE TO COME IN UP UPCOMING, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, UM, THERE WAS A, UH, COLLISION ON SCOTTSDALE, UM, AND KIRKWOOD ON THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND THAT CAR DESTROYED THE BOULDERS THAT HAVE THE NAME OF THE STREET SCOTTSDALE ON 'EM, ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BEING REPLACED THIS WEEK.
SO OUR STAFF WILL BE PICKING THOSE UP AND PUTTING THOSE BACK IN PLACE THIS WEEK.
ALSO, THE, UM, AIR CONDITIONER HVAC SYSTEM, THE SWITCHOVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, THAT PROCESS BEGAN BACK IN DECEMBER, WAS DELAYED DUE TO, UM, THE, UH, HVAC COMPANY, UH, THAT WAS INSTALLING IT.
THEY HAD SOME FAMILY MEDICAL ISSUES.
AND SO THAT PROJECT WAS DELAYED A BIT THIS WEEKEND.
IT WILL BE COMPLETED AS THE OFFICIAL ELECTRICAL SWITCHOVER.
UM, SO AS OF MONDAY, WE SHOULD
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BE A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY ON THE NEW UNIT, AND THE OLD UNIT SHOULD BE, HAVE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED AT THAT POINT.THE ASTROTURF, UH, IN THE MCDONALD PARK.
SO WE OPENED THAT PARK, UH, WITH THE TURF BACK IN 2019, IN NOVEMBER OF 2019.
AND THAT TURF HAS SERVED US WELL.
UM, AND THEY DO WEAR, THEY DO PULL, THEY DO TEAR.
AND SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO REPLACE A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IN THE HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH PLAY ZONE AREAS.
SO IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE WILL BE CLOSING DOWN, UM, MCDONALD PARK, THE HUFFMAN PARK, UH, PART OF THAT, AND, UM, REPLACING THAT PORTION OF THE TURF.
AND THEN ALSO AROUND THE DRAINAGE, UM, UH, AREAS WITHIN THE PARK.
UM, WE WILL BE PUTTING THE EXTRA PADDING UNDERNEATH THE FALL ZONES AND, AND THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT, UM, IS ALSO FUNDED THROUGH EDC AT $30,000.
SO WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE EDCS SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS.
THE NEXT ITEM, UM, I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO COUNCIL WHAT WE ARE FACING AND GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS AND LET YOU CHOOSE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PROCEED.
UM, IF IT REQUIRES MORE CONVERSATION AND NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THAT'S FINE AS WELL.
THERE'S NO URGENCY, BUT IT IS A LOOMING PROBLEM.
SO CURRENTLY THE TENNIS COURTS ARE SINKING, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE.
UM, THAT'S THE END TOWARDS THE GAZEBO, BUT, UH, STREET SIDE TOWARDS DORRANCE.
SO IT'S THAT ONE HALF COURT IS ACTUALLY SHELVING AND SINKING.
WE'VE CONTINUALLY HAD PROBLEMS IN THAT CORNER.
UM, UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REMEDIATE THEM, UM, EITHER THROUGH, UH, CUTTING IT AND REPLACING IT, PARTS OF IT WITH CONCRETE AND REBAR.
WE'VE ALSO DONE ASPHALT OVERLAYS.
WE'VE REPAINTED, WE'VE DONE ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, WE ARE NOW AT A POINT, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE WERE, UH, GRANTED, UM, FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TWO YEARS AGO.
I BELIEVE IT WAS NICK, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO.
AND WE RESURFACED AND REDID THE, ALL THE ENTIRETY OF ALL THE TENNIS COURTS.
WELL JUST SINCE THEN, THAT ONE CORNER, IT'S COMPLETELY SHELVING.
YOU WILL, YOU'LL SEE IT IF YOU GO OUT THERE.
AND SO ARE OPTIONS, ARE THESE THE FIRST TWO? WELL, NONE OF THEM ARE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UM, A PERMANENT SOLUTION WOULD BE TO LITERALLY GO IN WITH A, A, A BULLDOZER, SCRAPE ALL OF THAT UP, REDO IT IN CONCRETE, UM, WHICH THAT COULD BE DONE ON ONE COURT IF WE SO CHOOSE TO CHOSE TO DO, DO THAT.
UM, WHAT I'M GONNA OFFER TONIGHT ARE THREE OPTIONS, UM, NOT INCLUDING COMPLETELY BULLDOZING THAT THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE TO CEMENT, REPAIR AND REPAINT THAT ONE HALF OF THE COURT.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, ACTUALLY ONLY CUTTING OUT PROBABLY A SIZE OF, OF THAT TABLE RIGHT THERE FOR WHERE THE SHELVING IS.
AND REPLACING THAT PORTION WITH SUBMIT AND REBAR.
THE NEXT OPTION IS TO ASPHALT OVER THE CURRENT, UH, SITUATION AND REPAINT IT.
SO THERE'S A $5,000 BETWEEN THE TWO.
AGAIN, THAT PORTION OF THE CONCRETE COULD HOLD, BUT THEN EVERYTHING AROUND IT COULD FAIL.
THE ASPHALT HAS A LIMITED LIFE AND WILL BEGIN TO SPLIT AND CRACK.
MY THIRD OPTION I'M OFFERING IS TO TURN THAT HALF OF A COURT INTO A CORNHOLE COURT.
IT'S PLAYABLE FOR THAT TYPE OF PLAY.
IT'S NOT PLAYABLE WHEN YOU NEED A LEVEL SHELF AND YOU'RE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH CORN HOLE, YOU'RE STANDING STILL IN, YOU'RE THROWING, UM, SO IT'S PLAYABLE IN THAT INSTANCE.
WHAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE IS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING FOUR CORN HOLES, SO THAT'S TWO SETS OF CORN HOLES.
AND THOSE WOULD BE, UH, A CEMENT STRUCTURE.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MADE OF HEAVY CEMENT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME WALK OFF WITH THESE CORN HOLES.
UM, WE WOULD, AND THEN THE OTHER HALF OF THE COURT WOULD, UM, BECOME A PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO LIKE AT THE END TOWARDS PENDER, WE WOULD PUT PERMANENT PICKLEBALL, UM, UM, POLES THAT HOLD THE NET.
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YOU.SO NOW THAT WHOLE TENNIS COURT, HALF WOULD BE CORNHOLE, HALF WOULD BE A PERMANENT PICKLEBALL.
THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WHERE THERE WAS A TEMPORARY PICKLE PICKLEBALL COURT THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE TE TEMPORARY, THAT WOULD BECOME A TENNIS COURT.
SO THE TENNIS PLAYERS CURRENTLY HAVE TWO FULL TENNIS COURTS.
THEN THEY HAVE A COURT THAT'S SHARED WITH PICKLEBALL, AND THEN THERE'S A PERMANENT TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'LL BE GOING TO IS STILL TWO PERMANENT TENNIS COURTS, THREE PICKLEBALL, HALF COURTS.
SO THAT PICKLEBALL WILL LOSE ONE HALF.
COURT TENNIS WILL LOSE THE OPTION OF A EITHER PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS SHARED USE SPACE.
AND THEN WE'LL GAIN THE, UM, CORN HOLE TO DO THAT.
SO FOR ALL THREE OF THESE OPTIONS, WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING THROUGH EDC TO DO THEM, BUT IT'S, WHICH IS BEING A BETTER STEWARD OF OUR, OF OUR FUNDS.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU GUYS DECIDE ON WHERE TO LEAD ME WITH THAT.
OR IF YOU WANT ME TO GET NUMBERS ON WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BULLDOZE OUT THAT LAST COURT AND REDO THE WHOLE THING IN CONCRETE, UM, I CAN GET A PRICE FOR THAT AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NUMBERS ON THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, THAT MAY NOT BE THE, UH, WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF, OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER.
DEFINITELY WORTH FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I'M NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
SO SOMETHING WE SHOULD BRING UP AGAIN, PLEASE.
SO, AND TO BE CLEAR, SO THE FIRST OPTION IS TO CUT A PIECE SIZE OF THAT TABLE ROUGHLY REDO WITH REBAR AND CONCRETE, CORRECT.
AND THEN, UM, TO REDO WITH JUST ASPHALT 20.
AND WE KNOW HOW WELL ASPHALT, UH, WORKS OUT FOR US.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ACTUALLY HATS OFF TO YOU ON THE THIRD OPTION.
I MEAN, REALLY JUST KIND OF WEIGHING ALL OF OUR OPTIONS AND, AND DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE WOULD TURN THAT INTO CORNHOLE WITH FIXED STRUCTURES AS FAR AS THE CORNHOLE, UH, 'CAUSE THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.
UM, ONE COURT FOR THAT, OR TWO, LIKE FOUR, THERE WOULD BE, UH, TWO SETS THERE.
AND THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE TWO TENNIS COURTS.
AND THEN DID YOU SAY ONE AND A HALF OF THE PICKLEBALL? SO THE PICKLEBALL TAKES UP ONE FULL TENNIS COURT? YES.
SO ON EACH SIDE OF THE NET, YOU HAVE A PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO THEN ON THAT CORN HOLE COURT MM-HMM
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT TENNIS NET WOULD BE ALSO BECOME PICKLEBALL.
YEAH, I, I DO THINK IT, UM, WE DEFINITELY MORE DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING WITH SO MANY OPTIONS.
UM, AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS IS, IS THE CONCRETE REPAIR.
UM, IS, IS THAT JUST BUYING TIME? YOU MENTIONED THAT IT MAY NOT BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
IS IT GONNA CONTINUE TO SINK IN THAT CORNER? SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE DONE A CONCRETE REPAIR, UM, BASICALLY HE'LL COME IN OR THE CONCRETE COMPANY WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL CUT, UM, WHEREVER IT IS SINKING AND THEY'LL FILL IT.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS OVER TIME IS THE REST OF THE COURT STARTS DIVIDING LIKE A CANYON AWAY FROM THE CONCRETE.
SO THE CONCRETE STILL HOLDS, BUT THE REST OF THE COURT, WHICH IS ASPHALT, STARTS BREAKING AWAY.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALL UP AND DOWN.
NOW LIKE THIS, THE, THE ODD THING TO ME IS THAT HOW QUICKLY IT SANK THIS LAST TIME, BECAUSE IN 2016 WE REDID THOSE COURTS AND IT HELD UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, SINCE TWO YEARS TILL NOW, IT HAS JUST QUICKLY SUNK.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE THINGS.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, MUD JACKING IS NOT AN OPTION, UH, BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT'S ASPHALT.
UM, SO THAT, THAT IS NOT AN OPTION.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I'M TRYING TO DO TO SLOW THE PROCESS OF IT SINKING IS INCREASE THE IRRIGATION TIME FOR THOSE TREES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S SOAKING.
UM, THEY'RE JUST DRINKING ALL THE WATER FROM UNDERNEATH THE, THE SLAB THERE.
UM, BUT WE'VE INCREASED IT FROM A TWO DAY IRRIGATION TO A THREE DAY AND FROM
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15 MINUTE INTERVALS TO 30 MINUTE INTERVALS AT A TIME AS SUMMER APPROACHES, WE'LL PROBABLY EVEN BUM IT UP TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK.UM, SO THAT'S AGAIN, JUST TO HELP SLOW THE PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW, UM, WHAT WILL THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND RICK IS BEING VERY, UH, QUIET OVER THERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE WE DO KNOW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT HE COULD TELL YOU, I MEAN, HE, I'M SURE HE'S SEEN SEEKING CONCRETE AND SHELVING AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE IS, HOW LONG IT'S GONNA LAST.
THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST NERVOUS TO CONTINUE TO INVEST FUNDING INTO IT WHEN IT'S NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
MY LAST TWO ITEMS ARE SAVE THE DATE.
THAT IS OUR CONCERT IN THE PARK.
THAT IS OUR ONE CONCERT IN THE PARK THIS YEAR.
UM, THAT'S THE NIGHT THAT, UM, WE LOVE TO HAVE COUNSEL OUT THERE AND ASSIST, ASSIST IN COOKING AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'LL BE PROVIDING, UH, 400 HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS UNTIL GONE.
THE BAND THAT NIGHT IS BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S.
UH, WE HAVE HAD THEM HERE BEFORE AND, UM, THEY PUT ON A REALLY GOOD SHOW FOR US.
UH, THE EVENT AFTER THAT IS JULY 4TH, AND THAT IS A 12 MINUTE FIREWORK SHOW, AS WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, I WILL HAVE SIGNS MADE AND PUT OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, POSTING THE, UH, SHOWTIME FOR THE FIREWORKS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, BECAUSE THAT IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN YOURS PAST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE ROCK REPLACEMENT, DID WE RECEIVE FULL REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE DRIVER'S INSURANCE COMPANY, OR WERE THEY UNINSURED? I DO NOT HAVE THAT ANSWER, CHANDRA, DO YOU? I THINK THAT ONE WAS THE HIT AND RUN WITHOUT US KNOWING WHO DID IT.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE FROM WHAT I RECALL.
I ALSO JUST WANNA REITERATE COLLEEN'S LAST POINT, JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ANYBODY WATCHING 4TH OF JULY THIS YEAR WILL BE A 12 MINUTE FIREWORK SHOW.
ONLY THERE WILL NOT BE A BIG PARK EVENT BEFORE THE SHOW.
SO EVERYONE WILL GET TO ENJOY BARBECUE AND HAVE FUN AT THEIR HOMES OR IN EACH OTHER'S HOMES.
I HOPE YOU'RE IN EACH OTHER'S HOMES.
AND THEN WALK TO THE PARK AND ENJOY THE FIREWORKS.
WE, UM, ENTERED FISCAL YEAR 2026, REALLY TRYING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL, UM, ALL BUDGET ITEMS. AND ONE WAY THAT WE COULD SAVE SOME MONEY WAS TO PRESERVE OUR FIREWORKS SHOW WITHOUT A MAJOR PARK EVENT.
THIS IS STILL A TIME OF YEAR THAT I WANT PEOPLE GETTING OUT AND GETTING INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARDS AND SWIMMING POOLS.
UM, BUT I WANNA REITERATE THAT THE PARK WILL NOT BE PUTTING ON AN EVENT THAT NIGHT WITH FOOD AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE USED TO.
BUT WE WILL BE HAVING AN IN-HOUSE, IN PARK, UM, FIREWORK SHOW THAT YOU CAN ALL WALK TO AFTER YOUR 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR FORWARD? I HAVE ONE.
WHEN, WHEN YOU ARE HAVING THE TURF REPLACED IN THE PARK, HAVE YOU ALSO LOOKED AT THE HILL? WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE HILL, UM, THAT IS A REDESIGN, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT REDESIGN, UM, BECAUSE REPAIRING IT, THAT'S A HIGH STRESS POINT AND THE KIDS SLIDE DOWN THE SIDE AND IT PULLS THAT, THAT SEAM APART.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A WOODEN, UM, SIDE ON THE HILLS AND MAKING IT TO WHERE THE STRESS POINT IS BEHIND THE, UH, SIDING BASICALLY.
SO YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.
IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME AS THE OTHER REPAIR, BUT YES, IT'S COMING.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YES, MA'AM.
HEALTHMAN PARK CLOSING DOWN HEALTHMAN PARK.
UM, I ASSUME THAT WE'RE DOING LOTS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
IS THAT, IS IT ONLY GONNA BE ONLINE? ARE WE GONNA HAVE ACTUAL SIGNS AT THE PARK TELLING PEOPLE? UH, WELL, THE GATES WILL BE CLOSED.
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR SIGNS OUT THERE THAT SAYS WORK IN PROGRESS.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT A SIGN OUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENED? ABSOLUTELY.
JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COOLING? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT TAKES US TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THAT IS OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT WITH MR. NBE.
UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS I'VE BEEN HOLED UP IN, UH, PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACTS, TRAINING PFIA
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FOR SHORTS.UM, I TAKE THAT OUR MAYOR TAKES THAT AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TAKES THAT EVERY, UH, OTHER YEAR.
IT IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE TAKE THAT, UM, ESSENTIALLY THIS TRAINING TEACHES, UH, ATTENDEES ABOUT THAT, UH, STATE LAW, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO WITH THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS.
ESSENTIALLY, IT ENCOURAGES, UH, LOW RISK INVESTMENTS WITH NO SPECULATIVE INVESTING.
SO WE CAN'T TAKE OUR FUND BALANCES AND GO BUY CRYPTO WITH IT OR BET IT ON BLACK AS SOME OF US MIGHT WANT TO DO.
UM, IN FACT, IT ENCOURAGES US TO BE AS BORING AS POSSIBLE WITH OUR FINANCES.
AND, UH, THEY ALSO ENCOURAGE ENTITIES.
IT'S NOT JUST CITIES, BUT IT'S ALSO SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUDS ANY PUBLIC ENTITY THAT HAS TO TAKE THIS.
SO THERE WERE 70 SOME ODD PEOPLE ON THIS PARTICULAR TRAINING, AND MANY OF THEM WERE FROM, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LEVY DISTRICTS AND MUDS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THEY WANT, UH, US TO MAXIMIZE OUR LIQUIDITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND NOT TIE UP OUR FUNDING, UM, TOO MUCH SO THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE INVESTED FUNDS.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, AS WELL AS I WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF A TRAINING OR A A A EVENT THAT ANNA MARIA, YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR WENT TO LAST WEEK WAS, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ANNUAL AUDIT.
AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THERE WAS SOME NEW LAWS ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING AN AUDIT DONE AND THE PENALTY PROVISION ASSOCIATED WITH NOT GETTING ONE DONE.
UM, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT NOT ONLY DID OUR, UH, AUDIT COME BACK, UM, AND LOOKED VERY GOOD WITH UNQUALIFIED OPINIONS, IT ALSO, UH, WAS DONE ON TIME, IN FACT, EARLIER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE OR EARLIER THAN THE DEADLINE.
AND ANNA MARIA WOULD TELL YOU THAT IN HER INTERACTIONS LAST WEEK WITH OTHER CITIES, WE ARE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN MANY OF HER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET THEIR AUDIT DONE.
WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF OUR FINANCIAL PHYSICIAN.
UM, THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT ANNA MARIA IS THAT BECAUSE OUR INVESTING IS SO BORING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WE SIMPLY HAVE OUR CASH AND INTEREST BEARING SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
AND SO WHEN WE, UH, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY AND MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF CASH WE CAN HAVE IN THOSE ACCOUNTS.
AND IN FACT, OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE WRITE OUR CHECKS FROM AND DO OUR EFTS AND PAY PEOPLE, WE TRY AND KEEP THAT MONEY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE TO THE POINT WHERE VERY OFTEN ANNA MARIA AND I ARE, YOU KNOW, SHE'LL BRING IN A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY HERE, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE JUST TO MAKE PAYROLL, JUST TO MAKE THIS WEEK'S CHECK RUN, UH, IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF CASH WE HAVE IN SAVINGS SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE, MAXIMIZE OUR INTEREST RETURN.
AND SO I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THAT'S A, A REAL GOOD STEWARD OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE.
UM, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY, UM, UNDERESTIMATED OUR INTEREST REVENUE EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TESTAMENT TO YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE WAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE, UM, LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS AND STILL KEEP THEM AS LIQUID AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO THEM.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT ON APRIL 3RD, UH, GOOD FRIDAY, CITY HALL, CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED.
UM, AS ALWAYS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT WORKING AS, UH, WE DO ON EVERY HOLIDAY.
BUT, UH, CITY SERVICES WILL BE CLOSED THAT DAY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICK? NO, JUST ONE COMMENT THAT HE MADE ABOUT THE AUDIT, UH, JUST TO, I THINK WE HAD THIS AT A MEETING THAT WAS NOT PUBLICLY BROADCAST.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE ANNA MARIA THAT THE AUDIT NOT ONLY WAS DONE ON TIME AND CAME WELL, BUT THE, UH, AUDITORS HAD NO RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT IS SO RARE FOR A FINANCIAL ENTITY TO HAVE A COMPLETE AUDIT AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING RECOMMENDED THAT THEY DO BETTER.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST I CAN EVER REMEMBER, EVEN, EVEN FOR THE, THE CITY WHERE THERE WERE NO RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE ARE REALLY DOING IT THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
AND WE GOT ACCREDITED BY A, AN AGENCY THAT DOES THAT, AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID NOTHING TO, NOTHING TO RECOMMEND, WHICH IS AMAZING.
SO CREDIT TO NICK AND HIS TEAM FOR, UH, A, A GREAT AUDIT.
UM, THAT MOVES US ONTO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS OUR, UM, TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY HELLO, SIR? YEAH, TERRY HENLEY 1, 2, 2 0 3 AUSTIN DRIVE.
AND TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT DAVID JUST SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR TML BOARD MEETING IN LATE FEBRUARY WAS SENATE BILL 1851, THAT OUR FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS HAD TO BE IN ORDER AND WE HAD TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT FOR 180 DAYS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
OR THEY COULD WITHHOLD, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, TAX REVENUE, UH, YOU KNOW, AVALOR TAX REVENUE FUNDS FROM US.
SO, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE THERE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HAD, SO YOU ALREADY COVERED THAT.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT'S CHANGED AT
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TML IS, UM, THE OLD GRASSROOTS AND LEGISLATIVE SERVICES THAT WAS UNDER MONTY WYNN.MONTY IS NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THEY'VE BROKEN IT UP INTO, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS, THE TML, UH, LEGISLATIVE AND, UH, POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THE, UH, UH, ENGAGEMENT IN STATE AND FEDERAL RE REGULATIONS.
MOST, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN RICK RAMIREZ.
HE WAS A LEGISLATIVE LIAISON FOR SUGAR LAND.
HE NOW HEADS UP THE, UH, UH, LEGISL, THE STATE AND FEDERAL RE RELATIONS FOR, UH, FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
SO HE'S, HE'S AN ASSET TO TML AND THERE MAKE SOME CHANGES THERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, HOLDING, UH, SOME SEMINARS BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR IS A, IS A TML ADVOCACY BOOTCAMP, UH, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW TO NAVIGATE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SPEND HOURS AND STILL NOT FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW THEY, THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS.
IT'S, IT'S A MESS, BUT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT AND TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH 'EM AND, UH, AND, UH, GET SOMETHING DONE.
OF COURSE, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 2000, UH, BILLS THAT ARE INTRODUCED EACH SESSION THAT AFFECTS CITIES.
SO WITHOUT THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
SO I'VE GOT SOME MORE THINGS TO COVER.
UH, I'VE, I'VE HAD FOR 20 YEARS A RESOLUTION FOR NEWSPAPER NOTICES, AND I'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT RESOLUTION TO NICK PROBABLY TO TRY TO GET IT DONE THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, BECAUSE WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THAT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND, UH, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SEEK INTRODUCTION IN PASSAGE.
I'LL KEEP WORKING THAT ONE OF THESE DAYS.
WE'LL GET THERE, THERE ITEM WHERE WE HAVE TO DO A NEWSPAPER NOTICE.
OH, YEAH, I, I SENT, UH, I SENT A, UH, THESE COMMENTS TO, UH, AUDREY AND ALSO COPIED NICK.
SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL NEED, UH, ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, DETAILS ON IT, THEY CAN FORWARD IT TO YOU.
SO Y'ALL DO HAVE THAT ONE OTHER ITEM, UH, TIM L REGION 14 SPRING MEETING IS COMING UP ON APRIL THE 16TH.
AND MORE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN TML.
AND I'LL SEND THIS INFORMATION TO YOU IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND, AND TIA ATTENDED THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MIDYEAR CONFERENCE HERE IN SUGAR LAND THE FIRST PART OF THIS MONTH.
ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE TO THAT.
IT WAS, IT WAS A DAY AND A HALF AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.
YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. HENLEY SNAPS FOR TIA.
UM, AND I, I DID GET A VERY THOROUGH EMAIL AND I WILL BE FORWARDING THAT.
DID YOU NOT PUT COUNSEL ON THAT EMAIL? THAT A WHAT? UH, YOUR, THE EMAIL THAT YOU SENT ME.
DID YOU PUT COUNSEL ON THAT EMAIL? NO, NO, DID NOT.
I JUST SENT IT TO YOU AND COPY NICK, SO FORWARD IT TO ANYBODY.
IT WAS THE TALKING POINTS THAT HE HAD TONIGHT, AND IT WAS VERY THOROUGH, SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS SENT TO YOU.
I WILL WRITE A NOTE ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, REALLY APPRECIATE IT, TERRY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT.
MY NAME IS JOE DEBRUIN AND THIS MARCH, WE'LL HAVE MARCH, UH, MARCH MY 30TH YEAR LIVING IN MEADOWS PLACE.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG.
I WAS SO LUCKY TO LANDED WHERE I LANDED, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS A POINT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALSO FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FUTURE OF, OF OUR GREAT CITY, TO KEEP US A PLACE WHERE WE WANT TO DESIRE TO MOVE, TO RAISE CHILDREN AND TAKE SHARED PRIDE IN THE LOOK OF OUR CITY.
WE ALL BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP OUR CITY PRESENTABLE AND BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IN MY SECTION, SECTION ONE, IT'S THE OLDEST SECTION, SO OF COURSE IT'S PROBABLY STARTING TO HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH AGE.
THERE'S SOME DIS UM, DISREPAIR, NEGLECTED LANDSCAPING, SOME JUNK CARS, FLAT TIRES, JUST HOMES WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.
IT'S, IT'S A GENERAL THING, BUT IF YOU DRIVE AROUND, YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF, I MEAN, AND THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE PROBABLY PRETTY EASILY FIXED, AS SMART AS THE CITY IS, AND AS CLEVER AS WE CAN BE TO KIND OF POSITIVELY PUT A GOOD SPIN ON, UH, SENDING A MESSAGE OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT MEADOWS PLACE IS GONNA REMAIN A
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BEAUTIFUL, PROSPEROUS PLACE TO BE.BUT I JUST KIND OF HAVE A TWOFOLD APPROACH.
AND THIS, HOPEFULLY THIS CAN, UM, RESONATE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF THE CITY COULD IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT SLOGAN OR JUST AN AWARENESS PROGRAM THAT POSITIVELY AFFECTS THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THAT ENCOURAGES JUST KEEPING UP YOUR PROPERTY.
JUST IF YOU'RE KEEPING UP YOURS, YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA KEEP THEIRS UP.
IT'S THE BROKEN WINDOW EFFECT.
SO IF WE COULD JUST KEEP THAT GOING, BUT, UM, AND I KNOW OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT JOB TO DO, BUT I WOULD JUST PROPOSE RESPECTFULLY TO COUNSEL TO PROMOTE STRENGTHENING CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ITS MOST FULL POTENTIAL UNDER THE RULES THAT ARE IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, TO CLEARLY MONITOR AND PREVENT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE ALL KNOW HABITUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO USE THE LOOPHOLES AND HABITUALLY GAME THE SYSTEM, WHILE GOOD RESPONSIBLE TAXPAYERS, MANY ARE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION WHO LIVE HERE, SUFFER FROM LIVING WITH SOME PAR PROPERTIES AND NEIGHBORS BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
YOU KNOW, THIS ROBS THE PRIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DISCOURAGEMENT TO LIVE HERE FOR SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
SO I'M GONNA SAY IF THERE'S A CLEAR MESSAGE FROM THE CITY, A POSITIVE MESSAGE THAT FULLY SUPPORTS ITS RESIDENTS AND ENCOURAGES EVERYONE'S FOCUS ON COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND EFFECTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE NOTHING TO SEE, BUT GREAT, BRIGHT TIMES AHEAD.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BRING BEFORE COUNCIL MAYOR AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS THAT WORKING TOGETHER.
I THINK WE CAN REALLY TURN A PAGE AND JUST MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A LOT MORE, UM, MORE BEAUTIFUL AND, AND, UM, ATTRACTIVE TO ANYONE WHO COMES AND VISITS US.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, JUST REAL QUICK, GOING BACK TO TERRY'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE THAT'S COMING UP.
THERE WILL BE 2000 BILLS INTRODUCED ABOUT THE CITY.
IT WILL NOT BE TO GIVE US MO POWER, IT'LL BE TO TAKE OUR POWERS AWAY.
WELL, SO ANY OF YOU THAT CAN WRITE TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS
ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEAVE THE CITIES ALONE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TOOK AWAY OUR ABILITY TO LEGISLATE PAINT COLORS, TO LEGISLATE ROOF TYPES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S THE LAST 10 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN TARGETING CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS MM-HMM
UM, IT'S MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO ANYTHING IF WE'RE BEING TIED OFF, IF WE'RE BEING SHUT DOWN ON THAT SIDE.
BUT PERHAPS THE, AS A CITY WE CAN MAYBE ADVERTISE OR LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD POSITIVELY FOLKS, I UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING.
WE HAVE BEEN GUTTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
YOU NEED A JINGLE? I JUST, GO AHEAD.
I, I JUST GONE, WE, WE HAVE AN A ITEM ON OUR AGENDA MM-HMM
TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS WAYS OF IMPROVING THE WAY OUR ORDINANCES ARE WRITTEN SO THAT THEY CAN BE ENFORCEABLE.
AND SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON PARTICULARLY A NUISANCES, WHICH JUNK CARS, HIGH GRASS WEEDS.
WE, WE, WE, WE HAD A, A, A PREVIOUS, I GUESS OUR PREVIOUS COUNCILMAN WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT ONE OF THE CHAPTERS TO START WITH MM-HMM
AND WE'VE GOT A AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT ACTUALLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOW DO WE TIGHTEN UP OUR ORDINANCES AND MM-HMM
AND MAKE THEM WHAT YOU WERE DESCRIBING, UH, BUT STILL FOLLOW THE, THE LIMITATIONS THAT THE LAW PROVIDES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING AND MM-HMM
THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, IT WAS, IT'S A GREAT, I HAVEN'T HEAR GREAT MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
SO,
I I REALLY LIKE THE, UH, AWARENESS PROGRAM.
MAYBE A SLOGAN, UM, MAYBE EVEN POSSIBLY A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN.
I KNOW CAMERON'S CAMERON'S, UH, SUPER GREAT AT THAT.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THE, UM, THE MAILBOXES IN THE PAST MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING, BUT I AGREE OUR HANDS ARE A LITTLE TIED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THOUGH WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT.
BUT SEPARATELY, UM, I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE AND REALLY JUST PUSHING EVERYBODY TO SURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BE PROUD OF WHERE WE LIVE AND, AND TAKE CARE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPERTIES.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? COME ON UP.
I FAILED TO FILL OUT A CARD AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS SO WE CAN HAVE IT A RECORD OF IT.
MY NAME IS MARVELLA WASHINGTON
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AND I AM THE LIAISON FOR YOUR STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES.AND HE HAS ASKED ME TO COME OUT TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT HIM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL TRY TO GET THOSE RESOLVED.
I DO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS AND I HAVE BROCHURES THAT I CAN LEAVE FOR ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE STATE LEGISLATOR, 'CAUSE HE IS IN AUSTIN.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT.
THAT MOVES US TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS.
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT OFF TO MR. SEGLEY TO TALK ABOUT THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND, PROJECT NUMBER 2 0 2 1 1 BIKEWAY AT MEADOWS PLACE, STAFFORD UPDATE, AND THEN ALSO ADDITIONALLY, THE DORN LANE RECONSTRUCTION PHASE THREE.
UM, THE BIKEWAY PLANS DID GET SENT INTO CENTERPOINT AGAIN.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED COMMENTS THAT, UM, IT'S STILL NOT RIGHT, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT TURNED AROUND QUICKLY.
UM, THEY, ONCE AGAIN, THEY COMBINED ALL THREE SETS.
CENTER POINT HAS BEEN ADAMANT THAT THE STAFFORD PROJECT IS ONE SET.
OUR TRAIL PROJECT IS ONE SET, AND THE PARKING LOTS ARE A THIRD SET, SO THEY WON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT AS A COMBINED SET, EVEN THOUGH THE SURVEY WAS DONE IN ONE PIECE.
SO ONCE APPARENTLY, THAT INFORMATION DIDN'T GET FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGER TO OUR SURVEYOR.
SO WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED, BUT WE ARE GETTING CLOSER.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO DORRANCE, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED A 30% PLAN SET FOR REVIEW.
UM, THEY DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GOT SENT OFF TODAY.
UM, BUT THEY, THEY DID INDICATE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE STORM SEWER THAT GOES INTO THE, UM, DRAINAGE DITCH.
UM, THAT WAS GONNA REQUIRE REMOVING THAT CONCRETE THAT'S THERE, REBUILDING THAT SLOPE, BECAUSE THE, THE EXISTING PIPE HAS BEEN, UM, COMPLETELY, UM, RUSTED OUT.
AND SO THE, THE CONCRETE BEHIND IT IS COMPROMISED AND IT'S BEEN HOLLOWED OUT.
SO, UM, THAT WILL, WE EXPECTED THAT, BUT IT DOES INCREASE THE COST.
THAT MOVES US ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THE STOP SIGN REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BYRON, WILL BE COMING UP AND PRESENTING TO US.
THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR SIGNING MY PAYCHECK.
I'M BASICALLY JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH IT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE STOP SIGN SPECIFICALLY, UH, REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY ASK FOR A DECISION TO STAY WITH THE SQUARE POLES OR GO WITH THE ROUND POLES.
SO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 147 STOP SIGNS.
WE KNOW THAT THOSE 22 ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UH, WE FOUND THAT NINE OF 'EM WERE ACTUALLY PRIVATE, SO WE WILL NOT BE MESSING WITH THOSE.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 132 SQUARE POSTS, WHICH I BROUGHT WITH ME TODAY.
WE HAVE THESE, UH, WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE SIX ROUND, AND THOSE ARE THE, WE HAVE FIVE THAT'S ALONG DORRANCE, AND WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ON SCOTTSDALE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT SAYS THAT WE, EACH UNIT IS APPROXIMATELY $76, WHICH MEANS IT'S THE ROUND POLE AND THE ASSEMBLY THAT GOES IN THE GROUND.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONCRETE.
SO IF YOU WERE TO FACTOR THAT IN FOR 132, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AT APPROXIMATELY $10,000.
AND THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO INVENTORY ON THESE ITEMS. UH, WE ACTUALLY PUT IN THESE SQUARE POSTS NOT THAT LONG AGO.
I WANNA SAY WE STARTED THAT, UH, APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS AGO.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE STARTS AT $98.
THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT I COULD SEE WE DO HAVE AN INVENTORY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE 11 POSTS, NOT THIS SIZE, BUT WE HAVE THE 11, UH, 10 FOOT POSTS.
WE HAVE 23 OF THESE ANCHORS THAT GO INTO THE GROUND.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR OF THESE LARGER AN ANCHORS THAT YOU'LL NEED FOR LIKE HIGHER VOLUMES.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SMALL PORTABLE STOP SIGNS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE BACK, OR MINE'S
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ON THE BACK, YOURS IS ON THE SECOND PAGE.THE BOTTOM TWO PICTURES, THOSE ARE ALREADY FITTED FOR THESE SQUARE POST.
LAST YEAR, THE CITY INVESTED OVER $5,000 IN, UH, SIGNAGE AND OTHER POSTS.
SO THE DECISION TONIGHT WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO SWITCH OVER TO THE ROUND POST, YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY, UH, $11,000, WHICH WOULD BE BE THE FREIGHT, WELL, I'M SORRY, BEFORE THE FREIGHT, THE CONCRETE.
AND FOR US TO REMOVE ALL OF THOSE IS WITH MY TWO MAN CREW IS GONNA TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS FOR US TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT WITH THE INVENTORY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IF WE JUST REMOVE THE ROUND POST, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $1,200, WHICH IS THE COST OF THE STOP SIGNS.
AND WE COULD COMPLETE THAT IN A FEW MONTHS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID LOOK AT WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE STOP SIGNS.
UH, I AM ONLY FIVE, 10 AND A QUARTER, AND SEVERAL OF THESE STOP SIGNS ARE APPROXIMATELY EYE LEVEL WITH ME.
SO THAT'S ABOUT, I WANNA SAY AFTER MY GUYS DID THEIR NUMBER WERE ABOUT 50% THAT ARE BELOW SEVEN FEET.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEY JUST NEED TO BE ELEVATED.
SO STILL FACTORING IN THE $1,200 COST IN A COUPLE MONTHS WITH MY TWO GUYS, IT'LL JUST BE THE CHANGING OUT OF 22 STOP SIGNS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO IN INVENTORY AND THEN RAISING THE ONES THAT ARE BELOW SEVEN FEET.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WHAT GRADE STOP SIGNS ARE YOU QUOTING? EXCUSE ME.
WHAT GRADE STOP SIGNS ARE YOU, ARE THEY PRISMATIC? ARE THEY DIAMOND GRADE? ARE THEY, OR DID YOU LOOK AT THAT? I DID NOT LOOK AT THAT.
I WENT BACK TO THE, THE VENDOR IN WHICH WE GOT OUR POSTS FROM AND WENT BACK WITH THE SAME ONES THAT THEY HAD.
UM, ASK, GET, GET, GET AN INFORMATION ON WHAT TYPE THE PRISMATIC ARE PREFERABLE.
UH, THEY WILL LAST, THE REFLECTIVITY WILL LAST A LOT LONGER, BUT THEY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.
UM, SO LET'S JUST VERIFY WHAT WE RECORDED.
AND THEN COUNSEL, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND WE STAY WITH THE SQUARE POSTS.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S EASIER TO PLACE.
UM, THEY ARE A LOT MORE STABLE.
AND THREE, YOUR STOP SIGN DOESN'T PIVOT IN THE WIND WHEN IT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER.
SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE THE ROUND POLLS FOR THE LOOK.
I THINK THE ROUND POLLS LOOK BETTER, BUT I, I ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT FROM MY DAUGHTER WHO IS NOT HERE.
SHE'S PLAYING IN A SOFTBALL GAME.
MANY TEARS WERE SHED THAT SHE COULD NOT BE HERE, BUT SHE HAS A PROPOSAL.
AND SO THIS IS FOR YOU ON EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS ONE UP HERE.
UM, SO THIS IS LENA KAKIS DESIGN.
YOU WOULD LIKE A ROUND POLE, UH, THAT IS A SWIRL OF PINK AND PURPLE, LIKE A CANDY CANE OKAY.
AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE A ZOOMED IN AREA HERE, ZOOMED IN WITH, UH, BLUE GLITTER.
THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO, UH, YES, THAT POLL PLUS THE PINK AND PURPLE CANDY CANE SWIRL.
I BELIEVE I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I DON'T OVER PROMISE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MORE TEARS,
THE, THE STODGY ENGINEER IS GONNA SAY THAT IS NOT STATE AND FEDERAL COMPLIANT.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THIS ONE AT HIS DOORSTEP SPECIFICALLY.
WE WILL NOT PUT THIS ONE ON THE CORNER OF MEADOW TRAIL ENDURANCE.
USE ONE OF THE, THE SALVAGED POLES AND, UH,
HE CAN PUT IT IN HIS BACKYARD.
I, I, I INFORMED LENA THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, BUT NONETHELESS, I WANTED TO PRESENT IT TONIGHT.
UM, JEFF, IF, IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE POST TODAY, A GENTLEMAN WAS ARREST, ARRESTED FOR, UH, TRYING TO SPRAY PAINT A CROSSWALK AGAIN BACK INTO THE ART HE HAD DONE BEFORE, OR ART SOMEBODY HAD DONE BEFORE.
FHWA HAS BANNED ANY TYPE OF POLITICAL MESSAGE OR SYMBOL WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, NOT A POLITICAL, I DON'T THINK UNICORNS ARE A SYMBOL OF POLITICS.
SO I THINK WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS ONE.
I, I'M GONNA LET RICK BE THE BAD GUY.
MY RESPONSE WAS GONNA BE TO TA ELNA THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
THIS IS BEYOND BAKE SALE OF MONEY
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UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME, COUNSEL IS SAYING GO WITH THE SQUARE POLES.WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STOP SIGN, ABOUT THE PRISM.
STOP PRISMATIC STOP SIGN QUOTE.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR BYRON TO TAKE AWAY NOW WITH OUR CONSENT, CAN THEY GO AHEAD AND START RAISING THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA, SINCE WE'RE KEEPING I'M GONNA DO THAT ANYWAY.
IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF KNOWING WHICH SIGN OR WHICH POLES, RATHER FOR THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH POLES TO REPLACE THEM WITH.
WE WANTED SOME KIND OF A STANDARD ISSUE.
THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL, SO TO SPEAK, WHICH WOULD TELL YOU WHAT TO PUT INTO PLACE FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO AS SILLY AS IT MAY HAVE SOUNDED, WE
BYRON, I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE OF COMING YOU TO TALK TO, UH, YOU ABOUT A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE STREET SIGNS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WE DON'T HAVE A SIGN SHOP IN-HOUSE, BUT WE CAN ORDER THEM AND GIVEN THE COST OF DOING SO AND LABOR ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THE BRACKETS AND ALL THE THINGS WE WOULD WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WELL, SHOULD WE TAKE ON THIS PORTION OF THE CITY THIS YEAR AND DO THIS AND THEN CONTINUE THAT ON, UM, WITH, WITH STREET TIME REPLACEMENTS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'LL BE CONSIDERING AND TALKING TO YOU ABOUT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A PRICE TAG TO IT MM-HMM
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THOSE AS THEY FADE, AS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
STREET SIGNS, WE ALREADY HAVE SOME TEMPLATES BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE ON DO THE ONES WITH THE TEXAS AND THE GREEN AND THE UPPERCASE AND ALL THE THINGS.
SOME OF US ARE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND KNOW ALL THAT
UM, THE, UH, STOP SIGNS, THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND PROBABLY THE NO PARKING SIGNS ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE CRITICAL TO VERIFY THEY'VE GOT, UM, REFLECTIVITY.
THOSE DO HAVE SUNSET CLAUSES THROUGH FHWA THAT IF, IF IT DROPS BELOW A CERTAIN REFLECTIVITY, IT MUST BE REPLACED.
OR IT IS NO LONGER, UM, ENFORCEABLE.
UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, WE HAVE SOME SIGNS ON WEST AIRPORT OF DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM IS NOBODY OBEYS THOSE.
WHETHER THEY REALIZE IT OR NOT, THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
IT'S PRIMARILY, UM, MULHOLLAND AND MEADOW VALLEY, WHATEVER IS ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE.
A FEW YEARS AGO WE DID AN AUDIT OF, UM, NO PARKING ZONES IN TOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MATCH WHAT'S IN THE CODE BOOK.
SO WE DID THAT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU INSTITUTE A NEW PARKING ZONE IN TOWN, WE'VE EVEN DONE ONE IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, UH, THAT HAS TO BE BACKED UP WITH AN ORDINANCE.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT COMES AS A SHOCK, BUT OVER THE DECADES SOMETIMES YOU'LL FIND THAT SIGNS ARE OUT THERE THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ATTACHED TO THEM.
PERHAPS THEY JUST WERE ERECTED AT SOME POINT BY SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO, WITHOUT ANY LEGAL BACKUP FOR IT.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A LEGAL BACKUP FOR THOSE.
AND, AND, AND WE DID THAT WORK A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO REPLACING OF, OF SIGNS, WE JUST WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT DOING THAT.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE, THE POLLS THEMSELVES, WHICH I KNOW AGAIN, SOUNDS A LITTLE SILLY, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IN THE RIGHT ONES.
'CAUSE IT'S BETTER TO DO THAT THAN TO HEAR FROM YOU AFTER THE FACT THAT YOU WANTED THE ROUND ONES INSTEAD OF THE OTHER ONES, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THEY DO SELL, UM, REFLECTIVE TAPE THAT CAN BE PUT ON THE POLE TO MAKE THE POLE STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IF WE WANTED TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
BUT I'D SAY LET'S GET THE SIGNS REPLACED FIRST.
AND THEN WORK ON WHETHER WE WANT TO ADD, UM, REFLECTIVE TAPE.
I, I AM GONNA NEED A MOTION AND A VOTE.
ARE YOU GOOD? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I AM GOOD.
I KNOW THAT I'M GOING WITH SQUARE POLES.
THIS IS HIS FIRST CHANCE TO VISIT WITH YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS AT THE PODIUM.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU YAY.
I WAS KIND OF HOPING YOU WOULD.
YOU WANT WHAT? WE SHOULD MAKE IT HARDER ON YOU.
THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 6 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE MOBILE RADIO PURCHASE TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR GRANT NUMBER 5 9 0 1 2 1.
UM, THIS JUST AUTHORIZES CHIEF STEWART TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO, UH, PURCHASE GRANT, UM, GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE MOBILE RADIO PURCHASE TO THE
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.UM, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? WE, WE DO THESE REGULARLY.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM DAVID.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UM, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 0 7 ALLOWING THE MAYOR TO DECLARE SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE OR DISPOSAL THEREOF.
UM, THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW FOR THE DISPOSAL.
THAT'S THE, WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TO AUCTION, UM, OF THE 1998 CHEVROLET STEP VAN RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS 10 33 DMRO PROGRAM AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
THIS VEHICLE IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DMRO PROGRAM REGISTRY.
UM, AND IT ALLOWS FOR PROPER, PROPER DISPOSAL.
UM, IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THE DISPOSAL GOING TO AUCTION OF THE 2010 WELLS CARGO TRAILER PURCHASED WITH THE HGAC FUNDS AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
THE TRAILER'S NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL AND HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE HGAC GRANT PROGRAM REGISTRY.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, WHEN THINGS GO TO AUCTION, WE DO TEND, WE GET THE MONEY, WE GET A PORTION OF THAT, OF THE PROFIT PROFIT BACK TO US.
SO THIS JUST ALLOWS US A MOTION, UM, JUST ALLOWS US TO, TO DO THIS.
UM, CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE THE MOST MOTION? YEP.
UH, WAIT, CAN ADD, DO WE NEED THE MOTION FIRST? OKAY, GREAT.
UH, WHO, WHO REMOVES THE LOGOS AND THE STRIPING? IS THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR THE OPTION? ACTUALLY, DUNNO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
DO YOU KNOW, CHIEF? JUST, I I DIDN'T WANT TO MEADOWS PLACE POLICE BADGE ROLLING AROUND THE STREETS OR SOMETHING IF SOMEONE BUYS IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION FROM TIA SECOND.
I HAVE A SECOND FROM EMILY WITH A MOTION.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 26 0 4.
SETTING A DATE TO CALL A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO BE HELD AND TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MEADOWS PLACE, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 1 5 3.
SECTION 1 5 3 1 1 0 PROHIBITED USES.
UM, WE MAYOR, MYSELF, CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ATTORNEY HAVE EXPRESSED INTERESTED IN REVIEWING SECTION 1 5 3 0.110 OF THE CITY'S CODE.
BOOK PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL BEFORE ANY CHANGE CAN BE MADE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THIS ITEM CALLS FOR A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER DOING SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THAT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO ADD AND SEE IF WE CAN AMEND.
I DON'T, MAYBE I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT AND I CAN AMEND IT.
'CAUSE I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT PAST, SINCE WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE P AND Z INVOLVED, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IS THAT WE CAN RESTRICT CERTAIN BUSINESSES.
WE CAN'T PROHIBIT CERTAIN BUSINESSES.
AND SO SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES ARE WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT WE PROHIBIT AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT CHANGING THEM TO BE RESTRICTED.
UH, AND THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE P AND Z TO DO IT.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, TATTOO STUDIO, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD TO THAT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE WANT TO RESTRICT OR THAT MAY BE ON THE BOOKS THAT WE'RE RESTRICTING SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING, P AND Z CAN ADDRESS ISSUES THAT, UH, WOULD DEAL WITH, UH, SEXUAL ORIENTED BUSINESS WITH TOBACCO, UH, SMOKE SHOPS, VAPE SHOPS, THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTROL ACCESS TO THE CITY OF MEADOWS.
UH, AND SO FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS EXPANDED BEYOND JUST THIS ONE, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, WITH TATTOO STUDIO.
WELL, I THINK IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE MOTION, WE NEED A DATE.
SO ARE WE LOOKING IN MID-APRIL? LATE APRIL? IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
I MEAN, P AND Z KNOWS THAT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS THAT FOURTH TUESDAY IN APRIL.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE DATE THAT WE WOULD NOTIFY.
IS THAT ENOUGH TIME TO ADVERTISE? CAN WE GET IT IN THE PAPER? WELL, YEAH, IF WE NEED, IF WE HAVE THE 30 DAYS TO PUT IT IN THE PAPER, THEN UM, I MEAN, IF WE DID IT THIS WEEK, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE LONGER THAN 30 DAYS TO DO ALMOST ONE EIGHT.
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I'M MULLING OVER IS THE OTHER CODES.UH, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO 1 53 0.10, WHICH IS THE TATTOO SHOP'S PIERCING, UM, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WROTE THE MEMO ON.
UM, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO REVIEW OTHER USES THAT ARE IN THE CODE BOOK, THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE INVASIVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THREE DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL ZONING CATEGORIES, C ONE, T TWO, C3, YOU WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND THEN IDENTIFY WHAT USES ARE IN THOSE CATEGORIES AND THEN PLUG IN THAT SECTION OF THE CODE BOOK TO DO A PUBLIC CURING ON THOSE AS WELL.
AND YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT P AND Z HAS TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE BEFORE COUNCIL CAN VOTE.
SO WE WOULD NEED SOME CONSENSUS ON WHAT SECTIONS TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN ESSENTIALLY WHAT USES, BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT NOT EVERY USE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER IS IN THE CODE BOOK.
SO LET'S SAY YOU WANTED TO ADD A USE, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY ANY OR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORIES TO REFLECT THAT USE EACH, EACH ZONING CATEGORY HAS A PERMITTED USE TABLE.
AND THAT PERMITTED USE TABLE HAS PERMITTED, USES SPECIFIC USES, PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, AND THEN PROHIBITED BASICALLY WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, WHAT CAN'T GO THERE.
UM, SO YOU'D HAVE TO ITEMIZE OUT EVERY SECTION OF THE CODE BOOK THAT YOU WANTED TO MODIFY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THIS RIGHT NOW ONLY MODIFIES THE SECTION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU IS CONSTITUTIONALLY PROBLEMATIC
UM, YEAH, BUT THE REASON THAT SHE ONLY IDENTIFIED THAT ONE IS THAT WE HAD A ISSUE THAT CAME UP ON A GRANDFATHERED, UM, TENANT, RIGHT? WHO'S DUE TO A NAME CHANGE AND WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THAT, BUT SHE POINTED OUT THAT BECAUSE WE ASKED, WE PROBABLY SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
AND MY POINT IS, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE, THIS IS NOT GONNA CHANGE WHAT'S GONNA GO ON WITH THE, THE CURRENT BUSINESS.
THERE'S NO RUSH IN HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MONTH.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE REMEDYING OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAW RIGHT NOW.
SO FOR ME, INSTEAD OF RUSHING IT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT IT A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ADDRESS IT IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY IF I CAN SUBMIT THIS TO Y'ALL.
OFTENTIMES WHEN COUNSEL WANTS TO MODIFY THE ZONING ORDINANCE WHEN IT COMES TO USES, WHETHER IT'S WHATEVER IT IS, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY WANT TO REGULATE HOTELS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE A JOINT WORKSHOP WITH PNZ AND THEY WILL GIVE PNZA CHARGE AND SAY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
THAT WAY PNZ KNOWS WHAT TO GO BACK AND MODIFY OR TO RECOMMEND.
SO PERHAPS A JOINT DISCUSSION WITH PNZ MIGHT BE IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WITH THEM.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU GUYS CAN'T ACT UNTIL THEY GIVE RECOMMENDATION.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT TO DO UNTIL THEY KNOW FROM YOU ALL AS A WHOLE WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AND ALL.
AND IF TATTOO IS JUST ONE OF MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, THEN WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO THEM.
WOULD COUNCIL WANT TO PERHAPS TABLE THIS DISCUSSION AND MAYBE SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP WITH P AND Z BEFORE OUR APRIL COUNCIL MEETING? WHY DON'T WE GO WITH THE ISSUE WE ARE CURRENTLY FACING MM-HMM
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS, THEN WE WOULD KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO AT THAT POINT.
SO WE COULD JUST DO THIS CURRENT SECTION, MEET WITH P AND Z, AND THEN LATER LOOK AT O OTHER PROBLEMS. TACKLE THIS ONE.
SEE MY MINE WAS TO NOT HAVE MULTIPLE OF THESE.
SO FOR ME, I'D RATHER MEET WITH P AND Z ONE TIME, COVER THE SPECTRUM OF WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE THEM DO, AND HAVE THEM COME BACK WITH HEATHER'S BLESSING OF HERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR STATUTES AND YOUR YOUR ZONING LEGAL.
SO FOR ME, IT, IT'S, I I'M OKAY IF WE, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE, BUT I I, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA HELP US GET ANY BETTER AT THE NEXT ONE.
I THINK THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH P AND Z AND CAN SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT, UM, WOULD SAVE US AT LEAST ONE OR TWO WORKSHOP MEETINGS.
AND I'M, I'M ALL FOR MORE EFFICIENCY THAN MORE MEETINGS.
BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE LONGER FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS 'CAUSE WE'RE, THAT THAT PART WILL STRETCH IT OUT.
BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO IT IN ONE WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF PIECING IT TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
THIS, THIS ONLY MODIFIES THIS ONE SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO IF YOU, LET'S SAY, WANTED TO REPEAL IT, THEN YOU WOULD BASICALLY BE BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE IN 2010, WHICH IS A TATTOO.
PAR FOR EXAMPLE, IS SIMPLY A RETAIL USE THAT COULD BE IN C ONE, C TWO, OR C3.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2010, WHICH ALLOWED THE EXISTING TATTOO PAR TO BE WHERE IT IS.
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'CAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT ADDRESSED IT.SO IT WAS SIMPLY A RETAIL USE.
IF YOU, LET'S SAY, REPEALED THIS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION
UM, THEN IT WOULD FALL REGRESS INTO A GENERAL RETAIL OR BUSINESS CATEGORY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT IN ANY ZONING CLASSES.
OR YOU COULD TAKE 1 53 0.1 10 AND FOLD IT INTO THE COMMERCIAL ZONES AS A SPECIFIC USE.
AND THEN ONCE YOU DO YOUR PUBLIC HEARING, YOU GET THE FEEDBACK, P AND Z GIVES THAT RECOMMENDATION.
YOU AGREE WITH IT, THEN WE GO BACK AND DRAFT THE ORDINANCE IN KIND, AND THEN YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT NOT DO IT.
BUT YES, IT ONLY ADDRESSES TATTOO PARLORS AT THIS TIME.
I THINK THE QUESTION FOR COUNCIL IS AS YOU DRIVE AROUND THE AREA AND YOU SEE BUSINESSES IN THESE VARIOUS STRIP CENTERS, ARE THERE ANY THAT GIVE YOU CONCERN? THE BAIL BONDSMAN, THE CHECK CASHING COMPANIES, THE WHATEVER IT IS? UM, I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES IN OUR CODE AND THE, AND THE MASSAGE PARLORS.
BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO POP UP.
IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD LIKE ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T GENERATE SALES TAX IS A SPECIAL USE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S LEGAL
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION TO COUNSEL IS ARE WE CONCERNED WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA MOVE INTO THE VARIOUS SPOTS WITHIN THE STRIP CENTERS? AND IF SO, WE SHOULD PROBABLY MOVE AHEAD WITH GETTING SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS TO MEET WITH P AND Z AND GET THAT STARTED.
OTHERWISE, AS SOON AS THEY APPLY YOU, ONCE THEY APPLY, THEY'RE LOCKED IN.
YOU CANNOT PASS ANYTHING AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO BAN THEM.
I THINK IF IT, I THOUGHT, I MEAN, INITIALLY WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE KIND OF UNDER THE GUN HERE AND KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, LOOKING INTO BEFORE AND I'D RATHER NOT KICK THE CAN DOWN, UM, THE LINE AND JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND DO IT AND DO A WORKSHOP WITH THEM.
DO WE HAVE TIME TO GET THAT ON THE BOOKS BEFORE THE APRIL? WELL, THE, A WORKSHOP DOESN'T REQUIRE, IT DOES REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE.
SO IF WE GO WITH A WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THIS NOW MM-HMM
THEN WE CAN DO IT NEXT MONTH WITHOUT WORRY.
UM, I IF, ARE WE USING THE HAROLD OR WHO ARE WE USING FOR OUR PAPER? I THINK THEY ONLY PUBLISH PUBLIC NOTICES ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY TO PUBLISH, WE CAN'T MAKE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE NEXT MEETING.
IF IT'S A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS A WHOLE, THEN YEAH.
UM, THIS IS JUST REFLECTING WHAT THE CITY HAS SAID NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO ROLL IT INTO A BIGGER DISCUSSION, THEN YEAH, WE CAN WORKSHOP WITH PNZ.
I'M WILLING TO ROLL THE DICE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
WE'RE GONNA SAY NO ACTION FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT AND SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP WITH P AND Z AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING SETTING A DATE FOR A COUNCIL WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
DO WE WANT TO SCHEDULE, DO WE WANT TO TALK TO PNZ FIRST? DO WE WANT TO, I I THOUGHT THIS WAS COUNCIL'S GONNA MEET NO.
TO DECIDE WHICH SECTIONS WE WANTED THEM TO FOCUS ON.
SO WE WANNA DO THAT BEFORE OUR MEETING.
AND, AND SO THE QUESTION WAS WITH PZ, DID YOU GUYS WANT MEET ON A WEEKNIGHT ON A SATURDAY? NO.
IT MAY DEPEND ON WHICH SECTIONS WE WANT TO BRING UP.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, THE, AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT SECTION 91, WHICH WAS NUISANCES AND TALL GRASS, WEEDS, JUNK CARS.
SO ARE WE DO CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT, THAT ONE DOES NOT REQUIRE P AND Z, RIGHT? CORRECT.
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UM, BUT COUNSEL WAS GONNA KIND OF GLANCE THROUGH THE OTHER ITEMS, RIGHT.AND SEE WHETHER THERE WAS OTHER SECTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER.
IT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO FOCUS ON ONE SECTION AT A TIME.
UM, BUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT REALLY JUMPED OUT AT SOMEONE, THEY COULD BRING IT UP AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS CODE TOO.
UM, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IS, ARE WE GONNA DO IT ON A SATURDAY? ARE WE GONNA DO IT SOME EVENING? YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WITH YOUNG KIDS.
HONESTLY, MY BRAIN IS KIND OF MOTION AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, DURING THE WEEK.
SO, UM, AS MUCH AS, I HATE TO SAY A SATURDAY, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY A SATURDAY, BUT, UM, I, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH A SATURDAY.
IF SATURDAY WORKS FOR YOU GUYS, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TOO EARLY.
WEDNESDAY DAY,
YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOFTBALL AS WELL.
I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.
AN EARLY-ISH TIME WOULD BE GREAT.
THAT IS JUST, THAT'S LENO WAS LOOKING.
WELL MAYBE WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT A WEEKDAY.
CAN DO THE 11TH OR THE 18TH AND THE FOURTH IS TOO SOON.
AND THE FOURTH IS EASTER WEEKEND.
I CAN DO THE 25TH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT.
25TH AT 9:00 AM FOR THIS, THE LATE SLEEPERS.
YOU SAY EIGHT 30? I SAID NINE BECAUSE YOU, I I'M JUST KIDDING.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYONE LOOK THROUGH THE CODES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER SECTIONS YOU WANNA LOOK AT OTHER THAN 91? MM-HMM
UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED STAFF THERE.
ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO SKIP THE DAY WE SAVE A LITTLE COMP TIME AND WE JUST TAKE SOME NOTES AND LET 'EM KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
CHANDRA, I THINK WE NEED TO, WHEN DID WE OPEN MINOR MINUTES ON THE DISCUSSION AND THEN WHEN, WHEN YOU CLOSE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
THAT'S ALL YOU REALLY NEED FOR MINUTES.
AND WE CAN RUN THE, THE TAPE RECORDER.
PAY TO HAVE, DO WE WANT TO PAY TO HAVE COUNSEL THERE? SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF HOW TO MAKE IT NOT FOR THIS, I DON'T THINK.
I THINK THIS IS US LOOKING AT WHICH CODE SECTIONS DO WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN WE SEND THEM OUR LIST AND THE DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE TO GO.
AND THEN THEY CAN LOOK AT WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONALLY ALLOWABLE.
WHAT HAS STATE LAW RESTRICTED US FROM DOING.
AND WE JUST KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
TELL THEM WE WANT TO BE AS STRINGENT AS POSSIBLE WITHIN STATE LAW SO THAT IT'S NOT CHALLENGED.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART, I THINK SECOND PART OF THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE POLICY THAT WE SET FOR WHAT WE DO WHEN THERE IS A VIOLATION.
'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND I THINK JOE MENTIONED IT, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT GAME THE SYSTEM.
I, I SENT SOME PHOTOS TO UM MM-HMM
CHELSEA AND NICK AND THE MAYOR.
THAT, THAT'S JUST A HOUSE THAT'S ON MY STREET.
AND I'VE TAKEN PICTURES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THEY TYPICALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THEIR YARD UNTIL THEY GET A WARNING.
I DUNNO IF THEY'VE EVER GOTTEN A FINE OR NOT.
BUT THEY LET THEIR YARD GO WEEK AFTER WEEK AND UNTIL SOMEBODY COMPLAINS, IT'S TYPICALLY THAT WAY.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THAT ALL THROUGH.
THAT'S WHAT JOE WAS POINTING OUT WHEN HE SHARED WITH US BACK LAST MONTH, SOME PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO CONSTANTLY ABUSED THE SYSTEM.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCES, I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT THE POLICY OF, UH, THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE GAMING THE SYSTEM.
AND WE'VE GOT LOTS OF EXAMPLES OF THAT.
THAT I'M, I'M SURE WE'LL EVERYONE HAS SO WE CAN BRING TO THE MEETING.
DO WE NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE.
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AND EMILY MAKE A MOTION THIS WORKSHOP FOR APRIL 25TH AT 9:00 AM THAT CAME FROM KURT WITH UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND.THAT MOVES US ONTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES HELD AS FOLLOWS.
FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026, COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP.
IF STAFF'S NOT GONNA BE THERE, WHO'S PICKING UP THE TACOS?
AND ALSO IS THAT IC BEANS? I'M UP BEANS.
I CAN SWING BY AND GET THE TACOS.
DO WE NEED TO SET THE PLACE FOR THE, FOR THE WORKSHOP? 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T NORMALLY WE DO 'EM AT THE EOCI WAS FIGURING IT WAS EOC.
I CAN AND I I CAN PICK THEM UP.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.