[City Council Meeting]
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YEAH, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE GLIMPSE OF SUN THAT STARTED TO SHINE THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN THAT DID COME.
UM, WE DO ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER ALL THOSE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THE RAIN, UH, THAT DID FALL, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR CITY.
AND, UM, JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE WITH ALL OF US, THAT ANYBODY WHO WAS IMPACTED GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GATHER AND ASK THAT YOU JUST HELP US AS WE GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE WORK, UM, OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, GOD, I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL OF THE STAFF, EVERYBODY WHO JUST POUR SO MUCH INTO THE CITY AND JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US.
GOD, IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL TO BE IN A PLACE THAT WE CAN CALL COMMUNITY.
DOWN THEN HE MET US PLACES SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR QUITE A LENGTH OF TIME.
IT ADDS TO THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, BOTH, UH, FROM AN EMPLOYEE'S PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A RESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO'S HERE, THEY HAVE A FEEL FOR THE CITY AND IT REALLY CONTRIBUTES A LOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE COMING OUT OF IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN METALS PLACE.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FOR CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, MR. TRA, AND THESE THREE ARE NOT HERE, UH, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
UH, TRAVIS FLORIAN, UH, WHO IS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, PAULINE
AND ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, SOME LITTLE ONE SQUARE MILE CITY WITH NO MONEY, UM, COLEEN, WE THANK YOU AS WELL.
UM, AND THE NEXT ONE AND, UH, ANNA MARIA, I'M HOPING YOU'RE HERE WATCHING, UH, ANNA MARIA IS A FINANCE DIRECTOR AND AGAIN, ELEVATED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF CITY OF METIS PLACE.
ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN FOR BEING COUNTED, I PUT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT UP AGAINST ANYBODY'S.
WE HAVE CURRENT NUMBERS AT THE TIP OF OUR FINGERTIPS, AND THE COUNCIL KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
THE CHIEF WILL VERIFY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND HOW WONDERFUL.
SO ANNA MARIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANNA MARIE IS CALLING WITH HER DAD WHO WAS GOING TO BE LEAVING REAL QUICK TO GO TO COLORADO.
AND THEN OFF OF SOMEPLACE LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA TO THOSE THREE, I SAY, THANK YOU.
UM, WHEN Y'ALL GET YOUR PIN, SOMETIME ELSE I COULD HAVE THE ANGELO RICHMOND POLICE CHIEF SAID, STAND STILL.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU CAME AND I'M SO EXCITED.
AND THEN I REMEMBER WHEN THAT LITTLE BABY WAS BORN, NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE, AND THAT'S BEEN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SEE YOU GROW AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF PLATE METALS PLACE IN AS A PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICER.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS HOME WITH YOU AND IF I CAN GET THE CHIEF HERE, LOOK OVER.
YEAH, LET'S LOOK PROFESSIONAL IN THIS.
SOMEBODY HELPED ME OUT AND GUESS WHO WE ARE, AND THIS IS
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YOUR PEN AND HE KEEP THIS, DON'T LOSE IT BECAUSE ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL ADD THOSE UP AND THAT'S YOUR FIVE-YEAR PIN.AND WHILE WE THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THE MEADOWS PLACE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, LOOKING AT THAT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, MAN.
I WOULD SAY, LOOK HOW LOOK YOU'VE MATURED, BUT IT CAN'T SEE YOU HERE.
I ENJOY SEEING YOU AFTER YOU'VE PROSPERED UNDER THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US, AND YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT BRINGS A TON OF ENERGY INTO THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY AND YOU'RE GONNA TRY YOUR BEST TO CATCH THEM.
AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE THE FIVE YEARS PUT HERE.
AND I KNOW THIS COUNCIL DOES AS WELL COUNCIL AUDIENCE, IF WE COULD, UH, GIVE THESE THESE FOLKS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE,
MARION COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS, UH, WE STOOD OUT MY REPORT WITH THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
UH, YOU COULD SEE THOSE HAVE RISEN.
WE HAD 10, THIS LAST REPORTING PERIOD.
UM, THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT OCCURRED IN THE ROUNDABOUTS.
THERE IS NO RHYME OR REASON THERE'S NO PATTERN.
SO JUST LET YOU KNOW, THEY DID INCREASE A LITTLE BIT.
NUMBER OF RESTS WERE AT 10, UH, GO OVER THOSE A LITTLE LATER.
NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS 2,387.
UM, NUMBER OF REPORTS, 59 TRAFFIC CITATIONS AT TWO 20, UH, UH, VIOLATIONS FOR CITY ORDINANCE.
I LOST MY PLACE TO WARNINGS FOR ISSUE FOR TRAFFIC.
WHEN IS ISSUE FOR COV, UH, CITY ORANGE VIOLATION, NINE TOTAL ACTIVITY COUNT OF 3045.
UH, THIS MONTH WE HAD ZERO ASSAULTS.
WE HAD TWO, UH, BMVS ZERO BERLIN AND BUSINESS, ZERO VERBALLY OF RESIDENCE, 581 CITY ORDINANCE, UH, OR BUSINESS CHECKS, EXCUSE ME, BUSINESS CHECKS.
DID HE OWN HIS 11 CLOSE PATROL 11? UH, WE HAD A 130% OF THE TOTAL CLOSE PATROL COME TO MISCHIEF.
WE HAD THREE, UH, ON HOUSE WATCHES, 223, 100 FOR PARKS SECURITY WITH 711 PROPERTY CHECKS.
UH, WE HAD ZERO RUBBERS THIS MONTH.
UH, I'LL GO WITH THE THREE FROM LAST MONTH WHERE THEY ARREST 23 SCHOOL CHECKS AND 71 FOR, UH, TENNIS COURTS, PROPERTY CHECKS TOTAL 1,258.
UH THAT'S WE HAD THREE, WE HAD ZERO YOU AND VISAS MONTH 68 WAS THE, UH, TLC PASS RATE WITH 29 FAILURES OR TOTAL OF 97 CONTACTS FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
UH, WE'RE STILL ALL OUR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM TRAINING THAT ARE SPECIFIED FOR OUR DEPARTMENT ONLY HAS BEEN CANCELED.
UH, OUR CITY ORDINANCE BREAKDOWN FOR THE WARNINGS.
THERE WERE FOUR FOR SOLICITORS, UH, TWO FOR NOISE COMPLAINT AND THREE FOR ON, UH, DORMS FOR THE VROOM PARKING VIOLATIONS.
WE DID ISSUE TWO CITATIONS, UH, ON, UH, THE SAME PARKING AREA FOR ROOM.
UH, THEN AGAIN IS EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY IS DOING OVER HERE.
WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THE DISINFECTING
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OF BOOED PD AND THE CARS.AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR GUYS ARE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW COVID PROTOCOLS AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO THE NOTES SECTION.
THERE'S THE BREAKDOWN AS USUAL FOR THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT I LEAVE TO YOU TO READ ON YOUR OWN.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT ME.
UM, THEY DO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE ARRESTS THAT I DO WANT TO SWITCH TO THE PAGE, UH, UM, PAGE FOUR, WHERE WE BEGIN OUR ARREST.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THEM ARE MINE.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE ONE THAT SECOND ONE, THERE IT IS HIGHLIGHTED.
I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF THESE CALLS AND THEN THAT'S IT.
A COUPLE OF THE REST OF THEM ARE, UH, KEY THIS PAST MONTH.
UH, THE ONE THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE, DID YOU SEE FOR THE EVADING OR MOTOR VEHICLE YOU SEE W WHICH IS A PROHIBITED WEAPON AND THEFT OF FIREARM, RESISTING ARREST AND ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY? UH, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, SERGEANT TYNEN WHO GOT RECOGNIZED TONIGHT FOR HIS FIVE YEARS, UH, AND SORTA THE DOMINANCE ACTUALLY CARPENTER, UH, THESE, UH, TERRORIST IS ALL CALLED, UH, LIKE TRAVELING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAD, UH, UH, STARTED OUT AS A TRAFFIC STOP.
AND THEN THEY TRIED TO EVADE ARREST.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ON HERE THAT, UH, TRADERS TRIED TO ESCAPE.
I KNOW THE TASER WAS DEPLOYED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND CUSTODY OF THE SUSPECT.
BUT IN THE END, WHAT THEY FOUND IN THE CAR WAS A FULLY AUTOMATIC GLOCK 17 THAT HAD, UH, UH, BEEN STOLEN OUT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, SHERIFF OR FORT WAYNE COUNTY.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT IN A RECENT BURGLARY THAT HAD OCCURRED IN SUGAR LAND.
SO THOSE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED AND TAKEN, UH, BACK TO FORT BEND COUNTY JAIL.
UH, THE REST CONTINUED, AS YOU COULD SEE, THERE WAS SOME SORT OF, PERHAPS IN HERE, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THOSE STUFFS, UH, OFFICER MANNA WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE PUT A BOLO OUT ON, UH, OURSELVES, OUR AGENCY, WHO HAS BEEN HABITUALLY, UH, STEALING FROM MURPHY, UH, EXPRESS, UH, HE IS A BEER THIEF.
HE HAD A PRINTER IN HIS CONVICTIONS, FIVE CONVICTIONS OF THEFT.
AND SINCE HE HAD FOUR HERE, HE ENDS UP WITH A FELONY NOW, AND OUR CHARGES WILL BE FILED ON HIM WITHIN THE WEEK SINCE WE HAVE HIM IDENTIFIED.
UH, ADDITIONALLY I SAID, I'D MENTIONED ABOUT THE ROBBERIES, THE THREE FROM LAST MONTH, UH, BOTH SUSPECTS HAVE ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED, HAS GONE TO GRAND JURY, AND HE WAS INDICTED NOW SWITCHING TO ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THERE WAS JUST A HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 10 ARRESTS, THE ADDITIONAL NOTES.
UM, WE'LL SKIP PAST THE FIRST PART, WHICH IS AGAIN, COVERAGE COVERT THAT I LEAVE IN THERE SO THAT YOU, IF YOU EVER HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW WE'RE HANDLING THAT, UNLESS THEY CHANGE.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE TRAINING CENTER HAS ONLY PARTIALLY REOPENED, MAINLY HAS BEEN USED FOR YOSSI, ESPECIALLY DURING LAURA.
AND IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR MONITORING OF NOW TROPICAL DEPRESSION, BETA A AS WE ALWAYS DO.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO PREPARE FOR THAT OUR NEVER FILLED SYSTEM AND ALL THE UPDATED, UH, SOFTWARE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT WHEN IT FAILED LAST TIME HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND IS WORKING PROPERLY.
HOW CAN I ASSURE YOU THAT? BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH LAURA WITH HER, UM, TO UPDATE, UH, THE EOC.
WE DID STAND UP PARTIALLY DOES, UH, AND ONLY ACTIVATING THE PD FROM 6:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
MANY OF THESE OFFICERS WERE THERE.
UH, FORTUNATELY THAT WAS A NON EVENT FOR US.
UH, IT WASN'T SO LUCKY FOR OUR LOUISIANA NEIGHBORS.
TROPICAL STORM BETA IS NOW A TROPICAL DEPRESSION, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, AND I HAVE PREPARED TO USE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND WE'RE STILL AT A LEVEL THREE, WHICH HAS JUST INCREASED READINESS.
I AM MONITORING, UM, ALL THE WEATHER AND ALL THIS STATE INFORMATION COME IN FROM THE STATE, THE COUNTY EOC, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, UH, GAUGES AROUND OUR AREA, MAKING SURE I BUY YOURS.
SO RIGHT NOW, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NOT STOOD UP AT ALL, NOT EVEN PARTIALLY AS WE'RE JUST MONITORING IT AND HAVE OUR OFFICERS ALSO CHECKING IT, WHO GIVE ME UPDATES REGULARLY AND I'M ABLE TO MONITOR REMOTELY.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN LINE SO THAT IF WE HAD TO STAND UP, WE COULD DO IT AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
UM, WE ARE PREPPED, UH, WITH THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE CALLS A DAY WITH US AND SIT REP REPORTS, WHICH THEY, UH, MAYOR AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR, OR ARE AWARE OF.
AND I KEEP THEM UPDATED WHEN THEY CAN'T MAKE THOSE CALLS OR THEY ARE ON THEM THEMSELVES.
UH, LASTLY, UH, WE WE'RE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR TWO GRANTS TO BE AWARDED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
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CHANGES.UH, ONE OF THOSE BEING FULL LPR CAMERAS FROM FLUX SAFETY, UH, YES.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T SPEAK COP, WHAT IS LPR? I'M SORRY, LICENSE PLATE READERS.
BUT IT DOES BE FROM FLUX SAFETY THAT WE GOT A GRANT FOR THE GRANT WAS, UH, $36,000.
EACH CAMERA PER YEAR IS A $9,000 NSA LEASE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH BECAUSE YOU'RE LEASING THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY HAVE THE CLOUD STORAGE FOR, UH, THIS PROJECT.
UH, I DON'T SEE WHY I WON'T BE FUNDED.
UH, I'VE ALREADY ENTERED IN THAT AGREEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOWED THEIR GUIDELINES FOR, UH, LEGAL RESTRICTIONS, UM, AND HAVE PASSED THAT ON TO THEM, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN OR A GOOD INDICATOR THAT WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA GET FUNDED.
UH WE'RE UH, WE WILL HAVE FIVE YEARS OF MAINTENANCE INCLUDED.
UH, AND IF WE DECIDE TO, AND, UH, AFTER EVALUATION OF THIS, WE CAN CONTINUE FUNDING OR EXPAND THIS PROJECT AFTER THE LEASE EXPIRES IN FIVE YEARS, OR WE CAN EXPAND IT PRIOR TO THAT IF WE FIND THEY NEED, UH, THE SECOND GRANT IS A PORTABLE LIVE SCAN SYSTEM FROM A DEMIA LIVE SCAN IS A PORTABLE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN USE TO TAKE DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS AND PALM PRINTS, UH, THAT WE CAN UTILIZE NOT ONLY THE PD, BUT IN THE FIELD DURING INVESTIGATIONS, UH, WHEN TIME IS CRUCIAL, UH, WE DO GET A QUICKER RESPONSE BACK IN THAT.
AND DO WE KNOW WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH AS WELL, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO ID OR GIVE US MULTIPLE IDS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THAT DOES COVER A $30,000 PORTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE LIVE SCAN UNIT, ALL THE TRAINING FOR THE PERSONNEL, UH, PRINTER, COMPUTER MONITOR KEYBOARD, AND ALL THE ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT, PLUS THE FIVE YEAR MAINTENANCE AS WELL.
AND I DON'T SEE WHY NOT, UH, TREMENDOUSLY HELP US OUT FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND APPREHENSIONS.
AND I WILL TURN EVERYTHING OVER TO YOU ALL FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
NEGATIVE THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS COMPLETELY.
BUDDY HAD ONE OF THE LICENSE PLATE READERS.
ARE THEY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC? ARE THESE HIDDEN, THEY'LL BE VISIBLE THROUGHOUT YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
SO THE LOCATIONS IDENTIFICATION IS SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DO.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELD US UP, CAUSE I WAS GOING TO GET WITH THE MAYOR AND NICK THIS WEEK IS THE, OF COURSE THE WEATHER, UH, AND THE THINGS GOING ON WITH THAT BEING INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE TIME BECAUSE IF THEY DO AWARD THIS, IT'S TYPICALLY NOT UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH OR THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.
THEN USUALLY WE FIND OUT AT THAT POINT, IT'S NOT THAT WE GET THE EQUIPMENT AT THAT POINT.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME, UH, WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE BEST BENEFITS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPREHEND CRIMINALS.
WE KNOW TYPICALLY WHERE SOME OF THOSE COME IN AND OUT OF.
SO WE'LL IDENTIFY THOSE SPOTS AND, BUT ALSO MAKE IT WHERE IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO I HAVE PROVIDED, UH, OR CITY ADMINISTRATOR WITH A LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE FOUND SO FAR WITH VIOLATIONS, WHETHER THEY BE WARNINGS OR CITATIONS TO THE PARKING, UH, THERE'S BEEN THREE, ONE IS TWO CITATIONS.
UH, THE MESSAGE GOT OUT REAL QUICK BECAUSE THERE'S VERY, UH, AT THIS POINT HE MIGHT AS WELL SAY TOTAL COMPLIANCE.
THAT WAS FOR A BRIEF STOP THAT WAS UNRELATED TO THEM.
SO, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY WELL RECEIVED.
NO, THE THROUGH TRAFFIC STOOL SEEMS RELATIVELY THE SAME.
UM, I DO NOTICE THAT THERE'S LESS CAR HAULERS COMING THAT DIRECTION.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE SOME SIGNAGE OUT NOW WHERE THEY'RE SHOWING WHERE THE TRUCKS SHOULD TURN, YOU KNOW, THE 400 FEET.
AND THERE ARE SOME, THEY'RE DOING SOME THINGS TO HELP MITIGATE THAT AS WELL.
SO I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE TRYING TO COMPLY.
I THINK YOU'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IF I COULD
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PIGGYBACK ON THAT.UH, DAVE, I WAS I'M LEAVING ON NOW, GO OUT THAT WAY SO I CAN CHECK THAT.
AND SO I SAW A CAR CARRIER IN WESTBOUND ON DORRANCE, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ENTRYWAY.
AND IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE THEY WERE GETTING READY TO LOAD.
SO I PULLED OVER THERE AND I GOT MY PHONE OUT READY TO ALL PD AND US SAW THE GUY WITH THE GUARD SHACK.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FINGER POINTING GOING ON AND A WHOLE LOT HEAD SAKE AND DARDEN MADE IT CLEAR.
NO, YOU ARE NOT STOPPING HERE.
I MEAN, IT GOT A LITTLE BIT ANIMATED AND I WATCHED IT TO PLEASING THE TRUCK DRIVER UNHAPPILY WENT OVER, CLIMBED UP TRUCK, NAILED DOWN THERE.
I THINK THAT'S HAPPENING MORE OFTEN THAN WE KNOW, BUT THAT'S APPARENTLY THE WORD GOT DOWN TO THOSE FOLKS GETTING WORDS.
I ASKED HER ACTUALLY PUT IN A POLICY.
YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY SEE SOME RESULTS.
WE ASKED SCOTT JACOBSON TO PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO THE GUARDS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE DOES OR NOT, BUT I'D SAY BY JUDGING BY WHAT I SAW THAT DAY, THAT'S THE MESSAGE FINGERS.
SEE IF THE CAMERAS, UM, THE ONES I'M SEEING GO UP AROUND THE COUNTY ARE, UM, SOLAR POWERED AS OTHER ONES, WE GET, YOU KNOW, THE SOLAR POWERED OR TO SAME.
SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS SELF CONTAINED.
YOU JUST GOTTA PUT IT IN THE FOUNDATION, DROP THE POLE.
CAMERA'S READY TO GO AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THE, LIKE I SAID, MAINTENANCE UPGRADES OR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOFTWARE.
SO WE'RE, WE'LL BE GOOD WITH THAT.
THEN YOU DON'T MOVE IT AROUND ONCE YOU SET IT UP, CORRECT.
THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO IDENTIFY THOSE KEY LOCATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO GO SEARCH IT OUT.
INTENDED TO DO THIS WEEK, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE WEATHER VERY GOOD.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S WORKING? UH, DO THESE CAMERAS HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ LIKE MULTIPLE LANES OR ARE THEY JUST FOCUSED ON ONE LANE? THEY CAN READ, THEY'RE GOING TO PICK UP THE ONES AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH AS THEY PASS.
IT IT'S MUCH LIKE IF YOU WERE GOING THROUGH A TOLL BOOTH AREA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO PICK IT UP REAL QUICK AND THEN STORES THAT INFORMATION FOR 30 DAYS IN THE CLOUD.
UH, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR US TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION AGAIN AND FOR IT TO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, CAUSE WE'RE NOT BIG BROTHER.
WE'RE NOT WATCHING THESE THINGS.
THAT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN TO BE STORED.
SO IF WE HAVE A COURT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A ROBBERY IN HOUSTON AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE SYSTEM, THAT'LL NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY IF IT PASSES OUR LICENSE PLATE READER.
AND SO OUR OFFICERS ARE GONNA HAVE IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION THAT'S GOING ON OR A BURGLARY OR THEFT, BUT IT ALSO HELPS TO HAVE INVESTIGATION.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE A HIT AND RUN OR A BURGLARY WHERE THEY'VE GOT A PARTIAL PLATE AND A CORE DESCRIPTION.
WE ARE ABLE TO SEARCH THAT DATABASE, BUT NOT JUST WITH OUR CAMERA SYSTEM, WE CAN USE SUGARLAND.
WHO HAS THEM BEING, COUNTY'S GETTING, YOU'RE A CONGLOMERATE.
WE ALL SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S PART OF THE AGREEMENT I HAD TO SIGN IS THAT WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND IT DOES, IT HELPS ALL OF US ALL CRY.
SO ESSENTIALLY THIS IS PART OF THE REGIONAL POLICE NETWORK THAT Y'ALL KNOW WORKING ON FOR SO HARD.
AND THIS IS JUST ADDING IT'S ONE PART OF IT.
I NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA ABOUT THE AUCTION.
DID WE GET THE NEW COP CAR FULLY DECKED OUT IN SERVICE? IT'S A TOP SECRET MISSION THAT WE DO HAVE THE CORE, UH, SHORTLY.
SO IT SHOULD BE HERE, UH, IN ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH, MAYBE, MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF.
THAT WAS AMAZING HOW LONG IT TAKES.
THAT'S FAST FOR GOVERNMENT WORK.
Y'ALL TOLD ME TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
WELL WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE CHIEF GO.
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YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEADING OUT AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.AND UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR OFFICERS AGAIN, UH, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO OUT THERE AND FOR THE TWO THAT GOT YOUR AWARDS.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.
Y'ALL WE'RE LEAVING IF YOU'RE STAYING GREAT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE STAY IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING.
I KNEW ONE OF THEM WAS IT JUST WASN'T SURE.
ITEM TWO REPORTS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT THAT NORMALLY A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL JENNIFER
SHE HAD, HER BROTHER HAS PASSED AWAY AND SHE THIRSTY.
SHE WON'T BE BACK TO BACK TIL THURSDAY.
SO WE WILL PICK THAT UP, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
AND I FIGURED I HAVEN'T HAD A HANDLE THAT, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, UH, FIRE REPORT, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT I HAD THE TEXT TAG RIGHT HERE.
UM, BEFORE I READ THE, UH, ACTUAL INCIDENTS, I WANT TO MENTION THAT, UH, OUR CHIEF MELLOW HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR, UH, MARKETING GROUP, UH, TO, UH, COME UP WITH ABOUT A 45 SECOND VIDEO THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD ONE COMING OUT HERE ON, ON THAT.
UH, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BUILD VIDEOS, THINGS OUT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT PEOPLE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND ARE INFORMED ABOUT THAT.
AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW CLOSELY WE WORK WITH THE FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE FIRE MARSHALL WHO WORKS THROUGH THAT, UH, THROUGH THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, LAST REPORTING PERIOD.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 47, UH, FIRE SLASH EMS REPORTING, UH, INCIDENTS REPORTED TO US 32, OUR EMS. UM, SO THANK GOODNESS THEY'RE HERE.
UH, WE HAD 13 GOOD INTENSE REPORTED FIRES.
AND TWO FIRE-RELATED FOR THAT TOTAL OF 47, 25 WERE DURING THE WEEK DURING THE DAY.
AND, UH, SIX WERE ON THE WEEKEND DURING THE DAY NINE WHERE A WEEK, NIGHT AND SEVEN WERE WEEKEND NIGHT FOR THAT SAME 45.
WE HAD ONE PLAN REVIEW ABOUT A FIRE MARSHALL, UH, THAT IS A NEW FOR THIS PLANNING PERIOD.
AND THAT IS OVER AT HELFMAN FORD WHERE THEY'RE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT IS THE FIRE REPORT FOR NOW.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, ARE FOR AS THE CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT, NICK, YOU'RE UP NEXT? UH, JUST A FEW THINGS TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEW, UM, FOR THOSE CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FROM DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS.
UH, ONE OF THE NEW PIECES OF PAPER IN YOUR PACKET IS WHAT'S CALLED A FORM 1295.
UH, NOW A 1295 FORM IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE BACK IN 2015 AND THE OFFICIAL NAME ON THE FORM AS A CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES, WHAT IT REALLY IS, IS IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM.
AND SO THE LEGISLATURE IN PASSING THIS AS REQUIRED, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, INCLUDING CITIES TO HAVE THESE CONTRACTORS FILL OUT THESE 1295 FORMS, ESSENTIALLY IDENTIFYING AND LABELING OUT ALL OF THEIR, UH, INTERESTED PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND IN ALL GOOD CONSCIENCE OF VOTE ON THESE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, UH, IT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
AND SO STAFF HAS GOTTEN TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT COME IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, WE WILL HAVE THESE 1290 FIVES WITH IT.
NOW FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, YOUR JOB IS TO READ THESE THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A VESTED INTEREST WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS LESS.
YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE VOTE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A, UH, UH, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT IS, UH, THAT IS, UH, ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION.
THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO NOT ONLY COLLECT THESE THINGS, BUT ALSO LET THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION KNOW WHEN WE RECEIVED THESE.
AND AGAIN, STAFF HAS A GOOD PROCESS IN PLACE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS EVERY TIME.
UM, NEXT, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A KEY VACANCY RIGHT NOW IN THE ORGANIZATION, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UH, WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND POSTED THAT POSITION, UM, IN THE INTERIM, UH, THE GUYS IN PUBLIC WORKS ARE REPORTING TO ME.
UH, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING, KEEPING UP WITH THEIR DUTIES.
I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE AS WE GO FORWARD
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IN THIS INTERIM.UM, BUT IN THIS TIME THE GUYS ARE KEEPING UP WITH BUSINESS AND WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE CAN, UM, IT, I SHOULD MENTION THAT EXIST.
FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE STORM EVENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THE GUYS MAKE SURE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE STORM AND LIFTS EVENTS, UH, CLEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE OF ANY RAIN, UH, THE GUYS ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO, UM, WHILE WE'RE DOING SOME REPAIRS TO, UH, UH, TRAILERS OUT THERE TRYING TO GET THE BEST, LONGEST LIFE USE OUT OF IT.
AND SO, UM, UH, WE ARE, AS I LIKE TO SAY, DOGGY PADDLING RIGHT NOW, LOOKING FOR A POSITION TO FILL, UM, WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING, I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING UP OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN WE HAVE AND PLACE.
UM, THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE THIS TIME, LAST YEAR, IN FACT, ON THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF LAST YEAR, YOU APPROVED THE CITY'S DRAW CONTINGENCY.
UM, IT, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD PLAN AND WE HAVE IT IN PLACE.
UH, THE STATE ONLY REQUIRES US TO SUBMIT THESE JOB CONTINGENCY PLANS TO THEM.
IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 3000, 300 CONNECTIONS, WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS OR WATER CONNECTIONS IN TOWN, UH, WE DON'T.
AND SO WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THIS TO TCEQ.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE AND ON FILE AND READY TO OPERATE, SHOULD TCQ COME KNOCK ON OUR DOOR AND ASK TO SEE, UH, WE DO HAVE THAT PLAN IN PLACE.
IT'S A GOOD PLAN, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE WILL KEEP UP WITH IT.
AND FROM TIME TO TIME, WE WILL REVISIT IT AND MAKE SURE IT STILL MAKES SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I'VE READ IT, IT'S A GOOD PLAN AND WE CERTAINLY DO NOT NEED IT THIS WEEK.
UH, FINALLY, UH, THE CHIEF DID A GOOD JOB MENTIONING, UH, THE CITATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ROOM.
I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE, UH, TO TRACK, UH, THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ROOM ASSOCIATED VEHICLES, AS WELL AS ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT CITATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ROOM, AS YOU KNOW, THE LETTER, UH, THAT WAS DISCUSSED, UH, AT THE LAST, UH, WELL, I GUESS LAST MONTH IT WAS SENT OF ROOM DOES HAVE, UH, THAT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY VIOLATIONS WOULD REQUIRE US TO REVISIT THE SUP.
AND SO STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER A CHECKLIST OR A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRACK THAT, SO IT DOESN'T GET BIAS.
AND AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD THAT RULING 90 DAYS.
SO CHIEF AND I'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER, COURTNEY OF I'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE WE CATCH THAT AND TRACK THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
WOULD THAT THAT'S A BEFORE FOR TODAY, WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW APPLICATIONS, A HANDFUL OF THAT BEFORE WE POSTED IT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, CLOSER TO TWO OR CLOSER TO SIX, WELL, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY OPPORTUNITY, FINE CONTRACT OUT AN OPPORTUNITY, WE ALREADY CONTRACT OUT THE WATER, RIGHT.
OTHER CITIES DO THAT OR SAVE SOME COSTS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY VACANCY IS AN OPPORTUNITY YOU'RE READY TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON AND LOOKING THROUGH WHAT YOU GOT.
AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME KEY FUNCTIONS IN THAT POSITION.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE PAUSE ON SERVICE LEVEL, I'M JUST, IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE MORE SERVICE? WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT.
CERTAINLY IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET'S SAY OUTSOURCE THE OPERATIONS.
NOW I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE FROM A CAPITAL PROJECTS PERSPECTIVE, IF WE BEGIN TO RAMP UP OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE HELP, MATT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS, HAVE I'M NOT GOING TO SAVE IT TO HAVE A DAY TO DAY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN THE HOUSE OF A BAD THING.
UM, BUT LOOK AT THE FUNCTIONS.
WE'VE ONLY HAD THE POSITION ON THE MARKET FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I WILL SAY THAT I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY REFERENCE, UH, TO
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BRING IN, UM, A GOOD GROUP, LOOK AT APPLICATIONS AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UM, WE GOT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.YOU GOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY SELECTING SOMEONE.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EARLY ON NICK, IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS OR SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE COULD HOST THIS TO THEIR WEBSITE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE? THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS.
UM, APWA IS AN ASSOCIATION THAT, UM, AND WE HAVE POSTED THIS ON TO YOU NOW.
UH, AND IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A FEW DAYS.
THERE ARE DEFINITELY OTHER AVENUES TO REACH PEOPLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT MEADOWS PLACE, IT PROBABLY IS A PRETTY TARGETED AUDIENCE OF PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING FOR GIVEN THE MAKEUP OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, NOT KNOWING WHO'S GOING TO COME THROUGH THE DOOR, WHAT APPLICATIONS FOR THEM, AND YET IT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
IF QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE FOOD YET, THEN WE'LL JUST READ THROUGH IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'LL TRY AND REACH AS MANY AS WE CAN UP TO AND INCLUDING CALLING PEOPLE, WHICH WE HAVE, AM I BEGUN ON IT ON FRIENDS AND OTHER CITIES AND SAYING, HEY, DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE READY TO MAKE THAT STEP OR THAT KIND OF THING.
I'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN THAT.
HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GOOD OPTIONS.
WE'RE BOTH A LITTLE BIT IMPATIENT AND NICK, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S MAINLY WITH USW IN THE MEANTIME I AM.
SO WE'VE MET WITH BYRON AND CHORD, UH, COREY WITH USW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DROP ANY BALLS THERE.
THOSE GUYS DO A GOOD JOB ON A DAY TO DAY.
CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT NO BALLS ARE GONNA DROP IN THIS PROCESS, BUT, UH, I'VE MADE THE PHONE CALLS.
I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO MAKE, IN TERMS OF LETTING FOLKS KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE VACANCY, UH, TO GET WITH ME ALL THOSE OLD BOOKS RECORD, HE KNOWS YOU'RE GETTING FORWARDED TO ME NOW, AND I'M DOING MY BEST.
YOU HAVE SOME, SOME REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'LL ASK RMS FOR ISN'T ANYTIME SOON AS IT.
AND THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO BRING UP.
UH, WE'RE MS. FOR, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME ANNUAL COMPLIANCES.
WE HAVE TO DO ANNUAL REPORTS TO THEM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT A FIVE YEAR RECERTIFICATION DATA.
UM, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HDR HELPED US WITH AS FAR AS THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM PROGRAM, LONG ACRONYM, BUT ESSENTIALLY EVERY CITY THAT OPERATES, UH, STORMS THROUGH A SYSTEM HAS TO FILE FOR A PERMIT WITH THE STATE OPERATOR SWAMPS.
UM, ALTHOUGH I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT, UM, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO OPERATE OUR STORM SEWER SYSTEMS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT WITH THE STATE, UH, IN THAT PERMIT, THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH THE PLAN.
UH, TYPICALLY YOUR PUBLIC WORKS THAT, AND EVERY FEW YEARS YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY CREATE A WHOLE BRAND NEW PLAN AND UPDATE THEIR ANNUAL REPORT.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN HOUSE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE ABSENCE OF A FLOORS AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THEIR STORM DRAINS, YOU SEE NOTHING BUT RAIN DOWN THE DRAIN MARKERS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, THAT POINT, AND YOU HAVE TO MONITOR THAT AND UPGRADE AND FIND SOMETHING NEW TO DO WELL IN A LITTLE BITTY TOWN LIKE OURS.
WE'RE ABOUT ONE SQUARE MILE IN CASE YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE RUN OUT OF THINGS.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MONITOR PRETTY CLOSELY.
UM, ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE, NICK? ALRIGHT.
UH, THAT TAKES US INTO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, I FORGOT TO MENTION SOMETHING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND OF WAS GOING TO LEAD INTO SCHOOLS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO, UM, THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, ANY EMS WERE RECENTLY INVOLVED IN A SPILL THAT INVOLVED TCEQ.
UH, WE HAD, UH, SOME HEAD NODDING GOING DOWN THERE.
WE HAD BOTH DORRANCE AND MONTECITO BLOCKED, UH, AT, AT THE BRIDGES.
UM, THERE WAS A SPILL UP AT BEHIND THE SCHOOL,
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WENT DOWN THE DRAIN INTO THE DITCH UNDERNEATH, UH, BY YOU.AND, UM, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY A WALKER SAYING, HEY, I SMELL SOMETHING, HAD A SHEEN.
IT WASN'T A MASSIVE SPILL, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS A SPILL AND YOU COULD SEE IT, UH, AND IT WAS REAL.
AND WE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY, UH, AND NOTIFIED PC PCQ, UH, BY DEPARTMENT WHO IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT AS MATT OUT.
SO WE HAD A METAL PLACE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CANNABIS SECURING THEY'RE RUNNING THE FRONT END OF, OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND MAKING SURE NOBODY GOT HURT.
UH, WE HAD, UH, THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE.
UH, WE HAD, UH, ALL SORTS OF FOLKS EMS THERE IN CASE SOMEBODY NEEDED TO BE HELPED.
UH, I WAS SCARED TO DEATH TILL THREE, THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UH, BUT IT WAS BIGGIE, NEVER JEALOUS.
I, I WOULD SAY IT WASN'T 500 GALLONS, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND WHAT I WAS WAS IMPRESSED WITH STEVE WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE AND, UH, IT, IT, UH, YOU CAN TELL THEY BACKTRACKED THAT SPILL ALL THE WAY.
AND I SAID, WHAT DID THEY DO? AND AFTER ALL, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE IT IS.
I TOOK IT FOR THAT, BUT NO, THEY WERE BACKTRACKING IT AND THEY FOUND IT AND THEY FOLLOWED IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
NOPE, NO, BUT THEY COULD TELL WHERE HE'D BEEN.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED IN THAT EMS WAS INVOLVED IN THAT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT HELPING HAZMAT.
AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
SO, UH, AND THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDUAL SMELL OUT THERE FOR THOSE OF THE WALLS, THE TRACK AREA.
UH, SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAD A VERY, MORE THAN LIKELY THE SCHOOL CONTRACTOR'S GONNA GET UP, FIND OUT OF TC.
AND I WAS SO HAPPY THAT THEY FOUND SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BITE THAT BULLET.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON THEM SINCE I'VE GOT THE MIKE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD ON TO MAYOR'S COMMENTS, JUST VERY BRIEFLY ON MEADOWS ELEMENTARY.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE POSTED A DELAY IN THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE NOW TIL THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK.
WE HAVE, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT I'M JUST ASTOUNDED AT HOW MUCH BIGGER THIS SCHOOL LOOKS, EVEN THOUGH THE FOOTPRINT ISN'T THAT MUCH BIGGER AND, UM, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL BUILDING IT IS.
AND, UM, WHAT, IN ADDITION, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS CITY WHEN IT OPENS, UH, THAT SAID, UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, UH, IT IS GOING TO BE DELAYED, BUT WE ARE TAKING PICTURES EVERY DAY, SOMETIMES ON THE WEEKEND, MOSTLY NOT, UH, OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT KAREN DOWN, WE'VE GOT TO COME BACK UP.
WE'VE HAD SOME 32ND DRONE FOOTAGE THROUGH THERE.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 32ND DRONE SHOT THROUGH THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO MORE LATER ON.
AND THEN WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENS, THE PLAN IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE OUR, UH, FILM AND THE TIMELINE, UH, WITH THE DRONE SHOTS INSERTED AS PART OF THE GRAND OPENING OF THE SCHOOL, CHARLTON FREE ADMINISTRATIVE FORT BEND ISD ASKED ME TO DO THAT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING AHEAD WITH THAT AND, UH, ATC AND, UH, HAS BEEN A BIG HELP IN THAT BUDGET.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S NECESSARY TO PUT ON THE RECORD.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO WORKED SO HARD ON OUR BEHALF, MEANING THE PEOPLE AT CITY METALS PLACE THEY WORKED AND SO MUCH, WE'VE GOT SO MUCH DONE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, ANNA MARIE, WESTERN, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
WHO'S BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS NOW, UH, AND KEEP SOME OF THE BEST SETS OF BOOKS.
AND FOR BEN WAS INVALUABLE AND WORKED WITH EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WITH NICK, WITH COURTNEY AND WITH, UH, WITH COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE KNEW, UH, NICK, UM, OUR NEW, UH, CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR, UH, ADDITION OF, UH, EXPERTISE
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ON THIS MATTER.AND I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF, OF KIND OF MONITORING THAT AND, UH, HELPING ME COUNSEL AND, UH, GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, ATC COURTEOUS HERE.
SHE HAD BAKERS HERE FROM, UH, EDC BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR BUDGET.
THE COUNCIL PAUL GOES WELL APPROVED.
THEY WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE WANTED TO DO, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE BUDGET.
BUT, UH, I THINK COUNCIL WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS BUDGET.
I AM SO IMPRESSED BY THE WAY, Y'ALL HANDLED THIS STUFF.
SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WERE PRETTY DICEY AND YET SO RESPECTFUL AND SO PROFESSIONAL AND, UH, IT'S EASY TO SPOT.
DID Y'ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUDGET? SO IT'S EASY FOR ME, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
UH, I WANNA SAY, UH, UH, IS BEEN OUT TO OUR CITY.
THEY WERE AT OUR NATURE CENTER.
WE HAD, UH, UH, FIVE LITTLE TURTLES HATCH AND THOSE ARE, UM, FANCY BOX TURTLES.
AND, UH, IT WAS A SURPRISE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE THEY WERE.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT TYPE OF BOX TURTLE IS ON DECLINE IN STATE OF TEXAS.
CAUSE PEOPLE GETTING OUT INTO THE WOODS AND FOREST AND THEY GO, OH, HOW COOL AND TAKING THEM HOME? WELL, JUST LIKE THE ONE I FOUND ON THE WAY DOWN TO SEE JAMES AND LEAGUE CITY, THERE WAS A BOX TURTLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO REPLACE LOSSES LIKE THAT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
WE CONTACT THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND THEY HAVE SENT A REPRESENTATIVE OUT.
UH, THERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, PLEASE GO CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR LOCAL REGIONAL DIVISION AND THE AUSTIN TO SEE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO HELP DO THAT AND MAYBE USE THIS AS A PILOT PROGRAM OR OTHER NATURE CENTERS TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS.
AND THAT'S BEING LED BY TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I'M PRETTY IMPRESSED, A LITTLE LOW ONE SQUARE MILE CITY THEN TO BE WORKING ON A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TELL YOU, UM, IT'S, I'M STILL HERE.
WE GOT WILD VARIED OPINIONS HERE IN CITY METALS PLACE TO HOW TO HANDLE IT.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT IS IN THE NATION.
UM, BUT WE STILL OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW THE STATE RULES AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COUNTY, AS WE ARE A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE LEARNED THAT WORD.
AND WE GOT TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES, LINDA DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY WITH ONE OF THE COUNCILMEN, RICK, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE PURPOSE AND THE BENEFIT OF OUR, UH, CITY OF METALS PLACE, DECLARATION OF THIS AS WELL.
IF YOU RECALL, COUNSEL, WE ISSUED THAT IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED OR HAVE OUR FUNDS RETURNED BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE FACING EXPENDITURES.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARES OR CODE FEDERAL MONEY OR ANY OF THAT STUFF.
SO WE ISSUED A DECLARATION AND I'M ON THE 18TH OF MAY OF MARCH, 2020.
WE DECLARED THAT DISASTER BECAUSE OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AND WE EXTENDED IT TO THE 24TH DAY OF MARCH.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE EXTENDED IT WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A STOP DATE ON IT AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH NICK AND LOOKING AROUND AND TALKING TO OUR ATTORNEY, UM, WE SEE NO BENEFIT TO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO OVERRIDING POWER OVER THE STATE.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, UH, WANTING TO JUST LET COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT 6:01 PM OR WHATEVER TIME IT WAS A, I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX OH ONE.
UH, I DECLARED THIS, UH, OVER THE STATE LOCAL, UH, DISASTER PREVIOUSLY DECLARED, UH, PURSUANT TO TEXAS FOUR ONE 8.108 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IS HEREBY TERMINATED.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE OF IT.
DOESN'T LESSEN OUR OBLIGATIONS TO FOLLOW A COVID PROTOCOLS OR ANY ISSUE IN ISSUANCES BY THE STATE.
UM, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC IN WHAT YOU CAN DO AND WE'LL, WE'RE FOLLOWING AND ABIDING BY THAT AT COUNCIL'S AWARE, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON IT.
CHARLIE, I GET ALL THAT STEVE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE ACTUALLY TIGHTENING UP AGAIN, BUT THE ONLY THING I'M
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SEEING OUT IN THE PUBLIC HAS COVID FATIGUE.PEOPLE ARE PRETTY MUCH DONE WITH THIS.
PEOPLE ARE STILL WEARING MASKS WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE BARS, YOU GO TO THE BEACH BECAUSE THEY'RE PACKED.
UM, PRETTY SOON PEOPLE JUST ARE GONNA STOP.
I WOULD NOT DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING YOU SAY, I'M JUST THAT WE HAVE, AND THIS IS JUST PERSONAL RHETORIC COME UP WHEN WE HAVE A VACCINE AVAILABLE TO US PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT YEAH, IF YOU LOOK AROUND, THERE'S PROTEST ALL OVER THE PLACE, UM, THERE ARE ALSO STILL PEOPLE DYING.
I JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE OUT THERE, HUNTING PEOPLE DOWN THAT AREN'T WEARING MASKS.
IS IT A PRIORITY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BY THIS COUNCIL? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO ANYWAY, THERE YOU GO, COURTNEY, FOR THE RECORD COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN DONE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL ABIDE BY EVERYTHING HERE AT CITY HALL.
UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR STAFF AND OUR VISITORS AS SAFE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I HAD HOPED THAT I WOULD BE REPORTING THAT THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH CENTER POINT AND OUR ELECTRICAL DROP FROM CENTER POINT IS A BLOCK NORTH OF OUR ELECTRICAL METER AND OUR IRRIGATION CONTROL.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THAT TO GET POWER TO OUR IRRIGATION, TRYING TO GET THAT CLEANED UP.
UM, ONCE WE GOT THAT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LANDSCAPERS TO COME IN AND CHANGE OUT THREE OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN A CONCERN OF SITE DISTANCE THAT YOU BROUGHT CURT.
UM, WE DID GET COMMENTS FROM A FEW OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S BORDERLINE DEPENDS ON THE HEIGHT OF YOUR CAR.
UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SWITCH OUT SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, UM, THE MAYOR AND COLLEEN MET, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PICK OUT WHICH TYPE OF GRASS FLOWER RUSH WE WERE GOING TO USE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE EMAIL.
UM, WE'VE GOT A REP RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
TO ME IT WAS MORE OF THE PLANAR GRASS.
AND I'M JUST THINKING WE MIGHT WANT TO GO WITH ONE OF THE, MORE OF THE FLOWERED TYPE THINGS JUST TO MAKE IT POP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE ALMOST DONE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO WORK OUT OUR ISSUES WITH CENTER POINT.
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT US TO GET ON THE SAME LEVEL WITH CENTER POINT AND WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET ON THE SAME.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CENTER POINT CENTER POINT SAID, YEAH, WE CAN MOVE.
WE HAD INSTALLED CONDUIT FOR THE CITY LIGHTING SYSTEM.
SO WE COULD DO THE FESTIVAL LADY AND THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE THE METER TO THE DROP AND THEN RUN THROUGH SOME OF OUR EXISTING CONDUIT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL ANY NEW CONDUIT.
THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE ROOM IN THAT CONDUIT IF WE NEED TO RUN.
I WISH WE'D HAVE LOOKED AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ADDRESS OF 11, SIX, 11 AND A HALF BRIGHTON IS THAT NORTH OR SOUTH OF BRIGHTON, UH, UH, UH, UH,
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UH, UH,THIS ISN'T ONE THAT WE HAVE TO READ SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, JUST TO REMINDER, THIS IS CAPTURING THE TOTAL AMOUNT BEING PROVIDED BY EDC.
IT IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.
UM, 2021 BUDGET HAS 150,000, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE THINK IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL PAYMENT FROM EDC.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO DO THE FINAL ACCOUNTING ON THE PROJECT WHEN WE'RE DONE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
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UH, UH, OR, UH, UH, UH, UH, AND I BELIEVE IT INCLUDES 150,000 TOWARDS STARTING THE DESIGN ON DORRANCE FROM BLOOMINGTON TO KIRKWOOD IN OUR ENDEAVOR TO START REPAIRING AND REPLACING THE INTERIOR CITY STREETS.SO THAT'D BE THE FIRST BITE OF THE ELEPHANT.
GOT THE BONDS PAID OFF THAT START THE PROCESS, UH, UM, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, REAL QUICK IS THIS THE COMPANY WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
UH, UH, I, UH, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER FROM MY PACKET, WAS THIS, ARE WE A PIGGY OR PONY OR FALLING IN ON A COUNTY CONTRACT HJC OR THAT'S OUR OWN, WELL, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALSO THE ONES THAT DO THE COUNTY.
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WELL, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.IT SAYS THE LION'S SHARE IS EXPECTED TO BE REIMBURSABLE BY THE CARES ACT.
ARE WE THINKING 80%? 60%? I THINK THAT, YEAH, AND I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR ON THIS.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE CARE'S MONEY, THE CITY HAS SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT $140,000 LEFT TO SPEND BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, A LOT OF TIME.
AND SO STAFF'S BEEN RACKING OUR BRAINS, TRYING TO FIND OUT ELIGIBLE EXPENSES THAT THE COUNTY WILL ACCEPT.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.
ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY, WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THEM THAT SAYS, WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU FOR THIS, BUT HEAR ME OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THAT EMAIL, WE STILL HAVE NOT APPLIED.
AND WE GOT TO LET THEM TELL US, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY SAY YES, AFTER WE APPLY, THAT SAID WE DID GET THE APPROVAL, THE PREAPPROVAL, UH, FROM THEM VIA EMAIL.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL GET REIMBURSED FOR.
CERTAINLY THE ACTUAL REBUILD OF THIS DESK WITH ALL THE MATERIALS, UM, THE PLATFORM EXTENSION.
UM, I THINK THAT THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY REIMBURSE US FOR THAT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE WHERE WE, THIS STEP UP IS ACTUALLY NOT ADA COMPLIANCE AND WE NEED TO GET THAT INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL AND WE NEED TO DO AS A PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, SINCE IT'S A PART OF THIS EXPANSION, I THINK THAT THE COUNTY WILL COVER IT.
UM, THE DOOR DELETE DOOR ADDITION THAT REALLY IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH WIDENING THIS THINGS SPREADING EVERYBODY ELSE OUT.
SO I THINK THAT THE COUNTY, WE CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT TRYING TO COVER THAT THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT COVER THE PODIUM RECONFIGURATION RIGHT THERE.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE CLAD THAT TO MATCH THE MATERIAL THAT'S ON HERE.
AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND CLEVER THOSE PLEXIGLASS PARTITIONS, UH, THAT WAS SEPARATED SOUTHEAST ARE PARTITIONS THAT ARE MOVEABLE AFFORDABLE AND THEY'D BUILD THEM FOR US.
UM, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE WE THINK THAT THEY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THE LION'S SHARE, I CAN'T SIT HERE AND GUARANTEE THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO COME BACK AND REIMBURSE US FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE OFFICIALLY SUBMIT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT SHE SENT ME IN YOUR PACKET.
SHE SAID, I'VE SPOKEN TO HER A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THE COUNTY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE, I THINK IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE WE CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT INCREASING THE SIZE OF THIS DAY IS SEPARATING PEOPLE OUT, UH, DOES HELP FIGHT COVID.
IT IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND THERE'S MONEY RELATED, RELATED QUESTION, HOW OLD IS OUR CARPET? GOSH, THE SECOND CITY IS NOT THAT OLD OF A CARPET, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OUT OF THE, AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THINGS AROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT PIECES OUT, TRY TO MATCH PRIOR TO PATCH.
WHAT IS THIS? FOUR OR $5,000 WORTH OF CARPETING WE MIGHT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET REIMBURSED WITH FROM CARES ACT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE CARPETING, ANYTIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE TIME TO DO IT IN COORDINATION WITH THIS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THE PAINT IN HERE, DEPRESSING.
I'M JUST BY THE TIME WE TAKE, TAKE THIS, PUT THE NEW STUFF IN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT HERE, PATCH IT THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW, COVERED BY BUNNY OUT THERE.
W WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, STEVE IS IF THE CITY DOESN'T SPEND IT, IT ROLLS BACK TO THE COUNTY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO NOT BE SPENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE SPENT IN SOME OTHER.
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YEAH.AND SO IT'S, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO RECONFIGURE, GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE, RIGHT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY, I WAS TALKING WITH NICK EARLIER IS IF WE HAD PUT THIS UP IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY FOUR MONTHS AGO, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT COVID WOULD BE OVER.
NOW, EVERYBODY'S THINKING THIS COULD STICK AROUND FOR ANOTHER SIX, EIGHT, 18 MONTHS, HOW MUCH COMPLIANCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUT OF THE PUBLIC IS ONE THING VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING UP HERE AS A COUNCIL.
I, EVERY TIME I'M SPEAKING, I'M TAKING MY MASK OFF.
SO I HOPEFULLY CAN BE HEARD ON THE RECORDING, NOT BE MUFFLED.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO JUST VOTE, NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE COVID MONEY OR THE CARE'S MONEY.
THAT'S A DECISION WE CAN MAKE.
BUT IF YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO GO BACK INTO THE US TREASURY, I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S NOT, NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY.
WE HAVE A PREAPPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY, NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST DOING SOME OPEN, WE'VE ADDRESSED IT.
AND NICK'S BEEN VERY THOROUGH IN THAT.
AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE THE CONVERSATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILT UP WITH THOSE PEOPLE, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOME CONFIDENCE.
WELL, 42 IS THE ESTIMATE, UNLESS WE ADD CARPET AND PAINT.
I MEAN, AGAIN, YES, I'VE GOT AN EMAIL FROM THEM SAYING THIS IS ELIGIBLE AND YOU CAN SUBMIT IT AND WE'LL REIMBURSE YOU, BUT I CAN'T SIT HERE AND GUARANTEE YOU THAT WHEN WE END UP DOING IT TWO MONTHS FROM NOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT WE CAN SHOW THEM, HEY, LOOK WHAT YOU SAID IN THIS EMAIL BACK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BUT I CANNOT SIT HERE AND GUARANTEE YOU.
THEY SAY THEY WILL SAY THEY WILL.
BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, WELL, YES, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AREA WAS REVAMPED AND THAT WAS PAID FOR OUT OF THE CHARISMA.
IT WASN'T AS EXTENSIVE AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS THOUGHT OF THIS, THAT I THINK THAT HAS THOUGHT OF THIS AND IS THOUGHT TO ASK THIS QUESTION OF THE COUNTY.
EVERY CITY IS STRUGGLING WITH HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UTILIZE THIS MONEY.
SO SOME CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING UV SYSTEMS IN THEIR HVAC, AND SOME CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE THINK WILL BENEFIT US THAT, OH, BY THE WAY, HELPS FIGHT COVID IN THE PROCESS BY DECEMBER 31ST.
I THINK IT ROLLS BACK TO THE FED AT THAT POINT, WHATEVER THE COUNTY ISN'T GOING TO SPEND, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, WELL, THE, THE RENT AND MORTGAGE, UM, SUPPORT THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN, THEY GET MORE APPLICATIONS THAN THEY CAN FILL.
SO ANYTHING THAT THE CITIES DON'T USE OR THE COUNTY DON'T USE, I THINK IS GOING TO GET ROLLED INTO THAT, THAT MORTGAGE SUPPORT SYSTEM.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A DECISION A COMMISSIONER'S COURT THAT THEY WILL LOOK AT.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE OFTEN BEING APPROACHED BY, UM, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT SAYING WE'VE GOT MEMBERS THAT NEED HELP WITH RENT, WITH FOOD, WITH WHATEVER.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO TRANSFER MORE MONEY INTO THAT SUPPORT GROUP.
I SHOULD SO MENTIONED THAT THE NEXT STEP OF THIS, SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND DO THIS IS TO GO AHEAD AND DO NEW MICROPHONES AS WELL.
UH, WE EVEN RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH UP HERE.
IN FACT, I TALKED TO THE COUNTY ABOUT MICROPHONES AS WELL.
AND THE INCIDENT I TOLD HER THAT WE WERE SHARING MICROPHONES IN TWO AND FOUR SPEAKING INTO THE SAME MICROPHONE SHE GASPED AND SAID, OH, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
SO, UM, AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT, DOES THIS FIGHT COVID FOR THEM? AND EVERYTHING LEADS WITH THAT QUESTION.
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THE STATEMENT I GAVE THEM WHEN THEY WERE ASKING THIS QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE AREN'T SITTING SIX FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER.AND THIS LARGER DAY, THIS WILL PUT US IN THAT SPOT WHERE WE WERE SIX SITTING, SIX FEET APART.
AND SO THAT'S THE ANGLE UPON WHICH THEY SAID, OKAY, MMM.
BUT WE'LL ALSO BE DOING SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF.
AND SOME OF IT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY KIND OF CORE TECHNOLOGY FUNDS AND, UM, OUR EGG FUNDS, WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THESE, BUT ACCEPT A BIG SCREEN UP THERE AND CHANGE THE TECHNOLOGY HERE ON THE DESK.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THIS IS QUITE A PROGRAM.
AND I WANT TO SAY A NICK, I THINK YOU'VE UNDERPLAYED YOUR CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL REIMBURSE THEM.
I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT, JUST SIMPLY THE WAY YOU HANDLE IT AND YOU APPROACHED IT AND THE DATA THAT YOU'VE SUPPLIED THEM.
AND I THINK THEY'RE QUITE CONFIDENT IN YOU AND IN ME AS WELL, OR I AM AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE, THEY MAY BALK AT THE DOOR, DELETE DOOR DISH.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DOORS OVER HERE IN ORDER TO DO THE ADA RAMP, WE'VE GOT TO MODIFY THE DOORS.
THE REALITY IS, IS THAT ALL PLAYS INTO THE FACT THAT WE NEED MORE SPACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A SECRET WEAPON, UH, AND HER NAME IS ANNA MARIA AND SH AND SHE DOES A GOOD JOB OF SELLING THIS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT ALL CAN BE TIED INTO THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SIX FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER.
AND I TOLD RICK, I TOLD HER ON THE PHONE WHEN I TALKED TO HER, HOW CAN WE EXPECT OUR AUDIENCE TO 66 FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER WHEN WE CANNOT DO IT OURSELVES? AND, UM, I THINK THAT RESONATED.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO SELL THIS TO YOU, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NICK WANTS THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT I AM SAYING THAT THIS IS AN OPTION THAT HELPS US WIN THAT COBIT MONEY BEFORE IT GOES AWAY.
AND SO ABSENT THAT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BUY SOAP AND DISINFECTED MASKS AND WE'LL GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
I'VE GOT TWO, TWO QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
IF WE HAD A NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THERE MAY BE MORE FOLKS UP HERE.
HOW MANY MORE WOULD THAT GO TO? I HAD CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO APPROACH THAT ANSWER.
BUT IT COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ME, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.
IT'S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE FOR THE BOARDS WILL BE WHEN HE RETIRES.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SAYING THAT NOBODY WANTS TO JOIN P AND Z EDC, P L BE A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CONTACT.
NICK, IS, IS IT GOING TO CUT DOWN ON THE SIZE OF THE AUDIENCE, UH, BY, BY EXPANDING? I DON'T, YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS, IT'S MORE OF A U SHAPE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'LL CUT TOO DEEPLY INTO AN AUDIENCE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, A CUT THE OCCUPANCY IN THIS ROOM OR BE EFFECT COURTS IN ANY NEGATIVE WAY.
IS THIS GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR COURTS? IS IT, I DON'T KNOW IF COURTNEY, YEAH.
IT CREATES A LOT MORE FUNCTIONALITY.
UM, I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, YEAH.
AT SOME POINT IN THE LIFE OF THE CITY, SOME IS GOING TO SAY, WE NEED TO UPDATE THIS, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT, POSSIBLY TO GET REIMBURSED FOR IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD THE COUNCIL GROW? SHOULD WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE UP HERE? WHATEVER.
NOBODY ELSE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING.
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AYE.ANY OPPOSED? NONE THAT MOTION CARRIES.
AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS, NICK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THAT.
AND ANNA MARIA FOR YOU TOO, FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER, COURTNEY OVERSEEING IT ALL.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE 20, 20 DAYS 34, MENDING THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID.
ALRIGHT, WELL I CAN READ IT OFF OF HERE.
UH, MENDING CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 20.
NOT IN THE MAP, NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 14,000 LINE ITEM.
GRAHAM'S MAINTENANCE LANDSCAPE AND TAKEN FROM THE FOLLOWING LINE ITEMS. 4,001 OH FOUR OH FIVE, THREE FOUR OH FIVE FEW 2000 FROM LINE ITEM ONE ZERO ZERO FOUR OH FIVE 40 TEASER, ZERO EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND $8,000 FROM LINE ITEM ONE ZERO ZERO DAY SHOW FOUR ZERO FIVE SIX, TWO OH FOUR CITY ON MAINTENANCE, TAKING IT FOR IRRIGATION REPAIRS, SEASONAL LANDSCAPE, THE MOST, UM, MOTION BY RICK SECOND BY JOHN, ANY DISCUSSION OR BY CURT YOU GOT IT.
JOHN, YOU GOT ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.
HE POSED THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE TWO ZERO, ZERO 2020 DAYS 35 AMENDING CITY GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE MOVING SOME MONEY AROUND HERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR BID, UH, BEGINNING, OCTOBER, 2019, ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2020, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED LINE ITEM OR $2,002,000 TO LINE ITEM (100) 405-3205.
PUBLIC WORKS TO AND EQUIPMENT FROM LINE ITEM ONE ZERO, (004) 056-2006 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE TO PURCHASE AN AIR COMPRESSOR, BATTERY PACKS, POWER WASHER, AND AN AUGER MOTION BY JOHN SECOND BY KURT DISCUSSION.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE MOVED OR JUST NOT COME UP IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSION? THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR FOR WHY ARE WE, WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IT'S COMING OUT OF ANOTHER DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET? SO IT'S AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFER FROM PUBLIC WORKS OVER TO PARKS.
OH, I WAS SAYING TO PAUL, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S A RECLASSIFICATION OF AN EXPENSE.
YOU JUST WEREN'T WE JUST DIDN'T DO IT WELL, AND THAT BRINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE COULD LOOK AT AUTHORIZING, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER WITHIN CERTAIN CATEGORIES.
LIKE AT THE COUNTY, I CAN TRANSFER FROM FEES TO PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT INTERNALLY.
ALL I GOTTA DO IS SEND AN EMAIL TO THE BUDGET OFFICE.
IF I WANT TO TRANSFER SOMETHING INTO OR OUT OF MY IT, OR IF IT'S ANYTHING TO DO WITH SALARIES OR PART TIME OR ANYTHING, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO GO TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR APPROVAL.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO DISCUSS GOING FORWARD.
WHETHER WE WANT TO MAKE SOME OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE, AS LONG AS WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, WE ALLOW THEM TO TRANSFER CATEGORY TO CATEGORY SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US FOR THESE ITEMS AT WORKS FOR ME.
BUT HOWEVER, TONIGHT, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
I'VE GOT TO MOVE TO APPROVAL MOTION IN A SECOND BY RICK AND STEVE.
WE HAD JOHN OCCURRED OVER HERE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, SORRY, FOLKS.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM, UH, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF, UH, ORDINANCE 20, 20
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DAYS 36 AMENDING THE GENDER CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 TO 2020, UH, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $85,596 COUNSELING.YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS ALL, ALL IN FRONT OF YOU.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO READ IT ALL.
DO IT JUST THE SAME CONCEPT, SAME CONCEPT.
THIS IS JUST FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ADDITIONAL POOL, PLASTERING, EXPENSE DECKING NET FOR THE NATURE CENTER, TREE HOUSE AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE OF THE LAKE AREA.
AND I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION.
RICH SECOND BEST STEVE HUNTER REAL QUICK.
DOES IT SAY LIGHTING ON THE TRAIL? IT SAYS IT ON THE SUMMARY THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE PACKET, BUT NOT ON GET GENDA HERE.
WELL, AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE TRAIL LIGHTING.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THERE.
IT IS SO EMOTIONAL TO INCLUDE REAL LIGHTING SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR.
THIS IS EXCITING TO SEE THE PROFESSIONALISM AT WORK EXCEPT AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF CREATION OF A HOME RULE CHARTER COMMITTEE AND POSSIBLE COMMITTEE CANDIDATES.
THIS IS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE BOUNCED AROUND TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO JUST HIT IT HEAD ON AND SAY, COUNCIL.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HOME RULE CHARTER COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AND MOVING THE CITY FORWARD TO BE VIETNAM.
UM, THERE ARE OF HAVE ADVANTAGES IN THE FACT THAT, UH, WE GET TO CREATE WHO WE ARE, HOW MANY PEOPLE SIT UP HERE AT THIS DICE? HOW LONG, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
UM, I CAN'T GO INTO THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT IT GIVES US CONTROL OVER OUR OWN CITY.
IT REALLY, IN MY OPINION, DIDN'T MATTER.
IT THEY'LL LOOK AT BEANS PRIOR FEW YEARS BACK BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GOING TO ANNEX ANYBODY.
AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST THING GOING HOME RULE WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT RIGHT THING WE WERE AND STILL ARE LANDLOCKED.
HOWEVER, ALMOST WELL THEY ARE THAT THEY LEGISLATURE IS CHANGING THE RULES ON GENERAL LAW CITY.
SO FAST, EVERY TIME WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THEM, I THINK THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES TO HOME RULE IN THAT REGARD.
IT'S JUST FLAT DAB OFFERS SOME PROTECTION AND SOME LACK OF CHANGE AND INCREASES THE STABILITY OF OUR CITY GOVERNANCE.
BEFORE I SAY, YO, I JUST KIND OF PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, SAID, I THINK EACH COUNCIL COME UP WITH TWO PEOPLE OR CHARTER COMMITTEE THAT'D BE 10 AND THEN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE SPOTS OR THREE SPOTS WITH THE MAYOR.
PUT IN A COUPLE ON JUST LIKE COUNCIL, THE OTHERS OPEN THE DISCUSSION, UH, AT AN OPEN SESSION BED TO GIVE US A 15 MEMBER CHARTER COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT THING.
CML MAGAZINE HAD SOMETHING IN CHARTER COMMITTEE LAST MONTH OR MONTH FOUR ON HOME RULE.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE, WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF HOME RULE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELF DECLARE A AND I THINK WE CAN.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO OUR ATTORNEY, UM, AND WHO BELIEVES THAT WE CAN SIT DOWN THERE AND FALL.
WE'VE GOT MONEY IN THE BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSIVE THERE'S LEGAL EXPENSES FOR THE CHARTER.
AND HE FEELS COMFORTABLE THAT HE CAN FALL IN LINE WITH THAT FIGURE.
AND SO I'M, I'M FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH, THEY CAN LOOK AT AND PUTTING A CHARTER AND THAT COMMITTEE MAY COME UP AND SAY, NAH, WE'RE FINE.
AND OR THEY MAKE THEM GO, HECK NO, WE HAD TO ME LONGTERM MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO TERM LIMIT OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, BUT THEY GET TO MAKE THAT.
AND THEN NICK DON'T LET ME STEP ON MYSELF TOO BAD.
BUT ONCE YOU'VE GOT A CHARTER COMMITTEE IN PLACE,
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IF TYPICALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU HAVE TO PUT IN SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YOU HAVE TO REVIEW YOUR CHARTER EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH CAN'T BE CHANGING IT WILLY NILLY AND IN BETWEEN.SO WHAT YOU GOT IS WHAT YOU GOT ADDED THAT COMES TO THE STABILITY PART AND IT STOPS THAT'S DOWN ON THE CHANGES OF ORDINANCES AND THINGS ABOUT WOMEN FENCING.
BY EVERY TIME YOU SENT THE CHANGE OVER ANSWER.
UH, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN ELIMINATES THAT PLOT.
IT'S A BIG DECISION AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A DECISION.
ANY ONE PERSON IS THAT IT SHOULD MAKE MEANING ME OR EVEN I THINK FOURTH, A CHARTER COMMITTEE, LET THEM KICK IT AROUND, DISCUSS IT, DO THE RESEARCH.
THEY'LL DRIVE NICK CRAZY WITH QUESTIONS AND THAT'S FINE.
UH, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT ARE SMART AND DILIGENT, AND I'M GONNA USE A SILLY TOPIC TO ILLUSTRATE MY APPOINTMENT.
NADIA, YOU REMEMBER THE CHICKEN COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR PEOPLE CAME IN HERE PREPARED.
WELL, ALL BUT MAYBE ONE OR TWO CAME IN SERIOUSLY PREPARED FOR SERIES DISCUSSIONS.
AND THERE WAS SOME GREAT BACK AND FORTH.
AND I MEAN, I WAS IMPRESSED VAPOR.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF FOLKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMING IN WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS CRITERIA.
NO, BY THE TIME WE STAY THERE, WE'RE HAVING THAT UP.
WE HAVE TO SELL STUFF TO PLAYER.
I MEAN, WE USED TO HAVE TO DECLARE OURSELVES A 5,000.
I CAN SHOW AND WE'LL SHOW AND WRITE DOWN A LIST OF THINGS TO DOCUMENT THAT, GO BACK TO 80.2% OF THE HOUSES REPRESENTED.
WE'VE GOT 4620% HOUSES THAT WERE UNDOCUMENTED.
ADD THAT UP 20% OF THAT 45,500, THAT PUTS US OVER THE 5,000 LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TAPS OR WATER TAPS.
AND WAS IT 2.3, FOUR FOR ASPHALT THAT PUTS US OVER 5,000.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER SURVEY THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT SAY WE'RE OVER 5,000 THAT WE WILL BE ACCEPTED.
WE HAD THE STATE STAPLE EXCEPT OUR DECLARATION.
I'M CONFIDENT IN SAYING AT THIS POINT, ARC ATTORNEYS COMPETENT, THAT'S STABLE, EXCEPT THEY'RE THAT WELL, THAT LEADS INTO WHEN WILL THE CENSUS NUMBERS BE OUT AND IS IT GOING TO COME OUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE POINT I'M PUTTING THIS FORWARD FOR US THIS YEAR, SINCE THIS IS ALL SCREWED UP, THEY JUST CUT US OFF BY MONTH AGAIN.
UH, BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE CENSUS AT LEAST FOR A YEAR TO HALF A YEAR.
IN OTHER CITIES, IT GENERALLY TAKES ABOUT A YEAR.
DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOUR COUNCIL FIGHTS.
YOU CAN DO IT IN AS LITTLE AS SIX MONTHS.
AND AS MUCH AS TWO YEARS, IT JUST DEPENDS ON IF YOUR COUNCIL IS WELL NOT YOUR COUNCIL.
YOUR COMMITTEE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HOW MUCH INTERFERENCE THE COMMITTEE GETS FROM COUNCIL? WOULD THE GOAL BE TO HAVE IT WITHIN THE MAY ELECTION? IS THAT THE TIMELINE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CHARTER ELECTION?
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I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE READY AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D BE READY ON THAT.AND IF WE HAVE TO MAIL SOMETHING OUT IN ADVANCE AND CALL THE ELECTION, ALL THAT STUFF, THAT'S EIGHT MONTHS.
AND SO STEVEN, IN MY MIND, I THINK WE CAN DO IT, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M BACK UP CAUSING TOO MUCH TROUBLE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'LL BE THREE MONTHS LONGER THAN WE DO IT IN NOVEMBER.
I DON'T HAVE A, SO I MEAN, MAYOR, DO YOU RUN THE COMMITTEE? ARE YOU THE NOPE.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A SEPARATE BODY, INDEPENDENT OF COUNCIL THAT CAN NOT BE INFLUENCED BY COUNSELING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE A LEADER THAT'S THAT HELPS MODERATE WHAT GOES ON OR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
WE'LL HAVE A SEVERAL, WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL EXAMPLES, UH, WHERE THEY COULD PICK AND CHOOSE AND CUT AND PASTE TYPE THING.
AND THE KEY IS WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE SITTING TOGETHER JUST LIKE IN THIS COUNCIL, NOW WE'VE SEEN IT.
HOW MANY TIMES WHERE YOU START OFF HERE AND THEN HIS IDEAS FLOW.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT EXPANDS AND WE GET WE'RE ON THE DANG COUNTY BOND THING.
SO IF EVERYBODY VOTES FOR THE BOND ELECTION AND IF IT PASSES, CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE IS GOING TO GET MUCH MORE THAN THE PARKING LOT THAT WE WANTED FOR EOC.
IT'S GOING TO TIE US TO HOUSTON STAFFORD AND BECAUSE OF EXPANDED IDEAS AND, AND DESIRES, I BELIEVE THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN THE CITY NOW, OR THE CHARTER.
I BELIEVE IN MOST, IN MOST CASES THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAIRING IT BACK AND THEN OTHERS THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY SPECIFIC.
UH, BUT YEAH, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CHARTERS.
AND I'VE RECOMMENDED YOU GO LOOK AT A FEW, ROUGHLY HOW LONG ARE THE, HOW MANY PAGES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR MOST OF THEIR STARTERS AT DEPENDS ON HOW COMPLICATED YOU WANT TO GET SOME UPPER, UPPER TWO PAGES.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE A THOUSAND PAGES.
WE'RE EXPECTING THIS COMMITTEE TO THINK ABOUT THINKING ABOUT NOT UNLESS YOU'RE HOUSTON, NOT UNLESS YOU THINK OF A CHARTER AS LIKE A CITY CONSTITUTION.
AND SO YOU'RE LITERALLY DECIDING WHO YOU WANT TO BE YOUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOW LONG THEY SERVED AS THE MARRIAGE VOTE OR NOT.
ALL OF THESE THINGS GET TO BE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR CHARTER.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOSE CHARTERS ARE SET IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN'T BE CHANGED UNLESS A VOTE OF THE PUBLIC CHANGES.
SO YOU CAN PUT IN PLACE CERTAIN FINANCIAL MEASURES OR PROTECTIONS THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE BY THE NEXT COUNCIL CAN ONLY BE DONE BY A VOTER.
FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, HOW MUCH RESERVE DO WE KEEP IN RESERVE PERIOD, AND HOW MUCH IS CONSIDERED RESERVED? IT'S FLUID.
ALL THAT CAN BE LISTED RIGHT IN THE CHART.
I MEAN, IN ESSENCE, COUNCIL WOULD BE PUTTING OUR FAITH INTO THE HANDS OF THIS COMMITTEE.
THEY MIGHT SAY CURRENT EXISTING COUNCIL HAS TWO YEARS LEFT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH A WHOLE NEW COUNCIL.
AND THEN THEREAFTER, YOU'VE GOT SIX YEAR TERM LIMITS SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND THAT'S HAPPENED HERE BEFORE HAVING TO SHIRLEY, UH, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GOT THEIR CHARTER AND MOVE, UH, LEE DUGGAN, WHO HAD BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND FOUND HIMSELF ON THE OUNCE, HE HAD ONE MORE TERM 90 TO 92, MAYBE SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT,
AGAIN, I WAS AN ANTI HOME RULE PERSON FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOW I FEEL LIKE WITH EVERYTHING CHANGING IS SO FLUID AND AUSTIN, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR OUR CITY.
IF WE CAN SIT DOWN THERE, ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT FLUX AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHO WE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND BY THE WAY, IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE, IT, IT'LL TAKE A VOTE.
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WILL HAVE TO COME UP LIKE THAT.WELL, IT'S 15, 15, IT'S STATUTORY.
HOW YOU MAKE THAT THAT'S OF ONE.
DO YOU WANT THE NAMES? BUT SO, AND JUST, JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL, THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS WE'VE TAKEN IN RECENT YEARS WAS OUR SEX OFFENDER ORDINANCE THOUSAND FOOT.
IT W WE, WE HAD IT AT 2000 FEET FROM SCHOOLS, PARKS, WHATEVER.
THEN WE GOT CHALLENGED FROM A GROUP THAT WAS TRYING TO AVOID OUR ORDINANCE.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ON WHETHER GENERAL LAW CITIES ACTUALLY HAD THE RIGHT TO HAVE THESE ORDINANCES.
WE APPROACHED THE LEGISLATURE SAYING, HEY, CAN YOU DEFINE EARLY? WE MEAN IN CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE? YEAH, WE WERE THE, WE WERE THE CHAR LEADING THE CHARGE.
CAN YOU HELP US DEFINE THAT WE HAVE THIS RIGHT AT 2000 FEET, THEY EVENTUALLY DID PASS A LAW THAT SAID, YES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT, BUT THEY WILL CHANGE THE DISTANCE TO 1000 FEET, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE STATE RULE.
SO IN ESSENCE, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US.
UM, AND AT A THOUSAND FEET, IT OPENED UP ABOUT 50% OF THE CITY TO SEX OFFENDERS.
WE WENT THROUGH ADDED A FEW MORE POCKET PARKS.
WE'RE PROBABLY DOWN TO 30% OF OUR HOMES COULD HAVE SEX OFFENDERS.
WHEREAS UNDER THE OLD 2000 FOOT RULE, WE HAD ABOUT 20, 25 HOUSES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THAT WERE OPEN TO SEX OFFENDERS.
YOU CAN'T COMPLETELY BLANKET YOUR CITY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SOME POTENTIAL PLACES FOR THEM, OTHERWISE IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND TO ME, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROTECT, PROTECT OUR CITY.
IF WE WERE HOME RULE THAT WE CAN'T DO AS A GENERAL LAW.
JOHN ASKED THE QUESTION, WHEN DO YOU WANT THE NAMES BY, WE CAN'T APPOINT ANYBODY TONIGHT, NOR WILL WE TELL OUR NEXT COUNSELING.
HOWEVER, WE GOT TO HAVE THE NAMES IN HAND TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST WE START IMMEDIATELY HAVE EACH ONE OF YOU, TWO NAMES IN THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE POINTED TO.
AND IF YOU WANT TO POINT YOURSELF, IF HE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN POSITION, THAT WOULD BE STRICTLY UP TO YOU, UM, VOLUNTARY.
BUT, UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND SEND THE NAMES PLEASE TO, UH, COURTNEY.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE HANDED MY NAME'S N I'M GOING TO DO THREE.
TWO, THAT LEAVES THREE AT LARGE, ERIC, THIS CHANGE WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO GET AROUND ABOUT BUILDING MATERIALS.
WE GOT TO GET AHOLD OF OUR STATE REPS AND GET THEM TO CHANGE IT.
THAT WAS A LAW THAT PROHIBITED CITIES, INCLUDING HOME RULE, WHICH SHOCKED EVERYBODY THE BEST WAY IT'S EVER BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR, BUT THE BEST WAY IT'S EVER BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME IS GENERAL LAW CITIES HAVE TO LOOK TO THE STATE TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY CAN DO.
AND RURAL HAS LOOKED AT THE STATE, DETERMINE WHAT THEY CANNOT DO.
YOU HAVE A LOT MORE LATITUDES, MOST HOME RULES, MOST CITIES AFTER THEY'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR A WHILE.
AND THEY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HIT THEIR AROUND THAT $5,000 PERSON, MARK, GOOD GO HOME RULE.
AND PLEASE CHECK AND SEE IF YOUR PERSON IS QUALIFIED, BUT MORE IMPORTANT, INTERESTED AND COMMITTED.
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LET'S PLAN ON THE OCTOBER MEETING, SETTING THE COMMITTEE AND THEIR CHARGE.HOW OFTEN WOULD THIS COMMITTEE MEET? YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK THE COMMITTEE.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK HIM WHAT NIGHT THEY MEET AND WHAT TIME THEY MEET.
THEY COULD JUST CHOOSE TO SLOW ROLL IT AND NOT DO ANYTHING.
THEY CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, WE THINK WE SHOULD.
AND IF AFTER GIVING SOME THOUGHT, I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN.
UH, BUT PEOPLE CAN DO THAT AND GIVE YOU A LEGITIMATE, SO BE IT.
BUT UNLESS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND TEST IT OUT, I JUST DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY MEADOWS PLACE.
NOT THIS YEAR OR NEXT, BUT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, I THINK COULD MAKE A HUGE RESIDENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT? SO WE'RE PLANNING ON GETTING NAMES IN BY A WEEK.
IF YOU CAN TRY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST IN GETTING IT DONE.
TWO WEEKS, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
AND JUST TRYING TO SAY, PICK A DATE.
OTHERWISE I'LL BE AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO IF WE SUBMIT NAMES AND YOU'RE GOING TO CIRCULATE THEM TWO WEEKS, CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SHOW UP THE SAME BOOTS YOU ARE.
I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE, THEY, ONE OF THE THINGS, THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SEE HIM COME IN WITH EVERYBODY'S NEV NOMINATING SOMEBODY THAT'S MOVING.
SO WHEN YOU SEND YOUR NOMINATION, IT'D BE GOOD TO SEND A SHORT BIO, HOW LONG THEY'VE LIVED HERE.
UM, ACTIVITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN SWIM TEAM OR PAST INVOLVED IN BASEBALL, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO GIVE THE REST OF US WHO IS THIS PERSON.
IF WE DON'T HAPPEN TO KNOW HIM, IT'S ON THE ATC AND SOMETHING ELSE OR WHATEVER, OR ARE WE SENDING THESE NOMINATIONS TO THE COUNCIL EMAIL OR JUST COURTNEY? OKAY.
I JUST DON'T WANT ANY VETTING OF THESE NAMES.
ANY WHAT? ANY PRE-SELECTION OF THESE NAMES BEFORE THEY GET TO COUNCIL?
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET A REMINDER IN A WEEK TO HURRY US UP.
THIS IS A HUGE STEP EACH STEP IN CHANGING THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
I PERSONALLY FEEL FOR THE BETTER.
ALL RIGHT, BUT THAT MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, UM, I HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED, UM, IF WE GOT THE NAMES ON HERE, PUT THEM DOWN.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION 2020 DASH 43 NOMINATING MEMBERS FOR THE POSITIONS OF TRUSTEES.
ONE, THREE FOR TEXTING THIS PLUGIN OR GOVERNMENTAL RISK POOL.
WELL, I'M GOING TO RUN DOWN REAL QUICK.
THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING AND YOUNG, THROW THEM OUT IF YOU WANT.
I'M GOING TO COME IN AND PLACE ONE.
SO I'M VOTING FOR ROBERT AND I WANT TO, AND THAT JUST GOES ON PLACE.
ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR PLACE.
NUMBER TWO IS I'M GOING TO GO WITH JOHN FALLON FULLAN HE'S MAYOR OF CITY HENDERSON.
AND THE SECOND OPTION IS I GOT YA.
UH, CHRIS ARMOR, ARMACOST HE'S CITY COMMISSIONER FOR CITY HITCHCOCK.
FULLAN IS IN 15 ARMACOST AND A REASON I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THAT'S US, UM, BASED DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, OPERATIONS FOR HITCHCOCK, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOTH ARE GOOD CALL QUALITY CANDIDATES.
UM, ITEM PLACE THREE IS GEORGE.
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HEY, HYDE HE'S CITY ATTORNEY FORUH, BUT HE'S AT, HE'S BEEN ON, UH, WITH THEM SINCE 2013.
UM, AND JEFF SNYDER, WHO'S THE INCUMBENT CITY OF PLAIN VIEW.
UH, THERE ASSISTANT MANAGER, PLAIN BEING CITY MANAGER, ADELAIDE, UH, HE'S FROM WEST, TEXAS A AND M UM, THEY DON'T GET IT.
WHAT DO THEY HAVE A GUESS? MAYBE THEY DO.
SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS? UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, WE'RE ONE VOTE.
WELL, I MEAN, WHETHER WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OF THESE, WHERE THEY COME TO LISTEN TO MY BOOK.
ITEM FOUR IS Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE HAD ALL THIS IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL.
UH, ROBERT HOUCK IS CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF TOMBALL REGION 14.
IT'S ALSO ONE THAT I'M RECOMMENDING THAT ONE, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR ITEM NUMBER TWO IS DAVE MARTIN MAYOR PRO TEM FOR CITY HOUSTON.
I WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE SMALLER CITY REPRESENTATIVE, UM, KIMBERLY MEISSNER'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR KERRVILLE UP IN REGION SEVEN.
UH, ANYBODY LIVES IN SOME PLACE THAT PRETTY DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
UH, AND SHAWN OVER GENDER CITY MANAGER FOR LAMESA, UM, REGION THREE, UH, HE'S, UH, BEEN IN LOVE WITH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, FOR A WHILE.
AND HE'S BEEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, FOR A LONG TIME UP THERE AND HE BECAME THE CITY MANAGER, UH, 2018.
UH, SO YES, I DID, UH, LEAST THREE, UM, IS, UH, ROY MAYNOR WITH WEST COLUMBIA.
COUNCIL'S ANYBODY WANTING TO DISCUSS THIS CHANGE AND WHO WAS FOUR ON FOUR WAS, UM, ROBERT HAWK FROM TOMBALL.
YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY GOOD WITH ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE.
YEAH, HE WANTS TO DO NO VOTE, GO, BOOM.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO VOTE ON THE THING.
NO, YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THESE PEOPLE.
IT'D BE UNFAIR FOR ME TO VOTE FOR THOSE PLUS I NEVER GET TO VOTE.
ANYWAY, SO I WANTED TO, HE WANTED TO DO IT.
I'D RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY, BUT NO THAN ABSTAINED THERE.
YOU'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AT MEADOWS PLACE IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THIS ONE, I WANTED TO THROW ALL THE BUMS OUT CLEAN HOUSE AD DOESN'T WORK.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET ON THIS CHARTER THING.
URBANATION RELATED TO SCIENCE.
UM, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION, UH, BUT WANT TO GET A DISCUSSION STARTED AT LEAST.
AND, UM, THIS IS POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO SIGNS AND THE SIDE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY, METALS PLACE AND ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK IN SMALL CITIES, ALL ACROSS THE STATE, ESPECIALLY IN ELECTION YEARS, THINGS HAVE CHANGED SUPREME COURT RULINGS H ALWAYS HAVE AUTHORITIES THAT WE DO NOT ET CETERA.
I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ON COUNCIL BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE OF SOME SIGNS THAT HAVE POPPED UP.
JIMMY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, JAMIE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH BY THE WAY, BECAUSE HE'S GOT ONE OF THE SIGNS, ODDLY ENOUGH, THE SIGN I GOT CALLED ABOUT WHERE THE HOPE LIVES HERE SIGNS BECAUSE OF THE PURE NUMBER OF THEM THAT HAVE POPPED UP.
UM, ONE OF THE CHURCHES TRYING TO ADVERTISE, AND I DON'T THINK THE PERSON IS AGAINST THE MESSAGE.
I THINK THE PERSON IS AGAINST ALL THESE YARD
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SIGNS THAT HAVE STARTED TO POP UP.AND THE COMMENT I GOT WAS BACK IN OUR DAY, EVERYBODY PUT THESE THINGS IN THEIR WINDOW THAT WASN'T OUT IN THE YARD, RIGHT? IF YOUR ATHLETE'S SIGNS, YOUR WHATEVER SIGN, THAT IS NOT TRUE, WHETHER IT IS WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO PUT THE ATHLETES SIGNS IN THE WINDOWS.
I REMEMBER SEEING THAT ANY REASON PUT THEM IN THE WINDOWS.
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I CLICKED ON YOUR FENCE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I SAW IT AND I, I DID RECEIVE A CALL AND THEN I SAW THE CHATTER ON FACEBOOK.
SO I SAID, I'LL PUT IT UP THERE AND SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SPEND MUCH TIME TO ABOUT THIS AT ALL OR NOT.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE SIGN ORDINANCE TOO, BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE IN DEPTH THAN THAT.
AND THAT'S NOT THE CAUSE ON THE ONE I GOT.
UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.
UM, THE ONE ON THAT SAYS HOPE LIVES HERE.
THAT'S A 30 MINUTE, 30 DAYS TIME.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THE WORD IS NOW.
IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CHURCH HAS RUN A 30 DAY PROGRAM.
OH, THAT'S THEIR DECISION TO HAVE THAT SIGN.
AND OF COURSE I DON'T, I BELONG.
NORMALLY DO STUFF LIKE THAT, EXCEPT I'M NOT STICKING TO THAT.
UM, FOR THE VERY REASON, I DON'T THINK WHO KNOWS WHAT IT IS WRITTEN.
NICOLE, I PROPOSE, WE BREAK THE SIGN DISCUSSION INTO TWO PARTS AND OR THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS AND HOMESENSE, AND I PROPOSED THE BREAK, THE ELECTRONIC SIGN DISCUSSION INTO TWO PARTS, THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR BEFORE GOING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, GOVERNMENTS IN HERE IN CASE WOULD BE A CITY OF METIS PLACE IN FORT BEND, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND WITH THE ACCEPTING THE 59 BUSINESS CORRIDOR, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, SOME OF US MAY WANT TO SAY EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ON THE SAME LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AS FAR AS ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
AND IN THEORY, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE CORRECT.
GOVERNMENT HERE IS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS HERE TO TAKE THEIR MONEY, NOT A BAD THING, BUT THAT'S GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS.
ALSO, THIS IS NOT A PHYSICAL THEORETICAL EXERCISE.
NOT EVERY DECISION IS AN EASY ONE OR THAT CLEAR.
WE KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL'S GOING TO WANT TO PUT UP AN ELECTRIC SIGN.
AND I, FOR ONE, THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS TO BE PUT IN AND TO BE BRAGGING ABOUT OUR NEW HIGH TECH 21ST CENTURY LEARNING CENTER AND TELL THEM TO GO STAND IN THE RAIN, TO CHANGE THEIR CHEESE, A LITTLE LETTERS OUT ON THE SIDE, LIKE, LISTEN, IT'D BE REASONABLE HERE IN THE EASIEST, CLEANEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO BREAK ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
WE HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF THE P AND Z RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION AND TO BOTH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS WITHOUT INFLUENCING THEIR DECISION? THEY'RE NOT HERE.
I MOVED TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION ON ELECTRONIC.
I'VE GOT, I SAID WANTED OUT NOW.
THERE'S THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS SCIENCE.
I HAVE GONE ROUND AND ROUND FOR THE PAST THREE ELECTIONS OVER THESE SIGNS.
THERE HAVE BEEN, PEOPLE HAVE PUT SIGNS UP THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO MOVE GLUTEN.
WHAT ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLES? AND BE CAREFUL ON MOTORCYCLE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'D BEEN PUTTING THEM OUT THERE.
AND OUR POLICY IN THE PAST HAS BEEN COUNTED HERE, KIDS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, FOOTBALL, SEASON'S GOING ON, YOU STICK YOUR SIGN OUT THERE, SAY ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, YOU LEAVE THEM THERE.
SAME THING WITH SWIM TEAM, ET CETERA.
THAT'S KIND OF BEER POLICY AND RIGHT OR WRONG AND NOTHING WRITTEN ON IT.
UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS PEOPLE
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ARE STARTING TO FIGHT US A LITTLE BIT ON THE POLITICAL SCIENCE THERE'S, UH, AND, AND, AND OTHER SIDE, I THINK RICK HAS A POSITION, WHETHER YOU EITHER ALLOW THESE SIGNS IN THE HOPES THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGN AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM, OR YOU TAKE THEM OUT AND THAT'S THE POSITION I'M STARTING FROM.AND BASICALLY I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THIS AND IT SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE CONTENT BASED REQUIREMENTS.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T READ IT AND SAY, I DON'T LIKE THAT.
WHEN YOU GOT TO TAKE IT DOWN, YOU BASICALLY, IF YOU HAVE TO READ THE S THE STEIN TO TELL WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT, OR WE'LL ALLOW IT OR NOT, YOU'VE JUDGED IT ON CONTENT.
THAT'S GONE TO THE SUPREME COURT IN STATES AND IN FEDERAL.
AND SO BASICALLY I THINK WE'RE LEFT WITH AN ALL OR NOTHING DECISION.
IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE ATHLETES SIGNS, WE'RE ALLOWING ALL THESE SIGNS.
WE CAN PROBABLY PUT A TIME RESTRICTION ON THEM.
THEY CAN BE THERE FOR A SEASON, WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN ALLOWED.
IT'D BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT.
I LIKED THE IDEA OF PUTTING WELL AND JOHN SIGN IN THE WINDOW, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY SIGN THAT WE ALLOWED AT THE TIME.
BUT I HAD HOPED TO GET SOME PUBLIC INPUT.
THAT'S WHY I PUT IT OUT THERE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, RIGHT.
EVEN JUST FOR YOU, RICK, STRETCH IT OUT, TAKE YOUR MATH.
I'M NOT SOMEBODY TALKED IN THIS.
UH, SO THAT'S A SHELTON ONE, ONE NINE, FOUR, TWO BRIGHTON LANE.
SO AS THE POLICY NOW STANDS, AND I THINK RICK, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT IT WASN'T ANSWERED WHAT IS THE CURRENT, WHATEVER IT IS, CURRENT LAW ORDINANCE SUGGESTION.
AND I THINK WE HAD, THAT'S THE RIGHT.
AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO A PART ABOUT, UM, POLITICAL SCIENCE CAN ONLY GO UP SO MANY DAY OR SO MANY DAYS OR WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WELL, AND I ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT, ARE WE IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW? AND SO NOW WE ARE, SO WE NEED TO GET OUR ORDINANCES IN LINE WITH STATE LAW OR GET THEM IN LINE WITH THAT GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S STILL CONFUSING.
WELL, LIKE WHAT IS THE POLITICAL SIDE? LET ME RUNNING FOR SOME OFFICE.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ONE HERE ABOUT TRUMP, NOT ONE OF HIS OFFICIAL SIGNS.
IT'S GOT OTHER WORDS ON IT SIGN OR IS IT A FLAG? SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT FLAG, BUT ONCE AGAIN, ARE WE GOING TO GET INTO FINDING ALLOWABLE POLITICAL SPEECH? EITHER THAT AGAIN, IF YOU TAKE THAT FLAG DOWN, YOU GOT TO TAKE THE TEXAS FLAG.
THEY MIGHT TAKE IT DOWN ON THEIR OWN.
SO NADIA, WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE THINGS RICK JUST SAID, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW NOW, SINCE WE ARE A SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE AND HALF THE MIND THAT I'M NOT ON THAT.
I MEAN, THE POINT OF MY, THE POINT OF MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT LIKE, THE POINT OF THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT LIKE DEFINING, LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A POLITICAL SIGN IS.
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OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND YOU GOT YOUR NAME ON THE SIGN, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE PLATFORMS VOTE REPUBLICAN, YOU ALSO HAVE SPECIAL ISSUES VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSITION.YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE PUTTING SIGNS IN THE YARD THAT SAYS VOTE AGAINST NONE OF THEM.
I MEAN, BASICALLY RELATED TO THAT ELECTION THAT'S WITHIN 90 DAYS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL IDENTIFIABLE THAT WAY.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A GUY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN THE MIDDLE OF WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO PUT UP HILLARY CLINTON SIDE, WELL HAS HAD A POLITICAL SIDE PRESIDENT.
AND, UH, BUT THEN YOU COULD, THAT SAME PERSON COULD TAKE A SIGN THAT SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO BE OFFENSIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING WITH THIS PERSON TYPE.
AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A SPECIFIC ELECTION.
THEY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, A PERSON AND THEY WANTED TO SEE THIS, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THAT PERSON.
SO I THINK I ASKED THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO START WITH WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT, WHAT THE GOAL IS AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND IT'S ONLY SPAM IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE EMAIL, IT'S, IT'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT, OH, I DO WANT TO GO EAT AT THAT RESTAURANT.
YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S NOT SPAM ANYMORE.
IT'S AN INVITATION, IT'S AN IMITATION.
AND SO I THINK WITH SIGNS, IT'S THE SAME WAY.
IT'S, IT'S ONLY AN EYESORE IF I DON'T BELIEVE WITH IT, IF I DON'T AGREE WITH IT OR IF IT'S EXCESSIVE.
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK, AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME OF EVERYBODY BEING A BIT MORE ISOLATED, I, I HESITATE TO SAY WE CAN'T EXPRESS OURSELVES.
BUT I, I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE REALISTIC IN FRAMEWORKING THAT OF SAYING WE CAN IN THE WINDOW, OR WE CAN FOR THIS AMOUNT OF DAYS, UH, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND HEARD, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A TIME LIMIT ON IT, SOMEBODY HAS TO ENFORCE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A LITTLE CLICKER OF LIKE DAY ONE, DAY, TWO DAY THREE, YET I TOOK IT DOWN FOR A DAY AND NOW I QUIT IT BACK OUT AND I RESTART MY 90 DAY.
SO IT HAS TO BE OF THAT THING.
SO I THINK IT, IT, WHAT I'D WANT TO SEE IS SOME SORT OF RESTRICTION OF SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT.
OF THIS IS A SIGN, UH, OR THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF THIS.
SO IT MAY BE LIKE A PHYSICAL SIGN.
IT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU KIND OF HAVE TO WRAP ALL OF THAT INTO THAT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IN MY FIGHTING THE LOOPHOLE, BY HAVING A FLAG THAT SAYS ALL THE SAME THINGS, BUT NOW IT'S ON MY FLAGPOLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T, THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED, UH, OR ADDRESS THERE, OR THE NUMBER OR THE SIZE OR THE COLORS, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC, UH, TERMS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WHERE KIM, UH, JUDGE BASED ON CONTENT.
BUT I WOULD HOPE YOU COULD PLAY SOMETHING OF, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PICTURES OR LANGUAGE.
I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESTRICT.
BUT IF WE'RE, IF IT COMES DOWN TO THAT, IF SOMEBODY CHOOSES TO DO THAT AND IT'S WITHIN THE ROOM RULES, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW IT.
UH, AND THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT DISCUSSION AND WHOLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I THINK HAVING SOME SORT OF FRAMEWORK, LIKE I SAY, IS, IS NEEDED AND NECESSARY.
BUT I THINK FIRST WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE WE PLAYING WITH AND WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE ABLE TO DO? WELL, I MEAN, TRUTHFULLY COUNSEL, WITH THE LACK OF INTEREST, I PUT THIS OUT ON FACEBOOK SOMETIME LAST WEEK, OVER THE WEEKEND, OLD PEOPLE EMAIL THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IF THEY HAD INPUT, I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY EMAILS NOBODY'S HERE.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE NO INTEREST UNTIL WE TRY TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
NADIA, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.
NADIA COMES TO A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UH, SHE, AND I DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE ON STUFF, BUT I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS RESPECT HER AND SHE ALWAYS COMES UP JUST LIKE SHE DID TONIGHT WITH AN INTELLIGENT COMMENTARY.
AND WE'LL GIVE YOU ACKNOWLEDGED BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL GET THAT ON THE REST OF THE BAT, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, BUT WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE TO, I TAKE MY HEELS IN 30 DAYS.
30 TO 90 DAY RULE, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
DOES THAT NEED TO GO FOR P AND Z? OKAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A JOINT VENTURE, A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON P AND
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Z JUST TO STRAIGHTEN UP OUR ORDINANCE ON THE 30, 90 DAYS.WE CAN'T JUST TELL IT, GET OUR ATTORNEY TO SAY THIS IS BOYD BECAUSE IT'S IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW AND, AND FOLLOW STATE LAW.
YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP US STRAIGHT TO GIVE US A DISCOUNT COURTNEY THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEY.
I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SHUT THIS CONVERSATION DOWN WITH THIS.
IF I CAN, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
LET'S LET'S CLEAN UP OUR
GET US IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION PLEASE? UM, YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO COMMISSION THE T AND Z TO LOOK AT THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
ONCE WE HAVE A FULL P AND Z, BUT FORM A COMMISSIONED, AND THEN LOOK AT THE SIGN ORDINANCE, BRING YOU GUYS RECOMMENDATIONS WITH A CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO UPDATE AND CLEAN IT UP SPECIFICALLY FROM A COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW PERSPECTIVE.
WELL, THEY'RE ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE BRINGING US A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ELECTRONIC SIDE, AND THAT CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SETBACKS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, AND THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS AND THEY DO NEED TO MEET INDEPENDENT OF COUNCIL, BUT THERE'S TWO THINGS.
THERE'S TWO WAYS THEY CAN MEET.
THEY CAN EITHER MEET ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO, OR THEY CAN MEET BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT THEM TO MEET, THEN YOU CONDITION THEM TO LOOK.
I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT REAL QUICK.
YOU NEED TO GET MEMBERS FIRST AND WE'RE GOING TO FILL IT.
OUR CONTRACTOR SIGNED IN OUR ORDINANCE.
I CAN, I KNOW WE TELL CONTRACTORS NOT TO PUT SIGNS UP, BUT ARE THEY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY RECORDING ORDINANCE.
NO, I THINK THAT'S IN THE PROHIBIT OR THE A THERE'S SOME SIGNS THAT ARE EXEMPT, LIKE REAL ESTATE.
CAUSE WE TELL CONTRACTORS NOT TO, THERE'S SOME ASSIGNS THAT ARE EXEMPT IN THERE, BUT LIKE CONTRACTORS, LIKE JOHN'S FIGURED THAT OUT TOO.
CORRECT? I ALWAYS GO YANK THEM OUT AND THROW THEM UP ON TOP.
CAUSE I PULLED A FEW, I'VE PULLED THE ONES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
COMMITTING THEFT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
NOT IN PEOPLE PULLING UP SIGNS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS JUST PICKING UP LITTER ACTUALLY.
SO IF I HAD MY BINDER, I'D BE LOOKING AT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND IT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO I'VE DONE THIS IN TIME OR TWO SAID I HAVE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION BY STEVE SECOND BY JOHN ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES, UH, AUDIENCE COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MARIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? YEAH.
STILL NOT THE SHELTON ONE, ONE NINE 42.
THAT HASN'T CHANGED IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES.
I DON'T THINK I DON'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN HOME YET.
IT MIGHT HAVE, UM, WE KNOW REALTOR.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OR MENTIONED IT, BUT, UM, FIRST I JUST WANT TO TELL COLLEEN WHO'S NOT HERE, HOW NICE IT IS TO HAVE THE POOL OPEN A LITTLE LATER IN THE YEAR AND HOW THAT'S A BENEFIT, UH, TO THE CITY WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NATURE CENTER AND THE ACCESS THERE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO REVISIT A YEAR ROUND ACCESS FOR AN ADULTS WITH, WITH A WAIVER.
UM, OR, I MEAN YOU'RE AROUND PROVIDED THE WEATHER IS GOOD.
THE POOL AT THE LAP POOL SPECIFICALLY, UM, BASED ON THE ACCESS AND THE DRIVEWAY, UH, THERE, WHICH IS PUBLIC, UH, ACCESS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT WAS SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE ODD, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE EASILY CONFIGURABLE.
DO YOU HAVE A KEY CARD ACCESS, MUCH LIKE THE TENNIS COURTS, UM, ALLOWING EARLY MORNING, UM, YOU KNOW, LATER EVENINGS, UH, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE BUDGET SEASON'S ALREADY PASSED, UH, FOR THIS, BUT IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO, UH, EVALUATE I'M SURE THERE'S INCREASES
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IN LIABILITY INSURANCE AND THE KEY CARD ACCESS AND YOU KNOW, ALL THAT DIFFERENT STUFF.BUT I KNOW I, AND A FEW OTHERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO WOULD GLADLY PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, FOR AN EXTENDED ACCESS.
UH, AND EVEN IF IT WAS JUST DURING A LONGER PERIOD, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE HAVE THE SPLASH PAD IS ONLY OPEN FOR A CERTAIN MONTHS BASED ON WEATHER.
I THINK YOU COULD MIMIC THAT, UH, WITH THE POOL, UH, ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT TO THEM FOR GOOD IDEAS.
NOW WE'LL TALK TO, UH, TALK TO COLLEEN, UM, TOMORROW ACTUALLY I FIND GET HER UNLESS SHE'S ON VACATION.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT IN A MILLION YEARS.
AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT ON THE CITY OF MEADOWS PLACE, PAGE A FACEBOOK PAGE, THERE'S A LITTLE THING OF SHORT VIDEO ABOUT OUR POOLS.
AND CAUSE THAT'S BEEN OUR ONLY POOL FOR A WHILE.
AND AS SOON AS THEY GOT THE MAIN POOL OPEN AGAIN, WE DID RE PLASTERED THE LAP POOL.
WE GOT IT DONE AND THEY WERE FILLING THE OTHER DAY AND GOT TO FILL IT UP.
AND THAT THING HAS 75, 76,000 GALLONS OF WATER.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND, UM, I'LL GET WITH HER AND THAT'S YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME IF YOU GET BORED, WAITING ON US, BUG ME.
SO HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD YOU PROPOSE VANDALISM? YOU CAN'T ACCESS LIKE THE TENNIS COURTS PLAGUE PROPPING UP.
SO I THINK YOU COULD DO IT IN THE, IN SIMILAR WAYS.
UH, I MEAN WE ALREADY HAVE POLICE THAT DRIVE BY REGULARLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST CITYWIDE FOR HOPEFULLY PREVENTING SOME OF THAT STUFF.
UM, I KNOW SOME OTHER AREAS ARE MUCH LIKE A, UH, AN APARTMENT POOL, RIGHT.
I MEAN, AND TO HAVE THIS, TO HAVE A HEAD KEY CARD, YOU COULD HAVE A WAIVER BE SIGNED, UH, BY THAT, WHERE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M USING THIS FOR MYSELF.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE THINGS.
UH, AS APPARENTLY WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE LIFEGUARDS WHEN ADULTS WERE THERE.
UH, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS OUT BECAUSE, UH, ON SATURDAY THERE WERE FOUR ADULTS IN THE POOL, BUT THERE STILL HAD TO BE A LIFEGUARD.
BUT I WAS LIKE, IF WE WERE IN THAT POOL, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE STAND.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT'S DIFFERENT, UH, OR OF ALL OF THAT.
SO I'M SURE THERE'S INCREASED SIGNAGE.
SO, BUT, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
IF WE CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT WOULD BE ENJOYED BY A FEW OR A, BY EVEN A MEDIUM AMOUNT OF FOLK.
AND BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AN ASSET THAT'S NOT BEING USED, MAYBE WE CAN UTILIZE IT BETTER.
AND IT MAY BE THAT THE WHOLE THING IS A GREAT BIG, NO, BECAUSE INSURANCE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, I'M SURE THERE'S AN INCREASED INSURANCE LIABILITY THERE, WHICH LIKE $50 I WOULD.
I MEAN, YEAH, THAT WAS, AND IF IT OFFSET IT GREAT.
THEN MOVING ON TO ITEM H THAT'S ADJOURNMENT.
WHERE'S KELLY PROMOTION BY RICK SECOND.