Nov 21, 2022 City Council

MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING GOOD CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED ALL WEEK.

UM, OUT OF THE 36 TEAMS, 26 WERE STATE RANKED IN THE TOP 26 TEAMS ON SUNDAY.

WE HAD 26 TEAMS THAT STUCK WITH US, CUZ THEY ACTUALLY POSTED ON FACEBOOK THE WORST WEATHER THEY'VE EVER COOKED IN, IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.

OF THE REAL TEST OF THE REAL COOK.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

ON SUNDAY, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE TOP SEVEN TEAMS IN THE STATE HERE.

ACTUALLY, ONE DROVE IN FROM SAN ANTONIO AFTER COOKING THERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND COOKED HERE ON SUNDAY.

UM, THIS WAS OUR FIRST COOK OFF TO TRY THIS.

WE WILL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

NEXT YEAR Y'ALL MAY WANT TO BE JUDGES.

UM, I DID IT SIX, GET THIS, YOU DON'T KNOW THIS PART.

SIX OF THE TURN INS CHICKEN, THREE IN RIBS, ONE IN PORK AND ONE IN BRISKET GOT PERFECT SCORES, WHICH NO COOKOFF IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS EVER HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE GET PERFECT SCORES IN RIBS AND IN PORK.

THEY GOT WHAT'S CALLED PERFECT.

PERFECT.

WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TEAM GET A PERFECT, PERFECT SCORE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE HAD TWO OF 'EM DO IT.

THAT MEANS ALL SIX JUDGES GAVE THEM THE BEST YOU CAN DO.

SO Y'ALL MISSED OUT , BUT I GOT STUFF AT HOME .

UH, WELL I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR SHERRY, THE FIRE MARSHAL.

EVERYBODY WE WORKED WITH, THEY ACTUALLY MADE THE PROCESS REALLY EASY FOR US TO DO THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING.

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAID, Y'ALL ACTUALLY PUT ON THE COOKOFF IN LEE JACKSON.

AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, JUST GO BY THE RULES.

UH, CALL HER FIRST AND THEN THEY'LL .

BUT I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL AND I WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE A WHOLE LOT BIGGER.

WE DID IT AT THE MALL.

WE DID ALL OF OUR JUDGING AT THE STATE BRIDGE HOTEL.

UM, A NUMBER OF THE TEAMS ACTUALLY CAME IN ON THURSDAY AND SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE HOTELS HERE.

SO IT WAS A SUCCESS EVEN WITH ALL THE RAIN.

SO I THOUGHT Y'ALL

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YOU'RE ALSO TELLING ME THAT, UM, THE CHAMBER CAME UP WITH AND PROVIDED A TRANSPORTATION TO, I ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE BUSES.

SO THEY RENTED BUSES FOR US ON SATURDAY SO THE TEAMS DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK IN THE RAIN TO DELIVER THEIR STUFF TO, AND THEY ALL THOUGHT IT WASN'T GONNA WORK.

AND THEN THEY ALL ARGUED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUSES, BUT THEY WOULD'VE RODE IT IF THEY KNEW IT WAS REALLY GONNA WORK OUT CUZ THEY WERE SCARED.

CUZ IF YOU'RE A MINUTE LATE OR IF YOU'RE A SECOND LATE, YOU CAN'T TURN YOUR STUFF IN.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY REGIMENTED.

UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WORKED OUT WELL.

NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD HAVE CLOSER, IF THE WEATHER'S NICE, WE'LL HAVE CLOSER TO 70 COOKOFF TEAMS, WHICH WILL BRING IN ABOUT 500 PEOPLE TO LAKE JACKSON FOR FOUR DAYS.

ANOTHER THING RYAN TOLD ME WAS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY, POSITIVE IMPACT IS THAT, UH, BARBECUE PEOPLE DON'T EAT BARBECUE, SO THEY LIKE TO GO EAT OTHER FOOD.

AND SO, UH, ALL OF 'EM WENT OUT TO, TO DINNERS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO.

I MEAN, WHEN, EVEN WHEN THEY PACKED UP TO LEAVE, THEY ATE HERE IN LEE JACKSON BEFORE THEY LEFT.

UM, THEY ATE OUT FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY ATE OUT SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE CREDIT UNION WAS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS.

THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN 190 OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO EAT ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

THEY COOKED FOR HIM.

SO, AND MOST OF THOSE WERE OUT OF HOUSTON.

SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? CUZ THE ONLY THING I FORGOT TO DO WAS ASK FOR DUMPSTERS.

SO I PICKED UP FIVE TRUCKLOADS OF TRASH LAST NIGHT.

HE WAS THE, HE WAS THE GARBAGE MAN LAST NIGHT.

I WAS THE GARBAGE MAN.

MY TRUCK LOOKED LIKE, OH MY GOD.

A TRUCK, TRASH TRUCK .

DON'T FORGET TO ASK NEXT YEAR.

OH NO, I WILL ASK NEXT YEAR.

TRUST ME, I'M ONLY GONNA DO THAT ONCE IN MY LIFE.

THE THING IS THAT RON IS, IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, HE'S, HE'S A REAL GOOD CHAMPION ON EFFORT.

AND, UH, HE'S, UH, AND SO HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SAYING, IF NOBODY ELSE WILL STEP UP, I'LL STEP UP AND DO IT.

AND HE DOES IT AND HE DELIVERS ON EVERYTHING THAT HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO DO.

UH, AND, UH, HE'S ALSO REAL GOOD ABOUT DELEGATING STUFF AND HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.

AND IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND UP, HE'LL HAND SOMETHING OFF TO YOU AND EXPECT YOU TO GET IT DONE.

SO, SO ANYWAY, IT'S, I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN HE GAVE ME THE REPORT TODAY ABOUT IT, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID I WANTED HIM TO, WANTED HIM TO COME AND HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND COME TONIGHT SINCE EVERYTHING WAS FRESH ON HIS MIND AND STUFF.

BUT, SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK Y'ALL.

MR. MARTIN, BEFORE YOU GO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH THE, THE FLAGS WITH THIS, UM, WITH YOUR FOOD SHELF OUT THERE.

UM, JUST ALL THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART AND WE APPRECIATE THAT MORE OF YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY.

I LIKE MY COMMUNITY.

I LIKE MERCEDES.

I LIKE WHERE MY BUSINESS IS LOCATED.

YEAH, IT SHOWS.

AND Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD TO US.

SO I TRY TO GIVE BACK.

UM, BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON FEEDING FAMILIES FOR THANKSGIVING AND EASTER, SO, BUT IT'S ALSO MY GROUP.

WE HAVE 78 MEMBERS IN OUR LIONS CLUB, WHICH IS HUGE.

SO ANYONE'S WELCOME TO JOIN THEM, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

MOVE FORWARD TO? PRESENTATION, NEW PRESENTATION, RECOGNITION OF CORPORAL PAUL GONZALEZ AND CORPORAL WELDON REESE FORT WATER RESCUE.

SHERRY AND I ARE MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE SAME CLUB.

SO SO WAS THE FIRE MARSHAL.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT Y'ALL.

AND Y'ALL, THE CITY PEOPLE WERE PHENOMENAL.

IS THERE ANY OTHER VISITORS COMMENTS ON ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'LL

[PRESENTATIONS]

WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY Y'ALL MISSED OUT ON THE BARBECUE, BUT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF, AT THE PD THE LIONS CLUB ALWAYS TREATS US VERY, VERY WELL, AND THEY BROUGHT SOME BY, UH, SATURDAY.

UH, IT WAS VERY GOOD.

UH, SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.

UH, OFFICER WELDON RE IF YOU'LL COME UP, PLEASE.

UM, BEEN WITH US SINCE 28, 20 20, A COUPLE YEARS.

CORPORAL PAUL GONZALES CAME TO US FROM PASADENA, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

AND HAS BEEN WITH US A FEW YEARS AS WELL.

UM, I'M GONNA GET INTO READING A LETTER THAT WAS, UH, BROUGHT TO ME BY DETECTIVE SERGEANT KIRK, WHO WAS THERE FOR PART OF THIS INCIDENT.

UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER INTRODUCING THESE OFFICERS, UH, JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRADE A LOT OF INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH, THE GOOD WORK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES.

UM, THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB EVERY DAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME CALLS THAT, YOU KNOW, STAND OUT, UH, IN YOUR MIND WHEN THEY HAPPEN.

UH, THE WHAT IFS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WEREN'T THERE AND ACTED SO QUICKLY, HOW THIS WOULD'VE ENDED, UH, COULD HAVE ENDED QUITE, QUITE DIFFERENTLY.

SO I'M THANKFUL THAT SERGEANT KIRK TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO WRITE A LETTER OF COMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF THESE TWO OFFICERS.

AND THAT WHEN I PASSED THAT INFORMATION ON, UH, THE MAYOR INSISTED THAT WE, UH, RECOGNIZED THEM IN FRONT OF COUNSEL, UH, HERE AT THIS

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MEETING.

SO, LET ME READ SERGEANT KURT'S LETTER.

UH, ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 21ST, 22 PATROL RESPONDED TO AN AREA IN A HUNDRED BLOCK OF NORTH BLANC, UH, FOR A FEMALE WHO WAS HAVING IN A MENTAL EPISODE, UH, WHO WAS CLAIMING THERE WAS BABIES IN A LARGE POND BEHIND, UH, BLU, UH, AN AREA AT THE TIME.

IT WAS VERY, VERY DARK.

IT WAS MORNING TIME, BUT IT WAS DARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THIS CALL AS WELL IS WORKING IN A CITY LIKE WE DO, MOST OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL LOTS AREN'T HEAVILY WOODED, UH, WITH A BODY OF WATER, BUT THERE ARE A FEW, AND THIS HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF 'EM.

SO THAT WAS A CIRCUMSTANCE THEY HAD TO NAVIGATE AS WELL.

UH, BUT OFFICER RE REECE ARRIVED FIRST, UH, BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE, COULDN'T IMMEDIATELY LOCATE, UH, THIS FEMALE.

UH, SO HE CONTACTED CORPORAL GONZALEZ AND TOGETHER, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCATE HER BY VOICE, UH, IN THE AREA, BUT STILL COULDN'T GET TO HER.

SO, AS THE OFFICERS ENTERED THE WOODED AREA, UH, THIS PERSON RETREATED INTO THE WATER.

UH, DON'T KNOW.

I BELIEVE IT'S AN OLD SANDPIT.

UH, IT CAN BE DEEP IN, IN SOME PLACES FOR CERTAIN, UH, I KNOW BEING A, A DIVER, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS, IS NECESSARILY ENTER WATER THAT YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, WITHOUT A REAL PLAN FOR IT.

SO IT CAN BE VERY RISKY.

UH, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, IN THAT TRAINING, UH, THEY TEACH YOU RETRIEVING SOMEONE WITH WATER CAN BE VERY, VERY RISKY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY GO INTO A PANIC.

UH, SO THAT, THAT ADDED TO THE DANGER.

UH, SO AS THE OFFICERS, SHE RETREATED INTO THE POND, UH, CORPORAL GONZALEZ, UH, THEN TOOK UPON HIMSELF TO LAUNCH HIS DRONE, UH, AND USED THE THERMAL IMAGING, UH, TO LOCATE HER.

UH, SHE WAS, AT THE TIME, ABOUT 10 FEET OFF THE BANK IN THE WATER.

UH, SO A SIDE NOTE THERE WITH THE LETTER, UH, WE'VE DEVELOPED OUR DRONE PROGRAM.

OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO WORK DRONES DOWN TO, UH, PATROL LEVEL FOR THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

SO YOU CAN DEPLOY THAT ASSET, UH, IN, IN QUICKLY, UH, AND, AND ASSIST IN A SITUATION.

CORPORAL GONZALEZ, ACTUALLY, UH, BEFORE THAT TOOK PLACE, TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO ENTER THE, UH, LICENSING COURSE, UH, TOOK IT ON HIS OWN TIME, UH, AT HIS OWN COST, UH, TO, TO GET HIS 1 0 7 LICENSE SO HE COULD BE PREPARED.

UH, SO THAT PREPARATION, UH, CAME TO FRUITION HERE IN THIS CALL.

SO HE LAUNCHED THE DRONE TO LOCATE, UH, THE FEMALE, UH, AS OFFICER REE WAS TRYING TO COAX HER OUT OF THE WATER.

OF COURSE, AT SOME POINT, THEY HAD THE, THE FORETHOUGHT THEN TO IMMEDIATELY, UH, NOTIFY OTHER ASSISTANCE LIKE LAKE JACKSON EMS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, UM, WHO WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE SCENE.

UH, BUT AS THEY WERE THERE, UH, SHE STARTED TO TREAD WATER, UH, UH, AND OF COURSE TRYING TO GET HER TO COME OUT OF THE WATER.

SHE WENT UNDERWATER, BRIEFLY AND RESURFACE.

IT WAS APPARENT THAT SHE WAS STRUGGLING.

AND UPON SEEING THIS, BOTH OFFICER REESE AND CORPORAL GONZALEZ, UM, IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO TAKE THEIR DUTY BELT, THEIR VEST, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T GO IN WATER IN THAT.

UH, AND THEY MADE A DECISION THAT, UH, BEFORE THINGS GOT WORSE TO ENTER THE WATER AND WERE ABLE TO PULL HER TO SAFETY AND GET HER, GET HER HELP.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE LAST PART ABOUT IT, THAT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION, UH, THE BRAVERY THAT IT TAKES TO, AND A COMPASSION IS WHAT IT IS.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO SEE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN CRISIS, AND THESE OFFICERS HAVE THE COMPASSION AND PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH 'EM, BUT THEN THE BRAVERY TO, TO RISK THEIR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY, TO GO INTO THE WATER AND PULL SOMEONE OUT.

SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF BOTH.

UH, I'M VERY THANKFUL, UH, THAT YOU BROUGHT 'EM HERE TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO FORMATIVE RECOGNIZE, UH, CORPORAL PAUL GONZALEZ AND OFFICER WELDON REESE, YOU THINK YOU NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND PUTTING YOUR LIVES OUT THERE EVERY DAY.

AND ALSO, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID IN A PRAYER INVOCATION IS, OUR THOUGHTS ARE ALWAYS WITH THE FAMILIES, BECAUSE YOU ALLOW US THE ABILITY TO HAVE THESE, IN THIS CASE, YOUNG MEN THAT, UH, THAT HELP PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DECORATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE ANY CONFLICT THEY HAVE ON ANY ITEM BEING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR THE REGULAR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY CONFLICT TO DECLARE HEARING ANY? WE'LL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE ITEM ONE IS APPROVED, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES NOVEMBER 7TH.

AND ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, MINUTES FROM TRAFFIC, KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL IN THE LIBRARY.

AND ITEM THREE IS APPROVE EXTENSIONS OF STAGING AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINT ENERGY FOR THE USE OF, UH, CIVIC CENTER AND RECREATION CENTER DURING EMERGENCIES.

ITEM FOUR IS, UH, DONATION OF THE CURRENT SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS FILL STATION TO RICHWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ITEM FIVE IS AWARD ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO NOVIS WOOD GROUP FOR WOOD GRINDING SERVICES AT THE UNIT RATE OF $2 AND 31, UH, CENT PER CUBIC YARD IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $160,000 THAT'S BUDGETED.

AND ITEM SIX IS AWARD BID TO VIKING PAINTING, LLC FOR THEIR REHABILITATION OF DUNBAR TOWER ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $396,100 AS BUDGETED.

IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AS PRESENTED.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND I NEED A SECOND.

SECOND.

HAVE A SECOND.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SIN HANIA AND A SECOND BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SETH.

ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? JB YOU GOOD? I'M UP.

MOVE ON TO, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.

, THEY SERVING DESSERT YET? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL

[1. Discuss and provide feedback for the No Parking request from School for Little People on Azalea Street – Modesto Mundo]

WE HAVE, UH, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK FOR THE NO PARKING REQUEST FOR SCHOOL, UH, FOR LITTLE PEOPLE ON AEA MODESTO.

UH, YES, WE SENT OUT OUR LINK EARLIER THAT, UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE, UM, TO SEE IT.

UH, THE CHIEF, UM, HAD THE OFFICERS, UH, DO SOME DRONE FOOTAGE JUST TO SEE WHAT THE TRAFFIC WAS LIKE AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK WE DID THIS ON FRIDAY AFTER WE HAD MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES WHEN WE HAD LAST DISCUSSED, UH, WITH THE CONTRACTORS.

AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD USE THE CHURCH, AGREED THAT THEY COULD USE THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN WE ALSO PAINTED IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT.

SO THOSE TWO CHANGES, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE, SO IF YOU SEE THE DRONE FOOTAGE, IT'S BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, AFTER THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE, HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ON STAFF, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FROM JUST FROM THAT ONE OCCASION.

AND JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THE SAME THING.

I HAD SENT A LETTER OUT TO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS GOING TO BE AFFECTED, BUT I HAD NOT HEARD BACK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT.

UH, MR. FOUR 11 WAS MR. D DELEY DIE HERE, UH, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK, BUT IT JUST GOT THE LETTER OFF SENT ON TUESDAY.

SO THAT, BUT WE HADN'T HAD A PHONE CALL OR ANYTHING.

UM, WE REALLY WEREN'T ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, AN ABSOLUTE DECISION TONIGHT, BUT WE WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT TO SEE IF YOU THOUGHT THAT, DO WE NEED TO JUST WAIT AND SEE, UM, IF THERE'S ANY MORE, UH, CHANGES THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE? YEAH, I, I'VE VIEWED VIDEO AND, UH, IT, LIKE YOU SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES.

AND AGAIN, IT'S BEEN, IT WAS AFTER THE FACT AFTER WE MADE THOSE CHANGES.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S, BUT THE OTHER THING I SAW THAT WAS INTERESTING WAS, IS THAT WHEN WE MADE THE SUGGESTION WHEN WE TALKED TO 'EM WAS, IS, YOU KNOW, HAD THEY THOUGHT ABOUT USING THEIR PARKING, PARKING LOTS TO QUEUE PEOPLE UP? AND THEY SAID, WELL, THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH PARKING THERE.

WELL, IN THE DRONE VIDEO, THERE WAS, ESPECIALLY IN A SECTION THAT WOULD HELP THIS SITUATION, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN, THE WHERE THE HOUSES ARE, THERE WAS ONLY LIKE FOUR VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT.

AND SO THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM, JUST LIKE WE, WE REQUEST

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A B I S D OF DOING ALL THEIR QUEUING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY INSTEAD OF IN THE STREETS.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S JUST, WE MAY NOT HAVE, WE MAY NOT HAVE A PROBLEM ANYMORE.

I GUESS IT GET BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF USED TO SAY IS, WAIT UNTIL WE SEE THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM BEFORE WE FIX A PROBLEM.

AND SO IT'S, TO ME, IT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THINGS ARE PRETTY CALM DOWN, BUT THAT WAS MY OBSERVATION VIDEOS AND THAT, THAT WAY TOO.

BUT I, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF LANGFORD, AND WE'RE GONNA FLY IT AGAIN ON A DIFFERENT DAY JUST TO SEE IF IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS ONLY ONE MORE HOUSE INVOLVED ANYWAY, THAT EVEN IF WE DID SOMETHING WILL ONLY AFFECT ONE PROPERTY.

SO I THINK WE IN GOOD SHAPE, IT JUST SEEMED EXTREMELY LIGHT TRAFFIC TO ME, ALMOST LIKE WE, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.

MAYBE WHEN Y'ALL, WHEN Y'ALL RERUN THE VIDEO, COULD Y'ALL FIX THE CLOCK? YES.

THE CLOCKS WERE WRONG.

THEY WERE, OKAY.

WHY ARE WE FLYING IT AT NIGHT? YEAH.

ONE OF OUR, UH, ONE OF OUR MOST USED DRONES, UH, THAT WE USED FOR THAT KIND OF SURVEILLANCE WAS DOWN.

AND ACTUALLY, UH, I HAD CORPORAL GONZALES PULL HIS OUT HIS CAR, UH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OLDER ENTERPRISES, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATE SET.

SO WE'LL GET THAT.

SO WE'LL KEEP ON MONITORING, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CONTRACTOR NOW THAT THE, THE CHURCH IS OFFERED THE PARKING LOT AND US PAINTING THE FIRE HUNDRED THAT MAY HAVE SOLVED THE ISSUE.

IT MAY, AND IT WON'T HURT FLIGHT AGAIN.

AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.

THANKS.

SHARE IT WITH YOU WHEN WE GET IT.

TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REQUESTS FROM, UH, UH, APPLE HOME INCORPORATED TO BURN DEBRIS IN THE NORTHWOOD PHASE FOUR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'LL JUST, UH, NO ACTION ON THAT ITEM, ITEM

[2. Discuss and consider request from Aplin Homes, Inc. to burn debris in Northwood Phase 4 development area – Reg Aplin]

EVERYBODY FROM, OH, WE GOT THE, NOBODY FROM APPLE HOMES IS OKAY.

WE GOT YOU THOUGH.

WELL, TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO, HAVE THEY, HAVE THEY FILED FOR ANY STUFF? ARE THEY WAITING FOR US BEFORE THEY FILE WITH THE STATE? SO THEY HAVE ALREADY SENT ALL THEIR APPLICATIONS OFF TO THE STATE.

I SPOKE WITH AN INVESTIGATOR FOR OUR TCQ REGION OFFICE, AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOOD AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED.

UM, THEY'VE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS I'VE REQUIRED THEM TO SEND AS A SITE PLAN AND A LIST OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'LL HAVE ON SITE DURING THE OPERATION.

UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE ALL THAT.

UM, AT THIS TIME, I, I, I DON'T SEE WHERE, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE MET THE, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO IT.

SO WHEN THEY BURN, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BURN AT NIGHT, SO THEY HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN AT NIGHT, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

THEY CAN BURN FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM MEANING THAT THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO STOP FEEDING THAT FIRE AND CONTINUE TO RUN THEIR MACHINES UNTIL IT IS DOWN TO A POINT THAT IS NO LONGER BURNING AND THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BURN WITHOUT ANY SMOKE APPEARANCE OR WHAT'S THE RESTRICTIONS THAT, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE AIR CURTAIN INCINERATOR.

UH, WHAT IT IS, IT'S BASICALLY A BIG DIESEL OR GAS POWERED FAN.

SO IT'LL FORCE AIR INTO THE FIRE WILL CAUSE IT TO BURN AT A HIGHER TEMPERATURE, SO YOU'LL HAVE A MORE COMPLETE BURN.

SO YOU WON'T HAVE THOSE, THE BYPRODUCTS OF THAT INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION, WHICH WOULD BE THE SMOKE.

AND IF AT ANY POINT IN TIME SMOKE DID GET INTO ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WE WOULD ASK THEM TO, TO SHUT IT DOWN IMMEDIATELY.

YOU'LL HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE AND BABYSIT 'EM THE WHOLE TIME, OR THEY JUST, YOU JUST GET TABS ON IT OR WAIT FOR A CALL FROM THE CITIZEN? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, WE'LL, WE WILL BE CHECKING ON 'EM PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE BURN.

UM, I'VE ALREADY SPOKE WITH, UH, MY ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALL AND TASKED HIM WITH THAT.

DO THEY HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON HOW LONG THEY'LL BE BURNING? SO THEIR APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY THROUGH, OH GOSH, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S DECEMBER 11TH IS THEIR ESTIMATED DEPARTURE DATE.

SO WE UNDER A BURN VAN RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTY.

WE ARE STILL CURRENTLY UNDER A BURN VAN.

UM, THE REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE TO MEET TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THAT IS WE HAVE TO GET UNDER 400 ON THE, UH, KE BY DROUGHT INDEX FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

SUNDAY WAS DAY ONE.

UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 304, AND WITH THE RAIN TODAY, IT'LL DROP AGAIN.

SO WE WILL BE COMING OUT FROM A, A BURN BAND.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? SO I'M JUST READING THE ORDINANCE.

YOU, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, YES OR NO? YES.

SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE, THEY'VE MET THE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND I'M MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.

WE'RE HEARING THAT I'LL TAKE A MOTION HERE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE LIN HOMES INC.

TO BURN DEBRIS IN NORTHWOOD PHASE FOUR DEVELOPMENT AREA.

WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN BAKER.

FROM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SETH, AND IS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.

WE HAVE A MOTION

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ANY FURTHER? ANY DISCUSSION OR IS IT GONNA BE CONTINGENT UPON COMING OUT OF THE BURN BAND? YES.

AND ALSO, ANY, ANY ISSUES WITH THE CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, WE'LL IMMEDIATELY TAKE ACTION ON THAT.

YES, THAT'LL HAVE BE HANDLED THROUGH MY OFFICE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, REPRESENTED FROM OUT OF TOWN.

ANY? OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO, UH,

[6. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Langford Community Management Services for General Land Office Mitigation Method of Distribution grant management in an amount not to exceed 8% of the City’s award amount – Milford John-Williams]

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE, UH, ITEM SIX TO ITEM TO ITEM THREE.

UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH LANGFORD, UH, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR A, UH, GENERAL LAW, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE MITIGATION METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION GRANT MANAGEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8% OF THE CITY'S AWARD.

MILFORD, YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE AND TALK ABOUT THIS, PLEASE? NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, SO AS NOTED, UM, THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE GLO APPROVED H G A C'S A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION FOR CVG, UH, REGIONAL MITIGATION PROGRAM FUNDS.

AND THESE WERE FOR PROJECTS TO HELP MITIGATE FLOODING, HURRICANES, NATURAL DISASTERS.

UM, OF THE 488 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO H G A C, OUR CITY LAKE JACKSON'S ALLOCATION IS 2.1 MILLION.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IF YOU WERE CONCERNED WITH THIS, THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT.

WE, THAT MONEY IS OURS FOR THE TAKING.

UM, SO WE PUT OUT AN RFP A FEW WEEKS AGO TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, SERVICE PROVIDER TO ASSIST, TO PREPARE, UM, FOR THAT.

WE HAD A C UH, INTERVIEWS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

AND, UM, THROUGH OUR SCORING PROCESS, WE DECIDED THAT LANGFORD, UH, WAS THE BEST FIT FOR US TO, UH, PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

AND, UM, WE HAVE JUDY LANGFORD HERE WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT, WHO, UM, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND FURTHER SPEAK ON ANYTHING SHE MAY, YES, IF YOU WOULD, UH, YES, GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON YOUR COMPANY AND WHO YOU'VE WORKED WITH LOCALLY AND STUFF AS FAR AS YOU GET SHOCKED.

I DID .

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

JUDY LANGFORD.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OWNER OF LANGFORD COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

WE HAVE BEEN A GRANT MANAGEMENT FIRM, UH, FOR SINCE 1983.

MY FATHER STARTED THE BUSINESS IN 83.

I JOINED HIM IN 91, WHICH MEANS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A VERY LONG TIME, , BUT I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

I LOVE COMING OUT TO COUNCILS.

I LOVE BEING WITH, UH, FOLKS.

I LOVE SEEING PROJECTS THROUGH, WE ARE A COM A FIRM OF ABOUT 25 PERSONS, BUT AS YOU SEE, YOU WILL SEE ME, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

AND YOU SEE ME THIS EVENING, JILL FINNEY IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE AT THE FIRM, AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND SHE SENDS HER REGRETS, BUT SHE HAD COVID AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HER TONIGHT.

SO, UM, SHE WILL, YOU WILL, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY, BUT YOU WILL ALSO SEE ME AS WELL.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GLO PROJECTS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING NOW WITH ANGLETON FOR, UH, OVER A YEAR NOW.

AND, UH, I WORKED WITH CHRIS WHITAKER, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, BACK WHEN HE WAS IN ROCKDALE AS WELL.

SO I'VE KNOWN CHRIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH QUITE A FEW COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE HOUSTON AREA AS WELL, AND DOWN ALONG THE COAST.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE REALLY, UH, WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A PROJECT THROUGH.

AND AS, UH, MILFORD STATED THAT IT'S UM, UH, IT IS METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION.

IT IS THE CITY'S MONEY, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

AND ONE OF THEM IS YOU DO HAVE A JANUARY 9TH DUE DATE.

YOU HAVE TO POST THE PROJECT AT LEAST 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THAT BEFORE IT'S UPLOADED INTO WHAT, UH, GLO CALLS THE TIGER SYSTEM.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER LOVING WORDS FOR IT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S THEIR ELECTRONIC, UH, WEB BASED SYSTEM OF RECORD.

SO THAT WE WILL PUT THE APPLICATION IN.

UM, BUT, UH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND IS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE WITH A K OR WITH A G? CUZ I DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD ANY FAMILY IN, UM, .

IN LAKE JACKSON, , KERRY, LANGFORD, LANGFORD.

OH, YOU TALKING WITH A K OR A G? OH, OKAY.

CARRIE OR L A AND K.

YEAH, THERE'S SOME K'S AND THEY'RE JUST G'S.

BUT ANYWAY, BUT, UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, AGAIN, LIKE I, I WAS TALKING TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING IS, IS THAT, UH, WHEN MODEST AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE HAD INTERVIEWED AND STUFF WAS, I

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LIKED THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S BIGGER, THERE'S BIGGER CORPORATIONS THAT DO THE TYPE OF WORK YOU DO, BUT WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT, UH, THAT'S YOUR SIZE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD GIVE US A MORE OF A HANDS ON, UH, APPROACH AND BE MORE ENGAGED WITH US.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.

AND, AND I'M ALSO HOPING, AS I SAID EARLIER, IS, IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A, UH, GOOD EXPERIENCE AND SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE YOU IN THE FUTURE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT WORK.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UH, YES, WE'RE, WE COME FROM A SERVICE MINDED, UH, HEARTS.

AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF Y'ALL DO AS WELL AS YOU GET PAID SO MUCH TO BE ON, UH, THESE, ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

SO, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AS WELL, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO WHAT IS YOUR DELIVERABLE? SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DELIVER TO THE CITY, THE GRANT ITSELF? SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

SO THE INITIAL PART WILL BE THAT WE ACTUALLY HELP THE CITY PUT TOGETHER THE GRANT APPLICATION AND GET IT POSTED.

UM, WE WILL BE, UM, STARTING THE PROCESS OF DOING AN RFQ NOW THAT THE CITY, UM, HOPEFULLY WILL HIRE US IN A FEW MOMENTS.

UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE RFQ PROCESS FOR YOU.

Y'ALL HAVE TO DECIDE, YOU HAVE TO SCORE AND YOU, AND YOU MAKE THE DECISION ULTIMATELY COUNCIL AWARD.

BUT, UM, WE START THAT PROCESS IMMEDIATELY.

AND SO ONCE THE APPLICATION GOES IN, THE AGENCY WILL DO WHAT THE GLO GENERAL LAND OFFICE WILL DO, WHAT THEY CALL A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.

AND SO WE WILL, WE WILL COMPLETE THE RFI FOR THE CITY, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN THEY'LL GO TO CONTRACT, UH, THE GLO WILL SEND OUT A DOCUSIGN FOR THE CITY TO SIGN.

AND FROM THAT GIVES THE START DATE ON THE PROJECT.

AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE DO ALL OF THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT, INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALL THE LABOR STANDARDS AS WELL.

AND WHICH MEANS, UM, THESE, THESE HAVE TO HAVE DAVIS BACON WAGE RATES.

AND SO WE KEEP ALL THE PAYROLLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

WE COME OUT AND DO THE INTERVIEWS ON SITE OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PAYING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY.

AND THEN WE SEE IT THROUGH TO CLOSEOUT AND WE, WE PUT, WE SUBMIT EVERYTHING THROUGH THE TIGER SYSTEM FOR THE CITY.

UM, WE HOPE.

AND WHAT WE, WE STRIVE FOR IS THAT ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO IS WRITE THE CHECKS AND SIGN DOCUMENTS SO THAT, THAT'S OUR INTENT.

WE WILL HOLD JILL TO THAT A GUARANTEE.

IS THERE, IS THERE A GUARANTEE ON THE WORK IF ANYTHING GETS MISSED OR, YOU KNOW, PAPERWORK WISE WITH THE STATE? SO IS THERE A GUARANTEE? MM-HMM.

, I'M GONNA GIVE, I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT EVER HAD ANY FINDINGS IN OUR, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR WORK WITH THE AGENCIES.

UM, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME MINOR THINGS LIKE, BUT THERE'S NOT ANY FINDINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY HAVE TO PAY BACK MONEY.

AND, AND THAT'S THE, IN THE END, UH, WHERE, WHERE THE GUARANTEE, THE CONSULTANT NEVER HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT.

THE CITY STILL, I STILL HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT.

SO IF THERE'S A MISHAP ON, ON ANY PART, IT STILL COMES BACK WITH US ON ANY GRANT.

ON ANY GRANT.

YES, SIR.

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IF, YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A SMALLER FIRM LIKE OURS IS THAT IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY, THAT OUR FOLKS ARE WELL TRAINED AND THAT YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU'RE, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING WITH ME OR YOU'RE TALKING TO ONE OF OUR STAFF, THAT YOU HAVE WELL TRAINED PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING, THEY ABOUT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND, UM, SO, SO WE APPLY FOR THE GRANT, WE DON'T GET IT.

WE STILL OWE YOU THE MONEY.

YOU DON'T PAY US UNTIL YOU HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE.

IT'S JUST, IT'S 8% OF WHATEVER WE'RE REWARDED.

SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T ANYTHING, WE DON'T GET ANYTHING.

YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT STREET THERE, UH, THAT'S PARALLEL TO PINE MULBERRY, MULBERRY MULBERRY, THE MUL, THE MULBERRY DITCH.

AND I GET A BAD REP.

AND IN REALITY, WHAT HAPPENS IN FIRST WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, UM, WE WERE HESITANT ON BRINGING IN A CONSULTANT IN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN OPEN GRANT.

I MEAN, THE MONEY IS THERE FOR US, BUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO OTHER CITIES, DEALING WITH GLO, WHICH WE HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH GLO, THEY'RE VERY PERSNICKETY.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET HUNG UP AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR INTO THIS AND WE STILL HAVEN'T MOVED OR WE'VE DONE THINGS WRONG, ESPECIALLY IN SECURING, YOU KNOW, AN ENGINEER AND STUFF.

SO WE REALLY WANTED TO BRING IN SOMEONE OUT TO GUIDE US ON MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE DOTTING OUR I'S AND CROSSING OUR T'S.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE BEGAN IN THREE VERBS.

AND THAT'S REALLY THAT ADVICE CAME TO US FROM OTHER CITIES IS, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE G YOU PROBABLY SHOULD BRING SOMEONE ON BOARD TO HELP YOU.

UH, IN THIS, THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BORDERS.

YOU KNOW, AN AREA THAT IS IN, IN THE LOW TO MODERATING INCOME, AND ONE THAT'S ALMOST IN THE LOW MODERATING INCOME, BUT IT SERVES BOTH.

IT'S A DRAINAGE DITCH, WHAT WE CALL THE PINE DITCH, AND THEN A PARALLEL DITCH THAT WE HOPE TO GET IN THERE, WHICH IS THE,

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SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DITCHES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

AND IT WAS A LARGE PROJECT, THE MILLION AND A HALF THAT WE COULD NOT GET INTO THIS YEAR'S C I P.

AND SO WE'VE, WE KIND OF HELD OFF KNOWING THAT THESE FUNDS WERE THERE AND IT'S AN AREA THAT'S ELIGIBLE.

SO THAT'S THE PROJECT THERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO, TO SUBMIT AND WORK WITH.

UH, WOULD THIS HELP WITH WHAT WE GONNA BE DOING WITH THE GLUTE PROJECT? IT, UH, YEAH, IT, IT, IT WORKS HAND IN HAND, HAND IN HAND.

IT'S PART OF THE 40 MILLION WORTH OF PRODUCT.

IT'S PART, IT'S PART OF, AND IT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE STAFF OR THE NEXT DRAINAGE PROJECT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT'S ON THE TABLE HERE IS A POTENTIAL 2.1 MILLION, CORRECT? THAT'S AT THE MINIMUM BECAUSE, AND SITTING ON H G A C IS, I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE BATTLES WE'RE DOING WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND STUFF ON THIS, BUT, UH, THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS THAT THERE'S CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE 480 MILLION THAT HAVEN'T EVEN SIGNED UP TO TAKE THEIR FUNDS YET TO SAY THAT THEY WANT THE FUNDS.

SO THERE MAY BE A SECOND ROUND THAT COMES AROUND THAT WHENEVER, IF THESE OTHER CITIES DON'T PICK IT UP, THAT THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE TO RE REAPPLY, BUT IF WE DO, WE'LL HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS EXPERIENCE BEHIND US TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP SOME EXTRA DOLLARS IF WE CAN USE IT.

THE CUSTOMERS HAVE, YES, IT'S THE 2.138.

AND THEN, UM, THE, THE AGREED AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE WITH LANGFORD TO HELP US SUBMIT AND DO THE APP, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE GLO AND THEN WHATEVER WE CAN AGREE WHEN WE SELECT THE ENGINEER FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DESIGN.

BECAUSE ONCE WE SUBMIT IT, WE'RE ALSO ON A TIMELINE TO HAVE THESE FUNDS AND PROJECT, YOU KNOW, DONE.

SO IT'S ALSO, WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK, WE FOUND IT BEST PROBABLY TO BRING AN ENGINEER ONLINE TO GET THAT PROCESS, UH, STARTED TO GO OUT AND FORBID.

SO THOSE WILL BE THE TWO COSTS PLUS THEN THE CONSTRUCTION COST.

YOU'LL HAVE, UH, THREE YEARS TO GET THE PROJECT.

THEN AS FAR AS THE CONTRACT WITH GLO.

SO ANY, UH, POSSIBLE MITIGATIONS OF, UH, UH, WHAT YOU CALL WETLANDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO YOU WORKING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT HERE, SO THERE COULD BE A CHANCE OF THE WETLAND ISSUES? UH, IT, IT CERTAINLY, ANYTIME YOU'RE DOING A DRAINAGE, THERE'S, THERE'S POSSIBILITY OF WETLANDS IN THERE.

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH DELINEATION OR SOME OTHER SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK AROUND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

WE DON'T AN, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT, IT JUST, IT'S, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO DRAIN DITCHES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR, SINCE ANYBODY HERE HAS BEEN BORN.

WELL, WE'RE TALKING, REMEMBER SALS HERE.

SO EVEN SAL.

EVEN SAL.

SO IF IT SHOWS UP ON THE NATIONAL WETLAND MAPPER THOUGH, GLO WE HAVE TO COUNT IT AS A WETLAND.

AND USUALLY THAT JUST IS THIS MUCH WATER STANDING.

AND SO, BUT, BUT THERE ARE WAYS FOR US TO SURPRISES.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN YES, SIR, IT IS.

YES, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND JUST WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP, YOU DON'T SEE ANY REASON WE WOULDN'T MAKE THAT 17TH DEADLINE? THE JANUARY 9TH MA'AM? DEADLINE MA'AM? UM, SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE 17TH, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE IT POSTED 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THAT.

NO, SIR.

WE WORK THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET IT DONE.

AWESOME.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL ON, UM, REGULAR AGENDA ITEM SIX AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROUGHT US IN SECOND BY MR. SINNIA.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSE? OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THANK YOU.

SAFE TRAVEL BACK.

YOU DRIVING BACK TONIGHT? UH, YES, SIR.

OH MAN.

DRIVE SAFE OFFICE.

ON TO, UM, DISCUSS THE, UM, APPRAISAL AND, UH, BROKER PRICE OPINION RECEIVED FOR THE, UH, 9 6 5 7 ACRES AND LOCATED AT, UH, 9 0 2 LAKE ROAD AND THE POINT, UH, 4 8 9 3 ACRES, UH, LOCATED AT EIGHT 18 LAKE ROAD IN TAMA CREEK SUBDIVISION AND SET A MINIMUM BID PRICE FOR SALE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE

[3. Discuss the appraisal and Broker Price Opinion (BPO) received for the .9657 acre, located at 902 Lake Road and .4893 acre, located at 818 Lake Road in the Timbercreek Subdivision, and set a minimum bid price for the sale of the properties – Robin Hyden]

ROB? YES.

SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, THE CONTRACT'S BEEN SIGNED FOR THAT, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT TOGETHER.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING

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THAT THE SITE PREPARED FOR THAT NEW PLAYGROUND SITE AND WE'RE GONNA START REMOVING THE OLD EQUIPMENT.

SO WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO COME UP AND DISCUSS AND SEE, UM, TRY TO FIGURE OUT A BID PRICE, UM, OF WHAT Y'ALL WOULD RECOMMEND FOR, UM, THE TWO, THE THREE LOTS ACTUALLY OF HOW THEY GO.

UM, WE DID GO THROUGH WITH THE APP, UH, ANGLETON REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL DID, UM, FOR THE 9 0 2 LAKE ROAD, THEY GAVE A, A APPRAISAL PRICE OF 126,000.

UM, WE ALSO WENT WITH, UM, GOT INFORMATION FROM A LOCAL REALTOR HERE TO DO THE VPO REPORT AND THEY KIND OF COMPARED IT TO OTHER PROPERTIES AND STUFF OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEN FOR THE OTHER LOTS, THIS IS THE TWO BIGGER LOTS.

THAT'S WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS RIGHT NOW FOR THE 818 LAKE ROAD.

UM, ANGLETON REAL ESTATE HAD, UM, PROPOSED, UH, 85,000 AND THE REAL ESTATE HAD SAID ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO 125,000.

SO, AND TO GO OFF THIS, AND REALLY IT'S WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING TO GO OUT FOR SALE FOR TWO TRACKS MM-HMM.

AND EACH TRACK.

SO THERE'S REALLY ONLY TWO LOTS.

EVEN THE BIG ONE CAN'T, IT'D BE TOUGH TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO AND MAKE IT, UH, TO TWO LOTS.

SO IT WOULD BE SOLD AS, YOU KNOW, TWO, YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PARCELS.

UH, I DID TALK TO SOUND TODAY JUST TO SEE EXTENSION OF UTILITIES TO SERVE THIS.

THE WATER IS THERE, SEWER IS NOT.

SO THE COST TO EXTEND THE SEWER TO, FOR THESE TWO LOSS TO DEVELOP IS $10,000.

REALLY 5,000 A PIECE.

IF IT WAS ONE BUYER THAT BOUGHT THEM, THEN THEY COULD SPEND THE MONEY FOR 10,000, YOU KNOW, TO DO IT.

IF IT'S TWO, THEN IT GETS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

ARE WE DOING THIS? THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE IN, IN THE PRICE.

IF WE WERE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA SET THE MINIMUM PRICE, BUT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SEWER TO THE SITE, UH, FOR THEM TO WORK.

UH, BUT IS ESTIMATION RIGHT NOW, THAT'S, UH, $10,000 TO SERVICE BOTH, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES.

SO WE MAY NEED TO FACTOR THAT INTO THE, THE PRICE, INTO THE EQUATION.

HOW IS, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE PARKLAND PROPERTY LIKE THIS UPPER SALE, HOW IS THAT NORMALLY MARKETED, LIKE IN PUBLIC? THROUGH THE WE, IT, IT, WE DO ADVERTISE FOR A BID.

IT'S A SEALED BID.

, UM, HERE.

UH, AND SO WE, WE HAVE BY LAW, WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE IN THE PAPER AND POST ON THE WEBSITE.

WE PROBABLY ALSO WOULD SEND THAT NOTICE TO ALL OF THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS SINCE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE PROBABLY MOST OF THE INTERESTS WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD OCCUR.

WE'VE HAD, YEAH, WE'VE HAD CALLS ALSO FROM SEVERAL NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA.

I'VE GOTTEN SOME PHONE CALLS ONCE.

YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE A LIST OF ABOUT FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME TOO.

SO WE WOULD NOTIFY THEM.

AND THEN THE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY BRING BIDS TO CITY HALL OR IS IT ONLINE? THEY CAN, THEY PHYSICALLY BRING THEM HERE OR MAIL THEM IN AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BID, YOU KNOW, TWO O'CLOCK ON, YOU KNOW, THURSDAY, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 9TH, IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED MM-HMM.

AFTER AT 2 0 1, WE DO NOT ACCEPT.

AND THEN WE OPEN ALL THE BIDS HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND READ THEM ALOUD AND THEN WE BRING 'EM TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HAVE SOME COMPLEXITIES.

IF SOMEONE OFFERS IS NOT ALWAYS JUST OFFERING CASH OR OFFERING SOMETHING OR A CLOSING DATE, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHICH ONE IS THE, THE BEST ONE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING 'EM TO COUNCIL FOR A RECOGNITION.

BUT AT LEAST WE, WE, WE NEED TO SET THE MINIMUM PRICE MM-HMM.

SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

IF WE, IF IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, THEN IT'D BE ALL OVER THE MAP, SO, YEAH.

AND THEN IS THERE A PARTICULAR FORM PEOPLE FILL OUT OR YOU JUST WRITE IT UP ON A PIECE OF NOTEBOOK PAPER? I'D HAVE TO, UH, NO .

YEAH, NO, THEY'D PROBABLY HAVE A BID DOCUMENT.

IM NOT, WE DO, WE DO, WE HAVE A, WE'LL HAVE A BID DOCUMENT, WE'LL, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAYOUT OF THE LOTS, WHAT SERVICE UTILITIES, UM, AND, UH, MEET AND BOUNCE.

UH, WE'VE, I'M TRYING TO THINK.

WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A BID FOR PARKLAND CELL ON THE HEB SITE, AND THEN WE HAD SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SELL THE FIVE ACRES AT ONE TIME OVER THERE BY THE NORTHWOOD.

SO USUALLY, NORMALLY WHEN PEOPLE BID FOR THE CITY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BOND MONEY.

SO DOES THAT REQUIRE BOND MONEY ALSO? YOU NEED BID BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

NOT FOR, NOT FOR, NO, NOT FOR LAND.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

SO, SO WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON SETTING MINIMUM? WELL, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO AT LEAST, UH, PROBABLY GO WITH THE T UH, TBT, UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, MINIMUM RECOMMENDATION ON THEIRS ON THE LOW END, UH,

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SETTING.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE AT 150, THE 100, UH, I, SAL AND I STILL NEED TO FIGURE OUT, UM, AND I, THE INCORPORATION OF THE $10,000 FOR EXPENDITURES.

CAUSE MY FIRST BLUSH, YOU KNOW, ON FRIDAY, I WAS LIKE, UH, I DON'T WANT TO INVEST ANYMORE IN THE PROPERTY THAT'S ON THEIR, THAT'S ON THEIR NICKEL.

UH, BUT THEN HE BROUGHT UP THE COMPLEXITY OF IF YOU GET TWO SEPARATE BIDS, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME.

YOU GOT, BOTH OF THEM HAVE TO AGREE TO SPEND THE $10,000 TO MAKE EACH ONE, EACH ONE WORK.

OH, FOR, SO YOU HAVE SEPARATE PEOPLE VOTING FOR THE ONE SIDE ON ONE ROAD.

SO 10,000 PER TRACK, IT'S 10, IT'S 5,000 PER TRACK, BUT 5,000 WON'T CUT IT.

THEY, THEY WOULD WOULD'VE TO COME, YOU KNOW, TO THE MIND AND, YOU KNOW, SAYS THAT IT NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, TO WORK.

UM, OR WE'RE SHORT 10,000.

SO IF WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, AN EXTRA 10,000, WE NEED TO, I THINK WE GOTTA JUST, WE NEED TO ADD THAT INTO THE PRICE.

WE JUST NEED TO ADD IT TO THE PRICE AND NOT, NOT BE THE, SO IF I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, 150, WE NEED TO MAKE IT 155.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE SO 1 55, I WOULD SAY 1 55 AND 1 0 5 IS THE MINIMUM BID.

AND THEN WE HOPE THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, MORE.

THEN THE 1 55 AND 1 0 5 SORT OF COMES WITH THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO GET SUPER.

WE WOULD WRITE IT IN THERE THAT WE WOULD THEN BE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET ANY BIDS, THEN WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO ANY EXPENDITURE.

SO YOU SAID IT WOULD REQUIRE 10.

SO IF WE PUT FIVE ON EACH YES.

AND WE GET TWO SEPARATE LARGE, THEN WE STILL BE FIVE SHORT, RIGHT? NO, UM, UH, WE'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING, SO OUT OF THE 9.6 ACRES, IT'S STILL ONE LOT, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND THE 4 8, 9 3 IS ONE LOT.

SO ONLY TWO HOMES CAN BE BUILT ON THIS.

RIGHTS OUT.

I PROBABLY CAN DO MORE THAN THAT INDIVIDUAL OR THOUGHT HERE IS IF YOU GET A GOOD BID ON ONE PROJECT.

AND NOT ON THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONE.

I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SO YOU NEED TO HAVE 10, OTHERWISE, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT WOULD BE FIVE SHORT IF ONE DOESN'T SELL, IF ONE DOESN'T SELL.

, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

I DOUBT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU KNOW.

SO 96, 57 IS JUST SHY OF AN ACRE.

YOU'RE ONLY GONNA PUT ONE HOUSE ON IT, IS WHAT WE THINK.

CORRECT? MM-HMM.

IS $150,000 AN ACRE.

DOESN'T THAT SEEM HIGH? DOES ANYBODY ELSE THINK THAT'S HIGH? NOT FOR THAT AREA.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT LOTS OVER THERE HAVE SOLD FOR OVER $210,000 FROM ACRE.

BUT THEY'RE ON THE LAKE, BUT YEAH.

THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

SO IF NOBODY COMES, I MEAN, NOBODY AGREES AND WE GET NO BIDS AT THAT LEVEL.

THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, IF WE, IF THAT WOULD BE THE, IF WE GET NO BIDS, THEN WE COULD ALWAYS GO OUT AGAIN OR WE CAN HOLD IT, UH, FOR A WHILE.

THERE WAS NO BIDS WITHIN WHAT TIMEFRAME? LIKE THE CLOSING.

SO WE HAVE A DEADLINE, SO WE'LL SET A DEADLINE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL PROBABLY BE OUT THERE FOR 30 DAYS, UH, FOR IT.

AND THEN IF WE GET NO BIDS, WE'LL COME BACK AND TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE NO BIDS OR NONE THAT, YOU KNOW, MET THE MINIMUM.

AND THEN THE COUNCIL, THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD DECIDE.

HE'S LIKE, DID WE JUST HOLD IT FOR A WHILE? DID WE SET THE PRICE, YOU KNOW, TOO HIGH? WE COULD GO OUT AND FORBID, AGAIN, WE MAY GET SOME FEEDBACK.

I'M SURE WE WOULD START TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

IF SOMEONE IS, THAT PRICE WAS WAY TOO HIGH, YOU WOULD'VE GOTTEN A, YOU KNOW, MORE BIDS, UH, HAD YOU NOT SET, YOU KNOW, THE MINIMUM ON THERE AND YOU NOT GOTTEN ANY.

BUT IN STATE LAW THAT WE GET THE APPRAISAL AND WE SET A MINIMUM BID CAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET AT LEAST THE FAIR MARKET VALUE RIGHT.

FOR THIS PROPERTY.

SO IF WE SET THE SMALL ONE AT 1 0 5 AND, AND SOMEBODY BIDS A HUNDRED, IS THAT, I MEAN, YOU, WE COULD STILL CONSIDER THAT OR IS IT YEAH.

DO WE HAVE TO RESET THE WELL, IT'S A MINIMUM.

WELL, I MEAN IF MINIMUM, ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.

NOW WHAT YOU COULD DO IS, AS COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT TOO HIGH? THE REAL ESTATE APPRAISER SET IT AT 1 26 FOR THE BIG ONE AND THE BIG ONE AND 85 AT THE OTHER, YOU COULD JUST SAY, WE'LL TAKE THE MINIMUM BID OF 150 AS T B T REAL ESTATE RECOMMENDED AND A HUNDRED FOR THE OTHER ONE.

AND NOW YOU'VE INCORPORATED YOUR COST.

COVERED YOUR $10,000, THE APPRAISAL PLUS 10 IS, IS STILL LESS THAN ONE 50.

FOR THE $10,000.

IT NOW HIS PRICE, HIS RECOMMENDED PRICE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE APPRAISAL, BUT IT NOW TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, IF YOU GET THOSE TWO PRICES, YOU'VE

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SO, SO IF WE SET IT AT ONE 50, IF YOU SET IT AT ONE 50 AND 100, THEN THAT COVERS YOUR, YOUR 10,000 THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO SPEND IF ONE ARE THE OTHER CELLS.

AND YOU STILL GOT APPRAISAL.

AND AGAIN, IF WE GET NOTE TAKERS, WE'RE COMING BACK AND TELLING YOU AND WE GET FEEDBACK, WE WERE OFF, YOU KNOW, THE POINT.

BUT THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S NO RUSH TO SELL THIS LAND.

WE DON'T NEED THE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE ANY OF OUR PROJECTS WORK.

IT JUST MADE SENSE THAT LONG TERM WE DON'T NEED THE LAND, WE'RE PROBABLY BETTER SERVED OF HAVING HOMES, BUT IF THE MARKET IS NOT RIGHT AT THIS TIME, THAT'S OKAY.

ONLY THING WE'LL DO IS APPRECIATE DOWN THE ROAD.

THE MARKET MAY NOT BE RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO A ONE 50 RECOMMENDATION AND A, AND 100 AND 100.

SO I WANNA MAKE A MOTION OF ANY NUMBER I I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

PLACE THE FOR SALE AT THOSE PRICES WE DISCUSSED, WHICH WE INCLUDE THE SEWER HOOKUP.

SO THE MOTION IS, IS TO, UH, SET THE MINIMUM PRICE FOR THE 0.9657 TO $150,000, WHICH INCLUDES THE SEWER.

AND THEN FOR THE 4.4893 ACRES, THERE'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH INCLUDES THE COST OF THE SEWER.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TOO HIGH.

TO, UH, ITEM FIVE, DISCUSSING, CONSIDER REMOVING THE PERMIT FEE LANGUAGE FROM THE SIDEWALK.

MOVE ON

[4. Discuss and consider removing the permit fee language from the sidewalk café ordinance - first reading - Sherri Russell ]

UH, CAFE ORDINANCE FIRST READ, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT READY.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 18 BUSINESS IN THE LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REMOVE THE PERMANENT FEE LANGUAGE FOR SIDEWALK CAFES.

PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT ARE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT ONLY, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.

OF PAINTING, BASICALLY IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IT'S PAINTED, BUT THIS IS ALSO GONNA PROTECT IT AND IT'LL LAST FOR ANOTHER 10 TO 15 YEARS.

SHERRY, YOU WANT TO, SO, UH, SALLY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS IS IN TWO PLACES AND WE HAVE RAISED THIS FEE MANY TIMES OR AT LEAST ONCE.

AND, UH, BUT IT'S IN A CHART THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT USES IN CHAPTER 50.

AND SO THE EASIEST THING IS JUST TO REMOVE THIS LANGUAGE FROM 18 AND MAKE A REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 50, SO THAT WE ONLY NEED TO FIND ONE PLACE WHEN, WHENEVER WE LOOK TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PRINT COSTS IS.

IS THE, UM, EXPIRATION DATE STILL? YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR APPROVAL? MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROAD.

SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN.

SETH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOVE ON TO ITEM THE

[5. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Brazos Commercial Roofing under the TIPS Purchasing Co-op contract #210205 for the installation of MasterProtect elastomeric coating to the exterior of the Recreation Center, courtyard wall and dumpster enclosure in an amount not to exceed $81,519 – Robin Hyden]

NEWS.

SIX IS AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, RISE'S COMMERCIAL ROOFING UNDER THE, UH, TIPS PURCHASE CO-OP CONTRACT 20 1002 FIVE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A MASTER, UH, PROTECT A LAST DERRIC COATING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE RECREATION CENTER, COURTYARD, WALL AND DUMPSTER CLOSURE.

AND A AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $81,519.

ROBIN? UH, YES.

SO WE WERE, UM, BUDGETED THROUGH THE C I P THIS YEAR TO GET THE RECREATION CENTER PAINTED.

UM, BUT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE, ISSUES WITH LEAKS AND STUFF IN THE BUILDING.

WE'VE HAD THE WINDOWS REGLAZED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHAT WE FOUND LAST YEAR IS WE HAD ENDED UP SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY IN, UM, OPERATIONS TO FIX A LOT OF THE EXPANSION JOINTS.

THE BUILDING'S 23 YEARS OLD, SO THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH DRY ROTTED.

UM, WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE REST OF THOSE EXPANSION JOINTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH.

AND THEN WHEN THEY PUT THIS COATING, AND I WANNA TRY TO LOOK THROUGH THE PLANS, PRETTY MUCH, I THINK WHEN THE BUILDING WAS, WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED, THIS WAS KIND OF THE TYPE OF WATERPROOFING THAT THEY DID PUT ON.

CUZ IT'S A CINDER BLOCK BUILDING, SO WHAT THIS WILL BE, AND IT CAN BE PAINTED IN ANY COLOR PRETTY MUCH THAT SHERMA WILLIAM HAS.

UM, SO, UM, INSTEAD

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SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA HELP A LOT CUZ WE KEEP TRYING TO FIND WHERE STUFF IS LINKING AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT.

SO.

UM, OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS I HEARING? ANY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OF A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD.

I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRAES.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT.

[7. Construction Updates]

MOVE ON TO CONS.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAL ON CONSTRUCTION ITEMS? WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD THIS THE LAST THREE DAYS.

PANNING WATER PANNING FOR GOLD.

PANNING FOR GOLD.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS, UH, I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN GLAD TO RESPOND TO YOU.

I KNOW IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN WHERE THEY'RE FRAMING UP THE, THAT WAY CONNECTION TO OYSTER CREEK DRIVE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE GRADE.

SO WE TRY TO DON'T MAKE STANDARD MADE CAUGHT STANDARD DRIVEN CARS ANYMORE.

YOU DON'T NEED IT.

THAT'S WHERE WE, I TAUGHT MY DAUGHTERS HOW TO DRIVE A STANDARD.

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PEOPLE JUST BRIEFING THROUGH THEIR SKYROCKETING.

I MEAN, HATE TO POUR SALT IN THE IN, BUT WE'RE TAKING OUT OUR BIGGEST SPEED UP SPEED .

SO, SO IT'S LIKE DOWNTOWN IS SUCH A BIG DEAL.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SMALLER THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING LOOKED OVER THAT AS FAR AS UPDATES GO THAT YOU JUMP YOUR MIND? WELL, NO, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS.

SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, ROBINS AND PRIMARILY IT'S THAT, UH, THOSE, UM, NEW, UH, RESTROOMS AND TWO OF THE PARKS AND DUNBAR PARK AND THE OTHER ONE.

UH, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, FOUNDATION THAT, UH, THAT IS CALLED FOR THOSE TWO BUILDINGS.

THOSE ARE OUR PRECAST BUILDINGS.

AND THEY, THEY COME, YOU KNOW, PRE, UH, PREDESIGNED UNDER, WITH A CERTAIN TYPE OF SLAB UNDERNEATH THERE.

THERE'RE, UH, THE WAY, UH, THE, UH, THE WAY THE ENGINEER, THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN, WHERE IS IT, ROBIN? WHERE THEY FROM? UM, THEY'RE OUT OF FORT WORTH AREA.

FORT WORTH AREA.

GREAT PLACE.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, UH, REALIZE WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE HERE TO WORK WITH AS FAR AS THE LAYER OF THE, UH, SO, UH, WHEN THE, UH, WE WENT OUT AND GOT A GEOTECH TO DO A REPORT ON THE SOILS OF THOSE TWO LOCATIONS THEY CAME BACK WITH, UH, IN ORDER FOR THE SOIL THERE TO BE WITH WITHSTAND WHAT WAS DESIGNED THAT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND REMOVE AND REPLACE SOMEWHAT ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE FOOT OF SOIL.

UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THAT, UH, GOT US, GOT OUR ATTENTION THERE BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER LAYER THAT WASN'T THERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN ANOTHER COST THAT WASN'T THERE.

SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UH, THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR, UH, UH, CHALLENGE THERE, TRYING TO, TO SEE WHETHER THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE.

SEEMS TO BE THAT WAY FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

WE MAY, UH, WANT A OPTION, A, UH, PEER TYPE OF FOUNDATION WHERE WE GO IN THERE IN LIEU OF THE, ALL THIS, UH, MATERIAL MOVEMENT MATERIAL AND RUN THE NUMBERS AND SEE WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE AT LEAST TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT WAY OR NOT.

THAT IS PUTTING A HOLE ON THAT ONE.

ROBIN IS READY, THEY'RE READY TO DELIVER THOSE UNITS DOWN HERE.

SO RAMEN IS ALSO PUSHING, PUSHING, TRYING TO GET THIS THING DONE.

THAT IS, IT'S JUST A EXTREMELY HEAVY BUILDING.

? IT'S A BUNKER.

IT'S A BUNKER.

IT IS, IT IS.

EVERYTHING IS BLOCK WALLS AND EVERYTHING ON A, A FOUNDATION RIGHT.

ABOUT THE HURRICANE THERE.

AND THE DUMB, IT'LL NEVER, IT'LL NEVER GO MAY SINK.

IT'LL NEVER GO AWAY.

BREAK INTO IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOCAL.

UH, AND, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS SOME OF OUR LITTLE SMALL PROJECTS.

I SAID LITTLE, WE'RE STILL DOING SOME REVIEW ON, WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT A 60% DESIGN, UH, REVIEW GOING ON ON THE, UH, STREET PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED ON THE BOND ISSUE, AND THAT'S ON SHADY OAKS.

UH, SO WE ARE IN ABOUT A 60% REVIEW CONDITION THERE AT THIS TIME.

AND, UH, NEXT SECTION DOWNTOWN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO

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LOCAL.

IT'S ON THE DOCTOR'S SIDE.

CORRECT.

THAT STARTS NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? THAT IS A PLAN.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS RAIN DID DID TO THIS THING, BUT YES, BECAUSE YEAH, THERE'S THE, UH, CONCRETE REMOVERS ARE THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR'S GONNA HAVE TO MOVE IN AND START DOING ITS JOB.

SO THE PARKING LOT WHERE THE ALL STAR PIZZA AND THE NAIL PLACE IS, DOES THAT BELONG TO THEM OR THAT'S THE CITY PROPERTY.

IT'S GONNA BE OURS TO DO.

IT, IT IS WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY THERE.

AND, UH, SO WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT.

WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE AT THE SAME TIME ALL THIS THING IS GOING ON.

THE, UH, OTHER CREWS ARE GONNA KEEP ON CONTINUING ON WITH THEIR WORK AND THE, UH, IN THE GENERAL AREA, THINGS THAT DON'T DISTURB THE, UH, PATRONS DURING THE, DURING THE, UH, SHOPPING SEASON.

SO THEY WILL BE STILL DOING, FILLING IN CONCRETE AREAS HERE, SIDEWALK CARRIERS.

THERE'S THINGS THAT I, I'M NOT GONNA DO A SAW, SO I WAS WANTING, I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE PLANNING ON LEAVING ALL THIS STUFF AS IS THE PARKING LOT.

SO ALL THE BIG PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE YEAH.

ALL STAR.

THE INTO THAT.

WELL, NO, JUST WHATEVER HAS BEEN REMOVED IS GONNA BE REPLACED AND THAT IS IT.

NOW, WHEN THEY GO INTO THAT WAY SIDE OF THINGS ON THEIR SIDE, WE WOULD ALSO MOVE INTO THAT PARKING LOT SOMEWHAT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE GOING THAT FAR INTO THE PARKING LOT.

JUST WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE.

THE ON ON THAT SECTION, ESPECIALLY ON THAT SECTION OF THAT WAY, UM, THAT DRIVEWAY WILL GO AWAY, THAT DRIVE WILL GO AWAY.

CORRECT.

AND NOW BECOME PARKING.

CORRECT.

SO THERE WON'T BE THAT WIDE EXPANSE OF NO PARKING PULLED IN.

IT'S, IT'LL BE, THERE'LL BE JUST ONE DRIVEWAY ON THAT SIDE, THE DRIVEWAY IN, AND THEN THEY'LL STILL HAVE ALL THAT PARKING BEHIND THE DRIVE.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE SAW CUTS WERE THERE.

USUALLY WHEN THEY BREAK THROUGH, THEY JUST BREAK IT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SAW CUTTING IT, SO YEAH.

THEY WERE SAW CUTTING.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SINCE THERE SOCKING.

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

WE'LL START WITH, UH, MATT.

I MEAN, WE COULD GO ALL DAY ON, UH, VILLE LIGHT STUFF AND ALL THIS HARD WORK THAT PEOPLE DID, BUT ALL THAT.

THE MAYOR MODESTO DO ALL THAT, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.

INDOOR STUFF WAS GREAT AND ALL THE LITTLE THINGS MY KIDS DID IN SANTA CLAUS AND ALL IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA HOG IT.

SO THANKS TO ALL THE CITY STAFF FOR DOING GREAT JOB.

RON GOT SOME KEITH LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

UM, WE HAVE STARTED OUR, UH, COLLECTION FOR RECYCLING ALL OF YOUR OLD BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

UH, THERE WILL BE BOXES LOCATED FOR SURE, UM, HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

I KNOW BUSH WHACKERS ALS, UH, EMERGENCY ROOM.

WE'LL HAVE ONE IN THEIR FRONT LOBBY.

SO AS YOU'RE UNTANGLING ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, THE BROKE COME DROP 'EM OFF AND WE WILL GET THEM RECYCLED.

UM, AND ARE THOSE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS? I CUSS THAT .

SO, AND THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE MORE LOCATIONS.

WE'LL JUST, UH, UH, KEEP AN EYE ON THE KEY LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL SITE AND, UH, THERE'LL BE A LONGER LIST OF PLACES YOU CAN DROP THOSE OFF.

UM, ALSO WE ARE SELLING THE CITY OR ORNAMENTS $20.

THOSE ARE FOR SALE, UM, AT THE FRONT DESK HERE AT CITY HALL.

THOSE ARE REALLY NEAT LOOKING.

UM, AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS GONNA BE OUR, THE KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL CAR HAS BEEN STRIPPED AND PAINTED.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR SPONSORS, IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY, UH, TO ACTUALLY WRAP THE VEHICLE.

UH, WE USE THAT FOR A LOT OF PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY.

AND THEN, UH, TOUCH ON WHAT MATT SAID.

ALSO JUST, UH, THANK THE CITY STAFF.

YOU GUYS IS SO MUCH HARD WORK, UH, AND IT'S APPRECIATED.

THE PT CRUISES LOOKS PRETTY SHARP RIGHT NOW.

IT'S ALL CLEANED UP.

NEW TIME PART BACK UP.

OHNE.

OH, NOTHING.

LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT ALL THE FOLKS ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE DID IS, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

SO, OKAY.

THAT IT, OKAY.

UH, MR. BLANCHARD, THIS IS THE SAME THING.

THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK FOR THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS.

HOT CHOCOLATE THAT EVENING AND STUFF.

JB YOU GOT ANYTHING? NO, RIGHT.

WELL, WE'RE ABOUT READY TO LET YOU GO.

UH, YEAH, AS FAR AS FESTIVAL LIGHTS GO, UH, WE HAD TO ADJUST AND ADAPT AS BEST AS WE COULD.

UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE, UH, WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE DJ STILL WANTED TO BE IN OUTSIDE.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO INSIDE.

AND SO, UH, UH, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, DRIZZLING BACK AND FORTH AND STUFF, BUT THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE THERE OUT THERE HAVING A LITTLE OF FUN.

I KNOW.

UH, WE DID A LOT OF

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AND THEN, UM, I WAS ABLE TO CORRAL MODESTO'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER TO, UH, FLIP THE SWITCH WITH ME.

SO THAT WAS GOOD.

AND, UH, I ENJOYED THAT.

AND I MEAN, TO ME, I GET, AS A MAYOR, I GET THESE HONORS OF DOING THESE THINGS, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE KIDS COME UP THERE AND, AND DO IT WITH ME.

AND SO SAME THING GOES FOR THE RINGING OF THE BELL.

THE NEXT MORNING WAS, I WAS STANDING THERE AND I SAW THESE TWO LITTLE GIRLS THAT WERE JUST ALL EXCITED AND THEY WEREN'T PERFORMING OR ANYTHING.

THEY WERE JUST THERE TO SEE STUFF.

AND SO I ASKED THEM TO GO UP THERE AND RING THE BELL WITH ME AND STUFF.

AND IT WAS TWO SISTERS, OF COURSE.

AND, UH, THEY WERE TOO EMBARRASSED.

THEY DIDN'T WANNA SAY THEIR NAMES AND STUFF, SO I JUST INTRODUCED THEM AND, BUT FIRST I SAID, WELL, Y'ALL, LET'S RING THE BELL TOGETHER.

AND SO THEY RANG THE BELL TOGETHER AND THE LITTLEST ONE, SHE SAID, WELL, CAN I RING IT BY MYSELF, ? I SAID, SURE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER RING ON IT.

SO IT WAS CUTE AND, AND STUFF.

SO IT WAS GOOD.

AND, UH, BUT AGAIN, EVERYBODY PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO IT AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM, UH, THIS YEAR'S EVENT AND, UH, TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER NEXT YEAR ON TOP OF THAT, CUZ WE CONTINUE TO CHANGE AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WE GO FORWARD.

UH, I THINK THAT'S IT.

THAT'S THE THING.

NO, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, LIKE WHEN WE'VE, WE WE'VE THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY INVOLVED THERE, THERE'S SO MANY PLAYERS THAT, UH, WORK, EVEN IN A SMALL FESTIVAL, YOU JUST WOULDN'T THINK, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T EVEN PULL IT OFF, YOU KNOW, IN HOUSE OURSELVES, WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE SITTING DOWN, EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, PAR, YOU KNOW, PARA LAND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FIRE AND POLICE AGENCIES ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE SENDING OFFICERS DOWN TO HELP US FOR THE PARADE AND PAYING THAT TIME , YOU KNOW, FOR THEM AND PICKING UP THAT COST.

SO WE APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE HELP TO, TO, TO GET THAT DONE.

THE ONLY COMPLAINT, THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT I GOT WAS THAT I WILL TRY TO SEE IF I COULD CHANGE NEXT YEAR, WAS, UH, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER COMPLAINED AT THE PAJAMA BAND JAM THAT THERE WAS NO TAYLOR SWIFT .

SO NO, TAYLOR, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT NEXT YEAR.

DO YOU BUY HER SOME CONCERT TICKETS? NO.

NO.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU TO MAKE MO TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE CARNIVAL FOLKS OUT THERE.

OH, YES, YES.

I THINK WE HAVE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

OF COURSE, THEY COULDN'T RUN TODAY, THE CARNIVAL.

WE'VE ALLOWED THEM TO RUN TILL SUNDAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE TAKEN, YOU KNOW, A BATH.

UH, THEY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, FOR FREE FOR US, UH, TO THAT.

AND THEY WERE VERY GRACIOUS LAST YEAR HELPING US AT THE LAST MINUTE AFTER OUR OTHER CARNIVAL, UH, VENDOR, UH, YOU KNOW, BACKED OUT ON US FOR A GIG IN HOUSTON.

SO THEY CAME THROUGH FOR US, BUT WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO STAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WE REALLY ONLY HAD ONE BOOKING THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE WEEK.

UH, SO IF WEATHER COOPERATES, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, GO SEE THEM.

BUT THE RIDES WILL BE OUT THERE THROUGH THE END OF SUNDAY, OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

SO AGAIN, THEIR INCOME IS JUST THROUGH THE GATE.

IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST THROUGH THE GATE.

IT'S NOT THAT WE PAID THEM TO COME IN, NO.

UH, THEY JUST PAY US, YOU KNOW, A SHARE OF THE GATE IF THERE'S TICKETS.

IT'S A MINOR SHARE, BUT, UH, YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY DEPENDENT ON, ON GOOD WEATHER AND PARTICIPATION.

ARE YOU FAIRWELL? YEP.

THAT'S IT? YEP.

ROBIN'S GOT SOME REAL QUICK.

JUST DON'T FORGET, TOMORROW AT 10:00 AM THAT'S RIGHT ON PARK RIBBON CUTTING.

BE CLEARED OFF.

PROBABLY WON'T LAUGH OUT.

IF YOU WANNA SEE ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SMALL PARKS IN THE CITY, IT'S REALLY A PRETTY, THAT'S OVER THERE OFF, UH, CROCUS.

CROCUS.