* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:08] AT 25 OAK TRIBAL EJECTION TEXAS. UH, WE'RE GONNA LEAD WITH PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCILMAN SHANYA, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, THE FLAG FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONE NATION INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE, TEXAS. ONE SECOND. ONE UNDER ONE INDIVISIBLE. JOIN ME IN INVOCATION HEAVEN. FATHER, AT THE START OF THIS NEW YEAR, WE COME TO YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS. THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON EACH OF US. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, SERVICEMEN, AND WOMEN AND EMPLOYEES. WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE. FATHER, PLEASE GIVE THIS COUNCIL WISDOM, GUIDANCE, AND COURAGE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IN YOUR NAME, WE OFFER IN THIS PRAYER. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CUSTOMER, I MEAN, CUSTOMER, UH, VISITOR'S, COMMENTS, AND, UH, WE HAVE ANY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VISITORS. WE'VE GOT ONE. WE GOT, UH, CHASE'S SON IS HERE VISITING WITH US. SO, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? SPEECH GOT THREE TO TELL US THAT EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. , HE WANTS HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HE CAN'T RESPOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND, UH, THIS IS WHERE COUNSEL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAR ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEING REGULAR OR CONSENT. IS THERE A DECLARATION TO BE MADE? UH, HEARING ANY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO [CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ITEM ONE IS APPROVED MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 19TH, 2022. AND ITEM TWO IS APPROVED ANNUAL DUES FOR THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNSEL IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,172 AND 8 CENTS. DO WE HAVE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. WE'LL MOVE FOR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM IS ONE AND TWO AS WRITTEN SECOND. OKAY. A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA JUMP OFF INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. [1. Public Hearing to amend the permitted uses for B-2 Central Business – Sherri Russell] LET ME, UH, MOVE US OFF INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, USE OF, UH, B2 CENTRAL BUSINESSES. UH, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT JUST A LITTLE BIT? SURE. I'LL ACTUALLY GUILD TO SHERRY. YEAH. THIS IS JUST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO CORRECT A MISTAKE THAT I MADE. HOPEFULLY NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S JUST REVERTING BACK TO WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INSTEAD OF WHAT I MADE THEM MORE PROFESSIONAL. OKAY. SO, GOOD CATCH ALL DONE. WELL, NOT HEARING ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, OR ON THE HEARING, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT, WHAT IS IT? 7 6 31. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM [2. Discuss and consider Ordinance No. 2261 amending the B-2 Central Business permitted uses – first and final reading - Sherri Russell] TWOS DISCUSSING CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 2261, AMENDING THE B2 CENTRAL BUSINESS PERMIT. USE FIRST AND FINAL READING. SO YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE? YEAH. WE'LL DO THAT AFTER WE, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10 ZONING OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO AMEND B2 CENTRAL BUSINESS TO RESTORE PERMITTED USES TO OFFICES, RETAIL SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA. PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT, ONLY PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING A SAVINGS COST, AND SUSPENDING THE CHARTER RULE REQUIRING TWO READINGS. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE, UH, SUSPENSION, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. ALL. UH, OKAY. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF SUSPENDING THE RULES, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION ON THE, UH, ORDINANCE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 20 61, AMENDING THE B TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS PERMITTED USES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SINNIA. I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSE? OKIE-DOKE. WE'LL MOVE ON [3. Discuss and consider an ordinance amending Ch. 90 Subdivisions to make clear cutting a separate offense and to provide for civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized tree removal – first reading - Sherri Russell] TO, UH, ITEM THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDINANCE, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER 90 SUB, UH, DIVISIONS TO MAKE CLEAR CUTTING A SEPARATE OFFENSE AND TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED TREE REMOVAL. THIS IS A FIRST READING. SO WE HAVE AN ACTUAL DRAFT OF ORDINANCE, OR WE HAVE A WRITEUP? NO, IT'S A DRAFT. YES, SIR. [00:05:01] WE'VE BEEN READING THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 90 SUBDIVISIONS TO MAKE CLEAR CUTTING A SEPARATE OFFENSE TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED TREE REMOVAL. PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT ONLY, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. AND JUDGE, REAL QUICK, SHERRY WOULD JUST GO OVER WHAT YOU, WHAT CHANGES YOU MADE. SO I PUT IN, I CHANGED THE DEFINITION TO CLEAR CUTTING, TO BE JUST SUCCINCT, REMOVING ANY INNER L TREES AND THEN MADE THE A, DEFINITELY AN OFFENSE, BUT THAT, OF COURSE, DOESN'T APPLY TO PEOPLE THAT OWN THEIR OWN HOME ON THEIR PLOT OF LAND. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM. AND THEN I ADDED, UM, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES BECAUSE IT WAS JUST YOU, YOU COULD COMPLETELY SAVE THAT WHOLE, YOUR, YOU KNOW, KNOW 20 ACRES AND IT WOULD JUST BE $500. SO NOW THE CRIMINAL PENALTY STAYS, BUT THERE'S A CIVIL PENALTY OF, UM, 200 TIMES THE DIAMETER INCHES REMOVED WITH AN ESTIMATE FOR DIAMETER INCHES. AND THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO, UH, PLANTERS TO, THEY CAN, THEY CAN COME BACK AND APPEAL TO PLANNERS IF THEY THINK THAT IS TOO MUCH FOR THEM AND PLANNERS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. BUT EITHER WAY, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE TO PAY IT BEFORE, UM, THEY CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY. SO, UH, PROCEDURALLY THE, THE PORTION THAT EXEMPTS THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MM-HMM. IS LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S NOT GETTING AMENDED OR NO, IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT GETTING AMENDED. I LEFT IT AS IT IS. IT'S, UM, OH, TOWARDS THE, I'M SORRY. IT'S RIGHT HERE IN TWO C. IT'S LIKE AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THERE YOU GO. IN TWO C, THE WORD ACCEPT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT PROVISION. THANK YOU. SORRY. BECAUSE IT'S PLATTED AND IT'S RESIDENTIAL. YEP. IT'S AN EXCEPTION. AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE QUESTIONS. THE FIRST PART, QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL. IT'S ALL FLUFF. YES. JUST A QUESTION. SHOULD WE INCLUDE THE RESIDENTIAL EXEMPTION IN THE, UH, MOTION, THE, UH, ON THE TOP HERE? SO WHEN SOMEBODY'S READING THE ORDINANCE, IT'S CLEAR BECAUSE IT MAY BE NOT CLEAR THAT, UH, RESIDENTIAL IS EXEMPTED. JUST LIKE COUNCILMAN SAID, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF READ DOWN INTO THE TWO C. I'LL ADD THAT FOR A SECOND. READING. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 90 SUBDIVISIONS TO MAKE CLEAR CUTTING A SEPARATE OFFENSE AND TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORIZED TREE REMOVAL. FIRST READING. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION FROM MR. HANIAN. AND, UH, SECOND BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S APPROVED. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, [4. Discuss and submit votes for the 2022 Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) Board Ballot – Sherri Russell] UH, ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSING CONSENT, UH, AND SUBMIT VOTES FOR 2022. TEXAS COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE POWER, UH, BOARD BALLOTS. SO, UM, BEFORE YOU IS A BALLOT THAT WHERE YOU COULD DETERMINE UP TO EIGHT INDIVIDUALS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. IT WASN'T EVEN A LIST THAT STAFF WAS FAMILIAR WITH. SO WE DID GO THROUGH AND STAFF HAS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE EIGHT PEOPLE WE WOULD NOMINATE, MOST ARE INCUMBENTS TO OR NOT. UM, I CAN READ THROUGH THOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UNLESS COUNSEL HAS ANOTHER WAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO DETERMINE THAT. NO, THAT'S GOOD. GO AHEAD AND, AND GIVE US YOUR INPUT. OKAY. SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH INCUMBENTS. I'M GONNA READ DOWN THE LIST FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. SO, CARRIE, NEAL, CLIFFORD HOWARD, GILBERT RAYNA, CHRIS STUBING, CLAYTON FULTON, AND THEN MARK DEMPSEY. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND MICHAEL MARRERO, UM, BECAUSE HE'S NO LONGER EMPLOYED AT THE CITY OF ODESSA. UM, SO THAT IS ALL THE INCUMBENTS. WE ALSO RECOMMEND JOE COMPEN OF LAMAR, AND THEN JOE ELLO WAGNER, UH, FOR THE OTHER TWO POSITIONS. SO THAT WOULD TOTAL EIGHT. AND IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OKAY, WHAT TYPES OF CONSUMPTIONS OR IF YOU READ THROUGH THE RULES MM-HMM. . AND SO, UH, I KNOW IN MODESTO'S, UH, COMMUNICATION, HE WAS SAYING THAT THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HE KNEW. YES, HE KNEW, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL FROM SUGARLAND, AND THEN THE ONE FROM, UM, GRAND PAR GRAND PRAIRIE, I BELIEVE. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS ON THESE? [00:10:01] YES, SIR. THESE ARE ALWAYS TOUGH. YES, BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY INTERACT WITH THESE BOARDS. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THESE. ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, MR. MAYOR? I WOULD HAVE TO NAME, WE'LL HAVE TO NAME THEM. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE VOTE FOR, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS AT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED, AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT IS JOE CAMPAIGN FROM LAMAR, CARRIE O'NEILL, I'M SORRY. CARRIE D NEAL JR. FROM LANCASTER. CLIFFORD HOWARD FROM LOUISVILLE. GILBERT RENA FROM VICTORIA. JOE ELLA WAGNER FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS WATER AUTHORITY. CHRIS STING FROM SUGARLAND. CLAYTON FULTON FROM HURST. AND MARK DEMPSEY FROM GRAND PERRY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN BROUGHT US AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM [5. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract for Engineering Design Services with Freese & Nichols for Capital Improvement Projects including a sewer improvement study for Lift Station 20 in an amount not to exceed $140,000 – Sabrina England] FIVE, MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH, UH, ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES, UH, WITH, UH, FOUR ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES WITH FRIES AND NICHOLS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SEWER IMPROVEMENT STUDY FOR LIFT STATION 20 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $140,000. SABRINA, THIS IS PART OF THE RFQ THAT WE RECENTLY WENT OUT WITH. UH, YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED ONE HERE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS THE LIST STATION 20 AREA THAT IS OVER THERE BY OLAN AND FLAGG AND ALL THAT THAT'LL GO THERE. WE HAVE AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING A BIT OF AN ISSUE, WHAT THE RIGHT WAY IS TO FIX THIS? WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO FIX THIS WE'RE, IT'S UP IN THE AIR, WHICH IS WHY WE'D LIKE TO BRING IN FRIESA NICHOLS. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD FRIESA NICHOLS NAME BEFORE. THEY ARE ONE OF THE LEADING AUTHORITIES ON SEWER. UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE LIKE THAT STAFF DID GO THROUGH THIS ONE ON THE RFQ. WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE EVALUATE, UH, EN FRIESA NICHOLS WAS THE ONE THAT WON OUT, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THEM. YEP. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS IS THAT, UH, WHERE WE FOUND OUT WE HAD A PROBLEM WAS ONE OF OUR BIG MONSOON SEASONS. AND YES, BEST WESTERN, UH, BACKED UP ENDED UP BACKING UP INTO THEIR LOBBIES BECAUSE, UH, WE FOUND OUT THAT, UH, THE SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM WEREN'T ABLE TO CARRY BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH INFILTRATE, SO MUCH INFILTRATION. PART OF IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFILTRATION FROM GROUNDWATER GETTING THE SEWER SYSTEM MM-HMM. THAT, THAT JUST, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, GOT OVER THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM. AND, UH, SO NOW I THINK, UH, WHENEVER THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE THIRD FLOOR IS, UH, IS THE WAY THEY HAVE TO OPERATE RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE ISSUES OF, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU SQUEEZE THE BALLOON IN ONE PLACE AND IT POPS UP SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S, THIS IS, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS. AND THIS AMOUNT WAS BUDGETED, JUST SO WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. IT WAS SOMETHING WE EXPECTED OUT OF THE CIP P FUND. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I'LL TAKE A MOTION. MAY I'LL MAKE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXIT CON, EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICE DESIGN SERVICES WAS BRE AND NICHOLS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, INCLUDING A SEWER IMPROVEMENT STUDY FOR LIFT STATION 20 AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $140,000. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SETH AND I NEED A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRAK US ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT. MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UPDATE [6. Update on new business – David Walton] ON NEW BUSINESS. DAVID, DON'T BREAK A LEG. FOLLOW OVER CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, I SHOULDN'T BREAK THAT LEG. THOSE CHAIRS ARE INTERLOCKED, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE CODE . UM, I'M OFF DUTY, DAVID . THAT'S OKAY. UH, COVID CHANGED A LOT AND THE WAY OUR BUSINESSES OPERATE, AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN A COUPLE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT, UH, ONE IS ONGOING AND ONE IS ABOUT TO GET GOING. UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, MOST RETAIL STORES NOW OFFER CURBSIDE SERVICES, UH, PICKUP. UH, MORE PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE HAVING THINGS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THEIR HOUSES VERSUS GOING INTO BRICK AND MORTAR STORES. UM, I DID WANNA NOTE THAT WHAT YOU'LL SEE UP THERE, WHICH IS NEW, AND WE WE'LL BE OF INTEREST TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AS CHICK-FIL-A, UH, THEY ARE DOING AWAY WITH THEIR, UM, INDOOR PLAYGROUND. UH, THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER UTILIZE. IT'S BEING CONVERTED TO DINING ROOM SPACE AS THEY EXPAND THEIR DRIVE THROUGH TO MAKE WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT DRIVE THROUGH IN LAKE JACKSON, EVEN MORE EFFICIENT. UM, SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF NOTE, UH, MCDONALD'S VERY MUCH DOING THE SAME THING. THEY DID A, UH, INTERIOR REMODEL TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVE [00:15:01] THROUGH AS WELL. THAT ONE IS JUST IN THE, THE WRAPPING UP STAGES. UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THERE? UH, LAKEWOOD MANOR HAS 67 HOUSE PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED. UH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY COME IN IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO. SO, BUT THEY, THAT IS KEEPING THEM BUSY. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE HOUSE IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR PROJECT, UM, WHICH LOOK VERY NICE. HOWEVER, THEY ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AS THEY'RE WAITING ON CENTER POINT TO, UM, UH, BRING POWER TO THEIR ACTUAL, THAT PORTION OF THE STREET. UM, AND THEN, UM, THE VILLAS IS CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AS NOT A, A VERY, UH, SPEEDY PROCESS THERE, BUT, SO THERE'S A FENCE BACK UP. THEY'RE STILL WALKING THE FENCE WAS DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS AND IS BACK UP. YEAH, THEY DID FIND A NEW VENDOR TO PUT A FENCE BACK UP, AND THEN THE PROCESS DID CLEAN UP THE FENCE LINE, WHICH WAS LOOKING PRETTY BAD. RIGHT. UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD NOW. SO JUST ONE QUESTION. THIS, UH, YES SIR. THE NEUROGEN X YES, SIR. HAS BEEN PENDING CONTRACTOR PICK UP NOW SEVERAL MONTHS. SO IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON? UH, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON TEARING OUT WHAT NEIGHBORS HAD BUILT INSIDE. OKAY. BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, NEIGHBORS HAD HAD ESSENTIALLY BUILT A, A TURNKEY ESTABLISHMENT. IF YOU WALKED IN, IT WAS FURNISHED, EQUIPMENT WAS INSIDE. THE ONLY THING THEY WERE MISSING WAS EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. UH, SO NEUROGENICS CAME IN AND OF COURSE THEY NEEDED TO REBRAND IT. THEY NEEDED TO REMOVE EVERYTHING THAT WASN'T GOING TO BE, UM, UH, SUIT THEIR PURPOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THE ICONIC RED BLADE THAT WAS ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS NOW OFF. SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL DOING THE DEMO SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THEIR, UM, THEIR BRAND IN THERE. LET'S HOPING THE SECOND TIME IT FAILS AGAIN. SO YEAH, LET'S HOPE THAT BENEFIT TURNS INTO A THANK YOU. UM, A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY, I DON'T SUPPOSE THE STARBUCKS REMODEL WOULD BE TO LIKE TRIPLE THE SIZE OF THEIR . NO, UNFORTUNATELY, STARBUCKS IS PRETTY CONSTRAINED ON THE LOT THAT THEY'RE ON, UH, SHORT OF, OF RELOCATING. THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE THAT MORE, MORE EFFICIENT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, STARBUCKS BEING A, UH, HI, I, I WOULD SAY HIGH END, BRENT, I DON'T DRINK COFFEE, SO I DON'T REALLY GO IN THERE. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY WANTING, WANTING TO MAKE THEIR RESTAURANT MORE APPEALING TO, UH, CUSTOMERS ASS PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS GET RAMPED UP. OKAY. UH, JUST AN FYI, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO OUT TO, UH, RESEARCH LAKEWOOD MANOR, UH, THE BUILDING OUT THERE THAT'S GOING ON, UH, SAL IS ALWAYS A BEARER OF GREAT NEWS AND, UH, OUR CONCERNS OF WEA IS COMING TRUE. AND THAT IS, IS THAT'S, THAT WAS AN OLD STREET TO BEGIN WITH, AND, UH, THAT STREET IS TAKING SOME HEAVY DAMAGE WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND STUFF. SO JUST AN FYI IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING BAD. SO THEY'RE, WE PROBABLY WON'T BE LONG BEFORE RESIDENTS OUT THERE WILL BE WANTING A STREET AND, UH, THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO FALL IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. THAT WAS WHAT WE TOLD 'EM WHEN THEY WENT TO DEVELOP IT AND STUFF. SO, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S, IT'S A MASSIVE OPERATION OUT THERE. YEAH, IT IS QUITE THE, THE OPERATION, UH, THE, THE RATE AT WHICH, UM, THE BUILDING, THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING UP AND THE QUALITY OF THE BUILDINGS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU SEE, UH, IN A LOT OF PLACES. AS A MATTER OF FACT QUALITY AND BEING GOOD, I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. OKAY. YEAH, THEY MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS. UM, , THAT'S GREEN . I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SAYING A LOT THOUGH. I MEAN, SO DO THE OTHER BUILDERS IN TOWN, THEY MINIMUM STANDARDS I STILL CERTIFIED. UM, IF, UH, THE CONTRACTORS WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH WE HATCH, IF IF THE GENTLEMAN OVER AT THE VILLAS COULD GET THEM OVER THERE, IT'D BE A GOOD DEAL. YEAH. MOVE QUICK. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DANA. ALL RIGHT. AND [7. City Manager Updates] WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM SEVEN AS THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE. AND THIS IS A USE OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS. UM, SO MODESTO JUST WANTED, UH, TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IS USED FOR. OBVIOUSLY THIS CHANGES WITH THE COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATIONS, BUT ALSO, UM, THE INPUT THAT YOU RECEIVE AND JUST WHAT YOUR OPINION IS. UM, WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN TRYING TO USE IT ONLY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. UM, SO THIS WOULD BE A DISASTER OF SOME SORT IF SOMEONE'S WATER WAS BEING SHUT OFF. WE'VE STARTED USING IT IN THOSE SITUATIONS. WE TYPICALLY, AS OF RIGHT NOW, DO NOT USE IT IF SOME, A SERVICE OR A ROAD OR SOMETHING WILL BE BLOCKED THAT IS NOT DEEMED, I GUESS, CRITICAL OR DOESN'T QUALIFY AS AN EMERGENCY. IF SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE WATER TO THEIR HOME, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN IF THEIR TRASH ISN'T PICKED UP ON A DAY. SO THAT WAS HOW WE WERE [00:20:01] SORT OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN WHAT TO SEND OUT AND WHAT NOT TO SEND OUT. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME FEEDBACK PEOPLE WOULD, LIKE, SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS MORE OFTEN THAN OTHERS. I WILL SAY AS THE PERSON THAT SENDS OUT THOSE NOTIFICATIONS AND USUALLY GETS THE PHONE CALLS WHEN WE DO SEND OUT MULTIPLE IN A STRING, UM, WE HEAR A LOT OF FEEDBACK OF PEOPLE WANTING TO BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST WHEN WE SEND OUT MORE THAN ONE EVERY FEW MONTHS, AND IT'S AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY. SO WE'VE TRIED TO COORDINATE WITHIN THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED, BUT, UM, I THINK THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO GO IS SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK WHERE SOME CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO SEE US SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION WHEN A CHLORINE CONVERSION IS GOING ON. UM, SO EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT OUR CHOICE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS OUR RESIDENTS. UM, THAT DOES HAPPEN TWICE A YEAR. SO THAT WOULD DEFINITELY ADD TO THE AMOUNT OF NOTIFICATIONS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING. SOME ALSO HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET A NOTICE IF, UM, TRASH SERVICE IS INTERRUPTED. LIKE IT HAD TO BE WITH THE WEATHER WHEN WE STOP TRASH, UM, ON THAT FRIDAY DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD AND NOT WANTING TO PUT THE SAFETY OF OUR, UH, REFUSE DRIVERS AND LABORERS AT RISK. SO I THINK EVERYONE HAS HEARD DIFFERENT OPINIONS. WE'RE JUST WANTING TO GAUGE WHAT LEVEL YOU WOULD LIKE US TO START SENDING THEM OUT AT. IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHERE WE'RE AT, WHICH IS ONE OR TWO MAYBE A YEAR. AND IT REALLY IS WHAT, UM, I THINK MOST WOULD CLASSIFY AN EMERGENCY AS, OR IF YOU WANT US TO START UTILIZING IT MORE, IF THERE'S A DISRUPTION IN SERVICE, IF, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE GET FEEDBACK THAT PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING MORE, WE CAN RESTRICT IT. UH, TECHNOLOGY HAS COME FAR SO WE CAN RESTRICT IT TO AREAS ON A MAP. SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE STARTED DOING, LIKE I SAID, IF WE KNOW CERTAIN STREETS ARE GONNA BE WITHOUT WATER DUE TO A LEAK OR UM, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, WE CAN JUST SEND A NOTIFICATION TO THOSE HOMES. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. LIKE I SAID, WE DID NOT SEND ANYTHING DOING THAT. UM, FOR TRASH SERVICE WOULD BE PROBABLY JUST ABOUT AS SIMPLE BECAUSE WE, IT'S BROKEN UP TO NORTH AND SOUTH OF BOSTER CREEK DRIVE, SO IT'S VERY DOABLE. IT'S JUST, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GAUGE WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION IS AND WHAT FEEDBACK YOU'VE HEARD. YES, GO AHEAD. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB ALREADY IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING SOME OF THE MORE NORMAL STUFF LIKE GARBAGE INTERRUPTION OR THE CHLORINE CONVERSIONS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. AND VIA EMAIL. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EMERGENCY LINES STAY FOR MAJOR EMERGENCIES THAT BECAUSE YOU, YOU START HEARING IT TOO MUCH AND YOU TUNE IT OUT AND THEN YOU MISS WHAT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY WAY, CAUSE THIS IS A VOLUNTARY SYSTEM THAT, THAT PEOPLE OPT INTO, RIGHT? RIGHT. YES SIR. THAT AS, AS I OPT IN, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHECK. I WANT ALL OF THEM. I WANT SOME OF THEM. I WANT, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THE, THE ROUTE, SO WE USE EVERBRIDGE, THAT'S OUR CURRENT PROVIDER. THAT'S NOT AN OPTION WITH THEM. THEY'RE OKAY. YOU ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHAT TYPE OF NOTIFICATION YOU SIGN UP FOR. SO WHETHER THAT'S A CALL, A TEXT, AN EMAIL, UM, SO THEY GET TO OPT INTO THAT. THEY DON'T GET TO OPT INTO THE TYPE THOUGH, CUZ IT YEAH, THEY'RE, THE PREMISE OF THIS IS THAT IF YOU'RE SIGNING UP, YOU'RE OPEN TO EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS, WHICH IS KIND OF RIGHT. BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT FOR EVERY CITY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS DIFFERENT. AND THEN, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT, OR SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IS THAT DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THE ISSUE, YOU COULD SAY, WELL, WE'LL JUST SEND A TEXT, TEXT OUT ON THAT OR THIS OR WHATEVER. BUT DEAL, DEAL IS THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S SET UP FOR ALL THOSE METH METHODS OF INFORMATION RE RE GETTING THE INFORMATION. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SOMEBODY CAN PICK, PICK IT. ALL THEY WANT IS RECEIVE A TEXT THEY DON'T WANNA RECEIVE, GET A PHONE CALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO YOU CAN'T DO THAT SELECTION. UH, SO CAN I WAS, I WAS GONNA MAKE THAT TOO. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I DON'T MIND TEXT, CAN'T SEND OUT A TEXT ALL THE TIME, CAN'T JUST SEND OUT A TEXT, BUT, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T OPT INTO IT, THEN YOU'LL JUST COMPLETELY MESS IT. AND SO WHAT I HAD HEARD WAS, UH, AND I DIDN'T BRING THIS UP TO MODESTO, UH, SO I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO SEE THIS CAME UP. BUT WHAT I, UH, DURING THE CHLORINE CONVERSION, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT ARE, SAY THEY, THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND THEIR COMMENT IS, IS THAT WELL THEY DON'T READ THE NEWSPAPER, THEY DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA. AND SO THEY HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A CHLORINE CONVERSION AND WHAT THEY NEED TO LOOK FOR AND PREPARED FOR. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DO NEXT DOOR, WHICH WE, THE CITY DOESN'T DO NEXT DOOR. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS STARTING TO GET SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK ON THAT. BUT, AND THEN THE OTHER DEAL WAS ON, ON THE GARBAGE PICKUP WAS IS THAT, UH, I THINK THAT WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION THERE BECAUSE WE HAD, PRIOR TO MAKING THE DECISION THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA DO THE [00:25:01] PICKUP ON FRIDAY, WE HAD ALREADY COMMUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO PICKUP AND THEN WE CHANGED IT MIDSTREAM. YES. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS YOU HAD PEOPLE, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, IT WAS LIKE A PERFECT STORM CUZ WHAT YOU HAD WAS PEOPLE WERE LEAVING TOWN SO THEY SET THEIR GARBAGE OUT AND THEY LEFT TOWN AND SO THEIR NEIGHBORS HAD TO DEAL WITH IT ALL WEEK LONG. YES. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A UNIQUE DEAL SO THAT I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE MAKE ANY CHANGES. IT WOULD BE WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE'RE FIXING TO GO DO AND IF IT'S POTENTIAL FOR IT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT SERVICE LEVEL. YEAH. SERVICE LEVEL DISCOMFORT, WELL THEN WE, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. UM, BUT DOES THIS VENDOR, ENBRIDGE, DID YOU CALL IT EVERBRIDGE? YES. DO THEY OFFER SOMETHING WE'RE NOT SUBSCRIBED TO BECAUSE IT, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER METHOD OF, THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS COMMUNICATION WE COULD USE TO SAY THIS IS RESERVED FOR EMERGENCIES, BUT THE CITY WILL ALSO TEXT YOU FOR TRASH? WE DO HAVE THAT. YEAH. WE HAVE THAT ABILITY WITH THE WEBSITE AS WELL. SO WE CAN PUSH NEWS FLASHES VERY EASILY ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR. THAT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY SIDE. WE HAVE LIKE EMAIL. YES. AND A LOT OF CITIES DO IT WITH LIKE, UM, NEWSLETTERS AND THINGS. YOU KNOW HOW WE MAIL IT, THEY USUALLY JUST EMAIL IT, SO MM-HMM. , WE CAN MAKE IT GOING THAT DIRECTION. I WILL SAY IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY INTO EVERBRIDGE, UM, TO THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION. IF YOU'VE NOTICED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE PUSH, ESPECIALLY SINCE LAURA MARIE'S BEEN HERE, WE'VE REALLY PUSHED TO TRY AND GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. UM, I THINK IT'S DOUBLED THE PARTICIPATION, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE EVERYONE. AND SO IT'S COMPLICATED. WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST, UH, WHICH CREATES A LOT OF PAPERWORK. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IF YOU OPEN THAT UP, IT, IT COULD BE, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT ROUTE FOR SURE THOUGH. UM, EVERBRIDGE I WILL SAY IS THEY'RE A VERY GOOD HOST FOR WHAT WE DO. THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. WE PAY ABOUT $15,000 A YEAR. BUT, UM, THEY, THEY ASSESSED IT A FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE I GOT HERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND WENT WITH EVERBRIDGE. WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM, SO WE PROBABLY COULDN'T GET OUT FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS. I THINK WE SIGNED INTO A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT. DO WE, WE POST ALL THESE THINGS ON FACEBOOK. I, I PRESUME, AND ON THE WEBSITE OVER, BECAUSE I, I FIND MYSELF WONDERING IF THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT SERVICE THE PHONE TEXT SHOULD BE TARGETED TO THAT WON'T GET IT. CAUSE I'M GONNA SEE IT ON FACEBOOK. I'M GONNA SEE IT LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND PEOPLE JUST, MY NEIGHBORS CALL ME OR WHATEVER. SO I'M GONNA GET THAT MESSAGE MANY TIMES WHEN SOME PEOPLE NOT GET IT AT ALL. AND MAYBE IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY A LITTLE DEVOTE THAT TO, TO THEM LET US HAVE OUR OTHER THINGS, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT. WE HAVE OTHER METHODS, ESPECIALLY WITH LAURA MARIE'S WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE MM-HMM. . SO WE CAN LOOK INTO STAFF CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND MAYBE BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR YOU. A FEW IDEAS THERE. THERE'S ALWAYS OTHER WAYS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE. IT LEAVES ME TO BELIEVE THAT LIKE, LIKE RHONDA SAID, WE SHOULD KEEP IT FOR EMERGENCY TYPE THINGS AND THEN HOPE THAT THOSE OTHER THINGS GET DISSEMINATED, DISSEMINATED THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO. AND I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING A GOOD JOB ON COMMUNICATING EVERYTHING AND THE CITIZENS HAVE TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK FOR THOSE THINGS. I MEAN, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TRASH, THEY NEED TO LOOK. I MEAN THE INFORMATION IS THERE AND UM, THERE'S THE RESPONSIBILITY GOES BOTH WAYS. THE INFORMATION IS THERE. SO THE CITY IS DOING THEIR JOB, SO THE CITIZENS NEED TO KIND OF PICK UP THE BATON. AND, BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WITH THIS TIME WITH THE TRASH, IT WAS A PERFECT STORM BECAUSE WE WERE THE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE HAD TOLD AHEAD OF TIME. AND THEN ALSO INDIVIDUALS COULD GONE TO OUR CITY WEBSITE AND LOOKED UP TRASH PICKUP AND IT WOULD'VE SAID IT WASN'T INTERRUPTED WITH THE HOLIDAY. YEAH. IT WASN'T INTERRUPTED. SO LET'S, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT'S, THERE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S GONNA BE ANOMALIES MM-HMM. , RIGHT? SO WHATEVER SYSTEM THAT YOU CHOOSE AND JUST NOBODY DIED AND NO, SINCE WE ONLY DO IT TWICE A YEAR WITH THE CHLORINE CONVERSION, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD MAYBE DRAFT A LETTER AND DO THE, THE MAILERS FOR THAT? OR WHAT'S THAT GONNA COST US? WELL, SO A MAILER TO GO OUT, UM, LIKE A POSTCARD SIZE, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT $10,000. UM, WITH POSTAGE AND PRINTING, WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING A LITTLE CHEAPER IF WE DID A HAND MAILED LETTER. BUT POSTAGE HAS WENT UP A LOT, UH, IN THE PAST YEAR. BUT WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES DO TO COMMUNICATE WHEN THE CORN CONVERSION. CAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THIS, RIGHT? SO, UM, LAURA MARIE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN. WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE WITH HOPEFULLY THE NEWSPAPER, UH, THE NEXT GO AROUND. SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF TRY AND MERGE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES AND TRY AND TOUCH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. CAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE TRADITIONALLY DONE. SO WE'LL KEEP UP THE EFFORTS THAT WE DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THE WEBSITE, THE TRADITIONAL ROUTES. UM, AND THEN WE WERE ALSO GONNA START LOOKING MORE SPECIFICALLY AT THE GETTING SOMETHING [00:30:01] IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR THOSE THAT, THAT COULD BE AN AUDIENCE WE'RE MISSING. WHAT ABOUT THE WATER BILL? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT. UM, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, NOT PROBABLY RECENTLY, BUT IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE PUT IT OUT IN THE NEWSPAPER A FEW TIMES. HEY, START CHECKING, YOU KNOW, YOUR WATER BILL'S GONNA BE WHERE SOME CITY NOTIFICATIONS ARE AND, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ABILITY. WE DO PUT DIFFERENT MESSAGES OUT OCCASIONALLY, BUT I THINK WE STOPPED DOING IT WITH THE CHLORINE CONVERSION A LITTLE WHILE AGO. SO I DON'T WANT US TO PAY FOR A MAILER FOR A ROUTINE THING THAT WE DO, WE HAVE TO DO. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S JUST THE BIGGEST AGREED FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING IS CHLORINE CONVERSION. THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S UPSET ABOUT. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN COMMUNICATE BETTER, THEN WE NEED TO DO THAT. BUT I MEAN, A WATER BILL, SOMETHING EVERYBODY GETS UNLESS I CAN READ YOUR WATER BILL. I DON'T READ MY WATER. I DO. I DO, I DO ONLINE. I GET MINE ONLINE. MINE, MINE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE RICH LIKE, DAMN, RON. ALL RIGHT. CAN'T, OKAY, SO Y'ALL LOOK AT IT, SEE IF THERE'S SOME, SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, WE CAN ADJUST TO. YES, SIR. CAN DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, [8. Construction Updates] UH, Y'ALL HAVE GOT IT IN YOUR PACKETS AND GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAL ON CONSTRUCTION UPDATES? YEAH, WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT, SO. NO, THAT'S CORRECT. HE'S JUST READY TO TALK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. DO WE KNOW WHEN THE, UH, SOUTHBOUND OR WHAT DO YOU WANNA CALL IT OF THAT WAY IS GONNA BE OPENED UP? UH, THE SOUTH, SO YOU'RE TALKING THE WALGREEN SIDE. WALGREEN SIDE SEEMS LIKE THEY, WE WANTED TO GET THE SIDEWALK PORTION ALL RIGHT OFF THERE, UH, OFF THAT AREA THERE SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY MORE, UH, IN THE INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONCRETE PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING. SO, AND THEY ARE NOW, UH, AS FAR AS THE FARM WORK HAS PROGRESSED NOW QUITE A BIT NOW, SO I PRESUME THAT IT WON'T TAKE, BUT UH, AT THE OUTSET, TWO WEEKS TO FINISH THAT SIDEWALK AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE WHOLE THING UP TO, UH, UP TO CIRCLE WAY, CIRCLE WAY RIGHT NOW IS OPEN BECAUSE NOW THE OTHER HALF OF CIRCLE IS BUSTED. HAS BEEN REMOVED. YES. OKAY. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WACH WAS DONE, IF YOU REMEMBER? BECAUSE O, OAK OAK WAS DONE BETWEEN THE TIME THAT I LEFT HERE AND THE TIME THAT I MOVED BACK OAK. OKAY. WEAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED SINCE I CAN REMEMBER SINCE IT GOT PUT IN. RIGHT. YEAH, BECAUSE UH, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL LAKEWOOD MANOR AND SINCE THEN, THAT'S THE WAY THE STREET HAS BEEN. IT'S UH, IT'S AN ODD STREET BECAUSE IT IS WIDER THAN OUR TYPICAL 27 FOOT STREET. SO IT'S UH, PROBABLY AROUND 30 FOOT. YEAH. UH, IS THAT TRUE? ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST, UH, IT STARTS RIGHT THERE AT THE, UH, AT, UH, HOLLY AND GOES ALL THE WAY UP NORTH TOWARDS THE, UH, TOWARDS THE OAK DRIVE INTERSECTION THERE. RIGHT. AND IT'S 30 FOOT FROM THERE TO THERE. MM-HMM. , BUT IT'S NOT, WAIT, WE SUCH DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY. IT GOES OUT TALKING, GOING BACKWARDS. IT DOES OCD. YEAH, IT GOES FROM OCD, HOLLY. AND THAT'S 27 FOOT. OKAY. NO, NOT SO. AND WE DID THAT ONE BACK IN 1982. THAT'S WHEN WE DID, WE SAT THAT FIRST PORTION BETWEEN OCD AND HOLLY. NOT, NOT EVEN HOLLY. UH, PARTWAY THROUGH HOLLY. GOTCHA. AND, UH, WHEN WILL WE BE DOING, UH, ON AM CONTROL CENTER? HAVE WE OPENED UP BIDS YET AGAIN OR NOT? NO. YES SIR. WE PLAN ON GOING BACK OUT HERE SHORTLY, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE WAITING. YES. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL DO ADVERTISING AND EVERYTHING AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT AGAIN NEXT MONTH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CONSTRICTION? WE'RE ELSE IF WE'RE DOING THAT, UH, OPENING BIDS, UH, SHORTLY ON THE, UH, ON THE CITY HALL. RESTROOMS? YEAH, CITY HALL RESTROOMS. AND I WILL SAY THAT PROJECT MAY WAIT. SO EVEN THOUGH WE WILL BRING TO YOU THE OPENING OF THE BIDS, UM, WE HAVE $200,000 SITTING THERE THAT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS. IT'S NOT A NECESSITY. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE BID PROCESS KNOWING THAT, UM, THAT MONEY MAY NEED TO BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS DONE BY WATER TOWER. WE'RE, THAT IS GOING ON NOW. THAT'S, IT'S A PRE, IT'S A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING SET. OKAY. SET ASIDE FOR THAT. ALRIGHT. HAVE, HAVE I BEEN SEEING SOME ACTIVITY OUT THERE, SO, MM-HMM. . ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON PROJECTS, FOLKS? ALL WE'LL MOVE ON [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. CHASE? NO, SIR. OH, JUST DID SOMEBODY HAVE SOME OR I HAVE SOMETHING IF I CAN SPEAK. LET'S GO THROUGH A COUNSEL AND THEN WE'LL DO YOU, I GET YOU LET YOU HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, VINNE, UH, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. UM, I KNOW WE, UH, SABRINA'S FOLKS PAINTED ON A CIRCLE WAY AT O C D A SOLID YELLOW LINE CUZ PEOPLE KEEP ON GOING TWO LANES AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING IT. SO I'M NOT SURE MRNA, HOW YOU'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT, BUT IT'S SOME YESTERDAY, [00:35:01] SAME THING I FOR THE STRIP YELLOW STRIPE, STILL PEOPLE ON THE LEFT LANES, THEN THEY JUST SIT THERE. SO. AND UH, SECOND ITEM IS THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON WITH THE HEARING. A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, SOME CITIZENS ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE THOSE, UH, UH, CONTROLLERS ON THE GROUND ARE NOT WORKING. SO HALF THE TIME THEY DON'T WORK, THEY DON'T TRIGGER. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS WE CAN LOOK AT? YEAH. UM, DO YOU WANNA TEXT THEM TO YOU? YEAH, I'LL TEXT 'EM TO YOU. WE'LL FORWARD 'EM ON. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. HONDA? NOTHING. GOOD. GOOD. MATT, YOU'RE COLORING OVER THERE. I'M TRYING TO TRIGGER MY BRAIN, BUT, UH, NO, NOTHING. OKAY. JB UH, QUESTION OH ONE, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD QUITE A FEW STREET LIGHTS OUT. UM, THAT'S GREAT. O C D 2004, 2 88 JOON. I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, UH, CENTER POINT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UH, THEY WAS ON BLINKING. WE DIDN'T, THE CITY DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY. YEAH, THEY WERE ALL STATE LIGHTS. SO THE ONLY ONES I SAW, THE ONLY ONE I GOT REPORT ON WAS, UH, ONE AT TARGET 3 32 AND TECHO WAS OUT. UM, I HAPPENED TO DRIVE THROUGH THAT AREA, OR TEXTILE WAS OUT DOING, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING GOT HIT OR I'M ASSUMING THEY JUST HAD ISSUES, BUT IT DID GO ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM LIKE YOON AND TOOK ALL THE LIGHTS. UM, I SAW THEM OUT. WE DIDN'T GET THE WORK, UNFORTUNATELY. I DIDN'T GET ANYBODY REALLY CALLING, SO. OKAY. I CAN LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY SAY. DYLAN? NO. STILL BUCKET OUT. AND ALSO, UH, NOT THIS WEEKEND. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE NEXT MEETING WHO WE HAVE BANQUETS NEXT. IS IT THIS WEEKEND? NEXT WEEKEND? NO, B C C A? YEAH. NO, WE HAVE MLK BANQUET AND WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ON, ON THE 14TH AND WE, MLK WILL BE ON THE 14TH. IT'S ALWAYS PUT QUE BANQUET WILL BE ON THE 14TH. YEAH. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BANQUET WILL BE ON THE 14TH, SO. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN THE PARADE WILL BE ON THE 17TH. IN FREEPORT. IN FREEPORT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, UH, ANYTHING FROM YOU. NO, SIR. BOY MARIE. YES, I, UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IN MY COMMUNICATION PACKET TONIGHT, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACK WHERE WE HAVE THE NEWS ARTICLES WHERE LIKE JACKSON HAS BEEN MENTIONED ON DECEMBER THE 10TH, WE'RE GOING TO FIND AN ARTICLE NOT WRITTEN BY OUR FAVORITE TAX REPORTER TODAY, BUT WRITTEN BY KENT. AND IT FEATURES MEGAN WITH OTHER SYDNEY, UM, MANAGERS, ASSISTANT CITY MEMBERS, CITY MANAGERS IN MISSOURI COUNTY. UM, TO PUT IT INTO SOME CONTEXT FOR YOU, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2019 DID A STUDY REGARDING WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN SMALL GOVERNMENTS. AND A COUPLE OF THE STATS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO YOU AND OUR OTHER FEMALE DEPARTMENT HEADS, 34% OF SMALL GOVERNMENTS HAVE AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO IS A FEMALE. 30% HAVE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE FEMALE, BUT ONLY 13% OF THE CITY MANAGERS ARE GOING TO BE WOMEN. THIS HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE 1980S. AND SO THE FACT THAT THE FACTS WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO NOTICE THIS AND TO FEATURE MEGAN, I THOUGHT JUST NEEDED TO BE POINTED OUT. THE REST OF MY COMMUNICATION REPORT IS ALSO EXCELLENT. BUT THAT'S . ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU LAURA MARIE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN MEETING. YES, CHIEF, IF YOU CAN GET SOME HELP THERE ON THE PARADE ON THE 17TH, WE'LL APPRECIATE IT. ALSO IN AN MLK PARADE IF YOU CAN GET SOME ESCORTS THERE. US IN REPRESENTATION. OKAY, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. DRIVE SAFE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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