Feb 06, 2023 City Council

COMMUNITY AWARENESS, INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION WITH VETERANS.

DID YOU GET IT? I GUESS I'M NOT WAITING WHILE I'M GONNA, ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO.

UM, THIS PROCLAMATION, AYE.

GERALD ROSKI BY AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 11TH, 2023 S VOW 22 DAY, WHEREAS VOW 22 WAS ORIGINALLY INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN 2017.

WHEREAS FEBRUARY 11TH, 2023, VOW 22 WILL BE SHOWING SUPPORT AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO VETERAN SUICIDE DURING THEIR EVENT AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND WHEREAS VOW 22 IS A GROUP OF FRIENDS, FAMILY, VETERANS THAT HAVE ALL BEEN AFFECTED BY POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, UH, DISORDER IN SOME WAY, THE, OR THE ORGAN, THE, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO PREVENT VETERAN SUICIDE THROUGH

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WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE VA SUICIDE DATA REP REPORT IN 2012, THERE'S A NA NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 22 SUICIDES PER DAY FOR 8,000 A YEAR.

THE VA STUDY ALSO SHOWED 11,000 NON-FATAL SUICIDE ATTEMPTS A YEAR.

NOW THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, WHO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 11TH, 2023 AS VOW 22 DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IN TESTIMONY, WHEREAS WITNESS BY MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023.

YEP.

THERE YOU GO.

LET'S, UH, GRAB A PICTURE REAL QUICK AND THEN I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE EVENTS FOR THE DAY.

LET'S SIT THIS OVER HERE.

TO YOUR, ALL READY? GOT IT, JOHN.

GO AHEAD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE DAY AND STUFF.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.

OF COURSE.

UM, THIS WILL BE, THIS BLOWS OUR MIND.

WE ARE EIGHTH WALK FOR IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

HEY, GRACEFULLY, LET US, UH, WALK EVERY YEAR IN THIS, UH, WALK FACILITY, FALL HOME.

UH, WE START AT ROUTE 22.

UH, CAUSE IF Y'ALL KNOW IT OR NOT, MISSOURI COUNTY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN OUR COUNTY.

THERE'S NO HOSPITALS, THERE ARE COUNSELORS, BUT THERE IS NO MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH IN MISSOURI COUNTY.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE US AS VAL 22 IS WE PROVIDE THAT COUNSELING FOR THE VETERAN, THE SPOUSE AND THEIR CHILDREN, NO COST TO THE VETERAN, THE SPOUSES OF THE CHILDREN AT ALL.

SO THEY DON'T INCUR THAT COST.

CURRENTLY, IF YOU GO TO THE VA, YOU'LL BE UP TO A SIX MONTH WAIT FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST APPOINTMENT.

AND RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE TWO YEARS WORTH OF WAR.

THAT'S A LOT OF VETERANS COMING BACK, OVERWHELMING THEIR SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SUCH A LONG WAIT WITH THE VA RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

IN BETWEEN THOSE VA APPOINTMENTS, COME SEE US.

WE'LL GET YOU THE MENTAL HEALTH YOU NEED, THE COUNSEL YOU'LL NEED, WE'LL PAY FOR IT.

UM, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THESE OF OUR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR HIKE ON, UH, FEBRUARY 11TH THIS SATURDAY.

IT'S A SMALL FOUR MILE WALK.

TRUST ME, IF I CAN DO IT, ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

MY LEFT FOOT WAS NEARLY CUT OFF IN 2005 AND REATTACHED, I WALKED SLOW TO SAY THE LEAST.

SO IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT.

AND IF YOU CAN'T WALK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE TO SIX GOLF CARTS.

AND IF YOU KNOW A VETERAN KOREA WAR VETERAN FOUR II VETERAN, AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S VIETNAM VETERANS THAT DIDN'T GET THE LOCAL HOME THAT THEY DESERVE, THEY CAN COME WITH US AND HANG OUT WITH US AND RIDE WITH US.

IT'S GONNA BE AN ALL DAY EVENT FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM UH, THE AFTER PARTY WILL BE THERE AT CIVIC CENTER.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME.

SO IF Y'ALL WANNA COME OUT AND VISIT A COMMUNITY EVENT, THERE IS NO FEE, THERE'S NO REGISTRATION, THEN SIGN UP, SIGN US A LITTLE WAIVER SO THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL SAFE.

AND THEN WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO MORNING OF ANY QUESTIONS, ANYBODY? SO AGAIN, MAYOR, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT.

IT IS.

AND I KNOW FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, WHEN THE COMMUNITY HAS JOINED IN WITH THE, WITH THE GROUPS AND STUFF, IT'S REALLY GREAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK, THANK, THANK YOU, ALLALL.

THANKS A LOT.

APPRECIATE THANK SECOND BLUE.

NOW WE'RE GO ALL THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

THANK ALL.

THANK Y'ALL.

YOU ALL GENTLEMEN, JOIN ME UP HERE AND AFTER WE GET FINISHED, IT'S YOUR SHOW.

IT'S YOUR SHOW.

AFTER WE FINISHED, UH, GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTS IF YOU COULD.

ANSON IS THAT RIGHT? ANSON JONES, UH, LOWERED THE FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FOR LAST TIME, THEN RAISED THE AMERICAN FLAG AND DECLARED THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IS NO MORE.

I, GERALD ROZANSKI BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 19TH, 2023 AS TEXAS, UH, CEREMONIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, WHERE AS ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 1946, THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS,

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AND WHEREAS THIS DATE BECAME RECOGNIZED AS THE CEREMONIAL DAY THAT TEXAS BECAME THE NEWEST STATE IN THE UNITED STATES OF TECH OF AMERICA, NOT STATES OF AMERICA, OF TEXAS.

THAT ONE'S ANYWAY.

UH, WHEREAS FEBRUARY 19TH, 2023 MARKS THE 177TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CEREMONY.

WHEREAS TEXAS STANDS AS A BEACON OF PROSPERITY AND LIBERTY FOR ALL OTHER STATES OF THIS NATION.

THEREFORE, IT IS RIGHT AND PROPER FOR THOSE WHO CALL THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS HOME AND TO COM COMMEMORATE THE DAY NOW.

THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON'S DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 19TH, 2023 AS TEXAS CEREMONY DAY, CEREMONIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IN TESTIMONY.

WHEREAS WITNESS MY HAND IN THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, THE SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023.

THANK, THANK, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

SEE YOU.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK.

LINDSEY, YOU WANNA COME ON? YEAH.

AND IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK MM-HMM.

, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

SO, VERY MUCH SO ON FEBRUARY 19TH, WE ARE DOING A TEXAS FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY AT THE LAKE JACKSON, OR AT THE JACKSON PLANTATION HISTORIC SITE.

OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE RESPECTFULLY, OUR TEXAS FLAGS.

UM, WE ARE ALSO DOING ANOTHER ONE A FEW WEEKS LATER ON WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG.

BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT, GET TO BE A PART OF A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY WHERE WE CAN RESPECT OUR FLAGS.

UM, AND THESE WONDERFUL GENTLEMEN ARE A PART OF THAT.

DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TEXAS FLAG? JUST THE RETIREMENT, HOW IT'S, OKAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE TEXAS FLAG RETIREMENT A UNIQUE IS THAT IT IS ENSHRINED IN TEXAS STATE LAW, THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT.

AND IT'S A, IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.

UH, THE FLAG IS DISASSEMBLED WITH THE STAR BEING THE LAST PIECE OF THE FLAG LAID UPON THE FIRE.

AND, UM, AND THERE'S A, A, A PIECE BETWEEN EACH COLOR.

THERE IS A STATEMENT YOU HAVE TO MAKE BEFORE YOU LAID ON THE FIRE.

SO IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A TEXAS FLAG RETIREMENT, I PLEASE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT.

I'M MICHAEL BAILEY WITH THE SONS OF REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.

AND THIS IS MICHAEL MCCAULEY WITH THE, UH, BRAZORIA HISTORICAL MILITIA.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEMORATE AND CELEBRATE, UH, THE BEST HISTORY FROM THE BEST COUNTY, THE BEST STATE, THE BEST COUNTRY.

AND I'M LINDSAY SCOVILLE.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE LAKE JACKSON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

SO ALL THE DETAILS IF YOU WANNA JOIN US, ARE ON OUR WEBSITE, LJ HISTORY.ORG, FEBRUARY 19TH.

AND WE THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THIS.

FORD THROUGH THE BUYBACK CONTRACT AND THE AMOUNT, AND I TOOK EXCEED $793,568 AS BUDGETED.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DECLARATION OF CONFLICT INTEREST.

THIS IS WHERE EVERY ANY MEMBER ON CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY OF THE ITEMS, EITHER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR THE REGULAR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? NOT HEARING ANY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM ONE IS APPROVED, UH, MINUTES OF JANUARY 3RD, 2023.

ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FOR KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL AND FOR THE PARKS.

ITEM THREE, APPOINT LINDSAY SCOVILLE TO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX COMMITTEE TO REPRESENT THE LAKE JACKSON HISTORIC MUSEUM.

APPROVED PURCHASE OF TWO C N G AUTO CAR, UH, REAR LOAD REFUGE REFUGE TRUCKS FROM CHASING CHAS DITCH

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DIDN'T AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE BANQUET SHARES FOR THE CIVIC CENTER FROM MIGHTY LIGHT, INCORPORATED THROUGH THE BUYBACK CONTRACT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,000 AS BUDGETED.

ITEM SIX, AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH JCO ROOFING UNDER THE TIPS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, ROOF REPAIRS TO THE FIRE AND EMS BAYS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $72,900.

AND ITEMS SEVEN IS AWARD BID FOR WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS TO MATILDA AND PU MATULA AND MATULA CONSTRUCTION, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $64,445 AS BUDGETED.

IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

UH, ITEM SIX.

I'D LIKE TO PICK SALS FOR JUST A MINUTE.

AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE THAT TO REGULAR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT'D LIKE TO BE MOVED OFF? THE CONSENT NOT HEARING ANY? I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR REMAINING ITEMS. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND ITEM SEVEN AS WRITTEN.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SETH SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.

UH, TACKLE THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE MOVE FROM CONSENT, WHICH IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH J ROOFING.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA AND WE'LL,

[6. Authorize city manager to execute a contract with Jaco Roofing under the TIPS Cooperative Purchasing contract# 21060301 for Fire Station No. 1 roof repairs to fire and EMS bays in an amount not to exceed $72,900]

SAL ACTUALLY KIND OF JUST WANTED TO PICK YOUR BRAIN FOR JUST A MINUTE.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING ON OUR ROOFING IS WE'RE HITTING THE 20 YEAR LIFESPAN ON THIS ROOF, AND I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OPTING HERE TO DO THE OVERLAY VERSUS JUST REPLACING THE ROOF, UM, WITH A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT ROUGHLY $30,000.

MY QUESTION REALLY IS WITH THE OVERLAY VERSUS JUST RE-ROOFING, UM, HAVE WE DEALT WITH THE OVERLAY ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE LONGEVITY OF IT OR IS IT WE'RE GONNA BE BATTLING WITH IT? YES.

NO, UH, PARTS OF THE, UH, FIRE STATION ONE, UH, HAVE DONE THAT OVERLAY AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING.

SO IT HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN, UH, IT HAS, IT STILL CARRIES THE SAME, THE SAME, UM, WARRANTY.

WARRANTY PERIOD, 20 YEARS, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

AND THEY HAVE ALREADY, UH, THEY HAVE ALREADY APPROACHED THAT TYPE OF THE BEFORE.

UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL HERE KNOWS THAT EXACTLY ON A, YOU KNOW, ON HOW MANY PLACE, UH, HOW MANY PLACES YOU HAVE ACTUALLY DONE.

AND YOU'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO EXPLAIN THAT.

NO, JOHN MARSHALL.

THANKS SIR.

SO, GOOD EVENING.

UH, SO THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO REPORT, DO THE OVERLAY ON THE THREE REMAINING ROOF STRUCTURES THAT ARE LEFT FROM THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUILDING.

UH, THEY DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THE, THE WEBBING UNDERNEATH THE MEMBRANE WAS STARTING TO SHOW.

SO WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE WE, WE EITHER HAVE TO DO THE OVERLAY OR DO THE FULL REPLACEMENT.

UM, WE CONSULTED WITH TWO COMPANIES, AND BOTH COMPANIES AGREED THAT OUR FULL REPLACEMENT WAS NOT NECESSARY.

AND, UM, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO, TO GO WITH THE OVERLAY.

I HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE FOR JCO HERE.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PRODUCT, HE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO REALLY MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COVERING UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT AND IT HOUSES BOTH OUR EMS AND OUR FIRE.

UM, IF WE WERE FIVE YEARS INTO THE LIFESPAN OF THIS, RUFO WOULD BE JUST SURE, LET'S DO AN OVERLAY.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH SAL'S COMFORTABLE WITH AN OVERLAY VERSUS A NEW ROOF.

SO THE, THE OVERLAY WOULD, IF WE REPLACE THE ENTIRE ROOF, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE THE, THE DEPTH OF THE INSULATION.

THE OVERLAY IS GONNA BE THE SAME MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE GOING DOWN FOR AS A NEW ROOF.

FOR A NEW ROOF.

SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LAYING A NEW MEMBRANE OVER THE EXISTING MEMBRANE THAT'S IN PLACE.

AND WHAT WAS THE PROCESS? SO IF THERE'S ALREADY MOISTURE THERE, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS BEFORE THEY JUST COVERED IT UP? SO, SO WAYNE, IF I'M CORRECT ON THIS, THEY TAKE AND THEY SCORE THAT MM-HMM.

, THEY SCORE THAT ORIGINAL, THAT MEMBRANE, THAT THAT'S THERE.

AND THAT JUST PREVENTS THAT, THAT MOISTURE FROM GETTING TRAPPED IN THERE.

SO WHAT KIND OF GUARANTEE IS THE, IS THE REROOFING IT'S GOING TO BE COURSE OF A NEW ROOF.

IT CARRIES THE SAME WARRANTY THAT A NEW ROOF DOES THAT 20 YEAR WARRANTY.

AND THEY BOTH COVER EVERYTHING, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

YOUR ALSO YOUR BELIEF THAT THE OVERLAY IS SUFFICIENT? ABSOLUTELY.

SO AND THAT'S

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JUST WANTED TO BE SURE.

NOT, NOT A BIG DEAL.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE WE'RE GONNA DO IT, LET'S DO IT CORRECTLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON SIDE OF, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH JACOB ROOFING UNDER THE T I PS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT 21 0 6 0 3 0 1 FOR FIRE STATION ONE ROOF REPAIRS TO FIRE AN EMS BASE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $72,900.

HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY OPPOSES? ALL RIGHT.

TO ITEM ONE OF THE REGULAR AGENDA AS YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, IS SUBMISSION OF CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY BY THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE INITIATIVE PETITION TO PLACE AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW RABBITS AS PETS ON, UH, THE MAY BALLOT.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[1. Submission of the Certificate of Sufficiency by the city secretary for the Initiative Petition to place an ordinance to allow rabbits as pets on the May ballot – Sally Villarreal]

AND SALLY? YES, MAYOR COUNSEL.

UM, ON JANUARY 23RD, I RECEIVED FIVE COPIES OF A PETITION, UH, REQUESTING TO AMEND CHAPTER 10 ANIMALS OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW RABBITS BE KEPT IN CITY LIMITS.

AFTER COMPLETING MY EXAMINATION OF THE PETITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION 7 0 2 OF THE CITY CHARTER IN SECTION 2 77 0 2 0 0 2 OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, I CAN CERTIFY THAT THE PETITION IS SUFFICIENT AS IT CONTAINS AT LEAST 400 VALID SIGNATURES.

FURTHERMORE, I CERTIFY THAT THE PETITIONS AND THE CIRCULATORS AFFIDAVITS WERE ALL FILED ON THE SAME DAY IN MY OFFICE ON THE 23RD OF JANUARY.

ALL CIRCULATORS WERE VERIFIED TO BE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF LAKE JACKSON.

EACH COPY OF THE PETITION HAS ATTACHED TO IT A COPY OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

AND EACH VALID SIGNATURE CONTAINS A SIGNER'S PRINTED NAME, PLACE OF RESIDENCE BY STREET AND NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH OR VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER, AND THE DATE OF SIGNING ALL SIGNATURES WERE OBTAINED NO MORE THAN 45 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PETITION BEING FILED.

AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE FINDINGS, THE CITY'S ATTORNEY HAS ALSO FOUND THE COPIES OF THE PETITION TO BE LEGALLY SUFFICIENT.

SO THEREFORE, I CAN CERTIFY THAT THIS PETITION IS SUFFICIENT AND MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN OUR CITY CHARTER.

AS IS AND LET'S PUSH THIS FORWARD TO THE VOTERS.

THANK YOU, LI I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS.

UH, NOT ONLY STAFF AND, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH, UH, COLLECTION AND, UH, PURSUING, UH, FOLLOWING THE, THE, THE CHARTER THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ALLOW CITIZENS' DISABILITY TO PETITION THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION.

AND SO, UH, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

AND, UH, AND WE WILL MOVE ON

[2. Discuss and consider proposed ordinance submitted by petitioners to remove rabbits from the livestock definition and allow rabbits as pets within the city limits – first and final reading - Sherri Russell]

TO ITEM TWO.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, SINCE UH, THE CITY'S SECRETARY HAS SAID THE PETITION IS SUFFICIENT, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE TO DO NOW, THIS IS A MINISTERIAL DUTY, IS TO EITHER ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN BY THE PETITIONERS OR SEND THE ORDINANCE TO THE, TO THE VOTERS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA.

YOU DON'T NEED TO DO BOTH.

YOU CAN'T DO BOTH.

AND, UM, SO INSTEAD OF READING THE ORDINANCE, UM, WE CAN TAKE THE TWO TOGETHER AND Y'ALL CAN DISCUSS WHICH ONE YOU WANNA DO, AND THEN WE CAN DO THE ORDINANCE OR THE RESOLUTION.

IF THAT'S, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO DO IT, OR, UM, CUZ I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER WAY TO, TO DO IT.

SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHERE, WHERE OUR PETITIONER'S AT OVER HERE.

SO JUST SUPER PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW INDIVIDUALS WANT A CHANGE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE STEPS TO ACHIEVE THAT.

UM, I, I'VE ALWAYS SAID WE GET THE DE THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE DESERVE AND THAT WE ALLOW.

AND YOU GUYS, I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF THE, THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GONE ABOUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER.

AND YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO A CERTAIN THING AND SO YOU, YOU'VE TAKEN THE APPROPRIATE STEPS.

UM, I PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF COUNCIL FEELS ABOUT IT.

FEEL LIKE THE TIME FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS HAS PASSED.

AND IF NO, THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'M PREPARED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION ON THIS TO ACCEPT IT

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CAN WE DO THAT? SO, UM, YOU'RE SAYING LET'S USE THE RESOLUTION TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS INSTEAD OF THE ORDINANCE AND JUST PASSING THAT TONIGHT? YES.

LET IT GO TO THE VOTERS AS WRITTEN BY THE PETITIONERS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE.

YES, I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS, UM, CUZ I REMEMBER THERE WAS A SPECIAL CASE FOR THE, THE E ZONING MM-HMM.

, UH, AND IS IT E ONE? THE E ONE, RIGHT.

E WON, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

AND IS IT TRUE THAT, THAT, I DON'T RECALL THE WORDING EXACTLY, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LOOK IT UP, BUT DOES IT REFERENCE THE, THE LIVESTOCK DEFINITION IN THERE? SO, SO WHAT I, WHAT I HAVE SEEN HAPPEN BEFORE IS MM-HMM.

ACCIDENTALLY, YOU KNOW, CHANGED SOMETHING THAT LOOKS SIMPLE AND ENDS UP DOING SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA DO.

AND SO IF FOR INSTANCE, UM, THE FAMILY THAT CAME AND PRESENTED HERE, IF PART OF THEIR, THE FFA, CUZ THIS ALL SORT OF STARTED AS THE FFA THING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

IF BREEDING RABBITS WAS A PART OF THEIR PROGRAM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO OUT THERE IN E ONE THAT THEY'RE PRESENTLY ALLOWED TO DO BECAUSE THIS, THIS DOESN'T ALLOW TO BREED, NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, BREED EVEN PRESENTLY.

IT SAYS IT'S, IT'S IN THE ZONING ORDEN ORDINANCE AND IT SAYS THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEM, BUT YOU STILL, I GUESS, I MEAN THEY, THEY CAN MULTIPLY CUZ THEY'RE RABBITS, BUT THEY CAN'T HAVE A BUSINESS.

THEY CAN'T SELL THEM.

THEY CAN'T BE IN THE BUSINESS OF BREEDING AND SELLING.

BECAUSE THEY STILL AREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE A HOME OCCUPATION.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS CHANGE DIDN'T IMPACT E ONE TO REMOVE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE REMOVED.

IT'S SO, UM, THEIR, UM, ALLOWANCES IS IN THE ZONING CHAPTER MM-HMM.

AND, UM, AND THIS IS IN THE ANIMAL CHAPTER.

SO THIS, THIS WILL NOT TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THEM.

BECAUSE THEY ALREADY, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T PREVENT NATURE, BUT YOU CAN'T, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE AND SELL EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S NOT THE REMOVAL OF THE ONE AND DEFINITION, BUT THIS ADDITION OF 10.108 THAT COULD IN HAVE YES.

INADVERTENTLY DONE SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S ALL BUTTONED UP.

THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL.

DO YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? UH, MIKE WALZ, MIKE WALLS, UH, 59 SOUTHERN WOOD COURT.

LAKE JACKSON DID HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, IT WAS ASKED OF ME TO ASK THE QUESTION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT, BUT IF COUNSEL ACCEPTS THE ORDINANCE AS IS TODAY, UM, IF COUNSEL WANTED TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE, WOULD THAT HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PETITIONERS? OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK? DEPENDS.

I MEAN, MY OPINION WOULD BE, DEPENDS.

DEPENDS ON WHEN WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

IF WE WANNA TRY TO MAKE THE CHANGE TONIGHT BEFORE IT WENT, WHEN IT, BEFORE WE PASSED IT, TO JUST ACCEPT IT AND PUT IT CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE PETITIONERS.

TO GET, BE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE NOT, THEY CHANGE IT IN NO WAY.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UP HERE WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORDING AS REQUESTED BY THE PETITIONERS.

THAT WOULD BE GOING AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PETITIONERS.

THE PETITIONERS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK.

YEAH, IT GO ON THE BALLOT AS IT'S PRESENTLY WRITTEN.

CUZ THAT'S WHAT THE, AND THEN I UNDERSTAND TOO, I DON'T KNOW, ARE WE AT THAT POINT YET WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE BALLOT? JUST A SEC.

AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, GARY, YOU HAVE YOU WANT TO COMMENT? YEAH.

UH, GARY HUNTER, ONE 17 MESQUITE STREET.

UM, I'M, I'M GONNA GO ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN SETH'S RECOMMENDATION, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE PETITIONERS THAT SIGNED, UH, THIS, UH, REFERENDUM MAY NOT HAVE SIGNED IT, SAYING THAT THEY'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT TO HAVE RABBITS, BUT ONLY TO ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR IT, FOR THEM TO HAVE A SAY.

SO FOR US TO, UH, PRESUME THAT , THIS IS OKAY NOW FOR US, WE, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A FIRST READING AND, AND A FINAL READING, AND THAT WAS SEVERAL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I THINK.

AND SO THAT SHOULD BE DONE.

WE'RE PAST THAT POINT, JUST LIKE YOU SAID MM-HMM.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UH, WE'RE DOING WHAT I HAD SUGGESTED MONTHS AGO AND LET THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR IT, SO, OKAY.

YEP.

AND AGAIN, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS STEP, WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE IT IS PER CHARTER THAT ONCE WE HAVE A PETITION, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

UH, THAT'S ALL THIS, LET'S SEE.

OH, MS. HUNTER, YOU HAD SIGNED UP FOR TWO.

THE VOTERS, BUT I ALSO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MRS. MCALLISTER BROUGHT THIS BEFORE US FROM THE CITY OF THE PURPOSE THAT SHE HAS STATED, I BELIEVE THAT MS. MCALLISTER BROUGHT THIS TO EXPAND AND PROMOTE HER BUSINESS OF SELLING RABBITS.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS WITH IT.

SHERRY HUNTER, ONE 17 MASQUE STREET.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GO, IT SHOULD GO TO THE, TO

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JUST, JUST STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

I'M STICKING TO IT.

THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S MY BELIEF OKAY.

WITH IT.

AND I BELIEVE THE SELLING OF HER RABBITS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF LAKE JACKSON, AND THEREFORE IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE INTENTIONS FROM BENEFITING FROM HER BUSINESS.

AND THAT IS TRULY MY FULL BELIEF.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNSEL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, THAT THERE'S NO ACTION ON ITEM TWO.

I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN SETH, WAS TO MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS DELINQUENT THE RESOLUTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? TO PROCEDURALLY TAKE NO ACTION ON TWO.

SKIP THE ORDINANCE, GO STRAIGHT TO THE VOTE.

THAT'S ITEM THREE.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR TO EVERYBODY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A REFERENDUM HAS EVER BEEN DONE IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

SO IT'S THAT TRUE.

WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS.

BEAR WITH US.

WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST CITIZEN DRIVEN YES.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS REFERENDUM FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO.

THE ONE FOR RESTAURANT MIXED BEVERAGE.

THAT WAS, THAT'S, THAT GOES TO COUNTY LEVEL.

YEAH, THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S NOT A CITY LEVEL.

SO IT'S, WE'RE, THIS IS A LEARNING EFFORT FOR ALL OF US.

UH, ITEM THREE IS RESOLUTION, UH, NUMBER 9 0 9 ORDERING, UM, 9 0 9, ORDERING THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING RABBITS FROM THE LIVESTOCK DEFINITION AND ALLOWING RABBITS AS PETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO WE HAVE,

[3. Resolution No. 909 ordering that a special election be held for the purpose of removing rabbits from the livestock definition and allow rabbits as pets within the city limits – Sherri Russell]

MODESTO, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION.

SURE.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON ON SATURDAY MAY 6TH, 2023, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING OR REJECTING PRO PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

SHERRY, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS SINCE YOUR NAME'S BESIDE THIS ITEM? I JUST, I TOOK THEIR LANGUAGE EXACTLY AND, AND PUT IT IN.

I REALIZED I'VE PUT AS PETS ON THE AGENDA, BUT THAT WILL NOT GO TO THE VOTERS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN THEIR ORDINANCE.

IT'S JUST TAKING RABBITS OUT OF THAT DEFINITION AND HAVING THE THREE PROHIBITION AND BREEDING OR SELLING THOSE SLAUGHTERING.

SO THAT, AND CORRECT ME IF THIS IS WRONG, SHERRY MM-HMM.

, BUT THE LANGUAGE UNDER SECTION THREE AND THE RESOLUTION RIGHT HERE, THE, THIS IS THE ACTUAL VERBIAGE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON THE BALLOT.

RIGHT? THIS GUY RIGHT HERE SENT THE CITY.

AND THEN YES.

AND THEN THE FOUR OH.

AGAINST PIECE.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE ON THE MACHINE THAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

AND THEN IT'LL SAY FOREIGN AGAINST.

AND I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON THE DRAFTING OF THAT.

I PRESUME YOU WROTE IT.

WELL, I, I JUST TOOK THEIR RECORD, BUT, BUT IT, IT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

WELL, THEY TOOK YOUR DRAFT .

IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DRAFT THINGS LIKE THIS FOR BALLOTS THAT AREN'T WAITED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND, AND THIS WAS, UH, ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN.

THEY COME UP WITH THESE A LOT.

BUT, UM, IN OTHER CONTEXT.

BUT, UM, IT'S HARD TO WORD THINGS LIKE THAT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT PUTTING YOUR FINGER ON THE SCALE.

SO YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD BE COMMITTED, WELL SAID BY A LAWYER.

, .

I'VE SEEN MORE OF THESE THAN MOST PEOPLE.

ANY OTHER COMMENT ON COUNSEL ON THIS ONE? UH, WE HAVE, UH, MR. HUNTER, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? NO.

AND MS. HUNTER? NO.

THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE I HAVE THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TAKING THIS RESOLUTION AS WRITTEN BY THE PETITIONERS DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS WITH NO CHANGES FROM COUNSEL AND SPECIAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION.

COUNCILWOMAN FLETCHER.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER NINE 10.

UH, I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[4. Resolution No. 910 ordering that an election be held for the purpose of electing councilmember positions one, three and five – Sherri Russell]

ORDERING THE, THAT ELECTION TO BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS.

ONE, THREE, AND FIVE.

SHERRY'S YOUR NAMES BESIDE THIS.

WELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT.

WE HAVE TO DO IT.

AND, UH, AND HOPEFULLY I GOT THE ONE, THREE AND FIVE.

CORRECT? YES, YOU DO IT.

GOOD.

SO, SO ANY, DO I NEED A MOTION ON THIS? UNLESS THERE'S A DISCUSSION.

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I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY DOWN HERE, SO ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVED THAT WE PUT RESOLUTION NUMBER 910 ORDERING THE, OH, I NEED, SORRY.

I NEED TO HAVE MODESTO READ IT.

I'M SORRY.

RESOLUTION ORDERING AND AN ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON ON SATURDAY MAY 6TH, 2023.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

ALRIGHT, NOW, COUNCILMAN SANJAYA.

RE UH, SEE, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT NOW.

SO, OH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, RESOLUTION NUMBER NINE 10.

ORDERING AN ELECTION TO BE HELD FOR PURPOSE.

THE REELECTING COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONED ONE, THREE, AND FIVE.

HAVE A MOTION AS POSITION THREE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

THAT'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

IS IT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A FORUM OTHERWISE, .

I KNOW.

OTHERWISE WE'LL BE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[5. Discuss and consider Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) land donation and partnership in the development of property located behind HEB – Modesto Mundo]

TO, UH, ITEM FIVE.

THIS IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDERED TEXAS DOWN EMPLOYEE CREDIT UNION LAND DONATION, AND A PARTNERSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED BEHIND H E B MODESTO.

YOU WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS NOW? HAVE JOSH COME UP? YES.

UH, WELL, UH, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH THE CREDIT UNION AND JOSH, UH, THEY, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THEY HAD MADE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AND, UM, WANTED TO EXPLORE WITH US THE IDEA OF A LAND DONATION, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND STAFF IS MET WITH THE CREDIT UNION AND I GUESS CAME BACK WITH MORE THAN WE THOUGHT.

UH, AND THEN TONIGHT, JOSH IS GOING TO, UM, EXPLAIN, UH, THE CREDIT UNION'S OFFERED, UH, TO US.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU GUYS.

UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK HERE.

UM, WE HAVE HAD OUR BOARD VOTE WITH OUR TDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE PRESENT, UH, ROLAND HENDRIX.

UM, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, THROWN OUT THE DEAL POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, AND WE'VE GOT AN APPROVAL ON T D ECU SIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE DEAL POINTS.

SO, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO DOWN THE DEAL POINTS THAT YOU'D LIKE? SURE.

PERFECT.

SO THE DEAL POINTS THAT WE'VE GOT ON THE TABLE FROM TD C'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, IS A PIECE OF LOT FOR THE FUTURE BUILD, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT WOULD BE THE PIECE OF LAND THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER.

UM, THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE SCOPED OUT.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S AN ACRE, IF THAT'S TWO ACRES, OR THAT'S THREE ACRES.

SO I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH THE MOU PROCESS, WE WOULD NEED TO SCOPE OUT WITH THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON WHAT WE WOULD BE DONATING BACK TO THE CITY.

UM, BUT THAT IS A, A DISCUSSION POINT THAT WE WANNA BRING UP TODAY, IS HOW BIG IS THAT PIECE OF LAND? UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE GIVE IT TO YOU GUYS UP FRONT AND THEN WE CUT A GRANT TO BUILD THE PARK? OR IF IT IS SOMETHING TO WHERE WE BUILD THE PARK AND THEN GIVE THE LAND OVER, OR HOWEVER WE STRIKE THAT, UH, CURRENT T D C LOCATION, WE WOULD BE DONATING THAT TO THE CITY FOR FUTURE, UH, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOU GUYS.

SO, UM, MUTUALLY AGREED UPON, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY NAMING RIGHTS WITHIN THAT LOCATION.

UH, AND THEN ALSO A TIMELINE TO DO SOMETHING.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA TEAR IT DOWN, WHAT WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS, THEY DID NOT WANT AN AGING STRUCTURE IN ISO IN THE CITY.

SO IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TEAR IT DOWN, WE WOULD WANT A TIMELINE AROUND THAT.

UM, THE CITY CENTER FOR CITIZENS TO UTILIZE.

SO THAT WOULD BE, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET, YOU CAN SEE THE LATEST RENDERING THAT WE HAVE, UH, BUT THE CITY CENTER THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, FUND TO BUILD.

UH, AND THEN A POTENTIAL, I PUT IT ON HERE CAUSE I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED WITHIN MEGAN AND SOME OTHER DISCUSSIONS, BUT PARTNERING WITH CENTERPOINT ON A POTENTIAL GRANT TO, TO HELP BUILD THAT OUT FURTHER.

UH, THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE THE CITY HAS ON THE TABLE IS TO COVER TDCS PORTION OF AZALIA ROAD.

UM, SO I, I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, THAT WILL BE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, BUT, UM, THE BUILDING OF THE ROAD, UH, MAINTENANCE OF THE ROAD AS WELL.

UH, THE TWO ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS IN THE GREEN BELT THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR THE CITY CENTER.

UH, A CURB CUT ON OAK DRIVE, 50 TREES TO REPLACE THE TREES THAT WILL BE TEARED DOWN IN THE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.

A CROSSWALK FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE PARK, AND A LEASEBACK OF THE PARK IN MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK.

SO THE ONE THING I WILL, I WILL SAY, MODESTO, I THINK YOU AND I CHATTED ABOUT THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, IS THAT INITIALLY WE HAD SAID THAT WE WOULD MA HOLD ON TO THE PARK, BUT WE DO WANNA DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL TODAY TO GIVE THE PARK TO THE CITY TO MAINTAIN.

UH, AND WE COULD WORK THAT OUT ON THE MOU ON HOW, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE GIVE BACK TO HELP SUPPORT THAT AND MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HELPING FUNDING OF THAT.

UM, BUT JUST IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FROM A, UM, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF MAINTAINING THE PARK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN UNIFORM WITH THE REST OF THE CITY.

SHOULD I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? YES.

THE RIGHT POINT TO ASK? YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT, THE PIECE OF FUTURE BUILD WAS WE TALKED ABOUT A MINIMUM QUANTITY BECAUSE WHATEVER THE CITY MIGHT WANT TO DO, WE TALKED ABOUT EARMARKING AS THE LIBRARY OR WHATEVER MM-HMM.

AND WE SAID WOULD BE A MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR US TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USABLE THE PROPERTY.

SO CORRECT.

YOU SAID ROUGHLY ONE ACRE, CAN WE, UH, PERHAPS A MINIMUM OF

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ONE ACRE.

CORRECT.

SO WE JUST WANT TO CAUSE ROUGHLY COULD BE ANY AMOUNT.

SO YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY I'VE WORDED HERE.

THAT'S THE MINIMUM, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE, WE, WE CAME UP WITH AS THE BARE MINIMUM FOR WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD NEED.

SO, UH, A MINIMUM OF ONE, BUT IT COULD BE UP TO THREE IN.

THE SECOND QUESTION WAS FOR THE COUNCIL.

UH, IF WE, WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH THE OLD D D C SITE, THAT BUILDING IS ALREADY NAMED AFTER SOMEBODY.

SO WHEN WE MOVED THAT BUILDING, WOULD THE NAMING GO WITH THE BUILDING? WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE, THE CREDIT UNION.

SO THE POLICE BUILDING, IF THAT WAS ONE OF THE BILLIONS THAT WOULD MOVE, UH, THEN THAT WOULD STAY WITH THE BUILDING.

TDC WOULD, UM, HAVE THE RIGHT TO NAME THE COMPLEX OR THE, OR THE COMMON AREA.

STUFF I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BUT NOT THE BUILDING.

WE CLARIFY THAT COULD, WE JUST RECENTLY NAMED THAT BUILDING AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE WORDING THE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON.

SO THIS WOULD BE A, A COLLABORATION ON THIS.

OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S PREMED, WE DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT OVER, BUT IT'S JUST HAVING SOME PIECE OF IT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGACY THERE STAYS THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ATMS THAT ARE ONSITE, WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AS KEEPING THERE AS WELL, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

SO, AND I THINK IT'S JUST, THERE WAS A HARD NEGOTIATION POINTS, , BUT I, I THINK IT'S JUST AS WE GO THROUGH THE MOU PROCESS, WE WILL CRAFT OUT A LOT OF THOSE DEAL POINTS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR, BUT IT'S JUST THIS IS MORE KIND OF A, A HIGH LEVEL.

YES, SIR.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD REAL QUICK WAS, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS CAN BE DISCUSSED WITH MOU IS ON THE, YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THE STREET, WHICH ALL OF US WANT TO MOVE ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, THE OTHER PIECE IS ADDITIONAL PARKING.

SO DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON WHAT, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT OR, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA GO IN THE SAME TIME AS THE STREET, BUT RIGHT.

IT SHOULD GO IN AS WE START DEVELOPING THE GREEN SPACE.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY CLOSE TO THE TIME PERIOD, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS 2024 OPENING OF OUR BRANCH.

SO I WOULD SAY AT THAT POINT WE WOULD WANT THE ADDITIONAL PARKING WHEN EVERYTHING OPENS UP.

THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE AWAY FROM OUR MEMBERS AT OUR BRANCH.

SO, UM, I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE 2024 UPON OPENING OF OUR, OF OUR MEMBER CENTER.

AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT WOULD BE TWO PHASES.

UM, THE FIRST PHASE TO GO IN EARLY ON IN THE SECOND ONE TO TRAIL.

AND THE 50 TREES Y'ALL ARE GOING TO PLANT, IS THAT CORRECT? ARE WE PLANT? NO, WE, HOW THOSE FROM OUR OTHER DEAL OVER THERE? OH, THAT'S FROM THE, YEAH, CURB CUT CURB.

WE GOT TREES FROM THAT GENTLEMAN.

WE GOT 50.

HE'S GONNA DONATE 50 TREES.

50 TREES.

SO THERE'S 50 TREES FROM THE CURB CUTS ACROSS TOWN IS GONNA COME HERE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? CORRECT, YES.

UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, CROSSWALK FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE PARK, UH, WHAT WERE WE TALKING ABOUT? WAS THAT THE CENTER AWAY? COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD, IF YOU REREMEMBER, OR SORRY, BAKER, COUNCILMAN BAKER.

THAT WAS THE, TO CONNECT IT TO WHERE THE SOUTH PARKING PLACE PAVILION IS.

SO ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THE BANK IS.

, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EVENTUALLY MAKING A NICE CROSSWALK THERE ACROSS THE STREET.

SO ACROSS, ACROSS THE, SO IS THAT, IS THAT WHITE LINES PAINTED IN THE ROADWAY ESSENTIALLY PAVERS, LIKE WHAT YOU SEE IN THE REST? YEAH.

IS THAT WHAT WE CONSIDER CROSSWALK? YES.

WELL, OKAY.

IT'S NOTHING IN THE AIR OR NOTHING LIKE THAT SKY? NO, NOT LIKE AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE OR, BUT ON THE STREET.

BUT NOT WHAT GOOD THOUGH, , THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOOK.

BUT A CROSSWALK FOUR, THE FOUR LANE WILL HAVE TO BE DESIGNED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

SO MOST LIKELY IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO FLASHING LIGHT THAT YOU PRESS, UH, A BUTTON.

BE SIMILAR TO A INTERSECTION.

INTERSECTION, BUT IT'LL BE, UH, JUST FOR CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS.

GOTCHA.

THE ONES THAT YOU SEE NOW ARE, IT'S GOT OVERHEAD, UH, THREE SETS OF TRIPLE LIGHTS.

AND WHEN YOU HIT IT, IT TURNS THOSE LIGHTS ON FLASHING, AND SO IT SHUTS DOWN TRAFFIC FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BOTH WAYS.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT, UH, ILLUSTRATED ON THE, ON THE DRAWING ON PAGE THREE.

IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF REREPORT HIGH SCHOOL THAT GETS YOU OVER TO THE GYM.

FROM THE FOOTBALL FIELD, FROM THE FOOTBALL MM-HMM.

, IT'S KIND OF LEADING DIRECTLY INTO THE AMTE.

SO, UH, THIS RENDERING THAT YOU SEE, WE'VE WORKED WITH ROBIN ON THIS TO KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE SCOPED FURTHER.

UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS SOME OF THE INITIAL FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND, AND KIND OF IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND INCLUDE THE BRIDGE OVER THE DITCH, THE SHORT BRIDGE, YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A FINAL COMMENT CUZ THIS IS MEGAN'S LAST MEETING WITH US BEFORE SHE MOVES ON BACK TO KANSAS, IS MEGAN PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN CARRYING THE CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH.

SO IT'S, SHE'S UH, SHE'S VERY HELPFUL IN THIS PROCESS WITH JUST LIKE SHE'S BEEN ON OTHER THINGS.

BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

JOSH, LEAVE YOU SOME.

MEGAN'S BEEN GREAT.

WE HAVE, UH, ONE CITIZEN YEAH.

THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME

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IS CORINE CAMRA.

I'M AT 4 0 1 HUCKLEBERRY.

UM, I AM CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LAKE JACKSON LIBRARY.

UM, AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM, UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT, UM, THERE MIGHT BE THE BUILDING OF A NEW LIBRARY BUILDING THAT WAS, THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT THERE.

DOES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE USED FOR.

THE SITE IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE AT LEAST ASKED, UH, TV CM, WHAT THEY'VE, UH, HAVE AGREED TO IS A BUILDING OF A 20,000 SQUARE, UH, 20,000 SQUARE FEET.

COULD THAT BE A LIBRARY IN THE FUTURE? COULD IT BE A CITY HALL? IT COULD BE A NUM IT COULD BE.

SURE, SURE, SURE.

IT COULD BE NUMEROUS SURE.

BUILDINGS, WHEN WE FIRST HAD A DISCUSSION, THE PAT SITE WAS A LITTLE TOO SMALL FOR US TO YES.

MAKE IT USABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, ANY FUTURE.

SO THEY AGREED TO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.

BUT, UH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE IS, UM, BECAUSE THE, THE BIT THAT I SAW WAS WHEN IT WAS STILL THAT, THAT SMALLER PAD SITE, WHICH, UM, SO I VOLUNTEERED AT AN, AT AN EVENT AT THE LIBRARY BACK IN DECEMBER, AND WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF OPENING THE DOORS, WE HAD 177 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.

THAT 12,000 SQUARE FOOT PAD IS NOT GOING TO FUNCTION FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WOULD ASK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS AND SHOULD THAT BE IN CONSIDERATION TO BE A LIBRARY BUILDING IN THE FUTURE, AT THE VERY LEAST INVOLVE THE LIBRARY STAFF IN THAT DISCUSSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE NOW AND FOR THE GROWTH IN THE FUTURE.

NO, THAT'S, UH, THAT'LL DEFINITELY HAPPEN.

UH, JUST, UH, AT THIS THEY WERE BROUGHT UP THE LIBRARY.

NO, I NEVER BROUGHT, IT WAS JUST IDEAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SITE COULD BE USED FOR.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION SEEMED TO CHANGE A LOT WHEN TD C U OFFERED DONATING THE LOCATION OVER ON 2004.

SURE.

SO LIKE THE FIRST THING I HEARD ABOUT IT WAS LIBRARY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THAT AGAIN.

SO WE LOVE OUR LIBRARY.

UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT AND WE'LL MOVE, LET ME GET BACK TO MY PAPERS HERE, JOSH.

GOOD PRESENTATIONAL CONVERSATION.

GREAT, JOSH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, IF WE WANT TO, TO GO ON INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I DON'T, I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE A NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT IT IS THERE IF WE WANT TO, YOU'LL FEEL A NEED TO GO GO INTO THAT WITHOUT GOING FURTHER.

CUZ THAT'S, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

IF NOT, I THINK WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT IN THE LAST EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

WHAT WE ALREADY DID THAT IN THE LAST EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM EIGHT AND AS CONSIDERED THE T D E C U LAND DONATION PARTNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED BEHIND H E B.

THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY MATERIAL CHANGES SINCE THEN AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

[8. Consider TDECU land donation and partnership in the development of property located behind HEB – Modesto Mundo]

AND AGAIN, THIS IS MODESTO AND PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT YOU'RE GOING ASK.

YEAH, SO TONIGHT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE T D C WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF COUNSEL IS INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING THIS GENEROUS DONATION.

AND IF SO, THEN TO DIRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, STAFF TO THEN WORK WITH THE TSU STAFF TO THEN, UH, UM, HAMMER OUT A FORMAL MOU TO, FOR BOTH PARTIES TO, UH, TO BRING BACK IN THE RESPECT TO BOARDS TO APPROVE.

SO IF THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TAKE, I WANT TO DO THIS AS A MOTION, UH, SO THAT WE SH SEND A STRONG MESSAGE BACK TO THE CREDIT TO CREDIT UNION THAT WE ARE, UH, VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION, UH, AS MODESTO SAID TO, UH, DIRECT STAFF.

I CAN'T STATE THE MOTION, SO Y'ALL NEED TO STATE THE MOTION.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER T DSU LAND DONATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED BEHIND H E B SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THAT'S TO BRING, UH, CREATE THE DOCUMENTS FOR FINAL, UH, AGREEMENT.

SO THAT'S, UH, COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD MOTION.

AND SECOND WAS, UH, SINNIA ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE AUDIENCE, UH, THAT'S SIGNED UP.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.

ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, ITEM NINE AS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EX EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH OM CAR ENTERPRISES TO EXTEND AZALIA STREET TO CENTER WAY IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000 IN DESKTOP.

YEAH, THIS IS EXCITING.

CAN LEAVE YOUR MARK, MEGAN NOW.

SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO,

[9. Discuss and consider authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with Omkar Enterprises to extend Azalea Street to Center Way in an amount not to exceed $750,000 – Modesto Mundo]

WELL, THIS IS WHERE, UH, RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

WAS TO, UM, HELP FUND, UH, THE ROAD, UH, UM, UM, CAR WHO IS THE HOTEL THAT IS DEVELOPING ON THE SITE NEXT, NEXT TO THIS PRODUCT.

THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR .

UM, AS PART OF THIS, UH, NEXT STAGE OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT

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UH, PROPERTY HAS OFFERED TO, UH, BUILD THE ROAD, UM, AS, UH, DURING THEIR CONSTRUCTION WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD REIMBURSE FOR 75% OF THAT AND THEN THEY WOULD PAY THE OTHER 25%.

UM, THAT'S PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH, UH, THEM.

THAT'S, SO THEN WE WOULD BE PAYING THE, THE OTHER 75, THE, UH, THE OTHER REMAINING PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS VACANT.

UM, GOSH, LET ME GET MY BARRENS.

IS THAT ON THE NORTH SIDE OR THE EAST? MAYBE THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, NORTHEAST, NORTH AND NORTHEAST.

COMPROMISE, UH, NORTHEAST, THEY, WE WOULD ASSESS THAT PROPERTY IF THEY WANTED ACCESS UP TO IT IN THE FUTURE.

SO IF IT'S TRUE, THEN, THEN, UM, WE WOULD PAY 50% OF THE ROAD.

AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE AS, AS OUR REQUIREMENT OR, UM, OR, AND TO MATCH THE GIFT OF T D E C U AND THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE PAID BY THE FUTURE PROPERTY OWNERS IF, BUT THAT'S ONLY IF THEY WANT, THAT'S ONLY CUT.

THAT'S ONLY IF, IF THEY WANT ACCESS, CUZ THEY ALSO FRONT, WHICH THEY WOULD CENTER WAY GRAPEVINE TURN.

UH, AND SO IF THEY ONLY WANT ACCESS TO THAT, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE ASSESSED, UH, ON THAT PORTION.

SO HOW WOULD WE DOCUMENT THAT? SO THAT'S SAY 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP CHANGES IN THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES THEY WANT TO CUT.

HOW DO WE DOCUMENT THAT? I WILL LET OUR LEGAL BELE.

WELL, IN ORDER TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS, YOU CAN'T JUST SEND THEM A BILL.

YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ESTIMATES AND ALL OF THAT.

SO AS WE DO THAT, WE SHOULD DOCUMENT THAT THERE'S, UM, 25% THAT HASN'T BEEN PAID FOR YET.

SO, AND WE'LL GET THAT DONE AND THEN IT'LL JUST SIT DORMANT UNTIL SOMEONE COMES ALONG.

COULD IT GET LOST, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS? PROBABLY, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE DEED RECORDS ANYWHERE.

OH, WELL THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT MIGHT NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN IT.

WE'RE NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN IT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST THINKING, HOW ARE WE GONNA PUT THAT IN THE DEEP RECORD? MM-HMM.

, WE DON'T OWN THAT.

WELL, UNLESS YOU YEAH.

UNLESS YOU PUT A LIEN ON IT AND STUFF, YOU WON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

NO, THAT'S NOT THE WAY YOU DON'T THINK MR. CURY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BECAUSE HE'S GONNA BE AROUND IN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

YEAH, HE WAS, HE WAS AROUND PROBABLY THE LAST TIME.

WELL, I HAVE SEEN ASSESSMENT.

WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IS PEOPLE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS OR, UH, THE GOVERNMENT, UH, PUT IN A, UH, NONIS EASEMENT, EASEMENT ALONG THE RIGHTWAY, WHICH, AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN QUALIFY WHAT IT IS AS A NONIS EASEMENT.

IT COULD BE A QUALIFIED NONIS EASEMENT AND YOU COULD RECORD THE EASEMENT AND THEN IT WOULD BE THERE, IT'S RECORDING THE PLAT RIGHT.

FOR THE FUTURE BUYER TO MM-HMM.

FIND DURING HIS DUE DILIGENCE.

CORRECT.

LET FOR FUTURE COUNCIL AS WELL.

SO THEY REALIZE THAT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT WAS THE PART OF THE DEAL.

SMART LAWYER CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM AGAIN? YEAH.

THE REASON WHY THIS IS INTERESTING TO US AS A CITY IS AGAIN, WE WANT THE HOTEL TO BE SUCCESS AND WE WANT TO GET THE STREET IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE MM-HMM.

AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN MOVE ON IT QUICKER THAN WE CAN, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S IF WE, IF THIS CAN REDUCE THE COST TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SURE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, UH, WHILE MAINTAINING QUALITY.

WHILE, YES.

AND SO WE'VE MET WITH KAR SEVERAL TIMES.

THE OWNER, UH, UM, MR. PATEL AND I BELIEVE WE'VE HAMMERED OUT, UH, A GOOD AGREEMENT.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF OFF-RAMPS IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO BUILD IT, UH, WITHIN I BELIEVE 60 DAYS.

UH, BUT I BELIEVE IN THEY WANT TO TRY TO MOVE ON THIS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, HOLD ON.

GO AHEAD.

YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO WHAT YOU JUST SAID MM-HMM.

, FOR SOME REASON THEY DECIDE THEY DON'T WANNA BUILD THIS, WE STILL HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH T D E C U THAT WE WILL COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? YES.

WE, WE JUST WILL BE ON OUR OWN.

WE'LL ASSESS, WE'LL ASSESS THE UM, TWO 25%.

BUT WE'RE STILL, WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING IT AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? YES.

YES, DEFINITELY JUST CLARIFYING.

AND THE HOME CAR AND THE HOME CAR WILL BE BUILDING THIS TO PER CITY STANDARD IN ALL MEETING ALL THE CITY REQUIREMENTS, THE THICKNESS, THE BRAKE TEST AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AS ANY, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS TO, THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL THE CITY STANDARDS, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE USUALLY BUILDING STREETS IN THE PAST, SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I THINK THEY, UH, UH, WE HAD HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY BUILT SOME STREETS, NOT, THEY'RE NOT A STREET BUILDER, BUT THEY HAVE BUILT, YOU

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KNOW, SOME STREETS.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, THE REASON WHY THERE'S A TIMELINE IN THERE IS, IS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN ON THIS, WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO LINGER OUT THERE TOO FAR BECAUSE IF WE DID AT THE, IF IT GOES FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THEN WE END UP HAVING TO BUILD THE ROAD.

WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE SUCH SO FAR OUT THE PRICES INCREASE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE 60 DAYS AFTER THEY GET, UH, THE DRAWINGS, THE FINAL DOCUMENTS.

SO WE'VE TRIED TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE AWARE OF WITH THIS AGREEMENT ON BOTH SIDES.

ALRIGHT, SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NINE.

MAYOR, ILL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH OWN CAR ENTERPRISES TO EXTEND AZELIA STREET TO CENTER WAY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000.

ONE SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, 10, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REQUESTS FROM BEST WESTERN HOTEL TO ALLOW PARKING OF SEMI TRUCKS AND CALL HAULERS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ON LOGAN BERRY BETWEEN RALEIGH O'REILLY AUTO PARTS AND BEST WESTERN HOTEL.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM,

[10. Discuss and consider request from Best Western Hotel to allow parking of semi-trucks and car haulers on one side of the street on Loganberry between O’Reilly’s Auto Parts and Best Western Hotel - Jacob Boyington]

AND YES SIR, GO AHEAD, AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

HELLO, MY NAME IS JACOB BOYNTON, UH, 7 0 2 HIGHWAY 3 32 EAST.

AND, UM, DID YOU RECEIVE THE PICTURES MM-HMM.

THAT I SENT TO ME? YES, SIR.

THERE IS.

OKAY, I'LL MM-HMM.

UM, I TOOK SOME PICTURES AND, UH, WELL, GOOD DAY.

ANYWAY.

ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS JACOB BOYNTON.

I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE BEST WESTERN PLUS IN LANG JACKSON, TEXAS.

AND I'LL BE PROPOSING A NEW COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING ZONE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOGAN BERRY STREET.

JUST TO QUICK, JUST TO QUICK GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW, AT THE BEST WESTERN PLUS WE USE A COMPANY CALLED CLC, AND THEY PLACE TRUCK DRIVERS CALL HAULERS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AT AREA HOTELS.

WE'VE BEEN USING THEM SINCE ROUGHLY 2017, 2018, AND HAVE PARKED THEIR VEHICLES ALONG LOGAN BERRY STREET.

UH, SO I DECIDED TO, UH, WELL, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THIS PAST DECEMBER 22ND, I HAD TWO LAKE JACKSON POLICE OFFICERS I NOTICED ON THE CAMERAS OUT BY THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON LOGAN BERRY.

SO I DECIDED TO GO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

UH, OFFICER MENDOZA WAS VERY NICE, TOLD ME ABOUT THE PARKING ORDINANCE, AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN SENT OUT, UH, DUE TO MULTIPLE CALLS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKED ALONG THE STREET.

SINCE THAT POINT, WE'VE LET, UH, CLC AND ALL THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES KNOW THAT THERE IS THE PARKING ORDINANCE THERE NOW.

UH, SO, UH, THAT POINT IT'S OR SLOWER TIME OF THE YEAR, BUSINESS IS GROUND TO A HALT.

UM, WE, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

I'VE COME UP WITH SOME PROPOSITION PROPOSITIONS TO NOT ONLY HELP US BY GETTING SOME COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TO PARK ON LOGAN BARRIER STREET, BUT MAKE IT SAFE FOR RESIDENTS, OTHER BUSINESSES, AND ANYBODY TRAVELING ON OR THROUGH LOGAN BARRIER STREET.

I'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME PICTURES SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT SIDE OF THE STREET I'M PROPOSING THEY PARK ON, AND HOW WIDE LOGAN BERRY STREET IS COMPARED TO NORMAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN LAKE JACKSON.

LASTLY, BEFORE I GET TO MY PROPOSAL, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP A QUICK NUMBER FIGURE IF I WERE JUST TO SAY FIVE TO SIX TRUCKS A NIGHT ARE NO LONGER STAYING WITH US.

IT'S ABOUT 20 TO 25 K IN SALES A MONTH, AND IT'S ABOUT 3000 SALES AND CITY TAXES, UH, TO THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THINGS SAFE AND REASONABLE FOR OUR PARTIES INVOLVED.

UM, I PROPOSE THAT WE ONLY PARKED THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET, ALONG THAT WALL AND WHERE WOOD SPRINGS SUITES IS AND NOT ON THE, THERE'S A POINTER IN FRONT OF YOU, BLACK ONE.

THERE WE GO.

UH, YEAH, JUST RIGHT ALONG THIS NORTH SIDE RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND THIS HOTEL THERE IS A STREET BEFORE YOU GET TO THE OAKSVILLE LAKE JACKSON AND US PUT A SIGN UP THERE AND A SIGN COMING IN FROM 3 32 SERVICE ROAD.

THERE'S A LITTLE MEDIAN RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

IT'S ON ANOTHER PICTURE, I BELIEVE, RIGHT THERE.

AND WE HAD PUT A SIGN UP SO NO TRUCKS WERE BACK BEHIND THAT POINT.

SO IT'S NOT SAFE FOR ANY DRIVERS TO PULL IN OFF OF 3 32.

CUZ I HAVE NOTICED COMING INTO WORK BEFORE, SOME TRUCKS KIND OF LEAVING THEIR BACK ENDS A LITTLE TOO FAR BY THAT O'REILLY'S ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE.

SO IT HAS TO GO AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE WANTED TO PUT THOSE TWO SIGNS UP AND SEE IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME, UH, PARKING BACK ON THAT STREET.

A TRUCK STOP TO GET TO THEIR HOMES AND, UH, WHY ARE THEY HAVING TO BE INCONVENIENCED, UH, BY THAT, UH, BEFORE THE HOTEL? AND, UH, AT THAT TIME I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH HOTEL WAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, OF THAT.

WELL, THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE AFTER, UH, I HAD CONTACTED, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER SAYING THAT I RECEIVED SOME CALLS FROM THE RESIDENCE THAT LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS, UH, OFF OF LOGAN BERRY.

AND, UH, THEY WERE WANTING TO KNOW, UH, WHY THEY HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH

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UH, ALSO SOME HISTORY IS, IS THAT, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, COMFORT SUITE, UH, WAS DOING SIMILAR THING.

AND, UH, WE HAD TO, UH, STOP THAT ALSO, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S IT'S PUBLIC ROADWAY AND, UH, HAVING THE VEHICLES PARKED THERE, AND AGAIN, MOST OF THE TIME, I MEAN, EVEN WITH AT YOUR LOCATIONS, I KNOW THERE'S SOME TRUCK HAULER, I MEAN CAR HAULERS THAT ARE THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S TANKER TRUCKS.

AND, UH, WELL, OKAY.

WHEN I DRIVE, WHEN I DROVE BY, THERE WAS TANKER TRUCKS.

THERE WASN'T ANY BOX TRUCKS.

IT WAS TANKER TRUCKS OR IT MIGHT BE FROM THE WOOD SPRINGS.

ANYWAY, ON LOGAN.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE HAVE ANY WAY ANNOYING YEAH.

WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE VEHICLES AS FAR AS WHAT'S IN THE TANKERS AND SO FORTH? I HAVE CONCERN HAVING TANKER TRUCK PARKED THAT CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL.

UH, THIS PROBABLY GOES WAY BEYOND YOUR YOUNG AGE, BUT, UH, AMMONIA TRUCK EXPLODED IN HOUSTON, UH, ON, UH, THE LOOP AND CREATED QUITE A CATASTROPHE.

SO, UH, JUST, THAT'S JUST A CONCERN I HAVE WITH, UH, ALLOWING TANKER TRUCKS TO PARK NOT ONLY ON CITY STREETS, BUT ALSO THAT CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

, UM, I WOULD READ, READ THROUGH EVERYTHING, LOOKED AT ALL YOUR PICTURES AND EVERYTHING.

I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH THEM, MAYOR ON, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE SEMI TRUCKS, HAULERS, ANY KIND OF TRUCKS PARKED ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND THAT WHOLE AREA IS RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER YOU'RE IN AND OUT OF THE APARTMENTS OR WHATNOT.

UM, THIS REALLY IS A BEST WESTERN ISSUE TO, TO HAVE TO FIND PARKING FOR THEIR, THEIR RESIDENCE.

I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANY, ANY OTHER BUSINESS IS GONNA HAVE TO FIND PARKING.

UM, I'M, I'M PERSONALLY NOT COMFORTABLE SEEING SEMI-TRUCKS PARKED HERE OR ANY KIND OF TRUCKS.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T REALLY WANNA SEE CARS PARKED THERE, FRANKLY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? UH, MR. HUNTER, I THINK YOU, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY BRIEFLY? OKAY.

UH, GARY HUNTER ONE 17 MESQUITE, UM, I'M, I'M SURE WE COVERED EVERYTHING IN DISCUSSION SO FAR AMONGST THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, ONE POINT THAT I JUST WANNA BRING UP IS, I DON'T THINK, AND I I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT PARTICULAR ROAD THERE IS RAIDED FOR THE STATIC LOAD OF A FULL TRUCK.

UH, AND SO, UH, THERE WILL BE DAMAGE TO THE ROADWAY THAT WE'D HAVE TO REPAIR.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ON A, YOU KNOW, TRANSITORY LOAD, IT MIGHT TAKE IT, BUT IF IT'S JUST SITTING THERE PARKED, YOU KNOW, THE GROUND HERE IS SOFT AND SOME OF THOSE ROADS DON'T HAVE PROPER PREPARATION UNDERNEATH OF THEM AND THEY WILL BREAK.

AND I SHARED THAT SAME CONCERN AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS.

WE JUST LOOKED AT A VERY SHORT STRETCH OF ROAD AZELIA WHERE IF WE PUT IT IN IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO BEST WESTERN, I DON'T THINK IS GONNA AGREE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ROADWAY.

AND THEY COULDN'T CUZ IT'S PUBLIC.

SO THAT I SHARED THAT CONCERN AS WELL.

WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE TRUCKS.

EITHER WAY THEY COME IN, IF THEY'RE GONNA COME IN OFF THE FEEDER ROAD AND PARK FACING THE APARTMENTS, OR IF THEY FIND A WAY TO COME IN BY BUCKY'S WHEN THEY LEAVE OUT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO DOWN LOGAN BERRY AND THEN OUT ONTO PLANTATION PLANTATION, WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE EVEN MORE PROBLEMS. THAT'S, WE ALL KNOW RIGHT THERE BY BUCKY'S AND TOKYO IS CRAZY ALREADY.

WE DON'T NEED, I SEE WHERE Y'ALL ARE COMING FROM, FROM A BUSINESS POINT, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR CITIZENS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE IN THOSE APARTMENTS.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IF I LIVE THERE.

SO I'M, I'M AGAINST THAT ALSO.

AND THAT BRINGS ONE MORE POINT, SORRY, JUST HAMMER THIS HOME IS WE HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT FIRETRUCK, WE'VE GOT EMS TRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THESE ALREADY IN LAKE JACKSON, WE DON'T HAVE SUPER WIDE STREETS, AND SO WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANNA MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE THE ROADS AND POTENTIALLY SOMEONE LOSE THEIR HOME DUE TO A SLOW RESPONSE TIME.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WE SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON THIS ITEM? INFORMAL MOTION, NOT HEARING ANY, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, COMING TO US AND EXPLAIN YOUR SITUATION.

11, DISCUSSING, UH, PROHIBITING SEMI UH, TRUCKS PARKING

MOVING ON TO ITEM

[11. Discuss prohibiting semi-trucks parking in public parking areas – Vinay Singhania]

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AND PUBLIC PARK PARKING AREAS.

AND THIS IS REQUESTED BY VENET COUNCILMAN SANJAYA.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AS THIS HOTEL THING.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE HAVE THESE, UH, TANKER TRAILERS PARKED WITH THE CHEMICALS IN THEM.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE MECHANICAL RELIEF VALVES AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, COULD, COULD CAUSE A, UH, CHEMICAL RELEASE.

AND, UH, WE JUST, UH, I DECIDED IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO BE PARKED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND SO THIS ONE IN THE PARKING LOT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UH, A CIRCLE WAY.

AND SO THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS TIED TO THE OLD BASEBALL FIELD AND STUFF.

I WAS PARKING FOR THE OLD BASEBALL FIELD, I GUESS.

I THINK SO.

OR YEAH, IT USED TO BE THE OLD BASEBALL FIELD.

PARKING.

PARKING FOR THE BASEBALL PROGRAM AND STUFF.

SO IT'S STELLA'S CITY PARKING, UH, AREA AND STUFF.

SO THE UNDERSTANDING TALKING TO SHERRY IS, IS IF WE WOULD WANT TO, UH, NOT ALLOW THIS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME WITH THE ORDINANCE TO PUT SIGNAGE.

AND WHILE WE'RE DOING IT, WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE CARE OF ALL OUR, UH, AREAS LIKE THAT.

BE IT DUNBAR PARK OR WHEREVER.

UH, JUST KINDA LIKE WHAT BUCKY'S DOES IS SAYING NO PARKING OF SEMIS IN, UH, ON THOSE, UH, THOSE PARKING LOTS.

IS THAT CORRECT, SHERRY? WE DO IT RIGHT.

I MEAN, I WOULD NEED TO KNOW.

YOU ALL WOULD NEED TO DECIDE, WHICH IS, IS IT SPECIFIC AREAS OR YOU'RE JUST NOT LETTING THEM PARK ANYWHERE OR? I THINK IT, WELL, IT'S WHAT WE'RE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE RIGHT, THE SOCIAL WITH PARKING LOTS MM-HMM.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT WE COULD FASHION ORDINANCE FOR ALL CITY OWNED PARKING LOTS.

PUBLIC PARKING LOTS IS WHAT, SO IT'D BE LIKE CIVIC CENTER MALL, CIVIC CENTER PARKING, MCCLEAN, BUCKIES ISN'T KIDDING.

NOW THEY HAVE GOOD STUFF, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO GET, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO GET 'EM TO PAY FOR THE WATER TIRE PAINT.

SO, SO WHAT ABOUT DOWNTOWN? THAT'S LIKE, AND THAT ONE ENTIRE PARKING LOT.

AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

SO HOW DO WE WRITE THE LANGUAGE? HOW DOES THE LANGUAGE WORK WHERE THEY DON'T SIT DOWNTOWN? ACTUALLY TANKERS DON'T.

THE, YOU HAVE BIG DELIVERY VAN DELIVERY TRUCKS, LIKE SAY THEY'RE DELIVERING TO CARRIAGE POWER, CISCO OR WHATEVER, OR ONE OF THOSE.

CISCO'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST TRUCKS THAT COME DOWN THERE.

I'VE SEEN THE TANKERS GO DOWN BY MAKING THE WRONG TURN COME OFF WESTWAY TRYING TO GO THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

SO, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DELIVERY AND STUFF.

THAT'S FINE.

I CAN WRITE THAT IN.

THEY'RE WORKING.

BUT I MEAN, IS THERE A CERTAIN SIZE OF TRUCK? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TOO.

IT'S LIKE THIS, THIS IMAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE THAT'S A, A TRACTOR AND A TRAILER AND THE TRACTORS DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TRAILERS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BAN THE TRAILERS, I WOULD THINK MM-HMM.

THE TRACTORS BY THEMSELVES ALONE ARE MORE LIKE A, A REALLY BIG, BIG TRUCK, BUT IT'S LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK NOW.

PICKUP TRUCK THESE DAYS.

GET THE, GET BIG, THE NUMBER OF AXLES THE VEHICLE.

WELL YOU CAN DO AGAIN, YOU COULD DO IT BY JUST 18 WHEELERS, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.

THERE'S, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT NUMBER OF WHEELS AND THINGS.

I, I REMEMBER, GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHIEF PARK AND I WERE DOING, BUT WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON DEFINITIONS OF TRUCKS PROBABLY WHEN WE WERE DOING THE TRUCK ROUTE.

UM, AND NO, WHENEVER BACK THEN WAS WHENEVER WE DIDN'T ALLOW, UH, TRACTOR RIGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE PARKED OVERNIGHT.

THAT'S, WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT WAS IN THINK TRUCK AND WHAT WAS, AND THAT'S JUST THE TRACTOR PIECE.

SHERRY, WHAT ABOUT WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE? SO HOW MANY TONS ARE WE AXLES? I NEED TO GO, I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH AND THEN HOW WE GONNA MEASURE HOW MUCH A VEHICLE WEIGH THAT'S BURN CHARGE THAT JOHN? NO, NO, NO.

YOU JUST PICK IT UP AND TELL US.

THESE TANKERS, THESE TANKERS CARRY 6,500 GALLONS.

LET ME, UM, LET ME GET, DEPENDING ON THE DENSITY OF THE PRODUCT.

YOU YOUR, THEY COULD WEIGH 45 TO 50,000 POUNDS.

BUT WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT EMPTY TAXES, NOT THE EMPTY WEIGHT, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE, SO THE QUESTION IS, IS, IS OUR CONCERN IS A, AN 18 WHEELER BEING PARKED AT, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE AT THIS LOCATION BEING EMPTY OR FULL? MY CONCERN IS IT NEEDS TO BE REGARDLESS IF IT'S EMPTY OR FULL.

I LIKE THE, I LIKE MATT, WE'RE YOU DON'T WANT THE TRAILER, THE TRACTOR PART, THE TRAILER IS THE BIG, THE TRACTOR PART IS LIKE BIG PROBLEM.

A LARGE PICKUP TRUCK NOWADAYS.

AND UM, BUT IS THE TRAILER AND WHATEVER THEY HAVE ON THE TRAILER.

SO, SO WHAT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT'S TAKEN UP ALL OF THE SPACE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MATT, THEY CAN DROP THE TRAILER OFF, BUT BRING THE TRACTOR AND WELL, I JUST, I JUST, I DON'T, I'M JUST BACKYARD.

I MEAN, I, I SEE THE TRACTORS WITHOUT TRAILERS ON 'EM ALL

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THE YEAH.

ALL THE TIME.

SO I IMAGINE PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER REASON TO, TO DRIVE THEM.

BUT WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD NEED TO PARK A TRACTOR, NOT A TRAILER.

CUZ I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BIG TRUCKS LIKE THIS.

THIS I WAS GOING TO THE MEDICAL, THE, AND I DON'T KNOW, DO THEY SLEEP THE DOCK IN THE BOX? BECAUSE THEY'RE SLEEPING QUARTERS IN A LOT OF THESE BIG TRACKS.

YES, THEY DO.

THEY THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.

SO CAN WE, UNLESS IT'S A SHORTEN OUT.

START WITH, LET'S TALK ABOUT PARKS AND PUBLIC PARKING LOTS.

MAYBE IN, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE DON'T SEE, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE TRUCKS PARKED DOWNTOWN.

SO WHAT IF WE JUST STARTED OFF, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS, YOU KNOW, UM, CIVIC CENTER, UM, PUBLIC FACILITIES TYPE THING, ARE THE PARKS ZONED DIFFERENTLY? LIKE P ONE, P TWO, I'M JUST MAKING STUFF UP.

BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO NO, THAT WE DESIGNATE THEM IN A SPECIAL ZONE.

WE COULD SAY NO PARKING IN THESE ZONES OR, OR WITH 18 LITER, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THERE'S NOT, SO THAT WON'T WORK.

WE WANNA COMPLICATE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SHERRY, THIS IS, I MEAN THESE, THESE THINGS, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE VERY TECHNICAL ABOUT THEM.

AND UM MM-HMM.

AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS WHEN I WRITE IT, I KNOW WHAT DIRECTION.

WELL THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT I DOUBT WE'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS TALKED ABOUT OR PUT ORDINANCES OUT THERE THAT DO NOT ALLOW PARKING OF 18 WHEELERS ON IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS.

SO WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FIND SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OUT THERE OF WHAT, WITH DEFINITIONS AND SO FORTH.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHERRY COULD COME BACK WITH THIS MM-HMM.

LONG.

WANTS TO KINDA SAY SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW THERE, MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A STATE.

IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THERE WAS SOME STATE DESIGNATION OF, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD BORROW AND SAY THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE, THERE'S NOS WEIGHT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS PICKUP TRUCKS, WERE GETTING SO HEAVY NOW AND BIG AND FAST THAT, SO I MEAN, CUZ IT USED TO, WE USED TO SAY IN OUR ORDINANCES NO MORE THAN ONE TIME.

AND NOW IT'S LIKE, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S GONE.

SO, SO SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING THAT WEIGHT, SO YOU'RE GONNA SEND A OFF SHOT THERE AND GO PAY THE WEIGHT OF A VEHICLE? NO, THEY HAVE MANIFEST ON WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT TRIP.

WELL, YOU MAY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THE MANIFEST.

JOSEPH, SOMETHING TO ADD YOU ON THE ROAD WITHOUT A MANIFEST.

SHE WAS A TRUCKER IN OUR PREVIOUS LIFE.

I WASN'T A TRUCKER, BUT I WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANY OF US ARE TRUCKERS.

I THINK THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SIZING AND I DON'T THINK THEY WANNA SIT THERE.

SO I THINK MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME MORE RESEARCH, LOOK UP SOME ORDINANCES, GET SOME MEASUREMENTS, AND THEN HAVE A GOOD DECISION.

CUZ Y'ALL DON'T, I DON'T WANT Y'ALL MESSING UP MY AMAZON DELIVERIES.

YOU KNOW, THINK, I THINK AS THE WORLD GROWS, THE TRUCKS ARE TO GET MORE AND THE AMAZON, SO YEAH.

DON'T THEY'LL DROP THE DRONES.

THE DRONES ARE GONNA COME AND JUST DROP, DROP IN YOUR BACKYARD.

SO SHERRY, YOU WANT TO, I'LL WORK ON IT.

WORK ON IT AND OH, I WILL NOT COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE.

I'LL COME BACK WITH SOME IDEAS, DIFFERENT EXAMPLES.

ANYTIME WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEMIS, IT HASN'T BEEN LOVE IDEAS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN A CONVERSATION ANYWAY.

SO.

ALRIGHT.

SO YOU'LL COME BACK AND, UH, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT ONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 12.

IS UH, OKAY, DID YOU WANNA SAY I'M SORRY.

SO THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR SEMI RIG IS 80,000 POUNDS.

I'M SORRY, IT'S THE LEGAL LIMIT.

80,000 POUNDS.

FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS GARY HUNTER, ONE 17 MESQUITE STREET.

SO THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR A SEMI RIG IS 80,000.

UM, UH, FOR ME, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.

P P PARKING A TRACTOR OR A TRACTOR AND A TRAILER.

18 WHEELER IS A MONIKER THAT PEOPLE CALL LIKE BUCKY'S DOES.

AND THAT HAS CAUSED BUCKY SOME PROBLEMS RECENTLY BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE PULLING IN WITH THEIR TRACTORS AND TOPPING OFF.

AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID AT BUCKY'S IS NOT ONLY THE TRAILER ISSUES THAT THEY CAN'T HANDLE IN THOSE PARTICULAR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CONCRETE IS NOT SET UP TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF WEIGHT OTHER THAN THAT THEIR OWN TRAILERS WHERE THEIR OWN TRAILER'S COMING IN AND OUT.

THAT IS, BUT THE REST OF IT ISN'T MADE TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF OF WEIGHT.

BUT THESE TRUCKERS ARE NOW BACKING UP AND THEY WANNA AVOID THAT TRUCK LOOK.

I DON'T WANT A TRUCK LOOK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY? I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S A TRUCKER PARKING HIS RIG EVERY NIGHT IN HIS DRIVEWAY.

YOU, HE MAY NOT HAVE A TRAILER, BUT HE'S GOT HIS BIG TRUCK AND THEY ALL LEAK DIESEL FUEL.

OKAY? THEY ALL LEAK OIL.

AND SO THEY'RE JUST GONNA, AND THEN THEY WIND UP PARKING 'EM ON THE, ON THE GRASS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THEY WON'T FIT IN THE DRIVEWAY.

SO, UH, THEY ALREADY HAVE A ORDINANCE ON, UH, PARKING ON THE GRASS.

PARKING? PARKING? NO, FOR TRUCKS FOR SEMIS AND PARKING AND RESIDENTIAL.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF A TRUCK OR TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK HIS TRIP, HIS VEHICLE OVERNIGHT, WHETHER IT HAS A TRAILER ON IT OR NOT.

WELL THAT'S, IT'S NOT SO COMMUNITY PARKING.

COMMUNITY PARKING AS FAR AS LIKE OUR CITY PARKS AND IN THEIR PARKING LOTS SHOULD NOT BE, UH,

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IT'S NOT THAT CONS, IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF PARKING PRO, UH, PROVISION.

IT'S FOR THE CITIZENS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PARK ACTIVITIES.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

AND JUST TO, JUST TO ADD TO THAT IS REAL QUICK IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PARKING AREAS, A LOT OF PARKING AREAS, WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLE.

DUNBAR.

DUNBAR IS REAL NICE, BIG PIECE OF ASPHALT.

AND WHEN IT GETS HOT IN THE SUMMER, WHEN YOU PULL A BIG RIG IN THERE AND YOU JUST START TURNING AT YOUR SHARP CORNERS AND STUFF, YOU END UP PLOWING THAT ALL UP WITH HOT TIRES.

SO, RIGHT, RIGHT.

ANYWAY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING MM-HMM.

, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK THROUGH AND SHERRY HOPEFULLY CAN FIND SOME EXAMPLES OF MM-HMM.

SOME GOVERNANCE.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON

[12. Award Bid No. 22-12-015, sale of .4893 acres at 818 Lake Road to the highest bidder in the amount of $105,500 – Robin Hyden]

TO, UH, ITEM 12.

AND THAT IS AWARD BID NUMBER 2 2 1 2 0 5 CELL OF 4 8 9 8 9 3 ACRES AT, UH, EIGHT 18 LAKE ROAD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,500.

ROBIN? YES.

WE YOU'RE BUYING IT ROBIN.

HUH? LET'S CUT YOUR NAME.

DEFINITELY WROTE A CHECK.

WE ALL, NO, JUST CHECK.

UH, YES.

SO WE, UM, THIS PIECE OF, UH, PARKLAND, UM, WE WENT OUT FOR BIDS.

WE ONLY DID GET THE ONE BID FOR THIS ONE.

AND IT WAS, UM, 5,500 OVER THE ASKING PRICE.

IT WAS FOR P PIR BUILDERS FOR THAT ONE.

SO WE ARE ASKING TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON COUNCIL? MM-HMM.

, WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT IN THE TIMBER CREEK AREA OR WAS THAT YES, YES.

THIS IS THE SMALLER ONE ACROSS FROM WHERE THE, THE ORIGINAL PLAYGROUND WAS HAS ZONED.

UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH A MOTION FOR THIS ONE, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE.

THERE'LL BE AWARD BID NUMBER 22 DASH 12 DASH 15.

STAY THE 4 8 8 9 3 ACRES AT EIGHT 18 LAKE ROAD TO THE HIGHEST BID IN THE AMOUNT OF HUNDRED 5,500.

ALL A MOTION.

I NEED A SECOND.

SECOND.

A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ES.

LEMME THINK I HAD ANYBODY.

13 IS AWARD BID 2, 2, 12 AND 14 CELL OF THE POINT.

AND, UH, ITEM

[13. Award Bid No. 22-12-014, sale of .09657 acres at 902 Lake Road to the highest bidder in the amount of $162,200 – Robin Hyden]

UH, ZERO NINE.

IS IT ZERO NINE OR IS IT 0.9? POINT NINE 0.9? THOSE DESMOND, THOSE, THOSE DES POINTS WILL GET YOU , UH, 0.9657 ACRES AT, UH, 9 0 2 LAKE ROAD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $162,200.

SO THIS WAS THE SECOND PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE WENT OUT FOR BID FOR.

THIS WAS WHERE THE, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WAS.

UM, IT'S SINCE BEEN REMOVED.

I MEAN, IT'S THE LARGER PARCEL.

WE DID HAVE THREE BIDS ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, PELLETIER, UH, JEFF AND ALLISON ANDS, I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, THE SCHWAS, UH, JEFF AND ALLISON ANDRES CAME IN WITH 1 62.

162,200 WOULD BE THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

SO I ASKED IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO HOW MUCH WAS THAT ONE OVER ASKING WHAT WERE, UM, IT WAS, WE, THE, UH, MINIMUM WAS 150,000.

ONE 50.

SO IT WAS 12 12 12 20 1200, 12,200.

YES, SIR.

TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR MOVED THAT WE AWARD BID NUMBER 22 DASH 1214, SALE OF 0.9657 ACRE AT 9 0 2 LAKE ROAD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER IN THE AMOUNT OF HUNDRED 62202ND.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

MOVE ON TO ITEM

[14. Resolution No. 911 of support to restore General Land Office (GLO) funding for Velasco Drainage District portion of Freeport Project – Modesto Mundo]

FOUR.

OKAY, THANKS.

UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 1 1, UH, OF SUPPORT TO RESTORE THE GERALD LAND OFFICE FUNDING FOR VELASCO DRAIN DISTRICT PORTION OF THE FREE BOARD PROJECT.

MODESTO, GO AHEAD.

READ THAT CAPTION AND GO FORWARD.

UM, AND SO WHAT THE V D D IS ASKED INDUSTRY AND CITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORT OF, UH, URGING THE LEGISLATURE THIS COMING SESSION OR THIS SESSION, UH, TO RESTORE, UH, THAT THAT COMMITMENT AND THEIR PORTION OF FUNDING MATCH.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS URGENT, THE STATE OF TEXAS, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR HURRICANE PROTECTION FOR THE PEOPLE AND COMMERCE AND BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND GIVE SOME BACKGROUND, I GUESS ON THIS.

UH, YES, THE, THE V D D HAD, UM, SIGNED A COMMITMENT, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH THE, UM, WITH THE CORPS, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO IMPROVE THE LEVY SYSTEM.

THE ARMY, UH, CORPS WAS, UH, APPROVED THEIR FEDERAL FUNDS, THEIR MATCHING, UH, PORTION.

UH, AT THE TIME THE V D D UM, HAD A, I GUESS A GENTLEMAN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE, UH, AND THE GLO FOR FUNDING THEIR PORTION.

AND SO THEY COMMITTED TO, UM, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, BUT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS NOT FUNDED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

[01:20:02]

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF V V D D JUST SAYS, WE DON'T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE Y'ALL RENEGED.

WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT? WELL, THE, THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS WE WILL PROBABLY NEVER GET A FEDERAL PROJECT IN OUR AREA IN A LONG TIME.

THEY KIND OF HAVE A KIND OF BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE AS FAR AS VDD IS CONCERNED.

UH, UH, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 240 MILLION, I THINK IS WHAT THEY WERE COMMITTED.

THEY SAID THEY HAD TO, YOU KNOW, THE WINK, WINK HANDSHAKE, UH, ON AND ALL THAT WAS FUNNY WAS 20 MILLION.

AND SO MAYBE THEY MISSED A ZERO JUST LIKE WE DID IN LAST POINT.

LIKE MR. JONES FROM THE YES, THE MARLON IS GET THE AGREEMENTS.

YOU, YOU ATTENDED THE FEBRUARY 2ND ON THAT TRUCK THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL EVEN MESS WITH THAT.

JUST NO .

AS MY UNDERSTANDING FOR MY DAD IS THAT WAS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.

AND OF COURSE THE STATE, THEY CAN FUND IT OR NOT FUND IT, THAT'S UP TO THEM.

BUT AS FAR AS NOT GETTING ANY FEDERAL FUNDS, THE CORE BILLS, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

AND THEY'LL KEEP PUMPING MONEY HERE AS LONG AS THEY CAN BUILD.

IT'S JUST, I MEAN, DON'T, YOU DON'T LET THAT BE SOMETHING TO CARRY OFF BECAUSE THEY WILL KEEP PUTTING MONEY HERE.

THEY, I MEAN THE INDUSTRY'S HERE.

THAT'S THE STORY THEY WERE GIVING US WHENEVER WE WERE TRYING TO GET GLORIA COUNTY OUT OF THAT TAXING ENTITY.

, THEY SAID, OH MAN, IF WE DON'T GO IN THERE, WE'LL WIND UP WON'T GET ANY MORE FEDERAL MONEY.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, BY DOING THIS RESOLUTION OR NOT DOING RESOLUTION, EVERYBODY'S NOT SHOWING THAT WE SUPPORT IT OR THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

IT'S JUST ALL WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO IS DO THE RESOLUTION, SEND A REQUEST BACK TO THE SENATOR, OUR STATE SENATOR, AND ASK HER TO PURSUE, CUZ SHE IS, UH, THE HEAD OF THAT COMMITTEE TO PURSUE THE, UH, UH, REESTABLISHING THAT FUNDING AT SOME LEVEL AND VD D'S LEADING THE SORT OF CHARGE IN THE LEGISLATURE, SO TO SPEAK.

AND WE'RE JUST SIGNING ON TO THEIR YES.

OUR UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR MEETING WITH, UH, WITH VDD, THE MARONITE WAS THAT, UH, THEY HAVE MADE, YOU KNOW, THIS REQUEST OF INDUSTRY, THEY'VE GOTTEN SUPPORT, LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM INDUSTRY AND THEN THEY WERE THEN APPROACHING ALL OF THE CITIES ASKING FOR THE SAME REPORT, UM, SUPPORT TWO QUESTIONS.

UM, THEY WERE GOING TO DO A WORKSHOP FOR THE CITIZENS.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CORE IS KIND OF HEADING THAT UP.

THAT WAS GONNA BE REALLY SOON, OR IT'S ALREADY PASSED.

HAS IT HAPPENED? IT WAS ON THE SECOND, IT WAS LAST THURSDAY.

SO THAT'S DONE AT LEAST.

MY ONLY OTHER CONCERN IS IF THEY WANT US TO STAND BEHIND THEM AND ASKING FOR OUR SUPPORT, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY STANDING AT THE PODIUM.

UH, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT, UH, THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS, UH, AT FREEPORT TONIGHT BECAUSE HE IS MEETING WITH THEM AND IT HAS BIGGEST, BIGGEST COMPONENT OF ALL THE FIXES AND EVERYTHING ARE IN FREEPORT, ALL THE WALLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THEY MADE THEIR DECISION WAS, IS TO, UH, HAVE HIM MAKE THAT BE THERE FOR THAT.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

BUT IS THERE SOMEONE FROM THE PDD TONIGHT? NO, THAT'S IT.

I'M JUST SAYING IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY IF THEY WANT US TO JUMP BEHIND 'EM AND SUPPORT 'EM.

YOU COULD HAVE PUT THIS ON A DIFFERENT AGENDA.

I HATE FEDERAL PROJECTS.

I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH WITH IT ANYWAYS, BUT RIGHT.

THERE'S, UH, THIS IS REALLY JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.

BUT AGAIN, AT OUR, AT OUR LEVEL, I DON'T KNOW THAT AT OUR LEVEL THAT WE CAN STOP ANYTHING MM-HMM.

, NO.

SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME STATE SENATORS AND SOME STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO CREATE THE RUCKUS TO, TO STOP THE PROJECT AT FATS WAS MY CONCERN WITH EVERY TIME, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAME AND GAVE US OUR, THE, THE TALK, UH, THEIR LAST MEETING AND THEN AT THE FEBRUARY 2ND DATE, UH, AT THE MEETING FROM, I DIDN'T ATTEND CUZ I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD BRING ANYTHING NEW TO THE TABLE, IS THAT THE PROJECT IS SO

[01:25:01]

UNDEFINED.

IT IS.

IT'S JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN THE, THE, THE, THE GATE.

THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE GOT AGREEMENT YET WITH THE PORT ON WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT CROSSINGS ARE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BLOCKING ROADS THAT MOVE AWAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE T LEVIES OR WHATEVER THEY CALL 'EM.

SO IT'S, IT'S STILL, IT'S A MOVING TARGET.

AND THE ONLY THING I SEE FROM WHEN, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO THE ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS IS, IS THAT THEY'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION.

AND THAT IS IS THAT WHENEVER THE PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED OR THEY WERE PUT ON THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT WAS ALREADY A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED.

AND SO THEY'VE GOTTA GO SPEND THE DOLLARS.

AND SO THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO DEFINE THIS PROJECT AND IT'S KINDA LIKE THEY GOT A CART CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

THEY DON'T ONLY KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT FINAL PROJECT'S GOING TO BE, IS WHAT I, MY FEEL IS OF THIS.

SO FROM THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PERSPECTIVE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS OUR DEALS WITH GLOW, IT'S 200, IT WAS ORIGINALLY 240 MILLION LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

UM, WE ENDED UP, THEY GOT 20 MILLION, UH, GLOW WAS GIVEN 20 MILLION, UH, THEY WERE GIVEN 200 MILLION.

THEY DEDICATED 20 MILLION OF IT TO THIS PROJECT.

SO THAT PUTS US AT 226 MILLION LEFT.

SO THIS YEAR I KNOW THAT, THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR GLOW IS GONNA BE NOW 500 MILLION.

AND THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE GULF COAST.

SO I DID SPEAK WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY, UM, THEY ARE GONNA BE REQUESTING THE FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDING OF THE 226 MILLION.

AND HE SAID WE'LL PROBABLY GET A CHUNK OF THAT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT.

AND I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY NEITHER HERE NOR THERE FOR WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO TODAY.

BUT REALLY THIS IS TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE BALANCE OF IT PROBABLY COME BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS.

BUT I JUST, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, IT'S A FEDERAL PROJECT.

THEY'RE NEVER EFFICIENT, THEY'RE NEVER WELL DEFINED AND THEY'RE USUALLY NOT PARTICULARLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.

IS WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT PERSONALLY.

AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THINGS.

EVEN THE GATE, WELL THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HIGH THEY WANNA BUILD THE LEVEES.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION CAUSE OUR PROBLEMS IN MY OPINION ARE, IS STORM SURGE CAN BE A PROBLEM? YES.

BUT WE'VE HAD BIGGER PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING FROM THE NORTH AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT THAT OR TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO IT, THEY HAVE A LOT OF ROADBLOCKS IN FRONT OF THEM AND, UH, ON THIS PROJECT, UH, EVERYTHING FROM DEFINING THE PROJECT TO GETTING, EVEN HAVING PLACES TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THEY WANT TO DO.

SO, UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL OUT OF OUR HANDS.

AGAIN, ALL THIS IS, IS JUST A REQUEST TO BASICALLY SEND A LETTER, UH, SAYING THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO, UH, RESTORE THE FUNDING.

I, I'M USUALLY IN FAVOR OF THINGS LIKE THIS JUST BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT THE LETTER'S GOING TO CAN CHOOSE TO USE IT IF IT HELPS 'EM OR NOT USE IT IF IT DOESN'T HELP THEM.

CUZ THIS IS LIKE YOU SAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THE END ALL BE ALL FOR THIS.

THEY CAN.

SO YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION.

I WILL.

I'LL MOVE THAT WE, UH, ADOPT A RESOLUTION.

DO WE GOTTA READ IT FIRST MO UH, OR CAN YOU READ IT AFTER? I THOUGHT YOU READ IT.

DID.

MAYBE YOU READ IT.

I THINK I DID READ IT.

THAT WAS SO LONG AGO.

YEAH, SO LONG AGO.

THIS DISCUSS, CONSIDER A FEE WAIVER REDUCTION POLICY FOR PARK RENTALS.

UH, THEN I'LL ADOPT, UH, UM, A MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 9 1 1, UH, AND SUPPORT OF TO RESTORE THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE FUNDING FOR B D D PORTION OF THE FREEPORT PROJECT.

ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 15.

[15. Discuss and consider Fee Waiver/Reduction Policy for park rentals – Robin Hyden]

UM, YES.

SO THIS, UM, POLICY IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE OR PRE AC EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE THAT WE SENT FOR THE CIVIC CENTER RENTALS.

UM, OCCASIONALLY WE DO GET SOME REQUESTS FOR THE PARK, UM, USAGE, ESPECIALLY MCCLAIN FOR FREE RENTALS.

UM, AND WE, AND THERE'S JUST REALLY NO GUIDELINES FOR STAFF TO GO ON.

SO WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF GO WITH THE SAME POLICY THAT WE HAVE SET FORTH FOR THE CIVIC CENTER IN THIS.

AND, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVE TO, UM, FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE CAN DO A FEE REDUCTION.

WE DO WORK WITH THE 5 0 1 ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT'S NOT SPONSORED BY A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S NOT FOR CHARITABLE, NOT A FUNDRAISER.

YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS THE VAL, UM, EVENT, USING AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE,

[01:30:01]

UM, THAT HAS TO BE A COMMUNITY EVENT OPEN TO EVERYONE.

UM, THE NOT POLITICAL IN NATURE, INDIVIDUAL SEEKING OFFICE, UH, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING PLACE OR FACILITIES FOR THEIR SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS BASED OUTSIDE OF LAKE JACKSON, UNLESS THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT BENEFIT THAT PRIMARILY, UM, BENEFITS THE CITY CITIZENS OF LAKE JACKSON.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE LETTING 'EM USE THE FACILITY FOR, UM, ARE PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHO HAVE FI UM, FAILED TO FULFILL ANY OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS DURING, SAY, A PREVIOUS YEAR.

IF THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY WON'T BE ABLE, THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE FEE FOR THAT.

SO, OKAY.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? AGAIN, THIS IS BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE DID FOR THE ACCIDENT.

NO QUESTIONS.

THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, CON TO APPROVE THE FEE WAIVER REDUCTION POLICY FOR PARK RENTALS.

HUH? I NEED A SECOND.

SECOND.

I GOT A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD.

THANK YOU ROBIN.

AND OH, ROBIN, REAL QUICK.

OH, LIBRARY'S NOT HERE.

WHO BROUGHT CAMP WITH THE IDEA WHAT THE TRAIL WITH THE BOOK? UM, THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY, UM, THEY APPROACHED US ABOUT IT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

UM, WHEN THEY, THEY APPROACHED US WITH IT, I WANNA SAY LAST SPRING MAYBE.

I THINK THEY GOT A GRANT FOR IT.

AND SO THEY DID IT.

UH, WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ON THERE.

THEY PROVIDED THE, THE STORYBOOK THINGS AND THEN WE PAID TO PUT IT IN ON THE TRAIL.

IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

SO THEY'LL BE DOING DIFFERENT ONES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO USE IT FOR OTHER STUFF TOO.

SO, ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THANKS FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO ROBIN BEFORE I FORGOT THAT.

ALL

[16. New Business Update – David Walton]

WE HAVE, UH, ITEM 16, UH, NEW BUSINESS.

DAVID.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I ALMOST JUMPED UP OUT OF TURN.

UM, SO, SO EXCITED TO BE UP HERE.

UH, WE YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY, .

SO THE, OUR PROJECTS ARE, ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ALONG, UM, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADDED ANYTHING NEW TO THE MIX.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO WHY AREN'T YOU OUT THERE TAKING THE SIGN AND TWIRLING THE SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION? UM, WELL, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ABOUT SIGN AND SIGNAGE ON CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS.

AND SO, UM, YOU CAN DO THE, YOU, YOU CAN DO THE, THE HUMAN HELD SIGNS.

YOU JUST CAN'T, UH, REALLY DO THEM ON STREETS OF SPEED LIMITS OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR.

UH, DAVID, I DO GET ASKED ON OCCASION ABOUT SIR CAVENDERS, UH, YES, THAT IS STILL COMING.

WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE PLANS.

HOWEVER, I, YOU KNOW, RUMOR HAS IT THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A LATE SPRING OPENING.

LATE SPRING, MAN, THAT'S COMING FAST.

YEAH, IT'S ALREADY SPRING, RIGHT? NOT YET.

NOT YET.

NO.

THE GROUND HUG IS GROUNDHOG.

THE STARBUCKS HAD TO CLOSE FOR THIS PART OF THEIR REMODEL OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

IS, UM, IS CHICK-FIL-A COMPLAINING ON DOING THE SAME THING? I PRESUME SO CHICK-FIL-A, UM, CAUSE I'M GONNA NEED TO START THAT END DAY TODAY.

NO, AS FAR AS CHICK-FIL-A IS CONCERNED, KIDS, THEY SHOULD HAVE A MINIMAL DISRUPTION.

UH, THEY, IT'S NOT REALLY AFFECTING THEIR KITCHEN EXCEPTING IN EXPANSION OF, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT CHICK-FIL-A WILL WILL CHANGE THEIR OPERATIONS, EXCEPT YOU PROBABLY WILL SEE A REDUCTION IN DINING ROOM AVAILABILITY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN MOSTLY DRIVE THROUGH AND CURBSIDE SERVICE, UH, SINCE EARLY 2020.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE KIND OF PERFECTED THAT.

, AT LEAST IN OUR AREA.

STARBUCKS, YOU SHOULD SEE OPEN UP LATER THIS WEEK.

IF YOU CAN REFRESH MY MEMORY ON POLY POP.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION THEY DOING THERE? SO, POLY POP IS LOOKING TO BUILD OUT THE OLD DON CLOCK'S, DON'S CLOCK'S SUITE.

UM, MORE SPACE.

THEY HAVE TAKEN DOWN.

OH, SO THEY GONNA MOVE FROM THAT LOCATION TO THAT IS CORRECT, YEAH.

IN A BUILDING THAT SHE OWNS VERSUS LEASING.

OH, OKAY.

AND SHE HAS TAKEN DOWN THE CANOPY THAT WAS STRETCHING OVER THE SIDEWALK.

MANAGER'S UPDATE, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS? MM-HMM.

[17. City Manager Updates]

ALL I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST FORMALLY INFORM ME, JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'VE RESCHEDULED THE DATE.

WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK, AND I BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S AGREED TO MARCH 27TH.

AND SO JUST MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND WE'LL SEND, I GUESS WE'LL SEND OUT A CONFIRMATION CALENDAR.

I GUESS I WILL.

MEGAN? YEAH.

[01:35:01]

MODESTO HAD TO SEND, YEAH, THIS WAS MEGAN'S PROJECT AND SHE'S SENT IT BACK UP TO ME.

THAT'S IT.

18, CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

AND, UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[18. Construction Updates]

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BEST PART OF THE EVENING? ? YEAH.

BEST PART OF THE EVENING.

UH, I DON'T THINK MEGAN WANTS TO TAKE ON THE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT.

MEGAN, YOU DON'T, YOU WANT, YOU DON'T.

OUR FINAL MEETING, UH, THURSDAY, THEY, ANYONE WITH THE BUSINESSES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME, I LET THEM ALL KNOW THAT I AM TRANSITIONING OUT AND THAT IF THEY NEED ANYTHING, THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTACT THE LOVELY SOUTH MOVING FORWARD.

YOU'RE THRILLED.

YOU WANNA SEE THE APPLAUSE WHENEVER SHE GOES IN THERE.

THEY'RE THRILLED.

, UH, THE, UH, PROJECT HAS, IT IS REALLY TAKEN ON A LITTLE BIT OF MORE SPEED THERE.

THANK GOD.

UH, NOW WITH THE LAST TWO, THREE, UH, RAINOUTS THAT WE HAD IN PAST WEEK, PUT A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A, YOU KNOW, STOP TO THE, TO THE, UH, PLAN THAT WE WERE THINKING THAT WE WERE GONNA BE OPENING THE CIRCLE WAY, UH, EAST PORTION OF THAT ONE.

THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PROBABLY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT COMPLETELY FOR TR FULL TRAFFIC FLOW AND FOR PARTIAL PARKING, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SIDEWALK PORTION OF THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.

UH, AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THE SIDEWALK ALONG THAT WAY NOW IS ALMOST COMPLETE.

THEY WILL BE FINISHING UP ON THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, PARKING WAY AND, UH, THAT WAY, UH, BY TOMORROW.

SO ALL THAT AREA IS GONNA BE PRIMARILY DONE.

AND NOW, UH, THEY ARE FINISHING UP TODAY.

THEY FINISH THE, UH, WHAT I, WHAT WE CALL THE T INTERSECTION OF THE ALLEYWAY BEHIND CIRCLE WAY, UH, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO REESTABLISH THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG THE ALLEY, DELIVERY TRUCKS ALONG THE ALLEY THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF SINCE, UH, WE STARTED BREAKING OUT THAT WAY.

UH, AND, UH, THEY, UH, ALSO POURED A, A LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTH PARKING PLACE, PARKING AREAS, AT LEAST THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, BUILDING SIDE, THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE, OF THOSE OF, UH, NORTH PARKING PLACE, UH, PARKING.

UH, SO REALLY THINGS ARE STARTING TO MOVE ON.

AND, UH, SHORTLY WE'LL SEE ADDITIONAL WORK ON THAT WAY.

THE, UH, PAVING, THE PAVING OR THE DEMOLITION OF THAT WAY THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED WAS BECAUSE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, UH, BROKE DOWN ON THEM AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT GOING TOMORROW.

THEY THINK THEY WILL.

UM, I HAVE HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I NOTICED, UH, DRIVING IN TONIGHT IS, UH, THE SANDBLASTING OF THE DUNBAR, UH, TOWER.

CORRECT.

THEY HAD TO GO, SINCE THEY COULDN'T PUT THE CURTAIN ALL THE WAY AROUND, THEY'D GONE TO THE WATER MIX MM-HMM.

AND STUFF.

, UH, I'VE NOTICED THAT, UH, THE MATERIAL, UH, TODAY WAS STACKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF 2004.

SO IT'S BLOWING ACROSS ONTO 2004.

AND ALONG THE STRIPE, IT'S, YOU SEE THE GREEN, UH, MATERIAL, THE CREW MATERIAL.

SO WE WILL, WE'LL, YOU SEE ABOUT THEY CAN SWEEP THAT OR WE'LL CALL THE INSPECTOR TOMORROW SO THAT HE CAN GO OUT THERE AND, OKAY.

AND NEXT QUESTION IS GONNA BE, SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE ROAD MM-HMM.

, AND WE'RE NOT DOING A FULL CURTAIN, SHOULD WE PUT SIGNAGE UP ABOUT SANDBLASTING? I, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO OVER CONCERN PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, BUT IT IS COMING ACROSS ONTO THE ROAD.

LET'S, UH, LET'S HAVE A LITTLE, UH, CONVERSATION WITH THE INSPECTOR AND SEE WHAT HE RECOMMENDS.

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

THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

UH, JUST REITERATE THE VOW 22 WALK ON SATURDAY.

IT'S A REALLY, REALLY AWESOME EVENT.

YEP, SURE IS.

THANKS.

AND THE NAME, I THINK RHONDA, UM, I KNOW THE HIKE STARTS, I THINK AT 10 30 ON SATURDAY FOR VAL 22, SO THAT'S THE PART WE ALWAYS ENJOY.

UM, JUST REAL QUICK, SO SINCE THIS IS MEGAN'S LAST MEETING, JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WHAT A PLEASURE IT'S BEEN TO WORK WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE JUST SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND YOU'VE DONE GREAT THINGS HERE IN THE SHORT TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE.

AND IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO, TO SERVE ON COUNCIL WITH YOU.

THANK

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YOU.

, , MATT.

YEAH, NO, NOTHING UP IN ADDITION TO THAT WELL SAID STATEMENT J WE GONNA MISS YOU MEGAN, AND JUDGE YOU BEING HERE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GLAD TO GET BACK HOME TO YOUR MOM AND DAD AND YOUR BROTHER.

YES SIR.

AND AS FAR AS ME AGAIN, UH, RHONDA SAID MOST OF EVERYTHING, SORRY.

AND UH, THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S BETTER YOU SAY IT THAN ME CUZ I KNOW WHAT TEARED, I'VE ALREADY TEARED UP TALKING TO HER BEFORE ABOUT IT IS, UH, UM, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, UH, SOMEONE LIKE MEGAN.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, BEING A FEMALE AND, UH, HAVING A, BEING A FATHER OF TWO GIRLS, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO, FOR A FEMALE TO BE, UH, OUT THERE IN THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND STUFF.

AND, UH, SO, UH, I WISH YOU THE BEST AND I THINK, UH, IF YOU NEED A RECOMMENDATION IN THE FUTURE FROM ANYBODY, ANYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL CAN, UH, CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.

SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE, UH, KNOWING YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU AND ALSO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE CITY.

YOU'VE BROUGHT, UH, SOME NEW THOUGHTS AND SOME NEW, UM, THOUGHTS, IDEAS, AND, UH, YOU'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PUSH, UH, MODESTO INTO SPENDING SOME MONEY, .

AND SO I DON'T THINK WE WOULD EVER GOTTEN TO, UH, HAVING A, A COUPLE PRO CARDS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, WITHOUT YOU, UH, TELLING MODESTO IT'S TIME TO, UH, MOVE INTO THE MODERN AGE AND THAT, AND THAT HIS STAFF CAN BE TRUSTED.

SO AGAIN, UH, WE'RE LOSING A, A GREAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT, UH, YOUR COMMUNITY'S GETTING ANOTHER ONE.

AND AGAIN, I I APPRECIATE YOU ALSO PUTTING FAMILY WHERE IT NEEDS A BEAT.

AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

STAFF, ANYTHING? NO, I, YOU KNOW, NOT MUCH I COULD ADD.

UM, NO, MEGAN WILL BE MISSED.

SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL, UH, THE DAY THAT SHE GOT HERE.

SHE GOT, GOT ME THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH.

UM, YEAH.

AND I WILL MISS HER OTHER THAN HER POTTY MOUTH .

BUT SHE WILL BE MISSED.

I WILL ACTUALLY MISS THE POT MOUTH YOU NURSE.

SECOND THAT, WE'LL GET YOU A FOR CANDIDATES.

ALRIGHT? ALRIGHT.

BE GREAT.

BUT THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ADJOURN.