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[1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
COULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE.PLEDGE LEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE CITY ATTORNEY.
[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
GET A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER MINUTES? MM-HMM.VISITOR'S COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN HERE'S GOT SOMETHING TO SAY THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA NOW TO BE THE TIME TO GET UP AND SPEAK.
CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN LISTEN TO YOU
ANYBODY THAT, UH, GENERAL RULE, EVERYBODY THAT COMES UP AND SPEAKS, PLEASE STATE YOUR STATE, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS CAUSE IT'S RECORDED, PUBLIC RECORD AND ALL THAT.
[4. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON FINAL REVIEW OF REPLAT OF LOTS 15, 16, 17 & 18, BLOCK 6, AREA “J” INTO LOT 15A AND LOT 18A, BLOCK 6, AREA “J” AT 110 AND 114 THAT WAY FILED ON JUNE 6, 2023]
ON FINAL REVIEW OF REPLAY OF LOTS.BLOCK SIX AREA J INTO LOT 15 A AND LOT 18 A BLOCK SIX AREA J AT ONE 10 AND ONE 14 THAT WAY.
FILED ON JUNE THE SIXTH, RIGHT? 2023.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE, UH, MR. BURNETT, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS, HE'S READY HERE TO, TO, UH, TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ON WHATEVER IT IS AS FAR AS THE PLAT IS CONCERNED.
UH, THE ONLY THINGS THAT WERE MISSING LAST TIME AT YOUR REQUEST, THE ALLEY WAS SEPARATED ENTIRELY FROM THE PROPERTY.
NOW IT'S SET OFF AND IT IS DEDICATED AS THE PUBLIC ALLEY.
UH, THE ITEM CONCERNING THE, UH, THE UTILITIES THAT RUN THROUGH THOSE TWO LOTS THERE, THEY DECIDED TO PROVIDE A BLANKET EASEMENT, UH, TO BOTH PROPERTIES FOR, AND THAT, UH, THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT WOULD BE PART, WHICH IS REC, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE PLAT ITSELF.
UH, THEN THAT BECOMES AN OFFICIAL EASEMENT, UH, BLANKET EASEMENT FOR THEM TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY FIND WITH THEIR UTILITY SYSTEMS NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
NOW, THE ONLY THING THAT IS MISSING ON THIS PLANT IS A SIGNATURE BLOCK.
THEY PUT IN THE SIGNATURE BLOCK, BUT IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT ONE.
IT WAS NOT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION THAT WAS A COUNCIL SIGNATURE BLOCK.
SO, UH, WE ASK THAT YOU, UH, RE I MEAN, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU, UH, CONSIDER APPROVAL APPROVING IT, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU WILL THEN COME BACK AND SIGN THE PROPER DOCUMENT.
YOU ALL NEED A MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
OPPOSED? JUNE THAT SECOND? YES.
[5. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON FINAL REVIEW OF SITE PLAN AMENDMENT OF HEB STORE #707 AT 95 OYSTER CREEK DRIVE FILED ON JUNE 6, 2023]
ON FINAL REVIEW OF SITE PLAN.AMENDMENT OF H E B STORE NUMBER 7 0 7 AT 95 OYSTER CREEK DRIVE, FILED ON JUNE 6TH, 2023.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
I'M WITH L J A ENGINEERING AND ON BEHALF OF, I'M, UH, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF H E B.
UM, APPARENTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE TREES IN THE ISLANDS THAT THEY HAD SAVED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION ORIGINALLY FOR THE PROJECT, UH, THEY HAVE SINCE DIED.
AND THEY REMOVED THEM AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO I WENT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO, AND WE ENDED UP WITH 52 ADDITIONAL PARKING PLACES.
PARKING SPACES, AND IT'S REALLY, AND WE'RE GONNA REPLACE, UH, WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE THE ISLANDS WITH, UH, JUST ADDITIONAL PARKING, UM, ASPHALT PARKING.
WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, THERE ON THE SCREEN INDICATES THOSE AREAS OF PATCHY AREAS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THOSE ARE THE AREAS OF THE ISLANDS THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE TR THEY WERE TRYING TO RECLAIM.
NOW TURNED THEM INTO, OF COURSE, UH, ASPHALT SURFACES AND PARKING SPOTS, MAKING UP FOR THOSE 52 YEAR PARKING SPACES THAT HE SPEAKS ABOUT.
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UH, IN DOING THAT, IT ALSO STRAIGHT STRAIGHTENS OUT ALL OF THE LOOPS HE DOS THAT YOU HAVE AROUND THERE THAT MAKE IT, MAKES IT HARD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO, UH, TRANS, YOU KNOW, TRANS, TRANS TRANSVERSE THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR COURSE.UH, SO, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THOSE TREES THAT ARE NOW DECEASED, UH, THOSE WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL COUNT.
THOSE WERE ALLOWED TO AT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT WAS, UH, HIV'S DESIRE TO LEAVE 'EM THERE ANYWAY, IN ORDER TO, TO SORT OF, UH, MAKE, UH, GOOD WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT LIKE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HASN'T HAD THAT SUCCESS.
THERE ARE STILL SOME THERE THAT THEY'RE STILL GONNA KEEP THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL SURVIVING.
WHO KNOWS IF THE FUTURE MAY HAPPEN.
I MEAN, IT MAY, YOU KNOW, DUPLICATE ITSELF.
UH, SO, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, WHAT THEY'RE COMING BACK IS WITH 2 52 ADDITIONAL SPACES THAT WE FEEL LIKE GIVEN THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS AND THE WAY YOU, YOU SEE THOSE PARKING LOTS IN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PERFECTLY, PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW, AGREEABLE THING TO DO.
THE, UH, THE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT, UH, THAT, THAT'S THE PATCHWORK WE WERE TRYING TO SHOW YOU WHAT GOES ARE THIS WOULD BE NOW THE, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXISTENCE.
IS THAT THE NEW ONE? THIS IS THE NEW PARKING.
SO THIS IS A NEW PARKING LOT WITH ALL THOSE ISLANDS REMOVED, MAKING FOR BETTER, BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW THERE.
IS STILL IN HERE? YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO OF THE, THERE'S LEAST TWO, MAYBE THREE.
THERE'S TWO OF THE CURVE ONES LEFT.
CAUSE THOSE ARE BIG TREES AND THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL PRETTY GOOD.
SO AS FAR AS THE SO PLAN, THERE AREN'T ANY THERE, THERE'S NO, UH, THERE AREN'T ANY CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE BECAUSE THE DRAINAGE PATTERN STILL REMAINS THE SAME.
IT JUST GOES TOWARDS THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO, NOTHING TO BE REQUIRED FOR THAT.
YOUR UTILITY CHANGES, EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS THE SAME.
UH, I LIKE THE, SO PEOPLE DIDN'T DRIVE AS FAST, BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE IN TOWN, SO
AND AS WE KNOW, UM, MEDIANS SOMETIMES, UM, CAN ENCOURAGE TREES TO DECEASED.
MATT, I THOUGHT THOSE TREES WERE COUNTED WHENEVER THEY TOOK AWAY THE STUFF ON THE, UH, TO GO SIDE.
NO, BECAUSE THEY TOOK AWAY TREES WHEN THEY EXPANDED THEM, THEY EXPANDED THE COME AND GO SECTION.
AND THEY, THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THOSE.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THEY ENDED UP COUNTING.
I THINK THEY, I THINK THEY DID IT.
THEY, THEY ADD SOME, THE, UH, THE, THE PROTECTED TREES THAT COUNT THAT ARE CREDITED ARE STILL THERE.
UH, THAT WAS PART OF THE, OF THE, UH, P U D, UH, CONDITIONS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE AGREEMENT.
SO, UH, NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT IT THEN.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION AND WE, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE, AND WITH THE FINAL REVIEW AS OUR ACTION ON THE SITE PLAN A MINIMUM OF HEB LOT, UH, STORE, UH, 1 7 0 7 AT 95 OYSTER CREEK DRIVE FILED ON JAN JUNE 6TH THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, THIRD.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? IT DOESN'T MATTER.
[6. DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON FINAL REVIEW OF ALTERNATE LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT OF HEB STORE #707 AT 95 OYSTER CREEK DRIVE FILED ON JUNE 6, 2023]
PROPERTY, THE LANDSCAPE, UH, ALTERNATE SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN.THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY NOW THAT THE SITE CHANGE, THE SITE HAS CHANGED.
UH, THE LANDSCAPE NOW HAS TO BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE SAME SITUATION.
THERE NOTHING CHANGES OTHER THAN THOSE, UH, UH, LANDSCAPE ISLANDS THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL COUNTY.
AND THE ISLANDS WERE NOT IRRIGATED.
HEAR ANYTHING? OKAY, ANYTHING? NO.
WE, UH, TAKE ACTION ON THE FINAL REVIEW OF THE ALTERNATE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT
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FOR H E B STORE 7 0 7 AT 95 OYSTER CREEK DRIVE FILE ON JUNE THE SIXTH OF THIS YEAR.WE HAVE, MOST OF YOU HAVE SECOND? SECOND.
[7. DISCUSS UPDATE OF CHAPTER 90 SUBDIVISIONS OF THE LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES WHICH INCLUDES ADOPTION OF A REVISED DEVELOPMENT MANUAL, AN INCREASE OF THE TIME SITE PLANS AND PLATS MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE BEING FILED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, A TABLE OF FEES, AND A CHANGE TO THE CALCULATION OF THE MONEY THAT MAY BE SUBMITTED IN LIEU OF DEDICATED PARK LAND]
UPDATE OF CHAPTER 90 SUBDIVISIONS OF THE LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES, WHICH INCLUDES ADOPTION OF A REVISED DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.AN INCREASE OF THE TIME SITE PLANS AND FLATS MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE BEING FILED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
A TABLE OF FEES AND A CHANGE TO THE CALCULATION OF THE MONEY THAT MAY BE SUBMITTED IN LIEU OF DEDICATED PARK LAND.
Y'ALL HAVE THE RED AND GREEN LINE VERSIONS.
JUST IGNORE THE COLORS IF I'VE MADE A COFFEE OF THE CLEANING ONE TOO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT GETS REAL CONFUSING AND LOOKING AT IT ON THE THREAD.
SO, SO IF YOU CAN COMPARE 'EM SIDE BY SIDE, WE'VE DONE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, BUT SAL DID NOT HAVE GRAY HAIR WHEN WE STARTED.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND I IS, WAS TO, UM, DEAL WITH THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN CHAPTER 90 AND THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE PROCEDURAL CONFLICTS IN THE TWO.
WE, SO WE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE, AND IT IS EXTREMELY TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL THINGS THAT, UM, ENGINEERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT.
AND SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A DRAFT OF THAT, BUT CHAPTER 90 IS BASICALLY, YOU ALL DEAL WITH THAT BESIDES THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
AND SO I BROUGHT THIS BEFORE YOU, AND WHAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WHAT? YOU CAN'T HEAR ME? REALLY? FACEBOOK NEEDS TO HEAR YOU.
UM, WHAT THE REASON WHY THERE'S SO MUCH RED LINE IN THIS IS BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN ALL THE REALLY HYPER-TECHNICAL THINGS OUT, LIKE WHAT A ROAD IS MADE OUT OF THOSE SORT OF THINGS AND PUT THEM IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL INSTEAD.
AND SO THIS IS NOW GONNA BE A MUCH SMALLER ORDINANCE AND IT'S GONNA JUST BASICALLY DEAL WITH PROCEDURES.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN GO THROUGH IT UNTIL Y'ALL GET TIRED OF IT.
I CAN JUST TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.
UM, STARTING WITH DEFINITIONS, YOU SEE A LOT OF, UH, DEFINITIONS TAKEN OUT.
THAT'S CUZ THOSE WORDS AREN'T USED ANYMORE IN THE ORDINANCE.
AND, UM, AND THEN I JUST CLEANED UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE DEFINITIONS AND, UM, AND THE PURPOSE, UM, THAT GOT UPDATED A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE MUTE OF THIS.
I, I XED THROUGH SOME STUFF BECAUSE IT WAS REPEATED IN THE, IN 90 DASH THREE, THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CHAPTER IN 90 DASH FOUR.
UM, APPARENTLY THIS HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE FIFTIES.
SO I TOOK OUT THE REFERENCE TO NOVEMBER 1ST, 1955 AND JUST PUT THIS CHAPTER INSTEAD.
UH, YEAH, INSTEAD OF, I MEAN, REFERENCING THE ORDINANCE NUMBER JUST ISN'T REALLY HELPFUL ANYMORE.
SO IT'S JUST THIS CHAPTER, 90 DASH FIVE I, UM, RENAMED IT INSTEAD OF POLICY THAT SEEMED TO BE MORE TO DO WITH ENFORCEMENT OF IT AND TAKING OUT THE FIVE MILE E T J SINCE THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
UM, AND THEN 90 DASH SIX IS THE NOW WHERE, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL, UM, ADOPT THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
UM, AND THEN I 90 DASH THE OLD 90 DASH SIX, I DID TAKE OUT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION AUTHORITY WHERE IT PRETTY MUCH JUST SAYS, Y'ALL CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
WELL, SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS, FOR INSTANCE, THE ALTERNATE LANDSCAPE PLAN, WHICH IS SET OUT AND GIVE YOU REASONS WHY YOU CAN, THEY
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CAN DEVIATE RATHER THAN JUST, YEAH, YOU'RE A GOOD GUY.LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET YOU DO THAT.
SORRY, IT'S NOT MAYBERRY ANYMORE.
A GOOD PORTION OF OUR ELECTRIC WANTS IT TO BE
CITY'S GONNA ISSUE THE PERMIT.
HOW MANY LUMENS OF BRIGHTNESS, EVERYTHING IS THAT'S DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
AND, UM, H L N P DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
SO I UPDATED THAT AND THE PLACEMENT OF SPRINKLERS AND PLANTINGS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR PERMISSION.
SO I PUT THAT IN INSTEAD OF GOING BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER, CUZ OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND THEY APPROVE IT.
LOT OF RED UNDER 90 31 BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IN THE, THE MANUAL.
NOW EVERYTHING THAT, UM, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WANTS TO SEE IN THE PLATS, OR SOMETIMES I'VE DELETED IT BECAUSE IT'S NOW STATE LAW THAT, UM, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DELETED AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT.
UH, LIKE 90 DASH 32, CHAPTER 46 HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FLOODING.
SO WE DIDN'T NEED THE LANGUAGE ABOUT FLOOD HAZARDS AND THE LOWEST FLOOR, ET CETERA.
90 DASH 33 IS NOW, NOW REFLECTS STATE LAW.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, I THINK 2019, THEY IMPLEMENTED PROCEDURES THAT EVERYBODY NOW HAS TO FILE WITH PLATS AND SITE PLANS.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THOSE CHANGES ALONG, ALONG WITH 90 DASH 34.
AGAIN, UM, ALL THE TECHNICALITIES ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL AND THEN IT'S REFLECTING STATE LAW.
ALL OF YEAH, THE TITLE, THE REGISTERED ENGINEER, THE BOUNDARY SURVEY.
THAT'S ALL NOW IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL, WHICH IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS OR THE ENGINEERS LOOK AT, THEY, THEY CAN JUST LOOK AT ONE THING AND NOT HAVE TO GO AND LOOK AT CHAPTER 90 AND THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
ALL OF ALL OF THAT HAS, IT'S JUST BEEN MOVED.
AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE 90 36 WE'VE TAKEN, WE'VE, THIS REALLY WAS SORT OF FLOATING AROUND AND NOW IT'S, IT SHOULD BE IN CHAPTER 90.
IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL OR ATTACHMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REVIEWED AND CHANGED IF, IF NEEDED.
AND IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND NOW 37 AMENDING THE PLAT COMPLETELY GONE.
CUZ THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FLAT OUT COPIED FROM THE STATE LAW.
THAT'S IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
SO IF WE TAKE IT OUT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
WHEN THEY AMEND IT, WE AMEND OURS.
HE DOES, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM, BUT HE, IF YOU ASK HIM, HE KNOWS IT.
WE'LL SEE THE SURVEY REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
UM, ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THE STREETS, WHAT THEY, IT'S, IT'S ALL ON THE DEVELOPMENT MA MANUAL NOW.
I MEAN WE HAD DEVELOPMENT MANUAL DISCUSSIONS AND IT TURNS OUT ENGINEERS ARE LIKE PHILOSOPHERS THE WAY THEY ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVE THESE DEEP DISCUSSIONS.
I STARTED PUTTING A TIMER ON IT BECAUSE JUST LISTEN THAT NO, JUST AN JUST ONE ENGINEER.
IT TAKES TWO TO PHILOSOPHIZE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF METAL PLATE AND THE TURN AT THE CURB.
AND IS THAT AT THE CURB OR BEHIND IT? WHAT'S SERIOUS STUFF? IT'S HOW YOU KEEP WATER FLOWING AND STRUCTURES UP.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN.
I LIKE CHANGING THE TI THE TITLE OF 90 59 CUZ THEY KNOW, OR WHEN WE POINTED OUT TO THEM, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THAT, UM, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S APPROVED.
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THINK IT'S JUST CLEAR NOW.DON'T HIRE ANYONE, DON'T GIVE 'EM ANY MONEY.
DON'T TELL 'EM TO START UNTIL WE APPROVE EVERYTHING.
OR DRAINAGE IN 1960 OUT ALL THE STREETS, TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS AND VERBIAGE ALL IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL.
UH, HOWEVER, Y'ALL'S BIG DISCUSSION IS NOW 90 62.
YOU'LL SEE THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA.
THIS IS, UM, THE, THE PARKS BOARD DISCUSSED THIS.
UM, SAL AND I DISCUSSED IT AND WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOME WAY TO DETERMINE, UM, WHEN DEVELOPERS WANNA PAY CASH INSTEAD OF BUILDING A PARK.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WHAT I ATTEMPTED TO SAY WAS, UH, TAKE THE MIDPOINT OF THE NEW A NORTHWOOD IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
CHECK THE MIDPOINT OF THE NEW NORTHWOOD AND DRAW A CIRCLE OF HALF A MILE AROUND IT AND FIGURE OUT THE AVERAGE VALUE ON THEIR, THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT THE CHEAPEST, FASTEST WAY IS LOOK AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, HOW MUCH THOSE LOTS OF WORTH.
AND USE SOME MATH TO FIGURE OUT, UM, HOW, HOW MANY DOLLARS PER ACRE WOULD, WOULD THEY NEED TO PAY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT IN A PARK.
SO GO AHEAD THINK IT, THINK IT THROUGH.
THE GOAL IS HERE TO CHARGE ENOUGH THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT PARKED, RIGHT? NO, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA, YES.
WHAT DID I DO? I THREE AND FOUR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE UNDER TWO.
BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE UNDER TWO SUBSTITUTES.
CAUSE THEY ABUSE THE RULES AND YOU WILL LET SEE, LET ME, IT JUST TIES THEM BACK YEAH.
TO MAKE SURE YOU LOOKING BACK TO THE RIGHT GUY.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON PAYING ATTENTION.
LET'S SEE IF Y'ALL CAUGHT ANY, ANY MORE MISTAKES.
I WAS TOLD NOT TO BITE YET, SO I'M SITTING HERE.
NO, NO, SERIOUSLY, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ABOUT THAT? IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DETERMINE CASH FOR PARK INSTEAD OF PARKS? I MEAN, ARE WE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THEM THAT? IT'S A JUST A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
WHERE ARE YOU LIMITED ON SPACE AS IS, IS THAT WHY WE APPROACH IT THAT WAY? FROM AN AG STANDPOINT, IT'S ALL TIED TO NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS, IT'S, IT'S TWO SAYING THAT THERE IF THERE'S NOT ROOM AVAILABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE DEDICATED LAND FOR THE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT COMPLEX, WHERE IS NO PARK DESIGNATED FOR THE COMPREHENSION MASTER PLANNING OR NOR PARK RECREATIONAL FACILITY IS RECOMMENDED.
THE AREA BY THE PARKS RECREATION BOARD.
AKA IF YOU HAVE THE CHECKBOOK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A PARK IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ROOM OR IF WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKS OR THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE PLANNED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S IT COMES BEFORE YOU ALL, NO, YOU CAN SAY BUILD THAT PARK.
AND THEY WILL BUILD THAT PARK.
AND THERE'S REALLY, THERE'S VERY FEW, VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES LEFT IN, IN LAKE JACKSON, UH, FOR THAT, FOR THAT REQUIREMENT.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, NORTHWOOD HAS ALREADY BEEN DEDICATED FOR THE FULL DEVELOPMENT.
WELL UP TO DEVELOPMENT TO THIS LAST, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA TAKE PLACE.
ALL THAT PARK WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED AT THE VERY GETGO.
UH, SO IN THAT, IN THAT RESPECT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S OUT OF THE, UH, OF THE PLAN.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT OVER RIGHT NOW IS OF COURSE THE ALDEN.
THAT'S WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS THING WOULD UH, BE, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES WHERE WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE PRETTY MUCH THE LAST PLACE WE'D BE ABLE TO FORCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE THAT MORE PROPERTY.
AND SOMEHOW WE GET MORE PROPERTY IF YEAH.
IF THE PRISON SYSTEM EVER LETS, UH, SOME OF THAT LAND GO AND THEN CITY TAKES OVER THAT.
WE WE HAVE, WE SAW THAT DOWN LAND TOO.
UH, WHAT IS IT AS YOU'RE GOING OUT TOWARDS THAT'S RESTRICTED? I KNOW IT'S RESTRICTED SUPER SITE, BUT RESTRICTIONS THAT CAN BE A TEMPORARY THING.
I DON'T THINK HUMANS ARE ALLOWED ON THAT SITE.
AND I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S GOT FAIRLY, FAIRLY SEVERE, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTIONS ON THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE BODIES.
BECAUSE OF ALL THE BODIES THAT ARE BURIED THERE.
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WHO MAKES THE CALL? WHETHER THE DEVELOPER HAS A PART VERSUS MONEY.YEAH, PLANNING COMMISSION DOES.
ALSO THEY, I WROTE IT IN HERE THAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE NUMBER THAT STAFF HAS COME UP WITH, THEY CAN COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER.
ALSO, BUT WE HAVE, WE NEED SOME SORT OF A WAY TO EVALUATE THE WORTH OF LAND.
WHEN, AND IT'S, AND THE PROBLEM IS IT'S UNDEVELOPED LAND AT THIS POINT, BUT IT'S GOING TO GO UP.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE LAND CLOSE TO IT IS WORTH.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALDEN, THERE'S NOTHING, I GUESS THE FARMS, RIGHT? THE FARMS. YEAH.
THE FARMS. THE FARMS. THE AIRPORT LAND.
AND, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS IF YOU'RE RUNNING A HALF MILE FROM SAID POINT MM-HMM.
OH, IN THE AIRPORT LAND? NO, WAIT, HOLD ON.
THEY ALWAYS SAY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE THE FARMS. AND LIKE I SAID, IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN COME CLOSE Y'ALL.
YOU COULD PUT ON THERE OR EQUIVALENT SUBDIVISION.
YEAH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT ADDING THE EQUIVALENCY PART IF DIRTY, ANYTHING WITHIN HALF MILE THEY FIND ONE THAT'S YEAH.
CUZ I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GO NORTHWOOD AND THEN GO LOOK UP MY OLD STREET ASH LANE AND SAY, OH, THIS IS WHAT THEY WORK.
I LIKE THAT YOU'RE TYING IT TO ECONOMIC THING.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE VALUE THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED EVERY TIME.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S SMART.
I THOUGHT RESIDENTIALS REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON TREE COUNTING ALL THESE THINGS AND TYPES OF TREES.
AND IS THIS IS JUST PARK? THIS, THIS IS PARK.
THIS IS JUST, JUST THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PARK TO BE IN A NEW DIVISION.
AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO PAY US TO GET OUT OF PROVIDING PARK.
ALL, ALL, ALL THAT RED STUFF IS GONE.
ALL THAT'S JUST FOR THE PARK PORTION, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE.
THIS IS, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE PARKS.
NO, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TREES.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA WORK IN OR EQUIVALENT SUBDIVISIONS.
DOES NORTHWOOD NOT HAVE, UM, IN THEIR ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN, UH, ANYTHING SET ASIDE FOR, UH, PARK MM-HMM.
I WAS JUST USING JOGGING TREES AS AN EXAMPLE.
JOGGING THAT TRAIL AT THE TOP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, JEFF? I IT'S FINE TO MAN, MAN.
IT'S NOT THE BEST WAY YOU COULD DO IT AND TRY TO ACTUALLY BE ENFORCEABLE.
AND THEN, UM, THE TREES AND LANDSCAPING WAS ALL ONE HUGE ORDINANCE.
I JUST DIVIDED IT INTO SMALLER ONES BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND YOUR WAY AROUND IT.
AND, UM, SO I MEAN THE APPROVED PLANTS, WE HAVE THE TREE ANDRE LIST, WE'RE PUTTING THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT MANUAL INSTEAD OF HAVING A FREE FLOATING DOCUMENT.
AND THIS LAST, UM, THING THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED, THE MAYOR WANTED THIS SO IT'S HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME TO REMEMBER TO POINT IT OUT TO HIM.
UM, HE REALLY WANTS CONSIDERING THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WHEN APARTMENTS AND STUFF GET BUILT, THE ALL, EVERY, ALL THE VEGETATION THAT NEED THAT'S SUPPOSED TO STAY THERE BE PROTECTED MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW IS.
AND THE REST IS JUST, OH WAIT, WHAT AM I LOOKING? IS THERE, CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE PARKS? I DID NOT.
UM, SEE THAT IN HERE? I DON'T.
I THOUGHT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN THE ZONING.
DON'T WE HAVE, WE HAVE PARKING IN THE ZONING CHAPTER, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT PARKING FOR PARKS.
UH, IT IS NOT IN THE PARKING, NO, IN THE PARKING PORTION OF THE ZONING.
WE DON'T HAVE MANY PARKS WITH PARKING OR WHETHER IT IS, IT'S A MIXED BAG.
AND SO I GUESS THAT'S AN ITEM Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PONDS TWO DIFFERENT EXAMPLES.
WELL WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA COME TO THAT POINT SHORTLY WHEN WE START OPENING UP AGAIN THAT, UH, THAT PARKING TIMBER CREEK ORDINANCE.
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TOUCHING A LOT OF LITTLE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA, ARE COMING BACK RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE STILL NOT RESOLVING LIKE AT, AT THE, UH, AT THE WALMART.UH, I COULD COME UP WITH A GOOD GUIDELINE FOR IT, SO.
I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY WAY TO SPECIFY HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS YOU NO, I MEAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT, I GUESS THE INDU, NOT INDUSTRY, BUT WHAT, UH, HAS BEEN THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OF SOME OTHER CITIES CONCERNING THAT ONE.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THAT.
ARE THERE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE KIND OF PARKS, YOU KNOW, LIKE CHA POND IS A MM-HMM.
THERE ARE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE PARKS.
IS THERE TWO DIFFERENT ONES ON NORTH YON? THOSE TWO? DO YOU HAVE THE JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE AND THE OTHER ONES JUST, I DON'T WANT THE NAME OF IT.
THE NO, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
AND AND THEY DON'T HAVE PARKING.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS DON'T HAVE PARKING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO WALK THERE.
THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT THEY ARE OKAY.
I'M PRETTY SURE JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE IS.
ONE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE YON PARK DOESN'T, THE JSA OR WHATEVER ONE HAS PARKING MM-HMM.
THE ONE OVER THERE OFF OF WALNUT OR MIMOSA, WHATEVER, IT'S OVER THERE OFF OF, UH, YESS.
THAT'S THE ONLY ACCESS POINT'S OFF THE SIDEWALK IN THE BACK SIDE OF THE THOUSANDS.
I JUST, IF Y'ALL LIKE IT, THAT'S GREAT AND I CAN TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.
I'LL MAKE THOSE LITTLE CHANGES.
YOU LIVE AN EXCITING
UM, 90 DASH FIVE IT SAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO START WITH HOLDING PERMITS.
UM, I MEAN THEY CAN ALWAYS GET A CITATION UP AND THAT'S UP TO, DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF CITATION IT IS, IT'S USUALLY UP TO 500 FOR, FOR THIS STUFF.
BUT IT COULD BE 2000 DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, WE'RE GONNA WITHHOLD IMPROVEMENTS AND PERMITS.
IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THIS, WE'RE GONNA STOP WORK.
WE'RE GONNA STOP YOUR WORK IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THIS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, IT'S NOT REALLY THE MONEY AND THE TICKETS, IT'S, IT'S THE FACT THEY CAN'T GET THEIR WORK DONE THAT WILL, UM, ENCOURAGE FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE THEM TO FALL IN LINE.
NO PERMIT IS ALWAYS, I THINK A GREAT MOTIVATION.
AND THERE'S NO DEFINITIONS FOR THE UNDEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WILD STRIPS WE'VE HAD WHERE THE TREES FALL DOWN AND THEY BELONG TO THE CITY.
THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO ANY OF THOSE IN HERE.
UM, THERE'S STRIPS BEHIND WE'VE HAD, UH, BUT BEHIND NEIGHBORHOODS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY, SOMEBODY IN THE PAST PLANNING COMMISSION SAID IT WAS A, DIDN'T CALL IT A WILDERNESS, BUT UNDEVELOPED.
BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS, THAT CHAPTER'S NOT FOR THOSE AREAS.
SO, AND I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE, UM, MORE OF THAT SHOULD PROBABLY GO IN THE PARKS CHAPTER IF YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING.
WHAT PROBABLY WASN'T A GOOD IDEA WHEN THEY DID IT.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE, THAT'S FINE.
NO, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, UH, DECIDED NOT TO TAKE ANY OF THE NORTHWOOD, UH, STRIPS MM-HMM.
AND EVEN THE LATEST ONE, WE, WE FOUGHT THAT WITH REGS.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT TO, WITH THE PROPERTY.
NO, AS A MATTER OF FACT THE, UH, HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.
WE'LL TAKE OVER THAT NAME AND YEAH.
SHERRY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM US? A HEAD NOD OR A MOTION? YES.
UM, JUST A HEAD NOD SO THAT I, AND THEN I'LL TELL PLANNERS.
I MEAN COUNSEL, I'LL BRING IT TO THEM AND SAY YOU, YOU GUYS WE'RE OKAY WITH IT, JEFF, YOUR THOUGHTS.
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THIS ALRIGHT.WE'VE GOT SOME DOCUMENTS TO SIGN NOW.
YOU HEARD ONE SITE PLAN? YEAH.
[9. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
COMMUNITY INTEREST.JEFF, I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'VE BEEN DRIVING A LOT THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMIZED QUESTIONS FOR, FOR INSTANCE, UH, ON THE BLOCK THAT'S BETWEEN A TACOS AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BACKYARD AND TO THAT PIZZA PLACE.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS IS, IS NOT THAT EASY.
SO I WONDERED WHAT YOU WERE GONNA DO.
ARE WE GONNA GRASS IT? ARE WE GOING TO PASTE STONE IT? ARE WE GOING TO CONCRETE IT? IT IS MOSTLY GRASS.
THERE IS SOME LANDSCAPING THERE.
SO THERE ARE SOME PLANTS AND TREES IN THINGS.
ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS ARE IN EXCEPT FOR THE BACKYARD RAMP, WHICH NEEDED TO BE MODIFIED CAUSE WE COULDN'T MEET ADA REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE OTHER END OVER BY DOWNTOWN TACO, THERE'S ANOTHER RAMP THAT CAN'T MEET ADA FARMS THAT HASN'T BEEN MODIFIED.
THOSE TWO NEED TO GO IN OR ALL THE OTHER CONNECTIONS ARE ALREADY THERE.
EVERYTHING BETWEEN LANDSCAPING.
WE DO HAVE A FLAT CONCRETE AREA GOING IN FRONT OF DOWNTOWN TACOS THAT HASN'T BEEN PLACED YET.
YOU CAN GET UP THERE SAFER, YOU KNOW, EVEN SOMEONE WHO'S NOT WHEELCHAIR BOUND.
UH, AND UH, ONE MORE THING ABOUT SOME OF THE REAL SKINNY MEDIANS THAT WE, UH, STILL HAVE AT, AT PAVE STONES.
GO THERE OR NO, WE'RE GONNA GRASP IN, UH, THEY'RE NOT ALL OF EM.
SO IF IT'S NOT PAV RIGHT NOW, THEN IT WILL BE GRASS, BUT IT'LL BE LOW GRASS, NOT THE DECORATIVE GRASS THAT WE PUT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND SO IT'S JUNE, UM,
UH, THE MOVEMENT IS NOT THERE.
THE RAIN IS NOT, THE WEATHER'S NOT COOPERATING.
UM, THEY COULD TECHNICALLY FINISH BY THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT IT WOULD TAKE ALL OF THEIR TO CONTRACTORS GETTING DOWN HERE AND COMPLETING THEIR WORK ALL OF THE NEXT WEEKS.
WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE AT THE, YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF, AND THAT'S, UH, COMMON IN BUILDING ANYTHING YEAH.
IS THAT YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE CONTRACTOR AND HOW QUICKLY THEY WANNA FINISH IT.
UM, BESIDES OUR WONDERFUL APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I'M, I'M, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD HABITAT FOR THE BATS AND I KNOW WE'RE TAKING DOWN A LOT OF TREES RIGHT NOW, SO THE BATS NEED SOMEWHERE TO HANG OUT TO GET THESE, THESE MOSQUITOES NASTY.
WE GOT DONE WITH THE SOUTHERN OAKS BLACKTOP AND I SEE THAT WE GOT THE WILLOW PUMP STATION GETTING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW AND ALL THAT WONDERFULNESS.
PRIMO, ONE MORE THING SINCE, UM, I'M BOTH MY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND MY HOME IN NORTHWOOD IS ON 2004.
AND THEN NOW EVERYTHING IS SCRATCHED UP ON THE, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT THE EASTBOUND YEAH.
THEY'RE COMING ON THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE TOO.
THE ENTIRE 2004 IS GETTING, THEY'RE YEAH.
RESURFACING ALL THAT YOU HAVE THERE.
IF YOU DRIVE OUT TOWARDS C BAY, THEY PASSING LANES NOW ON 2004.
WELL, I NEED TO DRIVE DOWN THERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THAT FAR OUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M CONSTANTLY, UH, BETWEEN MY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND MY, UH, DIVISION 2 88 B, THEY'RE STARTING THEIR, THEIR WAY BACK AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH IT.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS THE CROSSING AT, UH, AT DEERWOOD, UH, THE PEDESTRIAN.
IT'S A MESS CROSSING I CAN TELL YOU.
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THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME SIGNAL LIGHT CHANGES.UH, BUT THE ACTUAL PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK THAT CROSSES THAT AREA, NOW IT'S GONNA HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE, TO THE SCHOOL SIDEWALK.
BECAUSE I DO SEE PEOPLE TAKING, I HAVE ONE LADY WHO'S ALSO MY EMPLOYEE AND SHE LIVES IN NORTHWOOD.
SHE HAS FOUR CHILDREN AND TWO OF THEM CURRENTLY GO TO BEST FRIEND.
AND SO I, I WATCH BECAUSE SHE WANTS 'EM TO EITHER RIDE THEIR BIKES OR TO WALK WITH HER MM-HMM.
SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONE THAT CAME DOWN HERE TALKING TO THE COUNCIL.
WELL, SHE'S A, SHE'S A GREAT GAL.
WHERE ARE THEY DOING AT THE MULCH SITE? I'VE SEEN THEM DOING SOME NEW CONCRETE WORK AND PAVING AND EVERYTHING.
THEY'RE LAYING DOWN THE NEW STREET AND CREATING A, A, A LARGE TURNAROUND AREA TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF THE WET MULCH.
THEY'RE, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING THE WORK BY FRIDAY.
AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN GET EVERYTHING CLEANED UP ON OUR END, UH, WE'LL GET IT OPEN BACK UP.
I SEE THEY GOT THE GENERATOR INSTALLED OVER AT THE WASTE TREATMENT.
YEAH, THAT THING IS HUMONGOUS.
ISN'T THAT DIESEL TANK IT'S SITTING ON.
I HATE TO SEE Y'ALL'S BILL ON THAT.
OH YEAH, THAT'S GENERATOR'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF THREE SCHOOL BUSES.
SHERRY, ANYTHING? I LIKE THE WILLOW DRIVE BEING BLOCKED OFF LIKE THAT.
IF WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, DIVIDE WILLOW INTO TWO
SO LAST NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, YOU HAVE A NEW MEMBER COMING BACK TO THE BOARD.
WILL HE BE HERE NEXT MONTH YOU THINK? YEP, HE LAST NIGHT.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IS OLD IS NEW AGAIN.
UH, I WANTED JUST RELAY JUST TO A LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION.
UH, THE UTILITY GROUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BWA IS, UH, DOING OUR CHLORINE CONVERSION.
THE FLUSHING IS, I BELIEVE, ENDS ON THE JUNE 11TH.
UH, WE WILL START THE FLUSHING, UH, TOMORROW AND THEN IT'LL GO TO JUNE 11TH, BUT THE PROCESS WILL GO TO THE 20, UH, 27TH.
UM, AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH BWA.
AND THEN, UH, OF COURSE OUR OTHER, UH, SIX OTHER SISTER CITIES MM-HMM.
UH, THE OTHER ONE I HAD AN INTRODUCTION, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, OL MIA.
HE COMES FROM, HE WAS, UH, HE'S RETIRED FROM THE CITY OF LAREDO.
HE WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND HE WAS OVER AT THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DIVISION, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LAREDO.
HE IS ALSO, HE HAS HIS MASTERS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM TEXAS A AND M AND HIS STATEMENT, TIGERS
WE COULDN'T USE SOME, HE KEEPS ON TELLING ME THAT HE, UH, WAS, UH, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN, UH, IMPLEMENTING A DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE IN LAREDO.
BUT UH, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, THIS WEEK HE'LL SEE 10% OF LAREDOS ANNUAL RAINFALL HERE.
THIS, THIS IS HIS FIRST WEEK HERE.
NO UPDATES ON ALL YOUR PROJECTS.
WE JUST GAVE A BIG UPDATE TO THE DOWNTOWN, UH, PROJECT.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE NEW SPEED BUMP?
JEFF LOCK LOVES THOSE SPEED BUMPS.
UH, EDDIE, DO YOU WANT TO JUST TELL HIM ABOUT THE, UH, LAKE? YEAH, THE
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LAKEWOOD DEVELOPMENT, IF ANY? UH, THE LAKEWOOD DEVELOPMENT, UM, THEY'VE GOT SOME ISSUES WITH METER BOX PLACEMENT AS WELL AS DRIVEWAY ELEVATIONS WHERE THEY DIDN'T QUITE FOLLOW THE ENGINEERING PLAN.SO THEY ARE COMING UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN THAT THE ENGINEER WILL BLESS BEFORE HE BRINGS IT BACK TO US.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT'S COMING BACK TO YOU WILL BE THE SITE PLAN AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
BUT, UH, THERE WAS A TREE THAT WAS MARKED TO BE PRESERVED, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY LEANING INTO THE STRUCTURE OF ONE OF THE STRUCTURES OUT THERE.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'D SHIFTED THE BUILDINGS, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE FOUR TREES ON THE OTHER END OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THEY TOOK, THEY WERE PLANNING ON TAKING CREDIT FOR ONE OF THOSE TREES LAST WEEKEND.
UH, THERE WAS A STORM JUST IN THAT LITTLE AREA THAT SPLIT ONE OF THOSE NICE PRETTY LIVE OAKS DOWN IN THE TRUNK AND JUST SPLINTERED IT AND TOOK IT DOWN.
SO THERE'S THREE TREES THAT WERE PRESERVED, UH, BY THEM SHIFTING THE SITE AND SO THAT, THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU.
UM, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S AS MUCH WORK GOING ON AS THERE WAS SAY LAST MONTH, BUT IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY INSIDE OF THE UNITS THEMSELVES.
THAT'S WHERE THEIR, ALL THEIR WORK IS CONCENTRATED AND THEY'RE SPREAD OUT.
SO BEFORE THEY WERE ALL PARKED ON THE STREET IN ONE LITTLE AREA.
NOW THAT THE AREA'S GOTTEN BIGGER, THERE ARE VANS HIDDEN INSIDE OF THE LITTLE GARAGE AREAS THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE.
SO, BUT IT IS, IT IS STILL MOVING.
I'VE GOTTEN THAT COMPLAINT THAT WHY DID THE WORK STOP AND I JUST CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT CUZ I KNOW WHERE THE WORK IS.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE VANS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING INSIDE OF THE GARAGES AND PARKING AND GOING AND DOING THE WORK INSIDE.
ANNA, WHEN WHEN'S OUR NEXT MEETING ON
[10. SET NEXT MEETING DATE – Tuesday, July 5, 2023]
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH.JEFF, ARE YOU GOOD FOR THE FIFTH? I THINK I AM, YEAH.
I AM TRYING TO GET A REPLY RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S AFTER THE DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.
YEAH, I'M TAKING THAT WEEK OFF CAUSE THE WIFE'S AT A CONFERENCE, SO I'LL BE HERE.
I'LL BRING HER AGAIN PROBABLY.
WE'LL, YOU'LL BE A SEVEN BY THEN, SO WE CAN ELECT YOU.