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THE MAIN THING.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[Call to Order]
EVERYTHING.IT IS, UH, 6:30 PM ON SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH.
UM, AND THIS IS A REGULAR SESSION OF THE LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETING, BEING HELD AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
UM, JUST FOR INFORMATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SETH, SHE WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY.
UH, SO KEEP HER HUSBAND IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
HE FELL FROM A EIGHT FOOT LADDER AND INJURED HIS, UH, BROKE HIS HEEL.
SO HE'S AT HOME WITH SOME STRONG MEDICATION AND SHE'S TAKEN CARE OF.
THINK HE'S MARRIED TO A, SO, UM, HE'S MARRIED TO A NURSE.
YEAH, HE'S I'S GLAD HE IS MARRIED TO A NURSE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
THAT'S GONNA BE LED BY COUNCILMAN BAKER PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, UNITED STATES MURDER, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
WR HONOR, HONOR, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE INVOCATION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, AND IN MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON US.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT OUR TROOPS AS THEY CONTINUE TO PROTECT US FROM THOSE THAT WANT TO TAKE AWAY OUR FREEDOMS. PLEASE PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AS THEY LOOK OVER US EVERY DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY.
BE WITH THEM IN THEIR DAILY LIVES AS THEY SERVE THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK IN THIS HOT WEATHER THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE SERVE OUR CITIZENS, AND THAT YOU LOOK OVER THOSE WE REPRESENT.
[VISITOR COMMENTS]
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO VISITOR'S COMMENTS.NOBODY SIGN NOBODY, NO VISITORS THAT WANNA SPEAK.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
WE HAVE, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO DECLARE THAT THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM VIA CONSENT AGENDA, OR REGULAR AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? NOT HEARING ANY.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND JUST A STATEMENT HERE.UH, ON ITEM SEVEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SETH HAS REQUESTED THAT WE DEFER THAT ONE TO, UH, WHEN I READ THIS, THAT WE REFER THAT TO THE SEPTEMBER 18TH MEETING.
SO IF YOU AGREE WITH THAT, I'LL NEED THAT TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR MOTION, UH, IF WE, WHEN WE GO FORWARD, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WISH.
ITEM ONE IS APPROVED MINUTES OF AUGUST, 2020 1, 20 23.
ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES.
UH, CHARTER ITEM THREE IS APPROVE.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 22 70, REVISING FEE CHARGES FOR WATER, SEWER, GARBAGE, AND DUMPSTER SERVICES.
ITEM FOUR IS ACCEPT RESIGNATION FROM TRAFFIC COMMISSION FROM A MEMBER, UH, NICOLE WILSON, WHO'S A NEW EMPLOYEE.
AND, UH, ITEM FIVE IS APPROVED.
THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 23 22 72, UH, SETTING, UH, CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE.
AND LIKE I SAID, ITEM SEVEN, UH, IS, UH, THE ONE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH IS REQUESTING THAT WE DEFER THAT AND IT'S AUTHORIZED INCREASE TO KEPT, UH, KEPP FOR SPORTS MANAGEMENT, OPERATE OPERATING CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED 4.9% AS BUDGE DID.
ITEM EIGHT IS AWARD BID NUMBER 23, UH, 0 6 1 1 1 7 TO GOLF FENCE FOR SUGGS PARK BASEBALL FIELD FENCE REPLACEMENT, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $106,750.
ITEM NINE IS AWARD BID NUMBER 2 3 0 7 0 0 3 CONTRACT MOWING PARKS TO SCOTT AND COMPANY D B E A, UH, SOUTHERN OAK SERVICES FOR PARKS, UH, GROUP GROUPS THREE AND SIX IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $127,584.
ITEM 10 IS AWARD BID NUMBER 23 0 7 0 0 3.
CONTRACT MOWING PARKS TO BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE FOR PARKS GROUP 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $214,284 AS BUDGETED.
AND NUMBER 11 IS APPROVED STREET CLOSURE OF CIRCLE WAY FOR A HOLIDAY EVENT ON HALLOWEEN.
EVENT ON, UH, SEPTEMBER, I MEAN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 2023, 12:00 PM
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TO 10:00 PM UH, IS THERE A QUE REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM? OR LIKE I SAID, IS THERE A REQUEST TO DEFER ANY ITEM? I HAVE A, A QUESTION FIRST ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.IT SAYS GOLF FENCE, G O L F, LIKE THE GAME? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE GOLF? G U L F, LIKE THE MEXICO.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MOVE TO, UM, ACCEPT CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 6, 8, 9, 10, AND 11 AS PRESENTED ON A SECOND.
AND DO YOU WANT INCLUDE IN THAT TO DEFER SEVEN TO, TO DEFER SEVEN TO SEPTEMBER? YES, PLEASE.
THE NEXT MEETING, ALL, 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT TO DEFER.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX AND EIGHT THROUGH 11 TO APPROVE AND DEFER.
ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE MOTION IN A SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[1. Discuss and consider appointing a new member to the Traffic Commission to fill the unexpired term of Nicholle Wilson – Sally Villarreal]
UH, REGULAR AGENDA.WE HAVE ITEM ONE DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPOINTING A NEW MEMBER TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF NICOLE WILSON.
AND SALLY, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT? WE GOT, YES.
UM, NICOLE WILSON HAS EXACTLY A POSITION WITH THE CITY, SO SHE'S NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION.
SO THIS, UH, APPOINTMENT WOULD BE TO JUST FILL THE REMAINDER UNTIL 2024.
AND THEN, UH, THEN WE WOULD, AGAIN, WE APPOINT THEM FOR A TWO YEAR TERM SO THEY COULD REMAIN ON THEIR STAGGERED TERMS. SO WE HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED.
UH, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THOSE IN YOUR PACKET.
SO ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS ANY OF THE, UH, NOMINEES OR NOMINATE SOMEBODY OR MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR THE POSITION.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TRAVIS PATE.
SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION, AND A SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SHANYA TO, UH, APPOINT TRAVIS PATE TO THAT UNEXPIRED POSITION ON TRAFFIC BOARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[2. Discuss and consider Resolution No. 925 nominating candidates for the Brazoria County Appraisal Board – Modesto Mundo]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM TWO IS, UH, THIS ITEM IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 2 5 NOMINATING, UH, CANDIDATES FOR THE MISSOURI COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS MODESTO WILL TELL YOU ABOUT, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE.
UH, USUALLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND NOT MAKE TAKING ACTION ON IT UNTIL, UH, PREV, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING MEETING.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SETH WAS REQUESTING IF WE COULD DEFER THIS.
UH, AND I SAID IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE NORMALLY DON'T TAKE ACTION ON THE FIRST TIME WE SEE THIS ON OUR AGENDA.
I WANTED, I I WANTED TO GET IT ON YOUR AGENDA.
THE DEADLINE IS REALLY OCTOBER 15TH.
UH, BUT THIS STARTS THE DISCUSSION.
IF YOU DO WANT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE COUNCIL HAS WAIVED TO SEE WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO THEY WERE GONNA NOMINATE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK IN 21, WE ACTUALLY, UM, DID MAKE AN, UH, A NOMINATION OF GAIL ROBINSON, BUT SHE CURRENTLY, SHE DID.
UM, SHE DOES AND SHE DID AT THAT TIME, SERVE ON THE BOARD.
UH, THEY DID SEND US A LETTER TODAY SAYING THAT BASED ON THE NEW VALUES, WE HAVE 43, UH, VOTES.
THE MAYOR DID ASK ME, UM, TO GET A, A VOTE COUNT FROM ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES.
SO, UH, JAMES IS GONNA REACH OUT TO THEM AND, AND GET THAT, UNLESS HE ALREADY HAS IT.
NO, I STARTED CALLING YOU, BUT IT WAS FIVE O'CLOCK, BUT, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ROLE IS, MAKE A MOTION, WHAT, WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.
I'LL MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO OUR NEXT MEETING, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I'D STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE ROLE IS SO I CAN UNDERSTAND.
BE READY FOR VOTING NEXT TIME.
CAN YOU HOLD YOUR MOTION JUST FOR A SECOND? OKAY.
UM, WE CAN CLAR, WE CAN CLARIFY THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF IT IS SETTING THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MISSOURI COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THEN PROBABLY HIRING THE ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT'S PROBABLY THEIR TWO BIGGEST ROLES.
BUT WE CAN FIND OUT IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S MORE, UH, TO THAT, THE BOARD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS NOT THE BOARD THAT SETS THE APPRAISALS.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I, THE APPRAISALS ARE, THE APPRAISAL IS SET THOSE, THAT BOARD IS SET BY A JUDGE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CLARIFY THAT.
SO WE ARE NOT TAKING OUR FRUSTRATIONS ARE ON SOMEBODY ELSE RESIDENT.
SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAKER TO DEFER THIS TO THE SEPTEMBER 18TH MEETING.
SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
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DISCUSSION ON DEFERRING? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.[3. Discuss and consider approving the submittal of a request to the Lake Jackson Development Corporation for the funding of emergency repairs to the Outdoor Pool at Madge Griffith Park in an amount not to exceed $100,000 – Robin Hyden]
TO ITEM THREE'S DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF A REQUEST TO THE LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR FUNDING OF EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE OUTDOOR POOL AT MAG GRIFFITH PARK IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO SUBMIT, UM, A REQUEST TO LIKE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP THE, SORRY, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, THIS, WHEN WE WERE OPENED THE POOL THIS SUMMER, RIGHT? A FEW WEEKS AFTER, UM, THERE STARTED TO BE SOME WEAK POINTS.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD A FE A LOT OF THE PLASTER, SO SMALL LITTLE AREAS WHERE SOME OF THE PLASTER CHIPPED AWAY.
AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO BLOCK THAT.
BUT WE WON'T PASS INSPECTION NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO OPEN THAT POOL.
IT HAS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN PLASTERED, WHICH IT'S THE, THE LIFESPAN ON THAT COULD BE 10 TO TO 12 YEARS.
BUT I THINK WITH OUR HARSH WEATHER AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED, LIKE RIGHT WHEN I HAD COME ON SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, CHEMICAL IMBALANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST REALLY DONE A NUMBER ON THAT POOL, UM, IN THE SURFACE.
SO, UM, WE ARE NEEDING TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY'RE, THEY WILL CHIP IT AWAY COMPLETELY DOWN TO THE CONCRETE, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK IN AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA REPLACE THE TILES.
UM, ANOTHER ISSUE IS, LIKE AT THE, ON THE BABY POOL, WE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, THE V G A DRAINS NEED TO BE REPLACED THERE.
THERE'S AN EXPIRATION ON THOSE.
THAT'S FOR THE, THE VIRGINIA GRAND BAKER, THE, THOSE DRAINS AND STUFF.
SO, UM, THOSE DO NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXPIRE NEXT YEAR ANYWAY, SO THAT'S ONE THING.
THE OTHER ONES AND THE OTHER POOL DON'T NEED TO BE, BUT THE BABY POOL, WE, WE NEED TO FIX WHERE THE, THE WATER KIND OF SHOOTS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
THOSE KIND OF KEEP GETTING PLUGGED UP AND THEY'RE MESSED UP AND THEY'RE NOT FLUSH.
AND THEN THE TILES, THEY KEEP POPPING UP AND WE'RE NOT GROUT PEOPLE.
WE KEEP TRYING TO DO IT AND IT DOESN'T STAY EVERY YEAR
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT REDONE.
UM, AND WE BUDGETED FOR SOME, SOME OF THE, SOME SMALL REPAIRS.
YOU KNOW, WE DID PLAN, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE RESTROOMS THIS YEAR.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S THIS, THE WAY THE DESIGN IS AND IT'S A HARSH ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UM, WE ARE BUDGETING TO, TO FIX SOME OF THE PLUMBING STUFF, THE CARRIERS WHERE THE TOILETS ARE AND THE CHASE WAY AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO DO SOME OF THAT.
IT'S JUST WE WERE HOPING TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR OR SO TO COME BACK WITH THIS.
AND IT'S NOT, THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I CAN SAY TOO, WITH THE NATATORIUM CLOSING THIS SUMMER FOR THOSE TWO WEEKS IN JUNE, WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DISCOVERED OUR POOL THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OUTDOOR POOL.
WHERE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S NEVER BEEN THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY BUSY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, POOL PARTIES, WE, WE RENT, WE HAVE THREE THAT WE OFFER ON SATURDAYS AND TWO ON SUNDAYS, AND WE HAD EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BOOKED AND IT, AND THERE WAS NOT A SATURDAY WITHOUT TWO TWO HOUR POOL PARTIES BOOKED.
SO IT'S, ARE WE THE ONLY CITY THAT STILL HAS AN OUTDOOR POOL? YES.
FREEPORT DON'T HAVE THEIRS ANYMORE.
UM, I THINK THEY OPENED LATE THIS YEAR.
CLUT, I KNOW IS LOOKING TO REDO THEIRS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE, THEY'VE ACTUALLY FUNDED THAT OR NOT.
AND IT'LL BE A FEW MORE YEARS.
AND YES, WE ARE, WE'RE THE ONLY ONES WITH THE OUTDOOR POOL HERE.
RICHWOOD, THEY CLOSED AS DOWN ALSO.
'CAUSE THAT WAS CLUT WASN'T IT RIGHT THERE WITH CLU TOO? NO, THAT, THAT WAS, OH, I'M HONESTLY NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAD OH, 2004.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY HAVE A MYSTERY POOL TOO, LIKE TO YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, UM, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH THE OUTDOOR POOL, WE MOVED ALL OF OUR SWIM LESSONS OUT THERE IN THE MORNINGS.
AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE COULD OFFER MORE.
AND THAT'S A BIG THING FOR US.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE COAST, WE'RE OFF BY SO MANY BODIES OF WATER, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE SWIM LESSON, SCHOLARSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SO MANY MORE BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY THE ONLY ONES IN THIS AREA THAT CAN REALLY DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, UH, ANGLETON'S VERY LIMITED ON THE NUMBER THEY CAN DO BECAUSE OF THEIR POOL.
UM, AND WITH CLTS CLOSED, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE FILL UP EVERY SINGLE SWIM LESSON AND WE OFFER 'EM YEAR ROUND AND THOSE FILL UP TOO.
SO, AND THIS, THIS ISN'T THE ORIGINAL POOL, IS IT? NO, NO.
AND I, YEAH, I KNOW THE ORIGINAL POOL WAS BEHIND THE PD, WASN'T IT? WELL, NO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE REC REC, THAT WAS THE REC REC CENTER.
I SAW SOME PICTURES OF THAT BACK THERE.
YEAH, I KNOW THE ORIGINAL POOL WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 10, 15 FEET OFF FROM THIS ONE.
SAL, DO YOU REMEMBER SWIMMING IN IT?
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? MM-HMM.
NO, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM AGAIN.
THIS IS TO TAKE IT TO, UH, L J D C FURTHER, MR. MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS SUBMITTAL REQUEST TO THE LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE FUNDING OF EMERGENCY
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REPAIRS TO THE OUTDOOR POOL AT MAGRID PARK AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AS REQUESTED.BEFORE WE ANITA A, A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
I NEED A SECOND FOR HEARING DISCUSSION.
YOU SECOND, SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, IS THAT GONNA INTERFERE WITH OUR BUDGET? NO.
UM, WE WOULD'VE PUT THIS ON, UH, DURING THE BUDGET.
IT CAME RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME THAT MM-HMM.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY BRING IT IN UNDER THIS, UM, RIGHT.
BUT WE'VE GIVEN US A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF, OR 20 TO 25,000 JUST IN CASE WE COME ACROSS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT THEY HAVE SENT, UM, UM, FUND IS GOOD THIS YEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE MOTION A SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE BACK AND FORTH.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ANOTHER, I MEAN A, UH, ADOPT, JUST START OVER AGAIN.
[4. Discuss and consider adopting the Bond Calendar for $16.5 million for General Obligation Bond Issuance – James Bryson]
CONSIDER ADOPTING THE BOND CALENDAR FOR THE $16.5 MILLION FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUANCE CHANGE.GOOD MORNING, OR GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT I HAVE PROVIDED YOU IS THE CALENDAR FROM HILLTOP SHOWING YOU, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO BE THE CALENDAR FOR THE 16.5 MILLION IN THE PACKET I SHOWED YOU THAT IT'S, UM, PROPOSITION EF IN THE SECOND HALF OF G, WHICH COMBINES TO MAKE UP THE 16.5 MILLION.
UM, THE SALE WOULD HAPPEN THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER, UH, THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, THAT FIRST, THAT MONDAY, AND THEN PROCEEDS WOULD BE DELIVERED BY DECEMBER 18TH.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A 20 YEAR BOND.
IT'S A GE GO, IT WAS, UM, APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS BACK IN, UM, MAY OF 21, I BELIEVE.
ANY KIND OF FEELING FOR WHERE BONDS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WHAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE RATES AND SUCH? YEAH, THIS ONE WAS PROPOSED AT 4% AND I LOOKED TODAY AND IT'S ABOUT 3.7 OKAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE THOUGHT WE'RE GONNA BE.
THE BIG THING I GUESS HERE IS NOTING THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE RECEIVING BIDS ON NOVEMBER 20TH.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF COUNCIL WAS, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE A QUORUM THAT WEEK, WE NORMALLY HAVE, BUT JUST WANTED TO CHECK.
SO WHAT'S THE SPECIAL ABOUT THAT, THAT WEEK IN NOVEMBER? WELL, JUST, UM, BEING THANKSGIVING, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION.
NO, IT'S JUST, I THINK HIS QUESTION IS, IS IS THE WEEK THAT IMPORTANT TO DO THE SELLING THE BONDS TO MOVE? NO, NO.
HE WAS JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE, HE WAS TYING TO YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YOU HAVE IT ON THE FIRST AND THE THIRD, SO HE WAS PICKING THE THIRD.
AND THAT'S WHY HE CAN MOVE TO DECEMBER IF YOU PREFER.
SUPPOSED TO BE LOWER OR, NO, HE WAS, AT FIRST IT WAS JUST A CONCERN OF PROFIT.
HE'S GOT HIS CRYSTAL BALL IN HIS OFFICE.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY WHY? IT TOOK US TWO YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT? THE, FOR THE BOND SALE, SO IT WAS PROVEN 21.
SO THE BOND SCHEDULE WAS, UH, PUT IN DEFECT.
IT WAS GONNA BE SOLD EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND IT WAS GONNA BE OVER A FIVE TO SIX YEAR PERIOD.
AND IN ACTUALITY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BRINGING SOME AHEAD AND PUSHING SOME BACK.
SO THE, UH, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SCHEDULE.
THE INITIAL PLAN WAS TO THIS YEAR DO STREET PANEL REPLACEMENTS AND THEN DO, UM, ENGINEERING FOR, UM, A MO CHESTNUT ONLY AND NOT THE FULL AMOUNT, BUT THEN DO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION.
BUT WE'VE MOVED UP THE WHOLE 12.1 FORWARD AND STUFF TO, TO GO AHEAD AND SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE COST OF INCREASED AND WE'VE DEFERRED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION.
SO WE KIND OF FLIPPED THEM AND PUT THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN THE BACK BURNER AND DONE THE ONES THAT HAVE COST THE MOST, YOU KNOW, UH, QUICKER.
BUT ALL ALONG HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOLD INTO THREE PHASES MM-HMM.
SO WE KEEP TRY TO KEEP THE TAX RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
THE BURDEN THE BURDEN AS POSSIBLE.
WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO FINISH OUT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT THAT WE'RE PAYING ON BEFORE WE TAKE ON MORE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FOUR.
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NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ON THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD, UH, MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE AGENDA ITEM FOUR AS PRESENTED.I SECOND AND WE, WHO, WHO SECOND THE NAME.
UH, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROADUS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[5. Discuss and consider approving the proposed fee schedule for the Civic Center and Jasmine Hall – Robin Hyden]
GONNA MOVE TO ITEM FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CIVIC CENTER AND JASMINE HALL, ROBIN? YES.UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, Y'ALL ALL SAW THAT THE CIVIC CENTER, THEIR BUDGET INCREASED QUITE A BIT, LIKE 53%, UM, MOSTLY DUE TO A LOT OF THE LIABILITY, THE INSURANCE COST AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR ALSO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING IN THE HABIT OF DOING EVERY YEAR IS TO GO THROUGH AND REVIEW OUR FEES TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE DO PROPOSE, UM, INCREASING ALL OF OUR HOURLY RENTALS BY 5%.
UM, WE WILL STILL GIVE A 10% DISCOUNT FOR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S SUNDAY TO SATURDAY RENTALS, NONPROFIT AND, UM, ACTIVE MILITARY.
WE'LL GET A 30% DISCOUNT, UM, FOR SUNDAY TO THURSDAY RENTALS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY IS RIGHT NOW ANYWAY.
UM, WE ALSO ASKED TO ALLOW THE PLAZA ROOMS, TERRACE ROOMS AND BALLROOM.
AND I'M SORRY, THE, THE FEES ARE VERY CONFUSING, SO BEAR WITH ME AND ASK ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, THEY CAN ONLY BE RENTED HOURLY ON SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN WHERE WE CAN DO THOSE ON FRI SUNDAY TO FRIDAYS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE GET A LOT OF RENTALS THAT, THAT ARE ALL DAY RENTALS ON SATURDAY AND THEY WANT TO USE ONE OF THOSE ROOMS ON FRIDAY TO DECORATE OR, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, WE JUST, WE DON'T DO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T COME IN.
SO IF WE COULD DO IT BY, IF THEY COULD RENT IT FOR, IT'S A MINIMUM OF FIVE HOURS, I THINK WE COULD BRING IN, UH, GENERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE WITH THAT.
SATURDAYS WILL STILL REMAIN ALL DAY RENTALS.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, NO LONGER ALLOW WEEKDAY RENTERS THE OPTION OF CLEANING FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, ONE OF THE REA THE STAFF PEOPLE AREN'T CLEANING THE WAY THEY NEED TO AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO BACK IN, SO STAFF ARE HAVING TO DO IT.
AND IF WE HAVE TO DO A QUICK TURNOVER, THAT REALLY ADDS TO THEIR TIME, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN THERE AND MOPPING AND STUFF.
SO, UM, OUT OF ALL OF, OUT OF 2022, AND WE DIDN'T DO THIS YEAR'S RENTALS, WE HAD, UM, 500 OUT OF THE 952 RENTALS, THEY PAID FOR THE CONTRACT CLEANING.
UM, AND THEN AFTERWARDS, I CAN'T TELL YOU, MALLORY SAYS HALF THE TIME THEY'RE ALWAYS LIKE, I WISH I WOULD'VE DONE THE CONTRACT CLEANING.
'CAUSE NOW THEY DON'T WANNA CLEAN FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, FOR JASMINE HALL, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GENERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE FOR THAT BUILDING AND OFFER A WEEKDAY RENTAL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, IT STILL WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE HOURS, BUT THEY COULD GET IT FOR 30, YOU KNOW, $30 PER HOUR.
UM, WE THOUGHT MAYBE PEOPLE MIGHT WANNA DO SOME OF THEIR MEETINGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THERE FOR THAT TOO.
SO, UM, AND THEN INCREASE THE FEE OF THE ALL DAY RENTALS AT JASMINE TO THREE 50.
UM, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS YEAR, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UM, STAY, YOU KNOW, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RENTERS ARE COMING IN AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE BUILDING.
AND AGAIN, INCREASING THE DEPOSIT TO 300, 200 DOESN'T PAY FOR MUCH IF SOMETHING DOES GET DAMAGED.
SO, UM, I DID PUT A LITTLE SHEET ON THE BACK THERE IF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THEIR FEES? SO I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF SOMEBODY ALREADY RESERVED DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD SO THE FEE GOES UP FOR THEM AS WELL, OR NO, IT'S ONLY AS OF WE WANNA MAKE IT EFFECTIVE AS OF OCTOBER THE FIRST, THE START OF THE NEW BUDGET.
AND THAT'S ANYBODY THAT RENTS FROM THAT DAY ON, EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN IF THEY'VE ALREADY COME IN AND PAID.
THAT'S IF THEY'VE PAID, NOT THAT THEY'VE RESERVED.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME CLASS REUNION GROUPS THAT RESERVE A YEAR, TWO YEAR.
WELL, I, I WOULD SAY IF THEY RESERVED, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE PAID, THEY'VE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS.
THEY'VE PAID DEPOSITS AND THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, PUT SECURITY DOWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? AND THAT IS ITEM FIVE.
TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FREE SCHEDULE FOR THE CIVIL CENTER AND JASMINE LAW.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[6. Discuss and consider approving the proposed fee schedule for the Recreation Center – Robin Hyden]
YAY.ITEM SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.
SO, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE DID, UM, GO UP 10% ON OUR, UH, MEMBERSHIP FEES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME SINCE THE BUILDING'S OPEN IN LIKE 25 YEARS SINCE WE'VE GONE UP ON THE FEES, WE ARE STILL UNDER MANY OF OUR
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COMPETITION.OF COURSE THEY ALL WENT UP TOO.
UM, WE STILL NEED TO GET THAT FEE BACK UP.
SO, UM, AFTER PARKS BOARD, THEY, UM, PARKS BOARD, THE ADVISORY BOARD, UM, HAS RE UH, BROUGHT UP TO INCREASE THE RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP FEES BY 10%.
AND THAT IS ANYONE WITH A 7, 7, 5, 6, 6 ZIP CODE.
AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE ALL NON-MEMBERSHIP, ALL NON-RESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS BY 20%.
SO ANYONE ELSE THAT'S NOT THERE? UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UM, AND THIS WAS, I JUST TOOK, YOU KNOW, OUR MEMBERSHIPS FLUCTUATES.
SO AS OF THE 30TH, UM, WE HAD 2029 ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, ONE THOU, A THIRD OF THOSE ARE NON-RESIDENTS.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE IS TO CHANGE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS ALLOWED ON A MEMBERSHIP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A STANDARD PRACTICE THROUGH ALMOST EVERY RECREATION CENTER.
UM, THERE'S A LIMIT OF FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT IN 20 PEOPLE AT THE SAME PRICE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF THREE, IT'S PAYING THE SAME PRICE AS A FAMILY OF 10.
YOU KNOW, SO WHAT MOST OF 'EM DO IS THAT THEY LIMIT THE NUMBER ON YOUR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP.
AND THEN ANYONE OVER THAT, YOU WOULD JUST PAY THE ADDITIONAL DEPENDENT FEE PER THAT PERSON, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, I THINK IT GOES UP TO $7 FOR THAT PERSON.
UM, WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE INTO A FLAT RATE FEE FOR ALL OF OUR DAY PASSES.
ANY DAY ENTRY PASS FOR THE OUTDOOR POOL AND FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.
FOR THE RECREATION CENTER, WE WANNA DO IT AS A $7 FLAT FEE.
DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU'RE USING THE BUILDING, YOU'RE UTILIZING SOME PART, YOU KNOW, THE GAME ROOM, THE POOL, THE, THE GYM.
UM, AND THIS COULD ENCOURAGE MORE MEMBERSHIPS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUTH.
IT JUST REALLY HELPS US TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THE FAMILIES.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE, IF THERE'S EVER AN INCIDENT OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE OUTDOOR POOL, I COULD NEVER FIND ANYWHERE THAT IT'S EVER GONE UP.
BUT, UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD GO TO A FLAT FEE 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S USI UTILIZING IT IF YOU'RE GOING IN.
AND WE WANNA MAKE THAT AS A $4 FEE FOR ANYONE WHO ENTERS THREE AND UP TWO, TWO AND UNDER AGAIN, WHAT IS IT CURRENTLY IT'S $3 FOR ADULTS.
IT'S $2 FOR, UH, YOUTH AND SENIORS.
SO, SO WHAT DO WE CONSIDER THAT'S IF YOU BOUGHT A CAGE TO PUT YOUR CLOTHES IN? YES.
SO WHAT DO WE CONSIDER FAMILY MEDAL MEMBER? MY SECOND COUSIN THAT WAS REMOVED,
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IF IT'S A FAMILY THAT YOU KNOW, BLENDED FAMILY AS LONG, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE CLAIMING 'EM ON THEIR TAXES, THEN WE ALLOW THAT IS TO BE CON CONSIDERED A FAMILY.
IT'S KIND OF AN HONOR SYSTEM, I GUESS.
UH, THERE ARE TIMES WE HAVE QUESTIONED CERTAIN THINGS AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE, PROVIDE, HAVE 'EM PROVIDE PROOF TO US.
'CAUSE I, THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW, THE COUSINS AND STUFF.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO RAISE THEIR, YOU KNOW, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRANDPARENTS, THEY'RE SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO WORK WITH EVERYONE ON THAT.
SO, UM, THEN ALSO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IS THE, THE INCREASE OF OUR CHEMICALS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND WITH THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE AND WANT THE INCREASE IN THE, UH, THE CHEMICALS.
WE WANNA RAISE OUR OUTDOOR PRIVATE POOL PARTY FOR 75 PEOPLE UP BY 25, UH, $20, THAT'S A 10% INCREASE.
AND THEN WE WANNA ADD IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF PARTY AT THE OUTDOOR POOL.
THERE'S A LITTLE COVERED AREA THAT HAS, WE HAVE SOME TABLES AT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THAT.
SO WE WANNA OFFER WHY IT'S OPEN DURING OPEN SWIM.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE OUR HOURS AT THE POOL NEXT YEAR.
SOME YOU CAN RENT THAT OUT FOR TWO HOURS FOR 25 PEOPLE FOR 1 25, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT COVERED AREA FOR THEMSELVES.
SO, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL REALLY LIKE THAT, UM, TOO.
SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE FEES? I, I DID PUT A COMPARISON TO SHOW YOU IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT OTHER REC CENTERS, UM, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF 'EM HAVE THE NATATORIUM LIKE WE DO.
SO, UM, BETWEEN ANGLETON, UH, CONROE AND PEARLAND, UM, WE DID DO A COMPARISON ON WHAT THEY CHARGE.
UM, UH, I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS THE DAY MM-HMM.
IT IS SUGAR LAND AND I AM LOOKING INTO THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY HELPFUL THAT WAS.
UM, SO THERE'S A COMPANY THEY GO THROUGH AND I HONESTLY HAVEN'T GOT ANY PRICES ON THAT, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY UNIQUE THING.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD USE THROUGH ALL.
I MEAN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE IT DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, KNOW IF, EXPLAIN IT TO THOSE ACCOUNTS.
IT'S THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED HELLO SOMETHING, OH GOD, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
BUT, UM, BASICALLY IT GIVES YOU A QR CODE AND IT SAYS, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO SAY USE DOWNTOWN AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE, YOU COULD GO OVER THERE AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND THEN YOU COULD SCAN THAT AND IT'LL SEND YOU TO A WEBSITE AND IT'LL HELP YOU.
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AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH AND YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, SEE IF YOU CAN ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.IT WAS BASICALLY SAYING MM-HMM.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO BETTER, YOU KNOW, SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE JUST, JUST ALL KIND OF THINGS.
AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO AND I DON'T GET, I GET SOME ON THE PARKS AND STUFF MOST OF THE TIME THAT COMES IN EMAILS, BUT WE, WE HAVE A COMMENT CARD, WE DON'T.
UM, AND WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FILL THOSE OUT AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS A NEGATIVE THING.
A LOT OF THEM IS JUST MAKING US AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AT THE BUILDING.
AND I, I, WE REALLY TAKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE ANSWER THOSE AND WE MAKE SURE WE KEEP UP WITH THOSE.
AND THAT'S BEEN A VERY HELPFUL THING.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING REALLY GREAT TO UTILIZE.
UM, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SOME WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE 'EM SEND SOMETHING TO US ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMPANY'S TOO EXPENSIVE, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ITEM SIX.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE REC CENTER AS, AS PRESENTED.
SO THAT'S FOR THE REC CENTER AND JASMINE HALL? YES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, I DO.
YEAH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT OUR PARKS AND REC CENTER AND EVERYTHING'S, UH, RECENTLY, SO GOOD.
APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR, YOUR TEAM IS DOING OUT THERE.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
SO THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH SCHOOLS BACK.
ESPECIALLY THE NEW PARK AND TIMBER CREEK AREA.
ABOUT LOCATION AND THE MOVING OF THE PARK AND STUFF, SO, BUT THEY'RE VERY HAPPY, UH MM-HMM.
THEY FIND THE LOCATION VERY, UH, EASY ACCESS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ASKED, IS THE TRAIL BACK THERE OPEN NOW OR? NO, WE'RE STILL, UH, WE, WE DID NOT GET THE GRANT.
WE'RE GONNA APPLY AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR THAT GRANT AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH THERE.
SO I THINK WE'RE PUTTING FENCES UP AND THEY WERE, NOW, THEY REGRET PUTTING THE FENCES UP UHHUH 'CAUSE UH, THEY, YEAH, THEY CAN GO.
SO, WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS IN FEBRUARY THE FIRST.
SO WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL REAPPLY NEXT YEAR FOR THAT.
UM, UM, WHEN I WAS OUT FOR ELECTION, UH, I HAD SOME YOUNG I DUCKS COME UP TO ME AND THEY ASKED, UH, ABOUT HANDICAPPED PARKS.
HOW MANY HANDICAPPED PARKS DO WE HAVE ANY HANDICAPPED PARKS AVAILABLE? SO ALL OF OUR PARKS HAVE INCLUSIVE, WHEN YOU CALL IT INCLUSIVE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, THEY ALL HAVE ELEMENTS FOR THAT.
UM, EVERY NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN HAS, UM, THE PORT IN PLACE AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAIN PLAY STRUCTURE.
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW FOR THE NEXT ONE, IT'S GONNA BE JASMINE PARK IS THE NEXT PLAYGROUND THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND, AND I THINK IF IT WORKS WELL, I'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE.
THIS IS TO EVEN MOVE THE, THE PORT IN PLACE IS REAL EXPENSIVE.
IT TAKES 50% OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
SO, SO TO PUT IT AROUND THE SWINGS IS THE OTHER PROBLEM IS, IS IT ALSO THE KIDS DRAGGING THEIR FEET? IT TEARS IT UP.
BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BRING IT OUT TO WHERE SOME OF THE, THE D YOU KNOW, SMALLER SWINGS OR CERTAIN SECTIONS OF IT, WE CAN MO MOVE IT OUT TO A LITTLE PATHWAY TO IT.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE SECTIONS THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET TO, TO DO AN ALL SAY INCLUSIVE WHERE IT'S ALL, UM, COULD BE USED FOR ALL WHEELCHAIRS IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
UM, I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING, I THINK CAROLYN JUST STOOD ONE AND IT WAS PROBABLY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY BASICALLY DID THEIR, THROUGH THEIR GRANT, THEY HAVE A, UM, THEY GOT, UH, THEIR, THEIR FOUNDATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, THOMPSON MM-HMM.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO WORK ON.
UM, I MEAN I ALREADY HAVE CERTAIN ONES IN THE WORKS BECAUSE I THINK THEY WAS THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE ONE ON Y POND.
IT'S POSSIBLY, I THINK THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ONE RC THAT MOST WE'RE GETTING OFF TOP OF THE TOP.
SO THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL WORK ON WE ARE LOOKING INTO AS WE GO THROUGH.
YEAH, I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PROJECT.
SO ANY OTHER ON THIS ITEM SIX, ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? NOT, GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[7. Discuss and consider approving Matula & Matula Construction Inc. for emergency repairs to water distribution lines, sidewalk, and driveway breaks due to the drought in the amount not to exceed $200,000 – Deb Webb]
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING MATERIAL AND MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS, UH, TO WATER DISTRIBUTION LINES, SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAY, BRICKS DUE TO THE DROUGHT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000, DEB.SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT SITUATION AND THE WATER LINES ARE BREAKING RIGHT AND THE LEFT.
SO FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING ALMOST EIGHT A DAY AND THAT'S JUST MAINS BREAKING.
THAT'S NOT SERVICE LINES OR ANYTHING SMALL.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS MAKE, UH,
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AN ACCOUNT AND DECLARE IT AN EMERGENCY ACCOUNT FOR THESE TYPE OF REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA BE EXPENSIVE AND OUR GUYS CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THAT.WE CAN DO, EACH CREW IS TRYING TO COMPLETE TWO A DAY.
SOMETIMES WE GET THREE OR MORE, BUT WE'VE GOT METUL IN HERE AS A CONTRACTOR AND WANT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH THEM THROUGH AT LEAST SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS 200,000 IS FOR.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THAT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CREW THAT WE KEEP ON SITE DAILY TO HELP US WITH THESE LEAKS.
AND THE OTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS A DIFFERENT CREW THAT THEY SEND BEHIND US AND THEY DO THE CONCRETE REPAIR.
SO A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR CREW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CONCRETE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT.
AND THAT SHOULD GET US THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
HOPEFUL WE'LL GET SOME RAIN BY THEN.
IT'LL TAKE US TWO YEARS TO CATCH UP.
IT'S, UM, UH, MODESTO, THE QUESTION I'VE GOT IS, IS THAT, UH, LIKE WITH THIS IS WE'VE GOT A, UH, AN EXPENSE THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR WHATEVER.
IS THERE, IS THERE A POINT, I KNOW WE'VE HAD RUN INTO IT BEFORE WHERE WE'VE RUN INTO A DEAL WHERE IT REACHES A LEVEL OF EXPENDITURE THAT IT WE HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID.
IS THAT, ARE WE IN THAT SITUATION OR, UM, OR IS THIS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY? UM, WELL I'M CONSIDERING AN EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, REPAIR.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE WATER, THE CONCRETE IS, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL CONSIDERING THAT AS WELL.
WE ARE OUT FOR BID FOR CONCRETE.
SO ONCE WE OPEN THAT, THEN WE CAN ROLL THAT INTO OUR UNIT PRICING.
BUT FOR, FOR THE MEANTIME, WE'RE USING, THIS IS EMERGENCY, THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROVISION.
UH, IN ADDITION WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FUND THIS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FUNDING IT LIKE WE ARE A HURRICANE.
AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE HAVE INCREASED REVENUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WATER THEIR LAWN, YOU KNOW, AND SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COVERAGE THERE MM-HMM.
SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE MAY HAVE TO AMEND THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE SOME BUDGET SAVINGS FROM EMPLOYEE TURNOVER, BUT THEN WE HAVE UNEXPECTED REVENUE FOR EVERYBODY WATERING SO MUCH.
THAT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN COVER THESE EXPENSES WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT REVENUE FRAME.
BUT AGAIN, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO AMEND THE BUDGET, UH, THE NEXT MEETING IN REGARDS TO, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO REVENUE IN THIS, UH, SPECIAL ACCOUNT.
BUT I AM HOPING, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE GO AS PLANNED, I DON'T SEE AS, UM, DELVING INTO FUND BALANCE, IT GOES PAST OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND STUFF, THEN WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FUND BA YOU KNOW, FUND BALANCE ITEMS. AND THE, UH, AGAIN, FOR FUNDING OF THIS AND PAYING FOR THIS, THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION DISASTER DECLARATION FOR DROUGHT, THERE'S, YOU DON'T FORESEE US BEING ABLE TO GET ANY FUNDING THROUGH THAT ROUTE.
I'VE NEVER, I'VE, I DON'T EVER REMEMBER SEEING ANYTHING FOR DROUGHT COVERS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT THERE WON'T BE, UH, I JUST DON'T EVER RECALL ONE.
BUT THIS IS HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, IT'S BEEN, IS PRETTY SEVERE ACROSS THE STATE.
SO THERE, UH, I WON'T SAY NEVER.
YEAH, I'LL JUST, SO THAT'S, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE TRACKING IT, RIGHT? WE ARE SPECIAL TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL IN THE S ONE ACCOUNT AND WE'RE ALSO, WE'RE IN CASE ALSO ALSO TRACKING OUR OVERTIME AND EVERYTHING AND CODING IT TO THERE JUST IN CASE IF THERE IS FUNDING THAT COMES ALONG AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM SEVEN? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
ITEM SEVEN, MR. MELL WOULD, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT I KNOW PROBABLY DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT PROBABLY APPLIES TO ALL THREE ITEMS. NEXT THREE ITEMS. OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE OUT THERE IN THIS HEAT WORKING, UH, WEEKENDS, NIGHTS, AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE, UH, I KNOW WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR THEM MONEY-WISE, BUT HOW ABOUT CAN WE, CAN THE CITY DO SOMETHING FOR THEM FOR A, A, UH, MEAL OR A DINNER OR LUNCH OR SOMETHING? UH, MAYBE PERHAPS CAN HA FINISH THE AGENDA ITEM.
WE OUGHT TO HAVE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM PUT NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T WANNA WAIT, YOU KNOW, TILL, YOU KNOW, AUGUST IS OVER.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE FOR THESE GUYS WHO ARE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES ON WEEKENDS AND NIGHTS AND WORKING HARD IN THE HEAT TO BE, UH, REWARDED.
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OKAY.THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK, UH, AND DISCUSS.
BUT THAT'S, YES, YOU CAN PUT THAT AS BRING UP AS WE'LL BRING UP SOME IDEAS, SOME OPTIONS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ITEM SEVEN.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND SO DEB, WE STILL OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM EIGHT
[8. Discuss and consider approving Ramirez Concrete for emergency repairs to sidewalks and driveways in the water distribution system due to the drought in the amount not to exceed $100,000 – Deb Webb]
DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPROVING RAMIREZ CONCRETE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS, UH, IN THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DUE TO THE DROUGHT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.THIS IS ULTIMATELY AN A MATCHING ITEM.
UH, MATULA HAS A CONCRETE CREW FOLLOWING US.
UM, BOTH TEAMS ARE, WE'RE FUNDING THEM THE SAME WAY.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH.
AND AS THE REPAIRS ARE MADE, THESE TEAMS ARE GOING BEHIND TRYING TO GET THOSE DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS BACK IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR RAMIREZ NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF 300 FOR THE WHOLE, OH, WE'RE NOT DONE YET? NO, THERE'S ANOTHER, WE'RE AT 300 RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL NEED A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE, WE APPROVE ITEM MAUS PRESENTED AS WELL.
WE HAVE A MOTION WHERE COUNCILWOMAN BROADUS ON ITEM EIGHT.
SECOND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[9. Discuss and consider approving CZ Construction for emergency repairs to water distribution line breaks due to the drought in the amount not to exceed $200,000 – Deb Webb]
UH, ITEM NINE IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APPROVING CZ CONSTRUCTION FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR TO WATER DISTRIBUTION LINE BREAKS DUE TO THE DROUGHT AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200,000.AGAIN, CZ CONSTRUCTION IS A CONSTRUCTION SERVICE THAT WE USE A LOT IN LAKE JACKSON.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD FOR US.
AND WE'VE REACHED OUT AND ASKED THEM TO SEND TWO TEAMS, UM, WHEN WE ARE BEHIND.
SO LIKE TODAY, THEY WEREN'T HERE, BUT I'VE GOT THEM FUNDED FOR 22 MORE DAYS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO IF WE HAVE A DAY WHERE WE DON'T NEED 'EM, I DON'T CALL 'EM IN.
BUT, UM, WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED FROM? THEY'RE OUT OF LIKE NORTH HOUSTON, HUMBLE AREA AND, UM, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF JOBS FOR US HERE IN LAKE JACKSON.
SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, THEY, WE ASK THEM TO SEND TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT GIVES US WHEN, WHEN THEIR TWO TEAMS COME AND WE HAVE A MATULA TEAM, UH, WE CAN MAKE THREE TEAMS OF OUR OWN.
SO WE'VE GOT SIX, UH, DIFFERENT TEAMS GOING TO DIFFERENT LEAGUES IN ONE DAY.
SO, UM, THAT'S AT OUR PEAK, BUT WE'RE NOT USING THEM EVERY DAY.
JUST WHEN WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE BOTH TEAMS. I THINK ALSO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT DEB WAS SHOWING, YOU KNOW, R AND I DEB'S CONCLUSION IS THAT US STAYING ON THE LEAKS HAS KEPT OUR WATER USAGE DOWN.
UH, BECAUSE REALLY WE WATCH OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR USAGE VERSUS CAPACITY OF MOVING INTO STAGE TWO OR STAGE THREE BY US STAYING, YOU KNOW, KEEPING UP ON THE LEAKS THAT'S KEPT THE WATER USAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, DOWN.
'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATERING GAVE UP.
I THINK THEY'VE GIVEN GIVEN UP, UH, BUT WE'VE SEEN SOME SPIKES AND THE SPIKES ARE REALLY CORRELATED WHEN WE'VE HAVE A LOT OF LEAKS.
SO IS THERE A LOCAL CONTRACTOR THAT WE CAN DOUBLE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THESE GUYS? UM, MATULIS WHO WE'RE USING LOCALLY, BUT, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, THIS, UH, CZ CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S NO OTHER.
HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED INTO THAT LOCAL CON AVAILABILITY? UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AROUND FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WE COULD COME UP WITH AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A A EXTREME SHORTAGE OF CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE LUCKY TO, TO HAVE UNDERSTAND THEM BOTH.
AGREE, UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND.
I JUST WANNA ASK THAT QUESTION.
SO TWO OF 'EM ARE, SO RAMIREZ IS ALSO LOCAL.
I WAS ASKING CZ IS THE ONLY ONES TRAVELING, BUT, UM, I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE EARLY AND STAY LATE AND DO WHATEVER WE NEED.
THEY SENT TWO TEAMS OVER THE WEEKEND AND HELPED US, HELPED US THIS WEEKEND.
SO, UM, YESTERDAY WE WERE ABLE TO LET THEM GO AND NOT USE ANY OF THEM ON MONDAY.
WE JUST USED OUR GUYS YESTERDAY AND THEN TODAY WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY, UM, UH, DOWN FROM THE EIGHT AVERAGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING INTO TONIGHT.
TONIGHT, UH, WHEN THEY LEFT WE STILL HAD FIVE OPEN MAINLY.
SO IT WASN'T QUESTIONING THEIR COMPETENCY, YOU JUST QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THAT YEAH.
WORKED USING LOCAL, WE'RE TRYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP IT LOCAL.
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THAT'S JUST HOW IT, HOW IT WORKED OUT THIS TIME.AND AGAIN, JUST TO ADDRESS, UH, COUNCILMAN BAKER'S CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE, THE COST.
AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING IS, IS EXPENDITURE'S UP TO, IT'S NOT THAT THE COST IS AT 500,000 RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, IT'S QUITE A BIT LESS, BUT IT'S GETTING THERE.
SO THIS IS JUST APPROVING SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US, YOU KNOW, ON A REGULAR BASIS TO GET APPROVAL TO SPEND DOLLARS.
WE'RE SAYING WE CAN TAKE, SPEND UP TO THESE AMOUNTS.
IS THAT COMING OUTTA EMERGENCY FUND OR THAT'S NOT PART OF THE NO.
WE'LL PROBABLY, UH, AMEND THE, AMEND THE BUDGET.
RIGHT NOW IT'S, WE HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME SAVINGS FROM TURNOVER, BUT WE'RE PROJECTING THE BUDGET TO BE AROUND FIVE TO 600,000 MORE IN REVENUES BECAUSE OF A LOT OF WATERING
AND SO WE'LL USE, YOU KNOW, THAT REVENUE TO OFFSET, YOU KNOW, THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE EXPENDITURES.
WHAT'LL HAPPEN IN ESSENCE IS WE WILL HAVE LESS TO, UM, SEND OVER TO THE UTILITY PROJECTS FUND AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
CAPITAL PROJECTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IT'LL, IT'LL GET ALL USED UP ON REPAIRING, MAKING THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
WHEN YOU SAY AMEND THE BUDGET, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT BUDGET? THE CURRENT BUDGET WILL AMEND, UH, FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO THE AUDITORS WILL BE HAPPY.
WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL AMEND THE, THE REVENUE AND THE, THE EXPENDITURES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NINE.
UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CZ CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR FOR, UH, WATER DISTRIBU AND LINE BREAK-INS DUE TO THE DRAFT NOT TO EXCEED 200,000.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER.
I'LL SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BRODIS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THANK YOU.
AND Y'ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN HANNO MENTIONED US.
[10. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2273 amending Ch. 18 Businesses to change the renewal date for sidewalk café permits – David Walton ]
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ITEM 10 IS DISCUSSED.CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2273 AMENDING, UH, CHAPTER 18 BUSINESSES TO CHANGE THE RENEWAL DATE FOR SIDEWALK CAFE PERMITS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO JUST ELIMINATE SOME REDUNDANCIES IN OUR ORDINANCE AND TO MAKE, TO DIRECTLY TIE THE SIDEWALK CAFE PERMIT TO THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE.
UH, THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON STAFF TIME AND WE WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MAILINGS AS THEY CAN INCORPORATE THE SIDEWALK CAFE INTO THE LICENSE ITSELF.
UM, THEREFORE ALSO, IF WE WERE TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE A HEALTH LICENSE, THEN WE AUTOMATICALLY SUSPEND OR REVOKE THE SIDEWALK CAFE ALONG WITH IT.
ROUGHLY HOW MANY SIDEWALK CAFES DO WE HAVE? UH, MR. BAKER, YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION.
I WAS NOT ACTUALLY PREPARED FOR THAT ONE.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, ONLY THREE OR FOUR.
SO THE, THE SIDEWALK CAFE IS A, UM, AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN THE CITY AND A RESTAURANT TO INCORPORATE A PORTION OF CITY PROPERTY FOR THEIR PURPOSE.
SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE, YOU HAVE ONE AT WORST HOUSE.
UM, GROWLERS, POLY POP, AND WAYSIDE PUMP PUB RIGHT THERE.
UH, ANOTHER ONE THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED ROZI WHILE THEY WERE STILL OPEN HAD PROPOSED PUTTING ONE, THE TABLE 24 IN BETWEEN THEIR BUILDINGS.
UH, TABLE 24 OWNS THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
OH, SO THAT'S NOT A SIDEWALK CAFE.
WE COUNT MORE ON THE AGREEMENT.
OH, THAT THEY'LL KEEP IT CLEAN, RIGHT? UH, POWER WASH IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SIGNING UP AND REALLY MORE FOR, UH, THE RULES OF MAINTENANCE.
OBLIGATION OF MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION.
IN ADDITION, AS PART OF THEIR RENEWAL, WE WILL, WE WILL ASK THEM FOR A, UH, ANNUALLY, ASK THEM FOR A UPDATED COPY OF THEIR PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HASN'T CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON.
UH, IT'S, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
UH, IT'S KIND LIKE A ONE-STOP SHOP, YOU KNOW, HIT 'EM ONCE AND MM-HMM.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FOR DAVID? I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON IT.
MR. MAYOR, I'M MOVED TO BE APPROVED IN FIRST READING THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 7 3, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 BUSINESSES TO CHANGE THE RENEWAL DATE FOR SIDEWALK CAFE PERMITS AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT.
[11. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2274 adopting the 2023 National Electric Code as the electrical code for the city – David Walton]
TO ITEM 11.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR FIRST READING.
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READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 7 4, ADOPTING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTION CODE AS THE ELECTION, I MEAN, ELECTION CODE, ELECTRIC CODE AS THE ELECTRICAL CODE FOR THE CITY.I'M SURPRISED LAST TIME WE HAD ELECTION CODE, ELECTRIC CODE CHANGE, WE HAD A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.
SO I'M KIND OF SURPRISED NOBODY'S HERE.
WELL, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH CHANGE.
I, I WOULD'VE HOPED THAT THEY WERE HERE FOR OTHER ITEMS, NOT THE ELECTRICAL CODE.
SO EVERY THREE YEARS, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND, AND REGULATION UPDATES THE, UH, MINIMUM CODE STATEWIDE FOR, UH, LICENSED ELECTRICIANS.
THEY, UH, ARE BY RULE ADOPTING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH THE STATE MINIMUM STANDARD JUST TO KEEP PARITY WITH THE, WITH T D L R RULES.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRICIANS WHO ARE TRYING TO OPERATE OUTSIDE LAKE JACKSON IN THE 2023, BUT COME INTO LAKE JACKSON AND OPERATE DIFFERENTLY.
UM, IN ADDITION, I DID PUT DOWN ON THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
I, I WON'T, UM, SINCE BILL'S NOT HERE, I WON'T, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR HOUR AND A HOUR AND A HALF WORTH.
HE, HE DID LIKE THOSE, THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
UH, MAINLY, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THE 2023 ELECTRICAL CODE DOES IS IT, UH, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES, A LOT OF WHICH ARE LISTED HERE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, INSTEAD OF REQUIRING ONLY THOSE, THOSE OUTLETS WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF, OF A SINK TO BE G F C I, UH, PROTECTED ANY OUTLET IN THE KITCHEN WILL NOW BE G F C I PROTECTED.
UH, IT PROVIDES FOR, OR SORRY, REQUIRES TAMPER RESISTANT OUTLETS IN SPECIFIC FACILITIES SUCH AS CHILDCARE FACILITIES, UH, DORMITORIES, MOBILE, UH, MOBILE HOMES, NURSING HOMES AND SUCH.
UM, IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT IF YOUR AIR CONDITIONER DISCONNECT SWITCH, WHICH IS TYPICALLY RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR AIR CONDITIONER, RIGHT, UM, IS ACCESSIBLE AND NOW HAS TO HAVE A LOCK ON IT SO THAT NOBODY WILLY-NILLY CAN JUST GET IN THERE AND MESS WITH IT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO PROVISIONS NOW, UH, INCREASED PROVISIONS NOW FOR EV CHARGING STATIONS IN ADDITION TO, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE HAD THE FREEZE, THE FIRST HARD FREEZE, UH, YOU HEARD NEWS STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE USING THEIR, THEIR EVS TO ACTUALLY OPERATE THEIR HOMES.
SO THE, THE CODE RECOGNIZES THAT, THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE, USE THOSE IN WHAT CALL WHAT'S CALLED ISLAND MODE NOW, AND PROVIDE FOR BIDIRECTIONAL, UM, UH, ELECTRICAL FLOW FROM YOUR EV FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND OF COURSE PROVIDES PROTECTIONS FOR LINE WORKERS AND WHATNOT, MUCH LIKE A GENERATOR OR A, UH, SOLAR SYSTEM.
WELL BEFORE WE, UH, SO THIS DOES NOT AFFECT PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY OLDER HOMES.
THAT'S THE GRANDFATHER, THE OLDER STANDARD, OR THEY ALL HAVE TO BE, UH,
SO ANY NEW WORK WOULD BE DONE UNDERNEATH THE, THE, UH, 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE.
IT ALSO, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL CODE ALSO PROVIDES PROVISIONS TO WHERE THEY CAN STILL BUILD TO THE OLDER CODE, UM, BY USING, YOU KNOW, WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES.
BECAUSE THE ELECTRIC, THE RESIDENTIAL CODE HAS PROVISIONS FOR ELECTRIC, WHICH MIRRORS THE ELECTRICAL CODE.
WE HAVE NOT YET ADOPTED A NEWER, UM, BUILDING CODE, BUT I DO PROPOSE TO THAT WILL AND I WILL WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU NEXT YEAR.
UH, IF BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, UH, I NEED TO BACK UP AND HAVE MR. MUNDO READ IN TO THE MINUTES, THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEM 10 THAT WE ALREADY VOTED ON, BUT WE NEED TO READ THAT ORDINANCE AND THEN, UH, AND THEN ALSO BEFORE WE VOTE ON ITEM 11 ALSO, WE'LL DO THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE 2273 IS THE FIRST ONE.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, UH, THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 18 BUSINESSES IN THE LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CHANGE THE RENEWAL DATE FOR SIDEWALK CAFES PERMITS PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT ARE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT, ONLY IN PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
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NOW READ 22 7 4 SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT OR TAKE MOTIONS ON IT.THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAY JACKSON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 14, BUILDING AND BUILDING REGULATIONS IN THE LAY JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AS THE ELECTRIC CODE OF THE CITY PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT ONLY, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 11, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM 11 AS PURSUANT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN BROADUS ON ITEM 11, ON ORDINANCE 2, 2 7, 4 SECOND AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SHANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[12. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2275 amending Ch. 50 Health and Sanitation to change the procedures for filing grease trap servicing reports and for inspection of food trucks – David Walton]
ITEM 12 AS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 2 7 5, AMENDING CHAPTER 50, HEALTH AND SANITATION TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURES FOR, UH, FILLING GREASE TRAP SERVICES, SERVICING REPORTS, AND FOR INSPECTION OF FOOD TRUCKS.DAVID? SO I HAVE A COUPLE CHANGES IN THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, IF YOU JUST WANT TO GO DOWN TO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, FIRST OF WHICH, UM, CHANGES THE WAY IN WHICH WE RECEIVE, UM, GREASE INTERCEPTOR SERVICING REPORTS.
CURRENTLY, THE ONUS IS ON THE RESTAURANT.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES THE RESTAURANT IS AT THE WHIM OF THE HAULER.
THE HAULER IS A T C E Q LICENSED, UM, ENTITY.
THEY'RE THE ONE WHO COME, THEY, THEY COME TO THE RESTAURANT, THEY SUCK THE GREASE OUT OF THE, UM, GREASE INTERCEPTOR, AND THEN THEY TAKE IT TO A FACILITY THAT'S ALSO LICENSED THROUGH T C E Q FOR PROPER DISPOSAL.
NOW, CURRENTLY, THE RESTAURANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US A COPY OF THAT SERVICING REPORT EVERY THREE MONTHS.
UH, THAT SERVICING REPORT SHOULD BE THE FINAL REPORT OF DISPOSITION, THE FINAL REPORT SHOWING WHERE THAT GREASE ENDED UP, OR ELSE THE RESTAURANT IS IN NON-COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE GENERATOR, THEY STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT FROM, FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS CHANGE THE REPORTING, UM, RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ACTUAL HAULER.
SO THE HAULER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING US A COPY OF THAT, UH, UH, REPORT, UH, AT THE TIME OF SERVICING.
AT THAT POINT, WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY, WE WOULD GET DOCUMENTATION THAT, THAT THEY PICKED UP, THAT THEY HAULED TO THE LICENSED FACILITY.
UM, WE WOULD, UH, IT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF, UM, WARNINGS AND, UH, CITATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ISSUE TO OUR RESTAURANTS, WHICH SHOWS GOOD FAITH TO THE BUSINESS.
UH, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, A MANAGER OF A RESTAURANT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE TRYING TO MANAGE, UH, THE PHYSICAL FACILITY, FOOD COSTS, EVERYTHING.
THIS, THIS JUST TAKES ONE, ONE ITEM FROM THEM AND PUTS IT ONTO THE T C Q LICENSED ENTITY THAT IS ACTUALLY PERFORMING THE WORK.
DAVID, IS THIS THE MOST COMMON WAY THAT OTHER CITIES DO IT? YOU KNOW, MR. MUNDO, I DID NOT LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, WHAT, UH, WHICH CITIES WERE DOING IT ONE WAY AND WHICH CITIES WERE DOING IT.
ANOTHER, I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE.
I'D BE CONCERNED THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO CHASE THESE GUYS DOWN 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT PHYSICALLY AT A RESTAURANT.
SO THESE HAULERS COULD BE OUT OF TOWNERS.
UH, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO CHASE THESE DOWN TO GET THE PAPERWORK IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO, THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT SURE.
AT, AT THIS POINT, UM, THE HAULERS ARE, UH, ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THE REPORTS INTO VPO, MUCH LIKE OUR BACKFLOW DEVICES ARE.
AND SO VPO MANAGES THOSE, UM, THOSE REPORTS AND CAN FLAG WHICH ONES HAVE NOT REPORTED WITHIN THE, THE PAST THREE MONTHS IF THEY, IF A FOOD, UM, IF A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT CHANGES HOLLERS AS AN EXAMPLE, THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT CAN LET US KNOW WHO THAT, THAT NEW HAULER IS, OR THAT THAT HAULER CAN JUST SAY THAT THAT WASN'T US, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DO IT THIS TIME.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS A SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN GO AND LOOK UP AND SEE WHO'S NON-COMPLIANT AS FAR AS THE HAULERS GO.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHERE USED TO BE WHENEVER YOU, UH, HAD A NEW ROOF PUT ON YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU, THE HOMEOWNER HAD TO KEEP THE CERTIFICATE AND SHOW THE CERTIFICATE AND STUFF, AND NOW IT'S, IT'S OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD LOOK UP, ANYBODY CAN LOOK UP AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR CERTIFICATION HAS BEEN DONE.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A SIMILAR CONCEPT.
SO WE, WE STILL HAVE, WE ARE STILL IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESTAURANTS, RIGHT.
THE RESTAURANT STILL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE A SERVICE EVERY THREE MONTHS.
AND THEY HAVE TO CALL THE HAULER FOR THAT SERVICING THE REPORTING OF IT, THE ACTUAL, GETTING THE DOCUMENTATION BACK TO US IS JUST COMING FROM THE HAULER IN THIS CASE, INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO CHASE IT DOWN FROM THE, FROM THE
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RESTAURANT.SO, SO IF YOU SEE THAT A RESTAURANT IS OUTSIDE ITS 30 DAY WINDOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO CHASE A HALL OR YOU'RE GONNA GO BACK TO THE RESTAURANT.
SO YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANT AND THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO CLOSE THE LOOP.
BUT AT THAT POINT, I'M NOT WRITING A TICKET TO THE RESTAURANT ITSELF UNLESS THEY ARE FAILING TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE GREASE INTERCEPTOR SERVICED.
YOU DON'T THINK THERE'S NOT GONNA CREATE ANY EXTRA WORK FOR YOU TO HAVE TO CHASE DOWN THE HAULER? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
NO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MEAN, WE, I TOOK A LOOK AT, AT WHAT LESLIE, UM, DID JUST IN THE MONTH OF, OF AUGUST, AND SHE WROTE 24 WARNINGS AND CITATIONS TO RESTAURANTS BECAUSE OF, OF GREASE INTERCEPTORS.
A LOT OF THOSE WERE JUST, THEY HADN'T GIVEN THE PAPERWORK BACK TO US.
THEY HAD IT, THEY HAD THEIR, THEIR SERVICING DONE RIGHT.
BUT THEY HADN'T PROVIDED IT BACK TO US.
THIS JUST CLOSES THAT LOOP BECAUSE THE HAULER SHOULD BE RETURNING IT BACK TO US AT THE TIME THAT OF SERVICE.
DAVID, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US IS TO REPORT BACK TO COUNSEL A YEAR FROM NOW AND LET 'EM KNOW IF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HAULERS, DEPENDING ON, UH, A, A MOBILE OUTFIT RATHER THAN A FIXED OUTFIT OR RESTAURANT.
IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH JUST THE RESTAURANT'S DOING IT, I'M NOT SURE HOW, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL I ACCEPT YOUR, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT PROCESS THAT YEAH.
YOU THINK IT'LL WORK SO WE'LL.
SO NOW WE DO THINK THAT THIS WILL, UM, HELP US WITH, WITH COMPLIANCE AND IT SHOULD ALSO CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF WARNINGS AND, AND CITATIONS WE HAVE TO GIVE TO OUR OWN BUSINESSES.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE SAYING IS, IS THAT IF SOMEBODY IS NON-COMPLIANT, RESTAURANT IS NON-COMPLIANT, IS THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING TO THE RESTAURANT, NOT THE HAULER.
YOU'RE NOT CHASING A HAULER DOWN.
YOU'RE GOING TO A PHYSICAL RESTAURANT AND SAYING YOU'RE NOT COMPLIANT.
YOU NEED TO DELIVER THE PAPERWORK.
I'M, I'M ONLY TELLING THE HAULER, PROVIDE YOUR PAPERWORK BACK TO ME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 12? THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT.
SO IN ADDITION TO, UM, UH, HAVING THE HAULERS REPORT BACK TO THE CITY, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE UNDER, UH, SECTION 50 16 INSPECTIONS TO JUST MIRROR T R AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND, AND CHANGE IT AT LATER DATES OF T R CHANGES, UH, AS FAR AS INSPECTION FREQUENCY IS CONCERNED.
AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST REMOVE UNDER ITEM B MOBILE FOOD VENDORS THE, UM, ADDRESS OF 25 OAK DRIVE, BECAUSE WHEN WE SAID WE WANTED TO HAVE THE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR COME TO US FOR THEIR FIRST INSPECTION, WHICH WE HAVE FOUND VERY VALUABLE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FACILITIES AT, AT 25 OAK DRIVE.
WE DID FIND THAT AT THE PAVILION AT MCLEAN PARK, WE HAD 30, 50 AND A 30 AMP, 50 AMP, 120 VOLT SERVICE AVAILABLE, AND WITH AN EASY REACH OF A LOCATION WHERE THEY COULD PULL THEIR FOOD TRUCKS INTO PARK.
SO WE JUST WANNA CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO SAY, AT A SITE DESIGNATED BY THE CITY.
AND DO YOU WANNA COVER THE CHARGE, THE $11 AND 50 CENTS? UH, SURE.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW VPO CHARGES $11 AND 50 CENTS FOR THE REPORT.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE GONNA TELL THE, UM, UH, HOLLER THAT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT BACK TO US DIRECTLY, THAT WE WILL ACCEPT THE ELECTRONIC COPY, BUT WE WOULD STILL COLLECT THAT, UM, REPORTING FEE, UH, FOR THE VPO SERVICE.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT USING VPO, THEY EMAIL A COPY AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN AND VPO CHARGES AS 1150.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON ITEM 12? NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
YOU WANT ME TO READ THAT THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO READ THE ORDINANCE FOR US? OH, YES, SIR.
ERIC, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEE JACKSON, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 50 HEALTH AND SANITATION IN THE LEE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REQUIRE GREASE TRAMP DOCUMENTS BE KEPT ON SITE FOR ONE YEAR, REQUIRES REQUIRE GREASE WASTE CARRIERS TO DELIVER THEIR TICKETS TO THE CITY OF ELECTRONICALLY AND CHANGE THE DESIGNATED SITE ARE FOOD TRUCK INSPECTIONS, UM, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT OR WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT ONLY, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
NOW TAKE A MOTION ON, I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HEALTH AND SANITATION CHANGE OF PROCEDURE FOR THE, UH, FILLING OF THE GREASE TRAP REPORTING FOR INSPECTIONS OF FOOD TRUCKS.
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OKAY.YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER? I'LL SECOND AS COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[13. New Business Updates – David Walton]
ALL RIGHT.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SOME OF THEM ARE PROGRESSING FASTER THAN OTHERS.
I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT GOING ON, UM, WITH THE, UH, SURGERY CENTER WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ORIGINALLY WAS, WE'VE SEEN THAT COME THROUGH A COUPLE TIMES IN DIFFERENT ITERATIONS BETWEEN THE TIME THAT NEIGHBORS SOLD IT OFF AND, AND SOMEBODY ELSE PICKED IT UP.
BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT TO WHICH ONE IS THAT? THE OLD NEIGHBORS? THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO CHICKEN ESPRESSO.
YEAH, IT WAS JUST A, UH, NEUROGENICS IS, IS WHAT IT'S CALLED ON THE LIST.
UH, SUPER YUMMY IS, UM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVITY, BUT IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, THAT IS IN THE OLD, UM, FUNNY STORY.
THAT IS IN THE OLD CC'S LOCATION.
IT'S GONNA BE A MONGOLIAN GIRL.
WHICH IN SPEAKING WITH MR. FANG, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS HE GOT OUT OF JIWEI DOING SUSHI WAS BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITION WITH, WITH SUSHI.
AND, UH, HOWEVER, HIS, HIS NEW VENTURE, UM, OPERATING THE J CAFE, UH, SEEMS TO BE QUITE POPULAR.
I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE COCONUT CREAM PIE, PEANUT BUTTER PIE, THE APPLE PIE AND THE CHOCOLATE PIE ALL TASTE LIKE THEY DO IN A EVENING
SO I SECOND THAT ONE PIECE OF EACH ONE OF THEM, OR
THAT WAS, GLAD TO HEAR THAT ON SEVERAL TRIPS.
IT WAS ON ONE, ONE TRIP, BUT SHARED AMONGST, SHARED AMONGST, BUT I DID TRY THEM ALL FOR SO I COULD REPORT BACK TO THIS BODY.
UM, WE HAVE BA JOB, BUT SOMEBODY YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, WE HAVE SEEN CONTINUING WORK OVER AT THE VILLAS BEHIND THE BUCKYS.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THIRD FLOORS GO UP ON SEVERAL BUILDINGS, UH, FINISHING MORE TOWARDS FINISHING TOWARDS THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACK.
UH, WE HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FOR ANY OF THO THOSE BUILDINGS.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE SOME SITE WORK DONE BEFORE WE START ISSUING COS.
UH, AND THEN IF YOU'LL NOTICE, WE'VE GOT 23, UH, FURNISHED HOUSE, SORRY, 23 FINISHED HOUSES IN LAKEWOOD MANOR, OF WHICH, UH, THEY REPORT FOUR ARE OCCUPIED.
SO NOTICE ONE HERE, IT SAYS RESTAURANT.
SO IS THAT, UH, DOES THE RESTAURANT HAVE A NAME OR YOU CANNOT SHARE? UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW.
TO BE HONEST, UH, I'LL HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY NOTES.
THIS, THIS LIST IS, IS PARTLY COMPILED BY, UM, UH, SCOTT AND S LOLLY.
I, 'CAUSE I TALKED TO ALI, SHE SAID LOLLY, SHE SAID THAT, UH, THEY HAVE AN IDEA IN THEIR HEAD, BUT THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED YET.
THAT IS THE OLD, THE OLD CHURCHES.
BUT THEY WEREN'T DEFINITIVE ON SANDWICHES YET.
I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE.
SO ARE WE, OH, SO YOU GOT NINA'S OVER THERE.
IS THAT THE ONE FROM CL? YEAH.
ARE THEY MOVING OR THEY'RE JUST GONNA SECOND LOCATION? THEY ARE MOVING.
[14. Staff Updates ]
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, STAFF UPDATES, CITY MANAGER UPDATES.I DO NOT HAVE ANY, UM, ANYBODY FROM STAFF? NO, SIR.
AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEETING ACTIONS, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, DEFERMENT, UH, FOR NEXT MEETING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SEVEN AND REGULAR AGENDA ITEM TWO.
WE'LL BE GOING ON THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BRING BACK, UM, OPTIONS TO, UM, EXPRESS, UH, COUNCIL'S THANKS TO UTILITIES.
UH, QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER.
UH, HOW DO WE STAND ON OUR WATER, UH, SYSTEM? UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT GOING TO OUR WELLS ANYTIME SOON OR, OR GOING AUDITING EVEN LIKE THE OTHER CITIES ARE IN DROUGHTS.
WE'RE STILL MONITORING THE USAGE, UM, ON THAT.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE BIG PLAY.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CAPACITY, UH, NUMBERS.
UM, GOING TO STAGE TWO IS IT MAKES EVERYTHING IN STAGE ONE MANDATORY, BUT RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING THE NUMBERS THERE
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STILL UNDER WHAT WILL REALLY HAVE TO, WHAT MAY PUSH US OVER TO GOING TO STAGE TWO IS IF B W A MOVES TO STAGE TWO AND THEY'RE DISCUSSING THAT.SO WE COULD MOVE INTO THAT, UH, LATER INTO THE WEEK.
UH, AGAIN, OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL STAYING LOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE DEB AND HER CREWS ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THE LEAKS AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S KIND OF PULLED BACK ON, ON WATERING OR MAYBE HAVE GIVEN UP, GIVEN UP.
UM, BUT IF B W A MOVES TO STAGE TWO, THAT MAY PUSH US, YOU KNOW, IN, INTO IT, YEAH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD FOLLOW AT THAT POINT TO STAGE TWO.
UH, WE'RE, YEAH, SO WE, SO WE ARE, WE, WE, UH, GO, WE USE OUR SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, AS, YOU KNOW, 50 50 SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, 60% WELLS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY AT 50 50.
WE'RE HEADING, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO 60% B W A TO GIVE SOME RELIEF, UH, TO OUR WELLS.
I'M, I'M TRYING TO RUN MORE B W A WATER THAN WELL WATER RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT HELPS OUR WELLS AND IT HELPS THE OVERALL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW NOT TO PUT SO MUCH STRESS ON THOSE WELLS.
UH, B W A IS GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE FEED THAN, THAN NORMAL, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED AND THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
BEACHWOOD RUNS LESS WATER THAN OAK DRIVE SIDE, SO, UH, THOSE WELLS AREN'T RUNNING AS HARD AS THE WELLS ON THE OAK DRIVE SIDE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
UM, OVERALL, THE, THE NUMBER THAT WOULD FORCE US INTO STAGE TWO, WE ARE WELL BENEATH THE MILLION GALLONS A DAY THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT STAGE TWO.
UM, BUT WE ARE SPEAKING WITH B W A DAILY AND THEY ARE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION DAILY.
IF, UM, IF B W A DOES MOVE TO STAGE TWO, UM, WHAT THAT FORCES THEM TO DO IS REDUCE WHAT THEY CAN GIVE TO EACH CITY.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE CAPABLE IN STAGE ONE OF GIVING GIVEN 125% OF CONTRACT TO EACH CITY.
IF THEY MOVE TO STAGE TWO, THAT MOVES THEM DOWN TO 105% OF CONTRACT.
SO THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION TO EACH CITY THAT THEY SELL TO.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANNA DO IT UNLESS THEY HAVE TO.
SO THEY MONITOR IT DAILY AND WE'RE JUST GOING DAY BY DAY WITH THEM.
SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING OUR FULL ALLOCATION FROM P W RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE TAKING, WE ARE NOW IN EXCESS.
WE, WE, WE HAVEN'T IN, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WINTER OR, YOU KNOW, MO MOST OF THE YEAR WE DON'T HIT THAT NUMBER, BUT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT NUMBER, YOU KNOW, IT GOES INTO THE BANK, WE'RE NOW DRAWING FROM THE BANK AND MOST LIKELY, WE'LL, WE'LL TAP IT, IT'LL LAST US TILL SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO WE DON'T SEE FORESEE AN EXTRA CHARGE FROM B W A BECAUSE WE DID USE IT THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, PAST OCTOBER ONE.
CAN WE CARRY OVER OR NO, YOU CANNOT CARRY OVER.
WE GO BACK SIX YEARS OR CAN'T DO THAT.
THE BIG, THE, THE, THE BIG DECISION POINT IS IF THEY GO TO STAGE TWO AND THEY, THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAN ONLY PROVIDE US 105%, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT, MOST LIKELY GO INTO RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE NEED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF ON OUR WELLS IN THE AQUIFER, UM, DURING THIS TIME.
UM, SO, UM, THAT'LL BE A DECISION POINT FOR US, UM, IF IT DOES MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
[15. Construction Updates]
TO ITEM 15 IS CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.SAL, UM, ON THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT, UH, FOR THE MOST PART BY TOMORROW, THE, UH, ALL THE WALL ON NORTH PARKING PLACE SHOULD BE COMPLETE.
AND, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD REMAIN POSSIBLY, UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK WOULD PROBABLY BE THE, UH, THE ROUND SEAT WALL AROUND THE, UH, AROUND THE SIGN, THE LAKE SIGN THERE.
THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE REMAINING THERE.
SO THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE BECAUSE THAT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THERE.
UH, THE, UH, ALL THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN PUT IN AND IS READY TO OPERATE.
WHAT WE DO NEED IS TO HAVE CENTER POINT TO ENERGIZE, OR THE NOT CENTER POINT, BUT THE, UH, OUR CARRIER TO, UH, RELEASE THE, THE ACTUAL CONNECTION THERE.
WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN THE APPLICATIONS.
IT'S A MATTER OF THEM COMING IN THERE AND, AND FIRING UP THOSE FOR THE PEDESTRIANIZED
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TO LIGHT UP.UH, UH, WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS NOW OF, UH, PUTTING THE, UH, THE NORTH CITY OAKS PROJECT OUT BID.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE CONTRACT DOCUMENT, NOT THE CONTRACT, ON THE SPECIFICATION AND BID PACKAGE THAT IS GONNA BE GOING OUT AS SOON AS WE COMPLETE THAT, UH, THAT PAPERWORK.
WE ARE ALSO RIGHT NOW IN THE MIDST OF DESIGN ON THE, UH, ON THE BEST WESTERN, UH, MITIGATION PROJECT OF THE, UH, SEARCH CONTROL CHAMBER THAT WE'RE, THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, CONTRACTED, UH, THE DESIGN ENGINEER TO START WORKING ON.
HE HAS BEEN KEEPING US, UH, ABREAST OF THE, OF HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT DESIGN.
AND, UH, SO THAT SHOULD ALSO BE, UH, COMING IN FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
AND, UH, WE ARE ALSO DOING, UH, LET'S SEE.
THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I, THAT I'M RIGHT NOW SKIPPING ON.
UH, WE PUT IN THAT LIGHT THAT WAS MISSING ON PARKING WAY.
SO PARKING WAY IS ALL LIT UP NOW.
I NEED TO CHECK IT NIGHT TO SEE WHETHER THAT IS THE CASE.
THEY TOLD US IT WAS, BUT, UH, NEVER.
UH, SO, UH, THAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE PROJECTS AT THIS TIME.
UH, DO I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING TO THE, THE CONTRACTOR ALL THE TIME.
WHEN DO WE SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND HAVE A, WHAT I CALL A COME TO JESUS MEETING AND SAY, WHEN'S THIS GONNA BE FINISHED? WHEN IS THE WHAT? GIVE US A DROP DEAD DATE.
THEY PROVIDE US A SCHEDULE THAT THE LANDSCAPE PEOPLE WERE GONNA FOLLOW.
AND IT, IT TOOK IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OCTOBER.
UH, THAT'S, AND TO ME THAT WOULD, THAT SOUNDS PROBABLY LOGICAL BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPER DOESN'T WANNA MOVE IN IN HERE PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO PLANT, BEING ABLE TO DO PLANTINGS.
UH, AND THE REASON WHY HE'S STALLING IS THE FACT THAT HE DID, HE DOESN'T WANNA MAKE TWO MOVES, UH, TO FINISH OFF THE IRRIGATION AND, AND THE LANDSCAPE ITSELF.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE LOGIC THEY'RE USING.
WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENS ALL DEPENDING ON THE, UH, ON THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
BUT WE'RE NOW DOWN TO ONE CONTRACTOR.
ONE CONTRACTOR TO JUST ONE CONTRACTOR.
SO WE, UH, I GUESS YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED YOUR PUNCH LIST OF THINGS.
I MEAN, WE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, ALL ALL THE CONCRETE THAT YOU SAW BEING REPLACED WAS PART OF THE PUNCH LIST.
THEY WANTED TO MOVE IN THERE BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK PEOPLE ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE GONE.
SO THEY'RE FINISHED WITH A CONCRETE SET OF THINGS AND THEY DID THEIR PUNCH LIST ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.
SO ON THAT CORNER, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING SPOT THAT YOU, YOU GUYS PUT A LINE THROUGH IT, CORRECT? THERE'S NO SIGNS, THERE'S COMPACT, ONLY PEOPLE STILL PARKING THERE.
SO IS THAT, IS THERE ANY WELL, WE, YEAH, CORRECT.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO THE, UH, THE, THE, THE SIGNAGE, UH, CONTRACTOR DID WHAT THEY WERE TOLD IN THE PLANTS.
SO ANY MORE SIGNAGE IS GONNA BE UP TO US TO GO OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY MAKE IT PLAIN, HOWEVER WE SEE IT HAPPENING.
UH, SO YES, I MEAN, IS IT, IS IT CLEAN ENOUGH TO PAINT NOW? YEAH.
CAN WE JUST DO THAT IN-HOUSE AND GET THAT DONE? YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
YOU PAINTED A LINE THAT, THAT, THAT, NOTICE THE DORM PART.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T CROSS HATCHET.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES ANY SENSE TO PEOPLE.
IF THEY SEE SOMETHING YELLOW, THEY START PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
OTHERWISE, IF THEY SEE A WHITE LINE.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT ON THE CONTRACTOR FOR THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S, LET'S MOVE ON THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO THERE ARE IN THE WALL AREA, THEY ARE EXPOSED JUST REGULAR JUST, UH, CONCRETE RUG SURFACES THERE.
UH, AND ONE THAT'S THAT REALLY, UH, COMES UP IS THE ONE AT, UH, AT THE HANS BUILDING.
I DUNNO WHETHER YOU OR MAY, MAY WANT TO GO IN THERE AND PAINT THOSE PARTICULAR, UH,
OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND SEE.
DID Y'ALL MEET TODAY? ON, UH, UH, IS ISAIAH IS, OH, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I FORGOT.
AZALEA STARTED AT THE, UH, STARTED WORK TODAY.
SO YES, WE MET ON THE FIELD THERE THAT WE WERE DOING THERE, THERE WERE CLEAR, THERE WERE CLEARING WORKING AREA THERE, READY TO, IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE ON COMPLETION? NO, THAT IS, THEY
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GAVE US 60 DAYS.UH, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY'LL MOVE FAST IN THERE.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT THEY ARE ALSO ONE ON THE, UH,
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAL? THANK YOU.
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COMMUNITY INTEREST, UH, ANYTHING MR. BAKER? UH, I HAVE TO MAYBE GET, THE CHIEF CAN HELP ME OUT.I THINK WE'RE, THEY ARE HAVING A BARBECUE COOK OFF FOR THE, YEAH.
POLICE, POLICE SUBSTATION THIS WEEKEND.
IS IT THIS WEEKEND? SATURDAY, I THINK.
I WAS GONNA LOOK IT UP WHILE THE REST OF YOU GUYS ARE TALKING.
UH, VINNE, I HAVE OH, ONE OTHER.
UH, WE HAVE A NINE 11 ON NEXT MONDAY.
YEAH, THE CIVIC CENTER IS STARTING AT, UH, UH, THERE'S, UH, STUFF BEFOREHAND AT LEFT STARTING 11, I THINK IT IS.
AND THEN THE ACTUAL EVENT IS AT 12.
AND THEN, UH, BEFORE THAT, UH, FROM 10 TO 11 AT ALTUS, THEY'RE HAVING A FLAG RAISING AND STUFF.
SO IF YOU WANNA STOP BY THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT TIME THAT'S, THAT'S FROM UH, 10 TO 11.
SO I'M RUNNING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CITY TO THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT NOW YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE BUT ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
YEAH, THE LAKE JACKSON POLICE ASSOCIATION FIRST RESPONDERS COOKOFF IS, UH, THIS SEPTEMBER, UH, AT THE BRAS MALL PARKING LOT, UH, FROM 11 TO FOUR.
AND SO THERE'S A FEW OF US, UH, SITTING HERE THAT ARE, UH, JUDGES.
IT'S GONNA BE MYSELF, MR. BAKER AND MR. UH, BLANCHARD ARE GONNA BE JUDGES THAT I KNOW FOR, FOR SURE.
AND THEN THERE'S UH, SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE JUDGES.
REMEMBER WHAT DAY WAS THAT? SEPTEMBER? THIS, UH, THIS, UH, THIS THE NINTH.
YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.