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MAN.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[Call to Order]
UH, SINCE THIS IS A VIDEO CONFERENCE, I'M GONNA READ A STATEMENT HERE REAL QUICK.THIS IS A DULY CALLED MEETING OF THE LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL IS BEING HELD AS A VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL TODAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT I, THE MAYOR AND PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CITY LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ALONG WITH A UH, QUORUM OF THE LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL, ARE PHYSICALLY PRE PRESENT IN THE ALICE ROGERS CHAMBER COUNCIL CHAMBER, LOCATED IN LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, UH, CITY HALL AT, UH, 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
UH, I ATTEST THAT THE MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE PARTICIPANTS, UH, ON THE VIDEO CONFERENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE, UH, DURING THE MEETING WHEN MAKING COMMENTS OR MAKING PRESENTATIONS, OR, UH, IF YOU, FOR SOME REASON CAN'T YOU LOSE VIDEO, YOU NEED TO, UH, TRY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION BACK TO US AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND AUDIO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN.
UH, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE AGAIN TO, UH, THE MEETING TONIGHT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDING ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLS TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE, AND THE VISIBLE, UH, THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, A DAY TO NEVER SEE AGAIN.
AND AS WE GET READY TO PREPARE OURSELF FOR THIS MEETING, JUST GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE POSITIVE DECISIONS FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE LIVE IN.
BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, E M S AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT MOST ALL, MOST 70.
FATHER, AS WE PAUSE ON THIS MONTH FOR OUR NINE 11 VICTIMS, JUST BLESS EACH ONE OF THEIR FAMILIES.
LET 'EM KNOW THAT YOU STILL LIVE AND THAT YOU STILL BLESSED AND YOU STILL LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.UM, SO WHAT I'M, I'M GONNA START OFF AND I'M GONNA READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FIRST, UM, PRESENTATION.
THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR 2023 LOCAL TAF, LOCAL FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, CAMILLA GONZALEZ.
UH, CAMILLA BEGAN COMPETING AT THE AGE OF SIX WHEN SHE JOINED THE LAKE JACKSON SWIM TEAM, WHERE SHE BEGAN COMPETING IN, IN MANY LOCAL, UM, COMPETITIONS.
SINCE 2019, SHE'S COMPETED IN MANY LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE COMPETITIONS, RECEIVING 23 GOLD MEDALS, 12 SILVER AND FIVE BRONZE, AND A BUNCH OF RINGS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY GOT THE RINGS.
UM, FALL OF 2022, SHE BEGAN PLAYING VOLLEYBALL FIRST WITH LAKE JACKSON PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND, UM, THEN, UH, WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY RISE VOLLEYBALL TEAM, CAMILLA'S LOVE FOR COMPETITION DOES NOT STOP WITH SPORTS.
SHE'S ALSO PLACED FIRST IN THE 2022 AND 2023 IN U I L ORAL READING COMPETITION IN SCHOOL AND IN THE BRAZORIA COUNTY FAIR.
UM, BRAZORIA COUNTY FAIR ART COMPETITION IN 2022 AS A FOURTH GRADER, CAMILLA APPROACHED HER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND LED A FOOD DRIVE FOR THE BRAZOS CARE FOOD DRIVE FOOD PANTRY AT BEST, BRANDON ELEMENTARY, UM, SHE ATTENDS THE BRASS POINT FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN LAKE JACKSON, WHERE SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM.
SHE ALSO LOVES PAR PARTICIPATING IN PLAYS AT THE BRAZOSPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.
AND HA, UM, HAVING FUN WITH FRIENDS AND CONTINUING TO PROVE, UM, THANKS TO HER COACHES, IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRESENT THE 2023 TAF FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.
PAMELA, YOU WANNA COME UP HERE? WE GET ALL HER.
WE GET SOME WITH THE MEDALS THERE.
AND I HOPE A FUTURE, UM, LIFEGUARD FOR THE LAKE JACKSON PARKS AND RECREATION.
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NEXT, UM, RECOGNITION, UH, IS FOR THE 2023 TAF LOCAL MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SO SORRY.
UM, BENJAMIN BEGAN SWIMMING AT THE LAKE JACKSON WITH THE LAKE JACKSON SWIM TEAM AT THE AGE OF NINE.
AND IT QUICKLY TURNED INTO A LIFELONG LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO THE SPORT IN HIS PURSUIT TO BE THE BEST SWIMMER HE CAN.
HE AVIDLY STUDIES VIDEOS, HE RESEARCHES NEW TECHNIQUES.
HE NOT ONLY WORKS HARD IN THE WATER, BUT HE'S ALSO INCORPORATED DRY LAND WORKOUTS INTO HIS TRAINING TO INCREASE THE SWIMMING ENDURANCE.
SINCE 2019, BENJAMIN HAS COMPETED IN MANY LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE, UM, MEETS RECEIVING 21 GOLD MEDALS, NINE SILVER MEDALS, AND FOUR BRONZE.
HIS TRAINING IS ALSO PAID OFF IN DEVELOPING HIM AS A WATER POLO PLAYER, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE GOT A GREAT WATER POLO TEAM.
ALONG WITH, UM, HIS OTHER TRAINING, HE ALSO PARTIC, UM, PRACTICES DAILY FOR HIS CLUB WATER POLO TEAM, WHICH COMPETED IN THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN CALIFORNIA, FINISHING 23RD OUT OF THE TOP 96 QUALIFYING BOYS TEAMS IN THE NATION.
BENJAMIN ALSO ENJOYS OTHER SPORTS.
HE'S PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL AND NATIONAL.
HE WAS IN THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY.
HIS COMMITMENT TO SWIMMING IS MATCHED WITH HIS EFFORTS TOWARD HIS ACADEMIC FUTURE.
BENJAMIN DREAMS OF BECOMING A DOCTOR ONE DAY AND WORKS TIRELESSLY TOWARD ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.
BENJAMIN IS AN ACT ACTIVE ALTAR SERVER AT HIS CHURCH PARISH, ST.
MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, A MEMBER OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND THE US CHESS FEDERATION.
WHEN HE IS NOT AT A MEET OR A TOURNAMENT, BENJAMIN ALSO ENJOYS CUBING.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO US.
RUBIKS CUBES WITH HIS, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
AND HE BEGINS HIGH SCHOOL THIS FALL AND IS ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE HIS AQUATICS CAREER, BOTH AT SCHOOL AND RECREATIONALLY.
IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRESENT THE 2023 MALE, UM, TAF MET LOCAL MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR, BENJAMIN ABRA.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SOME, BE SURE WE CAN GET YOUR MEDAL IN THERE TOO.
AND I THINK WE'LL SEE Y'ALL, BOTH EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
I'VE GOT THAT BEAT IN 21 SECONDS.
[VISITOR COMMENTS]
UH, VISITORS, UH, COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS SOMETHING THEY WANNA ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON THAT IS NOT ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA OR THE REGULAR AGENDA? UH, OKAY.
I DIDN'T TELL, UH, CITY MANAGER ABOUT, BUT I CAME DOWN HERE TO INTRODUCE THE PERSON HERE FOR YOU.
SHE IS THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH
NICOLE WILSON IS THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
AND, UH, SHE HAILS FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
I'VE MET MOST OF, OR SOME OF YOU.
UH, MY BACKGROUND'S CIVIL ENGINEERING.
I'M FROM PITTSBURGH, BUT I'VE BEEN IN LAKE JACKSON SINCE 2017.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH SAL AND THE ENGINEERING GROUP AND SERVE THE CITY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU SINCE YOU'RE STILL A FAN.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE, UH, SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO BRING TO COUNCIL THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO A DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND THIS IS WHERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR A REGULAR AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE AT, UH, COUNCIL THAT NEEDS TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? ALRIGHT.
NOT HEARING ANY, WE'LL MOVE ON
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FROM THE CHARTER REVIEW, UH, PLANNING, COMMISSION AND TRAFFIC COMMISSION.
ITEM THREE, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH B M O, UH, HARRIS BANK AND PAYA IN, UH, COORDINATION WITH, UH, CENTRAL SQUARE PAYMENT, UH, PERTAINING TO THE CREDIT CARDS FEEDS FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
ITEM FOUR IS APPROVED THE ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH, UH, SERIOUS, SERIOUS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL FOR DISASTER DEBRIS, UH, REMOVAL SERVICES.
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ITEM FIVE IS APPROVED.ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 7 3, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 BUSINESSES TO CHANGE THE RENEWAL DATE FOR SIDEWALK CAFE PERMITS.
ITEM SIX, APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 7 4, ADOPTING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE AS THE ELECTRICAL CODE FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
SECOND READING, APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 7 5, AMENDING, UH, CHAPTER 50, HEALTH AND SANITATION TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURES FOR FILLING, UH, GREASE TRAP SERVICES OR FILING GREASE, GREASE TRAP SERVICES, SERVICING REPORTS, AND FOR INSPECTIONS OF FOOD TRUCKS.
SECOND READING AND ITEM SIX, MEAN.
AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE INCREASE IN RATE WITH VENER MATERIALS FOR THE STAGING RECYCLING MATERIAL IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $193,500 AS BUDGETED.
DO I HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, REMOVING ANY ITEM FROM FURTHER DISCUSSION? DON, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, AS SENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA.
I'LL SECOND AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
NO, I THINK THEY WERE JUST LATE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.
[1. Public Hearing to consider amending the B‐2 Central Business Zone to allow special event venues as conditional use – Sherri Russell.]
PUBLIC HEARING.UH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING OPENING, PUBLIC HEARING AT, UH, 8 6 42.
THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE B TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONE TO ALLOW SPECIAL EVENT REV, UH, VENUES AS CONDITIONAL USE.
UH, SHARE YOUR NAMES BESIDE IT.
SO, UM, WE, UM, HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF PLANNERS AND THEY REALLY LIKED THE IDEA AND THEY THOUGHT THAT IT SHOULD BE AS A CONDITIONAL USE SO THAT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY CAN DISCUSS PARKING AND OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME FORWARD BECAUSE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG THE EVENTS WOULD GET.
BUT THIS EVENT, THEY THINK IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
AND SO IT'S BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR RE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN I'VE DRAFTED AN ORDINANCE WITH THE DEFINITION AND WITH THE ADDITION AS A CONDITIONAL USE TO THE V TWO ZONING.
UM, RANDY, YOU WANT TO TALK ANY ON, UH, YOUR ITEM OR NOT? UM, IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO OR NOT.
UM, I WOULD JUST GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE.
UM, SINCE I STARTED THIS WHOLE THING, UM, APLAND HOMES HAS WITHDREW THE LEASE THAT WE SIGNED IN MAY, UM, STATING THAT I'M NO LONGER ALLOWED TO LEASE THE BUILDING.
UM, THAT I SIGNED ON FOUR MONTHS AGO.
SO THE, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT I HAVE SHOWN YOU GUYS FROM DAY ONE THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, UM, IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR ME TO LEASE.
UM, SO I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS FROM, FROM THE BEGINNING SINCE I'VE STARTED, SINCE DAY ONE.
UM, BUT I WILL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.
UM, SO IT WON'T, EXCUSE ME, IT WON'T BE THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED SINCE DAY ONE.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
MS. VICTORIA, DID, YOU KNOW, MENTION THAT STEPH, IN THE WEEK, THAT THAT WAS A PO POSSIBILITY THAT DISCUSSION WAS HAPPENING WITH THE LANDLORD? THE ONE THING THAT DID COME UP IS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION AND REQUEST, WE WERE JUST FOCUSING ON B TWO RIGHT.
AND DIDN'T LOOK AT OTHER ZONES LIKE C ONE OR C TWO.
SO THAT COULD ALWAYS COME BACK AS A REQUEST TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER EVENT VENUES IN THERE.
'CAUSE IF IT HAD BEEN USED, IT JUST WASN'T MENTIONED IN ANY ZONE.
BUT WE PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON B TWO BECAUSE THAT WAS THE REQUEST.
SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UH, COUNSEL MAY WANT TO VISIT THOSE TWO ZONES ALSO IF THEY WISH TO APPROVE.
WELL, SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE LUCK AT FINDING A ANOTHER LOCATION IN, IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
SO CAN WE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND, UH, WORK ON APPROVING THE MEASURE AS PLANNERS INSTEAD TO DO IT BY CONDITIONAL USE? SO ANY NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP DOWNTOWN WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GO TO PLANNERS FOR CONDITIONAL US APPROVAL.
SO WE WON'T, THIS WON'T HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE AS WELL.
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UH, YES.I THINK THAT WAS THE, THE PLAN WAS STILL TO BRING THIS TO COUNCIL.
AND EVEN THOUGH, UM, MS. VICTORIA MAY WITHDRAW HER PARTICULAR PLAN, UH, COUNSEL COULD STILL CONSIDER THIS IF THERE'S EVER A FUTURE NEED.
AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL ZONE, CHANGING THE ZONING, NOT PARTICULAR TO ANY BUSINESS.
IT'S IF IT'S ALLOWABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS, UH, THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA.
SO, SO, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INTENTION OF STOPPING IT HERE.
SO JUST IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON, ON THE PUBLIC HEARING PIECE OF IT? I GUESS ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ON THIS? THEN WE'LL GO OUT, GOT OUT, GO OUT OF THAT AND GO TOWARD, UH, ITEM TWO, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION.
SO, MARY, DO YOU WANNA CLOSE? YEAH.
CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 46 AND WE'LL MOVE INTO, UH, ITEM TWO,
[2. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2277 amending the B‐2 Central Business Zone to allow special event venues as conditional use – Sherri Russell.]
WHICH IS TO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 2 7 7, AMENDING THE B TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONE TO ALLOW SPECIAL EVENT, UH, VENUES AS A CONDITIONAL USE.YOU WANNA READ THE ORDINANCE? YES, SIR.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10 ZONING OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO AMEND B TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS TO AS SPECIAL EVENT VENUE AS A CONDITIONAL USE 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.
UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ALLOW DISCUSSIONS, ANY DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM FURTHER AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD.
IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE AS READ.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD MOVE FOR MAYOR.
GO AHEAD TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, PUT THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, AS WRITTEN.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SETH AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN, UH, SHANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, ORDINANCE IS APPROVED, UH, ON FIRST READING, SO WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO HIS, UH, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
[3. Discuss and consider approval of Golf Course Fees – Robin Hyden.]
CONSIDER, UH, APPROVAL OF GOLF, GOLF COURSE FEES.ROBIN, I, UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE MATT COHEN, THE GENERAL MANAGER FROM WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE, GO OVER THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
UH, SO YEAH, WE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, UM, WORKING ON AN EXERCISE HERE TO BE, UH, FINANCIALLY SOLVENT AT THE GOLF PROPERTY, AND PER PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARKS AND REC BOARD, UH, AND THIS COUNCIL, UH, WE HAVE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGES IN THE RATE STRUCTURE THAT WILL ALLOW US, UH, AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TO A BREAK EVEN OR A PROFITABLE POSITION IN THE NEXT, UH, FISCAL BUDGET CYCLE BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, THE HIGH LEVEL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PRELIMINARILY APPROVED ARE A VERY MINOR, UH, $1 INCREASE TO THE LAKE JACKSON RESIDENT RATE, THE NON-RESIDENT GOLF RATE, AND THE SENIOR GOLF RATES FOR BOTH WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND, UH, GREEN FEES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, UH, AS WELL AS AN INCREASE IN OUR ANNUAL PASS PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO TAKE EFFECT AT THAT SAME TIME.
UM, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT HAS SHOWN, I BELIEVE, ON A HANDOUT THAT YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED.
UH, THE $1 FEE INCREASE WILL RESULT IN AN ESTIMATED $21,706 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, IN THE BUDGET YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR FOR 20 23, 20 24.
UH, THE INCREASE OF THE PROGRAM FEES WOULD NET, UH, WE BELIEVE AN EXPECTED IMPACT OF ROUGHLY $56,976, UH, TOTAL.
THERE IS, UH, $78,682, UM, IN FEE INCREASES, WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, ENABLE US TO APPROACH OR HOPEFULLY EXCEED A, A PROFITABLE POSITION FINANCIALLY.
UM, DID WE, DID WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THAT'S ALSO GOOD.
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UM, ALSO PER, AND WE, WE DID OBTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, LEGAL COUNSEL AND ADVICE FROM THE KEMPER SPORTS, UH, LEGAL TEAM IN STEVE KELLY IN CHICAGO.UH, THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME, UH, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, PURSUING OF A MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT FOR THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY, UH, TO ADD TO OUR BEER LICENSE.
UM, AGAIN, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET, BUT WE BELIEVE CONSERVATIVELY THAT WOULD BE A 45 TO $50,000, UH, ECONOMIC NET PROFIT OR IMPACT, UH, IN THE NEXT FISCAL BUDGET YEAR.
UM, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME INHERENT CHALLENGES TO MANAGING A MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT, BUT I'VE DONE IT FOR, I'VE DONE IT AT THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES OVER ABOUT 15 YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WOOD WITHOUT, WITHOUT INCIDENT.
UM, SO UNDERSTAND THE LAWS, UNDERSTAND T A B C VERY CLEARLY, UH, MANAGED A MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT AS A GENERAL MANAGER AND TYLER AT A LARGE FACILITY, UH, FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS PRIOR TO COMING TO THIS POSITION.
SO FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND COMPETENT AND OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE THAT AND, UH, LIMIT ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY ON THE FACILITY OR, OR ON THE CITY.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALSO ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR IN THE, IN THE INTEREST OF, UH, BECOMING AGAIN, UH, FINANCIALLY PROFITABLE.
UH, BELIEVE THAT THOSE THREE LEVERS, AGAIN, ADDED TOGETHER ROUGHLY $125,000 IMPACT, UM, HAVE A DOCUMENT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL.
THAT'LL ALSO LEAD INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING RELATED TO GOLF.
UM, BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE AT FINANCIALLY, UH, THROUGH 11 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AND WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL LOOK LIKE, UM, AS WE EXTRAPOLATE INTO NEXT YEAR IF, IF THINGS CONTINUE TO TREND IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE.
SO I'LL PASS THOSE OUT HERE MOMENTARILY.
I'M SORRY MS. SETH AND MR. SNIA FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, BUT I WILL, UM, WHEN WE DISCUSS, UH, THE MANAGEMENT FOR FEE INCREASE, I'LL GO INTO SOME DETAIL ON WHAT I'VE GOT, UM, ENCOMPASSED ON THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, MARY, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, UH, ROBIN, WHEN THE PARTS BOARD WAS DISCUSSING, UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A, UM, DISCUSSION ON FEES FOR OVER A FEE INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS YES.
AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH OF TRYING TO YES.
DO IT OVER TWO YEARS VERSUS ONE YEAR, RIGHT? YES.
LAST YEAR WE HAD GONE UP ON, UM, THE GREEN FEES, UM, THAT WE HAD DONE.
SO WE WANTED TO DO JUST KIND OF A MINOR, VERY SMALL INCREASE, BUT THE PLAN HAD BEEN ALWAYS TO GO UP ON THE PAST FEES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT GONE UP IN YEARS.
SO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT IT AND SEE HOW THE GOLF IS, AND THEN TO KIND OF FIGURE ANOTHER INCREASE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, HOW MUCH WE WANT TO DO, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY EXACTLY THEY DIDN'T WANNA PUT A NUMBER ON THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT'S REALLY GONNA BRING US OVER WHERE THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, SUSTAINABLE.
AND CURRENTLY ALCOHOL IS SOLD YES.
AT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IT'S CONFINED TO BEER AND WINE, RIGHT? BEER, YES.
AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL, THEY, THEY GO THROUGH THE TRAINING WITH THAT, JUST DOING THAT.
SO NOW IF THEY BRING THIS IN, OF COURSE THEY WOULD BRING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAINING THROUGH T A B C, BUT I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF CONTROLLING THAT NOW.
SO, UM, WELL, AGAIN, YOU'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO US BECAUSE, UH, DURING OUR WORKSHOP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE GOLF COURSE, YES.
UH, WE, WE ASKED IF, UH, YOU COULD WORK WITH, UH, KEMPER SPORTS AND ALSO WITH THE PARKS BOARD TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND WAYS TO INCREASE REVENUE TO MM-HMM.
AND SO THIS IS WHY YOU'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO US.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS MIX, MIXED BEVERAGE, WOULD YOU PLAN TO JUST, UH, OFFER THAT IN CLUBHOUSE OR YOU, YOU GONNA HAVE THAT ON THE BEVERAGE CARD AS WELL? YES, SIR.
YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE BOTH MATT, COUNCILMAN MATT, YOU HAVE TO, MATT, YOU HAVE TO COUNT THE, YEAH, SORRY, SORRY.
IT WOULD BE BOTH IN THE CLUBHOUSE AS WELL AS, UH, BEVERAGE CARD SERVICE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
AND AS ROBIN MENTIONED, ALL OF OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVERS ARE, HAVE SAFE SERVICE TRAINING AND T A B C TRAINING TO THE, TO THE EXTREME TO THE MAX.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE, UH, WITH EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT HAS ANY CONTACT
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WITH, WITH ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL SERVICE.AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GET THE RESTAURANT MIXED BEVERAGE.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING BECAUSE WE, WE OBVIOUSLY NEEDED TO GET APPROVAL.
IF WE OBTAIN APPROVAL, THEN I'LL BEGIN THAT PROCESS AND WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU AND MR. KELLY WITH, WITH THE, UH, KEMPER LEGAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CROSSED ALL THE T'S DOTTED, ALL THE, I'S GOT ALL THE PERMITS, EVERYTHING WE NEED IN PLACE BEFORE WE, WE DO ANYTHING.
SO IS JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMAN SENATOR'S, NO QUESTION IS, UH, THE MIXED BEVERAGE IS, IS GONNA BE OFFERED REGARDLESS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE OFF OFFERED AS A PACKAGE FOR, JUST FOR A PACKAGE THAT'S FOR A, UH, TOURNAMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE OFFERED ON A DAILY BE BASIS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? CORRECT, YES, SIR.
YES, MR. MAYOR, THAT WOULD BE, UH, AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.
OTHER THAN THE SUNDAY RESTRICTIONS THAT THE T A B C REQUIRES.
RENEE, I MEAN, UH, RHONDA, SORRY.
YEAH, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
SO THE, THE GOLF COURSE DOES NOT HAVE TO OPERATE IN A PRIVATE CLUB CORRECT? BECAUSE OF THE MIXED FOOD AND BEVERAGE LICENSE.
AS LONG AS YOUR FOOD, AS LONG AS YOUR FOOD SALES IS 60% CORRECT.
BELIEVE MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT JUST HAD TO BE MORE THAN 50%.
IT'S JUST HAD TO EXCEED 50% IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALCOHOL.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT YOUR CURRENT RATIO IS BETWEEN THE, THE BEER AND FOOD? YES, I DO.
I, UM, LET ME ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING HERE THAT TELL US THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA MENTION THIS IS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA.
SO NO VOTING ON IT, NOT ON THE, UH, OH, ON, THAT'S PART OF THE, IS THAT PART OF THE, WE'RE MS. SETH, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 55%, UH, FOOD SALES AND ABOUT 45% BEER SALES.
SO IT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TO MONITOR, UH, CLOSELY WITH AN INCREASE IN, UM, POTENTIAL INCREASE IN ALCOHOL SALES, UH, RELATED TO THE MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT RATIO AND STAY IN COMPLIANCE.
UM, THE, MY EXPERIENCE AND MODELS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WHEN PEOPLE DRINK MORE, THEY EAT MORE.
SO WE, WE BELIEVE IT'S GONNA HELP US ON BOTH ENDS AND THAT, THAT THAT RATIO WILL STAY PRETTY CONSISTENT.
UM, WE'LL JUST SEE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE ON BOTH, UH, THE FOOD AND THE ALCOHOL SIDE.
SO, BUT WE, WE WILL, I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT, UH, FIND IT AWKWARD TO HAVE MIXED SALES ON A CART.
I JUST NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT AS, UH, IS THIS A PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE OR JUST SOMETHING WE ARE DOING? UH, UH, LIKE A SOMETHING NEW? IT IS VERY COMMON.
UH, COUNCILMAN HANNEY AND, AND THE WAY WE WOULD ACCOMPLISH IT IN ORDER TO, FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, FOR SAFE SERVING PURPOSES, AS WELL AS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, UM, WILL BE THE SMALL PLASTIC SINGLE SERVE BOTTLES.
UM, SO THERE WON'T BE POURING, OR THERE WON'T, WON'T BE LARGE BOTTLES OF, YOU KNOW, OF ALCOHOL ON THE CART.
THERE WON'T BE GLASS BOTTLES ANYWHERE ON THE GOLF COURSE.
IT WOULD BE, IF YOU ORDER A RUM AND COKE, YOU'LL RECEIVE A COKE, WHICH WE WILL OPEN, WE WILL OPEN THE BOTTLE, SMALL BOTTLE OF RUM, POUR THAT INTO A CUP FOR YOU, HAND IT TO YOU, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IT, IT BECOMES YOURS.
BUT IT WILL ALL BE MEASURED SERVICE.
UM, THAT, SO THERE ISN'T ANY DANGER.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO DO INVENTORIES TO MAKE SURE THERE ISN'T ANY, UM, ANY THEFT, ANY BREAKAGE, ANY PEOPLE DOING NEFARIOUS THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.
IT'S JUST MUCH EASIER TO KEEP TRACK OF WITH THE, THE SINGLE SERVICE, UM, BOTTLES AND, NO, NO PROBLEM IN LITTER.
NOT, NOT ANYMORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE FACE.
I MEAN, THAT'S A CONSTANT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I DO ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, IS DRIVE AROUND AND PICK UP TRASH.
SO WON'T BE MUCH MORE, MIGHT BE A BIGGER SITUATION THAN CANS.
YOU KNOW, CANS DON'T FLY, BUT PAPER TUBS DO.
SEE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, AGAIN, ALL THE, UM, ALL THE SERVING BOTTLES WE'LL BE USING WILL BE, WILL BE PLA PLASTIC BOTTLES.
AND I THINK MOST OF THE VENDORS NOWADAYS HAVE GONE TO A, A, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE, UH, BIODEGRADABLE OR RECYCLABLE PLASTIC EVEN FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF SERVICE.
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OKAY.SHERRY, THE, IT'S STAFF PRESENTING THIS, THE WHOLE THING PRESENTING AS FAR AS FEE INCREASES OR THEY PRESENT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PACKET, IS THE, UH, ACTUAL FEE INCREASES AND ALSO THE MIXED BEVERAGE PERMIT AS PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM? YES.
YEAH, IT'S IN THE ITEM SUMMARY ITEM.
IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, IT'S NOT POSTED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT, ABOUT BOOTH, ABOUT ALCOHOL, BUT IT'S PART OF THE ITEM SUMMARY IN THE PACKET.
I'M, I'M JUST INFORMING COUNSEL.
THAT'S ON ACTUALLY THE WAY, IT'S WAY, IT'S, YEAH, WHERE SHE, WHERE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IS, IS THAT IT'S DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER, UH, COURSE FEES.
WE'LL BRING THAT TO THE MIXED BEVERAGE BACK.
SO YOU, YOU'VE SEEN, YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN THE AMOUNT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AS A, THE IMPACT ON THE FEE WE'VE SEEN.
SO WE'LL JUST BRING IT BACK ONE MORE TIME.
YEAH, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HERE THIS TIME.
I HAD A LOT OF HEARTACHE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IT'S, IT'S HEADED RIGHT.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT, THE ATTABOY FOR THAT.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE GOLF COURSE FEES? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ACCEPTING THE FEES OR ON THIS ITEM RATHER, MR. MERRILL WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE INCREASE IN THE FEES AS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION, I'LL SECOND IT.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD.
UH, FIRST BY BROADUS, SECOND BY BLANCHARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR IS DISCUSS AND
[4. Discuss and consider approving the FY 2023‐2024 Kemper Sports Fixed Management Fees not to exceed $112,080 ‐ Robin Hyden.]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24, KEMPER SPORTS FIXED MANAGEMENT FEES NOT TO EXCEED $112,080.UM, YEAH, AND I, I, I DID PREPARE A DOCUMENT AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SETH FOR BRINGING THIS TO, TO LIGHT, HONESTLY, BECAUSE IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXERCISE FOR ME, UM, TO TRULY BE ABLE TO WRAP MY ARMS AROUND WHAT EXACTLY DO WE DO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE BRING IN TERMS OF VALUE TO THE CITY? AND, UH, I, I KNEW I HAD A REALLY GOOD CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF THAT IN MY HEAD, BUT BEING ABLE TO PUT IT ON PAPER, UM, I THINK THE, I WAS EVEN SURPRISED A LITTLE BIT MYSELF AT THE BREADTH AND VOLUME OF WHAT I BELIEVE KEMPER BRINGS TO THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
THE DOCUMENT THAT, UM, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE REACHED YOU, WE, WE WERE GONNA SCAN IT TO YOU.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY THE BEST ILLUSTRATION OF THE VALUE OF KEMPER, THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN EVALUATE IT, AND I'LL GO THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY THIS DOCUMENT, BUT, BUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPACTFUL DOCUMENT IS THE ONE I JUST HANDED YOU.
AND THAT'S THE HISTORICAL FINANCIALS.
SINCE THE LAST MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, UM, BASICALLY SHOWS GROWTH OF $1.1 MILLION IN REVENUE OVER ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, UH, FROM 1.3 MILLION TO A HIGH OF, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY TODAY SITTING AT ABOUT 2.35 MILLION, UH, WITH A COUPLE WEEKS STILL TO GO IN THE MONTH.
UM, THAT'S AN 85.7% CHANGE OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.
UM, EXPENSES HAVE ALSO, OF COURSE, CHANGED AND GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT, UM, 85% REVENUE GROWTH, 48% EXPENSE GROWTH, 1.1 MILLION REVENUE GROWTH, $777,000 IN EXPENSE GROWTH THROUGH A PANDEMIC, THROUGH A HURRICANE, THROUGH A TROPICAL STORM, THROUGH HISTORICAL INFLATION.
AND THE EBITDA LINE HAS GONE FROM NEGATIVE 300,000 TO WHAT WILL, I CAN ABSOLUTELY TELL YOU WITH CONFIDENCE BE IN THE BLACK THIS YEAR.
WE WILL BE PROFITABLE ON THE EBITDA LINE, UM, I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
SO I THINK, AGAIN, THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER WAYS YOU CAN QUANTIFY THE VALUE OF WHAT KEMPER BRINGS AND, AND WHAT THE MANAGEMENT FEE TRULY PAYS FOR.
WHAT IT FUNDS IS THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE LIKE VAL DE SOA, WHO'S OUR REGIONAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE, UM, PROVIDES BEST PRACTICES FROM KEMPER FACILITIES.
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UH, IMPACTS THE BOTTOM LINE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, PAYS FOR OUR REGIONAL SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR.UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THIS SPREADSHEET, THE JUMP THIS, THE JUMP FROM 2020 TO 2021 IS, IS A PRODUCT OF, OF TWO THINGS.
THE PANDEMIC COVID WAS WONDERFUL FOR GOLF.
UM, THE INCEPTION OF THE PLAYERS CLUB PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A KEMPER INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS ADDED FOUR TO $500,000 IN REVENUE, UH, DURING THE YEAR WITH THE 350 MEMBERS OF, OF THE PLAYERS CLUB.
UM, THAT'S ANNUAL FEES PLUS DAILY FEES THAT ARE GENERATED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND MARKETING, WE BEGAN TO MARKET IN 2020 DIGITALLY AND SPENDING ON FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN REVENUE SINCE WE STARTED TO EMPLOY, UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO THAT, THAT ALL COMES FROM ANNIE.
UM, SHE GUIDES OUR MARKETING STRATEGIES AND IS ENGINEERED HUGE GROWTH, WHICH IS ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THAT DOCUMENT.
UM, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS WERE 18% UP IN ROUNDS THROUGH AUGUST OVER LAST YEAR, UH, 18% UP IN TOTAL SALES, UH, 23% UP IN GREEN FEE REVENUE.
UM, 142% UP IN TERMS OF OUR FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM REACH TO 612,000 UNIQUE, UH, USERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ALL CORRELATES INTO REVENUE, UM, CORRELATES INTO ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF GOLF AND CREATES MONEY FOR OUR PROPERTY.
UM, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED ALSO THROUGH KEMPER SPORTS ARE, UM, OUR TRUE DEMAND PROGRAM, WHICH AGAIN, GENERATES REVENUE, UM, THROUGH APPS THAT ARE PROPRIETARY APPS FOR KEMPER SPORTS.
UM, THE ONE THAT WE JUST INTRODUCED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, AS I HIGHLIGHTED, UM, NOTIFIES PEOPLE WHEN TEE TIMES ARE CANCELED AT THE LAST MINUTE AND AUTOMATICALLY PINGS THEIR PHONE AND ALLOWS THOSE TEE TIMES TO BE FILLED.
UM, CONSERVATIVELY, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT $15,000 OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS FROM THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY FOUND REVENUE THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD LITTLE OR NO OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RESELL THAT SPACE WITH ONE OR TWO HOURS.
YOU KNOW, HAVE A CANCELLATION THAT HAPPENS AN HOUR BEFORE A TEE TIME, IT IMMEDIATELY HITS FIVE PEOPLE'S PHONES.
THEY CALL US, MAKE A TEE TIME COME IN AND PLAY.
UM, SO THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
HR, PAYROLL BENEFITS, CONTINUED EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
UM, OUR SAFETY NATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH WE, WE PARTNER WITH AON, UH, RISK REDUCTION AND KEEPS OUR, UH, WORKMAN'S COMP, UM, INSURANCE FEES DOWN CORPORATE CONTRACTS.
I WAS TOLD BY BLAINE I WAS NOT HERE, UH, WHEN THE MOST RECENT FLEET, UH, CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED WITH EASY GO, HE SAID THAT BY BOARD AND SOME OTHER NATIONAL, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP IDENTIFY BEST PRICING AND LEASES WERE EMPLOYED.
AND THAT THE PRICE WE GOT THROUGH KEMPER, UH, THROUGH JEFF OSBORNE WAS ABOUT $140,000 LOWER THAN THE LEASE, UM, THAT WE WOULD'VE RECEIVED THROUGH A THIRD PARTY OUTSIDE OF KEMPER.
UM, UM, THAT TAKING BLAINE'S WORD ON THAT ONE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS PLAUSIBLE.
UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY IMPACTFUL LEVERAGING AND PURCHASING POWER LINE ITEM, DISCOUNTS FROM MULTIPLE VENDORS, HUGE DISCOUNTS FROM CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZER COMPANIES BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE 150 COURSES BUYING, UH, FROM THESE COMPANIES.
IT'S, IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PURCHASING POWER THAT COMES WITH A LARGE ORGANIZATION.
UM, WE GET REBATES, WHICH ARE APART FROM LINE ITEM DISCOUNTS, UH, ABOUT $20,000 IN REBATES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND THAT'S STRAIGHT MONEY TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FRONTS.
UM, PROGRAM SUPPORT AND INITIATIVES, CORPORATE CONTRACTS, MARKETING, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE SUPPORT STAFF ON A CORPORATE LEVEL.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY JUST, YOU KNOW, THE LAST PAGE OF THE HANDOUT THAT I, THAT I GAVE YOU PROBABLY IS THE, IS IS MAYBE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PAGE AND MAYBE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
IT'S, IT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE KEMPER BREEDS THROUGHOUT
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THE COMPANY, AND THAT'S A CULTURE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE.UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT, AT THE N P S SCORES THAT WE'VE RECORDED OVER THE, SINCE JANUARY 1ST, UM, WE'RE AT 86.2 NET PROMOTER SCORE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY HIGH.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TOP, TOP COMPANIES IN THE WORLD STRIVE TO GET TO 88, 90% WERE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SERVICE SATISFACTION IS EXTREMELY HIGH GOLF COURSE SATISFACTION.
UM, AND, AND THAT CORRESPONDS TO PEOPLE COMING BACK, PEOPLE COMING BACK TO US.
UM, SO WITHOUT DOING A GOOD JOB ON THIS, I DON'T THINK THE NUMBERS ON THE FIRST PAGE HAPPEN.
UM, AND THAT'S TRULY WHERE KEMPER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T PUT THE CART IN FRONT OF THE HORSE.
WE DON'T VALUE REVENUE AT ALL COSTS.
WE VALUE SERVICE AND CULTURE AND BELIEVE THAT IF YOU'RE EXCELLENT AT WHAT YOU PROVIDE, THEN REVENUE WILL FOLLOW AND, AND RESULTS WILL FOLLOW.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M BIASED, BUT I'VE ALSO WORKED FOR TRUING GOLF.
UH, I'VE WORKED FOR ACUS OR AMERICAN GOLF.
SO I'VE WORKED FOR PROBABLY THE FOUR MAJOR PLAYERS IN GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, AND I STOOD UP HERE A YEAR AGO, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
THEY ALLOW EVERY PROPERTY TO BE RUN INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, THERE IS NO COOKIE CUTTER TEMPLATE.
LAKE JACKSON IS LAKE JACKSON, AND THEY, THEY GIVE US THE AUTONOMY TO RUN THIS GOLF COURSE FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LAKE JACKSON, AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S SENSITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, THE ECONOMY, UM, THE DESIRES OF THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, IT'S A SPE IT, IT, IT, IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE.
WE HAVE COMMON GOALS WITH YOU ALL, AND WE CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE FACILITY, THE CITY AND, AND THE PROPERTY.
AND I LAY AWAKE AT NIGHT GOING, HOW AM I GONNA GET THIS PLACE? WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE MONEY.
AND, AND I DON'T MEAN JUST THE EBITDA LINE, LIKE, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE BLACK, WE'RE GONNA PAY OUR MANAGEMENT FEE TOO.
UM, BECAUSE I, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE CONCERNS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHY ARE WE PAYING THIS MANAGEMENT FEE? I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF PAYING THE MANAGEMENT FEE AND GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE CITY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? MATT? YES.
JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, KIM, UM, PRIMARILY MANAGE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE COURSES.
IT'S A GOOD MIX, BUT, UM, WE PROBABLY MANAGE MORE PUBLIC COURSES AND PROBABLY MORE MUNICIPALLY OWNED COURSES THAN, THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
UM, I SHOULD HAVE EXACT NUMBERS ON THAT AND APOLOGIES FOR NOT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE, YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WE'RE WE MANAGE, I KNOW IN ABOUT 40 TO 50, UM, MUNICIPAL SPACES, SO THIS IS, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OF 140 OR SO GOLF COURSES, MAYBE JUST NORTH OF THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT ABOUT 90 OR A HUNDRED OF THOSE ARE PUBLIC.
UM, SO PROBABLY 90, 90 PUBLIC, MAYBE 50 PRIVATE.
UM, AND OF THE PUBLIC COURSES, AGAIN, AT AT LEAST 50% OF THOSE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ARE MUNICIPALLY OWNED OR CITY OWNED.
SO, SO THERE IS ALSO, I THINK, UH, A REALLY GOOD WEALTH OF RESOURCES AND UNDERSTANDING AND, UM, INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL AND IN CHICAGO WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW MUNICIPALITIES WORK, UNDERSTANDING, UM, HOW TO WORK WITH A CITY GOVERNMENT AND, AND A CITY COUNCIL AND THE MUNICIPALITIES TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, AN END RESULT THAT, THAT IS, IS WHAT EVERYBODY HOPEFULLY IS LOOKING FOR.
UM, BUT WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE IN THIS SPACE, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, IT, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY AT KEMPER LOVES THE WILDERNESS OF LAKE JACKSON.
WE VERY MUCH WANT TO BE A PART OF, UM, THE FUTURE OF THIS PROPERTY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
SO WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE, UM, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR A LONG TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? THAT YOUR, UH,
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PROMOTER SCORE, UH, WHAT WAS THE MOST REQUESTED ITEM ON THAT? THAT NORTH? THAT, UH, THEY, THEY WANT IT OUT OF THE COURSE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, RIGHT? THEY DON'T GET RIGHT NOW.IT ALWAYS, UH, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO GOLF COURSE CONDITIONS.
THAT'S ALWAYS THE AREA ON AT EVERY, EVERY PROPERTY THAT I'VE EVER LOOKED AT, SCORES IN DETAIL ON, UM, THE ONE THAT IS MOST HEAVILY CRITICIZED, OR THE EXPECTATIONS ARE THE HIGHEST IS ALWAYS GOLF COURSE CONDITIONS.
UM, PACE OF PLAY FOLLOWS CLOSELY BEHIND THAT, AND THEN FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
BUT, AND THAT, THAT HOLDS VERY MUCH TRUE AT OUR, AT OUR, WITH OUR SCORES.
UM, BLAINE IS INCREDIBLE, DOES AN AMAZING JOB TAKING CARE OF THE GOLF COURSE.
HIS, HE HAS SCORES IN THE NINES, WHICH IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF FOR GOLF COURSE SATISFACTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET TO A 9.0, UM, WITH THE TYPE OF CLIENTELE WE HAVE AND THE EXPECTATIONS THEY HAVE ON GOLF COURSE CONDITIONS.
SO THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS THE ONE WE FOCUS THE MOST ON AND HAVE TO DO THE MOST, UM, YOU KNOW, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND, AND KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION OF, OF OUR CUSTOMER BASE, UH, IN TERMS OF, THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE MOST DETRACTING COMMENTS IS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND THEN OCCASIONALLY PACE A PLAY OR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
BUT ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM FOUR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD ON ITEM FOUR.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
THE DID, ARE Y'ALL HEARING THE MOTION IN THERE? YES.
I JUST MAKE SURE THE AUDIO'S GOOD.
[5. Approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2276 removing school zones and signage around Elisabet Ney School – Modesto Mundo.]
UH, APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 2, 7 6, REMOVING SCHOOL ZONES AND SIGNAGE AROUND ELIZABETH NAY SCHOOL.YOU WANNA EXPLAIN IT FIRST BEFORE YOU READ IT? MAYBE? UH, YES.
UH, COUNCILMAN ZHAN HAD BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION JUST A REMINDER THAT, UH, ELIZABETH NAY WAS, UM, WAS CLOSED.
UH, AND I REACHED OUT TO, UM, UM, DANNY MASSEY, THE SUPERINTENDENT, TO CONFIRM THAT, UH, NOT ONLY WAS IT CLOSED THIS YEAR, THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE, UH, PLANS TO, UM, RE-OP REOPEN AS A SCHOOL.
SO, UH, WE DISCUSSED, UH, WITH STAFF, UH, JUST SOME SHORT TERM SOLUTIONS, BUT ALSO, UM, UM, IN THIS TIME REMOVING, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE SCHOOL ZONES ON, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THE AREA.
AND I BELIEVE ALSO SOME IN PORTIONS OF PARKING, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AT THIS PRESENT PRESENTLY, UH, I THINK, WE'LL PROB THEY'RE, THEY ARE OFF.
WE'LL PROBABLY, UH, BAG THEM AND THEN, UH, TAKE SOME SI AND THEN LOOK AT, UH, TAKING, UH, THE SIGNS DOWN.
UH, IT'S REALLY TRIED TO FIND STORAGE FOR ALL OF THEM.
THERE'S, THERE'S SEVEN OF 'EM, UM, AND KEEPING 'EM IN, IN THE WAREHOUSE, SO THAT MAY BE UP FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, NOT O NOT AN OPERATION.
ARE THEY RUNNING AN ADMIN OUT OF THERE OR ANYTHING? IT'S TOTALLY EMPTY.
DO WE KNOW THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
GOOD EVENING, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, THEY ARE RUNNING SOME ADMIN OUT OF THERE.
UH, THEY HAVE REQUIRED, UH, REQUESTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REDUCE THEIR DUMPSTER PICKUPS AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF TOO.
THERE THEY ARE STILL USING THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST FOR SOME ADMIN ON THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE READ THE ORDINANCE? GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE AGAIN.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 98, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES TO ELIMINATE ALL SCHOOL TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS AROUND ELIZABETH MAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT HERE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT ONLY, AND PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE AS READ.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED.
SECOND, A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA IN A SECOND.
UH, COUNCILMAN BAKER FOR APPROVAL.
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SAY AYE.[6. Discuss and consider removing the speed hump in front of 224 Any Way Street – Mr. Hampy.]
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REMOVING A SPEED BUMP.OUR SPEED HUMP IN FRONT OF 2 24.
ANYWAY, STREET IN JULY, MR. HAMEY HAD, UH, COME IN AND, UM, AND, UM, STATED THAT THE SPEED HUBS, THE, THE NOISE AROUND THE SPEED HUB, THE CARS DRIVING OVER WERE, UM, KEEPING HIM FROM SLEEPING.
UM, THESE, IN PARTICULAR, THE, THIS SET OF SPEED HUB IS RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS BEDROOM WINDOW.
SO WE'VE REACHED OUT, UH, TO, I GUESS, A NEARBY SET OF HOMES TRYING TO LOOK FOR A HOME FOR RELOCATION.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE DIFFICULTY.
UH, THE, THE CHALLENGE, UH, THAT WE'VE FOUND IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, EVERYBODY LIKES THE IDEA OF SPEED DUMPS, BUT WHEN IT COMES IN PARTICULAR OF, YOU KNOW, BEING LOCATED RIGHT IN THEIR HOME, IT'S HARD TO FIND AGREEMENT.
UM, SO WE REACHED OUT TO TEN TWO SAID YES, BUT THEN WE COULDN'T FIND, GET AGREEMENT FROM THE CORRESPONDING PERSON ACROSS THE STREET, UH, TO, TO AGREE.
SO AT THIS POINT, UH, WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYONE TO, UH, TO AGREE TO, UH, RELOCATE THEM.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, UH, MS. VICKI WAS, UH, TAKING AS THEY, AS THEY CALLED IN.
WE SENT OUT A LETTER, I THINK, UM, AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH A SECOND LETTER AND EMAIL, IF POSSIBLE, IF WE HAD A WAY TO REACH OUT TO 'EM TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND SOMEONE.
BUT, UH, WE JUST NEVER REALLY COULD GET ANYBODY TO, TO GET A PAIR OF CITIZENS TO AGREE ON THE SPEED DUMPS.
SO MY RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A ONE OF A SET OF FOUR SPEED DUMPS.
THIS ONE IS THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM WHERE THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND THE ACCIDENT WAS HAPPENING AROUND THE CURVE.
SO THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UM, REALLY, UM, UM, DIDN'T ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE, WHAT THE COUNCIL WAS REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT A HOME, UM, AND, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, OR AT LEAST MY RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THEM.
UM, UM, REMOVE THIS ONE, REMOVE THIS ONE, REMOVE THIS ONE.
ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
SO THERE IS NO MOTION ON ITEM SIX, SO IT FAILS DUE TO MOTION, ANY MOTION.
SO THERE'S NO ACTION GOING TO BE TAKEN ON 2, 2, 4.
[7. Discuss and consider Resolution No. 925 nominating candidates for the Brazoria County Appraisal Board – Modesto Mundo.]
AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 9, 2 5 NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD.UH, THE BRAZORIA COUNTY APPRAISAL BOARD, UH, CONTACTS ALL OF THE VOTING ENTITIES, UH, EACH YEAR ASKING, UH, FOR NOMINATIONS, I BELIEVE.
UM, UH, I CANNOT REMEMBER, UH, THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE.
I, I THINK IT IS OCTOBER 1ST OR THE 15TH.
UH, IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING UP.
I THINK IT'S OCTOBER THE 15TH.
UM, THAT WEEKEND MAKE A NOMINATION.
IN YEARS PAST, UH, SOMETIMES A COUNCIL HAS MADE A NOMINATION AND OTHERS, UH, THEY HAVE NOT MADE A NOMINATION.
UM, OF COURSE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HA, UH, HAS THE MOST, UH, VOTES.
UH, SO THEY USUALLY DO, UH, DICTATE, UH, WHO SERVES, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CAPACITY AS REPRESENTING US.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN, UH, THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE A NOMINATION.
AND OUR CURRENT REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TODAY IS GAIL ROBINSON.
OKAY, RHONDA, I, YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ON THIS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2019 THAT COUNSEL LAST DID NOT MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, NATO? IT DOES, IT'S IN OUR PACKET.
I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT ANYBODY WHO SITS ON THIS CURRENT APPRAISAL BOARD.
I WOULD NOT PUT MY NAME ON ANY OF THESE PEOPLE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A LARGER PROBLEM.
THE LARGER PROBLEM IS THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE
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RULES.HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON SITTING ON THIS BOARD DO APPOINT THE CHIEF APPRAISER.
THAT'S OUR TAX RATE AND APPRAISALS.
AND I CANNOT RECOMMEND ANYBODY WHO HAS SAT ON THIS BOARD AND DONE WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH OUR APPRAISALS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO IF THAT MEANS WE DON'T MAKE IT, UH, A NOMINATION, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION, YES, WE'RE GONNA GET OUT VOTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM FROM MULTIPLE PLACES.
THE TEXAS LEG LEGISLATURE IS ONE THAT ENFORCE OUR SPENDING IS ANOTHER.
AND THEN WHO WE PUT ON THESE BOARDS, UH, I BELIEVE IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER PRONG TO KIND OF FIGHTING BACK ON THE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR APPRAISALS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE BOARDS JUST TRYING TO DO THEIR JOBS, YOU KNOW, IS LEGISLATOR THAT UHUH NO, THAT IS NOT, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE FOR APPOINTING CHIEF APPRAISERS WHO ARE APPRAISING PEOPLE'S HOMES AT THE RATES.
I, I DO NOT ACCEPT THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOBS BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON CAN SAY, I'M JUST DOING MY JOB.
AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, THAT'S NOT THE JOB I WANT YOU TO DO.
AND I THINK WE'RE AT THAT POINT, SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF,
I'M JUST, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, TEXAS LEGISLATURE SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO APPRAISE THE VALUE AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE ACTUAL VALUE.
AND THE CHIEF APPRAISER, OR ANY OF THE PERSON CURRENTLY THEY'RE VOTING ON, UH, IS JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT IT, SO MY QUE MY QUESTION IS THEN IS THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURES IN ONE SETTING, SETTING WHAT THEY HAVE TO APPRAISE OUR HOMES AT, WHY GO AND CONTINUE THE FARCE OF APPOINTING PEOPLE? IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OF IT AND THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB, THEN WHY, WHY NOT JUST CUT, CUT THAT OUT, LET THE RESPONSIBILITY LIE WHERE IT IS, WHICH IS THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE, BUT BY NOT APPOINTING THE PEOPLE WE WANT, WE JUST GOING TO BE NOT DOING US ANY FAVORS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LAST YEAR, UH, I PROTESTED MY PROPERTY VALUE AND I WAS VERY DISSATISFIED UNTIL AFTER GOING TO THE HEARING AND ALL THAT STUFF, IT CAME BACK.
YEAH, WE LOWERED THE PROPERTY VALUE, THEN THEY CHANGED MY, UM, WHATEVER THE FORMULA AND CAME UP WITH THE SAME NUMBER AGAIN.
WELL, SO DO YOU WANT, OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH, WITH WHAT YOU GOT.
DO YOU WANNA REAPPOINT THE SAME PEOPLE? NO, I DIDN'T SAY ONE.
WE NEED TO STILL APPOINT, BUT WE THINK WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANNA APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE THAT JUST DO THAT, NOT NOT, NOT APPOINT ANYBODY.
WELL, I THINK WHAT I JUST, UM, I'M JUST VERY AGGRAVATED WITH THIS WHOLE SITUATION IN CASE YOU CAN'T TELL.
AGAIN, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SETH IS SAYING IS, IS THAT TO NOT CAST A VOTE FOR ANYBODY, IT'S STILL A VOTE.
THAT IS A VOTE AGAINST EVERYONE THAT'S ON THE LIST.
SO THAT'S WHAT SHE'S SUGGESTING TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE.
AND SO WE STILL HAVE THE OPTION OF, AGAIN, DISCUSSION HERE, UH, OF ANY DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.
AND, UM, SO NO, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
SO THERE ARE, I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE ON THIS.
WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, ON THE SAME PAGE.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WHERE, UH, THEY ASK THE BODIES TO MAKE NOMINATIONS, BUT AFTER THE NOMINATIONS ARE TALLIED, THEN, UH, LATER IN, IN THE YEAR, THEY'LL COME BACK AND ASK EACH ENTITY FOR VOTE FOR VOTE TO VOTE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY FOR ASKING FOR NOMINATIONS YES.
SO AGAIN, WE COULD DECIDE FOLLOWING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SETH'S RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO NOT RECOMMEND ANYBODY.
UH, BUT THERE'LL STILL BE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON NEXT.
THERE'LL STILL BE PEOPLE VOTE, THERE WILL BE ON VOTE ON.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ANY KIND OF HEADWAY AT ALL.
WE ONLY GET 44 VOTES AND I THINK B I S D GETS 1200 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF WHAT'S, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT'S A LOT.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL.
BUT AT LEAST WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME TYPE OF A STATEMENT BY NOT NOMINATING.
EVERYBODY ON THAT BOARD NEEDS TO GO.
WHY DON'T WE NOMINATE SOME PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ON THE BOARD? I WISH IF WE HAD, CAN WE, UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO, CAN WE PUT OUT FOR LIKE, APPLICATIONS MAYBE ON THE WEBSITE AND SEE IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED? I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW ELSE TO DO THAT, TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO NOMINATE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO GET NOMINATED OR YOU CAN JUST PICK ANY, YOU CAN PICK ANYBODY.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO VOLUNTEER.
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I MEAN, HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD DISCUSS IT WITH SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU WOULD NOMINATE THEM.EVERYBODY I'VE ASKED SAID NO APPROACH.
I'VE APPROACHED TWO PEOPLE TO SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN, UH, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INTERESTED.
NOBODY WANTS TO BE, THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM ALSO.
UM, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT SIT ON THE CURRENT BOARD, AND THAT HAS NOT PLAYED ALONG FOR THE LAST SEVERAL SESSIONS.
I MEAN, ME PERSONALLY, I'VE ASKED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECLINED.
UM, I SAY FOR MY VOTE, I DON'T WANNA VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM.
SO NOMINATIONS HAVE TO BE IN BY THE 15TH.
SO WE COULD, SO STILL HAVE ANOTHER, YOU HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
SO IF Y'ALL WANT TO ASK AROUND AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND SOME POOR SOUL THAT WANTS TO HAVE THEIR NAME ON FACEBOOK EVERYWHERE.
HE'S THE HEAD OF THE TAX RESISTANCE DOWN THERE.
SO, UH, BUT BY THE 15TH, IF WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE ANYBODY, WE NEED TO NOMINATE BY THE 15TH.
SO WE'LL DEFER THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
AND NEXT COUNCILS MEETING'S OCTOBER 2ND, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
[8. Approve CDBG project revision replacing the Circle Way Parking Lot project with street panel replacements – Modesto Mundo.]
APPROVED, UH, C D B G, UH, PROJECT REVISION REPLACING THE CIRCLE WAY PARKING LOT PROJECT WITH THE STREET PANEL REPLACEMENTS.MODESTO IN OUR BUDGET, UH, UM, WE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, TO FUND, UH, A MAJORITY OF THE PARKING LOT ON CIRCLE WAY THAT WAS GOING TO SERVICE A FUTURE PARK, UM, IF, UM, AT, UM, A CIRCLE WAY AND OAK DRIVE, UM, SINCE THAT HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, IS NO LONGER A REALITY.
UM, PERCEPTIVELY COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THINK OF A, A TRUE NEED AT THIS TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, A PARKING LOT AND THAT LOCATION.
UH, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT OUR FIVE AREAS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR C D B G PROJECTS THAT HAVE A LOW TO MODERATE, UH, INCOME POPULATION OF OVER 50%.
UM, AGAIN, DOWNTOWN IS ONE OF THEM, BUT IT'S EXPANDED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, THE OTHER AREA THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT WAS, UH, THE SATCH AREA.
AND SO IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, PANEL REPLACEMENT NEEDS, UM, ON OAK DRIVE AND ALSO ON ATCH PECAN AND POSSIBLY HOLLY THERE.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO, UM, RESUBMIT OUR PROJECT TO THE COUNTY.
I SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT, UH, 10 DAYS AGO, UH, OR MAYBE NOT THAT LONG, BUT A WEEK AGO.
AND THEY SAID, UH, THAT WE HAD 45 DAYS TO RESUBMIT OUR, UH, PROJECT SO THEY COULD START A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND THEN, UH, GET US ON OUR WAY, UH, BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, SAL AND MS. ENGLAND, UH, ARE RECOMMENDING, YOU KNOW, PANEL REPLACEMENTS IN THOSE, IN THOSE TWO AREAS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? AGAIN, IT'S, UH, THE NEED FOR THE PARKING LOT HAS GONE AWAY.
SO, UH, ONE THING WE DID TALK ABOUT, UH, IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ONE GENTLEMAN THAT, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DEVELOP THEIR MULTIPURPOSE, UH, UH, FACILITY DOWNTOWN.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLIPPING OF PARKING LOTS AND STUFF, THIS.
ANYWAY, THE, THAT THIS MAY OPEN UP AN AREA THAT MAY BE BETTER FOR THEM, THAT THEY WOULD COME IN AND PUT, IF THEY WANNA GO FORWARD WITH THAT, THEY COULD PUT THE PARKING LOT IN.
SO THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE AREAS THAT IT'S MEANT TO BE AND, AND GET SOME RETURN, I GUESS.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT TO APPROVE THE GRANT REVISIONS? IF WE DON'T APPROVE? DO THEY STAY? UH, IT STAYS.
OH, WE DON'T DO, IT STAYS WITH THE, THE PARKING LOT.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM EIGHT AS PRESENTED.
UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOTION EIGHT CARRIES IS APPROVED.
[9. Reject bids for City Project Number 23‐03‐0735 for the Fire Station No 1 Restroom Renovation – Sal Aguirre.]
REJECT BID FOR CITY PROJECT NUMBER 2 3 0 3 0 7 3 5 FOR THE FIRE STATION.NUMBER ONE, RESTROOM RENOVATION.
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UH, OPENED BIDS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND, UH, WE, UH, WE HAD TWO RESPOND, UH, RESPONDENTS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.ONE IS THE LOCAL AND THE OTHER ONE IS M V I FROM, UH, FROM THE KATY AREA.
UH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, WE SAW THAT THE M V I, UH, HAD NOT RESPONDED ACCORDING TO WHAT THE SPECIFICATION OR WHAT THE BIG SCHEDULE CALLED FOR.
UH, THEY, UH, FORGOT TO, THEY FORGOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE ADDENDUMS THAT WERE PUT INTO THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, WHEN, UH, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, AT THE NUMBERS, UH, THE, UH, THE, OUR ATTOR, OUR ATTORNEY, OUR, UH, ARCHITECT, WENT BACK TO THEM AND REQUESTED THAT THEY CLARIFY THEIR BID.
UH, AND, UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, THEY, UH, THEY HAD, UH, SOMEWHAT CHANGED THEIR MIND, NOT CHANGE THEIR MIND ON THE, ON THE BID ITSELF, BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT, THAT THEY HAD, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED ALL THOSE THAT THEY HAD, UH, THAT THEY, UH, CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD READ THE, UH, THE, UH, ADDENDUMS AND THEREFORE THEY WERE STILL STICKING TO THEIR ORIGINAL BID IN, UH, THE, THE ORIGINAL BID PUT OUT THERE.
UH, WE WENT BACK, WE DISCUSSED IT AMONGST OURSELVES, STAFF, UH, THE ATTORNEY, WE FELT THAT, UH, THAT THEY HAD NOT REALLY, THEY HAD NOT REALLY COMPLIED WITH WHAT THE BID SCHEDULE WAS, AND THAT ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR CLOUD OVER THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UH, BID, THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE, UH, THAT WOULDN'T BE, UH, A, UH, IT WOULDN'T BE A, A TRANSPARENT, UH, TYPE OF, UH, TYPE OF, UH, APPROVAL.
SO WE DECIDED TO JUST, TO DO, DO AWAY WITH THE PROJECT.
UH, NOBLE CONSTRUCTION PRICE CAME A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH OVER WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
SO THEREFORE, THAT WOULD BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO THAT WITHOUT A, A MAJOR, MAJOR INFLUX, I MEAN, UH, OF, UH, FUNDS.
SO WE DECIDED TO, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, JUST, UH, GO AWAY WITH THAT, UH, AND, UH, COME BACK AGAIN TO REBID THE PROJECT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE M V I OR SOME OF THE OTHER ONES COME IN WITH A, YOU KNOW, WITH A FIGURE THAT'S MORE, MORE PALATABLE TO, TO OUR BUDGET.
WHERE ELSE? WHAT DID THAT CONSIST OF? THE, ON THE, ON THE RESTROOMS. ON THE RESTROOMS, IT IS A, UH, COMPLETE BREAKING OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, OF THE WALLS OF THE RESTROOM AND A RE PIPING OF THE SYSTEM THAT IS LEAKING THE, UH, UH, IN BEHIND THE WALLS.
THAT'S, AND ALONG WITH, OF COURSE, THE RESTORATION OF THE SAME, OF ALL THE, UH, SURFACES AND THE NEW FACIL, A NEW, UH, IS THE LEAKING, I HOPE IS JUST WATER.
SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REJECT AND THEN WE'LL COME, YOU GOT, Y'ALL WILL COME BACK LATER AND WE'LL COME BACK LATER AND REBID THAT PROJECT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY STAND TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL FIGURE WAS, AND WE'LL ALSO SIMPLIFY THE BID, THE BID FORM.
SO IS THE BATHROOMS, THE RESTROOMS STILL AND, AND IN USE? OH, YES.
THEY STILL USING IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO, TO USE THOSE THINGS.
UH, PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE, AS WE WERE REVIEWING AT THE, UH, WELL, WE WERE REVIEWING THE ACTUAL BIT SCHEDULE PREPARED BY THE ARCHITECT.
THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A CONFUSION THAT COULD, THAT, UH, THAT MAY HAVE CREATED WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THEY, HE FRAMED THAT PARTICULAR BASE SCHEDULE.
UH, WE OURSELVES HAD A PROBLEM OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOLLOWING IT.
SO THAT MAY BE ALSO THE REASON WHY COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS, WHEN WE GO BACK IN THERE, THE ARCHITECT IS AWARE OF THAT ONE.
HE WILL BE MAKING CHANGES TO THAT BID IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY IT AND JUST MAKE IT PLAIN, YOU KNOW, PLAIN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PLAIN KNOWLEDGE.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT A TURNAROUND IS FOR? WE CAN START, YOU KNOW, WE CAN START TOMORROW.
WELL, I'M SURE IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO GET DONE.
SO IT IS, I MEAN, THERE'S, SO, BUT IT NEEDS TO, LET'S, LET'S GET TO TURNAROUND ON IT PRETTY QUICK.
THE BEST WE CAN IF WE GO FORWARD WITH REJECTING ANY BIDS.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON
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ITEM NINE? I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NINE.MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A BID TO, UH, A MOTION TO REJECT THE BIDS FOR CITY PROJECT NUMBER 23 0 3 0 7 3 5 FOR THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE RESTROOM RENOVATION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SETH AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER TO REJECT THE BID AS REQUESTED AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.
[10. Ratify Felder Water Works emergency repairs to Well 8 and Well 9 not to exceed $78,725 – Deb Webb.]
FIELD, UH, FIELDER WATERWORKS, EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO, WELL, EIGHT AND WELL NINE, NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN $8,725.I WANTED TO ASK YOU GUYS TO RATIFY THIS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 78,725 THAT COMES TO 38,754.
WELL, EIGHT AND $39,975 FOR, WELL, NINE.
UM, BOTH THOSE WELLS WERE ON THE OAK DRIVE SIDE.
NEITHER ONE OF 'EM WERE PUMPING.
SO THAT, UM, THAT TOOK US DOWN TO THREE ACTIVE WELLS ON THE UP DRIVE SIDE.
SO IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET THOSE BACK UP.
SO WE HAD THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEEDED.
UM, THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN REPAIRED, THEY'RE BOTH BACK ONLINE AND, UH, THEY'RE BOTH PUMPING.
JUST FOR REFERENCE AS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A COLD QUESTION, I GUESS IS HOW MANY WELLS, BECAUSE A, A WELL ON OAK DRIVE CAN'T SUPPLY THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO, SO HOW'S IT SPLIT? SO YOUR WELLS ARE PRETTY MUCH EVENLY DIVIDED.
FIVE FOR OAK DRIVE, FIVE FOR BEACHWOOD, AND THEN TWO ADDITIONAL INJECTION POINTS AT, WELL, 15 AND 17, WHICH, UM, THOSE TWO, THEY'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO ADD CHLORINE TO THE SYSTEM AND THOSE TWO, BUT OKAY.
PRETTY MUCH FIVE AND FIVE FOR BEACHWOOD OAK DRIVE.
SO, UH, WHEN THOSE WENT DOWN, IT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
IT WAS, UH, AND VERY GOOD NEWS THAT, WELL, EIGHT WAS BE ABLE TO BE OUR BUT ONLINE.
SO, WELL, EIGHT, THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY OLD WELLS, BUT, UM, WE WEREN'T REACHING THE WATER ANYMORE.
THE WATER TABLE WAS LOW AND SO WELL, NINE, THEY WERE ABLE TO ADD TWO JOINTS OF PIPE AND GET DOWN TO THE WATER, WHICH WAS GREAT.
WELL ATE, UM, THE FILTER, WATERWORKS DIDN'T PUT IT IN, SO IT WAS BUILT DIFFERENTLY.
SO THE PUMP WAS ALREADY SUBMERGED ON TOP OF THE PIPE AND THERE WAS NO WAY THEY COULD ADD PIPE TO THE BOTTOM, KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY OF DRILLING, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO LOWER THE PUMP A LITTLE BIT LOWER ON THE PIPE.
UM, THEY REPLACED BOTH PUMPS IN BOTH WELLS.
THEY VIDEOED THEM AND THEY SONAR JETTED THEM.
I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AGAIN.
UM, THEY SEEMED TO BE RUNNING JUST SO THEY CLEANED THE SCREENS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THEY, UH, THEY DID A LOT OF WORK.
SO, UM, THEY PRETTY MUCH, BOTH OF 'EM NOW HAVE NEW PUMPS AND MOTORS, SO I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR A WHILE NOW.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, ITEM 10? THAT'S DEBBIE.
WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE, IF I UNDERSTAND THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BARBERSHOP THAT WAS EXPLAINING IT TO ME THE OTHER DAY, WE SHOVED THAT PUMP LOWER IN TO WHERE IT'S BACK UNDER THE WATER.
I MEAN, HOW FAR DO THEY GO DOWN? HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY BUY US? I KNOW THAT'S A HARD GUESS WITH THE DROUGHT.
YEAH, IT'S, WITH ANY IDEA, IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE THE WATER LEVEL THAT THEY'VE DRILLED TO IS ABOUT 350 FEET.
AND SO YOU, YOU CAN GO UP AND DOWN IN THAT 350 FEET, BUT EVEN IF YOU WERE TO DRILL BELOW THE 350 FEET, THE AQUIFER DOESN'T GO DEEPER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST HOPING TO GET IT JUST RIGHT IN THERE.
AND, UM, 60 FEET OF PIPE, UH, WAS ENOUGH TO GET US WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
SO, UM, WHEN THEY FIRST WENT OVER THERE, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE WORSE AND DEEPER AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA GET, GET IT OR NOT.
SO, UM, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE BLESSED THAT THAT WORKED OUT FOR US.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SITES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT MIGHT BE A FUTURE SITE FOR ANOTHER? WELL, WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH FELDER WHERE WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW, WITH HIM AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE GE UM, UH, THE MAPS FROM, UM, UM, GOSH, I, THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT, THE GROUNDWATER DISTRICT, JUST TO SEE IF THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES, UM, OF DRILLING ANOTHER WELL OR TWO.
UM, THEY'RE QUITE EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO WEIGH EXPLOR OUR OPTION
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OF INCREASING OUR AMOUNT FROM B W A AS WELL IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL.SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A MEASURE APPROACH THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK OVER IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF, YOU KNOW LONG TERM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET IN THE CYCLE OF HAVING A DROUGHT EVERY YEAR, UH, THEN WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE AQUIFER, ABOUT 40 GRAND A REHAB, JUST ONE.
I MEAN, DO WE, WHAT'S THE BALLPARK? IF WE HAD TO DRILL ANOTHER ONE BRAND NEW 750 TO A MILLION.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IF YOU HIT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
'CAUSE AT DUNBAR WE HAD TO DRILL A COUPLE TIMES, RIGHT? AT DUNBAR WE DID A TEST SITE AND IT DIDN'T HIT, AND THEN WE HAD TO DO ANOTHER ONE, AND WE FOUND, SO IT WASN'T A COMPLETE DRILL, RIGHT? UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, IT WAS A TEST, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO LOCATE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT JUST, UH, REEMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, OF WATER, WATER'S GETTING SCARCE AND, UH, I THINK, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT, UH, LIKE FOR, WELL, EIGHT, IT TAKES TWO YEARS FOR THE RAIN ABOVE TO GET TO THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY EXPERIENCING THIS.
UM, RICHWOODS HAVING PROBLEMS. I KNOW THAT THE FIELD TEAM HAS BEEN AS FAR AS DEER PARK, SO THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WELLS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO REACH THE WATER RIGHT, UH, LEVEL RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT TABLE COMES BACK.
WE ALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GET IS THAT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS OVERALL THAT WE'LL WORK ON, STILL IMPROVING OUR PERCENTAGE OF INTAKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF B W A TO LESSEN THE IMPACT ON THE AQUIFER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY OF WATER.
UH, WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, DO, WHEN WE DO INCREASE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER USAGE FROM B W A, WE DO GET COMPLAINTS ON THE TASTE, UH, TASTE ORDER.
THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, THE WAY THE WATER CIRCULATES, UH, THROUGH TOWN ON AGING.
UH, SO WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, BETTER CONNECTIONS WHERE THERE'S LESS DEAD ENDS, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.
SO IT'S A BALANCING ACT, UH, BUT AGAIN, ALL IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AQUIFER IS, YOU KNOW, NOT GUARANTEED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 10? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON 10.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.
HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL BLANCHARD.
I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND ON ITEM 10.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SETH, UH, TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, $78,725.
[11. Adopt Resolution No. 926 amending the FY 22‐23 budget for emergency water line and well repairs for a total amount of $580,000 – James Bryson.]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 2 6 AMENDING FISCAL YEAR 2023, BUDGET FOR EMERGENCY WATERLINE AND WELL REPAIRS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $580,000.SO AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU APPROVED EMERGENCY REPAIRS TOTALING UP TO $500,000, 200 FOR MATULA, 200 FOR EZ, AND 100 FOR CZ.
AND YOU JUST APPROVED FENDER FOR RIGHT.
AND SO WE NEED TO AMEND THE BUDGET FOR TO $580,000 FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND, UM, WE HAVE REVENUE, PEOPLE ARE USING WATER, SO WE HAVE THE REVENUE TO OFFSET THE EXPENDITURES.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? UH, YOU WANT READ THE RESOLUTION WITH THIS THOUGH? I'LL ASK QUESTIONS AGAIN.
THAT, THAT WAS NOT, UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE JACKSONS, UH, HEREBY AMENDS THE UTILITY OPERATING BUDGET BUDGET AS FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 22, UH, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
UM, TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING FOR THE PREVIOUSLY UTILITY OPERATING FUND BUDGET OF 500 8500 80,000, SO EMERGENCY REPAIRS OF 580,000 WILL BE ADJUSTED AND UTILITY REVENUES WILL BE ADJUSTED INCREASED 580,000.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM 11 ON THIS RESOLUTION? NOT ON ANY MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
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HANYA FOR APPROVAL.WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, STAFF UPDATES.
[12. Staff Updates]
CITY MANAGER UPDATES, UH, WE HAVE A LUNCHEON ON WEDNESDAY.UH, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO EXTEND THEIR THANKS TO THE UTILITY EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY WERE DOING, A STAYING ON TOP OF, UH, THE LEAKS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE THAT ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON.
YEAH, WE WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE CIVIC CENTER FOR LUNCH.
UM, IT'S AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCH FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO KEEP THESE WATER LEAKS DOWN.
WE'LL BE IN PLE ROOM ONE ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IF YOU CAN MAKE IT.
SO, UM, THAT'S BACK TO YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, SO, UH, IF YOU CAN COME, COME ON BY.
WE, WE, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS AN EXTRA CHARGE FOR BARBECUE WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT IT'S AN OUTSIDE CREW VERSUS INSIDE
ANY, DID YOU MAKE NOTE OF ANY, UH, ITEMS OTHER THAN DEFERRING? UH, ITEM SEVEN TO OCTOBER 2ND, THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM, UH, THAT WE'LL BRING.
WE WILL BRING BACK THE APPRAISAL, UM, UH, BOARD BACK, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY, WE'LL, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE'LL BRING BACK THE RESTROOMS. YES.
WE WILL BRING BACK THE DISCUSSION OF THE ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
THAT WOULD BE FOR THE OCTOBER 2ND MEETING.
[13. Construction Updates]
DOWNTOWN'S LOOKING GOOD WITH THEM.PICKING UP, STARTING TO PICK UP.
ALL THE ORANGE DRUMS HAVE DISAPPEARED AND, UH, YES.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, UH, BEEN A SNAIL SPACE LATELY, UH, THE, UH, LANDSCAPE PEOPLE ARE, ARE STILL EXTENDING THEIR, THEIR WATER, UH, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THAT HAVE NOT YET, UH, STARTED ON THE PLANTING ITSELF.
AND, UH, IT'S REALLY STILL NOT, NOT THE PROPER TIME TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE SLOWLY GOING THROUGH THERE AND, AND SETTING UP THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
UH, THE, UH, MASONS ARE ABOUT, UH, FINISHED.
THEY STILL HAVE SOME FINISHING TOUCHES ON SOME OF THE CAPSTONE AROUND THE, UH, AROUND THE, UH, SIGN AROUND THE, UH, UH, ART SUPPOSED THE ARTWORK THAT WE HAVE THERE.
UH, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES HAVING TO, UH, RE UH, REWORK ON THOSE, UH, LIGHTS THAT ARE GONNA BE UPLIGHTS UP THE UPLIGHTS ON THAT PARTICULAR, UH, UH, ARTWORK.
SO THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE LEFT.
UH, THE, UH, SOME OF THE CREWS WERE OUT THERE DOING SOME CLEANUP, TAKING SOME OF THE CONCRETE RUBBLE THAT IS IN THE, UH, THAT'S IN THE, UH, OPEN AREAS THERE, I GUESS, BECAUSE MAKING READY FOR THE, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, LANDSCAPERS TO START REALLY BRINGING IN MATERIAL AND START DRESSING UP THOSE MEDIANS PRIOR TO STARTING PUTTING THOSE, THOSE ACTUAL, UH, THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPE.
SO I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A WOODEN HANDRAIL, UM, THE HANDRAIL ON NORTH PARKING STILL GOTTEN HERE, UH, ALREADY.
UH, AND FOR, FOR THAT AREA THAT WE'RE, YEAH.
THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THE, THE NORTH PARKING PLACE.
THERE'S SOME, THERE'S MOST OF THE, UH, HANDRAIL IS RIGHT THERE AT NORTH
SO, SO WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR LOCATIONS THERE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT.
AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE HANDRAIL TO BE GOING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOWNTOWN TACOS, UH, WITH A POSSIBLE REDO OF THE, UH, PLATFORM OF THE, UH, FRESCO RIGHT AREA THERE THAT WE HAD PUT IN THERE.
AND, UH, THE ELECTRIC IS THE ONE THAT IS, THE CENTERPOINT HAS NOT YET COME IN THERE.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO IN THERE AND START FIRING UP ALL THE, ALL THE METERS.
SO IT'S, SO IS IT CENTER POINT OR YOU SAID LAST TIME IT WAS THE PROVIDER? SO IS IT CENTER POINT NEEDS TO COME IN, CENTER POINT, HOOK UP TO THE METERS.
I'M SORRY, I TURNED OFF THE MIC.
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WELL, I JUST WANT TO CONVEY IS THAT, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE, I, I'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE STOP ME WHEN I WAS DOWNTOWN, UH, EITHER AT A RESTAURANT OR WHATEVER, AND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT IS LOOKING GOOD.AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST EVEN, YOU KNOW, MOVING THE, THE ORANGE BARRELS THAT DIDN'T NEED, DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE ANYMORE, IS, IS DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO START, THINK, MAKE THINGS LOOK BETTER.
SO THERE'S STILL A SIGN THERE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, GETTING ME A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY MOVED IT TODAY OR NOT.
THERE WAS LAYING THERE ON THE ALLEY THAT STOP.
THE STOP SIGN THERE, THAT'S, YEAH.
AND SO THEY'RE MOVING OUT OF THE, THEIR, UH, CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL YARD.
YEAH, THERE'S, THEY'RE CLEANING IT UP EVERY DAY A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME, TAKING STUFF OUT OF THERE.
AND, UH, ON THE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THE, UH, AZALEA STREET, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS PROGRESSING.
THEY ARE ON THEIR PUTTING DOWN THE, UH, UNDERGROUND STORM SEWER.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO GOING SLOW AT IT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL PICK UP.
SO, UM, THAT IS ONGOING AT THIS TIME.
THE, UH, THE, UH, WE SAT AREA CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, FINISHING UP ON IS, IS REALLY COME TO AN END.
THEY'RE ON THEIR, THEY'RE IN THEIR LAST POD.
THERE'S ONLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE UNITS THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
THEY STILL CLAIM THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE OUTTA THERE BY, UH, I MEAN, THEY WON'T FINISH THAT, THOSE PARTICULAR POTS UNTIL PROBABLY THE NOVEMBER TIMELINE.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT THERE.
THIS IS SOME, THERE'S STILL SOME CLEANUP, UH, ITEMS THAT WE STILL HAVE TO RUN AROUND, RUN WITH THEM SOME, UH, REPLANTS AND SOME, UH, SITE PLAN COMPLETIONS THAT WERE LEFT, UH, TILL THEY FINISHED THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, OR THEY WERE FAR ADVANCED INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SO THAT THEY ALL REFLECT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY, WHAT ACTUALLY WAS BUILT.
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING OUT THE BID FOR THE, UH, NORTH SHADY OAKS PROJECT.
UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S RIGHT NOW AND, UH, MARLENE'S IS WORKING ON THE DOCUMENTATION FOR IT TO BE GOING OUT FOR A BIT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION? JUST SAL, JUST REAL QUICK, IF WE GIVEN UP ON THE SHONE OUTFALL? NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD UPDATE IN THE WALL.
NO R NO, RHE AND I ARE STILL DISCUSSING THE, UH, THE ACTUAL, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS NOBODY WANTS TO TACKLE THAT UNLESS THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT, UH, THAT, UH, IZATION RIGHT OF THE BYPASS.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT OTHER THAN ACTUALLY GOING IN, INTO THAT, UH, AND TAKING PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS, WHICH NOBODY WANTS TO DO, UH, IS ALSO VOLUNTEER JOHN FOR, TO DO THAT.
MAYOR, IS TO ACTUALLY DO THE MEASUREMENTS BY LASER.
AND TO GET THAT IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN COMPANIES THAT DO THAT PARTICULARLY SERVICE.
UH, AND I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR THAT.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS ON THAT ONE.
UH, MR. MAYOR, THEY, THE COMPANY, THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO COME DO SOME WORK AT THE HOUSTON BECAUSE THEY ARE PENNSYLVANIA TO SAVE SAVE MONEY.
SO AS SOON AS THEY COME, WE EXPECT WITHIN, UH, WITHIN NEXT THREE WEEKS, THEY'LL DO THE INSPECTION.
WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.
RHONDA, COMMUNITY OF INTEREST? NO, SIR.
VINAY, UH, JUST TO, UH, THANK YOU.
A BIG THANK YOU TO BRADLEY AND SALLY FOR ARRANGING THIS.
SO, UH, WE COULD ATTEND THIS, UH, MEETING, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.