Oct 03, 2023 Planning Commission

[1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

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JUSTICE.

THANK YOU, MATT.

YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR.

ANNA, DO YOU KNOW IF TYLER'S GONNA SHOW HOOK TODAY? I'M NOT SURE.

WE GOT THREE, SO WE'RE GOOD THOUGH, RIGHT? YES, WE HAVE FOUR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE GOT FOUR KATE'S OVER HERE.

DIDN'T COUNT MYSELF.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY, YOU LEFT ME.

WELL, YOU KNOW, DARLING, IT'S A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP NOW.

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DAMN.

OH, ALL.

ALRIGHT.

UH,

[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

EVER HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES THERE? ANY YES.

EXCEPTIONS OR ANYTHING? ALL GOOD? ALL GOOD? ALL GOOD FOR ME.

ALRIGHT.

MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

UH, VISITOR COMMENTS.

IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

UM, GENERAL, IF YOU COME TO THE SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA JUMP PAST FOUR RIGHT FOR RIGHT NOW AND GO TO FILE.

SHE'S JUST HERE.

[4. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND ACTION ON REQUEST TO CONSIDER A SITE-SPECIFIC PARKING SPACE COUNT REDUCTION FROM 5 PER 1,000 TO AN APPROPRIATE ONE AS VALIDATED BY PARKING SPACE STUDY AND CURRENT STORE BUSINESS MODEL STANDARD AND VICINITY PROTOTYPE FOR A PROPOSED STOREWIDE REMODEL AND CURBSIDE EXPANSION AT 121 W HIGHWAY 332 (WALMART)]

STANDARD AND VICINITY PROTOTYPE FOR A PROPOSED STOREWIDE REMODEL AND CURBSIDE EXPANSION AT 1 21 WEST HIGHWAY 3 32.

WALMART.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR, UH, THE, UH, KIM HORNE ENGINEERING GROUP.

UH, THIS IS BEING WORKED OUT OF A, UH, OF THE CALIFORNIA, UH, OFFICE, BUT, UH, MALLORY HERE IS, UH, A FROM THE LOCAL HOUSTON OFFICE.

SO SHE WILL BE, UH, I GUESS INVOLVED IN THE PRESENTATION AND THE IN AND IN THE DISCUSSION.

UH, WE ALSO PUT THIS THING, SINCE IT'S BEING TELEVISED AT CITY TV, THIS IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO WHAT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO THE, UH, CALIFORNIA GROUP, UH, IF, UH, BY TELEPHONE, BY, UH, BY LINK TO THIS MEETING.

SO THEY ARE THERE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION.

ALL THIS THING WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH MALLORY.

OKAY, MALLORY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.

GOOD EVENING.

I WAS HERE AS IN YOUR MINUTES.

UM, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OR, UM, SO I WAS HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THE PARKING STUDY.

UM, AND SO THE PARKING STUDY WAS DONE ON A THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THAT WAS DONE FROM 6:00 AM TO 11:00 PM UM, BOTH THURSDAY AND SATURDAY.

UM, AND SO AT PEAK TIMES, UM, THE STORE RATIO OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THE CARS ACTUALLY PARKED IN THE LOT WAS AT A TWO FOUR.

UM, SO THAT WAS 2.4 PARKING SPACES PER A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

SO AS YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENT IS FIVE PARKING SPACES PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, UM, OF THE BUILDING.

AND SO CURRENTLY THE STORE IS OPERATING AT ABOUT A 4.73, UM, BASED ON I THINK SOME STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND SO WHAT OUR SITE PLAN WOULD PROPOSE, UM, IS THE PARKING RATIO TO BE AT A 4.49.

SO EFFECTIVELY A 4.5.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, NOT SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE FIVE OH RATIO REQUIREMENT.

UM, AND AGAIN, AT PEAK TIMES ON A THURSDAY, A HIGHER WEEKDAY VOLUMES AND A SATURDAY, THE HIGHEST IT WAS EVER PARKED AT WAS AT 51% OF THE LOT, UM, RESULTING IN THAT 2.4 RATIO.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERALL SYNOPSIS, UM, OF IT.

WE'VE ALSO, I THINK WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME AS WELL, UM, WE'VE MOVED THE PARKING, THE PROPOSED PARK UP PARKING PICKUP SPACES ARE NOW, UM, AS FAR LEFT AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK THEY WERE A PARKING TREE OVER A LITTLE BIT.

UM, SO THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS OF THE, THE MAIN PARKING TO GO INTO THAT ENTRANCE OF THE WALMART AS WELL.

SO THAT ADJUSTMENT TO THE SITE PLAN, UM, HAS BEEN MADE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, AN EXTENSIVE REMODEL OF THE INSIDE OF THE STORE THAT'LL BE HAPPENING.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S ABOUT $5 MILLION TO REDO HOW THAT STORE IS DONE.

UM, ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PICK UP YOUR GROCERIES, YOU CAN WALK IN AND SHOP, OR EVEN YOU CAN HAVE DELI GROCERIES DELIVERED TO YOU.

UM, SO JUST DEPENDING ON, ON THE WAY THAT YOUR DAY IS LINING OUT, UM, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UM, THERE FOR YOU.

AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR LIKE JACKSON WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED AS WELL.

UM, SO THAT'S IN A NUTSHELL.

I'M SURE Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT HOPEFULLY I CAN ANSWER.

DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S AN INDU INDUSTRY STANDARD MULTIPLE FOR HOLIDAY PARKING VERSUS, I DON'T KNOW OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD? UM, THERE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE ALMOST 50% OF THE LOT THAT WOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND

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UM, AS WELL AS THE SHIPPING OPTION AND THE PICKUP OPTIONS THAT COULD KIND OF LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE PARKED IN THE LOT FOR GOING IN AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT COULD HELP, BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CERTAIN STANDARD REQUIRED.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT IT'S COMMON IN A LOT OF PLACES, UM, TO HAVE A FOUR PER 1000 PARKING RATIO.

UM, AND SO THIS WOULD STILL BE ABOVE THAT.

OKAY.

NO, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS AS A PROCESS RIGHT.

AND DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT'S CORRECT.

KNOW HOW IT'S ACTUALLY BEING PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT'S BEING UTILIZED.

YES, MA'AM.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

THANK YOU MATTHEW.

SAL, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADD? UH, YES.

WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE, UH, WALMART, UH, PEOPLE.

UH, WE HAD A, UH, MEETING BY, UH, THE, UH, ONE OF THE TEAMS MEETING OR ONE OF THOSE, UH, ZOOM MEETINGS WHERE THEY HAD PROVIDED US.

AND I'M SURPRISED THAT I WAS ASKING EDDIE WHETHER WE HAD THAT, UH, THAT EXHIBIT THERE THAT THEY HAD, THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED US.

WELL, THIS ONE, THAT'S ONE, THAT'S THE ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING TO DO TO THE, TO THE, TO THE EXISTING BUILDING.

BUT THEY HAD ALSO ALREADY ALSO PROVIDED US A PROTOTYPE.

AND BY PROTOTYPE I MEAN WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AT THE GALVESTON STORE THAT SHOWED ALSO SOME OF THE PARKING, UH, CONDITIONS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE NOW.

AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA SUBMITTING, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GONNA PROPOSE US, SENT THAT OVER TO US.

I NOW I SEE THEY DO THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT THEY HAD PROVIDED US THAT PROTOTYPE, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I PUT IT IN THERE AS PART OF THE, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM.

UH, DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT? I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

NO.

I APOLOGIZE.

YOU HAVEN'T HAVE THAT.

OKAY.

UH, WE PROVIDED YOU THAT STUDY, UH, HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD'VE GIVEN YOU A GOOD, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE THROUGH IT AND MM-HMM.

AND SEE WHAT THEIR, THE ARGUMENT IS AS FAR AS THEIR ARGUMENT FOR, FOR THAT PROPOSED, UH, REDUCTION.

AND, UH, AND IN, IF YOU COULD SAY IN SOME OF THOSE, IN THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDED YOU, THEY ALSO SHOWED YOU THE STEPS THAT THEY TOOK IN DOING THAT, UH, PARKING STUDY, UH, AND, UH, HOW THEY COMPARED DURING TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

ONE, DOING A REGULAR WEEKDAY TYPE OF OPERATION, THE OTHER ONE DURING THE WEEKEND TYPE OF OPERATION, UH, AND, UH, HOW THE NEW, UH, PARKING, UH, ARRANGEMENT WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD IMPACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT RESULT.

UH, SO, UH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE, WE BROUGHT IT UP FOR YOU SO YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THERE.

UH, STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, ANY PROBLEM WITH, UH, WITH THE INFORMATION THEY DID, WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THAT SATISFIES YOU.

IT'S, IT'S UP TO YOU.

UH, I ALSO STATED IN MY MEMO TO YOU THAT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS, UH, FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME, SOME, UH, SOME FLEXIBILITY IN MAKING THOSE TYPE OF JUDGMENT CALLS BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY, THEY COMPLY OR THEY SATISFY WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, SATISFIED AS FAR AS IT, UH, BEING, YOU KNOW, BEING JUSTIFIABLE.

IS IT A LACK OF INFORMATION YOU TALKED ABOUT? DOES THAT AFFECT WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO, TO DO HERE? NO, IT DOESN'T.

IT DOESN'T, IT, IT, IT WOULD SORT OF REINFORCE THAT IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, BEING THE FACT THAT THEY ALREADY ARE USING A, THAT IN GALVESTON AND SEEMS TO BE WORKING, YOU KNOW.

YEAH.

SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL AS FAR AS WE KNOW.

AND THAT, THAT IS VERY COMPARABLE AS FAR AS SQUARE FOOTAGE, AS FAR AS THE BUILDING, UM, THE ACTUAL FACILITY ITSELF AND THE PARKING COUNT AND THE PARKING, UH, RATIO, UH, WOULD BE VERY, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

WHAT I GARNERED FROM THAT INFORMATION IS IF YOU WANNA GO TO WALMART, GO BEFORE 10:00 AM .

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IT'S WHAT? IT'S ALRIGHT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR MR. REVIEW AND ACTION ON REQUEST AND CONSIDER A SITE SPECIFIC PARKING SPACE COUNT REDUCTION FROM FIVE PER 1000 TO AN APPROPRIATE ONE.

I BELIEVE YOU SAID 4.49.

SO

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THE WALMART.

WE HAVE MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU.

THANK Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, VALERIE.

SORRY WE HAD TO BRING YOU ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, NO PROBLEM.

CROSS DOWN IF IT'S APPROVED, THAT'S WORTH IT.

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OKAY.

AND SHE HAD TO COME THROUGH THE RAIN.

YES.

RIGHT.

HORRIBLE.

IT'S GOOD.

[5. DISCUSS LOWE’S LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.]

AND DISCUSS LOWE'S LANDSCAPE PLAN AND CONDITIONS.

OKAY.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, EXHIBITS TO SHOW YOU, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MS. LEY BROUGHT THIS, UH, THIS ISSUE TO US THE LAST TIME, IF YOU REMEMBER, SHE WAS NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT THEY, UH, THERE WAS A TREE THERE LAYING ON THE GROUND STILL ALIVE THAT HADN'T BEEN TENDED TO BY LOWE'S.

UH, SHE OFFERED, UH, TO GO AND FIGHT THE BATTLE FOR US .

AND I, AND I TOLD HER, GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

WE NEEDED SOME TYPE OF A, BUT, UH, IT SO HAPPENS THAT, UH, WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES.

UH, THE BILLING OFFICIAL, UH, SENT, YOU KNOW, A NOTIFICATION TO THEM ABOUT THE CONDITION THERE.

UH, THEY MOVED ON IT RIGHT AWAY.

THEY, UH, THEY WENT OUT THERE AND REMOVED THE TREE THERE.

AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE BILLING OFFICIAL BROUGHT THE ISSUE, UH, UH, THAT ISSUE TO 'EM, THERE'S ALSO, THERE WAS THE ISSUE OF TREES THAT THEY HAD NOT PLANTED IN THE PAST THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE PLANTED IN THE LAST, UH, UH, SITE, UH, AMENDMENT THAT THEY MADE.

UH, AT THAT TIME THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE GONE AND PUT IN FOUR MORE TREES, I BELIEVE, MAYBE OR FOUR.

YEAH, FOUR.

AND REPLACED TWO, FOUR AND REPLACED TWO.

AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE RIDGE JACKSON SIDE OF THE STORE.

MM-HMM.

WHEN THEY PUT IN THE TWO, UH, A LANE, UH MM-HMM.

LANE THROUGH THERE.

UH, THEY DID NOT DO THAT.

AND WE FAILED TO, UH, AT THAT TIME THEY, YOU KNOW, FAILED TO, UH, CALL 'EM UP ON THAT.

UH, WE APPROVED THE PROJECT, WE WENT OUT THERE AND APPROVED THE WORK, AND YET WE DIDN'T GO OUT THERE AND, AND, UH, INSPECT THE, OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLIED WITH THAT TREE SITUATION.

THAT, UH, THEY RESPONDED TO THAT ALSO AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING THAT TOO.

AND, UH, SO THERE ARE ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ON NOTICE AND THEY HAD CLAIMED THAT THEY WILL BE DOING THAT, UH, RE RESTORATION OR, UH, OF THE, OF THE TREES THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO, TO ORIGINALLY DO.

SO WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE THAT ON THE FRONT BURNER THERE.

OUR INSPECTORS ARE LOOKING AT CONSTANTLY AND REMIND THEM CONSTANTLY ABOUT THAT.

MY QUESTIONS, IS THERE A WAY Y'ALL CAN PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO KIND OF KEEP TABS ON 'EM? AND THEY, THEY DO HAVE IT ON THERE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAVE A, UH, I HAVE MR. WALTON HERE.

MR. WALTON, CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT, UH, QUESTION? UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH LOWE'S OTHER THAN, UH, IN THE OPPORTUNITY AROSE WHERE I HAPPENED TO BE IN THE STORE.

AND THE CASHIER SAID THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE ON HER BEST BEHAVIOR BECAUSE CORPORATE WAS THERE.

AND I SAID, OH, CORPORATE'S HERE, LET ME TALK TO 'EM, PLEASE.

WHAT A TIME.

UH, AND THAT'S WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THEY HAD BEEN, UM, SPOKEN ABOUT IN THE PLANTER'S MEETING AND THAT, UH, THEY HAD A, THAT A LEANING TREE IN THE FRONT AND THAT THEIR, THEIR SITE WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

UH, THAT SEEMED TO HAVE SPARKED SOME FIRE UNDER THEM BECAUSE I HAD SPOKEN TO THEM AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN OTHER TIMES ABOUT THAT LEANING TREE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF RESOLUTION.

UM, SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, SHOULD THE PLANNERS WANT US TO MAKE A FORMAL COMMUNICATION TO LOWE'S IN REGARDS TO, UH, REVIEWING THE, THE SITE PLAN, THEN, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT WAS JUST A VERBAL CONVERSATION WITH THE STORE MANAGER WHILE CORPORATE HAPPENED TO BE IN THE BUILDING.

AND, UH, EDDIE HAS, UH, BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH THEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

YEAH.

UM, THE CORPORATE LANDSCAPE SPECIALIST HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED, BUT HE'S TRYING TO KEEP ME UP TO DATE ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, SO YES, HE WENT, HE SAID, I'LL TAKE THE TREE DOWN RIGHT AWAY AND WE'LL GET IT REPLACED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LET ME GO AHEAD AND REEVALUATE ALL THE TREES ON THE SITE.

SO WE GO AHEAD AND GET EVERYTHING UP THE CODE ALL AT ONCE AND NOT DO IT IN PIECES AND, AND MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.

SO, UM, THEY REMOVED THE TREE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO OR SO, AND THEY, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE OTHER TREES IN RIGHT NOW.

I'M SURE THE RAIN'S NOT HOLDING AT THE MOMENT, BUT THEY, HE ASSURED

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MY SUGGESTIONS, JUST KEEP TABS ON 'EM, GIVE 'EM A CHANCE TO DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO, AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

UH, SHERRY WASN'T HERE, UH, FOR OUR AGENDA WHEN WE WERE PREPARING THE AGENDA.

UH, SHE WAS OUT OF TOWN, UH, BUT WE BROUGHT THE, I BELIEVE SHE WAS HERE AT THAT TIME, THAT MEETING THERE.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK, UH, MS. APLEY BROUGHT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THAT SUBJECT WAS, DO WE HAVE ANY TEETH ON OUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT MECHANISM IS THERE? SHOULD THERE BE A MECHANISM TO DO THIS THING? SO SHERRY WILL BE PREPARING SOMETHING, TRYING TO COME UP WITH A MECHANISM OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW TO DO, HOW TO KEEP TABS ON THIS TYPE OF SITUATIONS.

NOT ONLY FOR THIS ONE, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL SITES.

YEAH.

THAT'LL BE GOOD.

GOOD JOB.

NO, I LIKE THAT.

UM, OUR STAFF WENT ON SITE AND NOTICED OTHER THINGS BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, IT IS A, A, A HIGH PROBABILITY OF ESPECIALLY LONG ESTABLISHED, UH, BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA TO FORGET WHAT THE ORIGINAL COMPLIANCE WAS.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THINGS TO SIGN.

IS THAT RIGHT? UH, YES SIR.

THE, UH, THE PLANS THAT YOU APPROVED ON THE SHABAM UH, DEVELOPMENT, THE GAS STATION OUT AT THREE, 2004 ON THE LAST, UH, MEETING.

AND, UH, JUST FOR INFORMATION AND FOR ALSO FOR MALLORY'S, UH, THEY WILL BE COMING IN AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH THE OFFICIAL SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN, REVISION AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, THEY ARE AWARE OF AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, STILL NEEDS TO BE, NEEDS TO BE, UH, RESOLVED.

ALRIGHT.

ADAM'S, THE COMMUNITY INTEREST.

OKAY.

I AM STILL WAITING ON THE TREE THAT'S DOWN, UH, ON OUR PROPERTY.

OKAY.

UH, I GUESS I'M THE TREE POLICE LATELY.

NO, NOBODY'S HERE.

UH, BUT, UH, I HAVE THE BILL OFFICIAL.

THE BILL OFFICIAL IS, IS MEAN WITH EVERYBODY.

NOT JUST THE, NOT, NOT ONLY THAT'S OKAY.

FALLING.

OH, I WAS, I WAS FLEXING MY MUSCLES, APPARENTLY.

OH, OKAY.

, I THINK YOU'RE DOING VERY WELL.

UH, NO, UH, THERE'S NOBODY HERE FROM, UH, FROM OUR, FROM OUR WORKFORCE, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, BUT WE'LL REMIND THEM.

MM-HMM.

REMIND THEM.

IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST THING AND IMPORTANT IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S STILL PART OF OUR, WE'RE GONNA MAKE EVERYONE OTHER, OTHER PEOPLE CAN DO IT.

WE NEED TO DO IT OURSELVES.

LET'S DO IT OURSELVES.

UH, AS FAR AS COMMUNITY INTEREST, I WOULD LIKE TO, FOR YOU TO TALK TO ME ABOUT, I ASSUME THAT THAT IS THE HILTON GOING UP? IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE? IT IS A HILTON PRODUCT.

IT IS, RIGHT? IS IT A SUITES? SUITES, YEAH.

UH, HOW'S THAT GOING AND THE THINGS AROUND IT? WELL, UH, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROGRESSIVELY FAIRLY QUICK.

YOU ALL, THEY ONLY HAVE THREE OF THE FLOORS FRAMED OUT.

UH, THE OUTSIDE OFFSIDE WORK THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH, WHICH IS THE, UH, AZARIA STREET, UH MM-HMM.

EXTENSION THERE, UH, IS PROGRESSIVELY, I MEAN, RELATIVELY QUICK.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE PUT IN ALL THE UNDERGROUND, OR AT LEAST MOST OF THE UNDERGROUND IS NOW, YOU KNOW, BELOW GROUND.

AND, UH, SO THEY'RE JUST GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF WHILE TO TEST THOSE, THOSE SYSTEMS. UH, THE STORM SEWERS THERE, THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THE INLETS, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE.

AND THE WATER LINE IS THERE, WHICH ARE THE TWO MAJOR ITEMS THAT, UH, UNDER THE GROUND AREA.

AFTER THAT COMES THE ACTUAL PA WORK.

THE, AND THE PAYMENT WORK SHOULDN'T, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE E FASTEST, UH, PROCESSES THAT TAKES PLACE.

SO THAT PROJECT WILL BE IN PRIOR TO T D C U EVER, EVEN, YOU KNOW.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARED TO ME WAS THAT THAT PROJECT WAS MOVING ALONG.

IT IS, IT IS DOING A, IT'S GOING, IT'S ON VERY WELL.

MAY I ASK ABOUT THE TOWER? IS THAT SIGNAGE? UH, WHAT IS THE ELEVATOR SHAFT? THAT'S THE ELEVATOR SHAFT.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

BUT WHY ARE THERE, UM, AREN'T THERE FLOORS ON THE WAY UP? YEAH, THERE'S BIG METAL BEAMS. OKAY.

BECAUSE I SAT THERE THE OTHER DAY ON THE JOB SITE AND I THOUGHT, I USUALLY CAN RECOGNIZE ANYTHING.

AND I TOLD SAM, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN, AN ELEVATOR.

SURE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

OKAY, GOOD.

I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.

UM, THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN SEVERAL TREES FALL DOWN WITH ALL THIS RAIN AROUND THE CITY.

YEAH.

IS THERE A CITY HOTLINE OR SOMETHING? THEY CALLED TO? I ALWAYS

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SO IS THERE A, IS THERE LIKE A NUMBER IN THE CITY YOU CAN CALL THAT? 'CAUSE I IMAGINE Y'ALL GOT A BETTER CONNECTION WITH AT AND T AND NO, UH, WE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE AT AT AND T, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND WORK IN THE FIELD.

THE PROBLEM IS THEY'RE JUST LIKE CENTERPOINT.

THEY MOVE THEIR PEOPLE AROUND BACK AND FORTH, ALL THROUGH THE COMPANY.

SO WHEN YOU CALL, THEY SAY, OH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TOOK OVER FOR ME.

SO YOU'RE KIND OF STRUCK OR THE NUMBERS NEVER WORK.

BY THE TIME WE GET SOMEBODY'S NUMBER, THEY'RE JUST ABOUT TO MOVE OUT AND GO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

UM, AND IF YOU DO CALL THEM NOW, THEY SAY, WELL, YOU NEED TO GO ONLINE AND REPORT IT.

AND THEN SO I CAN CREATE A TICKET AND THEN I CAN GO LOOK AT IT OR CALL THIS NUMBER AND WAIT ONLINE OR WAIT IN LINE TO BE ANSWERED TO CREATE A WORK TICKET SO THAT WE CAN GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE OLD DAYS WHEN YOU COULD CALL, YOU KNOW, BILL DOWN THE STREET AND SAY, HEY BILL, THERE'S A AT AND T LYING DOWN.

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

I'LL SEND SOMEBODY OVER.

AND THEY WOULD DO THE SAME WITH US.

HEY, IF YOU HIT A WATER LINE, OKAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY OVER.

IT'S NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

IT'S JUST, WELL, MY CONVERSATION WITH CENTERPOINT WAS ACTUALLY PLEASURABLE.

REALLY? AT AND T WAS HEARTBURN.

MM-HMM.

, I STILL DON'T KNOW IF I GOT ANYWHERE WITH AT T, BUT CENTER POINTS, THEY'RE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.

DID YOU SAY WIRES WERE DOWN.

OKAY.

AND MY, THERE'S A, MY, MY HOUSE COMMUNICATION LINE COMES DOWN FROM THIS SIDE, OAK, OAK DRIVE, AND THEN AT MY YARD IT GOES TO THE BACK.

WELL, THE TREE FELL ACROSS THAT COMMUNICATION LINE.

SO THE CENTERPOINT GUY ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND SAID, OH, WELL THAT'S NOT OURS.

THAT'S AT AND T.

OKAY.

SO THEN I GOT, WELL ANYWAY, I STARTED COMING TO THIS MEETING AND WALK OUT THE BACKYARD.

WELL, THOSE POLES THAT GO ON ALL THE WAY TO THE CREEK BANK OR LEANING ABOUT 20 DEGREES.

OH MAN.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE POWER COMES TO MY HOUSE.

SO THAT TO MY HOUSE IS ABOUT TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND.

SO THEN I CALLED IT AT CENTER POINT AGAIN.

AND THEY'RE, THEY MAY BE OUT THERE NOW.

THEY SAID THEY COULD COME AROUND.

THEY PROBABLY ARE.

UH, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT CENTER POINT.

IF THERE'S WIRES DOWN OR THEY'RE QUICK, SOMETHING DANGEROUS, THEY GET SOMEBODY OUT.

MM-HMM.

AT T AND COMCAST DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL LOW VOLTAGE.

WELL, RELATIVELY LOW, NOT HAZARDOUS, NO.

YEAH.

LIABILITY.

SO THEY DON'T RESPOND THE SAME.

YEAH.

IS THERE A CITY EQUIVALENT TO 3 1 1 THAT HOUSTON HAS, OR WHATEVER NUMBER TO CALL? MY HOTLINE WAS ANNA.

SHE HELPED ME OUT.

, YOU SHOULD HAVE SENT ME ON THE SITE.

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I CALLED THE PD .

I, I HATE TO CALL 'EM, I WOULDN'T WANNA CALL 9 1 1, BUT I GUESS I COULD CALL THEIR REGULAR NUMBER.

YES.

THE REGULAR NUMBER OR CITY HALL IF CITY HALL IS OPEN.

UM, BUT YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAGIC CONNECTIONS ANYMORE.

THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.

FORTUNATELY WE DO WORK VERY FAST WITH THE DONE BEFORE THE RESIDENT HAD A CHANCE TO CALL THEY ROUTE.

THEY PICKED ME UP.

MM-HMM.

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OH YEAH.

THE, YEAH, THE ON SPOT IN THE END, THERE WAS A CITY TRUCK THAT CAME BY WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THAT TREE FALLING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED FROM THAT, BUT I SAW LIKE A MAINTENANCE TRUCK CAME BY AND SAW IT AND STOPPED AND LOOKED AT IT.

SO DID THAT HAPPEN JUST NOW? IT HAPPENED ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK TODAY.

OH, OKAY.

OH.

SAID TEN TWO, TWO.

OH, I JUST WONDERING.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE TREES FALL.

OH YEAH.

WE GOT ANOTHER BIG ONE COMING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED.

MM-HMM.

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MM-HMM.

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THIS IS AN OLD, OLD BIG OAK TREE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.

, IT'S BEEN THERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS, BUT IT'S ROOT BALL, JUST THE ROOTS ARE GONE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

WELL, AS WE'VE SPOKEN, THEY DO HAVE A LIFESPAN.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

MATTHEW.

ALL GOOD.

I BROUGHT SOMETHING UP.

I KNOW, I DIDN'T, I YEAH, I MEAN, I, MY CONCERNS WITH THE SATCH PROJECT AND ALL OF THAT ARE ALREADY WELL KNOWN, SO NO, I'M GOOD.

WHAT? AND THOSE ARE GOOD CONCERNS.

WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THAT ONE TODAY AS EDDIE WAS OUT THERE DOING STORM THERE.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T, I DON'T HAVING TO INTRODUCE YOU.

NO, I HAVEN'T DONE SOMETHING.

OKAY.

UH, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU.

NICOLE WILSON.

SHE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

COOL.

AND SHE WELCOME.

HI.

BLESS YOUR HEART.

IN THAT SHOW PASS, SHE TOOK OVER ELON'S PLACE AND, UH, SHE IS FITTING VERY WELL.

AND, UH, IF SHE, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR SITUATION, WELL NICOLE.

SURE.

HI EVERYONE.

HELLO.

HI.

UM,

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I'VE LIVED IN LAKE JACKSON SINCE 2017.

UH, BACKGROUND CIVIL ENGINEERING.

BEEN WORKING 12 YEARS, SO LICENSED IN TEXAS AND PENNSYLVANIA FROM PITTSBURGH.

SO YOU GUYS BEAT ME THIS LAST WEEKEND, THE STEELERS GAME.

WELL, YOU FINALLY GOT HERE.

YEAH.

MADE IT HERE.

.

UM, BUT YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU AT THESE MEETINGS AND YEAH, AS DO WE.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

AND NICOLE'S GOT A BIG BACKGROUND IN DRAINAGE, SO SHE'LL BE TAKING OVER FOR A STON.

COOL.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT A THTA TODAY WHEN IT WAS RAINING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

HE WOULD'VE BEEN SO EXCITED TODAY.

LIKE, EDDIE, WE GOTTA GO OUT.

HOW'S OUR GARDENIA PROJECT SOLELY PROGRESSING OVER THERE? GARDEN.

OH, THE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GARDEN.

THE TOWN, THE, THE TOWN HOMES BEING BUILT OVER ON GARDENIA AND THE GARLAND.

GARLAND GARDENIA GARLAND.

YEAH.

SORRY.

NOTHING'S MOVING OVER THERE.

YEAH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'VE LEVELED.

YEAH, I SAW THEY POURED CONCRETE THE OTHER DAY.

THAT'S, THAT WAS ABOUT, IT'S VERY SLOW.

IT'S, THEY'RE MOVING, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY SLOW.

TWO MAN CREWS.

THE LARGEST CREW I'VE SEEN SO FAR.

JUST LIKE YOUR FAVORITE PLANTATION PROJECT.

THEY PAINTED ABOUT THREE AND A HALF.

THEY PAINTED, THEY PAINTED FINALLY.

SO, OOH, FANCY .

A SORE EYE SIDE RIGHT THERE.

ONE MORE THING.

EDDIE, ARE WE DONE WITH THE, THIS PHASE OF DOWNTOWN OR IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO DO? NO, WE ARE, WE'RE LOCKING LANDSCAPING.

YEAH.

LANDSCAPING IS A BIG THING THERE.

WE'VE GOT LIGHTS ON.

WE'VE GOT, UM, IRRIGATION IN NOW THAT JUST, JUST, IT'S GETTING TIED UP RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY.

BUT WE JUST GOT WATER ON LAST WEEK TO THE FIRST ZONE SO THEY CAN CHECK.

OH, NICE.

SO NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE IN.

PLANTS AND GRASS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.

THEY'RE UH, THEY'RE CLEANING UP AND, AND PUTTING IN LANDSCAPING.

SO YOU SEE THE LITTLE PILES OF CONCRETE AND STUFF GROWING EVERYWHERE.

YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DRAGGING BACK OUT OF ALL THE SOILS FROM EVERYWHERE.

UM, YEAH.

THAT'S THE BIG THING THAT'S, THAT'S HANGING OUT THERE IS THE LANDSCAPING.

THANKS RENEE.

WHAT YOU GOT FOR US? SO COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, UH, THEY APPROVED YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

SECOND MEETING, UH, SPECIAL EVENT VENUE DOWNTOWN.

A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

OKAY.

THAT WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT.

OKAY.

THAT'LL BE A NICE ADDITION.

MM-HMM.

.

THAT'S ALL DONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE COMMENT ON THIS WALMART THING WE DID SPECIFICALLY THING FOR TARGET, NOT FEW YEARS BACK WHEN THEY SOLD THOSE PARTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT RATIO THEY HAD, BUT UH, I'M SURE WAS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT .

SO WE GOTTA BE FLEXIBLE.

SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE PROVEN THAT.

YEAH.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

BUT YOU GOT FOUR SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE A MODESTO HERE.

SO YOU GUYS IN DALLAS CAMERA THIS.

OH, SO YOU GUYS SPEAK FOR HIM? NOTHING NEW.

I HAVE HERE ALL, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR TACO BONO LOCATION? , NOTHING ACTUALLY HERE REMINDS ME OF TRUMP.

OKAY.

I'LL TAKE THE UPDATE.

CROSSED ARMS, NOTHING EXCEPT, EXCEPT WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S CAMPING OUT OR AT LEAST STORING THEIR STUFF IN THE GARBAGE ENCLOSURE.

SO, UH, PD IS AWARE OF THAT.

THE OWNER'S AWARE OF THAT AND UH, THEY'RE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO TRY AND SECURE THAT LOCATION.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A BIN IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT, UH, SOMEBODY WHO IS, UH, WITHOUT A, A PERMANENT RESIDENCE IS USING IT TO STORE THEIR, THEIR ITEMS. SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT ROGER THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR FRONT? I DON'T THINK SO.

UM, , GO LOOK AT ME.

UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, .

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

I LIKE YOUR U OF EIGHT SHIRT THERE.

GO COS OH MAN.

WELL ACTUALLY THAT WAS SO DEPRESSING THIS WEEKEND, WEEKEND, EDDIE.

IT IS.

ANYTHING ELSE? COS UH, NO SIR.

NOT UNLESS YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.

MS. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, SO.

NO SIR.

OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR

[8. SET NEXT MEETING DATE ]

ANNA.

WHEN'S OUR NEXT MEETING? TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH.

EVERYBODY LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.

YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD, I'M GREAT.

I'LL BE GOOD.

MATCH YOU.

I AM GOOD.

THAT'S ELECTION DAY.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE ADJOURNED.

WE HAVE THINGS TO SIGN.

SO WE'LL LEAVE THURSDAY.

COME BACK MONDAY.

THANK Y'ALL.

IT'S MINE.

I JUST WISH I COULD AFFORD TO.