Oct 16, 2023 City Council

HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE.

WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS

[PRESENTATIONS]

THIS EVENING.

FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION FOR ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS MONTH.

THAT'S THE WHOLE CROWD.

WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, SO EVERYBODY AND THE WORLD.

SO I'LL DO THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN, UH, LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME THINGS.

IN ADDITION TO GATHERINGS, WE ALSO HOST AN ONLINE COMP TALK SERIES.

SO, UH, HI, GERALD ROSOVSKY, BY VIRTUE, UH, OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON DUBAI HERE PROCLAIMED NOVEMBER OF 2023 AS, UH, WORLD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH, WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THE PEORIA COUNTY ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS PROJECT, RECOGNIZED REGIONALLY BY THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AND NATIONALLY BY THE ALZHEIMER'S, UH, FOUNDATION AS A LEADER LEADING THE WAY AND COMMUNICATE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

WHEREAS THE MEMORY SCREENING PROJECT SPONSORED BY ZORIA COUNTY LIBRARY AND ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS PROJECT WILL BE THE LARGEST MEMORY SCREENING PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHERE ALZHEIMER'S IS A NEURAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASE THAT RESULTS IN THE LOSS OF BRAIN CELLS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS AFFECTS 5.5 MILLION AMERICANS AND MORE THAN 350,000 PEOPLE ON THE TEXAS GULF COAST.

WHEREAS MISSOURI COUNTY WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS CREATED THE LARGEST COUNTY, UH, SPONSORED PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES TO CREATE, UH, CREATE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT DEMENTIA, TREATMENT OPTIONS, CAREGIVING ISSUES, AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL CITY LIKE JACKSON DO HERE BY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER, 2023 AS WORLD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD.

I'LL, ON BEHALF OF THE GATHERING PLACE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIAS.

THE GATHERING PLACE HERE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY HAS SPENT 16 YEARS SERVING FAMILIES AND THEIR LOVED ONES WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S.

WE HOST GATHERINGS.

THESE ARE FOR OUR RESPITE CARE SOCIALS THAT ARE COMPLETELY FREE TO OUR PARTICIPANTS.

THESE GATHERINGS ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT VOLUNTEER RUN, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF PEORIA COUNTY.

THERE ARE FOUR SOUTH COUNTY CONGREGATIONS SERVING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GATHERING PLACE INTERFAITH MINISTRIES TO HOST THESE SOCIALS, ONE OF WHICH IS HERE IN LAKE JACKSON AT CHAPEL WOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

THERE'S ALSO ONE, INCLUDE TWO IN ANGLETON, AND THERE ARE FIVE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY IN ANGLETON, IN ALVIN, EXCUSE ME.

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WE HAVE A YOUNGER ONSET ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP.

WE HOST PERIODIC BRAIN CAMPS, WHICH ARE AMAZING.

AND OF COURSE, OUR MAIN FUNDRAISER IS THE BRAIN FAIR, COMING UP IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, IN HONOR OF NOVEMBER BEING NATIONAL ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH.

AND TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS HERE AT HOME, GATHERING PLACE, INTERFAITH MINISTRIES, THE BRAZORIA COUNTY LIBRARY, AND THIS GREAT CITY ARE OFFERING FREE MEMORY SCREENINGS.

NOVEMBER 13TH TO THE 18TH FROM 10 30 TO FIVE 30 HERE AT THE LAKE JACKSON LIBRARY.

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS TO GET SCREENED IF THERE ARE 55 AND OLDER AND THERE ARE NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.

AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, AND FOR ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE, CHECK US OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, GATHERING PLACE BRAZORIA.ORG ON FACEBOOK, OR CALL OUR OFFICE IN ANGLETON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S GET SOME PICTURES REAL QUICK.

THIS IS A DISEASE THAT IMPACTED MY FAMILY AND COMPETED IMPACT MY FAMILY.

MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY FROM ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE.

MY MOTHER RECENTLY PASSED AWAY TWO YEARS AGO.

UH, HER BROTHER'S PASSED AWAY AND HER SISTER HAS IT NOW, AND SHE'S IN THE LATER STATES GO.

THANK YOU ALL Y'ALL DO.

IT'S, UH, APPRECIATE.

VERY MUCH LABOR.

GLAD WE GOT OUR OFFICIAL, THE OFFICIAL, THE OFFICIAL ONE.

THERE WE GO.

ALL VOTE AGAIN.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO UNDER OUR CONTROL.

AND THANK YOU.

AND THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

TO PROMOTE CULTURAL TOURISM AND HOTEL STAYS WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE PRESENTATIONS IS THE ANNUAL RISES PORT FINE ARTS CENTER REPORT.

WESS.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR INVITING ME TONIGHT TO SPEAK AND TO REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BRAZOSPORT FINE ARTS COUNCIL AND THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, UH, FOR THOSE IN THE, UH, I KNOW EVERYONE HERE KNOWS WHAT, WHAT WE DO, BUT, UH, FOR ANY VISITORS OR ANYONE WATCHING ONLINE, UH, THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES HOUSES, UH, QUITE A FEW, VERY VIBRANT AND ROBUST, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE AND SCIENCE RELATED, UM, PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BRAZOSPORT CENTER STAGES, WHICH IS THE LONGEST CONTINUALLY RUNNING, UH, COMMUNITY THEATER ON THE GULF COAST BRAZOSPORT MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE, THE B A S F PLANETARIUM, BRAZOSPORT ART LEAGUE, AND WE ALSO SUPPORT BRAZOSPORT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

WE PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES AND MARKETING SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT BRING VITALITY AND AN ELEVATED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND PROVIDE REASONS FOR VISITORS TO TRAVEL TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS BEING AN IMPORTANT RESOURCES RESOURCE FOR VISITORS WHO ARE ALREADY HERE LOOKING FOR AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE.

UH, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS WITHOUT THE DONATIONS OF OUR, OF OUR SUPPORTERS, OF OUR COMMUNITY, ALSO, UH, FROM YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR HELPING US ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR PARTNERING WITH US TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CULTURAL TOURISM.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

IF YOU'RE A, IF YOU ARE A, UM, A VOLUNTEER FOR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

WE DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO TOURISM, TO THE BRAZOSPORT REGION KNOWING, AND THIS COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT TRAVELERS WILL HERE, WILL SPEND THEIR MONEY IF WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH REASONS TO STICK AROUND, IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THE HOTELS FILLED WITH VISITORS.

AND IT IS OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND ATTRACTIONS THAT ENCOURAGE HOTEL STAYS.

THERE IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, DRAFTED AND SIGNED BY BOTH TEXANS FOR THE ARTS AND THE TEXAS HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION THAT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING THE IMPACT ON TOURISM FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT I REPRESENT HERE.

TONIGHT, I'M PROUD TO REPORT OUR ROBUST CAMPAIGNS

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ONE IS THAT THE RECIPIENT WORKS WITH ITS AREA LODGING OPERATORS AND OR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TO PROMOTE LOCAL ARTS EVENTS, UH, THROUGH HOTEL CONCIERGE SERVICES, TRAINING OF HOTEL STAFF, LOBBY AREA FLYERS OR SIMILAR MEASURES, BETTER TO SERVE THE VISITORS TO THE AREA AND ENCOURAGE THEIR EXTENDED STAY OR TO STAY IN AREA LODGING FACILITIES WEEK, OR CONTINUING OUR, UH, YEARS LONG HOTEL RELATIONS CAMPAIGN TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH HOTEL STAFF AND MANAGERS, ALERTING THEM TO THE ACTIVITIES, EXHIBITS, AND EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER.

EVERY MONTH, WE BRING EACH, EACH DESK, EACH FRONT DESK, A LIST OF ALL THE EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE CENTER, AND JUST TO HELP REMIND THEM TO REMIND THEIR GUESTS OF WHAT WE DO, WE BRING SNACKS.

SO EVERYONE LOVES SNACKS.

UH, THE RECIPIENT OF ANOTHER ONE IS THAT THE RECIPIENT BOOKS, HOTEL ROOMS FOR VISITING ARTISTS AND OFFERS HOTEL RELATED INFORMATION TO ATTENDEES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S HOTEL ADVOCACY, TAX FUNDED EVENTS.

SO AGAIN, WE MAKE IT A STANDARD PRACTICE THAT ON BOTH CONSTANT CONTACT IN AND IN OUR TICKETING SYSTEMS. UH, CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT MODULE IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE ATTENDING EVENTS TO STAY IN AN AREA HOTEL, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE LOCAL AND HAVE OUT OF TOWN GUESTS COMING TO THE EVENT.

WE ALSO, UH, MARKET OUR EVENTS OUTSIDE THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH STANDARD MEDIA PROMOTION OR ADVERTISING WEBSITES, MAILING LISTS, LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LISTINGS, INCLUDING, UH, ADS THAT WE PUT INTO TEXAS HIGHWAY'S MAGAZINE AND MEDIA OUTREACH FOR REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS AGENCIES.

THE FUNDING ENTITY MAY ALSO SHOW A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE HOTEL INDUSTRY BY USING LOCAL LODGING FACILITIES FOR GALAS OR OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HELD BY THE HOTEL TAX FUNDED ENTITY.

THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE IS THAT OUR BOARD RETREAT WAS, WAS HOSTED AT THE STAYBRIDGE SUITES THIS YEAR.

THE RECIPIENT THROUGH AUDIENCE OR ATTENDEE QUESTIONNAIRES DEMONSTRATES THAT TOURISTS OR OTHER OUT OF TOWN GUESTS HAVE ATTENDED ITS HOTEL TAX FUNDED EVENTS.

WE KNOW THAT IN THE GALLERY AND IN THE MUSEUM, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS SINCE THE COVID SHUTDOWN HAVE COME THROUGH, WE NOW AVERAGE AROUND 31% OUT OF TOWN GUESTS DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SHOWS THAT WE DO OUT AT NIGHT.

THIS IS JUST REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS.

AND ACTUALLY 31% IS A LITTLE LOWER PERCENTAGE THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB OF GETTING THE WORD OUT TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO ALSO BENEFIT FROM THESE AMENITIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO, TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WITH, UH, THE SHOWS, WE KNOW THAT OUR MUSICALS ARE VERY POPULAR.

WE HAVE 17 TO 19% OF THE OUT OF TOWN GUESTS THAT A ATTEND THOSE, AND OUR ELIZABETH THEMATICAL FEAST, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY WE BROUGHT BACK THIS YEAR, BRINGS IN 25%.

EVERY FOURTH GUEST COMES FROM OUTSIDE BRAZORIA COUNTY.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP VIDEO PROMOTIONAL PIECES FOR BOTH THE CENTER AND THE ELIZABETH MAGICAL FEAST TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF MEDIA GROUPS OUTSIDE THE AREA.

WE BRING A LOT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THESE VOLUNTEERS HERE PUT IN THEIR, THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR TIME, TIME, THEIR TALENTS TO ENRICH THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO HELP US WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CULTURAL TOURISM.

BUT AGAIN, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DOING.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.

YEAH, THANKS.

WE, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, TEXAS A AND M, UH, AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICES.

WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE HERE.

YEP.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR IS, UH, SCENIC CITY, UH, BRONZE AWARD.

LAURA MARIE.

MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M VERY HAPPY ON TO PRESENT TO YOU ON BEHALF OF KEEP LAKE JACKSON.

BEAUTIFUL.

A NEW AWARD.

THIS ONE IS, UH, SCENIC CITY, WHICH I'M GONNA EXPLAIN TO YOU.

AND RAY'S GONNA HAVE MY BACK ON THIS WHEN I GET DONE.

I'M GONNA PASS THIS AROUND FIRST 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THAN THE OTHER ONE YOU GO, JB THANK YOU.

AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING UP ALONG ONE OF OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.

UM, SCENIC CITY.

CAME TO LAKE JACKSON THROUGH THE MAYOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

HE ASKED ME WHAT HE, WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT SCENIC CITY, AND I TOLD HIM THAT ACTUALLY I KNEW A LOT ABOUT IT.

UM, WHEN I WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, I DID THAT

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FOR SEVEN YEARS.

UM, I HELPED SCENIC CITY.

I HELPED THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR RATING SYSTEMS. AND, UM, MY BOARD MEMBERS WERE VERY ACTIVE WITH THE GROUP, SO I KNEW IT WAS A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AND I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS COMPLETELY LEGIT.

SO AT THAT POINT, HE ASKED AMY TESTOW FROM KEEP, LIKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.

AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HER, I FOUND OUT THAT SHE ALSO KNEW IT WAS A PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AND SHE VERY MUCH WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

SO WE APPLIED.

AND AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED WHY IT WAS SO PRESTIGIOUS.

IT IS A VERY HARD APPLICATION, , THIS, UH, APP, THIS DESIGNATION DOES NOT JUST GIVE YOU, UM, IT DOESN'T JUST LOOK AT THE TREES.

YOU HAVE THE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMS YOU DO.

IT SERIOUSLY FORCES A CITY TO GO INWARD AND UNDERSTAND AND LOOK AT ITS OWN ORDINANCES, ITS OWN COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ITS OWN WAY OF WORKING.

SO I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE IN SOME OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP.

ONE OF THEM WAS MILFORD, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK .

DAVID WALTON.

MILFORD DID AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO HELP, UH, DAVID WALTON, SALLY VI, REAL SHERRY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

AND, UH, THEY ALL HELPED ME TO GET THE, UH, APPLICATION FINISHED.

UM, AMY CAME IN, SHE WOULD REVIEW IT WITH ME.

WE WOULD GO OVER IT, AND WE SUBMITTED IT.

WHEN WE SUBMITTED IT, WE GOT A BRONZE, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE, THE SMALLER AWARD.

WE GOT A BRONZE, THERE ARE PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, AND RECOGNIZED.

WE HAVE THIS STATUS AS A BRONZE FOR FIVE YEARS UNTIL 2028.

WHY DO WE DO THAT? BECAUSE DURING THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE THIS AWARD, IT IS THE HOPE OF SCENIC CITY THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AS A CITY, AS DEPARTMENTS WITH LEADERSHIP FROM YOU TO INCREASE OUR STANDING.

TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW HARD THAT IS, PEARLAND, THE ONLY OTHER CITY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY TO HAVE A SCENIC CITY STATUS IS PLATINUM, THE HIGHEST YOU CAN ATTAIN.

WHEN DID THEY START WORKING ON THAT IN 2016? SO THE, THE WORK THAT GOES INTO GETTING A SCENIC CITY, SCENIC CITY, UM, RECOGNITION IS NOT EASY AND YOU CANNOT DO IT ALONE.

KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL.

CANNOT RAISE ITS STANDARD ON CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE, ON UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, ON ANY OF THE AREAS THAT IT, PARKING, LIGHTING, YOU NAME ANY AREA OF A CITY DEPARTMENT.

AND SOMEWHERE IN IT, THE APPLICATION GRADES THAT DEPARTMENT.

SO WE CANNOT RAISE OUR STANDARD WITHOUT THE BUY-IN FROM ALL OF YOU TO TELL US.

YOU WILL WORK TOGETHER AND YOU WILL MAKE TEXAS A TEXAS SCENIC CITY.

VERY PROUD OF LAKE JACKSON.

SO WITH THAT, UM, WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW, UH, I DID NOT GO GET THIS AWARD.

THIS WAS NOT LIKE A KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AWARD.

UM, ACTUALLY, THEY ASKED FOR RIA AND MODESTO TO BE THERE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD, AND ALSO THE MAYOR, BUT THE MAYOR COULDN'T GO.

HE HAD ANOTHER PARTY THAT NIGHT.

SO, UM, MARIA AND MODESTO WENT TO GET THIS AWARD.

AND THAT, I THINK IS ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO HOW IMPORTANT THIS AWARD TESTS AND GRADES A CITY ON HOW WELL IT WORKS FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

SO I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT LAKE JACKSON HAS RECEIVED A SCENIC CITY AWARD.

AND IT, THE ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT IT TOO, IS IT, AND, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT IS BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS, IS, IS THAT IT SHOWS HOW, HOW WELL MANAGED YOUR COMMUNITY IS YOUR AND STUFF.

SO IT'S BECAUSE IT TIES BACK TO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

IT'S NOT JUST, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT IT'S A PRETTY TOWN.

IT'S THAT IT'S WELL MANAGED UP, IT'S MANAGED APPROPRIATELY.

SO VERY GOOD.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO VISITOR'S COMMENTS.

UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY, ANY AUDIENCE IF THEY HAVE A COMMENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING OR AN ISSUE THEY'D LIKE TO BRING TO CITY COUNCIL THAT'S NOT PART OF THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA.

UH, SO YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

IS THERE ANYBODY THAT, UH, WISHES TO, UH, BRING AN ISSUE TO US? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, UH, MOVE ON TO NEXT ITEM IS DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

UH, THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM DOWN THE CONSENT AGENDA OR THE REGULAR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST? ALL RIGHT.

NOT HEARING ANY, WE'LL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM ONE IS APPROVED MINUTES OF OCTOBER 2ND, 2023.

ITEM TWO, SET BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FOR CHARTER.

CHARTER REVIEW PLANNERS,

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L J D C AND TRAFFIC.

ITEM THREE IS RENEW THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ZORIA STORM WATER COALITION FOR THE REGIONAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000 FOR A FIVE YEAR, UH, AS BUDGETED.

ITEM FOUR IS AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE, UH, A CONTRACT WITH A GAME TIME, UH, CARE OF, UH, CUNNINGHAM RECREATION FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR JASMINE PARK THROUGH THE BY BOARD CONTRACT.

UH, 5 9 2 DASH UH, ONE TWO, NOT EXCEEDING.

$279,729 IS BUDGETED.

ITEM FIVE IS APPROVED.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 2 9, UH, ADOPTING THE CITY INVESTMENT POLICY WITH NO CHANGES FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2324.

ITEM SIX IS APPROVED.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 3 0, AMENDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE OUTDOOR POOL AT MATCH GRIFF PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

UM, ITEM SEVEN IS AUTHORIZED PHASE TWO OF THE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000 TO THE L S P S, TO L S P SS FOR THE LEAD AND COPPER LINE.

UH, IDENTIFICATION WITH G I S, UH, LOCATIONS AS MANDATED BY THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

THE CONTACT, UH, THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, UM, WITH THE, WITH THIS PHASE WILL BE $350,000.

AND ITEM EIGHT, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL, UH, AQUATICS UNDER THE BUYBACK, UH, THE BUYBOARD PURCHASING CONTRACT, 7 0 1 DASH 23, UH, FOR THE OUTDOOR POOL PLASTERING AT MAG GRIFFITH PARK NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.

IS THERE A REQUEST FROM ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT AS WRITTEN SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SETH, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HANYA.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA.

ON REGULAR AGENDA IS DISCUSSED IS THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF SEA, SEA BREEZE LANDFILL, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS, UH, FOR WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES.

FIRST ITEM

[1. Discuss the temporary closure of the Seabreeze Landfill and authorize the City Manager to execute any necessary short–term contracts for waste disposal services – Modesto Mundo. ]

UH, RIA, YOU WANNA START US ON THIS? UH, YES MA'AM.

I HAVE, UH, SABRINA, YOU GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SEA BRIDGE? YES.

UM, WE HAVE MR. MATTHEWS ALSO.

YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.

OH, IT'S ALONG WITH ME ALSO IS, UH, UM, DYLAN HOP.

HE'S ONE OF OUR REGION ENGINEERS.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

UM, COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL, UM, LONG AS IT'S CLASS TWO WASTE.

TALKING WITH MODESTO, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM, UM, ONCE THIS STARTED TO KIND OF TRANSFER THE WASTE, GET IT TO ONE OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD KEEP WASTE MOVING.

BUT DURING THE, EARLIER IN THE MONTH, DURING THE TRENCH OF RAINS, WE STARTED SEEING SOME UNUSUAL CRACKS ON THE LANDFILL.

SO WE MONITOR HIM FOR A GOOD 24 HOURS AS THEY GREW, UM, WE PULLED THE PLUG.

SO SAFETY IS OUR, OUR NUMBER ONE CORE VALUE WITH OUR COMPANY.

WE PULLED THE PLUG, WE TOOK EVERYBODY OFF THE HILL, WE SHUT OUR WHOLE OPERATION DOWN.

WE MOVED ALL OF THE WASTE OUT, UM, TRANSFER WASTE, INTERNAL WASTE, UNFORTUNATELY, CITY WASTE, UM, AND WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO ONCE WE DID THAT, WE, WE MONITORED THAT NIGHT.

UM, PART OF THE HILL DID MOVE, UM, AND OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS, IT, IT MOVED MORE.

SO AT THAT TIME, WE BROUGHT IN A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER ENGINEERING FIRM TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND START STUDYING IT TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE OPEN BACK, OPEN OUR GATES BACK UP, UM, THAT EVERYONE'S SAFE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S SAFE COMING AND OUTTA THE LANDFILL AND SO ON.

UM, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE ON THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE A, A FIRM DEFINITE THAT YES.

UM, A FIRM DATE OF WHEN WE'RE GONNA OPEN BACK UP.

BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING PROMISING AND WE HOPE TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE CITY BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

WHETHER WE CAN START OPENING BACK UP, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FULL SCALE.

UM, WE WOULD OPEN UP FOR CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, CITY OF CLUTE, OUR ANGLETON HAULING COMPANY, PROBABLY OUR ALVIN HAULING COMPANY, AND MAYBE A COUPLE LITTLE SMALL, UM, CUSTOMERS HERE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.

UM, WE WON'T TAKE TIPPER WAVES.

WE WON'T START OUR WHOLE OPERATION BACK UP TO WILDLIFE FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

BUT WE KNOW THIS IS IMPACTING THE CITY HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO PEARLAND, UM, TO DISPOSE OF YOUR WASTE.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE, THE ITEMS TO KINDA GET IT RESOLVED AND GET YOU GUYS BACK IN DUMPING IN, IN THE CLOSE PROXIMITY.

SO OPENING IT BACK UP, YOU'RE SAYING JUST FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE, NOT, UH, HEAVY TRASH BE CLASS TWO.

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SO THAT'S COMMERCIAL WASTE, RESIDENTIAL WASTE, UM, SOME INDUSTRIAL WASTE FOR SOME SMALL COMPANIES, IT'S CLASS TWO.

WE COULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

UM, TALK TO MODESTO ABOUT SPRINT.

THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN FOR THE, WITH THE BOXES THAT THEY HAUL THE CITY AND SAW FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

THE, UH, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I WERE, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF THAT, THAT SALE, I GUESS IS WHAT Y'ALL CALL 'EM, WAS FAILING.

AND SO THAT Y'ALL WERE LOOKING AT, UH, THAT YOU'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING UP ANOTHER ONE, BUT IT WASN'T READY YET.

SO YES, Y'ALL ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE, I'M SURE.

YEAH, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTING CELL 17, AND WE WERE PRIOR TO THAT.

UM, SO WE LOOK TO HAVE THE FIRST HALF OF 17 OPEN BY MID, OR BEGINNING TO MID-DECEMBER.

I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

PARDON? UH, I DON'T, UM, QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT A CELL IS, A BATTERY CELL OR, UM, A CELL IS, UH, WE CALL 'EM CONSTRUCTED CELLS.

SO, UM, SUBTITLE, D LANDFILLS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN A CERTAIN WAY.

UH, WE PUT IN AN UNDER DRAIN SYSTEM, SO IF THERE'S ANY PERCHED WATER UNDERNEATH THAT WANTS TO TRY TO COME UP UNDER THE LANDFILL, WE CAN INTERCEPT THAT AND PULL IT OUT.

THEN WE CONSTRUCT A THREE FOOT CLAY LINER, COMPACTED ONE TIMES 10 TO THE MINUS SEVEN.

THEN WE PUT A 60 MIL PLASTIC LINER ON TOP OF THAT LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM ON TOP OF THAT FOR ANY WATER THAT WANTS TO GET THROUGH ALL THE TRASH AND HIT THE LINER.

IT'S THEN PUMPED OUT INTO, UM, TANKS, AND THEN WE HAUL THAT OFF TO AN INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN HOUSTON.

SO A CELL IS MORE LIKE A, LIKE A BIG LINED BOWL TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING CAN GET OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE LANDFILL.

SO JUST TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND SO Y'ALL ARE, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW ONE? YES.

AND SO THAT, THAT WAS LIKE END OF YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT OR, UM, THIS, THE CELL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CONSTRUCTING IS 14 AND A HALF ACRES.

IT WAS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE 11 INCHES OF RAIN THAT WE RECEIVED SET US BACK A LITTLE BIT.

NOW YOU GOT A, NOW YOU GOT A LAKE.

SO, UM, THEY'RE ALMOST BACK ON TRACK NOW.

UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST HALF WE'LL BUILD, UH, PROBABLY SIX, SIX AND A HALF ACRES OF THAT.

UM, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT OPEN IN DECEMBER.

SO WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE SET UP, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TELL US GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA OPEN IT BACK UP.

BUT IN BETWEEN THERE, WHAT ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE WE PICKING UP RIGHT NOW? SABRINA, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT OR HOW THAT'S IMPACTING US? SO, FORTUNATELY SEA BREEZE DID GO AHEAD WHEN THEY GAVE US THE ADDITIONAL LANDFILL TO GO TO, WHICH IS UP ON THE BELTWAY.

UH, THEY ARE HONORING THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.

SO AS FAR AS THAT, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST GOING ON.

THE ADDITIONAL COST IS COMING FROM, WE ARE RUNNING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF OVERTIME BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO TAKE THE TRUCKS UP THERE.

WE HAVE TO, THEY CLOSE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DUMP RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE THAT DAY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET OUT.

AND, UM, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL WEAR AND TEAR AND FUEL COSTS.

FORTUNATELY, WE'RE ALL C N G, SO THAT'S PRETTY CHEAP.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT REALLY IN A BIG COST PROBLEMS. UH, CINDY HAS BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE COST AND PROJECTING OUT FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND THE SIX MONTHS, WHICH SHE THINKS WE'RE GONNA BE AT.

UM, SHE SHARED THAT WITH MODESTO AND RIA, AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA.

BUT RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS RESIDENTIAL OR THE HEAVY, WE'RE DOING PRETTY OKAY.

UM, THE OTHER IS THE HAVING TO TAKE THE SLUDGE OVER TO A DIFFERENT LANDFILL BECAUSE THIS LANDFILL, THIS LONE STAR LANDFILL UP ON, ON THE BELTWAY DOES NOT TAKE THE SLUDGE.

THAT IS THE STUFF THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WE'VE MADE A AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THAT.

I DON'T HAVE A COST ESTIMATE ON THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I DON'T HAVE A, AN UPDATED LOAN LOCALLY OR GOING OUT OUT OF THE AREA QUITE A WAYS.

UH, IT'S GOING OUT TO BLUE STAR.

IT'S ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE.

UH, IT'S GOING UP TO THE BELTWAY.

IT'S JUST HAVING TO GO OVER MORE TOWARDS SANTA FE TYPE AREA.

UM, AND THE OTHER ONE IS THAT SPRINT.

SPRINT WILL BE THE BIG COST THAT WE'VE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE DO HAVE A, A CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT IF THEY, THEY'RE NOW BEING FORCED TO GO TO A DIFFERENT LANDFILL AND TO THEIR NEVILLE LANDFILL, UH, THAT DOES INCREASE THE COST FOR US.

WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER ONE OF THOSE.

WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH SPRINT AND BEEN ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH SPRINT AND GET A FOR REAL FIRM COST.

WE HAVE A TEMPORARY COST THAT WE'RE GOING AT RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE HOPE TO THIS WEEK, NOW THAT MR. MATTHEWS HAS GIVEN US AN UPDATE, UH, WE HOPE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO FIRM THAT UP IF WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED TO GO OUT THERE, OR IF WE CAN REALLY SHORTEN IT AND JUST GO BACK TO THE REGULAR LOCATION.

STUFF SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEND A SPRINT OUT AND, AND GET THAT ADDITIONAL COST GOING ON THERE.

THERE WILL BE A SMALL, THERE WILL BE A COST INCREASE, RIGHT.

WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT SOMETHING TO THE BUDGET.

BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT, LIKE HE'S SAYING, AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, THE, WE PICKED UP A LOT OF THE SPRINT

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IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY FOR THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN.

IT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, UH, IF THERE IS A LONG DELAY.

OH, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE SPRINT MATERIAL.

UH, AND SO WE HAVE, THAT'S LONG PERIOD IS, IS THE IDEA IS WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ABSORB THAT AS MUCH AS WE, THAT COST AS MUCH AS WE CAN, OR WE LOOKING AT TEMPORARY INCREASES IN RATES.

WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, IF, IF THIS GOES UNTIL DECEMBER, JANUARY, YEAH.

THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BRING BACK TO US.

SO WE'LL BRING BACK A TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT FOR THE ROLL OFF CONTAINER.

AND, UH, BUT WE'LL LOOKS LIKE, AND THANK YOU MR. MATTHEWS TO WORK WITH US.

UH, LOOKS LIKE IF HE'S ABLE TO GIVE US A GOOD NOTE BY THIS FRIDAY, RIGHT? UH, WE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR ROLL OFF, WE'RE STILL SERVICING OUR ROLL OFF CONTAINERS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE, WE, WE DIDN'T STOP ANY SERVICES.

SO EVERYTHING'S CONTINUED, RIGHT? THE CONVENIENCE CENTER'S STILL OPEN.

AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COST YEAH, I AGREE TO, WITH MODESTO'S, YOUR HONOR, YARDAGE RATE, UM, WE IMMEDIATELY ROLLED THE RATES BACK A DOLLAR PER YARD FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TO HELP COVER SOME OF THAT COST OF THE ADDITIONAL.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, UH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN REALLY IS EQUIPMENT.

THAT IS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT THAT IS, UM, GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE.

WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE TWO NEW REAR LOADER GARBAGE TRUCKS.

HOPEFULLY ONE OF 'EM COMING IN NEXT WEEK.

THE OTHER ONE SHOULD BE IN BY THANKSGIVING.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, ALREADY ORDERED AND SHOULD BE HERE NEXT YEAR.

UH, MODESTO AND R AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH VEHICLES.

CAN WE POSSIBLY RENT OR RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING'S HOLDING UP AND WE'RE GOOD.

AS LONG AS EVERYTHING HOLDS UP, WE'RE GOOD.

SO HOW MANY UNITS DO WE HAVE ACTUALLY WORK IN AT THIS TIME? WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE RESIDENTIAL TRUCKS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE, UM, COMMERCIALS AND THEN THREE ROW, UH, RECYCLING.

RECYCLING.

SO AS LONG AS EVERYTHING STILL CONTINUES, WE'RE FINE.

WE'RE ABLE TO GET UP THERE.

WE'RE ABLE TO DUMP WHEN WE NEED TO DUMP, GET OUR CREWS BACK HERE.

AND ACTUALLY, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO WORK, UH, THIS WEEKEND.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE ROLL OFFS AND, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A CREW COME IN ON THE WEEKEND AND TAKE ANYTHING UP THERE.

WE DID HAVE TO CLOSE A LITTLE BIT JUST TO THEN SOMETHING THE MAYOR SAID.

UM, WE DID CLOSE THE MULCH YARD AND THE C CCC DOWN ONE DAY WEATHER.

THAT WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY LOADED ALL OF OUR AVAILABLE ROLL OFFS WITH RESIDENTIAL, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PUT ANYTHING.

SO ONCE WE GOT TO WHERE WE, UH, A LANDFILL WHERE WE COULD TAKE IT, WE GOT IT ALL JUMPED.

WE OPENED BACK UP THAT SATURDAY.

WE WERE DOWN FRIDAY, WE OPENED BACK UP THAT SATURDAY, UH, AND HAVE CONTINUED ON AND HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

SO.

WE, WE WILL BRING, BRING MARYLAND CITY COUNCIL REPORT.

I, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY ORDER ANOTHER COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE SIDE LOADED TRUCKS YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND TO RENT THOSE.

AND THESE TRUCKS ARE TAKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO AHEAD AND ORDER ONE JUST IN CASE, BECAUSE ALL THREE TRUCKS ARE GETTING OLD AND WE ARE VERY ALREADY CAN THEY RUN ALL THE WAY TO THE PIER LAND AND THE WEAR AND TEAR.

AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING A PROPOSAL TO CITY COUNCIL.

WELL HOPE, HOPEFULLY THE, THE DRIVERS WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT IT'S, UH, THEY'RE OLD EQUIPMENT AND THEY DO, THEY DO TAKE IT EASY ON.

AND THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY WELL.

UM, YOU SAY WE HAVE IT A LITTLE OVERTIME WHERE WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN EARLY SO WE CAN GET 'EM UP THERE.

UH, THE LANDFILL HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP THERE ALL OUR TIMES AND, AND, AND GETTING ALL OF THAT.

SO THE CREWS HAVE BEEN DOING VERY WELL.

UM, AND YEAH, YOU DON'T REALLY NOTICE THAT SERVICE IS BEING DISRUPTED ANY, SO YEAH, I WAS AFRAID WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE SCHEDULES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

NO, NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

NO IMPACT TO THE, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DID DISCUSS.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SEA REESE HAS WORKED WITH US ABOUT GETTING US A LANDFILL AND, AND GETTING ON UP THERE.

SO EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING'S GOING AS WELL AS CAN BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM TO WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO, SO YOU HAVEN'T HEARD A COMPLAINT, I'LL LET THEM KNOW.

I HAVE ONE FROM CITIZENS, SO I'LL LET THEM KNOW.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL APPRECIATE THEIR ALL.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? YEAH, AND, AND TO SEA BREEZE AS WELL.

IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T FULLY APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY INVOLVED IN WASTE MANAGEMENT UNTIL I BECAME A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, BUT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO FOR US.

TAKES A LOT TO GET RID OF STUFF.

BUT ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING Y'ALL DOING FOR YEAH, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME, YEAH, OKAY.

SOUNDS GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT.

DO WE NEED TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO? YES.

ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO IS DISCUSS WHETHER TO RELEASE A PORTION OF, UH, CITY EX.

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THERE'S NOTHING I DON'T THINK IT SAYS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE ON THE BOARD.

SO WHAT DO WE, I WOULD JUST SAY OH, OKAY.

TO GIVE, UH, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY SHORT TERM CONTRACTS.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM ONE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE ITEM ONE AS WRITTEN.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SETH, AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.

UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN, IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

TWO IS DISCUSS WHETHER TO RELEASE A PORTION OF THE CITY EXTRA TOTER, TERRITORIAL.

THANKS FOR PULLING ME BACK ON THAT.

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[2. Discuss whether to release a portion of the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to the City of Brazoria – Modesto Mundo.]

IT'S A LOT OF TEAS IN THERE.

JURISDICTION TO THE CITY OF ZORIA.

MARIA, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS? UH, YES, MAYOR, AS, AS YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT, UM, THAT THERE IS OVERLAPPING OF THE E T J.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT WITH SAL AND, AND SHERRY AND SAL CAN PRESENT TO YOU, APPARENTLY SOME OF THIS AREA, WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY, SO WE ARE NO LONGER REGULATING IT.

BUSINESS PROJECT MANAGER.

BUT SAL, IF YOU CAN SHOW THE COUNCIL THE MAP AND WHICH OF THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND YEAH.

AND, AND DISCUSS THAT LITTLE, THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY.

BASICALLY, IT'S ON WHICH SIDE OF THE CITY? UH, OKAY.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE, THE, UH, CITY, THE CITY LIMITS, AND THE E T J OF THE CITY, LIKE JACKSON.

UH, ALL THOSE RADIUS THAT YOU SEE, UH, THAT, UH, COME OUT OF THE, UH, THE ACTION, ANY NEED, USE THE POINTERS.

SO YES, WE CAN DO, THANK YOU.

I CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, THE, THIS IS OF COURSE THE SEAL LIMIT RIGHT HERE IN BLUE.

A LOT OF BLUE.

THIS IS THE SEAL LIMIT IN BLUE.

UH, AND, UH, STATE LAW ALLOWS CITIES OVER CERTAIN, UH, POPULATION TO EXTEND THEIR E T J BOUNDARIES BEYOND THAT CITY LIMIT ABOUT TWO MILES, UH, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.

ALL THESE RADIUSES INDICATE THE TWO MILE RADIOS THAT EXTEND FROM ALL THESE POINTS ALONG THE, UH, ALONG THE CITY LIMIT.

SO IS THAT GOING OUT THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN OUT 2004? CORRECT.

UH, WE DID, UH, WE DID AN LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY SOMETIME BACK, UH, CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH YEAR IT WAS.

WHERE, THIS BEING THE RIVER RIGHT HERE THAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, WE MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT THE E T J ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS GONNA BE UNDER THEIR JURISDICTION FOR THEY TO, TO, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY HAS IN THE E T J AS FAR AS STATE LAW IS THE, UH, SUBDIVISION AUTHORITY OVER THAT GENERAL AREA OVER THE E T J.

NOTHING ELSE.

WE CANNOT ZONE, WE CANNOT REGULATE, UH, CONSTRUCTION.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE BUT THE SUBDIVISION.

THAT IS WHAT STATE, STATE LAW ALLOWS THE CITY.

SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RIVER THERE AND ITS COMPLEXITY AND EVEN PROVIDING ANY SERVICES OR EVEN THE REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING SERVICES, THE CITY DECIDED TO THEN RELEGATE THAT AUTHORITY AS FAR AS E T J SUBDIVISION TO THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, AGREED TO THAT.

SO THEREFORE, ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A SUBDIVISION, ANY TYPE OF SUBDIVISION TO BE HAPPENING ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER, THE CITY STAYS AWAY FROM THAT.

AND WE ALWAYS REFER BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR THEM TO REGULATE THAT ACCORDING TO WHAT THEIR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS ARE.

UH, ANYTHING ON THE EAST SIDE IS, HAS BEEN KEPT UNDER THE, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY FOR US TO, AND WE HAVE THROUGH THE YEARS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD THE REPLANTS AND THE SUBDIVISIONS OF ANYTHING ON THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER.

AND ON OUR SIDE OF THE RIVER, UH, THE CITY OF, UH, BRAZORIA CAME HERE AND WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF BRAZORIA, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE, UH, MAYOR, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.

AND HE'S WITH THAT.

THAT JOIN, THAT GOES INTO WHAT THIS HASH AREA IS, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT WE HAD SEEDED TO THE COUNTY FOR THEIR E T J JURISDICTION.

AND THEY'RE CONSULTANT.

UH, THEY CAME TO US REQUESTING THAT THE CITY CONSIDER ABANDONING, UH, OUR E T J, UH, THAT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR E T J.

AND WHAT I DID, IT WAS THE BEST ATTEMPT THAT I COULD IN SHOWING WHERE THIS CONFLICT OCCURRED.

AND YOU COULD SEE THIS RADIUS RIGHT HERE

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SO THEREFORE, THIS IS WHAT, UH, THE CITY OF BRAZORIA IS HOPING THAT THEY CAN GET, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO AGREE TO PRIMARILY, AS I UNDERSTAND, AS, AS THEY MADE IT TO, TO US, IS THAT THIS PARTICULAR FINGER THAT YOU SEE HERE IS PART OF THEIR CITY LIMIT.

AND THAT IS PART, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ISN'T THAT PART OF THE, UH, EXCUSE ME IF I'M GONNA DIRECT TO THEM, ISN'T THAT PART OF THE P I D THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO WORK ON RECENTLY? OKAY.

THERE'S A P I D FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOME COMMERCIAL I BELIEVE.

SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO DO THIS THING.

AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS REALLY CREATING THIS REQUEST.

UH, THERE'S ALREADY A DEVELOPED SUBDIVISION HERE THAT WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THIS AREA, I BELIEVE.

SO IF WE SEATED THAT TO THE COUNTY ALREADY.

THEY NEED TO ALSO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY, OR WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

WELL, UH, I THINK, UH, THAT, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION THERE.

AND I BELIEVE THIS, WE BROUGHT THAT UP TO, TO THE, TO THE CITY, UH, TO, TO THE CITY OF BRAZORIA.

DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UH, RESPONSE TO THAT? WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS, I'M SORRY, I NEED YOU TO, TO COME UP TO MY OFFICE.

YOU CAN COME IN THERE AND JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND NAME IS GOOD FOR THE RECORD.

I AM, UH, VENA.

I, I LIVE AT TWO 18 C ESCAPEE LANE, DICKINSON, TEXAS.

I WORK FOR ATCO ENGINEERING.

WHAT I DID, I, I BROUGHT A, A CLEARER COPY MARY HERE.

YOU'RE, IF YOU NEED CLEAR THE LITTLE, I JUST TWO KIND OF, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH OTHER CITIES LIKE FREEPORT RIGHT.

AND YOURSELF ABOUT THIS LITTLE PARCEL OF LAND THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER.

AND, UH, WHAT, UH, THE PROCESS IS, WE GO TO THE CITIES AND ASK IF IT COULD BE BASICALLY TRANSFERRED OVER OR THE PROCESS OF THE CITY OWNING THAT PROPERTY.

ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THE CITIES HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY AND TALK TO, UH, I THINK MARY IS THE ATTORNEY OVER THERE, AND FIND OUT DO THEY NEED TO UPDATE THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENT TO ENCOMPASS THIS NEW LAND THAT THEY HAVE.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN EVERY CITY, I THINK WILL GET A CALL FROM THE COUNTY SAYING, IS IT TRUE YOU'RE NO LONGER GONNA REGULATE THIS LAND? ARE YOU GONNA BASICALLY SEAT IT OVER TO THE CITY FOR THE TWO MILE RADIUS? SO EVERY CITY'S GONNA GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE COUNTY STATING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

I WORKED IN THE COUNTY FOR FIVE YEARS AS A DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR THERE, AND THIS AREA RIGHT HERE WAS THE BIGGEST, BASICALLY CONFLICT THAT THEY HAD THAT THE CITY OF BRAZORIA HAD SO MANY OVERLAPPING ENTER AND THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO APPROACH IT.

SO THEY BASICALLY WANTED THE CITIES TO DISCUSS, SEE WHAT WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE OPTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, SO BASICALLY THIS LAND IS NOT OFF OF 2004, IT'S OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 400.

IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING, IT'S OFF OF HIGHWAY 36, AS YOU CAN SEE.

I'M GONNA GET, IT'S CLOSE OVER HERE.

HIGHWAY 36 IS RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, WE GOT A POINTER.

YOU CAN 36 HERE, FOUR OH IS OVER HERE.

THIS IS WHERE THE LAND IS.

AND THAT IS THAT LITTLE PINK SPOT, OR IT'S THE CITY OF ZOIA RIGHT THERE.

TO, SO THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THERE.

SO TO DATE GO AHEAD, DO IT ONE SEC.

SO IT IS, IT IS OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 400 AND DOWN AWAY.

SO YEAH, IT, I, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD THAT JURISDICTION.

I THOUGHT OUR CITY LIMITS SCIENCE JUST WENT FROM, WELL, IT'S NOT F CITY LIMITS.

IT'S, IT'S R E T J T J T.

IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY.

SO IT'S TWO, IT'S AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF MILES OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS.

SO TO DATE, HAS ANYONE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY RHE? NO.

NOBODY'S HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY AS OF THIS POINT? NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD THE CONVERSATION CONCERNING THE, HAD A LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN EFFECT.

THIS ISN'T AFFECTING THAT.

THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO AGREE TO IT, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GETTING THEIR PIECES TOGETHER SO THEY CAN APPROACH THE COUNTY, THE WHOLE CONCEPT.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING TO US JUST TO RELEASE THAT E THAT SECTION OF THE E T J.

AND IF WE AGREE TO THAT, WELL THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'LL TAKE ALL YOUR PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TO THE COUNTY AND THEY'LL CALL US AND EVERY CITY WILL PROBABLY GET A LETTER, RIGHT.

OR SOMETHING FROM THE CITY.

IT'LL PROBABLY BE FROM MARY'S OFFICE.

I'M GONNA BRING AN ORDINANCE TO THAT TOO.

WELL,

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YOU'LL HAVE AN ORDINANCE.

SO AND THEN AT THAT POINT, ONCE IT'S BEEN DECIDED, THEN THAT'S NO LONGER OUR E T J, IT'S WE'RE DONE.

AND, AND THE ONLY THING WE HAD WAS INVOLVED WITH JUST FIRE EMERGENCY, UM, NO, CURRENTLY NOTHING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SERVICES THERE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.

NO, NO.

YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW, WELL, MS. SETH IS THE FACT THAT WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO RELEASE THAT PARTICULAR PORTION THAT THEY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER, UNLESS SOMEHOW THE WHOLE AREA THAT WE SEEDED THEM GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE COUNTY IS AND WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

OH, IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE INTER THAT WE HAVE THE INTERLOCAL FOR, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE AREA UP TO THE WEST OF THE RIVER.

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THAT IS MY QUESTION.

WELL, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A LITTLE MESSY BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WEST OF THE BRAS.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE A BUNCH OF MARKERS.

SO, BUT THAT'S, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING SHOULD BE MANAGEABLE.

MM-HMM.

, I MEAN, WE ARE LANDLOCKED ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SO OUR GROWTH, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ANGLETON ON THEIR SIDE, GLUED ON THIS SIDE, FREEPORT.

SO, I MEAN, THE ONLY WAY WE HAVE TO GROW EVER IF WE DO GROW IS IN THAT DIRECTION.

THAT, THAT IS TRUE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME IS IS THAT, UH, TO PUT SERVICES, SERVICES ACROSS THE BRAS, THERE'S GONNA BE COST PROHIBITIVE.

AND SO IF YOU HAD ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THERE, YOU WOULD ALMOST BE GOING TO A CITY LIKE BRAZORIA AND ASKING THEM TO SUPPLY THOSE SERVICES FOR THAT GROWTH.

NO, RIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MEAN, I MEAN, SOMEDAY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANNA PUT A DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE RIVER.

I MEAN, AND UH, I JUST DON'T WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE.

I MEAN, I'M NOT AGAINST DOING WHAT WE, WHAT, WHAT WE ASKED TO DO, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERST, YOU KNOW, THERE ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER IS LAKE JACKSON, THE OTHER SIDE RIVER IS GONNA BE BRAZORIA AND YOU, YOU GIVING UP THAT PART OF THE RIVER ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH, UH, COULD, SOME DEVELOPER MAY WANT TO COME AND BUILD SOMETHING THERE THAT UH, MAY BE WILLING TO, UH, FOOT THE BILL FOR THE SERVICES TO BE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE PUT IN.

BUT MAYOR, AT THIS MOMENT, THE DISCUSSION IS JUST ON THIS SECTION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

JUST THAT LITTLE PORTION.

WE ACTUALLY, NOT THE WHOLE THING.

BUT WE TALKING ABOUT GIVING UP THE WHOLE THING.

SO IT'S NOT MESSY.

NO, I, NO, THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T WHAT I WAS SAYING.

I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, UH, I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS THE WHOLE PORTION.

NO, I DON'T THINK THE CITY WANTS WHOLE PORTION.

NO, NO.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

WE WERE TRYING TO JUST TRY TO CLEAN UP EVERYTHING, MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.

AND UH, LIKE I SAID, THE OTHER PORTION OF YOUR E T J, IT'S STILL LAKE JACKSON, IT'S STILL THERE.

I KNOW THEY'RE REWORKING COUNTY ROAD 400 RIGHT NOW.

THE COUNTY I THINK IS MOVING THE ROADS, IT'S GONNA GET BETTER.

SO ALL THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THERE CAN STILL HAPPEN FOR LAKE JACKSON.

I WOULDN'T SEEK THAT OTHER FORKLIFT.

? NO.

UH, OKAY.

I WOULDN'T SEE THAT, BUT THAT ONE.

SO CAN SOMEBODY POINT ME WHERE THE PRISON LAND IS GOING TO IS RIGHT NOW? COMPARATIVE, WHICH ONE? THE REST OF THE PRISON, LIKE PRISON IS EVENTUALLY MOVING OUT THE AREA.

WELL, THERE'S WAY NEAR, THERE'S LAND ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND THERE'S LAND ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.

UH, I THINK THE PRISON, THE PRISON, THIS IS THE PRISON RIGHT HERE.

NO PRISON'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.

ON THE OTHER SIDE IS ON, THIS IS COUNTY ROAD.

THIS IS 2004 AS IT COMES OVER THE RIVER.

AND THE CITY LIMIT GOES ONE MILE FROM THE RIVER, WHICH IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT LOCATION.

AND THIS IS WHERE, AND WE KEEP THAT, THE REASON WHY WE WENT OUT AND EXTENDED THE ACTUAL CITY LIMIT TO THIS POINT WAS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONTROL IN, IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

WELL, UH, THAT CONTROL REALLY HASN'T HAPPENED.

THERE'S DEVELOP THE, UH, THERE'S BEEN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON, ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING ME.

I I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEST.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING AT 2004, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEFT.

AND THE PRISON, THE PRISON IS RIGHT HERE.

BETWEEN HERE AND WHERE 36 IS RIGHT? WHICH IS RIGHT, RIGHT THERE.

I GOT YOU.

SO THE PRESENCES IN THIS GENTLE, I WAS SOMEONE ELSE.

OH, DON'T HAVE A CAT.

HE'S GOING CRAZY.

I WAS, THANK YOU FOR ORIENTATING ME CORRECTLY.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? DO, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ACRES WE TALKING ABOUT? DO? IS THERE A LITTLE POST-IT PAD THERE ON ONE OF 'EM? I THINK IT'S FOUR

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30 ACRES.

WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE? THERE'S A POST-IT NOTE ON THIS.

GOT A LITTLE POST-IT PAD ON ONE SHEET.

WHAT'S IT SAY? OH, OKAY.

I HAD IT UP POSTED.

YEAH, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT, THE RADIO, THE RADIUS THAT YOU SEE THERE EXTENDING FROM THAT FINGER IS UH, HALF A MILE.

IT'S, UH, 435 ACRES.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE MAP THAT, UH, ROSA COUNTY HAS ONLINE.

YOU JUST CLICK ON IT AND BASICALLY FOOTAGE.

IS LIKE THE FINAL RESORT, THE RE UH, RESULT THAT I SEE ON THIS MAP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

YOU'RE SAYING THIS ONE IS THE MORE YEAH.

AND THAT'S LIKE, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE CLEANER.

LIKE, AND THIS RIGHT HERE SORT OF BOTHERS ME.

I DON'T WANT TO TIGHTEN THAT UP SOMEHOW SO WE DON'T GET INTO ANY YEAH, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT CLEANER.

YEAH, IT DOES LOOK CLEANER.

WE ZOOMED IN TO GET A BETTER PORTION OF IT.

THIS IS A, AN OLDER, UH, G I S THAT UH, LET'S SAY.

AGAIN, LIKE, UH, SHERRY SAID IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, SHE'LL BRING, UH, AN ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE, UH, BACK TO US FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

WE'LL HAVE IT DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN MM-HMM.

AL'S, UH, PICTURE AD HOC ASSUME.

ANY, UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE.

IF SOMEBODY MAKE MY MOTION ON THIS TO, TO UH, I GUESS UNDER THERE ANY ACTION ON THIS? DO CAN WE TAKE YEAH.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER.

UH, NO, IT'S DISCUSS WHETHER, BUT WE CAN STILL GIVE DIRECTION.

SO THE DIRECTION, IS THERE AGREEMENT THAT WE GIVE DIRECTION TO SHERRY TO DRAFT ORDINANCES? YES.

MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE.

UH, THANK YOU FOLKS FOR COMING OVER.

ITEM THREE IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A HIRING CONSULTANT TO ASSIST IN APPLYING FOR FLOOD CONTROL GRANTS.

COMING OVER THE RIVER AND SEEING US .

COME BACK.

UH,

[3. Discuss and consider hiring a consultant to assist in applying for flood control grants – Riazul Mia.]

MR. MAYOR, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE, I HAD ATTENDED THE TEXAS FLOOD PAIN MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE IN DENTON AND UM, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

THEY DID PRESENTATION AND I KNOW WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEED FOR OUR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.

AND SO WHAT I DID, I'M JUST GONNA QUICKLY GO OVER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACT AND THE INFLATION CONTROL ACT, THERE ARE A LOT OF MONEY COMING TO THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR FLOOD CONTROL.

AND SO WE, UH, I KNOW HISTORICALLY WE NEVER GO AFTER THIS MONEY, BUT I THINK WE, WE NEED TO DEFINITELY GO AFTER THIS MONEY BECAUSE AS THEY, AS YOU CAN, YOU WILL SEE THESE ARE THE FOUR CATEGORIES MONEY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE.

AND WE ARE ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

UH, WE ARE PART OF THE N F I P PROGRAM.

UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.

AND WHAT, WHAT I WILL, I WILL SHOW YOU THIS ONE.

SEE TEXAS, LAST YEAR WE HAD $200 MILLION GIVEN TO THIS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

THIS YEAR THEY'RE GETTING $800 MILLION.

SO THAT'S PLENTY OF MONEY, UH, FOR THESE KIND OF PROJECTS.

AND WHAT PROJECT WE ARE GOING AFTER IS A PRE-DISASTER MONEY, WHICH IS YOUR SUM OF YOUR DRAINAGE PROJECT.

AND, UM, AND SO WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA DO, BECAUSE THE APPLICATION WILL BE OPEN IN JANUARY, WE WANNA BRING A CONSULTANT AND TO LOOK AT, THESE ARE THE FOUR PROJECTS WE HAVE.

YOU'RE MOVING TO, UH, ON THE SCREEN 89.

PAGE 89.

AND WE HAVE MOSS CHESTNUT.

I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME BOND MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO THE PROJECTS.

ACTUALLY NEXT PAGE, UH, THERE WE GO.

90, UH, WE HAVE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT AND WE ALSO WANT TO DO A DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN FOR THE WHOLE LAKE JACKSON.

AND SO WE ARE REQUESTING COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO GO OUT AND HIRE A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, DO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILED STUDY AND SEE CAN WE QUALIFY.

WE DEFINITELY, BECAUSE THE MOSS CHESTNUT, WE DO HAVE MONEY.

SO WE CAN DO 25% MATCH IF WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY.

SO I DON'T EXPECT THIS CONSULTANT WILL BE MORE THAN 50,000, BUT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THEM JUST GO LOOK AT THE NUMBER AND SEE WHAT CATEGORY WE FAIL SO WE CAN APPLY THE, THE GRANT OR ZERO INTEREST LOAN, WHATEVER WE CALL.

SO, BECAUSE OFTEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS SOMEBODY THAT, THAT WORKS WITH THIS.

YES SIR.

AND WE ARE GONNA GO OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

SO I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF GOING OUT FROM GRANTS AND TRYING TO PULL SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR, OUR CITY.

THE ONLY THING THAT EVER MAKES ME HESITATE IS SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO

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THAT MONEY.

UM, AND I, I'M CON WOULD BE CURIOUS IF IN COUNCIL'S PAST, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DIDN'T GO AFTER THEM IS TO KIND OF STAY DISENTANGLE FROM SOME OF THAT.

SO WHATEVER THE CONSULTANT FINDS, I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE FRONT AND CENTER.

WHAT STRINGS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS GRANT? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

I MEAN, IT, IT COMES WITH ALL THE, ALL THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT A LOT OF THE TIME IN MY THING IS WITH THE, WITH THE THIS KIND OF LOANS OR GRANT, WE ALWAYS PAY FOR THE DESIGN AND THEN WE GO FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLAR.

SINCE WE HAVE SOME BOND MONEY, WE CAN DO THAT.

IF WE QUALIFY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE DESIGN AND READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

'CAUSE USUALLY IF YOU GET A GRANT, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU ALMOST EIGHT MONTHS TO A YEAR TO SECURE THE MONEY BY THE TIME YOU ARE FINISHING THE DESIGN AND YOU ARE ALREADY HAVE.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE GRANT MONEY.

THAT'S GREAT.

I JUST WANNA ALWAYS BE VERY CLEAR WHEN WE GO OUT FOR ANY GRANT, WHAT PARTICULAR STRINGS ARE ATTACHED TO IT? THAT'S ALL.

ONE OF THE, THE GRANT THAT REALLY, UH, LEFT US FEELING BAD WAS THE TECH STOCK GRANT THAT WE DID ON THE TRAIL.

AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT, THE STRINGS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THAT WAS ALL THE EXTRA THINGS THAT THEY REQUIRED US TO PUT IN THAT ADDED COST.

AND PLUS WE HAD TO USE THEIR ENGINEER.

IS THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T CARE WHAT OUR FEELINGS WERE ON DRAINAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD ALL THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

AND SO IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST A, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A BAD ONE.

BUT, UH, AND I AGAIN YEAH, I AGREE.

I MEAN THERE'S ALWAYS A CONCERN ABOUT WHAT KIND OF STRINGS ARE ATTACHED WITH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL DOLLARS AND, UH, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL, UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT WE'RE GOING AFTER IT THOUGH.

AND WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME ZERO INTEREST, UH, GRANTS OUT THERE TO FUNDS ALSO.

SO IT'S THINGS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT ANYTHING IN.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

BUT THAT'S, UH, UM, AGAIN, WE GO OUT FOR THE REQUEST, UH, IS WE'LL FIND AND NO, THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA.

TO BRING THE CONSULTANT LOOK AT OUR PROJECTS AND SEE WHICH ONE WE QUALIFY.

I MEAN, WE, WE MIGHT NOT QUALIFY, BUT MOST CHESTNUT DEFINITELY IS A PRE-DISASTER BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE DRAINAGE ISSUE.

IT IS APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH THE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE, AND DO WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT, UH, THE GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE? IF, AGAIN, THIS IS TEXDOT, WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THE ROAD, WHAT, UH, MILFORD DID ON SIDEWALKS, WE FOUND OUT THAT YEAH, THEY'LL PUT US ON THE LIST, BUT WE, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ENGINEERING DONE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'D REALIZED WELL THE ENGINEERING WAS GONNA COST WAS WAY BEYOND ANY KIND OF COST WE COULD AFFORD.

SO AGAIN, SO WE DON'T GO DOWN THE SAME ROAD, IS THAT WE KNOW UPFRONT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO AFTER THIS ONE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE YOUR PRE-ENGINEERING DONE.

AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE LUCKY BECAUSE MOSS CHESTMONT, WE ALREADY HAVE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE ENGINEERING ON IT.

BUT ALL THESE OTHER ONES, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE UPFRONT, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE.

AND IF WE CAN AFFORD THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST LOOK AT CAN WE AFFORD THE MATCHING COMPONENT? AND THIS, AGAIN, THE TEXT ONE BID US IN THE REAR END WHENEVER IT CAME BACK AND SAID, WELL, YOU'VE GOTTA DO ALL YOUR PRE YOUR ENGINEERING UP FRONT TOO.

WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD COVER THE WHOLE COST.

YES, MAYOR.

AND WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING BACK TO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A RESOLUTION TO APPLY THE GRANT.

BUT AT THIS MOMENT, WE JUST ASKING YOUR PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND HIRE A CONSULTANT.

LOOK AT IT, SEE IF WE CAN, AS I SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH MOSS CHESTNUT RIGHT AT THIS SIDE, PART OF THIS SIDE DRAINAGE.

WE DO HAVE SOME G L O MONEY, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH.

AND PART OF THIS PROGRAM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PROGRAM YOU CAN FIND, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL GIVE YOU MONEY TO MATCH ANY FEDERAL GRANTS.

SO THAT'S IN CATEGORY THREE.

AND SO WE, AND WE WILL LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL MONEY TO MATCH THE G L O MONEY GRANT SO WE CAN FINISH THE PROJECT.

ONE THING ON THIS PARTICULAR, ON ON NUMBER THREE IS IT WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF BUDGET FOR HIRING THE CONSULTANT.

LIKE IT WOULD LIKE SOME SORT OF NUMBER NOT TO EXCEED ATTACHED TO THIS.

BEFORE I JUST SAY SURE.

HIRING A CONSULTANT HEARD A $50,000 NUMBER, SO RIGHT.

I MEAN, ANYTHING OVER 50,000, WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL.

WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO YOU ANYWAY.

IT'S, IT'S AN R F P.

YOU CAN'T ASK THEM FOR MONEY UP UPFRONT.

UM, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S PART NEGOTIATION.

SO AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA, IT'LL BE THE SAME CYCLE WE GO THROUGH.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO R F P.

YES, SIR.

AND THEN YOU'LL SIT DOWN AND TALK TO 'EM AND YOU'LL FIND OUT, UH, WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY OF YOU GUYS AND THEN WE GO ELSEWHERE MM-HMM.

OR THEY CAN WORK WITHIN THAT 50,000 AMOUNT, HOPEFULLY LESS, BUT, OKAY.

SO, UH, FROM HERE, JUST AGAIN, YOU WANT DIRECT DIRECTION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

IS THERE CONSENSUS, UH, ON MOVING FORWARD WITH A YES.

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AT LEAST LOOKING INTO IT? SURE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.

[4. Approve the submittal of Medical Drive asphalt repairs for the 2024 request for road construction projects with Brazoria County in an amount not to exceed $120,000 – Sal Aguirre.]

ITEM FOUR IS APPROVE THE SUBMITTAL OF MEDICAL DRIVE ASPHALT REPAIRS FOR TWO, UH, FOR 2024.

UH, REQUEST FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $120,000.

SO THERE, UH, THIS IS A, AN ANNUAL, UH, REQUEST FOR PROJECTS FROM THE COUNTY, UH, THAT IN THE PAST HAS, UH, SOMEWHAT BEEN LOST BECAUSE, UH, OF THE, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THE CITY D C I HAVE BEEN SUBMITTING FOR THERE IN LOCAL AGREEMENTS, UH, FOR THIS, UH, TYPE OF WORK.

AND I BELIEVE WE JUST, JUST BY THE SOUND OF THEIR LETTER OR THEIR, TO US BY THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S LETTER, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL MISSION, WHICH IS TO, TO WORK ON ROADS PRIMARILY.

UH, AND, UH, SO THEREFORE, UH, THE PREVIOUS ONES THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED ARE SOMEWHERE IN, YOU KNOW, IN SOME TYPE OF PURGATORY WAITING FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR CHANCE TO COME OUT.

UH, SO WHAT WE ARE NOW DOING IS WE'RE SUBMITTING ONES, I MEAN, THE ONES FOR THIS COMING 2024, AND, UH, TRYING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A LIMIT ALSO SET FOR, UH, ACCORDING TO THEIR LETTER OF ABOUT FOUR PROJECTS.

AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT WE SORT OF, OR THAT DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES LIMITED TO JUST PRIMARILY RESURFACING OF ROADS, WHICH MAY NOT BE THE CASE BECAUSE THE ROADS NEED MORE THAN JUST RESURFACING.

THEY NEED A LOT MORE, UH, RECLAMATION OF THE, OF THE ROAD BED ITSELF.

SO WE ARE SUBMITTING ONE THAT DOES CONTAIN A RECLAMATION OF THE ROAD BED.

IT'S ONE, UH, THE, UH, ASPHALT PORTION THAT IS, UH, LEFT IN THE MEDICAL DRIVE CORRIDOR.

UH, WE DID THAT BACK IN 20, UH, I'M TRYING TO SAY 20, UH, 15, I BELIEVE THE PORTION THAT DOW STATE WE WANTED DOING IT TEMPORARILY.

THAT'S THE ONE, ONE NOT BECOME PERMANENT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT CAME ABOUT FOR, FROM THAT, UH, THAT WORK, UH, SURGE THAT DOW HAD AT ONE TIME BACK IN THE, UH, 4 BILLION IN THE 2010.

AND WE CAME BACK AND TOLD 'EM THAT WE WOULD DO SOMETHING, BUT ENDOW WENT TO THE EXTENT OF, UH, PARTNERING WITH US WITH MONEY.

UH, SO WE SAID YES, BUT THIS WILL ONLY TAKE US TO ABOUT FIVE YEARS AT THE MOST.

WELL, THAT WAS 10 YEARS AGO.

AND IT'S FINALLY SHOWING UP THAT WAY.

WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT THING.

SO WHAT WE'RE COMING BACK WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR 24 CANDIDATE FOR THIS TYPE OF A PROJECT, HOPING THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE US UP ON THAT.

UH, BUT THERE'S OF COURSE THE MONEY AMOUNT THAT WE'RE COMING BACK WITH, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL GONNA HAVE TO DO A PRO A, UH, BUDGET, UH, AMENDMENT, I BELIEVE, IN ORDER TO DO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

SO THIS $120,000, IS THIS YOUR ESTIMATE OR IS THAT, THAT'S THE ESTIMATE BASED ON THE, ON THE, ON THE MATERIALS COSTS, UH, THAT THE COUNTY HAS THIS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

SO YOU JUST WENT BY SQUARE FOOTAGE OR 10 FEET? WE JUST WENT BY THE SQUARE YARD.

IT'S CORRECT.

THE SQUARE YARD.

AND SO THEY COULD COME BACK AND SAY, NO, YOU, THE ROAD BASE IS GONNA DO THIS AND IT'S GONNA BE 240,000.

NO, NO, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, GIVEN JUST SQUARE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY HAVE, UH, ON MATERIALS TO BE APPLIED TO THAT PARTICULAR, UH, ROAD BED, I'M JUST SAYING IS SO THE 120,000 THAT'S JUST GONNA GIVE US APO OF ASPHALT ON TOP, OR IS THAT GOING TO TAKE DOWN TO THE ROAD BASE? IT'S, YEAH, CORRECT.

IT IS WHAT THEY DID, EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID ON, UH, ON, UH, SOUTHERN OAKS.

SOUTHERN OAKS.

ON, UH, OH, ANGLETON ROAD.

SO SINCE DALLAS IS ASKING, WE USE THAT ROAD MORE OFTEN, AND THE GATE IS OPEN PERMANENTLY FOR THE TRAFFIC, FOR, UH, WOULD THEY BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING, GETTING THAT FIXED FOR $120,000 TALL WITH DOW, YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP TO THEM.

NO, I THINK WE OUGHT TO VISIT THAT.

'CAUSE YOU, YOU NEVER KNOW.

I MEAN, UH, I MEAN, WELL, I, THEY'RE THE BIGGEST USERS OF THEIR HILL.

THERE'S NOTHING YEAH.

THERE'S NOTHING LOST BY ASKING YEAH.

WHETHER WE GET ANYTHING.

I MEAN, IT'S THAT WE CAN ONLY SAY NOW.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ROADS IN LAKE JACKSON COULD REALLY USE THAT MONEY.

AND, UH, YOU DON'T, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE CAN DRIVE DOWN YO ON AND OR DRIVE.

IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.

AND, UH, SO I MEAN, I JUST HATE TO, UH, NOT JUST ASK AND NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST 'CAUSE I, I REALLY WOULD PREFER THAT.

SO, SO BASICALLY IT'S, IT IS A PROJECT LIKE WE DID OVER

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UH, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

WELL, WE DID AT OLD, OLD ANG ROAD, PROBABLY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.

WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR.

SOMETHING SIMILAR, CORRECT.

I MEAN, I CAN GO BACK AND, AND, UH, WE CAN ASK DOW IF THEY WANNA CONTRIBUTE TO IT.

UH, SEE WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

UH, I MEAN, THEY, THEY USE IT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY OPEN THE, THE GATE'S NOT OPEN ALL THE TIME.

THE GATE IS OPEN FOR PROJECTS.

AND SO OUR, THE, THE THING IS, IS THAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS, IS AFTER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, IT WAS GONNA GO BACK TO THAT BLACK BLACKTOP ROAD WAS GOING TO EITHER BE, WE WERE EITHER GOING TO CEMENT IT OR WE WERE GONNA CLOSE IT DOWN AND GO BACK TO TWO LANES.

AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, THAT MEDICAL DRIVE IS USED BY MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST DOW TRAFFIC.

AND IF WE TRY TO GO TO TWO LANE, BACK TO TWO LANE, WE'D PROBABLY CATCH, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IT.

SO MM-HMM.

, UH, I SAY NO SENSE IN, NO HARM IN ASKING.

I MEAN, OKAY.

UM, BUT WOULD, THAT WOULDN'T STOP US FROM SUBMITTING THE, THE REQUEST.

SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NOW I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM FOUR MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUBMIT MEDICAL DRIVER ASPHALT REPAIR FOR 2024, REQUEST FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WITH MISSOURI COUNTY IN THE MOUNTAIN, NOT TO EXCEED THE 120,000.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSTABLE BAKER TO APPROVE THE, UH, REQUEST.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

GO TO

[5. Quarterly Financial and Investment Report - James Bryson.]

ITEM FIVE.

THANKS.

S UH, ITEM FIVE IS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT.

GOING BACK SINCE THE COUNCIL DID THE DISCUSSION, MAYBE IT'LL BE WISE, PUT AN AMENDED MOTION TO ASK, UH, SEND A LETTER TO DOW FOR IF THEY'RE REQUESTING A CONTRIBUTION.

WE CAN ADD THAT AMENDED MOTION.

SO WE'LL OFFICIALLY SEND A LETTER FROM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

WELL, UNLESS WE DO AN ACTUAL MOTION, WE CAN DO THAT AS JUST A REQUEST AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DIRECTION.

JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT CLEAN.

MM-HMM.

, UH, ITEM FIVE IS, UH, OKAY, SO JAMES? YES, SIR.

GOOD EVENING.

ALL THE CHARGER FANS ARE GONE.

OH, YEAH.

SO IT'S, SEE HERE.

SO WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH THE FINANCIALS FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THE FIRST PAGE I PROVIDED YOU WAS THE, UH, INVESTMENT REPORT, WHICH IS THE CASH POSITION FOR THE CITY AS OF NINE 30 OF 2023.

UH, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU COULD SEE THE BIG INCREASE FOR FIRST NATIONAL BANK, UH, FROM 6 MILLION TO 11 MILLION.

THAT WAS THE TRANSFER OF THE ARPA FUNDS OUTTA THE TECHSTAR ACCOUNT, WHICH IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET SEASON.

AND THEN THE DIFF AND YOU CAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TECHSTAR ACCOUNT, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 10, $10,000, $10 MILLION DECREASE.

THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT BETWEEN THE ARPA FUNDS IS THE DRAW DOWNS FOR THE BOND PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN THE DOWNTOWN AND THE PARKS AND THE UTILITIES.

SO FOR THE END OF SEPTEMBER, TOTAL CASH AND INVESTMENTS WERE 72,000,947, AND SOME CHANGE, 8 63.

SO THAT'S THE CASH POSITION FOR THE CITY.

THE NEXT PAGE GOES OVER THE REVENUES FOR YEAR END, OBVIOUSLY YOU'D WANNA BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR MORE, UH, AT YEAR END.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STOOD.

PROPERTY TAX WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.

WE CAME UP JUST SHY ON SALES TAX.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING ELSE CAME ABOVE EXPECTATION.

UH, EXCEPT FOR COURT, THE COURT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON CITATION.

REVENUES, HAVE A GOOD VISIT.

AND THEN BEHIND EACH OF THOSE PAGES IS JUST, UM, SUPPORT DATA.

YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION ANALYSIS, SALES TAX COLLECTION ANALYSIS, THE SEVERAL REPORTS THAT H D L PROVIDES TO US WHEN THEY COLLECT THE SALES TAX, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE, WHERE THE SALES TAX REVENUES ARE COMING FROM AND THE HISTORICAL TRENDS.

AND THEN, LET'S SEE FURTHER IN THE PACKET.

YOU HAVE THE CIVIC CENTER.

YOU CAN SEE THE CIVIC CENTER REALLY DID WELL FOR US THIS YEAR.

I TALKED WITH ROBIN THIS MORNING.

AND, UH, A COMBINATION OF THE INCREASE IN FEES FROM LAST YEAR AND BOOKINGS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER.

OUR CIVIC CENTER HAVE DONE WELL FOR US.

AND PAYROLL FOR THE GENERAL FUND WAS

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LESS THAN EXPECTED.

AND SINCE THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THAT, UM, GENERAL FUND, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO SEE.

WE'RE AT ALMOST 94% OF BUDGET INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED PERCENT.

THE WATER SEWER BILLING ANALYSIS REPORT ACTUALLY HAS A BAD DATE ON IT.

SO I, I GOT THAT BEFORE MEETING THIS EVENING.

THE 1 22, THE, THE REPORT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE OTHER REPORTS.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PERIOD ONE, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

BUT THIS REPORT RUNS DIFFERENTLY.

SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DOUBLING OF THE TOTAL.

SO I GOT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS AND I CAN PROVIDE COUNSEL, BUT TOTAL, TOTAL, UM, WATER SALES WERE 6,000,003.

AND TOTAL SEWER SALES WERE 5.9, UH, YEAR TO DATE.

SO THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH IS, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR.

I'M GLAD IT'S NOT DOUBLE.

'CAUSE WE ARE ALREADY HEARING FROM CITIZENS THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE, ALL THE WATER WE'RE LOSING ON THE WATER MAIN BREAKS, SO, YEAH.

NO, IT'S A GOOD THING.

NOT CORRECT.

NO, I, I SAW THAT NUMBER THIS MORNING.

I SAID, THAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE RIGHT.

AND THEN I, I WAS LIKE TALKING TO TRI TRISH, UH, TRISHA ABOUT IT.

AND IT'S THE FORMULA AND THE WAY THAT THAT DATE GETS FED INTO THE SYSTEM, UH, FOR UTILITIES, YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN, PAYROLL WAS LESS THAN EXPECTED.

SO WE HAVE A SAVINGS, WHICH IS GOOD.

ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

UH, MOTEL OCCUPANCY, UH, IS WHERE WE PROJECTED IT TO BE BUDGET-WISE.

AND THEN AT THE END, YOU HAVE THE BOND PROJECTS.

AND I MEAN, NOT MUCH HAPPENS FROM ONE QUARTER TO THE NEXT, BUT THERE WERE THE PROJECTS FOR THE PARKS, BATHROOMS, SOME OF THOSE WERE COM COMPLETED.

UM, THE DOWNTOWN EVERGREEN PROJECT THAT SAL'S WORKING ON IS, UH, ALMOST COMPLETED, BUT THERE WAS A DRAW DOWN FOR THAT.

AND THEN YOU HAD SOME UTILITY PROJECTS.

SOME OF THE ENGINEERING COSTS FOR THE WATER WASTEWATER PLANT, OR SORRY, THE WASTEWATER PLANT WERE, UH, DRAWN DOWN.

AND HONESTLY, IT'LL BE ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE YOU'LL GET AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FROM THE AUDIT FIRM.

IT'LL BE AT THE END OF MARCH.

IT TAKES THAT LONG TO TAKE ALL THE FINANCIALS AND MAKE 'EM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FOR THE AG FOR.

UH, ITEM SIX IS APPROVED CHANGE ORDER 39 44, UH, FOR AN INCREASE OF $33,163 AND 56 CENTS FOR PHASE THREE OF DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.

SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BONDS AGAIN, SO THAT AFTER WE FINISH ZAA, THE 20 20 14 BOND WILL BE CLOSED OUT APPARENTLY.

YES, SIR.

AND THEN, UH, 2016 IS, UH, THE DOWNTOWN, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE? INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES? ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

[6. Approve change orders 39-44 for an increase of $33,163.56 for Phase III of the Downtown Revitalization Project – Eddie Herrera.]

SAL, WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING TWO COUNCIL, UH, GROUPS OF, UH, CHANGE ORDERS AS, UH, AS THEIR WORK PROGRESSES.

UH, THIS IS THE LAST OF THE, I'M GONNA SAY THE LAST, THIS IS NEXT TO THE LAST, UH, BATCH.

UH, NEXT TO THE, THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINS NOW IS ONE ITEM THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEER.

IT'S AN ITEM, A CHANGE ORDER THAT THE, UH, CONTRACTOR IS REQUESTING, BUT WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT.

AND WE ARE WANTING TO GET, UH, THE, UH, THE DESIGN ENGINEER'S, UH, OPINION ON THAT ONE SINCE THEY WERE THE ONES, SINCE THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACTOR IS DEBATING.

SO WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE, UH, ENGINEER TOMORROW VIRTUALLY, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TO SEE WHAT THEIR JUSTIFICATION IS, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S JUSTIFICATION TO THEIR REQUEST OR WHETHER WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF A, UH, MEDIATION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A $75,000 ITEM THAT, UH, WE HOPE WE CAN.

75? CORRECT.

WHERE WERE WE AT ON OUR CONTINGENCY ON THAT PROJECT? UH, WE ARE STILL PROBABLY

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$200,000 AT THIS TIME.

WHAT WAS THE DOWNTOWN TACO? 14 GRAND IS A LOT FOR THAT LITTLE CHANGE ORDER THAT IS, IN ORDER TO REMEDY WHAT THE DESIGN CALL FOR, WAS A PLATFORM TO BE BUILT IN FRONT OF THE DOWNTOWN TACOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IT BEING AN OUT, UH, DINING OUT AREA FOR THEM TO BE PUTTING THOSE, UH, CHAIRS OR TABLES OR WHATEVER IT WAS.

IT WAS, IT CAME ABOUT FROM THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HAD, UH, DURING THE, UH, BY THE DESIGN ENGINEER AND, UH, AND ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THERE, WANTING TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY WANTED, UH, IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, SELL THE PROJECT.

UH, THAT WAS IN PART AND PARCEL OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE PARKING CONDITIONS.

UH, THEY WERE GONNA BE CHANGING AT THAT TIME.

UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONSIDER PUTTING IN A, THIS PARTICULAR PLATFORM FOR THAT, UH, IT WAS BUILT, BUT THE SITUATION WAS THE DIFFERENCE OF LEVELS BETWEEN THE PARKING, THE STREET PARKING, THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THEIR ACTUAL LEVEL.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T MEET THE, UH, A D A REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE PUT IN THAT, THAT LEVEL DOWN, UH, A STEP UP SIX INCH STEP UP FROM THE CURB, FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE PLATFORM, AND THEN ANOTHER SIX INCH STEP UP TO THE, UH, BUILDING, UH, UH, SIDEWALK AREA DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

THOSE WERE BUILT THERE.

WE PUT IN SOME, UM, FOR THE TIME WE, WE BLOCKED IT OFF BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING THERE THINKING THAT WAS A WALK, UH, JUST A STEP UP IN THERE.

WE HAD, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UH, THE RAILING SET UP OR ANYTHING DURING THE COURSE OF THIS THING.

UH, TIME AND EVERYTHING HAPPENING.

SOME OF THOSE, UH, BARRIERS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY OOD .

WE NEVER HAD, YOU KNOW, COULD PLACE THE BLAME ON ANYONE.

UH, AND WE HAD TWO OCCASIONS.

ONE WAS NOT CREATED BY THAT, BUT WE HAD A FALL FROM A, UH, PATRON TO THE, UH, OF THAT PLACE.

AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER FALL MORE IN LINE WITH THAT PLATFORM BEING IN PLACE.

UH, SO WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO REMEDY THAT, THAT SITUATION, THAT WE DIDN'T WANT THAT THING TO OCCUR.

WE WENT BACK IN THERE PUTTING ANOTHER BARRIER THERE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD, YOU KNOW, COME ACROSS TO PEOPLE THAT THAT WAS NOT TO BE A, A STEP, UH, A STAIRWAY TO THE BUSINESS THERE.

UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE, AGAIN, TOOK THAT BEAR DOWN.

SO THAT MADE IT IMPERATIVE FOR US TO BE, TO CHANGE THE, THE, UH, SITUATION THERE.

AND WHAT WE OPTED TO DO IN ORDER TO REMEDY THIS THING ONCE AND FOR ALL, IS TO BUILD, ADD ON ANOTHER LAYER OF PLATFORM TO MATCH THE, THE, UH, THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF.

SO THAT IF IT'S GONNA BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, PEOPLE CAN WALK OUTTA THE BUSINESS THERE AND BE AT A LEVEL INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT DROP OFF.

AND WE'LL ALSO BE PUTTING THAT RAILING THOUGH SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE, UH, IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, REMEDY THAT PARTICULAR, AND ALSO TELL PEOPLE, YOU, YOU JUST DON'T GO IN THERE AND CLIMB OVER THIS THING.

IF YOU CLIMB IT, YOU'RE CLIMBING AT YOUR OWN RISK.

UH, TO DO THAT IS $14,000.

THAT INCLUDES THE, UM, THE NEW PLATFORM, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE ONE IT IS, IS GONNA BE BUILT OVER THAT IT'S GONNA BE LAYERED ON TOP OF THAT.

AND ALSO THE, UH, THE, UH, THE RAILING.

THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE A D A, UH, ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS FROM THAT GENERAL AREA.

UH, BUT PEOPLE USUALLY TAKE THE SHORT, SHORT DRIVE, THE SHORT DRIVE DRIVE.

THEY JUST THANK YOU.

SOUNDS LIKE AT MY HOUSE.

WHO DID THAT? NOT ME.

IT WAS THE SAME PERSON, BUT NOT ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THAT ONE.

, NOT ME.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT, FOR THAT PROJECT.

THANKS.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, ITEM SIX? I'LL TAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR, MR. MAYOR.

MAYOR, APPROVE THE CHANGE ORDERS.

39 TO 44 IS AN INCREASE OF $33,163 AND 56 CENTS FOR PHASE THREE OF THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROJECT AS REQUESTED.

ALRIGHT, HAVE A MOTION WITH COUNCILMAN HANYA.

SECOND.

SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

SETH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

UPDATES GOT ANYTHING THERE? YOU GOT THE ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES? NOT, UH, MAYOR, THE ONLY, UM, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS SABRINA IS, UH, IS LEAVING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

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ALL STAFF

[7. Staff Updates]

SO WE DID, UH, PUT THERE AS THE ACTING, UH, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WE ALREADY START ADVERTISING THE POSITION.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO TYLER, TEXAS? YES, TAYLOR.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WILL WE SEE YOU AGAIN? BEFORE YOU GO, IS THERE ANOTHER MEETING? NO.

IS IT? NO, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US.

YEP.

YES, YES.

APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE TENURE.

HOW LONG WERE YOU HERE? ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

I HEAR YOU'VE BEEN HOUSE SHOPPING AND I HAVE, IT'S A BIT OF A SHOCKER.

OH, S**T.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

AND YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO YOUR HUSBAND'S FAMILY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

UH, ANY OTHER ACTIONS? WE GOT, UH, THE, UH, COMMUNICATION TO DOW TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, HELPING WITH, UH, THE FUNDING ON THE ROAD? YEP.

YES, MA'AM.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, AGREEMENT FOR SHERRY TO DO THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE E T J CHANGE.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, MA'AM.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

CONSTRUCTION

[8. Construction Updates]

UPDATES.

UH, LET ME START WITH THE, SINCE I ALREADY GOT INTO DOWNTIME PHASE, UH, LET ME CONTINUE ON THERE.

AS FAR AS THE DOWNTIME PHASE, WE ARE VERY CLOSE ON FINISHING UP ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

UH, EDDIE'S HOPING TO HAVE A WALKTHROUGH SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.

UH, WE HAD THE DELIVERY OF ALL THE PLANTINGS, UH, THIS MORNING.

EDDIE CHECKED THE, UH, CONDITION OF THE, UH, OF THE PRODUCT.

HE WAS, UH, HE CUED SOME OF THE PRODUCT OUT ALREADY AND HAS TOLD THE CONTRACTOR TO REPLACE IT.

BUT, UH, GIVEN THAT MOST OF IT IS, UH, ACCEPTABLE, IT WILL BE, UH, STARTING TO BE PLANTED TOMORROW.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN WAS.

SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE STICKS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND, UH, OTHER STICKS PUT IN THE GROUND, .

UH, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL START GETTING, UH, LOOKING, UH, A LOT MORE PLEASANT THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

UH, AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO BE PUTTING THAT, THEY MEAN, I MEAN, WHAT THEY'RE ALSO SAYING IS THAT THE IRRIGATION IS GONNA HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, COPACETIC WITH ALL THIS THING HAPPENING.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME OF THAT WATER BEING SPRINKLED IN THERE FOR, TO KEEP THOSE PLANTS GOING.

WE HAVE A WARRANTY ON THESE PLANTS.

WE HAVE A WARRANTY.

I BELIEVE IT'S, WELL, EVERYTHING IS A YEAR.

I THINK THE PLANTINGS HAD CARRY ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER, UH, A LONGER TERM.

SO THEY DIDN'T BUY 'EM FROM LOWE'S.

THEY GOT 'EM FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

NO.

LOWE'S HAS THE ONE YEAR.

ONE YEAR.

I KNOW THAT YOU SAID IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER ON THE PLANE.

CORRECT? UH, SO, UH, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, OH, WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, YOU PRO YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN IT, BUT YOU DON'T, UH, YOU CAN'T REALLY APPRECIATE IT IN THERE.

UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT ALSO WENT IN THERE RECENTLY WAS THEY FINALLY FINISHED THE, UH, THE ROUND, UH, THE ROUND, UH, SEAT, UH, AT THE, UH, AT THE, UH, SIGN AT THE, AT THE SIGN ITSELF THERE.

THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PUT IN THE, THE ROUND CAP ON TOP OF THAT, UH, ON THAT SEAT THERE, THAT, UH, THEY HAD PROBLEMS, UH, GETTING A GOOD, UH, A GOOD FIT ON THE, ON THOSE, UH, ON THOSE STONES.

SO THEY FINALLY DID THAT ONE.

SO, AND IT LOOKS PRESENTABLE NOW.

IT LOOKS NICE.

THE HANDRAILS LOOK NICE AND THE HANDRAILS LOOK NICE.

AND , KONDO, WHATEVER IT IS.

PARTICULAR PROJECT, WAITING FOR THE FINAL CONCRETE PA TO, TO OCCUR.

AND ALL THOSE AREAS THERE.

SO THAT IS GONNA BE, SO, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE REALLY NOTICING MUCH CHANGES, UH, OTHER THAN THE, UH, THE, THE PLANNINGS, UH, SHORTLY.

SO, UH, WE'RE CLOSE TO COMPLETING THIS PROJECT.

THANKFULLY, UH, ON THE OTHER PROJECTS ON THE AZEL STREET PROJECT, OF COURSE, THE RAIN SET US BACK A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME LIMING, UH, OPERATIONS TODAY.

THEY HAVE NOT TIED IN THE WATER LINE YET, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THE RAIN.

BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING, UH, ALL TO, UH, THEY'RE COMING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINISHING UP ON ALL, AND MOST OF THE MAJOR WORK ON THAT

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SO PUTTING THEIR FIRE HYDRANT, NEW, NEW FIRE HYDRANT ON THE CORNER THERE? YES.

OR, OR THEY PUT ANY NEW LINE OR JUST THE FIRE HYDRANT, THEY'RE GONNA NO, THE NEW LINE GO.

THE WHOLE NEW LINE AND EVERYTHING IN THERE.

UH, SO, UH, THEY'RE HOPING THAT, AND THE, UH, HOTEL IS JUST WAITING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT UP TO THE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THERE.

THERE'S STILL SOME CONCRETE ON THE INLETS TO BE DONE.

I GUESS.

THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR THE CONCRETE TO BE ONE FELL SWOOP WHENEVER THE PAYMENT STARTS ON, ON THE ACTUAL PAYMENT.

UH, WORK STARTS, UH, WE HAD A VERY, UH, YESTERDAY WE PUT OUT A LOT OF WORK OUT FOR ADVERTISEMENT.

WE HAVE THE BIDS ON THE, UH, FIRE STATION, UH, BATHROOM GOING OUT.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, WE HAVE ALSO THE, UH, NO SHADY OAKS BOND PRO, UH, STREET BOND, UH, PROJECT OUT YESTERDAY.

UH, SO ALL THIS IS, IS STARTING TO COME OUT AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THINGS HAPPEN A CERTAIN WAY WITHOUT US EVEN CONTEMPLATING THAT THING.

WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT, UH, THAT IS UNDERWAY.

UH, THE, UH, THE, THE SHY POND OUTFALL.

WE ARE AT A POINT ON THE 19TH, WHICH IS THURSDAY.

THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS GONNA BE DOING A LIDAR INSPECTION, UH, OF THE PIPE ITSELF IS COMING IN, THEY'RE GONNA RUN BOTH BARRELS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, GIVE US A REPORT ON THE SHAPE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM AREA ON THAT PIPE THAT HAS CREATED SO MUCH CONSTERNATION WITH ANY, ANY OF THE METHOD METHODS THAT WE'VE TRIED WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEERY OF, UH, NOT KNOWING THE CONDITION OF THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF, OF PIPE.

SO WE WILL BE GETTING NOW AN ACTUAL, UH, SCAN OF THE, OF THE PIPE THAT'LL GIVE US THE SHAPE THAT WON'T LEAVE ANYTHING TO THE IMAGINATION ANYMORE.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLY GIVE US A PROPOSAL ON THAT ONE.

SO THEY WILL BE COMING IN ON THE 19TH.

THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING, UH, FROM THE 19TH ON TO THE WEEKEND, UH, OF THAT, UH, ON SATURDAY, HOPEFULLY.

UH, SO WE ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THAT THING TO HAPPEN.

UM, VE ALASKA DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE CITY IS GONNA BE ASSISTING FOR IN THAT OPERATION FOR IT TO HAPPEN.

WE ARE ALSO MEETING ON THE DESIGN, UH, THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE EXTENSION OF THE EIGHT INCH WATERLINE TO THE SPANISH OAKS AREA.

THAT PARALLEL LINE.

UH, I RECEIVED SOME PRELIMINARY, UH, DESIGNS.

I WASN'T TOO, UH, UH, WASN'T TOO, UH, HAPPY WITH WHAT I SAW.

SO WE ARE, WE'RE SITTING DOWN WITH THE ENGINEER TRYING TO GET 'EM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND THAT IS COMING SOON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAL ON PROJECTS? YOU, SAL, YOU MISSED ANIMAL CARE? OH, YES, I MISSED THAT ONE.

WE, UH, WE HAVE ALSO PUT OUT THE, UH, R F, UH, QUEUE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE C M A R, THE, UH, TYPE OF, UH, DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

COULD YOU CALL LANDIS LANDIS? YES.

BECAUSE HE'LL CALL ME .

AND WE ARE ALREADY GETTING, UH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, A LOT OF REPORTS.

I MEAN FROM THE, FROM CIV CAST OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT IT, ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.

MAYOR, WE, WE PLAN TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 20TH TO AWARD THE CONTRACT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS.

SO QUESTION.

SURE.

UH, I KNOW THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS DOWN ON.

WE SAT AREA AND DROVE DOWN.

EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD, BUT IT WAS A YOUNG LADY STOPPED ME.

SHE SAID SHE HAS CALLED AND TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LIGHTING DOWN ON FIRM AREA.

WE, SATCHA CORD AREA IS DARK DOWN IN THAT AREA.

UH, YES.

A LADY CALLED ME SOMETIME BACK AND I DID GO OVER THERE TRYING TO LOCATE HER.

DIDN'T HAVE ANY, ANY SUCCESS SEEING WHERE IT CAME FROM.

I CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

WHERE YOU CAN CONTACT HER.

UH, YES.

I MEAN, I WAS GONNA CONTACT, OH, SINCE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO SHE IS, TELL HER THAT, UH, OUR CONTRACT OR CENTER POINT IS LOOKING AT THAT PO AT THAT SITUATION ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER LIGHT IN THAT LOCATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IT WAS PROBABLY, YEAH, SHE SAID IT HAD BEEN A WHILE.

UH, CORRECT.

AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT, WELL,

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IT'S BEEN A MONTH OR SO AGO.

ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

AND I WAS TRYING TO GET, GO AND GET BACK AND SHE NEVER LEFT A MESS, A NUMBER OR ANYTHING.

I, I, SHE SAID SHE WAS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH, I GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU.

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

UH, JB NO, SIR.

RHONDA, UH, KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL.

WANTS TO DO, UH, THEIR SHRED DAY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH.

OVER AT THE REC CENTER.

YOU CAN READ FIVE BOXES OF SHREDS, OLD GLASSES, OLD CELL PHONES, AND OLD STRING LIGHTS.

UM, THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT I NEED TO ADD, UH, OTHER THAN WE GOT THE, THE BIG BOO COMING UP, AND SO EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT IT.

SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A GOOD EXCITEMENT.

GOOD EXCITEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ANYTHING FROM STAFF? NO, MA'AM.