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YARD TRASH, LIMBS, SHRUBBERY.[Call to Order *This meeting was joined in progress*]
HONOR, TEXAS FLAG.SEE TEXAS STATE UNDER GOD AN INDIVISIBLE, UH, THIS EVENING.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE, UH, GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
DEAR 70 FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, A DAY THAT WE'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN.
AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUNSHINE AND YOUR RAIN, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE STOOD ON ON US ON TODAY.
FATHER, JUST BLESS US AS WE GET READY TO HAVE OUR MEETING, TO MAKE WISE, WISE, AND POSITIVE DECISIONS FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE LIVE IN THE CITY OF ENCAMPMENT AND BLESS OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OUR EMS AS THEY GO OUT AND DO THEIR JOB ON A DAILY, ON A DAILY BASIS.
[PRESENTATIONS]
ON TO, UH, PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE PRESENTATION FROM THE WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE.
I, I THINK WE HAVE A, A PRESENTATION THAT WAS GONNA GO ON SCREEN TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE, I'LL BE THE MAIN PRESENTER, BUT ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE ANNIE CARILLO CAREY.
SHE'S OUR REGIONAL SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR WITH KEMPER SPORTS AND SUPPORTS OUR PROPERTY SIGNIFICANTLY, AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, WITH HER MARKETING EFFORTS.
AND THEN OUR REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE VAL DE SOZA, WHO IS MY BOSS, MY, THE MAN THAT I REPORT TO.
AND, UM, A HUGE RESOURCE FOR ALL OF US AS WELL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS, UH, FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, 20 22, 20 23.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY DIFFICULT FIRST QUARTER IN OCTOBER, UH, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
UM, WE HAD 15 LESS PLAYABLE GOLF DAYS IN QUARTER ONE OF 2022, AS WE DID QUARTER ONE OF 2021.
UM, SO THAT KIND OF MAKES WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK EVEN MORE REMARKABLE, EVEN MORE EXCITING.
I, I REALLY COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF THE TEAM'S COMMITMENT, THEIR WORK ETHIC, THE EXECUTION OF OUR FINANCIAL PLAN AND RECOVERY.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UH, THE RESULTS THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE.
TOTAL REVENUE HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UM, ALL THE SLIDES THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU ARE GONNA SEE A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH PATTERN, UM, 20 20, 20 21, UP TO 20 22, 20 23.
UH, REVENUE GREW FROM 1.9 MILLION TO 2.4 MILLION OVER THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD.
GREEN FEE REVENUE ON ITS OWN HAS GROWN 25.9%.
UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE REVENUE HAS GROWN IN AMAZING 50%, UH, FROM 260,000 TO 390,000 AND GOLF RETAIL REVENUE HAS GROWN 43.5%.
WHAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ROUNDS ARE THE KEY DRIVER IN THE GOLF BUSINESS.
UM, SO IF ROUNDS ARE GROWING AND YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO GROW YOUR REVENUE PER ROUND, THAT'S, THAT'S THE HUGE KEY TO SUCCESS.
UM, SO WHAT WE SAW OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AGAIN, ARE THAT TOTAL ROUNDS ARE UP 5.6%.
OUR RESIDENT AND ANNUAL PASS ROUNDS ARE ALSO UP 2.8%.
SO IN OUR EFFORT TO GROW, WE'RE MAKING SURE TO, TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT AVAILABILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, GREAT VALUE AS WELL FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN GOOD AVAILABILITY FOR, FOR OUR LAKE JACKSON PEOPLE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
I THINK WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THE ROUNDS GROWTH AND THE REVENUE GROWTH IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS REALLY UNCOMMON IN OUR INDUSTRY, AND I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
OUR TOTAL REVENUE GROWTH DURING THE SAME PERIOD PER ROUND HAS BEEN $9 AND 3 CENTS.
SO, TO GROW BY 2,500 GROUNDS AND EACH ROUND TO BE WORTH $9 MORE TO THE CITY OR TO THE FACILITY IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S REALLY UNCOMMON IN OUR
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INDUSTRY TO BE ABLE TO GROW BOTH RATE AND, AND, UH, ROUNDS IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT FASHION.SO, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
HOW DID WE DO THAT? MERCHANDISE DOLLARS PER ROUND ARE UP FROM 5 38, UH, $5 AND 38 CENTS TO $7 AND 20 CENTS A ROUND.
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DO THAT.
WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY UPSELLING TOURNAMENT APPAREL PACKAGES AND MERCHANDISE PACKAGES TO, TO OUR EVENTS.
UH, JOHN STARK, OUR HEAD PROFESSIONAL AND THE GOLF STAFF IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH UPSELLING MERCHANDISE TO OUR GROUPS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO GROW, YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR 50 PER ROUND REALLY IN, UM, IN MERCHANDISE REVENUE.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS THE SAME THING.
WE'RE UP FROM 6 53 PER ROUND TO $9 AND 14 CENTS A ROUND.
AND THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO OFFERING AND CAPTURING MORE TOURNAMENT FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESS AND REVENUE IN-HOUSE.
UM, WE'RE NOT ALLOWING AS MUCH OFFSITE CATERING TO COME TO THE PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE CAPTURING THAT BUSINESS, AND AS A RESULT, WE'RE SEEING HUGE GROWTH IN OUR, IN OUR REVENUES, AS WITH ANYTHING.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IN OUR DAILY LIVES, EVERYTHING COSTS MORE.
YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE REVENUE, WE ARE SPENDING MORE.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS HERE ON THIS SLIDE, I THINK, ARE THAT AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUE, PAYROLL IS DOWN FROM 48 TO 45% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALSO AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUE.
OUR OPERATING EXPENSES ARE DOWN FROM 42 TO 39%.
SO WHILE WE'RE GROWING IN THE EXPENSE AREA, JUST AS WE'RE GROWING IN REVENUE, OUR REVENUE GROWTH IS 27.5% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AS LONG AS WE'RE OUTPACING OUR EXPENSE GROWTH WITH OUR REVENUE GROWTH, WE'RE STAYING AHEAD OF THE INFLATIONARY CURVE, AND WE'RE DOING, AS WE HAVE PROMISED THAT WE WOULD DO FOR YOU.
WE'RE GONNA STAY DILIGENT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE OUTPACE INFLATION WITH OUR REVENUE GROWTH.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THAT, ACHIEVING THAT.
AND THE NET RESULT OF THAT IS THAT JUST OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, UH, WE GREW OUR OPERATING OUR NET PROFIT MARGIN BY 35% OR $42,000 YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT STORY TO TELL ALL THAT RESULTS IN THIS, WHICH IS EBITDA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE $0 LINE THERE, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING.
I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY THAT EBITDA WAS POSITIVE.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET TO.
WE'VE, WE'VE CUT THAT IN HALF OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT CHANGE.
WE WERE NEGATIVE 145,002 YEARS AGO, NEGATIVE 78,000 THIS PAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE HEADING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, MAKING SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
TOURNAMENT BUSINESS IS A GREAT INDICATOR OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
CAN I STOP YOU REAL QUICK? YES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN REAL QUICK? I THOUGHT I HEARD A YES, SIR.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE GROUP IN THE AUDIENCE WHAT EBITDA MEANS IN CASE SOMEONE DOESN'T? EBITDA IS, YEAH.
EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAXES, DEPRECIATION, AND AMORTIZATION.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY GROSS YOUR RIGHT, YOUR, YOUR PROFIT BEFORE YOU PAY OUT ANY MANAGEMENT FEES AND, AND ANYTHING ELSE THERE.
SO THE NET INCOME REALLY JUST FACTORS IN, UM, DEPRECIATION AND, AND MANAGEMENT FEES THAT ARE PAID TO KEMPER SPORTS TOURNAMENT BUSINESS IS A REALLY GOOD INDICATOR OF, OF GROWTH AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
UM, OUR FUTURE BOOKING PACE IS 47% AHEAD OF SAME TIME LAST YEAR ON TOURNAMENT GROWTH.
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GROW INTELLIGENTLY.
WE'RE NOT JUST TAKING ANY PIECE OF BUSINESS.
WE ARE GROWING TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT ROUNDS THAT MAKE SENSE, THAT ARE A GOOD VALUE FOR US.
SO WHILE WE SAW GROWTH IN TOURNAMENT REVENUE, WHAT'S REALLY NEAT IS WE, WE GREW 3.6% IN OUR TOURNAMENT ROUNDS, BUT WE GREW 10.5% IN OUR TOURNAMENT REVENUE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE, OUR REVENUE PER AVERAGE TOURNAMENT ROUND WENT FROM $49 AND 62 CENTS TO $60 AND 34 CENTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO.
OUR STRATEGY IS TO ENGINEER GROWTH IN RATE OVER ROUNDS.
WE DON'T WANNA PUSH OUT RESIDENTS, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SO THAT THERE ISN'T GOOD AVAILABILITY.
IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ROUNDS SLIGHTLY, BUT GROW OUR RATE SIGNIFICANTLY, THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA WIN AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS, UH, EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH THE VALUE THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
SO NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT GREAT
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CUSTOMER SERVICE.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE IS WE'VE GROWN OUR NET PROMOTER SCORE, WHICH WAS ALREADY HIGH AT 82.8, IT'S NOW AT 86.1.
UM, LIKELIHOOD TO RECOMMEND THE FACILITY HAS GROWN FROM 9.2 TO 9.7, AND WE CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE KEMPER SPORTS PORTFOLIO OF ABOUT 140 PROPERTIES.
I THINK VAL, UM, THE WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE IS NUMBER ONE IN KEMPER SPORTS PORTFOLIO, IN CUSTOMER CHECK-IN SATISFACTION, A 9.8 OUTTA 10, AND NUMBER FOUR IN THE COMPANY, AND VALUE PERCEPTION WITH A 9.5.
UM, SO AGAIN, SO PROUD OF THE TEAM, SO PROUD TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE TEAM AND THE CITY AND KEMPER.
UM, IT'S BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL FIRST 18 MONTHS, UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
AND ANNIE CARRILLO IS GONNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT HAVE HELPED US GET TO THIS POINT AND ARE GONNA GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO ADVANCE US FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING SHORT OF TIME, SO I'LL KEEP IT LOW.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT WORK FOR US THIS YEAR THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR, UH, TO DRIVE THIS SUCCESS.
UH, THOSE INCLUDED PAID SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISEMENT, BUT ALSO ORGANIC, WHICH MEANS NOT PAID, UH, INCLUDED.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, BUT, UH, WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH CAMPER SPORTS, UH, ON THE GOLF CHANNEL.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE HIGH VOLUME, VERY POPULAR TOURNAMENTS IN THE PGA TOUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH IS CALLED THE MAJORS.
SO FOR MAJORS, WE HAVE A, A COMMERCIAL INTO HOUSTON FOR THE WILDERNESS.
IT'S A 32ND COMMERCIAL, AND WE, IT'S A GREAT, UH, WAY TO, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S WHERE THE GOLFERS ARE WATCHING.
SO IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR BRAND AWARENESS AND EXPOSURE THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT YEAR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THERE THAT WE, UH, ADDED NEW WEBSITES, NEW VISITORS INTO THE WEBSITE.
UH, ALSO WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR DATABASE, UH, 6.1 GROWTH OF YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE ARE ALMOST AT 40,000 EMAILS IN OUR DATABASE, AND THAT'S JUST CONTINUED THROUGH.
A LOT OF OUR MARKETING SUFFERS AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW YEAR OVER YEAR.
UH, ANOTHER BIG TOPIC IS SOCIAL MEDIA, AS YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND OUR GREAT WAY TO, UH, CREATE EXPOSURE AND KIND OF GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS TO ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR FOLLOWERS AND STAY ENGAGED WITH THEM.
UH, OTHER STRATEGIES ARE, ARE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN ON THE GOLF COURSE.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF CREATIVE EVENTS THAT ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY ATTRACT LEADS FOR TOURNAMENTS AS WELL.
SO PEOPLE THAT COME IN FROM HOUSTON, AND THEY TYPICALLY, UH, SELL OUT THOSE TOURNAMENTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE LAUNCHED OUR TOUR OF TEXAS AS WELL, UH, TO PROMOTE OUR, UH, LIKE BRAD, UM, MATT WAS SAYING, WE HAVE FIVE PROPERTIES IN TEXAS.
SO THIS YEAR WE INTRODUCED A TOUR OF TEXAS TO PROMOTE, UH, ALL OF OUR COURSES THROUGH OUR PORTFOLIO AND THE CAMPUS SPORTS DATABASE.
AND WE USE OUR PARTNERS WITH TIRELESS, WHICH IS A BIG BRAND IN THE GOLF BUSINESS, AND THEY PROMOTED IT THROUGH THE DATABASE.
SO WE'RE HOPING IN THIS CASE THAT THE, UM, WE'LL PROMOTE LAKE JACKSON AND THE WORLD LEARNERS ACROSS TEXAS AS WELL.
UH, MOVING, SORRY, I HAVE THIS, THESE ARE JUST A STATISTIC.
UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, 37 NEW, 37,000 NEW USERS THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, VISITED OUR WEBSITE.
25,000 OF THEM CAME JUST BY SEARCHING, UH, GOLF IN HOUSTON, TOP COURSES IN HOUSTON.
WE STAY CLOSE AND WE PAY FOR THOSE SEARCHES AS WELL, SO THEY CAN, WE CONTINUE TO INQUIRE CUSTOMERS.
AND THEN OUT OF THAT, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS 400.
WE HAD 479 INQUIRIES FOR STAY AND PLAY PACKAGES, WHICH WE, ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, CROSS PROMOTE WITH THE HOTELS IN THE AREA.
SO WE'RE PROMOTING COME TO LAKE JACKSON, PLAY AROUND A GOLF OR TWO AND STAY HERE, UH, THE NIGHT IN LAKE JACKSON.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW THOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOTELS AS WELL.
UH, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SOMETIMES DON'T PAY.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, WHO ARE OUR FOLLOWERS THAT WE INTEND TO GROW EVERY YEAR.
BUT THE MAIN POINT HERE IS THAT WE STAY VERY ENGAGED WITH THEM.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR, BUT IF YOU HAVE SEEN IT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE FUN WITH IT.
AND WE, JOHN HAS DONE OUR, OUR PRO, JOHN STARK HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH ENGAGING AND, UH, HAVING FUN VIDEOS TO, WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR AUDIENCE.
UH, WE DO SOME PAID SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, IS VERY COST EFFECTIVE.
UH, WE DO IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GOOGLE, AND THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE SEARCH FOR GOLF OR WHERE TO PLAY IN HOUSTON AND IN THE AREA, UH, YOU CAN SEE ALL RESULTS THERE.
BUT WE ARE ON AN AVERAGE OF 44 CENTS PER CLICK.
WE HAD 429 IMPRESSIONS IN TO HOUSTON MAINLY.
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THE, UH, MAIN POINT HERE IS THAT WE CAN TARGET DIFFERENT AREAS.SO WE HAVE TARGET ALL THE WAY TO THE WOODLANDS WHERE I LIVE, AND, UH, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING DOWN HERE BECAUSE THEY SEE OUR AD, UH, EITHER ON GOOGLE OR ON FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, AND WE'RE KIND OF BELOW THE AVERAGE AS WELL ON HOW MUCH WE SPEND.
UH, ANOTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS, UH, GOOGLE.
WE ARE, WE HAVE 4.8 STARS OUT OF FIVE, AS IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO DO.
UH, LAST YEAR WE WERE AT, WE WERE AT 4.7, SO IT'S GOOD JOB FROM THE TEAM TO RAISING IT TO 4.8.
AND WE, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO MONITOR THAT VERY CLOSELY.
AND THEN WE ALSO CONTINUE TO BUY, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR COURSES IN, IN THE AREA, TOP COURSES IN HOUSTON, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE APPEAR AT THE TOP.
AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO THE, UH, A NEW TOOL THAT CAN SPORTS INTRODUCED.
UM, WE, WE ALWAYS WANNA INNOVATE AND CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE GOLF GROW AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE NEW CUSTOMERS.
WE INTRODUCED THIS NEW TOOL, UH, TO GROW THE BUSINESS AND, UM, A TOOL THAT CHANGES THE WAY MAY, UH, PEOPLE ARE BOOKING A TEE TIME, NOT JUST ONLINE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE WEBSITE AND BOOKING A TEE TIME, BUT THIS TOOL IS, UH, A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TOOL WHERE USERS CAN SIGN UP AND CAN NOTIFY WHEN THE TEE TENS THAT THEY WANT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S A GREAT TOOL THAT, UH, IF YOU SIGN UP AND YOU WANNA A TEE TIME ON A SATURDAY AND IT'S ALREADY TAKEN, YOU'LL GET NOTIFIED IF THAT, IF SOMEBODY, IF THAT TE 10 BECOMES AVAILABLE.
SO IT'S EASY ON THE, UH, CUSTOMER AND EASY ON THE STAFF AS WELL.
AND THEN ON THE REVENUE SIDE AS WELL, SO THAT TE 10 DOESN'T GO ON USE AND WE LOSE THAT REVENUE.
SO, SO FAR WE INTRODUCED IT IN JUNE, UH, ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO, BUT WE HAVE 489 TOTAL USERS.
WE HAVE ADDED 271 ROUNDS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE GONE MISSING IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS TOOL, WHICH IS ABOUT 30, OVER 33, $13,000 IN REVENUE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL PASS IT OVER TO VAL.
GOOD NEWS FOR Y'ALL IS, I ONLY HAVE ONE SLOT,
THEY REALLY RALLIED, UH, AGAINST SOME MOTHER NATURE TO COME BACK AND, AND PUT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE BECAUSE YOU SAW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WILL CONTINUE A LOT OF THE MARKETING THAT ANNIE'S DOING AND THAT WE'RE DOING COLLECTIVELY AS A TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WE'RE CONTINUING TO TURN THIS INTO THE PRIZE JEWEL OF THIS AREA FOR GOLF.
SO I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO THIS PROPERLY WITHOUT 'EM.
I KNOW IT'S A MONDAY NIGHT AFTER A, A LONG FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, BUT WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY LAST YEAR TO TALK TO FIND OUT WHERE IS THE GAME GOING AND, AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE.
SO WE ALL KNEW THE GAME GREW DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S SPURRING THE GROWTH ACROSS THE BUSINESS AND ACROSS THE INDUSTRY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MOST EXCITING IS 27%, UH, OF THE NEW GOLFERS ARE IN THAT GEN Z AND MILLENNIAL RANGE, WHERE THAT WAS THE SEGMENT OF THE BUSINESS THAT WAS HARDEST FOR US TO CAPTURE PRE PANDEMIC ONCE GOLF BECAME SEEN FOR WHAT IT TRULY IS, WHICH IS A GREAT HEALTHY WAY TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS WITH FAMILY, WITH FRIENDS IN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, UH, PARTICIPATING IN A SPORT THAT TEACHES GREAT LIFE SKILLS TO KIDS.
WE SAW THAT DEMOGRAPHIC GROW THE MOST.
UH, WHAT'S EVEN MORE ENCOURAGING IS FEMALE GOLFERS JUMP 33%.
THAT'S A BIG, BIG SPENDING GROUP.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY TEND TO TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN THE GAME PROPERLY, AND THEN THEY WANT TO STAY ACTIVE IN IT, BECAUSE MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY DON'T KNOW IT ALL ALREADY
UH, BUT WHAT'S VERY EXCITING ABOUT THAT IS IT'S A WHOLE NEW SPENDING.
AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A LONGEVITY OF THAT SPENDING BECAUSE IT'LL BRING MORE AND MORE FAMILIES TOGETHER AT THE GOLF COURSE.
I GREW UP IN THE GOLF COURSE, SO DID MATT, SO DID ANNIE.
IT BECAME NOT JUST A SPORT FOR US, BUT IT WAS A WAY TO GET AN EDUCATION.
IT WAS A WAY TO THEN START A CAREER.
AND HERE WE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THE, THE GROWTH CONTINUES TO GROW, SO THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.
WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THE GROWTH THAT'S THAT'S COME FROM THIS PANDEMIC IS GOING ANYWHERE.
IN FACT, IT'S CONTINUING TO GROW.
UH, SOME REALLY EXCITING NUMBERS TO COMPARE WITH WHAT MATT PUT UP THERE.
YOU KNOW, MATT TALKED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF NPS AS A COMPANY AND WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT NPS NET PROMOTER SCORE IS THE MEASURE ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES OF YOUR WORD OF MOUTH REFERRAL BUSINESS.
AND COMPANIES LIKE, YOU KNOW, CHARLES SCHWAB AND APPLE, AND AMAZON AND COSTCO LEADERS IN THEIR INDUSTRY AVERAGE IN THE, IN THE MID SIXTIES.
SO WHEN YOU SEE LAKE JACKSON BEING IN THE EIGHTIES, THAT'S, THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL, THAT'S HARD TO DO.
AND THEY'VE DONE IT OVER A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT OUR COMPANY AS A WHOLE DROPPED FROM 69% TO 67%.
SO WE AS A COMPANY DROPPED TOO, BECAUSE AS WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THESE PRICE INCREASES AND PUSH RATE
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TO OUTPACE INFLATION AND THE RISING COST OF LABOR AND RISING COST OF EXPENSES, THE CUSTOMER TOWARDS THE END OF THE LAST YEAR STARTED TELLING US THAT'S TOO MUCH.SO FOR MATT AND HIS TEAM TO DO THAT HERE AND HAVE IT GO FORWARD, IT'S RARE.
IT'S A STORY THAT HADN'T HAPPENED ANYWHERE IN OUR CO IN OUR COMPANY.
UH, SOME OTHER COOL STATS AGAIN THAT, THAT, THAT ARE GOOD, THAT LEAD US TO A LOT OF, UH, EXCITEMENT IS THE FACT THAT LAST YEAR IN 2020, UH, IN, I'M SORRY, THIS CURRENT YEAR TO DATE, JANUARY ONE OF 23 TO TO END OF OCTOBER, UH, OUR COMPANY PORTFOLIO, ALL OF OUR COURSES COMBINED WAS DOWN 2.3% IN ROUTES.
THE NGF AS A, THE WHOLE HOUSTON METRO MARKET WAS DOWN 1.4%.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE WILDERNESS AT LAKE JACKSON GO AT 9.6% AHEAD, 13% MORE THAN THAN OUR COMPANY AND 11% MORE THAN THE HOUSTON METRO AREA, IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T DO RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GROWING WHEN OTHERS ARE SHRINKING IN THE ROUNDS GAME, WHICH MEANS OUR REVENUES ARE SUSTAINABLE IN OUR MIND, AND WE STILL FEEL LIKE THERE'S ROOM TO GROW, TO CONTINUE TO PUSH MARGIN.
'CAUSE THE DELICATE BALANCE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND IS PUT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF COURT ROUNDS ON THE COURSE TO MINIMIZE THE WEAR AND TEAR, BUT MAXIMIZE THE REVENUE.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE MATT HITTING THE TRIFECTA THIS YEAR OF, YOU KNOW, RATE NPS AND ROUNDS SUCH A EXTRAORDINARY BENCHMARK, UM, FROM THE GOLF NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WHO WE TURN TO, TO TELL US WHAT THEY, THEY PULL THE WHOLE INDUSTRY.
UH, GOLFER PARTICIPATION RATE, UH, REACHED 40.1 MILLION GOLFERS IN 20 22, 20 THREE'S.
NUMBERS ARE ABOUT TO COME OUT.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST SINCE 2006.
2006 IS WHEN THEY STARTED MEASURING GOLFER PARTICIPATION AS GREENGRASS ROUNDS, WHICH WE PLAY HERE AT LAKE JACKSON, PLUS THE GOLF ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH IS YOUR TOP GOLFS.
SO IT'S BEEN THE HIGHEST SINCE THEN.
GREENGRASS GOLF, WHICH IS GOLFERS PLAYING THE COURSES ACROSS THE US SO TAKING OUT THE GOLF ENTERTAINMENT, UH, WAS 25.6 MILLION, WHICH IS THE HIGH WATERMARK SINCE 2014.
AND THAT NUMBER WAS SLIDING FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND IT FINALLY STARTED TO GROW AGAIN.
SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME.
WE ENDED 2022 WITH 3.3 MILLION NEW GOLFERS, BEGINNERS, UH, THAT'S UP FROM 2.6 MILLION, UH, IN 2017.
SO WE SEE WE'RE SEEING NEW GOLFERS COMING IN, AND WE'RE SEEING THEM SUSTAINED MORE.
OUR SURVEY UP THERE IN THE NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION, ALL OF THE SURVEYS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE GAME ARE STILL RETURNING SURVEYS TO US AND TO THE NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION THAT SAYS THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO PLAY MORE ROUNDS IN 2024 THAN THEY DID IN 2023, WHICH THAT REALLY, FOR US IN THE INDUSTRY, IS THE MOST EXCITING THING.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I THINK, UH, WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT HERE IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE DEALS.
A GOLF COURSE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE A, A BASEBALL FIELD OUT IN A CORNFIELD.
YOU CAN'T BUILD IT AND WAIT FOR 'EM TO COME
YOU'VE GOTTA, YOU'VE GOTTA COMPLETE, CONTINUE TO PROMOTE YOURSELF AND SHOW THAT, THAT YOU'RE, UH, YOU HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT AND YOU HAVE, YOU SHOW VALUE AND IT TAKES A TEAM TO DO IT.
AND I THINK Y'ALL PULLED TOGETHER THE TEAM TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, IT LOOKS LIKE SO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM ROBIN AND ALL OF YOU IS, IS, IS IMMENSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILOR? YEAH, I, I'VE SAID IT MORE THAN ONCE, MATT.
I WAS THE BIGGEST SKEPTIC OF THE GOLF COURSE, RIGHT? IT GAVE ME AN ULCER.
BUT TO HAVE POSITIVE EBITDA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS IS A HUGE FEAT.
AND IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE IF YOU WALKED INTO A TOUGH SITUATION.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
LIKE VAL SAID, IT'S, IT TRULY IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
I'M BLESSED AND, UM, JUST COULDN'T WORK FOR BETTER PEOPLE THAN ROBIN AND MAYOR AND, AND MODESTO AND COUNCIL AND EVERYONE AT CAMPER.
I MEAN, THAT, IT'S JUST, IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
SO IT'S EASY TO COME TO WORK, PASSIONATE EVERY DAY AND JUST WORK REALLY HARD TO YEAH.
TO TRY AND DO WELL FOR THE CITY.
WE HAVE, UH, GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY AWARENESS AWARD, OR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TODAY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL AND THE $210,000 WORTH OF TDOT PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING TO LAKE JACKSON BECAUSE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECENT STATE AWARD.
AMY TESTOW, WHO YOU KNOW AS THE CHAIR OF KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL, WILL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE.
BUT BEFORE SHE COMES UP HERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL SAW THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO THAT
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TDOT DID TO CONGRATULATE LAKE JACKSON FOR WINNING THE AWARD.YOU GOTTA MAKE A BIG FOR MY DESK DESKTOP THERE.
NEXT UP IS LAKE JACKSON, THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT.
WHAT BEGAN AS A COMPANY TOWN FOR DOW CHEMICAL IS NOW A VIBRANT COMMUNITY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.
AND THE ALL VOLUNTEER EFFORTS OF KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL HAVE ENHANCED THE CITY'S ESTHETIC APPEAL THROUGH LITTER PREVENTION, BEAUTIFICATION, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
FOR YEARS, RESIDENTS HAVE ENJOYED MASCOT CHARLIE CHIPPER, WHOSE CLEAN AND GREEN MESSAGE SERVES AS A GREAT MOTIVATOR FOR VOLUNTEER-LED CLEANUPS AND RECYCLING EFFORTS.
AND THE FAMOUS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS PARADE HAS ALSO HELPED EDUCATE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HOLIDAY LIGHT RECYCLING COLLECTION.
RESIDENTS ARE PROUD OF THEIR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONATED MANY HOURS TO ITS BEAUTIFICATION, INCLUDING PLANTING TREES AND FLOWER BEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND AT CITY HALL, ADDING NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPING AT LOCAL PARKS AND BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL POLLINATOR GARDEN BEHIND THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY ALSO HOLDS ONE OF KJ B'S MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS, THE SEED LIBRARY.
THE SEED LIBRARY ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO CHECK OUT SEEDS TO TAKE HOME AND PLANT.
IF THEIR PLANTINGS ARE SUCCESSFUL.
RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RETURN NEW SEEDS PRODUCED AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON.
THIS GIVES THE NEXT GENERATION LIFELONG SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND HELPS GUIDE THEM TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LAKE JACKSON FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL.
AND THAT VIDEO IS ON, UM, THE PEG CHANNEL AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR YOUTUBE.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THE SEED LIBRARY.
SOME OF YOU I KNOW, KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, THAT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL AND THE LIBRARY.
SHE IS ALSO A-K-L-J-B COMMISSIONER.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE AMY TO COME UP AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST YEAR.
ALRIGHT, AMY CASTOW 57 PALLADIUM COURT.
UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UM, OUR, THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE GCAA PROJECT, I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TELL Y'ALL WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS WITH THE LIBRARY, AND WE EVEN SPONSORED A STORY WALK BOOK BACK IN APRIL.
UM, WE'VE HAD HELD TWO SHRED DAY COLLECTION EVENTS, THE MOST RECENT OF WHICH WE COLLECTED OVER 5,500 POUNDS OF PAPER ALONE.
AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO ROBIN AND HER STAFF FOR LETTING US TAKE OVER THE PARKING LOT AT THE REC CENTER TO DO THAT.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHT RECYCLING PROGRAM.
THE BOXES ARE OUT ALL OVER TOWN, SO IF YOU'VE GOT OLD DEAD CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, TAKE 'EM TO THE FRONT OF CITY HALL, THE LIBRARY CIVIC CENTER, UM, AND WE WILL GET THOSE RECYCLED.
LAST YEAR WE RECYCLED 410 POUNDS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
UM, SO WE KIND OF WANNA GO UP EVERY YEAR.
SO ANY HELP WE CAN GET WITH THAT.
UM, WE ASSISTED IN OBTAINING THE SCENIC CITY, UH, BRONZE CERTIFICATION WITH THE CITY.
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO REESTABLISH OUR CERTIFICATION WITH THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION FOR TREE CITY USA.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH AND VOLUNTEERED WITH KEEP BRAZORIA COUNTY BEAUTIFUL FOR THEIR ELECTRONICS RECYCLING COLLECTION EVENT.
UM, THAT COLLECTED 12,000 POUNDS OF RECYCLING, UH, ELECTRONICS COUNTYWIDE, WHICH IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY POPULAR WITH RESIDENTS.
AND FINALLY, OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS THE WINNING OF THE GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR OUR POPULATION CATEGORY.
THIS IS THE 14TH TIME LAKE JACKSON HAS WON THIS, AND THAT'S MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STATE BY FAR.
AND IT'S $210,000 OF TX LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
SO KLJB DISCUSSED THIS, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THESE FUNDS BE USED TO ADD LANDSCAPING AND IMPROVE EXISTING LANDSCAPING ALONG 2 88, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF 2004 AND 2 88 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE CITY LIMITS, UH, NORTH ON 2 88.
UM, SOME OF THOSE THINGS MIGHT INCLUDE, UM, YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE DEAD TREES, THEY'RE KIND OF EVERYWHERE.
THEY GOT WORSE DURING THE DROUGHT.
IT'S ALWAYS THE PECANS FOR SOME REASON.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURES, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WERE OBTAINED
UM, SO DEAD TREES, THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF TREES THAT ARE JUST
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COMPLETELY COVERED UP WITH VINES AND OVERGROWTH, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE, AS YOU'RE COMING INTO TOWN, THAT RIGHT HAND MEDIAN RIGHT BEFORE YOU EXIT TO GET ONTO 2004.UM, SO CLEANING UP THOSE AREAS.
WE ALSO, UM, ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT WAS DONE IN THAT PORTION OF 2 88, INCLUDING THE ENTRYWAY SIGN, WAS A PREVIOUS GCAA WE WON.
AND SO A LOT OF IT IS PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS ABOUT THE LIFESPAN OF SOME CREPE MYRTLES ANYWAYS, WHICH THERE'S BIG STANDS OF CREPE MYRTLES.
SO IF THEY'RE PAST THEIR PRIME, REMOVE THEM AND REPLACE, OR IF THEY CAN JUST BE TRIMMED, WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS ON THE OVERPASS SLOPES AT 2004 AND 2 88.
SO THINGS THAT ARE ON THE OVERPASS, OTHER OVERPASS SLOPES LIKE OLEANDERS, CREPE MYRTLES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE HEARTY.
UM, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST TREE PLANTINGS ALONG THE SIDES OF 2 88 TO HELP DISPERSE NOISE FROM THOSE SUBDIVISIONS THAT BORDER 2 88 RIGHT THERE, UM, PARTICULARLY INTO TIMBER CREEK AND THEN NORTHWOOD BOTH ON EITHER SIDES, UM, FENCE LINES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALIZE THERE'S TWO FENCE LINES THAT GO, UH, ON 2 88 AT THE EXIT OF 2004 BOEING, BOTH WAYS.
ONE OF 'EM BORDERS INTO DUNBAR.
THE OTHER ONE IS ALONG THE CREEK SIDE.
THE ONE ON THE CREEK SIDE ESPECIALLY, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THERE'S A FENCE THERE ANYMORE.
IT'S SO COVERED UP WITH VINES AND SCRUB TREES.
UM, SO CLEARING THOSE, GETTING ALL THAT CLEARED OUT OF THERE.
UM, WILDFLOWER SEEDING, WHICH IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, UH, RICHWOOD ONE IN THEIR POPULATION CATEGORY LAST YEAR IN TXDOT, TOLD 'EM THAT THEY COULD ASK FOR WILDFLOWER SEEDING.
SO WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE DOING, WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR SOME WILDFLOWER SEEDS TO BE ADDED TO OUR HIGHWAYS.
UM, REQUEST REPLACEMENT TREES ALONG 2 88 AND 2004 THAT WERE PLANTED USING PREVIOUS ONE GCAA FUNDS.
SO PARTICULARLY THE MAGNOLIA TREES THAT HAVE ALL DIED DUE TO THE DROUGHT UP AND DOWN 2 88 AND EVEN THE LARGER ONES THAT WERE 2004, AS LONG AS THEY'RE THERE, MAYBE THEY CAN SWAP 'EM OUT FOR US.
AND, UH, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO SUGGEST IS LAKE JACKSON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ASKED US IF WHILE WE'RE IN THE AREA, IF WE WOULDN'T MIND ENDING SOME LARGE LIVE OAKS IN FRONT OF THE PLANTATION SITE TO KIND OF HELP WITH THEIR LANDSCAPING.
AND SINCE IT IS A TXDOT RIGHT AWAY AND THEY'LL ALREADY BE IN THE AREA, WE FIGURED WE'D ASK FOR THAT.
SO IF ALL OF THIS SOUNDS GOOD TO Y'ALL OR IF Y'ALL WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO IT, UM, CITY STAFF WILL THEN TALK TO TXDOT AND GET THAT BALL ROLLING TO GET A BID OUT AND GET THAT WHOLE PROJECT GOING.
SO HOW LONG ARE THE TREES THE CONTRACTORS PUT, THE TEXTILE CONTRACTORS PUT THE TREES IN? CORRECT.
AND SO HOW LONG ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF UNTIL THEY'RE OURS? I BELIEVE IT ARE THREE YEARS.
I BELIEVE IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S IRRIGATION FOR TWO YEARS.
IT'S, THEY'RE MANDATED AND THEN THEY TURN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER TO THE CITY.
YEAH, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE TXDOT OFFICE IN HOUSTON, WHO'S DONE A LOT OF THE PROJECTS FOR US AS WELL.
SO THEY KIND OF ARE, ARE FAMILIAR WITH US.
OH, AND WE GOT HARDWARE'S A BIG PLAY.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET OUTTA THE POST GO OUTSIDE OR 14.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF POST SPACE OUT IN FRONT OF.
IT'S NOT A BAD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
UM, TWO OF OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE AS WELL.
ANDY, WHO'S ALSO LIBRARY, AND THEN DEBBIE SOLTES, WHO LOOKS US SO MUCH, SHE KEEPS STICKING AROUND, KEEPS STICKING HER.
SHE'S NOT LIKE JACKSON ANYMORE.
SO ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR SOUNDING GOOD? GREAT JOB.
RON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY SINCE YOU'RE LIAISON? I DO.
I'VE BEEN THE LIAISON I THINK FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
AND THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU SAY THEY ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND WORK, THEY LITERALLY GET OUT THERE AND WORK, SWEATY WEATHER, MOSQUITO WEATHER, COLD WEATHER, AND THEY JUST REALLY DO A LOT TO KEEP OUR CITY VISUALLY APPEALING AND THEY JUST SHOW UP AND PICK UP AND THEY JUST DO A GREAT JOB.
AND I THINK THEY'RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS LAKE JACKSON IS SO PRETTY.
SO I JUST HAVE ONE FEW MORE THINGS.
UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL WOMAN SETH.
UM, THIS GROUP HAS A LOT OF LEADERSHIP IN IT AND REAL LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL AND REAL LEADERSHIP STYLE ABOUT, WE DO, UH, HAVE A LOT OF FUN DURING THE MEETINGS.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THEM, YOU SEE CANDY FLYING AROUND THE ROOM, YOU
BUT THE WHOLE TIME THEY'RE DOING IT, THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
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OF THE THINGS THAT AMY HASN'T BRAGGED ABOUT IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING IN 2024.THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS TO REVITALIZE AN OLD PROGRAM THAT, UH, EVERYONE KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT UNTIL WE STARTED CLEANING OUT THE STORAGE SHED.
AND WE FOUND A LOT OF CIGARETTE CANISTERS.
THESE CIGARETTE CANISTERS ARE DESIGNED TO BE GIVEN TO DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS SO THAT THEY CAN PUT THEM OUT AND KEEP THEM SO THAT RESIDENTS HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THEIR CIGARETTE BUTTS.
AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN REVIVING THAT, UH, IN 2024 BECAUSE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN IS LOOKING THESE DAYS.
ANOTHER ONE THAT THEY LIKE TO DO IS TO HELP US ALSO TAKE CARE OF A GRANT PROGRAM THAT HAS ALSO LANGUISHED TO THE SIDE.
AND THAT IS TO GET RID OF SOME TRASH CANS THAT WERE USED.
MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE MIGHT REMEMBER THE TRASH CAN PROGRAM THAT, UM, WAS USED TO TRY TO HELP RESIDENTS WITH TRASH CANS.
THOSE TRASH CANS HAVE BEEN SITTING OVER IN THE SERVICE CENTER AND AT THE RECENT SHRED DAY, AS COUNCILWOMAN WILL KNOW, UM, THEY WERE STARTED TO GIVE, WE STARTED GIVING THOSE AWAY TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND TOMORROW, WITH THE HELP OF RHEA, WE'LL BE TAKING 25 MORE OVER TO THE MULCH SITE AND OPENING UP A PROGRAM THAT RESIDENTS CAN COME BY.
GET THE TRASH CANS WITH A FLYER THAT EXPLAINS YOU DO NOT PUT THAT AT THE CURB, BUT YOU CAN USE THEM AROUND YOUR HOUSE.
UM, AND I THINK ANOTHER ONE THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT IN 2024, ESPECIALLY AFTER TODAY'S, UH, FIRE IN THE GARBAGE TRUCK, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT BEGINNING A BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAM WHERE, UH, WE WOULD JUST ALLOW RESIDENTS TO COME UP TO CITY BUILDINGS, PUT IN THEIR, UM, BATTERIES, AND THEN WE WOULD SEND THEM TO SOMEONE TO BE RECYCLED.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY ONE MORE TIME, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE THE CITY LIAISON TO THIS GROUP.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF MY JOB.
JUST A, A COMMENT ON YOUR BATTERY RECYCLE PROGRAM.
JUST BE VERY, JUST LIKE WITH THE ISSUE, RIGHT? WE HAVE WITH THE GARBAGE TRUCK, LITHIUM BATTERIES, IF THEY'RE NOT DISCHARGED BEFORE THEY PUT IN THE BIN AND THEY HAVE TO BE DISCHARGED IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY, THEY ARE A HAZARD.
I AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK TODAY ARE LEARNING THAT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO VISITOR'S COMMENTS.
UH, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE, UH, ON THE AGENDA WHERE, UH, CITIZENS, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ABOUT AN ITEM THAT'S ON, ON ANY OF THE AGENDAS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS A COMMENT OR COMMENT THAT WANNA MAKE TO COUNCIL? ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
UH, THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE COUNSEL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND SO IS THERE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AT THIS TIME?
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OKAY.WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.
ITEM ONE IS APPROVED MINUTES NOVEMBER, 2023.
UH, ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES, LIBRARY MINUTES.
WE HAVE RELU ITEM NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 3 4 APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 TO ACCOUNT FOR TEXAS STATE CONVERSA, UH, CONSERVATION GRANT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE $50,000 IN GRANT REVENUE.
UH, AND REQUIRING A 20% MATCH ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.
LIGHTING CONSERVATION, UH, CON CONVERSION TO LED LIGHTING.
ITEM FOUR IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 3 7, UH, APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND FEES OF OUTSIDE ATTORNEY FOR $200,000.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS ACCEPT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 9 3 8 APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR FUNDING FOR THE BAKER RIPPLE, UH, NCC AND THE AMOUNT OF $70,000.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, APPROVE RESCHEDULING OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN JANUARY, 2024 FROM, UH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2ND TO, UH, AND 16TH TO MONDAY EIGHTH, JANUARY 8TH AND JANUARY 22ND.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH MUSTANG UH, MACHINERY COMPANY, UH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO BACKHOE LOADERS FOR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH, UH, SOURCE WELL CO-OP
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CONTRACT NUMBER, UH, 0 3 2 1 1 9 CAT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $279,010 AS BUDGETED.AND FINALLY IS RATIFY A PRICE INCREASE OF $17,000 FOR THE DELIVERY OF TWO, UH, 2023 AUTO, CAR, UM, MODULES OR MODEL AC X 64, REAR LOADING SANITATION TRUCKS.
IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, NUMBER FOUR.
ANY OTHER ITEM TO REMOVE? NO, BUT MAYOR, COULD YOU READ THROUGH THOSE FOR ME ONE MORE TIME? OH, YES.
LET ME STUMBLE THROUGH THOSE AGAIN.
UM, I HAVE, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR REMOVAL, UH, WE WILL, UH, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON REMAINING ITEMS. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, THE CONSENT ITEM WILL BE THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM ON REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 3 7 APPROVING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
MR. SHANYA? YES, I'M JUST, UH, INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT THE BUDGET WAS AND, UH, WHAT IS THIS FOR? OKAY, THIS WAS, UM, YOU, YOU ALL APPROVED THIS, UM, PROBABLY A, A FEW MONTHS AGO BECAUSE OF THE, UM, ONGOING HARVEY LITIGATION AND WE JUST DIDN'T DO THE BUS BUDGET AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO PHYSICALLY ELECTRONICALLY MOVE MONEY INTO AN ALIGNED ITEM SO THAT WE COULD PAY THE LAWYER.
BUT JUST FOR MY INFORMATION, WHAT WAS THE BUDGET ANNUAL? I THINK, UM, I GET 20,000 A YEAR FOR AN OUTSIDE LAWYER.
SO IT'S 20,000 OF ADDING 200,000? YES.
CAN WE, CAN I OR CAN WE ASK FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE NEED TO DO IT, A MONTHLY, UH, EVERY OTHER 60 DAY UPDATE ON THAT? I MEAN, JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE BILLING US.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY $200,000 IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, RIGHT? I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS FOR JUST ONE LITIGATION.
SO THERE WAS NOT AN ONGOING TAB THAT ADDED UP FOR 200,000.
I MEAN, ARE Y'ALL ABLE TO GIVE THAT TO US JUST SO WE CAN WELL, THEY SEND BILLS FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO WE CAN JUST KEEP TRACK OF IT.
YEAH, WE CAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
WE CAN GIVE YOU THE, WE JUST RECEIVED THEIR FIRST, UH, OUR FIRST INVOICE SO WE CAN, UH, COPY TO COUNSEL.
SO IS THIS GONNA BE AN ONGOING, UH, SO LITIGATION FOR THIS? YES.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2018, SO YES, THIS IS ONGOING.
WE JUST NEED TO KEEP TABS ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S, I'M ANSWERING THIS.
$200,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY.
WELL, I MEAN, BUT IT IS WHEN WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY, THAT'S MY ONLY POINT IS I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF IT.
IT, IT MAY NOT BE A LOT OF MONEY TO SOMEBODY THAT CHARGES THAT, BUT I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF IT.
WE'LL SEND YOU, UH, EACH TIME WE GET AN INVOICE, THE INVOICE WE'LL SEND.
WE'LL, SO, SO IS THAT 200,000 FROM 2018 TO THE PRESENT? NO.
IF YOU REMEMBER IS TML COVERED US ALL UP UNTIL RECENTLY.
THEY COVERED THE WHOLE AL ENCHILADA, EXCUSE ME, THE WHOLE ENCHILADA.
AND NOW THAT, UM, THE TORT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED, WE WON THE TORT CLAIMS, THEY WILL NO LONGER COVER US.
AND SO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS ARE COME OUT OF THE TAXPAYER'S POCKET.
SO, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE MADE THEIR BUDGET KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ONGOING ITEM.
WE SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THEIR MONEY IN THE BUDGET, NOT JUST TO AMENDMENTS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW, JUST NOT FINE.
SO WHEN AS YEAH, WE DIDN'T KNOW.
DIDN'T AT THE TIME WE APPROVED THE BUDGET.
BUT YOU SAID IT'S AN ONGOING EXPENSE, SO, NO, IT'S JUST STARTED.
WE ONLY WHEN COUNSEL DISCUSSED THIS, UH, WE FIRST FOUND IT WAS IN AUGUST 21ST, 21ST.
SO THIS IS OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY AMEND THE BUDGET.
YOU SAID WE'RE JUST GETTING OUR FIRST INVOICE, CORRECT? WE, WE, WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST INVOICE TWO WEEKS AGO.
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THIS IS THE BUDGET AMOUNT THE COUNCIL APPROVED.AND THIS WAS THE ESTIMATE WE WERE GIVEN AT AUGUST 24TH.
AND WE'RE NOW AMENDING THE BUDGET.
THE FIRST INVOICE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31 30 $2,000.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE ITEM.
WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 9 37 APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES AND OUTSIDE ATTORNEY FOR $200,000 AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1. Discuss and consider a recommendation by the Traffic Commission to install “No Parking” signs on Dahlia Street near Bess Brannen Elementary School zone. – Stephen White]
ITEM ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEM, UH, ITEM ONE, WHICH IS, UH, IN YOUR AGENDA IS DISCUSSING THIS KIT.RE CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION BY OUR TRAFFIC COMMISSION TO INSTALL NO PARKING SIGNS ON, UH, DAHLIA STREET, UH, NEAR BEST.
DO YOU WANNA START US OUT ON THIS OR, UH, YES.
UM, MILFORD, CAN YOU BRING UP THE MAP? IS THERE, I THINK THERE MAY BE A DRAWING ON THERE.
WE HAD RECEIVED, UM, A REQUEST FROM A CITIZEN OR A NOTIFICATION OF A PROBLEM, UH, THAT CONTINUES TO OCCUR.
UM, MOSTLY FROM WHAT I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, REALLY ON, UM, PICKUP TIMES VERSUS, UH, DROP OFF.
UM, IF YOU RECALL OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ADDED, UH, NO PARKING DURING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE DAY, REALLY DROP OFF IN PICKUP TIMES ON ARROWWOOD AND TANAGER.
AND THEN I PROBABLY, MAYBE A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE ADDED MAYBE, MAYBE NOT EVEN THAT MUCH.
WE ADDED ROYAL OAKS, UH, LANE OR CIR CIRCLE.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE STILL A PROBLEM OCCURRING ON WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UH, DIA UH, AS WELL, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, UM, AND AGAIN FROM MR. WHITE HAD BROUGHT IT TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION'S ATTENTION AND, UH, IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE TRAFFIC, UH, COMMISSION.
THEY'VE RECOMMENDED AS WELL THAT WE ADD, UH, NO PARKING, YOU KNOW, ON THIS STRETCH AS WELL FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF, UH, TIMES.
ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE MENTIONS, I BELIEVE, UM, MR. JACOBS, UH, BROUGHT UP, HE'S A CROSSING GUARD HERE AT THE, AT THE INTERSECTION IS WE MAY WANT TO ALSO CONSIDER ADDING SOME NO PARKING SIGNS IN THIS STRETCH ON CHUSA UP TO AROUND THE CURVE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO, UH, SIGNS THERE.
AND SO IF WE, IF COUNSEL DOES AGREE WITH THIS, IT MAY SPILL OVER INTO HERE AS WELL.
SO HE BROUGHT UP THAT WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THAT.
IT, UM, IF A FINAL DECISION IS MADE, IT STILL SURPRISES ME.
I'M, I USE, UH, MY DAUGHTER GOES TO THE SCHOOL.
I DON'T DO THE PICKUP TIME, BUT I DO THE DROP OFF.
UH, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW PICKS UP.
WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS, IS DESIGNED, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR ANY OF THE PARENTS TO, TO USE THE STREET.
UH, I MEAN, WHEN, AND EVEN WHEN I'VE PICKED UP, IT TAKES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE QUEUE.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY A, MAYBE A, HOPEFULLY ONLY A FEW PARENTS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE IMPATIENT AND DON'T WANNA WAIT THE 10 MINUTES IN, IN THE QUEUE IS, IS MR. WHITE HERE YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THIS OR NOT? WELL, UM, YOU'LL NEED TO STEP UP.
YOU'LL NEED TO STEP UP TO MICROPHONE THOUGH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
I'M JUST OFFERING YOU A CHANCE.
UM, WHEN I, WHEN I WENT TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, I GOT, LIKE YOU SAID, I, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T WAITED IN LINE AND I THOUGHT ACTUALLY IT WAS A SCHOOL PROBLEM.
SO WHEN I, I WENT TO TALK TO THEM FIRST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA, AND THEY, THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE HEAR IT EVERY DAY.
UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, A RULE BOOK THAT THEY HAND OUT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOUR KIDS GO THERE, MAYBE YOU SEE IT.
IF YOU ARE A, IF YOU'RE A CAR PERSON, YOU NEED TO GET IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S PROBABLY, I MEAN, TODAY I HAD TO PICK UP MY KIDS AND WHEN I CAME BACK IT WAS AT LIKE, AT THE WRONG TIME.
I COULD BARELY GET IN THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, MAYBE EIGHT CARS, 10 CARS THAT PARK THERE.
AND THEN THEY JUST DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AND WALK AND THEN THE KIDS COME BACK AND GET IN THE CAR.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS THEY HAD THE, THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT SIGNS UP AND IT JUST KEEPS MITIGATING FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT.
AND I GUESS IT'S GONNA GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S ONLY A FIVE MINUTE PICKUP, WHY WOULD YOU? RIGHT.
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FUNNY TODAY WHEN THERE WAS A LADY THERE, UM, LIKE I THINK, I THINK USUALLY QUARTER TO FOUR, I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE WHAT TIME THEY GET OUT, BUT SHE'S ALREADY THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK.SHE BEATS THE CROSSING GUARD HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
AND HE CAN'T EVEN GET A SPOT TO PARK.
HE NEEDS TO, IF YOU PUT A SIGN UP, PUT A THING FOR, UH, FOR RESERVED PARKING OR SOMETHING FOR GOOD GUY, YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S, IT'S, AND THE THE TROUBLE TOO IS THAT THE KIDS, WHEN THEY GET OUT AND WALK, THEY KIND OF DIAGONAL ACROSS THE ROAD, RIGHT? AND, AND THERE'S LIKE TWO OR THREE FAMILIES NOW ON OUR STREET THAT, THAT HAVE YOUNGER KIDS THAT THEY SAID, IF YOU'RE A WALKERS, THAT'S OKAY.
THEY HAVE CROSSING GUARDS TO GET 'EM ACROSS.
BUT IF YOU'RE DRIVERS THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A DANGER.
AND THESE KIDS ARE WALKING FROM THEIR HOUSE AND CARS ARE ZIPPING AROUND 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF A CUL-DE-SAC.
SO THEY COME IN AND SPIN AROUND AND PARK AND, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE TOO.
YOU, YOU PRETTY MUCH GOT IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND THE SCHOOL, AND I DON'T PICK UP MY KIDS GO HERE TOO.
I, I DO DROP OFF, NOT PICK UP, BUT, UM, THE SCHOOL TRIES TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS BY RELEASING THE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS AT DIFFERENT TIMES, TIMES EVEN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TRY TO STAGGER IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT STILL DOESN'T STOP 'EM FROM PARKING AND DOING ANYTHING TO AVOID WAITING IN THE STACKING LANES.
THEY DID IT, AND I KNOW THEY DID IT AT, UH, ALL THE SCHOOL BOMB PLANTATION WE HAD TO CLOSE OFF WAS A PECAN OR WHATEVER IT WAS ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY JUST DON'T, WELL, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GET, THEY, THEY WORRY ABOUT IT IF THEY GET INTO THE STACKING LANE THAT THEY'RE CAUGHT.
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THAT, IT'S NOT SET UP THAT WAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA GET TRAPPED IN THERE.
I MEAN, I PICK UP LILY AT THREE 40.
IF I'M THERE EARLY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET HER OUT.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU JUST KNOW WHAT TIME TO GO AND, UH, IT TAKES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTS EVERY PLACE, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, BY THE REC CENTER WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY SCHOOL, IT'S AN EDUCATION THING.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAN'T, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE CHICK-FIL-A IN CHARGE OF THIS, ALL THE PARKING.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF TELLING THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
I, THIS IS A FEW PARENTS JUST NOT WANTING TO WANT COMPLY, WANTING TO COMPLY.
UM, NOW I DID TELL MR. WHITE THAT, UM, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IF, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL WAS INTERESTED IN PREVIOUS, THEY'VE ASKED US TO REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE RESIDENTS.
UH, ALONG THERE I DID SEND OUT A, A LETTER.
I HAD INTENDED TO GET IT, UH, BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
I THINK WE'VE RECEIVED OUR FIRST RESPONSE NOW.
SO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED, UH, UH, EVERY RESPONSE.
I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 13 HOMES THAT WE'VE SENT TO 12 OR 13 HOMES.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE, WE, WE DID RECEIVE OUR FIRST RESPONSE.
WE ASKED IT WITH A TWO PART QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, ONE, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF, AND THEN ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF HAVING TO SIGN IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME? UH, BECAUSE I TOLD MR. WHITE, SOMETIMES WE GET EVERYBODY IN FAVOR AND THEN NO ONE AGREES TO SIGN.
UH, AND SO WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST RESPONSE.
AND TRUE TO TRUE TO FORM, THEY WERE IN FAVOR, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANNA SIGN IN THEIR YARD.
SO, UH, UH, IF COUNCIL'S INTERESTED, WE'LL STILL TRY TO GET THIS INPUT BEFORE, UM, WE MOVE FURTHER.
AND I WAS READING THROUGH, UH, THE INFORMATION FROM THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, UH, MEETING AND STUFF, AND, UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, CHROMIN WAS THE ATTENDANCE THERE.
AND HE WAS, HE WAS SAYING THAT WE MAY WANT TO, INSTEAD OF DOING NO PARKING IS DOING, UH, NO LOADING, UNLOADING, BECAUSE I GUESS HE'S SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY PARKING.
THEY'RE SITTING THERE IN THEIR CAR AND THEY'RE LOADING AND UNLOADING.
I LEARNED SOMETHING ON THAT ONE.
IF YOU SIT THERE AND YOU'RE IN YOUR CAR AND IT SAYS, NO PARKING, YOU'RE GOOD PARKING.
NO, THEY CAN'T GIVE YOU NO UHUH.
I THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF PARKING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE CAR OR NOT, YOU'RE PARKED BECAUSE IT'S NOT MOVING.
THAT'S, I'M LIKE, I WOULDN'T FEEL AND THEN ARGUE THE FACT.
SO, OKAY, SO, BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER SIGNS SIGNS I NOTICED LIKE ON, ON TANGENT, MY SON LIVES IN THE BACK AND IT, IT, IT DOESN'T SAY NO LIKE NO STANDING OR LIGHT ANYMORE.
IT JUST, THERE'S NO PARKING BETWEEN LIKE EARLY MORNING HOURS OR, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME THEY GET OUT.
THAT'S IT ANY OTHER TIME HAVE AT IT.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE WOULD DO HERE IS SPECIFIC TIMES AGAIN, THERE'S NO PARKING.
UH, LIKE WE'VE DONE ANY OTHER LOCATIONS, UH, AGAIN, YOU GET BACK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT JUST, THEY DON'T WANNA HAVE TO MULL AROUND ANOTHER SIGN IN THE FRONT YARD TYPE STUFF.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT DOES HAPPEN.
BUT IF, LIKE MODESTO'S SAYING IS, IS YOU, YOU DON'T, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE FOR IT TO GET RESPONSE BACK.
IF WE COULD, UH, GIVE THIS ANOTHER, UH, CYCLE AROUND, UH, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A RESPONSE.
EVEN IF WE DON'T GET RESPONSES, MAYBE WE MAY MAKE PHONE CALLS,
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BUT JUST TO FOLLOW UP, WE COULD, WE COULD TRY THAT.UM, ALSO WE COULD, UH, IF COUNSEL IS INCLINED TO THAT WE COULD ALSO, UM, PREPARE, YOU KNOW, AN ORDINANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON THERE, I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE, IT DOES REQUIRE TWO READINGS AND TALK TO ME ABOUT IT SAYS, OH, DID YOU GET THAT LETTER IN THE MAIL? WHICH I DIDN'T, BUT I ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE MAIL.
WE DID NOT SEND MR. WHITE A LETTER BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT HE WANTED TO SIGN, HE WANTED TO SIGN, AND HE WOULD AGREE TO HAVING ONE IN HIS YARD.
YOU GUYS ALRIGHT? MR. JACOBS? HI, MITCH JACOBS.
I'M ALSO THE CROSSING GUARD AT THAT AREA.
UM, YEAH, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF CARS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE SCHOOL QUEUE AND STUFF, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NEW SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE TURNAROUND'S ALL BEEN BUILT THERE.
YOU KNOW, UH, MY MAIN CONCERN WITH IT IS INSTEAD OF DOING A PIECE MILL AND JUST PUTTING IT DOWN ON THE CUL-DE-SAC OF DELILAH AND UP IS MAKE SURE THAT THE SIGNAGE EXTENDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH ACUA.
AND THE S THAT S-CURVE IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
UH, ALSO THERE IS, ON THIS SIDE, I GUESS THE, THE, THE SOUTHERN SIDE, UH, THERE, ONE OF THE HOUSES, TWO DOORS INTO THE, INTO THE S CURVE IS ACTUALLY A CHILDCARE, AND THERE'S DROP OFFS AND PICKUPS, AND THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY PULL IN FRONT WAYS TO DROP THEIR CARS AND THEY HAVE TO BACK OUT, AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T SEE.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A, A, A NERVOUS TIME, YOU KNOW, IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE BY THAT, BUT SOME PEOPLE DO PARK ON THAT S-CURVE STUPIDLY, AND LEAVE THEIR CAR AND TAKE THEIR CHILD IN, AND IT JUST CAUSES A WHOLE BUNCH OF ISSUES.
SO JUST TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT BUDGET WISE.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ADDING MORE SIGNAGE, BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU COVER THE WHOLE AREA, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WAY ON DALE ISLA AND, AND A CRUISER, IT'LL BE A LOT SAFER FOR THE KIDS, YOU KNOW.
SO IF WE GET NO PARKING SIGNS HERE, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE METHOD OF ENFORCEMENT? BY THE TIME THE OFFICERS GET THERE, THEY'LL BE GONE UNLESS SOMEBODY CALLS THEM.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT IS TY TYPICALLY LIKE? SAY THERE'S 10 NO PARKING SIGNS THERE, AND THERE'S 10 CARS THERE.
THERE'S NOBODY'S PARKED IN THE OTHER CUL-DE-SACS, CUL-DE-SACS.
BUT I SEE, YOU KNOW, THE FEW THAT TRY TO PARK THERE ARE MOVED VERY FAST BY, USUALLY THE NEIGHBORS WILL SAY SOMETHING TO 'EM.
WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING, UM, MOST OF THE CARS THAT PARK ON DELILAH HAVE BEEN THERE PARKING THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
SO THEY ALL KNOW ME, THEY WORK WITH ME AND STUFF, BUT IT'S STILL HARD FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR TRUCKS IN AND THIS AND THAT.
HE HAS A COUPLE TRUCKS, UH, MR. WHITE, UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
AND WHEN THERE'S BIG TRUCKS AND THERE'S PARKING ON EITHER SIDE OR, UH, UPS COMES IN AND SOMETIMES THEN THE BUS, IT GETS REALLY HECTIC.
SO THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THAT, SO YOU PUT NO PARKING SIGNS THERE, BUT THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK ALL THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN LAKE JACKSON, I MEAN, THERE'S STREET PARKING.
HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THIS PERSON'S THERE TO PICK UP THEIR KID AND THE PERSON WHO LIVES AT THIS HOUSE HAS SOMEBODY PARKED OUT IN THE STREET? WELL, THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY, OR THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT PARKING ON THAT.
I NEED YOU TO STEP UP TO THE MIC, SINCE YOU'RE TALKING THROUGH OUR MOTHERS AND OR OUR FATHERS.
I NEED TO STEP, I NEED YOU TO STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE SINCE YOU'RE TALKING.
THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING THERE ARE SITTING IN THEIR CARS WAITING FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
UH, IF, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A, YOU KNOW, WHO'S A RESIDENT AND HAS A NEIGHBOR OR A FAMILY MEMBER COMES IN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA GET OUTTA THEIR CAR AND STUFF.
I HAVEN'T SEEN PEOPLE PARK ON THAT STREET, YOU KNOW, TO GO VISIT SOMEBODY SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE.
YOU KNOW, AT THE TIMES OF THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY TALKING 45 MINUTES AN HOUR IN THE MORNING.
WE'RE DOING, YEAH, 30 MINUTES TO 45.
AND YOU HAVE TO DO, THE SIGNS ARE LIKE, YOU HAVE 34, 5 MINUTES.
AND THERE'S A LITTLE PARK ACROSS THE WAY, UH, ON THE CORNER.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, DURING THE, THE NICE DAYS OR THE, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE SUMMER OR WHATEVER, THE KIDS WILL COME THAT LIVE ON THAT STREET, OR EVEN THE KIDS THAT LIVE FURTHER DOWN, AND THEY'LL GO PLAY IN THAT PARK.
BUT ONCE THEY CROSS THE STREET WITH ME, THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.
AND I'M STILL STANDING THERE AND THEY'RE CROSSING THE STREET BACK AND FORTH IN
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THE MIDDLE OF THE S NORMALLY, WHICH IS HECTIC.I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WATCH 'EM.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY I'M THERE, I'M RESPONSIBLE.
BUT ONCE THEY ARE CROSSED FROM THE SCHOOL AND HANDED OVER TO THEIR PARENTS, I'M NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE.
BUT BECAUSE I'M THERE, I STILL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT IT, IT'S JUST REALLY HECTIC THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A UNIQUE AREA, BECAUSE IT'S A SCHOOL AND GOT THAT S-CURVE.
IS IT INTERESTING? I STILL HAVE PEOPLE COMING FAST THROUGH THAT S-CURVE, NO MATTER, EVEN WITH THE SI THE NEW SIGNAGE AND STUFF.
AND I, I, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME CARS AND I TRY TO STOP 'EM.
AND MOST OF THEM, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COULD WELL, LISTEN TO ME, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW BUDGET-WISE, THAT YOU, YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD MORE TO MAKE IT SAFER.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HELPING OR HURTING THE SITUATION.
UH, I COME DOWN 2004 IN THE MORNING, AND SINCE THEY'VE RE BLACKTOPPED 2004, THAT LIGHT RIGHT THERE DOESN'T LET MANY PEOPLE, IT'S LETTING FOUR OR FIVE CARS THROUGH AT THAT TIME.
SO IF WE COULD, DO WE HAVE A WAY TO REACH OUT TO TXDOT AND JUST ASK IF THEY'LL LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION? 'CAUSE IT, THAT'S NOT LETTING MANY PEOPLE MOVE.
IF WE CAN GET IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, IT MAY HELP THAT TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS, UH, YOU'LL, UH, WE'LL DO ANOTHER CYCLE AND WAIT FOR RESPONSES BACK ON THE LETTERS.
WE'LL MAKE, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH PHONE CALL.
AND THEN, SO NEXT COUNCILMAN WILL, UH, HAVE THIS NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK AND, UH, GO AHEAD AND BRING A DRAFT RESOLUTION.
BUT I, I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING THOUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, MR. JACOBS, IS THAT, UH, MAYBE IF STAFF COULD TAKE A, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER LOOK AT IT IN A BROADER PICTURE AND SEE IF WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
LIKE HE'S, YEAH, WE'LL LOOK INTO CHU AS WELL AROUND THE, UM, COURT.
I'LL ASK THE CHIEF AND TO GET THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF WHERE WE NEED TO EXTEND IT TO.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO REACH OUT TO, UM, TXDOT AREA ENGINEER TOMORROW ABOUT THE LIGHT.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE, WHAT WE ARE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY BE CONTINUING TO DO, IS PUSH THESE FEW PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO USE THE LANES OR PUSHING THEM FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND HOW LONG, HOW FAR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR KID WALK INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, UH, SIT IN A, IN A LANE.
BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
[2. Discuss and consider a recommendation by the Traffic Commission to install “No Parking” signs near MacLean Park Soccer Fields on Oak Drive, Majestic Oak Circle, and Cotton Drive. – Robin Hyden ]
RIGHT.THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT FOLKS.
ITEM TWO IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATION BY A TRAFFIC, UH, COMMISSION TO INSTALL NO PARKING SIGNS NEAR MCLEAN PARK SOCCER FIELD ON OAK DRIVE, MAJESTIC OAK CIRCLE, AND COTTON DRIVE.
SO FOR THIS PAST YEAR, UH, LIKE ESPECIALLY THIS LAST PAST SOCCER SEASON FOR, I GUESS IT GOES BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, THE TRAFFIC, WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN OAK DRIVE AND YOU'RE TURNING CURVING INTO MAJESTIC OAK CIRCLE HAS BEEN REALLY BAD.
UM, THE RESIDENTS HAD, I HAD STARTED RECEIVING VIDEOS AND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS.
UM, AND MANY OF THE, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS HAD TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY UNDERSTOOD A FEW TIMES A YEAR WHEN GIRLS SOFTBALL HAD A TOURNAMENT ON THE, ON SATURDAYS.
AND THEN SOCCER ALSO PLAYED GAMES THAT THIS WOULD OCCUR.
BUT IT WAS LIKE FIVE, SIX TIMES MAYBE, UM, DURING THE YEAR, WELL, THIS STARTED OCCURRING EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY AND THEN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE WEEKNIGHT.
AND SO AFTER DOING MORE INVESTIGATION ON OUR PART AND CHECKING THE AREA, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT IT WASN'T A FACT OF NO PARKING IN MCLEAN PARKING LOT.
IT WAS THAT PARENTS WANTED TO PULL UP CLOSEST TO THEIR, WHERE THEIR KIDS WERE PLAYING SOCCER.
SO THEY'RE PULLING UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT CURVE, WHICH HAS MADE IT TO WHERE IT'S ONE LANE AND YOU'RE COMING AROUND A CURVE.
AND I EVEN HAD A VIDEO OF ONCE WHERE THERE WAS PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE CARS COMING, ONE DIRECTION, FOUR OR FIVE CARS COMING THE OTHER, AND NOBODY WAS GONNA MOVE.
AND IF THERE WAS EVER AN EMERGENCY AT THAT TIME, THERE'S NO WAY EMERGENCY VEHICLES COULD GET INTO THE SOCCER FIELDS OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO THE OTHER ISSUE WAS THEY'LL PARK ON COTTON DRIVE, WHICH ALSO BLOCKS THE RESIDENT'S MAILBOXES ON BOTH SIDES.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN'T SEE WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT AT THAT AREA, WHEN YOU'RE GETTING OUT ON OAK DRIVE, IT IS TWO LANES, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THE CARS COMING BECAUSE THERE'S, I MEAN, THEY, THEY PARKED SO FAR OUT.
SOME OF 'EM ARE EVEN PARKED LIKE ON HALFWAY ON THE GRASS ON THE SIDEWALK AND HALFWAY IN THE ROAD.
IT'S, IT'S JUST KIND OF REALLY, THEY'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH PULLING UP AND PARKING ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO, IT SEEMS LIKE.
UM, WE HAVE, I HAVE PICTURES FROM RESIDENTS WHERE IT'S EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY NIGHTS, MONDAY
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NIGHTS, AND THEN THERE, THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT.THEY JUST DON'T WANNA WALK THAT FAR.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY BIG SAFETY CONCERN FOR US AS A INCENTIVE.
WE TRIED TO PUT UP NO PARKING SIGNS, JUST BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE HAVING A GIRL'S SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THAT TIME, AND THEY JUST RAN OVER 'EM.
SO, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TRUCK, WHAT SIDE, WHAT SIGN, YEAH.
SO YOU CAN SEE LIKE EVEN HOW A TRUCK PARKED, UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE PARKING ON THE MEDIANS.
I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE THE ISSUE SO MUCH AS WHEN IT IS TWO LANES AND THERE IS A BIG TOURNAMENT IF THEY, IF THEY PARK ON ONE SIDE.
BUT IT'S WHERE IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE TWO LANES GOING THE SAME DIRECTION, BUT WHEN YOU GET IT TO WHERE IT'S JUST TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, ONE GOING ONE WAY, ONE GOING THE OTHER ON THAT CURVE, IT'S JUST A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.
SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO PUT UP THE NO PARKING SIGNS AND JUST IN THOSE AREAS, AND YOU CAN SEE IT EVEN ON, I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S EXTENDED BESIDES JUST MM-HMM.
IT'S, YOU CAN EVEN LOOK ON GOOGLE MAPS AND YOU'LL SEE THE PARKING LOT.
I MEAN, THERE'S, AND THAT'S FULL.
AND THERE'S CARS PARKED ON THE CURVE.
RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING OTHER ISSUES OF THEM, EVEN PARKING IN THE GRASS AND THE PARKS, THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THE TRAIL, WHICH THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HANDLE AND TAKE CARE OF IN HOUSE.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION IN SOCCER WHO HAVE BOTH TRIED, UM, YOU KNOW, SOCCER HAS REALLY BEEN TRYING TO DO IT.
BUT AGAIN, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY JUST STANDING THERE MONITORING IT, BUT IF THERE'S NO PARKING, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL JUST SAY, THIS IS WHERE I WANNA PARK.
I'VE TALKED TO EVEN SOME OF THE SOCCER PA PARENTS, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A LONG WALK IF YOU HAVE COOLERS AND TENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THEY DO IT FOR BASEBALL, THEY DO IT FOR THE OTHER ONES.
WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S SAFE.
SO, UM, THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE I SAID, WHERE IT TURNS INTO, UM, OAK DRIVE, WHERE YOU'RE GOING DOWN OAK DRIVE AND THEN BECOMES ONE LANE ON GOING BOTH DIRECTIONS, THAT'S WHERE WE WANNA START THE NO PARKING SIGNS, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE DRIVEWAY.
NO, FOR YOUR, UH, THAT DRAWING WITH THE RED LINES.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT SHOWS WHAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE.
IN MY FIRST PAGE, ROB'S RECOMMENDED.
JUST IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND TWO, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, TWO OF THE RESIDENTS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THERE IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTACTED ME AND SENT ME PICTURES.
IT DIDN'T DURING THE, ONCE DURING SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, WHEN WE HAVE THINGS, 'CAUSE SOFTBALL USUALLY DOES NOT PLAY ON SATURDAYS.
SO THEY PLAY DURING THE WEEKEND.
AND SO THERE'S NOT AS MANY PEOPLE ON THE DAYS WHEN THEY DO HAVE TOURNAMENTS.
WE'LL WORK WITH BOTH ASSOCIATIONS.
WE'LL LET 'EM USE THE ADULT FIELDS TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC OVER THERE, UM, AND DO OTHER THINGS.
BECAUSE WE NOTICED THAT IT GOT SO BAD THAT, I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE PARKING IN PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS.
UM, YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST A NIGHTMARE OVER THERE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH PARKING, SO THEY CAN ONLY HAVE SO MANY GAMES AND SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE, SOCCER'S ALSO GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED DOING ACCOUNT AND THEY PROBABLY HAD OVER 900 PEOPLE THAT PLAYED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT AND 10.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY TO RESTRUCTURE SOME OF THOSE GAMES, TOO.
BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT'S NOT STOPPING THE PARENTS ON THE WEEKNIGHTS WHEN THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE A WAY TO, TO DO MASS COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE LEAGUES? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HELP, BUT WE JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO, THEY SENT IT OUT ON FACEBOOK.
THEY NOTIFIED PARENTS, THEY NOTIFIED COACHES.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ALL A MATTER OF WHAT THEY WANNA LISTEN TO AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHUT THE GATE AT MCLEAN AT ONE TIME WHEN, UM, WHERE THEY COULDN'T DRIVE ON THE TRAIL AND THEY JUST, WELL, WE DIDN'T REALLY, THE GATE DOESN'T SHUT.
SO WE HAD PUT UP TAPE, THEY TORE IT DOWN.
SO, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA PUT A GATE UP THERE TOO, TO STOP THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S DAMAGING THE TRAIL FOR, PLUS IT'S AGAINST THE ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER, WE HAVE OTHER PLANS THAT WE'LL DO IN-HOUSE TO TRY TO, TO, TO CURVE THE PROBLEM.
THE BIGGEST THING IS, THOUGH, IS WE JUST REALLY NEED TO GET 'EM OFF THAT CURVE BEFORE.
'CAUSE THERE HAS BEEN AN INCIDENT.
UM, SAR DID REPORT WHERE IT WAS BAD IN TRYING TO GET THEIR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN, UM, THAT THEY HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? SO YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUESTING DIRECTION BACK TO STAFF ON THIS? YEAH.
WE'RE REALLY ASKING IF, IF COUNSEL'S IN FAVOR OF THIS, WE'LL ASK SHERRY TO PREPARE ORDINANCE, UH, INCLUDING THIS IN THE, IN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL STREETS WHERE WE HAVE NO PARKING, UH, TO INCLUDE THIS STRETCH THAT, UH, I JUST HAVE THE QUESTION THAT IF WE PUT ALL THESE NEW PARKING SIGNS UP AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO NOT FOLLOW ANY KIND OF RULES, THEN WHAT? WELL, IF THERE'S PEOPLE PARKING THERE, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW.
THEY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S REPORTED, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN, YOU KNOW, ENFORCE THEY CAN TICKET ENFORCE IT.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO NO PARKING SIGNS.
SO THERE IS A METHOD TO ENFORCE IT.
AND I THINK ONCE THEY GET THE HANG OF IT, I MEAN, I, I CAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN SOCCER FIRST STARTS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO REALLY MONITOR AND TRY TO GET IT OUT TO THEM.
BUT I THINK AFTER THE FIRST TWO, YOU KNOW, EVEN ONE, I, I CAN SEE THAT IT WOULD REALLY RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
I DON'T THINK THEY WANT US TO GO THE OTHER ROUTE AND RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT BY THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS WE HAVE.
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RIGHT.AND, AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WA LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO RIGHT.
BETWEEN THE LEAGUES AND IN-HOUSE.
THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP ENCOURAGE STUFF.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING TOO IS RASCO WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON SATURDAY.
THERE WAS THREE CARS AND IT WAS NO FURTHER TO WALK THAN PARKING AT THE END OF THAT CURVE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT CLOSER FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, IT, IT, IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON OUR PART, BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THAT THROUGH AND GET THAT TO PARENTS AND STUFF.
SO EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH GIVING DIRECTION TO BRING OUR RESOLUTION BACK? YES.
AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON IT THEN.
[3. Discuss and consider the presentation of the Charter Review Commission Report and the Council’s recommendation for changes to the Charter. – Will Brooks]
ALL RIGHT.WE MOVE TO ITEM THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PRESENT, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT AND THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR CHANGES TO THE CHARTER.
UM, UH, I RESIDE AT TWO 16 BANGING DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
UM, I THINK I STILL HAVE A FEW MEMBERS LEFT.
UM, I'LL TO NOT MISS AND MAKE IT A RECORD, I DO A LITTLE READING.
I TRY NOT TO DO TOO MUCH READING.
I DO KNOW ALL THIS STUFF BY HEART ABOUT, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT TO MAKE IT A RECORD.
UH, TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE MEMBERS OF OUR 2023, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH IS MYSELF, WILL BROOKS, THE CHAIR, LISA PAUL, SECRETARY MARK SW, UM, UH, SWIK AND, UH, AMY TUSA.
AND, UH, OF COURSE OUR HONORABLE WILLIAM P NEY.
UH, TO JUST GET INTO IT AND KIND OF GET EVERYBODY WITH SMILE ON THEIR FACE AND NOT HAVE FROWN AND EVERYTHING.
USUALLY THEY STATES THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO BE CITIZENS OF LAKE JACKSON.
WELL, ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSION, THIS TEAM HAS 173 YEARS LIVING IN LAKE JACKSON.
AND GUESS WHAT? BILL WASN'T THE, WASN'T THE OLDEST
I CAME IN IN 71, 72 AND EVERYTHING.
AND OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, AMY, SHE CAN'T HELP BUT TO HAVE A LOT OF YEARS 'CAUSE SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
AND SHE'S ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS THAT I CLAIM AND EVERYTHING.
AND JUST LIKE MATT'S ONE OF MY SONS, SEE, I COACHED HIM.
SO IT IS TELLING OFF OF MY AGE IN ALL OF US, BUT IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF YEARS EXPERIENCE AND WE ENJOYED EACH OTHER.
BUT, AND ALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR REPORT, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
OF COURSE, AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER IN SECTION 11.14, A COMMITTEE OF FIVE, UH, LAKE JACKSON RESIDENTS WILL REVIEW THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF OUR CITY.
THE CHARTER REVIEW PERMISSION WILL THEN SUBMIT A REPORT IN WHICH WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE REPORT WILL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE CHARTER.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL REVIEW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO SUBMIT, UH, SUCH PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY.
NOW, UM, GENERAL COMMENTS THAT WE HAD, UM, AND PUT YOU HAVE THAT AS, UH, MEMBERS OF THIS CHARTER COMMISSION WOULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ENTRUSTING, UH, US WITH THIS IMPORTANT DUTY.
WE ARE HUMBLE AND THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WE BEGIN MEETING JULY 11TH, 2023, AND MET ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH QY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT CITY HALL.
UH, ALL THE MEETINGS ARE POSTED.
WERE POSTED ACCORDING TO THE OPEN, UH, MEETINGS ACT.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MEMBER, UH, RDA STAFF FOR SERVING AS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON.
UH, WE THANK MAYOR GERALD RENO FOR HIS VISITS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, RENEE HAI AND CHASE BLANCHARD.
UH, AND, UH, MATT BROUGHT US FOR SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US AND, UH, AND THE CITY STAFF.
UH, CITY STAFF BEING, UH, MUNDO, CITY MANAGER CHERYL, UH, RUSSELL CITY ATTORNEY SALLY REAL, UH, CITY SECRETARY SAL GARY, CITY ENGINEER.
UH, RUSSELL
AND JAMES RONSON, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
I BELIEVE HE'S SITTING BEHIND US.
UM, ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED INDIVIDUALS, UM, PROVIDED A VERY, UH, UH, INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
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UM, LIKE TO COME IN OUR PAST, OUR CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEPING OUR CITY CHARTER UP TO DATE AND EFFECTIVE.AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, WE WILL, UH, GET INTO, UH, THE, UH, MAIN DOCUMENT ON THE DEALING WITH, UH, WHAT WE, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL IN SECTION, UM, ADD ON 3.06 D.
IT SAYS, UH, IF A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE MAYOR'S POSITION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SELECT A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE OUT THE MAYOR'S TERM.
THIS IS TO MAKE CLEAR ON HOW COUNSEL WILL HANDLE A MAYORAL VACANCY ON 4.06 A, UH, WE REMOVE THE WORDS MEDICINE AND JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE SENTENCE ON LINE FOUR, THIS IS STILL ALLOW FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, UH, TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
AND THEN ON 4.09 A, WE, UH, INSERT, UH, OR DESIGNEE ON LINE FIVE FOLLOWING THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
THIS IS TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE, UH, 4.09 E.
UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME ON THE LINE THREE AND THEN 7.03, WE HAD, UH, THREE ENTRIES, UH, CHANGING 30 DAYS NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD LINE TO 45 DAYS.
IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS, IT'D BE 45 DAYS.
AND IT'S TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR THE RESPONSE.
UH, REMOVE ALSO ON REMOVE OR WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION FROM THE THIRD LINE.
THAT'S TO MAKE CLEAR THE TIMING OF THE PETITION TO BE PRESENTED TO VOTERS.
TO ALSO REMOVE IMMEDIATELY UPON THE FILING OF SUCH PETITION, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF THE CITY SECRETARY SHALL PRESENT SAID, PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ADD THE, AND, AND, AND THEN ADD THE CITY SECRETARY AND CITY ATTORNEY SHALL FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES SET OUT IN SECTION 6.05 OF THE CHARTER.
THIS, UH, FOR, UH, FOR CONSISTENCY WITH WITHIN 6.05.
THEN, UM, 7.07 RECOMMEND ADDED, UH, ADDING THE WORD IMMEDIATELY ON THE SECOND LINE SO IT READS, IT SHALL IMMEDIATELY THEREOF UPON.
AND THIS TO MAKE CLEAR THE TIMING, EXPECT THOSE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT WE REQUIRE, THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT IT GOES TO THE VOTERS.
AND IT'S UP ON Y'ALL'S, UH, DECISION TO, TO REVIEW THAT AND SEE IF IT'S FIT.
NOW, BEFORE I GET INTO THE MINOR EDITS, IF THAT'S NECESSARY, UH, FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, I WANT TO BRING OUT ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED, AND IT IS IN OUR MINUTES.
AND THAT IS THAT WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION WITH CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEDURES RELATED, UH, TO THE CONDUCT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HOW A MEMBER CAN PLACE AN ITEM ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
AND THE COMMISSION CONCLUDED THAT SUCH PROCEDURES ARE THE PREVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS PROVIDED BY THE CHARTER.
THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL CAN, UNDER THE CURRENT CHARTER, ESTABLISH SUCH PROCEDURES.
THEREFORE, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL REVIEW THEIR OPERATING PROCEDURES AND DETERMINE WHAT THOSE PROCEDURES SHOULD INCLUDE, AND THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER HAVING SUCH PROCEDURES IN WRITING AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE COUNCIL SEES FIT.
THAT IS, UH, I THINK THAT THAT WILL ADDRESS THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THIS UP.
THEN ON THE, THEN WE HAD MINOR EDITS, UH, WHICH I, I BELIEVE YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE PRESENT THERE.
IT'S STILL WITH SECTION 1 0 3 B.
IT'S LIKE, UH, ADDING A PHRASE AND THE CITY WEBSITE, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE, UH, UH, THE PHRASE OF THE ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER IN THE CITY.
AND AT THE END OF THE FOURTH LINE, THIS IS JUST CLARIFICATION OF, OF, OF, UM, OPTIONS FOR PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF ELECTIONS.
AND THEN IT JUST, I'M LETTING YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT THE NOTES IS INVOLVED ALSO GOES RIGHT ALONG AND, AND, AND CHANGING, UH, LIKE, UH, EDIT NOTES FOLLOWING SECTION 1 0 3.
AND THIS WAS FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR ANYONE UNFAMILIAR WITH VERNON'S REFERENCE MANUAL, UH, A MATERIAL.
AND THAT'S THE SPELL OUT THE FIRST MENTION OF ALL OF THE VERNON'S REFERENCES, UH, BEFORE ABBREVIATION.
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LIKE YOU HAD THE EBIT THING AND EVERYTHING, AND EVERYBODY SAID, OKAY, WHAT'S THAT? WELL, ANYTIME YOU HAVE ABBREVIATIONS AND ANYONE THAT WORKED FOR ANY COMPANY AND BIG COMPANY, WE GOT ABBREVIATIONS AT THE GAZOO AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE HECK THEY ARE UNLESS YOU LOOK 'EM UP.OR NOW, AS THE YOUNG FOLKS SAY GOOGLE IT AND EVERYTHING.
SO THE, YOU KNOW, SO ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS THINGS AND CHANGES.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN REMOVING, UH, YOU KNOW, ALIGNMENTS.
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND YOU READ IT.
AND OFF THE SIDE WE'RE JUST SAYING, MOVE IT OVER AND LINE IT UP PROPERLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE REST OF THESE, UH, REST OF THESE EDIT CHANGES ARE.
I WON'T READ EACH ONE OF 'EM 'CAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
AND, AND AGAIN, UH, BACK TO COUNSEL IS, IS THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE MAKE A DECISION ON THESE TONIGHT.
UH, WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT 'EM, THINK ABOUT 'EM, AND WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN FUTURE AGENDA TO, UH, HAVE THE CONVERSATION, UH, AS A COUNCIL, UH, AND EITHER ACCEPT ALL OF THESE, UH, TO GO ON OR SOME OR NONE.
UH, AND IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, WE CAN ALSO DISCUSS THAT TOO.
AND I'VE GOT, I'VE PUT IN HERE THE WAY I'VE PUT IN SOME RED MARKS ON, ON THE CHARTER SECTIONS TO, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY FIT AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU, THANK YOU.
HOW DO WE HAVE A, LIKE A LINE IN THE SAND AS FAR AS WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE IT APPROVED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN MAY? SHOULD WE, LET'S JUST SALLY FEBRUARY.
YEAH, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS BY SOME, OR IT'S FEBRUARY.
WE'LL GET THE, WE'LL GET THE FINAL DATE FOR YOU.
SO, SO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW AS IT STANDS PRESENTLY, BECAUSE I DO HAVE ALL, I DO HAVE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR MEMBERS HERE CAP MYSELF.
THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS TASK.
TOOK A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF EFFORT IN GOING THROUGH A LOT OF MATERIALS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
ALL, ALL EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS ON THIS PART, RIGHT? YEP.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE TWO, TWICE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS THE COUNCIL LIAISON.
AND, UM, IT'S THING, YOU THINK YOU GO THROUGH IT ONE TIME AND YOU'VE GOT GOT IT ALL DOWN.
YOU GUYS DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO LINE BY LINE OF THE CITY CHARTER.
AND IT'S WHEN YOU GET A FEW FRESH EYES IN THERE, UM, YOU REALLY, I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY CHARTER IS THE CITY CONSTITUTION.
AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING IT UP TO DATE.
WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS HELPFUL.
AND, UM, THEY JUST, EVERY MEETING, THEY JUST, UH, PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, A HUNDRED PERCENT EFFORT INTO MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR, UM, CHARTER WAS UP TO DATE.
MR. WILL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS, KEEPING THE CATS HERDED UP AND
I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, EACH ONE OF MY MEMBERS AND LIKE, UH, RHONDA'S JUST SAID, WE HAD HISTORY INVOLVED.
UH, YOU COUNT BILL'S EXPERIENCE AND, BUT, BUT IN, IN, IN ALL IT SAYING, WE, UH, WE HAD, UH, EXPERIENCE ON THE MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THE CITY.
WE HAD EXPERIENCE OF ME BEING ON COUNCIL AND, AND BEING, UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING A SAFETY AUDITOR.
BUT WE ALSO HAD, WE ALSO HAD A PASTOR TO KEEP OUR SOULS RIGHT.
WE ALSO HAD A MEDICAL SCIENTIST TO KEEP US PHYSICALLY UP IN THE BOARD.
AND THEN WE HAD A FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO KEEP THE, TO KEEP AN EYE ON Y'ALL'S MONEY.
SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PRAYED UP, HELPED UP AND READY.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS BECAUSE AS YOU SEE, YOU FOUND VERY FEW ITEMS, SO AT LEAST YOU KNOW WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
'CAUSE OUR CHARTER, OUR COM YOU KNOW, CHARTER IS SOUND AND EFFICIENT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THESE SMALL ERRORS AND OPPORTUNITIES, I SHOULD SAY.
SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS DID GOOD IN, IN, UH, CALLING UP AND, AND MAKING YOUR SELECTIONS AND, AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIND GOOD FOLKS TO LOOK AT IT.
WELL, WELL, WE GOT Y'ALL PHONE NUMBERS FOR TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE IT.
[4. Discuss and consider ordering two commercial garbage trucks with a left-hand body from Chastang Autocar under BuyBoard Contract No. 723-23 in an amount not to exceed $803,895. – Riazul Mia ]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ORDERING, UH, TWO COMMERCIAL GRAY, UH, GARBAGE TRUCKS WITH THE LEFT HAND, A BODY
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FOR, UH, FROM, UH, CHASTAIN, AUTOCAD FROM THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 7 2 3.MR. RIO, MR. MAYOR, THIS ITEM, BECAUSE, UH, WE PICK UP COMMERCIAL GARBAGE AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TRUCKS.
WE HAVE, UH, THESE TRUCKS, IF WE ORDER NOW IS GONNA BE TWO YEARS.
AND THE TRUCKS, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE IT, WHICH ARE 2016.
AND WE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION.
WE ARE NOT GONNA PAY RIGHT NOW, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL ORDER IT AND WE'LL BRING BACK NEXT BUDGET TIME TO APPROPRIATE THE MONEY FROM THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND.
WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND ON THESE VEHICLES AT THIS POINT? TWO YEAR? YEAH, THAT'S, THEY'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT, SO WE ORDER IT NOW AND MAYBE IN TWO YEARS WE MIGHT GET IT.
WHICH IS WHAT THE END OF 2025.
ARE WE ABLE TO PUT A DEPOSIT AND LOCK THAT PRICE IN? UH, WE WILL ISSUE A CONTRACT TO DESIGN A CONTRACT, BUT THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL LOCK THE PRICE IN BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME WE'LL CHECK, BUT SIMILAR TO THE LAST ORDER OF TRUCKS, IT'S REALLY A TWO-PARTER.
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHASSIS AND THEN THERE'S THE TRUCK ON THERE.
AND SO THE MANUFACTURER WON'T DO AN INCREASE FOR THE BODY, BUT THEY'RE WAITING ON FORD OR WHOEVER TO DELIVER THE TRUCK.
AND THEN THEY'LL PASS ON THAT PRICE, WHATEVER THAT IS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES IS THAT THEY'RE KIND OF AT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, BECK AND CALL OF THE MANUFACTURER.
SO THEY'LL PASS ON THAT, UM, THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE TRUCK TO US.
SO CAN WE PERHAPS, UH, FIX THE MARKUP ON FROM THE, UH, MANUFACTURER AND, UH, IN AT LEAST WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MARKUP IS GONNA BE NOT ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE BID ITEM.
IT'S A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
SO WHEN THEY GO OUT FOR BID, THE PRICE, THE MARKUP IS, AND THE PRICES IS SET.
SO EVERY CITY HAS TO PAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MARKUP AND PRICE IS SET.
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN, COUNCILMAN BID WE GOT IS 2024
SO POSSIBLY WE'LL GET THE 2025 TRUCKS AND EVERY YEAR THEY'RE ADDING EIGHT TO $10,000.
YEAH, BUT THE CHASSIS PRICE, THE CHASSIS PRICE WILL BE FIXED.
CHASIS PRICE NEEDS THE CHASSIS PRICE WILL INCREASE THE BODY FIRED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON MR. MAYOR.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, APPROVE ORDERING TWO COMMERCIAL GARBAGE TRUCKS WITH LEFT HAND BODY FROM CHEST TANK AUTO CAR UNDER BY BOARD CONTRACT 7 2 3 DASH THREE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $803,895 AS REQUESTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO
[5. Consider terminating contract #23-7048-01 with Brightview Landscape Services, Inc. for not complying with the terms of the mowing contract for Parks groups one, two, four, and five. – Robin Hyden ]
ITEM FIVES.CONSIDER TERMINATING CONTRACT, UH, 2 3 7 4 8 0 1 WITH BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES, INC.
FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS OF MOWING CONTRACT FOR PARKS GROUPS.
SO, UM, IN SEPTEMBER WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT.
UM, FOR, IF YOU NOTICE, IT WAS MOST OF THE, DOWNTOWN MOWING IS ONE OF THE AREAS IN A LOT OF THE POCKET PARKS.
UM, THE IT, THE CONTRACT WENT INTO EFFECT OCTOBER THE FIRST, BETWEEN THE TIME OF OCTOBER, THE FIRST OF THE 26TH.
UM, THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UH, BRYCE MET WITH AND NOT ONLY MET WITH, BUT TOOK THEM AROUND THE CITY ON TOURS TO SHOW THEM THE AREAS THAT THEY, UM, EACH LOCATION, WHAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
AND THEY HAD STILL, BY NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, THEY STILL WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
SO WE SENT THEM A LETTER AGAIN AND GAVE THEM INTO THE 17TH TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT AS STATED.
UM, AND BY THAT TIME THEY FINISHED A LOT OF THE AREAS IN THE DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY HAD NOT FINISHED ANY OF THE POCKET PARKS.
THIS WAS AN ONGOING THING, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY SINGLE WEEK WE WERE HAVING TO SHOW THEM AROUND, SHOW THEM THE AREAS, EXPLAIN WHERE THEY NEEDED TO MOW.
AND, UM, IT JUST, FOR A PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL COMPANY LIKE THIS, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS UP TOO MUCH.
SO, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TERMINATING THEIR CONTRACT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY AFFECTING, UH, A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT, UM, AND MANY FROM Y'ALL.
UM, SO, UM, AND THIS IS THE EASY PART OF THE SEASON? YES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, THESE, THESE ARE AREAS.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN SAW DUNBAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THIS HIGH WHERE THE DISC GOLF WAS.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THEY HAD NOT EVEN MOWED THAT AREA IN A MONTH.
THERE'S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, IT HAD NOT BEEN MOWED.
AND THEN WHEN WE, I WAS EVEN OUT THERE
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ON THAT DAY AND THE GUYS WERE MOWING THE DITCH AND I STOPPED THEM AND I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE MOWING? AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, OUR SUPERINTENDENT.AND THIS IS TWO DAYS AFTER BRYCE HAD ALREADY WENT ON A TOUR AGAIN WITH THEM TO SHOW 'EM.
UM, YEAH, THEY, UM, AND FOR THE MOST PART, I MEAN, I DON'T, I REALLY COULDN'T TELL YOU.
I KEPT SAYING, DO THEY HAVE MOWERS? 'CAUSE I KEPT SEEING 'EM JUST WEEDED EATERS.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DID TRY TO GET THERE, BUT THEY STILL WERE BEHIND.
AND, UM, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN IT GETS INTO THE BUSY SEASON, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO GO IN AND TAKE ON THOSE AREAS, UM, OR THE EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT'S JUST GONNA MEAN TO MORE, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS TO YOU AND FOR US.
AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE STRESS ON THAT.
IS THERE ANY PENALTY TO TERMINATE THIS CONTRACT FOR US? NO.
WE, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A NOTICE PROVISION.
IF THERE'S A BREACH OF CONTRACT AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM NOTICE AND THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THAT TIMES, AND NOW WE'LL GIVE THEM THE SEVEN DAY NOTICE THAT, THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE BEEN TERMINATED.
SO WE HAVE DOC, AND IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO THEM.
DO WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT LINED UP? YES.
THAT'S A NEXT, NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL THE EFFORTS.
AND I THINK WE'VE ATTACHED THOSE LETTERS ALSO OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DOCUMENTED SURE.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING SUED DOWN THE ROAD FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT.
WE'VE EVEN, WE ALSO DID NOTIFY THEM THAT WE WOULD BE COMING TO COUNSEL TONIGHT IF THEY WANTED TO COME ALSO.
SO YEAH, IT WOULD BE SEVEN DAYS.
IF, IF COUNSEL JUST, UM, DECIDED TO DO, TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, WE WOULD SEND THEM NOTIFICATION TOMORROW AND THEY WOULD HAVE SEVEN DAYS AFTER THAT.
ANYTIME WE DO THIS, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER DOING THIS, BUT SHERRY, YOU STEP IN AND JUST MAKE SURE ALL OUR I'S ARE DOTS AND T'S ARE CROSSED THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DON'T FOLLOW.
WE, WE'VE GONE WITH HER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE, WE DO VERY OFTEN, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND LIGHTLY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I PROMISE IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO.
WHAT IS IT? 248,000 WAS THE CONTRACT TO THEM TOO FOR THE YEAR? MM-HMM.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN INCREASE.
INCREASE FROM THE OLD CONTRACT TO THE NEW CONTRACT.
AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? WELL, THE NEXT, THE NEXT CONTRACT IT WOULD, THEY CAME IN AT 248,000.
IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO PRORATE IT FROM, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE STARTED OCTOBER THE FIRST.
SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND DO A PRORATE ON THAT FOR THE NEXT, UM, FOR THE, THE NEXT CONTRACTOR THAT COMES IN.
SO THEY'RE, WE'RE NOT WRITING THEM THAT CHECK VISIT.
AND ALL THEY'RE REQUIRED IS WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE.
THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BILL US FOR WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY MOWED COMPLETED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? UH, ROBIN? I JUST, I'M FINE.
I WANNA ASK THIS QUESTION FOR COUNSEL.
OKAY, SO THEY'RE FAMILIAR YES.
WITH THE PACKAGE THAT WE WOULD BE AWARDING TO 'EM? YES.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE'RE STILL ON ITEM FIVE THOUGH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM FIVE? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT.
23 7 0 4 8 DASH OH ONE WITH BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE SERVICES, UH, FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS OF THE MOWING CONTRACT FOR PARKS GROUP 1, 2, 4, AND FIVE SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SETH SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[6. Award mowing contract to Scott and Company (dba Southern Oak Services) for Parks Group one, two, four, and five in an amount not exceeding $248,000 as budgeted. – Robin Hyden ]
SIX, AWARD MOWING CONTRACT TO SCOTT AND COMPANY DBA, UH, SOUTHERN OAKS SERVICES FOR PARKS GROUP 1, 2, 4, 5 IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $248,000 AS BUDGETED.UM, SOUTHERN OAKS WAS THE SECOND, UH, LOWEST BIDDER WHEN WE DID THE BID PACKAGING.
AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO PRORATE FROM THE TIME THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD START, BUT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT GOES, IT WOULD BY FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND WE WOULD PRORATE THAT PRICE WHEN WE GIVE WITH SHERRY ON THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE MO CONTRACT WITH SCOTT AND COMPANY DBA SOUTHERN OAK SERVICES FOR PARK GROUPS 1, 2, 4, AND FIVE IN THE AMOUNT NOT EXCEED 248,000 AS BUDGETED ALL EVERY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[7. Award bid and authorize the City Manager to enter a contract with HTI Construction for Phase II City Wide Street Panel Reconstruction Project from the 2020 Bond Program in an amount not exceeding $494,000. – Sal Aguirre]
SEVEN BOARD BID AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH HTI CON CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE TWO CITYWIDE STREET PANEL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $494,000.SO, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE, UH, PANEL REPAIR, UH, BOND, UH, APPROVED BOND PROGRAM.
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THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS DONE IN 2020 AND THAT, UH, THE FIRST SALE THAT WAS DONE FOR $1 MILLION, UH, THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE FIRST, UH, PHASE THAT WAS DONE FOR THIS THING CAME UP TO ABOUT $309,000.THERE WE ARE WORKING OFF OF A LIST THAT WAS PREPARED BY PUBLIC WORKS SOMETIME BACK WITH ALL THE PROJECTS IN THERE.
AND WE ARE HANDLING THOSE THINGS, UH, AS WE GO ALONG, TRYING TO GET TO THAT, UH, TO THAT FINAL AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED, UH, FOR $1 MILLION.
THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT, UH, OF THAT SAME PROJECT.
THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THE PROJECT, UH, YOU SEE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE BIDS AS THEY CAME IN, WHICH WE HAD A GOOD, UH, PARTICIPATION, UH, THIS PARTICULAR TIME AROUND.
UH, TYPICALLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY BIDDERS IN THIS CASE.
THERE WERE LIKE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, SIX BIDDERS, TWO, THE TWO LOWEST BEING OF COURSE THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS.
THE MOST OF THE OTHER ONES ARE FROM THE HOUSTON AREA AND BEYOND.
UH, WE ARE THE LOWEST, THE LOWEST BID CAME IN FROM HTI CONSTRUCTION, EVEN THOUGH FROM, THEY'RE FROM ROSENBERG, TEXAS.
THEY HAVE BEEN A, A VERY, UH, A CONSISTENT BIDDER IN THE, IN OUR LOCAL, IN OUR LOCAL PROJECTS THERE THAT'S OUT THERE.
THE CONTRACTOR IS WE JUST AWARDED TO, THEY ARE THE SAME CONTRACTORS THAT WE JUST AWARDED THE BID ON THE NORTH SHADY OAKS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND ALL THOSE STREETS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW BEING CONTRACTED, UH, ALL THE PAPERWORK IS BEING, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED FOR AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
AND THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL PROBABLY BE OPENING SOMETIME, SOMETIME PROBABLY AT THE START OF THE YEAR.
I MEAN NOT, UH, START IS ACTUALLY GROUNDBREAKING, WILL PROBABLY BE STARTING AT THE, AT THE START OF THE YEAR.
AND DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE BASIS OF WHY THE PRICE CAME IN SO GOOD FROM THEM? 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING IN THE AREA, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I MEAN, UH, WE, UH, WE TOOK THEM TO TASK AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, THAT THEY ARE, THAT THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FEE, UH, WITH THOSE PRICES THERE.
UH, THEY CAME DOWN HERE AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED.
UH, SO THEY, THEY, THEY MADE A SPECIAL, UH, SPECIAL TRIP DOWN HERE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, NO, I THINK WE'RE COVERED ON THAT.
SO, UH, WITH ALL THAT IN HAND, THEN WE DECIDED TO, TO, UH, AWARD OR TRY TO RECOMMEND THEIR AWARD, UH, OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT FOR 300 420,388.
UH, AND, UH, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, AMOUNT FOR, UH, GEOTECH, UH, FEES, A SEPARATE AMOUNT, UH, UH, ALONG WITH A 15% CONTINGENCY AMOUNT, UH, MAKING ALL THE NOT TO EXCEED PRICE OF $494,000.
THE AVAILABLE BUDGET AT THIS TIME FROM THE $1 MILLION IS 691,000.
SO THERE WOULD GIVE US ABOUT A $200,000 AMOUNT THERE THAT COULD BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL PROJECT LOCATIONS OR BE USED WITH THE COMING $1.51 MILLION.
THAT HAS FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD.
THE BOND HAS ARE, ARE RIGHT ISLAND THE PROCESS OF BEING SOLD.
UNFORTUNATELY, CHUA DIDN'T COME OUT GOOD ON THE BID.
THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THE CORNER OF SYCAMORE AND UH, YES, OCD THEY DID, DID A GREAT JOB.
THEY DID A GREAT JOB, CORRECT.
I MEAN, WITH THE BEST, UH, PANEL REPLACEMENT I'VE SEEN IN THE CITY.
NO, THAT'S UNDOUBTEDLY SO, I MEAN, THEY DO GOOD WORK AND IT WAS DONE VERY PROPERLY.
I'M ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THEM NOT GET THIS JOB, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, ITEM SEVEN? IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE AWARD, UH, BID AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER IN CONTRACT WITH HTI CONSTRUCTION FROM PHASE TWO CITYWIDE CITY PANEL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM THE 2020 BOND ELECTION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 494,000 AS IT REQUESTED.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE, FIRST I NEED TO SECOND, I NEED A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SETH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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NEW BUSINESS UPDATES IN THIS CHRISTMAS RED SHIRT.[01:40:01]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.WHAT DON'T IT REMEMBER COUNCIL? YEAH.
I DID NOT COINCIDENTALLY WEAR THIS BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
UH, IT'S KIND OF MY POWER COLOR MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME PROJECTS ARE, ARE ONGOING, SLOW MOVING, BUT THEY'RE ONGOING.
UM, WE'VE SEEN ACTIVITY BACK, BACK AT THE VILLAS AS THEY BUTTON THOSE BUILDINGS IN
UM, AND, UH, ONE UPDATE NEUROGENICS, WHICH IS IN THE OLD NEIGHBORS.
THAT ONE IS NOW ON HOLD FROM, FROM THE OWNER.
UH, IT'S, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE, THEY SUBMITTED REVISIONS, UM, BUT THEY HAVE COME BACK AND SAID, HOLD OFF.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT DOESN'T BECOME ONE OF THE SNAKE BITTEN LOCATIONS THAT JUST WILL PERPETUALLY BE EMPTY.
UM, SUPER YUMMY IS STILL COMING ALONG.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT THAT ONE OPENING.
BUT, UH, THEY HAVE YET TO START SERVING FOOD.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE ONE UNDERNEATH IT THAT JUST SAYS RESTAURANT, THAT IS GOING TO BE TACO MADRES, THEY'RE MOVING FROM THEIR FOOD TRUCK ON PLANTATION INTO THE BRICK AND MORTAR OF THE OLD, UM, CHURCH'S CHICKEN SONIC LOCATION.
UH, CAVENDERS, I DID LEARN WHAT IS HOLDING THEM UP.
THEY HAVE ASKED THE MALL FOR AN ADDITIONAL LEASE SPACE, WHICH IS GOING TO REQUIRE, UM, THE CELL PHONE STORE MDS TO RELOCATE.
BUT, UH, SINCE MDS IS IN A PERMANENT LEASE FOR THE SPACE THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN, THEY'RE, THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED ONCE.
AND SO THEY DIDN NEGOTIATE, WELL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE MOVING AGAIN, UM, INTO THE CORNER SPACE, UH, RIGHT OVER THERE BY TEXAS ROADHOUSE, THE INTERIOR CORNER SPACE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE CAVENDERS REALLY START MOVING ALONG ONCE THEY, THEY GET THAT SPACE READY FOR 'EM.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? NOPE.
ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO, UH, STAFF
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UPDATES.MODESTO, ANYTHING I HAD ON THE AGENDA OF CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES, UM, I GUESS IF, BUT I DID NOT PREPARE
UH, MAYBE LAURA MARIE CAN, UH, UH, SPEAK TO THOSE SINCE SHE PREPARED THE CARD THAT WENT OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.
ON BEHALF OF MODESTO, UM, THE HOLIDAYS IN LAKE JACKSON ARE UNDERWAY, TWISTED THAT
UM, RIGHT NOW WE, UH, WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IN LIGHT OF LAKE JACKSON IS WE CREATED A COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED, UM, ANY STAFF THAT WANTED TO ATTEND THROUGHOUT CITY HALL AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT WE ALSO, UH, BROUGHT IN SOME COLLABORATORS.
WE BROUGHT IN THE MUSEUM, WE BROUGHT IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, WE HAD COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ALSO ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE THE CALENDAR THAT YOU SAW FOR LIGHT UP LAKE JACKSON, UH, THAT WENT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THREE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS FOR ORNAMENTS AND DECORATIONS.
AND THE COMMITTEE ITSELF CHOSE THE, UM, THE ORNAMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON OAK DRIVE.
THE COMMITTEE CHOSE THAT TOGETHER.
UM, THEY WORKED ON THE SAN TOURS WITH, UM, THE POLICE AND THE FIRE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE VERY SURPRISED TO BE ALLOWED TO TALK SO MUCH DURING THAT MEETING,
BUT, UM, THEY REALLY TOOK EACH OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU SEE GOING ON, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON DOING IT, BUT EACH PERSON HAS THEIR OWN ACTIVITY THAT THEY ARE HANDLING FOR THE RESIDENTS.
BARBARA, CAN YOU ADD REAL QUICK ON THE, YOU, YOU HAD, UM, ADDED, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE SAN TOURS.
CAN YOU MENTION THE CHANGE? UM, OH, AND SAN TOURS THAT'S HAPPENING THERE? YES.
THIS IS WHY THE FIRE AND THE, UH, POLICE WERE SO, UM, SURPRISED THEY WERE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
UM, WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING WITH SANTA TORRES IS THEY WERE GOING DOWN EACH STREET.
SO EACH STREET GOT, UM, A FIRE TRUCK.
IT GOT A, A GRINCH, IT GOT A BLUE SANTA EVERY SINGLE STREET.
AND IT REALLY CONCERNED THEM A LOT BECAUSE THEY WERE USING, UM, EQUIPMENT AND TRUCKS THAT WOULD'VE ACTUALLY BEEN NEEDED TO GO IF SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED.
SO THEY HAD A, THEY WERE CONSTANTLY CONCERNED WHEN THEY WERE DRIVING AROUND THAT THEY WERE GONNA GET AN EMERGENCY AND SUDDENLY SANTA WAS GONNA BE LIKE THIS ON THE TOP OF THE FIRETRUCK, YOU KNOW, HOLDING ON BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO
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AND THE SAME THING, UM, WITH THE POLICE, BUT NOT TO AS MUCH OF A DEGREE.BUT THE POLICE DID UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRE HAD SOME REAL PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY THAT THEY WERE GOING DOWN ALL THESE DIFFERENT STREETS.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE PARKING AND ALL THAT UHHUH.
SO, UM, THEY WERE EMPOWERED TO COME BACK WITH A MAP THAT WORKED FOR THEM.
AND THAT MAP IS, UH, NOW SANTA WILL BE GOING ON CERTAIN STREETS.
THEY'LL, YOU'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM WITH THE GPS.
WE'VE GOT THAT UP AND GOING ALREADY.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH WHERE SANTA'S GOING, BUT SANTA'S GONNA GO TO A PARK, OR SANTA'S GONNA GO TO A SPECIFIC SPOT AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THIS CHILDREN SHOULD BE GOING TO SEE SANTA.
UM, IF, AND THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA, IF, UH, THEY MISS SANTA SANTA'S DRIVING AROUND AND THEY DIDN'T SEE HIM, THEY DIDN'T, THEY COULDN'T READ THE GPS OR WHATEVER AT FOUR O'CLOCK, UM, AT THE REC CENTER, THEY CAN COME AND SEE SANTA AND ROBIN HAS GOT A THRONE FOR HIM.
HE WILL SIT THERE AND THE CHILDREN CAN COME UP, GET THEIR PICTURES MADE WITH HIM, AND THEY WILL HAVE HOT CHOCOLATE AND OTHER TREATS THAT ARE BEING, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN CHARGE OF THAT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO SANTA TOURS IS GONNA BE REALLY DIFFERENT, BUT WE STARTED PUTTING OUT THE MAP THAT, UH, THE POLICE MADE AT FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE ALREADY HAVE IT UP ON THE WEBSITE AND AS IT GETS CLOSER, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A VERY STRONG, UH, FACEBOOK PRESENCE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO EVERYONE.
UM, COLOR THE LIGHTS, WHICH IS OUR VERY POPULAR, UM, COLORING CONTEST IS BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE LIVE, UH, THE MUSEUM.
I'M SORRY, THE MUSEUM OVER THERE IS HANDLING THAT FOR US.
UM, DRAW THE LIGHTS CAME OUT TODAY.
WE HAVE 17, UM, HOMES THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR DECORATE THE LIGHTS.
WE HAVE 20 JUDGES FOR THAT CONTEST AND THEY WILL BE JUDGING WHENEVER THEY WANT TO.
BETWEEN DECEMBER THE 14TH AND DECEMBER THE 19TH.
BY THE TIME DECORATE THE LIGHTS IS CUT OFF.
I EXPECT THERE TO BE PROBABLY MORE THAN 20 HOMES ON THE TOUR.
OTHER ONES DID, DID I MISS SOMETHING
OH YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE EXTRAS IF YOU NEED, NEED A CARD.
UM, BUT IF ANY RESIDENTS ASK YOU ABOUT IT, EVERYTHING IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND IF THEY GO TO THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE, THEY CAN GET ALL THE DIRECTIONS, ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON UNTIL JANUARY THE THIRD.
AND ON BEHALF OF KEEP, LIKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RECYCLE YOUR OLD STRING LIGHTS.
SO I KNOW, I KNOW HOW TO DELEGATE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS CENTER NOT GOING DOWN THE STREETS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE STARTED THAT, THAT OUR CITIZENS WERE VERY THRILLED ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE PARENTS DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT AND TAKE THE KIDS TO CERTAIN AREAS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY HAVE MALLS AND THIS AND THAT.
THEY TOOK THE, THEY COULD TAKEN THE KIDS TO, AND I REALLY HATE TO SEE THAT, UH, CHANGED.
I MEAN, I REALIZED THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A LONG DRAWN OUT DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMITTEE.
WE PROBABLY HAVE 16 TO 20 PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT FROM THE FIREFIGHTER'S PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS VERY, VERY HARD FOR THEM TO DO IT.
AND IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY FELT LIKE WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE.
AND SO WHEN WE HAD THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, THE WHOLE DISCUSSION WAS CREATING ACTIVITIES THAT COULD BE SUSTAINABLE.
SO AFTER WE LEAVE AND THE NEXT GROUP COMES IN, THEY KNOW THAT THIS WILL WORK.
WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN THAT PERHAPS NOT USE FIRE TRUCKS, USE SOME TYPE OF A SMALLER VEHICLE? YES.
THAT AND, UH, THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT.
THEY ARE GONNA USE SMALLER VEHICLES.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE, UH, TBTS TRA, UH, TRAILER, UM, THAT YOU SAW DURING FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE TRAILER THAT YOU GUYS WERE ON, FOUR FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THE OLD ENGINE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THAT THE POLICE WILL USE THE SAME THINGS THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS USED.
SO THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS THAT IT ALSO ALLOWS SANTA TO BE CLOSER TO THE KIDS.
THE WAY IT WAS BEING DONE BEFORE, VERY MUCH WAS CLEAR TO THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT SANTA WAS UP HIGH AND SANTA WAS WAVING DOWN.
NOW SANTA CAN GO THROUGH, THE CHILDREN CAN STAND OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES AND THEY CAN, CAN ACTUALLY WAVE HIM.
SENATOR IS STILL GOING TO GO DOWN.
HE'S NOT GONNA GO DOWN EVERY STREET, BUT HE'LL GO DOWN EVERY MAIN STREET AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MAYBE HE DOESN'T GO DOWN A CUL-DE-SAC BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO MOVE AROUND.
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE FIREFIGHTERS AND
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POLICE OFFICERS WHO MAY NEED TO LEAVE.COULD YOU PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH THAT MAP? YES.
THAT MAP IS ONLINE, I BELIEVE.
AND I ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE BLOWN UP ONE THAT WE USED AT FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
AND WE CAN SEND THAT OUT TO YOU.
JUST IN CASE WE GET QUESTIONS AND YES, UNDERSTOOD.
WE CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING SICK.
WE EXPECT, AND THEY DID TALK ABOUT THIS, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT SANTA TORES WAS CHANGING AND THERE WAS NEVER GOING TO BE 100% PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE HAPPY.
EVEN THE WAYS WE WERE DOING IT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SOMEBODY WAS ALWAYS UPSET AND IT REALLY WAS STARTING TO HURT THEIR FEELING, THE FIREFIGHTERS FEELINGS AND THE IDEA THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK.
YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE GO DOWN A STREET AND A MOTHER AND A, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T GET HER KIDS OUT QUICK ENOUGH, THEY CAN'T GO BACK.
AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, OUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO REACH THEM.
SO THEY A LOT OF TIMES WILL GET TEXTS DURING THE EVENT ITSELF SAYING, COME BACK TO MY KID'S PLACE.
AND SO THAT WAS ALWAYS HARD FOR THEM TO SAY, WE CAN'T GO BACK.
I MEAN, YOU COULD HEAR THEM MILES AWAY BEFORE THEY GET THERE.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO, SOME OF IT THAT'S YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
I I TOTALLY, IT WAS A, IT WAS A LONG, HARD DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO FEEL EXACTLY LIKE YOU DO ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S VOLUNTEERS DOING THAT.
AND IT'S JUST LIMITED RESOURCES ALSO.
AND I BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL THESE EVENTS, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A, AFTER, YOU KNOW, A REVIEW.
AND SEE HOW THEY CAN APPROVE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WILL HAVE, JUST LIKE ON FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, UM, MALLORY HAS CALLED FOR A EVALUATION MEETING, I THINK NEXT WEEK.
UM, I'LL HAVE ONE IN JANUARY FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT.
SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, WE'LL ALREADY HAVE A RECORD OF, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WANTS US TO DO THIS.
UM, THIS ONE WORKED REALLY WELL.
UH, MAYBE THIS ORGANIZATION DOESN'T WANNA DO THIS EVENT ANYMORE, SO LET'S FIND ANOTHER ONE.
WE EXPECT THAT TO BE VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WILL MAKE THIS SUSTAINABLE.
THAT'S, SO ON THE, ON THE MAP, DO YOU HAVE THE DATES AND APPROXIMATE TIMES THAT THEY'LL BE STARTING? NO,
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS GOT THAT DETAILED INTO WHAT TIME THEY'RE GONNA BE BY DON'T APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME? OH YEAH.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT AT 1 45.
THEY'RE, THEY DIDN'T GET THAT DEEP, BUT THEY DO HAVE, UH, THE TIMES AND ALL THAT.
AND WE'LL SEND IT ALL TO YOU AND WE'LL SEND YOU ALSO THE LINK TO, UH, WHERE IT IS ON THE WEBSITE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT.
YOU GOT, UH, WHAT'D YOU GET DOWN FOR ACTION ITEMS? UH, WE WILL CONTACT THE RESIDENTS ON, UH, DIA.
UM, CONTINUE REACH OUT TO THEM.
IF WE ARE NOT HEARING RESPONSES FROM THE LETTERS, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK WE'LL START REACHING OUT TO THEM AND YOU'LL BRING BACK, UH, WE HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE FOR THE PORTION OF, UH, WELL, UH, DIA, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY, WE MAY LOOK AT CHUA AS WELL.
UH, WE'LL ALSO CALL, UH, UH, MARIA APONTE.
SHE'S THE TAW AREA ENGINEER, UH, ABOUT THE LIGHT AT 2004.
THAT IT'S, UH, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE TIME THERE IF THEY CAN.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WE'LL BRING BACK THE WORDINGS FOR NO PARKING ON OAK DRIVE.
UH, CHARTER WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO BE ON THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS.
SALLY WILL GET YOU THE DATE THAT, UH, THE DROP DROP DATE, UH, THAT WE, THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE YOU THE ACTIVITIES FOR SANTA ON THE MAP.
ARE UPDATES ON THE ATTORNEY FEES, OUTSIDE ATTORNEY FEES? YES.
WE WILL GIVE YOU, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT.
WE'LL SEND THE, UM, WE'LL SEND YOU OUR INVOICE ON THE ATTORNEY FEES TOMORROW.
UM, THE DEADLINE IS GONNA BE FEBRUARY THE 16TH TO CALL CONNECTION.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
WE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY ON THE BO UH, CHARTER REVIEW.
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CONSTRUCTION UPDATES, SAL, UH, THERE'S, UH, VERY LITTLE AS FAR AS PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE.AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE DOWNTOWN, WE'RE STILL WAITING.
SUPPOSEDLY THEY, BY, BY THE MID MONTH, THEY'RE STILL CLAIMING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE FINISHING WITH THE SODDING OF THE, OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
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UH, THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE SEEN, OF COURSE.BUT, UH, AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, UH, THAT'S THE, THE BEST TIMELINE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US ON THE, ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S ALREADY DONE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE, OUR PORTION OF THE CONCRETE STREET, THERE'S ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE SIDEWALK THAT REMAINS TO BE DONE FOR US TO BE OUT OF THAT CONTRACT.
THE REMAINING PORTION OF DRIVEWAYS LEADING TO THE HOTEL, BOTH DRIVEWAYS ALONG WITH THE SIDEWALK, IS GONNA BE ON THE, UH, HOTEL'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, THE, UH, WE HAVE PAPERWORK GOING ON, ON CONTRACTING ON, LIKE I SAID BEFORE ON THE, UH, NORTH SHADY OAKS STREET PROJECT, WHICH SHORTLY BE, BE COMING BACK.
AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR AN EARLY, EARLY JANUARY, UH, TOWN MEETING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT, UH, THE EXPECTATIONS ARE SO THEY CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA COME DOWN ALONG THEIR PROPERTY.
AND SO JAN, YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR A JANUARY TOWN MEETING? UH, YEAH.
EARLY PART OF JANUARY MEETING.
WE ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT MEETING TO BE HAPPENING.
WE, UH, SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE ENCOMPASSING A LARGE PORTION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE EXPECTING SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, PRESENCE FROM THE NEIGHBORS S SO, AND THE PLAN, DID YOU HAVE IT? ARE YOU TELLING THEM HOW TO PHASE IT IN OR ARE THEY GONNA COME, COME BACK TO YOU AND TELL YOU NO.
PART OF THAT MEETING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THEM TO GIVE US THAT, UH, THE SCHEDULE AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND HOW TO, HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE ATTACKING THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS TIME.
AND OUR TOWN MEETING IS, IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN IN ONE, THIS IS WHERE WE ASK EVERYBODY TO BE NEIGHBORLY BECAUSE WHICH NEVER WORKS.
BUT, UH, YEAH, WE ATTEMPT THAT.
UH, AND, UH, WE ARE OF COURSE, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE, ON THE, UH, RESTROOM HERE AT CITY HALL AS YOU ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH YOU SOME, UH, LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, REPORT ON WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE AND HOW THE, YOU KNOW, HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING.
WE'RE ALSO ARE, UH, PROVI, THEY'RE ALSO GATHERING ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, WITH, UH, NOBLE CONSTRUCTION ON THE, UH, FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, UH, SIDE, UH, RESTROOM, UH, REDONE.
UH, AND UH, SO WE'RE AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT ON ALL THESE PROJECTS, UH, WE ARE PROGRESSING ALSO IN SOME OF THE, ON THE, UH, THE, UH, CDBG PROJECT ON THE REMAINING PORTION OF SOME, UH, THAT HAS SOME SPOT REPAIRS ALSO IN WITHIN IT.
UH, THEY ARE RIGHT NOW BEING PROCESSED UP THROUGH THE COUNTY.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS, BUT THEY, THEY SHOULD BE GIVING US AN RESPONSE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE TAKING THAT.
AND WE'RE ALSO WAITING ON ALL THE ASPHALT JOBS THAT THE, UH, COUNTY HAS, UH, PROMISED TO DELIVER AS FAR AS THE UNDER THE, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
UH, THE PEEWEE, THE PEEWEE FIELD HAS ALL BEEN COMPLETE.
NOW WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE ATTACKING THE, UH, THE MEDICAL DRIVE GAP AND, AND SEE WHETHER WE CAN FINISH THAT UP.
ROBIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES REAL QUICK? YES.
UM, SO THEY'RE ALMOST, UM, FINISHED WITH THE S PARK, UH, FENCE REPLACEMENT.
AND ANOTHER THING, THIS ISN'T REALLY A PROJECT, BUT I DID WANT TO KIND OF LET COUNCIL KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS A FEW YEARS BACK.
WE HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE PARK SIGNS WITH THESE, THE WHITE SIGNS AT THE NEW EMBLEM.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THOSE.
THEY'VE BOWED, SOME OF THEM BROKE, WE'VE TRIED TO GLUE 'EM AND WE'RE JUST COMING BACK WITH THE OLD NEW DESIGN.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA COST AS MUCH AS THOSE DID.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO IS ALSO KIND OF WHERE IT'S GONNA HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF SOME OF THOSE PARTS.
'CAUSE SOME OF US DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE NAMED WHAT THEY'RE NAMED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING, AND I KNOW ONE OF THEM IN QUESTION WAS COACH ARD ON OAK DRIVE.
UM, THE SIGN COMPLETELY BOWED, SO IT WAS COMING OUT.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX IT, BUT, UM, I AM REACHING OUT TO OR REACHED OUT TO HER.
I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HER AND LET HER KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THAT AND THEY'RE GONNA REALLY ENJOY A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, ALL RIGHT,
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UH, COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS. UH, MATT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR.VENET A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR LAURA MARIE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO WITH THE MONEY THEY GOT FOR THE FUND IN THE TEXAS BEAUTIFUL CAPE, TEXAS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT IS TREES ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH TREES ALONG THE HIGHWAY 'CAUSE PEOPLE RUN INTO THEM.
SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT PROJECT.
THEY'RE NOT TOO CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK CONSIDER.
SO, UM, WE DO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, WHEN WE GIVE THE, UM, OUR LIST TO TXDOT, TDOT MAKES SURE THAT IT IS THE APPROPRIATE DISTANCE FROM THE ROADWAY.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE, THE FEET, UH, BUT WE DON'T PUT UP THE BED.
AND THEY ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THE TREES ARE THE APPROPRIATE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY.
SO DO YOU REMEMBER SOME HYDRO PLANNING GOING ON BY THE AIRPORT AND THEY HAD TREES REMOVED AND ALL THAT BIG ISSUE? YES.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T RUN INTO THAT ISSUE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY KNOW TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS.
AND UH, SECOND THING WAS, SOME OF THE FOLKS CALLING ME VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY RESURFACED THE 2004, BUT THEY DID NOT PUT, UH, DEACCELERATION OR ACCELERATION LANES THAT, UH, UM, THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMING OUT, DAFFODIL COMING OUT ON 2004.
SO I JUST, JUST MAKING A COMMENT.
THE PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE STAFF, ANYTHING.