Jan 22, 2024 City Council

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I'LL NEVER DO THAT STUFF.

[Call to Order]

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED FOR THIS EVENING.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO, UH, MAKING IT THROUGH THE, UH, THE RAIN TONIGHT, UH, FOR OUR, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2022.

AGAIN, REGULAR SESSION BEGINNING AT SIX 30 AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.

WE'LL BEGIN THE MEETING TODAY WITH, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN BRODIS.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG BADGE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

AND IF YOU JOIN ME IN, UH, IN VOCATION, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU WITH A GRATEFUL HEARTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON EACH OF US.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE MUCH NEEDED RAIN.

BUT IF YOU COULD PLEASE SPREAD IT OUT AND NOT GIVE IT TO US ALL IN THREE DAYS.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR SERVICE, MEN AND WOMEN, AND OUR EMPLOYEES.

WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE.

FATHER, PLEASE GIVE THE COUNCIL THE WISDOM, GUIDANCE, AND COURAGE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IN YOUR NAME, WE OFFER UP THIS PRAYER.

AMEN.

AMEN.

OKAY, THE NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE VISITORS COMMENTS.

UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VISITORS, UH, TO, UH, APPROACH COUNCIL AND, UH, BRING AN ISSUE TO COUNCIL, UH, THAT'S NOT ON, UH, THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.

UM, IS EVERYONE, IS THERE ANY VISITORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE'S NONE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, UH, NEXT ITEM IS DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE EITHER CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL THAT NEEDS TO MAKE A DECLARATION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM ONE IS APPROVED, UH, MINUTES OF JANUARY 8TH, 2024, AND ITEM TWO IS APPROVED OF DONATION OF PD, UNIT NUMBER 1, 2 2 1 A 2019 CHEVY TAHOE TO THE CITY OF SWEENEY.

IS THERE ANY MEMBER OR COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COUNSEL, MAY I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM ONE AND TWO.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BAKER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

NEXT ITEM

[1. Consider Resolution No. 939 supporting Brazoria County’s opposition to the construction of a non-human primate animal laboratory in Brazoria County and request that the federal and state governments not issue permits for the laboratory. - Mayor Roznovsky]

REQUEST THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS NOT ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE LABORATORY.

UM, COMMISSIONER LINDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TO US REAL QUICK, SIR? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I GUESS THIS IS MY MISSION HERE.

YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO, TO SHARE A FEW THINGS WITH YOU REAL QUICK.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

I KNOW THIS, THIS, IT'S MOVING QUICK.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.

WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF JANUARY.

IT'S JUST EVERY TIME I, EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT I'M DAVID LINDER.

I'M THE PRECINCT FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AND I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT PART OF LAKE JACKSON.

I'VE GOT THE, UH, THE VERY NORTHERN SECTION OF LAKE JACKSON.

IT'S PRECINCT FOUR, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT VERY HONORED TO, TO REPRESENT YOUR, YOUR CITIZENS THERE AND OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND ANYWAY, TONIGHT, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ZORIA COUNTY AND PUSHING BACK ON THIS, UH, THIS PROPOSED, UH, NON-HUMAN PRIMATE FACILITY.

UH, THIS BEING PROPOSED TO BE BUILT OUT IN THE WEST AREA OF OUR COUNTY, UH, JUST WEST OF WEST COLUMBIA OFF OF 1301.

UH, I WANNA BE CLEAR, AND I HAVE BEEN CLEAR THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THING, I'M NOT AGAINST RESEARCH.

I THINK IF, IF WE CAN, WE CAN CURE ONE CASE OF ALZHEIMER'S OR ONE CASE OF CANCER, OR ONE CASE OF ANYTHING.

I, I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO, TO RESEARCH AND, AND, AND MAKE MODERN MEDICINE EVEN BETTER.

BUT I DO HAVE REAL CONCERNS, REAL CONCERNS FROM THE LOCATION THAT WAS CHOSEN, UH, FOR THIS, THIS, THIS FACILITY, THIS AREA FLOODS THIS AREA.

IT'S, UH, IT'S VERY, VERY LOW.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE PALMETTOS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND WE ALL KNOW FROM LIVING IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI COUNTY, WHAT THAT MEANS.

UH, I, I DON'T, I HONESTLY DON'T THINK THE, THE, THE ONES THAT LOOKED AT THIS AND, AND, AND SELECTED THIS SITE, DID A, DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE,

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AND SO WE'RE SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, ADVISING THEM AND, AND ASKING THEM TO LOOK FURTHER INTO IT.

WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE ALSO ASKED THE STATE AND THE FEDS TO NOT ISSUE ANY PERMITS TO MOVE FORWARD.

THIS IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY AFFECT THE SAM BERNARD RIVER WATERSHED.

EVERY BIT OF THE WATER, THE DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE SAM BERNARD RIVER.

UH, AND IT'S, UH, WHICH WE ALL KNOW THAT GOES INTO OUR BASE SYSTEM.

AND, AND, UH, SO IT'S JUST, I THINK THE IMPACTS, THE, THE CHANCES OF SOMETHING GOING SOUTH HERE IS, UH, ARE GOING WRONG OR ARE, OR ARE FAIRLY LARGE DUE TO THE FACT OF, UH, THE FLOODING DURING HARVEY, IT LACKED A LOT OF AREAS.

I MEAN, LITERALLY, IT WAS MILES AND MILES BY BOAT, BY AIRBOAT TO GET THERE.

ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU LEFT, UH, HIGHWAY 35, YOU, YOU TRAVELED SEVERAL MILES.

IT WAS ALL UNDER WATER.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY HARVEY, IT DIDN'T TAKE A HARVEY TYPE EVENT.

EVEN A REGULAR RIVER FLOOD EVENT IS, UH, THAT AREA IS INACCESSIBLE, UH, LOTS OF WATER.

UH, SO I, AGAIN, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO COME THIS EVENING AND JUST, JUST, JUST THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST CONSIDERING THIS AND SUPPORTING THE COUNTY IN ITS EFFORTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I'M GONNA LEAVE WHEN I GET THROUGH THE, NOT THAT I DON'T WANNA WATCH YOUR REST OF YOUR MEETING, BUT I'VE GOT A SOMEPLACE ELSE I NEED TO BE.

SO SOME OTHER FOLKS WAITING ON ME.

BUT I WANNA, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER LINDER ? NO, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU THERE.

ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE READ THE RESOLUTION? SINCE YOU'VE GOT THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU, IT WAS IN THE PACKET, BUT, UH, WE'LL READ THE RESOLUTION IF, ALRIGHT.

WHAT THAT DO YOU AND I, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, SUPPORTING BRAZO COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NON-HUMAN PRIMATE ANIMAL LABORATORY IN BRAZO COUNTY.

A REQUEST THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT NOT ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE LABORATORY.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UH, IF THERE'S NOT ANY DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH R DASH 9 39 IN SUPPORT OF A BRAZILIA COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO, FOR A CONSTRUCTION OF A NON-HUMAN PRIMATE ANIMAL LABORATORY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HANYA AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.

[2. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2281, establishing the intersection of Azalea at Center Way as a one-way stop. - Sal Aguirre/Sherri Russell]

ESTABLISHING THE INTERSECTION OF IS ISAIAH AND CENTER WAY AS A ONE-WAY.

STOP.

THIS IS A SAL AND SHERRY THING, SO YOU'VE GOT, GO AHEAD AND READ THE FIRST READING.

OKAY.

THIS IS FIRST READING MAYOR.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, UH, BY THE CITY, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.

DESIGNATING THE INTERSECTION OF AZA STREET AT CENTER WAY AS A ONE-WAY.

STOP PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE, PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FIVE DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION.

ALRIGHT, AGAIN, THIS IS FIRST READING.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE CAN PERHAPS SAL COME UP AND TALK IF WE NEED TO.

ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE I DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF A THERE.

NOTHING.

NOTHING.

NO.

NOT FOR THE MOST EXCITING MAN IN LEAGUE JACKET.

THIS AZE, THIS IS AZA.

I'M MONTE AZE AND I'VE JUST RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THAT AND THE HEB BACK, BACK STREET, WHICH IS A NEW ONE, HOME TWO, AND ALL THAT'S GOING UP, ALL THAT.

JUST A STOP SIGN THERE.

STOP SIGN.

PUT WE HAVE A STOP SIGN ALREADY IN THE BOOKS, UH, BY ORDINANCE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AT THE CIRCLE WAY SIDE OF THINGS.

YEP.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE, UH, OFFICIAL ONE SO THAT WE CAN OPEN FOR TRAFFIC AND IT CAN BE ENFORCEABLE.

I CAN SEE IT IN MY HEAD.

AND WE WANT TO OPEN THE STREET NOW FOR THAT PURPOSE AND KEEP ALL THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE STREET THERE AND PUT 'EM BACK IN WHERE THEY BELONG.

AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AN ENTRANCE, A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE ALREADY REBUILT THERE SO THEY CAN MAKE, MAKE THE MESS INSIDE.

OKAY.

INSTEAD OF MAKING THE MESS OUTSIDE.

ALRIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAL? NO.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST, UH, READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 8 1.

ESTABLISHING INTERSECTION OF ALEA AT CENTER WAY IS A ONE-WAY.

STOP.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SETH.

I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BARTIS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION IS APPROVED ON FIRST READING, SO THIS WILL BE BACK ON.

THE NEXT MEETING IS ON FIFTH.

YES.

SORRY.

OKAY.

YES.

[3. Discuss amending the charter to define an effective date for laws that are passed by initiative. – Sherri Russell]

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UH, SHERRY.

OKAY.

SO Y'ALL HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.

SO, UM, A GROUP OF US SAT DOWN AND HASHED IT ALL OUT WITH SALLY.

AND THIS IS THE WAY IT GOES IS, UM, THERE'S THE VOTING DAY THAT WE KNOW, BUT AFTER THAT, THE EARLY VOTING BOARD MEETS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND THE MILITARY AND OVERSEAS AND BY MAIL, THEY HAVE TO COUNT ALL OF THOSE.

SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENS THAT ELECTION DAY ISN'T ACTUALLY THE RESULTS.

SO WE WAIT FOR THE EARLY VOTING BOARD AND THEN THEY SEND SALLY THE FINAL RESULTS AND THEN WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO CANVAS THEM AND DECLARE THAT AS THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THEN WE SEND THOSE TO THE COUNTY.

SO THE BEST THING FOR THE CHARTER WOULD BE TO SAY, UM, IT'LL BECOME A LAW ON THE DATE THAT YOU ALL CANVAS, WHICH IS REASONABLE.

RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, IN, IN YOUR NOTES, YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT, UH, BY LAW WE, WE CANNOT CANVAS ANY ORDER THAN THREE DAYS AFTER THE VOTE AND IT HAS TO BE CANVASSED, UH, NO LATER THAN 11 DAYS.

SO.

RIGHT.

IT'S A VERY, VERY SPECIFIC WINDOW.

THIS YEAR IT'LL BE THE NINTH DAY.

RIGHT.

WE USUALLY DO THE MONDAY AFTER THE ELECTION, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T ALL WORK OUT.

RIGHT.

UM, RIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE TO DO, WE'LL HAVE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO DO CANVAS FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, IT'S GONNA BE SEVERAL YEARS.

I THINK SALLY SAID, UH, IT'LL NOT UNTIL I THINK DECEMBER OR MAY OF 2028 WILL FALL AFTER THE FIRST MEETING, SO, OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, AS STATED IN, UH, THE HANDOUT THERE IS, IS THAT, UH, UH, THAT IT WILL BE CHANGED TO, TO READ IT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS LAW ON THE DATE THAT COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL CANVASES THE VOTE.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES.

JUST, UH, UH, I AGREE WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT, UH, BECOMING EFFECTIVE LAW, HOW YOU COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEW LAW, SO ENFORCEMENT OF THAT LAW.

I MEAN, SOME EXAMPLES THAT'S NO BIG DEAL.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALLOWING SOMETHING THEN IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE AN EFFECT.

BUT IF SOMETHING PROHIBITING SOMETHING AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC CITIZENS THAT YOU KNOW, SO JUST BECAUSE YOU CANVASED IT TODAY OR ELECTION HAPPENED A WEEK AGO, YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT IN THAT CASE, MAYBE, PERHAPS SOME TIME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, UH, NOTIFY THEM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, NEWSPAPER, WHATEVER.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.

NOT TO SAY THIS IS NOT GOOD, I'M JUST VOICING MY YEAH.

IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ORDINANCE, UH, WHERE, UH, WE COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE PAPER AND SO FORTH.

I VOTE NOTICE AND, UH, THERE'S, THROUGH THE MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE PASSED IN THE PAST IS THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF GIVEN A, HAVE HAD A GRACE PERIOD ON THOSE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T RIGHT AWAY START WRITING TICKETS THE NEXT DAY.

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.

DO WARNINGS FOR THAT.

SO LIKE, SAY ENFORCEMENT IS THE ONLY ISSUE IF WE, IF IT'S JUST CHANGING THE LAW THEN, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT, RIGHT.

THEY CAN, THE INITIATIVE CAN CHANGE THE LAW, BUT IT DOESN'T TELL STAFF HOW TO ENFORCE IT.

AND SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE NORMAL, UM, COURTESY PERIOD WHERE WE GIVE WARNINGS.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

BEFORE, BEFORE IT, AS LONG AS I'S SOMETHING LIKE, OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE.

MR. MERRI.

I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE AS PRESENTED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROADUS.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, SETH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS, OKAY.

SO THAT'S GONNA GO, SHERRY SHERRY'S GONNA BRING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE BACK TO US AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AT THE NEXT MEETING, OKAY.

FOR ALL THE ITEMS THAT, UH, WAS RECOMMENDED INCLUDING THIS ONE.

OKAY.

ITEM

[4. Consider Resolution No. 940 authorizing the City Manager to represent the City of Lake Jackson in its application for a grant in the amount of $8,869,835, including $2,217,458.75 as a local match from the Texas Development Water Board (TWDB) for Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA); and commiting matching funds from the FY23-24 Budget. – Riazul Mia ]

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R UH, MR. MAYOR, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE BOND PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE MOSQUE CHESTNUT AREA, BUT WE KNOW WE WILL BE SHORT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF THE COST.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT APPLYING THIS GRANT AND HOPEFULLY IF WE GET FUNDED, UH, FROM THE BOND MONEY, WE CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT 25% MATCH AND THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE ABOUT $6.7 MILLION.

UM, THIS IS THE CONSULTANT WE HIRE, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED IT AND CITY MANAGER SIGNED A CONTRACT.

WE, WE PAYING HIM ABOUT $19,000 FOR THIS GRANT.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE VERY LUCKY TO BRING IN THIS MONEY SO WE CAN FINISH THE PROJECT.

OTHERWISE, FROM THE BOND, I MEAN WE HAVE I THINK 12.5 MILLION, BUT THE RECENT COST ESTIMATE IS ABOUT $18 MILLION.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO, SO DOES 19,007 $40 IS THE GRANT APPLICATION FEE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY? YES.

SO REGARDLESS IF WE GET THE GRANT OR WE DON'T GET THE GRANT.

YEAH.

BUT SINCE WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IF WE GET THE GRANT, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE GRANT WILL COVER THAT.

OKAY.

THAT 19,000.

SO THAT'S WE, AND WE'RE PAYING THE 19,000 OUT OF THE BOND.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

THAT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD.

YES.

OKAY.

NO OBJECTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MODESTA, YOU WANNA READ THE RESOLUTION? THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.

AND ITS APPLICATION FOR A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND, INCLUDING 2 MILLION 217, 450 $8 AND 75 CENTS AS A LOCAL MATCH FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE AND COMMITTEE MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE FY 2324 BUDGET.

TAKE MOTIONS, MOVE THAT WE APPROVED.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH R DASH 9 4 0 IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,869,835, INCLUDING 2217458.75 AS LOCAL MEASH AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

OKAY.

WE ARE MENTIONED BY COUNCILMAN HANYA AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

[5. Award a professional services contract to Civitas Engineering Group in the amount of $276,000 and authorize the City Manager to sign the contract under RFQ No. 001-2023 for the City of Lake Jackson’s Wastewater Master Plan. – Riazul Mia]

WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE.

AWARD A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT TO, UH, CITAS ENGINEERING GROUP IN THE AMOUNT OF $276,000 AND AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE CONTRACT UNDER, UH, RFQ NUMBER 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON'S WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.

AND MARIA? YES, MR. MAYOR.

UH, THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THAT WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.

SO WE ARE BRINGING YOU TO, UH, TO OUR, THE CONTRACT FOR WASTEWATER.

UH, C VITAS IS THE GROUP WHO DID OUR WASTEWATER MODEL AND WATER MODEL.

AND PART OF THIS CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDE THE RATE STUDY FOR BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE WATER MASTER PLAN.

AND THEY'RE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, UH, THEY CAN ANSWER.

SO EARLIER WE APPROVED THE WATER SIDE EFFECTS WASTE.

SO NOW WE THE WASTEWATER WASTEWATER AND THE RATE STUDY WASTE STUDY THE WASTE STUDY FOR BOTH.

BOTH, YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SO BEFORE THE MEETING I SAID I RECOGNIZED YOU GUYS, UH, COULD JUST SOME OF THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE DONE FOR US.

COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK? JUST THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, YES.

WE, WE STARTED MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, UH, ASSISTING DEVELOPING A WATER MODEL FOR YOU, FOR YOU, UH, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT VENIA CAN MENTION IN A MINUTE HERE.

FROM THAT, WE'VE THEN STARTED DOING A WASTEWATER MODEL LAST YEAR, WHICH THE WATER MODEL AND WASTEWATER MODEL WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOUR CONDITIONS ARE TODAY.

AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN IS HOW DO WE PLAN FOR TOMORROW? AND KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE THE ISSUES TODAY.

SO THE NEXT STEP OF THIS WOULD BE THE WASTEWATER, UH, MASTER PLAN THAT WE'LL WORK ON.

FRIEND.

YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WATER MODEL THAT HE'S BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

OKAY.

UM, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WE HAVE, UH, DEALT WITH, UH, SOME OF THE SPANISH FOLKS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND UH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, ROADS THAT EDDIE ALWAYS COMES BACK TO US WITH THAT WE'VE HELPED HIM TELL THIS.

UH, WATERLINE IS OVERSIZED, UNDERSIZED SIZED, JUST WITH THE HELP OF MODEL.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'LL TELL YOU, HEY, THIS WATERLINE WORKS, BUT IF YOU DO IT, ULTIMATELY THE AGE OR THE WATER QUALITY WILL GO DOWN.

SO WE HAVE HELPED A LOT WITH NOT JUST, UH, CIP OR SOMETHING, BUT ALSO HELPING WITH WATER QUALITY WITH THE HELP OF THE MODEL.

SO OVERALL, NOW THAT THE MODEL IS BUILT AND IT'S FUNCTIONAL, UH, WE HAVE BEEN, WHENEVER WE

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SO HOPEFULLY IN A FEW MONTHS WE SHOULD BE USING THAT ALSO TO HELP THE CITY, UH, GET THEIR NEEDS DONE.

OKAY.

WELL IT'S, UH, MODELING LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DID IN THE PAST AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IT.

AND SO, UH, A QUICK QUESTION IS, IS DO WE KEEP THESE A COMPANY LIKE THIS ON RETAINER TO MAINTAIN THAT MODEL OR, OR HOW DO WE DO THAT? OR WE JUST, WHEN WE FEEL LIKE THE MODEL IS NOT GIVING US GOOD RESULTS, WE WE BRING SOMEBODY BACK.

WHAT'S THE THOUGHT? I HOPE IT'S A LIVING MODEL IS WHAT I'M IT IS, AND, AND THEY ARE ON RETAINER RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE USING THEM TO RUN SCENARIOS FOR US ON THE WATER SIDE SYSTEM.

UM, THEY'RE THE EXPERTS.

SO INSTEAD OF US BUYING A BUNCH OF SOFTWARE THAT NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND USE, WE JUST CALL THEM AND THEY HELP US WORK THROUGH ANY SITUATION THAT WE WANT TO QUESTION OR LOOK AT.

SO, UM, THAT'S THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THEM WORKING LIKE THAT, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, DOING WASTEWATER AS WELL IN THAT WAY.

AND DEB, WE ALSO, WE STARTED THEM EARLY ON THE WASTEWATER MODEL SO WE COULD BOUNCE 'EM, UH, SCENARIOS FOR LIFT STATION ONE.

WAS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THE REASON THAT, UM, WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET THIS WASTEWATER MODEL COMPLETE AND KIND OF HOLDING BACK ON LIFT STATION ONE IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY SIZE IT AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE DATA BEFORE THAT WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE NOW.

SO, UH, ANY KIND OF I AND I OR FLOW FROM A LIFT STATION, WE'RE NOW ABLE TO DOCUMENT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN ANY GIVEN CASE.

SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIFT STATION, MAKE LIFT STATION ONE WHEN WE UPGRADE IT THE RIGHT SIZE.

SAME WITH BASIN 20 AND THEY'RE HELPING WITH ALL THAT, SO.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO ANY CHANCE DURING THE STUDY THAT WE CAN UH, UH, PERHAPS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS WE HAVE AND UH, 'CAUSE WE GOT SO MANY, UH, LIFT STATIONS AND STUFF, SO, YOU KNOW, TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

SO ANY CHANCE OF LOOKING AT, UH, PERHAPS CONSOLIDATING WITH UPSIZING? SOME OF THESE THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY STATIONS? GREAT QUESTION.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

SO, UH, WE JUST MET WITH FRIES NICHOLS LAST WEEK AND THEY ARE, UH, LOOKING AT BASIN 20 AND THEY'VE ALREADY, UH, COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ELIMINATE ONE LIFT STATION JUST IN THEIR EARLY LOOKING AT, AT JUST ONE PARTICULAR UNIT.

AND YOU KNOW, R IS A, A BIG PROPONENT OF LET'S GET RID OF THESE LIFT STATIONS IF WE CAN.

LET'S NOT KEEP PAYING TO PUMP WATER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

SO, UM, THAT IS THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REMOVING SOME MORE AS WE GO.

SOME OF THEIR COST SAVINGS, WE PAY FOR SOME OF THIS RIGHT.

AND RIGHT.

SO MAYBE SOME REMOVAL OF LIFT STATIONS WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PAY FOR LINE REPLACEMENT AND THINGS THAT WE NEED.

SO.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

YEAH, IT'D BE GOOD TO, TO DOCUMENT IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, REMOVE A LIFT STATION OUTTA THE SYSTEM, WHAT THE SAVINGS IT IS TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S, I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD THING TO DOCUMENT EACH TIME WE DO THAT.

AGREED.

YES.

MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE SOME PART OF THE CITY, WE PUMP THE SAME SEWER FIVE TIMES AND THAT'S WHY I TOLD WE ARE CHARGING ONE TIMES, BUT WE ARE PUMPING FIVE TIMES.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

THAT SAME SEWER.

YEAH, IT IS TRUE.

THERE'S 47 LIFT STATIONS, THERE'S FIVE MASTERS, IT HAS TO GET TO A MASTER TO GET TO THE PLANT.

SO HE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

YEAH, THERE'S GOOD AND BAD THINGS ABOUT, UH, A COMMUNITY THAT GROWS SMALL, I MEAN GROWS SLOWLY AND STUFF AND UH YEP.

YOU, YOU BUILD SOME REDUNDANCY THERE THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOT FOLKS, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, I'LL TAKE A A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

ITEM FIVE.

MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AS WRITTEN.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SETH ON ITEM FIVE SECOND AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.

AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

[6. First Quarter Financial Report – James Bryson ]

NOTHING BUT GOOD NUMBERS.

OH YEAH, I KNOW.

VERY GOOD.

RIGHT, SIR.

SO THE FIRST REPORT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU GIVES YOU A BREAKOUT OF WHERE OUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN DECEMBER 31ST.

UH, YOU CAN SEE WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF INFLUX OF CASH.

THE TECH STAR INCREASE WAS THE 16.5 MILLION THAT WE ISSUED FOR THE GL BOND IN DECEMBER.

THEN WE MOVED 3 MILLION INTO

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AND THEN THE OTHER INCREASE WAS IN FIRST PUBLIC AND THAT WAS DUE TO, UH, SALES TAX, OR I'M SORRY, PROPERTY TAX RECEIVED IN DECEMBER.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE BIG INCREASE OF CASH THAT WE RECEIVED.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH INVESTMENTS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY, THEN I'M GONNA GO INTO THE NEXT, EXCUSE ME, GENERAL FUND REVENUES IS THE NEXT PAGE.

AND YOU CAN SEE PROPERTY TAX AT 46%.

UM, VERY COMMON WITH WHAT WE'VE, UH, RECEIVED IN THE PAST.

AND, UH, SALES TAX IS A LITTLE LOW AT 23% WE'RE WATCHING THAT.

WE'RE HOPING TO SEE WHAT SALES TAX FOR, UM, CHRISTMAS NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

WE'VE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, UH, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PAYS TWICE A YEAR, SO WE'VE 50%.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, AND THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN INCREASED.

WE'VE, WE MADE THAT WE THINK CAME TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER.

AMENDED THE BUDGET TO INCREASE.

WHAT'S THAT AGAIN? WE ADMITTED THE BUDGET FOR THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND SO, SO NOW THAT ONCE WE FOUND OUT THE ABATEMENTS THAT CAME OFF, WE INCREASED IT FOR THE ILLEGAL FEES LAST MONTH.

YES.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A, A SLIGHT, YOU KNOW, UNDER 25% FOR, UM, THE PARKS, BUT THAT'S JUST DUE TO SEASONALITY.

YOU HAVE THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, AND, YOU KNOW, HALLOWEEN THE FIRST QUARTER, SO EVERYBODY'S GONNA GO INTO THE GYM AFTER CHRISTMAS, SO WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE ON THAT.

AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE INTEREST EARNINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR US AS WELL.

THEY CONTINUE TO STAY STRONG.

AND THEN THE REPORTS BEHIND THAT, THEY'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH BAR GRAPHS AND CHARTS THAT KIND OF REFLECT BACK TO THE REVENUES FROM THE, THE PAGE WITH REGARD TO THAT INFORMATION.

YEAH, I TRIED TO GO BACK AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO IT.

GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DATA FOR MISSOURI COUNTY ON SALES TAX AND SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S DOING IF WE'RE SEEING THE SAME SLIGHT DROP OFF LIKE WE SAW OR NOT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME.

OKAY.

UH, LET'S SEE.

AFTER YOU GET THROUGH ALL THE LITTLE GRAPHS AND CHARTS AND, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND I DID TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY CHANGING UP THE REPORT FORMAT FOR Y'ALL GOING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A COUPLE OTHER CITIES AND SEE HOW THEY DO THEIRS AND MAYBE CHANGE THIS UP FOR YOU.

UH, YOU CAN SEE FROM PAYROLL BENEFITS EVERYTHING IS UNDER 25%, WHICH IS GREAT EXCEPT FOR OVERTIME.

AND I JUST COMMENTED THAT THAT'S REALLY DUE TO FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND THE SEASONALITY OF THAT EVENT.

BUT, UM, REGARDS TO PAYROLL AND BENEFITS, EVERYTHING'S JUST LIKE, IT SHOULD BE WATER AND WASTEWATER, SAME THING.

UH, WATER AND SEWER ARE BOTH AT 25% OF BUDGET, SO WE'RE DOING GREAT ON THAT.

AND PAYROLL FOR UTILITIES IS THE SAME.

EVERYTHING'S UNDER 25%.

SO ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WHERE WE SHOULD BE AND AT THE END YOU HAVE THE BOND REPORTS.

AND AGAIN, SINCE IT'S THE FIRST QUARTER, NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS, SO THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE FROM WHERE WE WERE IN SEPTEMBER.

OKAY.

SO ANY OTHER QUE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE FINANCIALS? SO ON THE SALES TAX, YOU SAID YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS, SO LAST YEAR BY THIS TIME HAD WE SEEN THE CHRIS CHRISTMAS NUMBERS OR IS IS UH, DECEMBER? WE'LL GET 'EM IN FEBRUARY.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL BE SEVEN 60 DAYS.

SALES TAX IS, UH, LIKE A, A TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTH DELAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT LAGGING WAS NOT JUST THIS YEAR WAS LAST YEAR AS WELL.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

YES SIR.

WE'RE ABOUT TO START SEEING, WE'RE SUPPOSED ABOUT UTILIZING THE CONVENIENCE CREDIT CARD.

THAT'LL BE FEBRUARY 1ST.

OKAY.

THAT'LL SAVE THE, BUT WE WERE, WE, IT WAS AN EXPENSE THAT WE WILL THE GATE.

YES.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

SO THAT'S ABOUT 160,000 AND SINCE IT'S GOING A LITTLE LATE, IT'LL BE, WE'LL, WE'LL SAVE ABOUT, I'D SAY ABOUT 120,000.

A LITTLE UNDER THAT.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

THE CIVIC REVENUE BEEN KIND OF UP AND DOWN IT LOOKS LIKE, HUH? CIVIC CENTER? YES.

I THINK AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, IT'S JUST DUE TO THE SEASONALITY WITH THE HOLIDAYS.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JAMES ON FINANCIALS? THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT JAMES.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL

[7. Staff Updates]

UH, STAFF UPDATES.

UH, CITY MANAGER.

UH, THE ONE UPDATE THAT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU WAS OUR, UH, GLO MID MOD, UH, APPLICATION.

THAT WAS THE, UM, I CALL IT THE HARVEY GRANT.

IT WAS, UH, APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILLION.

UH, MILFORD IN ENGINEERING HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE LAST I, I BELIEVE EIGHT MOD.

WE HIRED A CONSULTANT WITH US.

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UH, THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT, THAT STON IDENTIFIED FOR US, AND IT'S IN A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA, BUT IT BENEFITS TWO CENSUS TRACKS, A LOW TO MODERATE CENSUS TRACK AND A NON, UH, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA.

THE ONE, THE, ONCE THE ENGINEERS HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND EVALUATED THE, UM, I GUESS THE BENEFIT AREA HAS SHRUNK AND BECAUSE IT'S HAS SHRUNK AND IT'S NOT AFFECTING 50 50 AND THE CONSULTANT HAS TOLD IS ADVISED US THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RESURVEY THOSE HOMES TO SEE IF IT DOES AT LEAST MORE THAN 51% AFFECTS LOAD OF LOTTERY INCOME.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE OUR NEXT STAGE WITH THEIR GUIDANCE ON ERVING, THAT AREA.

WE'LL DO THAT IN-HOUSE, UH, AND SEE IF IT, UM, IF WE CAN GET INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE, GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.

WE AT LEAST HAVE TO TRY THAT BEFORE WE PUT AND TRY TO PICK UP ANOTHER PROJECT.

PROBABLY IN HINDSIGHT, WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE PICKED A PROJECT THAT SADDLED TO BECAUSE NOW IT'S GOT THIS KINK IN THERE THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE.

SO WHAT POSSIBLE IMPACT, FINANCIAL IMPACT WOULD THAT BE? IF, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA? IF IT DOESN'T, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WE'RE CHANGING THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT OR PICKING ANOTHER PROJECT.

THESE MONIES ARE DEDICATED TO US, BUT I'M STILL LIKE, I'M LIKE THE MAYOR.

THERE MAY BE A TIMELINE ON THESE BECAUSE HOUSTON'S FIGHTING, RIGHT.

, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE GRANT DOLLARS THAT WERE AWARDED TO ALL THE CITIES.

SO, UM, UH, SOME CITIES ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE GETTING THEM SPENT AND WE'RE, UM, WE'VE BEEN SLOW.

OKAY.

AND THEN ON COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS, UH, DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN ANY OF THE FOLLOW-UPS FROM THIS MEETING ON THE ORDINANCE, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND, UH, COUNCIL DID AGREE TO A WORKSHOP ON FEBRUARY 5TH TO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

AND MR. BOWLES WITH IAD WILL COME IN AND DO THAT FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO, UH, PRIOR MEETING FIVE 30 AND WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, DINNER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MOVE

[8. Construction/Development Updates]

SALLY, YOU WANNA COME UP AND ANYBODY HAVE SO MANY ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS FOR SAL REAL QUICK BEFORE HE GETS STARTED ON HIS YES, I DO.

ON AZALEA STREET, UH, RIGHT WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE CENTER WAY, UH, THEY HAD TO PUT THE SIDEWALK, THE CORRECT THE BRICKS AT THE WRONG PLACE.

UH, SO THEY REPAIRED IT.

YES.

SO THEY MOVED IT BACK, SO, CORRECT.

COULD WE JUST MAKE SURE THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF, THEY HATE TO SEE A BRAND NEW STREET WITH THEY, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB MAKING THAT.

I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS, WAS BLOCKED OFF SO I COULD NOT PHYSICALLY LOOK AT IT.

BUT YOU WON'T FEEL A BUMP AT ALL.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YES, CORRECT.

A GOOD CATCH, BY THE WAY.

SO , NO, I MEAN THEY, UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, WE DID A REPAIR, UH, OF THE PA THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A HAIRLINE CRACK THAT WE, UH, WE WERE SUSPICIOUS.

WE WENT OUT THERE AND DID AN ACTUAL BORING OF THE PAVEMENT THERE, TRYING TO SEE HOW FA HOW FAR THAT, SO-CALLED, UH, THERMAL CRACK WAS, AND IT SO HAPPENED IT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

SO WE MADE THE CONTRACTOR CUT THAT, UH, FAILURE, THAT FAILING AREA AND REPORT THAT THING CLOSE TO WHERE YOUR CROSSOVER WAS.

ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD'VE CAUSED THAT? JUST, JUST ONE OF THOSE UNKNOWN BAD FACTORS, YOU KNOW, BAD CONCRETE.

UH, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW, HAVE ANY IDEA THERE BECAUSE THE CONCRETE WAS POURED IN THE FULL CONCRETE.

I MEAN, IT WAS, IT CAME OUT OF A CERTAIN, CERTAIN TRUCK THERE AND SO HAPPENED TO FELL THERE.

YEAH.

BUT THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

SO THE PROJECT IS DONE, SO WE'RE JUST READY TO, TO LET IT OPEN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN START USING THAT THING.

THANK YOU RICHARD.

YES, SIR.

UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR? PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING IN A NUTSHELL WHAT THE WEATHER HAS BEEN MISERABLE FOR? ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OUT THERE? FIRST, FIRST, FIRST.

FREEZING.

NOW THE RAIN.

NOW THE RAIN.

SO THERE HAS BEEN, UH, SLOW ADVANCES, IF ANY, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AREA YOU SAW THAT, UH, THAT THE LANDSCAPER, UH, DECIDED TO GO NOW AFTER WE CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT A LOT OF THE SAND WAS RUNNING INTO THE GUTTERS AND THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, HOLDING HIM RESPONSIBLE TO CLEANING UP THOSE, THOSE GUTTERS THERE AS THEY DECIDED TO GO FINALLY AND PUT IN AT LEAST AN EROSION, AN EROSION STRIP ALONG THE, UH, MEDIAN AREAS ON THE SIDEWALK ARE, ARE THEY GONNA CLEAN UP

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MM-HMM.

, UH, WE WILL MAKE THEM DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.

MANY, THERE'S PILES OF PIPE, THERE'S CONCRETE LAYING THERE, THERE'S STILL PLANTS LEFT THERE.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YARD ONE SIX MAYBE? YEAH.

WHERE THAT STORED THE LAY DOWN YARD.

YEAH.

YES.

AND, AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR, AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, MADE IT KNOWN TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT, UH, PAYING ANY, ANY RENT ON THAT, THEY STILL NEED, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESTORATION.

IT'S CLEAN IT UP, IT'S JUST A MESS.

YES.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, JUST, UH, OTHER JOBS HERE THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE CONTRACTED AND, UH, LITTLE IS MOVING ON 'EM, UH, I'M GONNA CALL ON, ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HER TWO JOBS.

ONE AT THE BEACHWOOD IS, UH, YOU HERE BEACHWOOD, THE PROJECT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING THE BEACHWOOD PROJECT KEEPS ON GIVING OR TAKING RATHER .

SO, SO I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS ON BEACHWOOD.

WE ARE TAKING DELIVERY ON, UH, THE CHEMICAL PUMPS AND ALL THE, EVERYTHING WE ORDERED FROM CHLORINATOR MAINTENANCE THIS WEEK.

AND IT SHOULD BE INSTALLED NOW DUE TO RAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT IT IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK.

UM, THE ELECTRICAL IS MOVING ALONG ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACTOR.

HE PLANS TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DON'T HOLD ME TO IT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.

SO I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ANY ISSUES THAT HE HAS IMMEDIATELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SLOW HIM DOWN.

SO, UM, HE WAS, HE WAS PRETTY POSITIVE LAST WEEK WHEN I TALKED TO HIM FOR UPDATES.

UM, I DON'T, UH, HE KIND OF, HE KIND OF MENTIONED ONE THING WAS THE TRANSFER SWITCH AGAIN OUT THERE AND LIKE EVERY OTHER TRANSFER SWITCH IN THE CITY, WE'VE NOT DONE MAINTENANCE TO 'EM.

SO THERE WAS SOME CORROSION ON THE CONNECTIONS AND THEY'VE GOT A PLAN TO WORK THAT OUT.

AND SO IT'S NOT GONNA SLOW US DOWN ONE BIT.

SO, UM, TRANSFER SWITCH FOR WHAT? UH, JUST THE POWER COMING IN POWER.

SO, UH, WE'VE GOT THAT WORKED OUT.

IT WON'T SLOW 'EM DOWN A BIT.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY AFTER, AT THE END OF JANUARY THEY SHOULD BE MOVING OVER TO THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND START THAT PROJECT.

OKAY.

GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD.

ALRIGHT.

.

UH, 'CAUSE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ONGOING IN THE PROCESS, WE HAD A, EXCUSE ME.

WE HAD THE PRE, UH, THE, UH, TOWN MEETING WITH THE, UH, THAT WITH THE PEOPLE AT THE, UH, AT THE NORTH SHADY OAKS.

UH, IT WASN'T THERE THAT VERY WELL ATTENDED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTING ABOUT THAT THING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE, WERE ABLE TO PASS THE INFORMATION OVER TO THEM.

THEY SEEMED TO BE SATISFIED FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL THE WORK STARTS.

EXCUSE ME.

SO, UH, THAT WENT WELL.

UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING BIDS, UH, ON, UH, FEBRUARY THE FIRST.

WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PANELS ON THE STREET PANELS, UH, AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE, UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE OPENING BIDS ON THE, UH, UH, BEST WESTERN CHAMBER, UH, PROJECT, UH, THE SEARCH CONTROL TANK, THE NEW LIFT STATION .

IT'S A HOLDING, IT'S A HOLDING TANK.

IT IS NOT A, IT IS NOT A PRESSURE SYSTEM, BUT IT WILL, UH, AT LEAST HOLD THE, UH, THE SURGES THAT DO OCCUR FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS AND, UH, WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, PREVENT, UH, THOSE, UH, ESCAPES.

SO WHAT TYPE OF RAIN IS THAT GOOD FOR? UH, 10, 10 YEAR? WELL, NO, IT'S, IT'S, NO, IT, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON, ON, ON THE RAINFALL EVENT.

IT, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF, UH, GENERATED WASTE IN THE HOTEL.

OH, OKAY.

SO THEY'RE GONNA USE ALL THE FLOORS INSTEAD OF YESTERDAY? YEAH, ONCE, ONCE THE SURGE OF THE, OF THE SYSTEM BEGINS, THEY'LL SHUT DOWN.

THEY'LL, THEY'LL SHUT DOWN THE, UH, THE FLOW FROM THE HOTEL, BUT IT WILL, YOU KNOW, IT'LL KEEP THE, UH, IT'LL KEEP THE FLOW, AT LEAST CONTROL THE HOLDING TANK.

THE, THE HOLDING TANK WILL CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GENERATED IN THE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A RANDY, I'M MISTAKEN.

NO, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THE SURGE WILL NOT GO BACK INTO THE SYSTEM.

IT'S WHAT'S GENERATED IN UPSTREAM,

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SO WE'LL BE OPENING BIDS NEXT WEEK ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

UH, THE, UH, WE ALSO ARE LIKE, UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE, UH, CDBG, UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO ADDITIONAL, UH, ADDITIONAL PANEL REPAIRS OFF OF THAT, UH, GRANT.

UH, PRIMARILY WE'RE TRYING TO SELL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE THAT IT DOES FIT THE, UH, THE CATEGORY IN THE, LIKE, UH, MR. WEO SAID OF THE LMI, UH, THAT IT'S SERVING THAT LMI PURPOSE IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, RESEARCH AREA, THE RESEARCH AND THE PECAN LANE AREA.

THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN DIRECT THIS PARTICULAR GRANT MONEY.

UH, ORIGINALLY, UH, SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE SINCE THEN.

UH, NICOLE HAS BEEN, UH, SPEARHEADING THE, UH, THE DISCUSSION WITH HER AND I THINK SHE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOME INROADS INTO, INTO HER, INTO HER, UH, INTO GETTING, UH, THE THING RESOLVED.

HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HAPPEN.

SAL'S BEATING AROUND THE BUSH.

SPECIFICALLY, THE, THE CENSUS TRACT IS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, AND SO WE PUT A PROJECT IN THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, BUT THE CONSULTANTS BROUGHT BACK THAT THE PALS WOULD WANT TO REPLACE.

NONE OF THE NEW HOMES ARE RIGHT.

LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

CORRECT.

YEAH.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, SHE, UH, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT UP THE, UH, THE ARGUMENT THAT YES, BUT IT DOES SERVE, IT DOES SERVE PRIMARILY THEY LOW MODERATE AREA AS A, UH, IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HOUSE.

IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR THE, FOR THEIR WORKPLACE.

THERE'S ESPECIALLY THE TWO SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT ARE THERE AT EACH END OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY SERVES PRIMARILY THE, THE BENEFITS OF, AND THE WHOLE, PARTICULAR, THE PURPOSE OF CDBG IS TO ENTICE REDEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? YES.

UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE HOPING, I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOUNDING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP ON WORKING AT IT.

AND SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS, UH, MOTOR MODERATE INCOME AND STUFF IS, IS, YOU KNOW, TIES BACK AND ALL THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM THE, THE LAST CENSUS.

AND THE PROBLEM THAT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN IS, IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE CENSUS.

AND A LOT OF YOUR LOW AND MEDIA MEDIAN INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE KNOWN FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE CENSUS.

SO IT'S A BROKEN SYSTEM.

YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

UH, ON THE RESTROOM, UH, SCENE, UH, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE VERY LAST, UH, STAGES OF THE, UH, THE CITY HALL RESTROOM, UH, COMPLETION THERE.

THEY INSTALL ALL THE FIXTURES, BUT THEY HAVEN'T PUT IN THE PARTITIONS.

SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT ONE.

DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE FINISHED THIS MONTH? YES.