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OKAY,[Call to Order]
WE'LL CALL THE, UH, MONDAY, MAY 5TH, 2024, UH, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION, UH, TO ORDER.UH, IT'S AT 6:30 PM AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
THAT'S, UH, COMING THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL GET STARTED, UH, WITH A REGULAR SESSION AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH A, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCILMAN HANYA P PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC.
ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE, AND THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
MOST S FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY.
JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO IN OUR LIFE ON A DAILY BASIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, AND THANK YOU FOR BLESSING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.
JUST WATCH OVER US IF WE MAKE, UH, POSITIVES AND WISE DECISIONS FOR THIS GREAT CITY.
MOST OF ALL, JUST BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, IEMS AS THEY TEXT US ON A DAILY BASIS.
[PRESENTATION]
NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS.UM, TODAY WE'RE HERE TO SHOW YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE STUDENT LED AND CREATED VIDEOS FROM OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, AS A QUICK REMINDER, AND FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO USE OUR FRAN FRANCHISE FEES TO REIMBURSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE USED FOR, TO CREATE VIDEOS ON OUR MUNICIPAL CHANNEL, UM, ON COMCAST.
UM, AND YOU'LL REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE BROUGHT TO YOU SOME VIDEOS THAT THEY DID ABOUT OUR HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT.
SO, UM, WE ARE NOW GOING TO SHOW YOU TWO VIDEOS FROM THE HOLIDAYS IN LAKE JACKSON.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, UM, OUR FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS PARADE.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST MULTICAM VIDEO OF THE PARADE.
AND THE SECOND ONE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU WILL BE A VIDEO OF THE TOUR OF LIGHTS.
UM, IN THE FIRST VIDEO, THE STUDENTS WERE INSPIRED TO CREATE A MACY'S THANKSGIVING EVENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE COMMENTATORS, YOU'LL SEE, UM, STREET CREW, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE WORK OF A VERY GREAT POST-PRODUCTION TEAM THAT WILL HAVE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP IS FLOURISHING BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER, ALEX MOLINA.
AND, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH HIM.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT, UM, COLLABORATION AND THE STUDENTS ARE FANTASTIC.
SO, MILFORD, IF YOU CAN PULL UP THE FIRST VIDEO, WE'RE NOT GONNA SHOW IT ALL TO YOU BECAUSE THEY REALLY DID A LONG, I THINK IT'S LIKE 10 MINUTES OR SOMETHING.
BUT I DO WANNA SHOW YOU THE FIRST.
SO JUST SO YOU GET AN IDEA AND YOU CAN WATCH THE REST OF IT ON YOUR OWN TIME.
SAY DINNER TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, NARRATING THE PARADE AND TELLING YOU WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT BEHIND US IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
MOVING FORWARD THOUGH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE LIKE A KIND OF BASE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE SEE STARTING OFF.
OH, OH, SO CAN YOU SEE
I THINK, UH, B WOOD, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SHOULD BE THEIR J-R-O-T-C.
AND THEIR FLAGS HAVE LIGHTS IN THEM, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE RIGHT, RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S, UH, A BROCO WITH, WITH LOOKS LIKE THE MAYOR AND PROBABLY HIS WIFE.
YEAH, THEY GOT THE PENCIL MORE LIGHTS.
IT'S WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND IT'S LIKE THEY, HE SAID IT WAS JUST CRAZY.
OH, LIKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE SOMEWHERE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE GOT SOME, I THINK WE GOT THE BELLS.
THE, UH, SHIPMATES DRILL TEAM.
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SOMEBODY ASKED IF WE WERE NEWS, BY THE WAY.I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
UH, MORE POLICE CARS COMING THROUGH.
OH, THOSE ARE CALLED SOUSAPHONES.
OH, SOUSAPHONES ARE DECORATED IN GARLAND AND FLIGHT.
NEXT WE HAVE SOMEBODY DECORATED WITH THEIR BOAT FLAGS.
THE BOAT IS RUNNING ON LAND RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF FLIGHT WAVING, PEOPLE WAVING BACK.
I LOVE HEAR THAT BECAUSE SOMEBODY BAKES COME AROUND THE CORNER.
OH, WAIT A MINUTE, I THINK, OH, THERE'S A GRINCH THERE.
UM, YES, THE GRINCH, WE SAW THE GRIN.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS VERY, UH, WHAT I LIKE TO SAY, UM, IN THE MOMENT TYPE OF A EDIT.
BUT I THINK YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RELATIONSHIP IS STARTING TO FLOURISH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE DOING.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, CREW THAT WAS THERE WHO WALKED UP AND WAS TALKING TO THE COMMENTATORS.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE, UH, THE STREET CREW, YOU CAN HEAR THE MUSIC, YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY'VE DONE A LOT TO TRY TO PUT ALL THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER.
AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BY THAT.
UM, NOW THE SECOND VIDEO IS THAT, SO THAT WAS TWO DIFFERENT CAMERA FEED CUT TOGETHER, NOT YES.
NOT A LIVE SWITCH BACK AND FORTH, BUT TWO.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING REAL POST-PRODUCTION SKILLS BEING USED, USED THERE.
UM, SO IF YOU REMEMBER, DURING LIGHTUP LAKE JACKSON, WE HAD ABOUT 20 JUDGES ROAMING THE, THE TOWN, UM, JUDGING THE 25 HOMES THAT WERE IN DECORATE THE LIGHTS.
WELL, IN THIS VIDEO YOU WILL SEE TWO STUDENTS CONDUCTING THEIR OWN CONTEST OF TOUR OF THE LIGHTS.
AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING THE TOP HOUSES OF LIGHT UP LAKE JACKSON.
TODAY WE'RE STARTING, WE'RE GOING WITH THE ROUNDABOUT, AND WE'RE GONNA GO AND VIEW THE HOUSE TOGETHER AND TELL US, TELL EACH OTHER THINGS WE LIKE.
SO I DEFINITELY LIKE HOW THEY DECORATED THE TREE AND ADDED THE LITTLE PILLARS TO GO OVER THE DRIVEWAY SO YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH AND GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE.
UM, ONE THING I LIKE IS THE WHOLE MISMATCH BETWEEN JUST CHRISTMAS AND THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, THE RELIGIOUS MEANING OF CHRISTMAS, WHICH IS TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I ALSO LIKE THIS AS A INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE.
SO YOU CAN JUST COME IN HERE THROUGH YOUR, UH, CAR.
YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH HERE WITH NO HASSLE.
AND I LIKE HOW THEY ADDED THE STAR, THE HANGING STUFF FROM THE TREE.
UH, I, I LIKE HOW THE ENTIRE THING IS DECORATED AND NOT JUST ONE SINGLE PART.
EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSE ISN'T PART OF THE ATTRACTION, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH DECORATED AND NOT JUST THE DREW DRIVEWAY ITSELF.
THIS ALL LOOKS GREAT, HONESTLY.
THIS IS A LOT OF, THEY DEFINITELY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT.
THEY EVEN DECORATED THEIR FENCE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY COOL.
SO ALL IN ALL, I GIVE THIS A, I THINK I MIGHT BE GETTING MY HIGHEST RATING.
I'M GONNA GIVE THIS HOUSE A 10.
UM, DEFINITELY THE MOST JOYFUL ONE'S.
GONNA BRING YOU THE MOST, THE MOST, UM, INTERACTIVE STUFF OF THE, THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS OUR FEATURED HOUSE OF THIS, NOT THIS ROOM RESTART.
SO WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT HOUSE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TELLING YOU ABOUT WHAT OUR FAVORITE THING IS.
AND MY FAVORITE THING IS THE, THE, UM, YARD CUTOUTS LOCATED IN THIS AREA.
BUT I THINK MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS IS THE SANTA THAT IS IN THE MIRROR OR THE WINDOW.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE HE JUST, HE'S JUST SO PROMINENT.
SANTA'S TAKING AWAY CHRISTMAS.
JUST, I MEAN, GIVING CHRISTMAS, TAKING AWAY.
SO I'M GONNA READ THIS HOUSE AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLE TOO BORING AND NOT NECESSARILY IN LIGHT.
I THINK I'M GONNA GIVE IT A 4.5 JUST 'CAUSE IT IS REALLY NOT BLAND.
I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE ADDED A LITTLE LIGHT ONTO THE HOUSE AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN A WAY BETTER SCORE.
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS HOUSE IS THE TREE.
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LIT IT UP AND DECORATED IT VERY NICELY.AND I LIKE HOW IT'S LIKE HOW THAT DROP EFFECT.
UM, I LIKE IT 'CAUSE IT'S JUST LIKE THE BASIC LITTLE CHRISTMAS HOUSE.
LIKE WHEN YOU THINK OF LIGHTS ON A HOUSE, THIS IS WHAT YOU THINK OF A LITTLE.
IT'S LIKE EVERY HALLMARK MOVIE, TO BE HONEST.
IT'S JUST LIKE A LITTLE BASIC THING.
NOTHING TOO CRAZY, YOU KNOW, NOT OVERDOING IT.
I LOVE THIS LITTLE PATCH RIGHT HERE.
AND I PROBABLY ADDED JUST A LITTLE TOUCH OF DECORATION.
SO I'M GONNA WAIT FOR THIS HOUSE.
I THINK I'M GONNA GO YOUR ROUTE.
I'M GONNA BE SHOWING THIS FEATURE I ITEM IN THE BACK.
THIS IS A BLOW UP AND IT'S DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE WATCH.
OH, IT'S, IT'S GOING IN RIGHT NOW, BUT
IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY, BUT IT TRIED.
SO YEAH, THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS HOUSE.
UM, I LIKE THAT THEY ADDED A LITTLE MINI CHRISTMAS TREE OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, WHITE ONE OVER THERE.
I REALLY THINK THAT MY PERSONAL GRANNY WOULD GO UP IF THEY HAD LIGHTS ON THE ACTUAL HOUSE.
I LIKE THE LIGHTS ON THE HOUSE MORE THAN ON THE GROUND, BUT I ALSO DO LIKE HOW THEY HAVE THIS SNOWMAN OVER THERE DECORATING THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
I THINK THAT IS VERY CUTE AND VERY CREATIVE.
SO FOR THAT, I WILL GIVE THE HOUSE A 7.5 OUT OF 10.
IT'S PRETTY BARE BONES, SO I DON'T REALLY THINK I'M GONNA GIVE IT UP TOO HIGH.
SO I THINK A 7.5, ANOTHER ONE GOES TO THIS ONE.
THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO DECORATE
AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED ANYTHING ELSE, BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO DECORATE THE LIGHTS BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WILL JUDGE YOU VERY LOW.
SO, UM, AND UH, I'D LIKE YOU NOW TO START HEARING FROM THE STUDENTS.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE RELATIONSHIP.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE TWO OF THE STUDENTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY ON THE VIDEOS, SERGIO URBANA AND EDWARD ACOSTA TO COME UP AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THEM.
SO I PERSONALLY WORKED ON THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, UM, AND SERGIO WORKED ON THE, OBVIOUSLY THE HOUSE RATING.
UM, I PERSONALLY DID THE EDITING CAMERA WORK, UM, IN THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS.
IT WAS, IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE MADE, WE DID A, WE DID, WE DID WHAT WE COULD WITH THE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAD, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, ONE OF THE CAMERAS JUST DIDN'T RECORD THE ENTIRE NIGHT.
LIKE, WE HAD ONE SET UP JUST TO WATCH LIKE THE MACY'S PARADE.
AND THAT ONE ENDED UP NOT WORKING.
SO WE DID WHAT WE COULD WITH OTHER FOOTAGE THAT WE HAD TO LIKE, FILL IN THE BLANKS.
BUT IT WAS OVERALL AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
I HAVEN'T GONE TO THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS BEFORE, SO THAT WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS A VERY GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF TECHNIC OR MORE ARRANGEMENT DIFFICULTIES WITH THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE RATING.
AND SERGIO WILL GO MORE INTO THAT.
UH, THERE'S A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE HOUSES.
I LIKED HOW THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY JOINED IN TO LIGHT UP THEIR HOUSES AND SPARKED JOY PEOPLE DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
AND I LIKE THAT WE COULD JUST GO AROUND, ENJOY THE HOUSES WITH NO ONE REALLY QUESTIONING IT BECAUSE IT'S THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
ENJOY THE LIGHTS, BE THERE AND LIVE IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T REALLY A SET ROUTE.
SO WE COULDN'T JUST FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, JUST A SINGLE PATH AND JUST RECORD EVERYTHING.
SO WE HAD, WE DID HAVE TO SEARCH AROUND FOR HOUSES, BUT THAT WAS THE FUN.
WE JUST GOT TO GO AROUND, LOOK FOR HOUSES, UH, SEE WHAT WE FOUND INTERESTING.
WE THOUGHT WE SET OUR ACTUAL THOUGHTS.
WE DIDN'T RECORD ANYTHING BEFOREHAND.
WE SAW IT AND WE RATED IT HOW WE SAW FIT.
AND JUST, UH, I WANTED TO SAY, THERE'S ONE KEY THING I THINK, UH, I THINK Y'ALL LEARNED IS, AND YOU MENTIONED IT IS, IS THAT, UH, ONE OF YOUR CAMERAS DIDN'T WORK.
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AND FIND FOOTAGE THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.AND, UH, I WORKED IN THIS GENRE, THIS AREA AND STUFF, AND IT'S, PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THAT YOU CAN FIX IT LATER.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS FIX IT LATER, YOU KNOW? AND SO I THINK I, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR Y'ALL AND I THINK IT JUST HELPS YOU GET BETTER AND BETTER EACH TIME.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'D BE WORSE IF THAT WAS A PAYING GIG, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NOT GOOD.
BUT AGAIN, YOU LEARN FROM IT AND YOU, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET BETTER.
AND, UH, I LIKE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING, GIVING YOUR INPUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN Y'ALL DID THE, THE, THE STUFF.
AND, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS KIND OF COOL.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOOK AT LAKE JACKSON AND SAY THAT WE'RE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, NOT A LOT OF FUN.
BUT YOU GUYS, Y'ALL SHOWED THAT WE, THERE IS SOME FUN OUT THERE AND JUST NEED TO GO FIND IT AND MAKE IT, MAKE IT BASICALLY.
DO, DO THE STUDENTS SELECT LIKE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OR BEHIND THE CAMERA AND STICK WITH THAT? OR DO THEY ROTATE OR HOW DOES, DO THEY GET A CHANCE TO DO EVERYTHING OR DO THEY DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES EARLY ON AND SORT OF STICK WITH ONE THING? OR WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE? UH, THEY'RE PRETTY SELECTED.
WE ACTUALLY, UH, SEE WHERE THEY FIT BETTER.
'CAUSE UH, NOT EVERYBODY LIKES TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
AND NOT EVERYBODY LIKES TO BE BEHIND THE CAMERA.
SO WE SELECT AND SEE WHERE IT CAN, WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FIT BETTER AND WE GO ACCORDING TO THAT.
JUST TO GET SOME IDEA OF, OF THE WORK, WHAT'S INVOLVED WITH THIS IS, EXPLAIN TO THE GROUP HOW MUCH OF AND AND TIME IS SPENT ON THE COLLECTION OF FOOTAGE.
WELL, UH, I, WHAT I LIKE TO DO WITH MY CLASS WHEN WE DO PROJECTS IN CLASS IS, UH, IF THEY'RE GONNA GO INTERVIEW, UH, SAY LIKE IN HALLWAYS FOR EXAMPLE, I TELL THEM AS SOON AS YOU CROSS, YOU KNOW, THE THRESHOLD OF THE DOOR, START RECORDING AND DO NOT STOP UNTIL YOU COME BACK.
BECAUSE THE MORE FOOTAGE, THE BETTER.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO USE IT ALL, BUT JUST IN CASE YOU CATCH SOMETHING, IT'S RECORDING.
WELL, KIND OF SAME THING HERE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTAGE OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND THE, YOU KNOW, LOT OF BLAKE JACKSON.
SO IT IS TIME CONSUMING TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT FOOTAGE.
SO IT IS TIME CONSUMING WHEN IT COMES TO POST-PRODUCTION.
UH, MY KIDS, THEY DO A LOT WITH IT, ESPECIALLY, LET ME SINGLE OUT.
EDWARD, HE, UH, HE WAS OUR EDITOR AND JUST GOING THROUGH ALL THE FOOTAGE, RIGHT.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A, A GOOD COUPLE DAYS TO JUST SELECT IT.
AND ON THE VIDEOS IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE ENJOY IT.
BUT THE WORK THAT GOES BEHIND IT IS JUST, IT'S INTENSE.
MR. MILLING OF THE, UH, THE CLASS, IS IT, UH, UH, I I'M GUESSING IT'S AN ELECTIVE.
IS IT, UH, LIKE A ONE SEMESTER CLASS? IS IT TWO OR IS IT IT'S A TWO TWO SEMESTER CLASS.
UH, YES, WE GO FROM UH, LEVEL TWO TO THREE TO PRACTICUM.
PRACTICUM IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE SINCE THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, JUST TELL THEM WHAT TO DO AND THEY'LL DO IT.
[VISITOR COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MAY OR MAY NOT DISCUSS ANY, UH, PRESENTED ISSUE, NOR MAY THEY TAKE ANY ACTION.
AN ITEM CAN BE PRESENTED, COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A PLACEMENT ON AGENDA, FUTURE AGENDA.
AND WE HAVE MR. UH, BILLY GRAY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS BILLY GRAY, I'M WITH THE LAKE JACKSON LIONS CLUB AND, UM, THE LIONS CLUB HERE IN LAKE JACKSON ORIGINAL, THE FIRST LIONS CLUB WAS, UH, STARTED NOVEMBER THE 27TH.
AND THAT'S JUST A BASE REFERENCE TO LET YOU KNOW, I I, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT LIONS DO AND ABOUT THE CITY, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL THIS TIME, IS YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S CHANGED AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THERE'S NOW FOUR CLUBS, INCLUDING OURS.
THERE'S FOUR TOTAL CLUBS IN LAKE JACKSON.
WHAT I WANT TO DO IS HAVE A, UM, COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, MAYBE SIT WITH
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MODESTO AND MAYBE THE PARK, MAYBE THE PARK, UH, DIRECTOR SO WE CAN GET SOME IDEAS OF MAYBE SOME THINGS YOU'RE LACKING.THE MAYOR AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A FEW THINGS.
WE'VE GOT THE PLASTIC RECYCLING GOING ON, WE'RE MAKING THE BENCHES.
IF YOU GO DOWN, UM, UH, OYSTER CREEK DRIVING, SEE THE TWO DARK GREEN BENCHES.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME OTHER PLACES AROUND TOWN.
AND THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE DOING IS KEEPING THE PLASTIC OUT.
AND YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE PLASTIC COLLECTION BOX OUT HERE AND I'M GONNA GIVE KUDOS TO THE SOURCE.
WE WEREN'T GETTING HARDLY ANY AND THEY ADVERTISED IN THE SOURCE WITH A LITTLE BLURP ABOUT THAT BEING OUT THERE.
AND WE USED TO BE GETTING MAYBE ONE BOX EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK TO, TO GET IT.
SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I WANT TO GET WITH SOME PEOPLE HERE AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK TO A COUNCIL MEETING WITH A LIST AND TELL AND UH, LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AND MAYBE SOME PROJECTS WE CAN WORK ON.
AND I'LL WORK WITH ALL THE LION CLUBS IN THE AREA, NOT JUST MINE TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY AUDIENCE VISITORS COMMENTS? ALRIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA.
DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE CONFLICT INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CONFLICT TO DECLARE? ALRIGHT, NOT HEARING ANY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE ITEM ONE, APPROVE MINUTES JANUARY 22ND, 2024.ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FOR PARKS AND FOR HOT.
ESTABLISHING THE INTERSECTION OF AZALEA AND CENTER WAY AS A ONE-WAY STOP.
ITEM FOUR IS AWARD CONTRACT TO LOW BIDDER MATULA MATULA FOR THE SANITATION SEWER SURGE CONTROL HOLDING TANK AT BEST WESTERN.
NOT EXCEEDING $200,000 AS BUDGETED.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 4 2 DENYING THE CENTER POINT GAS RATE INCREASE OF 37, UH, $0.4 MILLION.
UM, IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA, SECOND AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SETH.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[1. Discuss and consider a request to install a directional sign on Eucalyptus Street by state HWY 332 for the Residence at Lake Jackson Apartments located at 101 Eucalyptus Street behind Leo Martin Chevrolet. - Nancy Provenzano]
MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA.WE HAVE FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER REQUEST TO INSTALL DIRECTIONAL SIGN ON, UH, EUCALYPTUS STREET BY, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 3 32 FOR THE RESIDENCE AT LAKE JACKSON APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 1 0 1 EUCALYPTUS STREET, UH, BEHIND, UH, LEO MARTIN CHEVROLET.
I'M NOT NORMALLY, I USUALLY DO SOCIAL MEDIA AND TRAINING
UM, WE HAD SPOKEN WITH, UM, MYSELF AND, UM, OUR CITY, UM, OUR, UH, SIGN COMPANY REGARDING PUTTING UP A DIRECTIONAL SIGN WHERE YOU CAN SEE US ACTUALLY OFF OF 3 32.
'CAUSE WE'RE LOCATED, AS Y'ALL KNOW, DIRECTLY BEHIND, UM, THE, UH, DEALERSHIP.
AND I SENT THIS AS KIND OF YEAH, THE TWO AREAS THAT THEY HAD SHOWN US THAT WE COULD PUT A DIRECTIONAL SIGN AS LONG AS IT WAS JUST A DIRECTIONAL SIGN.
AND NOW I GUESS SCOTT TOLD US THAT PERMIT HAD BEEN DENIED REGARDING THE SIGN DUE TO THE ORDINANCE HAD CHANGED.
MS, DID YOU SAY THAT, UM, THAT OUR INSPECTOR HAD SAID THAT YOU COULD PUT ONE UP? YES.
WE THOUGHT THAT, WELL, WE WERE HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY REQUEST IT, BUT HE SAID THESE WERE THE LOCATIONS HE GAVE ME.
I DIDN'T COME UP WITH THESE LOCATIONS.
UM, HE SAID THAT THOSE WERE, UM, PLACES THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW A DIRECTIONAL SIGN.
SO YOU COULD SEE, BECAUSE WE'RE THAT NARROW STREET THAT'S GOING TO THE END, THE ID, UM, THE REGULAR MONUMENT SIGN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE NAME OF THE COMMUNITY IS SO FAR BACK AND SO LOW YOU CAN'T SEE IT AT ALL FROM ANY DIRECTION WHATSOEVER.
AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THAT THERE'S APARTMENT COMMUNITY BEHIND THERE WHATSOEVER.
AND BEFORE URBAN WAS BUILT ON THE CORNER, YOU STILL COULD NOT SEE OUR LOCATION.
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YEAH.SO MS PER ANO HAD CONTACTED, UM, MS. MILLER AND REACHED OUT TO ME ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND, UH, THE PERMIT WAS DENIED.
AND I SPOKE WITH MS. PRO LAST WEEK AND JUST INFORM ME THE, OR THAT THE ORDINANCE HAD NOT CHANGED.
WE, WE DON'T ALLOW SIGNS TO BE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO IF ARE OFF PREMISE ARE OFF, ARE OFF PREMISE.
SO BOTH ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CITY.
AND THAT IF THERE WAS TO BE ANY ALLOWANCE THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO COUNSEL TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THAT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I ALSO LET MS.
UM, BECAUSE COUNSEL CAN'T GIVE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTY FOR USE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT COMP, WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
AND THEN ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, IT'S, IT'S AN OFF-PREMISE SIGN.
SO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, COULD, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE COULD GO THAT.
BUT, UM, I'D WARN YOU KNOW, MY INTERPRETATION WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF OPENING UP PANDORA'S BOX BECAUSE THEN YOU'D HAVE TO START PUTTING SOME TYPE OF REGULATION ON, OKAY, IF YOU'RE ALLOWING OFF-PREM SIGN ON ANOTHER BUSINESS AND THEN YOU GET INTO, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF A BILLBOARD AND STUFF.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO KIND OF SAY WHAT KIND OF SIZE OF SIGN.
AND SO, AND WE HAVE NOT, WE HAD NOT DONE THAT.
SO THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WERE PROBABLY GOING, IF YOU WANTED TO GO DOWN THAT PATH WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED.
SO IT WASN'T A JUST AN EASY GIVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A SIGN, YOU KNOW, A SIGN ON EITHER PATH.
AND THAT WAS HIS ACTUAL SECOND OPTION THAT SCOTT HAD TOLD ME WHAT THOSE, HE SAID, CHECK WITH LEO JARRING AND SEE IF I COULD PUT SOMETHING THERE.
AND YOU DID TELL ME THAT THAT WAS NOT A POSSIBILITY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE I DON'T, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THREE OCCASIONS THAT WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT APPEARS TO BE AN OFF-PREMISE SIGN AS YOU GO DOWN 3 32.
UM, A VERY NARROW PURCHASE, UH, FROM THE VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT AT THE TIME.
THE OTHER ONE IS A HOTEL BY THE CHAMBER CHAMBER.
AGAIN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT A FLAG? SO A FLAG LOT IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE LOT AND THEN THEY'LL BUY A LONG NARROW STRIP ALL THE WAY OUT IN, IN THIS CASE TO THE HIGHWAY.
SO THEN THEY COULD PUT A SIGN ON IT.
IT'S NOT OFF PREMISES 'CAUSE THEIR PREMISES REACHES IT BECAUSE THEY OWN THE LAND ALL THE WAY OUT.
AND THEN, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, IS AT WOOD SPRINGS.
OVER TIME WE HAVE MADE, THE COUNCIL HAS MADE THE REQUIREMENT OF A FLAG LOT TO BE WIDER, UH, 30 FEET.
SO IT'S NOT JUST BY A ONE FOOT STRIP.
SO YOU CAN PUT A SIGN, UH, IN WOOD SPRING, IT'S A 30 FOOT STRIP.
SO, UH, THEY CAN PUT A DRIVEWAY IN.
THEY CAN CHOOSE NOT TO PUT A DRIVEWAY AND JUST PUT A SIGN.
BUT IT IS WIDE ENOUGH NOW THAT IT'S, YOU'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUYING A STRIP FOR ACCESS, UH, ON THERE.
AND SO THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT.
IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO BUY A 30 FOOT STRIP OF PARKING ON LEO MARTIN OR A 30 FOOT STRIP OF ON, ON URBAN, ON URBAN QUEST.
SO THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN TO ALLOW FOR A OFF-PREMISE SIGN WITH A FLAG LOT, I, IT, IT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.
AND I WORKED FOR CENTRAL PARTNERS, WHICH IS A MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
WE MANAGED THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S, OUR CLIENT JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED IT.
AND OUR FIRST OBVIOUS QUESTION WAS, WHY IS THERE NOT A SIGN UP? AND I LIVE HERE, SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'M BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I SHOP HERE AND I DIDN'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY WAS EVEN LOCATED HERE.
AND MY JOB IS TO DIRECT PEOPLE AND GET PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
SO THE MORE INCOME WE HAVE PROBABLY ARE
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I CAN GIVE SOME HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, I MAY BE OLDER THAN THE OWNERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS.
WHEN THEY DID COME IN, THAT PROPERTY WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL.
AND SO WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT PURCHASED, THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A REZONING.
SO IT WAS REZONED TO MULTIFAMILY WHEN THEY BOUGHT IT.
AND I THINK THEY WERE THE, THEY URBAN CREST HAD NOT BEEN BUILT BUILT YET.
SO, SO THEY CHOOSE TO BUY THAT PROPERTY.
THEY CHOSE TO BUY THAT PROPERTY WHERE IT WAS, THE URBAN CREST PROPERTY HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
NO, IT HAD NOT BEEN BUILT YET.
BUT IT WASN'T, BOTH OF THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE PARCELS WERE REZONED.
THEY WERE, THEY HAD BEEN ZONED COMMERCIAL AND THEN THEY WERE REZONED LATER FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
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PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, WELL, THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, AND SO IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IS THERE ANY INTEREST ON COUNSEL TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH THIS OR JUST, UH, LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE? AS FAR AS WITH THE ORDINANCE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY SIDE, WE, WE CAN'T, WE COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT PIECE.
SO WE, THE ORDINANCE CHANGE WOULD BE TO TAKE IT BACK DOWN FROM 30 FOOT TO ONE FOOT OR WHATEVER THE FLAG LOT RULE IS OR WHAT, AND YOU STILL HAVE TO PURCHASE.
HAVE PURCHASE, YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE FROM ONE OF THE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
I MEAN, THE ONLY BETH I JUST AGAIN TOLD WAS I DON'T THINK I COULD RECOMMEND IT, IS IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE FOR AN OFF-PREMISE SIGN.
SO ANOTHER BUSINESS COULD SELL OR LEASE A PORTION FOR ANOTHER BUSINESS TO PUT ON THERE.
BUT THEN YOU WOULD HAVE NO SAY OF THEN WHO THEY COULD SELL TO OR, OR LEASE TO.
YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT RESTRICTIONS ON THE SIZE IF IT WAS A SECONDARY BUSINESS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THEN HOW, YOU KNOW WHO ELSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY SAY IT HAS TO BE AN ADJACENT BUSINESS OWNER THAT PUTS ON THERE? I I DON'T KNOW.
IT IS JUST, IT BECOMES BILLBOARD.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO MANAGE INDIVIDUAL FACT PATTERNS.
IT'S JUST A UNIVERSAL ORDINANCE CHANGE AND THEN IT'S JUST WIDE OPEN.
THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY YOU'D HAVE TO ALLOW IT, YOU'D HAVE TO ALLOW IT EVERYWHERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET INTO THE POINT WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT, THAT SELLS IT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
AND IT COULD BE A, THEY COULD BE AN PREMISE SIGN FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, IT, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T JUST BE A LEGAL MARKET.
EVERY BUSINESS ON THE THREE 30 CORRIDOR COULD NOW SELL A PORTION OF SOMETHING FOR AN OFF-PREMISE SIGN.
SO IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN, IN ANY CHANGE? I'M NOT HEARING ANY
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE ISSUE TO US AND, UH, HAD TO GO FOR A HAIL MARY PASS AT THIS POINT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND UM, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.
AND CALLING ME AND I'LL, LET ME UNDERSTAND.
AND I DO LOVE LIVING HERE BECAUSE OF THE CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT YOU HAVE, AND I APPRECIATED THE PRAYER BEFORE THE START.
[2. Authorize the City Manager to extend the current Management Agreement with KemperSports Management, Inc., which expires on April 15, 2024, for one additional five-year term through April 15, 2029. The contract amount for FY 23-24 is not to exceed $112,080; during the budget process, the city council will approve or disapprove any CPI for subsequent years of the remaining contract term. – Robin Hyden]
MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND A, A CURRENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KEMPER SPORTS MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, WHICH EXPIRES ON APRIL 15TH, 2024 FOR ONE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERM THROUGH APRIL 15TH, 2029.
THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR FISCAL THE YEAR 2324 IS NOT TO EXCEED, UH, $112,080.
UM, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE ANY CPI FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF THE REMAINING CONTRACT TERM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, SO WE'RE COMING A LITTLE BIT EARLY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS, UM, TO, FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT, UH, KEMPER, UH, IS REALLY EXCITED.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS EXTENSION WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE.
WE'VE HAD A, A GREAT COLLABORATION.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THERE.
AND SO WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND THEM FOR THE ONE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERM.
MAKE SURE I GET THAT OUT THERE.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE HE SAID, I DON'T THINK Y'ALL WANT ME TO READ IT AGAIN.
SO THE CURRENT CONTRACT VALUE IS 112,080.
IT'S NOT CHANGE, THERE'S NOT CHANGE TO THE AMOUNT.
THE CPI WILL BE CALCULATED AS PER CONTRACT.
WELL, NOT, NOT AS PER CONTRACT.
SO ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT, THEY DO BRING THAT IN, UM, IN MAY.
SO WE HAVE IT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
AND THEN WE DO BRING THAT TO YOU AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER.
SO, BUT FOR THE REMAINING OF THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT WILL REMAIN AT 112, UM, THOUSAND 80.
AND THE, AND THE CPI REQUEST IS IT'S A REQUEST.
BUT THAT'S STILL, STILL CONTINUOUS AS YES.
BUT WE NEEDED TO KNOW NOW, UH, BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, FOR A RFP MM-HMM.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, AND MATT'S ALSO HERE, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM TOO.
I THINK IT TAKES A TEAM, MATT, TO DO WHAT Y'ALL DID, OBVIOUSLY.
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THAT I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF YOU WEREN'T WHERE YOU ARE.THERE WERE A COUPLE OF US THAT WERE READY TO BULLDOZE IT DOWN.
SO Y'ALL HAVE TURNED IT AROUND AND I'VE TOLD YOU THAT SEVERAL TIMES, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO VOTE FOR THIS VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSEL? NO, I AGREE.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
THE, THE REVENUE'S GROWN AND THE, THE USAGE HAS GROWN AND ALL THE, THE NEW TOOLS THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED, UH, ELECTRONICALLY AND EVERYTHING, I THINK IT'S, IT'S HEADED THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I WANT TO SEE THEY CAN TAKE IT.
PLUS EVERY TIME IT RAINS, THEY WORK HARD TO GET THE COURSE BACK.
YEAH, THEY, THEY'RE A VERY GREAT GROUP TO WORK WITH.
I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM.
AND SO, AND AS NOT TO SEND A MIXED MESSAGE, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN GOLF COURSES,
HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, UH, IT, THAT SHIP HAS SAILED AND, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO IF I HAD BEEN IN THE BEGINNING, I WOULD'VE SAID NO TO A GOLF COURSE.
BUT WE'VE GOT A GREAT GU GOLF COURSE AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO OUR CITY.
ANYTHING ELSE? I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT Y'ALL DONE DONE A GREAT JOB.
UH, I HAVE A BREAKFAST CLUB MEETING EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, UH, OVER BY THE MALL.
AND, UH, AND I END UP MEETING A LOT OF GOLFERS FROM ALL OVER.
THEY COME DOWN AND THEY TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT, UH, HOW GOLF COURSE IS.
AND A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ARE COMING IN TO JUST TO COME TO GOLF.
I NEED, I'LL TAKE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY MORE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
I, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM TWO IS WRITTEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BLANCHARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2282, amending Chapter 46 Floods of the City of Lake Jackson Code of Ordinances to designate the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee as the Floodplain Administrator. – Sherri Russell]
I, IN THREE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 2 8, 2, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, 6 46 FLOODS OF THE CITY.HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS OF LAKE JACKSON.
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO DESIGNATE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNEE AS THE FLOOD PLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
SHERRY, IT'S JUST WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.
HELSTON WAS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR AND HE'S GONE.
SO, UM, NOW IT'S JUST CHANGING IT FROM THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER TO THE CITY MANAGER IS DESIGNEE.
SO MODESTO CAN CHOOSE WHO'S GONNA BE UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER EXTREMELY PERMANENT CONCERNED PERSON OUTSIDE.
UM, IF I CAN, UH, JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, HISTORY.
UM, PRIOR TO THAT, UH, OUR RECENT CHANGE IN I THINK 21, UM, IT WAS THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN, UH, BILL HAD LEFT AND HAD DONE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF, UH, MOST OF THE DUTIES, BUT WITH A LOT OF THE TON'S ASSISTANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ASK, YOU KNOW, UH, 'CAUSE THE STON WAS, THAT WAS HIS EX EX EXPERTISE, BUT BILL WAS ALSO CERTIFIED IN IT.
UM, BUT IT BECAME COMPLICATED.
HE WOULD LEAN ON A TON, YOU KNOW, FOR FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT ONCE BILL LEFT, I WASN'T CERTIFIED, SO I JUST THOUGHT IT MADE AN EASY TRANSITION, YOU KNOW, JUST TO PUT IT INTO TON'S HANDS.
UM, WITH ELSTON LEAVING, UM, DURING THAT, I GUESS THE LAST YEAR, UH, DAVID HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST OF GETTING CERTIFIED AS A FOOT PLAYING ADMINISTRATOR AND HAD BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND, AND TAKING THE, UH, THE CLASS AND GOTTEN THE TEST.
A LOT OF THE REASON BECAUSE THE INITIAL APPLICATIONS FOR A LOT OF THINGS LIKE FENCES AND BUILDINGS GO FIRST THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
THEN THEY, ON FRIDAY, ASKED ME A GOOD QUESTION.
IT WAS LIKE, WELL, DO WE REALLY HAVE A GOOD JOB DESCRIPTION? AND I SAID, NOT OTHER THAN THE JOB DUTIES LISTED OUT IN THE ORDINANCE, WE DON'T HAVE REALLY A SPECIFIC JOB DUTY.
BUT I, SO I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE CHANCE JUST TO TALK, UH, FOR DAVID JUST TO, UH, SEE, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR WORKS AND HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHO I'M GOING TO APPOINT AS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR TO SERVE IN THAT.
SO I THOUGHT DAVID COULD, UH, TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, OUTSIDE THE ORDER SO YOU COULD SEE HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROCESS WAS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THING IS, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT YEARS THOUGH, IS THE ROLE BECAME MORE IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY HELSTON WAS NAMED TO IT, BECAUSE THERE'S, I THINK THAT THAT ROLE IS INVOLVED WHEN YOU, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING
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IS WITH GRANTS AND ALL KIND OF STUFF TOO.THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS TO SIGN OFF ON SOME STUFF.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW ALSTON'S HISTORY OR IF HE WAS A, A SWIMMER OR BORN IN THE WATER, BUT HE MOST DEFINITELY LIVED, BREATHED AND THOUGHT OF WATER ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR, SORRY, FLOODPLAIN MANAGER IS A PERSON WHO IS, UM, UH, THEY LOOK AFTER THE CITY'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATING THE FEMA FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCES AND THE, THE COUNTY AND, AND, AND CITY ORDINANCES ON THE OFFSET.
WHEN SOMETHING COMES ACROSS THE DESK, WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE WHERE THIS IS IN THE CITY.
UH, IN YEARS PAST, IT WAS EASY.
EVERYTHING IN THE CITY WAS, WAS ZONE X WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW AREAS, INCLUDING THOSE ALONG, UH, OYSTER CREEK.
'CAUSE OYSTER CREEK IS A ARMY, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FLOODWAY.
UM, BUT WITH THE CHANGE IN THE MAPS, THEY TOOK A LOT OF AREAS OUTSIDE THE LEVEE AND EVEN, UH, A FEW AREAS THAT ARE INSIDE THE LEVEE THAT HAVE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND SAID, THESE ARE NOW IN FEMA DESIGNATED FLOOD ZONES.
SO WHEN SOMETHING COMES ACROSS THE, UH, PERMITTING COUNTER, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS IDENTIFY WHERE IT IS AND WHAT FLOOD FLOOD ZONE IT IS.
IF THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING, WE WILL, UM, UH, WHETHER IT'S A SHED OR A FENCE OR AN ADDITION TO A HOUSE OR A NEW BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO, AND IT'S IN A, A FLOOD AREA.
IT'S ONE OF ONE OF THOSE DESIGNATED FLOOD ZONES.
WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A FERMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE DATA FROM THE FEMA WEBSITE, WHICH CENTERS IN ON THAT LOCATION, AND GIVES US ALL THE DATA THAT WOULD BE PERTINENT TO, UM, ADMINISTER, UH, PERTINENT TO KNOW AS FAR AS BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS, WHAT THE MINIMUM HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE, WHERE IT CAN BE LOCATED, UH, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA IS EVEN GONNA BE POSSIBLE.
AND IF THEY DO CHOOSE TO DEVELOP, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT? ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO ELEVATE, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO PUT FLOOD OPENINGS IN? UH, MOST DEFINITELY IS GOING TO AFFECT THEIR INSURANCE RATINGS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST, UH, THING THAT THE FLOODPLAIN MANAGER'S ROLE WOULD, WOULD BE TO ADMINISTER THAT.
WHEN WE START GETTING INTO AREAS THAT HAVE HYDRAULICS, UH, THAT ARE LONG, UH, BODIES OF WATER, SUCH AS, UH, PERHAPS CHAON, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SWELLING OR PECAN LAKE OR OYSTER CREEK, WE'RE GOING TO EMPLOY THE, UM, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHO CAN HELP US, WHO HAVE MUCH BETTER MAPPING TOOLS THAN WE HAVE WHO HAVE MUCH MORE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE AS TO HOW THOSE BODIES OF WATER HAVE ACTED.
WHEN, UH, WE, WHEN WE HAVE RISING WATERS, UH, MOST OF THE CITY IS STILL GONNA BE ZONE X, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF A DESIGNATED, UH, FEMA FLOOD AREA.
MOST OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE STILL PROTECTED BY THE LEVEE.
BUT A LOT OF OF, UM, UH, THE FARMS, AS AN EXAMPLE, WAS PUT INTO FLOOD ZONES, OR THE FLOOD ZONES WERE EXPANDED, UH, INCLUDING INTO NORTHWOOD.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE NITTY GRITTY IS GONNA COME DOWN BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE HOMEOWNERS, WE'RE PROTECTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, THAT BY, UM, HELPING, UH, OUR, UH, CUSTOMERS, OUR CITIZENS, OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR OUR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, UH, OWNERS, UH, KNOW WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND COMPLY WITH THEM SO THAT THE CITY, UH, CAN MAINTAIN ITS INCLUSION IN THE FEMALE PROGRAM.
SO YOU, MODESTO, YOU'LL HAVE IT ALMOST LIKE JUST AN ADDITIONAL JOB ROLE OR AN ADDITIONAL JOB TITLE THAT'S GONNA BE DESIGNATED.
UH, WE'LL HAVE IT AS AN ADDITIONAL JOB ROLE.
NOW I PROBABLY MAY CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, REGRADING OR DOING A REGRADE BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY ARE TAKING ON THAT, ON THAT ROLE.
UM, I ALSO PROBABLY TRIED TO LOOK AT, FOR LIKE A BACKUP IN CASE SOMEONE LEAVES.
DAVID WAS REALLY KIND OF DRAINING AS A, AS AN ALTERNATE TO A STON.
ONCE NOW DAVID IS CERTIFIED, I PROBABLY TRIED TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ORGANIZATION, MOST LIKELY IN THE ENGINEER'S OFFICE TO HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION.
SHOULD DAVID NOT BE IN THAT ROLE AGAIN, THEN SOMEONE CAN MOVE, MOVE INTO THAT.
A LOT OF CITIES HAVE A FLOOD PLATE ADMINISTRATOR THAT PROBABLY DON'T, ESPECIALLY SMALL CITIES.
THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
SO IT PROBABLY DOES FIT INTO THE ROLE OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL OR SOMEONE IN THE, IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE THAT'S USUALLY WHERE THE PERMITS COME THROUGH AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IT.
BUT I'LL PROBABLY LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, IT'S ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES.
I JUST GOT LUCKY THAT DAVID VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE.
DO WE NEED TO, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT REALLY LAID OUT.
DO WE NEED TO TYPE THAT UP AND LAY IT OUT? AND WE HAVE IT LAID OUT
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IN THE ORDINANCE? UH, A LOT A A LOT OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION I HAD ASKED DAVID TO MAYBE FILL IN THE BLANKS, UH, ON SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE DAILY JOB DUTIES 'CAUSE, UM, ON THE, ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS.SO WE MAY TRY TO FLESH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE, OUR, OUR OF OUR EXPECTATIONS.
AND WHEN YOU ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, JUST HOW DOES THIS WORK IN THE CITY IN GENERAL? DO DOES THAT COME WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION? THAT'S WHAT I'M, I'M, I'M CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW TO, TO SEE IF I PROBABLY SHOULD.
I WOULD THINK ESPECIALLY, AND WHERE I WAS GOING WITH ALL THAT WAS, IF WE, IF WE LISTED THAT ALL OUT AND, YOU KNOW, ALMOST HAD TO, WHEN YOU DESIGNATE THAT AND HE DECIDES TO TAKE IT, WE'RE ALL SIGNING THAT WE AGREED.
'CAUSE IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
RIGHT? SO I JUST WAS KIND OF DOING THAT AS A CYA FOR YOU AND FOR THE CITY THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, YES, WE HAD IT LISTED OUT OF WHAT WE EXPECTED, THE EXPECTATIONS.
AND THIS IS WHO'S GONNA DO IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, WELL, WE TALKED TO DAVID ABOUT IT AND HE WAS COOL WITH IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MOST OF THE JOB DUTIES ARE PRETTY MUCH SPELLED OUT IN 46, 28.
UM, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LINE OF WHAT A FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR MINE WAS.
UH, JUST ASKING DAVID, YOU KNOW, COULD YOU FILL IN THE PLATES FROM A, FROM A MORE PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE US THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT, THINGS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, SEE A LOT OF IT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS SHEDS FENCES, AND ESPECIALLY ON OYSTER, YOU KNOW, ON OYSTER CREEK.
MAKING SURE THAT, ARE YOU POURING A PERMEABLE OR IMPERMEABLE SURFACE, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH IT.
UH, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO MANAGE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY VERSUS, VERSUS GRAVEL DRIVEWAY IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT YOUR, YOUR INSURABILITY.
UH, IT'S MORE TO DO WITH, UM, THE ELEVATION OF THE, THE STRUCTURE OR IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, AN ACCESSORY TYPE BUILDING.
UH, DOES IT HAVE, UH, ENGINEERED FLOOD OPENINGS THAT ALLOW THE PASSAGE OF WATER THROUGH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THE WATER FORCE THAT'S PUSHING ON THAT BUILDING, CAUSING THE BUILDING TO BE, UM, DESTROYED.
AND YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF WATER IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE SPACE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
IF YOU WANNA CONCRETE YOUR BACKYARD VERSUS IF YOU WANNA FILL IT WITH GRAVEL, THAT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
BUT, BUT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF IN A DIFFERENT PORTION OF OUR ORDINANCES.
THAT'S, THAT'S TAKINGS OF GRADING.
IT'S THROUGH PERMITTING THOUGH.
UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I AGREE THAT IF DAVID'S GONE OUT THERE TO GET THE CERTIFICATION AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO, TO ASSIGN HIM TO, THAT YOU NEED TO EVALUATE, UH, FOR BE SURE THAT THERE'S COMPENSATION ASSOCIATED.
YEAH, I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, I I, I, I WANTED TO TRY TO EXPLORE HAVING A BACKUP AS WELL AS DAVID.
AND THEN, UM, MY HISTORICAL FLOOD KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON, YOU KNOW, WILL SOMETIME NOT BE HERE AND HAS NOT EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN BEING CERTIFIED, UH,
SO, UH,
BUT RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.
DAVID'S THE PERSON I'M THINKING OF APPOINTING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
YOU READ THE, UH, ORDINANCE CAPTION.
UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 46 FLOODS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, TO APPOINT THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE AS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS ORDINANCES OF CONFLICT, WHICH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT, ONLY IN PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
AND I APPRECIATE, UH, MR. SHANYA, UH, CALL, UH, CALLING AND ASKING ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION.
I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY MORE WORRIED THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THE FLOOD PLANE
YEAH, YOU'LL WANT A BIGGER TRUCK.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
ITEM THREE, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 2 2 8 2 AMENDING CHAPTER 46, FLOODS OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCE TO DESIGNATE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNATE AS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN SETH, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4. Approve Resolution No. 941, ordering that an election be held on May 4, 2024, for the purpose of electing the mayor and councilmember positons two and four and submiting proposed amendments to the home rule charter. – Sherri Russell]
ON TO ITEM FOUR, RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 4 1.ORDERING THAT ELECTION BE HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS TO AND FOUR, AND SUBMITTING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER
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SHERRY.ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE ELECTION.
THE, UM, I HOPE I HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING CORRECT.
I'M ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK DOWN, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE COME UP WITH FOR THE PROPOSITIONS.
THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE ON THE, OKAY.
JUST, OKAY, THE BALLOT SHALL SECTION, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BE A MILLION TO ALLOW MORE THAN ONE METHOD.
SO THAT'S THE BALLOT LANGUAGE.
THAT'S THE BALLOT LANGUAGE WHERE IT SAYS PROPOSITION.
AND THEN, UM, AN ATTACHMENT IS, UH, THE RED LINE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE QUESTION PER SUBJECT AND, UM, WE CAN'T JUST SHOW THEM THE RED FLAG.
I TRIED THAT ONE YEAR AND IT GOT BY PRETTY BAD.
SO, SO THERE'S SEVEN PROPOSALS, PROPOSITIONS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM FOUR, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 41, ORDERING THAT ELECTION BE HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS TWO AND FOUR AND SUBMITTING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER AS PRESENTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH COUNCILMAN HANYA AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5. New Business Update – David Walton]
NEW BUSINESS.WE'VE LOST AT LEAST ONE DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN TACO CLOSED DOWN.
I KNOW THERE'S NO SIGN ON IT ANYMORE.
THE SIGN'S GONE AND EVERYTHING.
I WILL HAVE TO JUST REMODELING, BUT THE SIGN, WELL, I DON'T THINK CAN TAKE YOUR SIGN DOWN TO REMODEL, BUT THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY NEW TO ME, AND I DON'T THINK LESLIE KNEW THAT EITHER.
SO I SAW THIS WEEKEND THAT WAS, UH, OVER THE NIGHT CLEARING OUT THEN.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S SAD TO HEAR.
UH, THEY WERE DEFINITELY A, UM, FAVORITE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AGAIN, MAYBE THEY MIGHT BE REMODELING, BUT THEIR, THEIR SIGN IS DOWN AND THE BUILDING'S BEEN REPAINTED.
IT'S NOT YELLOW ANYMORE, IT'S A TAM COLOR.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THE FINAL LEASE SPACE HAS CLEARED OUT FOR CAVENDERS.
UH, THE MALL IS STILL VERY, UH, HOPEFUL THAT, UH, WELL ACTUALLY THE MALL HAS VERY GOOD INDICATIONS THAT, THAT THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME TALK ONLINE ABOUT, UH, THE CHILDREN'S PLACE CLOSING DOWN IN THE MALL.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS NOT A LOCALIZED, UH, BRAZO MALL ISSUE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S MORE OF A NATIONAL CHAIN ISSUE.
UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THIS, YOU KNOW, DOES IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WALMART HAS STARTED CONSTRUCTION.
YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE IT IN THE PARKING LOT.
YOU OBVIOUSLY SEE IT WHEN YOU GO INTO THE STORE.
UM, THEY HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT DOING AN INTERIOR REMODEL ALONG WITH AN ADDITION FOR AN EXPANDED CURBSIDE SERVICE.
THEY, UH, WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THEY, THEY CAME IN WITH, WITH REVISED LANDSCAPE PLANS JUST TO SCRAP THE, THE ADDITION BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT STORM WOULD SUPPORT IT.
BUT THEY ARE DOING EXTENSIVE INSIDE AND MOVING THE PHARMACY BACK OVER TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
IT'S GONNA OPEN UP THE, THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE.
UH, THEY'RE INCREASING THE, THE COOLER SPACE.
UM, CLOSING IN THAT LITTLE TINY SLIVER OF A SPACE THAT WAS OVER BY THE MONEY CENTER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE STORE.
THE EMPLOYEES GET A MUCH BIGGER BREAK ROOM.
THEY ARE ADDING A, UH, FAMILY RESTROOM AND A, UH, MOTHER'S LOUNGE, WHICH I THINK IS, IS A NATIONAL PRIORITY FOR THEM.
UM, EXPANDING MORE SELF CHECKS.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THOSE, BUT I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE SELF CHECK, UH, NEW LIGHTING, UH, PAINT THROUGHOUT IT.
IT'LL FEEL LIKE IT'S A NEW STORE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BIGGER.
OH, THEY, FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY ARE MOVING THE COLD BEER COOLER TO THE VERY BACK WALL WHERE THE MCDONALD'S WAS.
SO FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE SELF CHECKS, UH, THEY BETTER START GETTING FORKLIFT TRAINING.
'CAUSE PRETTY SOON THEY'LL BE UNLOADING TRUCKS AND PUTTING IN ANOTHER SHELF AS WELL.
THAT MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT I, BUT I LIKE TO BE THE MASTER OF MY OWN TIME.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE SELF CHECK I'VE GOT.
I'VE GOTTEN A LETTER FROM, UH, THE PERSON THAT'S OVER THERE, UH, THIS AREA AND STUFF, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AT THE STORE.
AND SO THEY ARE GOING FORWARD WITH THE CONCEPT
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OF, UH, ORDER ONLINE PICKUP.AND, UH, ALSO, UH, SOME FORM OF, UH, YOU ORDER ONLINE AND THEY DELIVER FROM THERE TOO.
SO IT'S, IT'S KINDA LIKE THEY'RE GONNA WORK, THEY'RE GONNA USE THEIR LOCAL STORES TO MEET THEIR REQUEST, THEIR MAIL ORDER OR THEIR ONLINE ORDERS TOO.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS THE, THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE.
UM, THEY JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT THE EXTRA SPACE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING FOR THAT.
AND WITH, UH, KNOW, PRE-STAGING A LOT OF STUFF IN CONTAINERS.
NO, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THEIR PARKING ALLOTMENT.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE PEOPLE USING PARKING LOT SPACE, UH, OFTEN FOR TEMPORARY PURPOSES.
LOWE'S USES IT FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE PEOPLE.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THIS AS A TEMPORARY THING, YOU KNOW, THEY MOST DEFINITELY, IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PARKING FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.
AND IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARKING LOT'S STILL NAVI, NAVIGABLE NAVI, YOU CAN STILL NAVIGATE THE PARKING LOT.
UM, BUT, UH, SO AS A TEMPORARY THING THAT IS NOT, UH, THE CASE, THEY WILL ALSO, AND I DIDN'T MENTION THIS, THEY WILL BE REDOING THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT.
SO NO MORE POTHOLES DOWN SOME OF THE BACK AISLES.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY, UH, I, THE TACO MADRES, THEY NOW HAVE KEYS TO THAT SPACE, WHICH IS THE OLD CHURCHES ON PLANTATION.
SO WE SHOULD START SEEING THEM START FITTING THAT OUT AND, AND A SIGN GO UP ALREADY DEMOLISHED.
THEY, THEY ACTUALLY REMODELED THE, THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE PUTTING A NEW SKIN ON.
IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK, IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK THE SAME, SAME SHAPE BASICALLY.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING THOUGH, IS BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT TELLING EVERYBODY THAT IT'S THE OLD CHURCHES ACROSS THE STREET FROM, UH, DAIRY BAR, DAIRY BAR AND STUFF.
AND I SAID, NO, IT'S THE OLD SON.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS WHEN I WAS COMING.
THAT'S WHEN WE USED TO GO CRUISE IN THE SONIC ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.
WHEN, WHEN PLANTATION WAS THE HOTSPOT HERE.
THAT WAS BEFORE MR. BLANCHARD WAS BORN.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE.
THE, THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE OLD, WHERE THE OLD BRICK, OR SORRY, STONE BUILDING WAS ON THE CORNER OF STANFORD AND DIXIE DRIVE, WHERE THE, UH, SNOW CONE PERSON GOES.
THEY ARE HIGHLY CONSIDERING PUTTING IN PADS FOR A FOOD TRUCK COURT.
HE HAS COME IN AND SP SPOKEN TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THAT.
THE GUY WHO DOES THE SNOW CONES.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? NO.
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MOVE ON TO, UH, STAFF UPDATES.WELL, WHILE I HAD, UH, MATT AND BLAINE CAPTIVE HERE FOR ONE AGENDA ITEM, I THOUGHT WE WOULD, UH, ASK HIM TO GIVE US KIND OF A UPDATE.
UH, IT WASN'T NE NECESSARILY FLOOD RECOVERY, BUT IT WAS FOR THE GOLF COURSE, UH, DURING THE HEAVY RAINS.
AND WE TOOK SOME DRAIN, UH, DRONE.
WELL, IT PROBABLY TOOK A LOT TO GET BLAME TO COME HERE INSTEAD OF BEING OUT THERE PUMPING THE, THE COER.
THAT'S WHAT HE'D RATHER BE DOING.
I THINK WE HAD, HAD RECEIVED ONE COMPLAINT AND ROBIN HAD SPOKE TO, UH, ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS WHO JUST, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW LONG IT WAS TAKING TO GET THE COURSE BACK OPEN.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY HAD A FEEL FOR HOW BAD IT REALLY WAS.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MATT AND BLAINE TO KIND OF VISUALLY SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THE HARD WORK THEY PUT IN TO GET THE COURSE UP, UP, BACK AND RUNNING.
AND I THOUGHT MATT JUST HANDED AROUND BECAUSE HE LIKES US.
DOES BEFORE, BEFORE BLAINE GETS GOING.
I'LL ALSO PREFACE THAT THESE DRONE PHOTOS WERE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE, THE SECOND REIGN EVENT IN JANUARY, WHICH WAS LESS SIGNIFICANT THAN THE FIRST ONE.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WATER INUNDATED THE PROPERTY.
JANUARY 4TH, FIFTH, THAT, THAT ENTIRE WEEK THAT WE WERE CLOSED AND BLAINE WILL LIGHTEN ME AS TO WHY IT TOOK US A LITTLE LONGER TO DEWATER.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, BLAINE SPARKS COURSE SUPERINTENDENT THE WILDERNESS, UM, WITH ALL THE RAINFALL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN JANUARY, I KIND OF PULLED SOME HISTORICALS HERE AND YOU CAN KIND OF ROLL THROUGH REAL QUICK.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT 1.3, A LITTLE OVER THREE AND A HALF, AND THEN THIS JANUARY WAS 11 AND A QUARTER.
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KNOWS, YOUR GRASS RIGHT NOW IS DORMANT, SO IT'S NOT UTILIZING ANY OF THAT WATER.UH, WE'RE NOT EVAPORATING ANY WATER, SO IT'S JUST SITTING THERE ON THE PROPERTY AT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS WENT ON WITH THE FIRST RAIN EVENT AND THE ONE THAT WE WERE DELAYED ON GETTING THE WATER BACK OFF OF THE PROPERTY.
GIVEN THE 20 YEARS THAT WE'VE UTILIZED THE SYSTEM IN THE DEWATER PROCESS TO GET THE WATER PHYSICALLY OFF OF THE PROPERTY, WE'VE HAD SOME DEGRADATION.
WE'VE HAD SOME EROSION ISSUES, AND THIS TIME IT WAS ON THE MAIN TRUNK LINE WHERE WE EXPERIENCED A MAJOR BREAK ON A 10 INCH MAIN.
SO THAT TOOK US ABOUT THREE DAYS TO PUMP IT DOWN, GET THE REPAIRS MADE, AND THEN TURN AROUND.
AND WE HAD TO REPRESSURIZE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE AT THE GOLF COURSE BEFORE.
SO WE HAD TO PUSH WATER TO EVACUATE ALL OF THE AIR FROM THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE DIDN'T CREATE MORE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THE GOLF COURSE HOLE.
THAT TOOK US THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY TO PURGE THE AIR OFF THE SYSTEM.
THEN WE WERE ABLE TO START THE PROCESS OF DEWATERING.
SO WE WERE DELAYED ABOUT FOUR DAYS BEFORE WE COULD EVEN FLIP THE SWITCH TO THE DEWATER UNTIL WE GOT THE PIPES CORRECTED, FIXED AND REPAIRED.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE I SAID, THE WATER DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BUILT AS A BOWL, SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PHYSICALLY PUMPED OFF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT WAS KIND OF THE PERFECT STORM.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW WHERE THE MAIN PIPE THAT COMES OUT OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM HAS SUFFERED ANOTHER LEAK.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST THE AGE OF THE SYSTEM, SOMETHING WE ALL KIND OF NEED TO START PREPARING OURSELVES FOR, BUT, UM, THEY DON'T GET BETTER OVER TIME.
SO THE PIPING, THAT'S THE IRRIGATION PIPING AND STUFF THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, WHAT, WHAT MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION IS IT, SIR? WHAT MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION IS IT, UH, THE MAIN PIPE, IS IT IRON OR IS IT, UH, WE HAVE STEEL PIPE COMING OUT OF THE PUMP HOUSE AND IT CONVERTS VERY QUICKLY TO A C 900, WHICH I BELIEVE IN SOUTH COULD CORRECT ME MAYBE, BUT I THINK THAT'S YOUR SEWER PIPE.
SO IT'S A THICK WALLED PLASTIC, AND THEN FROM THERE IT GOES DOWN IN SIZE TO TWO AND A HALF INCH SCHEDULE 40, WHICH IS A THIN WALLED PVC PIPE.
SO WHAT'S BREAK, WHAT BROKE DOES THAT, THAT IT WAS AT ONE OF THE JOINTS WHERE WE HAVE A LATERAL COMING OFF OF THE 10 INCH MAIN LINE.
SO IT WAS A PLASTIC 10 INCH MAIN MM-HMM.
AND IT WAS SHOOTING ABOUT A 50 FOOT GEYSER INTO THE AIR UNDER PRESSURE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T, IF THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE GOLF COURSE, WE COULD'VE CLOSED A FEW VALVES AND ISOLATED THAT HOLE AND STILL BEEN ABLE TO GET THE WATER OFF THE PROPERTY.
BUT THIS WAS ON THE MAIN PIPE THAT TAKES THE WATER TO BUFFALO CAMP BY YOU FROM THE MAIN IRRIGATION LAKE.
I GUESS THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT THE WATER THAT THAT'S ON THE COURSE IS FRESH WATER.
IT'S NOT SALT WATER THAT CAME OUTTA THE RIVER.
AND THAT'S WHAT IN THE PAST WE'VE, THAT'S WEIRD BECAUSE WE WOULD FINALLY GET THE WATER WHEN WE GOT FLOODED BY THE RIVER.
WE GET THE WATER OFF, BUT THEN WE'D BE FLOODING WITH FRESH WATER TO GET ALL THE SALT AND STUFF OUT OF IT.
UH, I PROVIDED YOU WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR DEWATER LOGS.
I KEEP TRACK OF THIS EVERY TIME WE TURN THE PUMPS ON IN A REVERSE FLOW.
SO THIS WAS JUST FROM 20 THROUGH 24 TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR LITTLE WINDOW.
BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE RUNNING TOTALS ON THE GALLONS THAT WE HAVE MOVED.
THE AMOUNT OF HOURS THAT THE PUMP STATION HAS RUN IN A REVERSE FLOW, A TYPICAL IRRIGATION CYCLE ON THE GOLF COURSE AT NIGHT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HOURS OF HIGH USAGE HIGH DEMAND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UH, YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THESE RUNTIMES WHERE JUST IN THIS LAST EVENT WE RAN THE PUMP SYSTEM FOR A CONSECUTIVE 111.6 HOURS.
THAT'S JUST TRYING TO MOVE WATER OFF TO GET THE GOLFERS BACK ON THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S A BIG DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM.
IT'S A BIG DEMAND ON THE PERSONNEL.
IT'S A BIG DEMAND ON THE PIPES THAT ARE IN THE GROUND.
SO, AND BY, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, YOU HAD MADE A REQUEST A COUPLE YEARS AGO FOR A, WAS IT AN ADDITIONAL PUMP OR A BIGGER PUMP? A DEDICATED DIESEL DRIVEN PUMP.
UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING OR REQUESTING FOR A, A DIESEL DRIVEN IS BECAUSE IF WE GET INTO A HURRICANE SITUATION AND WE LOSE POWER LIKE WE DID DURING IKE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THAT WATER IS GONNA SIT AND IF IT SITS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AND WE CAN'T GET IT OFF OF THE PROPERTY, WE START LOSING TURF.
AND THAT'S THE COST OF THE PUMP VERSUS THE COST OF A REGRASSING OF A GOLF COURSE.
THEY'RE EXPONENTIALLY DIFFERENT.
INSTEAD STANDBY GENERATOR VERSUS A DEDICATED PUMP DIESEL PUMP.
IT WOULD GET US AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE, ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD SET IT UP WITH AN AUTOMATIC FLOAT SWITCH TO WHERE IF WE GET A RAINFALL AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT WHEN THE GOLF COURSE IS CLOSED, IT CAN START THE DEWATER PROCESS BEFORE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT FOR US TO GET THERE AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING TO MANUALLY TURN THE SWITCH ON.
AND THE PUMP PROBABLY OVER TIME HAS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH SEVERAL FLOODS, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE GOLF COURSE, WE'VE, OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE LOST CAPACITY IN THE LAKES.
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UH, THE THINGS THAT I LOVE SO MUCH, THE, UH, SAND YOU'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE WITH IT WITH ALL THE RAIN OR NOT? WE ARE, WE HAVE SOME MONEY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET NOW, UH, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT ON THE CAPITAL.SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON ENHANCING SOME OF THE BUNKERS.
WE ALSO HAVE A CIP PROJECT TO, UH, CLEAN OUT TWO OR THREE AND RENOVATE ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR THIS SEASON.
BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ADD SOME MORE SAND BACK TO THE BUNKERS.
UM, THAT WAS LAST DONE IN 2018 POST HARVEY.
UH, THE AVERAGE LIFE ON A BUNKER WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF LINER SYSTEM IS SOMEWHERE IN THAT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
SO WE'RE APPROACHING THAT TIMEFRAME NOW.
SO, I MEAN, I MEAN, I HAD REALLY TWO REASONS.
ONE, YOU KNOW, TO ASK, YOU KNOW, BLAME MATT TO COME, YOU KNOW, TALK TO ONE JUST TO SHOW HOW MUCH CARE THEY TAKE AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE COURSE AND TRYING TO BRING IT ONLINE.
BUT TWO, DURING THE SUMMER, IF THEY SHOW THAT THEY'RE USING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HALF CENT ON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THEY'VE NOT USED ALL OF THE 500.
THEY'VE COME, YOU KNOW, VERY FAR SHORT OF THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS MAY BE A YEAR WHERE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE UP THE LOST REVENUE AND NO ONE REMEMBERED THE REINS IN JANUARY.
'CAUSE WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT 'EM.
SO IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A LONG TIME AWAY AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST REVENUE.
THAT'S OUR, THAT'S THEIR GOAL AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL TRY.
BUT IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM IS THIS ANY SORT OF A SCARE TACTIC ON MY PART? UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THESE POINTS TO LIGHT JUST SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE NUMBERS AND KIND OF GET A BETTER PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING AND WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH AFTER THESE BIGGER RAIN EVENTS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME IN A MONTH.
THAT'S THE TURF GRASS IS NOT ACTIVELY GROWING.
UH, I THANK THE COUNCIL TODAY FOR OUR CONTRACT.
BRINGING ALL THE BAD NEWS AFTER WEEKS.
UH, NO, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR 17 AND A HALF YEARS AND I COUNTED A BLESSING EVERY DAY.
I LOVE PROVIDE THE PROPERTY AND PUT IT IN THE BEST SHAPE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO, UH, THE CITIZENS OF LAKE JACKSON.
AGAIN, I JUST, I I GO BACK TO THE, THE BIG FLOOD WHERE YOU GUYS TOOK IT ON YOUR OWN TO GET ON FLAT BOTTOM BOATS AND GO AROUND AND PULL ALL THE CONTROLLERS OUT BEFORE THEY GOT WENT UNDERWATER.
AND HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THOU, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Y'ALL SAVED BY DOING THAT ON YOUR OWN.
AND THAT'S JUST, THAT JUST SHOWS, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU LOVE THE COURSE.
UH, NEXT TIME IS THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT SUBMITTAL.
UH, I, UH, SUBMITTED THE GRANT ON, UH, THURSDAY THE FIRST.
SO THIS IS FOR THE NATURE TRAIL AT, TO TIMBER CREEK PARK.
IT'S A, UH, TRAIL GRANT THROUGH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE.
I DID RAISE THE COST SOMEWHAT THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE, UM, AFTER DOING SOME PAVING AT PEEWEE AND STUFF, I, I KNOW THE COST AND STUFF.
SO LOOKS LIKE OUR MATCH WOULD BE AROUND 32,000, 33,000.
UM, BUT, UM, IT IS A 1600 FOOT, UH, TRAIL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT LITTLE AREA.
IT'S GONNA, AND IF WE CAN GET THIS WITH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS GONNA BE IS THAT IT'S SO HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT LAND, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WE'VE HAD ALL THAT WATER THAT BACKS UP INTO ROSEWOOD AND, AND THOSE HOUSES, TREES ARE FALLING ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA KEEP IT THE NATURE AREA BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU GET YOUR BIRDS AND STUFF.
BUT IT'S BLOCKS THE DRAINAGE THAT GOES INTO THOSE DITCH.
SO THIS IS GONNA HELP US KIND OF FIX SOMETHING THAT AFTER WHAT, 25 YEARS THAT SUBDIVISION'S BEEN THERE, THOSE SWELLS AND BERMS AND EVERYTHING THAT ARE IN THERE HAVE KIND OF, THEY, THEY NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
SO WE CAN GO IN, WE WON'T CLEAN OUT A LOT OF THE TREES AND STUFF, BUT IT'LL HELP US GET THAT IN THERE, PUT IN SOME CULVERTS AND KIND OF HELP US KEEP THAT DRAINAGE GOING TOO.
SO, AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD CONNECT YOU TO THE SIDEWALK THAT COUNCIL PAID FOR ON YES.
FROM STRAWBERRY TO TIMBER CREEK DRIVE.
IT WOULD EXTEND TO OTHER SIDE.
TO THE OTHER SIDE TO THE PLATE.
TO THE, TO THE TO THE PLAYGROUND.
I'LL EXTEND THAT PATHWAY UP TO THE PLAYGROUND IN TIMBER CREEK.
AND I CAN SAY, I GO, I WENT BY THERE 'CAUSE I WAS GETTING NEW PICTURES FOR THE GRANT AND EVERYTHING EVERY, I WENT BY THERE FOUR DAYS IN A ROW AND IT WAS THREE DIFFERENT PLAY GROUPS ON THAT PLAYGROUND.
SO I'M LIKE REALLY HAPPY THAT THEY, THE COMMU THEY, OH, IT'S THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THIS TRAIL WILL ACTUALLY, UM, SUPPORT TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 2004.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A GREAT AREA FOR THEM AND THEY REALLY NEED THAT.
AND THEN THE MATCHING SHARE IS FROM THE SALE OF THE, THE SALE OF THE TWO.
I I THINK IT, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ASSET FOR THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
AND, UH, AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THAT AREA IS CHANGING.
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MM-HMM.SO HE'S, HE'S OLD, BUT HE'S GOT YOUNG KIDS.
UM, WE, WE MISSED THE GRANT BY THREE POINTS LAST YEAR.
AND IF, BECAUSE ANYTHING WITH EDUCATION, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SCORED, THEY ALWAYS GET PICKED.
SO Y'ALL FINGER CROSSED THIS YEAR, SO WE GET IT.
SO HOPEFULLY, SO THIS IS GONNA BE NATURAL PAY.
IT WILL BE ASPHALT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS WITH THE TREES AND THE ROOTS.
THE ASPHALT'S GONNA BE THE, THE BEST THING.
ONE TIME WE HAD TALKED ABOUT GLITTER GLITTERING STUFF.
THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE ONE TRAIL OVER THERE.
AND UM, IF WE EVER DO THAT AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA PUT A LOT MORE 'CAUSE IT NEED, IT DOESN'T GLOW AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A GREAT CONNECTION.
BECAUSE, UM, THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE MUD, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS AND THE BIKES AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD CONNECTION.
IT MAKES IT LOOK CLEANER THERE TOO.
I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD WORK IN THE, IN THE TREE STUFF.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL WORK IN THE TREES.
POWERED BY THE SUN, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IF IT'S UNDER TREES, IT WON'T DO ANYTHING.
BUT I THINK, LIKE I SAID, WITH SOME OF THE AREAS, 'CAUSE I WENT THROUGH, UM, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT THE CULVERTS.
THERE'S ONE KIND OF BIGGER DITCH.
I THINK IT'LL BE NICE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE LIKE ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE CREEK WHEN THE KIDS GO THROUGH SO I CAN SEE THEM REALLY, YOU KNOW, ENJOYING THE, THE TRAIL.
ROBIN, I'LL TELL YOU, I TOOK, UM, AFTER WE HAD ALL THIS RAIN, I, MM-HMM.
AND THAT SURFACE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT ON THE PLAYGROUND OVER THERE MM-HMM.
THAT'S OUR NEW STANDARD, SO IT WAS SO NICE.
THAT IS THE NEW STANDARD FOR ALL OF OUR NEW PLAYGROUNDS TO WHERE I HAVE A CONNECTING A DA PATH.
THAT WITH THE SAFETY SURFACING JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE EXCEPT UNDER THE SWINGS, JUST BECAUSE THAT TEARS UP SO QUICKLY.
IT WOULD BE JUST, BUT, UM, THE NEW PLAYGROUND AT JASMINE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE PATHS THAT'LL CONNECT TO THE SWING SO KIDS WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES OR ANYONE CAN ACTUALLY, BUT IT'S SO NICE.
WELL, IT IS HAVE A DRY PLACE TO TAKE THEM TO PLAY.
AND IT'S NOT MUDDY OR ANYTHING, SO.
JUST, UH, LET YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT OUR PARKS AND STUFF FROM THE FOLKS THAT, UH, THE CITY IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH OUR PARKS.
YOU'RE WORKING ON NEW, YOU WERE WORKING ON NEW SIGNAGE, ON PARKS, HOW, HOW'S THAT? WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT COVID AND, NO, I, IT'S VERY HARD.
I, I GET THESE GREAT IDEAS AND I HAVE LIKE 30 NOW AND I'VE GOTTA NARROW IT DOWN.
SO I KINDA WENT TO PARKS BOARD AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE ALL GOOD.
AND NO ONE HELPED ME NARROW IT DOWN.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET LAURA MARIE TO SAY, HEY, HELP ME PICK ONE.
YOU KNOW, LET ME GET, WE CAN'T, SO I DO HAVE SOME, WE CAN'T FUND ALL OF ROBIN'S.
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T GET LAURA MARIE EITHER THOUGH.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS.
ROBIN AND I ARE UP TO ALL KINDS OF NO GOOD.
NEXT THING IS, UH, ITEM B IS THE COUNCIL MEETING.
THE ONLY THING I WROTE DOWN WAS, IS THAT, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, EVALUATE THE ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES YES.
AND LOOK INTO COMPENSATION AND ALSO IDENTIFY BACKUP PERSON.
THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE YOU NEED TO BRING BACK TO US.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MAKE NOTE OF? NO.
[7. Construction/Development Updates]
ITEM SEVEN.CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT UPDATES.
SAL, HISTORICAL, THE HISTORICAL FLOOD, UH, ARTIFACT.
UM, UH, GI LET ME GO THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR LI UH, LIST.
AND, UH, DEBORAH, COULD YOU JOIN ME HERE BECAUSE YOU STILL, YOU HAVE SOME ITEMS HERE THAT WE RELATE BACK TO YOU, TO YOUR PROJECTS HERE.
UH, AND I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, UM, YOU WANNA TRY THE BEACHWOOD AND GO FROM THERE? SURE.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON BEACHWOOD WITH I, UM, ELECTRICAL WORK IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD CHLORINATOR MAINTENANCE COME IN, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF THE PROJECT.
SO NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE EQUIPMENT OVER THERE.
UH, THE ENGINEERING FIRM DID COME DOWN LAST WEEK AND DO A WALKTHROUGH ON THE PROJECT.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PUNCH LIST ITEMS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS AND SUCH.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE SAYING PROJECT COMPLETE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
THEY'RE ON TRACK FOR THE LAST UPDATE WAS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE, OR THE END OF JANUARY, THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL COMPLETE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST ABOUT COMPLETE ON THAT.
AND THE REST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE, UM, THE END OF THIS MONTH IS WHAT
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THEY'RE PROMISING.UM, NO PROGRESS AS WE KNOW IT.
AT, UH, WASTEWATER PLANT, THEY HAVE MATERIALS THAT THEY HAVE ORDERED AND THAT'S WHERE THEY STAND OVER THERE.
SO THE FIRST THING THEY'LL DO WHEN THEY GET OVER THERE IS BUILD THE SCAFFOLDING AND THE STRUCTURE.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT MOVED YET.
AND, UM, REALLY THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO PROJECTS I HAVE GOING.
UM, THE ANTENNAS ON OAK DRIVER COMPLETE, THE YARD REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE.
AND DUNBAR TOWER, THEY ARE RUNNING CABLING ON THE INSIDE TO FINISH THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE ANTENNAS.
THEY LOOK COMPLETE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE CABLINGS NOT CONNECTED ON THE INSIDE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE CRANE BACK OVER THERE AGAIN.
UM, LIFT STATION ONE, WE HAVE, UM, MET WITH FREEZING NICHOLS AGAIN AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE DATA FROM THE FLOW MONITORING ON THE, UH, MANHOLES.
THEY WORKED WITH, UM, WITH CITAS IN TANDEM SO THAT WE COULD GET FLOW MONITORING ACROSS TWO SYSTEMS AT ONCE.
AND, AND WE GOT A COST SAVINGS BY WORKING WITH, UH, BOTH OF THEM USING ONE COMPANY AT ONCE.
SO, UH, THEY'RE REVIEWING THAT DATA.
THEY SHOULD BE GETTING BACK WITH US SOON ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LINE SIZE ON LIFT STATION ONE.
AND I DOVETAIL WITH THE CIVIC COAST WORK ON THE, UH, SPANISH OAKS AREA THAT IF THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
SO ON UH, SPANISH OAKS, WE HAD, UM, WE HAD A PROJECT GOING TO DOWNSIZE A LINE FROM A 12 INCH TO AN EIGHT INCH.
UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SECURE AN EASEMENT THAT WE NEEDED, SO WE ASKED CITAS TO RUN ANOTHER SCENARIO ON THEIR WATER MODEL TO SHOW US NOW THAT WE CAN'T GET THIS, UH, EASEMENT, WE WERE GONNA CONNECT HERITAGE OAKS TO SPANISH OAKS, WHY COULD WE NOT GET THE EASEMENT? UM, IT WAS $147,000 TO GET THE EASEMENT.
SO WE MOVED ON AND, UM, DECIDED TO MODEL ANOTHER PLAN.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW THAT THEY SHOULD SHOW US THE RESULTS OF THAT MODELING, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE CAN RUN.
WE CAN CONNECT IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT TOMORROW, BUT YEAH.
OR YEAH, THE, UH, AS REGARD TO THAT EASEMENT THERE, THE, UH, THE OWNER OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY, UH, THOUGHT THAT, UH, GIVEN US THAT 10 FOOT EASEMENT THAT WE REQUESTED WAS GOING TO BE, UH, ACTUALLY CONSTRICTING HIS FRONTAGE AREA AND THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY, THAT HE WOULD'VE PROBLEMS SELLING THE PROPERTY LIKE HE'S INTENDING TO DO IN, UH, OF, OF DOING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A YEAR OR SO.
THAT'S THE WAY HE MADE IT SOUND.
AND HE WAS WILLING TO SELL THE PROPERTY ENTIRELY.
AND WE KEEPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS? NO, WE HAVE NOT.
WE NEED TO, UH, I HAVE BEEN KEEPING, UH, THE, UH, INTEREST OF PEOPLE THAT WERE, THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE ARREST.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE THE CONTACT POINT AND THEY WOULD.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THAT, YES.
ABOUT WHAT I WAS, UH, TRYING TO DO.
WELL, JUST SO WE'RE PUTTING THE EFFORT OUT.
AND ON THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING, UH, ON THE, UH, CEN ON THE, UH, DOWNTOWN PROJECT THERE, UH, WE HAVE SET A MEETING, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR NEXT, FOR THIS WEEK WITH THE, UH, WITH MC TO THE CONTRACTOR AND ALSO THE, UH, THE LANDSCAPE PERSON TO COME DOWN HERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A, A DOWN EARTH, UH, DISCUSSION ON WHEN THIS THING, WHEN WE, WE CAN EXPECT.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HE HAS MADE FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, HE HAS MET WITH, UH, NOT LAST, LAST WEEK.
HE MET WITH, UH, UH, THE CON THE LAST HIP CONTRACTOR, MET WITH EDDIE ON THE FIELD THERE SO THAT EDDIE CAN SHOW HIM DIRECTLY EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS THAT HE WAS EXPECTING AND WHAT HE WAS, UH, UH, WANTING THEM TO DO.
UH, TODAY HE DID THE SAME THING.
HE MET WITH THE WORKERS THAT THEY ACTUALLY SENT, AND THEY ACTUALLY SENT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD THERE.
AND, UH, EDDIE WAS THERE AGAIN, UH, HURTING THE, UH, THE PEOPLE TO DO WHAT HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN WANTING TO DO 11 PEOPLE.
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HMM.I CAN'T SEE THAT ANYTHING BEEN DONE THOUGH.
UH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I MEAN.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY END UP DISCUSSING, THIS IS THE EFFORT THAT THEY ACTUALLY PUT OUT THERE AND THE TIME THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE IN THE FIELD THERE.
BECAUSE YOU GO THERE BY AFTERNOON AND YOU BARELY SEE ANYBODY THERE.
THE, UH, ALL THE DIGGING OF A HOLE AND PULLING OUT WIRES AND EVERYTHING BY THE VET CLINIC.
DOES THAT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH US OR UTILITIES? NO, NO.
THAT IS BY THE, UH, THE, ONE OF THE TELECOM.
PEOPLE, THEY'VE GOT A MASS OVER.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH, I THINK, KNOW WHERE THOSE WIRES WENT.
SO MANY WIRES THAT'S STICKING OUT OF THAT HOLE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, ON THE, UH, TRIP ON ATFALL SYSTEM, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH, UH, LAND ENGINEERS THAT WILL GIVE US THE FINAL REPORT ON THAT, UH, ON THAT PROJECT OF MEASURING AND TRYING TO GIVE US AN, UH, A CONDITION REPORT OF THE PIPE AND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE FOLLOW.
AND THAT'LL BE TOMORROW, UH, ON THE, UH, STREET REHAB PROJECT.
THE, UH, MOVE IN HAS BEEN, UH, IS UNDERWAY BY THE CONTRACTOR.
THEY HAVE MOVED, UH, AT LEAST THEY HAVE MOVED INTO THE ACTUAL, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE USING FOR THE DRAIN, FOR THE UTILITY WORK THAT'S GONNA BE TAKING PLACE FIRST.
AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE, UH, UH, CENTER POINT, UH, ON THE RELOCATION OF SOME OF THE POWER POSTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE, UH, RELOCATED.
AND ALSO WORKING ON A STREETLIGHT, UH, STREETLIGHT PLAN THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE END OF THE PROJECT FOR THE, THE NEW SYSTEM OF LIGHTING WAS GONNA BE, UH, INSTALLED FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THE MEETING YOU HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STUFF, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY KINDA LAY DOWN YARD IN THAT AREA FOR THE CONTRACTOR, IS THERE? NO, UH, WHAT WELL, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS WHATEVER IS AVAILABLE THERE BY THE LAND, BY THE, UH, LIFT STATION THERE.
THEY ARE DROPPING SOME, SOME OF THE MATERIAL THERE'S TO LAY DOWN, YOUR HONOR, UH, ON THE, UH, GROUND FUEL TANKS.
UH, WE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET, UH, THE CONSULTANT, UH, TO RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN SCOPE OF THE WORK BECAUSE WE, UH, WE FOUND OUT THAT, OF COURSE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF THE WORK WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO BE, UH, UM, COSTED BY THE BUDGET THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS, UH, PREPARED OR APPROVED BY US IN THE PAST THERE.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A CHANGE OF A SCOPE OF WORK, BUT WE WERE ALSO REQUESTING THAT THEY PROVIDE US A, A CHANGE IN THAT SCOPE OF THEIR ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR DESIGN.
UH, WE, WE HAD, WE, WE ARE HAVING, UH, PROBLEMS GETTING A RESPONSE.
I FINALLY FIRED UP A, AN EMAIL THIS MORNING TO HIM.
I'VE GOT, I'VE JUST GOT A RESPONSE FROM HIM.
UH, AND HE PROMISED ME THAT BY TOMORROW HE WOULD GIVE US THAT CHANGE OF SCOPE.
SO WE WILL BE BRINGING, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT THING AND, AND THEN MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THIS OR, OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE.
CHANGE OF SCOPE IS JUST TO REPAIR WHAT WE'VE GOT, REPAIR WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, ON THE CONTROL MAN, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, I WILL LET, UH, R RESPOND TO THAT ONE.
I MEAN, MR. MAYOR, WE, WE HAD ONE MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND ARCHITECT.
THEY STILL, THEY NARROW DOWN THE HVAC SYSTEM, SO NOW THEY'RE MEETING WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS TO COME DOWN THE PRICES OR TO NARROW DOWN THE PRICES.
AND THEN SHERRY IS WORKING ON THE CONTRACT, SO SHE TOLD ME SHE'S GONNA SEND ME TOMORROW THE DRAFT COPY SO WE CAN SEND IT TO THE CONTRACTOR.
MY ORIGINAL COPY HAD TOO MANY WORDS.
SHE ASKED ME TO TAKE OUT SOME WORDS.
SHE HAD 20 PAGE, WE CUT IT DOWN TO TWO PAGE
YEAH, THEY DO LOVE YOU GET PAID BY WORDS, PRACTICED SOME WORDS.
SHERRY STARTED SHAKING, I THINK
OF COURSE HUGH JUST, UH, PASSED THE SECOND READING ON THE, ON THE STOP SIGN.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON THAT PARTICULAR, UH, ON THAT ISSUE AND INSTALL THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, THE ART, THE CITY, UH, OUR CITY WORKERS ARE GONNA BE INSTALLING THOSE TEMPORARY SIGNS.
WE'RE NOT, THOSE ARE NOT GONNA BE THE FINAL SIGNS.
THE FINAL SIGNS ARE THE SAME TYPE AND STYLE THAT WE'RE USING DOWNTOWN, UH, TO
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GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BETTER VIEW, BETTER LOOK, UH, ON THE STREET PANEL REPLACEMENT.THE MOVEMENT HAS ALSO OCCURRED.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN MOVING INTO THE, UH, DOGWOOD, YON STREET NEAR DOGWOOD, UH, AS THEIR FIRST AREA THERE, UH, TO REPLACE THREE PANELS.
AND FROM THERE THEY WILL BE MOVING TO WILLOW DRIVE AND PANY PATH, UH, ON THE CITY HALL RESTROOM RENOVATIONS.
YOU CAN WALK IN THERE NOW AND THERE ARE FUNCTIONAL, THERE ARE STILL SOME ITEMS THAT THEY NEED TO CLEAR UP.
SOME, UH, PUNCH LIST ITEMS. UH, SOME, SOME TILE WORK THAT, UH, THAT THEY WERE MISSING SOME, SOME MATERIAL.
SO THEY WILL BE COMING BACK IN THERE.
WE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE, UH, WE'RE ALSO CHECKING OUT ON THE, UH, ROOF BECAUSE THAT, UH, THAT IS NOT PART OF THE, NOT, NOT BECAUSE OF THESE CONTRACT, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES IN, IN LEAKING IN LEAKAGE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THERE'S RAINFALL EVENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE TRYING TO SEE, TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ALL THE PROBLEM AREAS AND DO ANY TYPE OF REPAIR REQUIRED ON THE OTHER RESTROOM AT THE FIRE STATION.
THEY HAVE ALSO STARTED WORKING IN THERE.
THERE WAS A HICCUP THAT THEY EXPERIENCED.
THE FACT IS THAT BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY TEMPORARY FACILITIES, UH, AS WE, UH, INSTALLED HERE FOR OUR USE, THE CONTRACT DID NOT HAVE A, UH, THEY WERE GONNA BE WORKING BY FACING THE CONTRACT, WORKING ON ONE OF THE BATHROOMS AND USING THE OTHER ONE FOR PEOPLE TO USE THERE.
EXCEPT THAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO USING THIS PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, BATHROOM, WHICH CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF A CONSTERNATION IN, IN OUR, IN OUR USERS, IN OUR CITY USERS.
SO WE FIRED, WE FIRED ANOTHER EMAIL TO THE CONTRACTOR SAYING THAT HE NEEDS TO PUT IN HIS TEMPORARY, UH, WORKERS, UH, OR BODIES POT.
AND I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE.
I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORT WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE YET, UH, ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
THAT IT, LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANY OTHER ONES.
UH, THE STREET PANEL REPAIRS ARE STILL ON HOLD WAITING FOR THE COUNTY TO GIVE US A RELEASE OF THAT PARTICULAR DEAL, WE HOPE.
AND ON THE BEST WESTERN SANITARY SEW, UH, CONTROL, THAT'S THE PROJECT THAT YOU JUST APPROVED RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.
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ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, MATT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING I'M THINKING OF RIGHT NOW.
TODAY, THE ONLY THING I HAVE, JUST TO LET LET YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S GONNA FALL.
TELL YOUR FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW, AND YOUR EMPLOYEES AND STUFF THAT, UH, A A RP AGAIN THIS YEAR IS, UH, DOING A FREE TAX PREPARATION THROUGH THEIR TAX AID PROGRAM.
UH, THEY'RE, UH, IN THE AFTERNOONS FROM, UH, ONE O'CLOCK TILL FIVE ON MONDAY.
THEY ARE IN FREEPORT, TUESDAY IN BRAZORIA, WEDNESDAY IN ANGLETON, AND THURSDAY IN LAKE JACKSON AT THE LIBRARIES.
SO THEY PROVIDE, UH, FREE TAX PREPARATION AND FILING.
SO ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS BRING THEIR STUFF AND SIGN UP EARLY AND BE GLAD TO HELP THEM.
AND YOU'RE DOING THAT RIGHT? YES.
CHASE? NO, SIR RHONDA, JUST THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL HUSBANDS AND MEN OUT THERE.
NEXT WEDNESDAY IS VALENTINE'S DAY.
OOH, DON'T FORGET, LET THAT ONE SNEAK UP ON YOU.
IT DOES, BUT WE DON'T FORGET, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED OR FORGIVE AND FLOWER PRICES ARE ABOUT TO TRIPLE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING I DON'T THINK.
AND THEN STAFF, UH, JUST A REMINDER, I SENT OUT A, FORWARDED AN EMAIL ON CHAMBER LUNCHEON COMING UP ON COUNCILMAN SHAN JUST TOLD ME FEBRUARY 28TH, UH, WE'VE HAD TWO RESPONSES.
SO, UH, FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER, COUNCILMAN
SO IF YOU DO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT, LET VICKY KNOW AND WE'LL WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU.