Apr 02, 2024 Planning Commission

I'M SORRY.

UM, SO THIS IS JUST RELATED.

SO, SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE, THE SITE.

UH, SO AGAIN, WE MADE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, UH, OAK DRIVE BECAUSE AGAIN, IDENTIFIED WHERE THE TREES ARE AT, UH, MADE A SLIGHT AS CURVE TO THAT SO THAT WE'RE MISSING EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG THERE, SAVING THE TREES.

, UH, MAKING A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE, UM, UH, CULVERT.

UH, JUST ADDRESSING IT FROM FOUR TO TO TWO, UH, WHICH I THINK STILL COMPLIES WITH ALLOWING THE FLOW TO GO THROUGH.

UH, SITE PLAN ITSELF IS PRETTY MUCH HAS NOT CHANGED.

UH, BUILDING CONFIGURATION HAS NOT CHANGED EITHER.

UH, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE ADDED WAS ON OAK DRIVE IS A RIGHT TURN IN, RIGHT TURN OUT JUST TO CONTROL, UH, THE INFLOW OF TRAFFIC.

, UH, ALONG OAK DRIVE.

RIGHT TURN COMING FROM RIGHT TURN COMING.

AND, AND THEN AS YOU'RE GOING OUT, YOUR RIGHT TURN GOING OUT.

SO THERE IS NO LEFT, UH, TURN.

AVAILABLE AT THAT LOCATION.

UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, REMAINING REVIEW ON THE SITE, UH, THE, UH, THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY, ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PARKING THAT WAS PROPOSED SINCE THEY MET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW CONCERNING THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.

UH, WE ALSO, IN THIS PARTICULAR, JUST FOR YOUR, JUST TO REFRESH IN YOUR MIND, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT IS A 60, UH, 6,000 PLUS OFFICE BUILDING FACILITY FOR THE USE AS A, AS A BANK.

PRIMARILY IT'S GONNA BE A DRIVE THROUGH TR UH, SIX DRIVE THROUGH TELLER LANES AND TWO ATM LANES, WHICH I GUESS, UH, CONFIRMED THAT IT IS PRIMARILY A MOBILE TYPE OF FACILITY, I GUESS, WITH, UH, IN, IN TOUCHING IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S, UH, WAY OF BANKING.

UH, SO THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL BE SEEING.

YOU, YOU WERE ALSO PRESENTED WHAT, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR PLAN WAS THERE? UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING, OR DO WE HAVE THE, UH, WHAT THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDITION OF THAT? NO, IT'S FROM LAST MONTH.

THOSE ARE THE ARCHITECTURAL IONS OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOS.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT IS THE FINAL PRODUCT.

UH, YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY IT'S, THAT IS THE, IT'S BECOME THE FINAL PRODUCT.

WHATEVER IT MAY BECOME, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS UP IN THE AIR AND WILL BE UP IN THE AIR, I WOULD IMAGINE FOR SOME TIME.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT COMING OUT THERE.

THAT PARTICULAR FACADE, UH, I GUESS ON THE TOP IS, UH, IS FACING THE, UH, MUST BE RIGHT NOW, THE OPEN AREA OF THE, UH, OF THE BLOCK THERE, UH, ALONG THE, SO THAT'S WHAT WAS GONNA BE SHOWING UP TO THAT PARTICULAR, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME UNTIL SOMETHING IS DETERMINED ON THAT REMAINING PORTION OF THE FUTURE,

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UH, OTHER THAN THAT, ALL THE, UH, THE GRADING BECAME A, UH, A VERY, UH, AN ISSUE THAT WAS VERY, THAT WAS LOOKED, UH, VERY, UH, SCRUTINIZED BY, UH, STAFF.

UH, BOTH EDDIE AND, AND NICOLE WENT THROUGH AN EXTENT TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING PROPERLY DRAINED AND STAY WITHIN THE SITE, STAY WITHIN THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR THE SITE.

UH, THE, UH, THE ARCHITECT COMPLIED WITH ALL THE WISHES, ALL OUR, OUR COMMENTS.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE NOW BEFORE YOU, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT YOU CONSIDER THEIR, THEIR, UH, SUBMITTAL FOR FINAL AND FILED AND FILING IT AS SUCH? I THINK SO.

ANYTHING? OH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DON'T.

YOU DON'T? I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

I ADDRESSED IT LAST MONTH.

THANK.

HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO Y'ALL EXPECT TO BE HOUSED IN THE SITE? UH, THAT COULD VARY.

I MEAN, I THINK IT COULD GO LIKE, AGAIN, SOMEWHERE IN THE TEENS AND IN THE TWENTIES.

AND AGAIN, IT, I DIDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION FROM THEM.

UH, ONE THING WE ARE LOOKING AT, OR DAMN THE, LIKE TRYING TO ASSIGN CERTAIN LOCATIONS FOR THE PARKING PRIMARILY, UH, TO ME, I HAD SUGGESTED THEY USE THIS SIDE UP THERE ALONG OAK DRIVE 'CAUSE THAT'S OUT AND USE THE SPACES OUT IN FRONT MORE FOR THE, UH, THE MEMBERS THAT'S COMING IN.

THAT'S JUST A KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING.

KEEP THAT OPEN AND IT MAKES SOME SENSE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE AADA A AND AND STUFF IS, IS THERE.

FILED ON APRIL 2ND, 2024.

UH, IT JUST, I JUST GOT A A, A FEELING THAT 28 SPOTS PLUS EMPLOYEE PARKING ISN'T ENOUGH.

BUT I MEAN, IT, IT MEETS THE LETTER OF THE RULE.

SO, OKIE DOKEY.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

MATT? I HAD AGREE WITH COTTON ON THE EMPLOYEE PARKING SLOT.

THAT IS, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I EVEN THINK OF LAST MONTH.

UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT CONCERN, NO.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF SITE? PLAN OF NEW T-D-E-C-U BANKING FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF CENTER WAY AND AZALEA STREET IN THE LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE B LOT J 1, 1 0 2 AZA STREET.

I SECOND WE MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ALL, ALL.

[5. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF LANDSCAPE PLAN OF NEW TDECU BANKING FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF CENTER WAY AND AZALEA STREET IN THE LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER, RESERVE B, LOT J1 (102 AZALEA STREET) FILED ON APRIL 2, 2024]

SAME PROPERTY.

FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON LANDSCAPE PLAN.

I'M SORRY, I JUMPED THE THING.

UH, AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A INDIVIDUAL GOING OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE TREES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO SAVE, IDENTIFY THE SPECIES, DIVIDE WHAT AS A PROPER METHOD TO SALVAGE THE TREES AND PROTECTED TREES THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

UH, I THINK WE'VE INCORPORATED, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT HAD COME FLAT BACK FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

WE DID ADD A, A DA, UH, SIDEWALK, UH, FROM THE BUILDING TO AZALEA STREET, UH, TO GET THAT AGAIN IN LINE.

UH, UM, THE OTHER THING TOO THAT I, AGAIN, WHICH IS A BIG CONVERSATION FROM LAST MEETING, WAS THE 66 TREES THAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE.

I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUALS.

SO WE GOT THAT SQUARED AWAY.

UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD BE ASKING FOR, JUST A CONFIRMATION, I WAS LOOKING AT 30 GALLON TREES, WHICH IS LIKE AN INCH AND A HALF, TWO INCH CALIBER TREE, AND THEN THE SPECIES OF THE TREES.

AND THEN, UH, WHAT IT ENDED UP DOING IS THEN WHERE THOSE WOULD BE THEN DELIVERED TO.

UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, I'M PRICING THAT OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT I GOT THE PROPER VENUE FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S KINDA LIKE HOW THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED, UH, FOR THAT TREE REQUIREMENT FROM LAST MEETING.

SO HOW DO Y'ALL HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? AGAIN, OUR REVIEW MADE SURE THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THE SITE ITSELF, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN DID, UH, COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE THE WAY WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW WRITTEN.

UH, AND THEY DO, SO THE SAME THING CONCERNS THE OPEN AREA THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED, WHICH ALSO IS, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY, FAIRLY MUCH, UH, UH, UH, SATISFIED.

UH, THE, UH, SIX, ONE OF THE REASONS IN THIS PARTICULAR SIDE PLAN, IN THIS PARTICULAR LANDSCAPE PLAN, AS WELL AS IN THE SIDE PLAN, WE HAVE A SIGNATURE

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BLOCK THAT WE MAY REQUIRE AS A REQUIREMENT FOR DOW OFFICIALS TO HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THAT ONE, TO HAVE SOME, SOME MORE ASSURANCE THAT THIS THING IS GONNA HAPPEN THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, OR HOW WE EXECUTE THIS THING, HOW WE ENFORCE IT.

I WAS TALKING WITH, UH, WITH THE STAFF THIS MO THIS AFTERNOON, AND I SAID, PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THIS THING IS TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAG WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT, UH, A, UH, AT THE REQUIREMENT OF WHEN THIS DELIVERY SHOULD BE MADE OR WHAT THE, WHAT THE CONDITION'S GONNA BE FOR THIS DELIVERY TO BE MADE.

AND WE'RE GONNA HOLD THEM AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HOLD TO THAT UNTIL THE FINAL CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.

CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, UH, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, I'M SORRY, AT THAT TIME BEFORE WE, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THAT ONE OR BILLING DEPARTMENT ISSUES, THAT ONE, THAT'S WHEN THAT THING SHOULD BE FULLY, FULLY COMPLIED WITH.

SO YOU'RE THINKING THE, THE LOGISTICS OF THE DELIVERY OF THE TREES AND ALL, ALL THE HANDLED, YES.

WE HAVE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND WE, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS WITH, UH, WITH JOHN, UH, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS A, I THINK THE, UH, OUR, OUR PARKS, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, I MEAN YOU GOT A WHIFF OF THIS SITUATION THERE.

AND HE IMMEDIATELY SENT US AN EMAIL BY SAYING, UH, MAY I MAKE A REQUEST OF THE TREES BEING DISCUSSED IN EXCHANGE OF THE TDCU CONSTRUCTION DONATION VIA THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES N AMOUNTS, UH, NUMBER ONE 20 CHINESE FRENCH TREES, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE FLOWERING RIGHT NOW ALL OVER THE CITY.

COMPLEX.

MM-HMM, .

THOSE ARE THE WHITE, UH, FLOWERING TREES.

UH, 20 LIVE OAKS AND 20 TEXAS OLIVES.

THAT'S HIS CHOICE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, THIS WILL BE HANDED OVER TO TO WHAT ABOUT THE LAST FIVE? HUH? WHAT ABOUT THE LAST FIVE? UH, THE OTHER SIX COULD BE A COMBINATION OF THOSE.

WHAT ABOUT SIZE? DID HE SAY WHAT KIND OF SIZE? TREES? AS WE, AS, AS WE DEFINE IT IN OUR ORDINANCE, WHICH IS TWO AND A HALF INCHES.

ALRIGHT.

DOES THAT ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTION? WHICH IS FINE.

I'M JUST, AGAIN, AS I'M ING UP, AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING FOUR TD, CU AND JUST MY MIND IS ONCE I START, I WANNA GET THAT OFF MY PLATE.

SURE.

NO OFFENSE HERE.

JUST AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT DRAGGING OUT.

IT WAS A BIG ISSUE HERE.

ALL I WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE SIZE, DELIVERABLE AND, UH, SPECIES.

YOU ALREADY GAVE ME THAT.

UH, SO MY INTENTION IS JUST ON MY END HERE, IS TO GET THAT HERE DONE, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DID YOU GET THE SIGNATURE IN YOUR SIGNATURE? UH, IS ON MY DRAWINGS FOR BOTH THE, UH, SITE AND FOR LANDSCAPE.

AND LET ME GO BACK TO THE SIDE PLAN.

IT ESCAPED ME.

WILL, WHEN I WAS DISCUSSING THAT THING, ANOTHER ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS DURING THE REVIEW PROCESS AT THE LAST TIME DOING PRELIMINARY OR DOING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, YOU MADE IT A POINT THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE AND PROVIDE A, UH, CROSS AXIS AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, NEXT DOOR PROPERTY.

AND THAT IS NOW SPOKEN FOR IN THE SITE PLAN.

SITE PLAN.

AND THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE SIGNED BY THE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, OKAY, GOOD.

YOU GOOD WITH THE LANDSCAPE? EVERYTHING'S GOOD ON THAT? EVERYTHING'S FINE.

ANYTHING? NO.

UM, HOWEVER, OLIVE TREES, UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT GOOD.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL IN EUROPE.

UM, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM IN THE LAKE JACKSON AREA? UH, UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, UH, MR. CARL, UH, CARLTON, WHICH IS OUR PARKS, HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF TREES.

OTHERWISE IT WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDED.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT AN OLIVE PRODUCING TREES.

THESE ARE NOT OLIVE TREES.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN OLIVE PRODUCING TREES.

IT'S CALLED THE TEXAS OLIVE.

THEY DON'T DUNNO.

THAT SPECIES.

YEAH, MAYBE I'VE SEEN IT ALL THE TIME.

IT, IT IS COMMON AROUND HERE.

NOTHING FURTHER.

WE CALL 'EM MESQUITES.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

DON'T EVEN GO THERE.

DO NOT INCREASE MY ALLERGIES.

? NO.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF LANDSCAPE PLAN OF MOVED T-D-E-C-U BANKING FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF CENTER WAY IN AZALEA STREET IN THE LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE B LOT J 1 1 0 2 AZALEA STREET FILED ON APRIL 2ND, 2024.

WE HAVE MOTION.

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

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO, SIR.

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THANK YOU YOUR HONOR.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

IT WAS NOTED.

THIS IS, THIS IS I YOU AT THE TIME AND EFFORT AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS PROJECT UNDER, UH, CONSTRUCTION.

WE'LL, I'LL BE THERE, UH, WHEN THE PLANTING HAPPENS.

, WE HAVE SHOVELS.

OH GOD.

THERE YOU GO.

UH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM ME? NO, I MEAN, UH, NO, WE WILL, I MEAN THEY WILL SIGN OFF TODAY AFTER THE MEETING THERE AND, UH, IF YOU WANT A, UH, I GUESS A PDF OF THAT SOMETIME WE WILL, WE CAN SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

YEAH, JUST FOR OUR INTERNAL RECORDS.

UH, GOING BACK TO THE EASEMENT BASED, I'M ALREADY INITIATING WITH THEM TO ACTUALLY GET DRAWINGS DONE AND ACTUALLY EASEMENT DRAWING COMPLETED FOR THE, THROUGH THE PARKWAY.

FOR WHERE? YEAH, FOR THE, UH, OAK STREET.

YOU KNOW HOW YOU GOT THE PROCESS? THE PARKWAY? YEAH.

GETTING A DRAWING DONE AND ALL THE LANGUAGE DONE.

SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE, THAT'LL BE, THERE'LL BE APPROPRIATE.

SO JUST TAKE CARE OF ALL THINGS.

[6. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON ALTERNATE PARKING SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR SPECIFIC PARKING SPACE COUNT INCREASE FROM 4.39 PER 1,000 TO 4.75 PER 1,000, FOR PROPOSED PARKING LOT RESTRIPING PROJECT AT 121 W HIGHWAY 332 FILED ON APRIL 2, 2024]

ALL RIGHT.

THE FINAL ITEM IS FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON ALTERNATE PARKING SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR SPECIFIC PARKING SPACE.

COUNT INCREASE FROM 4.39 PER A THOUSAND TO 4.75 PER A THOUSAND PROPOSED PARKING LOT STRIP PRE STRIPING PROJECT AT 1 21 WEST HIGHWAY 3 32 FILED ON APRIL THE SECOND, 2024.

EDDIE, YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT ONE? UH, YES I CAN.

UH, SO THIS, THIS ITEM CAME TO YOU BEFORE WALMART, UH, ASKED FOR, UH, SOME LENIENCY ON SURE.

HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS? NO THINK SIR.

UH, WERE REQUIRED.

AND THEY DID A TRAFFIC STUDY AND, AND SHOWED YOU THAT, UH, MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T REQUIRE WHAT WERE REQUIRED AND THEIR CORPORATE POLICY DIDN'T REQUIRE IT.

AND THEN THEY CAME IN TO DO THE PROJECT AND REALIZED THAT THEY HAD A BUNCH OF EXTRA PARKING SPOTS THAT THEY WANTED TO RECLAIM THAT THEY USED FOR THE TEMPORARY STORAGE, UH, END DURING, YOU KNOW, SEASONAL EVENTS.

AND SO THEY PROPOSED TO PUT MORE PARKING THAN THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED THAT THEY HAD APPROVED AND THEY WANTED TO, UM, THEY HAVE NEVER LET PEOPLE PARK IN THAT SPACE.

THERE'S, THEY, A PART OF THIS IS THEY'RE BRINGING THE FENCE DOWN.

THEY'RE STRIPING THE PARKING LOT AND THEY'RE GETTING RID RID OF EVERYTHING THERE.

ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEER, IT WAS A STORE MANAGER'S REQUEST THAT, THAT BE DONE WHERE ALL THAT STUFF GOES IS I, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL SEE.

IS THAT THE PART WHERE ALL THE BIG GIANT BAGS OF STUFF? MM-HMM.

WHEN YOU BUY IT, CORRECT? YEAH.

OVER NEXT? YEAH.

SO, UM, SO BASICALLY NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED.

THEY'VE REARRANGED THE PARKING SPACES BECAUSE OF THE NEW A DA REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STORES HAVE.

UM, THEY LOST A FEW SPOTS, BUT THEY GAINED ALL OF THOSE OVER THERE ON THAT SIDE.

SO NOW THEY'RE PARKING COUNT GOES WAY BACK UP AND GETS PRETTY DANG CLOSE TO WHERE WE WANTED HIM TO BE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

ALL THAT TIME THEY SPENT HERE FIGHTING US ON THAT AND THEY GO DO THAT.

AND WE TOLD 'EM THAT IT DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO COME BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY SET FOR THEMSELF.

UH, BUT THEY WANTED TO COME BACK AGAIN.

THEY JUST LIKE YOU.

I DON'T, THEY'RE HOLDING THEMSELVES TO THE FIRE NOW.

YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

I, I COULD HAVE NOBODY PARKING IN THERE AND DON'T, DON'T BE SURPRISED THAT THEY'RE STILL GONNA GO, GO AND USE THAT AREA FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR STORAGE.

STORAGE AND DURING BLACK FRIDAY SAVINGS.

AND, BUT AT LEAST THEY WON'T, IT WON'T HAVE FENCED IN AN AREA THAT PEOPLE KIND OF STAY AWAY FROM IT.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE PROBLEM.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

I LIKE THE PLAN.

I FIGURED THEY WERE COMING BACK IN HERE WANTING TO TAKE IT DOWN TO LIKE 3.75.

I HAVE NOTHING MATT.

I'M SURPRISED THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

MOTIONS I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON ALTERNATE PARKING SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR SPECIFIC PARKING SPACE.

COUNT INCREASE FROM 4.39 PER 1000 TO 4.75 PER 1000 FOR PROPOSED PARKING LOT RES REPPING PROJECT AT 1 21 WEST HIGHWAY 3 32 FILED ON APRIL 2ND, 2024.

ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED

[8. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

ALL ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST CASE.

I THINK I'VE ALREADY SAID BEFORE, UH, THE MEETING OPENED, WHAT MY CONCERNS WERE IS, UH, I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK OUR CITY MANAGER WAS HERE SO HE CAN HEAR YOU THERE.

HE'S HERE NOW.

HELLO TO THE RIGHT.

NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I HAVE

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CONCERN BECAUSE I GUESS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION OVER A YEAR NOW, IS THAT I DRIVE AROUND LAKE JACKSON MORE THAN A TEENAGER DOES WITH $10 OF GASOLINE IN THE TANK.

YOU KNOW, UM, I SEE YARDS THAT ARE CHRONICALLY UNKEMPT THAT ARE NOT MOWED FOR A MONTH OR MORE AT A TIME.

I ALSO SEE, UM, TREES THAT PROBABLY WERE DETRI TREATUS OR DEBRIS DURING SOME OF OUR LAST STORMS IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING IN DRIVEWAYS FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I WONDERED WHAT, NOT JUST OUR POWER AS COMMISSION MEMBERS, BUT THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE NEXT TO THEM DRIVE PAST THEM EVERY DAY AND ARE DILIGENT ABOUT THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDRESSES THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC ADDRESS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM TO ME.

UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, ESPECIALLY THE, THE LIMBS, UH, OF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN OUT.

UM, SO IF YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE, LET US KNOW, UH, IF THAT'S, IF WE'VE MISSED THEM OR IF THEY'RE IN A PARKWAY NOT, BUT YOU'RE SENDING, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE IN 5 0 2 OAK DRIVE.

5 0 2 OAK DRIVE.

YES, SIR.

OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.

AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS.

UM, OKAY.

UP AND DOWN THAT NONE AS BAD AS THAT.

THE, IT LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY THE ARCHITECTURE IS CRUMBLING AND THERE'S BEEN, UH, I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVE IN NORTHWOOD AND COME THROUGH THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY COMING HERE DOWNTOWN.

IS THAT, UH, I, I I DRIVE A, A LOW CAR, BUT I COULD PULL IT OFF WITH A ROPE.

THAT MAKES, UH, WE'LL WE WILL CHECK ON THAT.

IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO YES.

THE, YEAH, THE DRIVEWAY AND, UH, IT, IT SITS ON THE CREEK ACROSS FROM THE OLD ILAND HOME ON THE BRIDGE NEXT TO BEST BRANDON.

THAT GUY IS WITHIN CODE.

IT COULD, HE, HE'S SITTING WITHIN, HE'S, HE'S WITHIN CODE.

I'VE BEEN TO THAT HOUSE A HUNDRED TIMES.

THAT'S A HAND, THAT'S A HANDICAP HOME THAT'S ON A FIXED INCOME.

AND THAT HOUSE STAYS WITHIN CODE JUST BY 10 OF HIS TEETH EVERY TIME.

WE'LL CHECK AND WE'LL, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF IT IS WITHIN ENCODER OR, OR NOT.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON THE HIGH GRASS, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL, SEVERAL WEEKS 'CAUSE THE CLOVER CAME UP AND, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL WARNINGS, YOU KNOW, ISSUED ON THERE.

UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD IF IT'S, IF IT'S GOTTEN INTO IN CONTROL AND STUFF, BUT, UH, WE CAN SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THAT ADDRESS.

BUT IF YOU SEE ANY OTHERS, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME AND WE'LL FORWARD STUFF AND WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

AND WE'LL ALSO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE, UH, HANDICAPPED OR CHALLENGED, UH, FAMILY LIVING THERE.

HOWEVER, UM, THE, THE GARAGES MM-HMM.

ARE NOT USED.

NOTHING.

THERE'S NOT EVEN A, A CIRCLE DRIVE.

THEY JUST KIND OF GO ON GRAVEL.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF REES IN THE FRONT YARD AS WELL AS THE, UH, GARAGE OKAY.

IN DRIVEWAYS.

WE'LL CHECK ON IT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KNOW THEM, MATT.

THANKS.

THERE IS A CIRCLE DRIVEWAY THERE TOO, BY THE WAY, THEMSELVES.

OKAY DEAR.

ANYTHING ELSE, CRAIG? NO, SIR.

MATTHEW, HOW'S OUR FAVORITE INSURANCE PLACE GOING ON OVER THERE IN DOWNTOWN? CORY HAGEN? YEAH.

MR. HAGEN? YES.

UH, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THAT PROJECT.

UH, UH, FIRST OF ALL THAT WE WERE, I GUESS WE WERE MALIGN TO SOME DEGREE SAYING THAT WE WERE TOO, TOO STRICT CONCERNING DRAINAGE, BUT WE NEVER GOT TO THE POINT OF MAKING A, YOU KNOW, A FINAL DECISION ON THAT ONE.

AND IT JUST DISAPPEARED, UH, FROM OUR RADAR.

AND, UH, WE HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT HE HAD, HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS OR THOUGHT THAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS GONNA BE TOO MUCH AND THEREFORE HE MIGHT HAVE ABANDONED THAT PROPERTY OR THAT PARTICULAR PLANT.

YEAH, HE WAS, HE CAME INTO MY SHOP RECENTLY, HE WAS ASKING ME ABOUT IT AND I TOLD HIM, MAN, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE THAT INITIAL TALK.

SO YES.

I MEAN THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE PUT OUT THE WORD OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, SHE'S BEEN CALLING YEAH.

THE, UH, THE ENGINEER.

WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER, WHETHER THERE'S STILL ANY INTEREST OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MADE THIS DECISION OR HE, HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HAVING HIS OWN PROBLEMS WITH AN ENGINEER THE WAY HE WAS DESCRIBING IT.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH, LIKE THE GUY WASN'T RETURNING HIS OWN PHONE CALLS.

HE'S LIKE, MAN, WHAT AM I PAYING YOU FOR? OKAY.

SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION OF STUFF.

ONE? WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD, UH, GOOD, UH, RESULTS, UH, LATELY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

HOW ABOUT OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES OVER THERE, THE 2022 SPRINGTIME COMPLETION

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THEY SEEM TO BE THERE EVERY DAY.

LIKE THEY WERE THERE ON EASTER.

NO, THEY, I MEAN HE GAVE, HE GAVE A GOOD REPORT, A GOOD POSITIVE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY.

GOOD, GOOD.

AND THEY ALSO, UH, ASKED ME TO, UH, ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR PLANTING PLAN THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND THE HOUSES.

CORRECT.

SO WE TOLD 'EM TO GO AHEAD, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE A THING DONE DURING THIS PARTICULAR PLANTING SEASON.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING ON THAT ONE.

NOW THE REMAINING PORTION IS STILL OUT THERE.

THEY MAY HAVE TO COME BACK.

THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND TRY TO SELL YOU OFF ON ANOTHER PLAN BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE TREES THAT THEY ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN THE INTERIOR PORTION OF MM-HMM.

, THAT PARTICULAR AREA HAVE NOT FARED WELL.

WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, THE TOWN HOMES OVER ON GARLAND? UH, I THINK EDDIE CAN GIVES A REPORT OF THAT.

THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL.

UH, YEAH.

SITTING EXACTLY THE WAY THEY WERE THREE MONTHS AGO.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

I DON'T EVEN, I DON'T EVEN SEE ANY EQUIPMENT OUT THERE ANYMORE.

I DUNNO WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT'S CRAZY.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SIT THERE.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

PRIMO.

RENEE, WHAT YOU GOT FOR US MODESTO? NOTHING SIR.

ANYTHING NEW HAPPENING IN THE CITY? NO.

UM, WE, UM, THE MARK TWO GRANTS, UH, THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING THAT COUNSEL HAS GIVEN US, UH, UH, FUNDING, UH, FOR, UH, THE CONSULT TO ENTER.

UH, ONE IS A SS FOUR A GRANT.

IT'S FOR A SAFETY, UH, TRAFFIC MASTER PLAN.

UM, OUR MATCHING SHARE WOULD BE 70,000.

THE OVERALL, UH, PLAN IS 350.

SO WE'RE SUBMITTING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT TO HAVE A LOOK AT, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, NICOLE HAS PUT, UH, ON THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY GRANT TO LOOK AT PLANTATION AND THE HIGHWAY 3 32 CORRIDOR.

AND THEN CONNECTING THROUGH YON BACK TO, UH, MATCH GRIFFITH PARK, WHICH IS ON THE MASTER PLAN TO EXPAND OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

AND THEN THE BACK END OF HHEB.

THAT PLAN I WOULD ENVISION WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE EXERCISE THAT WE DID FOR DOWNTOWN IN 2003 THREE.

AND THAT'S THE GRANT SUBMITTAL AS WELL.

SO WE SHOULD KNOW PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE SUMMER IF WE'RE, UH, ON EITHER GRANT, IF, IF WE'RE, IF WE GET THEM.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA, THIS YEAR WE'LL, UH, PUT UH, OUR MATCHING SHARE IN THE BUDGET, IN THE CAPITAL APPROVAL BUDGET AND, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN GET ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE.

HM.

MILFORD, ANYTHING ON YOUR END? YEAH, NOT THAT I KNOW.

DAVID, YOU ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING FOR US.

DAVID.

I CAN MAKE UP SOMETHING.

NO.

SHERIDAN.

WHAT YOU GOT FOR US? .

HE'S TALKING TO YOU.

USE YOUR WORDS.

NOTHING TONIGHT WE GOT ALL A PLUSES ON OUR REPORT CARD.

WOW.

GOOD JOB, MR. ANYTHING? NO SIR.

I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME.

SO, PAT, KELLY, MATT, KELLY, ANYTHING FOR YOU? NO SIR.

GOOD.

THANK YOU EDDIE.

UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING DOWNTOWN LOOKS NICE.

IT DOES.

IT'S ALMOST THERE.

AND WHEN'S OUR NEXT ONE? ON TUESDAY? MAY THE SECOND.

YOU GOT PAPERWORK? IT COLD? ANYTHING? NOTHING OF NOTE UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC SAL? NO.

[9. SET NEXT MEETING DATE ]

MAY THE SECOND.

EVERYBODY OPEN FOR THAT? MAY 7TH.

MAY.

SEVENTH.

SAY WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

OH, IS JASMINE, IS THE JASMINE, UH, PLAYGROUND DONE YET? 10.

IT'S OPEN.

CAN ME AND SHERIDAN GO TEST IT? THAT'S THE QUESTION.

ALRIGHT, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

SEE WE CAN GO TEST IT OUT.

WE WENT BY THERE ON THURSDAY AND THEY STILL HAD IT WRAPPED AROUND.

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WE'VE BEEN TERRORIZING ALL THE NEW PARKS LATELY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BUILT PROPERLY.

ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT STUFF TO SIGN.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES SIR.

YES SIR.

THANK YOU'ALL.