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I, ALL RIGHT.I THINK I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS, UH, DONE DEAL.
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ALL RIGHT.WELCOME EVERYONE FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY, UH, SIXTH, 2024.
THIS IS A REGULAR, UH, MEETING, UH, SESSION AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, LED BY COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
I HAVE PLEDGE ALL ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE, AND INDIVISIBLES, AND THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN WITH, UH, BY REPRESENTATIVE VASU.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST COME TO YOU TODAY, UH, HUMBLY BEFORE YOUR THRONE.
WE ASK FOR WISDOM, UH, FOR THIS COUNCIL AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS, WISDOM FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN THE ROOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND OUR LIVES.
LORD, WE PRAY, LORD, FOR YOUR BLESSINGS OVER THIS COMMUNITY.
PRAY, LORD, YOU KEEP US SAFE, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US WITH A GROWING ECONOMY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US WITH, WITH GOOD TIMES, WITH OUR FAMILY, LORD, AND, AND SAFETY.
AND LORD, WE JUST HUMBLY PETITION YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR WHOLE BLESSINGS UPON THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PRECIOUS SON OF YOUR, UH, THE PRECIOUS NAME OF YOUR SON WHO DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS.
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GOING TO NEXT GO INTO PRESENTATIONS.AND, UH, MR. LGO, IF YOU MEET ME UP IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM HERE, WE'LL START WITH YOU.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THIS, THE PWA MADE A PRESENTATION AND, UH, WHENEVER, UH, RONNIE WAS WALKING UP THERE AND HE HAD HIS PLAQUE AND WAS HOLDING LIKE THIS AND WALKED UP, I SAID, I SAID, WELL, I HOPE YOUR PLAQUE ISN'T BETTER THAN OURS,
AND HE SAID, THE PLAQUE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
HE SAID, WE'RE NAMING THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE LOCATION, UH, AFTER YOUR NAME.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND, UH, YOUR NAME WILL, UH, ALWAYS BE ON THAT, UH, THAT, THAT FACILITY, AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION I, GERALD ROSOVSKY, BY VIRTUE AUTHORIZED, UH, AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 6TH, 2024, AS JUAN LONGORIA DAY.
SO YOU HAVE A DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, WHEREAS JUAN LONGORIA WAS APPOINTED, UH, BY THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IN 1994 TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BWA, WHEREAS JUAN LAIA FAITHFULLY SERVED THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON FOR 29 YEARS, INCLUDING BOARD PRESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS.
WHEREAS JUAN LAIA MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TO BWA, INCLUDING OVERSEEING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH, UH, REGIONAL PIPELINE, THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DESALINATION PLANT, UM, MAJOR PLANT REHABILITATION PROJECTS, AND PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THE WATER MASTER OF MISSOURI, OF THE BRAZOS RIVER.
AND FOR ALL OF Y'ALL THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT THAT GUARANTEES THAT WE'RE ALLOWED OUR WATER THAT FLOWS DOWN THE BRAS, THAT'S NOBODY ELSE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US.
UH, WHEREAS SW LA'S LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING BWA THROUGH NUMEROUS NATURAL DISASTERS, INCLUDING HURRICANES, DROUGHTS, FREEZES, ENSURING THE CITY LAKE JACKSON HAS CONTINUITY OF WATER SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS JUAN LEGIA SHOULD BE REMEMBERED BY FUTURE LAKE JACKSON GENERATIONS AS A MAN OF LOYALTY, INTEGRITY, AND HONOR DEDICATED TO SERVING THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 6TH, 2024, AS JUAN LEGIA DAY AND THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IN TESTIMONY AWARE OF WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON THIS DAY, THE 6TH OF MAY, 2024.
WELL, I THOUGHT WHEN THE DEDICATION WAS GONNA BE MADE, I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE, THE BOARD WOULD EVEN
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THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.AND THEN THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING A DE CELL PLANT, OR, WE'LL, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAM, THE THE WHOLE PLANT.
SO I AND THE FOLKS HAVE A, AN ULTIMATUM.
WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE WATER TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE DESAL IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT WHEN THE RIVER'S FLOWING, NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE A PROBLEM.
IT'S, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DROUGHTS ONCE IN A WHILE, AND, AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED WITH A D CELL TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF OUR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO HAVE THE WATER RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
WITHOUT WATER, THE POPULATION DOESN'T GROW, IT DOESN'T GROW.
IN FACT, IT MAY END UP SHUTTING DOWN.
SO THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAS BEEN VERY DEAR TO ME, TO, TO HAVE A DE CELL PLANT.
AND THEN THE OTHER BIG PROJECT THAT I WAS ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, DOW CHEMICAL TO, UH, PARTNER TO BUILD ANOTHER RESERVOIR IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT TWO THAT WE HAVE.
AND THIS WILL PROVIDE US ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS OF ADDITIONAL WATER.
WHAT WE HAD BEFORE WAS TWO MONTHS.
DALLAS SAID, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR US.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES EITHER WHEN THERE IS A WATER SHORTAGE.
SO, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THE, UH, RESERVOIR WILL BE BUILT AND HOPEFULLY THE WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WATER'S GONNA BE PUT INTO THAT NEW RESERVOIR.
AND, AND, UH, SO ONCE THAT'S IN PLAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SIX MONTHS WORTH OF, UH, WATER THAT WE CAN BANK ON.
AND THAT, AND THE DE CELL PLANT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COAST PAST ANY, UH, DROUGHT CONTAINS.
WE'RE GONNA BE SO FAR AHEAD OF ANYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, TO SAY WE HAVE A DE CELL PLANT IN A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE OURS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEVEN CITIES.
BUT IT'S REALLY QUITE A FEATHER IN, IN THE OPERATION OF THE, THE BRU BOARD WATER AUTHORITY.
SO I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HONOR.
NOT ONLY WE'RE A VOLUNTEER, BUT YOU'RE A VISIONARY.
YOU, YOU, YOU SEE THE VISION, YOU SEE WHERE WE NEED TO GO, AND YOU'RE HELPING US GET, I'LL STILL BE GOING BACK TO THE BWA MEETING, SO I, UH, JUST TO LISTEN THAT, HUH? I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT AT LEAST I'LL BE ABLE TO LISTEN IN AND, AND, UH, IF SOMETHING STRIKES ME DIFFERENTLY, I CAN TALK TO THE GENERAL MANAGER AFTERWARDS AND PROBABLY GET DIRECTION.
THANK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VOICE.
HOW ARE YOU? I'M NICE TO MEET YOU.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, THIS IS A PROCLAMATION AND, UH, THIS IS, UH, WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES ARE A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDING GOODS, SERVICES, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
WHEREAS THE DESERT ROSE BEAUTY AND WELLNESS RECEIVED THE HOUSTON DISTRICT RURAL BUSINESS OWNER OF THE YEAR BECAUSE IT'S EXEMPLIFIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
WHEREAS THE DESERT ROSE BEAUTY AND WELLNESS HAS ACHIEVED BUSINESS SUCCESS AND DEMONSTRATED A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE WELLBEING AND BEAUTY OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CHARITABLE DONATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL EVENTS AND CHARITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I GERALD ROSOVSKY ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, AND BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY, BEST IN ME, A GREAT PRIORITY IN RECOGNIZING DESERT ROSE BEAUTY WELLNESS.
I'D YOU STAY HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE
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REPRESENTATIVE THE MIND.WELL, NICOLE, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, YOU WON A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
I HAVE A, A RESOLUTION FOR YOU.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THE WHOLE THING TO SAVE EVERYBODY TIME, BUT I WANT, THERE'S A FEW THINGS I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW.
UH, YOU'RE A GRADUATE OF ANGLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
ALRIGHT, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND THEN YOU WENT TO ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT YOU ALSO GOT TRAINING FROM BRASSFORD COLLEGE, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAD A 16 YEAR CAREER.
YOU, YOU'VE GROWN UP, YOU WENT TO GINGER SALON.
GRANDFATHER WENT THERE A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
AND YOU HAVE CLEARLY EXEMPLIFIED ALL OF THE WONDERFUL TRAITS OF A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT REALLY MAKES OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE.
OUR COMMUNITY IS BUILT BY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE YOURSELF.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO IS YOU BRING IN ALL OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU'VE HAD, HAS LED YOU TO THIS MOMENT.
YOU'RE NOT IN IT JUST FOR MONEY.
YOU'RE IN IT TO BE A GOOD PART OF THE COMMUNITY, TO GIVE BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE TO YOU, UH, THROUGH CHARITABLE WORK AND OTHERWISE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU IN THAT, TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, AND FOR EVERYONE HERE TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, WHETHER IT BE A SMALL BUSINESS, A LARGE BUSINESS, OR A GOVERNMENT WORKER, OTHERWISE GET BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY LIKE YOU HAVE.
I'LL JUST READ, RESOLVE THAT NICOLE YORK BE CONGRATULATED ON BEING NAMED THE 2024 HOUSTON DISTRICT RURAL BUSINESS OWNER OF THE YEAR BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HOUSTON DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THAT SHE BE EXTENDED, SINCERE, BEST WISHES FOR A CONTINUED SUCCESS FROM THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ALL RIGHT, NOW YOU HAVE A CONGRESSMAN.
HAVE CONGRESSMAN, REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESSMAN, CONGRESSMAN W UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, CHRISTINE
UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST, I JUST WANNA KIND OF SAY WHAT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE VASU SAID, UH, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A DREAM, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE UP WHEN THE TIME WAS HARD AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TEARS AND A LOT OF HEADACHE, AND YOU DIDN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
AND SO, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUR, UH, SEWING WHAT YOU WAIT, YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU, THERE YOU GO.
UM, AND SO WHERE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE GETTING RECOGNIZED AND SO, UH, IN THE QUIET WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT YOU WERE LIKE, MAN, IS THIS GONNA BE WORTH IT? IT IS.
AND SO ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN RANDY WEBER, UH, WE PRESENT WITH YOU OR PRESENT TO YOU A CERTIFICATE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION AS, UM, PRESENTED TO YOU, NICOLE YORK.
IT SAYS, IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON EARNING THE HOUSTON DISTRICT RURAL BUSINESS OWNER OF THE YEAR.
Y'ALL, THAT'S A REALLY BIG, THAT IS A YES.
UH, OUT OF 32 COUNTIES, Y'ALL, Y'ALL KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE IN HOUSTON ALONE.
UM, DESERT ROSE BEAUTY AND WELLNESS TRULY PROVIDES THE ULTIMATE LUXURIOUS FALL EXPERIENCE WITH A COMMITMENT TO AN OVERALL FLAWLESS FEELING.
SO IF Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK GOOD, Y'ALL NEED
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT YOU IN THE 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
PRESENTED ON THE SIXTH DAY OF MAY, UH, 2024, UH, RESPECTIVELY.
I WAS NOT PREPARED TO SAY ANYTHING.
UM, I AM, AS I'M STANDING UP HERE HOLDING BACK TEARS BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL SAID IS SO TRUE.
THERE'S SO MANY MOMENTS WHERE YOU JUST WANNA THROW THE TOWEL IN, BUT YOU JUST KEEP PURSUING.
AND, UM, JUST TODAY AND, UH, THE AWARD LUNCHEON IS TOMORROW, IT JUST, UH, PROVES THAT PERSEVERANCE IS TRUE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A VISION, JUST CONTINUE ON AND DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR VISION BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND, UM, DOING DURING COVID, YES.
UM, YEAH, DEFINITELY HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME STUFF.
UM, BUT YEAH, JUST, AND I WANNA CONTINUE MAKING A BIG IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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I FEEL LIKE IT'S STILL JUST THE BEGINNING.AND SO IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF THESE YEARS HAVE TO HOLD.
BUT THANK, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.
IF I COULD HAVE THE CHIEF, ASSISTANT CHIEF AND EVEN, OKAY.
GERALD ROZANSKI, BY THE VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY, INVEST IN ME AS THE MAYOR C LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH, 2024, AS FALLEN FIREFIGHTER DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE DESIGNATED A DAY OF ANNUAL NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS DAY AS A DAY TO HONOR FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNELS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS.
AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PROTECTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS A MAJOR IMPORTANCE, IT IS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE THAT WE INCREASE OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE DEATH INJURIES AND PROPERTY LAWS FROM FIRE.
WHEREAS I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF THE CITY, OF LAKE JACKSON TO OBSERVE MAY 20, MAY 5TH, 2024, IN RECOGNITION OF THE PATRIOTIC PATRIOT SERVICE, AND DEDICATE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF OUR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL.
AND WHEREAS I ALSO ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE, TO HONOR FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL, PAST AND PRESENT, PRESENT, WHO BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY HAVE RENDERED INVALUABLE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ITS CITIZENS.
NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, DO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH, 2024 HAS FALLEN FIGHTER DAY FIRE.
FALLEN FIGHTER DAY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, SIR? YES.
MR. WHAT'S A TONGUE TWISTER? THAT'S A TONGUE
UH, IF OUR GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, WE'LL PAUSE FOR A MINUTE SO Y'ALL CAN, CAN I GIVE THE EMPLOYEES A DAY OFF ON APRIL THE SIXTH,
THEY'RE ALL GONNA SAY, YEAH, JUST SEND 'EM THE BILL.
ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, UH, NEXT ITEM ON PRESENTATION IS THE ANNUAL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STAFF.
UM, COVER A FEW THINGS I JUST CAN'T GET BY WITHOUT SAYING.
UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE THE LEAST HIGHLIGHTED PRESENTATION OF THE NIGHT.
UH, SOMEBODY'S DEDICATED 29 YEARS TO THE CITY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, IS INCREDIBLE.
AND, UH, TO SEE SOMEONE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT REALLY PERSEVERANCE
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IS PROBABLY THE BEST, UH, WORD FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE.UM, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO START WITH, WITH A FEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT.
OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR IN, UH, IN JANUARY, UH, WE START TO LOOK BACK OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, UH, WHAT, WHAT WORK WE'VE DONE.
UH, OF COURSE, UH, TAKING STATS TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO LET ALL THE NUMBERS FALL THROUGH JANUARY.
UH, AND THEN FROM THERE, THE LIEUTENANTS AND EACH DIVISION KIND OF GATHER UP ALL THEIR, THEIR STATS AND START PUTTING 'EM TOGETHER.
AND THEN WE COMPARE NOTES AND, AND KIND OF CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.
AND I CERTAINLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THOSE MEMBERS OF STAFF AND THE OTHER, UH, CLERKS.
AND, AND I KNOW SHARON NEAL, MY SECRETARY, DOES A GREAT JOB OF SUPPORTING ALL OF ADMIN IN GATHERING UP THAT INFORMATION.
UM, SHUT, I THINK, UH, SINCE HE'S HERE, I'LL GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, NOT JUST 'CAUSE HE'S HERE, UH, BUT ASSISTANT CHIEF, CARRIE LANGFORD, UH, HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK THIS YEAR TO, TO MAKE OUR, UH, MAKE THE ANNUAL REPORT LOOK SHARP, UH, BUT BE ACCURATE.
AND I THINK IT FLOWS REALLY WELL.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO THANK HIM, UH, FRONT OF EVERYONE ABOUT FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE FOR US.
UH, SO IN THE REPORT, A ABSOLUTELY NOT GONNA READ EVERYTHING.
I HOPE THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN IT EARLY ENOUGH TO TO, TO LOOK OVER IT AS YEARS PASSED.
ANY, UH, ANYONE ELSE STILL IN THE AUDITS? THESE, UH, REPORTS ARE POSTED ONLINE, UH, FOR REVIEW AS WELL, ALONG WITH OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, UH, AND OUR, UH, NEIGHBORS CRIME REPORT AS WELL.
THAT INFORMATION, UH, IS NOT WHOLLY CONTAINED IN HERE.
UH, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE TO LOOK AT THOSE IF YOU CHOOSE TO.
SO, COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I MENTIONED IN THE CHIEF'S NOTE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE.
UH, SOME OF THE BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE TRAINING ROOM THAT WE HAVE NOW.
UH, HAVING ATTAINED OUR CONTRACT TRAINING PROVIDER STATUS THROUGH TO UH, WAS ONE STEP.
BUT HAVING A FACILITY COULD SUPPORT THAT KIND OF TRAINING, UH, AND BE TOP NOTCH.
UH, I CAN SAY IT'S ONE OF THE BEST AROUND, UH, VERY PROUD OF THAT, PROUD OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE, UH, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE, UH, AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE, UH, AND IT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD TO, TO USE TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UH, A LOT OF THE DEMOLITION WE DID OURSELVES, UH, THAT EVERYONE PITCHED IN TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, WORKED WITH SOME LOCAL CONTRACTORS.
THEY DID, UH, A GREAT JOB FOR US AND THEN PUTTING TOGETHER FURNITURE OURSELVES, UH, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT.
WE'RE PROUD THAT WE HAVE TRAINED FOR, UH, 10,446 HOURS, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER.
AND THAT NUMBER INCLUDES, UH, T COLE TRAINING HOURS, ADDITIONAL TRAINING HOURS.
UH, AND THAT'S DEPARTMENT WIDE, BOTH WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOME FOR ANIMAL CONTROL WHO ACTUALLY HAS, UH, UH, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
SO THERE WAS A WIDE VARIETY OF TRAINING.
UH, JUST ONE OTHER NOTE ON TRAINING.
UH, WE DID SOMETHING LAST YEAR THAT WE HADN'T BEFORE, AND, UH, SITUATION AS IT WAS KIND OF PROMPTED IT, BUT I, I'M LOOKING TO CARRY THAT ON IF WE CAN.
UH, IT WAS, WE HAD A SUMMER TRAINING SESSION WHERE WE TOOK TOPICS THAT WE FELT LIKE NEEDED TO BE FOCUSED ON, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, IN EXPERIENCE AND SAT DOWN ALL TOGETHER WITH SUCH A BIG DEPARTMENT.
WE DON'T ALWAYS GET TO DO THAT, BUT WE MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO SIT DOWN AND, UH, TRAIN OVER CERTAIN, UH, AREAS AND, UH, HAVE GOOD DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH.
SO THAT WAS ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FOR THE YEAR.
UH, AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE DIVISIONS, OF COURSE, PATROL, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DO HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO TRAFFIC.
UH, ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS WAS INJURED FOR A GREAT DEAL OF THE YEAR.
UH, SO OVERALL, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE ALSO HAD MADE A COMMITMENT TO FOCUS MORE TIME IN SCHOOL ZONES.
UH, AND WE DID INCREASE OUR PRESENCE THERE IN SCHOOL ZONES, MEASURED BY, UH, THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS THAT WE HAD THERE.
UM, UH, ANOTHER THING ABOUT PATROL THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT THIS YEAR THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO HAVE A ISSUE WITH IS GETTING VEHICLES, REPLACEMENT VEHICLES, UH, AND THEN GETTING SOMEONE TO RELIABLY UPFIT THOSE VEHICLES.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, GET SOME, JUST BY CHANCE, VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR, BUT
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THE UPFITTING CAME DOWN TO, UH, MYSELF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF AND SOME, UH, IT FOLKS AT THE PD AND JUST, UH, EVERYBODY PITCHING IN.WE ACTUALLY UPFITTED THREE OF THE CARS OURSELVES 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T GET READY TO DO THAT AND DID A, A GREAT JOB AND GOT 'EM OUT ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO, UH, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR THAT'S MENTIONED IN THERE THAT I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT, WE STARTED TRACKING A FEW YEARS AGO, IS OUR UNMANNED HOURS.
UM, IT'S JUST GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND RELIABLE APPLICANTS IN THIS PROFESSION.
UH, WE DO PRETTY WELL IN COMPARISON.
UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S A STRUGGLE.
AND, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, TOTAL NUMBER OF UNMANNED HOURS FOR LAST YEAR, WE WERE, UH, ESSENTIALLY DOWN FOUR AND A HALF POSITIONS, UH, JUST CALCULATING THE NUMBER OF, OF HOURS WE WENT WITH NO ONE IN THAT POSITION.
SO IT, WE CONTINUE TO, TO TRY AND DO THINGS TO RECRUIT.
UH, WE'VE EXPANDED TO OTHER ACADEMIES, UH, TRYING TO UP DO A LITTLE MORE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF TO, TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED OR AT LEAST LOOKING AT PUTTING IN APPLICATIONS.
UH, WE DO HAVE THOSE, UH, AGAIN, RELIABLE APPLICATIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO COME BY.
UM, SO WE DID REDUCE, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE A LITTLE SHORT, WE REDUCED OUR RESPONSE TIMES TO CALLS, UH, SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
OF COURSE, WE DON'T PRESS THAT NECESSARILY.
YOU WANT TO BE SAFE WHEN YOU GET THERE.
UH, BUT BEING PREPARED, UH, DISPATCH GETTING THAT CALL INFORMATION OUT TO THE OFFICERS QUICKLY.
MAINTAINING DISTRICT INTEGRITY SO YOU'RE ALREADY CLOSE TO WHERE THAT CALL MAY DROP.
UH, AND THEN GETTING THERE, UH, QUICKLY AND SAFELY.
UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER MEASURE THAT WE TRACK, UH, QUITE FREQUENTLY.
UM, SOME OF OUR PROACTIVE PATROL, I THINK TOTAL ACCIDENTS BEING DOWN, UH, HOPEFULLY IS, IS PART OF, UH, OF THAT EQUATION.
UH, SO ACCIDENTS IN TOTAL WERE DOWN.
INJURY ACCIDENTS WERE DOWN THIS YEAR.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE STILL THREE FATALITIES ASSOCIATED, UH, WITH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THIS YEAR.
UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF STOPS, UH, DOWN A LITTLE BIT, OF COURSE, WITHOUT TRAFFIC OFFICERS AND BEING SHORT AT THE TIME.
BUT STILL, I THINK OF DILIGENT EFFORTS BEING MADE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS THROUGHOUT TOWN, UH, SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT.
UH, WE DID NUMEROUS ENGAGEMENTS WHERE COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED.
UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN PROACTIVITY, DIFFERENT COMPLAINTS WERE ADDRESSED, UH, AS, AS, AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC.
UM, UH, I THINK SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S ENCOURAGING IN THERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THE TREND, BUT I, I CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.
FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, WAS DOWN A TICK THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UH, RAPID RESPONSE, TAKING PROPER ACTION.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, GETTING PAST THAT COVID AREA, UH, IN THE, IT'S THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR SURE.
UH, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION CONTINUES TO DO A, A, A MARVELOUS JOB OF, AND I THINK I MENTIONED IT IN THE CHIEF'S MESSAGE OF, UH, FOLLOWING THOSE ELECTRONIC BREADCRUMBS THAT ARE THERE ALL THE TIME NOW.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT TOOL FOR THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE.
OF COURSE, IN THAT THE FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE BEEN, UH, JUST A GREAT ADD, UH, TO, TO INVESTIGATIONS ALONG WITH OUR CELLEBRITE SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL PHONE FORENSICS, UH, AND THE DRONE.
UH, THE DRONES OBVIOUSLY HELP AS WELL.
I THINK WE DOUBLED WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR IN LAKE JACKSON.
SO WE ALWAYS TRACKED WHEN WE WERE ON THE TASK FORCE, WHAT THE TASK FORCE DID AS A WHOLE, BUT ALSO WHAT WE DID LOCALLY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THE TASK FORCE, THE COUNTY TASK FORCE FOR A WHILE.
UH, IT, IF THERE IS ONE ADVANTAGE TO THAT, THAT IS BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON LOCAL, UH, LO NOW NARCOTICS WILL TAKE YOU AWAY ONCE YOU START FOLLOWING THAT CHAIN, UH, UP THE LADDER A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, WE DID MAKE A LOT OF CASES THIS YEAR IN THE CITY.
UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE REPORT WITHOUT MENTIONING.
WE HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF OVERDOSES THIS YEAR, OR POSSIBLE OVERDOSES THAT WE RESPONDED TO, AND FENTANYL'S A BIG PART OF IT.
UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, REPRESENTED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.
BUT I THINK IN CONVERSATION, MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
UH, SO WE DO TRACK IT SPECIFICALLY NOW.
UH, NARCAN HAS BEEN, UM, GETTING FOLKS EDUCATED AND, AND, UH, HAVING
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ACCESS, UH, HAS SAVED A LOT OF LIVES.UH, BUT FENTANYL IS CERTAINLY A CONCERN THAT WAS, UH, NOTABLE ON THIS REPORT.
UH, AGAIN, THE DRONES WITH INVESTIGATIONS.
WE FLEW 126 FLIGHTS IN THE CITY THIS YEAR, UH, FROM TACTICAL OPERATIONS TO, UH, 15 MISSING PERSONS.
UH, WE RECONSTRUCTED SIX CRASHES USING, UH, BOTH OUR PIX FOUR D TECHNOLOGY ON THE GROUND.
UH, MARRIED TOGETHER WITH DRONE IMAGES TO GIVE A THREE DIMENSIONAL, UM, REPRESENTATION OF A CRASH.
AND FOUR SPECIAL EVENTS, UM, SUPPORT SERVICES.
UH, OF COURSE WITH, UH, OUR DISPATCH.
WE UPGRADED OUR FOUR MAIN CONSOLES, UH, THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS BUDGETED ON A PROJECT LAST YEAR.
AND WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CENTRAL SQUARE ENTERPRISE, UH, UPGRADE, HOPEFULLY TO GET THAT FINISHED IN THIS BUDGET YEAR, WHICH COULD BE A GREAT SAVINGS.
AND, UH, GET US STARTED IN, IN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THAT, THAT CENTRAL SQUARE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.
THEY STAYED BUSY ALL THE TIME.
84,000, UH, OVER 84,000 EVENTS ENTERED THROUGH DISPATCH THIS YEAR.
UH, THEY DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND, UH, KEEPS US BUSY.
UH, ABOUT 30,000 OF THOSE WERE, UH, DISPATCHES FOR RICHWOOD.
WE HAD, UH, OVER 1500 RECORDS REQUESTS, WHICH I THINK IS THE LARGEST.
UH, AND I THINK A GOOD PART OF THAT IS PROBABLY, UH, SPECIAL INCIDENTS THAT DRAW INTEREST, BUT ALSO THE, UH, THE NEW, UH, JUST FOIA RECORDS REQUEST MAKES IT VERY, VERY EASY, UH, FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO REQUEST A RECORD TO GO ON AND DO THAT.
SO, UM, AND THEN COMMUNITY POLICING, OF COURSE.
SERGEANT NICK ROSS HAS BEEN OUR, OUR TRAINING OFFICER AND, AND HOLDS DOWN THE FORT WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY POLICING AS WELL.
UM, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, WE USE TRAFFIC A LOT FOR THAT.
WE DO DAYCARES AND GO BY AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS.
I KNOW WE GAVE A COUPLE TO SOME BUSINESSES AS WELL.
UH, OF COURSE WE DO OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, WHICH HAD TRIED TO RAIN ON US AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AFTER THE SUN CAME OUT AND HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, OF COURSE THE BLUE SANTA PROGRAM.
UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, I KNOW YOU'LL SEE IN THERE.
BRIAN, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF BRIAN, SIDE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, SAID IT WAS AN UNEVENTFUL YEAR, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THERE WEREN'T STORMS. UH, BUT I THINK HE DESERVES SPECIAL REC RECOGNITION FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HE DOES.
UH, 'CAUSE ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE EVENTS, HE STAYED BUSY.
HE'S DONE A GREAT, HE'S MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES WITH, UH, WRITING GRANTS THIS YEAR FOR DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT AND NEEDS, BOTH FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY.
UM, THE TRAINING HE DOES FOR THE PD FOR THE CITY, FOR OUTSIDE SOURCES, UH, HE STILL RUNS THE STEER PROGRAM AND A GREAT NUMBER OF THINGS THAT, UH, REALLY TOO MANY TO LIST TONIGHT.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU PROBABLY GET TIRED OF HEARING ME.
BUT, UH, UM, HE, HE'S, HE'S DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB.
I, AND I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A POINT TO RECOGNIZE, AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD THE SAME FROM A LOT OF FOLKS ON, UH, ON COUNCIL AS WELL.
BUT, UH, HE DESERVES THAT RECOGNITION.
HE WORKS VERY, VERY HARD, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, OF COURSE, HAVING SOME LEADERSHIP, SOME OTHER LEADERSHIP IN THAT POSITIONS HELPED UPON AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO AT SOME POINT, UH, GETTING OUR ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING BUILT.
UH, BUT LIEUTENANT, UH, NASRA HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN ESTABLISHING SOME SOPS, UH, OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THAT GROUP.
HE'S ALSO, OF COURSE, UM, KIND OF CONSTRUCTED A SHELTER BOARD, UH, FOR WHICH WE, WE HAVE ONE NOW FOR THE TRAILER.
BUT, UH, KIND OF THE SAME THING GOING FORWARD WITH, WITH THE NEW BUILDING WHEN WE GET READY FOR THAT.
UM, AND I THINK AS FAR AS MAJOR THINGS TO THE COMMENT ON, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN THINK OF.
BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW UPS WITH THAT? NO, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY, ONE THING I SAW IS 63 GRAMS OF FENTANYL.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT JUST TO PUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S 630,000 REGULAR DOSES.
FENTANYL'S USUALLY DOSED IN MICROGRAMS, SO THAT'S 630,000 HUNDRED MICROGRAM DOSES.
UM, THAT'S IN THOSE 63 GRAMS. SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FENTANYL.
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DON'T RECOGNIZE HOW THAT'S NORMALLY DOSED, I THINK.AND IN THE REPRESENTATION IN THE REPORT, OF COURSE, THE BUBBLE, THE LARGER THE NUMBER, THE BIGGER THE CIRCLE.
UH, IT, IT, UH, FENTANYL DOESN'T NEED A BIG CIRCLE.
IT DOESN'T, IT'S SO DANGEROUS AND POTENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE TO IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER AT IT.
UH, I WISH THAT WASN'T THE CASE, BUT IT IS.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE SAVED LIVES, UH, DOING IT.
BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM.
AND I THINK WE'RE NOT UNIQUE, UH, FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.
LEMME, I ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, NARCANS NOT ON EACH, IN EACH PATROL CAR OR, OR AVAILABLE FOR THE OFFICERS WHILE THEY'RE OUT.
SERGEANT SAM MONGAN TAKES CARE OF.
AND DO YOU REMEMBER THE SUPPLIER? YEAH.
AND THEY'RE PRETTY REGULAR ABOUT STATE FUNDED? YES.
AND THE FLOCK CAMERAS WE HAVE, WE STILL JUST HAVE THE ORIGINAL, OR WE HAVE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONES THAT, UH, NORTHWOOD.
DO WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY BEYOND THAT? NO ONE ELSE ON A, ON A PRIVATE SIDE, UH, HAS, HAS DONE THAT.
I STILL THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF HOSTING.
UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, NORTHWOOD COULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
UH, BUT ANY BUSINESS OWNER THAT CHOOSES TO DO A VIDEO SYSTEM COULD PUT ONE UP.
UH, BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT MORE UP.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADVANTAGE IN A LOT OF THE PARKS WHERE WE SEE SO MUCH TRAFFIC IN AND OUT AND WE HAVE ISSUES AT TIMES WOULD BE HELPFUL.
JUST RECENTLY PUT SOME UP, LOWE'S HAD THOSE LITTLE CARTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.
THEY'RE, NO, THEY'RE JUST, I THINK THEY'RE JUST VIDEO.
THEY'RE NOT FLOCKED, BUT THEY'RE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST APPROVED TO GET FOR LIKE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHTS, CORRECT.
AND WE SIGNED, UH, REQUESTED, UH, ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION AS WELL IS, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS ON, ON LIKE A PORTABLE TYPE SYSTEM TO WHERE IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST MOVE IT IN THERE AND, AND, UH, CHANGE LOCATIONS FOR I REALLY DON'T.
UH, I KNOW FOR US, IF WE CHOOSE TO CHANGE LOCATIONS, THERE'S A FEE IN THAT.
THEY'RE KIND OF A, UM, STATIC TYPE SYSTEM.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR, UH, ON THE PERSONNEL STUFF.
YOU SHOWED SIX RESERVE OFFICERS.
SO WE, WE, WE WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH RESERVE OFFICERS, IS THAT CORRECT OR? YES, THEY, UH, OPERATING, SO THEY COME IN, IT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
UH, WE CALL IN, IF OUR SHIFT WAS SHORT, WE'D CALL IN A FULL-TIME PERSON.
BUT WE CERTAINLY ENJOY THEIR SUPPORT WHEN THEY'RE OUT.
BEST PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE HAD.
ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF.
NO, JUST, UH, ONE SUGGESTION THAT I KNOW YOU SPEND A LOT OF HOURS IN TRAINING.
IF WE COULD SEE A COMPARISON OF PAST YEARS VERSUS AS IT HAS EVOLVED FROM, YOU KNOW, PRE COVID TO NOW EACH YEAR, UH, TO JUST KIND OF LET US SEE THAT NOW WE SEE HOW IT'S INCREASED, I'M SURE IT HAS WITH ALL THOSE, UH, HAPPENINGS IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
AND CERTAINLY TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AS A COMPARISON FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
UH, TRAINING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S SO VAST WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, TO BREAK IT UP IN PIECES THAT'S DIGESTIBLE.
UH, I ALWAYS LIKE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PIECE BY PIECE COURSE BY COURSE.
UH, IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT TO LAY THAT OUT WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE.
UH, BUT I CERTAINLY THINK THERE'S VALUE IN YEAR TO YEAR.
THE TOTAL NUMBER IS NOT LOOKING FOR BREAKDOWN FOR A PARTICULAR TRAINING.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST ONE MORE THING.
I'M NOTICING THE FALSE ALARMS VERSUS THAT'S A PRETTY HUGE NUMBER.
AND FALSE ALARMS. IS THERE ANYTHING BEING DONE? BECAUSE THAT TAKES UP RESOURCES PROBABLY AS SIGNIFICANT AS IS THE NUMBER OF, UH, REAL ALARMS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST IT'S BEEN, WHAT WAS IT? SIX? YEAH.
DOES LAKE JACKSON CHARGE? I KNOW.
SO WE JUST OPENED A BUSINESS IN ANGLETON AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE AN ALARM SYSTEM THAT'S TIED TO PD, IT'S LIKE $25 A YEAR.
DO WE DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NONE.
NONE OF THEM ARE TIED DIRECTLY INTO THE PD ANYMORE.
BUT IF THEY'RE MONITORED AND YOU'LL CALL US, UH, YOU HAVE TO, THERE'S AN ANNUAL FEE, UH, REGISTRATION FEE FOR THAT.
AND THEN IF THERE'S A FALSE ALARM, YOU GET A COUPLE OF, OKAY.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH REPEATED FALSE ALARMS DEAL WITH THE RACCOONS.
I MEAN IT'S GREAT THAT A LOT OF 'EM ARE FALSE.
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THE OTHER PART ABOUT ALARMS, YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED ALARMS, AT LEAST RESIDENTIALS, IS GOES, IS GOING DOWN.UH, AND I THINK THAT THE EXPLANATION FOR THAT IS YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING, BUYING THESE, UH, HOME SYSTEMS THAT THEY CAN PUT IN, SELF MONITOR THEMSELVES AND SELF MONITOR.
IT'S NOTIFIED DIRECTLY TO THEIR PHONE AND THEY CAN CALL THE POLICE.
HAVE THIS HELPED Y'ALL? THE, THE INCREASE OF THE RING CAMERAS JUST BY PRIVATE SYSTEM? OH YEAH.
THAT'S, THOSE, THOSE BREADCRUMBS I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I MEAN, EVEN TODAY, DAILY, I MEAN OUR OFFICERS ARE, ARE TRAINED NOW.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH, BUT WHEN THEY GO TO TAKE A REPORT, UH, IT'S JUST AUTOMATIC.
THEY'RE GONNA WALK DOWN THE STREET AFTERWARDS AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE CORNERS AND THEY'RE GONNA KNOCK ON DOORS AND, HEY, DID SOMETHING HAPPENED? COULD YOU HANG ON TO THAT? AND, UH, IT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO NOW, CELL PHONES AND CAMERAS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH SUCCESS AS WELL.
AND HAVING PERSONNEL THAT KNOW HOW TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, DO THE WORK CERTAIN.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, VISITOR COMMENTS.
THIS IS WHERE IT GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR VISITORS, UH, THAT ATTEND AT THE MEETING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS COUNSEL ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE, THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ITEM IS DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, EITHER CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY NEED TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? ALRIGHT, NOT HEARING ANY.
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ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.CONSENT AGENDA, APPROVE, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 15TH, 2024.
ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COM.
WE MOVE TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF YAK.
GRADUATING SENIOR MEMBER, UH, LYDIA PEREZ AND APPOINT LIBERTY SLADE AND LOLA, UH, KOHLER, UM, AS NEW YAK MEMBERS FOR THE NEW TERM.
STARTING, UH, MAY 1ST, 2024 TO APRIL 30TH, 2025.
AMENDING THE UTILITY CIP FUND, UH, FOR THE WATER MASTER PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000 AND THE WASTE WATER MASTER PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $276,000.
ITEM FIVE, APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 8 4, UH, FOR NO PARKING AND NO LOADING OR UNLOADING SIGNS AT BRANDON ELEMENTARY.
SECOND READING, UH, ITEM SIX IS APPROVED.
UH, ESTABLISHING SCHOOL ZONES FOR ONLY, UH, THE STREETS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO ELIZABETH NAY ELEMENTARY.
ITEM SEVEN IS, UH, CDBG UH, CONTRACT FOR SPOT REPAIR PANEL REPLACEMENT TO MATULA MA AND MATULA CONSTRUCTION, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $281,291 AND 80 CENTS.
UH, CIRCLE WAY STREET CLOSURES FOR THE FOLLOWING.
UH, 2024 EVENTS, THE CONCERT SERIES, INDEPENDENCE DAY, UH, OUR LADY, QUEEN OF PEACE, FALL FESTIVAL, FESTIVAL, LIGHTS, TREE LIGHTING, PAJAMA PARTY AND FESTIVAL, LIGHT FESTIVAL.
IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT TO DISCUSS FURTHER, UH, HEARING? SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THE FEE, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN HANYA.
YOU HEARING US GOOD? JB YOU HEARING US? NO, YOU'RE BREAKING UP.
[1. Discuss and consider a request to allow and regulate short-term rentals in the city. – Shane Orbase]
TO, UH, REGULAR AGENDA.WE HAVE ITEM ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO ALLOW AND REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THE CITY.
UM, YOU WANNA START US OUT ON THIS AND MR. UH, YES.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, MR. ES WOULD, UH, COMMAND WE HAD, UH, REACHED OUT TO HIM.
I THINK WE FOUND, UH, UH, THAT HE WAS OPERATING A, UM, AIRBNB AND OUR STAFF NOTIFIED HIM THAT, UH, HE COULDN'T.
I THINK THE OTHER ADVISEMENT WAS
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YOU CAN OPERATE AN AIRBNB IN, IN THERE.IF IT'S 30, IF IT'S MORE THAN 30 DAYS, 30 MORE THAN 30 DAYS, ANYTHING UNDER 30, WE, UH, DO NOT ALLOW IT.
WE CONSIDER IT A TRANSITORY USE LIKE A HOTEL.
AND AS I, I THINK THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER THAT WAS WRITTEN OR BEING WRITTEN, UM, THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT ALWAYS OUR ZOIA ORDER IS BY PRESCRIPTION.
AND SO IF WE SAY THAT IT, WHAT WE LIST THERE, THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED.
AND FOR US RIGHT NOW IN OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONES, WE DON'T LIST A HOTEL OR, OR ANYTHING DEFINED AS A HOTEL OR RUNNING A BUSINESS.
AND WE CONSIDER AIRBNB A, A BUSINESS UNDER 30 DAYS.
AND SO WE NOTIFIED MR. OBES THAT, AND HE WANTED TO COME TO COUNCIL AND ASK FOR CONSIDERATION OF A CHANGE OF THE ORDINANCE.
UM, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR AIRBNB AND OUR WONDERFUL CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
AS WE CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL IS CRUCIAL TO EXAMINE THE MYRIAD OF BENEFITS THAT SUCH AN INITIATIVE CAN BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET'S ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC ASPECT.
INTRODUCING AIRBNB INTO LAKE JACKSON HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE FOR OUR CITY BY WELCOMING VISITORS FROM FAR AND WIDE, WE CAN INCREASE SALES TAX REVENUE THROUGH THE PURCHASES MADE BY THESE TOURISTS AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE OCCUPANCY TAXES COLLECTED FROM AIRBNB RENTALS CAN CONTINUE, UH, TO, CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY'S BUDGET, FUNDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS BEYOND THE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES.
EMBRACING AIRBNB ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
BY OPENING OUR DOORS TO TRAVELERS SEEKING ACCOMMODATION, WE NOT ONLY SHOWCASE OUR HOSPITALITY, BUT ALSO CELEBRATE THE RICH TAPESTRY OF CULTURES THAT MAKE LAKE JACKSON UNIQUE.
THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH VISITORS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, WE PROMOTE CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION, ENRICHING THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.
FURTHERMORE, AIRBNB PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE CHARM AND CHARACTER OF LAKE JACKSON TO THE WORLD BY LISTING LOCAL PROPERTIES ON THE PLATFORM.
WE INVITE TRAVELERS TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY FIRSTHAND, FROM OUR PICTURES, PARKS, TO OUR VIBRANT DOWNTOWN SCENE.
THIS EXPOSURE NOT ONLY ATTRACTS TOURISTS, BUT ALSO POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES STIMULATING FURTHER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
LET'S ALSO CONSIDER THE BENEFITS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
MANY HOMEOWNERS IN LAKE JACKSON MAY FIND AIRBNB A VALUABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME, ESPECIALLY IN CHALLENGING ECONOMIC TIMES.
BY RENTING OUT SPARE ROOMS OR PROPERTIES, THEY CAN GENERATE EXTRA REVENUE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, INVEST IN HOME IMPROVEMENTS, OR PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS.
IN CONCLUSION, THE INTRODUCTION OF AIRBNB AND LAKE JACKSON REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
BY EMBRACING THIS INITIATIVE, WE CAN POSITION OUR CITY AS A WELCOMING DESTINATION FOR TRAVELERS, WHILE ALSO BENEFITING OUR RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL AND WORK TOWARDS REALIZING THE IMMENSE POTENTIAL THAT AIRBNB HOLDS FOR OUR BELOVED LAKE JACKSON.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WA IT WASN'T LEGAL, SO I DID IT, YOU KNOW IT, AT, I HAVE A HOUSE ON HUCKLEBERRY, AND IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
LIKE, SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE COMING DOWN HERE, BUT MAINLY THEY WERE COMING TO SURFSIDE, YOU KNOW, TO THE BEACH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE A HOUSE THAT WAS LIKE A THIRD, THE PRICE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, CAN AFFORD LIKE, YOU KNOW, $3,000 FOR A WEEKEND, BUT THERE WAS JUST SO MANY COMMENTS OF HOW PEOPLE LOVE THE, THE TOWN.
LIKE IT WAS, UH, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED, LIKE WE, WE HAD PEOPLE FROM LIKE, FROM CHICAGO, ARIZONA, LIKE FAR, LIKE I DIDN'T THINK PEOPLE CAME FROM THAT FAR DOWN HERE TO THE COAST, UH, TO SURFSIDE.
AND THEY, THEY ENJOYED IT AND THEY LOVED THE CITY.
AND WE, WE NEVER ONCE HAD ANY ISSUES OR ANY COMPLAINTS OR ANYTHING.
UM, AND THE LADY NEXT DOOR TO ME WAS DOING THE SAME THING AND, AND THE SAME THING WITH HER.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I, I HAD THE IDEA.
'CAUSE I SAW THAT SHE WAS DOING IT.
AND UH, I DECIDED TO DO IT TOO.
'CAUSE I MEAN, SHE WAS DOING VERY WELL WITH IT.
SO, MR. BASE, DO YOU LIVE IN LAKE JACKSON? YES.
AND, UM, UM, WE HAVE THE HOUSE IN, UM, HUCKLEBERRY THAT WE AIRBNB.
AND HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN OPERATING AS AN AIRBNB? UH, A YEAR.
WE MADE EXACTLY WHEN, LIKE FROM MAY, IT WAS EXACTLY A YEAR, BUT THEN I, YOU KNOW, I, I GOT HOME AND I SAW THE STICKER OF THE VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE.
I MEAN, I WANT TO DO IT LEGALLY.
OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY TROUBLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THERE WASN'T ANY TROUBLE.
I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY, I GUESS THEY LOOKED IT UP AND THEY JUST SAW IT LISTED.
UH, AND I THINK THEY'RE STILL LISTED, BUT I MEAN, IT WASN'T WORTH GETTING IN TROUBLE OVER, BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY MY, MY PART.
SO HOW MUCH, UH, TAX HAVE YOU PAID IN LAST YEAR? UH, FOR THE, THE CITY? YEAH.
THEY, THEY WEREN'T, I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM BECAUSE AIRBNB USUALLY COLLECTS THE TAXES ON OUR BEHALF TO THE CITY.
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SINCE I GUESS IT WASN'T REGISTERED.I MEAN, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS ALSO.
MM-HMM,
SO, AND I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT, THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT ZONED FOR BUSINESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
DAVE, YOU CAN HAVE, UM, A BUSINESS IN YOUR HOME IF IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SINGLE FAMILY.
SO A FAMILY OR A PERSON CAN HAVE A BUSINESS IN THEIR HOME.
IF THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSE, THEY CAN RUN AN ETSY ACCOUNT OR SOMETHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I WAS THINKING I HAD A, A, A, A QUESTION.
UH, SO THIS IS A HOUSE THAT YOU DON'T LIVE IN NOW.
DID, DID YOU BUY THIS HOUSE TO DO RENTAL SERVICE ORIGINALLY OR NO.
UH, AND THEN, UM, I JUST RENTED IT OUT LIKE LONG TERM FOR A YEAR.
UH, BUT I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, I'M AN, I'M A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR, SO I'VE GOT LIKE BEACH HOUSES AND OTHER HOUSES AROUND.
UH, SO I FIGURED WHEN, BEFORE THE RATES STARTED RISING, LIKE THEY DID, WHICH THEY ENDED UP HAPPENING, I ENDED UP GRABBING AS MUCH REAL ESTATE AS I COULD.
BUT ONE OF THEM, WE HAD TO MOVE INTO
AND EVERY PLACE I'VE DONE IN AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THEY, THEY RESTRICT YOU TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
IT DOESN'T FILL THE STREET UP WITH VEHICLES.
AND IT ALSO KEEPS YOU FROM HAVING THE PROBLEM OF A WEEKEND PARTY.
AND SO DO, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT KINDA RESTRICTIONS DO YOU PUT ON YOU? OKAY.
UH, AIRBNB, UH, POLICY, NO PARTIES ALLOWED FOR ANY AIRBNB, BUT WE DO STRESS THAT, LIKE, ON OUR LISTING, LIKE NO PARTIES ALLOWED.
AND, UH, THERE'VE BEEN TIMES WHERE LIKE WE HAVE CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT HAS A POOL IN THE BACK, AND I'VE SEEN WHERE IF IT WAS GETTING ROWDY, THEN I WOULD CALL THE, THE PEOPLE AND TELL 'EM TO TONE IT DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT.
BUT HERE AGAIN, THE, THE LOTS ARE SO BIG THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO BE PRETTY LOUD TO, TO BOTHER SOMEBODY.
BUT YEAH, THE, UH, THERE AIRBNB DOESN'T ALLOW PARTIES AT ALL.
AND THEY ALSO SCREEN ALL THE POTENTIAL, UH, PEOPLE THAT COME IN.
THEY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AIRBNB SCREENING PROCESS.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE, NOT JUST SOME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH, UH, QUESTIONABLE BACKGROUNDS JUST COMING IN.
SO WHENEVER YOU BECOME A PART OF AIRBNB MM-HMM.
SO YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR LICENSE AND THEN THEY, UH, I GUESS SOMEHOW GO INTO YOUR, UH, INTO YOUR BACKGROUND AND LOOK FOR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.
UH, I'VE KNOWN PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY CUSTOMERS OF AIRBNB, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF FELONY, THEY, THEY BOOT YOU OUT.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS IT, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT AIRBNB DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU, UH, BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR BUSINESS TO VERIFY THAT A CITY ALLOWS AIRBNB? NO, THEY DIDN'T.
UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, I DON'T
THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE I EVER DID.
THEY REALLY DIDN'T, I GUESS IT'S THE ONUS WOULD BE ON THE, ON THE PEOPLE PUTTING IT ON AND, YOU KNOW.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? QUESTION? AND YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR A YEAR? IT WAS A YEAR.
I, I HAD A FEW, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT I HAD TO JUST GET THROUGH AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
BUT NOBODY CAN BOOK IT ANYMORE.
IT'S, IT'S OFF THE PLATFORM, BUT I, I HAD TO FINISH 'EM OUT BECAUSE IF I CANCEL 'EM, UM, THEY'LL HARM MY OTHER AIRBNBS.
OH, WE UNDER, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO, IF THIS IS NOT AIRBNB, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO USE THAT PRICE? YOU KNOW, I PUT IT ON, UH, FOR LONG TERM RENTAL, AND I HAD SO MANY, LIKE, I PROBABLY HAD IT TOO CHEAP.
I HAD SOME, IT WAS A BIG, BIG NEED FOR IT.
I HAD A, LIKE, PROBABLY LIKE WITHIN A WEEK I HAD LIKE EIGHT APPLICANTS AND THEY WERE ALL WORTHY APPLICANTS.
I JUST TOLD THEM, I'M JUST GONNA PICK A NAME OUTTA THE HAT, YOU KNOW? AND I, I WAS UPFRONT WITH 'EM, BUT YEAH.
WELL, THE FEW PEOPLE I TALKED TO, AND SOME OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF 'EM ARE PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND SOME OF 'EM ARE EVEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND, UH, THE, THE CONCERN THAT, THAT I GOT BACK FROM PEOPLE WAS, IS THAT, UH, IT'S ONE THING IF YOU HAVE A LONG-TERM RENTAL HOME NEXT DOOR TO YOU, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE AT LEAST A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR SOMETHING.
BUT THEIR CONCERN IS, IS WHENEVER YOU HAVE PEOPLE JUST COMING AND GOING EVERY, YOU
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KNOW, EVERY WEEKEND OR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT JUST STARTED RAISING CONCERNS FOR 'EM.AND SOME, SOME PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I, I STARTED TALKING TO 'EM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, BECAUSE THEY, THEY RUN INTO THE PARTY ISSUE.
AND EVEN THOUGH AIRBNB, WELL, WE SEE IT ON THE NEWS ALL THE TIME, IS AIRBNB HAS A POLICY THAT STILL HAPPENS.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HURT, OR EITHER PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT GOT HURT OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT HURT AND STUFF, AND AIRBNB SAID, WELL, WE SHUT 'EM DOWN.
WELL, OKAY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHENEVER I BOUNCED OFF PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WAS THEIR CONCERNS.
AND, UH, SO THEY, THEY START, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR INVESTMENT THEY MADE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THEY START RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
MAY I GET IT? THAT'S THE FEEDBACK I GOT.
I HEARD SAME CONCERNS AS WELL BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE WHO, UH, LIVE IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY EXPECTED WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY, THEY EXPECTED IT TO BE A CERTAIN MM-HMM.
AND THEY WOULD PREFER, WOULD NOT PREFER TO HAVE AIRBNB, AIRBNB NEXT TO THEM OR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF REVENUE LEFT ON THE TABLE THOUGH, RIGHT.
JUST, I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE REALLY, WE MADE A LOT OF MONEY THERE.
IT WAS A TIME IN THAT PAST YEAR.
I WOULD HAVE, I'D BE, I'D BE MORE HAPPY WHAT REVENUE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
NO, I WOULD BE MORE HAPPY THAN HAPPY.
LIKE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF MARGIN TO BE TAXED IN ORDER TO LET THIS, YOU KNOW, FLY.
I'M, YOU KNOW, THAT WELL, PART, I'M PART OF REVENUE, PART OF REVENUE IS JUST LIKE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ASSETS THAT WE BRING THAT WE BUILD THOSE ASSETS TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND SPEND MONEY IN THE CITY.
AND SO YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY OF REVENUE IS FOR THE CITY IS THAT YOU BRING PEOPLE IN, THEY GO DOWN TO HEB, THEY BUY STUFF OR WHATEVER BEFORE THEY GO TO THE BEACH TYPE STUFF, THAT'S FOR SURE.
CHASE, YOU HAD SOMETHING? I'M JUST, UH, MY 2 CENTS FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
I SEE THE SIDE OF THE CONCERN, BUT I ALSO, LIKE I TOLD RHONDA, I'M ALSO A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR, I HATE THE GOVERNMENT TELLING YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR PROPERTY.
LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT, THEN I JUST, I HATE THAT THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU YOU CAN'T.
I MEAN, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA DESTROY LIKE THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY I LIVE HERE.
YOU KNOW, I LIVE, I LIVE HERE TOO.
I WOULDN'T WANNA LIVE NEXT TO, YOU KNOW, UH, CRIME, YOU KNOW, BUT I GET IT ON BOTH SIDES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, NO, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THAT YOU'VE TRIED TO DO THIS CORRECTLY AND YOU'VE TRIED TO MONITOR YOUR PROPERTY AND, AND DO ALL THAT.
IF EVERY BUSINESS OWNER, UH, TOOK THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR, THEIR BUSINESSES THAT BE SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. SO WELL DONE.
AND I ASSUME SURFSIDE ALLOWS AIRBNB.
THAT'S HOW, HOW THEY WHAT ABOUT LIKE, FREEPORT INCLUDE OTHER NEARBY? THEY DO HAVE, UH, UH, FREEPORT HAS 'EM EVERY, UH, ANGLETON AND STUFF, BUT, UM, NOT AS MANY, BUT THEY DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ALLOW IT.
THEY'RE NOT CRACKING DOWN ON 'EM.
YOU KNOW, BUT SURFSIDE ALLOWS.
OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MOST OF THOSE THERE ARE ALL AIRBNBS.
OH, SURF SIDE'S MORE OF A RESORT COMMUNITY.
SOME, UH, THAT LIVE CONSTANTLY, BUT YEAH.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS COUNCIL? UH, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT WE WANNA TAKE ON THIS REQUEST? GREAT.
THANK, UM, I WANNA SEE IF I DID ANYTHING ON THIS, SIR.
I WOULD JUST MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE NO CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SETH AND I HEAR A SECOND, A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN, UH, HANYA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.
YOU HAVE ONE OPPOSED? WHAT ABOUT JB? OH, YOU WHAT? OH, JB I'M SORRY.
HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING COUNSEL.
ALL OF US OR JUST, UH, OBVIOUSLY HE CAN'T HEAR ME.
I COULDN'T HEAR ANYBODY WHEN I WAS ON IT.
WELL, SOMEBODY STAND UP THE MIC UP, UP HERE.
UH, HE CAN HEAR HE WAS HEARING FINE OF DOWN.
STAND UP THERE AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET JB TO RESPOND.
SO JUST, YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU MOVE.
WE JUST DID A VOTE ON A MOTION NOT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
AND SO AS IT STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE HERE, IT WAS, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, UH, FOR, FOR THE MOTION OF NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES
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IN ONE OPPOSED, WHAT IS YOUR VOTE ON THIS SIDE? NOT MAKING ANY CHANGE.YOUR VOTE IS FOR NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES, IS THAT CORRECT? Y OKAY.
I WONDER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I CAN, I CAN HEAR A LOT BETTER WHEN AT THE PODIUM.
THANK, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING AND STATING YOUR SIDE.
[2. Present the Lake Jackson Volunteer Fire Department Pilot Duty Crew Program Policy. – Chief Harvey]
TWO IS TO PRESENT THE LAKE JACKSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT PILOT, UH, DUTY CREW PROGRAM POLICY, UH, CHIEF AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, CHIEF'S FOLLOW UP TO US OF OUR REQUEST OF SEEING THIS POLICY ONCE IT'S WRITTEN.GOOD AFTERNOON AND EVENING EVERYBODY.
I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY GOT THIS IN THEIR PACKET.
SO IS THERE ANY REASON FOR ME TO READ THROUGH THE SOG? UH, IF YOU JUST GO OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
THAT IT'S LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
THIS EXAMPLE, EVERYTHING IN THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE DESIGNED THIS FOR WAS LIKE, I REQUESTED TO HAVE FOUR PERSONNEL PER 12 HOUR SHIFTS TO MANNY APPARAT TO GET ON A ROAD GUARANTEED TRUCK.
RIGHT? SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS I'LL JUST BREAK IT DOWN TO THE, UH, THE EIGHT ITEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
RIGHT? THERE'LL BE TWO 12 HOUR SHIFTS, ZERO 600 FROM 1800 AND 1800 TO ZERO, 600 FOR FOUR POSITIONS, THERE'LL BE A SIGNUP FOR AND TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESPONDING TO THE STATION DURING YOUR SPECIFIC 12 HOUR PERIOD.
MONITORED BY THE SCHEDULER, WHOM AT THIS TIME WE ARE CAPTAIN TAYLOR.
THIS WILL BE FOUR POSITIONS PER SHIFT.
ALL MEMBERS MUST BE DRIVER OPERATORS FOR ALL APPARATUS AND INTERIOR QUALIFIED.
SO THERE'S NO INDICATION ANYWHERE.
SO, SO FAR THAT THERE'S ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR SIGNING UP OR NOT SIGNING UP.
THIS IS A STRICTLY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
THIS IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE MOVING FORWARD AND IT, AND AGAIN YOU HAVE IT, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE INTERIOR QUALIFIED.
SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR THE VOLUNTEERS ARE INTERIOR QUALIFIED AND WHAT I'LL CALL IT CURRENTLY ABOUT 65%.
SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME YOU COULD BE CALLED FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY.
SO WHAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN FOR DRIVER OPERATOR AS WELL AS INTERIOR, THAT KIND OF COVERS THE CONFINES OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNICAL RESCUES.
JAWS OF LIFE, EXTRICATIONS FROM VEHICLES, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
RIGHT? BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF YOUR ROLLING STOCK, IE OR ENGINE TOWER, LADDER, TANK OR RESCUE, THEY NEED TO BE QUALIFIED TO DRIVE ALL OF THEM.
'CAUSE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, ANY ONE OF THOSE PIECES, BASED ON THE OTHER EXISTING SOGS AND THE, THE WAY THE APPARATUS ROLLS OUT AT THE STATION, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE QUALIFIED TO DRIVE THAT.
UM, THERE, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.
I MAY BE ON A CREW FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING, I MAY BE FALLING, ILL, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET A BED.
I MAY BE IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE WAY TO THE STATION.
RIGHT? SO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE, WE CAN'T FILL A ROLE WITH A SPECIFIC OPERATOR SAYING, I'M GONNA DRIVE THAT DAY WHO MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW UP.
RIGHT? SO I NEED TO COVER ALL THE BASES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL FOUR POSITIONS CAN DO ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE FIRE, WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THE, THE POSITIONS, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO ON APPARATUS, I MEAN, AGAIN, I'M NOT A FIREFIGHTER.
I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN Y'ALL DO GREAT STUFF.
IS THAT, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHENEVER IT IS TONED OUT? WHAT APPARATUS ROLES? IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER IT'S LOCAL ALARM, RIGHT? AS THE FIRE POLICE CHIEF, WE, WE, WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, RIGHT? IF WE'VE HAD THREE INSTANCES THAT GO TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE LAST THREE DAYS, RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD BE THE QUINT OR LADDER 40, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA GO TO A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE OR COMMERCIAL ALARM AT THE MALL, THAT'S GONNA BE THE TOWER TRUCK.
IF WE'RE GOING TO A CAR FIRE, THAT'S GONNA BE THE ENGINE.
RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION OF WHAT, WHAT GOES OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL AID CALLS, THEY MAY CALL FOR THE TANKER.
SO THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF HOW TO OPERATE THE TANKER, RIGHT? IT DEPENDS ON WHATEVER ELSE IS GOING ON.
CHIEF, UH, ON THE, IF THE DUTY PROGRAM WORKED LIKE IT'S PLANNED AND YOU HAD FOUR THERE ON DUTY, THAT STILL DOESN'T PREVENT ANY OTHER FIREFIGHTER TO, TO GO OUT, SO, OR IS THERE A SECONDARY CALL THAT, THAT THERE WE NEED AID OR WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK? NO.
SO CURRENTLY THE STANDARD AND EXPECTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT IS AT LEAST YOU'RE ROLLING TWO.
SO EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING ON FOR IS TYPICALLY WITH ALARM SYSTEMS, WE'RE DOING AN ENGINE AND A LADDER AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ADVISED TO, TO ROLL IT UNTIL THEY'RE NOT TO RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS FOR ACCIDENTS.
YOU HAVE THE PRIMARY IS YOUR RESCUE TRUCK ENGINE'S SECONDARY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, ODOR GAS INSIDE A A RESIDENCE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE ENGINE AND THE LADDER AS A SECONDARY.
SO THEY'RE ALWAYS ROLLING TWO PIECES, AND I BELIEVE IT'S IDENTIFIED IN HERE, IS ALL PERSONNEL ARE NOT YOU, YOU RESPOND AS NORMAL.
WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT PRECLUDING THEM FROM THEIR PAPER CALL.
THEY GET IN THEIR GEAR, THEY GET ON THE TRUCK AND THEY ROLL UNTIL THEY'RE TOLD NOT TO.
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OKAY.BASED ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE SCENE, AGAIN IN EDUCATION FOR US A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHEN YOU SAY INTERIOR QUALIFIED, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WHO SETS THOSE STANDARDS? S-F-F-M-A.
THEY DO, THERE'S A SET OF STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRAINING.
LIKE A PHYSICAL, THAT SORT OF THING.
AIR PACKS, UH, THE PHYSICAL IS PART OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, IT'S BEEN RECENTLY REDUCED TO A VOLUNTARY, UH, PROCESS THROUGH THE YEAR.
UH, BUT YOU GO THROUGH AN S-F-F-M-A PROCESS, THERE'S A CERTIFICATION, YOU HAVE PRACTICAL AND DIDACTIC TESTING, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO BURNS TO BE ABLE TO GET QUALIFIED INTERIOR BURNS AT THE FIRE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT FINAL APPROVAL OR CERTIFICATION SO THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LIKE A PHYSICAL, LIKE A PHYSICAL, YES, YOU'RE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO GO DO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, CAN YOU CARRY THIS MUCH WEIGHT? CAN YOU DO, I MEAN THOSE ARE, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE EXPECTATION OF THE POSITION.
SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DON TURN OUT GEAR, PUT ON AN SCBA, CARRY THE NECESSARY, UH, HAND TOOLS, CHAINSAWS, WHATEVER ELSE IT IS, THROW GROUND, LADDER.
YOU DO NEED TO HAVE SOME SET OF PHYSICAL ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THIS FUNCTION.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OSHA, YOU, YOU HAVE PLANS TO BRING OSHA REQUIREMENTS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHAT I HAD SENT YOU PREVIOUSLY IS OSHA NINETEEN TEN ONE FIFTY SIX.
THERE'S GONNA BE A PRETTY MUCH A SIGNIFICANT REVAMP TO BOTH PRIVATE INDUSTRY FIRE SERVICE, TYPICALLY TO WHAT YOU SEE IN ENDOW EMERGENCY SERVICES TO MUNICIPALITIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH MAY OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONTENTION INTO WHAT HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT FROM WHAT YOU SENT ME WAS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS WITH PHYSICALS WITH HOW, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONSES ARE PLANNED AND THEN AFFECTED.
SO IT'S A, IT'S, UH, OVERDUE IN 20 YEARS FOR A REVAMP THAT OSHA HAS NOW DECIDED TO PULL THAT IN.
BUT WHAT OSHA HAS DONE, IT HAS REACHED OUT TO THE NFPA STANDARDS AND THERE'S A DOZEN OR MORE IN THERE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE LIFE SAFETY STANDARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO THE MEDICAL 1581 STANDARD.
YOU'RE GOING TO INTERIOR ATTACK STANDARD, YOU'RE GOING TO OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A SIGNIFICANT REVAMP THAT GOES ON.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONABLE ANTICS THAT ARE GOING ON AS TO WHETHER THIS LEVEL OF FIRE SERVICE IS GONNA BE REQUIRED.
IS THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE GONNA BE REQUIRED? IS A FED OSHA STATE GONNA BE REQUIRED? IS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, STATE, BUT CURRENTLY O AS AS IT IS, WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DEAL WITH OSHA.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, OSHA WILL BE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID IT RIGHT.
YEAH, YOU'LL HAVE MORE HELP THAN YOU EVER WANTED.
THEY'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.
SO, UM, APPARATUS REQUIRED FOR PER DISPATCH EMERGENCY FOLLOWING LG LV LJ VFDS SOGS IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BASED ON WHATEVER THE TYPE OF CALL IS, THAT'S THE TRUCK THAT YOU TAKE TO THE SCENE.
ALRIGHT? UM, REQUIRES MEMBERS RUNNING THE, THE DUTY CREW TO BE WELL VERSED AND QUALIFIED IN ALL APPARATUS.
THAT'S WHY I SAID THERE'S MULTIPLE PIECES IN STATION ONE.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO OPERATE 'EM.
THE DISPATCHED APPARATUS WILL BE ON AIR AND RESPONDING WITH EIGHT MINUTES OF DISPATCH.
ANY MISSED CALLS BY THE INDIVIDUAL IN ONE OF THE FOUR POSITIONS DURING A 12 HOUR DUTY CREW PERIOD WILL RESULT IN PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
THIS IS NOT OUTSIDE, THIS IS MORE LENIENT THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR BYLAWS AND CONSTITUTION.
SO THE FIRST MISS IS A VERBAL WARNING, UH, PLACED IN A FILE.
THE SECOND MISS IS A WRITTEN WARNING.
AND THEN THE THIRD MISS IS SUSPENSION FROM THE SIGNING UP FOR THE DUTY CREW FOR THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN FINALLY THE, UH, THE DUTY CREW COMPENSATION WILL BE $15 PER 12 HOUR SHIFT PER PERSON, PLUS THE STANDARD $15 PER CALL.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY BELOW RIGHT NOW THE, OUR RESPONSE TIME.
OUR RESPONSE TIME IS GREAT RIGHT NOW.
LIKE SEVEN MINUTES AND SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BELOW WHAT'S EXPECTED.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT STA UH, STATISTIC AND IT'S QUESTIONABLE.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SO HOW, WHAT PERCENT OF OUR CURRENT VOLUNTEER PERSONNEL WOULD QUALIFY FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE? ABOUT 65%.
'CAUSE CURRENTLY I HAVE, THERE'S DIFFERENT VARYS OF, OF MEMBERSHIP AND ALSO, UH, WITH TWO APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ON MY DESK CURRENTLY THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE PE AND SIGNED OFF.
AND, UH, OUR HR FOLKS TO, TO BRING THEM INTO THE THING.
WE HAVE ABOUT NINE FOLKS THAT HAVE JOINED IN THE LAST YEAR OR LAST SIX MONTHS.
SO TECHNICALLY I'VE GOT ABOUT 20 TO 24 PEOPLE.
WOULD YOU SAY JASON, THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO GO CURRENTLY, UH, FULLY VOTED IN MEMBERS THAT HAVE PASSED EVERYTHING IS 25 TO 29, GIVE OR TAKE.
SO 35% OF THE PAY WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS DUTY PROGRAM, CORRECT? RIGHT.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF IT IS THE PROBATIONARY FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T EVEN
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STARTED THE PROCESS.THEY'VE GOTTA GET THROUGH THEIR SIX MONTHS EVALUATION.
THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE OPERATIONS.
THEY HAVE TO GO GET THEIR CLASS B EXEMPT LICENSE.
THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF THINGS THAT THEY GET A PACKET FOR, UNDERSTANDING OUR BYLAWS, SOGS, CONSTITUTION, ET CETERA.
SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF 'EM.
SO, UH, FOUR PEOPLE ON A UNIT, FOUR PEOPLE, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY ARRIVE, THEY CAN, THEY CAN START ATTACKING THE FIRE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE.
IS THAT A REQUIRED TWO IN, TWO OUT.
SO, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DISPATCH FIRE, YOU'RE GONNA GET ENOUGH PEOPLE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THE CHIEFS THAT ARE RESPONDING AS WELL.
SORE GONNA AUTOMATICALLY REQUIRED IS TWO.
BUT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR FOUR HERE.
SO IF I TAKE, IF I HAVE TWO PEOPLE GO INTERIOR WITH A HOSE, I NEED TO HAVE TWO OUTSIDE ABLE, TWO OUTSIDE WATCHING.
BECAUSE TECHNICALLY IF YOU HAD TO, YOU COULD SET THE PUMP ON THE TRUCK.
ANY OTHER, THE DRIVER CAN CAN PACK OUT AND GO INSIDE AND PERFORM A RESCUE OR BACK UP RIGHT.
UNTIL THE NEXT ARRIVE APPARATUS GETS THERE.
SO DO THE TWO THAT, DO THEY SWAP AFTER SOME PERIOD OF TIME? OR, AND AN INTERIOR FIRE? YEAH, I GUESS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING TWO IN AND TWO OUT, LIKE CPR, YOU DO IT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SWAP OUT FOR GOOD QUALITY COMPRESSIONS.
IS IT THE SAME? IT ALL DEPENDS ON SITUATIONS.
IF WE'RE IN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR IF, IF WE'RE IN THE CENTER OF THE COURTYARD AT THE MALL OR SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF HOSE THAT NEEDS TO BE LAID OUT.
THERE'S NOT FTC CONNECTIONS INSIDE.
YOU'RE DRAGGING A LOT OF HOSE, YOU'RE WEARING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I ALWAYS REFER TO IS AUGUST 2ND AT 1408 IN THE AFTERNOON.
IT'S 108 DEGREES OUTSIDE WITH 97% HUMIDITY.
YOU'RE GONNA WEAR THOSE GUYS OUT IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES WITH ALL THAT STUFF ON SWEATING PROFUSELY, 65 PLUS POUNDS OF GEAR TRYING TO DRAG HOSE INSIDE.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING A SMALL 1500 SQUARE FOOT DWELLING, IF YOU'VE GOT ONE BEDROOM THAT'S ACTIVATED, TYPICALLY YOU CAN GET THAT TRUCK IN THERE.
YOU CAN GET THAT HOSE DEPLOYED, GET THAT KNOCKED DOWN, AND IT'LL JUST BE MOP UP FOR THE NEXT TWO.
SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY, SAY THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND IT GOES WELL FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
WHAT CHANGES DO YOU ANTICIPATE MAKING? WE WANT TO EXPAND ON THE FUNCTION.
SO WITH HIT OR MISS CALLS, I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT IN FIVE MINUTES I'M GONNA GO OUT THE DOOR, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S NO PRE-PROGRAM CALLS, RIGHT? SO WE COULD GO SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT A CALL.
YOU COULD GO SEVEN MINUTES WITHOUT A CALL.
SO TODAY'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
SO IT STARTED AT 4 58 THIS MORNING.
SO WITH THE PROCESS, WHAT WE WANNA LOOK FORWARD TO IS IF WE'VE GOT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SHIFT, RIGHT? EVERYBODY WORKS DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I'M A DAY WORKER, THERE'S OTHER GUYS THAT HAVE ROTATING SHIFTS, ET CETERA.
IT'S ALL INCORPORATED IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS.
BUT YOU COULD BE IN THAT, THAT LULL ON YOUR SEVEN DAY OFF OR YOU'RE ON HOLIDAY OR VACATION IF YOU DECIDED TO TAKE SICK DAYS OR WHATEVER ELSE AT HOME AND NOT CATCH A RUN.
BUT IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP FOR THE DUTY CREW, WE WANNA LOOK AT INCORPORATING A PERCENTAGE THAT APPLIES TOWARDS YOUR MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING VALUE.
WELL, I, FOR ONE, APPLAUD THE CONCEPT OF LOOKING OF TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO HELP SUPPORT THE FIREFIGHTERS.
UM, I THINK OUR COUNCIL'S ALWAYS TRIED TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SUPPORTING OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, Y'ALL HAVE ASKED FOR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SAID.
I DO HAVE TWO KIND OF JUST DIRECT QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, I, I HAVE IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM, UH, AND THE TYPE OF FIREFIGHTING YOU'VE DONE.
UM, IS IT IN YOUR CONCEPT FOR LAKE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BECOME A PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT? THAT'S KIND OF THE DOWNING ROAD.
SO, UM, VOLUNTEERISM IS DYING NATURALLY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL MM-HMM.
UM, BASED ON THE VALUES AND, AND WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO GET DONE, UM, THIS WILL BE THE FOLKS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIGNED IN THAT HAVE JOINED AS PROBATIONARY MEMBERS.
THAT'LL BE A GOOD GAUGE ON SEEING HOW WELL THEY TOLERATE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT MEMBERSHIP APPLICA OR MEMBERSHIP VOTE TO BE ABLE TO COM COMPLETE THE TASK AND THEN MOVE ON THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING'S CHANGED PRE COVID DURING COVID POST COVID AVAILABILITIES.
UM, THE PLANTS ARE NOT REALLY HIRING.
SO THE OVERTIME IS DRAWING A LOT OUTTA THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD USUALLY WORK THEIR NORMAL SHIFTS ARE GOING 16 DAYS IN A ROW OFF ONE OR 14 DAYS IN ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE REST DAYS THAT THEY'VE GOT.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GAUGE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
UM, PAID DEPARTMENT IS NOT UP TO ME.
I DID PUT ONE IN PLACE IN MY PREVIOUS DEPARTMENT AS A CAREER VOLUNTEER STEP.
HOW DID, HOW DID, HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT TRANSITION? 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT TRANSITION? WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION TO GO FROM YEAH, WE ARE GETTING OFF THE TOP.
WE'RE GETTING WAY OFF THE AGENDA.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE OFF THE AGENDA.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT FURTHER DURING OKAY.
BUT ANYWAY, WHAT, SO AGAIN, THE PURPOSE
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OF THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS A PRESENTATION.AND SO YOU, YOU MADE THE PRESENTATION AND I MEAN, I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON IT.
THERE'S THE BOOK HERE IN FRONT OF ME, JUST MORE OR LESS INDICATES WHAT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE YOU'RE SIGNING UP AT.
WE'LL HAVE IT DOCUMENTED THE END OF THE MONTH, WE'LL PUT THE TALLY TOGETHER.
IT'LL BE ENTERED IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, OR OUR PROGRAM.
THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE VALUE CAN BE TOTALED UP FOR THE PAPER CALL STUFF.
SO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION THEN.
SO WE'VE GOT 65% OF THE CURRENT FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS, UM, QUALIFIED.
IS THERE A PLACE IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OTHER PERCENTAGE OF FIREFIGHTERS? THERE'S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR PERSONNEL.
OR DEDICATE AND APPLY THEMSELVES IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THAT MEANS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO SOME TRAINING.
AND THEY, THEY NEED TO COME UP TO SOME OF THE STANDARDS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROBATIONARY MEMBERS.
THERE'S, UM, OTHER SITUATIONS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE APPLICATION BY THE INDIVIDUALS.
AND IF THEY CAN'T MEET SOME OF THESE PHYSICAL STANDARDS, UH, THAT'S SIGN.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A PLACE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEM.
THERE'S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR STUFF.
I CURRENTLY HAVE ONE OF THESE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT I MENTIONED.
SO WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF POSITIONS.
IT JUST MAY NOT BE RIDING A FIRETRUCK ANYMORE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, BRINGING THE PRESENTATION TO US.
AND LIKE WE ASKED WHENEVER WE APPROVE THE FUNDING, UH, FOR THE, UH, FIRST SIX MONTH PERIOD IS IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO COME BACK ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH, JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HOW IT'S STILL GOING AND THEN AT THE END ALSO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR PREVIOUS PRE PRESENTATION, I SAID, GIMME A MONTH TO GET THIS IN PLACE.
AND, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY INITIATE IT TOMORROW NIGHT WITH OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND GET THE BALL ROLLING AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE TWO 3RD OF MAY TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME, HAVE THEY BEEN RECEPTIVE TO THE CONCEPT? YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE CAN HAVE MIXED REVIEWS.
IT REQUIRES SOME, UH, APPLICATION ON THEIR PART.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHANGES GOING FORWARD IS HOW DO WE TWEAK THE 12 HOUR PERIOD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT SHIFT CHANGE TIMES.
DO WE BREAK THIS DOWN INTO THREE-FOURTHS? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT, BUT THE, THE DATA THAT WE'LL GATHER ON THIS BETA TESTABLE, THERE'S A LOT OF FORCES OUTSIDE OF YOUR CONTROL IN THE INDUSTRY WHERE YOU'RE PULLING THESE PEOPLE FROM.
I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THAT.
UH, SAL, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND TELL JB, SINCE HE CAN'T REALLY HEAR US THAT WELL, THAT IF HE EVER HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO SPEAK UP IF YOU COULD, JV, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? DID YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT YOU WANNA BRING UP, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A, YOU MAKE A SOUND OR UP AND, AND DOWN, JUMP UP AND DOWN OR SOMETHING.
[3. Discuss and consider approval of Professional Service Agreement with Baker and Lawson, Inc. to provide Engineering Design and construction plans for a not to exceed fee of $794,500 and hold option for additional design/surveying for offsite drainage extensions to Carnation and Oyster Creek Drive systems for $80,000. – Sal Aguirre]
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL.UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BAKER AND LAWSON INCORPORATED, UH, TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS, NOT TO EXCEED A FEE OF $794,500 AND HOLD AN OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN, UH, SURVEYING FOR OFFSITE DRAINAGE EXTENSIONS TO CARNATION AND OYSTER CREEK DRIVE, UH, SYSTEM FOR $80,000.
UH, THIS IS, UH, THE NEXT, UH, INSTALLMENT ON THE BOND, UH, STREET BOND PRO, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE HAD.
THE FIRST ONE WAS, WAS THE SHADY OAKS THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING CONSTRUCTION WISE.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT IS OF COURSE THE, UH, PARKWOOD TERRACE, WHICH, UH, CONSIDERS ALL THE STREETS, UH, AT THE CORNER OF, UH, NORTH DIXIE DRIVE AND OYSTER CREEK DRIVE.
UH, THEY ARE, UH, THIS, UH, WE, UH, WENT THROUGH AN RFQ AND CHOSE BAKER AND LAWSON AT THE TIME.
NOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE GOTTEN HIS PROPOSAL TO DO THE DESIGN.
AND THAT COMES UP, UH, THAT'S THE 794,500, WHICH, UH, EQUATES TO 7% OF THE, UH, OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT.
THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT AT THIS TIME IS $10 MILLION.
SO, UH,
UH, IT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE STREET PORTION,
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UH, OF, UH, THE, UH, OF THE PROJECT THERE, BUT IT ALSO HAS SOME, UH, UH, SOME, UH, DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ONE.NOT THE MAIN DRAINAGE ALONG OSTER CREEK DRIVE, BUT DRAINAGES THAT GO TO THE OSTER CREEK DRIVE OUTFALL.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, 7% IN TODAY'S ECONOMIES IS SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, A GOOD PERCENTAGE.
MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE PAYING BETWEEN 12 AND 15%.
UH, SO, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR, UH, OFFER SO THAT WE CAN GO ON AND START DOING THE ACTUAL DESIGN.
SO THIS IS THE WORK AROUND PALM LANE AND, UH, BUSH AREA AND ALL THAT AREA.
TESTING A LOT OF MARKINGS AND FLAGS AND CORRECT.
SARAH, GOING ON, THEY HAVE DONE A PRELIMINARY, BECAUSE WHAT WE DID IS WE BROKE IT DOWN, UH, 27,000 OF THE, UH, OF THE 80 SOME ODD THOUSAND OF THE SURVEYING, UH, GOT DONE PRIOR BECAUSE WE, UH, WE TOLD 'EM TO DO A PRELIMINARY, UH, SURVEY.
AND SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE 80,000 AS WELL? WE ARE ASKING FOR THE $80,000 TOO, BUT, UH, THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT IS 74 500.
UM, AGAIN, THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE, THE, THE BIG $40 MILLION PROJECT OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT WE DEFINED YEARS AGO.
WITH ALL THE STUDIES THAT WE DID.
SO NOT 40 MILLION ANYMORE? NO.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION IN FRONT OF THE GAS STATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT A LOT OF WATER COLLECTION HAPPENS AND OCD MM-HMM.
IS THIS GONNA HELP WITH THE, UH, ANY OF THIS? UH, NO.
THE, UH, THE PROJECT ITSELF STOPS AT OYSTER CREEK DRIVE.
IT DOESN'T GO INTO OYSTER CREEK DRIVE AT ALL.
SO NO, THERE WON'T BE ANY, ANY IMPROVEMENT TO THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
NOW THE OUTFALL THAT, UH, SERVICES SOCIAL CREEK DRIVE, ONCE IT IS GETS DONE, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, UH, THAT RELIEF.
UH, PART OF THIS JOB IS THE $80,000 THAT IS, UH, WAS, IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS THING, IS TO PROVIDE A, DO AT LEAST A SURVEYING AND A PLAN OF WHAT CAN BE DONE TO THE, UH, FREDERICK DITCH THAT CROSSES, THAT TAKES THE LOAD FROM OYSTER CREEK DRIVE TOWARDS, UH, OYSTER TOWARDS OYSTER CREEK.
UH, SO AT LEAST THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT IT AND SEE WHAT IT, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO THAT, UH, THAT BRANCH OF, UH, OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED BECAUSE IT IS IN SIGNIFICANTLY SHORT OF OUR NOW REVISED ESTIMATE OF AROUND 18,000.
AND THE BOND APPROVED WAS 12, WHICH INCLUDED ENGINEERING CORRECT.
SO IF WE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE DO GET A GRANT.
IF WE DON'T, THEN IT'LL HAVE TO BE SCALED BACK ACCORDINGLY.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 15% ON ENGINEERING DESIGN, SO THIS IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE ESTIMATED.
AND ANY CONNECTION TO THIS, WHAT CLU IS GONNA BE DOING TO THE OTHER SIDE? NO, THESE ARE, THESE ARE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. THE OTHER SYSTEM IS THE ONE THAT GOES ALONG PINE DITCH THAT IS STILL BEING DISCUSSED.
UH, SO, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.
THEY'RE DISCONNECTED AT THIS TIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? UH, THE, THE FUNDING THAT'S BEING REQUESTED HERE FOR THIS PROJECT, IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE TWO AMOUNTS BEING REQUESTED.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH BAKER AND LAWSON INC.
TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR A NOT TO EXCEED FEE OF 794,500 AND HOLD OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVING OR FOR OFFSITE DUTY EXTENSIONS TO CARNATION AND OYSTER CREEK DRIVE SYSTEMS FOR 80,000 AS REQUESTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN HANYA.
I'LL SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BROADUS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4. Discuss and consider approving Resolution No. 24-954 approving and adopting the drought contingency and the water conservation plan. – Eric Wilson ]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 4 9 5 4 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE DROUGHT, CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.UH, THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER CODE AND TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, THE ALL MUNICIPALITIES WATER PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
UH, THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON FIRST INITIATED OR FIRST AUTHORIZED, UH, ITS PLAN BACK IN 1999 WHEN THE M-T-N-R-C-C UH, ESTABLISHED THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
UH, EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE TO BRING THIS FORWARD TO YOU FOR RENEWAL.
UH, ANY CHANGES THAT WE DEEM NECESSARY TO OUR PLAN, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, CHANGE, POPULATION, ET CETERA.
THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THIS PLAN WAS IN 2014.
UH, AND THOSE CHANGES CONSISTED OF, THEY HAD A FIRM VALUE FOR WHEN YOU HAD TRIGGERS OF YOUR, UH, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN AT THAT POINT.
AND THEY CHANGED THAT TO PERCENTAGE OF AVAILABLE CAPACITY, MEANING OUR GROUNDWATER AND BWA SURFACE WATER EXAMPLE.
LAST YEAR WE HAD A COUPLE OF WELLS GO DOWN THAT CHANGED THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM.
SO IT MADE THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE THRESHOLDS EASIER TO MEET.
UH, ALSO SOME OF THE CHANGE, UH, ONE OF THE CHANGES MADE WAS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT IF THE TCEQ MAKES A CALL AND SAYS, YOU WILL, IT WAS NOT IN THE PLAN PRIOR TO 2014, AS WELL AS BWA, SHOULD THEY MAKE A CALL AND REQUEST ALL COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THAT CALL? IT GIVES, UH, THE CITY MANAGER THE LATITUDE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND WE ALSO ADDED AN EXEMPTION FOR CAR DEALERSHIPS AND RENTAL CARS FOR MAKE READY FOR, UH, THOSE, THOSE ENTITIES TO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP WASHING THEIR CARS.
THEY, THEY MUST HAVE A GOOD LOBBYIST.
I WASN'T HERE THEN, SO I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, I'M HERE TODAY ASKING YOU FOR RENEWAL OF THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.
SO THIS, THIS PLAN ADDRESSES ALL THE SHELLS THAT YOU GET FROM THE T-T-C-E-Q.
SO IN FUTURE, IF WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THOSE CHANGES, IT'S EASIER TO KIND OF LOOK THROUGH 'EM AND, AND READ IF YOU COULD.
THERE NO CHANGES FROM, FROM 20 19, 20 14, 20.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM 19.
NO CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT IS GOOD SOMETIMES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ERIC? IF NOT, I TAKE A MOTION ON THIS.
OH, YOU WANNA READ THE RESOLUTION? I'M SORRY.
UH, WHERE IS THE CITY OF JACKSON? SUBJECT TO PETER ERIC DROUGHTS AND THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WHEREAS THE CITY DECIDES TO PREPARE FOR AND MITIGATE THESE POTENTIAL DAMAGES.
AND WHEREAS THE TCEQ REQUIRES THE LOCAL JURISDICTION AND ADOPT A DROUGHT CONSISTENCY PLAN AND THEN REVIEW AND UPDATE THE PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON PROHIBITS ALL DROUGHTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND DECLARED CITY DROP CITY PLAN IS REVIEWED.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION.
I'LL MAKE, UH, A MOTION APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 9 54 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE DROUGHT, CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5. Discuss and consider terminating the contract with LeFelton Opulent, LLC for Contract Mowing Drainage due to their inability to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract. – Eric Wilson]
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TERMINATING THE CONTRACT FOR LA, I GUESS, UH, LLC, UH, CONTRACT MOWING DRAINAGE, UH, DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT.THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO.
YES, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD HERE.
UH, THEY CAME BY LAST WEEK TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND THEN ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS TOOK 'EM ON A RIDE AROUND TO SHOW THE EXACT SCOPE AND THEY IMMEDIATELY CAME BACK AND WITHDREW THE CONTRACT.
UH, SO WE ARE MOVING TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT TERMINATED.
AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED TO THE SECOND LOW BIDDER AND ADVISED THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY GOT COLD FEET, COAL FEET.
UM, SO, UH, THE THIRD BIDDER, UM, WELL WE'VE STARTED TO GO, UH, TALKING TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ON A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT AND THEY MOWED THE DITCHES LAST YEAR.
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GIVEN US A FEE, YOU KNOW, IN A REDUCED AMOUNT SO WE CAN STAY WITHIN, UH, THE BUDGET.BUT GOING FORWARD, WE'VE TALKED, WE'LL MAKE THIS BID MANDATORY PRE-VISIT.
SO THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING WHICH WOULD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE BIG MOWING CONTRACT.
BUT WE DIDN'T DO IT ON THIS ONE.
'CAUSE WE THOUGHT, I I, WE JUST ASSUMED IT WAS TOO SMALL.
EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WOULD UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, BUT IT WAS, WE WIND UP JUST BEING AND WITNESS THE PROBLEM.
IS IT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER, THEY DON'T WANNA DO IT FOR WHAT THE WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED.
THEY, THEY DID NOT GO LOOK AT THE DITCHES IN QUESTION.
GOOGLE EARTH IS FLAT VIEW, AND THEN WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SAW THEM, THE SIDE SLOPES OF SOME OF 'EM, IT WAS MORE THAN THEY HAD ANTICIPATED.
YOU JUST CAN'T HOLD BACK ON IT.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR BOND MONEY? THERE'S NO NO BOND.
THERE'S NO BOND REQUIREMENT FOR 'EM.
AND THIS CONTRACT, I THINK WAS WHAT, 27,000 MM-HMM.
AND WE WILL BE BRINGING, UH, ANOTHER CONTRACT BACK ON THE MEETING OF THE 12TH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH LATON OPULENT LLC FOR CONTRACT MOWING DRAINAGE DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT.
WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, MR. BAKER IN GALVESTON SITTING ON LOOKING AT HIS, LOOKING AT THE GULF COAST OUTSIDE OF HIS WINDOW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[6. Discuss the CenterPoint gas rate increase setlement agreement. – Sherri Russell]
SHERRY DISCUSSED THE CENTER POINT GAS RATE INCREASE SETTLEMENT.YOU COULD SCOOT THAT UP SO I COULD READ IT ALL.
SO YOU ALL REMEMBER, OR, OR YOU'RE CONFUSED BECAUSE WE DO IT ALL THE TIME WHERE WE, UM, TOLD THEM THAT WE WANTED TO STALL THE RATE CHANGE, RIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHAT LLOYD COST LINK DOES FOR US AND, AND THE WHOLE GROUP.
AND, UM, THIS IS FOR GAS, NOT ELECTRICITY.
AND, UM, THIS, THIS OTHER THING IS THEY WANTED JUST ONE BIG TEXAS DIVISION INSTEAD OF, UH, ALL THE LITTLE ONES THEY HAVE.
AND, UM, SO YEAH, WOULD COST LINK STUDIED IT AND SAID YOU ONLY NEED 5 MILLION EXTRA, NOT 38 MILLION, WHICH I THINK THAT'S THE BEST OUTCOME WE'VE EVER HAD WITH THIS.
AND THERE ARE ONLY GONNA BE, THERE WILL NOW BE TWO DIVISIONS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT, I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE CHART HOW BAD THIS WAS GONNA BE, WHERE SOUTH TEXAS AND BEAUMONT GOT TO DROP SO FAR IN THEIR MONTHLY BILLS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WENT UP.
SO, UM, SO THIS, THIS NEGOTIATION WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
THAT WAS WHEN, WELL, WE'RE NOW LUMPED IN WITH HOUSTON, BUT, UM, OUR BILLS ARE STILL GOING UP OVER $5.
WAIT, NO, THEY'RE NOT 32 CENTS.
THEY'RE GOING UP 32 CENTS INSTEAD OF $5.
I MEAN, IT WAS, IT'S, THIS IS, I MEAN, THIS IS THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN OUT OF ALL THE SETTLEMENTS.
I THINK ALL THE RAYS WENT TO, UH, SOUTH TEXAS.
THEY, INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN, THEY WENT UP.
THEN ATTORNEY LIKE YOU
AND SO, UH, LLOYD GOSLING FOUGHT THAT AND OTHER, THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERS THAT FIGHT IT TOO.
EVERYBODY GETS TOGETHER AND SOMETHING AT THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
AND THIS WAS, SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD.
BUT THE BILLS WILL BE GOING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME.
SO YOU NEED US TO APPROVE THIS OR JUST THIS IS NO, I, NO, IT'S ALREADY DONE.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.
[7. New Business Updates. – David Walton ]
ITEM SEVEN.GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION.
AND FOR THOSE THAT THE UNDER VOTE DIDN'T GET ME.
SO
UH, I SHOULD HAVE PROOFREAD THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE UNDERNEATH THE LAST SECTION YOU'LL SEE ASPEN DENTAL AND YOU'LL SEE T-D-E-C-U.
BOTH OF THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR PERMITTING, UH, BUT THEY'RE STILL SHOWN DA SPEN DENTAL IS STILL SHOWN A WAITING FOR CORRECTIONS, BUT THAT IS NOW READY TO GO.
AND CAVENDERS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND
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SO ARE THE VILLAS FOR THAT MATTER.SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT OLD, UH, UH, ER BUILDING? IT'S STILL, WELL, THAT HAS GONE THROUGH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOLVED SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, THAT HAS GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF CHANGES SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WAS INTERESTING 'CAUSE WHEN THEY CONSTRUCTED IT, RIGHT, NEIGHBORS CAME IN, THEY BUILT A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, THEY EVEN PUT EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHING INSIDE AND THEN NEVER OPENED THE DOORS.
AND THEN WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO, UM, EXCUSE A COUPLE OF UNINVITED PEOPLE OUT OF THE BUILDING AND THEN SECURE IT FOR NEIGHBORS ON, ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO INSTALL A LOCK ON ONE OF THE DOORS.
AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME IN, BUY IT WITH A PLAN TO MAKE IT INTO A SURGERY CENTER, STARTED TEARING, TEARING IT APART, TAKING THE, THE SIGNATURE NEIGHBOR'S BLADE OFF THE FRONT.
AND THEN THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO LOCK THE DOORS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN SITTING SINCE.
GOT A BIG OLD, UH, CONTAINER SITTING IN FRONT OF IT.
I, I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO WHEN, WHEN WE SAW THE LAST ACTIVITY OUT THERE.
IF WE NEED TO PULL THAT CONTAINER, WE CAN PULL IT.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT NEEDS SOME MOWING.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[8. Staff updates]
TO STAFF UPDATES.I AM GOING TO ASK, UH, BILL FOR JOHN WILLIAMS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR HARVEY MIT MOD PROJECT.
HE'S BEEN DOING MOST OF THE WORK, UM, AS YOU, UH, CAN REMEMBER, THE PROJECT IS FROM HARVEY FUNDS.
AND ONCE WE, UM, CLEARLY DEFINED, UH, THE PROJECT, UH, WITH THE ENGINEERS, THE, THE BENEFICIARY AREA DECLINED.
YOU KNOW, IT GOT SMALLER AND BECAUSE IT WASN'T EXACTLY 50 50 FOR THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA, AND THE OTHER AREA WE HAD TO RESURVEY, AND I THINK WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 220, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS OF, UH, THE NEW POPULATION MIGHT SURVEY.
SO OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS OR TWO, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, SURVEY AND GET THOSE NUMBERS IN SO WE CAN COMPLY AND GET THOSE FUNDS.
SO I'LL, I'LL LET MILFORD GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF HIS EFFORTS.
MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID THAT THIS PROJECT THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, STRADDLES TWO CENSUS TRACKS, ONE OF WHICH IS ABOVE THE, THE MEDIAN INCOME IS ABOVE THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND ONE, THE MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS BELOW THE AREA MEDIUM INCOME.
BUT WE COULDN'T PARTICULARLY PINPOINT, UH, WITH THE AFFECTED AREA HOW THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED WOULD BE THAT.
SO GOING ALONG WITH THE TEXAS COMMUNITY OF DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, SURVEY METHODOLOGY MANUAL, WE OUTLINED 213 HOUSEHOLDS BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE DEEMED WE AFFECTED WERE ABOVE TWO, WAS ABOVE 200.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO A, UH, WERE ABLE TO DO A RANDOM SAMPLE.
UM, IF IT WAS UNDER 200, WE'D HAVE TO COLLECT AT LEAST 80% OF THE HOMES.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UM, BY THEIR CALCULATOR, GIVEN ON THEIR SITE A RANDOM SAMPLE, WHICH DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED AT LEAST 157 SURVEYS, UH, FROM THE 213 HOUSEHOLDS TO CONDUCT A RANDOM SAMPLE TO SEE IF WE COULD, THIS AREA WOULD QUALIFY AND THIS PROJECT WOULD QUALIFY.
SO OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE HAVE, WE GATHERED THE HOUSEHOLDS, UH, SENT OUT COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT, WHY, UH, THEIR RESPONSE WAS NEEDED FOR THIS.
UM, AND BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF FEBRUARY, UH, WE GOT OUR SHARE OF RESPONSES.
SOME WERE TRICKLING IN, AND WE DECIDED TO DO THIS ONLINE THROUGH YOUR PHONE OR ON YOUR COMPUTER, OR IF YOU WANTED TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN PERSON THAT WAS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT WAS OUR INITIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
UM, WE MADE SOME FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS.
I MADE SOME FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS, FOLLOW UP CORRESPONDENCE ON THAT REGARD.
AND THEN, UH, FROM THE MIDDLE OF A MARCH ON, WE STARTED DOING IN-PERSON ATTEMPTS, UH, LAURA MARIE WOULD CONDUCT SOME EVERBRIDGE MESSAGES TO OUTSTANDING HOMES, HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE NOT RESPONDED.
AND THEN I WOULD DO SOME WALKING DOOR TO DOOR, UH, JUST ASKING IF THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROJECT, GIVING THEM A PRIMER ON WHAT THE PROJECT, UH, CONSISTED OF.
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ACCOMPANIED ME, UH, A COUPLE TIMES ON THAT.SO WE DID THAT, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF MARCH.
AND WE DID THAT IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, FOR THAT TIME.
AND WE DID ANOTHER RUN OF DOING THAT, UH, IN THE EVENINGS DURING THE MIDDLE OF APRIL.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME WORK HOURS AS I DO, OR YOU DO.
SO, UM, WE TRIED THAT OUT, UH, DURING APRIL.
AND THEN AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, UH, I DID A THIRD IN-PERSON WALKTHROUGH OF THE OUTSTANDING HOMES.
'CAUSE I FIGURED, HEY, WELL I'VE DONE IT DURING THE, THE MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS DURING THE WEEK, DURING THE, DURING THE EVENINGS, DURING THE WEEK.
WHY NOT TRY ON A WEEKEND DAY? SO, UH, WE CONDUCTED THAT.
AND AS OF TODAY, COME TO THE DRUM ROLL.
WE HAVE HAD 130 SURVEYS IN PERSON.
I MEAN, NOT IN PERSON, UM, ONLINE.
ANOTHER 14 HAVE FILLED THEM OUT IN PAPER.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 144 TOTAL SURVEYS.
WE ARE SHORT, SHORT BY 13 AT THIS POINT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT LAST FINAL HURDLE TO GO.
WE HAVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
WE HAVE UPDATED GLO AND EVERYBODY OVER THE STATUS OF OUR SURVEYS JUST TO KEEP THEM ABREAST OF THE SITUATION.
SO IF WE DON'T GET THE 1 57, THIS IS JUST YEAH.
AND WE HAVE TO PICK ANOTHER PROJECT.
AND, UH, THE DISHEARTENING THING IS THAT MILFORD AND LOWER MARIE HAVE TOLD SEVERAL, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, IT COMES BACK TO RELUCTANCE TO GIVE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S A CENSUS SURVEY.
IT'S ASKING HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE HOUSE AND WHAT'S YOUR FAMILY INCOME.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST RELUCTANT TO GIVE THAT TO US.
AND THEN OTHERS ARE, I'VE NEVER SEEN FLOODING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHY? YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T FLOOD IT IN HARVEY.
WHY SHOULD WE, WHY DO WE EVEN NEED THE PROJECT? SO AGAINST THE PROJECT.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION ON.
UM, WE, OUR LAST DITCH WAS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING TO SATURDAY AND THEN SENDING A PERSONAL LETTER FOR THE MAYOR
SO WE'RE KIND OF A, WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE ONE MORE ATTEMPT, YOU KNOW, GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
BUT THEN THE QUESTION IS COMING UP, THE NEW, UH, NEW PROJECT, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY EASILY BE CONSIDERED BY THE GLO IS THE FLAG LAKE PROJECT THAT IS, UM, PLANNED BY THE, UM, CITY OF KLU AS THEIR GLO PROJECT.
THEY'RE SHORT OF FUNDS AS WELL, AND 90% OF THAT STRETCH BENEFITS US.
UM, SO IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T REALLY IS BUYING THIS, WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE, UM, MOVE THOSE FUNDS TO THAT PROJECT TO SEC CONCLUDED US, UH, IN THAT ONE.
SO THE PEOPLE WE NEED INFORMATION FROM, IS IT THE PROPERTY OWNER OR IS IT THE RENTER? UM, THE, THE PERSON WHO'S THERE, THE, THE PERSON WHO'S OCCUPYING.
THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD QUESTION, MAYOR.
UM, THAT IS THE ONE THING I HAVE DISCUSSED TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AS I'VE GONE DOOR TO DOOR.
THEY SAY, WELL, I DON'T OWN THE HOME.
AND SAYING, WELL, IN THE EVENT OF A FLOOD, YOU WOULD BE LIVING THERE.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS, IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, ANOTHER THING OF NOTE IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S LIKE SO CLOSE IS THAT I DID A RANDOM POLL OF THESE SURVEYS.
APPROXIMATELY 65% OF THE RESPONDENTS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN, UM, ARE BELOW THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO IT WOULD, IF WE DID A RANDOM SURVEY, THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF US QUALIFYING BASED OFF OF THE RESPONDENTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN WOULD BE ATTAINED.
SO IS THIS, IS THIS A CHANGE IN REQUIREMENTS OR YOU KNOW, OR IS THIS SOMETHING BECAUSE I DON'T, WE'VE NEVER RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM.
SO YEAH, IT WAS, HAD, HAD THE PROJECT BENEFITED, YOU KNOW, 51%.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BENEFIT IN BOTH AREAS, BUT WHEN THE ENGINEERS STARTED TO DRILL DOWN AND THE BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT AREA, YOU KNOW, GOT REDUCED BECAUSE OF FUNDING, IT JUST SLOWLY MADE THE AREA SMALLER.
AND BECAUSE IT WASN'T EQUAL, IT SAYS, OKAY GUYS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO RESURVEY THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THAT LIT THAT LITERAL DITCH OFF OF PINE.
PINE, UH, STREET ITSELF IS BASICALLY A BORDER BETWEEN TWO CENSUS TRACKS.
SO IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FEW HUNDRED FEET SOUTH, AND REALLY THIS IS A KIND OF A LINCHPIN PROJECT.
IT'S, IT'S BAKED, IT'S, IT'S BAKED DOWN TO ITS BARE DISTANCE NOW.
IT'S, UH, INCREASING THE CROSSING UNDERNEATH DIXIE DRIVE.
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OKAY.MR. WHAT, WHAT CITY MANAGERS SAY THESE PROJECTS? THE GRANT IS BASED ON 2019 COST ESTIMATES.
RIGHT? SO NOW THE PROJECT IS OVER 4 MILLION, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN THE PROJECT THE SIZE RIGHT, WHICH NOW KICKED IN THIS, THIS REQUIREMENT.
AND THE HARVEY DOLLARS THAT WE HAD WAS LIKE 22.8 MILLION OR SOMETHING IS, WHAT WAS, I THINK IT'S 2.1 MILLION, 2.1, 2.1.
WE, UH, IT'S ABOUT 1.4 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WELL, HOPEFULLY, IF THIS SAYS THIS FALLS THROUGH IS THAT, UH, WE DO FIND A PLACE TO USE THE DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I SURE DON'T WANT HOUSTON TO HAVE IT AND THEY'RE JUST ACHING TO TAKE EVERY DIME THEY CAN RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE THIS MONEY DONE, HAVE THIS MONEY COME AND AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T PUT AN EXTRA TAX BURDEN ON US.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MONEY THAT HAS GONE TO THE FEDS IN THEORY, IT'S COMING BACK.
APPRECIATE, UH, ALL YOUR WALKING, STREET WALKING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET YOU SOME TENNIS SHOES, I GUESS.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND ALL THE WORK.
UM, ANY KIND OF ACTION ITEMS FROM TONIGHT NIGHT? NO, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY.
[9. Construction/Development Updates]
UH, NUMBER NINE, CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT UPDATES.ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAL OR, AND YOU HAVE ANY MAJOR UPDATE TO GIVE US, UH, UH, NO MAJOR UPDATES YOU HAD? ANY QUESTIONS, UH, CONCERNING THE ONES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON? I WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE.
WE DO HAVE NO SHADY OAKS AND WE DO HAVE THE, UH, SPOT REPAIR PROJECT GOING ON.
WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, ASPHALT WORK ON MEDICAL DRIVE THAT GOT STARTED TODAY THAT WE'RE LAYING OUT THE ASPHALT CARPET.
HOPEFULLY BY TOMORROW THEY MAY BE COMPLETED THERE.
UH, MEDICAL DRIVE RESURFACING.
YOU THINK THAT YOU SAID THEY'RE GONNA BE FINISHED? CORRECT.
UM, RHE DID SEND A LETTER, UH, AFTER A FOLLOW UP WITH VELASCO ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SHARING AND THE COST OF TAKING, UH, OWNERSHIP OF THE COST OF THEON.
UH, ON THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE COPIED THAT LETTER TO YOU IN THE MISCELLANEOUS, UH, PACKET, IF NOT WELL, I KNOW IT'S AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING A RESPONSE, BUT WE'VE FINALIZING THE DRAFT ON WHAT NO, THE LETTER WENT OUT THE LETTER, THE LETTER WENT OUT AND, UH, SIGNED.
AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, ALREADY GOTTEN A RESPONSE FROM VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT, UH, ONCE YOU, YOU GET, UH, OUTTA YOUR BUDGET, THEN WE CAN GET IN THERE IN DEPTH WITH THAT.
SO YOU'VE GOTTEN A RESPONSE THROUGH THE LETTER? YEAH, WE GOT A RESPONSE TO THE LETTER.
UH, IT'S ENCOURAGING, NOT THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT IN ALL THAT MONEY, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBILITIES OF A, ANOTHER WAY TO SKIN THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
IT'D BE NICE TO GET IT FIXED BEFORE, UH, ANOTHER HURRICANE SEASON, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.AND WE'LL START, UH, WE'LL START WITH MR. BAKER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS TO COMMUNITY INTEREST TO, UH, SHARE WITH US? NO, SIR.
JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME DOING DALLAS
WELL YOU ENJOY THAT TIME UP THERE, MAN.
SO THEN WE'LL GO TO, UH, RHONDA COUNCIL, UH, JUST CONGRATULATIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEE MR. BECK, MAYOR AND RENEE.
UH, MR. BLANCHARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE AND NOT JUST SITTING BACK AND COMPLAINING.
AND THEN, UH, CHASE, MR. BLANCHARD.
I APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND AGAIN, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU, UH, CHOSE TO, UH, TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, MR. BROADS, UH, YEAH, TO THOSE WHO RAN AND, AND, UH, DIDN'T WIN.
THANKS FOR RUNNING AND, UH, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
UH, THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS, IS THAT, UH, UH, WE DID DO NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
HE DID THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AND STUFF.
WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HELP, UH, PUT
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THAT ON AND ALSO TO OUR STAFF THAT, UH, HELP MADE IT POSSIBLE TOO.UH, MALLORY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, SENT HER A NOTE, TOLD HER THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, WE HAD LITTLE SNACKS THERE FOR PEOPLE.
SO AFTER THE, THE, UH, EVENT, UH, PEOPLE STAYED AROUND AND, UH, HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE JUST TO CHAT.
AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO, FOR PEOPLE JUST TO TALK.
AND, UH, FOR ME THAT DAY'S AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR ME PERSONALLY.
AND, UH, SO IT'S, ANYWAY, I'M GLAD I CAN, I CAN HELP WITH IT.
JUST, UH, NO, I JUST ECHO, UH, RON TO SENTIMENTS, UH, TO MR. BLANCHARD.
UH, THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.
UM, APPRECIATE HIS HONESTY, HIS BLUNTNESS, UH, CHALLENGING OUR THOUGHT PROCESS SOMETIMES, UH, GETTING US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE VERY MUCH.