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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET STARTED WITH THE MEETING TONIGHT.
[Call to Order]
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE MAY 20TH, 2024 RECORD SESSION OF LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL, UH, AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY ON THE GUEST THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND ALSO THE TROOPS BY 3 25.
I WAS TELLING THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK I WAS IN THAT TROOP WHEN I WAS A, A LITTLE BITTY KID.
OTHER THING'S EXCITING ABOUT SEEING THE TROOPS IS I SEE THE MIX OF BOYS AND GIRLS.
I HAVE TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS THAT ARE IN SCOUTS AND, UH, THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE REALLY ENJOYING IT A LOT, AND IT'S, UH, MEANING A LOT FOR THEM TO BE IN SCOUTS, UH, AND HAVING THAT INTERACTION.
SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED TONIGHT BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, JUSTICE, HONOR, TEXAS FLAG.
BE TEXAS, ONE STATE, STATE UNDER GOD.
IF YOU JOIN ME IN INVOCATION, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, RECOGNIZING THE BLESSINGS AND FREEDOMS WE ENJOY IN OUR GREAT NATION.
TONIGHT, WE ESPECIALLY GIVE THANKS TO OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
THESE GREAT BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN SELFISHLY DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM AND ENSURING OUR SAFETY, THEIR COURAGE, SACRIFICE, AND COMMITMENT ARE THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH OUR COMMUNITY STANDS SECURE.
AS WE GATHER HERE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE ASK FOR YOU YOUR DIVINE GUIDANCE.
GRANT, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THE WISDOM TO CON, DISCERN WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THOSE THAT WE SERVE.
HELP THEM TO NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT LIE AHEAD WITH INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD.
MAY THEIR DECISIONS REFLECT YOUR JUSTICE, MERCY, AND LOVE.
FOSTERING A CITY WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL CAN THRIVE IN PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME.
[ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO THE RE-ELECTED AND NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL]
MOVE ON TO, UH, NEXT TIME.UM, WE HAVE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION AND ADMINISTERING OATH OF OFFICE TO ELECT REELECTED AND NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW IT'S THE LAST TIME I HAVE TO DO THIS.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU DUNNO THAT DUNNO.
THE MAYOR HAS SERVED WITH US FOR 17 YEARS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR.
THAT'S A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF TIME.
THANK, BUT, UM, THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT AT THE ELECTION HELD ON MAY THE FOURTH, 2020 FOURS WAS ELECTED AS MAYOR.
IT'S THE ONE TIME YOU GET, TELL WHAT? THAT IT'S THE ONE TIME YOU GET TO TELL HER WHAT TO DO.
HI, GERALD R ASK YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
BUT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON AND THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE.
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RENEE, COME ON DOWN.YOU NEED TO BRING THIS, UH, YOU CAN LEAVE THAT DOWN THERE.
YOU HAVE YOUR COPY OF THE, UH, OATH THAT YOU CAN READ.
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE YOU A CERTIFICATE.
THIS CERTIFICATE CERTIFIES THAT AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2020 FOURTH,
STEP OUTTA THE WAY WHILE YOU TAKE YOUR OATH RIGHT NOW.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNSEL.
I WILLFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL POSITION TO, OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE CITY, OF LAKE JACKSON, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
MAYOR, UH, IT'S, THAT'S, THERE WE GO.
I THINK THAT'S THE WAY HE SAID IT.
SO BRIAN AS MAYOR, TO, UH, PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATE, THE CERTIFICATE, UH, THAT AT THE, UH, GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 4TH, 2024.
ELECTED TO COUNCIL POSITION NUMBER FOUR, HEAVY BACK.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET A PICTURE REAL QUICK.
LET'S DO, UH, YOUR OLD FIRST NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL COURT FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF OFFICE CITY COUNCIL.
POSITION FOUR OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, AND OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
SPOT YOUR ORIGINAL SPOT OVER THERE.
AND COUNCILMAN BRODIS IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
HE WAS CALLED AWAY OUTTA STATE FOR BUSINESS.
NEXT WE HAVE AGAIN, THANKS EVERYBODY FOR, UH, UH, ALLOWING US TIME TO DO ALL THAT, UH, CEREMONY THERE.
[PRESENTATION]
PRESENTATIONS.SO THE FIRST PRESENTATION TONIGHT, WE HAVE GRAD BOARD COMMUN
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IN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A PRESENTATION.I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TOURISM FOR THE BRAZO BRAZOSPORT CONVENTION AND VISITORS COUNCIL.
WE ARE A DIVISION OF THE BRAZOSPORT AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE PROMOTE THE ENTIRE BRAZOSPORT AREA AS A LEISURE AND MEETING DESTINATION.
WE CARRY OUT A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, WE MAKE AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW HOW WE SPEND THE OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY.
AND I ALSO SUBMIT QUARTERLY, QUARTERLY REPORTS TO YOU.
UM, AND WE ARE FUNDED NOT ONLY FROM, UM, HOT FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED IN LAKE JACKSON, BUT ALSO THE CITIES OF CLUT, FREEPORT, AND SURFSIDE BEACH.
SO THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SPEND THE NIGHT IN.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING ONE MORE, UH, LOGO TO THAT SLIDE.
ONE WAY WE PROMOTE THE AREA IS, UM, WITH OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS.
WE WORK WITH OUR LOCAL, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS AND ATTRACTIONS.
THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S, TOURISM DIVISION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UM, AROUND HOUSTON IS A REGIONAL, UH, MARKETING INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE PART OF.
THERE ARE 14 PARTNERS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON, UH, REGION, UH, AS FAR EAST AS BEAUMONT, NORTH TO HUNTSVILLE, UH, WEST TO SUGARLAND.
SO WE, UM, TRY TO GET THOSE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS THAT ARE COMING INTO HOUSTON FOR 10 DAYS TO TWO WEEKS, UM, TRYING TO GET THEM OUT INTO OUR REGION RATHER THAN THEM GOING TO DALLAS OR AUSTIN.
OUR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS TO GET PEOPLE TO COME HERE, WE'VE HAD EITHER PAID ADS, UM, LISTINGS OR EDITORIALS IN THESE PUBLICATIONS AND WEBSITES.
THEY TOTALED, UM, MORE THAN $125,000 WORTH OF ADVERTISING.
OUR ADVERTISING BUDGET IS A FRACTION OF THAT.
BUT IF WE HAD TO PAY FOR EACH OF, UM, EACH OF THOSE EDITORIALS AND LISTINGS, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE LAST YEAR WITH THESE.
OH, AND THOSE, THAT WAS A, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHAT OUR ADVERTISEMENTS LOOK LIKE.
SO WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR, UM, OUR WEBSITE AND THEN THE CITIES THAT, UH, WE'RE FUNDED BY.
SO SHOWS ARE A BIG, ANOTHER BIG WAY TO, UM, REACH PEOPLE.
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE TEXAS STATE FAIR.
UH, WE HAVE OUR BROCHURE THERE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE FAIR.
UM, HOWEVER WE WORK, UM, TWO DESTINATION DAYS.
SO IT'S RA'S SUPPORT DAY FOR, UM, TWO OF THE FOUR WEEKS THAT THE FAIR'S GOING ON.
AND, UM, THOSE ARE REALLY BUSY DAYS AND WE REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S IN DALLAS AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE INTO TEXAS AND THE DALLAS AREA.
SO THEY WANNA KNOW ABOUT PLACES TO VISIT IN THE STATE.
UM, THE TEXAS TRAVEL COUNSELORS EXPO, WE'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S AN APPOINTMENT STYLE SHOW.
I HAVE SIX MINUTES TO TELL TRAVEL COUNSELORS THAT WORK AT THE, UM, THEIR T EMPLOYEES.
THEY WORK AT THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTERS AROUND THE STATE.
EVERYTHING THERE IS TO TO DO IN OUR AREA IN SIX MINUTES.
THE GOOD THING IS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN IN THEIR ROLES FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE TOO.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN ON STUDY TOURIST OUR AREA.
SO, UM, SO THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
UH, ALSO REAL QUICK, THE US TRAVELS, IPW, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL INBOUND TRAVEL SHOW.
WE DID THAT SHOW IN 2018 AND 2019 AND WE DID IT AGAIN LAST YEAR 'CAUSE IT WAS IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN IN TEXAS IN 15 YEARS.
AND SO WE PARTNERED WITH THE STATE TO, UM, PROMOTE THE BRAZOSPORT AREA TO THESE 5,000 INTERNATIONAL VISITORS THAT ARE BOOKING TRAVEL TO THE US OUR WEBSITE, UH, VISIT BRAD SUPPORT.COM.
LAST YEAR WE, UM, WELL GOOGLE HAD US SWITCH TO A NEW ANALYTICS PROGRAM.
SO THESE ARE I THINK, PRETTY ACCURATE NUMBERS.
AND THE REASON I THINK THEY'RE ACCURATE IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE OUR BANDWIDTH, UM, TO THE WEBSITE BECAUSE WE HAD MORE VISITORS THAN, UH, WE WERE EXPECTING.
AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THE TOP PAGES FOR OUR SITE ARE THE BEACHES, PLACES TO STAY, FISHING, DINING AND EVENTS.
AND THE USERS ARE FROM HOUSTON, DALLAS-FORT WORTH, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, AND CHICAGO.
AND THEN THE TOP REFERRING SITES ARE FACEBOOK, VISIT HOUSTON TEXAS.COM, WHICH GOES BACK TO THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH VISIT HOUSTON.
UM, 365 THINGS IN HOUSTON, TRAVEL LEMING AND TRAVEL TEXAS, WHICH IS THE STATES, UM, WEBSITE.
WE CONTINUE TO PART TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE LONE STAR COASTAL ALLIANCE.
THAT IS A GROUP THAT IS WORKING WITH, UM, WITH RANDY WEBER TO DESIGNATE BRAZORIA, GALVESTON, MATAGORDA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY AS A NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
WE CONTINUED, UM, SOME CO-OP ADVERTISING PROGRAMS
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WITH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S TOURISM DIVISION.AND THEN WE CONTINUED TO PARTNER LOCALLY WITH, UM, SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON THEIR EVENTS.
SO LAST YEAR, UM, LAKE JACKSON, THERE WAS $15.7 MILLION IN DIRECT TRAVEL SPENDING A TOTAL OF 1.8 MILLION IN TAX RECEIPTS.
UM, THERE'S 190 EMPLOYEES IN LAKE JACKSON, EITHER FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME THAT ARE THAT WORK IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.
AND THEIR EARNINGS ARE 5.1 MILLION.
AND OVERALL COMPARED TO 2022, IT WAS PRETTY FLAT.
UM, WE ARE PART OF THE CHAMBER.
THE CHAMBER SERVES OVER 700 MEMBERS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES TO LARGE INDUSTRY, UM, NONPROFITS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
THE CHAMBER WORKS TO PROVIDE UNIFIED SUPPORT AND TO PROMOTE THE BROWSER SUPPORT AREA FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
UH, THEY WORK WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT TO BOOST GROWTH AND THAT IS DONE THROUGH RESOLUTIONS, LETTERS, PETITIONS AND TESTIMONIES FROM THE CHAMBER BOARD AND STAFF TO, UH, DECISION MAKERS.
THE CHAMBER ALSO FACILITATES QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THE MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS FROM THE EIGHT CITIES THAT MAKE UP THE PRIZE SUPPORT AREA.
UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THOSE MEETINGS.
LAST YEAR OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WAS, UM, SCOTT DAIGLE, UM, FROM EMMY GLOBAL AND THIS YEAR IT IS COMMISSIONER DEPA.
SO A BIG EVENT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THIS YEAR IS OUR SHOP LOCAL WEEKEND.
IT WILL BE JUNE 21ST THROUGH 23RD.
UM, YOU CAN COME BY THE CHAMBER AND HAVE BREAKFAST, PICK UP A SHOPPING BAG, A LIST OF MEMBERS, AND THEN YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.
YOU'RE FREE TO GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE OR YOU CAN JUST GO GET YOUR GROCERIES, GET YOUR TIRES ROTATED, SEE THE DOCTOR.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE A CHAMBER MEMBER, UM, YOU CAN GET A RECEIPT, BRING THAT BACK TO THE CHAMBER OFFICE WITH YOUR NAME AND NUMBER ON IT.
THEN, UM, THAT TUESDAY WE DO A DRAWING AND THE LUCKY PERSON WINS A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THIS IS A GOOD, UM, A GOOD PROMOTION NOT ONLY FOR OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS BUT ALSO FOR THE CONSUMER TOO BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS RUN SPECIAL PROMOTIONS DURING THAT WEEKEND AND YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE, UH, WORKING WITH Y'ALL.
AND I DID INCLUDE OUR MARKETING PLAN FOR THIS YEAR IN, IN THE PACKET.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? JUST Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB.
I ALWAYS LIKE SEEING Y'ALL AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.
Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES.
BUT I WAS LOOKING AT IT SAID USE THE TOP USER LOCATION.
I UNDERSTAND HOUSTON, DALLAS, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, BUT CHICAGO.
UM, SO IN THE PAST IT HAD BEEN, UH, EITHER COLLEGE STATION OR WACO, BUT ACCORDING TO GOOGLE IT'S CHICAGO AND IT'S ALSO, UM, A CITY IN WEST VIRGINIA AND THEN LOS ANGELES.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PROMOTING THE BRASS PORT AREA IN THOSE IN THOSE YOU'RE DOING REGIONS TOO.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU AGAIN.
YOU CONTINUE TO DO GREAT, UH, WORK AND AND PROMOTING OUR, OUR AREA.
UH, NEXT THING WE HAVE IS A PROCLAMATION.
AGAIN, I ALWAYS SAY THAT YOU CAN TELL HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE WHENEVER THERE'S SEE HOW MANY WEAR ASS THERE ARE IN THE PROCLAMATION AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW HERE.
UH, PROCLAMATION I GERALD ROSKI BY AUTHORITY VEST IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY LIKE JACKSON, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH, 2024 NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS, UH, UH, PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL, UH, ARE THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND, UH, RESILIENT, UH, COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY LIFE AND WELLBEING OF ALL PEOPLE OF LAKE JACKSON.
WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURES, FACILITIES, SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, PROTECTING OUR NATION'S, TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT, AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, UH, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN IN LAKE JACKSON TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.
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WHEREAS THE YEAR 2024 MARKS THE 64TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND CANADA PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.NOW, THEREFORE WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY LAKE JACKSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 19TH, 2019 THROUGH THE 25TH OF 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
THANK I'M EARNING MY PAYCHECK TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU TODAY AND WE'RE SO GLAD.
ARE ALL THE SCOUTS IN THE BUILDING? EVERYONE'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
UH, SHERRY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IF I COULD PLEASE ASK YOU TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
UM, FOR ABOUT A YEAR, KEEP BLAKE JACKSON.
HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT CHARLIE CHIPPER GRANDFATHER AND FATHER HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT.
HIS HAT AIN'T AFFECTED THE DOOR.
SO NOW THEIR SON CHARLIE CHIPPER, OUR NEW KEEP LAKE JACKSON MASCOT IS COMING THROUGH THE DOOR.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS OUR NEW CHARLIE TRIPPER MASCOT.
UM, HE IS AVAILABLE FOR PHOTOS AND AUTOGRAPHS, ALTHOUGH IT'D BE KIND OF NOT THE BEST AUTOGRAPH.
YOU'RE COMING OVER HERE TO SEE ME.
DO YOU WANNA WAVE TO THE COUNCIL? NO,
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND, UM, HE'S ALSO SOMEWHAT MISCHIEVOUS.
UM, WHAT'S WRONG SHERRY? IS HE OKAY? HE'S REAL.
UM, THE, UH, GRANDFATHER AND FATHER WILL BE TAKEN OVER TO THE LAKE JACKSON MUSEUM WHERE THEY HOPEFULLY WILL BE ON DISPLAY, BUT HE DEFINITELY WILL BECOME PART OF THEIR COLLECTION OVER THERE SO THAT OUR ORIGINAL, UM, MASCOTS WILL BE KEPT FOR PROSPERITY, JUST LIKE ALL THEIR OTHER KEEP LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL ARCHIVES.
DOES, DOES HE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? OH, CHARLIE DOESN'T SPEAK.
LAUREN MARIE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE COOLING SYSTEM THAT CHARLIE HAS? OH YEAH, YEAH.
WE'LL TAKE PICTURES IN JUST A MINUTE.
I THOUGHT YOU, UM, YES, I CAN EXPLAIN THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH OUR OLD CHARLIE AND HIS, WELL HIS GRANDFATHER, IS THAT IT WAS VERY HOT.
HE WAS, HE WAS JUST ALWAYS BURNING UP.
AND THIS NEW CHARLIE, WHICH IS VERY MUCH AS YOU CAN TELL, MUCH MORE MODERN AND HAS AN ENTIRELY MODERN, UM, SYSTEM INSIDE OF HIM, THERE IS A COOLING VEST, THERE IS A COOLING FAN FOR THE HEAD.
UM, THE HEAD IS USUALLY THE PART THAT GETS THE HOTTEST.
UM, AND THERE'S A LITTLE FAN IN THERE WITH RE UH, RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND THE COOLING VEST, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE, UM, FREEZER AND THEN YOU PUT IT INSIDE.
AND THE FACT THAT THE TOWEL DOES NOT FLOP AROUND IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER GOOD THING BECAUSE WHEN
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YOU'RE ACTUALLY CARING, IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT.BUT WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN IT TRYING TO WALK AROUND IN IT, IT JUST BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT AS OUR CITY MANAGER CAN ATTEST.
SO THIS IS MUCH, MUCH BETTER
UM, IN FACT, THE MOMENT THAT OUR COMMISSIONER PUT, TAKE THAT OFF, UM,
UM, BUT IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WEAR.
I I WORE IT THROUGH CITY HALL AND IT IS MUCH, MUCH EASIER TO WEAR.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INDULGING US AND WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE, THE NEW COSTUME WITH YOU.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, VISITOR'S COMMENTS.
AND THIS IS A SECTION OF THE AGENDA WHERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ITEM FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT IS NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR AGENDA THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, DO.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO, UH, SPEAK OF ANY ITEM.
IS THERE ANY ITEM, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS ITEMS WOULD LIKE TO ABOUT? OKAY, IF NOT, WE'LL GO INTO, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM, EITHER CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR AGENDA, UH, TO DECLARE.
DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY ITEM THAT THEY NEED TO DECLARE OR CONFLICT ON? NO SIR.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON BY ANY OF OUR GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA ITEM, WANT TO PROVE, I WANT TO PROVE MINUTES OF MAY 6TH, 2024 AND MAY 13TH, 2024, UH, EXCEPT BOARD OF COMMISSION MINUTES, PLANNERS Y AND PARKS.ITEM THREE IS SET REGULAR, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS TIMES FOR 6:30 PM ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.
THE EXCEPTION WILL BE THE MEETINGS, UM, UH, THAT FALL ON, UH, ON, ON THE HOLIDAYS THAT FALL ON, UH, REGULAR MONDAY MEETING TIMES.
UH, UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, ITEM FOUR, THE POINT, UH, CADENCE HUBER, UH, TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR NEW TERM FROM MAY 1ST, 2024 TO APRIL 30, 20, 25.
ITEM FIVE IS AWARD CONTRACT TO YELLOWSTONE LANDSCAPE FOR MOWING DITCHES UNDER, UH, CHOICE PARTNERS CO-OP, UH, NUMBER, UH, 2 0 3 0 MR 44 MOWING SEASONS FROM JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,632.
AND ITEM SIX AWARD, A ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO, UH, JANITORIAL SERVICES TO A VETERANS TOUCH FOR THE FIRE STATION.
ONE EMS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $14,026 PER YEAR AS A BUDGET.
IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT, UH, COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AND AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, SECOND AND WE'LL HAVE A SECOND BY COUNSEL BAKER.
[1. Appoint Mayor Pro-Tem. – Mayor Roznovsky ]
TO REGULAR AGENDA.WE HAVE, UH, POINT MAYOR PRO 10.
UH, THIS IS, UH, WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS ARE HELD.
AND, UM, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL TO, UH, NOMINATE AND TO ELECT A MAYOR PROTON.
UM, MAYOR, I DID NORMALLY THIS IS A PRETTY SHORT AGENDA ITEM.
I DID WANT, UH, TO TOUCH ON ONE POINT, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TURNOVER AND COUNCIL A LOT OF NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE.
UM, I'VE READ OUR CHARTER QUITE EXTENSIVELY.
UM, IT DOES SAY THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOMINATE AND ELECT AND WE'VE KIND OF HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SYSTEM IN PLACE ABOUT HOW IT'S DONE.
I HAVE PERSONALLY ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT PUTS SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION THAT, UM, HAD, IF THEY NEEDED TO STEP UP, THEY'RE REALLY THE LEAST QUALIFIED.
AND IT HAPPENED TO ME MY FIRST YEAR OF COUNCIL.
UH, I KNOW IT'S HAPPENED TO OTHER, OTHER SEVERAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, JUST MAKE THE NOMINATION AMONGST OURSELVES AND ELECT WHO WE WANT SO THAT THERE'S NOT A SET SYSTEM IN PLACE.
SO THAT MAY MEAN YOU HAVE THE SAME MAYOR PRO TEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, JUST DEPENDING ON HOW THE ELECTION GOES, BUT JUST REALLY TO STICK AND ABIDE
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BY THE CHARTER WITHOUT THE, UM, UH, ADDITION OF THE FIRST TERM.FIRST IN, FIRST OUT, HOWEVER IT GOES.
AND I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL MEMBERS ON COUNCILORS SITTING HERE TODAY THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION WHERE THEY CAME IN THEIR FIRST YEAR AND THEY WERE MAYOR
RIGHT? AND SO IT'S HARD TO STEP INTO THOSE SHOES WITHOUT KNOWING, UH, A LOT ABOUT THE CITY OPERATION.
WHEN YOU'RE YOUR FIRST TWO YEARS ON COUNCIL, YOU'RE SPENDING MOST OF YOUR TIME LEARNING WHAT'S HOW TO DO THINGS AND HOW TO, HOW TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW, AND MAKE A NOMINATION OF SOMEBODY THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO FILL, FILL A POSITION AND CAN FILL IN FOR ME AS THE MAYOR, UH, OR ANY MAYOR IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FILL INTO, FILL IN FOR VERY WELL TO REPRESENT THE CITY.
AND SO I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION OKAY.
IF ANYBODY IS, ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY, UH,
UM, I THINK HE'S BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
IT'S ALWAYS KIND OF A VOICE OR REASON.
UM, AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE MY NOMINATION FOR MAYOR PRO TIM.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO NOMINATE, UH, MATT BRODIS TO MAYOR PRO TIM BY COUNCILMAN SETH.
HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HEIM.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
[2. Discuss and approve Resolution No. 956 to deny CenterPoint Electric’s $60 million rate increase. – Sherri Russell]
TWO DISCUSSED AND APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 5 6 TO DENY CENTER POINT, UH, ELECTRIC'S $16 MILLION RATE INCREASE.YOU WANNA START US ON THAT? SURE.
SO, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER, THIS IS CENTER POINT ELECTRIC.
LAST TIME WE DID CENTER POINT GAS AND THEY WANT TO RAISE OUR RATES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE 17 MILLION IN THEIR TRANS TRANSMITTING THE ELECTRICITY AND 43 IN, UM, WHOLESALE RATES.
AND, UH, AND YOU ALL PUT THAT A PAUSE ON THAT IN INCREASE THREE MONTHS AGO.
'CAUSE YOU, YOU RETAINED YOUR JURISDICTION OVER THIS AND THE GULF COAST COMMUNITY LOOKED INTO IT AND DECIDED THIS WAS UNREASONABLE.
AND AT THIS POINT, NORMALLY THERE'S A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN CENTER POINT AND ALL THE GROUPS THAT WERE OPPOSING IT, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
SO AS THE CITIES DENY THIS INCREASE, IT WILL GO IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO, TO DECIDE WHAT'S
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ABOUT GO AHEAD AND RESOLUTION PLEASE.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS FINDING THAT CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC, REQUESTED INCREASE TO ITS ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION RATES AND CHARGES WITHIN THE CITY SHOULD BE DENIED FINDING THAT THE CITY'S REASONABLE RATE CASE EXPENSES SHALL BE REVERSED BY THE COMPANY.
FINDING THAT THE MEANING AT WHICH THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW REQUIRING NOTICE OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE COMPANY AND GCC LEGAL COUNSEL.
I TAKE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
NUMBER 9 5 6 TO DENY POINT ELECTOR 60 MILLION RATE INCREASE.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3. Discuss and adopt a policy to place a lien on non-residential delinquent utility accounts. – James Bryson ]
DISCUSSING ADOPT A POLICY TO PLACE A LIEN ON NON RESIDENTIAL, THE LIEN POINTS, UH, UTILITY ACCOUNTS.SO ON APRIL 15TH, COUNSEL DID THE FIRST, UM, ORDINANCE WITH REGARDS TO THE, UM, POTENTIAL FOR PUTTING DELINQUENT BUSINESS COMMERCIAL, UH, LIENS ON UTILITY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT.
UM, WE'RE JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU SOME DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER.
AND THEN THE POLICY THAT WE DROVE, UH, WROTE UP.
AND SHERRY, THE ILLUSTRIOUS CITY ATTORNEY, SHERRY, HELPED ME WITH THIS.
SO, UM, OUT OF THE 9,300 METER ACCOUNTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, 625 OF THEM WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL AND 47 OF THEM WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN.
SO ABOUT 7% OF OUR TOTAL UTILITIES WOULD FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE WAY WE CURRENTLY COLLECT THE 18 DAYS THAT WE GIVE NOTICE, AND THEN THE 14 DAYS AFTER THE DUE DATE FALL IN LINE WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION REQUIRE, UH, REGULATIONS.
UM, AFTER RESEARCHING, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY PARTICULAR CITY THAT HAD A POLICY IN PLACE, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THIS PO UM, ORDINANCE AS WELL.
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SO WE ADOPTED, UM, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND.I I PULLED MOST OF THIS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEN SHERRY HELPED ME TO EDIT IT.
SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE LAW.
SO DOES IT SPECIFY THERE'S A COST OF PUTTING A LIEN ON? RIGHT? THERE IS, YES SIR.
AND WHO, WHO PAYS FOR THAT? IS THAT, IS THAT PASSED THROUGH TO THE, UH, IT WOULD BE ADDED, UH, AS ADDITIONAL COST WITH THE WATER.
SO WHATEVER THE TOTAL OF THE BILL WAS.
AND THEN THE COST OF THE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEIR COST IS PASSED ON.
IT IS PASSED ON TO THE CUSTOMER.
AND TO PASS IT FIRST, THE DIRECTOR, WHICH WOULD BE MYSELF, WOULD HAVE TO AGREE THAT IT NEEDED TO BE PLACED AND THEN I'D GET CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL AND SHERRY WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD DRAW UP THE LIEN AND WE'D APPLY IT THAT WAY.
SO PUT A GO AHEAD TO, TO PUT A LIEN ON A PROPERTY.
WILL YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO A SMALL CLAIM CIVIL COURT OR JP COURT AND THEN IF, IF WE WERE GONNA TRY TO COLLECT ON IT? YEAH, NO, THE LIEN IS, UM, IS THERE TO PREVENT THEM FROM SELLING THE PROPERTY BUT WITHOUT PAYING US.
AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE 10% INTEREST PER YEAR PLUS OUR COSTS AND THE, AND THE LIEN ITSELF.
AND, AND WE HAVE GOTTEN MONEY BACK FROM THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, THERE, THE LAW FIRM THAT COLLECTS OUR, UM, DELINQUENT TRAFFIC TICKETS NOW AND, UH, CAN ALSO TRY TO COLLECT ON THIS.
WE, WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE CONTRACT IF, IF WE WANT.
BUT THE WAY THAT THIS IS WRITTEN, WE DO HAVE SOME DISCRETION, SOME LENIENCY BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR, BETWEEN CITY MANAGER YES MA'AM.
ABOUT WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, I MEAN EACH BUSINESS ACCOUNT, 'CAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT THEY HAVE ON HAND, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PAST DUE, THE NUMBER OF DAYS THEY'RE PAST DUE, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, THIRD PARTIES MIGHT BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF LEEWAY THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
INCLUDING THE PAST PERFORMANCE.
AND, AND JAMES MENTIONED THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A NEW TOOL, IT'S A SECONDARY TOOL, WE STILL HAVE A DEPOSIT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, THE USAGE IS OVER THE DEPOSIT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T INCREASED IT OVER TIME, THIS IS THE SECONDARY WAY TO PUT ON THE, SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE LAST RESULT.
THAT'S HOW I HAVE WHEN ALL COMMUNICATION FAILED.
I FIGURED IT'S THE LAST RESORT.
IF WE CAN'T, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR WATER BILL AND THEY GO DELINQUENT, THEN WE'RE GONNA TRY TO COLLECT THAT BALANCE BY JUST PUTTING A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AFTER THE FACT.
SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS.
UH, THAT DEPOSIT, WHEN THE RESIDENT PLAYS A DEPOSIT ON THERE, IS IT THE DEPOSIT OR REFUNDED AFTER SO MANY YEARS ON THE RESIDENCE? IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND IT'S, IT'S REFUNDED TO THEM AFTER THREE YEARS.
NOT ON THE COMMERCIAL, NO SIR.
ON THE COMMERCIAL, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS FIGURE THE BALANCE FOR TWO, TWO MONTHS ON THE, ON THE BUSINESS AND HAVE THEM PUT THAT AMOUNT IN THERE.
BUT OVER TIME THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, LANCE? UH, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO LIE.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE POLICY TO PLACE A LIEN ON NON-RESIDENTIAL DELINQUENT UTILITY ACCOUNTS AS WRITTEN.
I'M SORRY, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL ETH SECOND IS
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4. Approve the purchase of six Moivision traffic cameras from AM Signal, LLC, using BuyBoard Contract #695-23 in an amount not exceeding $82,942 - Deb Webb]
UN FOR APPROVED PURCHASE OF, UH, SIX MOVIE VISION TRAFFIC CAMERAS FOR A M SIGNALS LLC FROM A M SIGNALS LLCI USING VIA BOARD CONTRACT 6 9 5 23 AMOUNT.I BROUGHT WITH ME CHRISTIAN FRA, WHO WORKS FOR AM SIGNAL AND UM, HE'S GOT SOME INTERESTING DATA TO SHOW YOU.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOUR NEW, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL CAMERAS AND THEY WOULD BE PUT AT DIXIE DRIVE AT BRAESWOOD WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE A DEMO.
WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THAT ONE.
IT'S WORKING OUT REALLY WELL FOR US.
UM, ONE TO PUT ONE AT OAK DRIVE AT OCD YON AT OCD AND OLD ANGLETON ROAD AT OCD WOULD BE THE FIRST FOUR THAT WE WOULD PUT IN PLACE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN USING THESE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
THE FEEDBACK IS REALLY POSITIVE.
AND, UM, I BROUGHT CHRISTIAN WITH ME BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THIS LIVE AND SO HE'S GONNA SHOW YOU A, A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT WE, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK WE GET OFF THESE CAMERAS.
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THIS IS LIVE.I HOPE YOU DON'T SEE IT ON MONITOR.
SO YEAH, LIKE, UH, LIKE DEB SAID, YOU KNOW, WE PUT A A DEMO SYSTEM IN ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
UM, IT WAS AT AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS SOME INGROUND DETECTION THAT WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.
SO, UM, THIS IS A LOT EASIER TO SERVICE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING, UH, MASTER ARM THAT'S THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CUT CONCRETE OR DRILL CONCRETE OR ANYTHING LIKE YOU HAD TO DO IN THE PAST.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER ADVANTAGES IS THAT IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU GUYS SOME VISIBILITY TO WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE INTERSECTION.
ONE WITH THE VIDEO, BUT ALSO, UM, IT CAN SEND ALERTS IF EQUIPMENT GOES DOWN OR IF THE INTERSECTION GOES INTO FLASH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT CAN HELP FOLKS RESPOND A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT'S THE, SO WHO HAVE THE CAPABIL VISIBIL VISIBILITY? ONE SECOND.
WE'VE GOT, WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH A GREEN? UM, SO THE GREEN IS SHOWING THAT'S, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A VIRTUAL LOOP.
NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE IN THE CONCRETE, BUT WE'RE DOING IT WITH A VIDEO AND THAT'S SHOWING THAT THERE'S A, A VEHICLE ACTUALLY THERE.
SO IT'S SENDING, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO TURN THE LIGHT GREEN IF THAT VEHICLE'S NOT PROGRESSING.
SO WHO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MONITOR THAT? WHO HAS ACCESS? YEAH, IT'S THE STREETS DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE PD BEING ABLE TO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.
UM, SO YOU CAN ADD AS MANY AS I WAS JUST WONDERING, WOULD THE PD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT? YEAH.
AND AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS JUST CONTROLLING TRAFFIC SIGNAL LINES.
IT'S TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE SOME STUFF IN PLACE THAT'S BEEN FAILING, SO, SO ONCE THEY SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE, THEY CAN CHANGE TO CIGNA OR DOES IT, DOES IT ON ITS OWN.
YOU CAN GO IN THERE, UM, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC FLOWS EACH DIRECTION, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN ADJUST THE TIMINGS IF YOU NEED TO.
SO I GUESS MAYBE THE QUESTION MIGHT BE IS IF FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN GOING ON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU HAVE GRADUATION ALL AND STUFF COMING UP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET A NOTIFICATION THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE CAN TRAFFIC Y'ALL, INSTEAD OF SAYING OFFICE OUT THERE TO DIRECT TRAFFIC, CAN YOU HAVE TAKE CONTROL OF THE LIGHTS AND, AND RESEQUENCE IT? YEAH.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL IT REMOTELY IF YOU NEED TO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUT IN A, IT'S CALLED A, YOU KNOW, A CALL, UM, IF YOU HAD TO.
UM, BUT IT ALSO, YOU CAN MONITOR, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT TRENDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND SET DIFFERENT PLANS DEPEND ON WHAT TIME OF DAY, HOW LONG DO YOU KEEP A RECORD OF IT.
UM, IT'S KEPT, WE KEEP A RECORD OF THE COUNTS FOR A YEAR, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, WHICH VEHICLE WE BACK WE YEAR AND SEE WHAT GOING ON.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS CURRENTLY THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LOOPS ARE IN CERTAIN PLACES.
SO CURRENT, CURRENT TALKING ABOUT CURRENT, YOU KNOW, AND A VEHICLE COMES IN AND GOES BEYOND THAT LOOP GOES INTO PART OF THE, AND THAT INTERSECTION NEVER CHANGES.
AND THEN PEOPLE COME BEHIND THEM, THEY CAN'T MOVE UP AND TRIGGER THAT.
AND SOMEBODY ENDS UP ACTUALLY RUNNING THROUGH THE LIGHT TO BE ABLE TO START THE PROCESS AGAIN.
'CAUSE YOU SEE A ZONE IS LAR LAR LARGER? YEAH.
IT'S A LOT LARGER AND IT'S ADJUSTABLE AFTER THE FACT.
SO WE CAN GO IN THERE AND WE CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT ZONE AND MAKE IT BIGGER IF WE'RE NOTICING THAT FOLKS ARE NOT PULLING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STOP BAR OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE PULLING UP PAST THE STOP BAR, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO YOU CAN ADJUST IT BASED ON WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
THE OTHER BENEFIT I KNOW IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE HAD, UH, SOMEBODY COME TO US AND TELL US THAT A TRAFFIC LOCK'S NOT WORKING WELL AND STUFF, WE GO BACK INTO RECORDS AND WE GO BACK AND, AND UH, LOOK AT IT, SEE WHAT THE REAL ISSUE IS, IF THERE IS AN ISSUE OR NOT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL GOOD DATA COLLECTION FOR HELP US, UH, IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY, UH, THIS IS REALLY WORKING AS A REPLACEMENT OF THE LOOPS.
AND IT CAN STILL BE USED AS WE UPGRADE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL BOXES OR THE LIGHTS.
WE CAN TAKE THIS OFF AND USE IT ON THE NEW LIGHTS.
'CAUSE NOW THE LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CONTROL BOXES GET OUTDATED.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO WRITE THOSE OVER, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME THAT THIS WILL STILL WORK AND WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO ALL THE LOOPS.
SO I ACTUALLY SURVEYED THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
UM, WE CHECK OUT ON ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN THOSE.
SO THE, UH, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF GOING BACK TO THE, UH, DIXIE DRIVE AND BRASSWOOD DRIVE, THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT ONE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
IS THAT, UH, IN THE PAST WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEQUENCING BEING ABLE TO SEQUENCE THOSE LIGHTS DIFFERENTLY, UH, THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CHANGED THE SINCE, BUT THE, THE, THE LIMITING FACTOR WAS, IS THE CONTROL SYSTEM WAS TOO OLD.
AND SO THIS WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT YOU CAN SET IN THESE LIGHTS AT ANY FREQUENCY THAT YOU WANT TO, UH, IF YOU NEED, LIKE IF YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, A, A GAME OR SOMETHING THAT GOT OUT AND TRAFFIC WAS HEAVIER THAN USUAL, YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND MANUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT IN A CALL IF YOU NEED TO.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND, AND YOU CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMING PLANS.
I THINK FOR EXAMPLE IS LIKE A ADVISOR, DIXIE DRIVER ADVISOR DRIVE.
WE'VE BEEN ASKED THAT IF WE MAKE THE LEFT HAND TURN OFF OF DIXIE DRIVE ONTO BRASSWOOD DRIVE LONGER, THAT WOULD HELP MOVE TRAFFIC OUT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SIGNALS ARE SET UP, IF YOU CHANGE THAT LIGHT, YOU CHANGE ALL THE DIFFERENT
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ONES.WELL NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE CAPABILITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CHANGE THE TIMING ON EACH LIGHT YEAH.
WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE STUFF IN THE CABINET.
IT WOULD BE ON THE CONTROLLER THAT SITS IN THE CABINET, YOU CHANGE THAT.
SO, UH, CAN YOU PROGRAM THOSE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AS A DIFFERENT SEQUENCE? YEAH.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, STATE HAS BEEN INSTALLING THESE LIGHTS WITH LEFT TURN ON YELLOW FLASHING? MM-HMM.
SO IT'LL, IT'LL WORK IN THAT SCENARIO AS WELL TOO.
SO, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS, THESE CAMERAS ARE NOT USED FOR ISSUING TRAFFIC TICKETS, CORRECT? THERE'S NO RECORDING OF THE ACTUAL VIDEO, BUT, BUT CHIEF I'M CORRECT.
THIS CAN BE USED LEGALLY JUST LIKE A RING DOORBELL CAMERA OR SOMETHING AS NEEDED, CORRECT? WELL, HE JUST SAID THAT IT DOESN'T RECORD, SO IT DOESN'T SAVE IT AT ALL.
SO WE HAVE THE RECORDING TURNED OFF.
YOU CAN TURN THE RECORDING ON IF YOU WANT TO.
THE ACTUAL DATA IS RECORDED, BUT THE VIDEO ITSELF IS AHEAD.
AGAIN, BUT I STILL WANNA CLARIFY THAT IT'S STILL LIMITED BY THE CONTROL BOX.
UH, SO THERE ARE, THERE WE WILL PROBABLY COME ACROSS SOMETHING THAT YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A PANACEA THAT WE CAN SOLVE EVERY THING WITH A $30,000 CAMERA.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY REPLACING THE LOOPS AND GIVING US ADDITIONAL DATA.
UM, BUT WE'LL HIT UP AGAINST SOME OF THE FACTORS OF THE CONTROL BOX.
OH, ONE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS I WAS A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER HERE AND I HAD PROBLEMS COMING TO THE INTERSECTION.
THE LIGHTS WOULDN'T CHANGE BECAUSE I GUESS THE BIKE WASN'T HEAVY ENOUGH.
I, I WAS HEAVY ENOUGH BUT THE BIKE WOULDN'T
SO IT DETECTS CARS, TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.
UM, SO IT, IT'S ACTUALLY HAS BUILT IN TO DETECT MOTORCYCLES.
SORRY, WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CAMERAS.
CAN YOU CLARIFY? WE HAVE TESTED ANOTHER SYSTEM, ANOTHER CAMERA SYSTEM.
AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE USING, WE WANT TO USE THIS ONE VERSUS THE OTHER ONE.
I THINK THIS ONE HAS MORE FLEXIBILITY AND IT HAS MORE FEEDBACK FROM OTHER CITIES LONG TERM SAYING THIS SYSTEM WILL LAST.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'RE TWO AND THREE YEARS INTO IT WITH SEVERAL LIGHTS AND NOT EXPERIENCING ANY ISSUES WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN BACK OVER TO THIS ONE A FEW TIMES, YOU KNOW, BASED ON COMPLAINTS.
UM, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, THIS ONE IS WORKING GREAT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S NOT ON THE IMMEDIATE LIST TO REPLACE.
UM, THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW ARE MAINLY OYSTER CREEK DRIVE AND THEN THIS, UM, THIS ONE AT DIXIE IS JUST, WE DID IT FOR A TRIAL, SO THEY GAVE IT TO US FOR FREE.
NOW WE'RE WANTING TO PURCHASE IT AND PUT IT IN PLACE AND STAFF HAD REQUESTED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE WERE GONNA TRY TO TAKE A CAUTIOUS APPROACH, TRIED THESE, THESE, THESE LIGHTS ARE GOOD, THEN WE'LL EVALUATE IT.
UM, WE'LL PROBABLY, UH, LOOK AT PURCHASING, YOU KNOW, MORE IN THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON.
SO YOU GO AHEAD WHEN YOU SAID IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE SOMETHING, IS THERE, SOMEBODY HAS TO GO OUT TO THE BOX AND LITERALLY CHANGE IT OR SO DO IT FROM AN OFFICER OR SOMEWHERE? YEAH, YOU CAN DO IT FROM AN OFFICE.
WHERE'S THAT GONNA BE? UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STREETS DEPARTMENT.
SO EACH SO SOMEBODY BE MONITORING THAT OUTSIDE? YEAH.
E NOW YOU KNOW, UH, IN THE PAST YOU GUYS HAVE NOT HAD ANY SORT OF CONNECTIVITY TO YOUR CABINETS.
THESE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED CELL CONNECTIVITY SO THEY CAN BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE INTERSECTION OF SERVICE IT, SOMEBODY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND NO, NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR CELL SERVICE REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENTS OR THE CELL COST IS $300 A YEAR PER LIGHT.
UM, THAT'LL BE A RECURRING CHARGE.
UM, THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE SYSTEM WE HAVE TO HAVE.
AND THE ONE CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT TEST THAT WE REALLY COULDN'T TEST, UH, IS AS WE GET MORE LIGHTS IN THE SYSTEM, THEN THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE SYSTEM, CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.
SO DOWN OYSTER CREEK DRIVE AND START TO MAKE THEM MORE SMART LIGHTS.
LONG TERM WE WOULD DOWN, YEAH.
BUT RIGHT NOW DOWN, ADD MORE ON OYSTER CREEK AND MAKE THEM CONSECUTIVE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING FOR WORST LIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HAVE ISSUES RIGHT OFF THE BAT WE'RE GONNA CORRECT THOSE QUESTION STATE LIGHT, I'M SORRY, A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THE STATE CHANGING FROM RED TO GREEN AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THE STATE ON 2004 TAKES FOREVER ANYWAY.
SO, UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT THE OLD ANGLETON ROAD AND UH, OYSTER CREEK DRIVE WAS CHOSEN OVER CIRCLE WAY AND OYSTER CREEK DRIVE? OLD ANGLETON ROAD IS COMPLETELY OUTDATED.
THAT LIGHT? WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME JUST TRYING TO GET IT TO CHANGE
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THE PARTS.WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REPLACE ANYTHING ON IT AT THIS POINT.
SO THIS WILL GIVE US CAPABILITY TO KEEP THAT LIGHT CHANGING AS IT SHOULD.
BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S NOT A VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA.
UH, I THINK THE TRAFFIC COUNT ON CER UH, OCD AND CIRCLE WAY WOULD BE A LOT GREATER OLD ENGLETON ROAD AT THE COLLEGE IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT IN.
SO THAT'S AND THAT IS HEAVY, HEAVY CERTAIN TIMES A DAY.
UM, THAT'LL HELP US A LOT IF WE CAN GET THAT THING FLOWING.
UM, THAT ONE'S ALWAYS BACKED UP.
AND UM, AND THIS INTEGRATES IN WORKFLOW WITH OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDER LIGHT SYSTEM.
HAVE WE TESTED THAT? DO WE KNOW FOR SURE ON THE NO, I OF THOSE? IT'S OPTICUM IS THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME COMPANY.
UM, SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD WORK WITH THE OFFICE ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO SIR.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON MOVE FORWARD WITH MR. MAYOR.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, PURCHASE OF SIX MO MO VISION TRAFFIC CAMERAS FROM AM SIGNAL LLC USING BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 9 5 DASH 23 IN THE AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING 82,942 AS REQUESTED.
HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN YET.
UH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MUELL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO CORRECTION.
THE COMMUNICATIONS IS 4 4 80 2000.
SO IT SHOULD BE FOUR PURCHASE OF FOUR CAMERAS.
SO WE'LL CORRECT THAT MOTION TO UH, FOUR INSTEAD OF SIX.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[5. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Construction Master of Houston, Inc. through Choice Partners Purchasing Coop 24/018MR-03 to renovate the Dunbar Park Pavilions in an amount not exceeding $53,292 as budgeted. – Robin Hyden]
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE.UH, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH UH, CONSTRUCTION MASTERS MASTER OF HOUSTON, INC.
UH, THROUGH CHOICE PARTNERS PURCHASE PURCHASING CO-OP, UH, 24 0 1 8 R ZERO THREE TO RENOVATE DUNBAR PARK PAVILION IN THE AMOUNT ALLOWED TO EXCEED THOUSAND TWO.
SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE DUNBAR PAVILION.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE REASON IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME SURFACE RUST.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET IN THERE AND DO SOME PAINTING ON THE BEAMS AND STUFF ON THE PAVILION.
UM, IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU SEE KIND OF WHEN YOU GET INTO LAKE JACKSON.
SO WE REALLY DO WANNA MAKE THIS LOOK A LOT NICER.
UM, SO BESIDES JUST PAINTING THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, TO KIND OF COME IN AND ADD SOME OF THE, JUST A LITTLE DECORATIVE ACCENT AND ALMOST, IT'S GONNA BE SIMILAR TO THE STONE AND BRICK THAT'S HERE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA COME UP ABOUT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PAVILION, THERE'S TWO, ONE FOR THE BARBECUE PIT AND THE FIRST ONE AND THEY KIND OF COME AT AN ANGLE UP.
SO IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO REALLY COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND THE ROOF'S NOT REALLY PITCHED.
SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD ALL GRANTED GREAT IDEAS AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T WORK.
SO THIS WAS THE BEST THING WE COULD REALLY KIND OF COME UP WITH THAT REALLY KIND OF MAKE IT LOOK NICE.
UM, KIND OF MATCH IT, IT WILL NOT BE WHITE IT, THE BATHROOM'S NOT WHITE, BUT THE STONE WILL BE LIGHTER AS IT COMES IN.
AND THEN, WE'LL WE CAN PAINT THE BEAMS A DARKER COLOR, A DIFFERENT COLOR AND KIND OF REALLY MAKE THAT AREA POP AND LOOK NICE.
UM, SO, UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET RID OF, IF YOU'RE EVER BEEN THERE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING PAST THERE, YOU SEE THIS OLD BRICK, IT'S ACTUALLY A SINK AREA.
I THINK IT HAD A CLOSET AT ONE TIME IN THE BACK.
IT'S, IT'S NOT FIXABLE, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH IT.
UM, THE PLUMBING'S INSIDE THAT BRICK AND WE CAN'T REALLY GET TO IT AND IT KIND OF DRIPS.
SO WE WE'RE JUST GONNA KNOCK THAT OUT AND ACTUALLY COME BACK WITH A CINDER BLOCK KIND OF SERVING TABLE SINK WITH A CONCRETE, UM, COUNTERTOP THAT WILL LAST.
AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA PUT A STAINLESS STEEL SINK IN THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE USE IT.
SO WE, WE WANNA KEEP ALL THAT.
UM, BUT JUST COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DURABLE AND ATTRACTIVE LOOKING.
SO, SO WHAT KIND OF USE DO WE GET OUT OF DUNBAR PARK? WE GET QUITE A FEW THAT, THAT PARK.
MATTER OF FACT, I, IF WE, THIS PASSES IT WON'T EVEN BE UNTIL AUGUST BEFORE WE CAN EVEN DO ANYTHING.
AND I BLOCKED AUGUST OFF A WHILE BACK JUST BECAUSE, SO I'M TRYING TO GET IT DONE IF WE COULD BEFORE LABOR DAY.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S USED JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEKEND AT LEAST MAYBE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
SO THIS, THIS TEXTURE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ON THE COLUMN HERE, MM-HMM
I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE, WITH THE CREVICES INSTEAD.
UM, AND ACTUALLY ON THAT IT MAY BE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S A NATURAL STONE MIGHT BE EASIER TO SCRUB, EASIER THAN SAY THE PLASTICS OR METALS AND
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OTHER STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO.BUT YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU USE THAT GRAFFITI MOVER THAT MESSES UP THOSE COATINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A PAIN.
BUT, UM, I, I, YEAH, NO I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE ANY, UH, PROBABLY A LITTLE EASIER THAN IT WOULD BE OTHER STUFF.
BUT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE THAT MUCH, I, YOU KNOW, HAVE WE USED THESE GUYS BEFORE? YES.
CONSTRUCTION MASTERS? UM, THEY, UH, I'VE USED THEM.
THEY, THEY DID THE WORK AT MCLEAN PARK WHEN WE, I DON'T BEHIND THAT STAGE USED TO BE, I THINK IT WAS OPEN OR METAL.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND THEY CAME IN AND DID THAT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD COMPANY.
THEY ACTUALLY BUILT THE BANK THAT'S RIGHT UP THE ROAD.
SEVERAL OTHER CITY, YOU KNOW, AROUND HERE, SANTA FE.
THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP SO YEAH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR WORK TOO.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME YOU SAID? UM, WE'RE HOPING TO START THE CLEANING.
I HAVE A RENTAL IN THE LAST WEEK OF JULY AND THEN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST AND IT COULD TAKE 'CAUSE OF THE STONE WORK THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME, UM, TO 18 POSTS THAT YOU'VE GOTTA GO IN.
SO THAT APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT OPEN AND READY SO WE CAN RENT IT.
UH, WE'LL BE RENTING IT, UH, LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOR SOMEONE.
SO ROB, ARE YOU PUTTING FANS UP? FANS FANS? UH, THE HASN'T IN, NO, I HAVEN'T PUT THAT INTO DESIGN.
UM, IN THE CHANGING OF THE LIGHTING.
NO, WE DID CHANGE SOME OF THAT LIGHTING WHEN WE REDID STUFF.
ONE OF THE THINGS TOO THAT WE WENT AND DID WHEN WE DID THE BATHROOMS BECAUSE WE, WELL, WE RIPPED THE ELECTRICAL OUT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T FIND IT.
WE, YOU KNOW, AFTER WHAT, 50 YEARS? UM, SO WHEN WE DID IT, EVERYTHING WAS ON ONE BREAKER.
SO WHEN WE RE-PUT EVERYTHING BACK IN THERE, WE, BECAUSE THERE'S PLUGS LIKE ON THE POST, EVEN IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE COOKING YOU HAVE YOUR WARMERS, IT WAS TRIPPING EVERYTHING.
SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING SO MANY DIFFERENT BREAKERS.
IT'LL BE LED LIGHTING AND STUFF OUT THERE TOO.
UM, YEAH, I I DIDN'T THINK OF THE FANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I AM KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT, ABOUT THE VANDALISM.
THE OTHER THING WITH THAT IS EVEN THE OUTDOOR PLUGS, IT'S REALLY HARD WITH MUD DAUGHTERS AND BUGS AND THINGS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO ELSE TO MAINTAIN.
I, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, UM, TAKING THE FANS DOWN THAT ARE, UH, THERE'S NONE THERE.
YEAH, THERE'S NONE THERE AT THIS TIME.
SO THE CEILING FANS UP IN SOUTH PAVILION ARE WORKING PRETTY GOOD.
SO MAYBE ARE THEY SOUTH PAVILION PARKING AREA THAT HAS SOME CEILING FENCE THERE? OH THOSE, YEAH.
AND, AND WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT TOO.
UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BUDGETED.
THOSE DO GET A LITTLE COSTLY, SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK FOR IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I SAID I'VE HAD SOMEONE OUT KIND OF DOING WORK ON THE BARBECUE PIT.
I'M EVEN LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT 'CAUSE IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAVE IT.
UM, WE'VE FIXED SOME OF THE GRATES AND STUFF, BUT, SO WE'RE DOING A LITTLE THINGS AND ADDING A LITTLE LANDSCAPING JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU ABOUT TALKING TO, UH, ROSEWOOD C TE TO WHO? THE BRA WOODS WALING PROGRAM? I, NO, YES I HAVE.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT NEW CAME UP.
MARIA AND I WERE KIND OF DISCUSSING SOMETHING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PIT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING PEOPLE REALLY USE ANYMORE.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY KIND OF THE IDEA OF PUTTING JUST A BIG GRILL WITH THE CHARCOAL UNDERNEATH.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE AN EASY THING.
SO YES, I I, THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GONNA TRY TO, TO TALK TO 'EM AND SEE IF THAT'D, YOU KNOW, BE INTERESTED.
I THINK THEY HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND THIS WOULD BE AN EASIER UH, PRETTY EASY PROJECT TO DO.
NOT LIKE I COULD DO IT, BUT I THINK THEY WOULD DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S MAYOR.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTION MASTER OF HOUSTON THROUGH CHOICE PARTNERS PURCHASING CO-OP 24 0 1 8 MR ZERO THREE TO RENOVATE THE DUNBAR PARK PAVILIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING $53,292 AS BUDGETED.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SETH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? NO SIR.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
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WE HAVE UH, CITY UPDATES.UH, JUST WANTED QUICKLY LET YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT, UH, I THINK THURSDAY AFTERNOON THAT WE RECEIVED OUR, UM, SS FOUR A GRANT, UH, FOR OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, STUDY THAT WE'LL PLAN TO DO, UH, NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
SO WE'LL WAIT FOR, UM, CONTRACTS TO, TO GET ASSIGNED.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEN WE'LL START TO GO OUT FOR RFP FOR, FOR A CONSULTANT.
UM, THAT'LL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR.
UM, UM, BUT, UH, THAT WAS GOOD NEWS FOR US.
SO THIS IS, UH, SCOPE IS VEHICLE TRAFFIC OR EVERYTHING VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND BIKES TOO BITES TO.
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UH, OKAY.AND THEN, UH, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS COME OUT OF THE EVIDENCE SO FAR.
ALRIGHT, I, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM
[7. Construction/Development Updates]
SEVEN, UH, CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, SAL? THE MOST WISE MAN IN THE JACKSON? YES.
NO, I'M, UH, I MET YOUR MERCY.
WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS, I WOULD MORE THAN YOU KNOW, GLADLY RESPOND TO THOSE.
ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN? DOWNTOWN GOOD
YES, WE ARE IN THE CLOSING, UH, 33 IN, IN THE CLOSING TIMES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THERE.
UH, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT CLOSING OF THAT PROJECT.
SO JUST A QUESTION ON THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE PULLED OUT FROM THE OLDER AREAS.
ARE WE PLANNING ON PUTTING SOMETHING BACK IN THERE ON THE OLDER AREAS? YEAH, THE OLDER PART OF NOT PHASE ONE, TWO PHASE THE OLDER.
THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THERE.
AND THAT WOULD BE WE, ROBIN? YES.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE WERE, UM, FUNDED TO DO IS TO TRY TO PUT PAVERS IN THERE.
UM, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL I WAS GONNA START ON IT, BUT WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THEY FINISHED THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, I'M ACTUALLY TALKING WITH ENGINEERING NOW TO, TO GET THOSE PAVERS IN AND FIND SOMEONE TO, IT'S GONNA BE ALL PAVERS.
WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET DONE.
NO, THERE'S NO IRRIGATION LEFT IN THAT AREA ANYMORE, SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO PUT THE, UH, LANDSCAPING.
SO, BUT WE, THOSE, THOSE WISHES ARE LOOKING NICE ON THE REST OF THE AREA, SO YEAH, IT'S NICE.
BUT YEAH, THE NO, NO IRRIGATION, SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO TO MAKE IT NICE.
UH, ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THERE, UH, JUST TO KEEP YOU, UH, THE, UH, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE SPOTTED REPAIRS AS YOU ARE AWARE OF, AS YOU DROVE THROUGH, THROUGH DRIVE, THROUGH THE, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, THERE'S ONE THAT'S COMING UP, UH, SHORTLY AS SOON AS SCHOOL CLOSES DOWN AT THE, UH, ALONG WILLOW SO THEY CAN START SPOTTED PARIS.
UH, WE WERE WAITING FOR THE, FOR THE SCHOOL CLOSING, SO IT'S, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING ON THE 24TH FRIDAY, PROBABLY NOT FRIDAY, BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE DO, DO THE MOVING FRIDAY AND START WORKING AFTER, UH, MEMORIAL DAY, UH, AS THAT'S, UH, THE, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PART OF WILLOW, UH, DRIVE AND UH, WORK IS CONTINUING ON ON THE OTHER SPOT REPAIRS ALONG WEST SIDES.
UH, THEY'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE POURED ALREADY HALF AT TWO LOCATIONS.
THEY'RE STARTING TO DEMOLISH THE LARGER PORTION OF ATCH, UH, WHICH WILL THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE ALREADY FINISHED, UH, UH, OAK DRIVE HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL OR DOWN, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD FROM CITY HALL, BUT THEY'VE WORKED ON HALF AND THEY WILL START ON THE OTHER HALF ALREADY TODAY.
HOW, HOW'S THE PIN OAK AREA PROJECT? THE, THE PIN OAK AREA? YES, I AM GLAD YOU REMIND ME BECAUSE THAT IS COMING DOWN TO US SHORTLY.
THERE IS A REQUEST TO, UH, CLOSE THE STREET PORTION OF, UH, SYCAMORE FROM PLANTATION TO PIN OAK.
THE REASON BEING IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME MAJOR DRAINAGE WORK TO BE DONE IN THE REAR OF THAT BLOCK OF HOUSES THAT WILL BE MOVING A LOT OF MATERIAL, A LOT OF DIRT EXCAVATION AND, AND AN INSTALLATION OF, UH, STORM PIPE, LARGE DIAMETER STORM PIPES IN THERE.
IN ORDER TO DO ALL THIS AND ACCOMPLISH THIS THING, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE FULL STREET.
SO THERE, THERE ISN'T ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC AND THE BIG, UH, HAUL TRUCKS THAT ARE GONNA BE MOVING IN TO DO ALL THAT WORK.
SO HOW, SO HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THAT OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT USUALLY TRAVEL? WE WILL DETOUR AROUND THE AREA.
THE MAIN, MAIN DETOUR WILL BE GOING AROUND ON FOREST DRIVE, PIN OAK AND, UH, CONNECTING UP TO SYCAMORE.
IS IT ANY KIND OF WAY THAT WE CAN USE THE, UH, WHAT IS THAT? THE TELE WE ARE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO, WE ARE AS AN AREA AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE STARTED TODAY NOTIFYING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
SO WE HAVE CONTACTED THEM, WE HAVE SENT THEM A FLYER.
WE HAVE ALSO PUT OUR PHONE NUMBER FOR THEM TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY SO WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THEIR PARKING SITUATION IS GONNA BE, SO THAT THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THAT.
AND SAL, Y'ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE PUBLIC TOWN HALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
HAS THAT WORKED PRETTY SMOOTHLY? EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAD, IT HAS FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE DID NOT PARTICIPATE.
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ARE THE PROBLEM PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT HOW LONG FROM START TO FINISH.THAT PARTICULAR IS, UH, SCHEDULED FOR TWO MONTHS.
TWO MONTHS, TWO MONTH CLOSURE.
UH, DURING THAT PROCESS, THE MAIN WORK IS GONNA BE THE DRAINAGE, UH, THE, THE DRAINAGE, UH, CONDITION I, THE DRAINAGE WORK, BUT THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE SOME RE UH, PAVEMENT TO WORK AGAIN, PAVEMENT WORK ON PORTION OF THAT STREET THERE, SO THAT HOPEFULLY THE WHOLE THING WILL BE DONE, UH, IF STREET ALLOWS UP DRAINAGE IS GONNA BE GOING DOWN HERE.
OKAY, LET ME, BUT CAN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE? OKAY.
RIGHT HERE, YOU SEE THIS SEAM RIGHT HERE, UH, AROUND THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK THERE.
THIS IS THE MAJOR DRI THE MAJOR DRAINAGE LANE, A DRAINAGE WAY FOR ALL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS HAS TO BE WORKED ON BY SMALL EQUIPMENT MOVING DIRT FROM THIS POINT ALL THE WAY TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA AT SYCAMORE WHERE THEY WILL BE LOADING THE TRUCKS.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE ENTIRE STRETCH BECAUSE OF ALL THIS WORK THAT'S GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WE'RE GONNA BLOCK NORTH SHED OAKS, WE'RE GONNA BLOCK PLANTATION, WE'RE GONNA BLOCK AT, UH, PIN OAK AND KILL THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FIRE EMS, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THEY WILL, THEY WILL ALSO BE NOTIFIED ALSO, LIKE WE DO ALL THE TIME.
WE DO DO ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICE AND NOTIFY THEM ABOUT THE SITUATION.
WE EVEN DO THAT TO THE, TO THE SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, SCHOOL, SCHOOL ROUTES ASSOCIATE WITH THAT AND THE BUS SERVICES, UH, BISD AND ALL OF THAT? YES, CORRECT.
WELL, THERE'S STILL PLENTY IN AND OUT AREAS.
I MEAN THE, THE DETOUR ON PLANTATION, THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE USED TO, UH, GOING SYCAMORE, SYCAMORE GOES THAT ROUTE.
OF COURSE THEY CALL, IT'S SHOWN HERE, SPIN UP, BUT IT'S SYCAMORE ACTUALLY, IT, IT DON'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GONNA AFFECT THAT MANY HOMES DOWN THROUGH THERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A MAJOR, WE CALL IT A, A MINOR COLLECTOR BECAUSE IT DOES BRING A LOT OF TRAFFIC FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS UP HERE ALL THROUGH HERE IN PLANTATION AND INTO THE JOB AREAS, INTO THE, UH, A LOT OF IT TOO IS PEOPLE NORTH USING IT.
PRIMARILY THE PEOPLE UP NORTH.
THAT'S WHERE THEY USE PARTICULAR HOUSES.
RIGHT IN THERE THEY HAVE
SO CAN YOU MENTION HOW MANY HOMES ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED THERE? THERE ARE SEVEN HOMES DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS CLOSURE.
AND UH, REALLY PRIMARILY THE MA THE PRIMARY PARKING PROBLEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS THE CLINIC AT THIS LOCATION, BUT THE SAVING GRACE IS THAT THEY HAVE A PARKING ON THE FRONT PARKING LOT ON THE FRONT PARKING.
NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE, FOR THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN THE CLINIC.
THE STORE IS GONNA BE IMPACTED ON THE SIDE, SOME OF THE PARKING ON THE SIDE.
WE ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE, UH, UH, THE GARBAGE COLLECTION, TRASH COLLECTION TO BE MOVED AWAY FROM THIS AREA, WHICH IS WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND RELOCATED INTO AN AREA MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR PEOPLE AND TO OUR, TO OUR EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT IS BEING WORKED WITH OUR STREET DEPARTMENTS AND WITH OUR WASTE COLLECTION DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO WE ARE GONNA BE BLOCKING THE LEFT TURN LANE HERE.
THE LIGHT IS GONNA BE, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR LIGHT IS GONNA BE CONTROLLED, UH, NOT TO, NOT TO DIRECT ANYONE THROUGH THIS, UH, LEFT-HAND LANE, UH, AREA.
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTROL 'EM THROUGH THAT STORE PARKING LOT.
THROUGH WHICH PARKING LOT? I'M SORRY? THE STORE.
YOU SAID RIGHT THERE IF THEY CAN.
WELL, EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE, EVERYTHING IS GONNA HAVE TO COME THROUGH, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING, ALL THE BUSINESS IS UP FRONT.
TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE CLOSED RIGHT HERE.
BUT THEY CAN CUT THROUGH THAT PARKING LOT AND GO TO THE SIDE AND TRY TO GET ON THAT STREET, PHYSICAL STREET.
WELL, ONCE THEY SEE ALL THE BLOCKAGE THAT'S IN THERE.
THEY WILL TRY IT ONCE
UH, ADE UH, YEAH, THE DETOUR IS GONNA GO ALL THE WAY.
PEOPLE WANTING TO GO BACK INTO, UH, INTO A, INTO, UH, SYCAMORE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE NORTH SHADY OAKS, WHICH I MEAN THE FOREST OAKS LANE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE, YOU CAN AT THE VERY EDGE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND, GO THROUGH PIN OAK AGAIN, AND THEN
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GO BACK TO SYCAMORE.THE SAME THING COMING FROM NORTH.
THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THE PIN, OAK, RIDE FOREST, OAK RIOTS AND PLANTATION.
SO, UH, WE ARE, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE STARTED NOTIFICATION OF THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
WE ARE ALSO MEETING WITH THEM, UH, FACE TO FACE DIRECT, ASKING THEM WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE PARKING SITUATION IS GONNA BE FOR THEM.
AND THEN LATER ON THIS WEEK, WE WILL SEND THE OPEN NOTIFICATION TO EVERYONE.
AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TWO MONTHS, THE GOAL IS TWO MONTHS.
HOPEFULLY, UH, WEATHER WILL COOPERATE WITH US.
START THAT AGAIN AS, UH, JUNE THE FIRST.
SO WE'LL BE DONE DURING SUMMER PERIODS.
SO SCHOOL WILL BE, UH, YES ABOUT SCHOOL BUSES.
ANOTHER THING IS I WOULD JUST ASK MAYBE IF, UH, PD TRAFFIC COULD WATCH FOR A WHILE, AT LEAST ONCE A CHANGE HAPPENS AND WE MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE THAT DECIDE TO START CUTTING THROUGH AND THEY DECIDE TO, TO EXCEED SPEEDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT THROUGH THE
ALRIGHT, WELL IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE JUST, UH, WE YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
TRY TO MAKE IT AS UH, THAT'S CORRECT.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SAL ON PROJECTS? THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.
EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED 20TH THROUGH THE 24TH.
THIS IS A TOUGH, TOUGH TIME TO DO AN ELECTION.
UH, THE, UH, COUNCIL ONE, UH, POSITION COVERS MOST OF THE LAKE JACKSON.
IT DOESN'T COVER MY END OF TOWN, BUT IT COVERS MOST OF LAKE JACKSON.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS THERE.
AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY DISTRICT 29, WHICH IS AGAIN, ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING FOR US.
UH, COUNCILMAN HAN? UH, I THINK EXCEPT THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND COMING UP, SO I'LL BE SAFE OUT THERE.
UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE OUR, UM, SCREEN CONCERTS ARE, THEY STARTED LAST, UH, FRIDAY, UH, ON THE 17TH AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON EVERY FRIDAY.
AND THEN UP INTO, UH, JULY 4TH, UH, UH, CELEBRATION FIREWORKS AND STUFF.
UH, SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN TAKE PARTAKE IN THAT, UH, WE HAVE GOOD LINEUPS.
SO AS ALWAYS, UM, I DO EVERYTHING STAFF.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR, UH, ATTENDING AND STAYING UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING.