* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] WELL [Call to Order] WELCOME OUR GUESTS AND, UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND I JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, FLAG TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS STATE, ONE, ONE, INDIVISIBLE. AND COUNCILMAN BAKER WILL LEAD US, UH, WITH THE INVOCATION. LET US PRAY. DEAR MOST HEAVEN, YOU FATHER, JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. UM, JUST, UH, BE WITH EACH ONE OF US AS WE GET READY TO MAKE A POSITIVE AND WISE DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE ALL LIVE IN. JUST BLESSED US. WATCH OVER US, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, AND THEIR MOST HEAVENLY FATHER. JUST WATCH OVER US AS WE GET PREPARED FOR THE, UH, RAIN THAT'S ABOUT TO ENTER TO OUR AREA. JUST, UH, KEEP US ALL SAFE AND GUIDE US. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. [PRESENTATIONS] ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, PRESENTATIONS. AND SO WE'LL LEAD OUT WITH A PRESENTATION AT TEXAS ASSOCIATION, A MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OF OFFICERS AWARDS. LAURA MARIE, UM, MAYOR, WE KNOW THAT PERSON. , UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE KEEP, LIKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL RECYCLING SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT TELL YOU ALL THE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT TAKE RECYCLING IN LAKE JACKSON. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JERRY YONI. THAT WAS AN AD HOC PROJECT FOR HER, AND SHE TOOK IT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. SO EVEN THOUGH THAT LOOKS LIKE A VERY SIMPLE DOCUMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT BEHIND IT. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IT IS, UH, MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE TWO AWARDS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUES ORGANIZATION FOR GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS IS CALLED TIO, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS. SO NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE CALL IT TAMO. UM, LAKE JACKSON HAS COMPETED FOR THREE YEARS, AND THIS YEAR'S AWARDS BRING THE TOTAL OF TAMO AWARDS TO FIVE, AND SALLY HAS THE CURRENT TWO YEAR TWO AWARDS, AND SHE'S GONNA BE PASSING IT DOWN TO YOU. UM, THE FIRST AWARD THAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS THE SMALLER ONE, AND WE WON THAT CATEGORY THREE YEARS AGO. UM, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, I ENTERED ONE CATEGORY ONLY, AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST AWARD THAT TAMO OFFERS THE BEST SMALL PROGRAM IN THE STATE. UM, THIS YEAR, LAKE JACKSON PLACED SECOND, UH, BUT WE DID PLACE AGAIN. UM, AND THAT IS THE SMALLER ONE IN THE BOX. UH, THIS AWARD REQUIRES A PROGRAM TO COMPETE IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS SO THAT THE JUDGES CAN DETERMINE THE STRENGTH AND THE DEPTH OF YOUR PROGRAM. AND THIS YEAR I CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR BISD COLLABORATION BECAUSE NOW THAT IS GOING FANTASTIC, LIKE GANGBUSTERS. IN FACT, THEY'RE SENDING OVER SO MANY VIDEOS, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO KEEP UP WITH THEM, ALL. UM, THE SECOND ONE, UH, WAS OUR NEW RESIDENT GUIDE, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I THINK EACH OF YOU GOT A COPY OF THAT. UM, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF AN OUT OF THE BOX STYLE. I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS TO CONVINCE THE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY FOR THE DRAINAGE PROJECT OVER AT, UH, BUTELL. AND, UH, FINALLY, UH, I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED OUR CHILDREN'S STORY ABOUT WHY SANTA COMES TO LAKE JACKSON FIRST, AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ONE LATER. UM, BUT WE LOST TO HEARST, AND I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT THAT BECAUSE HEARST IS IN AN AREA OF TEXAS THAT KIND OF BIRTHED GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS. UM, THEIR PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. UM, HEARST IS PART OF A THREE CITY REGION IN THE METROPLEX. IT'S CALLED HEARST ULI BEDFORD, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, UM, HEB TO THE LOCALS. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THERE WAS AN HEB. UM, MODESTO, HOWEVER, WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. IF YOU REMEMBER, HE WORKED AT HELIS. SO LI LOSING TO THE H IN HEARST, ELI BEDFORD WAS NOT SOMETHING HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT. BUT, UH, , THE SECOND AWARD THAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS THE LARGER ONE. IT'S THE INNOVATION AWARD, AND I NEED ANDY FROM THE LIBRARY TO COME UP HERE AND HELP ME WITH THAT, BECAUSE THIS AWARD COULD NOT HAVE BEEN WON WITHOUT HER. UM, MODESTO KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WAS A COOL CATEGORY, SO I KEPT THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD WE ENTER IN THAT. AND, UM, THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, THE INNOVATION [00:05:01] AWARD RECOGNIZES, UM, OUT OF THE BOX KIND OF THINKING WHEN IT COMES TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS. IT, UH, ALSO HONORS ANYONE WHO KIND OF PUSHES STORYTELLING FOR GOVERNMENT TO KIND OF THE EDGE. UM, AND WE WON FIRST PLACE IN THAT FOR POPULATIONS UNDER 100,000. SO, UH, LONGVIEW LOST TO LAKE JACKSON AND, UH, SO DID BAYTOWN AND FAR IN GEORGETOWN AND TEMPLE . UM, SO ANYWAY, I WAS THINKING LAST YEAR ABOUT WHAT COULD WE DO TO HELP RESIDENTS WHO ARE NEW TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE SANTA COMING RIGHT AFTER HALLOWEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROMOTING FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, WE'RE STARTING TO PROMOTE LIGHT AT BLAKE JACKSON. AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL JUST WRITE A, A CHILDREN'S STORY ABOUT WHY SANTA COMES FIRST. AND I GAVE IT TO ANDY AND A COUPLE OTHERS, BUT ANDY WAS VERY BLUNT. YOU MIGHT WRITE FOR ADULTS, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WRITING FOR CHILDREN . SO SHE GAVE ME SOME IDEAS, I REWROTE IT, AND THEN SHE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY READ WITH HER STORYTELLING ABILITIES, UH, FOR OUR PODCAST ON SPOTIFY CALLED TALK WAY LAKE JACKSON. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY NEW HOST, CO-HOST FOR THAT. IT'S GONNA BE JOSE, UM, WAVE JOSE. YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE JOSE . AND, UM, THEN, UH, WE ALSO VIDEOTAPED HER FOR THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND UNDER THE SERIES HOLIDAYS IN LAKE JACKSON. SO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? HER STORY WASN'T THAT AWFUL, , BUT IT, IT, IT WAS MISSING SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUND EFFECTS AND VOICES, WHICH AS A STORYTELLER IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY IN A LITERACY INITIATIVE, UM, AND BEING PART OF THE RICH HISTORY OF LAKE JACKSON. THAT WAS A QUITE AN HONOR. AND I GOT TO BE THE FIRST ONE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM TO SAY I DID A CITY PODCAST. . YEAH. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE PLANS, UM, AFTER YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING, UM, ABOUT TRYING TO FIND AN ILLUSTRATOR TO TURN THE CHILDREN'S STORY INTO A BOOK, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL BE ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT WE WILL COME BACK WITH A TAMO AWARD FOR YOU. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO HEAR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HER TALENTS BRING TO THE STORY. AND, UM, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE UP THE HOLIDAY LEGEND. WHY SANTA CLAUS COMES TO LAKE JACKSON FIRST BY CITIZENS OF LAKE JACKSON. ONE NIGHT LONG BEFORE ANY OF US WERE EVER BORN, SANTA CLAUS ENTERED A LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS HOME WHILE A BROTHER AND SISTER SLEPT. HE BEGAN PLACING PRESENTS UNDER THE FAMILY'S BIG CHRISTMAS TREE. THIS CHRISTMAS TREE WAS SO BIG, IT HIT THE CEILING OF THE HOME. IT WAS DECORATED MORE BEAUTIFULLY THAN ANY OTHER TREE SANTA HAD EVER SEEN IN LAKE JACKSON. SANTA STACKED, THE CHILDREN'S VERY LAST PRESENTS THAN HE SAID, THIS TREE IS SO BIG IT COULD REACH MY HOUSE AT THE NORTH POLE. HE SAID, IT'S SO LOUD THAT HE WOKE UP THE LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER. THEN THEY HEARD SANTA LOUD, HO HO. OH, THEY WIGGLED WITH EXCITEMENT. THEY RAN INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND SAW SANTA ADMIRING THEIR TREE. OH, THEY BOTH SCREAMED TO DELIGHT SANTA. OH, GINGERBREAD. YOU FOUND ME SANTA EXCLAIMED. THE SISTER SAID, WE CAN SEE YOU. THE BROTHER SAID, WE CAN HEAR YOU. SANTA SAID, YES. YOU ARE THE ONLY LITTLE BOY AND GIRL TO EVER HAVE SEEN ME IN LAKE JACKSON. OH, CANDY KINGS. THE SISTER SAID, MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL WON'T BELIEVE IT. THE BROTHER SAID, MY FRIENDS IN LITTLE LEAGUE WON'T BELIEVE IT. SANTA THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE AND SAID, WELL, THEY COULD. THE BROTHER SAID, BUT YOU ONLY COME TO LAKE JACKSON ONE NIGHT A YEAR. THE CHILDREN SCRATCH THEIR HEADS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LET ME KEEP YOUR BEAUTIFUL TREE, I COULD LET MY ELVES FINISH THE TOYS AND VISIT LAKE JACKSON EARLY. HE SAID, THEN ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN LAKE JACKSON COULD SEE ME. . THE BROTHER SAID, OH, SANTA, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC. WE WOULD SEE YOU FIRST. THE SISTER SAID, YES. BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SANTA STRETCHED OUT ONE OF HIS HANDS AND A BIG BEAUTIFUL BIG GREEN LIGHT APPEARED. HE PUT IT ON THE TREE AND SAID, HOLY LAKE JACKSON, YOU MIGHTY AND BEAUTIFUL CITY. LET THIS TREE REACH THE NORTH POLE ONE NIGHT EACH YEAR. LET THE CHILDREN OF LAKE JACKSON SEE ME BEFORE ALL OTHER CHILDREN IN ALL THE UNIVERSE. THEN THE TREE DISAPPEARED. SANTA SAID TO THE CHILDREN, FIND YOUR TREE ONCE [00:10:01] A YEAR IN A SECRET SPOT. ONLY YOU WILL KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT. WHISPER THE SPECIAL CODE. 7, 7, 5, 6 6 AND I WILL COME TO LAKE JACKSON BEFORE THANKSGIVING. I WILL STAY UNTIL MY ELVES TELL ME THEY FINISHED ALL THE TOYS . AND SO IT WAS FOR THIS WAY. FOR MANY YEARS, ONLY THE BROTHER AND SISTER KNEW HOW TO BRING SANTA TO LAKE JACKSON. BEFORE THANKSGIVING, THEY WOULD ONLY LET THEIR VERY BEST FRIENDS SEE HIM. YEARS LATER, WHEN THE BROTHER AND SISTER GREW UP, THEY CREATED THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE SANTA NOW. THEN THEY ADDED THE PARADE OF LIGHTS SO SANTA COULD RIDE THROUGH THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT. THEN THEY ADDED LIGHT UP LAKE JACKSON SO SANTA COULD VISIT WITH EVERYONE IN THE CITY WHO WANTS TO SEE HIM. THE BROTHER AND SISTER ALSO BECAME LAKE JACKSON VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIREFIGHTERS DID MANY THINGS TO HELP EVERYONE IN LAKE JACKSON WHEN THEY NEEDED IT. SO SANTA WAS HAPPY WITH THE WORK THEY DID, AND OFTEN TOLD THEM SO MANY DECADES LATER, THEY GREW TOO OLD TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE HOLIDAYS IN LAKE JACKSON. ONE DAY THE BROTHER SAID, WE ARE NOW OLD, BUT SANTA STILL WANTS TO COME TO LAKE JACKSON. THE SISTER SAID, WE HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO GO GET SANTA. THEY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHO COULD TAKE OVER THE MISSION TO BRING SANTA TO LAKE JACKSON. THEN ONE DAY THE BROTHER REMEMBERED HOW MUCH SANTA ADMIRED THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND ALL THEY DID TO HELP PEOPLE. HE SAID THE FIRE CHIEF CONFINED THE TREE. THE SISTER SAID THE CHIEF COULD FIND PEOPLE TO HELP TOO. AND WITH THAT, THEY DROVE TO THE FIRE STATION ON OAK DRIVE. THEY FOUND THE CHIEF AND WHISPERED INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING SANTA DOWN THE TREE. EVER SINCE THEN, THE LAKE JACKSON VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEF CHOOSES AN ENCHANTED TEAM TO GET SANTA. THE TEAM HAS FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, CITY STAFF, AND CITIZENS. WHEN THE FIRE CHIEF FINDS THE SECRET TREE, THE TEAM WHISPERS THE SPECIAL CODE. 7, 7, 5, 6, 6. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, SANTA COMES DOWN THE TREE FOR HOLIDAYS IN LAKE JACKSON. THAT IS THE STORY ABOUT WHY SANTA COMES TO LAKE JACKSON. FIRST, A TEAM FROM THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT BRINGS HIM HERE EACH YEAR BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND HE STAYS UNTIL HIS ELVES TELL HIM TO COME HOME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BELIEVING IN THE PROGRAM, AND I HOPE THAT THESE AWARDS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING COLLABORATIVELY, UM, SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BECOME A NEW LEADER IN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS. GREAT WORK. VERY GOOD. THANK VERY MUCH. VERY GOOD. AND ADDY, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE ABLE TO JUST WITH YOUR VOICE, BE ABLE TO BRING SMILES. UH, NEXT ITEM ON PRESENTATIONS IS RECOGNITION OF CORPORATION, UH, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, UH, FROM CENTERPOINT ENERGY AND MY COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOR THE INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS. UM, I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO, UH, APPROACH A CENTER POINT AND MY COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK, UH, TO SEE IF, UH, THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING CORPORATE SPONSORS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD CORPORATE SPONSORS, I BELIEVE, FOR, UH, INDEPENDENCE FIREWORKS. UH, I THINK, UH, LAST TIME WE'VE HAD FIREWORKS THAT WERE PRESENTED, UH, AT THE CITY BY SOMEBODY ELSE OTHER THAN THE CITY WAS BACK IN THE DAYS OF, UH, JCS. AND, UM, WE'RE NOT QUITE TO GETTING BACK TO WHAT JCS USED TO DO. BUT SOMEDAY I HOPE, UH, WE COULD DO THAT. AND WHAT JCS USED TO DO WAS, UH, UH, NOT ONLY WOULD THEY DO FIREWORKS IN THE EVENING, UH, UTILIZING THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO, UH, BRING IN, UM, PRETTY MUCH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 18 WATER, BUT A GOOD SIZED TRUCK OF ICE DOWN WATERMELON AND ALL DAY AT DUNBAR PARK, YOU COULD GO DUNBAR PARK AND ENJOY DUNBAR PARK AND EAT FREE ICE DOWN WATERMELON AND HAVE FIREWORKS. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THINGS WERE IN THE PAST, BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING UP ABOUT THAT. UH, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE GOT CORPORATE SPONSORS AND CENTER POINT AND MY COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK OR, UH, INVOLVED WITH THAT. UM, I KNOW MY COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK IS PLANNING ON HAVING SOME, UH, SOME HEALTHCARE INFORMATION, UH, FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE, UH, THE FINAL CONCERT ON JULY 4TH WHERE COLD DIGS IS PERFORMING. AND THEY'LL BE THERE WITH SOME HANDOUTS AND WITH SOME INFORMATION. AND, UM, SOME OF THOSE STUFF THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING, UH, CENTER [00:15:01] POINT MAY DO A STATIC DISPLAY OF SOME OF THEIR BIGGER EQUIPMENT. UH, KINDA LIKE A TOUCH TRUCK TYPE DEAL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN FINALIZED YET. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS FOR, UH, COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, UH, HELPING US, UH, UH, PUT ON THAT, UH, FIREWORK DISPLAY, WHICH I THI STILL THINK IS THE BEST FIREWORK DISPLAY IN SOUTHERN BRAZO COUNTY. THE, UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, VISITORS' COMMENTS AND, UH, DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY LIST UP THAT THEY WANTED TO, UH, SPEAK ON ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY ON IN ATTENDANCE TO, UH, SPEAK TO COUNCIL ABOUT ANY ITEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDAS. SO THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US. ALRIGHT, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THIS IS WHERE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM THAT'S LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY HAVE, UH, I DECLAR A CONFLICT TO DECLARE? ALRIGHT, WE'LL [CONSENT AGENDA] MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, THAT'S LISTED HERE, ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA HAS BEEN DEFERRED. UH, THERE'S SOME FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSSIONS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UH, BEFORE WE BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVED MINUTES OF JUNE 3RD, 2024. ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE HOT, UH, THE, UH, LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, PARKS, PLANNERS AND MUSEUM. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM FOUR AS AWARD A ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO JANITORIAL SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE TO MAINTENANCE OF HOUSTON FOR THE LAKE JACKSON HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND THE LAKE JACKSON LIBRARY. AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,500 PER YEAR PER AS PER BUDGET. ITEM FIVE IS AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH, UH, RESTROOM FACILITIES LTD UNDER THE BUYBACK BOARD CONTRACT 6 7 9 2 2 FOR ADDING GARLAND PARK RESTROOM AND JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE PARK RESTROOM FACILITIES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $195,276 AS BUDGETED. AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM SIX, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO BID, UH, THE SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY OF 6 0 8 WILLOW DRIVE AT A MINIMUM VALUE OF $43,000. IS THERE ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA EXCLUDING ITEM THREE THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER SIX FROM THE CONTEMP AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION. IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR ANY ITEMS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE WITH THAT? UH, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEMS. UH, 1, 2, 4, 5. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, 1, 2, 4, 5 AS PRESENTED SECOND. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION IS SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL, LET'S SAY FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, [6. Authorize the City Manager to bid the surplus city property at 608 Willow Drive at a minimum value of $43,000.] WE'LL MOVE TO THAT. ITEM SIX ITEM WILL BE THE FIRST THING WE'LL TALK IN REGULAR AGENDA. SO THAT'S, UH, THE SURPLUS PROPERTY AT 6 0 8 WHEEL DRIVE . YES, SIR. SO I, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF 43,000. I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UH, MATERIALS THAT WAS PROVIDED IN OUR PACKET AND, UH, THE MOST OF THE COMPARISON WAS DONE TO FREEPORT AND ANGLETON. SO THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WE ACTUALLY COMPARED FOR LAKE JACKSON WAS, UH, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, SIX 10 WHEEL DRIVE. AND I DO REALIZE THERE'S A BUILDING THERE THAT THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE, BUT THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICE. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, USING A CORRECT COMPARISON VALUES TO ARRIVE AT THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THAT VALUE SHOULD BE OR SHOULD BE? NO, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UH, PERSON WHO DID THE EVALUATION WAS FROM OUTTA TOWN. UM, IF I'M NOT A MISTAKEN, I SAY I'M, I'M JUST, UH, LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM THE STAFF THAT, UH, WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT VALUATION BEING SO LOW? CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE IT REVALUED BY SOMEBODY IN A LOCAL YEAH, I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PERSON'S ADDRESS. WAS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND, UH, COMPARING IT TO FREEPORT AND ANGLE TO NO, NO. I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE, BUT I JUST IN THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO IS VALUED AT QUITE A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO [00:20:01] I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS, MR. MAYOR. UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY LOCAL APPRAISAL HERE. SO WE, WE GOT THIS ONE AND THE APPRAISAL IS EXPENSIVE. WE SPEND $750. YEAH. THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR HAS A BUILDING, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT, THEY DEDUCT THE BUILDING COST ABOUT $145,000. AND SO HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE COST OF THE LAND. AND SO, I MEAN, THIS IS THE MINIMUM THAT DOESN'T, SO WE WILL GO OUT ON DATES. UM, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'LL SELL IT TO $43,000. I MEAN, IF YOU EVEN 145,000 FROM 230, YOU, YOU DON'T COME UP WITH 43,000. YEAH. BUT YOUR, YOUR, OUR PROPERTY HAS PAVED AND SO THEY NEED TO MOVE IT SO THEY DEDUCT THAT ONE. IT'S NOT A VIRGIN LAND. YOU GOT, YOU GOT PAVE PAVEMENT ON THAT. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, WHICH COSTS MONEY. AND SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION? BECAUSE I MEAN, WE DO HAVE LOCAL PROPERTY EVALUATION FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IN ENGLETON. UM, THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, WHAT WAS THIS PROPERTY APPRAISED FOR IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THIS YEAR? THEY DON'T, BECAUSE CITY TIES DON, THEY DON'T, DON'T HAVE ANY VALUE. THAT'S CITY PROPERTY. OKAY. I I WAS JUST CURIOUS MAYBE WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I'M, I MEAN I JUST, THAT NUMBER STUCK OUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPERTY. WHAT MY QUESTION WAS IS WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR THE PERSON WHO APPRAISES THE PROPERTY? I I CAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. WELL, HOW DO WE JUST, HOW DO WE SELECT THE, THE APPRAISER PICKED? YEAH, WE DO HAVE LOCAL APPRAISERS IS WHAT I'M ASKING. SO I MEAN, IS THERE CERTAIN CRITERIA MAYBE THOSE LOCAL APPRAISERS DON'T MEET AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THEM? OR THAT'S, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, AS COUNCIL, DOES IT HAVE TO ACCEPT 43,000 AS THE MINIMUM? NO, WE CAN SET ANYTHING WE WANT TO. YEAH, NO, WE, I MEAN, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK FOR A LOCAL APPRAISER. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE USED TO USE MS. SWANSON AS SHE WAS OUR GO-TO APPRAISER AND SHE'S RETIRED. SO, UM, WE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE FOR ANOTHER APPRAISER IN THE AREA. YEAH. MAYBE SHE COULD RECOMMEND AN APPRAISER, PERHAPS. NOW, IS THE APPRAISAL PROCESS REQUIRED BY SOME STATUTE OR SOME IT IS, IT IS REQUIRED. OKAY. HAVE, ARE WE REQUIRED TO SET IT AT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE? YOU HAVE TO SELL IT FOR AT LEAST THE FAIR MARKET VALUE? WELL, ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY TAX PEOPLE, JUST KIDDING. , IT'S WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S PROBABLY 1,000,040 $3,000. YEAH. I JUST, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME LOCAL ONES. I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, BUT A GENTLEMAN SAYING WE CAN STILL, WE CAN STILL GO OUT AND LOOK FOR ANOTHER PROPOSAL. I MEAN, THERE'S NO RUSH. YEAH. AT ALL. AND SO IF COUNCIL, WHICH IS TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A PRICE FROM A LOCAL APPRAISER SOMEWHERE IN EGGLETON, WE CAN TAKE A STAB AT THAT. BUT IT'S SUCH A SMALL AREA IS NOTHING CAN BE BUILT ON THIS UNIT. YEAH, THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A BUSINESS THERE BEFORE THERE WAS A CAR WASH THERE BEFORE IT OWN COMMERCIAL. YEAH. YES. OR BB TWO, PROBABLY B ONE, B ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS. ANOTHER BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO IT'S FOR SALE. PERHAPS WHEN THAT SALES, MAYBE THEY MIGHT WANT COMBINE THE TWO PROPERTIES AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT. I, I DON'T KNOW. I, THAT NUMBER JUST, UH, SOUNDED KIND OF LOW TO ME. WELL, EITHER WE CAN EITHER, UH, DIRECT STAFF TO GO OUT AND, UH, DO ANOTHER APPRAISAL. APPRAISAL WITH A LOCAL, UH, INDIVIDUALS OR WE CAN JUST SIT ON IT FOR A WHILE AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS, MAYBE PERHAPS DO BOTH IN SIX MONTHS AND THEN GO APPRAISAL AGAIN. OR COME BACK AND TELL US WHO THE APPRAIS, LOCAL APPRAISER PEOPLE ARE AND OKAY. WE CAN, IF THEY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, IF, IF, IF MAYOR, WE CAN DO AN APPRAISAL REVIEW. IF THERE IS A LOCAL PERSON THEY CAN REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT AND COME BACK AND SAY NO, THAT, OH, I KNOW, SHOULD BE THERE. BUT THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NOT A BIG HURRY TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. NO. OTHER THAN THAT IT'S AN ISO R RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOMETHING WITH IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO WAIT FOR SOME OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA TO SELL, IF THERE'S PENDING CELLS, WELL THEN THAT'S COULD MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT TOO, BUT, OKAY. ANYWAY, SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? WE'RE GOING TO SEE, REACH OUT TO A LOCAL APPRAISER AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO A, A REVIEW OF IT AND, UM, WELL AT LEAST SEE HOW MUCH IT COST. OKAY. [00:25:01] AND I GUESS AS WELL, I ANSWERED THE QUESTION, WHY DID WE SELECT SOMEBODY FROM SAN ANTONIO TO THE APPRAIS? I HAVE TO, TO COULD'VE BEEN ANYBODY. RIA. I DON'T IN 13 COUNTIES GOING DOWN FOR I DON'T KNOW WHY. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL, UH, UM, WE'LL WAIT FOR FURTHER ACTION FROM, UH, STAFF TO COME BACK TO US ON IT. OKAY. [1. Discuss and consider whether the city would be open to beginning the process of granting a special use permit for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). – Casey Keller] ALRIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE FIRST AGENDA ITEMS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER WHETHER THE CITY WOULD BE OPEN TO BEING IN THE PROCESS OF GRANTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM. WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? IS THIS, THAT'S JUST LIKE, UH, ANGLETON HAS ONE IN THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, A BANK OF BATTERIES THAT'LL BE, THAT ARE INSTALLED THAT, UH, WILL STORE ENERGY, UH, FROM THE GRID AND WHENEVER IT'S NEEDED, IT CAN RELEASE THAT ENERGY BACK INTO THE GRID. THAT'S, UH, WHAT IT IS. SO IT'S A, UH, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY YOU USE. A LOT OF 'EM USE, UH, I MEAN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE TESLA TECHNOLOGY. AND, UH, SO THAT'S, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UH, WELL, THAT'S WHAT ANGLETON HAS IN THEIR AREA IS, UH, THE TESLA TECHNOLOGY. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OR SOMEBODY WANNA SPEAK TO? I DON'T SEE MS. DO YOU KNOW WHERE IN ANGLETON OFFHAND IT IS BEHIND THEIR, UM, CENTER POINT? I, WELL, NO, IT MAY NOT BE CENTER POINT. UH, THEIR SUBSTATION. UM, IT'S AT, IT'S AT, EXCUSE ME, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF, OF WHEEL DRIVE AND NO, NO, NO. WHERE ANGLETON'S IS. ANGLETON, IT'S BEHIND. UH, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME, SOME DIRECTIONS THAT IT'S WHERE THE OLD, UH, THE OLD, UH, SCHOOL WAS. THE OLD, UH, IT'S OFF OF 35, RIGHT? IT'S OFF, OFF AT 2 88. ANGLETON IS OFF 35. IT'S IN THE REAR OF THE SECOND BLOCK. UH, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE, UM, SO IF YOU GO DOWN 35, WHERE TOWARDS WHERE ALL THE GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE PARKED IN ANGLETON? YES. WHERE? UH, RIGHT BEHIND. UH, IT IS RIGHT BEHIND THAT. IS THAT GOING TO ALVIN 35? NO, EAST IT'S, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. IT'S CLOSER TO, TO DOWNTOWN. BUT AS SOON AS YOU ARE HEADING TOWARDS, UH, ENGLETON CITY HALL, YOU'LL SEE TO YOUR LEFT, YOU'LL SEE, UM, THERE'S A GARBAGE TRUCK COMPANY RIGHT THERE. IT'S BEHIND THAT. THAT'S WHERE THE, UM, AGAIN, THE POWER, UH, STATION LOOKS, SUPPLY CARS ON SUBSTATION, LOOKS LIKE CARS ON WILLOW. SO, SO I HAVE A QUESTION. AND ONE OF OUR PROCESS OF ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IS THAT WE NOTIFY PEOPLE WHO LIVE CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THIS WHERE THE POLICE IS BEING REZONED. YES. AND WHY WASN'T THIS FAR? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR. BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR. THIS IS, THIS IS FOR US TO SIDE IF WE WANT TO EVEN START THE PROCESS. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS FOR. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ONLY, UH, THERE WAS NO REASON TO NOTIFY ANYBODY IF COUNCIL DID WANT TO PROCEED. SO THIS PUT THE HORSE BEFORE, SO THIS, UH, I JUST EQUIPMENT NO PROBLEM. UH, SEND ENERGY BACK TO THE GRID. YES. THAT, THAT WOULD HELP LIGHT UP OUR CITY. UH, WOULD IT LIGHT UP, I MEAN, JUST A CERTAIN AREA OF TOWN OR JUST NO, IT, IT GO BACK INTO THE GRID. SO IT JUST DEPENDS. I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IT JUST, IT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE GRID. SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO THAT DO? IT JUST GOES IN BACK INTO THE POWER LINES AND THE POWER GOES WHERE IT'S NEEDED. IT'S EITHER YOUR BACKYARD, THEY SELL YOUR HOUSE OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S. WHAT BENEFIT IS IT? IS IT TO US? WHAT BENEFIT IS IT TO US? WELL, IT COULD HELP YOU. UM, THIS IS A STRETCH AS IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE MAIN LINE WAS DOWN COMING IN THAT THAT SUBSTATION WAS DOWN, THEY COULD, IT COULD POWER BACK INTO THE CITY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IT'S NOT LIKE DAYS OF, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR CAPABLE IS LIKE A QUICK FIX. BUT IT'S, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IS THE CENTERPOINT WOULD BRING, IF YOU HAD THAT SITUATION CENTER POINT WOULD BRING, PROBABLY BRING THEIR POWER GENERATOR IN LIKE THEY DID DURING, UH, NICHOLAS AND WOULD COULD SET IT DOWN AT THE SUBSTATION TOO AND TIE IT TO THE GRID IF THEY WANTED TO. SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A THING OF THE, UH, THAT IT'S A COMING DEAL. IT'S WHERE, UH, I MEAN FOR ALL THIS RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT'S OUT THERE, BE IT WIND OR SOLAR, IT ONLY WORKS. THOSE ONLY WORK WHEN THE SUNSHINE OR THE WIND'S BLOWING. AND SO THEY NEED SOMEPLACE TO STORE THAT ENERGY. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE, THESE, UH, THESE ARE FOR IS THE STORE ENERGY OUT FROM THE GRID. AND IT'S TO BE USED AT A LATE, AT A, AT A LATER TIME. OKAY. AND THIS BACKS UP TO RESIDENTIAL. SO I DO THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO POSE THE QUESTION, WOULD I WANT THIS IN MY BACKYARD? YEAH. I WOULD NOT PERSONALLY. YEAH. THERE'S THE CONCERNS THAT COME UP AND, UM, [00:30:01] THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT. THEY RECEIVED THE SAME INFORM THE INFORMATION, RIGHT. IS, UH, THE CONCERNS ARE THE FIRST THING PEOPLE START THINKING ABOUT IS A FIRE HAZARD BECAUSE THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT TESLA CARS THAT BURN UP ON THE ROADS AND STUFF. AND THEN SECOND THING IS, WHAT WE'RE FINDING, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER CITIES IS THAT THERE IS A, UH, A HUM ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THESE SYSTEMS. OH NO. SO IT'S A LOW PITCH. HUM. UH, IT'S IRRITATING TO SOME PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE IT'S NOT. UH, SOME CITIES HAVE ENDED UP PUTTING, UH, REQUIRED SOUND WALLS AROUND THE, UH, THE, THE PROPERTIES TO BE ABLE TO, TO KEEP THAT HUM FROM BEING AN ISSUE. THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR ME. BUT, UH, UM, IF YOU READ THE FIRE DATA ON THESE, UM, AND YOU, YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION YOURSELF AND, AND, AND, AND DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSION. BUT THEY DID A LOT OF, THEY DID SOME TESTING WHERE, AGAIN, IF YOU USE A TESLA TECHNOLOGY, THE BATTERY BANKS ARE MADE UP OF A BUNCH OF SMALL BATTERIES JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN A DOUBLE LEG BATTERY. AND THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER. AND, UM, SO WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY DID A TEST WHERE THEY HAD ONE OF THESE BANKS THAT, UH, THAT, UH, THEY HAD, THEY CAUSED ONE SALE TO FAIL, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO SEE IF IT CREATED A, YOU KNOW, CATASTROPHIC EVENT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE FAILURE. AND WHAT THEY FOUND OUT WAS, IS THAT IT WOULD, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT FIRE PROGRESSED FOR A LITTLE WAYS, BUT THEN IT STOPPED. BUT THEN THEY PUT EXTERNAL HEAT TO IT. AND THE STORY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THERE IS, AS LONG AS THE EXTERNAL HEAT WAS THERE, THEY KEPT ON HAVING FAILURES. AND SO THAT'S WHENEVER YOU SEE, AGAIN, WHENEVER YOU SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES ON YOUTUBE, WHEN YOU'RE SEEING A, A TESLA CAR CATCH ON FIRE AND YOU START SEEING LIKE FIREWORKS SHOOTING OUT FROM IT, THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL BATTERIES THAT ARE EXPLODING AND SHOOTING OUT OF THERE. AND, UH, SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSION. I'M JUST SHARING YEAH. WHAT I KNOW WHEN, WHAT SHARING THIS IS. SO IT IS A CONCERN IF THERE, YOU KNOW, ANY COMMUNITY THAT'S HAD THESE, THEIR CONCERN HAS BEEN THE FIRE. UH, AND UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A FIRE, THERE'S NOT ONLY THE FIRE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, TOXIC FUMES THAT ARE GENERATED BY IT ALSO. HAS ANGLETON HAD ANY PROBLEMS? I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER OF ANGLETON. UM, THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE OR A ZONING THAT I GUESS PROHIBITED. UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN INSTALLED. THEY, THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS COME BACK WITH THE CONCERNS ON NOISE. AND SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? UH, MAYBE A YEAR. UH, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE COMPANY THAT'S INSTALLED IT NOW IS LOOKING AT PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL OR A SOUND WALL AROUND IT. OKAY. SO IT REALLY HADN'T BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY GET A GOOD TEST. THAT'S THE REASON I HAD ASKED QUESTION ABOUT BRING THE CITIZENS INTO IT, WHAT IF YOU WANTED? AND IF YOU HAVE A ROOM FULL OF CITIZENS NOT WANTING IT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WASTED THE TIME AND EFFORT TRYING TO, I MEAN, WE AS A COUNCIL TO DECIDE THAT WE ARE OPEN AND WE ARE OPEN TO THE CITIZENS THAT ARE OPEN. I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT. SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A CITIZEN INPUT BEFORE. WELL, WE'RE FIXING TO GET SOME INPUT. OKAY. SO JJ RILEY, I LIVE AT 1 0 4 DOGWOOD, SO DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS, UH, SUBSTATION. AND I TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH THIS WEEKEND ON IT AND, AND I CAME TONIGHT HOPING TO ACTUALLY GET TO HEAR A PRESENTATION. BUT YES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE IDENTIFIED KNOWN DANGERS OR FAILURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OR RATIO OF FAILURE. SO IS IT ONE OUT OF EVERY 10, ONE OUT OF EVERY 1000, RIGHT. I COULD NOT FIND THAT INFORMATION ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET. UM, YES. I I ALSO READ THAT THERE WAS TOXIC FUMES READ THAT THERE ARE EXPLOSIONS THAT THOSE TOXIC FUMES CAN CAUSE AN EXPLOSION. UM, THE RUNAWAY IS, UH, MAYOR ROBOWSKI WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE IF, IF THE BATTERIES GET CHARGED TOO QUICKLY OR DEPLETED TOO QUICKLY, THERE IS A RUNAWAY SCENARIO THAT COULD HAPPEN AS WELL AS HUMIDITY, HEAT, ET CETERA. UM, YEAH, I I I'M JUST TRYING TO GET INFORMATION BECAUSE AS A HOMEOWNER RIGHT BEHIND THIS 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD AT HOME RIGHT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT POWER IS AN ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW. SO I I SEE THE NEED FOR IT. AND, AND, AND I GUESS IT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IF IT IS, IS THERE A PLACE FOR LAKE JACKSON WITHIN THE POWER GRID THAT IT COULD BE STATIONED SOMEWHERE AWAY FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA? YEAH. AND THAT'S, AND I AGREE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS LOCATION? AND THE REASON WHY IT IS, IS BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE NEXT TO A SUBSTATION. 'CAUSE IT REDUCES THEIR COST. THERE'S [00:35:01] ALSO, THE FURTHER THEY GET AWAY FROM IT ALSO AFFECTS THEIR BOTTOM LINE. 'CAUSE THE FURTHER THEY GET AWAY FROM A, UH, UM, TRANSMISSION CENTER LIKE WE'VE GOT THERE, IS IT, IT INCREASED THEIR, THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY, THEY PICK UP A TRANSMISSION CHARGE TO PUT IT BACK IN THE GRID. SO IT IT AFFECTS THEIR BOTTOM LINE. SO THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO PARK NEXT AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN TO, UH, A TRANSMISSION CENTER LIKE WE HAVE THERE ON WHEEL DRIVE. AND, AND, AND THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT I, I WILL PROPOSE BACK OF, OKAY, THESE, I BELIEVE ARE, ARE, THEY'RE NOT NEW, BUT I THINK THEY'RE FAIRLY NEW. I MEAN, THIS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT. UM, WHAT ABOUT US AS CITIZENS OF LAKE JACKSON, OUR BOTTOM LINE FROM AN INSURANCE PERSPECTIVE OF, IS OUR INSURANCE GONNA GO UP IF FROM HAVING THIS SET IN MY BACKYARD, RIGHT? IF, YEAH. AND YOU, AND YOU'RE ASKING A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS. AND, AND THE DEAL IS, IS THAT PERSONALLY IS, UH, I'M NOT, I I PERSONALLY DON'T CARE TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH THIS IF YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO WANTS IT TO COME IN HERE AND, AND TALK ABOUT IT AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE GOT AND WE'VE GOT AND SO FORTH. SO IT'S, TO ME, IT'S TO ME, IT'S A DEAD ISSUE UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND MAKE AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO US. SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT, AND SO FORTH. AND ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. FOR US TO GO BACK AND AN, AND SPEND THE TIME TO GO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS OURSELVES. I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF TIME WITHOUT, WITHOUT A, UH, A VIABLE, YOU KNOW, COMPANY THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND DO THIS AND THAT, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT IT. AGREED. AND, AND THE FULL COUNSEL AGREED. AND SO THAT THEN WE COULD PUT ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY ARE MAKING A PRESENTATION AND THEN CITIZENS COULD COME TO THE MEETING TO SEE IF THEY, IF THEY WANT TO ADD SOME COMMENT. BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LEARNING EXERCISE TO BEGIN WITH. AND SO AGAIN, THE REASON WHY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA WAS, IS JUST SO IF THE, THE BUSINESS OWNERS REPRESENTATIVES WANTED TO COME, WE COULD HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH 'EM AND THEN WE COULD HAVE DECIDED THAT COUNCIL IS NOT FOR THIS OR THAT WE'RE ALL OKAY WITH GOING FORWARD WITH FURTHER STUDY ON IT AND AND SO FORTH. RIGHT. WELL, AGAIN, WHEN THEY APPROACHED US, THEY'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH STAFF. UM, I ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WAS JUST A FIRST OPENING. AND IF COUNCIL WAS IN SLIGHTLY INTERESTED, THEN YOU WOULD THEN BEGIN TO MOST LIKELY HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH PLANNERS BEFORE YOU EVER EVEN STARTED, YOU KNOW, DOING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND STUFF. YOU'VE GOT TO FIRST SEE IT IS LIKE, OR EVEN OPEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TO THIS POSSIBILITY BEFORE YOU EVEN START, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING PROCESS OR START HAVING, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MEETINGS, YOU, UM, WHERE YOU'RE INVITING EVERYONE BECAUSE, UM, MY ANTICIPATION WAS IT MAY NOT GO FAR AT ALL. IS THERE, IS THERE A PRIVATE PROPERTY? IS THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN GO AROUND US? NO. ZONING? NO. MM-HMM. CURRENTLY IT'S NOT. I MEAN, WE'RE PRESCRIPTIVE BY OUR ZONING. AND SO YOU CAN ONLY DO WHAT IS IN OUR ZONING CODE. AND THIS IS NOT LISTED. WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE INVITED TO THE MEETING? YES, THEY WERE. AND SHE EMAILED ME ON FRIDAY ASKING IF SHE SAID SHE HAD NO MORE OTHER PRESENTATION MATERIALS THAN WHAT SHE'S PROVIDED US AND ASKED WHAT WAS THE LIKELIHOOD OF, YOU KNOW, THIS PASSING. I SAID, IT'S STILL, YOU'VE GOTTA UPHILL, UH, CHALLENGE ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS INTO THE ZONING CODE. AND ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE, UH, IN ANY OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT'S NEAR RESIDENTIAL, WHAT IF ANY EFFECT HAS THAT HAD ON PROPERTY VALUES FOR THOSE PEOPLE? UH, IN HOUSTON? I DUNNO. HOUSTON, I THINK BY HER NUMBERS THEY HAVE 80. UM, BUT HOUSTON'S AN ODD DUCK SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE ZONING. SO I DON'T KNOW YEAH. WHAT THE IMPACT IS, WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON PROPERTY VALUES SINCE THERE'S NO ZONING. UM, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THIS, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING TO, WE GET FURTHER INFORMATION PARTICIPATION FROM THEM. OKAY. I MEAN, WE CAN SPECULATE ALL WE WANT, BUT UNTIL AUTHORITY COMES DOWN HERE, LETS US KNOW. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME. WELL THAT IT, IT DOESN'T, I, I DON'T THINK IT TAKES A MOTION. WE CAN JUST, UH, DIE. WE CAN JUST, UH, UH, LET IT SIT UNTIL WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE COME IN AND MAKE A SPA, MAKE A, A PRESENTATION TO US ABOUT IT. WE'LL DO SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, [2. Discuss and consider awarding a contract to Texas Health Benefits for health, dental, vision, life, and LTD insurance. – Jose Sanchez] ITEM TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, AWARD AND CONTRACT TO TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS, UH, FOR HEALTH, DENTAL, VISION, LIFE AND UM, LTD INSURANCE. MR. SANCHEZ. I KNOW MAYOR, HOW YOU DOING COUNSEL? THE VOICE OF LAKE JACKSON. I GUESS I AM NOW, UH, LAST WEEK MET WITH, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBER, SOUTHERN COUNCIL MEMBER LAST WEEK WITH STAFF AND CAME TO CONCLUSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS, [00:40:02] OUR CURRENT PROVIDER. CAN YOU GIVE US A RUNDOWN ON BASE OF WHAT, DID Y'ALL COME, HOW DID YOU COME TO THE CONCLUSION OR WHAT DID TO TRY TO COMPARE THE APPLES TO APPLES THAT YOU COULDN'T WITH THE, THE OTHER, WHAT YOU CALL IT PROPOSAL THAT WAS SET BEFORE US WITH CURATIVE. THERE WAS TOO MANY UNKNOWNS. THE COMPANY BEING SO NEW AND JUST WHO, THERE WAS NO OTHER CITIES AT THE MOMENT THAT WERE, UH, HAVE THEM AS A PROVIDER. THEY DID PROVIDE TWO CITIES IN THE 11TH HOUR WITH EMPLOYEES OF 27. YEAH. IT WAS NOT THE NEXT DAY AFTER, NO, THE MEETING I WAS, I SAY THE 11TH HOUR, I THINK LIKE FRIDAY OR THURSDAY WHENEVER THEY CAME UP WITH THAT. BUT I WILL SAY THIS ALSO, I REACHED OUT PRIOR TO THAT MEETING, I REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS INDUSTRY AND THEY HAD THE SAME, THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH HI AND BAUM, WHICH IS JUST A BROKER. OKAY. UM, AND THEY HAD THE SAME CONCERNS WITH CURATIVE THAT I INITIALLY HAD, WHICH IS COVID WAS A VERY LUCRATIVE TIME FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. IT WAS RIGHT. THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. THAT'S WHAT THEY STARTED AS WAS MOBILE COVID TESTING. THEY GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CASH INFLUX DUE TO THAT. AND SO THEN NOW THEY'VE SPREAD THEIR WINGS A LITTLE BIT. UM, MY RECOMMENDATION TO THEM IS COME BACK AND TALK TO US IN FIVE YEARS WHEN YOU THAT COVID MONEY, THEY'VE SPENT IT AND LET'S SEE WHAT THEIR BOTTOM LINE, WHAT THE RATING IS. I MEAN, I THINK WE ALWAYS NEED TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PRICE. UM, BUT THEIR NUMBERS JUST WERE NOT SUSTAINABLE. AND, AND, AND I'LL ADD MY 2 CENTS NOT TO THAT IS I JUST DON'T THINK, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE A LONG TERM VIABLE SOLUTION BECAUSE NO INSURANCE IS A THING THAT YOU, IT IS, IS VERY PAINFUL TO SWITCH FROM ONE CARRIER TO THE OTHER. AND ESPECIALLY HAVING TO DO THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON WHEN THE NORMAL ENROLLMENT IS NOT GOING ON AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE VIABILITY OF THE CUR THE PROPOSED CARRIER, IT MAKES YOU VERY NERVOUS TO SWITCH TO THEM. AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THEY BAIL ON YOU AND THEN YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS COST AND EFFORT TO, AND TO, TO UPRIGHT THEIR CART. AND, UH, IT JUST, THE NUMBERS THEY PROVIDED, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW HOW THEY CAN SUSTAIN THAT, THOSE NUMBERS AND STILL MAKE MONEY. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE GENTLEMEN THAT WERE UP HERE? YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THAT IS BROKERS. TWO OF THEM WERE, WELL TWO OF THEM WERE A BROKER AND ONE OF 'EM WAS FROM, BUT IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE CARRIER. IT WAS THE THREE GUYS THAT WERE YEAH. YES SIR. YES SIR. THANK YOU. SO, AND JUST, UM, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES HEALTH INSURANCE'S NOT ANYTHING WE WANT TO GAMBLE WITH OR TAKE KIND OF CHANCES ON MESSING IT UP. RIGHT. AND THE DIFFERENTIAL COST WAS NOT THAT BIG, BIG A DEAL. NO. AND THE COVERAGE WAS BASICALLY, TO ME, COVERAGE. THE EPO VERSUS PPO, THEY HAD A BETTER COVERAGE THROUGH A PPO CURRENTLY THAN THEY WOULD'VE HAD WITH THE EPO WITH THAT. SO ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, IT'S JUST, TO ME IT WASN'T APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. NO. THE, THE EMPLOYEES WOULD'VE HAD TO BUY UP FOR IT REALLY TO BE APPLES TO APPLES. AND MY OTHER REALLY BIG CONCERN STILL WAS WITHOUT OUR TWO HOUR PHONE CALL, THAT'S JUST DATA COLLECTION AND IT'S, IT'S PROVIDING YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY WITH INFORMATION THEY SHOULDN'T REALLY NEED. THE, THE CURRENT CARE THAT WE HAVE. HOW LONG WE BEEN WITH THEM? 45 YEARS. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. YEAH. WE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO JOIN WITH FOUR, FIVE. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE. TML WITH HEALTH AND THE, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD WANTED TO ADD, AND I MENTIONED IT MAYBE IN, PERHAPS IN FUTURE THAT WE GO THE EXTRA MILE AND PROVIDING THE DATA TO THE, WHEN WE GO OUT FOR THE BID PROCESS. 'CAUSE IT IS DUE TO HIPAA THAT THEY CANNOT GET INFORMATION ONE WAY INFORMATION. SO WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANT THAT THEY DO GET THE DATA OF A HIPAA THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IT. SO IT, IT IS JUST, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FROM THE GETGO I UNDERSTAND. AS WHO THEY NEED TO CONTACT WITH WHOEVER OUR PROVIDER IS AT THE TIME. OKAY. WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE DID WHAT WAS ASKED, AND THAT WAS IS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, DO AN APPLES, APPLES COMPARISON AS BEST WE COULD, AND THEN ALSO LOOK AT THE PROCESS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF MODIFICATION WE NEED TO DO THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS, IS WE'LL SEND THE INFORMATION OUT ALONG WITH THE, UH, THE REQUEST. SO, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO, SIR. OKAY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, THIS ITEM OF ACCEPTING THE, UH, TML MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS FOR HEALTH, DENTAL, VISION, LIFE, AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, SIR. [00:45:01] ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. YEP. I THREE IS [3. Approve participation with the Brazoria County CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs for 2025 to 2027. – Modesto Mundo] APPROVED, UH, PARTICIPATION OF ZORIA COUNTY, UH, CDBG HOME ESG PROGRAMS, UH, FOR 2025 TO 2027. MR. MANU, UH, TELL US WHAT THE ACRONYMS ARE. YES, PLEASE, PLEASE LEE. CI GET A DOLLAR JAR FOR, THAT'S THE ACRONYM. CDBG IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. AND THAT IS, UM, UM, IS DISTRIBUTED BY OR DECIDED BY, BY THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD. UM, WE JOINED, UH, BRAZO COUNTY AND 18 OTHER CITIES AT THE TIME, UM, 21 YEARS AGO. UM, FOR THE COUNTY TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM FOR THE CITIES, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT VERSUS US TRYING TO MANAGE IT OURSELVES. AND WE ONLY HAD AT THE TIME, OR I GUESS FOR 20 YEARS, ONE AREA THAT WAS ELIGIBLE AND THAT WAS DOWNTOWN AND A PORTION OF, UH, UH, IN THE OLD GOVERNMENT AREA. UM, AND WE, OVER THAT TIME WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITIES, UM, WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDS EVERY THREE YEARS AND IT'S ABOUT 230,000. SO IT GOES LARGE CITIES MID, UH, AND THEN MID CITIES AND THEN, UM, IN MID CITIES FOR TWO YEARS I DID LARGE CITIES AGAIN AND WE'RE ONE, WE'RE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LARGE CITIES IN, IN THE GROUP. UM, SO THEY'VE ASKED FOR, TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO THAT, BUT I'M ALSO THINKING THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH HUD BECAUSE OUR AREA HAS GROWN FROM ONE TO FIVE AND TO SEE WHAT BENEFIT WOULD IT BE IF WE BREAK OFF, UM, AND GET AN, AN ANNUAL ALLOTMENT AND HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE IF WE DID BREAK OFF. SO ONE TO FIVE AREAS? YES. SO IS THIS PICTURE ON 1 0 5? THAT'S CURRENT. GO TO 1 0 5, PAGE 1 0 5, PLEASE. SO, AND THIS PICTURE INCLUDES A BIG COMPONENT. WELL, WE'RE GETTING THERE. GOSH. BUT IN TOO MANY PAGES. UH, YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE LAKE JACKSON, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OF HOW MANY AREAS WE HAD INCLUDED. IT USED TO BE VERY SMALL WHERE IT WAS CONCENTRATED RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF TOWN AND NOW IT'S HAS EXPANDED SINCE THE LAST, UH, CENSUS. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. YEAH, YOU HAD THE SAME TROUBLE I DID. . THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO THERE. ALRIGHT. SO FOR 20 PLUS YEARS IT WAS JUST THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, BUT OUR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS HAVE EXPANDED INTO HERE. SO WE HAVE, AND ALSO HERE. SO WE NOW HAVE MORE AREAS TO SPEND OUR CDBG FUNDS. WHAT AREAS ARE THOSE? YOU SAID? I'M SORRY, WHAT AREAS? WHAT AREAS? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY THAT IS. UH, THIS IS CAN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE? MM-HMM. , LIKE THAT'S THE OLD DRIVE, RIGHT? YES. YOU'RE DEAD. YEAH, I'M DEAD. YOUR POINTER DEAD. THAT'S THAT WAY. THERE IT IS. THIS IS, UM, 3 32. OKAY. SO THIS AREA IS, UH, DOWNTOWN. THIS WOULD, UM, 3 32 RIGHT THERE AT THREE 30. THIS IS 3 32. UM, PROBABLY THAT'S, THAT MAY BE ABNER JACKSON. THAT MAY BE ABNER JACKSON. RIGHT. WAS THAT BIG, BIG PART UP AT THE TOP HERE? YES. THAT IS, UH, THAT WAY, THAT WAY IN OAK, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. YEP. CORRECT. YEAH. SO ONE SIDE OF THAT WAY AND THERE'S A, SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE APARTMENTS ARE ATCH. ATCH, RIGHT THERE. THIS IS, UH, DIXIE ORANGE CREEK DRIVE. AGAIN, IT WAS PRIMARILY, IT WAS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, DOWNTOWN. AND IT'S NOW WE'VE, IT'S EXPANDED. MM-HMM. OH, [00:50:01] OKAY. SOUTH PLANTATION, RIGHT? YEAH. DIXIE, THEY COVER WINE AND WEIGHT, JASMINE AND ALL THAT AREA. SO WE, WE USED TO BE VERY LIMITED ON WHERE WE COULD SPEND, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS, WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT VERSUS SPINNING INTO ONE PARTICULAR AREA OUTSIDE OF THIS LAST PROJECT ON, UM, ON WE, ON ATCH WAS THAT, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE SPENT ON A DA RAMPS AND OR A DA DOORS FOR FACILITIES, UH, WHEN ANYTHING ON A DA COULD BE SPENT, UH, SPENT CITYWIDE. SO THERE WERE TIMES THAT WE, WE DISTRIBUTED THOSE, UH, FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IF IT WAS FOR A DA ACCOMMODATIONS. ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S D-C-D-B-G. WHAT IS HOME? HOME FUNDS ARE, UM, THE, UM, FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM. OKAY. UH, REHABILITATION. UM, WE MAY GET ONE OR TWO HOMES OUTTA THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT GET DONE A YEAR. THAT'S A SYSTEM THAT THEY, THEY MANAGE AND THEY, THEY GET 60 TO SEVEN APPLICANTS ACROSS BRAZORIA COUNTY TO SUBMIT FOR THOSE FUNDS. BUT THEY, THEY MAKE THOSE REQUESTS TO THE COUNTY. YES. THOSE REQUESTS WE'RE NOT REALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT. WE'RE NOT. THE OTHER THING IS THEY, THE, UH, PROGRAM ALSO BRINGS, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS FOR, UM, NONPROFITS TO HELP, UH, FOR FUNDING. AND SO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, FUNDING IS SET ASIDE FOR NONPROFITS AND THEN DISTRIBUTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE ESG THAT, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THE EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT. OH, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT IT'S WHAT? HOMELESS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE HOME. YEAH. ABOUT TO LOSE HOME AND STUFF NOT TO LOSE HOME. AND THAT'S THE ONE WHERE IT'S A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND THERE'S A LONG LIST FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE REQUESTING IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, ONE MONTH'S RENT RIGHT. OR SOMETHING TO HELP 'EM THROUGH IT. OKAY. SO YEAH, THE COUNTY HELPS IT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATION ON THERE. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO, TO LOOK AT IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT AND THEN WHAT THE BENEFIT IS. BUT RIGHT NOW WE UH, BEEN A, BEEN BIG BENEFICIARY OF, UH, OF BEING PART OF THE GROUP. SO YOU'RE WANTING US TO, THE REQUEST IS, IS, UH, TO EXTEND IT FOR TWO YEARS TO EXTEND AND THEN WE'LL STUDY TO SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE OF US BREAKING, UH, LOOSE, BREAKING LOOSE CENTER LIKE PARA LAND DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO. OKAY. SO ON THIS LIST I'M LOOKING AT WHAT CITY RO COUNTY THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. LY THERE'S A CHART. WELL, THE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THERE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. HILLCREST LIVER, CAROLINA, AND QUINTANA. SO IT'S QUINTANA HERE, HILLCREST AND LIVERPOOL? YES. OKAY. PARALLELS IN YOUR PACKET. AND PEARLAND PROBABLY BROKE LOOSE PROBABLY 15 YEARS AGO, SO THEY'D PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES THAT WE TALKED TO OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO MANAGE A PROGRAM ON THEIR OWN. OKAY. THEY HAVE MUCH BIGGER STAFF THAN WE DO. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. IF, UH, NOT I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ON UH, ITEM THREE TO EXTEND THE 2020 FROM 2025. 2027. MR. LA MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARTICIPATION WITH THE BRAZORIA COUNTY CDBG HOME AND ESG PROGRAMS FOR 2025 THROUGH 2027. ALL HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BROADUS. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MULE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, [4. Approve the Traffic Commission’s proposed speed hump policy to be included in the Traffic Calming Manual – Modesto Mundo] ITEM FOUR IS APPROVE, UH, TRAFFIC COMMISSIONS PROPOSED SPEED HUMP POLICY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC CALMING MANUAL. MODESTO, YOU WANT? YEAH, I THINK SOME MODIFICATIONS. . YEAH, WE JUST, I TRIED TO SHOW IN RED, UH, ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS. I DIDN'T MAKE A CLEAN COPY. UM, I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO THAT AFTERWARDS, BUT IT'S MORE OF JUST, UH, GETTING CHANGE SOME WORDS. MENTION THE PETITION. IT'S MORE OF A SURVEY THAT WOULD BE HANDLED BY STAFF. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT'D BE PERSONAL REQUESTING IT HAS TO HAVE A HUMP IN THE FRONT OF THE YARD. IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THERE. OH, IN THE POLICY? YEP. OKAY. WE CAN MAKE THAT, UM, THAT THEY'RE AGREEABLE TO THAT. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THAT. THERE IS ON THE SURVEY. OH, OKAY. YEAH. UM, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE REQUEST. IT MIGHT, COULD BE, IT MIGHT BE THAT THAT'S NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR IT ON THE STREET, BUT THEY'D HAVE TO SORT OF ON THE SURVEY IF YOU INDICATE YES, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING. AND SO PRESUMABLY THEY WOULD ANSWER YES ON THE SURVEY. THAT SHOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT. YEAH, I THINK, YEAH. MY, UH, YES. WE DON'T [00:55:01] HAVE IT IN, IN A REQUIREMENT IF HE SAYS IN THE SURVEY PART BUT DOESN'T YEAH. IN THE SURVEY, IN MY MIND THEY WERE, THEY WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON ON THE SURVEY. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT PART OF IT BECAUSE IF THEY LIVE AT THE END OF THE STREET, THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT, IT MAY NOT BE RIGHT A DEAL. BUT STILL THEY SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY AND ANSWER AFFIRMATIVELY. MAYBE SHE SAY IF YOU SIGN THE PETITION, THEN YOU'RE AGREEING TO HAVE US, YOU KNOW? YEAH. THAT IS WHAT HE'S SAYING. YOU'RE ELIGIBLE. YEAH. AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION ON WHERE IT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE. MM-HMM, . OKAY, SO YOU WANNA MAKE THAT AS PART OF THAT? YEAH. ELIGIBILITY. YEAH. MM-HMM, . OKAY. THEN WE WILL ADD THAT ON THERE. YOU DO ALL THE WORK AND THEN NOW WHAT IT SAYS, SAYS, I'M SORRY, NOW WHAT IT SAYS IN NUMBER FIVE, THEN IT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SPEED HUMP MAY BE PLACED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENCES. IS THAT FOR THE, THAT'S FILLING OUT THE SURVEY, RIGHT? RIGHT. THAT'S TALKING ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT IN ADDITION TO THAT. NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CAPTURED. BUT SOME YOU'RE SAYING IT SOUNDS LIKE A SKETCH. WELL, I, I DON'T, YEAH, I MEAN THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT I, I COULD BE FORGETTING SOMETHING OR MISSING SOMETHING. I GUESS IT COULD BE ON THE TRAFFIC CALMING APPLICATION. MM-HMM. . YEAH. SO ON FIVE, YEAH, IT SAYS ON FIVE IT SAYS THEY MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THAT SPEED HUMP MAY BE PLACED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENCE INSTEAD OF MAYS. THEY MIGHT, MAY IS JUST LIKE MAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MY CHANCES? I DON'T KNOW. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I GUESS MAYBE A TOMATO, TOMATO TYPE QUESTION. YEAH. YEAH. MAYBE MAY BE, MAY COULD POSSIBLY NOT MUCH OF IT. , IT'S NOT A MUST OR SHALL NO, THAT'S RIGHT. MAY MIGHT. THAT'S WELL, I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SAYING, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO, AND THEY HAVE NO OPTION OF DENYING IT. I DON'T WANT IT IN MY YARD. SO MY FRONT OF MY PROPERTY. YOU WANT TO JUST ADD ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION ON NUMBER FIVE? ARE YOU YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE MORE DIRECT IF YOU ASKED THE QUESTION. DO YOU? YEAH. DO YOU AGREE TO HAVING A YEAH. THEN YOU, THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF YES, I WANT IT, BUT NO, I DON'T, I WON'T AGREE IN FRONT OF A HOUSE NIMBYS. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD, SO I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. OKAY. WE'LL ADD ANOTHER QUESTION OF JUST DO YOU AGREE TO HAVE A SPEED UP OR SPEED CONTROL MEASURE PLACED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE? I THINK IF THEY SAY THEY WANT A SPEED HUMP ON THEIR STREET, THEY'RE AGREEING, IT COULD GO IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE. I WAS GONNA SAY LIKE A, A NOTICE IN BOLD OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS IF YOU SAY YES, YOU WANT IT, IT COULD BASED ON IT MIGHT LAND ON OUR DETERMINATION, BE MIGHT LAND, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE IN FRONT YARD. RIGHT. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE OR IN FRONT OF SOUTH STRONG RISK. DON SAY YES. . WELL, LIKE, LIKE THE STREET OF REINHARDT'S WAS THAT OLD, UH, OLE WALNUT. WALNUT. WALNUT, WALNUT, WALNUT. HOW DID THEY DETERMINE WHERE THOSE BUMPS WENT? THERE IS THERE THE MAYOR AGREED. YEAH, BUT NOBODY ELSE ONE, HE AGREED TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF HIS. NOBODY AGREE. AND, UH, WE TALKED THE MAYOR INTO BEAM, THE GUINEA PIG. AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER ONE? AND THEN HE TOOK GRIEF FOR IT. THEY'RE STILL TAKING GRIEF FOR IT BECAUSE HE GOT THE SPEED UP IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE AND HE DIDN'T WANT A SPEED. HE DIDN'T WANT IT. YEAH. CAN'T WIN. OKAY. WE'LL PUT SOMETHING ON THE APPLICATION ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A SPEED UP COULD BE PLACED IN. YEAH. BUSTER TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, IS THAT WHENEVER THE, WHEN YOU DO THE SPEED HUMPS, THERE'S A, THERE'S SUGGESTED DISTANCE BETWEEN EACH ONE OF 'EM. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY TRIED TO WORK WITH. THE PROBLEM THEY HAD WAS, IS THEY COULDN'T GET ANYBODY. SO THE MAYOR AGREED, OKAY, YOU CAN PUT IT IN MY, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. AND THEN FROM THERE THEY JUST TOOK THE DISTANCES AND YEAH, FAIR ENOUGH. AND STUFF. SO, AND THEN THEY LUCKED OUT BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM WERE OVER BRIDGES, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE AND STUFF, SO THAT WORKED OUT FOR 'EM. SO IT WAS JUST ONE OR TWO THAT REALLY ENDED UP IN, IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES OTHER THAN THE MAYORS. SO. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL BRING THAT ONE BACK, OKAY? OKAY. YES SIR. WITH THAT MODIFICATION. YEAH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK WITH THE FINAL VERSION. OKAY. DOES IT HAVE TO BE TWO READINGS? IF IT IS, WE GONNA HAVE PUT THE FIRST NO, UH, NO, THIS IS NOT ORDINANCE. IT'S A, IT'S A POLICY. IT'S A POLICY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'LL [5. Discuss and consider approving the FY 25 Utility and General Fund CIP projects to begin in June 2024. – Modesto Mundo] MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, UH, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 UTILITY GENERAL FUND, CIP PROJECTS TO BEGIN IN JUNE OF 2024. MODESTO. WELL, THE BRUNT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS GOING TO BE, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UTILITY AND GENERAL PROJECTS. UH, NOW IF COUNSEL WAS OKAY, BECAUSE THOSE TWO FUNDS ARE FUNDED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE TRANSFER AND BUDGET AMENDMENT IN APRIL. UH, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO WAIT TILL [01:00:01] OCTOBER ONE, UH, IF YOU WERE AGREEABLE. BUT THEN WE HAD A MINOR, UH, CHA, A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR ELECTRICIAN, UH, TODAY ON OUR PROJECT FOR, UM, THE, NO, WHERE IS IT? THE ELECTRIC, UH, WITH THE WASTEWATER PLANT? NO, NO, NO, NO. THE ELECTRIC, UM, SERVICE FOR THE, UM, CITY HALL AND FOR LIBRARY, WE HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THERE. THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE AROUND 3 85 TO $400,000. WHAT IT IS, IS THAT SAME THING, THE CITY CIVIC CENTER, ALL SERVICES, IT'S IN BAD SHAPE. SO WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S IN BAD SHAPE. THE PROBLEM IS ALL THE SERVICES ARE TIED TOGETHER ON THE SAME FEED AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT. SO IF, IF THE FEED GOES DOWN, THEN ALL, ALL BUILDINGS MAY GO DOWN, OR AT LEAST CENTERPOINT WOULD SAY, BEFORE WE TURN IT BACK ON, YOU NEED TO UPGRADE ALL OF YOUR BOXERS FOR EACH FACILITY, UM, ON THAT. AND, AND SO THEN WE WOULD BE IN A HOLDING PATTERN. SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO BUILD A, I'M NOT AN ELECTRICIAN NOW, ERIC AND SOUND, UH, RIA CAN, UH, CAN EXPAND, BUT UH, IT WAS MORE OF BUILDING A NEW FEED INTO THE BUILDING, SEPARATING THEM. UM, UH, AND SO WE, BUT WE'RE THINKING 25,000 TO 50,000 FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN, ANOTHER 350,000 FOR THE PROJECT. WE HAD THE BALANCE FOR THAT. BUT, UM, I MAY PAUSE THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, UM, UH, TO COME BACK WITH YOU AND JUST LOOK AT THE BALANCE AND SHOW YOU WHAT THE BALANCE WOULD BE, UH, ON THERE. THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO START THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE PRICES ARE ALWAYS INCREASING. THERE JUST DIDN'T SEEM ANY REASON TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER ONE. THEY COULD GET, THEY COULD GET STARTED ON A LOT OF, ON A LOT OF THESE, AT LEAST WE COULD DO, UH, BAD STAFF TO AT LEAST FIND AN ENGINEER. SO WE CAN START DOING DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT JUST THREE MONTHS IN ADVANCE, HUH? YEAH. SO ARE YOU WANTING TO HOLD OFF ON THIS REQUEST OR YOU, OR YOU WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND IF COUNSEL'S OKAY, AS LONG AS, UM, THAT LINE ITEM'S GONNA GO IS, IS GOING TO GO UP TO 400,000? WELL, I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING AHEAD AND, AND GOING FORWARD AND SAYING, HEY, IF YOU'VE GOT THE FUNDS, GO AHEAD AND SPEND THEM NOW. UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO NEED TO SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR PRICES TO GO UP IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS. UH, IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, JUMP ON SOMETHING REAL QUICK, ESPECIALLY, THAT'S MY OPINION. YEAH, REALLY FOR ME, THE ONLY DEBATE THAT, UM, I HAVE JUST GOING THROUGH WITH, WITH STAFF IS DO WE WANT TO USE THIS FUND FOR THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADE OR SUGGESTED THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND? SO MAYBE, YEAH, IT COULD BE FUNDED OUTTA EITHER ONE. SO I WAS JUST GONNA LOOK AT AND GET WITH JAMES TOMORROW AND LOOK AT THE BALANCE. AND SO I HAVE TWO POSSIBILITIES OF TAPPING IT OUT OF THE GENERAL PROJECTS FUND OR THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. THEN WOULD YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO US OR JUST MAKE THAT DECISION? WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. OKAY. UH, ON THE, SO YOU'D BRING IT BACK TO US? YES. ALRIGHT. SO, ALRIGHT. SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND, AND APPROVE THIS REQUEST OF GOING FORWARD WITH, UH, SENDING, SPENDING THE CIP DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT IF WE, UH, FEEL NECESSARY FOR, UH, THE REST OF IT. UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING, THIS WILL AT LEAST GET US KICKED OFF ON, WE CAN START DOING ENGINEERING. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD? ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 25 UTILITY AND GENERAL FUND CIP PROJECTS TO BEGIN IN JUNE, 2024. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION WITH COUNCILWOMAN. SETH. SETH, GO AHEAD PLEASE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BROADUS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANKS. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE [6. Staff Updates:] ON TO ITEM SIX. UH, STAFF UPDATES. CITY MANAGER. SOMEONE MENTIONED RAIN, . RAIN. RAIN. SO, UH, WE'RE WATCHING THE, UH, UH, THE WEATHER ON OUR WEATHER CALL THIS MORNING. WE'RE EXPECTING EIGHT TO 10 INCHES. EIGHT TO 10 AS A POSSIBILITY OVER THE NEXT TWO, TWO TO THREE DAYS. I'LL LET ERIC, UH, JUST KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW WHAT THEY'RE PREPPING, UM, UH, FOR THINK HE CONTROLS THE RAIN OR SOMETHING. , ERIC? [01:05:01] YES. UM, STAFF AGAIN, WEDNESDAY IS A HOLIDAY, SO THE SANITATION GROUP WAS GEARED UP TO GET EVERYTHING, UH, UP AND TAKEN AWAY BY TUESDAY EVENING, HEAVY TRASH BRUSH, ET CETERA. UH, SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER ON WEDNESDAY, REALIZING THAT THEY DO WORK ON WEDNESDAY. UH, SO WE DO BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE ON TRACK TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF IT UP BY TUESDAY. CLOSE OF BUSINESS. UH, THE STREETS AND DRAINAGE GROUP IS PUTTING OUT HIGH WATER SIGNS IN THE AREAS THAT WE DO KNOW REGULARLY FLOOD WITH THAT TYPE OF RAIN THAT WAY. UH, THE WAY IT'S LOOKING NOW, THE, THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE GONNA BE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THAT WAY IT'S PRE-POSITIONED WHEN WE GET A CALL FROM PD, UH, THEY CAN JUST GO OUT THERE AND UPRIGHT THE SIGNS THAT WILL ALREADY BE THERE ON LOCATION, UH, ALLOWING US TO EXPEDITE, UH, THE NOTIFICATIONS TO STAFF. AND OF COURSE WE WILL BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH LAURA MARIE, WHO WILL BE LEARNING NIMS 300 WITH ME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, UH, WITH BRIAN AND MANVILLE. BUT STAFF IS CONFIDENT AND READY TO GO, UH, FOR THIS EVENT. HOPEFULLY IT DOES TURN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH, WHICH IT IS NOW A STORM. UH, AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE, BUT STAFF IS, IS VERY CONFIDENT IN THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE SITUATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY, WHAT TIME OF DAY DO CONCERNS ABOUT ANYTHING? SORRY, GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDED? NO, MA'AM. UH, WINDS WILL BE BRISK BUT NOT HEAVY. UH, WE'VE HAD SOME HEAVIER STRAIGHT LINE STORMS COME THROUGH IN RECENT WEEKS, SO A A LOT OF OUR TREES HAVE BEEN PRUNED FOR US ALREADY. UH, THIS WILL JUST BE A LONGER DURATION OF THAT STEADY BREEZE, UH, THAN WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF EVENTS. ABOUT WHAT TIME OF DAY DO WE EXPECT THIS? THE, I PINPOINT CAN'T GET THERE? UH, THE MODELS, THE MODELS THAT I'VE PERSONALLY LOOKED AT SHOW US GETTING HERE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. YEAH. FOR, FOR HEAVIER RAINS TO START. YEAH. EIGHT TO 12 INCHES. YES. OVER TWO TO THREE, OVER TWO TO THREE DAYS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FRIDAY. OH YEAH. OKAY. BUT IT HAS, THE STORM HAS TURNED SIGNIFICANTLY WEST AND LESS NORTHWEST, SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING IN SOUTH, FURTHER SOUTH INTO MEXICO THAN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. SO YEAH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF BANDS WE'RE GONNA GET OFF OF IT. YEAH. WE'RE BASING OUR INFORMATION OFF OF A TWO O'CLOCK CALL SO IT CHANGES. YEAH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE SEVEN O'CLOCK UPDATE AND I MEAN, IT HADN'T CHANGED MUCH, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T SEE IF THEY'VE NAMED THE STORM YET, BUT STILL CONSIDERED A TROPICAL STORM OVERDOSE. THEY'RE STILL CALLING IT A CYCLONE. WHAT IS IT? A CYCLONE CYCLONE TROPICAL STORM. ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE 1 1 1 ON NUMBER . SO YEAH, AGAIN, I, IF ANYTHING I WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE PREPPING FOR JUST LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. YEAH. YES. YEAH. AND AGAIN, HOPEFULLY IT'S THOSE INCHES OF RAIN, WHATEVER WE GET ARE, ARE SCATTERED OVER THE TWO TO THREE DAYS INSTEAD OF TWO TO THREE HOURS. YES. AND WE WILL BE MONITORING THE BRAS. UH, WE DID LOOK TODAY TO SEE WHAT LEVEL THE BRAS HAS TO BE AT FOR IT TO SPILL OVER AT HARRIS RESERVOIR INTO OYSTER CREEK. UH, AND CURRENTLY THE GAUGES ARE TRENDING DOWN, SO DEPENDING ON HOW FAR NORTH THE RAIN GOES, UH, THE RESERVOIRS ARE FAIRLY FULL THAT SOME OF THEM ARE INTO, UH, STORM LEVELS ALREADY ABOVE CONSERVATION POOLS. UH, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF ROOM IN WHITNEY. THERE'S ANOTHER 50 OR SO FEET OF, UH, ROOM IN WHITNEY FOR RAIN RUNOFF FOR THEM TO HOLD IT BACK PRIOR TO RELEASING. SO WHERE'S WHITNEY? WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. THAT'S THAT AROUND DALLAS AREA. WHITNEY? YES, SIR. WI WHITNEY IS A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF WACO. YEAH'S YOU EVER HEARD OF LIVE PAN? PARDON? LIVE PAN? NO, NO. ANYWAY, OTHER THAN YOU, THEY WERE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST IMPACT'S GONNA BE NORTHERN MEXICO AND, AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF TEXAS. AND THOSE ARE HEAVILY DROUGHT AREAS AND ALL THE RESERVOIRS AND STUFF ARE, ARE LOW ENOUGH LEVELS WHERE THEY EXPECT THAT ALL THE RUNOFFS GONNA BE ABSORBED PRETTY MUCH THERE. SO THE BIG TRICK IS GONNA BE IS IF IT'S GONNA GO DOWN, IF IT'S GONNA COME BACK UP AND CIRCLE AROUND THE NORTH SIDE. IF IT'S KEEPS GOING WEST, WELL THEN WE WON'T, WE'LL HAVE LESS TO WORRY ABOUT. IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S THE WEATHER. WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW. [01:10:01] WE'LL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UPDATES? NO, UH, JUST, UH, NO OTHER UPDATES. OKAY. ANY ACTION ITEMS THAT YOU HAD LISTED THERE? WE'LL BRING THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, UH, SPEED UP POLICY BACK WITH THE CHANGE. AND THEN ALSO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE'LL MEET WITH THE OTHER CITIES ON THE MISSOURI COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, POD INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. RIGHT. AND I WILL REACH OUT TO MS. KELLER, SEE, LET SEE IF SHE'S GOING TO, SHE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT COMPANY OR, YES. OKAY. KIND OF SURPRISED THAT SHE WASN'T HERE. ALRIGHT, SAL, YOU GOT ANY UPDATES? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAL ON, UH, CITY PROJECTS? UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING, THE BIG PREP, UH, BEFORE THE STORM, IF IT DOES COME IN, UH, AS FAR AS OUR PROJECTS ARE CONCERNED, SO THAT EVERYTHING IS, UH, IN ORDER, ESPECIALLY THE SAFETY FEATURES AND ALL THOSE PROJECTS AND THE DRAINAGE, UH, SITUATIONS ON, ON THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES. SO, UH, WE'RE ALSO INITIATED THAT. SO WE'RE, DO WE HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE INVOLVING DRAINAGE? UH, YES. THE, UH, THE STREET PROJECT RIGHT NOW, NORTH SHADY OAKS. OKAY. SO, SO THERE ARE SOME HEY, RAINFALL. WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THERE? WELL, I MEAN, WE HAVE, AT LEAST THEY'VE STARTED ON THE, ON THE LARGE, UM, THE MAJOR SPINE OF DRAINAGE, UH, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE WORKING THEMSELVES, UH, UPSTREAM WITH THAT. AND THEREFORE IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER SITUATION THAN WHAT IT IS, UH, RIGHT NOW. DO THEY HAVE ANY CONSTRICTED FLOW NOW DURING THE CONSTRUCTION? AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE, UH, SENT OUT THAT MESSAGE OVER TO THE CONTRACTORS SO THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE, UH, DRAINAGE WASTES ARE OPEN AND NOT, UH, SO CORRECT. AND WE'RE ALSO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, TODAY I MADE, UH, I MADE SURE TO, UH, TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE STAND ON THE BEST WESTERN, BECAUSE BEST WESTERN BRING A WEAK LINK THERE IN OUR DRAINAGE, IN OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. UH, THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THE CONTROL IS WORKING. THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, WE HAVE IS, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE, OUR PERSONNEL, UH, TRAINED IN, OR AT LEAST TO REAL, TO TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT UNDER CONTROL. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PERSONS, OUR PERSONNEL, UH, IN THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT ALREADY, UH, OBSERVED THAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, ASKING FOR HIM TO, TO BE ABLE TO BE ON, ON ALERT ON THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM AND SEE WHAT IT, UH, WORKS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. OKAY. THIS WAS NOT WHAT I WAS THINKING WHEN WE SAID, DO WE NEED TO TEST IT? ? NO, WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON DOING THAT ONE. BUT THIS IS A TEST. YEAH, IT WOULD BE A TEST, RIGHT. ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, HAVE 'EM THERE ON, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT IT IS THAT WHERE WE STAND. SO YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WE'RE FINISHED WITH THE, UH, ATCH CDBG PROJECT, SO THERE'S ALL BEING POURED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN, UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING SOME CURING TIME ON COUPLE OF THOSE SPOTS THERE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT ALL, IT ALL CAME OUT VERY WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL MOVE [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] ON TO VISITORS, I MEAN ON, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. UH, SO, UH, WE'LL START WITH MR. BUELL. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS OF NOW. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN HANYA, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. UH, UM, SIMILAR WILL BE ASKED THE CITY, THE STATE TO REINSTALL THE SIGN. SO NO ENGINE BRAKING ON 2 88, THEY STILL NOT DONE YET, BUT DO THANK 'EM FOR FIXING THE 2004 ROUGH SPOT THERE BY WATER TOWERS. THEY LOOKED GREAT. THEY FIXED THAT QUICK. YEAH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB. AND ALSO, UH, IF YOU CAN REEVALUATE OUR NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGNS, A BUNCH OF THEM ARE MISSING. UH, OKAY. AND, UH, I'VE SEEN SOME TRUCKS LONG, YOU KNOW, OYSTER CREEK DRIVE IS ALMOST NOT A, IT'S BECOME A THROUGH TRUCK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT GROCERY STORES ON TWO ENDS OF THE, THE ROAD THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT STOP FROM USING THAT. BUT WHEN THEY START USING THE SIDE STREETS, TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON Y POND GOING TOWARDS 3 32, THEY CAN TAKE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT POLE OUT AND THEN CITY ENDS UP BEARING THE COST OF THAT. 'CAUSE THEN THEY NEVER REALLY HAVE INSURANCE. THEY PAY ANYTHING. OKAY, WE'LL CHECK THE, THE SIGNS ARE NOT THERE ANYMORE. SO IF YOU CAN JUST REINSTALL THOSE SIGNS, SPECIFICALLY AT NORTH, UH, NORTH EUROPE, ONE ON BOTH SIDES. AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS ONE DOWNTOWN. [01:15:01] THERE WAS A WE'LL LOOK AT YEAH, JUST KIND OF OKAY. REEVALUATE THAT. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, I MEAN, UH, TRUCKS SHOULDN'T BE TRAVELING DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN OYSTER CREEK DRIVE. WELL, THEY HAVE TO. I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH, THEY COME OUT AND GET ON THE HIGHWAY AND COME DOWN DIXIE. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY'RE SUPPOSED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OYSTER CREEK DRIVE SO WE CAN BE STOPPING THEM. WELL, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH DELIVER TO HEV FROM KROGER DELIVER. YEAH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT, GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. NO, THEY'RE NOT. AND GO TO NIXEY DRIVE. SO YEAH, THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT DOING THAT. YEAH. SO THEY SHOULDN'T IF WE SHOULD, IF WE SEE, WE SHOULD BE, YEAH, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY GIVE, GIVE THEM A CALL PD A CALL. 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WEST STREET DRIVE. OKAY. MAYBE MAY BE CONVENIENT FOR THEM, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. WELL, I, I WOULD WORRY ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE THEY SAY THEY'RE THROUGH TRUCKS, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING REALLY THROUGH, THEY HAVE A DESTINATION IN MIND. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE TRUCK. WELL, THEY'RE LEAVING OUR TOWN. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL, YEAH. OKAY. LUCK. THAT'S ALL. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU MR. BRODIS. NOTHING FROM ME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SET. MR. BAKER, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, WEDNESDAY'S, JUNETEENTH. IT'S A HOLIDAY FOR Y'ALL, THANKS TO COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVED IT, UH, FOR YOU GUYS. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. 99% CHANCE OF A LOT OF RAIN. AND ALSO SAY, I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE HAVING OFF ALSO. HAVE YOU GUYS STAYED DRY? YES, IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'LL GET KINDA WET. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO REAL QUICK, WE HAVE, UM, UH, THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP IS WE'VE GOT THE, UH, EVENTS COMING UP IN THE COMMUNITY IS, WE'VE GOT THE RUBBER DUCK REGATTA IS GONNA HAPPEN ON THE 25TH. UM, THAT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT SHORTER AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE FA PAST, BUT IT'S STILL HAPPENING AND IT STILL HAS A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE COMING UP FOR THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER CONCERT THIS FRIDAY. IT'S CC RIDER GROUP IS, UH, GONNA BE ON FRIDAY. HOPEFULLY. UH, IT'S GONE. WELL, IT'S RAIN OR SHINE, SO IT'LL BE INSIDE IF IT'S RAINING. UM, I DIDN'T GET TO MAKE IT OUT THERE, BUT I SAW ALL THE PICTURES. AND THE SECOND ANNUAL POWER WHEEL DERBY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. SO THEY HAD, UH, TWO DEALERSHIPS SPONSORED THIS TIME. THEY HAD, UH, UH, LEO MARTIN SPONSOR AND DON DAVIS SPONSOR. SO THEY, UH, THE WINNING, UH, WINNERS RECEIVED, UH, NEW, UH, CARS. NOT REAL CARS WERE SOME BUT LITTLE CARS. THERE WERE SOME INTENSE EXPRESSIONS. OH YEAH, YEAH. IT WAS, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. AND THE PICTURES I SAW AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UH, WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING COMING UP ON, UH, UH, MONDAY IS, UH, I APPROACHED, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PAYNE AND ASKED HIM IF WE COULD UTILIZE, UH, THEIR, UH, DIGITAL ROAD, UH, SIGNAGE. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME SIGNAGE UP REMINDING PEOPLE THAT, UH, FIREWORKS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CITY LIMITS. SO THAT MAYBE THAT'LL HELP, UH, OUR VETERANS THAT ARE DEALING WITH, UH, UH, PTSD AND ALSO ALL OUR PET OWNERS, UH, WITH THEIR PETS AND STUFF THAT PEOPLE AREN'T, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVE LESS PEOPLE FIRING FIREWORKS, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. ONE OTHER QUESTION. YEP. UH, I KNOW WE, UH, DONE THE ASPHALT ON MEDICAL DRIVER. WHEN WE, WHEN ARE WE GONNA DO THE MARKINGS? THE MARKING. OKAY. LANE MARKING. I, I'LL GET WITH CINDY AND, AND GET THAT SCHEDULED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. SIRO. YOU GOT ANYTHING? NO. ANYTHING FROM STAFF? NO. ALRIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.