* 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. [00:00:01] WELL, MY COMPUTER DOESN'T SAY SIX 30, BUT I'M GONNA CALL AT SIX 30. GOOD EVENING. UH, WELCOME TO [Call to Order] THE, UH, MONDAY, JULY 15TH, 2024 REGULAR SESSION AT 6:30 PM OF THE LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL, UH, AT, UH, 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS. AND AGAIN, WELCOME FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, COME TO ATTEND AND WILL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIRE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BODY FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONORING THE TEXAS PLAQUE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL. AND WE HAVE THE INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN BUELL. LET US PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THIS EVENING. AND AS OUR MEETING PROGRESSES AND DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE A STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND COURAGE TO MAKE THE DECISION AT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENT. PLEASE BE WITH OUR SPECIAL, UH, FOLKS, THE MEMT GUYS, THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE MEN AND WOMEN STATIONED ABROAD IN STATESIDE. WE ASK THE LORD THAT YOU BE WITH OUR NATION DURING THIS TROUBLED TIME. HELP HELP US TO SEE WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND DO IT IN A PEACEFUL, IN A, IN A, UH, A MANNER MANNERLY WAY. UH, UH, VIOLENCE DOESN'T GET IT. BUT ANYWAY, GIVE US THE STRENGTH AND, AND WISDOM TO DO THAT. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NEXT ITEM IS VISITORS COMMENTS. UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY, UH, ONE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AS VISITORS WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY HAVE VISITOR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT. NOT SEEN ANYTHING. WE'LL MOVE ON TO A DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THIS IS WHERE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR A REGULAR AGENDA. DOES ANYBODY NEED TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? OKAY. MOVE ON TO [CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM ONE IS APPROVED MINUTES OF JULY 1ST, 2024. UH, ITEM TWO IS AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF, UH, ZINC ORTHOPHOSPHATE PHOSPHONATE, UH, FROM HAWKINS IN INC. UH, A SOLE PROVIDER FOR AN ESTIMATED 10,000 GALLONS PER YEAR AT $9 50 CENTS PER GALLON, NOT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF $95,000 AS BUDGETED. IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON CONSENT AGENDA, MOVE FOR APPROVAL OR CONSENT. AGENDA ONE AND TWO, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUELL TO, UH, SECOND APPROVE. AND WE, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN. SETH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO [1. Discuss and consider the request from Mr. Gilbert to replace the annual July 4th fireworks display with drones. – Davis Gilbert] REGULAR AGENDA, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE REQUEST BY MR. GILBERT TO REPLACE THE ANNUAL FIREWORKS. JULY 4TH FIREWORK DISPLAY WITH DRONES, MR. GILBERT, EXCUSE ME, UM, DAVIS, GORDON, GILBERT, 19, HERITAGE OAK COURT, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS 7 7 5 6 6, HONORABLE MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THE ELIMINATION OF CITYWIDE FIREWORKS SPECTACLE DISPLAYS, SUCH AS THOSE THAT OCCURRED ON JULY 4TH THAT ARE FUNDED, ORGANIZED, OR SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON WHEN FIREWORKS BURST CHEMICAL DEBRIS IS LEFT SCATTERED ACROSS THE GROUND, CONTAINING CONTAMINATING SOIL, DISRUPTING THE GROWTH OF TREES AND PLANTS AND WATER, AND NEGATIVELY AFFECTING OUR FISH DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT CHEMICALS, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO RELATE TO YOU TODAY, THAT DEFINITELY HARM THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY STAY IN THE, THE SOIL AND THE WATER FOR DECADES. I WOULD LIKE TO, TO, UM, TALK ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND, UM, WHAT FIREWORKS CAN DO TO OUR FAMILIES AND THEN OUR FAMILIES. OUR FAMILIES DO CONTAIN PETS. UM, IMAGINE BEING AN ANIMAL, SLEEPING IN YOUR HABITAT, AND SUDDENLY BEING AWAKENED BY A SEQUENCE OF BOOMING NOISES AND WITNESSING UNEXPECTED BRIGHT FLASHES AND, UM, OUT OF NOWHERE, YET UNABLE TO ESCAPE. IT'S A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. ANIMALS ARE MOST SENSITIVE TO HIGH FREQUENCY NOISE. THEY BECOME TRAUMATIZED, FRIGHTENED. THEY LEAVE THEIR HABITATS, THEY LEAVE THEIR YOUNG AND THEY SUFFER, WHETHER IT IS BY STRESS OR BY GETTING HIT BY A MOTOR VEHICLE. NOW, DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE, INTERMITTENT AND RELATIVELY INFREQUENT FIREWORKS, NOISE AND SOUND MAKES IT UNLIKELY THAT ANIMALS WILL EVER ACCLIMATE TO, UH, FIREWORKS. [00:05:01] RESIDUAL FIREWORK SHELLS AND METALS LITTERED ACROSS THE GROUND. ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANIMALS TO INGEST THESE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LEADING TO ILLNESS AND DEATH. AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT I WANT TO TALK TO IS THE COMMON TRIGGERS OF SENSORY OVERLOAD OF FIREWORKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, PTSD AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. SENSORY OVERLOAD FROM FIREWORKS REFERS TO AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF SENSORY INFORMATION THAT AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THE BRAIN HAS DIFFICULTY PROCESSING AND ORGANIZING THE SENSORY INPUT. THIS COULD LEAD TO FEELINGS OF DISCOMFORT, STRESS, AND EVEN PAIN. COMBAT. VETERANS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PTSD STATUS, ARE TRIGGERED AND RESPOND NEGATIVELY WHEN EXPERIENCING FIREWORKS. THE INFORMATION I PROVIDED TO YOU TO ELIMINATE THE FIREWORKS SPECTACLE DISPLAY HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, TEXAS WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION, SBCA, THE ANIMALS DEFENSE LEAD FUND, AND THE FUTURE OF FARMERS OF AMERICA. NOW, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES. THERE ARE GREEN FIREWORKS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. HOWEVER, THE GREEN FIREWORKS ARE CONSISTED OF BARIUM CHLORIDE, WHICH IS ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN IS POISONOUS. THE OTHER, UM, OPTION IS DRONES. UM, I CALLED THIS THE CIVIC CENTER, AND THEY SAID THAT THE, UH, FIREWORKS, UM, DISPLAY COSTS ABOUT AROUND $35,000. AND THAT'S ABOUT, UH, 35 MINUTES. THAT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MINUTE, WHICH I THINK MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT. UM, NOW IF WE HAD A DRONE FESTIVAL WHERE EVERYBODY BROUGHT THEIR OWN DRONE, AND WE KIND OF HAD IT MORE LIKE A COMMUNITY SUPPORT, NOT ONLY WOULD WE SAVE $35,000, BUT WOULD ALSO BE SAFE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, UM, OUR COMBAT VETERANS AND OUR ANIMALS. NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A, A DRONE SHOW, I'VE CONTACTED A COUPLE OF VENDORS AND THEY SAID FOR A HUNDRED DRONE DRONES, WE'D BE $40,000. IF WE SIGNED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM, IT WOULD BE $32,500. AND THE LONG, THE LONGER THAT WE HAVE, THE MORE THEY WILL, UM, DISCOUNT THOSE RATES. SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION. I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YES. UH, ON, UM, UH, I'M SURE COUNCIL ALSO WILL, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS. ARE YOU, ARE YOU PURSUING THIS WITH OTHER, UH, UH, ENTITIES? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT TO, UH, THE BEACH AFTER 4TH OF JULY AND THE COUNTY BEACHES AND SEEING THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION THAT'S DONE THERE BY PRIVATE USE? UH, I THINK, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE CITY AND ASKING US AND, AND LOOKING AT THIS IS, IT'S, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND MAKING US, UH, AND HELPING MAKE THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF IT SO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ALSO, WITH EVEN GOING BACK TO THE STATE AND THE COUNTIES OF SAYING OF, UH, DOING AWAY WITH THE SELLING OF PRIVATE FIREWORKS IN THE CITY OF TEXAS, IN THE COUNTY. UH, AGAIN, IF YOU GO DOWN, UH, TO THE BEACH, UH, IT'S, IT'S MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF USED STUFF THAT GETS WASHED INTO THE GULF. RIGHT. AND IT DOESN'T DO ANY, ANY GOOD FOR, FOR THE, THE ENVIRONMENT THERE EITHER. UM, YEAH. ON THE DRONES, UH, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT TOO, ACTUALLY. WE LOOKED AT IT THIS YEAR, AND WE, UH, IT'S JUST THE PRICING'S JUST, JUST WE, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN AFFORD IT. EVEN THIS YEAR ON THE, UH, FIREWORKS, UH, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO, UH, SPONSORS, THEY BOTH SPONSORS SPONSORED 10,000 A PIECE. MM-HMM. , UH, FOR, UM, SO SPONSORSHIP CAN BE DONE. IT'S NOT THAT EASY FOR A CITY TO GO OUT AND GET SPONSORSHIPS. UM, EVEN THOUGH HOUSTON SEEMS TO HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING SPONSORS FOR THOSE STUFF, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, TO DO THAT. SO, UH, BUT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. I MEAN, GOING INTO IT, I MEAN, I THINK WE, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT GOING INTO THE BUDGET IS, UH, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS, LIKE YOU SAID, UH, ANYWHERE IF WE PAY FOR IT FULLY AS A CITY, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM A THOUSAND TO $1,200 A MINUTE YES. FOR A SHOW. MM-HMM. AND IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S, WHAT'S THE VALUE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. IT HAS NO LONG-TERM POSITIVE IMPACT ON, ON OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR ANIMALS, OUR CITIZENS. AND THE SAME THING GOES, IF WE GO OVER AND SPEND EXTRA DOLLARS FOR A DRONE, IT'S LIKE MM-HMM. YOU KNOW, ARE WE REALLY GETTING, ARE WE REALLY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAX DOLLARS TO DO THAT? UNLESS AGAIN, YOU CAN GET IT FULLY SPONSORED BY SOMEBODY. RIGHT. OR IF WE HAVE A DRONE FESTIVAL, THE CHALLENGE I HAVE WITH A DRONE [00:10:01] FESTIVAL IS I, I'M A CERTIFIED PILOT. MM-HMM. . OKAY. AND, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY KNOW HOW TO FLY DRONES. AND WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO A CONFINED SPACE, LIKE SAY THE MALL PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DO SOME KINDA SHOW, I'M JUST WOR I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD DO IT AND KEEP THINGS SAFE. MM-HMM. , UM, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, AND DRONES FALL, FALL OUT IN SKY. THAT'S THE OTHER PROBLEM I HAVE WITH DRONE SHOWS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SO DRONES IN THE AIR, THAT THEY SHOULD STAY IN THE AIR 20 MINUTES, BUT THEY, THEY LOSE DRONES. THAT'S PART OF THE, THE COST BECAUSE THEY JUST, THEY LOSE POWER AND THEY, THEY FALL OUTTA THE SKY. RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO PUT IT OVER AN AREA THAT IS NOT OVER FOR DRONE SHOWS. THEY REALLY NEED TO BE DONE OVER AREAS THAT ARE NOT POPULATED. RIGHT. UM, I WAS THINKING THEY COULD BE WHERE THEY SHOT OFF THE FIREWORKS AND PEOPLE COULD WATCH 'EM FROM THE MALL. RIGHT. SO THERE WOULD BE NO, YEAH. BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU PUT THE DRONES. THE CHALLENGE WITH THE DRONE SHOW THOUGH, IS THEY, AGAIN, THEY'D BE WORKING WITH THE COMPANY BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THE PRE-WORK THEY DO, AND THEN THEY, THEY LAY THE, THE DRONES DOWN ON A GRID. MM-HMM. . AND THE GRID COVERS A LARGE SPACE. SO IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND STUFF MAY BE BIG ENOUGH OUT THERE IF WE DO IT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT, UH, FOR A HUNDRED DRONES, I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND SEE, BUT MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M QUESTIONING IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR FIREWORKS AGAIN, OR ANY KINDA SHOW ON, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY. UH, I AGREE. OR IF WE CAN, IF WE DO ANYTHING WE NEED TO WORK, BE, SEE IF WE CAN DO MORE WITH, UH, SPONSORSHIP AND TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE TAXPAYER. ABSOLUTELY. SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. YES, MA'AM. FIRST OF ALL, I SAW THAT THEY DO SOME AMAZING THINGS WITH THEM. THEY DO SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL SHOWS. YEAH. UM, I, I SAW THE PRICE RANGE WAS ABOUT 200 TO 400, AND THIS WAS AVERAGING OUT AT ABOUT 400 PER DRONE. UM, SO WHAT, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT COMPANY WAS IT THAT YOU TALKED TO, IF YOU WANNA SEE? OH, IT WAS THE SAME ONE THAT GOT SIMON COWS GOLDEN BUZZER ON AMERICA'S GOT TALENT. OH, OKAY. YES. AND I HAVE THAT EMAIL, BUT I COULD, I COULD GIVE IT TO YOU. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT REFLECT, I MEAN, I, I KIND OF LEANED TOWARD WHAT HE'S SAYING. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I THINK ALL OF US ARE SO FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING. YES. UM, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. UM, EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A TRADITION, LIKE WITH OUR KIDS AND STUFF. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, WATCHING THE FIREWORKS SHOW. UM, BUT AT SOME POINT WE PROBABLY MADE MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. RIGHT. UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING A LITTLE BIT. I SAW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT DO IT. YES. SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT SPONSORSHIPS ARE THE WAY TO GO IF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I MEAN, WE HAVE ENOUGH INDUSTRY AROUND HERE. WE, WE CAN ASK. YEAH. I USED TO WORK FOR THE UNITED WAY, SO I'M VERY GOOD AT ASKING. PERFECT. THAT'S THE HARDEST PART SOMETIMES ASKING AND NOT GETTING YOUR FEELINGS HURT WHEN THEY SAY NO. MM-HMM. . SO, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST. DO I HAVE A SIMPLE QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW. THE ONLY VERSIONS OF THESE DRONE SHOWS I'VE EVER SEEN WERE ON THE TELEVISION AND THEY ALWAYS HAD MUSIC CHOREOGRAPHED WITH THE SHOW. I WONDERED IF THAT WAS TRUE IN A LIVE, DO THEY HAVE BIG SPEAKERS THAT THEY SET UP TO DO IT WITH? OR IS IT JUST THE VIDEO? IT'S YOUR, YOUR RADIO. YOUR RADIO. SO THERE'S NOT ANY NOISE POLLUTION, IT'S JUST YOU TUNE IN. SO THEY BROADCAST THE RADIO STATION AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THAT AND YEAH. WE'VE DONE THAT WITH FIREWORKS IN THE PAST ALSO. YEAH. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. SO YOU CAN TUNE IN OR NOT IF YOU WANT. RIGHT? SURE, SURE, SURE, SURE. OKAY. INTERESTING. THANK YOU. THAT'S, THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. WE ALSO DO HAVE A LOCAL, LOCAL VENDOR THAT'S, UH, HAVE A DRONE SHOW. HE'S OUT OF DANBURY AND HE'S BEEN INTERESTED IN TALKING TO US ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, DOING A SHOW THAT'D BE NICE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. YES. SPONSORSHIP. SO I'M VERY, WE MIGHT LOOK INTO THAT AND SPEAKING WITH HIM AND DO SOMETHING LOCAL. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. WELL THANKS FOR, AND THANK YOU. IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO DISCUSS ON AND, UH, IF YOU GET ANY MORE INFORMATION YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US, JUST, UH, SEND IT OUR WAY AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL SHARE IT AND STUFF. DO THAT, TALK ABOUT IT. BUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU STARTED A GOOD DISCUSSION. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STARTING POINT. AND I THINK ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU WANTED, IF YOU WANNA START TALKING AROUND, I MEAN, IF, IF, IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU FIND, UH, PEOPLE THAT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND PAY FOR MM-HMM. , UH, AND, UH, WE'LL ADVERTISE IT AND HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S THAT WAY. THAT WAY. IT'S THE, IT'S THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMUNITY OR THE INDUSTRY OR WHOEVER, UH, IS, UH, IS CONTRIBUTING, UH, INSTEAD OF THE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER. SO. SURE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME. BYE. [00:15:04] ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, SO WE'LL [2. Proposed Budget Presentation – Modesto Mundo] MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, THE ABRIDGED DIVERSION. . YES. A SHORT VERSION. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. UM, TONIGHT I, TALKING TO YOUR MIC. SO TONIGHT IS REQUIRED BY CHARTER. I'M, UH, HAVE, UH, DELIVERED, UH, MY BUDGET PROPOSAL TO YOU. UM, WE HAVE SCHEDULED A SATURDAY WORKSHOP ON AUGUST THE THIRD WHERE WE CAN SPEND THE DAY. I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION. I'VE BEEN WAYLAID. UM, SO, AND, AND I DO NOT HAVE AN ASSISTANT TO WHO NORMALLY HELPS US ON THE BUDGET. SO I'LL TRY TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE LETTER, UH, AS PART OF THE BUDGET, UH, JUST TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS. BUT THERE IS NO PRESENTATION TONIGHT. UM, OVERALL, UH, THE, UM, THE BUDGET IS BALANCED. UM, I, WE HAVE LOWERED THE TAX RATE BASED ON, UH, APPRAISALS, UH, VALUES. THEY HAVE GONE UP, UH, SLIGHTLY FROM LAST YEAR. UM, AND DEBT SERVICE HAS BEEN REDUCED. UM, WE'VE USED APPROXIMATELY 4, 548, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REVENUE, INCREASING OUR SUPPORT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE AND FIRE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE BUDGET. UH, THIS YEAR. UM, BUDGET, OUR MAIN GOAL AS IT WAS LAST YEAR WAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, COMPENSATION. UM, AS PART OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, UM, OUR, UH, A COUPLE YEAR YEARS AGO, WE HAD A COMPENSATION, UH, ANALYSIS. AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS A 5% IN THE FIRST YEAR, 4% AND THREE. LAST YEAR WE INCREASED THE RANGES 4%. WE QUITE COULDN'T DO FIVE. AND OUR GOAL WAS THIS YEAR GOING IN TO SEE IF WE COULD DO FIVE. WE WERE ABLE TO BUDGET FOUR UH, PERCENT THIS YEAR. UM, IN ADDITION, WE'VE, UH, HAVE BUDGETED FOR THE MERIT INCREASE OF TWO TO 3%. I'VE, UH, HAVE TAKEN OFF THE SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDS, UH, FOR 4%. SO WE'VE MODIFIED, UM, THE, UH, PERFORMANCE RATINGS TO TWO TO 3%. THERE ARE NO NEW POSITIONS, UH, RECOMMENDED IN THE BUDGET. AND WE'VE REDUCED HEALTH INSURANCE BY 3%, UH, THIS YEAR AS, AS A SAVINGS. AND THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T BECAUSE WE REDUCED, UH, COVERAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS REDUCING COSTS. NO, WE HAD GONE OUT FOR RFP AND OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, UM, HAD, UH, LOWERED THE RATES 3%. AND SO THAT'S, UM, REFLECTED IN THE BUDGETED SAVINGS. OKAY. UM, FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE PROPOSED, UH, FOUR POINT, UH, ALMOST 4.9 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. UH, THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A $20 MILLION PROPOSAL IN REVENUE BONDS FOR THE CITY'S MAIN LIFT STATION. NUMBER ONE, THAT'S OUR LARGEST EXPENDITURE COMING OUT THIS YEAR. IN TWO YEARS, WE'LL PROPOSE ANOTHER $20 MILLION ISSUANCE FOR LIFT STATION 20. THOSE ARE 20 OR 30 YEAR BONDS. UH, THOSE WILL BE 25 TO 30. I THINK. WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH POSSI POSSIBILITIES. WE HAVE APPLICATION IN THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AS WE SPEAK. WE'VE SUBMITTED AND LIFT STATION ONE IS AND, AND LIFT STATION TWO, ENGINEERING DESIGN IS STARTED, UH, DESIGNED FOR LIFT STATION ONE. PRELIMINARY FOR LIFT STATION 20. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LIFESPAN ON THE LIFT STATION? UM, ROUGHLY WE'VE MANAGED TO HAVE THEM 50 YEARS, WHICH HAS PROBABLY EXCEEDED THEIR LIFESPAN, THEIR, THEIR LIFESPAN. WELL, WE'VE REIGNED THEM A FEW TIMES THOUGH, OR SOMETHING. WE'VE DONE SOMETHING TO 'EM. YES. YEAH. SO AT SOME POINT WE CAN PAY 'EM OFF IS MY POINT. YES. AND MORE SO. BUT, UH, YEAH, WE'VE EXCEEDED THEIR LIFESPAN AND THERE'S, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ANYMORE. . YEAH. UH, YEAH. 'CAUSE THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS. THEY'RE NOT, I DUNNO. LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE, IT'S FOR COMPLETE REPLACEMENT, CORRECT? YES. AND, AND THE ASSOCIATED FORCE MAIN LIFT STATION ONE, ABOUT 60% OF, UH, THE WASTE, UH, WATER, UH, IN THE TOWN GOES THROUGH THERE. IT'S THE, UH, LARGE LIFT STATION ACROSS THE HIGHWAY BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. YEAH. UH, LIVES STATION 20, UM, REPLACEMENT. IT'S A REPLACEMENT. IT'S NEAR THE BEST WESTERN IN THAT AREA. I COULDN'T POINT OUT DIRECTLY, BUT, UM, E UH, ERIC AND, UH, RHE CAN TAKE YOU TO IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FILTER. YEAH. SO WHEN I HAVE A QUESTION. MM-HMM. , UH, WE HAD INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET SESSION THAT WE HAVE TOO MANY LIFT STATIONS, MAYBE STARTING TO CONSOLIDATION, PUT A BIGGER LIFT STATION SO THE COST TO MAINTAIN THEM WOULD BE, UH, MORE ECONOMICAL LONG TERM. HAVE WE STARTED TO LOOK INTO THAT DIRECTION? ALRIGHT. YEAH. YES. UH, COUNCILMAN PART OF THE DESIGN, WE ARE ELIMINATING AT [00:20:01] LEAST TWO LIFT STATION. AND SO, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE FORCE. MAIN DEPTH OF THE FORCE MAIN. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT. YES, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO KEEP ALL THOSE LIFT STATIONS. AND THAT WILL BE IN THE, UH, LIFT STATION 20 BASIN IN THIS LIFT STATION ONE THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY. LIFT STATION ONE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT LIFT STATION. WE SAW 20 IS A WHOLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE BASIN AND LIFT STATION ONE IS THE ONE THAT COVERS, THAT USES UTILIZES ABOUT 70%, 65%, 65. SO IT'S, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE, HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE BUILD IT DOESN'T FAIL, THEN WE'LL, HEY, KNOCK ON SOME WOOD. NOT A PROBLEM. . IT'S GOT A LOT OF VACUUM TRUCKS FOR THIS YEAR. OVERALL EXPENDITURES WERE, WERE ESTIMATED TO BE LOWER THAN THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS. UH, AFTER THE STORM, I, WE WILL BE PUTTING PENCIL TO PAPER. I DO NOT KNOW. UH, THE PROJECTED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE, UH, ARE A LITTLE OVER 25 MILLION, WHICH WAS $687,000 LESS THAN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. UH, TURNOVER, UH, MAKES UP THE BULK OF THOSE. SAVINGS REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO BE, UH, ALMOST 27 MILLION, WHICH IS 482,000 ABOVE THE BUDGETED REVENUES. UH, THIS INCREASE IS DUE PRIMARILY TO STRONG INTEREST EARNINGS. WE HAD ALREADY ADJUSTED THE BUDGET FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REVENUE INCREASE THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE, BUT THOSE WEREN'T ADJUSTED AS EXPENDITURES. UH, SO I'M, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LARGE INCREASE IN REVENUES, BUT FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET OR ADJUSTED BUDGET TO BUDGET, I'M ONLY TAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN ACCOUNT OF INTEREST. REVENUES, UH, AGAIN, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETS PROJECTED TO END OF THE YEAR WAS A POSITIVE ESTIMATED CASH BALANCE BEFORE THE STORM OF 1.7 MILLION. THE UTILITY FUND IS ESTIMATED AT, UH, A LITTLE UNDER 19 MILLION, WHICH IS, UM, 977,000 MORE THAN BUDGETED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WERE ESTIMATED AT, UH, LITTLE LESS THAN 600,000 BELOW BUDGET. AND WERE PROJECTED TO END THE YEAR WITH A POSITIVE CASH BALANCE OF 1.5 MILLION. WHEN WE DO END WITH A CASH BALANCE, THOSE FUNDS ARE THEN, UM, ROLLED INTO EITHER FUND BALANCE TO INCREASE OUR FUND BALANCE. AND HISTORICALLY, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS FOR THE CIP FOR GENERAL PROJECTS AND FOR UTILITY PROJECTS. AND ON PAGE 42, YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS THAT I PROJECTED AND PROPOSED, UH, FOR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR BOTH THE UTILITY FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH MAKE UP PRIMARILY OUR, WHICH ARE OUR TWO BIGGEST FUNDS. UH, ALL FUNDS COMBINE OPERATING FUNDS. UM, OUR BUDGETS TOTAL, UH, AROUND 57.8 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, THE GENERAL FUND UTILITY FUND, AND THE HALF CENT FUND. UH, THIS YEAR I'M ALSO PROPOSING, UH, A TAX RATE INCREASE OF THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATE THAT WE CAN APPROVE. UH, THOUGH THE TAX RATE WILL GO DOWN, I IN FACT AM RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE THE TAX RATE THAT I HAVE RECOMMENDED BASED ON, UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, UH, VALUES IS 0.3 0 9 4 0 0. THAT'LL CHANGE ONCE WE GET FINAL VALUES ON, UH, JULY 5TH. THAT IN AN EFFECT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, THE VALUE WENT UP WOULD BE $15 A YEAR ON THE TAX INCREASE. JULY 5TH, YOU MEAN AUGUST 5TH? I'M SORRY. JULY 25TH IS WHEN WE GET, UH, VALUES 25TH. SO THE, IF, IF EVERYTHING HELD STEADY, UM, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER OF HOME VALUE OF 293,000 WOULD SEE A $15 ANNUAL INCREASE ON THEIR CITY TAX RATE. UM, PAGE 43 GIVES, UH, KIND OF A QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE CHANGED IN THE BUDGET. UM, AGAIN, THE, UM, REVENUES I'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE REVENUES, THE BIGGEST INCREASE, UH, AGAIN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO INTO THE UTILITY FUND, I'M REC RECOMMENDING A 13.5% INCREASE ON THE UTILITY FUND. THAT IS, UH, DUE TO, UH, MOSTLY THE, THE DEBT, UH, THAT WE WILL BE TAKING ON FOR THE LIFT STATION, UH, IN THE FIRST YEAR. BUT THAT WILL INCREASE THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND THE FOLLOWING YEARS, WE'RE WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN WITH OUR, UH, TWO PROVIDERS LOOKING AT, UH, THE, UM, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, FOR WATER AND FOR SEWER. THE BWA INCREASE, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES, UH, EACH YEAR THE INCREASE FOR THE HARRIS RESERVOIR EXPANSION THAT WE NEED. AND, UH, CHEMICALS [00:25:01] AND GARBAGE. I'M RECOMMENDING A DOLLAR 50 INCREASE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONS, THE CONSULTANT. AND THEN I'LL GO THROUGH THE, UH, THE LINE ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, THAT WE'LL SEE IN EACH BUDGET. PERSONNEL, AGAIN, A 4% MARKET ADJUSTMENT AS, UM, SLIGHTLY UNDER WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANT. UH, THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN TOTAL, 736,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 278,000 FOR THE UTILITY FUND. ABOUT HALF OF THE INCREASE TO THE GENERAL FUND IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WILL REMAIN TWO AND A HALF. VACANT POSITIONS REMAIN UNFUNDED IN THE AMOUNT OF 180,000 FOR THE NEW ANIMAL CONTROL THAT WERE BUDGETED, BUT WILL WAIT UNTIL THAT FACILITY IS IS BUILT. AND WE'VE DECREASED, UH, 3% IN MEDICAL PREMIUMS ON DEBT. UH, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE $20 MILLION REPLACEMENT OF THE LIFT STATION. JUST TO SHOW YOU THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT. CURRENTLY OUR DEBT, UH, FOR THE UTILITY FUND IS TOTAL OUTSTANDING, IS AROUND 18 MILLION. SO WE'LL DOUBLE OUR, WE'LL DOUBLE OUR DEBT THIS YEAR, AND IN TWO YEARS WE'LL ADD ANOTHER 20 MILLION ON ONTO THAT FOR THE TWO BIG LEFT STATIONS. UH, THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX. SO BASICALLY TRIPLE IT IN THREE YEARS, YEAH, WE'LL TRIPLE IT IN THREE YEARS. UM, AND WE'RE NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANY CITY, PROBABLY IN A, IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME SITUATION OF HAVING TO MAKE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN OUR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. TECH SUPPORTED, UH, OUTSTANDING DEBT FOR THE CITY, UH, WILL BE 47, UH, UH, MILLION DOLLARS. AND THE TAX RATE SLIGHTLY DECREASED TO POINT 11 AND HALF UH, CENTS. AND AGAIN, OUTSTANDING REVENUE DEBT IS 21 MILLION. AND, UM, WE WILL ADD 20 ON THAT. SO I WAS OFF ON THE 18 FUND BALANCE, UH, REMAINS HEALTHY. WE'RE AT THE CLOSE OF 25, IS, UH, 9.1 MILLION, WHICH PROVIDES ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURE COVERAGE. UH, ON PAGE 44, YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS. UH, THE GENERAL FUND IS 27.5 MILLION. THE CHANGE IN THE BUDGET IS, UM, A LITTLE OVER, UH, A MILLION, A MILLION DOLLARS. UH, PROPERTY VALUES. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY VALUES HERE ON THIS CHART THAT I HAVE. UM, YOU'LL SEE THE APPRAISED VALUES. AND THEN I BROKE OUT THE M AND O RATE, WHICH IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE VERSUS THE INS RATE. THE INS RATE IS VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC. UH, THE M AND O RATE IS VOTED ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE M AND O RATE WHERE IT IS, IT HAS DECLINED AS PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP, AND OF COURSE IS CAPPED AT THREE POINT A 5% BY STATE LAW. UH, IF THE COUNCIL WISH TO GO OVER THAT THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT, THEN IT HAS TO GO TO THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. UH, AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING ON BRAZER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. WE SHOULD GET THOSE ON JULY 25TH. UM, SO OUR ESTIMATE IS ON THE TAX RATE IS BASED ON THAT NUMBER. IT WILL CHANGE BASED ON ONCE WE GET, UM, UH, FINAL VALUES. AND IN THE TABLE YOU CAN SEE WHAT, UH, THE EFFECT ON THE TAX, UH, PAID BY AN AVERAGE HOME LAST YEAR WAS 271,000. UH, THIS YEAR, THE AVERAGE VALUE IS OF A NEW HOME IS ALMOST 292,000. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT, UH, RATES. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. UM, A HOME WOULD PAY $875. IT WOULD GO DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE 888 LAST YEAR. THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 8 92 AND THE 9 0 3, I'M ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH UNUSED INCREMENT. THE UNUSED INCREMENT IS ANY TAX RATE THAT WE DID NOT, UH, AVAIL OURSELVES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND I'M RECOMMENDING THE FULL UNUSUAL RECOMMEND. AND AGAIN, IT WOULD GO FROM $888 TO $903, UH, FOR AN AVERAGE HOME. AND IN THE CHART BELOW, I'VE BROKEN OUT THE, UM, RATES. YOU CAN SEE IN RED, THE M AND O RATE, WHICH AGAIN, IS A VOTE A RATE VOTED ON BY CITY COUNCILS AND THE INS RATE, WHICH IS A RATE THAT IS EITHER VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC OR COULD INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS. BUT LAKE JACKSON HAS HISTORICALLY THAT INS RATE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TAKEN TO, UH, THE PEOPLE TO VOTE ON AND OUT OF THE CITIES AND THE REGION OUTSIDE OF STAFFORD, WHICH HAS NO PROPERTY TAX. UM, WE ARE THE LOWEST IN THIS CHART, UH, FOR CITIES, UH, OVER 20,000 AND SINCE WE BROUGHT THAT UP, MM-HMM. , WHY DOES STAFF STAFFORD HAVE NO PROPERTY TAX? WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. YEAH. IF YOU GO TO STAFFORD, UH, THEY'RE BLESSED WITH A VERY LARGE, UH, RETAIL. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN THE AREA AND YOU THINK YOU'RE IN SUGARLAND, YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN STAFFORD AND A VERY LOW POPULATION. AND THEY HAVE VERY LOW POPULATION. [00:30:01] SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE BLESSED WITH. UM, UH, WELL, THEY'RE NOT BLESSED ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAVING TO VOTE IN A, A TAX THIS YEAR. AND, UH, LISTENING TO THEIR, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING NOW IS THAT THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IN A TAX FOUR YEARS AGO. 'CAUSE THEY'VE DUG THEMSELVES INTO A HOLE THAT'S GONNA TAKE 'EM A WHILE TO GET OUT OF IT. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART, I PUT IN THE CHART THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. IF COUNCIL WANTED TO ADOPT THAT ARE THE PROPOSED RATE AND HOW IT STANDS IN INTO THE REGION. AGAIN, WE ARE THE LOWEST OUTSIDE OF STAFFORD. AND STAFFORD IS NOT, UH, IS A CITY UNDER 20,000. OUT OF THE 103 CITIES, UH, SURVEYED OVER 20,000 BY TML. WE RANKED NUMBER 95, I MEAN THE 95TH LOWEST, I'M SORRY. UH, OTHER REVENUES. UM, TO GET A FEEL FOR OUR REVENUES, UH, SALES TAX MAKES UP THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY. IT'S 8.1 MILLION. I'M BUDGETING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THAT. IT'S HELD STEADY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. WE'VE NOT SEEN AN INCREASE. WE DID SEE A BIG JUMP COMING OUT OF COVID, AND THEN IT'S REMAINED KIND OF, IT'S JUST, IT'S STAYED THERE. IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE THING, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S HOVERED. UH, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS, UH, AT ALMOST 7 MILLION, 6.9 MILLION. UH, I'VE ESTIMATED A 2% INCREASE. THAT'S CONSERVATIVE. I'M HOPING THAT IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S 626,000, UH, OVER LAST YEAR'S UNENDED, UH, BUDGET. AND SO WE'LL REALIZE THAT REVENUE THIS YEAR, FRANCHISE ARE 1.7, UH, MILLION. UM, THAT'S A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 13 MILLION. WE'RE SEEING DECREASES IN IT AS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, USE LESS COMCAST CABLE, UH, THINGS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY EXPENDITURES. SO, SO WHAT, UH, FRANCHISES DO WE STILL GET, UH, FUNDS FROM? IS THIS COMCAST AND WHO ELSE? UH, ANY ELECTRIC PROVIDER, GAS PROVIDER AND, UM, UH, COMCAST OR, UH, UM, INTERNET PROVIDER. INTERNET OR TELEPHONE PROVIDER. OKAY. ANYTHING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? DIRECT EV UH, NO. UNLESS THEY HAVE A CABLE USING THE RIGHT OF WAY HARDWIRE. YEAH. UH, TRANSFERS FEES FROM THE UTILITY FUND. WE DO, THAT'S, UH, A LITTLE 995,000. THAT IS OUR, WHAT THE GENERAL FUND CHARGES THE UTILITY FUND FOR STAFF SUPPORT. SO, UM, ADMINISTRATION, PERSONNEL, FINANCE, ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, ARE USED TO SUPPORT THAT FUND FROM RUNNING AS A COMPANY. THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED BACK TO, UH, THE GENERAL FUND FOR REPAYMENT. UH, COURT FEES, UH, ARE EXPECTED, UH, TO PROVIDE $463,000. UH, THIS IS, UH, 48,000 MORE THAN THE F 24 BUDGET, BUT STILL NOT UP TO WHAT IT WAS. PRE COVID NUMBERS AND DEVELOPMENT FEES. DEVELOPMENT FEES IS WHERE WE'VE TAKEN IT ON THE CHIN. UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DECREASE OF 80,000 FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. UH, AND THOSE AGAIN, CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE YEAR TO YEAR. UM, WE'RE PROJECTING 245,000, UH, THIS YEAR. SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN PRE COVID, WHICH WAS AT ONE TIME $478,000. SO, UH, WE'VE SEEN A, A MASSIVE DECREASE IN, UH, PERMIT, UH, REVENUES. UH, OVERALL THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE UP 1.58 MILLION, UH, MORE THAN THE 24, UH, BUDGET. AND ON PAGE 47, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE ITEMS OVER 20,000 THAT I'VE RECOMMENDED IN THE BUDGET. THE LARGE LINE, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE, ANY LINE, ANY ITEM BELOW THAT, UH, IS REQUIRING THE, UH, APPROVAL OF, UH, A RATE INCREASE, UH, TO THE BUDGET. AND THEN I'VE LISTED ALSO THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM STAFF OR COUNSEL, UH, THAT ARE UNFUNDED IN THIS BUDGET. RE RE REQUEST. SO IF I'M GONNA READ THIS RIGHT, SO MAUREEN IS RIGHT, IT'S, SO, UH, THE 3% DECREASE IN COST FOR HEALTHCARE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT EQUATES TO A SAVINGS OF 36,000, $36,000 FOR THE GENERAL FUND. FOR GENERAL FUND. YOU'LL SEE A SAME CHART ALL SEPARATE. ONE FOR OUR, YOU'LL SEE A SEPARATE CHART ALSO FOR THE UTILITY FUND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THE, WELL, AND I, UM, I TRIED TO LIST THEM AS, UM, THE LARGEST INCREASES, BUT SOME OF 'EM ARE OUT ORDER. SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE MARKET OF 4% OF MERIT WAS 736,500. AND THEN RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, OUR RATE WAS ADJUSTED THIS YEAR FOR, [00:35:01] UH, THAT AMOUNT. AND OF COURSE, IT, IT ALSO INCREASES AS PAYROLL INCREASES. AND WE HAVE NOT FULLY COMMITTED TO THE 35,000 FIREFIGHTER DUTY PAY BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FINAL REPORT FROM FIRE CHIEF. IS THAT CORRECT? UM, HE IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE A REPORT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME, UH, THIS MONTH. BUT I'VE GONE AHEAD AND BUDGETED FOR THAT. BUT THAT IS CLEARLY BEFORE THE END, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE, UH, COUNSEL OF VOTES ON. THAT'S AN ITEM THAT COULD BE, UH, REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET. BUT YES, HE IS STILL ANTICIPATED TO MAKE A REPORT TO COUNSEL. ALRIGHT. UM, I'M NOT GOING AS QUICK AS I THOUGHT I WOULD GO. IT'S OKAY. PAGE 48. YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, I, IN, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE BIGGEST INCREASE FOR OUR CITIZENS WILL BE, WILL BE ON THE UTILITY, UH, BILL. UM, THE AVERAGE USER, UH, IS AROUND, AT LEAST THROUGH THE STATE, IS 5,000 GALLONS. I THINK WHERE OUR AVERAGE USE USAGE IS AROUND 6,000 GALLONS. UM, THE AVERAGE BILL TODAY IS $67 AND 29 CENTS. UH, IT WOULD GO UP TO $76 AND 47 CENTS. AND PROBABLY MOST OF THAT IS, WILL BE IN, UM, DEBT, DEBT SERVICE. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE, UH, WE'LL BE JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE. UH, THE MID OF THAT IN COMPARISON. ALVIN'S IS $99 AND WE WOULD BE AT 76. UM, HOW CLOSE DOES THIS GET US? SO LAST YEAR WE, WE HAD TO INCREASE THE RATE 'CAUSE ALL THREE SECTIONS ARE NOT FULLY MM-HMM. OPERATING ON THEIR OWN. HOW CLOSE DOES THIS GET US TO EVERYTHING RUNNING IN THE BLACK? WELL, EVERYTHING IS RUNNING IN THE BLACK, UH, AS OF, BUT THIS, THERE'S NO SUB SUBSIDIZING THERE. THERE'S NO SUBSIDIZING AS OF NOW, AS OF NOW. BUT THIS RATE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTION, I ANTICIPATE WE WILL BE ON THE UPPER HIGHER END IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. BUT ALL THESE CITIES ARE FACING THE SAME THING. THEIR RATES WILL BE ADJUSTING AS WELL. YEAH. WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THEY'RE GONNA MOVE UP, SO. RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO IT MAY STAY THE SAME. WE MAY STAY IN THE SAME POSITION, JUST DEPENDS ON HOW EVERYBODY MOVES, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE MOVING. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS YEAR FOR THIS TIME NEXT YEAR OR SOONER, WE'LL HAVE A FIVE YEAR RATE PROJECTION FOR YOU, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, PROJECT OUR, OUR PROJECTS. UH, ANOTHER BIG INCREASE IN FOR THIS IS THAT FOR OUR BUDGET, OUR AE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET IS WE'RE INCORPORATING OUR TRANSFER INTO OUR PLANNING OF THE RATE. SO IN YEARS PAST, HISTORICALLY, WE WERE TRANSFERRING A LITTLE OVER 1.2 MILLION ANNUALLY. AND THAT BASED ON SAVINGS, WE ASKED OUR RATE CONSULTANT WHO CAME UP WITH THESE TO INCORPORATE THAT. SO WE KNOW WE'RE NOW BUDGETING THE RATE A HEART TRANSFER OF 1.5 MILLION TO THE CAPITAL, TO THE CAPITAL FUND. SO WE CAN START PLANNING FOR ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS PROJECTS RATHER, VERSUS JUST HOPING THAT WE HAVE A SAVING AND WE CAN'T DO PROJECTS. UM, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR BASIC PROJECTS, SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WILL INCREASE THAT AS WELL OR COME TO WITH A RECOMMENDATION AS WE GET BIGGER PROJECTS. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE INTO THE RIGHT STRUCTURE WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE. SO THIS, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR IS THE LONG-TERM UTILITY WATER TYPE ISSUES THAT EVERYONE IS FACING. SO YEAH, PROBABLY THE, THE BIGGEST THING FOR US IS WE'VE, UH, NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP PACE, UH, PROPERLY ON INVESTMENT ONE IN OUR LIFT STATIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, I AND I IS A TROUBLE FOR ALL CITIES. UM, WE, UH, THOUGHT WE WERE PROBABLY DOING, UH, BETTER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF OUR STREET REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE REPLACED WATER AND SEWER LINES, BUT IT JUST, IT HASN'T KEPT UP. SO WE NEED TO, UH, RECHARGE THAT AND DO MORE, YOU KNOW, ON THE, YOU KNOW, REPLACING LINES SOONER IN THE LIFT STATION INVESTMENT. SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. BUT THE MO THE WATER MODELING FOR BOTH WILL ALSO TELL US WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS OUR DOLLARS OR WHERE WE GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, YOU KNOW, ON THIS. BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, WE JUST NEED A PLAN. BUT THIS PLAN IS US NOT KICKING THE PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD. RIGHT, BUT TRYING TO PLAN. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S ALSO, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, I VIEW IT AS BEING MORE TRANSPARENT. 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND I I'VE NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF THE END OF YEAR TRANSFERS BECAUSE OF, SO-CALLED SAVINGS. A LOT OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE ARE, BECAUSE WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, SOMEBODY LEAVES AND WE, IT TAKES US HALF A YEAR. YOU KNOW, A POLICE OFFICER CAN TAKE, SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON WHICH CITY IT IS. IT CAN TAKE TWO YEARS TO FILL A POLICE OFFICER POSITION. SOME CITIES ARE IN THAT, THAT STATE. YEAH. BUT, SO WE'VE TRANSFERRED THOSE OVER. AND SO IT'S, THIS IS MORE SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE PLANNING FOR THIS MUCH CAPITAL INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, HOPING OR WHATEVER. AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY WIDE [00:40:01] OPEN VIEW OF THIS. AND THE, I AND I ARE THE INFILTRATION OF RAINWATER INTO OUR WASTE WATER STREAM SYSTEM IS REALLY A HUGE ISSUE FOR EVERY CITY. AND IT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR US. AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO IS WHERE, LIKE SOME OF THE LOCAL CITIES HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE THE POINT WHERE THEY'VE HAD SO MANY OVERFLOWS THAT THE STATE COMES IN AND SAYS, I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS, FIX IT, YOU FIX IT TODAY, RIGHT? AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW IS YOU'RE STRAPPING YOUR CITIZEN WITH A HUGE RATE INCREASE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF, OF, OF YOUR, YOUR SYSTEM. SO WE'RE LOOKING VERY FAR AHEAD OF KEEPING US OUT OF THOSE SITUATIONS AND STUFF. BUT THE RAINWATER INFILTRATE INFILTRATION IS, IS, IS GONNA BE A HUGE CHALLENGE. 'CAUSE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PIPE THAT'S IS CITY PIPE, BUT THE NEXT PIPE WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IS THE PIPE BETWEEN OUR PIPE AND THE RESIDENT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE HARD ONE. ON THE SANITATION SIDE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A DOLLAR AND A HALF INCREASE, UH, TO THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AS RECOMMENDED LAST YEAR BY THE RATE CONSULTANT. UM, AND THEN ALSO A 5% INCREASE ON THE COMMERCIAL. WE'RE STILL VERY LOW ON THE COMMERCIAL. UM, WE COULD HAVE, UH, EASILY I THINK RECOMMENDED 10 AND STILL BE THE LOWEST IN THE, IN THE REGION. BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED, UH, 5% INCREASE. I DO HAVE IN THE BUDGET OF ASKING NEWGEN TO GO AND DO A DEEP DIVE ON WHY, WHY, WHY IS EVERYBODY LEAVING AND CAN I COME WITH YOU? THAT'S RIGHT. THEY WANT TO GET OUT BEFORE THEY STOP, STOP SERVING MARGARITAS. EVERYBODY THAT'S LEFT HAS TO BE HERE. EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM IS STAFF PAID, PAID TO BE HERE. YOU'LL SIT THERE, YOU'LL LIKE IT. UM, I'VE ASKED THEM TO, UH, WE WILL ASK THEM TO DO A DEEPER DIVE ON ROLL OFF CONTAINERS TO SEE IF THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE IN. ROLL OFFS ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND, UH, STAFF ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW ABOUT 70% OF THE ROLL OFFS PICKED UP ARE PICKED UP BY A VENDOR FOR US THAT WE STILL DO A LOT OF LEGWORK ON, ON TAKING AND ORDERING AND, UH, RANGING AND BILLING. AND THE QUESTION IS, WOULD IT BE JUST EASIER TO GET OUT OVERALL, UH, OUT OF THAT AND THEN BUILD THE FRANCHISE FEE AND LET THEM HANDLE IT AND GO OUT FOR BID? UH, AGAIN, THAT'S FOR CON FOR CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE, I, WE PRACTICALLY DON'T PICK UP FROM THE, FROM THE PRIVATE, UH, EXCEPT, EXCEPT FOR A VERY SMALL AMOUNT AND OURSELVES, UH, FOR ROLLING OFF. SO WE'RE GONNA STUDY THAT AND SEE IF THAT IS, IS A WASH ON IT AND 'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT THE HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT WE SPEND ON THE BACK END, RIGHT OF IT. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK FOR THE VENDOR, UH, NOW. SO WE'LL DO A DEEP DIVE IN THAT, UH, THIS YEAR AND THAT'S BUDGETED, UH, TO LOOK AT. SO WHY IS, UH, FREE FREEPORT SO MUCH LOWER THAN US ON THE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE AND RECYCLE MONTHLY BUILDING? IT'S SHOWING THEIR ON THE GARBAGE. $20. THE $20, AND WE'RE 27 50 BECAUSE WE OUGHT OFFER A BETTER SERVICE. HOW OFTEN THEY PICK UP ONCE A WEEK. CAN I, CAN I, HMM. UH, UH, FREEPORT IS PRIVATE. YES. AND WE ALSO ARE, MOST OF THE CITIES WE HAVE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES. MOST OF THE CITIES PROBABLY HERE, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST HALF ARE PRIVATE. UM, MAY, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, BUT MY, UM, PERSONAL OPINION IS OUR EMPLOYEES DO A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT. LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN. ERNESTO SAID, UM, ON PAGE 50, I SHOW THE NOTEWORTHY CHANGES TO THE UTILITY FUND. AGAIN, YOU CAN SAY, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE 1.5 MILLION. HISTORICALLY THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WE'RE NOW BUDGETING IN THAT THE DEBT TRANSFER, YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE THAT THAT WILL STILL CONTINUE TO GO UP. THAT'S THE INTEREST PAYMENT ONLY. UH, THIS YEAR THE MARKET, UH, ADJUSTMENT, UH, FOR THE, UH, UTILITY FUND IS 278,000. THE BWA INCREASE, UH, BWA INCREASE, I BROKE THAT OUT. UM, ONE IS FOR OPERATIONS, THE 27, THE 277,000, AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE SECOND, UH, OR, UH, YEAR INCREASE. UH, FOR THE, UH, RESERVOIR EXPANSION AT ITS FULL INCREASE IN F 31, WE WILL BE PAYING 850,000 MORE A YEAR, UH, JUST FOR THE BWA INCREASE, [00:45:01] ALSO LANDFILL TIPPING FEES HAVE GONE UP 104,000. WE'VE ALSO BUDGETED INCREASE FOR WELD MAINTENANCE TO, UH, IMPROVE OUR WELD MAINTENANCE, UH, PROGRAM AND CHANGE UP MOTORS. CHEMICALS HAVE GONE UP 72,000 OVERALL. THAT'S WASTEWATER AND WATER. UM, I MENTIONED THE ADMIN FEE, UH, FOR WATER WASTEWATER AND SANITATION, THAT'S 45,000. SO THAT'S ADJUSTING FOR BUDGET INCREASES IN SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. UH, THE SANITATION CONSULTANT, I MENTIONED 20,000 AND WE'VE HAD A REDUCTION IN POSTAGE, UH, AF UH, OF 20,000 OF GETTING EVERY, A LOT MORE PEOPLE SIGNING UP ONLINE TO PAY THEIR WATER BILL. SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE. WHAT IS THE LANDFILL TIPPING? WHAT IS THE LANDFILL? THAT'S OUR COST TO, UH, DROP THE GARBAGE AT, UH, AT SEABURY THEY CHARGE US. WE HAVE TWO FEES FOR COMPACT COMPACTED, WHICH IS IN THE RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE TRUCKS AND COMMERCIALS. AND THEN COMPACTED IS ANYTHING WE PICK UP, YOU KNOW, UM OKAY. ROLL OFFS OR, UM, FLATBEDS, UH, LARGE TRASH. IS THAT THE ONE WE SEE GOING UP TOWARDS, UH, THE LANDFILL? YES. YEAH. OKAY. MM-HMM. , UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE LANDFILL TIPPING FEE, UH, WILL GO UP 104,000. ALRIGHT. AND COUNCILMAN, UH, STATE ALSO COLLECT EVERY TIME STATE COLLECTS A DOLLAR 25. OF COURSE. SO, AND WHAT THEY DO, THEY DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT THEY'RE GETTING MONEY. THEY ROUTE IT THROUGH THE HGSE FOR SOLID WASTE PROGRAM. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. THAT WE DON'T GET ANY, ANY OF THAT. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK ON THE MM-HMM. RESERVOIR. UH, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE EIGHT YEARS. SO WE'RE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE, WE ARE, WE ARE COLLECTING LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE GOING INTO, UH, AN ACCOUNTANT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BWA YET, CORRECT? CORRECT. OR NOT? NO, IT IS GOING TO BWA. SO IT'S, IT IS PART OF THEIR RATE. I JUST BROKE IT OUT. UH, FROM THEIR RATE, FROM WHAT THEY IDENTIFIED, IT'S PART OF THEIR TOTAL RATE. THEY CHARGED THEIR TOTAL RATE. I'VE TAKEN OUT WHAT THEY'VE SAID IT WAS 15 CENTS. IT MAY ACTUALLY BE 16 CENTS THIS YEAR, BUT I'VE JUST KIND OF BROKE IT OUT SEPARATELY SO YOU COULD SEE IT. I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS I I, IS THAT THEY, UH, THEY'VE NOT EVEN BROKEN GROUND ON THIS RESERVOIR. THEY'RE NOT EVEN, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THE FUNDS. THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE SWIFT FUND YET, BUT WE'RE PAYING THEM FOR TO PAY OFF OUR PART OF IT. YES. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT. AM I JUST, I HOPE THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF IT, TAKING CARE OF OUR MONEY. IN THE FIRST YEAR, THEY SAID THEY WERE BUILDING UP THEIR, UH, DEBT COVERAGE RESERVE. RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THE FOUR B SALES TAX. THE COUNCIL, UH, HAS VOTED ON THOSE PROJECTS. WE TOOK THOSE TO THE HALF ABSENT BOARD. THEY'VE HAD THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, THAT'S IN THE BUDGET. UH, THE TOTAL NEW, THERE WERE 12 NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS OF 1.6 MILLION WITH A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF 4.3 MILLION FOR THE BUDGET. THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY FUND, UM, REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE A LITTLE OVER EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT OVER THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S STILL A SLIGHT DECREASE. THEY DID NOT MEET THEIR BUT BUDGETED REVENUES THIS YEAR. CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, I MENTIONED THOSE EARLIER. WE HAVE A PROPOSED 25 PROJECTS OF 25 MILLION. UH, THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, THE 20 MILLION, UM, UM, LIFT, LIFT STATION COUNCIL DID GIVE US THE GREEN LIGHT ON THOSE. I'VE TOLD STAFF AS OF, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, I THINK ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. WE'RE GONNA PAUSE THAT, UH, FOR NOW AND REEVALUATE THOSE, UH, AFTER THE STORM. AND WE MAY HAVE A BETTER IDEA TO COME BACK TO YOU AT THE, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP. FOR RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THEM ARE PAUSED. ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. BUT YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD ON LIFT STATION ONE? YES. UH, YES. AND, YOU KNOW, UTILITY SIDE, I PROBABLY, THOSE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE PAUSED, BUT ON THE GENERAL FUND, GENERAL FUND, WE WILL PAUSE THOSE AND REEVALUATE THOSE AND SEE IF ANY OF THOSE FUNDS OR PROJECTS HAVE TO BE DELAYED. OR BECAUSE OF THE STORM. BECAUSE OF THE STORM AND, AND DIVERTED. UM, WE'LL, UM, I'LL LET THE SECTION CHIEFS, UH, GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE POWERPOINT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. DRAW ON DRONE ON, SO THEY CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON BARREL. THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, WE'VE BEEN QUITE AGGRESSIVE AND THEY WERE QUITE EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND THIS YEAR, UH, AROUND 4 MILLION. 1.2 MILLION OF THAT IS THE FIRE TRUCK. BUT AS IN LATER, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, INTEREST RATE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD. THIS FUND IS ALSO, UH, GETS INTEREST ABOUT 800,000 IS, UH, IS, [00:50:01] IS WILL BOOK AS REVENUE. SO WE CAN ALMOST SAY THAT THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRUCK WAS PAID FOR BY INTEREST RATES, UH, OUT THERE. SO THAT'S A POSITIVE, BUT WE'RE QUITE AGGRESSIVE, UH, THIS YEAR. AND YOU CAN SEE A FULL BREAK BREAKOUT AND THEIR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. THE ONE ITEM THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED, UH, FOR THERE AND MADE A CHANGE WAS WE ARE, THE CHIEF CAME TO US AND RECOMMENDED THAT WE BUDGET $400,000 TO CHANGE OUT IN THIS FIRST YEAR, 400,000 TO CHANGE OUT ALL OF THE CAMERAS, UH, AND THE POLICE CARS, THE BODY CAMERAS AND TASERS. THOSE WILL ALL BE AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND IT WILL ALSO BE THE SAME SYSTEM THAT THE COUNTY USES SO THAT ALL OF THAT DATA CAN QUICKLY BE DOWNLOADED AND SHARED IN THE CLOUD WITH, WITH THE COUNTY VERSUS US HAVING TO DOWNLOAD THAT AND WALK IT OVER. SO WE'LL ALL BE ON THE SAME, ON THE SAME SYSTEM. THAT IS A THREE YEAR PURCHASE. THE FIRST YEAR BEING RIGHT NOW 400,000 AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS, 200,000 A PIECE. SO IT'S A 800,000 PURCHASE THAT I'VE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY, THAT THE VENDOR HAS AGREED, UH, TO DO IT OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. IF WE CAN DO IT SOONER, WE'LL RECOMMEND THAT NEXT YEAR. SO NEXT YEAR IT MAY BE 400,000, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I'VE TAKEN A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH OF BREAKING THAT OUT OVER THREE YEARS. THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE, I THINK THE TWO BIGGEST ONES, UH, IN THERE. UH, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A STREET PATCH TRUCK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT COSTS, BUT WE'VE SEEN IN OPERATION THAT IS, THAT'S MARIA'S TRUCK, THAT'S PATCHING. AND UM, ALSO AS THEY GET MORE EXPERIENCE DOING JOINT SEALANT, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE STILL BUDGETED FOR JOINT SEALANT, WE'RE HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN, UH, EVENTUALLY TRANSITION AND DO IT OURSELVES WITH THE PATCH TRUCK. AND CONCLUSION, I'VE LEFT HIM OUTTA HERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO JAMES. UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, OUR CONTROLLER, GISELLE HERNANDEZ. I COULD NOT HAVE PULLED THIS OFF WITHOUT THEM. UH, THEY WERE AMAZING DURING THE STORM OF GETTING THIS DONE. ALSO, MILFORD WHO ABANDONED ME, , UH, WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT. WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT EVEN MORE SO THAN NOW. UM, UH, THIS POSITION WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR, UH, ONLY OUR GRANT, UH, PROJECTS, BUT WE'VE NOW BEEN LOADED WITH A HUMONGOUS GRANT COORDINATION WITH FEMA, UH, WITH THE FEMA RESPONSE. UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A STAB THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A THREE TO $4 MILLION PROJECT AND THE ASSISTANT TO WILL BE SADDLED WITH COORDINATING THAT GRANT PROJECT, UH, FOR THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR, OR TWO YEAR OR MORE, HOPEFULLY YOU, WHICH IS HISTORICALLY THAT'S WHAT THAT POSITION HAS, HAS DONE FOR, UH, UH, THIS YEAR, THE LAST PAST TWO GRANTS, BUT ALSO COORDINATING OUR FEMA RE RESPONSE TO THAT. SO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO THAT MONEY? UH, THEY'VE TOLD US A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. UH, AND THEN ALSO OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, LAURA MARIE, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL OF MAKING IT LOOK NICE AND THEN ALL THESE NICE PICTURES, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE USUALLY MAKES MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, NICER AND LOOKING AT IT TO SEE IF WE CAN, UM, MAKE IT MORE READER FRIENDLY AND PUTTING PICTURES TOGETHER AND THEN TAKING IT INTO BITE-SIZE PIECES AND WORK, YOU KNOW, ON FACEBOOK OF TRYING TO GET THAT OFF TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE UNBELIEVABLY NO ONE WANTS TO READ THIS WHOLE THING, NOR NOR I EVEN MY MANAGER'S LETTER AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. SO SHE WILL BREAK THAT DOWN INTO BITE-SIZED PIECES, THOUGH THAT MAKE IT INTERESTING FOR THE, THE CITIZENS AND I GUESS EVEN THE DIRECTORS. UM, WELL, I ALWAYS RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE TO, IF THEY WANNA RE-LOOK AT THE BUDGET, IS TO START WITH THE MANAGER'S LETTER. YES. BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHY. AND SO THEN THEY HAVE THE DETAIL THAT THEY CAN GO INTO THE, INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET IF THEY WANNA DIG INTO THE DETAIL. THAT'S CORRECT. AND USUALLY THAT IS THE CASE, BUT AT LEAST, UH, A PORTION OF IT WAS WRITTEN WHILE I WAS, UH, AWAKE IN THE EOC. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE FOURTH, THIRD, THIRD, THIRD, YEAH, THE THIRD, AUGUST 3RD. AND THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS ALWAYS. AND, UH, WE'LL SEE IF ANYBODY, UH, IS INTERESTED TO SHOW UP. AND AGAIN, UH, JUST A REMINDER, THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET IS MY PROPOSED BUDGET. THE COUNCIL AND NOW IS IN THE HANDS OF COUNCIL TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT AND CHANGES. THE BUDGET IS ALWAYS, UM, THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET, BUT I AM, I, I AM, UM, HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROPOSING MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. [00:55:01] OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO, UH, CITY [3. Staff Updates] MANAGER'S UPDATE. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR LITTLE BITTY, UH, HURRICANE BRIA. GONNA BRING UP A VERY SIMPLE SLIDESHOW AND I'M GOING TO, THE SECTION CHIEFS THAT WE HAVE ASSIGNED HAVE BEEN KEEPING ME, UH, UPDATED ON THEIR AREAS THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, DURING THE STORM. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO KIND OF GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, UM, OF THE STORM. UH, WHEN WE GET INTO THEIR SECTION, THE MAYOR AND I DO RECEIVE A DAILY REPORT FROM CENTER POINT ONE IN THE AM AND THE ONE IN THE THE PM THIS WAS THE LAST UPDATE THAT WE GOT, UH, RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING. AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD THIS WAS AS A 4:00 PM UPDATE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT APPROXIMATELY 313 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN LAKE JACKSON AND THEY EXPECT, UM, TO HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYBODY BACK ONLINE. UM, THERE MAY BE SOME STRAGGLERS BY JULY 16TH. A HUNDRED OF THOSE A HUNDRED OR SO ARE FROM THE APARTMENT, I THINK. I THINK THAT STILL MAY BE ONLY CONSIDERED OF ONE CUSTOMER, ONE OR TWO, ONE OR TWO CUSTOMERS. THAT'S TRUE. DARN. YEAH. UH, BRAZO COUNTY, UH, THEY HAVE A RED CROSS SHELTER IN ANGLETON REC CENTER. WE, UM, STAFF TODAY DID, UH, LAURA MARIE WAS ABLE TO GET QUICKLY A FLYER OUT AND THEN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, INSPECTION DEPARTMENT DISTRIBUTED THOSE FLYERS TO MONICA VILLA, WHICH IS STILL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. THEY HAVE A INTERIOR POLE THAT'S DOWN THAT THEIR CONTRACTOR'S TRYING TO, TO, UH, FIND AND GET UP. AND SO WE'VE LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SHELTER IS OPEN AND HAS AVAILABILITY, UH, FOR THEM. THE COUNTY ALSO TOLD US THAT THE RED CROSS WILL BE HANDING OUT CLEANING TOTES. I DID NOT WRITE A NOTE DOWN WHERE, BUT I THINK IT'S ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE WHERE THOSE RESOURCES ARE. UH, THE COUNTY ALSO, UH, SAID THAT THEY HAVE 900 HOMES WITH MAJOR DAMAGES. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LAKE JACKSON'S NUMBER AND IS, UH, ERIC WILL. AND THEN, UH, THERE WERE 14 TRUCKS CLEARING DEBRIS ON THE COUNTY ROADS TO THE DEBRIS SITE. THAT 14 TRUCKS SHOULD GO UP TO 22. UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, TXDOT WAS WORKING ON NINE. THEY HAVE NINE SIGNAL CREWS IN THE AREA. 210 SIGNALS WERE, I BELIEVE, STILL DAMAGED. RIGHT. AND 111 HAD BEEN REPAIRED. AGAIN, THOSE ARE TDOT SIGNALS. AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR FIRST SECTION CHIEF, UH, ERIC WILSON AND THIS, UM, WHO CAN PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, TODAY. YES, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, THIS IS THE OPERATIONAL SECTION UPDATE FOR THE EVENING OF THE 15TH. UH, CURRENTLY IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY GROUP WE ARE CLEARING THE SHY POND OUTFALLS AS A FLOODING MITIGATION. WE'RE ALSO CLEARING THE DIXIE DRIVE DITCH AND ANY OTHER, UH, CONVEYANCE AREAS THAT WE FIND THAT ARE BLOCKED BY VEGETATIVE DEBRIS AS A RESULT OF THE STORM. CURRENTLY IN UTILITIES, WE STILL HAVE FOUR LIFT STATIONS ON GENERATOR. THREE OF THOSE ARE RENTAL AND ONE IS A CITY OWNED, UH, GENERATOR. AND THAT'S AT LIFT STATION 20, THE ONE THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER AS PART OF THE BUDGET ON THE DEBRIS SIDE. UH, THE TEMPORARY DEBRIS SITE HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE PERMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE TEMPORARY DEBRIS SITE FROM THE TCEQ AND THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION. UH, THE SITE WE ARE USING IS THE OLD LANDFILL AND THAT SITE IS STILL VERY WET. UH, THEY'RE PREPARING THE SITE TO RECEIVE DEBRIS AND THE TRUCKS ARE GETTING STUCK. SO THEY'RE BRINGING IN MATERIAL TO FIRM THAT UP. UH, CURRENTLY THEY HAVE EIGHT DUAL TRUCKS, WHICH IS A TANDEM TRUCK WITH THE GRAPPLE IN THE MIDDLE. THOSE IN CAPACITY RANGE FROM 60 TO A HUNDRED, UH, CUBIC YARDS. AND THEY WILL BEGIN. WE ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN PICK UP WEDNESDAY MORNING. UH, I HAVE BEEN, YES, SIR. WHERE, WHERE WE'RE PICKING UP, WHERE ARE YOU STARTING WITH? WE ARE STARTING ON THE OUTSIDE WORKING TOWARDS THE CENTER. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN EXACT LOCATIONS, BUT THEY WANT TO WORK FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE MIDDLE. AND WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME AREAS THAT WE NEED TO SHOW PRIORITY TO, UH, FOR SOME OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS, THE PANEL REPLACEMENTS THAT WE HAVE OPEN HOLES, AND WE WILL BE FINISHING THOSE OUT. SO THERE'S SOME DETOURS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. UH, WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE AREAS FOR THE FIRST PASS [01:00:01] PICKED UP FIRST. AND ONCE THEY DO START PICKING UP DEBRIS, WE WILL GET A DAILY BRIEFING THE FOLLOWING DAY AS TO THE VOLUME THAT WAS PICKED UP ON THAT DAY. OUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, UH, CREW, DAVID AND HIS CREW HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. UH, THEY HAVE DONE 114 DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS ON HOMES IDENTIFIED WITH POTENTIAL SERIOUS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. OF THOSE, UH, WE'VE INSPECTED, DONE A DETAILED ON 114 OUTTA THE 1 42. THUS FAR, THEY HAVE ISSUED 11 RED TAGS, MEANING THE HOUSE IS STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE, 24 YELLOW TAGS, MEANING THAT PORTIONS OF THE HOUSE, UH, NEEDS SERIOUS ATTENTION AND 79 GREEN TAGS, WHICH MEANS YES, SIR. ARE, ARE THESE, THESE RED TAGS? IS, DOES THIS HAPPEN TO BE IN A CERTAIN AREA OR IS IT ALL OVER THE CITY? IT'S ALL OVER THE CITY. AND YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THEY, IT'S ALL OVER THE CITY. I, I DO NOT HAVE A HEAT MAP FOR THAT. OKAY. THEY HAVE DONE MAP, MAYBE STORM CAME IN A CERTAIN AREA THAT DID MORE DAMAGE. IT'S ALL, NO, SIR. IT'S, IT'S PRIMARILY TREE RELATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THUS FAR THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS VALUED AT JUST SHY OF $3 MILLION TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THAT ONE'S FUN. UH, WE HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH TDOT AND UH, TOMORROW TDOT'S TEAM WILL BE COMING OUT TO HELP US WITH THE EVALUATION OF SIX INTERSECTIONS. UH, WE HAVE POLES THAT WERE MOVED AND ROTATED. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN 'EM. UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A PATH TO EITHER FIX THEM OR WHAT T DOT'S GUIDANCE IS ON THOSE. WE'RE ALSO EVALUATING, UH, WHETHER WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM TEMPORARILY FOUR, BUT THEY SAY IT WAS ONLY 80 MILES AN HOUR WIND. SO YES. HOW'S THEIR ATTITUDE? PARDON? T DOT'S ATTITUDE. IT, IT REMINDED ME OF DEALING WITH THE STATE AGENCY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. UH, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE MOST OF OUR INTERSECTIONS WORKING FULLY. UH, THE ONES THAT HAVE THE TWISTED MAST ARMS ARE CURRENTLY NON-FUNCTIONAL. UH, THAT'S DIXIE AND BRAZOS WOOD PLANTATION, SYCAMORE, YOCD, OLD ANGLETON, OCD. THAT ONE IS ON FLASH. WE LOST SOME OF THE SIGNAL HEADS OFF OF THAT SPAN WIRE, UH, INTERSECTION. BUT IT IS FLASHING THERE. AND, UH, OAK DRIVE AND OCD IS ALSO STOLEN ON STOP SIGN. JUST REAL QUICK ON MOSQUITOES, UH, WE DID START SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES WITH THE COUNTY EARLY ON. THEY'RE STILL SPRAYING IN TRUCKS. THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY AERIAL, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH WEATHER AND STUFF, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THEY WE'RE, THEY'VE, THEY PUT A REQUEST INTO STATE. AND WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE THE STATE HAS PROVIDED, UH, AERIAL, UH, SPRAYING. BUT THEY DO IT AT NIGHT INSTEAD OF EARLY MORNING AND EARLY EVENING. LIKE OUR, OUR, OUR, THE COUNTY DOES. SO IF THEY DO AND, AND IF THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE, IS IT YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT AT NIGHT, UH, SPRAYING. YES, SIR. AND ON THAT NOTE AS WELL, UH, UNFORTUNATELY TIMING HIT US JUST RIGHT. WE WERE ORDERING CHEMICAL FOR OUR MOSQUITO TRUCKS AND THE STORM CAME IN BEFORE WE RECEIVED THEM. WE WENT AND PICKED UP THE CHEMICAL. TODAY, UH, WE ARE SPRAYING THE NORTH SIDE TONIGHT, AND WE ARE GOING TO RESUME OUR SPRAYING IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE COUNTY SPRAYING AS WELL. IT'S NORTH NIGHT SOUTH TOMORROW, NORTH, SOUTH, NORTH, SOUTH. AND THEN THE, WE, THE COUNTY FLIPS. SO, OKAY. EVERY NIGHT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY EVERY NIGHT SOMEBODY'S GETTING, YOU'RE GETTING SPRAYED EITHER BY THE COUNTY OR THE CITY. MY NO. YES. QUESTION ON THE PARDON? SORRY. QUESTION ON THE MULCHING. YES. ARE WE MULCHING ALL OF THE DEBRIS? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE ENDED UP BURNING SOME LAST TIME. YEAH. IS THERE ANY PLANS FOR THAT? NICHOLAS WAS, NICHOLAS WAS A BAD EXAMPLE OF WHAT, WHAT TO DO. NICK NICHOLAS WAS A SMALL STORM. UH, WE ARE PLANNING TO MULCH AND LANDFILL. OKAY. UH, THAT'S USING THE, THE TEMPORARY DEBRIS SITE THING. MODESTO TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS THE, THE FREEPORT SITE IS JUST TOO SMALL TO HANDLE FREEPORT AND OUR 30 300,000 CUBIC FEET OF, UH, STUFF. OKAY. BECAUSE AGAIN, WHENEVER WE USED THE FREEPORT SITE WAS, OURS WAS SO DELAYED BECAUSE OF ALL THE BATTLES WE DID WITH TCEQ TRYING TO GET PERMISSION AND STUFF. IS THAT ACTUALLY FREEPORT HAD COMPLETED OR WAS FINISHING UP WHENEVER WE CAME IN. SO IT WASN'T LIKE YOU HAD TWO CITIES WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. SO, UM, SO ALL MULCH AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR. YES [01:05:01] MA'AM. UH, SANITATION RIGHT NOW IS WORKING ON REGULAR RESIDENTIAL TRASH AND RECYCLING. UH, WE ARE NOT PICKING UP HEAVY TRASH WITH CITY CREWS AT THE MOMENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DEBRIS CONTRACTORS MOVING IN. AND THAT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED, UH, HEAVILY ACROSS ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL. AND COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND CLARIFY WHAT WE CLARIFIED TODAY ABOUT THE BLACK BAGS WITH LEAF DEBRIS? YES, SIR. UH, THE, THE LEAVES FEMA WILL NOT REIMBURSE FOR VEGETATIVE DEBRIS IN PLASTIC BAGS. UH, WE HAVE ALSO LET THE, THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT, BUT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE PUT, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT BEFORE WE COMMUNICATE. THEY, THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT 'EM IN PLA IN, IN BAGS. SO, UH, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH ON REGULAR TRASH DAYS, WE ARE PICKING UP THE TRASH. AND IF YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE BAGS OF LEAVES, WE WILL PICK THOSE UP. IF YOU HAVE 30 BAGS OF LEAVES, WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THEM. BUT WEDNESDAYS ARE DOWN DAYS IN SANITATION AND ALL OF SANITATION WILL BE MOBILIZED ON WEDNESDAY TO ATTACK THE CITY AT A, AS A WHOLE TO PICK UP THE LEAF BAGS. UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR PLAN IS THERE. AND THIS COULD CARRY OVER INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEK AS WELL IF WE CAN'T GET THEM DONE. SO IF THE PUBLIC HAS PUT THEIR LEAVES IN A BAG AND WE DON'T PICK THEM UP, BE PATIENT, WE WILL PICK THEM UP. IT'S JUST A VOLUME ISSUE AT THIS POINT. SO I ACTUALLY GOT THAT CALL TODAY. SOMEBODY SAID THEY HAD 40 BAGS BETWEEN TWO PROPERTIES OF LEAVES AND THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE 'EM THEMSELVES. CAN THEY TAKE THOSE TO THE REGULAR MOLD CHART? THEY CAN. WE JUST HAVE TO CUT THEM OUT. WELL, THEY CAN, BUT WE DO ASK THEM TO CUT THEM UP, UH, WHEN THEY GET TO THE, THE MULT SITE. BUT, WELL, I DIDN'T TELL THEM THAT. THEY, THEY CAN, USUALLY THAT'S THE EXPECTATION BECAUSE THEY REALLY, THEY, THEY DON'T DO WELL WITH A GRINDER. SO WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS OF, THAT'S A NORMAL THING THAT WE, WHEN CITIZENS GET OUT THERE, THAT WE ASK THEM TO. SO WHAT SHOULD LIKE STACK IT ON THE CURB LOOSE? YEAH. IF THEY HAVE IT IN THE SITE REPORT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, POURED IN WITH THE PILE, THE PILE TO GET IT OUT OF THE PILE. OKAY. IT'S REALLY, THAT'S A NORMAL THING THAT WE DO ASK THEM EVEN ON OUR BRUSH. UH, WHEN WE DO, I THINK GOING FORWARD WE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO DO A BETTER EDUCATION OF THAT BECAUSE WE FACE THIS PROBLEM YEAR WEEKLY YEAR ROUND. UH, BUT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T PUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MUCH BRUSH OUT THERE. SO BASICALLY IF YOU PUT IT, IF YOU PUT YOUR LEAVES AND STUFF IN A BLACK BAG, IT'S GOING TO BE LANDFILL. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR, ON WEDNESDAYS OUR, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA EMPLOYEES ARE GONNA BE GOING AROUND WITH THE BIG TRUCKS. THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT IN THE BIG TRUCKS AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT TO LANDFILL. CORRECT. SO NORMAL. YEAH. ON NORMAL HEAVY TRASH, THE LEAVES SHOULD NOT NOT BE EVER IN THE BAG. THEY SHOULD BE JUST PILED UP ON THE CURB BECAUSE I WAS TOLD COMPLETELY OFF. NO, NO, THEY CAN'T BE, THEY SHOULD JUST NEVER MI BE MIXED WITH THE BRUSH. OKAY. I GOTCHA. UH, IN THIS INSTANCE, IF, IF THEY WANT THE CONTRACTOR TO PICK IT UP, THEY CAN POUR THE, THE LEAVES INTO THE, INTO THE PILE OR THEY NEED TO SEPARATE THEM OUT. IF THEY SEPARATE THEM OUT, WE HAVE TO TAKE 'EM TO THE LANDFILL. BUT YOU'RE SAYING DON'T PUT LEAVES IN BLACK BAGS TO AUSTIN FOR NOW. RIGHT NOW. FOR, FOR NOW. OKAY. YES. AND OR IF THEY DO PUT 'EM IN BLACK BAGS, NEVER MIX THEM WITH THE PILE. OKAY. AND ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION ON THIS. SO AT THE CONVENIENT CARE CENTER, BEST THING EVER IS WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE UP, PUT YOUR OWN STUFF IN, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT ON HEAVY TRASH PICKUP. UM, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY REAL LIMITATIONS ON WHAT CITIZENS CAN PUT IN THERE AT THIS TIME? WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BEFORE IS STILL ACCEPTED, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FENCING MATERIAL, ONE PICKUP. OKAY. SO IF IT'S IN A PICKUP, WE CAN TAKE IT, BUT DO NOT COME IN WITH, WITH A TRAILER, A 24 FOOT TRAILER LOADED UP 10 FEET HIGH. WE CAN'T TAKE THAT. OKAY. AND, AND NO CONTRACTORS. AND, AND SPEAKING OF THE MO SITE IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND THE HOURS? YES. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTENDED HOURS, UH, SINCE WE'VE REOPENED, WE ARE 7:00 AM TO SIX P UH, WE'RE STAYING OPEN ON SUNDAYS AS WELL, WHICH WE HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN CLOSED. WE ARE STILL CLOSING ON MONDAY AND WE ARE NOT TAKING A LUNCH BREAK. TYPICALLY, THEY CLOSE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF DURING THE DAY. SO WE'RE KEEPING IT, UH, UP AND RUNNING FOR THE CITIZENS TO DELIVER THEIR MATERIAL IF THEY WANT TO SELF CLEAN. WHICH WE'RE ENCOURAGING, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. AND THE CAPACITY OF THE MULCH SITE RIGHT NOW IS, IS WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE CAPACITY LEFT, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT 10,000 CUBIC YARDS THAT WE CAN STILL TAKE THERE. UH, OUR [01:10:01] MULCHING CONTRACTOR IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED IN SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY AND THEY WILL BE COMING HERE AS SOON AS THEY GET SOME TIME TO COME UP AND MAKE MORE ROOM. SO WE WILL STILL TRY TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE COULD GET OUR MO SITE FULL AND WE'D HAVE TO STOP TAKING ALRIGHT. MATERIAL. YES SIR. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. BUT WE'RE FAR AWAY FROM IT RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ERIC, BEFORE ROBBING? WE, WE STILL HAVE A DUMPSTER THERE IF FOLKS STILL HAVE, UH, FOOD WASTE OKAY. THAT THEY NEED TO DISPOSE OF. WE WILL KEEP THAT SERVICE UP AND RUNNING THROUGH SUNDAY. THROUGH SUNDAY. OKAY. SO NEXT MONDAY WE WILL NO LONGER BE TAKING FOOD WASTE, UH, OKAY. AT THIS CONVENIENCE CENTER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SIR. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OF ERIC? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ERIC. ALRIGHT. ROBIN IS OUR LOGISTICS, UH, CHIEF. UH, YES. ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS FOR THE LOGISTICS IS DURING THE STORM IS, UH, IS FEEDING THE TROOPS. YES. UH, WITH THE VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. BRIAN CAN GET INTO GREAT DETAIL WHAT ROBIN IS SUPPOSED TO DO. UM, I'VE HEARD OR WHAT IT, OR LOGISTICS OR WHAT HE'S ASKED HER OR ASSIGNED HER TO DO DURING THE STORM. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS. I THINK THEY MAKE IT UP, SOME OF IT, SO, BUT THAT'S OKAY. OH, ROBIN CAN DO THAT. I'VE DONE IT, TOOK IT ON. IT'S ALL GOOD. SO, UH, YES, WE HAVE BEEN SINCE THE STORM STARTED, UM, PUT IT, I ESTABLISH A TEAM, UM, UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. IT'S BEEN GREAT. I APPRECIATE IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR EMPLOYEES JUST REALLY COME IN AND THEY WORK HARD. SO, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FEEDING, WE HAVE MADE SANDWICHES, WE HAVE DONE, WE CALLED SOME FOOD TRUCKS. WE'VE DONE ALL KIND OF STUFF. I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS ALL GREAT. WE HAD TO TEACH, WE HAD TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE SANDWICHES. THAT WAS WHAT, YEAH. YES. AND I HAD TO EVEN ASK YOU, SO IF SOME PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO MAKE SANDWICHES, YOU, YOU NEVER KNOW. ASK YOUR CHILDREN SOMEDAY. UM, ANYWAY, BUT WE, THIS IS GONNA END TOMORROW, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA TAKE A BURDEN OFF AND WE CAN, A LOT OF THOSE EMPLOYEES CAN GET BACK TO THEIR REGULAR DUTIES. RIGHT. UM, WE DID OPEN, UM, UH, THE COOLING CENTER, WHICH WAS ANOTHER THING. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ONE 30, HEY GUYS, WE NEED TO OPEN THE REC CENTER AT THREE O'CLOCK. STAFF GOT IN, THEY GOT IT READY. UM, 'CAUSE WE WERE STARTING TO CLEAN AND SO THEY GOT IT READY. UM, WE WEREN'T, UM, THAT BUSY. IT HASN'T BEEN AS BUSY AS SAY AS A CIVIC CENTER, BUT WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COMING IN WHO JUST, THEY WANNA PLAY. THEY WANT TO GOOF OFF. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FAMILIES THAT COME IN. THE LIBRARY'S ALSO BEEN UTILIZING THE BUILDINGS SINCE THEIRS IS CLOSED. UM, THEY DO STORY TIME FROM 10 TO TWO. IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN GOOD. SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOMETHING, UM, TO JUST GET THEIR MINDS OFF OF THINGS TOO. SO WE'RE BRINGING IN TOMORROW'S NERF WARS, IT'S FREE, COME IN, BRING THE KIDS. UM, WE'RE NOT SURE WE'VE HEARD IT DEPENDING ON WHEN CENTER POINT IS GONNA KIND OF LEAVE, OF WHEN WE COULD REALLY FULLY OPEN. WE ARE HOPING IT MAY HAPPEN LATER THIS WEEK, UM, WHEN THEY GET OUT. UM, SO WE'LL SEE IF OPENING BACK UP. BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO OPEN UP PARTIALLY AND JUST CHANGE SOME THINGS. SO, UM, BACK UP TO OUR MEMBERS. 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS. UM, THE CIVIC CENTER, UH, YEAH, IT'S SUFFERED. UM, JUST BEING OUT OF THE HUMIDITY FROM ALL THE RAIN AND THE, IT'S JUST, YEAH, IT WAS BAD. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS POSSIBLY. I'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL ALL OF THE CARPETS, THE MILDEW, EVERYTHING, ALL OF THAT. THEY PUT IN SOME, WHAT DID THEY CALL IT? HUMIDIFIER. THEY HAVE THE HUMIDIFIERS, THEY HAVE OTHER STUFF THAT THEY PUT PUT IN SOME AIR OZONE. SOMETHING THAT CLEANS. SO THAT'S ALL GOOD. THE CIVIC CENTER IS GOOD. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL THAT OUT. WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THOUGH. UM, AND THIS IS JUST, I MEAN, WE HAD A FEW LEAKS FROM THE ROOF, BUT THIS IS NOT FROM WATER POURING IN. THIS IS JUST THE HUMIDITY IN THE BUILDING. SO WHEN I SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT IT HAPPENS AND IT'S GOTTEN UP INTO SOME OF THE WALLS, LIKE THE BASEBOARDS IN THE BALLROOM JUST PEELED OFF. THEY, THEY WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'VE HAD, THEY HAVE TO REMOVE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT SHEETROCK, IT COMES UP TWO FOOT AT LEAST. SO SEVERAL PLACES IN THERE. AND THEN THE TERRACE ROOMS. UM, SO, UH, WE WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS, GETTING QUOTES, UM, GET, TRYING TO DO THE CARPET AND GETTING SOME OF THAT CHANGED OUT. THE LIBRARY COULD BE TWO TO THREE WEEKS. UM, HE DID NOT, WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE ME AN ASSESSMENT BY THIS EVENING. UM, HE WAS BUSY TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON WITH THE MUSEUM. UH, THEY WERE ACTUALLY NOT THE WORST UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN THEIR HOT WATER HEATER BUSTED AND FLOODED THE BUILDING. SO, UM, WE HAD TO JUST, YOU KNOW, START OVER THERE. UM, AND IT GOT INTO THE CONFERENCE ROOM. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IN, GET THAT VACUUMED UP AND SOAKED UP AND GET THE DEHUMIDIFIERS IN THERE. THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITH THE LIBRARY IS WE'RE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE SOME OF THOSE CARPET SQUARES. AND THAT'S, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE WHERE THE BOOKCASES ARE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE A FEW BOOKCASE. BUT I THINK, UM, RGS WHO WERE CONTACTING, AGAIN, THE CARPET PEOPLE WHO DID IT, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO I, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM. [01:15:01] I I SHOULD HAVE MORE REPORTS, ACTUALLY KNOW MORE BY WEDNESDAY FOR SURE OF HOW THAT'S GONNA GO. THE MUSEUM IS THE BAD ONE. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT FROM, THEY ASSUMED AT FIRST THAT THE ROOF LEAKED REALLY BAD AND WATER POURED IN. IT WAS FROM THE HUMIDITY IN THE BUILDING. THE WALLS WERE LITERALLY JUST SWEATING. AND WHEN WE WENT IN THERE TODAY, THERE WAS MOLD GROWING LIKE ON THE WALLS SO YOU COULD SEE THAT. SO IT WAS NOT GOOD. THEY'RE BRINGING IN, UM, A SPECIALIST. WE DON'T KNOW IF EVEN SERVER PRO WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS. SO WE MAY HAVE TO GET ANOTHER COMPANY, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT BUILDING IS SHUT DOWN. THEY STILL HAVE STUFF GOING, BUT WE'RE NOT LETTING ANYBODY IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDS FOR THAT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LINDSEY WAS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK CHECKING ON IT. WE HAD HAD STAFF GOING IN THERE CHECKING ON IT. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST ONLY SO MANY OPENINGS. SO EVEN IF WE HAD LEFT IT OPEN AND TRIED TO GET AIR, I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH AIR. RIGHT. JUST, YEAH, JUST, YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. UM, THE GOLF COURSE THERE STILL LOOKING AT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. SO THIS IS THE BEST ONE YET. THE GOLF COURSE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I THINK THAT THEY HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE, THEY GOT THEIR POWER BACK ON. THEY GOT THE WATER OFF THE COURSES. OF COURSE WE'VE GOT SIX MORE INCHES SINCE THEN AND WE HAVE MORE. BUT THEY'RE KEEPING THAT GOING. THEY EVEN DID A MOW TODAY. OUR BIGGEST OBSTACLE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED TREES DOWN. WE NEED TO GET OUT. SO WE'RE WORKING VERY FAST TO SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET SOMEONE OR GET EQUIPMENT RENTED OUT THERE. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN JUST TAKE A BACKHOE. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO, TO MANEUVER. WE DON'T WANNA DAMAGE THE COURSES, BUT WE NEED TO GET THE TREES OFF BEFORE IT DAMAGES THAT SOD AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT. BUT IF WE CAN GET THOSE OFF PRETTY QUICKLY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BACK OPEN AND START, UH, GOING AGAIN. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WILL WORK WITH TIME. 'CAUSE WE WANT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS. THIS ONE MAY BE ONE WHERE WE'RE ACTIVATING CONTRACTS AND SACRIFICE FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS BECAUSE, UH, WE WANT TO GET THAT REVENUE STREAM BACK UP AND YEAH. UP AND GOING ON THE CIVIC CENTER. MM-HMM. , UM, DURING THE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS SCHEDULED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD? WE DO. WE HAD ALREADY CANCELED UP UNTIL THE END OF THIS WEEK. UM, AND WE STARTED CANCELING CON CONTACTING PEOPLE. THEN THERE'S JUST REALLY NOT MUCH WE CAN DO. I MEAN, THERE'S, THE BALLROOM IS BAD. UM, WE TRIED, WE THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO MAYBE ALLOW SOME OF THE PLAZA ROOMS ARE OPEN IF WE COULD DO THAT. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IS IF THERE'S CLASSES OR SOMETHING DURING THE DAY, WHICH WE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE, YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE POUNDING, THEY, THEY DON'T WANNA HEAR IT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S WEDDING IN QUINCEANERAS, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE TO GO IN AND DO WORK IN THE BATHROOMS. WE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW TO THE EXTENT YET. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE LET 'EM KNOW AND PLENTY OF TIME TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. HAVE WE OFFERED OR CONTACTED, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE CAN DO THIS OR NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS IN THE CITY, LIKE THE MARRIOTT BALLROOM, JUST OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES, ACADEMY CENTER. YEAH. THINGS LIKE THAT TO OFFER ALL. WE HAVEN'T, HONESTLY, JUST BECAUSE STAFF HAS NOT HAD TIME TO, TO RESEARCH ALL THE PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, I THINK IF THEY'VE ASKED US STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TRY TO HELP 'EM. I, IT, IT'S JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE TIME CONSUMING. YOU KNOW, THE BIG, THE BIG CONCERN WE GOTTA REMEMBER IS, IS THAT ESPECIALLY LIKE THE CIVIC CENTER, IT'S A HUGE BUILDING. AND IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE OF MOLD GROWING OR BEING IN THE BALLROOM IS YOU NEED TO, UNTIL YOU CAN ISOLATE THAT MOLD, YOU NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE OUTTA THE BUILDING. IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THE CIRCULATION IS THERE. SO WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING IN AND GETTING SICK BECAUSE I KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE HAD A DAUGHTER THAT GOT IT LONG EXPOSURE TO A MOLD AND IT, IT CREATES A LOT OF LONG HEALTH ISSUES. MM-HMM. . RIGHT. SO, SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS WE GET INTO IT MORE, I'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE CONTRACTORS CALLED, IT'S JUST GETTING 'EM HERE AND GETTING THAT DONE. HAD A COUPLE PHOTOS. YEAH. THIS IS THE STORY TIME TODAY. I KNOW WE HAD 58 THAT CAME IN THE MORNING. I THINK. SO WE, WE'VE HAD A BIG NUMBER. UM, AND WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, EVEN IF THE REC CENTER OPENS, UM, ONCE WE'RE WE'RE DONE, WE'VE HAD 'EM IN THE AEROBICS ROOM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THEM INTO THE PARTYING ROOM AND THAT THAT'S THEIRS. THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY NEED, ANY OF THEIR PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM TO KEEP THAT GOING. AND THIS IS, UM, THE CIVIC CENTER, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. YOUR CAMERA EVEN FOGGED UP YEAH. THIS MORNING. AND UM, THAT'S THE MUSEUM I WALKED IN, TOOK A PICTURE OF SOME MOLD AND WALKED OUT. I, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY DEPRESSING. SORRY. NEED TO STAY OUT OF THERE. YES. YEAH. SO. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANKS LEE. HARD WORK. JAMES IS MR. FINANCE, FINANCE SECTION CHIEF. I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW MORE NOTES IN THERE. EXCUSE ME. UH, WITH REGARD TO UTILITY BILLING, THE METER TECHS WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THEIR READINGS [01:20:01] DONE THIS WEEK. EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE WERE PUTTING DEBRIS ON THE METER BOXES, WE'RE JUST AVERAGE BILLING THOSE. UM, WE ARE NOT DOING DISCONNECTS THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, SO WE WERE POSTPONING THOSE FOR RIGHT NOW. UM, COURT WAS CLOSED LAST WEEK. THEY'RE OPEN THIS WEEK. THEY HELPED STAFF THE CALL CENTER AND THE COOLING STATIONS LAST WEEK. UTILITY BILLING, UH, FRONT HELPED MAN THE PHONES HERE AT THE CITY HALL. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. AMY WITH PROCUREMENT HELPED WITH LOGISTICS ON THE MEALS AND THE PURCHASE ORDERS AND MAKING SURE THE VENDORS GOT PAID AND THAT THE INVOICES ARE BEING CODED SO THAT WE CAN GET FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. UH, JOSE IS TAKING CARE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. WINDSTORM WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. AND, UM, WE ARE GETTING ASSESSMENTS ON THE CITY'S ROOFS, AC UNITS. AND, UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE IS THERE? WE ARE MAKING SURE EVERYBODY FILLED OUT THEIR TWO FOURTEENS IF THEY WORKED. AND TYING THOSE TO TIME SHEETS THIS WEEK SO EVERYBODY CAN GET REIMBURSED AND THAT WE CAN GET RE FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS. I STILL NEED TO SIGN OUT OF WE. AND LASTLY, UM, GET IN TROUBLE. MODESTO HAD ASKED LAST WEEK ABOUT, UM, PROPERTY EXEMPTIONS FOR PROPERTY, UH, DISASTER. KRISTEN AT THE, UM, TAX OFFICE DID RESPOND TODAY AND SENT ME SOME EMAILS. I'LL FORWARD THAT TO Y'ALL SO YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION. UH, FOR THE MOST PART, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND IT'S EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, CAN REACH OUT TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. THEY HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 21ST. AND IF THEIR DAMAGE IS MORE THAN 15% OR HIGHER, THEN THEY CAN ASK FOR AN EXEMPTION AND THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT WILL WORK. TALK TO 'EM ABOUT IT AND THEY CAN WORK ON THAT. THE, THE EXEMPTION HAS A TIME PERIOD THOUGH. IT HAS 105 DAYS FROM THE DAY THAT IT'S IN HERE. IT STATES THAT CHIEF APPRAISER CAN EXTEND THE DEADLINE, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S OCTOBER 21ST FOR HURRICANE BURL. IT'S 105 DAYS FROM THE DAY THAT THE EXEM THE, UH, THE DAMAGE WAS, UH, PRO THE GOVERNOR DECLARES THE EMERGENCY. RIGHT. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S A KEY THING. ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL PUSH IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. BE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE, LIKE WE SAW, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THEIR HOMES. I'LL SKIP SAL. I DON'T THINK, UH, SAL, UH, GETS SETTLED WITH PREPARING THE PLAN, UH, EACH DAY FOR STAFF OF WHAT THEY, EACH CHIEF TELLS 'EM THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH, UM, ANY, UM, AND HE, UM, KEEPS TRACK OF WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT NOW WE'VE GONE INTO A WEEKLY PLAN. SO THAT'LL BE ISSUED, UH, TOMORROW. UM, BUT OUR DATE STARTED FROM TODAY TILL NEXT WEEK, UH, DURING RECOVERY. NEXT ONE IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. I'LL LET LAURA MARIE, UH, COVER WHAT, UH, SHE'S, UH, WORKING ON. UM, YES, WE'RE DOING HEAVY DEBRIS POSTS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND HOW TO SEPARATE EVERYTHING. AND, UM, JUST IN CASE YOU HEAR ABOUT IT IN TOWN, WE DID TAKE A PICTURE OF A LOCAL HOME THAT HAD GOOD, UH, SEPARATION OF DEBRIS AND BAD. AND WE CREATED A GRAPHIC OF THAT. AND YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE CITY OF CLUT SHARED IT AND STARTED THE LINE WITH THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON HAS A GREAT GRAPHIC FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO USE. SO CLUT RESIDENTS HAVE GONE ON OUR SITE AND THEY'RE ASKING THE CITY OF CLUT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF CLUT NEED TO DO. YEAH. AND IN REALITY, THE RULES THAT ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTED ARE THE SAME RULES FOR EVERY COMMUNITY DEALING WITH STORM, UH, DRAINAGE OF, UH, DEBRIS. SO YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT THAT. UM, YES, AND WE HAVE, THE MOSQUITO POST HAS ALREADY GONE OUT. IT WENT OUT DURING THE MEETING AND, UM, IT'S ALMOST AT 10,000 REACH. IT'S GOT PROBABLY 43 LIKES AND 30 SHARES. UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, UM, IN THE PAST WEEK WE'VE REACHED PROBABLY 182,000 PEOPLE, UM, TO GIVE YOU COMPARISON, NORMALLY IN A ANY GIVEN MONTH EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE HOLIDAYS, UM, WE REACH ABOUT 30 TO 40,000 PEOPLE IN A WHOLE MONTH. SO, UM, THE FREQUENCY OF THE POSTING, I'VE PROBABLY DONE MORE THAN 10 A DAY AND I'VE ALSO DONE VIDEOS. SO NOW WE'RE JUST GONNA BACK OFF AND I'M BASICALLY GONNA FOLLOW ERIC AROUND IN ANYTHING THAT HE'S DOING. THAT'S WHAT I'M PUTTING OUT. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE EDIT [01:25:01] THOSE VIDEOS? UH, EDIT THE VIDEOS. THEY'RE ONLY A MINUTE LONG FOLLOW. IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ERIC, PLEASE EDIT. OH, NO, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT. JUST WHATEVER HE'S WORKING ON IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUSH OUT. I FEEL LIKE WE, RECOVERY IS THE TIME WHEN MOST COMMUNICATORS START TO BACK OFF, BUT I FEEL THE MORE THAT A, A COMMUNICATOR CAN PUSH DURING RECOVERY, THE EASIER IT IS FOR THE CITY TO GET THROUGH IT. SO I'M GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THAT. LAURA MARIE, IT'S BEEN SUPER HELPFUL THE WAY YOU'VE DONE LIKE LITTLE SHORT, CONCISE, YOU KNOW, PICTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT OF, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC INFORMATION IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE IT, CAN YOU DO ONE ABOUT THE CONVENIENT CARE CENTER ABOUT THE HOURS AND KIND OF, I SAW THE, ABOUT THE BAGGED LEAVES AND STUFF, BUT REALLY JUST WITH THE EXTENDED HOURS AND STUFF? YES, ERIC AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY AND WE, UH, WE BROUGHT CYNTHIA INTO THE CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON. BASICALLY NOT STEP ON HIS TOES, BUT THE MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE, I GUESS I'M GONNA STEP ON HIS TOES. THE MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE, UM, BASICALLY IT'S EVERYTHING THAT THE MULCH SITE NORMALLY DOES. IT'S JUST GONNA BE HAVING THE FOOD WASTE UNTIL SUNDAY. BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE HOURS AND THE HOURS HAVE HOURS' HAVE BEING'S NEW. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THE LASTS VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COPY AND PASTE TO PEOPLE WHO ASK YES. MM-HMM. AND NOT HAVE TO CALL. YEAH, RIGHT. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE GONNA START TO GO BACK DOWN, BUT WHEN THE NUMBERS GO DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, UM, INDICATOR THAT THE RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED FROM US. THANKS. THANK YOU. WELL, MARIE, AND THEN THE LAST, I'M GONNA LET BRIAN KIND OF SUMMARIZE, UH, JUST KIND OF GIVING MAYBE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THIS STORM HAS COMPARED TO A COUPLE OF OTHERS. WELL, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO YOU THIS EVENING AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY OUR STAFF AND THE CITY HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, COMMAND OUR COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF, WHICH ARE THE SECTION CHIEFS, ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO STEPPED UP AND, AND MADE THIS THING HAPPEN. IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, WE'D BE IN A MESS OF TROUBLE. UH, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THIS STORM COMPARED TO OTHER STORMS YOU MENTIONED, UH, COUNCILMAN BAKER ABOUT THE SPEEDS. UH, THIS IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN NICHOLAS BECAUSE IT HAD A LONGER TRACK COMING IN. IT ALSO WAS STRONGER. UH, WE WERE ON THE DIRTY SIDE VERSUS THE CLEAN SIDE. UH, GIVE YOU A REFERENCE. HURRICANE IKE WAS VERY BAD, CORRECT? WE WERE ON THE CLEAN SIDE OF IKE THIS STORM. WE WERE IN THE DIRTY SIDE OF IT AND OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD TELL, UH, NOW YOU TALKED ABOUT GUST. OF COURSE IT WAS A, A HURRICANE ONE, BUT THERE ARE GUSTS AND IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT GUST CAN GO UP TO LIKE HURRICANE TWO OR HURRICANE THREE EVEN THEN, OF COURSE I DID MONITOR THE STORM AS IT WAS COMING IN. I SAW A VELASCO LEVY EAST, I BELIEVE A GUST OF 112. NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS SUSTAINED. AND OF COURSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HURRICANES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINED WINDS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT MAKES IT THAT LEVEL. UH, I DO HAVE SOME HISTORICAL DATA I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. UH, I HAVE IT ON HER BACK. GIMME JUST A MOMENT. YEAH. WELL, UM, BRIAN'S LOOKING THAT UP. YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I WANT TO, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE, UH, THE VALUE THAT, UM, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COURT POSITION BRINGS TO THE CITY. BUT BRIAN IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT? UH, BRIAN KEEPS US TRAINED AND ORGANIZED NOT EVEN ONLY DURING THE EVENT, BUT PREPARATION OF THE EVENT. AND SO HE DOES A, A VALUABLE JOB ON THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU KNOW, DOESN'T QUITE GET RECOGNIZED UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY GET INTO AN EVENT IS THE AMOUNT OF WORK BRIAN PUTS IN YEAR IN YEAR OUT OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S INVALUABLE. AND I WOULD ALSO ECHO, THE MAYOR DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB ALSO OF BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE PRESS ON, UH, DURING THE STORM. AND BOTH OF THE, BOTH MEN DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR US. I DID HAVE THIS PULLED UP HOWEVER, UH, SOMETHING HAPPENED. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO RECREATE IT. OKAY? SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, CURRENT YEAR STORMS. AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH MERYL. NOW, THIS IS VAC AND HERE'S, HERE'S THE TRACKING OF HER OF THE STORM. NOW WHEN YOU SEE RIGHT OVER HERE, THESE POINTS ARE WHEN THE ADVISORIES COME OUT. NOW WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL BRING IN THE WIND SPEED AND WE'LL SHOW THE ACTUAL HISTORICAL DATA FROM THE STORM. NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RED, RED, UH, IS HURRICANE WINDS. NOW I WANNA BRING IT IN A LITTLE BIT AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU AS WE GET CLOSER, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE ADVISORY SAID AND WHAT THE WIND SPEED WAS AT THAT TIME OF ADVISORY. SO HERE [01:30:01] WE ARE OBVIOUS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE CLEARLY IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. UH, LAKE JACKSON IS RIGHT HERE. AND, AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE DOWN HERE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SPEEDS OF THE WIND. LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND SHOW YOU SOME HISTORICAL DATA AS FAR AS WHEN THE STORM IS COMING. THIS RIGHT HERE IS TROPICAL STORM WINDS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THE, THE WINDS. AND REMEMBER, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SUSTAINED WINDS, NOT WIND GUSTS, RIGHT? UH, SO THERE WE GO. IT WAS AT 70 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT THERE. AND WHEN IT GETS RIGHT HERE, CLOSE TO THE COAST, UH, ADVISORY 38 A, THAT WAS AT ABOUT 1:00 AM IT WAS RUNNING AT 80 MILES AN HOUR. CLEARLY THAT'S A, A HURRICANE. WHAT TIME WAS THAT? SUNDAY NIGHT? MONDAY NIGHT. THAT WAS MONDAY AT 1:00 AM OH, IF YOU LOOK RIGHT UP HERE, DATE AND TIME, YOU'LL SEE IT. AND THERE'S A, AGAIN, I, I WON'T EVEN REITERATE, THIS IS SUSTAINED WIND, NOT WIND GUST. SO YOU CAN CLEARLY HAVE GUSTS WAY UP ABOVE THAT. AND SO REMEMBER A CATEGORY THREE IS 111, SO 111 IS NOT VERY FAR FROM ADRIAN. SO ANYWAY, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT THERE AT THAT ADVISORY. AND THEN WE GET UP TO THIS ADVISORY, WHICH BASICALLY WHEN RIGHT AT THE COAST ADVISORY 39, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WINDS ARE STILL 80 MILES AN HOUR, THREE HOURS LATER. YEAH, BRIAN, YOU TELL YOUR CAT THAT, THAT, UH, CATEGORY ONE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE THAN I WISH I COULD SHOW MY PICTURE OF ALL THE CATS. WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT ANOTHER TIME. . ALRIGHT, SO ACTUALLY WHEN IT COMES INTO LAND, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S RIGHT HERE, FREEPORT ISS RIGHT HERE. SO LAKE JACKSON. SO WHEN IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO THIS ADVISORY, REMEMBER IT'S 80 MILES AN HOUR HERE, AND RIGHT HERE IT'S 75. SO IT REALLY DIDN'T REDUCE HARDLY ANY AS IT WENT PAST US. AND YOU NOTICE IT'S VERY CLOSE TO ACTUALLY PASSING US DIRECTLY. AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL GET UP HERE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS RIGHT HERE, IT WENT DOWN TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. SO WHEN IT WENT BY US, IT WAS 70 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. STEADY THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SUSTAINED WIDTH. SO WE'LL GO BACK UP HERE A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL KIND OF SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING. NOW, HERE'S THE PATH. HERE'S THE PATH OF HURRICANE BURL. NOW IT'S VERY REMNANTS OF IKE. NOW WHEN I SHOW YOU, UH, HURRICANE NICHOLAS WHO BECAME A, A HURRICANE, JUST FOR A MOMENT, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THIS ONE CAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN, WHEREAS NICHOLAS SPUN UP AT THE QUICK MOMENT AND JUST KIND OF HIT LAND REAL QUICK. OF COURSE, IT COST US ABOUT 80,000 CUBIC YARDS WHERE THIS ONE COSTS US 300,000 CUBIC SQUARE YARDS OF VEGETATED DEBRIS. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS AS I MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STORM? NO. GOOD. OKAY, SO THIS IS BARREL ONE WE JUST HAD. NOW THE MOST RECENT ONE WE HAD IN COMPARISON IS NICHOLAS, WHICH IS IN 21. AND WE'LL PULL IT UP. NOW YOU KEEP IN MIND THIS PATH HERE. NOW LET'S LOOK AT NICHOLAS. YOU'LL GO THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT, TOTALLY DIFFERENT, ISN'T IT? SEE, I ACTUALLY SPUN UP WAY HERE IN, IN THE GULF, UH, DOWN THERE BY, UH, CANCUN AND IT SPUN UP HERE. AND THEN LOOK HOW SMALL THAT, THAT HURRICANE PATH IS AND LOOK HOW IT KIND OF JOGGED AROUND HERE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT ON UP AND LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. AND OF COURSE YOU SEE IT KIND OF HUG THE COAST. AND THERE WE ARE, UH, IN FREEPORT. BUT YOU NOTICE WE'RE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT STORM IN THE MOST PART. UH, OF COURSE IT'S CLOSE, BUT IT WASN'T VERY STRONG. ALRIGHT, SO HERE WE ARE AT 75 MILES AN HOUR WIND, AND WE GET RIGHT HERE, IT ALREADY, UH, DROPPED 75 STEEL AND OF COURSE IT, IT REALLY REDUCED ITS SPEED RIGHT HERE, JUST AS LIKE JACKSON AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IT IS, IT IS THE DIRTY SIDE, BUT IT WASN'T IN THE ACTUAL RED HURRICANE WIND ZONE. AND THEN WE GET RIGHT HERE IT WAS DOWN TO 70 MILES AN HOUR, VERY SIMILAR TO UH, HURRICANE BURL AS FAR AS THE WIND SPEEDS GO. BUT YOU NOTICE THE, THE RED PATH OF THE HURRICANE WINDS WAS A LOT MORE SUBSTANTIAL. UH, SO YOU SEE WHAT I'M GETTING AT AS FAR AS COMPARISON. WE REALLY WEREN'T IN THE RED HURRICANE AREA WHEN WE GOT NICHOLAS. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE HAVE LESS VEGETATIVE DEBRIS, WHEREAS WE GO RIGHT BACK UP HERE. SO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT RED AND LET'S GO BACK UP HERE TO BURROW JUST FOR A MOMENT TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. ALRIGHT, CANCEL. SO YOU GOT BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. I ACTUALLY HAD ALL OF THESE ACTUALLY LINED UP, SO I WAS GONNA SHOW 'EM ALL TO YOU AT THE SAME TIME. YOU SEE HOW WE HAD HURRICANE WINDS WAY BACK HERE? AND SO, AND OF COURSE IT SPUN RIGHT BACK UP HERE. UH, AND OF COURSE THE RED PATH IS A LOT BIGGER THAN NICHOLAS. OKAY, SO [01:35:01] NOW LET'S GO TO THE OTHER STORM FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE, WHICH IS IKE. AND THAT HAPPENED IN 2008. SO THIS IS NICHOLAS'S STORM HERE. NOW LOOK AT IKE IN COMPARISON TO BURL AND NICHOLAS BLESS A LOT OF RED, A LOT OF RED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU NOTICE, MM-HMM, LAKE JACKSON WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE EYE AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T SUSTAIN AS MUCH DAMAGE. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THIS ONE, BUT LOOK HOW BIG THE RED IS. BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THE PATH IS SIMILAR, NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT IT IS SIMILAR TO BURL. MORE SO THAN THAT'S KIND OF SOME HISTORICAL DATA. AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE SPEEDS HERE. WE'LL ZOOM IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE, UH, ADVISORY SAID. SO WE'LL START RIGHT HERE. UH, AND THAT WAS 110 MILES AN HOUR, THIS COMING INTO THE COAST, 110 MILES AN HOUR. NOW REMEMBER A CATEGORY THREE, WHICH WE CONSIDER A MAJOR HURRICANE IS 111. SO WITHOUT A DOUBT, THERE WAS PLENTY OF WINDS THAT WERE HURRICANE THREE OR MAYBE EVEN FOUR, UH, AT, AT THAT TIME. AND OF COURSE RIGHT HERE IT'S STILL 110 MILES AN HOUR. AND IT MAINTAINED THAT, THAT STRENGTH FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL IT GOT INLAND, WHICH WAS GOT UP HERE, WHICH WAS AT, UH, THIS CLOSE OUT UP HERE BY DAYTON, NORTH OF HOUSTON AREA. SO THAT'S THE KIND OF COMPARISON OF THESE STORMS THAT ALL AFFECTED LAKE JACKSON AND, UH, VERY SEVERELY EACH TIME. UH, BUT THESE TWO, UH, COME IN WITH A BIG PUNCH. YOU NOTICE THERE'S A LOT MORE RED AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DEALT WITH. ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE THREE STORMS? NO, THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. SAY AGAIN? I SAID THANK YOU. YOU WELCOME. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS STORM OR THE OPERATION? UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DO WOULD BE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE AND YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THE, THE STEER THAT WE MADE DAILY CONTACTS AND WE WEREN'T REQUIRED TO DO THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. UH, BASICALLY AS Y'ALL KNOW, GOVERNMENT CODE FOUR 18 SUBCHAPTER I REQUIRES US TO MAKE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE MEDICALLY FRAGILE OR WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT PROGRAM. IT'S ON THE 2 1 1. IF YOU EVER LOOK AT YOUR ELECTRIC BILL, YOU'LL SEE 2 1 1 WELL STEER PROGRAM STANDS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY. AND SO BASICALLY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR THAT PROGRAM AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE DURING A TIME OF DISASTER OR, OR A HURRICANE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IRRIGATING. IT COULD BE A POWER OUTAGE, WATER OUTAGE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. WELL, SO WE REQUIRED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH WHICH WE DID PRIOR TO LANDFALL. WE REACHED OUT TO THE STEER REGISTRANTS AND THEN OF COURSE AFTER THE LANDFALL, WE OBVIOUSLY HAD THIS BIG POWER OUTAGE, SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HEARD, UH, THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE DEATHS IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. AND SO WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO MAKE THAT MUCH, THAT NEXT STEP, WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED. WE LITERALLY CALLED EVERY ONE OF 'EM AND WENT AND KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR UNTIL YESTERDAY. SO WE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE OKAY WITHOUT POWER. YES, SIR. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED? WELL, I THINK WE HAD AROUND 80, BUT OF COURSE THE MEDICALLY FRAGILES ARE AROUND CLOSE TO 60. BUT, BUT AS THEY GOT POWER, WE STARTED TAKING THEM OFF BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CONCERN WAS POWER. YOU HAVE 80 THAT YOU HAVE CONTACT FOR IN LAKE JACKSON LAKE. THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE COUNTY AND THAT'S NOT COUNTED JURISDICTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES SIR. AND SO WE BASICALLY, UH, BASICALLY CONTACTED EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE IF THEY DIDN'T ANSWER THEIR PHONE, WE SENT POLICE OFFICERS, UH, PARAMEDICS OR WHOEVER TO KNOCK ON THAT DOOR TO MAKE CONTACT. AND UH, THEY ALL, SOME OF 'EM SAID, HEY, LOOK, YOU'RE NOT BRIAN SIBO, WE'RE NOT GONNA OPEN THE DOOR. I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF FUNNY 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO 'EM FOR SO MANY YEARS. BUT THE THING IS, IS, IS THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT WE CARE. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT HERE, IS TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS. AND SO WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE LAW. AND SO, UH, I, THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. AND, UH, SO WE, WE, I DON'T, NO, DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES WAS SAFE. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR GOING THAT EXTRA MILE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. I'M SURE THAT'S, THERE'S, BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY, I WANNA GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE THAT START OUR WORKERS, THEY DID IT. I JUST KIND OF ORGANIZED IT. THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO WE HAD, UH, EMS WAS DOING THAT, MAKING THOSE CONTACTS. PD WAS MAKING SOME OF 'EM. YES, SIR. SO, YEAH, AND WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, UH, STAFF AT THE PD LIKE, UH, SHARON, OR I'M SORRY, SHARON, UH, NEIL ACTUALLY KIND OF HEADED THAT UP ALSO. UH, MR. DOEY, THEY BASICALLY TOOK THE, THE, UH, CHARGE OF THE SYSTEM AND MADE SURE THAT [01:40:01] EVERYBODY GOT, UH, CONTACTED, RIGHT. THOSE ARE TWO PARAMOUNT PEOPLE IN THAT PROCESS. AND OF COURSE, OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY REALLY STEPPED UP. I MEAN, THEY, THEY WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF ON AND, UH, MANNED THE FIRE STATION THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MENTION, AND THEY RESPONDED AND THEY RESPONDED OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA ALSO. WELL, SOME OF THESE STEER REGISTERS ARE ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA. WE ACTUALLY LOANED A GENERATOR, UH, TO A FAMILY THAT HAD A, UH, A DISABLED CHILD. AND, UH, THEY USED THAT TO BASICALLY MAKE SURE THAT CHILD WAS OKAY. SO WE ACTUALLY KIND OF HAVE REGISTRANTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN OUR ETJ, NOT NECESSARILY OUR, OUR CITY LIMITS, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN OUR FIRE AND E-M-S-E-T-J. SO WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM AS WELL. YEAH. AN EVENT LIKE THIS, THERE'S NO DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T HELP, RIGHT? THERE'S NO VOLUNTEER GROUP, UH, OR CHURCH THAT ALSO DOESN'T LEND A HAND SOMETIMES OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO US, OR MOST OF THE TIME JUST PICKING UP THE BALL AND SAYING, WE'LL DO IT. UH, CAN YOU PASS THIS INFORMATION ALONG TO OUR CITIZENS AND DON'T WAIT OR TRY TO COORDINATE WITH US. THEY JUST GET UP AND DO IT. AND SO IT'S A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT ON RECOVERY OR EVEN JUST HELPING PEOPLE OUT DURING THE EMERGENCY. YEP, THAT'S CORRECT. AND, AND HERE'S THE THING I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW TOO. WE COLLABORATED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. SO YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SAW SOMETHING IN LAKE JACKSON PER SE, BUT I WORKED WITH THOSE OTHER AGENCIES, OTHER EMERGENCY MANAGERS. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I COLLABORATED WITH, UH, THE CITY OF CLU TO BRING THE ICE PODS. I ALSO COLLABORATED WITH A VOA AND, UH, THE BISD AND THE CITY OF CLU TO ALSO, UH, GIVE COMMODITIES OUT AND BUG SPRAY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ALSO, I WORKED WITH THE, UH, CITY OF, UH, ANGLETON TO, TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW THAT THEY HAD A, UH, SHELTER. AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT FROM THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WE WORK TOGETHER JUST AS WE HAVE IN OTHER INSTANCE WHERE WE WANT TO SEND PEOPLE THERE. JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX, WE'RE WANTING TO WORK WITH THEM AND WE'RE, WE HAVE A GOOD COLLABORATION WITH ALL THESE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THIS AREA. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. YEP. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, BRIAN. AND AGAIN, THE CREDIT GOES TO THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HURRICANE UPDATE IN PARTICULAR? ALL RIGHT. UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS. NO, BUT I'VE GOT ANOTHER SECTION IN THE BUDGET THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU, . ANYWAY, IS THIS SLEEP DEPRIVATION TALKING ? WHAT WAS THE BEDTIME STORY? OKAY. GO GET SOME POPCORN. WE'LL DO IT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IF NOT, [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] WE'LL MOVE ON TO IDA'S COMMUNITY INTEREST. UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, MR. JOHN BAKER? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MS. SETH. NOPE. JUST AMAZING JOB TO ALL THE CITY AND STAFF AND EMPLOYEES. JUST ROCK STARS, MR. BROADUS. I CONCUR, MR. HANYA. UH, EXACTLY, UH, WHAT THEM SAID. AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF LAKE JACKSON AND THEIR CITIZENS AND THEIR STAFF AND, UH, WORKERS. SO THEY ARE, UH, THEY ALWAYS DO WHAT'S BEST FOR, YOU KNOW, WE HELP OUR CITIZENS NOT ONLY DURING THESE TIMES, BUT ALL THE TIME. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THEY, UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE APPRECIATE IT AND OUR CITIZENS DO AS WELL, BECAUSE I HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM THEM ABOUT THAT. SO, MR. ELL DITO, ALL RIGHT, WELL, I COULD TALK A LONG TIME ABOUT WHAT ALL HAS, WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT, UH, I'LL, UH, NOT DO THAT. BUT AGAIN, JUST, UH, WHEN I WAS UP WITH, YOU KNOW, SPENDING TIME WITH THE EOC AND, UH, JUST SEEING THE STAFF WORK AND COME TOGETHER, I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME EXTREMELY SERIOUS TIMES AND PEOPLE WERE SERIOUS. AND THERE WAS TIMES WHEN WE COULD RELAX AND, AND HAVE A JOKE AND STUFF. AND, UH, LAURA MARIE DIDN'T SAY THAT THE HOUSE THAT THEY USED WAS TO SHOW THE WRONG WAY TO PUT YOUR, UH, DEBRIS OUT IN THE FRONT YARD. THAT'S OUR CITY MANAGER'S HOUSE. , SOMETIMES THE MESSAGE DOESN'T STICK. THAT'S RIGHT. . BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, YOU COULDN'T ASK, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID. YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY. AND WHEN WE RUN INTO A PROBLEM AND A ROADBLOCK THAT WE COULDN'T GET PAST, OR GET AROUND AND FIND A SOLUTION, IT BOTHERED EVERYBODY. AND IT STILL BOTHERS US THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, WE'VE GONE AS FAR AS WE CAN. WE JUST, THERE'S LEGALLY THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO, AND IT'S, IT'S UP TO THEM TO TAKE CARE OF. BUT WE, WE FOUND A HOME FOR THE PEOPLE FOR NOW. UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT I'LL SHUT UP. DIS UH, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD WAS THE EMPLOYEE LUNCHEON THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONDAY IS GOING TO BE RESCHEDULED , OF COURSE. UM, BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, WE'LL FIND A [01:45:01] NEW, UH, A NEW DATE LATER ON. UH, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL THEN, UH, WE'LL ADJOURN. 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.