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[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
UH, TONIGHT WITH THE, UH, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, FOR HONOR FLAG, TEXAS, ONE STATE GOD.
AND WE'LL HAVE INDICATION LED BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THIS EVENING.
AND AS OUR MEETING CONTINUES AND DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, WE ASK FOR YOUR STRENGTH, WISDOM AND GIVE US STRENGTH, WISDOM, AND COURAGE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT IS BEST INTEREST OF OUR FAM, OF OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY.
PLEASE BE WITH OUR EMTS, FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL, OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN ABROAD, ABROAD AND STATESIDE, AND BE WITH US AS WE TRAVEL HOME.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, VISITOR'S COMMENTS IS ANYBODY ARE ONE AND LONELY VISITOR IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON A DIFFERENT ITEM,
SO, UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SPEAK ABOUT.
WE'LL MOVE TO DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THIS IS WHERE COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULAR.
DOES ANYBODY NEED TO DECLARE A CONFLICT? NO, SIR.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE GET STARTED.UH, JUST AN UPDATE, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
UH, ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 11 ARE GOING TO BE DEFERRED TO OUR FEBRUARY 17TH COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE HAVE ITEM ONE IS APPROVED APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 23.
UH, ITEM TWO IS ACCEPT RESIGNATION OF FROM DANGEROUS STRUCTURES DETERMINATION BOARD, UH, A MEMBER PATRICIA EC.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, UH, APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 9 6 PROHIBITING PUBLIC URINATION AND DEFECATION BY AMENDING CHAPTER 62, MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES IN THE LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCE.
ITEM FOUR IS, UH, APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 6 8, ORDERING THAT AN ELECTION BE HELD ON MAY 3RD, 2025 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING COUNCIL POSITIONS ONE, THREE, AND FIVE.
AND ON OFF TO ITEM 12, WHICH IS ACCEPT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,138,700 FROM THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO BLOCK GRANT, UH, MITIGATION, UH, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PINE DITCH.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OR COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND 12.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 12 AS PRESENTED.
HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1. Consideration and approval of an ordinance ordering a Bond Election to be held on the 3rd day of May 2025 in the City of Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Texas, for drainage, street improvements, and the renovation of public facilities; making provision for the holding of the election and providing for an effective date. - second reading– James Bryson]
APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE ORDERING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE THIRD DAY OF MAY, 2025 IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS FOR DRAINAGE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THE RENOVATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, MAKING, UH, PROVISIONS FOR THE HOLDING OF THE ELECTION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.SECOND READING, JAMES? YES, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
AS NOTED, THIS IS A SECOND READING DAN MARTINEZ FROM WINSTEAD, OUR BOND COUNCIL PRESENTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT, UH, WERE RECOMMENDED.
THOSE ARE RED LINED AND YOU SHOULD HAVE 'EM IN YOUR PACKET, I BELIEVE.
IS THAT CORRECT THIS TIME? YES.
AND SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY PROPOSITION A, B, AND C, UH, THE TOTAL FOR THE BOND IS $18 MILLION AND IT WOULD BE HELD ON MAY 3RD.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE CHANGES THAT WERE PRESENTED? NOPE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYBODY ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES ON THIS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MODESTO OR, ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD.
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WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE READ.AND WE'VE ALREADY READ, THIS IS THE SECOND READING, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE THIRD DAY OF MAY, 2025 IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE HOLDING OF THE ELECTION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALRIGHT, WE TAKE A MOTION ON THE SECOND READING.
MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE THIRD DAY OF MAY, 2025 IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR DRAINAGE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES MAKING PROVISION FOR HOLDING OF THE ELECTION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECOND, I THERE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I'M SORRY, WE, WE HAD A VISITOR.
WE COULD HAVE DONE A PRESENTATION.
I'M SURE YOU'D WANNA SIT THERE.
[2. Discuss and consider a variance request from Construction Masters to allow concrete pouring between 2:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. for the Brazoria County SPCA shelter at 141 Canna Lane. – Brent Bowles ]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A VARIANCE, UH, REQUEST FOR CONSTRUCTION FROM CONSTRUCTION MASTERS TO ALLOW CONCRETE POURING BETWEEN 2:30 AM AND 7:00 AM FOR THE BRAZORIA COUNTY SBCA SHELTER AT 1 4 1 CANADA LANE.MR. BOLD, THREE EVENING MAYOR STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, MY NAME IS BRENT BOWLES WITH IAD ARCHITECTS NOT OF CONSTRUCTION MASTERS.
OH, SORRY, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I AM NOT A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, BUT A PROUD AG ARCHITECT, BUT SINCE THEY'RE OUT OF TOWNERS, I READILY ACCEPTED THEIR OFFER TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU WONDERFUL FOLKS IN THEIR PLACE.
SO THE, THE REQUEST IS THERE, THERE IS A CITY ORDINANCE AGAINST NOISE, UH, VIOLATIONS AT THAT LOCATION.
AND SO WE WANTED TO HUMBLY COME AND ASK PERMISSION THAT IT WAS OKAY THAT WE POUR SOMETIME EARLY, EARLY MORNING, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE NOISE REQUEST, BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION POTENTIAL THERE AT GRADY RASCO.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WE WANNA TALK ABOUT FIRST.
THE NOISE IS THE FIRST ITEM HERE ON THE TABLE, BUT ALSO WE'RE HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONCERNING FOR DOW DOW TRAFFIC AS WELL? WE ABSOLUTELY USING MEDICAL DRIVE AND THAT AREA THERE NOW AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE CONCRETE PORES VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
UM, THAT'S DUE TO THE, THE DURATION OF THE PORE, BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANT THE DURATION OF THE FINISHING OF THE CONCRETE.
SO IT'S VERY TYPICAL THAT CONCRETE PORES START VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THIS ONE IS MORE EXPEDITED BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DROP OFF THERE AT GRADY.
UH, RACO HAD THREE KIDS THERE MYSELF BEEN IN THAT LINE THAT WRAPS ALL THE WAY BACK OUT TO MEDICAL DRIVE UPON OCCASION.
SO, UH, CONCRETE TRUCKS ARE BIG, THEY'RE BULKY, THEY CAN CAUSE HAVOC.
AND SO HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT'LL TAKE? WELL, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS SUGGESTING THEY'RE GONNA START AT TWO 30 AND THEY'LL BE DONE BY SEVEN 30.
I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT I'M ONE OF THE FEW ARCHITECTS THAT ACTUALLY ATTEND A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE PORES.
THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK IS MY CLIENTS ARE DUE, UM, THAN EITHER ARCHITECT TO BE THERE.
SO I'VE WITNESSED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF CONCRETE BORES AND I CAN TELL YOU THEY ALMOST NEVER GO OFF AS PLANNED.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M TRYING TO BE STILL UP ON, OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN.
UM, IT IS GOING TO BE A PUMP, UH, MIX DESIGN.
AND SO YOU CAN LITERALLY PACK TWO 10 YARD CONCRETE TRUCKS UP AT A CONCRETE TRUCK AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
SO YOU CAN HAVE TWO TRUCKS GOING 10 YARDS A PIECE AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, THE CONCRETE TRUCK IS NOT THE LIMITING FACTOR.
MOST CONCRETE PUMP TRUCKS CAN PUSH OUT 150 TO 210 YARDS PER HOUR.
THIS IS SLIGHTLY OVER A 400 YARD CONCRETE POUR.
SO MY AGGIE MATH CARRY THE ONE TAKE THE SHOE OFF COUNT TO TOE SHOULD BE DONE IN INSIDE OF THREE HOURS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, IF EVERYTHING WORKS SEAMLESSLY, INEVITABLY IT'S THE BATCH PLANT, THE TRUCK DRIVERS, THE MEN ON STAFF THAT CAUSED THE POTENTIAL DELAYS FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALSO WHETHER PERMITTING, WE HAVE REQUESTED THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS REQUESTING FEBRUARY THE 14TH.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHETHER DEPENDENT, IF SOME REASON IT'S INCLEMENT WEATHER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE WOULD ALSO ASK THAT THIS VARIANCE REQUEST EXCEPTION BE MADE TO A FUTURE DAY AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO NOTIFY STAFF WHEN THAT OCCURS.
SOMEBODY MIGHT KNOW THIS, BUT I WAS INFORMED THAT THE 14TH IS NOT A SCHOOL DAY.
REALLY IT IS NOT A DAY THIS YEAR.
WHAT FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, THE 14TH AND THE 18TH.
MY WIFE TOLD MY DAUGHTER THAT THIS MORNING.
I WAS LIKE, THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.
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WELL NOT FOR GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL.
MY WIFE, MY WIFE WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE.
SO THEY AIN'T GONNA BE OFF ON THE 14TH, SO THERE YOU GO.
THEY'RE JUST DOING STUFF TO FILL.
BUT EVEN IN CASE WE CANCEL BY WEATHER, WE'D STILL REQUEST THE VARIANCE TAKE IF IT, THE ORDINANCE READS, UH, COUNSEL, IT SAYS IF SUCH WORK CAUSES NOISE LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD INSIDE OCCUPIED NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THIS ONE IS PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM MANY OF THE BUT 2000 FEET AWAY CLOSE.
I THINK THE LAST TIME TIME WE HAD A PROBLEM WAS WHEN WE WAS DOING DOW BUILDING, THE NEIGHBOR WOULD COMPLAIN ABOUT THE, I THINK THE PUMP.
AND THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S PI, THE PI DO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE WHEN THEY'RE PUMPING PNEUMATICALLY THAT THOSE PIECES, THEY HAD SOME NIGHT, NIGHT SLEEPERS AND I MEAN, I GUESS THEY WORKED.
UH, SO WHAT IS THE ROUTE FOR THE TRUCKS? WHAT IS THE ROUTE THEY'RE COMING FROM? S UH, WHO IS IT? I MAKE SURE SRM CONCRETE OUT OF OYSTER CREEK.
SO IT'S A FAIRLY CLOSE BATCH PLANT.
WHAT ROADS DO THEY COME ENTRA? THAT I DO NOT KNOW.
THAT IS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR QUESTION.
HOW MANY PROVIDERS OF CONCRETE DO WE HAVE IN THIS AREA? I BELIEVE THREE.
SO THEY'RE COMING DOWN TO, OR YOU SAID OYSTER CREEK? YES, SIR.
SO THEY MAY BE THINKING ABOUT COMING DOWN PLANTATION, PLANTATION MEDICAL OR JUST, YEAH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE IS AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE TRUCKS COMING WITHIN A FOUR HOUR PERIOD MM-HMM
DOWN PLANTATION DRIVE, WHICH IS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO YOU HAVE JUST A LOT OF DIESEL TRUCKS DRIVING DOWN YES, SIR.
SO, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE MAKING THAT MUCH NOISE EN ROUTE.
IT'S REALLY WHEN THEY BACK, IT'S USUALLY IT'S THE BACKING UP, THE BEEPING OF THE BACK AND UP AND THAT THUMP THUMP DUMPSTER STUFF.
I'LL GIVE YOU MY CELL PHONE NUMBER.
YOU CAN CALL AND SCREAM AT ME IF YOU NEED TO, BUT WE DO DO, WE DO WANT COUNCIL'S INPUT.
UH, WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THE SCHOOL.
THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO THEIR NEEDS.
AND, UH, THE PARENTS DROP OFF.
AND AS FAR AS THE DATE AND STUFF, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY ORDINANCE TO MEANING THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM TO, TO PUT IT TO A SPECIFIC DATE.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MAKING IT BROAD, JUST SO, I MEAN, ONCE WE APPROVE IT, WE APPROVE IT.
AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, EXCUSE ME? YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PARKING THE TRUCKS IN THE PUBLIC STREET? NO, SIR.
GET 'EM TO THE SITE AT, I MEAN, WE, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A STORY WITH COVER PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION DAY MEETING WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
THEY'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, DAVID LARSON, WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, UH, CONSTRUCTION MASTER, HAS REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY CITY AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY COME IN VIA THE ALTERNATE, UH, LOT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS CITY OWNED.
I'VE TOLD THEM THAT'S A BAD IDEA BECAUSE IT'S SOFT.
IT'S ARRANGED IN A FEW DAYS AND IT'S ALREADY SOFT.
THEY'RE GONNA GET A TRUCK STUCK AND THEY'RE GONNA GET A PUMP TRUCK STUCK.
THE SBCA HAS THEIR BRAND NEW PARKING LOT THERE, WHICH IS STABLE.
THEY CAN EASILY GET A PUMP TRUCK IN THERE AND THEN PROVIDE SPACE FOR TWO CONCRETE TRUCKS TO BACK UP IN THERE.
IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF THE STAGING OF THE TRUCKS.
THOSE CAN, THOSE CAN BE ONE OR TWO TRUCKS IN WAITING.
I'VE SEEN THEM UP AS MUCH AS, AS FIVE OR SIX.
AND SO THAT'S THE BACKUP THING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS WHERE THOSE TRUCKS ARE GONNA STAGE AND NOT IN
WELL, WELL, IF NOT HAVING SCHOOL, THEY CAN GO OVER THERE AND REST THOSE PARKING LOT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S A LITTLE PULLOUT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T, SCHOOL WOULD HAVE FIT.
THERE'S ALSO THE LITTLE LEAGUE, THERE'S A LITTLE CURVE JUST DOWN ON CANNON DRIVE AND UP GOOGLE EARTH.
THERE'S NO C AND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THERE'RE GONNA BE NOTHING THERE.
THERE'S A DOUBLE LANE DRIVE THERE.
THERE'S THE LITTLE LOOP THERE WHERE THERE'S MAYBE A SPRAY OUT NOZZLE OR SOMETHING THERE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA PULL, PULL UP.
YOU'RE WANT CITY ASSETS TO CLEAN YOUR CONCRETE TRUCKS? NO, NOT CLEAN OUT.
THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE CLEAN OUT BEING FOR SURE.
UH, AND THERE'S ALSO THE, THE LITTLE LEAGUE HAS A DRIVE OUT THAT WE COULD JUST IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET THERE THAT THEY COULD STAGE PROBABLY TH TWO OR THREE TRUCKS THERE AT LEAST AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, ANY DAMAGES THAT WERE CREATED, UH, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.
AND ROBIN PROBABLY SAID, AS LONG AS YOU STAY AT HER PARKING LOT, I KNOW BETTER.
WELL, I'M JUST THINKING THAT, UH, CAN LANE IS LONG ENOUGH TO WHERE THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IS, IS OUR TRUCKS.
BUT YOU COULD STACK, COULD HE STACK CONCRETE TRUCKS FRIDAY? YEAH.
I MEAN, USUALLY THE MOST, I MEAN THE MOST TRAFFIC THAT HAPPENS THERE IS SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, PICK UP AND, AND AND DROP OFF IN THE MORNING.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE TRAFFIC AND NOT BETWEEN TWO AND 7:00 AM NO THE, I MEAN THE OTHER THAN THAT, THE TRAFFIC IS SOME PEOPLE GOING TO THE, THE BUSES COMING OUT AND PEOPLE GOING TO THE CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE CENTER.
AND THEN MOST OF THE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE OF THAT IS REALLY AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
WELL, AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN THE REC CENTER.
'CAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GO INTO THE REC CENTER VERY EARLY MORNING.
Y'ALL OPEN UP AT 5 45 TO GO AND SWIM.
AND SO IF I CAN APPROACH YOU, YOU GOT A POINTER.
WE'VE GOT, AGAIN, THIS, THIS WOULD BE OUR LAST UP HERE.
'CAUSE CITY PROPERTY HERE, WE CAN PUT SOME TRUCKS HERE.
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THEN AGAIN, IF THE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, THEN YEAH, THIS IS NOT, YEAH, JUST I WOULD JUST LOAD UP.I I WOULD, I WOULD STAY OUTTA THE DRIVEWAYS AND JUST GO ON CANON LANE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A PARKING LOT HERE, WHICH WILL SUPPORT A TRUCK, A BOAT, TRUCK, AND TWO, UH, CONCRETE TRUCKS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHERE TO STAGE THE TRUCK AWAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO.
IT'S WAY OUT IN THE BOONIES AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.
AGAIN, MY ONLY CONCERN IS PLANTATION DRIVE.
WE'LL PROBABLY GET SOME CALLS ON, WELL, LEMME JUST ASK, IS IT PREFERABLE TO BRING THEM UP, UM, OFF THE FREEWAY OAK AND THEN DOWN MEDICAL? THE HOUSES ARE FURTHER AWAY.
MEDICAL'S ALREADY KIND OF BEAT UP IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OYSTER CREEK, THEY CAN'T.
NO, I WAS, YEAH, IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OYSTER CREEK, COULDN'T THEY COME DOWN 3 32? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT THEN THEY'RE GONNA COME AND THEY'RE GONNA GET ON MEDICAL AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
GOT ANY BENEFIT TO COMING DOWN HERE, DOWN LAKE THOUGH? CANON DRIVE INSTEAD OF MEDICAL, IF THEY DID IT ON LAKE, YOU COULD DO IT LIKE THEY DID THE STAGING WHEN WE DID THE DEBRIS, BECAUSE IT'S TWO LANES THERE.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE STAGER TRUCKS OR NOT, IF YOU BLOCK ONE LANE, HE STILL ON ANOTHER LANE HE CAN TURN MM-HMM
SO I MEAN, THAT'S NOT, SO 3 32 TO MEDICAL TO LAKE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT WOULD PROBABLY SAY OAK TO LAKE.
SO 3 32 TO OAK, OAK DOWN MEDICAL.
THAT'S THE PREFERRED ROUTE TO, TO HERE TO LAKE.
NOT MEDICAL, RIGHT? EXCUSE ME.
I MEAN EITHER, EITHER, EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE TWO LANE ROADS.
RIGHT? THEY'RE BOTH TWO LANES, UH, DIVIDED.
I, YEAH, IT, I WAS JUST THINKING, UH, JUST COME DOWN MEDICAL 'CAUSE THEN YOU HAVE JUST A STRAIGHT SHOT.
IT, IT'S EITHER WAY, BUT YEAH, IT'S EITHER WAY.
I JUST, I WOULD JUST COME ON DOWN OAK TO MEDICAL AND THEN COME AND STACK UP ON, UH, CAN CANNA CANNA IF YOU HAVE TO STACK UP, STACK UP ON, UH, MEDICAL.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T STACK UP ON MEDICAL FOR SURE.
NO, IT SHOULD BE ALL THE WAY ON CANADA SHOULD BE JUST AT UPON CANADA.
I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE BRINGING, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE FILLING 70 SOMETHING TRUCKS UP ALL AT ONE TIME.
NO, IT'S GONNA BE AT ALL BACK AND FORTH.
SO NOT AT ALL 40 TRUCKS FOR THE WHOLE JOB.
IT'S JUST 40 TRUCKS FOR THE WHOLE JOB.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE LARGEST USED, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY TRUCKS THE BATCH PLANT HAS AND HOW MANY DRIVERS.
THEY HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE SEVEN TRUCKS ASSIGNED TO IT, BUT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO CALL IN SIX, SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
SO IT'S USUALLY ON THE, THE AMOUNT OF DRIVERS THAT ARE THERE.
SO AGAIN, OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE IS TO COME DOWN OAK DRIVE AND THEY CAN TAKE EITHER ROUTE, BUT OAK DRIVE IS BETTER THAN PLANTATION DRIVE AS FAR AS I GOT IT.
YOU'RE FURTHER AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL.
UH, ANY, BUT AGAIN, NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMEFRAME.
AND WE'LL LEAVE IT, THE DATES OPEN.
JUST PREFERENCES, JUST THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.
AND WE WILL UPDATE COUNSEL, UM, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL IF, IF THAT DATE CHANGES 14TH OR 18TH.
WHAT IS, WHAT SCHOOL'S THESE DAYS WE NOT LEARN 21ST.
THAT'S PRESIDENT PRESIDENT'S DAY COMING UP OR SOMETHING OR SOMETHING.
THE SCHOOL IS OUT ON THE 14TH AND THE 18TH I THINK.
NO, THE 18TH IS MARTIN LUTHER KING.
NO, THAT'S JUNE, THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED.
THE 17TH IS MONDAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL THEY OUT THROUGH THE 18TH, THROUGH THE 18TH FORM FOR MY WIFE FROM THE 14TH OF THE 18TH.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE WENT TO SCHOOL.
GOOD TEACHERS THAT ING ALL BREAK KNOWLEDGE INTO WINTER BREAK.
BREAK RIGHT BEFORE SPRING BREAK.
RIGHT BEFORE SNOW DAYS, THOSE DAYS OR SOMETHING, BUT I GUESS NOT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON HERE.
SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM TWO ON.
SO MR. MAYOR, I'LL MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUESTS FROM CONSTRUCTION MASTERS TO ALLOW ON CONCRETE POURING BETWEEN 2:00 AM AND 7:00 AM FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY SPCA SHELTER AT 1 41 CANNA LANE AS REQUESTED.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN NIA.
MR. BUELL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3. Approve the submittal of a request to the Lake Jackson Development Corporation to review and amend the FY 2025 Half Cent Tax CIP projects to fund Hurricane Beryl's repairs to the Civic Center, Recreation Center, Citywide Parks, and The Wilderness Golf Course. - Robin Hyden]
APPROVE, UH, THE SUBMITTAL OF A REQUEST TO THE LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO REVIEW AND AMEND THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2025[00:20:01]
HALF CENT TAX CIP PROJECTS TO FUND HURRICANE MULES, BARRELS,ANYWAY, THAT'S A NICKNAME FOR WAY BACK.
UH, RECREATION CENTER AND, UH, CITYWIDE PARKS AND WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE.
SO AS WE KNOW, HURRICANE BURL MULE, UH, DID DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, IN JULY WE HAD KIND OF COME TO COUNCIL AND AT THAT TIME HAD BROUGHT TO YOU A REVISION OF THE CIP PROJECTS.
WE WERE GONNA PUT SOME ON HOLD, SOME OF THEM WE DIDN'T NEED.
BUT SINCE THEN, A LOT OF THAT HAS CHANGED.
SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR FINALIZED LIST AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
UM, WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL REPAIRS TO SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, BUT THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE WITH OUR PARKS.
THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THIS DONE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DID GIVE YOU AN ITEMIZED LIST OF SOME OF THE REPAIRS THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO, UM, FOR ANY OF THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
UM, A LOT OF 'EM, IT'S NOT HUGE PROJECTS.
UM, BUT THERE'S, THEY'VE ADDED UP, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, MOST OF THE FCI YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY ONLY KIND OF DONE RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAD TO GET DONE TO GET THINGS GOING ON THAT.
SO, UM, ON THE CIP LIST, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GONNA CHANGE IS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON HOLD THE LOCKER ROOM RENOVATIONS.
UM, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION, WE'LL PUT ON HOLD UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
THE GOLF COURSE RENOVATION MASTER PLAN, UH, THAT'S DEFINITELY ON HOLD.
UM, THE GOLF COURSE PUMP STATION, THEY ACT BECAUSE THEY GOT HIT BY LIGHTNING OUT THERE, THEY HAD TO DO A LOT OF REPAIRS.
UM, THE MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS TO THE PARKS, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON HOLD BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM GOT, SOME OF THE STUFF WE NEEDED TO REPAIR GOT MESSED UP DURING THE HURRICANE.
SO WE'RE GETTING THE LOT, SOME OF THAT STUFF FIXED.
AND THEN THE WINDOW LEAKS AT THE CIVIC CENTER, THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE.
SO IT DID NOT EVEN COST THAT MUCH.
WE THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO LAST YEAR AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
SO WE HAD, UM, BEEN APPROVED FOR 1.6 MILLION, MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, WE ONLY USED 17,720 FOR THE TREE REMOVAL AT THE, AT THE GOLF COURSE.
INSTEAD OF, WHAT WE HAD ASKED FOR WAS THE 132,000.
UM, WE DO NEED 250,000 FOR THE MATCHING GRANT FOR OUR, UM, GENERATOR FOR, UM, THE RECREATION CENTER AND THEN THE REST 400 847,280.
'CAUSE I'M KIND OF ROUNDED UP TO WHAT WAS LEFT, UH, IS FOR THE REPAIRS STILL AT THE CIVIC CENTER, SOME OF OUR PARKS, SPORTS FIELDS, AND THE GOLF COURSE.
AND THE GOLF COURSE IS A, THE LARGEST PROJECT OUT OF THAT.
IN HOPES THAT WE GET, UH, APPROVED AS A PROJECT.
UH, THEY HAVE A SITE INSPECTION.
UM, A LOT OF THESE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN, ARE, ARE BEING SUBMITTED TO FEMA, BUT WE WILL KNOW.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM, ANOTHER BIG ONE IS THE, UM, BUS WEATHERHEAD, WHICH IS THE SAME THING THAT KIND OF CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE CIVIC CENTER AT THE MCLEAN PARK THAT CONTROLS ALL OF THOSE LIGHTS OUT AT MCLEAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TEMPORARY MEND ON IT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT GOING.
SO, LIKE YOU SAID, I KNOW THE GOLF COURSE IS A BIG TICKET ITEM, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING OUT THERE, UH, EXCEPT WHAT WE HAD TO, TO GET THE GOLF COURSE BACK GOING.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S A LOT, LOT OF BUNKERS OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE, BUT THEY NEED TO GET FIXED AND REPAIRED.
AND SO WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD? HOW LONG DOES IT NORMALLY TAKE TO KNOW IF FEMA'S GONNA REIMBURSE OR NOT? I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'VE GOT SITE, UH, NORMALLY MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS FOR A PROJECT.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH SOME THINGS BEING FROZEN AND DEBATED
UM, BUT EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, MARCH FORWARD ON THE REPAIRS, THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE PROJECT, UM, IT DOESN'T NEGATE THE PROJECT.
THEY, THEY, THEY CAN STILL APPROVE IT EVEN IF WE, ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED IT RIGHT.
BUT IT, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S STILL GOOD THAT, UH, UM, OUR POINT OF CONTACT IS STILL TALKING TO US.
AND THEY'RE STILL DOING INSPECTIONS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, ASKED TO LEAVE.
SO I JUST TRYING TO SEE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND IF COUNCIL DID APPROVE THIS, UH, WE WOULD'VE TO GO BACK TO THE, UH, LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO SCHEDULE THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS MM-HMM
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BECAUSE THESE, UH, ARE NEW PROJECTS.
I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH SOME STUFF REAL QUICK.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, THIS ITEM.
ITEM THREE, MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 HALF SENT TAX CIP PROJECTS TO FUND THE HURRICANE BURLE REPAIRS TO CIVIC CENTER, REC CENTER CITYWIDE PARKS, AND THE BOULDER MISS GOLF COURSE ALL MOTION COUNCILWOMAN SETH SECOND.
WHO'S THAT? SECOND AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[4. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2297 amending Chapter 90 Subdivisions, Section 90-36 Fees of the Code of Ordinances for a three percent annual increase in Development Procedure fees beginning on March 1, 2025, for a five-year period. – Sal Aguirre]
AND CONSIDER FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 9 7 AMENDING CHAPTER 90, SUBDIVISIONS SECTIONS 90, UH, 36 FEES FOR CODE ORDINANCES, UH, FOR A 3% ANNUAL INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES.UH, PROCEDURE FEES BEGINNING MARCH 1ST, 2025 FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
SAL, NO THANK YOU AL SAL, YOUR HAIR HAS GROWN.
UM, I KNOW Y'ALL SPOKE ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TOWN.
SO PATS SITE PLANS, CIA PLANS AND G CLEARANCE AND ASSOCIATED, UM, REVIEWS AND LOOKING OUT AT THE NEXT, UH, FIVE YEARS TO DO A 3% INCREASE FOR EACH YEAR.
I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, THAT WE TO SEE IF OUR FEES ARE COMPARABLE TO NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN, UH, THE QUEUE FOR US.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE CHARGING FOR SIMILAR REVIEWS AND SEEING IF WE'RE IN THE SAME, UH, BALLPARK.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? AGAIN, WE NO.
HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION LAST TIME ABOUT IT.
HAVE A BETTER PRESENTER THIS TIME THOUGH, BUT
SO WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS, UH, UH, ORDINANCE.
YOU WANNA READ THE ORDINANCE, I GUESS? YES, SIR.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HX IN TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 90 SUBDIVISIONS IN THE LATE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW FOR A 3% ANNUAL INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE FEES FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT ONLY PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 2 2 9 7 AMENDING CHAPTER 90, SUBDIVISION SECTION 90 DASH 36 FEES OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR A 3% ANNUAL INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE FEES, BEGINNING ON MARCH 1ST, 2025 FOR A FIVE YEAR PERIOD AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSING
[5. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2298 prohibiting public consumption of alcohol and carrying open containers of alcohol in the downtown area. – Sherri Russell]
CONSIDER FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 9 8 PROHIBITING, UH, PUBLIC CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND CARRYING OPEN CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.SHERRY, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YOU BROUGHT THE, THIS IS, UH, IT'S THE ORDINANCE, THE FIRST ONE.
IT'S SIMILAR TO, UH, WHAT I BROUGHT YOU IN IN DRAFT FORM.
NO LARGE DIFFERENCE, NO CHANGES, NO MAJOR CHANGES.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC ON IT, SO THAT'S NOT, I'VE TALKED TO SOME, SOME BUSINESSES AND THEY DIDN'T SEE A, THEY DIDN'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH, THEY ACTUALLY SAW IT AS A POSITIVE THAT IT HELPS THEM WITH, UH, KEEPING PEOPLE FROM WALKING OUT WITH A BOTTLE OF BEER.
AND SO, UH, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE.
UH, ORDINANCE, I'M SORRY, HONOR FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVING A PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL CARRYING OVER CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN BUELL.
YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE? I'M SURE I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO READ IT FIRST.
YOU WANNA GET A SECOND, SIR FIRST? OKAY, I'LL TAKE A SEC.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LATE JACKSON, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 62, MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES IN THE LATE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AND PUBLIC HEARING OF OPEN ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF THE CONFLICT.
ONLY PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FIVE DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION HERE FOR DISCUSSION.
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YES.UH, WHAT ABOUT LIKE, WHEN THE WOMEN HAVE THEIR LITTLE POW WALL DOWNTOWN DIVA AND THE BAR DIVA AND THE DARK? SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SPARK PERMIT TO DO THAT WHEN THEY GO, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL GET A PERMIT.
THEY'LL HAVE TO JUST DRINK INSIDE THE STORES AND NOT CARRY IT AROUND OUTSIDE.
THEY USUALLY WALK AROUND WITH THE LITTLE WINE SHOP AND SET.
INSIDE THE STORE THOUGH, DO YOU FOR DARK? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE EVER, I THOUGHT THEY WAS WALKING FROM STORE TO STORE AND YOU CAN'T.
THEY THEY COME TO TO WHAT? SO YOU CAN GET IN THE BUS TO, AND THEY DON'T.
AND THEN THEY JUST WALK FROM STORE TO STORE OUTSIDE WITH THEIR LITTLE WINE GLASSES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THEM TO DO THAT SINCE WE'RE MAKING THIS ORDINANCE.
UH, WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THERE FOR SPECIAL.
YEAH, BUT SPECIAL PERMITS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, IT'S, IT WOULDN'T FIT.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BARRIER AND YOU LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DRINKS AND YOU HAVE SECURITY.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA FIT WITH THE THURSDAY NIGHT.
SO THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO DRINK UP BEFORE THEY GO TO THE NEXT DOOR.
YEAH, JUST CHUG BEFORE YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR DOOR CHUG, TELL THEM WHAT WAS THE TIP.
I'M SURE THEY'RE CAPABLE OF I WAS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN TO HIM A FEW TIMES, UH, BUT, UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN, I'VE NEVER SEEN PEOPLE WALK OUT.
THEY, THEY ALWAYS SIP IN THE STORE AND GOT ON THE BUS AND THEN, BUT ANYWAY, SALLY MUST RUN WITH A DIFFERENT CROWD.
BUT ANYWAY, ALL IT WAS A YOUNG DAY.
FIRST READING, WE GOT A MOTION.
[6. New Business Updates – David Walton ]
BUSINESS UPDATES, MR. WALTON.MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, THE LIST IS GETTING PRETTY SPARSE.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NEW THINGS COMING IN OR NEW THINGS, UH, BEING PROPOSED.
UM, AT LEAST NOT IN THE RESPECT AS WE'VE GOTTEN APPLICATIONS FOR.
I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF, UH, SIGNS POP UP IN THE HEB AREA, UH, ADVERTISING FOR A MICRO HOSPITAL.
UH, I, I KNEW THAT THAT WAS A CONVERSATION.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A REALTOR.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, OTHER THAN A SHORT EMAIL CHAIN ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH US ON THAT.
WE HAVE ASKED THAT THOSE SIGNS COME DOWN AT SUCH TIME THAT THEY EITHER COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR PERMISSION, UM, OR MAKE FULL APPLICATION WITH, UH, SIGNS THAT, THAT, THAT COMPLY WITH OUR ORDINANCE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL, UH, WE STILL HAVE THOSE, THOSE BUILDINGS UP AGAINST THE RESIDENCES THAT THE VILLAS THAT HAVE CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY.
UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION TO COME FROM THE, UM, THE CONVENIENCE STORE TRUCK STOP AT 3 32 AND 2004.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR TECH STOP PERMISSIONS AND, UM, T DCUS AND THE SBCA OR PLUNKING RIDE ALONG.
DAVID DID INFORM ME THIS MORNING THAT THE VILLAS THE CONTRACT, IT'S PAUSED RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT THE ONE BEHIND BUCKY? YES.
WE'RE HEARING RUMORS ON THE GROUND.
UH, WELL, WE THINK IT'S GOOD INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM OFFICIALLY FROM THE CONTRACTOR YET, SO, BUT RIGHT NOW, CONSTRUCTION'S PAUSED.
WHAT'S THE, THE NEW APPLICATION? THE SHELL BUILDING? 1 0 6
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME APPLICATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, THE SHELL BUILDING IS A PROPOSED, UH, MULTI-TENANT, UH, BUILDING THAT'S GONNA BE IN BETWEEN THE HOME TWO SUITES AND THAT PROPOSED HOSPITAL SITE.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE INDICATE THAT IT COULD BE RESTAURANTS, BUT OTHER THAN A SHELL BUILDING, WE DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR ANY SPECIFIC TENANTS.
UM, THE FAX DID SUBMIT A APPLICATION TO RENOVATE A DOWNTOWN SPACE FOR THEIR OFFICES.
UM, AND, UH, THE, SO THE FAX DO HAVE OFFICE DOWNTOWN OR THEY, THE FAX HAVE AN APPLICATION TO RENOVATE A DOWNTOWN SPACE FOR THEIR OFFICES.
AND DAVID, THE OLD LAUNDROMAT BY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, FURTHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN, UH, MS. ROBINSON AT ONE TIME WAS GOING TO, UM, SHE WAS WORKING WITH BRENT BOWLES FOR A, A RESTAURANT CONCEPT.
UH, BUT I, WE HAVE NOT HEARD, BUT NO PERMIT YET ANYTHING ELSE FROM HER, AND WE NEVER GOT PERMITS ON THERE.
WHERE DID SHE SAY IT? THE OLD LAUNDROMAT.
WHAT, OH, WHERE DID YOU SAY USED TO BE TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO TIM'S TOUCH? UH, NOT THE OLD RICKY'S.
WHAT WAS THE OLD POOL HALL? THE OLD POOL HALL.
SHOOTERS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN MY AGE.
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FURTHER.SHOOTERS HAVE WORKED TRUE LIFE.
WHAT IS IT WAS BEARD JOINT BEFORE THAT? YEAH.
YEAH, THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME.
YEAH, I, SHOOTERS WAS THE GOOD, THE ONLY REASON MODEST IS THAT BECAUSE THE OTHER DAY WE WERE DOWNTOWN AND WE SAW SOME WORK GOING ON AT THE, THAT THEY PULLED ALL THE PAPER OFF THE WINDOWS AND LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE DOING SOME PAINTING OR SOMETHING, BUT IT MAY JUST BEEN JUST PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE STUFF.
NOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WORK IN THERE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE A PERMIT.
SO THE, UH, OLD, UH, ER BUILDING IS THAT, UH, SEAS DROPPED OFF THE LIST HERE.
THE ONE, THE THE ONE NEIGHBOR WHERE NEIGHBORS WAS GOING TO MOVE INTO NEIGHBORS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS IS ONE WHERE THEY WERE, UM, GREAT IDEA.
AND A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE COME IN WITH, WITH DIFFERENT CONCEPTS, BUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, UM, IT HAS GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF, OF PERMITS AND A COUPLE OF OF CHANGES AND, UH, WORK HAS, HAS STOPPED.
SO I NOTICED THEY, THAT HE MOVED ONE OF THOSE, UH, CONTAINERS AND NOW THEY GOT ANOTHER CONTAINER THERE.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON THERE OR, UH, IS THAT FROM THEM? THE CONTAINERS? THE CONTAINERS WERE FROM THE CONTRACTORS? YES.
UH, HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T NOTICED A NEW ONE SHOW UP, BUT I'LL HAVE MY STAFF LOOK AT THAT.
IS THE SECURITY LIGHT STILL THERE? THE SECURITY? IT'S GONE CAMERA.
IS THAT GONE AS WELL? I THINK IT'S GONE, YEAH.
AND ALSO, UH, ANY UPDATE ON THE FUEL TANK? YES, SO I HAVE, I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THEM.
UM, IT SEEMS IF YOU, IT SEEMS PHONE CALLS TO THEIR, UM, CAN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNER AND THE OWNER IS NOT THERE, UH, ON ANY REGULAR BASIS.
HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE THERE AFTER ONE O'CLOCK TOMORROW.
AND SO WE WILL FOLLOW BACK UP BECAUSE WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT THE AGE OF THE TANKS AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THE TANKS.
UM, WE'RE NOT THERE TO IMPOSE ANY VIOLATIONS ON 'EM OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST TO, TO GET SOME INFORMATION.
UH, BUT TRYING TO FIND TRACK DOWN THE OWNER OF THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN, UM, PROBLEMATIC.
UH, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS HAVE GOTTEN NOWHERE AND THE ONSITE STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR ME.
SO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED BY THE STATE? THEY SHOULD WITH DCQ? NO, THEY ARE PERMITTED BY THE STATE, AND THEY DO HAVE A LIFE, A LIFE SPAN CONTACT CQ AND ASK IF WE FIND, I HAVE NOT GONE DOWN THAT ROAD TO, TO CONTACT TCQ AND FIND OUT ABOUT IT FROM THEM, BUT THAT, THAT PROBABLY STILL DOESN'T SATISFY MR. SHAN'S QUESTION IS WHAT DO THEY PLAN ON DOING WITH IT? HAVE WE LOOKED AT THE STATE WEBSITE ON THE PERMIT? I HAVE NOT.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, I DON'T CARE.
I MEAN, THERE IS NOT BOTHERING ME, BUT, UH, IF, IF THEY ARE INDEED PAST THEIR INSPECTION DATE, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INSPECTED, CAN CREATE A, UH, I JUST THINK GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION ISSUE.
I'M CONCERNED WE ALL PROVIDE THAT ADDRESS TO YOU, IF, IS IT ANY KIND OF WAY THAT YOU CAN GET THE OWNER'S ATTENTION, LIKE ISING THEM A LETTER OR IN SOME, SOME KIND OF CITATION TO WELL, WE DON'T COME SPEAK TO YOU GUYS.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A VIOLATION OUT THERE CURRENTLY.
UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR INTENTION IS AND I HAVE NOT WRITTEN A LETTER TO THEM YET.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GO A MORE PERSONAL ROUTE NO.
AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, BUT I HAVE NOT FOUND THEM ON SITE IN, IN THE, THE, THE FIVE TIMES I'VE BEEN THERE PERSONALLY IN THE PAST MONTH, NOR HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM ON THE TELEPHONE.
UM, I I JUST NOTICED IN THE PAST DEALING WITH CERTAIN, THE CONSTABLE SIDE, IF YOU SENT SOME KIND OF LETTER WITH OFFICIAL FROM THE CITY OR FROM THE SIR HOSPITAL THAT YOU GET THEIR ATTENTION MORE AND THEY START CALLING YOU AND, UH, INSTEAD OF YOU RUNNING THEM DOWN, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO MAKE FACE TO FACE IF, IF WE, IF WE DON'T GET IT TOMORROW, WE'LL WRITE A LETTER, BUT WE'LL ALSO CHECK THE TCQ HAS A WEBSITE WHERE THAT CONTRACTOR, WHAT THEY HAVE IN TCQ.
IF THEY'RE MISSING AN INSPECTION, THEN WE CAN WRITE TO DOWNSTAIRS.
WELL I THINK THERE'S AGAIN, INSPECTION.
I UNDERSTAND CONSTABLE ZIA'S CONCERNS.
I THINK THE OTHER DEAL IS THAT THE, THE TANKS CANNOT STAY OUT OF USE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE, IF, IF IT'S FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER OR WHAT IS THEY HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE GROUND.
SO WHILE, SO THEY EITHER HAVE TO USE THEM OR PUT 'EM OUTTA THE GROUND.
IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, BEEN IT BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
I RAN, FIRST TIME I RAN IN 14 AND I PUT A CAMPAIGN SIGN ON THAT BOX THEY HAD OVER IT.
SO THAT WAS, THAT'S THIS IS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU D DIXIE DRIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU'RE TALKING THE ONE AT, AT OR CREEK DRIVE AND, AND, UH, DIXIE DRIVE IS ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ON DIXIE DIXIE DRIVE.
THEY GOT CELLOPHANE ON THEM NOW.
THEY WEREN'T OPERATING THEN? NO.
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OH, WAIT A MINUTE.YOU'RE THE ONE ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT? ON DIXIE DRIVE? RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
[7. Staff Updates]
STAFF UPDATES.UH, WE'VE, THE FEEDBACK WE GOT WAS APRIL 14TH WAS A GOOD DAY, UH, THAT WE, OR AGREEABLE DAY FOR EVERYONE TO, TO MEET, UH, ON THE WORKSHOP.
AND IF THAT'S A GO, UH, THEN, UM, WE'LL PREPARE FOR, FOR THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, OUR OTHER WORKSHOP IS MARK SOMETHING.
AND WE AT LEAST KNOW ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT MEETING.
UH, ANY KINDA ACTIONS FROM TONIGHT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, UH, JUST BRINGING BACK ALL THE DEFERRED, BUT WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THE FUEL TANKS.
[8. Construction Updates]
CONSTRUCTION.WELL, I'M HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON GOING RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE, UH, NORTH SHADY OAKS VERY SLOWLY GOING IN THERE AFTER THE WEATHER, UH, THEY ARE GONNA BE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY JUST POURED ANOTHER 600 FEET OF THAT ROAD OF PIN OAK.
UH, EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, THERE'S A PORTION THAT IS, UH, HAVING PROBLEMS MEETING WITH THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS THE SUB BASE.
UH, THEY WILL TRY TO FIND IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, WHEN WEATHER GETS A LITTLE BIT DRIER, MAYBE, UH, WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE THAT WILL PASS SO THEY CAN FINISH THAT PORTION OF PIN OAK.
THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO HALF OF THE STREET OF NORTH SHADY OAKS SOON IF THIS THING, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES ON NOT, UH, NOT PASSING, UH, THE INSPECTION.
SO THEY WILL BE MOVING TO NORTH SHADY OAKS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, UH, FINDING A WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT THERE WITH ALL THE, UH, WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS THE WAY THEY ARE.
BUT THAT WOULD, UH, THAT IS PROGRESSING.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION DATE ON THAT PROJECT? ORIGINALLY THEY GAVE US 18 MONTHS, BUT, UH, THEY'VE LOST TIME.
HURRICANE WEATHER, FREEZING WEATHER AND CALL IT, THEY, THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE HIT ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE, UH, CONDITIONS, ALL THOSE PROBLEMS. THEY DOTTED THE I'S AND CROSSED THE T'S
WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE COST OF MATERIALS THEY KEEP ON GOING UP.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, UH, DREADING THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA AFFECT THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE WAS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SPARS.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT ALL PANS OUT.
UH, THE, AS FAR AS ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, UH, WE ARE STILL GETTING THEM, UH, GETTING ON THE OVER.
I MEAN, WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN THE, UH, THE, UH, SPOT REPAIR PROJECT, THE MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS THAT IS ALREADY BEEN, THEY'RE FINISH PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THAT ONE.
WE SHOULD BE OUT, UH, WE SHOULD BE OUT ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR BE IT SOMETIME, UH, THIS MONTH AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT ALL COMES OUT.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE LATEST WORD ON RIDGE? APLAN? NORTHWOOD NORTHWOOD.
YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING THAT'S MOVED.
NOTHING'S MOVED ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
UH, AND, UH, UH, RELATED TO, UH, RELATED TO NOT, UH, OUR CHAPLAIN, BUT RELATED TO THE, UH, TO THE GOLF COURSE.
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING A MEETING WITH, UH, THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTALIST, UH, FROM LJA OR FROM OLIVER BERG OLIVER.
HE'S BE, HE'S GONNA BE MEETING WITH US CONCERNING, UH, WHAT IS GONNA BE INVOLVED IN MOVING THE NEW, WHENEVER THEY, WHENEVER THE STATE GETS THEIR PORTION OF THE LAND THERE, WHERE WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE INTO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOME TYPE OF A, OF, WELL GET INTO WHAT IS RIGHT NOW, UH, WET AREAS THAT MAY BE, UH, THAT MAY BE, UH, CONCERNED FOR US.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING WITH, UH, LJA A'S, UH, REPRESENTATIVE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY WETLANDS INVOLVED AND SEE HOW MUCH COST IS, IS INVOLVED BEST, WHAT TO SAY THAT WORD,
I MEAN, WE WE'RE BEING VERY CAREFUL ON THAT ONE AND HOPING THAT THERE'S
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NOTHING INVOLVED THERE AND THEREFORE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CHECK, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL BE, AT LEAST BE, UH, WE'LL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GONNA BE MONEY INVOLVED, WHICH IS THEN GONNA HAVE TO BE PASSED ON TO YEAH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE WITH THEIR SURVEYOR LOOKING AT IT.THEY BROUGHT IT UP, THEY BROUGHT IT UP TO OUR ATTENTION AND IT'S LIKE, UH, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT 'CAUSE THAT FACTORS IN OUR COST IN NEGOTIATING WITH
UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THE, UH, ON THE, UH, SHARP ON OUTFALL.
PRIMARILY BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO IS CLEAN UP THOSE PIPES BEFORE THEY GO OUT THERE.
AND, UH, THERE HAS, YOU KNOW, WATER IS, IS AN ENEMY, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UH, INSPECTION THERE.
SO NOTHING HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE RAIN EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED THAT ONE YET.
AND WE'RE MOVING ALONG WITH THE OLD ANGLETON BRIDGE.
A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE TO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE GOT, UH, WE GOT A NOTICE FROM, UH, OUR, UH, OUR STREET DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY, LAST, UH, THIS WEEKEND THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT.
SOMEBODY BLEW UP THE SIGN AND THE COMPANY, SOMEBODY WENT AGAIN AND HIT THE SAME, UH, WING WALL THAT WAS ALREADY, UH, DESTROYED, UH, IN THE PAST THAT WE ARE, THAT WE HAVE IT IN THIS PROJECT TO REPAIR.
IT HAPPENS LAST WEEK ON SUNDAY.
SO 49, THOSE WERE THE, UH, CONTAINERS THAT ARE GOING OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
WE, WE BELIEVE, UH, BUT UH, WE
THAT WOULD'VE BEEN OUR LUCK WITH OUR LUCK.
I MEAN, THEY HIT IT PRETTY HARD BECAUSE THEY MOVED THE WHOLE SIDEWAYS AND THE BOTH SIGNS ARE GONE.
AND THEY LEFT, UH, THEY LEFT TRACES OF VEHICLES IN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN FOLLOW WHERE THEY ARE, I MEAN, BUT YEAH, WE CAN TRACE 'EM BACK.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON PROJECTS? NO, SIR.
[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.I'LL START WITH, UH, MR. BAKER? NO SIR.
HANYA, UH, THE ONLY THING I HAVE, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT BRIDGE THING, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALREADY MENTIONED.
THE SECOND THING IS THE, UH, THE, UH, THE CREEK, NOT, NOT THE CREEK, BUT, UH, BASTROP BAYOU OVER, UH, TON ROAD BY 2004 WE HAVE A MONITORING STATION, A LEVEL MONITORING STATION THAT WAS INSTALLED THERE DURING BARREL THAT, THAT GOT DAMAGED.
THE, UH, THE PANEL IS STILL THERE, BUT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IS KIND OF, UH, HANGING OFF THE SIDE.
SO TALKING ABOUT THE OLD BOWLING MILEAGE USED TO BE.
BUT IT'S GOING TOWARDS LIKE 6 87 TOWARDS ANGLETON.
THERE'S A METERING STATION ON THAT BRIDGE FOR THAT CANAL THAT MEASURES, UH, THE HEIGHT, HEIGHT OF WATER.
YEAH, WE'LL ASK, UH, BRIAN SIDEBAR.
BRIAN, UH, IS NOW TAKING, UH, THERE USED TO BE, UH, A TEST, UH, METER THAT WAS THE FON STATE.
AND UH, BRIAN IS THE ONE THAT, UH, HAS TAKEN OVER THAT ASSIGNMENT AND HE USUALLY TAKES, YOU KNOW, KEEPS A GOOD LOOK.
I MEAN, YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED THAT I SAID, UH, DURING THE H HURRICANE BARREL IT GOT KIND OF MESSED UP.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE HE, BRIAN WAS TALKING TO, WAS TALKING TO THE UH, NOT THE CORE.
THE US HE MONITORS IT LAST TIME 'CAUSE THEY WENT OUT WITH THE FIELD WITH HIM.
AND WELL, THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE NOTICED SOMETHING AND UH, IT MAY NOT BE JUST LOOKS THAT WAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING THANK YOU.
WITH THE REPAIR ON THE, UH, BRICK BY THE FIRE STATION.
THAT REPAIR AS A MATTER OF FACT.
THEY FINALLY FINISHED THAT REPAIR ON THE, UH, CROSSWALK RIGHT IN, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, UH, UH, THE FIRE STATION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED THAT ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BUMP THAT, UH, THAT HAD BEEN CREATED THERE.
UH, SPEAKING OF BRICK THAT MAY REMIND ME IS, UM, THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL, UH, TRENCHES AND STUFF THAT WE PUT ALONG, UH, OAK DRIVE.
THE ONE OVER THERE ACROSS FROM, UH, HEB AND THE BUSY BEE OR WHATEVER IT IS, FILLING
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STATION THAT'S BEEN DETERIORATING FOR SOME TIME.AND SO IN THE MIDDLE THE STONES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF SOMEBODY IS HERE RUNNING OVER THAT WAY TODAY.
ACTUALLY, AND I TOOK PICTURES.
I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME THINGS THAT, I THINK THEY WERE JUST STACKED THOUGH, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT, THEY WEREN'T MORTARED IN.
THAT WAS A, THAT WAS YOUR PROJECT SAVING MONEY.
HE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT MORTAR IN THERE, JUST STACKED, STACKED UP CONCRETE.
BUT ANYWAY, ANYWAY, I JUST, BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, IT FALLS ON SOMEBODY, IT FALLS ASLEEP ON THE BENCH.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT.
I WAS THINKING THIS BE REALLY.