Mar 03, 2025 City Council

WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU TO, UH, VISITORS THAT, UH, CAME OUT THIS EVENING.

UM, NEXT THING IS VISITORS COMMENTS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE ANY, YEAH.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M ALL CONFUSED NOW.

, WE ALL LOST.

WE HAVE AN INVOCATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.

SORRY.

PRAY YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HERE THIS EVENING.

AND AS OUR MEETING, UH, CONTINUES AND DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE STRENGTH.

WE ASK THEM ENCOURAGED TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE FEEL ARE INVESTED IN THEIR STUFF, OUR RESIDENTS, AND NONE OF OUR CITY.

PLEASE BE WITH OUR EMT FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL AS WELL AS OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF ARMED FORCES ABROAD AND STATESIDE TRAVEL WITH EACH AND EVERY, GET US HOME SAFELY.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

NOW WE HAVE VISITORS' COMMENTS.

UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY, UH, VISITORS IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

WE HAD NO IDEA SIGNED UP, IS ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO DECLARATION OF OF INTEREST.

THIS IS WHERE ANY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM ON ANY AGENDA.

UH, TONIGHT'S AGENDA, EITHER CONSENT OR REGULAR AGENDA.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO DECLARE NOT HEARING ANY? WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA.

SORRY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME AGAIN.

THIS IS APPROVED OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.

UH, ITEM TWO, ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FROM KEEP LAKE JACKSON.

BEAUTIFUL.

AND, UH, LIBRARY.

WE HAVE ITEM THREE IS APPROVED.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 7 5 AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 UTILITY, CIP FUND FOR TASK 0 0 3 RELATED TO FEMA GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIFT STATION GENERATORS FOR $88,332.

ITEM FOUR, APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 7 7, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 UTILITY, CIP FUND FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL WATER METERS TOTALING $450,000.

ITEM FIVE, APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 7 9 AMENDING THE, UM, AMENDING THE 2019 UTILITY BOND FUND FOR REPLACING APPROXIMATELY 8,100 LINEAR FEET OF SEWER LINE AND 37 MANHOLES IN BASIN 12 FOR, UH, $1,250,599.

ITEM SIX, APPROVED RESOLUTION 9 7 6, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 UTILITY, CIP FUND FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING REPAIR AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR $140,000.

ITEM SEVEN, APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 7 8, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 GENERAL CIP FUND FOR THE SHADY OAKS BOND PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,100,000.

IS THERE ANY REQUEST FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAYOR, THIS, UH, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

IT'S END AGENDAS ONE THROUGH SEVEN.

MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ONE.

A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MULE.

I'LL SECOND IT.

AND A SECOND.

MY COUNCILMAN BROADUS.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

WE'LL

[1. Discuss engaging Porter Hedges, LLP, to represent the City of Lake Jackson in connection with Cause No. 132626-CV Main Line Industries v. City of Lake Jackson. – Sherri Russell]

DISCUSS, UH, ENGAGING PORTER HEDGES, LLP TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON IN CONNECTION WITH CAUSE, UH, NUMBER 1 9 2 6 2 6, UH,

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CV, UH, MAINLINE INDUSTRIES VERSUS CITY OF LAKE JACKSON AND MR. RUSSELL.

SO AFTER, UM, MY HUNT FOR AN ATTORNEY FOR THIS CASE, I ENDED UP TAKING THE CITY ATTORNEY IN MANVILLE'S SUGGESTION.

AND, UM, HER AND MR. MC, MC CHRISTIAN, WHO'S WITH PORTER HEDGES, AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO GET USED TO THE HOURLY AMOUNTS THAT THE HOUSTON PRIVATE ATTORNEY'S CHARGE.

SO HE IS ALREADY STARTED, HE'S ALREADY HELD MEETINGS WITH US AND LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE THINGS WE'VE GIVEN HIM, AND I THINK HE'S A GREAT CHOICE.

WHAT, WHAT, WHERE IS HE FROM IN HIS BACKGROUND? HE'S, HE'S, HE'S WITH A CONSTRUCTION FIRM.

HE'S A SPECIALIST IN CONSTRUCTION.

HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR HOUSTON.

HE'S FROM HOUSTON.

HE'S A HOUSTON ATTORNEY.

HE'S A WELL KNOWN IF THINGS GO RIGHT.

CAN WE GET THEM TO PAY OUR ATTORNEY FEES IF THINGS GO RIGHT, IF THINGS, IF THINGS GO RIGHT FOR US? YES.

WE, WE CAN ASK FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES.

SO WHAT'S THE RATE THAT WE AGREED TO PAY? HE IS, UM, OR 74, 6 40.

HE IS, HE'S SIX 40, BUT HE'S GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS THAN THAT UNDER HIM.

SO I TOLD HIM TO THROW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO HIS UNDERLINGS AND, UM, SO HOPEFULLY, I DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO REALLY NO CHOICE.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, COUNCILOR? I SAY THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GOOD WELL-KNOWN YEAH.

LITIGATION FIRM IN HOUSTON.

THERE'S, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACT SPECIALIST.

YOU DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THE, THEIR GROUP.

AND I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW THE FIRM BY NAME AND THEIR, THEY'RE A GOOD ONE.

SIX 40.

BETTER BE GOOD.

WELL, THEY, UH, DO THEY INVOICE ON A MONTHLY, MONTHLY, MONTHLY, MM-HMM .

MONTHLY.

IT, IT'S MONTHLY.

CAN YOU JUST KEEP US POSTED ON THE SURE.

BALANCE.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON,

[2. Discuss AT&T’s proposed lease changes for cell communication equipment at Beechwood Water Tower. – Modesto Mundo]

UH, ITEM TWO.

DISCUSS, UH, AT AND T WELL, YOU HAVE TO VOTE.

YOU WANT US TO, OKAY.

YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS ENGAGEMENT.

I SAID DISCUSS, BUT LET'S JUST GET Y'ALL TO AGREE.

WE NEED TO, OKAY.

MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ENGAGE PORT HEDGES TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH CAUSE, UH, NUMBER 1, 3, 2.

6 2 6 CB SECOND.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, UH, BROAD SECOND BY COUNCILMAN OR COUNCILMAN SETH.

WE'LL GO THAT WAY.

UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

DISCUSS AT AND T PROPOSED, UH, LEASE CHANGES FOR SELF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AT BEACHWOOD WATER TOWER.

MODESTO MAYOR, COUNSEL, UH, AT AND T REACHED OUT TO ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO RENEGOTIATE THEIR LEASE, UH, AGREEMENT ON THE BEACHWOOD, UH, TOWER.

IT, UM, ENDS, EXPIRES ON 2038.

UH, THEIR OFFER WAS TO, UM, EXTEND THE LEASE TO 2000 AND, UH, GOSH, UH, 53, UH, BUT LOWER THE MONTHLY RATE.

AND SO THAT TOTAL WOULD BE 1.262 MILLION.

ARE THEY OFFERED A PROPOSED LUMP SUM? I DID INFORM THEM THAT WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION WITH VERIZON AT THE DUNBAR, UH, TOWER, UM, AND THAT WE COULD NOT ACCEPT THE 99, UH, AN EASEMENT AGREEMENT.

BUT ALSO, UM, AND THAT DISCUSSION, WE WEREN'T IN FAVOR OF LOWERING THE MONTHLY AMOUNT AND GOING TO A FIVE YEAR, UM, I GUESS, UM, INCREASE OF 12%.

AND COUNCIL HAD DECIDED TO, UH, STAY, STAY THE CORE.

SO I, UM, I DID, I DID LET HIM KNOW THAT MOST LIKELY THAT WAS GONNA BE THE SAME DECISION ON THIS ONE.

SO IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, DID THEY NOT UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT EITHER? THEY DO.

THEY'RE, UH, BOTH DO.

THEY'RE REALLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE EXPANSION OF 5G IS CHANGING THE DYNAMICS AND THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEIR LEASE RATES THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR SYSTEM AND BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE, WE CAN'T BLAME 'EM FOR US TOO HIGH.

THAT WORK? THEY DON'T, UM, THEY HAVE A, A RIGHT TO ACCESS, BUT THEY HAVE TO LET US KNOW.

UM, UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION OF STAFF AND I THINK I'VE, I'VE INFORMED COUNSEL THAT LONG TERM, UM, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE LEASE ARRANGEMENTS ARE GOOD FOR THE AMOUNT, BUT THEY ARE TROUBLESOME.

UH, AND SO ANYTHING LESS BECOMES, UH, NOT APPEALING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE WATER TOWER.

UM, AND SO THE EQUIPMENT IS ALWAYS A WORKAROUND.

SO WHAT IF, UH, AN AGREEMENT THAT THE FIVE YEARS THAT THEY NEED TO USE THE EASEMENT, HOW, HOW DID

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AND, UM, AND THEY HAVE TO LET US KNOW WHAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING.

AND, UM, WITH THAT EASEMENT THAT THEY WANTED, THEY COULD JUST COME AND GO AT WILL.

AND WE DON'T, I MEAN, THAT'S A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE REALLY NEED TO CONTROL IT.

WE DON'T WANT THEM JUST TO COME AND GO.

CORRECT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.

WE'LL, YEAH.

AND AGAIN, THE, THE, THE CARROT OF EXTENDING THE LEASE OUT TO 2053, THAT HAS NO VALUE TO ME.

, I MEAN, ANY, I DON'T WANT 'EM THERE ANYWAY BECAUSE WE'RE THERE.

IT'S ALREADY A CHALLENGE ALREADY.

AND SO, UH, AND YES, THEY'RE RUNNING UP THE CHALLENGE WITH THE, THE 5G BECAUSE 5G REQUIRES, UH, MORE ANTENNAS, MORE CLOSELY SPACED AND EVERYTHING.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A, A LOW COST OPTION.

BUT ANYWAY, I, I HAVE NO INTEREST IN CHANGING THESE PERSONALLY.

SO DO YOU, YOU WANT JUST, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US? UM, I, YOU WANT US TO JUST, IT'D BE EASY TO, EASIER TO, IF YOU VOTE, HAVE A MOTION, UM, A MOTION.

AND I, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE REQUEST BY AT T.

WE'RE HAVING A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST, UH, BY COUNCILMAN, UH, HANYA.

AND A SECOND I HEARD FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

I WILL LET THEM KNOW.

UH, SO THIS IS OPPOSED.

THIS GUS REQUEST TO ALLOW CHICKENS TO BE KEPT WITHIN A CITY, UH, LIMITS.

UH, ITEM THREE,

[3. Discuss a request to allow chickens to be kept within city limits. – Ken Terrill]

AND MR. CHARLES SENT ME AN EMAIL, UH, WHO ACTUALLY CONTACTED, UH, CITY STAFF, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND, UH, REQUESTED THIS BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

UH, SINCE THEN, HIS HOUSE HAS, UH, WAS INVOLVED IN A, UH, FIRE.

SO I DON'T EXPECT, I DON'T SEE HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW HIM.

SO, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THIS WAS HIS REQUEST.

HE WAS REQUESTING THAT RESIDENTS COULD KEEP UP BETWEEN FOUR TO FIVE CHICKENS WITHIN THE CITY EMMETTS.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN SELLING COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH.

WE'VE HAD THIS REQUEST, UH, EVERY TIME THE PRICE OF CHICK, UH, EGGS GO UP, WE GET THIS REQUEST AND THEN, UH, EVENTUALLY THE PRICES COME DOWN.

BUT, UH, ANYWAY, MAYOR, HAVING, GO AHEAD.

NO, WHAT'S THE STATUS IF ANYBODY KNOWS ON SENATE BILL 1 41? HAS IT GOTTEN OUT OF THE SENATE OR NOT YET? IT'S IN COMMITTEE.

IT IT IN COMMITTEE STILL.

SO IT'S 1 41 SENATE BILL ABOUT ALLOWING CHICKENS WHERE THIS OH.

STATE WOULD AT THE STATE LEVEL.

SO HAVING RESEARCHED THIS, UH, TOPIC AD NAUSEUM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION TO COUNSEL, AND THAT IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET'S WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SENATE BILL 1 41.

THERE'S NO POINT IN US MAKING RULES AND STUFF THAT THEY'RE JUST GONNA TRUMP TRUMP US ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

CORRECT.

UM, SO IF IT, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A BILL LIKE THAT.

ALMOST EVERY SESSION NEVER PASSES BOTH HOUSES.

UM, MY SUGGESTION AT THIS POINT, 'CAUSE THIS IS, WE'VE NOW CYCLED BACK THROUGH THIS IS THE SAME COUNCIL AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT THE FIRST TIME.

UM, I HAVE A FEELING IF WE VOTED TODAY, WE'D PROBABLY GET THE SAME, SAME VOTE.

UM, I GET COMMENTS ALL THE TIME ABOUT CHICKENS.

I KNOW THE MAYOR'S GOTTEN COMMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU GUYS.

UM, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT CLEARLY CONTINUES TO COME UP THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY COMING.

AND I HATE TO ABDICATE THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE SHOULD TAKE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

UM, I WANNA MAKE EVERY EFFORT NEXT TIME.

I THINK IT'S TOO LATE THIS TIME.

RIGHT, SALLY? LET'S JUST PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND LET THE VOTERS DECIDE IF THEY WANT IT AND PUT IT TO REST AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT WOULD BE MAY OF 26 IS WHAT YOU'RE, IS IT MAYORS OR ANYTHING? NOVEMBER.

NOTHING TO SAY.

WELL, NOVEMBER NOVEMBER WE, WE WOULDN'T BE CALLING ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

NO.

BE SPECIAL.

THAT'D BE AN EXTRA, EXTRA CALL.

SO MAY, NEXT MAY, YOU KNOW BY THEN ABOUT THE STATUS OF SENATE BILL 1 41.

AND ALSO JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT IS THERE IS A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS BY THE SANITARY.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE SO MANY FEET FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE, THE HOUSE AND ALL THAT STUFF.

LOT OF, UH, LOTS IN LAKE JACKSON REALLY WOULD NOT QUALIFY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP CHICKEN, WHICH IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

GARDENERS AND BACKYARD FARMERS WHEN TAKE CHICKENS.

SO, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT WATERS AND LET THEM MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE AND EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM IT YEAH.

OR NOT BE ALLOWED ANYWAY.

SO, AND IF THEY WANT TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, TASK.

WELL, AND, UH, AND FRANKLY, IF THIS DOES NOT PASS THE SENATE, WHICH I'M KIND OF CURIOUS 'CAUSE AS, LIKE I SHARED WITH THE MAYOR, I SAW OUR NEW FEDERAL AGRICULTURE SECRETARY, SHE LITERALLY SAID ON FOX NEWS, SHE SAID, WE WANT YOU TO BE BACKYARD

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NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO DEAL WITH BROAD, BROAD STROKES OF AVIAN BIRD FLU TO NOT JUST GO IN AND KILL WHOLE GROUPS OF CHICKENS.

SO MAS YEAH.

SO MAYBE, MAYBE THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON WHAT THE STATE DOES.

WHO KNOWS.

BUT EVEN IF WE DO END UP PUTTING, LIKE, IT DOESN'T PASS SENATE BILL 1 41, IF WE END UP PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT, I DO WANT US TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

I'VE GOT ALL THE ORDINANCES FROM ALL THE LOCAL CITIES, ANGLETON'S PROBABLY THE, THE MOST WELL WRITTEN THAT WOULD SUIT OUR CITY.

UM, LIKE I DON'T THINK WE ANYBODY WANTS ROOSTERS.

UM, AND I JUST THINK WE WOULD NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF WHAT WE PUT FORTH ON THE BALLOT, BUT JUST LET THE VOTERS DECIDE AND CALL IT GOOD.

SO WE GO, WE GO FORWARD WITH YOUR SUGGESTION.

AND, AND AGAIN, COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THEIR, THEIR MIND BEFORE THAT TIME PERIOD IS, IS THEN WE WOULD DRAFT, UH, WHAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE WOULD BE AND WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE, WOULD BE PART OF THAT.

SO EVERYBODY KNOW UP FRONT, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING TOWARD THE VOTERS.

UH, THE CHALLENGE WITH SENATE BILL 1 41, WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, I GOT THOSE REQUESTS, I WENT AND LOOKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OUT THERE.

IS SENATE BILL 4 1 41.

THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY IT JUST SAYS YOU CAN HAVE SIX CHICKENS AND NO CITY, COUNTY, OR ANYBODY CAN PREVENT YOU TO DO IT.

HOA THEY OR HOA, THEY CAN PUT RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE RESTRICTIONS CANNOT KEEP YOU FROM HAVING CHICKENS.

SO BASICALLY YOU CAN'T HAVE RESTRICTIONS.

SO IT'S GONNA BE, IF, IF THE SENATE BILL GOES THROUGH THE WAY IT IS, YOU, YOU CAN DO JUST ANYTHING YOU WANT TO WITH SIX CHICKENS.

SO YEAH.

ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, I MEAN I CHICKEN, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD, I THINK I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, WITH, WITH PUTTING ON THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING, HAVING IT ON THE, THE NEXT BALLOT IN MAY OF 26TH AND, UH, FINISH IT.

NOW THE THING IS, IS THAT IF, IF IT'S CORRECT IS IF WE TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS AND THE VOTERS SAY NO OR THEY SAY YES, BUT LET'S SAY IF THEY SAY NO, THE COUNCIL COULDN'T CHANGE THAT IN FUTURE, YOU'D JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO VOTERS AGAIN.

SO IT'D BE LIKE A CORRECT.

SO IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE, ONCE IT GOES TO VOTERS, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A VOTE.

MM-HMM .

VOTER A BALLOT ISSUE.

SO THAT RAISES IT TO A BALLOT ISSUE.

AND IF THEY SAID YES AND Y'ALL FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS, THAT IT WOULD JUST BECOME CHICKEN HEAVEN, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO BACK RIGHT ON THE BALLOT TO REPEAL IT.

SO IT ELEVATES ONCE WE GO THAT TO MAKE THAT STEP, IT ELEVATES IT TO, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA TAKE CITIZEN.

SO SO WHAT IF COUNCIL APPROVE IT BEFORE IT GO AND THEN HOW WOULD THAT WORK? YOU WOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT POINT AND COULD TWEAK IT AS PROBLEMS CAME UP AND WE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH THE LIVE WITH IT, WE WOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER IT THAT WAY.

YEP.

I MEAN, WE COULD JUST WAIT TILL THE HOUSE BILL, WAIT UNTIL RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA WAIT TO SEE.

AND AT THAT POINT I ALSO GONNA DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO GO TO VOTERS, HANDLE IT WITHIN THE COUNCIL, WAIT TILL IT GETS MOVED.

THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SENATE BILL.

SO WE'VE GOT REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

JUST, ALRIGHT.

PUT IT TO BED.

SO WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE SENATE HAS TO DO.

AND THIS SENATE BILL IS SET UP TO WHERE IF IT'S APPROVED IT, IT GOES IN EFFECT THE SEPTEMBER OR WHATEVER.

SO, UH, ANYWAY.

AND SO IT SHOULD GET APPROVED THIS, THIS SESSION 10 COMMITTEE, THIS SESSION WILL OR WON'T, WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME IT'S TRIED TO GO THROUGH, SO.

EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? YES, SIR.

MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM FOUR, NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.

WE'LL

[4. New Business Updates – David Walton ]

GOOD EVENING.

MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, THERE'S REALLY, I REALLY WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, THE, UH, SHELL BUILDING THAT IS GOING TO BE ADJACENT TO THE HOME TWO SUITES HAS BEEN PERMITTED.

UH, CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT STARTED, BUT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A COUPLE OF, OF, UH, RESTAURANTS, A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER ADJACENT TO THAT, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF, UM, CENTER WAY, UH, IN THE SAME RIGHT BY AN A TB FOR A MICRO HOSPITAL, UH, SOMETHING WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST A STANDALONE ER, IT WILL HAVE TO START A COUPLE OF, OF EMERGENCY ROOM BEDS.

UM, AND THEN WITH AN EXPANSION PLAN LATER ON.

NOW THEY DID JUMP THE GUN A LITTLE BIT AND PUT THEIR SIGNS OUT A LITTLE ON THE EARLY SIDE.

UH, WE DID HAVE THEM TAKE THOSE DOWN UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THEY CAN GET THROUGH PLANNERS AND GET PERMISSION TO, TO PUT THOSE SIGNS UP AS CONSTRUCTION SIGNS.

THAT'LL ALSO HAVE TO, UM, BECAUSE HOSPITALS ARE NOT CURRENTLY LISTED AS A APPLIED, UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LETTER RECOMMENDATION FROM

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HEB AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO COME TO PLANTERS IN YOU FOR A CHANGE IN THE P TO ADD HOSPITALS.

SO NOW, WHAT WAS THE FIRST BUSINESS YOU WAS SAYING? WELL, I DIDN'T MENTION BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY.

I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO THROW BUSINESS NAMES OUT THERE, DOWN.

IT'S GONNA BE, IT, IT, IT'S TWO SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

I DIDN'T MEAN BUSINESS.

YOU SAID SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

I CONSIDER THOSE RESTAURANT AS BUSINESSES.

WELL, I, I DIDN'T KNOW 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO KNOW NAMES SPECIFICALLY.

WELL, I, I WOULDN'T ASK NOW.

I WAS JUST SO SIT DOWN.

SO THAT'S BAR BEHIND THE PARKING LOT.

UH, BEHIND THE SOCCER FIELDS.

IN THE PARKING LOT.

OR SORRY, BASEBALL FIELDS.

BASEBALL FIELDS.

GOT MY SPORTS MIXED UP.

IT'S BOTH DEPENDING ON THE SEASON.

YES, YES.

IT, IT, IT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE HOME TWO SUITES AND CENTER WAY.

OTHER THAN THAT, I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, BUT MR. THERE, I NOTICED A, UH, PERMIT ISSUED FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR PARKING WAY 1 0 2 PARKING WAY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? SO WE DO HAVE A, UH, BUSINESS BUILD OUT ON PARKING WAY.

UH, THE FAX OFFICE IS MOVING OVER TO THAT LOCATION.

I SAW THE HUGE AMOUNT.

THE AMOUNT WAS, UH, LARGE.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE PARKING WAY IS A, A PRETTY BUILT OUT PLACE.

SO YOU'RE TALKING, TALKING ABOUT WHERE PARKING WAY BEHIND HELPING.

OH, BEHIND WHERE? NO.

IS IT, IS IT? NO, NO.

IT IS WHERE THE, UH, ENGLISH TELEPHONE BOOTH IS AT THAT CORNER IS WHERE THE FACTS WILL BE GOING INTO THAT BUILDING.

THANK MR. MAYOR.

YEP.

DAVID DOES THE, THE ACTIVITY REPORT, THAT MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT THAT SHOWS, UH, PERMITS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, DOES THAT SHOW UP ON THIS LIST AS WELL? EVENTUALLY, AS THE PERMIT NUMBER IS ISSUED? UH, IT CAN, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A COMMUNICATION FOR, FOR NEW AND UPCOMING BUSINESSES, NOT NECESSARILY PERMITS THAT WERE ISSUED.

UM, BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE FOCUS IF THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

GOOD.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WHAT YOU WANT.

THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVING TWO LISTS.

DO WE NEED TO GIVE TWO LISTS AND CAN WE JUST CONFINE IT MORE JUST TO GIVING THE, AS MUCH INFORMATION ON, I THINK THE REQUEST WAS MORE JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT BUSINESSES WERE COMING IN, UH, VERSUS GIVING THE, THE PERMIT LIST THAT ALSO HAS RESIDENTIAL PERMITS AND MM-HMM .

IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF, I DON'T KNOW, INFORMATION OTHER THAN SOMEONE PULLED A PERMIT.

IT DOESN'T GIVE VALUE.

WOULD COUNCIL BE OPPOSED THAT WE JUST PUT EVERYTHING IN HERE? I DO.

I DO NOT THINK THAT COUNCIL SHOULD RECEIVE THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT LIST.

I, I FIND IT INVASIVE, FRANKLY.

I KNOW IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD STICK TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND WE CAN CONFIDE IT JUST TO, UH, COMMERCIAL AND, AND, AND THROW IT IN HERE WITH, WE DO THE MONTHLY REPORT.

SEE, THEY SEE EVERYTHING AND JUST COME COMBINE.

WE CAN KEEP 'EM SEPARATE.

BUT WE'LL DO IT A COMMERCIAL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? WHAT WE, UH, LOOKING AT ON THE CREDIT UNION? SO THE CREDIT UNION IS, IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

I DON'T HAVE A PROJECTED, UH, DATE FOR THEM TO, TO OPEN AS OF YET, BUT I MEAN, THEY DID HAVE SOME DELAYS IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.

UH, AS IT RELATES TO SUBCONTRACTORS.

I WAS TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THIS LAST WEEK ABOUT THAT, UM, AND HE MENTIONED THAT, THAT THOSE DELAYS WERE GOING TO UNFORTUNATELY COST HIM PART OF HIS BONUS .

BUT, UH, AS FAR AS, AS THE CREDIT UNION IS CONCERNED, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT, ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORS OVER THERE.

UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR YOU AS FAR AS, AS WHEN THAT THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE GONNA BE ON AND, AND PEOPLE TAKING THEIR MONIES IN THERE.

THAT LAND DONATE TO THE CITY IS NOW FOR SALE.

SO THEY HAVE A SALES THING.

PERFECT.

SO THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE ALL THEIR BUSINESS THOUGH WHERE IT IS NOW TO WHERE IT IS IN THAT LITTLE BIG THING NOW, OR MOST OF 'EM GOING TO HOUSTON.

WHAT, WHAT'S THE DEAL? WELL, I I, I'M NOT GOING TO TO TRY AND GUESS WHAT, WHAT THEIR BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE GONNA BE, BUT THEY ARE GONNA CLOSE DOWN THAT, THAT BRANCH OVER THERE BY THE MALL, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, GET ALL THAT IN ANYWAY.

THEIR CORPORATE, THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

AND THE ONE OVER HERE BEHIND THE HEB WILL BE THERE.

LAKE JACKSON BRANCH.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT.

SO ALL THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE AREN'T COMING OVER HERE.

THEY'RE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I MEAN, THE BUILDING TO SHOW YOU THAT, I MEAN THOSE ARE ARE TDCU DECISIONS.

I THINK, I MEAN, DURING THE PRESENTATION WHAT IT WAS KIND OF STATED WAS DURING COVID THEY FOUND OUT A LOT OF STUFF COULD BE DONE, UM, FROM WORKING AT HOME AND THEY DIDN'T NEED THAT LARGE OF A FOOTPRINT TO STILL DO THE SAME WORK.

AND THAT WAS KIND THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO HOUSTON, AREN'T THEY? I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY, SO THEY'RE HAD EIGHT FLOORS.

THEY SAID THEY ANNOUNCED THAT, DIDN'T THEY? IN THE MERGER? IN THE MERGER.

SAFE CITY, RIGHT? YEAH.

IT HASN'T BEEN IN LAKE JACKSON A LONG TIME, SO NO, THIS IS JUST,

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THIS IS JUST A BRANCH.

ALL THEY'RE DOING IS, IS THEY'RE DOWNSIZING TO A BRANCH OFFICE MOVING DOWN.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.

NO THANK YOU.

ANY UPDATE ON THE APARTMENTS BEHIND BUCKY'S? SO THE APARTMENTS BEHIND BUCKY'S, UH, THE CONTRACTORS ARE STILL OUT THERE WORKING.

UH, THE, WE, WE HAVE NOT ADDED ANY NEW ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY TO, TO THE MIX.

UH, THE VILLAS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF, WELL IF THEY, THE NAME HAS POTENTIALLY CHANGED AS THERE'S A NEW SIGN OUTSIDE OFFERING, UH, UNITS FOR LEASE WITH A DIFFERENT NAME ON THEM.

UM, THE NAME'S ESCAPING ME.

THE NO NAME A HARS, WELL THE NAME UP FOR GRABS.

I MEAN THE BUCKY XANAX, THEY'RE STILL SUPPOSED TO BE BUCKY'S XANAX.

THE SIGN STILL SAYS COMING, YOU KNOW, SPRING OF 2022.

SO, UM, THAT SIGN'S STILL UP TOO.

BACK TO THE FUTURE.

ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE A CODE QUESTION.

IS THAT A GOOD APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK? WHAT'S THAT? NO, I'M SORRY, WHAT? A CODE QUESTION? CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE? NO, JUST NEW BUSINESSES.

I, I BRING IT UP IN THE, UH, YOU, YOU CAN ASK THEM LATER.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

I MEAN, IT MIGHT JUST BE SOMETHING A LITTLE.

UH, STAFF UPDATE, CITY MANAGER, M-I-T-M-O-D MODE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE.

[5. Staff Updates]

UM, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT OF 2.1 MILLION.

WE ACTUALLY, UH, WE GOT A CHECK, HUH? WHILE WE GOT CHECK IN AUSTIN, THEY SURPRISED US.

BIG CHECK GAVE US A BIG CARD.

BIG CHECK, A CARDBOARD CHECK.

NICE.

WE'LL GET THAT, UH, IN OUR DEPOSIT AS SOON AS WE GET OUR SAM.GOV UI NUMBER CORRECTED.

HAVE TO GO IN INSTEAD OF THE DRIVE.

WHO'S THE ONE THAT JUMPED WITH THE SURVEY? YES.

SO MY WALKING PAID FOR THIS.

YES.

I LOVE IT.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DEPOSIT A BIG CHECK IN.

THE BANK IS SO BIG.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE OF IT ON YOUR PHONE.

YEAH, TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.

PAUSE IT ELECTRONIC.

SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS THERE.

UH, THE BUDGET CALENDAR, WE'VE, UM, I THINK I'VE SENT, I SENT YOU, SENT IT TO, TO YOU.

UM, THAT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT IN THE DRAFT MODE UNTIL WE GET FINALIZATION FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR ON, UH, ON THEIR DATES.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH FIRM EXCEPT FOR THAT END OF JULY, 1ST OF AUGUST, UH, TIMEFRAME.

UM, AND THEN THAT'LL SET UP WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY FIRM THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING DATES, UH, ON THAT, ON THE TAX RATE.

UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET THAT IN THE NEXT, UH, WEEK OR TWO, UH, THEN WE'LL NAIL IT DOWN.

JUST EVERYBODY BE SURE AND LOOK AT THAT CALENDAR FOR COUNSEL TO BE SURE THE DATES THAT WE HAVE TO BE AT MEETINGS THAT, UH, THAT UH, YOU MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A CON CONFLICT IN YOUR SCHEDULE FOR THOSE MEETINGS FOR COUNSEL.

AND THE BIG HIGHLIGHT WAS I'VE MOVED IT BACK TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY THAT WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BUDGET AND HAVE THE JULY WORK SESSION THAT'LL GIVE COUNCIL MORE TIME TO COME THROUGH, COME THROUGH THE BUDGET.

UM, BUT UH, MOVING IT TO AUGUST REALLY DIDN'T HELP US.

NO.

SO THE CITY SECRETARY HAS BEEN SENDING US MEETING REQUESTS.

THAT IS EXCELLENT.

I LOVE THAT.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE YOU GET THOSE BUDGET DATES THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AS, AS A MEETING? WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING MEETING REQUESTS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE REQUEST WAS NOT TO DO MEETING REQUESTS ANYMORE.

I'M ONLY SENDING THEM FOR LIKE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

LIKE FOR YOUR STANDARD MEETINGS.

THE PERSON FOR MONDAY? I'M NOT NO, NO, NO.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET ITEMS. THE BUDGET CALENDAR SIDE OF THOSE.

YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN SEND THOSE OUT.

LIKE REMINDERS.

NO, IT'S NOT A, IT ACTUALLY IS A, IT'S A CALENDAR INVITE.

SO YOU HAVE TO CLICK AND CONFIRM AND PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

IT'LL PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR YOU.

AND I'M ASKING FOR THOSE MANY MEETINGS.

THERE ARE.

SO THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO TYPE IN EACH ONE.

WE CAN, WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO JUST THE PRUDE, THE COUNCIL.

THEY'LL NEED THE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT JUST THE CITY STAFF IS INVOLVED IN.

JUST THE COUNCIL.

SO LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, I MADE TWO REQUESTS.

NO, I WANNA THROW THOSE BACK OUT THERE.

NUMBER ONE IS WHEN WE DO THE, THE SLIDESHOW SCREENS, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY PRINT 'EM.

CAN WE JUST DO FOUR ON A PAGE SO WE CAN READ 'EM, MY EYES AREN'T UP FOR SIX.

SIX ON THIS PAGE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT CAN WE GET THE BUDGET BOOK, UM, MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH IT BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED AND BEFORE HE DOES HIS PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.

JUST TO BE PREPARED.

WELL HE'S, SO THE NIGHT, SO THE, SO THE COUNCIL MEETING IS THE FIRST NIGHT I GIVE IT TO YOU.

UM, THAT'S WHEN I GO OVER IT.

THEN THAT SHOULD, UH, THE GOAL IS TO THEN YOU HAVE 10 DAYS TO GO THROUGH IT FOR THE WORK? FOR THE WORKSHOP.

WORKSHOP.

I, I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT IN.

I MEAN NO, NO, NO.

10 DAYS IS GOOD.

10 DAYS.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY REMEMBER? ALRIGHT.

BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

I MEAN, AND BIGGER PRINT ON, ON THAT SUNDAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

GOT IT.

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UH, ON THERE.

BUT UM, YEAH, WE'LL DO THE SLIDESHOW.

THAT'S YOUR, I'M TRYING TO SAVE MONEY ON PAPER.

I KNOW.

ELECTRONIC, WHICH IS AN OXYMORON WHEN YOU'RE SAYING A BUDGET .

WELL IT'S ELECTRONIC SO YEAH.

BUT NO.

YES, WE COULD DO THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR.

ALRIGHT, SO THEN WE'VE GOT UH, UH, MEETING ACTIONS, SUMMARIES AND STUFF.

I WILL BE NOTIFYING AT AND T AND SHERRY.

IT WILL BE EASY EXECUTING THE CONTRACT AND THEN LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN HANYA WAS ASKING ABOUT IS GO AHEAD AND SEND OUT THE MEETING NOTICES FOR YES.

WERE COUNCIL TO COUNCIL TO BE INVOLVED WITH.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

[6. Construction Updates]

IT'S HELL.

NOW WE GOT THE PERSON THAT KNOWS IT ALL.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LIST OF UPDATES? ONLY SAL CAN DO THAT.

, JUST ONE QUESTION ON DOWNTOWN, UH, THOSE SHRUBS WHEN THEY DIED IN LIKE IN FRONT OF UH, WORST HOUSE AND IN THAT AREA THERE MM-HMM .

ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT? BECAUSE THAT, SO WE'VE YEAH.

GRASS.

UM, I DON'T HAVE IRRIGATION THERE, SO WE'RE REALLY LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO.

UM, I AM LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THAT ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF WORSE HOUSES IS KIND OF A DIFFICULT AREA TO PUT ANYTHING BECAUSE IT JUST GETS TRAMPLED.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, I AM LOOKING AT SOME OTHER THINGS AND I'M TALKING WITH SOME CONTRACTORS.

IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH A BID PROCESS TOO AND TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING.

BUT WE'LL GET SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S JUST MULCH FOR NOW.

BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I PUT THE ROCK, GET THEM OUTTA THERE SO THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DEAD AND IT LOOKS KIND.

WHICH, WHICH ONES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? IN FRONT OF W HOUSE.

I'VE PULLED MO EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE.

UM, RIGHT BETWEEN WHERE OLD SMITH HEART USED TO BE AND W HOUSE THAT AREA THERE.

IN THE MEDIAN.

IN THE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE SMALL STRIPS.

OH, SO SOME OF THAT'S WHERE YOU HAD ALL THE, THE, THAT THAT EVASIVE GREEN PLANT THE BRUSH IT IT'S COMING BACK.

YOU DON'T WANNA PULL.

SO THE NEW STUFF I PUT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NEW BOLT, THERE'S NEW STUFF COMING AND THAT STUFF IS REALLY HARDY.

THE WOOD, IT JUST FROZE BACK.

YEAH, IT JUST FROZE BACK.

BUT IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO SPROUT AGAIN AND IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT WITH THE VENGEANCE.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S SO YEAH.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I PLANTED IT THERE IN THOSE MEETINGS.

'CAUSE IT'S VERY EVASIVE, BUT IT'LL BE BACK SOON.

BUT THE, THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT UM, I KNOW THAT THE CONTRACTORS DID GO AND CLEAN UP SOME OF THE NEW STUFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.

AND THEN RIGHT ON THE CORNER ON IN FRONT OF WORST HOUSE AROUND THERE, WE ARE WORKING ON DOING SOMETHING.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OF THE REASONS I PUT THE ROCK IS BECAUSE NO, I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT MEDIAN.

YES IT IS.

I DIDN'T WANT 'EM TO DIG IT OUT AND PULL IT BECAUSE THEN IT, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I HAVE TO REPLANT IT.

BUT IT, IT'S COMING BACK.

CAN WE PLANT WHATEVER'S IN THE CRACKS ON CIRCLE WAY ON THE STREET? THAT DOES WELL I LOOKED AT THAT.

I'M THINKING THAT TOO.

YOU KNOW SOME OF THAT STUFF TOO.

RIGHT THERE BY THE BANK AND STUFF.

THAT STUFF KEEPS COMING BACK REALLY TOUGH.

ALSO AROUND DALLAS AREA, THEY, ON THOSE INTERSTATES THERE, THEY HAVE THESE UH, YUCKY LOOKING YUCCA LOOKING PLANTS.

MM-HMM THAT DON'T HARDLY EVER NEED ANY WATER AND IF YOU TRAMPLED THEM THEY'LL HURT YOU.

SO I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN BOGANVILLE BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA GET SHERRY'S PERMISSION FIRST.

NO.

HAVE PEOPLE GETTING YEAH.

LET'S NOT HURT PEOPLE.

I KNOW.

THANK YOU.

THE SHOT MEETING WE HAVE HERE.

IT'S TRUE OSCAR.

THAT'S FINE.

TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND WE'LL GO WITH UH, MR. BUELL.

UH, OKAY SO WE'LL MOVE ON

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

UH, MR. JAEN? YEAH.

SO I HAVE THIS ONE ITEM THAT, UH, JACK IN THE BOX, THEY HAVE THESE UH, STROBING FLASHING LIGHTS ALL THE WAY AROUND IT AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS.

SO, UH, THAT'S AGAINST OUR SIGN LIGHT ORDINANCE ON PURPOSE OR JUST LIKE IT'S GOING, IT LOOKS LIKE IN PURPOSE NOW 'CAUSE EVERY OTHER LIGHT IS FLASHING YELLOW.

SHORT, SHORT IN THEM OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT WAS ALL YES SIR.

BROUGHT US UH, NOTHING I CAN THINK OF.

NO SIR.

ALMOST FELL OUTTA HIS CHAIR WHEN THEY AWARDED IT TO US.

I'VE GOT TWO THINGS.

THE ADULT EASTER OLD ADULT AND TEEN EASTER EGG HUNT TICKETS GO ON SALE NEXT SATURDAY.

NOT THIS PAST SATURDAY, LIKE I SHOWED UP TO BUY .

UM, THAT'S GONNA BE APRIL 17TH AND THEN THE EIGHTH.

YEAH, EIGHTH IS THE TICKETS GO ON SALE.

YOU CAN BUY 'EM.

AND THE EVENT IS ON APRIL 17TH AND THEN MARCH 22ND, UH, KEITH LAKE JACKSON BEAUTIFUL.

IS DOING THEIR SHRED DAY RIGHT OVER IN MCLEAN.

UM, 8:00 AM TO 1130.

PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LINING UP FOR THAT.

YES.

ALRIGHT, MR. BAKER.

UH, WHILE WE WAS IN AUSTIN FOR BEZU COUNTY DAY, WHICH WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND UM, I WAS GLAD THAT WE HAD SOMEONE THERE PRESENT TO RECEIVE THE, THE CHECK THAT WAS AWARDED TO THE CITY.

AND I THINK MODESTO

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BUT IT WAS, IT WAS NICE.

SOMEBODY WAS THERE TOO FROM LAKE JACKSON TO RECEIVE THE CHECK.

YEAH, WE DIDN'T HEAR, WE DIDN'T GET ANY NOTIFICATION THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO ANY PRESENTATION.

I KNOW IT WAS A NICE SURPRISE.

ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT SIR.

UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

AND SO STAFF? STAFF, YEAH.

JAMES IS ITCHING TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT, UH, ERIC, ERIC IS READY TO JUMP OUT OF THE DOOR.

THROUGH THE DOOR.

HE IS READY TO GO HOME.