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THANK YOU.[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES, ANY ISSUES WITH MINUTES? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.VISITOR'S COMMENTS, ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SAY THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, THAT'D BE THE TIME.
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[4. REQUEST AND ACTION ON A CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE OAK WOODS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE NO: 16-2109 TO PRESCRIBE THE USE OF HOSPITAL FOR A PROPOSED HOSPITALITY HEALTH ER AT THE LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE B, CORNER OF GRAPEVINE AND CENTER WAY. ]
ACTION.ON A CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE OAK WOODS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATE NUMBER ONE SIX DASH 2 1 0 9 TO PRESCRIBE THE USE OF HOSPITAL FOR A PROPOSED HOSPITALITY HEALTH ER AT THE LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE B CORNER OF GRAPEVINE TURN AND CENTER WAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITE AND TRYING PULL OPEN THIS SECTION.
AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING DURING THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, WE REALIZED THAT THE PRESCRIBED USE IS GOTTEN WRITTEN INTO THE ORDINANCE FOR THIS PUD SO THAT THEY'RE BEGINNING THE PROCESS TO, UM, CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM, UH, THE PROJECT.
IF Y'ALL WANNA POP AT ALL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STEP UP.
UH, I'M ALAN SWIFT WITH HIT CAMP SWIFT ARCHITECTS.
UH, WE ARE THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, THE PROJECT IS GONNA BE A SINGLE STORY HOSPITAL, UH, THAT WE WILL BUILD ON THE, UH, ON THE GROUNDS.
IT'LL BE ROUGHLY ABOUT 18,700 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE DESIGNED WITH THE ABILITY TO GO TO A SECOND LEVEL ON THE, UH, BUILDING AT SOME FUTURE DATE.
BUT THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION WILL ONLY BE A, A SINGLE STORY BUILDING.
THIS IS THE RENDERING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE BUILDING.
UM, IT'LL BE A, UM, A MASONRY BUILDING, UM, SINGLE STORY, LIKE I SAID, BUT WITH THE ABILITY TO GO INTO THE SECOND FLOOR.
UM, THE, IT'S A FULL, UH, HOSPITAL, BUT IT'LL BE UNDER THE STATE CODE CONSIDERED A SPECIALTY HOSPITAL BECAUSE IT WILL NOT HAVE SURGERY AS PART OF IT.
BUT OTHER THAN SURGERY, IT HAS, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR A HOSPITAL.
THAT'S THE, THE QUICK DESCRIPTION.
IT DOES HAVE AN EMERGENCY ROOM, YES.
IN FACT, UH, ALMOST, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE FIRST FLOOR WILL BE ALL EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES.
UH, IF YOU WERE TO GOOGLE HOSPITALITY, IT'S HOSPITALITY ER, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN IS EMERGENCY ROOM, UH, UH, CARE.
THEY HAVE FACILITIES IN LONGVIEW AND IN TYLER OUT IN GALVESTON.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO START A PROJECT FOR THEM IN MONT BELLEVUE.
UH, SO THEY'RE SPREADING OUT ACROSS, UH, THE TEXAS AREA.
UH, THE, IT IS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS.
UH, THE SHIP FAMILY, THEY'RE OUT OF MONT BELLEVUE AND BAYTOWN AREA.
UH, AND, UM, THEY, UH, THIS PARTICULAR, THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST VENTURE INTO BUILDING A GROUND UP HOSPITAL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING THEIR ERS THAT THEY HAVE IN LONGVIEW AND IN, UH, TYLER TO A HOSPITAL, FULL LOAN HOSPITAL.
ANTICIPATE AMBULANCES COMING HERE.
AND IN FACT, ON THIS IS THE SITE PLAN HERE.
UM, THE AMBULANCE ENTRANCE IS GONNA BE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THIS, UH, OF THIS PLAN.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE THERE IS KIND OF A, A DIP DOWN TOWARDS THE BACK CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S GONNA BE A COVERED AREA, UH, ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
THAT'S THE AMBULANCE, UH, UH, DROP OFF.
THE MAIN ENTRY IS GONNA BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS PLAN, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A TURNAROUND ROAD UNDERNEATH A DROP OFF CANOPY.
GOT A LASER RIGHT THERE IF YOU OH, OKAY.
THAT OTHER ONE MIGHT WORK BETTER IF THERE'S ONE.
SO AMBULANCE WOULD COME DOWN, UH, THIS STREET AND TURN IN, AND THEN THIS IS THE COVERED DROP OFF AREA FOR AMBULANCE.
ANY, ANY OF THE ENTRANCES THAT WE HAVE, THEY COULD CIRCLE AROUND, DROP OFF, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, HERE AND THEN PARK AND COME IN.
THIS ENTIRE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS ED.
SO YOU CAN SEE AS A PROPORTION OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S MOSTLY A EMERGENCY ROOM, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A HOSPITAL, WE HAVE 24 HOUR STAY NURSE, UH, NURSE UNIT THAT'S UP HERE, IMAGING COMPONENT, UH, WITH FULL MODALITIES, MRI, CT, PLAIN VIEW IMAGING, ULTRASOUND, THAT'LL BE IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING HERE.
UH, IT'LL HAVE A D DIETARY AREA, DINING ROOM, KITCHEN AREA, ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN THE
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BACK OF HOUSE SUPPORT AREAS FOR, UH, THE HOSPITAL.THEY'RE REQUIRED BY STATE CODE.
HOW MANY BED HOSPITAL? I'M SORRY.
HOW MANY BED HOSPITALS? RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA BE A TWO BED HOSPITAL, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM TO GET THE, UH, LICENSE FOR A HOSPITAL.
BUT WE ARE DESIGNING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE COULD EXPAND OUT THIS WAY TO ADD MORE BEDS AT A FUTURE DATE.
WHAT PHYSICIANS, ARE THEY ANTICIPATING HAVING PRIVILEGES THERE, OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE THE ER GROUP? UH, THEY ARE, UH, LOOKING TO EXTEND IT.
THERE IS A LOCAL PHYSICIAN HERE.
I'VE MET HIM A COUPLE TIMES, I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT THERE IS A LOCAL PHYSICIAN HERE THAT THEY'RE PARTNERING UP WITH THIS, UH, PROJECT.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE ABOUT ANYTHING BEING DEVELOPED THERE IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS DEVELOPED OVER THERE WAS THE ER THAT NEVER OPENED.
NEIGHBORS, IS THAT RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND STILL HADN'T OPENED THE BACK OF IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, IN FACT, I DROVE BY IT JUST EARLIER, UH, BEFORE COMING HERE.
SOMETHING, HER, HER MEDICAL SYSTEM, THE WAY THAT WAS DONE, ERS WERE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE BECAUSE UNDER THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE A WAY TO MAKE MONEY.
THE, AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN ER OF ANOTHER NAME
BUT I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF DOING AND CHANGING THIS IF THERE'S NO GIVE, GIVE ME A FINANCIAL BUSINESS READING UNDER A BUSINESS MODEL THAT THIS SHOULD EXIST.
BECAUSE I SEE IT WINDING UP BEING ANOTHER VACANT BUILDING AROUND HEB.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE JUST THE ARCHITECT AND YOU'RE NOT HERE TO DO THAT.
AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO REPRESENT HOSPITALS LONG AGO, GRANTED, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING HOSPITALS, LIKE, OH, I WAS INVOLVED IN, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW, I WORKED FOR COLUMBIA H OR FOR DOING WORK FOR COLO, HCA, THEY HAD PURPOSES OF HOSPITALS THAT THEY ACTUALLY BUILT HOSPITALS.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHEN I GOT THIS ON THE MEMO, I WAS LIKE, WHAT? I THOUGHT IT'S ANOTHER ER.
AND THEN YOU COME IN AND I LOOK AT THIS AND IT'S, I DON'T HOSPITALITY HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER.
IT JUST SEEMS CONFUSING TO ME.
YOUR BOOK, MICRO HOSPITALS IN TEXAS ARE BECOMING THE NEW MODEL FOR HOSPITALS THAT ARE NOT AS TOP HEAVY, UH, AS YOUR TRADITIONAL CHI ST.
JUDE'S, OR, AND YOU MAY WANNA COME UP AND JUST SO WE'RE ON THE RECORD.
'CAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE EXPERIENCE.
SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, IF YOU LOOK MICRO HOSPITALS, I MEAN, OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM'S A VERY BROKEN SYSTEM TO START WITH.
UM, ERS ARE WHERE PROBABLY 85% OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS COME INTO.
AND MICRO HOSPITALS SERVE A HUGE PURPOSE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME OVERHEAD THAT SOME OF THE LARGER BUILDINGS AND HOSPITALS AND STUFF HAVE, BUT WHAT THEY ALLOW FOR IS, LIKE, AS THOSE PATIENTS COME INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, UM, THEY ALLOW THEM TO OBS PATIENTS.
THEY CAN KEEP 'EM FOR 24, 40 HOUR, 48 HOURS IF THEY NEED REPEAT CARDIAC ENZYMES OR IF THEY NEED MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF IV ANTIBIOTICS.
AND IT REALLY, THE BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEM IS THAT, UM, IT HELPS YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE STAY LOCAL.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU COME INTO THE ER, TO A FREESTANDING ER, WE HAVE TO TRANSFER YOU WHEREVER YOU, WE CAN GET A BED AND GENERALLY THAT'S GONNA BE HOUSTON.
UM, SO TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY IS A FINANCIAL REDUCTION FOR THE PATIENT.
WELL, AND BECAUSE YOU CONVENIENT WORKING, HAVING WORKED IN ERS MM-HMM
I MEAN, YOU, I JUST WANT, MY MAIN THING IS NOT THAT THEY'RE BUILDING IT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
BUT I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IT KIND OF BOTHERS ME THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PHYSICIAN THAT'S GONNA BE.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, I ASKED, THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER ER GROUP BECAUSE SOME OF THE ER GROUPS ARE REALLY WELL RUN.
UM, WE'VE GOT A GREAT ER GROUP, THE ER THAT I WORK AT MM-HMM
BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN ANY OF THE, THE, THE FACILITIES, REGARDLESS OF IT'S, IF IT'S THE PRIMARY HOSPITAL OR FREESTANDING ERS, THE ER PHYSICIAN GROUPS ARE GENERALLY, SOMETIMES YOU GET 'EM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIMES, BUT THEIR CONTRACTS, JUST LIKE CONTRACTS.
THEIR CONTRACTS ROLL OVER AND OVER AND THEY DON'T HAVE ADMITTING PRIVILEGES.
GENERALLY, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE, THE, THE PHYSICIANS WHO WORK AT THE FREESTANDING THAT I'M FROM, UM, DO HAVE AN EASY TIME ADMITTING PATIENTS OVER TO LIKE CHI.
SO, UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE GROUP OF THE PHYSICIANS YOU GET AND WHAT THE CONTRACT WORKS OUT.
BUT IT HAS TO BE STAFFED APPROPRIATELY.
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IT HELPS EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.I JUST CAN'T, IT STILL HASN'T EXPLAINED TO WHY HERE, BUT THAT'S, THERE'S A NEED FOR IT HERE.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS BROKEN.
WELL, IT'S NOT JUST BRAZORIA COUNTY.
WELL, IT'S, I LIVE IN SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO BE ON THE CHA BOARD AND I SAID NO.
'CAUSE LITERALLY THE CHA BOARD, THE LOCAL PEOPLE FOR SIX MONTHS SAID, YEAH, YOU'RE AT, KEPT INVITING ME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS, BUT THEY KEPT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY IN HOUSTON TO SAY THAT THEY COULD APPROVE ME.
I SAYS, I'M NOT GONNA BE ON A BOARD OF ANYTHING THAT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LOCAL CONTROL TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE PEOPLE THEY PICK AND PASS CAN SERVE ON THEIR BOARD.
'CAUSE THEN THERE'S NOTHING BUT RUBBER STAMP.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM A NURSING PERSPECTIVE, THERE CERTAINLY IS A NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF FACILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT IS A BENEFIT TO OUR ACTUAL CITIZENS.
YOU SAID YOU, YOU TAKE PEOPLE OUTTA YOUR PLACE AND SHIP 'EM UP NORTH.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO? THEY HAVE TWO BEDS.
THEY HAVE TWO BEDS TO START WITH.
CLEARLY THEY'VE GOT ROOM TO EXPAND.
AND GENERALLY IN THAT MODEL, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, IT'S A HUGE BUREAUCRACY, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO GET OPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UH, TO DEAL WITH JUST LIKE ANY STATE OR OR FEDERAL HOOPS THAT ANYBODY HAS TO JUMP THROUGH.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S AN OPENING VOLLEY, I CAN ALREADY TELL YOU THAT.
SO, UM, MOST OF THESE, UH, TYPE GROUPS USUALLY END UP EXPANDING PRETTY QUICKLY BASED ON THE VOLUME.
I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT THE SECOND FLOOR, SORRY, THE SECOND FLOOR THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO THIS BUILDING IS CURRENTLY BEING PLANNED FOR 40 BEDS.
THAT WOULD BE ALL INPATIENT BEDS.
THEN WE GOT PARKING ISSUES, TRAFFIC ISSUES AROUND A ALREADY HIGH TRAFFIC GROCERY STORE IS OKAY.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE FOR ONE PURPOSE.
I JUST KIND OF, I ASK MY QUESTIONS.
THE, THE SITE PARKING RIGHT NOW, THIS FIRST PHASE, WE'VE GOT 120 PARKING SPOTS ON THE, UH, ON THE CURRENT SITE PLAN THAT YOU WERE JUST LOOKING AT.
WILL YOU ALL, UH, THEY SHOW THE PICTURE OF ALL THAT LAND IN FRONT.
IS THAT ALSO Y'ALL'S AVAILABLE? IT IS, YES.
JEFF, ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU.
TERRY, ANYTHING? NO, THANK YOU.
NUMBER ONE, I'M GLAD THAT THE DESIGN ANTICIPATES THE POSSIBILITY OF THE NEED TO ADDING A SECOND STORY AND MORE BEDS.
NUMBER TWO, IF YOU DID THAT AND STAFFED IT PROPERLY, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING, GETTING PROPER STAFFING AND HIRING PEOPLE TO WORK IN THESE HOSPITALS DOWN HERE.
THEY GOTTA, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GOING TO PULL OUT MY HARRY HAT.
WHERE, WHERE'S EVERYBODY GONNA PARK THAT WORKS THERE? AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT IS GONNA WIND UP THEN BEING A BIG PARKING LOT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OUR PURPOSE AS PLANNING COMMISSION TO, UH, IMPEDE IN ANY WAY COMMERCE, INCLUDING MEDICAL COMMERCE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUSINESSES IN OUR COUNTRY.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE HERE LOOKING AT IT, DOES THE DESIGN, 'CAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO DO, MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR AN EXCEPTION MM-HMM
TO THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKED TO DO.
SO I'M READY TO PROCEED ON THAT, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT FOR, THERE'S ALSO, I'M THINKING ABOUT A, A SMALL CORPORATION PERSON PRIVATELY OWNED, THEY SURELY HAVE HAD TO DO A RISK ANALYSIS BECAUSE THE RISK IS A LOT GREATER FOR THEM THAN A CORPORATION THAT COULD JUST RIDE 'EM OFF OR SUCH.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING A CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? I MAKE COMMISSION.
WE CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE OAK WOODS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE, UH, NUMBER 16 DASH 2109 TO PRESCRIBE THE USE OF A HOSPITAL FOR PROPOSED HOSPITALITY HEALTH, ER IN LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE B CORNER GRAPEVINE, TURN AND CENTER WAY.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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THREE TO TWO.[5. LAKE JACKSON BOND 2025 PRESENTATION – MODESTO MUNDO ]
MR. MODESTO MUNDO LAKE JACKSON BOND 2025 PRESENTATION.UM, I WANT TO, UH, GO OVER, UH, WE'RE TALKING TO EACH, UH, BOARD AND COMMISSION ABOUT A BOND PROPOSAL THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IN, UH, THIS LAST, UH, MONTH.
AFTER ABOUT A YEAR DISCUSSION, WE, UM, WE HAD A, IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A, UM, IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF OUR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, UH, LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD, UH, BRING THEM BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, TA.
AND IT WAS CALLED A RAZ ANALYSIS.
AFTER, AFTER THAT WORK SESSION, UM, COUNCIL GAVE US THE GO AHEAD TO, UM, PUT COST TOGETHER FOR A POSSIBLE, WHAT I WOULD CALL PANEL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION OF LOOKING AT DOING EITHER YON, I MEAN NORTH YON OR LAKE ROAD, BUT BOTH OF THOSE ROADS WERE IN EXCESS OF 12 TO $15 MILLION.
SO, UH, THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO EARLY OR TOO MUCH FOR US TO DO RIGHT NOW.
SO WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE PANEL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ON THESE.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE IDENTIFIED 12 ROADS.
UH, THESE ARE ALL, AGAIN, ALL THOROUGHFARES.
UM, WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, STREETS.
WE'RE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE THOROUGH AFFAIRS.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE, THE COST RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 6.3 MILLION.
UH, WHEN WE PREPARED THIS, WE'VE, UH, DONE A FIVE YEAR INFLATION ADJUSTED COST OF AROUND 8 MILLION.
UM, SO THE BOND ISSUE, UH, ONE OF THE FA OR I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS IS, UH, BOND ISSUE ONE.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THREE BOND ISSUES.
UH, THE SECOND PROPOSAL ON THE BOND ISSUE, YOU, YOU CAN HEAR, UM, NICOLE, CAN YOU GO BACK? YOU QUICKLY, UH, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE STREETS OUTLINED.
UH, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND SO THIS SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PANELS ON, UH, ON EACH STREET.
WE PREDICT THAT IF WE DO THIS, THIS WILL GIVE US ANOTHER 10 TO 15 YEARS LIFE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE ROADS BEFORE WE HAVE TO DO, UH, SOMETHING.
OH, AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE THE CLICKER.
WE ALSO HAVE THE CLICKER THERE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME OUTFALL ENLARGE, UH, ENLARGEMENTS ON OYSTER CREEK DRIVE AND SLOPE PAVING.
UH, THE SLOPE PAVING IS JUST, UH, A SIMPLE, UM, PAN, UH, BOTTOM OF THE PAN.
UH, SOME OF THOSE, ONE OF THE DITCHES THAT WE MAY LOOK AT IS THE PINE DITCH.
UM, WE HAVE A $2.1 MILLION GRANT OF DOING THE UNDER, UH, THE, THE, THE PIPING UNDERNEATH THE ROAD.
UM, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, THAT DITCH AND, UH, OTHERS AS THEY, AS THEY COME UP.
UH, BUT 4 MILLION REALLY WILL GO QUICK.
WE PROBABLY HAVE AT LEAST $60 MILLION WORTH OF DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OCD AND, UH, THE PINE DITCH.
UH, THE NEXT, UM, ONE IS, UH, FACILITIES.
THIS IS PUBLIC FACILITY, UH, SAFETY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION WORTH OF REPAIRS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ON FIRE STATION ONE, AND THEN ANOTHER 3 MILLION ON THE POLICE STATION.
UM, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE ON THAT ONE.
IN 2021, UH, THE VOTERS APPROVED 2.4 MILLION.
THAT IS SHORT NOW OF $800,000 BECAUSE OF THE COST ESCALATION.
WE'VE TRIED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE OTHER STREET PROJECTS.
SO WE'VE ISSUED THAT DEBT, KNOWING THAT INFLATION IS, UH, HAS, UM, PUT A HAMPER ON THOSE.
SO WE TRY TO DO THE BIGGEST ONES FIRST.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE SHORT 800,000.
SO THE PORTION OF THE 3 MILLION FOR THE PD 800,000 WOULD GO TOWARDS, UH, THIS EXPANSION.
AND THE REST WOULD BE TOWARDS, UH, FIXING OR REPLACING THE ROOF AND ALSO WORKING ON THE CHILLER.
AND THEN A GRANT MATCH FOR GENERATORS.
THERE'S THREE GENERATORS IN THE BUILDING, AND WE'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THOSE INTO, INTO ONE GENERATOR OUTSIDE.
UM, THIS IS, WE HAD THE ARCHITECT COME IN AND THIS IS THE EXPANSION.
THIS DOES THE, THAT GAVE THE BREAKOUT OF THE, UM, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I'M SORRY, NICOLE JUMPED.
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UM, WHAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING FOR THE SUPPLEMENT ROOF REPLACEMENT AND THE CHILLER GRANT.AND THEN WE HAVE A FOUR YEAR INFLATION FACTOR ON THAT.
AND THEN WE GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD AN ARCHITECT COME IN AND IDENTIFY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THIS.
THESE ARE THE THREE GENERATORS AT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY, THE PD MUNICIPAL COURT THAT WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S 2.5 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN INFLATION FACTOR AS WELL.
WELL, OUR GOAL IS, UNLIKE THE 2021, UH, BOND ISSUE, THAT WAS TO BE SOLD IN THREE PHASES OVER FIVE YEARS.
THIS ONE WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE GONNA SELL EVERYTHING IN THE FIRST YEAR AND TRY TO DO ALL THE PROJECTS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, WHERE THE OTHER ONE WAS PHASED OUT OVER FIVE YEARS.
SO RIGHT NOW, OUT OF THE 2021, WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S, UH, UH, KILLING US IS THE INFLATION COSTS, UH, COMING OUT OF COVID.
FIRE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE THE EMS. UH, IT INCLUDES REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING, UM, BUT, UM, FIXING THE, THE ROOF HERE AND THEN LIGHTING, IMPROVE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PLUMBING, UH, CARPET, UH, EXHAUST SYSTEM.
UH, MOSTLY IT'S A BARE BONES MECHANICAL.
THIS BOND ISSUE REALLY OUTSIDE THE COSMETIC INSIDERS.
UM, VERY LITTLE COSMETIC OUTSIDE OF THE EXPANSION FOR THE PD.
UH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALMOST, UM, YOU KNOW, BASIC NECESSITIES.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE'D PUT THAT IN 23.
THE BIG THING IS, UH, THE ROOF TRYING TO FIX THIS WHERE WE'VE HAD A LEAK EVER SINCE IT WAS BUILT.
UH, AND WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING IT.
SO NOW IT'S GONNA JUST BE A, A COMPLETE TEAR.
VERY SIMILAR TO THE MUSEUM ROOF.
UH, THE BONDS GET, OR, UH, EARLY VOTING STARTS, UM, APRIL 21ST, 29TH.
AND THEN THE GENERAL ELECTION IS MAY 3RD.
AND LET'S SEE, FINANCING, YOU CAN SEE THE THREE BOND PROPOSALS, AGAIN, 6,000,004 AND EIGHT.
UM, IT WOULD BE 4.20 CENTS, UH, TO THE TAX RATE.
AND THEN IS IT PER A THOUSAND? UM MM-HMM
SO THE GENERAL COST, THIS IS OUR ESTIMATED INS, UH, BUDGET WOULD, I MEAN, UM, TAX WOULD GO UP TO, ON A, ON A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME IT WOULD BE $3 AND 54, UH, CENTS PER MONTH.
THE AVERAGE HOME IN LAKE JACKSON'S AROUND TWO 90.
IT WOULD BE 10 27, UH, A MONTH.
BUT AGAIN, YOU COULD TAKE YOUR HOME AND MULTIPLY THAT.
IF IT'S 300,000 OR 400,000 OR 200,000, MULTIPLY THAT, UM, BY TWO, THREE OR FOUR.
THIS USE IS OUR CURRENT DEBT SERVICE.
AND WE PAY A LEVEL PRINCIPAL DEBT, UH, PAYMENT.
SO IT ALWAYS GOES DOWN DECLINING.
AND THEN WE WILL SHOW YOU IF, UH, ALL THREE, UH, PROPOSALS PASS THIS IS, UM, WHAT IT WOULD GO UP.
AND THEN IT WOULD, BY 2034, IT WOULD COME BACK DOWN SINCE WE'RE PAYING A LEVEL PRINCIPAL PAYMENT.
SO THAT INCREASE WOULD BE THERE UNTIL ABOUT 2 34.
AND THEN WE'D GET BACK TO WHERE WE ARE, UH, TODAY, UNLESS WE GO COME BACK TO THE VOTERS AND COME BACK WITH ANOTHER BOND.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE ANOTHER BOND ON THERE.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE QUICK OUTTA THE GATE ON THIS ONE.
USUALLY WE TRY TO WAIT, UH, FIVE OR SIX YEARS BEFORE WE COME TO THE VOTERS.
BUT THE REALLY WHAT INSTIGATED THIS WAS THE MAIN THOROUGH AFFAIRS, UH, OF DOING SOMETHING.
AND THEN YOU COULD SEE OUR TAX RATE, UH, IN THE REGION WHERE WE ARE.
THIS IS OF COURSE WHERE, UM, AT THE BOTTOM, THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT IS LOWER THAN US IS STAFFORD, WHICH IS ZERO.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN US AND THEN IF, IF ALL THREE ISSUES ARE PASSED, IT WOULD GO TO 36 77.
AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THE ORANGES, THE DEBT, AND THEN THE BLUE IS THE M AND O.
HOW CAN STAFFORD BE ZERO? THEY HAVE A GOOD SALES TAX BASE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE, UM, MUD THAT, UH, SITS ON TOP OF, UH, LET SAY SO THEY HAVE A LARGE, UH, MUD TAX RATE ON THERE AND
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A SMALL POPULATION AND A VERY AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS HELP.WELL, I, I THOUGHT THEY DID, BUT HAVING A ZERO TAX RATE SOUNDS.
BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN IN HOT DEBATE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A TAX RATE.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S ZERO.
THE OTHER ZERO TAX RATE IN THIS STATE I KNOW OF IS PLANO.
YEAH, THEY, UH, PLANO STILL DOES HAVE A TAX RATE, BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.
UH, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS JUST IN THE HJ, UH, HJC RE REGION OUT OF A HUNDRED AND, GOSH, I CAN'T REMEMBER, OUT OF 103 CITIES, WHICH INCLUDE PLANO, I THINK WE'RE THE 93RD ON THERE.
WE'RE WE'RE STILL EVEN AT CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST FOR CITIES OVER 10,000, UH, ACROSS THE STATEWIDE.
IT MUST WHEN, UH, ED DENMAN'S PARENTS MOVED IN FROM PLANO MM-HMM
THEY GOT TO BRING IN BECAUSE THEY WERE OVER 65, THE TAX RATE OF PLANO, WHICH WAS ZERO FOR THEM.
THERE ARE SOME, THAT'S MY REFERENCE.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE ZERO FOR THE, THERE ARE CITIES THAT HAVE ZERO FOR OVER 60 FOR SENIORS.
TALK ABOUT, I THINK EVEN HOUSTON, UH, UH, UH, EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS IS HIGH.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE THE LAST SLIDE.
ANY QUESTIONS? DIDN'T WE PURCHASE A PANEL MACHINE IN ABOUT 2003, 2004 THAT PUMPS PLASTIC OR MUD UNDERNEATH THE PANEL AND LIFTS IT UP? THEY TRIED THAT.
NO, WE, I KNOW WE BROUGHT IT IN.
WE'VE TRIED THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T BUY A MACHINE TO DO THAT.
BUT WE, BUT WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE TRIED THE, I GUESS I WOULD CALL IT MUD JACKING.
AND THEN I THINK WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES.
WE, WE DID LOOK, UM, A COUPLE OF SIDEWALKS.
WE DID TRY TO GET A QUOTE HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE LIBRARY, AND IT WAS, IT WAS AS EQUAL OF THE COST OR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PANEL PANEL REPLACEMENT.
SO IT'S A BARE BONES, NOTHING SEXY, UH, BOND ISSUE.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
WE ARE NOW WORKING ON, UH, THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL SEND OUT A POSTCARD JUST TO EDUCATE CITIZENS ON, ON THE PROJECTS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT WE, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO TAKE IT TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SO YOU, OR SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES TO GET TO GO THROUGH.
IT MAY, UH, UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, WE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN NOT PACKAGING THE WHOLE BOND ISSUE.
SO IF SOMEONE HAS, YOU KNOW, JUST DOES, IS NOT AGREEABLE TO THE FACILITIES, BUT LIKES THE ROADS, THEY CAN VOTE ON THE ROADS AND VOTE AGAINST THE FACILITIES.
WOULD THIS BE SUBJECT TO, UH, WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S TRYING TO DO TO PASS THE LAW THAT IT WOULD TAKE A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO PASS BOND ISSUES? NO.
THAT HASN'T GONE TO EFFECT YET.
SO, NO, I KNOW THAT, BUT IS THIS THE SAME THING? WOULD IT IN THE FUTURE IF THAT PASSED? YES.
IF IT DID PASS, THEN IT WOULD TAKE A WELL NO, NO, NO.
THAT IS FOR, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW IT'S FOR A, UM, JUST THE, UH, A TAX, A TAX RATE INCREASE FOR M AND O.
I THOUGHT IT AFFECT THE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FOR A BOND ISSUE OR NOT.
BUT THAT, IT MIGHT, IF THAT PASSES AND EFFECTS US, THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE FOREVER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BOND PROJECT? THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU.
WE'LL ROLL INTO THE NEXT ONE, MODESTO.
[6. ADHERENCE TO OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND AGENDA CHANGES – MODESTO MUNDO ]
IS WE'RE, UM, CHANGING THE AGENDA FOR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.WE'RE TAKING OFF THE COMMUNITY ITEMS OF INTEREST.
WE'VE, UH, NOTICED THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN REMISS IN THAT, UM, BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS EASILY ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING AND THEN WE TRY TO BE HELPFUL, DISCUSS, AND WE ANSWER AND WE WIND UP GETTING INTO A DISCUSSION, WHICH THEN VIOLATES THE OPEN MEETINGS, UH, ACT.
IF THERE'S ANY ITEM, WE'RE TELLING THIS TO ALL BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ON THE AGENDA, TELL US AND WE'LL PUT IT, WE WILL PUT THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND SO YOU CAN DISCUSS IT.
OR IF IT'S SOMETHING EASY, EASY THAT WE AS STAFF CAN ANSWER, THEN WE CAN ANSWER THAT.
BUT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
WELL, PREVIOUS TO YOU, WE HAD INDIVIDUAL IN HERE THAT WOULD STOP US IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO THAT YOU'RE GONNA FORCE MY HAND TO REQUIRE AN UPDATE FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT FOR EVERY MEETING.
SO THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE OR ACTUALLY HERE.
WE WILL NOT PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC ITEM.
WELL, WE HAVE SPECIFIC ITEMS WE CALL FOR EVERY NIGHT.
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TELL US WHEN WE'RE CROSSING THE LINE AND YOU'RE NOT HERE HALF THE TIME.BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
YOU CAN'T, CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T CONTROL.
I'VE READ, I'VE READ THE LAW, MY FRIEND.
IF WE CALL FOR AN CITYWIDE UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT UPDATE, WE GET THE UPDATE.
I, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT, WE CAN PUT THE PROJECT ON THERE AND WE ASK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
IT'S YOUR JOB TO BE HERE TO TELL US WHEN WE'RE CROSSING THE LINE OF GOING INTO A CONVERSATION.
WELL, I WILL, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE TAKING IT OFF.
I THINK YOU'RE CROSSING SOME GRAY WATERS, MY FRIEND, THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THE OUTCOME OF
I MEAN YOU, WE, IF THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF US BEING HERE, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROJECT WE CAN LIST IT ON.
SO WE FINISH WHEN WE FINISH TALK, TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING MM-HMM
AND SO NOW WE CAN'T HAVE THE UPDATE.
WE FINISHED VOTING, EVERYTHING'S GONE THROUGH THE DOOR.
THEY'RE STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION.
YOU'RE TELLING TELL ME I CAN'T ASK ABOUT THE UPDATE ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
SO IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROJECT YES.
SO I, I WILL, I WILL CALL FOR A, A CITYWIDE UPDATE ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE PASSED VOTED, WHICH IS PART OF THE LAW.
IF YOU READ IT, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
FOR THE PLAN? FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YES.
STUFF THAT HAS COME THROUGH OUR DOOR.
WE CAN, AND WE CAN EASILY PUT THOSE ON THERE.
SO THOSE PAST PROJECTS AT THE PLANNING.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
AND THAT'S, BUT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HERE WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
WHEN YOUR PREVIOUS PREDECESSOR WAS HERE TO STOP US FROM TALKING THOSE ITEMS, DOING HIS JOB.
YOU'RE NOT HERE TO DO THAT NOW.
WE'LL LIST THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED SO YOU CAN ASK ABOUT THEM.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK EVERY MONTH TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED PROJECTS FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S THINGS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH FOR THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION.
WE'LL LIST, WE'LL LIST THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO GET EDDIE'S UPDATE, THAT WOULD BE SWEET.
BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A VALUE ADDED THING WHERE HE GIVES THE STATE OF THE CITY PROJECTS.
AND YOU CAN HAVE THOSE, WE CAN SEND THE, SEND THOSE TO THE EVENTS.
BUT THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT THE BOARD AND COMMISSION IS NOT APPROVED.
THOSE ARE, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED.
ARE WE TALKING WE'RE JUST GETTING STATUS.
AND WE CAN SUBMIT, WE CAN SUBMIT THOSE TO YOU IN THE PACKET THAT YOU CAN READ THROUGH.
YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN'T GET A'S UPDATES FOR EXAMPLE.
WELL THEN THAT WOULD BRING INTO A SITUATION SINCE IT'S NOT ON A DAY AND IT'S NOT, I DON'T WANT AN ANSWER, BUT THESE ARE THINGS I WANT TO ADDRESS.
I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH FAMILIES WHERE CHILDREN AND THEIR PAR THEIR PARENTS CAN'T GET ALONG.
AND CHILDREN CANNOT DO ANYTHING.
SO I DROVE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS SINCE THE OTHER DAY.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT FOR SURE A TOWN LIKE LAKE JACKSON WOULD HAVE A SAFE EXCHANGE DROP OFF POINT, WHICH IS BASICALLY MANY CITIES HAVE THEM, WHICH ALLOW PARENTS IN HIGH CONFLICT FAMILY LAW SITUATIONS OR MAYBE SOMEBODY SELLING SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE TO COME TO THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT'S UNDER CAMERA SURVEILLANCE.
THAT IN EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS.
USUALLY IT'S SOMEBODY IN DISPATCH.
IT'S USUALLY WHO'S WATCHING THOSE CAN NOTIFY SOMEBODY AND IT'S MAKES FOR A SAFE PLACE.
SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE A, SOMETHING TO LOOK.
I WAS JUST SURPRISED ON THE THOUGHT.
WE BROUGHT THAT UP FOUR YEARS AGO AND REQUIRED MONEY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA WIND UP GOING TO SOME PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THEY GOT A LOT OF THE, THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS AT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION.
THE MOST COMMON TIME WHEN THERE'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS IS HANDOVER OF CHILDREN.
MR. GILBERT, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM MODESTO? I'VE GOT ONE MORE.
IT'S KIND OF WAY OUT THERE IN LEFT FIELD.
BUT WITH THE BOND, UH, WAS THERE ANY LOOKING AT, AND IT'S I GUESS WAY FUTURE, BUT ADDING IN PIECING IN BETWEEN THIS BUILDING AND THE POLICE STATION AND CREATING ONE BUILDING, SINCE THIS IS LIABLE TO BE MOVING IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE TO THE CREDIT OLD CREDIT UNION.
NO, WE'RE NOT MOVING CITY HALL.
NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA MOVE CITY ALL.
CAN WE GET COUNCIL UPDATES? WE HIT THEM.
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DON'T WE GET BY EMAIL? YEAH, WE DO GIVE COUNCIL, WE SEND THAT TO ALL THE BOARD AND, AND BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL PUT UPDATES ON ALL PAST PLANNING COMMISSION PROJECTS.
SO YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.
AND THEN, WE'LL, EDDIE'S REPORT WILL BE IN THE PA IN THE PACKET.
AND THEN WE SEND UPDATES ON THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THAT, FEEL FREE TO CALL SAL OR I AND WE CAN EITHER ANSWER IT OR WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR A DISCUSSION A WEEK AHEAD OF TIME.
OR WHAT'S THE RESTRICTION IF YOU CAN GIVE US, UH, USUALLY I WOULD SAY BY WEDNESDAY WE CAN GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
SO THERE'S A SPECIFIC ITEMS YOU REALLY WANT TO DISCUSS AND STUFF.
AGAIN, IT'S HERE FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN TOO MUCH IN DISCUSSION ON ITEMS AND THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S NOT A, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE AND STUFF.
IT IS JUST THAT IT NEEDS TO BE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
WHAT ABOUT OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS? LIKE WHAT'S NEW HAPPENING? WE CAN PUT AN UPDATE, UH, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH COUNCIL.
UH, WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESSES FOR THE MONTH AND WE HAVE, WE LIST THE BUSINESS FOR THE MONTH.
AND WE CAN PUT THAT ON AGENDA.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GET BACK WHERE WE WERE.
YOU JUST GOTTA CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE OR, RIGHT.
BUT, BUT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO THOSE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, WE CAN LIST, WE CAN LIST THAT AND WE PROVIDE THE LIST AND GO OVER, GO OVER THE LIST.
I THINK WE DON'T CARE HOW YOU RIGHT.
AS LONG AS WE STILL GET TO DO WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE.
SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THERE.
BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
ISN'T THERE A REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO BE HERE? HMM? ISN'T THERE, THERE ISN'T A REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO BE HERE? NO, I, WHAT I'VE TRIED TO DO IS I'VE TRIED TO BACK OFF AND LET SAL AND HIS TEAM BE THE LEAD.
I GO ON OCCASION, UH, TO THE MEETING.
'CAUSE USUALLY WHEN I WALK IN THE ROOM, THEN FOR ANY BOARD COMMISSION, THEN EVERYBODY ANS LOOKS FOR ME FOR, FOR THE ANSWERS.
AND I'M TRYING TO UH, PUT THAT ON MY DIRECTORS AND STUFF.
SO I DO VISIT, BUT I TRY NOT TO MAKE IT TO EVERY MEETING.
SO IF THAT'S BEEN A PURPOSE CHANGE ON MY PART, LET MANAGERS MANAGE.
[7. SET NEXT MEETING DATE ]
ALL THAT SAID, OUR NEXT ITEM IS SET.UNLESS WILL I BE GONE OR MAYBE I, THE DAY YOU GOTTA CHANGE MY AIR FILTER THAT DAY.
WHAT ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE AND BE HERE? I WILL BE HERE.
I'LL BE IN TRIAL, BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HERE BY SIX 30.
DON'T GUESS WE HAVE ANYTHING TO SIGN OR ANYTHING.