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TIME.[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER.ALRIGHT, WELCOME TO EVERYONE TO THE, UH, MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2025 REGULAR SESSION OF LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL AT 25 OAK DRIVE, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS.
UH, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE ARE GOING TO, UH, BEGIN AS ALWAYS, WITH THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH.
I PLEDGE ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC NATION UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLE TO BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, BE THANK YOU.
AND THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE LED BY, UH, GIVEN BY, UH, COUNCILMAN BUELL.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HERE THIS EVENING.
AND AS OUR MEETING CONTINUES AND DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND WISDOM TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE FEEL ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUT OF OUR CITY.
PLEASE BE WITH OUR EEMT FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL AS LONG AS WELL AS OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN ARMED FORCES ABROAD AND STATESIDE.
BE WITH US AS WE GO HEAD HOME.
GET THERE, GET US THERE SAFELY.
ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT THING WE HAVE
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PRESENTATIONS.AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS WE'RE GOING TO GET TO DO SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE DON'T GET TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF TIMES, BUT, UH, WE DO LIKE TO DO IT WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT IS RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE OF, UH, CITY EFFORTS, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ANNA SILVAS IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE HER FOR, UH, SHE'S BEEN RECENTLY, UH, NAMED AS A WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR BRAZOSPORT LULAC COUNCIL NUMBER 4, 6 5, 5 WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
NOW, THEY JUST, THEY, THEY, THEY JUST GAVE ME A, A A A PAGE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS OF THAT SHE'S BEEN AN ACHIEVER ON.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET THE STAND UP AND TALK TO US
OKAY? UH, AND HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE REALLY JUST A ACHING TO DO.
UH, BUT, UH, ALSO WITH HER IS, IS HER FIANCE ERIC, AND HE WAS NAMED MAN OF THE YEAR FOR LULAC THIS YEAR ALSO.
SO ERIC IS CITY COUNCILMAN OF CITY LAKE JACKSON AND STUFF.
ANYWAY, WE'RE IN THE WRONG SEAT.
SO, UH, JUST A ROUNDABOUT STORY IS, IS, UH, UM, THAT I'VE HEARD RECENTLY IS ABOUT, UH, ANA IS THAT, UH, AGAIN, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ACHIEVER AND, AND I HATE TO D TERM AN OVERACHIEVER, UH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT SHE'S OVERLY OUT THERE TRYING TO TAKE EVERYTHING IS, IT'S THAT SHE'S JUST EVOLVED AND SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED ALL THE WAY THROUGH HER HIGH SCHOOL'S, UH, UH, YOUNGER LIFE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND, UM, AND NOW INTO HER, UH, ADULT LIFE AND STUFF.
YOU WERE, UH, A LOT OF YOU WEREN'T A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT.
BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE TOO POPULAR TO BE THE PROM QUEEN
SO, UH, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, BUT SHE, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M, I'M LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU AND STUFF, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE A VERY PRIVATE PERSON, SO, UH, I WON'T GO MUCH FURTHER, BUT PLEASE STAND UP THERE AND TALK TO YOU, TALK, TELL THE GROUP ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH LULAC.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH LULAC, UH, I GOT INVOLVED WITH LULAC MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, UH, WHENEVER IT REALLY BECAME A BIG OR A GOOD STRONG ORGANIZATION IN BROAD SUPPORT AREA AND, UH, AND STUFF.
SO I, I STILL FOLLOW, UH, THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
UM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN LULAC SINCE MY HIGH SCHOOL TIME, UM, BUT MOST RECENTLY I WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT IN 2019.
AND REALLY WHAT OUR COUNCIL FOCUSES ON IS SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE $12,000 TO STUDENTS IN BISD, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO GIVE TWO STUDENTS ONE FROM DANBURY HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FROM SWEENEY HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THOSE WERE TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO THE AREA THAT WERE SERVICING.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, JUST FROM COVERING, UH, AND CREATING COMMUNITY EVENTS TO BRING ABOUT AWARENESS FOR WHAT WE DO, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, ADVANCING THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND SCHOLARSHIPS,
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OUR SCHOLARSHIP, ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET AND FUNDRAISER IS HELD EVERY YEAR HERE AT THE LAKE JACKSON CIVIC CENTER.SO, UM, HOPEFULLY I CAN SEE YOU ALL THIS COMING YEAR.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE, THE RECOGNITION AND I JUST ENJOY SERVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT EXCITING PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE.
AND THAT WAS FROM, UH, CHIEF KIBITO.
AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL POLICE REPORT.
YEAH, YOU DIDN'T GET TOO, UH, TOO MUCH SUNBURN TODAY, THIS LAST WEEKEND.
YOU'RE OUT CAMPING A LITTLE BIT.
MOST OF THIS IS MOWING, MOW, MOWING.
SO, UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, REALLY, I WANT TO, UH, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON THE, ON THE, UH, THE WAY THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER.
UH, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT ON STAFF, UH, ESPECIALLY THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, CARRIE LANGFORD, UH, COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE WANTED TO BE, HE'S HAD SOME HEALTH THINGS, BUT, UH, HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA STEP BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, GOING AT IT AND DOING THE WORK TO STEP BACK AND SEE WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOU NEED TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE ANNUAL REPORT LETS US DO.
UM, WE'VE REALLY MADE AN EFFORT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS TO, TO STREAMLINE, UH, MAKE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PUT OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, EASILY DIGESTIBLE TO KIND OF JUST SEE IN A GLANCE WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, OF COURSE, DAY TO DAY, UH, THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN THE BACKGROUND, UH, OF WHAT WE PRESENT HERE.
UH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT GOES INTO IT, PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND GIVING IT TO YOU.
AND, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE, I'M GONNA TRY AND HIT THE TOPS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY PAGE THAT YOU'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND HOPEFULLY OPEN THIS THING UP FOR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS WELL.
UH, STARTED OFF WITH THE, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS.
ALRIGHT, I'M NOT GONNA READ THAT FOR YOU.
UH, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO START OFF WITH, WITH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS BIG CHANGE WE HAD THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS A BIG, UH, CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE, IN OUR PLATFORM FOR OUR REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND I STARTED WITH A, A CLEVER LITTLE STORY ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE IN THE DAY.
A LOT OF MY OFFICERS DON'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT WAS LIKE, UH, BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAND WROTE REPORTS AND THEN SOMEONE HAD TO TYPE IT OUT.
I DIDN'T, IT WAS, I FIGURED YOU, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD WALK IN BECAUSE IF ANYBODY DOES, HE DOES.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY DID FEEL SORRY FOR THE DISPATCHERS OR WHOEVER HAD TO TYPE IT OUT 'CAUSE IT WAS HANDWRITTEN, CURSIVE, JUST TO MAKE IT FASTER.
UH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS, UH, BUT TO, TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE THE DIFFERENCE WHERE WE WERE BACK THEN.
UH, RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU WRITE A REPORT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO DOING IT IN THE SYSTEM.
BUT THE DATA THAT'S BUILT IN THOSE REPORTS, PERSONS, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, VEHICLES, THINGS THAT MAKE IT SEARCHABLE, UH, MAKE IT WHERE WE CAN EASILY SEARCH, UH, TO, TO ENHANCE WHAT WE DO, BUT TO LOOK BACK OVER WHAT WE DO AND TO REPORT THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, A BIG STEP FOR LAKE JACKSON WAS IN 2000, WE WERE THE FIRST STATE TO GO TO WITH CENTRAL SQUARE TO, TO A REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS REALLY, UH, ADVANCED AT THE TIME.
AND WE'VE STAYED WITH THEM, UH, FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS.
AND, UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THAT, WE WERE THE FIRST.
SO THERE WAS SOME WORKING TOGETHER AND SOME DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH, AND, AND I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY IS WHAT MADE US STAY WITH CENTRAL SQUARE IN THIS CHANGE, UH, WAS THAT WE HAD WORKED TOGETHER AND DEVELOPED THE PRODUCT TOGETHER OVER 25 YEARS.
SO WHEN THEY KIND OF ABANDONED THEIR, THEIR, UM, OLD PLATFORM OF ONE SOLUTION AND DECIDED TO GO FORWARD WITH ENTERPRISE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME GROWING PAINS, JUST LIKE THERE WAS THE FIRST TIME, UH, EVEN PUTTING THE REPORT TOGETHER.
UM, WE MADE THAT SWAP IN SEPTEMBER AND IT REALLY WAS A, JUST A FLIP THE SWITCH AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, THE MIGRATION OF THE DATA CAME OVER AND THERE WAS SOME HICCUPS THERE.
BUT ALL IN ALL, WE'RE ON THE ROAD.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND THIS WILL BE OUR FUTURE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO A POLICY, UH, A, A WAY TO UPDATE OUR POLICY MANUAL.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THESE DAYS, AS I'M SURE EVERYONE
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CAN SEE, TO KEEP THAT POLICY UP TO DATE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WORKING UNDER THAT POLICY HAVE THAT INFORMATION READY, READILY AVAILABLE.UM, MAY EVEN HAVE BEEN YOU AND MR. MDO THAT FIRST SAW, UH, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE LOOKED INTO IT.
IT WAS OBVIOUS THIS WAS, THIS WAS THE PLATFORM WE WANTED TO BE WITH.
UH, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT LEXIPOL WILL DO FOR YOU IN THERE.
IT'S, UH, UPTODATE, DAY TO DAY, ANY NEW CHANGES IN LAW, ANY NEW CHANGES IN CASE LAW, UH, THEY CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO US.
WE REVIEW THAT TO ACCEPT IT, CHANGE IT, WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO WITH IT.
UH, AND THOSE CHANGES ARE IMMEDIATE AND THEY'RE PUSHED OUT, UH, TO ALL THE OFFICERS FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND TRAINING IF WE WISH TO.
UH, WE CAN ALSO PUSH OUT, UH, PERIODIC CHANGES, UH, PERIODIC TRAINING OVER DIFFERENT TOPICS IN OUR POLICY AS WELL.
SO IT'S A GREAT TRAINING PLATFORM AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT LEXIPOL DOES, UH, INCLUDING WORKING US TOWARDS ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS A BIG GOAL FOR US.
UM, SO THOSE TWO BIG CHANGES THIS YEAR, UH, WERE A LOT.
UH, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS, UH, WE DON'T ALWAYS WELCOME CHANGE, UH, BUT IN THIS CASE, AS WE GET PAST SOME GROWING PAINS, IT'LL BE, UH, IT'LL BE FOR THE BEST AND IT'LL TAKE US MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT, WE CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF, OF GOOD WORK.
YOU KNOW, IN THE END IT'S THE, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN DEPARTMENT THAT DO THE WORK.
UH, THESE TOOLS THAT YOU'VE HELPED, YOU KNOW, US PROVIDE, UH, REALLY ENSURE THE WORK PRODUCT IS THE HIGHEST QUALITY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE ORG CHART.
AND I'M SORRY THAT'S A LITTLE SMALL.
THE ONLY REAL CHANGE IS THE, THE FOUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WERE UNDER, DIRECTLY UNDER.
AND THERE'S NOT A SUPERVISOR IN THAT UNIT.
THERE ARE FOUR LINE OFFICERS UNDER WORKING UNDERNEATH THE LIEUTENANT.
UH, WE DECIDED TO MOVE THOSE ACROSS TO UNDERNEATH THE TRAINING SERGEANT, WHO'S NICK ROSS.
UH, HE WAS ACTUALLY VERY, UH, AMENABLE TO THAT CHANGE.
UH, HE WORKS WITH THEM A LOT ANYWAY, BECAUSE OUR TRAFFIC FOLKS, NOT ONLY DO THEY FOCUS ON TRAFFIC, THEY DO A LOT FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO IN THE SCHOOL.
UH, THEY ALSO HELP US OUT ON PATROL IF WE'RE SHORT, WHICH AGAIN, THIS YEAR WAS A STRUGGLE.
UH, THEY'LL STEP IN AND RUN A REGULAR SHIFT AS WELL.
UH, WE LIKE TO KEEP 'EM FOCUSED ON THEIR DUTIES, UH, WITH TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE THEY DO MAKE A BIG IMPACT.
YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER ON SOME OF THE CHARTS.
UH, BUT THIS WAS A GOOD MOVE AND REALLY IT WAS, UH, BETTER SUITED SUPERVISORY WISE TO PUT THEM UNDER A SERGEANT AND THEN HE REPORTS TO THE LIEUTENANT.
SO THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE REALLY TO OUR, UH, TO OUR ORG CHART.
UM, SPEAKING OF TRAFFIC, AGAIN, WE DID MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE WITH OUR TRAFFIC WITH, THERE'S FOUR OFFICERS.
PREVIOUSLY WE HAD THREE MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS AND ONE IN A CAR, UH, THIS PAST YEAR WITH THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE VERSATILITY OF HAVING, UH, THE OFFICER IN THE CAR DURING, YOU KNOW, BAD WEATHER, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT OR, OR THE ABILITY TO WORK ACCIDENTS AND HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE UNIT THAT HE NEEDS TO WORK, WE DECIDED, UH, TO, TO GIVE THIS A SHOT TO SEE IF, IF WE'D SEE AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY.
SO WE MOVED, UH, ONE OF THOSE MOTORCYCLE POSITIONS, IS THAT WE HAVE TWO AND TWO NOW, TWO MOTORS, TWO CARS.
UM, AS FAR AS PATROL MANPOWER THIS YEAR, AGAIN, UM, WE HIRED SEVEN OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES THAT GO INTO HIRING SOMEONE AND BRINGING THEM ON BOARD.
UH, AND IT'S JUST, UH, TODAY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET GOOD QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND TO KEEP 'EM.
AND, UH, ALTHOUGH WE HIRED SEVEN, UH, SEVEN RESIGNED DURING THE YEAR TO, FOR OTHER REASONS TO GO OTHER PLACES.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT IN A VERY BAD POSITION NOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST A STRUGGLE AND WE, WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE, THE LATEST HIRES THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, ON BOARD.
THEY'RE DOING A FINE JOB AND I THINK THEY'RE HERE TO STAY AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
CHIEF, CAN YOU MENTION WE'VE, UM, HAVE MADE CHANGE ALSO TO OUR CADET, UH, PROGRAM? COULD YOU THAT? SURE, SURE.
SO MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO, UM, IN THIS AREA, IT WAS KIND OF NEW, BUT WE STARTED,
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UH, A CADET PROGRAM WHERE, UH, WE TRIED TO, UH, GET OVER THE HURDLE FOR SOMEONE THAT MAYBE WANTED TO GET IN LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT WAS ALREADY, UH, MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY ALREADY OR, OR AN ESTABLISHED JOB AND JUST COULDN'T, UH, WALK AWAY FROM THAT AND DO THE FULL-TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY.SO WE HAD A CADET PROGRAM WHERE WE, WE, UH, PAID THEM A TO A, A REDUCED LIKE 20% BELOW OUR, OUR REGULAR PATROL STARTING PAY PATROL ONE FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME IT TOOK THEM TO GET THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
AND THEN WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THEREAFTER, UH, THAT THEY WOULD STAY WITH US FOR A WHILE.
AND IF THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, THAT THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US.
PART OF THAT, UH, INVESTMENT THAT WE HAD GOING IN.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, OF HICCUP WITH IT IN THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE HIRED, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB.
UH, MOST THAT WE HAD AN ISSUE JUST, UH, JUST WEREN'T CUT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, AND, UH, ANYWAY, TWO, UH, TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM ALIVE AND TO, UH, TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO US GOING FORWARD.
WE ALTERED IT A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE WILL FIND SOMEONE AT THE ACADEMY AND IF THEY WANT TO COMMIT TO COMING TO WORK FOR US EVEN BEFORE, KIND OF, 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING FOLKS.
UH, THERE'S AGENCIES GOING IN AND SIGNING COMMITMENTS BEFORE THEY EVER GET OUTTA THE ACADEMY.
UH, WE WON'T DO THAT UNTIL WE'VE DONE A BACKGROUND, A FULL BACKGROUND.
AND THAT'S ONLY PRUDENT, UH, IN MY OPINION.
BUT IN DOING THAT, IF WE COMPLETE THAT BACKGROUND AND WE'RE SATISFIED, WE WILL SIGN A COMMITMENT WITH THEM TO REIMBURSE THEM IN THE FUTURE, UH, PERIODICALLY A PORTION OF THEIR TUITION AND EXPENSES FOR THE, FOR THE ACADEMY, DID THEY NOT DO A BACKGROUND CHECK TO GET INTO THE ACADEMY? THEY DO SOMEWHAT, UH, NOT LIKE WE DID ON A SMALLER SCALE.
BECAUSE THERE'S REQUIREMENTS IN A PRE-EMPLOYMENT FOR COMING TO WORK AT THIS, AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERSUS GOING TO THE ACADEMY AS WELL.
AND, AND THAT COULD INCLUDE IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRIOR EXPERIENCE OR WHATEVER.
AS A JAILER OR AN OFFICER, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO VISIT AND THERE'S A BACKGROUND CONFIRMATION FORM THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT FOR T COLE.
SO A LITTLE D IN THIS INSTANCE WHERE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY WE COULD REALLY ONLY AFFORD TO, YOU KNOW, BACK ONE PERSON A YEAR.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH FOUR, REIMBURSING THEM OVER A TWO YEAR, YOU KNOW, PERIOD.
SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INCENTIVE TO STAY EACH SIX MONTHS AND THEY GET, UH, A PORTION REIMBURSED SMART.
SO IT IS, IT, IT'S A GOOD CHANGE IN THAT THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT OUT, IT'S, IT'S NOT, THEY HAVE TO REIMBURSE.
IT'S RIGHT, RIGHT AS WE GO FORWARD AND THEY REACH MILESTONES AND THEY'RE ACCREDITED A CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT.
SO IT'S WORKING VERY WELL TO THIS POINT.
UM, SO YES, UH, HIRING PEOPLE WAS AN ISSUE.
AND, UH, 725 UNMANNED HOURS, UH, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL HOURS, UH, OF PATROL WORKFORCE IN A YEAR.
UH, LIKENED TO ABOUT 3.4 POSITIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
I'M HOPING TO IMPROVE ON THAT.
UH, I'M REALLY CONFIDENT IN THE YOUNG CREW THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING AND STUFF AND FILLING POSITIONS REAL QUICK IS THE SHENANIGANS ARE GOING ON IN HOUSTON AND, UH, HARRIS COUNTY.
DO YOU SEE ANY IMPACT YET WITH THEIR SALARY? I HAVEN'T OUT THERE AND HOW IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE REST.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A SHUFFLE WHENEVER SOMEBODY DECIDES TO DO A HUGE PAY INCREASE, IT IS, BUT I DON'T SEE A LOT OF, UH, BACK AND FORTH, IF YOU WILL, IN EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN IT.
FOR ME, PERSONALLY, IN MY CAREER, I, I WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO WORK IN AN AGENCY THAT BIG.
RIGHT? IT'S NOT PERSONAL ENOUGH.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE HERE, KIND OF HOMEGROWN FOR THE MOST PART.
WE HAVE SOME THAT COME FROM OTHER CITIES, BUT, UH, USUALLY NOT, I CAN'T THINK OF.
BUT IN THE 30 YEARS, A COUPLE OF APPLICANTS THAT CAME OUTTA HOUSTON MOSTLY, UH, ME BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO STEP OVER YOU
I STARTED OFF AT HPD AND I MOVED TO THE COUNTRY A SLOWER LIFESTYLE.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE RAISE IN A SMALLER CITY, YOU USUALLY STAY, YOU USUALLY GO UP TO THE SIZE OF MAYBE PEARL LAND OR SUGAR LAND, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET IN BIGGER.
I SAW THAT THE CITY DALLAS, THE MONEY, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS THE MONEY DON'T, DON'T ATTRACT
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THEM, IS NOW SENDING COMMUNICATIONS TO HPD OFFICERS TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO COME TO DALLAS NOW.SO IT'S, IT'S GETTING COMPETITIVE.
THE FOLKS THAT WORK HERE, I BELIEVE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LIKE MYSELF.
UH, WE LIKE THE PERSONAL ASPECT OF KNOWING YOUR TOWN AND KNOWING THE PEOPLE.
UM, AND IT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A GOOD PLACE TO WORK.
QUICK PEEK AT, UH, RESPONSE TIME.
RESPONSE TIME KIND OF IS THE TOTAL THING, WHICH INCLUDES DISPATCH PART OF TAKING A CALL AND SENDING IT OUT.
UH, THIS NUMBER HAS JUST BEEN CONSISTENT FOR THE MOST PART OVER THE YEARS, UM, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EFFECT THAT YOU COULD SEE ON REACTION TIME WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT GETS, AND THE CALL VOLUME, IF IT GETS BUSY AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN OFFICER TO SEND THAT HOG CALL'S, GOTTA STAY IN HOLDING FOR A WHILE, OR YOU CHECK TEN EIGHT, BUT YOU'RE ON THE OTHER OR IN SERVICE AND YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE TO COVER THAT PART.
BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE YEARS.
UH, A LITTLE BIT UP FROM LAST YEAR, BUT DOWN FROM 2022, IT'S BROKE NOW.
SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN, UH, WHICH WHAT YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE.
UM, BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IS THE INJURY ACCIDENTS GOING UP.
UH, SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT GOING ON THIS YEAR, FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
BUT THE TREND IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IS DOWN.
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BETTER, WE HOPE.
UH, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN INCREASE YOUR INJURY, OF COURSE, UH, SPEED, UH, IS USUALLY A FACTOR.
IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ACCIDENT AND YOU DO IT, IT'S SLOWER.
IT'S, UH, LESS LIKELY TO PRODUCE INJURIES.
INJURIES THAN IF IT'S A, UH, A FAST SPEED.
I THINK WITH THAT, WITH ACCIDENTS TOO.
UH, WE HAD TWO FATALITY ACCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, WHICH IS, IS NOT A, A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YEARS PAST.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE CASE THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.
TRAFFIC OFFENSES IS OVERALL, UM, UP AND DOWN OVER THE YEARS OF 2022, COMING KIND OF AT THE END OF, OF, UH, COVID NUMBERS AND SUCH.
YOU SAW A DECREASE LAST YEAR AND IT'S CREEPING BACK UP THIS YEAR.
IT'S AN ESSENTIAL PART REALLY, OF WHAT AN OFFICER DOES EVERY DAY.
YOU'RE OUT THERE FOR 12 HOURS, YOU'RE ANSWERING CALLS, YOU'RE DOING FOLLOW UPS ON REPORTS.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SAW IN COVID THAT WHEN WE PULLED OFF AND WE WERE MORE REACTIVE, WE SAW PEOPLE START, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT DRIVING AND IS NOT AS SAFE AS THEY DO IF THEY THINK THAT WE'RE OUT THERE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE OUT THERE.
UH, SO IT'S A PORTION OF WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS HERE AS THEY GO.
IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT BACK, YOU'LL SEE HIGHER NUMBERS, BUT I THINK I WOULD REFER TO THAT AS AN AVERAGE, UH, FOR SURE.
WELL, WHAT THEY SAY ON FACEBOOK IS NOT TRUE.
THEY SAY WE'RE SPEED TRAP, SO IT LOOK LIKE WE GIVE MORE WARNINGS THAN WE DO TICKETS OF.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS.
SO THEY LET YOU KNOW FACEBOOK IS NOT TRUE.
I THOUGHT EVERYTHING ON THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND IF YOU CAN GET IT DONE WITH A WARNING, OBVIOUSLY, UH, VERBAL OR WRITTEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD THOUGH.
IF THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY SEE AN OFFICER PULL EM OVER.
IF THEY THINK THEY'RE WRITING 'EM A TICKET, THEN GOOD, THEN IT'S WORKING.
AS FAR AS CID GOES, THIS IS ONE THAT WE LIKE TO TRACK, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE LIKE TO SEE GOING DOWN.
UH, I REMEMBER DURING THE COVID PERIOD OF COMING RIGHT OFF WAS THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER HAD.
AND I THINK IT WAS LIKE 200 AND ALMOST 270 INCIDENCES, UH, DOWN TO 180 3.
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UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO NOTE HERE, SINCE, SINCE I WAS A LIEUTENANT IN CID 900 OR SO CASES ASSIGNED, THESE ARE JUST OFFENSES THAT USUALLY, UH, CAN COME THROUGH PATROL AS AN INITIAL REPORT, BUT CAN BE INITIATED INITIALLY AT BY CID CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL.900 OR SO IS ABOUT WHAT WE LOOK AT, UH, THAT 1272 THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE SLIGHTLY MORE CASES SOME YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN WE MOVED TO PATROL POSITIONS OVER TO DO THE FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATIONS FOR PATROL INITIATED CASES, AND THEY'RE NOW DETECTIVES.
UH, THEY TAKE ALL THE MISDEMEANORS.
WE USED TO HAVE PATROL, UH, FOLLOW UP THEIR OWN MISDEMEANORS.
NOW THEY GO OVER TO THESE TWO.
SO THERE'S A UNDERSTANDABLE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT COME BACK TO CID.
THAT 1272 THOUGH IS A PROCEDURAL THING FOR THE MOST PART.
THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE CASES SENT BACK, BUT THAT NUMBER THERE, UH, IS FROM, UH, FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES SENDS, UH, CASES BACK TO CID.
UH, IT MAY BE SOMETHING FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM CPS THAT COMES IN AND THERE'S NO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACTION NEEDED IN IT.
BUT THEY REPORT THOSE THINGS TO US.
UH, IN THE PAST, BEFORE WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING ELECTRONIC RECORDS, UH, WE FILED THOSE.
UH, THIS MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE CONVENIENT.
BUT WE ACTUALLY DO TAKE AN INCIDENT REPORT, EVEN IF THERE'S NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE ASSOCIATED TO INVESTIGATE JUST FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES.
AND IT GIVES US A PLACE TO SCAN AND ATTACH ELECTRONICALLY THOSE REPORTS THAT COME IN FROM THOSE STATE AGENCIES.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD EFFORT.
UM, CID WAS, WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO DO IT.
UH, DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER FALL BACK ON IT A WHOLE LOT, BUT BETTER TO HAVE IT AND NOT NEED IT AND TO NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT.
SO I THINK, BUT THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER'S CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR YOU.
SO, YES, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO ASKING A A HOUSTON QUESTION IS, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A 10, THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH US, UH, CLOSING A CASE BECAUSE OF LACK OF RESOURCES.
SO THAT'S, WE WILL NEVER FIND THAT IN OUR BEING ISSUED FOR.
SO, SO THE 3 31 PENDING THAT GOING PENDING, GOING UP, DOES THAT CONCERN YOU OR NOT? IS THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER? SHEER NUMBER AND IT CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT YEAH, IT IS JUST BASICALLY THE SHEER NUMBER, UH, WE CALL ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN.
UH, IT MAY BE IN CASE, FOR INSTANCE, A CASE WHERE A WARRANT WAS ISSUED, RIGHT, UH, IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, BUT HASN'T BEEN SERVED.
THAT CASE STAYS ACTIVE FOR US.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CLOSE THAT CASE UNTIL SOMEONE IS INDICTED OR ARRESTED IN THAT, IN THAT EXAMPLE.
SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF WHY WE DO NOT CLOSE THEM OUT UNTIL EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE OR THE CASE IS SOLVED.
AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, I KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHY OUR CID GROUP IS SO SUCCESSFUL.
SO IF WE'RE WORKING LIKE WITH THE DA'S OFF OR THE WHATEVER ON A CASE AND IT'S HELD UP AT A TRIAL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CLOSE IT OR WHAT? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY, IF IT'S GOING TO TRIAL, IT'S HELD UP BECAUSE IT'S PERSON'S BEEN ARRESTED, THEY'RE SITTING IN JAIL, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD THEIR TRIAL DATE YET.
YOU'VE, AS FAR AS YOU'RE DONE, YOU'VE DONE YOUR WORK.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF THEY'RE IN JAIL OR SO, UH, UH, WE WON'T CLOSE IT UNTIL, UH, THERE'S NO INFORMATION THAT WE BELIEVE RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S TO BE GONE.
YOU, YOU CAN ARREST SOMEONE ON SITE FOR SOMETHING, BUT THE FOLLOW UP, WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN UNTIL WE THINK THERE'S NO OTHER STEPS TO BE TAKEN.
NOW THOSE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT A CLEARED CASE COMES FROM, IF YOU REMEMBER OUR PREVIOUS UCR REPORTS NOW NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE STRICT DEFINITIONS FOR WHEN A CASE IS STILL ACTIVE AND WHEN A CASE IS CLOSED, UH, WE FOLLOW THOSE AND WE MAY, UH, MAKE AN ARREST, SEND A CASE TO THE DA'S OFFICE.
BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER STEP, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS AS THE CID LIEUTENANT, UH, THAT I HAD, AND I'VE PASSED THAT ON TO, TO THE, THE CID LIEUTENANTS AFTER ME.
UH, IF YOU CLOSE THAT CASE, IT'S OUTTA SIGHT OUTTA MIND.
YOU LEAVE IT OPEN UNTIL EVERY STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN IS WHEN YOU GET EVERYTHING FINALIZED SENT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, TO THE, TO THE GRAND JURY,
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YOU CONSIDER THAT'S WHEN IT'S CLOSED.IT CAN BE BY, BY DEFINITION OF UCR.
AGAIN, WHATEVER THEY DO WITH IT'S THEIR BUSINESS, BUT YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU HAD TO DO.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S TIMES THEY'LL CONTACT US BACK AND THEY'LL SAY, HEY, CAN YOU GET THIS FOR ME? CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME? YEAH.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS.
THAT THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THEY HAVE INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AT THE ATTORNEY'S DISTRICT, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THEIR INVESTIGATORS CAN FILL IN ANY HOLES, IF YOU WILL.
BUT AGAIN, THE IMPORTANT PART IS LEAVING IT OPEN.
IF YOU SEE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BECAUSE ONCE YOU CLOSE IT AND IT'S OFF THE DASHBOARD, UH, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
UH, ONE OF THE, PROBABLY MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS HERE IS WE DO HAVE TWO NARCOTICS OFFICERS.
UH, FOR MANY YEARS, SEVERAL YEARS THEY WORKED EITHER WITH THE BRAZO COUNTY TASK FORCE AS WELL, INDEPENDENTLY, BUT, UH, WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND WITH THE FBI TASK FORCE IN, UH, 2024, UH, THE SERGEANT OVER NARCOTICS RETIRED, WE HAVE NOT, WE'VE PROMOTED, UH, THE OTHER NARCOTICS OFFICER TO THAT SERGEANT POSITION, BUT WE HAVEN'T FILLED THAT POSITION AND WE NO LONGER WORK WITH THE FBI TASK FORCE.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO FILLING THAT POSITION WHEN WE'RE READY TO DO THAT, WHEN OUR RANKS ARE FULL ENOUGH IN, IN PATROL.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE NARCOTICS, UH, AS FAR AS HOW IT SHOWS IN SEIZURES, UH, AS A MEASURE OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO, UH, THE NUMBER LOOKS SMALL IN 24.
BUT A LOT OF THOSE BIG NUMBERS WERE REALLY CASES THAT WE WORKED WITH THE FEDS.
WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THOSE CASES, AND THEY SHARED FUNDS WITH US WHEN THEY WERE SUCCESSFULLY SEIZED.
EVERYTHING THAT'S SEIZED HERE, THOSE WEAPONS PISTOLS, MONEY AND DRUGS.
WHERE DOES THAT END UP WITH US? WELL, UH, AFTER EVERYTHING'S SAID AND DONE, WHAT DO Y'ALL DO WITH IT AFTERWARDS? UH, WE USE IT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
UH, SO THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS TO THAT.
UH, IF IT'S, UH, MONEY ILL GAINED, UH, PROCEEDS FROM THE SELLING NARCOTICS, UH, UH, IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OVER.
WE FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OF FORFEITURE.
IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UH, THEIR ATTORNEYS WILL TAKE THAT TO COURT.
UH, ALL PARTIES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, TO TELL THEIR SIDE, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEN IF THE MONEY IS THEN FORFEITED TO US, IT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO US.
IS THAT, AND THERE'S GUIDELINES FOR WHAT YOU CAN USE THAT HAPPENS PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
NARCOTICS CASES ARE, ARE PRETTY RELIABLE FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE'S EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AT A FORFEITURE HEARING, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY DO COME.
UH, QUICK PEEK KIND OF AT, UH, CAN I SAY SOMETHING ON THIS ONE? YEP.
SO FENTANYL HAS BECOME A GROWING PROBLEM, CLEARLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO IF THAT NUMBER IS CORRECT, OF 202 GRAMS OF FENTANYL.
SO IN THE MEDICAL WORLD, WE DOSE FENTANYL BY MICROGRAMS. SO A NORMAL DOSE FOR AN ADULT WOULD BE 50 MICROGRAMS, A HEAVY DOSE FOR A BROKEN LEG OR SOMETHING, MAYBE A HUNDRED.
SO IN 202 GRAMS, A FENTANYL SEIZURE, THAT'S OVER 2 MILLION DOSES, FULL DOSES THAT WE WOULD GIVE MEDICALLY.
IS THAT THE PILL? I DON'T KNOW WHAT FORM WE GIVE IT LIQUID IV.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S MIXED WITH SOMETHING.
BUT THAT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FENTANYL THAT IS OFF THE STREET.
AND, AND I'VE ALREADY DECIDED WHEN I LOOKED AT IT BEFORE I CAME IN AND I SAID, WE REALLY NEED A COMPARISON WITH THIS ONE AS WELL, UH, TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE WERE.
UH, LAST YEAR, FENTANYL WAS 63 GRAMS. YEAH.
UM, BUT 2 MILLION DOSES OF FENTANYL IS WHAT THAT IS.
IT'S A WELL DONE DRONES, UH, EVER SINCE WE STARTED USING THEM, THEY GET MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, THEY'VE LITERALLY SAVED LIVES, UH, JUST IN SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
UH, I, I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD STANDOFFS WHERE PEOPLE, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WOULD'VE BEEN SHOT AT, EXCEPT FOR THE REAL TIME INFORMATION DRONES PROVIDE.
UM, I CAN THINK OF TWO RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UH, WHERE THAT PROBABLY SAVES SOMEONE'S LIFE, OR AT LEAST, UH, CERTAINLY REDUCED THE RISK.
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THEY'RE HELPFUL FOR CITY EVENTS.THEY'RE HELPFUL TO, UH, TO ENGINEERING.
UH, WE USE THEM FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING CHECKING ON OUR ACS ON TOP OF THE PD, UH, AND MAPPING.
UH, BUT YOU COULD SEE PERSON SEARCHES.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 'EM IN MY MIND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THERMALS, UH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S IN OUR BACK POCKET FOR THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
UM, OF COURSE, WE USED THEM FOR THE HURRICANE TACTICAL OPERATIONS USUALLY, UH, WHEN WE RUN WARRANTS FOR DRUGS, UH, DRUG WARRANTS, UH, AND OTHER TACTICAL SITUATIONS.
WE ALSO USE IT FOR MAPPING ON CRASH SCENES.
I THINK WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT DRONES NOW.
AND THE, IT SOUNDED LIKE IN THE REPORT THAT MAYBE YOU GET REQUESTS FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES LOCALLY TO HELP WITH.
AND AS WE GET INTO DIGITAL FORENSICS, WE ABSOLUTELY DO.
OTHER AGENCIES ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THEY COME ALONG.
UH, BUT I KNOW THE COUNTY WAS WORKING ON ONE AND IT'S KIND OF FALTERED.
I JUST THINK ONE, UH, AND I'LL GIVE HIM CREDIT 'CAUSE I'LL TALK ABOUT HIM HERE.
WELL, I'LL TALK ABOUT HIM NOW.
UH, GOING BACK TO CID WE HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, TWO HOMICIDES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, I, I ALWAYS HOPED IT WAS ZERO, BUT IT'S GOTTEN TO WHERE WE HAVE ONE OR TWO A YEAR.
BUT TO SUCCESSFULLY INVESTIGATE A CASE LIKE WE HAD THIS YEAR IN ONE OF THOSE CASES, JUST, UM, IT JUST SETS WITH ME, I GUESS, MORE THAN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A YOUNG MAN IN HIS TWENTIES, UH, SHOWING UP FOR WORK EARLY, EVEN WHEN HE HAD TO BE AT WORK AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
UH, AND HE'S KILLED FOR JUST ABSOLUTELY NO REASON IN THE WORLD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OFFICER THAT RUNS OUR DRONES, UH, AND THAT DOES ALL OUR PHONE FORENSICS, IS, IS ALSO A DETECTIVE SERGEANT.
AND HE, HE WORKS CASES AT TIMES.
AND HE GOT THIS CASE, UH, HE WON THE LAKE JACKSON OFFICER, A YEAR, SERGEANT JOHN KIRK.
UH, AND HE WAS SECOND RUNNER UP FOR THE MISSOURI COUNTY A HUNDRED CLUB OFFICER OF THE YEAR FOR HIS WORK ON THAT HOMICIDE CASE.
AND OUR, UH, HE HELPS EVERYONE ELSE THAT THAT FLIES DRONES IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
BUT HE'S USUALLY, WHEN YOU CALL, THAT'S WHO YOU'RE GONNA GET.
AND HE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
UH, HE'S A GENIUS WHEN IT COMES TO IT.
UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF LANGFORD FLEW ONE INTO THE WATER
UH, THEY ARE NOT, THAT PARTICULAR DRONE WAS NOT MADE FOR THAT
UH, IT STAYED IN THE WATER OVERNIGHT AND WE FISHED IT OUT THE NEXT DAY.
SERGEANT KIRK TOOK IT APART IN HIS OFFICE, UH, RICE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE, PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND IT WORKED.
UH, HE JUST, THAT KIND OF, HE ALSO DOES OUR DIGITAL FORENSICS WITH PHONES.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WE ASSIST OTHER AGENCIES BECAUSE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT LONGER.
UH, WE HAVE A GOOD FLEET OF DRONES TO USE.
UM, BUT THEY ALSO CONTACT US A LOT FOR DIGITAL PHONE FORENSICS.
THEY'RE A PART OF EVERY, ALMOST EVERY INVESTIGATION.
UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE FASTEST MACHINES, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES FOR PROCESSING THOSE PHONES.
UH, SOME OF THOSE FORFEITURE, UH, FUNDS THAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, UH, MR. BUELL ARE USED, WERE USED TO PURCHASE THAT PARTICULAR PROCESSOR.
AND WE PARTNER WITH FREEPORT, UH, CLUT, THE DA'S OFFICE IN MANVILLE PD.
UH, THEY, THEY CAN USE OUR SYSTEM AS WELL, BUT WE PROCESS THE MAJORITY OF IT.
AND AGENCIES DO BRING OURS DA'S OFFICE HOMICIDE RECENTLY.
'CAUSE THEY JUST HAVE THAT KIND OF FAITH.
AND THEY KNOW WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT IN THE PERSONNEL TO DO THAT.
DO THEY PAY US ANYTHING? THEY, THEY, THE DA'S OFFICE PAYS A PORTION OF OUR ONGOING CONTRACTS, UH, FOR THE DIGITAL FOAM FORENSICS.
AND A GOOD PORTION OF IT, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE DO HELP.
UH, OUR SWAT UNIT IS A PART OF PATROL.
THEY GET PAID FOR THEIR TIME WHEN THEY'RE OUT WORKING.
UH, BUT THEY TRAIN REALLY HARD.
UH, IT'S NOTHING THAT'S REQUIRED THERE.
IT'S A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE COME TO BE COUNTED ON.
UH, ONE BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT, BUT TWO, BECAUSE OF THE EXPERTISE OF OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE RUN 17 SEARCH WARRANTS.
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SEARCH WARRANTS.AND WE RESPONDED TO TWO BARRICADED PERSONS SUPPORT SERVICES.
MAINLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISPATCH, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLERKS.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SECRETARIES, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES DISPATCH.
2300, OVER 2300 WARRANTS ENTERED, AND 3,300 CITATIONS AND WARNINGS.
THAT'S A LOT OF, UH, ENTRY WHILE YOU'RE ANSWERING PHONES AND DOING EVERYTHING ELSE.
A TOTAL OF 61,848 EVENTS THAT THEY'VE ENTERED INTO OUR CAD SYSTEM.
UM, WHICH IS A SLIGHT DECREASE FOR THE PD, LJ PD, UH, UPTICK FOR LAKE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS PROBABLY STORM RELATED.
UH, COULD BE PROCEDURAL AS WELL.
THEY WERE RESPONDING TO SOME THINGS THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY IN THE PAST.
UH, A LITTLE INCREASE FOR L-J-E-M-S, JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS BUSY.
RICHWOOD HAD A DECREASE OF 20,000 EVENTS OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT THAT IS JUST A PROCEDURE.
UH, THEY HAD BEEN DOING RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CHECKS, SELF-INITIATED.
UH, UH, THEY WERE TRYING TO TRACK IT AND THAT WAS THEIR DECISION.
UH, BUT THEY QUIT DOING THAT IN THIS LAST YEAR.
UH, WE DO PARTNER, WHICH, WHICH, SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 17% OF THE OVERALL WORKLOAD OF DISPATCH.
UH, THEY REIMBURSE US FOR THAT.
THEY PAY US ACCORDING TO THEIR PERCENT WORKLOAD.
UM, AND WE'RE IN A CONTRACT EVERY THREE YEARS THAT CONTRACT GOES.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS IN THAT, IN THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR, UM, LET'S SEE.
CALLS, SUPPORT, SERVICE CALLS, POLICE, EMS AND FIRE BROKE OUT INTO INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES.
UH, 11,000, ALMOST 12,000 THROUGH 9 1 1.
THAT'S A LOT OF, ALMOST 85,000.
THAT'S A LOT OF PICKING UP THE PHONE.
UH, SO THEY DO A GREAT DEAL OF WORK PROCESSING.
SALLY CAN FEEL OUR PAIN ON THIS ONE.
UH, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, UH, FOUR YEAR REQUEST.
UH, WE DO A GREAT NUMBER OF THOSE AS WELL.
THE HIGHEST PORTION IS ACCIDENT REPORTS.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S CALL SHEET INFORMATION.
UM, THAT'S A PRETTY EASY TURNAROUND AND PROCESS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER FOR POLICE REPORTS THAT ARE RELEASABLE.
OTHER THING THAT GOES WITH SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND THIS HAS GOT SHARON NEILS, UH, THE SECRETARY, UH, AND ADMIN THERE.
UH, SHE PROCESSES THESE ALL YEAR ROUND ALARM REGISTRATIONS, RECORD REGISTRATIONS, SOLICITOR REGISTRATIONS.
WE, WE, UH, I THINK ONE YEAR WE ALMOST RESPONDED TO A THOUSAND FALSE ALARM CALLS WITH ONE TRUE ALARM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PRIORITIZE OUR CALLS AS WELL, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM, WE KNOW SOME OF 'EM ARE WEATHER RELATED.
UH, ACCIDENTALLY SET THE ALARM.
UH, YOU WANT TO BE PREPARED IF IT'S A GOOD ONE.
WE HAD ONE TRUE BURGLARY ALARM.
AND THREE GOOD FIRE ALARMS. I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M GOING PRETTY SLOW.
I'M NOT GONNA MISS COMMUNITY POLICING AT ALL THOUGH, BECAUSE SERGEANT NICK ROSS DOES A WONDERFUL JOB IN THAT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR HANDS IN IT.
LIKE I SAID, MOTORS HELPS OUT A LOT.
THEY DO YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THEY HELP OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, SAFETY TOWN OR JUST GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND TALK ABOUT STRANGER DANGER AND CROSSING THE STREET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THEY DO POLICE DEPARTMENT TOURS.
UH, WE HAD A FEW DURING THE YEAR WHERE WE TALK ABOUT CIVILIAN ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY COORDINATE NATIONAL LINE OUT BLUE SANTA.
UH, AND THE PERSON OVER THERE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NICK ROSS, HE'S THE SERGEANT.
HE ALSO COORDINATES ALL OF OUR TRAINING, UH, WHICH IS A HUGE TASK IN AND OF ITSELF.
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, THAT COULD HAVE ASSISTANT CHIEF BRIAN SBOS NAME ON IT.UH, HE'S KIND OF KNOWN, UH, I THINK THROUGHOUT THE STATE NOW FOR HIS HARD WORK IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, HE HELPED OUT IN MARCH, UH, ANGLETON'S WINDSTORM EVENT, UH, IN MAY.
HE, HE WENT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UH, WE'RE NOW REQUIRED THROUGH THE STEER PROGRAM, UH, WITH THE FRED, UH, MAG, MEDICALLY FRAGILE POPULATION.
AND THEY SIGN UP WITH US AS A MEDICALLY FRAGILE PERSON WITHIN 24 HOURS OF AN EVENT.
CERTAIN EVENT WE'RE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THEM.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S HARD FOR US WITH 80 SOMETHING PEOPLE ON THAT LIST.
SO HE WENT UP THERE, UH, TO HELP.
UH, JULY, OF COURSE WAS THE HURRICANE.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PREP FOR, UH, FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS PARADE IS A BIG EVENT AND HE HANDLES THAT AS WELL.
UH, I WANT TO MENTION TOO, UH, HE'S BEEN OF COURSE, UH, ESSENTIAL IN PROCURING GRANT FUNDING FOR THE CITY.
VERY VALUABLE IN THAT, UH, WHILE HE PROVIDES A WHOLE LOT OF TRAINING, BOTH HERE LOCALLY AND FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
AND HE OBTAINS HIS CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MANAGER CERTIFICATE, UH, THROUGH IEM, ONLY 4,000 NATIONWIDE.
BRIAN'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WE'VE HAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
EVEN LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN THERE.
I THINK JULIE, UH, LEFFINGWELL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN THERE ANY LONGER.
HE WORKS VERY HARD EVERY DAY AND WE COUNT ON HIM.
UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, I'LL JUST FLIP THROUGH THERE.
UH, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY UNREMARKABLE FOR THE MOST PART.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THOUGH, MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
WE DO TAKE MORE REPORTS FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES AND FOR FOLLOW UP.
YOU'LL SEE AT THE END HERE, THEY'RE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND THERE'S THREE OF THEM IS 3,455.
THAT'S OVER 11 TO 1200 OF ABOUT 1200 A PIECE.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST A ONE AND DONE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
PUT A TRAP OUT, GO PICK IT UP.
UH, BATS PICKING UP, TAKING THEM TO HOUSTON TO GET TESTED.
THEY DO A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
UH, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND MENTION THEM.
SO NOW TRAINING, IT'S ALWAYS A FOCUS FOR US.
EACH YEAR WE TRY TO IMPROVE ON OUR TRAINING.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IN PATROL, UH, SEVEN, ALMOST 7,600 HOURS OF TRAINING INVESTIGATIONS.
ALMOST 700 COMMAND STAFF, 340, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL.
AND OF COURSE, COMMUNICATIONS FOR SOME TIME NOW HAS BEEN REQUIRED JUST LIKE ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION.
THEY HAVE TO GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS IN A CYCLE AS WELL.
AND SO THEY TRAINED 870 THIS YEAR.
SO BASIC PEACE, PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATIONS, THESE ARE PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATIONS.
OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HIRE SOMEONE OUTTA THE ACADEMY, THEY HAVE A BASIC PEACE OFFICER CER CERTIFICATION.
BUT THERE'S ALSO FTO TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
AND SO WE HAD FIVE OF THOSE THAT WE TOOK THROUGH FDO, UH, AND KIND OF FINALIZE THAT TRAINING.
ONE THAT MOVED TO AN ADVANCED, AND THREE THAT ACTUALLY OBTAINED A MASTERPIECE OFFICERS.
AND THAT TAKES A LOT BECAUSE I, I WANNA SAY THE LEAST AMOUNT OF YEARS THAT YOU CAN OBTAIN A MASTER, YOU GOTTA HAVE AT LEAST 10 YEARS, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TRAINING HOURS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I WANT TO SAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM IF I CAN.
VERY INTERESTING AND THOROUGH REPORT.
ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESS PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR OFFICERS OUT OF THE FIELD.
SO ALWAYS HEARD VERY POSITIVE, GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM.
I WILL, EVERY TIME I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM.
I DO THAT PERSONALLY, BUT I CAN'T VISIT WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE, UH, FROM VISITING THEM ALL THE TIME THAT I'M IN TROUBLE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT THAT THING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING DOWN FROM HOUSTON, SUCH A BIG CITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN HOUSTON.
BUT HERE, UH, OUR OFFICERS WORK A COMMUNITY THAT WE FEEL SUPPORTED AND WE FEEL SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL.
AND, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD THING
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WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING FOR A LONG TIME FOR A PARTICULAR AGENCY.ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I ERNEST'S EYES ARE GLAZED OVER
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO VISITOR'S COMMENTS.
UH, IS THERE ANY, UH, VISITORS HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO CITY COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL TO DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM, EITHER CONSENT, AGENDA OR REGULAR AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A CONFLICT TO DECLARE ON HEARING HONOR? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
CONSENT AGENDA.SO, UM, UM, ALL ITEMS LISTED BELOW, UH, WITHIN THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ROUTINE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, IT MAY BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS EACH COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS IT.
IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM MAY BE MOVED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
DOES ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ANY ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND ETTE ITEMS. ONE AND TWO SECOND.
ALRIGHT, A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN BAKER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
[1. Discuss, consider, and take action on the second reading of Ordinance No. 2299, adding hospitals as permitted use to the Oak Woods PUD, which is bound by Oyster Creek Drive, Circle Way, and Oak Drive. – Modesto Mundo ]
TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.CONSIDER TAKE ACTION ON THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 2 9 9.
UH, ADDING HOSPITAL AS A AS PERMITTED USE IN OAKWOOD POD, WHICH IS ABOUND BY OYSTER CREEK, DRIVE CIRCLE WAY, AND OAK DRIVE.
MODESTO, YOU WANT TO TALK US THROUGH THIS? MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL, WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM HEB, UH, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE ZONING CHANGE.
THEY WERE ASKING THAT IT BE LIMITED TO, UM, IN THE ORDINANCE TO ONE HOSPITAL.
UH, FOR THE PUD, WE HAVE SUCH A NOTATION IN THE P UM, FOR LIKE GROCERY STORES,
SO IT WOULD BE VERY SIM IT WOULD BE THE, THE SIMILAR WORDING, UH, THERE.
BUT IF COUNCIL IS MEAN AGREEABLE TO THAT, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO, UH, DO AN AMENDMENT, UH, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY PASSED IT ON FIRST READING.
SO JUST AMEND BEFORE THE SECOND.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE JUST MAKE, HOW DO YOU WANT US TO SAY IT? THIS IS A VERY ODD THING, BUT I WOULD DO, UM, I WOULD JUST DO A MOTION TO AMEND THE PUD TO LIMIT IT TO ONE HOSPITAL.
I THINK THAT ANNUNCIATES WHAT YOU WANT.
HAS ANYBODY HAD ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? NOPE.
AND SO, SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS SECOND READING, SO YOU'RE GONNA BE, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE POD TO LIMIT, UH, TO ADD A HOSPITAL, BUT TO LIMIT IT TO ONE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO THAT, UH, PROJECT CAN MOVE ON.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, SORRY Y'ALL HAD TO MAKE THE TRIP FOR THAT, BUT, UH, ANYWAY, IT'S A GOOD THING.
[2. Discuss and consider the reappointment and new appointments of city residents to the city’s board and commissions. – Sally Villarreal/Mayor Roznovsky ]
ON TO, UH, ITEM TWO'S.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE, UH, REAPPOINTMENT OF AND NEW APPOINTMENTS OF CITY RESIDENTS TO THE CITY'S, UH, BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.
AND, UH, SO WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE EASIER TO DO IS ONCE WE START DOWN THIS ROAD IS, IS TO DO REAPPOINTMENTS FIRST.
AND SO, UH, YOU'VE GOT THIS SHEET HERE THAT, UH, YI HAVE A COPY OF IT.
THAT, UH, WE CAN USE THAT ONE, WHICHEVER.
THAT'S THE ONE I THINK Y'ALL ARE GONNA DOCUMENT ON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, BUT WHAT WHAT THIS HELPS ALSO I THINK IS, IS THAT, UH, WE CAN DO ALL THE REAPPOINTMENTS AT ONE TIME WITH ONE MOTION AND STUFF, BUT WE
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STILL HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO READ EVERY NAME SHERRY? UH, I THINK SO.THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT I DON'T GET TO DO.
MAKE A MOTION SO I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE, READ ALL THOSE NAMES.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST, UH, JUST A QUICK DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THE REAPPOINTMENTS.
UM, DOES ANYBODY SEE A NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE, UH, ON REAPPOINTMENTS? AGAIN, REAPPOINTMENTS ARE, UM, IT'S JUST THAT IS, IS IT? UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO BE REAPPOINTED.
AND, UH, SO, UM, SHERRY, WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION, BESIDES READING THE INDIVIDUAL NAME, DO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT BOARD? YEAH.
IDENTIFY THE BOARD AND THE, AND THE NAME PERSON.
SO IF THERE'S NOT ANY DISCUSSION ON REAPPOINTMENTS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
SO, MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE AN, UH, MOTION TO REAPPOINT IN THE PLANNERS.
HARRY SERGEANT MATTHEW JEON AND JEFF GILBERT.
COTTON TYLER KAY LIN AND LOCK SANDERS, UH, TRAFFIC.
DEBRA PERRY, NICOLE LARSON, KALE, UH, JB IS STACEY LEWIS, HALLE MCCURRY AND ANDY LARSON.
LIBRARY IS SEAN BAKER AND MARY MEYERS.
AND THEN THE HOT IS JESSE GLAD ISHA PATEL AND ANDY LARSON SECOND.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON REAPPOINTMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
SO NOW WE GO TO THE SAUSAGE MAKING.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT, UH, FOR VACANCIES.
AND WE HAVE VA ONE VACANCY IN TRAFFIC, ONE VA VACANCY IN PARKS.
UH, WE HAVE UP TO THREE IN KEEP LAKE JACKSON.
AGAIN, THAT'S A BOARD THAT CAN GO UP AND DOWN IN SIZE, UM, AND STUFF.
SO, UH, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT LISTED THAT CHARTER REVIEW.
WE HAVE, UH, FIVE, UH, POSITIONS.
AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS IS THE CHARTER REVIEW IS BROUGHT TOGETHER.
AND THEN, UH, UH, WE HAVE ONE FOR A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE, UH, BOARD.
AND UH, AGAIN, THERE'S A RESTRICTION TO THAT.
THAT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY, UH, THAT'S THAT UH, PHYSICIAN OR A NURSE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THAT, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THERE.
THE ONE BOARD THAT I DON'T SEE ON OUR APPOINTMENT IS BOARD OF HEALTH.
WE WERE, WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT IS ACTUALLY PSB, THAT WE LOST THE NURSE.
SO THAT'S THE, SO BOARD OF HEALTH IS AS IS? YES.
AND HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL THAT BOARD TOGETHER ANY, ANYTIME SOON.
SO WE'VE ONLY HAD TO, IN MY HISTORY, WE'VE ONLY PULLED THEM ONE TIME TOGETHER.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS BEFORE THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, GOT THEIR, THEIR, UH, HEALTH, UH, UP TO SPRUCE, UP TO SPEED, THEIR HEALTH BOARD OR WHATEVER COMMITTEE.
UH, LET'S JUST GO DOWN THE LIST ON TRAFFIC.
WHO WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO SEE IN THAT POSITION OF THE, I'D LIKE TO SEE RICK WRIGHT.
UH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE RICK WRIGHT.
HE'S A EX-POLICE OFFICER FOR 38 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY.
ANY OTHER RECORDS? HE'S GOT AN EX UH, RETIRED.
HE'S EX THAT HE'S A RETIRED, HE'S EX BY CHOICE.
AND HE, HE WAS ALSO PART OF THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP OFFICER YES.
IS THAT CORRECT? CHIEF FOR NUMEROUS OF YEARS.
HE, HE'D BE, HE'D BEEN ASKED THAT TO TRAFFIC.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A SUGGESTION? NO, SIR.
SO WE'LL PUT HIM AS DOWN AS, UH, POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'LL DO ALL THESE AT ONE TIME, I THINK AGAIN.
AND THAT WAS WHO AGAIN? RICK WRIGHT.
LET'S JUMP OVER TO, UH, PARKS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT, UH, LISTED PARKS AS UH, AN ITEM.
SO Y'ALL HAVE ANY PREFERENCES? ANYBODY YOU WANNA POINT? I APPOINTED DANIEL POOLER.
UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'VE LIVED SOMEWHERE ELSE AND CAN BRING A LITTLE BIT OF A FRESH VIEW OF HOW PARKS WORKS.
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SHE SAID SHE LIVED IN THE NETHERLANDS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.WE HAVE ANY OTHER, THAT WAS FIRST CHOICE.
UH, CHRIS, CHRIS BARINA WAS, THERE WAS NO EXPERIENCE OR INFORMATION SHARED? I AGREE WITH RHONDA.
AND WHO'S THAT AGAIN? DANIELLE POOLER.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE DOING IT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, NO OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT ONE THERE.
AND YEAH, AND, AND I AGREE BECAUSE, UH, I'M INTERESTED IN TALKING TO, UH, TO HIM ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAD, UH, IN, UH, OVERSEAS WITH, UH, WALKABILITY AND DR UH, BIKING AND STUFF.
AND THEN, UH, SO NOW WE GOT, UH, KEEP IT LIKE JACKSON.
AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAD LISTED IT, UH, EITHER AS A FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD.
AND, UH, WE HAVE THREE OFFICIAL OPENINGS, BUT THIS IS AGAIN, A BOARD THAT CAN GO UP AND DOWN IN SIZE.
SO, UH, Y'ALL CAN CHOOSE TO KEEP IT TO THREE OR YOU CAN RECOMMEND THE FOUR.
MAKE A NOMINATION AND MAKE ALL FOUR OF THEM.
A BUSY, THEY NEED ALL THE HANDS THEY CAN GET DANIEL'S ALREADY.
OH, WE'VE GOT THE, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST DANIEL'S ALREADY ON TRAFFIC SO THAT, THAT MOWS YOU DOWN TO THREE.
SO IT'D BE THE REMAINING THREE PEOPLE.
SO ERY, KING, SHIRLEY BAKER, AND HAILEY MCGRADY.
HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY'S KEEPING NOTES HERE SO THEY CAN MAKE THE MOTION.
SALLY USUALLY SALLY USUALLY KEEPS KEEPING A LIST.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW AND, UM, HAD A GOOD, GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE TO, UH, PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT FOR THAT.
I SPOKE WITH OTHER MR. BROOKS AND, UH, MR. NEY.
I SECOND THOUGHT BROOKS AND NEY.
YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'LL PUT THEM ON THE LIST.
I KNOW I'VE WORKED WITH DREW DAVENPORT.
HE WAS ON THE EMS BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THEN ALSO, MR. LINDEN SCHMIDT, HE'S ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHO IS VERY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT HOW THE CITY WORKS.
HOW ABOUT MR. NEY? ON MR. NEY? MR. BROOKS GOT THEM ALREADY.
AND THEN, UH, HOW ABOUT MR. RUM TEMPLE? ABOUT KAREN TEMPLE? UM, ARE, ARE WE LIMITED TO FIVE ON THAT ONE? FIVE, YEAH, WE'RE LIMITED TO FIVE.
AND THEN, UH, I HAD TALKED TO, UH, ERIC HENDERSON AND, UH, I WAS THE ONE THAT TALKED TO HIM ABOUT, UH, LOOKING INTO THIS.
THE THE THING I LIKE ABOUT ERIC IS, IS THAT, UH, HE'S, HE ASKS QUESTIONS TO LEARN AND ALSO TO CHALLENGE.
AND CHALLENGE NOT BEING, SAYING THAT IN A BAD WAY, IT'S TO TO JUST QUESTION AND BE SURE THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CHANGED AND STUFF.
SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT ERIC WOULD BE ON GOOD ON THERE ALSO.
SO, UM, SO WE'VE GOT DEFINITELY MR. BROOKS, MR. NEY, WHAT ABOUT WILL BROOKS? YEAH.
AND THEN AGAIN, IF, IF Y'ALL WOULD AGREE WITH ME ON, UH, ERIC, THAT WOULD BE MR. HENDERSON.
LIKE TO, HE WAS, UH, HE'S, UH, LUCILLE HENDERSON'S, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY MANY YEARS AGO.
THAT'S HIS, THAT'S HER HUSBAND IS, UH, ERIC, I'VE KNOWN, I'VE KNOWN THE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME, DR.
HE'S SHOWING VERY INTEREST IN HOW THE CITY OPERATES.
AND, UH, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO, UH, LEARN FOR WHAT, WHAT POSITION? CHARTER.
UM, I KNOW HE DID NOT, HE DID NOT ASK FOR THAT.
BUT HE WANTS TO SERVE ON SOME BOARD AND, BUT HE'S FOR, HE'S DOWN FOR, UH, D-S-D-V-S-D.
HE DECIDED HE DOES NOT WANT D NO, NO, NO.
SO BACK TO CHARTER REVIEW, WE'VE GOT, WILL BROOKS,
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BILL GUINEA, ERIC HENDERSON, IS IT ANYBODY? I MEAN, DREW DAVENPORT.AND THEN YOU HAD TO LYNDON SCHMIDT AND LYNDON SCHMIDT, WHO GOT KEVIN LYNDON SCHMIDT.
HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR, HE WANTED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, BUT HIS EMPLOYER, UH, WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO BE ON CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT ABOUT KAREN TEMPLE? SHE'S GOT RECOMMENDED ONCE THE FIRST KEVIN AND WHATEVER HIS SECOND CHOICE.
SO, BUT WE KNOW KEVIN, RIGHT? YES.
AND HE WAS ACTUALLY, I WAS, I SPOKE TO HIM INITIALLY.
HE WAS, I INITIALLY SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT CHARTER.
UM, HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR, HE REALLY WANTS TO SEE HOW THE CITY RUNS.
AND, UM, HE'S WORKING ON PUBLIC POLICY DEGREE.
KAREN TEMPLE WAS THIRD ON MY LIST.
DOES ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH, UH, DREW DAVENPORT? NO.
YEAH, I GUESS THE ONLY REASON WHY I I LEAN TOWARD, UH, KEVIN IS BECAUSE I KNOW HIS HEART WAS IN BEING ON CITY COUNCIL OR RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, HIS EMPLOYER WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.
BUT, UH, HE'S INTERESTED IN, UH, WE SHOWED THAT, THAT, UH, INTEREST IN THE CITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANY, YOU KNOW, HE LISTED PLANNING AS NUMBER ONE CHOICE, UH, NOT KNOWING IF THERE WAS GONNA BE AN OPENING OR NOT AT THE TIME.
SO, UH, BUT ANYWAY, HE'S SHOWN THE INITIATIVE, I GUESS, OF WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
ANYBODY? ANYBODY? I MEAN, I, MY CHOICE IS KEVIN.
I'M GOOD WITH THOSE FOUR, FIVE PEOPLE
WELL, LET'S, LET'S REVIEW IT ONE MORE TIME DOWN THERE.
ERIC HENDERSON, DREW DAVENPORT, KEVIN, LEN SMITH SECOND.
SO THEN WE'LL DO THE LAST ONE, AND THEN WE'LL DO A MOTION ON ALL OF THEM.
SO, DSDB AGAIN, WE HAVE, UH, DR.
WHICH, THAT ONE HAD TO BE A DOCTOR OR A NURSE ON IT.
VERY WELL VERSED IN INFECTION CONTROL.
HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED THAT EVER.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? ANY, ANY OTHER, ANYBODY WANNA MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR, OR NOT? OKAY.
SO, UH, LET'S TAKE A, IF ANYBODY'S WILLING TO TAKE A STAB AT, UH, MAKING A MOTION.
UH, AND AS YOU CALL OUT NAMES, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MR. RICK WRIGHT TO TRAFFIC.
DANIELLE POOLER, PARKS AND REC, EMERY KING, SHIRLEY BAKER, AND HAILEY MCGRADY TO KLJB.
UM, TO APPOINT WILL BROOKS, BILL GUINEA, ERIC HENDERSON, DREW DAVENPORT, AND KEVIN LYDON SCHMIDT TO CHARTER REVIEW.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT PROCESS.
UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS USED TO TAKE US AN HOUR OR BETTER IN YEARS IN THE PAST.
SO WE USED HAVE TO HAVE A CHALKBOARD RECESS.
IT, IT LOOKED, IT WAS A BIG MESS.
YES, MAYOR, I JUST, UH, CAN YOU SECOND THE, THE APPOINTMENTS? THE APPOINTMENTS YOU SECOND? YEAH.
AND WHOEVER PUT THIS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING SALLY PUT THIS TOGETHER, THANK YOU.
HELPS A LOT WITH ALL THAT STUFF.
TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH.
SO, OKAY, SO WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF ITEM TWO.
[3. Appoint city council members to serve as liaisons on the city’s boards and commissions. – Mayor Roznovsky]
ITEM THREE IS, UH, APPOINTMENT.[01:10:01]
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE AS LIAISON TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.AND, UH, AGAIN, TOOK A STAB AT THIS, GOT SOME FEEDBACK, UM, AND, UH, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS HERE ALSO, IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANY OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL, AS LONG AS WE KEEP IT BELOW, UH, THREE PEOPLE THERE, I MEAN, YOU'RE ALL CAN ATTEND ANY OF THESE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS IS JUST, UH, UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE, UH, PARKS BOARD IS GONNA DO YOUR, UH, MASTER PLAN.
IS THAT CORRECT? STILL THIS YEAR, ROBIN, MEANING 26? YEAH.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
ALSO, ANY OF OUR MASTER PLAN WORK, UH, YOU CAN BE INVOLVED AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO, I'M JUST GONNA GO DOWN THE LIST HERE FOR, UH, LIBRARY.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PUT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN SCHOOLER THERE.
UM, BOARD OF HEALTH IS GONNA BE RHONDA HEALTH.
RHONDA, SETH, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUSEUM.
IS GONNA BE MYSELF ALONG WITH, UH, MR. SCHOOLER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE ABSORBED INTO THE PARKS SO THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA POINT ANYBODY TO THAT.
ZBA, UH, VINNE HANS GONNA STAY THERE.
PARKS GOING BE, UH, MR. BUELL.
TRAFFIC COULD BE, UH, JOHN BAKER, COUNCILMAN BAKER, UH, KEY LAKE JACKSON.
UH, BUSTER ELL, UH, PLANNERS COMMISSION IS GONNA BENE AND HANA, UH, DSDB, UH, IS GONNA BE, UH, MYSELF.
AND, UH, WE HAVE CHARTER REVIEW.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MR. SCHULER, UH, SCHOOLER, UH, BE THE CHARTER REVIEW, UH, LIAISON.
IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME UP TO SPEED REAL QUICK.
UH, AND YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, GOOD, UH, UH, GOT A LOT OF HISTORY THERE WITH MR. NEY AND MR. BROOKS, UH, BEING THERE.
SO THAT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
AND AGAIN, UH, IF THERE'S OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT WANNA SIT IN ON THAT, THEY, THEY, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SIT IN ON THOSE SESSIONS.
EMS IS GONNA STAY WITH, UH, RHONDA, SETH, UH, ANIMAL, UH, SHELTER, UH, ACTUALLY SHOULD BE ANIMAL CONTROL.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, MYSELF, AGAIN, HOT AS MYSELF, UH, THEN HGAC, THAT'S GONNA BE MYSELF.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK RHONDA IF SHE WOULD SIT IN ON THAT ALSO WITH ME, UM, UH, ON THAT.
AND THEN, UH, NO, JDC, IT'S GONNA BE MYSELF ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN BAKER.
AND AS YEARS PASSED, IF, UH, IF THERE'S A BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT YOU REALLY LIKE TO, UH, SIT ON, UH, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PERSON THAT I, I JUST NAMED, AND THEN Y'ALL CAN COME BACK TO ME AND WE'LL SEE ABOUT MAKING THAT CHANGE.
MAYOR, CAN I REPEAT THESE TO MAKE SURE I GET THEM CORRECT? WHAT'S THAT AGAIN? CAN I REPEAT THESE TO YES, MA'AM.
UH, LIBRARY, YOU HAVE SCHOOLER? YES.
BOARD OF HEALTH, SETH MUSEUM BOARD IS, UH, MAYOR ROSKI.
AND ER, JACK, THERE IS NO APPOINTMENT.
BAKER, KL JB PLANNING WILL WITH MAYOR.
CHARTER REVIEW IS M IS RDA AS MAYOR, COMMITTEE AS MAYOR, HAC, MAYOR AND RDA.
AND THEN LW C REMAIN THE SAME, I BELIEVE THE HG A C, UH, THOSE APPOINTMENTS COME, UM, START IN DECEMBER OR NOVEMBER SOMETIME.
SO I WILL GET WITH YOU ON, WE CAN JUST NOTIFY THEM AHEAD OF TIME IF WE WANT TO.
YOU WANNA NOT NOTIFY THEM? YEAH.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE AN ANIMAL BOARD RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU DON'T NEED THAT APPOINTMENT? NO, NOT, NO.
WE'LL APPOINT YOU LATER WHEN WE GET TO ORDINANCE.
UH, YEAH, MEAN, SEVERAL OF US HAVE BEEN SET ON THE, THE OLD ANIMAL SHELTER, UH, BOARD MYSELF, UH, BUELL.
AND THEN, UH, UH, MR. BAKER THERE.
[4. Discuss and consider remodeling a portion of the Police Department building for governmental lease space. – Paul Kibodeaux ]
UH, ITEM FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REMODELING PORTION OF, UH, PD DEPARTMENT BUILDING FOR GOVERNMENTAL LEASE SPACE.[01:15:01]
UH, FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, UH, THERE WAS SOME CIP FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME INTERIOR WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.SOME CEILING TILES, SOME PAINTING, UH, THINGS OF THAT SORT, NOT INCLUDED IN THE ADDITION, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE PAID FOR IN THE BOND.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE REMODELING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
THIS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THIS IS A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, FIX UP, REPAIR COMPLETE THREE ROOMS. UH, IF YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS YOU GO OUT THE HALLWAY AND YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS WHERE THE COURT BUILDING IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO OUT THAT DOOR, THERE'S A ROOM TO THE RIGHT, UH, BEFORE YOU EXIT THAT DOOR AND AN ATTACHED ROOM TO IT.
UH, THAT ONE ATTACHED ROOM, UH, AT THE LAST REMODEL WAS NEVER, IT'S NOT FINISHED AT ALL.
AND THE INTERIOR HAS NO DROP CEILING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE ROOM ACROSS, CURRENTLY, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL AND, UH, THE LIEUTENANT THERE THAT OVERSEES THAT ARE, WE'RE USING THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO US FOR USE, TO USE THE FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN US IN THAT CIP TO REMODEL THAT BECAUSE THEY'LL BE MOVING TO, UH, THE NEW FACILITY, RIGHT? AND PERMANENTLY.
WE'VE ALSO, SO WE COULD GET STARTED ON THIS PROJECT IF APPROVED.
WE'VE KICKED THEM OUT TO A OLDER PART OF THE BUILDING.
UH, SO WE GET STARTED WITH IT.
UM, WE HAD REALLY HAD NOT DISCUSSED, DISCUSSED THIS WITH COUNCIL.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR REMODELING.
WE SWITCHED BACK AND FORTH TO THE OLD DPS AREA, AND NOW WE, WE THINK IT'D BE A BETTER APPROACH, UH, BECAUSE NOW WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, UH, APPROVED, WE NOW GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WHERE THAT AREA GETS REMODELED WITH THE BOND ISSUE AND IT, AND IT EXPANDS.
SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE RENTAL SPACE.
UM, WE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR RENTAL SPACE FOR, UM, SOMEONE, UM, BUT NOW MOVING IT, UH, TO THE AREA WHERE ANIMAL CONTROL SEEMS THE LOGICAL POINT, LOGICAL POINT, AND ALSO AS A FRONT DOOR.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU.
A WORDING'S NOT CORRECT TO AWARD THE CONTRACT, BUT WHAT PAUL HAS GOTTEN IS, UM, UM, OFF OF, UM, A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGENCY.
SO IF COUNCIL'S AMENABLE TO US SPENDING THESE DOLLARS ON REMODELING, AND THEN WE CAN LATER RENT IT, UM, UH, THEN WE WILL BRING THIS BACK TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.
AND THE REQUEST FOR THE, UH, GOVERNMENT LEASE IS, UH, UH, THE VALUE FOR THEM IS, IS THAT, UH, MOVING THEIR OFFICES INTO THE, UH, POLICE BUILDING, IT ADDS THEM, PROVIDES THEM SECURITY.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF LACKING.
UH, AND IT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO REMODEL.
SO IT GOES TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THOSE THREE ROOMS CURRENT AND REMODELED.
UH, BUT ONE OF THOSE, EVEN IF RELEASE IS A SHARED SPACE, UH, THAT WE CAN USE EVEN TODAY.
SO WE'VE GOT A CHANCE TO RECOUP THAT MONEY ANYWAYS.
AND A CHANCE TO RECOUP, RECOUP, ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT WAS YOU MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, WHAT WAS THE REASON THEY QUIT USING THE ONE NEXT TO THE TRAINING ROOM THAT THEY WERE USING BEFORE? THE OLD DPS? YES.
OH, DPS, UH, THE OLD DPS OFFICE IS NOT PART OF THIS REMODEL.
UH, THE OLD DPS WILL BE PART OF THE REMODEL THAT HAPPENS WITH THE BOND WHEN WE ADD ON TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER WHAT WAS THE REASON THEM LEAVING? 'CAUSE THEY SAID THE REASON THEY LEFT, BECAUSE THEY WERE SO, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO WORKING WITH DPS, UH, RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE GET STARTED ON THAT REMODEL, THEY WON'T HAVE USE OF THAT SAME SPACE.
BUT WHEN WE, UH, AFTER THE ADDITION AND IN THE REMODEL, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FLIP FLOPPING.
SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WHERE INVESTIGATIONS IS ON THAT FRONT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AS YOU WALK INTO THE LOBBY TO THE RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE, AND PATROL IS AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, KIND OF WHERE THE, UH, ADD-ON AND REMODELS GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE BOND.
WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING PATROL TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
A LOT BETTER SENSE IN THAT AREA.
THERE WILL BE SPACE FOR DPS, SO THERE'LL BE A ROOM AVAILABLE FOR THEM, UH, WHEN THAT'S DONE AS WELL.
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UH, THE NEXT COUNCIL DENVER FOR AWARD.SO THIS IS JUST, UH, INFORMING US.
YEAH, I THINK WE REALLY, WE, WE WE'RE DEBATING HOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND I THINK WE MESSED UP ON THE WORDING.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO BRING HIM BACK FOR YOU TO AWARD.
HE'S BEING KIND, I PROBABLY MESSED UP ON, SO.
[5. Discuss and consider the General and Utility Fund CIP projects. – Modesto Mundo ]
FIVE IS DISCUSSING THE CENTER, THE, UH, GENERAL UTILITY FUND, CIP PROJECTS.BUT THAT'S, THIS IS, UM, A SUMMARY OF OUR RECOMMENDED STAFF'S RECOMMENDED PROJECTS.
UH, THEY'VE, UH, BEEN DISCUSSING IT NOW SINCE, OH, PROBABLY THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, ESPECIALLY ON THE GENERAL C-I-C-I-P, AND THEN LONGER THAN THAT ON THE UTILITIES.
AND YOU, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THROUGH OF YOUR WORKSHOP ON THE UTILITIES IS THE FIRST YEAR.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS YOU ARE, YOU, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN IN, IN, IN THE WORKSHOP.
AND THEN THEY HAVE SENT AS WELL.
SO, UM, ANNA, WE WILL GO THROUGH, UH, THESE RECOMMENDED PROJECTS.
UM, IF YOU'RE AGREEABLE, THEN WE'LL PUT THESE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND YOU'LL THEN YOU'LL SEE 'EM AGAIN ON THE WORKSHOP, UH, DAY ON SATURDAY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH OUR PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, UH, FOR FY 25 26.
THIS PAGE HERE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROJECTS.
UM, THE TOTAL CIP PROPOSAL FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS 47.85 MILLION, UM, DOLLARS.
UM, AND THEN WE JUST WANTED TO BREAK IT OUT TO HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF EACH, UH, WHETHER IT BE UTILITY BOND GENERAL FUND, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT MAKEUP IS, UH, FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
UM, ON QUESTIONS ON PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE DIRECTORS HERE.
UM, SHOULD THERE BE, UH, NEEDED A FURTHER EXPLANATION? SCARED ME TO DEATH WHENEVER I SAW THAT $47 MILLION THERE.
SO, BUT NOW I SEE HOW YOU'VE GOT IT ALL MOVED TOGETHER.
SO MOVING TO OUR GENERAL, UH, PROJECTS FROM OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR THIS UPCOMING, UH, FISCAL YEAR, 20 25, 20 26, WE DO HAVE $1.2 MILLION.
UH, THE TOTAL NUMBER THERE FOR YOU.
UH, THIS IS KEEPING IN MIND OUR $500,000 THAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN THE RESERVES FOR, UM, FOR OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND.
SO HERE IS A CAPITAL BUDGET SUMMARY FOR THE GENERAL PROJECTS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM IS OUR TOTAL, IT'S A 1.2 OR $1,205,000 FOR OUR TOTAL, UH, GENERAL FUND PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE, UH, FOR YOU.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE OUR CITY FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
UH, THE COST OF THIS IS $40,000 AND THIS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO MAKE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CITY FACILITIES.
THE GOAL HERE WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION, UH, TO $200,000 FOR FUTURE YEARS.
SO IS THAT ALL CITY, ALL CITY FACILITIES HAVE THAT? JUST THE CITY.
ALL ALL CITY FACILITIES YOU HAVE? YES, SIR.
YOU HAD A PICTURE OF CITY HALL.
YEAH, WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE AND WHAT PAUL HAD MENTIONED, WE HAD 130 FOR THE PD.
WE HAD MONEY SET ASIDE FOR ALSO FIRE.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT IS NOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BOND ISSUE APPROVED FOR PD AND FIRE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, UM, FACILITY REPAIRS TO ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES.
SO I THINK WE, RATHER THAN BREAK IT OUT AS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, WE'D LIKE TO EVENTUALLY WORK A NUMBER, YOU KNOW, ON THERE.
UH, THAT COVERS ALL, ALL FACILITIES.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIAL ONES IN MIND? RIGHT NOW? THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE, UH, IS TO REPAIR A LOT OF LIGHTING OVER A MUNICIPAL COURT.
UH, THAT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 OR 35,000 THAT WOULD EAT IT UP.
THE BIG, THE BIG PORTION OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN THIS YEAR WITH AND WHY THIS LINE ITEM IS NOT HIGH IS BECAUSE OF OUR GRANT MATCH FOR GENERATORS, WHICH WE REALLY SEE IS KIND OF A FACILITY PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY TAKEN UP THE FUNDS FOR FACILITIES.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE STREET JOINT SEALANT, WHICH THIS IS ALSO A REOCCURRING ITEM.
UM, IT IS COMING DOWN AT A LOWER COST OF $50,000 FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS FOR, UM, ANNUAL STREET JOINT CEILING FOR OUR STREETS.
AND THIS ONE IS STILL, IT'S A SUPPLEMENT TO ERIC'S FUNDS AND THE OPERATION DOLLARS, WHICH YOU ALLOWED US TO BEEF UP LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING SO MANY PANEL REPLACEMENTS, ALL THE PANEL REPLACEMENTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEW JOINT CEILING AROUND THEM AS WELL.
SO WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN THIS NUMBER, UH, DOWN
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AND, UH, DOWN FROM DOWN FROM 200, UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE MOVED THAT OVER TO ONE, WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED, UH, MONEY OVER INTO OPERATIONS.AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALSO, UH, ONCE WE GET THE JOINT CEILING TRUNK IN THE FALL, WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE, UH, LONG TERM THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, BE USED FOR, UH, DOING THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING SO MANY PANELS, UH, AS WELL.
SO I THINK ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE PANEL STUFF, UH, THEN WE WILL REASSESS WHAT THIS NUMBER, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE.
SO IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF LAKE ROAD? UH, Y YON, UH, SYSTEM, WE LET, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DECIDE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'LL COME BACK AND LET US KNOW WHERE THEY YES.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING, THEY'VE REALLY BEEN CONCENTRATING ON OYSTER CREEK DRIVE.
LAKE ROAD AND YON AND STUFF FOR GONNA BE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE HIT REALLY HARD WITH NEW PANELS, SO YEAH.
THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FOR STREET DRIVE TO, TO TRY TO MAKE IT LAST A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE NORTH STREET.
MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROJECT, WE HAVE OUR AIR CONDITIONING REPLACEMENT.
THIS AGAIN IS A, UM, CONTINUED PROJECT.
UM, SO LOOKING TO ALLOCATE $75,000, UH, FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF TWO TO THREE UNITS, WHICH TAKE PLACE, UH, PER YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IF, UH, ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THEM OR THEY'RE SAVINGS, IT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE BALANCE AND THEN GETS REDISTRIBUTED THE NEXT YEAR.
SO SINCE WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT, UH, NOT GOOD THINGS ABOUT HAVING AC UNITS ON TOP OF ROOFS THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE THAN HAVING IT.
IT'S THE MOST SITTING ON THE GROUND BESIDE IT.
UM, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT AN EARLY NUMBER ON TRYING TO DO THE CHILLER, THE CHILLER, UH, TAKING THE AIR AC UNITS OFF OF THE ROOF.
OH, NO, NO, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT, I'M JUST, THAT'S SOME BACKGROUND OF WHY WE, WE DO HAVE 'EM BECAUSE IT'S LESS EXPENSIVE TO HAVE IT ON TOP OF THE ROOF THAN IT IS TO HAVE IT ON THE GROUND.
'CAUSE THEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF EXTRA DUCT.
IF YOU DO FORCED AIR, YOU'D HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUCT WORK.
BUT THEN IF YOU WANT CHILLERS, IT'S EXPENSIVE AND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT'S JUST THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY ASSETS ANYTIME SOON OTHER THAN NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW ASSETS IDENTIFIED.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT FUTURE COUNCILS NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IS YES, IT MAY BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE UP FRONT, BUT IN THE LONG RUN IT'S PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE OF ROOF DAMAGE.
UH, IT WAS JUST, I, I KNOW WE EXPLODED WHEN WE DID THE CIVIC CENTER AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE COST WAS AT THE TIME, BUT IT QUICKLY GOT DISMISSED, UH, OUT OF THE BUDGET AND WENT WITH ROOFTOP UH, UNITS.
YEAH, I WAS JUST DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE OTHER DAY, JUST TODAY.
AND THERE'S, UH, I SAW A HOUSE THAT'S GOT A, A CHILLER UNIT ON THE HOUSE ON THE SIDE THAT'S GOT A LITTLE TOWER AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ANYWAY.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PROJECT.
WE HAVE THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY KENNELS.
UM, THE COST OF THIS PROJECT IS $560,000.
HOWEVER, THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT WOULD BE, THE ANIMAL CONTROL KENNELS WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $460,000.
AND FOR FFE WE WOULD HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MAKING THE TOTAL PROJECT $560,000.
AND THIS IS JUST TO PROVIDE THE KENNELS, UM, FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, ALLOWING THE TEMPORARY HOLDING OF THE ANIMALS THAT ARE IN CUSTODY OF ANIMAL CONTROL, FFE FURNITURE, FURNITURE FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT.
YOU KNOW, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO, WHEN WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE TDCU, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD FURNITURE.
SO, UH, STAFF IS WALKING AROUND WITH POST IT'S STICKING HIS, MY TRUCK.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED THAT.
UM, BUT UH, THE NUMBER ON THE KENNELS IS GOOD, IS A GOOD NUMBER.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CNG FENCING.
THIS IS, UM, ARINE FOR A PROJECT, SORRY, FROM MR. BRIAN'S SIDE BOTTOM.
UM, THIS IS A FENCING PROJECT THAT AIMS TO ENCLOSE AND REPURPOSE THE OLD CNG FUELING SITE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PURPOSES.
AND THE TOTAL COST IS $40,000, WHICH WE BELIEVE COULD COME A LITTLE BIT UNDER, UM, THAT COST.
THIS THE ONE OUT DOWN MEDICAL DRIVE? YES, SIR.
SO IS THIS MOVING, REMOVING THE PUMPS AND EVERYTHING TOO, OR NO? WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THAT ON A SEPARATE BID.
THIS IS JUST THE FENCE SECURING IT.
AND I THINK, UH, BRIAN HAS, I THINK WE HAVE AN AUTOMATIC GATE IN THERE AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WE REALLY DON'T USE IT, SO I THINK THAT MAY COME OUT.
AND THAT'LL SAVE US SOME DUCK AND JUST AS A CHAIN LINK TYPE SECURITY FENCE.
YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT SIMPLE, THIS ONE, BUT WE STILL WANT A GATE TO GO IN AND OUT.
WE JUST DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AUTOMATIC.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY YOU TAKE ANOTHER PERSON IN A TRUCK WITH YOU.
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COWS AND ALL.NEXT WE HAVE OUR INSTALLATION OF C AND G FUEL POST.
UH, THE COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $25,000 AND HERE WE ARE INSTALLING TWO CNG DUAL FUEL POSTS.
UM, AS OUR FLEET CONTINUES TO GROW, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT THERE IS, UM, THE ENOUGH EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE EFFICIENTLY FUELED.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE SERVICE CENTER OFFICE BUILDING ROOF REPAIR.
UM, THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $70,000.
UM, HERE WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE LEAKS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE SERVICE CENTER, SERVICE CENTER OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, IN 2016 THERE WERE SOME REPAIRS THAT WERE MADE THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE CENTER, HOWEVER, THIS OFFICE BUILDING WAS NOT SERVICED AT THE TIME AND OTHER THAT'S A COMPLETE ROOF REPLACEMENT? NO, JUST A PATCH.
I WAS TRYING TO READ IT ROOF QUIET FAST.
ALRIGHT, UM, OTHER ADDITIONAL GENERAL CIP REQUESTS INCLUDE THE ANNUAL DEMO OF CONDEMNED BUILDINGS, WHICH IS $20,000.
UM, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL CABINET REPLACEMENT AT $50,000.
AND THEN THE GIS ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING, WHICH THIS WOULD BE PHASE TWO AS IT WAS BROKEN INTO TWO FISCAL YEARS.
LAST YEAR BEING 40,000, AND THIS YEAR BEING 25,000, THAT'S JUST ONE CABINET.
TWO CABINETS, TWO FINGERS, TWO
ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT UP WE WE'RE MOVING TO OUR UTILITY, UH, REQUESTED UTILITY PROJECTS.
SO MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS OUR AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR FY 25 26 PROJECTS, WE HAVE $2.2 MILLION AVAILABLE.
I ASKED ANNA NOT TO SHOW R THIS
AND THIS ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION KEEPING THE $500,000 IN RESERVE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE SUMMARY FOR THE UTILITY PROJECTS.
AND AS OF CURRENTLY, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE THE TOTAL FOR THE, UH, UTILITY CIP PROJECTS IS THE 1.5, UH, SEVEN FIVE.
WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE CAUGHT UP WITH MENA REPLACEMENT? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT'S KIND OF A ROTATING THING.
IS THAT FOREVER? WE ARE PROJECTING ANOTHER HALF A MILLION NEXT YEAR TO GET BACK ALL THE OLD REPLACEMENT AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE GONNA GO BACK, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE AT LEAST 10% OF THE METER.
SO WE, SO THAT'S WHY ON THE FIVE YEAR CIP YOU WILL SEE FROM AFTER NEXT YEAR, WE'RE FUNDING LIKE $250,000.
SO WE DON'T GO BACK AGAIN WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
AND HOW LONG DO A METER LAST? 10 YEARS? IT'S SEVEN TO 10 YEAR.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE METER, IT'S THE BATTERY IS AND OTHER COMPONENT DIE.
OH YEAH, WE HAVE, WELL, WE'LL COME BACK WITH OUR, UM, REPORT, OUR AUDIT REPORT THAT WILL SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD METERS, UH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR LARGER ONES.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME CATCHING UP TO DO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NEW METERS
A NEW METER ALWAYS READS MUCH MORE ACCURATE.
YOU GIVE MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NEW, NEW.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU'LL GET SOMEONE WHO WILL MAKE A REQUEST THAT THEY WANT A NEW METER.
WE WILL HAPPILY OBLIGE
SO FOR, UH, UTILITY PROJECTS, THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE LISTED IS OUR LIFT STATION EVALUATION AND REHABILITATION.
HERE THE PROJECT COSTS $400,000 AND THIS IS TO, UM, ENSURE, UM, THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS TO STUDY AND IDENTIFY, UM, ANY COLLECTION SYSTEM ISSUES AND COMPLETE ANY MINOR REHAB TASKS.
UM, A LIFT STATION, UH, CONDITION ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN OUR 2025 WASTEWATER, UH, MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND MASTER PLAN.
AND SO OUT OF THOSE 45, 45 OUT OF 47 LIFT STATIONS WERE ASSESSED FOR SITE STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND SAFETY CONDITIONS.
SO THIS IS JUST ALLOWING FOR THE CONTINUED, UM, REPAIR AND EVALUATION OF THOSE.
SO HOW MUCH OF THE 400,000 IS FOR EVALUATION? THE REST OF IT IS FOR FIXING STUFF.
ANY IDEA? OR WE'RE JUST TAKING A BALLPARK? SWEET.
WE CAN FIX THOSE BIG ONE, PROBABLY ONE LIFT STATION A YEAR UNLESS IT'S FAILED BECAUSE WHEN IT FAILED AN EMERGENCY, IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT.
THEY WE'RE AT, YEAH, 20 MILLION.
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SO WE, I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ASKING, OUT OF THAT 400,000, HOW MUCH IS EVALUATING HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY REPAIRED THEY'RE DOING HERE? THE DOING, UH, PROBABLY 80% WILL BE DOING THE WORK ITSELF.AND YOU SEE THAT WE, WE WOULD HAVE AN ONGOING EVALUATION GOING FORWARD.
SO WE, WE ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
A NORMAL FAILURE ON THOSE THINGS IS IT PUMPS GETTING EATEN IN THE WAY.
I KNOW THE LINING IS AN ISSUE, BUT I'M SURE THE CHEMISTRY THAT AFFECTS THE LINING AFFECTS THE, UH, CENTRIFUGAL OR GEAR PUMPS OR WHATEVER THEY ARE.
JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FAILING LIFT STATION NUMBER FIVE ON OCD, I THINK IT WAS MY SECOND OR THIRD WEEK HERE, UH, I WAS CALLED AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND, AND WE WENT OUT THERE AND THOUGHT IT WAS A SMALL PROBLEM THAT TURNED INTO A $250,000.
PROBLEM WITH BYPASS PUMPING, UH, THE LIFT STATION STRUCTURE ITSELF LITERALLY COLLAPSED ON ITSELF.
UH, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE LIFT STATIONS FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT, PUMPING ELECTRICAL, UH, BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT'S WHEN WE WILL BRING THOSE FORWARD TO LEADERSHIP AND RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A REHABILITATION OF A SPECIFIC LIFT STATION.
BUT TO ANSWER THE DIRECT QUESTION, UH, PROBABLY BETWEEN THE 30 AND 40 YEAR TIMEFRAME IS WHEN WE START LOOKING AT STRUCTURAL ISSUES PUMPS OR BETWEEN 15 TO 20 YEARS.
UH, ELECTRICALS ALSO IN THAT SAME TIMEFRAME, HOW MANY, HOW MANY LIFT STATIONS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? 46.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING THAT FOREVER.
MARIA CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL HE REDUCES THAT NUMBER BY 10%.
WE HAVE OUR WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
UM, AS MARIA MENTIONED, I SAW THAT PICTURE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PICTURES OF MY KNEES
SO THIS INITIATIVE IS LOOKING TO INCORPORATE AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION AND IMPROVE MEASURING, UH, WATER FOR ACCURATE BILLING.
SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY HAVE WE REPLACE WITH THOSE METERS? WE, UM, WE ARE DOING THE PHASE TWO.
SO WITH THIS ONE WE WILL BE DONE WITH ABOUT 1500 METERS.
AND ON THE COMMERCIAL ONE, WE ALREADY DID 15 OF THEM, WE STILL NEED TO DO ANOTHER 30.
AND THESE ARE THE BIG METERS WHICH GIVE YOU BASICALLY ONE THIRD OF YOUR REVENUE.
BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 8700, 700 RESIDENTIAL METERS.
SO WE'VE GOT 1500 WHEN YOU'VE DONE SO WE'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO.
UH, BUT THESE 1500 MAYOR WAS THE OLDEST AND WAS AVERAGE BILLING.
SO THEY METER WERE NOT WORKING, RIGHT? NO, WE'RE DOING, WE'RE HEADING RIGHT PATH.
AND AGAIN, THE REASON WHY WE'VE GOTTEN THIS WAY IS MEAN WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET, REPLACE 10% EVERY YEAR AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
AND EVERY TIME, THERE'S BEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE BUDGET'S BEEN TIGHT AND WE'VE DECIDED NOW WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT OFF A YEAR OR TWO OR WHATEVER TYPE OF STUFF.
AND IT DOESN'T, THAT HELPS US AT THE MEAN AT THAT MOMENT, BUT IT HURTS US LONG TERM.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY THESE ARE REALLY PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, WE SHOULD BE DOING AND FUNDING IS, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING A SLOWDOWN ON 'EM.
WE DID THE SAME THING WITH, WITH, UH, PAVEMENT SEALERS.
WE'VE GOT FAILING STREAKS AND STUFF THAT ADDS TO IT.
QUESTION ON THE METERS IS, AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, DOES THIS, DOES THIS HAVE REAL TIME TRACKING ON THEM BE THE REASON WHY I ASK IS AGAIN, ON MY, MY LAND WAY OUT IN THE BOONIES IS IT TELLS ME, IT TELLS ME EVERY HOUR WHAT MY USAGE OF WATER IS.
SO IF I HAVE A WATER LEAK, IT'LL TELL ME, IT'LL GIMME AN EMAIL SAYING YOU'VE GOT A WATER LEAK AND AND STUFF.
SO DO WE HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY YET, OR NOT YET, MA FIRST, UH, WHICH KLU HAS THAT SAME TECHNOLOGY ALSO? YEAH, WE'LL WE WILL, THE SECOND PHASE, I MEAN THE METER WE REPLACING, WE WILL FIT IT WITH THE AUTOMATED METER READER, BUT AT THIS MOMENT, THE GOAL IS TO REPLACE THE OLD METER FIRST AND THEN IT JUST NEED TO CHANGE THE ANTENNA.
OUR NEXT PROJECT IS THE BWA INTAKE
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POINT.UH, COST OF THE PROJECT IS $200,000 DISCONNECTED.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP WATER QUALITY ANALYZING SYSTEMS AT THE BWA SURFACE, UH, WATER INTAKE POINTS ACROSS OUR SYSTEM.
AND THIS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECT IN OUR 2025 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MASTER PLAN.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE ALREADY PAID FOR THAT SOMEHOW THROUGH BWA.
BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE WATER QUALITY THEY SAYING THEY'RE PROVIDING US.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CHECKING THEIR WORK ESSENTIALLY.
I MEAN IT TRAVELS A LONG DISTANCE FROM THEIR PLANT TO OURS AND SO IT'LL HELP US ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST TAKING A REPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT OUR OWN DATA PLUS A DAY OR 24 HOURS, I MEAN, OR 48 HOURS OLD.
SO IT HELPS WITH OUR BLENDING, HOW MUCH MORE WE NEED TO PUT IN, UH, THEIR, IT WAS CHEMICAL CALLS RUN, HOPEFULLY.
UH, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL BE, WE, WE WILL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WHEN WE'RE MIXING.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S A KIND OF A, A GUESS.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT GETS BACK TO WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY AND YES, IT'S GONNA COST US SOME MONEY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY SHOULD GIVE US BETTER SERVICE AND BETTER PRODUCT TO OUR CUSTOMERS RUN.
SO CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE HAVE OUR EMERGENCY UTILITY REPAIR.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS SET TO COST $200,000 AND THE PURPOSE IS TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY UTILITY REPAIRS IMPACTING ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE EMERGENCIES.
JUST FIND AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL IT'S THERE.
SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU, YOU KNOW, TO APPROVE, YOU KNOW, OUR RATIFY IF WE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY REPAIR OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO AMEND THE BUDGET.
WE'RE HOPING IT'S NOT A $250,000 REPAIR, EMERGENCY REPAIR.
BUT AGAIN, AS YOU SAW, UM, WHAT ANNA POINTED OUT OF HOW MANY FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE 1.5 IF WE HAD IT, IF WE HAD TO AMEND THE BUDGET, WE STILL HAVE ROOM AS WELL.
SO WE AMEND THE CIP, WE WOULD'VE BEEN THE CIP IF SOMETHING REALLY GOT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES CORROSION CONTROL.
UH, THE PURPOSE HERE IS TO REDUCE THE CORROSION OF PIPING AT OUR WATER PLANTS AND WATER.
WELL, UH, MANY OF THESE AREAS ARE LOSING THEIR, UH, PROTECTIVE BENEFITS.
AND SO THE COST THAT IS BEING ALLOCATED FOR THIS IS $175,000.
IS IT SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING? UH, THE ERIC, THE QUESTION WAS SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING LOOK LIKE IT'S CORRODING ALREADY? IS IT REPAIRED TO SANDBLASTING AND PAINTING OR MORE THAN THAT? UH, DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION.
IF YOU REMEMBER, CURRENTLY THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING, UH, OUR WATER WELLS AND, AND OUR LIFT STATIONS.
AND THIS WILL BE ADE ALLOCATED FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT IS THE LOADING STRUCTURE FOR THE CLARIFIERS.
UH, AND THE RUST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS SOME MINOR LEAKAGE.
SO IT WILL BE, UH, BANDING THOSE SANDBLASTING DIGGING DOWN BELOW THE SURFACE.
SO WE HAVE WHERE THAT TRANSITION, THE CORROSION ZONE FROM THE PIPE TO THE SOIL THAT GETS COVERED AND COATED TO, UH, INCREASE THE LIFE SPAN OF THOSE PIPES.
IT'S LIKE AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT IF YOU HAVE TO WORK ON.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THOSE FIVE BREAKS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A BAD, IT'D BE A CRAPPY DAY'S GONNA BE CRAPPY BUMP.
UH, MOVING ON, WE'RE GONNA BRIEFLY REVIEW JUST THE HALF CENT PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
THESE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING TO THE LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, SO THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS FOR THE HALF CENT SALES TAX FUND, UH, THE TOTAL WAS $1.9 MILLION FOR A BRIEF SUMMARY.
UH, WE HAD THE PARKS AND FACILITY REPAIRS COSTING $100,000.
UM, THIS WAS JUST ADDRESSING TO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS OUR PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SUCH EXAMPLES INCLUDE VANDALISM IN THE PARKS, RESTROOM FACILITY, REPAIRS AND MAJOR ELECTRICAL REPAIRS.
DO WE HAVE CAMERAS OUT THERE AT THE RESTROOMS? WELL, WHERE ALL THIS IS TAKING PLACE? WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T PUT CAMERAS OUTSIDE.
WE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IN OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INSIDE THAT? YEAH, WE DO HAVE SOME GAME CAMERAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO PUT THE CAMERAS WHEN YOU DON'T.
THIS IS, THIS IS INSIDE THE PLACE.
IT'S INSIDE THE, THE, THE RESTROOM.
SO YES, WE, WE DO HAVE SOME, WE TRY.
I HAD A ONE WEEKEND I HAD A, SOMEBODY SENT ME AN EMAIL AND SAYING, JUST SENT ME A PICTURE OF A CAMERA AT JASMINE UP IN THE TREE.
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YEAH.AND THEY, THEY SAID WAS, IS THIS IS THIS CITY OR IS THIS THIS SOME KIND OF PERVERT PUTTING THIS CAMERA UP.
AND I, AND SO I CHECKED AROUND AND IT WAS, IT WAS ROBIN.
SHE, SO WE DO, WE DO PUT GAME CAMERAS OUT THERE TO, IT'S 15 FOOT UP, SO YEAH, IT'S 15.
I MEAN, I DON'T, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S THERE TO PROTECT.
AND THEY, AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITY WAS FINE.
I MEAN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS FINE.
THEY, THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT WE PUT IT UP THERE AND NOT SOMEBODY ELSE.
I MEAN THE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, DESPITE WHAT MODESTO THINKS, THEY REALLY ENJOYED JAZZ AND VALUE JASMINE HALL.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH JASMINE PARK.
NO, HE HAS A BUILDING PROBLEM.
ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR PARKS AND RECS MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
UH, THE TOTAL COST FOR THIS IS $125,000 AND THIS IS JUST LOOKING TO SERVE AS AN UPDATE OF OUR 2016 PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, RECREATION PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES AND LOOKING TO SEE HOW ITS ABILITY TO RESPOND TO OUR RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO KICK THAT OFF, ROB? UM, MY, MY GOAL IS ABOUT OCTOBER 1ST.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OKAY JERRY HURRICANE SEASON DURING THE PEAK OF THE SEASON, NOT HAVE BAD WORDS.
I HOPE WE HAVE GOOD, UH, GOOD SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
AND UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE PARK RENOVATIONS COST $500,000.
UM, THIS IS LOOKING AT, UH, SOME MORE OF THE VANDALISM THAT HAS HAPPENED AT MORRISON, UH, TO THEIR RESTROOMS THAT ACTUALLY GOT MOVED, UM, FOR OUR, FOR THE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL GENERATOR STUFF.
SO THIS IS MOVED OFF OF YOUR IT'S, YEAH, IT'S NOT ON THE LIST.
THAT WAS REALLY CHANGING OUT THE BATHROOM AT, UM, PON.
AND WE HAD TO, WE HAD TO DEFER THAT YES.
AND SO CHAPON, WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH IT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT OUT? IT'S, IT'S JUST VERY OLD AND IN BAD SHAPE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
THAT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY POPULAR UH, PARK RIGHT.
AND ROBIN HAD IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, I WAS ASKING HER TO MOVE IT TO THIS YEAR AND THEN WE GOT HIT WITH THE GENERATOR MATCH.
SO WE MOVED IT BACK TO WHAT SHE ORIGINALLY ADDED IT TO.
SO NEXT UP WE HAVE THE RECREATION CENTER LOCKER ROOM RENOVATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, THIS PROJECT, UH, $750,000.
SO IT'S GOING TO THE LAKE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S OVER THE $500,000, IT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND HEARING.
NEXT UP WE HAVE THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE NATATORIUM AND POOLS.
UM, THIS IS JUST THE PRO PROJECT FOR $350,000.
UM, LOOKING, UM, AT THE, THE POOL DECK COATING AS WELL AS THE LAP POOL PLASTER THAT HAS REACHED ITS LIFE EXPECTANCY.
350,000 FOR THE KIDS TO SLIDE INTO THE WATER.
NEXT UP WE HAVE CIVIC CENTER REPAIRS.
THIS IS ADDRESSING, UH, SOME OF THE A DA, UM, NEEDS OF THE FACILITY, UM, AS FAR AS IT GOES TO AS THE AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENERS FOR THE FACILITY.
MOVING ON TO THE WILDERNESS GOLF COURSE REPAIRS AND RENOVATION.
UM, I WON'T READ ALL OF THAT, BUT JUST A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE COST OF $195,000 LOOKING, UH, TO ADDRESS ENGINEERING FOR A DEWATERING PUMP, A GOLF COURSE ASSESSMENT, IRRIGATION CONTROL CABINET, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WALK-IN COOLER FOR, UH, THE GOLF COURSE HERE IS WHERE MR. MUNDO WAS ADDRESSING THE GENERATOR GRANT MATCH.
UH, FOR THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING TO BUDGET, UH, $700,000 TO MEET OUR, UH, LOCAL SHARE MATCH OF $1.3 MILLION.
UM, SO FOR THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE GENERATORS, WE HAVE BEACHWOOD STREET WATER PLANT, CITY HALL, OAK STREET WATER PLANT, THE RECREATION, AND THE CIVIC CENTER.
AND FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, OR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD BUDGETED, UH, $600,000.
UH, THE CITY DID RECEIVE A SUB-GRANT THROUGH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO THE SCOPE OF THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE THE PROCUREMENT AND INSTALLATION OF NATURAL GAS,
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UH, PERMANENT GENERATORS, WHICH WILL MITIGATE CRITICAL FACILITIES AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS FROM POWER LOSS DUE TO NATURAL HAZARDS.AND AGAIN, WE'VE EXECUTED THAT.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO, UH, SET UP, UM, OUR MEETING WITH THEM AND THEN AT THAT FIRST MEETING WE'LL ASK TO AMEND THE, UM, THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE'LL NOTIFY 'EM THAT, UH, WE HAD A DONATION FOR CENTER POINT AND THEN THAT GENERATOR WILL COME OFF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PROJECT LIST.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE'LL EXPLORE WITH THEM, UH, EITHER AMENDING AND TAKING ONE OFF THE LIST OR IF THEY'RE OPEN TO UM, UH, LOOKING AT THE LIBRARY.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BRING BACK, UH, WHATEVER GUIDANCE THEY GIVE TO US BEFORE AND WE'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.
BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION YET WITH HER.
WE WANNA SECURE THE GRANT FIRST.
SECURE THE GRANT FIRST AND THEN ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT.
LOOKING AT UTILITY DEBT, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE LIFT STATION ONE AND FORCE MAIN, UH, BUDGETED AT $20 MILLION.
SO THIS LIFT STATION HAS AGE AND IS NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
THE DESIGN IS 95% COMPLETE AND WE'LL BE READY TO BID LATE THIS SUMMER ACCORDING TO MR. RIA.
AND LIFT STATION ONE IS THE ONE THAT REALLY DOES THE BULK OF THE WORK OF OUR LIFT STATION.
AND THIS IS, THIS INCLUDES THE STATION AND ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT? YEAH.
HOW MUCH OF IT IS FORCE MAIN? IS IT BIGGER PIPE OR IS IT 5 MILLION? I THINK IT'S A $5 MILLION FOR FORCE MAIN AND LIFT STATION ABOUT 15.
AND SO ARE WE, WE'RE DOING A BIGGER FORCE MAIN, SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE LAID DOWN BESIDE THE OLD LINE OR WE LOOKING AT THAT? YES.
BUT THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
UM, BUT IT'S DESIGNED TOGETHER, BUT WE'RE GONNA SEPARATE THE TWO PROJECTS.
AND THEN JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR VOTER APPROVED PROJECTS.
SO BOND 2025, UH, PROPOSITION A WAS OUR POLICE AND FIRE AT $6 MILLION.
UM, WE ADDITIONALLY WILL HAVE THE 2.4 MILLION FROM 2021, UM, INCLUDED IN THAT TOTAL COST.
UH, MOVING ON, WE HAVE PROPOSITION B THAT WAS ADDRESSING OUR STREETS, UM, HERE THAT WAS $8 MILLION.
AND THEN LASTLY, PROPOSITION C.
UM, THIS WAS DRAINAGE AND $4 MILLION.
UM, SO AS OF NOW, I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS POSTED THE SCHEDULE TO OUR WEB WEBSITE, UM, AND LOOKING AT THE CLOSING AND DELIVERY OF FUNDS IN AUGUST OF 2025.
AGAIN, I GREATLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THE WEBSITE AND JUST ASK THAT Y'ALL BE SURE THAT YOU KEEP IT CURRENT.
I KNOW IT'S A PAIN, BUT IT WILL GO MILES AND MILES AND MILES FOR ALL OF US IF WE KEEP THAT UP TO DATE SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT.
AND WE RECENTLY, UH, LAURA MARIE ADDED THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE LIBRARY PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022.
AND THEN, UH, SOME INFORMATION ADDRESSING THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY.
SO THAT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T SEE, UH, WANTED TO SEE, LET US KNOW.
UM, WE'D HAVE TO SUBTRACT SOMETHING, TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE LIST THAT ADD TO IT SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO STAY THE LIMIT, ESPECIALLY ON THE GENERAL CIP UH, FUND.
BUT WE'LL BRING THIS AGAIN FOR YOU FOR DISCUSSION IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, BEGINNING WORK YEAR, I MEAN IN YEARS IN THE PAST, THIS IS, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SEPARATE WORKSHOP TO DO CIP AND WE DECIDED TO JUST BRING IT AS PART OF A COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'VE GOT LIMITED FUNDS AND, AND THE, AND IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS, I THINK THE COUNCIL'S ALWAYS LOOKED TOWARD STAFF OF, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GENERATE THE CIP LIST AND THEY HAVE A BEST FEEL FOR WHAT, WHAT THEY THINK THE PRIORITY SHOULD BE.
AND AGAIN, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK DOWN THE LIST AND SAY, EH, CAN WE MOVE THIS ONE UP? THAT'S WHAT MODESTO'S SAYING IS IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MOVED UP, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING IT BACK TO TO, TO US AS QUICK, QUICKLY AS YOU CAN SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW DOLLARS LEFT OVER IN THE UTILITY SIDE DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO GO SPEND IT THIS TIME.
REALLY ON THIS ONE, THIS WAS, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF LEEWAY BECAUSE THE FOCUS WAS, WE HAD TO COMPLETE THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO THAT'S THE BIG PUSH FOR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING IT COMPLETED AND GETTING OUTFITTED.
AND THEN THE, THE GENERATOR, THE THE GENERATOR GRANT MATCH.
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CORRECT.SINCE THAT, UH, WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US.
SO, AND THAT'S BEEN A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE KEY FOCUS ON THE GENERAL CIP SIDE AND, AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM US BECAUSE YOU ARE INVESTING 47 MILLION, $47.8 MILLION IN THE COMMUNITY FUNDED, WHICH IS FUNDED.
I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER COMMUNITY CAN DO THAT.
THAT'S ABOUT $1,710 PER PERSON YOU ARE INVESTING.
IT'S A, IT'S A KUDOS TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, I THINK WE ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS AND IT'S GONNA, THE PAYBACK IS GONNA BE GOOD GOING FORWARD.
A LOT LESS EMERGENCIES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
QUICK QUESTION ON THE GENERATOR MATCH.
ASSUMING ALL THAT GOES THROUGH AS WE SUPPOSE, WHEN WOULD WE HAVE THOSE IN PLACE? I MEAN, YOU BALLPARK ON THAT? WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT CONTRACT YET, BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO FINISH THE PROJECT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT, NOT THIS HURRICANE SEASON, NOT THIS HURRICANE.
UH, THE OTHER ONE I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY IN A TWO YEAR WINDOW, UH, WITH THEM AND THE SIZE OF GENERATORS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE NOT OFF JUST, THEY DON'T JUST COME OFF THE SHELF EITHER.
YOU, THEY, THEY'RE HIGH DEMAND.
WHAT'S WHAT'S TOUGH ON GENERATORS THOUGH IS THAT THEY COST SO MUCH TO SIT THERE AND AGAIN, YOU'RE, HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE 'EM.
AND SO IT'S JUST THE, THE LIFE, IT'S JUST, IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY SITTING THERE AND EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S 25 YEARS OLD AND IT'S ONLY RUN FOR LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'LL BE THE DIFFICULT DECISION.
IT'LL BE JUST LIKE FIRE TRUCKS.
IT'LL BE EITHER A DIFFICULT OR EASY DECISION FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL WHEN THEY LOOK AT HOW MANY TIMES DID WE USE IT.
UH, I MEAN JUST LIKE THE ONE AT THE FIRE STATION, WE REPLACED IT AND THE REASON WHY WE REPLACED IT WAS IT WASN'T BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS OLD AS FAR AS MECHANICALLY, IT WAS JUST THAT YOU COULDN'T GET PARTS FOR IT ANYMORE.
YOU COULDN'T GET PARTS FOR THE CONTROL PANEL AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, SO IT WAS WORTHLESS.
IT'S LIKE HAVING INSURANCE IN YOUR CAR, IN YOUR HOUSE.
HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T NEED IT, BUT, BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE IT.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE LOOK, LOOK AT THE DETAILS MORE AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING BRING IT BACK TO MODESTO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
[6. Discuss and consider roll-off operations by the sanitation department. – Modesto Mundo ]
SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO, UH, ITEM SIX, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ROLL OFF OPERATIONS BY SANITATION DEPARTMENT.MAYOR, I JUST PUT THIS 'CAUSE I HAD PROMISED THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT, UH, BACK ON YOUR AGENDA.
WE'VE SCRUBBED SOME DATA, BUT UM, I STILL, UH, THE CONSULTANT HAD GIVEN US ONE SET AND WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS SO THEY'VE, UH, GIVEN US ANOTHER FILE, WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO YOU, BUT THAT WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
UM, AND LOOKING BACK HISTORICALLY, UM, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL HAVE IF COUNSEL DID DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT TO CUT THE SERVICE IS THAT WE WOULD GO OUT FOR BID, UH, FOR OUR PROVIDER.
WE'VE NEVER GONE OUT FOR BID, RIGHT.
IT KIND OF GREW OUT OF NECESSITY WHERE WE WOULD DO ALL THE, WE WE DID ALL OF THE PICKUP AND THEN WE SLOWLY COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND AND THEN WE WOULD CALL SPRINT AND OVER TIME IT'S GROWN AND SO MUCH SO IT WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT AS WE'D NEVER BID IT
UM, AND THAT COULD GARNER, YOU KNOW, A MORE AFFORDABLE PRICE AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD THEN HAVE, MAKE A CHOICE WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO PASS THAT ON OR TAKE THAT SAVING AND MOVE IT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PORTION OF THE BUDGET.
BUT AT LEAST IF WE STAY, UH, UH, WITH THE OPERATION, UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, GO OUT FOR BID FOR OUR PROVIDER.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL, WE'LL STILL MASSAGING THE DATA AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU.
SO THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON THAT AGENDA.
THE BIG QUESTION WAS, I THINK THAT WE LEFT WITH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE DATA OF UH, ALL THE PICKUPS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS, HOW MUCH ARE REGULAR CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS AND THEN ALSO, UH, HOW'S THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN 40? YEAH.
'CAUSE THREE, UH, 30 AND 20, RIGHT ON THAT.
SO, WE'LL WE, WE'VE GOT THE REGULAR CUSTOMERS, UH, DATA THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, BREAK OUT THE OTHER ONE UNTIL WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT ON FRIDAY.
[7. Approve Resolution No. 988, authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2025 Transportation Alternatives set-aside (TA) call for projects for the Lake Road Share Use Path (SUP) in the amount of $2,390,500 with a 20% local match in the amount of $478,100. – Riazul Mia ]
ITEM SEVEN, APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 9 8 8.UH, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.
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ASIDE, TA UH, CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THE LAKE ROAD SHARE, UH, USE PATH IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $2,390,500 WITH A 20% LOCAL MATCH IN THE AMOUNT OF $478,100.UH, THIS IS, WE ARE BRINGING YOU, UH, BECAUSE THE GRANT RECORDED RESOLUTION, UH, TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT, IF WE RECEIVE THE GRANT THAT THERE WILL BE 20% MATCH, UH, WHICH WE WILL KNOW BY END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE WILL BUDGET IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE HAVE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S GONNA COME THROUGH TECHSTAR.
USUALLY IT TAKES ALMOST A YEAR TO GET THE CONTRACT WITH TECHSTAR.
SO, BUT THIS IS JUST A COUNCIL RESOLUTION SUPPORT SO WE CAN SUBMIT, UH, THE GRANT IS DUE IN JUNE 20TH AND THE FUND THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WOULD BE THE HALF-CENT FUND.
THERE'S ALSO THE MERIT, UM, CALLED AND ASKED IF THERE WAS STILL TIME, IF WE, UM, COULD LOOK AT MOVING IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF LAKE ROAD WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TEAR UP THES NEW SIDEWALK THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO WE CALLED AND TALKED TO THE CONSULTANT AND THEY FELT THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO, UH, SUBMIT FOR THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, AND IT STILL STAYED WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE MATCH.
SO THE POSSIBLY ONLY INCREASE, BUT I THINK THEY COULD FIT IN THE BUDGET IS WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME MID-BLOCK CROSSING SAFETY ZONES BECAUSE YOU WANT TO CONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND SO IT WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE REFUGE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME OF THE, THE ROADS WHERE THEY WANT TO CROSS OVER AND THEN JUST KIND OF PARK THERE AND THEN CROSS THE OTHER, UH, TWO LANES.
SO IF THE COUNCIL'S AGREEABLE, WE'LL SUBMIT, UM, FOR THE TRAIL TO BE ON THE, WHAT I WOULD CALL THE POST OFFICE.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO REASONS WHY I'D SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLE CHANGE WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE WAS SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TEAR OUT THE, PROBABLY THE BEST SIDEWALKS WE'VE PUT IN IN A LONG TIME, UH, ON LAKE ROAD, BUT IT PUTS IT ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE WE HAVE SIDEWALK THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND SO IT'S LIKE A, IT'S A WIN-WIN.
WE GO OVER THERE AND WE PUT IN A NEW TRAIL THAT ADDS VALUE, BUT THEN ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AS WE REPLACE SIDEWALKS THAT NEED TO REPLACE AND ALSO PUT SIDEWALK WHERE THERE'S NOT SIDEWALK TOO.
SO IT'S, THERE'S JUST ANOTHER WAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE.
I THINK IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO, UH, AGAIN, TO UH, JUSTIFY UH, STRETCH THE DOLLARS.
YEAH, STRETCH THE DOLLARS AND, AND UH, AND STUFF.
SO I MAKES IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS ARE ON THE AREA THERE ALSO, RIGHT? YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO WE NEED, DO YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION? DO WE NEED TO APPROVE? WE DO.
IT'S ON THE, THE NEXT PAGE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 2025 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE SET ASIDE CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR THE LAKE ROAD SHARE USED PATH IN THE AMOUNT OF 2.39 MILLION WITH A 20% LOCAL MATCH IN THE AMOUNT OF 478,100.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? NO, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON IT.
GOT COUNCILMAN BUELL AND I'LL NEED A SECOND.
THERE IS NO SECOND, SECOND FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? NO, NOT JUST SECOND.
SO I DON'T WANT MOTION TO DIE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON IT? AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS A, THE RESOLUTION, THE PURPOSE IS, IS TO SAY IF WE GET THE GRANT, WILL, WE WILL SUPPORT IT WITH THE, THE 20% WITH OUR MATCHING.
SO IT'S STILL POSSIBLE WE DON'T GET THE GRANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BUELL, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.
AND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[8. Approve Change Orders 1 and 2 totaling $358,641.03 for the Headworks Project 22-06-1173, bringing the new contract amount with the change orders to $3,254,610.34. The project is projected to be completed by the end of December 2025, with funding secured through the 2022 Utilities revenue bond. – Riazul Mia ]
EIGHT, UH, APPROVE A CHANGE ORDER.NUMBER TWO, TOTALING $358,641 AND 3 CENTS FOR, UH, HEAD WORKS PROJECT 2 2 0 6 1 1 7 3.
UPBRINGING THE NEW, UH, NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT WITH THE CHANGE ORDERS TO
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$3,254,610 AND 34 CENTS.THE PROJECT TO, UH, IS PROJECTED TO, UH, BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF DECEMBER, 2025 WITH FUNDING SECURED THROUGH THE 2022 UTILITIES REVENUE BOND.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS FOR WHAT ARE WE DOING? YES, MAYOR, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A PROJECT BEEN GOING ON FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN.
UH, THE HEAD WORK, UM, THE CONTRACTOR, BECAUSE THE DESIGN ENGINEER, UH, THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN IS NOT CLARIFIED.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF, HALF OF THE PROJECT IS A BYPASS STRUCTURE.
AND SO FROM DAY ONE, THE CONTRACTOR START QUESTIONING THE DESIGN ENGINEER ABOUT THEIR STRUCTURAL STABILITY.
UM, AND THEN THE BACK AND FORTH.
SO FINALLY THE START, UH, THE DESIGN ENGINEER CHANGED SOME STRUCTURE.
SO THAT TOOK ALMOST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
AND THEN WE HAD, UH, SOME OTHER ISSUES ON THE PROJECT.
INITIALLY WHEN IT WAS DESIGNED, ALL THE BOLTS ARE CORRODED, SO NOW WE HAVE TO PUT PUNCTURE AND PUT THE NEW PIPES.
THE STRUCTURE, WHICH THEY DESIGNED, DID NOT HAVE THE SAFETY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, OUR GUYS CANNOT GO AND CLEAN THE STRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE BRINGING THESE PROJECTS, UH, THIS CHANGE ORDER, OF COURSE THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR 117,000 THAT'S RELATED TO ALL THOSE THINGS, CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO, WHICH WE NEEDED FOR LIFT STATION ONE.
BUT THIS ALSO GIVE US A SAFETY.
WHEN ENGINEER DESIGNED THIS PROJECT LIFT STATION ONE, THE SWITCHING TIME WAS ONE HOUR AND 30 MINUTE.
THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN DO THIS PROJECT WITH ONE HOUR 30 MINUTES.
SO CONTRACTOR DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK.
THEY WANT US TO TAKE THE RISK AND WE, WE SAID, NO, NO WAY.
WE'RE GONNA FLOOD THE HOLE DOWNTOWN WITH THAT PUMPING, WITH THE PUMPING SHUT DOWN.
SO THE, WE RECOMMENDING THAT THE SECOND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO, THAT IS FOR THE SAFETY NET.
AND WE, WE NEED TO DO THIS ONE FOR THE LIFT, UM, FOR THE LIFT STATION ONE PROJECT.
ANYWAY, WE JUST DOING IT ADVANCE AND IT JUST MAKES SENSE.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT IT OPENED UP.
DO IT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT.
AND WE CAN DO IT CHEAPER BECAUSE NOW THE CONTRACTOR IS THERE AND THEY NEEDED THIS ONE.
AND JUST GIVE US A SAFETY NET.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT, UM, WE NEED THIS PROJECT, WE NEED THIS PROJECT TO BE FINISHED WITH THIS.
IF WE DON'T DO THIS, THEN WE, WE HAVE TO STOP THEM.
SO THEY DON'T WORK IN HURRICANE SEASON.
SO THE, THE ORIGINAL DESIGNER IS AT FAULT IN THIS.
THE DESIGNER WAS AT FAULT THEN.
SO NEXT TIME WE USE THE DESIGNER, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.
SO, SO, SO IS THIS A RESULT OF POOR DESIGN OR IS A RESULT OF POOR CONSTRUCTION OR IT'S NOT POOR CONSTRUCTION, COUNCILMAN? IT IS.
THE, THE DESIGN WAS NOT VERY CLEAR.
DESIGN PUT LOT OF, LOT OF BURDEN ON THE CONTRACTORS.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO DO THIS, CONTRACTOR HAS TO DO THIS.
AND THE CONTRACTOR ITSELF IS A DESIGN, IS A ENGINEER.
THEY COME IN AND SAY, I CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT, I CAN, I HAVE TO DO IT IN THIS WAY BECAUSE I CANNOT PUT THAT RISK ON MY COMPANY.
BUT THE, THE CONTRACTOR ACCEPT THAT PROJECT BASED ON THE DESIGN.
I WOULD SAYING THEN THAT, THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO COVER THAT.
AND AS THE SCOPE OF WORK WASN'T CLEAR, THE SCOPE OF WORK WAS NOT CLEAR.
AND I KNOW ERIC AND THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS CONTRACTOR ALMOST FROM OCTOBER, UM, DEALING WITH THIS THING.
SO PROJECT IS BASICALLY STANDSTILL.
THE COST IS GOING UP EVERY DAY.
SO YEAH, WE NEED TO FINISH IT BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE IS NOT STABLE.
'CAUSE THE SCOPE OF WORK ISSUE ACTUALLY THEN IT'S NOT A CONTRACTOR FAULT.
TWO IS FOR US, WE RECOMMENDING TWO A CHANGE ORDER.
ONE IS THE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN ISSUE.
BUT DID THE CONTRACTOR ACCEPT THE JOB BASED ON WHAT THE DESIGN WAS? YEAH.
BUT THE, THE SPECIFICATIONS SAY CONTRACTOR HAS TO DO THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN ALSO.
SO WHEN THEY DID THE DESIGN, THEY SAYS IT DOESN'T MEET THE WINDSTORM.
THIS STRUCTURE, WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE STRUCTURE WILL BE AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHEN THEY ACCEPTED THE JOB.
NO, BECAUSE THAT WAS REQUIREMENT.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR STRUCTURE ENGINEER SEAL AND SIGN IT.
HAVE WE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE? YEAH.
BUT THIS IS THAT BIG HEAD WORK STRUCTURE,
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WHICH NOW IS BILL.BUT IT, SO THE DESIGNER DIDN'T DESIGN WELL, THE CONTRACTOR DIDN'T LOOK AT THE DESIGN WELL, BUT ACCEPTED THE JOB AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
UH, WE, WE JUST NEED TO BE BETTER AT, UH, SCOPING OUR PROJECTS ESSENTIALLY.
SO HOW DO WE KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? I MEAN WE RELY ON THE CONSULTANT FOR THEIR DESIGN.
AND I THINK WE DIDN'T ASK ENOUGH QUESTION WHEN WE, I THINK CONTRACT.
I THINK ANYTIME WE HAVE A DESIGN CONTRACT, ANY, I THINK ANYTIME WHAT WE'RE LEARNING THOUGH IS ANYTIME WE, WE GET A DESIGN FROM A CONSULTANT OR WHOEVER IT IS AND IT SAYS THAT, I MEAN SOMEWHERE IN THERE THERE HAD TO BE SOME KIND OF WORDING SAYING THAT THE CONTRACTOR WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
THAT OUGHT TO BE A HUGE RED FLAG.
THIS IS BECOMING A HUGE RED FLAG FOR US NOW SITTING HERE ON COUNCIL.
'CAUSE THIS IS AT LEAST THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT HISTORY WHERE WE'VE RUN UP AGAINST THIS, UH, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING WINDSTORM AND STUFF IS, UH, UH, UM, I MEAN WE'VE GOTTA FIND A WAY TO, WE'VE GOTTA FIND A WAY TO FIND THOSE PROBLEMS AND SAY, NOW WINDSTORM REQUIREMENTS AREN'T NEW.
AND HONESTLY THOSE TWO PARTIES SHOULD REALLY SPLIT THAT COST, NOT US.
BECAUSE THEN WE, WE DIDN'T, THE PROBLEM WE HAVE CHANGES.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS IS THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TOO LONG.
OR THAT OR THEN YOU SAY, WE'LL JUST SIT ON IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND, AND THIS ONE WE WOULD BE IN LITIGATION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROJECT.
WE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE ALREADY GOING ON.
SO, SO IS THERE, MOVING FORWARD, IS THERE A WAY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH DESIGNERS AND CONTRACTORS TO MAKE CLEAR UPFRONT, SHERRY THIS IS PROBABLY YOU QUESTION.
MAKE SURE UPFRONT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES WHERE WE DON'T GET INTO THIS GRAY AREA WHERE IT'S, IT'S UM, THIS IS AN OLDER PROJECT AND WE'VE STARTED DOING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
SO THAT THEY'RE DESIGNING TOGETHER AND LOOKING AT THE DESIGN AND MAKING SURE IT'S OKAY.
IT'S JUST THAT THIS STARTED BEFORE WE WERE DOING THAT.
WE'VE, WE'VE MADE THAT CHANGE.
WELL AGAIN, IT'S FRUSTRATING 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
THEY GOT US OVER A BARREL AND, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THAT'S NOT GOOD EITHER.
I KNOW, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO YOU GOTTA, SO WE GOTTA MOVE THIS FORWARD, GET IT DONE AND IT'S GONNA COST US MORE MONEY TO, SO I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD CALL.
IT WAS A GOOD CALL TO GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT SECOND CHANGE ORDER WHILE IT'S OPEN.
ALRIGHT, SO I NEED A MOTION ON THIS.
IF THERE'S ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON IT, MR. MAYOR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS ONE AND TWO TOTALING $358,641 AND 3 CENTS FOR THE HEADWORKS PROJECT.
BRINGING THE NEW CONTRACT AMOUNT WITH THE CHANGE ORDERS TO $3,254,610 AND 34 CENTS, UH, PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF DECEMBER, 2025.
FUNDING SECURED THROUGH THE 2022 UTILITY REVENUE BOND.
ALL I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH FOR A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN BAKER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL AYE, ALL WE'RE GETTING THERE.
[9. New Business Updates – David Walton]
ALL EXCITING STUFF.RESPECTFULLY, MS. ETH NOT LAST.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NEW THINGS ON HERE THAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE LAST MONTH.
OUR PROJECTS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG.
UM, YOU'LL SEE, UH, BROKEN GROUND WHERE THERE WAS RAW GROUND BEFORE.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME, UH, EXCITING THINGS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, BURLINGTON IS MOVING INTO THE OLD BIG LOTS.
BURLINGTON, BURLINGTON, CO FACTORING.
WELL I THINK IT'S JUST CALLED BURLINGTON NOW.
ALL OVER PLACE MOVING IN WHERE, WHERE BIG LOTS WAS.
AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, EMPTY SPACES THAT ARE, ARE BEING, BEING UTILIZED.
UM, WE HAVE SUBMITTALS NOW FOR FAT BURGER AND ROUND TABLE PIZZA, ALTHOUGH THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS NOT, UH, READY FOR THOSE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS TO START.
BUT AT LEAST NOW WE, WE CAN SEE THAT THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
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UH, WE KNOW THAT AUTOZONE IS MOVING INTO WHERE THE OLD FOOD KING WAS.UM, AND, UH, WE'RE WAITING FOR REVISIONS FROM NEW HOPE CHURCH, WHICH IS IN THE OLD FAMILY FITNESS.
UH, I'M, I'M GONNA ADD A FEW THINGS.
I'M JUST GONNA CALL THEM RUMORS BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS NAMES ARE CONCERNED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SOME SUBMITTALS FOR THEM.
BUT WE HAVE GOOD INDICATIONS THAT, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE KNOW THAT, UH, THE MALL PURCHASED THE OLD RED LOBSTER BUILDING AND THE MALL HAS TOLD US THEY INTEND ON TAKING THAT BUILDING DOWN AND ARE WORKING WITH A, UM, I WANT TO CALL IT, YOU KNOW, THE MEXICAN SUBWAY, UH, CHIPOTLE.
UM, WE HAVE MET WITH A, A PROPOSED TENANT FOR THE, UM, UH, THE REDWOOD OLD SEAFOOD, SORRY, NO, NOT SEAFOOD.
CHINESE BUFFET, UH, OVER IN THE DENNY'S PARKING LOT AREA.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A, A WINGS AND, AND, AND SPORTS BAR.
WE HAVE MET WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PUT THE COFFEE STATION WHERE THE, UH, RED WING SHOES IS.
BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUBMITTALS FOR THESE.
WE JUST HAVE, HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, AND HAVE EVEN SEEN SITE PLANS.
AND WE ALSO MET WITH, UH, BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE, WHO'S LOOKING AT A MAJOR REMODEL IN MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ON, ON THEIR CAMPUS.
SO WHERE DOES FIVE MINUTE LUBE IS GOING TO BE GOING? SO THAT IS A, AN OUT PARCEL THAT IS BEING CARVED OUT IN FRONT OF WHERE DOLLAR TREE IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALL 'EM STUFF FIVE MINUTE LUBE.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T ADVERTISE A FIVE MINUTE OIL CHANGE
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY AN OUT PARCEL THOUGH.
I THINK IT'S IT'S MORE ON THE SAME.
YEAH, IT IS JUST A NEW BUILDING ON THE SAME LOT.
THE HOBBY LOBBY LOT, RIGHT? YES.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
[10. Staff updates ]
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, STAFF UPDATES.OH, SALLY'S GOT A SCHEDULED, WE HAVE A SCHEDULED THE NEXT PHOTOS FOR COUNSEL ON, IT'LL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, ON JUNE 16TH AT FIVE 30.
SO YOU CAN COME IN STARTING AROUND 5 30, 5 45.
WE'LL DO 'EM IN THE, UH, ENGINEERING CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, HEAD SHOTS.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE IN HERE FOR YOUR, UH, GROUP.
I'LL SEND YOU A REMINDER FOR EMAIL AGAIN, UH, CLOSER TO THAT TIME.
'CAUSE IT'LL BE A LAST PICTURE I HAVE WITH CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS GOING TO MY OFFICE, MY NEW OFFICE.
AND THEN, UH, ANY ACTION ITEMS FROM OUR MEETING TODAY? NO, WE JUST HAVE, UM, SOME ITEMS THAT WE'LL BRING BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? MR. BUELL, LESTER, YOU GOT ANYTHING? COMEDIAN? NO.RENEE? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SHOW UP AND GET THIS AT OUR PLACE TODAY, BUT I GOT THIS IN THE MAIL AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL THE PARKS BOARD, THIS IS SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR PARENTS TRYING TO PLAN SUMMER.
UH, AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB ON THIS.
SO I, I DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD GET ONE TODAY, BUT I GOT ONE IN THE MAIL AND IT'S ALL MARKED UP.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS, I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE HEADS UP.
MY SON AND I WERE GOING INTO THE GROCERY STORE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND AS WE WERE GOING IN, A LADY COMING OUT PASSED OUT.
UM, SO EVERYBODY GOT THINGS GOING.
WE CALLED LAKE JACKSON, EMS AND IT WAS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH BACK AND EVERYTHING.
WE HAD TWO PAR UH, A PARAMEDIC, UH, ELIAS HERNANDEZ AND THEN AN EMT, JONATHAN SANDERS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY COMMENT.
UH, AND I DID CALL THE CHIEF JUST ON THE REALLY EXCELLENT PROFESSIONAL JOB THAT THEY DID AS WELL AS, UM, ERIC LARSON, I BELIEVE SHE HAD A SMALL CHILD WITH HER.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE KID WAS SCARED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND OUR E EM S JUST KIND OF WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO REALLY ESTABLISH A RAPPORT WITH THE KID.
UM, AS WELL AS I DID FOLLOW UP, WHEN THEY GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, THEY, THEY FOLLOWED IT THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THE CHILD WAS RELEASED TO AN APPROPRIATE 'CAUSE PARENT WAS ENDED UP TRANSFERRED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO JUST A GREAT JOB BY ELIAS HERNANDEZ AND JONATHAN SANDERS WITH EMS.
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EXCEPTIONAL.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN LONG MEETING MR. UH, NO STAFF ANYTHING.
DID EVERYBODY GET THEIR PHONES UPDATED BY TRAFFIC? NO.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RECEIVE EMAIL.
I THOUGHT GET, I'LL TRY TO GET HERE TOMORROW.
DO I NEED TO CALL HIM IN ADVANCE? SEE IF HE'S, HE'LL BE HERE.
HE CALL ME AND, UH, JUST COMING, MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S OFFICE.
OH, BRADLEY'S NOT GONNA BE HERE TOMORROW? NO.
WELL, UM, UH, TRICIA OR TIFFANY CAN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.