Sep 15, 2025 City Council

WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, WELCOME TO EVERYONE, UH, FOR THE, UH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025, REGULAR SESSION OF THE LAKE JACKSON CITY COUNCIL AT 25 0 5.

I WILL BEGIN THE EVENING

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FIRE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND, AND TWO REPUBLIC COURT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, HONOR, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE INVIS AND, UH, INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.

EXCUSE ME, PRAY HERE.

DEAR HEAVEN, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HERE THIS EVENING.

AS OUR MEETING CONTINUES AND DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THE STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND WISDOM, MAKE A DECISIONS THAT WE FEEL IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT OF OUR CITY.

WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH OUR EMT POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL ALONG AS OUR MEN AND WOMEN OR OUR ARMED FORCES.

BE WITH US, EACH AND EVERY ONE.

ONE US AS WE HEAD HOME IN THE MEETING CONCLUDED IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS.

UH, NEXT ITEM IS

[VISITOR COMMENTS]

VISITORS' COMMENTS.

THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ISSUE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS ANY PER UH, PRESENTED ISSUE, NOR MAY ANY ACTION BE TAKEN ON ANY ISSUE AT THIS TIME.

ANY ITEM PRESENTED COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT ON THE AGENDA OF A REGULAR SCHEDULED FUTURE MEETING.

YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING COMMENTS, UH, UH, PILAR, UH, RERO? YES, MA'AM.

YES MA'AM.

IS IT MY TIME? YES, MA'AM.

CAN I WALK OUT THE DOOR? NO, YOU COME UP TO THIS PODIUM, PLEASE.

I HAD NOT NOTICED THE WORDS ON IT REALLY CLEARLY.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND I'M LIMPING A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY, TAKE YOUR TIME.

I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU.

'CAUSE SADLY TO SAY I'VE LIVED HERE MANY YEARS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO IS THE MAYOR.

I'M SORRY.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I CAME HERE FROM HOUSTON IN 1984 TO PURSUE MY CAREER IN TEACHING, WHICH I LOVE DOING WITH ALL MY HEART, I THINK IS THE BEST PROFESSION IN THE WORLD.

THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SENATE AT A STATE LEVEL IN FRONT OF MARK WHITE, THEN GOVERNOR.

AND I WAS TOTALLY INTIMIDATED.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SO NICE MEETING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

NOW I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

I HOPE I REMEMBER SOME OF YOU.

THE REASON FOR MY BEING HERE TODAY IS TO EXERCISE MY CIVIC DUTY AS A CITIZEN.

I BELIEVE IN BEING INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY AND THE BETTERMENT OF MY COMMUNITY.

WHEN I CAME HERE, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS GROWTH IN THE CITY THEY WERE BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTING.

THEN HIGHWAY 3 32, AND I MENTIONED TO MY HUSBAND, I SAID, WE MUST HAVE REALLY STRONG LEADERS IN THIS CITY.

THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING IN UNITY.

I MEAN, IT TAKES A LOT TO, TO, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCT.

IT'S NOT A BIG HIGHWAY, BUT IT DEFINITELY ENHANCES OTHER CITIES.

THE PORT OF FREEPORT, WHICH CONNECTS US A LITTLE BIT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD THROUGH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.

AND I HAVE LIVED HERE VERY, VERY HAPPILY BECAUSE, UH, I TRY TO DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO TO BEGIN WITH.

ANYWAY, MY REASON FOR BEING HERE TODAY IS THAT THE CHILDREN TO ME, ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

WORDS ARE VERY POWERFUL.

THEY CAN EITHER BUILD UP OR TEAR DOWN ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD.

SO AS I TRAVEL ONE DAY FROM MY HOME IN 2004, I NOTICED THAT WATER TOWER, WHICH I HAD GONE BY THERE MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES, BUT

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ENCHANTMENT LATE JACKSON, THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I FELT KIND OF FUNNY.

I TRIED TO DISMISS THE THOUGHT THAT I HAD THAT AT THAT TIME FROM MY MIND, BUT I COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, IT KEPT BOTHERING ME.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN, I KNEW AS A TEACHER KIND OF WHAT IT MEANT, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE THEIR SYNONYMS THAT DESCRIBED THE WORD ENCHANTMENT.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE A STATE OF BEING UNDER A SPELL, UH, SURGERY WITCHCRAFT, CRACKED, AND SOME OTHERS THAT ARE NOT VERY NICE.

ANYWAY, WHAT REALLY MADE ME WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IS I WALKED TO THE POST OFFICE, WHICH I DO SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.

AND AS I ENTER THE POST OFFICE, THERE'S SOME CHILDREN SITTING DOWN INSIDE.

THE PARENTS HAD JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING TO PICK 'EM UP.

THEY CAME OUTTA SCHOOL.

AND AS I WALKED INTO THE OFFICE TO THE POST OFFICE, ONE OF THE BOYS STOOD UP AND WENT AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR ME.

HE HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND I SAID, YOUNG MAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS.

I SENSED WHAT KIND OF WHAT HE FELT WHEN I SAID THAT.

BUT THE COOL THING ABOUT IT IS THAT WHEN I WAS WALKING OUT, SOME OF THE OTHER KIDS THAT SAW WHAT HE DID GOT UP AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR ME.

AND I ALSO MADE THE COMMENT, YOUNG MAN, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ACTS OF KINDNESS.

KEEP IT UP.

WELL, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

I SAID, I DON'T WANT THESE KIDS TO THINK THEY LIVE IN THIS CITY OF ENCHANTMENT.

I WANT 'EM TO KNOW THAT THEY LIVE IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IN GOD, WHERE THEY STILL BELIEVE IN THE, THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS.

TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL OUR HEART AND TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.

AND THOSE WORDS DON'T FIT OUR CITY.

I MEAN, IT KEPT BOTHERING ME AND BOTHERING ME, AND IT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR A WHILE.

AND I FINALLY DECIDED MAYBE I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN AUTHORITY THAT CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WELL, NEEDLESS SAY TO SAY, HERE I AM, UH, AND I DUNNO WHERE THIS IS GOING, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE CITY AND A MY CIVIC DUTY IS TO, YOU KNOW, GET INVOLVED.

AND I'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY YEARS.

NOT ONLY HERE, BUT IN HOUSTON, IN, IN A MAJOR WAY.

UH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A THING WE NEED TO DO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT ONE OF THE MOTIVATIONS FOR BEING HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, THE ROAD OR THE HIGHWAY, I WAS REMINDED OF OUR FIRST, UH, PIONEERS, YOU KNOW, OF THE 13 STATES OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

THEY KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT HAPPY.

THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING MORE.

SO THEY DECIDED TO TRAVEL WEST TO ENHANCE THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.

AND THEY DID TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, EVEN DEATH.

BUT THEY ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL.

AND I THINK IT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT WHEN YOU SET YOUR MIND TO BRING IN ABOUT CHANGE FOR THE BETTERMENT, IT CAN BE DONE.

SO I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO OR HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT I THINK THIS IS A RIGHT START BECAUSE YOU ARE C CITY LEADERS AND YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE.

AND IF YOU CONSIDER MAYBE COMING UP WITH ANOTHER WORD FOR, TO REPLACE ENCHANTMENT SUCH, I WANT MY KIDS, I WANT THE KIDS OF THE CITY.

I TAUGHT MANY HUNDREDS OF KIDS IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.

AND I WANT THEM TO REMEMBER THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON AS A CITY WHERE THEIR KIDS CAN GROW TO, TO, TO LOVE EACH OTHER, TO TO HELP EACH OTHER, TO DO FOR EACH OTHER.

ENOUGH OF THIS NEGATIVE THINGS THAT ARE

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GOING ON IN OUR, IN OUR WORLD, OUR NATION, OUR CITIES.

I WOULD LIKE THEM TO GROW UP, HAVE THEIR CHILDREN AND TEACH THEM ABOUT THEIR CITY AND HAVE POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THEIR CITY.

I AM VERY HAPPY HERE AND I WANNA DO MY PART TO BRING ABOUT GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO AS A CITIZEN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I'D BE GLAD TO DO IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE ANY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL CAN DECLARE IF THEY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY ITEM, BE IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR THE REGULAR AGENDA.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? A NOT HEARING

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT HEARING? SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MR. ROMERO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SETH.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[1. Approve an interlocal agreement with Brazoria County for debris removal from Oyster Creek and Bastrop Bayou. — Modesto Mundo]

MOVE ALONG TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T REMOVE ANY OF THESE, IS THAT CORRECT? NO.

UH, ITEM ONE IS APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR THE, UH, DEBRIS REMOVAL FROM OYSTER CREEK AND BASTROP BIO.

THAT WOULD BE MR. MODESTO.

UH, MARY, UH, IF YOU SEE ATTACHED, THERE'S A, UM, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FROM THE COUNTY.

THEY HAVE SECURED A GRANT, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, FOR CLEARING THE, UH, UH, THE CREEK IS APPROXIMATELY, OH, A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION.

AND THEIR MATCHING SHARE IS 1.2 MILLION.

WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE CREEK, UM, AND THEY'VE DIVIDED INTO 16 SEGMENTS AND THERE ARE SIX IN LAKE JACKSON OF THOSE.

AND THEN THERE'S A FURTHER BREAKOUT OF THOSE OF SOMETIMES SHARING WITH THE CITY THAT WE BORDER WITH, UH, IN THIS CASE RICHWOOD ON A COUPLE OF SEGMENTS.

AND THEN ALSO THE DRAINAGE, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT OUT OF DIVIDING THOSE SEGMENTS, UH, THOSE SIX SEGMENTS.

AND THEN WHEN THERE'S A PARTNER SHARE, UM, OUR, OUR PORTION COMES OUT TO $201,000 AND THAT 201,000 IS DIVIDED INTO CLEARING, UH, WHICH IS, UH, I THINK MAYBE 150, 157,000.

AND THE REMAINING PORTION IS ENGINEERING 49.

UH, 49,000.

SO THEY'RE ASKING ALL OF THE CITIES, UM, IF THEY, UM, WOULD CONTRIBUTE, UH, TOWARDS THE MATCHING SHARE.

AND THEN IF WE AGREE, UH, THEN UH, UH, WE WOULD, UH, SEND A CHECK WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER, UH, APPROVAL.

I THINK THE ESTIMATE FOR OUR PORTION OF LOAN THAT THEY ESTIMATE IS AROUND $600,000.

UH, SO WE WOULD BE GETTING, YOU KNOW, A 600,000 PLUS PROJECT FOR $201,000 IF WE DECIDE TO TEAM, UH, WITH THE COUNTY.

AND THE COUNTY WILL HANDLE ALL THE COORDINATION OF THE DESIGN, SECURING THE, UM, THE ENGINEER AND THE, UH, PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.

WHAT HAPPENS IF SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES DON'T AGREE, UH, THEN THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO THAT SEGMENT OR, UH, THE COUNTY WOULD CONSIDER, UH, DOING IT.

UH, THERE MAY BE SOME SMALLER CITIES TO THE NORTH, UH, THAT, UH, THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT TENTATIVELY THEY HAVE TALKED TO EVERY CITY AND EVERY CITY WAS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT FOR STORM WATER MOVEMENT FROM KEEP, KEEP US DRY HERE.

ANYWAY, SO I THINK WE NEED TO, I MEAN WE DID THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WE GOT THE APPROVAL FROM THE ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS.

THAT WAS A BRICK PROCESS.

AND NOW WE STILL HAVE UNDER THAT SAME, UH, APPROVAL.

SO WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF IT WHILE WE CAN.

AND OUR, OUR PROPOSAL HOW TO FUND THIS IS OUT OF, UH, THE BOND FUND.

THERE'S 1 35, UH, THERE'S REMAINING FUNDS.

THIS IS WHERE WE WERE PAYING FOR THE PON PROJECT.

AND THERE'S REMAINING FUNDS OUT OF THAT IN ADDITION TO INTEREST, UH,

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THAT WE'D LIKE TO, UH, FUND THIS PROJECT OUT OF.

SO IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE, UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

IN ADDITION, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HAD MONEY SET ASIDE ALSO FOR SHY POND.

UH, ONCE IT PROJECT, UM, ONCE THAT PROJECT, UM, FINISHES, UH, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE FREED UP AS WELL.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AND MOVE ON THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, COMMENDING TO FUND THIS OUT OF BOT FUNDS.

SO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT IS? IS IT REDUCED FLOODING RISK OR WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU YOU SAY IT WOULD IN A MAJOR, IN A MAJOR EVENT? BECAUSE REALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS JUST THINGS GET HUNG UP WITH, YOU KNOW, FALLING TREES AND STUFF HUNG UP ON THE BRIDGES AND THE BRIDGES AND STUFF.

BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT ON A, I DON'T THINK ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT ON A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT, UH, IT JUST HELPS THE WATER GET, YOU KNOW, GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, UH, FASTER.

KEEP FROM RISING AND SPILLING OVER, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE BLOCKING.

YEAH, THERE'S AREAS, THERE'S, THERE'S AREAS IN THE CREEK RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T REALLY TRAVERSE EVEN WITH A CANOE 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY FALLEN TREES INSIDE MM-HMM .

AND STUFF.

SO, SO, AND IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO, TO REMOVE THE TREES, HAVE THE TREES REMOVED SINCE IT'S OVER WATER AND STUFF.

SO THIS IS USUALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT, UH, WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY GET THOSE TREES OUTTA THE CREEK.

'CAUSE SOME KIND OF ARRANGEMENT LIKE THIS.

SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT UH, SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE DEAD THAT ARE CURRENTLY LEANING OVER THE CREEK GOT REMOVED ALSO? 'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS LAST, LAST TIME, AS SOON AS WE GOT THE CREEK CLEANED, THERE'S ALL OTHER TREES THAT WERE DEAD, FELL IN AND STARTED OBSTRUCTING IT.

I THINK IT, I THINK IT INVOLVES SCOPE OF JOB AND THEN WHAT THEY'VE GOT AGREEMENT FROM ALARM RECORDING ENGINEERS ON WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO.

AND THEN YOU START GETTING INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

CORRECT.

THOSE ARE NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY.

IT'S ALL PRIVATE PROPERTY.

RIGHT.

UM, EXCEPT FOR THE CORE DOES OVERSEE THE BODY OF WATER, BUT THE PROPERTY LINES RUN TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CREEK.

TO THE MIDDLE OF CREEK.

THE CREEK.

THE CREEK CREEK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CREEK.

CREEK.

I WOULD, WE'LL, WE'LL ASK, BUT I THINK MOST LIKELY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE RESTRICTED TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY FALLEN.

BUT WE'LL ASK THAT QUESTION.

PLUGGED UPS.

AND JUST TO ADD TO THIS IS THAT, UH, THE, THE REASON WHY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND, AND IT'S ACTUALLY FASTER THAN WHAT WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE PAST, IS THAT RIGHT AFTER THE, THE STORM, UH, LAST HURRICANE WE HAD, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LINDER CALLED ME AND ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER PAYNE AT THE TIME CALLED ME AND WANTED TO KNOW AT WHENEVER WE HAD ALL THESE CREWS OUT HERE PICKING UP, UH, DEBRIS THAT HAD FALLEN DOWN, THAT UH, THEY WERE WANTING TO KNOW IF LAKE JACKSON WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IF THEY, UH, COULD OPERATE UNDER THE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, PERMIT THAT THEY HAD, THAT IF THEY GOT BIDS, IF, IF THE BIDS WEREN'T TOO HIGH, UH, TO REMOVE IT AT THAT TIME, IF CITY OF LAKE JACKSON WOULD BE INTERESTED.

AND I SAID WE'D BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THE DISCUSSION.

UH, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT DELAYED IT AT THAT TIME, THEY COULDN'T DO IT, THAT RIGHT AFTER THE STORM WAS, IS THE, THE BIDS THEY GOT BACK WERE EXTREMELY HIGH.

UH, AND SO, AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WAS, IS THEY LATER FOUND OUT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PERMIT WAS STILL OUT THERE, ARMOR CORPS UNION WASN'T GONNA ALLOW US TO OPERATE UNDERNEATH THAT PAST PERMIT.

SO THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND RESUBMIT FOR A NEW PERMIT.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDER A NEW PERMIT THAT THE, THE COUNTY, UH, PUSHED FORWARD ON AND STUFF.

SO, BUT IT WAS AGAIN, THE COUNTY, WE, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE COUNTY'S HEALTH.

I MEAN THE COUNTY'S COUNTY'S THE ONE THAT'S MAKING IT HAPPEN.

IT WOULD TAKE US, IT WOULD TAKE US SOME TIME IF WE WERE GONNA DO IT ON OUR, ON OUR OWN.

AND A SIGNIFICANT COST, JUST THE PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING.

AND WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE, IT WOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D BE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A GRANT.

THEY PROBABLY WERE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A GRANT BECAUSE THEY HAD A NUMEROUS PARTNERING AGENCIES AND THE LINK, YOU KNOW, THE LENGTH OF IT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE DOING.

I MEAN THEY'RE DOING BASICALLY MOST OF THE CREEK.

SO.

ANYBODY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? NO, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MR. MAYOR.

MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL FROM OYSTER CREEK AND BASTROP BY AS PRESENTED.

MOTION APPROVES UNANIMOUSLY.

A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HANYA.

SECOND.

SECONDED.

COUNCILMAN SETH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

WE'RE GONNA CALL THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

ITEM TWO IS DISCUSS

[2. Discuss and consider directing the Mayor and the City Manager to execute all new opioid settlements, including the Secondary Manufacturers National Opioid Settlement. — Sherri Russell]

AND CONSIDER, UH, DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A NEW OPIOID SETTLEMENT, INCLUDING THE SECONDARY MANUFACTURER'S NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT.

YOU SURE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN? RIGHT.

SO WE HAD ANOTHER ONE SHOW UP.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE BEING COOKED RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THEY HAVE IN THE POT.

SO I WAS JUST

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ASKING YOU ALL IF INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM BACK EVERY TIME, IF THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER COULD SIGN THEM AS LONG AS THEY DON'T TAKE ANY OF OUR MONEY OR OUR TIME.

'CAUSE IT'S IT RIGHT NOW.

BASICALLY THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T TAKE ANY MONEY OR ANY TIME.

IT JUST TAKES A SIGNATURE SO WE COULD GET A GENERIC APPROVAL INSTEAD OF BRINGING 'EM BACK EVERY TIME.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND THIS ONE IS THE, THE ONE THAT SHOWED UP IS THE, SOME OF THE, UM, GENERIC DRUGS HAVE SETTLED THEIR CASES.

MAYBE SIX OF THEM.

AND THERE IS A, THERE IS A TIMELINE ON WANTED TO PUT THESE REQUESTS FOR SIGN OFFS AND STUFF.

SO YEAH.

THIS ONE IS THE 30TH.

CITY MANAGER, UM, MAYOR, UM, AND CITY COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

SO MS. RUSSELL IS SUGGESTING THAT WE JUST DO A, IF YOU WISH, UH, COUNSEL COULD MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THESE GOING FORWARD, I GUESS IS THAT SHE RIGHT.

SO WE COULD BRING THEM BACK EACH TIME.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

ITEM TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NEW OPIOID SETTLEMENTS, INCLUDING SECONDARY MANUFACTURERS NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT.

ALRIGHT, HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN ER SECOND.

SECOND WITH COUNCIL HANYA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITHOUT HEARING ANY CALL FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, STAFF UPDATES,

[3. Staff updates]

WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, SCHEDULE OUR COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH MR. COX FOR, UH, MOVE THAT TO, UH, EVERY OTHER YEAR.

AND SO IT'S TIME.

THIS, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD, HE HAS GIVEN US TWO DATES, UH, THAT HE'S AVAILABLE, UM, AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, FEBRUARY 9TH AND THE 23RD.

AND I WAS CURIOUS IF ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE DATES ARE, ARE GOOD RIGHT NOW? HE'S PENCILED US INTO THE NINTH, BUT UH, WE HAVE AN OPTION OF THE 23RD.

23RD IS BETTER FOR ME, BUT, SO THOSE ARE, UH, OFF COUNCIL NIGHTS? YES, THOSE ARE OFF COUNCIL NIGHTS.

I CAN DO EITHER WHAT DAY THE NINTH OR T FEBRUARY 9TH OR FEBRUARY? FEBRUARY.

I'M GOOD FOR ANY OF THOSE DATES.

EITHER OF THOSE DATES MYSELF.

SAME IN ONE FIVE.

AND YOU CAN PROVIDE, YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE, UH, COLD SANDWICHES AGAIN.

MODESTO IS THE WORST HOST.

YEAH, I KNOW.

ASK ITCHING.

YOU PROVIDE BARBECUE THAT LAST TIME.

CAN WE DO, CAN WE DO WITH THAT? WE HAD ONE MEETING WHERE WE HAD ONE DEAL ONE NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY WE HAD SANDWICHES AGAIN.

I THINK ALL HE DID WAS ARRANGE REARRANGE THEM ON THE PLA .

BUT THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD.

BE IN CHARGE OF A BUDGET.

YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.

BUDGET BUT NOT SNACKS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, SO I HEAR THAT EVERYBODY WE'RE GOOD.

COULD DO BOTH DATES.

UH, COUNCILMAN SHANYA THIRD, THE 23RD IS, IS BETTER.

SO IS THAT OKAY, THE 23RD? WOULD THAT BE THAT'S FINE.

JUST SO I CAN, SO I KNOW AHEAD OF TIME SO I CAN WORK AROUND IT.

THEN WE WILL WORK WITH THE 23RD IF THANK YOU ON THERE.

SALLY, WILL YOU SEND US SOMETHING OUT? YES, MA'AM.

TO REMIND US, STICK IT OUR CALENDAR.

YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT.

UH, WE'LL CONFIRM, UH, TOMORROW WITH RON AND THEN WE'LL GET SOMETHING OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASURE.

AND I WILL LET SALLY AND R HANDLE .

WE'LL HANDLE IT.

PLEASE DO.

ALL RIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOU GONNA BRING SANDWICHES.

BETTER THAN THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE, MR. NO SIR.

WINDOW.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, LET'S SEE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTIONS THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT.

UH, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? UH, OKAY.

AND THEN, UH,

[4. Construction/Development Updates]

CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

TAKE THESE TWO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, UH, WE HAVE TO UPDATE THAT ONE OUT WITH THE PACKET.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS PASSED BY THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY TODAY? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALONG.

DOWN CURBING AT THE, UH, DRIVEWAYS.

YEAH, IT'S NICE TO SEE THE WALLS, THE FRAMES UP.

YEAH, THE, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY IT AND I MEANT TO SAY IT A LONG, SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE, UH, AFTER WE OPENED UP SYCAMORE AND STUFF, I DROVE DOWN.

IT WAS, UH, I NOTICED HOW WE, UH, HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE, UH, THE LAY

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IT IS FOR CERTAIN SITES, JUST IF IT'S HARD TO GET THE WATER TO FLOW RIGHT WHERE WE, WHERE WE NEED TO GET EVERY INCH WE CAN RIGHT OUT OF THE STREET.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I WOULD HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE WE JUST DO AWAY WITH THOSE COMPLETE BECAUSE THEY JUST BECOME A, A PROBLEM FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

I KNOW OUR UPCOMING ONE HAS MOSTLY THAT TYPE OF CURVE AS WELL.

I THINK, IF NOT ALL THE PARKWOOD TERRACE SUBDIVISION, SIMILARLY FLAT.

I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK CLEAN.

AND YOU KNOW, THE WORST CASE WOULD BE IS THAT THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE TWINKLE OF WATER MM-HMM.

AFTER A RAIN AND STUFF SITTING THERE FOR A WHILE.

BUT, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK, IT LOOKS A LOT CLEANER GOING INTO DRIVEWAYS AND STUFF.

AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE LESS OF A HEADACHE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO THAT'S GOOD.

AND THEN, UH, WHAT ELSE? IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHIFFON THING'S WRAPPING UP DITCH.

THEY'RE ON THAT LAST, THIS IS THE LAST FLOW LINE OR THEY SHOULD HAVE TODAY I THINK.

AND THE WALL DIDN'T FALL.

IT DID NOT LOOKED LIKE, KNOCK ON WOOD SOMEWHERE THOUGH.

, THEY'RE GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FILL ON THE BOTTOM THERE JUST TO GET THE GROUND WHERE IT SHOULD BE AND WE'LL BE DOING A WALKTHROUGH AT SOME POINT.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

ABOUT PROJECTS.

WAS CREEK LOOK NICE ON THE SYCAMORE AREA? VERY GOOD.

COMMITTEE INTEREST, , MR. ELL? MOTION.

ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT, WELL THEN WE HAVE ITEMS

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

MR. SHANYA? NO, SIR.

MS. SETH, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE NINE 11 MEMORIAL TO SAY, UH, GREAT JOB TO MALLORY.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

UM, AS WELL AS TO OUR BRASSWOOD JAZZ BAND AND THE RASCOE CHOIR.

THEY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB.

VERY WELL.

IT WAS A VERY GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

OKAY, MR. SCHOOLER.

I MADE IT TO THE V 22 MEETING HERE ON SATURDAY.

UH, DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THE WALK.

NO.

BUT, UH, YOU COULD HAVE RODE WITH ME IN THE FRONT.

UM, I JUST, UH, THOUGHT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT.

I'M VERY, UH, PROUD THAT WE HELPED SPONSOR THAT.

YEAH, IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD AND IT'S GOOD THAT THE COMMUNITY GETS OUT TO, TO WALK ALSO, SO IT'S NOT JUST, UH, PEOPLE, UM, THAT IT SERVED, IT'S ALSO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY JOIN AND STUFF.

HIGHWAY COMING IN IS LONG GRASS.

UM, YES, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I APPRECIATE, UH, FOR, UM, AGAIN, LIKE MALLORY DEATH, SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT.

AND, UH, EVERYTHING I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA WAS POSITIVE ABOUT IT.

AND SO ON THE NINE 11, UH, EVENT, UH, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UH, UH, SPEAKING OF SOCIAL MEDIA, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, ABOUT, UH, UH, GRASS AND MOWING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I TRY TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE IS, IS WE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND IT SLOWED THINGS DOWN AND IT SLOWS OUR CREWS DOWN, OUR CONTRACTORS AND EVEN OUR STAFF AND STUFF.

AND SO WE'RE BUSY CATCHING UP AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ALLOW US TIME TO CATCH UP AND, UH, THEN WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE HANGING OUT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT, UH, THE FIRST WEEKEND WHEN I STARTED GETTING THOSE CALLS, I, I TOLD 'EM THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TELLING THESE PEOPLE I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH PEOPLE IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY SAID, WELL, WE SHOULD BE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, MOWEN.

AND I SAID, I SAID, WE SPEND WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS I KNOW FOR MOWEN.

AND SO I WENT AHEAD AND ASKED MODESTO, GIMME THE NUMBERS.

SO JUST A SHARE DEPARTMENT, UH, DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTOR.

WE SPENT $140,000 IN CONTRACTS, 67%.

UH, UH, REMAINDER OF THE BUDGET IS UH, SIX, UH, 606, I MEAN $761,000.

UH, IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE SPEND ABOUT $10,000 ON MOWING ON PARKS.

WE DO, UH, CONTRACTORS, UH, IS $485,000 IN THE REMAINING OF THE BUDGET, 50% OF THE BUDGET.

UH, THEY SPEND $679,000.

UTILITIES AND CONTRACTORS SPEND 51,000, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER CONTRACT.

WE SPENT 3000 IN DOWNTOWN.

IT'S DOWNTOWN CONTRACT IS UP TO $130,000.

I MEAN, WHEN WE DID THE FIRST, THE ONE FIRST PHASE, IT WAS LIKE $50,000 AND NOW WE'RE UP TO $130,000 WE SPEND DOWNTOWN.

ANYWAY, TOTAL LAW, WE SPEND $2.2 MILLION IN JUST MOWING GRASS.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND, UH, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT.

ONE THING THAT PEOPLE USE AGAINST US IS THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A CITY OF ENCHANTMENT.

AND OUR CITY DOESN'T LOOK VERY ENCHANTING.

UH, WHENEVER THE ESPS AND THE

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AND I HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY 2 88, 3 32, THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TXDOT.

AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME IN AND MOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS FOUR TIMES A YEAR, THEN IT GOT DOWN TO TWO, AND NOW THEY DON'T MOW IT AT ALL BECAUSE WE'VE SUBSIDIZED IT OR WE SUPPLEMENT IT BY MOWING AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES.

AND SO THEY, THE TECH STOCK GETS AWAY WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON ON MOWING.

WE PICK UP THE TAB.

SO AGAIN, IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO, UH, MOW, MOW, MOW, MOW, THEY NEED TO TELL US TO MOW, MOW, MOW, MOW, AND WE'LL SPEND THE DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S TAX DOLLARS AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO FIND THOSE DOLLARS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I THINK AGAIN, WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB, AND AGAIN, WE DO GET BEHIND AT TIMES BECAUSE OF RAIN.

WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT PEOPLE DOWN IN DITCHES OR EQUIPMENT DOWN IN DITCHES WHEN IT'S ALL MUDDY, UH, TO MOW.

AND THEN AGAIN, THESE CONTRACTORS THAT WE UTILIZE, THEY WORK IN OTHER CITIES AND UH, OTHER AREAS.

AND SO IF THEY'RE BEHIND HERE, THEY'RE BEHIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO THEY'VE GOTTA CATCH UP EVERYWHERE ELSE.

AND SO, UH, ANYWAY, JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE NUMBERS WITH YOU AND UH, 'CAUSE I ASKED MODESTO FOR 'EM.

UH, BUT WE, AGAIN, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY JUST TO CUT THE GRASS.

UM, THAT'S IT.

YOU ANYTHING? NO, SIR.