Oct 20, 2025 City Council

SO WE HAVE, UM, THE JSL PARK, JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE PARK, AND, UM, SO WE WORK TO KEEP THAT PART CLEAN.

WE, UM, PLAN WORK DAYS WHERE WE MOW AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE PARKS, UH, RECREATION, AND THEY HELP US AND GET US MULCH AND MAKE SURE THE TREES ARE REMOVED.

AND NOW WE HAVE A BATHROOM.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

SO NOW WE WANT TO HAVE SOME NEW SWINGS.

IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE WE'VE HAD SWINGS, AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE A DONATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE SWINGS PUT IN.

SO WITH THE HELP OF THE $5,000 FROM THE GRANT THAT WE ASKED FOR, AND THEN OUR CD WE WANT TO GIVE YOU, LET ME TURN IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THERE YOU GO.

THE $12,533 SO THAT WE CAN PUT THE NEW SWINGS IN.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, THIS GROUP DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB TOO.

THEY REALLY TAKE CARE OF THIS PARK.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP WITH THE GAZEBO THERE AND THE NEW BATHROOMS, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PARKS.

NICOLE COULD TELL YOU THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE THERE EVERY TIME WE GO AROUND.

WHY DON'T JUST STAND UP BEHIND JUST DOING WHAT THEY TELL THEY'RE, YOU WOULD COME INTO THE MIDDLE, PLEASE, RIGHT HERE, THE BLACK AND THE, EXCUSE ME.

GO.

SO THE, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME AROUND THERE.

OH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE, YOU'RE THE ONES GETTING THE LITTLE BIT HIGHER, SO WE CAN GET THAT CLOSER.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, AND I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW WE GET ALL THAT AND THE RESTROOM'S OPEN, AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR LITTLE GROUNDBREAKING.

THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME.

SO I'LL, I'LL LET YOU, YOU KNOW, PICK SOME BASE OF YOUR NEXT MEETING OR, OR SOMETHING TOO, SO WE, WE'VE GOT TIME.

IS THERE ANOTHER ONE? WOOHOO.

ALWAYS LIKE,

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I'M HOBBLING AROUND.

I'M SUPPOSED TO GET A NEW HIP IN THE MORNING, SO HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL BE BETTER HERE SOON.

WE'LL HAVE A BIONIC MA.

[2. Proclamation – Breast Cancer Awareness Month]

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO NEXT.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, UH, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO, SO WE'RE GOING TO, I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.

HI, GERALD RA BY AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2025 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WHEREAS WHILE CONSIDERING PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER, IT REMAINS THE MOST FREQUENTLY DIAGNOSED TYPE OF NON-KIN CANCER AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH AMONG WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY.

WHEREAS UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF US KNOW SOMEONE OR HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE OR HAVE HAD CANCER.

BUT THANKS TO EARLY DETECT DETECTION AND BETTER TREATMENTS, MORTALITY RATES FOR BREAST CANCER HAS STEADILY DECREASED IN THE LAST DECADE, WHEREAS KNOWING WHAT MAY, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO BREAST CANCER SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ARE IMPORTANT PART, IMPORTANT PARTS OF ITS PREVENTION, AS WELL AS HAVING AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION FOR ALL WOMEN, UH, IS ESSENTIAL COMPONENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER.

WHEREAS DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, WE STAND WITH OUR, WITH OUR MOTHER'S DAUGHTERS, SISTERS AND FRIENDS, AND WE RECOGNIZE ALL WHO HAVE JOINED, UH, THEIR LI THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE FIGHT AND FIGHTING THEIR BATTLE AS WELL.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE THE MAYOR, UH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY LAKE JACKSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM PRO, UH, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2025 IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, WITNESS IN MY HAND AND THE CITY OF THE CITY, LAKE JACKSON, ON THE 20TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025.

SO THAT'S, UH, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE AWARENESS EVERY MONTH, I MEAN, UH, EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME PERIOD.

BUT, UH, I WORK WITH, UH, A LARGE HEALTH CLINIC, UH, IN THE AREA AND, UH, WE, WE PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS TO HELP, UM, PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF SCREENING FOR, UH, WOMEN IN ACROSS BRAZORIA COUNTY, EVEN INTO, UH, SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY AND, AND GALVESTON COUNTY.

SO, UH, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EV OF, UH, OF THE SCREENING.

AND, UH, GUYS, YOU GUYS GET BREAST CANCER TOO.

I KNOW.

I HAVE A, A FRIEND THAT THAT PASSED AWAY FROM MALE BREAST CANCER.

MOVE ON TO VISITOR COMMENTS.

WE'LL

[VISITOR COMMENTS]

UH, WE HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR VISITOR COMMENTS, AND SINCE WE'VE GOT VISITOR COMMENTS, I'M GONNA READ THIS STATEMENT.

UH, THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE CITIZENS WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS ANY PRESENTATION 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.

UH, MS. ROMAN, I'M USED TO THERE BEING A MICROPHONE THERE.

YEAH, MICROPHONE'S, MICROPHONE'S RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE THERE.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND INTRODUCE MYSELF TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME.

UH, MY NAME IS CASEY ROMAN AND I AM RUNNING FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HERE IN PRECINCT ONE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.

UH, MY HUSBAND RAYMOND AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER 31 YEARS, AND WE HAVE LIVED HERE IN LAKE JACKSON AND RAISED OUR FAMILY HERE.

UM, I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER THANKS TO ALL MY BOYS.

I'VE BEEN A COACH AND TEAM MOM TO EVERY SPORT KNOWN TO MAN, UM, AND VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE VOLUNTEERED WITH.

UM, IN FACT, I AM ON YOUR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AS YOUR CHAIRMAN RIGHT NOW.

UM, PROFESSIONALLY, MY CAREER STARTED IN THIS BUILDING, UH, 28 YEARS AGO THAT MODESTO WAS IN MY INTERVIEW.

UH, THEY HIRED ME TO BE THE DRIVE THROUGH CASHIER AT THE FRONT.

, STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN THAT LONG, BUT OVER THE YEARS I WENT TO SCHOOL AT NIGHT, I GOT MY DEGREE AND I WORKED MY WAY UP.

I BECAME THE, OH MY GOODNESS, PUBLIC WORK SECRETARY, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, HEALTH INSPECTOR.

I HELPED IMPLEMENT THE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT INSPECTIONS PROGRAM.

UH, LORD, THEY TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING, BUILDING ELECTRIC, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING.

UM, AND AFTER ALMOST 17 YEARS HERE, I MOVED ON TO THE

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CITY OF ALVIN, WHERE I BECAME THEIR VERY FIRST FEMALE, UH, HEALTH AND CODE SUPERVISOR AND BUILDING INSPECTOR.

AND THEN FROM THERE, I WENT ON AND BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND CODE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF FREEPORT.

UM, I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND SERVED THEM FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

I WAS ALSO THEIR LEGISLATIVE LIAISON AND TESTIFIED AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON THEIR BEHALF SEVERAL TIMES.

UM, OH MY GOODNESS, I'VE TAUGHT CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 23 YEARS, CONTINUING EDUCATION TO CODE OFFICERS AND HEALTH INSPECTORS.

IN FACT, THAT IS WHAT LED ME TO NOW IN MY RETIREMENT.

I TEACH AND ADVISE AT BRAS PORT COLLEGE BUILDING AND CODE INSPECTIONS, AND I ALSO DO BUSINESS ADVISING.

WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'VE BEEN REALLY BLESSED IN MY CAREER, BUT NONE OF IT WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

UM, THE DAY THAT MATT HOUSTON AND CRAIG NESBITT ASKED ME TO BECOME A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER WITHOUT THEIR, OH MY GOODNESS, THE EMPLOYEE EM REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM THAT THEY DO FOR EDUCATION.

Y'ALL PAID FOR MY COLLEGE DEGREE, YOU PAID FOR 13 LICENSES.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT I WOULD'VE EVER BECOME THE WOMAN THAT I AM AND ACCOMPLISH WHAT I HAVE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT THAT I RE RECEIVED HERE IN THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

I WAS GONNA COME TONIGHT AND ASK FOR YOUR VOTE AND YOUR SUPPORT, BUT INSTEAD, I THINK I'M JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU SINCERELY.

I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I'M AT TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I AM RUNNING FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

THIS IS MY WAY PAYING BACK THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY THAT INVESTED SO MUCH IN ME FOR SO MANY YEARS.

UH, NEXT, UH, PERSON WE HAVE IS, UH, HARVEY KLEIN GARDNER.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK HERE.

UH, I'M HARVEY KLEIN GARDNER.

I'M, UH, VIETNAM VETERAN.

AND, UH, I GOT A COUPLE THINGS.

I GOT, UH, QUESTIONS.

ONE IS ON OUR, UH, MY PROPERTY TAX.

OF COURSE, I KNOW YOU DON'T DO THE TAXES HERE LIKE THAT, BUT OUR TAXES WENT UP SO MUCH THREE TIMES AS MUCH.

THEN YOU HAVE OUR UTILITIES GOING UP, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S GOING ON.

I HAD TO GO AND TALK THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON MY TAXES.

I'M IN, UH, OVER THERE BY UGS FIELD, MARYVALE STREET.

AND MY PROBLEM IS THAT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING ON THE STREET.

WE HAVE A, I'VE CONTACTED THE POLICE ABOUT THE VEHICLE THAT SETS OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THIS GUY'S HOUSE, WHICH IS NOT LICENSED, WHICH IS FINE IF THAT'S THE CASE, ANYBODY CAN DO IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE GUY UP ON, UH, SOUTHERN OAKS AND MARIGO.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE.

I'VE SEEN BETTER THINGS IN WAR THAN I HAVE AT THAT, THAT PLACE.

AND IF I EVER WANTED TO CHANGE OR SELL MY HOUSE, AND I KNOW NONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE IT ON YOUR STREETS, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE GET, UH, NOT EVEN THE ROAD WAS PUT DOWN WITH A COLD PATCH OVER CONCRETE, WHICH IS PITTED ALL OVER FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS ON THE SIDEWALK ON THE SEWER SIDE, WHICH I HAPPEN TO LIVE ON THAT SIDE.

IT GOES UP AND DOWN, HOLDS MOSQUITOES.

AND, UH, I'VE ASKED ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO, UH, FROM A DIFFERENT MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME.

ANYWAY, UH, THEY TOLD ME IT'S MY, MY PROBLEM, I HAVE TO FIX IT.

AND THEN I GOT TOLD, NO, YOU GOTTA BE OVER 25 YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN DO IT.

I'VE BEEN THERE 42 YEARS.

AND SO IT'S JUST, UH, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, LAKE JACKSON'S ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN STUFF.

I PROBABLY, UH, DONATE TO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY LET OUT THERE.

OUR STREET GO TO POT, YOU BUILD SIDEWALKS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

EVEN THE ONE THAT GOES NOWHERE, BUT THAT ONE THERE.

WHAT ABOUT REGULAR STREETS? THAT GETS USED A LOT.

OUR STREET, YOU MAY THINK NOT BEING USED A LOT, BUT IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CUT THROUGH THERE TO GO ACROSS

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THE ROAD TRACKS.

SO I'M JUST SAYING I APPRECIATE THE, THE IDEA OF THIS AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE ARE GOTTEN FORGOTTEN AND WHY NOTHING HAS, UH, BEEN DONE IN 42 YEARS TO THE STREET.

THAT'S ALL I HAD TO BRING.

AND JUST A QUICK, UH, COMMENT AND, AND THE CITY MANAGER CAN FOLLOW UP, UH, CONCERNING THE, UH, VEHICLE WITHOUT TAGS AND STUFF.

WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT ISSUE.

BUT, UH, AS FAR AS YOUR ROADS, WE DO HAVE, UH, WE GO THROUGH, UH, EVERY SEVERAL YEARS WE GO THROUGH AND WE DO A, A STREET, UH, BOND TASK FORCE.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO THROUGH, UH, AND, UH, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM, UH, STAFF.

AND THEN MOST RECENTLY WE HAD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A COMPANY THAT WENT THROUGH AND DID STREET ANALYSIS, BUT THEY JUST DID, UH, MAIN THOROUGHFARES FOR US THIS TIME, NEXT TIME WE'LL HAVE 'EM COME THROUGH AND DO, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

IS RESIDENT THAT WE DID THOROUGHFARES.

AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL DO OUR ASSESSMENTS OF STREETS GOING FORWARD.

UM, AS FAR AS COAL PATCHING, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.

WE'VE GOT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S COMING IN THAT ALLOWS US TO DO HOT PATCHING, WHICH IS, AGAIN, PATCHING ON TOP OF CONCRETE, BUT IT'LL BE BETTER THAN COAL PATCHING.

UH, AND, UM, WE WILL, UH, UH, THAT'S ONE WAY WE'LL ADDRESS IT, BUT YOUR STREETS NOT FORGOTTEN, IS JUST THAT WE'VE GOT FAILING STREETS ACROSS THE CITY AND WE'VE GOT STREETS THAT A LOT OF 'EM ARE ALL THE SAME AGE, AND WE JUST CAN'T REPLACE REPAIR STREETS ALL AT ONE TIME.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S SEQUENCES AND STUFF.

AND, AND, UM, I JUST WANNA JUST REASSURE YOU, YOU'RE NOT FORGETTING, FORGOTTEN, BUT ALSO THE, THE LAST THING I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY IS, IS THAT IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN AND YOU TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND STUFF, DEPARTMENT HEADS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE CITY MANAGER, OKAY? THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM.

EVERYBODY REPORTS TO HIM OTHER THAN US.

HE REPORTS TO US.

AND SO THEN YOU CAN CONTACT, CONTACT US, OF COURSE.

BUT, UH, IF YOU'RE GETTING, IF YOU'RE CALLING DEPARTMENTS AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING RESPONSES THAT YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD BE GETTING, WELL THEN CONTACT HIS OFFICE AND LET HIM, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

SIR, IF YOU LEAVE YOUR NUMBER ON THE SHEET OF PAPER THERE, I'LL CALL YOU IN THE MORNING, OKAY? OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, AS PRESENTED.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE? UH, VISITOR'S COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, NOT SEEING ANY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

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

DOES ANYBODY NEED TO DECLARE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? NOT HEARING ANY.

WE'LL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, IS ANYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MOVE, REMOVE MY ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? THAT HEARING IN, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT.

CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT REAPPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL HANYA AND A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN BUELL? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

CONSENT AGENDA'S APPROVED.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO A REGULAR AGENDA NOW.

UH, JUST UH, MAKE A NOTE HERE BEFORE WE START ANY REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM FOUR HAS BEEN DEFERRED PER REQUEST OF THE, UH, THE CITIZEN THAT, UH, REQUESTED THE ITEM BE ON THE AGENDA.

AND, UH, WE'LL WAIT FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO US ON WHEN THEY WANT.

WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL ON THIS ITEM IF THEY WISH IN THE FUTURE.

[1. Public hearing on setback requirements for pools and accessory structures in residential areas.]

FIRST ITEM IS NUMBER ONE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON SETBACK RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR POOLS AND ACCESSORIAL STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

SO WE'RE GO INTO PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AT, UH, 6 48 DUST.

YOU WANNA LEAD US OFF ON THAT? YES.

MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, HELD THEIR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 7TH, AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT, UM, COUNCIL CONSIDER, UM, WORDING WHERE WE DO NOT PLACE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING LINE, UH, BUT CREATE AN EXCEPTION FOR E ONE PROPERTIES.

AND E ONE PROPERTIES ARE, UH, THERE'S A SMATTERING OF HOMES ON, UH, TON ROAD, OLD ENGLETON ROAD THAT ARE E PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE VERY, VERY LARGE.

AND E ONE STANDS FOR A STATE WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE MANEUVERABILITY, WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY DO HAVE ROOM TO PUT SOMETHING, A STRUCTURE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THE HOME.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY, THEY REALLY WERE LOOKING FOR WORDING THAT NOT ANYTHING BE PLACED IN, UM, FRONT OF THE LINE.

THIS CAME ABOUT OF WHERE WE HAD A LANGUAGE DISCREPANCY, UM, OF WHERE A FENCE COULDN'T BE, UM, UH, PAST THE BUILDING BUILDING LINE, BUT A STRUCTURE WASN'T CLEARLY DEFINED THAT IT COULDN'T BE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING OF THE BUILDING LINE.

AND I THINK WE HAD ALL ASSUMED THAT IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE BEHIND THE BUILDING LINE.

BUT WHEN, UM, WHEN

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WE HAD TOLD THE RESIDENT INITIALLY, NO, AND THEY WERE GOING TO FILE FOR A EXCEPTION TO ZBA, WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE WORDING OF THE ORDINANCES AND OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.

AND THE CITY ATTORNEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE HAD CLEAR LANGUAGE SUPPORTING US TO DENY THE REQUEST.

SO, UH, SHERRY IS, UH, DRAFTING, UM, UH, AN ORDINANCE, UM, OR WILL DRAFT AN ORDINANCE, UH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

IF COUNSEL AGREES.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, MS. TRITON, IS SHE HERE STILL? SHE WAS WITH THE JSL.

YEAH, SHE'S FINE.

OH, THAT, THAT'S WHY IT SAYS P ONE.

OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.

TO ITEM TWO IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 2309 AMENDING, UH, CHAPTER ONE 10 ZONING TO CLARIFY, UH, FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR POOLS AND ASSESSOR AL STRUCTURES.

ANYTHING, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? NO.

ON THE PUBLIC HEARING PIECE OF IT? ALRIGHT, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 50 AND WE'LL MOVE ON

[2. Discuss and consider the first reading of Ordinance No. 2309, amending Ch. 110 Zoning to clarify front setback requirements for pools and accessory structures in residential areas. – Modesto Mundo]

THAT'S A LOT OF SS, CS, AND SS THERE, UH, STRUCTURES IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND MODESTO, YOU AND I, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10 ZONING OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON CODE OF ORDINANCES.

TO CLARIFY THAT POOLS, FENCES, AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES MUST BE LOCATED BEHIND THE BUILDING LINE.

AND RESIDENT RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS ARE ONE THROUGH OUR FOUR PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES ARE PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE WITH SHALL BE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT TO THE CONFLICT ONLY, AND PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL? NO.

NO.

ANYBODY.

THERE'S NOT ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

ANYBODY FROM STAFF? ANYTHING ELSE? UH, IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM TO WORD THAT.

MAYOR.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 2309 AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10 ZONING TO CLARIFY FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR POOL AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN SETH.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANYA.

AGAIN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? CALL FOR VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

UH, ITEM THREE, DISCUSS, UH, SYSTEMS REQUEST TO AMEND, UH, CHAPTER 78, SIGNS SECTIONS 78 DASH 10 OF CODE AND ORDINANCES REGARDING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR SALE LEASE SIGNS TO ALLOW 32 SQUARE FOOT SIGNS.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

MOTION CARRIES.

THAT'S, UH, FIRST READING.

WE'LL COME BACK TO US, UH, AT OUR, LET'S SEE.

IS IT NUMBER FOURTH? NOVEMBER 3RD.

THIRD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MARY HU.

AND SO THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO,

[3. Discuss a citizen request to amend Chapter 78 Signs, Sec. 78-10 of the code of ordinances regarding Commercial Real Estate for sale/lease signs to allow 32 square ft. signs. – Trey King]

MR. KING, YOU ARE YOUNG.

YES SIR.

YOU JUST OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL? NO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, .

WELL GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME'S TREY KING.

I WORK IN REAL ESTATE LOCALLY.

UM, I RECENTLY HAD AN INTERACTION WITH MR. MUNDO AS WELL AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL REGARDING THE SIGNED ORDINANCE FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

AND THE MAIN PURPOSE OF ME COMING TONIGHT WAS TO PRESENT THE IDEA OF AMENDING THAT ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A SIGN THE SIZE OF 32 SQUARE FEET FOR GREATER VISIBILITY.

UM, WE DO HAVE, YES SIR.

WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE SIGN? WHAT DOES IT HAVE? 16, 16.

1616.

YES SIR.

SO IT'S FOUR BY FOUR TYPICALLY, BUT AT A MORE COMMON SIZE IN THE INDUSTRY IS FOUR BY EIGHT.

SO IT'D BE FOUR WIDE AND EIGHT TALL.

IT'S JUST GREATER VISIBILITY AND IT'S MORE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT CURRENTLY ALLOW THAT.

AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE TOWN, THERE'S SEVERAL SIGNS ALREADY IN PLACE THAT ARE 32 SQUARE FEET IS JUST NOT IN THE ORDINANCE YET.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE HAVE TWO, I GUESS, DAVID CORRECT ME, I THINK FOR SALE ON PROPERTIES WE HAVE 32, UH, SQUARE FOOT PROVISION, BUT THEN THERE'S A PORTION OF IT THAT TALKS ABOUT FOR LEASE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT HAS 16.

GOOD MAN, IT'S COMING UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY IS FOR SALE AND LEASE FOR SALE AND LEASE SIGNS AND COMMERCIAL ZONES ARE LIMITED TO 16 SQUARE FEET.

BOTH, BOTH OF, ON BOTH SIDES? YES SIR.

HAVE TREATED THOSE ON A COMPLAINT BASIS, UH, BECAUSE IT IS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD.

SO THERE ARE SIGNS EXISTING RIGHT NOW, THE 32 SQUARE FEET? OH YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE.

YEAH, THERE'S, UH, YES SIR.

THE, UM, THE SIGNS, UH, THERE ARE SIGNS AROUND TOWN, INCLUDING SOME THAT WERE ON LAKE JACKSON CITY PROPERTY ADVERTISING.

UH, DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE A LITTLE WHILE AGO OVER THERE NEAR KROGER THAT EXCEEDED THE 16 SQUARE FEET.

UM, WE

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AND, AND WHILE THEY WERE IN EXCESS OF OUR ORDINANCE, UH, THERE WASN'T ANYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM AND THEY WERE ALL REACTIVE.

UH, UH, SOMEBODY WOULD GO OUT, THEY'D PLACE ONE, WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO CHASE 'EM DOWN, UH, BECAUSE THE, THOSE TYPES OF SIGNS DO NOT REQUIRE PERMITS.

SO MOST OF THE TIME, SINCE THEY DON'T REQUIRE A PERMIT, IT'S AFTER THE FACT AND WE DON'T CATCH, WE'RE NOT POLICING IT UNLESS SOMEONE COMPLAINS LIKE, OH, THEY'RE RIGHT.

UH, YEAH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE, IT IS JUST THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO CHECK, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS UNLESS WE GET A, GET A COMPLAINT, UH, ON THERE.

SO IT'S HAD THAT MANY, ANY, ALL COMPLAINTS.

DAVID, DO YOU KNOW IF WE GET COMPLAINTS ON IT? HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY SO FAR ON THE SIZE OF THE SIGNS? NO, SIR.

ON THE LARGE, NO, SIR.

I CANNOT RECALL, UH, IN MY, UM, 11 YEARS HERE WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN A COMPLAINT ABOUT A SIGN BEING A REAL ESTATE SIGN ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BEING IN EXCESS OF, OF THE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU, DAVID.

SO THE BIGGEST REASON THAT I PRESENT THIS TO Y'ALL IS THAT WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, YOU'RE LIKELY AWARE IT'S A LOT LARGER, LOT SIZE OR PARCELS OR BUILDING, IT'S HARDER TO ADVERTISE THAN IT WOULD BE A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

UH, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS MOVED TO 32 SQUARE FEET.

SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION AFTER WE WERE TRYING TO MARKET A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OURSELVES.

UH, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT I HAVE AND LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS TO Y'ALL.

SO WE DID DO A QUICK SURVEY JUST TO SEE IF WE WERE OUT OF, OUT OF LINE.

AND I THINK ONA DID A SURVEY AND YOU CAN SEE BELOW JUST HOW SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND IN THE AREA, HOW, UH, WE COMPARE.

AND YOU SAID IT WAS MOVED TO 32, WHEN WAS THAT? IT'S STILL 16 RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY ORDINANCE.

THE CITY OUR CITY IS 16.

NO, I THOUGHT YOU SAID INDUSTRY.

INDUSTRY.

WHEN DID THEY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT WAS BEFORE I STARTED THE CAREER, SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? NO SIR.

NO.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL, UH, TAKE A MOTION ON THIS.

UH, ITEM, ITEM THREE I, MR. MERRILL, MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND CHAPTER 78 SIGNS SECTION 78 10 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FOR SALE LEASE SIGNS TO ALLOW 32 SQUARE FOOT SIGNS.

SECOND, I MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN SETH.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? ANYTHING FROM AUDIENCE? THE UNDER DISCUSSION I HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CHASED DOWN OUR RESIDENTIAL CITIZENS AND FORCED THEM TO COMPLY TO OUR ORDINANCES.

SO IF WE HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF OUR ORDINANCE THAT'S NOT BEING FOLLOWED, THEN WE OUGHT TO, UH, TREAT THE COMMERCIALS FOLKS THE SAME WAY.

WE SHOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.

SO THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

IF WE HAD A KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE, UH, NOT FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE, WE SHOULDN'T WAIT ON SOMEBODY COMPLAINING TO BE IN THE, OR CHANGE THE ORDINANCE OR HAVING COMPLIED WITH THE ORDINANCE.

THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN.

YEAH, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE.

AND I, I THINK IN REALITY, I THINK THAT WE, UH, AFTER THIS CAME TO US, WE DID A, A DRIVE AROUND TO SEE IF WE HAD ANY LARGER SIGNS.

THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND THAT WE REALLY DID.

'CAUSE THAT'S OKAY.

I'M JUST BRINGING THAT IN.

I'M NOT AGAINST THIS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PENALIZE THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, CITIZENS TREATED EVERYBODY EQUALLY.

UNDERSTAND.

ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, WE HAVE MOTION A SECOND.

UH, SO WE'LL DO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NO.

WE'VE GOT, UH, FIVE, FOUR, AND ONE AGAINST.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF UTILITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO UTILITY BILL LEAK ADJUSTMENTS.

AND OKAY.

ITEM FOR DEFERRED ITEM FIVE,

[5. Discuss and consider the development and adoption of utility policies and procedures related to utility bill leak adjustments. – James Bryson]

JAMES, GOOD EVENING.

YOU CAN CALL ME YOUNG TWO YOU, YOUR HANDS DIRTY AND EVERYTHING.

DUDE, LET'S SEE HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF COUNSEL FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE PACKET.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S IN THE PACKET NOW.

NOW.

UH, YES.

SO COUNSEL, UM, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT, BUT, UH, JAMES AND I MISCOMMUNICATED, WE DIDN'T GET IT IN THE PACKET FOR YOU TO SEE OVER THE WEEKEND.

SO JAMES IS GONNA GO OVER THE POLICY AND ALSO OUR, OUR SURVEY.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY, ANY ACTION.

WE JUST WANT TO COVER, KIND OF DISCUSS THE, THE POLICY.

PLUS YEARS AS A, BUT, UM, I'VE ASKED JAMES THAT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE BRING IT IN THE POLICY AND PROCEDURE TO YOU RATHER THAN JUST A PRACTICE, IS THAT WE GET COUNSEL TO, UH, EVENTUALLY ADOPT IT, UH, FOR US AS A, AS A BACKSTOP.

I WILL GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE THOUGH, IS WE DO HAVE A LEAK ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE AND WE'VE HAD FOR 20 PLUS 25

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UH, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS OVER TIME IS THAT SINCE WE HAVE A PRACTICE, IT'LL GET APPROVED.

UH, OR A A LEAK ADJUSTMENT GETS MADE, SOMEONE'S NOT HAPPY STILL.

IT GETS, IT GOES HIGHER.

THERE MAY BE ANOTHER CHANGE THAT IT THEN THEY'RE NOT HAPPY THAT IT COMES TO ME AND I MAY MAKE A CHANGE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ARE WRITING A POLICY , UH, ON THE FLY BY MAKING A, MAKE AN AMENDMENT OR, YOU KNOW, UH, AN UH, AN EXTRAORDINARY, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE WANTED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT FIRMER, RIGHT? CORRECT.

I MEAN YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND GO TO WESLEY AND THEN ME AND THEN MODESTO AND THE COUNCIL, SOME GO JUMP STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL AND THEN MODESTO AND IT WORKED THEIR WAY BACK AND IT EVENTUALLY GET BACK TO WESLEY.

SO WE FIGURED IF WE HAD A LITTLE MORE SUCH A POLICY IN PLACE, THEN IT WOULD BE EASIER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CUSTOMER.

'CAUSE THEN THEY'LL KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PLACE IS.

AND, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S EASY.

YEAH, I MEAN, I, I AGREE.

I MEAN I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, UH, SENDING THE POLICY, SETTING IT IN AND THE POLICY IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEN WE CAN ALWAYS REFERENCE THE POLICY.

EXACTLY.

AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE HOPING TO DO IN THIS CASE.

WE'RE POLICY FAIRLY, SO THAT'S GOOD.

SO I MEAN, WE DO, WE DO HAVE ADJUSTMENTS.

I MEAN THAT IT'S, WESLEY DID A, A, UM, SURVEY OF THE LOCAL CITIES.

WE SPOKE WITH ALVIN ENGLETON INCLUDE FREEPORT, PEARLAND, RICHWOOD AND WEST COLUMBIA.

THEY ALL DO ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, SOME, YOU KNOW WHAT WITHIN ONE, ONE A YEAR, SOME DO, UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, JUST DEPENDING ON THE C CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SITUATION.

SO, UM, BUT WE DID PULL THE POLICY FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES TO COME UP WITH THE ONE THAT WE HAVE READY FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU FOR THIS TIME TO WHEN TO DISCUSS IT AND THEN GO FORWARD WITH IT.

AND MAYBE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WE'LL HAVE IT UP FOR YOU TO ADOPT.

AND AS FAR AS PROCEDURES, THE SAME THING.

WE'LL HAVE A POLICY, BUT THE POLICY REFERS TO THE PROCEDURES.

SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER NEEDS TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR, HE CAN DO SO WITHOUT ALWAYS HAVING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR MINOR, YOU KNOW, UM, MINOR, SAY SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A MINOR, UM, SITUATION, THEN HE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT TO THAT RATHER THAN THE WHOLE POLICY HAVING TO COME BACK TO COUNSEL AND HAVE SOMEBODY PRESENT TO YOU.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO.

UM, SO I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, SURE.

ON THIS SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED, IS THAT THE CURRENT POLICY THAT, UH, LAKE JACKSON, HOW MANY ONE ONE PER LEAK EXPLAINED FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE ACCOUNT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? ALSO IN THE POLICY? THAT ONE WOULD BE FOR AN UNEXPLAINED ADJUSTMENT.

SO IF, IF THEY GO OUT AND CHECK THE METER AND THE METER'S WORKING PROPERLY AND THERE'S NO REASON AS TO WHY THERE MIGHT BE THAT LOSS OF WATER, THEN IT'S A ONE TIME ADJUSTMENT FOR THEM AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO LIKE THE LINE'S BROKEN OR THEY HAD A PLUMBING ISSUE WITH THEIR WATER, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

THEY CAN HAVE ONE ONCE A MONTH.

JAMES, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN SYA IS ASKING IS, OH, I'M SORRY.

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING OR IS THIS WHAT WE PRACTICE TODAY? OH, AS FAR AS, UM, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE PRACTICE THAT TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW.

IT SAYS ONE PER LEAK EXPLAINED ONE PER EXPLAINED OR LIFETIME.

SO BOTH LIFETIME IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE.

I THAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE LIFETIME DOES NOT APPLY TO EXPLAIN LEAK.

THAT WAS JUST NO, NO.

THIS IS THE NON EXPLAINED, RIGHT? YES SIR.

AT THIS POINT WE DON'T, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

SO, AND AGAIN, I MEAN IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANY A COMMENT THAT THEY WANT TO ADD TO IT, IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

NO, NO, THIS IS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ONCE PER LIFETIME ON EXPLAINED LEAK.

OH, NO, NO.

ON THE EXPLAIN LEAK, UH, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS.

AND THEN UNEXPLAINED IS ONCE, YOU KNOW, PER LIFETIME.

SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? UH, WE, ON OCCASION WE WILL GET SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE, THEY'LL HAVE A, A MASSIVE UNEXPLAINED LEAK, UH, AND THERE'S NO, THEY COULDN'T FIND A RUNNING TOILET OR ANYTHING.

UH, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE THAT ONCE, UH, LET'S SAY IT'S FROM 9,000.

THEIR NORMAL USAGE IS 9,000 AND IT JUMPS TO 30.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.

WE HAD ONE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

DIDN'T CALL A PLUMBER TO FIX IT.

BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND A RUNNING TOILET, SO THERE WAS, THEY

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IT WAS JUST LIKE, THIS IS ABNORMAL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

WE WOULD COUNT THAT AS AN UNEXPLAINED LEAK, UH, FOR THE POOL.

WELL, .

NOW YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY WE GET.

WE DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY, UM, OF ON EVERY METER THERE'S A PUCK.

YEAH, THERE'S A AND THAT PUCK CAN, WELL I MAY BE USING THE WRONG TERM.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, IF ERIC'S GOT THE TERMINOLOGY FOR IT.

YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE PUCK.

SO YOU PUT IT ON THE METER AND IT'LL TELL YOU THE USAGE.

I CALL IT A PUCK.

BUT IT CAN BE PULLED AND WE CAN READ THE DATA ON IT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

DATA STORAGE DEVICE.

SO, AND THIS PUCK STORAGE.

IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY, AND THEY'LL SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USING THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, RIGHT.

WE GO OUT THERE, WE PUT THE PUCK ON IT AND IT'LL TELL YOU EVERY MORNING AT SEVEN TO EIGHT THEY RUN THE METER FOR AN HOUR ON THEIR IRRIGATION.

AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I FORGOT IT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SET.

OR THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE POWER WENT OUT AND THEY RESET THE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE EXCUSE IS.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, NOW THAT SOME CITIZENS REALIZE WE HAVE THAT BOOK, WE'RE NOT HAVING AS MANY THE SITUATIONS.

UH, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS NEIGHBOR RUNS THE HOSE AND FILLS UP THERE.

NO, WELL, THERE'RE SWIMMING POOLS, HOT TUBS, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS PONDS.

AND ALSO, NO, NO ONE REALLY REALIZES HOW MUCH A TOILET, A RUNNING TOILET CAN USE LEFT UNCHECKED.

IT CAN USE A LOT OF WATER EVERY MINUTE AND THAT YOU DON'T HEAR AND TOUGH OR YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, IT CAN QUICKLY GO TO 20,000 GALLONS IN A HEARTBEAT.

AND, AND SO A CITIZEN WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL TALK TO WESLEY AND WESLEY WILL SAY, THIS IS THE PROCEDURE AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GO TO MODESTO 'CAUSE HE'S A BIG SWEETHEART EXCEPT FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND HE'LL GIVE HIM A WAIVER.

SO I HAD TO GET THAT IN THERE, SIR, DO YOU HAVE A P FOR THAT? UH, SO ANYWAY, SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS ASKING TO KIND OF FORMALIZE THIS POLICY AND WE'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK TO YOU OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH A FEW OTHER, THERE'S LIKE WRITE OFFS AND, UM, WHAT ELSE DID WE HAVE? UH, SOME WORDING IN THE ORDINANCES AND THEN A PAYMENT PLA UH, PAYMENT PLANS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST ONE.

LEMME JUST DO A WORD KIND OF A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

SURE.

'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS MM-HMM .

IS THAT YOU'LL HAVE SOMEBODY SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO, I WANT MY UH, UH, BILL TO BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE I HAVE, I'VE HAD A WATER LEAK BETWEEN THE MAIN AND MY HOUSE, BUT I'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR THREE MONTHS AND I HAVEN'T FIXED IT FOR THREE MONTHS.

I WANT THREE MONTHS.

NO, I BELIEVE IT STIPULATE YOU.

WE, WE WOULD ONLY DO ONE MONTH AND THEY HAVE TO SHOW PROOF THAT THEY, THAT THEY, THEY FIXED, THEY'VE DONE THE WORK.

THAT THEY FIXED IT.

EITHER THE PLUMBER OR THE RECEIPTS FROM HOME DEPOT THAT THEY BOUGHT THE MATERIALS WE HAVE ON OCCASION GONE TWO MONTHS ADJUSTMENT IF THEY DIDN'T CATCH IT AND THEY JUST CAUGHT IT AND THEY, THEY WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THEIR BILL.

IT'S AUTOMATIC BILL AND STUFF.

BUT THAT'S BEEN VERY RARE.

VERY RARE.

BUT WE'VE HAD, WE HAD, WE HAD THAT.

BLESS YOU.

UM, WE DO GET INTO ARGUMENTS ON METER TESTING AND NINE OUTTA 10 OR MORE.

THE METER TEST COMES BACK IS ACCURATE.

IF THAT HAPPENS, WE USUALLY DO NOT WAIVE, UH, WAIVE IT ON OCCASION.

IT DOES COME BACK WHERE IT'S NOT MEASURED ACCURATELY WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT, IT'S MEASURING INACCURATELY ON IN FAVOR OF THE RESIDENT.

IT'S UNDER READING.

UM, IN, IN THAT CASE.

BUT, UH, THIS, ON THIS LAST OCCASION, I DIDN'T ARGUE WITH A CITIZEN.

UM, BUT IT WAS UNDER, BUT IT WAS IN FACT UNDER RADIO AND HIGH USAGE.

I THINK OVERALL THE STRUCTURE AND CONSISTENCY IS A LOT BETTER.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR EVERY PLACE WE CAN JUST TO BE CONSISTENT.

YOU NEED TO GET DOWN TO WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FLOW DIAGRAM.

IF IT'S YES, THIS, NO THIS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING.

CUT AND DRY.

CUT AND DRY AND THEN ADJUST IF YOU NEED TO LATER ON.

NOW THE BIG THING IS THOUGH, ONCE A POLICY IS, YOU KNOW, ADOPT COUNCIL ADOPTS THE POLICY, THERE WILL BE A NO, THERE WOULD BE NO APPEAL TO COUNCIL FOR A WATER BILL.

UH, A CITIZEN CAN ONLY COME AND ASK FOR THE POLICY TO BE CHANGED.

TO TREAT ALL CITIZENS.

IF THEY, SO THEY WANTED IT CHANGED, COUNCIL WOULD'VE TO AGREE TO CHANGE IT FOR EVERYBODY.

CITIZEN, NOT JUST FOR THEM.

AS LONG AS WE DON'T CREATE ANY VARIANCES TO THE POLICY IN BETWEEN, SO CORRECT.

WE CREATE A VARIANCE FOR SOMEBODY THEN BECOMES MUDDY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.

WE JUST WANT CONSISTENCY REALLY.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S EXACTLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.

ASK FOR ANOTHER ONE AND THEY'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THE WORKS.

SO, 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON BOOKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY'D LIKE, I'VE GOTTEN ONE.

YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL COME BACK A FEW YEARS, A FEW MONTHS LATER,

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AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER TIME.

UH, WE MAKE THAT EXCEPTION.

EXCEPTIONS THAT A LOT OF TIMES IT USED TO BE A LOT OF CITIES A PRACTICE TO, TO WRITE IN.

IT CAN, YOU KNOW, A VARIANCE CAN BE ALLOWED IF THIS, THIS, AND THIS, AND NO, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO FIX THE ORDINANCE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THAT STATEMENT IN THERE.

SO, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN GOOD ABOUT THAT.

SO WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THE POLICY.

JAMES MAKES A GOOD POINT THOUGH.

PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE ARE DOING FROM PRACTICE IS THAT WE'RE HAVING A LIMIT PROVISION ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS.

'CAUSE WE'VE HAD, THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY CAME OUT TO.

WE HAD SOMEONE ASK FOR IT AND THEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE HISTORY AND IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THEY'VE HAD LIKE FIVE, WE'VE GIVEN FIVE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS TO THIS, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PERSON, UH, AND STUFF.

AND IT'S LIKE, THAT'S WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE NEED, WE NEED TO PUT SOME GUIDE, GUIDE RAILS.

AND WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE WERE DOING THAT, UM, UNTIL WE REALLY LOOKED BACK AT THE TOTAL WINDOW.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE APPROVED IT.

SO .

SO I WOULD SAY, I'M ASSUMING COMMON SENSE THAT ALL OF THIS APPLIES TO, ON THE CITIZEN'S END, NOT ANYTHING THAT WAS INVOLVED OR ANYTHING BEYOND ON THE METER, ON THE CITY'S SIDE.

ON THE CITIZEN SIDE, SIDE, SIDE, SIDE SIDE, YES.

FIGURED THAT JUST TO CHECK.

AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S SOME CITIES THAT THEY WON'T DO ANY LEAK ADJUSTMENTS FOR ANYTHING INSIDE THE HOUSE IF IT'S A TOILET OR A SINK.

I MEAN, SO THERE'S SOME CITIES THAT ARE VERY STRINGENT ABOUT IT AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE LENIENT AND NO SEWER ADJUSTMENT, JUST WATER ADJUSTMENT.

RIGHT? I'M SORRY? NO SEWER ADJUSTMENT.

JUST THE WATER ADJUSTMENT.

UM, WE DO A SEWER AND A ON A WATER ON THE ONES FOR, UM, WHEN THERE'S A, LIKE A LEAK ADJUSTMENT.

WE DO SEWER ADJUSTMENT AS WELL.

THE ONLY TIME THEY GET A, AND THEN IF THEY FILL A POOL, WE GIVE THEM THE, WE GIVE THEM THE SEWER BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING THROUGH, THEY'RE JUST FILLING THE POOL.

SO THAT'S A ONE TIME THING FOR THEM AS WELL.

IF IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE FILLING THE POOL, THEY'LL GET A SEWER ADJUSTMENT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S A SEWER AND WATER ADJUSTMENT.

SO WE'LL BRING, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THIS WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO AGAIN, YEAH, WE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF EVERYBODY'S KIND OF ON BOARD WITH MAKING THE CHANGES GOING FORWARD.

SO IT WAS MORE OF KIND OF LIKE A PROCEDURES VERSUS POLICY TIME.

THE THING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT PROCEDURES IN PLACE, BUT WE JUST NEED TO STRENGTHEN 'EM AND WE WANT TO DO THAT BY BRINGING 'EM TO COUNCIL.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL

[6. Quarterly Financial Update. – James Bryson]

UPDATE.

I'M NOT GOING TOO FAR, AM I? NO.

SO HERE WE GO.

THIS IS, UH, END OF THE, INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT PACKET IN THERE.

YEAH, IT'S IN OUR FILE THAT'S IN THERE.

SO AS ALWAYS, IT STARTS WITH THE MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE BANK ACCOUNT FOR FIRST NATIONAL WENT FROM EIGHT TO TWO THREE OF THAT WAS PUTTING BACK THE, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT MONEY.

WE GOTTEN IN JAN IN JUNE.

I MOVED IT BACK INTO FIRST PUBLIX.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WENT FROM FOUR TO SEVEN.

SO THAT'S THREE OF IT.

AND THE OTHER THREE ON THE, UM, FIRST NATIONAL HAS TO DO WITH THE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE STREET PANELS, THE ANIMAL FACILITY, UM, DOW REBATE AND THE SHY POND AND THE DEBT PAYMENT THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THAT BROUGHT THAT BALANCE DOWN TO TWO.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ON THE TECHSTAR WE HAD THE TWO BOND ISSUANCES IN AUGUST.

SO YOU HAD THE 20 MILLION GO AND THE 20 MILLION REVENUE BOND AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THAT LARGE INCREASE FROM 36 TO 75 MILLION.

AND THE COURSE BELOW THAT IS HOW ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED ACROSS THE DIFFERENT FUND BALANCES.

ANY QUESTIONS ON CASH? NO.

THEN FORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR BETTER.

WITH REGARDS TO REVENUES, THE NEXT PAGE OVER, YOU'LL SEE PROPERTY TAX.

WE WERE RIGHT AT 99%.

SALES TAX WAS OVER AT 1 0 7.

UM, OTHER TAXES, 1 0 9, EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL.

EVERYTHING'S OVER A HUNDRED THAT YOU GET TO REALLY FORFEITURES AND FINES.

THAT'S COURT AND COURT CITATIONS HAVE BEEN DOWN.

UM, AND WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT WITH COUNSEL BEFORE WITH REGARDS TO, UH, THAT, UM, THAT DEPARTMENT ON THE MISCELLANEOUS, THE REASON THAT'S SO HIGH IS THAT TXDOT PAYMENT THAT THEY GAVE US FOR THE GOLF COURSE GOT PUT IN THERE.

SO I'M GONNA RECLASS THAT OUT.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE WAS INSURANCE, REFUNDS AND REBATES FROM LIKE BUY BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT THAT MAKES UP.

AND JAMES, WERE YOU, WILL YOU RECLASS THAT INTO IT GOES INTO THE CIPI WILL JUST BECAUSE IT'S A PROJECT AND WE PROBABLY WON'T GET TO IT FOR A WHILE.

WITH REGARDS TO REVENUES LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, UM,

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WE FINISHED THE YEAR STRONG.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT'LL HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HURRICANE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT TWO WEEKS LEFT IN THE SEASON.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

PROPERTY TAXES AS WE MENTIONED.

ARE WE SOLID THIS YEAR? SALES TAX, AGAIN, THE REPORTS THAT YOU GET FROM HDL ARE IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH.

WE EXCEEDED THE PRIOR YEARS EXCEPT FOR JUST SHY IN APRIL AND JUST SHY A LITTLE BIT IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT EVERY OTHER MONTH WE WERE ABOVE, UH, PROJECTIONS.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRY REPORTS AND RETAIL INFORMATION THAT COMES FROM HDL.

UH, CIVIC CENTER DID REAL WELL FOR US THIS YEAR AS WELL.

THE REVENUES REC CENTER AS WELL DID REALLY WELL WITH REGARDS TO, UM, WITNESS THAT NEW CARPET, NEW FORM.

THAT'S WHAT I I THAT AND THE, AND THE NEW, NEW ROOF, RIGHT? OR THE NEW CEILING, UM, SALE.

I MEAN, UM, SALARIES OF COURSE EACH QUARTER SHOULD BE AT ABOUT 25%.

SO FOURTH QUARTER YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST AND SEE THAT EVERYTHING'S PRETTY CLOSE TO 35 OR UH, 25% WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

NOTHING REALLY STANDS OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ON CONTRACT LABOR IN A COUPLE PLACES.

SAME WITH OVERTIME.

AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING, PLEASE STOP ME.

YOU GET TO WATER WASTEWATER AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT REPORT, UH, WE WERE AT 6 MILLION OH 53 LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR FOR THE SAME TIME.

WE'RE AT 6 MILLION 9 79.

SO WE HAD A NICE, UH, INCREASE IN OUR REVENUES IN THAT WATER.

AND AS WELL IN, UH, WASTEWATER ON THE NEXT PAGE OVER IN RELATION TO BUDGET, WE WERE LIKE AT 99% OF BUDGET FOR THE YEAR ON, UH, WATER WASTEWATER.

THEN WE HAVE THE METER COUNT.

THIS REPORT WESLEY STARTED DOING FOR US, UM, PROBABLY I GUESS IN ABOUT MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UM, REALLY THE BIG ONE THAT SHE'S PROUD OF IS THE HERSHEY METERS.

WE'RE DOWN TO EIGHT METERS THAT NEED TO BE FINISHED.

THE ONLY REASON THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THAT IS THEY'RE TWO INCH METERS AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THOSE IN.

WE ORDERED THEM IN JULY.

WE GOT THREE IN LAST THURSDAY, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET ANOTHER FIVE IN THIS WEEK.

ONCE WE FINISH, WE GET THOSE IN, WE'LL FINISH THE HERSHEY PROJECT ALTOGETHER.

AND ON THE COMMERCIAL WE'VE GOT 44, I BELIEVE, LARGER METERS ORDERED, BUT AGAIN, WE PROBABLY WON'T GET THOSE FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

THOSE ARE JUST REALLY HARD TO GET BY, COME BY.

AND AS FAR AS, UH, AVERAGE BILL, I BELIEVE WE'RE AT 44 FOR, AND NOTHING OLDER THAN JULY.

SO WE'VE REALLY ATTACKED THE, UH, AVERAGE BILLING.

AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS A METER GOING OUT, SO IT WON'T EVER EVERY ABOUT 50, IT'LL NEVER BE ZERO.

IF WE HAD METERS RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD BE REPLACING, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON THE INVENTORY COME IN.

UM, SAY ON HOTEL OCCUPIES NEXT, UM, REALLY STRONG HOTEL OCCUPANCY REVENUES THIS YEAR.

I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WITH, UH, HOW STRONG EVERYTHING CAME IN.

AND PARTICULARLY, UH, THE NEW ONE HOME TWO SUITES IS DOING REALLY WELL.

I DRIVE BY TOO.

IT'S ALWAYS GOT CARS DOING VERY WELL.

STATE RICH HAD DROPPED ON QUITE A BIT.

WHICH ONE? STAY RICH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS, AND WE ALSO WERE GONNA, WE UM, WE DO THAT AUDIT EVERY YEAR WITH THE RE WE PICK THREE HOTELS AND THE THREE THAT WE PICKED LAST YEAR, TWO OF THEM, IF YOU RECALL, WERE A LITTLE DELINQUENT WITH US.

THEY'VE ALL PAID.

A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR BASED OFF OF REVENUES AND, AND EXPENDITURES AND THAT.

SO THEY'RE WE'RE CURRENT ON ALL THE HOTELS AND THEY JUST PICKED THE NEXT THREE THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO AND THEY'LL START THAT IN DECEMBER.

SO, SO HOTEL OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL FOR US.

AND THEN YOU GO IN THE GOVERNMENT BONDS, AND I CAN DEFER THAT TO ANNA SILVA SINCE SHE DOES THAT WONDERFUL BOND TRACKER ON WEBSITE FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT I CAN TALK ABOUT IF YOU'D LIKE.

BUT THE BONDS ARE GOING, YOU'LL SEE AT THE NEW TWO, THE 20 MILLION FOR BOTH REVENUE AND FOR THE GEO ARE IN THERE NOW.

UM, WE'VE SET UP THE PROJECT NUMBERS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, SO EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO.

OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE, WE DID REALLY WELL.

I'VE GOT SOME, UH, ADJUSTING ENTRIES TO DO FOR YEAR END PURPOSES, OF COURSE FOR THE AUDIT OF, BUT I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT UTILITY WE SHOULD BE CLOSE TO RIGHT AT

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AND ON THE, ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, UM, WE, WE PROJECTED THE BUDGET THAT 1.2 THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR FOR CIP PROJECTS.

AFTER THAT, WE SHOULD HAVE STILL A FAIRLY HEALTHY, UH, REVENUE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, I DON'T LIKE TO THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE AND TELL COUNT, TELL THE AUDITORS CAN I REVIEW AND THEY'LL BE HERE IN DECEMBER.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A, A NOTE THOUGH THAT ANA BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I THINK YOU AND ANA DISCUSSED ON PAGE 75, UM, ON THE REPORT, YOU COULD SEE A NEGATIVE 300,000 OUT OF THAT BOND FUND.

UM, AND THAT'S, UM, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE THE ANIMAL SERVICE FACILITY IS A, A NEGATIVE 2 48.

THE REASON WHY THAT'S NEGATIVE IS 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT SHOWING THE, UH, THE INTEREST EARNED.

YOU KNOW, THIS PAST YEAR WE EARNED 822,000 OF INTEREST AND SO WE ARE COVERING EVERYTHING.

ALSO, WE'RE OVERSPENDING BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE INTEREST.

AND SO THIS ONLY SHOWS THE 7.6 MILLION.

OH, OKAY.

IT DOESN'T SHOW THE INTEREST WHERE THE, IF YOU GO TO THE BUDGET, IT SHOWS 822,000 OF INTEREST EARNED AND WE HAD LIKE 9 47 AT THE END THAT WE WERE ESTIMATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

SO WE ARE OVERSPENDING OUT OF THAT, BUT WE'RE SPENDING THAT INTEREST AND IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS REPORT.

JAMES, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL THE SLIDES IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

OH, WELL THANK YOU.

MUCH EASIER TO READ.

I'M TRYING TO GET THE COLOR IN THERE AS WELL.

I'M, I'LL GET THERE ONE DAY.

ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR? NO, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

OH, GOOD.

THANK YOU ALL.

SEE YOU IN ANOTHER QUARTER.

I GOT THE SAME CROWD I USUALLY GET.

AT LEAST WE DIDN'T FALL ASLEEP THIS TIME.

APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 INTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GEORGIA COUNTY FOR, UH, ROAD PAVING AND DITCH, UH, DRAINAGE DITCH D SILTING PROJECTS REQUEST.

UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSS AND

[7. Discuss and approve the Fiscal Year 2026 Interlocal Agreement with Brazoria County for road paving and drainage ditch desilting projects request. – Sal Aguirre]

I DON'T SEE SAL HERE, SO, UH, YEAH, SO THIS, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS THE ANNUAL REQUEST FROM THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE TO HAVE ASPHALT PROJECTS, ROAD PROJECTS, DITCH PROJECTS.

UM, LAST YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO ASSIST US WITH THREE LOCATIONS AND THIS YEAR WE'RE REQUESTING FOUR.

UM, WE HAVE A FEW PAGES DOWN, A SUMMARY OF THE FOUR LOCATIONS.

UH, ONE OF THEM REQUIRES A RENTAL FOR EQUIPMENT.

SO I DO WANNA POINT THAT OUT.

THE THIRD ONE WOULD NEED, UM, A LONG REACH EXCAVATOR BECAUSE THEIR STANDARD EQUIPMENT DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS, IT'S A VERY DEEP DITCH.

UM, THE BANYAN ONE.

SO THIS IS JUST OUR REQUEST TO RECOMMEND THESE TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SIGN OFF AND GET THIS GOING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.

TALKING ABOUT THE BANYAN DITCH, THERE IS A PIECE OF DITCH BETWEEN BANYAN AND WE AND HUCKLEBERRY, WHICH IS CONCRETE LINE.

THERE'S A LOT OF VEGETATION IN THERE AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE PIE THAT'S CLOSE TO OYSTER CREEK? LIKE BETWEEN WEST CREEK? UH, OH.

IN CORNER HUCKLEBERRY, UH, END OF THE, UH, DITCH.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT STARTING, UM, AT THE PART THAT'S NOT CONCRETE LINED AND DESALTING THAT PART THE WHOLE WAY BACK UP KIND OF PASSED BOTH DIRECTIONS UP TOWARDS JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE AND THEN SOUTH TOWARDS, UH, YON PARK.

UM, WITH THAT LOW POINT WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WITH THE CONCRETE LINING WHERE IT'S VERY DEEP, THEY CAN'T QUITE GET THAT, UM, THEIR BOOM DOESN'T REACH THAT FAR.

SO HOPEFULLY GET THE WATER OUT FASTER.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, THIS IS FOR ALSO, UH, PAVEMENTS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PAVEMENT PROJECTS OR THAT THEY DID NOT ALLOW ANY OF THIS TIME.

NO, WE, THEY CUT BACK.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THEY CUT BACK.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PAVEMENT PROJECTS BECAUSE I THINK REALLY THE ASPHALT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING OUT OF THE BOND ISSUE ARE REALLY GONNA COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE OTHER THAN OLD TON ROAD.

WE'RE FOCUS ON PRIORITIZING.

THEY'VE DONE, THEY DID SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THE DITCHES THIS PAST YEAR.

AND THEN WHAT THEY'RE WORKING IN ON TIMBER CREEK SIDE, WE WANTED TO CONCENTRATE OUR PROJECTS ON DRAINAGE.

RIGHT, OKAY.

WHILE WE'RE ON DRAINAGE, THE DITCH THAT RUNS BEHIND, UM, THE LIKE CARRIAGE IN THAT KIND OF RUNS A PARALLEL WITH, UM, OAKRIDGE LAKE, UH, LAKE ROAD.

THAT ONE IS REALLY OVERGROWN.

THAT'S THE VELASQUE DRAINAGE DISTRICT'S, UM, PLANTATION VILLAGE LIKE CHANNEL I THINK THEY CALL IT.

WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE UPSTREAM PIECES THAT TIE TO IT, THAT CROSS LAKE ROAD BETWEEN ONE OF THAT'S ON HERE.

UM, IT CROSSES LAKE ROAD BETWEEN LIKE THE OLD DOW DITCH AND THAT THAT DITCH, UM, WE CAN MENTION IT TO THEM AND SEE.

I KNOW THEY, THEY'RE SO DO THEY CAN SPRAY THAT.

THEY CAN SPRAY AND

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MOW IT.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK ABOUT AS MOSQUITOES 'CAUSE IT'S SO SWAMPY IN THERE.

SEE IT.

SO YEAH.

SO THAT CONTINUES, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE FOG LAKE DITCH AND THEN DOWN TO THEIR OUTFALL AND THEIR STANDARD FOR MOWING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OURS.

UM, THEY BELIEVE THAT WE MOW TOO OFTEN.

UH, THEY LIKE TO, SO FOR COUNTY OR VELASCO? VELASCO, UH, THEY LIKE TO KEEP A LONGER GRASP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE, UH, THEY THINK MOWING TOO, TOO OFTEN, UH, CONTRIBUTES TO EROSION.

HE'S GETTING CONTINUED EDUCATION.

THEY LIKE, THEY LIKE JOHNSON GRASS 'CAUSE IT'S GOT A GOOD ROOT BASE.

WE DON'T LIKE GETTING BACK SO LEAST EXCITING.

SAL ON VACATION OR HE'S AT TRAINING RIGHT NOW.

HE NOT HERE.

HE DOESN'T TAKE VACATION.

I'M SICK.

I WANNA KNOW ABOUT IT.

YEAH, YEAH.

NO, HE'S GETTING SOME, HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HE KEEPS HIS LICENSE, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE SURVEYING REQUIREMENT HIGHER NOW THAN HE USED TO BE, SO YEAH.

HE WAITS TILL THE LAST YEAR.

MAKE SURE HE IS OKAY.

ALRIGHT, NEXT TIME WE HAVE IS, UH, UM, DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING OR DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT? WE NEED YOU TO, UH, APPROVE IT.

ALRIGHT, SO I'LL NEED, UH, IF THERE'S ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON, UH, ITEM MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2026 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OF BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR ROAD PAVING AND DRAINAGE DECELING PROJECTS AS REQUESTED.

START MOTION BY COUNCIL ANDERSON HANIA AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BAKER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL

[8. Staff updates]

GO TO STAFF.

UH, C MANAGER.

YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US? STAFF? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING? NO, SIR.

EVERYTHING IS GOOD.

EVERYTHING'S PERFECT.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS FROM THIS? NO.

I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME IN, UH, EAR EARLIER ON, UH, MARY GOLD AND SOME OF THE OTHER, AND THEN Y'ALL ARE REFERRING BACK THE, UH, THE FIRST READING OF THAT BOARD.

WE REFERRING BACK THE, UH, POLICY.

AND I WANT, THEN WE GOT, UH, SECOND READING ON THE ORDINANCE.

ANYTHING ELSE? SALLY, DID WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, YEAH.

OH, JAMES.

I WAS LOOKING AT, I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA COME BACK FOR THE READING.

UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, WE HAVE TO ALSO BRING NUMBER THREE AS AN ORDINANCE.

REIMBURSEMENTS OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S, I'M LOOKING CHANGE OF SIGN, RIGHT? YES.

THE SIGN NUMBER THREE WILL COME BACK AS AN ORDINANCE AND THEN JAMES WILL BRING BACK, UH, POLICY ON UH, UH, YES.

AND THEN, SO THEN WE MOVE

[9. Construction Updates]

ON TO, UH, CONSTRUCTION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU WANNA GIVE US ANY, YOU GOT ANY GENERAL UPDATE OR ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO, UM, THERE'S BEEN A FEW UPDATES SINCE WE SUBMITTED IT, BUT IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE CAN JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON YON.

UH, THEY ARE DOING THE, REMOVING THE CONCRETE NEXT TO THE OYSTER CREEK BRIDGE.

AND IS THERE ANY, DID Y'ALL LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, RAISING THE CONCRETE UP AS, BECAUSE THOSE CONCRETES WERE IN GOOD SHAPE EXCEPT FOR THEY HAD JUST SUNK DOWN.

SO THEY HAVE ALL THESE ADVERTISEMENTS ABOUT, UH, JACKING UP THE CONCRETE, PUTTING SOME TYPE OF, UH, FOAM UNDERNEATH THERE.

DID Y'ALL LOOK AT THAT OR, UM, WE DID A SAMPLE OF THAT ACTUALLY BACK IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS A YEAR OR TWO AGO AND LOOKED AT THAT.

UM, I THINK IT'S AN OPTION.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT COMPARE TO THE, AND THEN I WILL SAY IT'S, UM, IN MY OPINION, IT'S MORE FICKLE FOR THE SHRINK SWELL.

UM, IF YOU DO HAVE FOAM IN THERE, SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH IS GOING TO SWELL, UM, DEPENDING ON THE PERSON WHO PUTS IT IN.

BUT THAT'S, I KNOW WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS WITH THE ONE THAT WE'VE TRIED, BUT THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ON YOUR ON I NOTICED THAT THEY MOVING FAST AND YEAH, THEY'RE MOVING REALLY QUICKLY.

THEY'RE GETTING READY.

THAT SAME CONTRACTOR'S GOING TO BE WORKING ON THE PARKLET TERRACE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT.

SO THEY DROVE BY WHILE THEY WERE TEARING DOWN, TEARING OUT THE ORCHARD CREEK DRIVE SOME OF THE OLD CONCRETE.

AND THERE WAS SOME REAL THICK CONCRETE WITH A VERY LITTLE REBAR IN THERE.

SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE STORIES ARE TRUE THAT THEY JUST SCRAPED THE GROUND AND POURED CONCRETE.

THERE'S A SECTION OF ATCH THAT IT WAS THIS THICK WHEN WE WERE REPLACING IT LAST SUMMER.

IT'S INTERESTING.

HOW BE SIX INCHES RIGHT? OR EIGHT INCHES? IT'S EIGHT INCHES NOW.

NOW IT'S IN THE PAST IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SIX.

THAT PART, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY ALONG YOUR POND.

AND THERE'S SOME THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, OLDER.

NOBODY WAS SHAKING.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA, ARE THEY DOING A STRENGTH TEST ON THOSE? I DON'T SEE THOSE STRENGTH, UH, UM, IT'S NOT THE SAME TYPE OF CORE SAMPLES THAT WE WOULD DO IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S THE SAME MIX.

SO WE DO CHECK THEM MIXES AND JUICE.

THE, AND MIDDLES FOR THOSE.

YOU USUALLY SEE THEM SITTING THERE EVEN AT THE RESTROOM ON, UH, FOR BREAKS ON THE, YEAH, WE, WE DID THAT FOR

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IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME MIX DESIGN THAT WE USED JUST RECENTLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE KNOW, WE KNOW CERTAIN MIXES FROM CERTAIN PLANTS.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME TESTING INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT IT'S NOT AS, AS MUCH AS, AS MUCH VISIBILITY AS YOU WOULD SEE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR, OH, MM-HMM .

ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT.

NO, THANKS.

UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS.

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

UH, MR. BUELL? NO SIR.

NOTHING AT THIS TIME.

ALRIGHT, MR. HANYA? UH, NOTHING EXCEPT JUST A COMPLIMENT THAT UH, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF, UH, CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENT AND THEY'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB MOVING QUICK AND, UH, LEAST DISRUPTIVE IN TRAFFIC.

AND, UH, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THEY STARTED OFF KIND OF NOT PUTTING ENOUGH SIGNAGE OUT THERE THAT WAS KIND OF PROB PROBLEMATIC, BUT THEY GOT THAT FIXED SO NOW IT'S IN GREAT SHAPE.

SO WE DID HAVE ONE ACCIDENT, BUT IT WAS, UH, SOMEBODY WHO CLEARLY WAS, HAD THEIR FULL FACULTIES, DIDN'T SEE THE SIGN.

THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES.

WE SET NOTHING MR. SCOOTER.

NOTHING THIS TIME.

ALRIGHT, BREAKER.

UH, JUST HAVE A SAFE AND SPOOKY THANKS.

I DON'T HAVE IT EITHER.

NO.

STAFF.

WE HAVE YOU BATCH THIS SATURDAY IN MONSTER DASH.

MONSTER DASH WILL BE IN THE MORNING AT MCCLAIN.

YOU'RE READY TO DO SOME RENTING? IS IT A 5K IS A 5K IT IS A SANCTION RUN.

YOU CAN'T GET THE POINT FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE IN DOING THOSE MARATHONS AND THEN WE ASKED YOU FREE, IT'LL HAVE TO, SO I'LL BE READY FOR THAT QUESTION.

THOSE RESTROOMS THAT WE PUT IN ON, UH, THE PARKS, HOW MUCH THEY COST ROBIN? THE, THE COST ON THE RESTROOMS, THE COST ON THE, UH, THE AFFORDABLE ONES AND THE NEW ONES.

THE NEW ONES.

I'M NOT, DON'T QUOTE ME 'CAUSE I'M NOT POSITIVE ON THESE THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE HAVE TO BUILD THE PAD AND WE HAD TO RUN SEWER AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK TOGETHER THEY CAME AT ABOUT TWO 50 EACH.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE SO, THEY'RE SO SMALL THAT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF STEP OUTSIDE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.

SO, UH, NO, WHEN YOU GO IN 'EM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY ROOMY.

OH.

THEY DON'T LOOK VERY GOOD.

YOU CAN GET A WHEELCHAIR IN THERE AND YOU CAN TURN IT AROUND AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT'S EVEN NICE TOO, I WAS NOTICING IN THE CHASE WAY, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THEY STARTED PUTTING, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE HEATERS IN THERE, WHICH SAVES US, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING IN THE WINTER WHEN IT FREEZES THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF DO.

SO THEY, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF EXTRA THINGS THAT THEY'RE REALLY NICE.

THAT'S GOOD.

ARE THEY, ARE THEY UP AND OPERATING? YEAH.

UM, NO, THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THE, UM, THE, THEY STILL NEED TO COME OUT AND CLEAR AROUND.

THEY, THEY POURED THE SIDEWALKS AND THEY'VE GOTTA DO THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

SO ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING? UM, YES.

UM, HONESTLY, THE JUNE USER SERVICE LEAD, HER WATERS GET TO TRY IT FIRST BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EXCITED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TOILET PAPER, LUNCH AND TRY FIRST.

JUST, BUT ANYBODY WANTS GARLIC UP AND HALF OFF.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO LET YOU GO.

I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE RIVER THING, BUT I KNOW HER DAUGHTERS ARE GONNA GET TO OKAY, YEAH, WE'LL WRAP 'EM OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.