Jul 20, 2026 City Council

THE INDICATION WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN BUSTER FUEL LETTER.

IF YOU'LL JOIN US TONIGHT.

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PRAY.

DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN MEET THIS EVENING.

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

PLEASE BE WITH OUR, OUR E-M-M-E-M-T FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL AS LONG AS WELL AS OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

WE'VE HEAD HOME WHEN WE'RE DONE.

IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

STUFF TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE FILLING, UM, SEAT NUMBER THREE, POSITION THREE TONIGHT, AND I GUESS MS. SALLY AND MR. HARRINGTON COME.

WE HAVE SOME EXCITING

[ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN HERRINGTON.]

WELCOME.

ALRIGHT.

GONNA PULL OVER TO YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

AND THE STATE RESERVE PROTECT.

CONGRATULATIONS, RIGHT, MR. HARRINGTON? YES.

CAN WE TAKE A SEAT? AND YOUR HONOR, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA DO A BUDGET PRESENTATION.

COMING INTO THIS BUDGET IS PRETTY MUCH A REPEAT, UH, THE PAST, UH, BUDGETS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, AS WE STILL CONTINUE TO DO LONG-TERM CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

I WASN'T REALLY

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JOKING.

WE REALLY ARE GONNA DO A BUDGET, BUDGET PRESENTATION.

MODESTO, IT'S THAT TIME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNSEL, UM, I'M GONNA LET ANNA THANK YOU BAR, UH, UH, FORGET THE PRESENTATION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SHE GOT MARRIED THIS WEEKEND.

CONGRATULATIONS.

BACK AT WORK.

CAN WE HAVE TO ADJUST TO THE NEW LAST NAME? UM, SO QUICKLY, I WANTED TO GO WITH A BUDGET OF PRESENTATION.

UH, WE DO HAVE A WORKSHOP, UH, THIS SATURDAY ALL DAY WE, WHETHER PERMITTING, UM, BUT AS THE CHARTER RECOMMEND, UH, RECOMMENDS, REQUIRES THAT I SUBMIT, UH, A BUDGET EACH YEAR TO YOU.

WE DO THAT IN JULY, AND OF COURSE, UH, WE USUALLY ADOPT, UH, THE BUDGET IN, UH, AUGUST OR, UH, EARLY SEPTEMBER.

LEMME SEE.

HERE'S THE, UH, CALENDAR OF COURSE, FOR FIRST MEETING, MORNING TIME.

UM, JULY 25TH IS OUR ALL DAY WORKSHOP.

AND THEN ON AUGUST 3RD, YOUR, UH, FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST, UH, YOU WILL CALL PUBLIC HEARING AND BUDGET, UM, THE, UH, TAX RATE ON MON THIS COMING MONDAY, WE WILL GET THE FINAL APPRAISAL RULE.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE AS A RECOMMENDATION ON THE TAX RATE RIGHT NOW IS AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE INITIALLY RECEIVED ONE ESTIMATE OF THE APPRAISAL ROLL, BUT THERE ARE, UM, UH, APPEALS AND SO WE DON'T KNOW THE FINAL, UM, APPRAISAL ROLL UNTIL MONDAY.

THAT THEN, THEN WE'LL REALLY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT, UM, THE EFFECT OF OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, TAX RATE BE.

UH, AGAIN, AUGUST 17TH, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, ON THE TAX RATE, AND, UH, ALSO AS IS WHEN WE WOULD ESTIMATE THAT WE WOULD DO A UTILITY RATE ORDINANCE ON THE FIRST, UH, MEETING.

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THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE PD AND REPAIRS TO THE FIRE STATION AND PD, AND WE'LL GET INTO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, SOMETIME THIS FALL.

UM, WE'RE ALSO COMPLETE LIFT STATION ONE AND IT'S ASSOCIATED FORCE MAIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE CONSTRUCTION'S ALREADY STARTED ACROSS THE STREET.

THAT IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT, THAT IS A 12 MILLION PLUS, UH, PROJECT.

WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT BIDS DID COME IN, UH, UH, LOWER, UM, THAN, UH, ESTIMATED.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UH, UH, $3 MILLION WORTH OF HIGH AND HIGH, UH, THIS YEAR AS WELL.

IT WAS A $20 MILLION ISSUE.

HOPEFULLY.

UM, AS WE GET, UH, FURTHER ALONG, THAT'LL BRING UP ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDS FOR I AND I IMPROVEMENT AS WELL.

UH, STREET PANEL REPLACEMENTS, UH, WE HAVE THREE ENGINEER ENGINEERING FIRMS WORKING ON THAT.

THAT WAS THE $8 MILLION, UH, ISSUANCE THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED, UH, LAST YEAR.

THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S UNDER ENGINEERING.

UM, IN THE FALL, WE SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION ON AT LEAST THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT, AND THAT'S A TWO TO THREE YEAR, UH, PROJECT.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE IN TWO.

UH, BUT WE'VE DIVIDED THAT UP.

THAT'S, UH, PANEL REPLACEMENTS ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, NOT RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

AND THEN WE NEED TO BEGIN THE CONVERSION OF THE WATER MEDIA READING TO EITHER A-M-R-A-M-I-M-I IS THE, WHERE IT'S BASED ON CELL PHONE TOWERS AND READING BACK TO, UH, TO, UH, HERE ARE, WE'RE DRIVING BY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET, UH, UM, WE HAVE TO GET AWAY FROM THE TOUCH WINDS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THOSE ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTED.

SO WE HAVE TO DO, THAT WILL BE A, UH, ESTIMATED $2 MILLION PROJECT.

THE WATER METER, THE METERS ARE FINE.

IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION OR THE RADAR ANTENNA THAT GOES ON TOP OF IT.

THAT HAS TO BE, UH, PUT ON THERE.

SO THAT'S AN EXPENSIVE, UH, PROJECT.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE'RE EVALUATING FIRMS RIGHT NOW, UM, AND STAGING THAT IN TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE, UM, DONE, YOU KNOW, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 500,000 BUDGET TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING, IMPLEMENTING THAT OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND.

UM, ALSO WE WILL OPEN THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY SOMETIME THIS FALL.

IT'S NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WE HAVE A GRANT FROM THE GLO FOR A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT, UH, EVERY 10 YEARS.

WE ALSO HAVE STARTED THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

UM, WE BELIEVE THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS HAVE STARTED TO SEE A SURVEY AND, UM, THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN, THAT IS GRANT FUNDED AS WELL.

THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS NOT, THAT'S BEING FUNDED OUT IN THE HALF PERCENT.

THE TRAFFIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN AND THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN ARE GRANT, UH, FUNDED, AND THEN WE WANT TO CONTINUE INVESTING OUR EMPLOYEES SO WE CAN ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND RETAIN OUR STAFF.

THIS GIVES YOU A BIG PICTURE OF, UH, THE BUDGET.

WE ARE ROUGHLY 67, 60 8 MILLION, UH, BUDGET.

THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND IS WHAT YOU NORMALLY THINK OF, OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALMOST 29 MILLION.

UTILITY OPERATING FUND, WHICH IS A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT'S NOT TAX SUPPORTED.

IT'S FEE SUPPORTED EITHER FROM YOUR WATER BILL, YOUR SUR YOUR WATER AND SEWER BILL, AND YOUR SANITATION, UH, BILL.

THAT'S, UH, 23, UH, 23 AND A HALF, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.

THEN THE, OH, I PERSONALLY WANT THE OTHER UTILITY FUND, THAT 5.6 MILLION.

THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE UTILITY FUND.

UH, A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS OUR IS BOND FUNDS, UH, ABOUT, UH, 3.944 MILLION.

THE OTHER IS, UH, CASH.

THEN YOU SEE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE OUT OF THE TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE IS SPLIT.

CURRENTLY WE'RE, UH, A LITTLE OVER 37 CENTS, 20 CENTS IS OPERATING, WHICH GOES TO THE 28 MILLION.

AND THE OTHERS ALMOST 17 CENTS GOES TO PAY PAYING, UH, BOND DEBT.

WE HAVE A HALF CENT FUND, WHICH IS THE HALF CENT SALES TAX.

UH, THAT IS 4 MILLION IN REVENUES, UH, THAT PAYS FOR SOME DEBT SERVICE.

AND THEN WE DO ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, UH, CASH PROJECTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE SMALLER OTHER PROJECTS, UH, AS WELL.

UH, IN THERE.

HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR TWO LARGEST FUND, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, THE UTILITY FUND BUDGET, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S ALMOST 29 MILLION, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND 23 AND A HALF.

AND THE UTILITY

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FUND, UH, BUDGET, UM, PROJECTED.

WE ARE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL, UM, OUR REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER THIS YEAR FOR GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

TAXES DROPPED OFF.

UH, PROPERTY TAXES DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT FROM A, UM, AN APPEAL, UH, AT A MAJOR PROPERTY OWNER THAT A LAWSUIT, UH, BETWEEN THE, UM, WAS SETTLED, UH, WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AND SO THERE WAS, UM, FUND REFUNDING OF THAT.

AND THEN SALES TAXES, UH, SLIGHTLY, UH, SLIGHTLY DOWN.

AND ALSO THE, UM, THERE WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, LESS IN THE, UM, INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

WE'VE HELD THE LINE ON GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURES.

UH, SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN, UH, A COUPLE OF POSITION FREEZES AND THE UTILITY REVENUE WHERE PRACTICALLY WE, UH, ARE ON THE MONEY.

THEN YOU SEE THE FUND BALANCE.

WE DROPPED THE FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR, UH, A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHEN WE ISSUED THE DEBT FOR THE 20 MILLION, WE STARTED THAT COLLECTING THAT RATE, EARLY ANTICIPATION OF IT.

SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT EXTRA IN THE FUND BALANCE OUT OF THE BOND FUNDS.

SO WE USED THAT TO OFFSET, UH, THE RATE INCREASE LAST YEAR.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, THIS YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, UH, UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES ARE SLIGHTLY, WE'RE PROJECTING SLIGHTLY LESS WHEN YOU SEE THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND THE UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES LESS.

MOST OF THE TIME THAT IS DUE TO, UH, EMPLOYEE TURNOVER AND OPEN POSITIONS.

UH, AND PROPOSAL FOR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURES, ABOUT 1%.

AND THEN THE UTILITY FUND, REV, UH, EXPENDITURES IS MOSTLY BECAUSE OF BOND PROJECTS AND, UH, PURCHASE OF WATER AND, UH, FUEL.

HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR REVENUE BREAKDOWN.

UM, WE HAVE THREE PRIMARY SOURCES OF REVENUE.

OUR LARGEST SOURCE IS SALES TAX.

UH, THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, DISTRICT IS SECOND, AND THEN OUR PROPERTY TAX IS THIRD.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TAX, THE PROPERTY TAX PRETTY MUCH PAYS, ALMOST PAYS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

UH, EXCEPT SO, UM, PRIMARILY, UM, UM, THE INDU, THE OTHER REVENUES PAID FOR PRETTY MUCH, UH, ALL OTHER, UH, SERVICES.

FRANCHISE FEES HAVE PRETTY MUCH HAVE STAYED CONSISTENT.

THEY HAVE NOT GROWN.

MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE HAS DECLINED, UH, SOMEWHAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR REGIONAL TAX RATES, UH, WE ARE, UM, IN THE LOWER, UH, QUARTILE OF, UH, TAX RATES.

UM, WE'RE 0.3 7, 8, 9 THIS YEAR.

I'M RECOMMENDING A 3% INCREASE.

UH, IN OUR ESTIMATE.

IF WE, IF THAT IS APPROVED, THAT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT $115,000 WORTH OF EXTRA, UH, TAX REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUDGET.

RIGHT NOW, ON THE, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE ESTIMATED, UH, PROPERTY VALUES, I'M RECOMMENDING A POINT, UH, A 38.10 CENT, UH, TAX RATE THAT IS LESS THAN 0.01 CENT HIGHER THAN THE ESTIMATED NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

AND IT WOULD BRING IN $115,000.

THE RATE WILL CHANGE BASED ON THE PROPERTY VALUE.

REALLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE NEED TO COVER THE 115,000, UH, IN PROPERTY TAX.

SO THAT MAY GO UP OR DOWN BASED ON, UH, THE OVERALL VALUE, THE UTILITY RATE INCREASE.

I'M, UM, PROPOSING A $6 46 PER MONTH FOR 5,000 GALLONS.

THAT IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD ESTIMATED LAST YEAR.

WE WERE ESTIMATE SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 AND STUFF.

SO WE WERE SEEING INCREASES OVER OUR FIVE.

WE TRIED TO PROJECT RATES OVER FIVE YEARS, SO WE'D SEE AN INCREASE, AND THEN WE'D SEE A SLIGHTLY LOWER INCREASE.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SMOOTH THAT OUT WHERE IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 7.7% YEAR VERSUS TEN ONE YEAR, FOUR THE NEXT YEAR, EIGHT THE NEXT YEAR.

SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO EVEN THAT OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THE RESIDENTIAL SANITATION RATE INCREASE, I'M RECOMMENDING A 25 CENT PER MONTH, UH, GO INTO 28 75.

THIS IS AN ESSENCE OF TRYING TO BEGIN REIMBURSING THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR, UM, THE FLEET MAINTENANCE.

RIGHT NOW WE ONLY CHARGE PARTS, UH, FOR THE UTILITY FUND, UM, FOR FIXING GARBAGE TRUCKS AND STUFF.

OUR UTILITIES, WE'VE NOT BEEN CHARGING LABOR.

UH, THIS IS, UH, TO WORK GETTING THERE, BUT HAVE NOT RIPPED THAT BANDAID OFF.

IT SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE, MAYBE AROUND A DOLLAR, A DOLLAR 25.

UH,

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MY I, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS TO SLOWLY WORK THAT UP OVER THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

UH, THE COMMERCIAL SANITATION RATE, UH, INCREASE IS 5%.

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH TO COVER THE, UH, INCREASE, UH, THAT THEY WILL HAVE FOR, UH, SEA BREEZE.

WE WERE ABLE TO ABSORB THE RATE INCREASE ON THE RESIDENTIAL FOR SEA BREEZE BECAUSE GREEN WASTE IS DOWN.

SO ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING LESS, UH, WASTE, UH, TO THE LANDFILL.

BUT THAT'S NOT, WE'VE NOT SEEN A DROP OFF ON THE, ON THE SAN, ON THE COMMERCIAL SANITATION SIDE.

SO FORTUNATELY, I MEAN, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT'S THE ONE GOOD FORTUNE OF COMING OUT OF HURRICANE BARREL IF THERE'S LESS GREEN WASTE FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, UH, GOING INTO THE LANDFILL.

I AM ALSO ASKING COUNSEL TO CONSIDER A $1 MONTHLY FEE SEPARATE FROM SANITATION FOR FUTURE STORM DEBRIS.

UH, THAT'S NOT BAKED IN THE RATE, UH, AT ALL.

THAT'S ONLY IF COUNSEL WANTS TO DO THAT.

THE REASON I AM ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO START DOING THAT, BECAUSE THIS PAST TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD TO BORROW FROM OURSELVES STORM TO COVER IT, BUT WE COULD DO THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA AT LEAST GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA BEFORE THAT.

IN A SMALL STORM, YOU WILL NOT GET REIMBURSED.

SO IF WE GO BACK TO NICHOLAS, THE STORM WAS $1 MILLION AND WE HAD NO REIMBURSEMENT, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT WITH SOME REVENUE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WE DIDN'T COVER IT OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND.

UH, THIS PAST TIME WE'VE BORROWED FROM OURSELVES FROM THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, BUT WE WERE VERY AUSTERE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO STILL GET, UH, REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA.

WE ARE, SO THE STORM WAS, APPROXIMATELY DEBRIS ALONE WAS 5.5 MILLION.

WE'VE GOTTEN 3.9 OF THAT.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE.

THAT IS NOT NORMAL THAT THE STATE DID, UH, PLEDGE TO KICK IN THAT RE REMAINING AMOUNT.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN.

THEY JUST HAD A VERY LARGE FUND BALANCE.

OH, WE HAVE 4.4 OF THAT.

IS IT, UH, I MAY BE MAYBE IN TOTAL, IN TOTAL.

I, I THINK IN 3.9 FOR WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED AT THE MOMENT.

AT THE MOMENT, I THINK IT'S 3.9 FOR DEBRIS, UM, ON THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, HAD THE STATE NOT COME THROUGH, WE STILL WOULD'VE BEEN SHORT, UH, A, A SIZABLE AMOUNT IN THAT CASE.

AND IF WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BORROW FROM OURSELVES, WE WOULD'VE TO GO OUT IN THE MARKET AND BORROW TO COVER FOR A STORM.

THIS $1, YOU KNOW, WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT NINE TO 10 YEARS TO BUILD UP TO COVER FOR A SMALL STORM.

UH, AND AGAIN, I, I BRING UP NICHOLAS.

NICHOLAS WAS, WAS A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THERE WERE NO REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FEMA BECAUSE IT DIDN'T QUALIFY.

IN ADDITION, UM, THE REQUIREMENT TO QUALIFY, UH, IS BECOMING HARDER BECAUSE THEY'RE RAISING THE ELIGIBLE AMOUNT FOR THE COUNTY AND THE STATE FOR FEMA TO KICK IN.

SO OVER TIME, I THINK IT'LL BE HARDER, UH, TO GET RE UH, FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.

UH, FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER STORMS. THE GENERAL FUND INCREASE IS UP, UH, APPROXIMATELY 300,000, 176,000 OF THAT IS ELECTRICITY.

UM, AND THEN MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS IS 83,000.

THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES OF COMPUTER MAINTENANCE, GEN GENERATOR MAINTENANCE.

WE, WE'VE STARTED TO HAVE A LOT OF GENERATORS AND STUFF.

NOW WE HAVE TO PAY FOR.

THE MAINTENANCE OF, OF THOSE FUEL IS ALSO 71,000.

UM, I HOPE THAT GOES DOWN.

AT SOME POINT IN TIME THERE WOULD BE A SAVINGS, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT.

I'VE REDUCED THE BUDGET, UH, $221,000.

THAT IS MOSTLY PRIMARILY FROM, UH, DEFUNDING TWO POSITIONS.

A GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CLERK THAT USED TO WORK FOR SALLY.

IT WAS, UH, DEDICATED TO, UM, RECORDS, UH, RECORDS RETENTION AND SCANNING OF RECORDS.

THAT WAS A 10 YEAR PROJECT.

WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH CAUGHT UP OF ALL OUR OLD RECORDS IN THE PAST THAT WE'RE NOW ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ABSORB WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, CURRENT STAFF OF KEEPING A PAY, KEEPING A PACE.

AS RECORDS COME IN, YOU HAVE TO LET HER GO OR WHOEVER.

SHE RETIRED.

AND SO WE DECIDED, UH, THAT WOULD NOT FILL THAT ONE.

GOOD.

THE OTHER POSITION IS A COURT CLERK.

UH, COURT REVENUES ARE DOWN, AND SO THE VOLUME DOESN'T JUSTIFY THAT, UH, COURT CLERK RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'VE, UH, UM, HAVE, UH, DEFUNDED THAT POSITION.

THEY'RE STILL THERE IF THEY NEED BE IN THE FUTURE IN COUNSEL, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE ASK COUNSEL FUNDING AND WE CAN AFFORD THOSE.

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BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DEFUNDED.

SO THE POSITION'S AUTHORIZED, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY ASSIGNED TO THOSE.

WE ALSO, UM, ASKED JAMES IN OUR NEW, UM, UM, IT DIRECTOR TO LOOK AT IF THERE WERE, UH, A WAY, UH, TO, UH, CUT COST.

WE ARE DEFUNDING A, UH, SYSTEMS ANALYST, BUT WE'RE CONTRACTING OUT THOSE SERVICES.

UH, TO DO THAT, THAT IS A TRY FOR ONE YEAR.

THAT SAVES US $30,000 IN PERSONAL COST.

NEXT YEAR, I MAY BE COMING BACK TO YOU AND SAYING IT DIDN'T WORK, BUT WE WANTED TO TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN THAT HURT TO TRY.

WE, WE COULD BE MORE, MORE EFFICIENT.

SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY OF THE REDUCTIONS IN, YOU KNOW, IN THERE.

THEN ON THE UTILITY FUND, DEBT SERVICES INCREASING 235,000.

AGAIN, THIS IS LIFT STATION ONE.

THIS IS THAT 20, UH, MILLION THAT IS THE LAST, UH, INCREASE OF THAT.

WE HAVE 190,000, UH, INCREASE, UH, IN SURFACE WATER.

THAT'S BWA.

UM, 83% OF THAT IS THE HARRIS RESERVOIR EXPANSION.

UM, THEY HAD A 30 CENT INCREASE.

25 CENTS IS FOR THE HARRIS RESERVOIR.

THAT'S THE DEBT THAT IS INCREASING OVER THE LAST, THE NEXT HAS AN EIGHT YEAR INCLINE ON THE DEBT PAYMENT, AND I THINK THIS IS NOW YEAR FOUR.

I THINK WE'RE, UH, ON SEEING AN INCREASE ON THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO INCREASING CAPITAL PROJECTS, 153,000.

UM, WE HAD TO MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE STARTED FUNDING IN THE RATE, UH, 1.5 MILLION, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO 2 MILLION OVER THE YEARS.

AND THAT'S TRIED TO DO AS, AS MANY CA CASH PROJECTS OUT OF THE UTILITY FUND AND NOT DO, UH, AND LESSEN OUR DEBT DEBT LOAD, UH, ON THERE.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT.

WE, YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT HAVE THIS FUNDED INTO THE RATE.

IT WAS, WE HAVE A SAVINGS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE ROLLED IT OVER AND WE HOPED THAT WE COULD DO SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND WE JUST STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDED.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY, THAT MAY BE THE WAY TO DO DO IT ON THE GENERAL SIDE.

UH, BUT ON THE UTILITY SIDE, IT'S VERY RISKY TO DO IT THAT WAY.

UH, SO WE BUILT THAT INTO THE RATE, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUDGET.

UM, I'M RECOMMENDING A TWO TO 3% PAY PERFORMANCE.

I'M NOT DOING, I'M NOT RECOMMENDING TO DO A MARKET ADJUSTMENT AS WE DID THIS YEAR.

UM, WE ARE, UM, HAVE STARTED A, WE'VE HIRED LOGIC, UM, LOGIC GROUP TO DO A SALARY SURVEY.

UH, THEY WOULD GET THAT TO US LATE IN THE FALL, SO WE WOULD LOOK NEXT YEAR FOR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, YOU'LL SEE FOUR POSITIONS THAT, UH, JOSE DID A BRIEF SURVEY ON.

WE ARE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE, BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE COULD AFFORD IT THIS YEAR.

SO WE DID.

THE BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING IS A TWO TO 3% PAY PER PERFORMANCE.

OVERALL SALARY AND BENEFITS WE'VE MADE CUTS TO, UM, UM, INSURANCE AS WELL, AND RAISED DEDUCTIBLES.

THE PAY, UH, PAY AND BENEFITS WENT DOWN $39,000.

MOST OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE CUTS, THE THREE CUTS.

AND THEN TURNOVER.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL KEY RETIREMENTS, UM, THAT, UM, THAT WERE AT THE TOP OF THE RANGE.

AND THEIR REPLACEMENTS ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, AT MID, AT MIDPOINT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A SAVINGS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE UTILITY FUND.

UM, SALARIES WILL GO UP 17,400.

SO THE INCREASE ON BOTH FUNDS IS NOT BECAUSE OF SALARIES, IT'S BECAUSE OF OTHER ITEMS. UM, 2.92 IN, UH, CASH CFP PROJECTS.

UH, I MENTIONED THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.

THAT'S A GRANT FUND.

UH, 4.5 MILLION IN NEW BOND PROJECTS.

THAT'S NEW PROJECTS.

THAT'S NOT A NEW BOND ISSUE.

THAT'S OUT OF THE 20 MILLION THAT WE APPROVED.

3 MILLION OF THAT IS THE I AND I, AND THEN 1.5 MILLION IN CASH PROJECTS IN THE HALF, HALF CENT.

AGAIN, HALF CENT HAS BEEN A BLESSING.

UH, I TRIED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IN 1995 WHEN I GOT HERE, UH, THE COUNCIL WAS STRUGGLING, UH, WITH FUNDING PARKS AND RECREATION.

IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT HAD TO COMPETE AGAINST STREETS, DRAINAGE, ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, AND IT JUST NEVER GOT PICKED.

THAT'S WHY THE VOTERS APPROVED THE, THE HALF CENT TO DO SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS, BUT ALSO FUND, YOU KNOW, GIVE ITS OWN, UH, FUNDING SOURCE.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE BREAKOUT OF THERE ARE NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UH, THIS IS, UM, SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, OTHER, I'LL, I'LL GIVE A, A LIST, UH, FURTHER DOWN FACILITIES, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION.

MOST OF THAT IS FACILITIES,

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STREETS, UH, UH, AND UTILITIES.

UM, UM, AND YOU SEE BONDS, UH, ON THERE AND, AND CASH.

UH, THE STREETS SEEMS LOW.

I DON'T SHOW THE 8 MILLION BECAUSE THAT WAS SHOWN LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH, UM, IN THE PROJECT.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO $8 MILLION WORTH OF STREETS, BUT WE SHOWED THAT THESE ARE NEW PROJECTS.

UH, THAT 1 55 IS MOSTLY MAINTENANCE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER 400,000 OF THE OPERATING BUDGET TO DO, UH, STREETS AS WELL.

AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS, GENERAL CASH PROJECTS, UH, 898,000.

UH, WE TRY TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE OF AT LEAST 500,000.

I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 600, UH, THOUSAND.

UH, THERE, I, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO START MOVING THAT UP TO 750,000 AS A CASH BALANCE, BECAUSE JUST THINGS ARE JUST GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE.

WE HAD 500,000 AS A MINIMUM OF BALANCE FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS NOW, AND WE HAVEN'T MOVED THAT NUMBER BECAUSE OF INFLATION.

UH, THE ONE BIG KEY CHANGE THAT I HAD MENTIONED IN THE CIP I'M RECOMMENDING TO, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I WAS ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET IS TO MOVE THE GULF COAST TRANSIT FUNDING OF 70,000 BACK INTO CAPITAL.

IT IS REALLY AN OPERATING ITEM.

UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN SALES TAX WAS, WAS HIGHER.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, DECREASED SOMEWHAT, UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE PUT IT BACK INTO THE CIP AND FUNDED OUT OF CASH, UH, SAVINGS.

THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS FUNDED FOR 10 YEARS.

UH, OAK DRIVE, UH, SOUTH BRIDGE, RESURFACE, AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL CABINET.

THIS IS A SUPPLEMENT OUT OF, UH, ERIC'S, UH, MAINTENANCE BUDGET.

I THINK THEY DO THREE ALTOGETHER, UH, ON THERE.

UH, WE HAVE PD, CONTROLLED ACCESS UPGRADES, FIRE, P, P AND TOOLS, AND THEN 480,000 FOR MUSEUM CEILING.

UM, DEMO CONDEMN BUILDINGS, AC REPLACEMENTS, AND, UH, CITY FACILITY MAINTENANCE.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL FUNDED WITH END OF THE YEAR SAVINGS.

IF THEY'RE, IF WE ARE, WE HAVE A BUDGET SURPLUS AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF TURNOVER.

THAT STUFF, THOSE FUNDS GO TO THIS FUND, AND WE FUND PROJECTS CASH ON THE DUR UTILITY.

UH, YOU CAN SEE MOST OF OUR, UH, EXPENSE IS GONNA BE, UH, IN BUCKET NUMBER ONE FOR WATER.

UH, METER REPLACEMENTS IS 500,000.

UH, THE BW INTAKE, UH, CORROSION ROLL CONTROL.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING A PILOT FOR LOOKING AT A DEEP WELL, UH, AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND A SOURCE FOR A DEEP WELL, WE'VE NEVER, UH, TRIED THAT.

UM, ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE NORTH, UH, NORTH END OF TOWN.

AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE SEEN THAT HAVE GONE TO THE BOARD.

THEY HAD THEIR PUBLIC HEARING.

THEY APPROVED THOSE.

UM, AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ONE TONIGHT.

UH, LATER ON DOWN TO DISCUSS WITH, UH, THE PRESENTATION WITH, UH, ROBIN HERE ARE NOTE NOTEWORTHY HUN, CHANGES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AGAIN, ELECTRICITY UP, UH, 177,000 MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS.

A LOT OF THOSE GENERATOR MAINTENANCE FUEL.

THE CONTRACT SYSTEMS ANALYST WAS 60,000.

UM, THE SALARY THAT WE CUT WAS 90.

UM, SO THERE WAS A 30,000 SAVINGS THERE.

VETERINARIAN EXPENSE LAST YEAR WHEN WE ANTICIPATED, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA OPEN UP FOR A HALF A YEAR.

IT'S 40,000.

IT'S GONNA BE 80 FOR A FULL YEAR.

THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL 40 FOR VETERINARIAN EXPENSE.

UH, CIVIC CENTER CONTRACT CLEANING IS UP 21,000.

THAT IS OFFSET BY CUSTOMER REVENUE AS WELL.

SO IT'S BAKED, BUT WE HAVE TO SHOW THE EXPENSE GOING IN.

BUT WHEN WE, UM, UH, RENT OUT THE, THE CIVIC CENTER AND THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THE ROOM, UM, IF IT'S $250 EXPENSE, WE COLLECT $250 ON THE CHARGE.

SO IT OFFSETS, UH, YOU NEED AN AIR MAINTENANCE, 17,000.

UH, THAT IS NOT AN AIR CONDITIONER REPLACEMENT.

THAT'S JUST HAVING SOMEONE COME IN AND CHANGE BELTS, FILTERS AND STUFF ON THE ROOF.

AND THEN WE HAVE EMS SERVICES.

THEY WERE REQUESTING A 12,000, UH, INCREASE IN OUR, IN OUR CONTRACT.

THESE ARE THE CUTS THAT I'VE MADE OUTTA THERE.

THE 70,000 OF THE GULF COAST.

YOU SAW THAT NOW.

AND IT'S NOT A CUT, IT'S A MOVE.

IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL.

THE ANIMAL SHELTER PAYMENT TO THE SBCA WILL, UM,

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WILL GO DOWN THIS PAST YEAR, I WAS BUDGETING, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, UH, FOUR MONTHS.

AND I THINK WE'VE REDUCED IT NOW TO TWO MONTHS.

EVENTUALLY, THAT WILL GO DOWN TO ZERO.

UH, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME OVERLAP, UH, THIS YEAR.

UH, BUT EVENTUALLY, UH, OUR PAYMENT, THE SBCA WILL GO TO ZERO, UH, AS WE, WHEN WE OPEN UP OUR FACILITY.

UH, TOTAL PERSONAL COST AFTER REDUCTIONS, UM, UH, WAS, UH, A 39,000 CUT TO THE, TO THE BUDGET.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR TDC, I'VE DROPPED AT $25,000.

SO RATHER THAN 200, I'VE TAKEN IT DOWN TO 175, UH, TRANSFERRED TO GENERAL PROJECTS.

WE HAD THAT IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.

I'M TAKING THAT OUT AND CONSULTING FOR ALDEN.

WE HAD IT IN THERE JUST IN CASE I'M DROPPING THAT.

UH, I'M TAKING THAT OUT OF THE BUDGET.

IF WE HAVE IT, WE HAVE IT.

WE'LL FIND A WAY TO, UH, TO COVER IT.

BUT, UH, IF IT GETS TOO FAR IN, THAT'S A COST THAT WE WILL, UH, WE HAVE A, UM, AN AGREEMENT UNDER OUR PROVISION ORDINANCE THAT, UH, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO PAY THAT COST OF REIMBURSES FOR IT.

UH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OTHER, UH, MINOR, YOU KNOW, CUTS.

THOSE, THOSE AREN'T ALL OF THEM, BUT THOSE ARE THE MOST, UH, THE NOTEWORTHY CHANGES.

SAME THING.

THE UTILITY FUND DEBT SERVICE IS THE MAJOR INCREASE PURCHASE OF SURFACE WATERS 190,000.

MOST OF THAT IS AGAIN, THE EXPANSION OF THE RESERVOIR, WHICH WE SORELY NEEDED.

UH, ESPECIALLY IN DROUGHT.

YOU KNOW, DROUGHT CON CONDITIONS.

UM, THAT COST IS BEING BORNE BY ALL OF US AS BW PARTNERS.

AND DOW CHEMICAL AS WELL.

WE'RE PAYING ABOUT, UH, OUR COST IS MAYBE 25% OF THE EXPANSION, UH, FOR OUR PORTION OF WHAT IS STORED IN THE TRANSFER UTILITY PROJECTS.

THAT'S INCREASING.

UM, MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, AGAIN, TRANSFER INCREASE TO THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS, UM, WHERE YOU'LL SEE THAT 25 CENT, UH, TO START, UM, UH, PAYING FOR, UH, FLEET MAINTENANCE.

UH, IN ADDITION TO AS ADMIN OR ANY OF THE GENERAL FUND COST INCREASE.

WE INCREASE, UH, THAT FEE TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL.

THAT REIMBURSES, UH, ADMIN PERSONNEL, COST, FINANCE COST, IT, ANYTHING THAT THOSE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS ARE HANDLED AS ARAN AS AN ADMINISTRATION TRANSFER.

ELECTRICITY COST.

THAT'S ON THE WATER AND SIDE.

UH, WE ARE HAVING TO DO, UH, UM, HIRE A CONSULTANT FOR LEAD AND COPPER TESTING AND TESTING.

UH, THAT'S 62,000 COMBINED.

UM, WE'RE INCREASING OUR ANNUAL REPLACEMENT OF COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS, 35,000.

ONE OF THE REASONS TO JUSTIFY THE 5% INCREASE IN THE COMMERCIAL RATE, UH, CONTRACT MOWING.

CONTRACT MOWING OUT OF THIS ONE IS AROUND LIFT STATIONS, UH, UH, FACILITIES.

FUEL IS GARBAGE, UH, SANITATION.

AND IN THE MERIT PAY 17,000.

WE'VE MADE, UM, MINOR CUTS, UM, IN SOME MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT TURNED WE DIDN'T NEED.

DON'T NEED A SANITATION CONSULTANT, UH, THIS YEAR.

AND FOR RATE ANALYSIS AND OUR WASTE IS GOALS, UH, BE AS SLIGHTLY DECREASED.

THE PROPOSED WATER RATE THAT SHOWS THE BREAKOUT OF THE WATER RATE, UH, THAT I'M RECOMMENDING.

THE CHANGES OF THE, THE BASE RATE, IT WOULD GO UP FROM $40 AND 14 CENTS TO 43 24.

UH, THE OVER 65 STILL GETS A DISCOUNT.

NOT ALL CITIES GIVE A DISCOUNT ON, UH, WATER AND SEWER RATE, BUT IT'S STARTING TO TREND UP A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK OUT OF OUR REGION, THERE MAY BE FIVE OR SIX THAT DO.

UH, AND YOU SEE THE PER THOUSAND A GALLON RATE FOR WATER.

AND THEN FOR THE SEWER, AND THIS KIND OF SHOWS THE EFFECT, RIGHT NOW WE ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND $83 IN CHANGE AND WE WOULD GO TO TO 90.

THIS SHOWS HOW WE STACK UP TO RATES AS THEY EXIST TODAY.

THE ORANGE LINE SHOWS WHAT A SENIOR CITIZEN WOULD PAY.

IT'S A $13 DISCOUNT OFF THE 90.

SO 13, NO, THE 90, UH, TAKE TAKE TO ABOUT $77.

AND SO THAT LARGE LINE JUST GOES THROUGH EACH GOES WHAT PAY.

NOW, THERE IS AN EXPLANATION.

SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE A CITY THAT'S REALLY LOW.

IT'S LIKE, MY GOSH, HOW ARE WE AT 90? AND KATY IS AT 31.

THERE ARE A FEW OF THESE CITIES THAT

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HAVE MUDS, WHAT MUDS? MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.

AND THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE RATE.

SO, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERY LIFT STATION, , THAT STUFF, THE MUDS, YOU KNOW, THE MUD.

AND THAT'S A MUD TAX, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ON THAT A UTILITY CUSTOMER IS PAYING.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BUT IT DOES EXPLAIN SOMETIMES THE RATE AND WHY IT'S LOWER WHERE WE HAVE NO MUDS.

AND YOU SEE OUR GARBAGE RATE COMPARISON.

WE ARE SLIGHTLY HIGH IN THAT.

WE'RE IN THE TOP QUARTILE.

UH, I'M PROMO PROPOSING, UH, GOING UP FROM 28 50 TO 28 75.

UH, THAT SHOWS HOW WE COMPARE TO THE EXISTING, UH, RATES.

UM, I WOULD SAY 60, MAYBE 65% ARE CONTRACTED OUT.

UH, ON THERE.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW THERE.

I THINK THERE'S SIX OF 'EM.

UH, THERE, I THINK THERE'S SIX CITIES THAT STILL DO IT.

UM, UH, AMONGST THEMSELVES.

UH, HOUSTON DOES NOT SHOW UP HERE.

UM, THEY HAVE IT CURRENTLY IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATE, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING IT ITS OWN STANDALONE, UH, SANITATION RENT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAVE DONE, HAVE DONE THAT.

UH, RIGHT.

SO RIGHT NOW THEIR GARBAGE RATE IS IN THEIR TAX BILL.

UH, BUT I'M RECOMMENDING TO GO UP 25, UH, CENTS.

THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PROPOSED $1 INCREASE.

I KEPT THAT FROM THE RATE.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS IF WE WANT TO DO IT OR NOT.

THE I, UH, WE SAW, THE ONLY CITY THAT I'VE SEEN IS WE'VE DONE THAT HERE IN THE REGION IS SHER.

AND THEY IMPLEMENTED THAT, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND I THOUGHT THAT'S A UNIQUE WAY, UH, TO START BUILDING UP A FUND.

BALANCING, PREPARING AN INSURANCE FUND THAT WOULD NOT BE USED AS OPERATION.

IT WOULD ONLY BE USED THERE FOR A STORM RESPONSE.

UH, OUR TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING IS AUGUST 17TH.

AGAIN, WE'LL KNOW ON MONDAY WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CAN RECOMMEND TO GENERATE THAT 115 UH, THOUSAND.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S KIND OF A GUESSING GAME.

IT'S A, IT'S A MOVING, UH, TARGET.

SO, UH, COME MONDAY WHEN WE GET, EVEN WITH THE WORKSHOP, WE'LL GO OVER THIS IN DETAIL.

UH, BUT I WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU EXACTLY, UM, WHAT THE TAX RATE NEEDS TO BE TO GENERATE THAT.

THAT 115, UH, THOUSAND.

AND THAT IS IT.

I DID PUT IT IN THE VISITOR SECTION, SO YOU CAN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE GOLF COURSE.

UH, NO.

SNEAK SNEAKING, UH, ME TO, UM, AND THEN, UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW I DIDN'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL DAY SATURDAY TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO READ THROUGH IT.

UH, UH, FIRST, YES, I DID.

I WAS SNEAKY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

MODESTO GIVES, THAT'S A LOT TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT WEEK, FOR SURE.

ALL RIGHT, ONTO

[VISITOR COMMENTS ]

VISITOR COMMENTS.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP AND MR. QUA, COME ON IN.

JUST LET US, CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

YOU'RE GONNA BE ONLY THE SECOND WOMAN ON THAT SECOND GIRL SCOREBOARD OUT THERE.

SCOREBOARD THIS SCOREBOARD .

UM, MY NAME'S VIC WADE.

I'M AT 2314 OAKWOOD IN LAKE JACKSON.

UH, I KNOW MATT JOHN BUSTER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

YOU GOT THREE GOOD ONES THERE.

LAKE JACKSON IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THEM AS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.

I KNOW NEW YOU NEED NEW ONES, BUT WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THOSE GUYS HERE.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD MIX FOR CERTAIN.

AND MYSELF, EVERETT STOVALL HELPED WRITE THE FORWARD OF THIS.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT, UH, I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL AREN'T FROM THE AREA AND MAY NOT KNOW THE HISTORICAL PART OF LAKE JACKSON, BUT, UH, THE AREA RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET WHERE HEB IS NOW USED TO BE, UH, UH, THE DUPLEX AREA, WHAT THEY CALL THE DUPLEX AREA, THE GOVERNMENT AREA BUILT DURING THE WAR FOR THE WORKERS THAT CAME HERE TO WORK AT THE, UH, PLANT, TO BUILD THE PLANT, THE, UH, MAGNESIUM PLANT.

AND SO, UH, THERE WAS 104 OF THE DUPLEXES, SO 208 RESIDENTS.

IT WAS A 40 ACRE SECTION THERE FOR THE, LIKE I SAY, THAT WAS THE VERY BEGINNING OF LAKE JACKSON.

THEY JUST CARVED THAT OUT OF THE JUNGLE OVER THERE AND FOR PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.

SO, UH, LINDSEY KOVAL

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BUT WE WROTE A HISTORICAL BOOK, THE, ABOUT THE DUPLEX AREA FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF IT, AND SECTIONED IT OFF INTO A TIMETABLE FROM 1940 WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND BUILT.

AND THEN AS WE WENT ALONG AND LIKE TO ABOUT 1960, IT STARTED KIND OF DECLINING.

THEY WERE BUILT AS TEMPORARY HOUSING, AND IT JUST NEVER DID HAPPEN.

BY 1960, I I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I I WAS ALL OVER LAKE JACKSON.

I LOVED LAKE JACKSON.

I'M TELLING YOU, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS THE MOST FANTASTIC PLACE YOU COULD EVER LIVE.

WE WERE ALL OVER TOWN RIDING OUR BICYCLES, PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL, GOING TO THE SO OLD SODA SHOP IN LAKE DOWNTOWN.

AND IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC PLACE TO LIVE.

BUT I WATCHED THE DUPLEX AREA SLOWLY DISINTEGRATE, AND BY 1960 PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

PEOPLE, THE MASTER PLAN AND THE CITY CODE BOTH ACTUALLY SAID, HEY, WE WANT THIS AREA REDEVELOPED.

SOMEBODY PLEASE RE GET IT REDEVELOPED.

WELL, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT MADE A HIT AT IT AND TRIED, BUT THEY DIDN'T STICK WITH IT.

WE STUCK WITH IT FOR 18 YEARS.

AND IN 1996, WE DEVELOPED, UH, UH, SUBCHAPTER 13 SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATIONS.

WE'VE GOT ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BY RO UH, RAYMOND BURROUGHS THAT I DON'T THINK HE'S EVEN STILL IN BUSINESS, BUT HE DID, UH, ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS FOR US.

AND ACTUALLY WE HAD A BLOCK STORE, WHICH IS EITHER HEB OR KROGER IN THAT CORNER WHERE IT IS NOW, BACK IN ABOUT 2000 IS WHEN WE HAD THAT DRAWING DONE.

UH, WE DID POWERPOINT PROGRAMS TO GET INVESTORS.

IT WAS ALL LOCAL INVESTORS THAT DID THAT.

UH, FOLKS LIKE DR.

SCHWEBEL, GERALD ANDREWS WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

BUSTER WILL REMEMBER HIM.

JOHN WILL REMEMBER HIM.

BUT IT WAS ALL LOCAL FOLKS THAT, UH, WE WENT, GOT THIS POWERPOINT PROGRAM, WENT AROUND, GOT INVESTORS AND, AND, UH, STARTED THE REDEVELOPMENT.

IN 1996.

WE PROCEEDED ALONG.

AND, UM, UM, IN 2013, WE WENT, OR IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 2010, WE MA HAD A MEETING WITH E ALL OF THE OWNERS OVER THERE, AND WE GOT NINE 87% OF THE OWNERS TO SIGN ONTO A CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD ALL SELL OUT TO A DEVELOPER.

SO BY THEN, UM, OUR CORPORATION OWNED HALF OF THE AREA, BUT THEN THE OTHER 37% SIGNED ONTO A CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD SELL OUT TO THE SAME DEVELOPER.

EVERYBODY WAS VERY AGREEABLE, UH, GOT EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM.

EVERYBODY SIGNED OUT ONTO A, AN AGREEMENT.

UH, HAD LE HAD, IT WAS A LATE LEGAL DOCUMENT.

SO, UH, IN THAT, IN 13 WAS THAT, UH, TOOK US 18 YEARS, BUT WE PUT IT TOGETHER AND WE, IN 2013, WE SOLD THAT TO HEB.

WE, WE HIRED A, UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, TO PUT IT ON THE MARKETS, HELPED US PUT IT ON THE MARKET.

WE HAD IT ALL PUT TOGETHER, BUT HE HELPED US MARKET IT, UH, TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, HEB.

DOW WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BUY IT AND PUT ONE OF THEIR, BUILT THE THREE BUILDINGS OVER THERE.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY GONNA PUT ONE OF THOSE OVER THERE.

BUT IT GOT SHUT DOWN BY, UH, THIS, AT THAT TIME, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK FOR 'EM.

SO, UM, AND, UH, AT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LAKE JACKSON, IT WAS OVER AT THE, THERE WAS A BUNCH BIG, UH, CELEBRATION AT THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY.

THERE WAS A PLAQUE THERE.

AND IT SAID THAT THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO LAKE JACKSON WAS THE DUPLEX AREA GETTING REDEVELOPED.

SO, UH, AND I TELL YOU, UH, BETWEEN EVERETT, STOVALL EVERETT STOVALL, THE JUDGE HERE, UH, BETWEEN EVERETT STOVALL AND MY WIFE, IF IT HADN'T HAVE BEEN FOR THEM, THAT WOULD STILL BE A BLIGHTED AREA OVER THERE.

SO THEY REALLY, THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED

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FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

I'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND JUST PEOPLE WHEN I SEE AROUND TOWN THAT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY.

BUT, UH, MY WIFE RHONDA AND EVERETT STOVALL WERE INSTRUMENTAL.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, THAT WOULD NOT BE OVER THERE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU, CAN I APPROACH THE BENCH JUDGE OR, UH, MAYOR? YES, SIR.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU OUR BOOK.

AND YOU CAN BUY THAT AT THE LAKE JACKSON HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

IT'S ON SALE OVER THERE AND TELLS THE WHOLE STORY.

IT SHOULD BE VERY, UH, INTERESTING TO YOU GUYS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW THE STORY FROM DAY ONE IN 1940 WHEN, HOW THIS ALL HAPPENED, WHY WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.

MR. WADE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDY.

CERTAIN THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

ON DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, THIS IS THE TIME THAT IF ANY COUNCILMAN HAS A, UH, CONFLICT WITH ANYTHING THAT'S ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

GO AHEAD AND SPEAK UP.

MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA.

NOT HEARING ANY, WE'LL

[CONSENT AGENDA ]

UH, NUMBER ONE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES JULY 6TH, 2026.

SECOND IS ACCEPT BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN LATE JACKSON DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THREE IS APPROVE.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 2316 ABOLISHING THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION.

THIS IS THE SECOND READING.

AND THEN FOUR IS APPROVE OF FOURTH CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR ONE YEAR WITH THOMPSON CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DEBRIS MONITORING SERVICES WITH NO PRICE INCREASE.

IS THERE ANY, UH, ITEM ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA THAT ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE TO REGULAR AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR ON AGENDA SECOND.

WE HAVE A FIRST.

ANY SECOND? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, MS. ROBIN.

[1. Request City Council approval to revise the Morrison Park Restroom CDBG Grant Project to renovate the existing restroom facility, including all improvements necessary to achieve full ADA compliance, rather than demolishing and constructing a new restroom facility, with a total cost not to exceed $285,000. - Robin Hyden]

GOOD EVENING.

I'M NEVER FIRST.

I'M ALWAYS THE LAST ONE.

UM, SO, UM, STEPH, WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THE PROJECT OF THE MORRISON PARK RESTROOM, UM, REMOVING THOSE AND PUTTING IN NEW RESTROOMS, IT WAS ASKED IF WE COULD GO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO RENOVATE THOSE FACILITIES.

SO WE DID GET WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAD USED IN THE PAST AND HAD ALSO DONE, UH, RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR OTHER CITIES, CLOSED OUR, UM, AND HE DID A FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING.

ONE THING WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WAS, UM, HOW THE, IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE IS FLOODING ON THAT SHOP POND AND THERE, THAT DOES STILL, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ELEVATION OF THAT BUILDING, IT WILL STILL FLOOD THERE.

SO WE WANT TO TRY TO LOOK INTO WAYS THAT WE COULD TRY TO PREVENT SOME OF THE DAMAGE THAT WE HAD.

SO, UM, WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH WAS, AND THIS IS ALL ROUGH ESTIMATE, SO THIS WAS WITHOUT ANY A, WITHOUT ANY A DA UPGRADES TO, IT WOULD BE 145,000 TO RENOVATE THAT FACILITY.

ONE OF THE BIG, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THERE WAS, THERE IS THE ROOF NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.

THE, THE PLUMBING NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE.

IT'S, IT'S IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.

UM, THE, THE CHASE WAY, WHICH IS WOOD WALLS, THE CHASE IS WOOD WALLS AND WOOD FRAMING.

WE WANT TO TAKE THAT OUT AND ACTUALLY PUT THE CM CMU WALLS IN THERE AND ACTUALLY GET A DRAIN BECAUSE THAT AREA DOES NOT DRAIN RIGHT NOW.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WATER HOLDS.

AND WE GET, YOU KNOW, THE ROT AND STUFF ON THOSE WALLS.

UM, WE, SO THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME.

WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS TOGETHER.

UH, BUT SO WE HAD GOTTEN WITH THOSE AND HE HAD GIVEN US SOME OF THE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO FULL A DA COMPLIANCE.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE ON THAT IS GONNA BE WE HAVE TO GET A RAMP IN THERE FROM THE PARKING LOT AND BECAUSE OF WHERE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY LOCATION, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO IT AT A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, SLOPE FOR A DA STANDARDS, THE LENGTH OF IT, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SA SEPARATE LANDING.

AND SO WE'VE ESTIMATED ON THE, UH, TO BRING IT UP TO THOSE A DA STANDARDS WOULD BE 75,000.

NOW, WE DID A ROUGH ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE WANT, WE, BECAUSE IT IS THE GRANT, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE MAY HAVE ENGINEERING FEES INCLUDED IN THIS ACCORDING IF WE'RE GONNA BID THE PROJECT OUT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

UM, THERE IS GONNA BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AND THEN CONTINGENCIES IF WE FIND SOMETHING ELSE, UH, STAFF IS ESTIMATING ABOUT, WE COULD RENOVATE THAT FACILITY FOR 285,000.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE INCLUDING EVERYTHING IN THAT 220 OF THAT WOULD BE FROM THE CDGB GRANT PROJECT.

AND SO WE HAD ANOTHER HUNDRED 65,000 WOULD COME FROM THE HALF SENT SALES TAX FROM THIS.

SO WE DID HAVE THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO, IN THERE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK ON,

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UM, ONE OF THE HANDOUTS, IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE KIND OF HAVE WITH THAT FACILITY.

UM, THINGS THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT WHEN, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST IS THAT'S A BRICK BUILDING.

UM, AND LIKE ANYTHING, YOU DO HAVE TO DO THAT WATERPROOFING KIND OF PAINTING THING TO KIND OF, UM, PROTECT THAT BRICK.

ALSO, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND WHERE IT'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, WITH VANDALISM, IT CLEANS EASIER.

IT'S A LOT MORE, A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE.

BUT WE WE'RE HIT HOW MANY TIMES IN ONE YEAR THAT IT WOULD BE WORTH THE MONEY TO TRY TO FIND THINGS THAT DID THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, REPLACING SOME OF THE WOODEN BOARDS, THE, THAT ROT WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET WATER IN THERE AND STUFF TOO.

SO, UM, IT, IT DOES, IT'S IN, IT'S IN POOR SHAPE.

AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY A LOT OF THAT WAS LACK OF MAINTENANCE THAT WAS DONE TO THAT, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO SO WE CAN KEEP THIS BUILDING UP TOO.

UM, ROBIN, HAVE WE TRIED THAT KIND OF PAINT ON ANY OF THE PROJECT JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? YEAH, WE, WE ACTUALLY DID THE REC CENTER.

UM, SO THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE.

IT SHOULD BE DONE SOMETHING EVERY 10 YEARS.

WE DIDN'T DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS, BUT WE DID RECENTLY DO IT.

AND IT'S BEEN VERY, UM, VERY NICE.

IT'S WORKED OUT WELL.

AGAIN, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT.

IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME THING WE USE AT THE REC BECAUSE THAT BUILDING FLOODS AND THERE MAY BE WATER UP AGAINST THERE.

SO WE WOULD TALK TO SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THAT.

BUT THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT PRODUCTS VERSUS JUST GOING AND GETTING EXTERIOR LATEX PAINT THAT WE'RE PAINTING IT NOW.

UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT LASTS.

SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT EITHER DRIVE THE BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, THEY MAY NOT BE AS HIGH AS WE'RE ESTIMATING.

ONE, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE SPEND 50 TH MORE THAN $50,000 OR REHAB IN A FACILITY, IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE STATE, HAVE TO GO TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSE AND REGULATIONS, AND THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IF IT MEETS A DA.

SO, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, REDOING THE BATHROOM, THE PARTITIONS AND STUFF, THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT A WHEELCHAIR CAN GO IN AND OUT AND STUFF.

AND THEY ALSO LOOK AT THE RAMP, WHICH IS PRIMARILY A LOT OF THE COSTS, RIGHT.

THAT WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE TO, TO LOOK AT.

THE OTHER ONE IS CONSTRUCTION MASTERS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN PURCHASE THEM, YOU KNOW, IF WE WEREN'T DOING A GRANT, WE COULD PURCHASE THEM.

THEIR, THEIR SERVICES ARE ALREADY BID OUT UNDER A BY BOARD, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THE CDBG UH, GRANT PROGRAM UNLESS THEY ARE FULLY IN COMPLIANCE THAT WE DON'T KNOW.

AND SO IF THAT'S TRUE, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE'LL REALLY HAVE TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT OR HAVE ENGINEERING TO DESIGN IT AND GO OUT FOR BID AND GO OUT FOR, FOR BID TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, CDBG FUNDS.

UH, SO THAT'S THERE, IT'S A CAVEAT.

WOULD HOPEFULLY IF, UM, THE BI THE BI BOARD OR THE PURCHASING COMPLIES WITH ALL FEDERAL LAWS, YOU KNOW, ON, UM, THEN WE MAY NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT MUCH FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.

WE MAY HAVE TO PAY A LITTLE BIT, UH, JUST SUBMITTING TO T-L-T-L-R, BUT THAT 30,000 MAY NOT BE THERE.

AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY IS REQUIRED.

THAT COMES OFF THE TOP OF THE GRANT, SEE THE COUNTY HANDLES, UH, THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CONTINGENCY, UM, ON THERE AS WELL.

SO HOPEFULLY IT CAN, WE CAN BRING IT UNDER THE 285,000.

YEAH, I, I REALLY FEEL WE CAN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TOO, THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

'CAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE'VE DONE SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES, EVEN JUST CONNECTING TO THE CURRENT WATER AND SEWER LINES THAT ARE THERE, WE'VE FOUND ISSUES AND WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE SOME OF THAT.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN THERE FOR? 40 YEARS? I DON'T KNOW.

SO, SO IF WE COME IN UNDER THE 285, WHICH IS A MUCH IMPROVEMENT FROM 500,000, SO WELL DONE ON THAT.

WHERE, WHERE CAN THOSE FUNDS BE USED, CAN USE IT ON OTHER PROJECTS.

WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE BUDGET ON THERE 'CAUSE IT'S ALREADY SUBMITTED AND HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THAT RIGHT NOW WE'VE ASKED FOR THE FLEXIBILITY OF JUST RATHER THAN MOVING BY THE PROJECTS, YOU WOULD JUST USE IT FOR OTHER POSSIBLE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'D BRING TO YOU.

LIKE IF THE, UM, THE AWNINGS AT PON NEEDED TO BE DONE FOR THE FOUNTAIN, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO STAY IT RIGHT NOW.

IT WOULD NEED TO STAY AT MORRIS IN PARK.

YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU COULDN'T USE IT FOR ANOTHER PROJECT UNLESS YOU GO THROUGH THE WHOLE REQUEST AGAIN.

MM-HMM.

YOU KNOW, OF SAYING THOSE FUNDS COME, IF THEY'RE LEFTOVER FUNDS, IT GOES BACK INTO THE POT AND THEN COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW PROJECT AND THEN IT HAS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, HALF SENT BOARD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, BUT IF IT, IF IT STAYS AT MORRISON PARK, AND WE COULD DO LIKE THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE FOUNTAINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE'S THINGS, I KNOW THE FOUNTAINS OUT THERE AND WE NEED THOSE TO KEEP FROM THE FISH KILL OUT THERE.

YOU NEED THAT WATER CIRCULATING AERATING AND STUFF.

UM, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE DO LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE EFFICIENT THINGS THAT WE COULD USE.

UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK AT.

I HONESTLY RIGHT NOW DON'T KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THOSE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE FORMER PARK SUPERINTENDENT DID, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, MANNY, UH, OUR NEW, UH, FOREMAN IS LOOKING INTO SOME OF THAT STUFF.

AGAIN, THE PAVILIONS, UM, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THE PEER THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST THINGS THAT I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY, BUT ROBIN AND I ARE BOTH THINKING IT STILL WOULDN'T BE, IT WON'T GO FAR.

IT WON'T BE CLOSE TO ANYWHERE

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IN THE REMAINING NO.

OF THE BUDGET.

EVEN PAINTING PAVILIONS OR SO, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE REPLACING THE, I MEAN, PUT SOME GOLD TOILETS NO, I'M JUST JOKING.

NO, , YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF OTHER SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN THERE IS A, ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'S JUST NOT THERE.

THERE'S NOT, OTHER THAN THE RESTROOM.

MM-HMM.

AND THE, UH, THE, THE MAJOR PAVILION AND THE, UM, I GUESS THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE OUT ITON AND THE PLAYGROUND, BUT THE PLAYGROUND NEW RIGHT.

PRACTICALLY HERE.

PEER WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D LOOK AT IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS, BUT WE DID A MAJOR RENOVATION IN THE PIER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS STILL.

SO IT STILL NEED THAT'S TRUE.

I, IT WAS, YEAH.

I KEEP SEEING REQUESTS TO SECTION OFF THE, THE GEESE AND THE DUCKS.

UM, SAL'S GONNA KEEP THOSE AT HIS HOUSE.

HE'S MAKING A GATE.

BUT WE'LL COME BACK WITH A LIST OF THOSE EXPENDITURES DETAILED, UH, ONCE WE MET THAT OUT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'VE JUST HAD IT STAYING AT CHIP POND OR MORRISON PARK.

ROBIN, I HAVE A QUESTION.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO YOU PRESENTED ABOUT A NEW TYPE OF TOILETS THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO AND IT MAY HAVE MISSED A MEETING OR SOMETHING.

SO THIS IS A RENOVATION.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING AWAY FROM THE NEW DESIGNS THAT YOU WANNA DO FOR, FOR THAT? YEAH, WE HAD, WE HAD FIRST, UM, UH, REQUESTED TO DEMO THESE AND MOVE THESE OTHERS, PUT NEW ONES UP AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.

AND, UM, AND IT, WE WERE ASKED TO KIND OF GO BACK AND, AND REEVALUATE THIS AS IF THAT BUILDING COULD BE RENOVATED.

AND IT DEFINITELY COULD.

UM, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO USE ONE OF THOSE.

ONE OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS IS THAT JASMINE PARK.

UM, AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING TO PUT ONE OF THOSE THERE.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE DESTRUCTIBLE AND, YOU KNOW, TO HELP ESPECIALLY.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES THIS LAST PAST WEEK AGAIN, SO THIS IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

THIS IS GONNA BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO HERE.

AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT TOO, PUTTING SOMETHING ON THAT STREET LEVEL IS GREAT, BUT IF IT'S NOT AS FAR FROM THE ROAD, IT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, YOU WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE BALLARDS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT A CAR RUNNING THROUGH A RESTROOM EITHER OR SOMETHING TOO.

SO, UM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD YEAH.

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

WE'RE JUST BRINGING YES TO DATA OF WHAT WE THINK THIS IS STEP'S RECOMMENDING THAT THIS A CHANGE AND GO IN THIS DIRECTION IF COUNSEL'S AGREEABLE.

SO DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL TO REVISE THIS ALREADY SAID WE'RE JUST, YOU JUST SAID THEY WERE JUST GIVING US FIRE INFORMATION.

WE'RE NOT.

YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK AT THIS STAGE.

I MEAN, AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE'RE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, A, A FORMAL PROJECT WHEN, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A BID OR A CONTRACT WITH CONSTRUCTION MASTERS AND STUFF, WE'LL COME BACK.

BUT WE'RE, IF COUNCIL'S NODDING IN YOUR HEAD, KEEPING US UP TO DATE THIS THE DIRECTION WE'LL GO.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.

ANYBODY? ALL THANK YOU, ROBIN.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 1 0 1 7 TO ENGAGE HI KELLY, LLP TO ACT AS LEGAL CONSULTANT FOR MATTERS CONNECTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, DISTRICT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO SEE $25,000 SHERRY.

[2. Approve Resolution No. 1017 to engage Hyde Kelley, LLP, to act as a legal consultant for matters connected to the Industrial District in an amount not to exceed $25,000. – Sherri Russell]

ALREADY HAVE ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MEETS AND THE BOUNDS AND WHO YES.

SO WE HAVE THREE CITIES THAT ARE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT, FLUTE, FREEPORT, AND OURSELVES.

AND, UM, AS WE NEGOTIATE THIS, THE NEW AGREEMENT, 'CAUSE THE OLD ONE EXPIRES IN DECEMBER, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT ANNEXATION AND THE THREE CITIES.

JUST REALIZE NONE OF US HAVE EVER ANNEXED ANY, THE CITY MANAGERS, THE LAWYERS HAVE NEVER ANNEXED BEFORE.

AND WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE JUST A GOOD IDEA TO HIRE, UH, MR. HYDE TO CONSULT WITH ABOUT ANNEXATION, HOW YOU GO ABOUT ANNEXING AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND TO GET US SOME BASIC DOCUMENTS TOGETHER SO THAT IF THAT HAPPENED, IF SOMETHING JUST WENT SOUTH ON THE INDUSTRIAL AGREEMENT OR WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT QUICKLY RATHER THAN NOW WE'RE STUMBLING AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.

AND I INTERVIEWED, I THINK FOUR OR FIVE ATTORNEYS.

I LIKE MR. HYDE.

HE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND, UH, CITY MANAGERS MET WITH HIM ON TEAMS AND THEY SEEMED TO BE OKAY WITH HIM.

AND THE 25,000 WE'RE SPLITTING THIS THREE WAYS.

SO I PUT 25 AS JUST OUR COSTS WE'RE GONNA PAY, BUT THE OTHER TWO CITIES ARE SUPPOSED TO REIMBURSE US FOR THEIR COSTS.

SO IT'S 35,000 TOTAL AS THE FIRST ESTIMATE.

I, IT'S, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT SEEMS PLENTY TO BE.

UM, SO YEAH, I THINK KIND OF THE IDEA BEHIND THIS TOO IS A ANNEXATION PLAN I THINK CAN TAKE UP TO A YEAR.

WE NEVER KNOW WHAT THE TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE IS GONNA DO.

WE NEVER KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THE IDA.

SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE OUR, AT LEAST OUR ANNEXATION PLAN PREPARED, KIND OF

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BECAUSE FREE PORT'S GOT A LOT OF LITTLE FINGERS PROPERTY WISE.

UM, AND JUST TO HAVE THIS PLAN IN A BINDER ON THE SHELF THAT WAY, IF WE NEED IT, WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE'RE PREPARED AND NOT STRUGGLING.

ONE STEP AHEAD.

OR AVOIDING BEING THE FIVE STEPS BEHIND, RIGHT.

CY MM-HMM .

WELL, I MEAN, YOU RUN THE RISK OF, OF ENDING UP WITH NOTHING, UH, AT THE, THAT'S I'M SAYING END FOR SURE.

FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT.

SO MOVED.

ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL? THIS, UH, LAW FIRM, THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED A DISCLOSURE TO CONFLICT.

IT'S IN, IT'S IN THEIR AGREEMENT.

IT'S AGREEMENT, YES.

THEY'VE GIVEN US, UH, OTHER CITIES WERE CO KOSHER WITH THEIR INPUT $25,000 ON THIS.

DO THEY HAVE THAT IN WRITING AMONG THEM? NOT YET.

NOT YET.

BUT IT'S GOING TO THEIR COUNCILS THIS WEEK, AND I GUESS NEXT WEEK THERE, THE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT.

ARE WE GONNA SEE THAT BEFORE WE SIGN WITH THEM? IT'S IN, IT'S IN HIS LETTER AGREEMENT.

IT'S IN HIS, IT'S IN HIS, HIS BASIC LETTER AGREEMENT, WHICH I'VE READ.

IT'S FINE.

AND, UM, WHAT HE'S GONNA DO IS DRAFT, ONCE UH, HE GETS HIRED, HE'S GONNA DRAFT, UM, CONFLICT AGREEMENT FOR THE THREE CITIES FOR THE, JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.

SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO THE OTHER TWO CITIES DON'T APPROVE IT.

CAN YOU MOVE THEM FORWARD ON COST IF, UM, IF THEY DON'T APPROVE IT? WE CAN.

UH, I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD.

I THINK WE SHOULD.

BUT THEM NOT, THEM NOT APPROVING THE HIRING OF THIS LAW FIRM ISN'T REMOVE THEM FROM THE BENEFIT OR THE CONTINGENCY OF BEING PART OF THIS INDUSTRIAL ZONE, SO, WELL, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY, LET'S SAY KLU SAYS, NO, WE DON'T WANNA HIRE THIS FIRM.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD WHERE WE STAND.

AT THAT POINT, WE'RE SPLITTING A 50 OR 30.

50 50 WITH FREEPORT.

50 50 WITH FREEPORT.

32, 37 $500 BILL AT THAT POINT WITH FREEPORT, IF FREEPORT COMMITS TO THAT MM-HMM .

MY, MY ONE CONCERN IS IF WE HAVE A CITY DROP OUT OF THIS FIRM CHOICE, NOT THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE, BUT THE FIRM CHOICE, WE HAVE A CITY THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS INDUSTRIAL ZONE WITHOUT THE FALLBACK OF HAVING THE FIRM THAT HELPED GET US TO THAT POINT.

POTENTIALLY ISN'T ONE STEP FORWARD? NO.

THIS IS JUST, IF THIS IS JUST FOR AN ANNEXATION, I MEAN, ALL THREE OF US ARE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT.

WE'RE COME, WE'RE CLOSE TO ENDING THAT NEGOTIATION AS, AS, AND PART OF OUR, THIS IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DEAL.

IT'S, YEAH.

FOR THE ANNEXATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE ZONE.

IT, IT WILL, THE ANNEXATION IS IF WE DON'T COME TO A FINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE, UM, BUSINESSES IN THE ZONE, UNDERSTAND THEN THE ANNEXATION IS WHAT, BUT, BUT AGAIN, TO, TO THE FACT THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE ANNEXING PROPERTY AND WE'RE USING A FIRM THAT SOMEBODY ELSE CHOSE NOT TO HELP PAY FOR IT, THEY'LL STILL BE BENEFITING OFF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS FIRM TO HELP PROTECT THE IRON, THEN WE WILL NOT GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE , WE'LL NOT SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND, AND WE'LL JUST, WE'LL GET A, UM, AN AMENDED AGREEMENT AGREEMENT FROM HIM.

SO IT'LL ONLY BE BETWEEN TWO CITIES AND HE IS NOT GONNA SHARE IT BECAUSE HE CAN'T, HE'S OUR LAWYER AND THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE EVERYTH THINGS ARE DONE.

NO, THEY, THEY, THEY DO.

I'M NOT GONNA DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT THERE'S SOME I THINK YOU'RE TAKING WHAT I'M ASKING YOU INCORRECTLY.

MAYBE.

I, I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WORK ON REWARDING ON THAT.

COME BACK TO IT.

AND HONESTLY, FROM MY 2 CENTS, I WOULD SAY IF WE HAD TO PAY THE WHOLE THING, WE STILL NEED AS THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON TO HAVE THAT ANNEXATION PLAN.

UM, SO IF WE WERE HAVING TO PAY THE ENTIRE $75,000, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S STILL WORTH MOVING FORWARD TO, TO HAVE THAT PLAN IN PLACE, GIVEN THE, THE TENOR OF OUR TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURE.

AGREED.

SO THAT'S THE CONCERN.

NO, MAKES SENSE TO ME.

ALL COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE SIDE? ALL RIGHT.

NOT HEARING ANY, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 1 0 1 7 TO ENGAGE I KELLY, LLP TO ACT AS LEGAL CONSULTANTS FOR MATTERS CONNECTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN THE MOUNTAIN, NOT TO EXCEED 25002ND.

WE HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCILMAN HARRINGTON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BUELL.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED?

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MOTION CARRIES.

GOOD QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

ITEM

[3. Staff updates ]

NUMBER THREE.

STAFF UPDATES.

ANYBODY? ANYTHING? EXCUSE ME.

I HAD ALLUDED EARLIER ABOUT THE FEMA RE REIMBURSEMENTS.

THESE ARE THE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, SO FAR, THE 3.9 MILLION IS THE, UH, THAT I TALKED ABOUT UNDER DEBRIS IS PART OF THE OVERALL, UM, REIMBURSEMENTS WE RECEIVED.

UH, TO DATE, UH, WE STILL HAVE 1.3 MILLION THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND THAT IT'S UNDER REVIEWED BY THE STATE.

UM, THIS IS, UH, THE REMAINING PORTION.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR THE STATE TO DO THIS.

SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS ABLE, UH, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, APPROVE THIS, UH, IN THE LEGISLATURE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE GOLF COURSE.

UH, THAT PROJECT'S, UH, FINISHING, I THINK IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY UNDER THIS AMOUNT JUST AS THE BUDGETED AMOUNT, UH, THAT'S UNDER REVIEW, BUT THAT PROJECT'S BEEN COMPLETED.

FEMA'S COME OUT, THEY'VE INSPECTED THE SITE, AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE PROCESSED.

SO EVERYTHING IN RED IS WHAT IS THE REMAINDER TO BE, TO BE REIMBURSED, UH, ON THERE.

SO THAT'S THE STATUS UPDATE, UH, THAT WE HAVE SO FAR.

THE SATURDAY, 8:00 AM TO THREE.

UM, WAS LOOKING AT DOING A TOUR OF, UH, FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK WE'RE READY , UH, TO DO THAT.

SO, , I'M GONNA PUSH IT OFF, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, SALLY WANTS TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE COUNCIL PHOTOS ON AUGUST THE THIRD.

AND THEN THAT'S NOT MINE.

THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THIS.

YOU HAVE TO WEAR WHOA.

WEAR SUIT.

I, THAT'S WHY WE PUT IT ON HERE.

WHOA.

IT'S TEXAS ONLY MRT.

WELL, CAREFUL.

WHAT YOU, CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.

YOU DO REMEMBER I PRACTICED.

I HAVE SOME VERY FLAMBOYANT COLOR.

OH, WE DON'T.

UH, YOU CAN WEAR SHORTS.

I'LL COME IN SHORTS.

YEAH, IT'S NOT A FULL LENGTH, UH, PHOTO.

WE ONLY, WE LIKE WHAT YOU SEE UP THE TOP BOX.

OH, IF I'M STANDING, I DEFINITELY NEED TO BE IN SHORTS.

I LIKE IT.

GOOD.

I'M GLAD Y'ALL TOLD ME I COULD.

I APPRECIATE THE INPUT.

IT ALSO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A HEADSHOT, SO PERSONAL HEADSHOT, SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD JUST REMEMBER THAT.

I'LL SEND YOU REMINDERS.

IT'S GONNA BE ON THE THIRD, YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

CITY MEETING ACTION.

I SUMMARY.

BE YOUR COUNCIL.

MAY I, YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, RIGHT? I HAVE A 40 HOUR JOB.

I DON'T LIKE TROLLING IN HERE.

NO, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

S HOUR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

IT'S THE

[4. Construction Updates]

CAN WE JUST FORMALLY NAME IT THAT THE SAL HOUR YOU POWER .

SURE.

WHAT YOU GOT? SO, OKAY.

UH, WELL, I'M HERE AT TRUE MERCY.

UH, WE GAVE YOU A, AN UPDATE ON ALL THE PROJECTS, UH, HOPING THAT, UH, WE COULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA, UH, BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT I CAN, UH, I CAN JUST, UH, TAKE ON MY REQUESTS.

YOU MAY HAVE ON ANY OF THEM.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE DEAL ON 2004? THEY HAVEN'T DITCHED THERE, IT SEEMED LIKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS.

UH, I'LL LET THAT GO TO, UH, OUR PUBLIC LUXURY ACCOUNT.

I GETTING CALLS ALL THE TIME WHEN THEY GONNA BE DONE.

I'VE GOT THE MAN RIGHT HERE IN CHARGE, RIGHT HERE.

THAT ONE IS ME.

WHAT WE HAVE ON 2 0 0 4 IS THE SANITARY SEWER COLLAPSE.

UH, TAKING CARE OF THAT WHOLE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK UP TO 2 0 0 4.

WE, I NOTICED THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THEY JUST STARTED IN BETWEEN THE TWO HOUSES RIGHT THERE.

THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT ALONG THE 2004.

AND I NOTICED THERE'S A, THEY STARTED SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO HOUSES.

THE PUMP THAT'S CURRENTLY MOVING THE SEWER, BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE THAT LINE DIRECTLY NEXT TO TDOT'S DITCH.

ACTUALLY HAVE A PUMP SET, UH, CLOSE TO THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S SECOND HOUSE DOWN, AND THAT'S THE DISCHARGE PIPE FROM, UH, FROM THAT MANHOLE GOING BETWEEN THE HOUSES AND THEN COMING ON THE DRAINAGE, UH, THE PRIVATE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THERE IN THE BACK TO GET IT INTO THAT MANHOLE TO GET IT ACROSS WHAT'S EDUCATED.

ON NORMAL FLOW ON WEDNESDAY.

FOR COMPLETION, UH, WE HAVE PULLED THE SLIP LINE THROUGH THE DAMAGED LINE TODAY.

THEY WILL BE SEALING THE TWO MANHOLES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK

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SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN, HAVE TO TOMORROW.

WE THAT THE STORM BEING PRESENT.

PARDON? HOPE THE STORM DON'T BE PRESENT.

WHAT'D HE SAY? HOPEFULLY NO STORM.

OH, .

Y'ALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF.

, THERE'S A STORM STORM BREWING OUT THERE.

OH, NO.

NO, NO, NO.

YOU CAN SAY NO ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE TRUTH STILL TRUE.

THAT MIGHT HURT YOUR FEELINGS.

IT'S, IT DOES.

THE TRUTH DOES, IT DOES DRAIN SAL.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN SLEEPY HOLLOW IS THAT STREET MESS OVER THERE.

THE STREET MESS IN SLEEPY HOLLOW.

THE SLEEPY HOLLOW IS NOT STARTED.

SLEEPY HOLLOW, THAT AREA OVER THERE.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT CONTRACTOR? AND WE, WE DIDN'T LIKE THE PRODUCT THAT THEY PUT DOWN.

OH, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AT IN BURG.

ORIGINALLY WE HAD CALLED FOR A SPECIFIC TREATMENT OF THE BASE THERE, UH, WITH A PRODUCT THAT WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME POTENTIAL IN USING IN THIS, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR APPLICATION THERE.

UH, THEY STARTED PUTTING IN IT ON BALAM AND IMMEDIATELY WE, WE SAW THE RESULTS OF IT.

IT DIDN'T WORK AS THEY, AS IT WAS CALLED FOR.

SO AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, WE ALL WENT BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PRODUCT.

UH, OR IT'S NOT REACTING THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, OR WAY, THE WAY IT WAS SOLD TO US.

SO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TIMELINES, HOW IT WERE THEY WERE STARTING TO IMPACT ON THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE PROJECT, WE DECIDED TO TAKE SOME ACTION.

SOME EVA ACTION ON THAT ONE DECIDED TO GO INTO WHAT WE HAD ALREADY SET AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH WAS A, AN ALTERNATE, THE ALTERNATE BEING JUST OUR REGULAR STANDARD CEMENT STABILIZATION METHOD, WHICH WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME WE JUST CAN'T BE WASTING MORE TIME.

WE DID, WE WENT OUT, WE HAD THAT FIGURE.

WE MADE A, A REVISION TO THE CONTRACT.

THEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH THAT CEMENT SEND.

THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY'RE DOING.

THESE PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT, THEY HAD THE WRONG IDEA THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO START APPLYING THIS THING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING SLEEPY HOLLOW.

AND WHEN WE SAW THE RESULTS OF THAT AND WE SAW THAT IT WASN'T ADVANCING ANYWHERE, WE PUT A STOP TO THAT AND WE PUT SOME CONDITIONS ON, ON THE CON ON THEM SAYING, YOU WILL NOT GO INTO THAT OTHER PLACE UNTIL YOU START.

WE START SEEING RESULTS IN THESE TWO OTHER PROJECTS, WILLENBERG AND BOSTON.

EVEN WITH ALL THAT THING, THINGS HAVE HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW IN, IN HAPPENING AND WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE, OR WE MADE THE RIGHT CALL ON THAT, ON THAT SITUATION THERE.

SO IT WAS A LEARNING CURVE ON THEM OF WHAT IT WAS GONNA TAKE TO DO THE PROJECT.

THEY HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT IT WAS, AND, UH, WE WEREN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT BUYING ON THAT.

SO NOW THAT THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT, THEY HAVE NOW GONE, I GUESS TO, TO THAT LEARNING CURVE.

THERE ARE ON THAT TOP THERE, THEY'RE STARTING TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY OF WHAT TO EXPECT, WHAT NOT TO EXPRESS, UH, WHAT NOT TO EXPECT.

SO NOW WE'VE GOT 'EM UNDER SOME TYPE OF CONTROL.

SO WE'VE GONE BACK TO TRI AND TRUE MATERIAL.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WE COMMUNICATED.

HAVE WE STAYED? 'CAUSE YOU GUYS DID A REALLY GOOD TOWN HALL BEFORE YOU STARTED THE PROJECT, CORRECT? UM, HAVE WE STAYED IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS? YES.

WE HAD, WE HAD, WE HAD PASSED THE INFORMATION ALONG.

WE, WE, WE WERE UP TO THEM AND TELLING THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T GONNA BE, THAT WE HAD TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAD EXPERIENCED, AND WE WEREN'T GONNA TRY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL.

WE HAD ALREADY COMMITTED OURSELVES AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THAT POINT.

SO COUNSEL HAVE AN EDUCATED GUESS ABOUT WHEN THEY GET OVER SLEEPY ISLAND.

EXCUSE ME.

I'M DO YOU HAVE A NOT UNTIL, NOT UNTIL, NOT UNTIL WE SEE SOME, I MEAN, WE TOLD 'EM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT BLACKTOP COMPLETED IN THOSE TWO STREETS THAT THEY STARTED ON.

GOOD ENOUGH FROM BEFORE WE OPEN THAT UP TO THE OTHER ONE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LION SHARE OF THE PROJECT EASTERN IN SLEEPY HOLLOW.

AND, UH, WE WEREN'T GONNA BE PUTTING, OR, YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE, SHARING EVERYTHING UP ALL AT ONCE.

GETTING NOTHING TO BE DETERMINED.

GOTCHA.

HE, SO WHAT WAS THE, UM, UPDATE FROM THE BORING FROM BILL POND 2 88.

THAT IS BEING COMPLETED.

THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH THAT, UH, THAT, UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR DEATH THAT THEY CAME HERE FOR A CHANGE

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THERE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THE WAY ACROSS THERE.

THEY ARE IN CLEANUP MODE.

THEY SHOULD BE OUT BY, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING THAT PROJECT.

SO WE MADE THE RIGHT CALL ON CHOICE COUNSEL.

ANYBODY ELSE? Y'ALL USUALLY DO.

ARE WE GONNA BE WATERING THOSE ROADS AGAIN SOON WITH OUR LACK OF RAIN YET AGAIN? LACK OF RAIN? NO, IT'S GONNA RAIN .

WELL, IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T RAIN, NO.

YES, WE ARE.

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH OUR CREWS, THEY'VE BEEN SKIPPING THEM.

WELL, UH, YES, I WOULD IMAGINE.

SO.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED THERE.

UH, ORIGINALLY IT WAS, WE WET THE WHOLE WEEK, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE START AGAIN, HEADING DOWN MY SEVEN YEAR APARTMENT COMPLEX.

IT'S GREAT.

IT'S, UH, IT'S MOVING.

NO, MR. MR. MUNDO CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.

HAS IT ONLY BEEN SEVEN YEARS? SEVEN YEARS? NO.

I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL GET AN UPDATE HERE.

I DID NOT TALK TO DAVID.

UH, WE HAD A MEETING WITH HIM A CO, UM, THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO.

AND, BUT I'VE, I HAD, I'VE NOT ASKED HIM IF, UH, IF THERE ARE PROGRESS IN THE FIELD.

SO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BY BUCKY'S, THEY CAME, THEY CALLED, THEY DID CALL FOR AN INSPECTION LAST WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DETAILS WERE ON THAT INSPECTION, BUT THERE IS ACTIVITY.

DO WE KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION BE GETTING CLOSE TO THIS? 50 ISH? YEAH.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE, FROM A, FROM A BUILDING OC PERSPECTIVE, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE OC FOR ALL THE BACK BUILDINGS YET.

I MEAN, SEVEN YEARS WE'RE AT, IT'S INSANE.

I JUST HOLD.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR S ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

RIGHT, SO ONTO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

YOU'RE AN AMAZING INDIVIDUAL, SAL.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US.

I LIKE YOU.

I LIKE YOU TOO.

ALL

[ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]

UH, THIS, UH, LIMITED TO EXPRESSIONS OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS, OR CONDOLENCES ROUGHLY.

WE LET YOU START FIRST, MR. HARRINGTON, ANYTHING, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE SAY IS, UM, KUDOS EVERYBODY FOR THE FIVE.

UM, MODESTO WAS OUT THERE WITH HIS TEAM, UM, FIREFIGHTERS, EMS POLICE.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH EVERYONE IN THEIR ASPECT OF THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY FOR HELPING OUT MR. FUEL.

NO MA'AM.

MR. SCHOOLER? NO MA'AM.

COUNCILMAN BAKER? THE ONLY THING, I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE WITH THE APARTMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT FROM THE, UH, CITY MANAGER.

SO, UM, BRIAN HAD, UH, CONVERSED WITH EMS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, RED CROSS OVER THE WEEKEND.

RED CROSS HAD SET UP A, UM, FACILITY, UM, A TEMPORARY HOUSING AT THE LGI, UH, BUT NO FAMILIES DEVELOP THEMSELVES OF IT.

UH, SO THEY CLOSED IT DOWN, I BELIEVE ON SUNDAY.

UM, THERE IS, UH, VARIOUS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, UH, GOING ON.

WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO USE THE CIVIC CENTER IN THE TERRA ROOM FOR THREE DAYS JUST TO PUT SOME CLOTHING OUT AND SPREAD IT OUT.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A SPACE TO LAY EVERYTHING OUT SO THE FAMILIES CAN COME AND KIND OF, UH, PICK IT UP.

BUT THAT'S BEING HANDLED BY, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND WE'RE JUST OFFERING, UH, THE ROOM AND FOR THE FAMILY TO BE USED.

UH, I BELIEVE RED CROSS HAS, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH EACH FAMILY FOR SOME TYPE OF, UH, STIPEND OR SO, UH, TO HELP THEM OUT, UH, TEMPORARILY.

AND THAT'S THE UPDATE.

HOW MANY, FOR HOW MANY APARTMENTS DID WE LOSE? UH, THERE WERE 12 APARTMENTS IN THAT BUILDING, BUT I THINK THERE WERE 10 OR 11 FA 11 FAMILIES.

10 OR 11 FAMILIES.

IS IT TOO EARLY TO COME UP WITH A CALL OR TOO EARLY? UM, I HAVE TO TALK TO THE FIRE MARSHAL, UH, ABOUT THAT.

THAT WOULD, I, IT, I'D BE OUT OF PLACE THEN.

OF SAYING WHAT THAT WAS NO PROBLEM.

I THINK I KNOW, UM, UH, ON THERE BECAUSE, UH, SOMEONE WAS ADMITTING WHAT THEY DID.

BUT I DUNNO, IS THERE, UM, IS THERE A PLACE THAT, UH, CITIZENS COULD DONATE CLOTHES OR I'M, I'LL GET TO THAT.

I'VE GOT INFORMATION ON THAT.

MR. , BESIDES NEVER WANTING TO GO THROUGH A SEVEN YEAR APARTMENT COMPLEX? NO, I'M GOOD.

DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS, UH, OUR EMS, UH, THE BEST NEWS OUT OF ALL OF THAT.

SO AGAIN, YES.

UH, I HAVE TO ECHO COUNCILMAN HARRINGTON.

UH, PHENOMENAL JOB BY ALL DEPARTMENTS.

OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE

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THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE, BUT NO LOSS OF LIFE.

SO WELL DONE.

AND ALL OF DEPARTMENTS YOU GUYS GOT OVER THERE, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, UM, RESPONSE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

UM, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THIS IS THE WAY THIS SHOULD WORK, IS THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS LIKE THIS.

UM, THERE IS CITIZEN DONATION DROP-OFFS AT MEGA REALTY DOWN HERE, UM, DOWNTOWN LAKE JACKSON, SWEET TEAS DINER, AND FREEPORT IS TAKING DONATIONS.

AND THEN SEVEN SOULS TATTOOS HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKING DONATIONS.

UM, THEY ARE PRETTY OVERWHELMED AT THIS POINT.

UH, MR. MOODY FROM MEGA HAS SENT ME PICTURES.

THERE'S LIKE, THEY HAVE NO MORE SPACE TO TAKE STUFF AT THIS POINT.

UM, I DO KNOW SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT, THEY WANTED TO DO AN AUCTION AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.

AND BASED ON TIME AND THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT THAT TAKES, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO COLLECT, UM, LIKE FOOD GIFT CARDS, WALMART GIFT CARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO GET TO DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILIES.

UM, SO I THINK STARTING TOMORROW MAYBE THEY WILL BE AT THE CIVIC CENTER TRYING TO, UM, KIND OF ITEMIZE EVERYTHING AND THEN GET AHOLD OF THE FAMILIES AND LET THEM COME GET WHAT THEY NEED.

SO, GREAT JOB TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS GOING TO END OUR REGULAR SESSION AT 7 51.

AND I DON'T NEED EXECUTIVE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

TAKE THAT OFF.