>> the time is six o'clock and 10 seconds,
so we will go ahead and get this meeting of the angleton city council to order. We do have a quorum present.
all are accounted for. Thank you all for being in attendance tonight. We have some great things to celebrate and a lot of things to deliberate.
I guess we'll move right onto the pledge and the invocation.
can you please stand and remain standing for the pledge and then the invocation after?
>>
>> [inaudible] father, again, we come to you to thank you always for your mercy and your goodness.
father thank you for being there at all times when we can call on you.
you hear us, we thank you for your love.
thank you for our city, for those who lead us
and work for us here in the city staff and throughout,
bless them, keep them safe. We ask you tonight lord for your guidance,
your wisdom as we make decisions, father may they be first favorable to you and favorable to people we serve.
we love you. In christ name, we pray. Amen >> amen.
>> we do know that there's a lot of people in the city that are dealing with the power outage this evening,
so let's hopefully help our neighbors if they need to be cooled down or need water,
or anything else till their power gets back. Citizens wishing to address council?
I have two. I'll mention in the order I received them. First is bill burton, [inaudible] laura loop,
would you like to talk about general comment?
>> hello, everyone. My name is bill burton. I'm the president of the property owners association and the angleton heritage court.
I know that the agenda tonight doesn't include concerts in the park,
or I don't even think it's been presented to you all or the board parks either.
but I wanted to bring some light on this to get some attention on it. I received an email from martha eighme on may 31st,
the director of communications for the city to issue a survey to
the residents in my area to see if they were interested in having those concerts moved to that venue.
I immediately started getting emails and phone calls about upset people that don't want
that kind of noise and crowd and all the things that go along with those larger concerts in our area.
some of the homes in our subdivision are less than 300 feet from what would be the stage,
that's less than a football field minus the end zones; it's really, really close.
it's not far enough away to have 36-inch speakers,
amplifiers, and mixing boards for three and four-piece bands that are just really loud.
it's a heavily populated area for that kind of activity.
the distance between veterans park and lakeside park is,
according to google, is 1.27 miles. Occasionally, over the last couple of years,
we've been able to hear noise from the concerts on friday nights from veterans park as it is now.
I can only imagine how loud it would be that close to our homes.
people who would be most affected would include infants,
small children, and elderly, and it doesn't matter what time of day or what day of the week it is,
those people will be assaulted by the sound because they're so close.
extreme noise from live bands would also have an effect on family pets and livestock that's close in the area.
I've started talking to some of the neighboring communities in our area,
and we discovered that one of the homeowners that's near
the veterans park just was included in an article in the fax, becky briant,
and she talked with her neighbors in that area, and they collectively cited that there's trash all over the neighborhoods,
driveways and yards are being blocked by cars, there's excessive noise, and the one thing that really stuck out to me was
intoxicated concertgoers walking through their neighborhoods.
I also received a letter when we collected petitions from breck koelemay,
who's the head of the christian school, and he's quite concerned about it as well.
they don't want parking on their grounds because of the damage that it could cause people parking
in the grass and other areas from the concertgoers tearing up their activity areas.
they're concerned about trash being left by the concertgoers,
as well as the stress it would cause to the residents in the area. Another concern our communities harbor is even more concert
and large crowd events being added to lakeside park at a later time. This will just further erode the erosion of peace and quiet
the citizens of angleton have a right to in their own homes. Lakeside park is not suited for a large venue concert like free concerts in the park.
on behalf of heritage court, heritage oaks, and the surrounding communities,
I urge you to define or pursue another location for these large events
because this heavily populated area that we live in is just too small. Thank you for your time.
>> thank you. >> thank you.
>> can I leave these petitions with you? >> you alluded to it, so I'll go ahead and caller her now. Becky briant. [laughter]
>> thank you, council.
I'd just like to reiterate my concerns from the last meeting that I spoke about the concerts at veterans park,
the loud noise, vehicles parking in residential areas, blocking driveways, parking on grassy areas in front of homes,
and our very important issues, and additionally, the loud people wandering through the neighborhoods,
back to their cars that are parked in the residential areas that could possibly have been drinking alcohol,
and then getting in the cars and driving off. Some residents near veterans park are
about 400 feet from the stage and the stages facing their homes. There's also a resident next door to the bridge church on
magnolia street that's about 158 feet from veterans park. The residents are tired of it.
our neighborhood consists of a mixture of elderly people, middle-aged individuals, young families with newborns,
and young children, and young adults. I had recently heard that the city was considering moving the concerts to lakeside park.
it's important to note that we do not want to pit neighborhoods against each other.
both the neighborhoods close to veterans park and those near lakeside park agree that we do not want the concerts in our backyards,
we do not want them in our neighborhoods. We are united in this concern and are asking the city council for
a solution that respects both of our neighborhoods needs. Thank you for your time.
>> thank you. >> thank you. >> that's all I have. Michelle,
did you receive any additional? >> no, I didn't. >> all right. Thank you all for speaking.
of course, we can't take any action, but it has been noted. Moving on to ceremonial presentations.
item number 1, presentation of the angleton exchange club officer of the year. Council, would you like to come forward,
please, to the front?
>> good evening, mayor and council. On behalf of the angleton exchange club,
my name is breah knape, and I am president of the exchange club this year. We would like to recognize corporal cobos and
officer kevin ramirez for their heroic actions on june 24th, 2023.
both of these officers have been recognized by the exchange club texas,
louisiana gulf coast district at our 59th annual crime prevention luncheon in april,
and we just wanted to take the opportunity to recognize them here at home tonight, and we'll be presenting them with
national exchange club officer of the year medals for them. If you guys want to join us up at the front,
and I believe corporal cobos's family is here, if we could take a picture, let them take a picture too.
[applause].
>> thank you. >> thank you, council. >> congratulations. [background] [laughter]
>> chief, would you like to say anything? [laughter]
>> I'm proud of the guys. I can't go without them. I would love to talk when I talk about our team and the folks that protect the citizens,
I can talk all day about them. These guys made me so proud.
there's a young lady that's living today because of them,
I told everybody at the exchange because it was like a hollywood movie. If you saw it, not on channel 11,
but if you saw it, it was everything. The power lines were down, the car was burning,
the grass was burning, and these guys went right in there. Proud to have you.
>> thank you, chief. [applause]
>> thank you. >> thank you. [background]
>> item number 2, presentation of employee service awards. >> good evening, mayor and council.
tonight, we recognize two employees, the assistant marketing and communications assistant,
courtney landers for five years of service. [applause].
>> I'm going to edit this later for [inaudible] [laughter]
>> next, we recognize kyle reynolds, assistant director of development services for 10 years of service.
[applause]
>> thanks, tom. >> [background] >> thank you.
>> yes. [inaudible], I think. Thanks.
>> thank you. >> then the last young man couldn't be here tonight, but he is a luke ron,
and he works at the recreation center. He's been here five years. [applause]
>> we're flying through this agenda. Consent agenda. Item number 3, discussion of possible action on continuing
the participation in the missouri county community development block grant, also known as cdbg and home program for
federal fiscal year 2025 2027 by cooperative agreement.
item number 4, discussion of possible action to approve resolution number 20240611-004,
accepting a grant award and designating authorized signatories for contractual documents and documents for requesting
funds pertaining to the journal land office community development block grant mitigation supplemental program
and providing that this resolution shall become effective from and after its passage. Council?
>> I make a motion to approve the consent agenda.
>> second. >> I have a motion by mayor pro tem, townsend, second by councilman roberts for approval. Any further discussion?
>> [inaudible], do we have any idea what projects these two are going to be for. [overlapping]
>> the first one is we're going to use for sewer, so it has to be low to moderate income.
>> okay. >> I think we're doing what station, abe?
>> 27. >> 25. >> 27? >> 25 shanks road area. >> yes, sir. Then the second one is
the glo grant that allows us to do the comprehensive master plan,
so it's a fully funded piece and we've got on line.
>> thank you. >> any further discussion? Call for the vote.
all those in favor signify comply by saying aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed, same sign.
motion carries. Now we're going move to public hearings and action items. Item number 5, conduct a public hearing discussion and possible action to
approve ordinance number 20240611-005, a specific use permit for approximately 0.23 acres of land currently zoned cg,
commercial general district, allowing for cosmetic tattoo studio use at 105 east wilkins street,
legally described as a0380jee j valderos tract 99c,
acres 0.23 angleton missouri county, texas.
>> good evening, mayor and council. This is a public hearing as well as an action item
based on an ordinance that would cause this property, which is currently zoned commercial general,
to have an overlay of a sup, specific use permit.
it's basically for a temporary cosmetic type tattoo used for the premises.
they would be located at this particular address. As I stated, the zoning,
went before the planning commission on june 6, in which they unanimously recommended approval of the use.
we have notified everyone within 200 feet of the property and it was duly posted in terms of the agenda,
posting legal advertisement requirements. There's no issues. It's been recommended positively by
the planing commission and staff based on conditions that they satisfy the licensing requirements with the state
and receive proper occupancy permit through the department. This is a public hearing. Thank you.
>> council, do I have a motion to open the public hearing. >> [inaudible].
>> motion by councilwoman daniel, second by councilman booth to open the public hearing.
all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed, same sign.
motion carries. We are now in a public hearing. Anyone in the audience wishing to speak on or for against this item,
please approach the podium and tell us if you're for or against it.
>> hi. My name is meghan ward. I'm actually the cosmetic tattooer.
I'm here to answer any questions if anyone's not sure about what services I offer and
how it varies from a traditional body tattoo shop, which I am not.
>> okay. You're for this?
>> I am for this. [laughter] >> okay. >> sorry.
>> well, what we'll do is we'll go out of public hearing.
if we have any questions from the council, we can call you up to the podium. >> all right. >> we'll go ahead and get you on record as a for.
>> perfect. [inaudible]
>> you can direct it only to us. >> okay. >> approach the person podium, state your name. [laughter]
>> sorry. >> thank you, brian. I just have a question.
since it sounds wilkins, you said it's not like a traditional tattoo,
I'm all about quiet, I don't want any music, any close to anything else close to
me not going to have anything like that, just more cosmetic? >> right. >> okay. >> [inaudible].
>> anyone else wishing to speak on or for against this item, please approach the podium. Once more. Council?
>> make a motion to close the public hearing. >> second. >> motion by councilman roberts,
second by mayor pro tem, townsend to close the public hearing. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
>> aye. >> all those opposed, same sign. We're now out of the public hearing.
council. I just had a question for you-all.
>> sure.
>. Yes, sir. >> how long have you been doing this? >> almost three years.
coming up on end of august would be about three years.
>> do you currently have a studio anywhere? >> yes. I do currently have a studio that I work part-time at in webster.
>> this will be your first time to have your own studio here in angleton? >> yes, sir.
>> nice. >> if I remember correctly, we've approved something similar before.
>> microbladings. >> microblading?
>> how is this different? >> with microblading, the technician is using
a hand-tool and a bunch of needles that are bound together in a blade,
almost like a scalpel, and they're just using hand pressure to slit a hair stroke into the skin.
what I use is with a machine and a very fine needle, almost like an acupuncture needle,
and I'm slightly etching it into the skin at a height in the epidermis as a safe zone,
whereas with microblading, you can get a little too deep in the skin,
causes infections, causes unsavory long term results.
what I do is more practical, safer,
and can actually fade in a general time
that we want brows to fade in because we don't want them to permanently be on our face forever.
>> thanks. >> yes, sir.
>> I make a motion to approve. >> second.
>> can I make suggest on that? Do we follow what the stipulations were that
the planning and zoning committee recommended? >> then mine to include the stipulations.
>> second.
>> [overlapping] I have a motion and amended motion. The amended motion by mayor pro-tem townsend.
the second amended is by councilman sarton to approve
the specific use permit subject to the conditions that were set forth by planning zoning commission.
any further discussion? I'll call for vote.
all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. Aye. >> all those opposed, same sign.
motion carries. Good luck. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. Appreciate your business in angleton.
>> at number six, conduct a public hearing, discussion of possible action to approve resolution number 20240611-006,
designating certain officials as being responsible for acting for,
and on behalf of the city and dealing with the texas parks and wildlife department for the purpose of
participating in the local parks non urban outdoor recreation grant program.
certifying that the city is eligible to receive program assistance, certifying that the matching share of this application is readily available at this time,
and dedicated to proposed site for permanent public park and recreational uses.
>> yes. Good evening, mayor and council, just to open up regarding the public hearing,
the city of angleton would like to apply for the local parks mount urban outdoor recreation grant
offered by the texas wildlife department to provide funding for the construction of abigail areas park.
the public hearing and approved resolution is a requirement of the grant application.
this grant, in particular, provides a 50% match on
a reimbursement basis to eligible applicants for grant selling of $750,000.
grant funding can be used for the acquisition while that's not needed.
it can also be used for the development of public recreation areas and facilities throughout the state of texas and must be dedicated.
the trigger here. We mentioned this before is that once you accept a grant from tpw,
similar to this, this park land has to be dedicated in perpetuity as a public park area.
in your agenda packet, you see that we do have beyond the 50% match.
we will note that in the grant application. That would I hope,
look favorable to us when we do so. Of the two million,
of course, like I mentioned, that would be utilized 750,000 would be used as the 50% match.
again, we'll have an overage. The awarded funds, if awarded,
they would be used to assist with design services, park committee,
construction, which would include whatever we designate as we get to that point.
a design development can be utilized up to 12% of the grant funding provided.
[inaudible].
>> council to have a motion from oakland park. >> I make a motion. >> second. >> motion by mayor pro-tem townsend,
second by councilman roberts. We signify call for the vote.
all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed, same signing out a public hearing.
anyone wishing to speak on for against the signing, please approach the podium.
once again, anyone wishing to speak on for against this item, please approach the podium.
>> I'll make a motion to close the public hearing. >> second. >> motion by mayor pro-tem townsend.
second by councilman roberts, to close the public hearing. Call for the vote. All those in favor, signify by saying aye.
>> aye. >> all those posed. Same sign. We are now out of public hearing.
counsel, do we have any motion on this? >> I'll make a motion to approve resolution number 20240611-006.
>> second. >> motion by councilman roberts, second by councilman boos for approval.
>> I do like the expedited motion, but I do have a question. How long would we expect to find that?
>> the timeline, that is a great question. Actually, the timeline is the grant application deadline is august 1st.
we have to have all of our information in by august 1st.
the commission will meet, I believe it's in november, make a selection on the grants that they want to want to approve.
they will do a site visit for those that they're planning to award in january and
hope to execute a contract with each of the municipalities in between march,
april, may time period. Anything that we expend prior to that date we can't put in the grant application.
this is going to be very similar for future ones that we will be bringing to not just tonight, but probably in subsequent city council meetings.
that's very important to know, good question.
>> in theory we could expend up to 1.25 million
and I guess somehow leave a balance of 750 for matching purposes.
>> right. You already have yes. We can move forward with design,
which we would want to do anyway. We select a firm, which will likely be coming to city council.
next council meeting on the 25th, we'll select a firm, move forward with design development with whatever firm we select.
I'll take a couple of months, then they're going to move into the actual construction document development.
again, several additional months, probably another four, that's probably going to take us.
into the next year. We should be notified at that point.
once we get ready for bidding construction, I'm hoping that we would be entering into
an agreement with texas park like awarded this grant, and those funds could then be utilized in the construction of the park.
when we submit the application, we're going to lean very heavily on our budget breakdown on construction
since professional services really are going to be going on during this time.
but that's not to say if we need additional professional services done,
that that can't be accounted for in the later end. [inaudible].
>> no. If I understand. >> right. We will request the 750 because we have
a lot of points on their evaluation criteria that they meet,
for instance meeting a need that is not otherwise served in angleton.
on the south side of town, that is working in our favor. We have our master plan filed with texas parks and wildlife.
this is building this park is a master plan initiative.
we're hitting several different components that again, will really work in our favor for the criteria.
>> I like it. >> the only thing I would like to caution us
on is the fact that once we're awarded the grant,
that's a park forever. >> that's correct. >> same thing with welch. >> right. Another thing that I should mention
is when you're talking about components that you're installing,
that matters as well. They like to see longevity about,
I think it's 25 years for park components and 44 aquatic components.
as you know, one of our amenities, top amenities desired at this park is a splash pack,
so we just need to be very cartonizt of that and make sure that we're willing to maintain a splash pack for the next 40 years.
>> okay. It's a legitimate concern.
I get it, but I also feel like that location is going to otherwise be hard to develop.
>> I just want to make sure we're all aware of that and go forward with it not against it.
>> other than being a parking perturity, or handcuffs associated with the grant,
grants always have hooks on the outcome.
>> that is the biggest one. One that we've had recent conversations about,
especially as it relates to ruben welch, the same rules apply, that it does have to remain open to the public.
if we, for some reason, decided to lease the property,
it still has to be a public serving facility.
what texas parks and wildlife has told us before, that if we enter into a p3 if you decided,
hey, we don't want to manage this anymore, we're going to hire a company to do that. They want to see a percentage going back to the park and recreation department.
there are stipulations like that, and one that we're still seeking clarification on,
not necessarily as it relates to this park, but ones that we have tpw grants tied two are can
we close it at all for emergency purposes, what have you, or does it have to remain open all the time?
we anticipate that the answer is going to be, if you're an emergency situation,
we understand that it's circumstantial and temporal,
but we don't have those answers yet.
>> who made the motion? >> I did. >> then you seconded it.
>> yes. >> okay. I can't remember here [inaudible]
>> I got a motion and a second. Any further discussion at this time? Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
>> [overlapping] aye. >> all those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. >> thank you.
>> thank you. >> item number 7. Conduct a public hearing, discussion and possible action to approve resolution number 20240611-007,
designating certain officials as being responsible for acting for and on behalf of the city in dealing with the texas parks & wildlife department for
the purpose of participating in the local park small community recreation grant program
certifying that the city is eligible to receive program assistance, certifying that the matching share for this application is readily available at this time
and dedicating that the proposed site for permanent public park and recreational uses.
>> yes. To give a brief overview before we open the public hearing, again,
the city of angleton would like to apply for a local park small community recreation grant
offered by texas parks & wildlife department to provide funding for the construction of freedom park active area improvements.
again, a public hearing and approved resolution is a requirement of the grant application.
this is also a 50% matching grant for eligible applicants with grant sealing of $150,000.
we do have $900,000 allocated already for freedom park improvements,
so we again, would have an over match in this scenario.
what we would utilize this funding for is we will be taking to
ablc design proposal for professional services for that active area.
for those that are unfamiliar with what we're referring to. This is specifically regarding the construction of a 325 foot baseball field, dugouts,
covered seating, landscaping, and irrigation, as well as an accessible route for access to these improvements.
we know that that budget already is very limited in order to incorporate and construct those components,
so we are trying to apply for and seek out as many funds as we can.
we have another strategic opportunity that we'll bring to you in the near future for additional funding,
but this is one that was a no brainer for us. Since we already have the funds readily available,
we thought it was in our best interest to apply for this. The scope of work and proposal that we will present to ablc is right around 99,000.
this can cover that cost so that again,
most of the fees allocated for this project go towards the construction of a project.
>> council do I have a motion open public hearing. >> open motion to open public hearing.
>> second. >> motion by mayor pro tem townsend. Second by councilman daniel to open the public hearing.
all those in favor, signify by saying aye. >> [overlapping] aye. >> all those opposed, same sign.
we are now in public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on for against this item, please approach the podium, statement.
once again, anyone wishing to speak on for against this item, please approach the podium.
>> make a motion. Close the public hearing. >> second. >> motion by mayor pro tem townsend.
second by councilman roberts. He barely got you. Call for the vote.
all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. >> [overlapping] aye. >> all those opposed, same sign.
we're now out of public hearing. Council.
>> you said there's a $99,000, what are we talking about there?
>> ablc was presented back in april with a proposal for
the active area design for the active area.
I can't even remember what that proposal was, but it included all the amenities.
it was much more would have dipped in pretty heavily into the $900,000 that was allocated for the development of this project.
the development of this project is already estimated at the low end just over $900,000, and that's the low end.
we had a low, medium, and high range maybe that went to 1.2,
don't quote me on that. >> 1.4. >> 1.4.
>> was the high end. >> yes. We know that we're, you know, going to be in that area.
a lot of that depends on how we design this field, what materials we're using, all of those things,
which has not been determined at this point in time. But going out for this grant allows us a little more flexibility to pay for the design,
don't include that in the construction costs. You can think of it however you want.
we're going to pay for design upfront. Really the grant, what we would be applying for is
partial construction because we're going to have to do the design before we can move forward with construction.
again, it's the same timeline as the one that we just mentioned. >> I was about to ask you.
>> we're going to have to start spending money on design before we can move forward to construction.
the approach for the application of this grant will be regarding the construction of the amenity.
again, that is assigned to our master plan, that was already noted in there,
so we're hopeful that will be ranked high.
>> is your purpose for the citizens, the kids that don't have a field to play on at this time?
>> right. >> right. I make a motion to approve.
>> second. >> motion by mayor pro tem townsend.
I think councilman roberts got the second or he just right here on my ear. [laughter]
>> he's in your good ear. >> call for the vote or any further discussion on the side.
call for the vote. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. >> [overlapping] aye.
>> all those opposed, same sign. Thank you, ma'am. On the regular agenda. Item number 8.
discussion of possible action on a final plat for ashland utility reserve for 0.23 acres of
land containing two reserves and one block for utility purposes out of the shubael?
>> shubael marsh. >> shubael marsh survey,
a-81 and a-82, missouri county, texas, as submitted by ashland ray development.
>> thank you, mayor. Council, this is a final plat for a utility reserve as well as a lift station reserve.
on the two reserves, one block, as noted, this is ashland development in retj.
this final plat went before the planning commission, and the city engineer did review the plat.
you see the markup. I think there. The applicants did come back with a response to
the second submittal for clearing those comments in which the city engineer has done so and has
issued a no objection for this particular final plat,
which will be subject to any referral agency approvals,
and finally signed off by the city engineer. There was one question on the future street naming,
and we feel confident that it'll all be cleared up as well. We're recommending approval here.
it was approved by the planning commission unanimously 7-0 on june 6.
this plat is subject to a waiver letter, which was submitted in terms of the timeliness due to the development being
halted for some other approvals through the state as well as on the drainage side.
they are resubmitting those plats, so you'll be seeing a number of plats in your meetings to come.
it's been recommended for approval for the final plat. Thank you.
>> council.
>> it's located about 1,200 feet or so from 521, as you know,
there's a east west major arteria 120 foot right away, it's off of that and just directly east of the recreational center in that core.
yeah, that's the location. I'm sorry. You have a copy of that in the packet.
>> maybe I don't understand plats as well as some other members of council here.
but my concern draws from the fact that when I look at what's in our packet,
specifically, maybe I'm not looking at the right page here,
but I can't see what page, is 78, I think. Anyway, there is still a fire station on that main east west corridor.
[overlapping] relocated to 521,
and I'm really starting to get concerned whether that's going to get done. That's a big deal to me.
it needs to be a fire station accessible to the entire community, not just to that subdivision.
the fact that I keep seeing it hasn't been adjusted, no changes made.
>> yes, sir. We've been in touch with the developer. He has committed to bringing that location before council in the very near future,
along with the conversations with txdot on the peter road connection as well.
they're making some advancement there. We'll make a priority to speak with you soon about that with the developer.
but they are committed to that, and we did stress the urgency of locating the fire station.
they had no issues with that to be located in one of the commercial reserves along 521.
>> this is lift stations because that's what we're talking about, right?
>> yes, where the lift stations. >> the lift station is lifting the sewer down to the south, right?
>> there's another utilities, I think it's for gas and viper.
[inaudible] is represented here. However, I don't think we have any engineering
to give you the connectivity there unless you, steve, want to comment there,
but that would be on lift station. >> has the wastewater treatment plant been approved?
>> the wastewater treatment plant is a separate reserve that has been subject to the referral agencies,
but it has not been recorded, correct. >> are we doing this backwards again?
we're approving [background] the system
to a point that hasn't been approved.
>> one of the things that we're looking at is they have to get approval of where they want from pcq,
find the outfall, make sure everything comes on that. The plat is the plat,
but they do have the opportunity to come back and re-plat again if they need to move it,
but it would be on their [inaudible] to do that. They're trying to move forward.
I know they've got some communications with tceq on that and with outfall because,
of course, you're going to have to look at the stream, what's all on the stream, what all you have to do,
what you can release, what you can't release. That takes a little bit of time to get to that point.
>> they pretty much centrally located this lift station so everything will gravity flow to the lift station,
the lift station will then pump to the sewer plan. That's what it appears to be.
I haven't seen a master plan in place. >> the lift station and the treatment plant will be in the grant provided by the city.
I believe [inaudible]. >> for now. >> service. It would be the mud.
>> but doesn't it become our problem later? >> they'd have to approach the city [overlapping].
>> what do you mean much later like 50 years, 40, I can't remember what it was. Thirty.
>> thirty years. >> now the way we like to sit here and complain about councils about 30,
40 years ago, that would be us. [laughter]
>> time changes, things evolve.
council, do I have any action?
>> I'll make a motion to approve the file of plant of ash and utility in the station reserves.
>> do I have a second? >> second. >> I have a motion by councilman booth and seconded by counselman roberts for approval.
>> subject to final sign off by [inaudible].
>> do you amend your motion to include that wording?
>> yes, I will. >> amend your second?
>> yes, I'll amend the second. >> amending the motion and amending the second to make sure that the wording of
the [inaudible] the engineer subject
to the final signoff by the city engineer and all referral agencies is included.
>> just out of curiosity, is that enough land to take care of this?
seems like a very small land. >> that would be an engineering question but we would assume they would maximize it.
>> oh, we know what happens when we assume a developer is going to do something.
>> well, I'm not an engineer, is what I'm saying. But I didn't receive any grant.
>> he has to go through construction and all of that.
>> let's just say it says subject to city engineer. Let's say city engineer says,
no, you need a bigger spot of land, what happens then? They come back to us? If they had to replat it or they're just [overlapping].
>> construction would not be completed until that's corrected.
>> I doubt that's going to be a case but I'm just curious.
>> victor, have any of our list station is that big over a quarter of an acre?
>> I don't believe so, no. Not that close.
>> no, it's accessible on the west side by public street.
site labeled b is going to contain the lift station.
that's the sum that goes down to the ground, the pumps, electrical components that run the plant.
a is just open ground where we're discussing things.
I think it's only fair to counsel that if we're going to have to approve a final plat,
that we get the final plat without any stipulations at all.
I've mentioned this in the past. I don't know if it's not important or what.
>> we do have a copy of the correct [overlapping]. >> I assume this is the final plat.
I know you didn't pack it together.
but it's become somewhat commonplace.
we sit up here and prove stuff with stipulations.
we just bring the final plat to us. If they don't bring the plat to us then they'll come back next month.
>> that's my fault for not attaching it.
>> you're not the one preparing a plat. >> I understand.
>> the developer is preparing the plat. Their legal team is preparing all this stuff. I've done it before.
I've been in this rodeo many times. But just to come something out there and say,
here, and when it's good, we will bring you the good thing and you can sign it.
I think that's treating counsel like we're second class citizens.
we're trying to go hand in hand with the developer.
maybe going forward, everything is cleared up.
>> we agree with you 100%. This is a shot clock,
getting it from the planning commission to you and getting it on the agenda posting.
I just have a hard copy this evening, I'm willing to share it this evening.
but moving forward, we'll make sure we try to get it within that 30-day shot clock period. Thank you.
>> well, the shot clock is subject to the fact that they've submitted the right documents.
if the final plat is not submitted and that's not a final plat and the shot clock does not apply to that.
that's my impression of it. >> it depends. >> you got to have the right document.
>> I think the real problem here, quite frankly, is that your p&z just met on thursday and you have 72 hours to post.
I will add that we are not legally obligated to post anything in the packet. The only legal obligation we have is an agenda.
if there is something that you want us to do different,
one of the things I could suggest is that you just have the table here with the plats on them.
but the p&z meeting on thursday and a 72-hour for us to post,
everything has to be posted on friday. If p&z tells them to do something and they do it and we don't get it till monday,
there is no way. I don't know how we would get it into the packet in time.
>> we would submit the final plat. All the stuff taken care of to planning and zoning.
[overlapping]. >> that's true.
>> we approved the final plat that was presented to them without any stipulation.
>> then I agree with you. I absolutely agree with you.
>> counsel, we have a motion and the second on the floor so I'll go past any further discussion on this item.
>> I can volunteer that I communicate to meta what city council has said.
perhaps if it comes from me, they might actually listen. >> meta is not the developer.
they are consultant to the developer. >> meta prepares the preliminaries,
quiddity prepares the final plat. >> oh, quiddity. Then let me rephrase.
I can send a letter to quiddity saying, please, alter your pattern of behavior.
>> the plat didn't work until the engineer and the surveyor signed and sealed.
it's just a piece of paper. [noise]
>> any further discussion on this side? Go ahead and call for the vote.
all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed?
>> aye.
>> we'll take denial based on what's been presented.
>> yes. >> thank you. >> good job. >> I think that's a valid point that they know when the b&z meeting is.
if they have to drive down here and bring it personally, then that's what they should do.
>> item number 9, discussion on possible action to approve hdr's proposal on the amount of
$223,316.50 for the 288b utility improvements.
>> good evening, council. We've been working with council and also working with textile
on this issue in preparation for the 288b downtown improvements with the sidewalks, the ta grants.
we've been talking and coming to council talking about how we can reroute to meet txdot standards.
I have met with txdot, again since the last time we met.
we looked at slip line. We wanted to try to slip line the existing line through
the existing line with a smaller diameter.
it's on the upstream in. We'll give you plenty capacity, but txdot will not allow that.
they want it to be cased. If it's going through their easement,
it has to be completely cased. With that being said,
we've been given direction. The casing is going to have to be hdpe pipe for both sanitary and for water.
water, we're able to move it underneath and move it around, because of the pressure.
we don't have to have it online, but on the sanitary, we've got to keep it at the same.
we've got starting and stopping points. We have to meet that. That'll have to be open-cut through the street,
which is going to add some effort, as you can see,
on it to go and get additional traffic control,
additional permitting, things of that nature.
we can't pipe burst it and get a bigger pipe to where you
could pull the hdpe through it and blow it out.
it's not going to be able to because of the casing, through the existing storm shuts put in in the late '90s.
it will have to be open-cut. We'll have to chip that casing out.
I'm assuming that casing wasn't sized for spacers because we [inaudible] the line, the line is clay.
typically, you don't put spacers around in place. I think what happens they probably put a split per casing around [inaudible]
they could to get through the box over and left it long after that.
it will require that. With all that being said,
we have completed the survey. We're ready to move forward into the design of it,
and we're requesting council to approve hdr to move forward with the design,
the bid phase, and the construction administration for the utility improvements that
are attached to the proposal for the amount of $223,316.50.
this includes amount of
$14,200 for coordination with txdot to get all that stuff through, but it's hourly.
if I can get it through quicker and faster, we won't charge it.
it's only if we need it. I wanted to make sure I pointed that out to you-all that it's not a lump sum.
we get it if we need it, we can do it. I provided a schedule as well as you can see on the signature page.
due to a potential back and forth with txdot,
when we did wire street, it went back and forth three or four times for just a simple connection.
we think it'll take six months. I'm going to try my best to beat that as fast as I can,
but that's the schedule that we have right now just because of the back and forth with txdot on the design.
once the design is done, it'll take two months through the bid phase.
we'll execute the contract. Then after that, it'll take four months to complete.
with that, I'll open it up to any questions.
again, just to be clear, we're going to auger underneath 288 with the water.
it will be just the sanitary that we have to open-cut.
>> in this, you have the road repair? >> yes.
>> where's that on the line item? Is it under the 900,000 estimated construction costs?
>> yes, sir. That's part of that.
>> when you go out for bid, you're going to go out for bid to a contractor who's going to do the whole thing turnkey, correct?
>> yes, sir. That's what we'll do. They'll sub out what they can't do themselves.
yes, that is I didn't print out that cost estimate. Unfortunately, it didn't get printed,
but yes, we do have, if you look in the exhibit, there is a point repair included in that as well.
>> we talked it through a bit last time we talked about the project.
>> I really thought we had a good solution for trying to slip line it, just leaving the existing line alone,
but that was next during our conversations with txdot.
>> when you do have to cut open, what's through it?
how long would you expect that to leak to do that portion?
>> well, it depends on, I'm hoping what they do is they'll work in a block to where,
they're in different locations, but they'll do track control on a block where they'll do the sanitary and the water line at the same time.
water line can be set back to where you don't have any effects into it,
but will keep the construction close by. When they do the saw cut,
the pavement removal, dig down, remove the clay pipe,
they'll actually have to chip out the existing casing in
the actual structure where it's a conflict structure to allow it to go across the stone sewer and lay it in.
I think they could probably do it in a week's time to put it in, close it. They'll rock it probably at first.
then once they get all of them in, they'll bring in an asphalt to top off all together.
probably each individual crossing will probably take a week to get across,
but the project will take a little bit more time to come back and asphalt, everything.
>> remind me there are three of these crossings? >> I think there's four.
>> three or four? >> yes, sir.
>> let's just 30,000 foot view, what's the benefit of the city of doing this?
>> as far as doing this, two; one, your infrastructure that you have in underneath the investment for that grant,
I can never say that you won't have an issue, but the likelihood of a failure or something that could
damage your improvements is significantly reduced when you start using materials such as pvc and
hdpe versus your cast iron that you've already had multiple breaks on,
your clay pipe, weak tv, it's moving. It's got racks everywhere.
it's collapsing. You know you have issues on there, so that's one.
two by doing some of the loving, we're going to get better water quality in there,
a little bit better pressure by doing that. There is a secondary to it.
>> that's the water side? >> the water side. >> let's talk about the sewer though specifically.
fixing this, besides making our sidewalks pretty that we get downtown,
is there any other benefit to the citizen?
>> because your current system is still conveying it right now.
the only thing that really it does is it protects you from having a catastrophic failure to where
service is disrupted and you tear up your investment that you're fixing.
>> you could be like piney place right now and have total blockage and affect all the downtown businesses.
>> it was eye opening with that one when they finally got the tv camera through there,
the top of the pipe for the whole entire run was missing.
>> I know what you're talking about. >> for piney place? >> piney place.
>> well, having tv, these lines [inaudible] from the inside, they can see.
well, it's not going to fix it. It is only going to get worse.
>> well, there was that along with the fact that even with these improvements, we couldn't even get a face lift for the port with the improvements,
knowing that in a pretty short time we might have to come and dust all that up. That was all it boiled down to really.
>> how do we pay for it? Because on the budget amount, there's a zero.
>> depending on the timing and when john bills us right now is
hector [inaudible] two months ago about sewer and water,
roy's going to have to come out of fund balance. Depending on, again, the timing,
we're three-and-a-half months away from the new fiscal year, we'll roll over that,
but when you look at the total amount of the project, 1.2 million, that far exceeds our water sewer budget.
if we have a drought like we had the last two years and we have to repair 300-400 water lines,
we're going to be digging into fund balance on the utility side.
>> with piney place, we're already digging into fund balance because we're over our budget.
>> I'll say that from my position as city council,
I'd like to see us doing projects like this.
[overlapping] I understand,
john, I mean, I'm not not in the business. I don't make it my position to have to actually go out and raise taxes.
that's not what I'm looking to do. But on the other hand, if we can address real needs in the city
that will have a long term beneficial value to the whole, what I think the rules and responsibility of government are,
and I think should tackle some of those issues. >> one of the few times where you get to be proactive in something.
>> true. >> I mean, you got phill. I'd like to hear from you on what's our fund balance?
how are we looking? Where do we [noise] from? I need some guidance on this.
>> honestly, if I were to try to tell you what our fund balance was right now, I'd be lying to you because I didn't look before I came in.
I know that when I've looked at the fund balance,
it is very healthy for the water and sewer fund.
but giving you specifics, I can't do that right now.
I apologize for not being better prepared. >> is there anything in
capacity acquisition fees or any other other areas that would qualify for this?
>> there is still some money in capacity acquisition fees that
I'd have to make sure that we can use those funds for,
but yes, there's some money still in there. >> I think we're going to have to get creative.
okay. Thank you. Council, do I have any action on this or any further questions?
>> I will make
a motion to approve hdr's proposal in the amount of $223,316.50 for the 20e utility.
>> I'll second. [noise] >> [inaudible]? >> yeah. Question. In your motion,
do you want to put where you're going to pull the money from? >> no. I don't think I will. >> okay. Do you want to give guidance?
or just say figure it out? >> we'll figure it out.
>> all right. >> we got a flight power. We got no choice. We got to go with this. >> got it.
>> we already allocated the other money. >> okay. I have a motion by councilman sartin,
a second by councilman, was it [inaudible]? >> yeah. >> roberts and townsend for approval,
hdr's proposal of $223,216.50. Any further discussion?
>> all I'll say is,
I feel like we've addressed funds last year,
or was it two years ago when we increased our rates. >> we've done rates two times.
>> I understand. >> that's two years. >> I understand. >> three years maybe. >> now let's actively take those funds and use them.
>> we've also been handed some stipulations by txdot in order to take
their grant money to do the mobility improvements downtown as far as sidewalks and [inaudible],
which I saw a lot of comments about those in the public survey.
again, there seems like there's always some hooks in the grant money that you take.
>> it's true.
>> I don't know what to do with the grant money, how much that is,
and now we're going into it for $1.2 million or so.
>> I'm not sure on the total of that grant, the ta grant. >> 1.5?
>> 1.5 on our side. >> 1.5.
>> all right. Go ahead and call for the vote.
all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> all those oppose, same sign. Motion carries.
item number 10, discussion of possible action to approve hdr's proposal in the amount of $215,140 to perform,
design, bid, and construction phase services for the lift station number 8, sanitary sewer collection project.
>> thank you, council. The city has recently been awarded a $1.7
million grant from the dlo to do infrastructure improvements.
worked with city staff. We went identified some areas that are some of the worst areas in the city.
with station 8, just two years ago, we've previously done a section of sanitary sewer repair where
the sidewalk was twisting and falling in near the pipe material,
trust pipe, over there on downing. This project, what we've identified as continuing on,
replacing that type of material that's there along the major collector down downing,
and also, we're trying to identify locations where there's
a high probability of massive ionide due to the amounts of ionide that comes into lift station 8.
lift station 8 is unique. You have two systems on there.
you have a system for abnormal day working,
and then whenever you have a rain, you have what they call storm pumps,
which is a second system that is much bigger, that pumps again back to the plant, that additional water.
I've opened up the top personally myself and seen [inaudible] grass in that station.
there has to be a hole somewhere near one of these ditches,
is what we believe is what's happening where you're getting a massive amount of ionide,
and the length that that station runs after a rain event.
you can see on the attachment, the areas that we've identified again,
they're the main corridors, the arteries to the station 8,
down alders, down downing. The other locations are areas that we know have a potential of ionide,
it's down henderson right next to the giant ditch. We're going to go ahead and make that repair.
also in rancho, and some of those backyards,
there's been sinkholes in the past.
there's been repairs in the past due to the type of pipes, there was a [inaudible] that they call trust pipe.
it was a predecessor of pvc.
it was a good idea with what they had and it was the best option available,
but it's hit its life lifespan. It's time to replace those.
the other one, off by itself a little bit or next to ditches again,
where we believe there's some high probability of ionide coming in
there based off of the amount of water that's coming in those list stations.
we're trying to hit the most logical, most prominent places where water is collected even after the rain event,
it's in the ditches. You still get a lot of ionide in after the rain is over.
the amount of 215,140 is a cap number that we have to meet for the glo.
it's part of the grant application,
so that's been set by them. We've got to work within that number,
which we feel that we can. >> does lift station 8 have another lift station next to it?
what's the one we rehabbed recently over there? >> it was lift station 8. It's not a second lift station.
it's a dry well wet well configuration. >> okay. >> to where, at the time that it was built,
they had the wet well where the influent would come into,
and then you'd have another structure beside it, which where are all your pumps and everything.
when we rehabbed it, which really worked out well,
we were able to utilize suction pumps to get it out of the wet well.
I mean, I had to get the pumps out of the dry well, not the hole in the dry well,
and use that for additional capacity there. It really worked out, and we rebuilt the wet well structure with cementitious concrete that's been
impregnated with materials that keep it from being eroded by hydro-sulfuric gases.
>> but now we want to go back and do the dry side? >> no. This is for the collection system itself.
this is [overlapping]. >> not the lift station itself. Now it's [overlapping]. >> the collection system,
it's coming to the pump.
>> how many people are, would you say, affected by the station number 8?
>> it's one of your bigger lift station, it's a regional lift station.
>> it brings flow away from the hospital. That's how far east it goes.
>> okay. Council.
>> just generally speaking, I'd like to know how the fund balance is going,
but that goes back to the previous question. >> this is funded out of the grant?
>> yeah. >> okay. >> governed by the grant. >> the one we approved in the consent.
>> that's right.
>> this is different. That one was cdb this is glo.
is there a glo in the consent? >> yeah. No. You're right. Oh, yeah. There's a glo.
>> this is an [inaudible]. I'll make a motion to approve the $215,140 in
hdrs proposal for the design bid and construction based service [inaudible] sanitary and sewerage collection.
>> I'll second. I second that motion. >> I got a motion by councilman sartin second by councilman booth for approval.
any further discussion? [overlapping] >> I appreciate the city going forward and doing stuff like this.
>> yeah. It's needed. It's going to help.
the public works predecessors, maybe a couple of them were facing the same issue.
not to beat of drum, but I was the design engineer on the wet pit dry
pit stormwater and I don't even know what date that was.
I had hair back in those days.
[laughter] then, we were saying the city has to go forward and find where these holes are in the system.
we're pumping all this water.
I hope we find a good number of them.
>> I'm really excited about the ones that go into brushy bayou. We're going to seal all the pipe up around brushy bayou.
I really feel that's going to be a major improvement to your system and not allowing I and I in.
also along henderson along that giant ditch. It's always got water.
then along a couple of these other ditches [inaudible].
>> okay. Any further discussion? Call for the vote. All those in favor signify by saying aye.
>> aye. >> all those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thank you, john.
>> thank you. >> item number 11. Discussion and guidance on the percentage of homestead exemption,
the over 65 exemption, and disabled person exemption from ad valorem taxes
>> good evening, mayor and council. This is an item that we discussed about a year ago.
the state allows each local jurisdiction to designate a certain amount of homestead exemption for their citizens.
last year, as part of the process, we went to a 3% exemption.
if you'll look at the screen up there,
I'm sorry, you have the wrong one. >> the one you're looking at has purple across, right?
>> yes. >> yeah.
>> while he's doing that, this part of the budget for the setting the tax rate process,
so if we choose to increase exemptions, that decreases the amount of revenue we get and fix our tax rate,
so it's just the process so that we get the certified rolls back on 25 july.
apologize, the file that I brought in is the wrong one.
you do have this in your packet for the benefit without the slide.
if we go to 4% local exemption, we will lose about approximately $53,000 in tax revenue for the year,
47,000 of that will be general fund revenue.
the $53,000 is about a half a cent on the tax rate.
such to give you an idea of perspective.
if we don't have to change it, we can go up.
we can go up more than 1% or go up to 5%. We got options, but I need guidance
because we have to bring an ordinance back to you at the next council meeting.
I'm here seeking guidance. If you will look,
the next item is the over 65 exemption.
last year, we adopted a $55,000 exemption.
if we were to move up to the $75,000 exemption,
it would cost cost about 175,000 on the tax rate,
175,000 extra, and then finally,
we have the disabled person exemption, if we were to go up to 75,000 on that,
it would cost us an extra $11,000.
I'll try to answer any questions that I can.
>> can we go in half increments? >> yeah.
>> go from three to 3.5%?
>> yeah.
>> I'd like us to keep going forward, but at the same time, I think my commitments to the no-new revenue rate,
so I would rather see the no-new revenue with a 3.5% to give you the funds that you need to operate with on the new revenue.
>> last year, I thought we raised it from 50-55?
>> yes, sir. >> you're now proposing all the way to 75?
>> that was just a number that was pulled up.
[overlapping] >> we're not proposing, just saying. [overlapping]
>> well, just this, the 55 last year was because went from 50-55, and that was 10%.
that was a, I thought, substantial jump 10% for by a percentage as opposed to just a pick
a number out of the sky so to speak.
I was just trying to figure out how we got to 75.
>> now, I'd like to see the numbers on 3.5% on the homestead exemption,
then I like what member pro tem townsend suggested, he's going up another 5,000 on the other two and see if that would equate to in total.
>> yeah. I'd rather see where we are with that because I do want to leave us plenty of room to operate our budget. [overlapping]
>> right. >> at the same time, provide some relief for those who are on more fixed incomes.
>> okay. >> I like that [inaudible]. >> I can get you those numbers.
>> in light of stuff we're having to spend money on,
I could paint ourself in the corner, I try to be gracious and then go back and have to increase taxes too. [overlapping]
>> increase tax? >> I'm not supporting that. Zero. We've got projects coming out of every fund we have.
I'm fine with just not increasing any further, but I can't get behind cutting it.
>> I don't want. >> there's no way. >> we're not taking action tonight to make that.
I'm asking for the numbers and what that would look like. That's all I'm asking for.
>> yeah. I think it's worth looking for. I think it's worth looking at. [overlapping] >> I'm with both of you. I'm committing to the revenue first,
and however we get there, that's where we go, and if that means we can't raise homestead exemptions or these others because we
need the funds to operate on the budget, I'm with you on that. I'm just saying I'd like to see the numbers.
>> okay. I can get them to you. [overlapping] >> I don't think it's going to work, but what it'll be.
>> until we come to council in the future, we need a pretty good overview of ledger balances in the future. [overlapping]
>> okay. Certainly. >> yeah.
>> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, bill. I think you've got guidance there, right?
item number 12, discussion of possible action to approve ordinance number 20240611-012,
amending the fiscal year 2023-2024 budget to include the general fund,
street fund, water fund, and miscellaneous minor funds. Are we going to table this one?
>> yes, mr. Mayor. [overlapping] >> I do ask that you table this one. >> I agree. >> okay. We will table this one for the next council meeting.
>> do any of you think about that?
>> that means that council will adjourn into executive session at 7:21 p.m.
item number 13 discussion of possible action on the deliberation of real property which is in section 551.072 of the texas government code.
[overlapping] >> I was so wrong? [overlapping]
>> [inaudible]. [overlapping] >> [inaudible] for this. [overlapping] >> we are back from executive session at 7:49 and seven seconds.
council, do we have any action coming out of executive session?
hearing none. I'm going to go ahead and call us an adjournment at 7:49 and 20 seconds.