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RIGHT.[ Call to order: City Hall Council Chamber ]
ALL RIGHT.WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER RIGHT NOW.
UH, REVEREND RON FERNANDEZ, ARE YOU HERE PAST, UH, REVEREND FERNANDEZ? YES.
HOW YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL.
WEL UH, WELCOME, RO UH, THE REVEREND RON FERNANDEZ IS WITH THE HOUSE OF PRAISE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION IN THE PLEDGE.
LORD, TODAY WE GIVE YOU GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE.
YOU ARE A GOOD GOD, ALWAYS PRESENT TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING, ALL THAT YOU WILL DO IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AS WE CONTINUE TO DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
IN FAITH, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PAID THE PRICE TO ESTABLISH A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THIS CITY AND FOR THE LEADERSHIP WHO NOW LABOR DILIGENTLY TO MAKE ROSENBERG GREAT, PRODUCTIVE, FRUITFUL, AND SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THE MISSION AND VISION THAT GUIDE OUR CITY, HELPING US STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO AND WHY WE DO IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE VALUES THAT REMIND US OF THE ATTITUDE WE SHOULD CARRY TOWARD OUR WORK AND TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
WE PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS AND FOR ALL WHO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
BLESS THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR CHILDREN, MEET EVERY NEED.
GIVE THEM WISDOM, STRENGTH, AND ABILITY TO FULFILL THEIR GOALS.
WE ALSO LIFT UP THOSE WHO ARE NEEDY, THE SICK, OR THOSE FACING CHALLENGES.
MAY THEY FIND COMFORT, HEALING, AND HOPE.
LORD, HELP US AS A CITY TO SAY, TO STAY FAITHFUL TO OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES IN ALL THAT WE DO.
WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THAT'S THE REVEREND RON FERNANDEZ WITH THE HOUSE OF PRAISE COMMUNITY CENTER CHURCH, I BELIEVE ON RADIO LANE.
[ Announcements. ]
THE MEETING, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.FIRST THING, UH, LABOR DAY FEDERAL HOLIDAY CITY, MOST CITY FACILITIES, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, AND OBSERVANCE OF THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.
NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS WILL RESUME TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
AND WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT EVENING AND THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION IN, UH, TRASH SERVICE.
AND THEN SEPTEMBER 6TH, IF I RECALL, THAT IS A SATURDAY.
THERE IS A CAR SHOW DOWNTOWN, UM, I THINK THAT STARTS SOMETIME IN THE MORNING, 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK.
I SPOKE TO RENEE BUTLER TODAY ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I THINK IT GOES TO THREE OR FOUR O'CLOCK.
ALSO, FOOD TRUCK FESTIVALS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH, THAT IS A SATURDAY AS WELL.
AND THE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT SAVED THE DATE.
UH, FOUR TO 8:00 PM FOR FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL IN DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT, LOCATED 2221 AVENUE F.
THIS EVENT WILL FEATURE FOOD TRUCKS, MARKET VENDORS, A BIKE SHOW, AND SO MUCH MORE.
THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 35 20.
OKAY, SO THAT IS IT ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UNLESS THE COUNCIL HAS ANYTHING Y'ALL WISH TO ANNOUNCE.
MAY I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING, UH, I KNOW YOU POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR A TAX CUT THAT WAS JUST A CAP.
I JUST WANNA REPHRASE THAT TO THE PUBLIC, THAT THAT WAS JUST SETTING A CAP FOR THE RESIDENTS.
OUR ACTUAL VOTE DATES ON SEPTEMBER 2ND WHEN WE DO THE TAX CUT.
JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT FOR I LOOK FORWARD.
I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU POSTED, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR THAT
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MYSELF, JESSICA AND FELIX.SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS NOT FOR A TAX CUT YET.
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, IT'S ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
TO CHANGE YOUR, UH, UH, OPINION.
BUT JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THAT WAS NOT A TAX CUT YET.
AND SINCE WE'RE, SINCE WE'RE BRINGING THAT UP, YEAH, I DID.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING THE WAY YOU POSTED THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR HECTOR FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
UM, BUT YEAH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING? ALRIGHT.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE DO, YES, SIR.
[ GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. Citizens who have registered with the City Secretary prior to the meeting being called to order and desire to address the City Council with comments of a general nature, as it relates to the City of Rosenberg, will be heard at this time. Speakers may speak on up to three (3) specific agenda items, or a maximum of once during General Comments and up to two (2) additional specific agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes, except that a speaker who addresses the City Council through a translator is limited to six (6) minutes. Speakers are not allowed to distribute documentation while addressing City Council. Speakers making personal, impertinent, profane or slanderous remarks may be removed from the room and shall be barred from reentering the Chamber during the session of City Council. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the City Council is restricted from discussing or taking action on items not listed on the agenda. It is our policy to have all speakers identify themselves by providing their name and residential address when making comments. ]
THEY, THEY SIGNED UP ON THE KIOSK, SO I'LL UM, I'LL CALL 'EM OUT AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN CALL, CALL FOR THEM.SPEAKERS MAY SPEAK UP TO THREE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS OR A MAXIMUM OF ONE DURING GENERAL COMMENTS AND UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, EXCEPT THAT A SPEAKER WHO ADDRESSES THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH A TRANSLATOR IS LIMITED TO SIX MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISTRIBUTE THE DOCUMENTATION WHILE ADDRESSING CITY COUNCIL SPEAKERS, MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM AND SHALL BE BARRED FROM REENTERING THE CHAMBER DURING THE SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS OUR POLICY TO HAVE ALL SPEAKERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PROVIDING THEIR NAME AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WHEN MAKING COMMENTS.
SO WE HAVE THREE, SORRY, WE HAVE THREE GENERAL, UM, COMMENTS, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.
THE FIRST ONE IS DENISE ARGYLE.
SO IF YOU'LL COME TO THE MIDDLE PODIUM.
ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA? SHE SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA, SO DON'T BE OFFENDED.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND OR GIVE YOU REAL TIME ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTION IF YOU RAISE A QUESTION OR A CONCERN.
HOWEVER, AFTER THE MEETING, WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH CITY STAFF THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AND ONLY ONE PERSON CAN SPEAK.
WELL, HE CAN STAND WITH HER AS WELL.
WELL, YEAH, BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE, I MEAN, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE BOTH ABOUT TO SPEAK, SO THAT'S NOT YEAH, HE'S THERE JUST FOR MORAL SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, MEETING WITH US TODAY.
WE ARE THE OWNERS OF THE ROSENBERG, UH, GELANG BUILDINGS.
WHO SIGNED UP? YOU OR DENISE? I DID.
DENISE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR.
SHE NEEDS TO, SHE NEEDS TO BE THERE.
WELL I'M SORRY TO, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THAT NO, YOU'RE FINE.
UH, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES, DENISE ARGEL.
MY, UM, HOME ADDRESS IS 1220 SECOND STREET, ROSENBERG, TEXAS.
OUR BUILDING IS THE VOGELSANG BUILDINGS ON 1909 AVENUE G ROSENBERG, TEXAS.
WE JUST, WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF THE FIRE THAT WE RECENTLY HAD ON MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FI THE DAMAGES TO THE FIRE WERE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WE HAD HOPED FOR.
UM, FOR, WE WANNA THANK THE CITY.
THE SUPPORT THE CITY HAS GIVEN US.
THE FIRE MARSHAL, UM, CHAD SCOTT, THE BUILDING CODE MANAGER AND THE CHIEF, UM, DARRELL WHO WERE AT THE SCENE.
OBVIOUSLY ALL THE EMS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE THERE.
UM, THE FIRE WAS FOR ABOUT FOUR TO SIX HOURS.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EXTENSIVE THAT WE HAVE EXTENSIVE DAMAGES.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE.
WE DO HAVE A HISTORICAL PLAQUE AND WE ARE, HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION TO SEE ANY HELP THAT WE CAN RECEIVE FROM THAT.
OUR GOAL IS TO BRING BACK THE ANG BUILDINGS.
IT HAS BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR 115 YEARS.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN SINCE THEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING THEM BACK.
AND, UM, ALL OF THEM CAST THEATRICAL OR RAILROAD CAFE, UH, BR VINO, UH, FLOWERS BY TIFFANY, UH, CREATIVE LEARNING SOCIETY, THE OLD, OLD GENERAL STORE.
AND I DON'T THINK I'M MISSING ONE.
UH, I KNOW WE HAD OUR OFFICES THERE FOR THE BROADBAND COMMUNITIES.
UM, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? NO.
UM, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE INSURANCE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ADJUSTERS.
THERE IS A FIRE INVESTIGATION GOING ON AND ANY HELP, ANY GUIDANCE THAT THE CITY CAN GIVE US, UH, WE HAVE FELT THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, BUT WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT OUR GOAL IS TO BRING BACK THE VOGEL AND BUILDINGS.
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UH, WE ARE FAMILY AND WE ARE JUST REACHING OUT JUST TO ANY ASSISTANCE, ANY GUIDANCE THAT YOU GUYS CAN GIVE US TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE BOGGO SANG BUILDINGS.DO I TURN THIS OFF? NO, LEAVE IT ON.
UH, TANYA TON I THINK IS Y'ALL'S OR THE CONTACT FOR DOWNTOWN.
SO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER AND SHE'LL, I'M SURE SHE'LL HELP YOU OUT.
YOUR ITEM IS NOT, IS ALSO NOT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, I AM HERE TODAY ABOUT A PERSONAL MATTER THAT I FOUND OUT THAT MIGHT AND I DO BELIEVE WILL AFFECT, CAN YOU SAY YOUR ADDRESS NAME, I'M SORRY.
7 6 0 6 LAKE SHORE POINT LANE, UM, THAT I BELIEVE WILL AFFECT THE CITIZENS.
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THEY PUT A SMART METER ON MY GAS LINE, WHICH IS FINE.
I CAME HOME AND I THOUGHT, GREAT.
THEY PAINTED IT, THEY TAPED IT, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
WE HAVE, UM, A LAWN SERVICE THAT DOES OUR ARD EVERY YARD, EVERY OTHER WEEK.
AND THE OFF WEEK WE HAD A, A FAMILY EVENT.
SO I ACTUALLY WENT AND LOOKED OUT IN MY FLOWER BED AND EVERYTHING AND MY GAS PIPE FROM MY HOUSE TO THE METER, WHICH I KNEW HAD BEEN WRAPPED.
'CAUSE THEY DID IT, UH, WAS BULGING.
WHEN I CALLED CENTERPOINT OUT, THEY SAID, ANYTIME WE SEE TAPE ON ANY METER, WE END UP REMOVING IT.
MY CONCERN IS YOU HAVE CITIZENS NOW THAT HAVE A SMART METER CENTER POINT'S NOT LOOKING AT YOUR GAS LINE ANYMORE.
AND THIS SUBCONTRACTOR, OR THIS PARTICULAR CREW OF SUBCONTRACTORS FROM CENTER POINT IS PUTTING TAPE ON THESE METAL UH, PIPES, WHICH SPEEDS UP THE RUST PROCESS.
I'VE ALREADY HAD A PLUMBER COME OUT, THEY'RE GONNA FIX IT.
UH, I WOULD HOPE THE CITY WOULD TELL THE CITIZENS, GO LOOK AT YOUR GAS LINE IF YOU'VE HAD A SMART METER PUT IN, BECAUSE IT, IF IT'S RUSTING, IT'S GONNA BLOW.
MINE WAS, IT WAS BULGING, IT WAS SO BAD.
SO I'M NOT WAITING ON CENTER POINT.
I WILL DEAL WITH CENTER POINT ON MY OWN.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO END UP LOSING A LIFE BECAUSE CENTER POINT MADE IT CLEAR THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE TAPE ON, EVER HAVE TAPE ON THESE PIPES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE CITIZENS KNOW AND THE CITY KNOW, MAYBE Y'ALL CAN PUT SOMETHING OUT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, GO LOOK AT YOUR, IF YOU'VE GOT A SMART METER, GO LOOK AND SEE.
THEY PUT ANY TAPE ON YOUR PIPES AND THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
AND LYNN, YOU MIGHT VISIT WITH RIGO AND MAYBE HE CAN, Y'ALL CAN GET TOGETHER AND HE CAN GIVE YOU SOME RELIEF ON THAT.
MS. JOZWIAK, IS YOUR ITEM ON THE AGENDA? NO, IT'S NOT.
WELL, YOU SERVED HERE BEFORE, SO THEN YOU KNOW WE CAN'T MM-HMM
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND.
I LIVE AT 27 0 8 MADISON AVENUE ROSENBERG IN THE DISTRICT OF THREE CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE.
I HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT COUNCIL.
TAKE IT AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT.
BUT WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A HABITUAL ABSENCE OF COUNSELORS, UM, NEVER THREE IN A ROW, WHICH I KNOW THAT'S WHAT OUR RULES SAY.
THAT IF YOU MISS THREE IN A ROW, YOU MUST HAVE, UM, YOU CAN BE DISMISSED.
BUT SOMEHOW THOSE ARE GETTING AVOIDED BY MISSING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND THEN SHOWING UP FOR MEETINGS AND THEN MISSING AGAIN AND AGAIN, I'VE NOTICED THERE'S BEEN SOME ZOOM MEETINGS, WHICH ZOOM IS NOT THE SAME AS AN IN-PERSON MEETING.
NOT TO YOUR, NOT TO YOUR CITIZENS.
YOUR CITIZENS DESERVE FOR YOU TO BE SITTING IN YOUR CHAIR AND LET THEM SEE YOUR FACE AND SEE HOW YOU VOTE.
AND LIKE I SAY, DON'T TAKE THIS AS A CRITICISM.
THIS IS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL OF YOU TO BE PRESENT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO.
AND I'VE WATCHED YOU ON, ON THE, ON THE
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TV AND SO I KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.AND I'M JUST ENCOURAGING ALL OF YOU TO, I KNOW WE HAVE PROBLEMS SOMETIMES AT HOME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING INTO.
SO MAKE IT A POINT, PLEASE, TO SHOW UP AT YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO AND THAT'S JUST AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU.
[ CONSENT AGENDA ]
ALONG TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.WHAT GEORGE? UH, WE'LL SEE IF THE COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS, OR IF THEY WISH TO PULL ANYTHING DOWN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILLOR TINO TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN RATIFIED.
I DIDN'T SEE NOTHING PRESSING THERE, MAYOR, SO THAT'S WHY.
[2. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3942, a Resolution adopting the Nineteenth Amendment of the City of Rosenberg City Council Rules of Procedure; providing for severability; repealer; and providing for an effective date. (Danyel Swint, City Secretary) ]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH 39 42.
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING, ADOPTING THE 19TH AMENDMENT OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, CITY COUNCIL'S RULE AND PROCEDURE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, RE PILLAR AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
UH, DANIELLE SWT OR CITY SECRETARY? YES.
IS GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES.
HOUSE BILL NUMBER 1522 ENACT DURING THE 89TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AN EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST AMENDS THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT BY REVISING THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENTAL BODY MEETINGS.
THE BILL CHANGES THE CURRENT 72 HOUR POSTING REQUIREMENT TO A NEW STANDARD OF AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE.
THIS ADJUSTMENT IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES ARE POSTED DURING STANDARD WORKING DAYS, INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND PREVENTING NOTICE POSTINGS LATE ON FRIDAYS OR BEFORE HOLIDAYS THAT REDUCE PUBLIC AWARENESS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE UPDATES TO CURRENT MEETING NOTICE PROCEDURES TO COMPLY WITH HOUSE BILL NUMBER 1522 AND DIRECT STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIRED CHANGES AHEAD OF THE SEPTEMBER 1ST EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS WILL INCLUDE REVISED INTERNAL TIMELINES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CITY'S AGENDA PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION SCHEDULE.
A REDLINED COPY OF THE REVISION WAS ATTACHED.
RESOLUTION NUMBER R 39 42 WOULD ADOPT THE REVISIONS AS THE CITY COUNCIL RULES THE PROCEDURE.
19TH REVISION ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A.
SO THIS IS, IS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS LEGISLATURE'S CHANGE IN THE LAW.
SO LET ME KNOW IF I'M CHARACTERIZING THIS, THAT THAT'S GONNA PUSH EVERYTHING BACK HERE.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO PROPOSE HERE IF YOU WANT ON THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF FRUSTRATING 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE THINGS COME IN OR, UH, CITIZENS REQUEST THINGS AT THE, THE LAST MOMENT, RIGHT? MAYOR, ON, ON YOUR SCREEN THERE, WE HAVE A LITTLE TIMELINE.
THIS IS THE NEW DEADLINES WHEN THERE'S NOT A HOLIDAY.
SO MONDAY ON MONDAYS, THE, UM, THE, THE WEEK PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THE AGENDA WOULD BE EMAILED TO CITY COUNCIL.
TUESDAYS WOULD BE THE DEADLINE FOR COUNCIL TO ADD OR PULL AGENDA ITEMS. WE WOULD HAVE TO POST THE AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY AND WE WOULD STILL DELIVER OUR PACKETS ON FRIDAY.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE WITH A HOLIDAY.
UM, OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, NOT, NOT WORKSHOP, BUT WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO EMAIL Y'ALL THE AGENDA ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING.
WHICH WOULD BE THE 22ND ON MONDAY.
THE 25TH WOULD BE Y'ALL'S DEADLINE TO ADD AND PULL AGENDA ITEMS. UM, ON TUESDAY THE 26TH, WE
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WOULD HAVE TO POST THE AGENDA, UM, FOR UM, SEPTEMBER 2ND.CAN YOU GO AND THEN WE WOULD STILL DELIVER PACKETS ON FRIDAY.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? SO ACTUALLY WHEN THERE'S A HOLIDAY FOR COUNSEL, WE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO RESPOND BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO HOLIDAY COUNSEL'S NOTIFIED MONDAY, OUR RESPONSE IS DUE TUESDAY BY THREE.
WHEN THERE IS A HOLIDAY, COUNSEL'S NOTIFIED FRIDAY.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND UNTIL AFTER THE WEEKEND.
IT MAY, IT MAY BE HARDER ON STAFF.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET Y'ALL.
IT'S HARDER ON STAFF AN AGENDA OVER 10 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
MAYBE, MAYBE Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY CHOICE.
MAYBE WE NEED TO OH, THAT'S FINE.
SO YEAH, IT, IT CHANGED TO, IT HAS TO BE POSTED THREE, THREE BUSINESS DAYS.
NOT COUNTING THE DAY YOU POST IT AND NOT COUNTING THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
SO MONDAY, FRIDAY AND THURSDAY IS YOUR THREE BUSINESS DAYS, RIGHT? WITHOUT A HOLIDAY.
IF IT'S NOT A HOLIDAY WOULD BE.
AND IF YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY ON MONDAY.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE, SO IT'S FRIDAY, THURSDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY YOU HAVE TO POST WEDNESDAY MORNING OR TUESDAY MORNING.
AND WHEN WE SEND OUT THE AGENDAS TO Y'ALL, WE WILL ALWAYS REMIND Y'ALL OF WHEN Y'ALL'S DEADLINE IS TO, TO, UM, ADD OR PULL ITEMS BECAUSE IT WILL BE DIFFERENT WHEN THERE'S DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS.
IS GOOD FRIDAY RECOGNIZED AS A HOLIDAY IF YES.
WITH, UH, THE, THE STATE AM MY, MY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HOLIDAY IS BASED ON CITY HOLIDAYS BECAUSE THAT'S DAYS WHERE WE'RE NOT HERE.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A, SO ACCORDING TO THIS HOUSE BILL, THE HOLIDAYS ARE HOLIDAYS THAT WE ARE NOT OPEN.
THAT'S THE ONES WE HAVE TO ADJUST.
FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR DAY WILL BE CONSIDERED.
BUT IT, IT'S WHEN WE ARE CLOSED.
AND SO IT'S NOT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
IF IT'S OKAY, WELL, BUT THE CITY'S PROBABLY CLOSED ON ALL FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.
BUT THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL DAYS.
WE, WE WORK ON A FEW FEDERAL HOLIDAYS.
DON'T ASK ME WHICH ONES, BUT THERE ARE A FEW.
MY GUESS IS THIS IS THE LEGISLATURE HAD IN MIND, YOU KNOW, LONGER TRANSPARENCY FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO, ABLE, ABLE TO COME AND INTERACT AT THESE MEETINGS.
BUT IN A WAY IT'S ALSO GONNA BE, UM, MAYBE, UH, MAY MAYBE NOT, MAYBE NOT CUMBERSOME FOR, UH, A CITIZEN TO REQUEST SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE TIME SENSITIVE.
BUT, UH, ANOTHER, IT'S WHAT IT IS.
ANOTHER THING THAT I REALIZED THIS WEEK WHEN, OR YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS PUTTING SOME STUFF TOGETHER IS, SO NOW WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING TO Y'ALL AT A WORKSHOP, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING.
IT WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL TWO MEETINGS LATER.
'CAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
'CAUSE IN SOME INSTANCES WE HADN'T EVEN MET FOR THE WORKSHOP YET AND WE ALREADY HAVE TO POST THE AGENDA.
SO NOW THAT'S, IT'S THREE WEEKS, IT'S, IT'S GONNA DELAY, UM, OUR WORKSHOP ITEMS TO COME BACK TO Y'ALL.
I HONESTLY THINK THAT TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO AM AWARE THAT THERE ARE JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE OR CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE.
AND THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY INVESTED IN WHAT WE DO HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF DAYS IS GONNA CHANGE THAT.
WELL, IT'S ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF THE COURTS RULE ON IT OR IF THE AG RULES ON IT.
AS WE WERE TAUGHT IN LAW SCHOOL, HOW YOU COUNT, YOU DON'T COUNT THE DAY YOU START, BUT YOU DO COUNT THE DAY YOU LAND ON.
WE'VE WATCHED ACTUALLY THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND THE PROCEED OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE THEY'RE TRYING, WHERE THEY ASKED, KIND OF ASKED THIS QUESTION AND THEY KIND OF GAVE AN ANSWER, BUT IT'S NOT REAL CLEAR.
AND SO THE RULE OF THUMB I WORK UNDER IS JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
FOUR BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.
UM, ALSO IT WILL AFFECT OUR COMMITTEES AS WELL.
WELL, LET'S, UH, LET EVERYBODY THUMB THROUGH THIS RULES OF PROCEDURE AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS, UM, ANYTHING ELSE THEY WISH TO AMEND WHILE WE'RE HERE.
WELL, I ALREADY READ IT THOUGH.
OR WAS IT, WAS IT SPECIFIC TO THAT? YES.
OR IS THERE ANYTHING, UH, ANYTHING WITHIN THE PROCEDURES.
THERE'S FAIR GAME, NO GRADING.
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QUESTION.Y'ALL MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY THE 19TH AMENDMENT AND THE CODE OF PROCEDURES.
WELL, LET'S JUST SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY CONCERNS WE WILL DO WITH THAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS IS ONE OF THESE MOST LIKELY MUST APPROVE ITEMS. SO PUSH GREEN.
IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, YOU'RE OPPOSED.
I HAVE TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATURE, SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT STUFF.
[3. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3870, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute for and on behalf of the City, the award letter indicating the City’s approval and acceptance of the scope of work, the ability to pay the local cost share and all terms and conditions of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, by and between the City of Rosenberg and the Texas Division of Emergency Management, for the City of Rosenberg Civic Center Generator Grant. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]
CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 38 70 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.THE AWARD LETTER INDICATING THE CITY'S APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF SCOPE OF WORK AND THE ABILITY TO PAY THE LOCAL COST SHARE OF ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM BY IN BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND THE TEXAS DIVISION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY OF ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER GENERATOR.
ON JUNE 6TH, 2022, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 32 89 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UH, FOR THE FEDERALLY FUNDED MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM UNDER FEMA DR 44 85.
THE CITY SUBMITTED FIVE APPLICATIONS BY THE JUNE 22 DEADLINE FOR BACKUP POWER SUPPLIES FOR CRITICAL FACILITIES DUE TO AGING AND OBSOLETE OR NONEXISTING BACKUP POWER EQUIPMENT.
ONE APPLICATION WAS FOR THE CIVIC CENTER GENERATOR PROJECT.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES A PROCUREMENT INSTALLATION OF ONE 400 KILOWATT NATURALLY GAS POWERED, UH, GENERATOR TO HELP MITIGATE THE CIVIC CENTER BUILDING FROM POWER LOSS.
CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH FEMA AND TEEM REPRESENTATIVES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRANT.
ON FEBRUARY 20, FEBRUARY, UH, 26, 20 25, FEMA NOTIFIED TEEM.
AND ON AUGUST 4TH, UH, 2025, TEEM NOTIFIED THE CITY OF THE SUBGRANT AWARD FOR THE PROJECT.
THE SUBGRANT REIMBURSEMENT, UH, THE CITY FOR 90% OR $655,741 AND 80 CENTS.
OF THE $728,602 OF THE PROJECT COST WITH THE CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMAINING $72,860 AND 20 CENTS OR 10%, THE MANAGEMENT COST OF $36,430 AND 10 CENTS IS COVERED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT IS INCLUDED IN A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA ITEM TO RECORD THE GRANT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
A COPY OF THE SUB GRANT LETTER IS ATTACHED TO RESOLUTION R 38 70 AS EXHIBIT A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 38 70 AS PRESENTED.
AND WOULD THIS COME OUT OF HOT FUND? NO, SIR.
THE, UH, THE R PORTION OF THIS? NO SIR.
WE'RE, WE'RE USING, UM, OTHER MONIES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM FEMA AS REIMBURSEMENTS ON OTHER PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS A $728,000 GENERATOR AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PAYING 90%.
IT MUST BE A PRETTY BIG GENERATOR.
TO RUN EVERYTHING WITH THE CHILLERS AND EVERYTHING AT THE, THE AIR CONDITION AND EVERYTHING AT THE IT IT RUNS THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.
HOW ABOUT THE RDC BUILDING NEXT DOOR TO IT? WE'LL SEE.
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS.
MY QUESTION WILL BE, UH, HOW QUICKLY, UH, WELL YOU HAVE IT UP RUNNING AND OPERATIONAL AT, UH, THE TYPICAL LEAD TIME ON A, ON A GENERATOR IS, IS 20 PLUS WEEKS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO ORDER THE, THE GENERATOR.
SO IT'S, IT IS GONNA BE A, IT IS GONNA BE A GOOD LITTLE BID, UH, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THIS, GET THIS INSTALLED.
SO ONCE THIS, UH, IS UH, APPROVED, WE STILL HAVE TO, UH, GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND A CONTRACTOR, PUT ALL THE SPECS, PUT ALL THAT, UH, GET THAT PUT.
OH, DEFINITELY SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
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FELIX, ARE YOU, WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON IT? ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE OF PAYING THAT? THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO, TO SPEND ON A GENERATOR, BUT, UH, I MEAN YOU SAID UH, FEMA'S COVERING 90% OF IT AND WE'RE ONLY PAYING 72,000 OR WHICH IS 10%, CORRECT? CORRECT.UM, I MEAN IF IT'S, IF IT'S NEEDED, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT AFTER IT'S PUT IN.
AND, AND WE HAVE THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL, CITY HALL, LEASE DEPARTMENT FIRE STATION.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S QUITE A BIT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED THESE GRANTS ON.
SO IS IT THE SAME CONTRACTOR INSTALLING ALL THE
WELL, WELL RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON THE SAME ONE.
'CAUSE HE WAS UH, HE WAS A LOW BID GOTCHA.
BUT THEY WERE ALL INTO, LIKE THE ANIMAL CONTROL WAS BID OUT SEPARATELY.
THE PD, CIVIC CENTER AND FIRE STATION WERE BID AS ONE PACKAGE.
UH, SO THIS WILL BE ITS OWN PACKAGE.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE GENERATORS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SPEND ALL A YEAR MAINTAINING 'EM? WELL, UH, THAT'S WITH FUEL.
WELL THE, THE AND, AND I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A PRICE 'CAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A NATURAL GAS GENERATOR.
SO, WHICH AT LEAST THAT ALSO FREE UP THE TIME FROM THE, FROM HAVING THE GUYS COME OUT AND FILL UP THE DIESEL GENERATOR.
SO THIS ISN'T, AND PAYING THEM ALL TIME.
WELL IT SAYS $36,430 AND 10 CENTS.
IS THAT FOR THE YEAR THAT THAT MONEY IS TO COVER THE TIME THAT WE SPENT PUTTING THIS GRANT TOGETHER? SO IT SAYS MANAGEMENT COSTS.
THAT'S US MANAGING THE PROJECT.
SO THAT'S A QUESTION I HAD IS WHO'S GONNA SERVICE THE GENERATOR? 'CAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY TO SERVICE IT, HAVE SERVICE CONTRACT ON IT.
YOU HAVE TO RUN CHECKS AND SERVICE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON ALL ON ALL OUR GENERATORS.
WE HAVE A, WE'LL END UP HAVING A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR WITH THE VENDOR TO COME OUT AND SERVICE IT QUARTERLY AND MAKE SURE IT'S RUN.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS, SO WE'RE PAYING 10% AND I WAS KIND OF UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT MANAGEMENT COSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF 36,000 WERE TO MAINTAIN IT.
BUT THAT'S, UH, NOT, SO THERE IS AN EXTRA EXPENSE FOR THE CITY TO BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, SERVICING AND MAINTAINING THE GENERATOR.
WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE, UH, ONCE THE PROJECT IS DONE, UH, TO PROVIDE THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP ON IT.
THE $32,000 IS JUST FOR 36,000 IS JUST TO, UH, FOR US, UH, TO PAY US BACK OUR TIME FOR PUTTING THIS GRANT TOGETHER FOR MANAGING THE PROJECT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT PAYING US BACK OUR HOURS THAT WE PUT IN DOING THE WORK.
SO DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO MAINTENANCE IT EVERY YEAR? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, NO.
UM, I I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, SINCE THIS IS FOR LIKE EMERGENCIES, HOW WILL THE, THE, UM, RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM THAT? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WILL WE USE IT FOR? WELL, IF, IF, IF THE, IF THERE'S AN EVENT GOING ON AT THE CIVIC CENTER, WE WON'T HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN.
'CAUSE THE AIR CONDITIONER GO OUT, POWER GOES OUT.
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE CIVIC CENTER WITH EVENTS GOING ON BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER.
IF, IF THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE CITY, COULD THIS FACILITY BE USED AS A COOLING OR WARMING CENTER FOR RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER? SURE.
THAT'D BE A, A DECISION, UH, FOR Y'ALL TO MAKE.
IF Y'ALL WANNA MAKE IT THEN, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SERVICE CONTRACT.
'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T THEN THEY REALLY STIFF YOU WITH THE PRICE.
RIGHT? NO, WE WE'LL END UP HAVING A SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED FOR IN THE UPCOMING YEAR? NO.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S GONNA END UP BEING A WHILE BEFORE WE PUT THIS, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET THIS GENERATOR IN PLACE, WHAT IS THE TIME ESTIMATE TO HAVE IT INSTALLED? WELL, IT'LL BE SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE WE HIRE A CONTRACTOR AND IT'LL BE ANOTHER 20 PLUS WEEKS BEFORE OUR GENERATOR COMES IN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT EIGHT, NINE MONTHS.
YEAH, SOMEWHERE I WOULD, I WOULD IMAGINE BEFORE THE END OF 2026.
SO THIS WOULD BE MAINTENANCE THAT WE'D BE NEEDING TO PAY FOR BY 2027? I WOULD IMAGINE SO.
AND IT'S GONNA END UP BEING NEW AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, SO THE, THE MAINTENANCE IS GONNA BE, UH, STUFF SHOULDN'T BE BREAKING THE FIRST YEAR.
IT'D PROBABLY BE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU STILL HAVE TO DO MONTHLY.
THE, THE, THE, THE QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS WHERE YOU END UP RUNNING IT.
RICO, WHO'S THE, UH, MANUFACTURER OF THE GENERATOR.
WE CAN'T SPECIFY A MANUFACTURER OF THE GENERATOR.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE WARRANTY WOULD BE? UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, NO.
IT'S PART OF THE, UH, SPECIFICATIONS I HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER.
WELL, RIGO I THINK THAT'S A RELEVANT QUESTION.
AND WHEN, WHEN WE END UP PUTTING THAT SPECIFICATION, WE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE IT TWO TO THREE YEARS FOR THE, FOR THE WARRANTY.
BUT THE CRA THE, THE, IT'S USUALLY FOR LABOR.
WHAT IS THE, YOU YOU SAID? UM,
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SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHEN WE HAD THE PLACE RENTED OUT AND THE, UH, POWER WENT OUT.SO IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE JUST REFUND THEIR MONEY.
IS THAT WE, WE, WE VERY RECENTLY HAD A CASE WHERE WE HAD TWO OR 300 PEOPLE COME INTO THE CIVIC CENTER AND WE HAD NO POWER THAT MORNING.
AND WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH FORIN COUNTY AND WE RELOCATED THEM TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.
BUT THEY, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES WHERE WE'VE HAD TO JUST CANCEL THEIR RESERVATION AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND, AND YES, WE DO REFUND THEM IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL THAT RES RESERVATION.
AND THAT WOULD BE DISASTROUS IF IT WERE A WEDDING OR SOME OCCASION LIKE THAT? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? NO, IT WAS, IT WAS, NO, IT WAS A WEEKDAY EVENT.
I THINK IT WAS A DINNER FOR SOME BIG GROUP.
UM, AND IN THAT SITUATION, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE CITY HAD POWER.
IT WAS FOR SOME REASON JUST THAT CIVIC CENTER IN THAT AREA WAS OUT.
BUT MOST OF THE CITY DID HAVE POWER.
BUT WE WERE LUCKY THAT FORT BEND COUNTY WORKED WITH US AND WE RELOCATED THEM FOR THAT EVENT.
DOES IT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN? BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL POWER GOING OUT THAT OFTEN HERE IN TOWN.
IT, IT ACTUALLY DOES HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN.
THAT, THAT THAT, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TREES HITTING THE POWER LINES OR SOMETHING? NO.
FOR SOME REASON, UH, THERE'S A SURGE THAT GOES OUT AND ENDS UP, UH, POPPING THAT CIRCUIT THAT, THAT TAKES CARE OF THE, THE CIVIC CENTER.
NOW IT HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW THAT THEY REPLACED SOME OF THOSE LINES DOWN, UH, WITH THOSE NEW, UM, POLE POLES.
SO YOU'RE PLANNING TO BUILD A FIRE STATION ACROSS THAT LITTLE CREEK.
WILL THIS SUPPLY THAT AS WELL? NO.
I'M GUESSING THAT'LL HAVE ITS OWN GENERATOR AS WELL, SIR.
WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNSEL? WE NEED A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 36 7 38 70.
ALRIGHT, WELL INDICATE ON THE, UM, I HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING GREEN.
THE EYES HAVE IT PROVEN UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT NEW GENERATOR IN A FEW MONTHS.
GOD WILLING, WE'RE ALL STILL ALIVE.
MIGHT A NEW HERE IF THEY HAVEN'T BLOWN UP THE LET'S HOPE SO.
[4. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2025-24, an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by deleting all of Section 28-41 (b) and (d). "Stop Signs Designated", of Article II, Division 2 of Chapter 28, "Stop Streets", and substituting therefor a new Section 28-41(b) and (d) of Article II, Division 2 of Chapter 28 thereof; providing for a conversion from a two-way stop to a four-way stop at the intersection of Carlisle Street and Avenue L; providing a penalty in an amount of not less than $1.00 nor more than $200.00 for violation of any provision hereof; repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith; providing for severability; and providing an effective date. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER FOR ITEM FOUR.WHO'S THE SPEAKER? SPEAKER DID YOU WANNA, IT'S UM, SUSAN NEWTON.
DID YOU WANNA READ THE ITEM? YES.
I'LL READ THE ITEM CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 5 DASH 24 IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
LEMME PUT THESE ON A SECOND CODE OF ORDINANCES BY DELETING ALL SECTION 28 DASH 41 B AND D STOP SIGN DESIGNATED OF ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION TWO, CHAPTER 28, STOP SIGNS AND SUBSTITUTING.
THEREFORE A NEW SECTION 28 DASH 41 B AND D OF ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION TWO, CHAPTER 28 THEREOF.
PROVIDING FOR A CONVERSION FROM A TWO-WAY STOP TO A FOUR-WAY STOP AT THE INTER INTERSECTION OF CARLISLE AND AVENUE L.
PROVIDING A PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT, NO LESS THAN A DOLLAR, AND NO MORE THAN $200 FOR VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION.
HEREOF, REPE, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES, INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERAL ABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY.
I LIVE AT 10 14 CLA AVENUE IN ROSENBERG.
THIS IS THE DISTRICT THAT I LIVE IN.
UM, THERE'S A PLEURA PLE PLETHORA OF STOP SIGNS IN THIS AREA.
THEY'RE LITERALLY EVERY BLOCK AS YOU GO SOUTH.
AND NOW WE'RE WANTING TO GO EAST WEST, IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY RESIDENT SUPPORT FOR THIS? DO THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT THIS? I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE ONLINE SUPPORT.
UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS AT THIS LOCATION TO PROMPT THIS ACTION? PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD, UH, COUNSEL WOULD LOOK AT BOTH RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT AND, UH, ACCIDENT DATA BEFORE THEY WOULD PUT IN A STOP SIGN.
AND WE SERVED TOGETHER FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND EVERY
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TIME WE HAD A STOP SIGN, YOU HAD AN ISSUE WITH US.PUT A STOP SIGN AND THOSE STOP SIGNS THAT WE DID PUT UP, I DON'T RECALL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD ONE COMPLAINT.
ONE PERSON COME UP HERE AND SAY, THAT IS A BAD IDEA THAT WE PUT A STOP SIGN.
DON'T YOU THINK IT'S, UH, PERHAPS BETTER TO ERROR ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING AS YOU KNOW, HELPFUL AND AS INEXPENSIVE AS A STOP SIGN? IN 2013 ON THE CORNER OF AVENUE L IN MILLIE STREET, I PROPOSED A STOP SIGN.
I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME, MYSELF, I THINK CYNTHIA, UH, JIMMY, JIMMY PENA, AND, UM, AMANDA.
BUT BEFORE WE APPROVE THE STOP SIGN, YOU, I RECALL YOU AND SEVERAL OTHERS ASKED MR. ALCHEMY IF WE HAD A STUDY.
WE HAD A STUDY THAT STOP SIGN.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR A STUDY, I'M JUST ASKING FOR YES MA'AM.
AND MR. ALCHEMY TOLD US THAT A STUDY FOR AN $80 STOP SIGN WAS ABOUT $5,000.
THERE WERE FIVE RESIDENTS THAT CAME AND SPOKE.
ONE OF 'EM DIED LAST, LAST MONTH.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS ON THE CORNER OF HER YARD.
AND WE HAD, UM, AND DIANE COOK CAME AND SPOKE AND SHE SAID, IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO STUDY THIS.
AND SHE SAID, UM, IN FACT SHE STUDIED IT FOR 40 YEARS.
AND I MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
JIMMY THIRD IT, AMANDA FOURTH IT.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT.
PEOPLE DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT A STOP SIGNS.
YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT A STOP SIGN RIGHT NOW.
I'M ASKING YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE ON THAT STREET.
I'M JUST ASKING IF THE RESIDENTS SUPPORTED NOT COMPLAINING.
WELL, CAN I ASK REGO? WE REQUESTED YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
WHY ARE WE DISCUSSING A STOP SIGN HERE RIGHT NOW? WE REQUESTED THIS REGAL, THE MAYOR.
OH, WHY, WHY IS YOUR NAME ON THERE? NOT THE MAYOR.
UH, STOP SIGN ITEMS. CAN WE PUT WHOEVER REQUESTED THE ITEM TO BE PUT ON THERE? IT'S ON THERE.
I DIDN'T, I SAW, I SAW IT SAYS REGO ON THE SCREEN.
WELL, I MEAN IN THE EXECUTIVE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST THING SAYS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IT SAYS REQUESTED BY MAYOR BENTON.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY GEORGE WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, GEORGE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
WHAT, UM, YOU REQUESTED THIS STOP SIGN.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, GEORGE, CAN YOU SPEAK MORE CLOSER TO THAT? WOULD YOU MIND STOP SIGN BECAUSE UH, IT'S A MAJOR STOP TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF KIDS.
BUT THE BUS, THE BUS PICKS AND DROPS UP OFF.
THERE'S ALSO A STOP SIGN IN THE NEXT BLOCK ALSO.
BUT THE BUS HAS STOP SIGNS ON IT.
SO, SO WHEN THE BUS STOPS, THERE'S A STOP SIGN.
THE BUS HAS ITS OWN STOP SIGN.
AND UH, ALSO THE SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET, UH, THEY SPEED FROM THAT SCHOOL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AVENUE.
SO BASICALLY WE GOT TWO FOUR-WAY STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE BLOCK.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY NOT A STOP SIGN THERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, THESE SEE THE ONES AREA, IT'S A TWO WAY STOP RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT A FOUR-WAY.
SO HERE YOU GOT A FOUR-WAY OR FOUR-WAY.
SO OTHER THAN, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BASED ON RIGHT OF WAY.
THERE'S NO ACTUAL FOUR-WAY STOP, RIGHT? THERE'S A TWO-WAY.
IT'S A TWO STOP NOW IT'S A TWO-WAY ON AVENUE L RIGHT HERE.
SO THE YELLOW IS THE ONES THEY'RE ADDING THE ONES.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING NORTH SOUTH, THERE'S FOUR-WAY.
WELL ACTUALLY IT'S ALMOST, NO IT'S A BLOCK AT ONE BLOCK AREA.
WELL, I MEAN GOING NORTH SOUTH, I SEE NO HARM IN PUTTING STOP SIGNS AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THEM ON THOROUGH AFFAIRS OR MAJOR COLLECTOR ROADS.
BUT FOR THE RESIDENTS, DID THE RESIDENTS WANT THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, I KNOW WHEN WE HAD TO APPLY FOR UM, SPEED
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HUMPS, WE HAD TO GET A PETITION.WE HAD TO KIND OF SURVEY THE NEIGHBORS MM-HMM
SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IN THIS COMMUNITY IS TO ASK, IS TO ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DRIVE LIVE AROUND, LIVE THERE EVERY DAY.
UM, WHAT, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND I WOULD BE OPEN TO TABLING THIS UNTIL WE CAN DO THAT TYPE OF OKAY.
ARE YOU GONNA GO ASK THEM? I CAN IF YOU WANT ME TO.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS.
I'LL SECOND THAT UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING THAT IS ON.
SO DID YOU SAY SEPTEMBER 2ND? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2ND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONFER WITH THE CITIZENS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS ORDINANCE.
WILL YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2ND? WE DO HAVE POSTPONE.
DO A POSTPONE AND YOU CAN SET A DATE.
LET'S PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
I'M SURE MS. TON WILL HELP ME.
Y'ALL GO OUT THERE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING? ASK AROUND.
SHE'S TAB SHE'S TAB IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING, I SEE NO HARM IN DOING THAT.
INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING GREEN.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY NO.
TALK TO SOME FOLKS, SEE WHAT THEY WANT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU REMEMBER TO VOTE FROM 13 YEARS AGO.
[5. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3940, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City, Change Order No. 1 to the Contract, by and between the City and Hassell Construction Group, LLC, for the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1A Headworks Mechanical Bar Screen Replacement Project, to make necessary improvements, in the amount of $191,391.51. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]
CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 39 40 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE TO THE CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND HASSEL CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC FOR, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT NUMBER ONE AND HEADWORKS MECHANICAL BAR SCREEN REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO MAKE, EXCUSE ME, NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $191,391 AND 51 CENTS.
AT THE MAY 2ND, 2023 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 34 50 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDED PROJECT FOR THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
ONE, A HEADWORKS MECHANICAL SCREEN REPLACEMENT PROJECT CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $191,391 AND 51 CENTS AS NECESSARY DUE TO A MODIFICATION TO THE SCREEN IN FLUENT PIPE ROUTING TO DISCHARGE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION TO APPROVE THE RETURN ACTIVATED SLUDGE.
AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ALL MEANS, BUT IT'S PARTS AT THE, AT THE SEWER PLANT, UH, MIXING FOR THE PLAN OPERATIONS AND BYPASS PUMPING REQUIRED FOR, UH, DURING THE PROJECT AS A RESULT OF THE ILU GATES THAT WERE OPERATIONAL DURING THE DESIGN, BUT NON-OPERATIONAL DURING THE CONSTRUCTION LIQUIDITY ENGINEERING LLC IS PROPOSING TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR $140,609 AND 88 CENTS OF THE $191,391 AND 51 CENTS DUE TO A DESIGN ERROR RESULTING IN THE NEED TO REROUTE PIPING.
THE REMAINING $50,781 AND 63 CENTS ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BYPASS PUMPING SYSTEM REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACTOR THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT DUE TO UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS THAT DESCRIBED ABOVE.
CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE IS ATTACHED TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 40 AS EXHIBIT A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 40 APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $191,391 AND 51 CENTS, WHICH WILL BRING A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AMOUNT TO $2,361,391 AND 51 CENTS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM LIQUIDITY IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS ON THE ACTUAL CHANGE ORDER.
SO THIS IS DISTRICT ONE, FELIX, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR, I'M SURE WITH THE, UH, SEWER TREATMENT PLANT OVER THERE.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL BEGIN WITH YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL WE'RE PAYING AT A PO.
THE, THE WHATEVER WE STILL OWE IT.
WHAT IS IT, 50,000? IS THAT WHAT WE STILL OWE? CORRECT.
WELL, WITH, WITH THIS HERE, UM, WE'LL BE ON THE HOOK FOR PAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 50 50,781 RIGHT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE REIMBURSED, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S, UM, 140,609 FOR THE ERROR, RIGHT? CORRECT.
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ENGINEERING ERROR YOU SAID IT WAS.AND UM, MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW LONG WILL THIS PROLONG? UM, I GUESS CONSTRUCTION.
'CAUSE UH, I, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS ALSO, THEY DON'T LIKE NEW CONSTRUCTION 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS SAYING, WELL THERE'S, I HATE SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION, I NEED TO KNOW, I NEED A ETA.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE US RIGHT NOW? IT, IT'LL END UP REVISED THE CONTRACT DATE TO 400 AND 456 CALENDAR DAYS, WHICH WE HAD.
UM, WHAT DID IT WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THE CONTRACT BY 190 DAYS, 590 DAYS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FELIX? UH, NO SIR.
I MEAN, IF IT'S NEEDED, WE NEED IT.
STEVE HECTOR GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? JESSICA? NO.
I SEE THE WORD NECESSARY IN HERE.
GEORGE, WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNSEL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 3 9 4 0.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED.
[6. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3944, a Resolution approving the purchase of a Fire Station Alerting System in the amount of $320,284.90 from US Digital Designs, per the pricing, terms, and conditions as negotiated by the City utilizing a cooperative purchasing agreement through NPPgov, Contract #PS20350; and authorizing the City Manager to execute appropriate documents and/or agreements regarding the same. (Daryl Maretka, Fire Chief) ]
NUMBER SIX.CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 39 44.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $320,284 90 CENTS FROM US.
DIGITAL DESIGNS PER PRICING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY U UTILIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THROUGH NPP GOV.
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND OR AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME CHIEF MEKA.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
FIRE STATION ALERT SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION TOOLS THAT RAPIDLY RELAY EMERGENCY DISPATCH INFORMATION TO FIREFIGHTERS INSIDE THE STATIONS.
THESE SYSTEMS INTEGRATE WITH THE CITY'S DISPATCH CENTER TO PROVIDE CLEAR, IMMEDIATE, UH, AND LOCATION SPECIFIC ALERTS THROUGH VISIBLE, VISIBLE CUES, VISUAL CUES, AUDIBLE TONES, AND AUTOMATED VOICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, ENSURING CREWS RECEIVE ACCURATE DETAILS IN SECONDS WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR, WE EXPLORED OPTIONS FOR ALERTING CAPABILITIES, REPLACING THE SYSTEMS THAT ALL THE FIRE STATIONS PROVED TO BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN EXPANDING THE CURRENT SYSTEM FOR JUST THE TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS AND WILL ALSO LOWER FUTURE MAINTENANCE COSTS.
TOTAL EQUIPMENT COST IS THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS 96 PLUS PLUS 90 CENTS PLUS INSTALLATION AND INTEGRATION EXPENSES WILL BE ALLOCATED PER PER STATION AS FOLLOWS.
FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE AND FOUR CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FIRE STATION.
NUMBER TWO, THE PROPOSED FUNDING WILL BE FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND FIRE STATION.
NUMBER THREE, THE PROPOSED FUNDING IS FROM THE FIRE STATION THREE FUND BALANCE.
THE PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND RELATED BUDGET, UH, ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA.
ITEM RESOLUTION NUMBER R 3 39 44 AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRE STATION LEARNING SYSTEM AND THE AMOUNT OF $320,284 AND 90 CENTS FROM US.
DIGITAL DESIGNS FOR PRICING TERMS AND CONDITIONS NEGOTIATED WITH THE CITY THROUGH THE NPP GOV COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT CONTRACT NUMBER PS 2 0 3 5 0.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION R 39 44 AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUST SEE IF ANYBODY WISHES TO JUMP IN, SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
IT'S JUST EASIER TO, TO GET THE NEW SYSTEM AND TRY TO RETRO UPGRADE THE OLD ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE NO REASON TO DO IT A BETTER, MORE CURRENT SYSTEM.
SO WELL, UM, I GUESS RESPONSE TIME, IS THERE GONNA BE A DIFFERENCE IN RESPONSE TIME OR WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME? WE'LL HAVE A MORE RELIABLE ALERTING SYSTEM, SO.
AND THEN, UH, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY HITTING COSTS LIKE UPGRADES AND MAINTENANCE TO THIS? AND THEN NOTHING BREAKS, RIGHT?
THE SYSTEM WE PROPOSED IS USED BY, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY EMS, UH, MISSOURI CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT USES IT FULL SURE USE IT.
SO SEVERAL AGENCIES WITHIN THE COUNTY IN OUR AREA USE IT AND THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY GOOD SYSTEM.
CHIEF, HOW LONG WOULD A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, I GUESS I SHOULD ASK, HOW LONG WAS THE LAST SYSTEM
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LAST LASTED? I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO DANNY.DO YOU KNOW HOW OLD THAT IS? MAYBE 10, 20 YEARS.
WE'LL WILL BE GOOD FOR WHEN THE CITY EXPANDS TOO.
AND AND YOU CAN EXPAND THAT ALONG WITH IT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AT AT A, AT A MUCH CHEAPER COST.
'CAUSE THE, THE SAVINGS I'M TALKING ABOUT WAS JUST FOR THE TWO FIRE STATIONS WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE THAT MUCH MONEY BY GOING TO A, AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
SO WITH REGARD TO THE LOCATION SPECIFIC ALERTS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THAT BETWEEN DISPATCH AND, AND THE FIREFIGHTERS OR DOES THAT RIGHT.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THE ADDRESS AND THE INFORMATION FOR THE CALL.
WHEN DISPATCH TAKES THE CALL, THIS IS WHAT TURNS ALL THAT INTO LETTING US KNOW WHERE THE CALL IS.
WOULD THAT AND ALERTING US, WOULD THAT HELP WITH PEOPLE WHO CALL FROM CELL PHONES? NO, THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THIS IS ALL SPECIFIC TO, UH, GETTING THE CALL FROM DISPATCH TO US TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NOT EVEN THOUGH IT GOES THROUGH DISPATCH.
THAT'S STILL GOING THROUGH 9 1 1.
SO THIS IS COMMUNICATION ON THE INSIDE, CORRECT.
FROM DISPATCH TO, TO, TO GET FROM THE, FROM DISPATCH TO US.
SO BASED ON THE ADDRESS THAT DISPATCH PROVIDES, THEN THAT LOCATION SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO THE STATIONS? CORRECT.
AND THEN I HAD A JOYCE QUESTION.
UM, SO IT SAYS THAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, PAID THROUGH, FUNDED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, AND THEN FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE FUND BALANCE, AND THEN IT SAYS BUDGETED AND A SO CAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AT THE BOTTOM? IT, IT'S NOT BUDGETED RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I THINK THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEM IS THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS TRANSACTION.
SO IT'S IT'S NOT CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR RIGHT.
AS WE SIT HERE LOOKING AT THIS ITEM, IT IS NOT BUDGETED AT THIS TIME? NO.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WOULD BUDGET IT.
DO YOU FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD, THAT WE REALLY NEED THAT? YES, THEY DEFINITELY NEED THE SYSTEM.
UM, AND, AND LIKE CHIEF SAID, I MEAN WE'VE WORKED ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, THEY, THEY CAME BACK WITH THE ORIGINAL QUOTES FROM OUR CURRENT PROVIDER AND LIKE HE SAID IT WAS OVER 500,000 JUST FOR TWO STATIONS.
SO THEN THEY STARTED RESEARCHING A LITTLE MORE AND THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS CHEAPER TO REPLACE ALL OF IT.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO A MUCH CHEAPER MAINTENANCE COST GOING FORWARD.
IT'S NOT AS MUCH ANNUAL COST AS THE OLD SYSTEM WAS.
SO ARE THERE ANY ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS OR ANYTHING? NO.
AND WHAT FUND DOES THIS COME OUT? OH, GENERAL FUND AND CONSTRUCTION FUND AND FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
FIRE, FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
AND WHERE IS THAT FUND BALANCE DERIVED FROM? WHICH FUND? UM, GENERAL FUND AS WELL.
TWO 30 IS FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE FUND.
AND WHAT? IT'S A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
AND WHERE, HOW ARE THOSE PROCEEDS ACQUIRED? I SHOULD SAY? UM, THE PROCEEDS FOR FIRE STATION THREE COME FROM, UM, MUD, MUD FIRE SERVICES.
IT'S ALL THE FEES THAT THE MUDS PAY.
THAT'S SUPPORT FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IN A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BECAUSE ALL OF ITS FUNDING COMES FROM THE MUDS AND FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
THAT'S THE ONE BY ARADONDO ELEMENTARY.
THE ONE RIGHT BY YOUR BY MY HOUSE.
YOU HAVE THAT'S A YES SERVICE.
THEY, THEY DO GIMME PLASTIC BAGS WHEN MY DOGS NEED THEM.
AND THE EVENT Y'ALL, GOD FORBID HAVE A A, UH, SMALL.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY WHO WAS THAT? HECTOR? YES SIR.
AND PLEASE THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE RESPONSE AT THE VOGEL SING BUILDING.
THOSE PICTURES I SAW WERE INCREDIBLE.
IT'S NOT SHOWING, BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PUSH GREEN.
EVERYONE VOTED CHIEF PRESS THAT BUTTON.
THAT WEIRD BUTTON TO YOUR RIGHT.
[7. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3945, a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, Budget Amendment 25-06, providing funds for the Fire Alerting System and appropriating funding for the purchase and installation of a natural gas generator for the Rosenberg Civic Center, in the total amount of $936,747.00. (Luis Garza, Director of Finance) ]
ITEM NUMBER WHAT? SEVEN.HERE'S THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 39 45.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS BUDGET AMENDMENT 25 0 6.
PROVIDING FOR FUNDS FOR THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM AND APPRO APPROPRIATING FUNDING FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A NATURAL GAS GENERATOR FOR ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $936,000.
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MONEY.MAYOR, THE PREVIOUS AGENDA, ITEMS THREE AND SIX RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, WHICH THE FIRST ONE IS RESOLUTION R DASH 38 70 APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE AWARD LETTER BETWEEN THE C THE CITY AND TEEM FOR THE ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER GENERATOR GRANT.
AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $728,602 OF WHICH $655,741 AND 80 CENTS WILL BE FUNDED WITH GRANT FUNDS.
AND THE REMAINING 72,860 AND 20 CENTS IS WITH CITY MATCHING FUNDS RECEIVED FROM PRIOR FREEMA REIMBURSEMENTS.
AND THEN THE SECOND RESOLUTION IS R DASH 39 44 IS THE ITEM WE JUST DISCUSSED APPROVING THE PUR PURCHASE OF THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM.
UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THIS ITEM IS 208,000 $145, UH, TO BE PAID FROM GENERAL FUND, FUND BALANCE AND FIRE STATION.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
UH, THERE'S TWO OF THEM, NO THREE OF 'EM.
IT'S JUST 39 45 FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, RESOLUTION 39 45.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING PUSHING GREEN.
[8. Review and discuss the creation of Crime Control and Prevention District, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Joyce Vasut, City Manager) ]
IS KIND OF A COMPLEX ITEM.SEE THAT
LET ME READ IT WHILE THEY'RE HEADING UP HERE.
UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE THREE PEOPLES FOR THIS ITEM.
WHO ARE THEY? UH, LYNN, SUSAN AND ALICE.
I'M GONNA READ THE, I'M GONNA READ THE ITEM WHILE YOU'RE HEADING UP HERE.
REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CREATION OF A CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT AND TAKE A ACTION AS NECESSARY DIRECT STAFF.
BUT, UH, IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL HEAR YOU AND THEN SHE'LL GO THROUGH IT.
IT IT'S TEMPERATURE HOT OR ON HOT? ON HOT.
LYNN MOSES, 7, 6 0 6 LAKESHORE POINT LANE.
UM, AFTER READING THIS AGENDA ITEM, MY CONCERN WAS THE FUNDING OF THIS.
UM, I'M ALL FOR CRIME CONTROL FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S GONNA COME FROM RDC.
UH, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL.
I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T SPEAK BACK.
'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM.
AND I GOT PLENTY OF QUESTIONS TOO, LYNN.
UH, WHERE DOES THE, UH, HOW MUCH EXTRA FUNDING DOES RDC HAVE RIGHT NOW? UH, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL RDC FUNDED AND HELP FUND SUBDIVISIONS WHEN THEY NEEDED LIGHTS OUTSIDE THE SUBDIVISIONS, THOSE LIGHTS BACK THEN 10 YEARS AGO WERE $250,000.
IF IT WAS NOT CAUGHT WHEN THE, WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT, THEN THE CITY HAD TO PAY FOR IT.
WELL, RDC STEPPED UP WITH THAT AND WE ENDED UP, AS FAR AS RDC, PAYING FOR IT.
UH, IT ALSO DOES OUR PARKS, IT ALSO DOES OUR SIDEWALKS.
SO I WOULD HOPE COUNCIL WOULD LOOK AT HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY DO WE HAVE IN THIS BUDGET THAT WE CAN TAKE MONEY FROM THIS.
UM, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, I DID DRIVE ALONGS WITH THE POLICE.
IT CAME TO MY, UM, AMAZEMENT THAT WE HAD ONE OFFICER PER DISTRICT AT NIGHT WORKING, AND WE WERE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING FOR MORE FUNDING AND WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR THAT.
BUT TO TAKE IT, MY OPINION, AND FROM WHAT THE CITIZENS I KNOW FROM RDC, IT'S GONNA END UP COMING BACK TO THE CITY WHEN THIS MONEY IS NOT THERE TO BE USED FOR THE CITY.
WHEN THERE IS A TRAFFIC LIGHT, A QUIET ZONE THAT WE STILL HAVE BENTON ROAD THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.
AND THE, AND YOU HAVE TO DO A STUDY ON THOSE.
AND THAT'S FIVE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE TO DO THAT STUDY FOR THAT QUIET ZONE.
NOT ONE, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ROSENBERG, RICHMOND, TDOT, FORT BEND COUNTY, AND I'M LOST.
THERE'S ONE MORE, BUT I DO KNOW THERE'S FIVE.
AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE STUDIES BEFORE YOU CAN DO THAT QUIET ZONE.
AND RDC FUNDED THAT QUIET ZONE.
SO I AM ALL FOR CRIME CONTROL.
I THINK THE PDS NEED MORE MONEY, BUT TO TAKE IT FROM THIS ENTITY, I'M, I DON'T AGREE WITH,
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UM, WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO OUR PARKS, UH, AND OUR RECREATION AREAS.UH, AND, UH, THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GONNA BE LOOKING TO COME IN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME IN.
IF THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY HELP FOR THEM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME IN AND BUILD AND DEVELOP.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF LAND HERE STILL.
SO I HOPE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK INTO THAT.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE PULLING.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I GOT A QUESTION TO ASK YOU THOUGH.
WHEN YOU SAID DEVELOPERS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL? BOTH.
BECAUSE IF YOU COME IN, YOU KNOW THIS BILL AND YOU PUT IN A BUSINESS AND THE TRAFFIC REQUIRES A LIGHT, THEN THE CITY, YEAH, THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR IT.
THE DEVELOPER HAS TO PAY FOR IT.
WELL, USUALLY THEY WOULD SPLIT IT AND THEY WOULD GO TO RDC FOR THAT MONEY AND GET THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT PUT UP IF IT WASN'T CAUGHT WHEN IT WAS BEING BUILT.
AND THEN LATER ON THEY'RE LIKE, OH, LIKE IN FRONT OF SUMMER LAKES, I KNOW ALL THE LIGHTS.
THEY GO TO RDC AND GET THAT MONEY FROM THERE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE CITY WOULD'VE TO BUDGET FOR ALL THOSE LIGHTS.
HAS THAT ISSUE IN SUMMER LAKES BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE LIGHTS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW? AS FAR AS I KNOW IT HAS.
UH, BUT AT TIMES IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN'S THERE, IT STILL CAUSES ISSUES.
BUT YES, THERE IS A LIGHT RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF SUMMER LAKES NOW, AND THAT WAS NOT PUT IN WITH THE DEVELOPER.
SO, AND THE DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, RDC WOULD COME IN AND HELP THESE DEVELOPERS AND FUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ALLOWED THROUGH RDC, BUT THE CITY'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ANY THIS.
I THINK IT, LIKE YOU SAY, LYNN, UH, SPEAKING, I THINK THAT'S GONNA AFFECT ONGOING PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TOO.
WELL, WE'RE, WE'LL DISCUSS IT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SO MUCH IN, I HOPE NOT ANYWAY.
TOO CONCERNED ABOUT ASSISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, DIFFERENT STORY.
NOT SO MUCH THAT, BUT IF THE, IF THE SUBDIVISION'S ALREADY BEEN PUT UP AND NOW A LIGHT'S NEEDED, WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? 'CAUSE THE SUBDIVISION'S A RED LIGHT.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE OVER $250,000.
REMEMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LYNN.
THE ONE BY HOME DEPOT WAS 488.
YEAH, WELL, I WASN'T IN FAVOR OF THAT WHEN YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT, UM, IT WAS EVERYTH DONE ANYWAY.
SUSAN, DO YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS? IT HAS HELPED TRAFFIC A LOT THOUGH.
THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.
UM, MY CONCERNS ARE SIMILAR TO LYNN.
UM, THIS APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST KIND OF RUSHED THROUGH AND I REALLY ADVISE YOU TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE CUTTING THE FUNDING TO RDC, THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT.
BUT WHAT COST WILL IT COST THE CITY TO TAKE AWAY? RD SAY'S ENTIRE FUNDING WOULD BE A GREAT LOSS TO OUR CITY PROJECTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE RDC HAS FUNDED NUMEROUS SIDEWALKS, ROADS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY FUNDED THINGS LIKE COPELAND ROAD, SEABORNE POOR PARK, AND I BELIEVE THE, THE WATERLINE TO THE DOLLAR TREE.
THERE'S LOTS OF WATERLINE THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT, UM, 59 TOWARDS BEASLEY SO THAT WE CAN DEVELOP THAT AREA FOR COMMERCIAL AND HAVE MORE SALES TAX.
UM, IN THE MEMO FROM THE RANDALL LAW FORM, IT SHOWS THAT THE TAX RATE FOR THIS DISTRICT COULD BE ONE EIGHTH A QUARTER, THREE EIGHTHS, OR A HALF OF 1%.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MUCH WISER TO SPLIT THE RDC ONE HALF PERCENT RATHER THAN TO REALLOCATE ALL OF IT TO THIS SPECIAL DISTRICT.
I ALSO THINK IT IS TOO FAST FOR A VOTE ON THIS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A RADICAL AND A RASH CHANGE, AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT LOSS TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A WORKSHOP.
IF I HAD TO RE, IF I HAD TO RENAME THIS, I'D CALL IT THE FAST AND FURIOUS, NO OFFENSE, A COUNSELOR, CAN YOU SEE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? BUT, UH, YEAH.
ALICE JOSS, 27 0 8 MADISON AVENUE ROSENBERG.
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I'M GONNA ECHO A LOT OF WHAT LYNN HAD SAID AND WHAT SUSAN HAD SAID.AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING MONEY FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE YOUR STREETS.
I CAN TELL YOU IN MY SUBDIVISION IS COMING REALLY FAST, GUYS, YOU ARE NOT GONNA SLAP ASPHALT ON THOSE STREETS 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA COME UP AGAINST YOU.
SO THOSE STREETS ARE CONCRETE RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE CRACKING AND THEY'RE POPPING AS CARS DRIVE ACROSS THEM.
UH, SO A LOT OF THE CURBS ARE FALLING APART.
THOSE ARE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN ROSENBURG IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGING.
IN YOUR DISTRICT, FELIX, UH, IN YOUR DISTRICT'S GETTING OLD, RICHARD, MY DISTRICT IS DEFINITELY OLDER.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT, RDC IS NOT A COOKIE JAR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT SHOULD BE A BUDGETED ITEM THAT COMES THROUGH YOU, THE COUNCIL.
THAT'S NOT AN RDC JOB TO PREVENT CRIME.
IT ALREADY DOES A LOT OF STUFF.
WE DID A LOT OF STUFF ON RDC, BUT WE ALWAYS MADE SURE WE FOLLOWED THE RDC GUIDELINES BECAUSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, THIS IS JUST PUSHING TOO HARD AND TOO FAST FOR SOMETHING THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN OUR CITY.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK THE PARKS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE PARKS ARE IMPORTANT.
AND I HAVE SEEN TRAVIS PARK USED MORE NOW THAN I HAVE EVER IN THE LIFETIME THAT I'VE BEEN IN ROSENBERG.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT USED.
MORE BASKETBALL, KIDS PLAYING BASKETBALL AT NIGHT INSTEAD OF RUNNING THE STREETS.
THE, THE SPLASH PAD BEING OPEN UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.
PEOPLE STAY UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE BEFORE THEY LEAVE THAT PLACE.
IT, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS ON PARA IN PARAGRAPH.
UM, OF THE, THIS THING HERE THAT Y'ALL WERE GIVEN, UH, PARAGRAPH FOUR, IT ADMITTEDLY TAKES MONEY FROM THE RDC AND GIVES IT TO THIS NEW DISTRICT.
IT, IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE, IMPACTING CAPITAL PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS SAYS IT AS CLEAR AS DAY.
AND I WOULD JUST URGE Y'ALL, PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.
WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE, UH, SPECIFICS AND THE DETAILS OF THIS.
UH, FIRST STATE COUNSELOR OLSON, UM, ASKS THAT WE LOOK AT THIS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WHY WE'RE GONNA JUST LOOK AT IT A WORKSHOP.
WELL, BECAUSE BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, CAN I JUST, SO I, I DID, BECAUSE GRADY GAVE ME A DEADLINE OF HOW THIS HAD TO PROCEED.
AND I DID KIND OF PUSH JOYCE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE WORKSHOP.
I THINK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A BETTER IDEA.
CAN, CAN WE POSTPONE IT FOR A WORKSHOP? HANG ON A SECOND.
THE REASON YOU COULDN'T PUT IT ON A WORKSHOP 'CAUSE IT WAS NOT GONNA FIT INTO THE DEADLINES, THE STATUTORY DEADLINES.
THOSE, THOSE ARE STATE LAWS THAT IF YOU WERE TRIED TO GET IT ON BUDGET, NOVEMBER BALLOT.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO INCREASE TAXES HAS TO BE ON THE BALLOT.
IT HAS TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE HEARINGS.
AND IF, IF IT, SO IS THAT BECAUSE IT INCREASES TAXES? NO, WE'RE NOT INCREASING TAXES.
IT'S JUST REDIRECTING SALES TAX REVENUE FROM THE R, FROM RDC.
IT HAS TO CHANGE THE CORPORATION OF THE RDC TO, UH, THE, THE STRUCTURE OF IT.
AND THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC VOTE.
THEN THAT'S WHY I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WHERE IT SAYS TEXAS LAW, CAPSA CITY'S TOTAL SALES TAX RATE AT 2%.
ROSENBERG HAS, HAS ALREADY REACHED THE MAXIMUM.
WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE MAXIMUM RIGHT NOW, BUT HALF, HALF OF A PERCENT GOES TO THE RDC.
WE WOULD TAKE ONE EIGHTH OF ONE OF THAT, PART OF THAT, AND ONE REDIRECT IT TO THIS CCPD.
UH, AND WHICH COMES OUT TO 1.7 MILLION.
NOW, OVERALL, I, I WOULD SAY, AND LET'S ASK JOYCE A QUESTION, JOYCE, GENERALLY, WHAT, WHAT DOES THE RDC
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GROSS EVERY YEAR, WHAT ARE THE PROCEEDS? 7 MILLION.ABOUT 6 6 6 AND A HALF MILLION.
SO, AND, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, RDC GENERATES THAT, UM, WHAT'S THEIR FUND BALANCE? NOW, IF YOU DON'T VOTE, LET ME ASK, BUT DON'T WE GENERATE A LOT FROM THE, THE, LET ME, LET ME WORD THIS CORRECTLY.
DON'T WE GENERATE A LOT OF SALES TAX? 'CAUSE WE HELP A LOT OF BUSINESSES COME.
SO WE'RE REALLY INVESTING ON, ON OURSELVES.
IF YOU'RE TAKING MONEY AWAY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO INVEST IN ANOTHER BUSINESS WHERE IT'S GONNA BRING US MORE MONEY.
IF, IF THEY TOOK ALL THE MONEY BEFORE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SAY NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE OKAY, YOU GOT NEVILLE GROWING, YOU GOT BEASLEY GROWING.
IF YOU LOOK AT TODAY'S, UH, I THINK IN THE FORT BEND HERALD, THEY SHOWED WHAT OUR TAX REVENUE WAS FROM 24 TO 25.
SO YOU CAN'T SAY THEY'RE GONNA COME ANYWAY.
UM, WHAT IS THE FUND BALANCE FOR RDC RIGHT NOW? FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT 10 MILLION.
MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE US? I KNOW IT'S A LONG SUMMARY, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, I CAN, BUT JUST A SECOND.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA CUT THROUGH THE CHASE, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL HAS THE WILL RIGHT NOW TO DO THIS, TO FEEL OKAY.
UH, AND, AND I TO BE PUSHED IN, INTO SOMETHING GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT MAY BE BEST TO CONSIDER THIS FOR SOMETHING, UH, MAYBE FOR THE MAY BALLOT.
BUT WE'D HAVE TO GET SOME ANSWERS.
WE HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR RISK, THE, THE COST TO THE BENEFIT.
THE BENEFIT, UH, I LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO THROW RUSH INTO SOMETHING, RUSH INTO SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP HURTING OURSELF.
SO WE WANT, UH, THE, THE RDC FUND TO, TO STAY HEALTHY.
UM, AND WE NEED OUR GENERAL FUND TO STAY HEALTHY.
AND THIS, I THINK IF, IF, IF, IF DONE PROPERLY OR APPROPRIATELY, I SHOULD SAY, UM, THIS COULD HELP OUR GENERAL FUND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANNA PUT THIS FUND AT RISK AS WELL.
SO THERE'S, UH, PROS AND CONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT.
UM, I'LL READ THE SUMMARY AND THEN MAYBE IT'LL HELP ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
THEN, THEN WE, WE WILL GO THROUGH.
AND THEN RICHARD, I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN THE, THE REASON AND, UH, WHY YOU THINK THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
LET ME JUST READ THE DEAL HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
ALRIGHT, COUNSELORS, RICHARD OLSON AND FELIX.
SO FELIX, YOU HAD A HAND IN THIS AS WELL.
ARE PROPOSING THE CREATION OF A CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE CCPD TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED FUNDING MECHANISM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES.
IT'S, IT'S MY, UM, I'VE BEEN ALSO TOLD THAT THIS CAN GO TO PAY POLICE SALARIES.
SO IT WAS, THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.
FUNDING FOR THE CC PD WOULD COME FROM A VOTER APPROVED SALES TAX.
AS A AUTHORIZED, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 360 3.
UNDER STATE LAW CITIES MAY FUND A-C-C-P-D THROUGH A SALES TAX USE, UH, SALES TAX AND, AND SALES AND USE TAX UP TO A QUARTER OF A PERCENT.
UH, SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL.
THE SMALLEST ALLOWABLE ALLOCATION IS ONE EIGHTH OF 1%, WHICH FOR ROSENBERG, UH, WOULD, WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY.
SO THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE SIX AND A HALF MILLION.
SO IF YOU SUBTRACT, YOU TAKE SIX POINT POINT HALF MILLION, ABOUT 3.8 MILLION, HOW MUCH WOULD IT 3.8 MILLION IT'D LEAVE YOU 3.8 MILLION.
SO IT WOULD LEAVE 3.8 MILLION.
UH, SO APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY.
UH, WHILE THE PROPOSAL AN THE PROPOSAL ANTICIPATED A NEED OF APPROXIMATELY A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL FUNDING, THE STATUTORY MINIMUMS RESULT WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER.
SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET 500 MILLION, SUDDENLY YOU'RE GONNA GET 1.7 MILLION AND WELL, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S A LOT MORE THAN 500,000.
UH, TEXAS LAW CAPS A CITY'S TOTAL SALES TAX AT
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2%.ROSENBERG HAS ALREADY REACHED ITS MAXIMUM WITH CURRENT ALLOCATIONS AS FOLLOWS.
1% FOR GENERAL SALES TAX, HALF PERCENT FOR GENERAL SALES TAX, FOR PROPERTY AND TAX REDUCTION.
FOR THE RDC TO IMPLEMENT A-C-C-P-D, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO REALLOCATE A PORTION OF THE EXISTING SALES TAX, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE REDUCING SALES TAX FUNDING FROM THE RDC.
REDIRECTING THE MINIMUM ALLOCATION OF, UH, ONE POINT 0.125% TO CCPD WOULD REDUCE RDC REVENUE, APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY IMPACTING THE CAPITAL PRO PROJECTS THAT IT ASSISTS, WHICH ARE NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT ARE SOME OF THEM.
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS SUCH AS PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING FOR PARKS AS WELL.
BUT THE RDC DOES CONTRIBUTE QUITE A BIT FOR THOSE.
AND SOME OF THOSE BRING REVENUES BACK TO THE CITY, LIKE OUT AT THE BIG SEABORNE PARK.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH THAT.
BUT BOTH OF THE REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING ALLOCATION OF THE CREATION OF A-C-C-P-D WOULD REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL THROUGH AN ELECTION OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED VOTERS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH A SINGLE BALLOT PROPOSITION AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
BUT, SO IT WOULD BE A SINGLE, UH, BALLOT POP PROPOSITION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCES THE RDC SALES TAX ALLOCATION AND ESTABLISHES THE CCPD WITH, WITH THE REALLOCATED SALES TAX FUNDING.
IF APPROVED BY VOTERS, THE CCPD WOULD BE GOVERNED BY A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO THE, TO APPOINT THE COUNCIL THEMSELVES AS WE'RE ALL CITIZENS AND WE'RE ALL ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN HAVE, UH, COUNCIL AS A BOARD, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T STEP, THERE'S NO PROHIBITION ON THAT.
I CHECKED ON THAT UNLESS SOMEBODY'S GOT SOMETHING UPDATED.
IF APPROVED BY VOTER, CCP WOULD BE GOVERNED BY SEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD INCLUDE PREPARING A CRIME PLAN AND BUDGET PLAN, REVIEWING AND APPROVING AN ANNUAL BUDGET MONITORING EXPENDITURES AND ENSURING ACTIVITIES ALIGNED WITH THE STATUTORY PURPOSES OF THE CCPD TO MEET THE TIMELINE FOR AN ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION.
AND THIS IS WHY RICHARD PUT, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE NOW.
I GUESS A TEMPORARY BOARD WOULD NEED TO BE APPOINTED BY THIS COUNCIL MEETING.
THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF ESTABLISHING A-C-C-P-D IS THE CREATION OF A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT INCREASING IN PROPERTY TAXES.
THE DRAWBACKS INCLUDE DIVERTING FUNDING FROM THE RDC, WHICH WOULD LIMIT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, IF, IF NOT PAID BY RDC, WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE WATER WASTE WATER FUND OR THE GENERAL FUND AND NEED TO ESTABLISH AND MANAGE AN ADDITIONAL GOVERNING BOARD.
THE NEXT STEPS WOULD INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL TO INITIATE THE CC PD PRO UH, CREATION PROCESS.
NUMBER TWO, APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD.
NUMBER THREE, BOARD DEVELOPMENT OF A CRIME PLAN AND BUDGET PLAN.
NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON THE PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF CCPD.
NUMBER FIVE, PLACEMENT OF THE CCPD SALES TAX MEASURE ON A FUTURE, UH, BALLOT FOR CONSIDERATION, IF NOT FOR THIS NOVEMBER, FOR MAY OR SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON WHAT FOLKS WISH TO DO AROUND HERE.
ESTABLISHMENT OF CCPD STRUCTURE AND INITIAL BUDGET PLANNING PENDING VOTER APPROVAL.
AND THAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TOO.
NOW, RICHARD, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT, AND, AND, AND FELIX, BOTH OF Y'ALL LET RICHARD DO FIRST AND THEN YOU TELL US WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU THINK THE ISSUE IS AND WHAT YOU KNOW, WHY YOU THINK THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
EVEN IF WE DON'T DO IT TONIGHT, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THE REST OF THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO FUNCTION.
THE SPEAK INTO THAT THIS WOULD, UH, BRING LOTS OF FUNDING OF THE PD.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M IN FAVOR OF.
I I, I, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE SAYS, HEY, WE NEED FUNDING, BUT NOT THIS WAY OR WHAT ALL THE SPEAKERS, NO DISRESPECT, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, I WANT TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT I DON'T
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WANT TO DO THIS.WELL, YOU HAVE TO CUT SOMEWHERE.
AND I, I PRIORITIZE THE PD OVER THE RDC, I MEAN THE RDC.
IF IT DISAPPEARED RIGHT NOW, WE'D STILL ALL BE HERE.
I, I, I THINK I AGREE THAT POLICE, I MEAN THAT THE PUBLIC PRIORITIZES PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, MORE THAN ANY OTHER, I THINK, SERVICE THAT A MUNICIPALITY CAN PROVIDE.
UM, BUT THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PLACES.
BUT, BUT I DO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, HECTOR.
IT, THIS SHOULD BE ON A WORKSHOP WHERE WE DISCUSS IT A LITTLE FURTHER.
SO, WELL, LET'S HEAR FELIX IS CONCERNED.
SO IS IT ABOUT THE SAME AS, UH, RICHARDS MORE OR LESS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT? UM, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN CHANGE THE AMOUNT? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE 1.7.
CAN IT BE LIKE THE 500,001 EIGHTH IS THE MINIMUM? THAT MINIMUM IT'S BASED ON A PERCENTAGE.
THE SMALLEST AMOUNT WOULD BE, LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
DOES IT HAVE TO EXCUSE ME? NO, GO BEFORE I FORGET.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE FUNDED THIS WAY? CAN IT BE FROM ANOTHER COMMITTEE AND FUNDED OR JUST MAKE A COMMITTEE? THE CCPD HAS TO BE SALES TAX.
WELL, LET, LET'S, LET'S LET JOYCE AND THE ATTORNEY ANSWER THE QUE THAT'S CORRECT.
I MEAN IT, THE, THE, THE DISTRICT HAS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH A SALES TAX AND, AND IT'S A MINIMUM OF ONE EIGHTH.
SO A QUESTION, SORRY, A QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, HAVE WE BROKEN THIS DOWN ENOUGH TO COMPLY WITH THE MEMORANDUM FROM OUR ATTORNEY THAT SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE A DETAILED LIST OF THEIR CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND THEN A METHOD OF ANNUAL EVALUATION.
HAVE WE SORTED ALL THAT OUT YET? OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED? THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO DO, IS NO.
SO WE STILL NEED TO THINK THIS THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT, AND THAT'S WHY THE MAYOR WAS SAYING IT'S RUSHED.
IT CAN BE DONE, BUT I'LL BE LIVING HERE IN ROSENBERG TO GET IT DONE.
HOW MUCH IS THAT GONNA COST US? 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE LIVING HERE.
YEAH, THAT'S A, UH, THAT'S A RELEVANT QUESTION.
WHEN YOU SAY LIVE, WELL, YOU BECAME PROPERTY TAXES.
BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN, UM, REQUIREMENTS OF THE CRIME CONTROL PLAN THAT, AND THEN THE BUDGET PLAN.
SO EITHER WAY, THIS HAS TO BE PASSED BY THE VOTERS, RIGHT? SO NO MATTER WHAT WE SAY, THE VOTERS HAVE TO PASS IT.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH SPECIFIC PLANS THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
THAT WAY PEOPLE ARE INFORMED ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD WORK.
HAVE YOU GUYS UH, TALKED TO ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE A CRIME CONTROL DISTRICT AND, AND KINDA LOOKED HOW IT OPERATES? DO YOU KNOW OF ANY GRADY? NO.
THERE'S, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CITY THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER CITY THAT, UM, WELL, RICHARD, THERE'S A FEW, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM RIGHT NOW.
RICHARD AND FELIX IN, IN, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT TO MAKE ANYTHING TO A NOVEMBER BALLOT, AND I THINK IT'D BE BEST FOR THE PUBLIC TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS BE ON A MAY BALLOT ANYWAY.
UM, PERHAPS WE SHOULD, UH, POSTPONE, WELL PUT IT ON A WORKSHOP, ON A POSTPONE WORKSHOP.
AND AT SOME POINT, WELL, I DIDN'T SAY A POSTPONE WORKSHOP.
I SAID A WORKSHOP AND THEN HAVE TO POSTPONE IT.
IT SU OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE WOULD, UM, DISCUSS IT.
AND IF WE DECIDE AS A GROUP, A MAJORITY OF US, UH, THEN WE COULD LOOK AT IT FOR MAYBE THE MAY ELECTION.
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME CHARTER THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT TO MAYBE MAKE SOME HOPEFUL POSITIVE CHANGES THERE.
UM, BUT ARE Y'ALL, WOULD YOU BE AGREEABLE TO THAT? I'M FINE.
FELIX, WOULD YOU BE AGREEABLE TO THAT? I'M FINE.
I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TOO, UH, BEFORE HANG ON.
AND THEN I'LL LET YOU GIMME JUST A SECOND.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, MAYBE ONE OF YOU OR BOTH OF YOU CAN CONTACT, UH, SOME OF THESE FOLKS, SOME OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MAYORS IN THESE OTHER TOWNS AND ASK THEM IF HIS THAT HAVE DONE THIS.
HAS IT BEEN A BLESSING OR A CURSE? YOU NEVER KNOW.
AND, UH, AND I WOULD DO THAT YOURSELVES.
I WOULDN'T ASK THE STAFF TO DO IT.
I WOULD REACH OUT AND, UM, BUT I'M CALLING ANY, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A CURSE TO SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A, HOLD ON.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? I DON'T THINK YOU'D LABEL, YOU WOULDN'T LABEL IT A CURSE TO SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS THE REASON WHY WE'RE SAFE IN THE CITY.
SHOULD WE ASK THE OFFICERS OR THE, WELL, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ASK IF, IF THE
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CHIEF IS AVAILABLE TO TAKE ONE.WELL, CAN I ASK MY QUESTION? YES, YOU GO FIRST, HECTOR.
HOW WILL THIS CREATE, CREATE CCPD IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPARED TO THE CURRENT APPROACH? WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK HIM.
'CAUSE I WROTE ALONG WITH THE STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
AND SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SET TEAM? UH, WELL YOU COULD USE THIS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE COULD PUT MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS.
UH, WE COULD SATURATE OUR RETAIL AREAS WITH MORE OFFICERS, MORE EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY.
UM, IT'S REALLY PRETTY OPEN FUNDING.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE COULD ADD EQUIPMENT AND PEOPLE WITHOUT NECESSARILY, UH, IMPACTING THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS YOU COULD USE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY POPULAR IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA FOR SMALLER CITIES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY IN OUR AREA ARE USE USING IT.
THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS CLOSE AREA, BUT SURROUNDING AREAS HAS IT.
AND IS SHOP IS SHOPLIFTING ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE FACE, LIKE IN BRAS TOWN CENTER? AND, UH, I MEAN IT IS ONE, ONE OF THE ISSUES.
BUT, AND WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, VIOLENT CRIME AS WELL.
IS THAT RIGHT? UM, I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT, BUT WE DO HAVE FAIR LOT.
I I'M OVERSATURATED WITH INFORMATION ON IT, BUT
UM, I THINK THIS WOULD PASS THE VOTERS, I THINK IT'D BE A LANDSLIDE PASSED BECAUSE THE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE THE VOTERS REALLY ARE NOT AWARE OF RDCS AND THINGS OF THINGS OF THAT, UM, PEOPLE VOTE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYTHING.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BALANCED BUDGETS.
THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD PASS, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND WEIGH VERY CAREFUL BEFORE YOU PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON A BALLOT.
WELL, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, MAYOR BENTON, IS, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, WE ARE JUST SAYING WHETHER WE WOULD PUT IT ON A BALLOT OR NOT, BUT WE ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY WHO CAN ACTUALLY APPROVE THIS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WE CAN'T SAY YES OR NO TO THIS.
WE CAN ONLY DECIDE TO PUT IT ON A BALLOT AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS.
RIGHT? WE'RE ONLY SAYING YES OR NO TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
BUT WE CAN'T APPROVE OR DENY THIS.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY WAY WE COULD DENY IT IS TO NOT PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I GET IT.
IT'S JUST DO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
AND I, I, I PROBABLY, I ALREADY MADE A MOTION, SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO HEAR MY MOTION, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GONNA SECOND.
I WANT TO ASK HIM, DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, CHIEF? I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TOLL PICTURE.
UM, IS IT A WAY TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT, UH, USING PROPERTY TAX? ABSOLUTELY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOP IN ROSENBERG THAT DON'T LIVE IN ROSENBERG.
AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH ALL THE CITIES AROUND US OF SHOPPING CENTERS.
UH, I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY SHOP HERE AND ATTRACT THEM TO BE HERE.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I USE WOULD SEE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
OF COURSE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT FOR THAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THE FUNDING THAT'S GONNA INCREASE SAFETY IN THE CITY.
SO WOULD THIS BE ABLE TO TARGET THINGS LIKE, LIKE JUGGING AT THE BANK? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD ISSUES AT, AT CHASE AND, AND PLACES.
WELL, NOT, NOT TO SINGLE THEM OUT, BUT THAT'S A PROBLEM AT BANKS IN GENERAL IS IT COULD DEFINITELY, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S SUBJECT TO THE BOARD.
UH, AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE TO CREATE POLICY, PROCEDURE, UH, HAVE GOALS, OBJECTIVES.
WE'D HAVE TO SHOW THAT, UH, OUR PLANS ARE IN PLACE AND THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING IS ACTUALLY IMPACTING, WHETHER THAT BE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OR CRIME OR WHATEVER OUR OBJECTIVES WOULD BE.
UH, BUT I BELIEVE, AGAIN, WITH THE PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT I HAVE ABOUT IT, UM, A LOT OF CITIES WILL USE IT AGAIN AS JUST A SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE, UH, SPECIAL REVENUES THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME, ASSET FORFEITURE TO HELP FUND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS.
THIS IS SIMILAR, IT'S JUST TAKING IT FROM SALES TAX.
BUT I, I WOULD PREFER TAKING IT FROM ANOTHER SALES TECH, NOT RDC.
I'M, I'M FOR ALL THIS, BUT NOT FROM THE RDC.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I'M PRETTY SURE ALL THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE ARE FOR IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT, NOT THE RIGHT TO GET IT FROM RDC.
AND, AND, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT TOO.
WELL, I JUST, I'LL SUPPORT Y'ALL, BUT NOT FROM THE RDC.
IT ALREADY COMES FROM SALES TAX BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND IS FUNDED BY, UH, SALES TAX AND
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THE PROPERTY TAX.SO, UH, SO THAT'S ALREADY THE CASE.
WELL, WE CAN GET IT, WE CAN GET THE ONE EIGHTH FROM PROPERTY TAX.
YOU CAN'T, YOU AND WHAT? ARMY
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RAISING TAXES? NO, I'M JUST SAYING, I MEAN, WE GET A HACK THAT WE CAN DO MONEY.
I I THOUGHT WE, I THOUGHT WE COVERED SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT EARLIER ANYWAYS.
UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, I MEAN, TO CONVINCE ME YOU WOULD HAVE TO COMMIT THAT IT WOULD BE A RELIEF VALVE TO OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND THAT IT'S GONNA WORK IN, IN, IN THE FACT THAT IT, THAT, THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL FUNDING THE POLICE.
WE WOULD NOT FUND IT, FUND THE POLICE NECESSARILY AT THE SAME LEVELS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
IN OTHER WORDS, TAKE SOME RELIEF OFF THE GENERAL FUND.
WE COULD HIRE A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS WITH $1.7 MILLION.
SO
I MEAN, MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT FOR ADDITIONAL OR IS IT, IS IT THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE OFFICER PER DISTRICT PETROLEUM NIGHT? IT'S LESS THAN THAT SOMETIMES.
UH UH OH, IS IT? I MEAN, SCHEDULING'S DIFFERENT.
UM, SO ANY TIME OF THE DAY, OUR STAFFING LEVELS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT.
UM, DO YOU FEEL AT TIMES WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED? WE DO HAVE FOUR DISTRICTS, UM, IN THE CITY.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF RIGHT NOW, UM, LEARNING HOW TO, TO BUILD ALLOCATION MODELS FOR STAFFING.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY OUR STAFFING IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN THE, IN THE COUNTY.
ARE WE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE CONSTABLE AND THE TROOPERS? UH, NOT, UH, NOT IN A PROACTIVE SENSE, BUT IF IT WAS NEEDED, REACTIONARY, YES.
UM, BUT WE'VE NEVER RUN INTO THAT ISSUE.
UM, SO HECTOR HAS A MOTION HERE TO, UH, WHAT'S THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION NOT TO, I'M, I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THIS, BUT NOT FROM RDC.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION NOT NOT TO APPROVE THIS AND PUT IT ON A WORKSHOP AND NOT TO GET THE MONEY FROM RDC SO THAT YOU POSTPONE IT.
I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO SAY TO NOT APPROVE IT.
JUST SAY TO, TO, UH, OR MOVE IT.
TO MOVE IT TO WIN WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I'LL POSTPONE IT TO A FUTURE WORKSHOP.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROPOSE FOR A FUTURE.
WAIT, DO WE HAVE TO SAY WHICH WORKSHOP? NO, WE CAN IF IT'S POSTPONE.
WE CAN, WE CAN PICK OUR WORKSHOP.
SO, BUT LET ME ASK A QUESTION BEFORE JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
UM, IF THIS WERE, IF'S NOT GONNA BE TIMELY FOR A NOVEMBER BALLOT, BUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TIMELY FROM POTENTIAL MAY BALLOT, DO YOU WANNA SCHEDULE IT? YES.
YOU KNOW, START, YOU GOTTA START NOW.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T REALLY START DOING IT.
CAN YOU, IT GO ON A MAY BALLOT? OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN NOVEMBER? IT CAN GO ON IN MAY TO CALL FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION.
WHAT? BUT WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME? OH, NOT FOR FEBRUARY.
SO WE'D HAVE TO JUST VOTE ON THIS BEFORE FEBRUARY TO GET IT ON A MAY BALLOT.
I HAVEN'T RUN THE TIMELINE, BUT GENERALLY YES, THAT'S TRUE.
SO, OKAY, SO IF YOU, YOU POSTPONE IT MAY ELECT.
JUST KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE YEAH, NO, NO, NO.
I'LL PROBABLY REQUEST PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
HUH? WHEN WE SEE IF THERE'S A LIGHT ONE WORKSHOP, LIGHT WORKSHOP, THEN THROW IT IN THERE RIGHT QUICK.
THE NEXT ONE IS RIGHT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
IF, WHICH ONE? NEXT WEEK? I THINK, NO, DON'T DO IT.
LET'S DO, LET'S LOOK AT IT AND SEE.
I MEAN, JOYCE, CAN YOU CALL ME? HEY, THERE'S A LIGHT ONE IN.
I, I'D RATHER DO IT, PUT IT, BUT WHAT WAS FRESH ON OUR MIND BEFORE WE FORGET? NO, NO.
YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING PUT IT IN DECEMBER OR ON NOVEMBER.
I'M SAYING WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NO, NO, NO, NO.
WELL, IF IT'S ON A DECEMBER WORKSHOP, BE AT A WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE, THE ACTUAL MEETING TOO.
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S VOTE TO MOVE IT TO A WORKSHOP.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, FELIX, YOU GONNA VOTE? JESSICA? THERE WE GO.
MOTION PASSED TO MOVE IT TO A FUTURE WORKSHOP, WHICH
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MAKES THE NEXT ITEM, UH, NOT NECESSARY.WELL, WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR NINE AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU'RE TABLING IT OR, WELL, LET'S HEAR THE SPEAKERS.
DID Y'ALL WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? YOU'RE HERE.
SEEMED LIKE THE TIME, UNLESS YOU WANNA CHANGE OUR MIND.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST TIME.
WELL, WE DON'T GET TO SEE YOU VERY MUCH.
SO IT'S, IT'S A PLEASANT CHANGE.
I BE, UM, THE WAY Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING ONE TOGETHER.
AND, UM, A FEW COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TONIGHT DURING ALL THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, IT SHOULD BE A BOARD SEPARATE FROM THIS COUNCIL.
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THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR'S POSITION IS TO LOOK AFTER THE CITIZENS HERE.THIS BOARD IS MORE ABOUT CRIME CONTROL THAN THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME, UH, QUALIFICATIONS.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS CRIME AND THE LAW AND, UM, HOW TO PREVENT.
THAT'S NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER'S, UH, STRONG SUIT FOR THE MOST PART.
UM, SO I WOULD REALLY, UM, HOPE THAT MAYBE THIS BOARD HAS TO BE ELECTED ALSO.
UM, AND NOT APPOINTED BECAUSE THEN IT'S GONNA BE DONE AGAIN.
JUST LIKE IF THIS WAS TO GET APPROVED, IT'S GONNA BE APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS.
THE BOARD WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS.
THEN CAN I ASK WHO'S, WHO'S NEXT? ALICE, CAN I ASK GRADY A, ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? HAVE THE BOARD ELECTED RATHER THAN APPOINTED? OKAY.
STATE LAW HAS TO BE APPOINTED.
SO IT'S APPOINTED, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A HARD TIME EVEN APPOINTED SOME OF THE BOARDS.
MARY ROSE, WHO ARE, WILL YOU TURN THE MICROPHONE ON? MAYOR, I THINK YOU AND I ARE.
ALICE, I THINK YOU MIC ILL CHECK THE MICROPHONE ON.
WE'RE GONNA AGREE ON SOMETHING MAYOR BENTON.
BUT I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE AWAY WITH COMPLETELY.
THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I'VE EVER HEARD OF.
I REMEMBER SOMETHING CALLED THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT, WHICH WE HAD A RAISE IN OUR FEES FOR THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.
IF YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT YOUR WATER BILL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AWAY, IT NEVER WENT AWAY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED, WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF STARTING DISTRICTS.
UH, THIS, TO ME, LISTENING TO, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF APPEARS TO BE A COOKIE JAR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BUY UNIFORMS. TAHOES NOT, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT THINGS THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED, BUT I'M SAYING IT'S THINGS THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE CREATED TO PAY FOR.
Y'ALL GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
DON'T GO TO THE RDC TRYING TO BEG FOR MONEY AND TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THEM.
AS FAR AS THE BOARD, IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CLEARLY TO PUT THE COUNCIL ON AS THE BOARD.
THE OTHER THING IS, YOU BETTER HAVE SOME QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL WERE GONNA DO ALL OF THAT AND DO IT ALL TONIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NEED LAWYERS.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED CPAS, PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LAW, PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE NUMBERS.
THIS IS NOT GONNA BE JUST REGULAR CITIZENS.
THESE ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO DO THIS.
YOU'RE NOT JUST GONNA DRAG SOMEBODY OFF AND, AND NOMINATE 'EM.
AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH LYNN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAY NEED TO BE VOTED ON AS TO WHO'S GONNA GO ON THAT BOARD.
'CAUSE THIS IS A, A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM TO CONTROL AND A LOT OF POWER.
BUT THIS SHOULDN'T EVEN, I'M ASHAMED THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD EVEN GO ALONG WITH THIS.
THIS IS THE MOST UNNECESSARY THING THAT I'VE EVER HEARD COME BEFORE.
WE ARE NOT IN THE DISTRICT BUSINESS.
WE USED TO, UH, WE, THERE WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN THAT WE APPOINTED TO THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.
BILLY, YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIS NAME.
HE WAS ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS PUT HIM ON THE SUBSIDE.
BUT THAT WAS NOT A CITY ISSUE.
AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AWAY.
I BELIEVE THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE WHEN WE STARTED TAKING OUR WATER FROM THE, UH, BRASS PORT AND EVERYBODY ELSE DID TOO.
I'M SORRY I'M TAKING A LITTLE TIME, BUT JUST TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT.
BUT IT NEVER WENT AWAY AND YOUR BILL WENT UP AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GO UP.
SO WE DON'T NEED SOMETHING THAT NEEDS CONTINUAL FUNDING.
DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE MANAGEMENT.
I MEAN THE, UH, THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT ABOUT THIS.
THAT, BUT ALICE, THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT, UM, UH, THESE, THESE ARE NOT ELECTED AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THIS EVEN THIS ISSUE WOULD GO, BUT THESE POSITIONS HAVE TO BE APPOINTED.
YOU CAN'T PUT THEM ON THE BALLOT EITHER.
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CONTINGENT THAT THIS EVEN GETS SOMEWHERE, UM, UM, AND WE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE CHARGED WITH APPOINTING PEOPLE.ANYWAYS, I'M SURE IT'LL BE, Y'ALL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND EXPRESS YOUR OPINION.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S VIEWS AND WE WILL GET IT WORKED OUT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GONNA FUND, WE ARE, UH, REGULARLY FUND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE REGULAR CONVENTIONAL WAYS OR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA LET THAT GO DEFICIENT.
AND I GUARANTEE, UH, ALL THESE FOLKS HERE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
EVERYBODY'S SITTING UP HERE, INCLUDING THE STAFF.
NOW, FE UH, HECTOR PLEASE MAKE YOUR MOTION AND I'LL SECOND IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES OR GREEN.