Sep 16, 2025 City Council Meeting

THE TRAVIS PARK SPLASH PAD TIME CHANGE NOTICE, THE SPLASH PAD IS STILL OPEN AND IT'S GONNA STAY OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER THE 26TH.

UH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER, THE SPLASH PAD, UH, IS CURRENTLY OPEN.

UH, 11:00 AM TO 8:00 PM EXCEPT FOR WEDNESDAYS WHEN IT'S CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE, ADMISSION IS FREE AND CURRENT HOURS WILL REMAIN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, BEGINNING, UH, BEGINNING IN OCTOBER.

THE SPLASH PAD WILL ONLY BE OPEN ON THE WEEKEND, SO IT WON'T BE OPEN DURING THE WEEK.

KIDS, MOST KIDS HAVE GONE BACK TO SCHOOL ANYWAY, SO IT'LL BE OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS.

11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND THE LAST DAY OF THE SPLASH PAD, UH, IS FOR THE SEASON IS OCTOBER THE 26TH.

OCTOBER THE 26TH.

AFTER THAT, UH, THE SEASON STARTS COOLING OFF AND PROBABLY NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE GO TO THE SPLASH PAD.

UM, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF OCTOBER, AND I'M SURE IT'LL OPEN UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

AND, AND I THINK THEY OPEN UP IN MARCH OR APRIL.

THINGS START WARMING UP.

ALRIGHT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH.

WE, THAT IS USUALLY A MEETING NIGHT FOR US.

BUT, UM, FOR REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'D BE VERY GOOD MANNERS FOR US TO BE MEETING HERE WHILE FOLKS ARE, UM, HAVING THEIR NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL.

WE HAVE CANCELED, UH, UH, THAT MEETING WITH, UH, THE APPROVAL OF OUR, OF EVERYBODY HERE AT THE COUNCIL.

SO WE ARE NOT GONNA MEET HERE ON OCTOBER 7TH.

WE WILL BE, HOWEVER, UM, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM UH, BRASS IS TOWN CENTER, WILL HAVE A BIG NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTY IN THE PARKING LOT, UH, IN FRONT OF THE POLICE STOREFRONT, WHICH IS NEXT TO HOBBY LOBBY.

SO IF Y'ALL ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND AROUND, COME, COME TO THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE SEVERAL.

WELL, WE HOPE THERE WILL BE SEVERAL FOLKS THAT WILL HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT, NIGHT OUT LOCATIONS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, UM, PLEASE LET THE POLICE CHIEF KNOW SO THAT WHERE THE CITY CAN GET, UH, GET YOU SIGNED UP AND MAYBE, UH, THE, A POLICE CAR OR FIRETRUCK OR SOME OTHER CITY VEHICLE CAN, UH, MAKE THAT.

AND, AND OUR COUNCIL, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE AS MANY OF THOSE AS POSSIBLE AS WELL.

THOSE ARE A LOT OF FUN.

SO I ENCOURAGE ANY FOLKS THAT LIVE IN ROSENBERG, IF YOU'VE NEVER HOSTED A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PARTY TO THINK ABOUT, UH, DOING IT THIS YEAR.

OKEY-DOKE.

SO, UM, THAT IS HOSTED BY THE BIG ONE AT TOWN CENTER IS HOSTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEVERAL OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, THE PARTNER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL AS, UM, THE MANY OF THE STORES AND MERCHANTS OUT AT, UM, TOWN CENTER SHOPPING CENTER.

TIRE RECYCLING SET FOR OCTOBER THE 10TH.

I THINK THAT IS A FRIDAY.

THE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT.

SAVE THE DATE IF YOU HAVE TIRES THAT YOU WANT TO THROW AWAY, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA BE CHARGED FOR THROWING THEM AWAY AND YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO DUMP 'EM IN THE DUMPSTER, TAKE 'EM TO THIS EVENT AT THE, UH, DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT.

THEY WILL BE RECYCLED IF YOU LIVE IN ROSENBERG.

UH, WELL, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN ROSENBERG, SORRY, WE CAN'T ACCEPT THEM, BUT IF YOU DO LIVE IN ROSENBERG, IT'S FREE, WHICH IS OUR FAVORITE PRICE.

IT IS FROM 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU COULD CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 33 30.

SO IF YOU HAVE TIRES, DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS TIRES? UM, I'M NOT EVEN SURE.

DO THEY ALLOW BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THESE TIRE BUSINESSES? SO WE, YEAH, WE REALLY DON'T, YOU KNOW, WANT PEOPLE TO COME WITH 30, 40 TIRES.

BUT IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FEW SPARE TIRES AROUND THE HOUSE AND YOU'RE, YOU WANTED TO, YOU WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT POLLUTE, TAKE 'EM THERE.

WE'LL TAKE 'EM OFF YOUR HANDS.

WE WON'T CHARGE YOU.

I'M SURE THERE'S SOME WAY THEY ASKED TO SHOW YOUR ID OR YOUR WATER BILL.

I'M SURE THERE'S SOME QUALIFIERS.

ALRIGHT, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT, UH, TO ANNOUNCE? WELL, THOSE ARE SOME GOOD ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UH, YES.

THE LIFE MIGHT BE THERE OR THE, UH, UH, THEY WERE THERE LAST YEAR.

THE HELICOPTER, THE LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTER.

YEP.

YEAH, WE MAY NEED IT AFTER THIS HEAT, GEORGE.

SO WE'LL KEEP, KEEP IT ON STANDBY.

NO,

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NO, NO.

WE, GOD FORBID NONE OF US WILL, WON'T HAVE TO FLY IN THE HELICOPTER.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PROCLAMATIONS AND SOME PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, UM, THAT, UH, WISH TO COMMENT TONIGHT.

AND WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THOSE.

UH, A MOKEY WILLIAMS IS ONE OF THEM.

MR. WILLIAMS, YOU'RE HERE? YES, SIR.

AND, UH, BUT WE AIN'T GONNA DO YOU YET.

JUST STAY CLOSE AND, UH, A TORO.

PHILLIP, ARE YOU HERE? YES, SIR.

THERE'S A FAMILY NAME.

LISA I KNEW.

YEAH, THE RANSOMS, OF COURSE.

KATHY CROSS.

KATHY, GREAT TO SEE YOU.

AND JOE BOSWELL.

GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO, JOE.

SO WE GOT SOME FRIENDS HERE TONIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR 'EM ALL, BUT IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO THE CHECK HERITAGE MONTH.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR CHECK HERITAGE MONTH? OKAY.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT OCTOBER 10TH.

I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED YOU, SIR.

YOU'RE IN OUR CHECK HERITAGE GROUP, AREN'T YOU? YEAH.

YES, YOU'RE OKAY.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE GOT A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF OUR, WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'D LIKE GROUP PARTICIPATION HERE.

SO, UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, NA UM, LET'S SEE.

NATIONAL POLICE WOMAN, YOU'RE A WOMAN AND YOU'RE DAD'S A POLICEMAN, SO WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO COME IF YOU DON'T MIND.

WE DO THAT ONE.

AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GONNA GIVE, DO, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE, WELL WALTER TOY'S MOM AND HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE GONNA SEE IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL.

[ Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing October 2025 as Czech Heritage Month in the City of Rosenberg. (William Benton, Mayor) ]

FIRST, LET'S DO CHECK HERITAGE.

HOW'S THAT? ALRIGHT, UM, WE'LL GET, UH, WELL, WE'LL SEE.

I'M SURE THERE'S SOME OTHER CHECKS AROUND HERE.

HERE.

LEMME JUST READ THE, READ THE DEAL HERE.

CHECK HERITAGE MONTH.

I LIKE IT ALREADY.

SOUNDS FUN, .

ALRIGHT, SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND OUR COUNCIL, UH, WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO, TO TYPICALLY BRINGS MANY FESTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS TO CELEBRATE THE HONOR AND HERITAGE OF THE STATE'S CZECH DESCENDANTS.

AND WHEREAS THE PRIMARY PERIOD OF MIGRATION FROM CZECH CZECH LANDS OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE OF CZECH ANCESTRY ARRIVED IN TEXAS TO MAKE THIS PLACE THEIR HOME.

AND WHEREAS SINCE THAT TIME, THE NUMBER AND, AND UH, STATURE OF CZECH DESCENDANTS LIVING IN TEXAS HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.

THERE ARE NOW WELL OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN ALL OF THE OF TEXAS, UH, OF AND WALKS OF LIFE THAT CLAIM CHECK HERITAGE.

AND WHEREAS TEXANS OF CZECH ANCESTRY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SHARING WITH THE REST OF THE STATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE AREAS OF ART, MUSIC, LITERATURE, FOOD FOLKLORE, AND MANY OTHER FINE CUSTOMS THAT ARE PART OF TEXAS RICH, DIVERSE CULTURE.

AND WHEREAS THIS PRIDE IS DISPLAYED ANNUALLY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER BY CZECH HERITAGE SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS, AS THEY STAGE VARIOUS FESTIVALS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE WANNA PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UH, AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR? GLENN MCDONALD.

GLEN MCDONALD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED YOU FROM UH, YES SIR.

FROM THE MEETINGS.

UM, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST TAKE A QUICK PICTURE, UH, GLEN? YES.

NEXT WE GOT NOW WALTER, WE'LL DO YOU LAST NATIONAL

FROM GLEN CAME ALL THE WAY FROM WHARTON FOR THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLEN.

Y WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK

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[ Presentation of Proclamation Recognizing September 12, 2025 as National Police Woman Day in the City of Rosenberg. (William Benton, Mayor) ]

POLICE WOMAN BAY, UH, LACEY.

LET'S GET, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WOULD ANYBODY WISH FELIX ? RIGHT? AND FELIX? YES SIR.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T YOU JUST READ IT AND WE'LL PRESENT IT TOGETHER.

JESSICA, YOU GO FIRST.

HOW MUCH OF IT DO YOU WANT ME TO READ? JUST HALF OF IT.

AND FELIX CAN 1, 5, 6, 7 PARAGRAPHS, SO OH, GREAT.

SEE WE GOT LEAST WOMEN HERE, SO WE'LL GET 'EM ALL.

OKAY, THIS.

THIS IS A PRO PROCLAMATION ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL POLICE WOMAN DAY IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROSENBERG RECOGNIZES THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS DEDICATED WOMEN POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO UPHOLD JUSTICE, MAINTAIN PEACE, AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS THE BRAVE WOMEN OF ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND PROFESSIONALISM, OFTEN PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF OTHERS.

AND WHEREAS DURING POLICE WOMAN DAY, WE TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR THE COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICES MADE BY OUR POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR CRUCIAL ROLES.

WHEREAS THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BUILD TRUST AND FOSTER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF ROSENBERG.

AND WHEREAS POLICE, WOMEN TODAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF OUR WOMEN POLICE OFFICERS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE DAILY CHALLENGES THEY FACE IN THEIR LINE OF DUTY.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF ROSENBERG STANDS UNITED IN SUPPORT OF THE ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND APPRECIATES THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I WILLIAM BENTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL POLICE WOMEN'S DAY.

SO IF WE COULD GET THE, UH, THE, THE POLICE LADIES WISH TO COME UP.

AND CHIEF DO YOU WISH TO, TO BE IN THE PICTURE? ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL GET OVER HERE.

THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, ALRIGHT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OF YOUR THEY'RE ALRIGHT.

WELL, LET'S GET THEM.

PRETTY GOOD.

HOW MUCH? SO WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE US FIRST AND UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE STORY.

UH, THIS IS MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER.

WE, MY MOTHER HAD FIVE CHILDREN.

FIVE CHILDREN, OKAY.

AND, UM, UH, WALTER'S MOM WAS, LET SEE, WAS SHE THE FIRST POLICE LADY? WOMAN? BETTER, BETTER LOOKING.

UM, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A LITTLE COLLAGE OF HERS AND, UH, THEY HAVE GENEROUSLY DONATED THIS TO THE CITY AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF SAID HE'S GONNA PUT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS HAVE SITTING IN THE LOBBY?

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HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH.

IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S AVAILABLE ALL FOREVER.

IT HAS HER JACKET AND THEN HER PATCH, HER NAME TAG HER BADGE, HER ID.

HERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH.

AND I KNOW YOUR MOM, I MET HER AT ALL ISLAND.

I THINK SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THAT.

WAS SHE MEMBER? NO, SHE, UH, SHE WAS INVITED TO, WAS SHE THERE WITH HER FRIEND? YES.

UM, ANYWAYS, AND THERE'S HER, HER, UH, WEAPON.

YEP.

VERY NICE.

THERE'S, AND SO THIS WILL BE VERY, VERY NICE, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND OUR CITY COUNCIL.

ROSENBERG'S CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO, UH, WALTER TAPPY JR.

LEMME LEMME READ THIS AND THEN I'LL TAKE A COUPLE PICTURES IF YOU ALL IN MIND, AND YOU'LL SEE IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WISH TO, TO JOIN US.

CITY OF

[ Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation to Walter Tappe, Jr. (William Benton, Mayor) ]

IN, IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR GENEROUS DONATION OF PERSONAL POLICE ITEMS BELONGING TO YOUR MOTHER, ETHEL RUTH TAPI TO THE CITY OF ROSENBERG FOR YOUR, FOR, I'M SORRY, YOUR CONTRIBUTION HONORS HER LEGACY AS THE FIRST FEMALE POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND HELPS PRESERVE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY.

YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND SUPPORT ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED BY THE CITY AND THE, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL.

ALRIGHT, THIS, UH, WOULD ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH? I SEE NO FORM IN THAT.

I'M GONNA NOT BLOCK THE, SO, 3, 2, 1.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, PAPASAN, WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR MEETING HERE.

BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA ANYWAY.

SO WE HAVE GENERAL COMMENTS.

LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY, THERE'S TWO TIMES YOU COULD COME.

WELL, THERE'S TWO OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU COULD, A PERSON COULD COMMENT IF YOU SIGNED UP.

UH, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM, YOU CAN WAIT TILL WE GET TO IT OR YOU COULD SPEAK BEFORE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SPEAK AND LEAVE.

UM, BUT, UH, JOE, I THINK Y'ALL'S ITEM WAS UP TOWARDS THE

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LET'S SEE HERE.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE, WHAT ITEM IS THAT? UH, THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

I THINK THAT WAS ITEM THREE.

AND THEN LISA, YOUR ITEM THREE.

AND THEN, UH, MR. PHILLIP, YOU ARE ITEM TWO AND, UH, THE OTHER PERSON, YOU'RE ITEM TWO TOO.

[ CONSENT AGENDA ]

SO LET'S GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL DO ITEM TWO AND ITEM THREE.

AND IN THE ORDER, HECTOR, DO Y'ALL SEE ANYTHING BEFORE Y'ALL MAKE A MOTION? LET'S LOOK THROUGH THIS.

SEE? ALRIGHT MAYOR.

I KNOW I'M GOOD AT THAT, BUT, UH, I'M GONNA SLOW DOWN TODAY.

I'M TIRED.

OKAY, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME BIG TICKET ITEMS WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, MAN, THERE'S A LONG CONSENT DEAL HERE.

OH, OKAY.

WE'RE GONNA RATIFY THE, THE FOOTBALL AGREEMENT.

WE WERE ALL GOOD WITH THAT.

Y'ALL REMEMBER WE HAD THE DRAMA WITH THAT.

SO IS EVERYBODY O OKAY WITH THAT ONE? I THINK THE STAFF WORKED THAT OUT.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME, UH, MOWING, UH, I'LL JUST COMMENT ABOUT THE MOWING 'CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT MOWING AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE MOWED AND THINGS THAT ARE MOWED AND HOW GOOD THINGS LOOK MOWED.

SO MOWING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT SOUNDS CORNY, BUT IT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT THE CITY DOES.

IS MOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE GRASS ALWAYS GROWS.

SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE MOWING, MOWING, MOWING.

UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE THAT STANDS OUT UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WISH TO POINT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, MAYOR, UH, I HAD A QUESTION ON, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM, UH, O.

ITEM O.

OKAY, GREAT.

YEAH, LET'S HEAR IT.

THAT'S GONNA BE FROM CHIEF WHITE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I JUST DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.

UH, WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR? IS IT FOR THE KEYS? I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THAT.

WELL, LET ME READ IT.

SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR WHAT THE ITEM IS.

ITEM O FELIX? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, IT'S ITEM O SAYS, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON A RESOLUTION OR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ROSENBERG, APPROVING THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE POLICE CHIEF TO EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AN AMENDMENT.

AN AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, I GUESS BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CHIEF.

WHAT IS THE MEMORANDUM? WHAT'S THE DEAL ON THAT? SO WE, WE'VE HAD AN MOU WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, SINCE THEY BROKE OFF AND FORMED THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS UPDATING THE MOU WITH A KEY SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE, THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

UH, WE HAVE THAT KEY.

IF WE WERE TO LOSE THE KEY, WE WOULD HAVE TO INCUR THE COST TO REPLACE IT.

SO THIS JUST CLEANS UP THAT LANGUAGE.

SO THERE'S NO COST UNLESS WE LOSE A KEY, WHICH WE WON'T DO.

BUT IT, WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF Y'ALL DID LOSE IT, HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? UH, I THINK THE BOXES ARE ABOUT $300.

AND HOW MANY BOXES DO WE HAVE? THERE'S ONE IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO, OR EVERY SCHOOL CAMPUS.

UM, BUT WE HAVE KEYS TO THE ONES HERE IN THE CITY.

THERE'S ABOUT 12 CAMPUSES.

I WAS TOLD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GOTTEN REALLY, REALLY STRICT ON SECURITY.

THEY HAVE THAT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE A TEACHER, SOMETHING AND YOU, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS, BUT IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU, THEY LEAVE THE DOOR UNLOCKED OR SOMETHING.

FIRST TIME WARNING, SECOND TIME TERMINATION.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, A HARD KEY JUST IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, UM, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET IN AND USE THE, THOSE KEYS.

UM, YEAH, WELL WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON THESE DAYS, YOU GOTTA HAVE SECURITY AT THESE SCHOOLS.

THAT'S IT.

I, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT A, UH, CONSENT ITEM? IF NOT, WE DO, WE DO NEED A MOTION TO, TO DO THAT, TO APPROVE IT.

THE, UH, FELIX UH, HECTOR, CAN YOU MAKE THAT? YEAH.

APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I SECOND.

OH, MY HEAD IS SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA INDICATE BY SAYING OR PUSHING GREEN.

TWO, LET ME READ THE ITEM THAT COMMENTS ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.

MOTION WAS MADE BY HECTOR.

[2. Consideration of and action on a variance request to allow a ten-foot (10’) parking and paving setback abutting a street right-of-way and a two-and-half-foot (2.5’) parking and paving setback from a side property line to accommodate the construction of a proposed two-story retail building at 27913 Southwest Freeway (Chapter 1, Article XVIII, Section 1-416 (D)(1) & (2)). (Mohamed Bireima, Director of Planning) ]

GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

ITEM NUMBER

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WE GOT TWO CO TWO COMMENTS.

LET ME GO TO IT.

REALLY HERE IN THE BOOK HERE, THIS ENCYCLOPEDIA WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF US, BASICALLY.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ THE ITEM CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON A VARIANCE REQUEST.

EXCUSE ME.

TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT PARKING AND PAVING SETBACK, ABUTTING A RIDE, A RIGHT OF WAY IN TWO AND A HALF, UH, FEET, PARKING AND PAVING SETBACK FROM A SIDE PROPERTY LINE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED TWO STORY BUILDING LOCATED AT 27 9 1 3 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY CHAPTER.

UH, WELL, CHAPTER ONE ARTICLE, WHAT IS THAT? SEVEN 18 SECTION ONE THROUGH FOUR.

16 D ONE AND TWO MOHAMMED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING.

NOW WE CAN DO THE COMMENTS NOW.

I THINK WE DO THE COMMENTS NOW.

SO LET'S DO THE COMMENTS AND THEN WE WILL, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THEIR, THEIR COMMENT.

SO WE'LL DO, UH, MR. PHILLIP FIRST.

MR. PHILLIP, IS THIS YOUR BUILDING? UM, HAVE YOU ALREADY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY? YES, WE HAVE.

GO AHEAD AND SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU GOT UP TO THREE MINUTES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT ALL, BUT JUST TELL US WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. MAYO.

10 COUNCILOR MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS, UM, IRO PHILLIP IRO, SPELLED I-T-O-R-O, UM, ADDRESS, UM, 3 3 0 2 MAJESTIC PINE LANE ROSENBERG.

SO I'M, I'M LOCAL.

UM, AND I'M TALKING, UM, IN FAVOR OF THIS, UM, PROPERTY HERE.

ITEM TWO.

DO TO THE OTHER, LET'S DO YOUR FRIEND.

UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE OUR CASE BEFORE YOU.

WHY WE ASKING FOR THESE VARIANTS IS BECAUSE, UM, THE PROMPTING IN, IN QUESTION IS, UM, IS UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S, IT'S NARROW AND, UM, IT, IT WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO BE IN FULL COMPLIANT OF THE CITY REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF THE SETBACKS.

AND, UM, WE ALREADY, UM, HAVE GONE AHEAD TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY THINGS WE NEEDED LIKE THE, THE PLAN, WHICH IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE.

WE JUST HAD A LITTLE ITCH WITH THE, WITH THE PACKING.

AND THAT IS WHY THIS, UM, VARIANCE WAS NECESSARY FOR US TO, TO ASK BECAUSE IT NOW HELPS US, UM, STAY IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH OUR BUSINESS MODEL, YOU KNOW, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY, IT CREATES A FORM OF HARDSHIP FOR US BECAUSE WE CAN'T MEET THAT, UM, THAT STANDARD.

AND THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, UM, CONCERNING THIS, WE HAD, UM, OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE THE MOTEL SIX, WHICH IS OUR NEIGHBOR.

WE HAD SHIPLEY DONUTS.

SO THOSE, THE OWNERS OF THOSE BUSINESSES WERE HERE, YOU KNOW, TO ALSO SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY SUPPORTED WHAT WE, WE ARE TRYING TO, TO DO BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DISTURB THEIR BUILDINGS.

IT DOES NOT DISTURB THEIR BUSINESS.

THE BUILDING ITSELF IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE.

ALL WE JUST WANT IS A SETBACK, WHICH ENABLES US TO HAVE THE NECESSARY PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUSINESS.

UM, SECONDLY, ARE WE ASKING, UH, FOR THIS, JUST LIKE I SAID, LIKE YOU'VE, UM, INDICATED HERE 10, UH, 10 FEET INSTEAD OF 15 FROM THE FRONT AND, UM, 2.5 FROM, FROM THE SIDES.

UM, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE, THE DRIVE, THE DRIVE, UM, THROUGH THAT WE HAVE FOR THE BUSINESS.

AND IF THIS, UM, IS NOT INCORPORATED TO OUR ADVANTAGE, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THAT SET UP.

SORRY, I HAVE, UM, SOME NERVES, YOU KNOW, ON ME RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO YOU.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, IF I CAN GATHER MY THOUGHTS, DO I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE MORE MINUTE TO COME BACK? NO, SIR.

WE'LL, WE MAY CALL YOU AND ASK YOU, LET'S

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ALL RIGHT.

AND HEAR HIM, AND THEN LET'S HEAR HIM THERE.

AND WE, UH, WE, WE, BUT WE GET THE, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

YOU NEED A VARIANCE TO MAKE YOUR DEAL WORK.

ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO YOU MIND IF, CAN WE HEAR YOUR, UH, YOUR, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS WILLIAMS AND, UM, MR. PHILLIP WHO JUST SPOKE, UM, IS MY PARTNER, UM, IN EXECUTING THIS PROJECT.

SO HE'S COVERED SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE.

UM, WE JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THE VARIANCE AS WELL SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.

RIGHT NOW, THAT PARCEL OF LAND IS THE ONLY UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY IN STRETCH.

AND, UM, AGAIN, LIKE HE MENTIONED, THE, THE PIECE OF LAND IS KIND OF LOCKED IN.

SO WE CANNOT, UH, EXPAND BACKWARD OR FORWARD.

SO WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE CITY TO GRANT US VARIATION, TO COMPLY WITH THE, UH, THE SETBACK OF 15 INSTEAD OF 15, WE SHOULD BE GIVING 10 TO MEET OUR PACKING REQUIREMENTS.

SO, UM, LIKE HE ALSO SAID, OUR, UM, NEIGHBORS WERE HERE THE LAST TIME TO, TO SUPPORT OUR COSTS.

AND, UM, WE ALSO DO NOT FORESEE, UM, THESE VARIANCE IF IS GRANTED US CAUSING ANY HARM TO PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY, WELFARE OR TRAFFIC.

LIKE I SAID, WE ARE ALREADY LOCKED IN AND WE HAVE, UM, BUILDINGS ON THE SIDE.

SO, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT GRANTING US WILL, UM, MAKE IT FAVOR US, RIGHT? SO WE ALSO, OF COURSE, THE, THE, UH, SOCIAL PART OF IT, WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE, UH, REVENUE, TAX, REVENUE FOR THE CITY JOBS THAT, UM, WE, WE WOULD GIVE TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, OF THIS CITY.

AND, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST TO ADD, UM, SOME, UM, HISTORY.

WE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE FORMALLY STARTING A COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESS IN ROSEN, BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE A NON, UH, PROFIT, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WE, WE REGISTERED 5 0 1 C AND, UM, WE ARE JUST BY, UH, THE OEO HOTEL.

AND WE, WE, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UM, IN FOOD DRIVES DISTRIBUTION OF, UH, I HAVE SOME LITERATURE HERE THAT WE DISTRIBUTE EVERY MONTH.

WE HAVE, UM, GENDER CLARITY FOR OUR TEENS.

UH, WE HAVE THE RHAPSODY OF REALITY FOR ADULTS.

WE HAVE THE TIVO FOR TEENAGERS.

THESE ARE MATERIALS WE DISTRIBUTE TO, TO SCHOOLS AND, UM, SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

NOW, ALL OF THESE WE DO FROM OUR PERSONAL RESOURCES.

SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS COURSE, UM, WE, WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BUSINESS TO GENERATE INCOME BECAUSE WE ARE A NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

WE DON'T GET DONATIONS FROM THE CITY, JUST INDIVIDUALS, UM, AND SOME OF OUR, UM, CHURCH MEMBERS.

SO WE THINK THAT GETTING THESE VARIANCE HELPING US, HELPS US TO SET UP OUR BUSINESS AND THEREFORE HELPS US TO FURTHER PROSECUTE THIS COURSE.

AND THE LAST, UM, UM, COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THE, THE, THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT, UH, STRUCTURE DIAGRAM WE HAVE.

AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS BUSINESS IS A PIZZA, IT'S A RESTAURANT, IT'S A PIZZA BUSINESS, YOU KNOW.

SO I KNOW WE, IT SAYS TWO, IT'S TWO FLOORS.

THE GROUND FLOOR IS FOR THE PIZZA.

THEN WE JUST HAVE AN OFFICE, A SMALL OFFICE ON TOP.

SO IT'S NOT A MASSIVE THING, RIGHT? SO IT'S A PIZZA BUSINESS, A RESTAURANT BUSINESS, AND, UM, PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, OUR BUSINESS MODEL, WHAT HELP THE, THE WAY WE ARE CURRENTLY STRUCTURED HELPS US TO GET FINANCING FROM THE BANK.

SO IF WE DON'T GET YOUR APPROVAL AND UH, OUR STRUCTURE HAS TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY, WE MIGHT FALL SHOT OF THAT AS WELL.

SO LIKE, WE UNDERSTAND.

AND A TWO AND A HALF FOOT SETBACK ADJACENT TO THE EAST AND WEST PROPERTY LINES IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED FIVE FOOT SETBACK.

THANK YOU, MOHAMED.

WOULD YOU, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, VARIANCE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR 27 9 1 3 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY.

UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF US, UH, HIGHWAY 59, INTERSTATE SIX NINE EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 36.

ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN MO UH, MOTEL SIX AND SHIPLEY DONUTS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UM, AERIAL PHOTO IN THE SCREEN, UH, PER CHAPTER ONE, ARTICLE 18, SECTION 4 1 16 D AND, UH, ONE AND TWO OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG IN UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT AND CODE, ALL PARKING AND PAVING AREAS SHALL BE SET BACK A MINIMUM 15 FEET FROM ANY PROPERTY LINE THAT ABUTS THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY.

AND HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE US 59 OR IN ACCESS EASEMENT AND A MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET FROM ANY SIDE PROPERTY LINE.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A 10 FOOT PARKING SETBACK ALONG THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO SOUTH'S FREEWAY IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 15 FOOT SETBACK

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UH, THE APPLICANT'S INTENT IS TO DEVELOP, UH, THE SITE.

UH, IT'S ONLY 0.72 ACRE, UH, SITE AS A 7,000, A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING WITH A DRIVE THROUGH.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, THE, THE ORANGE AREA, THAT'S THE BUILDING, UH, THERE, UH, IT'S ABOUT 7,000 SQUARE FEET.

UH, THE SITE IS PLATTED IN 2023 AS 1 0 4 BY 300 FEET AND WILL HAVE ACCESS FROM, UH, TO THE FEEDER ROAD, UH, FEEDER ROAD THROUGH THE ADJACENT SHIPLEY DONUT SITE TO THE EAST.

UH, THEY REQUESTED 10 FOOT PARKING SETBACK ADJACENT TO THE HIGHWAY WILL ALLOW THE FRONT DRIVEWAY TO, UH, TO PROPERTY, UH, TO ALIGN WITH EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE SHIPLEY DONUT AND ALLOW FOR AQUA PARKING AT THE SIDE AS WELL.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM FIRE LANE, THEY JUST WANT TO ALIGN THEIR PARKING WITH THE, THIS IS THE SHIPLEY DONUT SITE, AND THEY JUST WANT TO ALIGN WITH THAT.

THE APPLICANT STATED THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS UNIQUELY CONSTRAINED BY SIZE, CONFIGURATION, AND LOCATION ALONG A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED WITH SIMILAR FACILITIES.

THE INTEGRATION OF A PIZZA RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH AND OFFICE SPACES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND REFLECTS A PRACTICAL COMMUNITY SERVING USE OF THE PARCEL.

UH, THAT'S THE SHIPLEY DONUT THERE.

LINING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSED THE VARIANCE AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON AUGUST 20 AS REQUIRED BY THE UDC.

AFTER THE DISCUSSION, THE COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ONE, NOT TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTED THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY REPORT.

DO YOU KNOW HOW WIDE THE PROPERTY IS ACROSS 94? 94 FEET.

94.

UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP? AN AERIAL.

OH, THAT AERIAL? MM-HMM .

SO I KNOW SHIPLEY'S, UH, DONUTS, WHICH WE ALL LOVE, BY THE WAY.

UM, , UH, RECENTLY OPENED THERE, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE BUSY AND THEY'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE BUSY AND THEY HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH.

I'M WONDERING WHY, AND I'M, I'M SURE IT'S JUST AN EASY ANSWER, BUT WHY SHIPLEY'S DIDN'T BUY THE, YOU KNOW, BUY BOTH LOTS.

UM, THEY DIDN'T NEED IT.

THEY DIDN'T NEED IT.

THEY DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT THEN IT, THEN IT, IT LOCKED IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IT? 94 FEET OF? IT'S 94 FEET.

THIS WAS PLATTED, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS PLATTED BEFORE ANY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED.

SO THIS WAS PLA IN, UH, 2023.

AND WHEN SHIPLEY DONUT BUILT ON THIS SITE, MOTEL SIX ALREADY EXISTED ON THAT SITE.

THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ONE GOT LOCKED IN, IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUSINESSES AND THEY HAVE NO WAY TO PURCHASE ANY ADDITIONAL LANE.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WISH PEOPLE WOULD RESEARCH STUFF BEFORE THEY SPEND THEIR LIFE SAVINGS TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEN THEY CAN'T GET IT DEVELOPED THE WAY THEY NEED TO.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY, YOU KNOW, DOING EITHER LETTING THEM OR DON'T LET THEM.

AND THEN IF WE LET THEM AND THEN WE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT OTHERS THAT COME THAT WANT US TO LET 'EM SEE? THAT'S THE THING ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, BUT IT'S A CHALLENGING SITUATION.

I MEAN, THIS LOT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR ANY BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT WIDE ENOUGH.

AND IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS PLATTED, I KNOW THE OWNER DIDN'T KNOW HOW, HOW IT'S GONNA DEVELOP.

HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GONNA BE THERE.

AND, AND SO IT WAS CREATED AND SO THE ONE WHO PLATTED IT, SOLD IT TO, TO THE NEW EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.

SOLD IT.

BUT, UM, WHEN, UH, IN MY, AND I'M NOT FUSSING, IT MAY SOUND LIKE IT, BUT WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING, YOU GOT TO REALLY BE SURE BEFORE YOU BUY IT THAT YOU, THAT YOU, UH, UH, I'M A REALTOR AND PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT I'M THE MAYOR, THEY, I MAY HAVE A LISTING WITH SOMEONE AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL SAY, SO IF I BUY IT, CAN I PUT THIS THERE AND THAT THERE, OR THIS AND THAT? AND I TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GOTTA CHECK WITH THE PERMIT OFFICE.

YOU GOTTA CHECK WITH BRIAN.

YOU GOTTA CHECK WITH MOHAMMED.

I'M GET, IF YOU'LL LET ME FINISH, I'LL GET TO MY POINT.

OH, YOU'RE, WELL, YOU'RE THE MAYOR, DON'T YOU? WELL, HEY, THE CHANGE, THE RULES CHANGE, THE LAWS CHANGE.

STATE LAWS CHANGE.

YEP.

SO, UM, BUT THE, THE, THE FRONTAGE OTHER DAY WE HAD A CITIZEN RAN DOWN AND PUT IN THE HOSPITAL.

WE DON'T NO, THAT WAS NOT THERE, MAYOR.

THAT WAS AT A DIFFERENT, UH, LOCATION.

YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH .

WELL, I MEAN, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE SYSTEM AND RUN DOWN?

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SO SOMEBODY WAS ON THE SIDEWALK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY GOT RAN DOWN.

SO WE'RE, YOU'RE A ASKING TO MOVE THE BUSINESS BASICALLY FIVE FEET CLOSER TO THE STREET.

IS THAT PART OF THE VARIANCE? NO, THEY JUST WANT TO ALIGN WITH THE SEAM SET OF A PARKING THAT'S ALONG THE FRENCH ROAD UHHUH, BECAUSE THE SHIPLEY DONUT WAS ACTUALLY, WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE RULE WAS CHANGED.

IT WAS ACTUALLY USED TO BE 10 AND NOW IT'S 15.

SO THEY JUST WANT THE LINE WITH THE SAME ACCESS EASEMENT, BASICALLY.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SORRY, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE SHIPLEY'S DONUT IS THE SAME? YEAH.

THEY'RE ASKING TO DO WITH WHAT THE SHIPLEY HAS.

WE DO IT RIGHT NOW.

EXACTLY.

SO BECAUSE THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN, THE SHIPLEY'S DONUT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE? THAT IS CORRECT.

THE, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE WAS DONE, I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS CHANGED FROM 10 TO 15, UH, AT THAT TIME ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS.

SO, SO THEY JUST WANTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH IT UNIFORMITY.

THEY JUST WANNA BE UNIFORM WITH SHIPLEY.

THAT'S ALL.

UM, MOHAM CONSISTENT IN DISTRICT THREE.

AND THAT'S MY DISTRICT.

UM, I AGREE WITH THEM TRYING TO, I WOULD LIKE, IF THEY'RE GONNA DO THE BUSINESS TO ALIGN IT WITH SHIPLEYS, UM, WHO'S GONNA KEEP UP WITH THE TWO AND A HALF FEET BETWEEN THE PROPERTY? 'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, WELL I THOUGHT YOU OWNED IT OR WHO OWNED IT, OR IS THAT TWO AND A HALF PLUS FIVE WITH SHIPLEYS? OR IS IT TWO AND A HALF AND TWO AND A HALF? OR IS IT TWO AND A HALF TOGETHER? NO, UH, IT'S JUST TWO AND A HALF FOR THEM.

UH, SHELY DONORS HAS THEIR FIVE ON THEIR SIDE, SO THAT WILL BE SEVEN AND A HALF IN TOTAL.

BUT USUALLY BUSINESSES BETWEEN THEM, EVERYBODY MOWS THERE.

THEY KNOW THE AREA THAT THEY HAVE TO MOW.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS THERE, THAT, OH, IT'S, YOU OWN IT AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? MM-HMM .

IT WAS UP TO ME.

I'LL PUT CONCRETE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

THAT WAS UP TO IT, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS.

A BUSINESS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, I SEE.

I SO IS IT FROM THAT CURVE TO WHERE I SEE THE, THE DOWNFALL IS THAT FIVE FEET.

SO, SO THIS IS THE CURVE FOR SHIPLEY DONUT.

THEY EXTEND FIVE FEET, THAT'S ALL SHIPLEY DONUT ANOTHER TWO, AND THEN THEY WILL BE DOWN A HALF AND FOOT, TWO AND A HALF FOOT.

I, I DON'T SEE HOW IS THAT GONNA HURT US IF WE GIVE 'EM A VARIANCE? I I DON'T SEE THAT.

AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ALIGN WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESS EXACTLY.

TO MAKE, TO MAKE IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING IF THEY'RE UNIFORM.

EXACTLY.

I THINK IT WOULD LOOK KIND OF ODD IF THEY WERE SET BACK AND THE OTHER FIVE.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

YEAH, IT WOULD LOOK WEIRD.

I MEAN THAT IF THERE WAS NO BUSINESS THERE, MAYOR, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE NO EXISTING BUSINESS THERE, I WOULD SAY I WOULD PROBABLY BE WITH YOU AND SAY, NO, WE WON'T GIVE YOU A VARIANCE.

BUT SINCE IT'S ALREADY A, A BUSINESS THERE, I DON'T, I, I JUST, I MEAN IT'S GOING TO LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAY HE'S PUTTING IN A PIZZA PARLOR, WE'RE GONNA GET SALES TAX.

I MEAN, WELL THE THING IS, AND DONUT, IF YOU CAN CUT THROUGH AND IT'S FINE, YOU CAN GIVE A VARIANCE.

IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN YOU DO IT.

WHEN YOU DO IT FOR ONE, PEOPLE WONDER WHY YOU DON'T DO IT FOR ALL SUDDEN YOU'RE PICKING AND CHOOSING WINNER.

NO, IT'S JUST THE WAY, IT'S NOT PICKING AND CHOOSING.

WELL, AND I THINK HERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SHIPLEYS IS ALREADY NOT ALREADY BUILT.

IT'S ALREADY BUILT.

IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.

AND THIS I THINK WOULD MAKE IT LOOK MORE UNIFORM.

IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD LOOK ODD TO HAVE THEM ON SEPARATE.

WHEN SHIPLEY'S BUILT THAT BUILDING, DID THEY ASK FOR A VARIANCE OR DID THEY THEY WERE LOCKED IN INTO THE OLD CODE.

WHEN THEY STARTED THE PROCESS.

THEY WERE ALREADY GRANDFATHERED WITH THE OLD, AND THAT'S JUST FROM THE FRONT SIDE.

BUT THEY MEET ON THE SIDE.

SO THEY HAVE THE FIVE AND FIVE ONE ON BOTH SIDES.

LET ME ASK, UH, UH, WAYNE PORACK, IF HE CAN COME TO THE, UH, MICROPHONE, HE'S THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND Y'ALL DISCUSS THIS.

I'D LIKE TO TRY TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR COMMISSIONS AND WAYNE, UM, THE FIRST I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO, UH, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.

UH, Y'ALL TOOK SOME ACTION TO REJECT THE REQUEST AND MAYBE YOU CAN TELL US.

MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THIS WAS, UH, THE SINGLE ENTRY FOR BOTH BUSINESSES OFF THE FEEDER ROAD.

'CAUSE THE FEEDER ROAD, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS VERY, VERY BUSY.

AND IF YOU'RE, YOU HAVE TWO HIGH VOLUME BUSINESSES.

YOU HAVE DONUT BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE PIZZA BUSINESS AND YOU HAVE HIGH VOLUME TURNING IN.

AND IF YOU USE A SHARED DRIVEWAY, IS THAT A GOOD SAFETY ISSUE OR NOT? I CONSIDERED IT A SAFETY ISSUE.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.

AS FAR AS THE OTHERS GO, IT'S FINE.

BUT MY PROBLEM WAS WITH THE SAFETY WITH THOSE ISSUE, WAYNE, WHY, WHY CAN'T WE DO ANOTHER ENTRANCE FOR THEM? THAT'S TEXT DOT.

YOU CAN'T TEXT DOT CONTROLS.

YOU

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CAN'T ACCESS.

OH, ROAD.

YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TDOT TO LET THEM HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER CURB CUT.

T DOT DOESN'T GIVE EACH ONE OF THEM.

NO.

SO THEY HAVE A STANDARD.

OH, OKAY.

SO IT'S NOT UP TO US TO SEE.

WE'RE NOT SAYING NO, YOU CAN'T PUT ANOTHER ENTRANCE.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL ON THE ENTRANCE.

BUT WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE BUILDING SETBACK? I MEAN, WHAT IF WE, WE SAID YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A VARIANCE.

WOULD THEY STILL HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY? YEAH.

THAT'S EITHER HERE NOR THERE, RIGHT? OTHER THAN THE YES.

THEY'RE STILL GONNA CONNECT THROUGH THE SHILEY DONUT.

THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.

WHETHER WE REJECTED IT OR NOT, IT'S GONNA BE ONE ENTRANCE.

IT'S GONNA BE IN ONE ENTRANCE.

IT'S GONNA BE THROUGH SHILEY DONUT.

NO OTHER WAY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH AND GIVEN ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, ALSO, THERE'LL BE AN ENTRANCE TOWARDS THE REAR.

BACK TO THE REAR AS WELL THOUGH, CORRECT? TO THE BACK.

BACK TO THE, TO TO LOWE'S.

UH, THAT, THAT ENTRANCE GOES ALL THE WAY TO LOWE'S.

RIGHT STREET.

THAT BLUE WAVE CARWASH IN THAT, THAT PANIC EXPRESS THEY SHARE DRIVEWAY.

OKAY, LET'S GO THROUGH, LET'S SEE.

WE, LET'S SEE WHAT, GEORGE, GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON IT? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT, UH, I CONFUSING IT WAS SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND, AND NOW IT'S CHANGED.

UH, KIND OF CONFUSING.

FELIX, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I, I AGREE WITH HECTOR AND, UH, AND JESSICA.

I MEAN, I, I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULD HURT ANYTHING.

UH, WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUT SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO, TO PUT 'EM IN HERE AND HELP 'EM OUT.

WHY NOT? SO I'M FOR IT.

WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE RULES.

AND, BUT WE CAN ALSO, THAT'S ONE REASON.

BUT LOOK, BREAKING COME AND ASKING US FOR PERMISSION, THEY'RE NOT DOING IT LIKE OTHER, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT STEVE HAS TO SAY.

STEVE, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UM, I'M ALL, I'M, I WANNA GIVE 'EM THE VARIANCE.

ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENT? I'M OKAY WITH IT.

UM, WAYNE SAID THAT THE, THE ONLY THE PROBLEM HE HAD WAS WITH THE ENTRANCE AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE SETBACK.

AND WE CAN'T DO NOTHING WITH TDO THOUGH.

YEAH, IT'S HANDS.

IF, IF THERE ARE, UH, ENOUGH ACCIDENTS THAT TXDOT WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AND THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO REGULATE THAT ENTRANCE, BUT THAT WON'T BE ON US.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUNNING OVER PEDESTRIANS.

SO IF, UM, IF THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD TOO, WHEN LOOKING AT IT, I CAN, I HAVE CONCERN ABOUT P PEOPLE BUILDING UP TO THE ROAD, UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND TAKING EVERY INCH BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE SO FAST NOW, THE LEVEL OF DISRESPECT IS SO PREVALENT.

PEOPLE GO OFF THE ROAD, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES AND THEY GO OFF THE ROAD, THEY RUN INTO HOUSES, THEY RUN INTO BUSINESSES, THEY'RE RUNNING PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD.

AND THE FURTHER, UH, TO ME, THE FURTHER THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, 50 FEET AWAY, BUT, BUT HAVE YOU PUT, UM, BUSINESSES AND CARS AND PARKING LOTS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE ROAD BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING DEVELOPMENT ON MORE DEVELOPMENT ON LESS PROPERTY, THEN UH, I SEE A DANGER IN THAT.

BUT ANYWAY, I'LL DO, I'LL DO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO.

UH, HECTOR HAD A MOTION.

HECTOR, GO AHEAD AND RESTATE YOUR MOTION.

OH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE A VARIANCE.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

MOTION.

27 9 1 3 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY HECTOR, SECOND BY FELIX.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING OR PUSHING GREEN.

AYE, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PAY PUSH RED.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS, UH, FOLKS SHOULD RESEARCH BEFORE THEY PUT MONEY DOWN ON A PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE YOU GOT EVERYTHING.

WELL NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE PROPERTY? DO YOUR DILIGENCE IF YOU CAN.

ALL RIGHT, WELL GOOD LUCK ON YOUR DEAL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING PIZZA THERE.

MY KIDS EAT PIZZA.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE NEED WHAT? OKAY,

[3. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3946, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, awarding Bid No. 2025-39B for CDBG-MIT Flood and Drainage Mitigation Project Activity No. 5 - Graeber Road Storm Sewer Improvements Project; and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City, appropriate documents and/or agreements regarding same. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]

I'LL READ THE ITEM CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 39 46, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS, AWARDING BID NUMBER 2025 DASH 39 B FOR CD BG DASH MIT FLOOD AND DRAINAGE MITIGATION PROJECT ACTIVITY NUMBER FIVE.

IT'S BROKEN UP INTO PHASES, I GUESS GRAVER ROAD STORM, UH, SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

IS THIS PART THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVEN OR DISCUSSING TO APPROVE TONIGHT.

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AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOUR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND OR AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME.

BEFORE WE GET TO THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE PROJECT, NOT NECESSARILY THIS SECTION OF THE PROJECT, BUT, UH, A ANOTHER SECTION OF PROJECT.

AND, UM, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE THAT THEY, THAT THEY COMMENT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK IT, UH, IT'S UM, IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE.

WOULD IT BE, UH, JOYCE AND GRADY IF THEY, UH, COMMENT UNDER THIS ITEM ABOUT ANOTHER PHASE OF THE PROJECT? I MEAN, IT'S ALLOWED BY LAW, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING EVEN, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT, I WOULDN'T THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE.

UM, I JUST WANNA KEEP IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE, THE PROJECT.

SO AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROJECT, YOU'RE FINE.

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S DO LADIES FIRST.

UM, AND WE'LL DO, UH, EITHER ONE OF Y'ALL, WE CAN DO LISA OR, OR, OR IT DOESN'T MATTER.

Y'ALL, Y'ALL DECIDE AMONGST YOURSELVES.

LISA, YOU WANNA GO FIRST OR KATHY OR JOE? UM, I JUST FOUND OUT GOOD EVENING.

LISA RANSOM.

UM, MY NAME IS LISA RANSOM AND I RESIDE AT 3 0 4 PECAN PARK DRIVE IN ROSENBERG, TEXAS.

WHERE AT? MA'AM? IN ROSENBERG, TEXAS.

WHAT ADDRESS WAS SUB? UH, 3 0 4.

DISTRICT, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET DISTRICT, DISTRICT ONE FROM MY HOUSE.

I'M CALLING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, THE MEDIC MITIGATION.

I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE I AM A HOME, A HOMEOWNER OVER THERE AND, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS, UH, WHAT'S IT GONNA LOOK LIKE? IS IT GONNA BE BENCHES? IS IT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME GO THROUGH THESE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT AS HOMEOWNERS WE DO HAVE CONCERNS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO ENSURE THE DESIGN AND THE, AND THE MAINTAINING OF THIS PROJECT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, YOU KNOW, GOOD FOR THE SAFETY AND THE HELP.

NOW MY CONCERNS IS MOSQUITOES, MY MAIN CONCERN, MOSQUITOES, BUGS, PEST RODENTS.

AND, UH, THIS SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE BRINGING, UM, IT CAN ACTUALLY LOWER, IT CAN LOWER THE PROPERTY VALUE OR IT CAN INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE.

SO, UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THE DESIGN.

IS IT GONNA BE BENCHES? IS IS GONNA BE ANY WALKWAYS, ANY LIGHT? OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE POLES AND UTILITY WIRES AND IS IT GONNA BE AN EYESORE? WE'RE GONNA ANSWER ALL.

WE CAN'T ANSWER IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'LL, OKAY.

AND THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN.

AND YOU SAID SEWAGE.

ALSO SMELLS.

STANDING WATER, WE KNOW BRINGS MOSQUITOES, THE SMELLS, BRINGS ALLERGIES.

I MEAN, AND WE DO HAVE SMALL KIDS IN THAT AREA.

AND I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS? YOU KNOW, IS IT GONNA BE A BRICKED IN, IS IT GONNA, IS IT JUST GONNA BE A POND OR, I MEAN IS ARE WE GONNA MAKE IT LOOK RECREATIONAL WHEN I OPEN UP MY DOOR? AM I GONNA BE LIKE, AH, YOU KNOW, ? YEAH.

ARE YOU GONNA BE LIKE IF I'M, AM I LIVING NEXT TO A SEWER PLANT? YES, EXACTLY.

NO, IT WON'T BE .

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY CONCERN.

AND ALSO AS FAR AS, UH, ONE OF MY KEY FACTORS, YEAH, OKAY.

THE DESIGN, THE LAND, UH, THE LANDSCAPING, WHETHER IT BE GRASS, BASINS, BENCHES, FENCES, WALK PATHS, TRAILS AROUND IT, IT WOULD HAVE LIGHTING AS FAR AS THE SAFETY.

UM, IS IT GONNA BE, IS IT GONNA ADD SOME KIND OF RECREATIONAL, YOU KNOW, VALUE TO THAT COMMUNITY, TO THAT AREA, TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD? ALSO THE MAINTENANCE.

WHAT ARE THE MAINTENANCE PLANS? I MEAN, WHO IS, WHO IS GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF KEEPING? ALRIGHT, SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT BUZZER, THAT MEANS YOU HIT YOUR TIME.

BUT WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS ALL THESE AND WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING NEXT, UH, IS IT NEXT TUESDAY ABOUT IT TOO? WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO MORE, MORE DETAILS.

WE'RE GONNA DO PRESS RELEASES, GET PEOPLE

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FROM THE PUBLIC.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS IT GONNA BE LIKE A WE'LL GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT, UH, SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL HEAR HIM AND THEN WE'RE GOING COUNCIL, HOLD ON.

MARY, I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

ARE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GRABBER ROAD OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, UH, DRAINAGE PROJECT? THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M, I'M ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY.

'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT DRAINAGE PROJECT.

WELL, YOU'RE 5 1 1 GRANT FOR FIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET THE CITIZENS THAT ARE AT HOME CONFUSED WITH BENCHES AND LIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THAT THOSE COMMENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS, NOT UNDER THE ACTUAL AGENDA.

WELL WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND YOU'VE GOT ONE GRANT THAT HAS FIVE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS UNDER IT.

THE AGENDA ITEM NAMES THE GRANT.

THERE IS, I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE LEEWAY BECAUSE IT DOES SAY NUMBER FIVE.

IF YOU WANTED TO HOLD IT TO THAT, YOU COULD.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE TEST IS, DOES JOE THE CITIZEN AND WHEN READING THAT AGENDA ITEM, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED.

AND I THINK GENERALLY THE STORM RAYER ROAD STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE YEAH.

IS BROAD ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IT AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE CONCERN.

THE SAME CONCERN ABOUT EVERY FRA PHASE OF IT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.

I'M JUST, 'CAUSE THE CITIZENS WATCHING, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, Y'ALL PUTTING BENCHES DOWN ON GRAVER ROAD AND LIGHTS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 'CAUSE SO THIS, THIS ITEM IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, BUT HER, HER COMMENTS ARE ABOUT A DIFFERENT PROJECT.

THE WHOLE PROJECT.

THE OTHER PARTS ARE DIFFERENT PHASES, LIKE YOU SAID, RIGHT? YES.

HER, UH, THEY LIVE ACTUALLY GONNA BE NEAR WHEN, Y'ALL REMEMBER WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE RETENTION POND ON THE, BY THE OAK BEND HOSPITAL? YES.

ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE, WHEN SHE STARTED SAYING, SO I DON'T, I DON'T MIND HEARING THEM, BUT I I CAN WE DISCUSS THAT? 'CAUSE IT'S GRABBER ROAD, THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANNA GET THE CITIZENS OUT THERE.

WATCHING TV, GETTING 'EM CONFUSED.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO, WHEN WE DO THE, UM, DEAL NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS GONNA BE KINDA LIKE A, UH, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT A PRESENTATION OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.

UH, ALL THE PHASES AND, AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND COMMENT AND WELL, I KNOW YOU CAN ENCOURAGE 'EM.

WELL, WE'LL ASK 'EM.

I, I, I'M NOT SURE, WE'LL OTHER THAN THESE FOLKS, I'M NOT SURE WILL ANY OF 'EM WILL, WILL COME, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY ASK THEM.

I'M SURPRISED NOBODY FROM DISTRICT FOUR IS HERE.

THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW.

WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO GET 'EM ALL.

MM-HMM.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT ACTIVITY NUMBER SHE'S REFERRING TO WITH THE BENCHES AND THE LIGHT? IT'S, IT'S THE, IT IS THE WRAPS BY YOU PORTION.

LET'S DO, UH, JOE OR KATHY, Y'ALL WANT TO GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS JOE BOSWELL AND THANKS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, HEARING US AND, UH, OUR, OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOE BOSWELL.

MY ADDRESS IS 3 1 6 PECAN PARK DRIVE.

UH, I'M AT THE END OF PECAN PARK DRIVE, UH, THE HOME THAT WE LIVE IN.

MY PARENTS BUILT IN 1979.

WE'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, UH, SINCE 2012 AND WE PURCHASED IT FROM MY MOTHER.

AND WE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT THE DETENTION POND GOING IN NEXT TO AND ACROSS FROM OUR HOME.

AGAIN, WE'RE RIGHT AT THE END, SO WE'RE GONNA NOT ONLY HAVE IT ACROSS THE STREET, BUT OUR HOME IS RIGHT UP AGAINST WHERE ALL OF THAT FOREST IS.

AND SO IT'S THE, I GUESS IT'S THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF OUR HOUSE IS GONNA HAVE ALL OF THAT THERE RIPPED OUT AS WELL.

UM, WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED THAT WE HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED AND ASKED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.

WE WERE TOLD THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TREES ON THE 24 ACRE PROPERTY WOULD BE RIPPED OUT, REPLACED WITH A GIANT HOLE SURROUNDED BY A HIGH BERM.

A FENCE WOULD ENCIRCLE THE TOP, AND LANDSCAPING WOULD BE PLACED AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

THE PROJECT WAS IMMINENT AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAD BEEN SCHEDULED OR PLANNED.

WE ASKED ABOUT MITIGATION FOR THE RAILROAD NOISE THAT CURRENTLY IS LARGELY ABSORBED BY THE TREES.

IT WOULD NOW BE AMPLIFIED BY A GIANT HOLE.

NONE HAD BEEN CONSIDERED.

WE ASKED ABOUT THE INCREASED MOSQUITOES, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD HOW THAT PROBLEM WILL BE ALLEVIATED.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RUSH TO WREAK SUCH PERMANENT DESTRUCTION WITHOUT

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FURTHER DISCUSSION.

GIVEN THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE DETENTION POND PROJECTS ONGOING IN THIS PROJECT, AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT PLANS TO RIP OUT THOUSANDS OF TREES, IT SEEMS TO ME WE SHOULD PAUSE THE, THE PROJECT OR JUST THE, THE PART OF THE PROJECT THAT'S ON OUR STREET BRIEFLY TO ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

AGAIN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OTHER FOUR PROPERTIES ARE ALREADY JUST OPEN FIELDS.

OURS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE RIPPING OUT TREES.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PART.

I WANNA NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY WIFE KATHY CROSS, WHO WILL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, JOE.

HI, MY NAME IS KATHY CROSS.

I LIVE AT THREE 16 PECAN PARK DRIVE AND WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE DEVALUATION OF OUR PROPERTY.

UH, I'M ALSO A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND I'VE WORKED FOR PROPERTY TAX PROTEST O'CONNOR.

UH, IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE COMMITTEE TO REDUCE VALUES FOR HOMES THAT I REPRESENTED, EVEN FOR LEGITIMATE REASONS.

THE ONE EXCEPTION THAT I RECALL WAS NEAR A RAILROAD TRACK.

SO, UH, THAT'S ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS IS THE NOISE NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACK IS GOING TO DEVALUE IT.

BUT I ALSO HAVE EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF FOR ITS PURPORTED PURPOSES.

A FEW DAYS AGO, WE LEARNED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ELEVATED BERM, BUT IN FACT, JUST THE LARGE HOLE, WE ARE ASSURED IT WILL ALLEVIATE OUR FLOODING ISSUES.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN IMPRESSING UPON THE CITY OF ROSENBERG ROSENBERG THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT FLOOD.

IT IS THE NEIGHBORHOODS, SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS OVER.

SO WE BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE OF THE TREES.

MAYBE THE COMBINATION OF THAT WITH THE RAILROAD LEVY.

THEREFORE, TO THE EXTENT IT WILL ALLEVIATE ANY FLOODING AT ALL, WHICH I STILL AM NOT CONVINCED OF, BUT IT WON'T BE OURS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF THE NEW HOLE EVER OVERFLOWS, UM, I FEEL VERY CONCERNED THAT IT WILL, OUR PROPERTIES WILL BE THE FIRST ONES FLOODED.

WE ARE TOLD THAT A DRAINAGE STUDY HAD SHOWED THE PROJECT WOULD STORE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER DURING THE FLOOD EVENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT DRAINAGE STUDY.

DOES IT SHOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO DRAIN TO? FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IF THE, IT IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE RIVER? WHAT IF THE RIVER BACKS UP? UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE.

UH, SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE VALUE OF TREES IN A FLOOD EVENT, AND IS THE COUNCIL WHERE A SINGLE TREE CAN STORE A HUNDRED GALLONS OF WATER OR MORE? SO A 24 ACRE FORESTED LOT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TREES ARE THERE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 25,000.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A MILLION, COUPLE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER ALREADY BEING STORED THERE BY LEAVING THE TREES INTACT.

UM, THERE'S OTHER POSSIBILITIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED OR SHOULD BE DISCUSSED.

UM, MAYBE IMPROVED DRAINAGE OF S BAYOU.

WE DON'T, I DON'T, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO DESTROYING ALL OF THE TREES.

UH, AT THE OUTSET I'VE STUDIED OTHER ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER FLOOD PROJECTS, INCLUDING HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY PROJECTS SINCE HURRICANE HARVEY.

THEY HAD MULTIPLE STUDIES DONE, COMMUNITY IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, VEGETATION STUDIES.

THEY ALSO HAVE REFORESTATION AND THEY ALSO RETAIN A LOT OF TREES.

THEY HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT HAS 300 FEET OF TREES AROUND IT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS OUR ONLY OPTION TO DIG A GIANT HOLE AND RIP OUT ALL THE TREES.

I THINK THAT THEY, THE TREES, UH, PROVIDE A LOT OF VALUE AND WITHOUT THE TREE COVER, THAT GRASS IS GONNA HARDEN.

WE HAVE A LONG DRY HOT SUMMERS RIGHT BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON, SO THAT'S, TO ME IS NOT GONNA RETAIN ANYTHING.

I KNOW THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DRAINAGE SOMEWHERE, BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.

SO I HAVE GREAT FEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR PROPERTY.

AND I ALSO NOTICED WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT HOUSTON, THEY HAD COMMUNITY, UH, INPUT THROUGHOUT EVERY SINGLE PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

YOU CAN GO HIT, KEEP HITTING THE DIFFERENT TABS, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IMPACT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED HERE.

I JUST FORESEE OUR HOMES BEING A TRADE OFF FOR THE OTHER HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

KNOW, NEXT WEEK, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PHASES, WHICH WE'LL COVER MORE OF Y'ALL'S DEAL TOO.

BRI, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YEAH, I KNOW THEY MENTIONED, UH, TRAIN, UH, NOISE AND STUFF.

HORNS, UH, THERE'S NO STREETS RIGHT THERE THAT, THAT WAS SOUND OF TRAIN, RIGHT? UH, NO.

ALL THOSE ARE ALREADY EVEN ON THE RICHMOND SIDE, I THINK THEY HAVE, UH, NO TRAIN HORNS ON THAT SIDE.

SO THEY SHOULDN'T REALLY BE BOTHERED BY THE, THE THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

IT, IT'LL END UP BEING, IT'LL END UP BEING THE SOUND FROM THE OKAY.

FROM THE TRAIN ITSELF GOING THROUGH.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT PROJECT 'CAUSE IT'S GRABER ROAD, SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT RIGHT QUICK ON THE TRAIN.

THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO STAY WITH THE GRAVER ROAD PROJECT.

UM, I DO WANT, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE ITEM, WHICH WAS, UM, CONTRACT TO DO ONE OF THE PHASES.

BUT IF YOU CAN, WHY DON'T YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THESE FOLKS CONCERNS IN A GENERAL GENERALLY.

AND THEN KATHY, WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS OVERALL OF ALL THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, YOU

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IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS STARTING MONDAY WHERE THEY'RE RIPPING OUT THE TREES THIS NEXT MONDAY.

SO I NOW THAT I DON'T KNOW.

NO, BUT WE'LL, WE WILL CHECK.

WE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO, WE'LL SEE.

AND MR. ALCHEMY'S HERE, HE'S OVER, UM, SOME OF THIS, BUT KATHY, Y'ALL, Y'ALL SIT CLOSE, DON'T LEAVE.

AND WE MAY, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY ASK Y'ALL A QUESTION OR SOMETHING, BUT RIGO SURE.

READ THE SUMMARY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH AND AFTER THAT, IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT THAT, THAT'D BE GOOD.

SURE.

UH, BIDS RECEIVED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2025.

FOR THE C-D-B-G-M-I-T FLOODED DRAINAGE MITIGATION PROJECT ACTIVITY ACTIVITY FIVE GRABBER ROAD STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, 12 BIDS WERE WERE OPEN AND TAB AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED BID FORM, STAFF RECOMMENDS BID NUMBER 20 25 39 B BE AWARDED TO CE BAKER, LTD, WHO SUBMITTED A BID IN AMOUNT OF 5,964,000, $40 AND 50 CENTS TO THE EQUIVALENT TERM OF 170 CALENDAR DAYS AND WAVE INFORMALITIES AND BIDDING.

THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM WADE, M-O-P-P-E-P-M-P WITH COSTELLO ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING RECOMMENDS THE SAME.

THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE PROJECT WOULD, WOULD ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW STORM SEW TRUNK SYSTEM SOUTH TO DRY CREEK TO ALLEVIATE FLOODING ISSUES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GRAVEL ROAD AND AVENUE.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 46 AS PRESENTED.

CAN WE GO TO A MAP? IS THERE A MAP OF THIS IN OUR YES, THERE IS.

CAN WE SEE THE MAP? AND, UM, THERE'S GRABBER.

IT'S NOT COMING.

IT'S NOT COMING UP ON OUR SCREEN.

YEAH, IT'S NOT COMING UP.

IT'S NOT COMING UP ON YOUR SCREEN.

OH, IT'S, LOOK, MARY FROM AIRPORT, UH, AVENUE INN.

AND, UM, WHEN WE CROSS GRABBER, I'M SORRY, WHEN GRABBER CROSSES AIRPORT ONE OF THESE DAYS.

IS THAT THE PROPERTY WE PURCHASED? YES.

YES SIR.

UH, OKAY.

SO I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE TREES THERE TOO.

KATHY, WE'RE DOING A RETENTION POND THERE TOO.

WE'RE DOING A RETENTION POND.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, AFTER THESE RETENTION PONDS ARE, ARE DONE, UH, THERE'S NO REASON THE CITY CAN'T GO BACK AND PLANT TREES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

CORRECT.

NOW WE, WE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, WE END UP, WE END UP HAVING TO JUST SEPARATE ABOUT SO WE CAN BE MAINTAINED.

AND, AND THEN WE CAN PLANT BUSHES, BUSHES, PLANTS, YOU CAN DO NICE LANDSCAPING.

LANDSCAPING.

IF WE BUDGET FOR THAT, WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

OF COURSE WE WOULD ALSO THEN HAVE TO MAINTAIN ALL THAT.

WELL, AND WE GET THAT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HERE.

SO IF THE PUBLIC WANTS THAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO.

UM, THIS IS JUST, UH, UH, THERE WAS A GRANT, I'M JUST GONNA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW.

I'LL GIVE THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION VERSION, CLIFF NOTES VERSION.

THIS WAS DONE IN A GRANT.

GRANTS HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN YOU'RE GOING AND, AND THEY'RE NOT INSTANTANEOUS.

AND, UH, THE, IN ORDER FOR THE GRANT TO BE APPROVED, THE CITY HAD TO, TO, UH, GIVE THE, THE GOVERNMENT, UM, PLANS, UM, AND ENGINEERING PLANS AND, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, EVALUATIONS AND, AND ALL THIS, UH, STUFF THAT THEY WORKED ON.

THE THREE YEARS IN BETWEEN MY TWO TERMS. HOW, HOW LONG AGO WERE WE, WE DID THIS GRANT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS A LONG TIME.

HOW MANY? ABOUT 10 YEARS? NO, IT'S NOT 10 YEARS.

NO, NO.

WE EIGHT, WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT IN MY, PROBABLY FIVE, MY LAST TERM AS MAYOR.

FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS.

AND THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

AND BEFORE, FIVE YEARS BEFORE I LEFT THE LAST TIME, UH, I REMEMBER THE GOOD NEWS, WE, WE GOT TENTATIVELY APPROVED IN APRIL OF 2021 FOR THE 47 MILLION.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET THE 47 MILLION, YOU GOTTA DO THIS BY THIS TIME.

YOU GOTTA DO THAT BY THAT TIME.

YOU GOTTA SHOW THEM WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS MONEY.

AND THEN THEY SAY YES OR THEY SAY NO OR THEY SAY DO IT BETTER OR GO BACK AND CHANGE THIS.

IT'S BEEN ONGOING OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

WERE THERE FOR BENCHES, I'M SURE.

WE ENDED UP HAVING TO GO GET ALL THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS AND, BUT WE WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC BECAUSE, UM, THESE FOLKS HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE CAN BEAUTIFY OR, UH, A FENCE OR YOU MENTIONED BENCHES, WHATEVER.

I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE BENCHES, UH, UH, IF, IF, IF THE DEMAND

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AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF US WILL STILL BE HERE OR GOD KNOWS BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE ALL GO EVERY DAY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA WAKE UP TOMORROW.

BUT IF WE WAKE UP AND WE'RE HERE, UM, AND IF THE PUBLIC WANTS BENCHES, BY GOLLY THEY'RE GOING TO GET BENCHES.

IF THEY WANT TREES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT.

AND SO WE WILL, WE WILL GIVE Y'ALL ASSURANCE AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND UH, AS Y'ALL'S REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE WILL ACCOMMODATE Y'ALL IN EVERY, UH, POSSIBLE WAY.

CERTAINLY ON LOOKS AND AESTHETICS AND NOISE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, WE'RE GONNA GET TO MORE TWO OF THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THE PROJECT NEXT TUESDAY.

IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG? YEAH, SIR, JUST REAL QUICK.

OH, OKAY.

I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I, UH, WAS GONNA BE ASKED TO STAND IN THE CORNER.

ANYWAY, UM, SO WHAT IS HAPPENING MONDAY WITH, UH, THEIR PORTION OF, SO, UH, OF THE PROJECT? UH, I BELIEVE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA ISSUE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED SO THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY START AT THAT POINT.

THEY'RE GONNA END UP, UH, GIVING US A SCHEDULE AND THEY'RE GONNA END UP BEGINNING.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE JUST GONNA GO OUT THERE IN FULL BORE, START KNOCKING EVERYTHING OUT THAT GIVES 'EM THE, UH, THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY START AND THEY'RE GONNA END UP GIVING US A, A PLAN OF WHAT AREA THEY'RE GONNA END UP BEGINNING.

SO WHETHER THEY'RE, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE GONNA END UP BEGINNING IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL, UH, CHANNEL.

FIRST OFF .

AND THEY'RE GONNA DO BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY.

SO KATHY HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND, UH, COUNSEL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH RIGO TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT, BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY? AND I, AND I DID, I DID MEET WITH THEM.

I GOT GAVE 'EM, UH, COPIES OF THE PLANS THAT THAT PERTAINED TO THEM, SHOWED 'EM THE ELEVATION, SHOWED 'EM WHAT WAS GONNA BE CUT, TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO, UH, SAVE THEIR CRATE MYRTLES THAT THEY PLANTED.

THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT THERE ON THE, ON THE EDGE OF THE, OF IT, OF, OF OUR PROPERTY.

OH, SO YOU'RE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THE LEGWORK SO OF, OF YEAH, THE, THE WHOLE THING WITH THE MOSQUITOES.

SO YEAH, IT'S GONNA END UP BEING A DRY POND 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA HAVE PILOT CHANNELS AT THE BOTTOM TO, TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HOLD WATER.

EVERYTHING WAS REVIEWED, PLANNED.

SO, SO WAS THERE ANY PLANS THAT Y'ALL WANTED THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OFFSET BETWEEN THE, WHAT THE TREES CURRENTLY ALREADY PROVIDE, THE PROTECTION THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US RIGHT NOW.

LIKE I SAID, IN 45 YEARS THAT, THAT THIS HOME HAS BEEN THERE.

THEY'VE NEVER FLOODED THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BEHIND THIS.

WELL, YES, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT JUST, WE CAN'T PICK ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, SAID, OH, WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU DON'T FLOOD BUT LET THE OTHER PEOPLE FLOOD.

WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE WHOLE CITY, BUT WE'RE TRADING OFF.

WELL, NO, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT.

I'M PRETTY SURE OUR ENGINEERS DID THEIR LEG WORK.

THEY'RE NOT TRADING.

YOU'RE NOT TRADING, WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP ONE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM FLOODING AND FLOOD ANOTHER ONE.

WE'RE NOT WORKING THERE.

BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN HOUSTON TO MY FRIEND.

WELL WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE A SMALLER CITY.

HOUSTON IS A DIFFERENT STORY SAYING IT DID HAPPEN.

AND SO, UM, ALL OF THESE, UH, UH, THESE STUDIES AND STUFF HAD TO BE FORWARDED TO THE, UM, WELL, A LOT OF IT TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND TO THE, THE GLO.

YEAH, IT WENT TO THE GLO.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD ENGINEERS THAT, WE HAD A, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM THAT DID A, DID A, DID A STUDY.

WE USED THAT STUDY TO MAKE THE PLANS.

WE SUBMITTED THAT TO GLO.

UM, OKAY, WE GOT ALL OUR PERMITS AND SO LET'S DO THIS.

WE'RE UNDER A TURN TABLE TO GET DONE BETWEEN, BETWEEN NOW AND TUESDAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC MORE QUESTION, EMAIL RIGO RIGO DO YOUR BEST TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE HER.

AND, UM, AND IF ANYBODY GETS STUCK, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME OR ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

UM, WE'RE, UH, I THINK THE COUNCIL WOULD BE CONCUR HERE THAT NOBODY WANTS JUST AS BIG ALL AROUND TOWN, FOUR OR FIVE BIG UGLY HOLES IN THE GROUND WITH, UM, NO PLAN.

OR WE HAVE PLANS.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST LEAVE A BUNCH OF UGLY HOLES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM LANDSCAPE.

AND THE THING IS, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, IT, IT'S, IT'S STRICTLY FOR DRAINAGE.

SO WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND PRESENT A DIFFERENT PLAN AFTER WE'RE DONE AND PUT A LANDSCAPING PLAN TOGETHER FOR Y'ALL, FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK AT AND APPROVE.

RIGHT NOW WE, WE THE WHAT? THE FUNDING WHERE THE FUNDING AND THE GRANT, WE CAN'T GO, WE CAN'T EVEN VEER OFF OF.

NO, WE CAN'T VEER OFF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT IS

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PART OF YOUR GRANT.

BEYOND THAT, ONCE, ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN WE CAN ADD TO IT.

EXACTLY.

CAN CAN WE ADD, UH, CAN WE BERM IT OR, OR WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, AT OUR COST AND THE, ONE OF THEIR CONCERNS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR HOUSE, WHICH WAS NOW IS A FOREST IS GOING TO BE THIS, UM, DETENTION YEAH.

HOLE.

SO FOR THEM, I'VE GOT NO, NO PROBLEM.

OF COURSE THIS WILL BE A GROUP DECISION.

WE CAN PUT 'EM A, WE CAN PUT 'EM A PRIVACY FENCE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WOULD, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT HELP? YEAH, A PRIVACY FENCE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO AROUND THE WHOLE THING.

RIGO, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY ARE.

MAYOR, I THINK, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY GOT SOME MISINFORMATION.

'CAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY SAID WERE DEFINITELY NOT ACCURATE.

UM, OKAY, I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY ALL THAT NEXT WEEK IN THE MEETING.

WE'LL CLARIFY THAT NEXT WEEK WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO A, UM, UPDATE ON ALL THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THAT PROJECT.

UM, CAN Y'ALL COME BACK NEXT WEEK? COME BACK NEXT WEEK BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

TRY TO BE MORE SPECIFIC OTHER THAN WE JUST DON'T LIKE IT AND WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE QUESTION.

SO YEAH.

THREE MINUTES.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND WE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND IT WON'T BE A THREE, THREE MINUTE COMMENT.

IT'LL BE REAL TIME ANSWERS.

WELL, AND I WROTE DOWN BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL SAID SO I CAN GIVE IT TO JOYCE AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN GET SOME ANSWERS IN THE MEANTIME.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND CAUSE OUR, OUR HOMES TO BE, YEAH.

MM-HMM.

I DON'T WANNA LOOK OUT MY FRONT DOOR AND I'M LOOKING AT ASSESSMENT.

BUT DO US A FAVOR.

GIVE THEM TIME TO FINISH IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL US, HEY, THE CITY'S DOING THIS.

IT LOOKS SO UGLY.

WELL, HOW LONG THEY BEEN THERE? THREE DAYS.

GIVE THEM TIME, GET IT FINISHED.

IT AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO CLEAR ALL THEM TREES, GET 'EM HAULED OUT OF THERE AND TO BUILD THAT, IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL.

WHAT'S THERE MONTHS OR WEEKS TO GET IT ALL CLEARED OUT? I WOULD SAY A MONTH OR TWO.

TO GET IT.

GONNA TAKE A MONTH OR TWO TO GET IT CLEARED OUT IF WE'RE GOOD WITH CLEARED.

BUT I THINK THE PROJECT IN ITSELF IS ALMOST A YEAR.

IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE IT'S FINISHED.

SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANY OF US WILL STILL BE HERE, BUT I'M SURE THAT WHOEVER IS HERE, THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE Y'ALL.

THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS.

BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS I WANNA SEE HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA HOLD AND WHERE IS IT GONNA DRAIN TO AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS RIVER BACKS UP AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

I KNOW I'VE GOT A LOT OF LIKE THAT.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA TALK.

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND AROUND HERE, WHEN THE RIVER BACKS UP, WE'RE ALL IN TROUBLE.

THI THIS IS FOR IN BETWEEN, UH, A, A TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ONCE THE RIVER GOES UP, THAT'S IT.

WE'RE ALL GOING UNDER.

IF IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DRAIN WHAT WON'T DRAIN, BUT STORAGE WILL HELP TILL WE GET TO THAT POINT.

WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM NOW.

SO, UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO TAKE ACTION FOR THIS.

I'LL MAKE A RELU, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 39 46.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

NOW THIS IS JUST FOR THIS PHASE GRAVER ROAD.

DISTRICT AGREE.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND OUR THING'S NOT WORKING.

AYE.

UH, DOES ANYBODY WISH, CAN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION AGAIN? HEY.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE'S ONE PERSON MO RUNNING THE MEETING.

IT'S ME.

JUST A SECOND.

WE'RE GONNA ASK, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA DO AN UP AND DOWN VOTE.

VOICE VOTE.

WE'RE GONNA START WITH FELIX.

FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM? NO, I DO NOT.

ALRIGHT, STEVE? NO.

HECTOR, I ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.

NO COMMENT.

MAKE THE MOTION UNTIL WE LET OUR, I ALREADY MADE THE MOTION.

MAYOR.

I, I'M, WELL WE SPENT 30 MINUTES ON A PROJECT THAT WAS NOT DUE TO THIS RESOLUTION.

WE GOT OTHER PEOPLE THAT WISH TO SPEAK.

JESSICA, DO YOU WISH TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? NO COMMENT.

ALRIGHT, RICHARD? NO.

GEORGE.

NOW LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE MACHINE TO WORK.

HECTOR'S MADE A MOTION.

J JESSICA SECONDED.

IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PUSH GREEN.

YOUR BODY NOT WORKING.

IT'S WORKING.

NO, IT AIN'T WORKING.

BUT, UH, IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, JUST SAY YES.

AYE, I OR IYE, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO.

THE A'S HAVE IT UNANIMOUS.

YOU GOT THAT RECORDED.

UM, ALRIGHT.

THERE NOW THERE IT GOES.

UH, WE HAVE A TEN SECOND TIME DELAY ON OUR VOTING MACHINE.

OH, WELL.

ALRIGHT, SO THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND A LOT LESS COMPLICATED THAN THAT.

ALRIGHT,

[4. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2025-28, an Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Rosenberg by amending Chapter 28, Article III, Division 2, Section 28-116 entitled, "Prohibited at any time", by designating a "No Parking" zone on Fountains Drive from I-69 to the entrance to Seabourne Creek Regional Sports Complex; providing for the installation of "No Parking" signs indicating the boundaries of the No Parking Zones; providing a penalty in an amount of not less than $1.00 nor more than $200.00 for each 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) ]

HERE WE GO.

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LAST ITEM.

THIS IS A, UH, I GUESS A NO PARKING ZONE REQUEST.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 28 IN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG BY AMENDING CHAPTER 28.

ARTICLE THREE, DIVISION TWO CHECKS, UH, SECTION 28 DASH ONE 16 ENTITLED, PROHIBITED AT ANY TIME BY DESIGNATING A NO PARKING ZONE ON FOUNTAINS DRIVE FROM THE FREEWAY I 16 TO THE ENTRANCE TO SEABURN PARK REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX, PROVIDING FOR INSTALLATION OF NO PARKING SIGNS INDICATING THE BOUNDARIES OF NO PARKING ZONES PROVIDING A PENALTY AND AN AMOUNT, NO LESS THAN A DOLLAR, NO MORE THAN $200 WITH EACH VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION.

HEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

RIGO, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE PARKING OUT THERE? IF THERE'S NO PARKING AT THE PARK, WHERE ELSE THEY GONNA PARK? WELL, I THINK THESE AREN'T THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING AT THE PARK.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKING, UH, FROM THE DEALERSHIP.

THAT'S CAUSING, UH, THE, CAUSING IT THE HARD TO GET OUT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ACTUALLY HARD COMING.

UH, WHEN YOU, YOU'RE TURNING OFF OF I 69.

WHEN YOU SAY, IS THAT LIKE CUSTOMERS OR IS THAT THE DEALERSHIP PARKING CARS? DEALER.

DEALER.

THE DEALERSHIP.

THE DEALERSHIP PARKED CARS.

OH NO.

SO YEAH.

WELL, HAS ANYBODY TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP OR WE JUST, THE GOVERNMENT'S GONNA STEP IN AND SAY NO, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE A VARIANCE FOR ANOTHER GUY IN THE LAST TWO ITEMS. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PRO PARKING CARS IN THE CITY RIGHT AWAY.

IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

RIGHT? THEY'RE GETTING BLOCKED.

WELL, AND IF THEY WERE TO BUY MORE PROPERTY, DO YOU KNOW WHICH, WHICH PROPERTY THEY HAVE IN MIND? I THINK IT'S THAT LITTLE EMPTY SQUARE RIGHT THERE.

IS IT OWNED BY THE CITY? NO.

NO, BUT NOBODY WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY JUST ASKED THEM THAT.

TALKED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT DEALERSHIP.

OR HOW ABOUT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX? IT, THE APARTMENTS HAVE PARKING WITHIN THEIR COMPLEX.

CORRECT.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THINK COMPLAINING.

ARE THEY COMPLAINING? THE WELL, IT'S, IT'S MORE EVERY TIME THAT YOU END UP DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD, IT'S, IT'S, YOU HAVE CARS PUT ON BOTH SIDES AND IT'S THE SAME THING.

YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO VEHICLES GOING DOWN ACROSS FROM ONE ANOTHER.

THE STREETS, IT'S NOT THAT WIDE.

IT'S NOT THAT WIDE.

IT'S A SMALL STREET.

UM, SO IT'S FURTHER INVENTORY.

I I WANT TO, IT, IT LOOKED, TO ME IT LOOKS MORE LIKE THE, THE THE WORKERS' VEHICLES.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS MORE LIKE.

WELL, NOT TRYING TO SOUND ARGUMENTATIVE, BUT I THOUGHT WE JUST HEARD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE PRO-BUSINESS HERE.

AT LEAST WE WERE TWO ITEMS BEFORE THIS.

I WOULD PREFER BEFORE WE DID THIS, BUT HOW, HANG ON.

HOW CAN YOU SAY PRO BUSINESSES? THEY'RE, I MEAN THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR A VARIANCE.

THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW HERE.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

THERE'S NO LAWS.

WELL, I MEAN, I WAS SAYING BUT HOW CAN YOU THEY WILL BE, IF THEY PARK, IF Y'ALL PASS THIS, ARE THEY CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO PARK THERE? YEAH.

'CAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING SIGN EVEN THOUGH IT'S AN EASEMENT OR WHAT YOU, WHAT'D YOU CALL IT RIGHT OF WAY? I I THINK IT FALLS UNDER A SAFETY ISSUE.

NO, IT COULD.

THAT LAST ONE FELL.

THEY'RE UNDER SAFETY ISSUE ISSUE TOO.

FOR IT.

HOW WILL THEY OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC? SO BILL, YOU WANT 'EM TO BE ABLE TO PARK THERE? I I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LET THEM KNOW BEFORE.

LET ME CALL 'EM BEFORE WE, AND I WANNA SAY IN YOUR PACKET, THERE'S, THERE'S A PICTURE THAT, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE.

SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? OH YEAH.

THERE IS A PICTURE IN HERE.

LET'S SEE.

WOW.

BEFORE YOU, UH, LET'S SEE WHAT IT'S, WHAT'S, HOW BAD DOES IT LOOK? AND THAT'S EVERY DAY.

IS ARE THEY GONE BY NIGHT OR THEY JUST YEAH, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONE IN THE AFTERNOONS.

HEY, DON'T LOOK ANY WORSE THAN GREENWOOD .

IN FACT, IT LOOKS BETTER.

I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TALK TO THE MANAGEMENT THERE AND AT LEAST LET 'EM KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE BEFORE WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT.

AND THEN THE BOOGEYMAN SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN'T PARK THERE NO MORE.

'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ROOM FOR THIS INVENTORY.

NOW YOU THINK MAYBE THESE ARE EMPLOYEE VEHICLES INSTEAD.

RIGO.

ARE THEY EMPLOYEE? YOU THINK THEY HAVE EMPLOYEE VEHICLES? I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

EMPLOYER INVENTORY.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME.

WHY WOULD IT HAVE A SUNSHADE? HMM.

LOOK LIKE INVENTORY 'CAUSE THEY HAVE PLATES ON 'EM ALREADY.

WELL IT DOESN'T

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WELL, IT COULD BE USED CARS.

IT LOOKED LIKE USED CAR IT LOOKED LIKE, BUT LIKE RIGO SAID, UM, YOU AIN'T GONNA PUT ON A SELLING A CAR OR SOME SHADES ON THAT SILVER TRUCK.

LOOKED AT A THE WINDSHIELD.

YEAH, IT'S GOT A IT'S GOT A REGISTRATION SYSTEM.

THESE LOOK LIKE PERSONAL VEHICLES.

WELL I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

GIVE THEM NOTICE.

LET 'EM KNOW THAT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED RIGO AND SEE IF THAT'LL HELP.

IF NOT, WE'LL PASS THE ORDINANCE.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, JESSICA MADE THE MOTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF IT AND THAT WAS A GREAT GOOD MOTION.

JESSICA? UH, I'M GONNA BET.

THE MACHINE IS NOT WORKING AGAIN.

THERE IT IS.

STEVE, YOU YOU WANNA VOTE ON THIS? I'D LIKE TO.

YOU'RE TRYING TRY TO USE, ARE YOU YES OR NO? YES.

ALRIGHT, SO IT'S GONNA BE UNANIMOUS? YES.

THERE IT IS.

FIVE, READ THE ITEM HERE.

ITEM NUMBER

[5. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3955, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, approving the purchase of the Seabourne Creek Regional Sports Complex Ballfield 3 LED Lighting, in the amount of $139,679.00 from Musco Sports Lighting, per the pricing, terms, and conditions as negotiated by City utilizing a cooperative purchasing agreement through the BuyBoard, Contract #677-22; and, authorizing the City Manager to execute appropriate documents and/or agreements regarding the same. (Cary Lamensky, Director of Parks) ]

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 39 55.

A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF SEABORNE CREEK REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX BALL FIELD.

UH, THREE LED LIGHTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,679 FROM MUSCOW.

SPORTS LIGHTING PER PRICING TERMS AND CONDITIONS IS NEGOTIATED BY CITY UTILIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THROUGH THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 77 DASH 22 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND OR AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME.

MR. LEKI.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE SEABORNE REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX BALL FIELDS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 2010.

THE EXISTING BALL FIELD LIGHTING REQUIRES SPECIALIZED BULBS THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE WITHOUT SPECIAL ORDER.

THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE LIGHT FIXTURES AND CONTROL PANELS WITH LED LIGHTS ON FIELD THREE, WHICH WILL ALSO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FY 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE FY 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET.

ADDITIONAL FIELDS WILL BE UPDATED EACH YEAR IN THE FUTURE PHASES UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 55 AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF THE SEABORN CREEK REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX FIELD THREE LED LIGHTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,679 FOR MUSCOW LIGHTING PER PRICING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY U UTILIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THROUGH THE BOARD.

CONTRACT NUMBER 6 77 DASH 22.

A COPY OF THE PRICING QUOTE IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 55.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 55 AS PRESENTED.

ALRIGHT, QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

IS THIS RDC FUNDED? NO.

IS THIS PAID FOR BY RDC? YES.

THIS PROJECT I THINK WAS IN PARK, SORRY.

THIS ONE IS OUR DEDICATION.

THIS IS PARK LAND DEDICATION FUNDS.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS NOT GENERAL FUND FUNDS.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH GEORGE, FORMER MEMBER OF THE PARKS BOARD.

GEORGE.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT NEW LIGHTS IN ONE OF THESE BALLPARKS LEDS, BIG BRIGHT LIGHTS AND, UH, IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF, UH, PROPERTY TAX SPECIFICALLY.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, WHAT, WHAT SAY YOU ABOUT IT.

HOW HIGH ARE THEY GONNA BE? THEY, THEY WILL USE THE EXISTING POLES ON FIELD THREE AND INSTALL THE LED LIGHTING ON THOSE.

UH, WE DID FIELD FOUR LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET.

THEY'RE THEY'RE UP THERE.

YES, THOSE ARE, I I BELIEVE 80 FOOT POLES AND LED LIGHTS SUPPOSEDLY LAST LONGER THAN THESE.

THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE COST IS.

METAL HAY LIGHT.

SO THE, THEY'RE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND THE MUCO GIVES US A 10 YEAR WARRANTY.

WHAT'S THE, WHAT WHAT SORT OF BULBS ARE IN THERE NOW? HAYLIGHT.

THEY'RE METAL HAY LIGHTS AND THEY'RE 6 16 50 WATTS WHICH ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

'CAUSE THEY EXCEED THE ENERGY STANDARD.

I BET THEY HURT.

THEY BURN HOT TOO.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, GEORGE? YOU WANNA DO IT? RICHARD, HOW ABOUT YOU JESSICA? YES.

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WHERE, WHERE'D HECTOR GO? HECTOR MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AND WENT TO THE RESTROOM.

HE MADE A MOTION TO IT.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN .

WELL WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE HIS MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

UH, CERTAINLY UNTIL HE HAS ENOUGH RESPECT TO LET OUR MEMBERS, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES COMMENT ON IT.

STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? UH, NO.

I'M ALL FOR IT FELIX.

I'M FOR IT.

I JUST HAD A, UM, I GUESS IF ONCE THE LIGHTS ARE IN, WILL THE SAVINGS FREE UP MONEY FOR OTHER BUDGETED INFRASTRUCTURE? LIKE ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO SAVE A LOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE FROM THE LED LIGHTS? I DON'T THINK THE SAVINGS IS THAT GREAT, BUT, OKAY.

UM, THERE, THERE'S SOME SAVINGS.

UM, BUT YOU GOT ALSO GOTTA REMEMBER OUR ELECTRICITY RATES WENT UP THIS PAST YEAR, SO THERE WON'T BE A LOT OF SAVINGS.

JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.

JUST MORE EFFICIENT.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO DOUBLE CHECK.

ALRIGHT, SO WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE RESOLUTION R 39 55.

I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING OR PUSHING GREEN.

IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO.

YOU'LL HAVE TO SAY NO 'CAUSE IT WON'T.

THERE WE GO.

STEVE.

STILL TRYING TO, THERE WE GO.

THERE IT IS.

ITEM TWO, CARRIE? YES SIR.

PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, YOU'LL GET THOSE NEW LIGHTS.

WE'LL SEE.

SEE HOW THEY GO.

ALRIGHT, YOU GOT THE NEXT

[6. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3956, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, approving the purchase of Sunset Park Soccer field and Tennis court LED Lighting in the amount of $225,000.00 from Musco Sports Lighting, per the pricing, terms, and conditions as negotiated by City utilizing a cooperative purchasing agreement through the BuyBoard, Contract #677-22; and, authorizing the City Manager to execute appropriate documents and/or agreements regarding the same. (Cary Lamensky, Director of Parks) ]

I'LL READ IT AND THEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE SUMMARY.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF AND ON A RESOLUTION R DASH 39 56.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF SUNSET PARK SOCCER FIELD AND TENNIS COURT.

LED LIGHTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000 FROM MUSCOW SPORTS LIGHTING PER THE PRICING TERMS CONDITIONS IS NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY UTILIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THROUGH THE BUYBOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 77 DASH 22 AND AUTHORIZED AND CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND OR AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME CARRY.

THE SUNSET PARK SOCCER FIELD AND TENNIS COURT WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE EARLY 1970S.

THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE LIGHT POLES, LIGHT FIXTURES, AND THE CONTROL PANELS WITH LED LIGHTING ON THE SOCCER FIELD AND TENNIS COURTS, WHICH WILL ALSO IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE F FY 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THE FY 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 56 AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF SUNSET PARK SOCCER FIELD AND TENNIS COURT.

LED LIGHTING IN THE AMOUNT OF $225,000 FROM MUCO SPORT LIGHTING PER THE PRICING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS NEGOTIATED BY THE CITY UTILIZING A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THROUGH BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 6 77 DASH 22.

A COPY OF THE PRICING QUOTE IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 56.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 56 AS PRESENTED.

ALRIGHT, SO THE SAME QUESTION ON HERE.

IT SAYS SOURCE OF FUNDS AND IT HAS SOME CODE, BUT WE DON'T THIS, THIS IS RDC FUNDS.

ALRIGHT? BUT, UH, IN THE FUTURE, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO PUT WHAT IT IS? WE CAN PUT THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE CODES MEAN.

YES, SIR.

WE CAN ADD THAT.

SO RD C'S PAYING FOR THIS ONE? YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO START BACK WITH, UH, FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, NO SIR.

I, I I'M FOR IT.

HOW ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IS IT GONNA SAVE? YEAH, HOW MUCH ARE WE GONNA SAVE ? WELL, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S GONNA SAVE LE DS.

SAVE A LOT MORE RIGHT THAN REGULAR.

UH, HAY LIGHTS, THOSE HOT BURNING HAY LIGHTS.

STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? NO, I'M FOR IT BY THE WAY, STEVE, THIS IS IN, UH, DISTRICT TWO.

UH, HECTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, IT'S ABOUT THE PARK.

NO, SIR.

JESSICA? NO QUESTIONS.

RICHARD? NO.

GEORGE.

I LETTING ME DO A SECOND.

WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? WE NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

I'LL SECOND MAY.

A MOTION MADE BY JESSICA, SECOND BY HECTOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES.

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ME.

IT SHOWS SECOND ON, IT SHOWS SECOND ON MINE FROM YOU, HECTOR.

IT DIDN'T, WON'T LET ME PUSH GREEN.

BUT, UM, ANY, NOBODY OPPOSED? SO THAT'D BE, THAT'LL HAVE TO BE A, THERE IT GOES.

[7. Hold Executive Session to deliberate the potential purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property pursuant to section 551.072; and, for economic development negotiations pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code. ]

IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? WELL, LET ME READ IT.

HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072.

AND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

WE NEED A MOTION TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL SECOND I I'LL I MADE THE MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL SECOND.

A MOTION MADE BY JESSICA SAID BY HECTOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING OR PUSHING GREEN.

IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY OR PUSH RED.

WHO MADE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO COME TO COME BACK TO RESUME AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, RIGHT? YES.

AND, UH, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION COUNSEL? NO.

ACTION.

CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING, UH, SAY YES OR PUSH GREEN.

IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO.

I DON'T KNOW IF FAVOR TOO.

IT, I THINK IT'S UNANIMOUS.