* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. SO IN ABOUT [00:00:01] A MINUTE, WE ARE GOING TO GET PASTOR FROM THE, THEY CORRECTED ME. IT'S, UM, UNITED METHODIST. NO, FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. WENDY HEINEMANN. THEY HAVE REVEREND, BUT SHE'S A PASTOR. AND ALSO A REVEREND TOO, PROBABLY. RIGHT. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GLAD TO HAVE YOU AND ALL THE OTHER GUESTS HERE TODAY. I SUPPOSE RICHARD AND, UH, JESSICA WILL BE ALONG SOON. WE HAVE A QUORUM. SO IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, WE'LL BEGIN. SO, UH, PASTOR HEINEMANN, WOULD YOU MIND COMING TO EITHER OF THESE PODIUMS AND LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND THEN A PRAYER? SO, WE'LL, PLEASE STAND IF YOU CAN. I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM ROSENBERG. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, FOUNDED ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, THE OLDEST CHURCH IN ROSENBERG. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CALLED HOME OVER THE GENERATIONS. GOD, WE ASK THAT AS THIS MEETING OCCURS TONIGHT, THAT YOU ARE IN OUR MIDST, THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE THAT MAKE THIS CITY A SAFER PLACE, THAT MAKE THIS CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR ITS RESIDENTS. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR. WE ASK YOUR PROVISION AND BLESSING AND FAVOR OVER THE HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND. GOD, WE JUST ASK THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME AND FIND JOY IN COMMUNITY. WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN YOUR PRECIOUS SON'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. 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. THANK YOU PASTOR HYMAN. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHURCH, UM, WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS SEASON REASON FOR THE SEASON. ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALRIGHT, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HERE NOW. SO NOW WE FEEL COMPLETE. OKAY? WE'RE GOING TO FOREGO THE IMAGE AWARDS TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND, UH, SOME THINGS WE NEED TO CORRECT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND WE'RE GONNA PASS ON THAT AND WE'LL GET THOSE AT A FUTURE MEETING. UM, DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? OKAY. SO WE CAN FOREGO ANY RULES. LET'S [ Announcements. ] SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE, ANY OF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANNOUNCEMENTS OTHER THAN THE ROSENBERG, BY THE WAY, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY NICE THIS SATURDAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE OF THOSE SMALL TOWN, UM, CHRISTMAS FESTIVALS DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG, UH, THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH FROM NOON TO EIGHT FOR HOMETOWN HOLIDAY FESTIVAL IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG, LOCATED AT 2100, UH, AVENUE G, EXCUSE ME, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POST OFFICE. LET ME TURN DOWN MY PHONE IN CASE SOMEBODY CALLS, EXCUSE ME. UM, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, A HOLIDAY CAROUSEL, FREE PHOTOS WITH THE GRINCH, UH, , UH, SANTA CLAUS, AND MRS. CLAUS PERFORMANCES A SCAVENGER HUNT. UM, THE OFFICIAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY IS AT SIX O'CLOCK. ALL THE COUNCIL IS CERTAINLY INVITED AND EVERYBODY'S INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO COME. IF YOU COULD MAKE IT ENJOY FREE CIRCLE, UH, SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN THIS LOCATION HERE AT CITY HALL AND DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS RIGHT UP THE ROAD FROM NOON TO NINE. AND PARKING IS FREE. ADMISSION IS FREE. UM, AND THE ENTERTAINMENT IS FREE. FREE, FREE, FREE. UH, YOU CAN PARK AT THE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT, 2221 AVENUE F FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 35 20. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, THERE IS [00:05:01] AN ENVELOPE, I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS TILL I OPENED IT UP, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, SOME THINGS FOR YOU IN, UH, IN THE ENVELOPE PERTAINING TO THE EVENT THIS WEEKEND, UH, DOWNTOWN. SO OPEN IT UP. YOU'LL BE IN FOR PLEASANT SURPRISE. ALRIGHT, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I I THINK I HAVE ONE MAYOR. OKAY. UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP AT THE SATURDAY SMALL BUSINESS EVENT. UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES. UH, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. UM, JUST, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING NEW? YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY. I WANTED TO, UM, ASK EVERYBODY TO INCLUDE THE BESERA FAMILY IN THEIR PRAYERS. MM. UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, THEY SUFFERED A GREAT LOSS AND NEED PRAYERS FOR CONTINUED HEALING. SO IF EVERYBODY CAN PLEASE DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSE FRIENDS OF MINE. AND I, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. YES, OF COURSE. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THAT FAMILY. ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO OUR, UH, AGENDA THEN. ALRIGHT. LET'S LOOK [ CONSENT AGENDA ] OVER THE CONSENT AGENDA, SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING. RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA DISCUSS? UM, LET US DISCUSS. LET ME PULL DOWN IF ANYBODY ELSE, SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING. CAN WE PULL DOWN ITEM C JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC? UM, AND HAVE SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, LOUIS LEWIS. ARE YOU, YOU HERE? OKAY. OR RIGO? EITHER ONE BECAUSE ALL RIGHT, LEWIS, WE SEE THAT'S, UH, TWO, IS THAT MILLION 2.853 MILLION? YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT, TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THAT IS FOR, SINCE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. THAT IS TO FUND, UM, EIGHT GENERATORS AT THE EIGHT LIFT STATIONS. AND THEN 2.5 IS FEMA GRANT FUNDS, AND THEN THE CITY IS PITCHING IN 285,000. AND THOSE LIFT, UH, STATIONS ARE FOR SANITARY SEWER? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND A PORTION OF, UH, MOST OF THAT IS GRANT GRANTED TO THE CITY? YES. 90% OF IT. OKAY. SO THE CITY PAID ONE 10TH OF THAT, AND FOR ONE 10TH OF THAT, WHICH IS 285,000, I GUESS WE GET $2,853,000 IN VALUE. THAT'S CORRECT, YES SIR. ALRIGHT. SO WHEN FOLKS ASK Y'ALL WHY IS THE CITY SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON NATURAL GAS GENERATORS FOR EIGHT LIFT STATIONS, YOU CAN TELL THEM THAT, UH, IN THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, 90% FOR 10%. THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW THERE. ALRIGHT. Y'ALL TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK OVER THAT AND IF NOT, WE, WHEN Y'ALL ARE READY, SOMEBODY PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN MOVE ON. ALRIGHT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THEN. UNLESS, UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT. NO. ALRIGHT. I, OH, MOTION MADE BY RICHARD. THANK YOU. SECONDED BY JESSICA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT ANY CHANGES. PLEASE PUSH GREEN. YES. OR PUSH RED? NO. ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY. MY SCREEN DIDN'T SHOW EVERYTHING, BUT I'M ASSUMING IT PASSED. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE HOW THE NEXT ITEM SH SHOWS ON THE SCREEN HERE. ALRIGHT, WE'LL [2. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4001, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City, an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Rosenberg, Texas, and Fort Bend County, Texas (Epicenter Hotel and Conference Center), regarding development of a full-service hotel and convention center adjacent to the Fort Bend Epicenter. (Mary Culver, Interim Director of Economic Development) ] GET RIGHT INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ALRIGHT, HANG ON A SECOND IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND. ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4 0 0 1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, [00:10:01] TEXAS AND FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS EPICENTER HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF A FULL SERVICE HOTEL IN CONVENTION CENTER ADJACENT TO THE FORT BEND. EPICENTER. UH, MS. CULVER, WOULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT, UM, REITERATE THIS AND TELL US THE ACTION THAT YOU, THAT IS BEING SOUGHT TONIGHT? YES, SIR. GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AT THE SEPTEMBER 23RD, UH, 2025 WORKSHOP MEETING, FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSED A PLAN FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FULL SERVICE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER ADJACENT TO THE EPICENTER REQUESTING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT UNDER TEXAS TAX CODE CHAPTER 3 51, SUB CHAPTER C ROSENBERG IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CERTAIN TAX REVENUES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR A QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT. THE PROPOSED HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS STATUTE AND THE COUNTY HAS REQUESTED THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION TO ACCESS THE STATE'S FUNDS FUNDING COMMITMENT OF FUTURE TAX REVENUES THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY THE PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION TO ACCESS STATE FUNDING, THE COUNTY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTE A PORTION OF FUTURE CITY HOTEL TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY THE PROJECT BACK INTO THE PROJECT. THE FULL PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 236 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE 70,000 SQUARE FOOT CONVENTION CENTER, A 218 PLUS ROOM FULL SERVICE HOTEL, TWO PARKING GARAGES, AND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. THE COST ESTIMATE ALSO INCLUDES BEARING HIGH VOLTAGE LINES AND STANDARD STARTUP COST FOR OPERATIONS. THE COUNTY WILL BE FINANCING THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT WITH A COMBINATION OF DEBT SERVICE ON THE AVALOR TAX LEVY AND 100% OF THE FUTURE REVENUES FROM HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX OVER 30 YEARS. IN TOTAL, THE FINANCING FROM THE COUNTY WILL FUND APPROXIMATELY 72% OF THE PROJECT AT AN EXPECTED 170 MILLION. THE COMMITMENT OF STATE REVENUES IS EXPECTED TO TOTAL ABOUT 11.8 MILLION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 5% OF THE PROJECT COST. THE REQUESTED CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY OF ROSENBERG IS EQUAL TO ABOUT 14% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AT 33.6 MILLION, COMMITTING 100% OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX GENERATED BY THE PROJECT FOR 30 YEARS, MIRRORING THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO HOTEL OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY TAXES. HOWEVER, 100% OF THE SALES AND USE TAX GENERATED BY THE PROJECT WOULD BE RETAINED BY THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO ANY ALOR PROPERTY TAX GENERATED BY THE HOTEL. THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE FINANCED PRIVATELY BY THE DEVELOPER RESOLUTION NUMBER R 4,001 WOULD AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO THE RESOLUTION WITH THE COUNTY FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT. SHOULD CITY COUNCIL DESIRE TO PROCEED WITH A PROJECT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER R FOUR ZERO 4,001 AS PRESENTED. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE PLACED ON A FUTURE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AGENDA FOR THE COUNTY'S FINAL APPROVAL IF APPROVED BY THE CITY. AND THAT DATE IS ACTUALLY BEEN SET, IT'S EXPECTED TO GO FORWARD ON THURSDAY, THIS THURSDAY, UH, DECEMBER 4TH FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER. ARE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING. IS THIS THURSDAY? THAT IS CORRECT. THEY MOVE, MOVE THEIR MEETINGS TO THURSDAYS INSTEAD OF TUESDAYS. AND WE DO HAVE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES AND A COMMISSIONER PRESENT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YES. SO, UM, THE, THE FOLKS ARE HERE FROM THE COUNTY IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF WE DO, LET'S GET COMMISSIONER PRESTIGE AND WHOEVER YOU WISH, JUST IN CASE OUR COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS. AND THEN MAYBE GET Y'ALL TO KEEP THE DOCUMENTS PULLED UP JUST TO KEEP, JUST IN CASE. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR COUNT. WE'RE GONNA GO UP THE ROW HERE AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. AND I THINK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S GOOD TO JUST KINDA REFRESH EVERYBODY, LET US KNOW WHERE IT IS 'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY A BIG, BIG DEAL HERE AND WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND ASK BRANDON IF HE LOOKED OVER THE AGREEMENT AND MADE SURE THAT YOU LOOKED IT OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, SO FELIX, WE'RE GONNA START WITH YOU AND WE'RE GONNA COME ALL COME BACK DOWN AND MAY EVEN COME BACK AGAIN. UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR EVEN SUGGESTIONS? I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, JUST A COMMENT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UH, REVENUE FOR THE CITY. I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE PLANS. UM, JUST WANNA SAY GREAT JOB. UM, [00:15:01] OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. STEVE, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO BREAK GROUND ON IT? WELL, IT, IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO, UH, FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. MM-HMM . UH, SO IS YOUR, UH, MIC ON, UH, COMMISSIONER, PUSH THAT DEAL THERE WHERE IT SAYS PUSH. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, IT'LL TAKE JUST A FEW MONTHS TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, BUT IT SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2026. OKAY. UM, AS CLOSE TO BEGINNING OF 2026 AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. UH, THERE'S BEEN CONSIDERABLE WORK DONE ON THE PROJECT ALREADY, UH, BUT THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER UNTIL WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THIS DEAL IN PLACE. UM, IT'S ON A, UM, A CLEAN SITE SO, UH, EARTH WORK AND ALL THAT KIND STUFF BE TO, TO A MINIMUM. AND SO, UM, UH, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS, UM, PARTICULARLY STRUCTURED. PARKING IS SORT OF STANDARD, UM, TYPE THINGS. WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME VALUE ENGINEERING ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AN EFFICIENT PARKING GARAGE, UH, BOTH PARKING THE EAST AND THE WEST PARKING GARAGE. AND THERE'LL BE SOME PROPRIETARY DESIGN ON THE PART OF THE HOTEL OPERATOR. YOU KNOW, THEY COME WITH THEIR OWN SET OF ARCHITECTS. UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO, UH, ADOPT, UM, THEIR PLANS TO THIS SITE. UM, BUT THE COUNTY WILL, WILL, WILL CONTRACT FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE PARKING GARAGE. SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE AS FAST AS, AS WE CAN. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE STEVE? NO. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO HECTOR. NO, I DON'T HAVE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, UM, BRINGING A FULL SERVICE HOTEL. 'CAUSE AT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOTELS IN RIGHT THERE IN THAT SECTION. SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE BRING A LOT OF REVENUE TO THE CITY EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GIVING UP, UH, FOR 30 YEARS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. 'CAUSE EVEN IF, IF COUNTY DECIDES TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE WON'T BUILD NOTHING. WE WON'T BE MAKING ANYTHING FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS THERE. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK THAT'S VERY WELL SAID. VERY WELL PUT. JESSICA. UM, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE STATES IN THE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT THE COUNTY'S GOING TO BE FINANCING THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. AND IS THAT, UM, THE CASE THAT IT'S ABOUT 72% OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE FINANCED BY THE COUNTY? IT'S 71 TO 72%? YES MA'AM. AND THEN THE REST OF THAT IS GONNA BE PAID, UH, ABOUT 14% OF THAT. IS THAT FROM THE CITY CURRENTLY? YES. SO ONE OF THE THING, SO ONE OF THE ITEMS, JUST FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, UM, THE ESTIMATES BASED ON THE STATE REVENUE, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS UNTIL IT'S OPEN. AND SO THAT'S A MOVING TARGET. AND SO WHAT THE CITY'S ATTORNEY HAD US PUT IN THERE IS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS $31 MILLION TO THE PROJECT INITIALLY. AND THEN FOR ANY AMOUNTS OF THE STATE FUNDING OVER AND ABOVE THAT, LEGALLY THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR THE PROJECT. BUT THERE WILL BE DOCUMENTATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON WHAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR. SO THIS IS NOT YOUR LAST BITE AT THE APPLE ON THOSE FUNDS. IT WILL COME BACK TO SEE WHAT THE CITY'S PREFERENCES ARE AND THE HIERARCHY OF WHAT Y'ALL WANT THOSE SPENT ON TO BENEFIT THE PROJECT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COUNTY. SO, UM, SO THAT IT SAYS 33, UM, MILLION 600,000, IS THAT APPROXIMATELY THE CITY'S EXPECTED INPUT? THAT IS THE CURRENT ESTIMATE, YES. AND THEN WE ARE FORFEITING 100% OF THE HOT TAX. YEAH. THE ONE CLARIFICATION I WANNA MAKE CLEAR, 'CAUSE I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED IN MY INITIAL DRAFT AND WE'VE CLARIFIED IT, IS THE HOT IS SOLELY FOR THIS HOTEL. SO HOPEFULLY THIS SPURS A LOT MORE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND MORE HOTELS AND THE CITY WILL STILL KEEP THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES FROM ANY ADDITIONAL HOTELS THAT ARE BUILT. IT'S JUST THIS ONE. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT HOTEL, UH, GENERATES ANY SALES TAX, LIKE IF THEY'RE SELLING FOOD OR ALCOHOL, WOULD THAT BE, UM, SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE? IS THAT OURS? NO. SO IT DEPENDS. SO THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT, YOU KEEP IT, THAT IS TOTALLY YOURS AS ARE ANY PROPERTY TAXES. WHAT THE SPECIAL LEGISLATION YOU HAVE UNDER THE TAX CODE ALLOWS US TO DO IS CAPTURE THE STATE'S PORTION OF THAT SALES TAX AND THAT HAS TO GO BACK INTO THE PROJECT. BUT WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE CITY'S SALES TAX BECAUSE CLEARLY THAT SHOULD GO INTO YOUR GENERAL FUND. OKAY. SO THEY TAKE 6% IS THE STATE NET PORTION? YES. SIX AND A QUARTER. SIX, YEAH. SIX AND A QUARTER STATE QUARTER WOULD BE FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. AND IS THAT THE SAME AS, AS IT IS FOR A HOTEL DOWN THE STREET? IS IT THE SAME SCENARIO? SO FOR, UM, THIS LEGISLATION YOU CAN ONLY USE IT FOR ONE PROJECT. AND SO YOU ALWAYS WANNA USE IT FOR YOUR FULL SERVICE HOTEL AND IT'S MEANT TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO IN THE FUTURE IF YOU ADD ADDITIONAL HOTELS, YOU WOULD STILL CAPTURE [00:20:01] THE SALES TAX AS YOU TYPICALLY WOULD. WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE THE STATE'S PORTION IN ANY WAY. SO, NO. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT THE CITY WOULD STILL GET THEIR PORTION. THANK YOU RICHARD. NO QUESTION. GEORGE. UH, ARE YOU TARGETING MY BRINGING SOME ENTERTAINMENT THAT, THAT, UH, TO THE VENUE? WELL, I'LL LET THE COMMISSIONER SPEAK TO THAT. I THINK HE HAS GRAND PLANS. , THAT'S A LITTLE OVER MY HEAD. I I TELL THE, UM, THE DEVELOPER HAS A BETTER, UM, FEEL FOR THAT. AND, UM, MR. MATOKA, UH, SERVES AS THE ASSET MANAGER ON THE SITE AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF LOT OF THINGS WITH NAMING RIGHTS AND TRYING TO BRING ENTERTAINMENT THERE AS WELL AS THEY'LL BE INVOLVED, UM, INTIMATELY IN THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ZAPATA. UM, UH, LET ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN REGARDS TO TO, TO THE EXCITEMENT OF THIS PROJECT. UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH NUMEROUS LARGE, UH, OPERATORS, UH, THAT BRING IN TALENT. UM, UH, THEY LOVE THE EPICENTER PROJECT. THEY LOVE THE LOCATION, THEY LOVE THE CITY THAT WE'RE OPERATING IN. ONE THING WE'VE BEEN LACKING AS A FULL SERVICE HOTEL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE HAVE REALLY A, UH, UH, I THINK DONE A GREAT JOB OF REVERSING THAT TRAFFIC FLOW FROM PEOPLE LEAVING, UH, UH, ROSENBERG GOING TO THE WOODLANDS TO ENJOY A CONCERT. WE WANT TO KEEP 'EM HERE. AND, AND WHAT WE'RE LACKING THERE IS THIS FULL SERVICE HOTEL. AND SO THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL IS, IS VERY, VERY HIGH FOR THIS. UH, THEY CONTINUE TO, TO WORK WITH US TO SEE THE PLANS AND, AND ALL OF THIS. AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM, UH, TO, TO START BRINGING IN THAT KIND OF A TALENT FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. ARE YOU WILLING TO SAY THAT, UH, WE DON'T ACT ON THIS, THAT, UH, SOMEONE ELSE WILL? WELL, I THINK, UH, AS, AS AS GROWTH CONTINUES IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU YOU, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR IN ANOTHER CITY IN THIS AREA. AND SO WE THINK TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO PRESERVE THAT AND PUT THAT HERE, UH, IN ROSENBERG IN UH, ADJACENT TO SUCH A WONDERFUL FACILITY IS THE EPICENTER REALLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOES, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING. UM, THE 14% ESTIMATE WOULD BE DERIVED FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX, CORRECT. SO I DON'T WANT FOLKS TO GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE IN FOR 14, I'M SORRY FOR, UH, $33 MILLION INTO THIS PROJECT. WE ARE, WE ARE ONLY REATING WHAT WOULD BE GENERATED IF THIS HOTEL IS BUILT. I MIGHT POINT OUT AGAIN, REITERATE, IT WILL NOT BE BUILT AT OUR EXPENSE. YES, SIR. SO IF NO HOTEL IS BUILT, UH, THERE IS NO HOT TAX GENERATED FROM THIS SITE, THERE WILL BE NOTHING REBATED TO THE SITE. CORRECT. AND I SEE THAT IT IS 218 ROOMS. SO IF YOU HAVE A BIG ACT, LET'S SAY DON HENLEY COMES AND PLAYS HERE, OR LEONARD SKINNER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, BON JOVI, MAYOR OR BON JOVI, UH, PLAYS HERE AND YOU FILL UP 218 ROOMS, WHICH IS NOT, UH, IMPOSSIBLE. UM, BESIDES THAT, MY GUESS IS THESE ROOMS ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, ON THE HIGH END. SO FOLKS ARE GONNA BE STAYING AT THE, UH, OTHER HOTELS THAT PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE ECONOMICAL. ECONOMICAL. VERY WELL SAID. YES. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT. YES SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. SO, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR ABOUT IS IT'S, WE'RE GIVING UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE SALES TAX TOO, NOT JUST THE HOT TAX. IS THAT RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. THE CITY'S NOT GIVING UP ANY PORTION OF THEIR SALES TAX BY VIRTUE OF USING YOUR SPECIAL LEGISLATION. WE CAN GET THE STATE SALES TAX FOR THIS ONE PROJECT. I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER. THAT WAS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A HOTEL DOWN THE STREET, IS THAT THE SAME ARRANGEMENT? NO. NO. 'CAUSE YOU CAN ONLY USE IT ONE TIME. EACH CITY WHO HAS THIS LEGISLATION CAN ONLY USE IT ONCE. NO, BUT I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE HOTEL DOWN THE STREET, ARE WE, WE WE GET THAT FULL A HUNDRED PERCENT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU GET YEAH, YOU GET ALL OF THE CITY'S PORTION. YES. YOU DON'T GET CITY AND THE HOT TAX. YES. SO IT'S THE SAME ARRANGEMENT THEN? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T, I IT'S NOT THE SAME ARRANGEMENT. NO, IT'S NOT THE SAME ARRANGEMENT. SO I CAN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER. TONIGHT, , THE HOT TAX THAT WE'RE REATING IS ONLY FOR THE ONE HOTEL FULL. I'M TALKING ABOUT ABOUT SALES TAX. SALES TAX. THEY CAN GET THE [00:25:01] STATE'S PORTION CASE. IS THAT ALWAYS CASE THAT FOR THIS ONE HOTEL? NO. IS THAT ALWAYS THE CASE AT EVERY HOTEL IN ROSENBERG? NO, NO, NO. SO IT IS DIFFERENT. IT IT IS JUST FOR THIS ONE PROJECT, IT HAS TO BE TIED TIED TO THE PROJECT. MM-HMM . I'M GENUINELY CONFUSED. THESE ANSWERS ARE LIKE CONVOLUTED. WE'RE GONNA GET EVERYTHING FROM ANY ANYTHING SPENT OFFITE AND WE'RE GONNA GET ALL THE SALES TAX SPENT ON SITE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX. NO, BUT ALSO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STATE'S PORTION, NO, NO. STATE, WE NEVER, WE NEVER GET THE, WE WOULDN'T THE STATE'S PORTION ANYWAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. RIGHT. SO, SO AT A HOTEL DOWN THE STREET, THE STATE'S PORTION IS ALWAYS THE STATE'S PORTION, RIGHT? YES. THE STATE'S PORTION GOES TO THE STATE RIGHT ON, ON THINGS OFFSITE. BUT EVERY TIME I ASK THAT QUESTION, IT'S LIKE EVERY OTHER TIME IT'S A DIFFERENT ANSWER FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. WE'RE WE'RE GONNA RETAIN ALL OF OUR SALES TAX THAT WE WOULD GENERATE ON ANY OTHER HOTEL. ON ANY OTHER HOTEL. ON THIS HOTEL TOO. SO, AND WHEN, WHEN SALES TAX IS REMITTED, A CUSTOMER PAYS EIGHT AND A QUARTER PERCENT AND IT GOES TO THE STATE. THE STATE RETAINS SIX AND A QUARTER PERCENT AND THEY SEND US THE OTHER 2% FOR OUR LOCAL OPTION. AND THAT'S THE SAME FOR EVERY HOTEL IN ROSENBERG. THAT'S THE SAME FOR EVERY ESTABLISHMENT THAT COLLECTS SALES TAX. YES. I THINK THE CONFUSION IS THE HOT TAX ONE. NO, THE HOT TAX IS A SEPARATE TAX. IT'S 7%. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GIVING UP. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GIVING UP. YEAH. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT WE WERE NOT GIVING UP ANY SALES TAX. WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ANY SALES TAX WITH THE SALE. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. THE, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DEAL WORK, THEY NEED TO HAVE THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX FROM THE NEW HOTEL. MM-HMM . ITSELF, NO OTHER HOTEL. OKAY. AND LIKE THE COMMISSIONER SAID, IF THERE'S ANOTHER HOTEL BUILT WITHIN A MILE FROM THERE, WE GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT HOT TAX. YES. WE GET, WE GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE HOT TAX FROM ANY HOTEL BUILT ONE FOOT OFF OF THE PROPERTY. THAT IS CORRECT. WE WILL, WE WILL GET IT ALL. AND SO THE IDEA FOR THE US OR THINKING HERE IS THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT SO MUCH WHAT'S GONNA BRING, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY TO THESE 218 ROOMS. IT'S GOING TO BE THE OTHER 500 ROOMS AROUND IT IN, IN THESE OTHER MOTELS AND HOTELS. AND WHEN FOLKS COME TO SEE, UH, A SH A CONCERT THAT LIVE IN EL CAMPO, THEY WANNA HAVE A FEW DRINKS. THEY'RE GONNA GET A HOTEL HERE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES NOT FOUR, $500 MOTEL. THEY'RE GOING GET ONE OF THESE OTHER HOTELS AND WE'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT. WELL, AND AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT ABOUT THE SALES TAX. 'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH MY POINT WAS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE GETTING THE HOT TAX, THAT HOTEL WILL STILL GENERATE SALES TAX. AND SO WE WILL GET OFF OF THAT HOTEL SALES TAX AS WELL. YEAH, I'M SURE. I'M SURE THAT, UH, THIS HOTEL, IF IT'S A FIRST, IF IT'S A, UH, FULL SERVICE HOTEL WILL HAVE A RESTAURANT. AND WELL, THERE'S EVEN JUST TAX ON THE ROOMS TOO. I MEAN SALES TAX, I DON'T KNOW THIS BE THE SECOND ONE IN FORT BEND COUNTY. AM I, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. THERE'S ONLY ONE FULL SERVICE HOTEL IN ONE FULL, FULL SERVICE HOTEL IN FORT BEND COUNTY. AND IT HAS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC MONEY IN IT. IT WAS PART OF A TUR THAT THE COUNTY PARTICIPATED IN AND THE CITY OF SUGARLAND DID. AND, UH, SO, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE SUGARLAND MARRIOTT MM-HMM . MAR, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT LEVERAGED LOT BY, BY PUBLIC DOLLARS TO MAKE IT WORK. THAT'S THE NATURE OF, OF THIS TYPE OF, UH, FACILITY. THE, UM, LIMITED SERVICE HOTELS WILL GROW UP ORGANICALLY. THEY DON'T NEED ANY INCENTIVES. THEY'RE GONNA POP UP. THEY'RE GONNA WANNA BE NEAR THIS TO GET THE RESIDUAL BUSINESS. UM, FORTUNATELY YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF HOTELS THERE ALREADY. AND I WOULD SUSPECT THAT, UM, WHEN THIS PROPERTY IS BUILT, SOME OF THOSE HOTELS THAT HAVEN'T PUT MONEY BACK INTO THEIR PROPERTIES TO UPGRADE 'EM, TO MAKE 'EM MORE ATTRACTIVE, THEY WILL. 'CAUSE THEY WANNA STAY COMPETITIVE. THEY WANNA BE THE GO-TO, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD, UM, A FULL SERVICE HOTEL NIGHT OR DON'T WANNA STAY IN A HOTEL, HOTEL 'CAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE CHILDREN OR OTHER KIND OF SPECIAL SITUATIONS. DO. IS IS IT STILL THE SAME DEAL ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE GONNA, THE ORDER OF THEM BUILDING THINGS IS IN TERMS OF THE PARKING GARAGE? 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THAT AREA SOME RESIDENTS, UM, OF THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONGESTION AND PARKING. UM, SO IS IT STILL THE CASE THAT THEY WANNA BUILD THE HOTEL FIRST BEFORE THEY ADD THE PARKING GARAGE? NO, THIS WILL BE ONE MOBILIZATION. OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I THINK SPECIFICALLY MIGHT BE COTTONWOOD, UM, THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH THE EPICENTER AND ALL THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES OR THE PARKING ARRANGEMENT THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING ISSUES. AND THOSE KIND OF EVENTS ARE OCCASIONAL EVENTS. I MEAN, GRADUATION IS A SEASON. OF COURSE WE ATTRACT, UH, THREE DISTRICTS TO HAVE THEIR GRADUATION THERE. UM, I THINK STAFFORD'S THERE NOW, UH, ALSO IN ADDITION TO FOR BEND ID AND LAMAR CONSOLIDATED. SO THOSE ARE LIMITED, UH, SITUATIONS. BUT HAVING, UM, QUICK LOAD AND UNLOADING, UM, [00:30:01] STRUCTURED PARKING IS A BENEFIT. AND THESE GARAGES WILL BE DESIGNED TO GET PEOPLE IN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND GET THEM OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. IT'S DESIGNED TO, UH, WITH THE STATE OF ART THINGS, THEY'LL HAVE THE TYPE, IF YOU GO TO INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT OR HOBBY AND YOU GO IN THE GARAGE, YOU SEE THE LITTLE LIGHTS THAT SHOW WHERE THE PARKING SPACES ARE, THE GREENS, YOU GO TO IT AND THEY'LL TELL WHICH FLOORS HAVE, UH, VACANT SPACES. IT'LL BE THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THERE. OH. AND IT'LL BE THE SAME AT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY BUILT THE WHOLE HOTEL. ONE, ONE MOBILIZATION. MM-HMM . IT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY CHEAPER. SO WE GONNA MOBILIZE, MOBILIZE AND GET IT DONE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT ROOM COUNT, UH, THERE'S A RANGE. IT'S 218 TO 254. SO DON'T, UM, GET STUCK ON TWO 18. UM, UH, I'LL JUST SAY THIS ABOUT FOR BEND COUNTY, WE MEET AND WE EXCEED ALL PROJECTIONS OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. EVERY DEMOGRAPHER THAT SAID FORT BEND COUNTY, WE DO THIS. THEY'VE BEEN WRONG. THEY UNDERESTIMATED US. WE OVERPERFORMED THIS WILL OVERPERFORM. THIS IS A COUNTY THAT HAS A MILLION PEOPLE AND ALMOST IN ONE FULL SERVICE HOTEL. WE COMPARE THAT TO PLACES LIKE, LIKE MY HOMETOWN, I'M FROM BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. BATON ROUGE HAS FOUR FULL SERVICE HOTELS AND THEY GOT 350,000 PEOPLE FOR BEND COUNTY IS MORE PEOPLE THAN ORLEANS PARISH AND JEFFERSON PARISH, THE GREAT NEW ORLEANS AREA. AND THERE ARE DOZENS OF FULL SERVICE HOTELS THERE. OKAY. I MEAN THERE'S A HAVE A TOURISM BASED ECONOMY. YES. BUT WE CAN DO THIS IF WE CAN DO THIS. WELL, AND ROSENBERG IS A PERFECT PLACE. THIS PLACE IS CALLED THE EPICENTER BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHIC EPICENTER OF FORT BEND COUNTY. OF COUNTY COUNTY. YEP. IT WILL SOON BE THE POPULATION EPICENTER WITH ALL THE PLANNING ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING WEST OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG. IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW. THE COUNTY'S GONNA GROW. THERE ARE BIG SUBDIVISIONS PLAN. AND, AND THIS WILL BE A, A WONDERFUL FACILITY. FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE TOOK THIS BOLD MOVE AND MADE THIS HAPPEN. AND THIS ISN'T EASY. IF IT WAS EASY, IT WOULD'VE BEEN DONE ALREADY. WE NEED YOU ALL TO PARTNER WITH US TO MAKE THIS THING A REALITY. WE REALLY NEED IT. AND, UH, AND SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A, A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE CITY OF ROSENBERG. WE GET THIS DONE. LET ME ASK, UH, BRANDON, BRANDON, WHY DON'T YOU GET SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AGREEMENT OF THE CONTRACT. UM, THE, THE BENEFIT, WE DISCUSSED THE BENEFITS MONETARILY, BUT SOME OF THE PROTECTION, UH, THINGS THAT YOU PUT IN THE CONTRACT SURE. FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. OKAY. AND SO THIS IS A VERY PARTICULAR LEGISLATION. IT'S, IT'S BRACKETED TO THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, BASICALLY. AND WHAT THE TAX CODE ALLOWS IS THE CITY'S GOTTA BE A PART OF THIS IN ORDER TO GET THE REBATE OF THE STATE'S PORTION OF, OF THE HOT TAX AND OF THE SALES TAX. NOW AFTER, UM, IT'S EITHER A 10 OR A 20 YEAR PERIOD, SOME OF THAT IS SORT OF PROJECTED FORWARD AND THERE'S A TRUING UP OF THAT PORTION THAT THE CITY IN THEORY COULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR. SO WHAT WE WORKED INTO HERE IS, UM, THAT THE COUNTY WILL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WE WILL BE INDEMNIFIED TO WHERE IF THERE IS ANY SORT OF CLAW BACK FROM THE STATE'S PORTION, WE'RE PROTECTED FROM THAT. SO GOOD. WE'VE GOT FULL PROTECTION FROM THE CITY. THE ONLY THING WE'RE GIVING IS, IS, UH, THE STATE'S PORTION OF, OF THE TAX REBATES AND THEN OUR HOT TAX. AND WE'RE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING ELSE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROTECTED FROM BEING ON THE HOOK FOR ANYTHING ELSE. WILL THIS BE, UH, WELL, TELL US ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXPOSURE OR LIABILITY IN THE EVENT OF HIM. SOMEBODY GETTING INJURED. MY NECK, MY BACK, MY LAWYER. YEAH. SO, UH, THE, THE HOTEL WILL ACTUALLY BE RUN BY A DIFFERENT PARTY AS FAR AS PREMISES LIABILITY FOR A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. THAT'S, I MEAN, YOU'RE PRETTY LIMITED. IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY GROSS NEGLIGENCE BEFORE THE CITY WOULD BE LIABLE FOR ANYTHING ANYWAY. BUT ISN'T IT ALWAYS THAT WAY? IT, IT IS. SO YEAH. AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT OPERATOR JUST GIVES US ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION ANYWAY. UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL TECHNICALLY OWN IT, BUT IT'LL BE OPERATED BY SOMEBODY ELSE. OUR, OUR LIABILITY WILL BE MINIMAL AT MOST. AND WHAT, IN THE AGREEMENT, WHAT DID Y'ALL WORK OUT IN TERMS OF, UM, FOR USE? UM, THREE TIMES I THINK FOR, FOR THE CITY TO USE IT OR WHAT WOULD WE HAVE ACCESS TO? AND, AND AT, AT TO WHAT LEVEL? I THINK THREE TIMES MAYOR. SO THERE IS, I'M YEAH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU. YEAH, LEMME FIND THE EXACT NUMBER HERE. IT'S 10 CLUB LEVEL TICKETS FOR FIVE EVENTS WITH VIP [00:35:01] PARKING FIVE EVENTS. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE IT FOR THREE DIFFERENT CITY EVENTS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. UM, THE CONFERENCE CENTER. YES. SO THINGS LIKE THE STATE OF THE CITY OR TOWN HALLS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. HOW MANY EVENTS? THREE. THREE. THREE. UH, TO USE THE CONFERENCE CENTER? YES, SIR. OR, UH, THEY HAVE, I ASSUME YOU'LL HAVE LIKE A BALLROOM LIKE THEY DO AT THE MARRIOTT. 70,000 SQUARE FOOT CONFERENCE CENTER. OKAY. THE, UM, MOVING WALLS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN EXPAND AND, UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY PREFERENCE OR QUESTION ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE ONCE WE SIGN THIS AGREEMENT, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY, I WISH WE COULD HAD THIS OR WISH WE HAD THAT. WHERE IS THAT IN THIS AGREEMENT? I HAVE, HAVE QUESTION. HANG ON, HANG ON A SECOND. GEORGE, PAGE THREE. YES SIR. IF WE WERE TO USE IT MORE THAN THREE TIMES, IS THERE A FEE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY? YES. UNLESS WE HAD PERMISSION. YEAH, I WOULD GUESS. RIGHT. YOU HAVE FAVOR WITH THE COUNTY. TRUST ME, THE CITY UP TO 10 CLUB LEVEL TICKETS FOR FIVE EVENTS. AND THAT'S ANNUALLY. LOOK IN THE SUBSECTION RIGHT ABOVE THAT. AND THAT ADDRESSES THE FREE THREE EVENTS FOR THE CITY. WHO PICKS THE EVENTS? THE CITY . SEE, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I KEEP SEEING IT. LIKE ON PAGE TWO OF EXHIBIT A SECOND PARAGRAPH, IT SAYS, WHEREAS THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED PER THE TAX CODE TO ENTER INTO, UH, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO COMMIT OR PLEDGE ONE REBATED STATE HOT TAX AND SALES TAX AND TWO CITY HOT AND CITY SALES TAXES GENERATED BY THE PROJECT. SO PURSUANT TO THE TAX CODE, YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY. AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S IN THE RECITAL. BUT THEN YOU DON'T PLEDGE THAT SECOND COMPONENT. MM-HMM . YOU ONLY DO ONE OF THEM, BUT UNDER LAW YOU COULD GIVE BOTH. YOU'VE THE CITY'S JUST CHOOSING NOT TO PARTICIPATE WITH SALES TAX. SO WOULD THAT BE UNDER AGREEMENT WHERE WE SAY THAT WE DON'T WANNA DO BOTH? YES. IT'S UNDER PAGE FOUR, SECTION TWO, CITY FUNDING COMMITMENT REBATE. THE HOT TAXES 7% FOR 30 YEARS ONLY BY THE EPICENTER FULL SERVICE HOTEL DOESN'T IMPACT OTHER HOTELS. TELLS REBATE THE STATE. UM, HOT TAX 6% AND SALES TAX. THAT'S THE 6.25 STATE PORTION YOU'RE REFERRING TO. MM-HMM . FOR 10 YEARS. THAT'S NOT OUR TAX. THE STATE I KNOW, BUT SHOULDN'T BRANDON, DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE CLEAN IF WE SAID BUT WE'RE NOT PLEDGING? OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S NOT NECESSARY? I MEAN, WE COULD ADD IT, BUT I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS THE FULL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING WHAT WE ARE PLEDGING. I THINK IT'S ASSUMED ANYTHING THAT'S NOT IN HERE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT PLEDGING. UM, BUT YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH THE RECITAL, IT'S JUST REGURGITATING WHAT THE TAX CODE SAYS. MM-HMM . IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, LAYING OUT OUR FULL AUTHORITY. BUT YEAH, THERE, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND THERE'S NO CONFUSION HERE. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, UH, SO JUST BY 2% BY NOT MENTIONING IT, WE'RE FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, THE HALF A CENT, UH, RDC TAX STILL HERE, THAT WOULD STILL BE HERE. OKAY. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE A, AN ADDITIONAL HALF A CENT FOR ANYTHING BOUGHT OR, UH, ANY SALES TAX GENERATED WITHIN THE HOTEL ITSELF. THEN, UH, WILL THE, UH, RDC WILL BENEFIT AS IT'S CURRENTLY, UH, DIVIDED UP, WHICH IS HALF SALES TAX. UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE, UM, AS MANY, UM, EMPLOYEES AS THE CITY HAS AND MANAGEMENT, I'M JUST WONDERING IF 10 CLUB TICKETS, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE CHINSY. ISN'T THAT ON Y'ALL'S PART? WE GOT HOW MANY SEATS IN THE PLACE? 10,005, 10,000 SEATS. WE'RE GIVING Y'ALL 30 YEARS AND 10 YEARS. AND, UM, UH, ANYWAYS, I'M BEING, I'M BEING A LITTLE JOKEY, BUT WE'LL SEE IF THE COUNCIL'S ALL RIGHT. ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH, UH, 10 TICKETS TO HOW MANY EVENTS HERE RIGHT NOW? YEAH. COUNSEL, WE CAN GO BUT DON'T [00:40:01] BRING YOUR WIFE OR HUSBAND. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY NO. PLUS ONE. YOU KNOW, THIS AND THAT. THAT'S HOW KIM HE DOES. UM, WOULD Y'ALL BE, UM, OPEN TO, UH, WOULD Y'ALL BE AGREEABLE TO 20, UH, TICKETS COMPLIMENTARY TO THE CITY? AND I DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE STAFF THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAYBE GIVE CONSIDERATIONS OF PERHAPS WE CAN WORK THIS IN, IN SOME SORT OF, UH, UM, INCENTIVE. YES, MA'AM. OR WOULD, WOULD THAT BE AGREEABLE TO Y'ALL? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO 20, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT Y'ALL IN A, IN A BIND, BUT IF YOU GOT 10,000 SEATS, I, I DON'T SUPPOSE 10 MORE WOULD SET YOU BACK TOO FAR. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING, UH, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 'CAUSE REMEMBER ONCE WE SIGN THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK MAY OR NOT STUCK, BUT WE'RE MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SUMMARIZE THE CHANGES I'VE MADE TO THE DOCUMENT, BUT I'M GONNA SEND TO BRANDON? YES, THAT WOULD, OKAY. SO WE HAVE ADDED THAT THE COUNTY WILL NOW HAVE 20 CLUB LEVEL TICKETS AS PRESUMABLY YOU ALSO WANNA PARK THOSE CARS. SO I CHANGED THE PARKING TO 20 AS WELL. AND THEN WE ADDED A STATEMENT, AND WE'LL REFINE THIS A BIT, BUT DOWN TO WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY STATE HOTEL AND OCCUPANCY TECH, I ADDED A, A SENTENCE THAT SAYS, NO PORTION OF THE CITY'S COLLECTION, NO PORTION OF THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTED BY THE PROJECT SHALL BE REBATED TO THE PROJECT. AND SO THAT WAY IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY RETAINS ALL OF THAT. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. IS THAT PRETTY GOOD? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. KEEPS US OUTTA COURT. YEAH, IT'S LESS AMBIGUOUS. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT TO BRIAN . UH, OKAY. WELL JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, STATE AGAIN THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE, WE ARE RECEIVING NO REVENUE FROM THAT SITE. THAT IS CORRECT. WE DIDN'T, UM, UH, WELL, I SAY WE THERE, I'M SORRY. THERE ARE SOME SALES TAX SIGNS, BUT IT'S, MY GUESS IS MINIMAL. I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY ACTS THERE. THE TYPE THAT I PREFER TO GO TO. YEAH. UM, DON HENLEY WRITE IT DOWN. WELL, I DON'T FROM, FROM, UH, ALL YOUR LIPS TO HIS EARS, BUT WELL, BUT WE'RE, WE ARE FUNDING THOUGH, LIKE THE, THE ROSENBERG POLICE TO DO AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT DEAL. OH YES. IS THAT A DIFFERENT, WE DO HAVE SOME EXPENSE MM-HMM . BUT WE'RE REIMBURSED. I DON'T, HOPEFULLY WE'RE MADE WHOLE THERE. BUT THAT WAS A 12 MONTH, WAS THAT A 12 MONTH CONTRACT? I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT, YES IT WAS. AND, AND ANYBODY RENT IT PLAYS ROSENBERG PD. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN TO ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT JESSICA SAID, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO, THE HOTEL WON'T OPEN WITHOUT PAR, ADEQUATE PARKING AND THE CONVENTION CENTER WON'T EITHER, OBVIOUSLY. UM, WE HAVE, UH, FOLKS THAT LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THAT OBVIOUSLY, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS. UH, UM, NOT ALL OF THEM POSITIVE ABOUT THE EPICENTER. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AND, AND THE BIG CONCERN COMPLAINT THAT I'VE HEARD IS 30 YEARS. BUT WE HAVE TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GENERATING ANY HOTEL MOTEL TAX. AND WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN 30 YEARS IS ONLY HOTEL MOTEL TAX. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GENERATED WAS STATE SALES TAX. ANYWAY. ALRIGHT. SO I SEE HECTOR, UH, MADE A MOTION, EVEN THOUGH I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 4 0 0 1 WITH THE RED LINES THAT WITH OUR 20 TICKETS THAT, UH, THE MAYOR REQUESTED . WELL, AND THE RED LINES, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THE RED LINES. YES, SIR. YEAH. I'LL SECOND THAT. MAYOR, I ALREADY SECONDED. I SECOND BY JESSICA, BY THE WAY, THE, THE MAYOR REQUESTED THEM ON BEHALF. SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR 20. HE'S GONNA BE OF Y'ALL AND OF OUR STAFF, HE'S GONNA BE AT EVERY CONCERT. I'M I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY, I'M ONLY ONE PERSON AND I DON'T GO TO MONSTER TRUCK. THANKS . ANYWAY, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY HECTOR. SECONDING BY JESSICA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY SCREEN. MINE TOO. I'M SENDING IT TO IT. OKAY. ANYWAYS, I, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PUSH YES. OR SAY YES. YES, YES. SAY WE WILL DO A VERBAL VOTE IS IF THERE'S ANYBODY OPPOSED, SAY NO. ALRIGHT. PLEASE PUSH IT AS WELL. SO IT RECORDS IT FOR JENNY. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, SO IS IT SEVEN TO ZERO? I MEAN, SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. SO I THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. SORRY WE WENT ABOUT IT THE LONG WAY AROUND, BUT I THINK I LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. I KNOW YOU AND COMMISSIONER VINCENT DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. HE [00:45:01] COULDN'T BE HERE. UM, BUT UM, NO, WE UNDERSTAND. DID I GET IN THE CAR? I'M CALLING HIM. SO YEAH, WE TELL HIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. UH, ONE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY TO COMMISSIONER PRESTIGE, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL YOUR HELP YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY ON DIFFERENT STUFF. WE APPRECIATE IT. GREAT WORK ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND ON THESE ROAD PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE PARTNER ON THAT ASPHALT. ASPHALT. WE GOT, WE GOT A GREAT SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER COMING UP TOO. YES. UH, THAT'LL BE ABOUT A $14 MILLION PROJECT. YES. NO SENIORS ON THIS, UH, COUNCIL. BUT, UH, WHEN YOU GET OLD ENOUGH YOU CAN COME AND CHECK IT OUT. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYWAY, YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL Y'ALL'S HELP. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, DO WE WANNA WAIT UNTIL THE IT GUY GETS THIS GOING HERE? NO, WE CAN GO, IT'S ONLY ON THE VOTING SCREEN, BUT I, HE'S ALRIGHT, WELL I'LL READ THE NEXT ITEM THEN. OH, WELL, I DON'T NEED MY GLASSES. FOR [3. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4000, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, a Tax Abatement Agreement between the City of Rosenberg, Texas, CCT Sparkle Family Limited Partnership, and WireCo Worldgroup, Inc. (Mary Culver, Interim Director of Economic Development) ] THIS CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4,000, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, CCT, SPARKLE FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND WIRE CO. WORLD GROUP, INC. MS. MS. CULVER, WOULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT, UH, WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT FOR, AGAIN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, STRETCH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT AND GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. YES, SIR. MY PLEASURE. UH, WE'LL GO OVER THE, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIRST AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME SLIDES TO, TO PRESENT TO SHOW THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS. BUT WIRE CODE WORLD GROUP INCORPORATED APPLIED FOR A TAX ABATEMENT ON PLAN CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPANSION TO ADD, UH, 46,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET OF MANUFACTURING SPACE TO AN EXISTING FACILITY ON PROPERTY OWNED BY CCT SPARKLE FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. THE PROPOSED TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE IMPROVEMENTS BE FULLY CONSTRUCTED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026, AND HAVE A CERTIFIED APPRAISED VALUE GREATER THAN 5.3 MILLION. ADDITIONALLY, WIRE CO HAS AGREED TO MAINTAIN 31 FULL CURRENT FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND CREATE 43 NEW FULL-TIME POSITIONS AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF AT LEAST $28 AND 75 CENTS PER HOUR. IF THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THE VALOREM TAX TAXES ASSESSABLE ON THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ELIGIBLE TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY SHALL BE ABATED FOR A DURATION OF 10 YEARS. WITH THE FIRST FOUR YEARS BEING DEBATED AT 75%, UH, THE SECOND FOUR YEARS AT 50% AND THE LAST TWO YEARS AT 0%. ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, CITY COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AND PAST ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 34 CREATING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 28. THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS ARE LOCATED WITHIN REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 28 AND THE REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2025, AT LEAST 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF CONSIDERATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER THREE 12 OF THE TAX CODE TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PRESENTATION HERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WIRE CODE WORLD GROUP IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 1615 HIGHWAY 5 29. THIS IS A LEASE ARRANGEMENT THAT THEY OCCUPY JUST UNDER 95,000 SQUARE FEET WITH THOSE 31 EMPLOYEES WE MENTIONED, UH, THIS PROPERTY ITSELF GENERATES ABOUT 7.2 MILLION IN CURRENT TAXABLE VALUE. AND THAT INCLUDES THE LAND, THE BUILDING, AND THE INVENTORY THAT THIS, THIS COMPANY PRODUCES. UH, SO CURRENTLY IT GENERATES ABOUT 22,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES EACH YEAR WITH THE EXPANSION. THEY'RE LOOKING AT A SECONDARY SITE AT 5 0 4 AVENUE H UH, THIS IS JUST OVER 46,000 SQUARE FEET BEING ADDED ONTO A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THEY WILL GENERATE 43 NEW EMPLOYEES AT AN AVERAGE WAGE OF JUST UNDER $60,000 A YEAR. AND THAT IS BEFORE BENEFITS. UH, THIS, THE ADDITIONS ON THIS PROPERTY WILL, UH, HAVE A TAXABLE VALUE OF ABOUT 12 AND A HALF MILLION, UH, ANNUALLY AND WILL GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 IN THOSE PROPERTY TAXES FOR A LOCATION, UH, ARRANGEMENT HERE, UH, THESE TWO, UM, OUTLINES ARE ALONG, UH, SPUR 5 29. THE BLUE OUTLINE SHOWS THE CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR WIRE CO AND THE RED SHOWS WHERE THEY WILL BE EXPANDING ON THAT EXISTING BUILDING. SO THEY'RE VERY CLOSE, BUT BOTH SITES WILL BE OPERATIONAL. UH, IN TERMS OF HOW THIS WORKS OUT OVERALL, WE, I, AS I READ BEFORE, THE ABATEMENT PERCENTAGE, UH, FOR THOSE FIRST FOUR YEARS IS 75%, THE SECOND FOUR AT 50% AND ZERO IN THE LAST TWO. IN TERMS OF HOW THIS WORKS OUT FOR OUR TAX REVENUES, UH, THE ABATED PORTION ITSELF, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF 10 YEARS, WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR JUST UNDER, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RETAIN ON THEIR END. UH, [00:50:01] IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WILL GENERATE OFF OF THE INVENTORY AND THE, IN THOSE FIRST FOUR YEARS, THE, THAT OTHER 25% AND THE OTHER 50% FOLLOWING THAT AND A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THOSE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT IS THAT FINAL COLUMN. MARY. MARY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO YOU MAY WANNA EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE MORE. ABSOLUTELY. SO IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT'S ABATED OVER THE COURSE OF 10 YEARS, WE EXPECT IT TO BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR RIGHT AROUND THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY WILL RETAIN IN THAT TIMEFRAME IS ABOUT $300,000. SO WE'RE STILL UP 200,000. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT. AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WITH ANY INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, BUT FOR THIS INCENTIVE, THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. SO WE WOULDN'T BE RECEIVING ANY OF THAT IF WE, IF WE WEREN'T UH, PARTICIPATING IN THIS TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. UM, THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION NUMBER R 4,000 WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WITH WIRE CO WORLD GROUP AND CCT SPARKLE FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT IS PROVIDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER. UM, AND SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R 4,000, THE AGREEMENT WILL BE ATTACHED TO SERVE AS EXHIBIT A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. QUICK QUESTION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? YEAH. THAT, THAT THERE PROJECTED TAXABLE VALUE. NOW THAT'S, UH, ASSUMING 10 YEARS FROM NOW THAT THEIR VALUE HAS NOT INCREASED, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IT WOULD, IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. WELL VALUE AROUND HERE DOUBLES EVERY SIX YEARS. SO BY THAT TIME IT'S GONNA BE $12 MILLION PROPERTY. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GENERATE MORE OR THEY COULD HAVE MORE INVENTORY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SELLING MORE, RIGHT. WHICH WILL ALSO MEAN MORE JOBS. SO INSTEAD OF 25% OF 6 MILLION WE GET, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, OF THE, THAT TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE, IT'S DOUBLET, RIGHT? SO, WELL, I'M NOT SAYING WE WANT IT TO DOUBLE, BUT THE REALITY HERE IS IF IT DID, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AS YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO COMBAT THAT BY REDUCING TAX RATES HERE. WHAT REMAINS FIXED IN THESE AGREEMENTS IS THE PERCENTAGE, UH, NOT THE ACTUAL VALUE. THEY DO HAVE TO PERFORM, UH, ABOVE WHAT IS TAXABLE ON THE PROPERTY TODAY TO RECEIVE AN ABATEMENT UHHUH. UH, AND THE PERCENTAGE STAYS THE SAME EACH YEAR REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE TAXABLE VALUE IS OR WHAT THE TAX RATE IS. MM-HMM. SO WHATEVER IS GENERATED FROM THE PROJECT IN THAT GIVEN YEAR, 75%. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, 2027 THROUGH 2030 AS AN EXAMPLE. AND ANOTHER THING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE ALL AWARE, BUT I'D LIKE TO REMIND FOLKS, THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HAVE NO EXEMPTIONS AT ALL IN SCHOOL REGARDING SCHOOLS. SO IT'S, IT, UH, THESE FOLKS ARE HELPING TO, HELPING TO FUND THESE SCHOOLS AROUND HERE AS WELL. ALRIGHT. BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO SAY. WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, GEORGE, THIS IS, I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, RICHARD, NO QUESTIONS. I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. ALRIGHT, JESSICA, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. HECTOR? NO QUESTIONS. I'M IN FAVOR. AND STEVE, AND I THINK THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO? I THINK SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BRING 43 NEW JOBS AT, UH, 28 OVER $28 AN HOUR JOBS TO FOLKS IN YOUR DISTRICT? WELL, THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY COULD LIVE ANYWHERE. ALRIGHT. FELIX, YOU WISH TO COMMENT OR ADD ANYTHING? NO QUESTIONS. JUST, UH, I'M FOR IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD OFFER. GOOD, GOOD JOB. I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD COST TO BENEFIT HERE. I THINK THE BENEFIT, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IT MUCH MORE OUTWEIGHS, UM, THE LITTLE BIT OF REBATE. AND I, AND I APOLOGIZE, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT. UH, THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE. BEN LYLE'S WITH WIRE COAT WORLD GROUP, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, OKAY. THANK YOU SIR, FOR COMING. AND THEN WE WANNA ALSO POINT OUT FOR THE BEN BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A REBATE ON FUTURE ONLY FUTURE REALIZED TAXES. THIS IS NOT A GRANT OR, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES. IT IS AN ABATEMENT, NOT A REBATE. SO WE WOULD NOT BE COLLECTING IT. AH, OKAY. UH, BUT ONLY ON WHAT IS A FUTURE GENERATED? YOU'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT OF TAX BREAK ON THE CITY TAX LEVY PART. THAT'S AND NO TAX BREAK FROM THE COUNTY? NO, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT CERTAINLY THEY'RE NOT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN TAX STATEMENTS. [00:55:01] THE COUNTY DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO, AND, AND I EXPECT THAT THEY WILL BE CONSIDERING AN AGREEMENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, UH, PLEASURE OF THE, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. I'LL SECOND IT. UH, RESOLUTION 4,000. ALRIGHT. WE'RE GONNA DO A VOICE VOTE HERE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF THIS, INDICATE BY SAYING YAY OR YES. YAY. YAY. YES, ME TOO. AND IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO. ALRIGHT. THE YAYS HAVE IT. CONGRATULATIONS SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN ROSENBERG. I'M NOT SURE IT SAYS FAILED, BUT IT PASSED. YEAH, THAT OKAY. REALLY? WHAT GOOD IS THIS MACHINE? OH, IF IT REBOOTING. WELL, I, THEY NEED TO BOOT IT OUT. THE, THE BUILDING. REALLY. ALRIGHT, [4. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3998, a Resolution calling for the defeasance and redemption of certain City of Rosenberg, Texas, Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2010; directing the redemption of such certificates; and containing other matters related thereto. (Luis Garza, Director of Finance) ] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 98. A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A DEFIANCE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES, OBLIGATION SERIES 2010 DIRECTING THE REDEMPTION, REDEMPTION OF SUCH CERTIFICATES AND CONTAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. LOUIS, CAN YOU READ THIS SUMMARY? YES. MAYORS, UH, THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED TO GIVE CITY COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE PAYOFF OF THE CITY'S COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2010. AFTER SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE DEBT ISSUANCE, WHICH IS TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD STAFF HAS DECIDED IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO CALL OR REDEEM THIS DEBT. THIS DEBT ISSUANCE, UH, DUE TO ITS SMALL BALANCE PAYOFF OF 84,000, THERE ARE FOUR REMAINING PAYMENTS OF $21,000 EACH YEAR FROM 2026 THROUGH 2029. THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET DOES INCLUDE 21,000 IN THE WATER WASTEWATER FUND FOR THE 2026 PAYMENT. AND IF APPROVED FOR THE FULL PAYOFF, A BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE REMAINING 63,000. THIS EARLY PAYOFF OF THE DEBT TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ALLOWS STAFF TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE TWDB WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS OR ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIRED FOR AN ENTITY THAT HAS OUTSTANDING DEBT TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 3 9 9 8, CALLING FOR THE DFE AND REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2010, DIRECTING THE REDEMPTION OF SUCH CERTIFICATES AND CONTAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO. OKAY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR EVERYBODY OR CERTAINLY AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, THIS IS MONEY THAT ROSENBERG'S CITY COUNCIL BARR, EITHER 2010 OR 2 0 0 9. IT SAYS SERIES 2010. NOBODY THAT'S HERE NOW WAS HERE THEN. THIS WAS A YEAR BEFORE I JOINED THE COUNCIL IN 2011 AND THEY BORROWED, BUT I HAVE AN INTERESTING QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S NOT ON THIS DEAL. HOW MUCH ORIGINALLY WAS THAT DEBT? THIS WAS ONLY $414,000. 400. THIS PARTICULAR WAS 414,000. YES SIR. AND THAT WAS FOR 15 YEAR LOAN? WELL IT WAS A 20 YEAR LOAN. YEAH, THEY'VE HAD IT 15 YEAR. IT WAS A NO INTEREST LOAN. I, UM, NO, SO WE DIDN'T PAY INTEREST HOW DIDN'T GET NO INTEREST. THAT'S WHY WE, IT WAS THROUGH TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T PAY IT OFF EARLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER ANY INTEREST DUE. NO, NO INCENTIVE TO PAY IT. BUT NOW THEY TIGHTENED UP ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR REPORTING AND WE FIGURED ALL THE REPORTING ISN'T WORTH OUR EFFORT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PAY IT OFF AND BE DONE WITH IT. BECAUSE THE REPORTING IS ALSO KIND OF TIME, VERY TIME CONS CONSUMING. YES. AND COSTLY AS WELL. YES. AND STAFF TIME. I GOTCHA. ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PAYOFF. SO BASICALLY THIS, I MEAN NOT BASICALLY THIS IS A PAY PAY DOWN SOME DEBT. YES. AND IT'S NOT MUCH DEBT. 80 SOMETHING THOUSAND. 84,000. SO 400,000. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTION? IF YOU DO, JUST JUMP IN THERE. ANYBODY, NO QUESTION. OH, NO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 39 98. MY SCREEN'S NOT WORKING SO I'LL SECOND IT. ALRIGHT. IT SAYS MADE BY FELIX. THAT'S FINE. UH, SECOND BY STEVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO. ALRIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT'S GONNA BE UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LEWIS. IT'S STARTING TO WORK NOW. STARTING TO WORK. YAY. MINE'S A BLACK SPACE. WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE MEETING. YEAH, IT'S STARTING TO WORK. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. WE'RE WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. [01:00:03] CONSIDERATION [5. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2025-38, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, by amending Chapter 28, Article III, Division 2, Section 28-116 entitled, "Prohibited at any time", by designating a "No Parking" zone on Lawrence Street, from Avenue I (FM 1640) to Avenue H (US 90A); 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. (Jarret Nethery, Assistant Police Chief) ] OF AN ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025 DASH 38. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 28. ARTICLE THREE, DIVISION TWO, SECTION 28 DASH ONE 16 ENTITLED, PROHIBITED AT ANY TIME BY DESIGNATING A NO PARKING ZONE ON LAWRENCE STREET BETWEEN AVENUE I AND AVENUE H, PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NO PARKING SIGNS AND INDICATING THE BOUNDARY, THE BOUNDARIES OF NO PARKING ZONES PROVIDING A PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT, NO LESS THAN A DOLLAR, NO MORE THAN $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION. HEREOF, UH, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES, INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. CHIEF NETHERY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 25 38 WOULD ESTABLISH A NO PARKING ZONE ON LAWRENCE STREET FROM AVENUE IIDA AVENUE H. THIS PARKING PROHIBITION IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES WITH ON STREET PARKING IN THIS AREA. UH, BY ESTABLISHING A PARKING RESTRICTION, ROSENBERG POLICE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO CITIZEN CONCERNS AND ENFORCE THE NO PARKING ZONE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 38 AS PRESENTED. UM, ATTACHED HER SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE'S A RESIDENCE ON LAWRENCE STREET, UM, WHERE, UH, AN ELDERLY COUPLE LIVE. UM, AND THERE'S A CAR DEALERSHIP ACROSS THE STREET THAT'S PARKING, UH, VEHICLES IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS THROUGH ENFORCEMENT. UM, WE ISSUED WARNINGS. WE ISSUED WARNINGS, THEN WE WENT BACK AND ISSUED CITATIONS AND THE VEHICLES WERE REMOVED. UM, IF THESE SAME VEHICLES ARE PARKED ON THE STREET WITHIN 18 INCHES OF THE CURB, THEY'RE LEGALLY PARKED, UH, AND THEY'RE BLOCKING THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THESE, UH, PEOPLE'S RESIDENCE. UM, THE REST OF THE STREET IS PRIMARILY DRIVEWAYS FOR BUSINESSES AND PARKING LOT ENTRANCES. SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY NOT, UH, AN ISSUE PARKING IN OTHER AREAS ON THE STREET. BUT, UM, IF, IF WE DON'T, UH, INHIBIT THE PARKING IN THIS AREA AND, AND IN THE ENTIRE STREET, THEN IT'S GONNA BE LEGAL TO PARK THERE. UM, IF THEY DO PARK WITHIN 18 INCHES OF THE CURB, THE, THE STREET IS GONNA BE, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW'S GONNA BE SEVERELY AFFECTED BECAUSE THE STREET IS NARROW. IT'S A VERY NARROW STREET. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE IF THE COUNSEL HAS ANY QUESTIONS. UH, FELIX W WAS IT A, UH, UH, A COMPLAINT FROM RESIDENTS OR, OR WHO HAD POSTED THIS? UM, WELL, I, I WAS CONTACTED, UM, BY MR. BENTON. OH, OKAY. AND, UH, IT WAS A COMPLAINT THAT CAME FROM THE CITIZENS, BUT YES, THE, UH, THE MAN HERE HAS GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH, WELL, LOOK, HE'S, YEAH, I, I MEAN, IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE, I THE STREET IS, WE SHOULD CLEAR IT UP AND THE GUY'S PARKED DOWN IN THE DITCH. YEAH. AND IF HE DIDN'T PARK DOWN IN THE DITCH, THEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. RIGHT. SO, CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? I GOTTA, CAN WE DO THE NO PARKING FROM HIS DRIVEWAY THIS WAY? BECAUSE WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE? THOSE ARE, UH, HOMES ALSO LOOKING NORTH ON LAWRENCE TO BE ON THE RIGHT. I MEAN, CAN WE DO JUST A SECTION AND IF HE KEEPS ON MOVING HIS CAR, THEN YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S DOABLE. WE COULD, INSTEAD OF DOING THE WHOLE ORANGE STREET. YEAH. I MEAN, IF, IF HE HAS A CONCERN, I THINK IT'S A PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROBLEM ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT GUY'S CAR LOT IS ACROSS THE STREET, SO YEAH. THERE ARE NO OTHER HOUSES. THEY'RE ALL BUSINESSES. THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE, UH, A STORAGE YARD NEXT TO THAT HOUSE, AND THEN THERE'S MORE HOUSES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT, IF I RECALL. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE HOUSE 'CAUSE I DROVE BY THERE. SO YOU'RE SAYING WHERE THIS MAP IS RIGHT HERE? UM, GET ON AVENUE I AND GO LIKE EAST, UH, NO, MAKE ANOTHER GO NORTH ON THE BLOCK OR GO NORTH? NO, NORTH IS LIKE THIS. YES. NORTH IS THAT WAY. YEAH. WHICH, ON WHICH SIDE OF LAWRENCE WOULD YOU ON THE RIGHT, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, FACING FROM AVENUE I FACING TO THE RIGHT. SO IT WOULD BE THE EAST, BECAUSE THE, THE LEFT SIDE IS ALL COMMERCIAL. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST IN FRONT FOR NOW. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP HIM IF HE, I MEAN, IF HE DOESN'T HAVE NO VISITORS AND HE'S JUST GOTTA REMEMBER IF HE'S GOOD VISITORS AND THEY PARK OUT THERE THAT YEAH. HIS VISITORS CAR ARE GONNA GET TOWED. HE'S 85. HE DOESN'T HAVE, WELL, I'M JUST, [01:05:01] YOU KNOW, ONLY VISITORS, ME AND HIS, AND HIS, UH, SISTER. YEAH, NO, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. UH, IF THAT GUY, IF THEY START MOVING HIM DOWN, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THAT. SO DO YOU WANT TO DO LIKE 200 FEET ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAWRENCE STREET FROM AVENUE I FM 1640. OH, WHATEVER Y'ALL. I MEAN, JUST IN FRONT OF THAT, WHERE THOSE CARS WERE PARKED OR FROM, FROM HIS IN FRONT OF THAT I WOULD SAY, YEAH. OH, YOU MEAN 200 FEET FROM AVENUE PROPERTY LINE ON HIS SIDE GOING NORTH AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE? YEAH. 'CAUSE HE'S PROBABLY GOT 200. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOT 200, BUT PROBABLY CLOSE. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. WE CAN TWEAK THE, UH, I THINK THE RECORD LOT THERE. HE HAS LIGHTS. IF HE NEEDS TO PARK SOMETHING OUT THERE, HE CAN LEAVE, LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON. AND HE'S GOT EMERGENCY VEHICLE CLEARANCE LATER. I DON'T EXPECT ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO, WANTS ANYBODY PARKING ON THEIR STREET, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM REALLY FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO PARK, SO I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A PROBLEM. AND IF IT IS, WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS IT WHEN IT COMES UP. SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CHANGE IS CLEAR HERE. SO ARE YOU SAYING 200 FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET? FROM AVENUE? I THEY'RE SAYING ONLY TO THE EAST. ONLY THE EAST, THE EAST SIDE OF THE, ON THE EAST SIDE. AND THEN TO THE PROPERTY LINE ON THE WEST SIDE. THE PROPERTY LINE FROM AVENUE I TO THE PROPERTY LINE, UH, WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE ENDS. SO NOTHING ON LAWRENCE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN 200 FEET TO THE EAST? NOT THAT WHAT I'M SAYING. NO, THEY'RE JUST SAYING NOT ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE IN FRONT OF THAT GUY'S HOUSE AND SOME ON THE PROPERTY SIDE OF THE, OF THE BUSINESS. SO YOU WANNA DO ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD? YEAH, BUT NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I'M THINKING THAT. JUST WANNA DO IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WELL WHAT ABOUT IF HE STARTS PARKING ON HIS SIDE, ON THE STREET ON THIS SIDE? WELL, HE'S GOT, THERE'S ANOTHER BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT TO HIM HERE. LOOK, IF HE STARTS, OH, HE'S A PARK MAYOR, CHIEF, CHIEF HAD A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE WE JUST KEEP IT AS IS AND WE JUST CHOOSE TO PUT SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AND THEN IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, WE CAN PUT SIGNS ELSEWHERE. THERE YOU GO. WELL, WHAT WOULD THE SIGN PROVE IT AS? SAY? NO PARKING. NO PARKING. NO PARKING. SO IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE CODIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE WOULDN'T PUT SIGNAGE UP UNLESS WE NEED TO. WE'D ONLY PUT THE SIGNS. WELL, YOU NEED TO HAVE SIGNAGE BECAUSE THERE'S GUYS PARKING THERE. CORRECT. WE'D PUT 'EM THERE. BUT IF THE CONCERN IS YOU DON'T OH, OKAY. ELSEWHERE, IT WOULD ALREADY BE IN THE ORDINANCE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK FOR A VIS A REVISION LATER. WE COULD JUST PUT THE SIGNS UP. DO, UM, CAN, UH, WELL, WHY WOULD YOU, WHAT ON WHAT GROUNDS COULD YOU NOW, OTHER THAN THE FACT THEY'RE PARKING IN THE DITCH, WHICH HAS TO BE SOME VIOLATION SOMEWHERE? WELL, YOU GOTTA PUT THE SIGNAGE UP TO ENFORCE IT. OKAY, WELL THAT'S FINE. HE'S, YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA LATER COMPLAIN THAT THERE'S THESE UGLY SIGNS THERE? IT'S BETTER THAN THE UGLY CAR. WE, WE GOTTA HAVE THE SIGNAGE TO, IT'S GOTTA BE THERE TO BE, TO BE ENFORCEABLE. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, LET'S JUST TRY THAT THEN. OKEY DO. ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? ANYBODY? YES. I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. I'LL SECOND, UH, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. OKAY, WELL THEN THAT WAS WHY WE, HE, WE, UH, DO WE NEED A MOTION? WE DO, SIR. IT'S AN ORDINANCE. YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M SORRY. JESSICA MADE THE MOTION. SECOND BY HECTOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES. GREEN. YES. ALRIGHT, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY PUSH. PUSH OR SAY RED. NO. ALRIGHT. GREEN? YES. HAS IT. THANK YOU. YAY. OKEY DOKE. WHAT'S NEXT? [6. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3983, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City, Agreement Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Engineering Services by and between the City and Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, LLC, for Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Infrastructure Drainage Activities. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ] ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION. ON A RESOLUTION TO, UH, RESOLUTION OF ROSENBURG CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS, AUTHORIZES CITY TO MAN, CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, TO THE AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES BY BETWEEN THE CITY AND PAP DAWSON, CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION, CD BG, MIT INFRASTRUCTURE DRAINAGE ACTIVITIES PRESENTED BY RIGO. THANK YOU MAYOR. PLEASE PRESENT ON JULY 7TH, 2020. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 29 57 DESIGNATED P DAWSON CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION APPLICATION PROCESS AND PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO R-F-R-F-Q NUMBER 2020 DASH 18 Q FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT RELATED TO FLOOD MITIGATION ACTIVITIES, THE CITY OF ROSEBURG WAS AWARDED $47,858,955 IN FUNDING THROUGH THE C-D-B-G-M-I-T PROGRAM AWARD ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS STATE GENERAL LAND OFFICE [01:10:01] FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DRAINAGE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD INCREASE RESILIENCY AND LESSEN THE IMPACT OF FUTURE FLOODING, FLOODING DISASTERS. THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 31 79 ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2021. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 31 99 AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH P DAWSON CONSULTANTS, LLC FOR THE PROVISION OF C-D-B-G-M-I-T ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE DRAINAGE ACTIVITY PROJECT IN AMOUNT OF $4,960,819. THE RELATED RESOLUTION NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS ITEM, ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AGREEMENT. AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN AND MODELING CHANGES REQUIRED FOR ALL ACTIVITIES. THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WERE REQUIRED AFTER THE CONDEMNATION OF MP TWO PROPERTY WAS NOT ALLOWED DUE TO CEMETERY DESIGNATION. A DETAILED LIST OF CHANGES IN THE ACTIVITY ARE INCLUDED WITHIN EXHIBIT A. SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 83 AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WILL BE ATTACHED TO SERVE AS EXHIBIT A JUST SAID RESOLUTION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 83, APPROVING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WOULD PAY DAWSON AN AMOUNT OF $328,000, BRINGING THE TOTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT TO $5,288,819. AND TO ALSO ADD A STATEMENT TO THE RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE LOCAL FUNDING FOR AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE. AND ALSO, MR. VERNON HEDGEWOOD WITH P DAWSON IS HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. ALRIGHT. AS Y'ALL KNOW, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE $47 MILLION GRANT FOR, UH, DRAIN FOR THE MASSIVE DRAINAGE PROJECT IS GONNA CUT THROUGH THE THE CITY. LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING HERE TONIGHT. UH, GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT AT THIS TIME. MAYOR. OKAY. RICHARD? NO. JESSICA? NO. I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. UH, HECTOR? NO, SIR. AND STEVE? NO. FELIX, COME ON. IT'S, UH, YES. SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS. GOOD. I HAVE A HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE SURE THAT THE REDESIGN IS GONNA AVOID FUTURE DELAYS? THIS IS, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS. UM, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE HAD HERE WHERE WE COULDN'T ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY FOR MP TWO, SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO GO BACK AND PAY. DAWSON HAD A, UH, REDESIGN, UM, DRY CREEK, A LOT OF THE DETENTION PONDS, ALL THE ELEVATIONS, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET THAT PROPERTY. SO, OKAY. THIS IS TO COVER THAT EXPENSE. AND, AND ANOTHER QUESTION THAT, UH, SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED ME WAS, IS THIS GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF TRAFFIC? AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DETOURS HAVING TO GET AROUND THE CITY? WELL, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME DETOURS. RABS WILL END UP HAVING SOME DETOURS, UH, AVENUE, UH, UH, A GRABBER WILL END UP HAVING, UH, DETOURS. UM, YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME GROWING PAINS DURING, DURING THIS PROJECT. OH. AND DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT WOULD LAST? WELL, WE HAVE TO GET EVERYTHING COMPLETE BY, UH, NEXT YEAR AROUND THIS TIME. SO, SO DECEMBER OF 2026, THAT'S WHEN WE NEED TO GET EVERYTHING FINISHED BY. OKAY. WE, WE HAVE TO GET EVERYTHING FINISHED BY THAT TIME. OUR CLOCK'S TICKING. OKAY. SO I'M GUESSING YOU SAID RABS, RABS THE PART THAT FLOWS UNDER, UH, TIMBER, I MEAN LANE DRIVE. YES, SIR. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO REDO THOSE BOXES. SO I, I KNOW THIS PART DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO PERTAIN TO THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TRAFFIC WHEN WE CHANGE OUT THOSE BOXES IN THAT AREA. DOES THIS CHANGE THE PRICE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT ON THE 47 MILLION? WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING TO PAY THE $328,000 IN ENGINEERING FEES? YES SIR. OKAY. OTHER THAN $328,000, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY, UH, THE FIVE, MOST OF THE 5,288,000 COME OUT OF THE 47 MILLION. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT. WHAT'S THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL IF Y'ALL WANT? UH, FLOOD MITIGATION. WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. I SECOND. ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED. NO. ALRIGHT, UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, RICO. NEXT ITEM [7. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3996, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, awarding Bid No. 2026-03B for the CDBG-MIT Flood and Drainage Mitigation Project Activity No. 6 - Theater Ditch North Channel Improvements Project, waive informalities in bidding; and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City, appropriate documents and/or agreements regrading same. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ] PERTAINING TO SIMILAR SITUATION HERE. CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 39 9, UH, 9 3 9 9 6. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, AWARDING BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH THREE B FOR THE CDBG AND MIT FLOOD AND DRAINAGE MITIGATION PROJECT ACTIVITY NUMBER [01:15:01] SIX, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS THE EIGHTER DITCH NORTH CHANNEL NORTH CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS, WAIVE INFORMALITIES AND BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME. RIGO THANK YOU. ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 BID RECEIVED AN OPENING IN RESPONSE TO BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH THREE B FOR THE C-D-B-G-M-I-T FLOOD DRAINAGE MITIGATION PROJECT. ACTIVITY NUMBER SIX, THEATER DISH NORTH CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. A TOTAL OF THREE BIDS RECEIVED AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED BID SUMMARY FORM. STAFF RECOMMENDS BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH THREE B BE AWARDED TO DVL ENTERPRISES, LLC, WHO SUBMITTED A BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $113,020 FOR EACH TERM, 45 CALENDAR DAYS AND WAIVE INFORM IN THE BIDDING. THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM WADE HEMEL PE WITH P DAWSON CONSULTING LLC, RECOMMENDED THE SAME SHOULD CITY COUNCIL AWARD, THE BID HAS RECOMMENDED THE PROPOSAL FROM DVL ENTERPRISES L LC WILL BE ATTACHED AND SERVE AS EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 96. THIS PROJECT INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND FUNDED WITH THE C-D-B-G-M-I-T GRANT FUNDS WILL ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS BY RESHAPING THEODORE DITCH NORTH FROM THE UPSTREAM NEAR AVENUE INN TOWARDS US 90 A AND ULTIMATELY DRAINING TO THE RIVER STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 96 AS PRESENTED. OKAY. THERE, THERE IT IS. THERE'S A MAP OF IT. THIS IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO HELP OUT. THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT DEEPER, WIDER. REDO IT. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA END UP CLEANING OUT OR WIDEN OUT THE, THE SIDES OF IT. SET THE GRADE. AND THAT'S, UH, ALSO THE, THAT'S THE, THE SAME LITTLE CREEK RIGHT THERE BY THAT CAR WASH. YES, SIR. YEP. IT'S ALWAYS GOT WATER IN IT. OKAY. THERE'S, THERE'S FISH IN THERE TOO. . DON'T TELL MY KIDS THAT. I'M TELLING Y'ALL THERE'S ALWAYS FISH IN THAT THING BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS WATER IN IT. ANYWAYS, LET'S SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. FISH NOT WITHSTANDING, UH, WE'RE GONNA START. FELIX, LET'S START WITH YOU. YEAH. DISTRICT ONE. PART OF THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT? YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEM? FISH? UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, BUT, UM, I, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD ON THAT. . UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, I MEAN, IS IT DESIGNED TO, UH, UH, HANDLE LARGE STORMS? AND LIKE, I, I KNOW IT'S NOTHING LIKE HARVEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IS IT, I GUESS DESIGNED TO RIGHT. AND, AND I, I KNOW VERNON CAN ANSWER IN BIGGER DETAIL, BUT ALL THESE PROJECTS WORK TOGETHER. UH, THEATER DITCH SOUTH, BECAUSE NOW A LOT OF THE WATER'S GONNA BREAK TO THE SOUTH AND ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS DRY CREEK. THIS WILL END UP HELPING JUST TAKE WATER STRAIGHT TO THE STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT TO THE BRAS. SO ALL, ALL THIS WORKS TOGETHER TO MAKE, UH, TO STOP THE PONDING IN ROSENBERG AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF SEVEN OF, WELL, SIX ACTIVITIES, BUT, UM, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK. SO, AND WE CAN'T DO ONE WITHOUT ANOTHER. RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, AND MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE IF, LET'S SAY DELAYS WERE TO OCCUR, DOES THE CITY GET FINED OR IS THERE ANY HIDDEN, YOU KNOW, UH, FEES. WE WON'T GET OUR GRANT. WE WON'T GET GRANT, WE, WE HAVE TO. SO YOU HAVE HAVE TO STAY YOUR COURSE. YOU HAVE TO STAY ON TRACK. YEAH. THEY, THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US THAT THEY'RE GONNA GRANT US ANY ADDITIONAL TIME, SO, OKAY. EVERYTHING IS, YOU NEED TO FINISH YOUR PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEY GIVE YOU ANY, UH, WEATHER RELATED CONCESSIONS AT ALL? IS IT FORCE ENFORCEMENT, MAJEURE, CLAUSE AND EVERY CONTRACT ISSUE. GOTTA GET IT DONE. ALRIGHT, STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BE ASKED HECTOR? NO, SIR. JESSICA? NO QUESTIONS. AND, UH, RICHARD? NO QUESTIONS. GEORGE. I THINK WE HAD THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK. YES, SIR. ABOUT CLEANING THE, THE, THE AREA OUT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. HEY, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, HEAD, UH, FELIX SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA HELP OF A HURRICANE HARVEY. THIS IS HOW THE GRANT WAS GI GIVEN IT WAS PRO WELL, NOT, IT WAS A, AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE HARVEY WAS, TRUMP WAS THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME AND THEY, THEY, THEY GOT TEXAS GOT MONEY FOR THAT. AND THEN, UM, THE CITY APPLIED AND, AND GOT A GRANT. WE GOT GRANTED. AND SO, UM, WE'LL SEE WHEN THE NE IF THEY DO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE IMPROVEMENT, NOT IF, UH, WHEN THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE FINISHED THE NEXT TIME THERE'S A BAD STORM HERE. WE, WE PRAY THAT NEVER HAPPENS, BUT WE KNOW IT WILL, UM, EVENTUALLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD, THAT'S WHAT THE EARTH DOES. UH, WE'LL SEE HOW, HOW IT WORKS IF WE'RE [01:20:01] ALL STILL, IF WE'RE NOT SWEPT AWAY ANYWAY. UM, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNSEL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 39 96. I SECOND IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. HECTOR MADE THE MOTION. JESSICA SECOND. IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR, PUSH OR SAY GREEN. YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED. NO. ALRIGHT. THE RED GREENS HAVE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW A QUESTION TO Y'ALL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM? NO. NO. YEAH, I DO TOO. SO WE GOT A, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. DO WE NEED A MOTION OR JUST WE, WE DON'T, WE JUST NEED THE TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK. UH, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK IN FIVE MINUTES, WHICH WILL BE 7 55. 5 7 55. SOUNDS GOOD. AND WE'RE BACK. OKAY. BACK AT 7 59 AND WENT OVER A LITTLE LATER. UM, THEY CAN TAKE THAT OUT. THEY CAN PENALIZE THIS OUT OF OUR, UH, HIGH DOLLAR SALARY HERE. HEY, SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. OKAY. LET ME [8. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4005, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, proposing the creation of a Crime Control and Prevention District. (Brandon Morris, City Attorney) ] READ THE ITEM. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IS IT OKAY. CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON A RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4 0 0 5 A RESOLUTION. THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS PROPOSED IN A CREATION OF A CRIME PATROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT. UM, UH, BRANDON MORRIS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS. THANK YOU. READ THE SUMMARY. UH, AT THE AUGUST 19TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING COUNSELORS, RICHARD OLSON AND PHYLIS VARGAS PROPOSED THE CREATION OF A CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT TO PROVIDE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR POLICE OPERATIONS, CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. THE CCPD WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH A VOTER APPROVED SALES TAX ALLOCATION UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 360 3. UNDER STATE LAW, CITIES MAY FUND A-C-C-P-D THROUGH A SALES AND USE TAX OF UP TO HALF A PERCENT. SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL. THE SMALLEST ALLOWABLE ALLOCATION IS ONE EIGHTH OF 1%, WHICH FOR ROSENBERG WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY. WHILE THE PROPOSAL ANTICIPATED A NEED OF APPROXIMATELY 500,000 IN ANNUAL FUNDING, THE STATUTORY MINIMUM RESULTS IN A MUCH HIGHER REVENUE AMOUNT. TEXAS LAW CAPS A CITY'S TOTAL SALES TAX RATE AT 2%. ROSENBERG HAS ALREADY REACHED THAT MAXIMUM WITH CURRENT ALLOCATIONS AS FOLLOWS, 1% GENERAL SALES TAX, HALF A PERCENT GENERAL SALES TAX FOR PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION AND HALF A PERCENT ROSENBERG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 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 0.125% TO THE CCPD WOULD REDUCE RDC REVENUE BY APPROXIMATELY 1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY IMPACTING CAPITAL PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS SUCH AS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. THE CONSENSUS BY COUNCIL WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CREATION OF A-C-C-P-D. UH, THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE APPOINTMENT OF THE CCPD BOARD, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BOARD DEVELOPMENT OF A CRIME PLAN AND BUDGET PLAN, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON THE PURPOSE OF THE CCPD. PLACEMENT OF THE CCPD SALES TAX MEASURE ON A FUTURE ELECTION BALLOT FOR VOTER CONSIDERATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CCPD STRUCTURE AND INITIAL BUDGET PLANNING PENDING VOTER APPROVAL. RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4 0 0 5 AUTHORIZES THE PROPOSED CREATION OF THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AS PRESENTED. OKAY. NOBODY MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE UNTIL WE GET THIS. 'CAUSE I WANNA SEE IF Y'ALL STILL WANT TO DO THIS. IF AND IF SO, AT WHAT AMOUNT? THE LOWEST AMOUNT WOULD BE ONE EIGHTH OF, YEAH. ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT. YES, SIR. THE AMOUNT THAT RDC RECEIVES IS A HALF A CENT SALES TAX. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING TO THE VOTERS AN OPTION FOR THEM TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT HALF ASCENT. THAT'S RIGHT. NOW RICHARD, I THINK YOU, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP ORIGINALLY, OR I THINK SO WE WILL LET YOU GO FIRST. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US THE BENEFITS HERE AND WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU WANNA DO. WELL, THIS IS BASICALLY JUST FUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HELP FUNDING THEM AND ANYTHING, [01:25:01] ALL THEIR NEEDS, EVERYTHING THEY NEED. UM, IT, IT'S JUST ANOTHER SOURCE OF THAT. AND IT'S A WAY OF GETTING THOSE FUNDS INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. SO IF THE CHIEF WANTED SOMETHING, HE WOULD REQUEST IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. UM, I MEAN, MAY MAYBE THE CHIEF CAN COME UP AND TELL US SOME OF THE THINGS HE WOULD USE THIS MONEY FOR CHIEF. COULD YOU DO THAT? GOOD EVENING. UH, SO FIRST STEPS, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN. I THINK THAT'S IN THIS, UH, IN YOUR HANDOUT, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN IN THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD. SO THE BUDGET, THE PLANNING, THAT WHOLE PROCESS WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. SO THAT BOARD'S GOTTA BE PUT IN PLACE FIRST. UM, MY ROLE IN THAT WOULD BE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD WOULD DECIDE, UH, IF, IF THAT'S APPROVED AND HOW IT'D BE ALLOCATED. BUT, UH, NOT JUST THE FUNDING, BUT ALSO THE PLAN OF THE OVERALL DISTRICT IS WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE, UH, APPROVED BEFORE WE GET INTO SPECIFIC PURCHASES. BUT, UM, ESSENTIALLY IT COULD COVER ANYTHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD, WOULD WANT TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR LABOR. I MEAN, THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA. YES, SIR. I MEAN, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD, IT GIVES ME, UH, FOR WHY I'M THINKING OF THAT. IT'S, IT'S, IT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA. ANYTHING ELSE, RICHARD? NO, I STEER WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. THANKS. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO, UH, WE'LL GO TO, WE'RE GONNA GO TO FELIX NEXT. 'CAUSE FELIX, I THINK YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS AS WELL. YES. TELL US WHY YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT. I AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS, UH, I'M IN FAVOR FOR IT BECAUSE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW, IT, IT'LL HELP, UM, RETAIN OFFICERS AND THEN ALSO IT'LL HELP, UM, ALLEVIATE THE PRESSURE OFF THE GENERAL FUND. UM, AND I KNOW IT, IT, IT'S A LOT HARDER TO GO AND ASK THE COUNSEL FOR CERTAIN ITEMS WHEN THEY CAN JUST GO TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR, FOR THESE ITEMS A LITTLE BIT. I WOULDN'T SAY EASIER, BUT IT'S UH, I GUESS LESS TIME TO, TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. BUT, UM, I, AS THE CITY GROWS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GROW TOO WITH THEM. SO. OKAY. STEVE? I THINK IT WOULD EXPEDITE ANY NEEDS THAT THEY HAD AND I'M ALL FOR IT. OKAY. HECTOR? I'M OKAY IN CREATING THIS, UH, CCPD BUT NOT FUNDING IT THROUGH THE RDC. UM, JUST LIKE TODAY, I MEAN, MARY WAS SHOWING SOME TAX ABATEMENT I THINK IT'S GONNA AFFECT IN THE FUTURE. UM, I MEAN I KNOW FELIX SAYS HE, HE, HE LIKES THAT IDEA. 'CAUSE IT'S FREE MONEY. BUT I MEAN, WHAT'S GONNA HURT OUR ECONOMY, I THINK FROM THE RDC POINT SIDE. UM, SO IF IT'S BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE RDC, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. OKAY, JESSICA? WELL, AND I, I THINK I WANNA DISTINGUISH THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY EXPRESSING OUR INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST STATING WHETHER WE WANNA PUT THIS ON A BALLOT. RIGHT. THAT'S TRUE. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE KEEP CONFUSING, LIKE OUR INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE FOR THIS CCPD OR NOT, WHEN REALLY IT'S, IF YOU WANNA EXPRESS YOUR OPINION ON THAT, YOU GO VOTE. 'CAUSE WE'RE ALL VOTERS I PRESUME. SO, UM, I THINK THE QUESTION WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS WHETHER WE WANNA PUT THIS ON A BALLOT FOR VOTERS TO APPROVE IT. AND THEN REALIZING WHEN WE SAY FUNDING IT FROM THE RDC, I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAKING MONEY FROM SOME ACCOUNT IN RDC DIRECTLY, LIKE WITHDRAWING IT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLOCATING OUR CITY SALES TAX. SO OUR CITY SALES TAX IS 2% AND 0.5% OF THAT IS WHAT FUNDS THE RDC. RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, IT'S A IT'S AN ADDITIONAL, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. NO, WELL, WHAT SHE SAYS IS CORRECT. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. SO 2% IS OUR SALES TAX POINT. 5% OF THAT FUNDS THE RDC. THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING WE PUT INTO THE RDC TO FUND TO FUND THIS CCPD. BUT EVEN THEN IT'S NOT, WHAT I WANNA CLARIFY IS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL ARE NOT VOTING TO, TO PUT THIS WHOLE PLAN INTO PLACE AND TO FUND THIS WHOLE PROGRAM AND TO TAKE MONEY AND DIVERT IT FROM FUNDING THE RDC INSTEAD FUNDING THE CCPD. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PUTTING IT ON A BALLOT FOR VOTERS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT. AND, AND THAT'S WELL SAID. THIS IS JUST TO PROPOSE THE IDEA TO THE VOTERS AND WE CAN GO VOTE AND EXPRESS [01:30:01] OUR OPINION THAT WAY. EXACTLY. GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE A, A PREFERENCE? THIS WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE SALES TAX THAT GOES TO THE RDC. IT WOULDN'T ELIMINATE THE, THE RDC UH, PORTION, JUST REALLOCATE SOME OF WHAT A, A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALES TAX THAT RDC ALREADY GETS AND IT WOULD EARMARK IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND, BUT, BUT THIS ITEM SAYS IT WOULD PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND LET PEOPLE VOTE YES OR NO. SO WE'RE NOT VOTING TONIGHT FOR AT REALLOCATING IT. WE WERE VOTE, WE'RE VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT TO LET PEOPLE DECIDE IF THEY WISH TO REALLOCATE. SO IN MAY THEY'RE GONNA VOTE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO DO THIS, IF THEY WISH TO REALLOCATE IT. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION TO US. UH, DO WE WISH TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT? WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? DO YOU WISH TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT, YES OR NO? YES. ALRIGHT. NOW I WILL SAY THIS, UM, I'M OKAY WITH PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT. I, I WANT TO, UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE IF THERE WERE SEVERAL ME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE. THERE IS ONLY HAPPENS TO BE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE. AND THAT IS AMANDA BARTA. AND IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, UH, SHE'S NOT ONLY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. SHE IS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND SHE WORKED ON SEVERAL BUDGETS. 'CAUSE WE, WE SERVE TOGETHER. UH, UH, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON, UH, AMANDA, WOULD YOU MIND COMING TO, TO THE MICROPHONE? FORMER RDC. AND DID YOU SERVE ON THE RDC? AMANDA? YOU DID. SO YOU SERVED ON THE RDC AND YOU WERE MEMBER COUNSEL. SO YOU, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES OF THIS, UH, DEAL HERE. WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR, DO YOU, IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION, UH, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LETTING THE VOTERS DECIDE TO, TO, UH, REALLOCATE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCEEDS THAT GO TO THE RDC NOW? WELL THAT'S WHY I CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA. IF I HAD KNOWN WE COULD DO THIS WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, I WOULD'VE PUSHED FOR IT. OKAY. SO YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED. WE NEED MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET PER, PER SHIFT. IT'S BEEN THE SAME NUMBER OF OFFICERS FOR YEARS ON THE SHIFT. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE INCREASED IT SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE, BUT IT HAD NOT INCREASED AT THAT TIME IN OVER 12 YEARS WHEN OUR POPULATION HAS JUST EXPLODED. TO ME, THAT'S NEGLIGENCE ON THE CITY COUNCIL PART. UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING. I'VE BEEN ON RTC, THEY GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. AN EIGHTH OF A CENT IS NOT GONNA HURT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT ALL IN THIS CITY. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE ONE YEAR WE KEPT THE TAX RATE THE SAME, THE CITIZENS TOLD ME, KEEP IT THE SAME. IF YOU ADD MORE OFFICERS TO THE STREET, THAT IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR CITIZENS. SO, AND THIS IS A CITIZEN VOTE, I THINK IT SHOULD GO ON THE BALLOT. AND YOU LET THE CITIZENS DECIDE. IT'S NOT YOUR PERSONAL OPINION UP HERE IS WHAT THE MAJORITY WANT. AND I THINK IF IT GOES TO THE VOTE AND THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM, IT'S NOT INCREASING THEIR TAX BASE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY WOULD VOTE FOR THAT ONE EIGHTH OF ASCENT TO GO TO THE PD. AND I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN NOW YOU CAN HIRE EXTRA OFFICERS EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR THIS. AND IS IT A WHOLE SEPARATE FUND THAT IT'S SEPARATE AND IT STAYS SEPARATE FROM THEIR GENERAL, FROM THEIR FUND, ESSENTIALLY? YES. SO IT IT ENDS UP BEING DEPOSITED BACK WITH THE CITY, BUT IT IS KEPT IN A SEPARATE FUND. SO IT IS, IT IS ITS OWN THING. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, AND THAT'S GOOD 'CAUSE THEN IT COULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ITEMIZED ON WHAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SPENT FOR. BUT I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS. 'CAUSE I CERTAINLY WOULD'VE PUSHED IT TO BE ON THE BALLOT. AND I THINK IT WOULD'VE PASSED THEN. AND I THINK IT WILL PASSED NOW. 'CAUSE I THINK THE CITIZENS, UH, WITH THE MILLIONS THAT RDC GETS, IT'S NOT THAT LITTLE BIT IS NOT GONNA HURT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT ALL. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, GARNERED ABOUT, UH, ALMOST 7 MILLION LAST YEAR. YEAH. AND I'VE BEEN ON RDCI WENT TO THE CONVENTION WITH OUR DIRECTOR IN VEGAS TO, TO RU COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES HERE. I'VE I'VE DONE ALL THAT. SO I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXES OF THAT. YEAH. BUT MISSING A MILLION OR SO DOLLARS ISN'T GONNA HURT THAT. SO IF YOU TOOK AT ALL, IF YOU TOOK, IF YOU SUBTRACTED, UM, I THINK IT WAS, UH, WHAT DID THE RDC, MARY, WHAT DID THE R [01:35:01] UH, UH, JOYCE YEAR, WHAT DID THE RDC GARNER LAST YEAR OR WHAT'S PROJECTED LIKE ALMOST 7 MILLION. RIGHT? SALES TECH. YEAH, ABOUT ABOUT 6.8. 6.8. YEAH. SO IF YOU SUBTRACT, UM, THAT IT WOULD STILL, UH, 6.8 MINUS 1.7 IS STILL WHAT, 5 MILLION? OVER 5 MILLION? 5.1. 5.1 MILLION. UM, THAT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY. THANK YOU AMANDA OPINION. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. A QUESTION FOR, UH, THE CHIEF, IF THIS WAS SPENT JUST ON SALARY. JUST ON SALARY, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT VARIES ON WHO, HOW MUCH THEY MADE THIS AND THAT. BUT LET'S SAY, UH, AVERAGE, HOW MANY ADDITIONAL, UM, STAFF, PREFERABLY PATROLMEN, PATROL PERSONS, UH, ROUGHLY, UH, WOULD, WOULD, COULD THIS ADD TO THE, UH, TO THE RANK AND FILE? UH, I MEAN VERY LOOSE, VERY BROADLY, VERY LOOSE. IT'S BEEN BROAD. I WOULD SAY 1.7. 10 TO 12. 10 TO 12. WELL, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A CONSERVATIVE WITHOUT HAVING THE, WELL, THAT'S MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND A PERSON. BUT I GUESS YOU GOT BENEFITS. BENEFITS AND VACATION AND STUFF. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT'S THE DURATION OF THIS? WAS IT UNTIL FURTHER ELECTION? WOULD IT HAVE TO IN ORDER TO BE REVOKED OR? SO THE INITIAL TERM IS FIVE YEARS. AND THEN, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO UH, RENEW IT. RENEW IT, BUT IT GOES TO A VOTE AGAIN. AND WHEN IT GOES TO A VOTE AGAIN, IT CAN BE RENEWED FOR EITHER 5, 10, 15 OR 20 YEARS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THIS POTENTIALLY ON THE BALLOT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AND THEN IT'LL BE REASSESSED AGAIN ON A BALLOT. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. UM, NOW, UH, SO WHAT IS YOUR, UH, LET ME JUST SAY, OKAY, SO OF THIS HALF A CENT, UH, THE MINIMUM THAT WE COULD ASK THE PUBLIC TO REALLOCATE IS ONE EIGHTH OF A CENT, WHICH THE AVERAGE FOR WHAT IS GENERATED FOR RDC, UM, IS ABOUT 1.7 MILLION. ALRIGHT? BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE LIMITED AT THAT AMOUNT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE STATUTE SAYS WHATEVER TAX INCREMENT YOU DO, IT HAS TO BE IN AN INCREMENT OF ONE EIGHTH OF 1%. ALRIGHT. SO IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE TWO EIGHTHS, WHICH WOULD BE A QUARTER QUARTER, WHICH WOULD BE HALF OF WHAT RDC GARNERS. THAT'S RIGHT. ALRIGHT. SO IF, AND I'M NOT SAYING DO THIS, I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING AT NUMBERS HERE. SO IF RDC, UM, NETS AVERAGE 6.8 MILLION AND YOU, AND, AND, AND THE VOTERS APPROVED, LET'S SAY WE, WE SAID TO ASK THE VOTERS IF THEY WOULD APPROVE HALF OF THAT HALF, HALF OF THAT HALF, WHICH WOULD BE A QUARTER. ALRIGHT? THEN RDC WOULD STILL GARNER, UH, THREE OR IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET WOULD'VE STILL GARNERED 3.4 MILLION. RIGHT? ALRIGHT. NOW, SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, DOES THE, DOES THE RDC STILL NEED 3.4 MILLION? DO THEY NEED MORE THAN THAT? DO THEY NEED LESS THAN THAT? SO THAT'S THE, THE QUESTION THAT I PUT BEFORE Y'ALL TODAY, BECAUSE ONCE, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR MIND LATER AND SAY, WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR MORE. WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS OR WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT. SO MAYOR, IS THIS, IS THIS YOUR SUGGESTION? UH, AS ONE EIGHTH, OR WOULD IT BE ONE FOURTH? YEAH, AND MAYOR, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY THIS A LITTLE BIT. SO THE BOARD IS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY PROPOSES THE PLAN AND THE BUDGET AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING. SO, OH, OKAY. SO THEY'LL BE THE ONES TO DETERMINE, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE, WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS GONNA BE THAT GOES TO THE VOTERS. OH. BUT, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX. AND SO I THINK THIS MAY BE ANALOGOUS TO THE BOND, THE SCHOOL BOND, UM, ARGUMENTS THAT CAME UP WITH THE LAST ELECTION, UM, WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF THE SCHOOL BONDS WERE SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT SEEMS OR SOUNDS OR SAYS THAT IT'S A TAX INCREASE ON THE BALLOT, THEORETICALLY IT, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE GROWTH IN THE AREA. PEOPLE ARE GONNA PAY MORE PROPERTY TAXES AND THAT GROWTH IS GONNA FUND THE BOND. SO IS IT ANALOGOUS TO [01:40:01] SAY IN THIS SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING MAJOR HOTELS AND MORE RETAILERS, POTENTIALLY THE CITY IS GONNA COLLECT MORE SALES TAX AS WE GROW. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX. SO RDC MAY END UP GETTING MORE MONEY IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS THAN THEY DID THIS YEAR. MM-HMM . EVEN IF WE TAKE AWAY A PORTION OF THEIR SALES TAX, JUST BECAUSE WE MAY EXPERIENCE GROWTH AND MORE SALES TAX WILL BE PAYABLE IN GENERAL. CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BASED ON GROWTH. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERCENTAGES HERE, RIGHT? SO IF WE COLLECTED, FOR EXAMPLE, A MILLION DOLLARS IN SALES TAX THIS YEAR, BUT THEN IN TWO YEARS WE'VE GOT A MAJOR HOTEL, WE'VE GOT MORE RESTAURANTS, WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS, EPICENTERS TAKING CONCERTS, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE SALES TAX IN MAYBE TWO YEARS THAN THERE WAS THIS YEAR. YEAH, IT'S POSSIBLE. IF NOT LIKELY. BUT OUTTA FAIRNESS, THE, AND OF COURSE THE, THE FEAR OF OUR FRIENDS THAT CAME AND SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THIS IS ALSO, EVEN THOUGH THEY USUALLY GO UP, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, YOU RUN THE RISK OF SALES TAX GOING DOWN. AND, AND THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FOR RDC IS TO GENERATE JOBS, YOU WANT A GOOD ROBUST ECONOMY, Y'ALL KNOW THAT. BUT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS AND I THOUGHT IF YOU ASK THE PUBLIC, 'CAUSE THE PUBLIC, THEY, THEY KNOW ABOUT WE NEED POLICE, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF OF RDC, BUT EVERYBODY WANTS A GOOD ECONOMY. BUT IF YOU ASK THE PUBLIC, I I, IF, IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE WHO HAPPENS TO BE PRETTY INFORMED ON IT. UM, BUT IF YOU ASKED THE GENERAL PUBLIC, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD TO PRIORITIZE SPENDING, AND BY THE WAY WE RAN ON PRIORITIZED SPENDING, WHAT WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE MORE POLICING OR MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? UH, OR MORE DEVELOPMENT? I, I, I THINK TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, OUR FRIENDS WOULD SAY WE DON'T EVEN WANT ANY MORE DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT ENOUGH CONGESTION. OF COURSE PEOPLE WANT GOOD JOBS. AND, AND I THINK THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. YOU, YOU, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD ECONOMY, YOU GOTTA HAVE SECURITY, YOU GOTTA HAVE SAFETY. PEOPLE CAN'T BE GETTING ROBBED GOING TO HOME DEPOT. UH, OF COURSE THEY ARE, BUT I MEAN THEY GET CAUGHT A LOT OF 'EM. AND WE HAVE A GOOD DETERRENCE 'CAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD PRESENCE, UM, IN ROSENBERG AND WE WANNA MAINTAIN THAT. SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK OUT OF FAIRNESS, MAYBE THE PUBLIC WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE NEED, WE NEED BOTH. WE NEED TO HAVE POLICE, WE NEED TO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE WANT TO BE FAIR AND WE NEED 'EM EQUALLY BOTH. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT EQUALLY BOTH AND YOU SPLIT THE BABY AND THE BABY'S HALF A CENT, THEN IF YOU, IF YOU WENT ON THAT CONTEXT, YOU WOULD SAY A QUARTER OF A QUARTER WOULD GO TO THE POLICE AND A QUARTER WOULD GO TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT AN EIGHTH. WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WAIT, I THOUGHT ALL WE WERE DOING IS VOTING WHETHER IT PUTS US ON THE BALLOT OR NOT, WE'RE NOT DECIDING. RIGHT. AND, AND AGAIN, IS ENTERTAINING THAT DECISION WOULD ULTIMATELY BE MADE BY, BY THE BOARD. I MEAN, COUNCIL CAN, CAN GIVE THEIR PREFERENCE, BUT ULTIMATELY THE BOARD'S SOMEONE THAT CALLS THE SO REALLY RIGHT NOW IS NOT A DISCUSSION FOR PERCENTAGE. I I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, COUNSEL CAN GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT THEY'RE GONNA APPOINT ON THE NEXT ITEM, BUT OKAY. YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE WILL WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER THEN. OKAY. SO WILL YOU ALL, I THINK, UM, HECTOR'S A HUNDRED PERCENT ADAMANT HE'S OUT ON THAT. WE'RE OUT ON, OUT ON PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT OR YOU'RE PERSONALLY GONNA VOTE A CERTAIN WAY WHEN IF IT IS ON THE BALLOT. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I'M GONNA VOTE A CERTAIN WAY WHEN IT'S ON THE BALLOT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ARE YOU OPPOSED TO PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT VERSUS LIKE YOUR OPINION ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD VOTE? WELL, GRABBING THE FUNDS FROM RDC YES, I'M OPPOSED. BUT ARE YOU OPPOSED TO JUST PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT BUT CREATING THE CPD? I'M NOT OPPOSED, BUT WERE YOU GRABBING THE FUNDS? YES, I KNOW, BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT'S, I MEAN, JUST TO ADD IT TO THE BALLOT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE ON IT, IT'S JUST LIKE THE SPLASH PAD THEY ADDED TO THE BALLOT AND THEY WON. YEAH. SO IT'S WHAT IT IS. OKAY. SO WHAT ACTION DO WE, WHAT SHOULD THE VERBIAGE OF THE ACTION BE, IF THE MAJORITY, SO SO THE RESOLUTION IS TO PROPOSE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. YES, SIR. TO PROPOSE. ALRIGHT. WHO WILL MAKE THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. ALRIGHT. HE'LL SECOND THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT. GO AHEAD. I SECOND. [01:45:02] ALRIGHT. SECONDED BY STEVE. YOU GOTTA BE FASTER GEORGE IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING GREEN. YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY GREEN. NO, I MEAN RED. NO. ALRIGHT, THE EYES HAVE IT NOW WE'LL MOVE TO [9. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4006, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, appointing temporary directors to the Crime Control and Prevention District Board. (Brandon Morris, City Attorney) ] THE NEXT ITEM. WE'RE GONNA NEED A LITTLE, MAYBE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS ONE. CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4 0 0 6. A RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS APPOINTING A TEMPORARY TEMPORARY DIRECTORS TO THE CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD BRANDON MORRIS. AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, AT THE AUGUST 19TH, 2025, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT WOULD BE GOVERNED BY A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD INCLUDE PREPARING A CRIME AND BUDGET PLAN, REVIEWING AND APPROVING AN ANNUAL BUDGET, MONITORING EXPENDITURES, AND ENSURING ACTIVITIES ALIGN WITH THE STATUTORY PURPOSES OF THE CCPD. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 360 3 0.052 TEMPORARY BOARD STATES THE FOLLOWING NOT LATER THAN THE 60TH DAY AFTER THE DATE. THE DISTRICT IS PROPOSED TO BE CREATED BY A GOVERNING BODY. THE GOVERNING BODY SHALL APPOINT SEVEN PERSONS THAT RESIDE IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT TO SERVE AS TEMPORARY DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT, NOT LATER THAN THE 75TH DAY AFTER THE DATE. THE DISTRICT IS PROPOSED. TEMPORARY BOARD SHALL ORGANIZE THE DIRECTORS OF THE TEMPORARY BOARD SHALL ELECT ONE OF THE DIRECTORS AS PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE BOARD, NOT LATER THAN THE 15TH DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT. SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4,005 IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM TO CREATE THE CCPD COUNCIL MAY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TEMPORARY DIRECTORS TO THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD. RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 4,006 AUTHORIZES THE APPOINTMENT OF THE INITIAL DIRECTORS TO THE CCPD BOARD AS PRESENTED. OKAY, I'M GONNA GO BACK AGAIN TO RICHARD AND RICHARD AND FELIX, ONE OF Y'ALL JUMP IN AND TELL US WHAT YOUR SUGGESTION IS FOR, FOR THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? SO, SO INITIALLY COUNCIL APPOINTS THE TEMPORARY BOARD. UM, AND IT COULD BE ANYBODY WHO LIVES WITHIN THE CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT, WHICH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE ENTIRE CITY. YEAH. SO ANYONE IN THE CITY INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STATUTES THAT ACTUALLY SAYS COUNCIL CAN APPOINT THEMSELVES AS THE BOARD. OKAY. IS IT NO, NO MORE OR NO, NO MORE OR NO LESS, NO MORE OR, AND NO, NO LESS THAN SEVEN. THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY SAYS SEVEN. IT HAS TO BE SEVEN HAS TO BE SEVEN, NOT MINIMUM. SEVEN. AND WE CAN GO ABOVE. THAT'S RIGHT. ALRIGHT. RICHARD OR FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? DO THESE HAVE TO BE PICKED TONIGHT? THEY DON'T. UM, THE REASON WE'VE GOT IT ON TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THERE'S STILL QUITE A FEW STEPS BEFORE WE CAN CALL THE ELECTION THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. AND ALL THE DATES ARE KIND OF TIED INTO ONE ANOTHER. UM, SO SINCE THE BOARD WAS, OR THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT WAS PROPOSED TONIGHT, THE BOARD HAS TO BE APPOINTED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF TODAY. SO, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OR VET CAN WE CHANGE PEOPLE OUT IF WE APPOINT TONIGHT, WOULD THAT GET THE BALL ROLLING? AND WE COULD CHANGE PEOPLE OUT LATER IF NEED BE. THE, THE STATUTE ONLY PROVIDES FOR COUNSEL APPOINTING THE TEMPORARY BOARD ONCE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT PASSES AT AN ELECTION, THERE'S A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTING BOARD MEMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT ONCE YOU APPOINT THE TEMPORARY BOARD THAT THAT'S WHO IT IS, THAT'S THE BOARD. AND TEMPORARY IS FOR HOW LONG? AGAIN? IT'S UNTIL THE ELECTION, WHICH IS HOW LONG. SO THE ELECTION WILL BE IN MAY. PROVIDED WE GET EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE THEN HERE'S THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY, AND Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, OR WE CAN PUT IT OFF AND THEN ASK AND CALL AND ASK SUPPORTERS OR FRIENDS, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT. BUT THE REASON WHEN IT CAME UP BEFORE THAT I LIKED THE IDEAL OF US IS BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF US UP HERE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. SHE'S NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING, OKAY, IF IT'S ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE I KNOW, OKAY. UNLESS SEVEN, ONE OF THE SEVEN DOESN'T WANNA RE WELL, LET'S ASK, LET'S ASK EVERYBODY. WE ARE GOING TO, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING THE THING ABOUT IT IS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. IF YOU PICK A CITIZEN, THAT PERSON DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE [01:50:01] BAD OR, OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT PERSON IS NOT HELD NECESSARILY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS. BUT WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT THE, RICHARD AND FELIX, WHAT Y'ALL'S PREFERENCE. I WANNA KNOW YOUR PRE, WE WANNA KNOW YOUR PREFERENCE FIRST. YOU WANT CITIZENS OR CITIZEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WANT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO BE ON IT. IF, IF YOU DON'T, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT STEVE'S SITUATION. YEAH, I DO. WELL, WELL YOU'RE ON, HE'S ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. AND I THINK RIGHT NOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. IS, THIS IS A SPECIAL TASK FORCE. SO, AND, AND THIS IS ONE WHERE IT, IT'S A TEMPORARY BOARD ANYWAY. OKAY. AND THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY SAYS COUNSEL CAN APPOINT THEMSELVES. AND BY THE WAY, STEVE IS NOT ON THE BOARD. YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU'RE, YOU'RE A NON-VOTING MEMBER. IT'S LIKE WHY? GO? WELL THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT, OKAY. WELL THEN I'M JUST SAYING I THOUGHT HE WAS ON, STEVE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO ANYWAY, I, I, IF, IF EVERYONE HERE WANTS TO BE ON IT, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THEN ON FELIX, WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? 'CAUSE YOU'RE PUSHING FOR THIS. UH, WOULD COUNSEL I WOULD DO. I WOULD SAY COUNSEL. ALRIGHT. NOW STEVE, WHAT DO YOU WANT COUNSEL? UH, HECTOR, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THE DEAL TO BEGIN WITH, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK? NO, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA SERVE. SO Y'ALL CAN SKIP ME OUT ON THAT. ALRIGHT, UH, JESSICA, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE PURPOSE OF THE TEMPORARY BOARD IS TO PROPOSE A BUDGET, RIGHT? THE CRIME PLAN, PROPOSE THE BUDGET AND THEN ULTIMATELY CALL THE ELECTION. SO WHAT WOULD BE OUR DUTIES IF WE WERE ON THIS TEMPORARY BOARD? SO, UH, LET'S SEE. GOT YOUR CHECKLIST HERE. SO THE BOARD HAS TO ORGANIZE AND ELECT A PRESIDING OFFICER, APPROVE THE CRIME CONTROL PLAN THE BUDGET PLAN, AND THEN ORDER THE ELECTION ON THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT AND TAX ADOPTION. AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE IT FOR THE BOARD. SO I KNOW THAT'S PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS. I KNOW A LOT OF CITIZENS ARE OPPOSED TO THE COUNCIL SERVING ON THE BOARD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ALREADY DO FOR THE CITY AND THE REST OF THE MONEY THAT THE CITY CONTROLS. RIGHT. AND, AND I WILL SAY WITH CPDS, FROM, FROM WHAT I CAN FIND, AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE FOR OUR FIRM, AND YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, UH, 18 OR SO CITIES AROUND HOUSTON. UH, SO THERE'S NOT A TON OF THESE OUT HERE. IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT NEW, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN FIND, IT SEEMS LIKE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, COUNCIL DOES SUPPORT APPOINT THEMSELVES AS THE TEMPORARY BOARD. AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY RIGHT NOW, UM, THE CCPD, LIKE IT'S NOT REALLY FUNDED YET, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. AND IN FACT, IT'S NOT EVEN CREATED YET. IT'S JUST PROPOSED TO BE CREATED. IT, IT WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE CREATED UNTIL THE VOTERS VOTE ON IT. SO IN THE MEANTIME, WHOEVER'S ON THE TEMPORARY BOARD IS LARGELY JUST KIND OF PLANNING IN THE EVENT THAT IT IS CREATED. HOW WOULD IT BE INITIALLY? SO YES, I MEAN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SORT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, YOU GOTTA COME UP WITH A BUDGET IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT TAX RATE YOU'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO THE VOTERS. SO I I MEAN IT, THERE ACTUALLY IS QUITE A BIT OF WORK EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TEMPORARY BOARD. I KNOW, BUT I, I JUST KNOW PEOPLE'S CONCERNS WITH US SERVING IS THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE CONTROL ALL THE DECISION MAKING, WE CONTROL ALL THE BUDGET, WE CONTROL, BUT IN, IN REALITY, WE ALREADY CONTROL ALL OF THAT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. ISN'T THAT FAIR? THAT'S RIGHT. AND, AND FOR THE TEMPORARY BOARD, YOU'RE CONTROLLING WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO THE VOTERS. VOTERS ULTIMATELY DECIDE EVERYTHING ANYWAY. AND THEN ONCE, IF IT IS PASSED, THEN IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BOARD THAT CAN BE APPOINTED THEN, THEN COUNSEL, UH, APPOINTS THE, THE PERMANENT BOARD. AND THAT CAN BE COUNCIL, THAT CAN NOT BE COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT BOARD. IT IS, IT, IT CAN BE A DIFFERENT BOARD OR IT CAN BE THE SAME BOARD. AND ULTIMATELY, LET'S SAY THE CHIEF GOES AND LET'S SAY EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, MONEY'S THERE AND EVERYTHING AND THE CHIEF GOES AND HIRES, UH, WANTS TO HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES. WELL, IT WOULD STILL COME BACK. THE, THE, THE, THE BOARD WOULD VOTE FOR IT. THEY WOULD FUND IT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT WOULD STILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THEY WOULDN'T, I MEAN, THEY WOULDN'T FUND IT UNTIL COUNCIL APPROVED IT. WOULDN'T THE COUNCIL HAVE TO RATIFY THE BOARD'S DECISIONS? NO. SO, SO IT'S, IT'S SORT OF TREATED AS A ALMOST ITS OWN ENTITY WITH, WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE TAX REVENUE THAT THEY BRING IN. SO IT, IT'S REALLY KIND OF A SEPARATE BUDGET. SO THE COUNCIL WOULD NOT HAVE TO RATIFY THE, THE, UH, THE BOARD COMMITTEE, THE BOARD'S DECISION. THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE INITIAL BUDGET. THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AND THEN THEY, THEY ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS, IF I'M CORRECT, UM, WITHIN THAT SCOPE. LIKE HE HAS AN APPROVED BUDGET RIGHT NOW. BUT WITHIN THAT HE GO, HE, HE, HE DOESN'T TELL US ALL HIS OFFICE SUPPLIES THAT HE BUYS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT IF HE ADDS SOMETHING NEW, THEN THAT HAS TO BE, UH, GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. YEAH, IT WOULD COME BACK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. YES. BUT INITIALLY EVERYTHING HE WANTS, UM, [01:55:01] WOULD, WOULD BE APPROVED AT FIRST BY THE BOARD AND THEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO COUNCIL DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. SO IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, COUNCIL ULTIMATELY APPROVES THE OVERALL FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CCPD IS CONTRIBUTING. SO, OKAY. IN ROUNDABOUT WAY, YES. WHO'S ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE, ON THE TEMPORARY BOARD? ANYBODY THE SAME REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER BOARDS? AS LONG AS UH, YOU LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE FULL CITY. SO YEAH, I MEAN IT WOULD BASICALLY BE ANYBODY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? GEORGE? UH, I THINK, WELL, WE'LL, WE WILL PUT IT TO A VOTE. SO ARE YOU OKAY WITH, UH, APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THE COMMITTEE? YES SIR. I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. ALRIGHT. YOU WANNA BE SURE? ALRIGHT, WELL IF WE NEED SEVEN THOUGH, WE'D NEED AN EXTRA PERSON. 'CAUSE I THINK HE, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO, WELL WE CAN GET TO THAT. UM, SO DO WE, WHAT WE, CAN WE APPOINT WHO WE WISH TO APPOINT TONIGHT? AND THEN WE'LL GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO ADD THE PERSON? OR DO YOU NEED TO DO IT ALL? IT'S GONNA BE ALL ONE SHOT. THE, THE LANGUAGE THAT HE USES, VERY SPECIFIC. IT SAYS SHALLOW POINT. WE WILL THE LAST COMMAND OF IT. SHE'S THE ONLY ONE HERE. AMANDA, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE? ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S SEVEN PEOPLE. DO WE HAVE SEVEN? THAT'S SEVEN. YEAH, WE HAD HECTOR. WELL, I MEAN, JUST GOT IN. OH YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BEING ON THE TEMPORARY BOARD. ALRIGHT. 'CAUSE IF NOT, THEN WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO APPOINT, WE NEED TO MENTION A NAME OF SOMEONE THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEIR APPROVAL. MM-HMM . WHICH I COULD DO OR SOME Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO DO. ALRIGHT, SO HERE WILL BE THE MOTION. I'LL MAKE WELL, DOES ANYBODY WISH GO AHEAD. I'M ALRIGHT. HERE'S THE MOTION THAT WE APPOINT ALL THE COUNSEL THAT IS WILLING TO SERVE. HECTOR HAS DECLINED AND AMANDA TO SERVE TO THIS, TO LET ME MAKE THAT MOTION TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD OR COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY FELIX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO. WE HAVE SIX APPROVALS, SIX YESES, AND ONE ABSTAIN. ALRIGHT, MOTION PASSES. AND, AND MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE MORE THING TO THAT. SO THE, SINCE THE, UH, COUNSEL APPROVE THE TEMPORARY BOARD, IT, IT TRIGGERS OUR NEXT DEADLINE, WHICH IS WITHIN 15 DAYS FROM TODAY, THE BOARD HAS TO ORGANIZE AND ELECT A RESIDING OFFICER. SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP. SO WE'LL DO THAT ON THE, UH, 16TH. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WANTED IT TONIGHT BECAUSE IF WE DID IT ON THE 16TH, THEN WE GOT 15 DAYS AND THROUGH CHRISTMAS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND A MEETING BETWEEN CHRISTMAS EVE. I'VE GOT NO PROBLEM HAVING Y'ALL BE HERE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. I'VE, I NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I GOTTA BE IN TOWN. EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD BE TOO. NO, I'M KIDDING WITH YOU. BUT THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY. THE 16TH IS GOOD AND, AND IT WILL NEED TO BE A SEPARATE BOARD MEETING. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO A BEFORE OR AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE A SEPARATE MEETING, NOTICE ALL THAT SORT OF THING. BUT IT CAN BE DONE ON THE SAME DAY BEFORE. I GOT IT. NOT AFTER. YEAH. ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THAT? ANY OTHER ACTION WE NEED? NO SIR. NOT TONIGHT. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO [10. Hold Executive Session to consult with City Attorney to seek legal advice regarding pending or contemplated litigation pursuant to Sec. 551.071 of the Texas Government Code; to deliberate the potential purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code; and to deliberate economic development negotiations pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code. ] A, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING IMP PENDING CONTEMPLATING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND TO DELIBERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NEGOTIATIONS, PURSU PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. SECONDED BY JESSICA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY NO. ALRIGHT. THE AYES. GEORGE, YOU GONNA VOTE ON THIS? YOU HAVE TO PUSH SOMETHING IF YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT, EITHER PUSH YES OR NO. ALRIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL [11. Adjourn Executive Session, reconvene Regular Session, and take action as necessary as a result of Executive Session. ] MAKE A MOTION TO, OH, I GOT, WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO COME BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES. TO RECONVENE. SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO RECONVENE. WE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION, WE JUST NEED THE MAYOR TO STATE THE TIME THAT WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD. ALRIGHT. WE'RE RECONVENING AT 9:12 PM JESSICA HAS A DIFFERENT MOTION TO MAKE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH GREEN? YES. OR SAY [02:00:01] YES. OKAY. SAY GREEN. YES. SAY YES OR PUSH GREEN. YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH. NO. FELIX, YOU GONNA VOTE? UH, ALRIGHT. IT PASSES. SIX TO SIX TO AB. ONE ABSENT. ONE ABSTAIN. ALRIGHT, WE WILL ADJOURN. WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY TOMORROW AT THE, UH, EMPLOYEE BANQUET AT 1130. 1130 AND SATURDAY. IF Y'ALL ARE AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.