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[ Call to order: City Hall Council Chamber ]
30.LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
SHE'S GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PRAYER, IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG STAND IF YOU, IF YOU MAY, IF YOU CAN.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BEGIN THIS MEETING TONIGHT, ASKING FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WISDOM.
LORD, UPON THESE, UH, SERVANTS AND LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH IN THIS CITY, BE WITH OUR CITY AND THIS BRAND NEW YEAR, WE PRAY FOR PROSPERITY AND HOPE, HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS AND THOSE THAT WORK AND SERVE AMONG US.
WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
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.
WELL, IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.
IS ANOTHER YEAR HERE IN ROSENBERG.
OKAY, SO I'M JUST TAKE A SECOND TO TALK ABOUT
[ Presentation of a Certificate of Recognition to the Randle High School Football Team in Recognition of Their Outstanding Season and Participation in the Class 5A Division II State Championship Game. (William Benton, Mayor) ]
THE RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.UH, THESE FOLKS LAST YEAR WON IT ALL THIS YEAR.
OUR COMMUNITY APPRECIATES THEIR WORK.
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE DID A GREAT JOB.
THEY'RE ALL FUTURE LEADERS AND ARE GONNA BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, IN THEIR CAREERS.
ANYWAY, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, WE COULDN'T LET IT GO BY WITHOUT RECOGNIZING Y'ALL.
RECOGNIZE THE PLAYERS, RECOGNIZE YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR COACHES AND THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL.
COACH RANDALL WORKS AT RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S, NO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A COINCIDENCE, BUT HIS DAD WAS DR. RANDALL.
I I MET YOUR DAD A A FEW TIMES ANYWAY.
I HOPE, I HOPE HIM AND YOUR MOM ARE DOING WELL AND GIVE THEM ALL REGARDS.
BUT, UM, IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND COUNSEL, IF YOU'D, IF YOU'D LIKE, LET'S GO AND TAKE A PICTURE.
UM, LET ME READ THIS PRESENTATION, UH, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AND RECOGNITION OF THE RANDALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM FOR ADVANCING, UH, TO THE CLASS A FIVE DIVISION TWO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND FOR PRESENTING THEIR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY WITH DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE, PERSEVERANCE, I SHOULD SAY, AND SPORTSMANSHIP THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
YOUR HARD WORK, TEAMWORK AND COMMITMENT, EXEMPLIFY THE VALUES OF EXCELLENCE AND DETERMINATION AND YOUR EFFORTS ARE A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR THE RANDALL COMMUNITY.
SO, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY, WE WOULD LOVE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
THIS IS THE FUNNEST PART OF OUR OBLIGATIONS HERE.
THEY'RE, THERE'S SOME BIG GUYS.
SO, UH, I WOULD SAY THE YOUNGEST FOLKS HERE, Y'ALL ARE THE PLAYERS.
IS HE HERE? AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OKAY.
ANYWAY, YOU'RE ALL OUTSTANDING.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR HARD WORK IN SCHOOL.
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COACH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS.AND SO FAR HE'S GOT THE ARMS DOWN
WE WISH Y'ALL WELL THE NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
GO GRAB YOU A LAST MINUTE DECISION.
OKAY, NOW WE GOT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[ Announcements. ]
WE HAVE SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.UM, HOWEVER, THE TRASH COMPANY WILL NOT CLOSE.
SO WE SEE PEOPLE WORKING ON DAY, ON THAT DAY PICKING UP OUR TRASH.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA BE OFF.
UM, SO WE WILL, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY INTERRUPTION.
TRASH SERVICE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE A SEAT PROVIDED FOR, WE WILL HAVE A CATERED MEAL.
IT'S AT THE CIVIC CENTER, JANUARY THE 29TH, EIGHT.
THAT'S A THURSDAY, 1130 TO 1:00 PM I WILL GIVE A REV OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, LAST YEAR WE DID A LOT OF STUFF.
WE'RE GONNA LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WE DID AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO.
UH, PROCEEDS FROM THAT WILL BENEFIT BEAUTIFICATION IN ROSENBERG AND ANIMAL SERVICES.
SET THE VERY NEXT DAY AT THE ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 35 20.
APPLICATIONS FOR ROSENBERG 1 0 1.
TEACHES FOLKS ABOUT, UM, ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT.
ROSENBERG CITY GOVERNMENT TO BE SPECIFIC.
AND WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS, IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY LIMIT, UH, IT'S NO COST TO TO GO TO THAT CLASS.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF THE CLASS, BUT, UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE CLASS OR SEE THESE MEETINGS ONLINE OR COME IN PERSON.
WE ALL, WE NEVER MIND HAVING FO UH, FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC HERE.
GENERAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2ND.
EVERYBODY ON ON THIS DIOCESE UP FOR ELECTION OR REELECTION.
THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 2ND.
APPLICATIONS FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT MAY BE FILED.
JAN, UH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH FOR MAYOR AT LARGE.
POSITION NUMBER ONE AT LARGE POSITION NUMBER TWO, DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CONTACT OUR CITY
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SECRETARY DOWN THERE.THAT'S OUR CITY MANAGER, DANIELLE SWIN AT, UH, 8 3 2 5 9 5 33 40 THIS SATURDAY.
UM, JANUARY 10TH, UH, OUR ANIMAL SHELTER WILL HAVE A GRAND OPENING OPEN HOUSE AND LARGE ADOPTION EVENT.
UM, THIS IS, UH, PLEASE JOIN US.
ROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER WILL HOST A GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW ANIMAL CONTROL, QUARANTINE AND STORAGE BUILDING, WHICH IS AN EXPANSION TO THE FACILITY THERE, ALONG WITH OPEN HOUSE ADOPTION EVENTS.
SATURDAY, UH, JANUARY THE 10TH FROM 11 TO THREE.
THE ADDRESS IS 1207 BLOOMY ROAD.
COME TOUR, THE NEW BUILDING, MEET ADOPTABLE PETS.
IF THEY'RE NOT FREE, THEY'RE VERY INEXPENSIVE.
UH, SOME OF THESE ARE NICE LOOKING ANIMALS.
YOU, YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE FREE.
UM, THEY'VE ALL BEEN SPAY, NEUTERED, CHIPPED, VAXXED, UH, SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, VALUE FOR EACH OF THESE ANIMALS FOR, UH, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.
CHIEF, DO YOU KNOW, ARE THEY CHARGING A LITTLE BIT TO ADOPT THESE ANIMALS OR TO NOT SURE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR FAVORITE PRICE.
NOT NECESSARILY FREE TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THE CITY, WE GET DONATIONS, WE GET GRANTS, WE HAVE FUNDRAISERS.
CAROLYN STYLER DOES A GREAT JOB.
HER AND HER GROUP, AND MANY AMANDA AND AND OTHER GROUPS RAISE MONEY, UH, TO HELP PROVIDE THE THINGS THAT THESE ANIMALS NEED TO BE ADOPTED OUT.
ANYWAY, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MOVE THESE ANIMALS OUT.
BECAUSE THE SHELTER IS OVERCROWDED.
WE ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE SOME FOOD, PLENTY OF GOOD FOOD.
NOT SURE WHAT IT'S ALL GONNA BE, BUT BY THE TIME SATURDAY GETS HERE, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF GOOD FOOD.
SO, UM, COME TO THE SHELTER, EAT AND LOOK FOR AN ANIMAL.
YOU MAY, YOU MAY SEE ONE THAT, THAT YOU LIKE, OR, OR YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE ELSE THAT WOULD WANT IT.
ALRIGHT, HOUSTON PET'S A LIVE ADOPTION EVENT.
HOUSTON PETS ALIVE WILL ALSO HOST AN ADOPTION EVENT ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 17TH.
THAT'S NOT THIS SATURDAY, BUT THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, EXCUSE ME, 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT 2,800.
UH, ANTOINE DRIVE, SUITE 28 54, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
FINALLY, HOLLYWOOD FEED ADOPTION.
HOLLYWOOD FEED ADOPTION, UH, EVENT AND WAIVED ADOPTION FEES, SUGAR LAND ADOPTION EVENT.
JOIN US FOR HOLLYWOOD FEED ADOPTION EVENT WITH WAIVE ADOPTION FEES ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD FROM THREE TO SIX AT, UH, 1 3 5 7 4 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, SUGARLAND, TEXAS.
ALRIGHT, I WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING TO THE CITY'S EVENT THIS SATURDAY, THAT, UM, VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO TOUR THE NEW STORAGE BUILDING, WHICH CONTAINS A SECURE STORAGE ROOM FOR PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES, KENNELS AND, AND, AND FOR ANIMAL INTAKES.
LAUNDRY ROOM WITH STORAGE FOR BLANKETS AND WARM BEDDING FOR THE ANIMALS, ALONG WITH A ROOM FOR VETTING SUPPLIES.
THE SHELTER IS PROUD OF THE NEW FACILITY.
AND INVITE YOU TO COME VISIT WITH ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.
AND TAKE, TAKE HOME A NEW FURRY ANIMAL MEMBER.
FRIENDS OF ROSENBERG, HOMELESS PETS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL BE, WILL BE PROVIDING REFRESHMENTS.
SO WE WANT TO THANK CAROLYN SEILER AND AMANDA BARTA AGAIN, AND DR. LARRY WILKINSON.
UM, AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE MEMBER OF Y'ALL'S GROUP, UH, FOR HELPING OUT.
OKAY, THAT'S IT ON THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALRIGHT, I THINK WE COVERED EVERYTHING ON THAT DEAL.
[ GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. Citizens who have registered with the City Secretary prior to the meeting being called to order and desire to address the City Council with comments of a general nature, as it relates to the City of Rosenberg, will be heard at this time. Speakers may speak on up to three (3) specific agenda items, or a maximum of once during General Comments and up to two (2) additional specific agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three (3) minutes, except that a speaker who addresses the City Council through a translator is limited to six (6) minutes. Speakers are not allowed to distribute documentation while addressing City Council. Speakers making personal, impertinent, profane or slanderous remarks may be removed from the room and shall be barred from reentering the Chamber during the session of City Council. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the City Council is restricted from discussing or taking action on items not listed on the agenda. It is our policy to have all speakers identify themselves by providing their name and residential address when making comments. ]
GOING TO GET INTO COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.MAY I HAVE THE, THE LIST? MAY I HAVE THE
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CAN YOU READ THE RULES PLEASE? YES.SPEAKERS MAY SPEAK ON UP TO THREE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS OR A MAXIMUM OF WANTS DURING GENERAL COMMENTS AND UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, EXCEPT THAT A SPEAKER WHO ADDRESSES THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH A TRANSLATOR IS LIMITED TO SIX MINUTES.
SPEAKERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISTRIBUTE DOCUMENTATION WHILE ADDRESSING CITY COUNCIL SPEAKERS.
MAKING PERSONAL IMP PERTINENT PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM AND SHALL BE BARRED FROM REENTERING THE CHAMBER DURING THE SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESTRICTED FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS OUR POLICY TO HAVE ALL SPEAKERS IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PROVIDING THEIR NAME AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WHEN MAKING COMMENTS.
LET'S GET, UM, CHRISTINA RIOS FIRST, AND AS DANIELLE SAID, LET ME SEE.
ARE ALL THESE UNDER GENERAL COMMENTS? YES.
SO WE WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW SO THAT Y'ALL DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE BEING RUDE OR, OR IGNORING YOU.
IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, WHICH THEY'RE NOT, WE CAN'T REPLY BACK.
NOW, WHAT WE CAN DO IS SAY AFTER, AFTER Y'ALL TALK, IF YOU'LL GO OUTSIDE, WE WILL HAVE A STAFF PERSON GO OUT THERE AND THEN Y'ALL CAN DISCUSS AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET SOME RELIEF.
WE CAN ALSO GIVE Y'ALL RELIEF, UH, BY CALL.
Y'ALL CONTACT US AFTER THIS MEETING OR TOMORROW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE JUST CAN'T, IF, LIKE, IF YOU ASK US A QUESTION, WE CAN'T SAY, OH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
'CAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO, WE JUST CAN'T.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME, UM, ADDRESS.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? WITH YOUR SURE.
JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS JUST FOR THE, OKAY.
UM, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA RIOS.
I LIVE AT 1809 CALLAWAY COVE COURT, ROSENBERG, 7 7 4 7 1.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE RESERVE AT THE BRA TOWN CENTER.
I LIVE ON CALLAWAY COVE COURT.
A FEW HOUSES FROM WHERE THE LARGE BLOCK PARTY TOOK PLACE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3RD.
MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS CALLED ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED FOR OUR FAMILY SAFETY.
THE GATHER, THE GATHERING INVOLVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE OVER 75 JUVENILES AND YOUNG ADULTS SPILLING INTO THE STREETS AND ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WHEN GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED, WE CALLED AGAIN.
EACH TIME OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY SHINED THEIR LIGHTS AND LEFT WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS CONTINUED FROM 9:00 PM UNTIL 1:00 AM MY QUESTION TONIGHT IS SIMPLE.
WHY WAS THIS PARTY NOT BROKEN UP? I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS CANNOT ANSWER.
THIS IS JUST IN GENERAL, WHY WERE OFFICERS NOT PROACTIVE? WHEN THE SIZE OF THE CROWD TRESPASSING AND THE DANGERS WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE, IF RPD CHOSE TO ALLOW THE GATHERING TO CONTINUE, WHY WASN'T A PATROL UNIT UNIT STATIONED THERE, MONITORING THE SITUATION AND PREVENTING ESCALATION? IT FEELS LIKE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REACTING ONLY AFTER SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR CHANGE BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANNA WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE BEFORE ACTION IS A IS TAKEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TONIGHT FOR HEARING ME, ANN.
WE'LL DO, UH, MARK FREEMAN NEXT.
I LIVE AT 64 23 FISHER BEND LANE IN THE ROSENBURG.
AND I'M, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE RESIDENCE TOWN CENTER RESERVE, HOA.
I'M COMING HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANNA BEGIN BY SAYING I AM UTMOST RESPECT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BUT WE'RE COMING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FRUSTRATION AND A LACK OF WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE A LACK OF ASSISTANCE, UH, FROM, OH, I'M SORRY,
WELL, WE PERCEIVED TO BE A LACK OF ASSISTANCE FROM ROSENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT EARLY IN 2025.
UH, MAYOR BENTON AND, UH, COUNCILMAN VARGAS MET WITH OUR HOA AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION, THEY ENCOURAGED US THAT IF WE HAD, UM, NEIGHBORS THAT WERE BEING UNNEIGHBORLY AND VIOLATING THE LAW, REACH OUT TO ROSENBERG PD AND THEY WOULD BE A ABLE
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TO ASSIST.WELL, IN OCTOBER, WE, UH, I CONTACTED ROSENBERG PD BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH.
UM, NOT JUST BEING UNNEIGHBORLY, BUT VIOLATING THE LAW, COME AND GO TRAFFIC PARKING SO THAT THE STREET IS IMPASSABLE, MAKING A DIFFICULT FOR NEIGHBORS, UH, EXCESSIVE NOISE, JUST A NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS.
BUT IT, THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE, I'M NOT SAYING NOTHING WAS DONE.
THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE IS THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER.
I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME THAT I TALKED TO, UH, THE LIEUTENANT, THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENTS.
THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN MONITORING, AND THERE'D BE AN INCREASE, INCREASE IN PATROLS.
NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN VISIBLE IF THEY'VE OCCURRED.
AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN MUCH OF ASSISTANCE.
EVERYTHING CAME TO A HEAD, HEAD.
LIKE CHRISTINA JUST POINTED OUT, THERE WAS A BLOCK PARTY THIS PAST SATURDAY.
UH, IT WAS ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
PEOPLE COULD PAY $5 AND COME JOIN THIS PARTY IN A CUL-DE-SAC.
UM, THE, THE PEOPLE THROWING THE PARTY AND THE, THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE PARTY KIND OF OVERTOOK THE STREET TO THE POINT THAT THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE FELT UNSAFE.
THE POLICE WERE CALLED MULTIPLE TIMES, CAME OUT AS CHRISTINA JUST POINTED OUT, AND, AND NOTHING WAS DONE.
THEY DROVE THROUGH, THEY FLASHED THE LIGHTS.
UM, AS SOON AS THE POLICE WOULD LEAVE, THE PARTY WOULD RESUME.
AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE 14 GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHEN, UH, THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED.
IT WASN'T UNTIL ONE OF THE RESIDENTS AND A FELLOW BOARD MEMBER CONTACTED MAYOR BENTON THAT WE GOT AND GOT SOME ASSISTANCE.
AND THE PARTY WAS SHUT DOWN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
UM, THE NEXT MORNING, THE CHIEF CLAIMED, UH, THAT THERE WAS, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE.
UM, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE MAYOR FROM OUR RESIDENCE.
AND, UH, MAYOR BENTON TOLD US THAT THERE WOULD BE COMMUNICATION COMING FROM THE CHIEF THAT CAME EVENTUALLY, IT TOOK A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS.
UM, BUT AS STATED, CHIEF CLAIMED, HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT POLICE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED OUT FOUR TIMES AND IN EXCESS OF 10 OFFICERS OR 10 UNITS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT.
UM, NEIGHBORS SHOWED THE CHIEF DOORBELL, VIDEO CAMERA, UH, DOORBELL CAMERAS AND SO ON.
CHIEF'S CHIEF ADVISED THE RESIDENCE IN THE FUTURE, DON'T CONTACT THE MAYOR, CONTACT THE POLICE.
WELL, WE CONTACTED YOU FOUR TIMES AND NOTHING WAS, WAS, WAS RESULTING FROM THAT.
IS THAT MY THREE MINUTES? THREE MINUTES.
SO OUR FRUSTRATION IS THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AS RESIDENTS AND WE'RE NOT GETTING MUCH ASSISTANCE FROM THE POLICE.
AFTER, AFTER THE, AFTER THIS, WE'LL HAVE Y'ALL AND I WILL ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL WITH THE CHIEF.
SO PLEASE DON'T GANG UP ON HIM.
JOHN, ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE? NO.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO YOU AT THE END.
UH, SANDRA AND RAHEEM, NOW WE GOT BOTH YOU HERE.
YOU CAN EACH GO OR YOU GOT, YOU GOT EACH GETTING, DO THREE MINUTES, OR YOU CAN SPLIT THREE MINUTES.
YOU CAN PROBABLY COVER WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY OR WHAT HADN'T.
I'M NOT SURE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT HADN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID.
BUT, UM, IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO THREE MINUTES AND SPLIT THE TIME, LIKE SHE WILL BE SONNY AND SHE MOSTLY, I WILL JUST SUPPORT HER.
AND I LIVE ON 1810 CALLAWAY COVE COURT.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND, RAHEEM AHMAD.
WE PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN, UH, THE END OF APRIL.
WE DID NOT MOVE INTO THE HOUSE UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY.
AND ON SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 1249, MY ALARM ON MY CELL PHONE STARTS BUZZING.
AND I LOOK AT THE CAMERA AND I SEE SOMEBODY STANDING OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM WINDOW AND IN THE BACKYARD.
SO I CALL 9 1 1 AND OFFICER CANTU COMES IN AND SHE COMES IN ALONE.
SHE GOES IN THE BACKYARD, SHE SEES EVERYTHING.
SHE SAYS, THERE'S NOBODY HERE.
SO SHE LEFT AND I TELL MY HUSBAND, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK.
I SAID, NO, THEY'RE COMING BACK.
WE WENT AND LAID DOWN IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND AT 3 48 IN THE MORNING, MY ALARM BUZZES AGAIN.
AND THE SAME LITTLE, THE PERSON THAT WAS OUTSIDE COMES IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR WITH A GIRL, AND THE GIRL'S
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HALF NAKED AND THEY'RE OUT IN THE BACKYARD.I HAVE VIDEOS, I HAVE PICTURES.
SHE, WE CALLED THE POLICE AGAIN.
SHE CAME AGAIN WITH ANOTHER OFFICER, AND THEY LOOKED AROUND AND EVERYTHING, AND SHE CLIMBED MY FENCE.
AND SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS A CHAIR IN BETWEEN MY FENCE AND THE OTHER TENANT'S HOME.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE JUMPING FROM.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T CATCH THAT ON MY CAMERAS, BUT I, I ONLY HAVE, AND I CAN SAY WHAT I SAW FROM MY CAMERAS.
SO SHE LEFT AND SHE SAID, THERE'S NOTHING I WE CAN DO.
SO SHE LEAVES, AND THEN AT THE CORNER, I SEE SHE PUTS THE RED LIGHTS, AND THEN SHE TURNS BACK AND SHE HAS THE LITTLE BOY IN THE CAR.
I SAID, I WANNA PRE PRESS CHARGES.
SHE SAYS, YOU CANNOT 'CAUSE HE'S A MINOR.
I SAID, HOW DO YOU KNOW HE'S A MINOR? HE SAYS, WELL, HE SAYS HE LIVES OFF OF RICHMOND SOMEWHERE, SO I'M GONNA TAKE HIM TO HIS HOME AND I'M GONNA GIVE HIS PARENTS A CITATION.
BUT THIS IS THE CASE NUMBER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW AND YOU CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY, BUT YOU CANNOT PRESS CHARGES ON THE, ON A MINOR.
SO THE NEXT DAY I COME HERE ACROSS THE STREET AND THERE'S, THEY HAVE A LITTLE KIOSK.
I PUT MY INFORMATION IN, I HAVE TO WAIT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
A POLICE OFFICER DRIVES UP, COMES IN, ASKS ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS, AND I TELL HER THE STORY.
SHE SAYS, OFFICER CANTU DID NOT GIVE A CITATION TO THE PARENTS, MA'AM.
WE'RE GONNA LET, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO LET, 'CAUSE THEY, BOTH THEIR NAMES ARE BOTH ON HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA LET HER FINISH HIS TIME, RAHEEM'S TIME.
SO RESET IT FOR THREE AND THEN I PROMISE YOU MM-HMM
SO NOTHING WAS DONE ON THAT INCIDENT.
NOW, THIS PAST SAT, UH, SATURDAY KIDS WERE RUNNING ON MY YARD.
I EMAILED OFFICER BLACK, MORE THAN 23 EMAILS OF VIDEOS OF THE CHAOS THAT WAS HAPPENING.
I FEAR FOR MY LIFE, WE'VE BEEN SLEEPING IN THE LIVING ROOM.
I CALLED OFFICER BLACK, HE HAD A DETECTIVE.
THEY FOUND THE CASINGS AND EVERYTHING.
AND LAST NIGHT I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE CAMERAS AND I ACTUALLY SEE MY NEIGHBOR STANDING IN MY YARD DISCUSSING MY CAMERAS THAT I HAVE CAMERAS OVER THERE.
WHAT IS SHE DOING ON MY PROPERTY? THEY TOLD HER NOT TO GET ON.
SO OFFICER BLACK TOLD ME IF I, ANY, IF THEY WERE COMING TO MY PROPERTY, I COULD CALL THE POLICE.
I CALLED THEM, OFFICER FLORES AND OFFICER KING CAME TO MY HOUSE AND THEY SAID, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING.
ARE Y'ALL WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO GET KILLED? WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR? SO THEY WENT OVER TO THE TENANT'S HOME.
THE TENANT IS TELLING THEM THAT I HAVE CAMERAS AND THEY BETTER NOT COME AND STEP A FOOT IN MY YARD BECAUSE I'M GONNA PRESS CHARGES.
I FELT LIKE I'M THE BAD PERSON.
THEY'RE THE ONLY TENANTS IN THAT STREET.
CAN SOMEBODY CALL THE OWNER OF THAT HOUSE AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON? EVERY SINGLE DAY? CARS GO BY, THEY GET OFF, THEY PICK UP SOMETHING AND THEY TAKE OFF.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO WHAT.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ELSE TO DO? OKAY.
LET'S GO, LET THE REST OF THE GROUP TALK.
THEN AFTERWARD, THE CHIEF WILL VISIT WITH YOU OUT THERE AND YOU GOT OUR NUMBERS.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET EVERYTHING STRAIGHTENED OUT.
SORRY FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
UH, AND, AND JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T RESPOND DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE AIN'T HEARING OKEY DOKEY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE JETRO BODINE, BUT, ALRIGHT.
SHERRY, I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE ALSO A BOARD MEMBER.
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THREE BOARD MEMBERS HERE? YES.I LIVE AT 6 2 1 4 MILAN BRANCH LANE IN ROSENBERG.
UM, I'M ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR, UH, HOA IN THE RESERVE OF THE BRAS TOWN CENTER.
I HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE 2013.
I JUST RECENTLY READ AN EMAIL, A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CHIEF WHITE AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS.
THE CHIEF INDICATED HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY CRIME.
LET ME ENLIGHTEN YOU AS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST PROBABLY SIX YEARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE HAD A MURDER FOR HIRE, A RESISTING ARREST ISSUE THAT HAPPENED IN THE TOWN CENTER AND LANDED IN MY BACKYARD, UM, ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS AND ONE MOST RECENTLY, UH, RIGHT AROUND CHRISTMAS, THEY BLACKED HER CAMERAS OUT SO THAT SHE COULD NOT SEE WHO WAS TRYING TO BREAK HER WINDOW.
HER ALARM WENT OFF, THE POLICE WERE CALLED.
UM, WE'VE HAD VEHICLES STOLEN.
UM, THE, THERE'S A TWO TO THREE HOUSES THAT YOU CAN'T WALK PAST WITHOUT GETTING A CONTACT HIGH FROM THE MARIJUANA.
WE KNOW WE SEE THINGS, SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF DRUG DEALING GOING ON THERE, AND THERE'S AT LEAST THREE HOUSES.
SO, AND THEN THE BLOCK PARTY HEARING ALL OF THE STORIES SO FAR IS IT'S WAY WORSE THAN I EVER IMAGINED
SO I REALLY WANNA ADVOCATE FOR MY COMMUNITY AND, UH, MY NEIGHBORS.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I AM NOT CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF THE CHIEF OF THE POLICE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION.
Y'ALL WELCOME TO COME AND MEET WITH US AND TALK ABOUT THE POLICE PRESENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ONCE UPON A TIME WE DID HAVE A STRONG POLICE PRESENCE.
I HARDLY EVER SEE THE POLICE COME BY UNLESS SOMEBODY'S CALLING FOR THIS OR THAT EMERGENCY SITUATION.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY UNDERSTAFFED, BUT THAT HAS TO BE ANOTHER ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
SO I KNOW, AND I HEAR THAT THESE SMALL CRIMES ARE NOT WORTH GOING AFTER, BUT THOSE SMALL CRIMES LEAD TO BIGGER CRIMES.
SO REALLY GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, UM, AT THE INCIDENT ON CALLAWAY COVE THIS WEEKEND, SOMEBODY COULD HAVE DIED EASILY.
AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
I JUST WANT THE POLICE TO MAKE A PRESENCE AND TO WORK WITH US AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER.
DID I GET IT RIGHT? WELL, YOU KNOW, IN ROSENBERG WE'RE VERY DI DIVERSE NAMES.
SO I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PRACTICE.
UM, WE LIVE AT 1818 CALLAWAY COVE COURT RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOUSE WHERE THE PARTY WAS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NEW TO, WE'RE NEW TO TEXAS.
MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE AIR FORCE FOR 28 YEARS AND THEN DID ANOTHER 10 YEARS OF GS SERVICE.
SO THIS WAS A MOVE BY CHOICE AND, UH, TO GET CLOSER TO SOME GRANDKIDS.
SO WE CAME TO ROSENBERG AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE LOVE THE LOCATION, WE LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OTHER THAN THIS ONE HOUSE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR, UH, TWO YEARS AND SIX WEEKS.
I HAVE YET TO SEE THE MOTHER, I USE THAT TERM LOOSELY, THE ONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE ADULT IN CHARGE IN THE HOUSE.
UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE LOOKS LIKE.
I, I'M OUT IN MY YARD WORKING AND WE HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND ONE THING THAT THIS HAS, UH, THIS INCIDENT HAS CAUSED US TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.
OKAY? WE ARE ALL PAYING MORTGAGES, PAYING TAXES.
THESE FOLKS ARE RENTERS AND THEY'RE BEATING UP THE PROPERTY.
WE HAVE HAD GARBAGE THROWN IN OUR BACKYARD, BUT WHEN THAT PARTY HAPPENED, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS FIREWORKS.
AND MY HUSBAND SAYS, OH NO, THAT'S GUNFIRE.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T GO OUTSIDE.
WHO DO YOU CALL? SO SANDY HAD SENT ME A MESSAGE, SAID, I CALLED 9 1 1.
MY HUSBAND MADE THE CALL, I THINK AT ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK WHEN A GROUP OF ABOUT FIVE OR SIX KIDS, YOUNG PEOPLE ON OUR DRIVEWAY RIGHT NEXT TO OUR PARKED VEHICLE, WE COULDN'T SEE MUCH FROM THE CAMERA OTHER THAN THEY WERE ON OUR DRIVEWAY.
SO HE WENT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, ASKED THEM WHAT THE HECK THEY WERE DOING.
AND SOMEBODY YELLED, GET OFF THE PROPERTY.
NOW THEY'VE HAD, THEY HAVE A LOOKOUT.
THE SUPPOSED RESPONSIBLE ADULTS ARE NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE ADULTS.
THE, THE SMELL OF WEED THAT COMES FROM THAT HOUSE ON A REGULAR BASIS,
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I CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE SELLING, SELLING DRUGS OUTTA THE HOUSE ALSO.SO THERE'S JUST THERE, IT'S JUST BAD NEWS.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR TWO YEARS, AND NOW THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING RIGHT THERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, MY GRANDKIDS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME OVER AND SPEND THE NIGHT THAT MAKES THIS GRANDMA PRETTY UPSET.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT IS NOT A SAFE SITUATION.
MY HUSBAND, OF COURSE, WE, WE DON'T CONFRONT HIM ABOUT ANYTHING.
WE DON'T CONFRONT HIM ABOUT ANYTHING WE KEEP TO OURSELVES.
AND WE'RE TOLD IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
AND WE WANT YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
UM, I WANNA POINT SOMETHING OUT WITHOUT VIOLATING ANY RULES HERE.
RICHARD'S ONE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE.
I'M ONE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES.
FELIX IS ONE OF YOUR, ANY OF THESE FOLKS HERE CAN HELP YOU, UM, AT ANY TIME.
SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANYBODY'S THUNDER.
JESSICA IS TOO, SHE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, THOSE ARE YOUR, UH, FOUR REPRESENTATIVES.
BUT I'M SURE HECTOR COULD HELP YOU.
UM, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BE OUT THERE WITH YOU WHEN Y'ALL ARE VISITING, BUT I CAN'T, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THIS MEETING UNLESS WE, UNLESS WE ADUR.
UNLESS WE ADJOURN TEMPORARILY.
WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE OR INAPPROPRIATE? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE WILL MOVE ON.
SO BEFORE WE LET JOHN SPEAK, WHY DON'T Y'ALL, UH, THE FOLKS THAT JUST SPOKE AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE WITH HIM, UM, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH VISITING WITH THESE FOLKS NOW AND, UM, TRYING TO AND ASSURE 'EM? I WILL ASK PLEASE.
UM, UH, HE CAN'T TALK TO 15 PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME.
CHIEF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, GIVE 'EM ALL YOUR NUMBER IF Y'ALL WANT TO, YOU CAN GIVE 'EM YOUR NUMBER.
UM, AND IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, CALL ME TOMORROW.
CALL ONE OF YOUR OTHER REPS TOMORROW.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S, I, I'VE SAID PROBABLY MORE THAN I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, SO WHY DON'T Y'ALL, WE WILL GIVE Y'ALL A SECOND TO, TO SLIP OUT.
JOHN BURLINGAME, DO YOU WANT TO HEAD UP TO THE MICROPHONE AGAIN? THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.
YES, JOHN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I'M ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, WELL FOR THE RECORD, TELL US YOUR, TELL THE, TELL THE RECORD YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, HELLO, MY NAME'S JOHN BURLINGAME.
I LIVE AT 10 15 BERNARD AVENUE, ROSENBERG, TEXAS 7 7 4 7 1.
UH, TWO YEARS AGO I STOOD AT THIS VERY PODIUM TO ANNOUNCE MY FIRST RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
WHILE ELECTION DIDN'T GO MY WAY, I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPOINTING ME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTERWARDS.
THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE.
IT HAS GIVEN ME A FRONT ROAD SEAT TO HOW OUR CITY OPERATES AND TAUGHT ME THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF HOW WE PLAN THE PROJECTS THAT SHAPE OUR FUTURE.
MY DRIVE TO SERVE GOES BACK TO MY ENLISTMENT TO THE ARMY.
UH, I HAD A MEDICAL DISCHARGE TO DO A SEVERE OIL ALLERGY.
IT CUT MY TIME TO BASIC TRAINING SHORT, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP MY MISSION TO HELP OTHERS.
THAT PIT LEFT IN MY SOUL BECAME MY FUEL.
TODAY I CHANNEL THAT ENERGY INTO THE COMMUNITY BY FIXING AND ASSEMBLING BIKES, HELPING PEOPLE GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO WITH A SMILE.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE MY BIKE SHOP LOOK MORE OFFICIAL, AS IT LIKELY IS THE ONLY ONE IN OUR CITY.
AND I'M PROUD TO INVEST IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
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LOOKING AHEAD, I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A TIGHT SPOT.WE HAD TO PULL $2 MILLION FROM OUR SAVINGS TO BALANCE A LOT IS THE LATEST BUDGET.
I UNDERSTAND THE MONEY IS TIGHT, BUT OUR RESIDENTS SAFETY SHOULDN'T BE AT THE PENALTY FOR A LIEN BUDGET.
I FORMALLY REQUEST A SPEED STUDY FOR BAY MOORE AND BLOOM, UH, ROAD.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE FAMILY IS IN THAT DISTRICT TWO ARE PROTECTED REGARDLESS OF THE BOTTOM LINE.
MY TIME ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SHOWN ME HOW THE CITY WORKS, BUT IT ALSO HAS SHOWN ME WHERE THE GAPS ARE.
I BELIEVE OUR DISTRICT DESERVES PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP AND BALANCED FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT IS WHY TONIGHT I'M OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING MY CANDIDACY FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
I'VE SEEN HOW WE, HOW WE WORK AND I KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THIS BETTER CITY.
I'VE BEEN ASKED WHY CHOOSING THIS SPECIFIC RACE.
MY SHOP IS HERE, MY NEIGHBORS ARE HERE.
AND THE ISSUES LIKE THE SPEED STUDIES I MENTIONED AFFECT THE PEOPLE I SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A SEAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M LOOKING TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I BELIEVE DISTRICT TWO DESERVES A VOICE THAT STAYS CLOSE TO HOME.
WAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, LET'S GET ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND.
JESSICA, HOW ARE YOU? JUST IN TIME.
[ CONSENT AGENDA ]
TO, UM, LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA HERE.SO WE NEED TO GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA FIRST.
SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ON THE CONSENTA WIN AGENDA THAT YOU WISH TO HAVE CLARIFIED OR DISCUSS OR YOU WANT TO BRING DOWN.
IT'S KIND OF A LIGHT AGENDA TONIGHT.
I DON'T SEE NO HANDS GOING UP.
SO, UM, WHAT'S THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4015, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, an Interlocal Agreement for City Managed Project - Brazos Town Center Connector Road - Project No. 23419, by and between the City of Rosenberg, Texas, and Fort Bend County, Texas. (Charles Kalkomey, City Engineer) ]
GEORGE, CAN YOU VOTE MAYOR TO VOTE? ARE WE USE FELIX? YOU LEAVING? NO, I'M STEP OUT REAL QUICK.ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 40 15 IN RESOLUTION ROSENBERG CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND, UH, OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS.
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CITY MANAGED PROJECT BRASS IS TOWN CENTER CONNECTOR ROW UNDER THE FREEWAY.
PROJECT NUMBER 23 4 1 9 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, AND FORT BEND COUNTY.
MR. ALCHEMY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? I'M FINE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, WHICH FOLKS HAVE ACTUALLY FROM TIME TO TIME REQUEST, RIGHT WHEN YOU GET DOWN THERE, YOU WANT TO CUT THROUGH AND YOU CAN'T, BUT NOW MAYBE YOU CAN IF THEY GET THIS GOING.
MAYOR, THIS RESOLUTION R 40 40 15 AUTHORIZES THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FOR CITY MANAGED PROJECT KNOWN AS BRA TOWN CENTER CONNECTOR, PROJECT NUMBER 23 4 19.
THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO LANE CONCRETE STREET FROM COMMERCIAL DRIVE TO BRAS TOWN CENTER CROSSING.
IT PROVIDES A CONNECTION BETWEEN BRAS TOWN CENTER, PHASE ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF I 69 BRAS TOWN CENTER, PHASE TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THIS ROADWAY WILL IMPROVE MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC FOR PATRONS.
SHOPPING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON FM 7 62 AND ON REDDING ROAD.
PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE 2023 FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BOND ISSUE AND THE FY 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN PROJECTS, ENGINEERING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT $1.244 MILLION.
THIS WILL BE A CITY MANAGED PROJECT WITH COUNTY MOBILITY FUNDS CONTRIBUTING UP TO $462,000 OF THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT COST.
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DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL CONTRIBUTE UP TO $925,000.THE RDC PORTION HAS BEEN BUDGETED AND A BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING TO RECORD THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES IN THE COUNTY MOBILITY PORTION.
THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS INCLUDED AS EXHIBIT A OF THE RESOLUTION AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION AS IT IS PRESENTED.
WE'D REALLY BE NICE IF WE COULD SEE IT, BUT THERE'S A BIG SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
WISH THE PAPER WERE HERE RIGHT NOW SO WE COULD POINT THAT OUT TO 'EM.
ANYWAY, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE LINE AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS RDCS PAYING FOR 960 SOMETHING.
THE COUNTY'S PAYING ABOUT A HALF A MILLION.
AND, UM, IT'S GONNA HELP, UH, CUT THROUGH UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY THERE AT BRA TOWN CENTER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT UP IS HOW MUCH, UH, DISRUPTION IN TRAFFIC IS THAT GONNA CAUSE.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS, UH, HOW LONG WILL IT BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION? I KNOW, I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS WANTING TO KNOW DO WE HAVE THAT TIMEFRAME OR AN ESTIMATION? WE DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME YET.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION'S UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY SO IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH ANY TRAFFIC AT THAT POINT.
UH, NEWQUEST IS WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY LEASE HOLDERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FREEWAY TO BE ACCOMMODATING TO THEM AS DURING CONSTRUCTION, AS TO NOT INTERFERE WITH THEIR BUSINESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
IF IT WAS GONNA AFFECT ANY LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THERE WERE NEW QUESTIONS WORKING WITH EVERYBODY TO HELP 'EM MAKE SURE THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS AND PARKING PERFECT DURING THIS PROJECT.
UH, HECTOR? NO, I THINK, UH, CHARLES ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
'CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, UH, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, I KNOW I SAID ON THE RGC BOARD AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS PROJECT'S UNDER THE FREEWAY, SO THERE'S NOT GONNA, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA AFFECT, UH, TRAFFIC THAT MUCH.
FELIX, UM, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S UNDER THE FREEWAY AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO BE, I MEAN, WHAT, 95% OF IT'S UNDER THE FREEWAY OR 90% YOU COULD SAY? UH, PROBABLY 50, 55%.
WELL, I MEAN THE OTHER, IT'S BY THE BUSINESSES, LIKE YOU SAID.
INQUEST IS WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE LEASES.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO NO PART OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE 59.
IT'S BETWEEN THE TWO SHOPPING CENTERS AND UNDER THE 59? CORRECT.
SO IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO COMMUTE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FREEWAY, IT SHOULD HAVE, IT HAS NO EFFECT ON THEM.
AND, UM, WHEN DID YOU SAY THIS IS EXPECTED TO START? UM, WITH THE APPROVAL OF INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, THE NEXT ACTION THE CITY WILL TAKE IS TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THAT.
AND THAT PROBABLY GOES ON FOR 90 TO 120 DAYS.
AND THEN WE CAN TAKE BIDS AND GO TO CONSTRUCTION.
SO MAYBE LIKE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER POTENTIALLY.
OR WE COULD BE IN CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
GEORGE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? OKAY.
UH, I WENT, I GO BY THERE OCCASIONALLY AND, UM, UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY THERE, THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRT NOW OR CONCRETE OR JUST GRASS.
AND UM, YEAH, IF YOU, IF YOU GO BY UNDER THERE AND YOU LOOK, YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, WHAT WASTED SPACE AND 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND IF THERE'S A TRAIN, YOU'RE MESSED UP.
IF YOU GO UP TO THE OTHER, OTHER SECTION AT READING ROAD, SEEMED LIKE YOU GOTTA GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD JUST TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER END.
SO I THINK PEOPLE GONNA LIKE IT.
I THINK THE EMPLOYEES OUT THERE ARE GONNA LIKE IT.
I THINK THE CITIZENS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE SHOPPERS.
AND WE INTEND TO ALSO LIGHT THE ROADWAY UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY SO IT'S NOT DARK AND WELL THAT'LL BE GOOD IN CASE WE HAVE SOME URBAN OUTDOOR CAMPERS.
WELL THERE'S PROBABLY ROOM TO ADD ONE IN THE FUTURE.
I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO ENCOURAGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY HAVE TO, THEY'D HAVE TO, THEY'LL LOOK AT THAT.
WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE SLEEPING.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT'D BE A GOOD, SAFE PLACE IN THE EVENT OF A HURRICANE OR A TORNADO ANYWAY.
UH, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, OH, GO AHEAD.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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R 41 15.UH, MOTION MADE BY COUNCILLOR TRAVINO.
SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MORENO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON.
I WAS NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I WILL ACCEPT IT.
[3. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4007, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, awarding Bid No. 2026-02B for the 4th Street Extension Project; and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute, for and on behalf of the City, appropriate documents and/or agreements regarding same. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]
ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 0 4 0 0 7.A RESOLUTION OF THE ROSE RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS AWARD BID NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH ZERO TWO B FOR THE FOURTH STREET EXTENSION PROJECT.
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND OR AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE SAME.
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 BID RECEIVED AN OPEN END RESPONSE TO BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH TWO B FOR THE FOURTH STREET EXTENSION PROJECT, A TOTAL OF FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED BID SUMMARY FORM, STAFF RECOMMENDS BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH TWO B BE AWARDED TO HER TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHO SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID IN AMOUNT OF $1,078,990 AND 88 CENTS FOR A TERM OF 90 CALENDAR DAYS.
THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM DWAYNE WHITEHEAD PE, UH, WITH CALUSA INC.
RECOMMENDS THE SAME, SHOULD CITY COUNCIL WARD THE BID AS RECOMMENDED, THE PROPOSAL FROM RO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WILL BE ATTACHED AND SERVE AS EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, 4,007.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THREE LANE CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER COLLECTOR STREET EXTENDING FOURTH STREET FROM MONS TO RICE.
FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY FUNDS WILL CONTRIBUTE 50% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST WITH AN ADDITIONAL 30% OF THE PROJECT COSTS BEING CONTRIBUTED BY DEVELOPERS.
THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE ROSEBERG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
A BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO RECORD THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE COUNTY MOBILITY AND DEVELOPERS PORTION.
THE RDC PORTION WAS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET.
THE THE PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WILL BE A CITY MANAGED PROJECT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION NUMBER R 4,007 AS PRESENTED.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PULL, WELL WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY APPROVED THIS AND WE ARE BOUND TO, TO, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MUST APPROVE ITEMS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THE PROPERTY OWNER'S AGREEMENT.
SO WHETHER YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE THIS PROJECT, IT'S TOO LATE
BUT WE'LL SEE IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY COMMENTS.
UM, GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON IT OUT OF THIS TIME? HERE? ALRIGHT, RICHARD? NO.
JESSICA, NO COMMENTS OF HECTOR? I'M SORRY.
NO, UM, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT.
I THINK, UH, GONNA HELP, UH, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC FROM FOURTH STREET TO, UH, TO RICE STREET, SO I'M FOR IT.
I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD PROJECT.
UH, ONE OF MY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ACTUALLY WAS THINKING, HAVE WE EVER DONE WORK WITH HERTADO CONSTRUCTIONS? OH YEAH.
SO WE, WE HAVE DONE WORK WITH.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD PROJECT.
I, UM, I HAVEN'T GONE ALL THROUGH THE AGREEMENT, BUT JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS IN THAT AGREEMENT.
NO SMOKE SHOPS, ALL THESE, UH, IS THAT PART PARLORS? YEAH.
WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THEM.
UM, IS THAT PART OF TONIGHT'S NO, NO, SIR.
THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
AND THEN I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED SOME RELIEF, SOME SETBACKS AND FENCING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THIS IS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING GREEN.
IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED.
[4. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-3997, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, awarding Bid No. 2026-06B for the Public Services Complex 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 regarding same. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]
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OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 39 97.A RESOLUTION, THE ROSEBURG WELL OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF ROSENBURG, TEXAS, AWARDING BID NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO SIX B FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMPLEX PROJECT.
WAIVE INFORMALITIES IN BIDDING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND OR AGREEMENTS GO BEFORE YOU SPEAK.
I HAVE A LEGAL QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY, GRADY.
WHY DO WE WANNA WAIVE BIDDING THE FORMALITIES? IF THERE'S, IF YOU MISS A TECHNICALITY, YOU CAN WAIVE IT IF YOU FORGET TO WHAT? A PUT A DOT ON A I OR YEAH.
UH, BUT WAS THIS, LET ME A I'LL ASK, WELL, LET ME ASK RICO, LET, WE WILL LETGO READ IT AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH IT.
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 BID YOU RECEIVED AND OPENED AS INDICATED ON TO, UH, BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH SIX B TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMPLEX.
A TOTAL OF SIX BIDS WERE RECEIVED AS INDICATED ON THE ATTACHED BID SUMMARY FORM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2025.
THE TOP THREE FIRMS WHO SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BIDS WERE INTERVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM GILA ZO.
THE ARCHITECT, UH, FOR THE PROJECT STACKER RECOMMENDS BID NUMBER 2026 DASH OH SIX B BE AWARDED TO FLIN CO LLC, WHO HAD A MINOR, MINOR TABULATION ERROR, BUT SUBMITTED A BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,000,340,536 FOR A TERM OF 480 CALENDAR DAYS.
THE ATTACHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM CHESTER NIELSEN ARCHITECT WITH, UH, HEWLETT DOLLARS RECOMMENDS THE SAME SHOULD CITY COUNCIL AWARD THE BID HAS RECOMMENDED, THE PROPOSAL WILL BE ATTACHED TO SERVE AS EXHIBIT A TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 97.
THE PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND FUNDED BY THE 2023 BOND PROPOSITION, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT STAFF.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, RESOLUTION NUMBER 39 97 AS PRESENTED.
UM, SO TELL ME ABOUT THE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING.
IS THAT A LITTLE, THIS THAT HAS TO OBVIOUSLY DEAL WITH THIS ITEM.
SO TELL US WHAT, WHAT ARE Y'ALL TAKING BIDS? WE DID TAKE BIDS.
HOW DID THAT GO? WE TOOK BIDS.
WE ENDED UP, UH, GETTING, UH, SIX DIFFERENT BIDS.
WE ENDED UP COMING BACK INTERVIEWING THE, UH, THE THREE LOWEST ONES AND WE ENDED UP GOING WITH THE SECOND LOWEST ONE.
AFTER CHECKING THE REFERENCES OF THE, THE LOWEST BID, WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE SECOND LOWEST.
UH, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? SURE, PLEASE.
UM, LOOKING AT THIS, AND I'M NOT MENTIONING ANY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES OR ANYTHING, UH, I SEE THAT THE CITY'S DOING FAIR BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OTHER BIDS THAT I SEEN THROUGH THE READING, ALL THE INFORMATION, UHHUH
SO I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE DOING A THE FAIR WAY.
I, I REALLY REVIEWED THAT WHEN I SEEN THAT.
WHAT YOU, THE FORMALITY? I WAS THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I LOOKED AT IT AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.
YEAH, I SEE THERE'S, UH, SIX BIDS ON HERE.
SO I WASN'T FOR THE, I'M STILL REALLY NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT THESE WERE THINGS THAT WERE DONE AND FORMALIZED BEFORE.
THIS CURRENT COUNSEL IS HERE, HERE, UM, AND THE CITY FULLY OBLIGATED.
I'M JUST MENTIONING THIS REGO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
INDULGE ME FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, THE, THE, THIS WAS A VOTER.
THE MONIES FOR THIS CAME FROM VOTER APPROVED, UH, BONDS, WHICH SAID, WHICH BASICALLY SURVEYED THE PUBLIC THAT SAID IT.
WE WE'RE OKAY WITH THE CITY BORROWING MONEY, BUT THIS IS STILL CITY DEBT.
UH, IT'S NOT FREE MONEY CREATED BY AN ELECTION.
IT WAS JUST A SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHAT REFERENDUMS AND PROPOSITIONS ARE.
THEY JUST SURVEY THE PUBLIC TO SEE, TO, TO ASK YOUR OPINION WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THAT ENTITY SHOULD, UH, IN THIS CASE BORROW, UH, IT WAS VOTER APPROVED.
SO THE VOTER SAID BORROW, UH, OR, OR WE'RE OKAY WITH IT.
AND, AND THEN THE LAST COUNCIL SHORTLY BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, UH, WERE SWORE IN, UM, SIGNED AGREEMENTS THAT
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MADE IT, UM, MADE US UNABLE TO CANCEL, CANCEL OUT WHAT THE LAST COUNCIL DID REGARDING TERMS OF BORROWING.BECAUSE HAD THEY NOT, I WOULD'VE PROPOSED TO THIS COUNCIL AND LET US AS A GROUP DECIDE IF, IF THAT'S THE, THE ROUTE THAT WE WISH TO CONTINUE.
NONETHELESS, THE DECISION WAS MADE.
THE COUNCIL, THE CITY IS NOW OBLIGATED LIKE IT OR NOT, TO, TO, UH, IF YOU WILL, TAPE RECEIPT OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO WHETHER YOU TAKE RECEIPT AND USE THEM FOR THIS OR TAKE RECEIPT AND DON'T USE THEM FOR THIS, YOU STILL HAVE TO TAKE RECEIPT OF IT AND YOU HAVE TO PAY THE INTEREST ON THAT.
SO I HOPE I CLARIFIED THAT CORRECTLY.
ANYWAY, IN TERMS OF A BUILDING LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BUT I'M NOT ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC BUILDING, YOU KNOW, $24 MILLION PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
BUT THAT'S MY LITTLE PIECE ON IT.
BUT YES, THERE'S A DEAL OF IT.
GUY HAS A MAP OF, OF IT OVER THERE, I MEAN A MODEL OF IT.
AND, UM, Y'ALL HAD LITTLE TIN, TINY PEOPLE GLUING THOSE TOGETHER, DIDN'T HE? ANYWAY.
UM, AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THIS BUILDING WILL BE, UM, ON AIRPORT, UH, NEAR THE OLD OR THE CURRENT PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE OLD CIVIC CENTER.
UM, THE OLD CIVIC CENTER, NOT THE NEW CIVIC CENTER, BUT THE OLD CIVIC CENTER.
AND IT WILL BRING SEVERAL COUNTY, I'M SORRY, CITY DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER ON ONE SITE, WHICH SHOULD MAKE IT MORE, WE HOPEFULLY MORE EFFICIENT AND REMOVE SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE RIVER.
WHEN FLOODS COME IN, THEY HAVE TO TRY TO HELP AND SAVE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT.
IT'S CERTAINLY A HIGHER, HIGHER GROUND.
HERE, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A NICER PROPERTY.
UM, SO IN THAT REGARD, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
UH, MANY OF THE FACILITIES THAT THE CITY'S OPERATING OUT OF WHERE THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE, ARE, UM, UH, CERTAINLY AT THE VERY LEAST, OUTDATED, ANTIQUATED.
AND SOME, UH, WOULD NOT EVEN MEET NEW, UH, CURRENT CODES.
UM, THIS IS ALSO AN ACTION ITEM.
WE'LL GO THROUGH, WE'LL GO THROUGH, UH, THIS AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO COMMENT ON.
RICHARD, YOU WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? I THINK IT'S FINE.
THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS STILL HERE.
UH, JOYCE JUST POINTED OUT THAT THE OLD BUILDING IS STILL HERE.
IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, ARE THEY GOING TO ALSO BE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING? YES.
SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE OLD BUILDING? WE'LL END UP PROBABLY USING IT, UH, FOR STORAGE.
WE'LL END UP COMING UP WITH SOME IDEAS FOR IT, BUT IT'LL STILL BE USED BECAUSE LAST I REMEMBER IT WAS KIND OF LEAKING AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF WRONG WITH IT, BUT, OKAY.
I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
AND IT USED TO BE CIVIC, IT USED TO BE DESIGNATED SHELTER.
SO IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR A SHELTER, IT MAY BE GOOD ENOUGH IF IT'S NOT LEAKING TOO BAD OR WHATEVER.
UM, GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? NO.
WE COULD TAKE A BANDAID OFF IT, BUT FIX IT.
FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY, I MEAN, UH, HENER, I'M SORRY.
FELIX, WHAT DO YOU THINK? UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, UM, BUILDING PROJECT.
YOU THINK THAT DEBT IS GREAT THOUGH? NO, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT LOOKS AWESOME.
UM, ONE OF MY BIGGEST THINGS IS WE DO HAVE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT FROM US HAVING TO SPEND FROM GENERAL FUND.
WE, WE JUST DON'T WANT, LATER ON IN THE FUTURE, SOMEONE SAYS, OH LOOK, UH, WE UNDER BUDGETED OR WE, WE, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.
WE JUST, UH, WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS.
NO, OUR, OUR, OUR GOAL IS JUST TO USE THE, THE, THE MONEY, THE DOLLARS THAT WE ENDED UP GETTING FROM THE BOND AND THAT'S IT.
UH, WHO WILL, WHO WILL MAKE THE ACTION? I SECOND.
I, I MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AS ITEM THREE AS RECOMMENDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES.
LET ME JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD BY JESSICA, SECOND BY HECTOR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WHAT AM I GONNA DO? RED OR GREEN? I GUESS I'M GONNA DO GO GREEN.
I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT ONE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT I, I TRIED A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
[5. Consideration of and action on Resolution No. R-4011, 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, a Utility Construction Services Agreement, by and between the City and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, to accommodate future Koeblen Road near Structure 05502. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]
NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R DASH 40 11.[01:05:01]
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF ROSE, OR WHAT OTHER CITY COUNCIL WOULD IT BE?A UTILITY CONSTRUCTION SERVICE AGREEMENT BY BETWEEN THE CITY AND CENTER POINT ENERGY ELECTRIC LLC TO A ACCOMMODATE FUTURE COPELAND ROAD NEAR STRUCTURE OH 5 5 0 2.
THIS ONE IS GONNA STING A LITTLE BIT.
RIGO, TELL, TELL THE COUNCIL WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA STAY ON.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 38 38, UH, AUTHORIZING A UTILITY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES STUDY AGREEMENT FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY FOR THE DESIGN OF AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION AND COMMUNICATION FACILITY AS PART OF THE FUTURE COPELAND ROAD.
SEGMENT TWO PROJECT FROM STATE HIGHWAY 36 TO FM 2218.
THE RELATED RESOLUTION NOT INCLUDED IN THE ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW OF THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
RESOLUTION NUMBER R 40 11 WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A UTILITY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC FOR THE REMOVAL, AN EXISTING STRUCTURE STRUCTURE 0 5 5 0 2 AND THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW 110 FOOT G UH, ONE 20 TANGENT POLE, APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET SOUTH ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF THE, IN AN ESTIMATED COST OF $287,000.
THE POLL RELOCATION IS NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECT.
SHOULD CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R 40 11.
THE AGREEMENT FROM CENTER POINT ENERGY WILL BE ATTACHED AND SERVE AS EXHIBIT A TO SET RESOLUTION.
THE PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND FISCAL YEAR 2025.
BUDGET STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL RESOLUTION NUMBER R 40 11 AS PRESENTED.
SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS, IN THIS PICTURE, UH, SEVERAL YEARS BACK CENTER POINT ENDED UP PUTTING THOSE LARGE TRANSMISSION POLES THAT, THAT COME ALONG 36 AND IT GOES ACROSS, UH, OUR PARK AREA OUT THERE AND IT CROSSES WHERE THE FUTURE OF COPELAND ROAD AND RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S ONE OF THOSE POLES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THE ROAD'S GONNA END UP GOING.
SO CENTER POINT'S MAKING US MOVE IT OVER A HUNDRED FEET.
THESE AREN'T YOUR JUST AVERAGE LIGHT POLES.
IT'S A, IT'S A BIG MASSIVE YEAH.
GALVANIZED STRUCTURE, RIGHT? 110 FEET IN THE AIR.
SO, AND THESE ARE, UH, A PART OF THE GRID.
UNLESS YOU BURY IT, IT'S GONNA COST YOU MORE MONEY.
WELL, I GUESS THAT SECTION YOU COULD, BUT IT'LL BE MORE MONEY THOUGH.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO ON THIS ONE.
IF WE WANT, IF AND THE MOBILITY BOND IS ALREADY PASSED FOR COKE.
THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE'RE HALFWAY ON THAT.
UH, RIGHT NOW ON THAT, WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE OTHER PROPERTY, THE, ON THE COUPLE OF PARCELS.
AND THE, THE DEVELOPERS WORKING ON THE FAR END.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE, THE CONNECTING SIDE ON 2218 RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHY I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS SO THAT'S THE DEVELOPER DOING EVERY PART.
THEY'RE GOING FROM THERE TO THE BRIDGE AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE A VERY BIG JOB.
I MEAN, ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALLED IT A POLE.
ANYWAY, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? GEORGE, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I I HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR.
SO WILL THERE BE ANY, UH, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE, UH, LIVING IN YOUR NEARBY? I, I CANNOT SPEAK FOR CENTER POINT.
I'M SURE THEY'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY, BUT I, I, I KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING UP THOSE POLLS, THERE WAS, UH, SOME SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR CENTER POINT.
I GUESS MY, MY SECONDARY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, IF IT'S NEEDED, WELL, IF THERE IS GONNA BE AN INTERRUPTION, HOW WILL WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC THERE? UH, TYPICALLY, LIKE WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY LET US KNOW WHEN THERE WAS GONNA BE SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
THEY PUT TAGS AND LET ALL THE BUSINESSES KNOW IN THAT AREA.
SO THEY DO THE NOTIFICATION? YEAH, THEY, THEY DO.
AND THEY LET THE, THE RESIDENT, THE RESIDENTS, THEY'LL CALL YOUR CELL PHONE REVERSE NINE ONE ONE AND YOU'LL GET AI AND IT WILL TELL YOU YOUR ELECTRICITY'S ABOUT TO GO OFF.
THAT'S WHEN I UNPLUG ALL MY COMPUTERS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE'LL JUST, WE NEED, WELL, HECTOR MADE A MOTION.
WHO WILL SECOND IT? YOU GOT I'LL IT SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING
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GREEN.IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED.
CITY CHARTER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WILL GET RIGHT INTO 'EM AFTER WE TAKE A SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.
IS THAT OKAY? LET'S DO THANK YOU WAY.
THIS IS, IS THAT THE FLU NOW? MM-HMM
MY FRIENDS WOULD TELL THEY WERE TALKING TRASH BECAUSE I,
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THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY WERE TALKING TRASH BECAUSE NO, THE DEAL WAS LIKE, OH, WE DON'T, THEY'RE JUST EXAGGERATING.I SAID MY, THE PEOPLE CALL THE HUH? ALRIGHT, LET'S GET BACK TO THE MEETING HERE.
LET FELIX OH, IT'S, SEE YOU LATER.
YOU KNOW THE INTERESTING THING, SIR, IS THEY WON'T KNOW EVEN LET US HOLD OUR SIGNS UP IN HERE.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN AROUND HERE, SO BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ANYWAY.
UH, THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO TAKE A BREAK BECAUSE THIS IS A, THIS, I'M NOT SURE HOW HOW LONG THIS'LL TAKE, BUT IT'S A IMPORTANT ITEM.
I HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT GOING THROUGH THIS ITEM WITHOUT ALL THE COUNSEL BEING HERE, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
[6. Review and discuss proposed amendments to the City Charter, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Brandon Morris, City Attorney) ]
AND DISCUSS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.UM, I GUESS, LET ME READ THE ITEM.
NO BRA, UH, GRADY, YOU READ THAT ITEM.
AT THE DECEMBER 16TH, 2025, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CITY COUNCIL REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED INDIVIDUALLY BY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PREPARATION FOR POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION ON MAY 2ND, 2026.
BASED ON THESE DISCUSSIONS, SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES WAS UPDATED AND WILL BE PROVIDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER FOR CITY COUNCIL'S REVIEW, WHICH IS ON THE DAIS.
NOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO FURTHER REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO ALLOW THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO PROVE IT.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AN ENVELOPE.
WHY WAS IT CONFIDENTIAL? I DON'T KNOW, RICHARD.
I DIDN'T MAKE THE, THE ENVELOPE AND I DIDN'T STAMP IT.
IT'S NOT, ALRIGHT, SO LOOK THESE OVER AND I GUESS THE, THE STAFF, UM, YOU WON ACTION ON THIS CORRECT? GRADY? DIRECTION? WELL, OH, DIRECTION.
DO YOU NEED ACTION? DO YOU NEED A MOTION OR JUST DIRECTION? I'VE GOT DIRECT.
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OR AMENDING OR DOING WHATEVER YOU CALL THE ELECTION.SO THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP SO FAR.
WOULD ANYBODY CARE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? AGAIN, I HAVE, STEVE IS NOT HERE, SO IF YOU WANNA REMOVE ANYTHING, WE NEED TO WAIT FOR STEVE.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY REMOVING ANYTHING, BUT ON THE LAST PAGE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE PERMISSIBLE OR THAT, THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S NO CLEAR AUTHORITY.
THOSE LAST, WHICH ITEM? I'M SORRY, WHICH ITEM? NUMBER NINE.
THE, THE TWO PRIOR TO THE LAST ONE.
SO ARTICLE NINE, BONDS POWER TO BORROW.
IT SAYS, UM, THAT THE CITY OF ROSENBERG SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE OR ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AN ORDINANCE WITH THE VOTE OF TWO THIRDS APPROVAL OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE, THE COMMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THAT THIS IS PERMISSIBLE, BUT MAYBE TRUMP BY STATE LAW IN INSTANCES WHERE VOTER APPROVAL IS REQUIRED RATHER THAN COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO, UM, IN, IN, IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IF IT IS TRUMP BY STATE LAW, IS THERE ANY LIABILITY OR EXPOSURE TO THE CITY FOR BEING WRONG ON THIS? NO, YOU JUST QUESTIONED THE ELECTION.
THROWS THE ELECTION INTO LIMBO.
IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW STATE LAW, THERE ARE TWO VOTES.
CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THAT'S A VOTE OF CITY COUNCIL.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU WANT THE CHARTER TO SAY THAT'S GOTTA BE UNANIMOUS BEFORE YOU CALL AN ELECTION.
ONCE IT'S CALLED, THEN IT'S A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITIZENS.
SO YOU'RE THE GATEKEEPER IN OTHER WORDS.
AND YOU CAN STOP A BOND FROM GOING FORWARD IF YOU WANT TO, IF THE CHARTER SAYS IT'S GOTTA BE UNANIMOUS.
NOW WITH COS THAT DOESN'T GO TO THE VOTE OF THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S JUST A VOTE OF COUNCIL.
IF STATE LAW SAYS A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE A CO OR SOME LANGUAGE LIKE THAT, THAT BRINGS IN THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CHARTER TRUMPS STATE LAW OR STATE LAW TRUMPS THE CHARTER.
SOMETIMES THEY WRITE STATE LAW TO SAY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE CHARTER.
SO IT'S JUST A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
BUT ON THE SECOND ONE, THE MISCELLANEOUS ONE ABOUT APARTMENTS, UM, WHEN WE'RE PROPOSING POTENTIALLY THAT ANYTHING OVER TWO STORIES WOULD BE PROHIBITED.
THERE, THERE IS SOME EXPOSURE THERE FOR EQUAL PROTECTION IS THAT EXPOSURE TO THE CITY TO, AND IT WOULD BE THE SAME ANSWER FOR THE ONE ABOVE IT.
THERE'S EXPOSURE FOR THE EXPENSE OF DEFENDING A LAWSUIT.
THE TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE LAWYERS OR TML OR WHOMEVER, UM, TO DEFEND THE CITY AND THE LAWSUIT.
BUT THERE'S NOT A PENALTY OR, OR UH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND AN EQUAL PROTECTIONS CLAIM WOULD BE HANDLED PROBABLY BY TML RATHER THAN YOUR FIRM.
NOW THAT'S IN FEDERAL COURT AND SOMETIMES FEDERAL LAW WILL TRY TO PUNISH A, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, LAWYERS NEVER SHOULD SAY ALWAYS OR NEVER.
SO HAVE A CHARTER PROVISION THAT SAID IT HAD TO BE UNANIMOUS, BUT ANYBODY COULD BORROW, I MEAN, COULD BORROW HERE.
RIGHT? AND THEN THAT WAS REPEALED.
WHEN, WHEN MY TERM ENDED, Y'ALL WENT THROUGH AND DID 60 SOMETHING CHANGES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THEM, RIGHT? I DON'T REMEMBER.
WELL, THAT WAS THE CASE I REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, I THINK JACOB AND RICHARD DIDN'T Y'ALL WORK ON THAT? AND STEVE ALSO.
AND IT WAS, UH, THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT VOTER STUFF, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THE COUNCIL VOTES.
SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE? TWO THIRDS OR U UNANIMITY? UH, TWO THIRDS ON WHICH ONE? ARTICLE.
WELL, RIGHT NOW IT'S ALREADY TWO THIRDS, ISN'T IT? IT'S IT'S FOUR OUTTA SEVEN.
ISN'T THAT TWO THIRDS CLO PRETTY CLOSE OR IT'S FIVE FIVE SEVENS? WELL, ALL FIVE OUTTA SEVEN.
SO COUNSELOR OLSON AND DE GREGORIO WANT, WANT UNANIMITY.
AND THE COMMENT THEY WANT UNANIMITY.
AND THE COMMENT IS THAT THIS SOMETIMES COULD BE TRUMPED BY STATE LAW, BUT I THINK THAT WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS IS THAT THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE TO THE CITY.
IF IT IS TRUMP BY STATE LAW, IT'S KIND OF HARMLESS.
RIGHT? WELL, WASN'T TRUMP BEFORE?
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WELL, HE'S SAYING IT'S PERMISSIBLE.HOWEVER, WHAT I THINK WHAT HE'S YOU'RE SAYING IS TO GO PAST THIS POINT, IT NEEDS TO BE UNANIMOUS.
BUT TO GET TO THE BALLOT, ONCE IT'S ALL TO GET TO THE BALLOT, IT'S, IT HAS TO BE UNANIMOUS.
IF THIS PASSES AND THEN WHEN IT GOES TO THE CITIZENS' VOTE, IT'S MAJORITY CORRECT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL YOU'RE SAYING.
SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S JUST NOT ULTIMATELY UP TO US, IT'S JUST UNANIMOUS TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT? YES.
I MEAN, IN THE, IN THE BIG PRO, THE PROBLEM WAS IS FOR YEARS COUNCILS WERE HAVING, THEY WEREN'T HAVING THESE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I DON'T CARE FOR THESE BOND ELECTIONS, I'D RATHER HAVE A BOND ELECTION AND AT LEAST HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEAT IT IN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT COUNCILS WERE, WERE BORROWING WITHOUT BOND ELECTIONS.
THEY WERE BORROWING THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF COMPENSATION.
COS $10 MILLION EVERY YEAR AND $10 MILLION A YEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEY NEVER WENT TO.
AND I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE HERE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T WE PUT IT ON A BALLOT? SHOULDN'T WE PUT IT ON A BALLOT? AND THEY WERE LIKE, UM, THEY DIDN'T SAY THE WORD SHUT UP.
THEY WERE THINKING THE WORD SHUT UP ANYWAYS, THEY DIDN'T DO IT.
AND SO WHEN US CONSERVATIVES GOT THE MAJORITY, WE, WE PROPOSED A CHARTER CHANGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT BEFORE THE COUNCIL COULD BORROW WITHOUT A BOND ELECTION.
SO DO YOU WANT ARTICLE NINE CHANGED FROM TWO THIRDS TO UNANIMOUS? I DO.
IS THAT THE, THAT THE WILL OF COUNCIL WITH A MAJORITY VOTE.
BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT RICHARD PROPOSED? ISN'T, ISN'T THAT WHAT'S ON HERE? YES.
BUT THAT'S TWO PEOPLE ON THERE.
IS THAT WHAT THAT'S WHAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON.
AND IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMEHOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S QUESTIONABLE, WE ASSUME THERE'LL STILL BE A CITY ATTORNEY HERE, YOU OR BRANDON OR SOMEBODY THAT WILL SAY, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
STATE LAW OVERRIDES JUST, JUST AS YOU DO ON EVERY OTHER SITUATION WHERE STATE WR LAW TRUMPS THE, UH, THE, THE CITY CHARTER.
SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WELL, THAT LAST ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE INSURANCE AND THEN THE FIRST ONE ON HERE IS ALSO THE COMPENSATION.
I THINK THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WERE BIG CHANGES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S STILL IN FAVOR? WELL, IN PAST, YES.
RICHARD, GEORGE, JESSICA, NO OPINION.
AND THEN THE COMPENSATION IS 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 YESES COMPENSATION.
WHICH, WHICH ITEM IS THAT? IT'S THE VERY FIRST ONE.
I, I A NO ON THAT ONE, BUT I WAS OUTVOTED.
SO WHEN I WILL DRAFT THESE, THERE'LL BE SEPARATE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT.
ARE YOU GOING TO, DO YOU WANT THEM PRESENTED AS A SLATE FOR COUNCIL TO VOTE ON OR WE'LL, COUNCIL VOTE ON EACH ONE.
WELL, FOR, I THINK WE DO EACH ONE.
I MEAN, WE, YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY.
IF I WOULD PRESENT IT ALL TOGETHER AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING, I PREFER EACH ONE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OUT OUT? WELL, YOU MAY PREFER IT, BUT WE WOULD PREFER MAYBE TO DO IT.
YOU CAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU DISAGREE WITH.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING NOW DISAGREE WITH IT.
NOW, STEVE, IF I, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH AND ATE THESE EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING.
WELL, I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL CHARTER AMENDMENT RESPONSE SUMMARY AS WRITTEN ON HE, HE DOESN'T NEED ACTION.
WELL, IT SAYS RECOMMENDED ACTION.
WELL, HE SAID BEFORE YOU DON'T NEED ACTION.
NO, I JUST NEED DIRECTIONAL DRAFTING.
THEY'LL HAVE THE FINAL SAY AND THEN YOU'LL APPROVE.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING, AND YOU GUYS CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN IS, IS YOU WANNA DO IT ALL ON ONE, ONE, UH, HIT INSTEAD OF SAYING, OKAY, ARE YOU LIKE THE PERSON HE'S AGAINST THE COMPENSATION? AND I MIGHT BE AGAINST IT TOO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT SEPARATE.
'CAUSE I MIGHT BE VOTING AGAINST IT THAT DAY.
WELL, HE'S JUST ASKING ON HOW TO DRAFT IT THOUGH, RIGHT? WELL, EACH ITEM WILL
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BE A, EACH AMENDMENT WILL BE A SEPARATE ITEM.I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW YOU WANT IT PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA.
IT'LL BE ONE ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH NINE OR HOWEVER MANY YOU HAVE.
OH, SO YOU'RE ASKING IF WE WANNA DO ONE ITEM ASKING FOR THESE NINE CHANGES OR NINE ITEMS. CORRECT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW I DRAFT IT, IT MATTERS HOW IT GOES ON THE AGENDA.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT HOW IT WOULD BE DRAFTED IN THE CHARTER.
BUT YOU'RE JUST SAYING HOW IT'LL BE DRAFTED ON THE AGENDA.
WHEN WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US.
MY C SO WE COULD DO IT LIKE THE MINUTE, LIKE WHEN WE APPROVE THE MINUTES EVERY OR THE, YOU KNOW, NOT THE MINUTES.
THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA WHERE IT'S LIKE ONE CONSENT AGENDA AND A B, C, D, EFG.
WELL THIS IS GONNA BE ONE ITEM, RIGHT? AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH HOW MANY POINTS WAS IT? NINE POINTS.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING IF WE WANNA DO IT THAT WAY OR IF WE WANNA DO LIKE NINE SEPARATE POINTS.
YOU WANT NINE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? NO, I DON'T, I JUST SAID I WANNA DO IT LIKE WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
RIGHT? CAN WE DO IT THAT WAY? YOU CAN MAKE A BUT WE DON'T WANT IT CONSENT.
THE FORMAT OF HOW IT'S WRITTEN.
ONE ITEM WITH NINE SUBPARTS, I'M DRAFTING ONE ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE CHARTER ELECTION.
IT WILL HAVE NINE ITEMS ON IT.
HOW Y'ALL DEBATE IT IN CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU WANT NINE ITEMS OR IF YOU WANT ONE ITEM.
SO LONG AS THEY'RE ON THERE, I'M HAPPY.
THEN ONCE THE ELECTION IS CALLED ON THE BALLOT, EACH UH, ITEM WILL BE A SEPARATE VOTE FOR THE CITIZENS.
BUT IS, IS TO FULFILL WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES.
HOW WE ARE DELIVERED THEM ALL.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE I AGREE WITH THE QUESTION.
WHETHER YOU PUT 'EM, IF YOU, IF YOU PUT 'EM AS ITEM NINE ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND DEBATE THESE NINE TIMES AS OPPOSED TO PUT 'EM ONE.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PROBLEM, YOU TAKE IT OUT, THEN WE'LL PUT IT TO THE SIDE AND WE'LL MOVE ON.
THAT'S WHAT JESSICA'S TALKING ABOUT, MAYOR.
UH, HOW WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS SPEAKING OF.
YOU KNOW HOW WE GOT THE CONSENT AGENDA? YEAH.
YOU SAID, HEY, ANYBODY WANNA BRING A AN ITEM? AN ITEM? THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, WHEN WE, WHEN WE SEE THE ITEM UNDER AN ACTION ITEM, NOT CONSENT, WE'LL GO THROUGH, WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE BULLETS AND SEE WHICH ONE WE WANT TO TAKE OUT.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY? CLEAR HIS MUD? YEAH, GO FOR.
THAT'S GONNA BE HIS, UH, YOU REPEAT THAT? YEAH.
CAN YOU START OVER? ARE YOU JOKING? ARE YOU SERIOUS? I'M JOKING.
[7. Hold Executive Session to deliberate the potential purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property pursuant to section 551.072; for economic development negotiations pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code; and, discuss the appointment of a City Prosecutor pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code. ]
HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE POTENTIAL PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO 5 5 1 0.072 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.AND DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT OF CITY PROSECUTOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.074.
WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? DO Y'ALL WANT TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE.
ALL THOSE IN FA, I I MADE THE MOTION.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO GET, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE TODAY.
HEY, THEY WERE ALL ON THE MONEY.
UH, GEORGE, DON'T FORGET TO VOTE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TO RECONVENE.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO OH, SO WHY DO YOU GUYS, THAT'S, I'LL MAKE A MOTION
[8. Adjourn Executive Session, reconvene Regular Session, and take action as necessary as a result of Executive Session. ]
TO AURN.JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WAS CORRECT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH GREEN.
RICHARD, ARE YOU GONNA PUSH GREEN? YES.
IF YOU WANT TO ADJOURN, PUSH GREEN.