Feb 24, 2026 City Council Workshop Meeting

BUT ANYWAY, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND START US OUT.

MOVE ON TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, JUST PENDING THE PRAYER.

SO, AT THIS TIME, IT IS SIX THIRTY SEVEN AND I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

UM, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA FACILITATE THE, THE INVITATION? LET'S SEE WHO WAS ON THE LIST? PASTOR DEBORAH.

UH, WELL, WE WILL GET BROTHER FELIX, WHEN HE, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA CALL FELIX, BUT HE'S IN THE BACK.

ALRIGHT.

HE'S COMING, STILL DEALING WITH THE MATCHA COFFEE.

LEMME GET HIM.

THAT'S THE NUMBER I TEXTED YOU.

TELL YOU WHAT ONE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THEN WHEN HE COMES IN, WE'LL GO BACK AND SAY THE, OKAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL

[ Announcements. ]

SO, UM, THERE IS A SHELTER ADOPTION EVENT PUT ON BY THE ROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTER.

THIS, UM, WILL BE SOMETHING WHEREIN YOU CAN VISIT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH FOR THE SHELTER ADOPTION EVENT WITH WAIVED ADOPTION FEES FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT 1207 BLOOMY ROAD IN ROSENBERG, TEXAS, 7 7 4 7 1.

NEXT, THERE WILL BE A PAPER SHREDDING EVENT SET FOR MARCH 7TH AT ROSENBERG CITY HALL.

THE CITY OF ROSENBERG IS HOSTING THE PAPER SHREDDING EVENT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH AT ROSENBERG CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 2 1 1 0 FOURTH STREET.

THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ROSENBERG RESIDENCE ONLY FROM 9:00 AM TO NOON, OR UNTIL THE TRUCKS ARE FULL.

TO PARTICIPATE, RESIDENTS MUST SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY ON SITE, SUCH AS A CITY UTILITY BILL, DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR OTHER FORM OF IDENTIFICATION.

YOU CAN CALL 8 3 2 5 9 5 3 3 0 1 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THERE'LL BE A WINE AND BEER WALK SET FOR MARCH 24, I'M SORRY, MARCH 21ST IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG.

THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THE CITY OF ROSENBERG'S FIFTH ANNUAL WINE AND BEER WALK RETURNS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM NOON TO 5:00 PM AT HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG.

PLEASE VISIT ROSENBERG TX.GOV TO PURCHASE TICKETS, GET SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION OR MORE EVENT DETAILS.

ALSO, THERE WILL BE AN EASTER PORTRAIT PARTY SET FOR MARCH 28TH AT THE ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER.

SAVE THE DATE.

JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON AT THE ROSENBERG CIVIC CENTER.

FOR OUR EASTER PORTRAIT PARTY, PLEASE VISIT ROSENBERG TX.GOV FOR EVENT DETAILS.

NOW, DOES ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL OR STAFF HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH REGARD TO THIS MEETING? I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, WE HAD OUR FINANCE MEETING TODAY AND STAFF DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR AUDIT, SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM WITH THEIR GREAT AUDIT THAT THEY HAVE.

THANK YOU, HECTOR.

UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE INVOCATION? OKAY.

WITH NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WILL ASK, UM, COUNCILMAN MR. VARGAS TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PRAYER IF WE CAN JUST, UH, IF WE CAN JUST BOW OUR HEADS.

LORD GOD, WE THANK YOU AGAIN THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE.

LORD.

GOD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER, FOR OUR RIGHTS AND FOR OUR PRIVILEGES AND FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

FATHER, WE ASK YOU RIGHT NOW, FATHER, THAT YOU COME INTO THIS PLACE THAT WE ALL AGREE IN ACCORD, FATHER, THAT WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS CITY.

LORD, WE THANK YOU, FATHER AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO BE TOGETHER HERE AS ONE.

IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN.

IF YOU JOIN ME IN THE EVOCATION,

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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.

UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, FELIX.

UM, WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH, THROUGH THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AS I STATED, WE WENT OUT OF ORDER TODAY.

ALSO, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? HAS, HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP? OKAY.

SO WITH THERE BEING

[1. Review and discuss prohibiting trucks on designated streets in the Greenwood subdivision, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Jonathan White, Police Chief) ]

NO COMMENTS, I'LL SKIP THE READING OF THE RULES AND WE CAN GET DIRECTLY INTO OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS REVIEW AND DISCUSS PROHIBITING TRUCKS ON DESIGNATED STREETS IN THE GREENWOOD SUBDIVISION AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY TO DIRECT STAFF.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL INVITE, UH, POLICE CHIEF OFFICER WHITE TO PLEASE IN INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY MAYOR BENTON TO GIVE CITY COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS PROHIBITING TRUCKS FROM OPERATING ON CITY STREETS IN THE GREENWOOD SUBDIVISION, A TRUCK IS DEFINED BY CHAPTER 28, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 28, 1 59 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES MEANS A MOTOR VEHICLE, WHICH HAS THREE OR MORE AXLES, IS DESIGNATED AND MAINTAINED PRIMARILY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIAL OR PROPERTY, AND IS USED FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING THAT MATERIAL.

A MAP OF THE PROPOSED AREA IS ATTACHED FOR REVIEW.

SHOULD COUNSEL GIVE DIRECTION TO PROHIBIT TRUCKS IN THE GREENWOOD SUBDIVISION, AN ORDINANCE REVISION WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.

SO ON THE MAP YOU'LL SEE THE AREAS, THE STREETS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, UM, PROHIBITING TRUCKS TO TRAVEL DOWN THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

SO HOW WOULD YOU DELIVER? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS THIS BROUGHT, WHO BROUGHT THIS, UH, MAYOR BENTON.

HOW WOULD WE DEL HOW WOULD CUSTOMERS DELIVER FURNITURE? UM, YEAH, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THOSE.

SO THE ORDINANCE DOES HAVE, IT HAS SOME DEFENSES AND DELIVERIES IS ONE OF THOSE.

SCHOOL BUSES.

SCHOOL BUSES PROHIBITS ALL THE THROUGH TRAFFIC THEN, RIGHT? CORRECT.

'CAUSE I, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE NODE TRUCK ZONES AND AS A CLASS A CDL DRIVER MYSELF, YOU GET STOPPED WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE SIGNS.

EVEN THOUGH IF YOU'RE DELIVERING SOMETHING, YOU GET STOPPED AND GET TICKET, GET HASSLED.

YES.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP.

AS FROM A BACKGROUND OF, WITH THE CDL LICENSE, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.

BUT IF IT'S PEOPLE GOING THERE AND LEAVING THE TRUCK THERE OVERNIGHT, THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF THAT THAN THROUGH TRUCKING.

UH, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT, BY THE WAY, MAY I GO, OH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS FROM MAYOR BENTON.

WELL, I, I, I BROUGHT, I'M SORRY.

I WENT OUT OF ORDER.

SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE REASON.

UM, I ASKED, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T RECENTLY JUST BEEN FLOODED, ALTHOUGH I'VE HAD THREE FOLKS, UM, PROBABLY WITHIN 60 DAYS, UH, MENTIONED AND DISCUSS, DISCUSS, UH, THIS POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE YEARS.

IT'S COME UP AND DOWN.

UM, SO IT WOULDN'T, UH, AFFECT, UH, AMAZON OR SCHOOL BUS OR THE TRASH SERVICE.

CERTAINLY.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THESE ARE TIGHT AREA, TIGHT STREETS.

THEY WERE DEVELOPED IN A TIME, UH, WHERE THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNDERDEVELOPED.

THE STREETS ARE PEOPLE PARKING ALL OVER THE STREETS.

DRIVEWAYS ARE TIGHT, AND THEY'RE BRINGING TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS HOME.

NOT.

AND, AND SO THIS IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PARKING THOSE TRUCKS JUST ON A PERMANENT BASIS, LIKE OVERNIGHT PARKING.

CERTAINLY.

UM, AND, AND THEY DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE BRINGING HOME THE, UH, THE TRAILER.

THEY BREAKS THE, THE ACTUAL, THE THE CAB.

THE CAB, YEAH.

THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE, THE PROBLEM.

SO THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE, THEY'RE BRINGING THOSE UP.

UM, AND THEY'RE PARKING THEM IN THE YARD 'CAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER, OTHER PLACE TO PARK 'EM.

SO THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO ASK Y'ALL, WHICH Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT.

WELL, WE'LL START IN ORDER OF OUR DISTRICT.

SO LET'S START WITH FELIX.

I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH IT.

IF THE PEOPLE WANT IT AND IF THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY GIVE IT TO THEM.

BUT ONE QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS, HOW WOULD Y'ALL ENFORCE IT? WOULD Y'ALL GO BASED ON CALLS OR WOULD Y'ALL PATROL THAT AREA? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OBSERVED BY, BY THE OFFICER, UH, WITH A TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN THOSE ROADS.

PRETTY NARROW THERE, RIGHT? UH, WELL, IF, IF THEY'RE PARKING ON THE STREET, THEY'RE PARKING ON THE STREET, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PARKING IN THEIR YARDS, WE HAVE NO ORDINANCE AGAINST THAT.

I MEAN, I, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH IT.

AND STEVE, IS IT, UM, WHEN THEY PARK 'EM THERE THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING ELSE THROUGH THE STREET? 'CAUSE THEY TAKE UP, SO THE STREETS ARE

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WELL, IF IT'S, IF IT'S HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH SAFETY, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A FIRE TRUCK OR AMBULANCE, THEN I'M ALL FOR IT.

AND HECTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, THE ONLY, UM, I KNOW CHIEF WHITE MENTIONED THAT WE SEE HIM DRIVING THROUGH THE STREET.

SO THAT KIND OF GETS ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A, A CAB WOULD KNOW THAT NEEDS A, UH, THE, THE TRAILER BEHIND IT, THEN I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

BUT IF IT'S A, A DUMP TRUCK, MAYBE DELIVERING MATERIAL, UH, SAND 'CAUSE THEY'RE LEVELING THEIR PATIO IN THE BACK OR SOMETHING, THAT'S WHERE I'M, OR CONCRETE.

IN THAT SITUATION, THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT.

UM, BUT THERE'LL BE TRAINING FOR THE OFFICERS.

SO THEY'RE NOT HARASSING THE DRIVERS SAYING, HEY, YOU GOTTA TAKE THIS.

WELL, A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THEY WON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN AMAZON TRUCK OR A UPS TRUCK, IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S A DELIVERY.

BUT IF IT'S A, UH, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRUCK, UH, YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU, UNTIL YOU STOP THE, THE PERSON.

AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE SITUATION.

UM, WE ALREADY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM PARKING ON THE STREET.

THIS WOULD BE PRIMARILY TRAVELING DOWN THE STREET.

UM, SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO WHEN IT SAYS ON DESIGNATED STREETS, UH, IS THAT, DOES THAT ADDRESS, UH, MAYOR BENTON'S CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING ON THEIR OWN GRASS? YOU SAID THEY ALREADY HAVE A ORDINANCE FOR THAT, SO THERE'S ALREADY ORDINANCE FOR THAT? NO.

SO IT WOULDN'T PROHIBIT THEM FROM PARKING, BUT IT'D PROHIBIT THEM FROM DRIVING TO THEIR YARD TO, TO GET TO THEIR PRIVATE DRIVE ONCE THE CAR IS ALREADY PARKED ON THEIR PRIVATE DRIVE.

IS THERE AN ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS THAT? NOT IT WOULD BE ON THE PUBLIC STREET, BUT NOT ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

NOT ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WELL, AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH THEM DRIVING, YOU WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING? IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE LIKE SPEEDERS.

IF YOU GET CAUGHT, YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL ASK GEORGE, 'CAUSE GEORGE LIVES THERE, SO HE'D PROBABLY BE THE BEST.

BUT I'D GO TO RICHARD.

RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? I I JUST THINK THAT WHAT IS THE ISSUE THAT THE ROADS ARE BEING TORN OUT? IS THAT, THAT IT IS TIGHT.

THE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOOD FOR THE ROADS.

UM, BUT I MEAN, IF IT'S JUST A ISSUE OF SOMEBODY PARKING IN THEIR YARD, I'D HATE TO, I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY THAT GUY MAKES A LIVING.

UM, I'D HATE TO SAY, HEY, YOU CAN'T PARK THERE ANYMORE.

I MEAN, IT, IT COSTS FIF UP TO $15 A DAY TO PARK THOSE THINGS.

THINK IT'S MORE, YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE, THIS ORDINANCE SOUNDS LIKE IT JUST PROHIBITS THE DRIVING TO YOUR YARD, BUT THE ACTUAL PARKING ON YOUR YARD, WELL, THEY CAN'T GET THERE.

SO.

I MEAN, A, A GARBAGE TRUCK DOES WAY MORE DAMAGE ON THOSE ROADS THAN ANYTHING.

AND, AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON THERE, RICHARD, BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE AT THE CURVE, I WAS SUSPECTING IT WAS A, A EXTRA TRUCK DRIVER AND IT WAS OUR, OUR GFL TRUCKS TEARING UP OUR CURVE ON DOWN OUR STREET.

AND THEY'RE FLYING THROUGH THERE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET DONE FAST.

AND THAT'S WHAT HITTING THOSE CURVES AND STUFF, THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S PROBLEM I HAVE.

BUT I, I DON'T SEE HOW A GUY TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, AFTER WORKING, TRYING TO PARK OVER THERE.

I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT, I HAVE TO SEE PICTURES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL COMPLAINT IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO FIX, BUT I DON'T THINK I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS AT, AT THIS MOMENT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

AND GEORGE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? WELL, PE COUNCILMAN, UH, IT'S, UH, THEY'RE ON, THEY PARK ON TOP OF THE SIDEWALK.

THEY BEEN, THE SIDEWALK IS FOR THE PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE GOING TO AND FROM WHATEVER.

UH, I JUST, I JUST DON'T LOOK.

BUT, UH, ALSO I WAS GONNA TALK TO CHIEF WHITE ABOUT, ABOUT DOING THE DAY.

UH, THESE KIDS CANNOT AFFORD A, A PASS OR WHATEVER TO PARK, UH, AT SCHOOL.

SO THEY, THEY PARK THERE GREENWOOD DURING THE DAY AND THEY WALK TO SCHOOL.

IN TERMS OF THE TRUCKS THAT ARE, UM, PASSING THROUGH THE GREENWOOD SUBDIVISION.

ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH ALLOWING THESE NON-DELIVERY TRUCKS? BUT I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SEMI TRUCKS, UM, SEMI-TRUCK DRIVING THROUGH GREENWOOD.

ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT? HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT TRUCKS APPEARS LIKE, UH, BUSINESSES, THEY'RE ALLOWING THOSE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE IT WOULD JUST BE SEMI-TRUCK.

THINK OF A SEMI-TRUCK THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TRAILER.

LET'S SAY THE HOMEOWNER DRIVES A SEMI-TRUCK AND THEY DRIVE IT HOME AND PARK IT AT THEIR HOUSE.

LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION IF I CAN, WHENEVER I GOT ONE MORE.

WELL, I DON'T WANNA CONFUSE YOU.

ISSUES.

SO THEY STRADDLED, THEY STRADDLED THE TRUCK ONE, TWO WHEELS ON THE, OFF THE CURB OF THE CARPET GRASS AND THE OTHER TWO IN THE, IN THE, IN THE DITCH.

BUT THERE'S AN ORDINANCE AGAINST PARKING LOT STREET RIGHT ON THE STREET.

YES, SIR.

RIGHT? HE LIVES IN GREENWOOD.

SO THEY CAN'T DO THAT.

SO THAT'S A TICKET.

AND SO IS GREENWOOD GREENWOOD'S IN YOUR DISTRICT? IS THAT

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YOU LIVE IN GREENWOOD.

AND SO THAT'S ALSO IN YOUR DISTRICT.

CORRECT.

DO YOU WANT BIG TRUCKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? NO.

THAT SLEEP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

MARY, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

SO GEORGE IS A NO.

SO I'M THINKING THAT WHAT THE MAYOR'S TRYING TO, AND, AND I THINK I, I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON, AND MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT ARE THEY GOING DOWN OAK CREEK TAKING A RIDE ON ROCKWOOD AND THEN TAKING GREEN GATE, UH, GREEN GATE TO GO TO READING ROAD? IF NO, THAT THEN THAT I'M OKAY WITH BECAUSE THERE ARE YEAH.

DRIVERS THAT THERE ARE DRIVERS THAT OH YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY, IN FACT, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT'S ACTUALLY GREENWOOD VILLAGE.

I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT ON THERE.

'CAUSE I WAS THERE LAST WEEK.

THAT'S DEFINITELY SHOULD BE ACTUALLY A NO THROUGH.

'CAUSE THAT'S A CUT THROUGH.

THAT IS A CUT THROUGH.

THAT'S, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU, UM, IF YOU ADDRESS GREENWOOD, UH, LET ME JUST SAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.

I DON'T LIVE IN GREENWOOD, DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

I'M NOT GONNA BEG YOU.

UM, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE IN GREENWOOD, FORGET OLD GREENWOOD.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY ELEVATED.

WHICH ONE? OH, THE NEW GREENWOOD IS ELEVATED.

BECAUSE ELEVATED PROBLEM, BECAUSE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A CUT THROUGH TO RIGGING ROAD.

THAT WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT ONE BE A A, A GOOD ONE TO SAY, HEY, NO TRUCKS THROUGH THERE.

NO, NO.

THROUGH TRUCKS THERE.

NO, THROUGH TRUCKS.

UH, BUT IN GREENWOOD YOU HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE, AND I DON'T KNOW, AND I HADN'T GONE THROUGH THEIR TAKE ACCOUNT.

IT, IT'S, IT'S A MOSTLY RENTALS SITUATION THERE.

UM, SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, OR YOU HAVE SOME FROM TIME TO TIME, TRACTOR TRAILERS WITHOUT THE TRAILER SLEEPING THERE ALL AND THAT, AND THAT'S THE THING ABOUT IT.

WHEN YOU SAY SLEEPING, YOU MEAN? WELL, THEY LIVE THERE.

SO, YEAH.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHEN YOU SAY SLEEPING THERE, THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO PARK THEIR CAR AT THEIR HOME VERSUS TRUCK DRIVERS WHO ARE STOPPING TO SLEEP, RIGHT? CORRECT.

I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN ALSO A FIRE TRUCK, UM, WENT TO, TO A, TO A FIRE AND, UH, THEY COULDN'T GET TO THE LITTLE FIRE HYDRANT.

SO THEY BROKE THE TWO WINDOWS OUT AND RAN IT RIGHT TO THE FRONT SEAT, TO A HOOK UP TO, UH, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT A PREFERENCE TO THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.

IF Y'ALL WISH TO TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT ON JOIN, UH, GREEN.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD SECTION IT OVER JUST TO OLD GREENWOOD, NOT GREENWOOD VILLAGE.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN EASY CURE.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.

I THINK YOU'LL HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH THERE THOUGH, THOUGH MARY, THAT WELL, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN, IN GREENWOOD VILLAGE.

YEAH, BUT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY, BUT WOULDN'T YOU WANNA STOP THAT? OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S NOT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

IF IF HE, THAT WASN'T REALLY WAS CUTTING THROUGH THERE, I'LL BE OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT THAT WASN'T WHAT WE WERE OKAY.

THAT'S NOT THIS ITEM.

SO WITH REGARD, OKAY.

SO FELIX, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A YAY OR NAY ON WHETHER YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST PROHIBITING TRUCKS ON DESIGNATED STREETS IN THE GREENWOOD SUBDIVISION? ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? UM, I'M FOR, I MEAN, THE PEOPLE WANTED IT.

I'M FOR SO YOU'RE FOR PROHIBITING THE TRUCKS? YEAH.

AND THEN HECTOR, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, STEVE, CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A YAY OR NAY? LIKE ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST? I'M FOR, FOR PROHIBITING.

HECTOR, ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST PROHIBITING? IF I'M, I'M GONNA WAIT TO THE REST OF COUNCIL.

SO I'M AGAINST IT.

RICHARD IS AGAINST, UM, I WANT THE, THROUGH THE, THROUGH TRAFFIC TO BE REGULATED.

UM, FELIX, YOU SAID FOUR.

I'M BILL, I'M IN.

I'M IN FAVOR.

BILL'S IN FAVOR? UM, COUNCILOR EDDA.

GEORGE FOR OR AGAINST? YES.

I, UH, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR AGAINST? SHE ASKED YOU, PLEASE.

I, YES, I'M FOR IT.

SO I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.

SO JUST, UH, WITH REGARD TO GIVING DIRECTION TO THE STAFF, WE HAVE FOUR IN, UH, FOR, IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE.

YES.

THAT IS CORRECT.

NOW TO ADDRESS, UH, MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD ADDRESS WHAT HECTOR'S CONCERNED, 'CAUSE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON GREENWOOD VILLAGE.

UM, ON THE, THE THROUGH TRAFFIC, NOT SO MUCH THE TRUCKS.

I THAT'S NOT A PRO AN ISSUE THERE.

THE THROUGH TRAFFIC IS ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE.

TH THIS AS PROPOSED, WE'LL COVER BOTH SIDES SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE TRUCKS.

BUT, BUT IS A FUTURE ITEM.

WE'RE TALK, WE'RE I'M TALKING ABOUT AS PULLING THE COUNCIL.

IT'S NOT

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ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

SO IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE THAT WE DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON NO, THROUGH TRAFFIC, THROUGH GREENWOOD VILLAGE.

THAT ONE ROAD THAT GOES FROM HIGH SCHOOL ROAD TO READING ROAD.

THIS, THIS IS GONNA COVER THAT.

THIS MAP COVERS THAT SECTION.

I KNOW THE MAP COVERS THE SECTION, BUT THE ISSUE DOESN'T COVER THE SECTION.

THE DISCUSSION.

NOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING PUZZLED.

I AM.

IS THIS, CAN YOU ELABORATE? IS THIS COVERING THAT TOO? IT IS.

ALRIGHT, SO IT'S COVERED.

HE COVERED, YOU COVERED THAT TOO.

GOT IT.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO BE GENEROUS AND KIND TO ME.

I FIGURED WE'D DO BOTH SIDES SINCE WE, OKAY, WELL THAT'S FINE.

WELL, WHAT, TELL US ABOUT THE SECOND PART THEN.

ACTUALLY, HECTOR ACTUALLY SUMMED IT UP BEST.

WELL, I THINK SAY RE RESUBMIT HECTOR, THAT ONE, JUST BECAUSE LOOK AT THE WAY IT IS.

IF AS A TRUCK DRIVER AND YOU WANNA GO, I DON'T WANNA GO HIT THAT OTHER LIGHT ON, UH, WHAT'S THE NAME? UH, 2218.

2218.

SORRY.

WENT BLANK.

I DON'T WANNA GO HIT 2218, TAKE A LEFT AND THEN GO HIT READING ROAD TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.

I CAN GO CUT THROUGH, UH, GREENWOOD VILLAGE JUST TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE QUICKER.

SO I THINK A LOT OF, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT UP THERE.

SO THAT WILL NOT BE A, UH, I THINK SO, AND I HOPE IT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM.

'CAUSE IF I DROVE A BIG TRUCK, I, IT, IT'S TOO NARROW.

EVEN WHEN I DRIVE MY CAR TO THERE, YOU CAN'T, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A HURRY, THAT'S ONE PLACE I WOULDN'T GO THROUGH EXACTLY.

I TO CLIP SOMEBODY.

I MEAN, THOSE FOLKS HAVE HAVE EVEN ASKED AND I TOLD THEM, WANNA DO IT? APPLY.

WE HAVE A PROCESS.

THE REAL CURE THERE WOULD BE HUMPS.

AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD SLOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

UH, FROM, UH, NO.

IT WOULD, LET'S SAY IT, I THINK IT MIGHT DETER, DETER DRIVERS.

YES.

BECAUSE SPEEDING THROUGH THERE, THERE'S NO WAY.

I I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH THERE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

TOO MANY CARS PARKED.

YOU GOTTA WAIT FOR THE OTHER ONE UNTIL YEAH.

I, IF YOU WANT TO DETER YOUR RIGHT, UH, SPEED HUMPS WOULD DETER THAT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON A PARADE ROUTE NOW.

THEY'RE LITTLE AREA.

SO, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT.

I'M NOT GONNA DO IT FOR 'EM.

I'M OKAY.

WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

I THINK WE'RE FINISHED.

DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT A CONSENSUS THOUGH, ON THE CUT THROUGH FROM US? IT'S ALREADY, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE, WE'VE DONE THAT.

RIGHT.

JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CUT THROUGH IS GONNA BE FOR THE TRUCK.

THE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS ONLY.

NOT, NOT, OH, THE PASSENGER CARS.

[2. Review and discuss traffic acceleration and deceleration lanes on the I-69 Frontage Road at the intersection of Louise Street, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Rigo Calzoncin, Assistant City Manager) ]

REVIEW AND DISCUSS TRAFFIC ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LANES ON THE I 69 FRONTAGE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOUISE STREET.

AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY TO DIRECT STAFF RIGO.

GET US ON THE LIST FOR SOME FUNDING.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN, EXCUSE ME.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF AN ACCELERATION DECELERATION LANE ON I 69 FRONT FRONTAGE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOUISE STREET.

A LOCATION MAP WITH THE PROPOSED SCHEMATIC IS ATTACHED IN OCTOBER, 2025.

STAFF MAP WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS TO REQUEST SPEED STUDY AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THIS INTERSECTION.

THIS INTERSECTION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO MULTIPLE TRAFFIC CRASHES.

THE CITY HAS DOCUMENTED 20 CRASH REPORTS FROM OCTOBER, 2022 TO FEBRUARY, 2026.

THE LIST OF REPORTED CRASHES ARE ATTACHED FOR REFERENCE ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2025.

TEX.

I CONDUCTED A SPEED STUDY AT THE INTERSECTION AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CURRENT POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 50 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FURNISH ROAD REMAINS, REMAINS APPROPRIATE.

FOLLOWING THIS RESULTS, STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT T STOCK CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STUDY.

HOWEVER, DUE TO A BACKLOG OF IN-HOUSE REQUESTS, TDO RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CONDUCT ITS OWN STUDY FOR TEXTILES.

REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE.

FOLLOWING THIS RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY REQUESTED A PROPOSAL FROM KIMBERLY HORN ASSOCIATES TO CONDUCT THIS STUDY.

KIMBERLY HORN SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL IN AMOUNT OF 16,500, WHICH INCLUDES 9,500 FOR THE STUDY, PLUS 7,000 FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES.

IF THE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE WITHOUT INCREASING THE PAVEMENT, THE EXTENT OF THE ROADWAY DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS WOULD DEPEND ON THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY.

A SUMMARY OF THREE OPTIONS IS ATTACHED FOR REVIEW.

SO IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS, UH, THIS, THIS CHART HERE HAS, UH, THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

AND ONCE WE END UP HAVING THIS STUDY, WE'LL END UP FINDING WHICH OPTION IT'LL END UP.

WE'LL END UP, UH, I GUESS FALLING UNDER OPTION ONE PRETTY MUCH SAYS IF WE HAVE ENOUGH CONCRETE OUT THERE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY RETRIP, UH, RETRIP THE, THAT INTERSECTION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE PARTICULAR COSTS OF, UH, 16,500 WITH THE STUDY AND THE DESIGN.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING SOMEWHERE FROM BETWEEN 30 TO 50 TO DO

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THE, TO DO THE STRIPING.

OPTION TWO WOULD BE, UH, FOR THE ENGINEERING, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 66,500.

AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE STUDY IN A DECELERATION LANE ONLY.

AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION COST, ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO $200,000.

AND THIS WILL ASSUME THAT WE'LL BE ADDING ABOUT EIGHT FEET OF CONCRETE, ABOUT 500 FEET IN LENGTH.

AND OPTION THREE WOULD BE ADDING ANOTHER EIGHT FEET OF CONCRETE, A THOUSAND FEET, 500 ON EACH SIDE.

SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE, THE STUDY ENDS UP SHOWING OF WHAT CAN BE DONE OUT THERE.

AND TWO, UH, WHETHER IT'S WARRANTED.

SO I KNOW TXDOT IS HERE.

UM, IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR TEXDOT ON THIS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TDOT? I DO.

I DO TOO, SIR, WOULD YOU OR SIR OR MA'AM, CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? UM, CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND TURN ON THE MICROPHONE? UH, DANIEL AK UH, FORT BEND AREA ENGINEERING.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.

LET ME TELL YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I'LL BEGIN.

UM, FOR THOSE OF US THAT COME OUT ONTO THIS ROAD, A AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY ALSO A PA POW WOW FOR US TO DECIDE IF WE EVEN SEE AN ISSUE HERE.

I THOUGHT THERE'S AN ISSUE, MAYOR.

YEAH, I I FIGURED Y'ALL WOULD TO SEE IF THERE'S EVEN ISSUE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

THIS IS A, THIS IS A STATE HIGHWAY, BUT I THINK Y'ALL WOULD, UH, AGREE THAT, UH, OUR FELLOW CONSTITUENTS, UH, CITIZENS OR, UM, TO A DEGREE, UH, PUTTING THEIR SELF AT PERIL WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THIS INTERSECTION.

SO I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY.

HECTOR DOESN'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY.

SO FOR THOSE OF US THAT TRAVEL THIS AREA, UM, WHEN YOU COME OUT FROM THE FREEWAY ONTO, I'M SORRY, WHEN YOU COME TO THE FREEWAY FROM LOUISE STREET, YOU GOTTA BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL.

UH, ACCORDING TO THE CRASH REPORTS, THERE'S BEEN 20, 20 SOMETHING WRECKS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.

THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE LOW TO ME.

I WOULDN'T, I I THINK MARY, SORRY.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I THINK IT'S SLOW, LIKE YOU SAID.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME THAT HAVEN'T NEVER BEEN REPORTED.

AND I COULD TELL YOU AN INSTANCE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO A STOP SIGN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE OFF AND THE OTHER GUY'S MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN, OH, I, I CHANGED MY MIND.

I'M NOT GONNA GO.

AND THEY HIT FROM BEHIND, BUT THEY, THEY SETTLED ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEBODY THAT DID THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY YES, I AGREE WITH YOU THERE.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE INCOMING TRAFFIC AND IN TRAFFIC STOPS IN FRONT OF, YEAH.

SO I THINK IT'S DANGEROUS.

UM, THERE'S SEVERAL, THERE'S 20 SOMETHING ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTING REPORTED BY THE CITY'S OWN, UH, CALCULATIONS.

BUT, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY, UH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER REPORTED.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, UH, DON'T CALL, IF YOU'RE IN HOUSTON AND YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO CALL THE POLICE.

THEY WANT YOU TO EXCHANGE YOUR, YOUR DRIVER LICENSE AND YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND GO WORK IT OUT, UH, BY YOURSELF.

UM, AND, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE LEERY OF, UH, WALKING UP TO PEOPLE AND SAYING, I NEED TO SEE YOUR ID AND YOUR INSURANCE.

AND SO WE DON'T KNOW.

UM, WE DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS.

SO, BUT THE QUESTION DO Y'ALL, IS DO Y'ALL SEE A PROBLEM HERE? AND IF SO, UM, HOW DO WE WANT TO ADDRESS IT? UH, SINCE I GOT ELECTED TO, SINCE WE GOT ELECTED TWO YEARS AGO, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, UM, UH, I HAVE BEEN PLEADING, UH, WELL WRONG TERM 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MESS IT.

UM, MESS ANYBODY UP ON.

I'VE BEEN ASKING THE CITY STAFF AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW UP.

AND, UM, UH, AND THEY'VE BEEN REQUESTED WITH TDOT.

I, UH, HAD TO CALL OUR REPRESENTATIVES GARY GATES AND MATT MORGAN.

AND, UM, THEY PUT US IN TOUCH WITH TDOT.

AND TDOT HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE.

SO THE QUESTION DO THE COUNSEL IS DO Y'ALL SEE A PROBLEM? IF SO, UM, LET'S TRY TO FIND, DO Y'ALL WANT TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION? AND IF SO, DO WE WANT TO PUT ANY MONEY IN IT? AND IF SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RI RICO'S SUGGESTING GET SOMEONE TO GO OUT THERE.

UH, WE'LL HAVE TO FUND A, UH, SOMEONE TO, TO CHECK IT OUT.

OPTION ONE, TWO, OR THREE.

I SPOKE TO DANIEL YESTERDAY AND, AND HE SAID THAT, UM, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT, UH, UH, HE COULD

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THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

UM, AND SO MAYBE THE CITY COULD PUT SOME FUNDING IF YOU ALSO, SO DESIRE, AND THE STATE COULD PUT SOME FUNDING AND WE COULD GET AN ACCELERATION LENGTH.

THAT IS, IF THE MAJORITY OF US FIND IT A PROBLEM, I THINK IT'S A PROBLEM.

UM, BUT MADAM MAYOR, OKAY, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO SURVEY THEM TO FIND OUT IF I'M SO IS YOUR QUESTION WHETHER THE COUNCIL'S IN FAVOR OF AN ACCELERATION LANE IN DECELERATION? WELL, UH, UH, TO FIND OUT, TO FIND OUT IF Y'ALL, AND, AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEND ABOUT SIX OR 16 OR $17,000 FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN GOVERNMENT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY.

YOU'D THINK SOMEONE WOULD GO OUT THERE AND JUST LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, IT'S A PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S A PROBLEM.

BUT, BUT TO DETERMINE TO WHAT DEGREE AND WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE, APPARENTLY THEY NEED AN ENGINEER, PAY HIM $16,500 TO COME UP WITH A STUDY AND, UH, AND, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, UM, WHAT'S OUR BEST OPTION.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE ARE WILLING TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY 16 OR $17,000 YES.

FOR A STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION LANES ARE NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT IS THE QUESTION.

SO WITH EVERYBODY HOPEFULLY UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION, FELIX, UM, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF, OF FUNDING THIS STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO THAT AREA? I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.

SO THE STUDY ITSELF AS RIGA RED, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS 9,000.

IF WE USE THE PAYMENT THAT'S THERE AND JUST REMARKET, THEN THE TOTAL ENGINEERING COST IS 16 FIVE.

IF WE WANNA ADD A DECELERATION LANE, THE ENGINEERING COST WOULD BE 66 5.

AND IF WE WANNA ADD A DECELERATION AND AN ACCELERATION LANE, IT'S 116 FIVE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST 16,500.

IT DEPENDS ON WHICH THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT'S GONNA WORK AND WHAT ALL DO WE WANT.

BUT WE STILL NEED TO PICK THE, SO THEY STILL NEED TO DO, SORRY, THEY NEED TO DO THE STUDY.

WE NEED TO DO THE STUDY.

AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT OPTION ONE, OPTION TWO.

SO THAT, I JUST WANT TO VERIFY THAT IF WE GO THE ULTIMATE, IT ENDS UP BEING OPTION TWO OR THREE.

THE COST IS, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON OPTION TWO OR THREE OR ONE ANY TONIGHT.

WE'RE JUST VOTING ON 16 FIVE.

NO, NINE, NO, WE'RE VOTING ON NINE.

THE STUDY IS NINE.

NINE.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO DO THIS INCREMENTALLY, BUT, BUT THERE, BECAUSE WE WE'RE LOOKING AT COST SHARING HERE.

THAT IS THE HOPE.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LEGISLATURES.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

HE, HE HAS AVENUE TO GET US SOME FUNDS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THOSE FUNDS.

I UNDERSTAND.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THEY COULDN'T COST MORE.

THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOLKS.

SO WE COULD GET THIS TOGETHER FOR TWO YEARS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, FELIX, WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S CLARIFICATION THAT THIS STUDY WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $9,000 JUST TO DO THE STUDY IN THIS AREA.

ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST INITIATING THAT PROCESS? UM, I'M FOR, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL HERE, WE'RE ALL FOR SAFETY, SO I'M, I'M FOR IT.

AND, UM, STEVE, ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY FATALITIES OR INJURIES ON ANY OF THOSE WRECKS? UM, NOT AWARE OF ANY FATALITIES AT, AT THIS POINT HAVE BEEN INJURIES.

WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT INJURIES? ANY SERIOUS ONES? YES, SIR.

THAT'S ALL I NEED TO, I'M, I'M FOR IT.

AND, UH, HECTOR? FOR OR AGAINST? I'M FOR IT.

BILL IN FAVOR? I SHOULD SAY IN FAVOR.

AND I'M IN FAVOR, NOT THAT IT MATTERS AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO I THINK THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO.

ALL ARE IN FAVOR.

UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ANIMAL CONTROL.

AND SH COULD I OR I WAS JUST GONNA, UH, MAKE A NOTE WHAT TDOT'S BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO.

PLEASE DO.

UH, 'CAUSE I MEAN, YEAH, THIS, THIS IS A TXDOT ROAD AND WE ARE, UM, OUR TRAFFIC SECTION HAS BEEN, UH, ENGAGED AND I THINK, LIKE RIGO SAID, THERE WAS A SPOT SPEED STUDY DONE, WHICH SUPPORTS THE 50 MILE AN HOUR, UH, SPEED LIMIT.

UM, THE ONE THING OUR TRAFFIC GUYS DID NOTE IS THERE IS EXCESSIVE SPEEDING DOWN THE FRONTAGE ROAD.

SO IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO INCREASE, UH, ENFORCEMENT OF THE SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE, I THINK WOULD HELP THE SITUATION ALSO.

UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S ROAD, WELL FORTUNATELY WHAT WE, WE WILL BE ADDING TO THE BALLOT IN MAY, RIGHT? THE CCPD, WHICH WOULD HOPEFULLY IN INCREASE FUNDING TO OUR POLICE SO THAT THEY CAN BE PROACTIVE IN THESE REGARDS.

QUICK, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP JOYCE.

ONE

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YOU KNOW, THOSE SIGNS I HAVE ON MINES THAT SHOWS YOU SPEED.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE PUT IN? I DON'T THINK WE CAN PUT THAT ON A TEXT HIGHWAY WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION.

YEAH, YEAH.

SIGNAGE THAT'S BE APPROVED.

SO WE CAN GO INTO THAT MORE AS WE DEVELOP MORE PLANS, I THINK FOR ENFORCEMENT.

THEY'RE WELCOME TO SUPPLEMENT.

WELL, I, I MEAN, AND OUR TRAFFIC SECTION HAS BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SIGNAGE ALTERNATIVES TO KIND OF HELP ENHANCE THE INTERSECTION IN THE INTERIM.

UM, SO I I, I CAN'T GIVE ANY LIKE WHAT WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT NOW.

UM, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT AND HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE CAN COLLABORATE AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AS FAR AS SOME, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.

COLLABORATE SOME, SOME TEMPORARY, UH, SOLUTIONS UNTIL WE CAN GET TO A PERMANENT FIX.

LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SAFETY FUNDS AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I SHARED WITH THE MAYOR YESTERDAY.

WE HAVE SOME HSIP FUNDS THAT WE SUBMIT PROGRAM CALLS FOR.

UM, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES, LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY FOR TDOT TO LOOK FOR FUNDING.

ARE, ARE TROOPERS PART OF THE T DO THEY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THESE ROADS THAT ARE OWNED BY TXDOT? UM, SO THE DPS IS, I THINK OUTSIDE THE LOCAL JURISDICTION.

SO I GUESS THIS IS ROSENBERG.

IT IS, YEAH.

SO I, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE LOCAL PD.

SO THEY WOULDN'T, THEY WOULDN'T PATROL THAT AREA.

OH, THEY PATROLLED IT.

OH, THEY, THEY HAVE JURISDICTION ANYWHERE, EVERYWHERE.

, BECAUSE THEY, THEY LOVE TO ENFORCE, THEY LOVE TO ENFORCE.

YOU CAN INVITE THEM TO THAT AREA THAT KNOW THEY'RE STICKLERS.

I'VE SEEN THEM STOP P PEOPLE IN CITY ALLEYS THAT, THAT AREN'T EVEN PAVED.

I KNOW THEY WOULD LOVE IT.

I UNDERSTAND.

HAD A MAYOR, CAN I GO AHEAD CLARIFY WITH DANIEL SOMETHING.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, DANIEL, UM, I, MOVING FORWARD, I CAN FORESEE ONCE THEY DO THE STUDY AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SOLUTION, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA TAKE FUNDS.

SO AS YOU SAID, UH, IF THERE'S ANY LIST OR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE POSSIBLY THAT, UM, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION NO MATTER WHAT THE CITY DOES, WE WOULD APPRECIATE SOME COST SHARING.

AS FAR AS THE PERMANENT SOLUTION, YOU MEAN? PERMANENT? YES.

YEAH, YEAH.

TEMPORARY, PERMANENT.

YEAH, I DON'T, HAVING PERMANENT WOULD BE, I WOULD GUESS A A AN ACCELERATION LANE.

GET PEOPLE OUT THE ROAD WHEN THEY'RE TURNING OFF.

AND, AND I MEAN, SO I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, THERE IS A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY THERE, UH, GREEN SPACE TO THE SIDE.

AND I THINK, LIKE RIGO SAID, IF YOU WIDEN EIGHT FEET, YOU CAN PUT A 12 FOOT DESAL LANE IN LIKE A FOUR FOOT SHOULDER.

SO PLENTY ROOM.

I MEAN THERE'S OPTIONS THERE.

UM, LIKE I SAID, I, I CAN'T SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I, I THINK THE STUDY WILL KIND OF GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.

AND UH, AND I THINK THE OTHER THING OUR TRAFFIC GUYS NOTED WAS THERE'S A LOT OF, OR THERE WERE SEVERAL REAR END COLLISIONS COMING UP, LOUISE.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION DOWN LOUISE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY DID WANT ME TO JUST MENTION THAT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ADVANCED SIGNAGE THAT CAN BE PLACED ON LOUISE FURTHER UPSTREAM, UH, THAT MIGHT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

IS, I, I CAN'T IMAGINE.

I THINK WHERE YOU'RE TALKING, EXCUSE ME.

I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REAR IS 'CAUSE PEOPLE GO TO A STOP SIGN, YOU'RE BEHIND.

THE OTHER ONE THINKS HE, HE'S LEAVING, BUT HE DECIDES TO STOP AND THE OTHER ONE MOVES OVER.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE, I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN TO A COUPLE OF RELATIVES.

WE ALWAYS WORKING AND, AND ALSO PUT ADVANCED, LIKE ADVANCED STOP SIGNS OR SOMETHING.

I THINK WHATEVER WE DO, IT'S A, IT'S A JOINT EFFORT HERE TO COLLABORATE TO, TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY.

SO, AND THAT'S WHAT TDOT'S INTENT IS HERE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH Y'ALL, UM, TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, UM, FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.

WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, DANIEL.

YEP.

[3. Review and discuss the Animal Control and Shelter monthly reports for January 2026, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Omar Polio, Director of Animal Control) ]

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTER MONTHLY REPORTS FOR JANUARY, 2026.

AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY TO DIRECT STAFF MR. POLIO.

LEO.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE AGAIN TODAY.

UM, TODAY WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW, DISCUSS THE ANIMAL CONTROL MONTHLY REPORT ITEM HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE JANUARY 6TH JANUARY 20, 26 MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTER DEPARTMENT.

WE'LL GO RIGHT TO IT.

START OFF WITH SOME HAPPY TAILS.

UM, WE, IN JANUARY, WE SAW A COUPLE OF OUR WINTER STORMS COME THROUGH.

SO WE HAD A BUNCH OF FOSTERS COME IN AND HELP US OUT WITH THE SHELTER.

AT ONE POINT FOR THE MAJOR FREEZE, OUR ENTIRE SHELTER WAS ESSENTIALLY EMPTY OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF DOGS, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE ACTUAL FF UH, FREEZE ITSELF.

SO OUR FOSTERS CAME IN VERY HANDY THIS, UM, BACK IN JANUARY AND EVEN TO THIS DAY, SOME OF THOSE DOGS HAVEN'T COME BACK FROM FOSTERS OR THEY GOT ADOPTED THROUGH THOSE FOSTERS AS WELL.

SO I'M A GRANT MONEY AT WORK.

WE HELD ANOTHER ONE OF OUR QUARTERLY VACCINE CLINICS BACK IN THE END OF JANUARY.

THIS WAS FOR OVER 50 PETS THAT RECEIVED THEIR RABIES VACCINES MICROCHIPS AS WELL.

WE HELD THIS DOWN AT, UM, THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, PAUL ST.

PAUL'S CHURCH.

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ST.

PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH.

THEY'RE ON FIFTH STREET.

UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AN AMAZING HOST FOR US.

THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME WITH THEM AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

FULL.

SO THIS EVENT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS ALMOST WHAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT LAST WEEK, ABOUT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET FREE SERVICES FOR THEIR PETS.

WE OFFER FREE VACCINES AND MICROCHIPPING AS WELL AT THESE EVENTS THAT BECOME REGISTERED TO THE CITY AUTOMATICALLY.

AS FAR AS INTAKES GOES, WE HAD 53 INTAKES, 27 DOGS, 21 CATS, FIVE OTHERS.

OUR OUTCOMES WAS A TOTAL OF 66 OUTCOME WITH 26 DOGS, 35 CATS, AND FIVE OTHERS ALSO FINDING THEIR HOMES.

UM, ONLY TWO DEATHS WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

ONE WAS EUTHANIZED FOR SEVERE INJURY.

ONE DOG WAS, UM, EUTHANIZED FOR A SEVERE INJURY, AND ONE CAT WAS ALSO EUTHANIZED FOR SEVERE ILLNESSES.

THAT PUT US AT A 97% LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 96 FOR DOGS, 97 FOR CATS, AND THEN A HUNDRED FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

98 FIELD CALLS THAT WE REPORTED TO.

FOUR DIFFERENT BY CASES FOR TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THREE CRUELTY CASES THAT WE INVESTIGATED, ONE COMPLETED, AND TWO THAT WERE STILL IN PROGRESS AT THE TIME.

AND THEN WE DID HOLD THREE DIFFERENT ADOPTION EVENTS, THE SHELTER EVENT, ONE AT HOUSTON PETS ALIVE, AND THEN THE HOLLYWOOD FEED ADOPTION EVENTS.

SO WE DID HAVE A COUPLE EVENTS WITH SUCCESS, WITH SOME SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES AND INTENT OWNER SURRENDER DENIALS.

AND THAT IS IT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY.

WE'LL START DOWN THE LINE WITH, UM, DISTRICT ONE.

FELIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, NO QUESTIONS.

JUST WANNA SAY KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL THE ADOPTION, UH, EVENTS THAT YOU DO AND ALL THE HELP THAT, THAT GO OUT AND HELP, UH, JUST, UH, WANNA SAY GREAT JOB ALL AROUND.

OKAY, STEVE, NO QUESTIONS.

UH, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE ALL HOLLY WORK.

UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.

BILL, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WELL, DID YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE SPAY AND NEUTER EVENT? UM, TECHNICALLY THAT WAS GONNA COME UP IN FEBRUARY FOR THAT REPORT.

OH, ALRIGHT.

YES, WE DID HAVE OUR FINAL NUMBERS OVER, OVER 600 ANIMALS FEBRUARY AT THIS EVENT.

THIS, WE MEAN IN MARCH FOR THE FEBRUARY IN MARCH FOR THE FEBRUARY, YES.

YES, CORRECT.

BUT, UM, YEAH, OVER 600 ANIMALS WERE FIXED THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WEEKEND.

UH, MICROCHIP, RABIES VACCINES, ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR THEM.

THAT WAS ALL LOCAL.

ALL LOCAL TO THE ALL COUNTY, NOT TO THE CITY, BUT MOSTLY THE COUNTY.

UM, GOTCHA.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NUMBERS YET SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR ZIP CODE, BUT IF TRENDS GO THE WAY THEY DID AS LAST TIME, WE TYPICALLY DO HAVE THE LARGEST AMOUNT FOR, FOR, FOR THE LOCATION.

AND, AND WE HOSTED THAT HERE IN, IN ROSENBERG.

WE DID, WE DID HOST IT AT, UM, GEORGE GEORGE JUNIOR.

GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH.

JUNIOR.

WELL, THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE FROM GEORGE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT.

HELPFUL.

DEFINITELY.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, HAD, UH, WITHOUT THEM, CAROLYN COORDINATED MOST OF THAT.

AND THE EMPTY SHELTER GROUP THANKED THEM AND ALL THE OTHER GROUPS, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE SMALL, UH, WELL THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS AND SOME OF 'EM HAVE 2, 3, 4, 5 MEMBERS.

SOME OF 'EM HAVE MORE.

AND IF YOU HAVE, UH, 20 OF THEM SHOW UP, 20, UH, MEMBERS FROM 20 GROUPS, UH, YOU CAN HAVE A LARGE, LARGE EFFORT RIGHT THERE OR SO ANYWAYS.

ALRIGHT.

AND I DID WANNA ALSO, I GUESS IT'S MORE OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

UM, I GOT CONFIRMATION TODAY THAT WE WILL BE STARTING OUR FREE SPAY AND NEUTER VOUCHERS AGAIN FOR, UM, THE RESIDENTS.

UH, IT'LL BE WITH A PARTNERING VET HERE IN THE, IN THE AREA.

IT ALL IT COSTS IS $20 FOR THE MICROCHIP AND THAT INCLUDES THE REGISTRATION AND THAT PROVIDES THE, THE, THE OWNERS WITH, UM, A VOUCHER FOR SPAY AND NEUTER AND, UM, UM, ALSO INCLUDES THE RABIES VACCINE AS WELL.

SO THOSE VOUCHERS SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE DONE BY MONDAY.

AND THEY'LL, THAT'S THE FIRST DAY WE'LL HAND THOSE OUT.

THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY LIMITED, BUT WE'LL DO IT ONE, UM, MONTHLY.

AND HOW WILL THAT BE ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC? UM, TYPICALLY WE JUST POST ON FACEBOOK THAT THEN THEY GO VERY QUICKLY ON THERE.

SO PEOPLE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE FACEBOOK FOR THE ROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER, SEE? MM-HMM .

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VOUCHERS.

CORRECT.

YEAH, WE GOT CONFIRMATION ABOUT THAT TODAY.

SO WE'LL POST THEM ON MONDAY FIRST THING.

AND, UM, THEY JUST, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US FOR MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT.

AND CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US HOW THAT IS FUNDED? HOW THAT, THAT ACTIVITY IS FUNDED THROUGH FUNDING EFFORTS THAT I'VE RECEIVED THROUGH GRANTS.

THROUGH GRANTS.

AND WHICH, DO YOU KNOW WHICH GRANTS IN PARTICULAR? IT'S EITHER, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, BUT PETCO GRANT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ONES.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE REAPPLYING FOR SOON AS WELL TO TRY AND GET MORE

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FUNDING FOR THE SHELTER.

WELL WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO FUNDS THAT CLAUSE AT SOME POINT.

SHOULD WE, UH, SHOULD THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZE ALL THESE GROUPS? MAYBE AT ONE MEETING SOMETIMES, UH, DURING THE WORKSHOP WHEN WE DO THIS? I WOULD NOT, NO.

SOME, SOME ARE VERY MUCH PRIVATE, PRIVATE ENTITIES.

I UNDERSTAND.

DO WHAT THEY DO AND LIKE TO SEE OUR SUCCESS BE HIGHLIGHTED.

AND OUR NUMBERS.

WELL USE YOUR JUDGMENT AND IF YOU EVER SEE A TIME, UM, WE DON'T LIKE TO GET THINGS HERE AND NOT THANK PEOPLE FOR 'EM.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WOULDN'T BE A, WELL I THINK THE WAY WE THANK THEM IS BY SHOWING THEM OUR, OUR NUMBERS.

CORRECT.

UM, AND THEY, I THINK THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

SO RICHARD, NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, GEORGE.

BUT DID I SKIP YOU? NO, I DIDN'T SKIP YOU, BILL.

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