[2. Review and discuss Mobile Food Unit Parks and Mobile Food Units, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Felix Vargas, Jr., Mayor Pro Tem) ]

REVIEW AND DISCUSS MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARKS AND MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY.

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DIRECT STAFF. FELIX, YOUR NAME IS HERE. LET'S YES.

I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS ON THE ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

I KNOW THEY WANT TO BE HEARD. THEY FELT LIKE BASICALLY IT WAS JUST A CARPET PULLED FROM UNDER THEM.

AND THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD. SO WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND AND BE HEARD.

THAT'S WHY I WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA. I AGREE. NOW, NOW'S A GOOD TIME.

GOOD AS ANY. SO. SURE. YEP. THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS ADAM. IF YOU'LL COME TO THIS MIDDLE PODIUM.

TURN THE MICROPHONE ON AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

ADAM, YOU LIVE THERE ON MARYLAND? YES, I DO. ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME'S ADAM CONNELL. I'M THE OWNER OF TEXARKANA FOOD TRUCK.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TO ASK THE CITY IF THEY COULD RECONSIDER THE ORDINANCE THAT THEY PUT INTO EFFECT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT DOES AFFECT US A LOT, YOU KNOW, AS BUSINESS OWNERS, I DON'T THINK YOUR MICROPHONE ON THIS ONE GOT TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER BECAUSE THERE WE GO. YOU'RE TALL ADAM.

HOW'S THAT? WHERE WERE YOU? WE'RE USED TO SHORTER PEOPLE HERE.

YOU KNOW. MY NAME IS ADAM COHEN. I'M THE OWNER OF TEXARKANA FOOD TRUCK, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE CITY TO RECONSIDER THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS SET INTO EFFECT NOT TOO LONG AGO. IT REALLY DOES AFFECT US AS BUSINESS OWNERS, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A HOME LOCATION. SO WE MOVE AROUND A LOT.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN I, WHEN I'M READING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IN EFFECT, WHEN IT'S TELLING ME THAT WE ONLY HAVE A CHOICE OF SOMEWHERE THAT'S 10,000FT², THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS OUT THERE.

THERE'S REALLY LOWS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A, I GUESS I CAN SAY I'M A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME BECAUSE I DO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT'S GOING TO WORK WITH LOWE'S SO I CAN PARK OUT THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS EVERYBODY ELSE GOING TO GO? YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE CRUISING, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD $1,500 A MONTH.

YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S HARD ENOUGH FOR US, YOU KNOW, WITH FOOD COSTS AND LABOR, YOU KNOW, AND THE WAY EVERYTHING'S FLUCTUATING GAS PRICES, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'RE HIGH AND, AND PROPANE, LIKE A LOT OF THAT COMES OUT OF OUR OUT OF OUR POCKET TO TRY TO SURVIVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US HAVE FAMILIES LIKE MYSELF, WE HAVE FOUR KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HOUSEHOLD, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO PROVIDE, TRY TO PAY BILLS FOR THE FOOD TRUCK AND TRY TO PAY BILLS FOR OUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS ONE BUSINESS. AND WHEN YOU WHEN WE FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST ALL TAKEN AWAY FROM US, IT'S LIKE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? LIKE, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, THE NEW STATE OF TEXAS, YOU KNOW, PERMIT THAT ALLOWS US TO GO ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS OUR HOME.

LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO GO NOWHERE. LIKE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN OUR HOMETOWN.

AND I'M, I'M, I'VE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALL MY LIFE, GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS HERE. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HOUSTON UNLESS SOMEBODY CALLS ME FOR A CATERING. AND I REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOT OF FANS HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE US AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I MEAN, WE'RE PREFERRED VENDORS LIKE ISD.

SO THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE THERE. BUT MY MAIN ISSUE IS NOT BEING ABLE TO POP UP IN RESIDENTIAL PLACES AND SELL TO THE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, WE I CONDUCT A LOT OF BUSINESS INSIDE APARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN APARTMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET ALL OUR BUSINESS FROM APARTMENTS. WE, WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO KIND OF SHOW UP AND SUPPORT US AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S NOT, I KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ME. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THIS, LIKE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAS A FOOD TRUCK IS HERE BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING THEM. AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL HERE TO JUST ASK YOU GUYS TO RECONSIDER THE ORDINANCE FOR US.

THANK YOU. ADAM. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THAT ORDINANCE.

AS SOON AS WE GET TO GO THROUGH THE SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE GIVE GIVE YOU ALL SOME RELIEF.

ALRIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? LARRY WILSON. LARRY, HOW ARE YOU DOING, LARRY? I'M GOOD. WELCOME. SO MY NAME IS LARRY WILSON.

I LIVE IN RICHMOND, TEXAS. I'VE OWNED A BUSINESS AND RESTAURANT IN TOWN FOR FIVE YEARS.

I OWN THE BOUDIN COMPANY. SO I'VE MAYBE SEEN 1 OR 2 OF Y'ALL AT THE RESTAURANT, WHICH I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

Y'ALL HAVE TO DRIVE BY MY RESTAURANT. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN MY.

WHERE ARE YOU, LARRY? I'M AT THE CORNER OF RICH OF 59 AND 36.

YES, I AM. I WAS FURTHER DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO COME DOWN THERE.

BUT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THIS ORDINANCE. ONE I GOT THE PAPER ON THE 20TH OF JULY.

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THEY GAVE ME TEN DAYS TO MOVE THIS TRUCK, AND I'M.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STORAGE ROOMS THAT TAKE FOOD TRUCKS.

ANOTHER PORTION THAT THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH.

OVERALL, I'M I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTED.

I WOULD EXPECT THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO US, MAKE SOME KIND OF CONDITION.

SEE WHAT HAPPENED, DO A SURVEY, ANYTHING? NO GRANDFATHER CLAUSE? NO NOTHING. JUST KNOW Y'ALL GOT TO MOVE IT. THEN I'M HEARING HEARSAY THAT Y'ALL HAVE CONSIDERED THESE FOOD TRUCKS THAT SAY THAT IT'S ALMOST LOOKING LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. THIS REALLY DISGUSTED ME BEING HALF MEXICAN.

SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ON THIS AS FAR AS WHAT I'M HEARING, AND I'M HOPING IT'S NOT TRUE.

THE OTHER PORTION, I HAVE THE NUMBER ONE RATED SMALL RESTAURANT IN ALL OF ROSENBERG.

I'M HURT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY OF YOU.

THE ONLY ONE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME HAS BEEN FELIX. AND IT IS.

I'M I'M I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED. I MEAN, LOOK AT WHO'S OUT HERE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT YOU'RE MESSING WITH.

THEY'RE VERY. THIS IS WHAT THEY MAKE MONEY ON.

ONLY WAY I GOT THIS MONEY WAS MY FATHER'S LIFE INSURANCE THAT MY MOTHER GAVE ME WHILE SHE WAS GETTING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT.

WHO NOW WORKS FOR ME AS PART OF HER THERAPY. AND I'M JUST.

THIS BOTHERS ME. YOU'RE RUINING PEOPLE. AND I'M MY MY ISSUES ARE SMALL COMPARED TO THESE.

YOU'RE RUINING PEOPLE'S LIVES. IF THEY LOSE THIS, YOU.

THEY MIGHT LOSE EVERYTHING. THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE.

THIS IS THEIR VERY WELL-BEING. I HAVE A RESTAURANT TO BACK UP ON.

I HAVE FAMILY TO BACK UP ON. THIS IS THEIR LIVES.

THEY PUT EVERYTHING INTO IT. MINE IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF MY BUILDING.

ALL I WAS DOING WAS SERVING SNOW CONES. I SPENT FIVE GRAND DEVELOPING MY WHOLE OUTSIDE THE SEATING AREA AND EVERYTHING, JUST TO BE ABLE TO SELL SNOW CONES AND DAIQUIRIS OUTSIDE.

AS A PART OF MY RESTAURANT, I WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE WEEKS AND MONTHS TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP AND TRYING TO TALK TO THE PROPER PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S NO GRANDFATHER CLAUSE, NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTS, AND IT'S JUST IT'S EITHER THIS WAY OR MOVEMENT OR A PENALTY.

AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY IS. THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU LARRY. BUT LARRY, TO TO CLARIFY, YOU HAVE A SEPARATE RESTAURANT.

I HAVE A RATHER THAN YOUR CATERING TRUCK. MY TRUCK SITS ON MY PROPERTY.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WANT BOTH. YOU WANT YOU WANT A RESTAURANT.

YOU WANT A BRICKS AND MORTAR AND A FOOD TRUCK.

ALL RIGHT. I PAID FOR THE PERMIT FOR BOTH. OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. LARRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LARRY.

THE NEXT ONE IS CLINT. STOMP. CLINT. STOMP. OKAY.

HI, CLINT. WELCOME. HELLO. OKAY, SO I'M LOCATED IN OLD DOWNTOWN ROSENBERG.

AND FOR THE FOOD TRUCK PEOPLE, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE FOOD TRUCKS.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD PROFIT. IT'S I THINK IT'S A GOOD GOOD FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR PROFIT AND MAKE THEIR MONEY.

AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THAT. MY, THE, AS I READ THE THE MEMO OR THE THING THAT CAME OUT, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD WAS THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, JUST NOT IN MAJOR THOROUGH WAYS.

SO MY PROBLEM WITH ANY OF IT WOULD BE IS WHEN YOU COME FROM RICHMOND TO ROSENBERG.

WHAT DO YOU SEE? I HAVE A BUSINESS IN OLD DOWNTOWN, SO I WANT PEOPLE TO COME FROM RICHMOND TO ROSENBERG OR FROM SUGAR LAND TO ROSENBERG VIA HIGHWAY 90. OR THEY MIGHT COME.

59 BUT AS WE COME DOWN AND IT'S NOT JUST FOOD TRUCKS THAT PERMANENTLY SIT THERE, THERE'S FOOD TRUCKS SHOULD BE MOBILE, BUT PROPERTIES DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTIES.

GRASS EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE SELLING FIVE GALLON BUCKETS OF TIDE ON THE SIDEWALK, SELLING TEDDY BEARS OR SELLING FLOWERS, SELLING CLOTHES ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY 90.

SO I WORK 14 YEARS IN OLD DOWNTOWN TO TRY TO BUILD A BUSINESS.

AND LUCKILY WE HAVE A RAILROAD MUSEUM HERE THAT HELPS BRING BUSINESS AND OTHER ANTIQUE SHOP OWNERS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

BUT OLD DOWNTOWN WAS NOT NICE OR NOT THAT GREAT TEN YEARS AGO.

WE WORKED HARD TO GET IT THAT WAY, AND NOW I DON'T SEE PEOPLE THAT APPRECIATE OR RESPECT WHAT WE HAVE IN ROSENBERG.

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I'M A BRICK AND MORTAR. I'VE EMPLOYED 20 EMPLOYEES.

I MEAN, I PAY THE CITY FOR MY PERMITS. I DON'T PAY THE STATE.

I GET FOUR INSPECTIONS A YEAR. THEY GET ONE. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. HOW MANY? I MEAN, I WANT EVERYBODY TO MAKE THEIR MONEY, BUT I WANT MY BUSINESS TO GROW, TOO. I WANT THE CITY OF ROSENBERG MY PROPERTY, TO BE WORTH MORE MONEY.

OUR HOUSES. IF YOU LIVE HERE IN ROSENBERG, YOUR PROPERTY VALUE GOES UP IF MORE PEOPLE COME HERE.

SO IT'S NOT AGAINST THE FOOD TRUCKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT THERE'S IF YOU OWN YOUR OWN PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE A FOOD TRUCK AND YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD YOUR OWN BRICK AND MORTAR AND YOU.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE SHOULD BE TONS OF OPTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE NOW, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

NOT IF I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME FROM HERE TO THERE.

AND THEY'RE BUILDING MORE AND MORE EVERYWHERE.

SO HOW DO WE KEEP THEM HERE? THAT'S WHAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CLINT. WHO'S NEXT? BRAULIO. LOPEZ.

ANTHONY. ADAM. ADAM. OKAY, SO MY NAME IS BRAULIO LOPEZ.

I HAVE A BUSINESS HERE IN ROSENBERG. I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I SPOKE.

SO DO YOU. DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, SIR? NO, SIR.

I LIVE IN NEEDVILLE. MY BUSINESS HERE IN ROSENBERG. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU, BUT LOWES DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR THE PERMIT FOR YOU TO BE ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALONG A MAJOR CORRIDOR, JUST LIKE FIESTA DOESN'T QUALIFY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE 10,000FT² BECAUSE THEY'RE ALONG A MAJOR CORRIDOR.

EVERY BUILDING THAT HAS A 10,000FT² IS ALONG A MAJOR CORRIDOR.

THERE'S NO BUILDING THAT HAS 10,000FT². THAT'S NOT THERE.

WE WILL GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT. IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU GUYS PASSED, IT SAYS TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET. IF IT DOESN'T HAVE IT, IT WILL NOT QUALIFY.

ANOTHER THING WITH THE RESIDENTIAL THING, IT SAYS YOU CAN ONLY BE THERE FOR PRIVATE EVENTS, NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO TO THE GENTLEMAN'S POINT, WE COULDN'T EVEN GO TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND BE THERE AND CATER TO THE PUBLIC.

THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS IT. THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO EXCEPT FOR CRUISING.

THAT'S IT. I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT IT LOOKS GHETTO AND THIRD WORLD COUNTRY LIKE BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY OF US.

MY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK GHETTO HAVING 1015 TRUCKS IN ONE SPOT.

THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK GHETTO OR THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE APPEAL AWAY TO BRICK AND MORTARS THAT HAVE COMPLAINED THAT WE'RE TAKING THEIR CUSTOMERS.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, THIS WAS AMERICA, AND PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PICK WHEREVER THEY WANT TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.

THEY WANT TO COME SPEND IT ON A FOOD TRUCK. THEY'LL SPEND THAT ON A FOOD TRUCK. THEY WANT TO GO TO YOUR PLACE. THEY'LL GO TO YOUR PLACE WHEN IT RAINS.

WE DON'T SELL. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT IN THE RAIN AND STAND AND ORDER FOOD AT A FOOD TRUCK.

BRICK AND MORTARS. PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND EAT AND SIT THERE, RIGHT? WHAT YOU GUYS CREATED, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT'S A MONOPOLY. I'M NOT SAYING THAT HE'S GOING TO, BUT THE OWNER OF CROUZON CAN NOW CHOOSE TO SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS CAN ONLY SELL MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THAT'S IT.

AND I DON'T WANT YOU ON MY PROPERTY ANY OTHER DAY.

IF HE WANTS TO SAY, NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE TO PAY ME 5 OR $10,000 A MONTH TO SELL HERE.

HE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S HIS PROPERTY AND IT'S EITHER WE PAY IT OR WE GET OUT OF ROSENBERG.

WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ROSENBERG. WE LOVE IT HERE.

PEOPLE LIKE OUR OUR FOOD PEOPLE KEEP COMING. IF PEOPLE DIDN'T COME AND BUY FROM US, WE WOULD HAVE LEFT ON OUR OWN BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MAKING ANY MONEY.

NOBODY STAYS SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU DON'T MAKE MONEY. NOW ANOTHER THING.

THE GENTLEMAN AT CRUISING WITH FOOD TRUCKS. WHEN YOU PARK, A LOT OF THE TIME, IT'S A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO SELL. YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY. SO THEY DON'T HOLD YOU TO A CONTRACT LIKE HE'S HOLDING YOU TO.

IT'S A 12 MONTH CONTRACT. I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO CHANGE IT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MR. LOPEZ. WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL THROUGH AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH. AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK BRANDON, THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO GIVE US CLARIFICATIONS SPECIFICALLY ON WHICH WHICH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TRY TO NOTE EACH OF THESE SPEAKERS CONCERNED, WE WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM. ALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT? AND WE NEED CLARIFICATION. AND YES, GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THE TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT PARKING LOT.

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I THOUGHT WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT. IT'S OKAY AS LONG AS IT'S NOT NEXT TO THE ROAD.

I THOUGHT WE MAYBE WE. SOMEBODY SAID THAT OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T. WELL, THAT MEANS IF THE TRUCK'S NOT UP TO THE ROAD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO.

HE MADE A GOOD POINT. I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT SHOPPING CENTER IN A BURIED WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A VERY LOCATION. SHE WAS ON A THOROUGHFARE.

WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, FIESTA IS ON A THOROUGHFARE.

THEY HAVE TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET. BUT IF THE IF THE FOOD TRUCK WAS SPEAKING TO THE SPEAKER, IF THE FOOD TRUCK WAS CLOSER TO THE BUILDING AND MAYOR, I THINK WE DO STILL HAVE.

SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPEAKERS, SO WE GOT TO GET TO THAT BEFORE WE CAN HAVE OUR DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. WHO'S NEXT? CHRISTY. CHRISTY. CHRISTY, ARE YOU HERE? HI, CHRISTY.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. HELLO, CHRISTIE GARZA FROM ROSENBERG.

CHRISTIE, YOUR VERY SOFT SPOKEN. CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? WOULD YOU MIND? FOOD TRUCKS AREN'T JUST BUSINESSES, THEIR FAMILIES, DREAMS AND LIVELIHOODS.

THE ORDINANCE, PASSED BY COUNCIL IN JUNE, HAS FORCED SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO UPROOT AND LEAVE LOCATIONS WHERE MANY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED FOR YEARS, BUILDING LOYAL CUSTOMERS AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS ORDINANCE HAS MADE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO LEGALLY OPERATE IN ROSENBERG.

IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO CLEARLY PUSH ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS TOWARDS ONE PRIVATE LOCATION, RAISING SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT FAIR COMPETITION.

I BELIEVE THIS DECISION WAS RUSHED AND MADE WITHOUT FACTUAL EVIDENCE, COMPASSION OR INTEGRITY.

INSTEAD OF WORKING WITH FOOD TRUCK OWNERS TO SOLVE CONCERNS AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, THIS ORDINANCE HAS PUSHED THE ENTIRE FOOD TRUCK, COMMUNITY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND LOYAL CUSTOMERS AWAY.

DURING THE JUNE MEETING, COMMENTS WERE MADE SUCH AS HIGHWAY 90 LOOKS LIKE A THIRD WORLD THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, THAT FOOD TRUCKS TAKE BUSINESSES AWAY FROM BRICK AND MORTAR, AND THAT TAXES AREN'T BEING PAID AND FOOD TRUCKS ARE PUBLIC CONCERN A SAFETY PUBLIC CONCERN? THOSE ARE OPINIONS AND ALLEGATIONS, NOT ESTABLISHED FACTS.

IF APPEARANCE IS A CONCERN, CREATE REASONABLE STANDARDS.

IF TAXES OR CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE THE CONCERN, ENFORCE THOSE LAWS THAT ALREADY EXIST, BUT DON'T ELIMINATE THE ENTIRE GROUP OF FOOD TRUCKS BASED HERE IN ROSENBERG ON ASSUMPTION. WE'RE CONSUMERS.

WE CAN CHOOSE WHERE WE WANT TO EAT OR WHAT WE WANT TO BUY.

WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY ANYTHING FROM ANYONE. AND IF PUBLIC SAFETY IS TRULY A CONCERN, IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY DISPLACED FOOD TRUCKS ARE BEING DIRECTED TO A PRIVATE LOCATION THAT CAN SELL ALCOHOL UNTIL 2 A.M..

LEADERSHIP ISN'T ABOUT MAKING IT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO TRY TO EARN AN HONEST LIVING.

IT'S ABOUT LISTENING, WORKING TOGETHER AND FINDING SOLUTIONS WHILE ALLOWING SMALL BUSINESSES TO SURVIVE.

I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE AND WORK WITH FOOD TRUCK OWNERS TO CREATE A FAIR SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. CHRISTIE. THE NEXT ONE IS ERIC ORDAZ.

MY NAME IS ERIC ORDAZ AND I RESIDE IN NEEDVILLE, BUT WE HAVE A FOOD TRUCK IN ROSENBERG THAT SITS ALONG RIGHT NEXT TO CRUZ.

AND PLUS, THAT'S CALLED STREET BOYZ TACOS AND BURGERS, WHICH IS ON THE VALERO.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING THERE SINCE FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

AND I WANTED TO HELP AND SUPPORT MY DAD, WHO HAD A DREAM OF OWNING A FOOD TRUCK SINCE HE WAS AROUND MY AGE, AND MY MOM, WHO ALSO JOINS WITH US AND HAS WORKED WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING, AND SHE WORKS IN HER BREAKFAST LOCATION INDOORS FROM 5 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. AND THEN COMES OUTSIDE FOR 3 P.M. UNTIL ALMOST MIDNIGHT.

SHE RARELY GETS ANY SLEEP AND HAS TO WORK HALF THE WEEK, ONLY ON 4 OR 5 HOURS OF SLEEP.

BUT SHE STILL DOES IT ANYWAY. AND RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO.

I'M BECOMING A SENIOR, AND THIS JOB IS I'M TRYING TO SAVE UP FOR TUITION FOR COLLEGE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THIS NEW ORDINANCE IS GOING TO ELIMINATE US AND WE.

I JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO WITH MY SCHEDULE. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO GET THE MONEY THAT I WOULD NEED TO HAVE A TUITION FOR COLLEGE.

AND WE HAVE TO SIT AND WATCH AS A PRIVATE LOCATION WILL ESSENTIALLY CREATE A MONOPOLY AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL CONTROL OF THE FOOD TRUCKS IN ROSENBERG AT ONE SINGLE LOCATION, WITH THERE MAYBE BEING SPACE FOR ABOUT 10 OR 15 AT MAX VERSUS ALMOST 3040 FOOD TRUCKS IN ROSENBERG SAY IT FILLS UP.

WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE GOING TO GO? AND WHEN? THIS WAS AN IDEA IN APRIL, THE IDEA SINCE THE BEGINNING WAS THE GENERAL SAFETY OF PEOPLE.

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MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DRIVING LIKE CARS DRIVING AROUND AND PEOPLE CAN GET HIT.

BUT I WOULD ASK YOU THIS WOULDN'T YOU ALSO HAVE THE SAME RISK WALKING IN A TARGET PARKING LOT OR A WALMART PARKING LOT? YOU CAN ALSO GET RUN OVER IN THE SAME WAY. AND THERE'S ALWAYS MORE SPACE SINCE IT'S WAY BIGGER THAN MAYBE A GAS STATION.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT IS IT WAS A DISGUSTING COMMENT SAYING COMPARING US TO THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.

AND SINCE ME AND MY FAMILY ARE, YOU KNOW, OF THAT DESCENT, IT'S DISGUSTING.

YOU KNOW, SINCE WE KNOW HOW IT IS BACK AT HOME AND JUST BEING HERE, SUPPOSEDLY A NICER PLACE, BUT WITH US BEING CALLED A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, IT JUST IT JUST REALLY HURTS THE IT JUST REALLY HURTS THE SOUL.

AND IT WAS A STATEMENT BY THE CITY MANAGER, MISS BASSETT, THAT I DOUBT ALL.

I DOUBT THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE REPORTING SALES TAX ADEQUATELY AND IT WAS A HASTY GENERALIZATION OF ASSUMING ALL FOOD TRUCKS ARE BREAKING THE LAW.

LIKE WE LIKE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT PAY HONESTLY.

AND YOU WOULD ONLY KNOW THAT IF YOU WOULD GO TO EVERY SINGLE FOOD TRUCK AND ASK THEM IF THEY'RE REPORTING THE SALES TAX PROPERLY.

BUT I THERE'S, THERE'S NO PROOF OR EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THAT.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WHO'S NEXT? BARRY. RICHARDS.

BARRY, ARE YOU HERE? BARRY. HOW Y'ALL DOING? FINE. HOW ARE YOU? WE MOVED THE ROSENBERG BACK IN 2022.

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM LOUISIANA. OKAY. AND WHEN WE MOVE HERE, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? BARRY RICHARDS 3604 RICHMOND COURT. WE ORIGINALLY MOVED HERE IN 2022 FROM LOUISIANA, AND WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE THE CITY OF ROSENBERG WAS GROWING. AND THE ONE THING THAT BRINGS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER IS GOOD FOOD.

WITH ALL THESE SUBDIVISIONS BEING BUILT AROUND HIM.

SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ALL OF US WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME, HARD EARNED MONEY AND THEIR DREAMS AND TAKE THEIR MONEY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET OR GO INTO THEIR RETIREMENT TO START SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE IN THAT WILL WORK.

AND YOU GUYS TRY TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US. IT HURTS.

IT'S LIKE SPITTING IN SOMEBODY'S FACE. IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL.

WE DO THIS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILY.

OKAY. SOME OF US ARE NOT FORTUNATE TO SIT ON THIS PANEL AND HAVE A PAYCHECK COME EVERY WEEK, TWO WEEKS, A MONTH, A MONTH, HOWEVER, AND TO SURVIVE.

SO WHEN YOU TAKE THIS AWAY FROM US AND KICK US OUT OF THE CITY WHERE WE RESIDE AT AND PAY TAXES ON OUR HOMES IN ORDER TO BRING GOOD FOOD TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE US AND AND ACTUALLY COME BACK TO US AND BUY MORE FOOD FROM US, IT HURTS. SO I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ONLY THREE MONTHS, AND TO HAVE THIS DONE TO WHEN I HAD A TRAILER CUSTOMIZED TO OUR LIKINGS, IT SUCKS. IT REALLY HURTS.

AND NOW I HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THIS AROUND? HOW ARE WE GOING TO SURVIVE? DO YOU KICK US ALL THE WAY OUT TO GO TO HOUSTON, WHERE WE GOT TO DRIVE AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY TO MAKE MONEY TO WHERE WE STAY RIGHT HERE.

AND WE HAVE A CUSTOMER BASE, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT COME TO US ON A REGULAR TO BUY FOOD FROM US.

IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL. IT HURTS. SO ALL I'M DOING IS ASKING YOU GUYS, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE, PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS. GIVE US SOME TIME. MAKE IT EASIER FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING ALL OUR MONEY FOR PERMITS AND TO HAVE THAT DONE. IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? IT HURTS AND IT'S VERY STRESSFUL. AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO WHO DEALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHO MAY BE DEALING WITH PTSD, WHO MAY FIND SELLING FOOD TO THE CUSTOMERS AS AGREED AS A RELAXING THING TO HELP KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL WHEN THAT'S BEING DONE AND THEN VIOLENCE TAKES OVER.

THEN WHAT? WHO ARE WE TO BLAME? ARE WE GOING TO POINT THE FINGER AT THE AT THE BOARD UP HERE? SO PLEASE JUST RECONSIDER IT AND GIVE US SOME TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BARRY. OKAY. THE LAST ONE FOR THIS ITEM IS MARIA A JCAG.

MARIA. HOW ARE YOU? WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

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MY NAME IS MARIA. I LIVE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. I MOVED MY FOOD TRUCK IN 2022 TO ROSENBERG DUE TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY HAD OFFERED ME AT THE PLACE WHERE I WENT AND GOT MY PERMITS.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE AND I HAVE NEVER HAD NO COMPLAINTS.

I NEVER HAVE VIOLATED ANY RULES, AS FAR AS I KNOW.

I FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY ABOUT THE THE WAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN TREATING US.

I THINK ON THE 23RD, MY SON IN LAW GOT A PERSON THAT CAME TO THE WINDOW AND SAY, YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS TO MOVE OUT OF THIS PROPERTY.

NUMBER ONE, I'M PAYING TO BE THERE. AND FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE THE FRAME TIME THAT Y'ALL GIVING US IS NOT ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

LIKE I SAY, I LIVE IN HOUSTON AND EVERYBODY THAT OWNS A FOOD TRUCK KNOW THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE TO GO GET ALL THE DETAILS EVERY DAY, LIKE IT'S A DAILY BASIS THAT WE DO GO WATCH THE FOOD TRUCKS REFILL THE WATER.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE PLACE THAT I'M LISTING, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING PART OF THE ECONOMY.

WHENEVER YOU'RE USING WATER IN THE CITY, YOU PAY YOUR WATER BILL, YOU PAY TAXES, YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY.

SO I DO ALL THAT, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL TOWARDS ALL OF US AS A BUSINESS OWNERS, THAT NOBODY'S HAVING NO LITTLE CONSIDERATION AND SAY, OKAY, LET'S GIVE THEM AT LEAST 30 DAYS MINIMUM, BUT FOR SEVEN DAYS AND SAY, IF YOU DON'T MOVE OUT OF HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING POLICE TO COME AND MOVE YOU OUT OF THE BUILDING.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. SO IT MIGHT NOT BE ALL OF YOU.

IT MIGHT NOT BE ANY ONE OF YOU ALL. BUT I FEEL LIKE IF Y'ALL CAN PLEASE, LIKE TALK ABOUT IT AND GO OVER AND, AND HAVE SOME MORE CONSIDERATION BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMY, THE ECONOMY ALREADY IS MESSED UP RIGHT NOW.

AND FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE A BIG HILL RIGHT NOW IS LIKE MY FAMILY IS GOING TO IS GOING TO BE HURT NO MATTER HOW LONG MY, MY DAUGHTER DRIVES FROM MY HOUSE TO HERE TO COME EVERY DAY, 45 MINUTES DRIVING GAS, EVERYTHING.

AND TO SAY THIS IS IT IS TELLING US BY BY. THE REASON WHY I CAME TO RUSTON IS WHEN I CAME IN HERE.

I FEEL SO WELCOME. THIS CITY WAS BLESSED FOR MY FAMILY IN HOUSTON.

I HAD THE HARDEST TIME TO JUST GET ONE LICENSE, ONE PERMIT.

LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE FRONT DESK, THEY ACT LIKE THEY OWN EVERYTHING AND THEY JUST TALK TO YOU.

EVEN MY OWN PEOPLE, MY HISPANIC COMMUNITY, LIKE THEY AT THE FRONT DESK, THEY TREAT YOU WORSE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

SO WE DEAL WITH THAT IN HOUSTON AND TO COME IN HERE AND BE WELCOMED.

I FEEL SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. I WISH IF I HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY A PROPERTY HERE SO I CAN MOVE HERE.

BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS LIVING THE WORST TIMES THAT WE EVER HAVE WENT THROUGH.

BUT I PLEASE ASK ALL OF YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS AND SEE IF Y'ALL CAN HELP US, OR AT LEAST GIVE US MORE TIME, BECAUSE SEVEN DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH. SEVEN DAYS TO BE TOLD, I'M GOING TO BRING THE POLICE TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE IS NOT RIGHT.

SO LET'S PLEASE TRY TO TALK ABOUT IT AND RECONSIDER THIS.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WAS THAT IT? OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL GO TO THE THIRD ITEM WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY

[3. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2026-35, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances by amending Chapter 13, Article III, entitled "Mobile Food Unit Parks and Mobile Food Units"; providing a penalty in an amount as provided in Section 1-13 of this Code for violation of any provision hereof; repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith; providing for severability; and providing an effective date. (Brian Swint, Building Official) ]

GET INTO THE MECHANICS OF THIS. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THAT ITEM AS WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN. THEY'VE ALL. OKAY. DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? I HAVE ERIC ORDAZ, BARRY RICHARDS, MARIA AGEE AND LARRY WILSON SIGNED UP.

DO YOU ALL WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN OR YOU GOT. IT FELT LIKE YOU COVERED IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME READ THE ITEM. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE SPECIFIC MECHANICS AND SEE IF WE CAN GIVE SOME OF YOU ALL, IF NOT ALL OF Y'ALL, SOME RELIEF HERE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EXPLAIN KIND OF THE HISTORY AND WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

LET ME READ THE ITEM. WELL, NO, BRIAN, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT. WOULD YOU MIND? SAVE MY EYES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON ORDINANCE 2026-35, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE THREE, ENTITLED MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARKS AND MOBILE FOOD UNITS PROVIDING A PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1-13 OF THE CODE OF THIS CODE FOR VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES, INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT, HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN

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EFFECTIVE DATE. OKAY, I'LL READ THE SUMMARY OF THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM PROVIDED. CITY COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS CHAPTER 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATED TO MOBILE FOOD UNIT PARKS AND MOBILE FOOD UNITS. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-35 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO ALLOW CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 13. LET ME PREFACE THIS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE ORDINANCE AND SEE, GET SOME CLARIFICATION, SEE IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO CHANGE SOME THINGS, ADD SOME THINGS, LEAVE IT THE SAME, TAKE IT OUT, WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT.

SO IT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM RESTAURANTS ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS THAT WILL PULL UP, PULL UP NEAR THE RESTAURANT AND PARK RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT.

SO NATURALLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT AS AS LITTLE COMPETITION AS POSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE IN COMPETITION. I BELIEVE IN FREE MARKET.

I BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT, BUT I BELIEVE IN LIMITED GOVERNMENT, NOT SO LIMITED THAT THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A GOOD THING AND THEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING, THEN IT TURNS NOT SO GOOD.

THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. AND WE DO THAT A LOT.

EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IS THE, THE INTENTION ANYWAY, IS FOR THE, FOR THE BEST INTEREST, WE HOPE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE FOLKS THAT LIVE THAT RESIDE IN THE CITY LIMIT.

AND IF I'M NOT CORRECT, AND THIS IS NOT NO OFFENSIVE, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP EVERYBODY.

BUT IF I IF I'M CORRECT, I THINK OUT OF ALL THE SPEAKERS, TWO OF THEM LIVE IN THE CITY, KRISTIE AND ADAM, WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT SPOKE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY? CITY OF ROSENBERG. ALL RIGHT. WHAT? WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN, SIR? WHAT'S THAT? SENDERO. OKAY. THAT IS IN THE CITY.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD. SO THERE'S THREE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS ORDINANCE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP NOT JUST THOSE THREE, BUT THE REST OF THE FOLKS TOO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS. WE'RE GOING TO GET CLARIFICATION AND SEE IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO TWEAK IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE, SPEAKING OF COMPETITION, THAT A FREE MARKET THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE AND THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME ENTREPRENEUR OR MAYBE A GROUP TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE MORE FOOD PARKS.

AND I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA AND I AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HAPPENING, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO.

CITY STAFF DOESN'T NEED TO STEER PEOPLE. OH, GO TO THIS ONE FOOD PARK.

BUT WE HOPE, WE HOPE. NOTHING SUBVERSIVE ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T DISAGREE THAT FOLKS NEED TIME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.

IF IF IF THIS ISN'T AN IF FOLKS DO NOT FIND RELIEF TONIGHT.

I AGREE, FOLKS HOPE WE WOULD CONSIDER GIVING THESE FOLKS MORE TIME TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS.

THAT'S ONLY FAIR. WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON THESE THOROUGHFARES.

DO. WHEN WE SAY DON'T BE ON THE THOROUGHFARE.

WE GET THAT. BUT HOW ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, LOWE'S IS BROUGHT UP LOWE'S IS ON THE SIDE OF A THOROUGHFARE, BUT STILL FRONTS THE THOROUGHFARE. AND I WOULD SEE NO HARM HAVING A FOOD TRUCK TRUCK IN LOWE'S SHOPPING CENTER.

MAYBE NOT RIGHT UP AGAINST THE ROAD, BUT OTHER SIDE WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OR ANOTHER PART OF THE PARKING LOT.

YEP. THAT'S ALL I GOT. NOW LET'S GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.

TAKE A SECOND HERE. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STUFF THAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS

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FOLKS CAN GO TO. WHERE WAS THAT? I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. QUESTION? BRIAN. MISS MARIA SAID THEY GOT A SEVEN DAY NOTICE, AND I KNOW WHEN WE SPOKE IN EARLY JUNE THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE A 30 DAY NOTICE. CORRECT.

WHY WAS THERE A WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED TO 30 DAYS? I SENT ALL LETTERS TO EVERY REGISTERED FOOD TRUCK THAT WE HAD THAT OBTAINED A CITY PERMIT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

I SENT A LETTER ON JULY 6TH. THE POSTMARK MAY HAVE BEEN JULY 7TH, BUT I WROTE THE LETTER ON JULY 6TH.

SO IF THEY WERE REGISTERED WITH US, THEY GOT SENT A LETTER.

DID WHEN YOU'RE SENDING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

WE SHOULD SEND IT. RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. SO WE KNOW FOR SURE THEY GOT IT BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, THE MAIL IS NOT DEPENDABLE, THAT'S FOR SURE. OR HAND DELIVERY.

SO THAT CONCERNS ME. SO I THINK DUE TO THAT, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THE LETTER AND THEY'VE HEARD THROUGH RUMORS AND PEOPLE JUST TALKING. BUT ANYTHING, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD.

THE AREA, WHATEVER IT IS, SHOULD BE SENT CERTIFIED RECEIPT.

I THINK AMANDA, WOULD YOU BE TO HAND DELIVERING THEM? NO. THEY COULD BE HAND DELIVERED AS WELL. WELL WE DID THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. BUT DON'T JUST THE DATE THEY RECEIPT THEY GET 30 DAYS FROM THAT DATE.

DON'T DON'T FOLKS HOLD UP. DON'T SPEAK OUT AT FROM THE AUDIENCE.

WE'LL WE'LL GET TO IT BECAUSE THE MAIL CAN BE AN ISSUE.

SO I THINK TO YEAH, THAT HEARING THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE 30 DAYS, BUT WE CAN'T COUNT 30 DAYS FROM THE DAY IT WAS MAILED.

IT COULD TAKE A WEEK AND A HALF TO GET TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN ROSENBERG. SO IF WE HAD, COULD, COULD WE DEPEND ON THE MAIL A LITTLE BIT BETTER? THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT SOME OF THEM GOT THEM. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO UP TO THEIR ESTABLISHMENT, YOU SAY, WELL, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU SUPPOSEDLY GOT THIS LETTER? YOU HAVE SEVEN DAYS. I DON'T LIKE ANYBODY BEING THREATENED.

WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. WHY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, DELVE INTO IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER, I THINK. WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THREATENED HIM.

WELL, WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO THE POLICE, THAT'S A THREAT. WELL, YEAH, IF THEY MOVE YOU OUT. IF THEY WERE IF THEY WERE, THAT'S THAT'S A THREAT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE RUNNING DRUG MONEY THROUGH THERE AND HOLDING UP PEOPLE AND ROBBING PEOPLE FOR GOODNESS.

LET ME READ LET ME READ THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE WANT SOME CLARIFICATION.

BRIAN, CORRECT ME IF WHAT I READ IS, HAS IT CHANGED OR SOMETHING? SO IT SAYS. SO THESE ARE SOME PLACES THAT IT IS ALLOWED.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SITES, COMMERCIAL SITES WITH A BUILDING NOT LESS THAN 10,000FT².

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. WITHIN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PRIVATE CATERING EVENTS THAT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

YES, SIR. SO YOU CAN WRITE THOSE. OKAY. MOBILE FOOD UNITS MAY OPERATE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WITHOUT A SITE PERMIT.

CITY PARKS. CITY PARKS WITH A PARKS DEPARTMENT RENTAL RESERVATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARKS POLICY.

PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATIONS WITH APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

YEAH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, YOU GOT TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SITES.

AND THEN THE CITY HAS OCCASIONAL CITY SPONSORED EVENTS OR SPECIAL EVENTS HELD ON CITY PROPERTY.

ANY OTHER ANY OTHER SITUATION THAT THESE FOLKS CAN OPERATE? THE CAVEAT TO THAT 10,000. THEY CANNOT OPERATE ALONG ANY MAJOR CORRIDOR.

OKAY. WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT IN THIS? YEAH. WHERE DID I MISS IT? HIGHLIGHTED SOME SPOTS. IT'S IN 1316. WHAT PAGE? LET'S SEE. 01316. I PROBABLY HAVE A DIFFERENT PAGE FIVE.

NUMBER TEN. OKAY. I DO HAVE MY PENCIL. OH, I SEE PAGE FIVE.

MOBILE FOOD UNITS MAY NOT OPERATE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF ROSENBERG CORRIDOR.

STANDARD AREAS. THAT DOES NOT SAY COMMERCIAL.

WHAT'S A CORRIDOR, THOUGH? THAT'S A THOROUGHFARE.

I THINK COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WOULD BE PRIVATE. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS JUST NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY.

SO NOT CITY PROPERTY. NOT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WELL, PROBABLY MAYBE CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED. I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S NOT REASONABLE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON.

ON A ON A DIRT ROAD. SURE. CAN I JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW?

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THIS PARTICULAR WELL, TWO OF THESE I WAS SENT THEY WERE SENT TO ME FROM SOMEBODY MAKING A COMPLAINT.

AND ONE OF THEM IS THESE BUCKETS OF WHATEVER IT IS BEING SOLD OUT.

AND THAT'S WHEN ALL THIS ORIGINALLY STARTED WAS WE HAD A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ALL THESE BUCKETS OUT HERE BEING SOLD, CLOTHES BEING SOLD. AND THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE YOU HAVE ON THERE WITH SOMEBODY SET UP WITH A TENT SELLING SOUP OR SOMETHING OUT OF A POT.

BUT OKAY, SO, BUT BUT THESE AREN'T FOOD TRUCKS THOUGH.

WELL, OKAY, BUT THEY'RE ALL ALONG THE SAME. THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME CORRIDOR.

AND THAT'S WHAT DREW THE ATTENTION OF ALL THAT I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE.

BUT WAIT A MINUTE. THAT PERSON SELLING AT THOSE FOOD TRUCKS WAS ALSO SELLING THOSE BUCKETS.

SO IT WAS IT WAS RIGHT THERE. CAN YOU CAN YOU FIND THAT PICTURE? I DIDN'T SEE A PICTURE THAT HAS NOTHING. YEAH.

THERE'S A FOOD. THERE'S A GO BACK TO THOSE BUCKETS.

THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK RIGHT THERE HAD TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE SELLING.

THERE'S THERE'S FOUR FOOD TRUCKS ON THAT PROPERTY.

HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO KNOW? WAIT A MINUTE. PLEASE, WAIT A MINUTE.

PLEASE. HEY, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. AMANDA! RICHARD, WHERE IS THE FOOD? AMANDA. WAIT A SECOND. THAT ORANGE THING. WOULD YOU ALL STOP A SECOND, PLEASE? LET ME TELL.

THIS IS NOT A PRESS CONFERENCE, OKAY? HOLD IT DOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS, AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP OUT HERE.

SO THE ONE, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS NEXT TO A FOOD TRUCK.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT OR NOT.

RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. HEY. EXCUSE ME MA'AM.

PLEASE DON'T SPEAK OUT, OKAY? JUST HOLD UP. BUT, RICHARD.

THAT'S RIGHT. ONE THING WE NEED. SO IF THAT FOOD TRUCK.

WE NEED TO SEE IF THAT'S THE OWNER OF THE FOOD TRUCK. AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THESE PEOPLE DO ALL THIS STUFF. I THINK SHE'S RIGHT THERE.

I KNOW, BUT I KNOW ALL THIS STUFF IS GONE. BUT THAT'S WHAT DREW ATTENTION TO ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS.

THAT'S WHY IT ALL CAME UP. THAT'S THAT. THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH.

OKAY, SO IT'S NOT THAT PERSON, BUT IT'S THREE FEET FROM IT, IF I MAY ADD.

IF THIS WAS THE REASON WHY THE ORDINANCE CAME ABOUT, WE SHOULD HAVE MADE AN ORDINANCE TO STOP THIS KIND OF STUFF, NOT THE FOOD TRUCKS. WELL, I THINK THEY WERE JUST MORE OF A COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

NOW THE FOOD TRUCKS. WELL, I DO SEE THESE TYPE LITTLE TENTS SET UP WITH BEDSPREADS ALL OVER TOWN IN DIFFERENT AREAS ALL THE TIME.

AND THAT'S IF THAT'S AN ISSUE. AND I THINK IT CAN BE.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE THAN FROM FOOD TRUCKS.

WELL THE ISSUE IS ADDRESSED ALREADY. THEY'RE GONE.

AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AT THIS SPOT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

BUT I'VE SEEN THEM AT OTHER PLACES SINCE THEN. I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ANYWHERE, BUT THEY'VE GONE.

THEY'VE BEEN GONE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE.

THAT'S. THESE ARE JUST COMPLAINTS I'VE HAD. OKAY.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL, WHEN WE WHEN NOW THAT THAT'S DONE.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BUCKETS ANYMORE. OKAY. WE CAN GO ON.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PAYING TAXES AND ALL THAT.

THERE'S THERE'S A RESTAURANT RIGHT ACROSS. THERE'S A COUPLE, PROBABLY A COUPLE RESTAURANTS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET OR WHATEVER.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES THERE. THEY HAVE THEY GET INSPECTIONS.

THEY DO ALL THAT. JOYCE. HOW MANY, HOW MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES, THESE FOOD TRUCKS PAY TAXES IN THE CITY? SO WE, WE WERE ABLE TO RUN A REPORT FOR REGARDING SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.

AND IT'S AN NAICS NUMBER. AND THERE'S A CODE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO FOOD TRUCK SERVICES.

AND WHEN WE RAN THE REPORT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THAT CODE, ONLY THREE CAME UP ON THE LIST AND TWO OF THOSE APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY FAIR.

SO ONLY ONE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY ONE. ONLY ONE PERSON IS A LOCAL FOOD TRUCK THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAIR.

NOW THERE COULD BE OTHERS, BUT THEY MAY HAVE REGISTERED THEIR BUSINESS UNDER THE WRONG CODE, WHICH REALLY WE WOULD STILL BE GETTING THOSE SALES TAX REVENUES, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME UP WHEN WE PRINT THIS REPORT.

AND THE ONLY OTHER WAY WE CAN DETERMINE IF THEY'RE ON OUR SALES TAX LIST WOULD BE WE'D HAVE TO GET THEIR THEIR TAX ID NUMBER TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THAT UP. SO IF IT WAS A BRICK AND MORTAR PLACE THAT WAS OPERATING WITHOUT A TAX ID OR ANYTHING, ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTS OR ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH THAT? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE SOLUTION TO THAT? I MEAN, TYPICALLY IF WE FIND A BUSINESS THAT'S NOT COLLECTING AND, AND, AND REMITTING SALES TAX TO THE STATE AND IN THE CITY GETTING THEIR PORTION OF IT, WE WOULD NOTIFY THEM AND LET THEM KNOW

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THAT THEY NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. MR. MORRIS, IS IT LAWFUL FOR US TO TO GET THEM TO CHANGE THEIR TO BE BASED OUT OF.

ROSENBERG? SO, FOR INSTANCE, FOR MR. LOPEZ, HE SAID THAT HE'S BASED OUT OF NEEDVILLE CAN HE CHANGE THAT TO ROSENBERG? WELL, COULD WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE HIM BE COMPLIANT TO THAT? SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS, THERE THERE WAS A NEW STATE LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, WHICH IS WHAT FORCED COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS STATE LAW.

NOW, THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES THE LICENSING AND INSPECTION FRAMEWORK FOR THESE, WHICH PREVIOUSLY CITIES DID.

SO NOW THERE'S ONE ONE STATE FRAMEWORK ON THAT.

AND WE'RE A LITTLE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN REGULATE.

NOW CITIES ARE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS SANITATION RELATED THINGS AND BASICALLY FIRE SAFETY.

SO AS FAR AS THAT TYPE OF REGULATION SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN TO, TO BE ESTABLISHED, ESTABLISHED IN ROSENBERG. THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING WE COULDN'T REGULATE BECAUSE THE, WHAT THE STATE LICENSE DOES IS SAYS IF YOU'RE INSPECTED AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE, YOU CAN OPERATE BASICALLY ANYWHERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IF A CITY HAS LOCATION REQUIREMENTS, YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THOSE.

RIGHT. AND, AND MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE IT'S PROPERTY, I GET IT.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO PAY TAXES ON EVERYTHING BUT PAYING PROPERTY TAX, WE SHOULDN'T SHOW DIFFERENT TREATMENT BECAUSE SOMEONE PAYS MORE TAXES.

IT'S LIKE A, $1 MILLION HOME. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING MORE TAXES THAN A SMALLER HOME.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET TWO FIRE TRUCKS INSTEAD OF THE ONE WHO PAYS LESS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY PAY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T PAY THE OTHER PART OF TAX.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE COMPLIANT. BUT LET'S HELP THEM.

LET'S BE FAIR FOR THEM TO BE COMPLIANT AND BE ABLE TO SELL HERE.

AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY THAT ENFORCES THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BASE APPROVAL ON SOMETHING BASED ON PROPERTY VALUES.

BUT THEN AGAIN, MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL, RIGHT? WELL, OR AS I SAID, OR APPROPRIATE, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WHY THE TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET? DO WE HAVE DATA SHOWING THAT THAT'S SAFER THAN 500 ZERO FEET? IT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY STUDIES DONE ON THAT.

I THINK I THINK THE IDEA WAS, AND, AND IT'S A 10,000FT FOR COMMERCIAL SITES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS.

I THINK, I THINK THE IDEA WAS THAT. SO WE CAN YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE TO, YOU KNOW, SO I'M SURE THERE'S WIGGLE ROOM TO MOVE THAT.

CORRECT. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY LET'S SUPPORT THEM.

I MEAN, THEY'RE THEY'RE HARD WORKING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS CAME FROM MEXICO ALSO. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. MY PARENTS WORKED HARD AND THESE ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE COMMITTING CRIMES OR ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY MAY BUY THEIR SUPPLIES TO MAKE THE FOOD.

THEY'RE STILL INVESTING MONEY INTO THE ECONOMY.

THEY'RE STILL I'M PRETTY SURE THEY DON'T EAT EVERY DAY THEIR FOOD.

I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE GOING OUT TO EAT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY'RE STILL STIMULATING THE ECONOMY.

WHY CAN'T WE JUST GIVE THEM A FAIR CHANCE TO SUCCEED? SO WHAT ABOUT THE ACTUAL BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY, AND NOW THEY HAVE UNFAIR COMPETITION? I'M ASKING A LEGIT QUESTION.

NO, NO. WE OFFER THEM SOME SOME REGULATORY RELIEF.

WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD. THAT'D BE A WHOLE OTHER MOTION.

THE SAME RULES AS THESE GUYS. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY WE GET THEM TO COMPLY TO THE.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN. THEY ONLY GET ONE INSPECTION A YEAR WHEN A RESTAURANT GETS FOUR.

BUT THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GO TO FOUR FOR INSPECTIONS, WHY CAN'T.

THAT WAY THEY CAN SELL HERE. WE CAN'T INSPECT THEM.

THEY'RE OUT OF OUR. YEAH. AGAIN, THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.

THE STATE. I THINK SCOTT BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

I'M NOT SURE IT IS REQUIRED TO INSPECT THE RESTAURANTS FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

WELL THEN THIS IS EXPECT THEM INSPECT THEM ONCE.

BUT THE IDEA BEHIND INSPECTIONS IS THE FOOD THAT YOU EAT IS SUPPOSED TO NOURISH YOU AND NOT MAKE YOU SICK, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A LOT OF POINTS HERE.

I THINK THE FOOD TRUCKS WERE ARE PROLIFERATING.

I LIKE FREE MARKET STUFF. AND I THINK, I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE HERE AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT.

AND I THINK WE WILL DO IT AND WE'LL GIVE THESE FOLKS SOME RELIEF TONIGHT.

AND I THINK WE WANT TO START WITH THAT. I GOT A THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS.

I GOT A QUESTION FOR BRANDON. WHAT IS THE TEN ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT? WHY? WHY ARE THEY ASKING FOR THAT? SO THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE.

FOR IF YOU GET A PERMIT, A SITE PERMIT FROM THE CITY, IT'S GOT TO BE A YOU CAN OPERATE IN OR WAS IT I MEAN COMMERCIAL SITES AND OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH AT LEAST 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OF BUILDING SPACE.

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THAT BUILDING SPACE. YEAH, THAT WAS PART OF IT.

WHAT ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARES? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PARK YOUR TRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE THOROUGHFARE. YOU'RE GOING TO PARK IT IN A PARKING LOT. SO WHY WHY CAN'T THEY BE ON THE THOROUGHFARES IF THEY'RE A SAFE DISTANCE OFF THE CURB AND AWAY FROM EVERYTHING? AND THE PART YOU'RE REFERRING TO, IT SAYS MOBILE UNITS MAY NOT OPERATE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.

STANDARDS AREAS IS THE TERM THAT WAS USED. AND I THINK DO WE HAVE A MAP OF THAT? YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S THE THE MAP, ALL THE MAJOR, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE BUSINESS IS THOUGH. SURE.

WERE THERE AND THE TRAFFIC. YEAH. WAS THERE ANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM BEING ON THE CORRIDOR.

IF THERE WASN'T, THEN WHY WOULD THAT? WHY WAS THAT INCLUDED? THAT, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM BEING ON THE CORRIDOR IF.

IF THEY'RE IN A SAFE AREA, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WERE SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIGHWAY 90 TO.

JUST ONE. SO MANY ON 90. THERE IS A FOOD TRUCK.

I WOULD JUST STATE, I THINK A FACT PRETTY CLOSE TO IT.

THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK. RIGHT OR WRONG, DOESN'T SO MUCH BOTHER BOTHER ME.

BUT IF IT WOULD BOTHER SOMEONE. AND THAT'S ENOUGH.

THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK AT EVERY CONVENIENCE STORE ON HIGHWAY 90.

CERTAINLY BETWEEN. THE UNDERPASS. AND WALGREENS.

WHATEVER. AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, OKAY, SO WHAT? THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK. WELL, OKAY, SO THERE'S ALSO RESTAURANTS BETWEEN THERE TOO.

SO I GET IT. THE RESTAURANTS ARE COMPLAINING THEY EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE THAN THESE FOLKS.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THEM LOCKED DOWN OF WHO WHO THEY WERE? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY WERE. DO WE HAVE THEM? DO YOU WANT. YOU'RE A REFERENCE. HANG ON. YOU'RE. WE'RE REPRESENTATIVES, RIGHT? WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU, DO YOU TELL THEM, GO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT.

NO. YOU. YOU ARE THE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE CALL US AND THEY COMPLAIN.

SO THAT THAT'S HOW THAT GOES. I DON'T TELL THEM TO I THEY'LL CALL AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WOULD YOU COMPLAIN AND I'LL TURN STUFF IN.

I DON'T GO AROUND AND GENERATE COMPLAINTS. IT I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A FAIR SHOT.

WE, WE STUDY THEM. WE KEEP DATA. WE TRACK DATA TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.

AND WE, WE COME BACK AND RECAP AFTER SIX MONTHS AND SAY, LOOK, WE DIDN'T LIKE THIS, WE DIDN'T LIKE THIS.

AND WE MAKE ORDINANCES. SIX MONTHS. THREE MONTHS IF YOU WANT.

LET'S. LET'S MAKE SOME. BUT WE GOT TO MAKE RULES.

WE CAN'T JUST JUST PUSH THEM OUT. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE SEVERAL WANT TO TAKE OUT LIKE NUMBER TEN.

WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

REDUCING SOME OF THESE RESTRICTIONS. WELL I HAVE YEAH THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS.

I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL CAN'T ANSWER YET, BUT BRIAN MIGHT KNOW.

LIKE THESE THAT ARE ON THE PICTURE. I'VE SEEN THEM.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE KEPT NEAT. I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT FALLING APART.

THEY'RE NOT TRASHY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHEN THEY'RE AT THESE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES NOW, ARE THEY PAYING A MONTHLY RENT? JUST NOD. DON'T SPEAK. OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE.

OKAY. WELL, I ASSUMED YOU WERE. SO YOU YOU THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO BE THERE.

THEY'RE PAYING A MONTHLY RENT. I THINK THE RENT AT CRUISING IS PROBABLY HIGH.

I JUST I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD THAT LAST WEEK THAT IT WAS THAT HIGH.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S HIS BUSINESS. AND WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT HE DID BUILD THAT TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK PARK AND LIKE, MAYBE SOME CAN COME IN AND MAKE ANOTHER SECTION SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY OF A FOOD PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN A REALISTIC OPTION.

I THINK ALSO ANOTHER THING IS AND PEOPLE LOOK AT THESE FOOD TRUCKS, I'M GUESSING, OR THERE'S NO PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOT APPRAISED ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE AT.

THEY'RE NOT. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GENERATING. WELL, NO. AND I WOULD GUESS THEY'RE NOT GENERATING ANY AD VALOREM AS WELL.

BUT I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO PUT SOMEONE OUT OF BUSINESS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GENERATING ANY AD VALOREM.

MR.. BRANDON, I THINK THERE WAS A I FORGOT IT WAS HB NINE, SOMETHING ABOUT A TAX REDUCTION FOR BUSINESSES.

I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I KNOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES PAY LESS PROPERTY TAX.

I'M PRETTY SURE THEY GOT HELP THERE AS WELL. I MEAN, I'M FOR BRICK AND MORTAR, BUT I'M.

FELIX, DO I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YOU'RE FOR TAX RELIEF.

YES, I AM. OKAY. REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M HERE FOR. I'M FOR FAIRNESS.

I'M FOR THE PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY EARLIER WAS THAT YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE WERE 2.5 MILLION IN THE DEFICIT.

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IF WE TAKE THAT THE FOOD TRUCK INDUSTRY OUT, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY SALES TAX.

IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THIS WHO ARE ESTABLISHED HERE.

SO WHY ARE WE KICKING THEM OUT? WE COULD MAKE MONEY OFF OF THEM TO GIVE THEM A FIGHTING CHANCE TO STAY HERE AND MAKE MONEY.

WE WERE TRYING WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH SALES TAX THEY GENERATE, AND WE CAN'T, BUT COULDN'T REALLY GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

SO JOYCE, IS IT YOUR IS IT YOUR ESTIMATE? ARE THESE FOLKS GENERATING SALES TAX.

REPORT. SALES TAX THAT COMES TO TO THE CITY. I MEAN LIKE I SAID I ONLY FOUND ONE ON THIS REPORT.

FOUND ONE THAT ISN'T ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAIR.

OKAY. HOW MUCH WAS THAT. PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T FILED PROPERLY OR FILED UNDER A DIFFERENT SECTION OR SOMETHING.

MAYBE. AND MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM CLARIFY WHERE TO FILE IT APPROPRIATELY.

I THINK THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM.

FAIR KNOWLEDGE. YOU KNOW, THOSE TAX GUIDELINES AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT CODES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY CONFUSING TO ANYBODY. IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, IT LOOKS LIKE FROM FEBRUARY 24TH UNTIL NOW, THAT ONE CONTRIBUTED $5,305 TO THE CITY. YES.

AND BUT IT'S THE ONLY ONE. IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME UP UNDER THAT CODE.

UNDER THAT CODE. IF IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE BRINGING IN, WHY DON'T WE JUST GIVE THEM A FEE TO PAY, LIKE A MEMBERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO SELL HERE. IF IT'S ABOUT MONEY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CITY LICENSE OR PERMIT OR ANYTHING, IT'S USUALLY YOU HAVE TO TIE IT BACK TO YOUR COST TO ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM.

SO YOU COULDN'T, YOU COULDN'T NECESSARILY JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, $5,000 FEE, JUST, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT.

THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE AN UNLAWFUL TAX. OKAY.

SO IS THE ANSWER TO MAKE ALL THESE BUSINESSES BECOME LEGAL, OR IS IT TO DEREGULATE THE CURRENT EXISTING BRICK AND MORTAR PLACES? SO SOME OF THESE BRICK AND MORTAR PLACES MAKE ONE AND $2 MILLION GROSS REVENUE A YEAR, WHATEVER IT IS.

DO WE DEREGULATE THEM AND NOT CHARGE THEM TAXES OR DO WE MAKE ALL THESE GUYS PAY TAXES? WHAT'S THE ANSWER? WELL, AGAIN, THEY'RE PAYING IT.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST UNDER THE WRONG CODE. WELL, AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE MAYBE A TRUE FIGURE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE CAN HELP THEM. WE SHOULD HELP THEM GET WHERE IT'S FILED CORRECTLY SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK BECAUSE WE.

SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN HONEST. SO YOU'RE SAYING SO THAT IS Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO GET THEIR PAPERWORK STRAIGHT AND GET LEGAL WITH US. I THINK THAT'S ONLY FAIR THAT.

BUT DOESN'T THAT SOUND BUREAUCRATIC AND COMP AND.

WELL, BUT IF THEY'RE DOING IT, I MEAN EVERYBODY'S ALL IN ARMS ABOUT THIS.

BUT SO IF THEY'RE FILING IT UNDER THE WRONG CODE, WHY CAN'T THEY DOUBLE CHECK WITH OUR CITY AND SAY, WHAT CODE SHOULD I BE FILING IT UNDER AND GET IT DONE APPROPRIATELY? I MEAN, CODES ARE CONFUSING FOR ANYBODY WITH THE IRS, AND ANYTHING THAT HAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S 5000 OR IT COULD BE 1000, WHATEVER, AND IT COULD BE 500,000.

WE DON'T KNOW. WELL, THEY'RE PAYING THEY'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THEY'RE PAYING NOBODY ELSE. OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT BE.

WELL, WE COULD SEE LOOK AT NUMBER TEN ON PAGE FIVE.

WOULD YOU ALL BE OPPOSED TO WHERE IT SAYS FOOD? FOOD TRUCK UNITS MAY NOT OPERATE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN.

I WANT TO PUT WHEN TO INJECT 100FT OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG INSTEAD OF CORRIDOR.

I WOULD PUT THOROUGHFARES. WOULD YOU ALL BE OPPOSED TO 100FT OF WHAT? BETWEEN ONE. I MEAN, WITHIN 100FT OF A CORRIDOR.

OKAY. YOU SAID ROSENBERG. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFUSED.

OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. AND SO THEY COULD BE AT LOWE'S OR FIESTA.

WHOEVER GIVES THEM PERMISSION TO. AND NOT RIGHT ON THE ROAD.

AND YEAH, THEY HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION. THAT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE ONES THAT HAVE PERMISSION FROM, LIKE, THESE MINI MARTS AND STUFF TO PARK IN THERE.

WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT 100 ON THE SIDE. THEY'RE NOT RIGHT ON THE ROAD.

THE IDEA HERE, LIKE ALL OF THESE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE WITHIN 100FT OF THE ROAD.

OKAY. SO IF THE IF THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT IF THEY GO TO A SHOPPING CENTER, THEY CAN GET 100FT OR LOCATED THE CORN GUY I'VE SEEN AT FIESTA, HE'S BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE AND HE'S GOT PLENTY.

I MEAN, I SAY PLENTY, BUT WELL, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOSEN THAT ON, ON THE.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A COMPROMISE. THAT'S A COMPROMISE.

BUT LIKE IF THEY WANT TO BE RIGHT HERE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW 100FT.

I'M TRYING TO THINK OF FOOTBALL FIELD. WELL, YOU GOT TEN YARDS, 100 YARDS.

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BUT I THINK THEY'RE NOT RIGHT ON THE ROAD. I CAN SEE THEY'RE PARKED BACK TO THE SIDE OF THE.

AMANDA. THESE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE ROAD. I MEAN I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. OKAY. WELL THEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT RIGHT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO BE ON THE ROAD.

SO YOU CAN'T PARK RIGHT ON THE ROAD, NOT RIGHT ON THE CURB EITHER.

VERY CLOSE TO THE STREET. THEY'RE PROBABLY THAT ONE THERE BY MARATHON IS PROBABLY WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY.

I MEAN, THE STATE RIGHT OF WAY IS PROBABLY WITHIN 20FT OF THE STATE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY. I THINK I WOULD THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. I AGREE.

YEAH. WELL NO I DON'T THINK THESE ARE I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO I WOULD PUT WITHIN 100FT OF OF A THOROUGHFARE THROUGH FAIR RIGHT OF WAY.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A COMPROMISE HERE THROUGH FAIR RIGHT OF WAY.

SO LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS LET ME GO BACK, SOME OF THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TOO, TOO RESTRICTIVE. SO AND SO FELIX, YOU KNOW, YOU SO FIESTA WOULD QUALIFY FOR, FOR A LOCATION. OKAY. BUT WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE PARKING LOTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN 100FT? LIKE THEY HAVE TO GO TO A BIGGER PARKING LOT.

FELIX. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE BUILDING A HOUSE. IF THE LOTS ARE TOO SMALL, YOU CAN'T PUT FIVE HOUSES.

IT'S A STANDARD, FELIX. OKAY. IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SAY, JUST PUT ONE ANYWHERE WHERE THE TRAILER WILL FIT.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT. THEN YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT REALLY MAKING.

BUT IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? DID YOU WANT TRAILERS EVERYWHERE? ANYWHERE? I DIDN'T SAY I SAID, OKAY, LET'S BE FAIR.

THE IDEA HERE IS, FOLKS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO TWO THINGS GOING ON.

YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS COMPLAINING, OKAY? AND YOU HAVE OTHER FOLKS SAY THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIND A MIDDLE GROUND HERE.

BUT JOYCE SAID THERE WAS NO FORMAL COMPLAINTS.

WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT. FELIX, WE ARE THE COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. SO? SO WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS YOU, DO YOU TELL THEM, GO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT OR DO YOU HEAR THEM OUT? AND WE'LL DO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, YOU AND YOU CAN DO BOTH.

IT'S OKAY. SCOTT AND STEVE, Y'ALL HAVEN'T SAID VERY MUCH.

WHAT ABOUT? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I'VE GOT TO SAY, I THINK LOOSENING UP THE HAVING 100 FOOT OFF THE THOROUGHFARE.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU TAKE THE THOROUGHFARES AWAY. THAT'S. YOU'VE TAKEN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THEM. SO LOOSEN UP ON THAT, SAY, 100 FOOT OFF IT. AND NOW, AS FAR AS THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PERMISSION TO BE ON THESE MINI MARTS AND STUFF, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY PAYING RENT TO DO THAT, I'M SURE THE MINI MART WON'T LET THEM WITHOUT PAYING RENT.

YEAH. SO AS LONG AS THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED AND I'M I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY SAFETY CONCERNS.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE EVER BROUGHT UP SAFETY. THERE'S NEVER SAFETY CONCERNS.

NO, SIR. I MEAN, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE.

WELL, THESE FOLK FOLKS WANT TO SERVE GOOD QUALITY FOOD BECAUSE THEY WANT THE CUSTOMERS TO COME BACK.

SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO. YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE SICK.

CERTAINLY NOT INTENTIONALLY. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT WE'LL BE HERE TILL SUNRISE IF I WANT TO GET ALL MY POINTS OUT.

I, I BELIEVE IN LIBERTY. I BELIEVE IN EQUALITY OF COMPETITION.

I BELIEVE EVERY ENTREPRENEUR SHOULD BE COMPETING ON A, A BALANCED PLAYING FIELD.

THERE'S A LOT TO THIS. I'M SEEING THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GENERATING SALES TAX AND THAT'S AN ISSUE.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S UNFAIR FOR THE BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT THEY NEED TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET AWAY FROM BRICK AND MORTAR? I DIDN'T SEE ONE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LOCATION RESTRICTION ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND COUNCILOR VARGAS, IF I CAN IF I CAN GO BACK TO SOMETHING YOU ASKED, I DON'T THINK WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO BE HEADQUARTERED IN ROSENBERG FOR PURPOSES OF COLLECTING A SALES TAX. BUT ONE POSSIBILITY, AND I'D HAVE TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH TO SEE IF WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE PREEMPTED BY BY THE STATE LAW, BECAUSE THAT PREEMPTION WENT PRETTY BROAD. BUT WHEN WHEN THEY DO THEIR APPLICATIONS, WE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REQUIRE THEIR TAX ID BECAUSE SALES TAX IS SUPPOSED TO BE BASED ON WHERE THE POINT OF SALE OCCURS.

SO IF THE TRUCK IS IN ROSENBERG AND CUSTOMERS ARE GOING THERE, THE SALES TAX SHOULD BE COMING BACK TO ROSENBERG.

AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE MISCLASSIFIED, LIKE COUNCILOR BARTA MENTIONED, BUT THAT THAT COULD BE ONE POSSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THE CITY ACTUALLY RECEIVES THAT. I WOULD JUST HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT PREEMPTED BY.

SO WOULD YOU IT WOULD BE REGISTERED IN ROSE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REGISTERED.

AND WE COULD REQUIRE THAT TAX ID AS PART OF THEIR AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION FOR A SITE PERMIT.

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AND WITH THAT, BRIAN CAN CERTAINLY DOUBLE CHECK WITH WITH JOYCE WHAT CODE IS THE PROPER CODE.

SO EVERYTHING'S JUST DONE THE SAME. I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE MORE THOUGHT TO THIS.

I WOULD APPROVE. I WOULD SUGGEST JUST PUTTING THE BRAKES ON THIS RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE CAN, AND HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE OPERATING. I DON'T WANT TO UPROOT PEOPLE AND THEN CHANGE IT AND THEN SAY THIS AND THAT.

MY SUGGESTION IS LET'S GO BACK AND REVISIT THIS.

I MY SUGGESTION WAS THAT 100 100FT AND LOOK AT OTHER STUFF AND Y'ALL ARE.

WHY DON'T WE GO WITH THAT? I'M OKAY WITH THAT. IT'S OKAY RIGHT NOW.

WHY DON'T WE JUST. WHY DON'T WE JUST SCRATCH THIS WHOLE ORDINANCE? LET THEM OPERATE THE WAY THEY WERE UNTIL WE CAN GET IT RIGHT.

I'M IN AGREEMENT TO THAT. WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THAT UNTIL.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? AND SO LET'S TALK HERE.

THE FROM THE MAYOR. WHEN WE ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE ORIGINALLY, IT WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST.

AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A SECTION IN THERE THAT SAYS MOBILE FOOD UNITS THAT WERE IN OPERATION AT THE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE HAVE 30 DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

IF WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE AND KIND OF GO IN AND REDO THAT, WHAT WE COULD DO IS JUST EXTEND THAT TIME.

THAT'S A THAT'S A SIMPLE CHANGE. WE COULD WE COULD JUST MAKE BY MOTION TONIGHT. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THINGS.

I JUST ONE QUESTION, BUT IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO I THINK IT'S GOING TO SCARE AND MORE BUSINESS.

THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN VOTED ON. SO IF WE EXTEND IT 120 DAYS, 90 DAYS OR SIX MONTHS, LIKE FELIX SAID SIX MONTHS, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND THEN GIVE US A CHANCE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE INVESTIGATING MYSELF, UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY WORK AND, AND WHERE THEY ARE AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING TOO.

BECAUSE I KNOW THIS CAME UP BACK IN APRIL BEFORE I WAS HERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE, YEAH, WE, WE JUST HAVE TO EXTEND IT BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE IS ALREADY IN PLACE.

CORRECT. WE CAN WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REPEAL THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE AND YOU CAN REPEAL THE ENTIRE THING.

AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NO LOCATION RESTRICTIONS, NO.

NO PERMITS. WHAT WAS IT BEFORE? SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAD A LICENSING AND AN INSPECTION, BUT THE STATE TOOK THAT AWAY FROM US.

SO THE CITY WAS LEFT WITH WITH NOTHING, WHICH IS WHY THIS WAS VISITED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION OR ANYTHING TO REPEAL, LET'S SAY, CAN THEY LEGALLY CHANGE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT ON THEIR OWN? LIKE LET'S SAY THEY WANT TO DO IT JUST SO THAT I'M PRETTY SURE SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE THINKING, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CHANGE AND BE ESTABLISHED HERE IN ROSENBERG SO THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING HANGING OVER THEIR HEAD. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO REQUIRE SOMEBODY TO CHANGE THEIR REGISTRATION TO. YEAH, BUT IF THEY WANT TO UPDATE IT, THEY CAN.

OKAY. THAT'S UP TO THEM. I WOULD THINK AT THIS POINT, THE, THE PROBLEM THAT THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT AND OTHERS WERE TWO OF THEM HURTING THE RESTAURANTS AND THERE'S TOO MANY OF THEM. OKAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TOO MANY PEOPLE IN ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS.

I DON'T, I JUST, I KIND OF HAVE A JUST A REAL CONCERN WITH AND I SUPPOSE THE SALES TAX ISSUE TOO MUCH OVERREACHING. YEAH. UNTIL WE AIN'T GOT IT REALLY A HANDLE ON IT.

WE CAN CHECK ON THE ON THE TAX THE TAXATION PART.

I WOULD LOVE TO REDUCE TAXES TO ZERO FOR BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS AS WELL.

BUT WE'D LIKE IT ALL TO BE ZERO FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT I THINK MOST OF THE SALES TAX IS STATE SALES TAX ANYWAY.

WE'VE GOT NO CONTROL OVER THAT. I'M A TAX CUT.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I GOT ELECTED NOW. BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW IF.

I'M SORRY. IF WE WANT TO REPEAL IT CAN WE MAKE A MOTION NOW.

YOU CAN I'LL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE.

YOU WANT TO APPEAL IT. SO SO WE CAN'T REPEAL IT TONIGHT.

IT WOULD BE REPEALED. SO IT WOULD IT WOULD BE REPEALED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

SO IF YOU IF YOUR MOTION IS BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

SO REALLY WHAT IT WAS BEFORE WOULD BE THIS COMPLETELY REPEALED AND REPLACED THAT SO YOU WOULDN'T REVIVE THE OLD ORDINANCE.

THE OLD ORDINANCE IS MOSTLY PREEMPTED BY STATE LAW ANYWAY.

SO LET'S JUST BUT WE FEEL THE THE BUT WE WOULD FALL BACK INTO STATE LAW.

SURE. SO THE STATE LAW ALREADY DOES THE LICENSING AND INSPECTION, BUT WE STILL HAVE NO LOCATION OR ANYTHING.

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE FOLKS THE WRONG IMPRESSION THAT BY FELIX'S MOTION THAT THERE WOULD BE NO REGULATION OVER.

NO. YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THE STATE REGULATION.

WELL, WHICH IS LICENSING AND INSPECTION BETTER THAN NOTHING, I GUESS.

SURE. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY.

MY WIFE IS GUILTY. SHE BOUGHT A FIVE GALLON BUCKET OF TIDE.

DON'T DO THAT. IF EVERYBODY COULD VOTE WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE.

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ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF FELIX'S MOTION INDICATE BY PUSHING GREEN? YES. OR SAYING GREEN? YES, I'LL DO IT. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO OR PUSH RED NO AND WE'LL GIVE IT.

WE'LL GIVE IT SOME OTHER CONSIDERATION. GEORGE, YOU'RE YOU'RE A NO.

YOU SECOND YOU YOU VOTED NO, GEORGE. AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, I WAS NOT ON CITY COUNCIL WHEN THIS CAME INTO EFFECT.

SO DON'T BLAME ME. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE'LL COLLECT SOME DATA AND THEN WE'LL GO WITH WHATEVER.

I GUESS THE COUNCIL HAS THE LIKING, YOU KNOW.

WELL, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK INTO REGULATION. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'LL LOOK INTO REVISITING IT.

BUT ANYWAY, JUST STAY TUNED. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SUBJECT NOW.

IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A FOUR MINUTE BREAK.

MAYOR, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE THE TIME THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHEN TO BE IN. 803 OKAY. WE WILL RECONVENE OR WE ADJOURN OR WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO CALL IT NOW.

808 I MEAN, WE ARE AT 808 AND THE NEXT ITEM IS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S BEEN SO LONG, I

[4. Consideration of and action on the 2026 Certified Property Tax Roll; Taxable Value of New Property, Appraised Value of All Property, and Taxable Value of All Property. (Luis Garza, Executive Director of Administrative Services) ]

FORGOT THE. CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON 2026 CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX ROLL.

TAXABLE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY. APPRAISED. VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY AND TAXABLE VALUE OF PROPERTY.

GOT ONE REQUEST? YES, SIR. CAN YOU JUST STATE THE FACTS WITHOUT YOUR OPINION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TAX ROLL? OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LOUIS. SO THE FOREMAN COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR, CARMEN TURNER, REQUESTED THE CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE IN THE MINUTES THE RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

PRETTY MUCH THERE. WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN? THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE NEW PROPERTY IS 123 MILLION.

THE APPRAISED VALUE IS 7.1 BILLION. AND THEN THE TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY IS 4.8 BILLION.

THE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR AND THE FORT BEND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS ATTACHED FOR REVIEW, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE 2026 CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX ROLL, AS OUTLINED ABOVE, FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR AS PRESENTED BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.

AND THIS IS JUST SIMPLY RECORDING IN THE MINUTES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE FIGURES.

WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING THE VALUES. ALL RIGHT. SO BRANDON, HOW, HOW SHOULD WE WILL ONE MOTION COVER IT FOR ACCEPTING THE PRE TAX ROLL VALUES.

YES. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL. WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE VALUES.

THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING I OR PUSHING GREEN.

YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED SAY NO PUSHING READ NO.

GEORGE. STEVE. SCOTT. ALL RIGHT. SCOTT SAID NO.

ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY ELSE IS A YES. SO WE APPROVE IT.

[5. Consideration of and action on the 2026 Truth in Taxation Calculations: 2025 Excess Debt Tax Collections and 2026 Anticipated Collection Rate. (Luis Garza, Executive Director of Administrative Services) ]

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE. CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON 2020 SIX.

TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATIONS 2025. EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS IN 2026.

ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE. LOUIS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THIS IS THE SAME THING. THE FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR CARMEN TURNER REQUESTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE IN THE MINUTES ITS RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS. IT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR COLLECTION RATES FOR THE LAST FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THE FORMAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM MR. TURNER IS ATTACHED ALSO FOR REVIEW. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE 2026 TWO TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATIONS, AS OUTLINED ABOVE, FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR AS PRESENTED BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.

COLLECTOR. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS ANOTHER MUST APPROVE ITEM, CORRECT? YES, SIR. IT IS. ALL RIGHT, I'LL MOVE. WE APPROVE.

WHO WILL SECOND THE MOTION? SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PUSH OR SAY GREEN? YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, PUSH OR SAY RED.

NO. I PUSHED FELIX. HE'S PUSHING. PUSHING. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUS. IT'S BEEN APPROVED. MAYOR.

[6. Review and discuss a presentation regarding the FY2027 Proposed Budget for the City of Rosenberg, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Luis Garza, Executive Director of Administrative Services) ]

WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS FOR THE NEXT ITEM. ALL RIGHT, LET ME READ THE ITEM.

THEN WE'LL HEAR THE SPEAKERS REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE 2027 BUDGET.

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PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF ROSENBERG. TAKE ACTION TO DIRECT AS NECESSARY DIRECT STAFF.

WHO ARE OUR SPEAKERS? THE FIRST ONE IS LORI COOK.

HELLO, LORI. HELLO. GOOD. GOOD TO. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

A BUDGET IS JUST NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET. IT REFLECTS OUR PRIORITIES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF ROSENBERG.

YOU WANT ME TO START OVER? NO. I HEARD YOU TALK LOUD.

I HEARD YOU VERY CLEAR. EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU. GOOD FINANCIAL DECISIONS ARE RARELY THE EASIEST DECISIONS, BUT THEY ARE THE DECISIONS THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FOR LONG TERM.

THE COST OF OPERATING A CITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR.

POLICE VEHICLES, FIRE EQUIPMENT, FLEET MAINTENANCE, REPLACEMENT PARTS, ASPHALT, CONCRETE, FUEL, UTILITIES, INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND EMPLOYEE COSTS HAVE ALL INCREASED AT THE SAME TIME.

PROPERTY VALUES IN SALES TAX IN ROSENBERG ARE FLAT.

OUR HEALTHY FUND BALANCE DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

IT WAS BUILT OVER MANY YEARS THROUGH CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING, RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE BY PREVIOUS COUNCILS, CITY MANAGERS, FINANCE DIRECTORS AND STAFF. FUND BALANCE WAS INTENDED FOR EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS AND ONE TIME NEEDS NOT REOCCURRING OPERATING EXPENSES. WE SHOULD PROTECT OUR THAT WE SHOULD PROTECT THAT FINANCIAL FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE CITY MANAGER JOYCE BOSSERT.

BEFORE BECOMING CITY MANAGER. SHE HAS SPENT MANY YEARS SERVING AS FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OVERSEEING THE CITY'S BUDGET.

HER EXPERIENCE AND FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP HAVE HELPED GUIDE THIS CITY FOR MANY YEARS.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FINANCE TEAM AND LOUIS FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS WORK PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET AFFECTS EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY BUSINESS, AND EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE WHO SERVES OUR COMMUNITY.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT PROTECTS CITY SERVICES, SUPPORTS OUR EMPLOYEES, AND PRESERVES ROSENBERG.

LONG TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LORI. I THINK WE WILL DO JUST JUST THAT. WHO'S THE OTHER ONE? CAROLYN. CAROLYN. CAROLYN, WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

MY NAME IS CAROLYN SILER AND I RESIDE AT 2625 CEDAR LANE.

THE BUDGET IS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN TONIGHT, AND I STILL HAVE THOUGHTS AND ISSUES ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. EVERYONE NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING UP.

I DISAGREE WITH THE DRASTIC CUTS IN OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO OUR CITIZENS.

GRANTED, CITIZENS, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT HAVE TO CUT BACK ON EXPENDITURES, BUT THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT ASPHALT USING OUR ROADS IS DERIVED FROM THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY.

THIS IS USED TO MAINTAIN AND FIX POTHOLES IN OUR CITY STREETS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT HAS RISEN IN PRICE. AND THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OF OUR CITY VEHICLES WHO USE GAS IN THEIR VEHICLES FOR ALL THE OPERATIONS NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY. PARTS AND SUPPLIES ARE INCREASING IN PRICE.

IT TAKES MONEY TO RUN THIS CITY. WE CAN'T KEEP LOWERING THE TAX RATE IF IF OTHER REVENUES ARE STAGNANT.

ALL THESE REVENUES ARE NEEDED TO KEEP ESSENTIALS FOR OUR CITIZENS AND TO LIVE COMFORTABLY IN OUR CITY.

OUR CITIZENS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE LIVING IN A TOWN WHERE THEY WORRY ABOUT GETTING SERVICES SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE OR RESPONSE TO ANY EMERGENCY THAT COMES UP.

WE NEED TO KEEP ROSENBERG A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT WASTEFUL SPENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I LOOKED UP SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN ROSENBERG OR PAY TAXES.

THE CITIZENS OF ROSENBERG I HAVE SPOKEN TO WOULD GLADLY PAY THE EXTRA IN A TAX INCREASE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

LOWERING IT WOULD JEOPARDIZE OUR LIVELIHOOD HERE.

ROSENBERG IS A GROWING CITY, AND WE NEED MEANS TO MAINTAIN THE LIVING AS WE KNOW NOW.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES FOR SIMILAR SIZED CITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

I CHECKED ONLINE, I FOUND THAT SUGARLAND IS PROPOSED AT 36.31 CENTS.

MISSOURI CITY IS 59.95. RICHMOND IS 63 AND STAFFORD IS 98.5, WHICH IS UP 6.1 $0.04 FROM LAST YEAR. ROSENBERG IS CURRENTLY AT $0.30 AT THE LOWEST.

WE STILL HAVE TWO MONTHS IN THIS FISCAL BUDGET YEAR AND THERE ARE LINE ITEMS THAT ARE OUT OF MONEY.

AND CUTTING THOSE SAME ONES NEXT YEAR WOULD BE DISASTROUS.

AS YOU KNOW, I VOLUNTEER WITH THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

I HAVE ANSWERED SO MANY PERSONAL CALLS FROM CITIZENS REGARDING ABOUT THE STRAYS.

I HAVE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE CURRENT TNR BUDGET IS ARE OUT UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST.

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A PROPOSAL TO CUT THE TNR BUDGET WOULD MEAN STRAYS WILL STAY ON THE STREETS FOR MORE MONTHS AND MORE LITTERS.

CUTTING OUT THE MEDICAL LINE ITEM. THOSE POOR ANIMALS ARE GOING TO SUFFER BECAUSE THEY WON'T GET THE MEDICAL ATTENTION THEY NEED.

EXPLAIN THIS TO THE CITIZENS. MY DAD ALWAYS PREACHED TO ME THAT WHEN YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN CONSIDERING OUR BUDGET.

WE NEED A BUDGET THAT IS FAIR FOR THE CITIZENS, THE EMPLOYEES, AND THE CITY.

THANK YOU CAROLYN. HANG ON A SECOND, WOULD YOU PLEASE? I WANT TO ASSURE FOLKS THAT WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING CUTTING ANY ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

WHAT ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE YOU SUGGESTING, MAYOR? I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER ON THIS. AND THEN.

AND THEN YOU CAN. WELL, NO, I DON'T THINK WE DID. I THINK WE HAD. WE HAVE ONE MORE.

DON'T SIT DOWN. CAN YOU JUST STAND OVER. THERE WE GO.

MARK. SMITH. MARA. MARA, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WE MISS YOU, MARA.

BY THE WAY, HOW IS YOUR NEW JOB DOING? IT'S GOOD.

IT'S VERY GOOD. WELL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU.

I WANT YOU TO STAY, TOO. BY THE WAY, MARA. WE WANT YOU TO STAY, TOO.

YOU TOO. HI, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARA SMITH. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME.

I LIVE IN NEEDVILLE, TEXAS. I AM A FORMER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE CITY.

IS THIS BETTER? OKAY. DO I NEED TO REPEAT ANYTHING? OKAY. I AM A FORMER ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE CITY.

I'M HERE TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER SPECIFICALLY THE ONE FOR ANY MEDICAL AS AN OFFICER THERE, THERE ARE MANY, MANY ANIMALS THAT COME IN INJURED.

I'M VERY INJURED. AND TO CUT THESE BUDGETS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THOSE INJURED ANIMALS? ARE THEY JUST GOING TO SIT THERE? ARE THEY JUST GOING TO SIT AND SUFFER? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THESE INJURED ANIMALS THAT COME IN.

SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS VERY SHORT AND SWEET.

BUT MY I URGE YOU NOT TO CUT THAT BUDGET AT ALL.

THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO DO. THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

DON'T LEAVE. SO LET ME RESPOND WHEN YOU'RE DONE.

OKAY? BUT I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE REASON I'M HERE, IS BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS OR BUDGET CUTS TO THE MEDICAL OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

I THINK A LOT OF ANIMALS WILL SUFFER IF THAT BUDGET IS CUT.

WHEN I WAS THERE, THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHERE I RUSHED ANIMALS TO THE VET WHO NEEDED IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

SO THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. THANK YOU. MARA. ALL RIGHT.

LET ME ASK CAROLYN AGAIN, CAROLYN, WHICH WHICH YOU SAID A COUPLE OF YOU URGED US NOT TO CUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

WHICH ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT? WELL, THERE WAS ONE ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND THAT WAS BEING CUT.

AND EVERYBODY WANTS NICE ROADS TO LIVE ON. I MEAN, YEARS AGO, I HIT A POTHOLE WITH MY DELTA 88 AND KNOCKED OUT THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND DELTA 88. YEAH, THAT WAS YEARS AGO. OKAY. WHAT ELSE BESIDES ROADS? OF COURSE, THE SHELTER. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE.

THERE'S OTHER FUNDING AVENUES FOR THAT. AND, AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE, WHICH WE'VE DONE. AND, AND THE CITY HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT RESURFACING THE CONCRETE ROADS.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCE.

BUT THESE, THESE ASPHALT ROADS ARE PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD SHAPE HERE.

BUT LET ME ASSURE FOLKS THAT ANYTHING ESSENTIAL WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO.

IT'LL BE GOOD. TRUST ME. ALL RIGHT, LOUIS, TELL GIVE US THE PRESENTATION.

AND WE WANT TO ASSURE OUR FRIENDS AND OUR CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS THAT THAT'S THAT WAS MY CONCERN LAST WEEK THAT FOLKS WERE GOING TO BE SCARED AND THIS AND THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS GET INTO SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY JUST GET THEMSELVES INTO A FRENZY AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST, THEY JUST GO CRAZY IN THIS FRENZY.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. SO WHY DON'T YOU LAY IT DOWN TO US, SIR? I'LL READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE PRESENTATION. SO THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET.

PROPOSED BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE CITY SECRETARY ON FRIDAY, JULY 31ST FOR THE CITY OF ROSENBERG AND THE ROSENBERG ROSENBERG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS DELIVERED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND A COPY WAS POSTED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. CITY COUNCIL WILL BE

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GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND A SCHEDULE SUMMARIZING FUTURE WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE MEETING TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED.

SO WHAT'S NEW? IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE PROPOSED THE BUDGET AT $0.35.

THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A 2.5% SALARY INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

THE HEALTH INSURANCE COST THE CITY WILL BE PICKING UP 12.8% OF THE INCREASE, WHILE THE INSURANCE FUND WILL PAY FOR THE ADDITIONAL 10%.

ALSO FUNDING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE PRIMARILY IN THE KPD FUND, ITS EIGHT NEW POSITIONS, WHILE THREE OF THEM ARE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT AND ONE COURT CLERK.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY INCREASES TO THE SUBSIDENCE FEE, BUT WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE TO THE WATER AND SEWER BASE RATES, AS WELL AS A 2.5% INCREASE TO THE GARBAGE FEES PER THEIR CONTRACT.

AND TONIGHT, I'M PRIMARILY JUST GOING TO HIT ON THE GENERAL FUND. GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

THE WAY THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS SET RIGHT NOW, SALES TAX IS ALMOST 50% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND PROPERTY TAXES 25%, WHICH IS THAT YELLOW SHADE ON THE TOP RIGHT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES ON HOW WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, THE CHART, THE PIE CHART THERE ON THE LEFT IS THE EXPENDITURES BY DIVISION.

THE LARGEST. ALMOST 60% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN IT GOES TO GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT SHOWS NEARLY 80% OF THE BUDGET IS ALLOCATED FOR PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS, 20% FOR OPERATIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS 2% FOR THE STREET AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

SO BUDGET SCHEDULE, WE FOLLOWED THE BUDGET ON JULY 31ST.

TONIGHT WE'RE PRESENTING AN OVERVIEW TO COUNCIL.

NEXT TUESDAY WE HAVE BUDGET WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE.

AND THEN ON THE 25TH, WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE TAX RATE AND THE BUDGET.

AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE PLAN TO PRESENT THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE FOR ADOPTION.

YES, SIR. LOUIS, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT YOU PREPARE A BUDGET.

NOT WITH A FIVE CENT INCREASE. FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE THIS COUNCIL APPROVING A FIVE CENT INCREASE.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU ALL A HEADS UP. COME UP. MY SUGGESTION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY SUGGESTION, BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU RUN THE RISK OF BOGGING DOWN THE PROCESS.

IT SEEMS LIKE Y'ALL COULD COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONAL THINGS.

YOUR EXPERTS. YOU CAN DO IT. SO I WOULD PREPARE SOME ALTERNATIVE DEALS.

OKAY. ALSO THAT STREET MAINTENANCE, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT WE CAN DISCUSS SOME. I'M GOING TO MEET WITH COMMISSIONER MYERS NEXT WEEK HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO TO HELP US OUT, ESPECIALLY ON THESE THE ASPHALT ROADS. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THEY THEY THEY WANT TO HELP.

HE IS EAGER. HE WANTS TO HELP. ROSENBERG. I MEAN, YOU UNDERSTAND, HE'S EAGER.

HE'S VERY EAGER. HE'S HE'S CALLING. SO WE WE'RE GOING TO LET THE COUNTY DO THAT.

JUST. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK ON FOLLOW UP ON WHAT HE SAID, WHAT THE MAYOR SAID I, I THINK IT WHEN HE SAYS TO PREPARE A BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE, HE'S COUNTING ON TAKING, WHICH I AM TO TAKING 2.5 FROM THE FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND PUTTING THAT IN THE BUDGET, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE NECESSARY.

YEAH, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT OUR INTENTION IS.

I THINK WE'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU INVESTIGATED AND FOUND OUT TO WHEN WE GET TO THAT ABOUT USING FUND BALANCE.

DID THEY PREPARE THAT SOMETHING DID YOU DID YOU PASS THAT ALONG TO THE STAFF? YES. DID THEY PREPARE IT IN A. YES. EVERYTHING'S FINE.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE MOVE ON TO NEXT ITEM? YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, LEWIS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US.

OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.

[7. Review and discuss the 2026 Tax Rate, and take action as necessary to direct staff. (Luis Garza, Executive Director of Administrative Services) ]

REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE TAX RATE AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY TO DIRECT STAFF.

LEWIS. AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR THIS ITEM.

OKAY, LET'S HEAR THEM. WHO ARE THEY? LAURIE.

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THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

TONIGHT ISN'T ABOUT A TAX RATE. IT'S A HOW WE CHOOSE TO FUND THE SERVICES OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON.

WHILE. WHILE POSITIONING ROSENBERG FOR LONG TERM SUCCESS, I LOOKED AT MY OWN PROPERTY TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT.

I DID $0.02 AND THEN I DID $0.05. EVEN WITH THE FIVE CENT INCREASE, MY CITY PROPERTY TAX WOULD INCREASE BY $98 A YEAR, ROUGHLY $8 A MONTH. TO ME, THAT'S AN INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY, RELIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, QUALITY PARKS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ALL ENJOY IN ROSENBERG.

PROPERTY TAXES ALONE ARE NOT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION.

THE LONG TERM SOLUTION IS GROWING OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.

WE NEED MORE GROCERY STORES, RETAIL, RESTAURANTS AND EMPLOYERS THAT GENERATE SALES TAX REVENUE.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING GO HAND IN HAND.

OUR RESIDENTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANT A GROCERY STORE ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROSENBERG.

EVERY GROCERY TRIP OUTSIDE OUR CITY IS SALES TAX REVENUE THAT SUPPORTS ANOTHER COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF ROSENBERG.

I WOULD ASK COUNCIL, HAS THE CITY ESTIMATED HOW MUCH SALES TAX REVENUE ROSENBERG IS LOSING EACH YEAR BECAUSE RESIDENTS PURCHASE GROCERIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, PROBABLY AROUND 750,000 TO 1 MILLION THAT WE ARE PROBABLY LOSING.

THAT'S A LOT. IF NOT, I ENCOURAGE THE ANALYSIS BECAUSE IT COULD HELP GUIDE FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONTINUE EXPLORING GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT HELP HOME HOMEOWNERS MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THEIR OWN PROPERTIES.

STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS, PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE THE RESPONSIBLE DECISION FOR TODAY'S BUDGET WHILE CONTINUE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE TONIGHT WILL SHAPE ROSENBERG'S FINANCIAL FUTURE FOR YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LORI. THANK YOU LOUIS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S 2026 TAX RATE, WHICH FUNDS THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET. FINAL VALUES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM FORT BEND COUNTY AS INCLUDED IN ITEM FOUR OF THIS AGENDA.

THE TAX RATE TAX RATE CALCULATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

THE CURRENT RATE IS $0.30. THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 30.052 $0.04.

THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 38.4696, AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET TAX RATE IS $0.35.

BASED ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS SET AT $0.35, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF APPROXIMATELY $0.30.

THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $0.35 INCLUDES A DEBT RATE OF 11.5851, AND A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE OF 23.4149.

THE DEBT RATE IS CALCULATED TO COVER ALL DEBT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, EXCEPT FOR THE AMOUNTS FUNDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER FUND AND THE RDC TO PAY FOR THEIR PORTIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE.

ALLOWS ADEQUATE FUNDING TO COVER THE COSTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND DAILY OPERATIONS.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.

CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE TAX RATES.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL CALL FOR A RECORD VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.

THE RECORD VOTE IS NOT TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE, BUT RATHER TO SET A MAXIMUM RATE THAT MAY BE PUBLISHED PRIOR PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE TAX RATE AT A FUTURE MEETING. DO Y'ALL WANT. DO YOU WANT US TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE OTHER ITEM? I MEAN, I CAN GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION REAL QUICK JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. CAN WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE I MEAN, IS THAT FROM FROM THE PRESENTATION? ARE WE GOING TO GO TO THE OTHER ITEM OR. LET ME ASK THE ATTORNEY, DOES THIS ITEM REQUIRE ANY ACTION? IT DOES NOT. THIS IS REVIEW DISCUSSION. SO IS YOUR PRESENTATION WHAT'S IN OUR PACKET? YES, SIR. THIS IS THE PRESENTATION. SO EVERYBODY LOOK IN YOUR PACKET AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BECAUSE THE MEAT OF IT IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

I'M SORRY MAYOR THE PRESENTATION IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET OR THE PRESENTATION IS NOT INCLUDED.

OKAY. I MEAN, I CAN RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICK, BUT IT'S IT'S UP TO COUNCIL.

THAT'S FINE. YEP. OKAY. I AM PRETTY POSITIVE.

CAN I JUST MAKE A PREDICTION? SURE. ALL RIGHT.

THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EVILS OF TAX RELIEF, BUT LET'S HEAR IT.

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SURE. SO THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX RATE IS COMPRISED OF TWO COMPONENTS.

WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE WHICH THE REVENUE FROM THAT IS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DEBT SERVICE RATE WHICH IS USED TO PAY THE DEBT FOR THE CITY.

THE DEBT SERVICE IS A CALCULATED RATE. SO WE PRETTY MUCH TAKE WHAT WE OWE IN DEBT, WHICH IS 8.2 MILLION.

WE SUBTRACT THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE PAID BY THE WATER FUND AND THEN THE RTC AND DIVIDE THAT BY THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE.

SO THE CALCULATED DEBT RATE IS 11.5851. SO WHEN COUNCIL SETS THE THE RATE WE SUBTRACT OUT THE DEBT RATE WHICH IS A CALCULATED AMOUNT. AND THE REST IS WHAT FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.

TEXAS STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO CALCULATE TWO RATES WHICH.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A. NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH.

THAT'S THE RATE THAT'S NEEDED TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE ON THE SAME PROPERTIES THAT EXISTED LAST YEAR.

AND THAT RATE IS 30.0524. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST RATE THE CITY CAN GET. CITY COUNCIL CAN GO UP TO WITHOUT TRIGGERING AN ELECTION.

THAT'S 38.4696. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CHART SHOWING THOSE DIFFERENT RATES.

A HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THE TAX EXEMPTIONS. WE HAVE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AT 20%.

AND THEN WE RECENTLY THIS YEAR INCREASED TO OVER 65 TO 100,000.

AND THEN THE DISABLED PERSONS IS STILL AT 85,000.

LOOKING AT HOW THE TAX BILL IS BROKEN DOWN, THE CITY IS THE SMALLEST PORTION OF YOUR TAX BILL, EQUATING TO ABOUT 21% OF YOUR OVERALL OVERALL TAX BILL.

AND JUST LOOKING AT AN AVERAGE HOMESTEAD AT $0.35, IT'S $812 A YEAR OR $70 A MONTH.

AND THE AVERAGE SENIOR. IS 350 A YEAR, OR $29 A MONTH.

AGAIN, A TAX RATE OF $0.35 PROVIDES FOR A BALANCED BUDGET.

IT INVESTS IN OUR EMPLOYEES FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, MAINTAINS A STATE MAXIMUM HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF 20%.

AND SAME THING WITH OVER 65 AT 100 AND THE DISABLED PERSONS AT 85,000.

AND THAT'S THE END OF PRESENTATION. MAYOR. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LEWIS? OH, I MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING DOWN. THERE WAS A CHART I SAW LAST WEEK THAT SHOWED THE REVENUE GROWTH AND THEN THE EXPENSE GROWTH.

IS THAT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF I LOOKED DOWN I MISSED IT, BUT THE, THE CHART, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT KIND OF HAD THE CROSSOVER IN 2020. THERE WAS THE YEAH, YEAH. THE SALES TAX REVENUES INCREASING AND THEN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE DECREASING.

I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER THE FIGURE FROM THAT LAST YEAR.

WAS IT DID THEY TAKE IN 3 MILLION EXTRA OVER EXPENSES.

IS THAT WHAT I SAW. THAT WAS OVERALL THE WHAT WAS ADDED TO FUND BALANCE.

THAT WAS A MIXTURE OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

SO WE HAD 1 MILLION EXTRA IN REVENUE HIGHER THAN WE BUDGETED.

AND THEN WE HAD AROUND 1 MILLION, 1.5 MILLION IN ESTIMATES AND EXPENDITURES THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND.

SO IT WAS A COMBINATION. THANK YOU. LEWIS, CAN YOU GO BACK ON THE SLIDES ABOUT 3 OR 4 DUE TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS THE DOLLAR.

THAT ONE THERE. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW I HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS MY 14TH TIME TO SEE THIS SLIDE. ONLY THE DATES CHANGE.

WE KNOW HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE HERE THAT WE DON'T PAY THE SAME AMOUNT AS SCHOOL TAXES.

AND WE DON'T PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAILY EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL TAXES TOO.

I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT. SMARTY HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU COULD I GUESS YOU COULD PUT IN HOW MUCH THE STATE SQUEEZES OUT OF US AND THE IRS SQUEEZES OUT OF US.

WE WE GET IT. WE GET IT. WE KNOW THAT CITY CITY TAX RATE IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT RATE EITHER. ANYWAY, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS SOMETHING I, I CHECKED ON GROK. LET'S LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

LET'S LEAVE THIS ON THE SCREEN AND GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

THIS IS WHERE IT WILL BE REALLY RELEVANT. OKAY.

THE NEXT ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU LEWIS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Consideration of and action to take a record vote on the proposed 2026 tax rate, setting public hearing, and directing staff to publish the Notice of Proposed 2026 Tax Rate. (Luis Garza, Executive Director of Administrative Services) ]

I'M GOING TO READ THE ITEM CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATION OF AND TAKE ACTION ON VOTE TO PROPOSE TAX RATE.

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PROPOSED TAX RATE. SETTING PUBLIC HEARING. DIRECTING STAFF TO PUBLISH THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX RATE.

BRANDON, IS THIS WHERE WE POLL THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR.

WE DO NEED A RECORD VOTE. WE NEED A NUMBER. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE NUMBER YOU PICKED TONIGHT IS NOT ACTUALLY SETTING THE TAX RATE.

BUT IT DOES SET A CEILING. YOU CAN'T COME BACK LATER WHEN YOU ADOPT THE TAX RATE AND GO ABOVE THAT, YOU CAN ONLY ADOPT THAT NUMBER OR LOWER. I GET IT.

SO LET LET LET LOUIS READ THE SUMMARY AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU.

RICHARD. GO AHEAD. LOUIS. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN TAXATION REQUIREMENTS, THE GOVERNING BODY IS REQUIRED TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE TO PROPOSE A PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. THIS VOTE WILL ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT MAY BE ADOPTED LATER, AND AUTHORIZES PUBLICATION OF THE REQUIRED NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE.

THIS RECORD VOTE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINAL ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS SETTING THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE AT $0.35 PER $100 VALUATION BY PROPOSING A RATE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE CITY IS INCREASING THE OVERALL TAX BURDEN FOR RESIDENTS.

THIS INCREASE WILL BE USED TO PARTIALLY SUPPORT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, WHILE REDUCING OTHER SERVICE LEVELS.

TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AND ENSURE LONG TERM FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.

CITY COUNCIL RETAINS FULL DISCRETION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED RATE OR A LOWER RATE, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS.

HOWEVER, STATE LAW PROHIBITS ADOPTION OF A HIGHER RATE THAN THE PROPOSED RATE ONCE IT'S PUBLISHED.

BECAUSE THE BECAUSE THE PROPOSED RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE.

NO NEW REVENUE RATE. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE IS REQUIRED.

STAFF REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT IN SETTING THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPERTY TAX RATE AT $0.35 PER $100 VALUATION.

THIS RECORD VOTE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.

ACTUALLY. OKAY. CITY STAFF, WHAT RECOMMEND SUPPORTS OR RECOMMENDS? WE'RE RECOMMENDING WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. YES, SIR. SO IF WE WOULD HAVE SAID RAISE IT TO $0.40, WOULD YOU ALL STILL RECOMMEND THAT TO WE'RE DOING WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET OR IF IT WAS 29? SO I DON'T I DON'T. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE VIEW OF THE COUNCIL TO TO OR DO I, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE POSITION OF THE COUNCIL TO NECESSARILY NECESSARILY CERTAINLY RECOMMEND I MEAN, TO LISTEN TO THE STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO TAXATION.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PLANE THERE. ALL RIGHT.

RICHARD, WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WISH TO ADD? IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD USE THE GENERAL FUND FOR.

AND AND WHEN I LOOKED, I CHECKED ON GROK AND I ASKED IT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A GENERAL FUND? AND THE FIRST SENTENCE THAT CAME OUT OF IT WAS TO, TO PROVIDE A CUSHION AGAINST REVENUE SHORTFALLS OR UNEXPECTED COSTS, ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS THAT REDUCE SALES TAX, PROPERTY AND TAX COLLECTIONS OR NATURAL DISASTERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A GENERAL FUND. THEN I ASKED, HOW MUCH SHOULD WE MAINTAIN IN A GENERAL FUND? THEY SAID ABOUT 20 TO 25% OF OUR GENERAL OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

AND WHAT IS THAT? WHAT WHAT IS OUR ROUGHLY WHAT OUR BUDGET IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

OUR ANNUAL BUDGET IS 43 MILLION. SO 25%, THAT'S AROUND 11 MILLION IS WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP.

THE 25% IS HOW MUCH? TEN. AROUND 11 MILLION. AROUND 11 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE 23 MILLION IN THERE AND PLUS ANOTHER PROBABLY 11 MILLION IN THE RDC.

I THINK WE'RE PRETTY HEALTHY RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE NEED TO DIP INTO THE THE FUND BALANCE THIS ONE TIME, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT. IF WE CONTINUE TO DO IT OR DO IT A SECOND TIME, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT TO DO IT THIS TIME, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. WE'RE GOOD. THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FOR THE LAST WEEK IS MISINFORMATION.

TOTAL MISINFORMATION THAT THE FUND BALANCE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED.

AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. LOUIS. AND IT'S NOT TRUE.

JOYCE. OKAY. THE THE FUND BALANCE IS NOT UNTOUCHABLE.

NOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO DRAIN THE FUND BALANCE, BUT I THINK CONSIDERING A USING A SMALL PORTION,

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BY THE WAY, I MIGHT ADD TO ESTIMATE A BUDGET BECAUSE ALL THE BUDGET IS, IS A GUIDE AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD GUIDE AND YOU WANT TO STAY TRUE TO THE GUIDE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO VEER OFF THE GUIDE TOO MUCH.

BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THE FUND BALANCE, I MEAN, IS ONLY WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS, AND I LOOKED AT THE STORY AND THE STORY IS GOOD.

THE HEADLINE IS A LITTLE INACCURATE TO TO ME NOW, IT WAS SURE IT WAS BROUGHT UP THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BROUGHT UP, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP. TO ME, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE NARRATIVE.

ROSENBERG I'VE $2.5 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY MEAN BY ROSENBERG IF THEY MEAN ROSENBERG STAFF, MAYBE SO IF THEY MEAN ROSENBERG COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

IF THEY MEAN ROSENBERG MAYOR HECK NO. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THAT THE BUDGET DEFICIT IS IT'S NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THE USING FUND BALANCE THAT'S WOULD BE PROJECTED TO BE USED IN THE EVENT THAT YOU OVERSPENT OR SPENT WHAT WAS BUDGETED, LET'S JUST SAY, WHICH WOULD NOT BE OVERSPENT BUT SPENT WHAT WAS BUDGETED.

IF THE REVENUES, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CAP ON REVENUES, WE COULD HAVE YOU COULD HAVE A, A, A SPIKE IN SALES TAX.

CITY'S NOT GOING TO SEND IT BACK AND SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN RECEIPT OF THOSE PROCEEDS.

SO THERE ARE ONLY WE'RE ONLY WE ONLY BUDGET THAT IN THE EVENT THAT IT DOESN'T COME IN ON THE PROCEEDS, WE CAN GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND NOW IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE GENERAL FUND CAN BE USED.

I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE IT'S EVER ACT AND, AND ACTUAL THAT IT'S EVER BEEN HAD TO GET INTO, TO, TO OFFSET A PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION BILL. I GOT A QUESTION FOR JOYCE.

OKAY. CAN YOU GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE CITIES IN THIS AREA WHAT THEIR REVENUE HAS BEEN? HAS IT BEEN GOING FLAT ALONG WITH OURS OR IS IT A TREND THAT'S GOING ALL AROUND THIS AREA? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX? YES. AND WE LOOKED AT THAT AND I THINK THREE CITIES IN THE COUNTY HAVE INCREASED SALES TAX 4 TO 5%. THREE CITIES, INCLUDING US, HAVE A REDUCTION IN SALES TAX OF 3 TO 5%.

IN ONE, CITY HAS REMAINED EXACTLY FLAT AT 0%.

WHAT ARE THE TAX RATES ON THE CITIES THAT ARE SHOWING A POSITIVE SALES TAX? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TAX BASE. WELL YEAH. YEAH THE RATE.

HOW MUCH ARE THEY. THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATES. NO THE SALES TAX I THINK I WOULD ASSUME ALL THEIR RATES ARE 2% LIKE OURS ARE.

OKAY. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT STORY.

I'M GOING TO READ I'M GOING TO TAKE A SECOND READ JUST A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

THIS IS FROM FROM TUESDAY. AND OF COURSE YOU ALL WEREN'T HERE, BUT CITY OF ROSENBERG WEIGHING A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE, SPENDING CUTS, USE OF RESERVE FUNDS TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT.

IT SHOULD HAVE SAID REDUCE A PROPOSED DEFICIT, NOT DEFICIT.

ALL AROUND $2.5 MILLION. BUDGET DEFICIT IS WHAT THEY MEAN.

BE SURE TO UNDERSTAND COUNCIL. WE HAVE $23 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE.

IF YOU SPEND ALL $2.5 MILLION, WHICH BEING. BUT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE PROPOSED, IT DOES.

THE CITY IS NOT BANKRUPT AND. AND. WE WOULD NOT BE BUDGET DEFICIT.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY. WE WOULD NOT BE OUR CITY WOULD NOT BE IN IN DEBT.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN DEBT. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IT'S NOT FROM CUTTING TAXES.

IT'S FROM WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? IT'S FROM 20 2023 BOND ELECTION THAT THE THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THAT TIME STEERED THE COUNCIL INTO PUTTING $52 MILLION ON DEBT.

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AND I WOULD ASK FOLKS THAT ARE UPSET, WHERE WAS THE OUTRAGE THEN? WHERE WAS ALL THAT CONJECTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THEN? BECAUSE. WHAT'S THE CITY GOING TO GET FOR $52 MILLION? TWO BRAND NEW BUILDING, THAT'S FOR SURE. NICE BRICK, ORNAMENTAL, NICE AND GLASS.

BRAND NEW CONCRETE PARKING LOTS. NOT ASPHALT, GOD FORBID.

AND THE FIRE STATION DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM AN EXISTING FIRE STATION.

THAT MAKES ABOUT AS GOOD A SENSE AS HAVING A DOG POUND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ANOTHER DOG POUND.

WHERE IS THAT ANYWAYS? FELIX. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SORRY. SARCASM? NO, NO. IT'S FINE. I GUESS THIS QUESTION WILL BE FOR MISS JOYCE.

OTHERS, OTHER SUCCESSFUL CITIES, DO THEY NORMALLY TYPICALLY DRAW FROM THEIR GENERAL FUND LIKE THIS? AND MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO CUT ANY SERVICES. I KNOW, MAYOR, YOU SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO CUT ANY SERVICES, BUT HOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH GROWTH? WERE YOU ASKING ME OR JOYCE? OKAY. WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT OTHER CITIES DRAW FROM FUND BALANCE I'M NOT SURE.

I WOULD ASSUME MOST DON'T. IT IS BEST PRACTICE TO NOT DRAW FROM FUND BALANCE FOR YOUR OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES, BUT I'D HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT TO SEE IF ANY HAVE.

BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY IN LEWIS OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST TYPICALLY IF THERE IS A PLAN DRAW DOWN, IT'S FOR ONE TIME CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

FELIX, THIS IS A ONE YEAR BUDGET. WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL SITTING HERE NEXT YEAR TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. SO IT'S NOT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, FELIX, DID YOU HAVE A SECOND QUESTION? IT'S NOT KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD. I KNOW OF A CITY NEAR HERE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT IT IS BECAUSE WE GOT FRIENDS THAT SIT ON THE COUNCIL.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING IN DEBT AND BORROWING MONEY TO TRY TO FULFILL THEIR.

WHAT'S THEIR TAX RATE? NO, BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL TOWN AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INDUSTRY AND ENOUGH COMMERCIAL AND, AND IT'S REALLY TIGHT.

SO IS IT LOWER THAN OURS. OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

ROSENBERG. THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT ROSENBERG. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.

RIGHT. AND WE'VE HAD PRETTY CONSERVATIVE. WE'VE HAD IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT.

THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE ADVOCATED FOR. BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO THIS IN ALL SERIOUSNESS.

OKAY, SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, LEWIS, IS A BIT OF AN INPUT, AN INCREASE OF FOR, FOR SALARIES, A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, HELP THERE AND WHICH I AGREE WITH.

AND THEN WE, WE WENT THROUGH AND WE CALLED OUT SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD REDUCE.

NOW I HAD SOME FOLKS CALL, IT'S FUNNY, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HUMAN NATURE SELF-SERVING, BUT PEOPLE WILL CALL AND YOU LOOK AT THE CONTEXT, I CAN ALMOST TELL WHEN I GET THE CALL, US CITIZENS SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES GETTING PAY RAISES, BUT WE CAN USE THE TAX RELIEF THEN. THEN YOU HEAR THE OTHER END.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TAX RELIEF. WE NEED WE NEED SOME PAY RAISES.

AND MY SUGGESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS, I THINK WITH SOME CAREFUL BUDGETING, A LITTLE OPTIMISM AND MAYBE USING A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT LOOSE OF THE OF THE FUND BALANCE, WE CAN DO BOTH. IN FACT, WE CAN DO THAT AND STILL KEEP THE SERVICES, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE REDUCED, BUT I THINK WE CAN GIVE SOME SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO SALARIES. WE CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE FOLKS, A LITTLE BIT OF TAX RELIEF.

AND WE DON'T NEED TO. AND WE, WE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WON'T NEED TO.

AND WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE WE CAN BUDGET SOME PROPOSED FROM THE FROM THE FUND BALANCE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THAT COMES, I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK IT WILL END UP BEING ACTUAL.

WHAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TOO MUCH HERE IS ACTUALLY.

SO I WANT TO ASK JOYCE WHAT IS ACTUAL. I MEAN, NOT WHAT IS ACTUAL.

IT. WE WON'T FIND OUT TRUE, ACTUAL. IF A BUDGET EVER GOT EVER GETS TO GETTING TO A FUND BALANCE

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UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE END OF THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET.

SO IT WAS PROPOSED LAST YEAR THAT THIS BUDGET WOULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE, THE FUND BALANCE A MILLION AND A HALF, BUT WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THAT FIGURE YET. AND ACCORDING TO THE CITY MANAGER, WE WON'T HAVE IT UNTIL WHEN.

JOYCE. SOME OF OUR FINAL NUMBERS WE DON'T GET UNTIL OCTOBER.

NOVEMBER. SO I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS FEBRUARY.

I'M NOT FINISHED. OKAY. SO WE DON'T GET OUR FINAL NUMBERS TILL OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, AND THEN WE WORK ON CLOSING OUT THE BOOKS, AND THEN THE AUDITORS DON'T FINALIZE EVERYTHING UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, RIGHT BEFORE WE BRING Y'ALL THE AUDIT.

OKAY. SO THE REALITY IS WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WITH THIS, WE WERE BEAT UP LAST YEAR.

WE HAD CANDIDATES THAT RAN FOR OFFICE AND SAID, MY GOD, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RAIDING THE FUND.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE RAIDING THE RAIDING THE FUND BALANCE, THEY'RE RAIDING THE RESERVE.

THEY'RE RATING OUR, OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. AND THAT THE, THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE OPERATING ON TO RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK, THIS SAME BUDGET THAT WE SPENT DOWN ALL THE MONEY IN AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION.

AND THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. AND IF IT WERE TO BE TRUE, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL FEBRUARY.

SO ALL THIS SCARES SCARING IS FOR NAUGHT. AND IT'S NOT TRUE.

AND IT'S NOT ACTUAL BECAUSE THAT IS THE TERM, FOLKS.

ACTUAL. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO GO ON ACTUAL.

NOW YES, WE CAN BUDGET. AND YES, THAT'S A GUIDE.

AND WE WANT FOLKS TO STAY WITHIN THAT GUIDE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE CAN BE FAIR, FAIR TO THE PUBLIC AND FAIR TO THE STAFF. IT'S THE STAFF THAT PROVIDES THESE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.

WE GOT TO HAVE THAT STAFF AND THEY HAVE TO BE PAID FAIRLY OR THEY WON'T BE STAFF.

SO WE WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TURN OUR BACK TOTALLY ON THE PUBLIC EITHER.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE PROPOSED A ONE A MEASLY $0.01 TAX REDUCTION FROM $0.30 TO $0.29. RICHARD, WHAT DO YOU SAY? BECAUSE THEY NEED A NUMBER TONIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. MY NUMBERS TO KEEP IT AT $0.30.

OKAY. YOUR NUMBER'S 30. GEORGE, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? 29 OR 30. AMANDA, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? HE CAN CHOOSE HIS NUMBER, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS. NO, HE CAN SAY 50 IF YOU WANT TO.

AMANDA, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? WELL, I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO SAY.

SINCE YOU'VE BEEN TALKING, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.

YOU DID TOO, BUT. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE ME GIVE A NUMBER.

OKAY. WELL, OKAY. YEAH. EVERYBODY CAN THINK ABOUT THEIR NUMBER.

YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF IT IS FEAR TACTICS, INTIMIDATION TACTICS.

I UNDERSTAND WE ALL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN ECONOMIC HARD TIMES, MY HOUSEHOLD.

WE'VE HAD TO. I'VE HAD TO STREAMLINE. I'VE HAD TO CUT BACK BUSINESSES HAVE TO STREAMLINE AND CUT BACK.

GOVERNMENT IS NO DIFFERENT. GOVERNMENT. I'VE SAID IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF TIMES, NEEDS TO BE BALANCED AND RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.

GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET VERY TOP HEAVY.

SOMETIMES I THINK THEY THINK THE PUBLIC IS A BOTTOMLESS PIT OF MONEY AND IT'S NOT.

I KNOW SEVERAL THINGS WERE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN'T DO MAYBE TEN STREETS, WE CAN ONLY DO EIGHT STREETS.

WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S THE CASE. WE DO THE WORST ONES.

STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE, SIDEWALKS. THAT'S A NEVER ENDING CIRCLE FOR EVERY CITY, EVERY YEAR.

AND WE CAN ONLY DO SO MANY PER YEAR. AND IF THE BUDGET'S A LITTLE TIGHT ONE YEAR, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CUT 1 OR 2 OUT.

CAROLYN, MITCH MENTIONED THE TNR FOR THE SHELTER.

YES, IT RUNS OUT OF MONEY. I REMEMBER WHEN COMMISSIONER MORALES, THEY STARTED THEIR PROGRAM WITHIN THEIR PORES.

THEY PUT $75,000 IN IT AND IT WAS GONE WITHIN THREE MONTHS.

YOU'RE GIVEN SO MUCH MONEY AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO FOR THAT YEAR.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY EVERYBODY'S BUDGET IS.

WELL, AND IT'S NOT MY SALARY IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME EITHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EVERYBODY. BUT I THINK AND I'VE TALKED TO JOYCE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PERSONALLY, BUT WE, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY DELVE INTO CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS TO STREAMLINE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, MAYBE MAKE SOME CONSOLIDATIONS OF THINGS.

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IT CAN BE DONE. I KNOW GOVERNMENT DOESN'T EVER THINK IT CAN, BUT IT CAN.

I AM NOT WILLING TO GO DOWN ON THE TAX RATE. ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT YOU? I'M NOT WILLING TO GO DOWN. I DON'T THINK I WANT TO GO UP TO $0.05, AS SOME COUNCILS HAVE HAVE SUGGESTED EITHER YOU KNOW, I, YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU, THESE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FUND BALANCE.

WELL, YEAH, WE DO. WE'RE NOT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS.

WE CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS. WE DO UNDERSTAND IT. SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN THEY'RE RAISING THE HEIGHT.

THEY'RE RAISING THE TAX RATE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LINE THEIR POCKETS. WELL, I GUARANTEE YOU COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF ARE NOT LINING THEIR POCKETS AT ALL.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE VERY BRAVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE FACTS AND KNOW ALL THE INSIDES OF EVERYTHING.

SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT THE CCPD. WAS THAT THE REASON THE CITY WAS IN DEBT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

THE CCPD MONEY CAME FROM A STATE LAW THAT THE PORTION OF THE RDC, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES THEY CAN USE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF OUR TAX DOLLARS, IF OUR TAX WAS $2 PER 100, I WOULD STILL HAVE FOUGHT FOR THAT, FOR THE CCPD, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THE OUT OF THE THE 1.5 MILLION THAT WE WERE SUPPOSEDLY SHORT, A LOT OF THAT WAS A LOT OF STAFF, EXTRA, MORE STAFF.

I THINK WE DON'T NEED ALL THOSE STAFF. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED ON WHAT THEIR ESSENTIAL JOB WOULD BE AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED THEM FOR.

SO I THINK A LOT OF THINGS CAN BE DONE, AND IT'S NOT CUTTING ESSENTIAL SERVICES BY ANY MEANS.

I DON'T THINK THAT HAS TO BE DONE. IT'S NOT CUTTING ANY EMPLOYEES.

IT MIGHT BE STREAMLINING SOME EMPLOYEES. IT'S GIVING THEM THEIR RAISES.

AND I WILL SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SAVE ON HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS WILL HELP SOME AND WILL HELP THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAMPAIGN SOMETIMES THEY PROMISE THIS AND PROMISE THAT.

I DON'T, I DIDN'T PROMISE TO LOWER TAXES OR INCREASE TAXES BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THE NUMBERS.

I WASN'T HERE SEEING THAT EVERYTHING. MY VOTE AT THIS POINT IS TO STAY THE SAME AND I THINK WORK DILIGENTLY WITH CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO STREAMLINE SOME THINGS.

AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP A FEW THINGS.

AND IF WE DO, WE HAVE TO, JUST LIKE I DO AT BUSINESS.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SHAKING THEIR HEAD AND THAT'S FINE, BUT IT'S NOT A BOTTOMLESS PIT OF MONEY RAISING IT $0.05 IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT ME ON MY TAX RATE TO THE CITY. WHAT I PAID TO THE CITY IS VERY FAIR.

SO THE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR TAX BILL BEING TOO HIGH GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

IT'S NOT WITH THE CITY AT ALL. ASK THEM WHY THEY'RE BUILDING BILLIONS AND BILLION DOLLAR SCHOOLS AND WHY THEY'RE SO ADMINISTRATIVELY TOP HEAVY.

THAT'S NOT THE CITY. I THINK WE HAVE GOOD DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.

I THINK THEY ALL WORK VERY HARD. I THINK BEING MANAGING BUSINESSES FOR A LONG TIME IN MY LIFE, SOME THINGS CAN BE STREAMLINED AND CAN HELP IN THE BUDGET AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE ONE SPECIFIC PERSON THAT JUST DOES ONE LITTLE THING.

WE CAN ALL SPAN OUT A LITTLE BIT. I HAD A JOB ONE TIME.

I DID PAYABLES, RECEIVABLES, PAYROLL, SALES, EVERYTHING SO PEOPLE CAN DO A FEW MORE THINGS IF WE HAVE TO FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

SO THAT'S MY LITTLE RANT FOR THE EVENING. I VOTE TO KEEP IT AT THE $0.30 FOR RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME.

RICHARD, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER.

THE THE DEBT, THE $52 MILLION BOND THAT THE CITIZENS APPROVED IT.

IT WAS INITIATED FROM THE MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS IN 2023, AND THE COUNCIL IT WAS GIVEN. PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY WERE TOLD WE COULD AFFORD IT.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS WE COULD HANDLE.

WELL, IT'S IT IT'S $700,000 A MONTH TO, TO SERVICE THAT LOAN.

AND WE WERE ALMOST DEBT FREE. WE WERE, WE WERE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AWAY FROM BEING DEBT FREE.

AND NOW WE'RE SHACKLED WITH 20 MORE YEARS OF THAT.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE REWARDED, EVEN THOUGH OUR CURRENT STAFF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

ALL THEY DID AT THE TIME THEY WERE THERE, DID PAPERWORK FOR IT.

IT WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. AND NONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE VOTED FOR IT OR WERE HERE.

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I THINK THAT I ALMOST THINK THAT. THESE PEOPLE IN MANAGEMENT WILL AND NOT CURRENT MANAGEMENT.

BUT. THEY'LL DO THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEN FEEL LIKE THEY CAN PRESSURE COUNCILS TO RAISE TAXES.

BUT WE COULD HAVE BEEN DEBT FREE. COMPLETELY DEBT FREE.

BUT THAT'S NO. NONE OF US ARE EVER GOING TO SEE THAT NOW.

THAT'S MY ONLY RENT. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO. I JUST WANT TO KEEP.

KEEP IT AT $0.30, I, I TOTALLY AGREE ON THAT STATEMENT.

SCOTT, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? AND DO YOU HAVE A STATEMENT? YES. FIRST YOU ASKED NUMBER. I'M FOR A $0.01 DECREASE.

SO YOUR NUMBER'S 29. YEAH. MINE TOO. THE, THE CITY HAD A REALLY GOOD YEAR LAST YEAR AND THAT GENERAL FUND IS VERY HEALTHY. I, MY BUSINESS IS HURTING NOT, NOT HURTING BAD, BUT IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS LAST YEAR.

I COULD USE A LITTLE RELIEF. I GET IT AND I'M I'M A PRIVATE GUY, SCOTT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, BUT TELL US, WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON THIS? WE HAVE LEWIS.

WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT 23 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE? YES, SIR. IF AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL BUDGETING.

SO IT'S IT'S ONLY HOW CAN I. IT'S ONLY ESTIMATED.

IT'S NOT EVEN CONCLUDED BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THIS EXACT SAME DISCUSSION, BUT IT WAS 1.5 MILLION. AND WE WERE TOLD BY NO MEANS SHOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT.

AND BY NO MEANS SHOULD IT BE CONSIDERED WHEN WHEN YOU'RE ADOPTING A TAX RATE.

I DON'T AGREE WITH IT AND I DON'T CONCUR WITH IT, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IT'S ACCURATE.

IS IT A GOOD IDEA? NO, IT'S I MEAN, IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.

BUT YOU DON'T YOU DON'T YOU DON'T RAID THIS FUND.

YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS HAVE HAVE A BACKUP. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S LIKE I SAID TO FELIX EARLIER, THIS IS A ONE YEAR BUDGET. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO, 10% OF THAT FUND.

YEAH. NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. SO IF IN THE WORST CIRCUMSTANCES, AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL COME TO THAT BECAUSE AMANDA MADE A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION, WHICH IS HERE'S A THOUGHT. BE CONSERVATIVE.

LET'S GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, LOOK AT SOME OF THESE AREAS OF WAYS OF SAVING MONEY.

IN FACT, JOYCE GAVE SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS. SOME, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT, A LOT OF STUFF WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH, BUT SHE GAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND, AND I'M SURE SHE PROBABLY COULD COME UP WITH MORE.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BUDGETING PROPOSED OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. SO THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. REPHRASE THE QUESTION.

IS IT UNTOUCHABLE OR IS IT? NO, I THINK THIS IS WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR.

RICHARD REALLY LAID IT OUT PRETTY CLEAR TOO. AND, AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT LOOKED LIKE THE CITY HAD A REALLY GOOD REVENUE YEAR LAST YEAR AND A PRETTY GOOD REDUCTION. WELL, THEY DID. IT'S THEY SPENT IT.

THAT'S THE THING ABOUT GOVERNMENT. YOU GET IT.

THEY SEE IT. OH I KNOW AND I, I WOULD I AM. OH OKAY.

SO YOU'RE 29. I'M AT 29. I THINK I WOULD LIKE ZERO BUT.

WELL I'M GOING TO GO. I'M. THAT'S THE ONE. STAFFORD.

YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE TO STAFFORD. THERE'S ZERO.

STEVE DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE 2.5 WHATEVER AND BALANCE THE BUDGET OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND WE GO THROUGH A YEAR AND SEE SEE HOW THE SALES TAX AND THE REVENUE COME IN AND, AND IF THEY'RE FLAT AGAIN AND THE COSTS KEEP GOING UP, IT'S.

AND EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE TAXES. SO I MEAN, OR CUTS OR CUTS.

WELL, YOU CAN ONLY CUT SPENDING SO MUCH. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BE CUT.

I WANT TO GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE. WHAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE THERE'S STUFF I DON'T WANT TO CUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LIKE DO THAT, TAKE THE 2.5.

BALANCE THE BUDGET AND THEN HAVE THE SALES TAX, EVERYTHING GO FLAT WITH THE COST OF EVERYTHING GOING UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BIG GAP IN BETWEEN, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE IT OUT AGAIN.

I WOULD ONLY DO IT ONE TIME. ONE TIME. AND IF IT IF IT THE SALES THE SALES TAX ISN'T THERE AND REVENUE IS NOT THERE, THEN I'M GOING TO RAISE TAXES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT SPENDING AND MAYBE OH YEAH, I WANT TO LOOK IT UP.

I'M GOING TO LOOK AT ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR LOOK HOW THE REVENUE IS.

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ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER. SO YOUR NUMBER IS $0.30.

STEVE, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? ALL RIGHT. FELIX. WELL, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

I LIKE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT 2.5, BUT, I MEAN, AS MISS BARDA WAS SAYING, THAT WE SHOULD RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS.

I DON'T THINK IN BUSINESS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELY ON SAVINGS.

WE SHOULD RELY ON OUR REVENUE, NOT ON OUR SAVINGS.

BUT I MEAN, AND THEN HOW MR. SCOTT WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL BE BACK WITHIN A YEAR. WHY NOT RAISE IT EITHER 3 OR 5 AND THEN COME BACK A YEAR AND THEN LOWER IF WE HAVE TO, INSTEAD OF WAITING ANOTHER YEAR TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO RAISE IT UP OR NOT, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S PUBLIC MONEY WHEN YOU RAISE PEOPLE.

BUT WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE OF IT BEING AN EMERGENCY? YEAH, I KNOW IT'S $2.23 MILLION. WHAT KIND OF DO YOU NEED IN THE IN THE RAINY DAY FUND? LIKE RICHARD SAID, WE DON'T KNOW. WE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 11 MILLION WAS SUGGESTED AND WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT.

LAST WEEK YOU SAID, HOW LOW HOW LOW WOULD YOU GO? YEAH. MY, MY SPECIFIC ATTITUDE FOR FUTURE. AND I SAID THIS, I SAID THIS AT MY CAMPAIGN EVENTS. I THINK FOR A CITY THIS SIZE WITH THE TAX BASE THAT WE HAVE AND THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE POPULATION, THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES HERE.

I THINK EVENTUALLY I THINK THE CITY SHOULD HOLD BECAUSE YOUR TAX RATE IS YOUR INSURANCE.

YOU NEVER WANT TO THROW AWAY YOUR INSURANCE. YOU TWEAK IT BUT YOU DON'T THROW IT AWAY.

I WOULD SAY YOU HOLD THE LINE AT $0.28 IN THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK SALES TAX WILL, WILL, WILL. THAT'S, THAT'S THE SALES TAX CONSIDERED REALLY A VOLUNTARY TAX.

IT'S NOT ONE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT SAYS YOU PAY THIS OR WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR PROPERTY, RIGHT.

AND IF YOU DON'T GET OFF THE PROPERTY, WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE IT BY CALLING THE POLICE. AND IF YOU'RE HAVING YOU ARRESTED, YOU GO TO THE STORE AND YOU BUY SOMETHING AND YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT AND YOU ORDER FOOD. IT'S JUST IT'S A VOLUNTARY TAX.

SO MOST, MOST ALL YOUR TAXING ENTITIES ARE GOING TO THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SO, SO COULD YOU SPEAK TO YOUR MICROPHONE. ALL RIGHT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO ANYWAY, BUT THE. SO SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, $0.28 WOULD BE AS FAR AS I WOULD GO, IT.

SO WHEN YOU SAY 28, ARE YOU EXPECTING ROSENBERG TO STAY AT THE SAME GROWTH? WE'RE GOING TO BE GROWING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY TO KEEP UP GROWTH. AND EVEN IF THEY STAY AT $0.28, THAT GROWTH WHEN IN 2011, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL AND AND THERE'S A FIGURE THAT I MENTIONED, I THOUGHT LAST WEEK AND AND I DON'T SEE THAT IT WAS PROVIDED, BUT I DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T THINK I SPECIFICALLY SAID, LOUIS, WHEN YOU COME BACK NEXT WEEK, HAVE THIS.

BUT HERE'S ONE. WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF, OF, OF ALL THE PROPERTY YOU SHOWED THE VALUE PROJECTED VALUES FROM THE COUNTY THIS YEAR, BUT WHAT WERE THEY IN 2011? FELIX. THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO LOOK AT.

YOU GOT TO LOOK AT. SO GROSS GROWTH REALLY HELPS TO FILL IN THE THE GAPS OF, OF TAXATION.

SO AS YOUR ECONOMY GROWS AND YOUR TAX BASE GROWS, YOU, YOU OFFSET SET YOUR TAX RATE BY REDUCING YOUR RATE BECAUSE THE VALUE MAKES UP FOR IT. SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE PAYING LESS RATE INSTEAD OF LESS PEOPLE PAYING MORE RATE.

THAT'S ALWAYS. IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY GOING DOWN, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO PLATEAU.

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO. WELL, NO. NOW COST ACTUALLY GO UP.

SO YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO WEIGH IT ALL. YOU HAVE TO WEIGH IT ALL IN AND.

RIGHT. WELL, I'M JUST PHILOSOPHIZING. SO THE NUMBER THAT WE CHOOSE IS THIS FOR THE CEILING.

CORRECT. OR WHAT WOULD BE YOUR HIGHEST. WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR HIGHEST.

I WOULD I WOULD PLAY IT SAFE AND I WOULD SAY 35.

OKAY, SO WE GOT YOUR FIGURE. YOU'RE 35, YOU'RE 30.

GO BACK TO 35 BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING IT DOWN AT THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR HIGH. YEAH. ALRIGHT, SO WE GOT 235, A 29, A 30, ANOTHER 29, A 30 AND A 30. SO SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE 30S WIN.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOU NEED A MOTION, BRANDON. WE DO ON THIS ONE.

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ALL RIGHT. YOU WERE 30. YOU MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO KEEP THE TAX RATE AT $0.30.

ALL RIGHT. WHO WILL SECOND THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

GEORGE MADE THE MOTION. AND MAYOR. THIS ONE DOES HAVE TO BE A RECORD VOTE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT OUR SCREEN HERE THAT SAYS WHO VOTED HOW IT TO BE SAFE.

LET'S JUST DO A ROLL CALL VOTE IF YOU DON'T MIND.

ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL. VOTE. I WILL OPPOSE BECAUSE I'M IN FAVOR OF 29.

I'M NOT. BUT I'M CERTAINLY OPPOSED TO 35. BUT WE'LL START WITH RICHARD.

ROLL CALL RICHARD I GEORGE MAYOR NO. YES. AMANDA.

SCOTT. NO. NO. NO. STEVE.

FELIX. NO. OKAY. NO. SO WHAT DO WE GOT? AND THAT MOTION DOES FAIL.

IT WAS FOUR. FOUR NO'S AND THREE I'S. ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THEN.

OH, NO. OH LET ME PUT. NO. THIS IS FOR THE 36.

WHATEVER YOU SAID. YOU AGREE OR NOT? DID IT FAIL? ALL RIGHT. IT FAILED. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE REDUCE THE TAX RATE $0.01.

WHO WILL SECOND THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF GOING FROM 30 TO 29.

INDICATE BY PUSHING GREEN YES. OR SAYING NO. YOU WANT A ROLL CALL.

VOTE AGAIN. IF WE COULD DO A ROLL CALL. IT'S ALL RIGHT, GEORGE.

ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF 29? ALL RIGHT. RICHARD. ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR IS. YES. AMANDA. ALL RIGHT. YES. OKAY. STEVE.

NO! FELIX. ALL RIGHT, WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT UP TO 35. MOTION TO MOVE IT UP TO 35.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WHO WILL SECOND HIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT. MOTION. HE TRIED RIGHT THERE, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. STEVE, YOU SAID IT'S A WE'RE DOING VOCAL VOICE.

OH. OKAY. SECONDED BY STEVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR GOING UP TO $0.35.

PUSH OR SAY YES IF YOU'RE SAY YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO.

NO. NO. AND AGAIN, MAYOR, I KNOW WE'RE HAVING MULTIPLE MOTIONS HERE, BUT IF WE COULD DO IT BY A ROLL CALL VOTE.

OKAY. ROLL CALL. VOTE, VOTE. RICHARD. AMANDA.

ALMOND. NO. SCOTT. NO. FELIX. YES. STEVE. YES.

GEORGE. NO! OKAY. THAT MOTION FAILS. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL MAKE A A COMPROMISE. AND I'LL SAY I'LL MAKE A COMPROMISE.

I WILL CHANGE MY VOTE TO $0.30 RELUCTANTLY, BUT JUST SO WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED BECAUSE WE'RE AT A STALEMATE. WE GOTTA WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING.

THIS IS A MUST DO ITEM. IS THAT CORRECT, BRANDON? IT IS. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE YOU CAN ADOPT A TAX RATE.

AND THIS IS JUST SETTING A MAX. YOU ARE SETTING A CEILING TONIGHT.

SO OKAY. SO SO NO HARM NO FOUL HERE. YEAH. RICHARD, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO KEEP THE TAXES AT $0.30.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION MADE BY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND ONE MORE TIME ON THE ROLL CALL. MAYOR. OKAY.

ROLL CALL. RICHARD. YES. GEORGE. YES. MAYOR. YES.

AMANDA. YES. SCOTT. YES. OKAY. STEVE. NO. OKAY.

FELIX. NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THE AYES HAVE IT.

WE HAD ENOUGH TO LEAVE IT AT THIRD. I MEAN, TO MAX OUT AT 30.

SO THAT MOTION IS PASSED. THAT WAS, WHAT, 5 TO 2? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON SETTING A PUBLIC

[9. Consideration of and action on setting a public hearing date related to the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2026 and ending date on September 30, 2027. (Luis Garza, Executive Director of Administrative Services) ]

LOUIS, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 102.006 REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING DAY TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET TUESDAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 2026 AT 630 HERE AT CITY HALL. SHOULD THIS DATE BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONCLUDED ON AUGUST 25TH,

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2026. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUIRED NOTICE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FORT BEND HERALD NEWSPAPER TO PROVIDE THE PROPER NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC. ALL RIGHT.

WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSED DATE.

MOTION. MOTION IS MADE BY SCOTT, SECONDED BY STEVE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY PUSHING OR SAYING GREEN.

YES. IF YOU'RE OPPOSED, SAY NO. OR PUSH. NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT GOT APPROVED. NOW WE HAVE. FOR IN THE WORDS OF MONTY PYTHON, FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

[10. Hold public hearing on annexation of 3.32 acres in the B.B.B. & C. Railroad Company Survey, Abstract No. 138, Fort Bend County, Texas, being a portion of the remainder of a called 5.3040 acre tract, conveyed to Guadalupe Garza in Document Number 2015053158, and described in Volume 2503, Page 2356 of the Official Public Records of Fort Bend County, Texas; and being out of Lot 12 of the Slavin & George Subdivision according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 64, Page 252 of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, Texas. (Mohamed Bireima, Director of Planning) ]

HOLD PUBLIC ANNEXATION OF 3.3 ACRES IN THE B, B, B AND C RAILROAD COMPANY SERVICE.

ABSTRACT NUMBER ONE. 38 FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER OF A COURT CALLED.

5.3040 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO GUADALUPE GARZA IN THE DOCUMENT NUMBER (201) 505-3158 AND DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 2503. PAGE 2356 OF THE GENERAL I MEAN OF OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING OUT OF LOT 12 OF THE SLOT SLATE SLOVIN GEORGE SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLOT THEREOF.

RECORDED IN VOLUME 64, PAGE 259 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND HERE'S SOMEBODY WE HADN'T HEARD FROM TONIGHT, MOHAMMED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU MAYOR.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ON THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 3.32 ACRES OF LAND REQUESTED BY GUADALUPE GARZA, THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF PATTON ROAD, SPUR TEN BETWEEN 98 AND RANDOM SCHOOL ROAD.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER R 4070 ON JULY 21ST, 2026, WHICH ACCEPTED THE FILING OF A PETITION BY THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 3.32 ACRES. AS STATED ABOVE, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SUBMITTED A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF THE TRACT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND ON THE FORT BEND HERALD.

STAFF RECOMMEND HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME BEFORE TAKING ACTION ON THE ANNEXATION PETITION IN THE SUBSEQUENT AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY, SO WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BEGIN AT 920. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? LET'S SEE. ARE Y'ALL HERE FOR THIS? YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON IT OR NO, YOU'RE FOR IT.

OKAY. WELL THAT'S SPEAKING. WELL, AT LEAST YOU'RE EXPRESSING YOUR YOUR VIEW.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT ANYBODY ELSE. WELL, LET'S LET IT GO PAST WHAT IS.

WE'LL LET IT GO ANOTHER FEW FEW MOMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE. I GUESS WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS TO TAKE ACTION.

[11. Consideration of and action on Ordinance No. 2026-36, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rosenberg, Texas, annexing, for full purposes, of 3.32 acres in the B.B.B. & C. Railroad Company Survey, Abstract No. 138, Fort Bend County, Texas, being a portion of the remainder of a called 5.3040 acre tract, conveyed to Guadalupe Garza in Document Number 2015053158, and described in Volume 2503, Page 2356 of the Official Public Records of Fort Bend County, Texas; and being out of Lot 12 of the Slavin & George Subdivision according to the Map or Plat thereof recorded in Volume 64, Page 252 of the Deed Records of Fort Bend County, Texas; extending the boundaries of the City to include the land; binding the land to all acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City; approving a service plan; and providing an effective date. (Mohamed Bireima, Director of Planning) ]

CORRECT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. LET ME READ THE ITEM NUMBER 11.

CONSIDERATION OF AN ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-36.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, TEXAS, ANNEXING FOR FULL PURPOSES OF 3.32 ACRES IN THE B, B, B AND C COMPANY SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER ONE.

38 FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER OF A.

CALLED FOR 5.3040 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO GUADALUPE GARZA IN DOCUMENT NUMBER (201) 505-3158 AND DESCRIBED IN VOLUME 2503. PAGE 2356. OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

AND BEING OUT OF LOT 12 OF THE SLAVIN GEORGE SUBDIVISION RECORD TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF.

RECORDED IN VOLUME 64, PAGE 252 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS.

EXTENDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE LAND BINDING TO ALL ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY, APPROVING A SERVICE PLAN AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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MOHAMMED, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026-36 PROVIDING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.32 ACRES OF LAND INTO THE CITY'S CORPORATE LIMIT AT THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER, GUADALUPE GARZA. ON JULY 21ST, 2026, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER R FOUR 4070.

ACCEPTING THE FILING OF THE PETITION SUBMITTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SUBMITTED THE PETITION AND FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THE TRACK INTO THE CITY LIMIT.

THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON SOUTH OF U.S.