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YOU GUYS WANT ME TO, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, MOSES[I. COMMENCEMENT]
IS HEREBY GIVEN A PUBLIC HEARINGS AND A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF KLU CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, KLU, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY.
5 5 1 0 7 2 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
5 5 1 0 7 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS.
DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0 8 7.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 8 8 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTIONS 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA AGENDA PACKET MEETING LINK INFORMATION ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.KLUTEXAS.GOV.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN PERSON AND WILL OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC.
COMMENT ITEMS. TO REGISTER TO SPEAK OR TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL CITY CLERK ROSIE POINTED AT ROSIE@KLUTEXAS.GOV.
AT LEAST TWO HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
A RECORDING OF THE TELEPHONE VIDEO MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.
MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
MR. VAUGHN, WOULD YOU CARE TO GIVE US A INVOCATION? LORD, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU JUST THANK YOU YOUR GRACE EMPLOYEES.
WE THAT ALL DECISION MAKERS BY THE COUNCIL IS IN THE BEST INTEREST.
JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE, PLEASE.
A PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND LIBERTY PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW I HAVE ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS, CALVIN SHIFFLETT.
[II. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
TONIGHT'S FIRST, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE PUBLIC HEARINGS.AND THE FIRST ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING A PROPERTY TAX RATE.
AND IT WOULD BE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX IN TAX INCREASE A TAX RATE OF 0.46637 PER 100 DEVALUATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR BODY OF THE CITY OF CLU.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 0.46637 PER 100 WITH NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.4 4 9 5 3 0 PER HUNDRED.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 4 6 6 6 3 7 PER 100.
THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS A TAX RATE FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR THAT WILL RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR CLU FROM THE SAME PROPERTIES IN BOTH THE 2022 TAX YEAR AND THE 2023 TAX YEAR.
THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE THAT KLU MAY ADOPT WITHOUT HOLDING THAT ELECTION TO SEEK VOTER APPROVAL FOR THE RATE POST TAX RATE IS GREATER THAN THE NO NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE.
THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY PRECLUDE IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2023 TAX YEAR.
A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET CLUE, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS NOT GREATER THAN THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.
AS A RESULT, SEA OF CLUE IS NOT REQUIRED TO HOLD AN ELECTION AT WHICH VOTERS MAY ACCEPT OR REJECT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
HOWEVER, YOU MAY EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT FOR OR OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE BY CONTACTING THE MEMBERS OF THE CL OF THE CITY OF CL AT THEIR OFFICES ARE BY ATTENDING THE PUBLIC HEARING MENTIONED ABOVE.
YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE RATES MENTIONED ABOVE CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS.
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AMOUNT EQUALS TAX RATE TIMES TAXABLE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY DIVIDED BY 100 FOR THE PROPOSAL.AGAINST THE PROPOSAL THERE WAS NONE PRESENT AND NOT VOTING WAS CALVIN SHIFFLETT AND ABSENT WAS JOE LOPEZ.
VISIT TEXAS.GOV BACK SLASH PROPERTY TAXES TO FIND A LINK TO YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAX DATABASE ON WHICH YOU CAN EASILY ACCESS INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT PROPOSED TAX RATES AND SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS OF EACH ENTITY THAT TAXES YOUR PROPERTY.
86 TEXAS, TEXAS LEGISLATURE MODIFIED THE MANNER IN WHICH THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS CALCULATED TO LIMIT THE GROWTH OF PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE COMPARES THE TAXES IMPOSED ON THE AVERAGE RESIDENT HOMESTEAD OF THE CITY OF KLUTE LAST YEAR TO THE, TO THE TAXES PROPOSED TO BE IMPOSED ON THE AVERAGE RESIDENT HOMESTEAD BY THE CITY OF KLUTE THIS YEAR AT 2022 AT 0.5 9 4 9 7 9 WAS THE TAX RATE AT 2023 0.4 6 6 6 6 3 7 IS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
THAT IS A DECREASE OF 12.82 CENTS.
100 VALUE 100 100 OF VALUE MINUS 21.55% AVERAGE HOMESTEAD 1 47 0 0 72 IN 2022.
THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD THIS YEAR, 2023 IS A HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE SIX OH ONE.
THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 18,529 OR 12.6% TAX ON AVERAGE HOMESTEAD IN 2023.
I MEAN 2022 IS $874 AND 78 CENTS TAX ON AVERAGE HOMESTEAD IN 2023 IS $772 AND 76 CENTS.
A DECREASE OF $102 AND 2 CENTS OR 11.66% TOTAL TAX LEVIED ON ALL PROPERTIES IN 2023.
TOTAL TAXES LEVIED ON 2023 PROPERTIES.
$4,291,585 AN INCREASE OF $229,972 OR 5.66% FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE CALCULATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE TAX ASSESSOR FOR THE CITY OF INCLUDE AT 9 7 9 8 6 4 1 3 2 OH OUR TAX OFFICE@BRAZORIACOUNTYTEXAS.GOV.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, WE HAD A RECORD TAX OR RECORD VOTE ON THIS PROPOSED RATE, UH, COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND IT IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC NOW FOR ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE, UH, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, WHAT TAX IS ALWAYS AN UNPOPULAR TOPIC, BUT THIS YEAR COUNCIL, UH, WAS ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE 300% INCREASE IN VALUE IN THE LAST DECADE FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE'VE GROWN FROM JUST OVER 300,000, $300 MILLION IN TOTAL VALUATION TO BETTER THAN 900 THOU $900 MILLION IN TAXABLE EVALUATION, WHICH LED TO THAT DROP.
AND I WOULD REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, THAT, THAT DISCHARGE HERE DEDICATES OR IN INDICATES THAT THAT CURVE.
SO IN 2013, THE TAX RATE WAS 67 CENTS.
WE HELD STEADY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT 62.5.
UH, WE BEGAN CUTTING AT THE BUDGET AND THEN WE HAD THE RESCISSION SHORTLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
UH, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE ON PACE TO, TO DRAMATICALLY LOWER IT.
AND, UH, WE WANNA KEEP THAT TREND GOING.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S HARD WORK.
I DON'T, CHRIS IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB TOO.
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YEAH.I DO WANT TO SAY TO CHRIS AND YOU CJ, THAT YOU GUYS WORKED NUMBERS AND THE MAGIC ALL THE TIME AND, UH, JUST 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE FRONT PAGE ONE OF THESE DAYS, UH, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE LOWERING THE, THE RATE BY WHAT, 12 CENTS? 13 CENTS? ALMOST? 13 CENTS.
I MEAN, IF THE PROPERTY VALUES WEREN'T SKYROCKETED, THEY THEY PAID THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES.
SO, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW THE LEGISLATURE MAKES US DO THE, SET THE TAXES AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITIZENS WELL WILL READ.
UH, BUT WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UH, TO KEEP TAXES LOW, INCLUDE, UH, WITH THE TIGHT BUDGET IN MIND, SO YEAH.
BUT I, I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS DONE ITS BEST TO TRY TO KEEP TAXES LOW.
YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA READ THAT WE'RE, WE'RE INCREASING TAXES BY $229,972.
ALMOST HALF OF THAT IS FROM NEW PROPERTY VALUE THAT WE'VE ADDED IN THE CITY OF INCLUDE IN THE LAST YEAR.
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL TAX BURDEN THAT IS GOING TO THE, TO THE CITIZENS BEFORE THIS YEAR WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S, IT'S HALF OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RAISING.
SO WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT, AT, LIKE CJ SAID, FROM WHEN I CAME IN, WE WERE OVER 70, 73, 70 4 CENTS WHEN I CAME IN AND WE WERE DOWN TO 46.
SO THAT'S 30, THAT'S 30 CENTS IN 18 YEARS.
IF YOU TAKE OUT YOUR VERNACULARS OR A TELESCOPE, YOU CAN READ THIS CHART.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE HISTORIC, UH, RUN FROM 2000 UNTIL NOW OF THE CITY'S TAX BURDEN, UH, AND TAXATION HISTORY.
SO, UH, AND AGAIN, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THE RECORD INCREASE IN VALUES, UH, THE, THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN HAS BEEN ALMOST EXPONENTIAL OVER THE PAST DECADE.
AND THAT CREDIT GOES BACK TO Y'ALL'S, THE COUNCIL MAYOR, UM, MY, MY PREDECESSOR FOR THE VISION THAT THEY HAD IN INCENTIVIZING THOSE PROJECTS AT COLLEGE PARK AND AT WOOD SHORE, BRINGING THAT ADDITIONAL VALUE ONTO THE BOOKS.
SO, AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER TO READ AT ALL.
THANK THIS IS, UH, AGAIN, THE PROPOSED RATE IS THE V A T, UH, OUR VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.
WE USED TO CALL THAT THE ROLLBACK RATE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE IF YOU HAVE A $200,000 HOME, YOUR TAX RATE WOULD BE, UH, $933, UH, AND 27 CENTS, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT $70 LOWER WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, HAD WE NOT GOTTEN THE VALUE INCREASE.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED RATE, WE WILL MOVE TO THE OUT OF B, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE 20 23, 20 24 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
BE KNOWN THAT ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2023, BEGINNING AT 6:30 PM THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF KLU, TEXAS WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHAMBER OF THE CITY OF HALL, CITY HALL OF KLU, TEXAS, ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24, WHICH MAY BE EXAMINED ON REQUEST AT THE OFFICE OF THE DAY OF THE CITY MANAGER, 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, CLUTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, WRITTEN COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BUDGET MUST BE MAILED TO ARRIVE AT OR BEFORE IN PERSON TO THE CITY, TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER AT SUCH OFFICE PRIOR TO 5:00 PM ON THE DAY OF SUCH HEARING, VERBAL COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING, THE BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE THAN MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES AND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY $229,972 OR 5.66%.
AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $106,023 AND 95 CENTS IS TOTAL REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
I ORDERED THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIRD DAY OF AUGUST, 2023, SIGNED BY ROSIE P.
CITY CLERK, CITY OF TEXAS FLOORS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
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THE 3.81% IS THAT WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY RAISED, WE'RE GONNA BRING IN 3.81% MORE.ACTUALLY YOU'RE GONNA BRING IN ABOUT FIVE.
SO IT'S CONFUSING AND THEY MAKE IT, THAT'S WHAT I'M CONFUSED WITH.
THEY MAKE IT 5, 6, 6 COME FROM YEAH.
THEY MAKE IT PURPOSELY CONFUSING.
THE ACTUAL TOTAL REVENUE IS THE OTHER FACTOR.
SO THE 5, 6 6 REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE ABOVE THE, THE, THE ACTUAL REVENUE YOU WOULD'VE BROUGHT IN HAD YOU ADOPTED THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
THE 3.81 COMES INTO, OR THE 3.5 COMES IN WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT THE RATE WAS LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR.
AND SO, UH, THEY CALL IT TRUTH AND TAXATION.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, AN APPROPRIATE NAME.
IT'S VERY CONFUSING BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE IT SUPER CONFUSING WHEN WE HAVE TO TELL YOU WE'RE RAISING YOUR TAXES, BUT WE'RE LOWERING YOUR RATE.
SO, MR. DUNCAN, YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GETTING READY TO OH, WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, I MEAN, THE ACTUAL RATE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATE LAST YEAR AND THE RATE THIS YEAR, IT'S A 2020 1% DECREASE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO COMPARE THAT TO, UH, WHAT YOUR RATE WOULD BE IF YOU HAD NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR WHATEVER.
AND WHEN I DRAFTED THE, THE ORDINANCE, I GOT VERY CONFUSED, BUT LUCKILY TO MAKE SURE, YEAH, IT IS VERY CONFUSING.
'CAUSE I'M TELLING PEOPLE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT COLLECTED BY THE CITY AND THE ACTUAL TAX RATE THAT YOU ARE PAYING.
YOU CAN PAY LOWER TAXES, LIKE A LOWER RATE, BUT THE CITY CAN STILL TAKE IN EVEN $1 MORE IS A TAX INCREASE, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO THAT'S HOW I'VE BEEN EXPLAINING IT TO PEOPLE.
WE'RE GOING, DOLLAR AMOUNT'S GOING UP, BUT THE RATE YOU'RE PAYING IS GOING DOWN.
AND THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER HOPEFULLY SHOULD SEE A, A, A MODEST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VALUATION CAME IN AT.
IF YOUR VALUE HELD STEADY, YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION.
AND THE AMOUNT'S NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER $100,000, YOU'RE GONNA BE PAYING $114 LESS.
'CAUSE I DID MY, I USED MY TAXES AS KIND OF MY GUINEA PIG AND MINE DID COME OUT LOWER.
IF THEY MAY, IF THEY HAD A, IF THEY HAD A 12% INCREASE IN THEIR EVALUATION, THEIR TAXES WOULD BE THE SAME THIS YEAR AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR, IF THEY HAD ANY, IF YOUR APPRE VALUE KIND OF CA AMOUNT ON A HOMESTEAD THAT THEY CAN GO UP OR NO, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO TAXES.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, NOW I'M MESSING UP MY PRESENTATION HERE.
SO IF THEY HAD ANY EVALUATION ABOVE 12%, THEIR TAXES MAY GO UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHEN DISCUSSING THE BUDGET AND REVENUES, UH, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT ARE A, A VARIATION OF FUNDS.
THE ADOR RATE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, UH, PAYS FOR FUND OH ONE AND FUND 400, UH, AND THEN ALSO MAY OFFSET SOME OF THE DEBTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE MAJOR AND MINOR FUNDS, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS NEXT GRAPHIC KIND OF SHOWS YOU JUST HOW COMPLEX THINGS CAN KIND OF GET.
FOR US, THE GREEN INDICATES OUR REVENUE SOURCES.
UH, THE OTHER BLOCKS ARE OUR EXPENDITURES ARE, ARE DIFFERENT VARIOUS FUNDS, AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF THE FLOW IN, AND THEN THE FLOW BETWEEN AND THEN THE FLOW BACK OUT.
IF YOU'RE, UH, IF YOU HAVE O C D AND YOU PREFER THINGS TO BE MORE LINEAR, THIS IS REALLY WHAT OUR FUND STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND SO IT CAN GET A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR FOLKS.
UH, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE THESE PROPRIETARY FUNDS LIKE THE HOTEL MOTEL, THE SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.
HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUND, UH, THE CITY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF SAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUND 1 0 4 POLICE FORFEITURE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE ENTERPRISE FUND IS WHERE WE, THAT'S YOUR WATER, YOUR SEWER.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO OPERATE AS AN ENTERPRISE OR A GOING CONCERN OR A BUSINESS.
AND WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THOSE RATES.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, OR THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR THE CITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE START WITH THE CITIZENS AND, AND FLOW THROUGH FROM THERE.
AND THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THIS YEAR.
IN ADDITION TO THE CHANGE TO THE ROLLBACK RATE, UH, WE ESTIMATED BASED ON PRIOR PERFORMANCE OF THE COUNCIL, UH, WHERE WE TYPICALLY SET THAT BAR WAS LESS THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE, BUT HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW TAX RATE.
UH, WE FOREGONE ABOUT $173,000 PER YEAR.
SINCE THAT CHANGE, UH, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $700,000
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IN LOST OPPORTUNITY, LOST REVENUE OPPORTUNITY SINCE 2021.UH, THIS YEAR, THE, UH, WE DID GET SOME GOOD NEWS.
HOUSE BILL 2127 HAS BEEN STAYED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.
UH, WE ASSUME THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO APPEAL THAT ONCE THEY FINISH THE, UH, PARTY IN THE SENATE, UH, GOING ON THIS WEEK, UH, THEY WILL APPEAL THAT PROBABLY TO THE SUPREME COURT, AND IT'LL PROBABLY REINSTATED, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE UNDER 2127 AND AN HP 39 34 92.
UH, MR. DUNCAN SAVED MY BACON, BUT OR SAVE THE CITY'S BACON WITH HIS INTERPRETATION.
AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU, T M L AGREES WITH HIM AS WELL.
SO MAYBE WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER SHAPE, BUT THAT WOULD'VE, THAT FORCES US TO RESTRUCTURE THE WAY WE ACCEPT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING.
UH, AND ALSO MY FEAR WAS THE BUILDING PERMITS.
IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR BUILDING PERMITS THE WAY THEY ARE.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE BUDGET YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE DOES NOT, IT FACTORS IN, FACTORS IN A REDUCED RATE FOR BUILDING PERMITS, BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO REVAMP THOSE BASED ON TIME AND MATERIALS.
SO THERE WILL BE, AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET, A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND A LITTLE BIT OF UPLIFT IN TERMS OF REVENUE.
NOT A WHOLE LOT, BUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE ESTIMATED A 30% DROP IN TOTAL PERMIT REVENUE ON THE BASIS OF THESE TWO BILLS.
UH, OUR OTHER BIG CONCERN IS THE HOT TAX.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT, UH, AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, WE'VE DROPPED ALMOST BY HALF SINCE 2018.
UH, WE HAVE EXTERNAL PRESSURES WHERE OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE ADDED MORE CAPACITY.
WE ARE FOLLOWING ON THE PANDEMIC.
A LOT OF OUR VENDORS AND, UH, OPERATORS DECIDED TO MODIFY THEIR BUSINESS APPROACH, TRYING TO BOOK 30 DAY LONG, 30 DAY STAYS OR LONGER, WHICH NEGATES THE, THE ALLOWANCE TO COLLECT THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT FIRST 30 DAYS.
AFTER THAT, WE DON'T GET TO COLLECT THE 7 CENT OR 7%, UH, OF THE, UH, OF THE HOTEL FEE.
UH, WE, UH,
WE'LL, YOU'LL SEE SOME PROJECTS THAT LOOK VERY FAMILIAR.
AND SO, UH, THOSE INCLUDE TANKER ONE, UH, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED IN APRIL.
WE ACTUALLY JUST CANCELED THAT ONE.
AND NOW I THINK CHIEF, WE'RE SET FOR DECEMBER DELIVERY ON THE NEW ONE.
WE HAD HOPED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE PUSHING BACK TO 2025.
UH, THANKS TO OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WHO NOW, UH, WANTED TO LAY THAT PROJECT EVEN LONGER.
UM, AND THEN THE GENERATOR INSTALLATION AT MARION STREET, WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE DONE THIS YEAR.
WE MIGHT HAVE THAT DONE BY MID 2024.
UH, WE DID GET THE, UH, WE DID GET THE, UH, POLICE, UH, GENERATOR FINALLY INSTALLED EVERYTHING FUNCTIONAL THERE.
AND THEN THE, UH, GENERATOR AT THE SERVICE CENTER IS A PLUS OR MINUS 50 WEEKS AFTER IT'S ORDERED.
SO WE HAVE SOME, WE WILL HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT LAG.
UH, ALSO WE'VE TRIED TO DO, UH, SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF REVENUE, KNOWING THAT WE WERE EXPECTING A SHORTFALL FROM THOSE TWO BILLS.
UH, WE'VE, UH, WORKED, WORKED TO LEASE OUT 1 0 5 MAIN, AND THEN WE ARE CALLING IN FOR AN INCREASE TO THE WATER, THOSE SEWER, UH, THE SOLID WASTE E M S CHARGES, UH, PLUS THE ADOPTION OF THE V A T R.
AND, UH, THAT ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU'RE GONNA THROW SOMETHING, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TOSS IT NOW, OR DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE CITY DID NOT RAISE WATER, UH, RATES FROM 2016 TO 2022.
SO WE HAVE HELD OFF AS LONG AS WE COULD, UH, TO DO THAT.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
WE COMPLETED THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY.
THE WASTEWATER WATER WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR, UH, COMPLETED SHORTLY.
AND THOSE WILL OPEN UP NEW GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.
UH, AND ALSO KIND OF GIVE US THE, A MAP OR A, A GUIDE POST TO, TO WHERE WE WANT TO HEAD TO.
UH, AND THEN THE INCREASE IN APPRAISALS OFFSET SOME OF THAT LOSS.
UM, I'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THE A VALOREM.
UH, SO THERE'S NO REALLY NEED TO.
THAT'S A FUN GRAPHIC AGAIN, UH, THAT WAS ANIMATED THAT TIME.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, REVENUE, UH, PROPERTY TAX, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT.
BECAUSE OF THE, THAT CHANGE IN VALUATION, WE, WE EXPERIENCED A $200,000 INCREASE THIS YEAR.
WE EXPECT THAT TO CARRY INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
UH, AND THEN THE ONE DOWNSIDE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF, UH, TAX REVENUE, WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 2.55%, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR IN SALES TAX.
WE ATTRIBUTE THAT IN LARGE PART TO FOLKS GETTING BACK INTO THE STORES, GOING BACK INDOOR BRICKS AND MORTAR, WANTING TO TANGENTIALLY EXPERIENCE, UH, RETAIL INSTEAD OF ALL ONLINE.
UH, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THE CITY TO SHOP ONLINE BECAUSE THE STATE CHANGED THE RULES SO THAT YOUR SALES TAX IS NOW POINT OF DELIVERY, NOT POINT OF DISTRIBUTION.
AND THAT WAS A HUGE MONEY MAKER AND, AND BENEFIT TO, TO INCLUDE IN OTHER SMALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE WHEN THAT WAS INSTITUTED.
SO, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE SALES TAX NUMBERS KIND OF LOOK LIKE.
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FOR, UH, EXEMPT STAFF, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT FOR NON-EXEMPT STAFF.UH, WE'RE DOING AN ADJUSTMENT TO LONGEVITY.
UH, WE'RE DELAYED THE HIRING OF ALL NON-EMERGENCY FOLKS, UH, UNTIL THE MIDPOINT OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE'VE GOT A, WE DID LOCK IN A 5% INCREASE IN HELD INSURANCE COSTS, WHICH COMPARED TO A LOT OF OUR PEER CITIES IS REMARKABLE.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE LOWERED THE ACTUAL INTERNAL REIMBURSEMENT TO FUND 1 0 6, UH, TO 5%, NOT 10%.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON THE SIDEWALK STREETS AND DRAINAGE, C I P PROJECTS.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'D BE OUR HESTER, THE H V A C SYSTEM.
AND WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE REMEDIATION OF THE DEFECTS OF FSS ONE.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE GENERATOR INSTALLED AT THE SERVICE CENTER IN MARION STREET, GROUND STORAGE TANKS, WHICH, UH, LEAVES ONLY THE CITY HALL, UH, GENERATOR TO BE TURNED OVER.
SO, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, IT WAS ON THE LAST SLIDE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO, I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S ABOUT THE FUND WHERE WE'RE TAKING IT FROM 10% DOWN TO 5%.
THE FUND FOR THE EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER.
HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT US IN THE FUTURE? IS IT GONNA, WE'VE, I KNOW WE STILL HAVE, WE'VE ACTUALLY SUSPENDED PAYMENTS IN THE PAST FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, JUST TO, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE PAYING OURSELVES BACK FOR A LOAN THAT WE LOAN OURSELF.
I, UH, LET ME GET TO, SORRY, I WAS JUMPING.
UH, SO, SO I JUST WANNA GET IN A POSITION WHERE IT'S LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY.
SO, FUND 1 0 6 BEGAN THE FISCAL YEAR WITH A $3.8 MILLION, UH, RESERVE BALANCE.
UH, EVEN WITH THE 10%, THE REDUCTION TO 10%, YOU'LL FINISH THE YEAR WITH A $2.3 MILLION FUND BALANCE THERE.
SO YOU'VE GOT ADEQUATE HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN THAT, IN THAT RESERVE, UH, TO BE ABLE, AND THAT'S WHY WE, WE TRY NOT TO CUT OURSELVES SO HARD THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO KEEP GOING.
SO, BUT THIS'LL HELP OUT THE, OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE, IT HELPS OUT THE GENERAL FUND.
AND, AND TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A BREAK.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE ALL CUTS.
EVERYBODY'S HAD TO, EVERYBODY'S ASKED FOR CUTS SIGNIFICANTLY THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE FEARS ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS IN REVENUE AND THE FOREGONE REVENUES THAT WE HAD.
THAT, THAT BALANCE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS 18 YEARS AGO.
SO, I MEAN, WE'VE PAID OURSELF BACK PRETTY WELL.
RIGHT? UH, WE DO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE, UH, TIED TO THE, UH, THE REDUCTION IN THE PERMIT REVENUE, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
WE WILL LOOK, WE ARE LOOKING AT A DRAW OF ABOUT 400,000 VERSUS THE 300,000 PREVIOUSLY, OR 360.
UH, AND THAT'S THAT 30% PROJECTED LOSS OF PERMIT REVENUE.
UH, ALONG WITH, UH, WE HAD FAILED TO INCLUDE, UH, SOME OF THE WORKERS' COMP IN OUR CALCULATIONS.
WE JUST MOVED FOR THE PUBLIC'S, UH, INFORMATION TO A PLATFORM CALLED CLEAR GOV.
AND IF YOU GET ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO CHECK OUT THE BUDGET BOOK THAT'S THERE.
WE'LL, I'LL PULL THAT UP IN JUST A SECOND.
UH, BUT FOR SOME REASON, WHEN WE WENT TO IMPORT THE PERSONNEL COST, SOME HIT, SOME DIDN'T.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES NOW LINE BY LINE AND RE AND REPLICATE THAT.
WHEN WE POPULATED THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THE FINAL TIME THE OTHER DAY.
UH, I DIDN'T NOTICE, BUT WE HAD MISSED THOSE LINES AGAINST, WE HAD TO GO BACK AND PHYSICALLY REPOPULATE THOSE TODAY.
UM, SO CREDIT TO CHRIS AND TO ANGEL FOR FINDING IT AND NOTICING IT WHEN I SENT THE THINGS FOR PROOFING.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET FROM COUNCIL OR THE CHAMBER? NO.
ROSIE, CAN YOU PULL UP THE WEBSITE JUST REAL QUICK SO I CAN GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? THANK YOU.
AND SO THIS IS THE SITE, UM, IF YOU WILL GO TO, ACTUALLY LET ME, I, OH, I CAN'T.
CAN YOU TYPE IN, GO TO THE CITY'S, OH, I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
IF YOU CLICK THIS LINK RIGHT HERE, MAYBE EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET.
OH, ABOUT THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, ABOUT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO CHECK THAT OUT.
UH, IT'LL UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AS WE MAKE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET.
AND SO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU GUYS WILL GO CHECK THAT OUT AND PUT YOURSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
'CAUSE IT'S A GREAT READ RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.
UH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE FUND HIGHLIGHTS YOU SAW EARLIER.
COUNSEL, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE.
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COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET? JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.WELL, AND I, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UH, THEY, UH, THEY HAD TO DO A LOT OF GIVING THIS YEAR A LOT MORE THAN THEY'RE USED TO.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THEM STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, MAKING SOME HARD DECISIONS, UH, AND COOPERATING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, JUST NOT AS FAST FORWARD AS WE'D LIKE TO.
SO, THEY, CHRIS ANGEL, THE ROSIE, THEY, IT'S ALWAYS A TEAM EFFORT AND THEY'VE KNOCKED IT OUTTA THE PARK.
SO, SO EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BUY ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS GIFTS ONLINE.
UH, EVEN IF YOU DO INSTACART, I FIGURED OUT THAT THE INSTACART TAX, IF YOU GET IT DELIVERED, COMES TO, COMES TO US.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S MAYBE YOU CAN SHOP AT ANOTHER STORE IN ANOTHER TOWN.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, WE INCREASE YOUR SHOP AT KROGER.
BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT AND GET INSTACART AND THE TAXES STILL COME HERE.
SO
YOU WANT TO HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OR OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS NOT A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
[IV. ACTION ITEMS]
UH, AND THE FIRST ITEM UNDER ACTION ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING, RECOGNIZING, AND HONORING HISPANIC, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, A CITYWHEREAS EACH YEAR, THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OBSERVE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER THE 15TH TO OCTOBER THE 15TH BY RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE HISTORIES, CULTURES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND WHEREVER.
AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 15TH IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE STARTING DATE FOR LATINO HERITAGE MONTH BECAUSE IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES OF COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, AND MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH AND CHILE ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH.
THEY ALSO INCLUDE HOLIDAYS THAT RECOGNIZE HISPANIC CONTRIBUTIONS SUCH AS VIRGIN ISLANDS D, PUERTO RICO, FRIENDSHIP DAY THAT ARE CELEBRATED IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS.
AND WHEREAS HISPANICS AND LATINOS HAVE AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AS EDUCATORS, PUBLIC SERVICE, BUSINESS OWNERS, ARTISTS, COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, AND MUCH MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THEIR VALUE SERVICES TO OTHERS AND RESPECT FOR LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND CELEBRATING COMMUNITY ARE, UM, ALSO AMERICA'S VALUES.
AND WHEREAS HISPANICS AND LATINOS CONTINUE TO ENRICH OUR NATION'S CHARACTER, SHAPE OUR COMMON FUTURE, AND AFFIRM THE NARRATIVE OF AMERICAN UNITY IN PROGRESS.
AND WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC CULTURE, HONOR THE INVALUABLE WAYS HISPANICS CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMON GOALS AND WORK TOWARD A STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETY FOR ALL.
NOW THEREFORE, OUR COUS HIPLET DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, 2023 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE AND HISTORY IN OUR NATION AND IN OUR CITY.
THE WITNESS WHEREOF HERE OF TWO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY KLUT TO BE AFFIXED THE SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
AND IS SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY ROSIE POVI.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT WANT TO MEET US DOWN FRONT AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE, UH, LULAC AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF CONGRESS.
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I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK CJ AND MS. ROSIE REAL FAST BECAUSE, 'CAUSE I, I COMPLETELY FORGOT WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING ON THE 14TH, AND THAT'S WHEN I HAD THIS SCHEDULED FOR.SO I CALLED CJ FRIDAY EVENING OR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, UH, WHEN THE AGENDA HAD ALREADY BEEN SENT OUT.
I ASKED HIM IF WE COULD CHANGE IT AND HE SAID WE COULD.
SO, ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY GULF COAST TRANSIT DISTRICT.
MY NAME IS GAY WALKER AND I AM TRANSPORTATION MANAGER FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY.
UM, AND TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE ALWAYS, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT SPARE LAB, IS IT SPARE LAB IS A, UM, SPARE IS A PLATFORM, CLOUD-BASED SAAS SOLUTION FOR DELIVERY.
ANY TYPE OF SHARED RIDE SERVICES FREE TO DOWNLOAD FOR ANY RIDE.
THE SHARE RIDE APP, SLEEK USE INTERFACE, AND INTUITIVE ONE TAP BOOKING PROCESS ALLOWS RIDES, ALLOWS RIDER TO PLAN, BOOK, AND PAINT FOR RIDES THROUGH TRANSIT SERVICE POWERED BY SPARE PLATFORM.
AND WHAT THIS IS, IS IT'S ALMOST, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, ALMOST LIKE UBER, THEY CAN CALL BOOK A RIDE AND WE'LL BE THERE WITHIN 15 MINUTES TO PICK THEM UP.
WE WON'T HAVE BUSES, YOU KNOW, CIRCLING AROUND LIKE THEY DO NOW.
THEY'LL BE IN CERTAIN SPOTS AND THEN WHEN THEY GET THE RIDES, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT'LL COME UP ON THEIR PHONE AND THEN THEY'LL ACCEPT THE RIDE AND THEY'LL GO TO THE PERSON'S LOCATION.
IT WILL TELL THEM WHEN THEY BOOK THE RIDE, HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE, WHICH WILL BE THERE WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
THEY'LL TELL 'EM WHO THE DRIVER IS, THE TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT THEY HAVE, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, AND THEN WHEN THEY GET THERE, THEY CAN ALSO PAY WHEN THEY BOOK, THEY CAN PAY WHEN THEY GET ON THE VEHICLE OR THEY CAN, UM, SET UP AN ACCOUNT AND THEY'LL JUST DEDUCT IT FROM, UM, SPARE LABS IS, UM, THIS IS A ONE YEAR, UH, CLOUD BASIS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING INTO, LIKE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES, TO HAVE 'EM HAVE THE, UM, SOLAR, SOLAR POWERED, LIKE THE KIND OF LIKE THE DOOR CAM DOORBELL.
SO THEY CAN RING IN TO OUR DISPATCH IN TEXAS CITY AND THEN THEY CAN BOOK A RIDE OR, YOU KNOW, TELL, TELL HELP DISPATCH.
THEY CAN ALSO CALL IN, YOU KNOW, BY PHONE TOO AS WELL.
LIKE THEY DO NOW, ONCE WE HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE, UM, OUR A D A SERVICES WHERE THE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIET, THE DIALYSIS PATIENTS, AND THEY, IT'S $2 EACH WAY, YOU KNOW, PICK 'EM UP AND THEN TAKE 'EM BACK HOME.
THIS WOULD REDUCE THEIR COST TO A DOLLAR EACH WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE, LIKE I SAY, BUSES, YOU KNOW, IN EACH CITY THEY'LL PICK SOMEONE, LIKE IF THEY HAVE SOME MONEY THEY CAN PICK UP IN FREEPORT THAT NEEDS TO GO TO LAKE JACKSON, THEY'LL JUST PICK 'EM UP AND GO STRAIGHT TO LAKE JACKSON INSTEAD OF CIRCLING AROUND FREEPORT WAITING ON THE REGIONAL BUS, THEN HAVING TO CONNECT AT THE COLLEGE AND THEN GO INTO LAKE JACKSON.
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A LOT FASTER TO GET 'EM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO QUICKER.I'M GONNA JUMP IN MY GUN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THIS GOES TO OUR BOARD ON THE 19TH OF THIS MONTH TO VOTE IF, SHOULD THEY PASS THE VOTE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO START THIS IN JANUARY.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR RIDERS ARE FOR IT.
THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, CAN'T WAIT UNTIL START, YOU KNOW, AND I, I BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TOO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE PICK 'EM UP FROM THEIR HOMES OR WHEREVER THEY ARE AND TAKE 'EM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, AND THEN TAKE 'EM BACK STRAIGHT HOME INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO TO A BUS STOP AND WAIT AT THE BUS STOP, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S RAINING OR IT'S HOT OR TOO COLD OR WHATEVER.
SO YEAH, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF LIKE ON BOARD AND BELIEVE THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO WOULD Y'ALL, BUT Y'ALL WOULD OWN THE VEHICLES AND THE DRIVERS WOULD BE EMPLOYEES OF Y'ALL? OR IS THIS LIKE WHITE UBER OR IT'S JUST THE GENERAL COMMUNITY? NO, NO, THIS IS, THIS IS US GO ACROSS TRANSIT DISTRICT.
IT'S OUR VEHICLES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE USING.
AND YOU SAID THIS IS LIKE A ONE YEAR JOB PERIOD, OR THIS IS YES.
BASED ON MY YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND THE BUSES WOULD STILL KEEP RUNNING? NO, THEY WOULD NOT KEEP FUNDING.
SO FOR THERE WOULD BE THIS, I GUESS, LET ME SAY DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD, WOULD THE BUSES RUN OR NO, NO, NO.
THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST STRAIGHT UP.
SO THE TRANSITION, UH, THE BOARD HAS HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT OPERATING COST AND, AND MODELING FOR THE FUTURE.
AND RIDERSHIP HAS FLUCTUATED, ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN UP IN INCLUDE, BUT DOWN IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT, UH, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND SO THE IDEA WAS TRY A MICRO TRANSIT IDEA WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO BASICALLY HAVE AN ON-CALL TRANSIT AVAILABILITY.
AND SO WE THINK IT'S GONNA WORK BETTER, IT'S GONNA BE MORE EFFICIENT, WE THINK, ESPECIALLY GETTING TO FOLKS TO AND FROM ON TIME, BECAUSE THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT THE RIDERS HAVE IS I GET ON A BUS ON MAIN INCLUDE, AND THEN IT TAKES ME TWO HOURS TO GET TO WHERE I REALLY NEED TO GO.
BECAUSE I'VE GOTTA TRANSFER AT THE WALMART IN LAKE JACKSON, AND THEN THAT BUS TAKES ME UP TO PAR, LANDER, ANGLETON, WHEREVER I NEED TO GO.
SO, UH, THE IDEA IS, IS WE'RE MAKING IT IMMINENTLY MORE FLEXIBLE FOR THE CUSTOMER, UH, AND HOPEFULLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR THE DISTRICT.
SO, SO WOULD THEY BE, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
AND WHAT, WHAT TIMES WOULD THE BUSES BE RUNNING? WHERE WOULD JOHN BE IN TERRA FROM SIX TO SIX, JUST AS WE ARE NOW, RIGHT? 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND IT'S COVERING THE WHOLE CITY.
AND SURROUNDING OUTSIDE, I WAS GONNA SAY THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IS COVERED.
HOW MANY VEHICLES DO YOU HAVE? OOH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW.
UM, HERE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, I HAVE, I HAVE ABOUT 12 NOW.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE MORE.
YOU, YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE USING THE BUSES? WELL, BUSES AND VANS, YES.
NOW, AND THIS IS STILL A SHARED RIDE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF, IF, IF, IF SOMEBODY CALLS AND GETS ON THE BUS AND SOMEBODY'S WITHIN THREE BLOCKS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT, THEY MAY HAVE YES.
FIVE RIDERS ON THE BUS OR WHATEVER.
AND THEY'LL STILL GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MAYBE LIKE IN ADVANCE SET UP RIDES? LIKE YES.
SAY I NEED TO GO TO SEE THE DOCTOR ONCE A MONTH NEXT WEEK I CAN SET UP ALL MY APPOINTMENTS AT ONE TIME.
AND WHAT, WHAT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS A RIDE AFTER 6:00 PM AFTER THAT TIME? THERE'S NO MORE, IT JUST, NO, WE WE'RE LOOKING INTO EXTENDING IT TO 8:00 PM BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S SIX TO SIX OUR HOURS, WHAT WE'RE RUNNING NOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH QUALIFIED DRIVERS RIGHT NOW TO COVER THAT SHIFT.
I MEAN, THAT'S 12 HOURS THAT FOLKS CORRECT? THAT'S TRUE.
AND IS IT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, OR NO, 6, 6, 6.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND EIGHT TO SIX ON SATURDAYS.
AND THEN WE'RE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
AND THERE'S, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO FROM FREEPORT TO PERIL THEN THAT'S, I THINK THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
IT'S LIKE ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
WHY YOU ASKING THE QUESTION? LIKE, AND A LOT OF THE RIDERS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO, THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED TO SEE HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS, SO.
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QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.YOU WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT? OKAY.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE 23 20 23 DASH OH 11, ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24.
AND IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH OH 11.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS CONTAINED A PREAMBLE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER THE FIRST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
APPROPRIATING AND DISPERSING THE INCOMING EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY FOR THE VARIOUS USES THEREIN SPECIFIED, PROVIDING FOR THE FILING THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR A REPEAL CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANYONE CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 DASH OH 11? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL PERSON.
MADDOX, DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I NEED TO READ? SAY, IS THERE A, DO I NEED TO READ VERBATIM? WHAT'S AT THE BOTTOM HERE? YES, MA'AM.
THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY 229,972 OR 5.66%.
AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 106,000 23 9 5 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR.
THE, THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES FEE INCREASES OF 5.5% ON THE BASE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES, AND 6% FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THESE, THAT THESE FEE INCREASES WILL GENERATE A TOTAL COMBINED ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $347,359.
DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILPERSON.
LONG QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? WE WILL BEGIN A RECORD VOTE.
WE HAVE A CORRECTION TO MAKE ON HERE.
STILL LIFT TRAVIS QUINN INSTEAD OF MR. LOPEZ.
OH,
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 49 DASH 2023 APPRO REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, INCLUDING CHANGES, BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES FOR SERVICE RELATED TO WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTEWATER COLLECTION.
I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME WE'RE REALLY NOT GONNA BE REVISING ANYTHING EXCEPT THE FEES RELATED TO WASTEWATER, WATER, WASTEWATER, AND SOLID, UH, SOLID WASTE.
I THINK THAT WE GOT A, UH, REPRIEVE ON THE OTHER ONE.
AND THE, UH, THE AFOREMENTIONED FEES WERE ADOPTED WITH THE BUDGET.
SO DO I HAVE A COPY OF THAT RESOLUTION? UH, YOU DON'T NEED THERE, THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE AT THIS TIME, SIR.
WE NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE OR TO TABLE OR, OKAY.
WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE TABLE'S FINE OR OH YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUES.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING TO AMEND THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, BUT WE DON'T AT THIS TIME, SO, OKAY.
I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM D BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALREADY THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
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I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILPERSON MADDOX.
A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDER A POSSIBLE A ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 50 DASH 2023 AMENDING THE MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 50 DASH 2023.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OF CLUTE TEXAS APPROVING A MENTAL HEALTH LEAD POLICY FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF CLU IS A DESIRE TO SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
AND WHEREAS SENATE BILL 1359 HAS MANDATED SUCH A POLICY NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLU, TEXAS, THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH LEAD POLICY FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER'S ATTACHED TO HERE AS EXHIBIT A IS APPROVED, READ, PAST AND ADOPTED THE SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
IT'LL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY ROSA P.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR, THAT RESOLUTION NUMBER 50 DASH 2023 BE APPROVED.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ DISCUSSION.
I DID, WE REALLY NOT HAVE, THESE ARE THE 9 1 1 OPERATORS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
SO WE, WE PROVIDE AN E A P FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
UH, THIS MANDATES ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES BE PROVIDED TO OUR FIRST RESPONDER POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THEN IT'S BEEN EXPANDED TO OUR DISPATCHERS.
THIS IS, THIS IS A RESO THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE'LL HAVE ON FILE.
SO THE STATE CAN'T GET US FOR NOT HAVING A POLICY
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THIS STUFF.
OUR OPERATORS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC POLICY.
SO TWO YEARS AGO THE LEGISLATURE MANDATED IT BUT DID NOT HAVE THE TELECOMMUNICATORS INCLUDED.
SO THIS LEGISLATOR, THEY LEGISLATION, THEY AMEND IT TO ADD THE TELECOMMUNICATORS.
AND WHAT THE, THE POLICY ACTUALLY SAYS IS IT'S JUST NOT RANDOM MENTAL HEALTH THAT WE PROBABLY ALL NEED.
THERE HAS TO BE A TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT LEADS TO THAT NEED FOR THOSE MENTAL HEALTH DAYS.
BUT IT JUST, IT, THIS, THIS JUST ADDS THE TELECOMMUNICATORS TO THAT THE LEGISLATION, UH, CAME DOWN TO ADD THAT THEY SOMEHOW MISSED THEM THE FIRST TIME.
DISCUSSION ANY FURTHER? HAVE A MOTION DONE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON TAX ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH OH 12, ADOPTING A PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.4 6 6 6 3 7, WHICH IS A TAX REVENUE INCREASE OF TWO HUNDRED AND NINE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY $9,972 OR 5.66% ABOVE THE NO DUE REVENUE REVIEW RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
AND IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH OH 12, AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TAX RATE AND LEVY FOR THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2024.
AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE SINKING FUND TO RETIRE THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OF THE BOND INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR A LIEN ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE PAYMENT OF TAXES, DO THEIR OWN CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, RE REPEATING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS THEREOF AND CONFLICT HERE WITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ WHEN THEY MAKE THE MOTION? YES, SIR.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE OR ACTUALLY THE TOP OF PAGE THREE OF THREE, SORRY.
THIS TWO OR JUST THE, THIS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY READ THAT PART.
THERE'S WHOEVER'S GONNA, IF SOMEONE CARESS TO MAKE A MOTION, THEY WOULD NEED TO READ THE BIG PRINT AND THE FINE PRINT AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE ON THE SECOND PAGE.
GOTTEN VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT.
SO, SO THE PERSON MAKING THE MOTION HAS TO READ THE BOLD PRINT AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE NEEDS TO READ.
NO, JUST THE, THE PERSON MAKING THE MOTION MARK.
MAKING THE MOTION NEEDS TO READ THE BOLD PRINT AND THE SMALL PRINT
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AT THE TOP.MAYOR, I GUESS IT'S, UH, MY TURN CLOSING MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, UH, AND THAT THE TAX RATE WILL RAISE MORE MONEY, MORE, MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IN LAST YEAR'S TAX.
UH, THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE INCREASED BY 3.5% AND WILL INCREASE TAXES PER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS A HUNDRED THOUSAND HOME BY APPROXIMATELY 114 AND 17 CENTS.
UM, FURTHER MOVE JUST ON THE SAY, MOTION MADE BY I MOVE THAT PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.4 6 6 6 3 7, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 3.81% INCREASE IN THE TAX FREE.
THAT MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCILMAN HAGAR AND THE PERSON GONNA MAKE THE SECOND READS THE NEXT SENTENCE.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION AND THE ABOVE.
AND FOREGOING OR ON THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS PASSED AND APPROVED BY ROLL CALL.
VOTE AS FOLLOWS OR IS THAT YOUR, IS THAT YOU'RE CONFUSED ON WHAT THE SHEET YOU'RE FINE.
WE WILL NOW HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
I'M STILL TRYING TO BE SLOWED DOWN FROM WHERE I CAME IN.
UH, I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S COMING ON THIS SO FAR, SO I'M NOT GONNA ADD ANYTHING NEW OTHER THAN WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE CHOICE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
I DO HAVE ONE THING JUST FOR COMPARATIVE NOTES.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE, WE ARE BEING FAIR JUST FOR THE RISING COST OF HOUSES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN BUY FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ANYMORE, AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE COULD.
SO THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS IT'S $114 IS PROBABLY HALF OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE.
WELL, YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS THE PRICE OF HOW, SO THE, THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IS WHAT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.
THEY WANT A HUNDRED, THE BASIS IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHY THE LANGUAGE IS SET THAT WAY.
UM, IF YOU WANT ME TO PULL UP THE COMPARATIVES SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE BETWEEN THAT.
THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ON MY MIND WITH THE WAY PROPERTIES ARE, ARE WE GIVEN A TRUE COMPARISON TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE? SAME.
WELL, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT AS, AS WE, IF THEY HAVE THE PROPERTY HOMESTEADED AND THEY WERE ONLY GIVEN THE 10% INCREASE, THEIR TAXES WILL ACTUALLY GO DOWN.
SO MY ATTORNEYS TO VOTE YES, I VOTE YES.
AYE, UH, MR. CHRIS A MR. AGUILAR? AYE.
MS. VAUGHN, DID YOU VOTE? HI? I SAID YES.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH 10 ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF REVISING AND CLARIFYING SECTION 6.2 AT 6.3 OF THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE AS IT PERTAINS TO FENCING.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME AND IT SHOULD BE A CHARM.
YOU, THAT'S WHAT THE SAYING IS.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH OH 10.
AN ORDINANCE OF CITY OF CLU OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLU, TEXAS AMENDING ARTICLE SIX OF APPENDIX A ZONING OF THE CITY OF KLU CODE OF ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 6.2 AT 6.3 RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTIONS OF FENCES CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND A REPEATER CLAUSE THAT
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PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.AND WE, OH, I, THE ONLY THING I I REALLY WANNA KNOW IS WHAT EXACTLY CHANGED FROM THE SECOND TIME THAT WE READ THIS? UH, NUMBER FOUR, THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED IS THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD THE CONCERN ABOUT OR DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, HEDGES, BUSHES AND LANDSCAPING.
AND, UH, THE CONSENSUS LAST TIME WAS THAT, UH, YOU CAN'T PLANT, UH, HEDGES, BUSHES OR LANDSCAPING OVER 30 INCHES HIGH WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE CITY.
AND, AND THAT THE REASONING IS, IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UM, EFFECT OF, UH, VISION FOR TRAFFIC.
EITHER PEOPLE TRAFFIC ALONG THE ROAD OR PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND THEY JUST COME OUT FROM BEHIND A BUSH.
SO, UM, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY ADDITIONAL CHANGE MADE FROM LAST TIME.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE, THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
THE LAST TIME THAT I THINK I MISSED THE MEETING, IT WENT FROM SIX TO EIGHT OR SEVEN TO EIGHT.
EIGHT FROM BEHIND, 0.8 FROM THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ANYBODY THAT'S ALREADY GOT ONE, RIGHT? THAT TRUES PAST THESE POINT? NO.
IF YOU INIT GRAND, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE INIT NOW, WE CAN'T GO BACK AND REVOKE YOUR, IF THEY DIE, THEY CAN'T REPLANT 'EM.
THE SEED'S PROBABLY COMING FREEZING.
I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT.
IF THEY, IF THEY'VE GOT A HEDGE WITH 15 FEET OF THE, OF THE ROAD AND IT DIES, THEY CAN'T REPLANT IT.
TYPICALLY WITH FENCES IT'S, UH, YOU CAN DO REPAIRS OR REPLACE, I THINK ANYTHING MORE THAN LESS THAN 50% THAT YOU STILL ARE GRANDFATHERED UNDER THE OLD, OLD BOYS.
I, I APOLOGIZE FOR DRAGGING THIS OUT.
RUNNING IN HERE LATE NOW IT CAN'T GO PAST THE PERSON PUTTING UP THE FENCE OR POSSIBLY THE NEIGHBORS IF THEIR HOUSE IS IN FRONT OF YOURS.
I THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD IT UNTIL I WAS TOLD DIFFERENTLY BY A PROPERTY OWNER.
IT CAN'T GO PAST THE FRONT EDGE OF THE PRIMARY BUILDING OF THE HOUSE.
OF THE PERSON PUTTING UP THE FENCE OF THE LOT.
NOT IF YOUR NEIGHBOR'S FURTHER OUT, THEN YOU CAN RUN TO HIS NO OF THAT LOT.
SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE TWO HOUSES ARE SET AT EVENLY THEIR LOTS ONE'S BACK HERE.
JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOUR SPECIFIC LOT.
IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT IT WAS THE FATHER'S BUILDING
AND I SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO FLY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WE'RE, WE'RE BE ABLE TO DO FENCE ORDINANCE.
TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY ANY NEW ONE IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THE LOT THAT IS BEING BUILT ON THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
JUST LIKE SETBACKS, YOUR SETBACKS IS PART OF YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOUR SETBACK IS, IF YOUR SETBACK IS 25% FEET AND YOU WANT TO BUILD YOURS 30, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
BUT YOUR DEFENSE IS GONNA BE FIVE FOOT SHORTER.
MAYOR, I'LL, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2023 DASH OH 10 B ADOPTED.
FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THE PART ABOUT THE ENGINEER STILL IN THERE? WE FROM HERE? NO, THAT'S NOT IN THIS, THAT'S NOT IN THIS SPECIFIC ORDINANCE.
IT'S THE, I THINK THAT'S IN DIFFERENT ORDINANCE ABOUT, UH, YOU, IF IT GOES ABOVE GENERAL ROYAL'S, COMMERCIAL FENCES ESPECIALLY ANYTHING OVER EIGHT FEET, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, LIKE, ENGINEERED, I THINK THAT'S IN THE BUILDING CODE, NOT IN A, OUR O ORDINANCE.
WELL IT WAS DISCUSSED DURING PARK, THE LAST MEETING SAID BECAUSE OF ROCK CREEK AND STUFF, LITERALLY COULD HAVE FENCE 30 FEET TALL IN THE BACK.
HE SAID NO, THEY AN ENGINEER, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR THAT IF THEY DID THAT.
BECAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S PART OF THE BUILDING CODE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENT,
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HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE ALL IF EVER.
[V. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.5 5 1 0.087 CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OAKLAND BEATS ACT.
SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 GOVERNMENT COVE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY CONCERNING, PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SUPPLEMENT OFFICERS OR OTHER MATTERS OF WHICH THE DUTY OF HIS, OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY OF COUNSEL UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS.
CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER FIVE FIVE.
GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION DENIED IS DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL IMMINENT POT, DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL IMMINENT DOMAIN.
WE WILL RETIRE TO OBJECTIVE SESSION.
I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO COME BACK AT OPEN SESSION.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR, SECONDED BY I'LL SECOND COUNCIL PERSON, MADDOX.
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN THIS EVENING.
[V. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.WE'LL HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 28TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AND WE WILL BE INTO THE NEW BUDGET CYCLE BY THEN.
2023 AT 7:00 PM THAT'S THE DAY OF THE SPECTACULAR.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CHANGE? YEAH, 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO DO THE SPECTACULAR.
UM, IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN THE CITY HAVE A, A TECH OR SOMETHING OUT THERE? YEAH.
WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DO THE BIDS DO HERE? CAN UP CANDY? YEAH, IT'S THE DRIVE THROUGH.
WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT ON, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR TO, WHAT WAS THAT? RESCHEDULE THAT MEETING OR CANCEL AND HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING.
TWO HOURS AND THE KIDS DRIVE THROUGH.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE ADJOURNMENT.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.