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[I. COMMENCEMENT ]
OF A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FLUTE TEXAS TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM FROM THE COUNCIL.CHAMBERS OF FLUTE CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET INCLUDE 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 WITHOUT LIMITED TEXAS 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 DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MINORS 5 5 1 0 7 6 DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY ADVICE 5 5 1 0 8 7.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 8 1 7 5 1 8 3 DELIBERATION ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE INCLUDED WITHOUT LIMITED TO SECTION 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA AGENDA PACKET, IMMEDIATE LINK INFORMATION ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT WWW DOT PLU TEXAS DOT GO.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN PERSON.
IT'LL OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ON THE PUBLIC.
COMMENT ITEMS TO REGISTER TO SPEAK, SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL CITY CLERK ROSIE
AT LEAST TWO HOURS IN ADVANCE TO THE MEETING.
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
THE RECORDING OF THE VIDEO MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE MEETINGS.
ACTION MEETING HAS TO CALL BEFORE MR. BOND.
MR. ONE OF Y'ALL GIVE CARE TO GIVE US A PRAYER.
WE, GOD, GOOD LORD WE'D COME TO THESE TONIGHT.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE P OF PRAYER AND LORD, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.
WE CAME TO HIM AND TAKE CARE OF THE CITY BUSINESS.
LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE TONIGHT, LORD, AND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.
LORD, WATCH YOUR VERSE FROM, PROTECT US FROM JESUS.
GOD OF THE PLEASURE, ALLEGIANCE AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSIDERING PUBLIC FOR WHICH SPANS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, AN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JESUS FOR ALL.
IF, UH, IF EVERYONE WOULD BEAR WITH US JUST A MOMENT AS, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SLIDE, WE LOST AN EMPLOYEE THIS WEEK AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR, FOR HIS MEMORY.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
FRANCIS VAUGHN PRESENT PLAINTIFF ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY CALL HIMSELF TO ORDER AND HAVE ROLL CALL.
WE CALL PLANNING ZONING INTO ORDER.
[II. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING - REPLAT - HIGHLAND PARK ]
TONIGHT'S FIRST ITEM IS A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE, UH, AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.FIRST ITEM IS TO READ THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND TO ALL PERSONS AND INTEREST CITIZENS, CORPORATE CORPORATION FIRMS OR AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS AND ALL PERSONS FIRMS AND CORPORATE CORPORATIONS ONLY ANY INTEREST IN LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF EXTRA, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF P FLUTE, BRAZO COUNTY, TEXAS ARE WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY.
DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY, PLU CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING'S OWN COMMISSION WILL BE HELD ON THE THURSDAY OF THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM FROM THE CITY HALL IN CITY CL MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, KLU, TEXAS.
THIS JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE
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FOR VIEW ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.KLUTEXAS.GOV.AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING'S ZONING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO 12.014 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE FOR A PLAT OF THE FOLLOWING SUBDIVISION LOCATED THEREIN, A REPL OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY, BCIC DIVISION 13, WHICH LOCKED 3 74 A 0 0 4 9 A CALVIN ACRES, 2.415 CI HIGHLAND PARK, KLUTE, TEXAS SUBDIVIDING ONE LOT INTO THREE LOTS.
CITY OF KLUTE, CITY OF TEXAS, CITY OF CLERK, CITY OF FLUTE, TEXAS.
NEXT ITEM IS TO NOTE THE PUBLISHER AFFIDAVIT IS THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE BRADFORD FACTS ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024.
AND TO NOTE THE LIST OF PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED BY MAIL, THERE WERE EIGHT NOTICES SENT OUT.
NO, WERE RETURNED, SO WE WERE PRESUMING ALL WERE DELIVERED.
NEXT ITEM WOULD TO BE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REPL.
IS THERE ANYONE, THE FIRST ITEM IS TO READ LETTERS I SEE DOWN IN MY PACKET.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE PRESENT IN FAVOR OF THE RELA.
YOU HAVE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT? THERE'S HARD WATER AND EVERYTHING THERE, THAT'S WHY.
MY NAME IS, UH, MARTIN RODRIGUEZ.
I'M THE OWNER OF 1 0 8 HIGHLAND PARK.
I'M TRYING TO REPL IT AND, UH, SO I CAN GET THREE LOTS WHICH MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY, WHICH EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THREE MORE ENTITIES TO BELONG TO CLU.
AND THAT WAY WE COULD BUILD THREE NEW HOUSES THERE THAT WOULD ALSO BELONG.
MR. R RODRIGUEZ? I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
Y'ALL MAY HAVE, AND I MAY BE OUTTA ORDER HERE AS FAR AS, UH, DO I SEE THAT WE DO A, WE NEED TO DO AN ANNEXATION AND A REPL? YES, SIR.
CAN WE DO THE REPL? HOW DO WE DO THE REPLANT BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN PART OF THE CITY OF CLUE? IS THERE AN E TJ? OKAY, SO IT, I I JUST KNOW WE ONE COME BEFORE THE OTHER.
I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE OR WHAT? YEAH, NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE ETJ.
WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF JURISDICTION IN THE ETJ.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THOSE OPPOSED TO THE REFL.
AND THE FIRST ITEM IS TO READ LETTERS FROM CITIZENS OPPOSED.
AND I HAVE NONE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS OF THE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
IF WHEN YOU COME UP, WOULD YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME? YES, SIR.
UH, DANIEL DEL 1418 MOFFITT ROAD.
UM, I DO OPPOSE THE THREE HOUSES ON THAT LOT.
THAT INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE IS VERY TIGHT, VERY BUSY, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAN WE ALREADY HAVE THERE.
AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THREE HOUSES THAT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, UM, IS GOING TO BENEFIT OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC SPEAKING IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT, BUT MY NAME'S GRACE REL AND I'M AT 1450 MOFFITT.
MY FAMILY'S BEEN IN THE AREA FOR 25 YEARS.
I'M ON FIVE ACRES, I'M ON 10 ACRES.
MY UNCLE WHO JUST SPOKE IS ON 15.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF ESTATE HOMES, NOT A SUBDIVISION.
SO, AND WE DO NOT WANT IT TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF OUR AREA.
I KNOW THAT INTERSECTION IS A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD INTERSECTION, BUT IT ACTUALLY DOES GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC FURTHER DOWN THAT ROAD.
WE HAVE CMI, CIVIL MECHANICS, LUX PLUMBING, RPS COMPOSITES, BRAZORIA COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE LAY DOWN YARDS.
THERE IS THE DSM NUTRITION PLANT, H AND E EQUIPMENT SERVICES, WERNER MATERIALS, AND QUA CAR WASHES.
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NOW NOT ALL THOSE COMPANIES NECESSARILY USE THAT ROUTE, BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW EMPLOYEES WHO DO INCLUDING THE DUMP TRUCKS FROM THE COUNTY.SO LOOKING AT THE SURVEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THREE DRIVEWAYS RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THE OTHER THING IS THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFORMITY STATES THAT THE MAXIMUM VALUE IS REACHED WHEN A REASONABLE DEGREE OF HOMOGENEITY EXISTS AND THE LAND USES ARE COMPATIBLE.
SO ESSENTIALLY I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY BY ADDING BY, BY JUST SUBDIVIDING THIS INTO THREE PLOTS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ONE HOUSE AT ALL, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO THREE HOUSES.
I THINK IT KIND OF GOES AGAINST WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE.
AND I DO HAVE A PRINTOUT THAT SHOWS THE LARGER LOTS IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN SEEING THEM IN COMPARISON TO WHERE HIS IS HERE AND THEN DIVIDING IT UP INTO THE SMALLER LOTS.
AND I BROUGHT, I PRINTED OUT SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO HAND THEM OUT.
WHO DO I NEED TO HAND THEM OUT TO? YOU CAN FIND TAKE ONE.
YEAH, SO THE BLUE IS ALL OF OUR FAM, NOT OUR FAMILIES, BUT ALL OF THE LARGER TRACKS AROUND US.
THERE'S ONE HOME PER, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OUTLINE.
THE RED IS WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING IS THREE FLAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE CAN SEE THE RED IS THERE'S A FEW THERE EXTRA.
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OR IF THAT'S, I GUESS FROM LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAM, UH, IT DOES THROW THE ASPECT OF, I HATE TO USE THE WORD NORMAL OR WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR, THAT EVERYBODY IS ON A LARGER TRACK OF LAND FROM WHAT YOU POINT OUT HERE.
WHICH MAKES IT UNIQUE TO THAT AREA FOR, FOR Y'ALL, THOSE THAT HAVE BUILT THERE TO LIVE THERE AND STAY THERE.
SO I DEFINITELY, I PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN BECAUSE I KIND OF LIVE ON A LOT THE SAME WAY THAT'S LARGER, KINDA LIKE IT THAT WAY, THAT LIVE THERE FOR A REASON.
AND LIKE I SAID, MY FAMILY'S BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS AND THERE'S OTHER FAMILIES ALONG THAT STREET THAT HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER THAN US.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY THING IS, IS WE'RE ALL SPACED OUT.
SO THEN EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE LARGER LOTS THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A REPL, IT, IT'S REALLY NARROW AND IT'S GONNA PUT THE HOUSES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, WHICH GOES AGAINST THE PRINCIPLE OF CONFORMITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WENT OVER AND LOOKED AT THE LOTS TODAY OR LOOKED AT WHERE THE SURVEY STAKES WERE.
CAN YOU, UH, I DON'T THINK, CAN YOU BACK THE IMAGE OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OR NO? CAN WE EXPAND THAT? I'M SORRY.
CAN WE MAKE THIS PICTURE ON THE SCREEN? LARGER BOTTOM, BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER? YEAH, KEEP GOING.
DO WE HAVE A COMMON LOT STANDARD? WE DO.
SO YEAH, SO THE, THE COMMON LOT CURRENTLY UNDER OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, UH, MUST BE 60 FOOT WIDE, UH, AND MUST ACCUMULATE TO 7,200 SQUARE FEET.
AND SO, UH, EACH ONE OF THESE LOTS WE DOUBLE CHECK, MADE SURE THAT THEY MORE THAN EXCEEDED THE, THE STANDARD LOCK SIDE.
IF I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T READ THIS DIMENSION HERE.
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO
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PUT AS MANY HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY AS YOU CAN.WELL, UM, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM RIGHT THERE, I KNOW MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT PICTURES FROM ACROSS THE STREET, BUT FOR WHERE MY LOTS LOCATED AT, ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S NORMAL SIZE LOTS.
THEY'RE NOT ACRE TRACKS, SO IT WOULDN'T BE A HUGE INTERRUPTION TO WHERE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY SMALLER LOTS ACROSS THE STREET, REGULAR HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND EVERYTHING, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO MAKE SIMPLE COOKIE CUTTER HOMES.
I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS.
AND THE LOTS, THE HOUSES WOULDN'T BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE TO WHERE WE CAN DO A, A NICE SIZE HOUSE, 75 OR SEVEN, I BELIEVE IT'S 78, IT'S A EIGHT, NOT A ZERO.
OUR INTENTS NOT TO BUILD RIGHT UP AGAINST THE STREET AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONCERN THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT DRIVE OVER THERE, THERE IS A DITCH.
SO MY MY IDEA WOULD BE TO BUILD THE HOUSES AT LEAST 60 FOOT BACK FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE, WHICH IS THE, THE INSIDE OF THE DITCH THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
SO THERE WOULDN'T BE CONCERN WITH PEOPLE ACTUALLY DRIVING OR WAY BACK HERE COMPARED TO THIS ONE, HAVING, HAVING ISSUES WITH PEOPLE DRIVING UP TO THEIR DRIVEWAY STAGGER BECAUSE THE HOUSE WOULD BE 20 FAR BACK.
IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S 10 FEET OR 20 FEET FROM THE STREET.
I FIND 10 IS TO BUILD THE HOUSE AT LEAST 60 FEET FROM THE ROAD.
I THINK OUR CONCERN IS JUST THE WIDTH, BUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HOUSES, IT DOESN'T KIND, IT DOESN'T FLOW WITH THE REST OF US BECAUSE, SO WE'RE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET WITH, WE'RE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE IT HAS THE LARGER TRACKS AND YES, ACROSS THE STREET THERE IS ONE BLOCK OF SUBDIVISION LOTS.
BUT AGAIN, OUR, I KNOW THAT HE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REPL, BUT FOR US, THE, UM, CONFORMITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE HOUSES ARE FURTHER APART FROM EACH OTHER.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A FEW OTHER PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANNA HEAR ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME OR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL LET, I'LL LET THE OTHERS SPEAK.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I LIVE AT 1430 MOFFITT.
SO FROM THAT IT GOES UP AND AROUND THE TURN AND IT DEAD ENDS YOUR NAME PLEASE.
WRITE MY BROTHER AND MY DAUGHTER.
SO WE ARE A FAMILY AND WE DO, WHEN YOU TURN THE, THE, I MEAN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CLEAR, WE ARE A FAMILY AND SO WE'RE HERE AS A FAMILY AND WE'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
BUT THE THING IS, IS THAT AND WHAT GRACE SAID, I BELIEVE SHE REPRESENTED US VERY WELL ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET AND THE SIZE OF THE LOTS THAT ARE ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO WHERE HE'S WANTING TO PUT THESE SMALLER LOTS ARE IN THAT AREA WHERE WE HOLD THAT A STATE SIZE LOTS.
BUT, AND, AND I GET THAT, BUT WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, I WILL TELL YOU MY FIRST RESPONSE AND IS IT'S THAT, UM, T I'VE SEEN SO MANY ACCIDENTS ALMOST HAPPENED AND WE'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1989.
I ALWAYS THINK 2000, BUT 1999.
AND I'VE SEEN SO MANY ACCIDENTS ALMOST HAPPEN RIGHT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE RUN THAT STOP SIGN.
AND IF YOU TAKE THOSE THREE LOTS RIGHT THERE, THOSE TWO HOUSES BESIDE IT, I'VE BEEN CUT OFF BY PEOPLE WHO TOTALLY BLOW THROUGH THAT STOP SIGN.
IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN WITH.
AND TO PUT THREE MORE DRIVEWAYS RIGHT THERE I THINK WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
THOSE GUYS GETTING OFF WORK, I MEAN, THEY'RE IN A HURRY.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET HOME, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, SO MY CONCERN IS SAFETY AS WELL.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SIZE OF OUR LOTS THOUGH.
I AGREE WITH ALL THAT, BUT I CAME JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I OPPOSE IT.
ANYONE ELSE? JOE POLITO 5 0 5 HOLLAND PARK.
I'M THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THOSE THREE
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LOTS ON THE RIGHT.I OWN TWO AND A HALF ACRES THERE.
UH, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, I'M A BUILDER, FIRST OF ALL, THAT AREA IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THREE LOTS FOR THREE HOUSES, DRAINAGE ISSUES.
UH, THE OTHER CONCERN IS I DON'T WANNA BE ANNEXED BY THE CITY.
I DON'T DRAW ON CITY SERVICES.
I DON'T WANT TO PAY PAY ANY EXTRA TAXES.
UH, THIS IS JUST GONNA GET PASSED ON TO WHOEVER BUYS THOSE PROPERTIES.
AND I DON'T, I'M NOT, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
UH, HE'S SAYING HE WANTS TO BUILD THOSE HOUSES 60 FOOT OFF THE ROAD.
I'M 150 FOOT OFF THE ROAD, SO I'D BE LOOKING AT THE BACK OF THOSE HOUSES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH IT.
I, UH, DON'T AGREE WITH, UH, THERE'S DEFINITELY ISSUES WITH THE DRAINAGE THERE.
SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THREE HOUSES.
I DON'T OPPOSE ONE HOUSE, BUT THREE HOUSES IS, IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
DREW NEWVILLE, 1231 MOFFITT ROAD.
UH, I WAS GONNA BRING UP THE DRAINAGE ISSUE AS WELL AS, UH, SEPTIC THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT THERE CAN HANDLE THREE MORE HOUSES WITH SEPTIC.
UH, YOU CAN COME THROUGH THERE ANY GIVEN NIGHT AROUND SIX, SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND IT SMELLS LIKE SEWAGE.
UM, ADDING THREE MORE HOUSES ISN'T GONNA HELP THAT SAME THING WITH HOW DANGEROUS THE INTERSECTION IS.
UM, AND I LIVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE HE'S SAYING THE SMALLER LOTS ARE, BUT I HAVE JUST, SO JUST UNDER THREE ACRES, UM, I KNOW THERE ARE SMALLER LOTS, BUT RIGHT THERE ALONG THAT THERE'S NOT MANY SMALLER LOTS.
THERE ARE MORE IN THE SUBDIVISION.
ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS ARE TRY TO, ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS ALSO APPLIED OR PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, WHICH WE CANNOT UN UNILATERALLY ANNEX YOUR PROPERTIES.
THAT'S, YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT MR. PTO.
UH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE'S ASKED FOR CITY SERVICES, THERE WON'T BE ANY SEPTIC ON THESE THREE LOTS.
SO THERE'S A, AND HE, HE ALREADY HAS SEWAGE, I BELIEVE THERE, THERE IS A MAN HOLE THERE AND THERE IS CITY WATER THERE, SO RIGHT.
WHAT I, WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHERE THE SEWAGE LINES COME THROUGH AND GO TO THE LIFT STATIONS, YES, IT IS ALREADY AN ISSUE.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE ADDING THREE MORE HOUSES IS GONNA BENEFIT THAT.
ANYONE ELSE GOT ONE QUESTION? IF THE MAJORITY OF 'EM AROUND THERE AREA OPPOSED, IT DID SOME ACT DENIAL, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
AND THEN THE CITY WOULD, I MEAN IF IT WAS A ZONING CHANGE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A THREE QUARTERS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.
BUT IT'S NOT A ZONING CHANGE YET.
WOULD THERE NEED TO BE A ZONING CHANGE? WELL, ONCE THEY'RE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, THE CITY ZONING WOULD APPLY TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THE THE BASELINE FORMATTING FOR THAT WOULD BE R ONE RESIDENTIAL ONE.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT CONFUSED ME WITH MY FIRST QUESTION.
SO HOW MUCH OF THIS ARE WE PUTTING? WELL, YOU DO THE REPLA FIRST BECAUSE HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO SO TO THE ETJ.
WE CAN'T ZONE HIM UNTIL HE'S ANNEXED IN.
YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO HEAR COMMENTS FROM PLANNING ZONING COMMITTEE HAVE SOME.
I GUESS OUR ONLY COMMENT IS, IS THAT WE, OUR DECISIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT THE CITY PROVIDES US WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FORMAT THEY SET UP FOR THESE LOT SIZES AND STUFF.
UH, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD IT THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DENY A PERSON WHAT THEY WANNA DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GO BASED ON WHAT THE CITY GIVES US, THE GUIDELINES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE BASE OUR DECISIONS ON.
GOT UP FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
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I THINK I AGREE WITH MR. VAUGHN.UM, IT, IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR US TO DENY THIS KIND OF REPLAY JUST BECAUSE EACH LOT IS UNDER IS OKAY WITH THE SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR WAY OF LIVING FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT IF WE GO BY THE RULES OR BY THE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE, UH, I MEAN IT'S HARD TO SAY NO.
UH, IN FAIRNESS, UH, I DISAGREE BECAUSE IF IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RULES, THEN WHY ARE WE HERE MAKING A DECISION? WHY DON'T WE JUST FOLLOW THE RULES? IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WITH THIS THE RULES AND THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GOTTA BE 'CAUSE THESE ARE THE RULES, THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING A MEETING.
SO WHERE DOES CON, I ALMOST THREW THAT WORD OUT THERE,
WHERE DOES THE INDIVIDUALITY, UH, THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON YOUR PROPERTY COME FROM? SO THIS IS, SO, I I I, I GUESS, AND TO BE FAIR TO ERIC HERE, THAT THAT'S, I GUESS THAT, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE THROW OFF.
WELL, LIKE WHEN THEY DEVELOPED SHORE, THEY HAD TO GO IN AND THEY BOUGHT 200, A HUNDRED ACRES AND THEY HAD TO GO IN AND APPLY IT.
THAT WOULD BE, THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
IT JUST NOT AS LARGE A PROBLEM.
AND I WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU, BUT SOMEHOW I KNOW COMPARING 200 ACRES AGAINST THREE JUST DOESN'T FLY WITH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE COMPARISON.
WELL, I MEAN, BUT THE, THE THREE ACRES, THE LOT THAT THIS IS DIVIDED IN MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
I, I, THAT'S THE REASON I ASK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THE RULES, BUT TO SAY THIS IS THE RULE, SO THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOTTA GO, KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF ME COMING UP HERE AND SPENDING A FEW HOURS.
I DON'T THINK HE'S NECESSARILY SAYING THAT IT'S A RULE.
HE'S SAYING THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CITY'S ORDINANCE.
SO THEREFORE IT WOULD BE HARD TO TURN IT DOWN.
WELL, MAYBE THAT'S THE PART WHERE I, AND SO TO CLARIFY FOR COUNSEL, THE PROCESS REGARDING CLADDING, REGARDING ANNEXATION IS ALL LAID OUT IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER DUE PROCESS TO LANDOWNERS ADJOINING.
AND IF THE LANDOWNER WAS MAKING HIS PETITION, TYPICALLY SPEAKING, UH, ANYBODY IN THE CITY, LET'S SAY THAT THIS THREE ACRES OR 2.4 ACRES WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, HE WOULD BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT TO REPLAT, THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE AFFORD, WOULD BE AFFORDED THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST HIM.
AND SO, AND THAT, THAT FOLLOWS THROUGH TO THE ETJ WHERE IT'S IMMEDIATELY TOUCHING OUR CITY LIMITS.
WE'RE ALLOWED TO ANNEX AND PLAT.
SO HIS PETITION IS MEETS THE STANDARDS SET FORTH ON OUR SUBDIVISION ORDERS.
AND STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE FOLLOW THIS PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLANNING ZONING, HAS TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY MEETING.
I RE AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT HIM GOING, HAVING THE RIGHT AND GOING THROUGH IT, I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED BY THE REPLY THAT KIND OF AUTOMATIC BECAUSE IT'S THE RULES.
WELL, WELL I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH IS WE, WE DON'T HAVE THIS BENEFIT.
WE HAVE THE ONLY PERSON THAT SHOWS UP TO OUR MEETING IS THE PERSON REQUESTING IT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE THAT.
AND WE DON'T GET TO HEAR THOSE REASONS UNTIL NOW.
YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF HUNG UP ON THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE ON OUR PAPER THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
SO, AND, AND WE ARE PRETTY MUCH REQUIRED TO FOLLOW OUR GUIDELINES.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, IF WE'RE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW OUR GUIDELINES, WHY DO WE EVEN GO THROUGH THE, THIS PROCESS? AND, AND YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, THE PROCESS IS, IT IS KIND OF A CHECK AND BALANCE THAT, UH, THEY DON'T JUST FOLLOW WITH THE CITY AND IT HAPPENS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR RULE, THEIR PROPOSAL MAY NOT COMPLY WITH THE, WITH THE GUIDELINES.
AND SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING, YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT IT AND MAKES SURE IT FULFILLS THE GUIDELINES.
BUT THEY, BECAUSE REPLANTING IS MAKING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO THE PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT IT HAS TO REQUIRE A VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO A LOT OF THE PROCESS, IT MAY SEEM, UH, UNNECESSARY IF WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RULE AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO FILE THE RULE WE COULDN'T VOTE AGAINST AND NOT FOLLOW OUR OWN RULE.
UH, BUT IT IS JUST TO, NUMBER ONE, UH, PLANNING IS ZONING.
COUNCIL IS ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE IT DOES FULFILL OUR REQUIREMENTS.
AND IF IT OUTSIDE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS, THEN YOU VOTE NO.
'CAUSE HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 30 FOOT LOTS AND WE REQUIRE 60 FOOT LOTS OR WHATEVER.
SO IT DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
AND THE STATE JUST SET UP THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, UM, THIS PROCESS, SO THAT IT'S DONE IN PUBLIC, IT'S DONE IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE, THEY COULD SEE THAT, HEY, WHEN THESE PEOPLE WANT TO CHANGE THE USE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND EVERYBODY
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AGREED THAT THEY WERE FOLLOWING THE RULES WHEN THEY DID IT.AND IT COMPLIED WITH THE ORDINANCES.
I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, COUNSEL BEFORE FOR REPLYING ISSUES, AND Y'ALL ASKED ME TO GO TO VELA GRAIN DISTRICT BEFORE Y'ALL CAN APPROVED IT BEFORE.
HAS THIS PROCESS BEEN FOLLOWED WITH THIS? I DON'T KNOW.
IT, BECAUSE IT'S A GRAIN DISTRICT.
WHAT WHAT WHAT IS REQUIRED IS THAT THE, UH, UH, THE PERSON THAT WANTS TO DO THE REPL, THEY HAVE TO GET THE, THE, UM, SURVEY AND GET THE DRAWING DONE.
AND THEN, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL REVIEWS IT AND THEN THE VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE IT ALSO BEFORE IT'S FILED WITH THE COUNTY RECORDS.
SO THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS.
THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS REQUIRED, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING IT BACKWARDS.
YOU'RE TRYING TO APPROVE IT BEFORE IT'S APPROVED BY VELASCO DRE DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS A TWO STAGE PROCESS.
IT'S A PRELIMINARY PLAT AND THEN A FINAL, SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY COME BACK TO COUNSEL AGAIN ON THE FINAL PLAT.
IT'S THAT STEP IN BETWEEN WHERE VELASCO HAS THEIR SAY.
MORE LIKELY FOR THE A LAWYER, YOUR SECTION 1 0 2 DASH FIVE POLICY SAYS IT IS, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY SUCH OWNER OR AGENT TO OFFER FOR SALE OR SELL PROPERTY THAT HAS NOT BEEN LAID OUT, SUBDIVIDED, PLATTED OR REPRE PLATTED WITH THE COUNT, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION.
SO DID WHEN HE BOUGHT THE, WAS IT BEFORE IT, WHY I'M READING IT IS IT SHOULD, HE SHOULD BE UNLAWFUL FOR HIM TO BUY THE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT BEEN WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF A, A COMMISSIONER.
1 0 2 DASH FIVE OF YOUR POLICY SAYS.
I ASSUME YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, HE OWNS THE PROPERTY, AND NOW HE'S TRYING TO REPL AND SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY INTO THREE PARCELS.
SO, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR, FOR, FOR HIM TO SELL IT AS THREE PLATS UNTIL IT'S REPLANTED.
IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY SUCH OWNER OR AGENT TO OFFER FOR SALE OR SELL PROPERTY THAT HAS NOT BEEN LAID OUT, SUB PLANTED IT OR REPLANTED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION.
I DON'T, I DON'T FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING NOW.
BUT IF I COULD CLARIFY JUST REAL QUICKLY 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY.
THIS LAND WAS RECORDED AND SUBDIVIDED.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE INITIAL LISTING WAS BCIC.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
HOLD BCIC DIVISION 13 LOT 3 74 A 0 0 4 9 A CALVIN.
SO WHEN THAT BCIC SUBDIVISION WAS PUT TOGETHER THIS LOT, THIS 2.4 ACRES WAS RECORDED AS A PLATTED LOT AT THAT TIME.
WHETHER THE CITY WAS HERE OR NOT AT THAT TIME, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE COMMISSIONERS GRANTED THAT PLAT FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THAT SUBDIVISION, JUST AS THEY PLANT GRANTED THESE, THE, THE REELS AND THE, THE OTHER FOLKS, THEIR PLATS FOR THEIR ACREAGE PROPERTY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WAS THE BCIC SUBDIVISION.
SO WHEN HE PURCHASED THE LAND, HE PURCHASED IT LEGALLY.
HE DID NOT HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM US.
NOW, HE MAY NOT SELL THE PLAN, HE MAY NOT SELL THESE THREE LOTS UNTIL THE DUE PROCESS OF THE, OF THE REPL TAKES PLACE.
AND SO IT WAS SOLD LEGALLY TO HIM.
HE PURCHASED IT LEGALLY, AND HE'S NOW ATTEMPTING TO RELA IT FOR FUTURE SALE, WHICH HE CANNOT DO UNTIL THIS PROCESS IS COMPLETE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? A SUBDIVISION MAY HAVE SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS IS THAT, THAT T BECAUSE YOU HAVE THREE STOP SIGNS THERE, AND THEY WANT TO PUT THREE DRIVEWAYS THAT BASICALLY TWO OF THEM WILL BE BETWEEN THE THREE STOP SIGNS AND IT'S ALREADY A VERY PRECARIOUS INTERSECTION THERE.
SO, AND WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS HERE IS THAT THEY DON'T CARE THAT THERE'S A HOUSE AND A DRIVEWAY THERE.
IF YOU HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY, THREE HOUSES, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, IT'LL BE HARD FOR HIM TO DO THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S ONE DRIVEWAY, IT'S NOT SO BAD AS IF THERE'S THREE OF THEM.
BUT, SO MY MY POINT IS, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO COMPROMISE OR GO WITHIN
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THE BOUNDS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SAFETY, I MEAN, I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE, HOW HE CAN DO THREE LOTS ON THAT LAND BECAUSE YOUR RULES SAY THEY CAN, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.SO INSTEAD OF THREE DRIVEWAYS DO ONE THAT MEETS UP WITH WILSON.
SO IT BECOMES FOUR, LIKE FOUR-WAY STOP.
I I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD DO IT, BUT THREE DRIVEWAYS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
SO WE'RE CALLING THIS MR. RODRIGUEZ, THE RODRIGUEZ SUBDIVISION, THAT THAT'S HOW THIS, THESE PLANTS FALL.
A SUBDIVISION DOESN'T THAT REQUIRE THE, THE DRAINAGE AND THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETLIGHTS, AND YOU'RE GONNA PUT ALL OF THIS IN THIS TWO AND A FOURTH ACRES TO FALL UNDERNEATH BEING A LEGAL SUBDIVISION INSTEAD OF JUST DIVIDING LOTS AND S THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS NOT THAT I'M BUILDING A WHOLE SUBDIVISION, THIS IS THE, THE PROPER WAY TO REPL A PIECE OF LAND.
LIKE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I RE PLOTTED A PIECE OF LAND ON SMITH STREET AND IT WAS ALREADY TWO LOTS, BUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE SOMEBODY WENT TO CAME HERE AND MADE IT ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TWO LOTS, I STILL HAD TO DO THE REPROCESS.
WE HAD TO RENAME IT, IT FALLS UNDER THE OLD NAME WHAT'S THERE ORIGINALLY.
BUT FOR YOU TO REPL IT AT A, AT PINPOINT OR ANY SURVEY COMPANY, THEY CAN'T JUST PUT ANYTHING ON THERE.
SO THEY, THEY ALWAYS PUT A SUBDIVISION NAME AND IT'S NOT THAT IT'LL STAY THERE, IT'S JUST, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPROVING IS THE MARTIN RODRIGUEZ SUBDIVISION.
WELL, THE, ANYTIME YOU SUBDIVIDE PROPERTY, TYPICALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU REDIRECT OR RECALIBRATE OR RECLASSIFY THE PROPERTY THROUGH A REPLAT, THAT BECOMES A SUBDIVISION AND IT TAKES THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU'RE, THERE'S IT'S WORD, UH, WORD STEW TO ANY ATTORNEYS INVOLVED.
WHEN YOU, IF HE WAS RUNNING A STREET THROUGH HERE AND CREATED, LET'S SAY TWO LOTS IN THE STREET THAT ENTERED IN THE BACK OR PUT IT IN A CUL-DE-SAC, THEN HE WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A SUBDIVISION, BUT NOT A SUBDIVISION OF THIS TYPE.
THERE'S, I, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SAY THERE'S A SUBDIVISION WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR HOMES AND YOU HAVE YOUR STREETS AND YOUR DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING.
HE'S CREATING THREE LOTS WITH FRONTAGE ONTO A CITY STREET.
HAVE ACCESS TO THE STREET ALREADY AND BY RIGHT.
HAVE ACCESS TO, ONCE THEY'RE ANNEXED IN, HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER AND THE SEWER.
WE CANNOT ALLOW, OR WE CANNOT SAY TO HIM, YOU CAN'T ACCESS YOUR PROPERTY FROM THIS PUBLIC STREET.
IS IS HIGHLINE, IS HIGHLINE PARK A CITY STREET? WE'VE JOINTLY MAINTAINED IT WITH THE COUNTY.
I BELIEVE THE CITY LIMITS IS RIGHT AT THE, UH, AT THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY BAR.
SO GOING BACK TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE PLAINTIFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION SAID, HE SAID IT IS YOUR PROPERTY, YOU OWN IT, YOU COULD DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT.
CORRECT? WELL, I HAVE MORE PROPERTY THAN THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE, JUST ACROSS THE STREET.
WHEN I TRIED TO GET MY SHOP LAST YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET IT.
I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T BUILD IT, BUT UNDER A CERTAIN SIZE BECAUSE WHAT I WANTED WAS CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL.
I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T HAVE, UH, RUNNING WATER OUT THERE, A BATHROOM OUT THERE BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ANOTHER RESIDENCE.
WELL, THERE'S ALSO A LAW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO BUILD ON A CERTAIN PERCENT OF YOUR PROPERTY.
YOU TAKE THE TOTAL PERCENT OF WHAT THESE HOUSES ARE GONNA COVER.
IS THAT GONNA STAY UNDER THE PERCENT OF WHAT HE'S ALLOWED TO BUILD ON? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT PERCENTAGE, BUT ONE WOULD ASSUME.
SO ONE WOULD ASSUME, WELL, WE GET BACK TO SETBACK.
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER, WHENEVER I WANTED TO GET A SWIMMING POOL LAST YEAR, I HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET A PERMIT TO GET A SWIMMING POOL.
THAT'S, I WANTED TO HAVE A BACK GATE AT MY PROPERTY TO COME IN OFF OF MEYER STREET.
BUT I HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET THAT.
THE ONLY REASON I GOT THAT IS BECAUSE I HAVE TWO MANHOLES IN MY BACKYARD.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THEY ALLOWED ME TO PUT A SLIDING GATE IN MY BACKYARD TO ACCESS THE SHOP.
SO, SO TO ME, JUST TAKING A SMALL AMOUNT OF LAND AND SAYING, I'M GONNA PUT THREE HOUSES.
I'VE GOT MORE PROPERTY THAN HE DOES.
I COULD ADD TWO MORE HOUSES, BUT THEY'RE GONNA SAY I CAN'T BECAUSE I'M GONNA GO OVER THE PERCENTAGE THAT I'M GONNA ALLOWED TO BUILD ON.
SO IT'S, EVEN THOUGH I OWN THE PROPERTY, I CAN'T DO WHAT I WANT.
WELL, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE CERTAINLY REGULATIONS WHICH REQUIRE YOU WANNA HANDLE, EXPLAIN OH YEAH, YEAH.
UH, ANY DEVELOPING YOU DO ON YOUR PROPERTY,
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YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW RULES AND, AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S UH, UH, MADE THIS APPLICATION HAS TO FOLLOW THE RULES.AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT AND IT SAYS, DOES IT COMPLY WITH THE RULES? AND, AND SO THAT'S THE QUESTION.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, I, WHEN I BUILT MY SHOP, I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T HAVE A BATHROOM OUT THERE.
I COULDN'T HAVE A BATHROOM OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHERE I DO ALL MY ENTERTAINMENT.
WAS THAT WITH CITY OF PLU OR WHO WAS THAT WITH? NO, IT WAS CITY OF PLU.
I MEAN, I, BASICALLY, WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVERYTHING I'VE DONE ON MY PROPERTY, I'VE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO GET IT.
IT WASN'T JUST COME UP HERE AND GET A PERMIT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING.
UH, EVERY PROPERTY IS TAKEN ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS THROUGH, THROUGH MY RECEIPT IF YOU'VE HAD FRONTAGE OR REAR EDGE TO THAT ROAD.
SO, UM, I'M SORRY THAT YOU WERE TOLD THAT THE ONLY REASON YOU GOT THAT WAS FOR THE MANHOLES.
UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO YOUR BUILDING PERMIT AND THE, AND THE, THE, THE RISK THAT YOU TAKE WHEN YOU LIVE INSIDE THE CITY IS THERE ARE CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS.
AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT, AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER TONIGHT, ABOUT WANTING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE HANDLE OUR LAND USE AND OUR BUILDING RESTRICTIONS.
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IN TERMS OF BUILDING CODE, IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND THE, AND THE ZONING IS NOW 50 YEARS OLD.
THE WORLD'S CHANGED A HECK OF A LOT IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO CHANGE 'EM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO PLAY THE HAND THAT WE'RE DEALT AND THE HAND THAT WE'RE DEALT IS THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS, THAT LAYS OUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, IN THIS CASE THE PLATTING.
AND IN YOUR CASE, WHATEVER THE LAND USE RESTRICTIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING AND LOT SIZE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SO IF HE GETS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, EVERYBODY ON THAT SIDE OF WILSON OR STRATTON RIDGE IS GONNA BE ANNEXED IN OR JUST HIS THREE HOUSES? NO, NO SIR.
THE CITY, UH, IN THE 2017 LEGISLATURE, THE STATE OF TEXAS BASICALLY DENUDED THE CITY OF ITS RIGHT TO UNILATERAL ANNEXATION.
UNLESS YOU'RE IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
SO Y'ALL ARE OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WE CANNOT FORCE YOU INTO ANNEXATION.
BUT IF YOU PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, THEN WE CAN TAKE YOU IN.
YOU CANNOT BE ANNEXED UNLESS YOU ASK TO BE ANNEXED.
BUT FROM WHAT I ALSO UNDERSTOOD IS THAT ONE POINT THAT PROPERTY WAS CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THAT THAT'S HOW IT WAS GOING.
WELL, HE WAS MENTIONING THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THAT'S THE, UH, LIKE DOW CHEMICAL AND THE, IN THE BAS PLANTS THAT'VE BEEN DESIGNATED THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTS THAT THE CITY, WAS YOUR ZONING CHANGED? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, NO, NO.
I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST SAYING THAT PROPERTY, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROPERTY.
SO HIS PROPERTY WASN'T ZONED BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
NOW YOU MAY BE IN INDUSTRIAL AREA, BUT THE ZONING OVERLAY ONLY MATTERS IF YOU'RE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
AND ONCE A PROPERTY IS, IS ZONED, IT IS AUTOMATICALLY R ONE.
JERRY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY ATE ON TALKING ABOUT IT NOT HAVING TO PUT A GATE IN THE BACK.
THERE'S 25 FOOT EASEMENT JUST TO DECIDE THIS GATE.
WELL, AND STAYING ON THE AGENDA, WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO EVERYBODY ELSE'S APPLICATION.
WHENEVER I ASKED FOR THE GATE WASN'T US, I GUESS TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING LEADS TO MY QUESTION, ARE WE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR ETJ AND WE CAN, OR IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO DO? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO DO.
IF IT'S IN OUR ETJ, WE HAVE THE JURISDICTION OVER IT, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY IN HERE'S PROBABLY GOT THEIR OWN STORY, BUT LIKE WE'VE DONE IT FOR HIM ON SMITH STREET.
IT'S BEEN DONE OVER OFF OF A COUPLE OF OTHER STREETS.
PEOPLE TOOK A LOT, DIVIDED INTO TWO COMBINED.
TWO MADE THREE INTO TWO, ONE INTO TWO.
BUT IT WAS AS BEST I REMEMBER, IT WASN'T BROUGHT TO US AS A WHOLE NEW SUBDIVISION LISTED UNDER THAT OWNER'S NAME.
BUT I, I CAN'T HELP WITH HOW IT WAS DONE EARLIER, BUT, WELL, MY SON JUST DID IT LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND WE DIDN'T RENAME THE SUBDIVISION BECAUSE HE DIVIDED ONE LOT INTO TWO.
WELL, THAT SUBDIVISION ALREADY HAD A NAME.
SO THEN THIS NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CITY BEFORE IT'S A SUBDIVISION.
NO, I, I, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT THE PECKING ORDER HERE.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO GO ONE WAY AND THEN I I I, IT COULD BE MY CONFUSION.
SO WHEN IT GOES TO FOR RECORDATION, THE SURVEYOR, UH, WHICH WAS DOYLE AND WAER OPTED TO NAMELESS THE MARTIN ROD BUAS SUBDIVISION, HE COULD HAVE LEFT IT AS B-C-A-B-C-I-C,
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SUBDIVISION A OR BCI REALLY WISHED HE WOULD'VE.SO ARE HONOR GONNA PUT A CITY LIGHT IN THERE, A STOP SIGN, A STOP LIGHT, BECAUSE THREE DRIVEWAY DUMPING OUT ONTO THAT ONE LITTLE INTERSECTION IS NOT SAFE.
SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE A TRAFFIC POINT ANALYSIS.
AND WE CAN, SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? WHAT IF YOU DECIDE TO GO WITH HIM AND LET HIM DIVIDE THE SIGN? THAT'S CLEAR DRIVEWAY DUMPING OUT INTO ONE INTERSECTION.
SO WE HAVE TO GO IN, IN A PROPER ORDER.
AS FAR AS WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, UH, THE CITY, EVERY CITY, UM, APPROVES THE PLATS AND RE PLATS IN THEIR CITY AND IN THEIR ETJ.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES LIKE ALVIN FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, ANN, IT'S LIKE A BIG STRIP THAT GOES ALL THE, ALL THE WAY AROUND HALF THE COUNTY.
AND THEY APPROVE THE PLATS WAY OUT THE COUNTRY REALLY FAR FROM CITY OF ALVIN.
BUT IT'S IN THEIR ETJ BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS LITTLE STRIP.
IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE CITY TO APPROVE PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS AND RE PLATS IN THE ETJ.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, FURTHER DOWN IN THE AGENDA, UH, IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO, UH, ANNEX THIS PROPERTY INTO CITY LIMITS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL HAPPEN OR IF THAT WON'T.
DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE VOTE HERE.
THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THE CITY DOES VOTE TO ANNEX THIS PROPERTY, UH, THEN QUESTIONS ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT'S THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY IN THE ROADS IN THAT AREA WOULD THEN COME UP IN ANOTHER MEETING ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.
AND SO UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS, UH, ACT FOR, YOU KNOW, TEXAS STATE LAW, WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WE CAN TAKE INPUT FROM THE CI FROM THE CITIZENS AND, AND THEIR, AND THEIR CONCERNS, BUT, UH, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE TO EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A STOP SIGN OR A STOPLIGHT.
RIGHT? AND SO WE REALLY CAN'T GET INTO THOSE DETAILS UNTIL IT'S ON AN AGENDA AND WE DON'T GET IN, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA UNLESS IT'S IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE'RE GETTING MULTIPLE STEPS, UH, AHEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA.
YOU KNOW, LEGALLY WE, AT THIS STAGE, WE'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT APPROVING THIS REPL OR NOT APPROVING THE REPL.
SO IF YOU APPROVE THE REPL AND THEN DENY HIM THREE DRIVEWAYS, YOU'RE, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR YOU TO DENY HIM THREE DRIVEWAYS TO HIS LAND.
I'M JUST SAYING THEY'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IF IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS, LEGAL, IF IT'S ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, LEGAL ACCESS TO HIS LAND.
IF, IF IT'S A, UH, IF, IF IT'S IN, IF WE ANNEX, IF IT'S OUR NEXT ANNEX, LIKE COUNCILMAN CHRIS IS SAYING, WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS? 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION TO ANNEX IT.
Y'ALL ALREADY MAKE YOUR MIND UP.
SO WHY DIDN'T WE COME ASKED THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT? YOU DOING, YOU DOING IT BACKWARDS.
WELL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S PRESENTED TO THE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND I GUARANTEE CITY COUNCIL HASN'T TALKED ABOUT IT UNTIL IT'S DONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
WELL THEN LET'S, LET'S PUSH THIS TO A LATER DATE AFTER YOU FOLKS TALKED ABOUT IT.
WELL, BECAUSE IF WE UNDER STATE LAW, IF WE DON'T ACT ON THE APPLICATION FOR REPL WITHIN 30 DAYS, IT AUTOMATICALLY PASSES.
AND UNDER STATE LAW, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT PRIVATELY.
THEY ONLY TALK ABOUT IN, IN, IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO I GUARANTEE YOU THE CITY COUNCIL HERE HAS NOT TALKED TO EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVEN'T MADE SOME SORT OF SECRET BACK ROOM DEAL.
THEY WILL VOTE HOWEVER THEY WANT TO VOTE AS THEY SEE IT TODAY.
BUT I AGREE WITH MR. LINA, WE'RE DOING IT BACKWARDS.
ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MAYOR, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COMMENT SECTION AND WE'RE KIND OF GETTING OUTTA ORDER HERE,
SO YEAH, ANYONE ELSE FROM CITY COUNCIL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? MY ONLY COMMENT WAS IS IS THERE EVEN ROOM FOR COMPROMISING WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ONE DRIVEWAY THAT SPLITS INTO THREE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES? CAN I EVEN ASK THAT? YEAH, YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION.
THAT, THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE THEN OF HIS, IF, IF HE CAN MARKET THAT LOT, IF HE CAN BUILD THAT LOT THAT WAY OR RECONFIGURE THAT, OR IF YOU CROSS ACCESS, WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT BEFORE DOING THAT.
WELL, I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU THIS MUCH.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE SEEN THIS DRAWING AND WHERE THE PROPERTY SIT, I CAN FULLY SEE THE TRAFFIC IS ISSUES THAT IS, THAT COULD BE ALLOWED THERE JUST FROM, FROM, FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT BEFORE ANY KIND OF FINAL APPROVAL WOULD BE MADE TO BUILD ON IT.
NOW WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT AND COMPROMISE INSTEAD OF HAVING THREE DRIVEWAYS GOING UP TO THE ROAD? MY, MY INTENT WAS PUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN, UM, MY INTENT WAS TO PUT TWO
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OF THE DRIVEWAYS TO THAT SIDE.THAT WAY THEY WOULD BE COMPLETELY OFF THE, OFF THE, THE TEAMWORK WHERE IT ACTUALLY CONNECTS.
SO TWO OF THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD BE COMPLETELY OFF AND THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE.
THE ONLY ISSUE WOULD BE WITH THE ONES THAT BUTTS UP WITH MR. PALLITO'S HOUSE, WHICH MY INTENT WAS TO CALL CENTER POINT, REMOVE THE, THE LIGHT POST TO WHERE THEY WOULDN'T, THE DRIVEWAY WOULDN'T BE DIRECTLY WITH CROSSING RIGHT THERE.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO ACTUAL WAY THAT THERE, THAT ANY OF THE, THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE UP TO THE ROAD.
I DUNNO IF THAT MAKES SENSE OR YOU SPENT MUCH TIME.
I CAN DEFINITELY SEE A TRAFFIC ISSUE THERE.
YOU ONLY OWNED IT FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS.
SO THAT'S ALREADY A DARK INTERSECTION AT NIGHT.
WHY WOULD YOU REMOVE THE LIGHT BULB OUT HERE AGAIN? NO, NOT THE LIGHT POST, THE ACTUAL, THE, NOT THE LIGHT POST.
THE ACTUAL WHERE, WHERE WE GET THE POWER FROM.
YOU GET IT REMOVED AROUND SO THAT, IT'S NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO REMOVE ANY LIGHT POSTS, IT'S THAT I'M TRYING TO MOVE THE, THE ACTUAL ELECTRICITY POLE, MOVE IT TO WHERE I CAN PUT THE DRIVEWAY WHERE IT'S NOT IN A DANGEROUS PLACE AT ALL.
AND, AND IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE DID IT.
WE DID IT OVER HERE ON STREET.
THAT WAY ALL THE POWER CAN BE RUN UNDERGROUND AND YOU WOULDN'T SEE ME AS THE WIRE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL? UH, THE ONLY THING I I WOULD SAY IS, MA'AM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE YES, WE'VE SEEN IT.
IT'S JUST THAT WE CAN'T REALLY SAY MUCH OF IT UNTIL WE APPROVE THIS PROCESS.
AND AFTER WE APPROVE THIS PROCESS, IT'LL HAVE TO GO AGAINST BWA FOR THEM TO APPROVE THIS PROCESS.
B, D, D, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE COPY, THEY PUT THE FINAL PLAT AND THEN PUT AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
SO AND THEN IT HAS TO COME BACK TO US.
SO THEN THAT'S WHEN, BEFORE THEN, ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING, I CAN HAVE THE TRAFFIC, EITHER A TRAFFIC STUDY OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ON THAT ROAD.
SO TRAFFIC COMMISSION SET TO MEET, WE CAN GET, SEE IF WE CAN GET A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
TYPICALLY SPEAKING, IT DEPENDS ON THE ROAD RATING, THE WIDTH, THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD.
THOSE ALL FACTORS PLAY INTO THE ACCESS OF MANAGEMENT OR ACCESS.
LET ME, LET ME REITERATE A THING THAT THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT TO LIGHT A LITTLE, A LITTLE EARLIER.
SINCE THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE, IF WE DO NOT ACT IN 30 DAYS, IT IS AUTOMATIC BY RULE OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY GOVERNMENT, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO IF WE DON'T MAKE IT, IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION TO DIE 30 DAYS FROM NOW, IT'S APPROVED AND IN ORDER TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS TO GET IT PUBLISHED.
IT TAKES ABOUT, ABOUT ABOUT 30 DAYS, THREE TO FOUR DAYS TO, FOR THEM TO PUBLISH IT.
BUT IT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE NEXT WEEK.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT WE'RE KIND OF UNDER THE GUN BASED ON LAWS THAT WE HAVE NO, NO CONTROL OVER.
MAYOR, CAN I COMMENT ON THAT? AND I'M SORRY FOR THIS.
SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC ACTION OR NO ACTION, THAT'S STILL ACTION.
IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, IT AUTOMATICALLY TAKES PLACE IN 30 DAYS, RIGHT? AM I CONFUSED THOUGH THAT OUR ONLY ACTION IS TO APPROVE IT? NO, NO, THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON 'CAUSE WE HAD RULES.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WELL, I'M JUST, WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IF WE TABLE IT AND TRY TO RESCHEDULE IT NO, NO, I, I TOTALLY GET THAT.
I JUST, IT WAS SEEMING LIKE THAT WE HAD TO TAKE ACTION AND THE ACTION WAS GONNA BE AN AUTOMATIC APPROVED THEN I JUST VERIFYING THAT FOR MYSELF.
I IF WE TAKE NO ACTION, I, I GET IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM PREPARE CITY COUNCIL? HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE DISCUSSION AND HEAR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD WITH THE PLANS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND PROCEED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'M SECOND.
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WE HAVE A SECOND.A WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL LOOK AT SETTING A JOINT PUBLIC, I MEAN A, A WELL A MEETING ON, YOU KNOW, THIS SUBJECT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE LAW, WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCES THAT WE FOLLOW.
SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE PASSED ON TO Y'ALL.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTS OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR DENY THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING CONDITION FOR THE, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL AGUILAR TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
IT BE I GET TO DO MY JOB NOW I GET TO BREAK THE TIE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF EVERYTHING INVOLVED HERE.
I'M GONNA VOTE YES, BUT THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME STIPULATION BEFORE ANY BUILDING.
[III. ADJOURN JOINT PUBLIC HEARINGS]
CARRIED TO ADJOURN THEIR HEARING? I'D MAKE A MOTION.PLANNING IS, ZONING IS ADJOURNED.
CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE INTO THE REGULAR SESSION.
FIRST ITEM IS CITIZEN BOOSTER'S COMMENT.
[V. CONSENT AGENDA ]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUSAN BOOSTER.ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDER ROUTINE OR GENERALLY ENACT ONE MOTION.
THE EXCEPTION OF THIS RULE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED.
THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION MINUTES.
FEBRUARY 22ND, 1 24 AT 7:00 PM HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COUNCIL PERSON BOND MAKES A SECOND DISCUSSION.
ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
[VI. BUSINESS ITEMS ]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE BUSINESS ITEMS AND FIRST ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION HONORING, HONORING JOELLE VALEZ FOR HIS EFFORTS AND ACTIONS, WHICH HELPS SAVE THE LIVES OF HIS NEIGHBORS DURING THE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2020 APARTMENT FIRE AT LAKEVIEW APARTMENT.AND IT WOULD BE A CITY OF CLUTE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS WE, THE MARRIED CITY COUNCIL, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN US BY THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS, WISH TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO MR. JOEL VALEZ FOR HIS BRAVERY OF SERVICE TO HIS NEIGHBORS.
AND WHEREAS ON THE AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY, 20 TH FEBRUARY 23RD, 2024, MR. VALEZ SPR INTO ACTION CALLING 9 1 1 AND WORKING TO ALERT AND EVACUATE HIS NEIGHBORS TO A FIRE WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY DESTROY THE APARTMENT BUILDING IN WHICH HE LIVED.
AND WHEREAS HIS EFFORTS ENSURED THAT NO ONE LOST THEIR LIVES AND WERE OR WERE SEVERELY INJURED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRAGEDY, BRINGING A BRIGHT LIGHT TO AN OTHERWISE DARK DAY.
AND NOW THEREFORE, OUR CAL SHIFFLET MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF CL YOU HERE DO HEREBY PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZED THIS BRAVERY TO MR. VALEZ AND FURTHERS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TOMORROW, FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2024 AS JOEL VELEZ DAY IN THE CITY OF CL, THE WITNESS WHEREOF HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF KLU TO BE AFFIXED THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024.
SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTEST BY ROSIE PO.
BUT CITY CLERK, I THINK OUR FIRE MARSHAL AND HIS CREW HAS A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR YOU AS WELL.
MR. VALEZ, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US UP FRONT, UP HERE
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ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LOCAL FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THEON BEHALF OF THE, UH, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN JOSH, YOU A CHALLENGE.
YOU JUST A NATURAL HERO YOU DON'T NEED.
UH, I CONSIDER A MOTION TO TAKE A QUICK RECESS MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL LOPEZ BY COUNCILPERSON BOND.
WHAT ABOUT OPPOSED
I'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
OH, I, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
A MOTION BY COUNCIL VO AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR THAT WE COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
UH, NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 DASH 2024 APPROVING THE WHAT I UNDERSTAND PRELIMINARY REPL FOR MARK RODRIGUEZ FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON HOLLAND PARK AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 DASH 2024.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS APPROVING THE RE PLAT OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON HIGHLAND PARK, KLUTE, TEXAS, WHERE THE CITY ACLU THROUGH IT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW IT OR APPROVE OR DENY PLAS OF RE PLATS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TO EXTRA SHARED JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REPL PROPERTY LOCATED TO HIGHLAND PARK, LUKE, TEXAS.
WHEREAS AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION, THE PLANNING THE ZONING COMMISSION VOTED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF SAID REPL REQUEST.
WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THE REQUEST IS DULY MADE AND CONFORMS WITH ALL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR RELA NOW THEREFORE, IT BEING RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS, THAT SECTION ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF INCLUDE FINDS THAT THE FACTS WERE CITED IN THE PREAMBLE HEREOF.
SECTION TWO, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES AND REQUESTED RELA OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON HIGHLAND PARK BLUE TEXAS SECTION THREE, EFFECTIVE DATE.
THIS RESOLUTION, THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PROVISIONS, REQUIREMENTS, ORDERS, AND MATTERS ESTABLISHED AND ADOPTED HEARING SHALL TAKE EFFECT P OF FOUR FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF A PASSAGE THAT UPON EXECUTION BY THE MARRIAGE CITY SECRETARY IS SET FORTH BELOW SECTION FOUR PROPERTY NOTICE.
PROPERTY NOTICE IN THE MEETING IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED, WAS ATTENDED BY A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE TIME, PLACE, AND PURPOSE OF SAID MEETING WAS GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT COACH.
CHAPTER 5 5 1 RED PASS ADOPTED THIS FOURTH DAY OF THAT 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024, WILL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY ROSE EMPLOYMENT CITY CLERK.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE POWOW, OKAY.
IN OUR ORDINANCES, WE HAVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT AND APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT.
THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY STAGE, SO WE DON'T PASS THIS RESOLUTION YET WE JUST TAKE THE VOTE AT THE END OF THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PLANNING IS ONLY RECOMMENDATION.
YOU'LL COME BACK WITH THE FINAL AFTER V DD HAS MADE THEIR COMMENTS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I NEED A MOTION TO TABLE OUT OF B.
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MOVE.COUNCILMAN CHRIS? I SECOND COUNCILMAN.
WE'LL, ALL SECOND BOND, MS. VAUGHN.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 12 DASH 2024 FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE ANNEXATION PROCESS FOR PROPERTY ID NUMBER 1 9 1 7 7 8 LOCATED ON HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE.
THIS ONE WE DO TAKE ACTION ON, UH, WE WILL DRAFT A PRELIMINARY PLAN OF SERVICE.
I PROVIDED THAT ALREADY MR. RODRIGUEZ AND I WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO GO OVER THAT PLAN OF SERVICE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY HE WILL RECEIVE ALL SERVICES THAT THE CITY OFFERS, INCLUDING WATER, SEWER, POLICE, FIRE, EMS, ACCESS TO THE STREETS, ACCESS TO THE PARKS, ANY OTHER SOLID, SOLID WASTE.
ANY SERVICE THAT THE CITY PROVIDES THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY PROVIDE IN ANY OTHER LIFE WITHIN THE CITY IS PROVIDED TO HIM AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
AND HIS PROPERTY TAXES AND HIS PROPERTY TAXES COME TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S OUR FIRST MEETING OF APRIL.
THE RESOLUTION SETTING AT DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS, AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTED THE MERIT TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF KLUTE, TEXAS, SECTION ONE ON THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2024 AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF INCLUDE CITY HALL, THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING GIVING ALL INDUSTRY PERSONS THE RIGHT TO APPEAR TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION BY THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS.
OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY TO WIDTH BCIC DIVISION 13 LOT 3 74 A 0 0 4 9 A ACRES 2.415, SECTION TWO, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY CONCLUDE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO CAUSE SUCH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO BE PUBLISHED ONCE IN NEWSPAPER, HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE CITY AND THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TERRITORY.
NOT MORE THAN 20 DAYS, NOR LESS THAN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ACT PASSED AND APPROVED THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024.
SIGNED BY MYSELF AND I TESTIFIED BY ROSIE
AND AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO UNILATERALLY ANNEX.
AND THIS STARTS THE PROCESS UP.
THIS, THIS SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ANNEXATION.
NOW WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN ANOTHER ONE AT THAT, AT THE ORDINANCE ADOPTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GIVE ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AND ALL JURISDICTIONS RIGHT.
HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE, THE ROAD IF, IF THE CITY IS GONNA TAKE THAT PROPERTY? DOES, DOES THE ROADS STILL BELONG TO THE COUNTY OR, OR THE, UH, NO.
OUR, OUR, OUR JURISDICTION END AT THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD CONTINUE NOW PAST THAT POINT TO THE END OF HIS PROPERTY.
AND IT WOULD BE THE BOUNDARIES OF HIS PROPERTY.
WE WOULD NOT BE TAKING IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
I GUESS WE CAN'T ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS NOW UNTIL AFTER, UNTIL THE UH RIGHT.
I WILL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ANNEXATION AND THE PROCESS.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU CAN ANSWER, I MEAN, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THE, THE, THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THIS IS NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, WELL, I'LL KEEP MY QUESTIONS TILL THEN.
I HAVE A MOTION TO BY COUNCIL AGUILAR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 12 DASH 2024.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? YOU HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL PERSON BOND MAKES A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING DONE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 13 DASH 2024 PROVEN AND CONTRACT WITH THE BRAZORIA COUNTY HISPANIC LINE CLUB FOR THEIR GIVE BACK FESTIVAL.
BE HELD ON MARCH 15TH THROUGH 16TH 2024 AT THE MUNICIPAL PARK.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 13 DASH 2024.
THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CL, TEXAS APPROVING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BRAZORIA COUNTY HISPANIC LINES CLUB FOR THE USE OF THE KLUTE MUNICIPAL PARK FOR THE GIVEBACK FESTIVAL BE HOSTED THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 15TH THROUGH 17TH 2024.
WHEREAS THE BRAZORIA COUNTY HISPANIC LINES CLUB HAS REQUESTED USE OF THE KLU PARK AND CERTAIN STAFF AND EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO HOST THE GIVEBACK FESTIVAL UNDER RENT BY THE GENEROSITY OF CLUT ON JD SILVA, ESQUIRE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY AND THE B-C-H-L-C HAVE AGREED TO A PLAN FOR SECURITY, SANITATION, AND MAINTENANCE IN THE FORMAL AGREEMENT HERE UNTO ATTACH NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY
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OF KLUT, TEXAS, THAT THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BRAZORIA COUNTY HISPANIC CHAMBER FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE CLU MUNICIPAL PARK.WELL, IS IT THE LAND CLUB OR THE CHAMBER? IT'S THE LIONS CLUB.
SORRY FOR THE, THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
YES, BY THE, BETWEEN THE CITY OF CLU AND BRAZORIA COUNTY HISPANIC LIONS CLUB FOR THE UTILIZATION OF CLU MUNICIPAL PARK FACILITIES AND CERTAIN STAFF AND EQUIPMENT RELATED TO THE HOSTING OF THE GIVE BACK FESTIVAL ON MARCH 15TH THROUGH THE 17TH 2024.
AND IT'S HEREBY APPROVED READ PAST, AND ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, AND IT IS SIGNED BY MYSELF AND IT TESTED BY ROSA
WE ONCE AGAIN APPRECIATE THE GENEROSITY OF MR. SILVA AND THE EFFORT FROM MR. ADAMS AND THE, UH, THE LIONS CLUB TO PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
I DID WANT TO, UH, LANDIS, UH, BEFORE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON THE FORMAL CONTRACT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT STARING DOWN THE BARREL WITH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT THIS WEEKEND.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A KILLER LINEUP OF MUSIC.
UM, CHIEF FITCH WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF THINGS GET TOO HAIRY.
WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER INCIDENT LIKE WE HAD IN THE FALL WHERE WE HAD A YOUNG MAN IN INJURED DUE TO A WIND EVENT.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA DEFER TO CHIEF WHEN WE MAKE THE CALL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO PAUSE THINGS, ASK EVERYBODY TO SHELTER IN PLACE, STOP ADMITTING FOLKS INTO THE PARK OR SHUT DOWN ALTOGETHER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
I MOTION BY COUNCILMAN NLAR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 13 DASH 2024 WITH THE CORRECTION.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 14 DASH 2024 APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY.
IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 14 DASH 2024.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF KLU, TEXAS APPROVED IN ADOPTING THE LIVABLE STUDY CENTER AS THE FUNDAMENTAL VISITING DOCUMENT FOR THE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROJECTS.
WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF KLU, TEXAS DID PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZE AND FUND THE CREATION OF A LIVABLE STUDIES LIVABLE CENTER STUDY UNDER THE HGAC AND TECH STOP FUNDING SOURCES GUIDELINES.
AND WHEREAS THE STUDY DREW FEEDBACK DATA FOR MORE THAN 1500 RESPONDENTS TO SURVEYS ABOUT WAYS KLU COULD BE IMPROVED.
AND WHEREAS THE STUDY INTEGRATED AS MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION INTO ITS VISION AS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THOSE, PROVIDING THAT WISHES TO RECOGNIZE THOSE, PROVIDING THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO THANK OUR PARTNERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AS WELL AS PARTNERS AT HDAC, AT T DOC, AND THE CONSULTING TEAM FROM KEVIN SLOAN STUDIOS AND GAP STRATEGIES FOR THEIR TIME, DEDICATION, DILIGENCE, AND EXPERTISE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY WANTS TO COMMEMORATE AND ENSHRINE THIS STUDY AS THE BASIS AND VISION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE NOW THEY'RE FOR BEING RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY KLU, TEXAS, THAT FIRST INCLUDE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY ATTACHED HERE TOO IS HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF LOO.
AND SECOND THAT THIS STUDY SHALL SERVE AS AN ADVISORY AND VISIONING VISIONING DOCUMENT AND THE BASIS FOR FUTURE POLICY ADOPTION IS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE CITY GOING FORWARD.
AND THIRD, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY EXPRESS HIS THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO OUR PARTNERS AT H-G-A-C-T, OUR CONSULTANTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR VOLUNTEER STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND OTHERS WHO PROVIDED INVALUABLE GUIDANCE IN THE FORMATION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
THIS RESOLUTION DULY PASSED THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024.
I'LL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ATTESTED BY MENT TO THE CLERK.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO WE BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR, SECONDED BY I'LL SECOND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ DISCUSSION WHERE WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FIRST, OR, UH, YEAH, IF WE COULD MAYOR, OR IF YOU WANT TO NOT GO THROUGH IT, WE, I HAD PREPARED A THREE HOUR PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL.
NO, UH, I'LL TRY AND MAKE IT VERY, VERY QUICK.
UH, AND MY APOLOGIES IF YOU CUT IT DOWN TO ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
I'LL TRY AND CUT IT DOWN TO TWO MINUTES.
UH, THIS PROCESS, WE STARTED ACTUALLY BACK BEFORE COVID STARTED, WE SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND, UH, I FORGOT TO NOT AUTOMATE THIS.
UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT REALLY FAST.
UH, WE DID HAVE FEEDBACK FROM MORE THAN 1,521,
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UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, TO OUR SURVEY WORK.UH, THAT'S MORE THAN 10% OF THE POPULATION, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH, THAT'S MORE THAN VOTES.
THAT'S MORE THAN FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY VOTE.
AND SO, UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE, TO USE THIS AS A MEANS TO DEVELOP TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IS A TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A MAJOR THIRD FAIR PLAN.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND TWO, BRING THE TWO SIDES OF CLUE AND DEVELOP AN URBAN CORE.
NOW, SOME MIGHT SAY THAT THE MARKETPLACE AT WOOD SHORE KIND OF ACHIEVED THAT, BUT NOT REALLY.
WHAT WE WANT IS SOMETHING THAT'S WALKABLE THAT'S IN THE OLDER SIDE OF TOWN, AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE NEW SIDE OF TOWN IS PAYING BACK THE OLD SIDE BY DEVELOPING THIS URBAN CORE AND THIS VISION FOR THE CITY.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE WORKED THROUGH, I THINK IT WAS FIVE, SIX INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS.
WE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS.
UH, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO USE THIS AS THE BASIS FOR WHICH WE THEN SPRINGBOARD INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH THEN BEGETS US OUR SUBDIVISION UNDER THE REVISED SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND A REVISED ZONING AND LAND USE ORDINANCE.
AND SO THE GOAL HERE, UH, THESE ARE THE PLACE MAKING, AND I WISH I COULD PAUSE THIS SOMEHOW.
CAN I PAUSE THIS? I THINK YOU COULD WITH THE OTHER AMOUNT.
CHECK THAT OUT'S MY, UH, CHAD, EPT, UH, ALL CREDIT DUE, UH, BUT BASED YORK CITY WASN IT.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THIS, WELL, CAN YOU PAUSE IT? OH, YEP.
SO, UH, WE IDENTIFIED TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE OLDER PART OF TOWN.
ONE BEING THAT CORNER AT THE PLANTATION IN MAINE, THE OTHER BEING UP HERE AROUND SHANKS LAKE.
UH, AS POTENTIAL FOR URBAN CORE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF THE CA PROPERTY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THEY OWN THAT EASTERN SIDE OF THE LAKE.
UH, WE SAT DOWN AND SHOWED THEM THIS PLAN BEFORE IT WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED.
UH, THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND HAVE AGREED NOW TO SELL THAT TO THE CITY.
AND SO, UH, IN A FEW MINUTES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ADOPT FOR THE EDC, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THAT PURCHASE TO GO THROUGH.
UH, WE'VE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO MR. SOLIS ABOUT THE WESTERN HALF.
UH, WE, WE HAVE A VISION HERE THAT WOULD INCLUDE PARKLAND, UH, AN OPEN AIR MARKET, UH, THAT WE COULD HAVE MARKET DAYS AND TRADING, TRADING DAYS, UH, ACCESS TO THE LAKE ITSELF, AND THEN REDIVIDE AND REDEFINE THE HOUSING THAT'S ON THAT SITE.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO CARRY RY STREET THROUGH TO PROVIDE FOR BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UH, AND SO WE WANTED TO CLEAR, ARTICULATE A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT VISION OF WHAT IT IS WE WANT.
UH, THAT'S THE WAY IT, THE LAKE LOOKS NOW.
AND THIS IS JUST A RENDERING AND AN IDEA OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD.
MAYBE IT'S A REALLY SLOW TRANSITION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY EVERYTHING ELSE WAS SO FAST.
UH, BUT BASICALLY LAYING OUT THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPEN AIR FARMERS MARKET.
WE HAVE A PLACE FOR FOLKS TO COME TOGETHER SUPER AND, AND HOPEFULLY MAINLY ONE DAY HAVE, UH, PERMANENT RETAIL AND PERMANENT RESTAURANTS IN THAT LOCATION.
LIKEWISE, WE'VE TALKED WITH THE OWNERSHIP, UH, AROUND THE, THE AREA AROUND, UH, PLANTATION AND MAIN STREET.
WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN TO CARRY THAT THROUGH AND DEVELOP ADDITIONAL RETAIL, UH, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, ELTORO IS A REGIONAL MAGNET.
AND WHEN THEY HIT THAT OVERFLOW TIME, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PART FOR FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK, FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO EAT, UH, AND INCREASE OUR, OUR PROPERTY AND SALES TAX.
THAT'S THE PART THAT EVERYBODY LOVES.
THE GEEKY, NERDY PART THAT I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE STUFF THAT RELATES TO THE CIP AND TO THE REVISION OF THE WAY WE DO STREETS.
AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE INITIAL STEP.
AFTER WE ADOPT THIS PLAN, WE'RE GONNA USE THIS AS THE BASIS TO COME BACK AND REDO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE'LL ADOPT NEW LAND USE REGULATIONS, UH, NEW TRAFFIC FLOW REGULATIONS, AND REDEFINE REALLY WHAT CLUED IS GOING FORWARD.
AND GET US OUT OF THE MODE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE STUCK WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT DOESN'T QUITE FIT US AND GET US INTO A MODE THAT'S GONNA GIVE US FLEXIBILITY MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS.
EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND WORKED ON THIS, UH, HGAC HAD HOPED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT THEY GOT CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC AND WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO, UH, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE.
THERE'S ONE THING I WILL MENTION.
UH, SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE'VE GOT A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EH, LOOK AT THAT.
UH, NO, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE, UH, ALSO SPRINGBOARDING OFF OF THE SUCCESS WITH IT.
TXDOT, UH, WILL AUTHORED A REALLY GREAT APPLICATION FOR THE TECH TRANSITION, UH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT THROUGH TDOT.
AND THAT WILL HELP US NOW PLAN FUTURE PROJECTS, UH, ALONG 2 88 AND 3 32, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE POSSIBLY ADDING SOME PEDESTRIAN, UH, FACILITIES ALONG THOSE ROUTES TO GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.
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AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE FATALITIES ON 2 88 B, WE'VE HAD SOME NEAR MISSES ON THREE ON DIXIE AND 3 32.THIS WOULD HOPEFULLY GET THEM OUT OF TRAFFIC AND ALSO HELP US REDEFINE THOSE CORRIDORS.
UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHERE THE HEART OF THE CITY WAS.
WE WANNA BRING THE HEART OF THE CITY IN, BUT WE STILL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE CITY BENEFITS FROM THIS PLAN.
WHICH LEADS ME TO THE NEXT THING.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT, UH, FOR ABOUT 20% OF TOTAL COST, UH, HGAC, AND, AND TDOT KICKED IN THE OTHER 80.
I THOUGHT ONCE WE HAD THIS ONE, AND I KICKED MYSELF AFTER WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION IN, BECAUSE WE MADE THE STUDY AREA SO SMALL, IT'S ABOUT 1.38, THREE MILES SQUARE, UH, SURROUNDING DOWNTOWN AND GOING BACK TOWARDS 3 32.
UH, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE, BECAUSE WE HAD, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO THAT THE, THE PLANNERS WERE LOOKING AT AND WANTING TO DO THAT WOULD'VE EXTENDED OUT BEYOND THAT AREA, THAT AREA.
UH, I WAS INFORMED A FEW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE TO APPLY AGAIN TO DO THIS SAME PROCESS FOR THE AREA OUTSIDE SO WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IF WE, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
SO, UH, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL BEGIN THE PLAN OF FINANCE FOR COMPLETION OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS BEGINNING IN THE 24 25 CYCLE THAT'S LAYING OUT A GROUNDWORK THAT'S NOT, THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE GONNA BE FUNDING.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING TOGETHER A BOND, BUT IT'S GONNA MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA START LAYING OUT WHAT ARE THE FEASIBILITY COSTS? WHAT'S THIS ACTUALLY GONNA COST US TO MAKE THESE VISIONS A REALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND SO, UH, IT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING.
I, I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS EXCITED IN A LONG TIME, AS YOU GUYS COULD TELL, I'M OVER HERE TRYING NOT TO DO MY HAPPY DANCE.
YEAH, BILLY, A COMMENT, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THE CEMETERY THAT'S ON THE BANK OF THAT LAKE CHASE LAKE? UH, WE HAVE TO PRESERVE IT.
WE HAVE TO BUILD AROUND IT AND WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DISTURB IT.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, WELL, NO, IF YOU GO TO THE CITY, THE CITY, UH, IN THE MATTING SHANKS, UH, LADDER, IT'S IN THERE AND IT DESCRIBES THE CEMETERY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO PRESERVE, AND WE'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION WITH OUR HAZMAT GRANT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TO DO 1300 LINEAR FEET OF CORE WORK ALONG THE DITCHES ON PLANTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T INTERRUPT ENSLAVED PEOPLE'S GRAVES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HAZMAT PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MESS WITH THOSE.
ONCE WE FIND A CEMETERY THAT'S IN SITU, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REALLY MESS WITH IT.
WE CAN SEQUESTER IT, WE CAN BUILD AROUND IT, BUT WE CAN'T INTERRUPT IT.
IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS THAT DON'T PAY FOR ANY OF THIS? YES.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER BEAUTY OF THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THIS AS THE SPRINGBOARD TO GET THE TA GRANT FROM TDOT.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR GRANTS AND ALSO SOME PUBLIC SECTOR CDBG FUNDING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AVAIL OURSELVES NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA GO GRAB SOME FIRST AID FOR THE MAYOR, SO, NAH, I'M GOOD.
I GOT BAD DAYS IN MY BILL PHONE.
JUST AS LONG AS WE DON'T NEED A TOURNIQUET, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, NO QUESTIONS FOR ME.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA SAY THIS IS, I'VE READ THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAN.
UH, I DO WANT SAY THANK YOU TO CJ TO WILL, WILL, WILL WAS HERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WENT, WENT, HE WENT TO GET BANDAID.
BUT, UH, CJ WILL, AND THE REST OF OUR STAFF THAT'S, THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COST OF THE PROJECT, THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THE MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING.
UH, I THINK EVERY TWO WEEKS I WAS IN CJ'S OFFICE ASKING WHERE, WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROJECT? UH, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, IT GIVES US A VISION AND IT GIVES US, UM, SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS TOO.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD COLLEGE PARK AND WE'VE HAD WOOD SHORE AND WE'VE HAD THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
WE'VE BEEN ADDING MORE HOMES IN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT'S COMING IN.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LIKE CA SAID, WE'LL BUDGET FOR THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD.
UM, I MEAN THROUGHOUT MANY YEARS, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN FIVE YEARS.
IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN IN 10 YEARS, BUT WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA START THE PROCESS.
AND, UH, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF NOT ONLY US UP HERE THAT STARTED THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO THE STAFF.
I MEAN, THE STAFF HAD TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS AND EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.
WELL, THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US GET THIS OPPORTUNITY ROLLING.
LIKE I SAID, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, I GUESS THAT KIND OF SEGUES, I GUESS WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT ITEM.
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I READ IT, DID IT? YES, SIR.OH, WE DID HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YEAH, WE DID HAVE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 DASH 2024, APPROVING A REQUEST AND INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER CORPORATION TO AMEND THE BUDGET FOR PROPOSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 DASH 2024.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY D COUNCIL OF CITY COURT, TEXAS APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2023.
2024 OPERATED BUDGET ALLOTTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY.
WHEREAS THE INCLUDE EDC AND THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY YEARS TO PROCURE CERTAIN STRATEGIC PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE INCLUDE EDC ADOPTED A BUDGET THAT INCLUDED A LINE ITEM FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION WITH A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF 220,000, WHEREAS CLUE DDC IS FORMERLY REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN THIS AMOUNT, IN THIS LINE ITEM TO A MAXIMUM OF $450,000 TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO PROCURE CERTAIN STRATEGIC PROPERTIES, WHICH IN TURN WILL ENHANCE THE CITY OVERALL ECONOMIC HEALTH.
WHEREAS THE CITY FINDS THAT THE CL DDDC HAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE CASH RESERVE TO INCREASE THIS LINE ITEM TO THE REQUESTED AMOUNT.
NOW, THEREFORE, BEING RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY INCLUDE TEXAS, THERE IS ADEQUATE ECONOMIC INTEREST IN THE CITY'S PART.
AND ADEQUATE FUNDING INCLUDE EDCS CASH RESERVES TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED REQUEST.
THEREFORE, THE CITY MANAGER FINANCE MANAGER MAY INCREASE THE EDC BUDGET BY $230,000, UTILIZING EDCS CASH RESERVES.
AND FURTHER, THAT SAID, FUNDS ARE TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO UPON LINE ITEM OH SIX DASH 400 DASH 4 9 9 OH RESULTING IN A LINE ITEM TOTAL OF 450,000 FOR THE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2023.
2024 READ PASSED AND APPROVED AS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024.
SIGNED BY MYSELF AND I TESTIFIED, WROTE THE APPOINTMENT, CITY CLERK.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS TO PROCURE THE PROPERTY.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROPERTY ISN'T REFLECTED IN THAT FINAL BOTTOM LINE.
WE WANTED TO GIVE OURSELVES SOME EXPLORATORY WIGGLE ROOM ON A COUPLE OTHER PIECES.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE MOTION? YES, SIR.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 DASH 2024.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 16 DASH 2024.
CREATED A LOCAL CENTER'S DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS TO FOLLOW AT A LATER DATE, AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 16 DASH 2024.
THE RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CL TEXAS APPROVING THE CREATION OF A LIVABLE CENTER'S DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE, WHERE THE CITY
AND WHEREAS A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN CALLS FOR COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE PARKS BOARD, THE EDC AND OTHER BODIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.
WHEREAS THE SUCCESS ALSO RELIES ON THE WORK OF CHAMPIONS TO HELP PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND BUY-IN WHEREAS CITY COUNCILS, THE CITY OF CLU, FINDS THE ABOVE RECITALS TO BE TRUE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PLU TEXAS, THAT A LIVABLE CENTER DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE IS HEREBY CREATED.
FURTHER, THAT SAID, BODY SHALL BE MADE UP OF SEVEN MEMBERS WITH ONE MEMBER BEING APPOINTED FROM CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE PARKS BOARD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD RESPECTIVELY.
AND THAT REMAINING THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE VOLUNTEERS REPRESENTING VARIOUS COMMUNITY INTERESTS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL.
AS SUCH, APPOINTEES APPOINTMENTS
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SHALL BE MADE AT A LATER DATE UPON THE RECEIPT OF NOMINATIONS FROM THE ENTITIES AND EXPRESSED INTEREST TO VOLUNTEERS, READ PAST THE ADOPTED, THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 WILL BE SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE TESTIFIED ROADS APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.UH, SO I BROUGHT THIS, UH, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND, UH, THE TIME THAT WE'VE GONE, IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WHOLE THING.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS MASTER PLANS IN PLACE, AND WE'VE DONE PROJECTS LIKE THIS OF SOME SORTS AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE REASON THAT I BROUGHT THIS, AND LET ME READ THIS, UH, FIRST THAT WE'VE AL THAT, UH, I'VE WRITTEN UP.
CJ HAS, UH, PUT PUT HIS INPUT IN AS WELL.
SO THIS, UH, THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THIS BOARD THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IS THE LIVABLE CENTERS SLASH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A VIBRANT AND THRIVING COMMUNITY CORE THAT SERVES US AS THE HEART OF KLUT.
OUR MISSION IS TO STRATEGICALLY PLAN, COLLABORATE, AND IMPLEMENT INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE THE DOWNTOWN AREA, CREATING A DYNAMIC AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS ALIKE.
THIS BOARD, UM, AS WRITTEN, I'VE MADE IT TO WHERE, OR WE'VE, UH, MADE IT TO WHERE IT'S COMMITTED TO, UH, SEVEN SECTIONS, ECONOMIC VITALITY, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, PUBLIC SPACES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY.
UM, THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND A COMMITMENT TO WELLBEING OF OUR DOWNTOWN, WE ASPIRE TO CREATE A DYNAMIC URBAN CENTER THAT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT THIS BOARD, UH, WHAT I, THE VISION THAT I HAVE FOR IT IS TO KEEP, TO KEEP IT MOVING, TO KEEP THE CONTINUITY OF IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE THIS PLAN AND THAT WE WORK ON THE PLAN.
UH, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHERE, UH, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DO THIS, BUT I'VE SEEN IT AT A LOT OF LOVE, A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHERE, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A MASTER PLAN DONE, AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO TIME SPENT ON IT, THERE'S NO ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THIS IS THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I CAME ONTO CITY COUNCIL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I GOT TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL WAIT YOUR TURN.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE YOUR TIME SOON.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CREATING NOW IS GONNA BE FOR MAYBE EVEN MY KIDS TO COME.
SO I HOPE THAT, UH, OUR FELLOW, MY COLLEAGUES WILL SEE IT AS THE SAME.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOARD OR, UH, THE VISION FOR THE BOARD, JUST YOU CAN ASK AWAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE RESOLUTIONS? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE OUT LOPEZ.
I HOPE I SEE SOME OF IT IN MY LIFETIME.
AND AGAIN, WHAT, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'LL SAY IS AGAIN, AND I'LL, AND I'LL CONTINUE GRABBING ON THIS, IS A, A THANKS TO CJ TO WILL AND THE STAFF FOR, I MEAN, MAKING THIS WHOLE THING POSSIBLE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, IT'S A, WHAT, 15, 16 YEAR PROGRAM? YEAH.
WE'VE, WE'VE LAID OUT A, IT'S A ACTUALLY ALMOST A 20 YEAR PROGRAM ONE YEAR.
AND YOU VISUALLY YOU GET TO SEE YOUR CONCEPTS.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, ALL IT TAKES IS MONEY AND THAT, THAT'S THE HARD PART.
GETTING EVERYTHING APPROPRIATE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 17 DASH 2024, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED BYLAWS.
AND I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS A LITTLE SHORT PART WITH A RESOLUTION NUMBER 17 DASH 1 24.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY INCLUDE TEXAS APPROVE RIVER BUSINESS INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CORPORATE BYLAW CORPORATION BYLAWS, WHEREAS THE CITY OF INCLUDE
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH AT 20 20 44.WHEREAS AS KEEPING WITH, WITH THE COURSE OF BUSINESS, THE BOARD DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND ADOPT REVISION BY TO THE BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION.
AND WHEREAS THE REVISIONS WERE ADOPTED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT BY THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF CL FINDS THE ABOVE RECITALS TO BE TRUE NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY INCLUDE TEXAS, THAT THE REVISED BYLAWS FOR THE INCLUDE CITY OF INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ATTACHED HERE TO AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING ARE HEREBY APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
READ PAST AND ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024.
AND THERE WAS A TOTAL OF WHAT? LIKE THREE CHANGES, THREE MINOR CHANGES.
WE, UH, NOTED THAT THE MONTH OF MARCH WOULD BE THE MONTH FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING.
WE MADE A COUPLE OF VERNACULAR CHANGES TO THE TITLE FOR THE ROLES.
OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING ELSE HAS STAYED THE SAME.
YEAH, I THINK THAT ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS SAID, NOT NOTIFICATION BY FAX.
RIGHT? NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE FAX MACHINES ANYMORE.
I THINK THEY ADDED EMAILS WE ADDED.
WE'VE JUMPED INTO THE 21ST CENTURY BY ADDING A NOTIFICATION BY EMAIL NOW FOR THE, UH, FOR THE EDC.
SO, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE A FAX, WE STILL HAVE A FUNCTIONAL FAX MACHINE, AND WE'LL TRY AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
HEARING NONE ALL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 DASH 2024 APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL SWAT TEAM CITY INCLUDE RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 DASH 2024 APPOINTING MEMBER TO THE SWAT TEAM EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL.
WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS MEMBERS TO THE SWAT TEAM EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL AND WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL CITY DESIRES TO FILL TWO VACANT POSITIONS NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KLU, MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS.
FIRST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF KLU DOES HEREBY APPOINT JOHN GOON AND TAMMY YOUNG TO FILL THE VACANT POSITIONS ON THE SWAT TEAM EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL RED PASS AND APPROVED THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024 AD SIGNED BY MYSELF AND ROSIE 20 CITY CLERK.
YOU GOT WILLING VICTIMS, I MEAN, VOLUNTEERS.
THEY, UH, THEY WORKED WITH US LAST SUMMER AND WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE FESTIVAL AND THEN VOLUNTEERED TO DO FULL ONBOARD AFTER, AFTER EXPERIENCING
YEAH, I I THOUGHT I REMEMBER JOHNNY'S NAME ON THERE LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE WITH US, BUT THIS, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO ACTUALLY FORMALLY THEY, THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING SINCE BEFORE LAST SUMMER.
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 18 DASH 2024.
JUST LOOK AT HEARING NONE ALL VOTE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 19 DASH 2024 FOR THE MISSOURI COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE TO RENEW THIS PLAN PERIODICALLY.
I'LL LET YOU USE IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 19 DASH 2024.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF INCLUDE ADOPTING THE 2023 MISSOURI COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
NO, NO, I, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF INCLUDE RECOGNIZES THE THREAT THAT NATURAL HAZARD POSES TO PEOPLE AND PROPERTY WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION.
WHEREAS THE CITY CLUE HAS PRIOR A MULTI HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, HEREBY KNOWN AS 2023 MISSOURI COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND THE ACCORD FOR FEDERAL LAWS AND INCLUDING THE ROBERT T. STAFFORD DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT AS AMENDED.
THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 1968 AS AMENDED TO THE NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM ACT AS AMENDED.
WHEREAS 2023 MISSOURI COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IDENTIFIES MITIGATION GOALS AND ACCIDENTS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE LONG-TERM RISKS TO PEOPLE AND PROPERTY AND THE JURISDICTION FROM THE IMPACTS OF FUTURE HAZARDS AND DISASTERS.
WHEREAS ADOPTION BY THE CITY OF CL DEMONSTRATES ITS COMMITMENTS.
IT HAS BEEN MITIGATION AND ACHIEVING GOALS OUTLINED IN THE 2023 MISSOURI COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY, CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, THAT THE CITY, CITY OF CL ADOPTS 2023 BRAZORIA COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
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TO THE CITY OF CLUTE MAY REQUIRE REVISIONS TO MEET THE PLAN APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS, CHANGES OCCURRING AFTER ADOPTION WILL NOT REQUIRE THE CITY TO OP ANY FURTHER ITERATIONS OF THE PLAN.SUBSEQUENT PLAN UPDATES FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL PERIOD FOR THIS PLAN WILL REQUIRE SEPARATE ADOPTION RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2024.
SIGNED BY MYSELF IN THE TESTIMONY BY ROAD AT
WILL CAN EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENTIATION ON THE DATE, JUST IF YOU WOULD, REAL QUICK.
SO, FEMA REQUIRES EACH CITY AND COUNTY TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE AND HAVE IT REVIEWED AND UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, THE LAST PLAN WE ARE A PART OF WAS THE 2018 PLAN.
WE WORKED ALL THROUGH LAST YEAR, 2023 TO, TO START THIS NEW PLAN FOR THE COUNTY OR TO UPDATE THE OLD ONE.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN SITTING AT FEMA I THINK SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT THE 23 DATE ON IT.
THEY JUST GOT THE APPROVAL LAST MONTH ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
SO NOW EACH CITY, THERE'S 20 OR 17 I BELIEVE CITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT WE ALL WORK UNDER THE SAME PLAN.
WE'RE ALL RESOLUTE CITY, SO WE ALL DO THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT IT.
UM, WE HAVE FEMA'S PRELIMINARY APPROVAL, THIS RESOLUTION, ONCE THEY COME IN FROM ALL THE OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY, WE'LL GO BACK TO FEMA AND GENERATE THE FINAL APPROVAL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE A YEAR BEHIND, BUT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SITTING WITH FEMA SINCE 2023.
SO IT'LL BE COME UP AGAIN IN 2028 TO BE UPDATED AND READOPTED.
MOVED BY COUNCIL PER SECONDED BY I'LL SECOND.
ANY ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR A AYE, IT'S UNANIMOUS.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 TO SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE PROPOSED BY CENTER POINTING ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC, L-L-C-C-E-H-E FOR 90 DAYS IN ITS APPLICATION TO INCREASE RATE AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN THE COALITION OF CITIES KNOWN AS THE TEXAS CO, TEXAS COAST UTILITIES COALITION OF CITIES AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN PROCEEDINGS AT THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE HIRE OF ATTORNEY AND A CONSULTANT AND REQUIRING REIMBURSEMENT OF REASONABLE LEGAL AND CONSULTANT EXPENSES AND, AND REQUIRING CEHE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICE.
AND I'M JUST GONNA READ THE CAPTION ON THIS AND IT BASICALLY SAYS THE SAME THING, BUT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 RESOLUTION BY THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS CITY SUSPENDED THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 90 DAYS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RATE INCREASE FILING MADE ON OR ABOUT MARCH 6TH, 2024 BY CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN A COALITION OF CITIES KNOWN AS THE TEXAS COACH UTILITIES COALITION OF CITIES AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN PROCEEDINGS AT THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE HIRING AND ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS REQUIRING REIMBURSEMENT OF REASONABLE LEGAL AND CONSULTING FEES, REQUIRING PROOF OF NOTICE FINDING THAT THE MEETING COMPLIES WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND MADE AND OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT IN DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 1 24.
SO MOVED, MOVED BY COUNCIL PERSON BOND SECOND BY COUNCIL.
AND THIS IS JUST LEGAL JUMBO TO THIS IS PART OF THE EXTEND AT 90 DAYS.
THIS IS PART OF THE DANCE WE DO.
I WOULD NOTE THAT IF YOU RECALL, WE JUST DID THIS IN THE SUMMER, UH, CENTER POINT DECIDED, UH, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE, THE FEEDBACK THEY WERE GETTING FROM THE PUC.
AND SO THEY HAVE REORGANIZED THEMSELVES YET AGAIN, CONSOLIDATING DISPARATE REGIONS INTO A CONSOLIDATED REGION.
SO HOUSTON USED TO BE ONE REGION.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS USED TO BE A REGION, GULF COAST USED TO BE A REGION.
NOW THEY'RE ALL PART OF WHAT THEY CALL THE SOUTH TEXAS DIVISION OF CENTER POINT ENERGY.
AND SO THIS BASICALLY LETS US CONTINUE IN THE TCUC, LET THEM CONTINUE TO REPRESENT US AT THE PUC AS THEY CONTINUE TO TRY AND GET THE, UH, INCREASE THE RATE INCREASES AND THE TARIFF INCREASES THAT THEY'RE SEEKING.
IF THEY GET THE RATE INCREASE, THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US A FRANCHISE FEE INCREASE.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD COME ABOUT? YEAH.
I MEAN, ISN'T THAT EVEN WORSE? I MEAN, IF THERE, IF IF IT'S THAT BIG OF A REGION, THEN I MEAN, HOW DO YOU I, UH, I I WILL SAY THAT, UH, OUR, UM, THEY HAD SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER IN THE PAST YEAR AND SO IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FINDING, UH, REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, WE DO NOW HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT WILL, UH, I'VE GOT A CELL
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PHONE NUMBER.IT'S NOT EXACTLY HIS JOB TO HANDLE OPERATIONAL STUFF, BUT HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR US AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN.
BUT YEAH, YOU WOULD THINK IF THEY'RE GENERATING THIS MORE, MUCH MORE MONEY AND, AND SENDING RECORD DIVIDENDS THAT OUR FRANCHISEES MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO UP.
SO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
[VII. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS ]
NEXT ITEM WILL BE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.UH, MUNICIPAL PARK, EASTER EGG HUNT.
MARCH 28TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 11TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM PAM FESTIVAL AT THE CLARION THEATER SATURDAY, APRIL THE 13TH, 2024, STARTING AT NOON AND GOING UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THURSDAY, APRIL THE 25TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM AND MAYOR, COULD I GIVE A COUPLE OF DETAILS ABOUT BAM? UM, UH, FILM KEEPS DEVELOPING YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I WAS AT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHORT ANIMATION, SHORT FILM AND ANIMATION BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THE TEXAS UIL HAS COMPETITION STATEWIDE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS.
UM, UH, MOSTLY IN START OUT IN DALLAS AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE VALLEY ARE THE SCHOOLS THAT DID THOSE TYPE OF COMPETITIONS.
BUT IT'S BEEN DEVELOPING MORE AND MORE IN THE HOUSTON AREA IN THE, IN THE MOST, MORE RECENT YEARS.
UH, I WENT TO THE STATE, UH, UH, COMPETITION STATE FINALS IN AUSTIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
UH, MADE GOOD CONTACTS WITH THE FOLKS AT UIL.
THE PRIOR PERSON THAT RAN THE FESTIVAL DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP BAM, BUT NOW THEY HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR AND THEY'RE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HELPING TO PROMOTE BAM, STATEWIDE, STATEWIDE THROUGH UIL.
SO I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL, UM, GIVE US BENEFITS, UH, PROBABLY MORE NEXT YEAR THAN THAN THIS YEAR.
ALSO, UH, TALK TO THE FOLKS AT TEXAS A AND M.
TEXAS A AND M RIGHT NOW HAS THE BEST ANIMATION PROGRAM IN THE STATE, AND MOST OF THEIR ANIMATION IS RELATED TO ENGINEERING, UH, NOT CARTOONS.
AND YOU SEE ANIMATION, YOU THINK CARTOONS.
UH, THE, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENT RECRUITMENT, THE PERSON AT A AND M THAT'S IN CHARGE OF TRYING TO GET THE BEST STUDENTS TO COME TO TEXAS A AND M IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BAM AND WILL BE HERE IN PERSON.
THEY SAID THEY WANT TO USE THE BAM FESTIVAL TO TRY TO RECRUIT ANIMATION STUDENTS TO GO TO THEIR PROGRAM AT TEXAS A AND M.
I ALSO HAVE A PROFESSOR FROM, NOT TO BE OUTDONE, I HAVE A PROFESSOR FROM UT THAT'S COMING, UH, JUDGING AND GIVE WORKSHOPS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE VIDEO GAMES WITH ANIMATION.
SO THE AND M PROGRAM IS MOSTLY FOR ENGINEERING.
THE UT PROGRAM IS MOSTLY FOR CARTOONS AND ENTERTAINMENT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE THE FOLKS FROM, UH, SAM HOUSTON STATE WILL BE HERE AGAIN, UH, THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE FESTIVAL BEGINS AROUND NOON EACH YEAR IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, WE USUALLY MOSTLY HAVE THE WORKSHOPS AND THE THINGS FOR THE, FOR STUDENTS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY, UH, FOLKS THERE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
'CAUSE A, MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT DO THIS ARE FAR AWAY.
SO LIKE DALLAS AND THERE'S SEVERAL HOURS.
AND SO THEY USUALLY DON'T ARRIVE TILL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
BUT THE FINALS FROM SIX TO NINE IS, THAT'S WHEN ALL THE BEST VIDEOS COME UP.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE ASK EVERYBODY TO, IT'S FREE ADMISSION.
COME SIX TO NINE, SEE THE FINALS, SEE THE BEST ANIMATION, NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH FAMILY.
MOVE BY COUNCIL AGUILAR SECONDED BY COUNCIL LOPEZ PENDING NO DISCUSSION.