* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] THAT'S SOME CRAZIEST THINGS I'VE SEEN. [I. COMMENCEMENT ] NOSE IS HEREBY GIVING A COUNCIL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 11TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CLU CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1. FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEM, CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA. IT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX 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. 5 5 1 0 7 6. DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0 8 7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 8 7 5 8 3 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE. INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 3 2 1 3 0 2 2 SALES TAX INFORMATION. THE AGENDA, AGENDA PACKET, IMMEDIATE LINK ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.FLUTEXAS.GOV. TO ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK BEFORE THE START OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTIONMENT OF THE MEETING. A RECORDING OF THE MEETING VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH O MEETINGS ACT. UH, MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER. MR. BOND, WOULD YOU CARE TO GIVE US AN IMPLICATION? WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY YOU GROUNDED US, AND THANK YOU FOR US UP. WE'RE ALWAYS, UH, IN AWE OF ALL THE BLESSING THAT YOU, US. WE JUST, UH, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU FATHER, ALL OUR, YOU KNOW, THE, JUST ASK THAT ALL DECISIONS MADE NOT, OR DONE. SO IN YOUR HONOR, WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR ALL CITIZENS? THE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. NOW HAVE ROLL CALL CALVIN SHIPPLE. PRESENT. ERIC AGUILAR. PRESENT, NICOLE MADDOX. PRESENT. JOE LOPEZ PRESENT, FRANCIS VAUGHN. PRESENT, I SEE THE SENATOR VISITOR SIGNED UP. SO WE WILL FOREGO READING THAT ITEM AND MOVE INTO THE AGENDA. [III. CONSENT AGENDA ] AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSENTED, ROUTINE AND GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION. TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONSISTS OF MINUTES. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 28TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. MOVE BY COUNCIL PERSON BOND SECOND BY COUNCIL AGUILAR? YES. I'LL CALL YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD. YES, SIR. ? YES SIR. I'LL SECOND. UH, ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UNANIMOUS. [IV. BUSINESS ITEMS ] THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ITEM WOULD BE BUSINESS ITEMS. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A SHOW AND TELL BY, FOR THE NEW ADDITIONS OF THE KLU VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FLEET, A RAPID RESPONSE TRUCK AND A TANKER. YEP. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY IN NARROW HANG. AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD IN NARROW HANG AS FAR AS WAITING AND EVERYONE ASKING AND THEY HANG. SO I APPRECIATE NE HANG, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY IN NARROW HANG TO GIVE YOU A SHOW AND TELL IN NARROW HANG AND SEE WHAT OUR MONEY IN NARROW HANG AS FAR AS FROM THE CITIZENS AND YOUR APPROVAL AND EVERYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL AS AS IMPROVEMENT AND READILY NEEDED, UH, VEHICLES AND EVERYTHING IN THE DEPARTMENT. SO IF I CAN ESCORT YOU OUT THERE AND I'LL GIVE A LITTLE EXPLANATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN THEIR HANG. MIKE, CAN YOU TELL US HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THESE TWO YEARS? TWO YEARS , THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND 26 MONTHS AND SOME OF THEM IN THEIR HANG SAID THAT'S A QUICK TIME AS FAR AS APPARATUS IN THEIR HANG. AS FAR AS ON THERE, THE BASELINE IS 24 MONTHS TO 36 MONTHS. IT'S, IT'S BEEN SO LONG. YOU COULD GO, I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY GETTING ONE TRUCK. . I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING TWO. DID WE APPROVE SOMETHING IN THE [00:05:01] BUILDING? YES. YES, YES. ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY WE GOT A GRANT FOR ONE OF THEM AND OR PARTIALLY FOR ONE OF THEM AND WE PURCHASED THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S JUST BEEN SO LONG. YES, I FORGOT. OKAY. AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, AUDIENCE, IT'S, UH, WELCOME TO COME OUT AND, UH, TAKE A LOOK AND EVERYTHING AS FAR AS THE, UH, ADDITION AND EVERYTHING TO THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT. JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES. THANK THANK YOU MR. DOUCETTE. FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, WE, WE NOTE THAT Y'ALL TAKE GOOD CARE OF 'EM AND USE 'EM FOR WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED FOR. WE APPRECIATE YOU. UH, NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 DASH 2024 APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT LOCATED ON HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE ETJ. AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 DASH 2024. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CL TEXAS APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE, TEXAS. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CL THROUGH IS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW IT, APPROVE OR DENY PLANTS OF REPLANTS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS CONSIDERED A REQUEST TO REPLANT PROPERTY LOCATED AT HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE, INCLUDING TEXAS. AND WHEREAS AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED A RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF RE PLAT REQUEST. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS THAT THE REQUEST IS DULY MADE AND CONFORMED WITH ALL DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR REPL, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS. THAT SECTION ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY CLU, FINDS THAT THE FACTS ARE CITED. THE PREAMBLE HEREOF ARE TRUE. SECTION TWO, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE REQUESTED FINAL PLAT OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE, CLUTE, TEXAS SECTION THREE EFFECTIVE DATE. THE RESOLUTION, THIS RESOLUTION IN THE RULES, REGULATIONS, PROVISIONS, REQUIREMENTS, ORDERS, AND MATTERS ESTABLISHED AND ADOPTED HEREBY SHALL TAKE EFFECT TO BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OF THE DATA ON THE DATE OF PASSAGE. AND UPON EXECUTION BY THE MERIT OF THE CITY SECRETARY AS SET FORTH THE LOAD. SECTION FOUR, PROPER NOTICE OF THE MEETING IS HEREBY FOUND AND DETERMINED THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED, WAS ATTENDED BY A FOREMAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS A NOTICE OF TIME, PLACE OF PURPOSE OF SAID MEETING WAS GIVEN AS REQUIRED BY THE MEETINGS ACT. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 5 1 RED PASS ADOPTED THIS 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2024, BE SIGNED BY MYSELF, ATTESTED BY ROSE EMPLOYMENT CITY CLERK AND APPROVED AS TO FORM BY CITY ATTORNEY CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN. ONE CARRIED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 DASH 2024. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL AGUILAR SECONDED BY, WE NEED A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL SECOND. SECONDED BY COUNCIL FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME. THANK, UM, I WAS NOT HERE, BUT I DID WATCH IT ONLINE AND SO WE HAVE NOT APPROVED IT. WHERE WAS IT LEFT AT THAT POINT? YOU APPROVED THE FI THE PRELIMINARY PLAT. OKAY. AND NOW YOU'RE APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO? NO. EVERYTHING MEETS THE STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS OF OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. WE JUST MADE THIS A SPECIAL STEP BECAUSE IT IS ALSO INVOLVING AN ANNEXATION AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SO ARE WE HAVING TO APPROVE IT THE, FOR PRELIMINARY AND THE FINAL YOU BECAUSE IT'S IN THE EEG G WELL, WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR, AT OUR PROCESS AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD EVERY, ALL OUR IS DOTTED IN TS CROSSED BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS KIND OF PLAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE IT IN QUITE A LONG TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. THIS IS THE PLAT WHERE WE HAD MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS CORRECT. AGAINST IT, CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND MY QUESTION, COULD I GO AGAINST IT? UH, BUT I WAS KIND OF INFORMED AFTER TRYING TO FOLLOW UP WITH INFORMATION THAT WE HAD NO CHOICE. WELL PUT IT THAT WAY. YEAH, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY CORRECT. SO IF, IF, WELL AND AFTER, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE MEAN LAST TIME, BECAUSE I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP THE, THE, THE STATUTE AND YOUR, UH, YOUR REVIEW IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLY THAT IT CONFORMS WITH YOUR REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES. SO IF THE PLAT COMPLIES WITH YOUR REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES REGARDING LOT SIZE, UH, SETBACKS OR WHATEVER, UH, WELL, THERE'S NO SETBACKS ON PLATS, [00:10:01] BUT, UH, UH, NOW IF IT'S A SUBDIVISION WITH ROADS, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES WITH REGARD TO SIDEWALKS AND TRAFFIC. I MEAN STREET LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AS LONG AS IT COMPLIES WITH YOUR GUIDELINES, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU'RE VOTING TO IMPROVE. UM, BA JUST, JUST BASED ON THOSE GUIDELINES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND I KNOW I'M A LITTLE HARD HEADED, BUT THIS SET, THIS, UH, I CAN'T READ THIS, BUT THE OTHER ONE THAT I THOUGHT I READ CALLED A SUBDIVISION. YES, SIR. IT, IT DOES. THERE WAS, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION. WELL, THEY JUST HAD TO GIVE IT A NAME. WELL, WHY DO THEY HAVE, WHY DO WE HAVE TO CALL IT A SUBDIVISION? YOU HAND THAT TO MR. CRUZ IF WOULD NOT FOLLOW SUBDIVISION? IT WELL, IT, IT IS A SUBDIVISION IN THAT IT'S LOTS ARE, IT'S SUBDIVIDED. YEAH. SO THEN ARE WE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO FOLLOW THE SUBDIVISION? IT'S GOT REQUIREMENT, IT'S GOT STREET ACCESS, IT'S GOT ITS DRAINAGE. ALL OF THAT IS ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE THREE LOTS. IT'S LIKE IF WE WERE PLATTING A LOT SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON SEALY STREET THAT I JUST HANDED YOU. AND IS THERE ANY ISSUES? 'CAUSE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT IT, UM, THERE'S LIKE TWO HUGE PHONE POLES, LIKE RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF ONE OF THOSE LOTS. YES. IF HE, THE, THAT'S UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE POWER COMPANY OR THE OWNERS OF THE POLE, IF HE NEEDS TO MOVE THOSE TO HAVE THOSE RELOCATED FROM DRIVEWAY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. THERE'S A LOT OF WIRES AND STUFF UP THERE THAT I WAS LIKE, THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT TO MOVE, BUT NOTHING TO CITY WOULD'VE TO PAY FOR. I HAD A QUESTION TOO BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW LAST TIME WHEN WE PASSED THE PRELIMINARY, UH, PLAT, WE HAD SAID WITH STIPULATIONS, WITH THE NORMAL STIPULATION WITH THE NORMAL STIPULATIONS, ALL THE NORMAL REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT HE WAS JUST SAYING. CORRECT. SO IT'S GOT THE, IT'S GOT THE DRAINAGE. THEY HAVE STREET FRONTAGE, THEY HAVE STREET ACCESS. HE MEETS THE ME THE MEASUREMENT BOUNDARIES. THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR GUIDELINES THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM DENYING THIS APPLICATION FOR PLAQUE. CORRECT. RIGHT. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? JUST SOME CLARIFICATION PLEASE. IT HAVE TO BE ON MY DANIEL ANDELL 1418 MOFFITT. SO I'M CONFUSED. WE'RE DISCUSSING RELOTTING, CORRECT? CORRECT. BEFORE ANNEXATION. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? PLEASE, PLEASE EXPLAIN. YES, SIR. SO IN THE CITY'S ETJ EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION MM-HMM MM-HMM. , THAT'S BASICALLY THE BUBBLE AROUND THE CITY. MM-HMM. , WE HAVE THE PREROGATIVE OR THE JURISDICTION TO APPROVE PLATS. OKAY. WITHIN THAT AREA. MM-HMM. . AND IN THIS INSTANCE, WE'RE EXERCISING THE POWER TO DO THE DO THAT, DO THAT PRE ANNEXATION? CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE ACTUALLY ALL ALL THE ETJ WE'RE REQUIRED TO REVIEW PLATS AND ALL THE ETJ. SO OKAY. EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN THE CITY, IF IT'S WITHIN OUR ETJ AREA, THAT'S FINE. WE DO ALL THOSE PLATS. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S PART OF THE WORK THE COUNTY PUTS ON US. MM-HMM. LESS ON THEM, MORE ON YOU. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. I ALSO, IF YOU COULD, AND IT'S ANDREA WRIGHT, 1430 MOFFITT. SO WHEN WILL YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THREE DRIVEWAYS GOING INTO THAT INTERSECTION? THE SAFETY OF IT, THE SEWER, WHICH IS REALLY BAD OVER THERE. UM, ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE WHEN WILL YOU ADDRESS ALL THAT? LIKE YOU'RE GONNA APPROVE IT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED? HE'S STUCK WITH THREE DIVIDED PLOTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WELL, SO HE'LL HAVE TO ON THE DRIVEWAY. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS TAKING A LOOK AT IT NOW. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, HAVE WE HAD, DO WE HAVE A, AN A, AN ACCIDENT REPORT COUNT? BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AT THAT SITE. BUT HE IS REVIEWING THE WARRANT TO SEE IF WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL STOPS. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WIDER. IS I, EVERY TIME I DRIVE PAST THERE, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. RIGHT. UM, I LOOK AT HOW THEY'VE GOT IT MARKED, THE PLOT, THE PLATTED OUT, AND, UM, ALL BUT ONE IS IN THE TT. SO I DON'T SEE THAT THE SAFETY ISSUE TO ME IS STILL AN ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND. SO THREE DRIVEWAYS COMING OUT WHERE, AND ONE OF THEM IS RIGHT WHERE THE STOP SIGN IS. WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S UP TO THAT. THAT'LL BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO LAY OUT AND REMOVE, REPLACE THE SIDE, THE, EXCUSE ME, REPLACE THE STOP SIGN, [00:15:01] REPLACE THE POLES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SPACED APPROPRIATELY. AND IF WE HAVE TO MERGE TO ONE, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK, BASED ON THE INITIAL DISCUSSION I HAD WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND HE'S JUST STARTED LOOKING AT THIS. OH, OKAY. SO, UH, THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY NEED FOR ANY CHANGE. IT'S THE, AS HE PUT IT, YOU'VE GOT A 30 MILE AN HOUR ROAD MEETING, A 30 MILE AN HOUR ROAD AND AT A T JUNCTION. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY STANDARD FOR MOST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. I EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE COUNTY SHOP AND COMING BACK INTO THE PARK AND HE SAID THEY WOULD TRY AND TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, BUT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT THERE WAS A NEED. IT'S JUST, IT'S THAT WIDE, THE WIDTH OF THAT INTERSECTION JUST DOESN'T, TO ME, AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT LOOK LIKE IT'LL FIT THREE DRIVEWAYS. THAT'S MY BIG THING. AND I'M ASSUMING IN FAIRNESS TO HER, THAT THE QUESTIONS SHE ASK WILL COME UP DURING A BUILDING WHEN WE GET READY TO, WHEN HE STARTS, I'M LOOKING OUT ON THE FLOOR HERE. NO, YOU'RE, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS. SO, SO PER OUR ATTORNEY, OUR TRUE POINT OF THIS FOR ME, I'LL PICK ON ME YEAH. IS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON THE FACTS THAT THIS FITS IN THIS BOX. YES, SIR. THE OTHER THINGS I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO, WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN AND SAY, THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BUILD THE HOUSE. BUT AS FAR AS HIS APPLICATION FOR PLAT, HE'S CLEAN. AND THAT IS YOUR, THAT'S, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITHIN THOSE POUNDS. SO EVEN IF THE POWER COMPANY COMES OUT AND SAYS, WE'RE NOT MOVING THOSE POLES, HE'LL HAVE TO, THAT WOULD BE HIS PROBLEM. THAT'S HIS PROBLEM. OKAY. YOU KNOW, IF, IF HE SATISFIES, YOU KNOW, THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND RELAS IT AND TURNS IT INTO THREE LOTS AND THEN HE RUNS INTO SOME PROBLEM THAT HE CAN'T DEVELOP IT THE WAY THAT HE THINKS HE COULD. RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEY WANNA DEVELOP IT, AND THEN THERE'S SOME TRAFFIC PROBLEM OR MULTIPLE ENTRY PROBLEM, THEY CAN'T DEVELOP IT. RIGHT. UH, THEN THAT PERSON, THAT DEVELOPER, THAT PERSON IS IN PROBLEM MAY THEN HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD THE HOUSE AS HE WANTS TO BUILD IF HE RUNS INTO THOSE TYPE OF PROBLEMS. YEAH. THE PHONE CALLS AND STOP SIGN. THAT'S A FURTHER STEP DOWN. LET EVERYBODY LOOK AT THIS IS A MAYBE OR A IDEA. OH, THIS, BUT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING NO. THAT, LIKE I SAID, MY IDEA, DAVID JUST MM-HMM. . AND THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH WITH ONE TO THE ROAD PER SE. BE PAST THE, PASSED THE INTERSECTION. NO, HE, LIKE I SAID, OH YEAH. Y'ALL WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SORRY. Y'ALL WANT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS? SURE. JUST AS A, IS THAT OKAY? YOU PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN? NO, NO. WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECTION. MAYOR SKETCHED OUT AN IDEA. I MAY BE OVERSTEPPING. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT TO INTERJECT. IT'S JUST A THOUGHT, JUST A HAND, JUST A HANDWRITTEN SKETCH. GOTCHA. SO, OH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING . YEAH. THE ONE DRIVEWAY HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY. IF, BUT, AND THAT'S MAYOR'S COME TO ONE. RIGHT. BUT THE, THAT'LL BE UP TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE IF THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S NECESS, IT JUST SEEMS A LOT SAFER. SURE. YES MA'AM. SO COUPLE MORE THINGS. UHOH NO, IT'S, IT'S . UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE HERE INITIALLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF THAT LITTLE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, HOW THOSE THREE HOUSES WOULD KIND OF GO AGAINST THE DYNAMICS. I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF OUR DYNAMICS IN ALL OF OUR LIVES CHANGE AND THEY'RE CHANGING WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S DOING. YOU KNOW, HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, HE'S TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY. I GET THAT. JUST NOT SO SURE THAT IT SUPPORTS THREE HOUSES, TWO HOUSES, YES. ONE HOUSE DEFINITELY. BUT, UM, AGAIN, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AND TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE DYNAMICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. BUT AS SHE SAID, I MEAN, YOU'D LOOK IN THAT, IF Y'ALL EVER GO OVER THERE RIGHT AT THE END OF WILSON, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE PROPERTY, YOU'LL SEE THE TWO STATES THAT MAKE UP THE THREE LOTS. OKAY. AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT LAYS OUT WITH THAT INTERSECTION. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY [00:20:01] ONE. THE SECOND THING IS DRAINAGE. AND I DON'T REALLY, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE SEWAGE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR CAPACITY. MM-HMM. OUR PIPE SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH. YEAH. IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. NO, NO, NO, NO. BUT IF YOU'RE, NO, BUT SHE'S, I THINK SOMEBODY, LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT SMELL MM-HMM. . I'VE ASKED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT MAY BE CAUSING THAT SMELL. IF IT'S A LEAK OR IF IT'S A BAD JOINT OR THAT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST ONGOING YEAH. ISSUE. I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LIFT STATION IN THE PARK. OH. AND DEPENDING ON WEATHER, THE WEATHER, YES. AS FAR AS RAIN GOES. YEAH. AND THEN WIND DIRECTION GOES YEAH. AND ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS RIGHT THERE IN THAT AREA. BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. THAT'S JUST PART OF CITY SERVICES. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO I REALLY CAN'T SAY ANYTHING TOWARDS THAT. YEAH, OKAY. 'CAUSE THAT'S, EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET THAT. YEAH. BUT AS FAR AS DRAINAGE, 'CAUSE IT WILL AFFECT MY, OR IT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT MY PROPERTY. SO HE'S SUPPOSED TO, WE'RE THE DITCHES ARE THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE ISSUE NOW. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. . AND SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE CULVERTS ARE PUT AT LEVEL ZERO GRADE. AND I I GET THAT. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS MAKING SURE THOSE DITCHES. 'CAUSE ONCE YOU START CHANGING THE GRADE ON THOSE DITCHES, YOU'VE GOTTA CHASE THAT RABBIT ALL THE WAY TO THE END. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHICH, WHICH DOES COME BACK AGAIN, BACK TO MY PROPERTY. WELL, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD ZERO IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING WATER BACK UPHILL OR SPEEDING WATER GOING SOUTH. MM-HMM. , CAN I ADDRESS THAT ISSUE ON THE DRAINAGE, UH, THE DITCHES? IS THAT OKAY? WE'RE KIND OF GETTING FARFIELD. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. SO, WHICH I WOULD SAY THERE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER WON'T LIKE THIS, THIS, UH, COMMENT, BUT, UH, UH, THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. YEAH. YOU CAN CONTACT HIM AND GO TO HIS OFFICE, TALK TO HIM ANYTIME ABOUT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS. YEAH. SO, WELL, AGAIN, THIS, THIS WON'T GO INTO DETAIL THEN I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M STILL AGAINST THE REPL AND THE ANNEXATION AND WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. FURTHER DISCOVERY. HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. I ENTERTAIN THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. A I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I, I, UH, I, IN THAT SAME VOTE, I I, I GUESS IF I'M, HELP ME OUT. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE A OR NAY ON THE FACTS. DID THEY CHECK THE BOXES OF WHETHER THAT, DID THEY CHECK THE BOXES OF THIS BEING NOT TO, WHETHER I AGREE OR NOT, THAT WOULD RIGHT. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY OPINION. IT'S WHAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACTS OF, OF THIS. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO HURT THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S DOING IT. NO. I DO TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING THE DECISION OF IF HE MEETS THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE THESE THREE. RIGHT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE LAID OUT FOR A PLAT. THE LOTS ARE, THE LOTS ARE MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LOT SIZES. AND IT'S IN THE CITY'S E-D-J-E-T-J. SO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY, OR WE ARE DELEGATED TO AUTHORITY TO, TO, TO GO BY THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED. RIGHT. GOTCHA. BUT WHETHER HE CAN ACTUALLY DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE RIGHT. TO THAT SO THAT IT, IT COMES TO FRUITION. BECAUSE LIKE SHE SAID, IF SOMETHING, IF THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE OR WHATEVER THAT COMES UP WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY, HE'S GONNA JUST HAVE THREE LOTS SITTING THERE THAT HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH . UH, IT, YEAH. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT MY OPINION IS HERE. SO. YEAH. RIGHT. AND JUST, WE'RE JUST HERE TO SAY HE CAN SPLIT UP HIS PROPERTY THIS WAY AND IT MEETS OUR REQUIREMENTS AND HE CAN TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. DOESN'T MEAN HE WILL. AND THE STATE'S KIND OF PUT US IN A WEIRD POSITION NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH. IF WE SAY YAY, IT'S GOLDEN. IF WE SAY NAY, THEN HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BASICALLY INJUNCT US AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING OUR REGULATIONS AND GET US TO FOLLOW OUR REGULATIONS. UH, OR IF WE DO NOTHING, THEN HE'S AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED. SO, AND, AND WE'RE NOT ACCRUING A BUILDING THAT YOU HOPE THAT THAT NEXT PHASE TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. I, I'M, I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM WHAT WE SEE. LIKE, I, I MENTIONED [00:25:01] TO Y'ALL BEFORE, I'M, I'M ON PLANNING AND ZONING. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH IT, BUT OUR OPINION DON'T MATTER. IT WAS SET FORTH LONG BEFORE I GOT ON P AND Z. WHAT WE CANNING CAN'T REJECT. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE NEXT PHASE OF ALL THE BUILDING PROCESS. AND IF IT'S A BUILDING, MR. DOT'S GONNA BE THERE DOING FIREMAN. YOU, YOU HOPE THAT EVERY PLAN CORRECTS THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONTROL OF IT. WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT. OUR JOB IS TO BASICALLY, WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO Y'ALL. WE, IT'S HARD FOR US. IT HAS TO BE A LEGAL PROBLEM FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO, IN EIGHT YEARS WE'VE ONLY TURNED DOWN SOMEBODY ONE TIME. AND THAT'S 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PAPERWORK. RIGHT. THEY CORRECTED THE PAPERWORK. WE STILL HAD TO SEND IT TO Y'ALL. DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH IT. SO YOU HOPE EVERY PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IN THE CITY WORKS, WORKS FOR THE CITIZENS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR, BASICALLY IS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DEFINITELY NEED TAX DOLLARS TO MAKE THE CITY WORK, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE COHESIVE WITH THE REST OF THE CITY. BUT IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE GUIDELINES WE HAVE IN PLACE MEET THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY AND MEET THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE. YEAH. WE'RE NOT APPROVING UNDERSIZED LOTS. WE'RE NOT APPROVING, UH, ANY KIND OF VARIANCE. HE, ALL OF HIS, ALL OF HIS GUIDELINES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY. RIGHT, RIGHT. WELL, AND IT'S A, IT'S A, I FOR ME, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VOTE. OH YEAH. I'M SORRY. IT'S A I FOR ME. SO THAT BEING SAID, DO A RECORD VOTE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I MEAN, I MEAN AT THIS, WELL, WE HAVE FOUR FOUR A AYES AND ALL, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. TECHNICALLY I CAN'T OPPOSE, CAN I ABSTAIN? 'CAUSE I STILL DON'T KNOW THIS. I MEAN, A HUNDRED PERCENT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUMP. I'M STILL TORN BETWEEN MY INFORMATION. I FEEL LIKE I'M ADMIRING THIS DOWN IN THE MUD. AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE, BUT YOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN CERTAINLY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY VOTE NAY YES. OR ABSTAINED, WHICH WAS, I I I, I'M GONNA STICK WITH MY CONCERNS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING AGAINST AND MAKING THIS UP, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IF THAT, THAT JUST DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME, BUT, OH YEAH. I VOTE NAY, BUT IT, I I GET IT. KIND 4, 4 1 AGAINST RESOLUTION. PAT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING. WELL, THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. [V. PUBLIC HEARING -ANNEXATION MARTIN RODRIGUEZ PROPERTY HIGHLAND PARK (ETJ) ] WE'RE NOW MOVING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FOR ANNEXATION OF THE MARTIN R RIGGER PROPERTY AT HIGHLAND PARK ETJ. FIRST ITEM IS TO LEAD, READ THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES. HERE I GIVE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THAT THE CITY OF FLUTE TEXAS PROPOSES TO INSTITUTE ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS TO ENLARGE AND EXTEND THE BOUNDING LIMITS OF SAID CITY TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TERRITORY WITH LEGAL DESCRIPTION. BCIC DIVISION 13 LOT 3 74 A 0 0 4 9 A C ACRES, 2.415 CENSUS HIGHLAND PARK AVENUE. A PUBLIC BILL HEARING WILL BE HELD BY AND BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS ON THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL, 2024 AT 7:00 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF CLUTE, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, CLTE, TEXAS SUB SUB 5 3 1. FOR ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE PROPOSED ANNEXATION AT SAID TIME AND PLACE, ALL SUCH PERSONS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD. ALL OF SAID MATTERS AND THINGS IN PERSON INTERESTED IN THE THINGS AND MATTER HEREIN ME WILL TAKE NOTICE BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF CL TEXAS, THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, SIGNED BY ROSIE CITY CLERK. THE NEXT ITEM IS TO NOTE THE PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT. IT WAS THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS POSTED IN THE BRADFORD FACTS ON 3 27, 20 24 LIST OF TAXING AND FRANCHISE FEE PAYING ENTITIES NOTIFIED BY CERTIFIED MAIL. THERE WERE SEVEN, UH, TAXING AND FRANCHISE. UH, ONE WAS RETURNED AT AND T GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WAS RETURNED AND THERE WERE NOTICES LISTED THE PROP, A LIST OF PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED BY MAIL. THERE WERE EIGHT AND THEY WERE ALL DELIVERED OR NOT RETURNED. NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION OF ANNEXATION. SO WE'RE AGREE WE ARE VOTING TO ANNEX THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT COULD BE DEVELOPED THE WAY HE WANTS [00:30:01] IT TO BE DEVELOPED. CORRECT. YOU'RE ANNEXING THE PROPERTY AS HE BRINGS IT INTO US. NOW, UNDEVELOPED. UH, DO YOU, IS THAT THE USUAL WAY THAT PEOPLE ANNEX? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE PROPERTY. YEAH. SO IT JUST DEPENDS. EVERY ANNEXATION IS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. SITUATION. WELL, TECHNICALLY, TECHNICALLY SINCE THE LAST COUPLE OF TEXAS LEGISLATURES I'VE MET, A PERSON HAS TO BASICALLY PETITION TO BE ANN CORRECT. INTO A CITY. YOU CAN'T, WE CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND ARBITRARILY ANNEX ANYBODY ANYMORE. THEY HAVE TO PETITION THE CITY TO BE ANNEXED. AND HER QUESTION IS MY CONFUSION. SURE. I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WOULD'VE HAD TO BEEN ANNEXED FIRST FOR US TO HAVE A SAY SO. SO THAT'S MY WHOLE CONFUSION. YEAH. IT'S RETJ. SO, AND WE'RE IN A WEIRD PLACE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS. IN THE OLD DAYS, YOU, WHEN YOU'RE HOME RULE CITY, YOU HAVE A MILE WIDE BUBBLE AROUND THE CITY. THAT'S YOUR ETJ. INSIDE THAT BUBBLE, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND YOUR SIGN ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT THE STATE USED TO ALLOW. AND THERE WAS A PROMISE THERE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ANNEX OUT TO THAT LINE SOMEDAY, EITHER BY UNILATERAL ANNEXATION OR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND SO THEY'VE STRIPPED, SLOWLY STRIPPED BACK THOSE AUTHORITIES. WE STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPLY OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WITHIN OUR ETJ. THAT'S OUR ETJ. WE'RE IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION HERE IN INCLUDE IN THAT ABOUT HALF OF OUR ETJ IS BASICALLY CONTESTED BETWEEN OURSELVES AND FREEPORT OR RICHWOOD OR LAKE JACKSON. AND SO WE HAVE A SITUATION HERE WHERE THIS IS FULLY WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO APPLY OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO OUR CITY LIMITS. DO PROPERTIES ANNEX IN WITHOUT BEING DEVELOPED? YES. ALL THE TIME. AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT ENHANCES THE VALUE. AND SO THE REASON PEOPLE WOULD BRING THEIR PROPERTY INTO THE CITY IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ASSURED ONCE THEY COME INTO THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH WATER, SEWER, POLICE, SOLID WASTE, ALL THE ACCRUEMENT THAT GOES WITH BEING A MEMBER OR BEING A PART OF THE CITY. SO IF YOU DON'T ANNEX IN, WE COULD DENY HIM WATER, WE COULD DENY HIM SEWER, OR WE COULD CHARGE HIM A PRORATED RETAILER RATE ABOVE THAT. WE COULD DENY HIM POLICE COVERAGE AND WE COULD DENY HIM SOLID WASTE SERVICE. HE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ALL THOSE THINGS ON HIS OWN. AND SO IT'S NOT THAT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEBODY WITH AN EMPTY PIECE OF BRA, PIECE OF GROUND THAT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP TO ANNEX IT IN. AND THEN I'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SERVICES ONCE THEY START THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO TECHNICALLY HE COULD, IN THAT WHOLE AREA, SINCE IT'S NOT ANNEXED IN THE GARBAGE SERVICE, COULD BE GOING OUT JUST TO THOSE THREE PROPERTIES. HE'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, I THINK 14 OTHER RESIDENCES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. SO THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN IT THAT ARE CLOSE BY. OKAY. YEAH. MY MISUNDERSTANDING. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT YEAH, THAT IF YOU, IF YOU NO, IF YOU LOOK AT, AT WILSON AND WHERE IT MEETS HIGHLAND PARK, THERE'S, THERE'S A SUBDIVISION RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. MM-HMM. ROSIE, CAN YOU PULL UP THE AERIAL? YEAH. YOU WALK AROUND OFF OF GOOGLE OR GOOGLE'S FINE. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. THE LINE IS LITERALLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS PROPERTY. RIGHT. SO THE PEOPLE ACROSS, THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE, THE STREET FROM ARE IN THE CITY OF CLAYTON THAT I DID NOT REALIZE. OKAY. YEAH. HE'S LIKE RIGHT THERE. SEE, I THOUGHT IT WAS, HE WAS LIKE AN I HE WAS GONNA BE LIKE AN ISLAND. MM-HMM. LIKE, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE. AND I'M LIKE, WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING, CAN YOU BRING THE ARROW UP PLEASE? HE'S A ULA. UH, IF YOU GO UP TO WHERE KENTUCKY, YOU RIGHT? YES. WHERE IT SAYS EVERGREEN CHURCH ROAD FOR SOME REASON, THAT'S BIZARRE. MM-HMM. . WHERE IT SAYS EVERGREEN CHURCH ROAD, RIGHT UP HERE ON THE, NOPE. UP GO DOWN. YEP. THERE YOU, YOU GO. RIGHT, RIGHT. UH OH. YEAH. THERE WE GO. MOVE, MOVE YOUR AREA UP ABOUT AN INCH. THERE YOU GO. RIGHT THERE. THAT'S IT. THE PROPERTY. AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT SUBDIVISION, BUT, UH, THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND OKAY. WELL LOTS OF YEARS. THERE WAS A TRAILER HOUSE ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. HUH? I THINK YOU'D BE HAPPIER. TALK ABOUT THE TRAILER BACK. . THERE USED TO BE A TRAILER HOUSE RIGHT BACK HERE IN THE BACK PART, PERSONALLY LIVED THERE. AND THIS GENTLEMAN, THIS GENTLEMAN IS JUST MOVING PROGRESS IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. , IT'S NOT REALLY, WHAT CAN I SAY? BEING, BEING ACCEPTED. BUT IT WILL BE AT SOME POINT. YES. BUT SEE THE, SEE THE, WHERE THE EVERGREEN CHURCH ROAD COMES IN AND IT TEES AND THE HIGHLAND PARK, ALL OF THESE HOUSES ON THE, ON THE [00:35:02] LEFT HAND SIDE OF HIGHLAND PARK ARE IN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY. SEE, I DIDN'T REALIZE, I THOUGHT THOSE WERE NOT IN THERE. NO. ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT IS IN THE CITY LIMIT. THAT'S THE INTERSECTION THAT THEY SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH. THE DRIVE EVERYTHING ACROSS. WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS USING WAS THE GOOGLE EARTH AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW THE PHONE POLES AND THE STOP SIGN AND I'M LIKE, EVERYTHING ACROSS THE STREET IS CLUE. ETJ. YEAH. AND ALL THAT. NOW UP INTO THE CORNER AND STUFF THERE. THEN YOU HAVE SOME, UH, SIGNS OVER THERE ON THREE IS YEAH. IF YOU COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BRING IT ON DOWN ROAD, OTHER WAY. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. SEE WHERE THE ROAD TURNS AND IT GOES BACK UP. NOW GO BACK TO THE NOW TAKE IT THAT WAY. ALL THAT RIGHT HERE. STATION THREE. YEAH. SO THAT'S WILSON PARK AND FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. LIKE, THIS IS ALL LAKE BARBARA BACK IN HERE. THAT WAS, THAT WAS LAKE BARBARA BACK IN THE DAY, INCLUDING LAKE BARBARA. UH, ANNEXED EACH OTHER, WHATEVER. YEAH. CROSS ANNEX EXTRA. BUT IF YOU GO DOWN FARTHER, SEE WHERE THE LEVY COMES ACROSS THERE AND ALL THAT. THAT'S EVEN OUR BALLPARK IS PRETTY MUCH INCLUDE ETJ. UH, WELL ACTUALLY THE CITY LIMITS EXTENDS TO THE PARK BOUNDARIES. YEAH. BUT IT USED TO BE A NEED. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. BEFORE WE BUILT BALLPARK THERE. AND IF YOU GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRAT AREA. OH YEAH. MM. YEAH. KEEP PULLING IT DOWN. KEEP PULLING IT DOWN. SEE THE COME ON DOWN. COME ON DOWN. ALRIGHT. YOU SEE VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT? MM-HMM. . OKAY. YOU SEE DENT ROAD, RIGHT? YEAH. SOME OF THIS PROPERTY RIGHT IN HERE. COME ON DOWN SOME MORE ROADS. THE HARLAN AND SOME OF THIS PROPERTY RIGHT IN HERE ARE IN THE CITY OF CL BECAUSE THEY WERE ANNEXED BY THAT BARBER . CRAZY. IT'S CRAZY. IF YOU TAKE A WELL, IT GETS WEIRD. ALASKA DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND RONNIE BRAS AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE OTHER END ARE NOT IN THE CITY FOOT. AND ROSIE, IF YOU'LL BRING IT JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, WE CROSS THE CREEK AND RUN A 50 FOOT STRIP ALL THE WAY OUT TO 5 23. YES. AND UM, YEAH. YEAH. AND UNINHABITED, IT'S, IT'S THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. MM-HMM. LIKE A DRIVEWAY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY OUT THERE. YEAH. BUT, BUT TINKER HARLAN'S HOUSE AND HIS DAD'S HOUSE AND SOME OF THE UL'S HOUSES THE CITY INCLUDE, BUT THE PI, THIS PROPERTY, THE BROADS AND ALL THOSE BOATS ON THAT END AND THE BLASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT ARE NOT. AND THE WHERE THE MCC ACRE KENNEL USED TO BE THERE THAT NOT IN THE CITY. HOW ABOUT THIS, THIS BLANK PROPERTY RIGHT HERE THAT ACROSS THE CREEK, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE, THAT'S PROPERTY THAT ALL BELONGS TO DOW ACROSS THE CREEK. THAT'S DOW, THAT'S ALL THE INDUSTRIAL. YEP. NOW SOUTH OF THAT, ON SOUTH OF LEVY, UH, IS WHERE LAKE BARBARA USED TO BE. AND UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER POTENTIAL TALK FOR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. MM-HMM. AND THIS, THIS WOODED AREA WHERE HER IS, THERE USED TO BE LIKE , THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF OF WATER BACK THERE, THE LITTLE, SO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THE LITTLE JUT OUT IS NOT, IS NOT UNUSUAL IN THIS VEHICLE. YEAH. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THAT'S OUR MOSQUITO FARMS. THE . ALRIGHT, SO WE, UH, WE VOTING ON THIS. WHERE ARE WE AT? BUT, UH, CAN WE VOTE ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING? UH, WELL, YOU'LL VOTE YES ON THE ORDINANCE TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW THIS IS JUST, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. YES SIR. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO IF BEING ANNEXED DOES NOT MEAN ANYBODY, ANY OTHER LAND TOUCHING WOULD BE ANNEXED IN NO, JUST HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. IT'S HIS MEETS. IT IS LITERALLY HIS MEETS AND BOUNDS. AND THAT IS NO QUESTION. HAS TO BE LIKE HE HAS. RIGHT, RIGHT. THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PETITION AS WELL TO BE ENTERED. CORRECT. RIGHT. OKAY. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE WILL CLOSE DISCUSSION AND MOVE TO ITEM D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH OH EIGHT ANNEXING THE DESCRIBED [00:40:01] TERRITORY INTO THE CITY INCLUDE IN ADOPTING THE SERVICE PLAN AGREEMENT. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. WELL, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH OH EIGHT ANNEX TERRITORY. AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF KLU BRA COUNTY, TEXAS, AN EXTENDED BOUNDARY OF BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITIES. SO AS TO INCLUDE SAID HEREIN AFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY WITHIN SAID CITY LIMITS, GRANTING TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF SAID PROPERTY, ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS. AND BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY ALL OF THE ACT ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, THE REGULATIONS OF SAID CITY AND ADOPTING A SERVICE PLAN OR AGREEMENT. NOW I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024 DASH OH OH EIGHT. GO AHEAD. JACK. MADE BY COUNCILMAN CRIPP. A SECOND BY, I'LL SECOND. I'LL COUNT THE PERSON BOND. AND SINCE BOARD IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, I DON'T USUALLY INTERJECT, BUT SINCE I DID ON THE LAST ONE, I'LL POINT OUT THAT THERE'S NO SUCH RESTRICTION ON THIS VOTE. SO WE'LL VOTE WHATEVER YOU THINK IS BEST FOR THE CITY. I DO IF I CAN. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT MR. RODRIGUEZ HAS AGREED TO THE SERVICE PLAN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY EVERY SERVICE THAT THE CITY OFFERS. THERE'S NO LEGAL, THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR US TO, THERE'S NO TAKE, TAKE ACTION WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. BUT THAT BEING SAID, AS YOU CAN TELL BY LOOKING AT THE MAP, THIS IS NOT AN UNUSUAL SITUATION IN THE CITY. CLINTON, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN UNUSUAL SITUATION IN ANY CITY. NO, IT'S NOT. I DID HOPE ONE OF THESE DAYS EVERYBODY ON KYLE ROAD DON'T COME IN HERE AND SAY WE WANT TO BE ANNEXED. THAT'S A LOT OF WATER SEW LINES. , . AND SO FOR THIS ONE, IF HE IS NOT, SO WE ANNEX THIS IN AND HE IS NOT ABLE TO DO THE PROPERTY WHAT HE WANTS. IT'S ANNEX. ONCE YOU ANNEX IT'S ANNEXED FOREVER, CORRECT? MM-HMM. OKAY. IT WOULD HAVE TO REPL LIKE IF, IF HE COULD, IF YOU CAN'T GET THE THREE LOTS ON THERE, WOULD HE HAVE TO REPL OR SOMETHING? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO REPL. I MEAN, IF, I GUESS IF HE WANTED TO REPL IT INTO ONE LOT, HE COULD DO THAT. HE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN. UH, HE CAN PETITION FOR THIS ANNEXATION, BUT AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO EITHER REJECT. HE'S NOT, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DE ANNEX HIM. OKAY. WHAT, WHAT HE'S BASICALLY DOING IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT HE'S GONNA PUT HIS PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PAY CITY INCLUDE PROPERTY TAXES, PAY THE CITY OF, INCLUDE UTILITY BILLS, AND BE PROVIDED SERVICES BY THE CITY OF CL. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT? YES, SIR. DID I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? YOU DID, SIR. I GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UNANIM. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING, JOINT PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS NOTICE [VII. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS ] AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS. THE BAM FESTIVAL AT CLARION THEATER SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2024, STARTING AT 2:00 PM WITH VIDEO FINALS AT 6:00 PM WE'LL HAVE CITY OF KLU HOSTING CAFE PAN NETWORKING EVENT WITH THE PE COUNTY HISPANIC CHAMBER. KLU CITY HALL, APRIL 19TH, 2024 AT 9:00 AM AND THEN JOINT PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MOTION. COUNCIL AZAR. SECOND. SECOND. LOPEZ . SOME VISITATION. ANYBODY WANNA DISCUSS IT? YEAH. HERE AIN'T NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN ALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.