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[I. COMMENCEMENT]
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A PUBLIC HEARING WITH COUNCIL ACTING AS A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS, FOLLOWED BY A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 2026 AT 7:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CLO CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, FLUTE, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.FOR THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS, COUNSEL 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 INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 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 MATTERS.
DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0 8 7.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 1 8 0.7 5.183 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED SECTIONS 3 2 1 0.3022 SALES TAX INFORMATION, THE AGENDA MEETING PACKET AND VIDEO ANCHOR POSTED AT S WEBSITE@WWW.CL TEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS 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 MUST OBSERVE THE FIVE INCH TIME LIMIT.
A RECORDING OF THE VIDEO MEETING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
MR. BOND WOULD TAKE CARE TO BLESS US DEARLY.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR HOW YOU PROVIDE FOR US, LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.
LAURA, WE JUST ALWAYS WANNA LIFT UP ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE, UH, WANNA BE THANKFUL FOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR MS. DIANE TURNER AND ALL HER YEARS OF SERVICE TO, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ESPECIALLY FINISHING OUT HER CAREER HERE IN, UH, WE DEFINITELY KNOW SHE'LL BE MISSED.
WE JUST, UH, ASK THAT YOU, UH, BLESS EVERYONE HERE THAT WE, WE KNOW THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN EVERYBODY'S SICK AND STUFF AND WE KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS.
LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU LOOK OVER THERE AND COMFORT THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.
LORD, WE JUST ASK YOU THIS MAKE DECISION AND IT'S HOW WANT THINGS TO GO COMMUNITY AND YOUR NAME WOULD PRAY.
PLEASE PLEDGE PLEASE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CONSIDER REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STAYS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITHIN KING JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE ROLL CALL OF COUNSEL.
[II. RECOGNITIONS]
ON THE KNIGHT'S AGENDA ARE RECOGNITIONS AND WE HAVE PROCLAMATION FOR, FOR DIANE TURNER AND ERNEST COTTON FOR THEIR RETIREMENT PARTIES.UH, WE WILL START WITH DIANE AND IT IS A CITY OF KLU PROCLAMATION HONORING DIANE TURNER.
WHEREAS DIANE TURNER HAS DEDICATED 19 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE KLU POLICE DEPARTMENT, RISING THROUGH THE RANKS WITH UNWAVERED COMMITMENT, PROFESSIONALISM, AND LEADERSHIP TO ACHIEVE THE ESTEEMED POSITION OF ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND WHEREAS ASSISTANT CHIEF TURNER HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE SERVING THE CITIZENS OF CL WITH FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, AND RESPECT.
AND WHEREAS HER CAREER EXTENDS BEYOND THE CITY OF CL, SHE HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED HER TALENTS AND EXPERTISE TO OTHER LAW ENFORCE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ENRICHING THE BROADER COMMUNITY THROUGH HER SERVICE AND POSITIVELY IMPACTING COUNTY COUNTLESS LIVES.
WHEREAS ASSISTANT CHIEF TURNER'S LEADERSHIP HAS INSPIRED COLLEAGUES, FOSTERED A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AND STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY TRUST THROUGH HER TIRELESS EFFORTS IN MAINTAINING ORDER, PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, AND PREVENTING CRIME.
AND WHEREAS AFTER MANY YEARS OF SELFLESS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, DIANE TURNER HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE, MARKING THE END OF AN OUTSTANDING CHAPTER IN HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND THE HISTORY OF THE KLUTE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOW THEREFORE, OUR CALVIN SHIFFLET MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES OF KLUTE, TEXAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ASSISTANT CHIEF DIANE TURNER FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND A JOB EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR HER LOYALTY, HARD WORK, AND
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THE PROFOUND POSITIVE DIFFERENCE SHE HAS MADE IN OUR COMMUNITY.DIANE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HER FELLOW OFFICERS, THE APART, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE SHE HAS SO FAITHFULLY SERVED.
WE WISH HER A LONG, HEALTHY, JOYFUL, AND WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT FILLED WITH PEACE, RELAXATION, CHERISH TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND THE PURSUIT OF THE PLEASURE OF LIFE NOW OFFERS, UH, IT WITH US WHERE I HERE AND TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF CITY A CLUE TO BE AFFIXED THIS 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2026.
AND IT'S SIGNED BY MYSELF AND I TESTIFIED BY ROSIE
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN OUR PLEASURE, DIANE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, DIANE.
DAD, IF YOU DID ANYTHING, WE'RE A PHONE CALL AWAY.
AND NEXT WE HAVE A CITY OF FLUTE PROCLAMATION HONORING MR. ERNEST COTTON FOR 28 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.
WHEREAS HONEST, ERNEST COTTON HAS SERVED THE SCISSORS OF FLUTE WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION AS A VALUED CITY EMPLOYEE FOR 28 YEARS.
WHEREAS ERNEST HAS PROUDLY HELD A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE CDL FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS AND ENABLING HIM TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL DUTIES AS A REFUSE DRIVER.
IT CONTRIBUTED, IT CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CLEANLINESS, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF OUR OF LIFE AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS LOAN AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, ERNEST HAD DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY RELIABILITY, NEVER CALLING IN SICK AND CONSISTENTLY REPORTING TO WORK READY TO SERVE.
AND WHEREAS ERNEST COTTON IS WIDELY ADMIRED FOR HIS CONSISTENTLY CHEERFUL DISPOSITION, POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND UPLIFTING PRESENCE, BRINGING WARMTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO HIS COWORKERS AND THE RESIDENTS HE SERVES EACH DAY.
WHEREAS HIS STEADFAST COMMITMENT, PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND JOYFUL SPIRIT, AND MADE A LASTING AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF CLUE AND HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT WILL LEAVE A VOID THAT WILL BE DEEPLY FELT BY ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM.
NOW, THEREFORE, OUR CALVIN SHIFFLET MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY DO HERE HEREBY PROCLAIM OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION OF ERNEST COTTON FOR HIS 28 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE
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AS REMARKABLE DEPENDABILITY IN THE CHEERFUL SPIRIT THAT HAS BRIGHTENED THE DAYS OF SO MANY WE WISH EARNEST, A LONG HEALTHFUL JOY AND WELL DESERVED RETIREMENT, FILLED WITH THE SAME HAPPINESS HE SO GENEROUSLY SHARED WITH OTHERS.YOUR DEDICATION TO SMILE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AND WI FOR UP.
HE ENTERED TOOT UP BY HAND AND CAUSE A SEAL OF CITY FLUTE TO BE A FIXED AS 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 1 26.
SIGNED BY MYSELF AS I TESTIFIED BY ROSE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA, HE WENT OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THANK YOU, ERNEST, DON'T BE A STRANGER.
[III. PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL AS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS-VARIANCE-300 BILLINGTON]
NEXT ITEM, BE PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL AS A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS VARIANCE FOR 300 BILLINGTON.FIRST ITEM IS TO READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND TO ALL PERSONS AND INTEREST CITIZEN CORPORATION FIRMS OR AGENTS AND ATTORNEYS AND ALL PERSON FIRMS AND CORPORATE CORPORATIONS OWNING ANY INTEREST IN LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OR EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF CLU, BRAZO COUNTY, TEXAS.
OVER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AT THE CITY OF KLU CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS, THE CITY LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AT THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.LUKETEXAS.GOV, AT WHICH TIME AND PLACE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS OF THE CITY WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF A VARIANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING.
DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY LINE IS SITUATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY TO WIDTH.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION BILLINGTON, SDTR THREE 10 DASH THREE 11 A 0 0 4 9 A CALVIN DIVISION 14 BCIC LOT SIX BE SLASH 70 FOOT.
PROPOSED USE IS TO ADD A CARPORT ON THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE.
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE ABOVE, QUESTIONED IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE SAME WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE CZ MANAGER'S OFFICE AT THE 5:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL MAILS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY, MANAGER OF THE CITY, CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY, 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, CL, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1 SIGNED BY WROTE FOR.
NEXT ITEM IS TO NOTE THE PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT.
IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE BRADFORD FACTS ON JANUARY 2ND.
AND NOTE THE LIST OF PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED BY MAIL.
THERE WERE 21 NOTICES SENT OUT KNOWN RETURNS, SO WE PRESUME THEY WERE ALL
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DELIVERED.AND NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE VARIANCE TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF A CARPORT ON THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY AT 300 BUILDING LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BUILDING SDTR THREE 10 DASH THREE 11 A 0 0 4 9 A CALVIN DIVISION 14 BCIC LOT SIX BE SLASH 70 FOOT.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
AND MARIA, DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO COUNSEL WHAT YOU ARE, WHAT BASICALLY YOU'RE ASKING FOR, PLEASE? OH, WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR WHAT? THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING A CARPORT.
OH, THE REASON BECAUSE, UH, I'M FIXING TO RETIRE.
UH, I WANT TO KEEP MY TRUCK IN GOOD CONDITIONS.
I WANNA PROTECT MY TRUCK AND CELL WITH THE RAIN AND ALL THE POLLUTION AND ALL THE CHEMICAL PLANT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PLANT AND ALL THAT.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I WANT TO JUST DO THAT BECAUSE I'M FIXING RETIRE AND I WANT TO JUST GET MY TRUCK IN GOOD SHAPE.
LOOKING AT THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE THERE, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE RIGHT THERE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO SIMILAR TO THE ONE TO THE LEFT.
HE'S ASKING IS IT GONNA GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE? YES.
AND IS IT GONNA BE SIMILAR TO WHAT THERE'S A ONE ACROSS THE STREET, THE ONE THAT'S TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE.
OH, UH, TO THE LEFT OF IT HOUSE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TRUCK IS RIGHT THERE? NO, THAT'S NOT THE SAME.
IT'S ONLY, IT'S ONLY, UH, 30 BY 2030 BY 20 I WAS STILL GOT A, WE COVER BOTH, BOTH SIDES OF YOUR DRIVEWAY.
BOTH IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE AND THE OTHER OTHER SIDE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A DRIVEWAY.
IT IT'S, IT'S ONLY ONE DRIVEWAY.
IS IT JUST ONE? IT'S ONLY ONE.
IT'S HARD TO TIP THAT THERE'S A DRAWING ON THE BACK THAT KIND OF INDICATES THE DIMENSIONS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND SO THIS WOULD CROACH BASICALLY FIVE FEET, UH, INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, IS, IS THAT WHY HE'S ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE? CORRECT.
IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE THE 25 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK AND THIS WOULD GO OVER THAT.
SO IS THIS 25 FOOT SETBACK? WHERE IS THAT? WHERE DOES THAT START? AT THE PROPERTY LINE? SO 25 FEET BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OR CONSTRUCT WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT SPACE.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE EASEMENT THAT IN.
SO THE EASEMENT, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE, AT THE DRAWING HERE, THE EASEMENT, THE PROPERTY LINE IS DEMARCATED ON THE VERY BOTTOM.
THIS WOULD EXTEND 30 FEET AND COME.
SO BASICALLY IF HE WANTED TO DO A CARPORT THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE, HE'D HAVE FIVE FEET.
AND YOU CAN'T COVER A WHOLE LOT OF TRUCK FOR FIVE FEET.
ARE THERE ONE, IS THERE AN ISSUE OF A SETBACK OR IS THERE ALSO AN ISSUE OF THE POWER LINES? WELL, THE POWER LINES RUN IS THE REASON FOR THE SETBACK OR THAT, WELL, THE REASON FOR THE SETBACK IS MULTIPLE.
UH, IT'S BEEN IN THE, THE BUILDING CODE AS LONG AS WE'VE HAD ONE.
UH, IT'S TO PRESERVE SIDELINES FOR TRAFFIC.
UH, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET STRAIGHT SHOT.
BUT, UH, YEAH, THIS IS THE, THE SETBACK IS FOR FIRE SAFETY, FOR VISIBILITY, THOSE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
THIS IS GONNA NOT GONNA BE AN ENCLOSED CARPORT, CORRECT? IT'S NOT ENCLOSED.
IT, THE SIDES ARE GONNA BE OPEN.
THERE'S NOT AN INTERSECTION NEARBY OR ANYTHING RIGHT.
TO WHERE IT WOULD AFFECT VISIBILITY FOR LIKE AN INTERSECTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? HE'S THREE OR FOUR HOUSES IN FROM THE INTERSECTION.
HE'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER, BUT IT'S BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIGHT PROPERTY.
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ISSUES AT ALL.DID YOU, WELL, JUST FOR SOMEBODY GO FIRST.
UH, I TOTALLY RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND I KNOW WHY I'M NOT SURE HOW TO VOTE ON THIS.
'CAUSE I'VE TRIED, I'VE SEEN TWO OTHER PEOPLE TRY THIS AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE BOTH DENIED.
SO I'M TORN BETWEEN PRACTICALITY OF YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO YOUR PROPERTY AND PUT A CARPORT, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT I KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN DENIED THE VERY SAME THING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT LEAVES ME ON A VOTE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS IT THOUGHT AS WELL.
I'M SURE I RECALL ONE OF THOSE THAT CASE WE HAD PASSED.
'CAUSE THAT INDIVIDUAL WASN'T HERE TO REALLY EXPLAIN HIS REASON.
YEAH, I RECALL ONE ON MAYBE BROCKMAN A COUPLE YEARS BACK.
THERE WAS ONE ON LAZY LANE TOO.
BUT WELL, I MEAN WE, WE HAVE, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THIS, RENTED VARIANCES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND ALREADY DONE THE WORK AND CAME BACK AFTER THE FACT WHEN WE SAID SOMETHING TO THEM ABOUT IT.
AND I HAVE TO COMMEND THESE PEOPLE FOR COMING TO US AHEAD OF TIME AND ASKING AND NOT DOING THE WORK AND, AND DOING AND THEN COME UP AND ASK HER GOING BACKWARDS, RIGHT? YEAH.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LADY'S NAME ONE.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LADY'S NAME.
WELL, WE HAVE A SHEET TO GO BY, DON'T WE? THERE'S FOUR CRITERIA.
AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, APPLICATION THAT DISCUSSES THOSE FOUR CRITERIA, WELL, HE, THE APPLICANT FILLED IT OUT, RIGHT? THAT WAS IN HERE.
SO IT'S CREATES SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATES A HARDSHIP, CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO THE, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT THE, IT HAS TO BE A, A UNIQUE CONDITION OF THE, UH, THEIR PROPERTY IS A PROPERTY THAT, A CONDITION THAT'S UNIQUE TO THEIR PROPERTY AND NOT THE SAME AS OTHER PROPERTIES NEARBY.
SO IF, UH, IF ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE, ALL THE OTHER HOUSE HOUSES HAVE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, THEN THAT WOULD NOT QUALIFY.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE, UH, BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A CORNER LOT WITH A BIG EASEMENT, AND THAT WOULD PREVENT BEING ABLE TO BUILD A HOUSE ON IT.
UM, IT, THE HARDSHIP CANNOT BE SELF-CREATED.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN THE PERSON BUILT IN THE EASEMENT AND CREATED THE HARDSHIP, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, HAS TO BE UNIQUE TO THE PROPERTY, NOT GENERAL TO THE AREA WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
AND IT HAS TO BE THAT, UM, UH, WITHOUT THE VARIANCE THAT THEY COULD NOT, UH, THEY WERE DENIED REASONABLE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THEY BASICALLY, THE PROPERTY WAS UNUSABLE WITHOUT, UM, THE VARIANCE.
SO TYPICALLY THE, UH, VARIANCE, UM, SHOULD BE EXTREMELY RARE ON A, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR LOT THAT HAS A UNIQUE FEATURE THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS AND THEY JUST BASICALLY CANNOT USE THEIR LOT WITHOUT THE GRANT OF THE VARIANCE.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR GENERAL RULES.
I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PERSONALLY BY THIS BEING DENIED.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE, WELL I WENT TO A DEMO ABOUT THREE
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WEEKS AGO AND ONE OF OUR EX CITY EMPLOYEES HAS ONE THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE ROAD.WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL I'VE SEEN WHETHER THEY CAME AND GOT VARIANCES OR JUST DID IT, I'M NOT SURE I CAN GO SHOW YOU TOO.
I KNOW, BUT THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE ON THE ONE RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF, UH, SOUTH SHANK, SHANK, SHANK SHANKS AND, UH, STREET, THE ROAD BY MITCH, WHEREVER THAT ROAD, I WAS TRYING UP THAT ROAD.
SHANKS AND BERNARD, I THINK IT'S OVER.
YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S ONE THERE THAT HAD BEEN RECENTLY BUILT THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
LOOK, LOOKING AT THE ONE, ONE OVER BY THE HOUSE OF A DEMO HAS BEEN THERE OVER YEARS.
LOOKING AT THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT THERE, WHERE THAT WHITE PICKUP TRUCK, 'CAUSE THAT, WHERE IS THE PROPERTY LINE? LIKE, SO IF YOU LOOK ABOUT, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, CULVERT FOR THE DITCH.
THE PROPERTY LINE ACTUALLY RUNS PROBABLY TWO TO THREE FEET BEYOND THAT CULVERT.
IT, THE, THE, ACTUALLY THE SHADOW FROM THE POWER LINES JUST ABOUT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS.
AND THEN THAT HE STILL HAS, HE HAS TO HAVE IT 25 FEET.
IT'S SP THE BUILDING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TRUE WITH YEAH.
SO BASED ON THE DISTANCE AND MEASUREMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, HE'D HAVE ABOUT FIVE FEET OF USABLE SPACE.
IS THERE GONNA BE A, IS IT GONNA BE A, A RIGID STICK STICK BUILT BUILDING OR IS IT GONNA BE ONE OF THE CARPORTS, LIKE THE ONE THAT'S TO THE LEFT? JUST A REGULAR CARPORT? JUST, JUST GONNA BE JUST LIKE A, AN ALUMINUM OR WHATEVER, PRE FLAT.
IS IT GONNA NO, IT'S GONNA BE ALUMINUM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE IT DRIVE EVERYTHING, DO EVERYTHING LABELED, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN IF YOU, NO, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I MEAN IF, LIKE I SAID, I'M FIXING RETIRE AND I JUST WANT TO INVEST SOME MY MONEY IN SOMETHING.
HELP ME AND MY VEHICLE AND MY LADY
YOU KNOW HOW THIS TEXAS WEATHER, RAIN AND ALL THAT STUFF EVERY OTHER DAY AND I DON'T WANT BE CHICK SICK.
IS THERE A VEHICLE IN THAT GARAGE RIGHT NOW? YES.
SO IS GONNA BE ENOUGH FOR TWO CARS TO YEAH.
I MEAN, THE POWER LINE IS WAY OUT THERE.
I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT RIGHT.
150 TALL, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST ENOUGH TO FIT MY TRUCK AND MY WIFE'S VEHICLE.
AND WHAT, HOW BIG IS THE CARDBOARD? 25 30? IS THAT WHAT IT SAID? WHAT I SEE 25, 30.
SO THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCE FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE CARPORT THEN NOT JUST WOW.
WHAT, 20, 20 FEET OF IT? WELL, I THINK THE CARPORT THEY SAID WAS 30 FEET.
SO DOES THAT MEAN EVERYBODY CAN PUT A CARPORT UP THEN? WELL, THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO COME GET A VARIANCE, BUT YEAH.
BUT EVERYBODY ON THAT ROAD IS PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME SITUATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, UNUSUAL FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOR THE ENCROACH, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO A CARPORT, THEY'D HAVE TO ENCROACH.
THERE MIGHT BE A FEW THAT, THAT ARE NOT WELL I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE PEOPLE ON AVERY, RIGHT? HOW WELL ARE THEY IN THAT SAME SITUATION? IF YOU CAN PULL THE SCREEN DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THE ONE THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM, THEY HAVE A CARPORT.
I DON'T, I DON'T IMAGINE THAT'S 25 FEET BETWEEN THE EASEMENT AND THE, SEE THIS HOUSE LOOKS LIKE THIS.
ROSIE, CAN YOU DROP THIS INTO STREET VIEW? CAN YOU DROP US INTO STREET E? THE ONE THAT SHOWS 3 3 28 AY RIGHT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THEIR HOUSE.
THAT ONE, WELL THIS OLD PICTURE, I THINK THEY HAVE A CARPORT ONE, BUT THEY
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DIDN'T, SOMETIMES IF YOU MOVE IT FORWARD, IT WILL UPDATE OVER THIS WAY.OVER HERE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY BUILT SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF THE HOUSE OR THEY BUILT A CARPORT TYPE THING OFF THE SIDE OF IT.
IT'S A LIKE A TWO TYPE DEAL HOUSE LINE, BASICALLY.
NO, BUT I, I THOUGHT THEY HAD ONE SINCE THEN.
NOW THIS, THIS IMAGE IS FROM APRIL OF 2024.
BUT THEIR CARPORTS ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE, NOT OUT FRONT.
AND IT, IT, THE THE 25 SETBACK, IS THAT, IS THAT JUST A CITY THING? IS THAT SOME TYPE OF STATE? NO, THAT'S A CITY, IT'S PART OF THE CITY BUILDING CODE.
IT'S BEEN PART OF THE CODE SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED WAY BACK WHEN.
SEE, I'M WONDERING IF THESE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE OVER HERE, SINCE THEY HAVE CARPORTS THAT ARE BUILT ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, IF THEY WENT TO GO GET THE PERMITS TO PUT ONE UP AND WERE TOLD NO, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE 25 FEET OR THE 30 FEET OR WHATEVER.
WELL I KNOW THE ONE ON THE LEFT, THE GRAY WAS REMODELED AND MAY HAVE BEEN REBUILT COMPLETELY IN 20.
OH, THAT'S A BRAND NEW HOUSE, RIGHT? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THE 2022, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IT.
DEFINITELY ENCROACHES ON THE SIDE LOT.
HOPEFULLY FIVE FOOT PROPERTY LINE.
WHAT'S THAT? TO THE LEFT OF THE GRAY HOUSE.
IS THAT JUST A WIDER LOT? IT'S, IT'S A USED TO BE A DOUBLE LOT CARPORT.
YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE, SO IT LOOKS LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE CARPORTS, BUT THEY'RE JUST ON THE SIDES OF THE HOUSE.
YEAH, THEY'RE ON THE SIDE THOUGH.
YEAH, BUT IN, IN HIS SITUATION IT WOULD, I DON'T THINK HE HAS ROOM ON THE SIDE.
YOU UP IN THAT HOUSE DISAPPEARED.
CAN YOU GO THE OTHER WAY DOWN THIS STREET? OH, I DON'T HAVE IT.
UH, ROSIE CAN YOU TAKE THIS? YOU WANT GO THIS WAY OR DOWN? YEAH.
UH, MAKE A RIGHT ON BILLINGTON PLEASE.
YOU WANNA GO ONTO BILLING? I GOING TAKE A RIGHT, GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BILLINGTON.
SOUNDS LIKE A GPS TAKE A RIGHT.
AM I SPEEDING?
GO TO THE, YEAH, NEXT INTERSECTION.
SHANE, MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE ADDRESS IN.
IS THIS, HE HAS ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT IT ON HERE.
YEAH, HE WOULD HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS MORE THAN KEEP GOING.
OH, GO ACROSS THE STREET AND PUT TO THE LEFT.
I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY THAT HOUSE RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT, ISN'T IT? YEAH, IT DOES NOT SHOW IT JUST RIGHT THERE.
I KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SIR, IS THERE ROOM ON THE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE? I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS DRAWING.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ROOM ON THE SIDE? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS DRAWING.
YEAH, SO HIS LOT'S A HUNDRED BY 70.
I GOT PROBABLY ONE SIDE IN MY HEAD.
NO, IS IS THERE, IS THERE ROOM ON THE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE TO BUILD A CARPORT TO WHERE IT WOULDN'T GO PAST THE PROPERTY? CONCRETE? I MEAN, I THINK IT BOTH, IT'S, IT GOT THE, OKAY.
SO HE HAS A FENCE THERE TOO THOUGH.
HE'S GOT A PRIVACY ON THE AVERY SIDE THOUGH.
THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO THE FENCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
LOOKING AT THE FRONT DOOR TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S NOT, WHEN YOU GET PAST THERE, THERE'S NO DRIVEWAY TO THE RIGHT.
NO, BUT I CAN'T SEE IT ON HERE.
IF YOU GO BACK TO GOOGLE, GOOGLER 30 FEET'S 25 FEET.
TURNS IT TOWARDS, TURN THE LEFT.
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OKAY.NO, BUT THAT'S THE HOUSE NEXT.
SEE, EVEN, EVEN IF HE PUTS ONE ON THERE, IT'S NOT LIKE THE CARPORT'S GONNA BE THREE FEET AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY.
I'VE SEEN ONE WHERE THE CARPORT IS LITERALLY PROBABLY THREE FEET AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY.
THEY DON'T WANNA COME ON THE WAY TO THE ROAD.
THEY JUST WANNA GO 25 FEET AND YOU KNOW, SO THE QUESTIONS REALLY, I MEAN, LEGALLY THE QUESTION'S CONSISTENCY, RIGHT.
SO IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL SAY, HEY, FROM HERE FORWARD WE GRANT THE CARPORT AND PEOPLE TO COME IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S OUR NEW POLICY OR NEW THING.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, CAN WE DO SOMETHING WITH THE, THE SETBACK RULE? I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN EVENTUALLY CHANGE OR WELL, THAT'S, SO PART OF THE, THAT, THAT CAN BE PART OF THE PLAN, THE ZONING REVIEW.
OH, WHEN WE GET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DONE, IT WON'T BE IMMEDIATE, RIGHT? YEAH.
TECHNICALLY ANYTHING YOU BILL HAS TO BE, ALTHOUGH BEFORE YOU GET TO THE CONFINES OF THAT UTILITY RIGHT, IT COULDN'T EXTEND, IT COULDN'T EXTEND PAST THE POINT WHERE THE UTILITY LINES GO THROUGH.
BUT IF HE BUILDS UP IN THERE, BUILDS UP IN THERE, THE PILOT, IT'S ALREADY GOT A DOUBLE DOOR DOWN AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHORTEN THE
COULD YOU, WOULD YOU, IF YOU MADE THE CARPORT SHORTER? I CAN MAKE IT SHORTER JUST ENOUGH FOR MY TRUCK BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING THE POWER.
BECAUSE HOW LONG HE WAS TRYING TO DO 30, 30 FEET LONG, HE WOULDN'T, I I BELIEVE IT WAS 20 BY 30 IS WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE PLAN.
I THINK THE MAYOR IS SAYING AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T COME ALL THE WAY OUT UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINE, IF IT, IF IT COMES UP, IF IT, IF IT EXTENDS UNDER THE POWER LINES, THE POWER COMPANY CAN, CAN GO IN THERE AND SOLVE YOUR CARPORT OFF IF IT'S IN THEIR WAY.
DID WE? YOU CAN, THERE'S AN EASEMENT THERE FOR THE POWER.
THAT'S WHAT I I'M SAYING YOU CAN'T, IF YOU BUILD, YOU CAN'T BUILD IN A POWER LINE EASEMENT.
BUT YOU ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU PUT A FENCE ACROSS ONE, IF YOU PUT A FENCE ACROSS ONE, THEY CAN, IF THEY WANT TO COME IN AND DO WORK IN THERE, THEY JUST TEAR YOUR FENCE DOWN AND YOU'RE, YOU GOTTA REBUILD IT YOURSELF.
I AM FULLY AWARE OF THAT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
SHE'S SAYING, SHE'S SAYING IT'S NOT GONNA BE UNDER THE LINES.
OH NO, IT WON'T BE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE LINE.
IT CAN'T EVEN GO UNDER, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THERE EITHER BECAUSE THE LINE IS STILL WAY UP THERE.
ROSIE, CAN YOU TAKE US OVER TO ACCO STREET? UH, IF YOU WANT ZOOM BACK OUT AND IT'LL TAKE YOU BACK UP INTO EARTH MODE.
GO STRAIGHT DOWN THAT ROAD TO YOUR RIGHT.
ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TO THE LEFT.
SO BAD THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE TOLD THEY COULD GO THAT NEW HOUSE RECENTLY AND IT'S NO, YOU'RE GOING, YOU WANNA GO LEFT, EVERYTHING APPROVED AND THE OH, WE GOT A SET BACK HERE.
CAN'T, THAT'S WHY THAT THAT BIAS AND THERE YOU GO.
HOW FAR DO YOU WANNA GO? UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
ALL THE WAY THE END OF THE LEFT? YEP.
WAIT, DID WE GO TOO FAR? THAT HOUSE IN FRONT? YEP.
THAT ONE JUST BELONG TO ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCILMEN THAT BIG.
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I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.THEY'RE SAYING IT WON'T BE THAT BIG AND IT WILL BE END THE POWER TO THAT ORDER AND MILES.
IT WILL NOT BE UNDER THE POWER BOX AND IT'S GONNA HAVE A PLATFORM, A FLAT.
I HAVE A KIND OF LIKE THE ONE AT, UM, DOWN THE STREET ON BILLINGTON.
WHEN, WHERE IS THAT? BERNARD ORON THAT COMES, DID YOU MAKE A LEFT THERE AND GO DOWN TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION? THERE'S ONE THERE I THINK, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU GO ON, UH, ON BILLINGTON, GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PECAN STREET.
YOU SEE ONE IN THE RIGHT BUILDING THERE.
HOPE IT DON'T SHOW UP ALL THE WAY.
THERE THERE'S ONE THAT'S THERE, BUT IT'S NOT IN HIS PICTURE.
YEAH, THERE'S A NEW ONE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT IN HIS PICTURE.
IT, IT WASN'T, IT HASN'T BEEN THERE THAT LONG.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, UH, CARPORT SIMILAR TO THE ONE.
IF YOU GO KEEP GOING TO THE LEFT NOW TO THE LEFT.
GO ALL THE WAY AROUND 360 OR FROM WHERE? 180 FROM WHERE YOU ARE.
HE'S GOT A CARPORT SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO THE ONE ALL THE WAY TO THE END THAT YOU'RE POINTING AT.
HE'S GOT ONE SIMILAR PROBABLY TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING RIGHT THERE.
I THINK IT WOULD LOOK VERY NICE.
UH, ARE WE, ARE WE JUST WAITING ON A YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIAL COMMISS MOTION I GUESS.
I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS WITH IT, BUT HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ THAT WE GRANT THE VARIANCE FOR THE CARPORT.
YOU PUT THAT IN THE, I'VE GOTTEN GLADLY, DULY NOTED IN QUOTATIONS.
WE HAVE A CA A SECOND BY COUNCIL PER LAW.
WHY DO WE HAVE, WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE 25 FOOT? BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THE EASEMENT THEN 25 FEET.
IT'S LIKE ALL THESE HOMES WERE BUILT A REALLY LONG TIME AGO.
WE HAVE AND THEY ARE LITERALLY RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN THAT'S THE STORY OF CLUT ZONING IS THAT WE HAVE A MISMATCHED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING, DOING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO CAN WE, CAN WE WORD THIS VARIANCE THAT BECAUSE IT IS IN THE OLDER PART OF FLU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE IF YOU WANNA MAKE A JUSTIFICATION.
WELL, I WAS THINKING FOR FUTURE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN WOOD OR YOU KNOW, THAT WANT TO COME DO THIS, THAT THAT WOOD W***E ARE GONNA BE LIKE, NO, NO, NO.
I'M JUST SAYING IT'S GOTTA BE, IT'S GOTTA BE IN OUR HA IT IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE.
THAT'S IT'S AN OLDER, YEAH, NO WOOD'S NOT GONNA, YOU CAN'T EVEN PAINT YOUR HOUSE.
SO JEFF, OKAY, SO THE ONES THAT WE DID DENY SECOND JEFF, THE, THE ONES THAT WE DENIED, WHAT WERE THE REASON? WAS IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS ENCROACHING? 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
THE ONE ON BROCKMAN I WANNA SAY WAS WITHIN TWO FEET OF THE STREET, WASN'T IT? NO.
AND WE DENIED IT ON THAT BASIS BECAUSE IT WAS ENCROACHMENT.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE ONE ON LAZY.
IT WAS DENIED BECAUSE FIVE FOOT OF IT WAS UNDER THE POWER WAS, UH, WITHIN THE SETBACK.
SO IT WAS THE, THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE HAVE IN NOW.
WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THE THING THAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF IT GO, IF YOU, WHERE THAT TELEPHONE POLE LINE GOES THROUGH THERE, IF IT, IF IT EXTENDS PAST THAT, CAN YOU POWER COMPANY OR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY OR ANYBODY COULD GO IN THERE AND CHOP IT OFF AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING BASICALLY.
IF YOU DON'T GO PAST THE CONCRETE PART OF YOUR DRIVEWAY, YOU SHOULD BE OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WIDE THAT NO, IT'S NOT GONNA PASS THE PLACE IS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PUT UP POLITICAL SIGNS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BEHIND THE TELEPHONE POLE.
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SO I THINK THAT THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE BEHIND THE TELEPHONE POLE AS WELL.YOU GOT A MOTION? AND A SECOND SIR? HAVE A MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
SO WE HAVE 4, 4, 4 AND ONE ABS SUBSTANTIAL OBJECT.
AGAIN, GET YOUR PERMIT BED AND GO TO WORK.
SO HOW BIG ARE I CAN MAKE IT? UH, DON'T GO PAST, DON'T GO UNDER THE POWER LINES.
I MEAN, I, I CAN MAKE ANOTHER HOUSE BEFORE BIG POWER LINE.
YEAH, BASICALLY, BASICALLY YOU SEE THAT YOUR, THE POWER POLE IS SITTING AT THE TOP OF THE DITCH RIGHT HERE IN THAT PICTURE.
SEE WHERE THE POWER POLE'S SITTING AT THE TOP OF THE DITCH LIGHT POLE.
I GIVE YOURSELF FIVE FOOT CLEARANCE IF YOU DON'T GO, IF YOU DON'T GO PAST THAT POLE.
SEE, I MEAN I CAN SEE THE BEING ABLE TO GO PAST THE DITCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS 25 THING.
I WOULDN'T, I PUT THE TRUCK UNDER THEN.
THE PROCESS, THEY GO TO PERMITS, CORRECT? THEY NOW THEY NEED TO GO TO PERMITS.
I WAS LIKE THIS SO COOL, THESE LIGHTS AND THEY WERE LIKE, GO CUTE TREES.
THEN YOU GO THROUGH AND THERE'S LIGHTS.
THEY GO UP THE DOOR,
YOU CAN HAVE 'EM SHINING UP ON THE HOUSE ITSELF, BUT YOU CAN'T OUT THE YARD.
I SAID AREN'T YOU ABOUT TO RETIRE? YEAH.
[IV. ADJOURN JOINT PUBLIC HEARING]
NOW ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO MOVE INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.[VII. BUSINESS ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
TO MOVE ONE ITEM UP ITEM E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER OH THREE DASH 2026 AT POINTING A MEMBER TO THE PARKLAND RECREATION BOARD.UH, IT WOULD BE MAYOR DID, DID YOU UH, DID YOU PASS THE MINUTES? WE WERE MAYOR ASKED TO MOVE THIS ITEM.
YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE, THE PROPOSED NEW MEMBER WHETHER THAT HE NEEDS TO GET HOME TO HIS CHILDREN.
THIS WOULD BE CITY OF INCLUDE RESOLUTION NUMBER OH THREE DASH 1 26 APPOINTED MEMBER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD WHERE SECTION 82 DASH 36 OF CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS PROVIDES FOR A CREATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD CONSISTING OF EITHER FIVE OR SEVEN CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PLU, EACH OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.
AND WHEREAS POSITION TWO, WHICH EXPIRES MAY, 2026 IS VACANT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY
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THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY, INCLUDE ROSA RESORT COUNTY, TEXAS FIRST THAT BRIAN COLE IS HEREBY APPOINTED TO FILL POSITION TWO, WHICH EXPIRES IN MAY 20, 26 AND SECOND THAT THIS RESOLUTION AFTER EXECUTION THAT TESTATION SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE CITY OF CL TEXAS.READ PAST AND APPROVED THIS 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2026.
AD SIGNED BY MYSELF, TESTIFY BY ROAD THE CITY CLERK AND, UH, WILL, DO YOU WANT TO, WE HAD A, UH, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CURRENT MEMBERS MOVE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND SO WE HAD TO RESIGN HIS POSITION AND MR. COLE HAS GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO, TO STEP UP AND FILL IT.
NO, KNOWING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO REAPPOINT HIM HERE AGAIN IN THE SPRING, BUT WE WANTED TO GET THAT POSITION FILLED THAT LEAVES US WITH ONLY FOUR MEMBERS, COULDN'T HAVE ANY ABSENCES TO MAINTAIN A QUORUM.
SO HE'S HERE IF Y'ALL LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO MR. MR. COLE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I'LL COME SAY HI
UH, BEEN IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, BUT I GREW UP IN THE AREA.
UM, MY PARENTS, UH, STILL LIVE IN THE AREA AS WELL.
AND I HAVE FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER IN THE AREA HAVE A, UH, A SOPHOMORE WHO'S AT BRAESWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND TWO NINE MONTH OLD TWIN GIRLS THAT ARE HOPEFULLY GETTING TO BED RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
SO, UM, EXCITED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF JOINING, UM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ALSO, I FAILED TO MENTION MAYOR THAT, UH, MR. COLE CAME TO OUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER TO MEET THE BOARD AND THE PARKS BOARD GAVE ME UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO, TO, TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT.
I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER OH THREE DASH 2026.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILPERSON BOND.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
NOW WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE, THE REGULAR COUNCIL BUDGETING.
AND THE FIRST ITEM IS SAYS OR VISITOR COMMENT.
SO WE'LL FOREGO THAT AND MOVE IT
[VI. CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.
THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE PRESENTED AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION.
TONIGHT'S AGENDA CONSISTS OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORT WEEKEND, JANUARY THE NINTH AND WEEKEND JANUARY 16TH, 2026, AND A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY THE EIGHTH, 2020 SIXTH.
YOU'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? I WOULD LIKE TO FOR CLARIFICATION.
UH, COUNTS PAYABLE JANUARY 9TH AND JANUARY 16TH.
UM, I'M SORRY, MY QUESTION IS PAGE GO.
PAGE NUMBER SIX BASED ON MY QUESTION WAS I SEE WHERE WE SPEND A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY.
IT SAYS CLUT RICHWOOD LIFT STATION FOR VERIFICATION.
I TRIED TO CATCH YOU UP BEFORE, BUT KIND OF QUESTION, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT THE RIDGEWOOD STATION NOW AT THE OYSTER CREEK, BUT IT IS WHAT WE CONSIDER THE RIDGEWOOD STATION OFF OLD LAMPTON ROAD.
DO WE GET ANY KIND OF HELP FROM RIDGEWOOD FOR ANY OF THOSE REPAIRS? DO WE BACK BILL THEM JOHN THAT STATION? WE DO NOT.
WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY HELP WITH THEM FOR ANY REPAIRS OR ANY, ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT STATION.
BUT THEY HAVE FLOW THROUGH THERE, CORRECT? I'M SORRY? THEY HAVE FLOW THROUGH THERE.
THEY HAVE WHAT FLOW? A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OH YES, IT GOES A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR FLOW GOES THROUGH THAT STATION.
IT LEAVES THE STATION THERE BY THE CREEK AND THEN IT FLOWS UP COLLEGE AND DOWN THROUGH THE ALLEYWAY.
AND IT GOES INTO THAT STATION.
AND THEN FROM THAT STATION IT GOES DOWN
SO I THINK I CAN TALK TO MR. FORESTER AND SEE IF WE CAN'T.
SO IT TECHNICALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT THERE SEWER GOES THROUGH THAT STATION.
YEAH, JUST LOOKING FOR A DOLLAR, I MEAN A LITTLE HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN THAT STATION THEY AVERAGE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ANY RAIN.
THEY PROBABLY AVERAGE 300, 350,000 GALLONS A DAY GOES THROUGH THAT STATION.
WELL I'M JUST MEASURING WHAT THEY LEAVE THEIR STATION AT.
'CAUSE WE READ THEIR, WE READ THEIR UM, METERS AS WELL ON A RAIN EVENT.
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SOME CASES TWO THREE.I'VE SEEN IT UP TO ALMOST 4 MILLION GALLONS RAIN EVENT.
WHEN I COLLECTED THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE, THE DO BUSINESS.
SO WHAT IT BREAKS DOWN, RITUAL DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING, DOESN'T THEY? THEY ARE 24 5% OWNER OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT.
THAT'S ANYTHING THAT GOES ON AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT, BUT GOTTA GET IT, THIS, THEIR EFFLUENT GOES THROUGH OUR STATION IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT PLANT CONTRACT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE EVER ADDRESSED THE LIFT STATIONS WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE FOLKS, BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN WE REPLACED THE TRUNK LINE DOWN OLD ISLAND ROAD, THEY PAID A PORTION OF THAT REPLACEMENT.
RE I MEAN THAT WAS BEFORE I GOT HERE, BUT I DO RECALL THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE A PORTION, THEY DID PAY A PORTION OF IT.
SO, BUT NONE OF IT FLOWS WITHOUT PUMPING IT? CORRECT.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD A CONTRACT, A PERCENTAGE.
WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT'S ACTUALLY UP FOR THE TRUNK LINE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, AS I RECALL, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THIS SINCE GARY BEVERLY WAS HERE, BUT UM, UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LEASE THAT THEY PAID FOR THAT.
THERE'S SOME, THERE'S A CONTRACT RELATED TO THE LINE, BUT I THINK THE LIFT STATION WAS NOT PART OF THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I SAY THEY ONLY, THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR ANY OF THE LIFT STATION WAS JUST THE FRONT LINE.
THAT LINE WAS REPLACED DOWN COLLEGE BOULEVARD THROUGH THE ALLEYWAY TO THE STATION AND THEN A PORTION OF THE DISTANCE FROM ONCE IT LEFT THE STATION ON OLD TON ROAD, DOWN OLD TON ROAD.
AND THEN AS A RESULT, ALSO A PORTION OF THAT LINE I BELIEVE WAS REPLACED OFF OF UH, WHERE WILSON MEETS THE FEEDER ROAD.
A SECTION OF THAT WAS ALL A PART OF THAT PROJECT.
I WANNA SAY IT HAPPENED IN THE, UH, AROUND 2008, NINE, SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME.
I HAD SOME REALLY SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THAT LIFT STATION WITH MR. BEVERLY WITH YOU.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF ON MY RADAR TO BE ON IT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION FOR THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN THAT'S A GOOD, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE UP WITH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF WE'RE NOT PUMPING THROUGH IT, WELL I WOULD THINK COLLEGE PARTNERS, WELL WE, WE RIGHT NOW COLLEGE PARK GOES IN THAT LIFT STATION.
WOOD SHORE ACTUALLY LEAVES WOOD SHORE AND GOES INTO THAT LIFT STATION AND IS REPRE PUMPED BACK DOWN TO OLD ENGLETON AND COSTA VERDE ACROSS THE STREET FLOWS INTO THAT LIFT STATION.
SO EVEN A 50 50 IS SOMETHING IN ANYTHING SOMETHING.
WELL, I MEAN IF THEY PAY IT FOR 25% OF THE, THEY PAY FOR 25% OF THE SEWER PLANT.
THEY ONLY PAY FOR 20, 25% OF THE REPAIR TO GET IT THERE.
I ALREADY KNOW THEY ANSWER THIS THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT I'M BRINGING IT OUT.
WE'RE STILL RENTING THE GENERATOR.
THE GENERATOR WAS, THE GENERATOR THAT WE HAD THERE HAS BEEN REPAIRED, BUT WITH THE RECENT EVENTS, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THERE AND CHANGE THAT.
GO, GO START MAKING A BUNCH OF CHANGES WITH THE GENERATOR WITH THE, UH, COLD WEATHER OR TAKING A CHANCE ON PUTTING THE OTHER ONE BACK IN THERE AND SOMETHING HAPPENING.
WE HAD THE INCIDENT LAST WEEKEND WHERE THE POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT OVER HERE BY THE LIBRARY.
THAT GENERATOR, WHICH IS RENTED.
IT, IT CAME ON AND ONCE WE PAY IT FOR THE MONTH, IT'S PAID FOR THE MONTH.
SO, UH, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO, TO GET THE OTHER ONE SWITCHED OUT INTO WHERE WE PUT THE OTHER ONE BACK IN THERE.
SINCE IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED, WE DIDN'T WANNA TAKE A CHANCE WITH ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WITH THE WEATHER.
MY MAIN GOAL IS HOW COME WE AIN'T GOT THAT FANCY NEW ONE HOOKED UP WITH GAS LINE.
THE MET MET WITH CENTER POINT HERE.
I WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY WERE WORKING ME UP A QUOTE, BUT ACTUALLY I ALREADY WORKED UP THE QUOTE TO GET THE GAS LINE IN THERE TOO.
IT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RIGHT NOW GETTING THE, UH, PERMITS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO GET DONE TO DO IT AND WE'RE ON THEIR TIMEFRAME.
UH, ONCE WE GET, I'M SORRY, I JUST DON'T WANT THIS GENERATOR TO GO AS LONG AS OUR ROOF.
IT'S THE OTHER ONE IS THIS ONE HERE, THE RENTED ONE IS GOING OUT WITHIN THE NEXT, IF WE GET THROUGH THIS WEATHER HERE THAT WE CAN SWITCH IT BACK OUT AND PUT THE OTHER ONE BACK IN, WHICH IS OURS.
AND, AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE GAS LINE IN THERE AND WE FINISH THE PROJECT FOR THAT WHOLE STATION, THEN WE'LL GET THE GAS ONE ON THERE AND THEN WE CAN PULL THAT ONE OUT.
MY MAIN GOAL, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE GAS LINE.
MY MAIN GOAL WAS TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE GAS LINE.
OKAY, SO THE GAS BIG ONE, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE QUOTE ON.
WE GOT THE DIRECTION WHERE IT'S GONNA GO IN THERE AT, WE'RE GETTING THE ACCOUNT SET UP WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
ONCE WE GET THAT SET UP, UH, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO PERMITS.
HE'S GONNA PROVIDE A HAND DRAWING SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONSIDER THE MAIN, HE SAID IF IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE, THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THEY WOULD'VE TO CALL IT THE MAIN, WHICH WOULD DELAY IT PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MORE MONTHS.
SO WITH THIS PROCESS WE'RE GOING HERE, WE CAN BYPASS THAT AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US PAYING THE FEE TO GET IT PUT IN THERE AND, UH, THEM COMING OUT TO INSTALL IT.
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NO PROBLEM.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ITEMS BE REMOVED.
[VII. BUSINESS ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
WE WILL NOW HAVE BUSINESS ITEMS AND ITEM A IS FINANCIALS FOR QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER THE 31ST, 2025.MS. COREY FIXING TO LEAD US THROUGH.
TONIGHT I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, QUARTER ONE'S FINANCIALS, WHICH REFLECTS ACTIVITY FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025.
THIS IS OUR FIRST CHECKPOINT OF THE YEAR AND IT HELPS CONFIRM WHETHER WE'RE TRACKING AS EXPECTED.
THIS FIRST SLIDE IS JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND.
MOST DEPARTMENTS ARE TRACKING WITHIN NORMAL FIRST QUARTER SPENDING RANGES.
OVERALL, THE GENERAL FUND IS IN FAVORABLE POSITION, YEAR TO DATE WITH REVENUES, OUTPACING EXPENDITURES AND GENERATING A POSITIVE OPERATING MARGIN FOR QUARTER ONE.
CITYWIDE REVENUE SUMMARY QUARTER ONE REVENUES ARE, UM, ON PACE WITH MOST CATEGORIES IN THE 25 TO 35% RANGE.
PROPERTY TAXES AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REVENUES ARE STRONG EARLY AT 48 AND 47% SALES TAX.
FRANCHISE WATER, SEWER AND EMS IN COURT ARE TRACK YOUR NORMAL HOTEL AND MOTEL TAXES ARE AT ZERO BECAUSE PAYMENTS ARE DUE AT THE END OF JANUARY.
AND GRANT FESTIVAL REVENUES ARE EXPECTED LATER IN THE YEAR.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT CORY AND CHRIS HAVE GOTTEN REAL AGGRESSIVE ON THE HOT COLLECTIONS ON TOP OF IT.
CITYWIDE EXPENDITURES, UM, QUARTER ONE ARE AGAIN GENERALLY ON TRACK AND TRENDING WITH EXPECTED FIRST QUARTER SPENDING LEVELS.
UM, MAINTENANCE UTILITY SERVICES, DEBT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL ARE LOWER AT THIS POINT BECAUSE SEVERAL COSTS AND PROJECTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR LATER IN THE YEAR.
WE HAD A FEW CAPITAL ITEMS, SO STREETS AND DRAINAGE GOT A NEW MOWER AS DID PARKS AND REC.
UM, IN OUR SOFTWARE WITH OUR UPGRADE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CODE, WE ACTUALLY UPGRADED THEM TO A NEW ONLINE PLATFORM CALLED MYGOV AND IT HELPS MANAGE PERMITS INSPECTIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT LICENSES SO THAT STAFF AND TRACK CAN TRACK THEM EASIER.
UM, THE SYSTEM IS LIVE, UM, AND IT'S BEING ROLLED OUT, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE, TUNE THE WORKFLOWS, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON FINE TUNING THAT AND THAT DEPARTMENT CODE AND, UH, PERMITS WORKED REALLY HARD TO ROLL THIS OUT.
AND ALSO IN ADMINISTRATION WE'RE BEGINNING THE STAGES OF TYLER AND CODE 10, UM, WHICH IS GONNA START WITH FINANCE AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY STARTED WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.
IT'LL PROBA OUR GOAL IS TO BE LIVE, UM, OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT PRESENTED BY POLICE CHIEF JAMES FITCH, POLICE DEPARTMENT MAYOR COUNSEL.
THIS IS OUR YEARLY REPORT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC STOPS, THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS THAT ARE ISSUED, NUMBER OF WARNINGS, NUMBER OF SEARCHES, CONTRABAND BAN, FOUND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT IS, UH, WE, WE DO ON TRAFFIC STOPS.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO CONTRACT WITH, UH, DR.
DEL CARMEN TO ANALYZE THAT DATA AND COMPARE IT TO THE CENSUS DATA TO MAKE SURE WE ARE, UH, IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
WE ALSO DO FOUR AUDITS A YEAR OF THAT SAME INFORMATION.
UH, KIND OF SOME SOME HIGH POINTS FOR ME THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I GAVE CHIEF TURNER RETIRING YESTERDAY.
I GAVE HER A HARD TIME BECAUSE WITH HER RETIRING SHE BROKE A A, A STREAK FOR ME.
WE HAVEN'T LOST AN OFFICER SINCE MARCH OF 2024.
WE ALMOST WENT TWO YEARS WITHOUT LOSING AN OFFICER FOR A CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT NOWADAYS THAT'S REALLY UNHEARD OF.
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Y'ALL SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, UH, WITH THE EQUIPMENT, UH, WITH THE, THE PAY SCALE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THOSE OFFICERS AND, AND, AND BE, UH, FULL STAFF.AND WITH THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE CHANGES IN NUMBERS.
OFFICERS AREN'T HAVING TO WORK AS AS MUCH OVERTIME, THEY'RE NOT QUITE AS TIRED, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
SO FOR, UH, LAST YEAR FOR 2025, THEY CONDUCTED, UH, ALMOST 13,000 TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, FOR US.
UM, THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF, AND THIS AS ACTUALLY ISN'T IN THE RACIAL PROFILING PART, BUT MY FOLKS HAVE TAKEN DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED VERY SERIOUSLY HERE AND WE LEAD, UH, SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN DWI ARRESTS, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF IRONIC WITH US REALLY ONLY HAVING ONE, IF YOU CALL IT THAT BAR IN TOWN.
BUT, UM, FOR 2025 WE HAD 153 DWI ARREST.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA CALL ANY OTHER CITIES OUT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE CLOSEST CITY TO US WAS 107.
SO WE ALMOST HAD 50 MORE, UH, DWI ARREST.
I'VE NOW GOT THREE, UH, OFFICERS THAT WENT TO DRUG RECOGNITION SCHOOL TO WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTOXICATED ON SOMETHING BESIDES ALCOHOL AND DETERMINE THAT INTOXICATION AS WELL.
WE ARE THE ONLY THREE, UM, I THINK LAND'S GOT ONE, BUT IN BRAZORIA COUNTY THEY'RE THE ONLY THREE BESIDES THE ONE IN PER LAND.
UM, SO, UM, THEY'VE TAKEN THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, UM, IN GETTING THOSE THINGS.
BUT THIS IS JUST THE ANNUAL REPORT.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO, TO SUBMIT IT TO Y'ALL BEFORE MARCH.
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ASK, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
NOTHING OUTTA THE ORDINARY OTHER THAN THE DWIS
I, IT'S, UH, I MEAN, UM, WE'RE IN, IN COMPLIANCE.
OUR, OUR NUMBERS ARE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY RELATIONAL TO, UM, THE POPULATION OF OF THE CITY.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 20 26 0 1 CALLING THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 2ND, 2026 AND IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH OH ONE.
ORDINANCE OF CITY OF INCLUDE TEXAS CONTAINING A PREAMBLE CALLING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF MAY, 2026, BEING MAY 2ND, 2026 FOR THE ELECTION AT LARGE OF A MAYOR FOR CITY, CITY AND ELECTION BY WARDS FOR POSITIONS AC AND E ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY PROVIDING FOR ONE POLLING PLACE AND DESIGNATING THE LOCATION THEREOF, ESTABLISHING THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES TO BE VOTED UPON, PROVIDING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR CANDIDATES AND SPECIFYING THE FILING DATE AND THE DATE WHEN FILING MAY BEGIN PROVIDING FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS, APPOINTING THE OFFICERS OF SAID ELECTION AND DESIGNATING THE NUMBER OF CLERKS TO ASSIST IN CONDUCTING SET ELECTION AND THE COMPENSATION, COMPENSATION TO BE PAID.
THE ELECTION JUDGE AND CLERK PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING, PROVIDING FOR RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION BY THE MAYOR OF SAID CITY FOR THE ACCIDENT TAKEN BY THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
THIS IS THE GENERAL CITY ELECTION, UH, HAPPENS EVERY TWO YEARS.
MAYOR, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR TO APPROVE.
UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH ONE IS WRITTEN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL PERSON MADISON DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE VOTE.
A UNANIMOUS WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION IN MAY AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026.
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A JOINT ELECTION ON MAY 2ND, 2026 WITH OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN MISSOURI COUNTY HOLDING ELECTIONS ON THE SAME DATE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT WITH MISSOURI COUNTY FOR THE ELECTION SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOINT ELECTION AND RELATED MATTERS AND IT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY INCLUDE TEXAS CONTAINED A PREAMBLE PROVIDING THAT THE ANNUAL ELECTION CALLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAID CITY FOR THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR COUNCIL POSITIONS
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A C AND E CALL FOR THE FIRST SATURDAY OF MAY, 2026, BEING THE SECOND DAY OF MAY, 2026 BEING HELD JOINTLY WITH ALL ELECTIONS.CALL FOR THE SAME DAY BY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS LOCATED IN BRAZO COUNTY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, CLERK OF SAID CITY TO EXECUTE A TEST RESPECTIVELY A JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT FOR ELECTION SERVICES WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH SPECIFIES IN AN ATTACHMENT THERE TO THE LOCATION OF THE COMMON COLA POLLING PLACE AND WHICH MAKES PROVISIONS FOR THE OFFICERS WHO SAID JOIN ELECTION AND THEIR COMPENSATION ALLOCATES THE EXPENSES OF SUCH JOINT ELECTION AND MAKES PROVISIONS FOR EARLY VOTING, THE BALLOT, BALLOT BOXES, ELECTION FORMS AND RECORDS AND THE CUSTODIAN THEREOF PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FROM AN AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND ADOPTION AND PROVIDING THAT THE ORIGINAL OF THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY CLERK AND THE PERMANENT RECORDS THAT SAYS CITY AND A CERTIFIED COPY THEREOF.
AND THE EXECUTED AND ATTESTED AGREEMENT HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE SENT TO THE COUNTY CLERK OF BRAZO COUNTY, TEXAS.
YOU WANT CARE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER OH 2 20 26 I MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL AGUILAR.
WE SECOND BY I'LL SECOND COUNCIL PERSON MADDOX, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL TIME VOTE.
[VII. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
NOW I'LL GO TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS SOCIAL MEETINGS ACT, SECTION 5 5 1 0.0 SUB FOUR, GOVERNMENT CODE PERSONNEL MATTERS DELIBERATION CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF ABOVE OR EMPLOYEE UNDER HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE PROSECUTED.
AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION WOULD BE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 GO CODE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING, PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION SETTLEMENT OFFICER OF OTHER MATTERS WHICH IS OFFICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE DIS TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 5 5 1 GOVERNMENT CODE TO WI POTENTIAL LITIGATION WITH ENERGY TRANSFER.
THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I CONSIDER A MOTION TO COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN AGBAR.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ACTION TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ITEM ONE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.074.
GOVERNOR CODE PERSONNEL MATTERS.
PROSECUTOR, I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION THAT WE INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO SEND OUT AN RFQ FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR A PROSECUTOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND BRING THEM BACK FOR APPROVAL.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR TO APPROVE.
ANY DISCUSSION? I ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY PENDING OF LITIGATION WITH ENERGY TRANSFER.
AT THIS TIME, DUE TO THE IMPASSE THAT WE'RE IN, WE, I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION THAT WE INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH ENHANCING THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, READY FOR GROUNDBREAKING AND THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, ENHANCEMENT OF THE PLANTATION AND THE PIN MONEY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR OR SECOND BY I'LL SECOND.
[IX. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
THANK YOU.NEXT ITEM WILL BE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICE OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING, CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AND A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE 26TH AT 2026 AT 7:00 PM AND THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE ADJOURN.