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NOTICE[I. COMMENCEMENT]
IS HEREBY GIVEN OF A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF K CLUTE TEXAS, FOLLOWED BY A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2026, 7:00 PM FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF K CLUTE CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, CL, 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.
IT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY.
DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY.
DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.
DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES 5 5 1 0.087.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 1 8 0.17 5.481 8.183 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES AND IT'S AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS TAX CODE INCLUDED, NOT LIMITED SECTIONS 3 2 1 0.3022 SOUTH TAX INFORMATION.
THE AGENDA, AGENDA PACKET MEETING LINK ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WW.CLUTETEXAS.GOV.
TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, THE 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 MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
A RECORDING OF THE MEETING VIDEO WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUE WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC IN COURT.
THE MEETINGS ACT MEETING HAS NOW BEEN CALLED TO ORDER.
MR. KENNY WOULD TO GIVE US A BLESSING.
FRANK LORD, WE JUST COME TO THESE TONIGHT.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, LORD, TO DISCUSS CITY BUSINESS.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU'LL GUIDE US TONIGHT, LORD, AND THE DIRECTION YOU WOULD HAVE GO AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TONIGHT.
ASK THAT YOU AS GUIDE DIRECTORS INTO JESUS NAME.
JOHN IN THE PLEDGE PLEASE P TO THE FLAG FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THANKS TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PATRICK NOW HAVE ROLL CALL MEMBERS.
PRESENT BLA IS ZONING COMMISSION CARE TO CALL THEMSELVES TO ORDER AND HAVE ROLL CALL.
I CALL THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
[II. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING — SUP — NEW BIRTH GLORY CENTER CHURCH 1033 DIXIE DRIVE STE. A]
FIRST ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR NEW BIRTH GLORY CENTER CHURCH AT TEN THIRTY THREE DIXIE DRIVE, SUITE A.UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND IT'S THE FIRST ONE IS TO READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, JOINT PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING ZONE ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 25TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 AT 7:00 PM FROM THE KLUT CITY HALL OF FROM KLUT CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF KLUTE, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 MAIN STREET, E MA EAST MAIN STREET, KLUT, TEXAS.
THIS JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEW OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.KLUTTEXAS.GOV.
AT WHICH TIME IN PLACE THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY WILL CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE FOLLOWING, REAL PROPERTY LINE IS SITUATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS BCIC DIVISION 15 A 0 0 19 STEVEN F. AUSTIN LOT, 1 66 DASH 1 67 DASH 1 67 D DASH 1 77 A KLU ACRES 2.607.
ADDRESS, LOCATION, 10 33 DIXIE DRIVE, SUITE A, KLU, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
PROPOSED USE WOULD BE A CHURCH AND ALL PERSON'S INTERESTED WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, PRESENT EVIDENCE CONCERNING THE ABOVE.
QUESTION IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE SAME WRITTEN COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE DECISION MANAGER'S OFFICE OF THE 5:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL MAILS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY MANAGER, 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, KLU, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
IF WRITTEN, PROTEST IS FILED AGAINST ANY CHANGE
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SIGNED BY THE OWNERS OF 20% OR MORE.EITHER OF THE AREA OF LOTS OR LAND INCLUDED IN SUCH POST CHANGE ARE THE LOTS OR LAND IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE SAME AND EXTENDING 200 FEET THERE FROM NO AMENDMENT SHALL COME EFFECTIVE EXCEPT BY THE FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
SIGNED BY ROSIE APPOINTMENT CITY CLERK.
NEXT ITEM WILL BE TO NOTE THE PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT WAS PUBLISHED IN BRASS PORT FAX ON JUNE THE FIFTH, 2026.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS NOTE LIST OF PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED BY MAIL.
THERE WERE 16 MAILINGS SENT OUT.
NONE WERE RETURNED, SO WE WERE PRESUMING THEY WERE ALL, UH, DELIVERED THEN NEXT ITEM WOULD BE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THE FIRST ITEM OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
FIRST ITEM IS TO READ LETTERS.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO HEAR FROM THOSE PRESENT THAT ARE IN FAVOR.
I GOTTA TRY TO REMEMBER I DID THIS BEFORE.
WHAT DO I INTRODUCE MYSELF? YES MA'AM.
MY NAME IS BRENDA GEORGE AND MY HUSBAND IS THE PASTOR OF NEW BIRTH GLORY CENTER.
AND PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE IS TO MOVE FROM OUR CURRENT LOCATION NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THE OLD HOOK THEM, UH, TACKLE SHOP USED TO BE.
SO WE'RE MOVING ONE DOOR OVER PAUSE BECAUSE THE SPACE WE'RE IN IS GONNA BE USED FOR THE VAULT.
THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE AND BEEN APPROVED.
IF YOU RECALL, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE WE'RE JUST MAKING A LATERAL, WE'RE JUST MAKING A LATERAL MOVE.
MOVING ONE DOOR DOWN OR, WELL, ONE AND A HALF DOORS I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THOSE OPPOSED TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO HEAR, HEAR FROM ANYONE PRESENT THAT'S OPPOSED TO THE SPECIFIC USE PER BED HEARING.
WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
COMMENTS FROM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I BELIEVE THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE JUST RELOCATING A BIT.
Y'ALL ALREADY THERE, CORRECT? YES.
DISCUSSION TO HEAR THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
MAY WE, UH, WE'D RECOMMEND THAT, UH, COUNCIL GRANT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR DENY THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING AND ZONING THAT THE SPECIFIC U USE PERMIT BE GRANTED WITH THE TYPICAL NORMAL STIPULATIONS INVOLVED.
MAY I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MADE BY COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN AGUILAR? DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MADDOX, ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
PLANNING ALL COMMISSION CARE TO ADJOURN.
[Ill. ADJOURN JOINT PUBLIC HEARING]
WILL NOW ADJOURN THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO MOVE INTO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.AND FIRST ITEM ON THE COUNCIL BAIL IS S CITIZEN VISITORS COMMENTS.
I HAVE NO FORMS, SO I PRESUME NO ONE SIGNED UP.
SO WE WILL FOREGO THAT ITEM AND MOVE
[V. CONSENT AGENDA]
IN THE, INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA OR CONSIDERED ROUTINE ARE GENERALLY ENACTED IN ONE MOTION.
THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST ONE OR MORE ITEMS BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE ACTION.
TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WEEKEND IN JUNE 12TH, 2026, AND WEEKEND IN JUNE 19TH, 2026.
DEPARTMENTAL MONTHLY REPORTS, BUILDING AND PERMITS, EMS, MUNICIPAL COURT, PARTS OF RECREATION, PD CODE, FIRE
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MARSHAL AND HEALTH AND PUBLIC WORKS AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS MINUTES FROM JUNE THE 11TH, 2026.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL PERSON.
MADDOX, IF WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR, ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED? I WOULD FOR PREPARATION.
UH, COUNCIL PAYABLE WEEK OR BOTH OF THEM.
THE OTHER ITEM, I'LL SECOND THAT.
WE ALREADY GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO BE PULLED.
MINE WAS, I MENTIONED SOMETHING TO THE CITY MANAGER TODAY ABOUT THE, I GUESS WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE THE REPORTS LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THEY HAVE BEEN.
UH, ME BEING THE PENNY FEATURE THAT I AM, I NOTICED WE'RE BUYING SOME THINGS IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR IT, BUT THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S ONE IN HERE THAT HAS THAT NUMBER, BUT IT JUST HAS THE PRICE.
IT DOESN'T SAY HOW MANY OF 'EM WE BOUGHT, SO I COULDN'T DIVIDE ANYWAY.
LIKE THE UNITS AND NO UNITS NUMBER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PROGRAMMING OR IF I'M JUST WHAT VENDOR? UH, THERE'S SEVERAL THAT, WELL THERE'S SEVERAL.
IT'S LIKE, UM, LET ME GO TO TWO, TWO.
I THOUGHT I PULLED THE PAGE OVER.
UH, THIS VENDOR WAS B AND K MOTOR PARTS.
WE JUST BOUGHT DEATH THERE AND WE BOUGHT, UM, AND I KNOW WE USE IT.
WE BOUGHT $253 WORTH OF DEATH, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GALLONS THAT IS AND MAYBE I DON'T NEED TO KNOW, BUT I WAS GONNA DIVIDE THAT.
BUT HOW MUCH IT IS A GALLON AT BOTH PLACES? 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BUYING IT IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I THINK BULK WISE, AND I, I'VE GOT IT.
I I I'VE NARROWED IT DOWN FOR MY BUSINESS AND IT'S ALMOST $5 A GALLON.
LESS THAN WHAT I JUST RETAIL PRICE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE STORE.
NOT KNOCKING EITHER ONE OF THEM, BUT IF WE CAN SAVE A DOLLAR ON ABOUT IT.
SO ANYWAY, THE AMOUNT WASN'T IN THIS REPORT AND IT MAY JUST BE SOMETHING COMPUTER WISE, I THINK IT'S A FORMATTING ISSUE WHEN WE'RE DOING THE PRINTING.
I'LL, I'LL GET YOU A BETTER FORMAT.
I'LL TRY NOT TO PICK IT APART.
I, I REALLY WANT YOUR FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT'S A NEW SYSTEM.
THIS, SO I NEED TO
I CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THAT PROGRAM.
YOU, IF IT SAYS A HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF GLOVES, I DON'T WANT THINK WE PAID A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A PAIR
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, AND IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION, I THINK ANOTHER ANSWER, UH, THE TREE TRIMMING THAT WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY IN MY OPINION, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT HAS TO DO IT.
SO I'M ASSUMING IT'S THE, IT'S PARTLY THERE AND PARTLY IN ANOTHER FACILITY.
BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS CITY HALL.
MAYBE IT'S THE, THE FORMAT I'M LOOKING AT, BUT ON, ON THE, THE WEEK OF THE 12TH OF JUNE, THE 12TH, UH, PAGE EIGHT, I BELIEVE IT'S GOT EVERGREEN HERE.
AND I KNOW EVERGREEN NORMALLY DOES ALL OF OUR MOWING, BUT UNDER SOME OF THE HEADINGS, IT'S GOT CONTRACT SERVICES, IT'S GOT ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DRAIN.
SO IF, IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, IT'S, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST ACCOUNT YOU'RE PUTTING THE IT UNDER OR IS THAT WHERE THE MONEY'S GETTING PULLED FROM, I GUESS, OR, YEAH, I'M NOT THAT LINE ITEM.
BUT, BUT IT'S GOT ACCOUNT AND ENGINEERING AND, AND, UH, TWO DIFFERENT PLACES ON THAT, THAT ONE DEAL.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.
LEMME SEE WHAT I'VE GOT AS THE FORM.
AT LEAST YOU KNOW, WE'RE READING THEM.
WE WORK REALLY HARD AROUND HERE.
AND THEN WE, ON, ON PAGE 12, WE'VE GOT A, UH, LOCKWOOD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE, AND IT, IT'S, OH, OKAY.
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WE RUNNING INTO A LOT OF PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE RADIOS.IT GOT RAINED ON THE OTHER DAY.
UH, WE, WE HAD A LEAK IN OUR RADIO.
AND SO WE HAD TO REPLACE THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
THEN NOW LET'S, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT WEEK.
UH, ARE ARE WE ON PAGE? I'M HAVE A HARD TIME.
UH, IT'S GOT BRA SUPPORT COLLEGE AND IT'S GOT POLICE ACADEMY.
ARE WE SPONSORING CADETS? YES, SIR.
WE'RE THIS OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THIS YES SIR, THIS IS.
OUR CADETS THAT WE SPONSOR, UH, WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH.
HE WAS A JAILER AND IS MOVING FROM A JAILER.
SO HE'S WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AS A JAILER.
AND THEN ON, ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE SEVEN, YOU GOT FLOCK SAFETY, UH, AT A $17,000.
SO THAT'S FOR THE, UH, THAT'S FOR THE MOBILE CAMERA SYSTEM.
THE, THE LICENSE PLATE, THE LICENSE PLATE REARS, AND THE CAMERA SYSTEM THAT WE HAD.
I'M, I'M TRY TO MAKE THIS THINGS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
UH, I THINK THAT MY, I THINK THAT'S IT.
THE READER, G SIX PRO ENTRY, A ACCESS HUB.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S THE, UH, SECURITY SYSTEM ON THE BUILDINGS.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING ONE OR UPGRADING.
WE'VE BEEN USING THE JOHNSON CONTROLS.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN USING THE JOHNSON CONTROL ONES AT THE FIRE STATION.
IT, THEY, THE SERVICE IS TERRIBLE.
SO WE'RE CONVERTING THE SAME, THE, WE'LL HAVE THE SAME SYSTEM THROUGHOUT ALL THE FACILITIES.
IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THE SUBSTITUTE CITY HALL, YOUR BATTERY DON'T WORK.
IS THERE ANY CAMERAS IN THE FUTURE FOR ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS? YES, SIR.
I MEAN, WOULD THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM THAT WE'RE UPGRADING TO OR WHATEVER YES, SIR.
YEAH, WE'RE INSTALLING CAMERAS.
WE'VE WIRED FOR CAMERAS AT FIRE STATION ONE AT THE SERVICE CENTER.
THOSE WILL BE THE LAST TWO BUILDINGS THAT DON'T HAVE CAMERA COVERAGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU, COREY.
LIKE I SAID, JUST GOTTA GET THE BUGS OUT OF IT, HUH? YES.
[VI. BUSINESS ITEMS]
BE BUSINESS ITEMS. AND ITEM A IS A REQUEST TO APPEAR BEFORE COUNSEL AL CAPTO ON BEHALF OF THE WOOD SHORE, HOA, TO DISCUSS SPEED AND TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE WOOD SHORE SUBDIVISION.AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME, UH, SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, MR. MAYOR.
UH, DO APPRECIATE THAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO COME TALK TO YOU.
I LIVE AT 1 0 9 WOOD SHORE CROSSING IN CLU IN THE WOOD SHORE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, I AM THE HOA PRESIDENT, BUT I'M NOT, UH, DIRECTLY HERE AS THE HOA PRESIDENT.
I'M REALLY HERE MORE AS A MAGNET FOLKS.
TALK TO ME ABOUT ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, UH, THOSE ISSUES TO COUNSEL WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US.
AND, UH, SO, UH, I HAVE A LOT OF INPUT.
UH, I REALIZE, UH, I, I THINK Y'ALL DO THE LORD'S WORK OUT HERE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO, UM, TAKE, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY TO GO.
BECAUSE, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT, DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, UH, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN, UH, HELP US MAKE SENSE OF IT.
UM, THE ONE ISSUE THAT WE ALL AGREE WITH IS, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEEDING GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF LONG, STRAIGHT ROADS WITH NO STOP SIGNS IN, IN THE MIDDLE.
UH, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, MAYBE EVEN THREE, UH, SPEED ZONES.
WE HAVE 20, 25 AND 30 THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT ALSO I THINK, UH, RAISES A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE.
AND, UH, JUST BY GEOGRAPHY, UH, WHAT WE SEE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TEND TO CUT OFF BETWEEN DIXIE AND OYSTER CREEK, CUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, COME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO SOME OF THE SPEEDING IS COMING FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
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IS COMING FROM FOLKS CUT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.UM, MY HOUSE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S UP THERE.
I'M ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES IN OFF OF OYSTER CREEK, UH, RIGHT AROUND HERE.
AND, UH, WHAT I SEE IS, UH, IN THAT SHORT DISTANCE, I HAVE AN OFFICE.
I SIT RIGHT THERE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING, AND, UH, FOLKS ARE, UH, ACCELERATING PAST MY HOUSE, UM, COMING RIGHT INTO THIS TRAFFIC CIRCLE, WHICH IS NO MORE THAN 50 YARDS AWAY, MAYBE 20 OR 30 YARDS AWAY.
AND THEN AS THEY COME OUTTA THE CIRCLE, I COULD HEAR 'EM ACCELERATE AND HEADING TOWARD OYSTER CREEK.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS VERY LONG RUN WOODRIDGE CROSSING, UH, THAT GOES RIGHT PAST THIS CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, UM, WHICH CREATES RISK TO OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO, UM, THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE'S A LOT OF SPEEDING GOING ON.
AND SO NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? WHAT CAN YOU MAYBE HELP US WITH? AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I SOLICITED A BUNCH OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, I GOT A, A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE PROPOSING.
UM, ONE OF THEM THAT CONTINUES TO COME UP IS, UH, SPEED BUMPS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON THE RECORD WITH CITI AND, AND GET A FEEDBACK ON OUR SPEED BUMPS A VIABLE OPTION.
I WILL TELL YOU, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS THINK IT'S GONNA SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS. SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS THINK IT IS NOT GONNA SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS. UM, I, I DON'T HAVE AN INFORMED OPINION.
UM, BUT SPEED BUMPS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UH, AND PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, COSTLY OPTION.
AND, UH, CHIEF FITCH HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS WITH BRINGING PATROLS IN AND, UH, CITING PEOPLE EITHER WARNING, GIVING 'EM WARNINGS OR GIVING THEM CITATIONS.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT PERPETUALLY, BUT IT DOES MAKE AN IMPACT.
AND, UH, WHEN WE SEE THE PATROL OUT THERE, WE DO APPRECIATE IT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE AS MUCH OF THAT AS YOU COULD DO AS OFTEN AS YOU COULD DO IT.
AND I WOULD DO IT DURING THE COMMUTING TIMES IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING.
THAT'S WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE, UH, THE MOST ISSUES IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, PERSONALLY, I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF, UH, MORE SIGNS, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAYGROUND RIGHT IN THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THIS VERY LONG, UH, STRETCH OF, OF STRAIGHT ROAD WITH NO NO STOP SIGNS.
UH, PERHAPS CHILDREN OF PLAY SIGNS MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED.
AND THEN THERE'S THE IDEA OF SOME ADDITIONAL STOP SIGNS TO BREAK UP THIS TRAFFIC.
SO ON THE CORNER OF WOODRIDGE AND CANVAS BACK, UH, AND ON THE CORNER OF MEADOW RIDGE WAY AND CANVAS BACK, AND THEN BACK IN HERE ON BENTWOOD, UH, BENTWOOD, UH, ROAD AND BENTWOOD DRIVE BENTWOOD WAY, EXCUSE ME, BENTWOOD LANE AND BENTWOOD WAY.
UM, PERHAPS SOME MORE STOP SIGNS.
UM, SO AGAIN, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THESE ARE SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS THAT WE'LL BE ENDURING.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO PATROLS PERPETUALLY, BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE, UH, GOING WRONG IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE WOULD ALL HATE TO SEE IS SOME CHILD GET HURT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME FUN AND PLAYING GET GOING AFTER BALL AND SOMEBODY'S DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND I THINK CHIEF FITCH PROBABLY HAS BETTER STATS THAN THAT, BUT SOME OF THE CITATIONS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE ARE UP THERE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, AND THIS ONE, THIS ONE'S DIFFICULT.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THIS TO SCALE.
UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND I'LL EVEN WALK IT DOWN WITH YOU, BUT THIS BACK TRAFFIC CIRCLE HERE ON PRAIRIE GRASS AND, UH, UH, WATER GRASS, IF YOU'RE COMING NORTH OF WATERGRASS, IF YOU'RE LEAVING THE COMMUNITY AND YOU JUST SIMPLY DROVE STRAIGHT, YOU WOULD GO RIGHT THROUGH THE, THAT CIRCLE THE WRONG WAY.
AND, UH, YOU'RE NOT EVEN, THERE'S ONE SIGN THAT SAYS ONE WAY, BUT IT'S A SMALL SIGN AND, AND IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC.
LIKE I SAY, IF YOU JUST KEPT YOUR HAND ON THE WHEEL, YOU WOULD GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THAT CIRCLE THE WRONG WAY.
AND EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT CIRCLE THE WRONG WAY.
SOME OF THEM RESIDENTS, SOME OF 'EM NOT.
SO IF THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THAT, I KNOW WE DON'T WANNA RIP UP THE CIRCLE, BUT IF THERE'S SOME STRIPING YOU CAN DO, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, YOU HAVE ALL THE TOOLS, I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THE ONLY REAL QUESTION I HAVE IS THE IDEA OF SPEED BUMPS.
I'D LOVE TO GET THE COUNCIL ON THE RECORD ON THE, THE WISDOM OR THE CHALLENGE OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE FOLKS WHO SENT ME HERE OR ASKED ME TO, TO BE HERE.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR Y'ALL.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
HOW LONG THE, OH, I, I COULD ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR SUBDIVISION IS NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE.
I MEAN, EVERY DAY I DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THERE'S SOMEBODY COMING.
THERE'S SOMEBODY COMING BY ME 20 MILES AN HOUR FASTER THAN I'M GOING.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T CARE.
AND YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU FIX THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS ON SPEED BUMPS, IF I MAY THROW SOMETHING IN, UH, AT ONE TIME I HAD A, A SPORTS CAR FACTORY AND THE SPOILER
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IN THE FRONT, IT ONLY HAD ABOUT THAT MUCH CLEARANCE FROM THE, THE FACTORY.RIGHT? SO IF YOU, IF YOU DO SMALL SPEED BUMPS, HEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CLEAR.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO FYI, WELL, BELIEVE ME, I'M NOT ENCOURAGING SPEED BUMPS PERSONALLY, I'M NOT A FAN OF.
BUT SOME, SOMETHING, SOMETHING COULD BE DONE PERHAPS ON THAT VERY LONG STRETCH OF CANVAS, UH, ON, UH, WOODRIDGE CROSSING.
WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT? UH, IT IS 20, IT'S 20.
WHICH AREA? WE HAVE THREE SPEED.
THERE ARE AREAS WATER, GRASS BACK THERE, THERE 30.
SO IT'S 20 THROUGH THAT PLAYGROUND HERE.
NOW SHE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.
SO IF I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THE LOWEST LEGAL SPEED LIMIT IS 25.
FOR WHATEVER REASON THE STATE, TEXAS, UNLESS IT'S A SCHOOL ZONE, THE LOWEST SPEED'S ZONE IS 25 MILES.
SO NOT SURE WHY THE, WE, WE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND CHANGED THEM ALL TO 25.
WHY THOSE TWO GOT MISSED? NOT SURE.
THERE ARE, UH, THE REST OF IT IS 25.
WE, WHERE I'M WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GET MORE, UH, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND GET SOME CORRECTIONS.
UM, NOT SURE IF THE CONTRACTOR PUT UP THE 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED, UH, SIGNS OR WHO PUT THOSE UP.
BUT WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD 25 IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING AT.
UM, IF, IF I CAN, MR. CAPRIS THOUGH TALKED ABOUT STATS AND I'M NOT SURE THE, THE WOOD SHORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REAL HAPPY WITH THESE STATS.
SO WHEN WE LEARNED THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE COMING TO COUNCIL, UH, I HAD MY FOLKS, WHEN THEY PULLED PEOPLE OVER, DO A LITTLE RESEARCH, A LITTLE EXTRA RESEARCH, TWO THIRDS OF THE TRAFFIC STOPS ARE WOOD SHORE RESIDENTS.
OUT OF THE OTHER, THIRD OF THE TRAFFIC STOPS, IT'S EITHER PEOPLE VISITING PEOPLE IN WOOD SHORE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE'VE STOPPED PEOPLE GOING TO GARAGE SALES IN WOOD SHORE, OR WE'VE STOPPED THE DOORDASH, PEOPLE GOING TO RESIDENCE WOOD SHORE
AND, AND, AND I KNOW, 'CAUSE I, I'VE HEARD THAT SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE CUTTING THROUGH AND I'M SURE THAT DOES HAPPEN.
BUT THE TRAFFIC STOPS BY AND LARGE ARE ACTUALLY THE RESIDENTS OF WOOD OR THAT WE'VE HAD BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE STOPPED HAVE PROBABLY WONDERED WHY WE'VE BEEN ASKING, DO YOU LIVE HERE? BUT WE WANTED TO FIND OUT FOR SURE WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND THEN WHEN THEY SAID NO, WE WOULD ASK, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND THAT'S WHEN WE WERE LEARNING, THEY WERE STILL COMING TO VISIT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, AS, AS MUCH AS IT IS A PROBLEM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS IT.
BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME SELF-POLICING YEP.
THERE AMONG THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
I MEAN, FIRSTLY, I'VE LIVED ON THE SAME STREET FOR 50 YEARS, WAS A DEADHEAD STREET AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK DOWN OUR STREET ARE PARENTS AND SMALL KIDS.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AS FAR AS STOP SIGNS.
THAT IS A REALLY LONG STRETCH.
IT LOOKED LIKE TWO KEY SPOTS FOR A STOP SIGN.
WHAT IS REQUIRED? SO WE TO DO THAT? YES SIR.
IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR ANOTHER ONE ON, ON THESE SPECIFIC STREETS.
UH, AND THEY DIDN'T AT THAT TIME WARRANT, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TRAFFIC BASED ON THEIR COUNTS.
BUT I CAN HAVE A GS TAKE A LOOK.
TYPICALLY WHEN WE DO A CHANGE OF STOP SIGN INSTITUTE, SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, WE DO A WARRANT ANALYSIS, TAKE TRAFFIC COUNTS, LOOK AT THE VOLUME AND THEN FIGURE OUT IS THERE A NEED, DOES THERE ACTUALLY WARRANT PUTTING A SIGN UP SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE AGAIN, AT THE TIME, I WANNA SAY THAT WAS 20 20, 20 21.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WARRANT WASN'T, IT DID NOT WARRANT A, A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AT THAT TIME.
'CAUSE WE LOOKED AT PUTTING SOME WHALE TAILS IN.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING SPEED BUMPS AT THAT TIME.
'CAUSE THESE COMPLAINTS AREN'T NEW.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE, THESE HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS YOU COULD DO SOME WHALE TAILS AND SOME PLANNINGS TO TRY AND SLOW FOLKS DOWN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOLKS ARE STILL GONNA FIND A WAY TO USE THOSE AS OBSTACLES TO JUDGE THEIR SPEED AGAINST RATHER THAN SLOW 'EM DOWN.
SO, BUT WE HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC REPORT TO PUT UP A SPEED SIGN, A STOP SIGN.
WELL, IF YOU'RE GONNA FOLLOW M-U-T-C-D, I MEAN WE CAN, IF COUNSEL WANTS TO PASS AN ORDINANCE AND SAY YOU WANT STOP SIGNS, WE CAN PUT STOP SIGNS.
BUT TYPICALLY YOU WANT THAT WARRANT ANALYSIS DONE TO BACK YOU UP.
TYPICALLY THAT WOULD GO TO TRAFFIC COMMISSION, COMMISSION WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO PLANNING TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WOULD ORDER A MOST OF THE STOP SIGNS, RED LIGHTS AND ALL THAT ARE DONE BY OR CORRECT.
UH, THEY HAVE TO BE DONE BY, OR, WHICH I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WE GOTTA DO A STUDY TO KNOW THAT WE NEED TWO STOP SIGNS.
WE GOTTA SPEND ALL THIS MONEY TO
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PUT UP TWO STOP SIGNS.I'M SORRY IF I'M BEING UNFAIR, BUT I MEAN, I I KIND OF GETTING USED TO THIS BUREAUCRACY AND DON'T LIKE IT ANY BETTER.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT COULD WE DO TO PUT A STOP SIGN AT WOODRIDGE AND IF NOT FIRST BEND COURT, AT LEAST THE ONE PRIOR RIGHT AT THE PARK.
THE, AT LEAST THEY COULD SQUEAL THE TIRES AND THE KIDS COULD HEAR IT.
IF IT WAS A STOP SIGN BACK, YOU WOODRIDGE AND, UH, CANVAS BACK WOULD BE THE LOGICAL, I I I DON'T KNOW.
I'M, I'M BEING HONEST IN WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PUT UP A STOP SIGN? BUT IT HAS TRAFFIC ION HAS TO, TRAFFIC COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE IT WITH OR WITHOUT A STUDY, UH, WITH OR WITHOUT A STUDY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE A STUDY.
IF THEY, IF THEY, IF THEY ASSIGN IT, THEY WANT IT PUT THERE, THEN THEY BRING IT TO US.
BECAUSE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE SPEED BUMP ISSUE WITH CARS.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE HUMAN NATURE PART.
UH, WE CAN ONLY HAVE SO MUCH THE PATROL WE CAN DO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WITH THAT STRIPING IS THE CIRCLE, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE STOP SIGN IS A DIRECT ATTEMPT TO AT LEAST GET THE COURT BUSY.
I MEAN, YOU EITHER RUN IT OR YOU DIDN'T.
THE SPEEDING CAN BE A WARNING OR NOT, BUT I WOULD THINK RUNNING THE STOP SIGNS IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
SO DO WE WANT TO THREE WAY OR A AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO, WOULDN'T YOU? NO.
YOU COULD DO A SINGLE, WELL, IT CAN CANVAS BACK AND, UH, WOODRIDGE CROSSING, THERE'S, UH, WHERE CANVAS BACK COMES, IT MAKES A T YOU WOULD I GUESS HAVE TO HAVE, IT WOULD BE A THREEWAY STOP.
ALREADY TO GET BOTH DIRECTIONS RIGHT.
SO YOU, SO IT WOULD ONLY BE TWO STOP SIGNS THERE.
YOU'D MAKE IT FROM A SINGLE TO, TO THREEWAY.
THE LONG STRETCH WAS WHAT THE, WAS TRYING TO SPLIT UP THE THAT'S IT, SIR.
I I I'M JUST, THAT'S THE MOST, TO ME, THAT'S THE MOST DIRECT ATTEMPT.
MAYBE A LITTLE TOO DIRECT, BUT, BUT TO THE CHIEF'S POINT, IT'S STILL GOTTA BE ENFORCED.
AND, AND WE GOTTA COMPLY OF KYLE ROAD.
I KNOW WHAT A RACETRACK LOOKS LIKE OVER THERE, BUT YOU STILL GOTTA HAVE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE STOP SIGN.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FINE IS FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD THINK EVENTUALLY, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
AND AS THE, WE COULD AT LEAST BENEFIT AND PAY FOR THE SIGN
AS WE AL AS YOU AND I DISCUSSED ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS.
THEY'RE A MAINTENANCE LIABILITY.
THEY'RE A LIABILITY TO THE CITY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FIRST PERSON THAT RIPS A CAR UP, THEY INEVITABLY EVEN WANT TO COME AFTER THE CITY FOR INSTALLING THEM.
SO I, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE ROUTE WE WANT TO GO IN.
AS I ALSO SHARED, I'VE TALKED WITH MR. DEAN, THE ENGINEER WHO PUT TOGETHER THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLET, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE, CALL IT A CIRCLET OR CIRCLE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY WELL DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THE CITY SNAS AND THE CITY'S LIABLE.
SOMEBODY GOES THROUGH THERE AND KAREEM'S OFF ONE GOES THROUGH SOMEBODY'S HOUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR KARE DOING IT, GET SOMEBODY CAR PARKED THERE.
I I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT THAT, UH, CJ WOULD BE, IS IT CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHATEVER CODE IS REQUIRED? 'CAUSE IT, LIKE I SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THAT THING.
NO, THE TRAFFIC, I, THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE IS TOO SMALL.
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED I THINK IN 20 18, 20 17.
AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT, PROBABLY ABOUT ANOTHER 50 FEET.
MUCH MORE, LIKE, MUCH MORE AKIN TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE END OF YOUR STREET OR AT THE TERM YOUR STREET.
SO IS THERE A SOLUTION TO THAT NOW? OR, UH, I CAN TALK WITH BOBBY AND SEE IF WE CAN'T COME TO SOME KIND OF ACCOMMODATION ON SIGNAGE OR HONESTLY, YOU COULD RIP THAT OUT AND MAKE IT A THREE, LIKE A BIG RED SIGN THAT, 'CAUSE I MEAN WHEN YOU GO THROUGH IT, WHEN YOU FIRST SEE IT, YOU, YOU SEE THAT IT'S STRAIGHT AND YOUR BRAIN WANTS TO GO STRAIGHT.
THERE COULD BE PEOPLE GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH IT THAT DON'T REALIZE THEY JUST BROKE THE LAW.
IS THERE LIKE A BIG WRONG WAY SIGN OR SOMETHING? YEAH, IT, I, IT DOES NOT SERVE ANY FREE TRAFFIC CONTROL PURPOSE.
WELL, I MEAN ON THAT SIDE, COULD WE NOT PUT A, DO NOT ENTER OUR WRONG WAY TYPE? YEAH.
THAT, THAT MIGHT SUFFICE THAT WAY WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP ON IT.
'CAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T SEE THE ARROW THAT SAYS ONE WAY IT'S YEAH, BUT MAYBE A BIG, THE BIG DO NOT ENTER.
WOULD THEY SEE IT? I TURN ON
WELL, I'VE BEEN TO SOME CITIES AND ON, I THINK IT WOULD BE BE UP THERE WHENEVER YOU GO IN EVERY, ON A CIRCLE, EVERY TIME YOU'RE TEEING INTO IT, THIS IS YOUR TRAFFIC.
YOU GO TO THE RIGHT, THERE WAS A STOP SIGN, I DIDN'T KNOW.
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YOU'RE ON THE CIRCLE, THEN YOU'RE FREE TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'RE WITHIN A CIRCLE.BUT YOU COULD PUT FOUR STOP SIGNS RIGHT THERE ON THAT CIRCLE.
FOUR SIGNS WHERE THEY ALL ENTER AND, AND THEN PARK THE GUYS OVER HERE SO WE CAN BUY SOME MORE STOP SIGNS WHEN WE GETTING TICKETED
BUT NO, UH, SERIOUSLY, THAT'S WHAT OTHER TOWNS HAVE DONE.
'CAUSE THERE HAS BEEN WRECKS DOING THOSE ROUSTABOUTS GOING AROUND.
AND ON CHIEF, WOULD THERE BEAN WELL KNOWN IF THERE'S BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS ON THAT CIRCLE.
NO, WE HADN'T, WE HADN'T HAD ANY WRECKS OR CRASHES AT THIS TIME, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING AROUND THAT.
AND AGAIN, I I I, I GAVE YOU A PROBLEM WITHOUT A SOLUTION, ANY ONE OF THESE THINGS IS PROBLEMATIC AND I KNOW PATROLS ARE NOT PERPETUAL, BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR KIDS AND, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE STAT YOU GAVE ME.
I'M GONNA SHARE THAT WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
TWO THIRDS OF THIS IS US AND WE CAN SOLVE THIS A A LOT WITH OUR OWN POLICING.
BUT, UH, ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE US, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
DO THEY NEED TO BRING IT TO THE QUESTION OVER HERE? UM, HERE, COME ON UP TO THE MIC.
AND, AND ONCE SHE'S COMING UP, IF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO WALK THIS DOWN WITH ME, I'M HAPPY TO OBLIGE JUST SO YOU CAN GET HOME OF ME.
I LIVE AT 6 0 7 PRAIRIE GRASS TRAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SMALL CIRCLE.
BUT I HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO HAVE, BUT THANK YOU POLICE CHIEF, YOU BROUGHT SOME THINGS UP FOR ME.
COULD YOU POSSIBLY CLARIFY HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN POLICE THEMSELVES? WHAT CAN WE DO AS CITIZENS AND NOT GET IN TROUBLE? I I, THE, THE, THE POLICING YOURSELVES IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE TONGUE IN CHEEK TO THAN ANYTHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UM, Y'ALL GRANTED ME, UH, ACCESS TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND, AND SO SOME, SOME OF THAT BEING SHARED, WHAT I SHARED TODAY WOULD, WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
UM, MAYBE TO GET, TO GET PEOPLE TO REALIZE, UH, THERE'S OTHER TIMES THAT I, MATTER OF FACT, I SAW SOMETHING BEFORE I CAME HERE ABOUT A, SOMEBODY THAT WAS ON A GOLF CART AND A TRUCK STOPPED DOWN THE ROAD AND NOBODY CALLED US.
AND YOU KNOW, I, IT, IT, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME THAT PEOPLE WILL POST IT ON FACEBOOK BUT NOT CALL US SO THAT WE CAN COME INVESTIGATE IT.
WHEN WE SEE IT 15 HOURS LATER, IT'S KIND OF LATE, YOU KNOW? AND SO IT, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS TO WHERE IF, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING GOING ON, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL US.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS ESPECIALLY THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES.
SO LIKE THIS MORNING I HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES.
UM, SOMEBODY ENDING UP IN MY LANE, GETTING THEIR DRIVER'S OR THEIR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, CALLING DISPATCH AND EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT.
THAT BE SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO.
YOU, YOU COULD, AND, AND YOU COULD SPEAK TO AN OFFICER.
WE COULD TRY TO SEE IF THAT PERSON LIVED THERE, MADE CONTACT.
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WRITE A CITATION, BUT MAYBE ABLE TO AT LEAST TALK TO THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE HARD PART FOR US IS WE DON'T KNOW WHO WAS DRIVING AT THAT POINT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE HUSBAND, THE WIFE, THE KIDS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE POTENTIALLY COULD ADDRESS.
'CAUSE I, FOR 1:00 AM NOT ON THAT FACEBOOK PAGE, SO I HAVE NO CLUE.
IT, IT, MY, I I HAVE MY EMAIL WITH ME ALL THE TIME.
ANYBODY CAN ALWAYS FEEL FREE COME BY, TALK TO ME.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WELL, WHAT, UH, CJ I GUESS WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS FOR GO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, WE'LL GET THE TRAFFIC STOP SIGNAGE, GET THE TRA WE'LL GET THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION TOGETHER AND REVIEW IT.
AND WHENEVER THE, OH, CAN I TALK ON THIS SUBJECT? YES.
I JUST WANNA SAY I'M OPPOSED TO SPEED BUMPS
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WORK, I RETIRED A LONG TIME AGO.WE USED TO SAY, YOU GET WHAT YOU INSPECT, NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO INSPECT OR MONITOR THE SPEEDS.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE ENFORCE THE SPEED LIMITS, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE COMPLIANCE.
AND SO THAT'S MY COMMENT THAT WE REALLY JUST NEED TO ENFORCE THE LAW, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU MAY GO, UH, JUST WHENEVER YOU, I GUESS SEND OUT, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION, IF YOU CAN LET MR. CAPTO ABSOLUTELY KNOW OR ADD HIM ONTO THE EMAIL OR ANYTHING.
NEXT ITEM WOULD BE CONSIDERATION TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 MEMBERS TO THE SWAT TEAM AND IT BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 33 20 26 MEMBERS TO THE SWAT BOARD CITY COUNCIL.
APPOINT TO THE SWAT EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE, THE CITY INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL SAID CITY DESIRE TO FILL A VACANT POSITION NOW THEREFORE BE BY THE CITY COUNCIL CITY INCLUDE MISSOURI COUNTY, TEXAS FIRST AS CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY HEREBY POSITION SWAT TEAM, EXECUTIVE BOARD, GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO RED PASS AND APPROVED THE 25TH DAY OF 2026.
I PRESUME THAT'S MR. MCCULLY'S POSITION? NO, SIR.
UH, MR. LEY WAS ON MARKS COURT.
THIS WAS A, A SWAT TEAM MEMBER THAT HAD TO, HE ACTUALLY WOUND UP MOVING TO MIDLAND FOR HIS JOB AND LEFT THE VACANCY A FEW MONTHS AGO.
UM, MR. GORDON HAS COME TO THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS AND HAVE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD TO INCLUDE HIM AND PUT HIM ON.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THE NAME AGAIN? ANDREW GORDON.
HE, UH, HE IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT OVER AT THE CENTER.
THAT'S WHERE I KNOW THAT NAME.
IS HE A RESIDENT OF FLUTE? HE'S A RESIDENT OF LAKE JACKSON.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT.
IS THAT BOARD? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AROUND, RIGHT? NO SIR.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUE OUT OF, OUT OF YOUR COMMITTEE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE DO LIVE IN CLU? DO YOU KNOW? MOST? WELL, I SAY MOST ALL OF 'EM, BUT DWAYNE RECENTLY MOVED TO LAKE JACKSON.
SUZANNE LIVES IN INCLUDE ANDREW LIVES IN LAKE JACKSON.
AND WHO AM I MISSING HERE? OH, THAT WAS ONLY SIX.
ANDREW, RONNIE, SUZANNE, RUDY AND TAMMY.
TAMMY LIVES ACTUALLY IN THE SPRING AREA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 33 DASH 2026.
I HAVE A MOTION ABOUT COUNCILPERSON MADDOX.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COUNCILMAN LOPEZ MAKES A SECOND DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH OH 9 0 0 9 FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE DO BIRTH GLORY CENTER CHURCH LOCATED AT 10 33 DIXIE DRIVE, SUITE A.
IT WOULD BE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH 0 0 9.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF INCLUDE BRAZO COUNTY, TEXAS CONTAINING FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF SAID CITY TO PERMIT THE SPECIFIC USE OF 10 33 DIXIE DRIVE, SUITE A KLU, TEXAS CONTAINED WITHIN LOTS.
1 66, 1 67, 1 67 DIXIE 1 77 A AND THE BRA COAST INVESTMENTS COMPANY DCIC SUBDIVISION NUMBER 15 AND THE A CALVERT SURVEY ABSTRACT ABSTRACT 19 IN THE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN SURVEY, BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS, AND
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WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY AS A LOCATION FOR AN OPERATION OF A CHURCH, SPECIFICALLY THE NEW BIRTH GLORY CENTER CHURCH BY BRENDA GEORGE.IN ADDITION TO OTHER PERMITTED USES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THEREIN SPECIFIED, PROVIDING THAT SAID SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE, CONTAINING A REPE CLAUSE IN EVENT OF PARTIAL INVALIDITY.
AND PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT TO BE ENFORCED 10 DAYS AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND APPROVAL.
CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO NINE.
SO MOVED, MOVED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND COUNCIL PERSON MAD.
[VII. NOTICE/ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
ITEM WILL BE NOTICE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS.INDEPENDENCE DAY CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, JULY THE THIRD, 2026.
WE WILL HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY THE NINTH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM IN THE FLUTE EVENT CENTER.
WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP SATURDAY, JUNE THE 11TH, 2026 AT 9:00 AM AT KLUTE FIRE STATION, ONE EMS BUILDING.
THE 44TH ANNUAL GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL.
2026 AT THE KLUTE MUNICIPAL PARK AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY THE 30TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM AT THE KLUT EVENT CENTER.
AND THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE ADJOURN.
SO MOVED BY COUNCILMAN AGUILAR SECOND.