Council meeting 2025-06-16

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0:43[Music]

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0:52Yeah.

0:54Good evening everyone. We're about to

0:56call our meeting to order. At this time,

0:58we're open with an invocation and a

1:00pledge.

1:06Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we come to

1:09you this afternoon in the name of your

1:12son Jesus Christ. We thank you for the

1:14opportunity to gather here this

1:15afternoon. We thank you for all who are

1:18present. And Lord, we ask you tonight to

1:20give us wisdom pertaining to all of the

1:22issues and and the subject matter

1:24tonight. And may you be glorified in all

1:27that uh we do tonight. And we give you

1:29all of the praise in Christ Jesus name

1:31we pray. Amen. Hang hang on. Hey. And

1:34Lord, please touch Nate [name] in the

1:38hospital right now. Yes. Yes. Touch him.

1:42Thank you, Lord. Yes. Amen. Amen.

1:48Pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of

1:52the United States of America and to the

1:55republic for which it stands. One nation

1:58under God, indivisible, with liberty and

2:01justice for all.

2:11Once again, thank you all for joining us

2:13today. Um, we have quite a few items on

2:16the agenda, but we'll start out with the

2:18uh

2:21I'll take it back. We do have um

2:25we'll start with the uh canvas. We'll go

2:27ahead and and do the administration then

2:29come back to the office. All right. They

2:32are in that order. I just didn't read

2:34them. At this time we'll have the uh

2:36canvas of the election and administer of

2:39office with follow

2:44[Music]

2:58the whole set.

3:01Okay. It goes down and comes back. If

3:05you do them one by one and then send

3:07them back. Yeah,

3:11expedited.

4:01This was the last

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6:02for. Yeah, I think everybody's been

6:05struggling with internet.

6:10having a really hard time covering all

6:13of my conversations.

6:48Yeah.

6:53[Applause]

6:56Okay. At this time, can we get a motion

6:59to accept the canvas of the election?

7:02A motion to accept the canvas. Second.

7:07Okay, it's been moved and second. All in

7:08favor?

7:10Motion carries. Okay, it brings us to

7:12item number two. Administr administer

7:15office oath of office to the mayor.

7:21Take the glasses off.

7:46All right, mayor. I'm going to state the

7:48first line and then after that I'll ask

7:50you to repeat after me. Please raise

7:52your right hand. In the name of

7:54authority of the state of Texas, repeat

7:55after me. I Dr. I am the officer I Dr. I

7:59am the official do solemnly swear do

8:01solemnly swear that I will faithfully

8:03execute that I will faithfully exeute

8:06the duties of the office the duties of

8:08the office of mayor of the state of

8:10Texas of mayor of the state of Texas and

8:12will to the best of my ability and will

8:14to the best of my ability to preserve

8:16protect and defend preserve protect and

8:18defend the constitution and law the

8:20constitution and law and laws of the

8:23United States and laws of the United

8:25States and of this state and of this

8:27state so

8:31You can sound right here.

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8:56Here

9:11you go.

9:19[Applause]

9:21Thank you so much for trusting me a long

9:23time.

9:41This is where you said my how the time

9:43flies. It's hard to believe the time has

9:46passed that quickly. But thank you so

9:48much, city of Crockett and all of you

9:50that uh cared enough to uh engage in

9:53voting. Thank you so much. And at this

9:56time it brings us to our recognition of

9:59visitors.

10:01And like I said once again, thank you so

10:04much for all attending. I thank my

10:05husband for coming in to cheer his wife

10:07on.

10:13He's glad to be here after 45 years with

10:16He's just glad to be here.

10:19If he's not here, you have to pretend

10:21it.

10:24Thank you so much for everything for all

10:26of you being here. So, at this time we

10:27uh we do recognize our visitors. We know

10:29that it takes a effort to come out each

10:31council meeting and we know that it's

10:34because of you that we get business done

10:36and we get it done effectively because

10:38we hear what you have to say. And so

10:40with that being said, we're uh

10:42recognizing of our visitors. We're now

10:44to the comments from the audience. And

10:46we do have one uh listed from Diane

10:49Rome. And as in past, for those of you

10:51that are not familiar, we do a

10:53threeminut limit and no one on the

10:56council will respond either way because

10:59it's not an agenda item. Thank you.

11:01Thank you, madam.

11:03On November 4th, Citizens of Crockett

11:06voted to terminate

11:09economic development, which is

11:11approximately 2 million dollar in debt.

11:15It passed over and after the debt is

11:17paid off in about three years, the

11:20halfent sales tax will continue to be

11:22collected and will go toward property

11:24tax relief. This was voted on passed by

11:28the citizens of profit on November 4th,

11:302024.

11:32This opposition will help the 50% of

11:35profit citizens who actually pay their

11:37property taxes.

11:39That being said, I don't know how many

11:41of y'all realize, but really truly only

11:4350% of taxpayers pay their taxes and all

11:48of us here.

11:51So, I'm here tonight to request the city

11:54to give a monthly report on how the

11:56funds of economic development is being

11:59used.

12:00How much of the monthly sales tax is

12:02going to pay off the $2 million debt?

12:06When economic development was in

12:07operation, questions were asked many

12:09times about why there could not be a

12:11monthly report. That never occurred. I

12:15realize it might be something different

12:17and to give this report, but hopefully

12:19you will see the need to keep the

12:21citizens informed. It is the taxpayers

12:23money.

12:25Now, I see a problem making this

12:27request, and this is because, as the

12:30mayor said, we're only allowed three

12:31minutes to make a comment. And as she

12:34reminds us, they can respond. You all

12:36cannot respond to us in any way council

12:38meeting about our concerns.

12:41So I guess the only way that we will

12:43know this can be done is if you do it.

12:47If for some reason you cannot make it

12:50and we need to know that as well. I

12:52thank you for allowing me the time to

12:54say this and I look forward to your

12:57decision regarding this matter. I think

12:59it's extremely important that

13:03be

13:05thank you. Thank you. Um that is at this

13:09time and that was the only uh

13:12request from the audience. So with that

13:15being said it brings us to to the next

13:18item approve of the minutes item number

13:20three regular session May 19th 2025.

13:24All of you had an opportunity to view

13:27them. I make a motion we approve the

13:30minutes. I second. It's been moved and

13:32second. All in favor?

13:34Motion carries. That brings us to the

13:37reports. Item number four, police

13:39department manpower and criminal

13:41incident report for May 2025.

13:45Good evening, Mayor City Administrator.

13:48Police department manpower and criminal

13:50activity report for May of 2025. Total

13:53of 16 officers, worked 2,800

13:58hours, manh hour hours, responded to 461

14:01calls for service, investigated nine

14:04traffic accidents, made 54 arrests,

14:08issued 490 traffic citations, completed

14:1183 reports, responded to 32 alarm calls,

14:1529 of those were false alarm. I

14:18entertain any questions you may have

14:19about a report.

14:25Does anyone have any questions?

14:30If not, thank thank you so much. Thank

14:32you. Thank you, Chief. Appreciate it.

14:34Okay. Uh bring us to item number five,

14:37fire department monthly activity and

14:39status report May 2025.

14:46Good evening, Mayor, council members.

14:49For the month of May, uh we had a total

14:51of 46 calls. 33 of those being in the

14:54city and 13 in our county response area.

14:58There's a further break down

15:00question.

15:04One thing we had a little rain to help

15:06you out a little bit.

15:08But over the 33 calls, half of them was

15:11storm related last night. So probably

15:14ran probably 15 calls so far during this

15:17last weather event. So we've been busy

15:22weather trees falling

15:24fire lines. Oh, I forgot about that part

15:27of it.

15:30Did y'all help with any of the the

15:32flooding? Any of the u community?

15:37We had a couple

15:40high.

16:04Thank you. That's good.

16:07Okay. All right. Any other questions?

16:10No. Thank you for your service. Okay.

16:12That bring us to item number six.

16:14Receive as information the Houston

16:17County Appraisal District fiscal year

16:192024 financial audit and fiscal year

16:222026 operating and collection uh

16:26budgets.

16:28Mayor and council. Those um I put those

16:31in your packet and it's under tabbed

16:33under uh the number six there. Yeah, to

16:36relate to agenda item number six. Um

16:39those are your a copy of the budget from

16:42the appraisal district um that they

16:46adopted for this upcoming year. As you

16:48know, we all contract ourselves and

16:51other government entities, taxing

16:53entities in the county contract with

16:55them for appraisals and uh for

16:58collections as well. So we all share in

17:00the cost after the budgets are adopted.

17:04And then I also have um one hard copy of

17:07the audit. It's available for council's

17:10review at any time here at city hall.

17:15How many people work out there?

17:22Does it show on here? Yes, sir. Um

17:24employment. Okay. Yes, sir. You got one,

17:27two, three, four, five.

17:32Uh, six

17:38looks like eight employees. Eight

17:40people. Okay.

17:44Has so we got salaries going to

17:46514,4757?

17:50Yes, sir. Um, on eight employees, they

17:53had a uh 4 and a.5% uh cola that they

17:58provided this year and that's what

17:59caused that increase.

18:03That looks pretty good.

18:07Hopefully we can afford one like that. I

18:09know. I agree. 100%.

18:14So, we just got a caller last year, did

18:182%.

18:23So, we go from 485 to 514.

18:37When does this need to be? It's already

18:41It's approved. Um that's their adopted

18:43budget. It's for information. Okay.

18:47Their board already

18:49um has adopted. So we pay for this out

18:52of our tax revenue. Yes.

18:58If you go further down, it'll there's a

19:00breakdown. I think it's on the maybe the

19:02last page or the second to the last page

19:04of the share split between all the

19:06taxing entities

19:11since there's two budgets. One's for

19:12operations, one's for operating and

19:14one's for collections.

19:47This is strictly for information. Yes,

19:49ma'am. For information. There's no

19:50action. There's no action required on

19:53Pretty good. pretty good. Since

19:55it'sformational, you have a time to go

19:58over in details with that.

20:05And I'm sure if you have any questions,

20:07you can contact them directly.

20:12Thank you. Would that do any good? Huh?

20:16Would that do any good? Well, they've

20:18approved it. I wouldn't say that they

20:20reapproved it, but I have no I'm sure if

20:23they the board has approved it, but it

20:25might help in the next time that they go

20:28to it. Number seven. No, ma'am. Okay.

20:31It's just for discussion with if nothing

20:33else on that one, that moves us to the

20:36next item,

20:38our business. Item number seven,

20:42consider and approve a recommendation

20:44from the planning and zoning commission

20:46to hold a public hearing regarding a

20:48proposed zoning district's change from M

20:52manufacturing warehouse and wholesale

20:56selling district to R2

20:58family residential district with a strip

21:01of properties bordered by Martin Luther

21:03King Bullet King Jr. Boulevard on the

21:07east Sycamore Street or Sycamore Street

21:10right of way on the west and west

21:13goladed Avenue on the north and Berles

21:16Avenue on the south.

21:19Mayor and council, um I have Miss [name]

21:23[name] here, um who is our

21:25administrative assistant, has been

21:26diligently working on this project. um

21:29she provided a a report in y'all's

21:31packet as well that that y'all have had

21:34time to look over. But we also have

21:36additional information to try to help

21:39council understand why we're deciding to

21:42do this in in a bigger block instead of

21:45peacemailing it with spot zoning. has

21:48we've gotten a few requests for some

21:50spot zones for residential use and we

21:53found out that our zoning map for this

21:55district is uh manufacturing which

21:59precludes that. So, we'd have to

22:01individually address each request for

22:03new homes. And we have an issue with all

22:07of the existing homes that are in that

22:09district who may run the risk of having

22:11a commercial business move in right

22:13beside them and with no with no way to

22:16stop it because it's it's all currently

22:17zoned as manufacturing uh district. And

22:21so, Miss [name], if you don't mind talking

22:24a little bit or and [name], I do have a few

22:28of the things that you sent me that I

22:29can share or show. But, hi, I'm a

22:33assistant for the city of Crockett and I

22:36act as the planning and zoning

22:38commission. Secretary [name], you know him

22:40as our code enforcement officer. We work

22:43together to develop this report. Um, I

22:46hope there's a lot of information in

22:48here. A lot of it self-explanatory, but

22:51if you have any questions, I'm just

22:53going to be here to help answer those

22:54questions.

22:57We do see this as an improvement to the

22:59area. As the court said, this was made

23:03manufacturing probably in the 1980s

23:05before the profit industrial park

23:07existed. So, at the time, it seemed like

23:09manufacturing would have been a good

23:11idea along the railroad, but um there

23:14were already houses especially to the

23:16north around West We have the first

23:19couple blocks are older homes. Uh

23:22there's a lot of vacant properties. Most

23:24of the property is vacant. So obviously

23:26it's not being used for manufacturing.

23:28There's not much interest. And new

23:30companies coming in are going to go to

23:32the industrial function. They're not

23:34going to come here. Uh the residents

23:38uh this would give them an opportunity.

23:40Right now they're non-conforming use. Um

23:43so sometimes if they want to sell the

23:45property or make improvements it is a

23:47hindrance and this would bring them into

23:49performance use. Uh also the

23:52infrastructure there is streets for

23:54residential or sewer for residential.

23:57It's not made for industrial use. Some

23:59of the u uh parcels might remain

24:03manufacturing. Uh I want to emphasize

24:06all we're requesting all the is

24:08requesting is that this be considered in

24:10the public hearing. So before they can

24:12have a public hearing and it's their

24:14idea to change a zoning district, city

24:18council has to approve. They have to

24:20submit a report to you and city council

24:22has to approve allowing them hearing to

24:26have the property owners come voice

24:28their opinions and including the

24:30property owners within 300 ft of this

24:33strip will also have the chance to voice

24:36their opinions changes. They will be

24:38provided. We're planning on providing

24:40each the owner the packet of information

24:43be as transparent as possible along with

24:46actually the little map of their

24:48property showing exactly what we're

24:50proposing plus uh not only mailing the

24:53packet public will go knocking on the

24:55doors talk to them make sure they

24:57receive the packet and have the

24:59opportunity to come speak at a public

25:01hearing and then public uh planning

25:04zoning will make their recommendation to

25:06the city council and y'all will have a

25:09public hearing also receive

25:11addition input if property owners want

25:13to come at that public hearing. They'll

25:15be advised of those public hearings. So,

25:17it's a lot of time to uh and we're not

25:19planning on having the PNZ public

25:22hearing until

25:23uh July 15th and then hopefully the city

25:28council public hearing unless it's

25:29tabled by PNZ instead of making

25:31recommendation will be uh July 21st.

25:34That's a lot of time to further look at

25:36the report and be familiar with

25:41is being recommended

25:43because I think there have been a lot of

25:46requests for residential and not

25:49manufacturing and that's the way that

25:51we've heard and since it is residential

25:53in front if people were wanted to do it

25:56the street would have on both sides and

25:59I think in terms of building communities

26:03it would be more beneficial than having

26:06a manufacturing in front of someone's

26:08house and So I I you know just from

26:12looking at it and knowing that area how

26:14long it's been vacant and how

26:17well if you have a nice house over here

26:19it's not very beneficial to you if you

26:21have something in front of you that's

26:22not very nice and so I think as a

26:25community now because I believe that Dr.

26:28[name] you're only strong as the weakest

26:31part of your community and so to look

26:33like a community you want people to have

26:36similar communities. So if you're trying

26:39to do it to improve your community, it's

26:42very hard if you have a diff a business

26:45right in front of you as opposed to your

26:48home area. And it kind of hinders what

26:51we like to think of as neighborhood

26:54community. And so in order to prove that

26:57has been an area because of the location

27:00that it's been hard to to grasp the

27:02community aspect because of how it has

27:05been developed in the past. So I'm

27:08thinking that anything you know that can

27:10bring it in more align with being a

27:13community instead of manufacturing

27:16community and that it would really add

27:19to enhance our community as a city so

27:23that we would know that this is a

27:24community and then they would be able to

27:26dialogue and develop what they want it

27:28to look like because it's very hard you

27:31know when you have too many diff

27:33different stations taking place and I do

27:36think we need to work on and since it's

27:38in a minority area, it just need to be

27:41kind of addressed in that sense that it

27:44can be more synchronized.

27:47That's [name]'s take on it.

27:50Is um his choice still available to the

27:54resident or the property owner as far as

27:56whether they wish to have a

27:58manufacturing zone or resident

28:00residential zone or would that just go

28:05as far as the the zoning?

28:09What the preliminary report is

28:11recommending is that the first two

28:14blocks from Goad uh down to Howard that

28:18all

28:19R2 residential duplexes. Yes, ma'am.

28:23Correct me if I'm wrong. Down to um

28:28down to

28:31you.

28:34Yes. Mhm. First half a block north

28:39um manufacturing and then the first

28:42block south stay manufacturing. South of

28:44that R three, north of that R two.

28:47Gotcha. Thank you. And the the process

28:51like uh like you had asked if one this

28:54hall current our goal is to align it to

28:57what the current uses are. So if

28:59somebody's living with a home there,

29:01they're likely going to want it to stay

29:03to become residential so they don't

29:05become a non-conforming use and have

29:07somebody move in beside them. So, but if

29:10there is another desire, say for a few

29:12parcels or or whatever, the public

29:15hearing process, if there's more people

29:18that come to it that are against it than

29:20that are for it, that's how that pro the

29:22public hearing process is divided out

29:24and we put it back in a report and bring

29:26it back to council and say, "Here's all

29:29the here's what the people wanted, okay,

29:31that are going to be directly impacted

29:34and within 300 ft on both sides." So

29:36moving all the way over another block at

29:38least in both sides direction everybody

29:41will have input is this what they want

29:43is this good okay or are there other

29:45considerations to take okay and then the

29:48planning and zoning makes a

29:49recommendation back to council and says

29:51hey this is this is what we need what we

29:53come up with and then y'all so there's

29:56multiple layers of of input from the

29:58community and then council okay so you

30:00will have a couple of areas that in uh

30:03in that location that will stay

30:05manufacturing along Bell where there is

30:08some current manufacturing or commercial

30:10type uses. Okay. Automotive. Yes ma'am.

30:14That is manufacturing.

30:16Again with reaching out to property

30:18owners

30:20he has expressed interest in buying the

30:23properties adjacent to his. And uh then

30:26the property next south of that that's

30:29where the old there's a huge commercial

30:32building there. Tabers. Tabers

30:36[name] Deere. Yeah, Tabers. We'll be ask

30:43you. He might want to tear down a

30:45commercial building and change it

30:47to keep it commercial. So that's the one

30:49block that we said on report M2

30:53because what's a shop next to it? So

30:55even that that barn area over there

30:57across from Tabers. Are you y'all

30:59looking at that as well? The water bar.

31:02Yeah. So that that's the railroad that's

31:04off of it. That's um that's what 300

31:09Martin King is their address. That's

31:12owned by the railroad. We're trying to

31:14get the railroad themselves to tear that

31:15down. Okay.

31:18The uh the one below it is the one she's

31:21referring to 1170.

31:24So partial 117 um right there. Yeah.

31:30[name] here. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Butters

31:34that's actually quarters. Yeah. Carters.

31:38So, um Okay. So, even like I said, the

31:42location where actually where Tabers is

31:44across the street where Mr. Odds live

31:48462 right there on this

31:53board.

31:55Yeah. Like it's like a barn or whatever.

31:57Okay. So, what are what are we making

31:59it? Uh technically right now fall into

32:01the R2 one until he decides what he's

32:03going to do with it because right now I

32:04just use it for storage of agriculture

32:06equipment. It's currently zoned as R2.

32:09So it would match up with what we would

32:11like to move the rest of it. Well, it's

32:13currently manufacturing. It would fall

32:15into what we're recommending for R2

32:17because it is just a barn and the only

32:19thing that's in there is egg equipment.

32:20Okay.

32:22He's not right here manufacturing with

32:24it. This right here is is white not is

32:28white not R2. Yeah. It doesn't even show

32:30the road right there on that. Right.

32:31Okay. So, I think it could be based on

32:35that. We could zoom in and see it, but

32:37understand it's hard to say. It could be

32:40half the building on it. Yeah. Okay.

32:42That building covers close to that wall.

32:43Right. Right.

32:46Yeah. Okay. So, what we're doing right

32:49now is just deciding if we want to go

32:52forth with it and open it up so that the

32:54community would have their actual say on

32:56it. Okay. Are y'all just trying to

32:59just approving.

33:01Yes, ma'am. Any not trying to make it

33:03all residential? Most of it. Most of is

33:07currently being used as residential

33:10except for that's that would stay the

33:14same. That would stay commercial. That

33:16would stay commercial. Okay. That's the

33:18recommendation. Okay. And so even with

33:21the recommendation of be the hearing

33:23would start and everybody would get a

33:24the people themselves would have an

33:27opportunity to come in because what

33:29we're looking at is what the overall

33:31recommendation is but it will be done in

33:33hearings to initiate the process is what

33:36we're asking. Yeah. So the very bottom

33:38of it all the way at the bottom of the

33:40list of the bars we're looking at on all

33:43of those were added since this was

33:44change manufacturing but we don't know

33:47like I I haven't found where their

33:51permits came in residential homes in

33:53that area for in manufacturing. So so

33:58that was oh that was part of

33:59manufacturing as well.

34:02manufactur.

34:13I guess one of them was, but I don't

34:15know all at least one of them was

34:16through specific use permit, but it

34:18still puts it residential. So, people

34:20are still, even with it being

34:22manufacturing, people are just finding a

34:24way to make it res anyway. It makes more

34:27sense to make

34:30what the city wants. Yeah, I think that

34:32like you said, we're at a good point.

34:34Everybody's seeing what direction we

34:36would like to take and with that in

34:38mind, we're going to leave it up to the

34:40people what direction they desire, they

34:43plan to take. We're projecting and

34:45they're going to vote on what they

34:46really want. So, I think that this give

34:48but like I said, I think it's a good way

34:50of synchronizing a community because the

34:53more neighborhoods you have, the better

34:54off that you are and they're all on the

34:57same agenda.

34:59Uh, does anyone else have any direct

35:01question that won't be answered by? You

35:03said it's a lot of vacant property over

35:06there. Yeah. Yes. Yes. I think y'all

35:09going to try to y'all plan on doing

35:10something with it or just see right here

35:12all of these. It would be the community

35:15that would decide or how they're being

35:16used. Yeah. Somebody own the owners.

35:20Yeah. These are all the owners and this

35:22is what currently being vacant. And

35:24those will be the people that will come

35:26forth and decide what they want, how

35:28they would like their their property to

35:30go. Yeah. So, it's not Yeah. It's not up

35:34to just the city to decide. It's own the

35:37property is owned. So, that's why the

35:39people are going to have to come in and

35:40vote on what they want to do with it and

35:43continue with it. And like I said, the

35:47the closer we get to it and the

35:49recommendation, we'll keep having the

35:51hearings until we come to consensus.

35:54Signs posted at every intersection a

35:57being considered with our phone number

35:59so that people can call in and say,

36:01"Hey, what's up?" On my property, I want

36:04mine to be this, of course. Yeah. Okay.

36:06Uh any other uh general comments?

36:10If not, we need

36:14I uh mayor a motion to I make a motion

36:19to consider an approved recommendation

36:21from the planning and zoning board uh

36:24commission to hold a public hearing uh

36:26regarding the the proposed zoning

36:30district change from M manufacturing

36:34warehousing and wholesaling district to

36:37R2 to family residential.

36:40etc.

36:42I second. Okay, it's been moved and

36:45second. All in favor? Motion carries.

36:48Okay, so we all go

36:52asking.

36:58Okay. Okay.

37:02Okay. At this time, since we do have our

37:04attorneys and they're on the clock, we

37:07don't know if they're on the clock

37:08officially yet, but they are here. Uh,

37:11can we get a recommendation just to go

37:12into our exeive executive session at

37:16this time

37:18just and then we'll come back and finish

37:20the remainder of the agenda. Mayor, I

37:22recommend that we go into executive

37:23session. Okay. Do we have to vote on it?

37:26We just recommend You don't have to

37:28though, but Okay.

37:30All right. Okay. If it's at that time,

37:33we're going to ask uh you can sit down

37:35and y'all even get to sit in here. We're

37:37going to leave

37:40and we need to bring Okay, we will go

37:43into executive session because they're

37:45attorney

37:47and then we'll come back.

37:50But if you would like to go get a a

37:53drink or a bathroom break, it'll be a

37:55minute.

37:58Come on.

38:04[Music]

38:09No. What? Oh, excuse me.

38:32All right.

39:01medicine.

39:19I can't

39:2915.

40:06Hallelujah.

40:20Engage.

40:33$600.

41:18Why would you

41:53Yes,

41:57you may come

41:59They

42:08And that's

42:14what

42:31won't

42:51get whatever.

43:00because

43:07her

43:24we have

43:33One of the things when I was president

43:55639

44:21certain

44:34This is what

44:44we discussed.

44:49could be in there. Yeah.

45:10Nations

45:13and human

45:24This is what this is from. This is what

45:34number

45:49Don't preach that

45:51fruit.

46:12Well, let's put this,00

46:45We'd like to start

46:55mass. Yes.

47:14This is

47:59Yeah.

48:08[name]

48:13starting two miles down.

48:19That's all about

48:47always

49:04know how long this won't be in there.

49:35Anders.

49:42Guess what?

50:07position.

50:22You should go

50:37It's also

50:39obvious.

51:03So the

51:30Turn to the ground.

51:32We have

51:44records.

52:04Everybody

52:23Stop.

53:17Your hair looks Beautiful.

53:24Your hair looks great. Oh, thank you.

53:28I didn't understand why.

53:31Thank you.

54:07Do you recognize?

54:16and he goes out

54:19and then he does supervis

54:44understand

55:05insist

55:22or chat.

55:50I don't know.

56:20told her

56:24Just

56:46That's why

57:34So

57:59There were 15,000 kids on Facebook

58:04And on the radio,

58:16she said what?

58:40This was a consultation with the

58:42attorney regarding litigation

58:52police.

59:11The counties

59:24not

59:26good.

59:55Can I just one

1:00:02Yeah. represent

1:00:25as long as this has been going on.

1:00:49Thursday morning.

1:00:51So when does that text

1:01:29Thursday

1:01:47colors.

1:01:57more than a month.

1:02:20Not

1:02:22that

1:02:40you're coming in.

1:02:50A lot of stuff

1:03:08instead.

1:03:20driving.

1:03:43It is crystals.

1:04:18This is where we get our

1:04:32scarcity.

1:04:37should be done by council because in the

1:04:40first

1:04:42You know,

1:04:59they're also

1:05:30That's been the whole thing from

1:05:34start.

1:05:44And your favorite

1:06:05All right.

1:06:24possibly

1:06:39shoulder musles

1:06:50Don't

1:07:03[Music]

1:07:09ship already.

1:07:23and

1:07:33centuries.

1:07:39I'm sorry. All

1:07:43right.

1:08:02[Music]

1:08:04You're not doing what we should do.

1:08:19officers.

1:08:26Yeah.

1:08:34something

1:08:50just

1:09:08Everybody's

1:09:18She was pushed.

1:09:43I think

1:10:08would not get in trouble.

1:10:22and not return.

1:10:33And that's our state capital.

1:10:38They're

1:10:46not here.

1:10:58There's

1:11:10a big

1:11:23Congress

1:11:50today.

1:11:52towers

1:12:07came out. So they're all

1:12:16And he said

1:12:38Yeah.

1:12:53All kinds of educational areas.

1:13:01cartoons.

1:13:24There's a list.

1:13:32were like

1:13:36also Obvious

1:14:06Yeah.

1:14:14long

1:14:24before

1:14:41take it

1:14:50Star Wars

1:14:55like a Star Wars guy. What does he

1:15:18They're

1:15:30like

1:15:45Sure.

1:16:09I think I haven't seen that.

1:16:15Yes.

1:16:20[Music]

1:16:43doesn't

1:17:12speech.

1:17:22understand

1:17:35[Music]

1:17:41that American

1:17:53That's right.

1:18:18olives. The tree of olives

1:18:47One of the last pictures

1:19:02long long long time ago.

1:19:03before.

1:19:25She had

1:19:37What are they talking?

1:19:55And raises evacuation.

1:19:59Plus evacuation.

1:20:26department.

1:20:53[Music]

1:21:13They should be able to have

1:21:17and you go through it and it's when you

1:21:25evaluation

1:21:42that was last

1:21:47four different

1:21:53members to receive this.

1:22:01way

1:22:05and they were slow

1:22:10to

1:22:15get

1:22:27in contact or

1:22:40August.

1:22:47that I'm sure

1:23:09I don't

1:23:30Are we afraid?

1:23:39[Music]

1:23:48Chris

1:23:59tell you my experience

1:24:02and how possible

1:24:12tell you

1:24:23change it.

1:24:31So that it's yours. It's not something

1:24:34else.

1:24:44Oh, hell no.

1:24:48And then you said, "Okay,

1:25:18I don't know why he was

1:25:32Well, I understand

1:25:42members.

1:26:13You got two years.

1:26:19Maybe

1:26:21she will

1:26:23now.

1:26:37We had

1:26:39the day before

1:26:44we also

1:26:55thought

1:26:57One last

1:27:25technology. Sure.

1:27:39Captain

1:28:19Well, they should tell you

1:28:22not in

1:28:27We had two items.

1:28:38[Music]

1:28:47mayor's question.

1:29:17up here.

1:29:37Like

1:29:47chance

1:29:53to find

1:30:08Now seated

1:30:14[Music]

1:30:34like

1:30:53sat in the car.

1:30:57It is cold in here. Oh, well, last time

1:31:00was too hot and then too cold.

1:31:03I guess when all the body heat went out,

1:31:04it got cold. I got to go.

1:31:08Trying to keep us from passing out.

1:31:13[Music]

1:31:21My pen go. Somebody took my ink pin.

1:31:26Huh?

1:31:31Oh,

1:31:33you know, but you know what? They trying

1:31:36to get the word from around the world.

1:31:38Tower here, they sucking water from

1:31:40anybody. You know, we think Trinity.

1:31:44They're just they preparing for all that

1:31:46suck. You know that that big suck that

1:31:49building I mean, you know why can't go?

1:31:53They have a war. They came water. So you

1:31:58they thought they could use their own.

1:32:01All right. So we come back to it's

1:32:02covered under all of this. There's no

1:32:04more free water.

1:32:06They drain that lake to go all the way

1:32:09up to other. So we got to have some kind

1:32:13of protection. It's bad in California

1:32:15though. Oh yeah. It's bad. Like I said,

1:32:18when they suck all the ground water,

1:32:20we're going to all be in trouble. Okay.

1:32:22Is everybody everybody

1:32:25get

1:32:29[Music]

1:32:30back? What item was that?

1:32:33Yeah. What? Oh, that was our executive

1:32:35session.

1:32:44Okay.

1:32:46Who's missing?

1:32:48Well, Lord, you know, one would have

1:32:50thought we'd be fighting over water, but

1:32:52you know, Wild West fought over the

1:32:53whale and put up fence. Watch us stir

1:32:56the day. I said, "Oh, you know, we've

1:32:58been fighting over water for a long

1:32:59time."

1:33:10Okay. One, two. Who's missing? Oh, Gary.

1:33:14Here come Mr. Gary.

1:33:18I don't know why I call him Gary.

1:33:19[name]. I don't know where Gary. It is a

1:33:22Gary.

1:33:24Okay.

1:33:27Yes. Some caffeine is good.

1:33:31It's cold. So, we just on 17.

1:33:35We come in. We vote on 17. Is that where

1:33:38we were?

1:33:42What did he say? We just come back to

1:33:44just go through the rest. Oh, okay. Then

1:33:47we come to Okay. I think when we got we

1:33:49were we were on number eight for council

1:33:51just to move the table the

1:33:55time. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

1:33:57Okay.

1:33:59Um

1:34:01Okay, we're officially back in session.

1:34:03We're up to item number eight. Consider

1:34:06and approve a resolution supporting city

1:34:08of Crockus application to the Texas

1:34:10Department of Transportation 2025

1:34:12transportation alternatives set aside TA

1:34:16call for projects. Mayor Council, I have

1:34:20um under your tab there number eight. Um

1:34:26I I'll give you just a quick update and

1:34:28on your in your packet as well um under

1:34:32item number eight. Um, I left mine in

1:34:36here.

1:34:38That's the We'll pull it up here. So,

1:34:41it's over there. Every year the uh

1:34:45every year the uh actually it's every

1:34:47two years. Tex comes out with a new

1:34:49budget and a and a application period.

1:34:52They set aside text funds that you can

1:34:56request um grant grant funds from for

1:35:00something called traffic alternatives.

1:35:01Usually that's um to pay for uh

1:35:04sidewalks or bicycle lanes. Um usually

1:35:07cities apply for bicycle lanes or

1:35:08sidewalks. Uh and we usually put in for

1:35:11it. Some years they call us back or they

1:35:14give us notice and say, "Hey, you're in

1:35:16the running. Go ahead and send in an

1:35:18application." Um the last time we got

1:35:20the funding for it was in 2019 when I

1:35:23got uh the grant for the sidewalks down

1:35:26East Golad. Um, and so that was funded

1:35:30from this traffic alternatives uh

1:35:32project. Uh, we've put in since then and

1:35:35haven't got the notice to call or the

1:35:37call for applications. Um, they gave it

1:35:39to us this time.

1:35:41However, this time our

1:35:45which I'm I've asked them to to look

1:35:47into it for next year, but this year

1:35:50we've already been categorized

1:35:53in a we did not get all the credit

1:35:55points due to our unemployment rate.

1:35:58Everything else met full granting 100%

1:36:01grant except for our unemployment rate

1:36:03and we didn't we didn't get those

1:36:05credits and due to that we have a 20%

1:36:08match

1:36:10since we did not get full credits. So

1:36:13any grant funds that we I can continue

1:36:15and I can go ahead and ask for um we

1:36:18have two projects that are already uh

1:36:20Texot has provided some pre preliminary

1:36:22engineering on both roughly um close to

1:36:26a million dollars and that's with

1:36:28easement acquisition engineering and

1:36:31everything for sidewalks for buoy from

1:36:34the square all the way to the loop and

1:36:37then um for Austin from South Fourth

1:36:41street

1:36:43um down out to the school. The red flag

1:36:46on that one is they will not approve any

1:36:50TA funds for crossings of railroads

1:36:52unless it includes engineering and the

1:36:55money for an overhead or an under

1:36:59that that you know they're not going to

1:37:00lead people up to the railroad tracks

1:37:01and cost and and and so we're going to

1:37:03have to include that into the budget.

1:37:05So, it'll be much more than a million

1:37:08dollars due to that um an overhead

1:37:11sidewalk crossing over the train tracks.

1:37:15So, that being said, now that we have to

1:37:16come up with 20%.

1:37:19I don't know that, you know, we're in a

1:37:21position right now that I think if we're

1:37:22spending 200 plus,000, we have other

1:37:26things that we need to spend it to in

1:37:28infrastructure outside of sidewalk. That

1:37:30being said, if it was state funding, I

1:37:33would highly recommend let's move

1:37:34forward with the sidewalks. So, the

1:37:37other project that I have, the other

1:37:40project that I have is a downtown master

1:37:43plan that was funded um also for another

1:37:46city in their last round. The city of

1:37:48Huntington got funding for a downtown

1:37:50master plan. All of my discussions with

1:37:53Texot

1:37:54end up with where's your downtown master

1:37:56plan? when I'm looking at leveraging and

1:37:59bringing in uh texttop funds to help us

1:38:02on sidewalks, crossings, parking,

1:38:05um lightings, stop signs, any changes to

1:38:09our downtown to make it safer. We need

1:38:12to have a downtown master plan that is

1:38:14developed by architect and engineers

1:38:18where they sit down and they look at the

1:38:21widths, the roadway widths, the speeds.

1:38:23How can they make it safer and come up

1:38:26with lots of different options to

1:38:28improve on parking, on traffic flow, on

1:38:32pedestrian safety, on sidewalks and

1:38:34crossings and things of that nature.

1:38:37um

1:38:39using u the city of Huntington's and

1:38:41their develop their project and the cost

1:38:44um if if you look in your packet that

1:38:47tab number eight is what our cost

1:38:50estimates that we're that we believe we

1:38:53should apply for what we did was that

1:38:55was two from two years ago so we added

1:38:57another 10% on top of that this is the

1:38:59budget that I'd like to apply for and

1:39:02then we would go through the process if

1:39:03if getting the grant if we do get the

1:39:06grant then we'll have to go out and, you

1:39:09know, call for engineers and find

1:39:11someone to do the project for us and

1:39:12I'll bring that back to council as well

1:39:14with an estimated cost.

1:39:16Um, but we would have a responsibility

1:39:19of 20% of that. I feel like with Tex

1:39:23having given us already quite a bit of

1:39:26they've already told us that they have

1:39:28construction budget monies in their 2026

1:39:32year and 27 28 fiscal years. They they

1:39:36do a a two-year fiscal for construction

1:39:39for all of our downtown streets. If we

1:39:42can get this downtown plan done in time,

1:39:45they'll commit more money to our

1:39:47downtown. Right now, all stay on those

1:39:50streets. Yes, ma'am. Right now, all

1:39:52they've committed to is restriping

1:39:54and putting pedestrian LED LED

1:39:57pedestrian flashing signs at the

1:39:58existing crosswalks. They have said that

1:40:01they'll do that and they'll also put

1:40:02some they'll paint some turn lane arrows

1:40:07in front of you to where you know you

1:40:10can't go straight. You're supposed to

1:40:11turn right to go around the square.

1:40:13Right. So, they're going to do some

1:40:14safety things like that, but they're not

1:40:15going to invest into any infrastructure

1:40:17until we uh get us a downtown master

1:40:20plan. And that master plan will include

1:40:23in developing that. That'll include

1:40:25community stakeholder hearings, uh, you

1:40:27know, public participation, council

1:40:30meetings. They'll come to council

1:40:31meetings and talk to council. Hey,

1:40:33here's some of our thoughts. What do

1:40:34y'all like? Do some joint sessions

1:40:36between us and the county and so forth.

1:40:39Um, and so I would recommend that we go

1:40:42ahead and apply for through the TA

1:40:46um, for that project to try to get at

1:40:48least 80% of a downtown master plan

1:40:51covered.

1:40:52What's the what's the difference between

1:40:55uh the master plan and a strategic plan

1:40:58for the city? A strategic plan breaks

1:41:02down a master plan. You know, if we get

1:41:05you're supposed to have master plans and

1:41:07then you can break it down into in this

1:41:09year, you know, year one we're doing

1:41:11this, year two we're doing this. It

1:41:14breaks down a a larger plan into sizable

1:41:18pieces. A downtown master plan is pretty

1:41:21specific to the downtown traffic. It's

1:41:23not a like a citywide master plan. Uh

1:41:27what we've developed is a comprehensive

1:41:30uh 3 years ago we did a comprehensive a

1:41:33city comprehensive plan which addressed

1:41:35a lot of the big needs such as housing

1:41:38um planning and zoning, parks and wrecks

1:41:41infrastructure. And that's just

1:41:46um very

1:41:49far side, you know, it's long range long

1:41:52range. These are the things we need to

1:41:54be concerned about. This is the money

1:41:56that we should start looking at setting

1:41:57aside for these projects, but it's not a

1:42:00strategic plan brought brought down that

1:42:02I can say, hey, we've adopted this

1:42:04strategic plan and this year we've

1:42:06committed to setting this much money

1:42:08aside for this, this much money aside

1:42:10for this.

1:42:11So would it be beneficial for us to to

1:42:13to um look at is send a strategic plan

1:42:17where we would focus on the city as a

1:42:19whole instead of one part of the city

1:42:22you know. Yeah. I think if if we develop

1:42:24this down this master plan then we could

1:42:27talk about a strategic plan. Yes ma'am.

1:42:29Most of it's just implementation. I just

1:42:31said one of the things that we had been

1:42:32work working on was looking at the

1:42:35downtown because of the number of

1:42:38streets that run through that don't

1:42:40belong to the city of Rocky even though

1:42:42we do it any funding we can get first to

1:42:45work with them that that's sort of

1:42:47cross-section and then when we broaden

1:42:48out like you said around the city we

1:42:51won't have that extra support and

1:42:53funding because all you know all the

1:42:55roads lead through Crockett you know

1:42:57sounding cute but those are textile

1:42:59roads there they don't belong on to

1:43:01Crockett. So any this is additional

1:43:03funding that we're we're going to be

1:43:05allowed to go after that's not directly

1:43:08from ours funding, but but the what we

1:43:11found out if we don't do our part with

1:43:14what we are capable of doing, we don't

1:43:16get their part and that's where we kind

1:43:19of bumped heads on. Even when they

1:43:21wouldn't fix the roads, they said until

1:43:22we fix our sew and our lines on it, they

1:43:25wouldn't even run the roads. That's why

1:43:27they kept getting a little more

1:43:28deteriorated until we were able to do.

1:43:31So, what we're proposing is, you know,

1:43:34what can we do that they're do their

1:43:37part and then we can go back. But we do

1:43:39have a plan, a strategic plan. We've we

1:43:41we've had them come in and look at it

1:43:43and it has been a longterm. It probably

1:43:45needs to be updated, but we've been

1:43:47hitting and missing at it simply because

1:43:49of the emergency of the roads and things

1:43:51that we've had busted lines have to

1:43:54address and those kind of things. So,

1:43:56where we are right now is addressing

1:43:59with this money even with the match 20%

1:44:03is better than the other 80% up to 100.

1:44:06If we can get the 80% from them, we can

1:44:09work back from that instead of just

1:44:11borrowing. We have to work where we can

1:44:13get the most money at this time. money

1:44:14is tight. We do know that. Uh so it

1:44:17would be beneficial for the city even

1:44:20though we we're going to do a long range

1:44:22plan but we have to work with where we

1:44:23are and if this grant is accessible and

1:44:26they've allowed us to apply for it again

1:44:29because they don't offer for you the

1:44:30invitation every year and I think it's

1:44:33to our advantage as a city to move

1:44:34forward what they're offering us and

1:44:36work around and then expand out to to

1:44:39core I mean to synchronize what we're

1:44:42actually getting from them. Yeah. Yeah.

1:44:45So, this is what the grant is about with

1:44:48the free money with 20% match if we're

1:44:50accepted. Downtown,

1:44:53it's when we're saying downtown is the

1:44:55surrounding area like the square which

1:44:58is considered

1:45:00what would y'all do downtown? No, not

1:45:02the not the building. We're talking the

1:45:04streets and the and the parking and the

1:45:08not development of the building so much.

1:45:10It's development of the transport the

1:45:12the routing more so than anything. I

1:45:15swear getting around it the best way it

1:45:18is. It's not doing individ individual

1:45:21businesses is doing how you get through

1:45:23Crockett with the least amount of

1:45:27danger. The square is dangerous

1:45:29sometime. But we do know that we've had

1:45:32um two different incidents just this

1:45:33past year of people getting hit. One

1:45:35woman had a lot of surgeries and

1:45:39recuperate, you know, rehab to go

1:45:40through. Um we've had deaths on the

1:45:43square where people have gotten hit.

1:45:44Yeah. Crossing um in our past and so um

1:45:48and lots of lots of close calls. Yes.

1:45:51Safety is an issue on the square. Well,

1:45:53you know, if you cross it if any this

1:45:54could be used to enforce the no trucks

1:45:57through, of course. Right.

1:46:00Okay. So, what we're looking for right

1:46:02now

1:46:04uh to a resolution supporting the

1:46:07application. Yes, we may or may not get

1:46:08it, but we at least can put an

1:46:10application for the money.

1:46:16I'll make a motion we approve the

1:46:17resolution.

1:46:19A second. Okay, it's been moved and

1:46:22second. All in favor?

1:46:24Okay, motion carries. That moves us down

1:46:27to number nine.

1:46:29consider and approve appointment of

1:46:31representative to serve on the board of

1:46:32directors for DP's Texas Council of

1:46:35Government.

1:46:37Uh mayor and council, this is um this is

1:46:40sent to us every year where we appoint a

1:46:44uh representative from the city of

1:46:46Crockett. The mayor, I believe since

1:46:48she's been here, has served in that

1:46:50position as representative. So, uh, this

1:46:53request for a nomination and

1:46:55appointment, um,

1:46:58back to that board.

1:47:02I nominate

1:47:04uh, Mayor [name] to continue to serve

1:47:06on the uh, decl.

1:47:09Okay, it's been moved and second. All in

1:47:11favor? Okay, motion carries. It brings

1:47:14us to item number 10. Consider an

1:47:16approved bid for phase two and three

1:47:19building renovation of the ProLis Center

1:47:21at uh 1505 South Street.

1:47:26Mayor Council, I have um bids

1:47:30um in your packet under items number 10

1:47:34as well as I have a couple additional

1:47:37umformational packets that I've put and

1:47:40it's under tab number 10. So,

1:47:45a couple months ago, we finalized all

1:47:46the engineering required for phase two

1:47:49and phase uh three construction of the

1:47:52uh Proalis building.

1:47:55If you look on that front page right

1:47:57there, and I was trying to pull it up,

1:47:58but it's timed out on my my screen.

1:48:04It's going to show you a bigger picture.

1:48:06So, if you see the darker area, that's

1:48:09phase three.

1:48:10If you see the hash marks over to the

1:48:13left with that front picture there,

1:48:16you see this

1:48:19right there. Um, if the hash areas,

1:48:22that's phase two. So, the goal is to do

1:48:25this because we currently have right now

1:48:27we have, as we speak, we have 42

1:48:29employees in there plus staff, local

1:48:31staff, but 42 locally hired people. Um,

1:48:35and they're trying to increase that by

1:48:37July. Their goal was to hire up to 60.

1:48:40Um, so they're continuing to hire people

1:48:42out there. They're currently situated in

1:48:45that white area in that white area. And

1:48:48over there, there's another building or

1:48:50there's another room that they're

1:48:51currently situated in for current

1:48:54operations. So, our goal is to go in and

1:48:56build out phase two, which is the hash

1:48:59marked area to the left. Okay. Build

1:49:02that out. Once that's complete, we move

1:49:04all current employees into phase two.

1:49:07while we do phase three. That's so we

1:49:10didn't have to wait for a year for all

1:49:12this construction and then go hire

1:49:15people. They were willing to hire people

1:49:16right away. And so it's kind of a phased

1:49:19approach to where we can work with

1:49:20people in the building while we're doing

1:49:22construction. So we hired Don Hill

1:49:25Architecture and Engineering Firm to go

1:49:27and put these specifications together,

1:49:29the bid specs. We went out for bid. We

1:49:33were talking to four different firms.

1:49:35Two of them ended up not putting a bid

1:49:37in due to the timeline. Provalis is is

1:49:40has really um requested.

1:49:44They have uh lots of of

1:49:49uh contracts

1:49:51that they can fulfill and hire more

1:49:53people.

1:49:55And

1:49:57I forgot where I was going with that. Is

1:49:59it that they did they not put a bid in

1:50:02because of Okay, that's where I was.

1:50:04That's where I was going. They needed

1:50:06for those two, right? So, those two

1:50:09contractors said they couldn't meet the

1:50:10the timeline. That's where I was That's

1:50:12what I was trying to tell you. They did

1:50:13say timeline or because of uh we hired a

1:50:18architect.

1:50:19We're required by law to hire an

1:50:21architect.

1:50:22We're required by law if we spend if we

1:50:24spend over $100,000 in public funds for

1:50:27a public building, we have to hire

1:50:28architect and um engineering.

1:50:32Um so that means the price doubles.

1:50:36Not in this case. Um using square

1:50:39footage, using the footage. Um, I do I

1:50:42do agree that if there's something that

1:50:43doesn't require architectural

1:50:45design and specifications that

1:50:49uh we can look at from a common sense

1:50:50level and go in and just paint a

1:50:52building or reheat rock it or doing

1:50:54things of that nature. But this we're

1:50:56changing the structure of a lot of this

1:50:58building, removing lots of walls to open

1:51:00it up. Their initial buildout of this

1:51:04building was right at 125 employees. By

1:51:07removing these walls, their goal is to

1:51:10increase it to 180.

1:51:13Um, by removing a bunch of the walls,

1:51:16and you're not trying to limit yourself

1:51:17to small rooms. Is there any walls out

1:51:19there that's that's uh loadbearing?

1:51:24None of them are loadbearing. None of

1:51:25them are loadbearing. However, they're a

1:51:28lot of them are fire rated and required

1:51:30by Well, we're ultimately we're taking

1:51:33the fire rating out.

1:51:36No, cuz you still have to engineer for

1:51:38fire and and escape routes. I'm not

1:51:42buying it. I understand. Um, however, if

1:51:46we go back to what's the legal

1:51:49requirement is over 100,000, we have to

1:51:51have architecture and engineering.

1:51:55Um,

1:51:58so that being said,

1:52:01we got two quotes. We got two bids that

1:52:05were submitted to our bid request. Uh we

1:52:08had the bid we had a hear the public bid

1:52:10opening uh last week and

1:52:14um there were two

1:52:18let me get it right here.

1:52:25Um

1:52:27on page 28 we received two bids. One of

1:52:31them was incomplete.

1:52:35They only bid on phase two. They didn't

1:52:37bid on phase three.

1:52:40And then there was other incomplete

1:52:42material items that were not included in

1:52:44the package such as bid um bonding. Uh

1:52:47their performance and bid bonding was

1:52:49not included. Um so it was an incomplete

1:52:53uh bid. However, if we look at just for

1:52:56phase two and we compare it to

1:52:59the other uh bidder, their phase two

1:53:03bid,

1:53:05Langston is still cheaper. Langster

1:53:07Langston Industrial Group out of Lufkin

1:53:11was the only fully qualified and

1:53:13complete bid. Um

1:53:17and it came in well our budget on the

1:53:19this buildout as you recall in our

1:53:22resolution and clo and closure of the

1:53:24EDC when we um designated funds uh for

1:53:28this construction uh we set aside

1:53:30$550,000

1:53:31to to dedicate towards this project and

1:53:34the bid with those alternates

1:53:41is um 300

1:53:45I'm sorry. Here it is right here. It's

1:53:47in that packet right under item number

1:53:4910. Um,

1:53:52uh, 391,400

1:53:55for all construction. That's redoing

1:53:58everything from the floors, grinding the

1:54:01floors down and all the old old flooring

1:54:03off, repainting everything, new walls,

1:54:05new HVAC,

1:54:07um, everything that is included in that.

1:54:09Have we allocated 550? Yes, sir.

1:54:16and he came in at 3 550 was my

1:54:21my best educated personal guess at it

1:54:25just using by the square footage and so

1:54:27I was very uh pleased to see that it

1:54:30came in under that um because we didn't

1:54:32have time to hire an engineer to give us

1:54:34a preliminary cost estimate. Yes. And

1:54:37so,

1:54:40um, and I do have these here.

1:54:45These packets here show many of their

1:54:47other projects.

1:54:50Oh, you see, you don't you don't get to

1:54:52see it. Anybody that you just pass it

1:54:54on. You don't these are some of their

1:54:55other projects here and back that

1:54:57they've currently been involved in in

1:54:58Lin area.

1:55:01And they've done construction in

1:55:02Crockett area too as well.

1:55:11Okay.

1:55:16So, in that agenda item,

1:55:18um if it they did they were able to get

1:55:21um

1:55:24contract in in time.

1:55:27I would I would request that we when we

1:55:29award the bid that we approve the moving

1:55:32forward with that price amount. The the

1:55:3539 391. Yes, sir.

1:55:40Award the bid to Langston Construction

1:55:44and approve the contract notice.

1:55:48Yeah.

1:55:53Any more questions, concerns?

1:56:19Is there any more question concern?

1:56:23Are we ready for motion?

1:56:28And they said that they could start.

1:56:30They would mobilize right away. I

1:56:32believe they were planning on starting

1:56:35officially by the end of the month, 1 of

1:56:37July, and being done by the last of

1:56:40September. 100 days, a 100 day

1:56:42construction period. Do we do we have a

1:56:45guarantee for that? And by their

1:56:47contract? Yes, sir.

1:56:50They don't they pay us?

1:56:53Okay. Any sounds

1:56:55other concern, questions?

1:56:58Can we get a motion? I'll make a motion

1:57:00that we consider and approve the

1:57:01construction of the administration of

1:57:03services. Uh that's Oh, we're on number

1:57:0610. I'm sorry. That too. Okay. Number

1:57:1010. Okay. Number 10. I'm sorry. Uh

1:57:12consider and approve the bid for phase

1:57:14two and three building renovations of

1:57:17the Provalis Center at 1505 Southport

1:57:20Street. I second. Okay. It's been moved

1:57:23and second. All in favor?

1:57:26And I would at not that you can get in

1:57:28the building, but you might after

1:57:30looking at the picture know some of the

1:57:32people that are working out there.

1:57:33They're really excited about it and they

1:57:36like their job.

1:57:39So I was really excited for them to have

1:57:41that many jobs close to home. Okay, that

1:57:45bring us item number 11. Consider and

1:57:47approve construction administration

1:57:48services of Dunb Hill Architect, Inc.

1:57:52for PLAL space phase 2 and three

1:57:54construction project maning

1:57:58this back with the the scope of this

1:58:00project

1:58:02um I would like the person that designed

1:58:06these specifications and bid them out

1:58:07and the same person that built this

1:58:10building in 2009 and 2010

1:58:14uh work with us to ensure that um draws

1:58:18when bid when drawdowns are submitted um

1:58:21that those are signed signed off on that

1:58:22the amount of work is being completed

1:58:24according to the percentage of the draw

1:58:26down and to ensure that the work is

1:58:28getting completed as

1:58:30as it was designed and engineered and

1:58:32that there's not any things that slip

1:58:34through the crack. We have a pretty good

1:58:36eye for it, but it you need an arch, you

1:58:39need a an engineer and an architect to

1:58:41sign off on those things to reduce our

1:58:43liabilities. And I would really like to

1:58:46have him there for those processes to

1:58:48take care of all the inspections so the

1:58:50city doesn't have to and take that

1:58:52liability upon ourselves because we're

1:58:54signing off on something that is

1:58:55complete and if we miss something, we

1:58:59bear the liability.

1:59:01A firm to do that and I have that in

1:59:04your packet as well. He's willing to do

1:59:06um all bid all inspections and bid

1:59:10administration or uh contract

1:59:11administration services uh for the

1:59:1414,500 for over the period of the next

1:59:17100 days.

1:59:20It's a small price to pay for guarantee.

1:59:23Yeah.

1:59:25Okay. Any questions?

1:59:33dollar.

1:59:36Okay. Um, like I said, it's you

1:59:38guarantee we see what we see. They know

1:59:41what's really there. So, yes, ma'am.

1:59:43We're covered.

1:59:44Okay.

1:59:46Can we get a motion? I move uh mayor to

1:59:49consider and approve the construction uh

1:59:53administration services of Mr. Don behel

1:59:56the architect uh in company uh for the

1:59:59puralis phase two and three construction

2:00:01project.

2:00:04And we get a second. A second. Okay,

2:00:07it's been moved and second. All in

2:00:08favor? Motion carries. Item number 12,

2:00:12award bid, Texas Division of Emergency

2:00:14Management Hazards Mitigation Grant

2:00:17Program, DR44850313,

2:00:22storm warning siren.

2:00:25Mayor, if you mayor and council, if

2:00:27y'all will go to y'all's packet again.

2:00:29Um, starting on page third

2:00:3332

2:00:3632,

2:00:38right? Let's see here. I believe it's

2:00:4032.

2:00:42Um, we have the bid

2:00:45the bids for the storm warning sirens.

2:00:48Um,

2:00:52and then on page

2:00:55uh 34. It shows the map

2:00:59and I wish I could pull it up on here,

2:01:00but it timed out again on us. Um so

2:01:06we got two bids

2:01:11and when going through the process, we

2:01:12were pretty excited about one

2:01:15uh looking at the cost. Um this is all

2:01:18um paid for under hazard mitigation

2:01:21grant program that we applied to using

2:01:23FEMA rollover funds.

2:01:26Um

2:01:28and when we started looking at the

2:01:29specifications, they were half the size

2:01:32of what the specified

2:01:35um or the required specifications were

2:01:38when we bid them out. They weren't the

2:01:40right sizing. Um we asked

2:01:44um

2:01:45different ways to go about it.

2:01:46Essentially TDM, Texas Department of

2:01:48Emergency Management confirmed um that

2:01:52we would have to go with the lowest

2:01:55qualified bidder or you know that met

2:01:57specifications. Mhm. The next contractor

2:02:01that met the specifications

2:02:04was um

2:02:06Crockett Construction and he'll be using

2:02:08Hullbrook

2:02:10for all the electrical and pulsating and

2:02:13uh Brandon Enus and his firm for company

2:02:16for all the electrical and software and

2:02:20programming and installation of the

2:02:22sirens themselves.

2:02:24um they use Crop Construction as the

2:02:26general contractor, but they won't be,

2:02:28you know, doing the work. They're

2:02:30overseeing the project and covering the

2:02:32bid bonds and performance bonding as

2:02:35required by law. Um and that would be a

2:02:38local a local contractor.

2:02:41alternate bid one. If you see if on page

2:02:45uh on page 35,

2:02:49you have alter alternate bid one and

2:02:51two. Alternate bid item number one we're

2:02:55not asking for. That is we were actually

2:02:57after talking with the contractors and

2:03:00our engineers.

2:03:02Alternate bid number one is a standalone

2:03:05solar system that provides the

2:03:08electricity for these sirens. They're

2:03:11not wired directly to electricity.

2:03:14Solar systems and batteries don't last.

2:03:18It's new technology and just batteries

2:03:20in in of itself just don't last. And

2:03:24we're looking at a cons consistent

2:03:27maintenance cost to this. If we went

2:03:30with the silver option, it's a it's a

2:03:32good idea if it's out in the middle of a

2:03:34field where there's never going to be

2:03:35any access to electricity or whatever.

2:03:38However, this these these are all on

2:03:40sites that have access to electricity

2:03:42and already have generator backups. We

2:03:44already they're on generators. So, even

2:03:46if electricity goes down, our storm

2:03:48sirens will still have access to

2:03:49generators. And so, we would we would

2:03:53recommend not going with alternate bid

2:03:54number one. However, alternate bid

2:03:56number two for an additional $2,000

2:04:00allows logging and report back systems

2:04:04that allow us to not have to go out

2:04:06there every 3 months or 6 months and run

2:04:09tests on the sirens and and set them

2:04:12off.

2:04:13It does an internal feedback and reports

2:04:16back since they're electronic. Mhm. Um

2:04:21it reduces someone liability as well and

2:04:24is not a interruption every few months

2:04:27for audio testing and people calling

2:04:31city hall and wondering what what

2:04:32happened and then they get used to it

2:04:34maybe and they stop calling city hall

2:04:36because they think it's another test.

2:04:40So our recommendation would be for that

2:04:42total package, the total base of 423

2:04:45plus alternate bid number two for a

2:04:47total of 425 to Crockett Construction.

2:04:51And our engineers did provide a letter

2:04:52in there as well. Um and they uh they

2:04:57agree that this meets this does meet

2:04:59specifications. This is a 100% grant.

2:05:03This is a uh 10% grant and we've already

2:05:07paid most of that in the upfront

2:05:08engineering costs already.

2:05:11Okay. So, we we we're responsible for

2:05:1410%. 10%. Yes. And we've already done

2:05:16most of that. Okay. The upfront cost of

2:05:19engineering and bidding and everything

2:05:21usually eats up that initial match.

2:05:24I'll make a motion we'll go with

2:05:26alternate bid number two. Uh base bid

2:05:29and alternate bid number two. base bid

2:05:32and alternate bid number two with proc

2:05:35construction. Croc construction. Yes,

2:05:37sir. Thank you. I see. It's been moved.

2:05:40Second. All in favor?

2:05:42Motion carries.

2:05:44Okay, that brings us to

2:05:4813

2:05:50to item

2:05:5313.

2:05:54Oh, you said I thought you said what

2:05:56else did you say? I thought you said

2:05:58open it back up. My bad. Uh consider and

2:06:01approve a resolution of the city of

2:06:02Crockett, Texas acknowledging the

2:06:04satisfaction of conditions of one and

2:06:07two in the few simple

2:06:09determinable condition of contained in

2:06:13the deed to ANA Texas Capital and the

2:06:16tax abatement and incentive agreement

2:06:19affirming the city's intent not to dis

2:06:21dispute the fulfillment of said

2:06:24condition and directing that condition

2:06:27three and paragraph three recapture for

2:06:31default be stricken from said documents.

2:06:35Mayor and council, um if y'all have

2:06:38questions, please stop me and ask me.

2:06:40Just uh just to re

2:06:43re uh restate this resolution. Um we

2:06:48placed for the first time in any of our

2:06:50negotiations with a a a

2:06:54business proposal that was saying, "Hey,

2:06:56we're going to do all of these things.

2:06:57They're making these promises to us when

2:07:00we negotiated with them on the land that

2:07:02they built the buildings out there on uh

2:07:06in the industrial park, the the big

2:07:07buildings. Um we put some clawback

2:07:11clauses that if they did not perform

2:07:14these three conditions that the title

2:07:17would the t the deed to the property

2:07:19would revert back to the city with no

2:07:21action necessary. That's something that

2:07:23we hadn't done in the past. And usually

2:07:26then it requires us going back and

2:07:27negotiating with them after they've

2:07:29decided to move on to another city or

2:07:31not come to Crockett. Then we're trying

2:07:33to buy the property back or you know get

2:07:35so

2:07:37in doing that it was a it was security

2:07:40for the city and remove the liability or

2:07:42the risk of them choosing to move away

2:07:45and then selling the property off or

2:07:47doing something else with it that we had

2:07:48no control over. Um, however, ANA Texas

2:07:52Capital moved in rapidly and achieved

2:07:56those conditions.

2:07:58Um, they're not in they're not in any

2:08:00default of those conditions currently.

2:08:03However, just as a short recap, and I do

2:08:06have their Mr. Gary White, their CFO

2:08:08here to also expound on anything that

2:08:10you guys have. Um, condition one says

2:08:15that within 12 months they they will

2:08:17begin construction. they did that.

2:08:20Condition two says within 3 years,

2:08:22within 36 months, they will have

2:08:24invested a capital investment of at

2:08:26least $3,630,000.

2:08:29Um, they've already done that to date.

2:08:33To date, and obviously the three years

2:08:34are not up, but to date, they've

2:08:36invested over $7 million. And Mr. Gary

2:08:39can talk about that.

2:08:42Condition number three,

2:08:45as I've said, they were expecting to

2:08:47invest somewhere between three to five

2:08:49million dollars initially when they came

2:08:51and proposed this project to us.

2:08:54As market conditions have changed,

2:08:57tariffs, whatever it may be, and they've

2:08:58decided, we're going to expand the

2:09:00project in Crockett to a greater extent,

2:09:03we're going to make that building even

2:09:04bigger. they've they're wanting to bring

2:09:07in local lending a bank to also help

2:09:11them to um to expand their project even

2:09:14more than they have currently done. a

2:09:18bank and looking at that deed with that

2:09:20pretty significant recapture clause. The

2:09:24recapture clause number condition number

2:09:26three says that if they if such

2:09:30default is the result of failure of

2:09:32developer owner to use the real property

2:09:34exclusively

2:09:36for a functioning facility to

2:09:37manufacture materials that enhance the

2:09:39durability of wood products.

2:09:42that clause

2:09:44is what they've asked and that what I

2:09:47personally agree is probably overly

2:09:50restrictive. If the market continues

2:09:52changing and they want to expand their

2:09:54product to something outside of wood

2:09:58preservation, they want to do some steel

2:10:00manufacturing or anything else, any

2:10:02other

2:10:05lines that they want to add and invest

2:10:07even more money and hire more people, we

2:10:09say they can't. So, if they've invested

2:10:12their money and the bank has invested

2:10:13another few million dollars and we say,

2:10:16"Hope, that's our property because you

2:10:17decided to expand even more, which is a

2:10:20good thing in all reality at this point

2:10:23with that major the amount of investment

2:10:25that they currently have out there. We

2:10:26don't want that property back because

2:10:27they're going to be paying taxes. Even

2:10:28if they don't hire jobs

2:10:31and they don't follow through, we don't

2:10:33want that property back. We don't want

2:10:34that much investment, capital investment

2:10:37or assets to worry about and become non

2:10:40and become tax exempt at that point. Now

2:10:43that they are fully invested in the city

2:10:45of Crockett and their funds and they

2:10:47want to further invest with bank

2:10:49lending,

2:10:51they're going to have to requitable.

2:10:56Well, how do you hold them to how do you

2:10:58hold them accountable to perform? I

2:11:00understand that you they're going to

2:11:02have to perform, but what is in the

2:11:05agreement to hold them accountable. Is

2:11:07there any way that we could go back in

2:11:09there and give other options for the

2:11:12clause? Because all the performance

2:11:14clauses remain in there. Okay. There's

2:11:16still performance clauses in there that

2:11:17says that they have to hire and be

2:11:21functioning for the next 10 years or

2:11:23they have to pay back um all tax

2:11:25abatements as well or any other

2:11:27incentives incentives that we provided

2:11:29them. So the recapture clauses are still

2:11:32in there. It's just this condition that

2:11:33says we're going to take the property

2:11:35back, right? We don't want the property,

2:11:37right? Okay. So basically, so just like

2:11:40I'm going to give you an example. So

2:11:42just like we have like Lincoln Lumber

2:11:44like right now Lincoln Lumber is no uh

2:11:46longer in business. Um and my

2:11:49understanding is they are so and and we

2:11:52went into agreement a partnership with

2:11:54the county. Right. So at this point in

2:11:57time when I looked at the recapture

2:12:00clause we're recapturing that property

2:12:02and the equipment. No ma'am.

2:12:05What what what are we doing? Cuz we did

2:12:07not provide them their property or their

2:12:09equipment or their building. So we can't

2:12:11recapture. So with it it this this um

2:12:16relates to the issue. So I'm I don't

2:12:18want to get too far off topic because

2:12:20this is talking about another contract,

2:12:21but Lincoln Lumber.

2:12:24So the Lincoln Lumber, they decided to

2:12:27close their business down. Now they have

2:12:31to repay us all tax abatements that

2:12:33they've that they've been provided,

2:12:36right? because they did not fulfill

2:12:38their full 5-year um

2:12:42agreement. So, they have to pay us.

2:12:44We're recapturing all incentives and

2:12:45abatements that we provided them.

2:12:47Incentives. Incentives because they did

2:12:49not perform for the full 5 years like

2:12:51the contract said. That's the clawback.

2:12:54Okay. However, even with that building

2:12:57empty, now they're going fully on the

2:12:59tax roles.

2:13:00And so it's it's their it's even though

2:13:03they decided to shutter their current

2:13:05business, it's in their best interest to

2:13:07find another company to move in and take

2:13:10that load off of them because they're

2:13:12paying taxes and they're pay they're

2:13:13keeping a few people out there just to

2:13:15keep the place mode and presentable to

2:13:17show to other

2:13:20potential businesses. So what exactly we

2:13:24have with that? Yeah. But with that well

2:13:27with with that being said though I mean

2:13:28I I mean kind of did a little research.

2:13:30I was just looking and uh I was looking

2:13:33at a TML uh the 2017 um the uh

2:13:39uh 380 agreement basically. 380

2:13:41agreement. Yeah. I'm looking at that and

2:13:43it was basically um giving us um

2:13:49approval or or let's see for protection

2:13:53uh approval for protection. Let me see.

2:13:55Let me read this to you here. Um, it

2:13:58says the agreement should be provide

2:14:00remedies for the city if if the program

2:14:03fails to serve the for public purpose.

2:14:06Right. So, what I'm what it's saying is

2:14:08giving us an opportunity to recoup or

2:14:10recover that that property. Now, from my

2:14:13understanding as we talk, we didn't even

2:14:15get that property appraised and

2:14:19uh sold it for a little nothing. So that

2:14:22property could be possibly we possibly

2:14:25have uh approximately 2 million probably

2:14:29invested who in that in that property

2:14:32giving them that property. Yes. Matters.

2:14:34No matter being that we didn't have that

2:14:37property appraised, we don't even know

2:14:38what we have in it, right? Yeah. At 10

2:14:42acres. So,

2:14:44yeah, but it was it's 19 acres out there

2:14:46either way either way on the loop that's

2:14:48currently I think appraised at

2:14:50approximately $2 million, right? So, so

2:14:53right now and that's the values the

2:14:55values that we assessed at it was it was

2:14:58an empty piece of property and we had a

2:15:00business owner that was wanting to make

2:15:01investments in it. So, and and hire jobs

2:15:05all of which they've they've they've

2:15:08kept their end of the bargain. When

2:15:10you're talking about you said remedies,

2:15:13it says this this tax abatement has all

2:15:16the remedies still in there. All the

2:15:18recapture clauses that you're talking

2:15:19about are still in there on on page

2:15:22number 43 of the tax abatement. It still

2:15:25has all the recapture clauses left in

2:15:27there. All we're saying is we don't want

2:15:29to take that property back if they

2:15:31decide to expand it even greater and do

2:15:33something in steel production or

2:15:36plastics or something else. We're not

2:15:39going to play a legal game and and take

2:15:42that property back when they're when

2:15:44they owe money to the bank and they've

2:15:45already made investments of over 7

2:15:47million because at the end of the day,

2:15:48so the recaptures are still there. Isn't

2:15:50that is that the issue we started with

2:15:53here is is that we're limiting them to

2:15:56what they can manufacture. Well, is

2:15:58there and we we've gotten off track

2:15:59here.

2:16:00So with that being said, when if we're

2:16:03limiting them with what they can

2:16:05manufacture, why can't we go in with a

2:16:08recapture clause and amend that

2:16:10recapture? No, no, the recapture is

2:16:12here. But a it's amend the recapture

2:16:16cost. Mayor, I I I move we that's a

2:16:18different we move on the previous

2:16:20question. I'm still in the discussion. I

2:16:23move we move on the previous question. I

2:16:25think we discuss but you can call it.

2:16:27Okay. You can go. No, I'm Yeah, but we

2:16:30in discussion though. Discussion is

2:16:32first. So, I mean I do have some I do

2:16:34have some questions. No, he said he can

2:16:37move to it if he Okay. Well, I'm I'm

2:16:38talking uh Mr. Mo. I'm I I'm doing the

2:16:43thing of it is Excuse me. Did they're

2:16:45calling for end of the discussion at

2:16:47this point. So, with that being said, I

2:16:48understand M Did you understand? I

2:16:50understand that. Okay. But right now,

2:16:52but you have the discussion. He can call

2:16:55to end the discussion to move to the

2:16:58question. Anybody can call to move to if

2:17:00you can get a a you can call and if he

2:17:03can get a second. The discussion is in

2:17:05and it can go to the vote. I second.

2:17:07Okay. It's been moved and second. It's

2:17:09time to go to the vote.

2:17:14All in favor? If we're in favor of

2:17:16moving to the vote. Okay. And they're in

2:17:20favor to move it to the vote. Okay. Now

2:17:22we're up to the vote.

2:17:25Okay.

2:17:29[Music]

2:17:31Do do we move on this or or on 14? This

2:17:34is the uh agenda item number um 13. Is

2:17:38it 13? Is it 13? Initially it's 13. This

2:17:41is the resolution that sets the premise

2:17:44on what the intent is. We're going to

2:17:47consider that item condition number one

2:17:49is satisfied that they started

2:17:51construction. Item number two that they

2:17:53invested over 38.6 million within 36

2:17:57months. We realize that that's um

2:18:00satisfied. Okay. Well, I'll make a

2:18:01motion we approve the resolution. I'll

2:18:03make a motion we approve the resolution.

2:18:06I second. Okay. Has been moved and

2:18:08second. All in favor?

2:18:10Motion carries. That opposes

2:18:21us to item number 14. 14. Uh consider

2:18:26and approve amending deed conditions and

2:18:28tax abatement and incentive agreement of

2:18:31ANA Texas Capital LP. This is just a

2:18:34little bit more uh detailed on that same

2:18:36item. council approved to do such, but

2:18:40I'm presenting you the red line on the

2:18:42deed itself and the red line on the tax

2:18:45abatement itself. Let me pull it up real

2:18:47quick. So, if you go to your I wish I

2:18:51was working on the laptop and it

2:18:53wouldn't have turned off. So if you go

2:18:56to page number 38, this tax abatement

2:18:59agreement

2:19:01on p on the second page of that

2:19:02agreement on page 39, well I have one

2:19:05red line that's going to be stricken

2:19:10which says and three. So item number one

2:19:14and number two stay in there, right?

2:19:16They stay in there. Item number three

2:19:17says use the real property exclusively

2:19:20for a facility to manufacture materials

2:19:22which enhance the durability of wood

2:19:24products for a period of at least 10

2:19:26consecutive years. We're striking that

2:19:28to not restrict them only to wood

2:19:30product preservation materials. Okay. On

2:19:34page, if you go to page

2:19:37um seven of nine, which is in your

2:19:40packet pa, which is page 44,

2:19:43page seven of the actual tax abatement

2:19:45agreement, this recapture for default

2:19:48clause

2:19:50of the tax abatement stricken, which

2:19:53says if such default is the result,

2:19:57our recapture our our requirement for

2:19:58recapture. If such default is the result

2:20:01of failure of the owner to use the real

2:20:03property exclusively for a functioning

2:20:05facility to manufacture

2:20:07materials that enhance the durability of

2:20:08the wood products that clause be

2:20:11restrict be be stricken which is the

2:20:13recapture clause. The other clauses that

2:20:15you had mentioned all remain all the

2:20:17performance agreements saying that they

2:20:19have to hire um x number of people they

2:20:22have to keep this many people on on

2:20:24payroll. They have to um invest a

2:20:27certain number. So all of those they

2:20:29have to keep in there and we're keeping

2:20:30it. We're not touching those. Okay. So

2:20:32basically so basically what I'm asking

2:20:33is so if if if

2:20:36you know which I understand we have to

2:20:38have a courting phase but if they uh

2:20:41decide to just pick up and leave and

2:20:44that means that all those people that

2:20:46they did hire will no longer have jobs.

2:20:48We don't have anything to hold that

2:20:50company actually accountable to stay

2:20:52here to the only thing that we can hold

2:20:54them accountable for is anything that

2:20:57we've invested into their business. All

2:20:59incentives that we provided them which

2:21:01be tax abatements. So within 10 years if

2:21:04by year 8 they say you know what we're

2:21:07moving back to Canada and we're shutting

2:21:08this down and we're going to sell it off

2:21:09to somebody else. Everything that

2:21:11they've been abated all the tax

2:21:12abatements that's been provided to them

2:21:14they have to pay those back. all

2:21:15incentives that we provided to them in

2:21:17um utilities, they have to pay those

2:21:20back. Um go ahead. I just had a question

2:21:23for Mr. Perry. Yes. Yes. Um would would

2:21:28you mind taking a stand, please? Just a

2:21:31quick question.

2:21:33So um and

2:21:36so in regards to

2:21:39um what I'm reading here under recap

2:21:41recapture for uh default it says um to

2:21:45be strucken if such default is the

2:21:48result of failure of developer owner to

2:21:52use real property exclusively for uh

2:21:55functioning facility to manufacture

2:21:57materials that enhance the durability of

2:22:00wood products etc. and and it reads

2:22:02further on um can you kind of give us an

2:22:05example of some products that you

2:22:08are processing or making?

2:22:12Okay. Well, the one of the primary

2:22:15products Yes, sir.

2:22:17Yes. a wrap that goes around.

2:22:22Yes, sir.

2:22:25Yes, sir.

2:22:28Right now we have a supplier

2:22:31that is providing us that mesh. Yes. And

2:22:34we would like to be able to bring in

2:22:36water and do that mesh ourselves. So

2:22:39that's that's steel. Yes sir. Steel. So

2:22:43with this clause that would denote you

2:22:47doing more than wood products would it

2:22:49not? Yes sir. I I understand. Thank you

2:22:53sir. And also with us amending that

2:22:58clause and adding extra products or

2:23:00extra whatever you're requesting to

2:23:03manufacture in that would also allow you

2:23:07to make other products. Am I correct?

2:23:09More capital. If if we if we could know

2:23:12how to forecast and and guess in 10

2:23:15years what what things they may want to

2:23:17manufacture. Yeah. We would be putting a

2:23:19catalog of information in there or just

2:23:22strike that re that restriction. Yeah.

2:23:25On them, you know, because

2:23:28Yeah, it could be done. It could be done

2:23:30either, you know, either way. For sure.

2:23:32Yeah. My main my main concern is is the

2:23:34um 380 agreement. uh where is where the

2:23:38TML recommends us to put place a rec

2:23:41capture clause in the agreement so if

2:23:44they decide to pick up those people are

2:23:46out of jobs that they no longer have any

2:23:49jobs and then the property they could

2:23:51end up selling it to someone we really

2:23:53don't care for them to be here in the

2:23:56city of they're under um that property

2:23:58is under deed restrictions so not just

2:24:01any property can come in there there's a

2:24:03lot of manufacturing properties that are

2:24:05not allowed in there under the deed

2:24:07restrictions. Um, secondly, like you

2:24:10said, the recapture clauses, all of

2:24:12those stay in there. It's just the

2:24:13recapture for them choosing to do

2:24:16something in addition to wood product,

2:24:18uh, you know, preservation. Um, so this

2:24:21one is more specific in that this this

2:24:24motion, what I'm requesting is, and I I

2:24:27wrote it down just talking to our

2:24:29attorneys, the things that the attorneys

2:24:30need in order to amend the deed and

2:24:32amend the tax abatement agreement is

2:24:36is to approve to amend the deed

2:24:39conditions

2:24:40the deed conditions as redlinined in our

2:24:43agenda packet and direct city staff to

2:24:45prepare a material correction deed to be

2:24:47recorded. So otherwise we're going to

2:24:50have to go through the process of a new

2:24:52closing. We're going to have to reclose

2:24:54on that property if if unless we do a

2:24:57material correction be where it's just

2:24:59striking

2:25:01wording within the deed and we keep that

2:25:03same deed on file. So, I wanted to

2:25:05clarify that as well. We're not wanting

2:25:08to just amend the deed. We're wanting to

2:25:10file a material correction to that deed

2:25:13that says we do not intend to recapture

2:25:16the property if they choose to do

2:25:17something outside of what we read the

2:25:20current wood products wood wood product

2:25:22preservation. Yeah. My whole thing is

2:25:24just holding the company accountable for

2:25:28uh providing the services in u for the

2:25:31community that they stated that they

2:25:33would would provide.

2:25:34All of those stay in the All of those

2:25:36stay in the abatement agreement. Well, I

2:25:38would like to make a motion to uh number

2:25:4114, consider and approve uh amending the

2:25:44deed conditions and tax abatements and

2:25:46incentive agreements of ANA Texas

2:25:49Capital LP. I second. Okay, it's been

2:25:51moved and second. So, it's been a um

2:25:53moved and seconded. Can we amend that

2:25:56motion to Can you look at this and read

2:25:59it and and verify that you like the

2:26:01wording

2:26:03to make sure that I properly record it?

2:26:09Is that is that proper? Yes, that was

2:26:14under my attorney's adisement that we be

2:26:16sure to properly word it. It's only if

2:26:18he approves it.

2:26:22Understood. recommend a motion that we

2:26:26um move to u I move that we approve to

2:26:31amend the de um conditions as read as

2:26:34red line in our agenda packet and direct

2:26:37city staff to prepare a material

2:26:40correction deed to the to be recorded

2:26:43and I further direct city staff to

2:26:46prepare a first amendment to the a first

2:26:48amendment to the ANA Texas capital tax

2:26:51abatement and incentives agree ment as

2:26:54redlinined in our agenda packet to be

2:26:57executed by the mayor.

2:27:02So this this amends the lawyer it amends

2:27:06both our tax abatement and it amends our

2:27:08deed under a materials correction deed

2:27:10to strike clause number three. Okay.

2:27:14It's on the motions on the floor.

2:27:18Then I second it. A second. Oh it's been

2:27:20second. It's been moved and second. All

2:27:22in favor? All oppose.

2:27:26Okay. Motion carries. That brings us to

2:27:28item number 15. Consider and approve a

2:27:31resolution of the city of Crockett

2:27:33Council concerning groundwater

2:27:35withdrawal application by Redtown Ranch

2:27:38Holdings LLC and Pine Bliss LLC.

2:27:46Mayor and Council. Um,

2:27:50this is a resolution

2:27:52recapturing the events of this past week

2:27:55and what we've learned to be our highest

2:27:57concern um and probably one of the

2:28:00greatest concerns that we should be

2:28:02focused on over the next um and

2:28:05potentially even a few years um that

2:28:09this process is going to um impact our

2:28:12actions. Uh we need to

2:28:15um we have we just in short we've had

2:28:18groundwater well applications to drill

2:28:21wells in Anderson County and Henderson

2:28:23County.

2:28:25Um the wells that are planned for

2:28:30Houston County have not even are not

2:28:32even required to be uh permitted and

2:28:35application is not even required. Um

2:28:38that being said, this is put together.

2:28:40Um there's an investment firm that has

2:28:43purchased a big ranch and is wanting to

2:28:46drill a lot of wells that are very close

2:28:49to us that we have high suspicion that

2:28:54will impact our aquifers that we

2:28:56currently have municipal wells pulling

2:28:59water from. We currently also purchase

2:29:02water from uh surface water from Houston

2:29:05County Lake who is fed by artisian and

2:29:09springfed elements.

2:29:11We feel like that massive amount of well

2:29:17pumping from our aquifers will reduce

2:29:21aquafer pressures

2:29:24to impact our lake, our springfed lake.

2:29:26Once those pressures drop, then artisian

2:29:29and springfed capacities of the lake we

2:29:32feel will be directly impacted.

2:29:35We also feel like our municipal wells

2:29:37are going to be impacted. There was a

2:29:40project recently, it was called the

2:29:42Vista Ridge Saws project that

2:29:44transported water to San Antonio.

2:29:47After their exportation and their

2:29:49pumping, there was hundreds of wells

2:29:52that were impacted and went dry. There

2:29:55was many wells that required to be redug

2:29:58and and and redrilled

2:30:01um to reach the aquifer because the

2:30:04water table drops. The water tables

2:30:06shift up upon that massive amount of

2:30:08pumping. That being said,

2:30:12I'm requesting council to by this

2:30:14resolution allow myself to represent the

2:30:18city and legal counsel that we can bring

2:30:22on board to go and contest at the public

2:30:25hearing for these applications

2:30:29and make sure that the city to do our

2:30:31best to make sure that the city is

2:30:34recorded as an affected party that we

2:30:37have standing to go to a contested case

2:30:39hearing and fight this with

2:30:42representation coming from hydraologists

2:30:45and other uh geotechnical groups as well

2:30:48as an attorney that um can fight this

2:30:51and give us our best chance of survival.

2:30:58Everything that I'm hearing is there's

2:31:01not a good chance for us just to shut

2:31:02this down. These are really deep

2:31:04pockets, big investors, and they will

2:31:07steamroll us in a heartbeat. We're

2:31:10really reaching out to other counties

2:31:11and cities and water districts and water

2:31:14and supply corporations, and we're

2:31:16wanting to form coalitions after the

2:31:18fact, whoever gains admittance as an

2:31:20affected party. We would like to work

2:31:22together with these other organizations.

2:31:25And that's what this resolution also

2:31:26lets allows me to do is to reach out to

2:31:29these other organizations and work

2:31:31together to give us our best shot that

2:31:34we um that our concerns are mitigated

2:31:39whether it's by volume that they have to

2:31:41reduce the amount of water that they can

2:31:43pump out, they have to reduce the number

2:31:45of wells, whatever it is that gives us

2:31:49some insurance

2:31:52and can and help us know that our

2:31:54current water supply and or future water

2:31:57supply is not going to be negatively

2:31:59impacted by this potential export group.

2:32:04[name], you might should explain to to our

2:32:07audience and those who are watching why

2:32:09the 11 wells in Houston County don't

2:32:12have to be permitted. So, there's

2:32:14something called under under the um and

2:32:17and I have about two weeks worth of

2:32:19education on this, so please forgive me.

2:32:21I'm I'm going to be pretty limited. Um,

2:32:24we have I have utility superintendents.

2:32:26They have all the TCQ licensing and and

2:32:29understand local operations, but we know

2:32:32that where this water where our water

2:32:34comes from, it comes from the lake. And

2:32:36this water comes from our water comes

2:32:38from municipal wells. For the last

2:32:40couple of days, we've been on our

2:32:42municipal wells. We have not been buying

2:32:44water from the lake due to their plant

2:32:46being shut down from and receiving

2:32:48lightning damage. So, we need wells. We

2:32:52also need the lake, right? We want both.

2:32:54We want assurance that we are going to

2:32:55have water now and in the future.

2:32:58The local Houston County is not under

2:33:01something called a groundwater

2:33:02conservation district. A groundwater

2:33:05conservation district is not a fixall.

2:33:08People can still drill. As you see,

2:33:09people are drilling and or or or

2:33:12planning to drill in Anderson County and

2:33:14there's a likely very good likelihood

2:33:16they will proceed with those wells.

2:33:19However, in Houston County, there's not

2:33:20even a notification process required. If

2:33:23they want 11 or if they want 20 or they

2:33:25want 50, there's not a process that they

2:33:29have to go through to show that this

2:33:30prop this water is going to be used,

2:33:33what it's for, are they going to waste

2:33:35it locally? Are they wanting it for data

2:33:36centers? Are they want to export it? Are

2:33:38they wanting to

2:33:40water cows with it? And so there's none

2:33:43of this process is required when there's

2:33:45not a groundwater conservation district.

2:33:47Currently

2:33:49I can't tell you from a personal

2:33:51standpoint and you know from a legal

2:33:53stand we can't tell you that do we want

2:33:56a groundwater conservation district or

2:33:57not. However, we know that that was one

2:34:02layer of protection that we should

2:34:03probably consider, right? And and and

2:34:06find out if that's something that we

2:34:07want or not because they can start

2:34:10drilling the those wells in Houston

2:34:11County right now. And they may already

2:34:12have. I don't know. We're hoping that

2:34:15it's based on some metrics that they put

2:34:18together, costbenefit analysis that they

2:34:19need all of those wells to be, you know,

2:34:22to to be successful enough and make

2:34:24enough profit to be worth their while.

2:34:26and that if it's if and if it's delayed

2:34:28in Anderson County that they just don't

2:34:30start the ones in Houston County. That's

2:34:31our best hope, but we can't stop it.

2:34:34There's not a process to stop it. But

2:34:36right now, they're built they're

2:34:37drilling their their plans are to drill

2:34:3954 wells. Um I'm sorry, 55 wells. 55

2:34:44highcapacity wells. the wells in Redtown

2:34:48Ranch that are really close to us.

2:34:52That's

2:34:53using their permit numbers that they've

2:34:55asked for is about 52 times the water

2:34:59consumption of the city of Crockett.

2:35:00It's about three and a half times the

2:35:01city of Tyler that they use on a on a

2:35:04daily basis. So, it's a lot of water

2:35:07coming out of our little bitty portion

2:35:08of our county. It's dangerous. Um, and

2:35:12so the goal is to go through this

2:35:14process,

2:35:16make sure we have a seating, a seat at

2:35:18the table to fight this to our best

2:35:19ability, to slow it down, to make sure

2:35:21that they provide all required processes

2:35:26to ensure to us that they're not going

2:35:27to be impacting our water supply. But

2:35:30also with the mitigation clause and and

2:35:33to try to provide some mitigation

2:35:35efforts in the event that they do impact

2:35:38our water supply.

2:35:41Okay.

2:35:44So, the resolution is everywhere. I make

2:35:47a motion we approve the resolution. I

2:35:49second. Okay. It's been moved and

2:35:51second. All in favor? Motion carries.

2:35:55Um, bring us to item number 16.

2:35:58Consider and approve engagement

2:36:00agreement with law firm for legal

2:36:02representation with water whale

2:36:04application.

2:36:06That was the discussion we had. Mayor

2:36:08and council, y'all received the uh an

2:36:11engagement letter of our recommendation

2:36:14for an attorney to represent us to draft

2:36:17it. And initially, my first steps that I

2:36:20I'm requesting of them is to draft our

2:36:22contest letter to make sure that we hit

2:36:24every checkbox available to make sure

2:36:26that we become an affected party and and

2:36:30can gain access to a contested case

2:36:32hearing. and then they will follow

2:36:33through with us on that process if we do

2:36:36get accepted as an affected party. Um,

2:36:39and they will also show up and represent

2:36:41us at Thursday's hearing. We have a

2:36:44hearing in Jacksonville.

2:36:46Um,

2:36:48I have I have the information for y'all.

2:36:50Um, anybody that wants to attend, we do

2:36:53feel like there's going to be a lot of

2:36:54people. There may be significantly more

2:36:56people than can fit in the room, and

2:36:58that's fine. Uh, we want as many people

2:37:01there

2:37:02if they have if y'all have adequate

2:37:04concerns that your water's going to be

2:37:06impacted, the hearing is going to be in

2:37:08Jacksonville and I'll get you the

2:37:09address. I'll get the address to anybody

2:37:11that wants to attend, but it's going to

2:37:12be at 1:00 this Thursday.

2:37:17Um, but that being said, I would like to

2:37:20retain the services of Matthews and

2:37:22Freeland attorneys at Law.

2:37:26I'll make a motion that we approve the

2:37:28engagement agreement with Matthews and

2:37:30Freeman Law Firm for legal

2:37:32representation with water well

2:37:34application. Okay, it's been moved and

2:37:36second. All in favor?

2:37:39Motion carries and that would conclude.

2:37:43Well, yeah, another consultation for and

2:37:46on item number 18. Can we get a We've

2:37:50talked about Yeah. Mayor and council, I

2:37:53would also like um due to the the time

2:37:56um I would request that we if there if

2:38:00council would be agreeable that we move

2:38:02that we uh table item number 18 to a

2:38:06next meeting. Um, [name], I want Well, I

2:38:10didn't I wasn't making I was asking. So,

2:38:12if somebody would like to make a motion,

2:38:14I'll make a motion. We table

2:38:16what? You did 17 and 18.

2:38:2017. We've already been in. Yeah, we

2:38:22covered 17 already. 18. Table 18. I

2:38:26second. Okay. And now I guess

2:38:28discussion. Second. All in favor?

2:38:34Okay. Motion carries. Carries. Um, I

2:38:36would like to say something. I I'd like

2:38:38to ask um [name] to place on the next

2:38:41agenda a discussion of on leak and

2:38:44lumber. Give us an update on that and

2:38:47the um agreement on that so we can

2:38:50better understand how we're moving

2:38:51forward. I'm I'm preparing a report

2:38:53already to council. I'll have it for

2:38:54you. All right. So that was

2:39:05enjoyed a long length.

2:39:11Hey, that's all right. You're ahead of

2:39:13everybody else.

2:39:16What did you do? My evaluations. Look at

2:39:20you. I only did one. I had I had to get

2:39:23a hold of Tiny to make him remember his

2:39:28I just hold them.

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