Apr 06, 2026 Special City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 6TH. WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE SECRETARY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE RECEIVE PUBLIC

[(a) Discussion - Receive presentation on proposed ordinances, including el...]

AND THAT IS WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD AND IF YES, WHETHER TO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OR TO SIMPLY RELY ON THE HOA'S. SO REGARDING THE EV CHARGING PROPOSED PROVISIONS, THERE ARE NO CURRENT CITY REGULATIONS FOR CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THERE ARE SOME MINIMAL STATE REGULATIONS REGARDING RATES AND REGARDING THE TYPES OF PLUGS THAT HAVE TO BE USED. BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE NO CITY CODES RELATED TO THESE STATIONS. AND SO FOR THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT. SO I'M SORRY. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO PROVIDE UNIFORM UNIFORM DESIGN STANDARDS AS WELL AS OTHER REGULATIONS. SO ONE OF THE REGULATIONS WOULD BE AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT. AND SO THERE WOULD NEED TO BE AN APPLICATION THAT SPECIFIES THE LOCATION AS WELL AS THE VOLTAGE AND AMP, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. THERE IS ALSO A PARKING INCENTIVE THAT IF A FACILITY OR BUSINESS REQUIRES TEN OR MORE PARKING SPACES, THE EV ONLY SPACES WOULD ACTUALLY COUNT TOWARDS THOSE TEN OR MORE PARKING SPACES. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BE DESIGNATED FOR EV, THE EV CHARGING STATION COMPANY AND PROPERTY OWNER WILL NOT BE PENALIZED AS LONG AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EV STATIONS IS LESS THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL REQUIRED SPACES. NOW, THERE ARE DESIGN CRITERIA THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, AND SO THE PARKING SPACE SIZE WOULD BE THOSE THAT ARE IN SECTION 12 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO FOR A SINGLE LINE IT WOULD BE NINE FEET BY 18FT. FOR A DOUBLE LINE IT WOULD BE EIGHT AND A HALF BY 18FT. THERE ARE ALSO REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTLETS AND CONNECTORS THAT HAVE TO BE 36 TO 48IN OFF THE GROUND, SO IT WOULD BE EASIER TO CONNECT TO A VEHICLE. ALSO, FOR THE COURT, IT WOULD EITHER HAVE TO BE RETRACTABLE OR THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A PLACE TO HANG THE CORD. SO WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE TRIPPING OVER IT, OR THERE ARE THOSE CORDS BEING PULLED. THERE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE IF THE STATION IS PERPENDICULAR OR ANGULAR TO THE PARKING SPACE, THEN THERE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE LIKE A A CONCRETE WHEEL STOP OR SOME CONCRETE BOLLARDS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM RUNNING INTO THESE CHARGING STATIONS AND DAMAGING THEM. IF THEY HAVE SPEAKERS LIKE SOME GAS STATIONS DO, WHERE THEY HAVE ADS OR NEWS BREAKS, THEN THOSE NOISE RESTRICTIONS IN THE ALREADY IN THE CITY CODE WOULD ALSO APPLY TO THESE EV CHARGING STATIONS. THERE WOULD BE PERIODIC INSPECTIONS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL USE. THEY CANNOT BE AN. SO MAINLY FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THEY CANNOT BE 100FT OF A RESIDENTIAL LOT LINE. AND THEN FOR THE DESIGN, IT WOULD NEED TO BE INTEGRATED ALREADY TO KIND OF TO THE SITE PLAN. AND SO IT ALSO CANNOT OBSTRUCT PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.

SO THAT'S REALLY FOR COMMERCIAL. NOW THE QUESTION WITH RESIDENTIAL IS IF COUNCIL DESIRES ANY KIND OF SCREENING REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS FENCING, IN WHICH CASE THEN THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE FENCING REGULATIONS IN THE CITY CODE. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THERE'S SOME 1 OR 2 EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED OR SHARED BY

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THANK YOU MAYOR. MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE NON RESIDENTIAL ONES, ARE WE ABLE TO DICTATE HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED AND HOW SOME OF THESE COULD BE OWNED BY SHELL OR ANOTHER INDEPENDENT COMPANY OR WHATNOT? SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DESIGN CRITERIA, CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN? YES. SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST KIND OF HAVE IT THAT IT WOULD KIND OF BE PART ALREADY OF THE SITE. AND SO IF IT'S ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, THEN IT WOULD KIND OF BLEND IN INTO WHATEVER MASONRY COLOR SCHEME, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF YOU WANTED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC REGARDING THEM ALL LOOKING A CERTAIN WAY, WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THAT REGARDING THE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT KIND OF STRUCTURAL OR MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU WOULD WANT TO GO INTO THAT DIRECTION WITH MAKING IT MORE UNIFORM, WE CAN DISCUSS PUTTING THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE UNIFORM. I THINK IT SHOULD BE UNIQUE TO EACH EACH COMPANY'S BRANDING, BUT IT SHOULD BE LAID OUT WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING AND PLANNING SO THAT THE STAFF CAN SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S APPEALING. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT WORKS AS FAR AS BEAUTIFICATION IN OUR CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO, ARE WE ABLE TO LIMIT HOW MANY OR AT A CERTAIN SPECIFIC LOCATION? WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT IN THERE, BUT WE CAN MAYBE CREATE SOME LIMITATIONS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE OR HOW BIG THE COMPLEX IS. AND THEN JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. SO MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE DESIRING IS KIND OF LIKE FOR AT LEAST THE DESIGN, LIKE A, A MOCK UP TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THEIR APPLICATION. YES. OKAY. YES. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE LIMITATION OF HOW MANY. SO THAT PARKING SPACES ARE NOT BEING TAKEN UP WHERE THEY COULD BE NEEDED WHEN IT'S A PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THAT PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUSINESS. SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE IS, WE'LL USE THE THE CITY, THE MISSOURI CITY LIBRARY OVER THERE. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, THEY HAD X AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES THAT WERE LOOKING TO BE ALLOTTED FOR EV STATIONS. BUT WHEN THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE AND THE PERMITS WERE SUBMITTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITE LOCATION, THEY HAVE TO HAVE X AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES FOR THAT LOCATION. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT OF HOW MANY CAN BE, WHERE IT DOES NOT REMOVE THE CRITERIA OF HOW MANY PARKING SPACES, THAT PARTICULAR STRIP CENTER OR THAT SITE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO HAVE. AND I'M SORRY. SO THERE IS A LIMITATION OF 10% OF THE ALLOTTED SPACES, ONLY 10%. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY. YOU COULD HAVE SOLVED ALL THAT IN THE BEGINNING. SORRY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. THANK YOU. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS

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MAKE THAT PART OF IT SO THAT THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING. AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE RESIDENTIAL USER, FOR MY KIDS, I'M WORKING FOR GIVE ME GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

OKAY. SO I HAVE TO GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. NO IT IS OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. SO WITH THE RESIDENTIAL USE, I BROUGHT THIS TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION ALMOST PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHERE OWNERS ARE PLACING THESE ON THEIR PORCH. AND I SHARED A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS WITH THE CITY. AND WHAT WAS EXTREMELY STRIKING IS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS NOT REGULATED HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AS OF YET TO BE ABLE TO EVEN REGULATE THESE THINGS. SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET SOME REGULATIONS PUT IN PLACE WHILE WE WAIT ON THE LEGISLATURE TO COME FORWARD WITH EV FOR HOA'S. BUT WHEN I DRIVE AROUND AND I SEE THEM, IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, THE CORDS ARE EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE JUST HANGING ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAYS. AND AND I WOULD PREFER SCREENING, NOT NECESSARILY FENCING, BUT EVEN IF IT'S GARAGE KEPT JUST, YOU KNOW, AND HEY, PUT YOUR CARD AWAY WHEN YOU'RE DONE JUST TO KEEP THE SUBDIVISIONS NEAT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS MY COMMENT IN ABOUT RESIDENTIAL THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED. ALSO ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THE HOA TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND LEGALLY WHAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR HOMEOWNERS DO AND CANNOT HAVE THEM DO? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME AREAS ARE REALLY PICKY HOW THE AREAS LOOK AND THEY WANT TO TELL HOMEOWNER WHAT TO DO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEIR HOMEOWNERS, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW WHERE TO PUT EVERYTHING FOR IN THEIR STATIONS. BECAUSE I WANTED TO NOT TO BE AN EYESORE EITHER. SO THE HOA WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN REGULATIONS THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT REGARDING THESE RESTRICTIONS. THE CITY CODE, IF THIS WERE TO TO BE APPROVED, WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS OR COULD POSSIBLY HAVE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS. BUT THE HOA SHOULD FOLLOW CITY ORDINANCES AS WELL. WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMUNITY. WELL, THEY WOULD ACCORDING TO. IF WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAY, CAN WE. THE RESIDENTS WILL STILL NEED TO FOLLOW THE CITY CODE IF IT'S ENACTED. BUT IF WE HAD TO, CAN WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING SO THE HOA WOULD KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES, IS WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR. SO ALONG THE LINES OF I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE. SO ALONG THE LINES OF NOTIFICATION OR PUBLIC OUTREACH OR MAYBE ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS TO HOA MEETINGS, I MEAN, YES. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO ASK US. AND, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM. AND ALONG WITH THE MAYOR SAID EARLIER, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT AN EYESORE, MAKE SURE THINGS LOOK BETTER. LIKE THIS WITH HER COMMENT WAS ABOUT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW, BECAUSE USUALLY THEY WILL TRY TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT AND PUT THEIR OWN RULES INTO PLACE, BUT

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EXCUSE ME. IF I CAN CLARIFY ON THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT ITEM. IT'S ONE PERMIT PER LOCATION, SO IT'S NOT ONE ELECTRICAL PERMIT FOR EACH STATION. SO IF IT'S ONE STATION PUTTING IN SIX, IT'S ONE ELECTRICAL PERMIT FOR ALL OF THAT WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER IS DESIGN CRITERIA. AND SOMEBODY TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF WIRES HANGING ACROSS THE, THE BACK OF WHERE THIS COMPLEX OR THE, THE SCREENING AREA MAY BE. SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT SAYS THAT IT HAS THE POWER TO IT HAS TO BE UNDERGROUND. SO IT DOESN'T. SO. SO THAT WAS ALSO, I BELIEVE, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALLS CONCERN AS WELL. SO CURRENTLY THERE ISN'T ANYTHING SPECIFYING THAT ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL WIRING TO THE CHARGING STATION ITSELF MUST BE UNDERGROUND, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO THE ORDINANCE IF IT'S DESIRED BY COUNCIL. WELL, I WASN'T LISTENING TO. SORRY. AND THIS IS ALL ZONING DISTRICTS. SO I MEAN THIS IS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. THERE'S NO EXCLUSION FROM CERTAIN ZONING AREAS OR AREAS THAT ARE ZONED IN A PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT.

THAT'S CORRECT. THERE ARE NO EXCLUSIONS. SO THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS. OKAY. AND I GUESS IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT A STRIP CENTER, WHO'S GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS A CHARGING STATION FOR 2 OR 3 OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WANT IT, AND THEN SOME THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T AMENABLE TO HAVING A CHARGING STATION. SO THAT WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNER ENGAGING WITH THESE EV CHARGING STATION COMPANIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE. NO, I KNOW MONICA, I JUST HAVE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD. ONE IS, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THESE SHOPPING CENTERS THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN,

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THE PLACEMENT ALSO IS ANOTHER CONCERN BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE SIGNAGE, PEOPLE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE INTO A CONCRETE INTO A BUCKET AND THEN PUTTING IT OUT THERE SAYING THAT THIS IS THEIR SPACE. NOW YOU HAVE EV CHARGING STATIONS THAT'S GOING INTO DIFFERENT PLACES. SO THERE MIGHT BE BETWEEN A COORDINATION BETWEEN WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND A SHOPPING CENTER OWNER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE EV STATIONS TO BE PLACED. THE OTHER THING IS, MONICA, I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS COMING UP BECAUSE THE CAR HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR TWO YEARS ALREADY. ALMOST EVERYBODY AT LEAST HAS A ONE CAR IN THEIR HOME THAT HAS EV. SO HAVE WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AND DO THEY HAVE COMPARABLE OR AS TO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING OR ARE WE GOING EXTRA MILEAGE IN THINKING OF, AS YOU KNOW, TO SCRUTINIZE THE PROCESS EVEN FURTHER IS WHAT I'M ASKING. SO WE DID CONDUCT A BENCHMARK SURVEY, I WILL SAY, MOST OF THE CITIES, BECAUSE THIS IS FAIRLY NEW, DID NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE. A COUPLE OF THE CITIES DID. ONE CITY, THE ORDINANCE WAS PRIMARILY RELATED TO COMMERCIAL ONLY. THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY THAT ACTUALLY DID IMPOSE SOME RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTIONS AS WELL. OKAY, SO TO CITY MANAGER, I KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE OR ALL HOA MEETING COMING UP. MAYBE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. THIS SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION PROCESS IN THAT TALKING ABOUT IF THEY. I KNOW MOST OF THE HOAS DO NOT HAVE THIS IN THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER STUFF.

THAT TRASH, TRASH CAN, YOU KNOW, COVERAGE AND ALL OF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY PUSHED FOR YEARS AGO, NOT WAS THAT WAS NOT IN THEIR DEEDS. SO THIS ONE YOU'RE ASKING, AND I KNOW TO YOUR POINT, STAFF AND CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN GO EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY LOOKING FOR THESE CHARGING STATIONS AND SEE IF THEY'RE POSITIONED CORRECTLY OR NOT. SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF OWNERSHIP THAT COMES FROM HOA WHEN THEY DO ONCE A MONTH, DRIVE BY OR VISIT AND SEEING IT. SO IT HAS TO BE A DUAL EFFORT. SO OTHERWISE YOU'LL END UP HAVING CODE ENFORCEMENT BE OUT THERE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRYING TO CITE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FOR, YOU KNOW, IMPROPERLY PUTTING THESE, THESE CODES OUT THERE. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT IS TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATIONS WHILE THIS IS BEING ROLLED OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK END OF THIS MONTH IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR HOA AND MAYBE HAVING SOME OF THAT DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AND PLACING OUR POSITIONING ON WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS A MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION TO HAVE, NOT AFTERWARDS. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, I YIELD BACK, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BROWN, THANK YOU. UNDER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PERMITS, BUT ARE THE PERMITS ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL OR WOULD THAT BE FOR RESIDENTIAL AS WELL? SO I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ABOUT THIS.

I'M GOING TO DEFER TO JENNIFER ON THIS. IF I COULD, JUST AS JENNIFER'S COMING UP. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ENFORCING IT, THEN THERE WOULD BE A PERMIT FOR RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. SO THE PERMIT IS GOING TO GO WITH WHATEVER WE'RE ENFORCING. YES. OKAY. AND THAT WOULD BE TRUE BECAUSE THEY WOULD ANY INSTALLATION REQUIRES AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT. SO WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, IT WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. AND SINCE IT'S WE'RE REALLY EARLY IN THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NON COMPLIANCE WITH THIS AS OF YET, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE GET THIS ON THE BOOKS BEFORE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE START

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THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED IN REGARDS TO THE HOA MEETING THAT MAYOR MENTIONED. BUT MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, CAN THIS NOT BE ROLLED INTO OR HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF COMPLIANCE THAT, LIKE OUR TRASH CANS HAVE? THE TRASH CANS HAVE TO BE BACK BEHIND. THEY CAN'T BE VISIBLE SITE CAN THE WIRES FROM OR CABLES FROM THE EV CHARGING STATIONS CAN HAVE THAT SAME COMPLIANCE WHERE THEY CANNOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO IT WAS SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS MORE OF THE HOA SIDE. REGARDING THE THE SCREENING FOR THE TRASH CANS. I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK INTO THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IT WOULD STILL PROBABLY BE SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER SCREENING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY CODE.

YEAH. BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT MY CONCERN IS THE WHERE THE WIRES HAVE TO BE BURIED, ONE THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE AN EXPENSE, THEN THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL, WHOEVER THEY DEAL WITH, THE ELECTRICITY COME OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, CHECK FOR WHETHER ALL THE LINES ARE THE GAS LINES, THE ELECTRICAL LINES, THE WATER LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF IT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE BURIED, IF THOSE CABLES ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE BURIED. SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN THE COMMERCIAL CONTEXT? IS NO, THE RESIDENTIAL ONES. SO IT'S KIND OF MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE LOCATED PRETTY CLOSE TO THE ELECTRICAL PANEL.

SO THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES WHEN HOMES HAVE THE ELECTRICAL PANEL IN THE GARAGE, THAT'S WHERE THE CHARGING STATION IS LOCATED. OR IF IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEN THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE CHARGING STATION IS PUT IN. SO THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL LINES. OKAY. BECAUSE IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEM LINES OR WHATNOT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS REFERRING TO THE CORDS THAT CONNECT TO THE VEHICLES. SO I GUESS I SAID THIS IS USUALLY YOU HAVE YOUR ELECTRICAL PANELS 99% OF THE TIME IT'S SITTING IN YOUR GARAGE. SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPACE IN THEIR GARAGE, THEY WOULD CONNECT IT INSIDE THEIR GARAGE. BUT IF YOU'RE ONLY PARKING ONE CAR IN THE GARAGE AND YOU'RE LEAVING THE REST OF THE VEHICLE OUT, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CORD THAT COMES OUT AND IT GETS PLUGGED INTO YOUR VEHICLE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S ONE WAY OF DOING IT. THE OTHER ONE IS YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRICAL PANEL INSIDE THE GARAGE, BUT OLDER HOMES HAVE IT ON THE EXTERIOR WALL. SO AT THAT POINT, YOU DON'T HAVE NO OTHER WAY UNLESS YOU SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY BRINGING IT INSIDE TO YOUR GARAGE. OTHERWISE, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE CONNECTING THAT CORD FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE AND KIND OF RUNNING IT TOWARDS YOUR DRIVEWAY IS THE TWO WAYS THAT YOU CAN CONNECT. BUT SINCE THE PANEL IS ALREADY THERE, THEY'RE CONNECTING IT TO PANEL. UNLESS YOU'RE PUTTING TESLA OR ANY OF THOSE NEW STATIONS, I'VE SEEN BOTH THAT BEING PUT INSIDE THE GARAGE AND ON THE EXTERIOR PANEL OF THE GARAGE AS WELL. SO THERE'S REALLY NO VARYING OF. I DON'T THINK SO. YOU KNOW, BUT TO THAT POINT, I THINK DEFINITELY THERE SHOULD BE AN ELECTRICAL PERMIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THE WRONG PERSON THAT THINK THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY GO IN THERE AND MESS WITH YOUR ELECTRICAL PANEL.

AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A FIRE THAT CAN HAPPEN. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAY. SO IF I MAY ADD TO THIS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A VERY STRATEGIC QUESTION IS, ARE WE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE USAGE? ARE WE TRYING TO MANAGE IT BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. THE MORE COSTS WE PUT AND I'M SPEAKING TO RESIDENTIAL, NOT SO MUCH COMMERCIAL, THE MORE COST WE PUT ON RESIDENTIAL TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE SCREENING OR WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE WIRING. IT COULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE TO RESIDENTIAL TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT. SO WE JUST NEED TO BE CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR OVERALL STRATEGY IS. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS I RECOMMEND WITH THE THE COMMERCIAL EV STATIONS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WILL BE PLACED POSSIBLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IS TO

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AND SO YOU WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TO PULL THAT BACK INSIDE IS COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT WITHOUT DOING SOME OTHER SORT OF SYSTEM THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR OUR FAMILY. SO I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO DO A LOT MORE RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT RULING OUT AND MAKING IT CUMBERSOME FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BUT STILL BEING TASTEFUL AND NOT UNATTRACTIVE. SO I WOULD JUST PUT FORWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, REAL LIFE USAGE OF THESE THINGS HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND NOT JUST RULE OUT THINGS WITHOUT HAVING ANY SORT OF REAL.

KNOWLEDGE OF HOW PEOPLE ARE REALLY HAVING TO USE THESE OUTLETS. THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH, THE QUESTION I HAD IS ON THE ELECTRICAL PERMIT. DOES THAT BRING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEM TO DO SOME INSPECTIONS ON THE. WHERE THE YOU KNOW, IF IT'S INSIDE THE GARAGE WHERE THAT WOULD BE PLACED AND DOES IT PASS MUSTER? SO IT DOESN'T IT WOULD BE UNDER THE BUILDING CODES, THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AND ELECTRICAL CODES.

SO IT WOULD BE UNDER THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER BROWN. OKAY, KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WHEN I WAS DESCRIBING THIS, IT WASN'T SO MUCH AS THE PEOPLE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR THEM TO HAVE TO BURY THEIR CARDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT. WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO DO THAT. FOR ME, IT'S JUST A PURE VISUAL OF SOMEONE INSTALLING THE ACTUAL CHARGING MACHINE ON A PORCH. AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY STARTED ALL OF THIS FOR ME. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT BEING ON THE SIDE OF THE HOME, IN THE GARAGE OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S LITERALLY IT. YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, IT BEING YOUR INSTEAD OF YOUR DOORBELL BEING THE FIRST THING YOU SEE, YOU SEE A CHARGING PANEL, ONE OF THOSE COMMERCIAL TYPE TYPE THINGS. IT'S ON SOMETHING. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S A, IT'S LIKE A TESLA PACK. RIGHT. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS WELL. COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER ODENKIRCHEN. AND I DO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE NOT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO DO IT IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER. IS REALLY WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO WITH THIS. I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE COST PROHIBITIVE OR SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CANNOT ACHIEVE, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SET THE STANDARD, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO I WOULD HATE TO SEE THIS GET DELAYED ANY LONGER, BUT NOT TO MAKE THEM HAVE TO BURY CORDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. JUST COULD YOU PUT YOUR PANEL PLEASE, ON THE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE IN THE GARAGE? IT'S GOING WITH THIS. I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSE. YES.

SO AS AN EV DRIVER, SOMEBODY THAT HAS A CHARGING STATION IN MY GARAGE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD MY CAR FOR FOUR YEARS NOW AND I HAVE SEEN THE EVOLUTION OF THESE STATIONS.

FORTUNATELY, I DON'T EVER CHARGE OUT AT ANY STATIONS, BUT THEY'RE THERE IF WE NEED THEM.

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YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS CLOSED. I STILL HAVE TWO MORE ORDINANCES TO GO. YEAH, YEAH. YOU DO. I'M READY TO GO. MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOST COMPLEX, BUT. SO DEPENDING ON WHEN LIMIT ON THE NEXT ONE FOR THREE MINUTES. SO DEPENDING ON WHEN WE CAN GET FEEDBACK FROM TESLA AND THESE OTHER AND CHARGEPOINT AND THESE OTHER EV STATIONS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AS SOON AS MAY 4TH AND FOR OUR FIRST READING, AND THEN A SECOND READING FOR MAY 20TH. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO RENTAL HOUSING, WHICH INVOLVES SHORT TERM RENTALS, LONG TERM RENTALS, AS WELL AS SENIOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. AND SO THE DECISION POINTS FOR COUNCIL TODAY ARE WHETHER TO ALLOW SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND THEN ADD SOME OR ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SENIOR HOUSING. I WILL SAY THAT THIS ONE IS TIME SENSITIVE REGARDING IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE WORLD CUP AROUND THE CORNER STARTING IN MID-JUNE. OKAY, SO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS ARE THAT WE DO HAVE RETRO ANNUAL RENTAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITS. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD SPECIFY WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS AS WELL AS LONG TERM RENTALS, AND THEN ALSO SENIOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS. AND SO IT WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL EMERGENCY CONTACTS. SO THAT WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY CONTACT. THAT IS A PERSON WITHIN 25 MILES THAT CAN RESPOND WITHIN AN HOUR AND CAN MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THE NAME OF THIS PERSON, OF THIS LOCAL EMERGENCY CONTACT WILL HAVE TO BE POSTED IN THIS RENTAL UNIT. NOW, THERE WOULD BE REQUIRED ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND INSPECTIONS AS NEEDED. EMERGENCY PLANS, ELEVATOR OUTAGE REPORTS, MOBILITY ASSISTANCE PLANS MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE REQUEST, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL NOTIFICATION LOGS, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN MOMENTARILY FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FOR $1 MILLION IN LIABILITY WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE RENTAL UNIT MUST BE RENTED FOR AT LEAST TWO NIGHTS CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS. IT COULD ONLY BE RENTED TO TEN OR LESS PEOPLE, AND THEN FOR FIVE OR LESS GUEST ROOMS. AND THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REGISTER OR SHOW REGISTRATION FOR THE HOT TAX. NOW FOR THE SENIOR MULTIFAMILY REQUIREMENTS, THERE

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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELEVATORS, THERE COULD BE OTHER STUFF, MOLD. THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW,

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SO NOT JUST LIKE A NURSING HOME FACILITY, RIGHT? THOSE APARTMENTS OR THAT HAVE THAT AGE RESTRICTION. OKAY, OKAY. SO GOING TO AND THE REASON WHY I'M SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS COMING BEFORE US BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN ICE STORMS, WE'VE SEEN OUR HURRICANES, AND WE'VE GOTTEN THE PHONE CALLS FROM WHETHER IT'S THE LOVED ONE OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE.

AND THE STANDARDS ARE JUST NOT WHERE WE NEED THEM TO BE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS. SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THESE STANDARDS ARE COMING BEFORE US WITH WITH SOME PENALTIES FOR THEM NOT TO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT COMPLIANT. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT THE SECOND THING I WANT TO ASK IS FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. NOW, WE'VE ALL, I'M SURE, GOTTEN THE CALLS FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT CERTAIN HOMES. YOU KNOW, THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS, THEY WORK, THEY WORK FINE WHEN THEY WORK AND WHEN THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY END UP BEING A NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND CAN BE SOMETIMES A SAFETY ISSUE. SO I AM HAPPY THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS FOR THE SAFETY AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT FEES. ARE WE LOOKING AT MUNICIPAL OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE WHAT THEIR SHORT TERM RENTALS LOOK LIKE? AND AS FAR AS OUR FEES GO, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THE FEES? AND I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT THOSE BENCHMARK FEES TO BE? THIS, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL SPECIFICALLY CAME UP AS A RESULT OF, OF COURSE, THE PENDING WORLD CUP GAMES. BUT ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT COULD HELP US MONITOR AND COLLECT FEES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THAT WE DO CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO AND ALSO, WE'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE WE, ONE, DO NOT HAVE A CENTRAL UTILITY, AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. NORMALLY YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH YOUR UTILITY BILL OR THROUGH SOME WAY THAT WE CONNECT WITH EVERY RESIDENT OR WE DON'T EVEN DO TRASH, YOU KNOW, STORM WASTE PICKUP THAT'S DONE THROUGH A PRIVATE ENTITY. SO USING A VENDOR THAT WILL MATCH HOMEOWNER RECORDS WITH THE NAMES ON UTILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THROUGH GIS, THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE AN AVENUE THAT WE CAN AT LEAST BE MORE PROACTIVE, IDENTIFY WHO THE HOMEOWNER IS, IDENTIFY WHO'S IN THE PROPERTY AND GET THEM TO PAY A FEE. AND THEN WE HAVE A PERSON TO GO TO IF THERE ARE ISSUES AND THAT WE CAN CITE. SO THAT'S THE OVERALL PLAN. AND THAT JUST THE SENSE OF URGENCY IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO CAPTURE THOSE REVENUES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT EVEN ONGOING LONG TERM RENTALS, SAME WAY WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A VENDOR THAT WOULD BE MATCHING THOSE HOMEOWNER NAMES WITH WHOEVER'S ON THOSE UTILITY BILLS OR WHATEVER. IF THEY'RE DIFFERENT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND TO WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, AND IT COULD BE A LEGITIMATE REASON. MAYBE IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER, WHATEVER. THEY'RE NOT RENTING, BUT IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE SOME KIND OF RESPONSE. AND IF, IF THEY'RE RENTING, THEN THERE WOULD BE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND THERE WOULD ALSO BE OWNERSHIP IF THERE ARE ISSUES. OKAY. I DO

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OKAY. SO 120, 100, 125,000 NO, NO, NO UNDER 20. UNDER 20,000. UNDER 20,000. IT'S UNDER 20,000 A YEAR. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 15 OR 17 BUT IT'S UNDER 20. OKAY. OKAY. IT'S ABOUT 20,000.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? SO JULY 11TH, WE'RE WITHIN THIS JUNE, JUNE 11TH, WE'RE WITHIN OUR BUDGET YEAR. WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? BECAUSE WAS THAT EVEN BUDGETED? I HAVE A CITY MANAGER BUDGET THAT ALLOWS FOR CONTRACTS. OKAY, SO WE HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET.

OKAY. YES. GOING FORWARD WITH THIS. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THINKING AHEAD ON THAT. SECOND IS, HOW IS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM PREPARED TO RECEIVE, LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO RECEIVE THOSE RENTAL FUNDS? ARE WE PREPARED FOR THAT? YEAH. YEP.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. IT'S ACTUALLY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON ON THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, LONG TERM RENTALS. AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES TRACKING WORKING WITH THE, THE VENDOR AND THE ONES RECEIVING THE, THE PAYMENTS. OKAY. NEXT QUESTION.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, AS FAR AS THE FEES GO, YES, WE IMPLEMENT THESE SHORT TERM RENTAL FEES, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THIS. AND I SEE JARELL IS SITTING OUT THERE. ARE WE ARE I KNOW HIS TEAM IS ALWAYS BUSY, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM RENTALS IN MISSOURI CITY. HOW ARE WE GOING TO EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE THIS POLICY. SO I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH WITH OTHER CITIES AND NOT PARTICULARLY NOT WANTING TO PUT AN EXTRA WORKLOAD ON EXISTING STAFF. AND THE VENDOR IS THE ONE THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE NOTICE, PROVIDE A SECOND NOTICE, PROVIDE A THIRD NOTICE.

THEY'VE GIVEN ME SOME STATISTICS, BUT IT'S OVER A 96% RESPONSE RATE FOR FOR THESE FOR THESE PROPERTIES TO RESPOND TO PAY THE FEES AFTER AFTER THEY RECEIVE THE NOTICES. SO THAT IS ALL DONE THROUGH THROUGH THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR. AND SO THEY'LL BE JUST VERY FEW WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO AND ISSUE A CITATION. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS. THEY CAN PULL UP THE DATA, THEY CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY SHORT TERM RENTALS WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HOW MANY WE HAVE AT ANY GIVEN TIME RIGHT NOW. OKAY, SO THE PROCESS WOULD BE EASY IF WE FOUND OUT THAT CITY MANAGER'S NEIGHBOR WAS A SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY DIDN'T REPORT IT. THEY DIDN'T SELF-REPORT SELF-IDENTIFY. AND THIS COMPANY, THIRD PARTY WOULD WRITE. SO WE. SO THE CITY STAYS OUT OF THAT.

AND THE THE WHOLE PROCESS FROM THE REPORTING OF THE VIOLATION TO THE, THE, I GUESS THE, THE MULTIPLE WARNINGS AND CITATIONS, WE STAY OUT OF ALL OF THAT UNTIL WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A CITATION. ONCE WE ONCE WE CITE THEM, THEN IT'S THEN IT'S US. BUT THE, THE, THE LETTER, THE SECOND LETTER, THE THIRD LETTER THAT ALL COMES FROM THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR. AND THEY SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF ONES THAT RESPOND AFTER THE FIRST NOTICE IS MOST PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW. A LOT OF THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE ALSO NOW MANAGED BY CORPORATIONS. THEY'RE USED TO IT. THEY KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND JUST ONE THING THAT CAME UP THAT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CITIES ALL OVER TEXAS REGARDING THIS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT PART OF

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SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL THE BENEFITS THAT MIGHT COME FROM THIS, FROM THE FROM THE WORLD CUP WHEN IT COMES TO HOT TAXES OR WHATEVER. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST WE'RE PUTTING THE FOUNDATION IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A RODEO OR A SUPER BOWL OR A FINAL FOUR OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER'S BRINGING PEOPLE INTO HOUSTON AND THAT SPILLOVER, YOU KNOW, COMES, COMES DOWN HERE, THEN THEN WE'RE ABLE TO, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING IT EFFECTIVELY. THAT MAKES ME FEEL A LOT BETTER BECAUSE IN MY MIND, I WAS THINKING, THERE IS NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED WITHIN TEN DAYS IF WE APPROVE IT, IF IT'S READY TO GO BY JUNE THE 1ST. AND WE AND WE MIGHT AND WE MIGHT GET I MEAN, THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE RUN BY COMPANIES THAT ARE USED TO THIS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT, BUT I'M NOT I'M NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF A, A REVENUE BOOST BECAUSE OF THE WORLD CUP. LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, DONE THIS EARLIER. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SO ONCE WE GET ALL THE FINE TUNING WORKED OUT, THEN WE COULD COME AND GET A DEFINITIVE DATE AS TO WHEN THIS IS REALLY GOING TO GO INTO EFFECTIVE INTO EFFECT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT YOU, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING OTHER CITIES, BUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON JUST WENT INTO EFFECT APRIL 1ST. WE'RE NOT INTO EFFECT. IT HAS IT WAS WENT INTO EFFECT IN 2025, BUT THEY GAVE THEIR PEOPLE UNTIL APRIL 1ST TO BECOME REGISTERED. AND I'VE BEEN JUST WATCHING THE FLURRY WITH THIS IN SO MANY PEOPLE HAD NOT DONE IT. AND SO THOSE THIRD PARTY COMPANIES ARE REALLY, REALLY HELPING. AND NOW PEOPLE ARE JUST IN A BIG HURRY TO GET THIS DONE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO TARGET A DATE. I MEAN, WORK ON IT NOW AND THEN KEEP ROLLING IT OUT, PUSHING IT OUT, TALKING ABOUT IT AT THE HOA MEETING LIKE YOU SUGGESTED, AND THEN EVENTUALLY SAY, HEY, THIS POLICY, WE'VE ADOPTED IT IN 2026, BUT COME FEBRUARY 2027 OR WHATEVER, THIS IS WHEN YOU MUST BE REGISTERED OR WHATEVER WE'RE DOING THE I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE DON'T CATCH THE WORLD CUP TRAFFIC, AT LEAST WE WILL HAVE A MECHANISM TO

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ALL RIGHT. AND I FORGOT MINE TODAY, SO I'M SORRY I COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT UNDER THE SHORT TERM, DID I HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WE WOULD MANDATE THAT IT WOULD BE A TWO DAY RENTAL. AT LEAST TWO DAYS. AT LEAST TWO DAYS. THAT'S THE PROPOSED. YEAH, THAT'S THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE LANGUAGE JUST TO CUT DOWN ON THOSE PARTIES. OKAY, OKAY. AND I GET IT. AND PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE PARTIES, IS THERE ANY KIND OF WAY THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH OUR UTILITIES, SOME KIND OF WAY SO THAT WE COULD GET INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE VIA THEIR UTILITY BILLS OR PARTNER WITH THEM TO USE THEIR GIS TRACKING SO THAT WE CAN KNOW AS WELL WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE THAT WELL, WELL, THE, THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT THAT WE'VE PARTNERED OR THAT WE WOULD PARTNER WITH, THEY, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FOR US BECAUSE THEIR DATA MINING OFF THE INTERNET. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL ALL THE PROPERTY ADDRESSES, THE OWNERS, THE LISTINGS, ETC. THEY'RE EVEN ABLE TO LIKE SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LISTING ARE THAT WE HAVE LIKE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS OR NUMBER OF ROOMS. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE CAN REQUIRE. THEY PUT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE LISTINGS AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN MINE THAT DATA OFF OF THAT. SO IT'S WE WILL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE ZERO ISSUE GETTING THE, THE INFORMATION ON WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND AS SOON AS ONE POPS UP THE NEXT DAY, THE LETTER WILL GET SENT OUT TO. SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME WHERE, HEY, WE HAVE 100 OR 200 OR 300 RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PROCESS FOR, FOR THE CITY, THIS THIRD PARTY VENDORS IS ANYTIME A NEW ONE POPS UP, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT NOTIFICATION, HEY, WE SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT REGISTERED. THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY REQUIRES REGISTRATION. HERE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS. GO HERE TO TO TO TAKE CARE OF IT. OKAY. AND I KNOW EARLIER MAYOR MENTIONED EXTREME AND MAYBE NOT GOING SO EXTREME IN READING ONE OF THE OTHER ORDINANCES. THEY HAD SOME VERY EXTREME MEASURES IN THEIRS. IT INCLUDED THEIR SHORT TERM RENTAL PORTION AND IN THEIR LONG TERM. WHEREAS IF THE THERE WERE THINGS INSIDE, SUCH AS IF THE IF SOMETHING OCCURRED AT THAT PROPERTY AND SAY IT WAS CRIMINAL OR SEXUAL CONDUCT OR ABUSE AGAINST A CHILD OR AN ELDERLY PERSON, AND THAT PERSON WAS FOUND GUILTY, WHETHER IT BE THE OWNER OR THE PERSON THAT HAD RENTED IT, THEN THOSE THINGS WOULD TRIGGER BANNING THEM WHERE WE WOULD NO LONGER ISSUE THEM. THE PERMIT TO HAVE. THEIR SHORT TERM RENTAL AGREEMENT. SO I KNOW THAT THAT MAY BE A BIT EXTREME, BUT I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK. I EVEN SAW IN SOME WHERE THEY IF THEY GOT CAUGHT, SEX TRAFFICKING, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY ARE GOOD FOR, WHAT THEY REALLY ARE INTENDED TO BE WHEN IT'S GOOD.

BUT WHEN YOU START FINDING PEOPLE, USE THEM FOR BAD THINGS, GROW HOUSES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN I THINK WE DO HAVE TO TIGHTEN IT UP AND PUT IN EXTREME MEASURES FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE AND COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, YES, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, COUNCILMEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONCERN, IS, CAN WE PUT LIMITATIONS IN WHAT THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS CAN BE FOR OR WHAT THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR? BECAUSE THAT'S MY CONCERN IS PEOPLE COMING IN INTO OUR CITY AND UTILIZING THEM FOR FALSE PRETENSES. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE STIPULATED IN THERE. WHAT THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR AS SUCH, AS SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED. AND THEN ALSO THEY CANNOT BE USED FOR BUSINESSES. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT GROUP HOMES WITH THIS TYPE OF SHORT TERM LONG? WELL, THE LONG TERM RENTALS, DO THEY HAVE TO BE REGISTERED AS WELL. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO GROUP HOMES. OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST RANDOM PEOPLE WANTING TO RENT SHORT TERM AIRBNBS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WOULD YOU GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TO YOU THAT WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE IN THERE AND BRING US BACK, BRING THIS BACK TO US AT A LATER DATE. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIST THOSE BECAUSE NO ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WOULD BE ALLOWED. WE WOULDN'T EVEN TRY TO STATE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ILLEGAL.

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I MEAN, YOU CAN BE RUNNING A MASSAGE PARLOR, YOU CAN BE RUNNING A BUSINESS. SO I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE STATED THAT YOU CANNOT USE THESE FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES AS FAR AS LIKE SETTING UP A BUSINESS, A HAIR SALON OR SOME SORT LIKE THAT, THE LONG TERM VERSUS THE SHORT TERM. AND THEN WITH THE SHORT TERM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU GUYS SAW IN THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAD SOME OTHER STIPULATIONS IN THERE THAT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO MISSOURI CITY? YEAH. AND WE AND WE INCORPORATED THOSE INTO INTO THESE. AND I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE LIST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE TALKED TO, LIKE I SAID, NOT ONLY NOT ONLY SUBURBAN CITIES LIKE US, BUT WE ALSO TALK TO HIGH VOLUME CITIES. WE TALKED TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, WE TALKED TO GALVESTON, WE TALKED TO SAN ANTONIO, WE TALKED TO NEW BRAUNFELS. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT OF THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. AND SO WE WANTED TO WE WANTED TO BENEFIT FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE. SO WE DID TALK TO A LOT OF THOSE. BUT THEN WE ALSO TALKED TO FLOWER MOUND AND SOME OF THESE OTHER DFW AREA THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REGULAR SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES AS WELL. WE'VE TRIED TO PULL THE BEST PRACTICES FROM FROM ALL OF THEM. AND THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LOT LONGER THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT LONGER THAN WE HAVE. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE.

AND WHEN WHEN THIS, IF, IF, AND WHEN THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED, WILL WE BE PROVIDING THIS NEW CRITERIA TO THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY ARE REGISTERED, OR DO THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE, THE POLICY OR WHATNOT IN REGARDS TO THIS IN ORDER FOR THEM? ARE THEY ABLE TO, ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GET A PERMIT FOR THIS, OR IS THIS JUST OKAY? THIS WILL BE A PERMANENT OKAY, THAT AND HONESTLY, THAT WAS WHAT MY QUESTION WAS LEADING TO. AND ON THE BUSINESSES, THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW STATE LAWS ON HOME BASED BUSINESSES AND WHAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ALLOW AND NOT ALLOW ON CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE COVERED UNDER THE BUSINESSES AS WELL. OKAY. ALREADY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE BUSINESS USE I. I OWN A SHORT TERM RENTAL NOT NOT INSIDE MISSOURI CITY, BUT THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE MENTIONED HAIR SALONS, PEOPLE WILL BOOK LIKE THE, THE LITTLE FAMOUS STYLIST WILL COME AND BOOK ONE OF THESE FOR THE DAY AND ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND IN AND OUT. AND THEY VIDEO BLOGGER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WILL DO VIDEO SHOOTS AND WEIRD, YOU KNOW, THINGS GOING ON IN PLACES.

SO THAT ACTUALLY IS A THING. AND WE WENT FROM TWO DAY TO THREE DAY AND IT REALLY HELPED CUT OUT PARTIES. HOMEOWNERS DON'T WANT THESE PARTIES. THEY ARE A HEADACHE FOR HOMEOWNERS, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT I WANT TO ASK, YOU MENTIONED HOT TAX AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD ON HERE. ARE WE NOT COLLECTING HOT TAX BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ORDINANCE TO COLLECT OR WE'RE NOT COLLECTING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SPECIFY THAT THESE THINGS FALL UNDER OUR HOT TAX LAWS, RULES, WHATEVER. CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHO THEY ARE. OKAY, SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE AIRBNB, VRBO, ALL THESE ENTITIES WHO ARE HAVE THE PLATFORMS THAT PEOPLE BOOK ON COLLECT THAT MONEY PER THE LOCALITY, AND THEY SHOULD BE HANDING IT OVER. THEY DON'T HAND IT TO THE SELLER AND SAY, HEY, WE HELD THIS MONEY AND NOW YOU GO PAY YOUR BILL. THEY PAY IT FOR US LIKE IT GETS PAID WELL. SO THEY SHOULD. THAT'S WHY WE WANT A THIRD PARTY VENDOR WHO HAS THE RESOURCES TO MANAGE AND MINE THOSE LOCATIONS, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE 2 OR 3 STAFF PEOPLE HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK FOR ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT'S ONLINE AND WHO'S WHO'S THE OWNER, WHO'S NOT. AND THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION. AND IF I REMEMBER, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, OWNERS HAVE THE OPTION TO SAY THAT THEY WANT AIRBNB OR VRBO TO COLLECT AND PAY THE, THE APPLICABLE TAXES. AND SO IF YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT ENFORCING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, SO IS THE ENFORCEMENT ARM THAT WE NEED. OKAY. SO, SO AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE VENDOR SAID. IT SAYS ONCE, ONCE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS, THEN OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AIRBNB AND VRBO BECAUSE IT'S JUST EASIER COMPANY. AND THE COMPANY SET IT UP WITH VRBO. SO THEY HAD TO HAVE SELECTED THAT ON MY BEHALF. CORRECT. SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE INDIVIDUALLY SETTING IT UP AND SAYING, NO, WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. OKAY, NOW I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO YEAH, NO, THAT THAT REALLY COVERED IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION THAT WE'VE GOT HOT TAXES AND THEN WE'VE GOT LIKE OUR INSPECTION FEE WHERE WE GO SET THEM UP AND ALL THAT

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SO WITH THESE EVENT COMPANIES, EXCUSE ME, WITH THIS EVENT COMING IS VERY POPULAR AND INFLUX OF NEW APPLICANTS COME IN. ARE YOU GUYS READY TO RECEIVE THESE APPLICANTS OR TO GET THESE PERMITS? BECAUSE IT'S A SHORT TIME. I MEAN, ARE YOU ARE WE READY FOR IT OR THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS, IS THAT THIRD PARTY DOES IT ALL? THAT THIRD PARTY ACTUALLY DOES THE DOES THE PERMIT APPLICATION, THEY TAKE THE FUNDS, THEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO SOME THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE. RIGHT. SO, SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK. BUT ONCE AN APPLICATION COMES IN, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL CHECK ON THAT. AND THEN THAT THIRD PARTY WOULD ISSUE THE PERMIT. THE THIRD PARTY WOULD COLLECT THE FUNDS, THE THIRD PARTY WOULD GIVE US THE FUNDS. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN THE, THE BEST, YOU KNOW, THE BEST OPTION FOR, FOR US TO TRY TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THIS. AND AGAIN, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES. WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE FRONT END? HOW DO YOU HOW DOES IT WORK ON THE BACK END? WHAT KIND OF STAFF TIME DOES IT TAKE? AND WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THAT THIS WILL BE THIS IS A GOOD MODEL FOR US TO FOLLOW IN OUR CITY. MY LAST ONE IS THE POLICE PATROL. HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT? ARE WE WORKING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY? BECAUSE IF WE I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M JUST REMEMBERING WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, WHEN PEOPLE WHEN THIS STARTED HAPPENING A LOT, IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE RENTING PLACES, GOING, LIKE YOU SAID, STAYING WITH IN-LAWS, RENTING OUT THEIR HOUSES OR. WELL, WE HAVE THE INFORMATION AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MORE THE POLICE PATROLLING DURING THIS TIME MORE OR GETTING HELP FROM THE COUNTY OR OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES? SO NEIGHBORHOODS AND EVERYONE STILL CAN FEEL SAFE, BUT OTHER PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES IS GOING TO BE COMING HERE, OTHER STATES AND ALL THAT.

YEAH, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS. OUR OUR PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME WHO ARE VISITING SOME PLACE AND, AND ARE JUST NEEDING A PLACE TO STAY. WE DO, WE, WE CAN GET WITH THIS COMPANY. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WE HAVEN'T OPTED INTO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T PLANNED ON OPTING INTO ALL THESE. BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPLAINT REPORTS THAT WE CAN PULL AND HEAT MAPS AS FAR AS COMPLAINTS ON PROPERTIES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP US MANAGE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET DOWN THE ROAD ON THIS AND WE AS WE SEE WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING BASED ON THE MODEL THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING ON ADOPTING, THEN WE CAN OPT INTO SOME OF THOSE THINGS OR OPT OUT. AND IF WE NEED TO, THEN WE CAN. BUT THE CITIES THAT I'VE TALKED TO HAVE HAVE NOT MENTIONED OTHER THAN THE PARTIES, THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE. AND THE MULTIPLE NIGHTS HAS BEEN A HUGE, YOU KNOW, DISTRACTOR FROM, FROM, FROM, FROM THOSE HAPPENING. OKAY, I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM CLOSER. YES. DO YOU HAVE Y'ALL DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THE ANTICIPATED. INCOME, ANNUAL INCOME THAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM RENTALS? YEAH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS WORTH THE MONEY WE WERE SPENDING FOR THE PARTY VENDOR. AND WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD A NEW CITY HALL WITH THE FUNDS. IT, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT AS WE START, BUT IT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF RUNNING THE PROGRAM. SO. AND THE THIRD PARTY VENDOR, THE SOFTWARE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ANGEL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS ITEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO OUR RETREAT, BUT WE HAD OTHER TOPICS THAT WERE GOING THROUGH. SO AS, AS Y'ALL CREATE THIS AND COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION, MY

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SO THAT'S JUST MY POINT. AND YOU HEARD EVERYTHING THAT THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAD CONCERNS ABOUT OR THEIR THOUGHTS. THEY SUGGESTED IT. AND GOING THROUGH, JASON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID EARLIER WAS WHEN THERE IS A ANY OF THESE TYPE OF ISSUES, CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, I WOULD SAY CALL THREE. I MEAN, GO IN THERE AND TEXT 311. YES, BECAUSE THAT FORMS A DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES VERSUS US, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PUSHING RESIDENTS FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT FORMS SOME SORT OF A DOCUMENTATION VERSUS YOU SENDING IT TO A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. AND THEN WE START THE WHOLE PROCESS OF WRITING EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES. THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD WORK. SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE 311. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SHORT TERMS, IS WE CAN REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE WHATEVER WE ASK THEM TO HAVE IN THE HOMES, WHETHER IT'S NON-EMERGENCY NUMBERS, OR WE CAN REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY ROOM IF WE WANT, LIKE WE CAN REQUIRE THAT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION TO, TO HAVE THE 301 INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THOSE IN THOSE HOUSES. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. MONICA, LET'S GO TO YOUR NEXT YOUR THIRD ITEM. YES. AND JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, WE WERE LOOKING TO BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MAYOR, SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN THERE DO REFLECT STATE LAW REGARDING THE ONE CENTRAL ROOM THAT MUST HAVE BACKUP. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE VEHICLES PARKING ON THE SIDEWALKS. THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE ORDINANCES REGARDING ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES AS WELL, SO THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. OKAY. SO REGARDING INACTIVE BUILDING PERMITS CURRENTLY UNDER STATE LAW, AND THIS IS REFLECTED IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT BUILDING PERMITS EXPIRE AFTER TWO YEARS. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS ENCOURAGE FASTER CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLIANCE WITHIN THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD. SO INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING PERMIT EXPIRING, IT MAY GO INTO AN INACTIVE STATUS AFTER 180 DAYS WITHOUT PASSING AN INSPECTION BY THE CITY. SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE AT THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE NO LONGER MAKING FORWARD PROGRESS. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A PASSING INSPECTION WITHIN 180 DAYS. AND SO IF THAT IS THE THAT COULD BE A TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR CREATING A PUBLIC

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RIGHT. SO I MY SUGGESTION IS NOT THE 180 DAYS. IT SHOULD BE 90 DAYS. AND PART OF THE REASON IS THAT BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE IF YOU'RE A PERSON WHO'S LIVING NEXT TO THIS HOUSE, AND THEN YOU HAVE DEBRIS ALL OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL HOW A CONSTRUCTION SITE IS, THEY BRING IN MATERIALS AND IT JUST SITS THERE AND, YOU KNOW, RAIN AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT GETS WORSE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THAT AND BRING IT BACK IN. A CONSTRUCTION OF A MAGNITUDE LIKE THIS CAN TAKE ON FOREVER. YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL IS ONE SIDE OF IT, BUT I'M TALKING MORE SO FOR RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE AND THEN THE BEAR, THE, THE, WHAT DOES THE HOA, BECAUSE MOSTLY HOA IS THE ONE THAT'S COMPLAINING TO US THAT IT'S, IT'S WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S AN ANNUAL HOA MEETING COMING UP. SO THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ASK THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THE PERMITTING ALL NEED TO RELOOK AT THIS AND HAVE SOME MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION AND THINGS THAT WE CAN PERTAIN TO. OR IF NOT, WHEN THIS COME BEFORE US, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AND I GET IT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU COLLECT A PERMIT, YOU COME TO THE CITY AND YOU APPLY FOR A PERMIT AND YOU GET A PERMIT, THEN YOU SHOULD START WITHIN A WEEK OR SO OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN. OTHERWISE YOU CAN HAVE EVERY PERSON WHO GOES AND INQUIRES, PERMITS AND KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN OR PARTIAL THE BUILDING DOWN, AND THEN YOU'LL BE SITTING FOR TWO YEARS. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. SO THESE NEEDS TO BE TIGHTENED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND IF NOT, THEY LOSE THEIR PERMIT. THEY'LL HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR THE PERMIT. THAT'S ADDITIONAL PERMIT FEE AS WELL THAT THE CITY CAN INCUR. SO THOSE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS ON.

BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE BECOME THE MIDDLE PERSON BETWEEN THE PERSON WHO'S BUILDING THE CONTRACTOR AND THE HOA AND THE RESIDENTS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES IN BETWEEN US GETTING ATTACKED BECAUSE THIS IS THE CITY'S NOT DOING ANYTHING. WE DON'T SEE PEOPLE OUT THERE INSPECTING REGULARLY. WHEN THEY CALLED, THEY'LL COME BACK AND KEEP TELLING THEM, WELL, THEY HAVE THE PERMIT. THAT'S WHAT WE KEEP SAYING TO THESE, THESE RESIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE THE PERMIT. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU CANNOT DO THIS IN ANY OTHER CITIES AND GET AWAY WITH IT, ESPECIALLY ONE NEARBY US. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THEY HAVE. I'M SURE THEY'RE THEY'RE PART OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE STATE OF TEXAS LAW, BUT THEY HAVE SOMETHING MORE STRINGENT THAT HELPS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, HELPS THAT COMMUNITY TO DO TO LOOK BETTER. SO THOSE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS.

RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM CLOUSER. YES. SO YOUR SUGGESTION, MAYOR, IS TO GO FROM 180 DAYS TO 90 DAYS. THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. BUT AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND COME BACK. SO I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, RULES ARE MADE FOR THE BAD PEOPLE, NOT FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE. RIGHT? IF WE, IF, IF WE SUGGEST 90 DAYS, LET'S SAY IN GOOD FAITH, THERE IS A NEIGHBOR WHO'S CONTRACTOR COULDN'T GET A SUPPLY MAYBE BECAUSE OF, OH, GOD, TARIFF TAX AND THEY COULDN'T GET SOME SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEEDED. WOULD IT BE THAT CASE SCENARIO? WHERE WOULD WE BE ABLE TO OFFER EXTENSIONS? TALK ME THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH. YOU KNOW, IN THESE SITUATIONS. SO I'LL SPEAK TO TWO THINGS. SO FIRST, WHEN WE BENCHMARK CITIES, USUALLY THE 180 DAYS WAS KIND OF WHERE MOST CITIES WERE FALLING IN. BUT TO ADD TO YOUR QUESTION REGARDING EXTENSIONS, THERE IS A PROVISION ALREADY WITHIN THIS

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THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZE AND COUNCILMEMBER EMERY. YEAH, I GUESS THE THING THAT I WOULD BRING TO THE THE TABLE IS THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THESE TYPES OF HOMES THAT ARE BEING RENOVATED. FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE FLIPPING THEM AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO RENOVATE THEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO STAGE WHEN THEY CAN MAKE THE, THE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER IT IS.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SPARSE. IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE PREVALENT. I THINK THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE SEE, YOU KNOW, REMODELING AND RENOVATIONS LASTING OVER 180 DAYS. AND IF YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE QUESTION OR IS QUESTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND, AND ELIMINATE THAT, THAT TYPE OF NUISANCE? YEAH, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. I HAVE ONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LASTED. JASON KNOWS ABOUT THIS MORE THAN 180 DAYS. AND THE BOTTOM LINE FOR HIM AND I SPOKE TO HIM DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE NEIGHBORS COMPLAINT. HIS THING WAS HIS FIRST CONTRACTOR TOOK THE MONEY AND AND LEFT. WELL, I MEAN, HE SHOULD HAVE REGULATIONS AND CONTRACTS IN PLACE. AND I ASKED, CAN YOU LEGALLY MAKE THIS PERSON DO SOMETHING? AND HE SAID THAT THE CONTRACT IS IN PLACE. HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH THE HIS ATTORNEYS LATER ON, AS IT PROGRESSED AND PROGRESSED AND PROGRESSED, AND THEN HE CAME BACK AND SAYS, WELL, THERE ARE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, STIPULATIONS WERE NOT IN HIS CONTRACT AND BACK AND FORTH.

BUT BUT WHILE I GET ALL OF THAT, WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT SUFFERS? RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE ON A WINDY DAY, YOU HAVE MATERIALS FLYING ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COMING ONTO THE STREETS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF REGULATIONS PUT IN PLACE JUST IN VALLEY ALONE. COUNCILMEMBER EMERY IS CORRECT. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVES THAT TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD, DON'T WANT A COOKIE CUTTER HOME BUT WANTS TO UPDATE IT. BUT THESE THESE GOES ON FOREVER. AND YOU HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE SITTING THERE COMPLAINING. AND WE ARE REGULATED BY THIS 180 DAYS. I'M GLAD THAT MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT 90 DAYS. PENALIZING OTHERS WHO ARE FOLLOWING RULES. BUT THEY HAVE EXTENSIONS. THEY CAN GO, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 EXTENSIONS, AND THAT'S PER THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER IT IS THAT THEY CAN COME TO AND SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE SUPPLIES OR WE'RE WAITING ON SOMETHING THAT CAN GET THROUGH THEM, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TELL THE RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE HOA THAT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. OTHERWISE, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING WE CAN'T DO NOTHING FOR 180 DAYS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE RULES ARE. AND 180 DAYS SEEMS NOTHING TO US. BUT WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY AND YOU AND YOU HAVE YOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEING THIS HAPPENING EVERY DAY AND THINGS, TRASH IS BLOWING INTO THE YARD AND ALL OF THIS, IT IS A PROBLEM. SO ANYWAY, I YIELD BACK. SO I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS AND WORK WITH AGAIN. WORK WITH PERMITTING DEPARTMENT PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN THIS AND HOW WHAT THEY SUGGEST, BECAUSE THEY SEE ALL THESE PROBLEMS, THEY HEAR THESE ISSUES. AFTERMATH. WHEN WE GET START GETTING THESE EMAILS AND I THINK CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO BE ON THE TABLE, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU GUYS A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS. I MAY BE SAYING 90 DAYS, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY RECOMMEND BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD SUGGEST ON SOMETHING, BECAUSE THEY ARE PREVIEW TO THESE EMAILS THAT WE ALL GET AND WE IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

[5. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[6. RECONVENE]

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THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.