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WORKSHOP SESSION IN ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 3:01 P.M. I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER GREG TO GIVE US A PRAYER. WOULD YOU ALL STAND IF YOU'RE ABLE? WE'RE NOT ABLE. PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. FATHER GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU. GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO SERVE ODESSA. WE ASK YOU TO GIVE US WISDOM BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING, HUMILITY TO LISTEN, COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, AND UNITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER. WATCH OVER OUR COMMUNITY AND PROTECT OUR CITY. A PLACE SO FILLED WITH LIFE AND PURPOSE. LORD, LIFT UP THOSE WHO SERVE ON OUR FRONT LINES EVERY DAY. PLACE YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION OVER OPD, O AND EVEN NINE OVER 11 DISPATCH TEAM. PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE WHILE TRAVELING OUR ROADS, WORKING THEIR JOBS, GOING TO SCHOOL, AND TO THOSE RAISING THEIR FAMILIES. WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN.
PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 3.1. OPEN AND CONDUCT A PUBLIC
[3.1 Presenter: Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Director of Development Open and conduct a public hearing on a proposed annexation to receive public comment in relation to a request submitted to the City by LCA on behalf of Midland County, Texas, to annex a 24.36-acre county right-of-way area or tract into the corporate limits of the City of Odessa, and to consider approval of a request to designate the property as Future Development (FD) upon annexation. The property is located in Section 12, Block 41, Township 2 South Texas and Pacific Railway Company Survey, Midland County, Texas (Generally located east of the intersection of Yukon Road and future Midway Blvd)]
HEARING ON A PROPOSED ANNEXATION TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN RELATION TO A REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE CITY TO THE CITY BY L. C A ON BEHALF OF MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, TO ANNEX A 24.36 ACRE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY AREA OR TRACT INTO CORPORATE LIMITS. THE CITY OF ODESSA AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF REQUEST TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY AS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT UPON ANNEXATION. THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU MAYOR. TO START OFF, WE WILL BE SEEING THESE ITEMS A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES TWICE TODAY. SO TODAY, RIGHT NOW FOR WORK SESSION. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IT AGAIN DURING PUBLIC HEARING IN REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THAT'S DUE TO THE TYPE OF ANNEXATION. AND ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CHARTER OF HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU GUYS. SO IT'S NOT A REPETITION. IT'S JUST THAT'S HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TO BRING IT TO YOU GUYS. WITH THAT SAID, THE TWO ITEMS I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING IS GOING TO BE A ROAD. IT'S A MIDLAND COUNTY ROAD. YOU MAY KNOW IT AS YUKON. SO I'M GOING TO SAY THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE, CLOSER TO 191, AND IT GOES RIGHT INTO OUR ETJ. THIS ROAD IS BEING ANNEXED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING AROUND THERE. WE'RE JUST PREPPING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROPER CIRCULATION FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THIS IS 24.37 ACRES OF COUNTY ROAD COMING INTO THE CITY. AND IT'S COMING IN AS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. NOW OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE LET'S LET'S OPEN UP, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK TO DO SO AT THIS TIME, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. GIVE ANY SPEAKERS. SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. GENTLEMEN QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THE MIDLAND COUNTY BUILT THAT ROAD. WHAT SPECS DO THEY BUILD IT TO? I WILL DEFER TO JOE ON THAT. I MEAN, WE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH ROADS OUT HERE. WE ANNEXED IT NOT BUILT THIS OUR SPECS. I DON'T WANT TO BUY ANOTHER PIG IN A POKE. YES. AT MIDLAND COUNTY DID BUILD IT. THEY BUILT IT.THE SECTION THEY BUILT IS A GOOD SECTION, BUT IT'S NOT THE WIDTH THAT WE TYPICALLY WANT.
SO WE ARE ASKING OR WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS OUT RIGHT NOW TO WIDEN IT, PUT IN CURB AND GUTTER, WHICH WOULD GET IT TO CITY SPEC. YEAH. WELL, I WAS, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE ASPHALT AND THE SUBBASE AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT IS TO SPEC. THEY WENT WITH LIKE A THREE AND 11 SECTION. IT'S A IT'S A GOOD SECTION. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAKES MY HEART REST EASIER. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN AT 615. WELL, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
UNLESS WE'RE VOTING FOR BOTH TOGETHER, WE CAN'T VOTE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST GOING OVER
[3.2 Presenter: Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Director of Development Open and conduct a public hearing on a proposed annexation to receive public comment in relation to a request submitted to the City by LCA on behalf of Midland County, Texas, to annex a 16.86-acre county right-of-way area or tract into the corporate limits of the City of Odessa, and to designate the property as Future Development (FD) upon annexation. The property is located in Section 12, Block 41, T-2-S, T&P RR CO. Survey, as described in Document No. 2020-11974, 2020-11975, of the Midland County Public Records, Midland County, Texas (Generally located approximately 1,300 feet northeast of the intersection of Mission Dr and Midway Blvd)]
RIGHT NOW. WE'LL GO TO THE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRED TO AS THE SOUTH, THE SOUTH SECTION. WE'LL GO TO[00:05:03]
3.2. YES. THAT IS OPEN AND CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN RELATION TO REQUESTED SUBMIT SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BY LCA ON BEHALF OF MIDLAND COUNTY TO ANNEX A 16.86 ACRE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY OR TRACK INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF CITY OF ODESSA AND DESIGNATE AS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT UPON ANNEXATION. ELIZABETH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S BASICALLY NORTH. JUST GOING TO SOUTH. YES.BUT THESE ARE THE ROADS BEING DRAFTED BY THE DEVELOPERS OF THAT AREA, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE JUST ANNEXING IT TO US. GIVING IT TO US. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN UP. LET'S OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.
PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. GENTLEMEN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK
[3.3 Presenter: James D. Parker, City Attorney Discuss a need for amendments to Chapter 12 Traffic and Vehicles, of the City of Odessa Code of Ordinances, for the purpose of ensuring current ordinances are consistent with current state law.]
YOU, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 3.3. DISCUSS THE NEED FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 12 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES OF THE CITY OF ODESSA. CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING CURRENT ORDINANCES ARE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. CITY ATTORNEY JAMES PARKER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR, THIS IS WE GOT THIS ON WORK SESSION JUST TO BRING COUNCIL UP TO SPEED IN TERMS OF WHAT COUNCIL WILL BE, WILL BE CONSIDERING AND AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING. CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IS TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES. IT'S A PRETTY BROAD CHAPTER, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL THE TRAFFIC OPERATION OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY OF ODESSA. THERE'S A LOT OF PROVISIONS THAT END UP BEING PROSECUTED IN MUNICIPAL COURT. SO THE PROSECUTOR AND OUR NEW SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, SAMANTHA, HAS HAD GONE THROUGH CHAPTER 12 AND REVIEWED CHAPTER 12 IN PRETTY DETAILED TO FIND AND LOCATE A LOT OF THE INCONSISTENCIES IN THE ORDINANCE. MAINLY, THE INCONSISTENCIES ARE ESSENTIALLY JUST NO UPDATES CHANGES IN TEXAS LAW. WE JUST WANT TO BRING CHAPTER 12 UP TO DATE WITH WHAT IS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. THERE'S SOME OLD TERMS IN THERE THAT NEED TO BE PROBABLY MODERNIZED. OLD TERMS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE JUST DON'T USE ANYMORE. NEED TO UPDATE SOME LISTS OF CITY STREETS, SPEED ZONES, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. WE HAVE THOSE LISTED. WE NEED TO BRING THOSE AND UPDATE THOSE. AS THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. THE ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE AS WELL. AND THE SAME THING WITH SOME SPEED LIMITS IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE SPEED LIMITS ARE HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE ON THE STREET BECAUSE THE PROSECUTORS, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE PROSECUTORS, BUT THE STREETS AND PUBLIC WORKS, THEY FALL BACK ON THESE ORDINANCES. AND WE JUST NEED TO GET THE ORDINANCES UPDATED WITH MOVEMENTS IN TEXAS LAW AND JUST THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A JOB, BUT WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK TO YOU TO REVIEW IN MORE DETAIL, AND WE'LL DETAIL AND SHOW THOSE CHANGES. GENTLEMEN, QUESTIONS. JAMES, I GOT A QUESTION. THIS.DOES THIS INCLUDE IT SAYS VEHICLES. DOES THAT INCLUDE THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE ALL ILLEGALLY PARKED ALL AROUND TOWN? YEAH. I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO ALSO KIND OF TRIGGER SOME OF THE PARKING REGULATIONS AS WELL AS WELL. I MEAN, FIVE PICKUPS IN ONE YARD, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH, I THINK SO. I MEAN, THAT THAT SHOULD BE IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF AN OVERHAUL AND JUST UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO CATCH AREAS THAT ARE JUST OUT OF DATE LANGUAGE. THAT'S JUST SOME OF IT IS JUST OLD TERMS THAT WE JUST DON'T SEE ANYMORE. AND WE JUST WANT TO UPDATE THOSE TERMS. AND, AND WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS AND WHAT IN CONTESTS KIND OF WHAT ARE WE SEEING? LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU BRING UP PARKING AND YARDS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH CYCLICAL PERIODS WHERE THAT'S MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN OTHERS.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT ORDINANCE IS UP TO DATE. SO IF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE CITATIONS, THAT THE ORDINANCES ARE KEPT UP TO DATE, AND MOST OF THESE ORDINANCES ARE REALLY KIND OF PULLING OFF THE STATUTE, WHICH IS CHAPTER 545 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, WHICH IS YOUR PRETTY MUCH YOUR TYPICAL CHAPTER THAT DEALS WITH THE MOVEMENT AND REGULATION OF VEHICLES. YOU'RE MOVING VIOLATIONS, SO TO SPEAK. SO A LOT OF THESE ORDINANCES PULL OFF OF THAT, BUT THE LEGISLATURE MAKES CHANGES OVER THE YEARS TO THAT CHAPTER. SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE UPDATING THAT CHAPTER AND GETTING IT UP TO DATE. OKAY. WELL THAT'S GOOD. WELL, NEEDED, STEVE, FOR THAT EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ADDRESSED IN HERE AS YARD PARKING. IT LISTS THE ZONES WHERE YOU CAN AND CAN'T, BUT THEN IT'S REFERENCED AGAIN IN OUR IN ANOTHER SECTION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE WITH THE SIGN ORDINANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL KIND OF WAITING TO HEAR UPDATES ABOUT THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF IN HERE THAT'S OLD AND I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TRAFFIC COMMITTEE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THEIR JOB TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS AND, AND KEEPING IT UPDATED OR ADDRESSING IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD KIND OF LIGHTEN THE LOAD IF YOU HAD A TASK FORCE, IF YOU WILL, TO
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LOOK THROUGH THIS STUFF BECAUSE IT IS A LOT. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS COMMERCIAL TRUCKS. SICK OF SEEING THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO CAN YOU LOOK THE PROVISIONS UP ON THAT? OH, ABSOLUTELY.WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT I DON'T LIKE THE BIG TRUCKS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TRUCK TRAILER.
DROP THEM AND LEAVE THEM IN THE STREETS, TEARING OUR STREETS UP, RUNNING AROUND THE CORNER AND TEAR THE UTILITY POLE UP. WE NEED TO CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO SEE THEM. AND I CALL EVERY WEEK. I CALL EVERY WEEK, GET THAT TRUCK OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, WE ANTICIPATE YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SEEING MORE OF THESE PROJECTS COMING IN AS WE TAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, CHAPTER BY CHAPTER. THERE'S A LOT OF CHAPTERS IN THE CODE THAT JUST NEED TO BE UPDATED, AND SIGNS IS JUST ANOTHER ONE, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT CHAPTER BY CHAPTER AND, AND START REVIEWING THESE AND BRINGING THEM TO COUNCIL AND LET, LET COUNCIL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TO REVIEW AND GET THESE UPDATED. WE'RE HAPPY TO KIND OF WORK THESE THROUGH ANY KIND OF STANDING COMMITTEE TO ASSIST, BUT IT HAS TO GET MOVING AND IT HAS TO JUST PULL THE TRIGGER AND START MOVING TOWARDS A REVIEW. AND IDEALLY, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS BRINGING BACK LIKE WORD VERSION WITH WITH EDITS AND RED LINES. AND THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES AND UPDATES. ULTIMATELY, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE. I HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN, LIKE A LOT OF THE PARKING AND YARDS THAT THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE, I'VE SEEN THAT BE A CYCLICAL PROBLEM. SOME CITIES WILL GO THROUGH IT AND WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, AND THEN IT JUST GETS WORSE OVER TIME AND THEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. AND SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE CODE ENFORCEMENT TYPE MATTERS THAT MAY JUST MAYBE WE'RE JUST GOING INTO THAT PERIOD OF TIME WITH, WITH THE GROWTH THAT MORE PEOPLE LIVING AT ONE HOUSE PARKING IN THE YARD, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES YOU GO THROUGH PERIODS WHEN YOU DO. SO IT'S JUST A TIME TO COME THROUGH AND REVIEW THESE ORDINANCES. AND THIS IS CHAPTER 12 TIME. DO WE KNOW THE LAST TIME CHAPTER 12 WAS UPDATED? IS THERE ANY NOTES ON THAT? BITS AND PIECES. YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT VARIOUS PROVISIONS THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT TIMES. 20 ELEVENS GOT SOME REGULATIONS WHERE THEY WERE CHANGED SOME. I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE ARE SECTION 23 WERE SOME CHANGES, BUT THEY ALL GO BACK TO THE 60S AND 70S AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST THE PART OF THE ISSUE IS THEY GET AMENDED AND REVISED IN LITTLE PIECES. AND SO SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AND JUST GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND JUST GET IT ALL BROUGHT UP TO DATE BY CHAPTER INSTEAD OF THE PIECEMEAL APPROACH. BECAUSE IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S AN ISSUE. I MEAN, I JUST JUST PICKING ONE IS, YOU KNOW, FEES FOR ACCIDENT REPORTS. IT GOES TO 195966 AND LOOKS LIKE 72 AGAIN IN 72, 91. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. AND SO YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A LOT OF 1950S 70S SOMETIMES 23, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE JUST VARYING BECAUSE THEY GET, THEY GET, THEY GET ATTENTION WHEN A SECTION OR A PROVISION BECOMES AN ISSUE AND IT COMES TO A COUNCIL AND IT JUST SAYS, WE NEED TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE OR FIX THIS ORDINANCE. AND YOU MAY ACTUALLY HAVE ARTICLES COME IN AND, AND A LOT OF SECTIONS COME IN, BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO JUST TAKE IT CHAPTER BY CHAPTER. IT'S NOT A FUN, IT'S NOT FUN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO JUST SEPARATE IT BY CHAPTER AND GO THROUGH IT, THEN BRING IT BACK. IT'S JUST REDLINE CHANGES. WE GOT OUR NEW LAW CLERK. SHE'S WAITING FOR OUR RESULTS. SHE'S DOING THE VERY SAME THING FOR CHAPTER TWO, THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES. STATE LAWS KIND OF CAME IN AND IMPOSED SOME CHANGES THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE THE TEXAS RIGHT TO FARM STATUTE. SO WE'RE BRINGING ORDINANCE CHANGES BACK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM IN PROBABLY CHAPTERS. SO. SO COUNCIL CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY IF YOU TRY TO DO MUCH MORE THAN THAT, THE CHAPTERS ARE LARGE ENOUGH. AND SO CHAPTER 12 IS WHERE WE THEY FOCUSED ON FOR THIS TIME AROUND. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AND GET THAT COMPLETE AND THEN MOVE ON TO ANOTHER CHAPTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. JAMES. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE OTHER QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE GOES BACK TO 72 AND I ASKED MY MOTHER ABOUT IT. WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH ABOUT DIGGING OUT AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. SHE DID. BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE IS THAT HAVING CHIEF GERKEY OR REPRESENTATIVE FROM PD WORK ON THIS WITH YOU SO THAT IF WE ARE UPDATING THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR COULD ADD THINGS LIKE STREET RACING, RECKLESS DRIVING, THINGS TO GIVE PD MORE HELP, THAT WHEN WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, YOU KNOW, DIGGING OUT MAY NOT COVER IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING PD TO, TO BE ABLE TO
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ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC LAWS OR WHATEVER TOOLS YOU GUYS NEED. SO IF PD HAS A WAY TO BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THIS, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THEY DO THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED TOO, AND I'VE MENTIONED TO CHIEF THAT THESE E-BIKES OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, OH, THAT HAS TO BE THEY'VE GOT TO BE RUNNING UP AND DOWN ALL OVER TOWN, CHIEF TELLS ME. AND OVER ON MY HOUSE, WE HAVE A GATED COMMUNITY ON THE STREET, SOME BLIND SPOTS ON THE STREET, AND AT DUSK IT'S HARD TO SEE THEM. SO. AND IT'S ALL OVER TOWN. IS THAT RIGHT, CHIEF? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S A THAT'S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE. I MEAN, THREE YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU GO INTO BEST BUY, YOU DON'T FIND E-BIKES. THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE NOW. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT'S AN EXAMPLE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. JUST THESE DIFFERENT CHANGES AND THINGS THAT COME ON THE MARKET. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, FIVE YEARS AGO, SIX YEARS AGO, I MEAN, REALLY COVID, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK THAT IF YOU GO BACK 5 OR 6 YEARS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. E-BIKES HAVE JUST REALLY KIND OF LAUNCHED IN THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING THEM A LOT MORE AND EVERYBODY HAS THEM. SO YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE WITH THE NEW CHANGES, NEW NEW REQUIREMENTS, NEW ISSUES, NEW PROBLEMS, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE ISSUES OF REGULATION AND TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM KILLING THEMSELVES. RIGHT. MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE KIDS ARE RIDING A LOT OF THESE SCOOTERS, BUT THEY'RE ELECTRIC. YOU KNOW, YOU STAND IN AND THEY GO FAST AND THEY'RE RECKLESS. THEY'RE PULLING IN FRONT OF CARS AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET KILLED.YEAH, THE KIDS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. YEAH, I DON'T, SO YEAH, THERE'S. BRING THOSE GOLF CARTS, FOUR WHEELERS, THOSE TYPE OF VEHICLES. THEY'RE BEING RIDDEN IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THEY SHOULDN'T BE, SHOULDN'T BE CAN HIGH SPEED AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE STOP SIGNS. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE UNFORTUNATELY I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE LOOK, YOUR KIDS ARE HAVING FUN, I GET IT. BUT IT'S ALSO VERY DANGEROUS. ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE NEED NOT ONLY THE KIDS. I MEAN, IF YOU GOT INTO YOU GO OUT INTO COUNTRY CLUB OR MISSION DORADO, GO BACK OVER THERE ON SAN JOSE AND BACK OVER THAT WAY. YOU KNOW, THE ADULTS ARE JUST AS BAD. EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR GOLF CARTS. AND I MEAN, IT'S DANGEROUS DRIVING THROUGH THERE. THEY DRIVE A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR DOWN THROUGH THERE. YOU KNOW, I WAS THROUGH THERE GOING TO A DINNER PARTY THE OTHER NIGHT. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET KILLED. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE BIGGER VEHICLE, BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ANY FUN. SO I JUST WE GOT TO GET A HANDLE ON IT SOMEHOW. THAT'S THE WORST THING. YEAH. THAT'S YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF PULLED UP BUT NO GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JAMES. ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DONE. YOU GOT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.