Apr 13, 2020 Special City Council

I CALLED THIS MEETING TO

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THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.

THEIR PROTON PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER STERLY.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER LIST, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY PRESENT.

AND I WILL ASSUME THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY IS NOT ATTENDING THIS MEETING.

UM, THERE WILL BE A ROLL CALL THE CITY STAFF NOW AND MEETING PRESENTERS AS I CALL YOUR NAME.

PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTIN, CITY SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.

STACY WALKER.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT I DID NOT CALL YOUR NAME? YES MA'AM.

EACH CHOICE.

E M AS CITY ATTORNEY PRESENT.

I'M SORRY, JOYCE.

I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER YOUR NAME.

YOU ARE ON HERE.

MY APOLOGIES.

WE WILL START WITH

[(a) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the disannexation of a 34.16-acre tract of land located north of the Sienna Steep Bank Village residential subdivision, south of McKeever Road, east of Sienna Parkway, and west of Westpoint Estates residential subdivision. The proposed area of disannexation is currently being used as a temporary construction yard and is designated for suburban commercial uses on the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.]

TRACK OF LAND LOCATED NORTH OF THE SIANNA STEEP BANK VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, SOUTH OF MCKEEVER ROAD, UH, EAST OF SIENNA PARKWAY AND WEST OF WEST POINT OF STATES RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

THE PROPOSED AREA OF DNX STATION IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION YARD AND IT'S DESIGNATED FOR SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL USES ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

YOU JOYCE, YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY'S WELL.

THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO OR INITIALLY PRESENTED TO YOU.

IT IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE DECENTRALIZATION OF A 34.16 ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY IN THE SIENNA PLANTATION AREA.

THIS ITEM, UM, THE CONCEPT'S PLAN FOR THIS ITEM WAS JUST CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST WEDNESDAY.

THERE WERE NO CONCERNS OR OBJECTIONS BROUGHT UP AT THAT TIME.

UM, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED SOME CONCERNS FROM THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, I AM WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR HCC AND TRYING TO PUT HER IN CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER'S ATTORNEY TO GET THAT THE ISSUES RESOLVED.

UM, THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO LAND USE BUT THEY'RE RELATED TO CERTAIN TAXING ISSUES.

UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING KIND OF OFFLINE TO GET THAT ITEM RESOLVED.

AND UM, AT THIS POINT THE ONLY ACTION, UH, THAT'S REQUESTED IS THAT THE CITY OPENED UP A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED THIS ANNEXATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? THIS IS MAYOR FORD.

THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY.

I MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING THOUGH WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WHO WAS THE SECOND WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER AT WORKS.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M I HEARING ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.

MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS BYE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER MORALISTS COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.

AND THIS IS MAYOR FORD.

I IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY, GOOD.

EXCELLENT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION.

THIS IS COUNCIL MR. ANTHONY MAKING A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR A SECOND.

THE MOTION.

ALRIGHTY.

THANK YOU.

I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.

MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON,

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COUNCILMAN MEROLA'S AND EMORY MADE THE MOTION ON THE SECOND AND THIS IS MAYOR MAYOR FORD, AND YAY.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS EGOS, IS THERE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO MA'AM.

THERE IS NOT.

OKAY.

THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

WE WILL NOW ADJOURN.

WE ARE JEN.