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I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONNY COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY RIGHT THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE.
PRESENT CITY MANAGER, OLDEST JONES' ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY
CLIFF BROOKHART, PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ALAINA PORTIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWITT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
CITY ENGINEER SHASHI KUMAR, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPH
ARE THERE ANY OTHER STAFF ON THE CALL THAT I DID NOT CALL YOUR NAME? NOPE.
WHO ELSE WAS THAT? OKAY, TODD, WE HAVE YOU ANYONE ELSE? AND I WAS JUST ON THE CALL WITH ALINA.
SHE'LL BE ON THE CALL MOMENTARILY.
WE ALSO HAVE OUTSIDE PRESENTERS, BILL PEDIGREE, JASON KELLY WITH MUD, JASON KELLY, JACOB, JACOB MENTOR.
RAYMOND, DEREK MITCHELL WITH HOLLAND AND KNIGHT, DEREK MITCHELL, JOE MORROW, HILLTOP SECURITIES PRESENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHOSE NAME WAS NOT CALLED? OKAY, WE WILL MOVE.
WAS THAT SORRY? SPURGEON ROBINSON WITH IMPACT.
I'M NOT A SPEAKER, BUT I'M HERE TO ATTEND.
THANK YOU ALSO WITH IMPACT AND INTENDANCE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
LANDMARK TAIL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
WILL START WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COMES FROM EMORY.
OH, HAVE I HAVE A MOTION BY EDWARDS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND UH, A SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL.
MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND.
THERE ARE NO ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES SEVEN B.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
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THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR PAVEMENT PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE CLIFF.ARE YOU PRESENTED? UH, YES, MA'AM GOOD EVENING.
UM, IF Y'ALL RECALL, BACK IN JUNE OF 15, WE BROUGHT A, UM, REPORT TO Y'ALL FROM FRUIT GROW ON OUR PAVEMENT EVALUATION AND, UH, WE PRESENTED THOSE FINDINGS TO Y'ALL AND, UM, BASED ON THOSE FINDINGS, WE HAD A, AN INCREASE TO OUR RPM MP BUDGET FROM FISCAL YEAR 20 TO FISCAL YEAR 2021.
WE WENT FROM A 700,000 TO A 1.5 MILLION FOR THAT WORK.
WE TYPICALLY USE ONE CONTRACTOR FOR OUR PAYMENT REPAIR PROGRAM.
UH, BUT WITH THE INCREASE IN FUNDING, WE FELT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO ADD ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACTOR TO THAT, THAT, UM, PROGRAM.
AND SO WE REQUESTED BIDS AND RECEIVED THOSE, UH, SOMETIME A COUPLE MONTHS BACK AND ACTUALLY ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK.
AND THEN, UH, WE SELECTED BROOKS CONCRETE AND GCR SOLUTIONS.
BROOKS IS ACTUALLY OUR INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR, BUT, UH, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO REDO THE CONTRACTS BASED ON THAT THOSE NEW FUNDINGS.
AND, UH, THESE TWO CONTRACTORS ARE, ARE OUR LOW BID CONTRACTORS FOR THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT.
AND, UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS HAVE EACH CONTRACTOR SUPPLY TWO CONCRETE CREWS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PLACE ONE CREW IN EACH DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ATTACK ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED FOR THIS YEAR.
UH WE'RE WE'RE ROUGHLY GOING TO DO ABOUT 300,000 IN EACH DISTRICT, WHICH WILL GIVE US ABOUT $1.2 MILLION WITH ABOUT 300 AND RESERVES FOR ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY PROJECTS THAT POP UP OR ANY CONTINGENCIES.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.
AND SASHA IS HERE AS WELL, IF HE WANTS TO ADD TO ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS COUNCILMAN BRAD, WHERE IT'S, I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE RUN INTO ANY DIFFICULTIES WORKING WITH THEM IN THE PAST.
UM, THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH HINDER US FROM BEING SUCCESSFUL IN ANY TYPE OF ASPECT THIS YEAR, WHEN NEXT YEAR COMING UP, ACTUALLY ACTUALLY BROOKS HAS BEEN A GREAT CONTRACTOR.
UH WE'VE WE'VE USED THEM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, LONG BEFORE I EVEN STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY.
SO WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH BROOKS AND THERE W W WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THEM.
GCI WILL BE A NEW CONTRACTOR, SO WE WILL, UM, WE'LL START WORKING WITH THEM AND GETTING THEM KIND OF INVOLVED IN THE THINGS AND HOW WE DO EVERYTHING.
UM, THIS WILL BE A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE OPTIONS TO RENEW.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE A STRUGGLE WITH THEM, WE'RE NOT TIED TO ANY LONG-TERM LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY THEY'VE, THEY SEEM TO BE, HAVE SOME GOOD PROJECTS IN THEIR, IN THEIR, UM, IN THEIR PAST.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THEM, BUT, UH, YEAH, BROOKS IS OUR, OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH.
GO AHEAD, PROCEED COUNCIL MEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, SAUCER YOU COMMEND YOUR NEW TEAM, ELTON DUNCAN, AND EIGHT WITH BROOKS CONCRETE ON A JOB THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING A FANTASTIC JOB IN DISTRICT A AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THEM FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU GUYS ON THAT AND GIVE YOU KUDOS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT LACKED.
WE WERE LAGGING BEHIND, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT, UH, EVERYONE HAS, SEEMED TO BE PLEASED IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
AND THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS.
UM, BASICALLY ECHOING WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER JUST SAID.
BROOKS HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE.
THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
THEY DO QUALITY WORK AND, UH, IF, AND WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING SMALL THAT HAPPENS, THEY ARE QUICK TO RESOLVE.
SO, OKAY, MAYOR, THIS IS SHASHI TOMORROW.
A GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMPLIMENTS AND THE, THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTED, UH, ROUGHLY DOUBLE THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED LAST YEAR FOR THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BASED ON THE NEEDS AND THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WE PERFORM.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE PLEASED WITH BROOKS AND THERE THEY HAVE BEEN RETAINED.
BUT ONE THING WHAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED IS THAT THE, THE LIST OF PROJECTS IS GROWING.
WE BELIEVE THAT A CONTRACTOR CANNOT COMPLETE THE JOB IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE MOVED CREWS FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER, UH, CAUSING SOME DELAYS, SO TO SPEAK.
NOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE DOUBLED THE FUNDING, UH, WE HAVE A DOUBLE THE RESOURCES TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL EVALUATE THE CONTRACTOR CLOSELY AND IF NEED BE, WE'LL MAKE THE CORRECTIONS
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AS NEEDED.BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR MAKING THIS COMMITMENT AND CLIFF AND HIS TEAM HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THIS LIST IS COMPLETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION? THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, CONTRACTOR WHO, UH, UH, DIFFERENT WHOLE DIRECTIONS.
I'M SORRY THAT THE GUY THAT BROKE UP, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
THE TWO CONTRACTORS, HOW WILL YOU BE PAINTING THOSE PATHS? I'M HAVING A LITTLE STRUGGLE HERE IN THAT.
I THINK IF I'M, IF I DON'T ANSWER THIS CORRECTLY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING TWO CREWS FROM EACH CONTRACTOR AND WE'RE GOING TO STATION ONE, ONE CREW, UM, IN DISTRICT A AND ONE CREW IN DISTRICT B AND C AND D.
SO WE'LL, UM, WE'LL HAVE THEM WORKING ON A PROJECT IN EACH DISTRICT AND WE WILL HAVE OUR, OUR TWO GUYS THAT NORMALLY INSPECT THOSE PROJECTS FOLLOWING AND CHECKING ON THEM AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING OKAY.
AND, AND, UH, THAT'S ELTON AND ENABLE, THEY'LL BE THE ONES THAT'LL OVERSEE THOSE CONTRACTORS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
DID THAT, DID THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION OR YES, THAT DID.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW OR IS IT ANY BETTER NOW? IT'S BETTER.
UH, THE SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, THE, UH, THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, PLACE PRIORITY ARE THOSE, UH, PROJECTS COMING FROM THE, UH, EVALUATION THAT WE JUST, UH, FOR FARMS, WILL THEY, WILL THAT BE THE PRIORITY SETTING? YES, SIR.
WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE CONTINGENCY SET ASIDE.
SO IF SOMETHING DOES POP UP, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY RESIDENT CALLS AND THERE'S A, UH, A PANEL THAT'S THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR THERE'S SOME OTHER TYPE OF ISSUE WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE SOME RESERVES FOR THAT MONEY AT THE END OF THE END OF THE, THESE PROJECTS.
IF WE, IF WE'RE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL ROLL THAT FUNDING INTO, INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND JUST, AND PLAN ON A LARGER, LARGER PROJECTS IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT IF WE DO HAVE TIME, WE CAN GO BACK AND ADD SOME OF THE, THE FUTURE PROJECTS TO THIS LIST.
IF WE GET AHEAD OF, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WE CAN ADD SOME PROJECTS, UM, TO THAT AS WELL.
AND A COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THERE WAS A MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED AS AN ADDENDUM TO YOUR COUNCIL ITEM THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION ACROSS THE CITY, WHERE WE INVITED INTO FIVE PRIORITIES BASED ON THE, UH, ASSESSMENT THAT FUGRO DID AS WELL AS FIELD INSPECTION.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE TACKLED FIRST.
AND IF ANY FUNDING IS LEFTOVER, WE'LL CONSIDER THE OTHER PROJECTS ON THE LIST.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS MORE TO DO THAN THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU A LIST OF LOCATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT.
SO I'LL LOOK FOR THOSE, UH, PRIORITY ITEMS IN THE, UH, IN THE PACKAGE.
CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM EMBARRASS, MAKE A MOTION COUNSEL STERLING SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER AIR WAS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
BE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO, UM,
SO BASED ON THAT, UH, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED WITH ONE TIME, $1.8 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 21 THAT'S THAT'S.
IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THE 400,000 IN METRO MONEY THAT WE TYPICALLY ALLOCATE FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS, UH, ARE, ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE A VERY GOAL.
UH, OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE OUTSTANDING SIDEWALK NEEDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE HOPE TO FINISH THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT $2 MILLION WORTH OF WORK IS
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QUITE A BIT.SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ALSO WANTED TO SECURE CONTRACTS WITH ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS.
WE WERE WORKING WITH ONE CONTRACTOR BROOKS ON OUR SIDEWALKS AS WELL.
AND SO WE FELT IT NECESSARY TO CONTRACT WITH, WITH MULTIPLE CONTRACTS HERE, CONTRACTORS HERE AS WELL.
SO, UH, BASED ON THE VOLUME OF, OF REPAIRS NEEDED AND, AND EVERYTHING, WE, WE CONSIDERED THREE CONTRACTORS FOR SIDEWALKS.
UH, BROOKS CONCRETE AGAIN IS OUR INCUMBENT GCI SOLUTIONS AND GREEN GREENSCAPE SIX IS OUR, IS OUR THIRD.
AND WOULD THESE, THESE WERE AGAIN THE THREE LOWEST BIDDERS BASED ON THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR THE S FOR THE SIDEWALK ESTIMATE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE INTEND TO HAVE TWO CREWS FROM EACH CONTRACTOR AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND TACKLE ALL THE SIDEWALK WORK AT, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND WITH THAT, IF SASHI WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, OR IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START WITH QUESTIONS, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE SHAKEN BY ANTHONY.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
SEE, CONSIDER ACCEPTING VARIOUS CONVEYANCES OF RIGHT AWAY TO THE CITY FOR THE NIGHT ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT, BY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE DEEDS, CONVEYING THE NEEDED TRACKS OF LAND TO THE CITY.
SASHA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN.
UM, I WILL BE, I WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PROJECT AND I WILL BE JOINED BY THE LEGAL TEAM MEMBER.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ON OUR DRAWING BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, NIGHTCORE EXTENSION IS VERY CRITICAL TO ENHANCE MOBILITY IN THE AREA WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH.
THIS IS A ROADWAY NOT SAW THROW AWAY THAT PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO FORT BEND TOLLWAY HIGHWAY SIX ON THE SOUTH END TO MCKEEVER ROAD.
AND IT'S PADDLE UP TO SEE A PARKWAY.
UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S FUNDED, PARTLY BY FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY, BONDS AND CITY ENTERED INTO A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.
UH, THE SCOPING WALLS, UH, EXTENDING THIS ROADWAY FROM HYBRIS ALL THE WAY TO MCKEEVER ROAD.
CURRENTLY THIS ROADWAY THAT IS CONNECTED FROM WHAT'S PLANTATION TO HIGHWAY SIX ON, DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MCKEEVER ROAD IN BETWEEN, UH, THERE IS NO CONNECTIVITY.
SO THIS WILL BE A CONTINUOUS ROADWAY IN GENERAL.
THERE IS ABOUT A 60 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WE'RE HAVING TO NEED AN ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY TO BUILD THIS ROADWAY.
UH, ROUGHLY 10 FEET ON EITHER SIDE, UH, WE'RE HAVING TO ACQUIRE 17 PARCELS OF LAND FROM A DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
OUR LEGAL TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON THIS.
UH, WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020 AND GOT THE OPTIMIZATION TO, UH, NEGOTIATE IN ACQUIRE THESE PROPERTIES.
UH, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, I BELIEVE IN ACQUIRING 13 TRACKS OF LAND.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE DEEDS THAT ARE BEING CONVEYED TODAY.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOE QUINTILE, TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THE CONVEYANCE OF THESE, UH, RIGHT OF WAYS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT AND, UH, ANY FURTHER STEPS THAT WE ARE PURSUING SUBJECT TO ACQUIRING THIS RIGHT AWAY.
UH, WE ARE IN A POSITION TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN PRETTY QUICK AND BID THIS PROJECT.
SO WHAT'S HOLDING THIS PROJECT IS THE ACQUISITION OF THE RIGHT OPINION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT WITH THAT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOE QUINTAL, AND NOW WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER JOE'S PRESENTATION.
JOKE WHEN TOM AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT I'VE BEEN WITH VARIOUS LAND OWNERS, ACQUISITIONS OF THESE PRODUCTS, SAUCY HAS, UH, SAID, UH, WE, THE CITY NEEDS TO ACQUIRE, UH, TRACKS OF LAND OR 70 PARCELS OF LAND SO THAT, UH, THE CITY, UH, UH, COMPLETE ITS PROJECT THE NIGHT ROAD, A PROJECT OF THOSE 17, BUT HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY, COUNCIL, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTING DEEDS FOR 14 OF THESE TRIALS.
SO A 14 OF THE LANDOWNERS OF 14 OF THESE TRACKS HAVE ACCEPTED
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THE CITY'S OFFER, OR THE CITY HAS NEGOTIATED AND, UH, BRING TO A SETTLEMENT WITH THESE, UH, UH, LANDOWNERS SO THAT THEY WOULD DEED THE PROPERTY, THE NEEDED PROPERTY OVER TO THE CITY THAT LEAVES, UH, ONCE OF THREE MORE PARCELS OF LAND, THE CITY NEEDS TO ACQUIRE, UH, OF THOSE THREE, UH, THE LAND, ONE OF THE LAND OWNERS HAS GRACIOUSLY GIVEN THE CITY, UH, PERMISSION BY WAY OF A RIGHT OF ENTRY TO ENTER ONTO THE TRACK, UH, COMMENCED THE CITY'S PROJECT, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF A EITHER CONTINUED NEGOTIATION OR EMINENT DOMAIN LITIGATION.AND SO, UH, UH, REALLY THE CITY HAS NOW CONTROL OR SESSION OF, UH, UH, 15 OF THE 17 RACKS THAT'S LEAVES, ONE LAND OWNER WHO GOES TO OTHER TRACKS.
UH, THE CITY, UH, HAS FILED AN EMINENT DOMAIN LAWSUIT AT THIS POINT.
AND WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT BASED ON, UH, COUNCILS OF 40 FOR THE LAST TIME WE MET TO DISCUSS THAT, UH, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE ON, ON THE BEST, UH, QUICK STATUS OF THUMBNAILS STATUS OF, UH, THE, UH, ACQUISITIONS THAT AGAIN, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THESE LAND, THE MAJORITY OF THESE TRASH LANDLORDS WILL USE FRANKSTON EXCEPT THAT THE CITY'S OFFERED, OR THERE WAS SOME, UH, VERY, UH, UH, SHORT NEGOTIATIONS INTO A, UH, A COMPROMISED POSITION ON THE OTHER TRACKS.
AND I GUESS, I GUESS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS SO THAT SINCE THE CITY WILL BE GETTING THESE, UH, TRACKS BY WAY OF A D INSTEAD OF BY WAY OF AN EMINENT DOMAIN LAWSUIT, UH, THEY ARE ON TODAY'S AGENDA SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN ACCEPT THESE DATES INTO THE CITY'S INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AND RIDE A VOICE SO THAT THE CITY CAN PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHASHA AGAIN, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, HOW HAS THE VALUE ESTABLISHED, UH, FOR EACH OF THOSE PARTIALS? WE HIRED THE CITY HIRED A, UH, CERTIFIED, UH, REAL ESTATE APPRAISER WHO IS EXPERIENCED IN, UH, APPRAISING PROPERTY, UH, OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, UH, TRYING TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS, UH, ONCE THOSE, UH, AND, AND THAT THERE'S TWO, A, A S THEY, THEY PERFORMED APPRAISAL REPORTS AND THEY SUBMITTED WRITTEN A PRESS REPORTS FOR EACH TRACT OF LAND THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO ACQUIRE AND OFFER LETTERS, WENT OUT, YOU OVER THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S SIGNATURE TO, UH, TO, UH, TO OFFERS TO THESE, UH, TO THESE INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THE APPRAISED VALUES, THE MAJORITY OF LANDOWNERS ACCEPTED THOSE, UH, I USED VALUES, UH, AND THOSE OFFERS RATHER, AND DEEDED DEEDED THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE CITY THERE, I BELIEVE, UH, ON THE NIGHT THREE OF THE LAND OWNERS WITH WHOM THE CITY, UH, UH, UH, NEGOTIATED FURTHER BEYOND THE APPRAISED VALUE, UH, UH, LET ME SEE.
YES, THERE'S NUMEROUS THREE OF THOSE LANDOWNERS, AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COME A, A GOOD SETTLEMENT OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE LANDOWNER.
OKAY, WELL, THIS IS COUNSELING EMORY.
AGAIN, YOU SAY THERE'S TWO TRACKS THAT ARE STILL OUT, THAT THE OWNER HAS BEEN TO ACCEPTED OUR OFFER.
NO, THE OWNER HAS NOT ACCEPTED THE OFFER AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY'S OFFER AND THE LANDOWNER'S COUNTER OFFER, UH, IS APPROACHING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THEM AND THE DOMAIN FOR ACQUISITION OF THOSE.
IS THERE A MOST OF THIS COUNCIL MEMORY? I MAKE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER
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STARLING.COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
D CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR PLAN REVIEW, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY.
THIS IS SHASHA KUMAR AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
UH, THE MANAGING OF THE CAPITAL IMPLEMENT PROJECTS AND PLAN REVIEW IS PERFORMED IS A FUNCTION PERFORMED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE OUTSIDE SOURCES TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF RESOURCES.
UH, WE DON'T SEE A NEED FOR IT ALL THE TIME, BUT SOMETIMES FOR EXAMPLE, NOW WE HAVE THE FIRE STATION SIX PROJECT, WHICH IS TIME SENSITIVE THAT REQUIRES, UH, MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE ONGOING PARKS, MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UH, THESE INTENSE AGAIN, ISSUE THE SOLICITATION IN 2019 AND THEN RETAIN WHAT RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FOR THESE KINDS OF SERVICES ARE.
CURRENTLY OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM HAS EXPIRED.
UM, SO THIS ITEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE, UH, IT, UH, THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS MORE THAN 50,000 AND, UH, THE CURRENT CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED PRIMARILY THE CITY INTENDS TO USE THE SERVICES FOR OUR STATION, UH, FACILITY THAT WAS SIMPLY AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE WILL, UH, EVALUATE THE NEED FOR THE NEXT YEAR MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THIS IS FOR A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT PERIOD, NOT EXCEEDING A HUNDRED AND THOUSAND AND IT SHOULD WE SEE THE NEED? WE WILL ISSUE ANOTHER SOLICITATION AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNSELOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER BODY.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, FEBRUARY? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAATCHI? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ED WAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ROULIS YES.
HE CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM AS A COMPONENT OF THE CORONAVIRUS, A RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, AND THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE CARES ACT TO FUND SUCH PROGRAM ELENA, UH, THE SPILL ATKINSON, I'LL BE TAKING THIS ONE.
UM, AS YOU'LL RECALL AT OUR LAST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION, UH, FROM FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND THAT BROUGHT OUR TOLL CARES FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US TO 6.1 MILLION AND THE ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY FORT BEND COUNTY.
UH, WE WERE ADVISED AS RESTRICTED TO USE FOR THE, UH, RENTAL MORTGAGE UTILITY PROGRAM AND, OR THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM ONLY, UH, COULD NOT BE USED FOR OTHER TYPES OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, UH, USED IN THE PAST.
UH, IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, THE, UH, PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM FUNDS, UH, WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL OR DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE THE LAST MEETING AND ASKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO WE FOLLOWED UP BY, UH, STAFF DID BY CONTACTING FORT BEND COUNTY TO INQUIRE IF THIS WOULD BE ALLOWABLE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAD HAD A PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY AND, UH, THEY ARE NO LONGER PROVIDING IT.
THEN WE ARE ABLE TO RUN OUR PRE PPP PROGRAM AS WE'RE CALLING IT, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW IT FOR, UH, CITY FUNDS THAT ALLOCATE ONE SMALL BUSINESS.
UH, STAFF'S BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR IMPACT, UH, DETERMINING HOW BEST TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS AND OPERATE THE PROGRAM OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
AND BASED ON THAT AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WE ESTIMATED THAT, UH, 1.7 MILLION BE ALLOCATED OF THE 2 MILLION TO THIS PROGRAM.
AND THIS WOULD FUND AT LEAST 86 BUSINESSES AT A MAXIMUM OF $20,000 EACH.
NOW ALSO REMEMBER THAT NOT ALL, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CAP OF $20,000 PER APPLICANT, UH, BUT THEY CAN NOT ASK FOR MORE THAN THEY CAN ACTUALLY SPEND ON PAYROLL.
SO THEY WILL HAVE TO VERIFY THOSE.
SO SOME WILL BE LESS THAN THE 20,000 AND SOME WILL GO TO THE MAXIMUM.
SO WE ESTIMATE THAT WE SAY 86, BUT THAT IN REALITY, WE'LL PROBABLY END UP FUNDING MORE THAN THAT.
UH, THE CARES ACT ALLOCATIONS, UH, AGAIN, HAVE BEEN UPDATED THAT, UH, AND REFLECT THE USE OF THAT FOR FUNDING FOR THE, UH, PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM NOW, UH, IN TALKING AND WORKING WITH IMPACT AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE COUNTY AND
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RUNNING THE PROGRAM.UH, WE CAME BACK WITH, UH, THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE BUSINESS MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE CITY COUNTY, STATE OF TEXAS AND AN OPERATION, UH, WITH NO INTENT TO CLOSE, UH, ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES MUST HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN 2019 REVENUE OF AT LEAST $25,000 AND NO MORE THAN 5 MILLION, A THIRD HAVE A MINIMUM OF ONE EMPLOYEE AND NO MORE THAN FIVE, OR EXCUSE ME, NO MORE THAN 50.
THEN THE PROGRAM CAN ASSIST WITH W2 EMPLOYEES ONLY, AND NOT WITH A 10 99 EMPLOYEES, WHICH ARE CONTRACTORS THEN THIRD OR FOURTH.
UH, THE, UH, PPP WILL COVER HOURLY RATES AND NOT THE, UH, TAXES OR OTHER DEDUCTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN PAY EMPLOYEE PAYROLL, THEN A TO PREVENT DUPLICATION OF BENEFIT.
UH, THE APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN NOTARIZE AFFIDAVIT STATING THEY'VE NOT UTILIZED, UH, THESE PPP FUNDS, UH, OR OTHER GRANTS DURING THE SAME TIME OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THEIR USE.
AND THEY WON'T HAVE TWO SOURCES FOR THE SAME USE.
UH, DPP WILL BE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASEMENT BASIS.
AND, UH, THE, AGAIN, THE GRANT MAXIMUM PER BUSINESS WOULD BE, UH, 20,000 PAYROLL WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE ELIGIBLE BUSINESS UPON RECEIPT AND VERIFICATION OF REQUIRED PAYROLL DOCUMENTATION.
THE REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, ONLY COVER PAY PERIODS FROM NOVEMBER 2ND TO DECEMBER 30TH OF 2020.
WE HAD LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY DOING LOOK BACK, BUT, UH, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT WITH THE DOCUMENTATION AND WITH ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD AUDIT TRAIL AND, UH, RECORDS ON THIS, WE RECOMMEND THE PERIOD B AGAIN, NOVEMBER 2ND THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE ON MONTHLY BASIS BASIS.
UH, AGAIN FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2020.
AND IF APPROVED, UH, WE WOULD BEGIN, UH, APPLICATION TOMORROW, UH, STACY AND THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UH, GOT INFORMATION TODAY.
THEY'RE WORKING ON PUTTING IT TOGETHER TONIGHT SO THAT, UH, IF APPROVED THE APPLICATION WOULD BE READY TO GO IN THE MORNING, UH, THE APPLICATIONS, UH, WOULD, UH, BE ENROLLED OR THEY COULD BE ENROLLED, UH, AND MAY UTILIZE, UH, INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS INFORMATION THEY HAD PROVIDED IF THEY HAD BEEN PART OF OUR OTHER SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM SO THAT THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ADDITIONAL TIME ON THEIR PART AND HAVING TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AGAIN.
AND ALSO WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO, AND, UH, IF APPROVED TO THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED IN PREVIOUS ROUNDS TO LET THEM KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF THIS AND ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.
AND THIS AGAIN WOULD BE FOR $1.7 MILLION GOING TO THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM.
AND I HAVE MYSELF AND, UH, UH, SPARGING ROBINSON AND, UH, GILBERT MARTINEZ ONLINE, UH, FROM IMPACT.
IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, ANTHONY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD.
NO, MY QUESTION WAS, UH, HOW DID WE DETERMINE, UH, THE TAKE 1.7 MILLION OF THAT 2 MILLION TO PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM? SO WE ESTIMATE IT BASED ON, UH, THOSE THAT ARE, UH, THERE'D BE 86.
WELL, WE HAVE 2 MILLION AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME COSTS THAT WE ESTIMATED WOULD HAVE TO, UM, THAT THEY, THAT PEOPLE WOULD, UH, BE ELIGIBLE TO GET, OR THOSE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO GET.
AND WE, SO WE CALCULATED IT IN THAT MANNER.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THOUGH THAT THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS MAY BE HIGHER THAN THAT DUE TO THE FACT THAT NOT EVERYBODY WILL GET, UH, THE FULL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL 20,000, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY RECEIVE WHAT YOU, YOU ACTUALLY PAY OUT.
AND SOME MAY HAVE SMALLER PAYROLLS THAN THAT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
AND BY TAKING THE 1.7, UH, FROM THAT 2 MILLION, UH, WE'RE COMFORTABLE THAT THE, UH, THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE UTILITY AND THE, UH, UH, AND THE, UH, W WHAT MORTGAGE OR LEASE PROGRAM IS SUFFICIENT.
WE, UH, THEY ALSO WENT BACK AND CALCULATED.
UH, GILBERT SPURGEON MAY WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS, BUT, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE RMU THERE.
UH, IT WAS A HIGHER USAGE THAN THE, UH, OTHER SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS FOR THE, UH, LEASE MORTGAGE.
AND SO WE UPPED AT, IF YOU'LL RECALL AT THE LAST NAME BY A HALF A MILLION, AND, UH, WE ALSO CALCULATE A FOUR IN BUMPED UP, UH, THE OTHER A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT, UH, BASED ON THE
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USAGE SO FAR, WE WILL NOT SEE, UH, THE, UH, SMALL OR THE MORTGAGE, EXCUSE ME, THE BUSINESS, SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS MORTGAGE AND LEASE WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.UH, AND WE'D STILL HAVE SIGNS FOR THAT.
UM, GILBERT ARE, ARE, ARE, UH, SPARGING HAVING SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT COUNCILMAN EMORY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T, UH, YEAH.
ROBERT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, SO, UH, THAT WE HAD AN ADEQUATE DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR OTHER YEAH.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE.
AND IF, CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPAND, UH, WHATEVER WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND SO IF WE DO SEE THAT THERE'S A CHANGE IN THOSE NUMBERS, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MAIN, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE APPLICATION, UM, IT WILL, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT BY DECEMBER 30TH.
AND SO, UH, WE WILL MONITOR THAT AND IF THERE ARE SOME CHANGES, UH, OR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD EXTEND IT MORE QUICKLY AND MAKE SURE WE UTILIZE IT ALL, THEN WE'LL DO SO AND ADVISE YOU.
UH, ONE LAST QUESTION, IF WE HAD ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR, OR ANY FEEDBACK THAT, UH, THEY MAY EXTEND THIS PERIOD PAST DECEMBER 30TH, UM, UM, REPOSITIONING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE'S THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY? UM, I WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, THE REPORTS, THANK YOU, STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR GETTING US THE REPORTS TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE.
UM, THE KEY IS THAT, UH, THIS PERSON, MY QUESTION, IS IT, UH, RELATIVE, RELATIVE TO, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY APPLIED, CAUSE I'M JUST LOOKING AT HOW THINGS ARE TRACKING.
UH, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, WE WERE, AND MAYBE SPURGEON, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS OR GILBERT.
UM, IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE QUEUE PENDING CERTAIN ITEMS THAT THEY'RE, UM, UH, WAITING, I GUESS, TO, TO TURN IN, UH, WITH VERY FEW BEING, UH, GREEN OR APPROVED.
UH, DO YOU FORESEE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PENDING OR GOING TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE GET THESE FUNDS EXPENDED BY THE, UH, THE DUDE OR BY THE DEADLINE? AND THEN THIS IS GILBERT.
UM, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND FORTUNATELY, THE SMALL BUSINESS APPLICANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED, THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, UH, THE INITIAL SETUP AND THE ELIGIBILITY COMPONENTS OF THE GRANT.
SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AGAIN.
SO IT'LL BE THEM PROVIDING THEIR INVOICING FOR THEIR PAYMENTS FOR PAYROLL, AND WE CAN USE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT RATHER THAN STARTING BACK OVER.
SO, SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS RELATIVE TO THE CRITERIA, IT STATES THAT A FORCE, IF YOU'VE APPLIED FOR THE PPP FUNDS OR SEEK TO APPLY FOR THE PPP FUNDS THROUGH MISSOURI CITY, UH, ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS THAT YOU COULD, THAT YOU, UM, HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THE PPP FUNDING FROM ANY OTHER ENTITY.
SO THAT MAY BE SEVERAL OF THE ENTITIES THAT EITHER A HAVE ALREADY APPLIED OR THE MAY APPLY, UH, FOR, FOR THIS FUNDING.
UM, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIT THAT TARGET NUMBER OF 86, UH, BUSINESSES, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE HAS ALREADY APPLIED FOR SAY THE 15,000 FOR THE MORTGAGE RENTAL AND THE MAX THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR IS 20,000, THAT ONLY LEAVES THEM $5,000, UH, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK, UH, THERE'S 20,000 MAX FOR THE PPP OR PROPOSED 20,000 PPP AND 20,000 FOR THE RMU.
WELL, SEE, I ASKED THAT QUESTION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WHETHER THAT WAS GOING TO BE A CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF 20,000, OR WILL THIS BE IN ADDITION TO, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS CUMULATIVE 20, SO NOW THIS IS NEW INFORMATION.
SO, UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING NOW THAT ANYONE WHO HAS APPLIED FOR THE 20 OR AT THAT TIME 15,000, IT GOT INCREASED TO 20, YOU'RE SAYING THEY CAN APPLY SEPARATELY FOR PPP FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $20,000.
AND I WILL SAY THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD DURING THE NOVEMBER 2ND MEAN, UH, STAFF
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WENT BACK AND WE DISCUSSED THE CITY MANAGER AND, UH, WHAT, UH, NEED WE HA OR WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, TOLD ME WOULD THERE BE FOR THE FUNDS AND CALCULATED THAT WE COULD SERVE AS THOSE AND STILL RAISE IT'S 20,000 FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S FINE.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, I MEAN, THIS IS NEW INFORMATION BECAUSE AT THE MEETING I DID ASK THAT DIRECTLY AND I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEYOND THE 20,000, OR IT'D BE LOOKED AT SEPARATELY, BUT I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THAT'S THE CASE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS GIVEN TO ME LAST TIME WHEN I INQUIRED.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE STAFF.
SO IF A BUSINESS HAS NOT BEEN OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 2019, AND WE DON'T USE ALL THE FUNDING, CAN WE GO BACK TO SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT TOLLGATE AND PERHAPS, UM, SHE PAID CAN GET SOME OF THIS MONEY OR IS IT SET BY THE STATE AND THERE'S NO WORK AROUND THERE.
AND IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE OPERATIONS BEFORE, UM, YOU SAID 2019 OF 2019.
SO IF SOMEONE STARTED MID 2019, MY UNDERSTANDING THEY CAN'T QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN BUSINESS LONG ENOUGH, IS THAT ACCURATE? UM, I AM, LET ME DEFER THAT TO, UM, GILBERT ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY ALL OF 2019 OR, UM, AS A MARCH, IT WAS AS OF MARCH, 2019, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, IDENTIFY THAT THEY HAD AT LEAST ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CARES ACT WITH ARBITRARY NECESSARILY.
I THINK THAT IF THERE'S REASONABLE CAUSE FOR OUR NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD, UH, QUALIFY FOR GRANTS, WE COULD REASONABLY REEVALUATE THAT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A TERMINATION.
THAT'D BE FULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS MADE BY THE MANAGEMENT TEAM BECAUSE IT JUST CHANGES OVERALL THE POLICY, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ON THIS, HOW MANY BUSINESSES THAT WOULD IMPACT.
AND I, AND I'M ONLY SAYING IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT OVER, RIGHT.
I THINK EVERYONE THAT QUALIFIES SHOULD GET FIRST HAND TO IT.
BUT IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT OVER, CAN PERHAPS WE GO BACK TO THE VERY FEW THAT WEREN'T OPEN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, BECAUSE IN MY MIND, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HELP BECAUSE THEY'RE STARTING FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING OFF WITH NOTHING AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO EMPLOY, THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESS UP AND THEN BOOM, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO I CAN EMAIL YOU A COUPLE OF BUSINESSES THAT I'VE MET PERSONALLY WITH THAT COULD REALLY USE SOME OF THIS ASSISTANCE.
AND WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT IT WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND YOURSELF ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, POST, UH, RE YOU KNOW, REVIEW, OR THIS IS ANTHONY.
BECAUSE, UM, AND I THINK THE TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE A LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE TRIED TO QUALIFY ME.
AND I MET THE CRITERIA EITHER WAY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
BONDS ARE UNDERFUNDED OR IN SENSE OF NOT BEING FULLY EXHAUSTED.
I THINK THERE'S A REASONABLE DISCUSSION WHERE WE CAN TAKE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE WERE AWESOME.
THIS IS CITY MANAGER, UH, TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
MARILLAS HIS IDEA GIVEN THE, THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE AS STAFF HAS BEEN HAVING TO THE FEEDBACK WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE BUSINESSES, I THINK IT MAY BE WORTH YOU GUYS CONSIDERING, UH, HE JOYCE'S ONLINE AS A PART OF THIS MOTION, MAYBE AUTHORIZING US TO DO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARILLAS IS SUGGESTING, UH, BECAUSE I, I REALLY THINK IT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ONCE ALL THE IS LEFT OVER BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM BUSINESS OWNERS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND AGAIN, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE TIMEFRAME WE HAVE, UH, TO TRY TO GET ALL THESE SPOTS OUT ON THE STREETS.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND IF I COULD, UH, ONE THING IS THAT THIS, THERE WAS A DATE IN WHICH, UH, WE HAD WITH THE OTHER SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
UH, AND I, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS MARCH OF, UH, OF, UH, 2019,
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BUT WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THOSE WAS TYING BACK TO DATE AS WELL.SO IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
AND, UH, THE OTHER THING TOO, I WANTED A MINUTE, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, IF YOU HAD GOTTEN PREVIOUS OR PRO, UH, PPP MONIES FROM ANOTHER SOURCE, UH, WHAT, WHAT IT IS, YOU CANNOT USE THEM FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
UH, IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME IN THE PAST AND ARE UTILIZED IT AND SAY, UH, UH, APRIL AND MAY OF THIS YEAR, YOU CAN STILL APPLY FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF OUR PROGRAM FUNDS FOR PPP, AND YOU'RE STILL ELIGIBLE.
YEAH, THERE'S ONLY A WEIRD METAPHOR.
NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT, THEN COUNCIL NUMBER BODY WOULD HAVE TO CANCEL HIS MOTION OR ADD THE ADDITIONAL TO THIS MOTION OR CANCEL THE MOTION AND THEN CATHERINE OR MARINAS CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE CAN SECOND IT, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE CASTLE, BUT GO AHEAD.
ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO JUST MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
SOMEONE COULD MOVE TO A PENCE, THE MOTION TO ADD THE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT.
IF WE HAVE A CRITERIA THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE, UH, AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NEWER BUSINESSES, IF WE FIND THAT WE'RE APPROACHING A SITUATION WHERE WE, UH, NEED TO EXTEND THE FUNDS, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO STICK WITH WHAT WE, WE HAVE OUT THERE THAT WE COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ALLOW THEM TO APPLY ACCORDINGLY.
AND THEN IF NEED BE, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT THE ISSUE IF, AND WHEN THAT'S JUST WHERE I, UH, I LOOK AT IT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARILLAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PRESSING OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.
I JUST, WELL, I LIKE TO LOOK, EXCUSE ME.
I LIKE TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE JUST HOW MANY OTHER BUSINESSES.
AND I THINK WE, AS A COUNCIL OFTEN NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT CUTOFF DATA IS.
IS IT TOO MUCH ONLY IN 2019, OR IS IT SIX MONTHS? SO I'D LIKE TO, I REALLY LIKED TO LOOK AT THE DATA BEFORE WE, WE, UH, AMEND, UM, AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE A BETTER DECISION.
SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STAY AS IT IS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I WANTED TO SAY? UH, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD AFTER OUR NOVEMBER 2ND MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE TO, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAVE A MAJOR CHANGE, LIKE WE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS ALLOWING SMALL BUSINESSES TO APPLY, UH, FOR BOTH PROGRAMS UP TO 40,000.
UH, I DON'T, MAYBE I MISSED IT.
UH, BUT I LOOKED THROUGH ALL MY EMAILS.
I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT THAT, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE BEEN, TO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND, AND SHARED WITH NOT JUST STAFF, BUT WITH THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE COULD, UH, COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
ANYWAY, SO, AND I GUESS QUICK QUESTION, UM, WITH THE CHANGE, IF, IF THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT, UM, OR NOT, AND I GUESS THIS IS MORE FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR BILL, UM, ARE WE RUNNING AGAINST A DEADLINE? WHAT IS IT LOOKING LIKE IN REFERENCE TO US GETTING THESE FUNDS OUT THERE? UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU DO QUALIFY, YOU BEEN ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, ALL YOUR PAPERWORK IN AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, WE, UH, PURPOSELY SET THAT DATE IN EARLY DECEMBER FROM NOVEMBER 17TH TO DECEMBER 4TH, UH, TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN SO THAT WE COULD GET THE MAZE DISPERSED OUT, GET THE APPLICATIONS IN, GET THEM PROCESSED AND, UH, GO THROUGH THE QUALITY CONTROLS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE MONIES OUT THERE.
AND, UH, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT AND I, I MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, BUT IF NOT, UH, WE WILL BE DISPENSING ON, UH, FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ON THE ONLY, UH, IF EVEN IF PEOPLE HAVE TWO PAYROLLS OR THEY HAVE A ONE PAYROLL, WE WILL DISPERSE THE CHECK, UH, ONCE IN DECEMBER AND ONCE, OR EXCUSE ME, ONCE IN NOVEMBER AND ONCE IN DECEMBER FOR THE TOTAL, UH, THAT THEY APPLY FOR THAT IS, UH, APPLICABLE TO THE PROGRAM.
AND SO WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN DECEMBER, IT'LL RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH WILL BE THE LAST DATE THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR.
UH, AS FAR AS THE FUNDS, THE DAYS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE WORKED AND THEY'RE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR, BUT THEY NEED TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS
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WITH THAT INFORMATION INTO US AND THE RECORDS SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM PROCESSED.AND WE DO HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 60 DAYS, UH, AFTER THE 30TH IN ORDER TO, UH, DISPENSE ALL FUNDING TO THEM.
UH, BUT WE NEED THOSE RECORDS THEN, SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM, UH, UNDER THE DECEMBER 30TH GUIDELINE.
UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT COUNCIL WAS, HAS DONE IN TERMS OF GIVING US THE FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE DECEMBER FOUR TIMEFRAME THE NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, I GUESS IT'S NOT TOTALLY A SECOND.
PLUS WE ALSO TOO, AND BILL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THIS, WE'RE FACING THE DECEMBER 13TH DEADLINE AS WELL.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LOWS, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, IF IT PLEASES THE COUNCIL, THEY CAN JUST FOLLOW UP AND MAYBE WE CAN ADD A, THIS ITEM TO, UH, ONE OF THE UPCOMING, IF NEED BE, UH, SINCE WAS COUNCILMAN EMORY, A QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER, BILL, UH, DIDN'T WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THOSE, UH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT, UH, IF WE WOULD NOW, UH, LET'S SAY, UM, UH, RELAX THE, UH, THE TIME PERIOD AS FAR AS WHEN, UH, THE BUSINESS WAS IN EXISTENCE, WOULD, UH, IS THERE ANY FIELD AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD, UH, UH, CREATE A, UM, A, UM, A PROBLEM FOR US AS FAR AS, UH, HAVING THE ADEQUATE, UH, FUNDS TO, UH, TO HANDLE THOSE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS? WELL, IF WE STICK TO THE 20 AND 20,000 PER PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS, AND THAT WOULD BE KEPT WITH THAT, UH, BUT IT WOULD, AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAY, GIVE YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY.
AND, UH, WE WERE BASING THAT AGAIN ON WHAT A PREVIOUS SMALL BUSINESS LEASE MORTGAGE PROGRAM WAS BASED ON WITH THAT DEADLINE, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT, UH, BEING OPEN, IF THERE'S FLEXIBILITY FROM THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES, OR IF THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT, UH, SPURGEON AND THEM ARE AWARE OF OR COULD FOR FIND, AND WE CERTAINLY COULD BACK IT UP TO, YOU KNOW, JANUARY ONE OF 2019, EVEN JUST TO GIVE THAT TYPE OF FLEXIBILITY, I MAY BE SPEAKING OUT OF LINE, UM, MR. JONES, BUT, UH, YEAH, WE COULD CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND DO IT AS COUNSEL.
WOULDN'T LIKE TO DO THAT FOR US TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO TO THE MOST, UM, MOST LIBERAL, UH, INTERPRETATION OF THAT IF THE FEDERAL LAW ALLOWS US TO, WELL, UM, THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHERE, UH, CONSEQUENTLY IS COMING FROM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY, UH, UH, STARTED THE PAPERWORK AND, UH, NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ANY OF THOSE BECAUSE WE'VE OPENED UP THE, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE DATE FOR, UM, FOR PAYROLL.
SO ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHTY, WE'LL DO A, SO RIGHT NOW, THE MOTION STANDS AS IT IS.
UM, WE HAVE COUNSEL MEDAVANTE HE MADE THE MOTION CAST MEMBER RULE IS MADE THE SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2019, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.ELENA IS ELAINE ON THE CALL YET I AM ON THE CALL.
CINDY CHARTER GIVES US 60 DAYS AFTER FISCAL YEAR END TO SUBMIT BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND THIS IS THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
UH, NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE THREE TRANSACTIONS THAT WILL, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
UM, AND WE DID REVIEW THIS INFORMATION WITH THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
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UH, THE TRANSACTIONS ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE SOLID WASTE FUND AND THE METRO FUND FOR THE GENERAL FUND.WE HAVE GOOD NEWS, UH, SALES TAX.
WE ARE INCREASING THE SALES TAX BUDGET TO AGREE TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 A WE'RE INCREASEMENT BY $1,318,284.
UH, THE BUDGET IS GOING FROM APPROXIMATELY 9.6 MILLION TO 10.9, ALMOST $11 MILLION.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL RECEIVED THE SALES TAX REPORT.
WE JUST RECEIVED THE, UH, AMOUNT OF THE ALLOCATION FOR SEPTEMBER, AND WE HAVE DONE VERY WELL.
UM, DESPITE COVID-19 IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 OURSELVES TAX REVENUES WERE APPROXIMATELY 10.2, AND THIS IS A 6.7% INCREASE, UM, TAKING US TO ALMOST $11 MILLION, THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE.
AFTER THIS TRANSACTION, THE BUDGETED, UH, ENDING FUND BALANCE IS APPROXIMATELY $19.6 MILLION.
AND THE SOLID WASTE FUND, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE REVENUE $300,166.
AND THIS ALSO IS TO INCREASE THE REVENUE BUDGET EQUAL THE ACTUAL REVENUES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
WE ALSO NEED TO INCREASE THE EXPENSE BUDGET BY $109,000 IN ORDER TO PAY OUR SEPTEMBER, 2020 WCA INVOICE.
UM, STAFF HAS WORKED REALLY HARD, UH, ON THE FOLLOWUP WASTE PHONE THIS YEAR.
I MUST GIVE CREDIT TO OUR TREASURY STAFF, OUR TREASURY DIVISION.
THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON RECONCILING ALL OF OUR SOLID WASTE ACCOUNTS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE, UH, IN THE BLACK THIS YEAR, MEANING THAT THERE WERE SOME, SOME, UM, HOMES THAT WERE POSSIBLY NOT BEING BILLED BECAUSE OF, I THINK THEIR RANGE, RIGHT TOWNHOMES AND THE WATER METERS, BUT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE MUDS AND WITH WCA.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, UH, THIS SLIDE REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPENDITURES, AND OUR ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE $228,497.
THE METRO FUND HAS, YOU KNOW, THE METRO FUND IS WHERE WE RECEIVE OUR SHARE OF THE 1%.
UM, THAT'S USED FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS, UM, AND SINCE OUR SALES TAX INCREASE, UM, IT ALSO INCREASED IN THIS FUND.
SO WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET TO AGREE TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNT THAT WAS RECEIVED.
UH, WE'RE INCREASING THAT, UH, $484,823.
UM, BUT IN THIS FUND WE ALSO PAY A SALES TAX REBATE, AND THAT IS, UH, AN OFFSET TO THE REVENUE.
WE'RE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET, $88,621.
SO THE NET AMOUNT OR THE, IN THAT IMPACT, THE METRO FUND IS $396,202.
AND IN THE METRO SIGN, WE'LL HAVE AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $4.2 MILLION.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TRANSACTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR IN BUDGET AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, ELENA, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.
WE JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, UM, THE MEETING LAST WEEK AND LOOKING AT THE INCREASE IN OUR SALES TAXES AND ALSO THE EXPANDED TOWARDS INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION, THEREFORE.
SO IS THERE A SECOND MOTION COMES, REMEMBER AFTERWARDS? ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ELENA? ALRIGHTY, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
EVELYN'S MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING MADE THE MOTION.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 42 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE PROVIDING FOR AN UPDATED FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE COORDINATING AGENCY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY JEREMY DAVIS.
AS A CITY, WE PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
THIS ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO GET A DISCOUNT ON FLOOD INSURANCE RATES.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO REMAIN IN THIS PROGRAM IS TO UPDATE OUR FLOOD PLAIN
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ORDINANCE TO REFLECT ANY PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS OR BEING COUNTY WILL HAVE SOME REVISIONS TO MAPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY EFFECTIVE JANUARY 29, 2021.FEMA IS REQUIRING THAT WE UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE NEW DAY.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE.
WE ARE ALSO USING THIS TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A CHANGES SUGGESTED BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
UH, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION COUNCILMAN EMORY MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY ANTHONY? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER IS COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA IS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
C AN ORDINANCE AT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CONTINUING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CURFEW FOR MINORS AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 70 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, PER STATE STATUTE MORE SPECIFICALLY LO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THREE 70 DASH ZERO ZERO TWO.
THIS, YOU MUST EVALUATE THE JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE EVERY THREE YEARS.
AND THE LAST TIME THIS WAS VISITED WAS IN NOVEMBER, 2017.
EVEN OUR CURFEW ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 1994 AND EVERY THREE YEARS HAS BEEN REENACTED BY COUNCIL CITY.
STAFF'S POSITION IS THAT WE, AGAIN, UH, ENACT THE ORDINANCE ANOTHER THREE YEARS, UH, JUVENILE CRIME IN JERSEY CITY IS HISTORICALLY BEEN LOW, BUT MOST OF THE JUVENILE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OCCURS DURING NON CURFEW HOURS.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT, OF THE CURFEW.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S, UH, ON SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, IT'S 11:00 PM TILL 6:00 AM.
AND ON THE WEEKENDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MORE SPECIFICALLY IT'S FROM MIDNIGHT TILL 6:00 AM.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT HAS A DAYTIME CURFEW WITH COVID AND THE KIDS BEING IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT LIKE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE REALLY HAVING TO USE A LOT OF DISCRETION ON WHEN SOMEONE'S ACTUALLY IN VIOLATION OF CURFEW.
SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN THERE IN 2020, BECAUSE THINGS ARE JUST KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THAT.
AND, UH, WE GENERALLY ADDRESS CURFEW WITH A PERSON WHO'S 16 YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER, UH, AND IT'S HAD THE DESIRED EFFECT.
AND I THINK THE PARENTS APPRECIATE IT SOMETIMES MORE THAN THE, UH, THE POLICE DO BECAUSE THE PARENTS USE IT TO MAKE THE KIDS STAY HOME, WHICH THAT HELPS US TOO.
BUT, UH, WE ACTUALLY RARELY CITE ANYBODY FOR THIS, BUT IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX TO ACTUALLY STOP AND FIND OUT WHAT, UH, JUVENILES ARE UP TO WHENEVER IT'S DONE CURFEW HOURS.
SO, UH, DOUGLAS, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT TO LET YOU SEE THE REST AND CURFEW CITATIONS DURING CURFEW TIMES.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DURING NON CURFEW TIMES THAT OUR NUMBERS GO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
SO OUR CURFEW CERTAINLY SEEMS TO HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT, LEAST EMPIRICALLY THAT, UH, WE WANT TO SEE.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT CITY COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, ADOPT IT AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN THREE YEARS, HOPEFULLY ANY QUESTIONS I'M GLAD TO ANSWER.
IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER? ROULIS ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS MADE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND A PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $13 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND A FIRE TRUCK, AND ANY ITEMS RELATED THERE TOO.AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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AUTHORIZING THE DISTRIBUTION OF A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT RELATING TO SUCH CERTIFICATES AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERE TOO, ELENA, SORRY ABOUT THAT.UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UH, TONIGHT WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
UH, WE ANTICIPATED SELLING DEBT EARLIER IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020.
WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUBLISHING A NOTICE OF INTENT IN JANUARY AND ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $11 MILLION.
SINCE MARCH STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET THE FINAL COST OF THE MUSTANG BY YOU WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND, UH, WE NEEDED THAT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DEBT TO BE ISSUED.
WE COULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL APPROVAL, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A TIGHT DEADLINE, UM, SINCE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE NOTICE OF INTENT COULD HAVE EXPIRED.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE NEED TO ISSUE DEBT FOR.
SO IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE BOND ISSUANCE COSTS, WE'RE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE NEW PROJECT LIST.
THAT INCLUDES THE PRIOR APPROVED PROJECT LIST AND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR DEBT ISSUE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET, UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT LIST IN YOUR PACKET, IT WAS LESS THAN 12.3 MILLION.
THE NOTICE OF INTENT IS FOR 13 MILLION.
UH, WE WILL NOT ISSUE MORE THAN WHAT IS NEEDED.
THE VARIANCE IS DUE TO BOND ISSUANCE COSTS AND THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ADEQUATE OBLIGATION.
THE MOST THING BY YOUR TREATMENT PLAN BIDS WERE JUST RECEIVED LAST FRIDAY.
THE PROJECT LIST INCLUDES SELF SUPPORTED AND TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS.
UH, WE HAVE 2,827,000 IN TAX SUPPORTED PROJECTS AND 9 MILLION, 465,000 IN SELF-SUPPORTIVE PROJECTS.
THE CITY TYPICALLY ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR SELF-SUPPORTIVE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE UTILITIES BECAUSE THE DEBT PAYMENTS ARE MADE WITH REVENUE, UH, VIA USER FEES.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, COUNSEL HAS TAKEN PRIOR ACTION ON MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE TO BE FUNDED WITH THIS DEBT ISSUE, INCLUDING THE CONTRACT FOR FIRE STATION.
NUMBER SIX, CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS DONE AT THE LAST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2ND, UH, THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRETRUCK, THE FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 21ST.
AND THAT WAS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A 3% DISCOUNT, UM, AND ARREST A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE MUSTANG BAYOU PROJECT WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 2ND.
WHEN THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT AND THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION DOCUMENTS INTENT TO USE A FUTURE BET ISSUE FOR THIS, UH, FOR THAT PROJECT, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO 71 REQUIRES THAT A NOTICE PUBLISH ONCE A WEEK FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN THE NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, THE NOTICE OF INTENT INCLUDES THE DATE THAT TENTATIVELY SET FOR THE, OF THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
UH, THIS DATE IS SET FOR JANUARY 19TH, 2021 IS BEFORE THIS DATE, THE CITY SECRETARY RECEIVED THE PETITION THAT SIGNED BY AT LEAST 5% OF QUALIFIED VOTERS PROTESTING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
UM, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATES THAT'S IF WE RECEIVE A PROTEST OF, UH, 5%, UNLESS THEY, UH, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVE THE CERTIFICATES IS IF THEY ARE PROVED OUT IN AN ELECTION THAT'S ORDERED FIELD AND CONDUCTED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE FOR BOND ELECTIONS.
UM, I DO HAVE, I BELIEVE JOE MURRELL, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES AND OUR BOND COUNCIL, DEREK MITCHELL WAS HOLLAND KNIGHT ON THE LINE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ELENA OR BOND COUNSEL? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO WILL ANSWER IT, BUT, UH, THIS TALKS ABOUT THE, UH, PAYMENT OF, UH, UH, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ALL RELATED TO THE, UH, FIRE STATION SIX AND THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, WHAT IS MUSTANG VALUE PROJECT? THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE RELATED TO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED, WHICH INCLUDES THE FIRE STATION LIKE DESIGN OF THE FIRE STATION.
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WE ALSO HAVE SOME ASSESSMENTS, UH, WITHIN OUR UTILITIES THAT WOULD BE WITH, UM, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND POSSIBLY, UH, THINK PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING MIGHT BE CONSIDERED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE BOND ISSUE COMP.SO IT'LL, IT INCLUDES THE BOND COUNSEL, FINANCIAL ADVISORS, THE RATING AGENCIES, UM, AND, AND ANY OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO ISSUE THE DEBT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S RELATED TO THE, UH, TO THOSE, UH, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED THAT'S CORRECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER STERILELY MADE THE MOTION.
AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE.
11 BE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE, OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE, AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2020 TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND COUNSEL.
THE, THESE TWO ITEMS ITEM 11, B AND DELANCEY ARE KIND OF RELATED.
THE FIRST ONE, 11 B IS A RESOLUTION SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE AJC TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.
UH, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCILS CONSISTS OF 28 MEMBER REPRESENTING CITIES AND COUNTIES WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY, MISSOURI CITY FOR PENN COUNTY AND SUGARLAND ARE KIND OF THE VOTING MEMBERS.
THE GOAL OF PPC IS TO PROVIDE POLICY DIRECTION ON REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, MYSELF AND CLIFF PROHEART, UH, CLIFF BRAVARD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SERVED AS THE PRIMARY AND ULTIMATE REPRESENTATIVES.
THE ACTION ITEM FOR YOU IS TO MAKE, UH, FOR THE SAME RECOMMENDATION FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, WHICH IS 2021.
THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHACHI? OKAY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.
AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER REALISTS.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2021 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
THIS IS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, THE GOAL OF THE TECHNICAL LAW, THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO DEVELOP THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS BODY IS MORE TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
AGAIN, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, CLIFF
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ERROR WAS MADE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ROULIS YES.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A RUNOFF ELECTION.
EARLY VOTING STARTS NOVEMBER 30TH THROUGH DECEMBER 8TH, ELECTION DAY IS DECEMBER 12TH.
BEING THAT THE NEXT TIME WE MEET WILL BE, UM, DECEMBER FOUR, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
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UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS AND MISSOURI STUDENTS WILL ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THEIR, AT LARGE POSITION ON COUNCIL MEMBER.I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS FOR THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AS I APPROACH MY SECOND TIME.
AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE A RUNOFF ALATION, SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO GO BACK OUT AND VOTE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
I'D JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MAYOR, UM, COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS ON A RACE WELL RAN.
AND CERTAINLY I LIKE TO THINK THAT CITY MANAGER AND ALSO GLEN CAMPBELL AND OLDEST BREEDS, WE MET THIS PAST WEEK AND LOOKING AT REDEVELOPMENT, THE DISTRICT A AND MET WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR GETTING OUT AND, UH, HAVING A RECORD TURNOUT AS FAR AS THEIR, UH, VOTER PARTICIPATION.
UH, IT WAS DEFINITELY NOTICED AND DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISING IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? COUNCIL MEMBER ROULIS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY VOTE.
I WANT TO ONE, UH, REMIND EVERYONE TO WEAR YOUR MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, SOCIAL DISTANCE.
OUR COVID RATE IS GOING UP DRASTICALLY.
I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
UM, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY TO LIMIT YOUR GATHERINGS.
UM, IF, IF YOU CAN DO VIRTUAL CELEBRATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY, PLEASE DO, UM, AND LIMIT HAVING IN-PERSON GATHERING BECAUSE OF COVID.
OTHER THAN THAT, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY SEE OR TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN SOON.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING TONIGHT.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.