* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD EVENING. [00:00:01] THIS IS MAYOR FOR THE TIME IS NOW 7:00 PM. AND I STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. I WILL NOW DO A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE HERE OR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL MEMBER TABLETS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, BODY COUNCIL MEMBER REALIST, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. OKAY, THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF AND MEETING PRESENTERS. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE. PRESENT CITY MANAGER OR JUST JOE'S ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY EOC, JAMO CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, STACY WALKER, ACTING FIRE CHIEF MARIO PARTITA, PRESENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. TAMIKA DO IT AS A PLANNER TO THOMAS WHITE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. JASON MANGUM, CDBG COORDINATOR, AMY MOORE. YEAH, POLICE CHIEF MIKE BEARS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS. SHE KUMAR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JAMES ST. ANGELO UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD HOOVER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELENA PORTIS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. OLDEST SPRIGS MAYOR ELECT ROBIN ELLICOTT COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT LAND CLOUSER JUDGE YATES, JUDGE CLOUSER THE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVES, BILL ODL, JOE WORKMAN. IT WAS ABOUT ROOSEVELT IN PRESENT SPURGEON ROBINSON AND GILBERT MARTINEZ PRESENT. WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY BILL ATKINSON. PLEASE JOIN ME IN 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. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HAVE PRESENTATIONS [3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS] AND RECOGNITIONS AND I'LL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CITY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THE FIRST, UH, I DON'T WANT AGENDA WILL BE THE FOCUS OF OFFICE FOR MARY LEG. UH, ROBIN J ALEC HAT. WE'LL ASK COUNCIL, UH, TO, UH, BY THE RECESS TO ALLOW FOR THEIR NEAR RELAX ALEC TO GET ESTABLISHED SO WE CAN CONVENE AFTER HE'S DONE, UH, WITH, UH, HIS OATH OF OFFICE AND, UH, HE WILL BE PROVIDING A, UH, RE SPEECH, UH, AND WHEN HE'S COMPLETED FOR THE BRIEF SPEECH, I LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO THEN RECESS, UH, TO ALLOW FOR, UH, MAYOR ALCAN TO THEN TAKE THE CON AND THEN ALLOW AND PROVIDE FOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH CLOUSER TO BE GIVEN HER OVER THE OFFICE. UH, AND SHE WOULD THEN PROVIDE REEF SPEECH. UH, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UH, RECESS FOR, UH, AT THAT TIME WOULD BE, UH, MAYOR ALCAP TO GAIN CONVENIENT MEETING. UH, SO YOUR FOOD MAY, UH, SEE YOUR ATTORNEY, UH, HOW SHOULD THEY PROCEED WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION? IF I MAY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE SWEARING IN OF BOTH SWEARING IN, AFTER WHICH THEN, UH, IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR A RECESS, THE CHAIR CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A RECESS AFTER THE SWEARING IS, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH POSTED ON THE AGENDA TO OUR CAR DURING THE MEETING. SO THERE SHOULD BE ONE RECESS VERSUS THE 30. OKAY. SO WE MAY, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND HAVE A RECESS TO ALLOW FOR THE SWEARING ANS AND BOTH, UH, BACK COUNSEL, IF YOU PLEASE ENTERTAIN THAT RIGHT. DALLAS MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME THERE? [00:05:06] JUST GIVE HIM ONE MOMENT. ARE YOU ON DOUG? ARE YOU ON MUTE? I'M OUT. WE'RE MOVING TO YOU. NO, NO, NO. I CAN HEAR YOU ALL FINE. ARE WE STARTING THIS SWEARING IN MR. JONES? YES. SO WE'RE, UH, I'M ALLOWING FOR, UH, MERILLAT TO GET SETTLED INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR AND I'LL READ THIS. AND WHEN I SAY, I JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I, I HAVE AN ALLERGEN DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES. I SECURE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OFFICES. EVERY CITY MAYOR IS THERE IS THAT IN THERE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND ALL OF THIS THING. SO HELP ME, GOD. SO HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY SAY WE'LL BOTH SIGN OFF TODAY. TWO, THREE, ONE MORE ONE, TWO, THREE. [00:10:08] GOOD EVENING. IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY. AS ELECTED MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, I MIGRATED INTO THE US FROM INDIA AS A CHILD, GREW UP IN CHICAGO, LIVED IN NEW YORK AS A YOUNG ADULT, AND ULTIMATELY MOVED HERE TO MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 15 YEARS AGO WITH THE DRAIN TO LAY WOUNDS DOWN FROM MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, TINA AND I CHOSE MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE WE KNEW THIS WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. WE ARE WITHIN A FEW SHORT YEARS OF LIVING HERE, I FELT A GREATER CALLING TO BE A SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMED US WITH OPEN ARMS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S PARKS FOR, AND WAS GIVEN THE HONOR TO SERVE SIX YEARS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY. AND TODAY I HUMBLY THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR MAN. THERE ARE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT. I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK GOD FOR THIS GRACE AMONG MYSELF AND OUR FAMILY, TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. NOW, ONE OF THE THING, MY WIFE, TINA, FOR YOUR UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND FOR YOUR LOVE. AND I KNOW THIS IS A LOT ON YOU. I HAVE DONE. I ASKED YOU FOR THIS SIX YEARS WHEN I SERVED ON LISTING C AND NOW AS A MAYOR, I'M ASKING YOU FOR ANOTHER TWO MORE YEARS AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT I CAN GET THAT FUN. THANK YOU. MY GIRLS, LEAH AND KAITLIN. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS WITH YOUR HUB THAT YOU RUN FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. EVEN THE LITTLEST THINGS I'VE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS TAKEN MY TIME AWAY FROM YOU TO BE SPENDING WITH YOU, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I WILL ATTEND AS MANY PROGRAMS OF YOURS AS POSSIBLE. AND THANK YOU FOR MY PARENTS WHO ARE NOT HERE AS THEY ARE ACROSS THE GLOBAL IN INDIA, WATCHING THIS LIVE STREAM. THANK YOU FOR ALL. YOU'VE DONE. YOU BOTH CAME INTO THIS COUNTRY WITH NOTHING AND SACRIFICED EVERYTHING FOR ME AND MY BROTHER TO HAVE THAT AMERICAN DREAM, A DREAM WHERE YOU DIDN'T ENJOY THINGS THAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT YOU DID WORK TWO JOBS TO GET US TO HAVE THAT DREAM THAT WE'RE HAVING. NOW FOR THAT, I AM GRATEFUL. I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT YOU HAVE, NOT MY BROTHER WRESTLING, YOUR LOVELY WIFE SWIPING AND MY LITTLE NEPHEWS AND NIECE AND OUR EXTENDED FAMILY IN THE U S THAT'S THE WILDEST COUNTRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME AND MY IN-LAWS OR BY MOMMY AS I CALL THEM. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME AND MY ONE-ON-ONE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW TO DO THAT MISSION AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, ANNIE, AND BOTH OF THEIR BOYS. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF A HEART WITH DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, NOT JUST THE CAMPAIGN FOR THIS MOMENT, FOR ME TO BE HERE. THIS IS A PROBLEM MOMENT AND A HISTORY MAKING FOR MY, UM, THE MEDALLIA COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND MY INDIAN AND ASIAN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT. YOU HAVE DONE ALL YOUR WELL WISHES, ALL YOUR PRAYERS IN MAKING THIS MOMENT, TRULY A HISTORY FOR OUR [00:15:01] COMMUNITY. MY CLOSE FRIENDS WHO ARE HERE THAT IS JUST LIKE MY FAMILY. I THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS GOING BACKWARDS OF OUR LIFETIME THAT WE SPENT TOGETHER. AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY, THAT, AND ENJOYING THIS WITH ME AND THAT THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME WORKING HERE. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE UP HERE IF NOT FOR OUR CAMPAIGN TEAM, OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT TOOK THEIR TIME, PERSONAL TIME TO BLOCK WALK, TO MAKE CALLS AND CAMPAIGN FOR MY ELECTION. THIS CAMPAIGN WAS TRULY ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY, THE ORDINARY CITIZENS WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, WHAT THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN ME AND HELP COMMUNICATE ORIGINALLY FOR THE CITIES I WANT TO THANK YOU. I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU. AND FOR THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPAIGN EFFORTS, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER US AND THE WORLD, WHETHER IT WAS $20 OR EVEN HIGHER, I WANT THEM TO BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND HAVING YOUR FAITH IN ME. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THANK OUR CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FOR FOUR, YOU'RE ENGAGING IN YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND YOUR WORD, RIGHT? SIMPLE AS SELECTING AND ELECTING OFFICIALS, SUCH AS MYSELF TO REPRESENT YOU YOUR INTEREST AND THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR CITY. I SAID, THANKS TO MARY ALONDA FOUR AND COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICES TO OUR CITY, THEIR CONTRIBUTION, ALONG WITH THOSE THAT SERVE IN THE PAST TO PUT MISSOURI CITY WHERE IT IS TODAY. I THINK EVERYONE THAT SERVED CURRENTLY AND IN THE PAST FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WORKS IN HAND IN HAND WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE COUNCIL. HOW'S THE MEMBER OF A LARGE POSITION, ONE, WHICH I'VE TRIED EVERYWHERE ON HER REELECTION, JUST ALONG WITH US AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN FOR THE LIGHT LATER CLOUDS ARE FOR HER CAMPAIGN. AND WHEN ON THIS ELECTION, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF THEM. I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBERS, DISTRICT A CHERYL, DR. CHARLES DARWIN COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO BE JEFFREY BONING COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTINCT SAME ACTING ROLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, DID THIS DEAN FLOYD FMRI, OR WHAT YOU HAVE. UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT 2020, 2020, IT HASN'T BEEN A YEAR OF EXTREMES, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CITY OF WHERE OUR ROLE, THE PANDEMIC HAS PUSHED US TO THE BRAIN. WE HAVE LOST LOVED ONES. OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN STRAINED. AND IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, OUR LOCAL NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES HAVE SUFFERED LONGTERM DAMAGE FOR WHICH WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE FULL IMPACT, BUT WE ALSO WITNESSED INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY, MOSTLY IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR LOVE MISSOURI CITY. WE SAW OUR COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS IN THEIR TIME OF GREATEST NEED, REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, OR POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS. IT IS THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AMONG OUR DIVERSE POPULATION THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR SCRAP AND ONE WHICH I FULLY EMBRACE NOW MORE THAN EVER. WE NEED TO, WE NEED A UNITY AMONG OUR CITY. I HAVE A VISION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAT GET CARRIED ON THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, ALL CENTERED AROUND MAKING AND KEEPING MISSOURI CITY. ONE OF THE MOST [00:20:01] DESIRABLE PLACES TO LIVE IN TEXAS AND IN OUR NATION IN ORDER FOR, IN ORDER FOR THAT, TO BE OUR REALITY, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE REPAIR OF OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT, ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OUR RESIDENTS AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DOUBLE-WIDE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY FOR AN ENTIRE CITY. THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP YOUR SMALL BUSINESS OPEN, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY. I UNDERSTAND THE DEEP RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH SUSTAINING THE INCREDIBLE GROWTH WE HAVE WITNESSED IN MISSOURI CITY OVER THE LAST DECADE, AND WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROSPER. DESPITE OUR CHALLENGES THAT THIS PANDEMIC HAS COST. I AM COMMITTED TO BEING A LEADER THAT WILL LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'D BE THROUGH FREQUENT TOWNHOUSE, STATE OF THE CITY EVENTS AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SUCH AS, AS CITIZEN COMMITTED, WE CAN DECIDE TOGETHER ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANS FOR 20 TO 34 SUPPORT, LONG LASTING BUSINESSES GOAL AROUND TEXAS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER, OTHER FUTURE ENDEAVORS THAT WILL HAVE MAJOR AND LONG LASTING IMPACT IN OUR CITY. AND AS YOUR MAYOR, I AM DEDICATED TO UNITING OUR CITY AND WE ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE AHEAD OF US. I WILL RESTORE THE FAITH THAT YOU HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND TO ENSURE THAT I BELIEVE IMPLEMENTING TERM LIMITS FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS. IT IS OUR AS YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BUILD AND SUPPORT A RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE BY MAINTAINING VISIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND THE ACCESS FOR ALL CITIZENS, FOR THE STAFF WHO WORKS HARD EVERYDAY AT THE CITY HALL. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR OPINIONS, YOUR SUGGESTIONS DO MATTER. I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE TO BE A GOOD LISTENER AND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS CITY A BETTER PLACE. MY WIFE AND I CHOSE MISSOURI CITY 15 YEARS AGO. WELL, WE HAVE ONLY CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE BLESSING OF LIVING HERE AS YOUR MAYOR. I AM HONORED TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTINUING TO PUSH. IS THERE A CITY FORWARD? GOD BLESS YOU. GOD LESSONS, DIRTY CITY, BUT GOD BLESS TEXAS. . CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. BECAUSE I HAD PEOPLE BEFORE SANDY COULD NOT HEAR US. I CAN HEAR YOU ALL BETTER NOW. YES. NOW, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROOM, SPEAK UP. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. TESTING. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOUGLAS. OKAY. YEAR. YES, I'M HERE. [00:25:42] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VERY SHORT RECESS AND THEN WE'LL START WITH THE NEXT CEREMONY. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL SET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I WANT YOU TO LET HER IN AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I WANT YOU TO REPEAT THAT TO ME. I JUUL, AND THEN CLASS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE SO THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, CITY COUNCIL AT ARCH POSITION CITY COUNCIL. DID THEY SMOKE POSITION TO OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS DAY. SO HEALTHY. SO HELP ME. CONGRATULATIONS. OH, THERE'S FINISHED TAKING PICTURES SO MUCH TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU. I LOVE SERVING LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU WITH HONOR INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I'LL READ INTO IN CASE WORK. THANK [00:30:01] YOU. OKAY. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. HELLO, EVERYONE. UM, TO START THE MID, LIKE TO START THE MEETING, UM, BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE ON ITEM THREE B I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK, UH, MAYOR FORD FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. BEFORE WE TAKE THE ITEM THREE B UH, I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE MAYOR FORD FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICES. NOW WE'LL TAKE ITEM THREE B, WHICH IS TO RECOGNIZE FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM, CHRIS PRESTON, FOR HIS SERVICE TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE THAT I'M GOING TO READ. WHEREAS, UH, CHRIS BRESLIN SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WELL FOR MANY YEARS IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES, SINCE NINE, SINCE MAY OF 2014 TO PRESENT. AND WHEREAS THESE YEARS OF SERVICES, SERVICE HAS BEEN, HAVE BEEN MARKED BY EXCELLENT BLURRY DEDICATIONS TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND HE HAS WORKED CONSTANTLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ITS ECONOMICAL, UM, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AESTHETIC DEVILMENT. AND WHEREAS CHRIS PRESTON HAS EARNED THE ADMIRATION OF HIGH REGARD OF THOSE WITH WHOM HE HAS COME INTO CONTACT AND THE AFFECTION OF MANY CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS HIS PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY EXCELLENT AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN OUR CITY. NOW, THEREFORE THAT I, ROBIN J ALEC MAYOR, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY EXPRESS OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO CHRIS PRESTON FOR HIS SERVICE TO CITY OF MISERY CITY, TEXAS. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH ARE, WHICH IS STAFF REPORT, UH, FIVE, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW TO SHARE SOME WORDS. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. MA'AM ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, WELL, I'LL BE BRIEF. UM, LET ME START BY THANKING THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR 40 ME, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY. IT HAS BEEN A TRUE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE, UM, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, CITY STAFF, THE CITY STAFF USUALLY DOES THE HEAVY LIFTING AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD NOT GET HALF OF THE THINGS DONE WITHOUT SUCH A REMARKABLE STAFF AT THE CITY. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, MY WIFE AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD, UM, TO, UM, GIVING OUR LOVE AND OUR ENERGY TO THIS COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES NOW, UM, OUTSIDE OF, UM, SERVING ON A CITY COUNCIL. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, LASTLY, LET ME SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, CLOUSER UM, QUICK CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, UM, YOUR FAMILY, [00:35:01] CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR ALEX ELLICOTT IN YOUR FAMILY. UM, WISHING YOU ALL WISHING THIS CITY THE VERY BEST, I MEAN, GUYS SPEED. UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND REMARKS WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH CUSTOMER PRESTON FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE'LL MOVE ON. THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, NO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTED [5. STAFF REPORTS] ITEM NUMBER FIVE, STAFF REPORT COVID-19 UPDATE FROM ACTING FIRE CHIEF MARIO PARTITA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL THIS EVENING, UM, BY MIKA JEWETT, WHO'S OUR EMERGENCY MANAGER. AND WE'VE TALKED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT SITUATION IN MISSOURI CITY IN REGARD TO COVID-19 AND KIND OF, UM, SHARE WITH YOU WHAT OUR CURRENT POSTURE IS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND YOUR OPERATIONS CENTER. NEXT SLIDE, UH, TO DATE, UH, AS OF DECEMBER 18, 2020, WE'VE HAD, UM, CONFIRMED CASES, 2,835 AND CURRENT ACTIVE CASES IN MISSOURI CITY OR 560. UH, THOSE ARE SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, THE FORBIDDEN AREA OF THE CITY, AND THEN THE, UH, THE OTHER PORTION OF HARRIS COUNTY, UH, WHICH ALSO TRACKS THE NUMBERS OF REPORTS TO US, UH, DEATH RATES TO DATE, UH, AS OF DECEMBER 11TH, THOSE ARE A LITTLE SLOWER COMING IN, UH, NOT NECESSARILY EVERY WEEK. UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE NUMBERS AND CURRENTLY WE'VE HAD 69 DEATHS AND WAS THERE CITY, UH, NEXT SLIDE, UH, CURRENTLY THE CITY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH IS, UH, COORDINATED BY, UH, MS. JEWETT, UM, IS STAFFED REMOTELY BY, UM, ALL YOUR DIRECTORS, SEVERAL OF YOUR DIRECTORS. UH, AND IT'S BEEN ACTIVATED SINCE MARCH 12TH, 2020. UH, CURRENTLY WE'RE AT A LEVEL TWO, UH, WITH ONE BEING THE HIGHEST LEVEL. UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING VIRTUALLY AND IT'S FACILITATED, FACILITATED BY JAMAICA. UH, IT INCLUDES ALL DIRECTORS, COMMAND, STAFF, CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, COUNTY AND CITY. WE REVIEWED COUNTY AND CITY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND DATA UPDATES. UH, WE REVIEWED THE INCIDENT ACTION PLAN, WHICH KIND OF SETS THE PLAN FOR THE WEEK, INCLUDING SAFETY MESSAGES. UH, WE GO OVER STATISTICS AND NUMBERS. UM, AND THEN WE GO OVER PPE STATUS, WHICH IS, UH, SOMETHING WE TRACK, UH, NOT ONLY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SIDE OF THE SERVICE, UH, BUT ALSO FOR PP FOR THE CITY, FOR ALL OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES. AND WE TRY TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM OF 120 DAYS OF PPE. UH, BUT WE CURRENTLY, WE FAR EXCEED THAT NUMBER. UH, WE ALSO ASSESS AND EVALUATE SERVICE LEVEL IMPACTS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. UH, WE'VE, IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT SINCE THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, UH, THE REDUCTION OF SERVICES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, SUCH AS PROGRAMS AND FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION, UH, WITH CITIZENS. NEXT SLIDE CURRENTLY, YOU HAVE A, UH, WE, WE HAVE A, UH, THE CITY HAS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR ON STAFF. WHO'S A CONTRACT, UH, EMPLOYEE. UH, HIS NAME IS DR. JOE ANZALDUA AND HE SERVES, HE CARRIES, UH, TWO ROLES. ONE IS THE EMS MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND ADVISES THE, UM, HE'S THE DIRECTOR FOR THE FIRE EMS SIDE OF, OF OUR FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM WITH FORT BEND COUNTY EMS. AND THEN HE'S ALSO THE CITY HEALTH AUTHORITY. SO HE ADVISES THE CITY ON, ON, UH, MATTERS OF HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND SOME OF THE DETAILED SERVICES THAT HE PROVIDES HIS HE'S OUR LIAISON TO FOR BAY COUNTY, UH, WITH DR. MENTER, UH, AT THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. AND HE ALSO PROVIDES, AS I MENTIONED, THE EMS TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, HE ALSO ADVISE US ON POLICY, UH, SINCE MARCH 12, WE'VE REVISED A FEW POLICIES, UH, TEMPORARY ORDERS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, TO HELP ADAPT TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. HE IS ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY, UH, FOR US, UH, FOR THE CITY AND THE FIRE EMS SIDE. AND HE ADVISES HUMAN RESOURCES ON COVID-19 EMPLOYEE PROTOCOL. UH, THIS PROTOCOL IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO DEAL WITH EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EITHER, [00:40:01] UM, THAT EITHER GET AFFECTED BY COVID-19, UM, ARE EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH 19, AND HE ADVISES US ON A SPECIFIC CASE BY CASE AND GIVES US DIRECTION ON, UH, QUARANTINE, UH, TIMELINES AND, UH, ALSO SOME MEDICAL DIRECTION FOR CLEARING THEM, UH, THROUGH, UM, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. UH, HE ALSO FACILITATES, UH, THE VACCINATION PLAN FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THAT'S THE NEXT PHASE OF, OF HIS WORK. UH, NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE NEXT PHASE, UH, IN DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC IS, OF COURSE, YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF VACCINATION PLAN, UH, AND FIRE ARE WORKING, UM, CLOSELY WITH DOC BROWNSVILLE DOULA, UH, IN THE COUNTY TO, UH, EVALUATE THE, THE PLAN. AND CURRENTLY, UH, LAST WEEK WE ATTENDED A MEDICAL PANEL WEBEX ON THE VACCINATION, AND IT WAS A PANEL OF FOUR PHYSICIANS, INCLUDING DR. UH, ANZALDUA, WHO ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR ALL THE CHIEFS IN THE COUNTY. AND THEY WERE SPECIFIC TO THE VACCINATION AND THE ACTUAL, UH, VACCINE AND WHAT EFFECTS OR ISSUES WE COULD FACE WITH IT. UM, HE'LL BE COORDINATING THROUGH THE COUNTY. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, TO DEVELOP A PLAN AND THEY HAVE A PHASED APPROACH, WHICH I'VE OUTLINED AT THE BOTTOM AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF TIMELINES THERE THAT CAN KIND OF DO A KIND OF A PICTURE OF WHEN WE MIGHT EXPECT SOME OF THESE PHASES. CURRENTLY THEY'RE ADDRESSING HOSPITAL STAFF FIRST, AND THEN THERE'LL BE ADDRESSING LONG-TERM CARE STAFF, WORKING WITH VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. THE THIRD TIER IS EMS PROVIDERS HAVE ALIGNED HOSPITAL CARE AND TRANSPORT, AND THEY'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT AROUND THE END OF JANUARY DR. RESIDUE. AND I, UH, AS, AS RECENT AS TODAY, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OTHER AVENUES TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THE VACCINE SOONER FOR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR POLICE AND FIRE. SO WE WERE, WE WERE WORKING, UH, EVERY ANGLE ON THAT. UM, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY PLAN. AND THEN FINALLY THERE'LL BE PHASING TO HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND THEN RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. THAT'S THE INITIAL PHASES OF, OF THE VACCINATION PLAN. AND NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, CHIEF. THIS IS ANTHONY MARULA SCHEMING. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. HOW MANY FIRST RESPONDERS WOULD WE BE LOOKING TO VACCINATE? DO WE HAVE AN APPROXIMATE COUNT? OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, WE DO NOT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, THEY'RE ASKING US WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS, ARE ASKING FOR KIND OF A HEAD COUNT, UH, ON WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE VACCINATION. WE KNOW SOME THAT ARE KIND OF CAUTIOUS AND, UM, AND MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN, IN TAKING THE VACCINE. UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HEAD COUNT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH. THIS WAS A CONCERT ON EMORY, UH, WHERE IN THAT LIST OF PRIORITIES, AS FAR AS, UH, THE, UH, WHO WOULD BE RECEIVING A VACCINATION, UH, WOULD THE, UH, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, STAFF, UH, WELL, SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN STEP THREE IS WHERE THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE THAT PROVIDE PATIENT CARE AND ASSIST WITH TRANSPORT, AND THEN SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE. AND THE NEXT PHASE IS WHERE THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POLICE, BUT THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON, ON THE POLICE SIDE OF THE VACCINATIONS. THANK YOU. THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONIA ADDED, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SENIORS. I'VE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW PHONE CALLS ABOUT, UH, WHERE THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY MAY FALL RELATIVE TO THE VACCINATION. UM, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT RIGHT NOW? THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION. UH, THEY'VE THEY'VE ONLY GONE AS FAR AS AT THAT FIFTH STEP ON THE TIER, UH, RESIDENTS OF LONG-TERM CARE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS FIRST, AS FAR AS ONCE IT STARTS GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC IS THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, BUT BEYOND THAT, THEY DID NOT PRESENT ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER PHASES OR TEARS PAST THAT. WELL, AS SOON AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL PASS IT ON. [00:45:01] ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ACTING CHIEF PARTITA. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO, THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS [6. CONSENT AGENDA] WHEN I'M WANTING TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS. THERE. I MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING A SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE CONSTANT MEMBER KLAUSER MADE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE AGENDA, UH, AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER STERMAN SECONDED. UH, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL FOR VOTES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PASSOVER CLOUSER COSTUMER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. AND THIS IS ROBIN ELLICOTT. YES, FOR ME. SO, UH, [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS. UM, DAY. THERE ARE NO, UH, THERE ARE NO ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA. SO WE'LL MOVE ITEM SEVEN B ONE PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS, ONE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM YEAR 2020 ACTION PLAN CONSIDER APPROVAL SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD OF SUCH PLAN AND CONSIDER FORWARDING SUCH A PLAN TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. HUD FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL. PROPOSED PRESENTER IS AMY AMI MOORE. HELLO? CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, SO WE ARE PRESENTING THE DEED, UH, PROJECT YEAR 2020 ACTION PLAN FOR HUD FOR THE CDBG GRANT. UH, WE, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, UM, IT'S A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES TO ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF UNIQUE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. THE CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM ALLOCATES ANNUAL GRANTS GRANT FUNDS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP VIABLE COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING, A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE TO MEET SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS AND THESE OBJECTIVES FOR THIS GRANT. SO WE HAVE TO BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, UM, PREVENT OR ELIMINATE SLUMS AND BLIGHT AND MEET AN URGENT COMMUNITY NEED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THIS IS A LIST OF SOME OF OUR ELIGIBLE CDBG ACTIVITIES ANYWHERE FROM CONSTRUCTION TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A SHORT BUT EXTENSIVE LIST OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OURSELVES NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE CANNOT ACQUIRE ANYTHING, UM, OR RECONSTRUCT BUILDINGS FOR THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE CANNOT USE THE FUNDING FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. UH, WE CANNOT BUILD NEW HOMES BY UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UM, WE CANNOT USE IT FOR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES PURCHASE OF NEW EQUIPMENT OR INCOME PAYMENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR TARGET AREAS FOR CDBG. THEY'D BEEN DEEMED, UM, AREAS OF CONCERN BY THE CITY, UH, AND AREAS THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON IN ORDER TO, UM, BRING THEM UP AND TO A BETTER STANDARD FOR THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS HOW WE [00:50:01] ARE, UM, SUGGESTING TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS. WE ARE, WE ARE BEING GIVEN A TOTAL OF $296,617. WE WOULD LIKE, UH, IT HAS BEEN VOTED TO PUT 13,000 TOWARDS POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIPS, $15,746 AND 28 CENTS TO FORT BEN SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS, 15 $746 AND 28 CENTS TO EDISON ARTS, A TOTAL OF 103,264 ADULT DOLLARS TOWARDS OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION, $38,000 TOWARDS THE, OUR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM AND OUR RESIDENTIAL PAINT PROJECT. WE HAVE $51,537 FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN A TOTAL OF $59,323 AND 40 CENTS TO GO TOWARDS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION WITH THE 20% CAP. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR TOTAL OF THE $296,617. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO BY JANUARY 4TH, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL BY JANUARY 29TH, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE 2020 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AMENDMENT TO HUD. WE HAVE TO INCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED WITH THE 30 DAY PERIOD, A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN AND REIMBURSEMENTS WILL BE DRAWN FROM HUD IN IDI S IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS APPROVED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AMY HONDA'S COUNSELOR AND BONY? I JUST WANTED TO GET AN IDEA EITHER YOU ARE OLDEST SPRIGS RELATIVE TO THE PAINT PROGRAM AND, UH, WHETHER THAT WAS N THE, UH, THE, UH, THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, UH, IF THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, IMPLEMENTING AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR, OR HAS IT ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED? SO I HAVE BEEN, I HAD MET WITH BAYTOWN LAST WEEK AND, UM, WAS ABLE TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AS FAR AS, UM, FREE RESOURCES FOR PERSONS APPLYING FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO GET, UM, THERE'S A CLASS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE BEFOREHAND. SO I HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THEY, THE WAY IT WORKS IS THEY PROVIDE A VOUCHER CODE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE CLASS. WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO. THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS, UM, I HAVE STARTED GATHERING INFORMATION ON LOCAL REALTORS AND LOCAL MORTGAGE LENDERS IN THE CITY TO HOST AN INFORMATION SESSION. SO BY THE TURN OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD BE RUNNING WITH IT. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE IT GOING BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, BEGINNING OF MARCH, AND THEN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL PAINT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IN RFP IS IN THE WORKS TO GET, UH, SOME PAINTED, UH, SOME CONTRACTED PAINTERS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT ONE GOING AS WELL. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS I AM STARTING TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF THE LOCAL HOS TO SEE IF WE CAN START, UH, GATHERING SOME AREAS THAT NEED, OR THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE PAINT PROGRAM AS WELL. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. THERE'S COUNSELING. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE, UH, UH, WHAT WAS THE, UH, THE ART PROGRAM, THE EDISON ARTS PROGRAM? YEAH, EDISON ARTS IS A NONPROFIT WHO APPLIES FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE CDBG PROGRAM. THE THREE MAIN ONES THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE OUR MEALS ON WHEELS, ETIQUETTE, EDISON ARTS, AND, UM, CHILD ADVOCATES OF FORT BEND. WE DID NOT GET AN APPLICATION FROM CHILD ADVOCATES THIS YEAR, AND IT'S AN ARTS IS AN AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME AND DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUD'S THERE. DOUG, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE AREAS OF CONCERN SLIDE PLEASE? SO THESE AREAS THAT ARE OF CONCERN, ARE THEY LISTED IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITY OR ARE THEY JUST LISTED? THIS IS OTIS FREAKS. THESE ARE BASICALLY THE CENSUS TRACKS. SO THE INCOME IS REPORTED PER CENSUS TRACK, AS WELL AS THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC [00:55:01] INFORMATION, UM, PER THE CENSUS. AND SO THIS MAP WILL BE UPDATED ONCE WE GET THE NEW CENSUS INFORMATION IN AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. THAT'S WHEN THE CITY WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THEY FOLLOWED THE CENSUS TRACKS AND BOUNDARIES. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN STERLING, MAYBE WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO US, OR WOULD IT ELIMINATE SOME OF THE, UH, TRACKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON HERE? THAT IS CORRECT. WE'LL WORK WITH GIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED IN POSE CORRECTLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MADE THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING SECOND. I WILL NOT CONDUCT A ROLL CALL FOR VOTES COS MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONING. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER AMORAY. YES. AND HE ASKED FOR ME TO MOTION HAS PASSED THE CITY, THE CITY RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER THERE. I MOVED THAT. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. KEVIN, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER MADE THE MOTION AND CO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? AND THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. AMY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, HOW DO YOU GUYS DECIDE PRETTY MUCH WHO WERE BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIP? I HAVE SOME CITIZENS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTANTLY, UM, FALLING FOR THAT APPLICATION, AS FAR AS THAT SCHOLARSHIP IS CONCERNED AND NOT REALLY GETTING ANY FEEDBACK OR WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SELECTED. SO CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT FOR ME PLEASE? YEAH. YEAH. SO THE SCHOLARSHIPS, UM, WHEN WE IT'S NORMAL, WE NORMALLY RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND THIS YEAR WE GOT, UM, BEFORE THE, UH, MEETING FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS TO, UM, PRESENT THEM, THERE WERE ONLY THREE SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED. SO IT WAS, UM, IT WAS VOTED ON TO EXTEND THE DATE TO DECEMBER 1ST. SO AT THE NEXT SEATAC MEETING, THERE WILL BE, I THINK WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN APPLICATIONS NOW. SO THE INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON WHO GETS THE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM STAFF. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND THERE IS A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD. SO WE WILL CONTINUE, UM, AND SEE YOU AGAIN ON JANUARY THE FIFTH WITH THIS SAME ITEM FOR THE SECOND HEARING. THANKS. IF THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION AND WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AD-WORDS PASS MEMBER CLOUDS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND HE ASKED FOR ME TO THE MOTION PASSES. IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PROGRAM CDBG PROGRAM YEAR 2020 ACTION PLAN SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY COMMON PERIOD OF SUCH PLANS ADD TO FORWARD SUCH PLAN TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF. PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS, [01:00:01] CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? PLEASE REPEAT THAT. YES. THERE'S A COUPLE OF HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HERE. THIS IS THE JOYCE. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS THE VOTE TO MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE CUSTOMER VOLUME IN THE MOTION COSTS MEMBER IS STERLING MADE THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION AND WE'LL OFFER BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COS MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S COSTUME NUMBER EMORY AND I TOO. I AM A S TWO. SO MOTION PASSES, ITEM SEVEN, BEAT TO PUBLIC HEARING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM, YOUR 2019 TO 2020 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT. UM, AND TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE THE CCAP ARE SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY COMMON PERIOD AND FORWARD TO HUD FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRESENTER IS AMY MOORE. OKAY. SO THE IN PROGRAM YEAR 2019, THE CITY RECEIVED $284,700 IN CDBG FUNDING FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. IT WILL BE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, THESE WERE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT IT WAS USED FOR CHILD ADVOCATES, SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORT BEN SR MILAN WALLS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. YES. THESE WERE THE SAME TARGET AREAS AS BEFORE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YEAH. YEAH. CENSUS TRACK AND EVERYTHING. UH, NOT MUCH HAD CHANGED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, FORT BEN, SENIORS WAS GRANTED AND EXPENDED $10,500, ONE 28 ADULTS WHO WERE DELIVERED 3,149 MILLS IN MILL SERVICES PROVIDED SEVEN DAYS EACH WEEK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE FILED ADVOCATES OF FORT BEND COUNTY WAS GRANTED AND EXPANDED $10,500. OUR GRANT HELPED LAG 2,690 TOTAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVED IN 2019 WITH 207, 2,774 THREE THREE THERAPY SESSIONS PROVIDED IN 394 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED CRIMINAL COURT ADVOCACY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION WAS GRANTED $10,500. THIS PROGRAM BENEFITED YOU DON'T AGE SEVEN THROUGH 17, HAVING A DESIRE TO BUILD THE LOW PASSION AND INTEREST FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SIX POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $11,205. ALL SIX STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A YEAR OF HIGHER EDUCATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES. UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON SOME OF THE REPORTING INFORMATION FOR EDISON ARTS, BUT THIS, UM, MORE EXPLAINS HOW THE FUNDING WAS USED AND BREAKS IT DOWN FURTHER INTO HOW MANY ARE, HOW MANY CITIZENS OUR FUNDING WAS ABLE TO DIRECTLY HELP AND WHAT PERCENTAGES THEY FELL INTO INCOME WISE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. A TOTAL OF $45,925 AND 80 CENTS WAS EXPENDED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. CODE ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED 3,806 INSPECTIONS IN WHICH 2,913 VIOLATIONS WERE OBSERVED CORRECTED 780 VIOLATIONS AND FILED 142 VIOLATIONS WITH MUNICIPAL COURT TO ASSIST IN HOUSING CONDITION STANDARDS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. DURING THE PROJECT YEAR 2019, WE COMPLETED 11 HOUSING REHAB PROJECTS BY THE PROGRAM, CONTRACTORS, FORT [01:05:01] BEN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN SAN TECH CONSTRUCTION, UH, THROUGHOUT PROGRAM YEAR 19. UH, OUR HOLD ON THE, UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE NUMBERS ARE PERTAINING TO HOW MANY, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ACTUALLY OUT OF PROGRAM YEAR 16. AND WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATION WAS EXTENDED IN THE AMOUNT OF $54,401 AND 40 CENTS. WE COMPLETED THE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING PLAN WITH BBC RESEARCH CONSULTING. I MEAN THE AMOUNT OF 20,000 WITH ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS, A COPY OF THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO HEAD IN THE ACTION PLAN. A HOUSING STUDY PLAN APPROVED IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000. THE DRAFT IS NOW COMPLETE AND IS PENDING APPROVAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. UH, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING WHEN NEW PROGRAMS, THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM AND THE RESIDENTIAL PAINT PROGRAM, WE HAVE UPDATES TO HOUSING REHABILITATION AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS. UH, WE HAVE MORE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR, UH, AND WITH THE PROCESS THAT IT'S GOING THROUGH, ALONG WITH HOUSING REHAB, THE CITY'S BUILDING INSPECTORS ARE, HAVE BEEN UTILIZED HOUSING. WE HAVE PROGRAM SOFTWARE. WE REPLACED WITH ENERGO PERMITTING PROCESS REVISED WITH THE INTERCEPT SYSTEM FOR REHAB AND CONTINUAL CUSTOMER SERVICES BEING PROVIDED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, AMY. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION IF THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION, UM, CALL FOR VOTES CAST MEMBER EDWARDS, COS NUMBER CLOUSER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONING. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. IT'S A YES FOR ME. SO THE MOTION PASSES, THE CITY RECEIVED A NO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS OR A SECOND? THAT MOTION COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER. CLAUSER SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION. I'LL CALL FOR VOTES COUNCILOR EDWARDS CUSTOMER CLAUSER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING COS MEMBER BONING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROLES. YES. THE COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. IT'S A YES FOR ME. MOTION PASSES. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY COMMON PERIOD AND FORWARD TO HOT FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF. COUNCILMAN EMORY. MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING SECOND I'LL CALL FOR BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. YES, YES. FOR ME TOO. MOTION PASSES. ITEM SEVEN, B THREE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CONTINUING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A KIRKY FOR MINORS AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 30 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. [01:10:01] I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CHIEF . YES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. DOUGLAS. THANK YOU. UH, FIRST STATE STATUTE, THE CITY MUST EVALUATE ITS MINOR CURFEW ORDINANCE EVERY THREE YEARS AND CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS TO DETERMINE THE NECESSITY OF SUCH ORDINANCE. THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE LAST SEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. THE ORDINANCE WAS LAST REVIEWED IN NOVEMBER, 2017. THE EVALUATION OF THE ORDINANCE INVOLVES MAKING A DETERMINATION TO ABOLISH CONTINUE OR MODIFY THE ORDINANCE AND TO ASCERTAIN IF IT IS IN THE MEETING, THE EXPECTATION FOR WHICH IT WAS DESIGNED, UH, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CURFEW. UH, AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY STATE STATUTE AND THAT'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 37 R THREE SEVEN 0.002. AND AGAIN, EVERY THREE YEARS. AND AGAIN, IT WAS DONE IN 2017. THE LAST, UH, THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 1994. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE ZERO JUVENILES IS A PERSON WHO IS YOUNGER THAN 17 OF AGE. UH, THE CURFEW HOURS ARE FROM 11:00 PM ANY SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, OR THURSDAY UNTIL 6:00 AM IN THE MORNING AND ON THE WEEKENDS, UH, BEGINNING AT 12:01 AM SATURDAY MORNING AND ENDING AT 6:00 AM, UH, SATURDAY MORNING. AND THEN AGAIN ON 12:00 AM, UH, SUNDAY MORNING AND ENDING AT 6:00 AM SUNDAY MORNING. NOW YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A 9:00 AM TO TWO 30 MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY, WHICH ARE NORMALLY SCHOOL HOURS, WHICH DURING COVID, WE'RE USING A LOT OF JUDGMENT ON THAT BECAUSE MOST OF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT ACTUALLY ATTENDING SCHOOL. THEY'RE STARTING TO GO BACK, BUT WITH THE INCREASE IN COVID THAT MIGHT, UH, DIMINISH AGAIN. SO, UM, WE'RE NOT BEING THAT HEAVY ON CURFEW ENFORCEMENT DURING COVID, UH, JUST A LITTLE SIDEBAR. WE DON'T ISSUE THAT MANY CURFEW CITATIONS, BUT AS A EXTREMELY NICE TOOL TO HAVE OUR TOOL BELT IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO CURB JUVENILE CRIME AND GANG ACTIVITY. IF I CAN SEE THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME NUMBERS TO SUPPORT THAT. SO THEY GO, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE ABOUT 61% OF OUR JUVENILE CRIME IS CONDUCTED DURING NON CURFEW HOURS BEEN QUITE EFFECTIVE. AND THIS WOULD CERTAINLY INDICATE THAT IT'S POSSIBLY QUITE EFFECTIVE IN DOING WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO IT SINCE 1994. SO, UH, CITY STAFF CERTAINLY RECOMMENDS THAT CURFEW ORDINANCE CONTINUE AND WE SUBJECT FOR REVIEW AGAIN IN THREE MORE YEARS. AND YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAKING A MOTION, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. CONSTANTLY REMEMBER ALL THIS MADE THE MOTION COST NUMBER EDWARD SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TWO FAIRS? AND THIS HAS COME TO MEMBER EDWARDS. I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. DO THEY ALL HAVE THIS, THIS CURFEW ORDINANCE GOING ON WITH THEM? JUST FOR CURIOSITY, OUR ADJACENT CITIES DO NOT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY QUITE A PLUS FOR US BECAUSE THE CHILDREN OF THE 17 OR UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE CONSIDER DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEIR PARENTS WOULDN'T APPROVE, TEND TO DO THOSE NOS OTHER ADJACENT CITIES RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO DO IT IN MISSOURI AND SYDNEY. SO I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY'RE ENCOURAGED TO GO TO CURFEW, BUT FROM A SELFISH STANDPOINT, I'M KIND OF GLAD THEY DON'T BECAUSE, UH, UH, DO NO GOODS HESITATE TO TRY TO DO NO GOOD IN MISSOURI CITY. THEY'LL CHOOSE TO DO IT NUMBER ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS, WHICH NOT GOOD FOR YOUR SECTIONS, BUT CERTAINLY GOOD FOR MISSOURI CITY. ALL RIGHT. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, UM, CALL FOR A MOMENTS. PASS NUMBER EDWARDS NUMBER THERE. YES. COS NUMBER STARLING. CUSTOM MEMBER VOTING. YES. CUSTOMER MEROLA'S. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES, IT IS. YES. FOR ME TOO. MOTION PASSES THE [01:15:01] CITY, UH, CITY RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, REQUESTS. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER BALI. SECOND RUELAS. ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MARGOLIS MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION IF THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION AND WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE SCOTT'S NUMBER EDWARDS, POS NUMBER CLOUDS OR THE STERLING COSTUME MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. UNLESS YOU ASKED FOR ME TO MOTION PASSES, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF WHO MADE THE, WHO MADE THE MOTION? OKAY. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WELL, I'LL CALL FOR VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER. AD-WORDS COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER COUNCIL. MR. LANE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. AND AS HE ASKED FOR ME TO MOTION PASSES, [8. APPOINTMENTS] ITEM EIGHT, A UH, A OUR APPOINTMENTS CONSIDER APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE, IS THERE A CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHASHI KUMAR. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS SHASHI. MARK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. UM, THE ITEM IS TO REAPPOINT BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE CENTER CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO, THE MAYOR RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TWO TO REAPPOINT FOUR DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD. UM, AS SOON AS SYDNEY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO ENCOMPASSES A PORTION OF THE BUSINESS PARK, GENERALLY EAST OF FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AND NORTH OF TRAMMELL FRESNO. UH, THIS DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 2015 AS A MECHANISM TO FINANCE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPOINTED DIRECTORS UPON RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD, UH, THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD, UH, OR, OR CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE BOARD. UH, THE ACTION ITEM FOR THIS COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT IS TO REAPPOINT THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS OR DIRECTORS. UH, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT. THANK YOU. SO I SEE THIS IS A COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. UH, IF YOU COULD JUST NAME THOSE FOUR INDIVIDUALS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ACTING ONE. JOHN BAN EMAIL DIRECTLY TO JAMES BROWN, DIRECTOR, NUMBER THREE, JACK MCDONALD AND DIRECTOR NUMBER FOUR, CHARLES L JR. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT DIRECTORS OF THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT? NUMBER TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? COUNCILMAN EMORY. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS OR A SECOND. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER CLAWS ARE MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. I'LL CALL FOR VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COS MEMBER CLOUDS OR COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. EMORY. YES. FOR ME TOO. MOTION PASSES. [9. AUTHORIZATIONS] I DON'T REMEMBER. NINE ARE AUTHORIZATIONS, UH, NINE EIGHT CONSIDER ELECTING A MAYOR PRO TEM CITIZEN TO THE SECRETARY MARIE MARIA CANCELED. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT A MAYOR PRO TAM, UM, TO SERVE THROUGH NOVEMBER OR THE END OF, UH, OF THE CITY'S ELECTION IN 2021. [01:20:01] THANK YOU, MARIA. IS THERE A MOTION TO ELECT THE MAYOR? I WOULD TO POINT, UH, ANTHONY MEROLA'S AS OUR MAYOR PRO EXAM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, MAY, UH, MAYOR, UH, ALLOCATE, OR IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, UH, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, UH, BEFORE LAST YEAR IT CHANGED, UH, WHEREBY, UH, BASED OFF OF THE, UM, THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND WHAT NOT. WE WOULD, UH, ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY THAT WAS DISRUPTED LAST YEAR. UH, SO WE'RE BASICALLY, UH, I'M SEEKING ANY WAY, BUT WHILE MY NOMINATION TO GET US BACK ON TRACK AND EMORY, I SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MADE THE MOTION TO, TO ELECT COSMIC, REMEMBER RULE THAT SAYS MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND. THAT, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION. THERE WILL A CALL FOR BOATS CONSTANTLY EDWARDS THAT'S NUMBER CLOUDS OR COSTUMER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARVELOUS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND I TOO. YES. SO THE MOTION PASSES SIX TO ONE CONGRATULATION CUSTOMER MORALS, THEIR PROTEST. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE MO ITEM NINE B CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PROJECT. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTER, JAY JASON MAGNUM. YES. AND COUNCIL. UM, IT'S, UH, AGAIN, UH, A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND TO, UH, DISCUSS ANOTHER GREAT PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECT. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A COLLABORATION, NOT ONLY WITH A COUPLE OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION. UH, THE PROJECT STARTED BACK IN 2014 WHEN THE, UH, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, DID A, UM, HAD A CONTEST TO, UH, HELP DESIGN A VETERANS MEMORIAL THAT WILL HELP US HONOR AND, UH, OUR VETERANS FOR, UM, FOR TIME TO COME, UH, THE, THE DESIGN WAS SELECTED. AND, UH, THEN THE PROJECT STALLED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDING, UH, WHEN THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION WAS, UM, DEVELOPED IN 2015, 2016, UH, THEY TOOK ON THE PARK, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AS THEIR FIRST MAJOR PROJECT. UM, TO DATE THE FOUNDATION HAS RAISED, UH, OVER 420,000 OR ABOUT $420,000 FOR THE, FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, UH, THAT ALONG WITH THE, THE MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, WE NOW HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND AWARD THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, WE DID BREAK GROUND IN ANTICIPATION FOR THAT, UH, THIS YEAR ON, ON NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, UH, IN A, IN A SARA CEREMONY ON VETERAN'S DAY, LAST YEAR. UH, IT'S JUST BEEN A LITTLE BIT DELAYED IN GETTING THE ACTUAL SHOVELS IN THE GROUND. AND WORKSIGHTED TO, TO START WORKING ON THAT. UH, IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S, UM, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL, UM, MAY NOT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, BUT THIS IS JUST A, A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE DESIGN AND WHAT IT ALL REPRESENTS. AND THE LOCATION OF THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL WILL BE AT THE CITY HALL COMPLEX, UH, ADJACENT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER ACROSS FROM THE, THE LIBRARY IN THAT LARGE GRASSY AREA. WE THINK IT'LL MAKE A NICE ANCHOR POINT AND A NICE, UH, ADDITION TO, UH, CON THIS, THIS CONCEPT OF A, A COMMUNITY CAMPUS WITH HCC, THE LIBRARY, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND CITY HALL, UM, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BRIEFLY SEE THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE STEPPED UP TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, POSSIBLE. UH, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, UH, HAS, HAS ALSO PUT, PUT OUR [01:25:01] MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS SO TO SPEAK AND, AND ALLOCATED FUNDS TO, TO GET THIS GOING. UM, BUT WE WANT TO THANK THE PARKS FOUNDATION FOR, FOR GOING OUT AND, UM, AND MAKING, MAKING THESE PRIVATE DONATIONS A REALITY, UH, INCLUDING A $200,000 GRANT FROM THE GEORGE FOUNDATION. AND I KNOW THEY'LL HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION IS HERE WITH US ON THE LINE TONIGHT. UM, IF YOU, UH, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO KIND OF AN OVERVIEW THAT FUNDRAISING IS GOING TO CONTINUE, WE HAVE A BEAVER PROJECT, UM, AND PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE PAVERS TODAY. UH, THERE'S BEEN NEARLY ABOUT $10,000 RAISED FROM, UH, PAVERS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT. AND, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'LL BE A, UH, A SPIKE IN, IN PAVER SALES, UH, ONCE PEOPLE SEE DIRT MOVING AND, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD. UM, AND THEN JUST LASTLY, ON THE LAST SLIDE, UH, JUST A, UH, A RENDERING OF WHAT THE PROJECT MAY LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THE PRODUCT WILL LOOK LIKE, UM, WITH PEOPLE VISITING IT, UM, WITH, WITH THE WATER FEATURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STAR, AND THEN THE, THE COLUMNS AND THE FLAGPOLES, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, HERE TONIGHT WHO WILL BE THE PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE PROJECT AND HAVE PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT, UH, AS WELL AS I, AS I MENTIONED, BILL FROM THE PARKS FOUNDATION. THANK YOU, JASON, FOR THAT PRESENTATION, I, THAT WE HAVE OUR MISERY CITY PARKS FOUNDATION CHAIR, BILL ODL ON LINE GIL, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MY NAME IS BILL OLD-WORLD THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION. UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE CITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS AND DOING FUNDRAISING TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL THE OTHER PARKS FOUNDATION, BOARD MEMBERS AND THOSE THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE AT THIS POINT. WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY ON FUTURE, UH, PARK PROJECTS AND PARK PROGRAMS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, VILLA THE PICTURES LOOK AMAZING. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A CITY RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FOR THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM NINE V UH, CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THIS ABOUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR ACTION WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO EXPRESS THEIR, UH, POSITION. AND WE DO HAVE A FORMER CUSTOMER DON SMITH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M SO DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT ITEM MAN, VIA THE THEVENIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS TO AUTHORIZE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONG AWAITED BEDROOM'S MEMORIAL PROJECT. IN 2014, THIS IDEA WAS BORN AND WITH THE HELP OF BEING CITY COUNCIL, FORMER CITY MANAGER, AFTER THE SNIPES PARKS DIRECTOR, LISA MANGUM, AND LATER THE PARK BOARD NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH YOU HEARD FROM BILL O'DONNELL AND THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE ALASAN TOOTH, AND FORMER MAYOR ELEANOR THAT I CAN'T RECALL THE OTHERS AT THIS TIME, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE A PART OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER FOR A COMMON CAUSE THAT EVENTUALLY BENEFITS THE WELLBEING AND THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE ALL LIVE IS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE. AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MECASA MEMBER DON SMITH FOR THAT COMMENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEMORIAL PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF MAKE A MOTION? YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE DISCUSSION? YEAH, THE, THIS HAS COUNCILMAN EMORY. I HAD QUESTION FOR, UH, UH, BILL OGLE, UH, UH, BUILT THE U, UH, OR C UH, UH, S UH, ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL, UH, DONATIONS, UH, OTHER THAN THE TWO THAT THE PAPER PROGRAM ARE WORTH. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK. YEAH, SO WE HAVE ON THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION WEBSITE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND A PLACE TO DONATE ONLINE, UH, AS WELL AS JUST CONTINUED. I THINK, AS YOU SEE THE MEMORIAL GET CONSTRUCTED, I THINK YOU'LL SEE OTHERS THAT WILL, WILL PROBABLY BE AWARE OF IT. WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY OTHER AVENUES FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. [01:30:01] GREAT. THANK YOU, SIR. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR VOTES CAST MEMBER EDWARDS CONSOLE MEMBER CLOUSER YES. COS MEMBER STERLING. YES. COS MEMBER BONEY. YES. COS MEMBER MARILLAS COSTUME MEMBER, EMORY. AND AS HE ASKED FOR ME TO EMOTION DO PASS ITEM NUMBER NINE C CONSIDER RECEIVING THE 2020 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FINAL REPORT. AND IF NECESSARY, AUTHORIZING STAFF TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTER THAT'S HERE. UM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JAMES. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YEAH. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM IS COUNSELED OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE 2020 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FINAL REPORT. UH, IT'S MANDATED BY THE CHARTER THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UM, CONVENED AT LEAST EVERY FOUR YEARS AND SERVE OUT A TERM OF SIX MONTHS. UH, THIS 2020 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WAS APPOINTED JUNE 8TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THEY JUST FINISHED OUT THEIR TERMS AND THEIR MANDATE WAS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED BY CITY STAFF AND BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. UH, THE COMMISSIONERS WERE RESIDENTS TO PAULA KEMP, SHIRLEY PAUL JEANETTE, FENBY MARY ROSS AND JOE WORKMAN. THE BODY SELECTED, UH, MR. WORKMAN TO BE THEIR CHAIRPERSON. AND I BELIEVE HE'S, IT WAS HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. I BELIEVE HE'S STILL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE TONIGHT. UM, THIS GROUP WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET ONCE A MONTH FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER, AND THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP SCHEDULING FOR ADDITIONAL MEETINGS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR WORK WAS COMPLETE. ALL FIVE OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSIONERS WERE DILIGENT. UH, THE DISCUSSION WAS OFTEN LIVELY AND STAFF CERTAINLY APPRECIATES THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY SERVICE. UM, SO I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE REPORT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TO RECEIVE TONIGHT. UM, THERE WERE SIX CHANGES THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THIS YEAR, UM, TO PUT TO THE VOTERS, UM, FOR OUR CHARTER AMENDMENT. AND THOSE ITEMS ARE, UH, REMOVING THE PROVISION THAT STATES THAT THE MAYOR SHALL ACT AS THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE CITY AND FULFILL CITY MANAGER DUTIES UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER, UH, CAN BE APPOINTED. AND IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THAT BE REMOVED BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS, OR IT POTENTIALLY CONFLICTS WITH TWO OTHER, UM, PROVISIONS, AT LEAST TWO OTHER ONES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CHARTER CURRENTLY. UH, THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO EXTEND THE LENGTH OF ALL ELECTIVE TERMS OF OFFICE FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS. THE THIRD IS LIMITING THE TIME AND INDIVIDUAL SERVE, UH, CONSECUTIVELY ON COUNCIL, UH, TO 12 YEARS. AND AT THAT POINT, AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TO SIT OUT AT LEAST TWO YEARS BEFORE CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL AGAIN, SO THAT EFFECTIVELY PROVIDES TERM LIMITS, UH, FOR CONTINUOUS COUNCIL SERVICE. THE FOURTH RECOMMENDED CHANGES EXTENDING THE TIME THE CITY MANAGER CAN TRANSFER UNENCUMBERED APPROPRIATIONS FROM 60 TO 90 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FIFTH RECOMMENDED CHANGE TO THE CHARTER IS CLARIFYING THAT IN BOND SALES BIDS ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO BE RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR COMPETITIVE SALES. ONLY JAMES, IF I MAY, THIS IS EACH CHOICE. WOULD YOU MIND ASKING DOUGLAS, CAN YOU MOVE THE SLIDES FORWARD? THE AUDIENCE IS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE SLIDES AS JAMES IS DISCUSSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST, UH, RECOMMENDED CHANGE TO THE CHARTER WAS, UH, CHANGING THE DATE OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS FROM JULY TO JANUARY NOW, UM, WITH THOSE SIX CHANGES, THERE WERE JUST AS MANY PROPOSED, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES FROM CITY STAFF AND BY THE PUBLIC THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION DISGUSTED OPTED NOT TO RECOMMEND. AND THOSE INCLUDED ITEMS LIKE REQUIRING THE COUNCIL TO, UH, HIRE AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM BEFORE APPOINTING EITHER THE CITY MANAGER, A CITY ATTORNEY, OR A CITY SECRETARY. THE COMMISSION ALSO DISCUSSED [01:35:01] REQUIRING A TWO THIRDS, MAJORITY OF COUNCIL FOR, UM, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF THOSE, UM, APPOINTED OFFICIALS, UH, RATHER THAN THE SIMPLE MAJORITY THAT'S REQUIRED NOW UNDER THE CHARTER. AND THEY ALSO DISCUSSED, UM, CHANGING THE AUTHORITY 32 SIGNED CITY CHECKS FROM THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AS WELL, THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OPTED NOT TO RECOMMEND AS A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN A CHARTER ELECTION. UM, SO THIS IS AN ADVISORY BODY, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. SO THE CITY COUNCIL IS ABLE TO CHOOSE WHICH IF ANY CHARTER AMENDMENTS THEY WANT TO PUT TO THE VOTERS OR, UM, THEY CAN CALL FOR ADDITIONAL OR AMENDED BALLOT MEASURES AS THEY SEE FIT. AND, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, OR WHAT YOU SAY IN THE PRESENTATION, THE POWERPOINT IS A PROPOSED TIMELINE OF THE NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD. IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY, UH, CHARTER MEASURE CHARTER AMENDMENT MEASURE. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, ACTUALLY I THINK THIS IS A SLIDE AHEAD. SO IF YOU CAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST DATE IS TODAY, UH, TONIGHT, AND THAT'S THE, UH, RECEIPT BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION, A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FINAL REPORT, AND, UM, ITS ABILITY TO AUTHORIZE THE STAFF TO TAKE FURTHER ACTIONS, UM, ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30TH, 2020, UM, THIS PERMITTED, THIS REQUIRES THE, A SUMMARY OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION'S FINAL REPORT. HE PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF RECORD. AND THEN ON, UM, MONDAY, JANUARY OR FOURTH OF NEXT YEAR OR TUESDAY, JANUARY 19TH, WHICH IS, IS YOUR, UM, REGULAR DATES FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS. IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES OFFER A MAY ELECTION ON ANY OF THESE MEASURES, UM, WE CAN, UH, THE CITY STAFF CAN PRESENT A, UH, BALLOT LANGUAGE, UH, WHICH WE HAVE AND A DRAFT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, UM, AND DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING. AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE FURTHER, UM, THE ABILITY TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS AT THAT TIME TO BE ADDED BY STAFF IN AN ORDINANCE ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST. UM, IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SPECIAL ELECTION, UH, YOU CAN, THAT WOULD BE THE DATE THAT YOU ALL WOULD CONSIDER AN ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION. AND BECAUSE IT IS AN ELECTION ORDINANCE, ONLY ONE READING IS REQUIRED. AND THE NEXT SLIDE HAS THE REST OF THE DAY. THE DEADLINE FOR CALLING AN ELECTION IS ACTUALLY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH. SO THAT'S WHY, UM, IF AN ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED, IT WOULD LIKELY BE DONE ON FEBRUARY 1ST. AND THEN, UM, APRIL 14TH AND APRIL 21ST ARE THE DATES THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PUBLISH NOTICES OF THE UPCOMING CHARTER ELECTION. AND THEN MAY 1ST 20, UH, SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE MAY 1ST, 2021, BUT THAT IS THE ELECTION DATE. IT'S A SATURDAY AND IT IS THE FIRST UNIFORM ELECTION DAY OF 2021 IN WHICH A CHARTER ELECTION COULD BE HELD. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S THE PROPOSED TIMELINE. IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY CHARTER MEASURE. AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TONIGHT REGARDING THE REPORT OR ANY OF THE CHARTER OF YOUR COMMISSION'S WORK. AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK, UH, CHAIRMAN JOE WORKMAN IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND, UH, I WILL PUT IT TO YOU TO, FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE OF US. THANK YOU, JAMES. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR CHAIR FOR THIS, UH, UH, COMMISSION THAT, UH, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, JOEL, WORKMAN'S ON SORRY. ANY COMMENTS? THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. I HAVE A COMMENT, ESPECIALLY LIKES IT IN MAY, UM, THAT, THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY REQUESTING WAS THAT NOT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE MOVED IT AND I KNEW I SERVED ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE IN 2016. AND IT'S THIS, THIS THE SAME THING THAT WE GOING BACK TO HER AGAIN FOR THE MAY ELECTION, MR. WORKMAN, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, CROSSOVER STERLING. UM, WE DO HAVE TO GET THE MOTION IN PLACE TO DO THAT. YEAH, I WAS JUST ASKING, UM, OUR CHAIR, IF HE HAD ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS, SORRY. NO PROBLEM. THIS IS YOUR WORKMAN. UH, [01:40:01] NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OTHER THAN THE THING, UH, COUNSEL FOR ME, GIVEN ME AND THE OTHER LADIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS CHARTER AND MAKE OUR PROPOSALS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE 2020, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FINAL REPORT? OKAY. I DON'T HEAR ANY EMOTION. IS THERE EMOTION COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS THERE? I DON'T THINK THE MOTION IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER? MARILLA SO THE SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. YEAH, WE HAVE A, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER WILL A SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES, THERE'S A DISCUSSION. UH, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. UM, MR. WORKMAN, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, UH, THE ELECTION, UM, THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR MAY SPECIAL ELECTION. UH, I KNOW WE CURRENTLY, I MEAN, NOT CURRENTLY, BUT WE SERVED PREVIOUSLY ON, UM, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE WHERE WE MOVED IT FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER. SO IS THIS THE SAME THING OR IS IT SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT? NO, I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. UH, THE ELECTION, THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS MOVED TO NOVEMBER FOR ME. UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST, UM, ELECTION IS, IS TO CHANGE, CHANGE THE CHARTER AND IT CAN BE HILL ON ANY, ANY ELECTION DAY. GOTCHA. LET ME ASK YOU A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. UH, JAMES MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE SALES TAX AND I THINK THAT THAT PARTICULAR TIME YOUR, THE, UH, SCREEN WAS NOT MOVING. SO, JAMES, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST CORNER OF THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU MADE ABOUT THE SALES TAX, PLEASE? UH, SURE. I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT A SALES TAX, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE FOR, UM, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT THE RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS NOW. UH, THE ONE THAT DEALT WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S ARTICLE NINE OF THE CHARTER, UM, IS I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE ON THE, UM, ON THE ACTUAL AMENDMENTS, BUT I THINK THE ONE I MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT BE ASKING ABOUT IS REGARDING BOND SALES AND THE AMENDMENT WAS TO, UM, CLARIFY THAT THE CITY ONLY HAS TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDERED BIGS, UH, FOR COMPETITIVE BOND SALES. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UH, OUR, UH, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR SAID THAT IN, UM, IT'S CUSTOMARY TO, UH, CONDUCT BOND SALES ON AN NEGOTIATED BASIS RATHER THAN AN ACTUAL COMPETITIVE PROCESS. SO THAT CHANGE WOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AND ALLOW A FINANCIAL SERVICE, UH, SERVICES, GREATER LATITUDE TO, UH, BASICALLY CONDUCT THOSE BOND SALES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION I'LL CALL FOR VOTES, UH, UM, MERRILL. OKAY. WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON AT THIS POINT? THIS, WHAT IF I MADE THIS IS EASY JOYCE, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS BOAT IS SIMPLY TO ACCEPT THE REPORT THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. THIS IS NOT AN ADOPTION OR A COMMITMENT TO ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL. THIS IS JUST ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT. THANKS FOR THE CLARITY, JOYCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WHAT WOULD, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS OF, UM, GOING THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, MOVING THEM FORWARD, UH, OR, UM, DELETING THEM FROM, UH, FROM ANY, UM, CHARTER REVIEW REVISION AT THE SISSY JOYCE AGAIN, IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO AUTHORIZE THE PLACEMENT OF ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE FUTURE BALLOT, THE COUNCIL MAY AT THIS TOP MOTION TO PLACE ANY ONE OR NONE OF THE ITEMS ON A FUTURE BALLOT, [01:45:01] AS JAMES MENTIONED, STAFF CAN CERTAINLY BRING BACK THIS ITEM TO YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. AND I SAY FUTURE IT'S REALLY ABOUT 30 DAYS. WE HAVE TO, A COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BY JANUARY 19TH, BUT THE STAFF CAN BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO YOU AT THE JANUARY WORTH MEETING, AS WELL AS THE JANUARY 19TH MEETING FOR A FINAL TWO SESSIONS FROM IF I'M HEARING YOU, RIGHT, IS THAT WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING THIS REPORT WITH THIS VOTE. CORRECT. AND IF WE WANTED TO, ONCE WE VOTE ON THIS, IF WE WANT TO TAKE IT AS A WORK SESSION, WHICH DO I NEED A MOTION ON THAT? AND CAUSE SOME OF US NEEDS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT AND UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING RATHER THAN PUSHING FORWARD. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT. I AGREE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAY I THINK WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER UNDERSTANDING TOGETHER. SO IS THERE A TIME CONCERN OR IS THERE LIKE, WELL, WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE WITHIN? SO THERE I'M HERE AS A TIME CONCERN, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK JAMES HAS IT ON ONE OF THE SLIDES HERE STAFF WOULD NEED TO KNOW AT LEAST FOR THE MAY ELECTION, IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT BY HIM, JANUARY 19TH MEETING, HOWEVER YOU ALL COULD STILL HAVE A WORKSHOP ESSENTIALLY ON JANUARY 4TH AT WHICH YOU CAN RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED ITEMS. AND FOLLOWING THAT WORKSHOP, YOU CAN ALSO TAKE ACTION TO PLACE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN ON A FUTURE PALETTE. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO IF THAT'S, THERE ARE NO OTHER THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON ACCEPTING THIS REPORT AS SUBMITTED BY THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, AS A REPORT. UM, SO WE HAD A, WE DID HAVE A, UM, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS, AND I'LL CALL FOR BOATS, COSMIC EDWARDS, COSTUMER CLOUDS OR COSTUME, BUT STERLING COSTUMER, BONEY COSTUMER MIRACULOUS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. IF YOU ASKED FOR ME TO, SO THE MOTION PASSES. SO I THINK THE, UM, YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THIS. SO THE NEXT ONE THAT YOU HAVE HERE, THAT'S ONLY IF YOU ALL NEED IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE STAFF OR COUNCIL WOULD LIKE STAFF TO COME BACK AT A SPECIAL MEETING SO THAT YOU ALL CAN RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROPOSED ITEMS. BUT I ONLY HEARD THAT FROM LIKE ONE, ONE OR TWO PEOPLE. CAN I GET, OH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK. SO I DID HEAR THAT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING AND I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANYBODY ELSE. UM, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME AND JUST SAY, IF WE WILL WORKSHOP OF THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING, I'M FINE WITH THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE, UH, THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY EITHER STAFF OR THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE NOT THE FINAL, UH, FINAL SIX, IF I MAY, SIR, THIS IS JOYCE DOES ITEMS ARE ALSO IN THE REPORT AT THE LAST SECTION. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAST FEW PAGES, THOSE ITEMS ARE IN THE REPORT CUSTOMER BOUGHT INTO YOUR POINT. WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THE STAFF TO SEND THAT OUT TO ALL PRIOR TO THE MEETING OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WILL, THAT WE JUST PASSED AND RECEIVED. AND WE ACCEPTED. SO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON JANUARY REPORTS, WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT TO EVERYONE. SO THIS WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE A HEALTHY DISCUSSION AND MOVE FORWARD AND HOS MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I DID LOOK AT THE LAST FEW PAGES. AND THE ONLY THING THAT I DID SEE WAS THE FINAL SIX BULLET POINTED, UH, RECOMMEND RECOMMENDED, UH, CHANGES, BUT MAYBE I MISSED IT. I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK, I AGREE THAT I CONCUR WITH YOU CAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I SAW AS WELL. IF, IF, IF I MAY, IT'S ON PAGE SEVEN OF NINE AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF THE EVENTS ON PAGE SEVEN, THAT BEGINS ON PAGE SEVEN, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND IT OUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THIS IS ANTHONY. I TOO AGREE THAT WE CAN HAVE A WORKSHOP AND GO INTO MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE ITEMS. THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. UH, I AGREE AS WELL. I AGREE. WE NEED A WORKSHOP TO WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS. I ALSO AGREE THAT [01:50:01] WE SHOULD HAVE A WORKSHOP. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THAT WAS SAYING, SO I AGREE WITH THAT ITEM AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, JOYCE. UM, THANK YOU, JAMES. AND THANK YOU, UH, JOE WORK FOR, YOU KNOW, DOING YOUR WORK AND HOW LONG IT TOOK SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS OF WORK, AND WE'RE DOWN TO THIS, UH, WE'VE MADE FULL TIER SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH ITEM NINE D CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT, TO ADD VALUE ENGINEERING, TO THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR MUSTANG FOR THE MUSTANG VALUE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER CONTRACT. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTER. THAT'S HERE, TODD, OH MY HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THIS ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF SERVICES OR DESIGN AND THE AMOUNT OF $350,006 ADDRESSES COST ESCALATIONS AND TIME SENSITIVE FACTORS, UH, ENCOUNTERED DURING THE VARIOUS STAGES OF THIS PROCESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MAYOR ALCOTT AND COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS, OR THE CURRENT STATUS OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE EARLY WORK PACKAGE AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE BALANCE OF PLANT ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2024 BOYER CONSTRUCTION. AND THEY WILL RESUME ON THIS PROJECT ON JANUARY THE EARLY PART OF JANUARY, 2021. IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED, THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE FOR A DORA, THE DESIGN ENGINEER WOULD BE $1,431,269 IS ESTIMATED THAT THESE ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF SERVICES WOULD ULTIMATELY SAVE THIS PROJECT AN ESTIMATED $4 MILLION AND HAS ALSO KEEPS THE PROJECT FROM FURTHER EXCEEDING THE ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATE AND SCHEDULE THE SPECIFIC COST ESCALATIONS. I DID INCLUDE A AS LISTED IN YOUR COVER MEMO AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND WE ALSO HAVE JEFF PETERS, I'M THE PRINCIPAL DESIGN ENGINEER WITH OUR DORA ON THE CALL FOR ANY QUESTIONS, THE COUNCIL IN THE HALF. THANK YOU. YEAH, THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY. UH, CAN WE PUT A LITTLE MEAT AROUND HIS BONE AS TO WHY WE'RE, UM, UH, EXPERIENCING, UH, THIS INCREASE IN THE, UH, IN THE COST? YEAH. YES. THIS IS THIS TODD HOOVER. AGAIN, THE DESIGN ENGINEER. WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF, UM, VALUE ENGINEERING IN ORDER TO KEEP THOSE, THOSE COSTS BACK DOWN. AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD A LOT OF ESCALATION IN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE HAD INCREASED COST IN MATERIALS AND THEN, UM, A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS REQUIRED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, REDESIGN AND RE-ENGINEER AND RE FACTOR SOME THINGS. AND ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE DESIGN ENGINEER. SO IN ORDER TO GET US ON TRACK IN THE CUT COST, WE HAD TO DO ADDITIONAL DESIGN COST. THAT'S CORRECT. W WE SAVED, I WOULD SAY ALMOST BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION IN ORDER, UM, TO DO THE DESIGN, TO CHANGE SOME THINGS, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY BROUGHT THE COST DOWN OF THE PROJECT. AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT KIND OF EXPLAINED THAT THE VALUE THAT THE CITY IS GETTING FOR THE $350,000 IS ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF TO $4 MILLION SAVINGS, UM, THAT OTHERWISE IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT ADDITIONAL VALUE ENGINEERING, UH, WE WOULD'VE LOOKED AT IT AND COMBINED WELL, THAT MAKES MY DECISION A LOT EASIER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TODD, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT, TO ADD VALUE ENGINEERING, TO THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE MUSTANG BY A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER CONTRACT AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF COUNCIL AND EMORY, I MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY CASA MEMBER EMORY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT WE'LL WON'T COST MEMBER EDWARDS [01:55:03] COST MEMBER CLOUSER COST NUMBER STERLING. YES. YES. COSTUMER MARVELOUS. YES, CUSTOMER, BUT EMORY. YES. AND IS YES FOR ME. MOTION DO PASS ITEM, NOT A NUMBER NINE E CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. UH, WE DO HAVE A PRESENT, UH, PRESENTATION HERE BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BILL AT COUNCIL OF AS SOME BACKGROUND YOU'LL KNOW THAT, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS ITEM WAS TAGGED AND THEREFORE IS BACK ON THE AGENDA. AND, UH, WE ARE BRINGING IT FORWARD. UH, THIS IS A PROVISION OF SMALL LOAN PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S $201.5 MILLION THAT WOULD LEVERAGE APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION IN CAPITAL AND REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE FUNDING WOULD COVER TWO PROGRAMS AIMED AT ASSISTING THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH A FOCUS ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDS BEING DETERMINED, UH, TO BE FOCUSED ON TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDORS, AND, UH, THE REMAINDER OF FOREVER QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS WAS A, AN ITEM THAT WAS IN THE, UH, PROPOSED AND ADOPTED IN THE, UH, FYI 2021 BUDGET. AND A STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR A FEE OF $1,500 PER MONTH. CONTRACTING WOULD BCL AND TEXAS PROVIDE MONTHLY TURNKEY MODEL SERVICES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM OPERATIONS, MARKETING LOAN, PAYMENT PROCESSING, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, LOAN SERVICING, AND THEY WOULD ALSO MAINTAIN RECORDS AND SUBMIT MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, TO YOU AND, UH, ANAL PORTS IN REGARDS TO LOAN FUNDS, RECAPTURED, THE BCL TEXAS WAS ASSISTANT CITY TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS OR COLLATERAL MATERIAL AND DESIGN AND MARKETING. AND ADDITIONALLY, THE LOW INQUIRING, UH, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF BCF WILL ORIGINATE FRONT OF THEM. AND THROUGH THEM, THEY, UH, UNDERTAKE AND OVERSEE THE, UH, UNDERWRITING CLOSING AND FUND THE SERVICE, THE CITY OF, UH, ZURI CITY PROGRAM LOAN PROGRAMS PER STANDARD CDF BY UNDERWRITING THE LOAN POLICIES AND HEARING YOU AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WE WANTED TO LAY OUT A PROCESS TO, UH, TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS. AND, UH, SO TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A FOUR STEP PROCESS. IT'S AN IDEA OF STEP ONE, THAT WE PRESENT THE FRAMEWORK AS HOW THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM IS FUNDED AND LEVERAGED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THIS LONG POOL FOR QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES YOUR APPROVAL AT THE TIME WORK OF THE PROGRAM. STEP TWO, ONCE WE HEAR THAT AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK FOR A BRIEF WORD, THAT FRAMEWORK, UH, AS YOU HAD REQUESTED TO DESIGN AND BC BCO, UH, WOULD COME BACK TO PRESENT A LOAN CRITERIA, THE UNRIPE PARAMETERS, AND, UH, THE, UH, HOW THE PROGRAM ITSELF WILL BE EXECUTED BY BCL AND AT THE TIME OF STAFF WILL BE, UH, AGAIN, SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE PROGRAM. SO, UH, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT, OTHER JUST OTHER THAN DO YOUR FEEDBACK AND, UH, AND LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT FORWARD THE FINE WORK GOING FORWARD. STEP THREE, ONCE THE PARAMETERS ARE DETERMINED AS DAN SET TO, UH, WE WOULD DEVELOP AND PROVIDE MARKETING MATERIAL OR CV THE PCL WELL AND OUTLINE THE PROGRAM AND PARAMETERS, AND THEY WOULD BE AGAIN, A TURNKEY PROCESSES NOW, UH, WITH THE LAUNCH. AND FINALLY THE, UH, IF WE GET TO THIS POINT, THE LOAN VALUATION FUNDING BY BCO, WHAT BEGAN ALONG WITH THE ONGOING REPORTING AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. SO TO, UH, AT THIS TIME, UM, I AM GOING TO, WE DO HAVE WITH US TONIGHT IS ROSA VALDEZ WHO HAS PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY ON BCL TAXES. AND SO AT THIS TIME I WAS GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HER TO, UH, GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE MECHANICS OF THE PROPHET AND THE PROCESSES OF THE LOAN PROGRAM AND THE LEVERAGING OF PARTICULARLY SO ROSA, IF YOU COULD, UM, WITH YOUR PRESENT, IF YOU COULD MOVE FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU BILL THERE, COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT, UH, IF WE COULD START WITH THIS SIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS YELL OF TEXAS HAS BEEN MANAGING ITS OWN LOAN PORTFOLIO, AS WELL AS THAT OF OTHER, UH, FOR BANKS AND CITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR 30 YEARS. AND THE REASON THAT A NONPROFIT IS NEEDED IS THAT SMALL BUSINESS IS TYPICALLY HAVE [02:00:01] DIFFICULTY GETTING TRADITIONAL CREDIT FROM A BANK. UH, AND SO OFTENTIMES THEY NEED AN ORGANIZATION LIKE US, A NONPROFIT, SO THAT THEY CAN SECURE AFFORDABLY PRICED LOANS AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF A REVOLVING LOAN FUND IS YOU UNDERWRITE A GOOD CREDIT, A GOOD BORROWER. YOU SET THEM UP FOR RECAPTURING THEIR PAYMENTS ON A, ON A AS AGREED, UH, LOAN, PROMISSORY NOTES. YOU RECAPTURE THOSE FUNDS, AND THEN YOU READ LAND TO OTHER BUSINESSES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO THERE'S SOME FUNDAMENTALS ABOUT A LOCAL LOAN LOAN FUND BACK TO, UH, LOCAL BIZ BANKS. UH, TYPICALLY LOCAL BANKS, UH, HAVE STRICTER UNDERWRITING CRITERIA AND THEY TYPICALLY REQUIRE 20 TO 30% CASH INJECTION. AND MANY SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT THAT'S REQUIRED. AND WE'LL SEE AN EXAMPLE, UM, IN A FEW SLIDES OF HOW YOUR CAPITAL CAN HELP WITH LOWERING THE EQUITY INJECTION. AND THEN WHEN WE APPROVE LOANS AT A LOWER RATE THAN A BANK WOULD MAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW A BANK WOULD MAKE A LOAN, PERHAPS IT'S SIX AND A HALF PERCENT OR HIGHER, THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR BUSINESSES DURING ESPECIALLY ECONOMIC RECESSIONS TO TAKE ON THAT TYPE OF DEBT. AND WHEN WE'RE OFFERING LOWER INTEREST RATES, WE'RE REALLY INCENTIVIZING THAT CUSTOMER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT AND TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. OFTENTIMES WHEN A BUSINESS CAN'T GET THEIR FINANCING FROM A TRADITIONAL LENDER, THEY RESORT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THAT CAPITAL. AND, AND MANY TIMES IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT. AND WE'VE SEEN IN MANY CASES WHERE BUSINESSES RESORT TO HARD MONEY LENDERS, AND THESE ARE LENDERS THAT DO MAKE BUSINESS LOANS, BUT THEY MAKE IT ALMOST AT PREDATORY RATES. SOMETIMES THESE LENDERS OR ONLINE LENDERS AND THOSE INTEREST RATES TEND TO BE 30, SOME PERCENT OR EVEN HIGHER. AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES DO COME BACK TO US AND THEY'LL SAY, OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT WHAT I GOT MYSELF INTO. I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED THIS HIGH. AND THE PURPOSE OF A REVOLVING LOAN FUND IS JOB CREATION AND JOB RETENTION. AND WE'RE ABLE TO GROW THE LOCAL TAX BASE. AND AS BILL SAID, LEVERAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOUR SMALL PORTION ALLOWS FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S WIN-WIN FOR THE BUSINESS AND FOR THE, UH, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. SO I HAVE HERE, LET'S INVEST IN OUR UNDERSERVED BUSINESS COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE . SO IN THIS, UM, SLIDE, WE HAVE, UM, A $500,000 EARMARK LET'S CALL IT FOR SMALLER LOANS. LET'S SAY THESE LOANS WOULD BE UP TO $50,000 FOR WORKING CAPITAL FURNITURE, FIXTURES LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS. BUT WE REALLY ANTICIPATE THAT THAT 500,000 IS GOING TO LEVERAGE $5 MILLION OF NEW CAPITAL. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BIGGER PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT BOX COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROJECTS, THAT TEND TO BE HALF A MILLION TO 2 MILLION, 5 MILLION AND HIGHER, THE LEVERAGE IS EVEN GREATER. AND SO A BIG EMPHASIS ON THIS SECOND PRODUCT IS THAT WE'RE HELPING THE CUSTOMER WHERE THEY'RE TRADITIONALLY 10% DOWN ON A $2 MILLION PROJECT. LET'S SAY THE CUSTOMER WOULD HAVE TO PUT 200,000 CASH. THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN TIMES FOR BUSINESSES TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF CASH READILY AVAILABLE. AND SO, UM, $1 MILLION RESERVATION OF YOUR CAPITAL, WE ANTICIPATE WOULD LEVERAGE $10 MILLION OF PRIVATE CAPITAL. SO BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $15 MILLION LEVERAGE, THIS IS HYPOTHETICAL. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED. WE HAVEN'T BEEN HIRED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND WORK WITH, WITH THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY CREATE THE PROGRAM. BUT WE HAVE 30 YEARS OF LENDING EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE LEVERAGED OVER $600 MILLION. AND SO WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD THAT DEMONSTRATES [02:05:01] LEVERAGE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, AS BILL MENTIONED, WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK THAT'S IMPORTANT. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO ENGAGE OUR ORGANIZATION SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROGRAM FEATURES ITEM TWO WOULD BE, WE ACTUALLY DID DESIGN THE CRITERIA FOR LENDING. WE DESIGN AND DETERMINED WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESSES WE WANT TO ATTRACT TO THIS PROGRAM. THERE MAY BE SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING CITY DOLLARS. UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING THE CRITERIA, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHO'S ELIGIBLE. WHO'S NOT ELIGIBLE THE SIZE OF LOANS AND THE TYPES OF LOANS WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ENGAGED SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM. AND THE GOAL AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND PRESENT TO YOU, THAT CRITERIA FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THE THIRD STEP WOULD BE, WE BEGIN TO DESIGN A MARKETING CAMPAIGN. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MARKET TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES OR THEIR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS? ARE THEY, UH, RADIO STATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, PRINT, UM, ARTICLES THAT WE COULD PLACE AND, AND, AND FEATURES ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESS. THE CONCEPT WILL BE TO DESIGN THAT MARKETING STRATEGY AT OUR EXPENSE, WE HAVE A FULL-TIME MARKETING PROFESSIONAL, AND THEN WE WOULD PRESENT TO COUNCIL SO THAT YOU WOULD DETERMINE IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH REACHING THE CUSTOMER. AND THAT WOULD OCCUR EARLY SPRING. SO AS WE CONTINUE WITH THIS FOUNDATION, THIS FRAMEWORK, WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BEGIN TO DO ANY APPLICATION PROCESSING LOAN DOCUMENTS, FUNDING. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNTIL STEP TWO AND THREE ARE COMPLETED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. SO STEP FOUR IS ACTUALLY THE, THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF A MANAGING ALONG FUN. WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING APPLICATIONS WHERE COUNSELING THE CUSTOMER PRIVATELY. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT THING, THAT WHERE LENDERS WERE TRAINED AS LENDERS. AND SO A LOT OF THE INFORMATION WE'RE SEEING WE'RE REVIEWING IS CONFIDENTIAL AND THAT'S PERHAPS NOT THE, THE CITY STAFF IS PERHAPS, OR THE CITY ORGANIZATION IS PERHAPS NOT THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. EVERYTHING THAT WE REVIEW WITH A CUSTOMER IS CONFIDENTIAL. WE HAVE POLICIES OF NONDISCLOSURE BECAUSE WE DO PROTECT INFORMATION OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE APPLICANTS, REGARDLESS OF THE PROGRAM THEY'RE APPLYING FOR. SO THE FINAL STEP WOULD BE WE'RE SETTING UP THE BORROWER'S REPAYMENT STRUCTURE. WE'RE SETTING UP ALL OF OUR LOANS. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE CUSTOMER PAID THROUGH BANK DRAFT. AND SO WE GIVE THEM TWO CHOICES. YOU PAY ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH OR THE 15TH OF THE MONTH, AND FILL OUT YOUR ACH FORM BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO DRAFT, WE'RE GOING TO DRAFT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ONCE A MONTH ON THIS DATE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY BEGIN OUR REVIEW. WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE TRAINED IN, IN CUSTOMER PAYMENT, CUSTOMER PAYMENT TRACKING, AND WE REPORT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. DID YOU RECOVER YOUR INTEREST RATE? IS THE CUSTOMER PAIN AS AGREED? ARE THERE ANY PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED? AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE LENDING TEAM ON YOUR BEHALF TO HANDLE ANY ISSUE THAT ARISES. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE RIGHT NOW WITH COVID WITH LOAN DEFERMENTS, WITH, UM, BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T GETTING, THE REVENUE THAT THEY WERE USED TO, THERE ARE MANY ISSUES AND ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR MONTHLY FEE FOR HANDLING THE PORTFOLIO. SO THE LOAN PROGRAM GUIDING PRINCIPLES IS TO MAKE A LOAN PRODUCT THAT IS PRICED, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE INTEREST RATES COULD RANGE ON A TRADITIONAL LOAN, SIX AND A HALF PERCENT, ALL THE WAY TO 37%. WHAT WE'VE SEEN DURING RECESSIONS IS COMMUNITIES LOOK AT NEW YORK, UH, WALL STREET, JOURNAL, PRIZE PRIME, AND, AND THEN ACTUALLY [02:10:01] PEG AND AMOUNT RIGHT BELOW WALL STREET, JOURNAL PRIME, BECAUSE THE WHOLE INTENT IS TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES GROW. UM, AND THEN KEY TO ALL OF THIS IS THE RECAPTURE OF, OF THE, YOUR REPAYMENT AND LOOKING AT THE PRIVATE CAPITAL THAT WAS LEVERAGED WITH EACH LOAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ON THIS SLIDE, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF MENTION, WHY WOULD YOU, THE CITY HIRE A NONPROFIT LENDER LIKE BCL OF TEXAS, AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THE ITEMS THAT ARE CHECKED WE'RE FULL SERVICE. WE ARE A NON-PROFIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND SOME CITIES DON'T HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. AND SO WE ENDED UP, UH, SERVING THAT ROLE ON YOUR BEHALF. THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO CONDUCT YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND DETERMINE IF, IF YOU WANT TO ENGAGE US FOR OUR SERVICES. WE HAVE 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED BY THE US TREASURY AS A LENDING INSTITUTION. AND WE RECEIVED CAPITAL FROM THE TREASURY. IF WE WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEN WE WOULD BE, UH, EXCLUDED AND WE WOULDN'T RECEIVE CAPITAL, BUT WE'RE IN FULL COMPLIANCE. UH, WE'RE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY AND WE'RE PROUD TO BE A CBFI. WE ALSO HAVE 30 YEARS OF DESIGNATION WITH THE U S SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE VETTED AND CERTIFIED TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE SBA AS LOAN OFFICERS. SO WHEN WE TALK LATER ABOUT THE FIVE OH FOUR LOAN PROGRAM, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR 30 YEARS. AND SO WE'RE VERY, VERY, UM, UH, THOROUGH. WE'RE VERY, UM, SELECTIVE ON HOW THAT WE CAN BRING THAT PROGRAM TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO YOUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE BUYING REAL ESTATE. ANOTHER FACTOR IS WE HAVE SOFTWARE ON THE CLOUD. WE HAVE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO UNDERSTAND LOAN PAYMENT ADMINISTRATION AND REDEPLOYMENT, AND WE ADMINISTERED LOANS FOR BANKS, FOR CITIES, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATIONS, AND FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE OF OUR TRACK RECORD BANKS, LIKE BANK OF AMERICA, WELLS FARGO, JP MORGAN, CHASE, THEY CALL ON US AND THEY SAY, WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF CAPITAL. AND WE ENGAGE YOU TO DEPLOY THAT FUNDS, UH, RECENTLY WITH COVID AND THE, UM, CARES MONEY. WE WERE ENGAGED AGAIN BY SOME CITIES AND, AND COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE THESE DOLLARS. CAN YOU HELP US DEPLOY THESE MONIES? CAN YOU HELP WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE NEEDED BECAUSE WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. AND SO WE'RE VERY, UM, SKILLED AND CUSTOMIZING AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT ACCOMMODATE YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SMALL LOAN. UH, LET'S SAY A $200,000 LOAN. THE CUSTOMER, UH, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE, UM, UH, 30% FINANCING, I'M SORRY, $30,000. LET'S SAY THERE'S A TENANT LANDLORD ALLOWANCE, AND THAT'S 45,000 AND THEY GET A BANK LOAN FOR 75 WHEN YOU ADD THOSE THREE TOGETHER. AND I, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE CREAM COLORED, UH, SHADING, THAT'S 75% OF THE FINANCING, ALL THREE TOGETHER EQUAL 150,000. AND LET'S SAY YOU ALLOW US TO APPROVE A LOAN FOR $50,000. THEN THAT 50,000 IS ONLY 25% OF THE TOTAL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUR 25% WAS LEVERAGED THREE TIMES. IT WAS LEVERAGED. THE 50,000 LEVERAGED 150,000. AND THAT IS HOW THE CUSTOMER GOT THEIR FINANCING. I WANT TO STRESS HERE THAT BECAUSE WE WORK WITH BANKS ALL ACROSS TEXAS, WE CAN ALSO HELP THAT CUSTOMER SECURE THEIR BANK PORTION AS WELL. THAT'S PART OF OUR SERVICE. IT'S NOT JUST LET US HELP YOU SECURE THE CITY'S PORTION. IT IS LET US LOOK AND STRUCTURED THE ENTIRE PROJECT. LET US SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THE PROJECT WORK TO ACCOMMODATE YOU. OR IN THIS CASE, WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THE BANK BECAUSE THE BANK DOESN'T WANT TO PUT MORE THAN 75,000 NEXT SLIDE. SO WHY DOES THE LOCAL LOAN FUND MATTER? I [02:15:01] DECIDED, AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF ASKED THAT I PUT A TRADITIONAL LOAN, WHAT IS A TRADITIONAL LOAN OF, FOR EXAMPLE, BASED ON THAT $200,000 EXAMPLE LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT WOULD A MISSOURI CITY LOAN FUND LOOK LIKE? SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON A TRADITIONAL LOAN, THE, IF THE BANK IS FROM AND SAYS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LEND MORE THAN 75,000. AND IF THE TENANT ALLOWANCE IS NOT GOING TO BE MORE THAN 85, I'M SORRY, 45,000, THEN THE CUSTOMER HAS TO PUT THE DIFFERENCE INTO THE PROJECT. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS $80,000. WHEN YOU DO A LONG FUND. IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE KEPT THE BANK THE SAME. WE KEPT THE TENANT ALLOWANCE THE SAME, BUT BECAUSE WE STRUCTURED A $50,000 LOAN FROM MISSOURI CITY, THE PAR WERE PUT LESS AMOUNT IN INSTEAD OF 80,000, THE BORROWER ONLY PUTS 30,000 INSTEAD OF A 40% CONTRIBUTION EQUITY CONTRIBUTION. THE BORROWER ONLY HAS TO COME UP WITH 15%. THIS IS A BIG SAVINGS FOR THE BORROWER. AND IT'S A BIG INVESTMENT TO GO AHEAD AND GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND GET THE REST OF THE FINANCING LOCKED IN. SO THE, IN THIS CASE, THE CUSTOMER WOULD HAVE, IF WE LOOK AT THE MISSOURI CITY LOAN FUND, UM, EXAMPLE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD HAVE TWO PAYMENTS. ONE DID THE BANK AND ONE FOR MISSOURI CITY ON THE LOAN FUND IN EACH OF THOSE PAYMENTS WHERE THE BANK WOULD BE COLLECTING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. AND IF WE WOULD BE ENGAGED, WE WOULD BE COLLECTING THE PRINCIPAL INTEREST ON THAT LOAN ON A MONTHLY BASIS. NEXT SLIDE, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A BIG COMMERCIAL PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE QUITE A BIT MORE MONEY. AND SO THIS IS INDEED A BUILDING THAT'S IN YOUR COMMUNITY. UM, I FOUND IT ON LOOPNET. I ACTUALLY HAVE A LIST OF SEVERAL OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE FOR SALE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS HAPPENED TO BE ONE ON A CARD RIDE ROAD. SO, UM, BUT THIS IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH THE SALES PRICE, THE PICTURES, THE ONLY FEATURE THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ACQUISITION OF A BUILDING FOR $3.2 MILLION. AND WHEN YOU DO AN SBA FIVE OH FOUR LOAN, AND IT SAYS, SBA FIND FIVE OH FOUR OWNER OPERATED. IT REQUIRES THAT IT NOT BE AN INVESTOR DEAL. THE OWNER HAS TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE, AND THAT IS WHY THEY GET A VERY, UH, ATTRACTIVE FINANCING. SO IN THIS CASE, BASED ON FEDERAL RULES, THE BANK WILL ALWAYS BE AT 50%. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON THE, ON THE, UH, CREAM, UH, SHADING AND THE OWNER, UH, CONTRIBUTES 40% AND THAT'S PRIVATE FINANCE, I'M SORRY, THE SBA CONTRIBUTES 40%. AND IN THIS CASE, WE SHOW THE OWNER WITH 4%. AND IF WE WERE TO GET A MISSOURI CITY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOAN OF 200,000, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP THAT OWNER BECAUSE INSTEAD OF HIM COMING UP WITH A $320,000 CASH, HE WOULD COME INTO THE DEAL WITH 120,000 BECAUSE THE MISSOURI CITY LOAN HELPED SIGNIFICANTLY. AND SO YOU SEE, AGAIN, THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS 94% OF THE TOTAL. AND THEN THE CITY'S LOAN IS 6%, BUT THAT 6% IS ABLE TO LEVERAGE 15 TIMES. AND SO THAT'S YOUR TOTAL OF $15 MILLION LEVERAGE. SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF A REVOLVING LOAN FUND IS NOT MAKE LOW INTEREST LOANS. IT'S HELPED THAT CUSTOMER LOWER THEIR EQUITY INJECTIONS, SO THEY CAN HAVE THEIR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL THAT THEY PERHAPS STILL HAVE, UH, FOR WORKING CAPITAL, BUT BRING IN THAT PRIVATE LEVERAGE, BRING IN THOSE ADDITIONAL PRIVATE MONEY SO THAT THE DEAL CAN HAPPEN. WE ARE EXPERIENCED IN WORKING WITH BANKS AND STRUCTURING AND NEGOTIATING AND PUTTING THE, THE WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER. THAT IS THE VALUE ADDED THAT WE BRING WHEN WE BECOME, UH, PARTNERS AND, [02:20:01] AND CONTRACTORS ON A PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A PROJECT WE DID A WHILE AGO. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE MARKETED IT, UH, AFTER THE FINANCING WAS APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS, WHEN YOU'RE DESIGNING A MARKETING PROGRAM, YOU DON'T JUST DO IT ON THE FRONT END. YOU KEEP DOING IT SO THAT YOU CAN ATTRACT MORE BANK PARTNERS TO DO THOSE COMMERCIAL LARGER COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. TO KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS GET STRUCTURED AND WHY THERE WAS A BENEFIT TO THAT CUSTOMER. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS AN OWNER OCCUPIED $800,000 PROJECT. THE BANK WOULD, THIS SBA LOAN WAS 50%. WE STRUCTURED FOR THE SBA 40%. AND THEN THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND IN THIS CASE, AS AN EXAMPLE, COULD BE 10%. THE OWNER STILL RETAINS THEIR WORKING CAPITAL BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID THEY HAVE TO OCCUPY A BUILDING AND HIRE STAFF, THEY HAVE TO PAY THE UTILITIES. THEY HAVE TO PAY THE PAYROLL, THEY HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT THAT WORKING CAPITAL BE FREED UP AND AVAILABLE SO THAT OWNER CAN BECOME SUCCESSFUL. NEXT SLIDE. SO AS YOU'RE A FRIEND ADMINISTRATOR, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR STAFF, WE ARE 30 YEARS TRUSTED LEADER IN THE BUSINESS. UH, WE DEVELOP YOUR LENDING CRITERIA. WE DEVELOP YOUR MARKETING STRATEGY. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU APPROVE BOTH OF THOSE THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. THERE'S NO, THE SCHEDULE IS YOURS. YOU DETERMINE, UH, THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING BACK THESE ITEMS. UH, WE REALLY NEED TO BE DESIGNING A LOAN APPLICATION, LOAN CRITERIA, UM, LOAN DOCUMENTATION, SO THAT YOU'RE ADEQUATELY SECURED. THE LIENS ARE RECORDED. ALL OF THAT IS PART OF OUR JOB. UH, WE HAVE INTERNAL OPERATING SYSTEMS TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY. AND, UH, WE HAVE THE 30 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF UNDERWRITING, UH, MIDSIZE AND VERY LARGE LOANS. UH, WHEN I SAY MID-SIZE, WE'RE NOT DOING, UM, $5,000 LOANS, $3,000 LOANS, MOST OF OUR LOANS STARTED ABOUT 50,000 AND HIGHER. AND SO THOSE TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK, BUT WE HAVE THAT EXPERTISE TO DEVOTE TO THAT CUSTOMER. AND OUR LARGEST LOAN HAS BEEN ABOUT A $10 MILLION TRANSACTION. UM, AND SO WE HAVE THAT ENTIRE RANGE OF EXPERTISE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST YOU IN MAKING THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. WE'RE BASED IN AUSTIN. OUR MISSION IS BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES. I KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY. UH, I CAME TO VISIT WITH A BANK, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND SAW HOW THE, HOW YOUR COMMUNITY WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND IT WAS GROWING AND, UM, IT CONTINUES TO GROW. SO IT WOULD BE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND TO HELP DESIGN THIS PROGRAM AND BRING TO YOU THE PARAMETERS, UH, BASED ON THAT, UH, FRAMEWORK THAT WE PRESENTED. I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE MS. ROSA VALDEZ AND BILL ATKINSON FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A PRESENTATION, GREAT PRESENTATION. AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS. UH, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL MAYOR BEFORE WE GET INTO TOO MUCH DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR A COUNCIL. I HAVE A WORK SESSION POSSIBLY IN JANUARY. THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST. AND I, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, UM, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I REALLY NEED TO DIGEST THIS INFORMATION. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS HAS MADE A MOTION TO PLACE THIS ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA. YOUR MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? IS THERE A DISCUSSION MAYOR? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BILL OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS. UM, HOW DID WE [02:25:01] CHOOSE? DID WE GO OUT FOR BID ON THIS? ARE THEY ON THE BUYBOARD? HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? OH, THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER. UH, I RECOMMENDED, UH, UH, BILL TALK TO BCL. UH, NO, WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH AN RFP. THEY'RE PROVIDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE. SO, UM, IT'S NOT REQUIRED, UH, FOR A RFP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I DID THAT BASED OFF OF THE TRACK RECORD THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE, UH, FOR ADMINISTERING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. THANK YOU, MS. ALVAREZ AND BILL, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME PRESENTING TO US. AND THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA, UH, FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, AS WE KNOW, UH, MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY LIKE MISSOURI CITIES ARE ACTUALLY THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES WERE NOT ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE CARES ACT. SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT IDEA FOR PEOPLE TO TRY AND KEEP THE BUSINESS GOING IN MISSOURI CITY AND PARTICULARLY ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND, UM, THE CORRIDOR AND, UH, SORRY I LOST MY CAR VOTE. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, DEFINITELY FOR, UH, I I'VE READ IT AND I'VE LOOKED OVER AT, I'VE LOOKED AT BCL ONCE AGAIN, AND I THINK CITY OF HOUSTON HAS SOMETHING THAT'S QUITE SIMILAR TO THIS AS WELL. AND I THINK IN TRENDS LIKE THESE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE, UM, WITH THE COBIT, I THINK THIS WOULD HELP OUR BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I, I LIKE THE IDEA. THANK YOU. THIS IS, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. UM, I JUST, I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORKSHOP. UH, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE WE SHOULD DELVE A LOT DEEPER INTO THIS SCENARIO AND I SHARED AS MUCH WITH, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER. UM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION WITH COVID-19 IMPACTING SO MANY BUSINESSES. I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN STERLING JUST MENTIONED COVID 19, UH, INCLUDING ALSO WHAT YOU STATED AS WELL. UH, ROSA, UH, REGARDING REVENUES BEING IMPACTED. HOW DO WE, AS A STEADY MITIGATE OUR RISKS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH LENDING MONEY TO THESE BUSINESSES, UH, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THEY COULD DEFAULT ON THESE LOANS AND LEAVE US HOLDING THE BAG, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE IN A SECOND OR THIRD LIEN POSITION ON WHATEVER REAL ESTATE, WHATEVER, UH, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE OR THE COLLATERAL THAT IS, UH, PUT IN PLACE TO SECURE THIS, THESE LOANS. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. UM, I WOULD SAY BACK TO HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CDFI AND WHY THE CITY MANAGER CONTACTED US. WE DON'T DO MICRO LENDING, THE OTHER TWO CITY OF THIGH STATEWIDE. THEY EXCEL IN MICRO LENDING. STARTUPS DO 300 LOANS, A YEAR, 500 LOANS A YEAR. THAT'S NOT US. WE HAND SELECT THE CUSTOMER. WE EVALUATE WHETHER THEY'RE EVEN BORROWER READY. THE OTHER CITY ADVISOR DID NOT DO THAT, BUT THEY JUST GO NEXT. GIVE ME ANOTHER DEAL NEXT, GET ME ANOTHER DEAL. SO IF I CAN ONLY DO, LET'S SAY 50 LOANS A YEAR, WE KNOW OUR 50 CUSTOMERS. WE KNOW THEM VERY WELL. WELL VERSUS, UH, R THEY'RE CDFIS THAT ARE CERTIFIED AND DOING A GOOD JOB. IF THEY DID 300 A YEAR, 500 A YEAR IN THREE YEARS, THEY DID 15, 1500. THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CUSTOMER. SO PART OF MY ANSWER IS KEEP YOUR NUMBERS LOW, BE SELECTIVE IN WHAT YOU UNDERWRITE BECAUSE, AND ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND THAT EXPECTATION, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAD TWO OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT CLOSED DURING CLASS. COVID, THEY'RE STILL PAYING ME. WE'RE VERY UPFRONT. THEY SAID, I'M GOING TO CLOSE MY REASON AND THIS MY BUSINESS, AND THIS IS WHY, BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY YOU. SO IT'S THE RELATIONSHIP THAT'S CRITICAL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE. WE HAVE AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIRECTOR WHO COUNSELS BUSINESSES. WE HAVE A STAFFORD THAT DOES BORROWER READINESS. IF THE BORROWER'S NOT READY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEM INTO DEBT. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT GOOD FOR THEM. THE SECOND PART OF MY ANSWER IS PART OF CREATING THE CRITERIA, AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD AND CREATE CRITERIA FOR YOU. AND [02:30:01] WE'VE NEVER BEEN HIRED. WE'VE NEVER MOVED AND RECEIVED A PENNY TO START WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. UH, PART OF CREATING THE CRITERIA IS IT'S YOUR, IT'S YOUR FRAMEWORK. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE RECESSION RIGHT NOW, MY LOAN COMMITTEE FOR THE BCL LENDING TEAM, UH, WE DECIDED NOT TO DO ANY STARTUP FIVE OH FOUR BORROWERS, NONE. WE CREATED A 12 MORE 12 MONTH MORATORIUM TO WHERE WE WOULD NOT DO STARTUP FIVE OH FOURS, BECAUSE HISTORY, WHEN YOU EVALUATE YOUR PORTFOLIO, OUR HISTORY SHOWS THAT IT WAS THE STARTUPS THAT WERE THE FIRST TO FOLD. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE. WE HAVE OUR EXPERIENCE AS WE DESIGN A PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY NOW I WOULD RECOMMEND LET'S NOT DO STARTUP FIVE OH FOUR LOANS, PLEASE. I'M GOING TO BE STRONG IN STATING THAT PERHAPS LATER, BUT NOT DURING 2021. SO THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT AND WHY IT BEHOOVES YOU TO ENGAGE AN ORG, UH, LATINA LED ORGANIZATION WE'RE NON-PROFIT MINORITY LED ORGANIZATION, AND WHAT HAS SHOWN WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND OTHER, UH, PROSPERITY. NOW OUT OF WASHINGTON AND OTHERS IS MINORITY LED ORGANIZATIONS DO A BETTER JOB IN WORKING WITH SMALLER ENTREPRENEURS AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP PIECE, THE OTHER CDFS DON'T HAVE THAT THEY SAY, COME TO A CLASSROOM, SIT IN A TRAINING SESSION. YOU ATTENDED GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THAT'S NOT US. OKAY. HEY, ROSA, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE TO ME. AND, UH, IN ANSWERING THE QUESTION, IT REALLY DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE CITY AS A WHOLE MITIGATES OUR RISKS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LOAN FUND. BUT I WILL SAY THIS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT WAS STATED EARLIER THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. CAUSE I HAVE SOME DEEP CONCERNS BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN TELL ME THAT THE DEFAULT RATE IS GOING TO BE 0%. AND IT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING, IF A PERSON CAN'T QUALIFY FOR A FREE MONEY IN THE FORM OF CARES GRANTS, THEN I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE CHALLENGES, UH, ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN. UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUTURE WORKSHOP. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, MARY, THIS IS ANTHONY. ONE MORE QUESTION FOR ROSA. SO, ROSA, UM, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CLIMATE AND MY QUESTION IS, IS GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, UH, FOR OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES. UM, DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO ADD MORE DEBT? DO YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO LOOK INTO A LOAN LIKE THIS, THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE ON ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS? THE, THE ACTUAL PAYMENT WAS, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $1,400 WHILE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF MONEY UP FRONT AT THE END, THE MONTHLY PAYMENT INCREASED ROUGHLY 1400. SO AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS, IS DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE CURRENT BUSINESS CLIMATE, UH, IS, IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON MORE DEBT AND WOULD THEY BE INTERESTED? I THINK THAT FOR YOUR GROWING BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THE REAL ESTATE, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE BUYING REAL ESTATE. AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ON THE FIVE OH FOUR, A FINANCING PIECE, THE INTEREST RATE RIGHT NOW, WE LOCKED IN A CUSTOMER AT 1.7% INTEREST RATE FOR 20 YEARS. SO FOR REAL ESTATE, FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE GROWING, IT IS A VERY GOOD TIME. YES, ROBIN, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. UM, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, ANY HISTORY THAT YOU HAD WORKING WITH CITIES OF OUR SIZE OF OUR DIVERSITY, UM, LEVELS AS WELL AS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. HAVE YOU HAD ANY HISTORY WITH IT? YES, MA'AM. WE JUST FINISHED AND WE'VE BEEN HIRED BY THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, WHICH IS PROBABLY YOUR SIZE. THEY'RE ADJACENT TO A BIG TWO AUSTIN METRO. UM, THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR WORK, UH, THE TURNAROUND, THE CONSISTENCY, THE RESPONSIVENESS OF OUR STAFF. I WOULD SAY THAT A VERY GOOD SIZE CITY COMPARABLE TO YOURS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DOING A WORKSHOP, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE KNOW HOW, UM, WHEN THERE WAS TIMES WHEN OTHER PEOPLE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF OR MORE TIME TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION IT WAS FROWNED UPON. SO, UM, I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS WORKSHOP FOR MORE [02:35:01] TIME TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION, BUT WE ALL HAD AMPLE ENOUGH TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF, AS WELL AS REACH OUT TO ROSA. WHY IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, I SAW SOMEWHERE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THE MONTHLY RATE IS $1,500 FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? WE THAT'S A PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL. WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED ANY RATES OR FEES. WE'RE NOT IN A NEGOTIATION STAGE OF A CONTRACT, SIR, THE STAFF TO WORK WITH US ON, ON A CONTRACT, IT'S IN THE AGENDA. THAT'S WHAT WE, WE, UH, UH, WE WERE WORKING TOWARD BASED ON WHAT, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD. SO IF WE GO FURTHER, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, WHICH WE MIGHT HAVE TO PAY FOR, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD FIND OUT, YEAH, AGAIN, THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, I GUESS THE POINT OF MY QUESTION IS IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EXAM POLLS, THEY LOOKED AT 20 YEAR LOANS. SO HAS JUST MADE THAT READ, UH, THE, UH, TIED TO A CONTRACT THAT WOULD GO FOR 20 YEARS FOR LET'S USE THE EXAMPLE OF $1,500. THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS, UH, INDICATED. NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT $360,000 FOR ADMINISTRATION. I KNOW IT'S OVER 20 YEARS, BUT, UH, OLDER, STILL DOLLARS. AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A SMALL AMOUNT PER MONTH OR PER YEAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TERMS OF THE, UH, OF THE LOANS ON AS WAS DISPLAYED IN THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION. SO I, I JUST BRING THAT AS A, UH, AS A COMMENT. THANK YOU. THE, UM, THE SMALL LOANS ARE NOT, NONE WILL BE 20 YEARS, SO I CAN PRETTY MUCH ASSURE YOU ONCE WE DESIGN THE CRITERIA, UM, SMALL LOANS RANGE FROM 18 MONTHS, TWO OR LESS TWO, PERHAPS THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS AT THE MOST. BUT AGAIN, IT'S YOUR CRITERIA. YOU DESIGN, YOU TELL US WHEN WE PRESENT TO YOU, WHETHER THAT'S ACCEPTABLE, IT'S THE REAL ESTATE LOANS THAT ARE 20 YEARS. YOU CAN MAKE YOURS 10 YEARS OR LESS. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THE CONTRACT WE SUBMITTED WAS FOR FIVE YEARS WITH RENEWAL OPTIONS. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ANOTHER CITY MANAGER. THIS IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. ARE YOU THERE? UM, CITY MANAGER JONES? YES. CAN YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? I KNOW WE JUST BAILED OUT, UM, UH, SOME OTHER ENTITIES HERE WITHIN OUR CITY AND WITH THE ZERO COST MONEY COMING BACK, AND THAT WAS MONEY THAT WE LEFT. AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER, HAPPY TO MEET US. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WOULD WE JUST TOOK A WHOLE BITE OUT OF THE WHOLE BUDGET AND THEN IN RELATIONS TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE? CAN YOU GIVE ME A COMPARATIVE? UH, WELL, WE, WE, WE DID, WE DID SOME, UH, WE TOOK ON SOME OF THE OBLIGATIONS FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION RELATED TO THE GOLF COURSE. I THINK THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 700,000 BILL AGASSI, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 700,000. UM, I THINK, UH, HERE, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I KNOW WE HAD JUST HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS, BUT, UM, I THINK AS Y'ALL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, THE WAY I VIEW THIS IS I WOULD BE ASKING FOR YOU GUYS AND CONSIDERED A 1.5 MILLION AS A, UH, MORE SEED CAPITAL IN ORDER TO, UH, GENERATE 15 MILLION WORTH OF LOAN. UM, BUT, UH, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ALL SPELLED OUT DL CRITERIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME TO BUILD. AND ROSA AND HER TEAM HAS A PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH TO HELP YOU ALL SORT OF BREAK THAT DOWN. UH, BUT, UM, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, COUNSEL? UM, KIND OF, SORT OF NOT. OKAY, BUT LET ME ASK YOU, THIS MAY BE FOR ROSA TOO. THESE ARE CONGLOMERATE OF LENDERS AS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THIS THE MONEY IS SOLELY DEPENDENT ON THE 1.5 MILLION FROM MISSOURI CITY? THE 1.5 MILLION WILL ATTRACT WILL HELP BUSINESSES ATTRACT THAT PRIVATE LENDING [02:40:01] AS WELL. SO THE EXAMPLE I, I SHOWED THE OWNERS INJECTION IS PRIVATE. UH, BANK PARTICIPATION IS PRIVATE, AND THERE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, OTHER SOURCES OF PRIVATE MONEY. UM, THE CRITERIA COULD BE VERY CLEAR. IT MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, EVERY LOAN THAT WE ENTERTAIN HAS TO, HAS TO BRING IN PRIVATE FINANCING HAS TO HAVE PRIVATE FINANCING COMMITTED ON THE FRONT END BEFORE WE PUT IN OUR MONEY. THOSE ARE SOME FEATURES THAT WE COULD DEVELOP IN YOUR, IN DESIGNING THE PROGRAM. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY IN SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY IN MY DISTRICT, UH, THAT DID NOT, THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE CURES ACT. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD BE ENTERED BECAUSE THE CARES ACT IS VERY, VERY ENCOMPASSING. AND SO I'M THINKING THAT PROBABLY THIS MAY BE AN OPTION HERE. AGAIN, I'M OPEN FOR A WORKSHOP AS WELL, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IS I WOULD LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ OUT. SO THIS WAY EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WHICH IS 90 COUNCIL MEMBER CLASS, OR MADE A MOTION TO SUSPEND ITEM NINE E TO THE, A, TO A MEETING IN JANUARY FOR A WORKSHOP SESSION. AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. SO WE ARE SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO, UH, SO WHAT THE MOTIONS ON THE TABLE IS FOR US TO TAKE IT BACK SOMETIME IN JANUARY TO HAVE A WORK SESSION AND TO DISCUSS FURTHER ON THIS PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF US MAY HAVE, CAUSE I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FIRST MEETING FOR ME TO HEAR THIS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY, EVERY QUESTIONS THAT GETS ANSWERED, EVERYTHING IS CLEAR. SO BEFORE WE DECIDED WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS A COUNCIL, BODY OF COUNCIL. YES, SIR. SO THAT'S THE MOTION. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THE MODE, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO VOTE ON? OKAY. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER AND HIS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. UM, I WILL CALL FOR VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, HAVE A NO COST NUMBER. CLOUSER CONSTANT NUMBER STERLING. YES. OKAY. BONING YES. CONSTANT MEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND THAT'S A YES FOR ME, THE COUNCIL. SO THE MOTION PASSES WITH SIX TO ONE VOTE ITEM NINE AF CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON TAXPAYERS REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF PENALTY AND INTEREST ON PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE 2019 TAX. HERE, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA CORNICE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, TAXPAYER FELIX ON WALKWAY IS REQUESTING THE WAIT FOR A PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR THE 2019 TAX YEAR. AND THE AMOUNT OF $118 AND 97 CENTS THE TAXPAYER'S BASIS FOR THE REQUEST IS AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ERROR. AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 33 OF THE PROPERTY TAX CODE, THE TAXPAYER MADE AN EFFORT TO PAY THE AMOUNT DUE PRIOR TO THE DELINQUENCY DATE, BUT ACCIDENTALLY SENT THE PAYMENT TO HARRIS COUNTY INSTEAD OF FORT BEND COUNTY. AND THAT INFORMATION IS DOCUMENTED IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE OF THE TAXPAYER WAS NOTIFIED BY FORT BEND COUNTY OF THE DELINQUENCY ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2020, THE PAYMENT OF THE DELINQUENT TAX WAS MADE ON MAY 11TH, 2020, THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, UH, WHICH IS, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY DOES NOT RECOMMEND WAIVER OF PENALTY AND INTEREST, UH, FOR THE TAX PAYER. UH, BUT THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE TAXPAYER, UH, CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE TAXPAYER MADE A PAYMENT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT DUE JUST TO THE INCORRECT COUNTY, BY THE DUE DATE. AND FOR THOSE REASONS, STAFF RECOMMEND RE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION DIFFERS FROM THE TAX. AS A COLLECTOR, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE WAIVER OF THE PRINCIPAL AND ENSURE OF THE, UH, PENALTY AND INTEREST IN THE AMOUNT OF $118 AND 97 CENTS. THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT CLEAR [02:45:01] AS THIS WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IN THE MATTER, UH, THIS HAS CHANGED. WE CLEARLY HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE THE PENALTY AND INTEREST OF 1897 FOR TAXPAYER FELIX ON THE WALKWAY. AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MS. PARTIES. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A TAXPAYER'S REQUEST FOR WAY WE'RE OFF PENALTY AND INTEREST ON THE TAXES FOR THE 2019 TAX YEAR AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? WHO WAS, WHOA, I DIDN'T HEAR WHO MOVED IT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS HER FIRST. AND SO WE'LL SAY CONSTANTLY, REMEMBER THOROUGHLY MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER STARLING MADE THE MOTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MADE THE SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION OPEN US UP TO, UH, ANY OTHER POTENTIAL, UM, UH, LIABILITY OR ARE SETS OF PRECEDENT THAT, UH, MAY BE MORE THAN JUST $119? SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE COUNTY, UH, TAX ASSESSOR, UH, UH, GAVE A RECOMMENDATION OR SUGGESTION TO, UM, NOT ALLOW THE, UH, THE WAIVER AND LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTATION. IT REALLY ISN'T CLEAR TO ME WHY THEY RECOMMENDED NOT TO, UM, APPROVE THE WAIVER. UH, THEY STATED THAT, UM, THERE WAS NOT EVIDENCE SHOWN THAT THEY ATTEMPTED TO MAKE PAYMENTS, BUT THE RECEIPTS AND THE BANK STATEMENTS ACTUALLY SHOW THAT I BELIEVE THAT THERE, UM, THIS STATING THAT THE PAYMENT WASN'T MADE TO FORT BEND COUNTY, IT WAS MADE TO HARRIS COUNTY, BUT IN MY OPINION, THE TAXPAYER DID MAKE THE PAYMENT. THEY MADE THE TAXPAYER, UM, PAID HARRIS COUNTY TWICE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BILL FOR HARRIS COUNTY AND FOR FORT BEND COUNTY. AND WHEN THEY DID THEIR ONLINE PAYMENT, WHICH IS THE ELECTRONIC TRANSFER, UM, WHICH, UM, THE, THE PROPERTY TAX CODE ALLOWS A WAIVER OF PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR, UM, THEY JUST, THEY JUST SELECTED THE WRONG VENDOR. SO MY OPINION, THE TAXPAYER WAS OUT OF THEIR MONEY AT THE TIME THAT THEY MADE THE PAYMENT, WHICH WAS BEFORE, UH, JANUARY 31ST. UM, UH, NOW AS FAR AS OPENING, OPENING US UP FOR, UM, OTHER LIABILITY, UH, I WOULD THINK THAT IF THERE ARE OTHER, UH, SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS, WHERE SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY, UH, MAILS PAYMENT TO HARRIS COUNTY, UM, THAT THIS WOULD BE, UH, JUST ANOTHER ITEM THAT COMES TO COUNCIL. IF THEY DO REQUEST A WAIVER OF PENALTY AND INTEREST FOR DETERMINATION, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS. UM, IF I MAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS EACH CHOICE. SO GENERALLY STATE LAW REQUIRES THE ACTUAL, UH, ENTITY THAT LEVIES THE TAX TO MAKE THE DECISION ON THE WAIVER, OR BEN COUNTY DOES COLLECT FOR THE, FOR THE CITY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY PURSUANT TO OUR CONTRACT. BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, IT IS A CITY TAX. THEREFORE IT IS BASED ON THE STATUTE, IT'S UP TO THE GOVERNING BODY TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A WAIVER SHOULD OCCUR. OKAY, WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF SPRINT EMORY. IT APPEARS THAT THE, UH, UH, THE TAXPAYER, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TRIED TO, UM, UH, PAY HIS OBLIGATION. AND IT WAS JUST THROUGH, UH, A, UH, A COMPUTER RARE, UH, THAT IT WENT TO, UH, TO HARRIS COUNTY, BUT THERE WAS NO, UH, UH, THEY DIDN'T APPEAR TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE TRYING TO, UH, TO, UH, BYPASS ANY PAYMENTS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION, I AGREE WITH THE, WITH, UH, THE STAFF THAT, UH, WE GOT TO WEIGH THE, UH, THE, THE PENALTY AND THE INTEREST. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WE'LL VOTE, COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS, CLOUSER COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LIST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. AND IT'S A YES FOR ME. SO THE MOTION PASSES ONE TO ITEM NUMBER NINE G CONSIDER APPROVING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL AT LEXINGTON VILLAGE. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, JASON MAGNUM. UH, YES. [02:50:01] UM, JUST ONE SLIDE. UM, WE HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AT, UH, LEXINGTON AND 10 92, UH, TOWNHOMES LEXINGTON VILLAGE IS THE NAME OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UH, STAFF HAS MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND CAME TO A PROPOSED AGREEMENT TO DEDICATE 1.5 ACRES OF PARKLAND AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. UH, STAFF FELT THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY AND THE LOCATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT, UH, UH, PHYSICAL PARKLAND WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. UM, IT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO, UM, LEXINGTON ROAD. AND, UH, THE DEVELOPERS ALSO AGREED TO, UH, UM, PUT IN, PUT IN PARKING AND, AND A PLAYGROUND AS PART OF, UH, THEIR, THEIR DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS IS, UH, IN PARKS ZONE FIVE. IT WENT TO THE PARK BOARD ON DECEMBER 3RD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 9TH, ALSO WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND COMES TO YOU TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU, JASON, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL AT LEXINGTON VILLAGE AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF MAYOR? THIS IS ANTHONY. I'M MOVED TO APPROVE JUST THE COUNCIL MEMBER. COULD WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS? UM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. MAYOR, THIS IS ANTHONY QUICK QUESTION FOR JASON. SO JASON, UM, I KNOW ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE NEAR THE SCHOOL, WE ALSO HAVE THE ART PARK, SO TO SPEAK. UM, WOULD THAT PARKING, PERHAPS, COULD WE SHARE THAT PARKING WHILE PEOPLE VISIT THAT ART? DO WE KNOW HOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT? UM, YEAH, THE, WE HAVE A 1.5 ACRES ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE WAY. UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PIE SHAPED PROPERTY, UH, NOTED ON THE MAP. UH, THE MO NOT QUITE ACCURATE, UH, BUT, UM, THE TOP PART IS NOT OURS, BUT, UH, UM, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE STREET, THAT'D BE SOMETHING WE'D WORK WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND TRAFFIC, UH, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE THE CROSSING OF, UH, LEXINGTON THERE. UM, BUT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT VERY FAR FROM THE, UH, UM, THE INTERSECTION. PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE THAT INTERSECTION TO WALK ACROSS AND THEN WALK BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE HAVE THAT SCULPTURE. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WE'LL CALL FOR WELLNESS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER VONE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. THAT'S A YES FOR ME. SO MOTION PASSES, ITEM NINE H CONSIDER AUTHORIZING TO USE A CARES ACT FUND ON SOME, A NEW PROJECT LIST. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA FORTIS. YES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAN COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING REGARDING THE CARES ACT FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES. I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW WHILE I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HISTORICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CARES ACT FUNDS, INCLUDING COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION AND THE HISTORY OF AWARDS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF AWARD AWARDED FUNDS FOR CARES ACT THROUGH HARRIS AND FORT BEND COUNTY TOTAL, APPROXIMATELY 6.1 MILLION OF WHICH $345,015 IS FROM HARRIS COUNTY. AND THE REMAINING APPROXIMATELY 5.76 MILLION IS FROM FORT BEND COUNTY. WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT IMPACT. WE HAVE SUBMITTED CLAIMS TO BOTH HARRIS COUNTY AND FORT BEND COUNTY, AND WE'RE PROJECTING TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY $4,749,012 FROM THE AWARDED ALLOCATION. THIS INCLUDES SPENDING 100% OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION BEFORE BEING COUNTY AND 99.9% OF THE HARRIS COUNTY FUNDS, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY ALLOCATED AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION FOR THE RENT MORTGAGE UTILITY [02:55:01] ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING APPROXIMATELY $641,000 OF THESE FUNDS AS IT STANDS TODAY, IN ORDER FOR COST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE CARES ACT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, THE ITEM OR COST MUST BE EXPANDED, INSTALLED, DELIVERED, OR SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED BY THE DECEMBER 30TH DEADLINE. UM, AND THIS INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF ANY EQUIPMENT TONIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVED APPROVAL FOR THE UPDATED CARES ACT STANDING PLAN PROJECT LIST. THIS INCLUDES ADDITIONAL THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT. THIS THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT, UM, IS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS VISITORS, EMPLOYEES TO HAVE TEMPERATURE CHECKS AT A HIGH TRAFFIC INSURANCES AND TO CITY BUILDINGS. SO WE'RE REQUESTING TWO ADDITIONAL, UM, THERMAL IMAGING MACHINES. WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING ADDITIONAL DISINFECTING SUPPLIES AND STORAGE FOR CITY FACILITIES. THIS INCLUDES SANITIZING FOGGERS, DISINFECTING WHITES, SANITIZING SPRAY, HAND, SANITIZER, AND STORAGE RACKS. ALSO ADDITIONAL WATER TESTING. THIS INCLUDES SAMPLING AND ANALYZING THE WIX WATER FROM SEWER LIFT STATIONS. WE'RE NOT SAYING SEEING A SLIDE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SLIDES FOR MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. ONCE BILL STARTS, WE'LL GET INTO THE SLIDES AND THE SLIDE LOSS, WE'LL HAVE SOME SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'M MENTIONING, BUT THIS IS INCLUDED AS, UH, THE ATTACHMENT TO THE, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM. LASTLY, WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDS TO COVER THE COSTS OF HAVING TO PAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. UH, WE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED 182,000 AND WITH THE, UH, TAXES, IT CAME TO 188,005 97. SO WE'RE REQUESTING APPROXIMATELY 6,600 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SPENT IN THIS AREA. AND ALSO WITH THE TELEWORK MEETINGS. UM, THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS 110,008, 24. WE'RE REQUESTING ANOTHER $3,444 BECAUSE THE TOTAL COST WAS ONE 14 TO 68. AND AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON. THANK YOU, ALANA MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE 2020 TAX AND, UH, WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE WERE AT TODAY AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS TAKEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL NOT STAND. UH, THIS IS, UH, AGAINST THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS BEEN HERE AND ALSO, UH, UH, YOU MAYOR AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CLOUDS. SO I'M GOING BACK TO AUGUST 3RD. UM, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT. WE WERE GIVEN AN APPROPRIATION FROM OUR ACCESS TO AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION IDEAS FROM FORT BEND COUNTY THAT CAME FROM THE FEDS TO THE STATE, TO THE COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT OF 3.7, SIX, 3 MILLION. AND, UH, WITH THAT CAME THE, UM, THE STIPULATION THAT ANYTHING THAT WE REQUEST HAD TO BE ON REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. AND SO WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY GIVEN THAT MONEY, UH, UNTIL WE ACTUALLY MAKE AN EXPENDITURE AND, UH, SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR IT. UH, AT THAT TIME WE PUT TOGETHER, UH, PRIORITIES RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL FOR SOME EXISTING EXPENSES WE HAD HAD SINCE THE PANDEMIC HAD BEGUN IN MARCH. AND, UH, SOME EXPENSES HAD ACCRUED AT THAT POINT, UH, FORWARD. AND THEN ALSO SOME SAFETY ITEMS, WHICH, UH, WERE, WERE OUTLINED, UH, WE'RE HELPING CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OPEN TEXAS PLAN. AND THEN THE PRIORITY OF PUBLIC OUTREACH SAYS CONSISTED OF THREE PRIORITIES. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, LIKE THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES SMALL BUSINESS MORTGAGE LEASE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE, UH, MORE RECENTLY ADOPTED PPP, UH, PROGRAM OR THE, UH, PAYROLL PAYROLL PAY, UH, REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM AND THEN, UH, RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. AND THAT WAS FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, RESIDENCE AND THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, SITUATIONS. THE FOURTH PRIORITY WAS OTHER EXPENSES, A LITTLE BIT OF A LUMP SUM WHERE, OR A LUMP WHERE WE, UH, HAD THINGS THAT DID NOT NECESSARILY FIT WITHIN THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. WE'VE BEEN AMENDING THAT AS WE ARE TONIGHT, UH, AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO, UH, WE THEN MOVE FORWARD TO OCTOBER 5TH. AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, WE WERE, AS LENA HAD ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE, UH, WERE, UH, WE DID RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND WE WERE AT $4.1 MILLION. AND, UH, THAT, UH, WITH THAT REQUEST, UH, WE ALSO STARTED, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND PUT IN PLACE THE $1.5 MILLION FOR THE LEASE MORTGAGE PRODUCTS. [03:00:01] UM, THEN THE CITY EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH HARRIS COUNTY RECEIVING $345,000 INTERIOR SCIENCE. SO, UM, WE, UM, LIVE LONG TO, UH, WE HAVE THESE PROGRAMS IN PLACE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE IMPACT GROUP, AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SOMEONE THAT WE HAD, UH, PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED WITH ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR PAST EVENTS, UH, GOING BACK TO HARVEY. AND SO WITH THAT INPUT, WITH THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE AND OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, UH, WE ACTIVATED THAT WITH THEM IN THE CARES ACT, UH, DISTRIBUTION. ONE REASON WE ALSO WENT WITH THEM WAS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE PROVIDER FOR, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY. AND SO HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH FOREMAN COUNTY AND HOW THEIR PROGRAM WORKS HAS BEEN A BENEFIT TO, TO US, UM, ON NOVEMBER 2ND, UH, WE CAME BACK TO YOU AND REQUESTED REALLOCATION SOME OF THE FUNDING BASED ON WHERE WE SAW THAT THE NEEDS, UH, SEEM TO BE COMING FROM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT WAS THAT WE RAISED AT THE, UH, THE NEMO MOUTH OR THE MAXIMUM MOUSE THAT GIVES ME FOUR APPLICANTS FROM 15,000 TO 20,000 FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. AND, UH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE OF GREATER ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES. UH, ALSO, UH, WE, UH, UH, PRE APPROVED THE REVISED REVISION OF THE BUDGET EXCEPTED. THE ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION OF THAT WAS TO BE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNTY, WAS TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE RMU PROGRAM AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT, THE, UH, WE INFUSED TWO WEEKS LATER, WE RECEIVED, UH, NOTICE AND PROOF GUIDELINES FOR FUNDING OF A PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM. UH, AGAIN, KNOWN AS PPP. UH, WE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS AS FAR AS WHAT WAS THE, UH, DRAWN DOWN BY, UH, BUSINESS PROGRAM AROUND MORTGAGE PROGRAM AND PPP AND DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT 1.7 MILLION. AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, HAVING THE ELIGIBILITY FOR EACH BUSINESS TO GO UP TO $20,000 FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM TO TAKE A LOOK, AND THESE ARE YEARS DAY, SO THAT THEY MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE JUST DESCRIBED, THAT THESE ARE YEAR TO DATE AS OF A WEEK AGO, THAT THE, UM, SO TOTAL FUNDING FOR THE RMD PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE HAVE IS 1.5 MILLION TOTAL EXTENDED TODAY, FIVE 15, FOUR 30. AND SO WHEN YOU START BREAKING THAT TAB, YOU SEE, UH, THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS SERVED AS A THIRD AND 38 AND A, AN AVERAGE WARD OF $1,245, NOT WITH REGARD. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE RENTAL PROGRAM FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS. UH, WE, UH, AT LEAST THE MORTGAGE PROGRAM, WE HAD FINDING THE FIVE 70 AND, UH, SPEND THE EIGHT OH EIGHT. UM, AND SO AGAIN, UM, WE, UH, HAD MORE EXPENDITURES AND WE HAD TOTAL FUNDING, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO FUND THAT THE PCP IS 1.7 MILLION AND TOTALLY EXTENDED AT EIGHT, FIVE 75. IT WAS EXPECTED 107, UH, NUMBER OF SERVICES SERVED THROUGH THAT. AND WE'RE STILL IN PROCESS OF, UH, DISTRIBUTING THE AWARDS. AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO GET THAT NUMBER UPDATED. SO TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UM, WE, THE FIRST MOUSE THAT WE PULLED DOWN ON THE COUNTER, THE COUNTY WAS A 3.7 MILLION WITH THIS ELENA ALLUDED TO EARLIER. WE'VE SNIPPED THE BALANCE OF THAT. UH, WE HAD 345,000 FROM HARRIS COUNTY OF WHICH WE SPENT ALL THREE 65 AND THEN THAT SECOND ALLOCATION, WHICH WE ONLY RECEIVED, UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER OF THAT 2 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED, WE SPENT SIX 40 FOR THE BALANCE OF 1.1, FOUR MINUTE OR THREE, 5 MILLION BASICALLY REMAINING. UM, WE DID, AS SHE MENTIONED, UH, OF THE ORIGINAL RC AROUND, WE SPENT 99% OF THAT ALLOCATION, UH, FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF 2 MILLION, AGAIN, 640,000 OR 32% OF IT. AND, UH, THE AGREEMENT AND THE DEADLINE FOR GETTING ALL THE FUNDS OUT. AND THIS IS THE DEADLINE IS SET BY THE COUNTY AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS OF IT WAS DECEMBER 30TH. AND SO WE DID WRAP UP THE, UH, DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION, UH, LAST TUESDAY. AND, UM, FOR PPP, IT WAS ON DECEMBER 4TH AND FOR RMU AND SMALL BUSINESS. I MEAN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE, UH, TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK, UH, FOR ALL ROUNDS. SO HE WAS ABLE TO EXTEND $4.7 MILLION OF THE 6.1 MILLION WE'VE BEEN, UH, PROVIDED ALLOCATION OF, AND AGAIN, THAT CALCULATES THE 78% THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE NEEDS, [03:05:02] UM, OF THE THREE PROGRAMS AND DIRECT BENEFITS. UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 3.9 MILLION OVER THE THREE MONTH PERIOD AND, UH, THE CURRENT ALLOCATION, UM, WE SHOW, YOU KNOW, DAN IS, UM, SITTING 40% OF THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF THE RMU PROGRAM. AND, UH, AGAIN, 79% OF THE SMALL BUSINESS PPP PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL OF 6,400, UH, OF THE ORIGINAL, UH, BEING SPENT AND, UM, GAN, THIS IS, UH, I'VE BEEN, UH, AN EFFORT OF TRYING TO STAND SOMETHING UP WITH VERY LITTLE GUIDANCE, AS FAR AS WHAT THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES IS GOING TO BE. UM, I DIDN'T WANT COME IN ON A ZONE OF SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND IT CERTAINLY WORKING WITH WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IMPACT TO THIS BENEFIT, GREAT ASSISTANCE WITH REGARDS TO GETTING THIS MONEY DISTRIBUTED. UM, ONE THING THAT I DO, UH, ACTUALLY, UM, DRIVING HOME THIS EVENING HEARD ON THE RADIO FROM SENATOR CORNYN, UH, HIS OFFICE IS THAT THE STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT WAS IN CONGRESS, UH, WAS, UH, A BREWED AND PART THAT WOULD BE THAT, UH, THE DOLLARS WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH THE 2020 ALLOCATION, UM, THAT THEY WILL BE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE. AND SO, UH, THAT WILL GIVE US TIME WITH THE, UH, $1.3 MILLION THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UM, THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YES, AND WE'LL GET CONFIRMATION ON. WE SHOULD HAVE TIME TO, UH, BE ABLE TO GET THAT DISTRIBUTED. AND THEN, UH, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE. UH, THAT'S NOT YET BEEN DISCHARGED OR, UH, UH, ANNOUNCED AS TO WHAT AND WHAT THE PROGRAMMING OF IT WILL BE WITH THE 20, 21 ALLOCATION FROM CONGRESS. THAT WAS JUST SO, UH, WE WOULD SAY, WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THAT. HOPEFULLY BY JANUARY WE'LL KNOW THAT AND WHAT THE GUIDELINES MIGHT BE DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS. SO, UH, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT BACKGROUND. WE DO HAVE ON THE CALL, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS WE ASKED VIRGIN ROBINSON AND, UH, GILBERT MARTINEZ FROM IMPACT, AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. UM, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT BACKGROUND GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BILL. AND YOU GOT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. UM, THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE USE OF CARES ACT ON THE SUBMITTED PROJECT LIST AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF, THIS CASTLE EMORY, I DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO GO QUICKLY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE APPLICANTS, PARTICULARLY ON THE SMALL BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS, I'VE BEEN GETTING QUITE A FEW EMAILS AND CALLS FROM A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NON-RESPONSIVENESS TO THEM ABOUT THE STATUS OF THEIR APPLICATION, UH, EVEN, UH, ALSO SOME THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DENIED. UH, THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE THIRD PARTY CREDIT VENDOR, IF IT WAS RELATIVE TO CREDIT. SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT A LOT MORE, UH, AND DO A LITTLE BIT, DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEEP DIVE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT FUNDS. I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN STERLING MENTIONED IT EARLIER, SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE APPLIED, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE'S HEARD FROM MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THINGS, BUT THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME. UH, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, TO GET MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, ANSWERS. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON EMAILS ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S CONSISTENTLY HAPPENING AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO CORRECT WHAT AT LEAST FIND OUT, UH, WHAT FULLY IS GOING ON, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE CREDIT, AS WELL AS THE NON-RESPONSIVENESS PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY CALL THEY'RE GETTING CALLS BACK OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REACHING OUT AND LEAVING MESSAGES AND THOSE MESSAGES ARE NOT BEING RETURNED. [03:10:01] THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IS RELATIVE TO THE, UH, RENTAL MORTGAGE UTILITIES. UH, I NOTICED THAT WE'VE ONLY SPENT, UH, 40% OF OUR ALLOCATION TO DATE. SO IT SEEMS AS IF THAT PROGRAM IS NOT MOVING AS FAST AS QUICKLY AS THE SMALL BUSINESS. UH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO REVISIT, UH, IF THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT OR EXTEND IT, UH, PER YOUR CONVERSATION TODAY WITH SENATOR CORONER'S OFFICE. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT MOVING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FROM RMU TO SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, IF THERE'S A NEED. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD. SORRY, BILL. UH, BASED ON, UM, THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONIN, AND DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I HEARD IS THAT SOME PEOPLE GOT DENIED AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I MEAN, DO WE, DO, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY, OR DO WE HAVE A LIST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, SIR. UH, WE HAVE, WELL, LET ME, LET ME BACK UP, UH, THE MECHANIC PROCESS, AND THERE'S A THIRD PARTY THAT DOES THE CREDIT ANALYSIS AND, AND IT'S NOT IMPACT THAT SOMEONE DOES IT, DOES IT ON THE PATH OF THE PROGRAM. UH, I DO HAVE SPURGEON ROBINSON ON THE LINE AND HE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A WRITTEN OVERVIEW OF THIS, WHICH WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE TO ALL OF COUNCIL, UM, AND SPURGEON, IF YOU COULD ANSWER THAT OR IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO REALLY ANSWER THAT AND WE CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP IN WRITING. YEAH. SO BILL, CAN YOU HEAR ME MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME? YES, SIR. GREAT. UM, EVEN EVERYONE, UH, SPURGEON ROBINSON WITH IMPACT. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME AS CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AT HOT RUNS, I'LL DRESS, UH, TWO OF THEM, UM, I'LL DRESS BOTH THE FICO SCORING AND THEN ALSO DRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT RESPONSIVENESS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M THE FICO SCORING. UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM AND A PROCESS THAT THE COUNTY INITIALLY ADOPTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF BUSINESS CREDIT, WORTHINESS, OR BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY, AND USING THOSE TERMS, UH, HAVING A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT WOULD COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE APPLICANT AND PROVIDE THEM WHAT WE WOULD CALL EITHER A FICO SCORE AND A REVIEW OF OTHER BUSINESS, UM, METRICS THAT THEY USE INDEPENDENT US TO DETERMINE WHETHER THOSE BUSINESSES WOULD BE, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD IN THEIR PAST HISTORY, IN MAKING PAYMENTS ON TIME OR ANY OTHER DISCREPANCIES THEY MAY FIND, UM, THAT WAS, UM, INDEPENDENTLY DIVIDE BY FORT BEND COUNTY. WAS THERE A CITY, UH, IN THE PLAN PURPOSE AS WELL, IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THEIR PROGRAM AS WELL. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY VIEW. WE HAVE NO SUBJECTIVITY TO IT. UH, IT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING THAT THEY COME BACK WITH A RESPONSE ON. AND, UH, WE'VE HAD OVER, IF YOU INCLUDE THE COUNTY NUMBERS OVER 2,500, ALMOST 3000 VENDORS GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND THE REJECTION RATE IS VERY LOW, ALMOST LESS THAN 1%. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, TAKEN WHERE IT'S A RANDOM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT AN INDEPENDENT TEAM WOULD LOOK AT. SO IT'S UP TO THE CITY WHERE IT WANTS TO USE THAT VERIFICATION. I JUST CAUTION IT ON THE FACT THAT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TYPES OF DUE DILIGENCE ON THESE PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN THEN WENT THROUGH A, WE THOUGHT THIS WILL BE A SIMPLEST WAY TO DO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME, UM, VERIFICATION BECAUSE WHEN IT BECOMES AN AUDIT PERIOD, THE AUDITORS ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW, HOW DID YOU VERIFY THAT THIS PERSON OR THIS BUSINESS WAS A VIABLE ENTITY AND OTHER QUESTIONS. AND WE'RE BELIEVING THAT THIS WILL BE A WAY TO ACTUALLY USE THAT AS A, UH, INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT TOOL. SO THAT'S ONE ON THE RESPONSES, ENOUGH AND FEEDBACK. UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS PROGRAM LAUNCHED PRETTY QUICKLY, UH, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, UM, AS WE OFF FOR BEEN IN THIS TOTALLY LESSONS, THEY TOTALLY, BUT WE RESPOND VIA EMAIL AND WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, TO RESPOND TO APPLICANTS. AND YEAH, IT MAY BE TWO OR 300 OR SO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT FEED THROUGH. AND OFTENTIMES IT'S JUST HARD TO, FOR THESE TO ACTUALLY RESPOND WITHIN 24 HOURS, [03:15:01] UM, VIA EMR OR NOT, OR REHAB THAT EMAIL ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING. SO WHAT WE, UM, TRY TO REINFORCE OUR TEAM IS TO RESPOND TO CLIENTS WITHIN 48 HOURS. SOMETIME THE EMAIL TRAFFIC IS A LOT FASTER THAN THAT. SOME OF THESE APPS, BECAUSE WE WANT THEIR RESPONSE IN A DAY, A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER SUBMISSION. UM, BUT WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT WHEN APPROPRIATE, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, WHEN THERE'S INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE TOTALLY DROPPED THE BALL, WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE MADE IMMEDIATE CONTACT ON THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK OVERALL THE TEAM HAS TRIED TO RESPOND WITH THE CASELOAD THAT WE HAVE AND THE VOLUME OF, UH, DOCUMENTS AND THINGS THEY HAD TO TRY AND GIVE AN ACCURATE RESPONSE TO CLIENT. AND ALSO NOT, UH, LIKE I SAID, SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE QUOTE UNQUOTE PHONE. WE'RE TRYING TO USE EMAIL TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, GET THEIR MISSING DOCUMENTATION. UM, IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE ANSWER, SOMETIMES THEY MAY MAY ESCALATE THAT'S THEIR PREROGATIVE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO DO TO ADDRESS ONE RESPONSE ENOUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, HAVING THAT ISSUE, UH, VERSUS, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE MAY HAVE MISSED AN, OUR, A COUPLE OF, UM, NOT A COUPLE, BUT A FEW FIRMS AS WELL. SO, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY THAT THE, UH, CREDIT CRITERIA, UH, IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT OR A COUNTY REQUIREMENT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT MISSOURI CITY, UH, CAN, CAN OPT IN OR OPTION OUT OF IT'S. YEAH, IT'S TOTALLY THAT. I JUST TELL, I JUST WANT TO CAUTION IS YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME VERIFICATION THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE VIABLE BUSINESSES AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE USING IT. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE AS COMPLIANT AS POSSIBLE. RIGHT. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO VERIFY WHETHER A, UH, A SMALL BUSINESS OR BUSINESS IS VIABLE, UH, AND A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF JUST THEIR CREDIT SCORE. UH, BUT NONETHELESS, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, BRING FORTH THE FACT THAT THERE MUST BE AN APPEALS PROCESS IN PLACE. IF, IF A PERSON HAS BEEN DENIED FOR THE GRANT, UH, WHAT RECOURSE DO THEY HAVE IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE BEEN WRONGLY DENIED, UH, THIS, THIS GRANT, UH, REQUESTS BASED OFF OF WHATEVER CRITERIA THAT THEY'VE BEEN DENIED FOR. SO TWO THINGS THAT SORT OF CREDIT SCORE IS JUST ONE FACTOR. AND THAT TOTAL THING IS NOT EVEN A PRIMARY FORM. IT'S JUST THE BASIS OF WHAT THEY LOOK AT. THEY LOOK AT HISTORY OF A PAYMENT PERFORMANCE OVER TIME FOR THE BUSINESS, BY THE WAY, THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK AT PERSONAL CORY ENLISTED PERSON, UNLESS THE BUSINESS DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS CREDIT. THE APPEAL PROCESS ACTUALLY COMES BACK THROUGH US IF THEY WANT TO APPEAL IT, UH, WITH IS A PHYCO OR CHECK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, DIFFICULT. CAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO A THIRD PARTY VENDOR AND WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR INFORMATION. UM, UH, DIRECTLY FOR THAT REASON INDEPENDENCE, WE ASK THE CLIENT TO DISCUSS IT WITH THE ACTUAL VENDOR, WHICH STOKE DELL, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH DETAILS OF WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, THIS IS COUNSELING EMORY, UH, AND BILL AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, UH, JUST SOME, UH, JUST BRIEFLY, BUT, UH, WITH THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY, IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, MAYBE BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE, UH, THE DEADLINES FOR, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE CARES, UH, GRANTS. UH, IS THERE ANY, UH, CHANCE THAT WE COULD, UM, LOOK AT THE, UH, BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, UH, UH, WILL ACTUALLY KIND OF MODIFIED THE, THE, UH, THE PERIOD THAT THE BUSINESS, UH, EXPERIENCES, UH, IS WHEN IT'S USED? UH, I THINK IT'S, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, ACTIVITY IN, UM, IN, UH, 2020 AND WHAT, WHAT THIS, I GUESS CONCERNS ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, PUTS A, UH, AN ONUS ON, UH, OUR NEW BUSINESS STARTUPS, MAYBE THAT WE'RE IN, UM, 20, UH, LATE 20, 19 OR 2020, WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY AREN'T QUALIFIED FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE GRANT FUNDS. NOW I KNOW THAT WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT, UH, I SAY WE BILL, AND I GUESS, UH, HIS STAFF WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT, UH, HOW MANY, UH, BUSINESSES WERE DENIED BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, UH, TIME IN BUSINESS CRITERIA. [03:20:01] AND I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE, BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE MAY BE OUT THERE THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL YEAR OF BUSINESS, UH, THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT, UH, APPLY BECAUSE, UH, YOU'LL BE DISQUALIFIED. SO, UH, UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS, UH, UH, TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN MODIFY THAT, UH, COMMON IN BUSINESS CRITERIA AND ALSO DO A, UM, A REAL HEAVY PUSH OUT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, UH, UH, THAT ARE NEW STARTUPS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY IN FACT BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, QUALIFY FOR, UH, THE, UH, THE CARERS GRANTS. THANK YOU, BILL. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ONE REAL QUICK, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER MYRTLE IS, SO ARE WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING, OR TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXTENDING IT A LITTLE BIT, OR IS IT REALLY, TRULY GOING TO END AT THE END OF THIS MONTH? SO WE RECOMMEND THAT, UH, WE GO FORWARD WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROGRAM THAT WAS TO 30TH, WE'RE ALREADY IN PROCESS OF CLOSING THOSE AND, UH, STAFF IS, UH, WORKING TO GAIN THOSE CHECKS OUT. AND THEN THE, UH, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, THE SAVING THAT WE NEED TO, UH, HEAR BACK AND FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXTENSION AND WHAT THAT MIGHT ENTAIL. AND, UH, THEN WE CAN, AND WHAT GUIDELINES THERE MIGHT BE IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UH, BEFORE WE MAKE YOU WORRY. OKAY. CAUSE I HAD AN APPLICANT SENT IT TO YOU. YES, SIR. AND, UH, SO THE WITH OKAY. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO. AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. HEY BILL, THIS IS ROBIN. UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WAS WHAT'S THE DEADLINE DECEMBER 30TH OR, OR WAS IT DIFFERENT? I MEAN, DO WE ADD A DEADLINE ON THIS? YES, SIR. SO FOR IT ORIGINALLY, AND TO THIS POINT, IT IS DECEMBER 30TH. IT WAS GOING TO SHUT DOWN. UH, AS I SAY, I, I HEARD THE CD NEWS, IT WAS ON RADIO. WE NEED TO GET MORE CONFIRMATION ON IT THAT, UH, THE DEADLINE FOR THE CURRENT ROUND OF SIGNS IN 2020, THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN EXTENSION, UH, UH, TIME FOR PEOPLE TO EXTEND THAT MONEY. AND, UH, I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT THAT WOULD BE, BUT I HAD HEARD THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE EXTENDED AND WE WILL HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE FIND OUT ONCE WE GET THE DOCUMENTATION. OKAY. SO THE, THE, SO BACKUP QUESTION IS THAT, SO WHAT COSTUMER MOROSE WAS SAYING THAT HE KNEW SOMEBODY THAT WAS GONNA APPLY YESTERDAY. SO IS THAT OFF THE TABLE AS OF NOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW THE DEADLINE WAS LAST TUESDAY. AND SO WE WERE STAYING COMMITTED TO THAT UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE NEW TIMELINE TO BE. AND THEN WE CAN EVALUATE THAT, OPEN IT BACK UP IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD ON THE EXISTING 1.3 MILLION THAT IS LESS. AND THEN THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT COME OUT OF 2021. WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO A CONGRESS DOES OR HAS DONE. AND THE, AND LET ME JUST ADD TO THAT TOO, AS FAR AS ONCE AGAIN. SO WITH THAT, UH, BECAUSE MISSOURI SAYS ALLOCATION COMES TO FOR DANE COUNTY, UH, WE WORKING FOR BEAN COUNTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE GOING TO BE, THEIR CRITERIA FOR THIS INITIAL POT. WE ASSUME THAT IT'S GOING TO EXTEND, BUT, UH, WE ALSO NEED TO GET GUIDELINE FROM GUIDELINES FROM FORT BEND COUNTY ON THEIR TIMELINES FOR EITHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE AND CLOSING THAT OUT POSSIBLY OR EXTENDING THE ENTIRE PIPELINE AND ALLOWING NEW ENTRANCE TO COME IN TO APPLICANTS, COME INTO THE PROGRAM AS WELL. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT THE NEW PROGRAM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE ALSO GOTTA BE CAREFUL WITH DUPLICATION AND BENEFITS. SO NOT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS ON THESE, BUT ONCE WE GET GUIDELINES FROM FORT BEND COUNTY, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE SOME OF THAT BACK TO EVERYONE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE BEING COUNTY, SINCE IT'S THEIR FUNDS. I MEAN, I SHOULDN'T SAY IT, THEIR FUNDS, HOW THEY THEY'VE DONE THE ALLOCATION. UH, WE ALSO NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY TREAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ALREADY. AND THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER OF BONY REAL QUICK, NO MORE TIME. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK WE SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. WHO'VE BEEN HERE, SOME OF THEM THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS WHO, UH, WE CAN VERIFY, WE CAN VALIDATE THAT THEY ARE LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES AND THEY GET DENIED BECAUSE OF SOMETHING LIKE [03:25:01] A CREDIT, WHATEVER THAT IS. AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO EVEN DETERMINE WHAT THE TRUE REASON THAT THEY WERE DENIED. WAS IT THE CREDIT SCORE, HOW HIGH OR HOW LOW IT WAS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES THERE AND BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A THIRD PARTY AND YOU CAN'T VERIFY WITH HIM. I JUST THINK THAT IT REALLY, UH, DOES OUR, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OF THE SERVICES OF DISSERVICE. AND IT'S KIND OF A SLAP IN THE FACE WHEN YOU, YOU CAN ALWAYS VERIFY THAT THEY'RE THERE, THEY'VE BEEN A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MORE THAN QUALIFY FOR GRANT MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AS OUR GREAT CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY. I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DUE DILIGENCE AND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THESE BUSINESSES AREN'T JUST DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE OF SOMETHING LIKE CREDIT. AND THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. I CONCUR CAUSE I'M GETTING THE SAME SENTIMENTS FROM MY DISTRICT AS WELL. IF I MAY, THIS IS JOYCE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THE CITY DOES HAVE A LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT ON CONTRACT THAT WE CAN CONTACT REGARDING THE BILL. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THAT CONSULTANT ALSO TO THE CITY MANAGER. I THINK WE MAY WANT TO DO IS HAVE COUNCIL GO BACK AND REVISIT THE ACTUAL CRITERIA THAT YOU APPROVED EARLY IN A YEAR IN CONCERT WITH THE, UH, NEW ELEMENTS TO SPEND ED WITH THE BILL THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN PASSED. I THINK THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS. ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY MORE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WHEN I THINK TO THE POINT OF CITY ATTORNEY, JOEY'S HIS COMMENT, UH, DO ANYONE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO BRING IN THAT LEGISLATIVE EXPERT TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED HERE? THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. I KINDA, UH, I THINK WE PROBABLY WANT TO CHECK WITH, SINCE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM FORT BEND COUNTY, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO CHECK WITH THEM FIRST, BEFORE WE MOVE OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF BUSINESS WITH THEM. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I JUST FEEL LIKE AS A COUNCIL WEEK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REVISIT THE CRITERIA AND DETERMINE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO THESE. AND I DON'T WANT, WE KNOW SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED, SOME OF US MAY FREQUENT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, SO LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT, PUT OFF WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL. I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL TO, TO, TO, TO GO THROUGH THE CRITERIA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE LAND WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. WE NEED TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS AND WE NEED TO DO IT WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STAPLED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVE APPLIED FOR THESE, THESE GRANTS. I CAN SAY IF IT WAS A LOAN, BUT THESE ARE GRANTS. THESE ARE DOLLARS WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY WAY OF THE COUNTY. AND WE NEED TO GET THESE TO THESE PEOPLE. THEY NEED TO SURVIVE AS WELL. THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO, TO SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY. YES. SO WHAT DID HELP, I MEAN, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE PUSHED THROUGH, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TIME SENSITIVITY, BUT DO THE COUNCIL FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND, UM, AND DO THE, AND RECHECK THE CRITERIA AND FOR FUTURE PURPOSES, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING AND EMORY, I WOULD AGREE THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT OUR CRITERIA AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THOSE THAT ARE DENIED, UH, REALLY KNOW, HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THEY WERE BEING DENIED. SO COUNSEL, MR. AND CONCUR, WE'LL TAKE THAT AND GET THE GUIDELINES. AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED THE GUIDELINES, SEE WHAT THEY PROVIDE FOR US TO DO, BRING THEM BACK TO YOU AND, UH, AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON IT, TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE PROGRAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EXISTING AVENUE, UH, MONIES THAT ARE BUILT. OKAY. MR. ROCK, MR. ROBINSON, THIS IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. ARE YOU THERE, UM, DO YOU HAVE ACCESS [03:30:01] TO A LIST OF THE BUSINESSES THAT QUALIFY FOR THE MONEY, BUT DON'T, UM, HAVE NOT, UH, I GUESS APPLIED FOR IT OR I DON'T KNOW, THERE MAYBE INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS. YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE DATABASES ON, SO OUR DATABASE CONTAINS THOSE WHO APPLIED AND THE STATUS THAT THEY'RE IN, WE DON'T HAVE, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME THE ENTIRE POPULATION IS ELIGIBLE THAT, UH, COULD HAVE APPLIED. AND DIDN'T, UM, I THINK WE MAY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS JUST FROM OVERALL CENSUS DATA, THE CITY THAT WE CAN PULL FOR YOU. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO, UH, COUNCILMAN CLOUDS JUST SOON REFERENCED TO, AS YOU KNOW, INITIALLY FOR BEN COUNTY HAD A BIGGER PROGRAM TO GOING OUT, SOME OF THE BUSINESS HAVE APPLIED TO THAT PROGRAM. THEY HAD SECONDARY REWARDS PROGRAM. SO THEY MAY HAVE NOT REACHED BACK THROUGH THE SERIES INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM AS WELL. SO THAT MAY BE ALSO SOME GAPS WE MAY SEE. SO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, THOSE WILL APPLY. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT SAGITTARIAN, UH, EVEN, UH, THE 11 OR SO THEY WERE DENIED VIA PHYCO, WHICH WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT AS WELL TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE. AND THEN WE ALSO CAN LOOK AT, UM, UH, AND PROVIDE YOUR DATA SETS ON THAT. SO GILBERT AND HIS TEAM, I CAN HAVE THEM PULL THAT TOGETHER. AND BILL ME, YOU MAY HAVE THOSE DATA AND REPORTS ANYWAY, I THINK BECAUSE THEY COLLECT THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS. CORRECT. AND THERE HAD ALSO BEEN A REQUEST WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE LOCATION OF BUSINESSES THAT, UH, HAVE MADE APPLICATION WHAT AWARDS AND, AND, UH, STATUS IN ANY WAY WE'RE WORKING WITH GIS. I GOT WITH THEM LAST WEEK IN GIS, PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THAT, OR AT LEAST LOOKING INTO HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH BOTH THE MATH ANALYSTS FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THE STATUS OF THOSE, UH, APPLICATIONS. SO BILL, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, SO DO YOU HAVE THAT LIST, SO CAN YOU SHARE THAT, IS THAT POSSIBLE TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL WHEN WE'RE GOING OVER AND LOOKING AT THIS CRITERIA? UH, YES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, THAT'S WHAT A PART OF WHAT THE GIS TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SO THAT WE HAVE IT IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BECAUSE ONE OF THE REQUESTS WAS THAT, UH, UH, IT'D BE BY, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO SEE WHERE IT WAS IN THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT, BUT YES, WE CAN. OKAY. BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A CONSOLE AND REST STERLING AND CONSOLE RABBONI IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME DISSATISFACTION FROM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN DISTRICTS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, IT WOULD BE FAIR TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THAT TO ALL OF US, UH, AT THE NEXT, UM, MEETING OR WORK SESSION THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA IS, UM, IS THAT POSSIBLE? YES. LIKE I SAID, I'M TRYING TO GET WITH, UH, WITH, UH, IMPACT AND ALSO OUR GIS TEAM, UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AS WE SPEAK. SO, UH, WE'LL GET IT OUT WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO, AND, UH, PROBABLY PROBABLY BE BEFORE THE MAIN. SO AS SOON AS WE DO, WE WILL. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF HOW MANY BUSINESSES WERE ACTUALLY CONTACTED? YES, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH CONTACT COMMUNICATIONS WORKED ALONGSIDE, UH, GOING IN AND DOING A CANVAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THE, AGAIN, MAYBE WE'LL ANSWER THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS ALL OUR BUSINESSES. SO WAS IT, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS I'LL JUST CUT OFF. UM, YES, WE, WE CAN SEE IF WE HAVE THAT NUMBER OF HOW MANY BUSINESSES WERE CONTACTED AND THE NEEDS OF WHICH WERE ENABLED. OKAY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? I DIDN'T HEAR, YOU SAID COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTED. WAS IT THE COMPANY WASN'T THE CONSULTANT OR THE, WHERE THEY'RE CONTACTING OR CAN YOU BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC PLEASE? I'M SORRY, I GOT CUT OFF. WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? THE QUESTION IS I HEARD YOU SAY THAT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTING, UH SO-CALLED UM, TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD'S QUESTION CONTACTING THE, UH, BUSINESSES. SO CANVASSING THE COMMUNITY. SO WAS THAT DONE THROUGH COUNCIL? I MEAN, WAS THAT DONE THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OR WAS THAT DONE [03:35:01] THROUGH THE COMPANY THAT WE HIRED TO MANAGE THIS? WELL, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL MEANS, UH, THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS PLAYING OUT, UH, DOING VIDEOS, UH, AND THEN, UH, ALSO CANVASSING OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT ALL ENTAIL AND SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING IT THROUGH THE PATIENTS? YES. OKAY. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER SINCE SHE'S THE, HER TEAM ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY CANVAS, I GOT THAT INFORMATION OUT. HOW MANY BUSINESSES WERE CONTACTED? OKAY. HI, THIS IS STACY COUNCILOR EDWARDS, MAYOR ELLA KAT COMMUNICATIONS CANVAS 384 BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY SHARING INFORMATION WITH THEM ON THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM. STACY, HOW DID WE GET TO THAT NUMBER 300, UH, MAYOR AL KAT. WE KEPT THE LIST OF ALL OF THE BUSINESSES WE WENT TO TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THEM AND ALSO FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM ON ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAD. AND THEN WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THEM FOR ZOOM MEETINGS THAT WERE HOSTED THROUGH THE CITY WITH MR. JONES SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESSES ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE, UM, APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED FOR BRANDS AND MITIGATING ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAD. SO YOU HAD A LIST OF 300 TO WORK FROM, OR ARE YOU JUST, UM, LIKE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, AND I'M SORRY. I DO APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING, CAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY AS I'M WALKING INTO THIS AS MY FIRST MEETING, HOW DO WE GET TO THAT 300 NUMBER? CORRECT. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR L CAT. WE PHYSICALLY WENT OUT TO ALL DISTRICTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND CANVAS BUSINESSES AND COMPILED THE LIST BASED ON THAT ORGANIC. OKAY. SO THAT MEANS ALL, THAT MEANS ALL FOUR DISTRICTS OR JUST TWO? NO, THAT, THAT MEANS ALL FOUR DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY AND WE WERE NOT PROVIDED A LIST. WE JUST WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DID THAT OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE AS MANY BUSINESSES CITYWIDE KNEW ABOUT THE PROGRAM AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. SO YOU WENT OUT TO FOUR DISTRICTS IN, WITHIN MISSOURI CITY AND KEN VAST BASED ON, I LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT JUST ASKING, HOW DID YOU GET TO HOW'D YOU MAKE THAT DECISION BUSINESS A IN DISTRICT C OR D OR B WAS THE ONE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO CANVAS AND NOT THE ONE NEXT TO IT. AND IF I MAY ASK THAT THAT WAY. SO IT WAS 384, UH, BUSINESSES, AND WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND EVERY DISTRICT WE SPECIFICALLY MADE SURE TO FOCUS ON, UH, CORRIDORS THAT COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY. SO FM 10 92, 22, 34 HIGHWAY SIX, UM, US . SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE COVERED ALL OF THOSE AREAS AND THEN ALSO ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY, UM, AND ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT, UM, UM, C AND D WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THEN DISTRICT A WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ESTABLISHED BUSINESS. SO WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR, AS MUCH AS WE COULD. WE DEVOTED AT LEAST THREE TEAM MEMBERS TO THAT INITIATIVE. SO WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF THE CONSULTANT? WERE THEY WITH YOU GUYS OR WAS IT, WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS COULD COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER? SO THE CO THE CONSULTANT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN LIKE THE CANVASING PORTION WAS THE CANVASSING WAS MY IDEA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON THE GROUND GRASSROOTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE DID THE OUTREACH, THAT WE NEEDED TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO NOTIFY OUR BUSINESSES ABOUT THIS GRANT PROGRAM. IT, THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN STERLING. UM, AND TH AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION FROM WORKING WITH SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT. I THINK THE WORD IS OUT. THAT'S NOT THE CHALLENGE. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS, IS THAT THEY CAN'T GET THE PAPERWORK COMPLETED AND THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROVEN. WE HAVEN'T A PROBLEM WITH GETTING THEM APPROVED. THEY HAVING A PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO GET THE PAPERWORK AND HAVING A PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO GET PEOPLE GETTING BACK IN TOUCH WITH THEM. AND I'M GONNA GO BACK TO A COUNCILMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, ALL OF THOSE FACTORS HAVE COME TO ME. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WORD, THE WORD IS OUT. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST THE CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE HAVING TO JUMP THROUGH TO EVEN GET THE GRANT, THE CITY MANAGER. UH, SO THAT'S THE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN STERLING, WHICH YOU'RE DESCRIBING AS THE CASE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT, WHICH IS BEING HANDLED, [03:40:01] UH, BY, UH, IMPACT AND STERLING. ARE YOU STILL AT ON LINE? YES, I'M HERE. YEAH. SO CERTAINLY I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAD SOME TURNOVER, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO HOW Y'ALL MANAGING THAT ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS OF THAT AND, BUT, BUT THIS PARTICULAR OPPONENT REALLY IS IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE IN TERMS OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION. YEAH. SO IN A CASE MANAGER, LIKE SAY OUTSIDE OF OUTREACH HAS BEEN DONE, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 199 APPLICANTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT WE'RE SERVICING ABOUT A HUNDRED, I THINK IN 33. SO IF I'M WRITING A NUMBER HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR THE PPP PROGRAM, WHICH LAUNCHED ABOUT A WEEK AGO AS WELL OR A WEEK OR SO AGO, UM, HERE'S AN, OUR GOAL IS THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TEAM KNOWS IS VERY MUCH ABOUT IT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, RUNNING A MUCH LARGER THE OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT APPLICANTS WANT TO KNOW STATUS OF THEIR, UM, OF THEIR PAPERWORK. HOW CAN YOU GET THE FUNDS? THEY CONCERNED ABOUT THE END OF THE DEADLINE. AND I MEET THOSE THINGS AS WELL. OUR TEAM IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT YES, WHEN WE GET INQUIRIES, WHETHER IT'S VIA THE CALL CENTER OR PEOPLE CALLING IN OR VIA EMAIL THAT WE DROP THE RESPONSE TO THEM IN MOST OUR COMMUNICATION BY THE WAY, IS VIA EMAIL TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION WE'RE MISSING CLARIFICATION, WHAT THE INFORMATION IS. IF IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TYPE OF INFORMATION, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLARIFIED WHAT THEY NEED TO SUBMIT TO US, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ELIGIBLE. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S RESPONDED TO WITHIN 48 HOURS. UM, AND THAT'S THE METRIC METRIC, WHICH I'VE POSTED ON MY TEAM. UH, WE HAD ONE TURNOVER. WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF CASE MANAGERS FOR THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE DID HAVE ONE CONSULTANT THAT WE DID HAVE SOME TURNOVER WITH. UM, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE QUICKLY LIKE SAY PUT RESOURCES THERE AND MADE SURE THAT THAT, THAT, UH, WAS FULFILLED. SO NOT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE ISSUE. I TELL PEOPLE IF YOU DO FEEL, AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WHEN THOSE PEOPLE DO CALL OR THEY HAVE SENT TO YOU AND YOU FORWARD THEM TO US, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RESPONDED TO IMMEDIATELY. AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF WHAT, HOW MANY THAT IS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK WINDOW WITH THE 200 APPLICANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE OR TRY AND GET MOST OF THOSE PUSHED THROUGH, AND SOMETIMES JUST PAPERWORK, THE RIGHT PAPERWORK NEEDS, APPROVERS THAT PROVIDE IT. THEY DON'T HAVE CERTAIN INFORMATION. WE GOT FIND OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCEPT DIFFERENT DOCUMENTATION AS WELL. SO IT GOES BACK AND FORTH, SIR, SIR. WELL, WE DO ALL RESPECT. WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR IN YOUR CONTRACT WHEN YOU CAME ON WITH CITY AND MISSOURI CITY IN MANAGING THIS PROJECT, WERE YOU THE ONE THAT, OR YOUR STAFF WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO? AND SO LISTEN, NO, UH, OUTREACH IS NOT PART OF OUR, UM, CONTRACT. SO THEN WHAT, SO WHAT'S YOUR JOB IN, IN WITH THIS CONTRACT? HOW ARE YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY GO OUT THERE AND PROJECT THIS OUT THERE AND CANVAS PEOPLE AND THEN COME OUT AND THEN ALL YOU DO IS THE PAPERWORK FOR THEM TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY, IF THEY DO QUALIFY, THEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WHAT WAS THAT YOUR ROLE? YEAH. SO A PRIMARY ROLE IS WHAT THAT'S, UM, UH, ST MANAGER, UH, MS. JONES MENTIONED AS FACT THAT WE'RE IN A CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM. SO WE TAKE IN THE APPLICATION, WE HELP THEM WITH, UH, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHERE TO SUBMIT THEIR DOCUMENTS TO CITY MANAGERS, PROCESS OF INTAKE IN THE DOCUMENTATION. WE TAKE THE DOCUMENTATION, VERIFY THE INFORMATION ON IT, PREPARE THE APPLICATION FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, MEET ALL THE FEDERAL CRITERIA OR ANY OTHER CRITERIA SAYS PUT ON IT. UM, AND THEN IT'S SENT THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE FICO REVIEW, WHICH IS WE'VE DISCUSSED EARLY AS WELL AND PENDING ON STATUS. EVERY REVIEW, WE THEN DETERMINE IF THE APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE, UH, PAYMENT TO BE AWARDED TO THEM. AND WHETHER IT'S THE LEASE WHICH WE SAW INITIALLY, OR THE PPP PROGRAM, THOSE ARE THE TERMINATED FACTORS WE'RE MAKING INTERMENT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOCATED AS FOR US FUNDING, BUT WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INITIAL OUTREACH. WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE PAPERWORK VERIFICATION, MAKING A DETERMINATION OF THE PAYMENT AMOUNT, AND THEN CITY ACTION MAKES THE PAYMENT WELL. SO, SIR, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THAT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE BUSINESSES OUT THERE IN VARIOUS DISTRICT THAT ARE KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW COME THEY DIDN'T GET APPROVED, OR WHETHER THEY GOT IT OR NOT. SO I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING THIS WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE TO ME, I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THING THAT SHOULD BE PUT OUT THERE WITH THIS TYPE OF TASK [03:45:01] AND GOING OUT THERE AND ASKING, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CITY TO MAKE IT TO SOLICIT AND TO COME BACK IN AND SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. AND I MEAN, I THINK THE ROLE, I MEAN, I, UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS CONTRACT WAS SIGNED, BUT I WOULD, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS IS TO SEE WHAT YOUR ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY WHEN YOU JOIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU JOIN WITH CITY TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HOW GOING ABOUT THIS PROCESS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THE WAY OF WHAT I'M HEARING IS SOME GOT IT. SOME DIDN'T AND YOU KNOW, CITY COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE THAT, THAT DID SOLICIT. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS? AND WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A DEADLINE THAT'S CLOSED. AND THEN WE'RE NOT CLEAR ON LIKE, DID EVERYBODY THAT WAS, THAT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. WERE THEY ON THE LIST? UH, IF, IF SO, I CAN SEE DUE TO CRITERIA THAT THEY GET DENIED, WHICH IS FINE, UH, WHICH WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE CRITERIA IS PUT BY COUNTY OR WHOEVER THE GOVERNING BODY OF THAT IS, BUT DID THE WHOLE PROCESS GO THROUGH AND I'M LITERALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FACT THAT THAT WE'RE USING A COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT ON THEIR SHOULDER. SHE ALSO LISTED SOMETHING SUCH AS IMPORTANT AS THIS, WHERE EVERYBODY IN EVERY DISTRICT BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. AND I'M NOT HEARING, I FEEL LIKE I'M HEARING, WE'RE PASSING THE BUCK AROUND OF THE PLANE, BUT WE DON'T MEET. I, DON'T NOT HEARING THE PRODUCTS TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER. NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TIME IS RUN, RAN OUT OR ALMOST RUNNING OUT, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, HOW DO WE DO THIS BETTER? WELL, I'M MAYOR ELICA TO UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, BUT I DO WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR ACTUALLY TAKING THAT INITIATIVE AND, UM, LOCATING THOSE 8,384 BUSINESSES. BECAUSE IF NOT, I, I FEEL LIKE THE NUMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY LOW BECAUSE THAT INITIATIVE WAS NOT TAKEN. SO, UM, I DO WANT TO COME IN THAT TEAM FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, APPRECIATE THAT. BUT MY NEXT QUESTION GOES TO, DO WE HAVE A, I GUESS THIS GOES TO CITY MANAGER JONES OR BILL, DO WE HAVE A BUSINESS LIST THAT WE HAVE A COMPILE LIST THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK IN THE DATABASE AND SEE IF THESE BUSINESSES ACTUALLY HAVE APPLIED OR EVEN INTERESTED IN THE HEALTH THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE? BOB REFRAME MY QUESTION TO ASKING IS MOVING FORWARD, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT MANAGING THIS, THIS CASE MANAGEMENT OF THIS? AND I HAD A QUESTION. I HAD A QUESTION THAT WAS A QUESTION, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD. I'M CITY MANAGER JONES, OR BUILD THAT. YOU HEAR MY QUESTION ON, DO YOU WANT ME TO RESTATE IT? CAN YOU RESTATE IT PLEASE, COUNCIL? UM, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HEARD WHAT I SAID INITIALLY, BUT I DO WANT TO APPLY IT TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR INITIATIVES. BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A BUSINESS LIST THAT GENERATES THE ACTUAL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY THAT WE CAN JUST LOOK ON THE LIST AND CONTACT THEM AND SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, IF THEY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, DID THEY APPLY? UM, I JUST THINK THAT'D BE MUCH EASIER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EDWARD. UH, TWO PARTS TO THAT ANSWER IS ONE. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT DID A GOOD JOB OF THE GRASS ROOTS REACH OUT. UH, WE HAD ADVERTISE IT IN SEVERAL WAYS, UH, TO GET, UH, THE LIST OF SPURGEON MENTIONED EARLIER THAT HIS TEAM LOOKED AT, UH, HOW MANY BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY WILL QUALIFY. I THINK WE GOT TO GET THAT LIST AND BRING IT TO COUNCIL SO THAT Y'ALL COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS CAN LOOK AT, UH, THE CRITERIA AND HOW HE WANT TO ADDRESS THAT PART OF IT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT I, WHAT I HEAR IS THEIR CONCERN IS REALLY COMING FROM THE CASE MANAGEMENT SIDE OF IT, WHICH I THINK, WHICH I THINK, UH, SPURGEON AS TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING THAT. UH, AND, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ASKING FOR MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS IT, SO THAT, SO THAT AS YOU ALL START TO LOOK AT, UH, THE CRITERIA YOU'LL KNOW, NOT ONLY THAT YOU GOT THE RIGHT CRITERIA, NOT ONLY DID YOU GOT NEW CRITERIA TO GO BACK, GIVEN THE PROGRAM IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE EXTENDED. UH, BUT ALSO TO, UH, SPURGEON, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE WITH COUNCIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, HOW WE'RE GOING TO SHORE UP THE CASE MANAGEMENT PARTS OF IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEAR BOTH, UH, COUNSEL AND THE STERLING, UH, EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT AS WHETHER THE OTHER MEMBERS [03:50:01] IS, YOU KNOW, THE CALLBACKS AND THAT KIND OF THING. AND I KNOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO EXTEND OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, OF EXTENSION TO THE PROGRAM. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT QUESTION IS, I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION FROM, DO WE NEED TO BE BETTER RESOURCED? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FROM A CONTRACTUAL STANDPOINT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED? SO AS THE COUNCIL DAN, UH, ADJUST, ADJUST, IS THERE CRITERIA SET THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, UH, BE IN A SPOT, A GOOD POSITION TO, UH, TO MANAGE THAT COMPONENT BECAUSE I THINK THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO HAVE THESE INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET SOME BETTER SUPPORT ON THE CASE MANAGEMENT SIDE AND KNOWING THAT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT CAPACITY. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS YOUR CONTRACTS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE RESOURCES YOU NEED, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE PLANNING TO HAVE IMPACT. I MEAN, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THE PROGRAM 30TH. SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? FERGUSON COUNCIL CAN GET A SENSE OF COMFORT, UH, ON THAT CASE MANAGEMENT SIDE. YEAH. SO, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO, AND I AGREE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DID A GOOD JOB OF CANVASSING, UM, BECAUSE WE REACHED BUSINESSES THAT QUITE HONESTLY DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE. SO I THINK THE DOOR TO DOOR CANVASSING HELPED OUT A LOT IN REGIONALS FOR APPLICANTS. I THINK ROUGHLY WE HAVE ABOUT 200 VENDORS TO ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH OUR PIPELINE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BEING SERVED OR GETTING DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE FOR, UM, UH, PROCESSING OF THEIR PAYMENTS AND GET THAT OUT. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE COMMITTED TO, IS MAKING SURE. AND I REITERATE THAT IT WAS OUR TEAM STAY WITHIN 48 HOURS. PEOPLE ARE GETTING RESPONDED TO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE TIMELINE AS WELL. I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY OUT THERE. THEY KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY OR A SYSTEM, WHICH THEY CAN LOOK IN AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF MY APPLICATION. THEY HAVE TO CALL, OR THEY HAVE TO WAIT ON EMAIL TRAFFIC BACK FROM US. AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT WAY IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT, WHICH HAVE IT EXPEDITE THAT PROBABLY, AND MAYBE JUST DEDICATE A RESOURCE SPECIFICALLY JUST TO MAKING CALLS BACK TO PEOPLE. AND THAT WAY WE DON'T GET THE CASE, MANAGERS TIED UP WITH MAKING CALLS AS WELL AS TRYING TO PROCESS THEIR PAYMENTS. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT PROBABLY HAVE NOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND WE'LL MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT. NOW WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHAT THE ACTUAL BARRIERS ARE. SO WE'LL MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE WE DEDICATE SOMEBODY TO SPECIFICALLY, IT'S ALL THEY DO IS RESPOND TO THE EMAILS, THE CALLS, THAT WAY THE CASE MANAGERS CAN THEN FORWARD AND JUST REALLY GET THE PAPERWORK DONE AND OUT TO PEOPLE SO THAT THEY KNOW, HEY, WHAT'S MISSING WELL, WHAT'S DIFFERENT AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO THEY'LL ALSO COME IN AND COMMITMENTS. WE'LL DO THE OTHER THING ON A FICO SCORE. ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S A CITY. UM, GOSH, I MEAN, ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT'S BEEN USED IF C WANTS A MODIFY THAT WITH NO PROBLEM, BUT THERE ARE 11, I THINK THAT WERE IN THAT BUCKET. I AM GOING TO GO BACK AND PERSONALLY LOOKED IN, LOOK AT THOSE WITH OAKDALE, THE VENDOR, AND DETERMINED AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TELL US INDEPENDENTLY. AND I ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP THAT ERA OF INDEPENDENCE IN THIS, OF WHAT THAT CRITERIA WAS. AND IF THERE ARE THINGS IN WHICH WE SAY THAT I'LL PERSONALLY LOOK AT, IF I SAY, HEY, YES, THERE'S A REASON WHY THIS WAS DENIED. UM, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU WITH CONFIDENCE THAT IT WASN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, TOTALLY JUST IRRELEVANT. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD CAUSE A RIFF BACK. OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE WANT ANY OF THOSE FONTS, THE OBLIGATED FROM MISSOURI CITY OR FORT BEND COUNTY, IF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES THROUGH. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROTECTING THE CITY'S ASSETS AND THE COUNTY'S ASSETS, THAT'S ALL. BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THOSE 11 FIRMS, I WILL ALSO PERSONALLY REVIEW INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE DENIED THE CITY FACTOR ALSO TOO. I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO NEED YOU AND BILL TO DO IS TO COME BACK WITH COUNSEL ON THOSE CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS, WHERE THEY CAN HAVE, SO THE CITY COUNCIL CAN GET COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'VE GOT A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT THESE CASE MANAGEMENT ISSUES ARE FULLY ADDRESSED. AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS. THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. UH, ACTUALLY, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE 200 THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE. HOW MANY WERE ACTUALLY HAVE ACTUALLY COMPLETED AND HAVE BEEN AWARDED AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN DENIED? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE. I WANT TO COMMEND THE, UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. CAUSE IF THEY HAD NOT KIM'S WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THESE 200. SO IF YOU CAN GIVE ADS, HOW MANY HAVE ACTUALLY ANSWER SPURGEON? CAN [03:55:01] YOU ANSWER HER? YEAH, LET ME, UM, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. THE ONE GUY COULD GO MARTINEZ ON THE LINE. HE MAY CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE STATISTICS THAT HE MAY HAVE ON THEM. MOSTLY JUST STATISTICS. DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE? AND IF YOU STILL BE STILL YEAH. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. YES, I DO HAVE THAT. THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU. UM, SO WE'VE RECEIVED 199 SMALL BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND OF THOSE 70 BUSINESSES WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE. UM, SO NOT ONLY WERE THEY ELIGIBLE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, BUT THEY WERE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND SUBSEQUENTLY DECEMBER. SO TO DATE, WE'VE PUT OUT ABOUT 179, UM, PAYMENT TRANSMITTAL REQUESTS, JUST FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL LEASE AND MORTGAGE. AND WE ARE STARTING TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FOR, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS PPP PROGRAM. SO ELIGIBILITY IS STILL GOING IN. INFORMATION IS STILL COMING IN ON THOSE. UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S BEEN 179 TOTAL TRANSMITTALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR, UM, PAYMENTS ALSO, UH, IN OUR REPORTS IN WHICH WE COUNSEL AND THOSE THAT ARE DENIED, YOU PROVIDE THE READINGS. WHY, UH, WHAT'S THE PREDOMINANCE OF THE REASON WHY THEY'RE DENIED THEY'RE INELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM? A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE OF THE LOCAL JURISDICTION OF MISSOURI CITY. SO IT LOCATED WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY, HOWEVER, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. AND WE BASE THAT INFORMATION OFF OF THE GIS MAPPING THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE. OKAY. HER ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. STERLING. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER COUNCIL STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MRA. YES. AND SAY YES FOR ME, THE MOTION PASSES ITEM, NUMBER 10, OUR ORDINANCE, UH, THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA. [11. RESOLUTIONS] NUMBER 11, OUR RESOLUTION 11 EIGHT, A RESOLUTION ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2021 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA OF COUNCIL, 2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING MORE SEPARATE BUILDINGS. SO I BELIEVE, UH, OUR CITY SECRETARY HAS A PRESENTATION MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS, UM, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPOINT THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2021 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATED TO THESE TERM POSITION WILL BE IN THEIR TERMS ON JANUARY 1ST, 2021. AND, AND ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 CURRENTLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING IS SERVING AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM. CHRIS PESTON WAS SERVING AS ALTERNATE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE, UH, OR, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. IS THERE A, IS THERE A MOTION MAYOR? THIS IS ANTHONY. I MOVED THAT WE APPOINTED JEFFREY BONY AS REPRESENTATIVE, AND I'M OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ON THE ALTERNATIVE LAW AT EMORY. IS THAT ALTERNATE? SO I'M SORRY. SO I DIDN'T PUT IN THAT. SO IT'S THAT POINT ONLY AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER EVERY SECOND. SAY THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY. YEAH. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. SO THE MOTION IS THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AS THE ALTERNATE. UM, IS THERE A SEC, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND [04:00:01] STERLING? SO COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S MADE THE MOTION FOR BOTH, RIGHT? OR WAS IT YES. ROSA. WAS THAT YOUR MOTION FOR, UH, FOR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CUSTOMER NAMONY AND FOR, UM, I MADE THE MOTION FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE AND I WAS OPENING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION ON THE ALTERNATE. UM, CERTAINLY WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, LYNN KLAUSER. UM, I THINK SHE WOULD LEARN A LOT FROM THAT POSITION, BUT AGAIN, I'M OPENING IT UP FOR CONVERSATION FOR DISCUSSION. WELL, THIS, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY. AND LET ME TAKE MY, UH, NAME OFF OF THE LIST FOR ALTERNATIVE. THANK YOU. WELL, IN THAT CASE, THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN STERLING, THEN I'LL AGREE THAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN CLOUDS OF FOR THE ALTERNATE. OH, OKAY. I SECOND THAT MOTION IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SECOND. OKAY. SO INITIALLY YOU HAD A MOSHE, THIS IS EACH CHOICE. SO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER. MY RULE, LESS POOR COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. WAS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCILMAN EMORY SECOND, MAN. OKAY. SO THEN YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR FELONY FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE POSITION. CORRECT. SO NOW YOU WOULD VOTE UP OR DOWN. OKAY. SO CAN WE VOTE ON THAT? UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS CALL SOME MEMBER EDWARDS COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER CROSS-OVER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER MORNING. YES, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. IT'S A YES FOR ME. SO THAT MOTION PASSES. NO. NOW YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION. SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT IF NOT WE'LL VOTE GOSPEL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER YES. COUNCILMEMBER STERLING CONSTANT CONSTANT CONSTANT MEMBER EMORY. AND IF I COULD, UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING FOR, UH, UH, THE OFFER. AND THAT'S A GUESS FOR ME. SO THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 11, B RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IDENTIFYING CERTAIN AMBITIOUS WITH AUTHORITY TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN ON COUCH OR ACCOUNTS WITH WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM ELENA PORTIS. YES, THIS WILL BE BRIEF. UM, THE CITY NEEDS TO UPDATE THE AUTHORIZED SIGNERS ON FILE WITH WELLS FARGO. THEY REQUIRE RESOLUTION, UH, BY COUNCIL AND WE NEED TO UPDATE THOSE, UH, SIGNERS TO REFLECT THE CHANGE AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. UM, THE CHARTER REQUIRES THAT, UH, THE CHECKS WOULD BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND IN THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE, UM, THE MAYOR PRO TEM. SO WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE FORMER MAYOR, YOLANDA FORD, FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM, CHRIS PRESTON, AND ADD, UH, MAYOR ROBYN, ALEC HAT AND MAYOR PRO TEM, ANTHONY MARULA AS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S GENERAL DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. I THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDERA. I MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. THAT'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER COWARD, A CLOSER AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, HAVE A SMOOTH TURNOVER FROM ONE MARRIAGE TO ANOTHER. SO WE DON'T, UH, EXPERIENCE, UH, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED, UH, WHEN WE HAD THE CHANGEOVER, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE PRIOR MAYOR. SO [04:05:01] WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, YES, SIR. WE'VE ALREADY SENT SIGNATURES FOR PROGRAMMING. SO AS SOON AS THIS IS APPROVED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE SWITCH IN THE SYSTEM FOR OUR NEXT CHECK RUN. GREAT. THANK YOU. IS THERE GOOD? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT WE'LL WE'LL PASS MEMBER EDWARDS. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BONING. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. THAT'S A YES FOR ME. MOTION PASSES A RESOLUTION AT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM HAS SPEAKS TO YOUR STRATEGIC GOAL OF DEVELOPING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAM PURSUANT TO THE ELECTION THAT WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020. THE VOTERS OF MISSOURI CITY VOTED TO ADOPT CHAPTER ONE 43 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, CIVIL SERVICE LAW. THIS LAW ALSO PROVIDES THAT ON THE ADOPTION OF SUCH LAW, THAT A COMMISSION IS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, THE CITY MANAGER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE PURSUANT TO STATE LAW. THE CITY MANAGER IS REQUIRED TO APPOINT THREE COMMISSIONERS WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE ADOPTION OF CHAPTER ONE 43 IN NOVEMBER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE IN NOVEMBER, STAFF SOLICITED A POINT THAT APPLICATIONS OR APPOINTMENTS, THE TIMELINE IS ON THE SLIDE ABOVE. UM, ESSENTIALLY THOSE APPOINTMENTS WERE SOLICITED FROM NOVEMBER 10TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 19. UM, UPON RECEIVING THOSE APPLICATION STAFF REVIEWED THE TOP CANDIDATES AND THOSE CANDIDATES WERE INTERVIEWED. THE STAFF COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE CHIEF OF FIRE, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH FIRE AND POLICE, UH, AS WELL AS THE CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFFICER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, MYSELF BASED ON THOSE INTERVIEWS FOR CANDIDATES WERE SELECTED AND FORWARDED TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS. UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE INTERVIEWS, THE CITY MANAGER APPOINTED IN HIS NAMES, THE INDIVIDUALS, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU FOR THE ONE YEAR TERM, THE MANAGER IS APPOINTING A GREGORY WILLIAMS, WHO IS ENABLED OFFICER A FORMER NAVY NAVAL OFFICER FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM. THE MANAGER'S APPOINTING JACLYN WATSON, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY IN THE AREA AND OR THE THREE-YEAR TERM. THE MANAGER IS APPOINTING THIS ONE TO JOHNSON, WHO IS A FORMER EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, A MEDIATOR AND INVESTIGATOR. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, JOSEPH. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? SO MOVE COUNSEL FOR MR. AND A SECOND. OKAY. SO A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION THAT WILL CALL FOR VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER NUMBER STERLING. ALSO REMEMBER MOANING COSTS. REMEMBER MEROLA'S YES. COUNCILMEMBER EMORY. YES. MOTION PASSES, ITEM 11 D OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT ON A SUBLEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AND SIENNA PLANTATION, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE FOR THE TRANSFER OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PERMIT AND RESERVED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY. SO WE DO GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO, NO, I'M JUST SAYING WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY YOU, BUT GO AHEAD. UH, THIS IS TOM UBER. SO THIS REQUESTED, YOU KNOW, MUD NUMBER ONE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PERMIT TRANSFER AND SUBLEASE [04:10:01] RESOLUTION IS IN ESSENCE, A REINSTATEMENT OF THE 2013 PRIOR PERMIT AGREEMENT. AND PRIOR SUBLEASE THAT EXPIRED ON DECEMBER THE 12TH, 2019 WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS. IT'S ALSO NOTABLE TO MENTION THAT SIENNA MUD NUMBER ONE HAS A SEPARATE ACT OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO SEND A MINIMUM OF 500,000 GALLONS PER DAY OF WASTEWATER TO OUR STEEP BANK, FLAT BANK CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING CONTINUATION OF ADDRESSES, TRANSFER OF CNS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PERMIT, AND LEASE SITE TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SO THAT THE CAPACITY CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S REGIONAL CAPACITY CALCULATIONS. THE AGREEMENT DOES HAVE REVISED PROVISIONS THAT THE PERMIT WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVELY TRANSFERRED BACK TO SIENNA. AS SOON AS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS DECOMMISSIONED, THE WASTEWATER PERMIT RENEWAL IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. IN THE CITY'S NAME, CNM MUD, ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE AGREEMENTS. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL AND A HALF, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED EMORY? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND COUNCILMAN BACKWARDS? OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY. THERE HAS BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL EDWARDS. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL LOOK TO VOTE. PASSOVER EDWARDS. I MADE THE SECOND, SIR. YES. UM, AND THIS IS A JOYCE, SO TECHNICALLY MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND OR NOT VOTES FOR AN ITEM. THEY ARE VOTES ESSENTIALLY FOR DISCUSSION OF AN ITEM. YES. COUNSELING FOR EDWARDS. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. FOR ME, MOTION PASSES, [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] ITEM NUMBER 12, CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF KAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE AND GIVE RESPECTS TO FORMER MAYOR FORD AND FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON. IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO WORK WITH THEM. I WISH THEM THE BEST IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS ALSO WANT TO WELCOME, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND, UM, MAYOR ADVOCATE. SO THE TEAM I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, AND I'M JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC ENCOURAGING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO STILL REMAIN, UM, AND AN IDEA THAT WE ARE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WE SHOULD NOT GATHER IN GROUPS, CONTINUE TO WEAR EYE MASKS AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT THOSE AROUND US. THANK YOU, ACTUALLY, WHEN I ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, SENTIMENTS, UH, THANK, UH, FORMER MAYOR, YOLANDA, THOR, AND FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM, CHRIS PRESTON WEATHER SERVICE TO OUR CITY, UM, IN THAT, UM, I WILL BE, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, MAYOR ELLA CAT, UM, ALSO SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, UH, REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. AND SO WE'LL BE FORMING A COMMITTEE OF SMALL BUSINESSES, SORT OF A COALITION, UH, GOING FORWARD. AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, ESPECIALLY, UM, HELPING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING IN COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR DISTRICTS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I REMEMBER STERLING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO THANK MAYOR FOR, I MEAN, I'M SORRY. WELL, I'M A MAYOR FORD AND, UH, CHRIS PRESTON FOR THEIR SERVICE TO MISSOURI CITY LONG-TERM SERVICES, THE THANKFUL TO THEM. UH, ALSO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU, UM, MAYOR ALLOCATE AND [04:15:01] COUNCIL WOMAN. UM, CLOUSER WELCOME REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND TO CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY. I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, HOPEFULLY 21 WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER YEAR FOR ALL OF US. AND IN THE MEANTIME, I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO BE SAFE AND MASK UP. SO THANK YOU. AND THE CONFORMED TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU A WARNING. YES. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR, UH, FIRST I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, GOD WILLING NEXT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MA UH, FORMER MAYOR, UH, YOLANDA FORD AND FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON ON THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITY. AND I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MAYOR ROBIN ALLIE CAT AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAN CLOUDS ARE ON BEING SWORN IN TO SERVE OUR GREAT CITY. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WAS HAPPY TO GIVE REMARKS AND SUPPORT THE VIRTUAL FUNDRAISER AND AWARDS EVENT PUT ON BY A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY CALLED LIFTING FAMILIES TOGETHER. THAT WAS FOUNDED BY ONE OF MY DISTRICT B RESIDENTS, MS. EVA HOLLAND. UH, ALSO WANTED TO, UH, SAY HOW HAPPY I WAS TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANTHONY. MY RULE IS TO VOLUNTEER AND PROVIDE MASKS, UH, AT THE FORT BEING SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS AND SECRET SANTA EVENT PUT ON BY, UH, RICK BRADDOCK WITH THE FORT BEND SENIORS. UH, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. UH, ALSO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH HEB ENJOYED THAT VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU. A COUNCIL MEMBER RULERS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND SELECTED ME TO SERVE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, 2021 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND, UH, BRINGING, UH, SOME OF THESE RESOURCES PRAYERFULLY BACK TO THE CITY. LASTLY, I'M SINCERELY EXCITED TO WORK AGAIN WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP US MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD TOGETHER. NEXT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MARULA IS I'M SORRY THAT AFTER YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, I WAS GOING THROUGH THE SCRIPT HERE, BUT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM RULES. THANK YOU. CONGRATS. THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FORMER MAYOR FORD AND COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO OUR CITY. UM, I ATTENDED THE VETERAN'S DAY LUNCHEON. IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR PREPARING SUCH A NICE EVENT FOR SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR COUNTRY. I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU. UH, OFFICER LEONARD, SCOTT, AND SANDRA CASTA, RINA. THEY WERE OFFICERS OF THE MONTH AND THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND SOME EMERGENCIES, UH, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY SAVED SOME LIVES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH OFFICERS. UM, ON SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE FORT BEND FAMILY, CHRISTIAN, UH, FOREBRAIN FAMILY PROMISE, CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVEAWAY, AND THERE WAS AN AWESOME EVENT. THE UPS WARRIOR SHOWED UP IN TRUCKS FULL OF AND DELIVERING THEM TO THE FAMILIES IN NEED. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEY ACTUALLY HELP HOMELESS FAMILIES. UM, I ATTENDED A PRAYER VIGIL FOR, UH, JASON LANDRY, UH, AT SOUTH MINSTER. HE IS THE SON OF THE PASTOR FOR SOUTH MINSTER CHURCH AND TONIGHT LANDER FAMILY AND THE PARISHIONERS OF SOUTH MINISTER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND FOR JASON'S RETURNED BACK HOME HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, AND FINALLY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT 2021. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ABOARD, UH, YOU, UM, MAYOR, UH, ELLA CAT THEN, UH, COUNCIL, LADY, UM, LYNN CLOUSER, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WE MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD. UH, ALSO, UH, THANK YOU, GOES OUT TO, UH, UH, PREVIOUS MAYOR, UH, UM, GOSH, IT'S LIKE, UM, PREVIOUS MARY LINED, A BOARD AND, UH, THE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, UH, CHRIS PRESTON. UH, I THANK THEM FOR THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO THE CITY ALSO. UH, IT'S UH, THAT TIME OF YEAR, UM, ENJOY YOUR FAMILY, BE SAFE, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO A, UH, NEAR 2021 WHERE WE CAN KICK THIS PANDEMIC AND GET BACK TO, UH, UH, SOME, UH, SENSE OF NORMALCY. THANK YOU. [04:20:01] THANK YOU. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT FOR TODAY'S ALSO OFFICER OR FOR MYSELF AND FOR LION CLOUSER. AND I KNOW DURING THIS PANDEMIC, UH, IT TOOK A LOT OF YOU TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER. UM, AMAZING. UH, JUST AMAZING. AND I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THE FACT THAT, UH, SO MANY OF YOU THAT HELPED AND PUT THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENT TODAY AND NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS WE WANTED TO, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE TO ALL OF YOU ON COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY SECRETARY, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSITION SINCE BEING ELECTED LAST SATURDAY, UH, THAT WE HAD. UM, AND I'M NO, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER. UH CLOUSER BUT I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS, UH, THE IT FROM GETTING OUR COMPUTERS, I MEAN, TO THE ENTIRE STAFF AND THE TEAM WAS JUST AMAZING. AND THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION A VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION. UM, I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE, SOME OF YOU THAT I KNOW, AND SOME OF YOU HAD DON'T, UH, BUT I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS HERE, ABOUT YOUR SUGGESTIONS HERE, HOW I CAN IMPROVE, AND HERE ALSO TO HEAR WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOUR DISTRICT TOGETHER, SO WE CAN GET THINGS DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED, UM, FOR YOUR AREAS AS WELL. SO IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO JOIN YOUR TEAM AND WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND I WILL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. AND I STILL BELIEVE TOGETHER, WE CAN MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD. LASTLY, TO OUR STAFF, THE ENTIRE STAFF OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. YOU'LL HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, UM, HELP IS ON THE WAY IS HERE. AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 20, 20, 20, 21, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT YOUR SUGGESTIONS, UM, YOUR CONCERNS, YOUR INPUTS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, NEEDED TO HELP THIS COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD AS TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO. SO I'M EXCITED TO MEET SOME OF YOU, AND I KNOW IT'S PANDEMIC AND SOME OF YOU ARE WORKING FROM HOME, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE VACCINE HERE, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, WE WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY, JUST TO, JUST TO SAY HELLO. UM, SO I'M EXCITED WITH THAT. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO WISH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER, CITY, EXECUTIVE, AND LEADERSHIP TEAM, CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR CITIZENS, UH, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NUMBER 13, UM, CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. UM, NUMBER 15, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS FOR MANY OF YOU HEARING? NONE? THE TIME IS 11:56 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, THE, UH, LGC THAT WE NEED THAT WE'RE GOING TO START. SO THIS MEETING IS GOING TO BE A JOURNAL. WE'RE GOING TO START RIGHT AWAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.