Feb 01, 2021 Special City Council

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM TWO, A DISCUSS A PROCESS TO UPDATE THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.

THANK YOU, KEVIN.

UM, ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA MUST HAVE NOTIFIED THE CITY SECRETARY BY EMAIL ON OR SUBMISSION OF A PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE 4:00 PM ON THE DAY OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS A 4:00 PM TODAY, THE CITY RECEIVED NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER TWO,

[2(a) Discuss the process to update the City’s Strategic Plan. (Proposed presenter: Assistant City Manager Bill Atkinson)]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINS, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL OFFICE.

I WON'T TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT A, THIS IS.

AND WE ARE, UH, UNDERTAKING

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AN UPDATE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN EASILY.

WE COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS PLAN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK WITH, UH, MAJOR GOALS.

AND SHE SAID, AND THEN OUR ACTION STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING ARE IN LINE WITH THAT.

UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD, UH, HAD, UH, ENGAGED J D GRAIN ASSOCIATES, JASON GRAY, TO HELP FACILITATE AND LEAD US IN THAT PROCESS.

UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR VISION STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR WORK PROGRAM, MISSION CORE VALUES AND ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES.

AND, UH, ALSO, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING, GOING BACK TO THE 20 2014 STRATEGIC PLAN WHERE WE DID A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF IT, LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, FOCUS AREAS.

AND, UH, TO REMIND YOU THOSE ARE TO CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE MY TANK, FINANCIAL SOUND GOVERNMENT, UH, GROWTH BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN MISSOURI CITY, DEVELOP A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM AND HAVE A QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUILD OUT.

WE'LL BE REVIEWING THOSE AND ACTION STEPS THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING TO YOU, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE, TO GET TO THOSE, UH, THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE GOALS AND GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON THOSE, UH, THOSE STEPS, THOSE GOALS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ALIGNED WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

SO WE'VE HAD OUTLINED, UH, THIS COMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO, UH, UH, DO THE, UH, REVIEW OR DO THE RETREAT.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH COVID, UH, WE ARE POSTPONING THAT UNTIL THE TIME WHICH WE CAN DO IT IN A MORE SAFE ENVIRONMENT, UH, HAVING YOU PRESENT AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE, UH, TAKE AS EFFECTIVE A TIME AS WE CAN WITH YOU, OR TAKE SUFFICIENT TIME WITH YOU.

AND SO ANYWAY, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A FUTURE DATE AND, UH, PART OF WHAT I PROVIDED TO YOU WAS NO REVIEW THAT PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE UNDERTAKING AGAIN WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE.

SO, UM, AGAIN, AND WE DID IDENTIFY FOUR AREAS THAT, UH, FROM A STAFF LEVEL THAT WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU, WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU, THE CITY INITIATIVES, UH, WE'LL INCLUDE A CONFERENCE COMMUNICATION PLAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, 2021 BOND ELECTION PROPOSAL, AND EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND SO THOSE WILL BE THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AND REVIEWING WITH YOU.

AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL BE WORKING TO SEE WHEN WE CAN HAVE THIS TAKE PLACE AND DO SO IN A SAFE MANNER.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, BILL, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.

DID YOU MENTION THAT YOU WILL BE SENDING US THE PLAN IN ADVANCE OF PRIOR TO THE, THE SCHEDULE, UH, KIND OF THAT YOU WILL BE WORKED OUT THAT YOU WILL BE HAVING? YES, MA'AM WHAT WE'RE SENDING.

OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.

NO, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UH, THE SCHEDULE THAT I'M REFERRING TO WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE AREAS IN WHICH WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AND SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM YOU, PRESENTING INFORMATION AND SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM YOU, UH, BEING THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, UH, THAT WE JUST MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE AND SEE IF THOSE ARE STILL VIABLE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WOULD BE ON THOSE.

POINT, WHY WAS THE RICE WILL ALSO BE INSTALLED AT EACH FOUR, BUT EACH OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO BE USED AS A BACK HAUL CONNECTIVITY BACK TO CITY HALL, UM, THAT WAS GETTING IN THE CONNECTION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE SITE.

BUT YOU WILL GET THOSE TO US PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOP, RIGHT? YES.

[(b) Discuss the city-wide wireless network benefits and pilot program along Texas Parkway. (Proposed presenter: Director of Information Technology Sedrick Cole)]

SORRY.

IT'S UH, ITEM TWO B THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE CITYWIDE WIRELESS PILOT PROGRAM.

UM, AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT NEXT FAR AS PIECE, THE PROPOSED SOLUTION CONSISTS OF UTILIZING THE CITY HALL BUILDING AS A PRIMARY PHYSICAL LOCATION TO DETERMINATE ALL WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY.

UM, IT WAS ABLE TO LEVERAGE VENDOR PARTNERSHIP TO REDUCE THE COST OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND UTILIZE THE OWNER EQUIPMENT FROM OUR VENDORS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FRONT END OF ALL THIS HARDWARE AND LICENSING.

UM, THE WIRELESS SOLUTION, UM, WILL ALSO GIVE US A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT TO BE INSTALLED AT EACH OF THE FOUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS DOWN OF PARKWAY FROM MISSOURI CITY DRIVE TO THE INTERSECTION OF INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD AND TEXAS PARKWAY.

THE POINT OF

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THIS PI PROGRAM AND WIRELESS WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL DATA THAT WE NEED TO ANALYZE AND DESIGN TO THE CITY-WIDE SOLUTION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HERE ON THE DRAWING, YOU CAN SEE, UM, I PICKED THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT WAS WELL DIVERSE IN MULTIPLE ASSETS.

AS FAR AS YOU HAVE SHOPPING CENTERS, YOU HAVE THE CITIZENS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC WORKS INFORMATION GOING ON, UM, BACK AND FORTH OFF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, MOVING AROUND IN THIS AREA.

SO IT JUST GIVES YOU AN INSIGHT OF WHERE THE WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY IS GOING TO BE.

UM, THE BENEFITS BEHIND THIS SOLUTION WILL GIVE YOU, UM, ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY TO CITY-WIDE WIRELESS SOLUTIONS WOULD PROVIDE INTERNAL CITY DEPARTMENT SEAMLESS ACCESS TO INTERNAL RESOURCES.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANNING, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND REC AND COMMUNICATIONS, UM, INCREASING EFFICIENCY, UM, NOT JUST ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT, UM, THEY WILL BE UNTETHERED ACCESS TO RESOURCES WITHOUT CONCERN OF BLACKOUTS OR OUTAGES SAY ALLERGIES AND DROPS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

UM, ALSO THE BENEFIT BEHIND THIS SOLUTION IS NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR CITIZENS ACCESS TO RELIABLE WIRELESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND INCREASED REVENUE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS, SERVICE COSTS.

AND A GREAT THING ABOUT THIS BENEFIT AND SOLUTION IS, UM, IS SCALABLE.

SO WITH WIRELESS, WE DON'T PUT ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD CONNECTION BACK AND FORTH.

SO THE WIRELESS NETWORK IS SNIFFLY FASTER AND CHEAPER TO INSTALL IN WIDER NETWORK, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE CABLING.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN BUILDINGS AND AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YES.

I HAVE A QUESTION AS COUNCIL MOVES BONY A GREAT PRESENTATION, UH, CEDRIC.

UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ACTUALLY, WHAT ACTUALLY, UH, BROUGHT THIS ABOUT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORK TIME OR, UH, WAS THIS BASED OFF OF FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZENS, UH, AS TO WHAT THEY BE? I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND IS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF CHALLENGING FOR ME TO, TO HEAR MY CONSTITUENTS SAY THAT THEY WANT THEIR STREETS FIXED AND, AND SIDEWALKS FIXED.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I, IF THEY WERE ASKING FOR THIS, THEN I WOULD, I JUST WANT TO BASICALLY UNDERSTAND, WELL, INTERNALLY I'M LOOKING AT RESOURCES AND HOW WE ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES OUT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, TO TRAFFIC CODE UNFORTUNATES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ARE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE YOU HAVE RADIO INTERFERENCE OR YOU HAVE SEDER COVERAGE STUFF OUT.

UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M MAINLY FOCUSED ON, BUT WITH THE ADDED, WE CAN ALSO PRESENT THIS TO OUR CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS THE CITIZENS TO GET THEM ADDED ACCESS ALSO, UH, THIS, THE CITY MANAGER, BUT JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS A PART OF THE ADAPTIVE THREE INITIATIVE.

UH, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING OVER THE YEARS AND SEE HOW NOT ONLY ADVANCES TECHNOLOGIES AND TURN ON THE OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE TAXPAYER, WITH THE CITIZENS IN A WAY THAT IT CAN ALSO BENEFIT THEM.

SO, UM, UH, PART OF, UH, CEDRIC'S PRESENTATION TODAY IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING, METAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO TO THE CROSS COMMUNICATION ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LEASE, WHATNOT.

AND THEN, UH, SOME LEVEL OF LACK OF SERVICES BECAUSE OF THOSE FIELDS, UH, UH, TAKE, TAKE ADVANTAGE.

THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS SET.

I'M SORRY.

WE KIND OF KNOW IF YOU WERE FINISHED.

A DIFFERENT HIGHWAY OR DIFFERENT LANE FOR INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC.

CEDRIC, IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY CONTENT ON A NETWORK THAT I THINK COMMUNITY WILL ALSO SHARE? WE CAN ALWAYS CARVE OUT

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SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IS RIDING ON A CELLULAR NETWORK, WHICH IS PUBLICLY OUT THERE, RIGHT.

BUT WITH OUR NETWORK, WE HAVE FULL CONTROL WHERE I CAN SAY THAT, BUT THIS SECTION OF INTERNET OR ACCESS ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS PART OF IT IS ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS.

SO IF IT'S YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE A GUEST NETWORK AND A PERSONAL NETWORK I CAN SEPARATE ABOUT.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S, SHANGLER MAY BE MORE SECURE THAN A WIRELESS NETWORK, THIS, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN, AND THERE'S ALWAYS RANSOM AND THERE'S ALWAYS OPENINGS REGARDLESS OF HOW TINY A NETWORK IS, BUT, UM, OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ONLY PROVIDE SAFETY FOR OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, GREAT IDEA.

I JUST WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'VE TOLD THAT IN, SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CEDRIC, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, CEDRIC, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I KNOW THIS IS ONE, UM, PROJECTS THAT SAMIR FORD WAS TRYING TO BRING IT TO FRUITION.

SO WE'RE FINALLY TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE PRICE THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND HOW LONG THIS PROJECT PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETED.

SO THE VENDORS THAT WE PARTNER WITH ARE GIVING US ROUGHLY ABOUT 40, $50,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT TO UTILIZE.

WE JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION PART OF IT, WHICH IS GOING TO RANGE ABOUT 15,000.

UM, BUT TO DO A WHOLE CITY WIDE SOLUTION, IT WAS WHY WE DOING A PILOT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE PROS AND CONS AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE DATA THAT YOU NEED SO WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ON COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO, CEDRIC, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF ROUGHLY WHAT IT COULD COST AND HOW MUCH, UH, AS A FOLLOWUP TO COUNCILWOMAN EDWARD'S QUESTION, HOW, HOW MUCH IS THIS PILOT PROGRAM COSTING US RIGHT NOW? I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING CONTRIBUTED BY THE VENDOR, BUT WHAT IS THE CITY'S COST SO FAR ON THE PILOT AND HOW LONG WILL THIS PILOT LASTS? THE PROBABLY COST IS GOING TO BE $17,000.

THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF POCKET WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA BE TAN FOR.

UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND RUN IT FOR AT LEAST THREE TO SIX MONTHS, SO WE CAN GET ACCURATE DATA IF WE DECIDE TO GO FOR A CITYWIDE SOLUTION.

SO THE 17,000, UH, COVERS THE THREE TO SIX MONTHS, OR IS IT GOING TO, UH, IS THE 17,000 FOR THREE MONTHS OR IS IT FOR A FULL SIX MONTHS? IT'S A ONE-TIME COST FOR 40.

THE VENDOR WE'RE WORKING WITH, WELL, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, CISCO THAT'S WHO LOANED US THE EQUIPMENT, CEDRIC DISCOUNTS FROM AN EMORY, UH, QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, BACK ON THE BACKS.

UH, ONE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, THERE'D BE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE'D BE COLLECTING.

WELL, THEY DECIDE TO GO OUT, GO OUT IN, PRESENT THIS TO THE CITIZENS.

WE, THAT THERE COULD BE AN ASSOCIATED COST BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE SOLUTION.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO TRY TO RECRUIT THE MAINTENANCE FROM SOMEWHERE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE, UM, I COULDN'T SAY REAL EXPENSIVE TO HAVE INTERNET THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, BUT IF YOU WENT CITYWIDE, UH, ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT THERE'D BE A, A COST TO THE CITIZENS FOR THE, UH, THE USE OF THE, UH, OF THE NETWORK.

AND, UH, DO WE, AGAIN, I GUESS IT'S A MATTER OF COST HOW MUCH THAT, UH, THAT COST MIGHT BE TO EACH CITIZEN.

AND, UH, I WOULD ASSUME THAT, UH, THE COST WOULD, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO'S USING THAT WIRELESS NETWORK SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, DO WHATEVER, UH, UH, BILLING FOR THE REVENUE THAT YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE? SO THERE'S WAYS TO PUT ON A SPLASH SCREEN WHERE YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONSTRUCTS BRYANT IN AND PAY FOR SERVICE.

AND THAT'S THE PLAN THAT LOOK FORWARD AS FAR AS INDIVIDUALS PAMPHLETS, SERVICE.

UH, COUNCILMAN BONEY THAT, UH, WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A PRIORITY STANDPOINT, AND I KNOW WHILE THIS WOULD BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OTHER, UH, PRIORITIES SUCH AS STREETS AND SIDEWALKS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.

WELL, LAST QUESTION, I'VE GOT AN ACTUALLY IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT IS THAT, UH, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE OVERALL TOTAL COST WOULD BE IF YOU TRIED TO DO THE CITY, UH, IN, UM, IN AGREEMENT WITH,

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SO, UM, I GUESS IT JUST BE A MATTER OF WAITING UNTIL WE SEE, UH, OR TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF COSTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO SEE HOW, UH, UH, WHAT KIND OF PRIORITY WE'D PUT ON IT OVER OTHER, UH, POTENTIAL EXPENDITURES, CEDRIC, THE SYSTEMS EDWARDS.

I WAS WONDERING, HOW WOULD WE DETERMINE, LIKE, WHO WOULD, I MEAN, I GUESS YOU JUST STAY IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, BUT OVERALL, HOW WOULD WE DETERMINE HOW, WHAT THE SERVICE BE MEASURED FOR ALL RESIDENTS? AND IF WE ARE CHOOSING TO BE LIKE, EXPAND AND GIVE THEM A HIGHER SPEED, OR NOW THAT YOU SAID THAT WAS AN OPTION, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE THAT? WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE PILOT PROGRAM IS FOR, IS FOR US TO LEAVE OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT CAPACITY IS.

UM, AND THE LEVEL OF THE CAPACITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE USER, UH, HAVING THREE DEVICES, UM, PER HOUSEHOLD.

SO WE HAVE TO GET THE DATA SO WE CAN GET A MEASURE WHAT'S REQUIRED AND WHAT IS NEEDED.

SO WE'LL GO FORWARD.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, DON'T LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN.

OKAY, WELL, WILL THIS POTENTIALLY, UM, INTERRUPT ANY OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE GOING ON, I GUESS, WITH LIKE COMCAST OR ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS INTERNET SERVICE OR WILLING TO WORK, WHY CAN'T IN HERE AND WORK HAND IN HAND, IT'LL WORK PARALLEL TO WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY.

SANDRA, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.

IF I CAN REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

UM, WHEN WE INTERVIEWED THE GENTLEMAN FROM DICKERSON, TEXAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS, AND THEY HAD JUST IMPLEMENTED THIS THE SAME, UH, FIBER OPTIC THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR IS IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? BECAUSE I RECALL THAT, UM, DURING HIS INTERVIEW IT WAS THE SAME, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE SAME THING THAT THEY DID FOR THEIR ENTIRE CITY.

AND I THINK WE ALL WERE APPLAUDING HIM FOR THAT.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR, UH, FIRST SELECTIONS AND WHEN WE WERE INTERVIEWING, SO I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING I, UH, AGREE WITH WOMAN, EVERY SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW FOR THE LAST YEAR.

SO HELP ME IF I'M, IF I'M GOING DOWN THE WRONG ROAD, IF I'M SEEING THIS TOTALLY INCORRECT, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, RIGHT? AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL FOCUS ON THAT WILL MOVE US FORWARD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, BECAUSE W W WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ANTIQUATED.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS HERE.

UM, THE COMPANY YOU WAS INTERVIEWING AND TALKING TO IN THE PAST WAS A WIRELESS.

SO, UM, SERVICE WHERE THEY CAN PUT UP AN ANTENNA, PUT UP, PUT UP EXTRA POINTS ON TOP OF AN ANTENNA OVER IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUT THAT SOLUTION WAS A POINT TO POINT CONNECTION, MEANING THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SATELLITE ON YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE INTERNET CONNECTION.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE.

THIS IS MORE OF AN AERIAL SOLUTION WHERE WHEN YOU WENT TO, IF YOU WHIP IN THIS AREA, YOU'LL GET WIRELESS.

THE OTHER SOLUTION WAS A POINT TO POINT WHERE THE, WITH DIRECT CONNECT ONTO OUR HOUSE, NOT TO THE CITY.

AND THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR PD THAT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OR WHEN CLEANING INSPECTIONS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD.

SO IF I'M GOING TO GO BACK, SO IF THIS IS FOR THE CITIZENS AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE COMCAST, I MEAN, EXPANDED TO YOUR, OR DIRECT OR WHATEVER.

SO DOES THAT GO AWAY OR IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL OR WHAT IT GIVES YOU AN OPTION TO USE EITHER OR, OKAY.

CEDRIC ANTHONY.

OH, GO AHEAD.

NO, GO AHEAD.

UM, SANDRA, JUST SO I CAN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS, HOW IS THIS, UH, A TOOL THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SAFER? IS IT BECAUSE THE PD NOW WORKS ON A, MORE OF A RELIABLE NETWORK, I GUESS HELP ME TIE IT BETTER TO SAFETY.

YES, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS, UM, JUST LIKE YOUR CELL PHONE.

WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND IN YOUR CAR, YOU GET THAT SPOT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS CELLULAR DEVICES.

UM, WITH THIS SOLUTION, THEY WILL BE TETHERED UNCONDITIONALLY BACK TO US, NO MATTER WHAT, IF THIS IS A TOTAL CITY SOLUTION.

SO WHEREVER THEY GO WITHIN THE CITY, THEY ARE CONNECTED TO OUR NETWORK WITH, WITH 50TH SPEED AIR AND THEY HAVE A GREATER RELIABILITY OF CONNECTION, UM, BACK TO THE DATA CENTER.

AND ALSO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'D BE AN UPLOAD ERROR.

UM, THEIR CAMERAS AT AN INSTANT VERSUS COMING ALL THE WAY BACK TO, UM, UH, CITY HALL LOCATION, OR PUBLIC SAFETY LOCATION.

THEY COULD IN A FIELD UP UPLOAD THEIR VIDEOS AND BE DONE.

THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO USE THE, UH, CAMERAS TO UPLOAD.

OKAY, GOT IT.

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UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME IN AT THEIR COMPUTERS AND WE PAY THEM BACK TO US VERSUS DOING THE WORK TWICE.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

UM, CEDRIC, JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, DID YOU STATE EARLIER THAT THIS WILL BE A COST RELATED FOR THE CITIZENS COST RELATED FEE FOR THE CITIZENS OR BUSINESS OWNERS, APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE? WE CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET ALL THE DATA AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR HARDWARE IS GOING TO BE ENTAILED AND WHAT BANDWIDTH IS GONNA BE REQUIRED.

CAUSE NOW I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED THESE QUESTIONS, UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD.

AND THEN NEXT, UM, HAVE YOU GOT ANY DATA FOR WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE DOING OR ANYONE OF OUR SIZE IS DOING? I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT SO MUCH OF MONEY INTO THIS PROJECT AND OUR CITIZENS WOULD HAVE TO, AGAIN, JUST BE TROUBLED BY HAVING ANOTHER FEE.

SO CITIES AROUND US ARE NOT ACTUALLY DOING IT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT DOING IT.

UM, THEY'RE THE CITY, POTENT WHO ELSE WHO TRIED TO SOLUTION AND THEY WASN'T SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE DATA.

UM, BUT THERE'S OTHER LARGER CITIES WHO I HAVE TO COMMUNICATE AND TALK TO WHO HAVE DONE THIS.

AND THEY ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT DOING IT, UM, BY UNDERSTANDING THE DATA, UM, AND MAKING SURE THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT RESOURCES IN PLACE FOR THEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, THEY TOLD ME, HE SAID, HE'D GIVE HIM MORE TO ONE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE.

AND THE INTERNET IS WEAK.

IS IT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GONNA WORK? SO IT'S UNDERSTANDING THE DATA, HOW MANY ACCESS POINTS WE NEED, HOW MUCH INTERNET WE NEED AND THE SERVICE BEHIND IT.

CEDRIC, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.

I AGREE IF IT'S, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, WE MAY NEED TO GET THE WORD BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

BUT ALSO, I REMEMBER WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR, WE SAID THAT THIS WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE CAN GET THIS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TO MISSOURI CITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS ACTUALLY TO YOUR STAFF AND ALSO TO THE FORMER MAYOR, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TRYING TO DO THIS LAST YEAR.

SO IF IT WAS GOING TO TAKE LAST YEAR, SEVERAL YEARS AND YOU'VE ALREADY MOVED IT, SCALED IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, THIS IS COUNCILMAN BONEY.

UH, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, I'M ALL FOR ANYTHING THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS, UM, THE USING THE TAXPAYER MONEY ALREADY, WE WERE ALREADY USING AT THIS POINT $17,000 OF THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY DO A PILOT PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY, HOWEVER, UH, TO PASS ON ADDITIONAL FEES ON TOP OF THE 17,000 OF THEIR MONEY THAT THEY'RE ALREADY INVESTED IN IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO VET A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HAVE A BETTER CLEARER UNDERSTANDING.

AND I JUST WANT TO LASTLY SAY THIS, ALTHOUGH THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, IN THE PAST AS A POTENTIAL, UH, CONCEPT FOR US TO DO, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION PRESENTED TO US AS A COUNCIL, UH, PRIOR TO LAUNCHING THIS PILOT PROGRAM SO THAT ANY, AND ALL QUESTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN ASKED AND WE COULD HAVE KICKED THE TIRES AND SQUEEZED THE FOOD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE THOSE NEIGHBORING CITIES WHO TRIED IT AND FAILED.

UH, I DON'T LIKE HEARING THAT OTHERS IN THE AREA TRIED IT AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

SO LET'S TRY IT HERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT WE HAVE THE CITY'S MONIES TO JUST BET ON THE COME, IF YOU WILL, AND JUST HOPE FOR THE BEST I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND TRUST ME, THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST YOU, CEDRIC, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY, VERY, UH, TOP OF TOP OF THE LINE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS YOUR EXPERIENCE.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN TO PUT US IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION AND WILL, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR ISSUES LIKE THIS, CAUSE I, ALTHOUGH I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING UNDER 50,000, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, HOWEVER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM THAT COULD LEAD TO A LARGER, UH, INVESTMENT OF DOLLARS, WHICH WILL I'M SURE EXCEED FAR EXCEED $50,000.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, MORE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO US JUST FORWARD WITH SOMETHING SAYING, OH, HEY, WE'RE TRYING THIS OUT.

YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, IT COULD COST US A LOT MORE MONEY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND WE'LL BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION UNLESS WE GET DATA.

SO JUST, JUST PLEASE HELP HELP US, UH, AS THE GOVERNING BODY, TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THE CITIZENS, PROVIDE THEM INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK WHEN ASKED.

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SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN LUNCH YET.

THEN THAT'S WHY I'M TALKING TO YOU NOW IS TO GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT OF THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM THAT WE'RE RUNNING.

WE HAVEN'T TURNED TO TURN IT ON YET.

UM, I JUST WANT TO INFORM YOU, I LOVE WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, SO Y'ALL CAN BE AWARE AND NOT SURPRISED YES.

IN THE MANAGER ON A, JUST WANT TO ECHO WAS CEDRIC'S COMMENTS JUST WERE, UH, COUNSELOR YOU MADE SOME EXCELLENT POINTS THERE.

UH, THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE THAT'S THE REASON I ASKED CEDRIC TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE NIGHT.

UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN LAUNCHED YET.

WE HAVE NOT DONE IN DOLLARS YET.

UM, BUT I WANT TO, OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I, I, I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION WAS TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU HAD ALREADY MOVED FORWARD.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL TO LEARN THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.

SO, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE JUST INFORMING US THAT YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD OR ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET OUR, TO MOVE FORWARD AND ALSO TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS, AS A COUNCIL HARE, UH, MADE MENTION YOU, YOU WANTED US TO EXPLORE AND WANTED US TO DO.

CEDRIC HAS JUST BEEN ABRAHAM AND HIS, HIM AND THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ABLE NOW TO GO AND GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION AND PREPPERS IF WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE PROBABLY DID THAT.

I SAID, WELL, LET'S GO BACK.

LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL, GET THEIR FEEDBACK, GET THEIR INPUT, SEE WHERE, WHERE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO CONTINUE DOING.

AND IF SO, THEN WE PULL THE TRIGGER ON IT.

IF NOT, THEN WE PAUSE, BUT I'M DAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A PILOT.

THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE CITY.

UH, AND, UM, SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT THIS MATTER TO THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, AND ALSO TO, I WANNA MAKE, MENTION TO ANOTHER TOPIC AS WELL.

UH, SAID IF YOU MENTIONED COSTS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BE THE PILOT, THE THOUGHT WOULD BE NOT TO NOT TO CHARGE CITIZENS FOR ANYTHING DURING THE PILOT, JUST TO GO OUT AND COLLECT DATA, GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND BECOME, UH, USE THAT AIR AS ENTAIL COMING BACK IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE MIGHT TRY TO DO A CITY.

Y UH, THERE IS A HUGE, UH, UM, UH, EFFICIENCY COMPONENT TO THAT.

SO, UH, IF THE DATA DOES GIVE US INFORMATION, THAT WILL BE MORE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR OPERATIONS, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE LONG TERM, IT COULD BE BENEFICIAL, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO ANTICIPATED COSTS DOING PILOT PROGRAM.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, IT CERTAINLY HAS BUDGET IMPLICATIONS.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO RUN IT DOWN AND ROLL ON SOMETHING, UNLESS YOU GOT AS A COUNCIL, AS A BODY, WE WANT TO COMPETE EACH FOREIGNERS.

THIS IS COUNCIL ONE AND CLOUD THERE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE NETWORK MAYBE ACCESSIBLE FOR JUST PUBLIC SAFETY CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ET CETERA, AS YOU HAVE LISTED HERE AND NOT, UM, FOR THE CITIZENS AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE I AM ALL FOR THE EFFICIENCY THAT YOU TALK ABOUT, THE ACCESSIBILITY AND AVAILABILITY FOR, UM, OUR, UH, OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS.

UM, WOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN COST? I'M THINKING THAT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE THEN, UM, MAKING ACCESSIBLE TO THE CITIZENS.

HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT JUST EXPLORING THAT OPTION? YES, WE HAVE.

AND AGAIN, ONCE YOU PUT IT OUT, THERE IS JUST TURN ON THE SWITCH.

IT'S NOT REALLY INCREASING BANDWIDTH AS MUCH, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE 40 OR 50 POLICE CARS RUNNING AROUND THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY, UM, AT ONE TIME.

UM, BUT WE CAN CARVE IT OFF AND JUST HAVE, UM, THE INTERNAL SERVICES ON THE NETWORK AND NOT THE CITIZENS.

I THINK SHE ALSO, UH, UH, CEDRIC ASKED ABOUT, WILL THAT HAVE A CHANGE IN COSTS, UH, OR WILL IT BE THE SAME COST FOR THE PILOT? NO, JUST TO, TO, TO SEGMENT IT JUST TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT YOU SAY THAT THEY HAVE THAT WOULD KEEP CITIZENS SAFE AND, AND, UH, IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES ON THEIR END, WOULD IT BE PRACTICALLY JUST THE SAME? IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S JUST

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SEGMENTED TO THEM OR THE CITY RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE IS STILL THE SAME COST AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE DATA THAT THE PILOT WOULD TELL US, LIKE RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE MEANING THE CITY OFFICE, WHEN YOU COME TO, UM, CITY HALL, YOU CAN GET ON OUR WIRELESS NETWORK, UM, OUR GUEST NETWORK, AND THERE IS NO ASSOCIATED COSTS BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH BANDWIDTH ALREADY.

UM, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO ASSOCIATED, ASSOCIATED COSTS WERE BANDWIDTH BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH INTERNALLY.

BUT IF THAT GROWS, BECAUSE WE SEE THAT THE PAST, THE ISSUE WILL BE A COST INCREASE, UH, CEDRIC THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, I HAD A QUESTION, UH, AGAIN, ON THE EFFICIENCY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SAY IT'S AN IN EFFICIENCY.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY STATISTICS OR, UH, AS TO WHAT, UH, BLACKOUT AREAS THAT WE, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR SELL NETWORK DROPS, UH, BECAUSE THE WAY I SEE THIS AS THOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE THOSE, UH, THOSE SITUATIONS OF BLACKOUT OR A NETWORK DROPS, UH, I CAN PROVIDE YOU A HEAT MAP.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS IN THE CITY THAT THE FAVOR DOES GO OUT.

UM, THERE'S ONE LOCATION IN QUAD VALLEY.

HE HAS ANOTHER ONE ON HIGHWAY SIX, UM, UM, OLYMPIA AREA.

UM, SO THEY HAVE A COUPLE PLACES THAT WE DO GET A LOT OF WEAKNESS OR DROPS FROM A CELLULAR CONNECTION.

WELL, THAT'S GREAT.

THAT, TO ME, IT'D BE, I THINK, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, AND SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW TO, UM, UH, TO OUR CITIZENS THAT, UH, UH, THAT ARE AFFECTED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA IS KIND OF, I ASSUME IT COULD BE ACROSS THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE THESE BLACKOUT AREAS.

WE ARE USING THE BATTERY USUALLY NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE BETTER SERVICE.

W WELL, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IF, IF WE WOULD HAPPEN TO GO FORWARD, THAT WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, A REASON FOR, UH, UH, FOR ASKING THE, UH, THE CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VALUE THAT IT WOULD BRING TO THEM, NOT JUST ONLY TO THEM, BUT ALSO I W YOU KNOW, TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON PRIVATE.

THANK YOU, ROBIN.

I ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT STUDY THAT YOU SAID THAT, OR SOMEONE SAID THAT IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR, THERE WASN'T A STUDY THAT SUGGESTED THIS SAME SLIDE THAT YOU HAD HERE.

NO, SIR.

UM, THERE WAS TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A SMART CITY NETWORK, UM, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A PRESENTATION THAT'S CORRECT.

FEDERAL BUSINESS, EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE, THIS TIME, THE SUBJECT.

SO, UM, I GUESS, DO YOU NEED US TO, UM, AND I THINK IAN JOYCE IS ON THE LINE.

DO YOU JUST NEED US TO GIVE YOU THE GO AHEAD TO MOVE FORWARD? OR DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? UM, IF SO, I, I I'D BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PILOT, UH, TO GET FOR THIS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF GATHERING DATA, UH, IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IMPACTS OUR CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY, UH, ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.

SO, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MOVING BEYOND THAT UNTIL WE GET THAT DATA.

NO, I THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR JUST TO MOVE AHEAD, AT LEAST FOR THE PILOT RIGHT NOW, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CEDRIC WOULD PRESENT TO COUNCIL, THE DATA THEY GET FROM THE PILOT, AND THEN YOU ALL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT, SO IS THAT A MOTION NEEDED? UH, UH, YES, I WOULD RECOMMEND THE NOTION IF THAT'S WHAT'S DESIRED BY THE MAJORITY.

YEAH.

WELL, I'LL, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY-WIDE WIRELESS NETWORK BENEFITS IN TEXAS PARKWAY

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IS IT A VALUE TO PUT A, A, A, A CAP ON HOW MUCH THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM WOULD, UH, WOULD COST? I THOUGHT HE JUST MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE $17,000 NO MORE, AND IT'S A FIXED COST.

IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? CEDRIC.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PUTTING A CAP ON IT.

UM, NO MORE THAN $20,000.

GOOD.

HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH THE $17,000 COST TAG? EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE CASE AND I DON'T SEE ANY VALUE IN PUTTING A, UH, A CAP ON IT.

THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.

SO MY MOTION STANDS, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE.

THIS IS ROBIN.

CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR MOTION OVER TIME? SO WE ARE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, THERE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I'M MAKING A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PILOT PROGRAM ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY, THE CITYWIDE WIRELESS NETWORK BENEFITS.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, AND THERE HAS BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

EMORY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SO THIS IS, THIS IS COUNCIL SIDE OF, SO THIS IS INCLUSIVE AND, UM, INTERNAL, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT, OR ARE WE CARVING THAT OUT OR, UH, CEDRIC, ARE YOU JUST GONNA LOOK AT WHAT THE COST WOULD BE A CARVE OUT THE INTERNAL USAGE? I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE DOODLE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE IF I CARVE IT OUT, DON'T GET DATA FOR INTERNAL SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.

YOU MIGHT WANT THE WHOLE THING, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A COST.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAUSE I WILL VOTE YES.

EDWARDS.

CONSUMER CLOUD CUSTOMER STERLING.

YES, YES.

THAT'S A YES FOR ME.

SO THE MOTION TO PASS WITH SEVEN ZERO ONE TO ITEM TWO C FAST EVENTS RELATED TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION OR PRESENCE OR BY LETTING THE PORTER'S FINANCIAL SERVICES QUESTION.

WAS THIS ITEM REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA? YES.

CORRECT.

TWO D PRESENTATION BY THE GARNET, UH, COMPANIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CNO AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WHITMAN COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM

[(d) Presentation by The Garrett Companies on the development of The Echelon at Sienna, a multifamily residential development in partnership with the Fort Bend County Housing Finance Corporation. (Proposed presenter: Planning Manager Jennifer Thomas Gomez)]

WE HAVE A PROPOSAL SERVICES, JENNIFER THOMAS.

HI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.

I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES ARE ON THE LINE AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FOREBRAIN COUNTY HOUSING CORPORATION TO BRIDE PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIP AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

UM, BUT FOR COUNCILS, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS CAME TO BE, UH, THIS ITEM IS ON A SPECIAL MEETING TO GIVE YOU THIS OVERVIEW.

UM, THERE IS ALSO AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF THE GARRY COMPANIES AND THE CORPORATION FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT,

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UM, FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, JUST FOR COUNSEL'S UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE LOCATION, UH, IS NORTH OF WATTS PLANTATION, UH, EAST OF SIENNA PARKWAY IN THE CNM MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

UH, THE LOCATION IS INSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION OF SALES AND USE TAXES.

UM, NOT FOR PROPERTY TAXES.

UM, DEVELOPMENT WISE, THE PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE CITY'S ETJ.

UH, THE PROPERTY IS, WOULD BE IN BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

THE RAVELLO APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, JUST TO THE EAST.

AND THEN THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION THAT'S PART OF THE C AND A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, UM, OR LET GOING TO SWITCH IT TO THE, UH, EAST OF THIS SITE, UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE CN DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

THIS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT HAS NO BEARINGS ON THE LAND USE.

UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALREADY ESTABLISHES MULTIFAMILY USE AS A PERMITTED USE IN THIS AREA.

UM, SO THIS IS NOT AN ITEM TO CHANGE THE ZONING OR CHANGE THE LAND USE, UM, IN PLACE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

UH, THIS IS ALSO NOT AN ITEM, UM, UH, PUTTING ANY, UH, CITY RESOURCES, UH, TOWARDS THIS DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THIS IS SOLELY, UM, A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT, UM, BY THE CITY, UM, UH, TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, UH, AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCT, UM, FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THIS AREA, UM, THE CITY, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S INCLUDED ON THE STAFF REPORT IS TO APPROVE IT.

UM, AS COUNSEL'S FAMILIAR WITH, UH, THE CDBG PROGRAM AND OTHER HUD HOUSING, UH, THE CITY DOES MAKE A COMMITMENT, UH, TO ADDRESS BARRIERS, TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING.

AND THIS SUPPORT COULD BE IN LINE WITH THAT COMMITMENT BY THE CITY.

UM, IT, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR LIFE PROJECT.

UH, THE CITY DID PROVIDE, UH, RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THE HUNTINGTON, UH, SENIOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT HAS THREE LOCATIONS INSIDE THE CITY AND ONE IN THE ETJ.

UM, AND THAT SUPPORT, UH, WAS PART OF A TAX, UM, APPLICATION, UM, PROJECT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, UM, FROM THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER, UH, TO THE GARRETT COMPANIES, UH, TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU, UM, AND THEN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT SITE AS WELL.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HERE AS WELL, UM, AS THEY ARE HERE, UH, TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

I APPRECIATE THAT INTRODUCTION.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

UH, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JORDAN REIZMAN AND I WORK WITH THE GARRETT COMPANIES ON THE INVESTMENTS TEAM.

UM, AS JENNIFER ALLUDED TO, I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE ECHELON AT SIENNA MIXED INCOME MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.

UM, BEFORE I GET INTO THE PROJECT SPECIFICS, WE HAVE A BRIEF CORPORATE OVERVIEW THAT TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE GARRETT COMPANIES, WE'RE BASED OUT OF INDIANAPOLIS, BUT WE DO DEVELOPMENT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UH, WE'RE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT.

IN-HOUSE, UM, CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN SIX STATES HAVING COMPLETED 51 PROJECTS IN THOSE STATES, UM, AND DELIVERED OVER 11,000 APARTMENT HOMES, UM, SINCE INCEPTION, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, OUR STORY REALLY IS JUST A WE'RE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED.

WE HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO IDENTIFY SITES AND IDENTIFY GAPS IN MARKETS LIKE SIENNA, UM, AND TRY TO PROVIDE VALUE.

OUR SITE SELECTION PROCESS IS NO DIFFERENT FOR A TAX CREDIT DEAL OR A MARKET RATE DEAL, OR A MIXED INCOME DEAL.

WE LOOK FOR, UH, SIX KEY METRICS IN EACH ONE OF OUR SITES, AND, UH, THIS SITE HITS ALL SIX.

OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM BEING VERTICALLY INTEGRATED.

WE WORK WITH THEM ON THE FRONT END, UM, WHEN WE'RE COSTING OUT PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON BUDGET.

SO WE'LL ROPE THEM IN EARLY ON AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

UM, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE NO COST ISSUES WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO CLOSING AND BUILDING THE PROJECT.

THIS IS OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

AGAIN, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAMS IN HOUSE, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM JUST TO IDENTIFY THE SITES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO AGREE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING A GAP IN THE MARKET AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE IS GOING TO PROVIDE VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

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UM, ERIC GARRETT, THE FOUNDER OF GARRETT COMPANIES HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FOR 20 YEARS, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE HOUSTON MARKET.

ERIC'S DONE 11 PROJECTS IN THE HOUSTON MSA AND HAS DONE TWO PROJECTS AND THE SIENNA MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, THOSE BEING RANCH AT SIENNA PLANTATION, AND THEN SYNC VILLAS AT SIENNA PLANTATION.

THIS WOULD BE, UM, ERIC'S THIRD PROJECT, UH, IN SIENNA.

THESE ARE JUST THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF PRODUCTS THAT WE'VE BUILT.

THIS ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD BUILD AS A FOUR-STORY PRODUCT.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A TWO AND THREE STORY PRODUCT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A, ANOTHER PRODUCT THAT WE'VE BUILT.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE FINISHES WE, WE EXPECT TO USE THE SAME TYPE OF FINISHES.

OBVIOUSLY THE COLORS AND TYPE OF STONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE QUALITY OF THE ASSET.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, THIS IS OUR BIG HOUSE PRODUCT.

IT'S A TWO-STORY PRODUCT.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE SIMILAR PRODUCT THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING HERE.

JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE INTERIORS OF A CLUBHOUSE OF ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE COMPLETED.

AND THEN, UH, AS I ALLUDED TO IT BEFORE, THE BIG HOUSE IS A SIMILAR PRODUCT TYPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING HERE.

UM, TWO, THREE STORY, SOME GARAGES, AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER EXAMPLE, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BUILT AGAIN, THE BIG HOUSE, UH, DONE IT MANY TIMES AND WE'LL WE'LL HAVE A PRODUCT THAT'S VERY SIMILAR.

AND THEN THE EUROPEAN IS A DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPE.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS A SEEBRI PRODUCT TYPE THAT WE'VE ALSO BUILT.

UH, BUT WE WILL NOT BE BUILDING HERE.

FINISHES WILL BE CLASS A JUST LIKE WE DO ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S MIXED INCOME OR CASA OR, OR LIGHT TECH.

RESEMBLE THIS ONE, UH, PRETTY SIMILARLY, AND THEN THE INTERIOR PHOTOS ON THE NEXT SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT HERE.

SO WITH THE COMPANY OVERVIEW BEHIND US, THIS IS THE ECHELON AT SIENNA.

UM, OUR GOAL REALLY, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS TO PROVIDE THE SAME TYPE OF FINISHES, SAME TYPE OF APARTMENT UNITS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE, UM, ANYWHERE ELSE FOR A CLASS, A LUXURY APARTMENT.

UM, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MANY OF THE UNITS AT AN ATTAINABLE PRICE.

UM, THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FORT BEN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION WITH A PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE HELPING THEM MEET THEIR GOALS.

UM, AND THEY'RE HELPING US MEET OUR GOALS.

WE'RE NOT USING, AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT USING TAX CREDITS IN THIS PROJECT JUST TO SPEED UP THE TRANSACTION AND TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE OF THAT MISSING MIDDLE, WHICH THE LYTEC PROGRAM TYPICALLY MISSES THE SITE.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S RIGHT THERE OFF FORT BEND PARKWAY, SIENNA PARKWAY TO THE WEST WATTS PLANTATION ROAD, UH, JUST SOUTH WE'RE EAST OF THE RAVELLO AT SIENNA APARTMENTS AND WEST OF THE LAUREL GROVE AT CNS SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE LOCATION.

UM, AND ENTITLEMENTS, WE HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH BETWEEN JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT CURRENTLY, UM, DENSITY, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE DENSITY LOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUSH IT TOO, TOO HIGH AND DISTURB THE NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST.

SO WE TRY TO KEEP THAT A LITTLE BIT LOW.

AND THEN THE PROTOTYPE I MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME FINISHES, SAME EXTERIOR AS WE WOULD DO ON A MARKET RATE CLASS, A PROJECT, UM, THE RENT TYPE.

WE HAVE 50% OF THE UNITS THAT'S RESTRICTED AT 80% AMI THAT'S AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, 40% AT 130% AMI.

AND THEN 10% OF THE UNITS WILL BE COMPLETELY UNRESTRICTED FROM INCOME OR RENT.

UM, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF THE RED TYPES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, THE AVERAGE RENT FOR THESE 80% AMI UNITS WILL BE A, ROUGHLY $1,225 WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE MARKET.

THE MARKET'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY ASKING CLOSER TO $1,500 ON AVERAGE FOR THOSE UNITS.

SO YOU CAN SEE ROUGHLY A $300 DISCOUNT ON THE 80% AMI UNITS COMPARED TO THE HIGHER AMI UNITS.

UM, COMBINED THE BLENDED AVERAGE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE 1369, WHICH IS WELL BELOW, UM, THE CLASS, A PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY.

THIS IS THE LATEST ITERATION OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THIS MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK, OKAY.

SOME OTHER EXAMPLE, PHOTOS OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BUILT IN ONE THAT WE EXPECT TO

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UM, YOU KNOW, VERY NICE FINISHES AND THE UNITS VERY, VERY LARGE GYM COMPARED TO OUR COMPETITORS, UH, BEAUTIFUL CLUBHOUSE WITH GREAT FINISHES.

AND, UM, YEAH.

UM, SO THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE 80% AMI UNITS AND THE 130% AMI UNITS.

UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE INCOME RANGES THERE THAT WE'RE TARGETING FOR THE 80% WHEN LOOKING AT THE 130%, UM, CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET, THE MARKET RATE UNIT.

SO UNRESTRICTED UNITS, THE RENTS ACTUALLY EXCEED THE RENTS THAT WE COULD CHARGE FOR THE 130% AMI UNITS.

SO REALLY WHEN LOOKING AT IT, I WOULD LOOK AT THE PROJECT AS A 50% RESTRICTED AT 80, AND REALISTICALLY THE RENTS ARE GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT MARKET FOR THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROJECT.

UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL REALLY WAS TO PROVIDE THESE 80% AMI UNITS REALLY TARGETING THAT MIDDLE MISSING MIDDLE INCOME.

UM, THERE'S A FEW TAX CREDIT PROJECTS CLOSE BY, UH, ONE IN STAFFORD, ANOTHER ONE HERE.

AND I THINK IT'S THE GRISTMILL, BOTH ARE VERY HIGHLY OCCUPIED.

THEY'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL WITH THE FIFTIES AND PERCENT AMI RENTS AND THE UNRESTRICTED MARKET RATE PROJECTS CLOSE BY, OR ALSO PERFORMING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

SO REALLY TARGETING THIS 80% AMI RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY BEEN MISSED IN THIS MARKET.

AND WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH ALSO, YOU CAN SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME QUALIFYING JOBS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THESE UNITS.

AND THEN LAST, THIS IS JUST A KIND OF A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE, WHAT WE WANT TO CALL IS A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP.

WE HAVE THE GARRETT COMPANIES, GP WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AS A CODE GP AND THE PROJECT TOGETHER WE'LL GO OUT AND RAISE EQUITY AND RAISE DEBT TO FILL THE CAPITAL STACK.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE JENNIFER MENTIONED, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.

UM, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THEY'RE A NONPROFIT, WE AUTOMATICALLY WOULD QUALIFY FOR A TAX EXEMPTION.

UH, THE REASON WHY THIS WORKS IS BECAUSE IT, IT MEETS THE FORT BEND COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MISSION OF PROVIDING THAT LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME TYPE HOUSING FOR THE RESIDENTS IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

UM, SO TOGETHER THE PARTNERSHIP WE'LL HAVE THESE, UH, THIS TAX EXEMPTION IN PLACE AND IN RETURN, WE'LL HAVE THESE, UH, MIDDLE, A MIDDLE INCOME AMI UNITS, UH, FOR, FOR EVERYONE IN THE COUNTY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANYONE MIGHT HAVE MARRIAGE COUNSELING, I'M REAL EXCEPTION QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, QUESTION FOR THE UNITS THAT ARE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO THE LAUREL GROW, UM, RESIDENTIAL AREA, WILL THERE BE ANY BALCONY SPACING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? SO FOR SITE PLAN SPECIFIC ITEMS, I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED JEN OUR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO HOP ON AND SHE COULD HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

UM, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME BALCONIES THAT WOULD SAY, UM, THE LAUREL GROVE, UH, RESIDENTIAL.

WILL THERE BE ANY AMENITIES NEAR THAT AREA? UM, YOU KNOW, A BASKETBALL COURT, UH, OUTDOOR POOL, WOULD THERE BE ANY MANATEES IN THAT GENERAL CORNER AND NO, THE GYM, THE AMENITIES ARE LOCATED WITHIN MORE IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE ITSELF? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, UM, GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT OKAY.

I SEE, UH, I HAVE A SEPARATE, I SEE IT NOW.

IT'S IN THE LEFT CORNER.

YES, THIS IS, THIS IS JENNIFER GOMEZ.

IF, IF I COULD JUST ADD ON THE BALCONY QUESTION, UH, THE SIENNA DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, THEY DO REQUIRE A STAGGERED, UM, HEIGHT BUILDING HEIGHT AS THE BUILDING SKID TO THAT PERIMETER.

UM, SO THE BUILDING HEIGHT ALONG THE PERIMETERS WOULD BE ABOUT TWO STORIES, NOT THE THREE STORY PRODUCT.

THE THREE STORIES WOULD BE INTERIOR, UH, TO THE SOCIETY.

SO IT SHOULD, THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING SHOULD BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.

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THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

UM, I HAPPEN TO LIVE NEAR A HOTEL, UM, AND TWO AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS.

UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SAFE BUFFERS AND SETBACKS, UM, THAT DOES KIND OF FEEL A LITTLE CREEPY WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT YOUR BACKYARD.

SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT BALCONIES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY FACED THE LAUREL GROVE.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE AMENITIES SOMETIMES IN THE EVENINGS, THOSE, THE NOISES TEND TO CARRY OVER INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, ONE LAST QUESTION.

I'LL LET THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT SCHOOL WOULD THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT BE, UH, ZONE TO THIS? THIS IS FORT BEND ISD SPECIFICALLY.

SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT SCHOOLS THEY WOULD BE ZONED TO? WOULD IT BE HIGH TOWER HIGH SCHOOL? UM, I TH THIS IS JOEY HUBERT'S.

UM, I CAN STEP IN REAL QUICK.

UM, SO THE ASSIGNED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD BE SANTA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UH, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD BE THE BAND'S MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE A RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS.

THIS IS CONSUMMATE EMORY, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE PROGRAM WILL, UM, BE, UM, EITHER CONTROLLED OR UNDER THE STRUCTURE OF THE, UH, SIENNA DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE, UM, I GUESS, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, FOR THE, THE BUILDING, THE STRUCTURE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, EXTERIOR AND OTHER ITEMS, UH, WOULD, UH, WOULD CONTROL, UH, WHAT THE, UH, UH, THE, THE COMPLEX WOULD, UH, WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND, UH, MY, MY QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT AND, UH, WHAT KIND OF, UH, FEEDBACK DID YOU GET FROM THEM? SO IS YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY REGARDING TO JUST THE PROJECT IN GENERAL OR THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE FINANCING STRUCTURE? NO, NOT THE FINANCING STRUCTURE, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE, UH, HAD THAT, UH, DISCUSSION WITH, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, PEOPLE AT JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT.

OF COURSE.

YEAH.

AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS IS YES, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO TOLD THEM THE TYPE OF TRANSACTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE IN THE TYPE OF UNITS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SO THAT THEY SHOULD BE FULLY AWARE WE'VE HAD THIS COMMUNICATION WITH THEM SINCE THE BEGINNING.

IT SEEMED LIKE I SAW, AGAIN, THIS WAS COUNCILMAN EMORY.

IT SEEMS LIKE I SAW SOMETHING EARLIER THAT SHOWED THAT, UH, THE SPLIT WAS 90 10, UH, AS FAR AS THE, UM, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY CHANGED TO THE 50, 40 10.

SO THE 50 AND THE 40 COMBINED IS OBVIOUSLY THAT 90.

SO THAT'S, SO THE 90% IS AT 130% AMI AND BELOW 10% IS UNRESTRICTED CURRENTLY IN THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.

THE 130% AMI IS ACTUALLY ABOVE MARKET RATE RENTS, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO HOLD THIS PROJECT LONG-TERM, AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FIVE TO 10 YEARS FROM NOW THAT 130% AMI RENT ACTUALLY WILL BE RESTRICTED.

UM, SO FOR THAT PORTION OF THE RENT, I WOULD REALLY SAY THAT THAT'S MORE SO LOOKING IN THE FUTURE, THE 50% AT 80 IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED AND PROVIDES, UH, YOU KNOW, AN IMMEDIATE DISCOUNT TO THOSE THAT NEED IT IN THE MARKET.

AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT, UH, JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT HAS, UH, AND THAT IS CONTAINED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL BE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT LAYS OUT, UH, THE, THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE, UH, OF THE, UM, THE BUILDINGS.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH IT, WITH THEM.

IN SIENNA WITH JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE, AS I RECALL, YOU, UH, HAVE DONE SOME, UH, SOME, UH, BUILDINGS FOR A JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT THERE IN SIENNA.

IS THAT TRUE? YES, SIR.

OUR OWNER, ERIC GARRETT, IT WASN'T WITH THE GARRETT COMPANIES.

HE STARTED THIS IN 2014, BUT PREVIOUS COMPANY, HE DID DEVELOPMENT HERE

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JENNIFER THE IS COUNCIL MEMBER REAL BECAUSE THERE'S NO REZONING, THEN NO ONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS PROJECT, CORRECT? OR HAVE WE NOTIFIED? OKAY.

SO THE WAY THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS, SO THIS ITEM IS MOVING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER A FIVE, FIVE, 1.0715514.

[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]

IS THERE, UM, TO DO A ROLL CALL BY THE TIME IS 7:13 PM CITY COUNCIL.

NOW WE'LL GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOUR BY FIVE, 1.7 AND BY ONE ZERO SEVEN FOUR TWO DETECTING THE CODE.

SO WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

HANG ON ONE SECOND, MAN.

I GOTTA BRING THEM BACK.

WE CAN HEAR YOU IN THE REGULAR SESSION.

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT DOG.

EVERYONE IS BACK THERE.

YOU'RE BACK IN THE REGULAR FASHION.

EXECUTIVE, FASCIA.

GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 1ST CITY ESPECIAL MEETING 9:03 PM.

A CALL,

[1. CALL TO ORDER (Part 2 of 2)]

NOTE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING WITH JULIA POSTED, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL A ROLL CALL FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MAY I APPROACH THEM OR WAS PRESENT? COUNSEL? BRAD WORKS, STERLING CUSTOMER MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL A ROLL CALL FOR CITY STAFF.

WE HAVE CITY MANAGER

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IS JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LANDMARK TOWN, CITY, ATTORNEY MARIA JACKSON, DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOUR COLD SURE.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ATLANTA, INTERIM DIRECTOR, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND OUR ORGANIZATION, MARTIN RUSSELL PRESENT MANAGER TITLE OR ANY OUTSIDE.

LET ME GO INTO ALL THE LETTERS.

IF YOU'RE ON A CALL, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? ANYONE ELSE .

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND

[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]

FIX THIS MEETING INTO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE 55 FIVE 1.07155 1.74.

SO DOUG, CAN YOU TAKE US TO, I'M CALLING THIS MEETING BACK

[4. RECONVENE into Special Session and consider action, if any, on items discussed in Executive Session.]

TO THE COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING BACK INTO ORDER AT 10:43 PM.

I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK GREEN CALL.

I MEAN, ROLL CALL.

MAY I APPROACH THEM OR PRESENT OF SOMEBODY STERLING VOTING, SOBER EMORY AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, OLDEST JONES, UM, CITY ATTORNEY.

YOU JOYCE? ANYONE ELSE THAT'S ONLINE? YES, SIR.

OKAY, GOOD.

DID YOU ALL WANT TO ASK THEM DR.

WEBER AND DR.

HARVEY, DR.

GRAYSON DOES LAB, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE COUNCIL THAT CAN BE SHARED JUST GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT ANY SORT OF PROCEDURE THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, YEAH, IF YOU'RE CAREFUL REVIEW THE PROCEDURES ON THIS PARTICULAR COLLECTION WERE DONE CORRECTLY BY BOARD CERTIFIED COLLECTOR.

WHO'S DONE THOUSANDS OF THESE AND REVIEWED BY THE AND REVIEW BY THE MEDICAL REVIEW OFFICER.

THERE'S BEEN NO INCONSISTENT IN ANY OF THIS PROCESS.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

IS THERE A NO COMMENT? UM, I WOULD ASK, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON ITEM THREE, A ONE RELATED TO FOUR BEDS, UH, MUD 48.

I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE LANGUAGE.

UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER FOR PHASE ONE SERVICES WITH WEIGHT AWFULLY TO RECOVER THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT

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BY COURT.

THEN BY 48 AROUND THIS BEING THAT YOU SHARE THERE TOO, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.

CAN YOU SHARE THAT? YEAH.

AND SOMEONE CAN JUST SAY SOME.

NO, I DIDN'T REREAD THAT LANGUAGE AND THIS DESIRE SOMEONE CAN JUST SAY SO MOVED THE FIRST MOTION.

I GOT IT.

THIS IS COUNSELING.

I'M A REALIST.

I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATED EXECUTION OF AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER FOR PHASE ONE LITIGATION SERVICES WAS LLOYD GOSLING TO RECOVER THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES OWED TO THE CITY BY FOUR MAIN COUNTY MUD 48.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER AS A MOTION.

SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY.

HEARING NONE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR VOTES FOR TOMORROWS.

CROSSOVER EDWARDS, CUSTOMER CLOUDS OR HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING CROSS-OVER MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND SAY YES FOR ME.

SO THE MOTION IS ZERO.

IS THAT THE WAY I PUT IT? THERE'S NO ONE SINGLE PERSON DID NOT VOTE.

SO IT'D BE MOTION PASSES.

SIX ZERO MOTION.

UH, I MOVED TO AUTHORIZE ALL NECESSARY ACTION, INCLUDING NEGOTIATIONS AND FILING SUIT, IF NECESSARY TO RECOVER THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES OWED TO THE CITY BY AND ONE OF THE 40 AND EIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECOND, KEN.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE CONSTANT OVER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER.

EMORY.

YES FOR ME.

SO, SO THE ATTORNEYS, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE RECORDED AS SIX.

AND ZERO UNKNOWN.

SO IT'D BE SIX OH, MOTION PASSED.