Mar 01, 2021 Special City Council

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I CALL THIS MEETING

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

AS PAID AS THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DUTY AND POSTED.

THERE WILL NOT BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS MARIA CITY SECRETARY.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE OR PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM OR ALYSSA YOU'RE ON THE LINE.

ALSO A WOMAN EDWARDS.

THAT'S A WOMAN CLOUSER PRESENT ALSO ON THE STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY ALSO MEMBER EMORY CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.

ARE YOU ON THE LINE? DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

JASON MANGUM.

JASON, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHOSE NAME WAS NOT CALLED? AS A REMINDER, PLEASE ANNOUNCE YOURSELF BY STATING YOUR NAME, ANYONE ELSE PRESENT ALINA PORTIS, ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN? THANK YOU, ELENA.

ANYONE ELSE PRESENT? ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA? MUST HAVE NOTIFIED ME TO CITY SECRETARY BY EMAIL FOLDER SUBMISSIONS, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST FORM BEFORE 4:00 PM.

ON THE DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS A 4:00 PM AS A 4:00 PM TODAY, THE CITY RECEIVED NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK BEFORE.

COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, RAY JACKSON, UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSS AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

ITEM NUMBER TWO,

[(a) Consider authorizing the establishment of the Missouri City Small Business Advisory Committee. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu)]

WE HAVE EACH JOYCE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM WAS INITIALLY BROUGHT, UH, OR PROVIDED TO YOU ABOUT YOUR FEBRUARY 15TH, 2021 MEETING.

THIS ITEM PROVIDES A SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE THAT WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THIS BODY.

AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU ALL RECOMMENDED THAT THIS COMMITTEE BE SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THAT THE PROHIBITION AGAINST, UH, RE RECEIVING CERTAIN PUBLIC FUNDING WOULD BE REMOVED AND THAT THE, UH, COMMITTEE REPORT TO, OR HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT IDENTIFIED AS THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THOSE THREE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE DRAFT THAT IS BEFORE YOU ADDITIONALLY, COUNSEL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE REQUESTED THAT THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT BE REMOVED.

SO THIS MORNING, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A REVISED PROPOSAL ELICITATION THAT REMOVES THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.

UH, THIS ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS WHO OWN BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT WHO MAY RESIDE IN OTHER AREAS TO PARTICIPATE ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU WILL HAVE.

UH, THIS ITEM IS CERTAINLY AT YOUR DISCRETION.

YOU MAY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

YOU ALL CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO IT, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY UP TO YOUR DISCRETION.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THIS SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE? MY MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE FORMULATION OF THE COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND?

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EMORY.

YEAH.

SO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER PHONY, I WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OR THE LACK THEREOF.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL, UH, RESIDENCY OR OUR BUSINESSES THAT, UH, RESIDE IN? IS THERE A CITY OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.

UM, WHEN WE SAY, UH, THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT LIVE IN THE CITY PERSONALLY.

YES, SIR.

YEP.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

YES.

MA'AM GO AHEAD.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE.

YES.

SO, UM, MY, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT OWN BUSINESSES AND MISSOURI CITY MAY NOT LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY.

THEY MAY LIVE IN SIENNA.

THEY MAY LIVE IN PEAR LAMB, BUT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS THAT THEY OWN IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO NOT MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND HAVE THEIR BUSINESS THERE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, IT DOES.

SO I CAN BE CLEAR.

IT DOES SPECIFY THAT PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE HAVE TO GET, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE SMALL.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE, THIS IS THE CHOICE.

YES.

THAT REQUIREMENT IS PROVIDED IN THE PROPOSAL AT THE PATIENT.

THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE BUSINESSES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL SIMPLY BE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR.

GOSH, MY MEMORY.

IS THERE ANY, UM, UH, ITEM THAT WOULD, UH, ADDRESS, UH, OR DEFINITION THAT WOULD ADDRESS MAYBE A BUSINESS THAT'S A FRIEND JUDGE ENJOY, SIR, THERE IS NOT A PROVISION THAT WOULD ADDRESS A BUSINESS OUT OF A FRANCHISE.

HOWEVER, I WOULD THINK THAT THE INTENT IS TO INCLUDE FRANCHISE OWNERS WHO OWN FRANCHISES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, I GUESS I WOULD DEFER TO, YES.

I, I, UH, CONCUR WITH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY JOYCE ON THAT.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS BEING DEFINED BY THE SBA, CORRECT.

THIS IS JOYCE THERE.

THIS IS THE JOINT THERE.

NO, BY THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS, IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, IF THAT IS DESIRE, IT CAN CERTAINLY BE, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE, IF WE, IF WE DIDN'T, IF THERE IS A CERTAIN REVENUE AMOUNT WE WANT IT TO HAVE, OR IF WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO WITH WHAT THE SBA DEFINES A SMALL BUSINESS, CAUSE IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT GOES UP TO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS YOUR INTENT TO COUNSEL ONE MCLEOD FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES OR ANYBODY WHO WOULD THE S THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, THE DEFINITION, THE SBA DEFINITION.

I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS KIND OF CHOPPY COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS.

YOU HAVE TO CALL IN A CELL PHONE, BUT THE SBA DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS, AND I WILL ADD THIS IS THE JOINTS.

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EDWARDS.

I WANTED TO KNOW HOW WAS THE TIMIDITY FORMULATED THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, OR, UM, ARE YOU GUYS GONNA APPOINT PEOPLE? CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THIS? CERTAINLY THIS IS THE JOYCE, THE APPOINTED PROCESS AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROPOSED AD.

AND IT PROVIDES THAT ESSENTIALLY THE CITY WILL RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FROM THE BUSINESSES.

MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED FROM EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THREE ADDITIONAL AT-LARGE RESIDENT POSITION.

THOSE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL BECAUSE UNLIKE THE COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED A FEW WEEKS AGO, THIS IS ACTUALLY A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND IT WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL.

SO ONCE APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED, YOU ALL WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS AND YOU ALL WILL MAKE THOSE, UH, THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

BOY, THIS IS WHERE I HAD TO DIAL IN.

SO ARE WE NOT, IS THERE NOT GOING TO BE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS WHERE THIS COMMITTEE YEAH.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE THAT, THIS IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL OF POINTS.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE THAT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HAVE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS.

YEP.

OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TO HEAR THE THOUGHTS OF MY COLLEAGUES ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I WOULD LIKE FOR AN INTERVIEW PROCESS TO BE PUT IN PLACE, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL MY COLLEGE, THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY.

UH, I WOULD AGREE THAT, UH, THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS, SO WE KNOW AND CAN REALLY, UH, I GUESS, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, SOME CONTROL OVER WHO MAY BE ON, UH, ON NECK AND I WOULD SAY YES TO THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, UH, COUNSELOR ABOUT BONY? I, I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE FOR US TO TREAT THIS COMMITTEE AS WE DO ALL OTHERS HAVE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS.

AND OF COURSE FROM THOSE APPLICANTS THAN WE WOULD APPOINT, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE SET UP IS FOR THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE AT-LARGE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE YOU ENJOYED ANYTHING? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLOUSER, UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION WE'LL GO OUT AND VOTE.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES.

CONSTANTLY BRAD WORDS, CONSTANT NUMBER CLOUSER CHAIRMAN NUMBER BOWLING, EMORY.

IT'S A YES FOR ME.

UH, MOTION PASSES, SEVEN ITEMS

[(b) Discuss Fort Bend County funding regarding the CARES Act. (Proposed presenter: Assistant City Manager Bill Atkinson)]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WILL ADD TO THE COUNCIL.

THEY SOUGHT TO UPDATE YOU AS TO WHERE WE STAND WITH REGARD TO THE CARES ACT.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, OPERATIONAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, PEERS, AS YOU KNOW, COVERS FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED BY CONGRESS TO THE STATE, TO STATE, TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE COUNTY TO US.

AND, UH, THERE ARE PROVISIONS AS TO HOW THE MONEY CAN BE STAMPED.

AND WE ARE SPENDING THOSE WITHIN THAT.

WE HAVE, AGAIN, THREE PROGRAMS GOING TO COVER TONIGHT, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE ARE THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM, MAURICE LEASE PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE RENT MORTGAGE UTILITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI

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SO TO START WITH, UH, WHICH GOES NEXT SLIDE.

UM, THE PROGRAM BUDGET WAS 1.95, 5 MILLION, UH, APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND IS UPDATED BY ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2020 FOR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE THAT CONSISTS OF THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM OR PPP IF SOMEBODY OR SOME PEOPLE MAY HEAR IT REFERRED TO.

AND, UH, WE ALSO HAD THE MORTGAGE LEASE PROGRAM, UH, AVAILABLE TO THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND SO, UH, THESE TWO PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE CARES ORIGINALLY WERE TO TERMINATE A EXPENDITURE ON DECEMBER 30TH OF 2020, UH, CONGRESS, UH, EXTENDED THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO WHAT WE DID, UH, WAS THAT WE HAD TO TAKE THOSE WHO WERE ALREADY, UH, THEY HAD MADE APPLICATION.

WE, UH, AM, WERE FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH IT.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD DONE AND MADE, MET THAT THRESHOLD.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE PROJECTED TO SPEND $821,000 IN PAYROLL PROTECTION.

AND THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS STOOD UP LATE IN THE PROCESS WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER AND THE MORES LEASE PROGRAM, UH, WE PROJECTED SPEND 1,000,080 1000 AND, UM, WITH THAT KEEPING A REMAINDER OR HAVING A REMAINDER OF 50 2001 54, AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, 97 FOR EACH PROGRAM, A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES OR ASSIST TO 97.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, DO AN ALREADY OF THAT.

NOW I DIDN'T WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS LATER IN THE PROCESS OR IN THE PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THOSE WHO I'VE MENTIONED, HAD MADE APPLICATION BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE DECEMBER 30TH DEADLINE.

UH, SOME HAVE NOT RESPONDED.

WE CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH MARCH 15TH, UH, 15 DAYS PRIOR TO TERMINATION OF THE PROGRAM.

AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, SOME TIGHT GUIDELINES ON IT FROM A, AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, UH, FOR AUDIT PURPOSES.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE OURSELVES PLENTY OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO RECTIFY ANYTHING THAT WE FIND OR MONIES THAT WE NEEDED TO GET OUT THAT WERE APPROVED.

SO IF WE COULD, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 26 SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE LIST WHOSE APPLICATIONS SHOW.

THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR EIGHT, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IN RESPONDENTS CON UH, CONTACT MADE BY OUR CALL CENTER, UH, TO THEM AND TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, CASE MANAGERS HAVE USED, UH, CALLING EMAIL AND LETTERS, UH, WITH NO RESPONSE.

AND THEY CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT.

AND WELL, AS I MENTIONED UP UNTIL, UH, MARCH 15TH, UH, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THAT NUMBER WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UH, LAST WEEK.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO LOWER THAT 26 SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE LIST, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT IT WAS IF CONTACT CONTACT IS MADE SUCCESSFULLY AND ASSUMING ALL APPLICATIONS ARE ELIGIBLE WITH THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATIONS REQUIRED, THE NUMBERS ARE PROJECTED ON THAT BASIS FOR EXPENDITURE FOR THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM.

WE A KIND OF POTENTIAL TO EXPEND 1,000,040 1000 LEASE MORTGAGE MILLION, THREE 71 FOR A TOTAL OF $2.4 MILLION.

UM, A POTENTIAL EXPENDITURE THROUGH MARCH 15, 2021, ESTIMATED TO BE OVER BUDGET BY 457,000.

UH, SO, UH, THAT WILL COVER 123 FOR EACH PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS 600,000 WAS APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE.

UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE RENT MORTGAGE UTILITY ON THE RENT MORTGAGE SIDE, PROJECTED EXPENDITURES 576,000 AND UTILITIES OF 57,008 34.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE OVER BUDGET BY 34, 402.

AND WHEN I SAY GENERALLY, WHEN WE SAY WE'RE OVER BUDGET ON SOMETHING, UH, THAT IS, UH, UH, A AS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION, BUT IN THIS CASE, THAT MEANS WE WERE ABLE TO HELP MORE THAN, UH, THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT WE'D BE ABLE TO.

WE DO HAVE FUNDING STILL AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN, UH, APPLY TO THAT FOR THOSE POTENTIAL OVERAGES IF THEY DO OCCUR.

SO, UH, AGAIN, WE ARE, UH, UH, ABLE TO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO HELP, UH, 213 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 55 ADVOCATES THAT SHOW THEY MAY QUALIFY WHO HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO ATTEMPTS BY CONTACT.

AND THIS IS AGAIN SPEAKING TO THE RMU PROGRAM, AND THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY.

AGAIN, CALL CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEM THROUGH MARCH 15TH, UH, IN ORDER TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO HOPEFULLY GET THEM QUALIFIED SO THAT WE CAN EXPEND THOSE FOR THEM.

AND SO, AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE $798,000,

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OKAY.

YEAH, JUST AGAIN, UM, NO CONTACT LIST FOR IT, A SMALL BUSINESS.

AND AGAIN, IT WENT DOWN FROM 26 TO 19 AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH SEVEN OF THEM.

AS OF RECENT COMMUNICATIONS, AGAIN IS 18 AND OUTREACH TO THE SMALL BUSINESS AND RMU PROGRAM RECIPIENT OR APPLICANTS TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP ON PEOPLE BEING CONTACTING NAME RESPONSES, UH, FOR SMALLEST BUSINESS SIDE, I THINK PROCESS IS GOING SMOOTHLY.

THESE ARE AT ABOUT 80% COMPLETE AND FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE COUNTY AND ANOTHER ONE WILL, UH, REQUESTED EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING.

AND, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT THAT COMES FROM THE FIFTH, THIRD STATE THROUGH THE COUNTY TO US, AND THEN THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE PROCESSING AGAIN THROUGH MARCH 15TH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT, I KNOW I REPEATED IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS.

SO, UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE BILL.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, THE AUDITING PROCESS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AUDITING PROCESS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN AUDITING PROCESS OF CHECKING THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE, UM, THEY WERE LEGIT, OR ARE YOU CHECKING TO SEE THAT? I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF AUDITOR? SO WE HAVE PROCESSES BOTH THROUGH OUR, UH, THE CONTRACTOR WE USE IMPACT AS WELL AS OUR OWN, UH, FINANCE STAFF DONE PUTTING EYES ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE GIVING US LEGITIMATE ADDRESSES.

THEY ARE BUSINESSES THAT REALLY DO EXIST.

THAT'S WHY WE DO A PHYCO ANALYSIS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A TRUE BUSINESS BEEN IN BUSINESS DURING THE TIME OF WHICH THEY COULD, UH, HAVE, UH, BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

YOU HAD TO BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2019.

AND SO HE CHECKED FOR THINGS SUCH AS THAT CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UM, LEGITIMATE BUSINESS.

IT WAS IN OPERATION IS, UH, MEETING THEIR BILLING NEEDS AND, UH, WAS NOT A FAILED BUSINESS PRIOR TO, AND, UH, THINGS SUCH AS THAT.

AND WHO DOES THAT? BOTH, UH, WE HAVE THE KEY OR EXCUSE ME, THREE IMPACT.

THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR THAT RUNS THE FICO AND, UH, THE ANALYSIS THROUGH PHYCO.

AND THEN ONCE THEY GO AND VERIFY THAT WE PUT EYES ON IT AGAIN, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IS PUT INTO THE APPLICATION, UH, MEANS WHAT IS, UH, UH, REQUIRED OF AN AFRICAN TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

OKAY.

AND THEN, UH, EXCUSE ME.

SO, I MEAN, THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP IS I, I WAS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I'M SURE.

AMONG OTHERS AS WELL ON NEWS, THERE WAS A TWO INCIDENT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND CORRECT COUNTY THAT HAD ISSUES WITH KIND OF AUDITING, OR I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TRANSPIRED, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO, TWO PEOPLE THAT WAS ON TV TALKING ABOUT, THEY DID SOME FRAUD.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEEDED HELP.

RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ARE WE DOING, OR IS IT DONE THROUGH ORBAN CONNIE OR WHO WOULD WE, YOU KNOW, NO MAYOR JUST A GOOD POINT.

WE ACTUALLY DO IT OR SORRY, CITY MANAGERS, WE ACTUALLY DO IT OURSELVES, AS WELL AS IMPACTING THE BACKS.

UM, BILL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL, THAT SAME FIRMS ALSO APPLY TO OUR PROGRAM THAT WE DENIED BECAUSE OF OUR MODERN EXPANDERS FLAG.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

I AM BACK.

UM, AFTER THE WHOLE CLASS, THE PROGRAM CLOSES COMPLETELY ALL APPLICANTS, OR IS IT WITHIN THE PROCESS OF THE APPLICANTS SINCE GOING THROUGH BOTH, THEY'RE DOING AS WE GO AND THERE WILL BE A REVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AFTERWARDS, UH, WITH, UH, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS EXTENDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

SO DURING, AND AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE WITH THAT MAYOR PRO TEM ROULIS, UH, MR. JONES, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IMPACT IS, UH, REFOCUSED AND, UM, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE GAPS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST? I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED WITH JUST THE CASE MANAGEMENT PART OF IT.

UM, AND, UH, I PROBABLY HAVE SPOKEN IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO EVERY COUNCIL PERSON, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, SOME INCIDENT INVOLVING A COMPLAINT FROM RESIDENTS.

I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED ON THAT SIDE.

UH, I HAVE ASKED THE STAFF TO, UH, DO ANOTHER ART

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UH, NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T HELP US IN SOME OTHER AREAS IS I KNOW IMPACT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB FOR THAT FOR THE CITY AND SOME OTHER AREAS REGARDING, UH, STORM RECOVERY FEES AND THAT SORTS OF THINGS.

BUT, UM, I JUST THINK THE CASE MANAGEMENT WORK HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE BUSINESSES AND CALL IN ON A BI-WEEKLY BASIS WITH ME HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN TOUGH.

SO THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE.

UM, THAT'S FAIR.

AND I, THE LAST ONE, OH, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE WAS, UH, BILL, I LOOKED AT THE PACKET, I DIDN'T SEE THE LIST OF LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE MAKING MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO REACH.

IS THERE A WAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN GET THAT? SO WE CAN ALSO ASSIST I'M WILLING TO DO SO.

SURE.

UH, AND PARDON ME, WE, UM, AT LEAST SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEND OUT EVERY WEEK IN REGARD TO THOSE THAT WE HAVE ARE HOW MUCH WE STAND OUT AND HOW MUCH DAN APPLIED FOR.

SO I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH FINANCE AND, UM, WE CAN, UH, DEFINITELY PULL THAT LIST TOGETHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH SOME OF THEM, NO MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WAS THANKING YOU FOR THAT QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS, WHEREAS THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REGARDING IMPACT GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION SO I CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK.

YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS HOW TO REACH OUT TO ME TODAY.

I'M ASKING ABOUT THE PROCESS IN THAT WE'RE TAKING APPOINTMENT.

UM, CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT? UM, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

SO CAN YOU PROVIDE CLARITY AROUND THAT? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT? UH, I CAN, I'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTACT YOU AFTER THE MEET OR TOMORROW, AND WE CAN FIND OUT THAT FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE OR SPECIFIC INSTANCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF US TAKING APPOINTMENTS.

OKAY.

SO SHE CAN JUST GO ONLINE AND FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.

THERE IS NO DIFFERENT PROCESS.

OH.

SO THAT APPLICATION PROCESS CLOSED AT THE END OF, UH, 2020 ON DECEMBER 30TH.

SO THERE IS NO APPLICATION PROCESS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IT CLOSED ON DECEMBER 30TH.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YES.

MA'AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? YEAH.

DISCOUNTS FOR AN EMORY, UH, BILL, I NOTICED THAT, UH, YOU HAD A SLIDE THAT INDICATED THAT THIS, ALL THE FOLK, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD, UM, UH, APPLIED, BUT HENRY AND, UH, UH, CAME BACK, COME BACK WITH, UH, THEIR, UH, INFORMATION THAT WOULD, UH, HAVING, UH, OVERSPEND WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE 19 AND THE 26.6 SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT ONE, NO HE'S DONE ABOUT MAYBE THE 52,000 THAT WAS LEFT ON THE SLIDE.

GO BACK.

ONE MORE SLIDE.

WELL, THE SLIDE THERE IS 62,000 IS ONE OF THEM.

YEAH, WELL THAT'S FUNDS REMAINING.

OKAY.

BUT THE, THE SLIDE, UH, JUST BEFORE THAT, OR AFTER THIS, UH, HAD A, UM, GO BACK TO YEAH.

HEADING OVER THE BOAT OVER ON BUDGET OF 457,000.

WELL, THERE'LL BE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE SOME AREAS THAT WERE, UH, QUOTE OVER AND UNDER.

AND SO THEY CAN BE MOVED BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS TO COVER THOSE DIFFERENCES.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH, UH, NOT THESE PROGRAMS, BUT OTHERS THAT WAS CARES RELATED THAT WE CAN UTILIZE AS WELL.

AND WE'LL DO THAT TO, UH, ZERO EVERYTHING OUT AT THE TIME OF THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THIS THE CITY MANAGER, LET ME ADD TO WHAT BILL JUST SAID.

IT'S EFFECTIVELY, WE'VE GOT DOLLARS COME IN FROM CDBG AND OTHER SOURCES THAT ARE CARES DOLLARS.

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ESTIMATE IT.

YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

NOT HEARING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU TOO.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT'S SPENT SO MUCH TIME BEHIND THE SCENES AND IN DOING SO, AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE, UM, THE AUDIT PROCESS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ITEM TWO C

[(c) Discuss modifying Contract #16-153 for grounds maintenance services, including mowing, for various public parks, medians, rights-of-way, and facilities. (Proposed presenter: Director of Parks and Recreation Jason Mangum)]

WE HAVE A PROPOSED PRESENTATION BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, JASON MANGO.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS, UH, AN ITEM, UH, FOR INFORMATION.

I WAS ASKED TO BRING THIS TO A STUDY SESSION REGARDING OUR, UM, OUR MOWING CONTRACT.

RIGHT NOW WE, UM, HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO MOE'S A MAJORITY OF OUR PARKS AND OUR RIGHT AWAY.

UM, AND THEN WE IN-HOUSE, WE MOW A LOT OF OUR, UM, UH, OPEN SPACE AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS AS WELL.

UM, THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO ADD, UH, BAGGING GRAD CLIPPING AND, UH, TWO OF THE AREAS OF OUR MOWING CONTRACT.

WE CURRENTLY DON'T BAG IN THE HOLLOWAY DISPOSAL, GRASS CLIPPING, UH, AS PART OF OUR CONTRACT.

UM, WE HAVE 67 AREAS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR MOWING.

UH, THESE TWO AREAS, UH, WERE REQUESTED THAT, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE ADD THIS TO THE, TO THE CONTRACT.

AND SO, UM, AS PART OF MY BACKGROUND AND ON THE COVER MEMO, I HAVE THE INFORMATION ON, ON WHAT THAT WOULD COST.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM, UH, TODAY.

SO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER THE NUMBERS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, OR JUST POINT OF CLARITY, THIS DISCUSSION, BUT ALSO TO POSSIBLE ACTIONS.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

HI, JASON, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, HAVE WE DONE BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY? IS THIS AN EXISTING COMPANY PREVIOUSLY DONE THE CITY? YEAH, NO, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR PROMOTING, UH, WE'VE HAD, UM, OR, UH, QUITE SOME TIME, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE, UH, HAD A COUPLE OF RENEWALS WITH THEM.

UM, WE ARE DUE THIS YEAR TO GO BACK OUT TO BED, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE WILL BE GOING BACK OUT TO BID FOR OUR MOWING CONTRACT, BUT THIS IS JUST TO AMEND THE CONTRACT TO CHANGE IT, TO ADD BAGGING.

SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MO UM, THE, THE CLIPPINGS, UH, CAN, CAN SOMETIMES, UH, BE ON SLIGHTLY OR CLUMP UP.

AND SO THIS IS THE AD BOOK, UM, BAGGING JUSTICE, THE GRAND PARK DRIVE, AND, UH, UM, INDEPENDENCE IN THE A HUNDRED GLEN AREA.

UH, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN MOWING FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, UH, SINCE 1984, THAT THEY STARTED MOWING THIS.

WE TOOK THE OVER FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THAT TIME.

AND, UH, THERE'S, UH, UM, AN AREA WHERE WE, WE DO GET, UH, COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT, UH, THAT THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF CLUMPING AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO, UH, ONE WAY TO PICK THAT WOULD BE TO, TO BAG, TO CLIPPINGS FOR, FOR THIS ONE AREA.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO SHOW THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE THE AVERAGE, UH, PER ACRE COST TO MOW AND BELOW.

WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO IS $31 AN ACRE PER CYCLE.

WE DO 41 MOST OF THE YEAR, BUT 41 CYCLE.

UH, THIS WOULD INCREASE THE PRICE, UH, TO $181 PER ACRE.

UM, SO IT'S $150 PER ACRE INCREASE.

UM, BY GOING BY GOING THIS ROUTE, IT WOULD, UH, CHANGE THE MOWING CONTRACT FOR THOSE, FOR JUST THAT AREA, UM, BY,

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UM, AND SO W WE'LL ACTUALLY FOR BOTH AREAS, IT'D BE $71,897.

UH, SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE BE LOOKING AT TO BAG THE CLIPPINGS JUST IN THAT AREA.

THIS IS NOT, UH, UH, FOR THE WHOLE CITY OR ALL THE AREAS THAT WE CAN, WE MOW.

UM, JUST THE, UM, JUST THAT HUNDRED GLEN AREA.

SORRY.

UM, I WANTED TO KNOW, LIKE, OVERALL, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE COMPANY, I GUESS SINCE WE CAN SEE YOU TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM, YOU'RE SATISFIED, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN POTENTIALLY WORK ON OR ARE YOU JUST COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THEIR SERVICES? UM, WELL, LIKE WITH ANY, WITH ANY CONTRACTOR, UM, UM, WE, THEY'RE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.

SO WHEN, WHEN THEY DO HAVE, UH, WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG OR SOMETHING NOT PERFECT, THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE.

UM, SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THEM AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, I BELIEVE THEY WERE, THIS IS BEFORE I GOT HERE.

SO SOMEONE THAT HAS A LITTLE MORE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE MIGHT CORRECT ME, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAD THESE GUYS AND THEN, UM, WE WENT OUT TO BID AND SOMEONE UNDERBID THEM, BUT THEN THEY COULDN'T PERFORM THE, THE WORK, UH, OF THE STANDARD.

SO, UH, WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK, UH, TO SO YELLOWSTONE.

UH, SO WE'VE BEEN VERY, UM, OH, I GUESS, UH, BILTONG IT'S HAPPENED TWICE, THAT THAT'S HAPPENED.

SO THEY, THEY, THEY, IT IS, IT IS QUITE A, QUITE A JOB, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF MOWING NEAR AND THEY THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF IT.

UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE COVER MEMO.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND HALF THEY COVER MY BUYER.

UM, THE, THERE, THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE MOWING CONTRACT BY $71,000, WE COULD, UM, HIRE ANOTHER PARKS, CARETAKER AND PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THE SAME JOB, UM, FOR LESS MONEY.

UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US ADDITIONAL MANPOWER WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING THIS SPECIFIC, UH, THIS JOB.

IT WOULD, UH, ALLOW US TO, UM, HAVE THEM DOING OTHER THINGS, UM, AND THE PARKS SYSTEM.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER OPTION AS, AS WELL.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR GUYS'S, UH, ITEM TO DISCUSS.

AND I'M, I'M STILL HERE.

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I MEAN, I HEARD YOU SAID THAT WICKED, SOMEBODY ELSE WAS DOING THIS, BUT HOW ABOUT HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE JOB, I MEAN, WHAT, HOW DO WE CHECK ON THEM? WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

WE DO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT TOBACCO CLIPPING, SO THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

SO THIS WILL BE, THIS WILL BE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

THEY ARE, THEY ARE, UH, WE DO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT TO DO.

UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.

UH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT THIS TO, UH, I WANTED THIS, ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.

I, SINCE I GOT ELECTED IN 2017, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, THE PEOPLE IN HUNTER'S GLEN AREA.

WE HAD A MEETING, UH, AT THE QUAIL VALLEY CITY CENTER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY 2018 TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE PAIN POINTS IN THE AREA.

AND BECAUSE THESE TWO AREAS, UH, COMING OUT OF, OFF OF FONDER AND FROM HOUSTON OFF OF INDEPENDENCE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE LEXINGTON GRAND PARK AREA, BECAUSE THESE AREAS ARE HEAVILY TRAVELED IN AND OUT OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, TO HAVE THESE BROWN, UH, HAVE THIS BROWN GRASS CLUMPED UP IN THE MEDIANS, OR EVEN IN THE STREETS AT TIMES, UH, HAS, HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONCERN FOR MANY IN THE AREA WHO ARE FOCUSED ON THEMSELVES, KEEPING THE AREAS CLEAN.

MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE HOA PRESIDENTS, UH, THEY HAVE INCLUDED IN THEIR OWN BUDGETS, THE INCLUSION OF PICKING UP THE CLIPPINGS, UH, AND TAKING ON THAT EXPENSE.

I JUST BELIEVE THAT FOR THESE ENTRY POINTS INTO THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, I BROUGHT TO, UH, THE CITY, UH, CITY'S STAFF'S ATTENTION, INCLUDING JASON IN THE PAST.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE OVERALL COSTS.

UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT TO ENSURE THAT OUR ENTRY, SOME OF THESE TWO ENTRY POINTS, UH, LOOK THE SAME AS OTHER ENTRY POINTS ACROSS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THOSE PEOPLE, UH, OR TO THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE AREAS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS FOR SOME YEARS, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS THAT YOU PROVIDED, UM, JASON AND THE PARKS CARETAKER, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE COST OF SALARY AND THE BENEFITS AND THE COST OF THE NEW MORE, AND THE BAGGING ATTACHMENTS, UH, FOR THE TWO AREAS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WOULD BE CHEAPER AT LIKE ROUGHLY $2,700.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS I KNOW THAT IF WE MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH YELLOWSTONE, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS WOULD BE

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I GUESS MY MAIN THING IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THIS TO GET LOST IN TRANSLATION AND FOR WHOEVER IS HIRED TO NOT EMPHASIZE, OR I HAVE THIS AS A PRIORITY.

AND IF KNOW, IT'S NOT DONE ON HER AS SOON AS THE MORNING TAKES PLACE.

UH, SO THAT, THAT'S, I THINK MY, MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, BUT I I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT, UH, OF, OF HIRING ADDITIONAL PARTS STAFF, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED IT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT THIS PERSON TO FOCUS ON ALL OTHER AREAS OF MISSOURI CITY WHEN THE MAIN FOCUS AS TO WHY I BROUGHT THIS TO THE CITY.

STAFF'S ATTENTION IS THE BAGGING OF THESE CLIPPINGS, AS SOON AS THE, THE, UH, THE MEMORIAL TAKES PLACE, NOT, NOT A WEEK LATER, NOT TWO WEEKS LATER, BUT IMMEDIATELY THE SAME, THE SAME DAY IN TIME.

YEAH.

SO I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR, UM, YOUR CONCERN AND THE NURSERY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, THAN OTHER PLACES I'VE WORKED, UH, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE, UH, THAT DEDICATED JUST TO BOEING, EVERY OTHER CITY WHERE I'VE BEEN A PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR WE'D HAVE A PERSON OR PEOPLE OR A CREW OR CREWS THAT ARE DEDICATED JUST, JUST TO MOWING.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD DO IS, WOULD DEDICATE A PERSON, UH, JUST TO MOWING.

SO, UM, BUT, BUT, UH, SO IT WOULD BE THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, AND WHEN TALKING ABOUT PICKING UP THE CLIPPINGS AND WAITING, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S A ONE, IT'S THE ONE IT'S A MACHINE THAT DOES IT ALL AT ONE TIME, IT CUTS IT AND VACUUMS IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE BAG.

AND SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND PICK THEM UP LATER.

IT'S A SPECIALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR SPECIALIZED ATTACHMENT TO A MOWER, UM, THAT WE WOULD PUT ON THERE.

SO, UM, IT WOULD BE, AND AGAIN, JUST, JUST THAT PERSON JOB TO UTILIZE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, UM, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

UM, AND THEN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T TAKE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO DO JUSTICE AREA.

SO WE COULD EXPAND THE BAGGING AND OTHER AREAS OR OTHER RIGHTS WHERE OTHER ENTRY POINTS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS BE THE FOCUS OF, OF THAT PERSON, THE JOB WOULD BE JUST MOWING.

SO, SO THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE PAYING YELLOWSTONE TO MOAT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY, I DON'T WANT TO PAY YELLOWSTONE FOR BOEING, THAT, THAT AREA AND TAKING THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF MOVING AWAY TO GIVE IT TO THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD BE HIRED.

UH, I THINK THAT THE WAY I READ IT IS THAT THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO SIMPLY BAG THE CLIPPINGS.

NO, NO, IT WOULD BE, IT'D BE BOTH.

AND HONESTLY, WITH OUR CONTRACTS, UM, WE, WE CONSTANTLY ADD AND REMOVE AREAS TO MO UM, BASED ON, ON THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'VE FINISHED A ROAD, UM, WE WILL END UP ADDING, UH, THAT AREA TO, TO THE CONTRACT.

UM, IF SOMETHING IS, IS BEING BUILT, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THEN WE WILL TAKE AWAY THAT, UM, THAT AREA FROM THE CONTRACT.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY ADDING AND TAKING AWAY.

SO, UM, IF WE WENT WITH, DOES OPTION B OR HIRING SOMEBODY ELSE, WE WOULD ACTUALLY REMOVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM YELLOWSTONE TO MOW THOSE AREAS.

UM, WE WOULD ACTUALLY THEN SAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY, UM, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE PAYING YELLOWSTONE, WE'D BE DOING IT NOW, MARY, THIS IS MARY .

I LIKE THE OPTION OF HIRING A NEW STAFF MEMBER TO DO THIS WORK.

I THINK IT PUTS US IN BETTER CONTROL OF OUR, UH, OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY EVEN DO MORE FREQUENT CLEANING AND FACT THAT THE EMPLOYEE WOULD BE A CITY EMPLOYEE PROBABLY REALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND WE WON'T MOW AND BLOW.

SO, UH, AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN VETTED BY OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS ADD UP, IT'S A GOOD DEAL BECAUSE WE CAN SPREAD SOME OF THIS ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL.

THAT'S MY COMMENT.

OKAY.

JASON HAS COST FROM MEMORY.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, UH, TIME ESTIMATE WHAT, UH, IT WOULD, UH, WOULD TAKE TO MOW THE, UH, THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? LIKE HOW I COUNT, HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK IT WOULD TAKE? WELL, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME WOULD, UH, IF WE WENT WITH YOUR, YOUR SECOND OPTION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME WOULD, UH, BE ALLOCATED TO THE,

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I THOUGHT THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO DO, UM, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE US TO DO THAT AS PART OF THE FRONT-END, WE, WE, UH, WE, WE JUST, UM, WE DIDN'T DO A FORMAL, A FORMAL, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE THE FAITH TO THROW OUT DEFINITIVE NUMBERS.

YEAH, WELL, AGAIN, MY, AGAIN, THIS COMES FROM MEMORY.

THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION IS IT WOULD TELL US THEN THAT WE HAD X NUMBER OF HOURS AVAILABLE IN OTHER LOCATIONS TO DO THE, UH, UH, TH THE, UH, GRASS PICKUP.

SO THAT'S FINE.

I GUESS, I GUESS I WOULD ASK YOU, IS IT WOULDN'T BE A HUNDRED PERCENT ALLOCATED TO JUST THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, IT WOULDN'T DO IT.

IT WOULD, UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD DEFINITELY FREE UP RESOURCES TO, TO, UM, INCREASE OUR SERVICES IN OTHER AREAS, TOO.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY ANALYSIS.

THAT'S FINE.

OKAY.

AYE.

THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I DO TOO, LIKE THE OPTION OF NOT ONLY SAVING, UH, ROUGHLY $2,700, BUT ALSO HAVING A STAFF MEMBER THAT CAN INCLUDE NOT JUST FOCUS ON THIS OTHER THING, BUT I DON'T WANT THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND PUT ON THE AGENDA WAS TO FOCUS ON THE HUNTER'S GLEN AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE PARTICULAR TWO AREAS.

AND I DON'T, UH, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A DEVIATION FROM SERVICE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVICE NOT ONLY, UH, FROM THE MOWING ASPECT FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO I WANNA, I WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS ACCOMPLISH.

WE ARE DOGMATIC ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN.

UH, CAUSE THAT'S THE PRIMARY.

THAT WOULD BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS.

I WOULD REALLY BE DISAPPOINTED IF THAT, IF THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY IS THE CITY MANAGER.

I KNOW YOU AND I AT YOUR CALLING.

WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS.

UH, I WILL SAY THE COUNCIL THERE I'LL BE WORKING WHATEVER DECISION Y'ALL MADE AS A COUNCIL, WHETHER YOU WANT TO EXPAND THE CONTRACT TO DO IT, OR WHETHER YOU DECIDED AS A COUNSELOR, RATHER RN, UH, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, HOW'S IT GOING? WE CAN JUST ADD THAT AS A PRIORITY FLAG SO THAT COUNSELORS ARE AWARE, UH, AND WE'RE IN TUNE, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW FROM ATTENDING A MEETING, YOU HAD, THAT'S THE PRIMARY CONCERN, OR AT LEAST THE HOA FOLKS WHO WERE AT THE MEET.

UM, SO WHAT WE WILL DO THAT, UM, AND WHICHEVER WAY WE GO, UM, I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL MEET THAT DEMAND AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GOT THE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT BACK TO Y'ALL SO THAT Y'ALL GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IS THAT IS HAPPENING.

THAT IS GOING AS WELL.

THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS.

UM, I AGREE WITH YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UM, I THINK, UH, SOME TYPE OF PROVISION SHOULD BE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND, UM, GIVEN TO WHOEVER IS DESIGNATED FOR THIS AREA, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS A UP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, OR FOR ME AS WELL CONSIDERING I'VE HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ESCAPADES AS WELL AS THE, THE GRASS.

SO THIS WAS A GREAT THING.

I THINK IT WOULD GIVE SOMEONE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO FOCUS ON THIS AREA AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER AREAS AS WELL, BUT JUST SO WE WON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ASK YELLOWSTONE TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS AND SPEND MORE MONEY.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA IF YOU DO, UM, ALLOCATE A POSITION FOR THIS.

SO THEN I MISS DO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, HOW THE EFFECTUATED, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY APPROVE THE MEASURE HERE AND GET ME TO COME BACK AND DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND A POSITION, BUT WITH THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE STAFF TO DO YEAH.

RIGHT.

AND THEN ALSO TO START MOVING DOWN THE PATH AND GETTING THE EQUIPMENT AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS SET UP TO TURN.

SO, UM, SO, UM, SORT OF TERRIBLE WAY.

SO THE CITY COUNCIL, I MEAN, IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING, THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ALL WANT STAFF TO GO? UM, I DO HAVE A, UM,

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UM, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST WHAT COUNSEL HAS JUST SUGGESTED ABOUT THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

UM, CITY MANAGER JONES, IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW WE'LL BE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE, BUT I PUT THAT IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION, UH, WOULD NOT BE PLACED INSIDE OF THE JUSTICE APPROACH, SAYS, ADDITIONALLY, THE MANAGER AS THE ADMINISTRATOR, WORKING WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S HIRING WOULD WORK TOGETHER, WE'D WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THAT, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION.

AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED, CERTAINLY AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OR THE COUNCIL, HE COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A REPORT, MAY THAT BE MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY, WHATEVER IS YOU, WEREN'T DESIRED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION AS TO THE GRASS THAT IS BEING CAUGHT OR BAGGED, BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY PREPARING THE JOB DESCRIPTION, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE MANAGER AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HIRING DEPARTMENT AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WOULD WORK TO SAY MANAGER, I GAVE YOU MY COMMITMENT, THAT THAT WILL BE A PART.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU GUYS A CHECK HAND POINT AND REPORT BACK ON, YOU KNOW, HOW'S IT GOING? UM, I WOULD HAVE JASON WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THEY CHART OR START, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THE PATH OF PREPARING THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND WHATNOT.

UH, BUT, UH, TO YOUR, I THINK THE POINT OF THE POINT OF ESSENCE THAT YOU'RE RAISING IS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY AND I GIVE YOU MY COMMITMENT, THAT IT WILL BE, AND WE'LL HAVE REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS ON HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S GOING AS WELL.

THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, HIRE AN ENTRY-LEVEL PARKS CARETAKER.

ONE, UH, BASED OFF OF THE ESTIMATED COSTS PROVIDED, UM, TO DEAL WITH THE, NOT AS LAND AREAS, PRIMARILY W WHEN SOMEBODY TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING OR SAY HELLO.

SO THAT WAS MY MOST, I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS SAYING SOMETHING, I DIDN'T KNOW.

I MEAN, DOES THAT COVER EACH CHOICE OR YOU, YOU HAVE MADE A MOTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO PROCEED WITH, UH, FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF A PARK CARETAKER.

ONE, CAN I SUGGEST THAT YOU HAD IN, UH, ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE COUNCIL'S POLICY HERE? YES.

SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HIRE A ENTRY-LEVEL PARKS CARETAKER, ONE, UH, BASED OFF OF THE ESTIMATED COSTS AND THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF MOVING AND BAGGING, UH, IN THE AREAS OF HUNTER'S GLEN ONE IN THE A HUNDRED GLAND IN THE RESPECTIVE AREAS IDENTIFIED.

OKAY.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ADD A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARULA SAYS, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

ONE OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTION.

SO WE WILL ESSENTIALLY TERMINATE THE YELLOW STONE SERVICES AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH WOULD MEAN SOME REDUCTION IN COSTS, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

WE WOULD DO THAT ONE.

ONCE WE, UH, UM, ONBOARDED THIS INDIVIDUAL, WE WOULD THEN AMEND OUR CONTRACT WITH YELLOWSTONE.

AND THEN WHEN WE GO BACK OUT TO BID, WE WOULD JUST NOT INCLUDE IT IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.

GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, AND THEN, UH, SECOND BY MAYOR PROXIMA AND MARULA.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.