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[Items 1 & 2]
TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL COUNSEL.
THIS IS MARIA AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE.
PRESENT MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES, CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTEL, CITY ATTORNEY EJC, YEMEN COMMUNICATION, STACY WELFARE.
I THINK FIRE CHIEF MIO PARTITA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWITT PRESENT IN TERM DIRECTOR SERVICES.
JENNIFER THOMAS GOLDMAN'S PLANNER TO THOMAS WHITE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
ELENA PORTIS WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE PRESENT AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE OR PRESENT KENDRA RALSTON PASTORS SCOTT NICHOLS, GARRETT DELANEY.
I'M IN PEARSON PRESENT CHARLIE MEYER.
VALERIE PHILIP, MICHAEL WRIGHT CHECK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PUT US IN WHOSE NAME IS NOT CALLED? THANK YOU, TODD.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, JASON.
ANY ONE ELSE? ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA MUST HAVE NOTIFIED THE CITY BY EMAIL, PHONE OR SUBMISSION OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST FORM TO THE CITY.
SECRETARY OF ME BEFORE 4:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS A 4:00 PM TODAY, THE CITY RECEIVED NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL.
UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO FUNDS OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE HAVE OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OPEN SERVICES.
JENNIFER THOMAS WILL LEAD US THE PLUS.
YES, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION ITEM THREE, SCENIC CITY RECERTIFICATION RECOGNITION.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS VALDEZ, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN EXCITING PRESENTATION ON FOR THE CITY.
THIS PRESENTATION TYPICALLY OCCURS DURING THE TML CONFERENCE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE EVENTS OF THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR, WE WERE UNABLE TO HAVE THAT RECOGNITION AT THAT TIME.
SO WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM SCENIC CITY TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY DESIGN AND SCENIC VIEWS THAT HAVE THAT THE CITY HAS DONE THROUGH ITS ADOPTED REGULATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, MISSOURI CITY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN TEXAS INAUGURATED AS PART OF THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM.
WE WERE CERTIFIED AT A BLAND LEVEL IN 2010, AND WE HAVE BEEN RECERTIFIED, UH, ONCE BEFORE, UM, AT THE PLATINUM LEVEL, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION,
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UM, A CITY CAN GET.AND SO WE'RE EXCITED BY THIS RECOGNITION.
IT, IT SHOWS THE COMMITMENT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, CITY STAFF, UM, TO SCENIC VIEWS IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY.
I AM JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY OUR MAYOR, MAYOR ELLA KAT, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, JASON MANGO, OUR PUBLIC WORKS UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD KEIFER, AND AS WELL AS ANDREW RALSTON WITH THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO A SHORT VIDEO.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCENIC TEXAS.
WE ADMINISTRATE THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS CREATED 11 YEARS AGO BY SCENIC, TEXAS AND OUR 18 PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE OF TEXAS.
UM, THE TEXAS ORICAL COMMISSION, THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
JUST TO NAME A FEW, I'M HONORED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR COMMUNITY'S ACHIEVEMENT.
THIS CITY HAS DONE AN EXEMPLARY JOB OF BALANCING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT WITH NATURE.
WORKING IN HARMONY TO EVERYONE'S HEALTH.
MISSOURI CITY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE PROGRAM.
FIRST ACHIEVING BRONZE IN 2010.
AND OF COURSE OVER THE YEARS CONTINUING TO RANK UP.
SO TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING YOUR PLATINUM STATUS.
AND AS A COMMUNITY, YOU PROVIDE YOU PRIDE YOURSELVES ON EXEMPLARY SCENIC VALUES WITH DARK SKY LIGHTING, STANDARDS, PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF LANDSCAPING AND GREEN SPACES LIKE PARKS AND STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS.
YOU HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE THAT ENSURE QUALITY OF LIFE AND RESIDENTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR TOURISM AND BUSINESS.
THESE ARE ALSO TRAITS THAT ARE RESILIENCY.
SO WHILE OTHER CITIES AND COMMUNITIES STRUGGLED TO OFFER THEIR CITIZENS GREENSPACE AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES DURING A PANDEMIC MISSOURI CITY ALREADY HAD THOSE COMMUNITY ASSETS IN PLACE.
ZURI CITY HAS DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP IN THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM AND AS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES YOUR VISUAL ENVIRONMENT AS A PART OF AN ELITE GROUP OF 85 CITIES OF TEXAS.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A LEADER IN THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM.
AS JENNIFER SAID WITH THE SCENIC CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM AND FOR BEING WITH US FOR SO LONG, Y'ALL HAVE GREAT STANDARDS AND ARE AN EXAMPLE.
CITY PROTECTS US AND I HOPE OTHER CITIES CAN CONTINUE TO FOLLOW.
UM, I AM HERE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR PLATINUM STATUS FOR THE PHOENIX CITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
IT IS WELL DESERVED AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND YOU'RE EXCITED.
OF COURSE, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK OUR, OUR PARKS PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS GO.
AS YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, IT TAKES EVERYONE.
I WANT TO DEFINITELY PICK THIS UP AND THANK YOU.
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ALL RIGHT.UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THINK, UH, KENDRA, UM, RALSTON HER WEDDING, THAT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME ALSO TO THANK OUR PARKS, WARD AND PARK STAFF.
ALONG WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS DOUBLE SERVICES.
IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO HAVE THAT PLATINUM, THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, CITY RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS REQUESTS TO SPEAK BEFORE.
[5. STAFF REPORTS]
NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORT FIVE EIGHT.WE HAVE A COVID-19 UPDATE, UH, FROM ACTING FIRE, CHIEF, MARIO PARTITA BEING MAYOR COUNCIL.
I'M JOINING THIS EVENING BY TAMIKA JEWETT OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TAMIKA FOR SOME UPDATES ON, UH, COVID CAPACITY.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR ELC IS REMAINS ACTIVATED AT A LEVEL TWO A WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST LEVEL.
UH, WE ARE REACHING A ONE-YEAR MILESTONE, UH, BEING ACTIVATED ON MARCH 12TH.
UH, WE ACTIVATED OUR YOSI CENTER LAST YEAR.
OUR CURRENT FOCUS REMAINS ON VACCINATIONS AND ASSURING THAT, UH, WE'RE TRACKING AND MONITORING, UH, AS MANY VACCINATIONS TO THE AREA, AS WELL AS KEEPING, UM, UH, IN TUNE WITH THE VACCINATIONS THAT ARE COMING TO LOCAL HUBS, INCLUDING THE ONE AT THE HTC FACILITY.
UH, OUR OTHER FOCUS OR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING CITIZENS WITH ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, UH, WITH PARTNERSHIP THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE, WE MAINTAIN CURRENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION, UH, FOR OUR CITIZENS.
THIS SLIDE IS, UM, IS ONE WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING AND, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE TREND IS GOING DOWN FOR US A WHILE YOU SEE THE BLUE LINE IS OUR CUMULATIVE AMOUNT THAT CONTINUES TO, UH, TO JUST ADD UP, UH, THAT'S JUST TAKING THE ACTIVE CASES AND ADDING THEM TO THE TOTAL COVID CASES.
BUT THE ORANGE LINE IS THE MOST PROMISING ONE THAT SHOWS TO BE, UH, COMING DOWN, UH, AT THE END OF JANUARY, WE'RE AT 680 CASES OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET THIS INFORMATION ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND REPORT IT, UM, AT EACH COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THE COVID VACCINATIONS, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TRAMEKA.
WHO'S BEEN TRACKING OUR ALLOTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO OUR CITY AS WELL AS SOME CAPACITY IN OUR HOSPITALS.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL I'M MAYOR, UM, ON THIS FLIGHT, AS YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MISSOURI CITY.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FORT BEND VACCINATION HUB AT HTC AS THOSE GO DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY.
UM, AT THIS TIME YOU NOTICED THE ORANGE, UM, MINE IS FOR FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS DUE TO ALL THE STORM, THE STORM OVER THE PAST
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WEEK AND A HALF, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A NUMBER OF FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS THAT WERE SHIPPED TO THE REGION, BUT THIS PAST WEEK, ONE OF OUR VACANT FACILITIES, THAT'S AN APPROVED PHARMACY HAS RECEIVED 100 VACCINATIONS.SO WHILE WE ARE GETTING TO LOW NUMBERS AT ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES, WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENCIES READY WHEN ADDITIONAL ONES ARE, ARE CREATED AND SENT TO THE AREA AND WHAT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON RECENT APPROVAL.
WE SHOULD SEE SOME INCREASE IN THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE STATE.
UM, ONCE THEY GET THOSE IN DISTRIBUTION, WHICH IN TURN WILL HOPEFULLY INCREASE WHAT WE RECEIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, UM, HCC IS STILL UP AND RUNNING, OR SO WE STILL HAVING THE PARTNERSHIP GOING WITH PORT BANK COUNTY.
REMEMBER IT'S BY APPOINTMENT ONLY APRON GIVING ON AVERAGE A THOUSAND DOSES A DAY, BUT IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE LINE OVER THE LAST WEEK DUE TO CATCH UP FROM THE BASE WHERE WE HAVE THE ICE STAYS GOING, GOING, UM, JUST LIKE WHERE WE RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY ALLOCATIONS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY RECEIVE THEM.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL AT A CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR THE FUTURE SCHEDULE, DEPENDING ON WHAT AMOUNT OF VACCINATIONS WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THAT UPCOMING WEEK.
ONE ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE'RE MONITORING IS THE ORDER THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT OUT ABOUT US BEING UNDER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
THIS ONE WE'RE STILL MONITORING, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME TO SEE WHEN BUSINESSES CAN OPEN BACK UP TO 75% THAT WERE RECENTLY PUSHED BACK DOWN TO 50% OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE ORDER STATES THAT WE IN SEVEN DAYS, IF WE ARE BOTH 15%, CERTAIN BUSINESSES CAN EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS, A LEVEL WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THIS IS GOING TO BE AUTOMATIC, OR WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO OFFICIALLY ALLOW THAT.
BUT AS YOU SEE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BELOW THE 15% THRESHOLD, WHICH WE'LL CONSIDER ANYTHING ABOVE 15%.
WE HAVE A HIGH AMOUNT OF CASES, SO CASES ARE GOING DOWN AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THEM GO DOWN AGAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRACTICING OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING WEARING MASKS BECAUSE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THIS WEEK ARE A LITTLE SKEWED AS TESTING SITES AND VACCINATION SITES WERE CLOSED LAST WEEK OR DURING THE ICE STORM.
SO WE MAY SEE A SMALL INCREASE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS.
AREN'T EXPECTING ANOTHER SURGE.
THEY DIDN'T MENTION HOW HIGH OF A SURGE, BUT THEY'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER SURGE TO HAPPEN THIS SPRING.
THEY'RE PREDICTING AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO THINK I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I, I WASN'T CLEAR ON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE COUNTY JUDGE OR, UH, OR THE STATE IS GOING TO DO SOME WITH THE DATE.
W W WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? SO WITH THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE ORDER, IT STAYED AT ONCE.
WE REACHED A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF 15% OVER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS, CERTAIN BUSINESSES AND BARS HAD TO RATE THIS THEIR CAPACITY LEVEL.
SO WE HAVE A CALL IN WITH THE COUNTY, WHETHER THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE NOW THAT WE'RE BELOW THAT THRESHOLD, IS IT AUTOMATIC WHERE BARS CAN OPEN IT UP TO A CERTAIN CAPACITY AND BUSINESS AND RESTAURANTS OPEN BACK UP TO 75%? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY JUDGE HAS TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON? SO WE HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING INTO THAT AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS DIRECTED TO YOU OR STACY, SO BASICALLY OTHER VACCINATION SITES OTHER THAN OUR ACC LOCATION, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LIST OF LOCATIONS ON THE WEBSITE.
SO CONSIDERING WE JUST FINISHED WITH THE STORM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IS THAT LIST.
I LOOKED AT THE LIST TONIGHT AND I'LL GET COMMUNICATIONS.
I'VE MADE IT THIS EVENING TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A STATEMENT.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF, A PARTITA AND YOU TO MAKE A FULL OR PIVOTING IN THE MIDST OF, UH, OF THIS WINTER STORM AND STILL STAYING FOCUSED ON THE COVID ISSUE, EVEN IN OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THE WARMING CENTER AND EVERYTHING.
UH, COVID WAS TOP OF MIND FOR YOU ALL AND STAYING ON TOP OF THIS AS A PRIMARY ISSUE, MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE INFORMED OF WHERE WE WERE, UH, RELATIVE TO THE VACCINATION SITES AND TESTING.
UH, I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ONE PANDEMIC AND HAVING A,
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A NATURAL DISASTER HITS YOU AT THE SAME TIME.AND YOU GUYS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING, YOU KNOW, COVID A PRIMARY FOCUS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE WE STOPPED THE SPREAD AND, AND, AND MANAGE THAT ACCORDINGLY IN THE MIDST OF THE WINTER STORM.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
SIX IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED MOVE TO ADOPT? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, TONY, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING SORT OF DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
I WILL NOT GO AHEAD AND CALL OR BOTH MIRACLES FOR TOMORROWS.
REMEMBER EDWARDS CONSUMER CLAUSER REMEMBER STERLING CAUSE REMEMBER BONING, REMEMBER EMERY AS A YES, FOR ME, SEVEN ZERO MOTION PASSES, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
UM, PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.
I DON'T REMEMBER, HEY, WHICH ARE ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES.
THERE ARE NO ZONING IN PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE ON THIS AGENDA, SEVEN B OR PUBLIC HEARING, UNRELATED ACTIONS.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
NINE ARE AUTHORIZATIONS.UM, ITEM NUMBER NINE EIGHT, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE REQUESTS BY THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF, OR TO POST CHILD ABUSE, AWARENESS SIGNS ALONG HIGHWAY 90 A AND PRESENCE RATE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ COUNSEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
THIS IS A REQUEST THAT THE FORT BEN EXCHANGE HAS REQUESTED OF THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
UH, THE CITY HAS APPROVED THIS REQUEST IN PREVIOUS YEARS, UM, AND THE REQUEST IS, IS PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED.
NOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON THAT.
THIS SHOWS THE LOCATION FOR THE REQUEST.
THE EXCHANGE CLUB DOES A SIGN PRESENTATION, UH, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC AS TO THE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND EFFORTS BEING TAKEN TO TERM, UH, CHILD ABUSE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE DISPLAY IS A MULTI-CITY DISPLAY, UH, WITH SIGNS LOCATED BOTH IN MISSOURI CITY, ALONG HIGHWAY 98, AND THE ISLAND, THE MAJORITY OF THE SIGNS WILL BE LOCATED ON THE STAFFORD SIDE AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
AND THESE ARE IMAGES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AS TO WHAT THE DISPLAY LOOKS LIKE AIMED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF PASSING FARS.
UM, JUST SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THIS MONTH, UM, IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH.
UM, AND THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, GROUPS LIKE THE EXCHANGE CLUB ARE TAKING IN ORDER TO CURB THESE INSTANCES, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE EXCHANGE CLUB ONLINE ON THE FALL.
UM, THIS REQUEST WOULD BE, UM, A, UH, EXTENSION OF OUR SPECIAL EVENT SIGN, UM, ORDINANCE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE EXCHANGE CLUB IS ON THE CALL AS WELL.
IT'S KIND OF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
WAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY? I COULDN'T HEAR.
YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEEDED THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE EXCHANGE CLUB WAS GOING TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT.
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I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO PROPOSE ANY STATEMENT THAT HE MIGHT MAKE.I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IF THEY'RE ALREADY HEARING NONE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REPLACEMENT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE A SECOND? THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY AGAIN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ME.
AND THEN COME FROM NUMBER EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION MAYOR MS. COUNCILMAN EMORY? I WOULD JUST WANT TO ASK AT ONE, AT ONE POINT IN TIME, I THINK THERE WAS A, UH, EITHER FLAG OR CROSS, UH, DISPLAY FOR, UH, UH, REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF, UH, UH, UH, CHILD ABUSE CASES IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING THAT PRACTICE CONTINUES.
UH, DRIVERS COMING BY AWARE OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, DISPLAY.
I CAN LET JENNIFER OR MICHAEL TO ANSWER THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UM, THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN CROSSES OR FLAGS DONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, CHILD ABUSE, AWARENESS, UH, AND, AND CERTAINLY NONE BY THE FORT BEN EXCHANGE CLUB.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THESE WHITE STAKES WITH BLUE RIBBONS, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING EACH CHILD WHO WAS SAYING FOR SERVICES BY CHILD ADVOCATES OF FORT BEND, HIS COUNCILMAN NAMED I, I S I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
I MAY MISCHARACTERIZED IT IS PROTESTANTS ARE, ARE HEARING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
CAUSE YOU BROKE OFF IN BETWEEN.
IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN COUNCILMAN EMORY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND WE'LL WAIT.
CAN YOU PROVIDE ME THE PHONE NUMBER? YES.
AND THEN JUST ENTER THE MEETING ID, PRESS POUND.
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YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.CAN WE, UM, YOU HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR MOST OF THEIRS.
COUNCIL MEMBER AD-WORDS STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
[10. ORDINANCES]
TO ITEM NUMBER 10.ORDINANCES ITEM NUMBER TEN EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CERTAIN REGULATIONS REGARDING TEMPORARY DISPLAY SIGNS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION FOUR DEFINITION AND SECTION 13, FIVE REGULATION OF APPENDIX, SAY OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY
UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND A SECOND BY MAN FOR TIM RUELAS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR BOATS.
MAY I APPROACH COUNCIL? READWORKS THAT'S MY MEMORY ON THE SPEAKERS ON YOUR DEVICE? USE YOUR PHONE FOR AUDIO.
SO CAN I GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE BOAT? YES, SIR.
SO WE HAVE, I MEAN, I JUST READ OFF WHAT I HAD, SO I HAVE
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AD WORDS I HEARD.
I THINK I HEARD YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
AND THAT'S A YES, FOR ME WHEN SHE PASSED THE SEVEN NUMBER 11 RESOLUTION, THERE ARE NO RESOLUTION,
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.NOW WE'LL GO IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE HERE, MAYOR
UM, THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK, UM, FOR WHAT WE WERE ABLE AT THE CITY TO ACCOMPLISH LAST WEEK FROM WATER DRIVES TO WARMING SHELTERS.
UH, BUT I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR ENTIRE CITY STAFF.
TAMIKA WAS OUTSTANDING LEADING US THROUGH THIS, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, ROGER HOOVER PUBLIC WORKS CREWS, 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, WE'RE OUT THERE THROWING SALT ON THE ICE AND WHATNOT.
AND IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE A LOCAL BUSINESS OFF THE VINE VEESTRO SHE DONATED 50 MEALS TO OUR WARMING SHELTER, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US BECAUSE SHE'S A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SHE BELIEVES IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER HEROES OUT THERE AND I'M SURE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MENTION THAT.
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EDWARDS.UM, I WANT TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS AND THANK ALL THE STAFF OR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS OF ACTUALLY MAKING SURE OUR RESIDENTS WERE SAY INSECURE WHILE THEY ACTUALLY HAD ISSUES OF THEIR OWN.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL, UM, TO MAKE A DREW, IF I CAN.
UM, MAYOR POSTDAM JUST MENTIONED EVERYONE IN A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, PD, FIRE, UM, STACY WALKER AND HER TEAM AS WELL.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE OF, UM, OFTENTIMES I WAS ASKED DURING THE STORM, WHERE WAS I AND WHY WAS I NOT, UM, WITHIN ANY OF THE PHOTO OPS THAT WERE ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE.
SO I JUST WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO BE AWARE THAT, UM, I MIGHT NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE INVITE OR BE AWARE IN A TIMELY MANNER TO ATTEND THOSE PHOTO OPS, BUT I'M WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH MY CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.
UM, SO JUST BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T SEE ME WITHIN THE PHOTO OFFICE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT WORKING, UM, DURING THE STORM, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'VE TAKEN CARE OF, MAKING SURE THAT I'M COMPLETING WELLNESS CHECKS WITH SENIORS, AS WELL AS FAMILIES THAT WERE WITHOUT POWER OR ELECTRICITY OR ELECTRICITY OR WATER.
UM, I ALSO PARTNER UP WITH THE GREATEST BARBECUE PROVIDING HOT MEALS TO RESIDENTS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE SAFELY, YOU KNOW, SECURED IN THEIR HOME OR IF THEY NEEDED ANYTHING THAT I WAS AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM, UM, AFTER THE STORM PRETTY MUCH CLEARED UP DR.
STERLING AND I TEAMED UP WITH A FOUNDER PRAYS AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 800 CASES OF WATER TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO VOLUNTEER AT THE FOOD DRIVE THAT WAS HELD IN FORT BEND COUNTY WITH A LOT OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE OVER A THOUSANDS FAMILY.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD SOME FOOD, UM, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL FULL DRY I'M SORRY, WATER DRIVES.
UM, I'M JUST ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS ACCESSIBLE AND ABLE TO BE REACHED BY MY CONSTITUENTS.
UM, JUST ANOTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, FORT BEND COUNTY'S EXPOSURE EXCELLENCE PROGRAM FOR YOUTH.
UM, THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD INITIATIVE THAT WAS BROUGHT IN AT, UM, HIGH TOWER THIS SATURDAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THOSE, UM, THAT WAS ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, DR.
STELLAN AND I WERE ABLE TO MAKE A PERSONAL DONATION TO THURGOOD MARSHALL'S TRACK TEAM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR TRACK SEASON THIS YEAR, UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME WATER.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO DR.
I REACHED OUT TO EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SHE WAS THE ONE THAT MATCHED MY DONATION AND MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE NEEDS FOR THAT LOCAL SCHOOL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE POINTS AND JUST KIND OF GIVE MY NOTES, TWINS OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
UM, TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF WOMEN HISTORY IN 1920, WE DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
UM, AND WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR LEADERS IN THE CITY THAT ARE DOING GREAT THINGS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FEMALE LEADERS THAT ARE DOING GREAT THINGS LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, AND TO BE A FEMALE CITY COUNCIL, WOMAN AND OF COLOR IS, UM, A GREAT HONOR.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SERVE YOU AS I CONTINUE TO BREAK BARRIERS AND STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
UM, FRIDAY, MYSELF AND, UH, MAYOR ELLICOTT.
WE'RE HONORED TO BE A PART OF A DRIVE-THRU COVID TESTING, WHICH WAS HELD AT HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, UH, GO TO ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO SUFFERED DAMAGE DURING THE WINTER STORM.
UM, IT WAS A LONG WEEK FOR ALL OF US, MANY OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, SUFFERED DAMAGE OR, UH, WITH WAR WITHOUT POWER OR WATER.
BUT, UM, WE WERE OUT THERE ON THE FRONTLINE AND, UM, TAKING CARE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, MANY OF US, UM, AND, AND THAT JUST, THAT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL, BUT MANY OF US, UM, AS JUST NEIGHBORS, WE REACHED OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, UH, WE EXTENDED A HAND TO PEOPLE WE DIDN'T KNOW, AND THAT IS TRUE UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ONE OF MY SLOGANS, UH, ONE OF MY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK WITH INTERACTING WITH 20 ADULT SPECIAL NEEDS AND FUELS THAT THOUGHT SHELTER AT OUR CENTER.
MANY OF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR, UH, DIFFERENTLY ABLED INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE HAD 20 AT OUR, UH, WARMING SITE AND JUST INTERACTING WITH THEM AND SHOWING THEM LOVE WAS, UM, W IT WAS MYSELF AND MAYOR PRO TEM ALULA WERE ABLE TO PERSONALLY DELIVER WATER AND FOOD TO A 92 YEAR OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN
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WHO NEEDED GROCERIES AND WATER.SO WE WERE HONORED TO CARRY THOSE OVER TO HIM.
AND, UH, HE WAS VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, UM, OUR MAYOR FOR, UM, JUST THE WHOLE WEEK HE WAS, I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT ANY SLEEP, BUT JUST BEING THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, DURING THE WINTER STORM.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, WHO, UH, WAS, UH, JUST PHENOMENAL IN THE DIRECTION THAT HE GAVE PUBLIC WORKS.
I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING SOME SLEEP TAMIKA, UH, NIAGARA BOTTLING, CHIEF PARTITA, CHIEF, UH, BEERS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK A LOCAL BUSINESS BERGER.
I AM IN SIENNA, UM, THE MANAGER OF THE OWNER, TIA, UM, UM, MADE SEVERAL REQUESTS TO ME TO SEND HER ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITIES THAT NEEDED FOOD.
AND SO, UM, SHE GRACIOUSLY STEPPED UP AND PROVIDED BREAKFAST TACOS AND DINNERS TO, UH, INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS THAT NEEDED FOOD.
SHE'S LOCATED IN THE SIENNA AREA.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE EXPOSED EXCELLENCE PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, UH, THIS WEEKEND ON SATURDAY AT, UM, AT HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL, A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT AND MANY YOUTH, UH, JOINING THAT PROGRAM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR FARMER'S MARKET EVERY SATURDAY FROM 10 TO TWO RAIN OR SHINE IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE SIENNA, ANA ANNEX AND SEEING A LIBRARY.
THERE ARE MANY VENDORS THERE, UM, MANY VARIETIES, FOOD DESSERTS, UM, PET FOODS, UM, SOAPS, YOU NAME IT A LOT OF VARIETY, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND, UM, LAST THING BEFORE I FINISH, I WANT TO, UM, US TO ALL CONTINUE TO LIFT OUR COLLEAGUE, JEFF, BONNIE, AND HIS FAMILY UP IN PRAYER AS HE LOST HIS UNCLE, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, DURING THE WINTER STORM THEY BURY HIM.
SO I WANT US TO ALL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP HIM LIFTED AND, UH, UH, PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MAYOR.
UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST ECHO ONCE AGAIN WITH MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THE MISSOURI CITY STAFF WHO WORKED ON THE ICE STORM, I KNOW, UH, MY CONSTITUENTS WERE CALLING ME 10 30, 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER, AND SOME OF THE TEAM WAS, WERE GOING OUT ACTUALLY TO CHECK BRIDGES HERE IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
SO CERTAINLY THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR, UM, TAKING CARE OF THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO ONE OTHER THING WITH, UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS MENTIONED, WE, UH, PASSED OUT BOTTLES OF WATER, UH, TO FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE.
WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE WATER TO A MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WE DID FINANCIAL DONATE PERSONAL DONATION, UH, WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, ANTHONY
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, UH, COUNSEL, I'M SORRY.
UH, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, UH, AT ONE OF MY, UH, ASSISTANT LIVING FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER MARGOLIS CAME AND WE DONATED, UH, THREE CASES OF WATER TO THEM.
UH, FOR THAT, I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO ALL JUST ABOUT MANY OF MY, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE KIND OF IMMOBILE OR INCAPACITATED PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT COULDN'T GET OUT TO GET WATER, SO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE AND DELIVER THEIR WATER PERSONALLY TO THEIR DOORS.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THING.
AND I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, WATER AND FOOD WITH CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN AT THE BETHEL CHURCH.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I DISLIKED TO SAY, MAYOR AS WELL, IS THAT WELL, JUST A LITTLE BIT APPALLED AND KIND OF STAND A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE TWO HUGE DONATIONS THAT I UNDERSTAND WAS FROM MY DISTRICT AND I WAS NOT INFORMED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE INFORMED OF ANY DONATION, PARTICULARLY IF IT'S IN MY BACK DOOR.
SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.
ANOTHER THING THERE, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ME TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT A AS TO WHY I WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THE STORM, UH, WITHOUT DUE RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL MAYOR DISTRICT EIGHT, I JUST LIKED FOR THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT I WAS NOT PRIVILEGED TO ANY INFORMATION, AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF A PRESS CONFERENCE DOING THE ICE STORM.
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TO PLEASE LET KNOW, BECAUSE LET KNOW THAT I WAS WORKING IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT I PERSONALLY HAD GOING ON.I WAS OUT IN THE STALL WORKING FOR THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU MAYOR, I THINK WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS DURING THAT WEEK AND WE TALKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND WE TALKED ABOUT TEAM BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ELECTED TO REALLY BRING, UH, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO REPRESENT EACH AND MISSOURI CITY.
SO I STARTED AS MY INTENT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN GET PAST OUR 20, 20 NOVEMBER ELECTION AND ANY OTHER EXTRANEOUS VARIABLES THAT WE, UH, PUT THAT PREVENTS US FROM ACTUALLY JUST FOCUSING ON, UH, VARIOUS REASONS AND FOCUS ON WHY WE WERE ACTUALLY ELECTED TO SERVE.
AND I HOPE THIS COUNCIL CAN REALLY, UH, UNITE AND DEMONSTRATE SOME KIND OF TRAJECTORY AND MOVING AS A UNIT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AND REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, AGAIN, MAYOR, I JUST WANT US TO KNOW THAT, UH, DURING THE STORM, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, AND WE TALKED ABOUT TEAM BUILDING, WE WERE STILL ALSO LEFT OUT DURING THAT, DURING THAT STORM IN THE CONFERENCES AT THE PRESS CONFERENCES.
SO I LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE COUNCIL AND SERVE IN MISSOURI CITY, NOT TWO CITIES, BUT ONE CITY AND MAYOR.
WE TALKED ABOUT TEAM BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IRONIC THAT THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT WEEK.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO I IN TEAM BUILDING, THERE'S CERTAINLY NO D IN DIVISION AND THERE'S AN DISPUTABLE, NO FOR SEPARATION.
SO I HOPE WE ALL CAN COME TOGETHER.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD PAST THAT MAYOR.
AND CERTAINLY THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME INDULGES.
UH, I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER HEARING MANY OF THESE COMMENTS, UM, BEFORE ME, I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED OF A QUOTE BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, WHICH STATES, UH, IT'S BETTER TO OFFER NO EXCUSE THAN A BAD ONE.
AND I AM, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WANTING TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE MISSOURI CITY STAFF, OUR CITY SECRETARY, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR CITY, UH, MANAGER, UH, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, MADE NO EXCUSES, UH, ENSURE THAT OUR CITIZENS WERE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF DURING THE RESPONSE PHASE.
AND THEN DURING THE RECOVERY PHASE OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED WINTER STORM THAT LEFT MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT A WATER LEFT, MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER LEFT, MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING OUR SENIORS IN THE DARK, UH, AND, UH, SKIER, MANY OF THEM, UH, I AM, UM, ALSO WANTING TO THANK YOU SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK, I DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY TO THE ENTIRE STAFF, ALTHOUGH I DO THINK THE ENTIRE STAFF, BUT YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNICATIONS YOU HAD, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, YOU HAD FIRE YET POLICE, YOU HAD TAMIKA JEWITT WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND ENSURE THAT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN MY COMMENTS DURING THE, UM, THE REPORT ON COVID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO MANAGE MULTIPLE THINGS.
UH, I, UM, I READ MY EMAILS ALL THE TIME AND THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT COME FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, AND I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL PERSON, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TASKED WITH BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ELECTED TO DO.
AND I WAS EXTREMELY AWARE, UH, BOTH WITH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON RELATIVE TO, UH, THE NEWS CONFERENCES THAT WE ALL HAD, THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, THE MEETINGS THAT ALL SEVEN OF US WERE ON WHEREBY WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE WATER DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE WE VOTED ON THOSE ITEMS. UH, SO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO AT ALL, UH, DISCOUNT THE GREAT WORK OF OUR STAFF AND THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS AS IF THEY WEREN'T, UH, UH, JOHNNY ON THE SPOT AND, UH, IMMACULATE AND ENSURING THAT WE HAD THE BEST POSSIBLE COMMUNICATION, UH, THAT ALL COUNCIL PEOPLE KNEW THAT, UH, INCLUDING OUR MAYOR KNEW, UH, THAT WE WERE HAVING THESE.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE I NEVER, I DIDN'T DISRESPECT ANYBODY IN MY CLOSING COMMENTS.
AND SO I REALLY WOULD ASK RESPECTFULLY IF YOU DO NOT DO THAT TO ME, THANK YOU.
IF I, IF YOU COULD, OUT OF RESPECT FOR MY CLOSING COMMENTS, I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE RESPECTFULLY GIVE ME THE SAME DEFERENCE AND RESPECT THAT YOU WERE GIVEN WHEN NO ONE INTERRUPTED YOU.
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HAPPY THAT STAFF WAS COMMUNICATIVE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON RELATIVE TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED WINTER STORM THAT THEY COMMUNICATED VIA EMAIL, UH, PHONE CALLS WERE MADE.AND WE HAD A NEWS CONFERENCE PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY FROM SATURDAY TO SATURDAY, UH, DISCUSSING, UH, AND KEEPING THE CITIZENS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WAS GOING ON, UH, IN OUR CITY, RESPECTIVELY.
UH, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO I WORKED WITH TIRELESSLY, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS ORDEAL, AS I WAS, AS COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CLOUDS ARE MENTIONED, UH, DEALING WITH MY OWN PERSONAL, UH, HURT AND HEARTACHE IN THAT MY DAD'S YOUNGEST SIBLING, MY UNCLE PASSED AWAY.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE, UH, THE BEREAVEMENT FLOWERS AND THE KIND WORDS, AND FOR BEING THERE IN MY TIME OF NEED, AS I SACRIFICED TO DO WHAT I WAS ELECTED TO DO, WHICH WAS TO REPRESENT OUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, I DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN THE LIST OF ALL OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT I'VE DONE OR THAT I DID RELATIVE TO THE STORM, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, UH, TO, TO, UH, INSTANCES WHERE IT, IT MADE ME FEEL POSITIVE AND GOOD THAT AT SUCH A TIME AS THIS GOD HAS ALLOWED ME TO SERVE AS A COUNCILPERSON ONE, TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, UH, CASES OF WATER TO A DISABLED COUPLE ONE, A DISABLED PERSON WHO ACTUALLY, UH, THE HUSBAND HAD HAD A RECENT STROKE.
THEY COULD NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE.
THEY WERE IN THE DARK AND THEY COULDN'T GET WATER.
AND SO I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN'S OFFICE ABOUT THE SCENARIO AND, UH, WENT BY THERE AND TOOK THAT WATER TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE OKAY AND ALSO GAVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT COVID TESTING.
THE LAST WAS, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY THREE THINGS.
UH, ONE WAS ALSO RELATIVE TO A LADY WHO, UH, IN COUNCIL, UH, IN CITY MANAGER JONES WAS PRESENT.
WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION AFTER THE WATER DRIVE, WHERE THIS LADY HAD MISSED THE WATER BEING DISTRIBUTED.
AND, UH, SHE PULLED UP AND WE WERE TALKING AND THEN SHE ASKED WAS THE WATER THING OVER.
AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, YEAH, IT ENDED IT, YOU KNOW, A FEW MINUTES AGO, ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, SHE STARTED CRYING AND SAYING, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
AND I, I WAS HOPING THAT I COULD GET SOME WATER AND I HAD A, A CASE OF WATER IN MY CAR, AND I WAS ABLE TO BLESS HER WITH, UH, THE CASE OF WATER.
AND SHE WAS SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL.
AND, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAD A NEED AND HOW THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND OUR PARTNERS AT NIAGARA WATER.
AND, UH, EVERYONE ELSE WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE WERE ABLE TO, TO BE A BLESSING TO OUR CITIZENS.
AND LASTLY, A 96 YEAR OLD LADY HAD A BURSTED PIPE IN OUR HIGHER, A BEDROOM, A CEILING, IT COLLAPSED AND WATER WAS EVERYWHERE AND SHE'S BAD WRITTEN.
AND I GOT A CALL FROM STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES, HIS OFFICE ABOUT THE SCENARIO, AND WAS ABLE TO GET A PLUMBER OVER THERE TO HELP DEAL WITH THAT SCENARIO.
SO SHE CAN HAVE A RUNNING WATER.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THERE'S SO MANY STORIES OUT THERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THEM AND TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN SUCH A WAY AND JUST WANT TO THANK EACH.
AND EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, MAYOR ALLIE, CAT, UH, LYNN COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS, OR COUNCIL WOMEN, UH, COUNSELING AND EMORY AND COUNCILMAN MARULA IS FOR, UH, THE TILERS DAYS AND NIGHTS THAT WE SPENT TRYING TO, TO JUST DO WHAT WE HAD TO DO TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, YES.
UH, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LITANY OF ALL OF THE, UH, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, WERE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING A, UH, I THINK A, UH, A GREAT, UM, APPROACH TOWARDS, UH, UH, ASSISTING OUR, UH, UH, OUR CITIZENS, UH, IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, I THINK, UH, IF WE LOOK AT OUR CREDO TOGETHER WEEK SALE, I THINK THAT ALL OF THE, THE INDIVIDUALS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO HELP US, UH, ASSIST OUR, UH, UM, OUR CITIZENS, UH, IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, I THINK, UH, FORTIFIES, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE A CREDO THAT WE FOLLOW AND, UH, IT'S A, A GREAT VALUE TO THE CITY.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, INDIVIDUALS THINGS, OH, UH, I THINK, UH, I'LL LET GO.
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UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, KLAUSER INDICATED ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET.I WENT OUT THERE SATURDAY AND IT WAS AMAZING WITH THE NUMBER OF, UH, OF VENDOR TENTS THAT THEY HAVE UP NOW.
UH, IT, UH, IT'S REALLY SHOWS THAT, UH, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, UH, SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, VISIT, UH, THAT, UH, EVERY SATURDAY, BECAUSE IT WILL BE WELL WORTH YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR TIME AND, AND, UH, UH, EFFORT TO, UH, TO MAKE YOUR WAY OVER THERE.
UH, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT I HAD IS, UH, I TALKED WITH OUR, UH, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR, UH, HOS AND, UH, ASKED THEM THAT, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, RELAXING THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND DEED RESTRICTIONS ON LANDSCAPING.
AND I ALSO ASKED THAT OF, UH, OF, UH, OUR CITY TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TIME, I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE ONE PLANT THAT, UH, ISN'T, UH, FROZEN.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT ONE THAT, UM, UH, I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S SUBJECT TO THAT.
I THINK ALL, EVERYONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXPERIENCING THAT.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE TIME AND GIVE OUR NEIGHBORS TIME TO, UH, UH, TO, UH, ELIMINATE THE, UH, THE FROZEN VEGETATION AND LANDSCAPING.
AND FINALLY, UH, THE FORT BEND COUNTY HAS, UH, SET UP A, UM, UH, DEBRIS PICKUP PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE, UH, THEY WILL PICK UP ANY OF THE DEBRIS THAT, UH, MIGHT, UH, UH, THAT, UH, CITIZENS MIGHT HAVE AS THEY REPAIR SOME OF THE WATER DAMAGE.
UM, I'VE ASKED, UH, OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO TAKE A LOOK THOUGH AT THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, EXCLUSION IN FORT BEND COUNTY'S, UH, UH, PICK UP PROGRAM.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE, UH, THE, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, HAVE THAT, OR ARE PRIVATE OR GATED.
SO, UH, WE NEED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GIVE, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE HOMEOWNERS IN THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS, WHICH HAS ALL OVER THE CITY, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PICKUP FOR, UM, FOR ANY OF THE DEBRIS THAT, UH, THEY MIGHT, UH, HAVE AS A REPAIR THE, UH, THEIR WATER DAMAGE.
AND WITH THAT, I SAY, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
AND, UH, UH, WE CAME THROUGH, I THINK, A, UH, UH, A TRYING TIME, UH, AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE WITH FLYING COLORS, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UH, SO, UH, WE, WE NEED TO, UH, SUPPRESS ON AND, UH, BE COMMITTED IN, UH, SERVING, UH, THE CITIZENS THAT ELECTED US TO, UH, TO REPRESENT THEM ON A CITY CONSOLE.
WHAT, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DEFINITELY, I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, NIAGARA BOTTLING COMPANY FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND GETTING US WATER FOR THE, UH, TWO, UH, CONSECUTIVE TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE RIGHT ARRIVES TO THE COMMUNITY, ALL THE STAFF, UM, THE ENTIRE TEAM OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT YOU DO BEST, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ACT IN SENTIA ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST.
UM, JUST TO ADD A COMMENT TO, UH, SOME OF THOSE IS, UM, THERE WAS A EOC WAS CALLED ON SATURDAY.
THERE WAS A QUORUM THAT WAS PUT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL OR CITY COUNCIL BY MARIA ON TUESDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK, UM, THAT ALLOWS ANYONE THAT STARTED COMING INTO THE EOC.
SO THIS WAY WE DON'T END UP WITH MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE AT THE EOC.
AND, UM, AS A MISSOURI CITY, YOU KNOW, TIMES OF CRISIS, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T GO BACK TO THE PRESIDENT OF 35TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
WE'RE ALL, EACH OF US, OUR ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS ALONG
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WITH MYSELF ARE ELECTED FOR TWO YEARS.UM, SO WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES TO WHEN THERE IS A CRISIS TO ELEVATE AND TO GET WHAT CITY STAFF TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
SO, NO, NO BLAME, NO PARTICULAR ISSUES TO BE BROUGHT HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE SAYING I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE, ONE OF YOU ALL, BASICALLY ALL, ALL THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS PROCESS WORK.
AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS FOR SOMEWHAT FELT, UM, THAT WE, UH, CAME TOGETHER, UH, CAVE OUT INFORMATION TO THE BEST AS WE CAN, UH, WORKED WITHIN OUR LIMITATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH STATE AND COUNTY.
UM, AND I WANT TO THANK A SILENT PERSON THAT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IS EACH CHOICE, UH, FOR DOING ALL THE PAPERWORK, UH, TO GET THAT WARMING, UM, YOU KNOW, WARMING CENTER AT OUR REC CENTER, UM, OPENED, UM, AND DOING ALL THE, MAKING A TRIP OUT TO THE EOC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SIGNAGE, UH, I MEAN THE SIGNATURES IN PLACE TO GET THAT GOING.
SO I THINK, UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE ENTIRE STAFF AS A WONDERFUL JOB, SO KUDOS TO MISSOURI CITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL OUT THERE THAT NEEDS THEIR HOUSE REPAIRED.
I SAW SOMETHING TODAY FROM A PORTLAND COUNTY JUDGE ON ASSISTANCE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TWO PEOPLE WHO WAS STRUGGLING.
SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF AVENUES AND I THINK WE CAN TO MANAGE THEM.
I THINK WE CAN PUT SOME OF THAT TO THE COUNTY JUDGES WEBSITE ONTO OUR WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP PEOPLE.
UM, SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I SAW HIM BRIEFLY TO TODAY, SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WHOLE TEAM, TO YOUR STAFF, UM, AND SIT IN ADMINISTRATION.
I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS, UH, WE DID IT, UM, JUST LIKE IT WAS A HURRICANE HARVEY OR ANY OF THE HURRICANE THAT CAME THROUGH.
I THINK IT WAS, UH, UH, EVEN IN THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE ARE NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, I'VE NEVER 15 MINUTES.