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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
MARCH 13TH.WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING AT FIVE 15.
THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 5:18 PM.
TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT FIVE 18.
AS STATED THAT THE NOTICE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
I WILL NOT BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL AND YOU'RE IN CITY COUNCIL MAY INFILL TIMUR ELLIS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS PRESENT.
THEN WHEN I'LL BE A ROLL CALL, CITY STAFF MEMBERS AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STAY HERE.
PRESENT CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, STACY WALKER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHOSE NAME WAS NOT CALLED FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ANYONE ELSE PRESENT FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING? ELENA? ARE YOU ABLE TO, YES.
MA'AM ANYONE ELSE PRESENT? SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT ONE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT? ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON ANY ITEM ON THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MUST HAVE NOTIFIED THE CITY SECRETARY EMAIL FOLDER SUBMISSION OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST FORM 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 COUNCIL DURING THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[(a) Consider returning to in-person City Council meetings. (Proposed presenter: Assistant City Manager Bill Atkinson)]
WE GO TO ITEM TWO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM TO CONSIDER RETURNING IN PERSON TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON MARCH 13TH, 2020, AS YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAD DECLARED THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, OR AS WE KNOW IT, COVID-19, UH, POSED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE DISASTER AND A DISASTER INITIATIVE ISSUE TO DISASTER PROCLAMATION, CERTIFYING IT UNDER SECTION FOUR 18.014 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND THAT, UH, STATE STATE OF DISASTER FOR ALL COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FURTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FOUR 18.016, THE OTHER CODE AND SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS SET ABOVE THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR SUSPENDED STATUTES TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, UH, TO ALLOW FOR TELEPHONIC INTEL AND VIDEO CONFERENCING MEETINGS AND TO AVOID CONGREGATION OF SETTINGS AND PHYSICAL LOCATIONS.
AND, UH, SINCE APRIL 6TH OF 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN HOLDING MEETINGS REMOTELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AS A RESULT OF THE DECORATION THAT OCCURRED.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, NOW, UH, REACHED A NEW LEVEL IN WHICH, UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS SMEARED ON MARCH 6TH THAT, UH, THEY, BY CONTINUING HIS, UH, COVID DISASTER DECLARATION FOR THE NEXT OR ANOTHER 30 DAYS, AND EXTENDING OPEN MEANS ACT SUSPENSIONS FOR THE, FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 30 DAYS THEREAFTER.
AND CURRENTLY THE GOVERNOR OR GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS STILL IN PLACE AND AVAILABLE FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO MEET IN PERSON OR TELEPHONICALLY AS OR TELEPHONICALLY AS ALLOWED THROUGH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT, THE SUSPENSION IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL TERMINATED BY THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR AND IS LIFTED ON THE DATE TO DECLARATION.
AND TODAY IT IS STILL IN PLACE.
AND, UH, THIS ITEM IS BEING PLACED ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT AT YOUR REQUEST TO DISCUSS AND, UH, WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO USE, UTILIZE A TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCING MEETINGS TO AVOID CONGREGANT SETTINGS AND PHYSICAL LOCATIONS DUE TO COVID-19.
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MOTION NUMBER I'M GOING TO, DO YOU HAVE A DATE? YOU PROPOSING A DATE ALONG WITH THAT MOTION? UM, AT THIS TIME I WAS MAKING THE MOTION SO THAT COUNCIL CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION THERE.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUSER.
UM, IS THERE A DISCUSSION THAT'S ONE OF MY EDWARDS, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE MY STATEMENT AND REMINDER FOR THAT.
WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC REGARDLESS OF, UM, GOVERNOR ABBOTT REMOVING THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WE'RE STILL, UM, IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT IS AFFECTING EVERYONE, UM, FAMILY, FRIENDS, I WORK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, IT'S MY OPINION THAT IF WE WERE TURNED BACK, WE WILL SUBJECT OURSELVES COUNSEL AS WELL AS STAFF, UM, INTO AN OUTBREAK OF COVID.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE A PERSONAL, UM, OPINION IF YOU CAN RETURN BACK OR JUST BASICALLY HAVE THAT OPTIONS TO BE VIRTUAL OR GO BACK INTO, UM, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR ANY TYPE OF SETTING FOR THE CITY.
UM, IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND STILL DO THE CITY'S WORK, UM, REMOTELY.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE AN OPTION REMAINING, UM, UP TO COUNCIL, BUT STILL CONSIDERING WHAT DANGER WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES AS CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL, THE STAFF IN A POSITION TO RETURN BACK INTO THE BUILDING.
THIS IS MAYOR PRO TEM RULES QUESTION, THE CITY MANAGER ONE, DO THE EMPLOYEES RETURN BACK TO WORK? REMEMBER MY RULE IS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL EMPLOYEES WHO RETURNED BACK TO WORK TODAY, UH, BASED OFF THE, UH, RE RETURN TO WORK POLICY THAT, UH, WAS APPROVED BY MYSELF, DR.
AND AZULA, UH, AND ALSO THE MAYOR.
UM, HOWEVER, WHEN THEY ARE RETURNING TO WORK, WE ARE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING.
UH, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT ALL THE EMPLOYEES HAVE PPE, SO THAT'S WHY MATH AND THEIR SANITATION STATION SET UP THROUGHOUT, UH, THE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS A TEMPERATURE DEVICE.
UM, IF YOU ALL, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THOUGH, IF YOU ALL DO DECIDE TO, UH, RETURN BACK TO MEETINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAYBE DOING IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THEREFORE YOU HAVE MORE SPACE TO SOCIAL BUSINESS OR WHATNOT.
UH, I KNOW IN THE PAST, UH, AT LEAST IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.
THEIR COUNSELORS HAD MEETINGS THERE PAST, BUT, UH, THAT IF YOU DO DECIDE TO DO IT AND NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP TO YOU, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSERVE.
AND IF SOMEBODY'S, UH, FOLLOWING UP ON THE CITY MANAGERS COMMENT THERE, WE, UH, THE STAFF HAVE PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT WOULD SOCIALLY DISTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS.
AND, UH, IT HAS CHECKED AND MADE SURE THAT THE SPEAKER SYSTEMS AND, UH, TECHNOLOGY WOULD WORK OVER THERE AS WELL.
THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.
I JUST KIND OF HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS NOT, I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS OWN PERSONAL RIGHT TO BE FASCINATED OR NOT TO BE FASCINATED.
AND SO IT JUST RETURNING BACK AND I KIND OF HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS IF WE RETURN BACK.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE UP SOCIAL DISTANCES, BUT WITH THE SURGE DEAL GOING ON.
AND I THINK YOU JUST SAID THAT THE MANDATE IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS, IS THAT CORRECT? BILL? HE EXTENDED, I BELIEVE FOR 30.
AND, UM, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 30 ON TOP OF THAT, IS THAT CORRECT?
SO I THINK THAT FOR PROLONGING IT JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER SPRING BREAK TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
AND BEFORE WE MAKE A HASTY DECISION TO RUSH BACK TO THE CITY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONTENTION.
SO, UM, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT UP TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
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UM, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, UH, MANAGER OTIS, ARE THE EMPLOYEES ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS, OR IT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM TO COME AT LEAST THIS WEEK, WHILE WE'RE REASSEMBLED THE AFTERNOON.UH, THIS WEEK WHEN ALL THE TRAINING SESSIONS ARE COMPLETE AND EVERYTHING IS, IS, UH, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NORMAL PROCESS TIME OFF OF WORK, BUT, UH, DOING A SIMULATION PERIOD, I MADE IT MANDATORY EVERYBODY'S HERE.
AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION FOR BILL.
UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT STAFF HAS ALREADY KIND OF LOOKED AT HOW WE WOULD ARRANGE THE CHAMBER, BUT, UM, DO YOU GUYS NEED AN ADDITIONAL TIME TO SET THAT UP? IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT, DO WE NEED SOME BUFFER IN BETWEEN? ARE WE READY FOR GO? UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING TO IT AND, UH, PAUL'S STAFF THAT THEY COULD HAVE IT DONE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
UM, BUT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVING SOME TIME MAYBE, UH, IN MAY AND THEN END OF APRIL, WE REASSESSED, WE PICKED A DAY AND THEN WE REASSESS, UM, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE DAY.
MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE WE DECIDE TO COME BACK AND THEN WE ASSESS MAYBE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL.
I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, UM, PAUSE AND READ THE COMPLAINT.
UM, THIS IS A FOREMAN EDWARDS.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE.
I DO RECALL STATING THAT WE USED TO WAIT 90 DAYS AND TRY TO PRETTY MUCH GAUGE AND SEE HOW THE NUMBERS ARE BEFORE WE JUMP INTO MAKING DECISIONS LIKE THEIRS.
UM, I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOLLOW HIS ADVICE AND PRETTY MUCH GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF JUST REMAINING VIRTUAL AND THE LEAST, NOT A LOT, PUTTING OURSELVES AS WELL AS STAFF AND EVEN FOR HARMFUL CONDITIONS AND PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK.
IN ADDITION, UM, I NOTICED THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO B OLD CONFERENCE ROOM, OLD COURTHOUSE, OR WHEN NOT, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE BREATHING IN THE SAME AIR, WHETHER WE SOCIAL DISTANCE OR NOT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO TAKE THEIR MASK OFF, DRINK, MAYBE SNACK, AND THAT'S STILL PUTTING US AT RISK, UM, EVEN STAFF.
SO I JUST WANT US TO MAKE PRETTY MUCH CONSIDER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR US TO KIND OF MAKE A SMART DECISION, AND THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STURDY.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF COUNCIL COOL UNTIL MAY 3RD AND LET'S REASSESS AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN THAT WAS, WE WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE DATA TO THE, WE CAN MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS.
UM, USING CAUTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD'S POINT, DR.
BOOM CLEARLY STATED WE NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CAUTIOUS, BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US BEING ABLE TO PUSH IT AND NOT THE EMPLOYEES WE'VE ASKED THE EMPLOYEES TO COME TO WORK AND FOR US TO SIT BACK AND SAY, WE CAN'T, I, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THAT'S BEING SAID, I WOULDN'T MIND STARTING AT, UH, ON THAT THIRD WEEK OF APRIL, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE STATED.
I, I, I HAVE TO ECHO, UM, I WASN'T GONNA REALLY SAY MUCH, BUT I DO HAVE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS JUST MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
A RULE IS I THINK IT'S VERY, UH, IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE.
IT'S VERY HYPOCRITICAL FOR US TO, UH, HAVE, UH, STAFF, UH, BE BACK TODAY.
AND WE'RE NOT IN COUNCIL, UH, SESSION.
UH, UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS THEIR DAY TO DAY JOB, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ELECTED TO DO TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE AS WELL.
SO I, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ME HAVING ACTUALLY HAD COVID AND, UM, WHAT NOT, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS.
UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO EITHER, UH, DO THE SAME OR HAVE THE SAME CONSIDERATION STAFF AS WE WOULD HAVE FOR OURSELVES ONE FOR OURSELVES, OR THAT WE HAVE A DATE THAT LIKE A COUNCILWOMAN MACLEODS AND SAID, WE CAN HEAR MARK.
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I WANT TO SAY, SHE SAID, MAY 3RD AS A TARGET DATE OF RETURN, BUT ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT THINGS ON A, I WANT TO SAY THAT WOULD BE APRIL THE 19TH, UM, WHICH IS THE MEETING BEFORE THAT MEETING OF MAY 3RD AND SEE WHERE THINGS ARE, UM, AS TO WHETHER WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD AS IF, IF DR.A WHO WE'VE HIRED TO REPRESENT US AND GIVE US ADVICE RELATIVE TO COVID, UH, FELT THAT IT WAS OKAY FOR STAFF TO RETURN TO WORK.
WHY WOULD HE, OR HAS HE, MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION I'M NOT GOING TO SEND ME HEAD, HAS HE SAID THE SAME THING ON COUNCIL CITY MANAGER? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION AGAIN? UH, CUSTOMER AND BONY.
I WAS TALKING TO AMERICAN TIME, DR.
A I GUESS, SIGNED OFF ON STAFF BEING ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK.
DID HE, DID HE MAKE THE SAME ASSESSMENT AS IT RELATED TO US ON COUNSELING? NO, HE JUST WAS LOOKING AT THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF IT.
UH, AND THAT WE HAVE THE WAY WE KIND OF STRUCTURED OURSELVES WITH INSIDE CITY HALL.
WE'VE GOT GOOD SOCIAL DISTANCES AND MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO KIND OF HAVE THEIR OWN ROOMS OR SPACE ANYWAY.
UH, AND SO HE WAS MAKING IT BASED OFF THE OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
BUT WHAT HE WOULD, HE DID MENTION THOUGH, IS THAT HIS, HE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO COME BACK, THAT YOU DO IT OVER AND BE A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE YOU CAN HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE TO A SOCIAL DISTANCE.
WELL, YEAH, I'M NOT LOOKING, I'M NOT IN ANY RUSH TO TRY TO GET BACK IN PERSON IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND IF STAFF IS BEING ASKED SOMETHING AND WE'RE NOT WILLING TO DO IT OURSELVES, I JUST THINK IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE THING I'M OPEN TO THE WILL OR THE BODY AND WHATEVER DATE ME DECIDE UPON I'M SUPPORTIVE OF.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY, I GUESS QUESTION I'D HAVE TO CITY MANAGER AND TWO STAFF AND MAYBE, UH, TO, UH, MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BY STAYING ON ZOOM.
I MEAN, BY BEING ON ZOOM, ARE WE LOSING ANYTHING AS FAR AS EFFECTIVENESS OR BEING ABLE TO DO THE CITY'S BUSINESS? UM, FROM, FROM, JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, SOMEBODY FEEL THAT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF THE TIME, THEY WOULDN'T BE ON DOCUMENTS AND ET CETERA, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, THINGS WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROCESS IT THROUGH COUNCIL.
UM, SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FROM AN OPERATIONS, UH, THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR BEING A 10 OR A REGIONAL MAYOR'S MEETING, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK UP WITH THE OTHER MAYORS IN THE AREA AS WELL.
YEAH, THEY'RE ALL, UH, THIS IS ROBIN, UH, THEY'RE ALL, UM, LOOKING FOR POSSIBLE DATES TO COME BACK IN, UM, WHICH EITHER END OF THIS MONTH, OR IF NOT, CAUSE HE REMEMBERED ALL OF THEIR MEETINGS DO FALL IN DIFFERENT TIMES.
LIKE STAFFORD IS ON WEDNESDAY.
UM, I BELIEVE WE WERE ON MONDAY AND SHORELINE IS ON TUESDAY.
SO THEY'RE ALL COMING UP WITH A DIFFERENT DATES.
UM, THAT'S POSSIBLE WITH AMANDA THE MONDAY, IF NOT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH TO GET BACK IN.
UM, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING, SOCIAL DISTANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR MATH, I MEAN THEN I DON'T KNOW IF ANY CITY THAT IS TAKING THE MASK OFF, SO THEY ARE, AND THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRING THAT ANYBODY, ANY, UH, ANYONE FROM OUTSIDE THAT COMES INTO THE BUILDING, UM, ARE GOING TO WEAR A MASK.
UM, AND OF COURSE I THINK, UM, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, FOLLOW UP ALL OF THE CITY'S FACILITIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENTER, THEY ALL HAVE THAT, UM, UH, THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND ALL OF THOSE MEASURES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE.
UM, SO, AND WE DID WE'VE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT WE, WE ARE CURRENTLY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MODELS THAT I KNOW OF THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THE PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THERE'S BEEN CONTRACTORS AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY HAS
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THEY HAVE BEEN COMING IN THEIR REGULAR.UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DEPARTMENT ALONE, UM, THAT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING OF COURSE, SOCIAL DISTANCE WHEN THEY GOT ALL THE MEASURES IN PLACE AND THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE I GOT ELECTED.
SO I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN THERE PRIOR TO THAT.
UM, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OUTBREAK OR INTO LIKE THAT WITH THOSE STAFF.
UM, THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN FARMING, UM, PLANNING.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, WHAT WE GOT TO LOOK IN HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF IS BACK TO WORK UNLESS WE HAVE A SITUATION THAT'S PRESENTED TO OURSELVES WITHIN SOME SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ISOLATED INCIDENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND WE CAN GO BACK AND REMEASURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS, UH, NUMBER TWO IS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE BACK AT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO GET EMOTION FROM.
ALL OF YOU, AS YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE DATE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND PRESENT OURSELVES WITH THE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMEONE'S LIKE OTHERS THAT WERE SAYING THAT IF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IF OUR STAFF IS HERE DURING THE WORK DAY TO DAY, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HURT US TO COME IN FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND EVERY FIRST, MONDAY AND THIRD, MONDAY, AND PRACTICALLY IS ALL WHAT WE'RE HERE.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.
I, WE DO HAVE A MARRIAGE RETREAT, THAT'S COMING UP THIS COMING, UM, THIS WEEK THURSDAY, UM, WHICH WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE TABLE AT THE LAST MONTH MEETING ONCE EVERYBODY'S OPENING UP AND, UM, AND AROUND IN MARCH, UM, NO, I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATES OF WHEN THEY'RE OPENING, BUT I CAN GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION, UM, AS FAR AS THURSDAY THIS WEEK, UH, AND PERHAPS, MAYBE EMAIL SOME OF THAT OUT TO YOU.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, BUT I GUESS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION HERE IS REALLY REFERRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, I DO RECALL MY FIRST ROUND, THERE WAS ONE FOR ATTACKS AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING 2014 SOMETIME, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE COVID, BUT EVEN THEN WE STILL WERE SOCIAL DISTANCE AND IT WAS SET UP THAT WAY UNTIL WE GET TO BACK TO ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT.
BOONE WAS TALKING ABOUT, HE NEEDS A 90 DAYS TO GET EVERYBODY VACCINATED.
UM, THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT I THINK HE WAS PUTTING, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO GET BACK TO NATION OR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE.
NOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL DON'T WANT TO DO IT AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE VACCINATION.
I'M AN, I THINK OUR, UH, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS REALLY IN COUNCIL.
UM, I MEAN COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CARSON WENTZ, WHEN, WHEN SHOULD THAT BE? UM, IS WHAT THE, WHAT THE ISSUE THAT'S OUT HERE.
I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE SHOOT FOR GOING IN PARSON MAY 3RD, BUT WE ASSESS APRIL EPIC, APRIL 19TH MEETING.
AND, UM, WE COLLECTIVELY DECIDE AT THAT TIME, UM, WE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED THAT TIME, WHETHER WE WILL MAKE OUR MAIN, OUR MEETING, OUR FIRST IN-PERSON MEETINGS, MRS. COUNCILWOMAN.
SO MAYOR, I KNOW ALREADY A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE AMENDED? I'M ASSUMING THAT IT DOES.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDFLARE HAS MADE A MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT TO ASSESS THE CONDITION OF RETURNING TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS ON APRIL 19TH AND RETURNING ON MAY 3RD THAT'S MOTION OR AN AMENDED WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STARLING.
SO YOU DO NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS I WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS.
NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO, UM, THE ACTUAL MOTION ITSELF.
CAN YOU JUST READ THAT OUT JUST ONE MORE TIME?
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SEE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.MY RULE IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDER TO CONSIDER RETURNING TO IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YES, NO, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
SO THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE.
[(b) Present an update on Fiscal Year 2022 budget calendar and process. (Proposed presenter: Director of Financial Services Allena Portis)]
BE PRESENT AND AN UPDATE ON FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, TONIGHT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DATES THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR, UH, COMING TO COUNCIL FOR VARIOUS, UH, ITEMS DEALING WITH THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU ALSO HAVE THE DETAILED BUDGET CALENDAR THAT IS A DRAFT THAT SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH INTERNALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND WITH THE BUDGET TEAM.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARING ALL OF THE BUDGETARY INFORMATION.
SO WE, UH, THREE DIFFERENT DATES TO GO THROUGH TODAY.
UH, ON THE SLIDES WE HAVE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES, AND THOSE ITEMS ARE ACTIONS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SOME PROPOSED SPECIAL MEETING DATES THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY ON THE CALENDAR, AND WE ALSO WANT TO REVIEW THE PROPERTY TAX CALENDAR.
SO FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY FIVE DATES HERE WHERE WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD INFORMATION, DEALING WITH THE BUDGET DURING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DATE.
FIRST ON MAY 17TH, WE HAVE, UH, JOHN HAKIM YOSEF TXP, WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THE ECONOMIC FORECAST WITH SALES TAX PROJECTIONS.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE PRESENTING PRELIMINARY TAX ROLLS AT THAT TIME AND REVIEWING SOME OF THE BUDGET PRIORITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT'LL COME THROUGH, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL RETREAT THAT WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND ON JUNE 21ST.
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE MCDA TO REVIEW THE PID BUDGET.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE REVIEWING THE CIP PROJECTS AT THAT TIME AND, UH, PROVIDING A PRESENTATION, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET AND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS IN AUGUST, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT'S AUGUST 2ND.
AND WE HAVE A BUDGET WORK SESSION AS NEEDED ON AUGUST 16TH.
UH, THE LGC BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED, UM, TO THE LDC BOARD AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 20TH FOR ADOPTION.
AND THAT WILL INCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST YEAR, WE HAD BUDGET WORKSHOPS, UM, THINK THREE NIGHTS IN THE EVENINGS WHERE YOU HEARD FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE, IS THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO THE SAME THIS YEAR, AND THOSE WOULD BE BUDGET WORKSHOPS HELD ON JUNE 22ND THROUGH THE 24TH.
AND SO THESE ARE THE DATES THAT WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, PLACING ON THE CALENDAR.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS AS LAST YEAR, NEXT SLIDE INCLUDED IN THE DETAILED CALENDAR.
WE HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX CALENDAR, UH, THE DATES THAT WE HAVE NOW DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ELECTION.
IF WE WERE TO WANT TO, UH, ADOPT A PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE, UH, NO NEW REVENUE RATE, IF WE WANT IT TO INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BY THAT AMOUNT, UM, IT WOULD NEED TO BE ADOPTED BY AUGUST 23RD.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THE PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFIED ROLES ON AUGUST 2ND.
UM, THE COUNCIL IS SETTING THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE ON AUGUST 16TH WITH THE TAX RATE HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AFTER THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED.
SO AT THIS TIME WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, UM, COUNSEL WOULD DESIRE TO HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IN JANE.
AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO PUT, UH, JUNE 20, UM, THANK YOU.
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THE RECOMMENDATION, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR MADE A PORTIS ABOUT THE DATES.I BELIEVE THAT THOSE DATES ARE SUFFICIENT AND NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE ON TIME AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND MOVING FORWARD.
I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WAS FOR ELENA OR I GUESS, UM, UH, CUSTOMER BONY AS A FINANCE CHAIR, UM, IS THE WORKSHOPS USUALLY THREE DAYS OR, OR IS IT ALL SEVEN IN THAT ONE WEEK? THE THING ABOUT IT IS THERE'S SO MUCH TO COVER AND TO, UH, GO OVER THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY A LOT, ONE DAY DO IT.
AND IT'S BEEN TYPICAL IN THE PAST THAT WE'VE HAD AT MINIMUM TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THREE DAYS TO GO OVER THOSE, UM, THOSE FIGURES, THE NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABNORMAL ALSO MAKE, UM, THE BUDGET PROCESS EASIER BECAUSE WE RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT PRIOR TO THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO, SO DAVID, SO THESE AS THESE WORKSHOPS, YOU'LL HAVE DEPARTMENT OF DIRECTORS WOULDN'T BE COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE NEEDED FOR THAT FOLLOWING YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THEY'LL ALSO ASSESS THEIR GOALS IN THE NEXT YEAR.
I SECOND THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOUNTY.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY MOTION ITEMS. I THINK ALLINA HAS IDENTIFIED ON THE SLIDE.
THIS CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT SO NO MOTION IS NEEDED.
SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR, OR LIKE THAT HEARING NONE, UM, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[(c) Present an overview on Emergency Management. (Proposed presenter: Interim Fire Chief Partida) ]
TWO C PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE OMNI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.WE HAVE OUR ACTING FIRE CHIEF, UH, PARTIDO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THIS EVENING I'M JOINED BY, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON AND EMERGENCY MANAGER, UH, COORDINATOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMEKA JEWITT.
UH, BILL IS GOING TO LEAD US OFF WITH, UM, THE FIRST THREE SLIDES TO GO OVER THE BACKGROUND AND LEGAL AUTHORITY.
AND THEN I'LL, UH, COME IN AND GO OVER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ALONG WITH, UM, OUTLINING THE LEAD POSITIONS, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND MIKA WE'LL WRAP UP WITH, UM, INFORMATION FROM, UH, OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THE WINTER STORM EVENT AND PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORT, UH, POLICE CHIEF.
UH, MIKE BARSON IS ALSO HERE TO, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END AS WELL.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ATKINSON.
SO, UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, FOUR PARTS TO AN EMERGENCY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PHASES THAT WE TAKE WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH A DISASTER AND, UH, THE FIRST BEING MITIGATION AND THAT'S THE REDUCTION OR LESS THAN THE EFFECTS OF EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS.
A LOT OF THAT TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE DISASTER ITSELF, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE RIGHT RESOURCES IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR MAKING SURE THAT, UH, FOR INSTANCE, OUR ON THE LEVIES ARE, ARE, UH, IN PROPER ORDER THAT WE'VE CLEANED DRAINS AND WE HELP OURSELVES AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY ISSUES THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THAT WILL CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE OR TO CREATE, UH, ISSUES THAT WE DIDN'T PLAN ON PREPAREDNESS.
UH, AGAIN, GETTING READY FOR THOSE EVENTS ONCE WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING AND, UH, WE ALL START TELLING OR CALLING AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THEIR DIFFERENT SHIFTS AND STAFFING IS A BROADER TODAY THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES, UM, AND GET READY FOR BEING PART OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE AND, AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THEM, UH, GETTING THE SYSTEM SET UP AND, UH, HAVING THE EOC OPEN AND, AND LEVELS DEFINED.
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AND THEN THE RESPONSE, AND THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY, THEY SEE US IN ACTION AS THE RESPONSE TO PARTICULAR DISASTER.AND THOSE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PARTICULAR DISASTER IS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS TO HOW WE RESPOND.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT ARE OUTLINED, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT COULD OCCUR AND WHAT OUR ACTIONS WILL BE, WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF WHAT ACTIONS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, VERY, UH, DEFINED ROLES WITHIN, UH, THE EOC AND WITHIN A DISASTER RESPONSE AND THEN RECOVERY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST TAKING PLACE NOW WITH RESPECT TO THE INCIDENT THAT WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH.
AND, UH, THAT TAKES, UH, US GAIN OUR OUTSIDE RESOURCES OURSELVES TO CLEAN UP AFTER THE EVENT, UH, REPAIR, MAKING REPAIRS TO ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND REPLACING THOSE ITEMS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, AS PART OF THAT, THAT WE THROUGHOUT THAT IS, UH, FINANCE THAT TAKES PLACE OR FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING OF ISSUES, MONEY, AND RESOURCES.
AND THEN WE FILE THESE, UH, DAMAGES AND REPORTS TO FEMA AND OTHER AGENCIES, UH, WANTS DECLARED A DISASTER SO THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF OUR, UH, COSTS REIMBURSED, UH, FOR, UH, WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND HOW WE RESPONDED, UH, NEXT SLIDE, EOC, COMMAND AND COORDINATION.
UM, AND MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF, UH MEN'S AND, UH, ICS AND THE NEON STANDS FOR NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A BEST PRACTICES ON HOW TO RESPOND TO INSTANCE AND HOW TO MANAGE INCIDENTS WHEN, UH, YOU GO INTO, UH, THE RESPONSE PHASE AND DESIGNED AS A RESPONSE TO THE NINE 11 ATTACKS.
WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT THERE WAS NOT GOOD COMMUNICATION AMONG, UH, NOT ONLY THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, UH, DIFFERENT AGENCIES WITHIN GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO IN, AND AMONG THOSE THAT WORKED TOGETHER ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
AND SO, UH, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A STRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT WOULD REALLY PUSH FORWARD THE GOOD COMMUNICATION AND HAVING THE RESOURCES IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO, WHERE TO GO, TO GET THOSE THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN ALSO WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WITHIN THE DISASTER AND HOW TO RESPOND.
AND, UH, THAT CONSISTS OF FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE COMMAND AND COORDINATION THAT BEING THE POLICY GROUP AND THE POLICY GROUP, AGAIN, AS, AS, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE ONE THAT SAYS POLICY, UH, BOTH ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.
AND THEN YOU AS A COUNCIL AND AS MAYOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, STATUTE FOUR 18, AND BEING ABLE TO CALL DISASTERS AND HAVING RATIFIED BY COUNCIL, UH, MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY THAT RE SPENDING LEVELS, OR, UH, HAVE TO, UH, DESIGNATE RESOURCES IN CERTAIN PLACES AND WORKING WITH OTHER ENTITIES, SUCH AS OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN GETTING THOSE TYPES OF, UH, POS OR THOSE POLICY QUESTIONS.
AND THOSE POLICY DETERMINATIONS MADE THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, UH, Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT.
AND THAT IS WHERE, UH, STAFF, UH, HAS THEIR OPERATIONAL, UM, MANDATES TAKING PLACE AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE AT HAND.
AND, UH, YOU'VE SEEN IT IN ACTION.
UH, AND THE STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED OVER THE YEARS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THROUGH MULTIPLE INCIDENTS AND NOW, UH, KNOW THEIR ROLES VERY WELL.
AND WHEN WE DO BRING PEOPLE ON OR PEOPLE, OH, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE TRY TO DO IS TO TAKE THEM THROUGH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF AN INCIDENT.
UM, THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHO THE INCIDENT COMMANDER IS IN A PARTICULAR SITUATION THAT CAN CHANGE DEPENDING UPON WHO IS, UH, WHAT TYPE OF DISASTER YOU HAVE, UH, WHAT AREA OF EXPERTISE THAT MIGHT REQUIRE.
AND THAT ALSO, UH, IS THE PERSON THAT IS ULTIMATELY MAKES THE CALLS, UH, ON, UH, ON THE MOMENT TO MOMENT BASIS.
AND THAT'S WHO WE REPORT UP TO IN THE STRUCTURE.
ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT, KNOWING AND TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A LOT OF TIMES, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR ROLE IS IN THE EOC OR IN THE, UM, ICS, UH, YOU MAY YOU SHED YOUR, UM, UH, YOUR ROLE AS A, AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OR, UH, AS A POLY COURSE DIRECTOR.
IN SOME CASES YOU MAY TAKE ON ANOTHER ROLE WITHIN, UH, THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM.
AND SO, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT AND, UH, WORKING ON LOGISTICS PLANNING AND, UH, DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND BEING SECTION CHIEFS TO GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED.
AND THEN, UH, THE JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM, UH, THAT AGAIN, THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.
WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE MUTUAL AID SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT ARE, UH, CRITICAL TO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT
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RESOURCES WE DON'T HAVE, CAN BE, UH, GOTTEN FROM OTHER AREAS OR VICE VERSA, UH, SO THAT WE CAN WORK WELL TOGETHER.AND ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS BEING ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT WE NEED THEM TO KNOW WHEN WE NEED THEM TO KNOW IT SO THAT THEY CAN STAY SAFE AND REACT IN A PROPER MANNER.
AND THEN ALSO THE ICS IS A STANDARDIZED APPROACH, SO THAT WHEN A STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE, SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING OCCURS AND WE'RE TALKING TO A DIFFERENT AGENCY THAT IS WORKING WITH US OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME IN TO WORK WITH US, SUCH AS THE NATIONAL GUARD, UH, DID, UH, RECENTLY, AND WE ALL WERE SPEAKING ONE LANGUAGE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND, AND THIS FORMED OUT OF THE 1960S, UH, IN CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSE TO WILDFIRES AND THIS, UH, AGAIN, THESE, UH, UH, NAZI A SYSTEM ON THE STANDARDIZATION ALSO, UH, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT AND, AND UTILIZE AS BEST PRACTICES.
AND SO JUST AS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, UH, OTHERS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST OF BEING, UH, GOING THROUGH ANALYZING WHAT WE DID DURING THIS AND WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING BEST PRACTICES FROM KNOWING OUR INCIDENCES, BUT FROM OTHERS AND LEARNING FROM OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, BEING ABLE TO SCALE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION TO WHAT THE EVENT MIGHT BE.
AND WE MAY HAVE SOME SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE ONLY SCALE UP CERTAIN PARTS OF THE ICS AND CITE CERTAIN SECTIONS THAT MAY NOT BE NECESSARY FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT.
OR WE MAY HAVE A LARGE SCALE EVENT WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IN AND HAVING MULTIPLE SHIFTS.
WE MAY HAVE ALL, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, SYSTEMS UP AND OPERATING.
AND SO IT IS SCALABLE THAT MAKES IT, UH, ADJUSTABLE FOR WHATEVER THE EVENT MIGHT BE, WHETHER IT BE SIZE OR THE TYPE OF EVENT THAT IT MAY BE.
AND THEN, UH, IT DEFINES THE PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS.
IT HELPS US AGAIN, HAVE STANDARDS THAT ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS NOT ONLY OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT THROUGHOUT, UH, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH AND DEPEND UPON, UH, I E THE COUNTY OR THE STATE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO WORK WITH, AND, OR EVEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN SOME CASES.
AND, UH, AND AGAIN, WE ARE A PART OF THE, UH, THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND WE UTILIZE THIS, UH, WHEN EVENTS COME UP AND, UH, IS VERY CRITICAL AND SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT WILL, UH, WE AS STAFF, UH, AS ONBOARDING, COME ON BOARD, WE LEARN THIS, AND IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNSEL YOURSELVES, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THE COURSES, BUT IT IS MANDATED THAT SOME COURSES, UH, BE TAKEN BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, THE LEGAL AUTHORITY.
AND I TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, SECTION FOUR 18 IS THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH DESIGNATES THE MAYOR AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.
AND THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN C'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE PERSON THAT COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND SPEAKS ON OUR BEHALF WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH THE STATE AND OTHER AGENCIES, UH, GIVES THE MAYOR AUTHORITY AGAIN TO DESIGNATE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE JURISDICTION TO MANAGE THE MARCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, IT GIVES THE MAYOR OF THE AUTHORITY TO DECLARE LOCAL LOCAL DISASTER, WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN TAKE PLACE, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE PLAN WE OPERATE OFF OF THAT, UH, SPELLS OUT HOW WE REACT TO AND HOW WE, UH, WHAT SYSTEMS WE PUT IN PLACE FOR, UH, UH, TAKING CARE OF A PARTICULAR ISSUE, MAINTAIN, UH, OUR OWN PLAN AND YOUR INNER JURISDICTIONAL PLANS AND AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS.
UH, WE HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED ANNEXES THAT, UH, TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE AREAS WITHIN THE RESPONSES AND OSSEOUS SYSTEM THAT, UH, UH, RE RESPOND WITH.
AND THEN, UH, WE FOLLOW THE STATE PLANNING STANDARDS AGAIN, TO KEEP IT STANDARDIZED.
SO THEN WHEN WE SPEAK TO OTHERS, OR WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US, UH, WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW THIS SHOULD OPERATE.
THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REQUIRES US TO HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY OR A SIGN TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
AND SO WE HAVE OUR OWN, AND THEN THE STAFF FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT, IT'S ALL DISASTERS ARE LOCAL, AND YOU'VE MAY HAVE HEARD THAT SAYING BEFORE AND REQUEST MUST COME FROM THE STATE TO THE PRESIDENT.
AND THEN THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE WHEN WE NEED TO ACTIVATE IS ONLY TO SUPPLEMENT THE RESOURCES AND NEVER COMPENSATE FULLY FOR THE JURISDICTIONS IN OUR EXPENSES.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE GET INTO, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE FINANCING KEEPING RECORDS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN GET REIMBURSED WHEN THERE IS OPPORTUNITY DO SO.
NOT EVERY SITUATION WILL BE, BUT, UH, WHEN IT IS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER.
AND FINALLY, A RESOURCE REQUEST PROCESS, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THEY, WE HAVE PEOPLES THAT, UH, UTILIZE US FOR OUR EXPERTISE.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERTISE, THEN WE MAY HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER INSTITUTE TO HELP US WITH THINGS AND, AND, OR HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THAT PROCESS, HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOW, UH, FROM ONE JURISDICTION TO ANOTHER, WHAT YOU HAVE.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM CALLED STAR SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE ABLE
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TO PUT THAT INFORMATION IN, AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY AROUND THE REGION KNOWS WHO HAS WHAT, AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE THAT WE MAY SHARE NEXT ONE.AND, UH, CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO HIT HERE OR IF YOU'RE WERE GOING TO TAKE OVER AT THIS POINT.
HI, I, THERE, I CAN TAKE OVER FROM HERE ON THIS ONE.
UM, THIS LINE, UH, JUST KINDA WANT TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE POLICY GROUP, WHO ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND THE INCIDENT COMMANDER, UH, THE POLICY GROUP, UH, REVIEWS, INCIDENT PRIORITIES, AND, UH, BASED ON THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD, WHICH DEPENDING ON THE EVENT CAN BE EIGHT HOURS, 12 HOURS AND 24 HOURS.
FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE WINTER STORM, WE WERE ON A 24 HOUR OPERATIONAL PERIODS.
SO EVERY 24 HOURS, WE WOULD ASSESS PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THE NEXT OPERATIONAL PERIOD.
UH, SO DURING THIS TIME THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL PROVIDE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER, UH, THE INCIDENT PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE, UH, UH, ACTIVATING, UH, DISASTER DECLARATIONS, UM, FOR THE AREA, UH, FOR THE CITY, UH, AND THEN ALSO COORDINATING WITH THE PIO TO KEEP MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC INFORMED, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, LIKE THE PRESS CONFERENCES THAT OCCURRED DURING THE STORM.
UM, YOU ALSO COORDINATE, UH, WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION, UH, POLICY GUIDANCE, OR, UH, SOME OF OUR, UM, UH, UPDATES TO OUR, UH, POLICIES, INCLUDING OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, UH, AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS, UM, CITY ANNEXES ANNEXES ARE, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT WE USE IN EACH DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN, UH, READINESS LEVELS, UH, FOR EACH DEPARTMENT IN THE EVENT OF A, OF A DISASTER.
SO YOU HELPED PROVIDE THAT POLICY GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COMING UP FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE POLICY GROUP IS, UH, IS NEW AND UPDATED TRAINING, UM, KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT MR. ATKINSON PRESENTED, UH, BUT TAMIKA WILL BE, UM, UH, PREPARING, UM, NEW TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED OF ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, THAT SHE'LL BE SCHEDULING FOR YOU.
UH, AND THIS REALLY JUST YOU UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE NEW MANDATES AND REQUIREMENTS AND KIND OF THE LIST I JUST WENT OVER, UH, FROM THE ELC INCIDENT COMMANDER STANDPOINT, UM, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE INCIDENT, UH, AND FOR MANAGING THAT OPERATIONAL PERIODS OR EACH OPERATIONAL PERIOD, UH, THEY DETERMINE, UH, WITH THE TEAM, UH, FROM THE COMMAND STAFF AND THE GENERAL STAFF, UH, TO MANAGE THE ACTUAL INCIDENT, UH, THEY DETERMINED, UH, THE ACTIVATION LEVEL AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER ON, UH, THE, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER ACTIVATION LEVEL BASED ON THE INCIDENT.
UH, AND THEN THEY ASSIGN COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF POSITIONS.
AGAIN, LIKE MR. ATKINSON, UM, MENTIONED THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE, UH, SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN THESE SPECIFIC POSITIONS LIKE LOGISTICS, UH, FINANCE, UM, OPERATIONS, BOTH FIREPLACE AND PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, SO THESE, WE LEAN ON THESE INDIVIDUALS WHEN WE PLACE THEM INTO THESE POSITIONS, UH, TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE OPERATIONAL PERIODS.
UH, THEY FACILITATE OPERATIONAL MEETINGS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE INCIDENT COMMANDER AND THE PLANNING CHIEF OF THE OPERATIONS WE'LL TAKE, UH, WE'LL SET UP PERIODIC MEETINGS, EVERY OPERATIONAL PERIOD TO REVIEW, UH, THE INCIDENT PRIORITIES COMING FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS THE, THE INFORMATION BEING FED BACK FROM THE ACTUAL, UH, OPERATIONS TEAMS OUT IN THE FIELDS.
UM, AND FINALLY THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE POLICY GROUP.
UH, THIS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OF WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED, KIND OF THE, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS OR CHART, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER WHO WORKS WITH, UH, WITH THE OPERATIONS, UH, PART OF THE, UM, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF, UH, THAT INCLUDES THE PIO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, OPERATIONS, LOGISTICS, FINANCE, AND PLANNING.
AND THEN THERE'S A LIAISON THAT WORKS, UH, BETWEEN THE EOC INCIDENT COMMANDER AND THE POLICY GROUP, UH, WHICH ARE, ARE, ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE POLICY GROUP KIND OF FEEDS BACK AND FORTH, UH, TO THE INCIDENT COMMANDER KIND OF THE PRIORITIES FOR THE EVENT AND THE ELC INCIDENT COMMANDER IS FEEDING TO THE POLICY GROUP KIND OF THE STATUS OF THE CITY, OR WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH THE EVENT.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF A, SO WHEN WE HAD THE WINTER STORM EVENT, UM, THE EOC
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WAS ACTIVATED AT A MODIFIED, UH, LEVEL, UM, BASED ON THE INCIDENT.SO IT WAS NOT FULLY STAFFED, UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS SCALED TO, TO, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT INCIDENT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD STAFF THAT WAS WORKING REMOTELY DUE TO COVID-19, UH, BUT IN THE EVENT OF A FULL ACTIVATION, UH, THE ELC THAT BUILDING THAT, THAT WE OPERATED OUT OF, UH, THAT LARGE CLASSROOM THAT IS THE ACTUAL ELC, THE RED SQUARE, WHICH IS THE ELC OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, THAT CENTER WOULD BE FULLY STAFFED WITH COMPUTERS OR EQUIPPED WITH COMPUTERS, UH, PHONES, HARD LINE PHONES, UH, AND ACTUAL ALL THE POSITIONS.
ALMOST EVERY SEAT IN THAT ROOM WOULD BE OCCUPIED BY AN OPERATIONAL POSITION.
UM, IDEALLY THE, UH, POLICY GROUP, UH, WOULD BE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN BLUE, AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE ROOM FOR THE PLANNING SECTION CHIEF AND, AND THAT STAFF TO WORK OUT OF, UH, IN THE ORANGE BOX.
AND THEN IN THE OTHER CONFERENCE ROOM, UH, OVER BY PD, UH, COURTS, UH, THERE'S, THAT'S WHERE, UH, FINANCE WOULD OPERATE.
AND IN THE CALL CENTER IS, IS, IS ROUTINELY SET UP IN THE MUNI MUNICIPAL COURTS.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, WE CURRENTLY OPERATE UNDER THE COUNTIES FOR BEN COUNTY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
UH, SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT, THAT, UH, LIVE WITH THE CITY, UH, AND THEN THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE WITH THE COUNTY.
SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHO IS IN CHARGE, WHO HAS THE LEAD, UH, IN EACH OF THESE ROLES.
AND THEN THE OTHER HAS, UH, PLAYS A SUPPORTING ROLE.
UH, COUPLE I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, OF COURSE THE TOP IS THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
UH, FORT BEND COUNTY IS THE LEAD OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
GLAND IS THE ONLY CITY THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS PLAN AND THEY, THEY OPERATE UNDER THEIR OWN PLAN, UH, DOWN ABOUT HALFWAY OR DOWN THE MIDDLE IS SHELTERING AND MASS CARE.
UH, AGAIN, SHELTERS OR THE RESPONSIBLE AT FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD OUTLINE WHEN AND WHERE THEY WOULD PLACE SHELTERS IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WOULD PLAY A SUPPORTING ROLE IN, IN, IN THAT EFFORT.
AND THEN ANOTHER I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE TRAINING, WHICH IS COMING, UH, WHICH IS DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS A NIMS TRAINING.
AND, UM, THAT TAMIKA WILL BE COORDINATING.
UH, THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING THEIR OWN STAFF AND EMPLOYEES AND, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO TAMIKA WILL BE, UH, TAKEN US THROUGH A NEW TRAINING IN 2021.
AND THEN FINALLY AT THE BOTTOM, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING AND HOSPICE, UH, CENTERS.
UH, THEY THEY'RE, THEY HAVE DIRECT OVERSIGHT BY CMS AND SEEMA CMS CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.
AND THEN C MARK IS OUR REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL OPERATIONS CENTER.
UH, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE, THAT IS THE ORG.
THOSE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP, UH, PROVIDE SUPPORT OF NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING IN HOSPICE CENTERS DURING AN EMERGENCY.
THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UM, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGER COORDINATOR TO A JEWETT TO COVER OUR WINTER WEATHER AFTER ACTION REPORT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS SHE PARTIED AT MANAGEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE AFTER ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE, THAT WE, UM, FOUND AFTER WE HAD THE WINTER WEATHER ACTIVATION.
SO JUST LIKE ANY ACTIVATION, WE WILL TELL THE STAFF WHO WORKED ACTIVATION STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE THINGS WORKED WELL THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THESE ARE SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEWS OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP.
ONE OF THE MAJOR STRENGTHS WHERE THE STAFF, MISSOURI CITY STAFF, WE HAD STAFF THAT WERE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT TO HANDLE EMERGENCY REQUEST OR CALLS AS NEEDED.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTIVATE ELC REMOTELY.
WE HAD STAFFING, UM, WORKING IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, OUR BUILDINGS TO HELP MAKE SURE WE'RE SOCIAL DISTANCING TO FOLLOW THE COVID GUIDANCE.
THE DAILY PRESS CONFERENCES WAS A STRENGTH.
THAT WAY IT ALLOWED US CITIZENS KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT ACTIONS THE CITY WAS TAKING FOR THE ACTIVATION.
AND, UM, OUR USE OF OUR POLICY GROUP, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK, UM, WE'RE WORKING WELL TO REALLY ENSURE SAFETY OF CITIZENS, OF CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES DURING THIS AGGRAVATION.
SO WITH US OPERATING REMOTELY, SO FOLLOW THE COVID ITEMS, WE'VE NOTICED SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AND REEVALUATE OUR ADS.
HE NEEDS FOR STAFF ACTIVATING REMOTELY.
IF THEY NEED AN ACCURATE OUTSIDE OF THE ELC, WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL IT NEEDS
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OR CONCERNS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.IT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF POLICY GROUP MEET ELC WORKERS ARE ALSO, UM, TAKING THE REQUIRED NAMS TRAINING THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT THE GENERATORS.
SOME THE, MAKE SURE ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FOR OUR MAIN SERVICES ARE TIED TO GENERATORS AND SEE WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE.
SINCE WE CAN'T TIE EVERYTHING TO THE DINNER REC FOR GENERATOR POWER, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR STAFF ROLES AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
SOME OF OUR STRUCTURES, THERE ARE SOME NEW, BETTER GUIDANCE OUT AND SOME THINGS THAT MAY FIT US BETTER.
SO WE NEED TO REAFFIRM MOST STAFF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THOSE.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT WAYS OF BETTER TO STREAMLINE COORDINATION WITH OUR COUNTY AND STATE PARTNERS, UM, BURN ACTIVATIONS.
SO SOME OF THE FIXES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THESE TO UP IN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO UPDATE OUR OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE, BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE ARE SOME NEW GUIDANCE THAT'S COME OUT, UM, WITH THE NEW NIMS UPDATES THAT WILL HELP MEET BETTER STANDARDS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE TO SEE IF IT'S BEST FITTING OUR NEEDS AND UPDATE THAT.
UM, CHIEF PARTITA SHOWED YOU THE ELC LAYOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT LAYOUT.
SO REALLY IDENTIFY A LOCATION FOR A MEDIA BRIEFING AREA, AND THEN A BACKUP ONE JUST IN CASE.
UM, SO HAND SHARE THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED SPOT FOR THAT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT PLC TIMES FOR OUR KEY DEPARTMENT STAFF, UM, ON ROLES IN RECENT UPDATES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT SPECIFIC STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, LITTLE ADD ONS TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, WHICH IS THE ELP.
AND WE NEED TO HELP US WITH CERTAIN THINGS.
ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WE DO HAVE OUR OWN DEBRIS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY'S LEAD.
WE HAVE THAT AS A CONTINGENCY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME SPECIFIC OPERATION PLANS THAT WE CAN HAVE TO HELP MAKE SURE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY NEED.
ONE ADDITIONAL THING IN ORDER TO WORK IS ACCURATION, WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN.
WE ALL ARE A PART OF A TEAM WITH OUR LOCAL COUNTY REGIONAL ESTATE PARTNERS AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO RESPOND, TO PREPARE, RESPOND, UM, TO THESE DISASTERS ARE ACTIVATED.
SO AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE HAVE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIRE PD EMS. WE HAVE SOME STANDING MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS THAT HELP SUPPORT STAFF SHARING EQUIPMENT, RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY TEAM SUPPORTS AROUND THE REGION, JUST LIKE MEMES AND ICS.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, SUPPORT IS SCALABLE BASED ON WHAT THAT NEED IS AT THAT TIME OR THE EVENT.
AND WE MUTUALLY RELY ON EACH OTHER.
SO IF OTHER JURISDICTIONS NEEDED ASSISTANCE AND WE HAD THAT RESOURCE, WE WOULD ASSIST THEM AND VICE VERSA ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE FOR THE COUNTY.
BUT AGAIN, FOR FORT BEING IN HARRIS COUNTY, WE ARE TIED TO THE FORT BANS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT WE ALSO KEEP IT SUPPORT FROM HARRIS COUNTY ALSO AS WE'RE A PART OF HARRIS COUNTY TOO.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN RESOURCES THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT THE COUNTY DOES, OR THE STATE DOES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE DURING EMERGENCIES OR, AND ALSO MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW THOSE LEGAL AUTHORITIES MENTIONED FOR THE STAFFORD ACT.
WE HAVE TO GO UP THROUGH THE COUNTY AND ESCALATE IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE'RE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THOSE RESOURCES.
SO WE DO WORK WELL WITH THE COUNTY ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, WE DO LEAN ON THE COUNTY A LITTLE BIT MORE SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
HOPE COUNTY WISE THE SAME WITH THE STATE, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON STATEWIDE.
SO WE CAN SEE HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF JUST OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO WE CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL.
WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED A MAP MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATION CENTER.
THIS IS NORMALLY ONLY ACTIVATED.
IF WE HAVE LARGE SCALE HURRICANES, THIS IS A REGIONAL, UM, GROUP THAT COMES TOGETHER WHEN THE 13 COUNTY REGION IS GOING TO BE, THIS IS MANAGED THROUGH HJC, UM, HOUSTON.
THAT WAS THE MARRIOTT COUNCIL.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE, ELECTED OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER AND IT'S ON THAT BOARD.
AND THEY WILL START LOOKING AT REGIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND INFORMATION SHARING TO HELP DECIDE HOW THE REGION IS RESPONDING TO THIS ACTIVATION.
MARK IS THE CATASTROPHIC MEDICAL OPERATION CENTER.
THEY ASSIST ALL OF OUR HEALTH CARE, SPECIAL NEEDS AGENCIES AND EMS BORN, UM, CERTAIN TYPES OF ACTIVATIONS.
WE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE STATE AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS, BUT THE MAIN ONE WE WORK WITH DURING ACTIVATIONS WHERE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE THE STAR REQUEST THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THOSE GO UP TO THEM, TO THE STATE LEVEL FOR CERTAIN RESOURCES TO HELP US GET SOME RESOURCES GOING ACTIVATION.
AND THEN WE ALL, THEY ALSO ARE LIAISONS WOULD FAINT WITH FEMA, AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO REQUEST DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOLLOWING THE STAFFORD
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ACT TO PUSH UP TO THE PRESIDENT.SO WE CAME TO DECLARED DISASTERS AND THEY WILL START HELPING COORDINATE RECOVERY OPERATIONS AFTER THE DISASTER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WITH THIS, THIS WAS JUST THE HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS A SUMMER.
THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, BRING THE ACTIVATIONS AND SOME OF THE LEGAL AUTHORITIES.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE IN THE LOOP, BUT AS CITY MANAGER, UH, I THINK, UH, WORK DANGERS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ALL ITEMS ARE POSTED.
I KNOW HERE THAT, UH, UM, SEE SECRETARY DID MAKE A POST.
HOWEVER, UH, WHAT I WILL COMMIT TO DOING MYSELF IS MAKING SURE THAT I PERSONALLY, UM, REACH OUT TO EACH MEMBER, UM, WHERE I CAN.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK GIVE SOME COMMENTS AT THAT POINT.
THE MAYOR DOES HAVE A COMMENT.
SO AT QUARTER TO SIX, FOUR 18.01, FIVE OF STATUTE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTING IT TO THE MAYOR.
HE MAKES THOSE DECISIONS ABOUT TIMING AND NATURE, UH, AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE, ALTHOUGH WE DO PROVIDE SUPPORT, BUT WE REALLY GO INTO A SUPPORT ROLE, UM, AS THE STATUTE REQUIRES ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.
MARA, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER LISTS.
UM, THE Y YMCA HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN, UM, BEING A PARTNER IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS SPECIFICALLY, THEY WANT TO LEARN HOW THEY CAN BECOME A SHELTER.
AND I KNOW THE PRESENTATION SHOWED EARLIER THAT, YOU KNOW, PORT, BANK COUNTIES RESPONSIBLE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY IS ALSO ONE THAT SUPPORT IT.
UM, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT? HOW DO WE GO ABOUT BEING MORE READY FOR SHELTERS INSTEAD OF KIND OF WAITING? YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY LAST MINUTE, CAUSE LAST TIME WAS AWESOME, BUT HOW DO WE GET WITH THE YMCA POOL THEN? HOW DO WE GET OHI TERROR HIGH SCHOOL? SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE STATIONS LEARNING WELL, I MEAN, UH, FOR TOMORROW, I MEAN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SAW FROM THAT SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS THAT PORTMAN COUNTY, UM, TAKES THE LEAD ON GETTING THE SHELTERS AND, AND WARMING CENTERS.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT SAFE THAT, THAT EXACTLY THAT OUR TERMINOLOGY IS USING OUR MAIN CENTER, BUT I THINK LIKE TAMIKA AND SHE PARTITA, I ALSO THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO GO BACK AND REALIGN SOME OF THIS, ESPECIALLY ON A, AS AN ONGOING, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR HURRICANE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, TIMING IS COMING OUT SOMETIME IN AUGUST.
SO WE PROBABLY WON'T NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND THEN GO BACK AND DISCUSS AND HAVE THESE THINGS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT FORT BEND COUNTY JUST LOST, UM, ONE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH DURING THIS, UM, THIS WINTER PHRASE, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A NEW PERSON IN PLACE FOR MY, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, SO I WOULD GO BACK TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION ALONG WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, SO TO SPEAK, UM, INTO SIT DOWN AND RE-LOOK AT SOME OF THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE AND RATHER THAN US GOING INTO A WAR ROOM AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BY CALLING ALL THESE PEOPLE AT THE LAST MINUTE, I THINK IT CAN BE DONE MUCH BETTER.
SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLY TWO OR THREE SHELTERS THAT COULD BE AS WE CALL IT MISSOURI CITY READY AND HAVE THOSE PIECES IN PLACE.
MAKE SURE THOSE FACILITIES HAVE THAT THEIR GENERATOR READY, NOT WITH GENERATORS,
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BUT GENERATOR READY.SO GENERATOR WOULD COME IN AND PLUG IN, PERHAPS THE YMCAS HIGH TOWER, PERHAPS A NEW MISSOURI CITY GYM THEY'RE IN DISTRICT.
SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET THOSE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CONVERSATION? UM, SPECIFICALLY THE YMCAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE READY, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM AND THEY WANT TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS CASTS.
REMEMBER THIS IS A, THE CITY MANAGER.
I THINK IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, UM, UH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY FOLLOW UP AND WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT THAT WE BRING TO THE ACTUAL LIVABLE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE AND, UM, FOR REVIEW AND THEN GET, GET APPROVED.
I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD IDEAS, BUT I ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONE OTHER TO THAT.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU, MIKA MENTIONED THIS EARLIER.
WE REALLY, AND YOU DID TOO A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO ACQUIRE A, A GENERATOR.
THAT'S POWERFUL ENOUGH TO RUN A BUILDING.
UH, THAT GENERATOR WILL HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, TRAILER READY, UH, PRIVATE TO KEEP IT AT THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD, BUT THAT'LL GIVE YOU ALL A MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.
SO IF ONE BUILDING IS OUT AND YOU NEED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER BUILDING OR WHEREVER THE CASE IS NOT ONLY FROM THE SHELTER PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO TO COMMAND AND CONTROL PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, PREARRANGING SOME OF THOSE, UH, LOCATIONS ALONG WITH GETTING A TRAILER.
UM, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK ON AT AND, UH, MAKE SURE YOU COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, WITH SOMETHING AS WELL.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO A LIVABLE COMMUNITY, I'M FINE.
THIS IS A COUNCIL MEMBER BONI.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE AREA OF IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU REFERENCED.
AND WHAT WAS JUST TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR CONTINUITY OF SERVICES ON THE GENERATORS.
I SAID MANAGER, I THINK WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING THE RESPONSE PHASE THAT FOUR GENERATORS HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED, HAD A STATIC.
AND THE STATUS IS THAT THE ONES THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE THERE, THEY'RE JUST TOO SMALL TO OPERATE A LARGE FACILITY.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE GENERATORS ALSO TOO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO OUR BUILDINGS, THEY ONLY RUN, UH, LIKE, UH, LIGHTS IN A CERTAIN AREA.
THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT OUTPUT TO CRANK UP THE HEAT AND WHATNOT.
SO JUST THE POWER SURGE OF THAT IS NOT BIG ENOUGH.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF AND I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AS A PART OF, UH, OUR CONVERSATIONS OVERALL.
UM, I ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONE OTHER THING TOO, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TOO, IS I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL AND MAYBE WE DO IT AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD WANT TO DO IT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE FORT BEND COUNTY AT THE TABLE AS WELL, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE ASSIGNMENT PERSPECTIVE AGREED UPON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN OUT THERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE.
UH, AND IT'S OKAY IF, IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THE SHELTERS AND THE VEINS.
AND I KNOW WHEN IT, WHEN IT ALL HITS THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD, WE CAN'T, HE WAS ALWAYS SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE GOT TO HELP OUR CITIZENS.
SO WE STILL NEED TO BE IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN MOVE TO DO THAT.
BUT I DO THINK, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BODIES ABOUT WHAT WE'VE ALL SIGNED UP TO.
AND, UH, CAUSE I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS QUITE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
AND CAN I SAY ONE OTHER THING IS IMPORTANT, UH, IN, IN TALKING ABOUT KINDA REVIEWING OUR, OUR SETUP OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE RELATIVE TO, UH, ANY NATURAL DISASTERS OR, UH, EMERGENCY ISSUES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE AN IDEA KIND OF A MAP THE ENTIRE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND PLACES IN THAT GENERAL AREA THAT WE CAN USE AS POTENTIAL SELTZERS, ONE THAT CENTERS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.
UH, IT COULD JUST BE MEETING PLACES, KIND OF LIKE YOU DO WITH A FIRE DRILL IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRE, WHERE EVERYONE MEETS UP OR KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
UM, I, I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR, FOR YOU, FOR STAFF, FOR US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS INDEFINITELY THE COMMUNITY AT ANY EVENT, SOMETHING LIKE
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THIS WOULD HAPPEN.AND WE, I GUESS IN THE EVENT OF A SITUATION THAT OCCURS, BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS WE WASTED A FEW HOURS IN A WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE COUNTY TO YOUR POINT CITY MANAGER.
BUT IF WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE HAVE THESE THINGS IN ADVANCE AND HAVE THE, THE, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY AT THE TABLE, I BELIEVE ALSO, UH, QUAIL VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT THAT ARE INDEPENDENT NEED TO BE AT A TABLE IN FORT BEND, ISD IS OPEN AND WILLING.
SO I JUST THINK THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS THAT HAVE RESOURCES HAVE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN UTILIZE SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE.
MAYBE WE COULD HAVE ONE INITIAL MEETING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER GROUPS.
BUT I BELIEVE IN HOUSE THOUGH, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, CAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET FROM SIENNA TO THE, TO THE, UH, THE REC CENTER OR FROM, UH, FONDREN PARK TO THE REC CENTER.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERATORS, UH, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT IMPACT OUR CITIZENS AND THE AREAS OF TOWN IN WHICH THEY ALL LIVE.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SOME PEOPLE LOST POWER.
UH, THEY, THEY COULDN'T DRIVE ON THE ROADS.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, THEY COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH US.
THEY COULDN'T CALL IN INTO THE NUMBERS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE CHARGED PHONES IN SOME CASES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY DO A, A REAL SOLID OVERVIEW OF OUR OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT INCLUDES THOSE THINGS IN ADVANCE.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE, AS YOU ARE NOTING.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL TOO, TO HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER PLAYERS AT THE TABLE AND CITY MANAGER JONES COUNCIL MEMBER RULE, IT'S LIKE, WE SHOULD ALSO GET READY BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON AND START SECURING SOME ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES.
LET'S START WORKING WITH NIAGARA NOW TO PUT WATER ASIDE, IS THAT WHEN WE DO FLIP ON THE SWITCH FOR SHELTERS, THAT WE ARE TRULY READY, SO WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE COMMITTEE AND DISCUSS IT FURTHER, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, WHAT CAN WE DO EARLY SO THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO FLIP ON SOME SWITCHES.
SO, UH, LESBIAN DISCUSSION ON A DATE THAT WORKS FOR US.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN EMORY? UH, I'D PROBABLY BE GOING OVER A NUMBER OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.
FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS ON THE GENERATORS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, UH, SOME DISCUSSIONS, UH, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS EVENT AS TO WHICH LOCATIONS HAD GENERATORS, WHICH DID NOT, WHICH HAD THE CAPACITY TO, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, RUN ALL OF THE, UH, UH, THE ITEMS THAT WERE NEEDED, UH, IN, UH, THE, UH, THE WARMING CENTER OR THE SHELTER.
SO, UH, AND NOT SEEMS TO ME, LIKE ALSO, UH, THERE WAS, UH, A QUESTION AS TO, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD A GENERATOR, THE, UM, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, UH, THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH, I GUESS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, LIKE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR AT, UH, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE REC CENTER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE GENERATORS AVAILABLE, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT, UH, YOU'RE TRYING TO HOOK THEM UP TO.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, SOMETHING MIGHT WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT, UH, I THINK, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, FORT BEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD QUITE A DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SETTING UP A WARMING CENTER OR A SHELTER, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY MAKE THOSE, UH, UM, THOSE DECISIONS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HADN'T, I THINK WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY INVOLVED
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IN, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE A WARMING CENTER OR A SHELTER, BECAUSE AS EVERYONE KNOWS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, OF ASSETS THAT THE, UH, THE FORT THAT THE COUNTY CAN BRING, UH, TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY AND TO THOSE AREAS, UH, IF IT'S, UH, ONE, UH, CATEGORY VERSUS ANOTHER, UH, THE OTHER IS A WATER AND POWER.I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, DIRECT CONTROL OVER, UH, EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO VITAL, UH, UH, RESOURCES, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UM, SET UP, UH, A, A CONTACT LIST WITH ALL OF THE MUDS THAT OUR UTILITY DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THAT, UH, UH, SERVICE MISSOURI CITY.
I KNOW THAT WE GOT A GREAT, UH, UH, PARTICIPATION BY THE, UH, EQUIVOCAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
UM, BUT, UH, I'D HOPE THAT WE, UH, COULD, UH, UH, SEE IF THEY CAN HAVE SOMEONE, NOT COORDINATOR SOME OF THESE OTHER UTILITY DISTRICTS, SO THAT IF WE GET INTO THIS TYPE OF A SITUATION, UH, WE'VE GOT A GO-TO PERSON TO TALK TO.
UM, SO THAT THAT'S, UH, I THINK, UH, UH, MANY OTHER THINGS, UH, MY FELLOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT UP, SO I WON'T GO BACK OVER THOSE, BUT TO ME, THOSE ARE, THESE ARE IMPORTANT ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, UH, TO BE CONSCIOUS OF.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
[(d) Consider and discuss the City’s board, committee, and commission member appointments and reappointments. (Proposed presenter: City Secretary Maria Jackson) ]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM TWO D UH, CONSIDER AND DISCUSS CITIES, BOARD COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION MEMBERS OF THE APPOINTMENT.AND WE APPOINTMENT, WE HAVE PRESENTATION BY OUR CITY EFFECTIVE MARIA JACKSON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, TODAY I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE MEMBERS WHOSE TERM WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY BOARD VACANCIES, I'M SEEKING DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AS TO WHOM PICKS IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM AT THIS TIME, NO COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.
UM, AND THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DISCUSS THEM AND TO GIVE ME DIRECTION.
UM, ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION, NEXT SLIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS, MIKE HARASSMENTS AND BIRTHDAY EUGENE, NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ARE THE NEW CANDIDATES THAT I CONTACTED RECENTLY.
UM, AS OF LAST WEEK, WHO ARE STILL, WHO ARE, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
THIS IS A MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2019.
THIS IS THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2020.
NEXT SLIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF APPEALS.
WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS POSITION, THREE SEMI FREEMAN POSITION FOR WILLIAM W. JOHNSON, POSITION FIVE DANIEL SILVA.
AND THERE'S AN ALTERNATE PREDICT POSITION, WARREN, UH, WELL NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THIS IS THE ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2019.
NEXT SLIDE FOR THE ELECTRICAL BOARD, WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS WHOSE TURN WILL EXPIRE POSITION ONE BUFORD EUREKA, POSITION THREE, KEVIN MOONSHINE, AND POSITION FOUR IS FRANK HESTER.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM POSITION, WHEN THAT PERSON APPOINTED TO THAT POSITION NEEDS TO BE A MASTER ELECTRICIAN PURSUANT TO OUR CHARTER, UH, FOR POSITION THREE, THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OR A REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
AND FOR POSITION FIVE IS A CITIZEN AT LARGE POSITION.
THERE'S ONE CANDIDATE INTERESTED IN SURVEYING THE AT-LARGE POSITION AND IT'S WILLIAM CRONIN.
NEXT SLIDE FOR THE PARKS BOARD.
WE HAVE A FEW, WE JUST HAVE ONE VACANCY, UM, FOR POSITION ONE, UH, VICTORIA PORTER IS NO LONGER A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY POSITION.
THREE IS RAJ JOSEPH POSITION FIVE IS CLAUDIA GARCIA.
POSITION SEVEN IS DIANE GILTNER POSITION.
POSITION 11 IS JR ATKINS AND POSITION 13 IS LEARNED.
THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THE PARKS BOARD.
THIS IS THE 2019 ATTENDANCE LIST.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS COMING ACROSS A LITTLE BLURRY ON YOUR END, AS IT IS IN MIND, BUT THESE ATTENDANCE LISTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
THIS IS THE ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PARKS BOARD AS WELL.
UH, THIS IS THE ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PARKS BOARD FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING POSITION, POSITION FIVE JOHN TEAL NALLY POSITION SIX MONICA RASMUS POSITION SEVEN
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IS HUGH BRIGHTWELL.POSITION AID IS JAMES BAILEY AND POSITION NINE IS TIMOTHY HANEY.
NEXT, WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE WHO'S INTERESTED IN SERVING THE PLANNING AND ZONING POSITION AT THIS TIME IS DAWN FEST.
AND THIS IS THE ATTENDANCE LISTS FROM, UH, JULY, 2019 TO JUNE, 2020 FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS IS A JULY, 2020 TO PRESENT ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
NEXT SLIDE FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF APPEALS, UH, POSITION ONE, UH, JOE WORKMAN POSITION TWO IS PETER THOMPSON.
POSITION THREE IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
THE MAYOR USED TO SERVE THIS, UH, THIS POSITION.
UM, AND IT'S NOW VACANT BECAUSE HE'S NOW THE MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY ALTERNATIVE POSITION JR ATKINS, AND AN ALTERNATE POSITION FOR CANDICE AND CRAY.
AND THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
UM, THIS IS A 2019 ATTENDANCE LISTS FOR THE
THEY ARE QUITE A FEW VACANCIES, UH, POSITION FIVE POSITION, A POSITION NINE THERE'S UP TO 15 POSITIONS, BUT I THINK PURSUANT TO OUR, FOR THE BOARD, I'M SORRY FOR THE FOUNDATION AND JOYCE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THERE'LL ONLY NEEDS TO BE LIKE FIVE, UM, FOR THE BUSINESS TO CONTINUE.
IS THAT CORRECT? CURRENTLY CONTINUE, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE NUMBER THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS NOW.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THIS TIME.
THERE'S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE IN SERVING THE FOUNDATION OF JULIET HARTLEY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS COUNSELED OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GIVE ME DIRECTION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MEMBERS.
WHO'S TURN WILL BE EXPIRING THIS YEAR.
IS THERE A MOTION? WELL, SHE HAD ASKED QUESTIONS.
YOU ASKED WHAT MOST, SO I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD A MOTION, I WAS GOING TO ASK HER A QUESTION, MARIA, HOW LONG HAVE THOSE BEEN VACANT? I MEAN, DID THEY JUST RECENTLY SUBMIT THEIR RESIGNATION OR THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE SERVING OR, UH, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I DON'T RECALL THAT MANY VACANCIES, UM, OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SERVING.
I HAD A FEW VACANCIES, UM, LISA GLEN, I WAS INFORMED THIS YEAR THAT, UH, THAT SHE NO LONGER SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR A POSITION, A POSITION NINE.
UM, THOSE TWO, I THINK THEY, UH, THEY DIDN'T SEEK REAPPOINTMENT AS OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN POSITION, UH, 11, 12 AND 13, THOSE HAVE BEEN VACANT BY, UM, BY THOSE REPRESENTATIVES FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I THINK IF YOU JOINS CORRECT ME, IF I'M WRONG, THEY WERE APPOINTED TO SERVE THE PARKS FOUNDATION BECAUSE OF THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS AND MISSOURI CITY.
AND THEN THE BOARD CAN HAVE UP TO 15 POSITIONS.
SO 14 AND 15, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYBODY APPOINTED TO, TO THOSE, TO THOSE TWO POSITIONS, 14 AND 15.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY PROBABLY WERE ON WHILE THEY WERE ON THERE IS BECAUSE OF THEIR CONNECTION AND THE ABILITY TO POSSIBLY GET RESOURCES, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND, UH, HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN THE, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
AND SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WE WOULD PUT OR SEEK TO PUT ON, UH, THE PARKS FOUNDATION, YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WELL, WITH ALL OF THESE POSITIONS, IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN JUST NAME ONLY, OR PEOPLE THAT DO, WE JUST WANT TO SERVE JUST CAUSE THEY WANT TO SERVE.
BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME, SOME FUNDS, RESOURCES.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THAT FOUNDATION IS ALL ABOUT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT I SEE LEFT.
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HOW ARE WE ADVERTISING FOR THESE OPEN POSITIONS? SO USUALLY AROUND THIS TIME IS WHEN I PRESENT TO COUNCIL.UM, AND COUNCIL GIVES ME DIRECTION.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WHEN I PRESENT, WHEN I FIRST PRESENTED THE FIRST ROUND OF LAST YEAR, COUNCIL ASKED THAT A NEWS RELEASE BE SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE ME THAT DIRECTION AGAIN, THIS YEAR, THEN I WILL, I WILL, I WILL WORK WITH COMMUNICATION SO THAT WE CAN SEND SOMETHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE MORE APPLICATIONS FROM PRESIDENTS, JULIA HARDY PARKS FOUNDATION, UH, THE QUAIL VALLEY PROUD ORGANIZATION.
UH, THE MISSOURI CITY'S CHANGED CLUBS.
SHE HAS GREAT CONTACTS, UH, WITH, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
AND, UH, SHE, UH, HAS, UH, THE ABILITY TO, UH, UH, REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND ASK THEM TO, UH, PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, FUNDRAISING, UM, PROCESS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO, UH, I THINK FILLS A BILL, UH, JULIA HARDY IS ONE THAT, UH, WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO SATISFY OUR NEED ON THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE BODY FOR MARIA TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UP FOR IT, GO, WELL, THEIR TERMS ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE AND ASK THEM IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE INTERESTED TO CONTINUE.
UH, AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU'D BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PATH FORWARD, WHETHER WE WANT TO INTERVIEW THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR NOT REALLY QUICK CLARIFICATION.
MARIA, ARE THERE ANY TERMS THAT ARE EXPIRING THIS YEAR, JUNE 30TH, 2022.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER, UH, RESISTANCE MARIA, THE BOARD? NO, I KNOW WHAT I STATED WAS, AND IT WASN'T MORE SO EMOTIONAL.
WE NEEDED TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE HER DIRECTION.
I JUST THOUGHT SHE WAS SEEKING DIRECTION.
AND MY POINT WAS THAT, UH, I JUST THINK THAT SHE WOULD REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TERMS, EXPIRING IT TO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO SERVE AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO THE BODY SO THAT WE CAN THEN DETERMINE, UH, HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THAT POINT.
CALCIUM BONY, IF YOU MAKE THAT MOTION, I CAN SECOND THAT, DO I HAVE TO MAKE IT AS A MOTION? IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DIRECT? SO THE RE THIS IS THESE RIGHTS.
THE REASON I ASKED FOR THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS BECAUSE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO MEMBERS THAT ARE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
ALL MARIA HAS PRESENTED AS YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THERE ARE ONLY VACANCIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR HER TO GO TO THE EXISTING BOARD BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS A TERM THAT ENDS IN 2020, I THINK TOO WELL.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
UM, SHE PRESENTED, THAT'S NOT WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS.
I, I NOTICED HE DOES CLARIFY THAT THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION, THEIR TERMS EXPIRE 20, 22, BUT I JUST ASKED HER ABOUT THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT SHE PRESENTED, THAT THEY
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WERE EXPIRING ON JUNE 30, 20, 21, WHICH IS WHY I'M STATING AS IT RELATES TO THOSE POSITIONS, WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE JUNE 30TH, 2021, TO ASK THOSE INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN SERVING AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL, SO THAT THEN WE CAN DECIDE HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.IS THAT, IS THAT CONFUSING OR, OKAY.
AND SO NOW MY QUESTION IS, DO I NEED TO MAKE THAT AS EMOTIONAL THAT WE JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, INFORM MARIA THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE BOT IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE WILL OF THE BODY, I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE EMOTION, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, DO YOU HAVE YOUR MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
SO NOW ALL YOU NEED IS FOR THE MAYOR TO CALL OR THE, OKAY.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, THEN I WANT TO OFFICIALLY MAKE THAT MY MOST I, YEAH.
SO THE CANDIDATE FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY STATED, UM, JULIA BEING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY STATES THAT SHE HAS A GOOD BACKGROUND AND THERE ARE SO MANY OPENINGS.
UM, CAN WE SORT OF AMEND THAT MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT WE NOMINATE JULIA, WE'LL GIVE YOU A SEPARATE MOTION.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, WE HAVE A MO MOTION IN THE SECOND FLOOR, BUT I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND SECOND, MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THAT POSITION SINCE IT, UH, UM, I'M ONLY SPEAKING TO CANDIDATES THAT HAVE TERMS EXPIRING 20, 20 MORE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT PARKS BOARD, EXCUSE ME, THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
NO, I WAS JUST ASKING, CAN WE NOT SAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR EVERYONE TO APPLY, OR YOU JUST GOING TO START NOMINATING? I'M GOING TO SECOND SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS SECOND.
YOU'RE GOING TO SECOND SORT OF DISCUSSION.
STERLING, THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OPENINGS ON THAT PARKS FOUNDATION.
AND SINCE WE HAVE ONE THAT SOUNDS PROFILED AND INTERESTED MAY AS WILL FILL THAT SLOT, THAT WAS MY POSITION FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND NOT FOR THE PARKS BOARD.
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THIS COUNSEL, MR. LEE, UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY, THAT'S ALL INSANE.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE OPEN POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.
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BUT NONETHELESS, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE IF, IF SOMEONE'S WILLING TO, I MEAN, WE GOT QUITE A FEW OPENINGS THERE, UH, AND WE NEED PEOPLE THAT HAVE INFLUENCE AND RESOURCE CAN GET RESOURCES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR, UH, OUR, OUR PARKS FOUNDATION.SO THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN PLAZA.
UM, I WAS NOT HERE WHEN SHE APPLIED BEFORE.
DOES CAN SOMEONE, UM, GIVE SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHY SHE WAS AT SHELDON? THIS IS COUNSEL AND MR. LEE.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER EITHER, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THEN WE KIND OF JUST KIND OF CONTRADICTED WHAT WE SAY AT PREVIOUS MEETING LAST WEEK.
SO WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO START SELECTING PEOPLE, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER ANOMALY.
BUT IF WE WANT TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO I MEAN THAT, BUT I'LL LET HERE TO THE WILL OF THE BOX.
THIS WAS CAUSED FROM AN EMORY.
I'M NOT SURE THAT JULIA HARDY, UH, INTERVIEWED FOR A POSITION AND THAT SHE WAS, UH, NOT ACCEPTED FOR WHATEVER REASON.
I THINK THIS IS HER FIRST, UH, UH, REQUEST TO, UH, BE CONSIDERED, UH, TO, UH, TO BECOME, UH, A MEMBER OF ON THE FOUNDATION.
SO THIS IS CONSTABLE MS. STERLING.
SHE WILL ALLOW EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE A QUESTION TO KNOW THAT OF MY COLLEAGUES DO, DO ANY OF US HAVE ANY POTENTIAL APPLICANTS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE DIRECTLY THAT FIT THE CRITERIA OF BEING ABLE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THIS FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE TO APPLY SOONER THAN LATER? BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THIS IS COUNSEL AND MR. AND I CAN'T SAY BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, MARIA, JUST BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR WHERE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, I DON'T RECALL THIS PERSON'S NAME.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH, I DON'T RECALL INTERVIEWING, BUT CERTAINLY I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
NOW, IF YOU GUYS JUST DECIDED THAT YOU WANT TO START SELECTING PEOPLE, THEN WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE BOARD AND START SELECTING EVERYBODY.
AND IT'S NOT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE PERSON IS.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY, JUST BECAUSE OF SOMEONE IN DISTRICT D C DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE'S NO ONE IN A, B, R D THAT'S NOT QUALIFIED AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, I'M ASKING YOU DOUG STERLING, ANYONE ELSE ON THE CALL, IF DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN DIRECTLY ENCOURAGE TO APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS IN THESE THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR AWHILE, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDED VALUE AND BENEFIT TO THESE I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH BEING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT, UH, ALL OF US HAVE RECEIVED THE, THE, UH, IF WE ALL RECEIVED A PACK, IS THESE INDIVIDUALS, UH, MARIA, I WANT TO SAY YOU PROVIDED THE APPLICATION OR THE CRITERIA OF FOLKS WHO'VE APPLIED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT US TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR, UH, QUITE AWHILE.
THEY HAVEN'T JUST BEEN OPEN FOR A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS.
UH, SO I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT PARTICULARLY FOR THIS POSITION THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, DO I DO DILIGENCE TO LOOK IN DISTRICT, A LOOKING DISTRICT, B LOOKING DISTRICT C AND D TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE BOARD, UH, OR TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY, TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE, THEN WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IF THEY, IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED.
AND THAT'S MY POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER BALONEY, PRECISELY MY POINT, IF I MAY, UM, THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN CLOUD THAT I I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.
IF WE WANT TO JUST PULL BACK JUST IN, IN, IN ALL FAIRNESS AND, UM, SEE HOW MANY, I MEAN, THIS TIME WE MIGHT GET, YOU KNOW, 10, 12 PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BECOME COMPETITIVE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, JULIA HARDY, UH, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT SHE'S NOT QUALIFIED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I AM WITH A COUNCILWOMAN STERLING ON THIS ONE.
IT SAYS COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS TO ACTUALLY PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE SO WE CAN GET SOME QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN OPEN AT THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR AWHILE.
I THINK IT'S GREAT IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND INFORM THEM, THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY APPLY.
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UH, THIS, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.UM, I THINK AS I RECALL THE, UH, UH, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON TRYING TO GET, UH, NEW INDIVIDUALS TO FILL SOME OF THESE POSITIONS ON THE, UH, PARKS FOUNDATION.
AND IT WAS BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION THAT, UH, I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH JULIA HARDY AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS INTERESTED.
AND SHE WAS SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH BEFORE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, TO APPLY.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT I FOLLOWED THE PROCESS AND WE, AND I BROUGHT IN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S INTERESTED.
AND, UH, SO, UM, WITH AS MANY, UH, OPENINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WANT TO, UM, UH, PUT, UH, HER, UM, UH, WILLINGNESS TO, UH, TO SERVE, UH, IN A BAND.
SO UNTIL WE CAN, UH, GET OTHER, UH, INPUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL GO WITH THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WE ASK FOR CANDIDATES.
I FOUND A CANDIDATE, I PRESENTED HER.
SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION SINCE, I MEAN, I'M HEARING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS THAT WAS THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL, UH, PRESENTED IN FRONT OF COUNSEL.
ANYONE'S GOING TO ASK YOU THAT.
AND MAYOR, THIS IS MARIA, MS. HARDY SUBMITTED HER APPLICATION ON SEPTEMBER 8TH OF 2020.
SO IT WAS AFTER THE DISCUSSION THAT COUNCIL HAS TYPICALLY AROUND THIS TIME FOR APPOINTMENTS IN JUNE.
SO HER APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT I DO WHEN I RECEIVE A NEW APPLICATION IS I SEND IT TO COUNCIL THAT SAME WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
SO SHE SUBMITTED HER APPLICATION AND I ASKED HER LAST WEEK, IF SHE WAS STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING THEM, MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION HAS SAID, YES, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER HER, UM, AS A MEMBER UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
BUT HER APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY IN SEPTEMBER AND WITH RELATIVE TO COUNCIL.
HAS SHE COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, AND SHOWED HER INTEREST IN, IN SERVING FOR THIS POSITION? NO, SIR.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHE HADN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO FULL COUNCIL AND IT IS A POSITION WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS POSITION IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR TASK IS TO RAISE MONEY AND YOU DON'T COME THROUGH.
I MEAN, I THINK WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY HERE, BUT I'M HEARING IS PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST MEET MS. HARDY AND, AND, AND GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HER, LIKE ALL THE OTHER SIMILAR POSITIONS THAT WE APPOINT AND REFILL.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING TO, TO, TO NOTE THAT THIS, UH, INDIVIDUAL APPLIED IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND WE HADN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING HER WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO SERVE FROM THAT TIME TO NOW.
AND SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SOME TIME IF WE ACTUALLY PROBABLY TALK ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A PROCESS OR SOMETHING IN PLACE SO THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO WAIT, UH, OR QUALITY CANDIDATES, DON'T HAVE TO WAIT SIX MONTHS JUST TO BE CONSIDERED AND NOW EVEN LONGER, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON THAT WE GIVE TO CANNOT APPOINT PEOPLE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO SERVE AND WE TELL THEM, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER YOU FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR EIGHT MONTHS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I THINK IT DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THOSE PARTICULAR COMMITTEES.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET BURNT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE SERVING ON THESE COMMITTEES WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE FRESH BLOOD AND FRESH IDEAS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE A WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE.
SO I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE DO THIS GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE DON'T DELAY, BECAUSE AGAIN, SHE APPLIED SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
I HEAR YOU REMEMBER, LET ME ASK MARIA A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MARIA, YOU GOT THIS APPLICATION ON SEPTEMBER 8TH OF 2020.
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR IDEAL PROCESS AT THAT, FROM THAT TIME THAT YOU GOT
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THIS? UM, I GUESS THE PROCESS THAT I JUST EXPLAINED A FEW MINUTES AGO IS, UM, YEAH, SO USUALLY WHAT I, WHAT I DO WHEN I GET A NEW KIND OF APPLICATION IS I SEND IT TO ACCOUNTS THE SAME WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER JUST LIKE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEW APPLICATION FROM A RESIDENT WHO'S INTERESTED IN SERVING THE CITY BOARD.SO LET ME, LET ME PAUSE YOU THERE.
SO DID YOU DO THAT, DID YOU SEND IT OUT TO COUNCIL AT THAT TIME AFTER SEPTEMBER 8TH? DID YOU SEND IT OUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THAT TIME AND SAYING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION ON SO-AND-SO AND, AND, AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT? SO WAS THAT SENT OUT? SO THE, THE EMAIL WAS SENT OUT THAT WE HAVE A NEW, UH, APPLICATION.
I DID ASK IF THEY WANTED TO ACT ON IT.
AND I GUESS LOOKING BACK, MAYBE I SHOULD, I MEAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF VACANCIES ON THIS FOUNDATION.
SO ONCE YOU SEND IT OUT TO COUNCIL, WHAT IS THE NEXT NORMAL PROCESS IS? WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS I BRING ALL OF THE, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS WILL BE EXPIRING AND ALSO ANY VACANCY.
SO SINCE IT'S SEPTEMBER AGE, WHY ARE WE BRINGING IT UP IN MARCH 15TH, EVEN THOUGH YOU EMAILED THE COUNCIL IN TWO WEEKS OR FOUR WEEK, IS WHAT, WHEN THIS TRANSPIRED, RIGHT.
I'M JUST TALKING TO ALL THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE PROCESS.
THAT'S WHY MARIA DIDN'T TAKE FROM SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER TO MARCH 15TH IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
SO THIS IS JUST OUR TYPICAL PROCESS PROCESS WOULD BE THAT WE RECEIVED THESE APPLICATIONS AND WE APPOINTED THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS LATER IT WOULD BE IN, UM, MARCH OF EACH YEAR WHEN ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS WILL EXPIRE AND THE VACANCIES ARE PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL AND THEY, AND SO THEY GET APPOINTED IN JUNE, I WOULD ASSUME.
SO THERE'S, OR IS IT IN MARCH THAT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY GET MORE THAN THAT OR IMPROVED ON IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DIRECTION COUNCIL GIVES ME.
SO IN THIS CASE, COUNSEL IS TELLING HIM TO REACH OUT TO THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE TERMS WILL BE EXPIRING TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ANOTHER TERM.
SO I WOULD GO OUT AND DO THAT, AND THEN I WOULD COME BACK AGAIN AND I WOULD GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THEIR RESPONSES.
AND IF THERE IS ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, NEW APPLICATIONS AND COUNCIL CANDIDATES, YOU'LL LET ME KNOW, UM, AT THAT TIME SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT GOING.
SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING OF THE COUNCIL TODAY THAT WHETHER TO A POINT THIS PERSON, AS WITHIN THE NORM PROCESS, OR DO WE, I MEAN, IS THAT YOUR QUESTION HERE TODAY? NO, MY QUESTION, IT WAS THE FIRST MOTION, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MAY.
HE GAVE ME A DIRECTIVE TO REACH OUT TO THE MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRED AND THE VACANCIES I JUST PROVIDED TO COUNCIL SO THAT YOU CAN BE AWARE OF ANY VACANCIES.
AND IN THIS CASE FOR THE FOUNDATION, THERE'S ONLY ONE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE IN RECEIPT OF.
SO THIS IS SO THAT YOU CAN BE AWARE OF THE VACANCIES.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER RESIDENTS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE INTERESTED, BUT THE COUNCIL WOMAN EDWARDS ALSO MENTIONED THE PRESS RELEASE, WHICH WE CAN ALSO DO AT THIS TIME.
I GET THE RECORDS FROM COUNCIL SO THAT I CAN START DOING THAT.
SO AT THE COUNCIL, THEY GAVE YOU A DIRECTIVE TODAY TO SAY THAT, CAN YOU SET UP A TIME FOR COUNCIL TO MEET THIS PARTICULAR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES? IF YOU WOULD YOU SET THAT UP AND THEN, AND THEN THERE WAS THERE CAUSING A DELAY ON THEIR APPOINTMENT.
ARE WE STILL TALKING, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION, CORRECT? OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THEM? YEAH, YEAH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
WHOEVER APPLIED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, THIS ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO IF COUNSEL TELLS ME THAT YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW HER, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET HER SCHEDULED.
UM, FOR, I WOULD HAVE TO SEND HER AN EMAIL TO LET HER KNOW THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW HER FOR THIS POSITION.
FIRST, I WOULD PULL COUNSEL TO SEE WHAT DATES THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR, TO INTERVIEW HER.
AND THEN WE WOULD GET THAT SETTLED WITH HER.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
AND SO THIS WAS DISCUSSION IN RELATION TO THAT MOTION.
THAT MOTION HAS TO BE HONORED.
SO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND SECONDED BY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION, BUT I THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE JUST HAVING DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE MOTION.
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BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NORMAL PROCESS.BUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A MOTION HERE TO GO AHEAD, THAT MOTION IS TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THIS CANDIDATE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT'S THE MOTION, BUT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION GOING ON NOW, WHICH IS, DO WE NEED TO BRING IN THIS CANDIDATE TO COME AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN MEET THAT FIRST OR NOT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? THIS COMES FROM MEMORY? UH, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR, UH, MS. HARDY TO COME IN AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE, UM, THE CONSOLE TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO WANT TO INTERVIEW, UH, UH, SO THAT, UH, THIS COULD GO FORWARD.
MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S PUT IT IN ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
SHE ASKED ME WHAT THE STATUS WAS.
WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, WE'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY INTERESTED, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T, UH, DELAY THIS, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE INTEREST, UH, MIGHT SUBSIDE.
SO, UH, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE AND I'LL SPEAK FOR HER.
I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM COMING IN AND DISCUSSING HER QUALIFICATIONS WITH ANY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT THAT WE SHOULDN'T JUST RELY ON PRESS RELEASES AND WHATNOT.
I MEAN, ALL OF US ARE ENGAGED IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS OR ACROSS THE CITY, UH, WITH THESE PARTICULAR VERY IMPORTANT, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS DIRECTLY, ESPECIALLY IF WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO SERVE.
AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, SO THAT TO AVOID PEOPLE LOSING INTEREST IN SERVING, UH, WHILE WE HAVE THEM INTERESTED, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACT ON THOSE APPLICATIONS, UH, GIVE THEM SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION, LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST ALLOWING THEM TO JUST SIT IN A QUEUE SOMEWHERE, UH, AND NOT BE RESPONDED TO.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE, UH, HAVE ALREADY DECIDED ON INDIVIDUALS, UH, AT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THEY ARE SET TO EXPIRE, WHEN VACANCIES ARISE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT OR WE SIT AND WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT GO ROUND IN ORDER TO POTENTIALLY FILL THOSE POSITIONS, WE NEED TO BE PRETTY DOGMATIC IN TRYING TO GET ANY POSITIONS, FIELD, IF WE HAVE INTERESTED IN QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
DO WE HAVE, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW THERE, IS THERE ANY POLICIES OR PROCESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR CITIES, BOARD COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT? THE CITY DOES HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE, BUT, UM, I JUST NEED A GUN AND HE USED TO BE, IT HASN'T BEEN, UM, UPDATE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I JUST NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
I THINK CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2013.
CAN WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEM LIKE IN THE 15 AND 2016, 2017, 18 AND THEREAFTER.
SO IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT, DOES THIS FENCE, THAT POLICY, UM, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE POLICY, BUT I THINK FOR, FOR THE VACANCIES, WE JUST TYPICALLY WAIT, OR I JUST TYPICALLY WAIT TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, MARCH MAY, OR THIS IS KIND OF, THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN STERLING.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A POLICY SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, BUT CERTAINLY I JUST SAY THAT MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE BEING COUNTERACT, UH, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WHERE WE SAID WE WERE NOT JUST GOING TO SELECT INDIVIDUALS, THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE EVERYONE HAD OPPORTUNITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE SAID WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT APPLICATIONS LAST WEEK.
SO ARE WE GOING TO FOLLOW THE POLICY? ARE WE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS AS WE GO ALONG HAPHAZARDLY BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DECISIONS I THINK, AND I'M GONNA GO BACK AGAIN AND WE'LL GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES AT WHAT'S IN CLOUDS.
LET'S OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE IN MISSOURI CITY, AS OPPOSED TO SELECTING PEOPLE.
YOU SEE IT LAST WEEK, WEEK BEFORE LAST, WE WILL NOT JUST GOING TO ARBITRARILY SELECT INDIVIDUALS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND HAVE TO APPLY AND BE INTERVIEWED.
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LIKE A COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION IN ORDER TO ALLOW MS. HARDY TO COME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW TO FOLLOW AT LEAST THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN GENERALLY FOLLOWED IN THE PAST.IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? RELUCTANTLY.
AND I SAY RELUCTANTLY, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A, A, A FOUNDATION THAT HAS SO MANY OPENINGS AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS, OF COURSE I'M BIASED BECAUSE I KNOW HER THAT SHE'S QUALIFIED, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
I'LL WITHDRAW THAT MOTION WITH, UH, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, UH, WE'LL ASK, UH, MS. HARDY DO, UH, COME IN AND, UH, INTERVIEW WITH THE, UM, UH, WITH ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR THAT WANTS TO, UH, TO HAVE THAT, UH, THAT INTERVIEW.
BUT I ALSO ASKED THAT IT BE DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WAITING AND PUSHING THIS THING OFF TO THE POINT WHERE, UH, UH, SHE'S GOING TO LOSE ALL INTEREST IN, UH, UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE OPEN POSITION.
UH, SO I WILL WITHDRAW THAT MOTION THAT I HAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LARRY, I DO WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU EITHER.
MARIA, CAN WE, UH, SO CAN YOU AT LEAST SHARE THAT WHAT THAT POLICY AND PROCESS THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE IN 2013 WITH SOMEONE WAS? SO THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS AT A FUTURE MEETING, NOT NOW, BUT I'M SAYING AT A FUTURE MEETING.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE PROCESS OR A POLICY THAT'S IN PLACE FOR ANY CITY'S BOARD COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED AND REAPPOINTMENTS AS WELL.
SO THIS WAY WE, AS A COUNCIL BODY CAN LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE, AND, YOU KNOW, UPDATED IF YOU CALL IT AND COME UP WITH THAT, SOMETHING THAT ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY, OR AT LEAST MAJORITY.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT POLICY IN PLACE.
SO THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES UP AND I GET THAT, THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN WAITING AROUND FOR THIS APPOINTMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, SIX, EIGHT, NINE, 10 MONTHS, AND THEN WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
SO IT'S A DISSATISFACTION TO THAT INDIVIDUAL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF POLICY OR PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE, WHICH WE'RE FOLLOWING, BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES UP FOR APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT, WE'RE BACK TO THE SAME SITUATION AS WE'RE IN TODAY.
YES, MA'AM, I'M IN THE POSITIVE, PULLING IT DOWN AND PUT IT IN DROPBOX.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE HAVING THIS IS COUNCILMAN EDWARDS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARITY.
UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT US MAKING A PART PRESS RELEASE, BUT WE MAKE PRESS RELEASES ABOUT ANY OTHER COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE THIS PRESS RELEASE, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT US NOT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS IS JUST HAVING AN ADDITIONAL AVENUE TO CONTINUE TO INFORM RESIDENTS.
IT'S JUST MY HOPE THAT EVERYBODY BRINGS SOMEONE TO THE TABLE TO FEEL THIS VERY IMPORTANT POSITION.
IF WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, THAT'LL BE OUTSTANDING.
THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
UH, PLEASE LET'S SET A DEADLINE AS TO WHEN WE WOULD EXPECT, UH, THOSE, UH, APPLICATIONS TO BE RECEIVED AGAIN.
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YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THIS MEETING AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETINGS.SO WE'RE GOING TO TIME IS 8:40 PM.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE QUESTION MEETINGS AND
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GO INTO A CLOSING SESSION TO DISCUSS, UM, FIVE 1.071 AND FIVE FIVE ONE ZERO SEVEN FOUR OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT.[4. RECONVENE]
IN OPEN SESSION AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.