* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. IT'S 7:19 PM. ON MARCH 15TH, MONDAY, CALL THE [Items 1 & 2 ] MEETING TO ORDER AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. THERE WILL NOT BE A ROLL CALL OFF CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I CALL YOUR NAME. PLEASE STAY HERE AT PRESENT MIRACLE. REMEMBER EDWARDS. REMEMBER STERLING. REMEMBER BONEY. REMEMBER EMORY PAUL'S CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND MEETING PRESENTERS, THE MANAGER JONES, CITY MANAGER, ATKINSON ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARTEL, THE ATTORNEY YEMEN. OKAY. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WALKER, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, PRESENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWETT, PRESIDENT DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY SURGICAL DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELINA PORTIS, RESIDENT UTILITIES MANAGER, TODD HOOVER, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPH QUINTAL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY ENGINEER SASHI KUMAR THAT WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT MATT, MATT CARTIER, CARTIER SUWON JOHNSON. PRESENT NELLY PRESENT PUBLIC COMMENTS, REQUESTERS OF EARLY BIRD, BYRON TRACY JONES. MS. JONES, ARMIES JOHNSON. I'M SORRY. ARMIES JENKINS PRESENT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE PRESENT? WHOSE NAME WAS NOT CALLED? ARTHUR ALEXANDER BUDGET MANAGER. THANK YOU BERTHA. ANYONE ELSE? FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE PRESENT ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING BEFORE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA ON THE AGENDA, THE CITY BY PHONE, EMAIL OR COMMENT REQUEST BEFORE 4:00 PM ON THE DATE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS A 4:00 PM TODAY, THEY DID RECEIVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO OF AGENTS. WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES THAT WILL LEAD US INTO BUDGET ITEM, NUMBER THREE, PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM, NUMBER FOUR, [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ] PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR COMBAT. UM, JUST SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT TO SPEAK. WE'LL GO IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME. UH, FAIRLY BIRDS, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. [00:05:01] UH, MY CONCERN, UH, IS BASICALLY, UH, SEEKING, UH, CITY SERVICES ASSISTANCE, UH, FROM OUR CITY OFFICIALS. UM, WE, UH, AND OUR HUNTERS, GLEN ONE AND TWO SECTION ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. UH, ONE OF THE BIGGER PROBLEMS WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND WE ARE GOING, WE'RE DEFINITELY USING SEECLICKFIX, UH, SENDING OUT NOTICES AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE HOMEOWNERS BEST, BEST POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH TRASH BANS BEING PLACED OUT IN FRONT OF GARAGES. WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK WITH HEAVY TRASH, BUT, UH, SEVERAL STREETS HAVE HEAVY TRASH THAT WAS NOT PICKED UP. WE'RE NOT SURE WHY WE WAS LIKE WAITING FROM LAST FRIDAY. AND THEN WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WANTED A RESONATE IN A, MAYBE ON A SATURDAY. AND AS OF TODAY, THAT'S STILL THERE. SO WE'RE REALLY JUST SEEKING THE SAME THING. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ASKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AS FOR CITY SERVICES ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, A FISCAL. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY HERE WHERE AN OLDER COMMUNITY. AND I PROBABLY MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE ARE SENIORS. I'M A 30 YEAR RESIDENT HERE AND I HAVE AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE AROUND ME. THAT'S BEEN HERE EVEN LONGER. AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. AND I'D LIKE TO ASK AGAIN, IF THE CITY COULD REALLY ASSIST US WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENTS, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD ONE GENTLEMAN TELL ME THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT TOLD THEM HOW TO GET AROUND, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING SOME, UH, ITEMS. AND I'M LIKE, THAT DOESN'T SOUND QUITE RIGHT. WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH AN AUTO SHOP IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, UH, THE GENTLEMAN ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT, WELL, THEY TOLD HIM JUST THAT HE CAN HAVE AS MANY CARS THERE AS HE WANTS, AS LONG AS HE MOVES THEM AROUND. AND I COULDN'T PASS B TO C CODE ENFORCEMENT TELLING A RESONANCE, SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE WHEN THEY'RE HAVING LIKE 10 CARDS IN YOUR YARD, A BIG, BIG, NOT JUST IN THEIR YARD. OF COURSE WE KNOW THEY COULDN'T HAVE THAT MANY, BUT THERE'S 10 YARDS IN THE FACILITY. YOU CAN BARELY GO DOWN THE STREET AND TURN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY VEHICLES THERE. SO I AM JUST ASKING THAT THE CITY WOULD ASSIST US WITH HELPING WITH THESE SERVICES BECAUSE WE CAN DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WE WANT TO PARTY AND TRY AND FIND OUT HOW YOU ALL CAN ASSIST US AND GETTING SOME OF THE THINGS DONE AND NOT TO SAY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE A REPETITION THING. THEY'LL DO GOOD FOR A WHILE. STORE BACK, DO GOOD FOR A WHILE. SO WE CAN JUST CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND, AND, AND LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE HOA, BUT IT'S THE CITY GOVERNMENT ENFORCING IT AS WELL. UH, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BERG. WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. SOMEONE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MA'AM NEXT? WE HAVE, UH, TRACY JONES, MS. TRACY JONES. DIDN'T HEAR YOUR NAME DURING ROLL CALL, BUT I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT. I MEAN, SAYING IT OUT THERE ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. UM, IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO MS. JENKINS. MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AARON JENKINS. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF HUNTER SCREEN ONE AND TWO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A NUISANCE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND HOW JUST WANTED TO IMAGINE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE ARE MEDICAL LAWS AND WELL-KEPT HOUSE, BUT OTHER RESIDENTS CAN WALK AND CHEW. THEY CAN RIDE THEIR BICYCLES SAFELY ON THE SIDEWALKS, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS DESIGNED FOR THE RESIDENTS AND NOT IN A PLACE WHERE A HOME OWNER HAS DECIDED TO TAKE A SPACE TO RUN A BUSINESS. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT 1246, 20 OAKS. THE HOME OWNER IS REPAIRING CARS IN HIS DRIVEWAY. AND ON THE STREET YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW DO I KNOW IT IS A BUSINESS FIRST, THERE ARE FOUR CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY ALL THE TIME. THE HOMEOWNER IS UNDER THE HOOD OF A CAR DOOR REPAIRS. THERE ARE THREE AND FOUR CARS ON THE STREET. THE HOMEOWNER HAS BEEN SEEN AND PICTURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OF HIM DOING REPAIRS ON THE STREET WITH THE ENGINE OUT ON THE STREET, THERE ARE CARS JACKED UP WITH THE WHEELS MISSING, JUST A HOMEOWNER ON THAT MANY CARS. [00:10:02] SOMETIMES THERE ARE SO MANY CARS AND YOUNG MEN IN THE STREET THAT YOU CAN'T DRIVE BY THE CARS BLOCK THE SIDEWALK WALK, WHEREAS YOU HAVE TO WALK OR RIDE YOUR BIKE IN THE STREET. HOMEOWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR YEARS AND PICTURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. AND THE JUG VEHICLE'S ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 31, ONE, ONE, A MISSOURI CODE ORDINANCE. IT IS A VIOLATION TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS RED DISMANTLE, PARTIALLY DISMANTLED OR DISCARDED OR INOPERABLE, AND HAS REMAINED IN ALPA BOOK FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES ARE CONSTANTLY WORKED ON DAY AND NIGHT. ALSO THE HOME OWNER IS HOME. THE HOME ITSELF IS DEPLORABLE WITH THE ADDITION OF VEHICLES EVERYWHERE. IT IS AN ISO FOUR. I STORE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS BRINGS DOWN OUR PROPERTY VALUE AND DOES NOT ENCOURAGE HOME BUYERS TO BUY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS HOMELESS RIGHT OFF A TEXAS PARKWAY, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY TEXAS PARKWAY. AS YOU SAY, IF YOU TURN, MAKE A RIGHT ON KEN FOREST AND THEN QUICK LAP OR ASHMORE, YOU WILL SEE THIS, ALL THOSE SHOTS AS SUCH A DEPLORABLE YARD. I AM HERE TO ASK YOU ALL TO HELP US HUNCHES GRANT ONE AND TWO, TO REMOVE THIS EYESORE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS JENKINS. WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH DETERMINE [5. STAFF REPORTS ] WHAT WE WANT TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. UH, STAFF REPORTS, UH, FIVE EIGHT COVID-19 UPDATE, SIR, COUNSEL I'M ONCE AGAIN, JOINED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR TO MAKE A JEWITT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON, UH, COVID-19 OR EFFORTS TO REMAIN VIGILANT. WE HAVE SOME NEW NUMBERS FOR YOU, UH, SPECIFIC TO MISSOURI CITY. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORANGE GRAPH OR BAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CONTINUES TO DROP. UM, WE ARE SEEING THE TREND COMING DOWN, UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CUMULATIVE CASES, UH, CONTINUE TO ADD UP, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE. THIS IS THE VACCINATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN COMING SPECIFICALLY TO MISSOURI CITY. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO DURING THE WINTER STORM, BUT NOW A WEEK 13, UH, 1300 VACCINATIONS, UH, CAME DIRECTLY TO MISSOURI CITY. UM, AND SO THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE, UH, WE BELIEVE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TAMEKA NEXT TO COME TO DISCUSS, TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THE STATE PLANS MOVING FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, UM, THE SAME VACCINATION UPDATE, UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, THE GOVERNOR HAS LIFTED THE STATEWIDE MANDATE MASKED MANDATE IN TEXAS, AND HAS REOPENED, UM, REOPEN TEXAS, AS LONG AS WE STAY ABOVE, UM, A HIGH THREAT CHILD. BUT WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BUSINESSES MAY STILL LIMIT CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS, UM, AT THIS TIME AND WHAT VACCINATION STARTING TODAY. UM, SOME PEOPLE IN ONE FEE ARE ABLE TO REGISTER AND TO BECOME VACCINATED. ANYONE ABOVE 50 AND OLDER TODAY ARE ABLE TO BE GIVEN EXCAVATED IN TEXAS. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE EXCAVATION SITES THAT ARE APPROVED IN MISSOURI CITY LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, SO YOU'LL JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THEIR SITES AND THEN CONTACT THEM TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY VACCINATIONS ARE HOW TO REGISTER AND REGISTRATION LINKS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE AND THE STATE IS ALSO REPORTING AT THIS TIME 30% OF ALL SENIORS STATEWIDE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING A LOT OF THOSE HIGHER GROUPS VACCINATED, WHERE WE CAN EVENTUALLY INITIALLY OPEN IT UP THE ADDITIONAL CITIZENS FOR VACCINATION. THANK YOU, JAMAICA. GIVE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. WE'LL GO TO ITEM [6. CONSENT AGENDA ] NUMBER SIX, THE, A CONSENTED CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY? YEAH. [00:15:04] SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. YES, SIR. UM, UNLIKE TO DISCUSS ITEM 16 AND RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPACT. YEAH. OKAY. SO, UM, THE, THE ITEM THERE IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN EXECUTED AGREEMENT, UH, TO EXTEND OUR GRANT PROGRAM SERVICES THROUGH IMPACT. AND, UM, MAYOR MY COMMENTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE DAY THAT IMPACT WAS INTRODUCED TO US AS A CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT WAS RELATED TO COST OF SERVICES. UM, FOR PUBLIC RECORD, A PROJECT MANAGER WITH IMPACT MAKES $125 AN HOUR. THE LEAD CASE MANAGER MAKES 75 BUCKS AN HOUR AND THEIR CASE MANAGERS, WHICH THERE'S THREE OF THEM MAKES 55 BUCKS AN HOUR. WE PAY A PREMIUM FOR THESE GUYS TO DELIVER, TO DELIVER TO OUR CUSTOMERS MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE BUSINESSES AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WAITING ON THESE DOLLARS. RIGHT. UM, I'M SURE MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF SOME BUSINESSES, BUT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF CLOSING AND ALL THEY WANT TO KNOW IS THE STATUS OF AN APPLICATION. SO WE HAVE SOME MONEY MAKING 125 BUCKS AN HOUR THAT, AND THESE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY STAND. SO I'M FRUSTRATED WITH IMPACT. I WANTED TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT I'M FRUSTRATED WITH IMPACT BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH IMPACT. AND I'M TIRED OF GETTING MESSAGES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE AM I? WHERE'S MY CHECK. WHERE DO I STAND? SO THAT'S MY COMMENT AROUND ITEM NUMBER SIX. EACH, IF I MAY, THIS IS THE JOY, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, MAYOR PROTON MARULA, I WOULD TAKE YOUR COMMENT OUT A, AN, A REQUEST OR A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, FIXED II. SO IF THERE IS A SECOND, YOU ALL CAN VOTE ON THAT AND THEN GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. OTHER THAN ITEM 16. HEY JOYCE, I WAS JUST MAKING A COMMENT. I WASN'T PLANNING ON MAKING A CHANGE TO THAT ITEM. IT WAS JUST A COMMENT ON 60. OKAY. UH, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, INTERPRETING IT THAT WAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SIX E FIRST. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MAY I APPROACH THEM OR US? YES. CUSTOMER EDWARDS. YES. THAT'S NUMBER 2000. THAT'S NUMBERS, DARLING. YES. YES. EMORY YES. YES. YOU GUYS FOR ME. SO THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY SOME NUMBER OF BONEY. AND SECOND, MY CLASS MEMBERS STERLING, UM, STARTED OFF THAT'S FOR, I AM A THROUGH D SO THERE ARE NO THAT DISCUSSIONS WE'LL GO OUT AND VOTE. YES. COUNCIL BRAD WORKS. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND I, YES. MOTION CARRIES KEVIN'S GIRL ITEM, NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING AND REMAIN AT ACTIONS SEVEN, EIGHT ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AT OR ADD OR NO PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE. THIS AGENDA ITEMS THAT MAY BE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED ACTIONS OR NO PUBLIC HEARING BLENDED ACTIONS ON THIS AGENDA. [00:20:01] ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR APPOINTMENTS ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER [9. AUTHORIZATIONS ] NINE, OUR AUTHORIZATIONS, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE EIGHT, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT TO FUND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. WE HABITATION FOR STEVE BANK LIKE BANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. NUMBER 42 FOREBRAIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 46, OR BANKS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 15 MORGAN COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 29 FORT BEND COUNTY WITH A SIMPLE UTILITY DISTRICT. NUMBER ONE 49 AT THE FIRST COLUMN NAMED MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. NUMBER NINE, YOU HAVEN'T TIED TO WHO WERE, WHO WAS OUR UTILITIES MANAGER HERE WITH US. UM, TODD, GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THIS PROPOSED AGREEMENT PERTAINS TO THE REHABILITATION OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TREATMENT PLANT THAT SERVES THE STEEP BANK, FLAT BANK CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FACILITY, AND THE PARTICIPANTS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THE SIX OF THOSE, UH, WHEN THE CITY HAD DETERMINED THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO EXPAND OR REHABILITATE AND UPGRADE THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UH, THESE SIX PARTICIPANTS, UH, THEY HAVE A CALCULATOR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE COST OF EXPANDING I'M SORRY, COST OF REHABILITATING AND UPGRADE FOR THE FACILITY. AND THAT AMOUNT WAS $2,885,016. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 12 MILLION, $209,680. THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT COST WILL BE ABSORBED BY A SIENNA MUD ONE WHO WAS BUYING INTO THE FACILITY, UH, FOR 1.5 MILLION GALLONS. UH, HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE PORTION OF, UM, THE REQUEST TO MEMORIALIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THESE SIX PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR PRO-RATA SHARE THE 11 PAGES THAT FOLLOW THE COUNCIL MEMO, UM, HAS THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT AND AN EXHIBIT A, IT LISTS THE AGREEMENTS OF WHICH WE'RE REQUESTING EACH ONE OF THESE PARTICIPANTS TO SIGN. AND EXHIBIT B SHOWS THE PRO RATA SHARE OF EACH ONE OF THESE COSTS OF, OF CONTRIBUTIONS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU, TODD, REGARDING MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY THEREFORE TO, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, IS THERE DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ABOUT, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. YEAH, THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, I GUESS, UH, TODD, UH, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS BEING EXPRESSED BY ANY OF THESE, UH, UTILITY DISTRICTS AS TO THEIR PORTION OF THE, UH, UM, ALLOCATION OF, UH, THIS IS TODD, THERE WAS TWO QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BY THE DISTRICTS AND WE'VE ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR MANY MONTHS, UH, WITH PARTICIPANT MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD QUARTERLY, AS WELL AS, UM, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. AND WE'VE TALKED WITH THEIR ENGINEER. SO, UM, THE DISTRICTS AND THEIR BOARDS ARE VERY FAMILIAR AND AWARE OF THIS PROJECT. AND AS WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM ALONG THE WAY, IT'S BEEN VERY COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION AND SHARING ALL THE COST AND BREAKING DOWN EACH ONE OF THE ITEMS. SO, UH, ANY CONCERNS OR THAT THEY MIGHT'VE HAD INITIALLY, UM, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY'VE ALL BEEN RESOLVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO OUT AND VOTE. YES. SOME BAD WORDS. [00:25:01] YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. FOR ME. SO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NINE B CONSIDER AUTHORIZING STAFF TO ENTER INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK CITY VERSUS WILLIAM M PASTE JR. AND CYNTHIA, AND PAYS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE NIGHT ROAD PROJECT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, JOSEPH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LAND OWNERS, UH, FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TWO PARCELS OF LAND NEEDED FOR THE NIGHT ROAD, UH, EXTENSION PROJECT, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OF THE, UH, PROJECT AND, UH, UH, AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S ACQUISITION OF 17 PARCELS OF LAND BACK IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, UH, OF THOSE 17 PARCELS, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE, UH, 14 OF THOSE PARCELS WITHOUT HAVING TO FILE ANY LAWSUIT, ANY EMINENT DOMAIN LAWSUIT, UH, THAT LEFT THREE PARCELS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FILE LAWSUITS ON TWO OF THOSE THREE PARCELS ARE OWNED BY MR AND MRS. PACE. UH, WE HAVE AN APPRAISAL REPORT THAT'S PREPARED THAT WAS PREPARED AND ENGAGED BY THE CITY. UH, AND THE APPRAISAL REPORT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU, UH, THE TOTAL, BOTH PARCELS, UH, FOUND THAT JUST COMPENSATION TO THE LANDOWNER WOULD RESULT IN, UH, AND IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,702, THE LANDOWNER, UH, WAS READY TO TESTIFY AT THE HEARING ON THIS, UH, ACQUISITION, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 121, UH, $356. SO BASICALLY TWICE THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY'S APPRAISER APPRAISE THE COMPENSATION VALUES, UH, PRIOR TO, PRIOR TO, UH, GETTING TO THE HEARING BEFORE THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, THE LANDOWNER AGREED TO TAKE $65,000 OR A GREAT TO THE AMOUNT OF $65,000 TO SETTLE THE MATTER. UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A FAIR AMOUNT AND IT IS IN, UH, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THE LAND THAT OUR APPRAISERS HAS FOUND. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AND, UH, SO THAT THE CITY CAN ACQUIRE THESE TWO PARCELS OF LAND FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $65,000. UH, THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL. I'M RIGHT THERE. A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY CUSTOMER COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY BY SECOND BY MAYOR FRONT-END MOROSE? IS THERE A DISCUSSION AGAIN? WHAT WAS THE, UM, PRICER CAME UP WITH THE VALUE, A TOTAL VALUE OF $64,702. UH, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 53,520 FOR TRACK 12 AND $11,182 FOR TRACK 13. AND THE LAND OWNER OFFERED TO SETTLE FOR DROP TO DROP HIS DEMANDS AND REQUESTS AND SETTLE FOR A $65,000 TOTAL. SO BASICALLY JUST ROUNDED UP TO 65,000. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, JOSEPH, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO VOTE A METAPHOR. SOME ARE LISTS. YES, YES. CUSTOMER CLOUSER. YEAH. HOW'S THE LUMBER STERLING. YES. ROLLING EMORY. YES. FOR ME SEVEN ZERO MOTION CARRIES. OH MAN. THERE WAS [00:30:01] THREE PARCELS. WE SETTLED TWO, IS THERE ONE LEFT IN THEM? AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS? YEAH, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I WILL LET JOE GO AHEAD. YES. THERE'S A ONE MORE LAND OWNER WHO HAS NOT ACCEPTED THE CITY'S OFFER. AND, UH, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT. THERE IS AN EMINENT DOMAIN LAWSUIT. WE'RE AT THE POINT OF, UH, OF, UH, WE'VE. WE HAVE RETAINED A, AN APPRAISER THEY'RE WORKING ON AN APPRAISAL REPORT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ONCE WE GET THAT DONE OF SCHEDULING THE SPECIAL PERMISSION OR STEERING, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HEARING AT THAT POINT. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM NINE, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO AN UPDATED SERVICE AGREEMENT OR TEMPORARY SOLID WASTE SERVICES. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. MAY I REMEMBER IS THE COUNSEL ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5TH, 2021, THE CITY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WCA, UH, THE CITY OF SOLID WASTE PROVIDERS FOR ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY SOLIDLY CYRUS'S. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE WINTER STORM THAT WE HAD, AND THE INCREASE IN DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, WASTE MATERIALS THAT WE WERE SAYING, UH, PLACED OUT. AND THIS WAS AGAIN, DUE TO THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY A NATURAL DISASTER. AND AS A RESULT, WE HAD A CONTRACT IN PLACE THAT, UH, PROVIDED FOR SUCH SERVICES. AND, UH, WE EXECUTED THAT, AND THAT WAS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS IN HARRIS COUNTY. UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE HAD IN PLACE, UH, PREVIOUSLY AN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY WITH REFERENCE TO A SOLID WASTE PLAN. IT'S PART OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN. AND SO WE WERE EXERCISING THAT, SPEAKING TO THEM, HOWEVER, THEY LATER CONVEYED TO US THAT, UH, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE, UH, DEBRIS COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR US. AND, UH, SO THEREFORE WE WENT FORWARD AND, UH, REACHED OUT TO WCA TO EXPAND THAT COVERAGE FROM, UH, NOT ONLY HARRIS COUNTY, BUT INTO, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE GATED COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR, UH, GATED OR RESTRICTED ACCESS COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR CITY UNDER THE NEW SCOPE OF WORK, UH, SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED ALL RESIDENTS AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE JURISDICTION. AND THE DEBRIS COLLECTION WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON SATURDAYS. THE GAME, UH, MARCH 13TH, STUCK PLACE, AND RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO A CALL FOR SERVICE WILL NOT NEED TO CALL IN FOR SERVICE, EXCUSE ME, AND MAY PLACE THERE TO MURRAY OUT FOR COLLECTION ON MARCH 13TH, 20TH AND 27TH. SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE HAVE HAD, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THAT, UH, THAT TIMING, UH, THIS WEDNESDAY IN WORKING WITH A DISTRICT WCA DISTRICT MANAGER, MATT RDA, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, SECURE A GRAPPLE TRUCK. AND ONE THING THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND, OR THEY FOUND OUT THAT THAT WAS CURRY, AS PEOPLE WERE LEAVING OUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS THAT COULD NOT BE COLLECTED BY HAND. AND, UH, THEY WERE UTILIZING, UH, UH, TRUCKS WITH THREE MAN CREWS COLLECTING BY HAND. SO THOSE THEY HAD TO NOT PICK UP. AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, UH, ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, UH, WCA WILL PUT OUT A GRAPPLE TRUCK AND THREE TRUCKS IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO TRY TO CATCH UP ON WHAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO, UH, THIS PAST SATURDAY. AND, UH, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND THEN AGAIN, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THOSE SERVICES THAT WOULD OCCUR ON MARCH 20TH AND 27TH. AND, UH, THIS SERVICE IS ESTIMATED AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO COST AROUND $41,000. HOWEVER, THAT BEING BELOW THE EXPENDITURE LEVEL OF $50,000 IN THE EVENT THAT WE WENT ABOVE 50,000, WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU AND GET APPROVAL FOR THIS. AND IN CASE IT DOES GO OVER $50,000. UM, AND, UH, WE'VE MENTIONED THAT IN ADDITION TO, UH, MATT AND WCI DOING THIS, THE CITY IS ALSO HAS, UH, SOME OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS OUT IN SOME OF THE LARGER AREAS WHERE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF, UH, DEBRIS, UH, OUT PICKING THOSE UP TODAY. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PICK UP SIX HOMES, UH, UH, TODAY. SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT AS MUCH EFFORT TOWARD IT AS WE CAN IN DIFFERENT RESOURCES. AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE, UH, WITH THE CITY POINT CITY AND WCA. UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND, UH, MATT CARDIAY IS ON THE CALL WITH US AS WELL. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. UM, I KNOW YOU STATED THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PICKING UP DEBRIS AS WELL. UM, THE FACT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, I MEAN, UM, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE SERVICES, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER [00:35:01] TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THOSE TASKS. NO, EDWARD, UH, LET ME GET A MOTION. SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. MY APOLOGIES. NO, NO, NO NEED, UM, CAN I GET A MOTION PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER OF CLOUDERA, MAKE A MOTION. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD. SOUNDS A WOMAN, EDWARD, GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY, THE WASTE MARKET, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UM, ACTUALLY HAD ENOUGH MANPOWER TO COMPLETE THOSE TASKS AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, TASK TO THAT DUTIES WHERE IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR ACTUAL ASSIGNMENTS. UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY STEPPED UP TO HELP, BUT CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAYING THIS COMPANY, I WAS WONDERING, UM, DO THEY NOT HAVE THE MANPOWER TO COMPLETE THESE TASKS? SO, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ANSWER AND THEN HAND IT OVER TO MATT CARDIAY TO ANSWER, UH, MORE FULLY, BUT, UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE OTHER SERVICES AND OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING SERVICE TO AT THE SAME TIME. AND, UH, SO THEY HAVE A, A WALL AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY WITH HIM, UH, THAT THEY HAVE A, UH, ON WEDNESDAYS. THEY HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO PULL TRUCKS OFF OF OTHER, UH, AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NOT OPERATING TO BRING THEM TO THE CITY. AND, UH, THIS IS AGAIN A SECONDARY CONTRACT TO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE OUR PRIMARY CONTRACT FOR DEBRIS MANAGEMENT. WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AS PART OF THE, UH, STORM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND, AND REEVALUATE THAT. BUT, UH, MATT, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU HAD TO THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS, UM, THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE WORKS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THAT QUESTION THAT'S PRESENTED. UM, WE DO HAVE A LARGER STAFF HERE, UM, BUT AS MR. AGON ATKINSON MENTIONED, UM, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS OTHER CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME SITUATION ON THE MISSOURI CITY AS, AS WELL. AND, UH, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS, UH, ONE OF OUR VERY TOP PRIORITIES AND KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL THIS, WHEN WE WERE PREPARING AND PLANNING, UH, FOR THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM, I BELIEVE FORT BEND COUNTY WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT DEBRIS PICKUP FOR YOU GUYS. SO AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, REALIGNED OUR SCHEDULE AND WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH ON OUR END, UM, BECAUSE IT APPEARED WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR THOSE SERVICES NOW THAT WE ARE NEEDED, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO SHUFFLE SOME THINGS AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE CITY OF MISSOURI SCENE, MISSOURI CITY CLEANED UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'VE NOW, UH, REALIGNED WHAT SOME OF OUR TRUCKS ARE DOING ON WEDNESDAY ON SATURDAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN SEND AS MANY TRUCKS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO GET CLEANED UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO THIS THAT THIS WEDNESDAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUR TRUCKS AND ONE OF WHICH BEING A GRAPPLE TRUCK THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE CITY AND, UM, IN STARTING WITH HUNTERS, THE HUNTERS GLEN AREA, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE AREA THAT HASN'T BEEN HIT YET. AND I DID HEAR ONE OF THE RESIDENTS. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS CLEANED UP ON WEDNESDAY. AND THEN ALSO ON SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BRING ANOTHER, UH, FIVE TRUCKS IN. SO, UM, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING REALLY GOOD BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. NOW, AS FAR AS USING, UM, CITY MANPOWER, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ON CITY STAFF'S, UM, UM, CALL IF YOU KNOW, HOW THEY ALLOCATE THOSE, THOSE WORKERS, BUT ON OUR END, YOU KNOW, WE D WE ARE PROPERLY STAFFED AND WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, TO HANDLE THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. BUT, UM, IT DID HAVE TO DO WITH, WITH US AT FIRST NOT BEING UTILIZED FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE KIND OF COMING ON A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE GAME AND ALSO, UM, JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE. SO THE WEEKS FOLLOWING THE WINTER STORM, WE ARE PICKING UP A HUNDRED TONS A WEEK, MORE IN BULK PICKUP THAN WE WERE PICKING UP ON AVERAGE THE WEEKS BEFORE THE WINTER STORM. AND THAT'S JUST YOUR NORMAL COLLECTION THROUGH THE WEEK THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE SPECIAL PICKUPS WE'VE BEEN DOING ON, ON SATURDAYS. SO OUR NORMAL BULK ROUTES ARE A HUNDRED TONS HEAVIER, AND THIS IS MANUAL PICKUP BY LABORERS ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, UM, THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THE STORM. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, THAT'S BECAUSE OF VEGETATION AND, UH, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE STORM. SO NOT ONLY ARE THESE WEEKEND PROJECTS HEAVY, BUT JUST THE NORMAL COLLECTION IS, [00:40:01] HAS ALMOST DOUBLED ON US, UM, OVERNIGHT FROM THE STORM. AND THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. A MAN JUST COMES WOMAN EDWARDS. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR, I GUESS, THE CITY STAFF, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THE GUYS WHO ARE ACTUALLY PICKING UP TRASH, UM, ARE THEY BEING COMPENSATED FOR THIS EXTRA TEST? I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UH, NO, IT'S A PART OF THEIR NORMAL WORK DUTY, UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UM, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE MO AND WE HAD TWO AREAS THAT, UH, KNOW, I, I DIRECTED HIM TO GO OUT TO REMOVE TRASH ON TODAY. UM, PART OF PARCEL WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL THAT THOSE RESIDENTS TO WAIT TO WEDNESDAY, UM, GIVEN A TRASH THAT THEY DID HAVE OUT THERE, UH, THE TRASH THAT THEY DID HAVE OUT THERE, UH, WAS TRASH THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A STORM RESPONSE TRASH. UM, I AM AWARE THAT, UH, WCA WENT OUT, UH, ON SATURDAY TO COMPLETE THE CITY ROUTE TO PICK UP STORM RESPONSE TRASH, HOWEVER, UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS, UM, PUT THINGS OUT THAT ARE NOT COVERED, UH, AND ARE NOT NORMAL. UH, AND SO I'LL BE GETTING A RECORDING OF ALL SORTS OF ITEMS, THINGS LIKE FENCING, UM, TIRES AND THAT SORT OF THING. UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S NOT COVERED IN THE PICKUP, UH, AND THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE PUTTING THINGS LIKE TIRES OUT THERE, THEY GOING TO BE CITED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A PART OF, UH, OUR PICKUP THAT WE ADDRESS HERE. UM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY, WHO CALLED, UH, AND RAISED CONCERNS. SO I DID MOBILIZE THEM, UH, TODAY JUST TO MAKE TWO RUNS. UH, THEY COMPLETED THOSE TASKS, UH, AND THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THEIR NORMAL SERVICE DUTY. UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON WEDNESDAY IS WCA WILL, UH, COME OUT WITH BETTER EQUIPMENT. UM, BUT, UM, AND ALSO TOO ON SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY UP IN THE SAME AND THE NEXT SATURDAY, BUT I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO REMIND RESIDENTS. ONE OF MY RESIDENTS THAT I KNOW THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A CASE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS FROM THE STORM, BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME PLACE IN ITEMS LIKE TIRES, UH, OR REFRIGERATORS, OR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS OUT THERE. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, THINGS WHERE PEOPLE BE AT WORK ON THEIR HOMES AND HAD TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S A PART OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. SO, UM, I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE A THOROUGH ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I HAVE SOMETHING FOR BILL. UM, NO. ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? YES, SIR. BUT I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DID HEAR MATT, UH, JUST SAID THAT, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS WAS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ASSIST IN THAT SAW ON, UH, EARLIER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LIVABLE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS. SO THERE'S NSA SINCE THAT'S COMING, UH, THAT NEEDED TO BE THERE. UM, BUT WHETHER IT'S THERE OR NOT AS CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO DO RIGHT BY OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AND OUR CITIZENS ARE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ON THAT COMMITTEE OR NOT BILL, BUT SOMEHOW WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT THIS AND BRING IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS WAY WE, WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE, SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'RE W ACID AS, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT AT LEAST WE'RE EVEN ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE TOO, THOUGH. SO I DON'T KNOW BILL, IF YOU'RE ON THAT OR NOT. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SORT OF MY COMMENT TO ASK YOU TO HELP US. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S PART OF THE AFTER ACTION [00:45:01] REVIEW, THIS WAS DONE BY, UH, ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IN PLACE. SO THERE'S NOT A QUESTION ABOUT IT, AND WE HAVE A RESPONSE TO IT. I KNOW MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY OUR TRASH, NOT BEING CONSISTENTLY PICKED UP, UH, EITHER AT ALL, OR, UH, SPARSELY WHERE THEY WOULD PICK UP SOME ELEMENTS AND NOT THE OTHERS. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PHONE CALLS, UH, HAVE BEEN MADE CONSISTENTLY. I KNOW, EVEN I REACHED OUT TO YOU THAT ONE TIME BILL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HAVING, UH, AND IT'S JUST BEEN AN ONGOING THING, UH, EVEN AS EARLY AS, UH, TODAY. UH, SO, UM, I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT EVEN WITH THE, THE, UH, TEMPORARY SOLID WASTE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING UPDATED, THAT THE REGULAR SERVICES ARE IMPROVING BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, UNACCEPTABLE TO BE FRANK WITH YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOA AS MANY OF US WHO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UM, THE TRASH THAT WE PUT OUT. AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU STATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO HEAVY TRASH OR THE STATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PICK UP RECYCLABLES, BUT IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO PICK UP, YOU KNOW, REGULAR SOLID WASTE, UH, YOU SHOULD DO THAT AND HONOR THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAYING THOSE SERVICES, DEFINITELY. YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO A CUSTOMER WITH ONE HIS COMMENT. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. FIRST OF ALL, I APOLOGIZE. AND, UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO WORK WITH STAFF ON MAKING SURE THAT WE CORRECT ANY AND ALL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, AND, AND ALSO, UH, PERSONALLY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT I CAN, UM, MEET YOU ALL. AND, AND I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS ARE BEING PROPERLY SERVICED, UM, AT ALL TIMES, NO MATTER IF IT'S A STORM OR JUST REGULAR PICKUP, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M, I'M, UH, FAIRLY NEW HERE AS THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR WCA IN THE HOUSTON. THEY MOVED ME, UM, FROM FLORIDA TO COME HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TOP NOTCH SERVICE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T GET INTO ALL THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE, BUT I'M HERE FOR A REASON. AND THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE GETTING THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GIVE. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND I'LL WORK THROUGH STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY. UM, SO AS I CONTINUE TO BUILD MY TEAM HERE AND MY PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, YOU SHOULD SEE, UM, GREAT IMPROVEMENT. AND, UH, AND I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER MEETING DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON THE RIGHT TRACK. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE FINAL THING, UH, TEDDY MANAGER AND BILL AND MATT, UH, I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE COGNIZANT, UH, IN FUTURE LOOKING IN THAT WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY COMING ON, WHICH IS GOING TO, UH, ADD MORE TO YOUR WORKLOAD AND SERVICE LOAD, UH, IN THAT WE ARE EXPANDING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, RESIDENTIAL AND OTHERWISE, UH, AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE OF YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE WARP SPEED IN WHICH THINGS ARE BEING BUILT. UH, YOU GOT PARKS DEAD, YOU GOT DRY CREEK VILLAGE, YOU GOT AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER AND MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON. THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE WCA, UH, MORE AND MORE OF THE SERVICES. SO I JUST THINK THAT WE AS STAFF AND, UH, YOU ALL, UH, NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ACCORDINGLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUTURE, UH, SERVICE ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS. ABSOLUTELY. UH, I, 100% AGREE. UH, WE RIGHT NOW AT OUR HIGHWAY SIX LOCATION, WE STAFF ABOUT A HUNDRED DRIVERS AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO CONTINUE IN AND GROW THAT WORKFORCE. SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NO PROBLEM FOR US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL WORK EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FORESIGHT, UM, TO KNOW WHEN THOSE BIG PROJECTS OR BIG COMMUNITIES ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND THAT WE STAFF APPROPRIATELY AND THAT OUR FLEET IS WELL MAINTAINED AND THERE WON'T BE ANY ISSUES IN ANY TRANSITION OF A NEW CUSTOMER OR A NEW COMMUNITY THAT'S BEING ROLLED OUT. [00:50:01] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAD A MOTION BY COSTUMER. CAUSER A SECOND BACK OFF. REMEMBER EDWARDS. IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. AND IT'S A YES FOR ME. SO IT'S MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER, [10. ORDINANCES] CHINA ORDINANCES. I DON'T REMEMBER 10 DAYS, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE VARIOUS CITY TAXES, THE MANY, THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG THE COUNTS, APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS ACCOUNTS AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STAFFING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIAL CAN TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE BUDGET. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED? SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO JUST NOTE, UH, THE MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES THAT THIS DID COME BEFORE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE. AND, UH, I GUESS ELENA IS ON THE LINE THAT SHE CAN SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY. OKAY. COUNSEL, THERE ARE THREE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND ONE IS IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. THAT'S MY THING. THE FIRST ADJUSTMENT IS TO INCREASE THE FTE FOR THE CITY BY ONE, TO INCLUDE A NEW PARKS CARETAKER POSITION. THIS POSITION WAS ONE THAT WAS ASSESSED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST AT THE LAST COMMUNITY. AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS FOR THE RESTAURANT. THE SECOND ITEM IS FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND AMOUNT OF $900,000. AND THIS IS TO COVER LEGAL SERVICES. UH, THE CIVIL SERVICE, NOT THIS, THAT THE SECOND ITEM FOR THE SECOND FUND LOOKS LIKE THESE. AS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS, WE WERE AWARDED $6,845 FOR THE SAME TYPE FOR GRANTS. UM, AND SO WE ARE APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES. SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF THREE. AND THE REASON I WANTED THAT DISCUSSED, OR ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT AROSE FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES MEETING WAS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THE COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR UAE, JOYCE RELATIVE TO THE 90,000, AS FAR AS GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE DETAILS ARE SURROUNDING THAT AT MY DIRECTOR COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. UH, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE JOINT. THE PROPOSED $9,000 IS THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SET UP AN ORIENTATION EXPENSES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT THAT YOU WILL AUTHORIZE LAST YEAR FOR THE SPECIALIZED CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL, WHICH IS NAVARRO. SO THEIR ESTIMATE FOR THE INITIAL SETUP WAS ABOUT $50,000. AND THEIR ESTIMATE FOR TRAINING AND ORIENTATION WAS ABOUT $40,000. NOW I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY WILL EXPEND THAT MUCH JUST BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, BUT THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE THAT WAS CONTAINED IN THE CONTRACT THAT PROPOSED CONTRACTS. THANK YOU. JOYCE, WAS THAT SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, A COUNCIL MEMBER? AH, YES, IT WAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO A MAYOR, THIS DID COME BEFORE A FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE AND WE WERE OKAY WITH ALL OF THE, UH, SUGGESTED AMENDMENT OR THEIR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION. [00:55:04] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. UM, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING MEMBERS STERLING. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. FOR ME, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 10, AN ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING CERTAIN LANDSCAPING REGULATION SET FORTH IN SECTION 11, LANDSCAPING OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S ZONING, COORDINATES SUSPENDING THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT FEES, PROVIDING A PENALTY, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED SECOND? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY, IS THERE DISCUSSION? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THEREFORE TO MARULA. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. ALL SUMMER EMORY. YES. AND IT'S A YES FOR ME. UH, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER 11 [11. RESOLUTIONS ] OR RESOLUTIONS. UM, 11 CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, APPROXIMATELY 42.9, THREE ACRES OF PLANTS. DID YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS? SHASHI, KUMAR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS SHASHI KUMAR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. WE RECEIVED A PETITION FROM MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, PETITIONING TO NX, APPROXIMATELY 42.93 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE ORIENTATION THAT THIS PARCEL OF TWO TRACKS IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FORT PENN TOLL ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY SIX, WHICH IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BUSINESS PARK, UH, WITH THIS PETITION FOR ANNEXATION, IT'LL PROVIDE THE OPTION FOR THE DISTRICT TO SERVICE THE LAND WITH WATER OR WASTE WATER AND BRAINIAC FACILITIES TO DEVELOP THE TRACK. UH, THAT IS THE PRIME REASON WHY THEY ARE ASKING FOR THIS, UH, CONSENT TO, UH, ANNEX. UM, SO YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU AND, UH, WHICH GRANTS THE CONSENT TO MISERY CITY MANAGEMENT NUMBER, DISTRICT NUMBER TWO TO ALEX, THIS LAND, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. WE ALSO HAVE THE, UH, MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, TONY, MISS SUE ANN JOHNSON ONLINE, I BELIEVE. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. UH, SECOND BACK ON SUMMER EDWARDS. IS THERE DISCUSSION HEARING NONE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR MODE MARIPOSA. MAROON. YES. EDWARD. YES, YES, YES, YES. BECAUSE REMEMBER EMERY? YES. YES. FOR ME, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 11, B RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. GREAT UTILITY DISTRICT. NUMBER 10, THE LAND THAT YOU MADE WITHIN THE [01:00:01] EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY UTILITIES MANAGER. SO AGAIN, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW SIENNA PLANTATION, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 10, OR REFER TO THEM AS THE DISTRICT, UM, TO ANNEX 34.160 ACRES. UH, THIS ACREAGE IS LOCATED AT SANTA'S PARKWAY AT MCKEEVER ROAD, AND IT WOULD ALLOW THE ANNEXATION INTO THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT DOES HOLD THE SIMPLE TITLE TO THIS, UM, THIS TRACT OF LAND THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ OF THE CITY. AND IF GIVEN THE, UH, ABILITY TO, UH, TO ANNEX THIS PROPERTY, THE DISTRICT DOES INTEND TO DEVELOP THE LAND FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. THERE'S A PROPOSAL OF ABOUT 135 LOTS THAT THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING AT, UM, BUILDING IN THIS AREA AND THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE, UH, THE UTILITY FACILITIES TO, UM, SUPPLY, UH, THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS PROPERTY. SO THE, THE DISTRICT'S ATTORNEY, UH, NELLY CONNOLLY AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED SECOND COUNCIL MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER, ZUORA DISCUSSION HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR BOTH. YES. EDWARDS COUNCILOR CLAUSER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONEY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS ] SO GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU MAYOR PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY WHO LOST A FAMILY MEMBER IN A FIRE. UH, IT WAS A TRAGIC FIRE. OF COURSE, WE PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILY COMPLIMENTS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING EVERYTHING THEY DO NOT ONLY TO MITIGATE THE FIRE, BUT TO DEAL WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALSO THE POLICE. UM, I WANT TO THANK MISSOURI CITY GREEN FOR DOING GET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONIC RECYCLING ON SATURDAY. THEY HAVE AN UPCOMING ANNUAL TRASH OFF ON MARCH 27TH, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A PAPER SHREDDING COMING SOON. UM, SO LOOK TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE AND CITY RESOURCES FOR THAT DATE. AND THEN, UM, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH IS THE TECHSTOP MEETING. UH, IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW THAT CAUSE, UM, BUSINESSES ON TEXTS ON 10 92, PLEASE ATTEND. THAT'S IT. MER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS FROM, UH, MAYOR PRO-TEM MEROLA'S REGARDING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THE CONDOLENCES TO THAT FAMILY. UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IN MAKING SURE THAT I STAY MOBILE. UM, SOUTH WARFIELD WAS CLEANED AND, UM, ACTUALLY HAD SOME MAINTENANCE DONE TO IT. SO KUDOS TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT OR I'M ACTUALLY HOSTING THIS EVENT AND I ENJOYED HELPING OUT, UM, LENDING A HAND TO BEAUTIFY OUR PARKS. UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES, UM, WHERE YOUR MATH AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO SAVES BACK MEMBERS, UH, UH, ELLIS JONES AND KELLY MA HE SHOWED UP LAST SATURDAY TO SUPPORT THE GRAND OPENING. UH, DRIVE-THRU COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR WONDERFULLY MADE PEDIATRICS ON THE BY CORINNE SMITH AND ERIC LINDSEY. THEY ARE PHYSICIAN, UM, AND KEEPING WITH THE THEME THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, WHICH IS UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE HAD THE GRAND OPENING TO BENEFIT THE FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER. UM, THEY PROVIDED ME A LIST OF DESPERATELY NEEDED, UH, WISHLIST ITEMS AND LEE AS A COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SO MANY ITEMS THAT FILLED THE ROOM. IT ACTUALLY TOOK MYSELF AND DR. SMITH. UH, WE BOTH CARRIED [01:05:01] CARLOS AND THEN FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER HAD TO COME BACK WITH A VAN TO GET THE REST OF THEM. SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR EMBRACING DR. SMITH AND ERICA LINDSEY, AND ALSO THE PORT MAINE WOMEN'S CENTER. AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING. UM, I WANT TO SAY DMR.COM. UM, THEY HONORED ME, UH, RECENTLY LAST WEEK AS A COMMUNITY HERO AND THEIR ANNUAL TOP 50 PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS FOR 2021. I WAS HONORED ALONGSIDE, UH, SHERIFF AIR AIRY FAGAN FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRIAN MILTON, AND ALSO FORT BEND ISD BOARD TRUSTEE, EDDIE HEYLIGER. LASTLY, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY TO APPLY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE WILL BE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE TO APPLY AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS IN MISSOURI CITY. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 14 APPLICATIONS, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EXTENDING THAT DEADLINE AND YOU CAN GO TO MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV TO FIND THAT APPLICATION. UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ONCE AGAIN, WHO GOES TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS? WELL, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ABOUT FOOD DRIVES AND WATER DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY, INCLUDING THE KINGSLEY FOUNDATION, WHICH YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISTRIBUTE WATER PPE AND FOOD AS WELL. UH, I ALSO LIKE THE KUDOS TO, UM, UH, MAYOR I'M SORRY, COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, CLOUDS OF A GREAT EVENT. A COMMUNITY EVENT WAS ABLE TO DONATE AND PARTICIPATE IN HER. THEN ON LAST SATURDAY, UH, ALSO MAYOR PARTICIPATE. I PARTICIPATED IN VIETNAM YOUTH COUNCIL ON LAST WEEK. THANK THINK ONCE AGAIN, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE SOUTHEAST COALITION OF HOS, UH, LAST WEEK WHEN WE BROUGHT IN HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS WELL, THEN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES OR CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, AS WELL AS RODNEY COMMISSIONER ELLIS IS, UH, CAME. SO THAT WAS A GREAT MEETING. I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE METRO TOUR THAT RETOOLED AROUND THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND I LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, BILL AND HIS TEAM, UH, POHNPEIAN METALS ON LAST WEEK. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH ASSESSOR. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THEY TELL US WHEN THE CLOUDS ARE FOUR, INVITE ME OUT TO ATTEND THE EVENT AT A WONDERFUL PEDIATRIC. THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL FACILITY. DEFINITELY A WELCOME TO ADDITIONAL MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SAY I ATTENDED THE MASTER LEAGUE OF CITIES CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE FROM LAST SUNDAY TO WEDNESDAY, I WAS HAPPY TO PLAY THE ROLE AND WORKING WITH MY PEERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP SHAPE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE PUBLIC POLICY THAT HAS NOW BECOME, UH, SIGNED INTO LAW. THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AS PART OF MY, UH, BEING REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, WHERE WE WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND WITH LAWMAKERS, SUCH AS CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, TO HELP DELIVER $7.4 MILLION DIRECTLY TO MISSOURI CITY, AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO THE STATE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS IN THIS BILL. THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY. I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO THE YOUNG FOLKS, UH, WHO WERE PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION ON LAST WEEK. ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, MANEESH SETH, UH, WHO, UM, HE AND HIS TEAM. UH, AND, UH, I THINK HIS COMPANY IS A SETH AND ALEXANDRA ADVISERS. UH, HIM AND HIS TEAM PROVIDED A HUNDRED, I MEAN, A THOUSAND MEALS, 204 50 CASES OF WATER AND PPE GERALD, MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS. UH, I'LL I'LL. I DO WANT TO THANK THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM METRO FOR GIVING US A TOUR AND UPDATE ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, ON LAST WEEK AND, UH, TO LISTEN TO US CONCERNING OUR NEEDS AND OUR EXPECTATIONS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS. UH, THERE WERE OTHER THINGS I PARTICIPATED IN INCLUDED, DROPPING OFF STUFF AT THAT MISSOURI CITY GREEN ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT THAT MAYOR PRO TEM OR RULE HAS MENTIONED. BUT, UH, AFTER THIS MEETING, UH, I'LL BE HEADED TO AUSTIN WITH, UH, CHIEF BARISAN, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TESTIFY ON A REFILE BILL H A HOUSE BILL ONE 94, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, UH, DILIGENTLY WITH A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS ON SINCE 2018 TO STUDY AND ADDRESS THE REGULATION OF GROUP HOMES AND MISSOURI CITY AND ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE COMMITTEE LAST SESSION, WHICH WAS IN 2019, [01:10:01] BUT I'M VERY, UH, OVERLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN GET THIS BILL OUT OF THE COMMITTEE ONTO THE HOUSE FLOOR AND EVENTUALLY HAVE IT PASSED. AND, UH, PRAYERFULLY SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT. LASTLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, GIVE THEM THE GREATEST ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, AND COMMENT. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY WONDERFUL AND PHENOMENAL FIVE PROVERBS 31 WIFE OF 24 YEARS ON TODAY. UH, MARCH 15TH. UH, , SHE'S RELUCTANTLY SHARING ME WITH YOU ALL THIS EVENING. SO MISSOURI CITY AND MAKES SURE YOU TELL HER THINGS, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, HON SMOKER, BOY, HAVE WE HAD A REST WITH YOU ALL A CONSOLE EMERY? YES. UH, I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS MADE BY MARIN PRO TIM, UH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE, UH, TXDOT, UH, 10 92, UH, MEDIAN PROJECT THAT THEY'RE, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, IMPLEMENTING, UH, IF, UH, YOU, UH, UH, FM 10 92 RFI, YOU'RE A RESIDENT THAT ALONG THAT OR A BUSINESS OR EVEN THE CHURCH, UH, WE NEED YOUR INPUT. UH, THE, UM, THE, THE PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE, UH, ON THE BOOKS, UH, IS, UH, FROM, UM, UH, HAMPTON STARTING ON HAMPTON AND GOING ALL THE WAY, UH, TO HIGHWAY 59. SO IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH MISSOURI CITY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, ARE YOU JUST WANT TO, UH, TO, UH, BE HEARD PLEASE BE AT THE, UH, TEXTILE MEETING IT'S, UM, MARCH 17TH FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM AT THE, UH, CITY COMMUNITY CENTER HERE AT, UH, CITY HALL. SO PLEASE, UH, UH, ATTEND OR SEND IN AN EMAIL OR LET US HAVE YOUR, UH, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT, ON THAT PROJECT. UH, AGAIN, METRO, UH, PROVIDED US WITH A GREAT TOUR AND ANSWERED SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS AND TOOK SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE, UH, GET, UH, ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN GET FOR THE, UH, SALES TAX DOLLARS THAT, UH, WE, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, THE, UH, THE METRO, UH, GROUP. UH, LET'S SEE, I HAD, UH, UH, THE MAYOR'S, UH, UH, COMMISSION, UH, I WAS, UM, HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, REALLY, UH, YOUNG, UH, PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE, ARE DEDICATED TO, UM, UH, VOLUNTEERING AND, UH, ON, UH, THIS, UH, COMMISSION. SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, TIME WELL SPENT AND, UH, I, UH, OFFER MY, UH, SUCCESS, UH, REQUEST FOR SUCCESS FOR, UH, FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION. AND FINALLY, UH, I WAS ABLE TO, UM, ATTEND THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR OUR KID'S EDITION, UH, WHICH, UH, UH, IS A GROUP OF, UH, AT THIS POINT FOR, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, UH, FROM AGES NINE TO 12, I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, WHO, UH, HAVE TAKEN UP THE TASK OF, UH, UH, HAVING, UH, A, UH, AN ORGANIZATION, WHICH, UH, DOES, UM, INTERVIEWS OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL DIFFERENT, UH, EITHER, UH, UH, STATIONS IN LIFE OR, UH, UH, OTHER, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, AREAS, UH, OF, UM, EMPLOYMENT. AND, UH, IT, UH, IT GIVES ME GREAT, UH, GREAT COMFORT TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, REALLY, UH, GETTING INVOLVED IN, UH, IN THE, AND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. AND, UH, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION, UH, UH, VIVIAN TURNER, WHO IS THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE DIRECTOR FOR, UH, PULLING ALL OF THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER. AND WITH THAT, UH, I'D SAY, UH, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MARIE, I HAVE SOME OF THE, UH, SIMILAR, UH, ITEMS THAT EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT. SO I JUST GO BRIEFLY HERE REAL QUICK. UM, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, ARE, MAY I APPROACH THE MOROSE AND STACY WALKER, A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR HELPING TO HAVE THAT COVID, UH, PRESENTATION WITH, UH, DR. MARK BONE, [01:15:01] UH, HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM. SO THAT WAS A VERY WELL PRESENTED VIDEO AND HEARD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU ALL, UH, MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, AS SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT ANY, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THAT. UH, THEY DO HAVE ONCE A MONTH MEETING, I SAID TO BE POSTED ON THE CALENDAR, AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN. UH, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CROSSOVER STERLING, UH, COUNCILOR BODY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, TO ATTEND THAT, UH, ZOOM CALL. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ONE COMING UP IN NEXT MONTH. SO THANK YOU NOW, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, UNDER ADJACENT MANGO AND THAT WHOLE TEAM, AND DOING A GREAT JOB WITH, UH, WITH THE MIRRORS AND NOT IN THE WEEKEND BEFORE LAST, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COVID DOGS WITH THEIR COOK-OFFS, UM, WITH THEIR GUMBO COMES OFF AS TRYING TO REOPEN THAT BUSINESS BACK UP AND, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING. SO MYSELF, ALONG WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, CLOUDS ARE IN AND HERE AND THERE, SOME OF THE OTHERS VISITED SEVERAL, SEVERAL NEW PLACES, OF COURSE, WONDERFULLY MADE IN PEDIATRICS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, GREG, UH, TURNED AROUND OVER THERE. UM, I ALSO WANTED ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SANK, UM, UM, WANT TO TAKE THIS A OF FIELD. IT SEEMS LIKE I'M THANKING MATT PRO TEM ALL DAY LONG, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK HIM FOR THE, UH, LAY BLUE CLEANERS, UH, WHAT HE'S DONE WITH THAT PLACE AND TO SOME OF YOU WHO ARE PROBABLY LISTENING TO THIS, THAT PLACE CLOSED, UM, YOU KNOW, BELLY UP. AND THEN, UH, THE OWNERS CAME IN AND CLOSED THE DOORS WITH THOUSANDS OF WHERE DIPLO'S, THAT'S INSIDE THE PLACE MAT APPROACH AND MOROSE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING WAS ABLE TO OPEN THAT PLACE, UM, AND GET, UH, CLOSE OUT TO COMMUNITY, UH, WITH VOLUNTEERS. AND HE HAD ME GO OVER THERE AND DO THE, UH, DO THE, WORKING THE BACK WALL, AND IT WAS HOT, BUT I DID IT. SO, AND I KNOW HE HAD AN EVENT ON LAST SATURDAY, WHICH HE ALSO HANDED OUT MANY, MANY CLOTHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, SO GREAT JOB, GREAT JOB. THIS IS TOTALLY COMMUNITY PUTTING COMMUNITY FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE FIRST, I SEE MISSOURI CITY GREEN, OR THANK YOU FOR THEM LIKE CHRONIC CYCLING AS ALWAYS FANTASTIC JOB. I COULDN'T THANK, UM, BE MORE THANKFUL TO MANEESH THAT AND APPROVE UP FOR REEK, UH, FOR THAT AS WHAT COMES TO MEMBER BOARD, YOU TALKED ABOUT THOUSAND MEALS, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, NIAGARA WATER WENT DROPPING WATER AND THEN, UH, PPE. SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. UM, AND THEN METRO TOUR, UM, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND, UH, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD THAT TOUR WITH METRO. UM, AND THEN, AND I DID HEAR THAT, UH, IT WAS A GREAT TOUR AND PROBABLY STARTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE METRO WORKS FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS THAT'S HERE. SO TO THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTENDED. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT IN CON, UH, AND JUST SUCCEED A GREAT PLACE, UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, LAST WEEK, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY TO BE WITH OUR US CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, UM, ALONG WITH MYSELF, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY. AND, AND TO TALK ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MISSOURI CITY. UH, UM, AND EVERYDAY RULE WAS 7.2 MILLION OR $7.4 MILLION TO MISSOURI CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AND THAT WILL HELP A LOT OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN GREEN. AND HE'S BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR MISSOURI CITY AND NOT JUST WITH, WITH, UNDER HIM UNDER MY LEADERSHIP, EVEN IN THE PAST, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER HIS WORK WITH EVERY MAYOR, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AND EVERY CITY MANAGERS OF MISSOURI CITY TO HOP TO FOOT MISSOURI CITY, UM, AND TO HELP IN ANY POSSIBLE WAY THAT YOU CAN. SO THERE'S $7.4 MILLION. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND IT DOES COME WITH A GREAT APPRECIATION OF GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR HIS ADVOCACY, ESPECIALLY DURING, UM, AT THAT SESSION AND GETTING US THAT MONEY ALONG WITH OTHER NEARBY CITIES AND, AND, UM, I KNOW ORGANIZED D AND OTHERS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL. SO THOSE WERE MY REPORTS. OKAY. WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS OR [01:20:01] DISCUSSIONS, OR GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND WE'LL WAIT TO MEET. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.