* 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. OKAY, GOOD EVENING [00:00:01] AGAIN. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND START OUR COUNSEL'S QUESTION MEETINGS. UM, CALL [1. CALL TO ORDER] THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:40 PM AND STAYS AT THE NOTICE FOR THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DELETED, POSTED. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL ON THE CITY COUNCIL. I THINK YOUR REMEMBER EDWARD COUNT THE NUMBER OF STERLING RESIDENTS. NUMBER EMERY WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL, CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND FOR DINNERS AND THEY CALL YOUR NAME, BUT HE MANAGED TO SHUT US DOWN. DOESN'T CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL, CITY ATTORNEY STACY WALKER, DIRECTOR OF FORCED MIGRATION BASICALLY MADE THEM A RECREATION MANAGER. DANIEL STEWART PUBLIC WORKS. UM, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CLASSES, LAMAR PUBLIC WORKS, OFFICE MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. MARK RUSSELL, WE ALSO HAVE, I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL. PUBLIC COMMENT. REQUESTERS CLAUDIA MULLEN. YES. MA'AM YES. PRESENT. THEN I PUT A VIDEO HERE. HELLO? THANK YOU, SIR. MS. TRINA POWERS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHOSE NAME WAS NOT CALLED KYLIE WILSON WITH CPS HR CONSULTING. ANYONE ELSE? UBER UTILITIES MANAGER. ANYONE ELSE? GOLF COURSE MANAGER. WHAT ELSE? PRESENT. TRAIN OF POWERS PRESENT. THANK YOU, MS. POWERS. THANKS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'S ON THE LINE FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING. ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA COULD NOTIFY THE CITY SECRETARY BY EMAIL OWNERS, PERMISSION TO RECORD COMMENT REQUESTS BEFORE 4:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS OF 4:00 PM TODAY, THE CITY DID RECEIVE REQUEST TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL. OKAY, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [2. (a) Discuss the proposed public arts ordinance. (Proposed presenter: Director of Parks and Recreation Jason Mangum and Recreation Manager Daniele Stewart)] TWO, A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO A DISCUSS THE PROPOSED PUBLIC ART PUBLIC ART SUPPORT MINUTES. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, JASON MANGUM AND RECREATIONAL MANAGER, DANIEL STEWART. HI, GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DANIELLE RECORDS. UM, SO THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARKS BOARD IN MAY OF 2020, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN APRIL OF 2020, BOTH BODIES HAVE FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND THE INITIAL PRESENTATION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO COUNCIL AND JUNE OF 2020 TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM WILL BE TO ENHANCE THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR CITIES AND VISITORS. UM, COMMEMORATE THE CITY'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY, UM, INTEGRATE SOME WORK WITH ARTISTS AS WELL AS PROMOTE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC VITALITY THROUGH THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. [00:05:01] UM, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, EACH DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTED THEIR OWN PROGRAMS TO KEEP MISSOURI CITY BEAUTIFUL. IN 2015, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS LAUNCHED THE SIGNAL BOX ART PROJECT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND FOLLOWING THE ASSESS THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS JOINED IN THE CELEBRATION OF YOUNG ARTISTS AND DISPLAYED THE ARTWORK OF FORT BEN STUDENTS IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR FOR NATIONAL HEART MONTH. WHEN THE VISITOR CENTER OPENED IN 2018, THEY STARTED A ROTATING ART EXHIBIT, UM, TO HIGHLIGHT LOCAL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS. AND SINCE THEN THE CITY HAS ALSO ACQUIRED THREE FINE ART PIECES. THESE ACQUISITIONS STARTED A BUNCH OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POSSESSION AND PLACEMENT, AND REALLY IDENTIFIED A GROWING NEED FOR A FORMAL PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM. THIS LED TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS, AND EVENTUALLY THE LEGAL TEAM WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS ORDINANCE WILL APPLY TO ALL ARTWORK THAT IS CONSTRUCTED, COMMISSIONED, ACQUIRED LOANED, DONATED, OR PERFORMED ON ANY CITY OWNED OR OPERATED PROPERTY. THIS GOES EVERYWHERE FROM OUR PAINTINGS AND MURALS TO SCULPTURES OF ANY DIFFERENT MEDIUM. IT WILL NOT APPLY TO ARTWORK THAT'S MASS PRODUCED OR CREATED PRIMARILY FOR MEDIA. UM, AS WELL AS ARTWORK THAT APPLIES TO STUDENTS OR ANY PERFORMANCES THAT ARE HELD AT MISSOURI CITY'S ANNUAL EVENTS, UNLESS THE PERFORMANCE IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE EVENT. NEXT SLIDE, THE IT'S DOES OUTLINE CRITERIA FOR ARTWORK THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED INTO THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM. SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THAT WILL BE THAT THE ARTWORK IS OF THE HIGHEST AESTHETIC AND ENDURING VALUE. UM, IF THE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS OUT, YOU KNOW, MEETS CERTAIN MINIMUMS AND IF THE PIECE MEETS THE CITY SAFETY STANDARDS, UM, IN ADDITION, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ARTWORK AND THE SITE WHERE IT WILL BE PLACED, UM, IF THAT INTEGRATES INTO THE ARCHITECTURE, THE LANDSCAPE, THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND LOCAL CHARACTER, IF THE SITES WILL BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC. AND IF THE ARTWORK IS DESIGNED WITH MINIMUM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, UM, MAXIMUM RESISTANCE TO VANDALISM, NEXT SLIDE, THE ORDINANCE WOULD ALSO CREATE AN ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION THAT WILL BE COMPOSED OF NINE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMISSION. IT WILL BE CONSISTS OF COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, ART PROFESSIONALS, CURATORS, AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS. THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TO ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ART THAT'S ACCEPTED. UM, THEY WILL ALSO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM. THESE GUIDELINES INCLUDE IDENTIFYING, IDENTIFYING SUITABLE ARTWORK FOR A PROJECT SELECTING ARTWORK FOR DISPLAY PERFORMANCE OR DEMONSTRATION COMMISSIONING ARTISTS AND ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL OR CULTURAL ARTWORK. THEY'LL ALSO APPROVE A 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES CURRENT AND FEATURES SITES AND INCLUDES A LIST OF PRE-APPROVED SITES FOR THE PLACEMENT OF ARTWORK THAT IS ACQUIRED. THE COMMISSION WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO APPOINT SUBCOMMITTEES TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT FOR EACH PROJECT, UM, FOR PLACEMENT BUDGET AND ITEMS LIKE THAT. THEY'LL ALSO BE FOR HIGHLIGHTING AND PROMOTING MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES THAT RESIDE IN MISSOURI CITY. AND THEY'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THE ART COLLECTION. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DID WORK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT TWO PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS AND ACIDIC CITIZENS SURVEY. UM, THESE WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OF PUBLIC ART AND WHERE OUR RESIDENTS WANTS TO SEE ART AND WHAT TYPES OF ART THEY MOST WANT TO EXPERIENCE AND THE PARTICIPANTS OF THESE MEETINGS AND SURVEYS, WHERE ARTISTS ARE EDUCATORS AND RESIDENTS WHO WERE FANS OF ART. THE OUTCOME THAT WE GOT FROM THESE, UM, SURVEYS AND MEETINGS WAS THAT THERE'S A STRONG DESIRE FOR MURALS AND SCULPTURES TO BE UTILIZED FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MOSTLY IN PARKS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND UNEXPECTED PLACES. [00:10:04] OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANIELLE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I'M HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE CULTURE PART OF THIS AND TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AND DEFINITELY COME ABOUT, UM, COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPING. I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW WOULD THIS COMMITTEE, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. YES. SO WE DO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD BASE OF CONTACTS PARTIALLY THROUGH OUR STAFF'S OUTREACH INTO OTHER CITIES, LOCAL EDUCATORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY, PARTICULARLY FOR THE CITIZEN INDIVIDUAL PORTION OF THE COMMITTEE, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN JOINING COMMITTEE OR NOT. UM, AND SO WE'RE PLANNING TO UTILIZE IF APPROVED, WE'RE PLANNING TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH CONTACTING THESE INDIVIDUALS. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED UP WITH PRETTY REGULARLY, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT COMMUNICATION STAYED STRONG AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THEM ONBOARD. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT THEY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED FINE ARTS DEPARTMENTS, EXCELLENCE ARTS. SO YOU MAY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM. THEY DO, THEY DO. THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON MY LIST TO CONTACT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS. I WAS WONDERING HOW DO YOU SPEND ON BEDDING ARTISTS WHO FULFILL THOSE DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THE SURVEY? SO PART OF THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION. UM, THE ORDINANCE DOES GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AND ON WHAT GROUNDS, UM, THERE, THE MURALS AND THE SCULPTURES WERE A LITTLE BIT LEANING TOWARDS THE MOST POPULAR VOTE, BUT I PERSONALLY, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED AT HOW THE VARIETY THAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT. UM, SO I THINK IT'S OPEN TO INCLUDE ANY ASPECT OF OUR, WE EVEN HAD CITIZENS THAT ARE WANTING THEATER, PROJECTIONS, STREET, ART, DIGITAL ART, PERFORMANCE, ART, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES. AND SO AS MUCH AS THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THE CERT OR THE OUTCOME OF THE SURVEY, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A WIDE VARIETY OF RESPONSES AS WELL. OKAY. I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION WAS HOW DO YOU PLAN ON BIDDING THE ARTISTS WHO FULFILL THOSE DESIRES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THAT AIRBAG? GOTCHA. MY APOLOGIES. SO THAT ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION WILL BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS BETTER IDEA OF VETTING, UM, WE DO HAVE IN THIS ORDINANCE AND GUIDELINES FOR IT, BUT PART OF HAVING THEM BE CURATORS AND DESIGNERS AND EDUCATORS, THEY WILL HAVE A FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF VETTING THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES. AND THEY'LL THE COMMISSION WILL RECOMMEND TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. UM, IF THEY BELIEVE THIS ARTIST IS WORTHY OF DISPLAYING IN MISSOURI CITY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UH, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY, BUT, UH, CAN YOU, UH, TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF CRITERIA TO ENSURE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE SAFETY OF THE, UH, THE ITEM? UM, SO THERE IS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ART, ESPECIALLY, UM, MOST OF THE ARTWORK, IF IN ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF YOU PICTURE A PARK OR ONE OF OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WILL BE BUILT INTO ALMOST THE SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP PLAN OF OUR BUILDINGS OR GROUNDS. UM, CERTAIN ART MAY NEED ADDITIONAL, UM, REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. AND EACH ART PIECE WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY WILL HAVE ITS OWN MAINTENANCE PLAN, WHICH WILL INCLUDE ANY SORT OF SECURITY OR OPERATIONAL NEEDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE'LL HAVE A FILE [00:15:01] ON THAT ART PIECE ITSELF AS WELL. AND SO EACH PIECE OF ART WILL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, AND THOSE WILL BE ASSESSED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS FOR THE MOST PART. UM, BUT AS A GENERAL OUTLINE, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY WILL BE THE ART PIECES WILL BE INCLUDED WITH BUILDING AND PARK AND, UM, SPACE SECURITY AND MAINTENANCE PLANS. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, JASON. AND THINK THAT AS [2. (b) Discuss the Street Light Policy. (Proposed presenter: Director of Public Works Director Shashi Kumar and Public Works Office Manager Randall West)] WELL, MORE TO ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED THE STREETLIGHT POLICY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND PUBLIC WORKS, OFFICE MANAGER, LANDO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS SHASHI. MARK. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, MARIN COUNCIL, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS OF FORESIGHT TO ADDRESS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS IS ADMINISTERING THE STREETLIGHTS PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT A DESIGNATED STAFF POSITION FOR THIS. OUR PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE MANAGER HAS KIND OF BECOME THE RESIDENT EXPERTS ON STREETLIGHT POLICY. SO I HAVE INVITED RANDY WEST TO JOIN ME IN TAC TEAM IN THIS PRESENTATION, RANDY, YOU WANT TO SAY, HI, THANK YOU, RANDY. UH, AS YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU MAY KNOW, OR THE PAST YEAR OR SO, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF NEEDS AND REQUESTS FOR STREETLIGHTS THAT HAS COME IN FRONT OF US. UH, SO RANDY AND I WILL PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT POLICY AND PRACTICE AS IT RELATES TO STREET LIGHTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER FOR YOU TONIGHT IS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF STREET LIGHTING? WHAT IS OUR CURRENT POLICY? AND I WOULD EMPHASIZE PRACTICE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PRECEDENTS IN WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY WILL GIVE YOU AN SYNOPSIS OF COST. WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE TO MAINTAIN THE STREETLIGHTS? AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THE LATEST REQUESTS AND NEEDS THAT HAVE COME FROM THE CITIZENS. UH, FINALLY WE NEED SOME INPUT AND DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROVIDE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, LET ME READ THE PURPOSE OR INTENT OF STREETLIGHT BEING HAS, IS IN OUR CODES TO PROVIDE MOTORWAY CALLS WITH QUICK, ACCURATE, AND COMFORTABLE VISION AT NIGHT, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEED TO PROVIDE LIGHTING IN A, IN AN ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT, SAFE, AND COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING LAND USE. SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE STREETLIGHTS WAS IN TRENDED FOR TRAFFIC. OFTENTIMES WE HEAR RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS ASKING ABOUT MORE LIGHTS AS A CRIME DETERRENT OR TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. ALTHOUGH IT'S COMMON SENSE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF INDIRECT BENEFITS. THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR SAFE MOVING OF TRAFFIC, OUR CITY STREETS, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE STREET LIGHTING. NOW PUBLIC WORKS APPROVES ALL STREETING STREET LIGHTING PLANTS. AND TYPICALLY THIS IS DONE WHEN THE SUBDIVISION IS IN THE SUBDIVISION BUILDING PROCESS. SO WHEN NEW NEIGHBORHOOD IS COMING, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, PARK SAGE, THEY SUBMIT US, UH, UH, A PLAN FOR STREET LIGHTING, PUBLIC WORKS, REVIEWS IT AND APPROVES IT. AND WE DO HAVE STANDARDS FOR STREET LIGHTING, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MENU NEXT. SO PALESTINIAN PRACTICE HAS BEEN THAT IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THE DEVELOPER SHALL INSTALL THESE SLIDES. UH, TYPICALLY UNTIL 80% OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT OUT OR THREE YEARS FROM THE ACCEPTANCE OF STREETS, THE STREETLIGHTS ARE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER. AFTER THAT, THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS TURNED OVER TO THE CITY UPON INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE. THAT'S BEEN THE GENERAL PRACTICE, AND THIS INCLUDES THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARES LOCATED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL. NOW, UM, THE QUESTION HAS COME UP ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE BUILT WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS BEING INSTALLED WHEN THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT. WHAT IS THE PROCESS THERE? NOW OUR DESIGN STANDARDS SAY THAT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF STREET CLIENTS BY THE CITY IN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT SHALL BE CONTINGENT UPON THE AVERAGE TRAINEE PLAVIX STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT STREET, DESIGN, EXISTING ELIMINATION LEVELS, [00:20:01] LEVELS, AND BUDGET AND FUNDS. AND THE KEY TO NOTE THERE IS BUDGETED FUNDS AND WE'LL REVISIT THAT ISSUE LATER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE STANDARDS FOR A CITY LIGHT IS WHAT WE CALL A TYPICAL COBRA HEAD ON A CARBON GHETTO STREET, UM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY 35 TO 40 FEET ON A METAL POLE. AND WE'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, OR IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, ANYTHING THAT DEVIATES FROM THIS, WHAT WE CALL THE COBRA HEAD, WE CONSIDER THAT TO BE ORNAMENTAL, UH, AND ANYTHING. UH, AND THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN IS CITI DOES NOT PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ORNAMENTAL STREETLIGHTS. AND IT WILL BE THE RESPONSE WILL BE THE ENTITY WHO PUTS IT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN THEM. NOW IN THE PAST, WE'VE ENTERTAINED VARIANCE, WHICH IS ALLOWED PER OUR CODE. AND WE HAVE PERMITTED, UM, UH, IN SOME LOCATIONS, UH, TO INSTALL DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS, EXAMPLE, LEXINGTON VILLAGE. AND THERE IS SOME PRECEDENTS WHERE CVS ACCEPTED THE MAINTENANCE OF IT. AND WE PAY FOR THE OPERATION COSTS RELATED TO THOSE ORNAMENT LIGHTS AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW, IF YOU SEE HERE, THE TYPICAL, UH, STREET LIGHTING PATTERNS WE HAVE IN THE CITY, THE ONE ON THE TOP IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS KIND OF, UH, PAINTED ON BLACK POLES. UH, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE TYPICAL, WHAT WE CALL THE STANDARD STREET, THE CITY LIVES, WHICH IS THE STANDARD COBRA HEAD METAL POLE. WE ALSO DO HAVE STREETLIGHTS IN. THIS IS AGAIN, COME UP IN RECENT PAST, UH, MOUNTED ON WHAT WE CALL THE SIGNAL HEADS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLEARLY VISIBLE FOR YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SIGNAL HAND IN THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER, THERE ARE SOME LIGHTS THERE THAT ARE MOUNTAIN HOMBRES SIGNAL HEADS. NEXT SLIDE. SORRY. THIS MAP, UH, THE DOTS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE THE STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY. ROUGHLY CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 44,400 4,400 STREET LIGHTS. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO NOTE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CNI AREA, WHICH IS THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE. YOU DON'T SEE THOSE DOTS ANYMORE. THERE, UH, THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WESTBROOK NEWPOINT ESTATES, ESTATES OF SILVER AGE. THESE ARE MORE OF THE SUBURBAN KIND OF SETTING OPEN DITCH KIND OF BRAINERD SYSTEM WHERE A STREET LIGHTS WERE NOT INSTALLED WHEN THE DEVELOPMENTS WERE BUILT. AND WE'LL REVISIT THIS, UH, TOPIC AGAIN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. NOW, UH, OUR STREETS ARE CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, FOR EXAMPLE, TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT STAFFORD TRIED ROAD COLLECTOR. ALWAYS. THESE ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT LEAD INTO THE SUBDIVISION, UM, LEXINGTON BOULEVARD, BRIGHTWATER DRIVE THAT LEADS INTO THE BRIGHT QUARTERS SUBDIVISION. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE LOCAL STREETS THAT FRONTS THE HOMES, ROBINSON DRAWN INDIGO LANE, ET CETERA. OKAY. NOW, UH, WE HA WE DO HAVE STANDARDS FOR THE SPACING OF STREETS ON LOCAL STREET. UH, GENERALLY IT'S TRAILING AND 50 FEET APART, NO CLOSER THAN 200 FEET IN NO FURTHER THAN FIND IT FEET. UH, THERE IS A SPECIFICATION FOR LUMENS, UH, AGAIN ON CUL-DE-SAC UNLESS THE CUL-DE-SAC IS LONG ENOUGH. WE TYPICALLY DON'T STALL STREET LIGHTS ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. UH, GENERALLY THERE ARE HUNDRED FEET APART, AGAIN, THAT IS THE MINIMUM SPACING AND THE MAXIMUM SPACING, BUT I CAN'T. THESE ARE STANDARDS THAT WE ENFORCE WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS ARE BEING INSTALLED AND CB REVIEWS IN THE PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE CITY DEEMS IT NECESSARY, OUR DESIGN STANDARDS GIVES THE ABILITY TO THE CITY ENGINEER TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL LIGHTS OR, UH, CHANGES SPACING AS MAY BE NECESSARY. NEXT LIKELY, UH, AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER. I JUST WENT OVER THE BASIC POLICY AND STANDARDS AT THIS POINT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO RANDY. WHO'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COSTS RELATED TO STREETLIGHTS, RANDY. THANK YOU, SASHA. UM, BASICALLY THE COST OF A STREETLIGHT, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PARTS. THERE'S THE INSTALLATION, THE TARIFF, WHICH IS THE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINT FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE, UH, THAT'D BE CHANGING BULBS, OR IF A POLE GETS HIT BY A CAR, THEY COME OUT AND CHANGE IT WITH NO COST TO US. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WHICH IS THE MONTHLY CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY FROM A METER TO AN UNMETERED STREETLIGHTS. WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES. METERED ARE USUALLY YOUR DECORATIVE, UH, LIKE ON THE BRIDGES [00:25:01] AT GLEN LAKES. UM, AND ON THE, UH, SIGNAL POLES AROUND TOWN, THE UNMETERED ARE BASICALLY, UH, THE, UH, STANDARD STREET LIGHTS ON THE COBRA HEAD METAL POLES AND ALSO ON WOOD POLES AROUND THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. THIS IS A, UH, BREAKDOWN OF COSTS, UH, OUR LAST 12 MONTHS, WHICH IS THE YEAR 2020, UH, OUR TOTAL COST FOR THE STREET LIGHT BILLS. THE ELECTRICITY BILLS WAS 525,000, UM, 12 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, UH, AVERAGE MONTHLY COST IS ABOUT 44,000 A MONTH. UM, NUMBER OF STREETLIGHTS LIKE SASHA SAID IS APPROXIMATELY 4,400. IT GOES UP ALL THE TIME. UH, AS NEW STREET LIGHTS, NEW NEIGHBORHOODS COME ONLINE AND THE WARRANTIES ARE TURNED OVER TO US, UM, THROUGH DEVELOPERS AND, UH, OTHER ENTITIES. UM, YOUR BASIC MONTHLY COST ON THE STREETLIGHT IS ABOUT $10 A MONTH. AND A YEARLY COST IS ABOUT $120 A MONTH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A COST COMPARISON FROM 2019 TO 2020, WHICH 2020 WAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR. WE HAD LED, UM, R A PRICE REALIZATION FROM COUNCIL'S, UH, DECISION TO REPLACE ALL THE LEDS. YOU CAN SEE THERE. WE, UM, SAVED ABOUT $111,000, UM, ABOUT A 20% DECREASE IN THE LAKE STREET, ELECTRICITY USAGE. UM, BUT AS STATED BEFORE, THIS DOES KIND OF GET EATEN UP BY NEW STREETLIGHTS, UH, GOING ONLINE ALL THE TIME, YEAR BY YEAR. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, THIS IS THE FROM CENTER POINT. WE'RE GETTING AN ALLOCATION OF STREETLIGHTS EVERY YEAR, UH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 50 STREETLIGHTS PER CALENDAR YEAR FOR THE CITY TO USE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND LOCAL STREETS. AND THAT BASICALLY IS DEFINED BY CENTER POINT IS A STREET THAT HAS DRIVEWAYS ON IT. SO IT'S GOTTA BE, IT CAN'T BE A COLLECTOR ROAD. IT CAN'T BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. IT HAS TO BE STREETS WITH HOUSES. UM, UH, LIKE I SAID, THE ALLOCATION CAN BE USED, UH, TO ENHANCE EXISTING STREET LIGHTING OR USED IN AREAS THAT HAVE NO STREET LIGHTING. UH, THE ALLOCATED STREET LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED AT NO COST TO THE CITY. HOWEVER, THE CITY DOES INHERIT THE ENERGY AND TARIFF COSTS AND PERPETUALLY, UM, NEW AND ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL STREET LIGHTS ARE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. ALL ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATION ON NON-LOCAL ROADWAYS, WHICH WOULD BE ANYTHING EXCEPT A RESIDENTIAL STREET. UM, THEY MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE REQUESTS, MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CENTER POINT FOR THEIR REVIEW, UH, AT THE DISCRETION OF CENTER POINT, THE CITY WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR INSTALLATION, BUT WILL INHERIT THE TARIFF AND ENERGY COST IF IT'S APPROVED. UH, OTHERWISE THE REQUEST WILL BE REJECTED. AND WE DID HAVE AN EXAMPLE COMING UP OF BRIGHTWATER ENTRANCE AND LEXINGTON, WHICH WAS REJECTED BY CENTER POINT. UH, ALTERNATIVELY, THE HOA OR OTHER ENTITY CAN PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION, UH, WHICH AGAIN, EXAMPLE OF BRIGHTWATER INTEREST IN LEXINGTON. THE HOA IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION AND THE CITY WILL PICK UP THE, UH, TARIFF AND ENERGY COST AFTER THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO SASHI TO CLOSE THIS OUT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU, RANDY. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE REFER TO AS A COLLECTOR STREET ALONG BRIGHT BORDER. THE HOA WANTED TO INSTALL THREE LIGHTS AND CENTRAL POINT REJECTED THIS IN THE SENSE THAT THEY COULD NOT BE A CITY COULD NOT USE OUR ALLIANCE HERE BECAUSE THEY SAID THIS DOES NOT CLASSIFY AS A RESIDENTIAL STREET. AND IN THIS CASE, THE HOA STEPPED UP AND PAID FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHTS AND CITY FACILITATED THE PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES OF THE REQUESTS? UH, THE COMMON TYPES OF REQUESTS THAT WE GET IS LACK OF LACK OF ADEQUATE STREET LIGHTING AND NEED FOR MORE STREETLIGHTS. AND WE FEEL THAT, AND WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF THESE A COUPLE ACROSS THE CITY. AND IF YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE, UH, TO YOUR RIGHT, THE FIRST ONE ON THE TOP, UH, WHEN THE STREETS LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED, THE PRIESTS WERE SMALLER AND, UH, THE STREETS WERE ELIMINATED WELL AS THE TREE CANOPY HAS GROWN, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS ACROSS [00:30:01] THE CITY, IT'S OBSTRUCTING THE SEATS STREETLIGHTS, AND, UH, THE RESIDENTS OFTEN FEEL THAT THERE'S INADEQUATE STREET LIGHTING. THESE STREET LIGHTS HAVE EXISTED FOR TWO DECADES AND THINGS WERE FINE, BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR STREET LIGHTING, AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S MORE TO DO WITH THE CANOPY. AND AGAIN, THE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CANNOT BE ARRESTED WITH THE HOA, BUT WE ALSO FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH IF THE TRIM IT, UH, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THE PRIESTS ARE BLOCKING THE LIGHTS AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE SOLE CAUSE OF CONCERN FOR REQUESTING NEW STREET LIGHTS BY THE HOA. THE SECOND ISSUE IS KIND OF PIPING THE FIRST, WHICH IS THE USE OF DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS. NOW THIS COULD BE AN AESTHETIC NEED, OR IT COULD BE THAT, UH, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST COLONY IS COMPOSED RECENTLY WHERE THEY BELIEVE THE COBRA HEADS ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR STREET LIGHTING BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE OF THE OBSTRUCTION OF CANOPY AND THEY WANT INSTALLED DECORATIVE LIGHTS, WHICH ARE SHORTER, UH, THEIR HEIGHT IS BELOW THE TREE CANOPY. LIKE THE PICTURE THAT I, WE HAVE ILLUSTRATED TO YOU AT THE BOTTOM, AND YOU CAN SEE A STREETLIGHT RIGHT THERE AT THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, AND THEY FEEL THAT WE ARE INSTALLING DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS PROVIDES BETTER STREET LIGHTING. AND AGAIN, THAT ILLUSTRATIONS YOU ARE IN THE CITY. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LEXINGTON BLADES, WHERE WE SEE A NUMBER OF DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS THAT WERE PERMITTED AND TO OUR UNDERSTANDING IT WAS PAID FOR AND INSTALLED BY THE DEVELOPER OR THE HOA, BUT THE CITY HAS ZOOM B MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE FLIGHTS. AND THEN THE THIRD REQUEST WE GET IS SUBDIVISIONS THAT WERE BUILT WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS, BUT NOW SEE A NEED FOR STREETLIGHTS. WE GOT ONE REQUEST RECENTLY, OR LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR, UH, WITHIN THE ESTATES OF SILVER IN SOME DIVISION, WHICH IS BY SIENNA PARKWAY SIDE OF SIENNA PARKWAY, UH, KIND OF AQUEOUS LOTS, UH, BUILT WITH THE OPEN DITCH ROAD SYSTEM AND MORE KIND OF A SUBURBAN SETTINGS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO LET'S TACKLE THE FIRST ISSUE, WHICH IS LACK OF STREET LIGHTS. UH, I THINK, UH, LAST YEAR OR EARLIER, THIS PART OF THIS YEAR, WE GOT A REQUEST FROM GREEK MON STAFF VISITED THIS LOCATION AND LOOK AT IT. THE SPACING SEEMS TO BE ADEQUATE, MET OUR STANDARDS. AND AGAIN, WE PHILLY, WE BELIEVE IT MAY BE TO DO WITH THE CANOPY ISSUE. UH, THE HOA WAS REQUESTING A NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTS. AGAIN, WE WERE KIND OF JUDICIOUS YEAR AND BASED ON OUR ALLOCATION OF 15 NEW LIGHTS PER CITY, UH, WE REVIEWED THE PLAN AND WE MADE A REQUEST TO A POINT TO INSTALL 16 NEW LIGHTS HERE IN THE CREEK MOUNT AREA. AND WE BELIEVE A CENTRAL POINT APPROVED THIS REQUEST AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLATION AND PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THAN WHAT THEY PROMISED US, BUT WE BELIEVE, UH, IN THE COMING WEEKS, UH, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO INSTALL THIS. AND AGAIN, THE REQUEST THAT CAME HERE WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, UH, THE INTENT PART THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THE, UH, UH, AIDING TRAFFIC, BUT I THINK THE HOS, UH, MAIN, MAIN ISSUE WAS, UH, PEOPLE COULD NOT WALK AND IT WAS PRETTY DARK THERE. AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN STAFF EVALUATED AND MADE THIS REQUEST TO CENTER POINT, UH, CENTRAL POINT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE NEXT ONE IS THE DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTING. AND, UH, YOU WILL SEE DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTING IN CLR AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. THE ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO SEE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE DOING, AND WE JUST PUT A LITTLE ILLUSTRATION THERE. UH, SUGARLAND HAS A DECORATIVE STREET LIGHT PROGRAM. THE CITY INITIATED THE CITY OF SUGARLAND, INITIATED A PROGRAM IN 2014 TO REPLACE THE COBRA HEAD STREET LIGHTS WITH CHOCOLATE DECORATIVE POSTS, LIGHTS ON MAJOR COLLECTOR AND SIGNATURE ROAD TO ADDRESS THE TREE CANOPY ISSUE THAT WE TOUCHED IN THE PAST. AND THE ONE YEAR THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE DECORATIVE LIGHTS THAT'S IN SUGAR LAND WITHIN THE FIRST COLONY AREA. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS AS WELL HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, PRIMARILY FROM LAKE COLONY OR ESTHER CREEK AND PLANTATION COLONY, UH, WHERE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO INSTALL THESE KINDS OF DECORATIVE LIGHTS AND PRIMARILY REASON BEING THAT, UM, UH, THIS IS BELOW THE TREE CANOPY, AND THIS CAN PROVIDE A BETTER LIGHTING. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A COST AND I BELIEVE IN THE, UH, PLANTATION COLONY CASE, I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO INSTALL ABOUT 15 NEW LIGHTS OR REPLACE 15 NEW LIGHTS. AND THE PRICE TAG WAS ABOUT IN THE RANGE OF HIGHLAND 50,000 AND PER OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICE CITY AS STOLEN THAT THE CITY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE STREETLIGHTS. UH, BUT WE MAY CONSIDER, UH, ABSORBING THE OPERATION COST AFTER THESE LIGHTS ARE REPLACED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [00:35:01] AND FINALLY, THE LAST ONE, UH, SUBDIVISIONS THAT WERE BUILT WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS, AND AGAIN, ESTATES OF SILVER EDGE HAS MADE A FORMAL REQUEST TO THE CITY AND THIS SUBMISSION LIKE MANY MORE THERE, UH, AROUND IT, FOR EXAMPLE, NEWPOINT ONE BROKEN WEST POINT. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STREETLIGHTS. AND AGAIN, UH, I ATTENDED AN HOA MEETING WHERE THEY MADE IN A CASE FOR SAFETY AND, UH, VEHICLE THEFT RELATED ISSUES THAT THEY NOW WANT TO INSTALL STREET LIGHTS. AND WE'VE JUST CONSTANTLY CHECKED WITH CENTER POINT. THE COST PER INSTALLATION IS VERY PROHIBITIVE THERE, HUNDREDS OF, UH, MAYBE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE. AND ALSO IT IS AN OPEN SYSTEM THAT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO INSTALL STREETLIGHTS AND CENTER POINT HAS SOME RESERVATIONS TO INSTALL STREETLIGHTS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THESE SUBDIVISIONS ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY TO INSTALL NEW STREET LIGHTS HERE. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. SO WE TOUCHED ON THESE ISSUES IN THE PAST, UH, IN THE PAST FEW SLIDES, RECENT STREET ADDITIONS, UH, THE CA AND I MUST SAY, THANKS TO RANDY HERE, RANDY HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE AT CENTER POINT, UH, TO PURSUE THE NEW INSTALLATION OF STREETLIGHTS. WHEN STAFF ARE SHY, WAS EXPANDED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL SOME NUCLEAR LIGHTS. AS I ALLUDED TO IN THE PAST, WE'VE ASKED FOR NEW STREET LIGHTS WITHIN THE CREEK PARK, NOT ON THE BOTTOM. YOU SEE CREEK MONT SOUTH AND BRIGHTWATER. OBVIOUSLY WE PURSUED THIS WITH CENTER POINT, BUT THIS DID NOT COME FROM OUR ALLOCATION, BUT WE FACILITATED THE HOA TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION. AND HOPEFULLY SOLAR THERE'LL BE STREET LIGHTS INSTALLED IN ALL THESE CASES. UH, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE ASPECT OF, UH, HOW MANY LIGHTS ARE REQUIRED AND LOOKING AT OUR ALLOWANCE AND MAKING THE BEST JUDGMENT THAT WE CAN TO SPREAD THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH IS 50 LIGHTS PER GIVEN CALENDAR HERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE QUESTION WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. UH, AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU ARE AWARE WE HAVE A MOUNTING REQUEST FOR NEW STREET LIGHTS, OBVIOUSLY. UH, WE ARE WITHIN THE 50, WE DON'T PAY THE INITIAL INSTALLATION COSTS, BUT THERE ARE COST IMPLICATIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD, UM, OPERATING COSTS AND ENERGY COSTS TO PERPETUITY. WE WORK TO ADD MORE STREETLIGHTS. ALTHOUGH WE MADE SOME SAVINGS BY LED CONVERSION, ADDITIONAL NEW STREET LIGHTS WILL LEAD OUR BUDGET, UH, USE OF DECORATIVE STREETLIGHTS. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS MORE A POLICY ISSUE. UH, DO WE WANT TO CREATE KIND OF TWO LIGHT STANDARDS WITHIN THE CITY? ONE IS THE COBRA HEADS AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE, UH, DECORATIVE LIGHTS, WHICH WE MAY HAVE SET SOME PRECEDENTS IN THE PAST. AND ALSO THE CITY'S POSITION HAS BEEN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUND THE CONVERSION TO DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO CONSIDER AND PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL. AND LASTLY, UH, ESTATE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE ARE ASKING FOR CITY'S HELP IN INSTALLING NEW SEAT STREETLIGHTS. OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS MAJOR COST IMPLICATIONS TO THE CITY CURRENTLY. UM, THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FUNDED, OR WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDS FOR, UH, INSTALLATION OF STREETLIGHTS AND SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH HAVE NO STREET LIGHTS. UH, AGAIN, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE COUNCIL'S POSITION IS. AND OBVIOUSLY IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE A DECISION TO, UH, ALLOW SUCH DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS BE PROVIDED WITH STREETLIGHTS, THIS NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS IN THE COMING YEARS. AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A LOT OF MATERIALS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO PASS HERE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SEE, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST ON THIS ITEMS, UM, FOR TWO B'S, WHICH WAS CLAUDIA MULLET. YES. THANK YOU. YES. I'M A RESIDENT IN THE MEADOW CREEK AREA, AND WE WERE WONDERING ABOUT GETTING A LIGHT POLE, PUT IT LATIKA AND MEADOW CREEK DRIVE, MAINLY BECAUSE IT IS SO DARK AND IT A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME. UM, SO JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, AT THIS POINT, ANY, UH, CONSTANT COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS MAYOR PRO TEM RUELAS. WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR A NEIGHBOR TO THESE? UH, WE'RE AT THREE 50. IS THAT THE SAME AND CIRCLE HIM? RANDY CAN ANSWER [00:40:01] THAT QUESTION, RANDY, ARE YOU THERE? I'M HERE. UM, JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE, IT VARIES, UH, SUGARLAND IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, EVEN CLOSER AS FAR AS, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. COME FROM NUMBER. I CAN TAKE THAT UP AND HAVE THAT FOR YOU IN THE LATER DAY. YEAH. THE POINT OF THAT QUESTION IS, IS THAT WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR THIS, RIGHT? WE SET SUCH A LONG DISTANCE OF THREE 50 BETWEEN EACH LIGHT THAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TREES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LARGE, THREE 50 IS A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? SO WE SET OURSELVES STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, AND AS FAR AS THE DECORATED GOES, YOU KNOW, MY COMMENT ON THAT IS THAT IF THEY NEVER COULD, UM, HAVE THE FUNDING AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN THEY SHOULD PAY FOR IT. AND WE CAN BE PARTNERS WITH THEM. WE CAN HELP THEM CONNECT TO CENTER POINT AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THEM, BUT THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE ON THE HOOK FOR CONVERTING SOMEONE FROM COBRA TO DECORATIVE. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SHASHA I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, ONE ON ONE FLIGHT THAT YOU SHOWED IN 2020. AND, UH, I THINK BEFORE THAT YOU SAID THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 15 LIGHTS, BUT IT ONLY SHOWED 10 ALL TOGETHER. WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT SLIDE, IT WAS 29 LIGHTS VERSUS 50. SO WHERE DID THE OTHER OTHERS GO QUESTION? I THINK IN MAXIMUM ALLIANCE, THAT CENTRAL POINT, OUR LOCATION HERE IS 50. AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN CARRY THAT FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER, BUT IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 30 STREETLIGHTS AND THE REST 20, WE DID NOT, BUT AGAIN, THE MORE STREETLIGHTS INSTALL OUR OPERATING COSTS WILL GO UP. BUT IN THAT CASE, WE, I THINK WE INSTALLED POST ABOUT 30 LIKES. SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER 20? SHOULD I SEE? I'M SORRY, MAN. HELLO? YES, YES. CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, MAYOR, SORRY. FOR A MINUTE. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MY COMPUTER HERE. NOW WE DID NOT GET THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. WE DID NOT GET THE REQUEST. AND OUR GOAL HERE IS NOT TO MAXIMIZE THE 50 ALLOCATION THAT CENTRAL POINT HAS GIVEN US. OUR GOAL HERE IS TO VALLEY DIVISION NEEDS. AND IF THERE IS A NEED, WE WILL TRY TO WORK WITH CENTRAL POINT AND INSTALLATION OF NEW STREET LIGHTS. TO THE EXTENT THAT WE MEET THE ALLOCATION, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM OF 50, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO MAXIMIZE THE 50, BUT TO LOOK AT THE NEED AND THEN JUDICIALLY MAKE THE DECISION OF HOW MANY STREET LIGHTS COULD BE INSTALLED BECAUSE LONG-TERM, THERE ARE MAINTENANCE AND COST IMPLICATIONS AS WELL. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. SO IF WE ARE, IF WE ARE TO GET 50, WHY WOULDN'T YOU GET THE 50 VERSUS NOT ALLOCATING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 30 OR 34 OR 35? I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M SORRY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL, IN THIS CASE, WE DID NOT HAVE THE REQUEST FOR 50. IF THERE WAS A NEED TO, UH, EXTEND, UH, OR ABSORB ALL THE ALLOCATION OF 50 LIGHTS, WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO DO SO. OKAY. SO YOU GUYS DIDN'T THINK THAT WE NEEDED 50, YOU ONLY THOUGHT WE NEEDED A DIRTY CLOUD THERE. OKAY, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. OKAY. OKAY. UM, HOW ARE WE, UM, I GUESS GETTING THIS WORD OUT TO OUR, UM, UH, ASSOCIATIONS SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THIS ALLOCATION, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SEND IN YOUR REQUEST, NOT GUARANTEEING THAT WE WILL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FULFILL THEM, BUT AT LEAST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. CAUSE IF WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, I REMINISCE MAY NOT KNOW THAT THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I DO. I'M HESITANT TO SAY THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHEN THERE IS A NEED PEOPLE, CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS OUT TO THE REPRESENTATIVES WHICH ARE CITY COUNCIL AND WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS, BUT SHOULD WE MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? UH, THERE MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE, UH, THERE MAY BE TOO MANY REQUESTS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LOCATE. UH, AND, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A TREND THAT WE SEE IS INCREASING, UH, BECAUSE THE TREES HAVE GROWN, GROWN BIGGER AND THERE IS MORE CANOPY INTERFERENCE AND WE'RE SEEING THE CITY GET OLDER. [00:45:01] UM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY IF THIS IS THE COUNCIL, SAME KENT, UH, WE WILL, UH, UH, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS COMMUNICATIONS AND TRY TO DO SOME OUTREACH WITH THE HOS. THIS IS CLAUDIA MOLLIN AGAIN, IF I MAY MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT, UM, MY CONCERN IS WITH THE OLDER DEVELOPMENTS, UM, AND THERE WEREN'T AS MANY LIGHTS PUT IN TO BEGIN WITH. UM, IT'S REALLY NOT ONLY, UH, A STATIC, UH, BUT IT'S A CRIME DETERRENCE, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S A PROPERTY VALUE ISSUE, UM, WITH FEWER LIGHTS. SO I'M KIND OF DISCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT YOU HAD AN ALLOCATION OF 50 AND DIDN'T COMPLETELY USE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL WEEKS OLDER COMMUNITIES AND, UH, MISSOURI CITY THAT, THAT NEED THAT KIND OF ATTENTION. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING. YOU TOOK THIS, HE TOOK MY THUNDER BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS WELL, BECAUSE HERE, ONCE AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. WAS THERE A NEED REQUESTED A SASHA COMMUNITY? NO COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I DON'T THINK WE HAD A REQUEST THERE. I THINK PREDOMINANTLY, UM, THESE NEEDS OF HORIZON AND DISTRICT C AND DISTRICT D I BELIEVE, UH, THESE ARE AREAS WHERE THERE IS THE MORE, A TREE CANOPY INTERFERENCE TYPE OF ISSUES. AND AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, UM, THESE ARE THE TWO DISTRICTS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN, OR TRYING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN REQUESTS FOR NEW STREET LIGHTS. OKAY. WELL, I HAVE A TENDENCY TO AGREE WITH THE CITIZEN TO JUST HOLD JUST A MOMENT AGO, BECAUSE THERE'S THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, OF THE RAILROAD TRACK AND MINUTE IT'S REALLY DARK. I MEAN, SERIOUSLY. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTS OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON THE SIDE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN EDWARDS. UM, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OUTREACH ON COMMUNICATION HAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS REGARDING THIS MATTER, OR YOU POTENTIALLY WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM MOVING FORWARD? UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I WILL BE FOLLOWING A NEED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO BREEZING NEEDS BY RESIDENTS. AND SOME OF THIS ALSO CAME FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. UM, WE HAVE TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION. PUBLIC WORKS HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO COMMUNICATIONS FOR ANY OUTREACH, OR IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND DO SOME OUTREACH ON STREETLIGHTS ISSUES. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD, I'M ENCOURAGED THAT I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSET BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT WITH US HAVING SOME TYPE OF OUTREACH, BUT I HOA, UM, SENDING OUT SOME LITERATURE OR POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR E-BLAST JUST KIND OF ENCOURAGING THE STAFF, INFORMING THE RESIDENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. ALL RIGHT, MAN, IF THIS IS FUNNY, I'M ALL IN AGAIN. SORRY, BUT, UM, I GREW UP IN LOS ANGELES. SO I UNDERSTAND HOW WHEN NEIGHBORHOODS AGE, AND IF A CRIME RISES, POLICE ARE ALWAYS SAYING THE MORE WELL LIT AN AREA IS THE SAFER IT IS. AND I KNOW THAT THAT ALSO AFFECTS PROPERTY VALUE. SO MY REQUEST WOULD BE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WORK IN PUBLIC WORKS TO DO ASSESSMENTS OF WHICH AREAS ARE BEING AFFECTED BY LESS LIGHTING, MORE CRIME AND AN AGING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS ATTENTION INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THEM TO REQUEST IT FOR YOU TO DO AN ASSESSMENT IN STEP TWO, BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. THANK YOU. HOLD ON. LET ME JUST MAKE ONE POINT MS. KALIA, YOUR TIME IS UP. SO YOU'RE AT A PUBLIC COMMENT. SO PLEASE LET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LET THE STAFF DEBATE THEM. I JUST WANT THIS COUNCIL, FIRST OF ALL, UH, YOUR COMMENTS, YOU SAID THAT WAS THE CORNER OF LAKITA AND WHAT METAL CREEK. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AND STAFF TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT ISSUE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION RELATIVE TO YOU TALKS ABOUT, OH, [00:50:04] COUNCIL MEMBER. WE DON'T HEAR YOU. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. SO ANYWAY, WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS LIKE, SASHA, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE NEW REQUESTS WITH EAT INTO THE, UM, INTO THE BUDGET BASED OFF OF THE NEW REQUEST. AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE RECEIVING THE COST SAVINGS FROM THE LED LIGHTING DECISION THAT, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF, UH, WHY WOULDN'T THE NEW REQUESTS, UH, ALSO YIELD THE SAME RETURN AS FAR AS COST SAVINGS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. UH, OR ARE YOU SAYING THAT THESE IMMEDIATE REQUESTS THERE'S SOME UPFRONT COSTS THAT WOULD EAT INTO THE, I JUST WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT. YES, SIR. UH, LET ME CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION. GREAT QUESTION. UH, WE HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT 4,400 STREETLIGHTS BY CONVERTING TO LED. WE'RE CURRENTLY SAVING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND BECAUSE OF LOWER POWER CONSUMPTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY'S ADDING MORE STREETLIGHTS. THAT'S, TWO-FOLD ONE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THE CITY IS ACQUIRING NEW STREET LIGHTS AND WE'RE FOUL GROWING AT A FAST PACE. AND ALSO BASED ON OUR ALLOWANCE OF 50 STREET LIGHTS, WE'RE ADDING ROUGHLY ABOUT 50 OR BELOW STREET LIGHTS. SO ANY, ANY AT ANY POINT, OUR INVENTORY OF STREETLIGHTS IS CONSTANTLY INCREASING. SO WE HAVE AN OPERATING BUDGET TO PAY FOR STREET LIGHTS, WHICH IS OPERATIONS, WHICH RANDY MENTIONED. SO WE MAY HAVE SAVED SOME MONEY IN THE SHORT RUN, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING MORE STREET LIGHTS AND OUR EXPENSES ARE GOING TO INCREASE. SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION TO ADD SO MANY HUNDREDS OF POUNDS, UH, HUNDREDS, OR MAYBE THOUSANDS OF STREET LIGHTS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR LONG-TERM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS AS WELL. I HOPE I CLEARED THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAD COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, YOU DID. THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS RANDY WEST, THE OFFICE MANAGER, JUST TO GO BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN CLOSER'S POINT ABOUT, IS THERE SOMEPLACE, UM, THAT THEY CAN REQUEST A STREETLIGHT UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS TAB ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, THERE IS A, UM, A TAB FOR STREETLIGHTS AND IT GIVES OUR STREETLIGHT POLICY AND ALSO HAS A PLACE TO REQUEST A STREETLIGHT. SO, UM, THERE IS A CURRENT PLACE TO REQUEST ONE. UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OUTREACH LATELY, BUT, UH, THERE IS A PLACE TO GO TO REQUEST THE STREET LIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, SASHA, IN MY OPINION, WHAT WE SHOULD STRIVE TO DO IS TO USE ALL 50. HOWEVER, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A STANDARD SOMEWHAT LIKE WHAT WE DO ALREADY WITH SIDEWALKS, WHERE WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT WE'VE DETERMINED WHERE THOSE 50 SHOULD GO. UH, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A CORNER THAT HAS X LUMENS AND IT SHOULD BE THIS, THEN THAT ONE QUALIFIES FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, REPLACING OR INSTALLING. SO I THINK THE CITY MANAGERS AND, AND, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THAT, YOU GUYS NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO FULLY USE THE 50 AND SET SOME STANDARDS SO THAT WE KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE. UM, OUR POOL SASHA DOES COMES FROM AN EMERY. I KNOW THAT, UH, THE, UH, CITIZEN WHO, UH, TALKED, UH, EARLIER, UH, BROUGHT UP THE, UH, QUESTION OF SAFETY. AND, UH, AS I RECALL, YOU INDICATED THAT OUR POLICY REALLY WAS, UH, BASED ON, UH, VEHICLE, UH, ACTIVITY. BUT, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, AT THE POLICY THAT WE, UH, INGRAINED WITHIN THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE TOPIC OF, UH, OF SAFETY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE WALKING, YOU KNOW, WHEREAS WE HAVE SIDEWALKS AND IN THE STREETS. SO I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE, UH, UH, CONSIDER THE SAFETY ASPECT OF, UH, ADEQUATE LIGHTING ON, IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, RANDALL WEST. I WILL MOVE ON TO [2. (c) Consider and discuss the City’s board, committee, and commission member appointments and reappointments. (Proposed presenter: City Secretary Maria Jackson)] ITEM TWO C CONSIDER AND DISCUSS CITIES, BOARDS, COMMITTEE, AND COMMISSION MEMBERS APPOINTMENTS. AND REAPPOINTMENTS WE HAVE PRESENTATION BY CITY COUNTRY, MARIA JACKSON. OKAY. [00:55:01] THIS IS MARIA. UH, THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM THE MARCH 15, RIGHT? A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT THE ASSETS. SO THE CURRENT BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS TERRIBLE EXPIRE JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FORMING ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM, NEXT SLIDE FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE AND BIRTH THAT EUGENE REQUESTED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD AT PLAY. WE HAVE FIVE APPLICANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THIS COMMITTEE, LIKE THE 2019 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST. IT'S LIKE, IS IT THE 2020 MEMBER COMMITTEE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN APPEALED? WE DO HAVE ONE VACANCY FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION. THE RESIDENT IN THAT THE FORMER RESIDENTS NO LONGER, BUT THE OTHER THING, PHYSICIANS HAVE A GREAT TEAM FORWARD SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO REAPPOINT THEM. BUT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD, ALL THREE MEMBERS WHOSE WORSHIP COUNCIL WISH TO REAPPOINT THEM. WE HAVE ONE YEAR KIND OF APPLICATIONS THAT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD THEY PLAY FOR THE FACTS. UH, WE HAVE ONE VACANCY AS A POSITION FOR THE MEMBER OF ONE SUFFICIENT FACTS, BOARD MEMBERS, NO LONGER RESIDUE AND HER POSITION SIDE THAT RESIDENCE ANY, SHE WILL BE MOVING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, OR SHE WILL NOT A REAL CHIEF. SHE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE OTHER REMAINING PHYSICIAN, OR SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO REAPPOINT THEM. NEXT SLIDE. UH, WE HAVE CANDIDATES OR IS IT THE 2019 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST AT LIKE THE 2020 AND INPUT NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THE 20, 21 MEMBER, I CAN MY FLY, BUT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM PHYSICIANS, HARASSMENT, ALL OF THE OTHER POSITIONS OF THOSE MEMBERS. THEY REFLECT OUR ORIGIN COUNCIL WISH TO BE A POINT THAT NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE TWO TENTATIVE INTERESTED IN SERVING THE PLANNING AND DONE THE COMMISSION. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 20, UM, ATTENDANCE LIST. BUT I FIND THAT THERE'S A FISCAL YEAR. UH, I GUESS IT'S THE JUNE 20TH. I FIND THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEALS TO VACANT FEET. UH, POSITION THREE, IS THAT THE MAYOR AND OR THE ALTERNATE POSITION, SHE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLANNING ALL THE OTHER POSITIONS LIKE THAT. IT'S LIKE WE HAD TWO CANDIDATES, INDEPENDENT SURVEYS OR PLANNING WAS DONE IN THE FIELD. I FLY. AND THEN THE 2019 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST, NEXT SLIDE FOUNDATION AND THE FRUIT VACANCIES ON THE FOUNDATION SIDE. THESE ARE THE CANDIDATES THAT WORK WITH THE FAMILY AND REPEAT UP FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE 25 APPLICANTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED THAT WITH PATIENTS, BUT DEFINITELY THREE. THEY WERE WAIT LISTS AFTER THE DEADLINE. I FIND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MARIA. IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY. I DON'T HEAR ANY MOTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO ANY DISCUSSION. YES. IF YOU GO BACK TO THEM, I BELIEVE YOU HAD A QUESTION ON THE INTERVIEW, SCHEDULE THE COUNCIL WHEN I DISCUSSED, WHEN YOU WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INTERVIEWING. YEAH. UM, SO, UM, THEY'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS I'M OVERWHELMED, UM, UH, WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS WE EVEN STARTED A WAIT LIST. UM, AND SO MY QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES IS HOW, UH, HOW, WHEN WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO START [01:00:01] THE INTERVIEW, UM, FOR THIS COMMITTEE? BECAUSE THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED AND I'D LIKE A COLLECTIVE, UM, MAYBE SOME SUGGESTION I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD GET WITH MARIA AND SET UP, YOU KNOW, A TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, IN ONE OF THESE MEETINGS OR BEFORE, WHAT HAVE YOU, SO THIS WAY YOU HAVE THE INTERVIEW AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNSELORS. I WOULD WAKE, UM, I JUST WONDER IF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY TO APPLICANT'S DISABILITY PROCESS TO BE WAIT-LISTED. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE GOT AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO ACTUALLY SERVE IF POSSIBLE, MARIA, I WILL. UM, I WILL CONNECT WITH YOU AND YOU WILL, UM, BEGIN TO SESSIONS ON THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND I'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE NEXT STEP. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM. SO YOU JOYS ON TO SEE THERE'S NO POSSIBLE ACTIONS. OKAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, ITEM [2. (d) Receive a presentation and discuss Missouri City Charter Section 3.09 as it relates to voting on matters in which a councilmember has a financial interest. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu)] TWO D UH, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS SECTION 3.09 OF THE CITY CHARTER PROHIBITING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR LOITERING ON MATTERS IN WHICH THEY HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST AND A GENERAL FIDUCIARY DUTY AGAINST SELF-DEALING. UH, WE HAVE, UM, PRESENTATION OR REQUEST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. WE PLACE THEM BY CONSTABLE EDWARDS. UM, I WILL BE, THIS IS EASILY. I WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE ITEM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL 3.09 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CHARTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO THIS SLIDE SIMPLY PROVIDES YOU ALL WITH THE ACTUAL TEXT OF THE CHARTER SECTION, THE SUMMARY SECTION 3.09 PROVIDES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO VOTE ON ALL MATTERS BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UNLESS THEY HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST. IN THE MATTER, IF A MEMBER HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THE CHARTER PROVIDES THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD DISCLOSE SUCH MATTER. AND THE CHARTER ALSO PROVIDES THAT NO MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SHALL HAVE A PICK CUNY EARLY, UH, OR SHALL BE PARTICULARY FOR CUNA LIBERALLY INTERESTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY CONTRACT LED BY THE CITY IN WORK DONE BY THE CITY OR IN ANY MATTER WHERE IN THE RISE OR LIABILITIES OF THE CITY ARE, OR MAY BE INVOLVED. THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS SLIDE SIMPLY PROVIDES THE SUMMARY FOR YOU ALL. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RECEIVE TRAINING ON THE CHARTER OR THE SUBJECT OR THE INFECTION IN PARTICULAR. HOWEVER, TRAINING ON THIS SUBJECT IS GENERALLY PROVIDED DURING COUNCIL ORIENTATION. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND A COUNCIL ORIENTATION SESSIONS EITHER. HOWEVER I TRAINING HAS BEEN PROVIDED ON THE DATES THAT ARE SET FOR, FOR WEB PROVIDED ON A DATE, SET FORTH IN THE SLIDE, ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT A VIEW OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ON THIS SLIDE, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES. THESE ARE GENERAL EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UM, OR THAT WERE ALLEGED IN OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS. AS YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST EXAMPLE RELATES TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, OWNING AN INTEREST IN A BUSINESS THAT ULTIMATELY [01:05:01] BENEFITED OR COULD BENEFIT FROM A TAX INCENTIVE THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE MEMBER AND COUNCIL. THE NEXT ITEM OR EXAMPLE RELATES TO A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS ACCUSED OF OWNING A BUSINESS THAT ULTIMATELY SOLD EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES TO THE CITY. THE MEMBER VOTED ON THE BUDGET, UH, THAT APPROVES THE EXPENDITURE, UM, BASED ON THE ARTICLE, I'M UNSURE AS TO WHETHER THE COUNCIL MEMBER ACTUALLY HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT HIS BUSINESS WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A CONTRACT. BUT, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, REGARDLESS, THERE IS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ISSUE. THERE. THE THIRD EXAMPLE RELATES TO A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS ACCUSED OF VOTING TO HIRE HIS FORMER CAMPAIGN TREASURER AS A CITY CONTRACTOR, A FOURTH ITEM RELATES TO A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ACTUALLY RECUSED HIMSELF FROM A BOAT ON A BENEFITS BROKERAGE FIRM THAT HE PREVIOUSLY O OWNED, BUT THAT, UM, THAT FARM WAS OWNED BY HIS SIDE. AND SO THE, THE CITY ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH HIS SIDE. UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL KIND OF EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INSURANCE MATTERS THAT, UM, COULD OCCUR. UH, BUT WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE FOR YOU ALL ON THIS ITEM. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER, UM, NON-LEGAL QUESTIONS OUT IN THE OPEN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION, OR IF YOU ELECT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO YOU WITH US OPEN SESSION, I CAN PROVIDE IT AS WELL. WE DO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS, UH, UM, LORRAINE LEE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MA'AM OKAY. NOT HEARING FROM MS. LEE. SO I'LL GO TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS JIM. YES, SIR. YEAH. I'M SITTING IN MY CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO IF YOU HEAR HUNTING, YOU'LL KNOW WHY, BUT ANYWAY, LET ME JUST ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. UH, IF I MAY SEED YOURS, UH, WAS THREE. WHAT IS RECOIL NINE I BELIEVE IS THAT DISCUSS WITH, UH, ANY OF THE COUNCIL AND AN EXECUTIVE OF CLOSED SESSION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. OKAY. SHE CANNOT DISCUSS THIS ITEM. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS I'M TRYING TO, THIS IS SORT OF VAGUE. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS THIS ON THE AGENDA? IS THERE A REASON FOR THIS BIG ON THE AGENDA? HE CUT ALSO ABOUT 30 SECONDS REQUESTED ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, IS THERE A VIOLATION OR SOMEBODY VIOLATED THE LAW VIOLATED THE PROVISION OF THE CHARTER? THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE, UH, RAISING THIS QUESTION? IS THERE ANY KIND OF ETHICS POLICY AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY? JESUS CHRIST. HELLO? HELLO? YES. YES. I'M TRYING TO NOTICE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BASIS OF THIS DISCUSSION IS, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF, IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THREE OH NINE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT RISES TO A LEVEL OF A CRIME OR SOMETIME TO PLAT A MISDEMEANOR. SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE WHOLE BASIS FOR THIS DISCUSSION, SIR, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEMS. WE CAN RESPOND BACK TO YOU. OKAY, WELL, I'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE. AND IT'S JUST AS VAGUE. WELL, [01:10:01] WE WANT TO BE THAT IF YOU'RE DONE, WE'RE MOVING ONTO THE NEXT PERSON, JEANETTE. I WAS HEALING MY GYM. WELL, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT, JEANETTE, BUT LET ME JUST, I GUESS I WILL ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL, UH, WAS THREE OH NINE DISCUSSED WITH THEM BY THE COUNCIL IN ANY EXECUTIVE OF CLOSED SESSION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, DO WE HAVE AN ETHICS POLICY IN PLACE THAT MIGHT SHINE SOME LIGHT ON WHAT'S GOING ON? UM, ARE THERE, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ISSUES RELEVANT TO, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, ARE THERE ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE BEYOND CORONAVIRUS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY AND THE ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT. AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS LITTLE BULLET HERE. IT SAYS RELIEF. IS THAT SOME BROAD TERM RELIEF PROGRAM THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY? CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THAT OR CLARIFY? OKAY, MR. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW? WHAT ARE YOU I'M ASSUMING YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THIS IS YOUR THREE MINUTES. I'M JUST CLARIFYING WHETHER YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF REPORT ON ALL THE APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED FOR INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, ET CETERA, THAT APPLIED FOR GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING. AND YOU MENTIONED A RELIEF, A BULLET POINT ABOUT RELIEF. WHAT WERE YOU, WHAT DOCUMENT WHERE YOU WERE FINE TOO? I THINK I SAW THAT IN THE AGENDA. IT WAS JUST, IT WAS CORONA FOR ALL OF OUR SAFETY AND RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT. OKAY. I DIDN'T SAY, I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT WAS, BUT YOU CAN SUBMIT REQUEST FOR RECORDS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER THE CITY SECRETARY TAB. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT. TRINA, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES WITH MS. POWERS, ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? UM, PUBLIC COMMENT OR REQUEST. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOUR THIRD SLIDE WHERE THERE THERE'S NO TRAINING FOR NO, I THINK THAT THE HEADING ON THE SLIDE IS TRAINING, RIGHT? IT WAS ON TRAINING. YES. NO, I'M SORRY. SO YOU SAID YOU SAY THAT MEANING FOR, UH, YEAH. OKAY. HOLD ON. YOU SAY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL ORIENTATION, COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND COUNCIL ORIENTATION. ALTHOUGH STAFF DOES ENCOURAGE IT, BUT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT TECHNICALLY REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE ORIENTATION. OKAY. CAUSE [01:15:01] I WAS, YEAH, LET ME JUST PUT THAT UP SERIOUS BECAUSE I HAD MY DOCUMENTS THERE. IT WAS MANDATORY FOR ME TO ATTEND THE TEXAS ETHICS TRAINING AS WELL AS THE ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY. GOOD GOVERNANCE. OH, CHEERS. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS IT WAS FOR ME TO TRAIN, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IT'S SO HAPPENED OR REQUIRED FOR SOME IN THAT FOOT. BUT, UH, IT WAS A REQUIREMENT. IF I MAY, IF I MAY COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL SAY THAT THE STATE, UH, AND UM, IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND ME PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION IN AN OPEN SESSION, THIS STATE DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECEIVE CERTAIN TYPES OF TRAINING, BUT ON THIS SPECIFIC CHARTER PROVISION, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT AGAIN, UH, I WOULD ASSUME IN YOUR SITUATION AS WELL, WE DO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND COUNCIL ORIENTATION. WHETHER THEY BE NEW, EXCUSE ME, NEW OR CONTINUING COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE IT NEVER HURTS TO HAVE A REFRESHER TRAININGS, FREE THROW, RIGHT? YOU HAVE HANDOUTS AND YOU HAVE ACTUAL SESSIONS AND PRETEND TO HAVE A MEETING AND ALL THAT STUFF RIGHT DURING THE ORIENTATION. PRETTY GOOD. UM, WE USUALLY GET AT LEAST ONE MEMBER. HOW DOES CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICES? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING ALLOWS, HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DARLING. YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING AND I COULD NOT HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. NO, I WAS JUST CORRECTING YOUR SLIDE BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT IT WAS ALMOST MANDATORY FOR ME TO ATTEND THE CHECK AND THE COUNCIL ORIENTATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS AND ALSO ATTEND THE ONLINE. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, UH, WHEN YOU MADE THAT STATEMENT, IF I HAVE THAT CLARITY, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME THINGS NOT ALWAYS CLEAR, SO I WOULD JUST, JUST MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR THE EPICS, FOR THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. AND IT WAS ALSO REQUIRED THAT I ATTEND. YEAH, GOOD GOVERNANCE, CONSPIRACY ORIENTATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT WAS SORT OF, UM, MANDATORY FOR ME. THAT'S ALL, EACH OF US, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THIS COUNCIL WOMEN IN THE FUTURE, ARE YOU GOING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT SOME MORE, UM, MORE FREQUENT TRAININGS TO KEEP US ABREAST FOR THESE DISTRICTS OR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM? YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD. UM, I, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, UM, I HAVE ACTUALLY PROVIDED TRAINING ABOUT ONCE A YEAR, UM, THROUGH THE ORIENTATION, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD YES IS PROVIDE, UM, THIS TYPE OF TRAINING AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, BUT IN A REGULAR COUNCIL, UH, NOT REGULAR, BUT IN A CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CAN CERTAINLY RECEIVE THE REFRESHER AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE ORIENTATION SESSION. AND THIS IS COUNCIL. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO INFORMATION ENJOYS THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONDITION AT THIS POINT. AND, UH, THIS WOULD BE JOYCE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, THOSE COUNCIL ORIENTATION FACTIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN TO EXISTING MEMBERS. AND I KNOW I PERSONALLY IN THE PAST HAD ENCOURAGED EXISTING MEMBERS TO ATTEND. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, CONTINUING OR ASSISTING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO ATTEND OR NEW MEMBERS EITHER. BUT, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I THINK WOULD BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH. AND, AND ESPECIALLY, AND ESPECIALLY WHO'S PEOPLE COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW IT HELPS JUST TO HAVE A TRAINING FOR THE NEW CONCEPT. [01:20:01] I THINK IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY MINE. I THINK EVERYBODY THAT WAY EVERY PATIENT WOULD. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING ON [2. (e) Consider the ability of City Councilmembers to apply for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding.] TO ITEM TWO B, CONSIDER AND DISCUSS IT. IT COMES TO MEMBERS APPLYING FOR ACT FUNDS. OH. TO MAKE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL WOMAN, OR BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE CHARTER AS STATED IN SECTION 3.9, COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN VOTE ON MATTERS. EXCUSE ME. I FINISHED GENERAL JUDICIARY DUTY AGAINST SELF-DEALING. OKAY. HE'S GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK. I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHO IT IS THAT POINT OF CLARITY. EXCUSE ME. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A POINT OF CLARITY, UM, BASED OFF THIS MOTION OR THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ME BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, PRETTY MUCH BASICALLY THE STIPULATION OCCURRED. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, ARE YOU GIVING ANY LEGAL ADVICE? UM, CITY ATTORNEY, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO MOVE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO IN ORDER TO MOVE INTO THE SESSION, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A PERMISSION UNDER STATE LAW, UNDER WHICH IT FALLS. AND SO I, I'M NOT PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE, BUT I GOT SOMEONE CAN, UM, PUT YOU IN UNDER FIVE 51.074 FOR THE POSITION FOR THAT PARTICULAR IT'S PRETTY MUCH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING REMOVING THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION WITHOUT GIVING ANY LEGAL ADVICE. AND IF PEOPLE ARE PROVIDE INFORMATION OR APPLY FOR APPLICATIONS AND THEY WERE POTENTIALLY DENIED OR NOT ELIGIBLE, AND WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL DILIGENCE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, ONCE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT GIVES THE INTENTION. UM, THANK YOU. DO I NEED TO REPEAT MY MOTION? MY, YOUR MOTION IS UNDERSTOOD. SO YOU HAVE A MOTION AND THEN BY YOU AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION, THIS WAS MAYOR PRO TEM RUELAS. THIS SEEMS LIKE SOME VERY SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT ALSO SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION MAY HAVE LEAKED. I, UH, I AGREE. I THINK WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. JUST TALK THIS THROUGH. THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF MY REQUEST, BUT I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A COUNCIL, WOMAN EDWARDS AND HAS MADE A MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. SO I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER, UH, IS LEGALLY ALLOWED. UH, I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SITUATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS ALLOWABLE TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED. WE CLOSED THE DIRECTOR SESSION ON THE PUBLIC FORUM, BUT IF THAT IS ALLOWED AND IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWABLE PER STATE LAW AND, UH, WHATNOT, THEN, UH, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS . I CAN PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH, UM, LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT INTO CLOSED SESSION OR OUT IN THE OPEN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I WOULD JUST BE IN SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THE INFORMATION BEING BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC IN AN OPEN SESSION OR IN A CLOSED SESSION. HOWEVER, I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FLOOR. SO, UM, JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE LEGALITY OF PROVIDING INFORMATION, THE LATEST TO A [01:25:01] CLOSED SESSION AND THE OPEN, UM, HERE IN THE OPEN MEETING OR IN THE CLOSED. ALL RIGHT. SO PARTICULAR CASE, I AM VERY OPEN MYSELF AND HAVING A DISCUSSED PUBLICLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S NOTHING. MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION SOMEHOW HAS NOW BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN PUBLIC SESSION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THAT WAS ALLOWED, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I'M READY TO MOVE AT THAT POINT. IT BECAME OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND PRETTY MUCH ANYONE AT THAT POINT. SO, UH, WHICH, WHEN SHE TALKED TO YOU BEEN, SORRY, YOU WERE REFERRING TO, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT I PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO YOU AND OLIVE COUNCIL, THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL BY VIRTUE OF YOUR POSITION ON THE COUNCIL. IF YOU WEREN'T SPEAKING ABOUT INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU BY WAY OF AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, ANY INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU VIA THAT OPEN RECORDS REQUEST WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO I'M NOT SURE, UM, WHICH DOCUMENTS YOU'RE REFERRING TO. IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW, I CAN, UM, PROVIDE YOU WITH A BETTER, UM, SO I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER JUST BASICALLY BY WAY OF HER QUESTION ANSWERED YOUR ANSWER, THEIR OWN QUESTION IN THAT THESE WERE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE DIRECTLY PROVIDED TO US IN OUR POSITION AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT VIA AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, WHICH IS WHY, AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY WE WOULD DISCLOSE THINGS DISCUSSED AND CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE PUBLIC FORUM. IT WAS MY QUESTION AND CONCERN, BUT AGAIN, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD. THERE WAS A MOTION IN A SECOND, BUT THERE'S OTHER DISCUSSION THAT MAY BE COMING FORTH BY MY COLLEAGUES. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER. SO IF I MAY, MRS. EJI, I STARTED TO GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO PROVIDE YOU WITH LEGAL ADVICE ON YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT WAS PROVIDED IN A CLOSED SESSION, THEN I WOULD NEED TO HA I WOULD NEED YOU ALL TO DIRECT ME TO DO THAT. OTHERWISE I'M ONLY PROVIDE, I WILL ONLY PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION IN THE FLOAT SESSION. OKAY. SO IS THAT, UH, UH, WELL YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR RELATED TO 3.09. SO IS THE DIRECTION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC NOW, IS THAT THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL? IT'S MY, IT'S MY, THAT TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE LEGALITY OR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN BE DISCUSSED OR PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC. I WANT YOU TO SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SPEAKING OF, NOT THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION, UNLESS IT'S THE REAL OF THE BODY. I DON'T, I THINK HE MAY BE REFERRING TO TEXAS. YOU DON'T CALL IT 39.06, REFERENCE THAT MY MOTION IS ON, OR I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. I WOULD HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION IN THE PUB. OKAY. SO, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE JOINT VERUS VARIOUS EMOTION ON THE FLOOR, BUT THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST TO GO INTO AN OPEN OR A CLOSED SESSION ON THE ITEMS. SO WE CAN BREAK TO GO INTO THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED AS IT RELATES TO THIS MOTION IS WHETHER I SHOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH LEGAL ADVICE ON THE THREE 39.06, WHICH IS PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATES TO PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN A CLOSED SESSION, UH, IN A MANNER THAT MIGHT BE, UH, VIOLENCE ABOUT THE LAW. SO, UM, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER. I'M, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH THIS BEING DISCUSSED IN AN OPEN SESSION. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN, UM, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SO YOU ALL CAN GET BACK TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION AND THE SECONDS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR, A COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT ALLOWED [01:30:01] TO UTILIZE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED IN OUR CLOSED SESSION, OR REALLY ANY INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED TO A MEMBER BY VIRTUE OF THEIR POSITION ON COUNCIL FOR PERSONAL BENEFIT OR, UH, TO, TO CAUSE HARM TO OTHERS. SO COUNCIL MEMBER PONY, I THINK THAT WAS, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE ASKING. WELL, YES, WELL, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE SPECIAL ABOUT THAT ENCLOSES EQUITY SESSION, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SEEMINGLY WAS WANTING TO BE DISCUSSED PUBLICLY BY WAY OF NOT DISCLOSING ANYTHING OR WITHHOLDING ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC. I WAS ALL FOR THAT. AND OF COURSE MY COLLEAGUE SHARED THE SAME THING, SO I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM EVERYONE ELSE, BUT IT SOUNDED AS IF COUNCIL WOMAN STERLING ALSO SECONDED WHAT I SAID AND COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS ALSO RELATED TO THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S FOR INDIVIDUALS OBVIOUSLY TOOK IT AS THE MAJORITY ARE WANTING TO DISCUSS THAT ASPECT PUBLICLY. AND BECAUSE COUNCIL WOMEN EDWARDS MENTIONED THAT WHAT SHE DOES, WHAT SHE RECEIVED IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THAT POINT, SHE FELT, YOU KNOW, DEEMED ELIGIBLE TO SHARE THAT PUBLICLY. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY BECAME A PUBLIC DISCUSSION. ANY DOCUMENT THAT PRETTY MUCH HAS PROVIDED TO US, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CONSIDERING THAT'S WHAT WE WORK FOR. ANYTHING, UNLESS IT'S A LAWSUIT. SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IF INFORMATION THAT IS PERSONAL REDACTED, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAK OUT ANY PERSONAL. AND THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THAT LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ASPECT. SO INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I THINK, UM, SEVERAL OF YOU ALL HAVE CERTAIN REQUESTS IN YOUR, UH, PERSONAL CAPACITIES AND YOU RECEIVED INFORMATION IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED TO A COUNCIL MEMBER IN HIS OR HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY CAN ONLY, OR SHOULD ONLY BE USED FOR, UM, KIND OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS. IT CAN'T BE DISCLOSED. IT CAN'T BE USED TO, UH, AS I MENTIONED WITH THE PROVISION, IT CAN'T BE USED TO HARM OTHERS AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION BY VIRTUE OF AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST THAT YOU MADE, THEN YES, THAT INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU PURSUANT TO THAT OPEN RECORDS REQUEST. ISN'T DEEP. I MEAN THAT ISN'T BEEN PUBLIC IF IT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU BY VIRTUE OF AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN INFORMATION WORKING DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BE REQUESTED CERTAINLY BY THE PUBLIC, BUT WE'D GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REDACTING AND SENDING INFORMATION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU ARE MEMBERS OF CAPITA GOVERNING BODY, ESSENTIALLY OF THE CITY CORPORATION. I FIND IT VERY CRAWLING THAT WE ARE PRETTY MUCH COVERING VIRUS, BASICALLY AS A PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC. IT IS PRETTY MUCH INCUMBENT ON HOW WE UTILIZE PUBLIC RESOURCES. AND HERE WE ARE DOCUMENTATION THAT PRETTY MUCH IS RELEVANT TO A BREACH OF THAT CHARTER AS WELL AS HOW FUNDING WAS DISTRIBUTED IN THIS CITY. I FIND IT APPALLING THAT WE ARE HIDING THOSE SITUATION DUE TO WHATEVER THE REASON MIGHT BE, BUT ALSO CURIOSITY, I'M NOT THE SMARTEST IN THE ROOM, BUT THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, I JUST WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE US CONSIDER AND DISCUSS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, APPLYING FOR CARES ACT FUNDS TO MY KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM HAS BEEN CLOSED AND NOBODY CAN APPLY FOR FUNDS. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPLYING, WHICH IS A FORWARD ACTION, WHY ARE WE CLICKABLE? I'M JUST CURIOUS. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW BEFORE I VOTE ON, UM, IT'S MY, THIS WOULD BE JOYCE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CARES ACT PROGRAM IS, UM, OVER, BUT I WOULD DEFER TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, [01:35:01] UM, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. YEAH. SO ARE INDIVIDUALS ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE CARES ACT PROGRAM AT THIS POINT? NO. SO THAT PROGRAM IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE, AS FAR AS APPLICATION. MAYBE THEY'RE DOING CLOSE OUTS NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, NOBODY CAN APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING AT THIS POINT. JAMIE THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU AGAIN, IS IF THIS IS ABOUT, IF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS ABOUT APPLYING FOR CARES AT FUNDING, WHY OR WHY IS THAT MOSTLY, OR IS THAT MOSTLY VOTE ON? UM, I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS TO RESTATE HER MOTION, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL WOMEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE CHARTER AS STATED IN SECTION 3.09 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM BOOKS MATTERS WEST. THEY HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST EMOTION IN THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A CITY WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE STAFF MEMBERS WERE ON THE WRONG AGENDA AND EVERYONE IS ACTING AS IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THAT MOTION IS FOR EITHER TO BE HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO, MOTION FOR ITEM TWO D E I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BEFORE, BUT WE WERE INITIALLY, OKAY, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN STERLING. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON? COULD YOU COME UP WITH, OKAY, THIS IS THE JOINT I JUST SAID. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL, THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND. YOU ALL HAVE HAD DISCUSSION. SO YOU EITHER VOTED UP OR DOWN. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. UM, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDER. UM, I WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD. FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY GLAD THAT THIS IS, UH, WE DIDN'T TAKE THIS TO A PRIVATE MEETING BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE AND YOU'VE DONE NO WRONG, THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS THINGS IN THE PUBLIC. LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT THIS ITEM IS BOTH VERY POLITICAL AND IT'S PETTY. UM, LET'S BE VERY CLEAR HERE. COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN, EDWARD AND CAPITAL ONE IS STERLING. NEITHER. ONE OF YOU WANTED ME TO BE SITTING IN THE SEAT. [01:40:02] YOUR COUSIN IS NO LONGER MAYOR AND YOUR GOOD FRIEND IS NO LONGER THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE. SO LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. I WAS ACTUALLY A PERSON FOR THIS SEAT. IN FACT, TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING CAMPAIGN SO HARD AND YOUR FAMILY CAMPAIGN SO HARD AGAINST THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP. THE AGENDA ITEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FINISH, EXCUSE ME. SO LET'S BE CLEAR. WHAT DOES IS, IS VERY POLITICAL AND IT'S PAID. I'M SURE THAT WHAT AM I FELLOW COLLEAGUE COULD HAVE TAGGED THIS ITEM, OR I COULD HAVE KNOCKED IT OFF OF THE AGENDA WITH THE TEXAS PENAL CODE 39, BOTH SEGMENTS USE OFFICIAL INFORMATION, BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE DISCUSSING IT BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO HAVE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AND WHAT I WON'T ALLOW YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO DO SAYING AT THIS DANCE IS TO DISPARAGE MY NAME FOR POLITICAL GAMES. I'VE NEVER TRIED TO HIDE ANYTHING. EVEN IN OUR CLOSED SESSION. A FEW WEEKS AGO, I VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING YOU, BOTH THAT I APPLIED FOR CARES ACT FUNDING. WHEN I WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I WAS NOT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. I REPEAT, I APPLIED FOR CARE ACT FUNDING WHEN I WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, NOT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, BUT LET ME TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER IN JULY LAST YEAR, I, ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, LIKE MANY OTHER HOMES, HOMEOWNERS ACROSS MISSOURI CITY. MY SALARY WAS CUT TREMENDOUSLY, LEAVING ME AS A SINGLE MOM TO TWO YOUNG CHILDREN TO PROVIDE FOR AND AS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, TRYING TO MAKE A TOUGH DECISION EACH AND EVERY MONTH, LIKE OUR OTHER RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO PAY AND WHAT I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY AS A, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, THE TWO BIGGEST BILLS IN MY HOUSEHOLD, MY MORTGAGE AND MY SON'S AUTISM SCHOOL TUITION. IN FACT, MY SON'S TUITION IS MORE THAN MY MORTGAGE. YOU SEE YOU BARKED UP THE WRONG TREE BECAUSE YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT MY FINANCE IS IN MY HOUSE AND HOW DARE YOU TRY TO FINANCE SHAME ME FOR TRYING TO BUY FOR MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY CHILD WAS SPECIAL NEEDS UNTIL YOU WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES. DON'T TRY TO TIE MY SHOE LICENSE. REMEMBER I OWN A HOME. I'M A TAX PAYER, NOT USE COUNCILWOMAN, EDWARD. I DON'T LIVE AT HOME WITH MY PARENTS. I'M A TAX PAYING CITIZEN AND HAD BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WONDER IF YOU CAN PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE, IF YOU COULD PAY YOUR CHILD'S TUITION, BUT I'M SURE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. BUT I DO. I APPLIED FOR CARE JACK'S BUNNY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. NOW BACK TO THE ISSUE AT HAND, THE NIGHT OF MY VERY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I VOTED ON SEVERAL ITEMS AT NIGHT. I WAS SWORN IN AND WENT RIGHT TO WORK WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF ME BEING MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB WITH NO TRAINING AS WAS REFERENCED IN ENJOYS THIS SLIDE. OUR CITY IS HURTING. I WAS SWORN IN ON DECEMBER 21ST. MY ORIENTATIONS THAT I ATTENDED, I DON'T KNOW THAT DID YOUR CITY COUNCIL ORIENTATION, BUT I ATTENDED CITY COUNCIL ORIENTATION ON THE 28TH WAS THE WEEK AFTER WITH NO TRAINING. AND MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB, I VOTED TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION. I DID NOT VOTE ON ME SPECIFICALLY AND NORTHERN IRELAND THOUGHT, EVEN AT THAT MOMENT, THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. IT WASN'T AS THOUGH MY BOAT CARRIED ANYTHING. IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE. WHEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY CALLED ME REGARDING THIS MATTER, WE DISCUSSED IT ON EVERY ASPECT AND I ORALLY WITHDREW MY APPLICATION. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDS FROM THE CARES ACT FUNDING PROGRAM. I APPLIED FOR THAT PROGRAM AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, TRYING TO PUT FOOD ON MY TABLE AND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY AS A SINGLE MOTHER. AND I REPEAT, I NEVER EVER RECEIVED ANY FUNDS FROM THE CARE ACT PROGRAM. IN FACT, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I GOT A NEW JOB AND I AM, MY FINANCES [01:45:01] ARE MUCH BETTER. AND SO FOR A SINGLE WOMAN LIKE MYSELF, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MY SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR PROVIDING FOR ME THAT I DIDN'T ANY NEEDS, ANY CARES, AS FUN AS I THOUGHT I DID AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. NOW I'M DONE WITH THIS. I AM, I'M DONE. IT'S IN THE OPEN. IT'S CLEAR. I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE FROM THE MOMENT I STEPPED IN THIS OFFICE. I HAVE SHOWN UP, I SHOW UP TO EVERY MEETING. I'VE COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS. I'VE COME HERE TO MEETINGS. I COME HERE TO MEETINGS, WHICH I PUT MY CAMERA ON. I'M IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE HELPED MORE PEOPLE THAN I HAVE HEARD EVER IN MY LIFE. AND I WILL CONTINUE DOING THE JOB THAT THIS CITY HAS ELECTED. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, THERE'S YOU STATED THAT YOU DID APPLY FOR THE CARES ACT FUNDING, AND YOU ALSO STATED THAT YOU DID, I'M NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH YOU MOVING ON. I WANT YOU TO SIT HERE AND BADGER THE WHOLE SITUATION, MAKE FALSE ALLEGATIONS AND GO ON AND ON AND I NEVER INTERRUPTED YOU. SO CAN I SPEAK? SO LIKE I WAS ASKING, DID YOU RECERTIFY ON REGARDING THE CARES ACT APPLICATION? DID YOU RECERTIFY? OKAY. SO WITH RECERTIFYING YOU JUST STATED THAT YOU VOTED ON IT, WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY HAD ANY TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL DEALINGS WITH IT, IT WAS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BENEFIT YOU CONSIDERING YOU NEVER READ THROUGH YOUR APPLICATION AFTER BEING SWORN IN AND YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE VOTE. IT WASN'T UNTIL IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE INFORMATION WAS, OR THE COMMUNICATION WAS INTERVENED BY CITY STAFF. THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THOSE CHECKS. HOW DID YOU USE COMMUNICATION? HOW DID YOU SPEAK TO THE, UM, THE CONTRACTOR? OKAY. SO AGAIN, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW YOUR APPLICATION, RIGHT AFTER BEING SWORN IN. YOU DID NOT DO SOUTH AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECUSE YOURSELF FROM VOTING ON A MATTER THAT YOU DID HAVE AN INTEREST IN, YOU DID NOT DO. SO YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET US KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, OR EVEN JUST MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT THAT, HEY, I HAVE A PUBLIC INTEREST, A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THIS MATTER, I WOULD LIKE TO REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON IT AND JUST HAVE OPERATING CLEAR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN EVERYBODY CLAIMS TO OPERATE UNDER HERE. BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE. IT WASN'T UNTIL STAFF INTERVENE IS WHEN YOU WOULD RUN YOUR APPLICATIONS. SO LET'S BE CLEAR HERE. IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME TYPE OF TRANSPARENCY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. I'M GOING TO SIT IN THE FACTS AND I'M INTERESTED IN CITY. I'M SORRY. RESIDENTS PULLED TO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR MIGHT NOT HAVE RECEIVED THE PERSONAL ATTENTION FOR THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE YOU USE YOUR PUBLIC INFLUENCE TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR APPLICATION WAS PROCESSED. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN. AND I'M INTERESTED IN THE CITY BEING HELD AT I'M SORRY, YOU'VE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE RESOURCES THAT WERE UTILIZED BY FEDERAL FUNDING DURING A PANDEMIC WERE NOT DISTRIBUTED PROPERLY BECAUSE WE WERE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO YOU AND YOUR APPLICATION. SO LET'S BE CLEAR HERE. AND ACTUALLY THE SECTION STATES WHAT ACTUALLY YOU VIOLATED. SO I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ALL THE PERSONAL THINGS THAT YOU JUST STATED ABOUT ME AND WHAT YOU ASSUMED THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ME. I'M INTERESTED IN THE FACTS THAT ARE BEFORE ME AND HOW THE RESIDENTS NEEDS TO BE INFORMED OF THIS MATTER AND HOW POTENTIALLY, UM, UNETHICALLY, HOW IS UNETHICAL. AND IT'S BASICALLY AGAINST ANY TYPE OF INTUITION AND INTEGRITY THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE. THE DECISIONS IS TROUBLING. SO IF ANYBODY ELSE, THIS IS A PROBLEM. AND IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO JUSTIFY IT BY HAVING AN ISSUE FINANCIALLY, WHICH I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS, YOU ARE HELD AT A HIGHER STANDARD BY BEING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT. YOU'RE CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF THAT, I AM SO HAPPY THAT, UM, PAST RECORDS FROM PEOPLE THE PAST AREN'T TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BEFORE WE GET ON COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CRIMINALITY AND I'LL LEAVE THAT WITH THAT. OKAY. NO. YEAH, WE ARE. LET ME SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND. LET ME SAY SOMETHING TO MY, UH, I HAVE NO INTENTION, NO INSPIRATIONS LIKE ANY POLITICAL UPWARD MOBILITY, NONE WHATSOEVER. WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL OR WHEN YOU CAME ON COUNCIL COUNCILS MEMBER, UH, I REACHED OUT TO YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU REACHED OUT TO ME, YOU HUNG UP IN MY FACE. THAT'S OKAY. I'M A BIGGER PERSON THAN THAT. I WORK WITH EVERYBODY. MY INTENT, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE WITH THIS CASE, AND I TOLD HIM IS I HOLD THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK [01:50:01] AGAIN. THEY DID NOT BRING THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE? THEY BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THIS LINGERED ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE ANYONE EVEN MENTIONED TO THE COUNCIL. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT NOTHING PERSONAL TOWARDS YOU. UH, TELLS ME BECAUSE I MUST SAY I HAVE BEEN A SINGLE MOTHER. I'VE BEEN A SINGLE PARENT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE A PARENT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GETTING YOUR LOCATIONS ABOUT ME, BUT IT'S OKAY. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. ONLY THING I HAD ABOUT THIS CASE IS WHY WEREN'T WE NOTIFIED? THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER. I WANT TO KNOW CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY. THAT'S, THAT'S ONLY CONTINGENT PERSONALLY. I DON'T GET INTO PEOPLE'S PERSONAL BUSINESS PERSON, MYSELF, AND WE ALL ARE HUMAN. WE ALL HAVE ISSUES. SO I I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT THE THINK THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO I WANT TO BE THE BIGGER PERSON TO SAY, THIS IS NOT WHERE I WAS GOING. COUNSEL, I'M STERLING. THIS, THE CITY MANAGER. YOU'RE DESERVING TO HAVE AN ANSWER FROM ME AS A CITY MANAGER ON YOUR QUESTION. YES, I, I WAS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. I ALERTED THE CITY ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO OUR CURRENT RESOLUTION. WE THEN IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO PROCESS IT. UH, AND, UH, THAT WAS, THAT PROCESS TOOK PLACE. IN FACT, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I QUITE FRANKLY, WAS ALERTED AROUND THE SAME TIME. AND, UH, UH, AS PER THE RESOLUTION, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS ADVISED THAT OF THE MATTER AND SHE WAS ADVISED THAT SHE NEEDED BRED INTO COUNSELING. UH, SO, UM, I CERTAINLY OPERATED, UH, WITHIN THE COMBINES OF THE RESOLUTION. UH, AND, UM, SO I, I STAND TO A TEST ON MY ACTIONS THAT THERE WERE PROPER ADJUSTS. YES MA'AM. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT I'M NOT SURE MUCH RESOLUTION YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CITY. UM, THIS MATTER WAS BROUGHT TO YOU ALL THE TENSION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF WHEN THE CITY MANAGER AND I WERE NOTIFIED. SO IT DID COME UP. I UTILIZED IT. I THINK I MENTIONED TO YOU, WHEN WE SPOKE, I UTILIZED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN YOU ALL AND TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AS I DO, WHENEVER ISSUES COME UP, I DO TRY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THAT INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT SOME POTENTIAL PROVISIONS ARE THAT MIGHT IMPACT YOU ALL AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE ISSUE WE WERE NOTIFIED ON, OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 12TH, THE MATTER WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ON OR ABOUT MARCH 15TH. AND THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHY IT SAID THAT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT COME ON BOARD, YOU GUYS CALL IMMEDIATELY. YOU SAID EMAILS, BUT THIS ONE, LEAVE IT OFF. AND WHAT I'M SAYING, I'M NOT HOLDING ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE OTHER THAN YOU GOT YOU AND CITY MANAGER. AND SO THAT WAS MY CONTENTION. USUALLY, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S OF IMPORTANCE, DO YOU CALL OR EITHER YOU EMAIL, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS WAS FOR LONG, AND I'M NOT POINTING THE FINGER IN, AND I'M NOT HERE TO DEFAME ANYBODY THAT'S CHARACTER. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I NOTICED ON THIS COUNCIL, WE MAKE UP THINGS AS SOMETIMES, LIKE WE SAID, LAST WEEK, THERE IS NO NEED FOR POLICY. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS OUR CAR FOR GOVERNING. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. BUT HERE AGAIN, I'M LIKE, I'M NOT POINTING THE FINGER AT ANYBODY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE NEED BETTER POLICIES IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS CERTAIN ISSUES. AS YOU JUST MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THERE'S TRAINING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S TRAINING, IT NEEDS TO BE MANDATORY TRAINING FOR NEW PEOPLE. WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE MANDATORY TWO, WE WILL ALL MAKE MISTAKES. AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND, AND COUNCIL WOMAN, LET ME JUST GO BACK. THAT IS NOT TRUE. WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I HAVE NEVER, I DON'T KNOW YOU. I WORK WITH YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE, I SUPPORT YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND MY CAREER DAYS ARE ALL OVER. I'M RETIRED AND I'M ENJOYING IT. THAT THERE'S ONLY THING ABOUT THIS IS, IS THAT WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER. AND I THINK JUST GO BACK TO THE, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SECOND FIVE COMES TO NUMBER OUT OF RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE TO REQUEST, I'M SORRY. I HAVE ONE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON TWO E, WHICH IS A ONE SECOND [01:55:01] JONATHAN BAILEY AND TRINA POWERS AND JEANETTE AND JIM FONDO. SO GO AHEAD. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT SOMEBODY BROUGHT SOME CLARITY TO THIS WHOLE ISSUE ON THAT AGENDA. AS COUNCILMAN BONY MENTIONED WAS SORTA GREAT. I APPLAUD THE COUNCIL FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT'S TAKEN PLACE ON THIS COUNCIL. I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. IF WE GOT AN ISSUE, WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. THE, THAT I GET FROM THIS IS THAT COUNCIL SHOULD ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT 3.09 WAS VIOLATED IN ANY WAY. AND IF SO, WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT PENAL CODES, THAT'S SERIOUS. THAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A CLASS, A MISDEMEANOR, WHICH COULD BE, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO FINES OR JAIL TIME. I DON'T WISH THAT ON ANYONE ON THAT COUNCIL, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, THE COUNCIL IS FACED WITH AN INTEGRITY CHALLENGE AND THE RESPONSE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY TO ESTABLISH A PRECEDENCE. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN APPLY FOR ANY FORM OF FEDERAL RELIEF, IF LEGITIMATE IS MOOT, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER RECUSES HIS OR HER CELL OR THE RELATED BOAT, AND DISCLOSE THE BASIS FOR RECUSAL ILA, BY CAREFULLY WRITING IT INTO THE MINUTES AND AFFIDAVIT OR STANDARD FORM OF QUESTIONNAIRE THAT MIGHT EXIST. THERE IS HOWEVER, AN INHERENT CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE HE IS NOT RECEIVING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL THAT'S A WOMAN AT. WHAT'S MENTIONED THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME LEVEL OF INVESTIGATION. SO EVEN BEFORE YOU GUYS START TAKING MOTIONS AND MOVING HERE AND THERE, SOMEONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHAT'S GOING ON. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF SQUABBLES, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SPECIFIC. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN KLAUS'S FINANCIAL SITUATION, BUT I ALWAYS ADVISE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE. MAKE SURE YOUR HOUSE IS IN ORDER BEFORE TAKING ON FIDUCIARY DUTIES OF MANAGING SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY, OUR GOVERNMENT. AND I'VE SPENT 10 YEARS AS AN OFFICER IN THE MILITARY AS A SENIOR EXECUTIVE WITH A MAJOR CORPORATION. AND I HAVE WITNESSED AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOLKS BEING REMOVED FROM THEIR POSTS OR POSITION PLACED ON PROBATION AND EVEN FIREPLACE ETHICS VIOLATIONS. SO YOU EITHER NEED RULES OR YOU DON'T, YOU EITHER COMPLY WITH THEM OR YOU DON'T. I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE CITY HAVING A DUTY TO FAITHFULLY ADMINISTER FEDERAL AND STATE BONDS WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE SOME KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS. AND PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS. SO IT HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF COMPARATIVE REVIEW. AS, AS COUNCIL WOMAN MENTIONED, CONSTABLE WOMAN EDWARDS MENTIONED TO DETERMINE WHAT INDIVIDUALS WERE ACCEPTED, WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THE EXCEPTION, ACCEPTANCE AND WHAT INDIVIDUALS WERE REJECTED AND THE BASIS FOR THAT REJECTION, WHAT YOU GUYS DO INTO THE FUTURE. I HOPE YOU WILL KIND OF COME UP WITH SOME BASIC ETHIC POLICY AROUND THIS BECAUSE IT WILL COME UP AGAIN. YEAH. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT MAY HAVE LAUREN LEE TO EAT MENTALLY. I'M NOT HEARING MS. LEE, UM, NEXT, UM, TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WHAT JEANETTE, JEANETTE, EXCUSE ME FOR PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME WRONG. OKAY. NOT HEARING. AND NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. TRINA POWERS. MS. POWERS. NO, I, I, I APPRECIATE IT. UH, TRINA, BUT I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ISSUES OR ANY MORE COMMENTS TO MAKE ON THIS. I LEFT, UH, I TRIED TO GET SOME QUESTIONS IN, AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS PROGRAM. NOT, NOT AS IT RELATES TO COUNCIL, WOMAN PLOWS OR, BUT OVERALL, I THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND I'LL BE REQUESTING INFORMATION [02:00:01] RELATIVE TO NOT ONLY THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, BUT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE RUNNING. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO START TAKING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. LET'S GET THIS INTEGRITY THING, WORKED OUT AND GET OUT OF THIS BUSINESS OF VOTING FOUR TO THREE AND FLIPPING FROM ONE GROUP TO ANOTHER IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE CHARGE AND MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD. AND I KNOW WE CAN DO IT. I HOPE WE GET OVER THIS PROBLEM. I HOPE WE LEARN FROM IT AND I HOPE WE MOVE FORWARD FROM IT WITH SOME CLEAR DIRECTION AND SOME CLEAR ETHIC POLICY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THE LAST PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IS CHARLOTTE JOHNSON. YES, I'M DONNA JOHNSON BAILEY, AND I'VE BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER FOR OVER 20 SOMETHING YEARS. AND RIGHT NOW I'M SICK TO THE PIT OF MY STOMACH. I'M JUST A PAUL AT THE COUNTY HOUSER ATTACK. SOME OTHER ONE'S CHARACTER. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ANYBODY PERSONAL BUSINESS. I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE OR HOW THEY LIVE OR HOW THEY MAKE LIVING. BUT I MYSELF WAS TURNED DOWN THREE TIMES WITH THE CARROTS AND I DID NOT EXPECT ANY TREATMENT. AND I DO PEOPLE PERSONALLY ON, UH, ON THE COUNCIL, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PERSONALLY, AND I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE WAY IN SCHOOL. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. ONE GOES TO SCHOOL IN NEVADA AND HAVING A BUSINESS WHERE IT BEING SHUT DOWN. THEN AFTERWARDS YOUR BUSINESS STILL NOT BEING BUILT UP. ALL I WANTED WAS SOME HELP AND I WANTED IT LEGITIMATE AND THE RIGHT WAY, I WASN'T LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, NOT BIG WISHES, ALL FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL. AND, BUT I COULDN'T EVEN GET PAST WHY OR WHAT WAS HAPPENING BECAUSE I CAN'T GET PAST THE BEHAVIOR TONIGHT. IT'S JUST SO UNPROFESSIONAL. AND I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE HEARD SUCH ATTACK ON A PERSONAL, A PERSON, A PART OF THE COUNCIL, JUST BECAUSE THEY ASKED A LEGITIMATE QUESTION CONCERNING THE PEOPLES AND THE PEOPLE GOVERNANCE. I'M JUST IN TOTAL SHOCK RIGHT NOW. I RUN TO HIM IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF JUST THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT'S BEING BLOWN INTO OFFICE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE, WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AND MISSOURI CITY. THIS IS WORSE THAN CHARLES PLATE. THIS IS, THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. AND IT'S RIDICULOUS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE I'M SICK. I CAN'T EVEN ADDRESS MY ISSUES BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD GRADING COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. NO, I JUST LOVED MINNEAPOLIS, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, THAT, THAT BABY TINTS MY STUDIO. AND RIGHT NOW I'M JUST LITERALLY IN TEARS BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO BE ATTACKING ONE ANOTHER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF A SIMPLE QUESTION. THAT'S WHAT BE THE FOLKS. THIS IS WHAT I'M SEEING FROM SOMEONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE CITY, HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF ACT FROM THE CARES ACT AND THAT'S THE WAY PEOPLE GOING TO ACT. AND I JUST DON'T EVEN WANT ANY OF IT. AND I WILL NEVER APPLY AGAIN. THANK YOU. UM, LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THIS. UH, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDER ON RECORD. UH, I WENT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON MY OWN AND DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JUST FOR DUE DILIGENCE AFTER THIS WAS PRESENTED, NO, I WENT BEFORE IT WAS PRESENTED AND I DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE SOMETHING WRONG, DOESN'T VOLUNTARILY GO TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEY FOUND THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVE IN HIT TO DO WRONG. SO THERE WAS NOTHING OPENED UP. THE COUNCIL WOMAN EDWARDS WANTED EASIER WAY TO GO TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION, WANTED HER TO GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMISSION. YOU CAN, UM, SPEAK TO WHAT YOU KNOW, AND I SAID, WHATEVER, WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO, WHATEVER [02:05:01] NEEDS TO BE DONE, BECAUSE AGAIN, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB, 30 MINUTES WITHIN I WAS IN THE JOB AND I VOTED, BUT I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY MONEY. I APPLIED AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND I'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY MONEY. AND I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT I WAS APPROVED OR DENIED. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S, UM, SOMETHING FOR ME TO MAKE, MAKE NOTE THAT NONE OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. UM, ALTHOUGH GOING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE DA'S OFFICE, HAVING A ETHICS COMMITTEE ON THE FACTS, SPEAK FOR BILL AND PRETTY MUCH, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE PROTECTED, UM, BY STAFF OR WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES TO PROTECT THE COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT WHEN I ASKED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT WERE PERTAINING TO, UM, A CONTRACT OF A MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS CONTRACT, THE LED LIGHTS OR THE WATER WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PLANTS IN PARALLEL AND PURCHASED SOME DEBT, I WAS RIDICULED. I WAS ATTACKED JUST LIKE I WAS TODAY FOR ASKING FOR MORE TIME, JUST SO I CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION. BUT HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND DISCUSSING WHETHER A COUNCIL MEMBER STATED OUT OF HER OWN MOUTH, THAT SHE VOTED ON US ON A SITUATION THAT SHE HAD FINANCIAL INTEREST IN, AND IT'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY. UM, NO ONE IS PRETTY MUCH MY COLLEAGUES AREN'T REALLY SAYING MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT SHOWS THE FAVORITISM THAT WE HAVE ON HERE. SOME PEOPLE ARE, AND, UM, I'M HERE TO DO CITY BUSINESS. I'M NOT HERE FOR THE PERSONAL SPLENDOR, ALL THE ACCUSATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT, JUST BECAUSE I STAYED IN FACTS, UM, THAT WERE SUPPORTED. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M REPRESENTING AT-LARGE THE ENTIRE CITY MAKING GREAT DECISIONS AND INFORMING THE PUBLIC AND KEEPING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE THAT I'M PRIVY TO. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS UNDERSTOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. I AM SHOWING FAVORITISM FOR THAT. I AM NOT LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THE SAME WHEN IT COMES TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING MYSELF, I WILL SAY THIS INFORMATION WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO US IN CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAD A VERY ROBUST QUESTIONS WERE ASKED, AND IT WAS REVEALED THAT COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER APPLIED FOR CARES ACT FUNDING PRIOR TO BECOMING A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL. SHE NEVER KNEW WHETHER THAT APPLICATION HAD BEEN APPROVED OR DENIED. SHE EVEN, SHE DID NOT CHASE IT. SHE SHARED THAT, AND SHE JUST ADMITTED TO THAT AS WELL. STAFF PRESENTED TO US, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT, UH, THE SCENARIO HAPPENED THE WAY IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AS FAR AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS ARE, HAS INDICATED ONCE THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF THE SITUATION, IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH, NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, WOMAN CLOUDS, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO US AS A COUNCIL COUNCIL, WOMAN CLOUDS, OR IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED STAFF THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE APPLICATION WAS STILL ACTIVE IN THAT ANY FUNDS WERE BEING CONSIDERED ON HER BEHALF THAT SHE APPLIED FOR BEFORE SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. AND SO THEREFORE SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY MONEY. SO, UH, YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATION AS A WHOLE, AND I JUST FIND IT CHALLENGING. AND SHE HAD NO TRAINING WHATSOEVER. AND IT'S BEEN INDICATED THAT SHE HAD NO TRAINING THAT VOTING ON MATTERS SIMILAR TO THIS, UH, WOULD BE SOME SORT OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO SHE WAS UNAWARE. SHE WAS OBLIVIOUS TO THE SITUATION. AND SO ONCE IT WAS MADE CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT THINGS NEEDED TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE FULL COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHY CITY ATTORNEY IN PRIVATE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION GAVE US ALL A UPDATE AND A TRAINING ON WHAT IS ALLOWABLE. AND WHAT'S NOT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPROPRIETIES OR INTENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I CAN LOOK AT THIS AS SOME SORT OF A FAVORITISM, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MONEY EXCHANGE. THE CITY NEVER PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WOMAN WITH ANY MONEY. SO, UH, I JUST, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT, OR IT WAS EXPRESSED EARLIER ABOUT ATTACKS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND WHATSOEVER, THAT WAS A PERSONAL ATTACK. I FELT LIKE ON MYSELF BECAUSE I'M NOT SITTING HERE LOOKING AT THIS FROM A FAVORITISM STANDPOINT OR LOOKING AT THIS AS A, THIS PERSON WINS AND THIS PERSON LOSES WE'RE ALL ON COUNCIL TOGETHER. AND IT'S NOT MY INTENT TO FOCUS ON PERSONAL MATTERS. I MEAN, WE HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHEREBY THIS IS NOT, THERE IS NO MONEY THAT EXCHANGED HANDS, COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS WOULD NEVER GOT A DIME FROM THE CARES ACT FUNDING, [02:10:01] BUT YET WE'RE SITTING HERE AS IF SHE JUST DID SOMETHING TO STEAL MONEY OR TO DO SOMETHING WRONG. SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH BEING ACCUSED OF SHOWING FAVORITISM TOWARDS ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. I BELIEVE ALL OF US SHOULD BE TREATED, TREATED THE SAME EQUITABLY UNFAIRLY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND THAT'S A GREAT HARM FOR US TO BE TREATED FAIRLY. THAT WILL BE IDEAL, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. UM, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT PHYSICALLY RECEIVE A CHECK, THE INTENT WAS THERE. IF IT WAS NOT STOPPED BY STAFF, UM, SHE WOULD HAVE, SO LET'S CLEAR SHE HAD AMPLE ENOUGH TIME TO WITHDRAW HER APPLICATION. SHE COULD HAVE RECUSED HERSELF FROM VOTING ON THE 29TH. UM, THE DAY THAT WE BOTH MET, I'M SORRY, THE 21ST SHE RECERTIFIED HER LOCATION PROCESS. AND SO WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED, WHICH WASN'T UNTIL MARCH 15TH, SHE HAD AMPLE ENOUGH TIME TO WITHDRAW HER APPLICATION. TRUE. YES, SHE WAS APPLIED WHEN SHE WAS A PRIVATE SUCCESS, BUT AS SOON AS SHE, UM, THAT'S WORN IN, WHY WAS IT THE APPLICATION WITHDRAWN? SO SHE WAS UNAWARE. SHE SAID SHE WAS AWARE. I DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING. THANK YOU. SO, UM, HAVING, UM, IGNORANCE TO THE LAW IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH, UM, BE REMOVED FROM. SO AS, AS BEING COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE EXPECTED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. ONCE WE SWORN IN AND UNDERSTAND THE JOBS AND THE DUTIES OF THE, UM, THE POSITION THAT WE SAW, SO HARDLY FOUGHT FOR TO, TO, UM, CAMPAIGN AND OBTAIN. SO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE UNAWARE OF THINGS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PRETTY MUCH SUSTAIN YOUR BEHAVIOR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND WE ALL SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER HERE AGAIN. AND I'M JUST APPALLED ANYWAY, BUT I HAVE NO, AND I, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS NO INTENT, BUT IT DID HAPPEN. AND WHEN I WENT BACK AND READ THE MATERIAL, IT WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO BEFORE SHE WOULD PUT HER AN APPLICATION. SO THE, SO THE APPLICATION WAS THERE, THE FUNDING WAS THERE AND ONLY BECAUSE, AND THAT'S WHY I GO BACK TO THE CITY THAT SAY, WHY WEREN'T WE INFORMED? BECAUSE WHEN THE REQUEST WAS DONE, WHEN THE REQUEST WAS DONE, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN. AND IT HAD NOT BEEN IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE CITY INTERCEDING, ACTUALLY GIVING BASED ON ADVICE AND INFORMATION THAT THEY WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND NOT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. I THINK COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, STERLING SAID IT BEST EARLIER THAT YOU KNOW, HER, HER VIEW IS THAT IT WAS A STAFF ISSUE AND THAT THIS WAS AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED NOW, CORRECT ME. YEAH. LET ME MAKE, LET ME BE CLEARLY IT WASN'T A STAFF ISSUE. MIKE MIKE, MY POINT WAS IT LIKE ALWAYS IS THAT I DON'T GET THE INFORMATION WITHIN A TIMELY FASHION. AND I THINK I SPOKE TO THIS, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS. WE HAD A LONG ATLANTA CONVERSATION AND THAT'S WHY I JUST INCLUDED THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, OFTENTIMES WE GET INFLAMMATION, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S AFTER THE FACT EXPOSED BACK TO IT'S FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE THING OF IT IS IT'S INFLAMMATION WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND NOT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WHY WEREN'T WE INFORMED TO INVOLVED AT THAT POINT? THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. OKAY. AND IT'S NOT THE STAFF AND HIM. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S IT'S, IT WAS JUST NOT DELIBERATE ENOUGH THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. AND THIS IS EASY. JOIN THE COUNCIL MEMBER SURLY. I BOUGHT THE, UH, PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH THE INFORMATION ON MARCH 15TH. AND I THOUGHT, AND THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL RECORDS AND BELTS WERE PROVIDED TO EVERYBODY, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. UM, AND AS YOU WENT UP, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I SPOKE, I THINK AFTER THAT MEETING, MAYBE EVEN THE DAY AFTER THAT MEETING. AND I MENTIONED TO YOU THAT THERE'S NOT AN OFFICIAL POLICY REQUIRING THAT MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH INFORMATION SUCH AS THIS, WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME. BUT IF I MENTIONED I WOULD BE WORKING ON A RESOLUTION FOR YOU ALL, OR MAYBE EVEN AN ORDINANCE THAT SPECIFICALLY STAY A TIMEFRAME, THEREBY CREATING A POLICY SO THAT EVERYONE'S EXPECTATION ARE WELL-DEFINED AND MET. IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS, I WAS, I WAS GLAD THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE SO OFTENTIMES ALL WE RECOMMEND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. CAUSE I KNOW WE LIKED POLICIES AND THOSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY DID MOVE THIS BODY FORWARD WITHOUT POLICIES, WE ALWAYS STUCK LIKE WE ARE NOW. AND SO THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION, I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M [02:15:01] HOPING THAT THIS BODY THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE IMPLEMENT POLICIES. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE POLICIES FORWARD BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN THE PAST. THANK YOU JOYCE FOR THAT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION ON THE TABLE. UM, UH, SECOND BY, UH, ALZHEIMER STERLING. AND MY VOTE IS NO EDWARDS. I STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DANCE STEPPED AWAY. CLOUDS. YES. I COULDN'T HEAR THAT WAS NO INTENT. SO THE ANSWER IS NO, IT'S A NO FOR ME AS WELL. SO THE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO TWO. IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T PASS OUR HEAT. DOESN'T PASS 42 IS THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN FROM. SO WE CAN GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS AND GO INTO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK, UM, REGULAR MEETING. AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK TO [3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS? UM, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ON, ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO IT WOULD BE THE, UM, SECTION FIVE, FIVE 1.074. YEAH. UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I MEAN, TO THE SPECIAL MEETING NOW WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. UM, WE'LL JUST GO DOWN TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S STILL HERE. MAY I APPROACH THEM OR [4. RECONVENE into Special Session and consider action, if any, on items discussed in Executive] PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. UM, AND WE HAVE CITY MANAGER OR JOHN'S CITY ATTORNEY. YOU JOE'S JAMO HORSES ON THE CALL PLACE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHO ELSE? THANK YOU, MARIA. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND THE MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MAYOR TO, UH, APPOINT, UH, INTERIM CEO, MARIO PARTITA, AS THE FIRE CHIEF AT MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS COUNCILWOMAN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION KIND OF CLARIFICATION TO CONCUR WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MANAGER NEEDS TO CHANGE HIS EMOTION. ARE YOU ASKING JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THE MOTION IS TO CONCUR WITH THE APPOINTMENT? UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCUR WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRE CHIEF BY THE CITY MANAGER, THAT MARIO PARTITA OF THE NAME FIRE CHIEF, [02:20:11] I GUESS NOT. UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD. AND BOTH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD CLOUSER FROM MEMBER STERLING. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. YES. FOR ME, MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER BUSINESSES WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. I MET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. * 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.