Apr 05, 2021 City Council

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, I DON'T NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE FUNDS ALLEGIANCE.

WE WILL ASK NOW THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LANDMARK CHOW TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION.

MA'AM

[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]

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SO ITEM THREE, A IS PROCLAIMED AIRPORT HAS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND RECOGNIZED WE ARRIVED THE SPECTRUM KIDS GYM AND THE SPEECH LEARNING CENTER FOR THE IMPACT WITH FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM DISORDER OF COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, GLENN KLAUSER AND MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OFF.

I'VE BEEN VACCINATED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY, UH, WITH BUSINESSES THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT, UM, FOR THEIR WORK IN AUTISM, UM, AS A MOTHER OF A CHILD WITH AUTISM, I KNOW THAT THIS, UH, DISORDER CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING.

SO FOR THOSE FAMILIES OUT THERE THAT ARE LIVING WITH AUTISM, I WANT TO TELL YOU TO JUST STAY ENCOURAGED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE RESOURCES.

AND RIGHT BEHIND ME, WE HAVE TWO BUSINESSES THAT ARE GREAT RESOURCES RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR MAYOR HAS PROCLAIMED AUTISM AS AUTISM.

UH, APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

SO HE HAS, UM, HE HAS DRAWN UP A PROCLAMATION AND I WON'T READ ALL OF IT, BUT I'LL READ THE LAST TWO, UM, EARLY ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION.

INTERVENTION AND THERAPY ARE VITAL TO THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, INDIVIDUALS WITH ASD SHOULD HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE CARE SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY NEED TO BE HAPPY AND ACHIEVE THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY JOINS IN RECOGNIZING AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH, BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THOSE WORKING, TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, UH, AUTISM AWARENESS, UM, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

NOW, THEREFORE THAT I LYNN KLAUSER COUNCIL MEMBER ON BEHALF OF ROBIN J ELLA KAT MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MARY CITY DO HERE.

ROB PROCLAIM, APRIL AS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY OF MAYOR PRO TEM, A LIST.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE THE FIRST BUSINESS RECOGNITION? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WE ROCK THE SPECTRUM THERE ON HIGHWAY SIX, A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS, A WELD OPERATED BUSINESS THAT DOES GREAT THINGS TO YOUNG FAMILIES TO GO KIDS.

SO WHEN I'M THINKING, YOU GUYS ARE COMING OUT THE HERE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ALL THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE NEXT BUSINESS RECOGNITION, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IS TO STACEY LATE WITH A SPEECH AND LEARNING CENTER.

UH, THE SPEECH AND LEARNING CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2005.

THEY HAVE GROWN FROM TWO EMPLOYEES TO 18 AS OF TODAY AND HIRING TWO MORE IN APRIL.

UM, THEY CHOSE MISSOURI CITY IN 2005 BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH ONCE THEY DID THEIR RESEARCH.

AND THERE WERE LIMITED RESOURCES FOR SPEECH SERVICES.

THE MISSION OF THE SPEECH AND LEARNING CENTER IS, UH, TO PROVIDE TREATMENT TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, WITH SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, THEY STRIVE TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL SKILLS FOR THEIR PATIENTS BY PROVIDING SERVICES WITH EXPERTISE AND COMPASSION.

SO TODAY, STACY, MY FRIEND, YOU GIVE BACK SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY DO YOU OFFER SERVICES, BUT WHEN I HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU'RE ALWAYS COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THOSE AND GIVING BACK, EVEN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC YOU WERE OFFERING FREE, STARTS TO FAMILIES.

AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO AND MAKE YOUR BUSINESS GROW.

AND THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MISSOURI CITY FOR YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS THAT EVENING.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE THE FAMILIES IN OUR CITY OVER THE LAST 16 YEARS.

THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO SUCCESS OF ANY ORGANIZATION FROM FAMILY SUPPORTING YOU.

UH, I HAVE AMAZING STAFF WHO HAS STEPPED IN AND BEEN SO FLEXIBLE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR, ADJUSTING FROM IN-PERSON TO VIRTUAL, TO IN-PERSON ADJUSTING THERAPY.

SO IT'S SAFE AND BENEFICIAL, BUT THAT

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THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH AUTISM GET THE SERVICES THEY DESERVE.

AND SO DESPERATELY NEED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 16 YEARS, ADDING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY, CONTINUING TO GROW OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO ANY IDEAS.

IF SOMEONE SEES A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, JUST REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY HELP WITH.

AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HI EVERYONE.

I'M MARGARET LEE FROM, WE WERE AT THE SPECTRUM AND WE ARE IN OUR FOURTH YEAR OF BUSINESS IN THE AREA IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND WE LOVED BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE'D LOVED MEETING ALL THE FAMILIES THAT COME IN, UM, AND WE LOVE THAT THE FAMILIES LOVE THAT SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES TO COME AND PLAY OKAY.

I HAVE THREE APRIL FAIR HOUSING AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE DO HAVE OUR PRESENTATION, BUT BEFORE THE PRESENTATION FOR CLAIM APRIL, 2021 AS THE FAIR HOUSING MONTH.

UH, SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY AMY MOORE.

GO AHEAD.

MA'AM UH, SO LAST YEAR IN APRIL, WE CELEBRATED THE 51ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968.

AND WE RECOMMIT TO THAT GOAL, WHICH INSPIRED US IN THE AFTERMATH OF 51 YEARS SINCE REVEREND DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR ASSASSINATION IN 1968.

AND THE GOAL WAS TO ELIMINATE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

FUNDAMENTALLY, FUNDAMENTALLY FAIR HOUSING MEANS THAT EVERY PERSON CAN LIVE FREE.

THIS MEANS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OPEN AND WELCOMING FREE FROM HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND HOSTILITY.

OUR COMMITMENT TO FAIR HOUSING IS A LIVING COMMITMENT.

ONE THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF AMERICA TODAY AND PREPARES US FOR THE FUTURE OF TRUE INTEGRATION.

SO THIS YEAR WE RECOMMIT TO THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND CREATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE BECAUSE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT IS TO PROVIDE FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES, CREATE A PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATION AND SETTLING COMPLAINTS AND PROVIDE RIGHTS AND REMEDIES TO FEDERAL LAW.

ACCORDING TO THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 2 MILLION INSTANCES OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION ARE ESTIMATED TO TAKE PLACE EACH YEAR ACROSS THE NATION.

DESPITE THIS LESS THAN 2% OF THOSE INSTANCES ARE REPORTED AS MANY RENTERS AND HOME BUYERS DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ACTIVITIES ARE ILLEGAL UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.

INCLUDING APARTMENT AND HOME RENTALS, MORTGAGE LENDING, HOME RENTER'S INSURANCE, HOMEOWNERS, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE SALES, UM, RELEVANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UTILITY DISTRICTS, LANDLORDS REALTORS, LENDERS.

UH, IN APRIL, WE TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE ADVANSIX OF EQUAL HOUSING ACCESS.

UH, THIS MONTH IS DESIGNATED TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE ADVANCEMENTS OF EQUAL HOUSING ACCESS AND TO REMIND OURSELVES OF THE PURPOSE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.

THE FAIR HOUSING ACT APPLIES TO HOUSING AND HOUSING RELATED ACTIVITIES,

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UM, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN SETTING DEED RESTRICTIONS, LAND USE ORDINANCES DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING CODES, ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, OR RENTING, INCLUDING MAKING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABLED.

UM, THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ONCE SHOWING SELLING MORTGAGING OR INSURING HOMES.

UM, SOME EXAMPLES OF DISCRIMINATION UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT INCLUDE REFUSAL TO RENT OR SELL HOUSING REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE FOR HOUSING, MAKING HOUSING, UNAVAILABLE SETTING, DIFFERENT TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR PRIVILEGES FOR SALE OR RENTAL OF A PROPERTY PERSUADING OWNERS TO SELL OR RENT THEIR HOME FOR PROFIT DENYING ACCESS OR MEMBERSHIP IN A FACILITY OR SERVICE RELATED TO THE SELL OF HOUSING ADVERTISING OR MAKING ANY STATEMENT THAT INDICATES A LIMITATION OR PREFERENCE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, WHICH INCLUDES SEXUAL HARASSMENT, FAMILIAL STATUS, DISABILITY, OR BLINDNESS.

THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING THAT IS OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.

IN 2018 ALONE, THERE WERE 31,202 COMPLAINTS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION.

THE NUMBER HAS SEEN AN INCREASE SINCE THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC STARTED, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

SO SOME OF THE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN, UM, IN THE LOCAL AREA ABOUT THEIR HOUSING, UH, THERE WAS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VERSUS THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

SO JUST ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, THE COMPLAINTS ALLEGED WERE FILED IN MAY 20 ON MAY 26TH OF 2015.

THE COMPLAINTS WERE THAT THE CITY AND POST A ONE HALF MILE SPACING RULE THAT PROHIBITED MANY SMALL GROUP HOMES FROM OPERATING IN BEAUMONT.

UH, THE CITY HIDDEN BOAT IMPOSED FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS, EXCEEDING THOSE IMPOSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AS PART OF ITS CERTIFICATION AND FUNDING OR GROUP ON GROUP HOMES, THE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITED PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FROM LIVING IN BEAUMONT.

UH, THE RESTRICTIONS RESULTED IN A NURSING HOME, UM, INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF A WOMAN WHO WAS FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF HER HOME.

THE CITY VIOLATED THE FAIR HOUSING ACT AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

AND FOR THIS, THE CITY HAD TO PAY $435,000 IN MONETARY RELIEF, A $15,000 CIVIL PENALTY, 25,000 TO DISABILITY RIGHTS OF TEXAS.

THEY, UM, HAD TO SEE SOME ENFORCEMENT AND THEY IMPLEMENTED A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION POLICY REQUIRED, FAIR HOUSING TRAINING AND APPOINTED A FAIR HOUSING COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

I ONLY HAVE THREE MORE SLIDES.

SORRY.

UM, OKAY.

SO HOW CAN WE AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING? WE CAN DO THIS BY MAINTAINING AND IMPLEMENTING A FAIR HOUSING PLAN, ESTABLISHING A FAIR HOUSING ORDINANCE.

REVIEWING LOCAL CODES OF ORDINANCE IS RECEIVING, INVESTIGATING AND FORWARDING TO HUD FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINTS.

ENSURING THAT HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON FAIR HOUSING ISSUES.

UM, SO THE CITY IS A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, UH, LIKE CDBG AND TEXAS DOT.

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SO WE MUST WORK TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING GOALS, UM, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN, FAIR HOUSING, IMPEDIMENT STUDIES, HOUSING STUDIES, UH, PERIODIC PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES AND ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS.

UH, SOME OF THE FAIR HOUSING RESOURCES ARE THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OR HUD, AND THEY HAVE AN OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

AND FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY FOR TEXAS RESIDENTS.

AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

I INVITE ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, OR CONCERNS ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, FURTHER THE FAIR HOUSING PROGRAM, UM, AND MAKE IT MORE WELL KNOWN TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ITEM THREE, PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF APRIL 11TH, 2017, 2021 AS A NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATION WEEK AND THE CITY OF HIS RECIPIENT, TEXAS, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR POLICE CHIEF MIKE , BUT BEFORE YOU DO THAT IS THIS ONE IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE THAT IS, UM, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK, APRIL 11TH, THROUGH 17TH, 2021 AS A NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATION.

IT WAS A RECIPIENT AND AN HONOR OF MEN AND WOMEN WAS DILIGENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM TO KEEP OUR CITY AND OUR, OUR CITIZENS SAFE.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, CHIEF OF BELIEFS LIKE BEARS.

YES, SIR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS YOU HAVE SERVING AS YOUR EMERGENCY NINE ONE ONE TELECOMMUNICATORS.

I PROMISE YOU YOU'RE IN GREAT HANDS.

THOSE LADIES WORK TIRELESSLY WITH EXTREME DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY.

UH, THEY LITERALLY TOUCHED THE PROVERBIAL FOOTBALL EVERY TIME THE, UH, ANY EMERGENCY IS PUT INTO PLAY.

THEY DISPATCH FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OUR EMS PARTNERS THROUGH THE COUNTY.

UH, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

THEY, THEY ARE DEDICATED, THEY ARE TRULY, UH, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CITIZENS AND THEY CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, UH, A WEEK BEING SET ASIDE TO HONOR THEM AND THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND NEW MAYOR.

IT SAYS MORE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

AND I KNOW THEY CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO WE'RE HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

AND WE APPRECIATE THEM AS WELL, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP, BUT WE DO HAVE TROUBLE.

PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON DIFFERENT ITEMS, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IT.

NUMBER FIVE

[5. STAFF REPORTS]

IS STAFF REPORT.

WE HAVE A FIVE EIGHT COVID-19 UPDATE BY ACTING FIRE, CHIEF, MARIO RTO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, TAMEKA JOETTE, UH, WHO NORMALLY JOINS ME ON THESE UPDATES IS UNAVAILABLE THIS EVENING.

SO I'LL BE GOING THROUGH THIS BRIEF UPDATE.

UM, THIS IS A DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH YOU ON THE VACCINATION, UH, FRONT, AND, UM, THIS SHOWS THE ACTIVE CASES OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, WHICH, UH, THE BLUE LINE HAS BEEN SHOWING THE, TO HAVE A MOUNT AND VERSUS THE ORANGE LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE HAS BEEN COMING DOWN, UH, WEEK BY WEEK.

TO MISSOURI CITY, UH, DISTRIBUTORS.

THE VACCINATIONS FROM MISSOURI CITY.

UM, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, ATTRACT WEEK BY WEEK, UH, BASED ON THE STATE ALLOTMENTS AND WITH THE BLUE LINE BEING THE STATE ALLOTMENTS AND THEN THE ORANGE LINE OR THE FEDERAL ALLOTMENTS.

SO TODAY WE HAVE RECEIVED 9,800 VACCINATIONS TO DIRECTLY

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AND, UH, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, ALL THE VACCINATIONS THAT SOME OF OUR CITIZENS ARE RECEIVING THROUGH OTHER, UH, LOCATIONS.

UH, IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FEDERAL DATA IS ABOUT, UH, TWO WEEKS BEHIND.

UH, SO THEY RUN BEHIND THEM PROVIDING THEIR DATA.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS THE DASHBOARD UPDATE FROM THE STATE WEBSITE, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION HERE, UH, IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS, UM, THE BOTTOM BULLET ON THE RIGHT IS A, IS A PROGRAM FOR HOMEBOUND CITIZENS.

SO FOR CITIZENS THAT ARE UNABLE TO, TO, TO GET TO A VACCINATION LOCATION FOR VARIOUS REASONS ARE ABLE TO REQUEST THROUGH THE COUNTY A SPECIAL ASSISTANCE WHERE THEY WILL ACTUALLY COME OUT AND VACCINATE THEM IN THEIR HOME.

UH, SO THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE'LL BE SHARING THE INFORMATION, UH, THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT CITIZENS ARE AWARE OF THIS OPTION FOR RECEIVING THE VACCINATION.

UH, AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR REPORT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WITH THAT, UH, YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA, THE CITY RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR AGENDA ITEMS SIX, EIGHT, AND SIX C.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIX OR ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND OBSERVED THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE JIM FONTENEAU ON ITEM 6:00 AM.

I DON'T HEAR FROM HIM.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSUMMATE DENIAL AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF AND CONSTANT NUMBER EDWARDS OR CONSTANTLY FINE NUMBER CLOUSER UM, WHEN I CALL FOR MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE.

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

FOR ME, MORRISON DON'T CARRY SEVEN ZERO

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]

SEVEN EIGHT PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS, SEVEN, EIGHT ONLY PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE ON THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TAXES, ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATION FOR 75.58 ACRES OF LAND AS A CD SIGNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE OH EIGHT 75.58 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING DEVELOPMENT AND MUSIC PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH TD FUND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, A MANDATE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR BODY FOR REFILL PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROJECT.

SO WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM A SYDNEY TEAM MEMBER, A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

CAN YOU THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN AND IT'S OUTLINED IN RED, IT'S AT THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE FORT BEN TOLL ROW FOR BIN PARKWAY AND STATE HIGHWAY SIX.

AND SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX.

AND SO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE A PART OF AN OVERALL, UM, WHAT, UH, NUQUEST PROPERTIES, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPER, UH, FOR THIS PROPOSED, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TERMING AS A REGIONAL CENTER.

AND SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS, UM, AT THAT SAME INTERSECTION, UH, THAT NUQUEST PROPERTIES, UM, HAS DEVELOPED AND, UM, IS IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE, AND PARKWAY NORTH

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UM, SO EACH OF THESE ARE BEING MARKETED AS A, UH, THE FORT BEN TOWN CENTER, FORT BEND TOWN CENTER SITE ONE, UH, B UH, THE KROGER LOCATION, UM, AT A STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND, UH, THE TOLL ROAD.

UM, AND THEN, UH, FORT BEEN A TOWN CENTER.

NUMBER TWO IS WHERE THE CINEMARK MOVIE THEATER IS PROPOSED TO GO, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX.

THIS MAP HERE ON THE SCREEN, UM, IT'S JUST TO KIND OF, UH, BRING YOUR PERSPECTIVE TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE FORT BEN PARKWAY.

UH, THIS PIECE, UH, WOULD BE PART OF THAT OVERALL ACTIVITY.

UM, SO AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, RIGHT AT LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND ALONG THE FORT BEND PARKWAY CORRIDOR.

UM, SO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACK, UM, WOULD BE IN LINE WITH ALL OF THAT REGIONAL ACTIVITY, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS AREA.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH A SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS TB IS RECOMMENDED TO DO.

UM, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET ME KNOW.

UM, OVERALL THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RESOLVE THIS PROPERTY FROM, UH, ITS CURRENT ZONE OF SD, WHICH IS THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT, UH, TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE MIX OF USES ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, UM, INCLUDING, UH, EL C3, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING FEDERAL CATEGORY.

UM, TYPICAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL USES THAT WE SEE ALONG OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, INCLUDING HIGHWAY SIX.

UM, THIS WOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SMALLER SCALE FULFILLMENT CENTER.

SO THINKING OF OTHER TYPE OF SERVICE THAT AMAZON PROVIDES, BUT ON A SMALLER SCALE, UM, AS RETAILERS, UM, UH, CHANGE SOME OF THEIR OPERATIONS, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, AND THEN ALSO JUST, UH, CHANGING RETAIL PATTERNS, UH, THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY, UM, AND MIXES OF USES CONTAINED WITHIN THIS AREA, UH, TO, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, UH, REQUIRE THE NEED FOR PARKING GARAGES.

SO, UM, SURFACE PARKING, UM, YOU KNOW, AS TYPICAL IN THIS AREA, UM, BUT ADDITIONAL PARKING NECESSARY TO SUPPORT, UH, THE MIX OF USES.

UM, AND THEN THIS IS ALSO, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, A MAJOR FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT AREA, UH, THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER TWO FOR BEN TOWN CENTER LOCATIONS, UH, THE KROGER CENTER AS THE ANCHOR OF A FOUR TOWN CENTER ONE, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SO MARK AS AN ANCHOR, UH, FOR THE BINS COUNT CENTER TOO.

UM, AND SO PART OF THE ENTIRE REGIONAL, UM, ESSENTIAL CENTER THAT, UH, NUQUEST IS, IS TRYING TO DEVELOP AT THIS INTERSECTION, UH, THIS WOULD BE A PIECE THAT ALLOW FOR, UM, UH, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, UH, THAT WOULD ATTRACT NOT ONLY RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, BUT, UM, PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION, UH, TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA, UM, TO SUPPORT THIS AS WELL, THIS PD WOULD INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY USES.

UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IF, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS REZONING.

UH, IT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO TO UPDATE THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO CHANGE THIS AREA, UM, FROM ITS CURRENT DESIGNATION TO THE ADULT ORIENTED, UH, CHARACTER.

SO ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, IN THAT MIX OF USES WOULD FOLLOW THE LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT STANDARDS, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES WOULD FOLLOW THE CITY'S IMAGE TO MULTIFAMILY TO A RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS EXCEPT, UM, AS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN INCREASE AND, UH, THE DENSITY, UH, FOR MULTIFAMILY, UM, AREAS, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 30 DWELLING UNITS, UH, PER GIRLS PLED AT ACRE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHTS AT FOUR STORIES, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF THE WILLING UNITS IN A SINGLE BUILDING AT A 750, UM, A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 300,000 SQUARE FEET PER STRUCTURE WITH A MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA, UM, AS STATED, UM, AND THEN, UH, ALLOWING UP TO 230 DWELLING UNITS, UH, PER BUILDING, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE BUILDING LANE.

SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF, UH, NUMBERS, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME IMAGES TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD TRANSLATE INTO.

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AND SO IF ANYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT OUT IN THE BRAZOS TOWN CENTER, THAT'S IN THE RICHMOND AREA OFF OF, UH, 69 INTERSTATE 69, UM, THIS IS A, UH, KIND OF CONCEPT, UH, THAT NUQUEST IS LOOKING AT PLACING, UH, IN THIS AREA.

UM, SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT NUMBERS THAT, UM, I JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE, UH, THIS IS THE VISUAL OF WHAT THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THESE ARE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING BUILDING REGULATIONS WHERE YOUR LIGHTING STANDARDS, UH, WOULD BE CONTAINED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, TYPICAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, THAT ARE PERMITTED, UM, BY LAW.

UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THERE IS A DEVIATION THAT'S INCLUDED, SO ALLOW FOR LANDSCAPES LANDSCAPES SCREENING FOR CERTAIN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WHERE, UH, TYPICALLY A MASONRY WALL, UH, WOULD BE REQUIRED AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH TRANSFORMERS.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, UM, A HUGE DEVIATION FROM, UH, THE CITY STANDARD CODE.

UM, OTHER REGULATIONS WOULD BE TYPICAL BASED ON THE TYPE OF USE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON THE LANDSCAPING, A LANDSCAPING WOULD FOLLOW THE CITY'S MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UM, EXCEPT THOSE PROVIDED HERE.

UM, AND SO JUST TO, UH, I DON'T THINK I HAD A SITE PLAN, THERE IS A SITE PLAN INCLUDED, UM, IN THE PACKET OF MATERIALS.

UH, IT'S NOT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE CONCEPT PLAN, UH, BUT THIS WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA VISUALLY OF, UM, HOW THIS WILL BE LAID OUT.

UM, SO FROM THE STREET VIEW FROM HIGHWAY SIX, UM, FROM KNIGHT ROAD, FROM, UH, THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF WATTS PLANTATION, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE A GREENBELT OR LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UM, AROUND THE PERIMETER ALSO PROVIDING, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS WITHIN, UH, THE INTERIOR AT THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS REFERENCED ON THE COMMERCIAL BUFFER, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, UH, THE CONCEPT CYCLING THAT'S INCLUDED, UM, THERE ARE AREAS THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR ONSITE DETENTION ABOUT DRAINAGE PURPOSES.

UM, AND SO ALL OF THAT WOULD BE BUILT INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN, UM, FOR THE SITE AS GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON THE PARKING SIDE, THE PARKING, UH, WOULD FOLLOW THE CITY'S MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UM, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HERE, UM, IN, IN THE ACCOMPANY, UH, REPORT, UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, MINIMUM, UH, PARKING RATIOS BASED ON BAKERY TYPE.

UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, ONE, UH, PARKING GARAGE, UH, PER DWELLING UNIT FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

THIS IS A REDUCTION FROM WHAT THE CITY WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE.

UM, THIS WOULD PROVIDE, UM, AN INCREASE, UH, USE OF CARPORTS, UM, BASED ON A MAXIMUM LENGTH OR NO MAXIMUM LANE, UM, APPLY.

UM, AND THEN ALSO EXTENDING THE NUMBER OF A DETACHED GARAGES, A SIDE BY SIDE, MORE SO THAN WHAT THE CITY'S MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ALLOW FOR TODAY.

AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS GOING BACK TO JUST THE VISUALS, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO.

UM, AND SO AS YOU SEE THE TWO, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS, UM, IN THE CENTER OF THIS PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THE CARPORTS, WHICH ARE THE SHADED STRUCTURES WITH THE WHITE, UM, CANOPIES ON TOP, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS YOU SEE FOR RODGERS, UM, PLACED AROUND THE PERIMETER AS WELL.

UM, SO THEY ARE COMPONENT SO THEIR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, UH, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE LOOK, UH, THAT THAT WOULD, UH, THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WOULD TRANSLATE IN TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND AGAIN, ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, UH, TO CONSIDER WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

HIGHWAY SIX, UM, AND, UH, THE SITE VIEW, UM, OF TRAVELERS COMING ACROSS, UH, THE FOREGROUND PARKWAY AND THEN ALSO, UM, ACROSS HIGHWAY SIX AND TRYING TO CAPTURE, UH, THOSE, UH, TYPES OF, UM, THAT MARKET, UM, AS IT TRAVELS THROUGH.

ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND A FINAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'LL JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FINAL, UM, PART OF MY PRESENTATION IS ON SIGN REGULATIONS.

UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPER HAS PRESENTED A MASTER SIGNED PLAN, UH, CONSIDERING THE LOCATION, UM, AT THE, UH, EXTENDED TRAVEL LANES OF THE FOREIGN PARKWAY, UM, THE OVERPASS OVER

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SO THE DEVELOPER HAS SUBMITTED THIS, UH, MASTER SIGNED PLAN.

UM, THE SIZES, THE HEIGHTS OF THE SIGN ARE TALLER THAN WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE IN THIS AREA.

UM, BUT AGAIN, BASED ON THE TRAVEL LANES, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE TALLEST TYPE SIGN COULD BE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 70 FEET IN HEIGHT.

THE SIGN BE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 24 FEET, OR ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGNS AT THE KROGER SHOPPING CENTER ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

UM, AND THEN, UH, SIGN TYPE C AND SIGN TYPE D UM, ARE PRETTY TYPICAL HEIGHTS THAT YOU SEE ALONG HIGHWAY SIX AND OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, UM, AT 12 FEET IN HEIGHT.

UM, ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS YOU SEE THE USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO.

UM, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL DESIGN, UH, BUT COUNCIL THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE CAN, UM, OFFER US PERMISSION, UH, TO THE, TO THE DEVELOPER TO INTEGRATE, UH, THE CITY'S LOGO AND BRANDING, UM, INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

SO THERE'S A SITE PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE MASTER SIGNED PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW THE SIGN, UH, SCIENCE WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED.

UM, YOU CAN SEE, UM, AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS, UH, ALONG THE HIGHWAY SIX, FRENCH, UH, WITH THE TOP LEFT CORNER, BEING THAT INTERSECTION OF THE FORTMAN PARKWAY, UM, AND, UH, STATE HIGHWAY SIX.

UH, SO THE TALLER SIGN THAT UP TO 70 FOOT TALL SIGN SIGN TYPE A AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PROPOSED ALONG THE HIGHWAY SIX FRONTAGE, A SIGN TYPE B, UM, BEING THE MAXIMUM, UH, 24 FOOT TALL SIGNS.

UM, AND THEN YOU SEE, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION OF SIGNS ALONG, UM, ALONG THE SITE, INCLUDING, UH, THE WATTS PLANTATION, UM, UH, EXTENSION, UH, PROPOSED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.

AND SO THE MASTER ASSIGNED PLAN ALSO, UM, INCLUDES, UH, SOME, UH, UH, LOCATIONAL, UH, FLEXIBILITY FOR WALL SIGNS.

UH, THIS IS, UH, AN IMAGE, A CONCEPT OF WHAT COULD BE DESIGNED WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT, UM, MORE AND MORE SHOPPING CENTERS ARE STARTING TO INTEGRATE AS A DIFFERENT CONSUMERS AND PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO HAVE NO MORE GATHERING PLACES AS SOCIAL PLACES, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT DEVELOPED, UM, IN THESE TYPES OF AREAS.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE AS CLEAR, BUT THERE'S, UM, ASSIGNED BACK, UH, TOWARDS THE REAR.

UM, YOU JUST SEE IT KIND OF HANGING ON TOP OF A BAR.

UM, THIS WAS, THIS SIGN PACKAGE INCLUDES, UM, ALLOWING FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY ASSIGNED PLACEMENT TO CREATE THIS KIND OF A SENSE OF PLACE, UH, FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT, IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UM, I AM HERE TO TAKE THAT.

UM, BUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE, UH, WITH THE, UM, ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWSER SECOND BY CUSTOMER NUMBER STERLING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOTE COMES FROM BRAD WORDS.

SO CONSOLE WERE EMORY AND SECOND MEMORY WAS BROUGHT TO HIM MARLA'S BACK.

COSTUMER CLOUSER COMES FROM THE EMIRATES AND THE CS FOR ME, SOME MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO, THE CITY RECEIVED A NO PUBLIC COMMENTS REQUEST FOR AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT ONE.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVE.

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AND, UM, I CALLED FOR WELLS, UH, MAY OF TO MERLIN'S GUESS SOMEWHERE EDWARD.

YES, YES.

EMORY YES, YES.

FOR ME.

SO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

SO NOW WE'LL OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION COUNCIL.

REMEMBER MARILLAS UM, WE RECEIVED ONE, WE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT AND PROTESTS REGARDING THE ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY NEEDS TO PROVIDE RIGHT AWAY FOR WIDENING NIGHT ROAD.

CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MA'AM, I'M ACTUALLY A SASSY KUMAR IS STILL ON THE LINE.

UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY, YES, JENNIFER, THIS IS SHASHI TAMARA AGAIN, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, UH, DYKSTRA PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER PLAN TO BE, UH, EXTENDED AND WIDENED.

IN FACT, WE HAVE ISSUED A, UH, YOU HAVE SOME SIPPING BITS OF THIS TIME, AND AS YOU ARE ALSO THERE, WE ARE PURSUING, UH, THE LAST BEAT OF A PIECE OF RIGHT AWAY NECESSARILY TO, UH, WHY DOES AND EXTEND THIS PROJECT.

SO, UH, NITRILE, UH, IS IN THE PLANTS TO BE EXTENDED AND WIDENED AS WELL.

YEAH, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, QUESTION, UH, PERTAINING TO THE, UH, UH, UH, EXTERIOR FENCING ARE, ARE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT BUTTS UP TO SEVERAL.

SO WHAT PROTECTION THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, UH, UH, KEEP A LIGHTING STANDARD, UH, AND, UH, AND SO NOT AS TO, UH, HAVE ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON, UH, THOSE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.

UM, DOUG, CAN WE GO BACK A FEW SLIDES TO THE VERY FIRST SLIDE WITH THE, UM, THE SITE OUTLINED IN RENT? THANK YOU.

UM, SO THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UM, THAT SHOWN IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THERE ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF NIGHT ROAD, UM, A FEW HOMES THAT ARE, UH, FACING NIGHT ROOM, BUT, UM, ALL OF THE HOMES WILL BE SEPARATED BY, UM, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AT THIS AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOT ANY REQUIREMENTS, UM, FROM THE CITY'S CURRENT STANDARDS OR AS PROPOSED IN THE PD, UM, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SOUND WALLS, UM, OR MASONRY, UM, WALLS.

UM, THERE WILL BE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL DISTANCE FROM THE ACTIVE AREAS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING, UM, BUILDING SETBACKS, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, THERE ARE STANDARDS, UH, FROM, UH, THE BUILDING REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, UH, IN THIS PD TO, UM, UH, KEEP LIGHTING, UM, WHEN, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT SITE, UH, SO THERE'S REGULATIONS THAT, UH, THERE HAS TO BE MITIGATION, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE, UH, LIGHT FEATURES ARE, UH, SO THAT IT DOESN'T BLEED ONTO, UM, A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE, UH, UH, IT, IT WILL BE MORE VISIBLE THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY SINCE THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ON IT, UH, TODAY, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT, UM, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, AS CONSTRUCTED TODAY.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?

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YEAH, THIS WAS COUNCILMAN EMORY.

UH, YEAH.

FOR SOME REASON, I THOUGHT THAT IT BORDERED SEVERAL LOVE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THIS COMMAND DISPLAYS THAT IT DOESN'T.

SO THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

THIS IS A MAYOR PRO TEM LEWIS AND ON NIGHTS FOR, WELL, WHAT'S THE, UM, SURROUNDING, WOULD IT BE ALL BRICK, ESPECIALLY ON NIGHTS ROAD? SO, UH, WHAT WILL THE PROPERTY BE BOARDED WITH? WOULD IT BE BREAKFAST? ISN'T A PROPOSAL FOR MASONRY LONG, UM, OR FOR FENCING AROUND THE PERIMETER? UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT GOES, UM, IT MIGHT BE LIKELY THAT THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS ENCLOSED IN SOME KIND OF THIN THING.

UM, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN AS SPECIFIED OR DEFINED.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE PD DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WOULD NOT REQUIRE, UM, A MASONRY PERIMETER WALL, UH, JUST LANDSCAPING.

SO JENNIFER DISCO, THIS IS ROBIN, JUST TO GO BACK TO THAT QUESTION.

SO IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE OUR TYPICAL SHRUBS THAT WE PUT IN, UH, IN THAT SIDE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF A OFFENSIVE MECHANISM? IT WOULD BE STANDARD.

UM, SO YOUR TYPICAL CUSTOMER THAT YOU WOULD SEE ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER MURRAY AGAIN, UH, IS THERE, UH, ARE, HAVE WE HAD ANY, UH, UH, ISSUES ARE CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE, UH, IN THAT AREA? UH, YO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, ROUND CREEK MINE AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHER, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, DOWN HIGHWAY SIX.

I KNOW THAT'S A, A WAYS OFF, BUT, UH, THERE'S BEEN, UH, SOME, UH, DRANGE QUESTIONS.

UH, ARE WE COMFORTABLE THAT, UH, UH, THE DRAINAGE IS IN HAND COUNTS MEMBER EMORY, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO SACHI KUMAR AGAIN, ONE OF THE, ON THE DRAINAGE QUESTION, THANK YOU.

THIS IS SHASHI KUMARA, COUNCIL MEMBER, DANNY DEL OPEN PROJECT THAT ADDRESSED THE BASIC ISSUES, DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC.

UH, IN TERMS OF BRAIN AGE, THERE IS A REQUIRED ELEMENT TO MITIGATE ANY IMPACTS CREATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS LIKELY TO BE DONE VIA DETENTION SO THAT THEY HOLD THE WATER.

CURRENT BELIEVES THAT PREEXISTING RATES INTO THE CREEKS THAT DON'T FALL.

UH, SO THAT WILL BE LOOKED INTO AS, AND WHEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES, I THINK THIS IS THE PD PROCESS OR THE ZONING PROCESS.

SO TO SPEAK AS A PLANTS COME BY, UH, ENGINEERING STAFF WILL REVIEW THE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS TO ENSURE THAT THE BRAND AGENT BANKS ARE FULLY MITIGATED COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DRAINAGE STUDIES.

AND I WAS LIKE THAT ARE CONSIDERED AT THE PLANNING STAGE.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SHOT SHE MENTIONED.

THIS IS JUST SO THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED.

SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARULA SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

UM, I WILL NOT GO IN AND CALL FOR VOTES YES.

EDWARDS.

YES, YES.

EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS ITEM EIGHT, THEY'RE APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY CAR RIDE

MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM SEVEN, BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARING RELATED ACTIONS ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER

[8. APPOINTMENTS]

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CORRIDOR, UH, DOUBLE MINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, MAYOR ELCAT REQUESTED THE PLACEMENT OF THIS ITEM ON SPECIAL MEETING ON JANUARY 6TH AND THE, UH, JANUARY, 1120 21 TO CREATE A NINE MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WOULD PROVIDE INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND REVIEW PROPOSALS, ESSENTIALLY ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CARTWRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE HAVE INTERVIEWED, UH, APPLICANTS AND THEY HAVE THE MAYOR HAS DECIDED, UH, SO HE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT TO THIS COMMITTEE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS, UH, THIS COMMITTEE IS WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR.

HE WILL JUST ANNOUNCE HIS SELECTION TONIGHT.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, BUT I CAME TO YOU WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT I'M ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON FOR COORDINATING.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT, A SHERYL STERLING, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT B.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, JEFFREY BONING, UH, BOTH OF THEM TOOK A LOT OF TIME, UH, FROM THEIR BUSY DAY.

UH, WE HAD THREE FULL EVENINGS THAT WE KIND OF SET UP AND DID THE INTERVIEWS, AND ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO MEET.

I BELIEVE 34 PEOPLE APPLY IN A WEEK, CUT DOWN TO A 21, A SHORT LIST, AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND INTERVIEW ALL 21 CANDIDATES.

AND, UM, WE HAD A GOOD PROCESS OF PLACE.

UM, ONE, IT ALSO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK OUR HR DIRECTOR, MARTIN RUSSELL, FOR HIS OPPORTUNITY TO CUT SHORT THE LIST AND THEN GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE ON SCORING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT TOOK A EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

SO I CAN TELL YOU THERE WERE WONDERFUL, UM, UH, COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD.

A LOT OF IT WAS ALIKE, UH, VERY FEW DIFFERENCE, BUT IT WAS A GOOD CROWD.

SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND REPORT BACK TO YOU AS TO THE, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PICKED LORENA, WALTER, THANK YOU.

UH, AND THIS TIME I LIKE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, WHO'S CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE, UH, CONSOLE OR BONY AS COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE DO SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, JUST WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, DUCT SHERYL STERLING, AND YOU MIRROR APPLICANT FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE PUT INTO THIS, UH, COUNTLESS HOURS OF, UH, NOT ONLY LOOKING AT APPLICATIONS, BUT ALSO INTERVIEWING INDIVIDUALS.

I WANT TO THANK MARTIN RUSSELL'S CITY MANAGER AS WELL FOR WORKING WITH ME TO HELP PULL TOGETHER THE QUESTIONS AND THE SCORING SYSTEM.

AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY APPLICANT THAT APPLIED, ESPECIALLY THE 21 WHO INTERVIEWED SOME AMAZING PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.

LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANY, AND EVERYONE WHO DID APPLY AND, OR DID NOT MAKE THE LIST OF SEVEN RESIDENTS WHO WERE A PART OF THIS, UH, WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN A LOT OF DIVERSITY.

UH, YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS, BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THAT.

ALTHOUGH THESE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING MYSELF, STERLING, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH THIS COMMITTEE, ALL OF YOUR INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS VALUABLE AS WELL.

SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST MENTIONED, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE VISION OUTRIGHT CALLED WHITE CORRIDOR.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE.

CERTAINLY WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MARIA AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT AS WELL, BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH ENERGY AND SO MUCH INFORMATION AND SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE THAT PEOPLE AT MISSOURI CITY BOUGHT THAT IT WAS VERY HARD DECISION IN, UH, DOING

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A NUMBERING.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I'M GOING TO DIGITAL ONCE AGAIN, THAT PLEASE STAY ENGAGED BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.

AND IF IT'S NOT THIS COMMITTEE, IT WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER ONE.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR, AND ALSO THE CHAIRPERSON COUNCIL OF A BONY FOR THIS VISION AND FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS COME TO A REALITY AT THIS POINT IN SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, MARY, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING.

UH, I JUST WANT TO LET THE INDIVIDUALS, ONCE THEY ARE APPOINTED OR WHATEVER, ONCE WE GET THEM APPOINTED OFFICIALLY, UH, AND I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, MARIA, DO THEY HAVE TO BE SWORN IN BEFORE WE CAN START WORKING OR, OR JOYCE, MAYBE YOU GUYS, THIS IS MARIA.

ALL OF THEM WERE CONTACTED AND THEY REQUESTED THAT.

I ASKED THEM IF THEY COULD COME AND ATTEND THE APRIL 19TH AND ESPECIALLY REGULAR COUNCIL MADE TO BE 20 TO OFFSET THE MULTIPLE THEMES TO BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.

THE REASON I ASKED THAT MAYOR IS I WOULD LIKE TO, ONCE THEY GET THROUGH AND TRY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING IMMEDIATELY WITH SO WE CAN GET TO WORK, RIGHT.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM GETTING SWORN IN AT OUR NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED IMMEDIATELY FOR THEM TO, UH, TO, TO GET ENGAGED AND GET INVOLVED.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THE ITEM NINE ORGANIZATIONS CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSOR OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR THE PROJECT? WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS THROWING IT, SIR.

AND I'LL ALSO ASK, UH, NEXT WEEK, MARIA AND JOYCE, IF I CAN HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, IF POSSIBLE, IF I CAN HAVE CUSTOMER REMOTELY, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, TO JOIN ME AS THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO ALLOW US FOR THE CEREMONY.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND ALL OF THAT.

SO IF YOU GUYS CAN, SO THIS IS AN OPEN INVITATION TO JOIN ME AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

UM, WHEN WOULD

[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE CANTALOUPE DITCH WIDENING PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR 2021 CIP PROGRAM.

THE PROJECT LIMITS ARE FROM FM 10 92 TO BUFFALO WHERE I'M PARK AND IS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST OF, UH, THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, THIS PROJECT WAS BUDGETED FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION, UH, AND WE PURSUED, UH, AN AWARD AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE GLO AND ARE UNDER CONTRACT AND WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT IN 2020.

UH, THESE FUNDS WERE DESIGNATED TOWARDS THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT FOR THIS PROJECT.

THE CITY STAFF WENT THROUGH THE STANDARD CONSULTANT SELECTION PROCESS AND HOSTED INTERVIEWS, UM, AND ENDED UP WITH TOP THREE, THREE FIRMS. UH, THE CONSENSUS AMONG THOSE FIVE SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAS THAT HALF ASSOCIATES WAS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THIS PROJECT.

HALF HAS DONE DRAINAGE WORK FOR THE CITY IN THE PAST AND HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS.

CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT, UH, COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH AN ASSOCIATES.

THE MAYOR STEPPED OUT.

THIS IS .

UM, THANK YOU, JEREMY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE CANTALOUPE DITCH WHITING PROJECT AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.

AND IT'S A YES FOR ME.

AND, UH, THE MAYOR STEPPED OUT.

DISTRICT THERE, WHICH CARRIES THE WATER AND THE WASTE PORTER OF LIGHTS.

ITEM NINE B CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH BLUE RIDGE WEST MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT PROVIDING THE CITY'S ENCROACH INTO THE CITY'S UTILITY EASEMENT.

UH, SASHA KUMAR IS PRESENTING GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN, UH, THE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS APPOINTING AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH LAWRENCE WEST MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY'S ENCROACHMENT IN THE DISTRICTS, UTILITY EASEMENT.

UH, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND AS YOU, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THERE IS AN A UTILITY EASEMENT, UH, RELATED TO BLUE RIDGE WEST MUNICIPAL UTILITY

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UH, THE EASEMENT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY RELATED TO THIS PROJECT TO INSTALL UTILITY LINES.

SO WE WILL BE IN CO WE ARE PROPOSING TO ENCROACH INTO THIS MEANT RELATED TO BLUE RIDGE WESTMONT.

SO THIS IS A CONSENT AND APPROACH THAT IS DRAFTED BY THE, BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDES THE ABILITY FOR BOTH THE ENTITIES TO USE THE EASEMENT FOR UTILITY PURPOSES, AND ALSO PROVIDES THE OPTION TO USE THESE MEN FOR ANY MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

UH, WITH THAT I, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN ENCOURAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH BLUE RIDGE WEST MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, PROVIDING THE CITIZEN CROCHET INTO THE DISTRICT UTILITIES EASEMENT AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF COUNCIL WOMAN FILED A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING WITH THE MOTION COLLABORATE WITH THE SECOND.

WAS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.

WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER FILES, OR COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.

AND I GUESS FOR ME EMBARRASSED.

ITEM 10, EIGHT ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FAXES ADOPTING PAID STRUCTURES AND INCENTIVES AND CERTAIN VACATION PAY PLAN FOR NON-EXPENSIVE PERSONNEL PERSONNEL, INCLUDING FIRE PERSONNEL AND POLICE PERSONNEL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

[10. ORDINANCES]

AND, AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY A CITY MANAGER.

I CAN SEND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, UH, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND, UH, AT THE, UH, WE TREAT THAT WE RECENTLY HAD STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT.

ONE ITEMS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU WAS IN REFERENCE TO OUR PAY STRUCTURES AND OUR PAY PLAN AS IT RELATES TO THE MARKET STAYS.

AND WE HAD BEEN DOING EVERY TWO YEARS SINCE 2016 AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, WE WERE DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS AS WELL.

UH, DURING THAT LEAN, THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP.

WE WANTED TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS WITH YOU AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER AND ALSO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO RESPECT TO THE ADOPTION STRUCTURE AND CERTIFICATION PAY PLAN.

AS MAYOR PROTIUM MENTIONED, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ASSISTING SIDE THAT WE DO HAVE GRETA JONES AND KAREN WALLS FROM GALLAGHER CONSULTING WHO HAD DONE THESE STUDIES.

AND TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING MYSELF AND, UH, ELINA FINANCIAL DIRECTOR.

UH, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION TO, AND CREATE ENGINEERING WILL BE AVAILABLE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

SO, UH, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THIS WOULD BE A TO READ ONENESS, UH, THE DOCUMENT PAY STRUCTURES THAT WILL SET EXEMPT NIKES AND PAY STRUCTURES AND ADOPTING DEFINED PROGRESSION PLAN.

I PLAN THE DEFINED PAY PROGRESSION PLAN AS A SYSTEM, WHICH, UH, EMPLOYEES CAN EASILY IDENTIFY THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS WITHIN THE STEP AND WITHIN A PARTICULAR STEP AND WHERE THEY WILL PROGRESS IN FUTURE YEARS.

WHAT'S THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAS CONTINUALLY BEEN ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN ALL FIVE PERSONNEL AND THE CITY, UH, REWARDS WITH COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND PREVIOUSLY STAFF.

AGAIN, I'VE REVIEWED THIS WITH YOU AND A FINDINGS OF THE RECENT COMMISSION COMPENSATION STUDY BY GALLAGHER, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE PROVIDED TO YOU, THE CITY HAS SENT HARD GALLAGHER TO PERFORM AN ANALYSIS ON THEIR, UH, MARKET TO ENSURE THE CITY REMAINS COMPETITIVE.

UH, WE DID HAVE 26 COMPARED VERSUS THESE THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THESE, UH, COMPARITOR CITIES ARE SIMILAR IN POPULATION OPERATING BUDGET SYSTEM HERE.

NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WHEN SERVICES AND COMPLEXITY OF THE ORGANIZATION, UH, 18 OF THOSE 26 RESPONDENTS WERE 69% RESPONSE RATE INFORMATION WAS, UH, DATA MINE, AND THREE ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE IN THAT GROUP WERE TOLD COMPARISON 21, 26.

AND, UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, GALLAGHER REACHED OUT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, UH, ATTEMPTING TO GIVE THIS INFORMATION.

UM, SO WE DID GET A GOOD RESPONSE.

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UH, THESE ARE THE, UH, ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT, UH, WERE UTILIZED IN THE 2018 STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY ALYDAR.

AND BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS, THE SYDNEY POWER FOR GENERAL AND PREMIUM POSITIONS, WE'RE COMPETITIVE WITH THE 50TH PERCENTILE OR THE MEDIAN OF THE, UH, OF THE RANGE.

THE CITY SPACE SALARY FOR POLICE AND FIRE WERE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH A MARKET 50TH PERCENTILE RATE MEDIUM.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I AM SO SORRY.

UH, WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT THERE YET.

I'M NOT ON THE PRESENTATION, SIR.

I'LL BE THERE JUST A MOMENT.

UM, UH, AND THIS IS IN YOUR COVER BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

AND THEN ALSO THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING TO HIGHLY COMPETITIVE IN A MID MAX SPRING, JUST SAID WITH THE MARKET MEN RANGES, THE CITIES, UH, RANGE FOR POLICE AND FIRE POSITIONS WERE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET RANGES.

SO, UH, AGAIN, UH, GALLAGHER SHOWED THAT THE RANGES FOR BOTH GENERAL AND PREMIUM, AS WELL AS POLICE AND FIRE STRUCTURE.

SO WE INCREASED ROUGHLY 1% FOR 20, 22% FOR 2021 AND FOR A TOTAL OF 3% OVERALL AS THE RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN, UH, WE WILL GET INTO THIS FARTHER ABOUT HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS.

AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, CITY WOULD BE CONVERTING EMPLOYEES FROM THE MARKET TO MEN MIN-MAX STRUCTURE THAT WE UTILIZE TODAY TO, UH, PAY PROGRESSION PLAN.

SO, UH, TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO YOU AND RECOMMENDING IS APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE DEFINED PAY PROGRESSION SYSTEM AND THE 2021 COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY ADJUSTING ALL SUB CURRENT SALARY STRUCTURES BY 3% TO ENSURE COMPETITIVENESS WITH THE MARKET AND INTERNAL ALIGNMENT AND MOVING THE EMPLOYEES IN THE NEW STRUCTURE TO THE NEXT CLOSEST, UH, STEP RELATIVE TO THEIR PAY.

AND THEN A NEW CERTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEES AND PRESCRIBING PASTRY SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AGAIN, UH, ALLINA WILL BE PRESENTING PART OF THIS IN A FEW MOMENTS.

SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WHAT IS THIS MISSOURI CITY COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY, UH, OUR CITY ENDEAVORS TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER EQUITABLE COMPENSATION, UH, FOR IT TO BE FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND CONSISTENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IN ORDER FOR, UH, TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT, RECRUIT AND RETAIN SKILLED WORKFORCE BY REWARDING HIGH PERFORMERS AND MOTIVATING EMPLOYEES BY OFFERING PAID OPPORTUNITIES.

AGAIN, COMMENSURATE WITH POSITIONS, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VALUE AND EQUITIES.

UH, SECONDLY, WHY IS IT BEING RECOMMENDED THAT WE CHANGE FOR MEN MID MAX MARKET PLAN TO A DEFINED PAY PROGRESSION? UH, EMPLOYEES HAVE, UH, LONG SAID THAT, UH, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE HEADING WITH RESPECT TO RE UH, THE SYSTEM THEY WERE IN.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE FINE PAY PROGRESSION SYSTEM, AND IT PROVIDES US AN EASILY IDENTIFIABLE, UH, PERSPECTIVE ON POSITION WITHIN THE STEP THAT THEY'RE IN AND WHERE THEY WILL PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE.

HAVE THE ABILITIES PROGRESSED TO NEXT SLIDE SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION, COMPARITORS AS, AS THE CITY HAS JOB CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND HAS IT CHANGED? NO, IT HAS NOT.

AND, UH, IN FACT, WE WILL BE MAINTAINING THE DVM JOB EVALUATION METHODOLOGY OR THE DECISION BASED, UM, OR DECISION BAND METHOD, UH, TO DETERMINE INTERNAL EQUITY HIERARCHY AND TO PLACE, UH, POSITIONS AND PAY STRUCTURE.

AND THIS WAS INTRODUCED TO US BY GALLAGHER, UH, PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO WE WOULD NOT BE CHANGING THAT A QUESTION CAME UP HAVING FLEA MARKET COMPARED TO CITIES CHANGE FOR THE CITY.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY HAVE NOT, UH, THEY ARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN USING SINCE 2018.

THERE IS A LIST OF THOSE THAT WERE CONTACTED AND WHO WE UTILIZE HAD THE MIND.

AND WE, UH, DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S DATA THAT WAS USED ONLY FOR DETENTION OFFICER SLASH POSITION.

WE WERE, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE RESULTS AGAIN WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE FROM THE 2018, AS FAR AS THE COMPETITOR CITIES WITH THEM.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO I MENTIONED TO YOU, AND THIS WAS INFORMATION PROVIDED

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TO US BY GALLAGHER, UH, AS TO WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

AND, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, BEING HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, COMPETITIVE, UH, OR, UH, OR POSSIBLE REALIGNMENT OR MISALIGNMENT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, UM, THEY HAVE A STANDARD THAT THEY HAVE SET IF YOU'LL RECALL, WHICH, UH, SHOWED THAT IF YOU'RE PLUS OR MINUS 5%, THEN YOU'RE HIGHLY DICTATED.

IF YOU'RE PLUS OR MINUS 10% FROM THE MARK, THEN YOU ARE COMPETITIVE 10 TO 15%, UH, PLUS OR MINUS, AND THERE'S POSSIBLE MISALIGNMENT.

AND FINALLY, IF YOU'RE GREATER THAN 15% AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT MISALIGNMENT WITH MARKET, AND YOU NEED TO READJUST AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

SO HAVING LOOKED AT THAT, THE CITY'S BASED SALARY FOR GENERAL AND PREMIUM POINT POSITIONS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET'S 50TH PERCENTILE, WHICH IS THE MEDIAN AND THE BASE SALARY FOR POLICE AND FIRE POSITIONS ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET.

THEY CAN PERCENTILE, WHICH IS NEXT SLIDE.

NEXT THING THAT A GALLERIA DID WAS TAKE A LOOK AT THE SALARY RANGE COMPARISON, AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE GENERAL AND PREMIUM POLICE AND FIRE SEPARATELY.

AND, UH, AS IT SHOWS THAT, UH, WITH ALL RESPECTS, WE ARE COMPETITIVE, HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AS WITH REGARD TO THE SALARY RANGE, UH, BOTH WITH THE, UH, POSITIONS, UM, ON THE GENERAL AND PREMIUM, AND ALSO THE POLICE AND FIRE.

NEXT SLIDE, WHAT CONSIDERATIONS GO INTO IMPLEMENTING THE PAY PLAN, UM, AS PART OF THE CITY'S PHILOSOPHY, UH, WE RECOMMEND COMPENSATION BUDGET, UH, BE BASED ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITION, AVAILABLE FUNDING AND REFLECT THE COMPENSATION, UH, POLICY OF THE CITY BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOUND BUDGET ALLOCATION RESTS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND SHOULD BE MAKING CONTEXT WITH THE TOTAL FINANCIAL OUTLOOK AND THE ORGANIZATION.

SO THEREFORE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN A NUTSHELL IS THAT THE COUNCIL CONTROLS THIS PROCESS AS FAR AS, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UM, AWARD OR NOT, DEPENDING UPON WHAT FIRE SITUATION IS, IT'S TIME, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MARKET.

AND AGAIN, IF FUNDING WAS NOT AVAILABLE, PAY INCREASES SHOULD BE FROZEN SUCH TIME UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.

UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD THE OTHER DAY.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVERED THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE DEFINED PAY PROGRESSION, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, WHAT IS IT AND HOW OLD IS THE CITY TRANSITION AS MENTIONED, UH, THE CITY REQUESTED THAT WE REVISE THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF THE MEN, THAT MAXIMUM STRUCTURE TO DEFINE PROGRESSION SYSTEM, UH, TO INITIATE THAT, UM, GOING BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS EMPLOYEES WOULD BE IT'S RECOMMENDED EMPLOYEES TO BE PLACED INTO THE STEP AT THEIR CURRENT PAY, AND THEN BE MOVED TO THE NEXT STEP, TO BEGIN THE PROCESS, TO SET THEM ON THIS INITIAL PHASE, THEN THE EMPLOYEE'S PERFORMANCE LEVEL GOING FORWARD MUST BE MEETING EXPECTATIONS AND THEY SHOULD NOT, OR CANNOT BE ON A PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AT THE TIME OF REVIEW.

UH, AND IF THAT IS THE CASE AND, UH, THEY WILL NOT BE RECEIVING THE PERFORMANCE.

MY SIDE CONTINUE WITH THAT AS THIS WOULD BE AS PROPOSED, HOW IT WOULD WORK WOULD BE IN JANUARY IT'S EMPLOYEES HAVE MET EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE ANNUAL EVALUATION.

UM, EMPLOYEES WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS SABINA 2.5% OF THE INCREMENT TO INCREASE THEIR BASE IN THE B ADD TO THEIR BASE PAGE.

SECOND COMPONENT OF THIS IS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WORKING AT VERSARY DATE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A ONE-TIME, UH, AND IT WOULD NOT BE ADDED TO THE BASE 0.5% MERIT INCREASE.

HOWEVER, EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE TO RECEIVE A 360 DEGREE REVIEW BY TWO PEERS OF THE SUBORDINATE, AND, UH, WOULD ALSO HAVE A SCORE THAT EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS IN ORDER TO GET THAT.

AND, UH, WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED THE DETAILS OF THAT PROCESS, BUT, UH, WE AGAIN WOULD WANT TO BE UTILIZE IN THREE 60 DEGREE REVIEW.

AND, UH, THIS IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE WANTED AT THIS TIME.

AND WE'D BE IN NEXT.

SO AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAINTAIN THIS GOING FORWARD AND LONG TERM VIEW OF DOING THIS? IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH MARKET.

UM, WE WOULD, UH, DO ANNUAL UPDATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BASE SALARY AND SALARY RANGE FOR EACH JOB, UH, IS REVIEWED AND THAT, UH, WE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE INCREASE SALARIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN LINE WITH, UH, MARKET SECOND FOR

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A LONGTERM UPDATE.

UH, THE CITY WOULD REEVALUATE ITS OVERALL STRUCTURES IN GENERAL INTERVALS.

AND AGAIN, ROUGHLY TWO TO THREE YEARS.

SO DEPENDING ON PART ON MARKET MOVEMENT, ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY WITH COVID, SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT MAY HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT.

YOU MAY MOVE THAT UP DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON TO ENSURE THAT SALARY RANGES ARE CONSISTENT AGAIN WITH MARKET.

AND THIS WOULD INVOLVE, UH, CONDUCTING THE MARKET COMPENSATION STUDY THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED THIS YEAR AND TO MAKE SURE TO SEE AGAIN, HAS PAY SCALES AND THE EMPLOYEES, UH, SALARIES REMAIN COMPETITIVE NEXT SLIDE, AND I'LL, UH, JUST TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.

UM, WE ALSO HAD, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND, UH, CERTIFICATE PAY RATES.

UH, AND AGAIN, THESE WERE BASED ON WHAT WE SAW WITH RESPECT TO COMPARITOR CITIES AND WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING.

AND, UH, THESE ARE, UH, WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED AND WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PARTICULAR ONES.

ONE NOTE OF IMPORTANCE IS THAT THE OFFICER EMPLOYEE CHARLOTTE RECEIVES HER FOUNDATION PAID FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CERTIFICATE OR EDUCATION EARNED THAT WOULD NOT BE TEAMED WITH THE, OF THE, UH, PREVIOUS, UH, CERTIFICATIONS, BUT ONLY THE HIGHEST OF THE ONES WHO RECEIVED AND NEXT.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO, UH, TRANSITION OVER TO ELENA WHO WILL GO THROUGH, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, UH, WHAT PREVIOUSLY, WHAT GALLAGHER HAS LOOKED AT WITH REGARDS TO THE COSTS.

AND THEN WE HAVE UPDATED SOME INFORMATION BASED ON THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT WERE MADE AT THAT RETREAT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS WITH YOU.

SO ELENA I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU.

THANK YOU, BILL.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES.

SO THIS SLIDE HERE, UH, YOU SAW DURING THE RETREAT, THIS WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY GALLAGHER.

UM, OF COURSE, AS MENTIONED BY BILL, UH, THE CURRENT PAY STRUCTURE WILL BE INCREASED BY 3% AND THAT IS THE ENTIRE, UM, PAY SCALE.

UH, AND THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE MOVED TO THE NEXT CLOSEST STEP, UH, RELATIVE TO THEIR CURRENT PAY.

THE PROJECTIONS OR THE BUDGET HAS BEEN, UH, QUITE CONSERVATIVE.

AND SO IN REVIEWING ALL THE INFORMATION IN PREPARATION FOR TONIGHT, WE DID SEE THAT THERE WAS, UM, UH, ONE INCORRECT ASSUMPTION IN THE CALCULATION, UM, FOR THE YEAR TO YEAR EXPENDITURES.

AND THAT WAS THAT, UH, WE INCLUDED THERE, I INCLUDED 100% OF THE PRIOR YEAR'S COSTS IN THE NEXT YEAR WHEN IT ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRORATED.

SO LET'S SAY, UM, A YEAR OR TWO SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, 50% OF YEAR, ONE ADDED TO THE COST FOR YEAR TWO AND THEN 25% FOR ALL OF THE NEXT YEARS, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING FUNDED AT 75% BASED ON A, UM, IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF JANUARY, UM, OF EACH YEAR.

SO JUST, THAT WAS JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHY THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED.

SO THIS, UM, HERE, WHEN YOU ASK, CAN WE AFFORD THE PROPOSED DEFINED PAY PER GIG PROGRESSION PLAN ANSWER IS YES.

UH, WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE REVENUES, SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AS FAR AS GROWTH, AND WE LOOKED AT OTHER PLANNED, UM, USES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.

SO JUST TO EXPLAIN THIS CHART, UM, WE ONLY HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR 22, 23 AND 24 ON HERE, BECAUSE OF COURSE IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, WE HAD 1.2 MILLION THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USING A APPROXIMATELY 400,000 OF THAT.

SO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT.

UM, SO THE AVAILABLE SOURCES, UM, ARE, UH, UNAPPROPRIATED SOURCES, MEANING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME ONGOING REVENUE NOW THAT WE AREN'T USING FOR AN ONGOING EXPENSES.

WE'VE USED IT FOR ONE TIME.

UM, SO THAT THOSE ARE SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ONGOING APPROPRIATION.

NOW, THEN WE ALSO HAVE NEW SOURCES, WHICH WOULD BE A INCREASE IN SALES TAX, UM, AN INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX AND, UH, THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON THE GROWTH OF THE ASSESSED VALUATIONS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH AND THE ASSESS VALUATIONS, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF OUR TERMS, UH, REVENUES, BECAUSE ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TERRORS, UH, GOES INTO THE TOURIST FUND.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY 25% OF OUR PROPERTY TAX GROWTH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX THAT'S SHOWN IN THE NEW SOURCES ROW.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS THAT WILL EXPIRE THE, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE, UH, KIND OF SMALL, LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER YEAR, BUT WE ALSO WANT IT TO INCLUDE THAT, TO SHOW THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO WILL BE INCREASING OUR LICENSE AND PERMIT, UH, REVENUE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, SHOWN A LOT OF GROWTH IN THAT AREA OF THE, UM,

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SO WE HAVE AN ADDITION OF THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AND THEN SOMETHING NEW IS A VACANCY SAVINGS.

SO WE REVIEWED ALL OF OUR VACANCY SAVINGS FOR THE PAST, UH, FIVE YEARS TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD PERCENTAGE TO INCLUDE.

UM, AS FAR AS THE SAVINGS THAT WE ANTICIPATE, IF THINGS WERE TO REMAIN, UM, AS THEY ARE, WHEN IT COMES TO SAVINGS.

AND SO WE USE THE 2% FACTOR, UM, AND YOU SEE THAT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THIS WOULD BE AN AMOUNT THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE SAVED BASED ON VACANCIES, UH, AND, AND THAT MONEY COULD BE USED TO BE ABLE TO FUND, UH, INCREASES.

SO WE HAVE A TOTAL AVAILABLE SOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 AT 5.7 MILLION AND OF THAT 5.7 UNDER THE INAPPROPRIATE SOURCES.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT, UM, IS SPENDING NON-RECURRING EXPENSES.

SO TOTAL AVAILABLE SOURCES NEXT YEAR WILL BE 5.7, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, OR FISCAL YEAR 2022, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, THE, THE, THE ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION FOR MERIT, WHICH OF COURSE THEY AREN'T ADDED TO THE BASE SALARY.

WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE INCENTIVES, UM, THAT AREN'T ADDED TO THE BASE SALARY.

THOSE ARE BEING INITIALLY FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2022.

AND, UM, ONCE THEY'RE FUNDED, THE ONLY THING THAT WE'LL NEED IN FUTURE YEARS IS ANY INCREASE IN MERIT BASED ON A RISING SALARIES.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE 50% OF THE INCREASE THAT WILL BE GRANTED THIS YEAR, IF THIS IS APPROVED, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT UPON APPROVAL.

IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, UM, IN APRIL, WHICH IS HALF THE YEAR.

SO WE WOULD STILL NEED THE OTHER HALF OF THE YEAR IN THAT FUNDING.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BUDGET FOR THE FIRE STATION SIX STACK IN OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1.1, $5 MILLION.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT, UM, WE BELIEVE WILL NEED TO BE APPROPRIATE AT NEXT YEAR, INCLUDING INFORMATION, UH, INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT, UH, ITEMS, SOME EQUIPMENT, THAT'S A PART OF THE SCHEDULE FOR REPLACEMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME FLEET REPLACEMENT THAT WE'LL NEED TO INCLUDE.

AND SO THAT'S INCLUDED ANY OTHER CATEGORY IS BASED ON THOSE, UH, SCHEDULES THAT WE HAVE REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT.

SO THE TOTAL PLAN USES THAT WE KNOW OF AT THIS MOMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 IS APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILLION, WHICH WOULD LEAVE 2.8 MILLION IN AN APPROPRIATED SOURCES.

UM, IF THERE WAS NO CHANGE AS FAR AS REVENUES, UM, AND WE DIDN'T APPROPRIATE, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL ONGOING EXPENSES THAT $2.8 MILLION WOULD CARRY OVER TO FISCAL YEAR 2023, WHERE AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AS FAR AS THE SOURCES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AND THE TOTAL COST THE TOTAL COST OF THE PAY PROGRESSION PLAN BEING 740,000.

AND AGAIN, SOME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SHOWING THAT WE WOULD NEED APPROXIMATELY 830, $4,000 IN ONGOING MONEY, WHICH RELEASE 3.7.

AND SO IF YOU CAN SEE THIS PATTERN, OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T, UM, IF THERE AREN'T ANY CHANGES, UM, UH, THAT 3.7 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 2024 FOR ONGOING, UM, EXPENDITURE OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE NEW SOURCES AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE VACANCY SAVINGS AGAIN.

UM, AND THIS ALL ASSUMES THAT WE'RE USING THE VACANCY SAVINGS FIRST, BECAUSE OF COURSE I CAN SEE SAVINGS DOES THAT ROLL FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

UM, SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE HAVE THAT THE COST OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 760,000, WHICH WILL LEAVE 4.7 MILLION AND UNAPPROPRIATED SOURCES.

UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, UH, IS THIS PROGRAM AFFORDABLE MOVE AFFORD? UH, YES, THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD, UH, THE PROGRAM WITH SOURCES REMAINING BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTION.

PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

WE DO HAVE AN OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE GREETER JONES.

HI.

YES, THIS IS CORITA.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

UM, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, I AM ON THE LINE ALONG WITH KAREN WELLSTON TWO YOUNG PANED FROM GALLAGHER BENEFITS SERVICES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SERVE YOU ALL.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, WITH, UM, YOUR CLASS COMP CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION NEEDS, WE SUPPORT, UM, THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, AND THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, WHO THE CITY DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS FOR AGENDA ITEM 10, EIGHT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS IT.

IT COUNTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND OBSERVED A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

I HAVE THREE PEOPLE WE'LL START WITH JIM MCLENNAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

BUT AUTO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M JANE MCLELLAN, AND I'M THE VICE

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I COME TO YOU TODAY REPRESENTING 85 MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

MANY OF THEM ARE PRESENT WITH ME RIGHT NOW AS I SPEAK.

AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED STEP, A PROGRAM BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT, A COUNCIL, IN ADDITION TO REPRESENTING THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH OTHER PERSONNEL IN THE CITY WHO SHARE OUR SENTIMENTS REGARDING THE PAIN INITIATIVE.

I WANT TO FIRST STATE THAT'S SINCE ARRIVING IN MISSOURI CITY, MR. JONES HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND A SUPPORTER OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICER AND ITS MEMBERS.

UPON THE FIRST FORMAL MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD, WE WERE ASKED WHAT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING OUR MEMBERSHIP WITHOUT QUESTION THE STRUCTURE, THE PAY STRUCTURE OF THE CITY FOR YEARS ON THEM, OUR MEMBERS HAVE WANTED TO SEE A STEP PAY PROGRAM.

SO THEY KNOW THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK TO MAKE THIS CITY.

THE SAFEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS BEING RECOGNIZED TODAY.

YOU HEARD ABOUT THE CURRENT PAY STRUCTURE OF THE CITY.

YOU HEARD ABOUT THE MINIMUM, THE MIDPOINT AND THE MAXIMUM OF EACH POSITION.

THIS CURRENT STRUCTURE SOUNDS GREAT ON PAPER, AND IT'S EASY TO STOMACH.

IT LEAVES YOU WITH THE IMPRESSION EMPLOYEES MOVE ALONG FROM STARTING AT THE MINIMUM, AND AS THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE INCREASE.

SO TO THEIR SALARIES, TO THE MIDPOINT AND BEYOND THE REALITY IS THIS IS FALSE.

THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE FROM THE MINIMUM AND THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IS WHEN A SALARY SURVEY IS COMPLETED.

YEARS LATER AT THE EXPENSE OF EMPLOYEES LEAVING DROP SOME MORALE AT DIFFICULTIES AND RECRUITING QUALITY APPLICANTS, THE MINIMUM IS RAISED, AND THOSE WHO CHOSE TO STAY ARE GIVEN THE COMPRESSION, RAISE ABOVE THE MINIMUM BASED ON TIME AND POSITION.

EVERYONE APPEARS TO BE UNTIL TWO OR THREE YEARS PAST WITH NO MENTION OF AN INCREASE.

OUR SALARY INCREASE WAS IN 2018, WHICH WOULD MEAN MANY MEMBERS HERE WERE HIRED AFTER THAT DATE AND ARE STILL MAKING THE MINIMUM IN THAT POSITION.

OUR MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW THEIR VALUE FROM THE TIME THE EMPLOYEE DEDICATES DECIDE.

I'M SORRY, DECIDES TO INVEST THEIR LIKELIHOOD FAMILY AND FUTURE IN THE CITY.

OUR MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW THAT NOT JUST INITIAL HIRE, BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR MEMBERS WANT TO SEE THE MISSOURI CITY AND MISSOURI CITY HAS COMMITTED TO THEM AS THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO IT.

OUR MEMBERS DO NOT WANT TO SEE PAY RAISES COME ONLY WHEN EMPLOYEES START TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF LACK OF INVESTMENT LONGTERM.

OUR MEMBERS DO NOT NEED TO SEE SALARY SURVEYS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS TO KNOW THEY'RE UNDERVALUED MEMBERS WANT TO SEE VALUE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT.

THE CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS THE STEP AND WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE CITY STAFF ON THIS PROGRAM.

WE FULLY TRUST COUNCIL, WE'LL SEE THE VALUE THIS BRINGS TO THE CITY AS REGARDS TO RECRUITING RETENTION AND OVERALL MORALE.

WE HAVE A SECOND PERSON THAT SIGNED UP IS HENRY ZILLOW, MR. HENRY OR ZOLA.

UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE THIRD PERSON.

GREG.

YOU BORROW COUNCIL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

KAMARION COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.

OF THE NEW FIRE CHIEF, I'LL BE WORKING FOR MY 38TH FIRE ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH MAKES UP THE COMMAND STAFF FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AGAIN, I'M GREGORY BARRA, 18 YEAR PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

AND THIS EVENING I'VE REPRESENT THE 52 MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP OUR DEDICATED ORGANIZATION.

WE WOULD SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MARIELLA, CAT AND COUNCIL, WOMAN CLOUDS ARE UNDER RECENT RUNOFF VICTORIES.

WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH EACH OF YOU IN THIS TERM.

AND IN FUTURE TERMS, SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF MR. JONES LAST JULY, THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATIONS, TRUE ACCEPTANCE AND DIRECT INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN UNPRECEDENTED DUE TO HIS GUIDANCE AND SOLID MANAGEMENT.

MY MEMBERS FEEL WE FINALLY HAVE A TRUE LEADER AND ADVOCATE, NOT ONLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO FOR THE 200 PLUS CITY-WIDE EMPLOYEES THAT AFFECT SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE CITIZENS THAT WE ALL SERVE.

AS YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PRESENTED.

OUR CURRENT PAY STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A MINIMUM POINT AND MAXIMUM FOR EACH POSITION.

NOT LIMITED TO REGRETTABLY.

IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PAST PRACTICES USING SALARY SURVEYS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS LOST AND CONTINUES TO LOSE MANY OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS DUE TO THE CURRENT PAY PLAN STRUCTURE.

NOW IN MY 23RD YEAR, WE HAVE LOST OVER 45 OPERATIONAL EMPLOYEES.

AND SOON WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT

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THIS IS WHY OUR MEMBERSHIP FULLY SUPPORTS THE NEW STEP SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY MR. JONES.

AND WE HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH ITS CITY IMPLEMENTATION.

I KNOW THIS NEW PROGRAM WILL NOT ONLY HELP US RETAIN THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY, BUT WILL ALSO ASSIST US IN RECRUITING QUALITY PROFESSIONALS FOR THE FUTURE.

LASTLY, IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES OUR DEPARTMENT HAS FACED OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR CITIZENS MAY SLEEP COMFORTABLY KNOWING THAT NO MATTER THE STRUGGLE WE HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES FOR THEM IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.

NOW UNDER NEW CITY LEADERSHIP, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEW VISION AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES THAT KEEP MISSOURI CITY GREAT AND SAFE.

UM, IT TOOK US TO THIS POINT.

IS THERE, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, MR. ? OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES, THIS IS PENCIL ON WITH EDWARDS.

I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, BASICALLY MAYBE THE SCHOOL AS A CITY MANAGER, CAN WE PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF HOW, UM, PRETTY MUCH OUR SILENCES WERE LOOK WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THESE RAISES TO CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, THAT WE WON'T CONTINUE TO LOSE SO MANY.

UM, OUR FIRE FIRST NAILS AND OFFICERS WHO HAVE WE DEDICATED OUR TRAINING, UM, ALL KINDS OF PERSONNEL, AND THEN THEY HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIVES.

SO CAN WE PRETTY MUCH PROJECT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE RAISES AS IT CONTINUES TO BE, UM, A COMPETITIVE FIELD COUNCILWOMAN OUTWARDS, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? YES, WE CAN DO A 10 YEAR PROJECTION, BUT, UH, LEGITIMATELY THE JOURNALING, ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE OF THREE YEAR PROJECTION, UH, THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL PROJECTIONS GO DOWNWARD.

UH, SO WE DID TODAY AND A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS TO GIVE YOU A THREE-YEAR PROJECTION.

WE GO, WE DO A THREE-YEAR PROJECTION ANNUALLY AS A PART OF THE BUDGET SUBMISSION.

UH, SO, UH, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE SUBMITTING TO THE COUNCIL AS A PART OF THEIR BUDGET, A SUBMISSION, THE THREE-YEAR PROJECTION, BUT WE ALSO TO HAVE A CONSULTANT, UH, WHO ALSO, UH, HELPS US, UH, WITH THAT PROJECTION FROM A REAL ESTATE VALUATION STANDPOINT.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE AN ECONOMIST WHO WOULD COME IN AND REVIEW OUR PROJECTIONS AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL FROM THE SALES TAX PERSPECTIVE.

UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION FROM THOSE THREE PARTIES, AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND BASED OFF THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR OR THE ECONOMIST, AND ALSO TO OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, WE CLEARLY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS DONE BEFORE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

UH, AND, UH, WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY WHERE STEEL, UH, UNDER BUDGET THAT'S PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, THERE WOULD BE COST SAVINGS AS ARTICULATED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO YOU.

UH, THE, UM, THE THING THAT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PLAN DOES IS IT GIVES, UH, EMPLOYEES A BETTER OUTLOOK, UH, AS THEY START TO PLAN, UH, ON THEIR CAREER.

UH, AND, UM, IT'S IN LINE AND THEN SEEING WHAT OTHER CITIES AROUND US ARE DOING, UH, THEIR CITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, HUMBLE US MAYO OMAN, LEAVE CITY, UH, JUST TO NAME A FEW, UH, WHO IS DOING THIS, UH, I THINK BOTH CHEEKS WILL TELL YOU THAT DOING THIS WILL HELP NOT ONLY RECRUITING ON THE POLICE AND FIRE SIDE, BUT ALSO TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT SIDE, IT WOULD HELP AS WELL.

UH, AGAIN, UH, WHAT THESE PLANS DO IS IT KEEPS, UH, UH, THE COUNCIL AND CONTROL A BUDGET ALLOCATION.

BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR PROGRESSIVE PLANNING ON THE SIDE OF, UH, CAREER EMPLOYEES.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO ATTRACTIVE

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MAYOR.

UM, AND BILL IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED, IF THE BUDGET WASN'T THERE, THEN NO RAISES WOULD BE PROVIDED.

WHAT IF THERE'S MONEY THERE, BUT WE COULD ONLY GIVE 2% OR A POINT AND A HALF.

IS IT ALL, OR NONE NOR DO YOU ACTUALLY ADJUST? YOU CAN ADJUST SO EFFECTIVELY THE WAY PROCESSES GO IS, UM, ONE AS IN PART OF WHEN I SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, DOCUMENT THAT'S REQUIRED PURSUANT TO OUR CHARTER, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOG IN AT THAT LEVEL.

UH, BUT IF YOU THEN ARE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AT THAT POINT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIST STUDY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR CONSULTANT STATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR TRACK RECORD FOR REAL ESTATE TAXES.

AND AT THAT POINT YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION INFORMED DECISION, UH, IF YOU WANTED TO, UM, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

UH, SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, SHE HAS, UH, IT STILL LEAVES COUNSELING CONTROL.

DEANNA, THE NATE, THE REASON WHY IT'S ATTRACTIVE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, UH, IS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GETTING IN YOUR SYSTEM WHO WANT TO MOVE UP, WHO WANT TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER, MAYBE NOT IN A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY STARTED, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE, UM, WHO STARTED IN, UH, THE MUNICIPAL COURT AREA WHO STARTED AS A CLERK.

WHO'S BEEN OUT WORKING IN OUR IT DEPARTMENT, HE'S WENT TO SCHOOL AND BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER IF HE WOULD HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO BETA PREDICT, HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY IN THAT PROCESS.

SO WHILE EMPLOYEES GAINED SOME PREDICTABILITY AND CERTAIN SERVICE PAY, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE POLICE AND FIRE SIDE, UH, COUNSEL STILL DOESN'T LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO CONTROL, UH, THE BUDGET OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE AN PROPOSED BUDGET AND MOVE YOU READY TO MOVE, TO ADOPT THEM PRIOR TO SETTING ANY TAX RATES.

SO YOU DO ALWAYS STAY IN CONTROL OF THAT TO, IN HER, TO ANESSA.

IT ACTUALLY ENHANCES YOUR ABILITY BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER OUTLOOK THAN THE PROSPECT ON WHERE, WHERE IT'S, WHERE THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR HOUSTON.

IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD BE ENHANCING THE MEN, MEN, AND MAX.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T USE THAT TO THE FULLEST ADVANTAGE.

UM, THERE SHOULD BE A PROMOTION PROCESS.

THERE SHOULD BE A PROMOTION BOARD.

THERE SHOULD BE ANNUAL REVIEWS AND YOU SHOULD BE BASED ON MERITOCRACY, HOW WELL YOU DO IS HOW WELL YOU GET PAID.

AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S AND I'M HERE.

OH, I DON'T DISAGREE.

THAT, THAT, THAT PART OF IT HAS BEEN BROKEN.

UH, I THINK WHAT THE EMPLOYEES AND ASIDE FROM JUST POLICE AND FIRE, WHEN WE ALSO TOO, BECAUSE WE TOOK A BOTTOM UP APPROACH, UM, COUNSEL ACTS THAT I LOOK AT, UM, MORALE QUESTION IN ORGANIZATION.

THIS WAS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT POPPED UP BEYOND JUST EMPLOYEES AND POLICE AND FIRE.

UH, ONE WAS STARTING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE.

UH, THE ISSUE IS THAT EMPLOYEES FEEL WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM, WE HAVE THAT THEY GET STRANDED.

THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO MOVE PREDICTABLY FROM HIGH COMMENTS FROM BEGINNING OF A PAY SCHEDULE TO THE ANSWER USED TO BE HERE FOR 15 YEARS.

AND WE HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO'VE BEEN HERE THAT LONG, BUT THEY'RE STUCK AT THE MID POINT.

THE REGRESSION PIECE OF IT, UH, IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, CITIES PROVIDE THAT PREDICTABILITY, UH, FIVE, BECAUSE THE COMPENSATION PLAN GIVES THAT.

UH, AND IT DOES IT IN A WAY WHERE, UH, YOU CAN MAINTAIN YOUR CONTROL WOULD GIVE THE EMPLOYEES ON SOME LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY WITH REGARDS TO THEIR CAREER NUMBERS.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, SO, UH, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT IN THE LAST A MERIT INCREASE WAS IN 2018.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS EVERY TWO YEARS, IT WOULD DO THAT.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020 AND HOW COME IT'S NOT BEING DONE NOW, WE'RE IN 2021 APRIL.

WELL, I CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO GET HERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS I DID GET HERE, UH, IN AUGUST, UH, OF THIS BECAME A CLEAR ISSUE AS I DID A SWAT ANALYSIS ON THE ORGANIZATION.

UH, AND, UH, THAT WAS INVERSELY IMPACTING STAFF MORALE.

UH, WE HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET HESS, THERE WERE 15 TO 20% OF THE LOAD WITH THE MARKET IS WHEREAS IN OTHERS, UH, WE HAD THIS, I CALL IT A STRAIN ABILITY WHERE THEY WERE STUCK IN THE MID POINT PART OF IT.

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UH, WE INITIATED THAT CONVERSATION WHEN I GOT HERE IN AUGUST, WE COMBINATED IT UP WITH THE FINALE OF IT.

UH, WE WANT TO DO THIS STUFF.

WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU AT YOUR INITIAL, UH, SESSION THAT WAS PLANNED INITIALLY IN FEBRUARY, BUT I GOT COLD AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE GOT COLD AND WE ENDED UP GETTING DELAYED.

WE HAD THE WINTER STORM, BAM.

NOW WE'RE HERE.

SO LET ME, LET ME ASK A PART OF THAT QUESTION.

SO FOR SOME REASON, IF THIS DOESN'T PASS, WHAT DO WE GO ABOUT THAT TWO YEAR GAP? SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF CAN SPADE RIGHT? EVERY TWO YEARS, THE WAY I'VE KNOWN THE CITY ALWAYS KIND OF LOOKED AT THE STUDY OR THEY DO THE WHAT'S THE NAME OF MARTHA MARKET STUDY.

AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO OFF TO WHETHER IT WAS TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, 3%, ONE AND A HALF, WHATEVER IT IS AT THAT TIME.

SO DO WE GO, DO WE LOOK AT THAT MEAN, IT'S NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE STAFF NEEDS TO RACE.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

SO DO WE, ARE WE SAYING IT'S EITHER STEPS OR, OR IF NOT, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE NEXT PLAN? I MEAN, THE REALITY OF IT IS RIGHT.

UH, WE COULD CHOOSE TO STAY STATUS QUO, UH, AND PROVIDE A 3% OVERALL RAISE.

UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T QUILT THE DEAL THAT STAFF OR CITY HAVE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CAREER PREDICTABILITY.

UH, AND, AND THAT, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RECRUITING STAFF MEANS A LOT.

AND CERTAINLY RETAINING BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE GETTING THE BASE, NOT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL AGENT TO MOUNTAIN TIME WITHIN A CAREER OR A TIME WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

AND WE HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF RESOURCES, UH, IN THIS FAN, TRAINING THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE'VE GOT SOME EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN HERE FOR 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT IT'S JUST MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR THEM TO LEAVE.

AT THAT POINT, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SPENT 10 OR 15 YEARS TRAINING THEM, PREPARING THEM IS MORE ATTRACTIVE FROM A GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHOUT CURRENT STATUS, WHOLE PLAN, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR PREDICTABILITY WHEN HE STARTED THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD YOUR POLICE CHIEF, YOU'VE HEARD YOUR FIRE CHIEF, BUT YOU ALSO HEAR SOME OF YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS SAY THAT THEY ARE LOSING STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE, WHO HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE CITY.

ALTHOUGH WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT PREDICTABILITY WHEN IT GETS TIME TO START CLOSING IN ON WHEN YOU RETIRE.

AND THAT'S THE POINT WHERE YOU REALLY WANT TO BETTER RETAIN STAFF, BECAUSE THAT'S THE POINT WHERE THE SKILL LEVEL IS HIGH AND YOU WANT TO START TO HAVE THEIR TRANSFORMATION OF SKILL LEVEL, UH, TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT SO THAT YOU CAN BUILD A DEEP BENCH AND GET INTO YOUR SUCCESSION PLAN.

AND SO ALL OF THIS COMBINES WITH SUCCESSION PLANNING, THE DEVELOPMENT SKILL IN TOWN, AND THE LAST BEYOND JUST THE CITY MANAGER TO LAST ON A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT IT'S SUSTAINS THE ORGANIZATION AND LONG TERM, IF WE CHOOSE TO STAY STATUS QUO, WE DON'T GAIN THAT PIECE OF THAT PIECE OF THE PIE, WHICH IS THE ELEMENT THAT, THAT HAS CAUSED ANGST WITH STAFF.

AND THAT HAS EFFECTED OUR ABILITY SOMETIMES TO RETAIN OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIME.

SO, UH, ON, ON, ON A JOB IS IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT, THAT BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

I HEARD SOME SPEAKER THAT TALKED ABOUT 45 EMPLOYEES AND 38 MANAGEMENT.

WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT MISSOURI CITY THAT LEFT, OR THAT WAS, UH, WAS, UH, I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS, RIGHT.

BUT I THINK, UM, UM, HOLISTICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE I, WHEN I TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THESE KINDS OF ISSUES, I TRY TO TAKE A FIVE-YEAR SWAB, RIGHT.

SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY GET A GOOD BALANCE OF RIGHT.

UM, AND I THINK WHAT, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAIRS AND BOTH OF YOUR CHIEFS WILL SAY IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LOSING.

I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE RECENTLY LOST, UH, THREE, UH, EMPLOYEES IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO HAD A TREMENDOUS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.

AND THE CITY HAD INVESTED A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OVER TIME.

SOME OF THOSE BOYS, WHEN I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 10, THE OTHER 12 AND THE OTHER ONE'S 15 OR 16 YEARS.

UM, AND SO YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY IS IT ATTRACTIVE FOR YOU TO LEAVE? BUT IT'S BECAUSE I'M CLOSING IN, ON RETIREMENT, I GUESS, SOME PREDICTABILITY ON WHAT THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION HAS HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THAT IS AFFECTING THE STAFF MORALE WHEN THEY, THE WAY THEY, THE WAY THEY'VE COMMUNICATED THAT TO ME.

FAIR TO SAY THAT THEN SHE TALKED ABOUT THESE NUMBERS AND LAST WEEK AT THE RETREAT, WE HEARD THAT I'VE HEARD, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHERS FROM THE CITY.

SO I LIED FOR THE LAST QUESTION.

IS IT ALSO

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I MEAN, FROM THE CITY POLICE, CHIEF, MATT, AS WELL AS THE FIRE SHOOT THAT EACH OF THEM SAID THAT TWO EMPLOYEES LEFT, UM, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PAY OR BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING THAT, UH, UH, PREDICTABILITY OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, SO ARE THOSE NUMBERS CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.

I GOT CONFIDENCE, BOTH OF MY CHIEFS, THEY'RE SPEAKING THE TRUTH ABOUT THEIR MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE I WENT PERSONALLY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATING EMPIRE FIRE, AND I HEARD THAT, UH, ACTING CHIEF SAID TO, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YEAH.

WHICH IS PROBABLY TWO OR THREE THAT LEFT BECAUSE OF RETENTION OR, OR, OR AREN'T ABLE TO KEEP THOSE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE MONEY AND THEY NEED IT.

SO, SO WE, WE WE'VE HAD THAT.

WE'VE HAD THAT FEEDBACK AS A PART OF THAT OVERALL, UH, EXIT CONVERSATION.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HEAR NOT ONLY BOTH ASSOCIATIONS, BUT ALSO TO THE CIVILIAN STAFF, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME WE THINK ABOUT OUR TWO ASSOCIATIONS WHEN HE PLACED THE FIRE, BUT OUR CIVILIAN STAFF, UH, IS IMPORTANT IN THIS ENDEAVOR AS WELL.

AND A LOT OF COMMUNICATION COMING FROM OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, AS WELL AS BOTH ASSOCIATIONS HAS BEEN, THIS IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF PREDICTABILITY.

IT DOESN'T, UM, IT DOESN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOING TO LOOK HISTORICALLY, IT DOESN'T PUT THE CITY IN A BAD POSITION FINANCIALLY.

UH, THE CITY, UH, REMAINED, MAINTAINS A GOOD POSITION.

IN FACT, IT SAVES MONEY IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.

UH, AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT IN A FUTURE CYCLES, UH, IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T PUT US IN A BAD SPOT EITHER.

UH, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS TO, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PREDICTABILITY AND ALLOWS US TO BETTER, BETTER, UM, RECRUIT, RETAIN, UM, KNOW THAT TOP LEVEL OF SKILL WHEN IT STARTED STARTING TO MATURE.

MAY I HAVE SOME, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR DURING THE PRESENTATION FROM BILL SPECIFICALLY THAT ACCORDING TO THE RECENT MARKET STUDY, WE'RE COMPETITIVE AS A CITY AND ARE PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES ACCORDINGLY BASED OFF OF THE MARKET STUDY.

SECONDLY, THOUGH, I REALLY HATE HEARING THAT RAISES WEREN'T GIVEN IN 2020, BUT CAUSE I KNOW THE MONEY WAS BUDGETED BECAUSE I WAS HERE TO DO THAT AND STILL DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I DID RAISE THAT QUESTION DURING THE RETREAT BECAUSE WE WERE STILL OPERATING UNDER THAT CURRENT BUDGET.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, EVEN WHEN YOU GOT HERE AND CITY MANAGERS TO A RAISE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

BUT AS I STATED IN THE COUNCIL TREE, I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING THIS TYPE OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS WOULD BE A COMMITMENT, WHICH WE WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO RELATIVE TO TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT THE CITY OF BEAUMONT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPARABLE CITY WHO HAS A SIMILAR PAY STRUCTURE.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THEY'RE HAVING SOME SERIOUS FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.

SO LET ME SAY, AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, CAUSE THIS WOULD BE RELATIVE TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW THAT ARE FULLY SUPPORTED BY INQUIRIES AND I'M FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE RECEIVING FAIR AND EQUITABLE PAY BASED OFF OF THE MARKET STUDY.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM.

I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A RAISE IN 2020 BECAUSE IT WAS BUDGETED.

UH, BUT ANYWAY, RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES AND RECRUITMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT OVER PROMISING AND UNDER DELIVERING IS ALSO SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE THAT I GOT CONSIDERED, UH, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S MORE OF A SLAP IN THE FACE TO STAFF THAT WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THEM THAT THEY WOULD GET AN INCREASE AND THEN COME TO THEM AS THEY ANTICIPATE THOSE INCREASES.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT WE WON'T BE GIVING THEM THAT TWO AND A HALF OR 3%, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, MOSTLY FISCAL.

UH, SO TO ME, WE WOULD LOSE MORE EMPLOYEES AND CREDIBILITY.

UH, IF WE DID THAT VERSUS UTILIZING THE MARKET STUDIES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE AND THEN DOING INCREASES TO DESERVE AND STABBED BASED OFF OF OUR FINANCIALLY, UH, FINANCIAL ABILITY TO DO SO.

SO THAT, SO THAT YEAR AND BASED OFF OF THEIR JOB EFFECTIVENESS AND PERFORMANCE, NOT JUST ON A GUARANTEED INCREASE YEAR AFTER YEAR, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE, WE GOT TO ASK OURSELVES A QUESTION, WHAT IS OUR ASSUMPTION FOR STAFF GROWTH, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS LAST, I'M GONNA SAY THIS AND I'LL SET UP WELL, I CAN APPRECIATE THE CURRENT OUTLOOK OF HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY AFFORD THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS CAN ALWAYS CHANGE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, AS WE KNOW, NO ONE KNEW THAT COVID-19 WOULD BE HERE AND IMPACT US THE WAY IT DID,

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BUT WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH COVID BEING AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS OUR ANNUAL SALES TAX COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE TO METRO AS WELL AS THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE LIKE SIDEWALKS STREETS.

AND AS WE HEARD TONIGHT, MORE STREETLIGHTS AND MUCH MORE LASTLY, ALONG WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE IMPACT OR SENATE BILL TWO, WHICH RELEGATES US TO THREE AND A HALF PERCENT PROPERTY TAX CAP, I DON'T THINK IT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, IMPROVING FOR US TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT PART THIS TIME.

AND I YIELD MY TIME.

IF I MAY LET ME RESPOND TO TWO, AT LEAST TWO OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE JUST RAISED ONE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE 2020 BUDGET APPROVAL.

YOU'RE CORRECT.

I GOT HERE IN AUGUST, UH, ARE PRESENTED A BUDGET AND THE FIRST BUDGET I PRESENTED INCLUDED A TAX DECREASE TO THE RIGHT, UH, THE FIRST TIME IN A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT A CITY MANAGER PROVIDED YOU WITH BUDGET WITH A TAX RATE DECREASED.

SO TRUST ME, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN GIVING YOU SOME BLOW THEY'RE OUT OF CONTROL BUDGET SOLUTION THAT YOU CAN'T SOLVE.

UH, SECOND, UH, IT WAS PREDICATED AT THAT TIME WE PUT $1.2 MILLION IN A BUDGET AND, UH, WE MADE THE PROMISE TO COUNCIL AT THAT TIME THAT WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE A RAISE UNTIL AFTER SUCH TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT THE STUDY COMPLETELY FROM GAMBLER.

ZACK STUDY JUST HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

SO I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, SO WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, WELL, WHY HAVEN'T YOU GIVEN HIM A RAISE YET? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THE SCUTTLEBUTT FROM THE FORMER CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE ELSE OUT THERE.

THIS IS MANAGER HASN'T GIVEN IT BECAUSE THE PROCESS WAS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER TO YOU.

THE GALLAGHER REPORT PRIOR TO GIVING A RAISED GALLAGHER REPORT WAS PLANNED TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

UNFORTUNATELY WE RAN INTO THE, UH, THE SNOW CRISIS.

I GOT COVID AND WE WERE DELAYED UNTIL HERE RECENTLY.

SO I'M BRINGING IT TO NEW NOW.

AND I'M SAYING TO YOU NOW THAT, UH, WE THINK THAT THE WAY TO GO FORWARD IS TO PROVIDE A 3% INCREASE OVERALL, ALL THE BANS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, IT WOULD BE BELOW THE BUDGET AMOUNT.

THE CURRENT BUDGET AMOUNT IS 1.2 MILLION.

WE WOULD COME IN LESS THAN THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE ASKING YOU MEANING NOT JUST ME, BUT ALSO ALL THE STAFF IS ACTUALLY TO GET THIS AND THIS STAFF SOME PREDICTABILITY ON THE FUTURE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THEY WANT AGAIN AND PLAN FOR THEIR CAREER.

UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUDGET WALLS THAT OTHER CITIES, EVERY CITY IS UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.

UH, YES, BOTH LOT.

AND SOME OTHERS MAY HAVE HAD SOME FINANCIAL ISSUES.

THE COPA HAS HAD TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON CERTAIN CITIES DIFFERENTLY.

SOME CITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SUGAR LAND OR THE STAFF, OR THEY SEE A HUGE REDUCTION IN SALES TAX.

WE HAVEN'T THIS CITY HADN'T SEEN THAT, UH, THE CITY HASN'T WENT THROUGH THAT.

IN FACT, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE SIDE ELECTION DURING COVID NOT A DECREASE.

AND SO AGAIN, I LOOKED AT THE SITUATION UNIQUELY IN TERMS OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, OUR, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS ARE PEOPLE WHO, WHO, WHO LOOKED AT THIS, LOOKED AT IT FROM THAT WAY.

OUR PROJECTIONS ARE FOUNDED IN FACTS, NOT HOW VERBALLY, RIGHT? NOT SOMEONE'S OPINIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO OPINIONS THAT ENTITLED FACTS, UH, AND FACTS ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S PROJECTIONS, HE LOOKED AT US HISTORICAL, UH, MOVEMENT FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE.

UH, I CONCUR WITH MY CFO, I, WITH MY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THIS.

ISN'T THIS A QUESTION OF, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE STEP TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEE SOME PREDICTABILITY? UH, OF COURSE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVEN A RAISE.

BUT THE REASON AND RATIONALE AS TO WHY, UH, IT'S ADVERSELY IMPACTING, UH, THE STAFF IS THIS IS, IS BECAUSE OF THE PREDICTABILITY YOU HEARD FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ASSOCIATION AS TO WHY THEY, THEY SUPPORTED, THEY SUPPORTED THAT THE STAFF SUPPORTS IT BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND, AND THAT, THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO THEM.

AND SO CAN'T, WE STAY IN STATUS BOAT.

SURE.

COUNCIL CAN DECIDE, NO, YOU VOTE THIS THAT, UH, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT CONTROL.

AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU IS THAT YOU STILL HAVE THAT CONTROL.

UH, BUT THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING IT FOR YOU IS BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

THAT WAS STAFF MORALE, AND THIS IS CHIEFLY AMONG THEM.

THE NUMBER ONE ITEM, THAT'S ON THE DOCKET IN TERMS OF SOLVING THAT EQUATION.

THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY.

AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT FORTH SUMMARY STERLING.

HI.

ANYTIME YOU MOVE OUT, ANYTIME ANY COMPANY YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE FUNDS, ARE THERE, GO BACK TO THE COVID WHEN YOU EXPERIENCED CHALLENGES IN AN ORGANIZATION AND THEIR CHALLENGES, YOU GO BACK AND YOU REASSESS, ONCE YOU DO THE REASSESSMENT, THEN YOU MAKE YOU MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS.

I JUST THIN BASICALLY THE MANAGER, BASICALLY, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY,

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HOW, IF THE FUNDS ARE THERE.

AND I THINK THAT IS IT, MS. PORTER JUST MENTIONED THAT KATE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, I MEAN, WHY NOT SUPPORT PEOPLE? THIS IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT.

THE COUNCIL IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ENHANCING STAFF MORALE, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND IF YOU TALK TO HER ABOUT LOSING PEOPLE THROUGH ATTRITION, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET RID OF THE PEOPLE THAT FIT YOUR ORGANIZATION.

SO I'M GOING TO STAND FIRM ON WHAT I DO AND I THINK THEY SHOULD GET IT.

SO THANK YOU.

THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN, EDWARD.

I REALLY THINK HER WITH THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILMAN BERLIN.

I JUST WANT TO ADD BEFORE WE MOVE FURTHER.

UM, I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AND RHETORIC ABOUT TAXES, INCREASE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THIS.

CAN YOU PLEASE REITERATE OR ELABORATE ON THAT, UM, POURING ON THE SLIDE THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED BY BILL OR ATLANTA MASTER? LIKE, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? WELL, WELL, ABSOLUTELY.

I CERTAINLY CAN.

AND, AND CERTAINLY, UH, UH, EX UH, YOU KNOW, BILL ATLANTA WANT TO JUMP IN, THEY CAN AS WELL, BUT LET ME SAY THIS, UM, FOR SOME WINE, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRUST ME, STAFF HAS GOTTEN FRUSTRATED AND GIVEN ME TAPE RECORDINGS OF OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AROUND TELLING PEOPLE THEY'RE STIRRING UP THE BOND, I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS ACTUALLY A FALSE, IT'S A FALSE ASSUMPTION IS NOT EVEN TAPE SOME THAT, UM, THAT A TAX INCREASE WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT PAGE.

THAT'S, THAT'S COMPLETE GUY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WAY OUR BUDGET PROCESS OPERATES PURSUANT TO THE STATE CHARTER IS THAT I PRESENT A BUDGET TO YOU.

AND THAT BUDGET TO YOU, UH, IS DEBATED YOU APPROVE THAT BUDGET.

BUT PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL OF THAT BUDGET, YOU HAVE TO SET A TAX RATE BECAUSE YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIRM UP WHAT THAT BUDGET IS.

SO BY, BY THE NATURE OF ITSELF, IT WOULD NOT, AND CANNOT BE THE OWN ITEM TO INCLUDE A TAX RATE REQUEST.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THE COUNCIL GIVES A BUDGET AND EVALUATES BUDGET AND FEELS THAT IT, IT, IT GOES BEYOND THE MARK THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, THEY CAN SIMPLY SAY TO THE CITY MANAGER GOING TO JUSTICE, UM, KIND OF ALLUDING TO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA SAID EARLIER.

THEY CAN SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU GOT YOUR BUDGET 3% OR TWO AND A HALF PERCENT CORRECT INCREASE HERE WHERE I ACTUALLY STOOD IN THAT, GIVE US A HALF PERCENT, GIVE US 1%.

IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT PRIOR TO EFFECT THE SECOND THE TAX RATE IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO IT'S, IT'S COMPLETE FICTITIOUS, UH, FOR ANYONE TO ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD INCREASE THIS VERY SELF WOULD, UH, REQUIRE A TAX RATE INCREASES.

SO MANY THINGS INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, THAT EQUATION.

UH, IT IS RIDICULOUS.

THIS THING HERE IS, UH, 0.0, ZERO, ZERO DECIMALS AWAY FROM, UH, WHAT, UH, TRADITIONALLY WHERE OUR REVENUE CYCLE WOULD END UP BEING.

SO, UH, FACTS MATTER.

UH, AND I THINK, UH, THE CFO, UH, AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HAS DONE A GOOD JOB ARTICULATE, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY MATTERS OF THIS.

THIS WILL NOT INCLUDE THE TAX RATE.

UH, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A TAX RATE.

AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONFUCIANIST HISTORY OUT THERE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT ITSELF, UH, LANDS TO THE DYSFUNCTION AND THE FEELING THAT STAFF HAVE, THAT FOLKS AREN'T FIGHTING FOR THEM, MARIN, THIS IS AMIR FRO TEMPORALIS.

UM, I DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK THE, A CERTIFICATION TABLE.

I SUPPORT THAT.

I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO INCREASE THE RATES, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE CERTIFIED.

UM, I ALSO AM SUPPORT OF INCREASING THE BANDS BECAUSE COST OF LIVING AND WHATNOT, YOU, YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

UM, I DO WANT TO MENTION THOUGH THAT I BELIEVE THAT WHILE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYBODY, UM, THAT, THAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE HAS WORKED, AND THAT IS WHY SHOWED THAT WE WERE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.

UM, I THINK THE RETREAT PRESENTATION WAS DONE WELL BY OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WASN'T EXPLAINED VERY WELL.

IN FACT, WHAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD WAS IT BECAME A BIG FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND NOT WHAT THIS HAS ORDERED.

IT SAYS ABOUT EVERYBODY.

YOU PUT THE CHIEF UP THERE TO PITCH IT TO US

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WHEN THIS CLEARLY SAYS NON-EXEMPT PERSONNEL EXEMPT, FIRE AND POLICE.

SO I JUST FELT LIKE IT WASN'T DELIVERED WELL.

AND I, I JUST THINK I NEED MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE STILL DIDN'T GET CLARITY ON WHETHER YOU'RE ON A PIP OR NOT GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TONIGHT, BUT IT JUST, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS I'M NOT CLEAR ON IT.

LET ME TRY TO GIVE YOU CLEAR CLARITY ON THAT, GO FOR IT.

UH, SO, SO FIRST OF ALL, UH, UH, CFO EXPLAINING TO YOU THAT SHE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN SHE DID THAT, BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD ARTICULATED SOME NUMBERS THAT WHEN DOUBLE-CHECK DID PROVE OUT, BUT THAT WASN'T THE POINT THAT ON UNTIL SHE DID THAT, I KNOW THAT SHE'S A GREAT CFO.

SHE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO YOU.

SO, UM, THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT.

SECOND PART OF THAT IS, UH, IT'S VERY CLEAR.

UH, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHILOSOPHY DOCUMENT THAT'S PROPOSED TO YOU, IF YOU ARE ON A PIP, YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE RAISE IN THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE GOT SITTING AT THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.

UH, IF YOU ARE NOT MEETING EXPECTATIONS, IF YOU ARE NOT MEETING EXPECTATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT GET IN THAT SITUATION, BUT WHEN THEY DO THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE ON A PERFORMANCE PLAN.

THAT'S A PIT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW.

SO, UH, NOT AT THAT POINT, WE'RE NOT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT GIVING YOU A RAISE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU SHOW UP TO WORK AND DO YOUR JOB.

IT IS PERFORMANCE BASED.

THE THIRD PIECE I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THAT, UH, INHERENTLY IS PERFORMANCE-BASED.

WHEN WE SAY TO YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MEET EXPECTATIONS, OR YOU GOT TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET NOT ONLY THE STEP PROGRAM, BUT ALSO TO NAVIGATE, UH, THE MAYOR THING THAT IN ITSELF, INHERENTLY, INHERENTLY IN ITSELF IS A PERFORMANCE PLAN.

IT'S DEFINING IT IS A DEFINED COMPENSATION PLAN BECAUSE WITH THE DEAL WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DRESS, WHEN LISTENING TO A STAFF WAS, WAS TO GIVE THEM SOME LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY, PARTICULARLY START AGING OUT AND STARTED LOOKING LONG-TERM.

AND THAT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY TO PRESERVE YOU EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE YOU'VE INVESTED A LOT OVER TIME AND THEY'VE GOT THAT TIME, UH, IN ANY ORGANIZATION.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW CLEAR WE CAN GET.

I MEAN, THEY SAID, OH, THE DOCUMENT IS VERY CLEAR.

IT'S IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

NOW WE CAN FLIP TO THAT SECTION IF YOU LIKE TO READ IT, BUT IT IS VERY CLEAR.

THAT IS, THAT IS THE OUTLINE OF THE CONFINES OF THE DEAL THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TO.

SO MANAGING JONES, I MEAN, IF GOING TO MEET EXPECTATIONS, YES.

I GET 2.5 EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS.

I GET 2.5 AND YOU GET, AND YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A MERIT INCREASE.

SO, UH, HE'S GOT AN OBLIGATION.

IF YOU EXCEED EXPECTATIONS.

SO IT'S BOTH, CAN YOU FLIP THAT SLIDE REAL QUICK, BACK UP, BILL, PLEASE? NO, THE OTHER ONE KEEP GOING THIS SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, FOR A LOT TO BE THE PAY, IT MAKES IT CLEAR IN THIS SLIDE, THAT TWO THINGS, ONE THAT YOU NEED TO, UH, MEET EXPECTATIONS.

SO YOU DON'T GET TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, THEN THIRD.

AND THEN SECONDLY, IT MAKES VERY CLEAR THAT IF YOU EXCEED EXPECTATIONS, THEN YOU DO GET NOT ONLY A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT STAFF, BUT YOU ALSO TO GET ELIGIBLE TO GET THE OTHER HALF BASIS POINT, WHICH IS A ONE-TIME FEE.

UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO TO ONE TO ADDRESS ANOTHER MATTER TOO, UM, THE MATTER OF, OF, UM, INSTANT EFFECT.

SO, UH, WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSING FOR SANTA FE, UM, STILL DONE A LAB WITH, WITH THE, THE MARKET.

SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME CITIES OF OUR SIZE THAT'S PAYING INCENTIVE, PAY A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES IS ASKING FOR IS TO HAVE THEIR COSTS BE COVERED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, THEY'RE HAVING TO COME OUT OF THEIR POCKETS TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT COSTS THE OTHER ITEM.

I WANT TO ALSO ADDRESS TOO AS WELL IS, UM, NO, I DID NOT PUT UP MY POLICE CHIEF OR FIRE CHIEF TO TRY TO MAKE A POINT ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM WOULD TELL YOU, IN FACT, PARTICULARLY MY POLICE CHIEF, HE IN FACT, SUPERVISES MORE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAN HE DOES SWORN OFFICERS.

IN FACT, HE SUPERVISES PROBABLY MORE, MORE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAN ANY OF MY DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE CITY.

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HE'S LOOKING AT IT FROM A DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE OF HOW NOT ONLY TO ADDRESS THIS FROM THE SWORN OFFICER PERSPECTIVE.

I KNOW PEOPLE WON'T BE THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT HE ALSO TO HAVE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES HE'S THINKING ABOUT AND HOW TO ADDRESS THE MORALE MORALE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND SO THE QUESTION THAT THEY WERE ASKED TO THE PILE WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE INCENTIVE PAY WAS REAL, WHETHER THAT ISSUE WAS A REAL ISSUE.

AND, UH, IT IS REAL FOR THEM BECAUSE, AND IT IS REAL FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO, WHO GO AND GET THEIR SERVICE, BUT HAVE TO DIG IN THEIR POCKETS AND PAY I OWN ACCOUNT.

WHEREAS IN OTHER CITIES, OTHER STATES HAVE PAID FOR THEM, ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT NO, I'M NOT RUNNING MY POLICE AND FIRE UP TO OVERWHELM ANYONE.

UH, THOSE GENTLEMAN WAS SPEAKING BASED OFF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE BEING, THAT'S BEING HEARD TO HIM.

AND THE CONCERNS HAS BEEN HEARD, NOT, NOT JUST WE'RE SWORN BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE GET THAT CONFUSED SO MUCH, BUT THEY ACTUALLY OVERSEE QUITE A BIT OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND, AND THE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, HAS, UH, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS.

AND THEY WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU, AND IN FACT, GALLAGHER AND THE SELF IDENTIFIED SEVERAL OF THEM.

MOST OF THEM WHO WERE WAY BELOW, UH, THE MARKET COMPETITION, WE HAD SOME INTERRACIAL ERASED, INNER PENDINGS WITHIN THOSE, UH, WITH THE NOSE DBMS THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS.

AND WE HAVE ARE PROPOSING FIXING THOSE.

SO REMAIN STATUS QUO DON'T NECESSARILY FIX THE HOUSE.

UM, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GIVE THEM, UH, THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY.

SO NOW, IF, IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO DO IT, THAT'S FINE, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN STICK TO THE STATUS IT, BUT IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

AND THIS IS A CONCERN THAT HASN'T STARTED SINCE OVER THE JEALOUS GUY HERE.

I JUST ASKED HER NO MORE, DO YOU NEED MORE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THIS? BECAUSE I, SO CAN I HAVE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S COMPARE SIDE BY SIDE, WHERE WE'RE, IF, IF THIS AND BRANCH THING WAS EFFECTIVE AND WHAT THIS PROGRESSIVE STEP WOULD YOU GUYS CALL THE PRESSES REALLY STEPS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON DISAPPEARS.

IF WE STAY WITH THE CURRENT PLAN, WE SPEND 1.2 PER YEAR PER YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A PROJECTION.

AND THEN WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN STEPS? THAT'S A SERVICE REQUEST.

SO I CAN SEE, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT READY.

IT WASN'T PRESENTED WELL, AT LEAST IN MY, DURING THAT COUNSEL DURING THAT RETREAT.

I HEAR, I HEAR YOU LIKE WHAT I SAID, WHAT I SAID TO YOU, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THIS IS THE FIRST READING.

IT'S THE FIRST READING, UH, TO ALLOW FOR US TO GET TO THE SECOND READING, TO ALLOW FOR US TO BE, TO GET FEEDBACK, TO MOVE.

THAT THAT WAS A REASON WHY I WAS PRESENT AND RETRIEVE IS TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.

WE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK AND OPPOSITE.

YOU CAN TELL FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT THAT, UH, WE, WE RESPONDED TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE HAD IT, NO DOUBT WAS, UH, UH, IS A PROCESS, RIGHT? AND SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO YOU AND GET YOU THE INFORMATION TO ACTION ABOUT THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE GET THROUGH HIS FIRST READING AND THEN, UH, WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT.

MA'AM, TO ME, IT'S QUITE DEALT WITH BUDGETING, DEALT WITH STRUCTURE AND PAYROLL STRUCTURE.

I THINK IT'S QUITE CLEAR BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE CLEARLY, CLEARLY STATED EXEMPT AND NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, THAT'S ALL IT THERE.

AND HERE AGAIN, WE ARE A HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION, BUT UPON US PUT, ALIGN IT WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE.

I MEAN, THAT'S EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY COMPANY, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

AND IF I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM? I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

SO IT'S QUITE CLEAR TO ME, IT'S QUITE CLEAR.

NOW I DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE, AND IF YOU TALK ABOUT MORALE, WE TALK ABOUT HIRING REQUIREMENTS.

WE TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IF YOU WANT TO ALIGN WITH THE BUDGET, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU DO SUPPORT THIS ORGANIZATIONS.

WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, PRESENTATION AT THE RETREAT.

I'LL CALL THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

YES, GO AHEAD.

I SAID, UH, I'M, I'M LOOKING TO CALL THE QUESTION.

THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND ON FLUID.

CAN WE MOVE TO A VOTE? SURE.

GO AHEAD.

YOU HAD, LET ME, UH, OPINE ON, UH, ON THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I THINK TO ME IT WAS, UM, PREMATURE ROLLOUT IN THIS PLAN.

I DON'T THINK WE GAVE ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN

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AND WHEN, UH, WE SAW THE, UH, ON THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT REPRESENTS OVER 60% OF OUR COSTS.

I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING THIS, WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY.

WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.

AND, UH, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO, UH, TO ASK, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, REPLACING THE CURRENT PROCESS, WE SAY THAT IT'S KIND OF, UH, HELPED BY RETENTION OF STAFF.

WELL, MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TURNOVER RATES AND 19 IN 2019, 2020, WHAT WERE THOSE TURNOVER RATES, YOU KNOW, ARE WE REALLY HAVING A PROBLEM IN RETENTION? NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORD OF, UH, OUR, UH, AND, UH, THE OTHER, UH, CHRIS, UH, PRESENTERS ARE, UH, THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE UP FOR, UH, THE MCP AND THE FIRE.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME, SOME HARD FACTS AS TO, YOU KNOW, ARE WE REALLY DOES THIS REALLY, ARE WE REALLY HAVE A RECRUITMENT PROBLEM OR RETENTION PROBLEM, SAME WAY WITH RECRUITMENT.

UH, WE LOOK AT 2018, 19 AND 20 REPLAYED IN AN OPEN POSITIONS.

DID WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE HAVING PROBLEMS IN RECRUITING STAFF INFORMATION THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE IN FACT, YOU KNOW, NOT ABLE TO RECRUIT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO DARN MANY, UH, OPEN, UH, OPEN POSITIONS.

UH, THEN I, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AND WE SAY, UM, THE, UH, THE CURRENT PROCESS, UH, SO THAT UNDERVALUES THE EMPLOYEES, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT GALLAGHER'S, UH, RESULTS, UH, THEIR SALARY SURVEY, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS THAT OUR SALARY BASE, UH, OR BASE SALARY AND PREMIUM ARE COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET AND THE SAME FOR, UH, OUR POLICE AND FIRE.

IT'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH THE, WITH THE MARKET.

UH, AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT ALSO SAYS THEY, THEY COME UP WITH THE SAME THING ON THE, UH, THE SALARY RANGES.

UH THEY'RE UH, THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO SAY, YEAH, THIS IS BITTERSWEET TO ME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN REAL, I THINK, ADVOCATE FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND STAFF EVER SINCE I CAME ON BOARD IN 2010 AND, UH, ON, YOU KNOW, I I'VE TRIED THE SPORT DOWN, MAN, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE TO US AND THEY MAKE US THE SAFEST AND, UH, OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, DOES THE YEOMAN'S WORK.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT I, UM, THAT I, I DON'T WANT CONSIDERATION IT'S BASKETBALL ME, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I PUT IN A PROGRAM OR EXCUSE ME, WHEN I VOTE TO PUT IN A PROGRAM THAT REPRESENTS OVER 60% OF OUR ENVIRON ABOUT COSTS, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.

AND WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASON.

UH, WELL, LET ME FINISH OFF.

I NEED TO KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY, UH, WHY WE'RE SAYING THIS IS THE PANACEA OF, UH, OF, UH, PAY PROGRESSION SYSTEM.

UH, AT THE, I THINK IT WAS AT THE, UM, AT THE, UH, THREE 20, UM, UM, RETREAT, SOMEWHAT.

I THINK THAT STATEMENT WAS THAT ONLY THREE OR FOUR CITIES, UH, OUT OF OUR COMPARATIVE CITIES UTILIZE THE STEP PROGRAM.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF THIS IS A REALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, TRULY EFFECTIVE, UM, PROGRAM, WHY ARE ONLY THREE OR FOUR CITIES UTILIZING IT AND 16 ARE NOT UTILIZING IT.

SO SOMEONE HELPED ME OUT TO DETERMINE ARE THESE THREE, FOUR CITIES SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.

AND, UH, AND WE WANT TO BE IN THAT CIRCLE OR WHAT JOHN LOWE IS THE REASON THAT THE 16 CITY, UH, UH, THAT PROGRAM,

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GOTCHA.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SO FIRST, UH, YOU MENTIONED WE'RE PRETTY MATURE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESPOND TO THAT.

UH, THE OPENS MEETING AG ONLY ALLOWS ME TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH YOU IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS INVOLVED FINANCIAL RESOURCES, UH, AND HIS NATURE, AND, UM, PARTICULARLY OUR CHARTER AND EVERYTHING ELSE REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE TWO RINGS.

THIS IS THE TWO READING ITEMS. UH, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR TWO REASONS, UH, ON AN ORDINANCE SUCH AS THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR, UH, ANY DISCUSSION IN ACCORDANCE TO THE OPEN MEETING ACT.

SO, TRUST ME, I'M NOT BEING PREMATURE.

WE SPENT FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS, AND I THINK IT'S AN INSULT TO THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK REALLY HARD, ALL OF THE STAFF.

AND IT WAS A BOTTOM UP ORGANIZATION, A BOTTOM UP EFFORT, NOT ONLY FROM THE TWO ASSOCIATION, BUT ALSO ON MY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES FOR THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.

WE'VE SPENT TIME WORKING ON IS, TRUST ME, IT IS NOT PREMATURE.

THIS IS JUST A WAY THAT THESE THINGS BY LAW HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH YOU IN THIS KIND OF FORM A SECOND.

LET ME FINISH, LET ME RESPOND TO YOU.

YOU ALSO SAID ABOUT UNDERVALUING EMPLOYEES, UH, NOTHING HERE IS UNDERVALUING, UH, EMPLOYEES IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M PROPOSING.

IN FACT, MY PROPOSAL AND WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS, THE STAFF IS, IS SIMPLY JUST, UH, TO, UH, PUT EMPLOYEES IN A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY, SO WE CAN HAVE MORE LONGEVITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S NOT UNDERVALUING ACTUALLY WITH THAT'S DOING THIS, THAT'S UPLIFTING EMPLOYEES AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, NOT ONLY FROM THEM TONIGHT, BUT YOU WILL HEAR FROM ANY ON OUR STAFF.

WHO'S TALKED ABOUT THAT.

UM, LET ME FINISH THIS, RESPONDING TO THAT.

THE SECOND THING IS I GET IT.

I GET THAT.

SO I WAS JUST RESPONDING TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT A HUNDRED BAGS AND THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO.

UH, THEY, THEY, THEY, THE OTHER POINT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, RETENTION REQUIREMENT, THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

AND THAT'S WHY THE FIRST READING IN ITSELF IS, IS ALLOWED, UH, IS TO ALLOW FOR ME TO BASICALLY GET THIS IN THIS KIND OF FORM THAT WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO GET IT IN, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

AND IN FACT, THERE'S, IN FACT, THERE'S 14 CITIES, UH, UH, THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO OURS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

JACK QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT OFF THE CUFF, WHAT OTHER CITIES THAT WERE HAD.

AND I KNOW MY ACM PROVIDED YOU WITH THREE OR FOUR CITIES OFF THE CUFF, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES.

WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE, UH, TEXAS CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION WHO PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL THE CITIES THAT DIDN'T.

AND SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU TO HAVE THAT I'M ASKING FOR THIS FIRST REVIEW APPROVAL TO ALLOW FOR US TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

UH, AND, AND, AND WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION IN A FORM.

THAT'S THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY FORM THAT WE CAN FROM ROBBERY OR ANYBODY ELSE.

ARE YOU COMPLETE OR NOT? NO.

NOPE.

MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I DID NOT SAY THAT THIS UNDERVALUE EMPLOYEES, IT WAS STATED THAT THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE UNDERVALUES EMPLOYEES.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND MY COMMENT AND IF I DIDN'T MAKE IT CLEAR, LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR NOW.

YOU SHOULD HAVE HR RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

UM, W I, I WE'D HAVE SOME ISSUES TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VOTE IF, UH, MAYBE THAT IF, IF EVERYBODY IS READY TO TAKE THE VOTE, I HAVE ONE LAST ONE LAST QUESTION.

IF I COULD HAVE THE CITY MANAGER, WHAT ROLE HR PLAY IN THIS WHOLE, UH, DEFINING OUR PULLING TOGETHER AND FORMULATING A DEFINED PAY PROGRESSION SYSTEM.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM HR OR ABOUT HR.

AND, UH, FROM WHERE I COME FROM, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT PAYING PAYROLL,

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SO PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, THE HR FUNCTION, UH, ADDED TO, UH, TO THIS PROCESS.

I OBVIOUSLY THE HR DIRECTOR REPORTS TO ME, AND THEY PLAYED A VERY, UH, EFFECTIVE AND CRITICAL ROLE IN HIS DIALOGUE, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.

SO HR WAS NOT ONLY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, UH, BUT, UH, FOR THAT POINT, IN FACT, UH, WE, WE, WE HAD EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD INVOLVED IN PROCESS AND HR WORK CLOSELY WITH THE OTHER EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINING, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

SO, UH, THEY, THEY PAY A CRITICAL POINT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M THE CITY MANAGER, MY HR DIRECTOR IS NOT, AND I'M PROPOSING THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT'S FACTS ACROSS DISCIPLINES WITH ANY ORGANIZATION.

UH, AND I'M PROPOSING THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH THE CHIEF ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL ACCIDENT A DEAL WITH WALMART RIVAL, WHICH WAS STAFF MORALE.

IT IS THE CHIEF ISSUE THAT I'M TRYING TO DEAL WITH.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE LAYING THIS ON THE TABLE, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY, UH, UH, PARTICIPATED IN AND ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

WELL, I SAID THAT, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE, BUT THE OTHER THING, WHAT, UH, IMPACT FROM FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT WILL BE REQUIRED.

ADDITIONAL STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM IS DEFINED PAY PROGRESSION SYSTEM PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE, UH, UH, PROPOSING HERE ZERO.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, NOT, I MEAN, THE SPEC THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WOULD BE THE ONES WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS.

THAT'S A DUTY INCREASE IN STAFF.

THIS IS COUNSEL.

I JUST WANT TO, UM, I JUST KEEP HEARING EMPLOYEE MORALE AND PULLING AROUND, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT EMPLOYEE MORALE IS NOT ALWAYS, UM, EQUATED TO SALARY.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, UM, AND LOOKING AT THE CERTIFICATION PAY TABLE.

UM, I DON'T FEEL THAT OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR CERTIFICATION.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TONIGHT TO, UM, VOTE ON SOME OF THIS, BUT, UM, TABLE, ANOTHER PART OF IT, UM, A MOTION ON THE TABLE, WHICH IS TO, UM, WHICH IS TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND NOT TO BRING THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN, IF YOU LIKE TO, FOR THE SECOND PART OF, IF, IF THIS MEASURE OF PASSIVE SECRETARY INFORMATION, THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION, GENERALLY, WHAT HAPPENS WITH AN ORDINANCE IS YOU WOULD HAVE A FIRST READING FIRST TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHEN YOU GET YOUR SECRETARY, THAT TIME DIFFERENCE IS USUALLY USE TO INFORM DEBATE DISCUSSION, OR TO MAKE A DECISION UP AND DOWN.

SO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

IT DOES TAKE OUT THE PORTIONS THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE.

THERE WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COSTUMER STERLING A SECOND BY COMP NUMBER EDWARDS.

NOW CALL FOR BOTH.

IS THIS AN AMENDMENT OR IS THIS AS IS OKAY.

THE MOTION? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION IF WE VOTE ON THIS AND IF IT PASSES, IF IT DOESN'T PAY, WE HAVE TO WAIT 90 DAYS TO RECONSIDER SOMETHING ELSE.

I LOVE.

THIS IS BROUGHT UP BY A MEMBER OF THE PARTY THAT WINS THE BATTLE.

CLAUSER REMEMBER STERLING.

MAY I APPROACH THE MERLIN? NO EDWARDS COSTUMER.

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NUMBER 12 OR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.

COSTUMER BONEY, EMERY.

AND IT'S A NO FOR ME.

SO THE MOTION IS FIVE TO NUMBER, ITEM, NUMBER 11.

I RESOLUTION, THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS ON AGENDA

[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH MEDPRO TOMORROW.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR DISTRICT CONCERNING BRIAN MIDDLETON AND OUR OWN COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE FOR WINNING THE OUTSTANDING TEXTING AWARD BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, BLACK CAUCUS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

YES MA'AM.

AND THEN, UH, I WANT TO THANK MISSOURI CITY GREEN FOR ALL THE THINGS THEY DO, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT ALL YEAR WE ENJOYED, UH, HELPING THE CITY-WIDE CLEAN UP.

AND, UH, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE, SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I THANK YOU, COUNSELOR, MAN WORDS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED MR. RICO AND MR. JOSE FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP ASSIST ME, UM, IN MY WOMEN'S PERFECTION, BE THE MATCH STEM CELL DRIVER.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT THAT I WAS ABLE TO HOST WITH, UM, ALONGSIDE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS, AS WELL AS TAX ASSESSOR, CARMEN TURNER.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES WITHIN THE, UM, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND ANY OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITY TO INCREASE THE POOL OF PRETTY MUCH REGISTRIES.

AND IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY ANY TYPE OF DISEASE, SICKLE CELL OR LEUKEMIA, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR YOU TO HAVE A MATCH TO POTENTIALLY SAVE YOUR LIFE.

SO I WANTED TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS, UM, ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY BRING MORE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED INTO THE REGISTRY AND OVERALL SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS POSSIBLE.

UM, LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING BRING OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, RESIDENTS TO THIS EVENT, SPREAD THE WORD AND ULTIMATELY CAPTURE, UM, THE EVENT.

I FEEL LIKE AS IF THEY'RE AN UNDER APPRECIATED DEPARTMENT, ALTHOUGH ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE, UM, VITAL, BUT I FEEL AS IF THEY DON'T GET THE NEED, UM, WHO FIND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM KUDOS, ALSO TALK POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, THEY CONSTANTLY MONITORED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UM, A, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.

AND THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY WAS ON SCENE IN CASE WE HAD SOME POTENTIAL ISSUES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO QUITE A VITAL PART IN MAKING SURE THIS EVENT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE AND I THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION THAT I'VE HELPED SO FAR.

UH, LOTS OF FUN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, RAISING MONEY FOR, UM, FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM RIGHT HERE AT FORT BEND COUNTY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO PRAY FOR THOMAS ST.

JOHNSON.

SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF OUR FARMER'S MARKETS AND SHE BROKE HER FOOT, UM, IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PLACES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT THE MARKET.

AND SO, UM, SHE IS AT HOME RECUPERATING.

SO IF EVERYBODY CAN JUST KEEP HER, UM, UH, IN YOUR PRAYERS, BUT, UM, I KNOW SHE WOULD WANT ME TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE SHOW MUST GO ON, UH, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FARMER'S MARKET EACH AND EVERY WEEK.

UM, I'M ON THE ADVISORY BOARD THERE, WE HAVE TONS OF DIFFERENT ENTREPRENEURS, SO LET'S GET OUT AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

UH, EVERY SATURDAY RAIN OR SHINE FROM 10 TO 12 AT THE VIENNA, UH, ANNEX RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY.

UM, ALSO I WANT TO THANK, UH, MAYOR ELLA CAT FOR DESIGNATING, APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH.

UM, AND THOSE OF US THAT WERE BLUE TONIGHT IN HONOR OF THE FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM, UM, AUTISM AFFECTS MORE THAN 5,000 FAMILIES RIGHT HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

AND, UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES AND BUSINESSES HERE TO HELP FAMILIES WITH AUTISM.

UM, AND SO IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ANY HELP, ANY SUPPORT, ANY RESOURCES YOU CAN REACH OUT TO WWW.HOPEFORTHREE.ORG.

UM, I SIT ON THE BOARD THERE AND WE PROVIDE A WEALTH OF INFORMATION, UM, ON, UH, THE 26TH, MYSELF, MARY ELLA CAT AND FABRICS CITY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ABIA HERRERA WERE HONORED AT A RECEPTION.

UH, SO WE WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT AND THEN COMING UP, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST ON FEBRUARY, I'M SORRY, APRIL 23RD.

UM, THERE WILL BE A BINGO FUNDRAISER, UH, IN HONOR OF AUTISM AWARENESS TO BENEFIT, HELP WITH THREE AND CABO DOG.

AND THAT IS A MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, DISTRICTS.

AND SO I'M INVITING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, OUT TO THAT EVENT.

UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT,

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AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

KUDOS TO OUR WILLIAMS AND ALEXANDER, WILL YOU LET ME CROSS YOUR CLEANUP, WHICH WAS AN AWESOME THING AND CLEANING UP OUR, UH, ALSO, UH, VISIT LANDSTAY THE ADDRESS, WHICH WAS AWESOME.

I THINK PROBABLY TAKE NOTICE THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB LAYING OUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE CITY.

UH, THE OTHER PART IS I WANT TO THANK, UH, WOMAN EDWARDS FOR THE PIMMS THEY'LL DRIVE IN SICKLE CELL LEUKEMIA, ALONG WITH, UH, CARMEN TURNER.

THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT.

A BEAUTIFUL EVENT TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY WONDERFUL.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF A CLOUDY OVERCAST DAY, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

AND ALSO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, TO PRESENT PRESENTATION WITH, UH, THE, UH, AWARENESS, UH, CHILD ABUSE WITH A STAFFER STAFFORD AND THE BLUE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED IN THE FOURTH VAN COUNTY, WHICH WAS A VERY INTERESTING, AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO OUR CHIEF MAYOR PARTITA AND, UH, TO VERIZON FOR SOME OF THE, UH, UH, CRISIS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND FOR THEM TO DO WHAT A YEOMAN'S JOB.

SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH THEM AND THEIR STAFF AS WELL.

AND LASTLY, UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION IN OUR CADET IN OUR CDAC MEETING LAST WEEK.

UM, JOHNSON GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON THE FINDINGS OF, UH, UH, URBAN HOUSING.

AND I'M HOPING THAT ALL OF THE TEAM WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALL THE COUNCIL REPS SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FINDINGS OF A HOUSING AS IT RELATES TO MISSOURI CITY.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

UH, YEAH, I'LL BE BRIEF, UH, WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THE FIRE STATION SIX GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, A HUGE SUCCESS.

UH, IT WAS, UH, VERY WELL ATTENDED AND IT WAS GREAT TO KNOW THAT THIS, UH, PROJECT OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVICE THAT AREA IN DISTRICT B AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

UH, YES.

UH, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF AND, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE, UH, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UH, STATION SIX AS A COUNCILMAN AND BONY SAYS, IT'S IT, UH, UH, SUPPORTS AND SERVICES, UH, THE AREA OUT THERE IN DISTRICT B, BUT IT ALSO, UH, HAS AN IMPACT ON, UH, RESPONSE TIMES TO, UH, THE EAST SIDE OF QUAIL VALLEY AND LAKE OLYMPIA.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS HE SAID, IT'S A WIDESPREAD, UH, UM, VALUE TO, UH, THAT, THAT AREA OUT AND THAT SIDE OF TOWN FINALLY.

UH, AND I KNOW MAYOR THAT YOU, UH, HAD A PROCLAMATION THAT YOU PRESENTED TO, UH, THE, UH, FORT BEND EXCHANGE CLUB ON THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

BUT, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY EXCHANGE CLUB ALSO, UH, IS, UH, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND, UH, THEY, UH, IT'S ONE OF THEIR, UM, UH, PRIMARY, UH, UH, FUNDING, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WHO THEY FUND.

SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT, UH, CITY THINGS CLUB IS RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TOWARDS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

SO THANK YOU.

GOING TO COME BACK TO US.

I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, SINCE THE, UM, MEETING THAT WE HAD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR 10 92 DISCUSSION, UM, THE CITY STAFF, UH, SHASHI KUMAR PUBLIC WORKS ALONG WITH, UH, UH, COS MEMBER, UH, EMERY AND MYSELF, AND, UM, PARTICIPATED IN A DISCUSSION WITH, UH, STOCK ALONG WITH, UH, STATE REP, RON REYNOLDS, HIS OFFICE.

IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

I THINK IT WOULD HAVE LET HIM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND KIND OF HELPED, YOU KNOW, TOLD HIM HOW TO DESIGN IT A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, KEEPING IN MIND OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THEY'RE

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SO I JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT OUT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THANK GANGS AND CONGRATULATE AND, AND GREEN THE TRASH OFF.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WHOLE TEAM, THE WORKING HARD, SO I WANT TO KUDOS TO MISSOURI CITY GREEN.

UM, THE LITTLE RIP HAD BEEN, UH, FOR CHILD ABUSE.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UM, CONSOLE OR CLOUDS OR AMERIPRO TO MEROLA'S AND COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING JOINED ME FOR THE PROCLAMATION AT THE STAFFORD, UM, UH, SHIELD FOR THE, UH, CHILD ABUSE.

I WANT TO THINK THAT I WOULD TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THROUGH ALL FIVE STATIONS, SIX AS CONSOLE AND RAMONA JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT AND WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED.

I WANT TO THANK COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO MAKE THAT PROGRAM, UH, THAT CEREMONY.

WONDERFUL.

SO THANK YOU TO COME, UH, TO COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

LAST THING.

AND, UH, I HAD WAS LAST FRIDAY.

UM, WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR UNCORKED BACK ME IN MORE AND, UH, IN DISTRICT C.

SO THAT WAS A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY THAT THEY HAD JUST OPENED UP AFTER A WHOLE YEAR OF AND MARKETS WITH THE PERMITS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GET TOGETHER, AND IT'S A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT STARTED THAT.

AND SO I HOPE THAT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AS A NEW BUSINESS BUSINESSES COMING INTO MISSOURI CITY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.