May 03, 2021 Special City Council

SO IS THERE ANY CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? OKAY.

UM, SO WE'LL GO TO THEIR MOTION.

SO MOVED COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.

CAN WE SAY WHAT THE MOTION IS? OKAY.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONCURRENT WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGERS APPOINTMENT OF A DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE SERVICE DIRECTOR, JENNIFER THOMAS? YES.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS ANY.

OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD.

AND UM, SO THE, WHOEVER ARE FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, YAY.

WELL DESERVED MARIA OVER THERE.

MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM FOUR B DISCUSS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.

SO WE'LL

[4.(b) Discuss the City of Missouri City Strategic Plan update. (Proposed presenter: Interim City Manager Bill Atkinson)]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY BILL ATKINSON.

THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JASON GRAY OF JD GRAY ASSOCIATES, UH, WITH RESPECT TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.

AND TONIGHT MR. GRAY IS HERE TO BE, UH, TO REVIEW WITH YOU INTO THE PUBLIC, UH, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH REGARD TO THE PLAN, AS YOU KNOW, STAFF'S BEEN WORKING ON IT, YOU, THE COUNCIL HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH REGARD TO IT, AND HE IS HERE TO BRING FORWARD THAT INFORMATION.

THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ROADMAP FOR WHERE WE AS A COMMUNITY WILL BE IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE WANT TO BE, AND THE ACTIONS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO GET US TO THAT POINT.

YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CREATE THE VISION AND WE, AS STAFF ARE HERE TO HELP BRING THOSE ACTIONABLE ITEMS TO FRUITION.

AND SO AGAIN, TONIGHT, WE WANT TO REVIEW THIS WITH YOU.

AND ONE THING I WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU IS THAT, UH, THIS IS YOUR PLAN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO WORK THROUGH THIS.

AND MR. GRAY EVEN HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE TIME IN HIS, UH, HIS SCHEDULE THAT IF WE WANT ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, UH, TO WORK ON THIS, THEN HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME AND TURN IT OVER TO MR. GRAY, RIGHT? THANK YOU, BILL MARIN COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THE DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT AS PART OF YOUR, UM, DOCUMENTATION TONIGHT'S MEETING.

UM, I'LL, I'LL CALL THAT A FINAL DRAFT IN THE SENSE THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ABOUT READY TO GET SOME FINAL FEEDBACK FROM YOU, BUT AS BILL POINTED OUT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT

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THIS IS REALLY A SERIES OF A CONTINUOUS DRAFT.

A STRATEGIC PLAN IN MY MIND IS ONE THAT IS CONTINUALLY EVOLVING.

UH, IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AND ONE THAT WILL BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED AS REPORTS COME THROUGH AS ACTION GETS TAKEN, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO PLEASE KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TONIGHT, I'VE GOT A RATHER BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT, UM, AND REALLY WANTS YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIGEST THE PLAN AS PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE WE REALLY CONSIDER TAKING ANY ACTION ON IT.

BUT REALLY I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST WALK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT THAT, UH, THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT AND, AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

SO AGAIN, UM, YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND I'LL SHOW IT, UM, BASICALLY EVERY TIME THAT I'M IN FRONT OF YOU, BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S THAT VITALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, WHAT I CALL THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OR STRATEGY MAPPING AND ALIGNMENT AS MR. ATKINSON POINTED OUT, YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE VISION, THE VALUE REALLY IN THE FOCUS AREAS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THAT THE COMMUNITY ITSELF ESTABLISHES THE VISION.

IT'S YOUR JOB TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO WORDS, PUT IT INTO A DOCUMENT AND BE ABLE TO SET THAT AS A FLAG FOR THE FUTURE OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE THE VALUES OF WHAT YOU CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF ALONG THE WAY, THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS ON OUR, HOW YOU PLAN TO GET THERE.

THESE BEGIN TO HAVE SOME, SOME BONES AROUND THEM, BUT THE REAL, UH, THE REAL ACTION HAPPENS IN THE OBJECTIVES AND IN THE ACTION ITEMS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A BIT OF TIME ON TONIGHT, LOOKING PRIMARILY AT THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AND THEN SOME OF THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND ACTION ITEMS THAT SUPPORT THOSE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

SO IN THE PLAN, AND REALLY THIS IS A SORT OF A VALIDATION OF PREVIOUS WORK THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAVE HAD DONE WITHIN THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

THERE REALLY ARE FIVE CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, MAINTAIN A FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY, GOVERNMENT ROPES BUSINESS INVESTMENTS WITHIN MISSOURI CITY DEVELOP A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM AND HAVE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUILD-OUT.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE ALL GREAT AND GOOD OBJECTIVES.

THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU TAKE THOSE OBJECTIVES AND PUT ACTIONS BEHIND THEM IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE GOT EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS REALLY HAS A TWO PAGE SPREAD IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SPREADS.

AS YOU'LL SEE UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, IT GOES THROUGH THE LIST OF WHATEVER THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THOSE BEING THE HIGH LEVEL OBJECTIVES.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE ARE THE ACTUAL ACTION ITEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE REPORTING HAPPENS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE LAY OUT A SPECIFIC METRICS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS IN THE FUTURE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, AND AS THE STAFF HAS A CHANCE TO DIGEST IT, THEY'LL ALSO BE A SPOT FOR WHO OWNS THAT PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

AND SO THAT'LL ALL BE CAPTURED AS PART OF THIS AND THEN MOVING FORWARD AS PART OF YOUR REPORTING PROCESS AS WELL.

SO THIS ISN'T INTENDED TO NECESSARILY READ, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT.

THIS IS ALL JUST A COPY FROM THE BOOK THAT YOU'VE GOT OR THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE GOT.

BUT I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN EACH OF THESE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, AND THEN TAKE SOME DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE AS WELL.

THE FIRST STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA BEING, CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES WITHIN THAT STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO TICK THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY, BUT CREATING A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, CREATING A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, TO LIVE, CREATING AN ACTIVE PLACE, TO LIVE A DIVERSE AND UNITED PLACE TO LIVE AND A KNOWN DESTINATION AS A PLACE TO LIVE AGAIN, A COUPLE OF THE ACTION ITEMS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM TONIGHT.

THERE ARE ABOUT 85, 87, SOMETHING LIKE THAT DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS THROUGHOUT THIS, AS IT GOES.

UM, BUT REALLY ONE IS TO TRACK AND REPORT ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING LEVEL PER CAPITA, AND ANALYZE THAT WITH COMPARISON CITIES BEGIN TO SET YOUR BASELINE AS PART OF UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH ARE YOU INVESTING IN BEING A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, AND WHERE DOES THAT NEED TO GO FOR THE FUTURE? UM, YOU AND REPORT ON COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS AND EFFECTS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'LL START WITH THAT LANGUAGE OF REVIEW AND REPORT.

AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR WORK SESSIONS ON THIS, THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT THAT I HEARD FROM YOU WHERE REALLY YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR ALTERNATIVES ARE.

AND SO AS A PART OF THAT IN CAPTURING THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THIS LANGUAGE OF THE STAFF'S JOB IS TO REVIEW THE, THE LANDSCAPE ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM REPORT BACK TO YOU SOMETIMES WITH A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF ACTUAL ACTION ITEMS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT.

JUST TO, AGAIN, SET A GUIDELINE TO SAY, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR JUST A REPORT THAT SIMPLY SAYS, IT'S ALL GOOD, OR IT'S ALL BAD, BUT HERE ARE FIVE THINGS THAT YOU CAN

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DO AS ALTERNATIVE POLICY ALTERNATIVES TO AGAIN, TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL FOCUS ON THE POLICY RELATED ISSUES, THE STAFF CAN GO BACK AND DO THE RESEARCH AND SAY HERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER.

PICK TWO OF THEM, PICK FIVE OF THEM.

IT DOESN'T MATTER, SEND US IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

THAT'S FINE, BUT THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC, ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WILL COME OUT OF EACH ONE OF THOSE, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT UNDER CREATE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE REVIEW AND REPORT ON AT LEAST FIVE SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE MEDIAN AND CORRIDOR EXPERIENCES.

AGAIN, ALL OF THESE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS, OR AT LEAST THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM, I SHOULD SAY, CAME OUT OF THE WORK SESSIONS THAT WE HELD, AS YOU TOLD US WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE, AND WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO CREATE A SAFE, BEAUTIFUL, ACTIVE, UNITED, AND DIVERSE AND KNOWN DESTINATION PLACE TO LIVE? FINALLY, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IN, IN, UNDER THE DIVERSE AND UNITED PLACE TO LIVE.

ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS IS FACILITATE QUARTERLY INTERACTIVE HOA PRESIDENT.

AND SO AGAIN, SPECIFIC NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR IT.

YOU'LL GET A REPORT BACK ON THAT HAS THAT BEEN DONE? UM, AND THEN ALSO MY GUESS IS YOU'LL GET INVITED TO THOSE.

UH, AND SO YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

DO YOU SEE THOSE AS THEY COME UP MOVING ONTO THE SECOND STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA, OBTAIN A FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT.

AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TAKE THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.

THIS IS, I WANT TO JUST REEMPHASIZE ONE LAST TIME.

IT'S NOT, THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE THE FINAL THING THAT YOU EITHER NEED TO APPROVE OR DENY AS IS WE WANT YOUR CONTINUED INPUT ON THIS.

UM, BUT UNDER THIS, WE'VE GOT AGAIN, FIVE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND REALLY IT'S, UM, MAINTAINING FINANCIAL, UH, I FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT BY EFFECTIVENESS QUALITY SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND GROWING THE BASE, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS UNDERNEATH THOSE IDENTIFY AT LEAST 10 NEW PARTNERSHIP, LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES WITH MUDS, HOS ISD AND OR COUNTY.

AGAIN, A SPECIFIC DELIVERABLE THAT YOUR STAFF WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU TO SAY, HERE THEY ARE.

HERE'S 10 DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD PARTNER.

THE BALL IS STILL IN YOUR COURT, AS FAR AS DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE THOSE LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY'LL BRING THEM TO YOU AND PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE, WHO, WHAT THE COST AND BENEFITS ARE OF EACH ONE OF THEM.

AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.

ONE OF THE, SORT OF THE STANDARD ONES IS MAINTAINING A CURRENT GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION ON RATINGS.

UH, THAT'S JUST A GOOD MEASURE OF WHERE YOU'RE AT FINANCIALLY AS A CITY, AN EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY REVIEW.

EVERY TIME YOU SELL BONDS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BOND RATING.

IF THERE'S ANY NEGATIVE THAT GOES ON FROM THERE.

SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE BECAUSE THE ECONOMY HAS COLLAPSED.

THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, BUT YOUR TARGET SHOULD BE TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN WHERE YOU'RE AT TODAY.

AND IF POSSIBLE, GET BETTER, UM, FINANCIALLY SOUND THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS DEVELOP AND DELIVER AN ANNUAL REPORT ON ALL KNOWN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS ONE THAT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT IN MY MIND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO HAVE YOUR FINANCIAL REPORTS SHOW POSITIVELY.

ONE OF THOSE WAYS IS TO DEFER MAINTENANCE, NOT SPEND MONEY ON MAINTAINING WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.

UM, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO AS THE POLICY MAKERS AND THE FIDUCIARIES OF THIS ORGANIZATION, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY WE'RE MAKING AN INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO DEFER THAT MAINTENANCE, OR WE'RE NOT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED AN ANNUAL REPORT, OR THEY DO THAT SOUND THROUGH GROWING THE BASE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS DEVELOPING AND EXECUTING A SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THEY SHOP HERE AND, AND WHAT IT ALSO MEANS WHEN THEY DON'T SHOP HERE AND HOW THAT AFFECTS NOT ONLY THEM AND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE LOCALLY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEIR AD ALARMS, THIRD STRATEGIC FOCUS, SYRIA GROW BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN MISSOURI CITY UNDER THIS ARE THREE OBJECTIVES, GROW MORE BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY GROW MORE JOBS.

AND THEN ALSO OPTIMIZE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, A COUPLE OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT UNDER HERE, REVIEW AND REPORT ON AT LEAST FIVE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE THE BUILDING AND BUSINESS PERMITTING SYSTEMS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS EARLIER IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REGULATING IN A WAY THAT IS BUSINESS AND CITIZEN FRIENDLY.

UM, ANOTHER ONE OF THE, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS REVIEW AND REPORT ON POTENTIAL METHODS AND TOOLS TO COMPETE WITH THE CITIES WE TALKED ABOUT

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JUST GENERALLY, WELL, THIS IS ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES IN TEXAS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FOUR 84 B FUNDS, HALF-CENT SALES TAX, OR QUARTER CENT SALES TAX OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

AND WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO? FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE ONE CLIENT WHO ISN'T DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO FOUR 84 B CITY.

THEY FIGURED OUT HOW MUCH, HOW MANY DOLLARS THAT IS A YEAR.

AND THEY SET THAT ASIDE IN THEIR GENERAL FUND, AS PART OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, IT PROVIDES THEM A SORT OF A LEVEL SET.

IF YOU WILL, FROM A DOLLARS ASSOCIATED IN INVESTING INSIDE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT SUGGESTING THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO BY ANY STRETCH, BUT THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET SOME IDEAS OUT THERE TO SAY, WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH FROM A SALES TAX PERSPECTIVE, BUT HERE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH THEM.

THE THIRD OBJECTIVE OF OPTIMIZING BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION MEASURE, MONITOR, AND REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.

THAT'S JUST, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE BENCHMARK INDICATORS OF HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE HERE.

HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE HERE NEXT MONTH, NEXT QUARTER, NEXT YEAR, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND BEGINNING TO TRACK THAT INFORMATION IN AN ACTIONABLE WAY WILL ALLOW YOU TO HAVE SOME INSIGHTS ABOUT WHY THOSE BUSINESSES MAY BE CLOSING WHAT INDUSTRIES ARE THEY IN.

ALL OF THAT KIND OF INFORMATION CAN THEN LEAD TO FURTHER ACTIONS.

AND THAT'S REALLY HOW THIS STRATEGIC PLAN BECOMES A LIVING DOCUMENT, RIGHT? IS YOU GO THROUGH THE FIRST STAGE OF MANY OF THESE THINGS IS TO REVIEW AND REPORT, COME UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THESE SPECIFIC STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

AND NOW YOU CAN REALLY SEE ON ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IT IS YOUR JOB TO BE REVIEWING HOW THEY ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, WITH THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE SET OUT WITH THE VISION THAT'S THERE.

AND HOW DOES IT ALL ROLL UP AT THE END OF THE DAY TO BEING SOMETHING THAT IS A COHERENT PUBLIC, THE POLICY, THE NEXT STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA DEVELOP A HIGH CITY TEAM, DO DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES, DRIVE PERFORMANCE FOR WORKING TOGETHER AND THROUGH PRODUCING RESULTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP HERE UNDER THE PRODUCING RESULTS IS AGAIN, THERE'S, I THINK IT'S 87, 88 DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS WITHIN HERE.

ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF TO DO IS PRIORITIZING THESE DIFFERENT ACTION ELEMENTS.

THERE'S A TON OF RESEARCH OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THAT IF ANYBODY HAS MORE THAN THREE, BASICALLY IDEALLY ONE-TO-ONE, BUT IN THE WORLD, IF THEY'VE GOT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MORE THAN THREE OF THESE MAJOR OBJECTIVES, THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS GOING TO TEND TO GET DISTRACTED, DIVIDED AND NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THEM.

AND THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM ACCOMPLISH.

IT IS FAR, FAR, FAR MORE EFFECTIVE TO HAVE THREE OR FEWER PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED AND ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS AND HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OWNED BY EACH ONE OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS FOR UP TO THREE OF THESE DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS, THEY CAN FOCUS ON THEM, THEN THEY CAN SPEND THE RIGHT TIME AND ATTENTION IN GETTING THESE THINGS RIGHT AND PRODUCING THE RESULTS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I OFTEN SEE WITH SOME OF OUR CLIENTS IS THEY JUST WANT TO SAY, WELL, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY STAFF OR THE CITY MANAGER AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THAT'S TRUE.

UM, BUT BY HAVING A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO IDENTIFY WHO OWNS EACH ONE OF THESE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND BY MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY OWNS MORE THAN THREE HIGH PRIORITY ACTION ITEMS AT ANY ONE POINT IN TIME, YOU'LL SEE RESULTS GET DELAYED.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS DEPLOY DISCIPLINE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, STRATEGIC EXECUTION METHOD BY PRODUCING ACTIONABLE QUARTERLY STRATEGIC PLAN REPORTS.

AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, AS THESE STRATEGIC PLANS, EVERYBODY SPENDS A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY EFFORT AND MONEY, GET A NICE LOOKING DOCUMENT.

THEY PUT IT ON THE SHELF AND THREE YEARS LATER, THEY COME BACK AND THEY UPDATE IT.

IF THAT HAPPENS, I'VE NOT DONE MY JOB WELL, AND I'D ARGUE THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR JOB WELL.

AND SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT IT CONTINUALLY UPDATING IT, AT LEAST QUARTERLY, YOU'RE GETTING ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS THAT SAY, OKAY, WE'VE CHECKED OFF THESE 14 THINGS.

HERE ARE 12 NEW ONES THAT WE WANT TO ADD INTO IT.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET THAT LIVING DOCUMENT.

THE LAST STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA HAVE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH.

BUILD-OUT A COUPLE OF THE ACTION ITEMS HERE.

AGAIN, FOUR DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES, CREATE ACTIVE LIFESTYLE CENTERS, BUILD AND MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILD AND MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY HOUSING AND ENSURE EFFECTIVE MOBILITY,

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MAINTAIN YOUR SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WITHIN THE DOCUMENT, NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.

THERE'S THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SIDEWALK PANELS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACING EACH YEAR OR THE NUMBER OF LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK.

I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT A SPECIFIC MEASURABLE METRICS THAT WILL BE REPORTED ON THINGS LIKE PREPARE PREFERRED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING STANDARDS FOR USE WITHIN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, I'M SURE.

UM, YOU KNOW, TEXAS HAS A LAW IN TEXAS CITIES HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO DICTATE BUILDING MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THEIR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND, AND THEIR PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

YOU CAN STILL THOUGH, IF YOU'RE ENTERING INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, HAVE THAT ONE AS ONE OF THE TERMS YOU WANT TO BUILD A HIGH QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE ARE THE WE HERE JUST THE WAY THAT WE THINK AS A COMMUNITY, WE THINK THAT THAT LOOKS AND HAVE THAT AS PART OF A NEGOTIATION.

SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE OUTLINED AGAIN WITHIN THE DOCUMENT, NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

UM, I THINK, UM, I'M GUESSING BILL THAT THIS EITHER IS, OR WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU SHAKING HIS HEAD.

SO, YEAH.

UM, AND ONE FINAL THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TONIGHT AS WELL.

WELL, AS IN THE LAST PAGE OR TWO OF THE DOCUMENT, YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED PLAN UPDATES IN GOVERNANCE, AND THIS REALLY OUTLINES WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AS PART OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, NOT ONLY FROM THE INITIAL CREATION SIDE, BUT THEN AS IT IS MAINTAINED, THE THINGS THAT REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL ARE CHANGES AT ALL TO THE VISION, THE VALUES, THE MISSION, THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AND THE OBJECTIVES I HAVE OBJECTIVE SHARED THERE BECAUSE REALLY THOSE FIRST FOUR OF THE VISION VALUE, VISION VALUES, MISSION, AND STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS.

THOSE ARE REALLY ALL COUNCIL.

THOSE ARE YOUR JOB TO DETERMINE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE OBJECTIVES, THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU SPEAK IN TO LEAN ON YOUR STAFF A LOT MORE AS WELL AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

WE GET THERE.

THAT'S WHERE THE OBJECTIVES COME IN.

WE'LL PROVIDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN THERE WITH REPORTING TO YOU AS WELL.

ANY CHANGES TO THE PLAN THAT INCLUDES REMOVAL OF ANY ACTION ITEMS. IF YOU'VE MOVED THROUGH TO A FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT AND IT'S GOT 87 DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS IN THERE, THAT'S NOT TO REMOVE THOSE WITHOUT HAVING A REPORT ON WHY THEY REMOVED IT.

IF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETED GREAT.

IF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REPRIORITIZED FINE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A REPORT ON WHY THAT WAS ANY CHANGES TO DEADLINES.

YOUR FINAL DOCUMENT WILL ALSO HAVE DEADLINES WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTION ELEMENTS, ANY CHANGES TO THOSE DEADLINES NEED TO BE REPORTED ON.

NOW, AGAIN, STAFF CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES, BUT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEM.

AND THEN FINALLY, ANY CHANGES TO THE TARGET METRICS.

SO AGAIN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT ITSELF WILL SAY, YOU NEED TO MAINTAIN, UM, OR I THINK ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES IS, UH, FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH LAW ALONG TEXAS, THIS PARKWAY, UM, STAFF CAN'T GO IN AND SAY, WELL, THOUSAND IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WE'RE GOING TO HIT THIS YEAR.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A NEW METRIC THAT SAYS 50,000 OR 300,000 OR WHATEVER.

NOW WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND AS THE METRICS.

AGAIN, THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES AND SUGGEST CHANGES TO THAT, BUT ALWAYS HAVE TO REPORT IT THAT OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY DIRECT REPORTING.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

HOWEVER, IF THEY DECIDE TO ADD AN ACTION, YEAH, THERE ARE A MILLION DIFFERENT THINGS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE REFLECTED ON ONE, ONE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN STAFF DECIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY RELATES WELL TO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.

IT IS WELL WITH ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES, IT SERVES ONE OF THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS TO INCLUDE IT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN THERE.

I IMAGINE THAT THEY WILL STILL REPORT TO YOU ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT CAN BE DONE EVEN WITHOUT OUR, BASICALLY OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL REPORTING CYCLE, PROGRESS REPORTS AND RISK UPDATES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE A WEEKLY ENDEAVOR.

AND SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPORTING OUT TO YOU ON A, ON A, ON AN EVERY TIME THEY DO IT BASIS, BUT THOSE WILL BE ROLLED UP IN YOUR QUARTERLY REPORTS, REPRIORITIZATION.

AND THIS IS ONE THAT IT'S, I THINK IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT AGAIN, UM, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL DETERMINES, EVEN AT THE ACTION LEVEL NEED TO BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, THAT'S FINE.

YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT.

WHAT I NORMALLY SEE IS COUNCILS SAY, YES, WE NEED TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU'VE GOT LIMITED RESOURCES, RIGHT? SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF PRIORITIZATION.

STAFF WILL DO THAT.

AND THEN BASED ON THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPRIORITIZE THOSE THINGS.

UNLESS YOU SPECIFICALLY SAID, THIS ONE IS A HIGH PRIORITY, UM, THEN THAT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR ACTION, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT IF IT HASN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZED BY, YOU MAY

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NEED TO DO THE JOB OF PRIORITIZING TO DELIVER THE RESULT THAT YOU WANT.

AND THEN FINALLY, REASSIGNMENTS THOSE KINDS OF REASSIGNMENTS WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IT WILL BE TRACKED.

AND IT WILL BE REPORTABLE AGAIN AT THE QUARTERLY LEVEL, BUT DON'T EXPECT TO SEE EVERY TIME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MR. SMITH TOOK ON THIS OBLIGATION THAT MRS. SMITH USED TO HAVE.

UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A COUNCIL REPORTABLE ITEM, ESSENTIALLY.

THAT'LL JUST HAPPEN IN THE BACKGROUND AS THIS THING GETS, UH, GETS IMPLEMENTED, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE GOT AND WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.

WELL, THANK YOU, JASON.

OF THE ITEMS AS FAR AS I THINK IT'S IN THE SCENIC AREA.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR JASON GRAY OR SUGGESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION COUNCILMAN BONEY, UM, FOR YOU AND OR BUILD, UH, THIS IS LISTED AS THE FINAL DRAFT, UH, PRESENTED TO US TODAY.

AND SO WHEN WILL WE BEGIN, UH, I GUESS ACCEPT THIS AS, AS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OFFICIALLY WITH STAFF, KNOWING THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO.

SO, UH, COUNCILMAN BALI AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, WE DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT, UH, DURING THE, UH, TIME IN WHICH WE HAD A RETREAT WITH YOU, SOME TIME WAS TAKEN UP WITH SOME PRIORITIES AND WANTED TO COME BACK TO YOU TO SEE IF INDEED THIS LOOKS LIKE, FEELS LIKE THE FINAL DRAFT TO YOU.

IF NOT, JASON HAS LOOKED AT HIS SCHEDULE AND DOES HAVE AVAILABILITY A WEEK FROM TODAY AND NEED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID DURING THOSE TWO DAYS.

UH, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND, UH, GO THROUGH, UH, GO BACK THROUGH THE INFORMATION, MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT NOW THAT YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT.

YOU HAVE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND DO SO IN, YOU KNOW, WITH A COUPLE OF HOURS WORTH OF TIME, RATHER THAN HAVING TO FEEL RUSHED.

AND IN A MEAN SESSION, I AGREE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR ME JUST LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE FULL SESSION ON SATURDAY AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS HALF AND NOW IT'S PRESENTED.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO, TO JUST, WITHOUT ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, LOOKING AT THIS AND DIVING INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GIVES STAFF AND COUNCIL A CLEAR CUT DIRECTION AS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, SO I WOULD ASK BILL, UH, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO GIVE US SOME TIME TO DIGEST THIS AND LOOK AT THIS, UM, AND THEN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD SAY WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE YOU COME BACK, YOU KNOW, AND TALK TO US ABOUT THIS AND WALK US TO WHERE WE ARE AS I'M NOT.

UM, I MEAN, I NEED MORE TIME.

I AM NOT READY JUST BY SEEING IT HERE.

IT'S CONSTANT EMERY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS, UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND I, I THINK, UH, MAYBE, UH, THE MAYOR TOUCHED ON IT, BUT THIS IS REALLY A GOOD ROADMAP FOR, UH, THE STAFF AND THE CITIZENS TO, UH, TO KNOW, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, INTEND TO DO TO MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD.

SO, LIKE I SAY, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ROADMAP FOR, UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS, UH, AND THE REPORTING AND STATUS.

AND THIS IS KIND OF A CHANGE, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE IS THAT THERE REALLY WASN'T EXTENSIVE REPORTING COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS TO HOW ARE WE PERFORMING AGAINST SOME OF THESE, UH, EVENTS THAT WE'VE SET UP THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THESE ACTION ITEMS. SO, UH, I THINK, UH, THIS, THIS TO ME IS A REAL POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE WAY THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE PAST.

WHEN YOU SAY, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WE CAN'T COME BACK AND TELL THE, UH, THE STAFF WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PICK UP THE PACE OR ARE, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT ADDITION TO, UH, TO, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO REVIEW, UH, UH, THIS DOCUMENT AS IT, UH, AFFECTS IT'S AFFECTED, UH, UH, THE, UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE THERE REALLY HAVE, ARE, CAN BE ACHIEVED ARE, WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT SOME CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. I THINK THAT WE REALLY TO TAKE A LOOK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT AND HOW THAT CAN KIND OF, UH, INTERACT WITH, UH, THE, THE BOND, UM, PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH.

UH, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, SOME EXAMPLES, UH, HAVE IS, UH, THE FREEDOM PRE PARK IS ONE

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UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME CAPITAL TO, UH, TO, UH, IMPLEMENT WHAT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO SEE THE FREEDOM FREE PARK.

AND SO THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS IN OUR BOND, UH, UH, UH, APPROACH, WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE, UH, THE 10% INCREASE IN THE GOLF COURSE REVENUE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME INFUSION OF CAPITAL TO DO SOME THINGS OVER THERE TO ALLOW THE, UH, UH, THE REVENUE TO BE INCREASED, UH, BY THE, THE TARGET THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 10% OR EVEN IN THE REDUCTION OF THE EXPENSES.

SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO, I GUESS, PUT A LITTLE MEAT AROUND THE BONE AS FAR AS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO, TO DO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BOND, THE BONDS, BECAUSE THERE IS AN INTERACTION, UH, BETWEEN, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND OF COURSE THE MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL, UH, THAT'S GOING TO OBVIOUSLY TAKE A, UH, A, UH, UH, AN INFUSION OF CAPITAL, UH, IN THE CITY.

SO AGAIN, FOR THE SAME REASON, WE REALLY NEED TO ISOLATE OR NOT ISOLATE, BUT IDENTIFY THOSE ITEMS THAT REALLY NEED SOME INFUSION OF CAPITAL.

UH, THAT'S UH, WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE, UH, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT.

UH, AND, UH, SO THAT, THAT MAKES BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH.

I THINK MORE ACHIEVABLE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCILMAN EMORY, THE, THE, UM, THE INTERACTION BETWEEN YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, NOT ONLY ANY BOND, UM, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS OR PROCESSES THAT YOU HAVE, UH, UNDERTAKEN THEN ALSO JUST YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

THEY ALL HAVE TO INTERPLAY IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE REASON WHY WE SO STRONGLY SUGGEST THIS QUARTERLY REPORTING IS TO SIMPLY SAY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS IN HERE THAT WE'LL TAKE DOLLARS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

YOU MAY EVEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS NICE TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PLACE THAT AS A PRIORITY.

THAT'S OKAY.

HAVING THAT QUESTION ANSWERED IN MY OPINION IS FAR MORE VALUABLE THAN JUST SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, GET BETTER WITH, WITH FREEDOM, FREEDOM, TREE PARK, RIGHT.

UM, BUT ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SAY, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER.

HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE TO GET BETTER.

IF THAT PARTICULAR EITHER CAPITAL ITEM OR BUDGETARY ITEM DOESN'T GAIN THE SUPPORT, THEN THAT'S OKAY.

YOU HAVE TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

THIS IS COUNCILMAN'S FAIRLY.

UH, AND, UM, SO I'M STILL HAPPY THAT YOU MEANT THAT YOU MADE THAT STATEMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET BEING TIED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES I'VE MADE THIS STATEMENT DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT ANYTIME YOU HAVE A HIGH-PERFORMANCE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT HAS TO BE TIED TO YOU BUDGET.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK BILL ONE QUESTION, UM, THE, UH, HOW, HOW MUCH OF THE STAFF HAVE THEY BID AT THIS, THIS PLAN, THIS IN PARTICIPATION FROM THIS FAST, THEY'VE VETTED THIS AS IT'S BEEN BETTER WITH YOUR STAFF? A LOT OF WHAT WE, JASON HAS BEEN USING, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY STAFF.

I'LL TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR BEEN A PART OF THE TALK PROCESS OF DOING YOUR, UH, PARKS MASTER PLAN.

UH, JASON AND HIS TEAM FOR INSTANCE, HAVE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN AT PARKS MASTER PLAN.

THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE THINK ARE PRIORITIES, THE PMP, THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT, UH, SHASHA AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND PRESENTING TO YOU.

THAT'S WHAT THEY USE AS THE BASIS FOR WHAT PARTIES THEY THINK.

SO THOSE TYPES OF PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT, THE SAME TYPE OF THING, OR COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.

SO AT LEAST THOSE ARE THINGS THEY WORKED ON.

THEY GOT, UH, UH, SHARED WITH, AND THEN IT COMES INTO THIS.

WE WILL BE REVIEWING WITH THEM THIS DOCUMENT.

AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE PUTTING IN PLACE A MEASUREMENT MEASUREMENT TOOL CALLED TEST CASE ON A CASCADE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUALLY KEEP YOU THE COUNCIL AND YOU, THE PUBLIC UPDATED WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE, AS A STAFF ARE PERFORMING WITH HER REGARDING THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. AND SO THERE'LL BE HAVING A LOT OF INFLUENCE.

GOT YOU.

BUT MY POINT IS, MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH HAVE OUR STAFF AT TIME EMBEDDING THIS PARTICULAR PLAN? WE'VE GOT TO COME BACK TO THEM.

THEY HAVE NOT HAVE THEY BEDDED THE PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE BUY-IN FROM YOUR STAFF.

AND I MEAN, WE CAN SIT HERE ON THIS COUNCIL ALL DAY, IF WE DON'T HAVE BUY-IN FROM THE STAFF, I'M JUST WONDERING, HAVE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VET THIS PARTICULAR PLAN SINCE THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR SAID WE NEED TO, WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

A LOT OF WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONVEY, AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PLAN COMES FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND THOSE PLANS THAT THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

YES.

MA'AM THIS WILL NOT BE THE END OF IT.

THEY WILL CONTINUALLY REVIEW THESE AS

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WE MOVE FORWARD.

WELL, WE MAKE A DECISION.

YES, THAT'S MY POINT.

I JUST, OH, I'M SORRY.

WAS SOMEONE ELSE TALKING? NO, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SLATE.

THE MEETING SCHEDULE FOR MAY 12TH FOR THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO CANVAS THE RETURNS OF THE ELECTION.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW RUNWAY, UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DELAYED BY COVID-19 AS WELL AS A WINTER STORM.

UH, AND I KNOW STAFF HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET BEFORE US TO GET THIS DONE FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY NEED DIRECTION FROM US.

SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN PROBABLY POSSIBLY ADD TO THAT MAY 12TH MEETING OF A REVISITATION WITH JASON AFTER WE REVIEW THIS, IF THAT IS JASON, WOULD THAT WORK? YES.

SO JASON, I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A LONG SATURDAY.

UM, BUT IT WAS SO EXCITING TO SEE HOW ALL OF US ALL ALIGNED AND HOW ALL OF THAT WAS CAPTURED.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MONI JUST TOUCHED ON THE TWO THINGS, WHICH WAS THE TIMING OF THIS, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, AND TYING IT ALL TOGETHER TO OUR BOND AND OUR FINANCES.

SO I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT WAS A GREAT RETREAT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR C IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL, FM ROAD, 10 92, MEDIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, UM, MONI WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY 10TH OR MIDDLE MAY THE 12TH IS THE, UH, THE WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A, UH, SCHEDULED, UH, MOVE TO CANVAS TO RETURNS TO THE LEGEND IS ONLY 30 MINUTES LONG, OR WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE THAT LONG, BUT I WAS ASKING IF WE COULD POSSIBLY, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT VIRTUALLY OR ON FACE-TO-FACE OR IN PERSON, BUT WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, I'M JUST READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FINAL DRAFT BEFORE US AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE IF YOU, IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE, UH, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THERE WILL BE A P AND Z MEETING HERE, HOWEVER, WE COULD HAVE IT AT THE CITY CENTER FRONT.

[4.(c) Receive an update on the Texas Department of Transportation’s proposed F.M. Road 1092 median improvement (access management) project. (Proposed presenters: Director of Public Works Shashi Kumar and Assistant City Engineer Jeremy Davis)]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SASHA KUMAR AND ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS, PUTTING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL PROPOSED MEDIAN INSTALLATION PROJECT HAS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PRODUCT WAS WORTH EARLIER.

PRACTICE CITY COUNCILS ATTENTION IN THIS YEAR, SUBSEQUENTLY AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL, WE DID HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO SOLICIT COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.

WE DID GET SOME NUMBER OF FEEDBACK, AND THEN OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE PHAGES.

WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS, AND THE FAMILY BEING LED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE TECH STOCK, ADA ENGINEER WITH US, OR THE INTERIM AREA ENGINEER WITH US.

MR. PALEY, I'LL LET JEREMY PRESENT THE MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TODAY.

UM, THIS TEAM INCLUDING ME WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE I'M HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED MEETING INSTALLATIONS BY STOCK, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON FM 10 92.

SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE RECAP OF THE PROJECT INFORMATION, WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED THIS PROJECT BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP ON THE PROJECT.

SO THE PROJECT LENGTH IS GOING TO BE A 5.8 MILES.

IT'S GOING TO BE FROM OUR 69 TO STATE HIGHWAY SIX.

UH, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS 4 MILLION.

UM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO LET THIS PROJECT IN AUGUST OF 2021.

UH, ORIGINALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE APRIL OF 2021, BUT AFTER MEETING WITH TXDOT AND TALKING TO THEM, THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH IT BACK TO AUGUST.

AND TYPICALLY WITH THAT TYPE OF TIMELINE, WE'RE LOOKING AT WINTER 2021, UH, CONSTRUCTION START AND THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE IT, THAT'S BASICALLY JUST OUTLINING THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT.

IT GOES FROM STAFFORD TO MISSOURI CITY.

SO, UH, CITY STAFF WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

AND SO NOW I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND, JUST A LITTLE TIMELINE OF EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED UP UNTIL, UM, OUR MARCH 17TH MEETING THAT TRACI WAS DISMISSING.

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UM, BEN IN DECEMBER, 2020 TEXTS, I DID A PUBLIC OUTREACH VIA VIDEO CITY STAFF THEN SENT IN PRELIMINARY COMMENTS TO TEXTILE ON THE PROJECT ON JANUARY 4TH OF 2021 AND CITY STAFF PRESENTED THIS PROJECT CONCEPT TO COUNCIL IN JANUARY 19TH OF 2021.

AND THEN A CITY STAFF THEN HELD A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, WITH TXDOT TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON MARCH 17TH, 2021.

SO I'M GETTING BACK TO THE MARCH MEETING.

UH, SO THIS WAS A PUBLIC MEETING WE HOSTED ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, WE WORKED WITH A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND, UM, UH, A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AND WE NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 400 FEET OF A FMT 90 TWOS RIGHT AWAY, UH, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATION TEAM.

UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP US POST SIGNS.

UH, WE ADVERTISE AT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

UH, IT WAS POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

UH, WE HAD AN EMAIL BLAST SENT OUT AS WELL AS NOTIFYING THE, UH, LOCAL ATRIAL WAYS.

THE DATE OF THE MEETING, WE HAD, UH, 36 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ATTENDED, UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO GOT, UH, 27 COMMENTS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL.

SO ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT MEETING, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK, A LOT OF CONCERNS.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE MAJOR LOCATIONS THAT WE NOTICED DURING THAT MEETING, UH, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TO OUR ATTENTION.

SO, UH, SORT OF LISTED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WERE, UH, UH, THE IMPORTANCE.

SO, UH, PALM GROVE DRIVE WAS A LOCATION, UH, THE SHELL GAS STATION AT CARTWRIGHT ROAD.

PARKLAKE TOWNHOMES ON FM 10 92, UH, RAUL WALLENBERG LANE.

AND, UH, THE TOWNSHIPS WERE SO FIRST, UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO PALM GROVE DRIVE.

IT'S LOCATED ON, UH, FM 10 92 RIGHT NEXT TO COLE VALLEY, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UH, THERE'S A SMALL COMMUNITY THERE.

THEY HAVE ONE WAY IN, AND ONE WAY OUT, WHICH IS PALM GROVE DRIVE.

UM, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR CONCERN AS THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE MARCH 17TH MEETING WAS FROM THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, ORIGINALLY THE WAY THAT THE, UH, IF YOU CAN, UH, SHE CAN SEE IT.

UM, ORIGINALLY THE WAY THIS WAS PROPOSED WAS THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE GOING INTO PLANTATION SETTLEMENT, UH, WHICH DIDN'T ALLOW FOR THE PALM GROVE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND MAKE A LEFT OR, UM, EASILY GET INTO THE, UH, TURN LANE.

SO AFTER WORKING WITH TEXTILE, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION, WHICH, UH, IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE, YOU WOULD SEE DOUBLE YELLOW STRIPES AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE SAME LEFT IN LEFT OUT MOVEMENT AS IT ORIGINALLY HAD.

LEFT TURNS COMING OUT OF RAUL WALLENBERG, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS.

THE NEXT MAJOR CONCERN WE HAD WAS A SHELL GAS STATION AT CARTWRIGHT.

UH, THIS LOCATION WAS, UH, QUITE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

UM, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UH, WE DISCUSSED, UH, MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, UM, BUT HE CAME TO THE, UH, WHEN AFTER MEETING WITH TEXTILES, IT CAME DOWN TO, UH, ADDING MOUNTABLE CURB.

UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A DOUBLE YELLOW, UM, DOUBLE YELLOW LINES THAT TECHNICALLY ARE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM MAKING A LEFT TURN IN THERE, BUT IT DOES INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY OF ACCESSING THE SHELL GAS STATION.

SO, UM, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE CURB WILL ALLOW FOR LARGER VEHICLES SUCH AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO EASILY ACCESS, UH, THE SAME, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AS BEFORE GERMANY.

IS THAT A LOW PROFILE CURB? YEAH.

SO YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM PROBABLY ON A STATE HIGHWAY SIX, UH, THEY'RE SORT OF SLOPED ON EITHER END.

THEY'RE NOT THE STANDARD SIX INCH CURB THAT'S FLAT BASED.

YOU COULD STILL ROLL OVER THEM WITH A BIG TRUCK.

SO ANOTHER THING WE HAD WAS AT THE PARK LATE TOWNHOMES.

SO THIS IS A COMMUNITY, UH, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE COAL VALLEY APARTMENTS.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY RAISED WAS BEING ABLE TO COME OUT AND MAKE A LEFT AND HEAD INTO HOUSTON HEADING NORTH.

UM, THE WAY THAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW IS THE WAY THAT IT IS.

HOWEVER, UM, WE ARE EXPECTING A NEW DEVELOPMENT LEXINGTON VILLAGE TO COME IN ACROSS THE STREET, UH, TO THE EAST, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL ACCESS FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, TURNAROUNDS, IF YOU WILL.

NEXT IS A RAUL WALLENBERG LANE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS CAUSE IT'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET MOVED FROM THE WALMART.

UM, A LOT OF THE CITIZENS FROM THE PALM GROVE DRIVE ON SUBJECT SUBDIVISION, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE

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UM, AND YOU'VE GOT 55 MILE AN HOUR TRAFFIC AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, FREE TO SET UP.

IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME PEOPLE.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS CREATED A HOODED LEFT, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM COMING OUT AND MAKING A LEFT ONTO THE UP AND 10 92.

AND IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO GO DOWN TO THE TOWNSHIP, UH, LANE LIGHT, WHICH IS A MUCH SAFER WAY TO GET OUT OF THAT, UH, THAT AREA.

AND NEXT WE HAVE A ROUNDUP FRONT OF THE TOWNSHIP SQUARE.

UM, THIS ONE, UH, THIS MIGHT BE EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ACTUALLY BY, UH, A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS BEING ABLE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO THEIR MAIN DRIVEWAY.

UM, WORKING WITH TEXTILE, WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.

UH, THEY HAVE A LEFT TURN INTO THEIR MAIN DRIVER, AS WELL AS THE LEFT TURN INTO THEIR MAINTENANCE DRIVE, WHICH IS THE SECOND DRIVEWAY YOU SEE, UM, IT'S STILL PREFERRED THEN PEOPLE EXIT, THEY, UH, TAKE TOWNSHIP LANE AS THE MAIN MODE OF EXIT.

IF YOU WANT IT TO HEAD LEFT ON FM 10 92, JAMIE, CAN YOU, OH, I'M SORRY TO THE MIC.

DO YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU CAN EMAIL ENGINEERING@MISSOURICITYTICKS.GOV.

AND, UH, MOVING ALONG.

SO, UH, THE NEXT STEPS, SO WE STILL ARE TAKING ANY CONCERNS THAT LOCAL RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE.

UH, YOU CAN EMAIL, THANK YOU.

I CHECK THAT EMAIL EVERY DAY.

ALSO WE ARE EXPECTING A, ANOTHER PROJECT ON FMT 92.

IT'S A RESURFACING PROJECT.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT FOR 2022.

SO TXDOT HAS AGREED TO THE ACCOMMODATION THAT WE PRESENTED TODAY AND THEY INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MODIFICATIONS PRESENTED.

UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, CITY STAFF WILL REQUEST, UH, COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SASHA KAMAR OR JAMIE? YES.

MA'AM.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT.

UM, I SAW SOME AREAS THAT I WAS CONCERNED.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY CLEANED IT UP.

UM, I'VE YET TO SEE ANY ACCIDENT DATA THAT THEY CLAIM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE ON MURPHY ROAD.

UM, BUT FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT TECH STOCKS SHOULD ALSO BE FOCUSED ON TRAFFIC FLOW.

THAT STREET IS SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, CONGESTED.

I BELIEVE IT'S, UM, CAPACITY IS PROBABLY AT ITS MAXIMUM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN COVID AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM ALSO INVEST IN SOME SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THE TRAFFIC FLOW BETTER, UH, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SIX AND 10 92.

BUT THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO, UM, MAYOR PRO TIM'S COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, UM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AND REALLY PUTTING FORTH, UM, THE COMMUNITIES, UM, CONCERNS AND UPDATING THE PLAN.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

INTERNS THAT ARE BEING SUGGESTED ARE GOING TO BE AT, UH, UH, INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY HEAVILY, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, HAVE HEAVY TRAFFIC VOLUMES, UH, UH, SUCH AS CART RIDE OR HAMPTON OR FIFTH STREET.

THIS COMES FROM AN EMORY, UH, AGAIN, UH, I WANT TO, UH, UH, THANK, UH, THE TECH STACK FOR TAKING A LOOK AT THE FOUR ITEMS THAT, UH, W W WHAT CAME OUT OF THE, UH, THE, THE STUDY THAT, UH, WHAT WE CONSIDER AS PRIMARY CONCERNS, UH, ALONG THE, UH, THE, THAT ROADWAY.

BUT, UH, I GUESS MY, UH, CONTINUING CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT DISRUPTION OF, UH, OF TRAFFIC FLOW INTO BUSINESSES AND VISITORS CENTERS.

UH, AND I DON'T AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, UH, ANY, UH, ATTEMPT TO, UH, ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. UM, I ALSO, UH, THINK THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RAISED BEFORE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A MEDIAN ON A, UM, A ROADWAY THAT, UH, IS GOING TO REQUIRE A NUMBER OF U-TURN IF, UH, UH, WE PUT THOSE MEDIUMS IN, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT A TWO LANE, UH, ROADWAY CAN HANDLE THOSE TYPES OF VIEW TURNS, WHETHER IT BE TRUCKS, SCHOOL BUSES, OR AIR EVEN CARS.

SO I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT IS, IS, UH, 10 92, REALLY CONDUCIVE TO HAVING MEDIANS BASED ON THE, THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF 10 92.

UH, I ALSO, UH, POINTED OUT AND WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN, THAT A LOT OF THE

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SO, UH, AND, UH, I, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU START MAKING RIGHT ON REDS AND YOU TERMS, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY REDUCE OR ELIMINATE SOME SAFETY ISSUES.

I THINK IT'S, TO ME, IT'S A, IT'S A CONCERN THAT IT MIGHT IN FACT EXACERBATE, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, THE SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH IS WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, WHAT IS, IS REALLY AFTER IS THAT TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THAT A SAFER ROADWAY.

SO, UH, YEAH, I, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED THEN, YOU KNOW, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I, I'M NOT REALLY SO THAT, UH, UH, 10 92 IS CONDUCIVE TO, UH, TO MEDIANS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, BILL, IS THIS GOING TO BE, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC INPUT, OR ARE WE GOING BACK TO PRESENT THIS TOO? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD ONE ON MARCH.

, UH, WE ARE OPEN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE FEEDBACKS THAT WE WANDERED FROM MAN COUNSELORS.

SHOULD WE TAKE THIS BACK TO THE RESIDENCE AND PRESENT AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE PARK THAT TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED, WE TRIED TO ADDRESS ALL THE QUESTIONS OR ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD.

WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD REACH IN TERMS OF OTHER A U-TURN MOMENTS AND TURNING MOMENTS.

WE TRIED OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE IT, BUT WE COULD NOT, UH, THERE MAY BE OTHER SUBTLE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO, BUT THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT BACKSTOP HAS INDICATED TO US THAT THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MAY OR WILL SEEK FOR YOUR DIRECTION, WHETHER IT'S, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENTS WHO PRESENT THESE FINDINGS.

I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES OR ANY SUGGESTIONS, OPEN IT UP, OPEN IT UP.

WHAT COULD IT HURT FOR RESIDENTS TO GIVE MORE FEEDBACK PUBLIC FORUM? WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

YES, I SHOULD.

I THINK THE AUDIENCE IS STARTING TO GET SMALLER, RIGHT.

AS WE IDENTIFIED.

SO I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH REVISITING WITH THOSE CONSTITUENTS.

ACTUALLY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER ALL OUR T'S AND DOT OUR I'S.

A LOT OF CONCERNS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BRING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BASED OFF OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAD BEEN DECIDED.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN, THANK YOU.

BIT COMMUNICATION TRIED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST, YOU KNOW, CAUSE LIKE SOME OF US SAID THAT ALL OF THESE SUGGESTIONS CAME FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WAS HERE ON MARCH.

SO I THINK IT WAS ONLY, UM, BETTER AND BE TRANSPARENT THAT WE TAKE THIS BACK AND TELL THEM THAT HOW WE WORK WITH TXDOT AND WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH AND PERHAPS JUST TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MORE, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD SAID, YOU KNOW, DOT ALL THE I'S AND CROSS ALL THE T'S AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE PROCEED OR WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED.

THANKS.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN SET UP A DATE AND TIME AND THEN HAVE THAT ANNOUNCED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND JUST LIKE YOU PUT THE NOTICE OUT THERE THE LAST TIME.

SO THIS LEVEL WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.

YES, SIR.

MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR D RECEIVE AN UPDATE OF THE CITIES FOR THE JULY EVENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

CAN I GO BACK PLEASE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND ASK THE OTHER QUESTION, IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.

UM, I KNOW WE PROPOSE TO REVISIT THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR THE DAY THAT THE VOTES WILL BE RE CANVASES.

CAN WE BASICALLY, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR PHYSICALLY RECORD TOO? UM, MEETINGS ON OTHER PMS, SOMEONE STATED THAT THE PNZ IS GOING TO ACTUALLY MEET THAT DAY.

DO WE HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO COVER BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME WE'LL WORK ON THAT? I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE IT UP.

UM, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY SAY ABOUT TRYING TO DO THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVER LOADING DOWN CONSIDERING

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[4.(d) Receive an update on the City’s Fourth of July event. (Proposed presenter: Recreation Manager Julia Thompson) (Part 1 of 2)]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JULIA THOMPSON.

UM, MY NAME IS JULIA THOMPSON.

I'M THE RECREATION MANAGER HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T STOPPED BY THE REC TO SEE IT, UM, COME STOP BY AND SAY, HEY, I'LL BE THERE.

UM, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, AND ACTUALLY WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A NEW NAME, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED DURING OUR PRESENTATION.

A NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR, UM, LOCAL ENTITIES.

UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EVENTS, UM, WHY WE HAVE EVENTS AND, UH, THE BENEFITS THEY OFFER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO EVENTS OFFER A CHANCE TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IMAGE AND CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE.

UM, THEY ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERISM BY THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.

UM, AND THEY ALSO GIVE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH STAFF.

UM, THESE EVENTS AREN'T JUST, UM, COORDINATED BY ONE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S NOT JUST THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OUT THERE.

YOU SEE FIRE POLICE, UM, YOU SEE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL FROM FORT BEND EMS, YOU SEE PUBLIC WORKS, YOU SEE SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED.

UM, SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SENSE OF, UM, UH, FACE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY.

UM, IT ALSO PREVENTS OR PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, WE OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR VENDORS TO, UM, SELL THEIR FOOD ART, UM, PARTICIPATE AS A VENDOR AT OUR EVENTS, CRAFTSPEOPLE ARTISTS, UM, AND IT ALSO OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, EXPOSE THEIR BUSINESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, ALSO STRENGTHEN SAFETY AND SECURITY.

SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO SHOWCASING OUR, UM, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, UM, IT ALSO OFFERS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SAFELY.

SO WE HOST AN ANNUAL LIKE TRICKS AND TREATS EVENT IN THE PARK, UM, AND OFFERS A SAFE WAY TO, UM, CIRCUITRY FOR HALLOWEEN AND FIREWORKS AT OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT OFFER A SAFE AND LEGAL OPTION TO ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES.

COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER AS A RESULT OF A WHOLESOME ATMOSPHERE CREATED BY WELL-MANAGED AND WELL-STAFFED EVENTS.

AND ALSO IT CREATES A HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EQUITY.

SO OUR EVENTS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO BASEBALL GAMES OR TO FOOTBALL GAMES OR TO LARGE FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME FAMILY FUND.

UM, THEY ALSO OFFER A CHANCE TO INCREASE CULTURAL UNITY.

SO, UM, NOT EVERYBODY LOOKS THE SAME TAKING PLACE AT THESE EVENTS AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OR TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, OPEN COMMUNICATION, AND A VERY NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF EVENTS AND WHY WE HAVE EVENTS IN THE CITY AND ALL CITIES ACTUALLY.

UM, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT OUR TRADITIONAL ANNUAL EVENT THAT WE HOST ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

UM, SO THIS YEAR, UM, WELL, PREVIOUS YEARS IT'S HOSTED AT BUFFALO RUM PARKS WITH, UM, THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT, UM, MAINLY BOUNCE HOUSES, USUALLY ONE MUSICAL PERFORMER, UM, AND THEN STADIUM SEATING FOR FIREWORKS SHOW.

UM, AND SO TRADITIONALLY THIS EVENT HAS AROUND 8,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND THE OVERALL BUDGET IT'S 45,500, $620 AND 43 CENTS.

SO, UM, TYPICALLY THAT MEANS WE BUDGET $30,000 FROM THE RECREATION BUDGET FOR THIS EVENT AND THEN $15,000 IN STAFFING FROM IT.

UM, FIRE POLICE, PARKS REC, UM, THAT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL CITY STAFFING.

THAT'S WHAT THAT COST IS.

SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW LOOK, UM, FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION TO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND THE CULTURAL, UM, CELEBRATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING IN A VARIETY OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, UM, AND VENDORS HIGHLIGHTING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE FREE ENTRY.

SO WE STILL WANT TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE, NO BARRIERS FOR PARTICIPATION THERE.

UM, AND THEN ALSO REALLY FOCUS ON, UH, COMMITTED COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT OUR REALLY OUR EMPHASIS FOR THIS EVENT IS.

AND AFTER SO MUCH TIME WITH ALL OF OUR EVENTS BEING CANCELED AND EVERYONE BEING SEPARATED AND ISOLATED AT HOME, WE REALLY SEE THIS AS A WAY TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, UM, CELEBRATE OUR, UM, DIVERSE COMMUNITY, UM, IN A REALLY, UM, AN EXCITING WAY.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO EXPAND ABOUT OUR EVENT.

SO, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO HERE SO Y'ALL CAN SEE IT ON THE WAY OFF.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE GREEN SPACE BEHIND HCC COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH OFFERS A NEW OPERA OPPORTUNITY FOR A PARTNERSHIP FOR US.

UM, AND THEN ALSO IT'S, UM,

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UM, SO IN THIS AREA WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE CENTRALIZED TO MISSOURI CITY.

UM, AND WE THINK THAT IT WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HEART OF MISSOURI CITY HERE AT CITY HALL.

UM, THE SPACIOUS LAYOUT ALLOWS FOR OPEN AIR, UM, ACCESS AND ABILITY TO COME AND GO.

WE'RE STILL, UM, ESTIMATING THE ATTENDANCE TO BE SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

UM, WE DO SEE AN INCREASED EAGERNESS TO GET OUT THERE AND PARTICIPATE IN, ENJOY BEING TOGETHER WITH, UM, PEOPLE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

THERE COULD BE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

UM, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL EVENT TOTAL.

UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE INCREASING BY $30,000 AND THIS, UM, AND, AND KEPT THE STAFF COSTS THE SAME BECAUSE THE STAFF COST ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE, UH, EITHER FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

UM, SO $3,000 IN ADDITION WHERE WE'RE TAKING THAT FROM, IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED, UM, IN OUR RECREATION BUDGET.

SO BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR CANCELLATIONS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, UH, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, IT FEELS LIKE, UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SURPLUS OR MONEY LEFTOVER THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEND.

SO WE WOULD LIKE I TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY THAT WE HAD FROM SNOWPACK THAT WAS CANCELED.

UM, AND WE'RE GONNA DEDICATE AN ADDITIONAL $30,000 TO REALLY EXPAND THIS EVENT.

UM, AND THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE, UM, PRIMARILY SPENT ON ADDITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT.

I MENTIONED THAT WE USUALLY ONLY HAVE ONE BAND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD, UM, FOUR OR FIVE BANDS AND THEN ALSO SOME WALL, UM, SMALLER COMMUNITY GROUPS ON A SECONDARY COMMUNITY STAGE.

UM, SO MOST OF THAT MONEY, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO.

ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE NEW SPACE, THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW COSTS, UM, LIGHTING, BECAUSE IT IS A PREDOMINANTLY LARGE GRASS SPACE WITH NO, UM, LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR ENERGY AND SOUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

UM, I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ABOUT THE CONTRACT STATUS.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, UM, SEVERAL LEVEL VENDORS, UM, TO SECURE THEIR CONTRACTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, UM, AND NEGOTIATING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ARTISTS, UM, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT, UM, THAT'S THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

SO, UM, I DID WANT TO STATE THAT IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD AND OFFERING A REALLY EXCITING AND FUN EVENT FOR EVERYONE.

UM, SO COME OUT AND JOIN US AND CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

UM, SO I DID MENTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME.

UM, THIS EVENT IS NOT HAPPENING ON 4TH OF JULY.

IT IS HAPPENING ON THE 3RD OF JULY.

UM, AND THEREFORE IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REBRAND OURSELVES.

UM, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE AND MAYBE GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU ALL AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.

UM, SO WE HAVE MOST CITY BEDS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT MOME MUSIC, MOFU, MOST FUN.

I'M REALLY PLANNING ON BEING, UM, MOST CITY, WHICH IS HOW WE'RE COMMONLY REFERRED TO IN A LOT OF POP CULTURE AND DIFFERENT REFERENCES LOCALLY.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE MCT X-BOX, YOU'D SEE MCTS, UH, BEING UTILIZED A LOT IN, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION MARKETING MATERIALS.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE MCTS INDEPENDENT STATE FESTIVAL, WHICH STICKS TO THE TRADITIONAL, UH, 4TH OF JULY, UM, W ADDING THE MCTS IN THERE.

UM, SO THAT'S AN OVERALL PRESENTATION OF THE EVENT.

UM, WE'D HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE, UM, BUT REALLY JUST FOCUSING ON BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND, UH, EXCITING AND FUN.

UM, AFTER ALL THIS TIME AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, HOPEFULLY, UM, OFFER SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT EVENT FOR, UM, CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAYS.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, UH, THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATING.

IS THIS A SOLE SOURCE WITH THREE 60? OR ARE YOU, ARE YOU GETTING BIDS FROM THE, UH, UH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT VENDOR FOR TWO MINUTES TO THREE 60? SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THAT CONTRACT.

IT SAYS, NO.

BUT YOU JUST MENTIONED CONTRACTS, SO CONTRACTS THAT I'M REFERRING TO WE'RE WORKING ON OUR FIREWORKS DID, UM, DIFFERENT SPECIFIC ENTERTAINERS, WHICH WE GO THROUGH DIRECTLY WITH THEM.

SO, UM, SOME DIFFERENT ARTISTS HAVE, UH, THEY DO THE BOOKING THROUGH SPECIFIC AGENCIES, ONE PER AGENCY.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE LIKE A SMALLER CONTRACT FOR LIKE A MARIACHI BAND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THAT VENDOR BEFORE, SO I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION EDWARDS.

I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE BAND THAT WE'RE SOLICITING.

CAN YOU SPEAK MORE ABOUT THEM? CAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE DIRECTLY IN RELATION TO WHAT ARE OUR COMMUNITY PRETTY MUCH FOR FLIGHT.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.

UM, LET ME PULL UP MY LIST HERE.

UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF I CAN SAY SPECIFIC NAMES.

I CAN JUST REFER TO JOHN ARAS.

UM, SO WE HAVE A,

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SO WE HAVE A TEXAS COUNTRY MUSIC.

UM, WE HAVE A, UM, PSYCHO BAND.

UM, WE HAVE A AFRICAN DRUM CIRCLE, A MARIACHI BAND.

UM, DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BECAUSE HISTORICALLY WITH THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, IT PRETTY MUCH BRINGS IN OUTSIDE RESIDENTS.

I'M SORRY, WHAT'S AROUND AN AREA RESIDENTS AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE ONES WHO ARE BENEFITING THIS EVENT AS OPPOSED TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BRINGING PEOPLE IN, WHO WOULD THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

AND SO THAT'S MY CONCERN OF US SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON ENTERTAINMENT THAT REALLY WON'T BE SUITABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

I WILL SAY ALL THE VENDORS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH ARE EITHER LOCAL TO HOUSTON OR TEXAS.

UM, SO THEY, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN THE AREA.

UM, WE'RE NOT PAYING ANYBODY TO FLY IN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN.

MY CONCERN IS WILL THE RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE, UM, AFRICAN BAND DANCE OR WHATEVER YOU JUST MENTIONED OR, UM, ZYDECO, IS THAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED WITH PER SE? YEAH.

AND SO I THINK WITH THE FIRST YEAR EVENT, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU PUT OUT THERE AND SEE HOW IT'S RECEIVED.

UM, WE DO A STAFF WRAP-UP REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT POST EVENT.

WE ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW WHEN WE CAN OFFER A SURVEY AT THIS EVENT TO SEE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COMMONLY DO.

SO, UM, I NEVER EVER WANT AN AVISION JUST TO BE, UM, UH, STAFF MEMBERS ALONE.

UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS HEARD AND THAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE BEING DIRECTLY REFLECTED.

SO, UM, I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY TO OFFER A SURVEY ON SITE, UM, TO GET THE POSTED INFORMATION DIRECTLY.

UM, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT IN FUTURE PROGRAMMING AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I DO HAVE ONE MORE OTHER CONCERNS AND ALL THAT TIME FOR THE COLLEAGUES.

UM, I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF THE MOST CITY, UM, TERMINOLOGY.

I KNOW YOU STATED THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CULTURALLY USED.

UM, AS FOR ME, IT'S LYING AND I KNOW THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BRING IT OUR CITY AWAY FROM THE MOST CITY NAMES, WHICH IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH BRIDE GAY RIDGEMONT, AND THAT'S NOT MISSOURI CITY.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD STICK FIRMLY ON OUR BRAND AND WHAT WE WORKED SO HARD TO CLEAN UP OUR NAME AND OUR IMAGE ON AND STAY FAR AWAY FROM THE MISSOURI'S MOST CITY, UM, TERMINOLOGY.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE SHUTTLING.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF FEEDBACK.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE MY CITY, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE NAME FOR THAT.

UH, BUT, UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, SOME THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT IN ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT, THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YEAR AFTER YEAR ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, MOVED AWAY FROM INDEPENDENCE DAY.

IT'S OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT, JUST LIKE OTHER CITIES AND OTHER AREAS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

THEY DO IT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4TH, AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD STICK WITH THAT TRADITION AS A CITY.

UH, ALSO, UH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS BANDS AND NEGOTIATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

UH, CAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST, UH, OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS WORKED ON ALL OF OUR EVENTS TO SECURE ENTERTAINMENT AND TO FOCUS ON, UH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT, BUT ALSO DEALING WITH ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF THAT.

AND SO I JUST WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALLOW THE, THE DEPARTMENT, YOU AND YOUR TEAMS, UH, TO REALLY DO YOUR JOBS AND FOCUS ON THAT.

UH, AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO LASTLY, UH, JUST POINT OUT, UH, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THERE NOT BEING A TOURISM MANAGER, UH, AT THIS TIME IT'S STILL VACANT, CORRECT BILL.

CORRECT.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SALARY OF THAT IS MAYBE 50, 60,000 OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING BRINGING ON SOME SORTABLE POSITION, UH, OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY BE SPOKE, FOCUSES ON SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND HAS A BACKGROUND DEALING WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND OR SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALLOW THAT PERSON TO ALSO WORK IN UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER THEY WILL REPORT TO, UH, IN PLACE OF THAT TOURISM MANAGER POSITION.

WE'LL TAKE THAT.

WE LOOKED AT THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

JULIA REAL QUICK.

WHAT ABOUT PARKING? ARE WE GOING TO BE BUSING FROM? YEAH, SO TYPICALLY, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW EVENT LOCATION SPECIFICALLY FOR US, BUT, UM, IN THE PAST, WHENEVER WE'VE HAD OUR SNOW FESTIVAL, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THAT PROPOSED SITE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HERE, UM, WE HAVE UTILIZED SHUTTLING SERVICES FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M STILL WORKING WITH FORT BEND ISD TO SECURE.

UM, BUT WE WILL OFFER, WE ALWAYS WORK ON TRAFFIC PLANS.

UM, WE NEVER WANT TO LEAVE IT JUST TO YOU PARKED ON THE STREET AND FIGURE IT OUT.

SO, UM,

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JULIA, CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE OTHER CULTURAL EXPERIENCES THAT WE'LL BE OFFERING THE COMMUNITY? SO, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO BRING IN A BOLLYWOOD DANCE SCHOOL.

UM, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING AND THEN IT'S ALSO AN INTERACTIVE ELEMENT WHERE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE, UM, AND TRY OUT THE DANCE.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE, IT'S MAINLY SHOWCASED THROUGH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE VARIETY OF GENRES SO FAR.

UM, AS FAR AS SHOWCASING DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENT CULTURES, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, BUT IT'S MAINLY THROUGH THEM MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, AN EMERY, UH, I NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET OF $30,000 AND YOU, YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHAT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS MAY BE ARE, WILL BE, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE COULD, UH, DETERMINE ARE NOT DETERMINED, BUT TO SEE WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES ARE GOING TO BE.

WE'RE STILL STILL IN THE, OF PURCHASING THINGS AND WORKING THINGS OUT, BUT, UM, I CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THE BUDGET POST EVENT OR, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST, UM, OR THE MOST FINALIZED NUMBERS.

CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S I ALWAYS HAVE PROPOSED NUMBERS.

AND THEN WHERE ARE WE? UH, IS MORE OF A WRAP-UP CLEARLY I KNOW FOR THE BILL, I COULD SEE THE, THE DETAIL.

YES, SIR.

I KNOW YOU SOLICITING TO ME.

I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT FINANCIAL BURDEN ON YOU, PUT IT ON THE PERSON WHO SHOULD BE PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION HERE.

HE GETS IT FROM YOU OR WORKS WITH YOU.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I MENTIONED THAT.

JULIE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER EVENTS OTHER THAN THE INDEPENDENCY EVENTS WE'RE HAVING THIS SUMMER, THIS SUMMER, A VARIETY OF SMALLER EVENTS, UM, LIKE CITY WIDE EVENTS.

SO WE ARE HOSTING, UM, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UM, THAT'S COMING UP IN JUNE, BUT WE DO HAVE LIKE MOVIE NIGHTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE LARGEST CITY EVENT IN JULY THOUGH.

DID WE HAVE ANY, UH, ON THE LAST YEAR WE HAD SCHEDULED SOME EVENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT THEY WERE NOT, UM, THEY WERE CANCELED.

WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THE COST FOR THOSE EVENTS LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR.

DID WE HAVE SEVERAL? YES.

MA'AM REPEAT THAT AGAIN.

SORRY.

I COULD NOT.

I SAID LAST YEAR, I KNOW WE KEPT SOME EVENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED LAST YEAR THAT WE HAD ALREADY SPENT THE CHORES.

DID WE CANCELED THOSE EVENTS OR WERE THEY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THEY WERE COUNSELED? WHAT DO WE EXTRA SPEND THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT WE STILL HAVE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS REFERENCING WITH REGARD TO THE DIVERSITY OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT THIS YEAR WITH THE 4TH OF JULY.

INDEPENDENCE, EXCUSE ME.

JULIANNE.

AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ON THE, ON THE END THAT YOU WILL, THIS IS THE FIRST EVENT AND YOU WILL ACTUALLY BE DOING SURVEYS AFTER THE EVENT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS INCUMBENT.

IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

IF YOU CAN GET A COMMITTEE, YOU DON'T HAVE COMMITTEES INVOLVED AS YOU PLAN YOUR EVENTS, I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

AND I WILL POINT OUT AND JASON, A FEW OF MY, OUR PARKS BOARD, WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, GET IDEAS FROM THEM AS WELL AS OTHERS.

SO, UM, I DEFINITELY DO.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY, THAT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, STARTING TO GET A COMMITTEE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, JULIE.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, HOPEFULLY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO STAY THE WHOLE DURATION OF THE EVENT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A SUNDAY, UM, TO PRACTICE THE RELIGION OR WHATEVER PEACEFUL, UM, THEY HAVE REST.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT.

THANK YOU, JULIA, OR BILL CAN ONE, DON'T YOU GUYS SPEAK ON HOW WE SECURED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HCC REGARDING THE NEW EVENT? SORRY.

SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UM, DID A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GROUNDWORK FOR US ON THAT END.

SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US IN THE, WITH LETTING US SHARE FACILITIES OR WHATEVER.

AND WE NOTIFY THEM OF, UM, SNOW FEST TAKING PLACE HERE AT CITY HALL AND THEY LET US USE THEIR PARKING LOT.

SO IT'S, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY OPEN PARTNERSHIP.

AND THEN, UM, WE PROMOTE THEIR PROGRAMS AT OUR REC CENTER.

UM, THEY SEND ME THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLASSES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE SHARE THEM THROUGH, UM, OUR COMMUNITY BOARD.

UM, SO IT'S AN OPEN COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY POSITIVE.

SO IN YOU NEGOTIATING THESE CONTRACTS WITH THESE VARIOUS, UH, VARIOUS ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHERS, YOU'RE SHARING WITH THEM JULY 3RD, THAT DAY, WHO CAME UP WITH THE DECISION TO MOVE IT FROM JULY 4TH.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY IT WAS MOVED.

UM, SO JULY 4TH IS A SUNDAY, UM, AND THIS EVENT IS PROPOSED TO END AT 10 30 AT NIGHT.

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SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MOVING THE DAY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JULIA.

AND MY COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST OF THE TIME AND WE HAVE A LARGE AUDIENCE HERE.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THIS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A REGULAR MEETING, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS ON THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT MEETING.

SO THE TIME IS 10:19 PM.

WE'LL GO BACK INTO CITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL MEETING, UH,

[4.(e) Discuss and consider contracting 360 Advertising, LLC to provide and produce entertainment for the Fourth of July event.]

UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CONTRACTING THREE 60 ADVERTISING LLC TO PROVIDE AND PRODUCE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, THIS ITEM WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA BY COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS.

AND I ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, BUT BEDROOM.

SURE.

UM, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLY CONSIDER ACTION ON ALLOWING THIS REPRESENTATIVE FROM THREE 60 ADVERTISING TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SOMEONE WHO HAS THE BACKGROUND, THE BANDWIDTH, AND HULU HAS DONE THIS FOR A LIVING AND WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BRING A LARGE AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS FAR OUR CITY.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRETTY MUCH PRESENT, UM, OR SHOWCASE A PLAN FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THAT, UH, PROMOTION TO THE JULY 4TH EVENT.

AND I APOLOGIZE ON THE BEHALF OF MY COUNSEL.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE FIVE, 13 AND FIVE O'CLOCK OR WHATNOT.

I JUST FIND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND APOLOGIZE FOR COUNSELING.

HOLD ON ONE SEC.

DO I NEED TO GET A, UM, IS THERE A MOTION THAT I NEED TO GET TO OPEN THIS UP? UH, THIS GENTLEMAN IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO STATE LAW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE POSTED, SO YOU CAN GO AND HAVE HIM ALLOW HIM TO PRESENT IF HE WOULD LIKE, AND THEN RECEIVE THEM.

SURE.

SO WE HAVE, UM, BOSTON.

SHE DID HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

I'LL BE BRIEF.

I KNOW THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR.

A LOT OF YOU KNOW ME, I'M A VISITING CAJUN CUISINE, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING CONCERTS FOR 30 YEARS.

BOOKSHELVES FOR THE ARENA THEATER, LARGE VENUES, UP TO 14,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

I CAN BRING TOURISM DOLLARS TO MISSOURI CITIES.

I CAN BRING TAX REVENUE.

EACH OF YOU HAVE A PACKET FROM ME.

I WON'T HOLD YOU LATE.

I HAVE SOME MAJOR ARTISTS LIKE TYRESE, MARVIN, SOME OTHER ARTISTS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO PRO-FAMILY MISSOURI CITY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.

UM, IT'S LATE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'M AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THIS ANY TIME.

IS THERE A MOTION, I GUESS WE'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION TO MAKE A MOTION.

ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS, LET'S DISCUSS IF I MAY RECOMMEND IN ORDER TO DISCUSS YOU SHOULD HAVE A MOTION.

MAKE THE AMENDMENT, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO DISCUSS A CONTRACT IN RELATION TO THE JULY 4TH EVENT IN REGARDS TO THREE 60 ADVERTISEMENT TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT AND FOR PROMOTIVE AND AS A WHOLE.

SO LET'S HAVE A MOTION EMOTION TO CONTRACT THREE 60 ADVERTISING, SUPERVISE ENTERTAINMENT AND PROMOTION, BUT THE JULY 14TH.

SO SECOND, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MAY RECOMMEND AS WELL WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE THAT HASN'T, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN A CONTRACT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UH, IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS SORT OF, UM, VENTURE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE IT CONTINGENT UPON US REVIEWING THE CONTRACT OR NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT AND ENSURING THAT THIS PROCUREMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND I'LL

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SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.

SO SINCE THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY MOTION, THE MOTION, SO SINCE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY EMOTION, SO THE EMOTION DIES THAT SOUNDED ON THE TABLE.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T HEAR SO WAS THERE NOT A SECOND? OKAY.

SO THEN THE, UM, THE MOTION FAILED.

SO THERE'S NO POINT IN DISCUSSING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARITY THAT THE FACT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THESE TYPE OF EVENTS AND THEY'RE NOT BEING TARGETED TO OUR RESIDENTS.

I KNOW WE DISCUSSED HAVING A SURVEY POTENTIALLY AT THE END OF THE, UM, NEXT EVENT, BUT AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO BRING ENTERTAINMENT.

THAT'S NOT BRINGING IN MUCH REVENUE AND IT'S NOT CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH SERVING THE NEEDS OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND NOT DOING US A SERVICE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING ENTERTAINMENT OR FESTIVAL FESTIVALS OR ACTIVITIES IN LINE WITH WHAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM

[4.(d) Receive an update on the City’s Fourth of July event. (Proposed presenter: Recreation Manager Julia Thompson) (Part 2 of 2)]

HERE BEFORE YOU DO.

I'M SORRY.

UH, ITEM FOUR D I KNOW IT SAYS RECEIVING UPDATE ON THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY EVENT, BUT I DON'T DID WE, I MEAN, WAS EVERYBODY FINE WITH MOVING THIS EVENT FROM JULY 4TH TO JULY 3RD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? CAUSE I JUST DIDN'T HEAR ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANYBODY.

I KNOW I SHARED MY THOUGHTS, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT.

AND SO, I MEAN, IT JUST ARBITRARILY WAS CHANGED TO JULY 3RD.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE IT ON A SATURDAY CONSIDERING IT'S ON A SUNDAY AND PEOPLE POTENTIALLY HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL.

THE KIDS IT'S 4TH OF JULY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO WORK.

SO THE RATE TO ANSWER YOUR THING, COUNSELOR, THE WAY THAT I HAVE HERE WAS, UM, RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON, ON THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY EVENT.

AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY MS. JULIA THOMPSON AND IT WAS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS.

THERE WAS NO ACTION THAT, WELL, THE REASON I ASKED THAT MAYOR IS BECAUSE SHE'S MOVING FORWARD WITH BOOKING TALENT FOR THE JULY 3RD DATE.

AND SO IF THERE IS NO OTHER DIRECTIVE, THEN OF COURSE THE DECISION, I GUESS, INDIRECTLY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ON JULY 3RD.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.

BUT I MEAN, IF THE MAJORITY COUNCIL IS FINE WITH MOVING THE INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT FROM INDEPENDENCE DAY ON JULY 3RD, DAY'S ALREADY BEEN DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, I GUESS BILL OR STACY CAN ANSWER.

ARE JASON, OKAY? NO, WE HAVEN'T.

WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY ADVERTISING YET FOR THIS EVENT.

UM, HOWEVER, I JUST WOULD CLARIFY THAT IT'S PRETTY COMMON AMONG CITIES TO, TO MOVE THEIR EVENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY ON BOARD, THE DRY, WHEN IT FALLS ON A SUNDAY TO SATURDAY, JUST BECAUSE OF LATE NIGHTS, PEOPLE GET UP AND GOING TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.

AND SOMETIMES THERE'S ADULT BEVERAGES INVOLVED WITH 4TH OF JULY AND, AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SAY FALL, UM, THAT HE'S DOING, BUT I'VE WORKED FOR FIVE CITIES AND WE'VE ALL, ALL MOVED THEM ON SATURDAY TO SATURDAY IS WHEN THEY'VE BEEN ON SUNDAYS.

UM, SO IT'S NOT SUPER UNCOMMON TO DO, BUT NOT ALL CITIES DO THAT.

SO LET ME ASK THIS TO ANY OF THE, I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER CITIES ARE, UM, THINKING ABOUT DOING JULY 4TH THIS YEAR.

AND I DID HEAR FROM DURING THE MAYORS MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH DIFFERENT, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY QUITE HONEST, I DIDN'T ASK WHAT, WHAT DAY THEY WERE DOING.

UM, SO HOW WE HAVE THE PARKS BOARD OR HAVE YOU GUYS CHECKED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES? YEAH, WE PREACHED OUT TO OUR, UM, OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND I HONESTLY, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT CITIES ARE DOING THEM ON SATURDAY, WHICH ONES ARE DONE ON SUNDAY, BUT A LOT OF CITIES ARE JUST DOING FIREWORKS THIS YEAR.

AND WE WERE JUST GOING TO FIREWORKS WHERE I RECOMMEND DOING THAT ON, ON SUNDAY.

UM, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING A BIG FESTIVAL, UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GO BACK AND GET MY NOTES.

UM, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD COMMUNICATION AMONGST THE OTHER DIRECTORS AND TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY, EACH REGION.

AND WE HAVE

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THE CONTACTS.

WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO IN ORDER FOR, WE PASSED ON THIS ITEM ALREADY.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DISCUSS, DO WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION OR, OR WHAT DO WE NEED? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PLAY IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO DISCUSS IT.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF THE STEPS HERE, CAUSE WE'VE GONE OVER ALREADY AND NOW FOR US TO GO BACK, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

SO YOU, SO YOU WERE SAYING, PUT IT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER OR TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION REAL QUICK.

AND I ARE IN COUNSELING, THERE HAVE BEEN ADVERTISEMENT ACTUALLY THAT HAS GONE OUT.

THERE'S A FLYER IN PRACTICE.

WHAT STACY WAS GOING TO MENTION.

IT'S GONE OUT THAT WE WILL BE HAVING IT ON THE THIRD ONE OUT CITY WIDE.

I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY, THERE'S A CITIZEN NEWSLETTER.

THAT'S BEING MAILED THIS WEEK TO 46,000 ADDRESSES BUSINESSES AND HOME BUSINESSES AND HOMES.

AND IT HAS THAT FLYER IT FOR JULY.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T MARK IT A DIFFERENT DATE, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION MOVING, THANK YOU.

AND ALSO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, UM, UH, JASON, HOW MANY DEPOSITS HAVE WE PAID OUT THAT MAYBE WE'VE SECURED, WE'LL BE BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT WHEN WE LOSE OUR MONEY.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT TOO.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY NON FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S RETURNED, THAT'S BEEN SIGNED.

WE PAID OUT ANYTHING YET.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THESE ACTS ARE AVAILABLE THE NEXT DAY.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THESE, DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND DO WHATEVER.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU, JOYCE, MAYBE NEXT MONDAY WE PUT THIS ITEM TWO TO DISCUSS, OR IT SEEMS AS IF THERE'S A LOT OF LEGWORK ALREADY BEEN DONE.

I DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE THE STAFF'S ABILITY TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE THE DECISION WAS MADE, BUT IT IS.

AND SO I'M OKAY WITH US MOVING FORWARD.

WOULD YOU LIE? I WOULD STILL GO BACK AND ASK BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, THE HIKE OF THE $30,000 AND ALL OF THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK IT'S AT THIS POINT, JASON, I HAVE A QUESTION, SIR, IF WE WERE TO ETHICS CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO PUT THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE THIS COMING MONDAY, WOULD THAT HAVE A SOPHISTICAL TIME FOR YOU TO, OR IS THIS, IS THIS LIKE TIME CRUNCHING, LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE MADE TONIGHT? OH, WE HONESTLY, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE STARTED PLANNING THIS EVENT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO, IF WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THINGS ARE UP IN THE AIR, SO WE, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD HARD.

UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE UNDER A TIME CRUNCH FOR SURE.

UM, OR THE BAND AND JULIA IS PRETTY PATIENT.

SHE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS IN FORT BEND DMS AND ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE COORDINATE WITH IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WE, I MEAN, HCC, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS IN THIS EVENT.

THIS IS NOT A PARKS AND RECREATION EVENT.

IT IS, IT IS A CITY EVENT.

AND SO WE'D HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COORDINATE WITH.

SURE.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

IF THERE IS A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT MONDAY MEETING, IF NOT, IT'LL STAY AS IT IS GOING ONCE, TWICE.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IT'S A QUESTION THAT CAME UP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER WAS, BUT THE BRANDING, WHAT NAME ARE WE GOING TO USE? THERE WAS THREE OPTIONS.

DID WE EVER DECIDE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO CALL IT? WAS IT GOING TO BE MOTOR CITY WAS GOING TO BE MCT X AND CTX BEST OR MOST CITY DID WE, DID WE DECIDE? SO THAT WENT OUT AS THE MCTS.

CONSIDER THE CRITERIA FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM

I FELL ASLEEP AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

I'M SORRY.

WE FAILED TO MENTION THAT.

THAT WAS YET ANOTHER DECISION THAT WAS ALREADY MADE FOR WELL BACK TO ITEM FOUR F UM, CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF MISERY CITY BONDS, BOND, EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE.

I THOUGHT WE JUST VOTED ON.

YOU TOOK CARE OF THAT.

[4.(g) Consider the criteria for the procurement of executive search firm services for the position of the city manager. (Proposed presenter: Human Resources Director Martin Russell and Purchasing Manager Shannon Pleasant)]

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SERVICE FOR THE POSITION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY HUMAN RESOURCES, DIRECTOR MARTIN AND RUSSELL.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AND MARIA.

THIS MIGHT NOT BE UPDATED.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEND OUT THE COPY I GAVE YOU COUNSEL.

YEAH, THIS IS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY ON THE APRIL 26 MEETING AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN RFP PROCESS FOR PROCUREMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER, UM, A PASSED OUT TO YOU AS KIND OF GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OF HIRING OF AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM FOR THE OPEN CITY MANAGER'S POSITION.

UM, I ALSO HAVE WITH ME SHANNON PLEASANT, THEN SHE'S THE PROCUREMENT AND RISK MANAGER FOR THE CITY.

AND, UM, IF YOU FLIP TO THE FIRST PAGE, THIS ACTUALLY, UH, WILL POST FOR 14 DAYS.

AND THE PLATFORMS THAT WE USE FOR THAT IS THE TEXAS SMART BUYER DEMAND STAR.

AND THEN THE FORT BEN STAR IS, UH, WHERE WE POSE FOR THE LEGAL NOTICE.

SO LISTEN OF THE BIDDING FOR THIS POSITION AND FOR THIS RSP.

UM, NOW THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SCORE THE PROPOSALS ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA, THE COST THAT WILL BE INVOLVED, THE PROPOSED METHOD, THE QUALIFICATIONS, AND THE REFERENCES.

AND I PROPOSED METHOD WILL, UH, DETAIL THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT, THAT, UH, FIRM WILL PROVIDE TO THE CITY.

UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO THIS IS THE REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS. ONCE YOU ALL GET THOSE PROPOSALS BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO SCORE THE TOP THREE FORM OR FIRMS BASED UPON THE SCORING MATRIX THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.

AND THEN THE TOP THREE WILL PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEDIA.

AND OF COURSE THAT DATE WILL BE DETERMINED.

AND CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME WILL VOTE ON THE FARM THAT WILL BEST REPRESENT THE CITY FOR THIS OPEN POSITION.

AND THAT FIRM WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE TIMELINES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED AND HOW THEY WILL MAKE THAT, OR IN THIS CASE, MAKE THE SELECTION FOR THIS OPEN POSITION.

UH, AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU A TIMEFRAME OF WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.

UH, AS I ALWAYS SAY, THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS, EACH FIRM HAD HIS OWN WAY IN WHICH THEY WILL, UH, HANDLE THAT SERVICE FROM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE WHATEVER FIRM THAT WE CHOOSE IS ADDRESSING ALL Y'ALL'S CONCERNS, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS POSITION.

AND WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS RFP PROCESS.

AND WE CAN PUT THIS OUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN SHANNON TOMORROW, IS THAT POSSIBLE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE CAN POST THIS SOLICITATION TO OUR BIDDING WEBSITES, TEXAS SMART BUY IN DEMAND STAR.

WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT NEXT WEEK UNTIL A, TO POST IT INTO THE FORT BEND NEWSPAPER.

OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? NO SLIDE OR NO, THIS IS IT.

WE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL.

THIS IS ABOUT AS SHORT.

I WANT TO MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET, BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, AS IT PERTAINS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPOSAL I THINK I HAVE, UH, IN YOUR PACKET, IT SHOULD HAVE A DRAFT COPY OF THE RFP, UH, THAT IS KIND OF A, A TEMPLATE THAT WE USE TO SEND OUT, UH, WHEN WE DO THAT RFP PROCESS.

OUT THERE JUST TO CLEAR UP ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE, AND THAT EXACTLY.

IS THERE A MOTION WE MOVE FORWARD WITH RFP PROCESS IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY, ADAM WAS ONLY PRESENTED TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK IF HE HAD ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ONLY BECAUSE I THINK MARTIN, I HAVE, I THINK, I BELIEVE NOW I GET IT.

I'VE ASKED YOU TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL, BEFORE THE RFP WAS POSTED

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SO THE MOTION WAS MADE LAST WEEK BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONE AND HAS BEEN SECOND TO THEN HAS BEEN VOTED ON, BUT THIS IS FOR THE PROCESS BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BE TRANSPARENT.

ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU NEED TO HAVE SEVEN, IT WAS KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN WALK IT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

YES.

SO I GUESS, WOULD IT ENTERTAIN ANY, UH, DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT MORE NOT AVERAGE HEMORRHAGE, EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM CALLS.

I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS LAST YEAR, UH, ON AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A POOL OF POTENTIAL SELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM.

IT'LL PROBABLY RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 20,000 TO 35,000, DEPENDING UPON THE SEARCH FIRM THAT YOU ALL WILL ULTIMATELY TO LEND FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS SEARCH 20 TO 35,000 AS AN AVERAGE RANGE RANGE, AS FAR AS OUR, ARE WE LOOKING TO EXPAND THIS POTENTIALLY HOUSTON CHRONICLE, LINKEDIN? UM, I BELIEVE HE'S IN BUSINESS JOURNAL, ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST , WHICH IS ONLY GIVEN US THE LIMITATION OF FORT BEING.

ARE WE CONSIDERING OTHER AVENUES? I'LL LET SHANNON ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

DEMAND STAR IS A NATIONAL BIDDING PLATFORM.

SO THEY HAVE SUBSCRIBERS ALL OVER THE U S TEXAS SMART BUY IS FREE TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED AND IN TEXAS, BUT DEMAND STAR IS A NATIONAL PLATFORM WILL BE SEEN BY THEIR SUBSCRIBERS THAT WE ARE EXCLUDING OTHER AVENUES, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL PLATFORM.

WE'RE NOT EXCLUDING ANYONE.

THAT'S JUST OUR PROCESS.

THOSE ARE OUR BIDDING SITES FOR THE CITY.

IF WE WERE TO REACH OUT TO OTHER BIDDING SITES, WE WOULD MORE LIKELY HAVE TO PLAY A SUBSCRIPTION COST, BUT WITH DEMAND STAR, WE DON'T BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THEM AND THEIR SUBSCRIBERS PAY THE COST WE DON'T AND TEXAS, TEXAS SMART BUY IS THROUGH THE COMPTROLLER'S WEBSITE.

ALL, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE MARTIN.

SO KEEP US UPDATED ON WHAT, WHAT THE PROCESS THAT I THINK WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SO IF WE CAN GET THAT UPDATED IN A SLIDE FORMAT, SO THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE THE OLD ONE, ONCE WE GET THE SCULPTED SERVICES BACK, YOU ALL WILL SEE WHAT THOSE, UH, WHAT THE COSTS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THOSE FIRMS. OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON, I KNOW YOU JUST ATE IT, THAT WE HAVE, UM, OTHER PLATFORMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH.

I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE IF WE CAN, UM, EXTEND THE PLATFORM JUST TO GET OTHER APPLICANTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

TALKING ABOUT APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER.

WE DO HAVE A CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER MEETING.

[5. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

ARE THERE ANY PRESSING ISSUES THAT'S GOING TO NEED OUR ATTENTION? I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE, THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT.

UM, I DEFER TO YOU ALL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO IN AND PRESENT, BUT I DEFER TO YOU.

I MEAN, I MEAN, I WOULD GO BACK AND ASK, EDWARD SAYS, UNLESS IF IT'S OUR DIEHARD EMERGENCY ISSUE, YOU'LL TELL US IF NOT, CAN WE PAUSE? I THINK THAT ANYTHING IS DIEHARD.

I DO BELIEVE I'VE SHARED INFORMATION JUST GENERALLY ABOUT CERTAIN ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING HAS TO BE ON TODAY.

I DO BELIEVE ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY, UH, AGENDA HAS NOT BEEN POSTED.

THESE ITEMS CAN CERTAINLY BE ON THAT AGENDA.

EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING.