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ALL RIGHT.[Items 1 & 2]
THE TIME IS 7:17 PM.I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AS STATE THAT THE HAS BEEN DUALLY POSTED.
THE NOTICE HAD BEEN DO DEPOSIT.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
AND I JUST, BEFORE WE MOVE TO ITEM, NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY'S STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND ALL OTHERS PARKS, PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, JASON'S TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS MEETING, UH, TONIGHT, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE THE PANDEMIC, UH, SINCE THE CITY HALL HAS BEEN CLOSED.
AND WE'LL START OUR MEETING WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR PROJECT BUDGET ALLEGIANCE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FROM NIKA, NO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH OUR PRESENTATION, I RECOGNITION THREE, A PRESENT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM YEAR 20, UH, SCHOLARSHIPS WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY AMY MOORE.UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS YEAR'S EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CDBG.
UM, THE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,000 THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR THE CDBG PROGRAM.
YEAR 2020 WERE ALLOCATED TO FIVE, UH, PERSONS WHO ARE AWARDED THE AMOUNT OF $2,600.
EACH ARE RECIPIENTS THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST ONE WHO IS NOT HERE IS TROY MATHIS WHO GRADUATED FROM MICHAEL DEBAKEY.
HIGH SCHOOL IS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
HIS MAJOR IS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
HE IS A JUNIOR THIS YEAR AND HIS CAREER ASPIRATION IS TO BECOME A STUTISHEEL WITH AN EMPHASIS IN SPORTS AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, GENUINE LAWYER, WHO IS ALSO NOT HERE TODAY, GRADUATED FROM ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
NEXT MAJOR IS PETROLEUM ENGINEERING.
HE IS A JUNIOR THIS YEAR AND HIS CAREER ASPIRATION IS TO OWN HIS OWN BUSINESS.
AFTER GAINING TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE.
OUR THIRD RECIPIENT IS I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
EITHER IS NOT A COM MACARTHUR WHO ATTENDED THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
HIS MAJOR IS SPORTS MANAGEMENT AND CAN BE OLOGY.
HE IS A SOPHOMORE THIS YEAR AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT WHEN HE GRADUATES OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS ANGELA AND SHE IS HERE TODAY.
SO IF SHE CAN COME UP, DID LOWER RICH HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WAS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO.
SHE IS A SOPHOMORE, AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN NETWORKING AND MARKETING SAY, AND
I GRADUATED FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE IS ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON WITH A MAJOR OF NURSING.
SHE IS A FRESHMAN THIS YEAR AND HER CAREER ASPIRATIONS BECOME A NURSE MS. MITCHELL.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT.
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B IS PRESENTATION OF A CHECK TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FROM THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION.AND COUNSEL IT'S, UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION, WHICH MOST, MOST OF YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THERE.
A CITY PARKS FOUNDATION IS THE NON-PROFIT THAT IS TASKED WITH, UH, RAISING MONEY FOR PARKS AND PARK PROJECTS.
UM, MOST RECENTLY THEY HAVE RAISED MONEY THROUGH GRANTS DONATIONS, FOUNDATIONS FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, WHICH WE SEE BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS WINDOW RIGHT HERE, UM, TO THE TUNE OF $415,000.
THIS WAS THEIR FIRST MAJOR INITIATIVE FOR FUNDRAISING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY, MANY MORE YEARS OF WORKING WITH THE FOUNDATION ON FUTURE PROJECTS.
WHICHEVER YOUR MEETING WAS LIKE THAT.
WE GET A CHECK THAT BIG, OKAY.
ITEM THREE, WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION THE WEEK OF MAY NINE THROUGH 15TH, 2021 AS THE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, WE HAVE PRESENTATION BY THE LEAST SAFE MIKE BEARS AND WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY YOU'RE WEAK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.
UH, SINCE 1962, THE PRESIDENT AND A JOINT ACT OF CONGRESS DECLARED MAY 15TH EVERY YEAR IS NATIONAL POLICE DAY AND NATIONAL POLICE WEEK ALSO WENT INTO EXISTENCE DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
SO, WELL, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DUE TO COVID.
WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SACRIFICED EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE.
AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
AND WE I'D LIKE TO READ THAT TO YOU.
WHEREAS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNICATOR AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 105 SWORN MEMBERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY SERVE WITH VALOR, THE SANCTION AND SUCCESS, FEDERAL STATISTICS SHOW THAT VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME RATES IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO HISTORIC LOWS.
THANKS IN LARGE MEASURE, NOT IN SAY IN TOTAL MEASURE TO THE DEDICATION SERVICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND WHEREAS SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786, MORE THAN 22,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL, WHICH WAS DEDICATED IN 1991 IN WASHINGTON DC.
AND WHEREAS THE CURRENT CRISIS, OUR NATION IN THE WORLD IS FACING AS RESULTED IN THE CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC GATHERINGS DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2021 ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, TO EXPLAIN ONE IN SOLIDARITY, THERE WILL BE A
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READING OF THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS OF 2019 AND 2020.AND WHEREAS MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY WITH FEDERAL LAW, THE L ONE OF THE THREE, THREE, TWO, TWO, DIRECTING THAT ALL FLAGS BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF ON THAT DAY IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
NOW, THEREFORE ROBIN J ELLICOTT AND MAYOR, BUT REALLY FLOYD EMERY COUNCILMAN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS CITIZENS, CITY OF VENTURA CITY WHO HEREBY CALL PATRIOTIC CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVE THE WEEK OF MAY 9TH THROUGH 15TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WITH, UH, WITH APPROPRIATE OBSERVATIONS IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS MAY JOIN AND COMMEMORATING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT WHO IN THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE RENDERED A DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND IN DOING SO HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR THEMSELVES, AN ENVIABLE AND ENDURING REPUTATION FOR PRESERVING THE RIGHTS AND SECURITIES OF ALL SYSTEMS CITIZENS FURTHER CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY TO OBSERVE MAY 15TH, 2021 AS POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR, OF THESE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, OR HAVING BECOME DISABLED IN A PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES.
AND LET US RECOGNIZE AND PAY RESPECT TO THE SURVIVORS OF OUR FALLEN HEROES WITNESS HERE.
I'VE I, I SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THIS ROBIN ELLA CAT AND REJECTION.
IF I COULD, LET ME MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT, CHEAT.
I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD NOT JUST BE ONE WEEK A YEAR THAT WE HONOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BUT IT SHOULD BE EVERY WEEK THAT WE HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE AND THE DEDICATION THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE DONE TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS.
AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT WE HAVE THAT HONOR.
THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC AND SCRAP 394 NAMES ON THE WALL THIS PAST WEEK.
WE'RE AT A HUNDRED OFFICERS LAWS SO FAR THIS YEAR.
WE'RE 114 DAYS, I THINK, INTO THE YEAR IN THE TEXAS MEMORIAL DAY AND SCRATCH 43 NAMES SUNDAY.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE PROCLAMATION.
THE WEEK OF MAY NINE THROUGH 15, 2021 AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSER WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
SO THIS PROCLAMATION IS PRESENTED TO YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR, ROBIN, TEXAS, HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS JUNE 1ST, INDIANS, NOVEMBER 30TH, AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE GOVERNOR'S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAVE DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 15TH IS HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK IN TEXAS.
WHEREAS THE 624 MILE TEXAS GULF COASTLINE AREAS OF TEXAS, HUNDREDS OF MILES IN PARTICULAR ARE VULNERABLE TO THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM, INCLUDING HEAVY INLAND FLOODING, HOW LANDS TORNADOES AND STORM SEARCHES AS THE THREAT OF LATERALS AND THE YEAR BY YEAR INCREASING PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF HURRICANE AND COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY BY CAREFUL PLANNING AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION PLANS.
AND WHEREAS THE BEST DEFENSE IS PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT
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THE DANGERS OF STORM SURGE, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES THAT MAY OCCUR FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HURRICANE OR TOUR OR TROPICAL STORM.NOW, THEREFORE ROBIN ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15 TO 2021 IS HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND AVERAGE ALL CITIZENS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY, AND THIS COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AND TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY WARNING SIGNS.
AND THIS IS SIGNED BY ROBIN ELLA CAT, MAN AND MARIA JACKSON, OUR CITY SECRETARY.
THANK YOU, MIKA MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, I JUST WANT TO, BECAUSE TAMIKA IS HERE, THERE'S AN ITEM.
SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE THAT UP REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE GET TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO THIS WAY SHE CAN BE DONE WITH MOVE THAT WE ADDRESS ON FRIDAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, ANTHONY MOROSE, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFFREY BONEY.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NOT ALL THOSE PLEASE SAY.
OPPOSED LIKE A MOTION SAYING NO, JUST NOTE THAT MARIA COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS LOCKED AWAY.
[5. STAFF REPORTS]
ITEMS, STAFF REPORT, OR FIVE, A HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION THIS WEEK IS MAY 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOME TRIBES, BIRDS, BUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE ALL CAN PRESENT THE SAME MESSAGE FROM OUTLOOKS FOR THIS UPCOMING HURRICANE.
SO WITH IT BEING HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK, COMING UP, WE WANT TO REMIND YOU AND BUSINESSES TO START PREPARING FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IS DETERMINING YOUR RISK, KNOWING WHAT THE RISK OF YOUR HOME, YOUR RESIDENCE OR YOUR BUSINESSES.
IT'S THE FIRST STEP OF BEING PREPARED.
START PREPARING AND GETTING YOUR DISASTER SUPPLIES, WHICH YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE AND GO TRY TO GET YOUR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES.
WE'VE SEEN THIS IN A LOT OF STORMS WITH LINES ARE LONG AND RESOURCES ARE SPARES.
SO IT'S GOOD TO START PREPARING AND GETTING SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES, UM, A LITTLE BIT IN ADVANCE BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON.
AND THEN WHEN IT'S, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE GULF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE STATE, START LOOKING AT YOUR, WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR SUPPLY AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING WHICH YOU NEED AND MAKING SURE TO KEEP YOUR GUESTS COOL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEIR DISASTER INSURANCE AFTER THE WINTER WEATHER EVENT, BUT JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER INSURANCE IN CASE WE ARE IMPACTED WITH TROPICAL WEATHER AND THE REGION WHILE WE'RE NOT A DIRECT COASTAL COUNTY, WE DO HAVE IMPACTS RELATED TO HURRICANES OF ONE.
WHAT'S THE IMPACT THAT AREA ALSO CONSIDER FLOOD INSURANCE.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, IF YOU GET FLOOD INSURANCE, IT DOESN'T TAKE EFFECT THAT SAME DAY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT IS A DELAY AND WHEN IT ACTUALLY TAKES UP AND WE GET A STORM IN A GOLF, THIS IMPACTED THE HIT THE REGION.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE WIND TREES CAN CAUSE SOME ISSUES.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU STRENGTHEN YOUR HOME BEFORE THE STORM.
SO MOVING CARS FROM THE STREETS TO SAFE LOCATIONS, SECURING OUTDOOR ITEMS AND TRIMMING YOUR TREES AND MOVING THINGS THAT CAN BLOW WITH THE WIND ARE ALWAYS GOOD TO DO.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS CHECKING ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS.
IF WE AREN'T HAVE A STORM OR ANY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY.
ESPECIALLY OUR AGE, OUR ELDERLY AND OUR DISABLED NEIGHBORS.
ALSO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CHECKING ON THEM AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE OKAY.
THERE ARE LOTS OF, WE HAVE TEMPLATES ON A WEBSITE ON MISSOURI CITY READY WEBSITE.
WHAT'S SOME IDEAS OF THINGS THAT CAN GO IN YOUR DISASTER KIT AND IDEAS AND TEMPLATES FOR PLANS.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A PLAN SO THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
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OF EMERGENCY AND THEN SHARE THAT WITH YOUR FAMILY SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN BE, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME UPDATES FOR THIS UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON.I WANT TO POINT OUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, YOU HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTIONING THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STORMS THAT AVERAGE HAS TAKEN ON A 30 YEAR BASIS.
THIS PAST YEAR I'M WITH A 30 YEAR AVERAGE, IT HAS INCREASED.
SO OUR AVERAGE NUMBER OF STORMS HAS INCREASED FROM WHAT IT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS 30 YEAR AVERAGE.
WHEN YOU HEAR AVERAGE, THAT MEANS IT'S ABOUT 14, NINE STORMS, SEVEN HURRICANES IN THREE MAJOR HURRICANE.
SO OF COURSE, LAST YEAR WE HAD AN EXTREMELY ABOVE AVERAGE SEASON.
SO RIGHT NOW THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NOAA HAS PUT OUT THEIR FORECAST YET.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER CREDIBLE ONES IS COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY.
THEY'RE USUALLY THE FIRST ONES TO GET BEARS OUT.
THEY'RE FORECASTING AN ABOVE AVERAGE SEASON THIS YEAR.
SO REMEMBER OUR AVERAGE IS ALREADY INCREASING BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL STORMS EACH YEAR.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PREDICTING 17 MAIN STORMS. EIGHT OF THEM WERE GET TO THE HURRICANE LEVEL WITH THREE BEING MAJOR STORMS. I MEAN, FOR BEING A MAJOR STORM AT CAT FOR THREE OR HIGHER, JUST SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA.
LAST YEAR WAS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE YEARS ON RECORD.
WE HAD 39 STORMS, 13 OF THOSE MADE THEM TO HURRICANE STATUS WITH SIX OF THOSE BEING MAJOR.
THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY BUSY YEAR.
SO WITH THESE STATS, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WHERE MY JOB MAKE SURE YOU PREPARE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WE MAY HAVE NOTICED WITH IT, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS STORMS, IT MAY BE A TWO OR THREE NOTE.
THEY NOTICE WHAT'S THE FORMS AND THE GOLF.
SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED AT THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON, WHICH STARTS JUNE 1ST, ANOTHER CHANGE THEY'RE DOING THIS YEAR TO HURRICANE SEASON.
IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN PREVIOUS YEARS, ONCE WE RAN OUT OF STORM.
SO WE WENT TO THE GREEK ALPHABET AS WE DID THIS PREVIOUS YEAR, STARTING THIS YEAR, THAT WILL NO LONGER HAPPEN.
OUTBACK NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS COME UP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NAMES.
SUPPLEMENTAL NAMES WILL BE UTILIZED IF WE RUN OUT OF NAMES AGAIN AND HAVE AN OVERLY ACTIVE SEASON.
AND IF THOSE NAMES RUN OUT, THEY WILL COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL ONES.
THAT WAY WE CAN, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO USE THE GENERIC NAMES.
AND JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE IDEA OF HOW THESE NAMES ARE DEVELOPED, THESE NAMES ARE UTILIZED AND REPEAT IT ON A SIX YEAR BASIS.
IF IT'S A CATASTROPHIC OR VERY DESTRUCTIVE STORM, IT IS RETIRED.
ALSO LISTEN, A NEW NIGHT IS REPLACED, BUT AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA REMIND YOU GUYS, MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARING, KNOW WHAT YOUR RISKS ARE IN YOUR AREA AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DISASTER KIT AND TALK WITH YOUR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT YOUR PLAN IS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS AVAILABLE ON THE MISSOURI CITY WEBSITE AT WWW DOT MISSOURI, MISSOURI CITY.
MAKE SURE YOU GO CHECK THAT OUT.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE WITH DAILY CARE MAY REQUIRE, UM, ELECTRICITY FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL NEEDS, MAKE SURE THEY SIGN UP FOR AN ABL FOR IT BEING THAT IS A REALLY GOOD REGISTRY.
THAT'S BASED OUT OF THAT'S FOR FORT BEND AND WE HAVE ONE ALSO CALLED TEXAS SPEAR FOR EVERYONE.
WE HAVE BACKEND ACCESS SO WE CAN PULL REPORTS AND KNOW WHAT OUR CITIZENS NEEDS ARE DEPENDING WHAT THAT DISASTER IS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, JAMAICA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS? WELL HEARING WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE GENERATORS THAT WE SPOKE.
UM, AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THE BUILDINGS ARE PREPARED FOR ANY WOMAN CENTERS WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, THEY WILL MAKE SURE TO SEND IT OUT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY.
I JUST WANT TO LET THE, OUR RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS PERSON RIGHT HERE, TAMIKA WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS BEHIND THE SCENES DURING THE WINTER PHRASE.
SO PLEASE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY THERE FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DAYS.
UH, ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK OUR FIRE, OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR ENTIRE TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S BEHIND THE SCENES OVER THERE FOR ALL, FOR DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM,
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STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT THE CITY SECRETARY THAT'S OVER THERE TO MY LEFT.I WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT, ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMIT.
SO I DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING IT IS I'M JUST TAKING IT AS IT'S GIVEN TO ME.
UH, FIRST WE HAVE IS JOHN FLETCHER, IF I'M SAYING IT CORRECT.
UH, ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING OR MY NAME IS JOHN FLETCHER, I AGREE THAT IN 1910, WAS THERE A SHADY TEXAS, THE HOME OWNER'S ASSOCIATION IS HUNTER'S GREEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, LET ME SAY TWO THINGS.
AND ONE OF THEM FIRST TO SAY, MY PARENTS WOULDN'T WANT ME TO SAY, THANK YOU.
ONLY THING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHANDELLE WAS, IS, UH, CHERYL STERLING ALSO FOR OUR ZOOM MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THOSE WERE ALL INVITED IN U2.
MAYOR WAS ON ONE OF THEM TO OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE MONTHLY.
AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL ABOUT ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE CITY, IN ALL OF THE THINGS.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS DONE.
UM, UH, THANKS TO THESE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE THAT WERE HERE.
WE GOT OUR STREET FIXED A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE, UM, 10 YEARS WHEN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ANY MORTGAGE DONE, UH, ALSO, UM, JUST THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE, AND ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM AND FOR THEIR HELP.
AND ALSO EVERYBODY'S INVITED TO OUR MEETINGS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO ONLY ONE BE THERE ALL YOU GUYS CAN BE THERE AND COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY, INPUT AND JUST KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
AND I'M SURE OTHER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AT THE SAME THING.
AND ALSO WE JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, UH, JUST WANT TO, I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS THERE'S A BIG BUDGET TO GET DONE AND MISSOURI CITY IS A BIG BISON IS GROWING.
UH, JUST A SUGGESTION IS, IS, IS LIKE, UH, LIKE MY MOM SAYS, DON'T FORGET THE TRAILBLAZERS THOUGH.
ONCE WAS DRILLED, WHO BLAZED THE TRAILS ON THE WAY OF, I KNOW THE CITY IS GROWING AND IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND, AND THIS SEEM TO BE AN OLDER AREA, THE CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THAT GOING ON, BUT WITH THE BUDGET ON IT, YOU GOT TO FIX A LOT OF THINGS.
SO YOU GOT TO FIX THE STUFF THAT WAS ALREADY HERE, PLUS THE NEW STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
SO I SAY, DON'T, DON'T ABANDON THOSE WHO ARE OLDER, WHO NEED MOST HELP.
THEY WILL NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO GET THINGS FIXED, BUT YOU GOT A LOT OF MAJOR PROJECTS GOING ON AS WELL.
SO THE BALANCE IS TO TRY TO DO THEM BOTH AND TO SATISFY THEM BOTH.
AND I KNOW THE JOB IS GOING TO BE VERY HARD, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY IN THE US CITIZENS ARE HERE TO HELP OUT WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO STAND UP TO CITY, MISSOURI CITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU GUYS.
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN MISSOURI CITY FOR THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS.
I LIVE IN THE POND MEADOW SUBDIVISION HARRIS COUNTY, AND WE HAVE A HOUSTON MAILING ADDRESS.
IT'S MISSOURI CITY MERRY-GO-ROUND OF NEW CITY MANAGER.
IT'S DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THIS.
DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT, BUT YOU CAN BAIL OUT QUAIL VALLEY OF ALMOST A $700,000 LOAN THAT IS ENABLED TO BE REPAID.
AND THE REST OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS NEED HELP TOO.
WE DON'T HAVE INTEGRATED WATER OR SEWER.
THAT'S ANOTHER NIGHTMARE THAT THIS COUNCIL'S ALLOWED TO GO ON FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS.
THIS CAN, AS A SYMBOL KICKING THE CAN IS WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN GOOD AT DOING FOR THE LAST 25, 30 YEARS.
THIS LAST ELECTION PEOPLE IN HARRIS COUNTY HAD TO LEAVE MISSOURI CITY TO VOTE.
IS THAT HOW MUCH YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION? WE COULDN'T EVEN VOTE AT CITY HALL.
WHY IS EVEN THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION PART OF MISSOURI CITY? WE SHOULD BE PART OF HOUSTON.
AT LEAST WE'D HAVE A BETTER SENIOR EXEMPTION, NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS WATER DISTRICT BULLSHIT, REALLY 36 DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE WATER FOR ITS CITY OF WHAT, 80,000 PEOPLE.
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NOW THIS COUNCIL HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LITTLE PERSONAL AGENDAS FOR THE AREA.
THE CITY YOU LIVE IN AND THE REST OF THE CITY IS NEGLECTED.
UH, 30, 10 SUN CITY COURT, MISSOURI CITY.
I JUST WANTED TO COME TONIGHT TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN PERSON.
GOOD TO SEE A LIVING, BREATHING PEOPLE.
AND I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
NOT ONLY WITH THE FREEZE AND ALL OF THE OTHER THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING VISIBLE TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN OUT DOING THINGS AND KEEPING US INFORMED.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS VERY, VERY MUCH.
SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK YOU'VE GOT US BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND LESS, DON'T LESS.
AT ANY RATE, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING MISSOURI AND A HOUSTON ADDRESS, BUT IN PART OF MISSOURI'S FINDING THE MEADOW IS NEXT DOOR.
AND I HAVE COMPLAINTS, LEGITIMATE ONES, UH, THE ORDINANCES THAT WE VALIDATED ON, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY WERE TERRIBLE FOR PARTICULARLY THE ONE ABOUT THE, UH, OVER THREE YEAR TERMS. YOU GET TWO YEAR OLD OFF.
NOW WHEN THE PERSON GETS IS TWO YEARS OLD OR HER TWO YEARS OLD, OR SHE GOING TO RUN FOR JUNIOR MAYOR OR JUNIOR COUNCIL, SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA GET THE THREE YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN FOR ANY OF THOSE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THOUGHTS THAT WERE THROUGHOUT THOSE ORDINANCES.
UH, IN ADDITION, IT'S, UH, SEVEN MONTHS, UH, CITY MANAGER FIRING WITH NO REASON DOESN'T SPEAK WELL FOR Y'ALL, PARTICULARLY FOR THE FACT THAT THERE'S FIVE, WHO DID IT, UH, THAT DANNY SHOWS INEFFICIENCY, IRRESPONSIBILITY AND COMPETENCE AND FOR LEADERSHIP, UH, WE WERE TALKING TO HIM ABOUT GETTING SOME THINGS DONE IN FOSTERING PAR.
HE WAS FIRST ONE, IT WAS FINALLY GOING TO HELP US.
AND OUR DISTRICT, THE REST OF THE CITY FORGETS.
WE ARE, WE ARE COVERED BY 25 WAREHOUSES THAT BLOCK HELPING US.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU ALL AROUND ON THAT.
NONE Y'ALL, HAVEN'T PUT UP WITH THAT AND NOBODY HAS CARED ABOUT IT.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A GROCERY STORE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, A RESTAURANT WITHIN FIVE MILES AND, UH, NOBODY DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH BAD THINGS ABOUT THE FIVE PERSON MAJORITY WHO'S HAS AMONG THESE THINGS IN SEVEN MONTHS, AS I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, THAT'S SCARED FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
AND THAT IS WHEN YOU BRING SOMEBODY UP THAT YOU'RE SINCERELY INTERESTED IN THIS CITY.
I THINK REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY DISTRICT BESIDES Y'ALL OUGHT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM OR HER, SO THAT AT LEAST THEY GET A CHANCE TO MEET THE PERSON.
AND PARTICULARLY AT THE POINT WHEN Y'ALL JUST SELECTED THE ONES.
SO THEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO KNOW THEM.
SO MAYBE THEY'LL GET A CHANCE TO GET THINGS DONE IN THEIR DISTRICT.
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YOU.2007 BROWSE RATE AND I APPROACHED THEM, GAVE YOU THESE, EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS PICTURES, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY MS. MARIA TO HAVE PICTURES OF EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS.
WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THAT STREET IS MY HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET.
IS IT RESIDENTIAL? SORRY, NOT SPEAKING.
MY HOUSE IS AT THE END OF THE STREET AND THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY A BODY SHOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THERE'S HOUSES EVERYWHERE AROUND IT.
EVERY DAY, TWO, THREE TIMES A DAY, THEY HAVE BIG 18 WHEELERS COME BLOCK THE STREET, 30, 40 MINUTES AT A TIME.
EVERY TIME I'M TRYING TO GET TO MY HOUSE ON MY DAD.
WHO'S 70 YEARS OLD TRYING TO GET TO HIS HOUSE.
AND HE TELLS THE PEOPLE, HEY, MOVE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY HAVE BODY SHOP PERMIT, BUT THEY'RE RUNNING A SALVAGE YARD, JUNK YARD.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
THEY HAVE LOOK AT, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRASH PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING EVERY DAY.
THE WHOLE PLACE WAS FULL OF TRASH.
AND ALL THEY DO IS PARK CARS ON THE STREET.
AND THEY HAVE TRUCKS COMING IN EVERY DAY.
AND NO POLICE, WE CALLED THE POLICE.
POLICE SAY, THE POLICE SERGEANT SAYS, THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
MY GUYS SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT THE POLICE OFFICER COMES TO THE STREET.
THEY SAY, WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED TO DO? WHAT IS THE BODY SHOP WANTING SUPPORT TO DO WITH HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO UNLOAD? THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
IF HE'S RUNNING HIS BUSINESS ON THE STREETS AND STUFF OF THE SHOP.
I MEAN, I THINK PICTURES ARE REALLY OBVIOUS WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE FIRE MARSHALL, OUR MARSHALL SAYS, HE KNOWS CAN'T DO NOTHING.
I HAVE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING ART SCHOOL OFFERS A HERBERT SERGEANT, SERGEANT LUCARA.
I'VE SPOKEN TO EVERY POLICE OFFICER POSSIBLE.
EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THE STREET THAT SAID SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN I GO TO THE OFFICE, THEY SAID SOMETHING ELSE.
I THINK I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
THEN THE ONLY THING IS NEXT THING IS GOING TO BE SOME, SOME DRUNK DRIVER WHO WAS MAD ABOUT SOMETHING WAS TOLD MOVE.
HE'S GOING TO START BEATING MY DAD UP OR ME UP.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE NOT A PROBLEM.
SO I'M TRYING TO AVOID THAT PROBLEM OR SOMEBODY TO TELL THIS GUY, HE CAN NOT DO THIS ON THE STREET.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY DOES NOTHING.
I HAVE TALKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I MEAN, CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT, MR. PAUL MCKEEVER.
HE SAYS NOTHING HE CAN DO INSTEAD.
THEY COME AND TELL ME, HEY, CLEAN THE HUNTSVILLE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
I MEAN, WHAT HE HAS IN HIS PLACE IS JUNK YARD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
IF IT'S A TRASH OR SOMETHING, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TO CLEAN.
SO I'M NOT TELLING ANYBODY WHAT TO DO, BUT I THINK THE PICTURE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STREETS.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR? 2007 BROWN STREET.
THAT'S MY HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET IS A DEAD END STREET.
AND IN THE BEGINNING OF THE STREET THERE TO SIGN AND LOAD TRUCKS ALONE.
MR. SHAHEEN, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR TIME LIMIT.
MAY I HAVE HIS ADDRESS? IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PROVIDE IT, YOU PROVIDED FOR EACH OF US PLEASE.
THE ADDRESS IS ONE, TWO, FIVE, THREE ZERO REVERBERATED.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED A WALL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SORRY, NOT SPEAKING TO IT.
JUST A WALK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IN THE MORNINGS, IN THE EVENINGS DURING THE DAY TIME
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OF SPEEDING UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AREA BECAUSE THERE'S NO STOP SIGNS.THERE'S NO SPEED BUMPS AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SLOW THEM DOWN.
SO I'M ASKING FOR STOPS OUT ON THAT STREET.
IT'S ABOUT A MILE AND HALF LONG AND I HAVE OBSERVED AND CHILDREN.
NOW I SEE MORE KIDS IN THAT AREA.
AND WHEN I'M WALKING AND RUNNING, I'M CONCERNED FOR MYSELF.
I HAVE TO BE TOTALLY ALERT TO MAKE SURE NOTHING'S BACK.
SO A CAR ACCIDENT WON'T HAPPEN.
WE NEED TO STOP THE BUMPS OF SOMETHING ON MY STORY, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE, WALK IN THAT AREA.
AND IT'S ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF LONG, AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN.
I MEAN, AND I'M IN MY KITCHEN SOMETIMES LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND I HEAR SO IT'S REALLY GETTING RIDICULOUS AND I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE WITH IT.
SO THAT ISSUE COULD BE ADDRESSED.
IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I LIKE YOUR DRESS ALL TONIGHT, HIRING AND FIRING CITIZENS, MR. JONES, OVER THE BACK, ANTHONY JONES.
BUT OVER THIS MATTER, ALL OF US, THIS DIVISION OF DETAILS, REALLY AGAINST WHAT IS DONE IS DONE, BUT LET US NOT FIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RATHER LET US START OVER QUICKLY.
SETTLED WITH NO FURTHER SURELY NETTLES ABOVE BOARD, TRANSPARENT CITY MANAGER, PROPER AND RIGHT.
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GOOD EVENING.I RESIDE AT 2134 MUSTANG SPRINGS, DRAG, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
MY MOTHER WANTS THERE TO ME THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
HE ALSO TOLD ME, NEVER GO ANYWHERE TO TEAR THEM DOWN, BUT TO HELP BUILD THINGS UP, BUT SOUND DOCTORATE.
MY NINTH GRADE MATH TEACHER WOULD REMIND US AT TIMES THAT MAKES A LOT OF NOISE GOODMAN GOODMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO I'LL OFTEN ENCOURAGE STUDENTS WITH THESE WORDS, DIVINE LOVE AND ALWAYS WILL MEET EVERY HUMAN NEED.
WE HAVE STRENGTH AND COURAGE, AND SHE LEFT THE BLANK FOR US TO FEEL IN THE FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THESE WORDS TONIGHT, DIVINE LOVE AND ALWAYS WILL MEET EVERY HUMAN NEED.
WE HAVE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO COME AND WORK TOGETHER AS CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY, I CANNOT SAY.
AND WE'LL NOT SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH EVERY DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE BY PREVIOUS LEADERS AND PRESENT LEADERS, BUT I AM ONLY ONE PERSON LIVING IN A DIVERSE CITY.
THE CITY DID NOT MAKE THAT DECISION.
THEREFORE, I MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND NOT BY ME ALONE TO DO WHAT IS BEST TO MOVE FORWARD.
I COME NOT TO SPEAK YOUR WORDS, BUT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR TRANSPARENCY AND FOR MAKING US AWARE OF HOW AND WHY THE SURGEONS THAT ARE MADE BY THEM.
THOSE WHO ELECTED THEM, I ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE.
I AM ENCOURAGED MORE AND MORE EACH DAY BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK HAND IN HAND BECAUSE THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE.
AND WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF US WHERE WE GO HOME TONIGHT.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR SPIRIT.
WE HAVE NMR, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND ON THERE, I'LL LEAVE AT THREE 60
I CAME HERE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING EXCELLENT WORK, WHAT YOU DO LEADING TO THE CITY, TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS AND FUTURES.
AND SOMETIME I WONDER WHAT TIME YOU GUYS GO HOME.
OR WHEN I SEE ALL THIS GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING SECOND, I WANT TO THANK YOU DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDED IN A QUICK MANNER.
WHEN WE, HOW FAR ON SHADY BEAR LANE, IT WAS A LATE EVENING AND IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT, BUT THE WAY THE CITY HAS RESPONDED IS GREAT.
AND WHAT MORE IN THE FAMILY OR SUFFERING COULD BE IS LOSS.
WHEN THEY SEE THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER AND ENROLLEES AND COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR VISITING THE FAMILY AT THE NIGHT.
SO THAT SHOWS THE QUALITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WE TRUST AND ELECTED.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE WHEN THE HARVEY CAME AND ALL OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER MURALI REACH OUT TO US AND SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE ANY HELP TO THE WAYNE FAMILY CENTER.
AND AGAIN, BY THAT CALL IS ON NOT I'M SAYING HOW WE CAN
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HELP, BUT HE CARES FOR THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE HELP OF THE PEOPLE, A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU REMEMBER, WE BROUGHT ABOUT $2,500 TO THE FOREMAN FAMILY CENTER AND THE SAME THING.UH, I WAS FORTUNATE TO MEET A CAUSER WHEN WE DID A FOOD DRIVE AT THE BROWN LANE, EVEN THOUGH IS NOT A CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
IT'S HARD TO SAY THE LIMIT, BUT YOU CAN THERE AND LIVE ALL HEAVY BOXES AND HELP THE PEOPLE LOADING THE FOOD, UH, SHOWED YOU GUYS COMMITMENT.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT ALL.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT IF YOU GUYS CAN DOING A GREAT WORK COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE IS BEHIND YOU AND WITH YOU FOR SUPPORTING ANYTIME, LASTLY, MIRROR, I KNOW YOU HAVE MISERABLE PERSONALITY.
SEVERAL TIME IS MY HEARTBEAT INVITATION TO YOU AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBER TO VISIT OUR TEMPLE FACILITY AT
UM, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OVER THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND THE DIVERSITY AND VISITORS.
SAM OR BIKO 32 35 HUNTERS, GLEN DRIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77, FOUR FIVE NINE.
WHAT DOES LEADERSHIP OR LEADERSHIP IS STRONG? CONSENSUS IS BUILT AND PRESENT IS WHERE POWER IS DECENTRALIZED TO THE TEAM OF COUNCIL PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT HELD BY ONE PERSON AT THE TOP WHO ESSENTIALLY CONTROLS OTHERS VOTES AND ALSO DISTRICT MEETINGS.
INSTEAD OF BEING FOLLOWED INDEPENDENTLY, TRUE LEADERS EARN THE TITLE.
LEADERSHIP IS PRESENT WHERE DUE DILIGENCE, PROPER RESEARCH, INDEPENDENCE AND OBJECTIVITY ARE PRESENT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND SOME SHORT HISTORY HERE ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2020 HEAVY HANDED CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS WITH A CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY WERE FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A FOUR TO THREE VOTE TO PUBLICLY FIRE.
ONE OF THE BEST CITY MANAGERS IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS DOES NOT THE PICK ANY OF THOSE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
IT WAS A DAY WHEN A TOP COUNCIL PERSON VOTED TO FIRE THEM, SHAKING THEIR HEAD.
NO, THERE IS NO SEVERANCE PAY A HUNDRED PLUS WITNESSES IN CHAMBER AND IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER SAW WITNESSED THAT AND IT WAS RECORDED.
ALTHOUGH THAT THAT CITY COUNCIL DID NOT WANT TO RECORD THE MEETING THAT NIGHT, THEY WOULD NOT RECORD IT.
AND THE FIRST FIRE IN THIS FIRING WAS DONE UNDER THE GUISE OF A SLEW OF UNFOUNDED UNFOUNDED TO THIS DAY, ALLEGATIONS TO PLACE DOUBT IN WE, THE CITIZENS HEADS, WHERE WERE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS THAT NIGHT WHEN THE CITIZENS PRIED OUT, THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO RIGHT TO DO GOODWILL, NOT ILL-WILL.
AND IT'S BEEN EXPOSED ON THE PUBLIC STAGE.
AND NOW THE CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN IN THIS LAST ELECTION.
AND WE THANK OUR NEW COUNCIL FOR THEIR NOT DISAPPOINTING US ONE BIT.
AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE UP AGAINST THE COUNCIL, I SAW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKING NOTES, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'LL GET BACK WITH THEM AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AT A FASTER PACE.
AND IN TRUE UNISON, TRUE UNISON, NOT SAYING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER, UM, I'M GOING TO KIND OF CUT THIS SHORT AS MS. BERTHA, EUGENE AND OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO US? WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SOULS? WHY DO WE DISPOSE OF OUR SOULS SO EASILY TO TRY TO GAIN POWER? GOOD LORD COMMANDS US ALL TO CHOOSE A PATH OF LOVE.
HE COMMANDS US WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN THIS PEOPLE CAN POLITICIANS CAN CAMPAIGN GO TO CHURCH.
IT'S FOREIGN IN ON THE GRANDPARENTS, FATHERS, BIBLES AT EVENTS, BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, JUST FORGET IT ALL.
WE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ANE AND ALL OF US OF ALL OF US WHO HEAR HIS VOICE.
JOHN EIGHT 47 SAYS BASICALLY AS THE ACID TEST, YOU EITHER HEAR HIS VOICE OR YOU DON'T.
ALL THE RED FLAGS WERE PRESENT THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, A SLIM VOLT CLOSED DOOR MEETINGS, UNRECORDED MEETINGS, AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD INSTALLATION INSTALLATION OF A NEW CITY MANAGER.
JESUS SAID, I LEAVE YOU PEACE.
MY PEACE I GIVE YOU NO, JESUS, NO PEACE.
AND GOD BLESS YOU AND STAY WITH YOU FOREVER.
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ALL RIGHT, MAN, COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.UM, MY NAME IS CHRIS MORRIS AND I'M ACCOMPANIED BY MY BETTER HALF HEATHER PRATT.
WE ARE THE OWNERS OF A COUPLE OF DOGS, LOUNGE AND GRILL.
UM, IT'S COME TO LIGHT THAT, UM, THE PERMITTING PROCESS, ISN'T EXACTLY ENTREPRENEURIAL FRIENDLY IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, JUST FOR ONE INSTANCE, WE LIKE TO COOK OUTSIDE.
WE HAVE CRAWFISH BOILS, WE HAVE EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE WERE BASICALLY SHUT DOWN BY THE CITY.
UM, I COULD NOT GET THE PERMITS IN TIME, NOR DID I HAVE THE TIME TO GO AND, UM, COMPLETE THESE EVENTS IN SUCH A SHORT PROCESS OF TWO DAYS TO GET IT GOING.
UM, OUR BUSINESS LOST $2,000 THIS WEEKEND.
IF YOU TIMES THAT BY FOUR THAT'S $8,000 THAT COMES OUT TO SET BETWEEN 70 AND 75% OF OUR RENT THAT WE PAY TO OUR LANDOWNER.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO COUNCIL IS THAT WITH PERTAINING TO THE HEALTH PERMIT, THE HEALTH PERMIT AND MISSOURI CITY, TO BE ABLE TO COOK AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT ONLY STATES THAT YOU'RE ONLY ABLE TO COOK INSIDE.
NOW, IF WE ARE ABLE TO PASS THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH HEALTH INSPECTIONS AND EARNING THAT, THAT WE HAVE HANGING ON OUR WINDOW, WHY CAN'T WE BE ALLOWED TO COOK OUTSIDE AND MAKE PROFIT FOR OUR, FOR OUR BUSINESS? I'M NOT ONLY HERE FOR CABO DOGS.
I'M HERE FOR EVERY ENTREPRENEUR IN THIS CITY THAT PREPARES FOOD AND SERVICES, THE GREAT CITY, MISSOURI CITY, I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE STEP UP FOR NOT ONLY ME, BUT FOR EVERYBODY AND MAKING IT EASIER ON US.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT OWNING A RESTAURANT.
WE KNOW WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR, BUT 12 TO 14 HOUR DAYS ARE OUR NORM.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE NOT EIGHT TO FIVE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WALK INTO CABO DOGS AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND WE'RE STILL THERE.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, LET'S PARTY.
WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESS TO, TO PERTAIN TO, BUT WE'VE BEEN AT IT SINCE NINE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THE SPECIAL, THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT THAT THEY'RE REQUIRING US TO PULL.
IF I PUT A 10 BY 10 TENT UP TO BOIL CRAWFISH TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM THE ELEMENTS REQUIRES THE THREE PERMITS.
WE'VE GOT THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PULL THE HEALTH PERMIT, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.
THERE'S THE TEMPORARY HEALTH PERMIT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE, EVEN THOUGH WE PASS WITH FLYING COLORS.
AND THERE'S A 10 DAY BEF PRIOR TO EVENT FIRE MARSHAL PERMIT THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PULL, BECAUSE I SIMPLY PUT UP A 10 BY 10 TO GET MYSELF OUT OF THE ELEMENT.
THERE'S MANY THINGS TO OUR MANY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AT CABA DOGS, AS WELL AS I KNOW THAT OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD, BUT THAT REQUIRES US COOKING OUTSIDE.
WE JUST GOT, WE WERE STILL IN A PANDEMIC.
WE'RE NOW TRYING TO OVERCOME A PANDEMIC.
WE OPENED DURING A PANDEMIC, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US TO GO TO BAT FOR US AND HELP THE OTHER ENTREPRENEURS IN THIS CITY.
YEAH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DO HAVE THREE OTHER PAPERS THAT HERE THAT YOU SEE, BUT THERE ARE PRETENDING TO AGENDA ITEMS NEAR ME.
I HAVEN'T TAKEN OPPORTUNITY TO ONE, JUST ONE SECOND TO ACKNOWLEDGE.
I'M STARTING TO LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU'RE ALL OFF.
UM, JACKIE AND ALSO SANDRA WILLIAMS, WHO WORKED SO DILIGENTLY AND WERE TIRELESS HOURS AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND TRYING TO GET US A BOATING LOCATION.
AND ON THE BORDER OF INSOLVENT, WE HAD TO GO 25 MILES TO VOTE DURING EARLY VOTERS.
AND I WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY WORKED SO HARD AND MARIA WAS ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING I THINK ON THE SECOND OR THIRD DAY OF EARLY WITH VOTERS REGISTRATION.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE A REPORT BEFORE WHAT NEXT REGISTERED.
I MEAN, BEFORE IT MAKES BOATING PERIOD THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL 25 MILES TO VOTE.
[8. APPOINTMENTS]
I'D LIKE TO ASK US TO MOVE ITEM EIGHT, UH, CONSIDERING THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE PROBABLY HERE WAITING TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM.SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL
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MEMBER BONEY AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO MOVEWAS THAT IN FAVOR OF THOSE OPPOSITION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION DO PASSES.
I HAD A NUMBER EIGHT, EIGHT INSTEAD OF APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE MISSOURI CITY BOND EXPOSITORY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON AND MARIA JACKSON FARMERS COUNCIL.
AS WE HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE UNDERTAKE AND LOOKING AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE, UH, AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN TONIGHT IS THE CAPABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY OUR CITIZENS AS NEEDS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE PROCESS IN WHICH THEY HAVE, UH, A GROUND FLOOR, UH, ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THAT IS HIS BOND COMMITTEE.
AND SO, UH, WE, UH, YOU HAD REQUESTED THAT WE BRING THIS BOOK FORWARD AND, UM, WE HAVE DONE SO, UH, YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH REGARD TO APPOINTMENTS TO THIS COMMITTEE, AND IT'D BE A GREAT ASSISTANCE TO NOW A YEAR, BUT TO STAFF, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS DURING THE SUMMER AT LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL, UM, BOND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.
SO, UH, WE HAVE LAID OUT THAT A CALENDAR OF EVENTS THAT MUST TAKE PLACE OR NEED TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THIS IS PROJECT IN WHICH WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY PASA MEMBER KLAUSER.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION EDWARD, MAYBE NOT OVERLOAD ITEM, BUT I KNOW IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING, I DISCUSSED AS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE MEETING THAT ACCOMMODATES SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE, IF THAT OVERLOOK THAT BILL, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN COORDINATION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT? SO PART OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO IS ON, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT AND STAND CORRECTED, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UM, THAT WE WOULD DO IT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING THOSE MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY OR TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THOSE AREAS.
WE CAN, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT, UH, IN THIS PROCESS, THIS WAS JUST A GENERAL OUTLINE, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I WANT YOU TO GET THAT FOR POST SCHEDULE.
CAN YOU SEND IT OFF IMMEDIATELY? I'M SORRY.
I CAN HEAR YOU ONCE YOU GET THAT PROPOSED SCHEDULE ON HOW THAT COULD YOU SEND IT OUT IMMEDIATELY.
AND ONE THING THAT WE WOULD DO IS AS, AT THIS FIRST MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE WAS TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR AVAILABILITY SCHEDULING AND SO FORTH.
AND I HAD BEEN DOING THAT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER MEANS OF GETTING THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
ONCE YOU GET THAT, THOSE TOUR DATES AND HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK ONCE YOU SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE, CAN YOU SEND IT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, DEFINITELY BE A PART OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS.
IF I MAY PRIOR TO VOTING, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THE MOTION TO LIFT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU'RE ACTUALLY APPOINTED? DO I NEED TO NAME THEM ALL BY NAME? THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT HOWARD HONEST MYLENE, DON SMITH, BARBARA BJ JOHNSON SAID BARGAIN.
JOANNA ODOR KIRK, JENNY BAILEY, DIANE MAURICIO, JOHN FLETCHER, MARY ROSS, ANGIE YOUNG, RAYMOND LIVINGSTON, PATRICIA ARBUCKLE, BRANDON HERNDON, KIM HARDISON, SONYA GIDDINGS, MICHAEL WATSON, RODNEY ANGIE WHERE'S, BECKY CHARLES BITTEN, JONATHAN WINFIELD, CHARLES AND VIVIAN TURNER TO THE 2021 CITIZEN BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE.
SECOND, WE ALREADY MADE, UM, I WAS NOTIFIED AT THREE 45 BY MARY ROSS THAT SHE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND SHE WON'T BE ABLE
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TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS FOR DO ANYONE AS A BACKUP OR WHEN ALLOW ME SOME TIME TO GET ANOTHER, UM, PARTICIPANT COUNCIL, WOMAN.SO, MARIA, DO YOU NEED TO CONFIRM WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL OR CAN WE MOVE FORWARD LISTING VICKI MCBRIDE OR CAN SHE BE ADDED AT ANOTHER TIME? I JUST DON'T KNOW OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.
HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO HER? SHE WASN'T NOT THE MEMBER OF STERLING'S ALTERNATE.
SHE'S ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE HAD LAST TIME THAT WE HAD TO TAKE OFF THE LIST.
WELL, I CAN REACH OUT TO HER AGAIN, COUNCIL.
I'M NOT SURE IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT HER APPENDING HER.
UM, I KNOW, UM, CONFIRMATION TO PARTICIPATE.
WERE ANY OF THESE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN THEY SUBMITTED, HAVE EVERYONE SUBMITTED THE EXACT NUMBER OR HAS ANY THERE BEEN ANY ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU ALREADY LOOKED AT? CONFIRMED? LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED FOUR NAMES AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS EACH SUBMITTED THREE REPRESENTATIVES AND EACH, UM, WERE ABLE TO HAVE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY, UM, ANY EXTRA PEOPLE THAT ANYONE SENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING SUBMITTED A FOURTH PERSON.
WAS THAT PERSON CONFIRMED? UH, VICKIE MCBRIDE.
UM, SHE'S SAYING SHE SPOKE TO HER BEFORE.
SO THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT OFF.
I MAY TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS OFF AND THEN ADD THIS INDIVIDUAL TO THAT MOTION.
SO, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF NOT REPEATING EVERYBODY'S NAME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MORE MOTION AGAIN.
UH, MY NAME IS MARY ROSS AND I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE MARY ROSS WITH VICKY MCBRIDE.
SO WE STILL HAVE THE MOTION STANDS AS COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND COSTUMER CLOUDS ARE RIGHT.
SO THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO STEPPING UP TO SERVE.
WE NEED ANOTHER BACKUP PERSON JUST IN CASE.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU VERIFY IT, BUT DO WE NEED A BACKUP PERSON JUST IN CASE? OKAY.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
I REMEMBER SIX A CONSENT AGENDAS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF SECOND.AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
SEVEN, B ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE ITEM SEVEN, A ONE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 35 CONSISTING OF AN 89.25 ACRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBING SCRIBING SAID 89.25 ACRE TRACT OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE YOUTH HEIGHT AND DENSITY OF BUILDINGS WITHIN SUCH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.OFTEN TIMES APPLICABLE THE FED DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION, ACCORDING TO SUB PLANS, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SERVICE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER GOMEZ.
THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL AND UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND MADE YOU DESERVED IT.
CAN YOU COME CLOSER SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THIS MAY BE ONE LAST PRESENTATIONS YOU SEE, BECAUSE PLANNERS ON BOARD, THEY'LL BE DOING THIS AND ENJOY IT.
FIRST ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT TO PD NUMBER 35 PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE BOUNDARIES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
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WRAPS AROUND SIENNA RANCH ROAD AT SIENNA PARKWAY AND INCLUDES MOST ALL OF THE CHURCHES IN THAT AREA, NORTH OF SIENNA RANCH ROAD, AS WELL AS MIDDLE SCHOOL.UM, THE SUBJECT OF THE AMENDMENT IS OUTLINED IN BLUE.
IT'S THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, CNN, UM, LOCATION OF THEIR CAMPUS AS THE OUTLINE IN BLUE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT IS SEEKING TO ADD THEY'RE EXPANDING THEIR CAMPUS.
UM, AND THERE'S SOME IMAGES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, CONCEPTUALLY OF WHAT THAT FUTURE CAMPUS COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT AS PART OF THAT EXPANSION AND ANTICIPATING THEIR FUTURE GROWTH, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDING, UH, PARKING FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THAT CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO THE AREA THAT'S OUTLINED IN BREAD THAT IS IN BETWEEN THE PEPPERONI'S LOCATED OUT THERE, UM, AND SIENNA, AS WELL AS THE KIDS, OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL SITES, UM, THE CHURCH IS LOOKING TO ACQUIRE THAT PIECE AND ADD A PARKING LOT.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT IS PARKING LOTS ARE PERMITTED AS USE AS BY RIGHT IN OUR LC FOR A RETAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS CLOSER TO, UM, INDUSTRIAL, UM, KIND OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL MIXES.
UM, IT'S NOT A USE BY RIGHT, UH, WITHIN THE PD PARAMETERS.
UH, SO THIS, UH, AMENDMENT IS SEEKING TO ADD THAT PARKING LOT AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE CHURCH.
UM, IT WOULD BE SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN CAMPUS BY THE PRIVATE ROAD THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO THOSE PROPERTIES.
UM, ALONG THAT ROADWAY STAFF DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
AND I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF IMAGES THAT ARE FROM THE PACKET THAT WE SHOW YOU ON THE, UM, KIND OF THE AIR ON THE GROUND OF WHAT THAT CAMPUS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, THE AREA THAT'S IN BLUE IS THAT LARGER, UM, PORTION THAT YOU SEE.
AND THEN THE PARKING LOT ADDITION ON THE SUPPORT ACROSS THE STREET.
I DO BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHURCH ARE HERE IF COUNCIL HAS ANY PLANS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING? I MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.
SECOND, THE MOTION WHO SECOND, THE EMORY COUNCILMAN EMORY THAT WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
ANTHONY MEROLA IS SECOND BY CONSTANT EMERY.
MARIN DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
SO THE PRIVATE ROAD, JENNIFER, WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT CURRENTLY I'M APPEARS TO BE LUCIANA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY PAY INTO EACH OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS PAGE INTO, UM, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT ROAD, BUT THE OWNERSHIP RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THE PARKING LOT WILL BE ON SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND IMAGINE CHURCH WILL BE SUNDAY, RIGHT? SO WHAT'S THE CHURCH GOING TO DO FOR JUST TRAFFIC CONTROL, WHERE THEY HAVE PATROL OFFICERS WHERE THEY HAVE TRAFFIC.
AND THIS WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING PERMISSION OF A CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD CONTRACT WITH LOCAL SECURITY OFFICERS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL ON THE ALSO HAVE SIGNAGE CROSSWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP MOVE PEOPLE ACROSS THAT ROAD.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THREE CHURCHES IN THAT AREA.
AND I GO TO ONE OF THEM, JENNIFER MARIE, WAS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE, UH, THE PLACEMENT OF THIS? NO, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED NO WRITTEN PROTESTS OR PHONE CALLS OR INQUIRY.
YOU SAID SOMEONE'S HERE FROM CHURCH.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, MOROSE, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ABERDEEN.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
THOSE ARE THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PUBLIC AIR.
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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND A SECOND BY CUSTOMER CLOUSER.IS THERE A DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
OPPOSED TO THE MOST SIMPLY SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? SECOND? SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
SO THOSE FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THE NEXT ITEM, UH, ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND TD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 96, REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUCTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? THAT'S A WOMAN CLOUDS RAD MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.
SO WE HAVE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY'S, UH, PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM, UM, AND SAID THEY DID NOT, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING IN REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
UH, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTIONS THAT NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? SO MOVE
SECOND COUNCIL, WOMAN CLEANSER.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEROLA'S SECOND BACK CLOUSER IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, JENNIFER, RELATIVE TO THE PROTEST LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY SHED GREG.
SHE MENTIONED A FEW THINGS, PARTICULARLY NAMELY ABOUT THE SEVEN 11, UH, THERE ON THE CORNER.
UH, AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF THOSE THINGS ARE, UH, VALID AS FAR AS THE CONCERNS THAT SHE HAS ABOUT THE OVERGROWN, UH, GRASS IN THE FRONT AND THE, UH, THE TREES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PLANTED AND, UH, LIGHTING, PEERING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES.
AND WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
AND FOR THE SEVEN 11 ON THE SCREEN IS THE PORTION OUTLINE IN BLACK TO THE BATTER AND LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY.
UM, SEVEN 11 HAS A LITTLE TRIANGLE, OR THAT'S CLOSER TO THAT INTERSECTION AND THERE'S LAND BEHIND THEM THAT THEY DON'T OWN.
THAT'S OWNED BY THE DEVELOPER AND IT'S PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED AT A LATER TIME.
SO SOME OF THE LIGHTING ISSUES, UM, SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING TRIGGERS AND ALL OF THAT ARE GOING TO BE TIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT BACK.
AND SO THERE'S A TIMING ISSUE ON WHEN THAT WILL ACTUALLY DEVELOP FOR SEVEN 11, THEY ARE
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REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE NEW SHRUBBERY THAT THEY'VE ADDED OUT THERE.IT'S STILL A GROWING PERIOD, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH BOTH SEVEN 11 AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PD FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT OVERALL PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE AND ADDRESS THOSE OTHER ISSUES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
THOSE ARE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, EIGHT, THREE, AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 7.52 ACRES OF LAND FROM EL C3 RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OH NINE, DESCRIBING SET 7.5, TWO ACRES OF LAND SPECULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE, OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION, OPEN PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY CONSUMER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING IS THERE, IS THERE DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
THOSE ARE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO A PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUSTARD, MINUTE, THEIR FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC, A COMMON REQUEST AT THIS TIME.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THOSE ARE FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE ARE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
SEVEN ZERO IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION, JENNIFER, WHAT A BUILDING STANDARDS WILL APPLY HERE.
THE ADAPTIVE CITY CODES WOULD APPLY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS IN THIS PD, THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THEM WOULD BE APPLIED.
SO SCREENING OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, SPRAINING OF LOADING, UNLOADING AREAS, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD APPLY HERE.
WHAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING IS SOMETHING THAT WILL LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER OFFICE WAREHOUSES IN THAT AREA.
SO IT WILL PROBABLY END UP STILL BE, UM, A TYPICAL TILT WALL, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION IF THIS DEVELOPER OKAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
WE GO AHEAD AND BOW THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE NEVER WAITED ON ANY JOYCE.
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I APOLOGIZE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 42.93 ACRES OF LAND FROM FT, SUBURBAN DISTRICT AND PARK AND EL C3 RETAIL DISTRICT.IN PART THE PD TIME DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE 11 DESCRIBING SETS 42.9, THREE ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PLATE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, RIDING FLORENCE HILL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SITE.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION OPEN AND PUBLIC HEARING SECOND BY ANTHONY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM MARGOLIS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ON CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED THE FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMON REQUESTS ON THIS ITEM.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING I'M FROM EDWARDS.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF, COUNCILWOMAN CLEANSER CHICKEN, BUT I HEARD TWO SECONDS.
DID YOU HAD YOU SECOND IT, YEP.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUESTION, UM, UH, ONLY, UH, USE OF THE PAMPHLET PUMP IS A POMPOUS GRASS OR PANELS ON THE TOP IS GRASS, UH, ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE DETENTION POND, THE POWER LINE EASEMENTS AND PIPELINE ASSESSMENTS.
ARE THEY GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT? AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE KIND OF MONITORED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO SO THEY WON'T BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT BECAUSE IT WILL BE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND, UM, FOR ORIENTATION IT WOULD BE TOWARDS THE TERMINAL AND ON THE PROPERTY ON THE BACK SIDE, ANOTHER PROPERTY AWAY FROM HIGHLY FENCE WITH OUR TYPICAL CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDARD, WE HAVE HER APARTMENTS IN THE LANDSCAPING ORDINANCE FOR MAINTENANCE.
UH, SO THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT IT'S MAINTAINED AT CERTAIN HEIGHTS AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN TYPES OF WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CODE ENFORCEMENT NOW IS UNDER YOU GUYS, UH, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, PLEASE ENSURE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS WHERE, WHERE THE POWER LINES AND THOSE DIFFERENT EASEMENTS ARE, THEY'RE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
AND IF IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, IF IT'S THE COUNTY OR WHOEVER THE UTILITY COMPANIES OR WHOEVER MAINTAINING THEM ALL OVER THE CITY.
SO IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO ENSURE THAT THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE'RE MONITORING THAT FAIR.
AND I THINK THE ALIGNMENT WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL ALLOW FOR A CLEARER KIND OF COORDINATION OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, HEARING NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO
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SEVEN EIGHT FIVE THAT'S OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 49.75 ACRES OF LAND FROM LC TO MOBILE RETAIL DISTRICT.THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE 10 DESCRIBING SAID 49.75 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICTS MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THIS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL? OKAY, SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
STERLING, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I KNOW THIS WAS APPROVED I'M HANDY, BUT HAVE WE GOT ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT RESIDE IN OUR AREA? THE RESIDENTS HAVE A RESIDENTIAL CREEK MINE AND THIS IS THE AREA, UM, SUBJECT TO THE ZONING ON THE MAP OUTLINED IN BLACK.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK BACK FROM, UH, VARIOUS RESIDENTS OF FREMONT I'VE SINCE THE PLAN AGAINST RONNIE COMMISSION.
UM, I WILL SAY ALSO THAT THE APPLICANT LUBBOCK COMMERCIAL, UH, WORKS WITH, UH, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL TO DO A TOUR, UM, THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK, UH, TO CHARTER DISCUSS SOME ISSUES RELATED TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, UM, UH, IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS A DEVELOPER TO TRY TO, UH, ALIGN SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
JENNIFER, CAN YOU SPEAK ON LIKE MOST OF THEIR CONCERNS OR WHAT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THEIR CONCERNS? WELL, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, I THINK ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE, UM, A BUDDY, PARTICULARLY SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL USE OTHER THE MULTIFAMILY, UH, USE COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS WITH THE INTENSITY OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, THE IMPACT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ON TRAFFIC.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE LAYOUT HERE, UM, HOW FREQUENT RESIDENTS AND EXIT, UH, THEIR SUBDIVISION, THEY WOULD BE SHARING A DRIVEWAY IN ACCESS WITH, UH, ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THAT CONCERN TO US, UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE ACTIVITY OF THE AREA.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT AREA IS UNDEVELOPED.
UM, SO ONCE YOU START TO ACTIVATE THAT AREA WITH BUILDINGS OR WHAT THE MIX OF USES THAT ARE PROPOSED, THAT COULD BRING PEOPLE TO THAT LOCATION, UM, THERE'S SOME CONCERN IN TERMS OF LIGHTING, UM, AND THAT ACTIVITY AND ITS PROXIMITY TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INITIAL COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH A DEVELOPER, PROVIDED ANY KIND OF A SCHEDULE AS TO WHEN, UH, HE MIGHT, UH, START BREAKING GROUND ON SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, BUSINESSES THAT, UH, HE'S, UH, JUST PROJECTING TO PUT ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO A KEY DRIVER OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS KIND OF THE SYNERGY OF ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WITHIN THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE FORT BEND PARKWAY, UM, WITH THE AMAZON DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, IS NEARING COMPLETION AND COMING ONLINE.
UM, SO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WOULD BE WHAT COINCIDE WITH SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'VE PROVIDED A GENERAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TO, UM, KEEP IT IN LINE WITH THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS OF FIVE YEARS.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE MARKET BASED MARKET DRIVEN, UM, BASED ON WHAT THE DEMAND IS AND THE CONTINUED ACTIVITY THAT WE SEE WITH THEM.
THIS WOULD BE A PD, CORRECT FOR THE RENDERINGS THAT WE RECEIVED ARE REALLY EXCITING, TO BE HONEST.
UM, BUT I DO WANT THE DEVELOPER TO TAKE CONSIDERATION WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, ESPECIALLY AROUND ENTERTAINMENT.
MAYBE IF THERE'S TALLER, BRICK WALLS, MORE SOUND BARRIERS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A NICE BUFFER BETWEEN THOSE RESIDENTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT, BUT, UH, THANK YOU.
I REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS THE LIGHTING CAUSE I'M CONCERNED.
I MEAN, IF IT'S SUCH FINE LIGHTING, HOW ARE PEOPLE ABLE TO GET REST? I DO WANT TO PROPOSE MAYBE, UM, NOW THIS IS FAMOUS FOR US.
IF THEY LIKE A WORKSHOP OR SOME TYPE OF MEETING WHERE THE DEVELOPERS AND THE RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY
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VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND IF POSSIBLE TO BOTH THROW THEM, OR IF NOT, AT LEAST THEY WILL HAVE THAT OPEN OPPORTUNITY.I'M AWARE OF SOME OF THEM DIDN'T COME TO THE P AND Z MEETING AT FIRST.
AND NOW THAT THIS IS BEING BROUGHT TO US AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, I DO WANT TO PROPOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS.
IT SAYS, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REDWOODS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS WE'LL GO OUT AND OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION.
THIS IS AN OPEN MOTION TO OPEN THE
SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS TO KEEP IT UP IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE ARE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED THE FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, AND THE CITY DID RECEIVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS.
SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING, BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT.
THE CITY SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THE TIME LIMIT MARY ROSS.
I LIVE AT 25 OH SEVEN SHADOW AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE MOTION AT THIS TIME, UM, REPORT BY FED THE DEVELOPMENT'S PROXIMITY TO THE AMA, THE DEVELOPMENTS PROXIMITY TO THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER.
DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, THE DEVELOPERS SAY AMAZON WANTS ITS EMPLOYEES TO LIVE CLOSE BY OR WITHIN A SHORT COMMUTE.
THAT'S A PARAPHRASE CLAIM FOR THE, FOR A MOTHER FAMILY HOUSING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS THE CLAIM FOR THE NEED FOR SINGLE PLAN.
IT'S THE QUIET SUBURBAN LIFESTYLE WE WERE SOLD TO IN CREEK MARTIN WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES BEING SOLD OUT FOR THE SAKE OF AMAZON.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A MAJORITY MINORITY NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE COMMENTS MADE BY AND REPRESENTATIVE DURING THE P AND Z MEETING.
IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE BEING SOLD OUT TO THE WISHES OF AMAZON, NO HORN ZONING HISTORY OF THESE TRACKS OF LAND.
ALL THIS TIME WENT FROM, UH, IN 1988 TO
WELL NOT ENHANCE THE OVERALL URBAN DESIGN AND NATURE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY CREEK MONT HOUSING THAT'S AROUND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S CLEAN IN THE P AND Z STAFF REPORT IS APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS OLD.
WE BOUGHT INTO A SUBURBAN BEDROOM COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS ATTRACTIVE TO MANY, IF NOT, MOST OF ITS HOMEOWNERS, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING TYPE WORK ARE NOT PART OF ANY OF THE TRACKS OF LAND INCLUDED IN WHAT'S CALLED THE SHED ONLY COMMERCIAL L TWO AND L THREE.
THE SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL AND ESTATE CHARACTER DOES NOT INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AS IN THE CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
YET THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE A MIX OF USES THAT WILL ALLOW USERS WITHIN THE MF TO MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT AND MULTIFAMILY USES.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE IS A DRIVE IN THEATER
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INCLUDED IN THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN CALLED THE HIGHWAY SIX, UH, SITE PLAN PD.WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CONCEPT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT LOVING THE DEVELOPER DEVELOP IN THE SAWYER YARDS.
THE SAW YOUR YARD THEATER IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DOWN AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THIS THEATER HERE.
WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON THAT SIGNED UP MARSHALL RAY RHINO.
I'M RENA MARSHALL, 45, 10 SOUTH CREEK, RIGHT? IT'S NO TEXAS SEVEN SEVEN FIVE FOUR FIVE CREEKS SMART HOA BOARD REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, I WANT TO SHARE, UH, START OFF BY SAYING REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER CHANGING YOUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
THAT INCLUDES PUTTING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS' NAMES ADDRESS ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD THAT STAYS ON YOUR WEBSITE.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW THAT ARE YOU GUYS P AND Z, AND THAT'S IT.
WE DON'T NEED TO STAY ON YOUR LIST FOR YOU TO STAY ON YOUR LIST FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
PEOPLE WOULD BE TARGETED FOR CRIME AND FOR SOLICITORS, OKAY.
WE'RE NOT A GIVEN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU PUT NEXT TO US.
UM, AND WE, AND WE HAVE LIGHTING ISSUES.
THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES BEING DONE, BUT EVEN THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT GO THAT ARE GOING UP ALSO, I WAS JUST SO DISAPPOINTED TO LISTEN TO THE PLEA P AND V PLAN.
AND THEN THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED A PLAN AND THEY REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THERE.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE STUFF THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US MAY OR MAY NOT GO THERE.
AND THEN I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE, YOU ALREADY GOT THE PRESENTATION BEFORE.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A CINEMARK, A MILE UP A BLOCK AWAY, MAYBE TWO BLOCKS AND YOU APPROVAL FOR A DRIVE IN THEATER.
NOW HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH LOVE.
IT IS THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO UP AND WHAT THEY PUT UP, WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN ME, ISN'T, YOU KNOW, QUANTITY ITEMS. BUT YEAH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.
MULTI-FAMILY UNITS IS DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE THINGS THAT OUR PLAN, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T WORK WITH WHAT'S, WHAT'S SURROUNDED.
I LIKE THE IDEA THEY'RE BRINGING IN DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
THEY ARE GOING TO COME AND MEET WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL THING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM.
BUT BEFORE YOU GUYS START APPROVING STUFF, DON'T DO WHAT THE PERMISSION IS BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS PUT ON THAT PLATFORM IS NOT GOING THERE.
SO ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THEY CAN SWITCH OCCURRED HAS IN THE PAST, OKAY.
WE HAVE THE PROXIMITY WITH NOISE.
THAT'S ALREADY BEING COLLECTED THE DUMPSTER AND THEN DROPPED THAT THEY PICKED UP IN THE MORNING.
IT'S BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK SET OF RULES.
AS DROUGHT RESONATES THROUGH YARDS INTO THE PEOPLE'S HOME, I DON'T STAY NEXT TO IT.
THE TRACK, THE LIGHTING GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE HOMES I WORK.
WE HAVE NO BUFFER BETWEEN US THE WAY, WHAT YOU GUYS APPROVED FOR THE BUILD.
SO THERE'S NO BUFFER BETWEEN COMING UP WITH YOUR APPROVAL TO PUT BY US MAYOR.
I WAS WONDERING IF HE JOINS, CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS HER CONCERNS WITH HER, THEIR ADDRESS IS BEING PLACED ON THE WEBSITE.
THAT INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE, UH, FORT BEN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE.
THEREFORE IT'S ALREADY PUBLIC, BUT I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A POLICY DECISION AS TO WHETHER THE CITY WANTS TO CONTINUE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, BUT LEGALLY IT'S ALREADY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
BUT I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED THAT IT'S JUST MADE READILY AVAILABLE ON ANOTHER OCCASION ON TWO DIFFERENT OUTLETS.
SO IF WE CAN ELISE ELIMINATED ONE, I THINK WE'LL BE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM,
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TO THE RESIDENT.AND IT'S NOT IN TONIGHT'S COUNCIL PACKET.
UM, THERE SHOULD BE A NOTICE IN THERE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN REQUESTED IF, IF NEEDED, BUT IT'S NOT IN THERE FOR THIS ITEM.
IT IS FOR ALL OF THE OTHER ZONING ITEMS. LET ME, LET ME JUST ADD THAT TOO.
I THINK WHEN THAT ISSUE CAME FORWARD, I DID WELL, I WAS CONTACTED JUST BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE, UM, I GUESS IT WAS NOT AN IN-PERSON MEETING.
SO THEY HAD THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND I, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE TOOK THAT DOWN.
SO IT'S, IT'S A RECORD IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THE MAILING LABELS THAT ARE CREATED FOR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE NOTICED, UM, AS PART OF THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO IT'S USUALLY PROVIDED AS PART OF THAT TRANSPARENCY OF WHO WAS, WHO RECEIVED THAT NOTICE IN THE CASE OF PRE SMART, UM, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXPAND THAT NOTICE BEYOND THE 250 AND THE CITY TYPICALLY DOES EVERY PROPERTY OWNER, MARK RECEIVED A NOTICE.
UM, SO THAT WAS OVER, I THINK, 400 NOTICES THAT WENT OUT, UM, FOR THIS CASE.
AND SO THAT COMBINED LISTS WAS PART OF THAT MAILING LABEL.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO ADDRESS IT AND MAYBE MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS AND IF POSSIBLE, REDACT THAT INFORMATION, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS TO GO INTO THE PACKAGE, IF IT COULD BE REDACTED.
SO I WILL BRING IT BACK UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR US TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
BUT JENNIFER, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, I KNOW MS. MARSHALL MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES WITH, UM, BUSINESSES.
ARE WE ACTUALLY AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING A TRAFFIC STUDY CONDUCTED THIS PROPOSED, UM, PLAN FOR THAT? OKAY.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO THIS WAY WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I SECOND THAT MOTION, MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY BONEY.
AND NOW WE'LL GO THAT WITH THE DISCUSSION, YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADDRESS YOUR SPECIFIC TRAFFIC QUESTION.
ANY DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS SIZE AT TOPIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED.
USUALLY THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS NOT REQUIRED AT THE ZONING STAGE.
THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSES AT THE PLAT OR PROCESS.
WE WOULD REQUIRE A TOPIC IN BACK ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE SITE, INCLUDING A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS AS WELL.
BUT IT'S GENERALLY NOT REQUIRED AT THE ZONING STAGE.
SO JENNIFER CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WHENEVER WE'RE WORKING WITHIN A PD, IT'S ACTUALLY TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOMEOWNERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER WITH LOVE IT, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT'S, SO SUMMER OR SPRING REALLY PROVIDES THIS PD PROVIDES FOR BUILDING SOME OF THAT IN THERE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE MORE PROTECTION, MORE PROTECTION IN A PD THAN YOU WOULD A WIDE OPEN ZONING.
AND IT CAN RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE SITES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? REMEMBER, MARLA PD IS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IT'S DESIGNED FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY.
UM, IT'S DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY IN THE REGULATIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR MIXES OF YOUTH, BUT ALSO THE COMPATIBILITY OF THOSE USES.
SO LOOKING AT BUMPER GUARDS, OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, IF THAT NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED, LOOKING AT LIGHTING CONTROLS, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY STRONG LIGHTING REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN APPLY TODAY, BUT THE PD GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THAT TO BETTER PROTECT, UH, ADJOINING PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTION ON THE QUESTION OF THE, UH, THE ADDRESSES? UH, THAT'S UH, I GUESS ON OUR DATABASES, IS THAT JUST THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE 200 OR WHATEVER THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, LIMITATION IS THAT DISTANCE OR IS IT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT IN GREEK MOUNTAIN, NORTH AND SOUTH, THE TYPICAL THAT STANDARD IS WE'VE TYPICALLY GONE OUT 250 FEET.
WE WENT OUT FURTHER TO GET CAPTURE THE ENTIRE DIVISION AND THE MAILING LABELS IN THIS CASE, WHAT'S THE ENTIRE LIST.
SO IT WAS BEYOND THE MANDATORY 200 FEET THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
UM, IT WAS EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS, HE DIDN'T NOTICE WAS THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT TO DO THAT WAS THERE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION.
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I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS NOT TRUE.SO, UH, IS THERE ANY VALUE OF, OF, OF US HAVING WE BEING THE CITY, ALL OF THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN CREEK MINE? WELL, THE VALUE IS KIND OF THEIR RESPONSE HERE.
IT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITNESS WHO RECEIVED THE NOTICE BY MAIL.
UM, AND SO THAT'S HISTORICALLY WHY THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PACKET BECAUSE OF THE INPUT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY RESIDENTS.
WE DID PULL IT OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL AGENDA, BUT IT IS STILL PUBLIC RECORD.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY AREAS OF CONCERN AS FAR AS THE 200 RULES AND I'M OKAY WITH IT.
BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE ADDRESSES, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT LOCAL, RIGHT.
THEY COULD BELONG TO SOMEWHERE ELSE, HOUSTON OR WHEREVER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO MAYBE SCRUB THAT LIST AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MORE LOCAL THAN IT IS, YOU KNOW, NOT LOCAL.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING THE DEVELOPER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS MS. ROSS, I HEAR YOU MS. MARSHALL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT MYSELF PUTTING MYSELF IN JOHN'S SITUATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING WORKED OUT SO THAT YOU ALL THE RESIDENTS CAN COME TO SOME TYPE OF COMMON GROUND.
CAN THE DEVELOPERS COME UP, JENNIFER? ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE HAS COME UP.
IS THERE ANY SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH COMPARE AND CONTRAST HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF NON-RESIDENTIAL PRETTY MUCH A LONG HIGHWAY FIT.
SO YOU'VE COLONY BLADES, UM, THAT WILL BACK UP TO THE FIVE ACCOUNTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT, UM, CLOSER TO GLEN LAKES, UM, THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, THAT'S UNIMPROVED.
UH, THEY HAVE A LAND PLAN THAT WOULD INCLUDE CONDOMINIUMS OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL, AND THEY WENT THROUGH THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROCESS.
UM, HOW MANY, LIKE ALSO, UH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER RETAIL COMMERCIAL ALONG HIGHWAY SIX, UM, AS YOU GO EAST, UM, YOU HAVE, UH, LIKE COLONY THAT'S BEHIND LIKE THE HEB STORE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO OUR LTE THREE, UH, RETAIL DISTRICTS WERE DESIGN AND TRYING TO ADD THOSE TRANSITIONS INTO NON RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE TURNING.
THERE'S NO BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS.
AND I THINK LIKE THAT COMING INTO PLAY.
UM, BUT WE DO, UM, NOT QUITE THE EXACT MIX HERE BECAUSE IT IS STILL, UM, A LITTLE NEW FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT THAT COMBINATION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL, AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY WE DO HAVE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION TO HAVE THE DEVELOPER COME UP OR REPRESENTATION OF WHOEVER HAD A QUESTION WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE.
CAN YOU TALK TO SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, UM, IN THAT MEETING THAT YOU WERE, UM, PRESENT IT TO THEM.
SO CAN YOU TALK TO SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS? SURE.
UM, MY NAME IS DAVID FOR HOW MUCH LEATHER COMMERCIALS I'M GOING TO KIND OF BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND JUST KIND OF TELL THEM ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING IN HOUSTON FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT JUST FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME IS A METRIC.
WE WERE TOLD THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO COME UP AND LOOK AT THE SAWYER DEVELOPMENT COSTS LONGER THAN THE RENDERINGS OF THE SOIL.
AND ALL MEANT TO, WE DID OFF OF WASHINGTON AVENUE, IT ACTUALLY CAME UP AND IT WAS RAINING AND SHE STAYED.
AND WHEN I SHOWED HER AROUND, AS WE SHOWED HER SOME OF THE RETAIL, SOME OF THE OLD BUILDINGS WE
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TOOK AND WE REHABBED, I SHOWED HER SOME OF THE OLD, UH, RETAIL BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE BUILT.I ALSO, UH, SHE ALSO WANTED, FIRST THING SHE BROUGHT UP WAS TO THE MOVIE THEATER.
AND I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE NO PLANS OF DOING A MOVIE THEATER DOWN IN MISSOURI CITY.
MATTER OF FACT, WE DON'T DO MOVIE THEATERS, BUT I THINK WHAT GETS CONFUSED WAS THAT THE SAWYER YARD DEVELOPMENT IS 60 ACRES WITH ALL TYPES OF ARTISTS, APARTMENTS, RETAIL, LIB WORK IS BRILLIANT.
ROBERT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
AND THE MOVIE THEATER WAS ACTUALLY SHOWN THERE TEMPORARILY DURING THE CHROME VIRUS ON THE GREEN BAND.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE GOT THE IDEA THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO A MOVIE THEATER.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A MOVIE THEATER.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TOO IS, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS ON A CREEK MOUNT, WHAT KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THERE.
I CAN'T TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE TODAY.
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE MARKET DRIVEN.
WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY 15 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS ZONED RETAIL.
WE'VE BEEN MARKETING THAT PROPERTY FOR 15 YEARS AND WE NEVER GOT, WE WOULD GET OFFERS HERE AND THERE, BUT NOTHING, NOTHING THAT I WOULD CONSIDER GOOD.
THE ONLY REASON WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT AGAIN IS WE DID THE AMAZON DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL AND THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEPT HEARING ABOUT IS WHERE CAN THESE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO WORK IN MY WORKERS LIVE? AND WHERE CAN THEY GO? WHERE CAN THEY EAT? WHERE CAN BE, WHERE CAN THEY GO TO RESTAURANTS AND THINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS ON HIGHWAY SIX.
AND THEN, BUT AS WE GOT INTO IT IS WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN YOU LOOK WEST OF THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, YOU HAVE THE HEB, YOU'VE GOT THE KROGER, YOU GOT THE WALMART, YOU'VE GOT THE SYNERGY OF ALL THE RETAIL ALREADY THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PORT MENTAL ROAD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT ABOUT IS THAT WE DID THE OF YARDS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY, UH, POSITIVE AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TENNIS, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE COMING THERE.
SO WE SAID, WELL, LET'S NOT BUILD THE TYPICAL RETAIL WHERE YOU DO THE BRICK IN THE, IN THE WINDOWS OR THE STUCCO WALLS AND STUFF.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO LIKE, SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS SHOWED WHERE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF GLASS AND A LOT OF STEEL AND, UM, AND YOU KIND OF MAKE IT INVITING FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO COME THERE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THE DESIGN.
AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
I MEAN, ANOTHER CITY DOES NOT HAVE A SAY ABOUT THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE TEXTILE DRIVEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON HIGHWAY SIX, BECAUSE YOU GOT TRAFFIC FLYING BY THERE AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WE WANT THEM TO STOP AND GO TO OUR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS, WHERE WOULD YOU PROPOSE TO PUT A LIGHT? WELL, I WAS GOING TO BE UP TO TEXTILE.
I KNOW THERE'S ONLY TWO OPTIONS, BUT YOU GOT TWO LIGHTS THERE ALREADY.
NO, WE DON'T ON THE, ON OUR PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
WE HAVE NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THE ONE, BUT THE ONE TO THE, THE ONE THAT'S TO THE, UH, TO THE WEST DOES NOT HAVE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THIS AND THAT ROAD EXTENDED IS NOT SUPPOSED TO EXPAND EXPANDED.
YEAH, MAN, AND COUNSEL, UH, AS PART OF THE SHIPMENT SCOUT DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S ONGOING, THERE IS A SIGNAL COMING THAT ROCKS PLANTATION AND HYBRID SIX.
NOW WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS TALKING ABOUT IS ANOTHER SIGNAL POTENTIALLY, AND IT'S ON HYBRID SIX THAT WOULD HAVE THE GROUP FOR BACKSTOP APPROVAL PROCESS.
THEY GO THROUGH AN OPTIMAL SPACING OF SIGNALS.
AND AGAIN, THEY'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH TXDOT ON THAT, BUT THERE IS A SIGNAL THAT'S PROPOSED ON WHAT'S PLANTATION AND HYBRID SIX.
SO JENNIFER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
YOU DON'T MIND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER.
CAN WE JUST COMMIT TO SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICATION OR FORM OF WORKSHOP WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN BE ON BOARD AND ERA, ALL THEIR CONCERNS AS A POLICY MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, IT'S HIM HAVING SOME, YOU KNOW, JUSTIFIABLE CONCERNS AS WE SEE TONIGHT, CAN YOU COMMIT TO THAT? WE'D LOVE TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THIS RETAIL DOESN'T WORK.
I'M NOT GOING TO BUILD BUILDINGS AND KEEP THEM VACANT.
I'D BETTER OFF TO KEEP THE LANDLORD AGAIN.
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I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE RETAIL, OF COURSE, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HIM HAVING THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREA KIND OF DISRUPTED AND THEM NOT HAVING A STAKE, WHETHER THESE HUGE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE BEAMING IN THEIR LIVING ROOM.I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE TOPICS, BUT I DO WANT THEM TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
NOW, WHEN I TOLD HER, SHE ASKED ME IF I WOULD MEET WITH SABRINA THAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT, WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF OTHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR TENANT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE VISITING OUR RETAIL.
ALRIGHT, CAN WE COORDINATE THAT PLEASE? WE HAVE YOU STEP ASIDE.
SO JENNIFER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST, MY QUESTION IS, SO THIS, I GO BACK TO EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS IS TALKING ABOUT.
SO THIS LAND RIGHT HERE, ULTIMATELY AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'LL HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THERE.
IT IS, IT'S ULTIMATELY A MORE OF A APPEASING TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF THEY CAN WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH ARE GETTING WHAT THEY WANT AND RATHER THAN SEEING SOMETHING ELSE THAT JUST POPS UP AND THEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID HEAR ABOUT, UM, LETTERS THAT'S GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A RULE THAT, THAT WE FOLLOW.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO, JUST FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND, HAVE WE SENT OUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OR HOWEVER YOU GO, UH, TO THE PROXIMITY AND WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE WE SEND THOSE OUT? YES, WE HAVE.
CAN I ADD THAT? I THINK WE SHOULD GET THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, HOW WE DO MASS COMMUNICATIONS FOR OTHER INITIATIVES IN THE CITY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS KNOW OUR SYSTEM IS WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT GOES WAITING ON SOMETHING AND NEVER GET IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED AND THEN MAYBE, MAYBE DOESN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY, BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT, THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT.
SO LET ME GO BACK TO JENNIFER.
SO I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? SO ONE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SENT THEM UP.
PEOPLE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM YET.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S THAT PROXIMITY? WHAT IS THE RANGE THAT WE KNOW THERE'S TWO TYPES OF NOTICES? UM, THE ZONING PROCESS HAS TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO AHEAD OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT NOTICE WE PROVIDED BEFORE THE 10TH DAY POSTMARK BEFORE THE 10TH DAY, UM, BEFORE THE TUESDAY, BEFORE THAT PUBLIC HEARING, UM, THE PROCESS FOR THIS FAIL EASTER WEEKEND.
SO NOTICES WERE PRINTED THAT THURSDAY BEFORE GOOD FRIDAY, UH, CITY HALL OFFICES WERE CLOSED, UM, ON FRIDAY, UH, NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ON SATURDAY, APRIL.
UM, SO THAT WAS A PROCESS AHEAD OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AHEAD OF THE CITY COUNCIL, HEARING THE NOTICE IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER OF RECORD FOR THE CITY CURRENTLY THAT'S BEFORE BEING HAROLD, THAT NOTICE IS PUBLISHED BEFORE THE 15TH DAY BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SO, SO WHEN THIS P AND Z MEETING TOOK PLACE, UM, WHERE THERE REPRESENTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE? YEAH.
SO THE PLANNING IS DONE IN COMMISSION WAS, UH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14TH, THAT WAS STILL HELD, UH, VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM.
UM, AND WE HAD, UH, THE, I BELIEVE 58 PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING.
UM, SOME OF WHICH WERE, UH, RESIDENTS RESPONDING TO THIS APPLICATION.
SO WE'RE AT THIS JUNCTURE RIGHT HERE.
SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS ALSO HAVING THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND TO HAVE THAT.
SO I LIKE TO ASK THE JOYCE, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS? CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE AT THE, UH, WE'RE BASICALLY AT THE, UM, EMOTION FOR CLOSE
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THE MEETING.UM, SO WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? I MEAN, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND WITH THE CLOSEUP CLOSES, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING AND THEN MOVE TO APPROVE THE, TO THE ORDINANCE OR, OR, AND THEN THEY STILL HAVE THEIR MEETING AND COME BACK OR HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THIS? AND IT'S, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
YOU HAVE THE OPTION AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, YOU SHOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE.
UM, AT THIS POINT YOU ALL COULD MAYBE MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE ORDINANCE, TO GIVE THE DEVELOPER TIME TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, OR YOU COULD VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE, ITS FIRST READING EACH ORDINANCE REQUIRES TWO READINGS IN MISSOURI CITY.
THEREFORE IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE IT'S FINAL ANYWAY.
SO IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU ALL AS TO WHICH MECHANISM, UM, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO MOVING FORWARD ON.
SO WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAD A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BONEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE HOTEL.
SO THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH IS THAT CURRENTLY A ZONE
SO REGARDLESS OF HOW THE VOTE GOES TONIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE DAY, THE RESIDENTS WILL SEE RETAIL THERE.
RIGHT? UM, SO TONIGHT'S, OR TONIGHT'S ORDINANCE IS ABOUT REQUESTING TO, UH, APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES TO MAKE IT INTO A PD.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHAT WE'RE DOING THEN IS NOW WE'RE TAKING TWO, THREE STUFF A LITTLE BIT, CLEANING IT UP AND ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SHAPE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE VOTE TONIGHT IS.
IT'S JUST, IT'S LITERALLY ASKING US WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD WANT TO APPROVE 50 ACRES FOR PD.
IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE 50 ACRES INTO A GYM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, FOREST, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANYONE WHO'S A LAND OWNER, UM, AND THE CITY HAS A BEAUTIFUL RIGHT TO PROVE THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, THEY'RE PAYING TAXES ON IT AND UH, OF COURSE IT'S THEIR, UH, RIGHT TO DO SO, BUT I THINK WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, WHICH, UH, IT'S BEEN STATED THAT THEY'VE TRIED TO DO, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF ANGST AND CONCERNS.
UH, AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OR A MEETING WHERE WE COULD PRIOR TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THIS IT WOULD BE ON.
THE SECOND HEARING WOULD BE ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
IT WOULD TYPICALLY BE ON THAT NEXT MEETING, A COMMUNITY MEETING IF NEEDED, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT RESCHEDULING.
NO, TO ME, MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
WHAT WERE YOU SAYING? SO TO ME WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS EITHER WE, UH, MOVE THIS, UH, MOVE TO VOTE ON THIS, UH, ON FIRST READING AND UH, IF IT, IF IT PASSES, UH, IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE US AGAIN FOR A SECOND READING OR VOTE TO POSTPONE AS WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD, MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS TO BE POSTPONED, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME OPEN DIALOGUE, TO DISCUSS THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I STILL NEED TO CLOSE THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE I STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO ON THAT MOTION.
RIGHT? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
WHAT THAT MOTION? CAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE HERE.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS BY COUNCILMEMBER BONEY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, BYE.
UH, THE OPPOSED OF THE MOST IN PLACE THEY, NO.
SO WE'VE TAKEN THE VOTE TO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING NOW IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF.
FROM EMOTIONAL IS KNOWING THAT'S VIABLE.
SO SHE HAD A MOTION THAT WAS OUT THERE.
SO, SO JOYCE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS CORRECT.
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A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF.SO CUSTOMER EDWARDS CAME BACK WITH A MOTION TO PAUSE FORM, CORRECT.
SO THEN THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WOULD BE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE ORDINANCE.
AND I THOUGHT YOU HAD A SECOND WITH MAYOR PRO TEM MARILLA.
SO I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCCLOUDS OR A MOTION MADE BY CROSSMEMBER EDWARDS TO POSTPONE UNTIL WE HAVE A MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M PUTTING OUT HERE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE THIS, I KNOW THE RESIDENTS WANT TO GET THIS RESOLVED AND I KNOW THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THIS MEETING HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN GIVEN TOM TO NOTIFY ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IT'D BE TOO HARD TO, UM, IMPLEMENT LIKE NEW POINT OF STATES AND VICKSBURG NEIGHBORING, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS IN CASE THEY ARE IMPACTED BY THE TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL LIGHTING.
IS IT TOO MUCH TO IMPLEMENT THEM AS WELL TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO THEM? YES, WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH STACY AND HER TEAM, UH, TO BROADEN OUR, UM, THE MAIL NOTICE AT THIS POINT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN THE MAIL NOTICE, BUT JUST INVITING THEM IN CASE THEY ARE IMPACTED IN A WAY THEY CAN'T SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT INVOLVED.
I WOULD ASK YOU JENNIFER TO STAY WITHIN THAT.
THE LIMITATIONS OF THE LAW THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE IF NEW POINT IS NOT NEAR NOWHERE NEAR THAT, I MEAN, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE THAT, WHO LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAY THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO OUT TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD SAY FOCUS ON WITHIN THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ARE GETTING THE NOTICE AND THEN BE AT THIS MEETING.
I MEAN, I THINK THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS MY OPINION.
I THINK IT WILL COME LATER BECAUSE THIS IS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT PD PIECE IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO UNLESS YOU EXPANDED EVERY OTHER TIME THAT YOU GO, YOU EXPAND IT ALL OUT BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'LL COME BACK AND SAYING, ARE WE FOLLOWING THE STATE LAW ABOUT THE LETTERS THAT WOULD BE NOTIFIED FOR THE, UM, RESIDENTS WITHIN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PROPERTY? I WAS SPEAKING AROUND PRETTY MUCH HOW THE PROPERTY WOULD AFFECT THAT NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, COMMUNICATIONS, OR TO, UM, INFORM THE RESIDENTS OF THIS POTENTIAL HEARING OR IN COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WE CAN JUST NOTIFY THEM VIA THEIR HOA OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, BUT NOT PARTICULARLY MAILING OUT LETTERS.
AND IF I MAY, THIS IS A MEETING THAT'S BEING COORDINATED FIVE, THE DEVELOPER, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE DEVELOPER AND THE HOA, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT IT'S GATHERING.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS WOULD BE, UM, ALTHOUGH I WOULD IMAGINE THE STAFF MIGHT ASSIST IN SOME PLAY, BUT THIS WOULD BE A MEETING BETWEEN A NON-REQUIRED MEETING BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPERS, UM, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, WITHIN THEIR RIGHT TO DO.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HAS BEEN FORWARDED WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR BNZ.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE A DECISION UP OR DOWN WHENEVER WE SO CHOOSE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT DRAG THIS OUT FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS, OR THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TILL YOU COME BACK TO US, YOU KNOW? AND, AND I GET IT THAT THERE'S A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM, AND EITHER NOW SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE DIED AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO IT IF WE NEEDED TO CORRECT THE JOYCE, DO WE, ARE WE GOING TO SPECIFY A DATE, UH, POSTPONED UNTIL WHEN I KNOW I ASKED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS, I THINK, GO AHEAD.
UM, IF OUR DEVELOPER, CAN YOU GIVE US A DATE? UH, WHEN IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE, A MEETING TOGETHER? SINCE THIS WILL BE PUT TOGETHER, I CAN GET IT PRETTY QUICK.
THE ONLY THE ISSUE WILL BE IS DO THEY WANT TO COME UP AND SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR DO THEY WANT US TO, OR I CAN COME DOWN HERE AND MEET WITH THEM, BUT IF THEY WANT TO SEE
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WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING AND COME UP TO HOUSTON, LOOK AND SHOW YOUR YARDS, OR THEY WANT ME TO COME DOWN HERE.IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT UP TO HOUSTON, I CAN COME DOWN HERE.
I CAN DO THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
CAN WE GET THE FIRST MEETING? I CAN COME DOWN TO THEIR CLUBHOUSE AND THOSE WHO WANT TO COME UP AND THEY SEE THAT'S KIND OF WORK THAT WE DO.
THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK MY POSITION IS THE TWO OF YOU GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A DATE.
I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY WAS ASKING IS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A DATE WHEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH THIS ITEM IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S A, THERE'S NO DATA ON THE AMENDMENT.
SO COUNCIL BRAD EDWARDS, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A DATE? SO THIS WAY WE DON'T, WE, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO HERE PRETTY MUCH, I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS, THIS DEFICIENT, WOULD IT BE SAFE? COUNCIL WOMAN.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS HAD A DATE IN MIND.
SO IF SHE CAN AMEND TO THAT MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN NAVELS, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THIS COMING BACK BEFORE IS ON JUNE.
YES, PLEASE NOTIFY US SO WE CAN BE IN ATTENDANCE AND THANK YOU.
SO CAN WE, BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, CAN WE, UH, I WOULD ASK CONSUMER EDWARDS TO RE MAKE THAT MOTION SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
UM, EMOTION TO POST ON THIS ORDINANCE UNTIL AFTER JUNE THE SEVENTH.
ONCE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OPEN WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER JUNE 7TH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AGAIN FOR JUNE 2ND.
THAT GIVES US LIKE ALMOST THAT'S THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.
WELL, BEFORE THAT I DATED ALL OVER AGAIN.
WHEN IS IT UNTIL THE GYM? I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS ORDINANCE APPROVAL UNTIL THE JUNE 7TH MEETING MEETING.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S VOTING ON TO HAVE THIS ITEM BE POSTPONED AND BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE JUNE 7TH MEETING.
UM, SO UNTIL THEN, YOU KNOW, THE DOUBLE PRINT AND THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A MEETING AND THEN YOU ASSIST WITH NUMBERS OR TAC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO GET THEM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE V THE DEVELOPER IS MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I DEF, I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL DO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, I KNOW OUR STAFF WILL DO WHAT WE GOTTA DO, BUT, UH, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT YOU ALL WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER AND HOPEFULLY WORK THINGS OUT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S, SO YOU KNOW, THAT DEVELOPERS ARE NOT WILLING TO MAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF A PITCH.
AND I COMMEND YOU GUYS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WANT WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
UH, IF I COULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, AN AGENDA BE PUT TOGETHER THAT PROVIDED TO THE, UH, UH, THE DEVELOPER, SO HE CAN BE PREPARED FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, UH, THAT WAY.
UH, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR, HE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT, UH, THE, UH, THE RECORD AND MAKE IT A, UH, THING, UH, EFFICIENT MEETING, UH, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU ADDRESS THOSE.
ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
SO THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
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UM, I HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, UM, ITEM ON THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA.IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO BACK TO THAT? OR DO WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS MEETING COMPLETELY? LET ME JUST FINISH THE WORD ALMOST PRETTY MUCH ALMOST DONE HERE.
SO WE'LL GO TO, UM, ITEM SEVEN, B ONE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CONTINUING ARTICLE SEVEN OF CHAPTER 74 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, CONTINUING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE STANDARDS OF ELEMENTARY AGE RECREATION PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
IS THERE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY KEVIN BROWN, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT IS A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEROLA'S.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, HONOR, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, RELATES TO STATE LAW, WHICH REQUIRES A CERTAIN CHILD AGE PROGRAMS OPERATING WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE.
HOWEVER, THE STATE LAW ALSO PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FOR THOSE PROGRAMS OPERATED BY A MUNICIPALITY, PROVIDED THAT WE, UH, ANNUALLY ADOPT STANDARDS OF CARE.
UH, THE CITY HAS ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE CONTINUING OR AMENDING THIS, UH, STANDARDS OF CARE FOR THESE PROGRAMS SINCE 2010.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS STANDARDS.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU CONSIDER THEM AS WRITTEN TO BE ADOPTED.
SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION? PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY.
UH, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED THE FORMS TO CITY SECRETARY.
THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS.
SO DUE TO THAT, I MOVED THAT MOTION TO MOVE TO CLOSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARINGS HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I MEAN, MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE, AND A SECOND THOROUGHLY.
SO THAT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, MAY I APPROACH A MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING? IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF COUNCIL, WOMAN? I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCILMAN EMORY SECOND.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE'RE MOVING ON.
CAUSE WE TOOK ITEM EIGHT ALREADY.
THERE ARE NO AUTHORIZATIONS ON THIS AGENDA.
[10. ORDINANCES]
ITEM 10, OUR ORDINANCES ITEM 10 A AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFCAN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR HR DIRECTOR? MARTIN LOVE RUSSELL, THE MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL.
I COME BEFORE YOU WITH THIS REQUEST TO APPROVE A 3% ADJUSTMENT TO THE SALARY RANGES.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT SALARY STRUCTURE THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2018.
NUMBER TWO IS A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF THREE AND A HALF
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PERCENT AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MISALIGNED SALARY.THAT'S RECOMMENDED IN THE CITY'S MOST RECENT MARKET COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS STUDY.
IT'S RECOMMENDED TO PROVIDE A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, WHICH REPRESENTS THE COMBINED INFLATION OR 2020 AND 2021 PER THE GALLAGHER STUDY.
IF THREE AND A HALF PUTS AN EMPLOYEE OVER THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED RANGE, THEY WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE MAXIMUM.
AND THE REMAINDER OF THE INCREASE WILL BE AWARDED AS A ONE-TIME LUMP SUM PAYMENT, NOT ADDED TO THE BASE SALARY, NOT TO EXCEED 1500.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S PRIOR PRACTICE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS RECOMMENDED AT THE SALARIES FOR EMPLOYEES FOUND TO BE MISALIGNED TO THE MARKET, BE INCREASED, UH, TO BRING THEM INTO ALIGNMENT OR REVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO SUPPORTING RATIONALE FOR THE DIFFERENCES.
IN EXAMPLE, TWO, THE POSITION OR THE LONGEVITY OF THE POSITION STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH GALLAGHER AND SPECIAL COUNSEL TO FURTHER REFINE THE PAY PLAN STRUCTURES FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE STAFF AND THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF RESPECTABLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THIS UPCOMING 2022 FISCAL BUDGET YEAR, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MARTIN.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE QUESTION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE REVISE ADOPTED A REVISED FLEET PLAN FOR NON-EXEMPT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING OUR IN 3% OR THREE AND A HALF PERCENT IS THREE AND A HALF PERCENT.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
YES, MARTIN NESA FROM FOREMAN.
EDWARD, CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, FOR CLARITY PURPOSES EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR THE PAY INCREASE ON THE 19TH OF APRIL, THAT WAS VOTED AGAINST IT VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TODAY.
THE ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED BACK WHEN THE 19 WAS CHANGING OUR CURRENT PAY PLAN STRUCTURE TO A STEP PLAN, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED YET.
THAT WAS WHAT WAS VOTED DOWN ON THE 19TH.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE IN OUR DESIGN DECISION BAND METHOD THAT WAS ALREADY, UH, ADOPTED BACK IN 2018.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY CHANGING THE, UH, THE STRUCTURES WITHIN THAT, UH, THIS DECISION BAND METHOD TO INCREASE THE STRUCTURES, THE PAY STRUCTURES IN THOSE POSITIONS BY 3%, BUT INDIVIDUALS THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, AS FAR AS, UH, THE SALARIES FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THOSE CURRENT POSITIONS, THE MERIT BASE, OR IS IT JUST IF THEY'RE NOT ALIGNED WITH WHAT GALLAGHER SUGGESTED, EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR QUESTION, WHETHER IT BE MARRIED BASED, BASED OFF THEIR PERFORMANCE MERIT BASE.
IF I CAN FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE MY MEMORY, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT MISALIGNMENT AND I THINK, UH, UH, AS I RECALL, UH, THE MISALIGNMENT WOULD BE ANYBODY THAT WAS 10%, UH, AND, UH, PLUS OR MINUS.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT, UH, WE DROPPED THAT DOWN TO 5%.
I THINK ANYONE WHO'S MISALIGNED FROM, UH, NOT YET 10%, UH, DOWN TO FIVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S A MISALIGNMENT.
SO, UH, I WOULD, UH, UH, RECOMMEND AND SUGGEST THAT, UH, THAT MISALIGNMENT, UH, CRITERIA BE BASED ON A 5% DIFFERENTIAL.
I THINK THAT WOULD BRING MORE PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE MISALIGNED, UH, INTO THE, UH, INTO THE MIX.
AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, I THINK HAVE A BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH OUR, OUR, UM, UH, SALARY STRUCTURE.
I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO COST SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A FACTOR AND WE'LL NEED TO, IF WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE 10% AND THE 5% MISALIGNMENT CRITERIA, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAN COUNCIL, I DID A QUICK CALCULATION.
AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE 10%, UM, IT WOULD AFFECT ABOUT 16 CLASSIFICATIONS IN 28 EMPLOYEES.
AND IT'S EVERYONE WAS TO, UM, BE BROUGHT INTO ALIGNMENT AS MEANING THAT THERE AREN'T
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ANY REASONS FOR BMS ALIGN AS IF SOMEONE WAS NEW IN THEIR POSITION.SO IT COST 178,000 PER YEAR, BUT WITH THE 5% OF BELOW, IT AFFECTS 23 CLASSIFICATIONS IN 81 EMPLOYEES, AND IT WOULD INCREASE IT BY 330, 4,000 TO 500, 12,200 MOVED FROM 10% TO 5%.
THE TOTAL COST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WOULD BE 512,000.
IF ALL EMPLOYEES THAT WERE MISALIGNED WERE TO BE BROUGHT INTO ALIGNMENT, WE HAVE FOR THE COST OF LIVING AN ESTIMATE OF 895,000, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF 1.1.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A REVIEW THAT'S DONE AND NOT ALL EMPLOYEES WILL ACTUALLY BE BROUGHT INTO ALIGNMENT.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT, LET'S SAY IF THERE WAS ONE, IF THERE WERE 100% OF THE EMPLOYEES TO BE BROUGHT INTO ALIGNMENT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IF WE WERE TO TAKE IT TO 5%, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS, UM, 81 EMPLOYEES, WHICH 80, 81, 81, 81, AND AT 10%, WHAT IS IT? HOW MANY IS IT? 28, 28.
AND THE 10% WAS APPROXIMATELY 178,000 WHILE THE 5% IS 500.
SO NOW TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL 300,000 OR SOMETHING IN THAT AREA THAT IS OFF CLARITY, THAT 81 PHYSICIANS ARE TRYING TO ALIGN CORRECTLY.
UH, THEY, SO THEY ARE 81 81, EMPLOYEES ARE, UH, 5%, UM, OR, UH, BELOW TOTAL, HOW MANY ARE NOT ALIGNED? IT DEPENDS ON THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE'RE USING.
SO I GUESS THE FIVE OR THE 10, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE, IF WE'RE USING 5%, IT'S 81.
IF WE'RE USING 10 IT'S 28, WHEN DO YOU PROJECT, UM, THIS ALIGNMENT, IF VOTED ON TODAY TO TAKE PLACE, AND WE HAVE IT IN THE ORDINANCE RETROACTIVE TO MARCH 28TH CLARIFICATION, DID YOU SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO GO TO 5%, 100% OF THOSE THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MISALIGNED, UM, WERE TO BE ALIGNED.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS OF EACH PERSON WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MARKET.
IT'S A COMPARISON OF WHAT PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE IN THOSE POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY BEING PAID NOW.
SO WE CAN SAY THAT, UM, SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES IN OTHER CITIES MAY HAVE BEEN IN THEIR POSITIONS FOR 10 YEARS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BEING PAID.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAME INTO THE CITY AND THEY'D BEEN HERE ONE YEAR.
SHOULD THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF SOMEONE THAT WORKED 10 YEARS? SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR TIME AND THEIR POSITION, THEIR EXPERIENCE DETERMINE IF THEY DID, UM, MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN ALIGNMENT, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST QUICK CALCULATION.
IF EVERYONE WERE TO BE ALIGNED, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.
I DOUBT IT WILL BE EVERYONE, BUT IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT EVERYONE'S TIME AND POSITION AND EXPERIENCE TO DETERMINE IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE 10%.
WELL, WE HAVE THE 10%, WE HAVE AN AMOUNT WITHIN THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR 10%.
UM, THE ALIGNMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH BASED OFF THE STUDY THAT GALLAGHER PRETTY MUCH PROPOSED.
IT IS, UH, BASED ON THE MARKET FOR, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, UH, EMPLOYED WITH OTHER CITIES, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING PAID.
SO MY CONCERN IS HOW DO WE PRETTY MUCH RECEIVE EQUALITY ACROSS THE BOARD, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PROVIDING ALIGNMENT TO THOSE WHO PRETTY MUCH REACHED THOSE, UM, MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED AND JUST PRETTY MUCH MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT ASPECT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST WAITING UNTIL I GUESS MORE FUNDING COME ABOUT THAT IS FOR US TO PROVIDE, UM, ALARMING FOR ONE STAFF.
AND THEN ANOTHER STAFF IS JUST STILL BEING UNDERPAID.
SO HOW DO YOU PROJECT WE PROVIDED ADI, OR THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT.
ONE THING YOU MENTIONED, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE 10% THAT IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET, YOU HAVE THE COVERAGE FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE SET, CORRECT.
BUT 10% IS COVERED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WILL FOLLOW IT BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXEMPT AND NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE SERVICE THAT WOULD BE INCLUSIVE, THAT WOULD BRING UP THE FLOOR, YOU HAVE THE FUNDS I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.
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SO AGAIN, AT 10%, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 28 EMPLOYEES, 28 EMPLOYEES.SO THE THING TOO IS THAT THIS IS FOR LOOKING BACK AT 2021, 20 AND 2021.
AND WE ALSO WILL BE COMING TO YOU WHEN TIME COMES, BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS, AS I MENTIONED, THE CIVIL SERVICE AND NON-CIVIL SERVICE PAY POINTS.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE PAY PLANS NEED TO BE AND LOOK AT A TIME AND POSITION HOW TO RELATE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH, AS WE MENTIONED, WRITTEN NAVARRO, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT AS IT RELATES TO TIME AND POSITION.
SO IF IT WERE ME OR THE CITY MANAGER, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE THREE AND A HALF.
AND THEN IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, THAT WE CAN AFFORD FOR SURE THAT BEING THE, UH, THE SIGNIFICANTLY MISALIGNED, UH, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU THE SUMMER.
IN ADDITION, NEXT YEAR WITH THE 2022, UH, BUDGET, AS WE MIGHT HAVE DISCUSSIONS OVER THE SUMMER AND BILL, THANK YOU.
AND I, YOU KNOW, HEARING SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS, I AGREE 100%, I THINK IT SHOULD BE FLAT ACROSS 3.5% NOW, AND THEN TO COME BACK TO US WITH THEIR ALIGNMENT.
SO WE CAN TAKE THAT AS A SEPARATE ITEM TO LOOK AT WHETHER IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 10% OR 5%, OTHERWISE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET OUR EMPLOYEES PAID.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO START PAYING THEM.
WE HAVEN'T PAID THEM SINCE PAST NOVEMBER, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO WHY AND WHY NOT.
I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE TAKE THE VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARULA IS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND I WOULD SAY WHAT THE STEPS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD SECOND, THE FIRST, THE SECOND OF WHAT I'VE SEEN, WHICH IS TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, THE FIRST WAS DURING OUR RETREAT AND SECOND OF IT.
SO WE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK THE WAY I'M APPROACHING THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, COME, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL PREPARE THIS AND BRING IT BACK TO US, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THAT ALIGNMENT TOO.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER TO FIX THAT AND KIND OF GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF IT RATHER THAN JUST DOING IT ON A ONE-SHOT TONIGHT.
COUNSEL, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT WHAT THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE THEN? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
CAN WE GET SOME HARD DATES? I KNOW YOU JUST MENTIONED THE SUMMERTIME AND THEN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, BUT I WILL LIKE HARD DATES THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL STAFF ARE BEING ACCOMMODATED AND WE'RE JUST NOT LEAVING SOME FOR THE WAYSIDE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT REALIGNMENT REALIGNMENT? I SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIED THE CURRENT.
THE CURRENT ORDINANCE INCLUDES THE ALIGNMENT FOR THE FOLKS WHO WORK 10% AND ABOVE OUT OF ALIGNMENT.
SO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU INCLUDES THAT LENGTH.
SO IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE, THEN SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION AMENDMENT, ESSENTIALLY MAKE A MOTION AND HAVE A SECOND AND A VOTE ON AMENDING THIS ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE 10% AND ABOVE ALIGNMENT.
SO YEAH, I JUST, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? LET ME, LET ME JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
SO WITH THIS ORDINANCE, THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO HAVE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT FLAT ACROSS WITH THE 10% IT'S ALREADY IN THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, WE VOTE ON IT UP OR DOWN.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU WILL, WE'RE GIVING EVERYBODY A THREE AND A HALF.
PLUS WE ALIGNING THAT 10% THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I THOUGHT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
WE'RE GIVING EVERYONE A 3% SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
AND CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE CUPBOARD.
THE SALARY STRUCTURE IS 3% MEANS THAT THE DECISION BAND METHOD THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2018, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF WILL GO UP 3% COST OF LIVING FOR EACH EMPLOYEE, BUT WE'LL HAVE A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT.
I WAS JUST READING THE ACTUAL COVER MEMO.
IT SAYS APPROVED A 3% ADJUSTMENT TO SALARY RANGES.
AND THEN THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MISALIGNED SALARIES AT 10%.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY RELATIVE TO MY COMMENT IS I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO US BEFORE, IT WAS KIND OF REALLY WANTING TO GIVE AN ALL OR NOTHING APPROACH AND, YOU KNOW, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS
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A ONE 43, WHICH IS A CIVIL SERVICE, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR NON, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY DELVE INTO.AND OF COURSE, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS DURING OUR INITIAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS PREVIOUSLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID, YOU KNOW, ANY INCREASE SOME MONTHS AGO.
AND SO WE'RE HERE NOW AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE OTHER ISSUES AS WE, AS WE NEED TO, UH, OVERTIME.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
DOES ANYONE OPPOSED TO THIS MOTION SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY PASSED IT, BUT WHAT DO WE, WHAT KIND OF TIMING DO WE HAVE ON IMPLEMENTING THE, UH, THE ACTION THAT WE APPROVED TONIGHT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE FIRST PAYCHECK IN JUNE, BUT IT WILL BE RETROACTIVE TO MARCH 28TH.
SO THEY'LL SEE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT FOR THE PRIOR PERIOD.
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
ITEM NUMBER 11, A RESOLUTIONS ITEM 11, GO AHEAD.THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TAXES, IDENTIFYING CERTAIN OFFICIALS WITH AUTHORITY TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS WITH WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ATLANTA PORTERS.
UH, ANOTHER BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, THE CITY NEEDS TO UPDATE THE AUTHORIZED SIGNERS ON FILE WITH WELLS FARGO BANKS, OUR DEPOSITORY, UH, WE NEED TO REFLECT CHANGES, INCLUDING REMOVING FORMER CITY MANAGER ODUS JONES AND UPDATING PAUL'S ATKINSON'S TITLE FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
THE BANK REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A RESOLUTION FOR THESE CHANGES AND THE BANK HAS ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE NEED TO CHANGE THE SORRY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED, UM, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER? EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION, WAS THERE AN ALTERNATE SING SIGNER ON THERE OR IS THAT NOT NECESSARY? SO W CRIED IS THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THE CITY MANAGER OR THIS ISN'T CITY MANAGER.
AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE MAYOR.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? WE HAVE A BILL AT CONSENT AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND GLEN MARTELL AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW THE PERSON, I GUESS WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE.
I THINK THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO.
SEVEN, UH, ITEM 11, B THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE CITY OF SINCERITY CITY, TEXAS, IDENTIFYING CERTAIN OFFICIALS WITH AUTHORITY TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNT.
OR IF THE COUNCIL HAS SAID THINGS FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY INSURANCE TRUST ON PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS FOR LIVING AND SO THIS IS THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS, EXCEPT IT'S FOR OUR INSURANCE TRUST.
SO WE WILL BE REMOVING FORMER CITY MANAGER OF JONES AND UPDATING CHARLES ATKINSON FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? SO I'LL MOVE.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONUS THAT COME BACK ON SOME RED CLOUDS OR, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IF THERE NO OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
NEXT, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.WE'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO-TEM MOROSE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED IN SETTING UP TO SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO MAKING SURE WE'RE WIRED
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FOR SOUND, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.UH, I LIKE TO ALSO THINK STAFF, JEREMY AND SASHA AND TEAM FOR GETTING IN FRONT OF THE FRONTIER COMMUNICATION ISSUES THAT WE HAD, UM, LET'S CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
I STILL GOT CALLS TODAY AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO FRONTIER DOING A BETTER JOB.
UH, A REMINDER THAT MAY 10TH, THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL GO INTO FULL EFFECT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIALS AND IT'S WELL OVERDUE.
THE RESIDENTS YOU'RE LISTENING AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS PLEASE, UH, TAKE HEAT AND THEN CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY.
I WANT TO WELCOME, UM, GONG CHOW THERE, A NEW RESTAURANT SLASH DRINK, UH, FACILITY AT TANK CITY.
UM, THANKS TO THE PARKS BOARD FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CAKE DECORATION COMING UP ON MOTHER'S DAY.
I'M HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO, AND THEN MISSOURI CITY.
GREEN'S GONNA REDO THEIR, UH, PAPER SHREDDING ON JUNE 5TH.
READWORKS IN PERSON TO CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK AT ALL TIMES ON IT'S STILL A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND WE STILL SHOULD BE SAFE.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO RETURN BACK IN PUBLIC ON APRIL 29TH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE A PROCLAMATION IN PERSON TO THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY DURING THEIR MODEL ON BRAND LANG MY COLLEAGUES, UM, MAYOR ALLOCATE AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN LYNN CALLED ATTENDED.
THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO, UM, DISPLAY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A PANELIST BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED ON THE CHRON GAMMA VEDA CHAPTER.
IT WAS A VIRTUAL EVENT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF FOR ME TO BE A PANELIST TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND HOW RESIDENTS CAN BE MORE ENGAGED WITHIN THE LOCAL FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I APPRECIATE THEM FOR EXTENDING THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, KRISTEN MALONE AND JAY JUDY DAY, OUR NEW FORT BEND ISD SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES FOR POSITION SIX AND TWO.
AND, UH, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.
CONTINUING THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE LEFT OFF, UM, TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IN FORT BEND IS THIS WEEK.
SO I WANT TO, UM, GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, UM, ALL OVER AND MAKE SURE YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR EVERYDAY CLASSROOM HEROES.
UM, I WAS, I HAD THE HONOR OF SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY L BONEY, UH, IN HIS DISTRICT ON THE 25TH TO SUPPORT HIM IN THE VACCINE DRIVE AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I WANT TO THANK JEFFREY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY FOR, UH, HELPING TO SPONSOR THAT EVENT.
UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD STATED, UH, WE ATTENDED THE RAMADAN IF DARK DINNER, VERY ENLIGHTENING AND, UH, ENJOYED THAT EXPERIENCE ON SATURDAY.
I ATTENDED A RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UM, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, BABOO THOMAS AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AT THE THOMAS INSURANCE AGENCY AND, UM, UH, SUPPORTED THEM YESTERDAY.
I WAS PROUD TO CO-HOST THE INAUGURAL SPRING FLING WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON RENTALS AND THE ANGELO BLACKS AND FOUNDATION.
ANGELA BLACKSON IS A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT, FORMERLY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON TEXANS, AND IS NOW WITH THE CHICAGO BEARS, HIS FOUNDATION HOSTED A FAMILY EVENT FOR FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM IN AND AROUND MISSOURI CITY AND MADE A DONATION TO HELP FOR THREE.
AND COMING UP TO SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH, THIS EVENT WAS, UM, ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND, THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT I WAS POSTPONED TO SATURDAY.
I WILL BE CALLING THE RAFFLE WINNERS AT THE ANNUAL QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN SPRING PLANTS.
THEY ALL HAPPENING FROM 10 TO THREE AT THE TEA GARDEN, 2080, 20, 80, 80, AND WE'RE KEEN TO DRIVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLOYD EMORY WILL ALSO BE THERE AND ASSORTMENT OF PLANTS WILL BE FOR SALE.
AND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION WILL HOST A KID'S FLOWER POT, DECORATION PLANNING.
UM, MY SINCERE THANKS ONCE AGAIN TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, CERTAINLY WANT TO COMMEND THEM ONCE AGAIN FOR WELL JOB WELL DONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE, UM, THE JOSHUA JOHNSON RALLY WITH A CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE FOOD DRIVE WITH THE LAKE OLYMPIA WITH, UM, OKAY.
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EMORY AND THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.UH, ALSO HAVE COMING UP IS THE, UM, UH, THE TAMBLYN TAMBLYN HAS BEEN IN OUR, OUR DISTRICT AID FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
THEY'LL BE HAVING A 50TH ANNIVERSARY WHERE THEY'LL HAVE BARBECUE, THIRD WANTING THEN, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THE COUNCIL.
IT'S GONNA BE ON MAY 12TH FROM SIX TO 10, AND, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO VISIT THE GARDEN, THE GODS AND GARDEN, WHICH IS ON 90, THEY HAD FULL VISITATION AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY DONATE IT TO THE SECOND MILE.
UH, LASTLY, UH, THE ELECTION DAY, UH, CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK ONCE AGAIN, CHERYL ORLOFF, UM, SANDRA WILLIAMS AND ALSO JACKIE TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US ON TRYING TO GET A LOCATION IN MISSOURI CITY, A CLOSE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS.
AND CERTAINLY ME, I LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT NEXT ELECTION THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY REDO BEFORE, OR EITHER LOCATIONS ALLOCATED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO OUT TO VOTE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START OFF BY WISHING ALL THE MOTHERS, UH, IN MISSOURI CITY STAFF, EVERYBODY, UH, AND MY COLLEAGUES, UH, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY IN ADVANCE.
UH, ALSO WANT TO ECHO, UH, TIM RULERS AND WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO.
UH, I WAS EXCITED TO, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH OUR INAUGURAL MEETING WITH THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT, UH, CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY COMMITTEE.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR ALICA FOR BEING PRESIDENT FOR SHARING WORDS, AS WELL AS, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON AND CITY ATTORNEY
AND OF COURSE MY COLLEAGUE, UH, WHO SERVES WITH ME ON THAT COMMITTEE, DR.
AND SO IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, PRACTICALLY GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND, UH, EXPRESS EXCITEMENT AND STAY AROUND FOR HOURS AFTERWARDS TALKING TO EACH.
SO THAT WAS A VERY, VERY EXCITING.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, THE PEOPLE AT HOUSTON BOSSES, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE PETS AND PEOPLE, PHARMACY WHO WORKED COLLABORATIVE WITH ME AS FAR AS MY SPONSORING OF A COVID-19 VACCINE EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WE WERE, UH, HAPPY TO, UM, FAX, UH, VACCINATE OR GIVE VACCINATIONS TO APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE, UH, IN THE MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE PROVIDING A SECOND DOSE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS I W ON MAY 16TH.
AND OF COURSE, ANYONE WHO DID NOT COME THE FIRST TIME, UM, AT THE LAST HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL MEETING, I WAS EXCITED TO BE SELECTED BY THE HGC BOARD CHAIR AND UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED BY MY PEERS ON THE HGC BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SERVE ON THE FOLLOWING BOARD COMMITTEES FOR 2021.
AS I CONTINUE TO REPRESENT MISSOURI CITY AS, UH, THE HPAC REPRESENTATIVE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE PLANS AND PROJECTS REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UH, AND THOSE ROLES WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BRING MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES TO MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
UH, UH, LIKE TO PASS MY, THANKS ON TO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND STAFF ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THIS, UH, THIS LAYOUT AND THIS FORMAT.
I THINK IT GAVE, UH, A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MORE SPACE, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, UH, THAN WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE UP IN THE, UH, IN THE OTHER, UH, AREA.
SO, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE TALK TO THEM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO LOOK US IN THE EYE OR WE WANT TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE, IT GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO I REALLY, REALLY THINK THAT THIS WAS, UH, A GREAT, UH, FIRST START FOR, UH, GETTING US BACK TO, UH, UH, PERSONAL, UM, UH, UM, EXCUSE ME.
YEAH, THE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH, UH, WITH OUR CITIZENS.
UH, AND, UH, FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UH, TONIGHT WE, UH, WE TOOK SOME ACTION, UH, FAR OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, UH, CITIZENS.
I ASSUME THAT FOR OUR, UM, STAFF, UM, BOTH, UH, POLICE AND FIRE AND, UH, REGULAR STAFF, UH, TO GIVE THEM, UH, SOME, UH, CELL REACTION THAT WAS LONG OVERDUE.
UM, I, UH, JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, WHAT WE DID ON APRIL 16TH, I BELIEVE WAS NOT ANY WAY INDICATIVE THAT WE WERE AGAINST, UH, ANY KIND OF A SALARY ACTION, BUT WE WERE, UH, LOOKING AT A WHOLLY
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COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FAKE PROGRAM.SO, UH, IT WASN'T TO BE TAKEN AS SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UH, UH, UH, OUR, UM, OUR FAITH AND, AND, UH, AND TRUST IN THE, UH, IN OUR, UH, UH, STAFF, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE THIS, UH, THIS CITY RUN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST UP HERE AS FIGUREHEADS AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I THINK WE DID WELL TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, RICK, UM, HAVE A FEW ITEMS. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR POLICEMEN AND OUR BAR.
WHO'S BEEN HERE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NIGHT.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF US TALKED ABOUT GETTING THIS FIRST IN, IN PERSON MEETING TOGETHER, BUT AS I KNOW, I WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY ON THE, UH, WITH, WITH THE CITY, WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH MARIA.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE SPENT COUNTLESS OF HOURS IN THIS ROOM TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE AUDIO, THE VIDEO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S SO A HUGE KUDOS TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, AND THEN THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT'S IN THE BACK, UM, AND THEN PARKS DEPARTMENT, JASON, AND YOUR TEAM, AND THEN IT, AND WE OFTEN FORGET YOU GUYS, BUT, UH, WE SINCERELY THANK YOU.
I MEAN, IT WENT WITHOUT A FLOSS.
UM, IT WAS JUST GREAT, GREG GREAT WORK.
I MEAN, I MEAN, AS I THINK I CAME BY TODAY TO SIGN SOMETHING, AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WAS IN HERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ROOM WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT READY TO GO.
AND WE, WE, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, WE THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO I'D LIKE TO ALSO THINK THAT DID A WONDERFUL JOB DOING OUR ZOOM MEETING THE LAST YEAR HE DID AN AT NOMINAL JACK.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, SO I'M NOT GOING UP SO INTO IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2009, WHEN I CAME ON TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, I WATCHED SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WORK PRETTY HARD AND COME THROUGH THE RANKINGS.
AND EVEN WHEN I LEFT CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2015, I'VE STILL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ACROSS FOR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH MY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, GETTING PERMITS AND PLANS.
SO IT IS, IT IS GRATEFUL FOR ME TO SEE SOMEONE SUCH AS JENNIFER, THOMAS GOMEZ MOVING INTO THAT POSITION.
SO THAT SHOWS WHAT THIS, UH, THIS CITY'S ABOUT.
WE APPRECIATE OUR STAFF, WE, UM, PUT THEM FIRST.
UM, AND ANY OF YOU THAT WORKING HERE AND LOOK FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE, I THINK MISSOURI CITY LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY THE ADMIN TEAM AND HR AND OTHERS LOOK TO AS AN EXAMPLE OF JENNIFER.
SO IT WAS JUST EXCITING TO SEE THIS COUNCIL DO THIS.
AND LASTLY, TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE, NO COUNCIL MEMBER MONI TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING WAS SUPPOSED TO COME WITH US TO THE FDR MAN RAMADAN, BUT SHE GOT STUCK ON, SORRY.
UM, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER AT EDWARDS, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEM.
BUT I KNOW THAT COMMITTEE IS GOING REALLY GOOD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, AND THEN FINISH IT OFF WITH, BY SAYING THE PAY INCREASE, AS I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I MEAN, I THINK REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENS? I THINK WE, AS A CITY COUNCIL, AS CITY, WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
I'M EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS THREE AND A HALF PERCENT PASS WITH THE 10%, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AS WE ARE WORKING MORE WORKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THE STEPS PROGRAM AND TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS THROUGH, UM, SO EDUCATE US MARTIN RUSSELL AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN, UH, FIGURE THINGS OUT.
SO THIS WAY IT TAKES TIME, IT TAKES TIME TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
AND WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU SAW THE MEETING TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL WAS ON SPOT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW W WE SAT HERE FOR THIS MANY HOURS WITH THE MASK ON, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HAD THE RIGHT QUESTION.
EVERYBODY WAS ENERGIZED AND JUST READY TO GO.
CAN I, UM, WE DIDN'T MENTION THAT IT'S PUBLIC RECOGNITION WEEK PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION.
WE CAN SEE EACH OF YOU GUYS WHO ALL WORK IN THE CITY ARE ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS AND NOT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
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THE CITY IS OPERATING IN THIS FUNCTION AND THAT WE ARE A GREAT CITY TO LIVE AND WORK IN.I DON'T REMEMBER 13, ANY JOINS.
I THINK BEFORE WE GO TO 13, I WANT TO RECESS AND GO BACK TO A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE, WE STILL HAVE A, UM, I STILL HAVE A PERSON HERE.
SO IS THAT THE RIGHT APPROACH FOR ME TO TAKE THEM? YOU MAY ADJOURN THIS REGULAR SESSION MEETING AND THEN GO BACK AND RECONVENE OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS, PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.