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MEETING TO ORDER IT'S 7:03 PM.AS STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTS.
GOOD ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN STATING THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
NEXT TO IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS THREE, A RECOGNIZE PASTOR GORDON JONES FOR HIS SERVICE TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.YEAH, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE PASTOR GORDON S JONES IN SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AS A PASTOR.
AND WHEREAS PASTOR JONES WAS A SENIOR PASTOR OF THE FONDREN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
AND WHEREAS HE'S A GRADUATE OF THE MISERY CITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND, AND HAS SERVED AS THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER.
AND HE WAS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE FORT BEND PASTOR ASSOCIATION, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
AND WHEREAS PASTOR JONES WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THE FORT BEND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RIDE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
AND WHEREAS PASTOR JONES HAS PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL SPIRITUAL CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
NOW, THEREFORE I, ROBIN ALIKA MAYOR OF FINSBURY CITY, TEXAS, ALONG WITH MY COUNCIL MEMBERS DO HERE BY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE LEADERSHIP AND MANY PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PASTOR GORDON S JONES AND WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK IN HIS NEW MINISTRY ASSIGNMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR TO THE MAYOR, MISSOURI CITY, SHOW ME CITY TO THE COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN RECEIVE THIS WITH GREAT HONOR.
AND WE'LL TAKE THIS WITH ME AS A SYMBOL TO SHOW OTHERS WHAT THEY SHOW ME CITY CAN DO WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WAS A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR FOR US, BUT WE CAN SAVE MISSOURI CITY CAME TOGETHER AND SHOW THAT WE CAN BE RESILIENT, AMIDST PANDEMIC, AND OTHER POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES GAVE ME SOME MAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M HUMBLED AND HONORED FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED TO THE RIVERSIDE CHAPEL, CYNTHIA AND HIS CHURCH IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
AS CITY COUNCIL TO COME DOWN FOR A GROUP PICTURE WITH JONES.
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ITEM THREE B UH, HAVE PROCLAMATION BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.GOOD EVENING IS CHLOE JOYNER HERE TODAY? LITTLE CHLOE JOINER.
COME ON, CHLOE Y'ALL TODAY, MOM AND GRANDMA Y'ALL CAN COME UP AND JOIN HER.
TODAY IS JUNE 7TH AND IT IS CHLOE JOINER DAY IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO I ASKED YOUR GRANDMA TO DESCRIBE YOU IN FIVE WORDS, SHE SAID, YOU ARE COMPASSIONATE.
YOU ARE HUMBLE, YOU'RE SENSITIVE, YOU'RE CREATIVE AND YOU'RE WITTY.
DOES THAT DESCRIBE YOU? YOU THINK SO? SO, UM, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR YOU.
YOU'RE NOW IN FOURTH GRADE, YOU'RE AN HONOR ROLL STUDENT AT PALMER ELEMENTARY.
WHEN YOU GROW UP, DO YOU WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS AND A FILM DIRECTOR? YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH, AND YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH TO PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF THE HOMETOWN HERO AWARD AND RECOGNIZED AS A SUPER HEROIC LEAGUE OF HEROES.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT.
PARDON ME? AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BEHIND ME AND THE MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL.
AND THIS PROCLAMATION READS CHLOE JOYNER HAS MADE A BIG IMPRESSION ON HER COMMUNITY, THROUGH SERVICE, SHOWING THAT ANY ACT OF KINDNESS, SMALL OR LARGE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND WHEREAS CHLOE'S PROJECT A BOOK AND A SMILE HAS DONATED MORE THAN 6,000 BOOKS TO GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS GREATER HOUSTON OF MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE.
CHLOE WITH A PASSION FOR SERVING HER COMMUNITY HAS INVESTED COUNTLESS HOURS AT THE AGE OF EIGHT CHLOE'S GOAL IS TO GIVE 1 MILLION BOOKS TO 1 MILLION CHILDREN EVERYWHERE SHE'S DONATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS, TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, STAR OF HOPE, FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER, CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPELCHIN CHILDREN'S CENTER, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PALMER ELEMENTARY NAVARRO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HAS HOSTED NUMEROUS BOOK DRIVES AT HER HOME IN MISSOURI CITY AND HER SCHOOL PALMER ELEMENTARY.
AND I KNOW THE LIST IS GOING TO GROW CHLOE.
NOW, THEREFORE THAT I LYNN CLOUSER COUNCIL MEMBER ON BEHALF OF ROBIN ELLICOTT, THE MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TODAY, JUNE SEVEN, 2021 AS CHLOE JOIN OR DAY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY WOULD Y'ALL STAND ON YOUR FEET.
AND I KNOW YOUR MOM AND YOUR GRANDMA ARE SO PROUD OF YOU KEEP DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
KEEP PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHERS AND SHOWING US HOW IT'S DONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEING, I WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MAKE IS, UM, MAIN CLOUDS AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MY FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING ME DOING THIS.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, MY GRANDMOTHER FOR HELPING ME OUT, TAKE A PICTURE.
I WOULD LIKE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME.
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IS A BIG DEAL.UM, IT WOULD BE FOR NATIONAL ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION DAY.
SO I HAVE, UM, MAYOR PRO-TEM ANTHONY MEROLA AND I THINK WE HAVE TWO GUESTS HERE TO RECEIVE THIS AARON AND OKAY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE PLEASE, THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TOP THAT, BUT LET'S TRY.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
WHEREAS NATIONAL ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION IS AN ANNUAL INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS WORLDWIDE TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE ELDERLY ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION, AND OFTEN UNDER IDENTIFIED.
AND UNDER-REPORTED ELDER ABUSE AS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT CROSSES ALL SOCIAL ECONOMIC LINES.
AND IT'S AN AFFRONT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS ELDERLY ABUSE IS ONE OF THE MOST LEAST INVESTIGATED TYPES OF VIOLENCES AND DOES NOT GET ADDRESSED IN NATIONAL ACTION PLANS AS FREQUENTLY AS OTHER SOCIAL KEY SOCIAL ISSUES.
AND AFTER A TIMELINE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR COMMUNITIES IN OUR WORLD, OLDER AMERICANS DESERVE TO LIVE FREE FROM HARM AND ABUSE.
WE MUST LIFT OUR SENIORS BY ADVANCING POLICIES OF INCLUSION, COMBATING AGEISM, WHEREAS WHEREVER IT IS EXISTS NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR PRO TEM OR RUELAS ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
I DO HEREBY DECLARE JANUARY, JUNE 15TH, 2021 AS NATIONAL ELDERLY ABUSE PREVENTION DAY AND EVENING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND AS CHRISTINA WRECKED, I'M A PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR WITH ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
AND I MENTIONED THIS TO PROTECT THE OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, FROM ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION, AND PUT BY IT SERVICES AND ARRANGE SERVICES TO BENNETT TO PREVENT FURTHER MALTREATMENT.
TODAY, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF HERE TODAY, A COMMUNITY FAITH BASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STAFF HERE TODAY, AND THEY WANT TO PRESENT SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN FOR ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS.
I'M THE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM FOR REGION SIX, WHICH COVERS, UH, FOR BEING COUNTY AS WELL AS THE OTHER 12 COUNTIES THAT I COVER.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE ONE OF MY FAITH-BASED ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.
MY NAME IS PATRICK GRANT AND I'M A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
UM, LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID IN THE PROCLAMATION,
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ELDER ABUSE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDER REPORTED INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES AS A COMMUNITY IS SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION, AND IT IS UBIQUITOUS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS THAT YOU CAN SPREAD AWARENESS IS TO UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, IT'S INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.
EVERY TIME WE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE GET AN INQUIRY FROM OUR FAITH-BASED PARTNERS AND FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THEY CAN TAKE ACTION TO COMBAT ELDER ABUSE.
WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL KITS THAT YOU CAN USE THE TEMPLATE TO SPREAD AWARENESS.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RACK YOUR BRAIN TO COME UP WITH A TWEET AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE EVENTS COMING UP AND WE COULD USE YOUR INFLUENCE.
UH, THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 13TH IS A PURPLE SUNDAY.
WHAT PURPLE SUNDAY IS, IS THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE OUR FAITH BASED MEMBERS TO UNITE ACROSS MISSOURI CITY IN PRAYER, TO PRAY FOR, UH, ADULTS OVER 65 AND OUR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE FEELING SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE HOPE THAT THOSE PRAYERS WILL LEAD TO CALL TO ACTIONS BECAUSE OUR NEXT BIGGEST DAY IS GOING TO BE JUNE 15TH, WHICH IS WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY.
AND MY COLLEAGUE, ERIN MAHAFFEY IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
AND FOR ALLOWING US TO PASS MIKE AROUND A LITTLE BIT, JUNE 15TH WORLD ELDER ABUSE DAY, THAT, UM, IS A DAY YOU WILL FIND US WEARING PURPLE, SEE US IN OUR PURPLE.
UM, THAT IS FOR ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK US WHY WE'RE WEARING PURPLE, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO THAT IS A VERY, VERY EASY WAY THAT ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS DAY FOR OUR STAFF.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DAY OF SERVICE.
UM, OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP IS BY POSTING THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
IF THERE ARE ANY LIGHTS ON BUILDINGS, WE CAN TURN THEM PURPLE.
IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, PLEASE TAKE PICTURES, PLEASE SHARE WITH US.
UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS DAY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE LOVE GIVING PRESENTATIONS, UM, BEING WITH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT ON AWARENESS, UM, DIFFERENT SERVICES WE PROVIDE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US THAT IS IN VR BIG DAY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP PARTICIPATE, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH US.
AND HE WORKS WITH AARON AND TEAM.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND LET'S ALL PARTICIPATE IN.
FOR ITEM THREE, THE I'M GOING TO HAVE CON COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY COME UP.
IT'S GOING TO BE, AND ALSO OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SMITH.
HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL THIS EVENING, UH, AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH IS COMING UP.
UH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT A VERY, VERY SACRED DAY IN, UH, UNITED STATES HISTORY AND IN THE WORLD CALLED JUNE TEETH.
UH, IT WAS CAUSED THE DAY THAT, UH, AFRICAN AMERICANS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH FOUND OUT, UH, THAT THEY WERE A MASSIVE FADED FROM BEING ENSLAVED AS, UH, AFRICAN PEOPLE.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, MISSOURI CITY, JUNE TEEN FOUNDATION, UH, THAT WAS FOUNDED IN, IS LED BY OF, UH, MR. DON SMITH, WHO CONTINUES TO BRING THIS FORTH IN OUR GREAT CITY YEAR AFTER YEAR, UH, TO PUT FORTH ACTIVITIES, A MAJOR PARADE, AND A, A BUNCH OF OTHER, UH, UH, MAJOR CONCERT AND OTHER THINGS, BUT TO BRING AWARENESS TO EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR RACE CREED, UH, THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND SACRED DAY AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER, EVER, EVER BE FORGOTTEN.
AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ALONG WITH, UH, MR. SMITH AND SEVERAL OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE, UH, THE FREEDOM TREE PARK.
UH, THAT IS THE TREE IN MISSOURI CITY
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WHERE, UH, THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS, THIS CITY, UH, THAT WERE FORMERLY ENSLAVED FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN A MASSIVE PAINTED AS A PEOPLE.AND SO WE FELT LIKE JUST HA IT'S JUST HAVING THAT TREE.
WE NEEDED TO PUT RESOURCES AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND OTHER CITIZENS ACROSS THE MISSOURI CITY AREA, UH, TO, TO, UH, FREQUENT AND COME TOGETHER, HAVE PICNICS AND WHATNOT, BUT ALSO AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THINGS THERE THAT WILL EDUCATE, EQUIP, AND EMPOWER EVERYONE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF, UH, THE FORMERLY ENSLAVED INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BECOME AND CONTINUE TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, NOT ONLY IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT IN FORT BEND COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS JUNE 10TH IS THE NAME GIVEN TO EMANCIPATION DAY BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN TEXAS, ON JUNE 19TH, 1865 UNION MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER READ GENERAL ORDERS, NUMBER THREE, TO THE PEOPLE OF GALVESTON.
AND WHEREAS THE TIDINGS OF FREEDOM REACHED THE APPROXIMATELY 250,000, UH, SLAVES IN TEXAS, GRADUALLY AS INDIVIDUAL PLANTATION OWNERS INFORMED THEIR SLAVES OVER THE MONTHS, FOLLOWING THE END OF WAR, THE NEWS ELICITED AN ARRAY OF PERSONAL CELEBRATIONS.
AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH TODAY CELEBRATES AFRICAN-AMERICAN FREEDOM AND ACHIEVEMENT WHILE ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND RESPECT FOR ALL CULTURES, AS IT TAKES ON A MORE NATIONAL SYMBOLIC AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, THE EVENTS OF 1865 IN TEXAS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
NOW THERE FOR JEFFREY L BONEY ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, ROBIN J ALLAH CAT, AND ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE, IS THERE A CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TO ALL CITIZENS, JUNE 15TH THROUGH THE 19TH, 2021 AS JUNE 10TH WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF FORT BEND AND HARRIS COUNTY TO JOIN IN OR ALL THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO DISPEL A RUMOR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I STARTED, BUT I WAS NOT GREED IN GENERAL AND GRANGER IN 1865.
WHEN HE CAME ON THE FIELD WITH COWS, I CAME A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I LIKE TO THINK OF HIM AS SOMEONE VAUGHN IN THE MIRROR AND I, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE ON THE DIOCESE, WE ARE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE AND GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS OUR 18TH YEAR.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE FEEL THAT WE ARE PROBABLY, WE WANT TO TAKE ON A SHIP OVER THERE.
ANYWAY, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE FIVE DAYS.
WE HAVE FIVE DAYS OF CELEBRATION STARTING OFF WITH A KICKOFF RECEPTION, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD GALA, WHERE WE GIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR RELATIVES ARE, THESE ARE DESERVING STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXCEL AND OVER THE 18 YEARS THAT MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION HAS GIVEN OVER $200,000 TO FOLKS IN AND AROUND THIS AREA HERE.
AND WE SO PROUD OF THAT, BUT WE DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S ENOUGH.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THIS AFTER THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD GALA, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY A NIGHT OUT.
WE HAVE A MOVE IN THE PARK IS OPEN HUNTERS, LYNN PARK.
AND I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, MISSOURI CITY, AND ALSO THE DISTRICT FORT BEND DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BRIAN MILTON.
WE WILL HAVE A STAGE WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND A BUNCH OF KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO BE BUSED INTO THAT PARK, WHO, UM, DISTRICT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UM, MILTON HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO KEEP THESE KIDS OUT OF THE SYSTEM, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.
AND THEN ON, UM, ON SARAH IS WHEN EVERYTHING BREAKS LOOSE AT 7:00 PM, WE'LL HAVE THE PARADE AND IT ENDS AT THE, UH, COMMUNITY SERVER AT, UH, HUNTER'S GLEN PARK IN THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A CONCERT IN THE PARK, IT'LL START ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK AND THEN AT ABOUT A LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, BUT WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO HELPED ME GET US STARTED.
IT'S ONE OF THEM ON THE COUNCIL AND THOSE WHO LATER CAME ON BOARD.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, THAT YOU WILL FIND A WAY TO, UH, TO GET INVOLVED.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE A FOCAL POINT, UH, IN THIS CELEBRATION.
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CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR A GROUP PICTURE.CAN YOU COME UP ALSO, PLEASE? SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 11, EIGHT STRATEGIC PLANS.
MAY WE HAVE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE ON ITEM FIVE A IF WE COULD, UM, TAKE THAT MATTER UP PERHAPS BEFORE THE 11, 11.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FOR ITEM 11 AND 11, C 11 C.
SO THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NO MOTION DO PASS THE, SO WE'LL TAKE ITEM
[5. STAFF REPORTS (Part 1 of 2)]
FIVE, A THANK YOU.THE 87TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ENDED ON MAY 31ST OF THIS YEAR, 3,770 BILLS WERE APPROVED BY BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE OUT OF THE 9,966 BILLS THAT WERE FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR STRATEGIC GOAL OF CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
MISSOURI CITY WAS INVOLVED IN TWO SIGNIFICANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO GROUP HOMES AND TOURISM.
THOSE BILLS WERE LED AND SHEPHERDED BY REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, WHO IS HERE TONIGHT TO UPDATE YOU ON, UH, HIS LEGISLATIVE WORK FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
ALONG WITH LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT, KAREN CANARD, THESE HARDWORKING REPRESENTATIVES WERE SUPPORTED BY CITY TEAM MEMBERS, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFFREY BONEY POLICE, CHIEF MIKE BARISAN POLICE, SERGEANT JUSTIN HEARD, AND DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, WHO PROVIDED TESTIMONY DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO THE REPRESENTATIVE.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE SHOW ME SOMETHING.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO HAVE SUCH GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS HERE.
YOU ALL ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF CITIES IN TEXAS, BUT I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT MISSOURI CITY IS AMONG THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT, UM, AS AEGIS WAS JUST SAYING THAT THERE WERE ALMOST 10,000 BILLS PASSED, THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SESSION TO GET BILLS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
UH, AND I'M VERY PROUD THROUGH THE GREAT WORK.
I'M GLAD THAT SHE MENTIONED MS. GOMEZ CAUSE UM, SHE CAME TO TESTIFY WITH THE LAST BILL I FILED AND I WANNA JUST THANK, UH, OUR OWN POLICE, CHIEF MIKE BERENSON, WHO I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BEST POLICE CHIEF IN THE, IN THE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, WE REALLY DO, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFFREY BONEY.
THEY ALL CAME DOWN TO AUSTIN TO TESTIFY AND THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT PEACE.
AND GETTING THESE BILLS PASSED, UH, MISSOURI CITY, YOU ALL GAVE ME TWO CHARGES THAT SESSION, IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE, UH, THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, DO ANY UNFUNDED MANDATES OR, UH, TAKE AWAY LOCAL CONTROL.
AND YOU ALL KNOW WE DID HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WITH
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THAT, BUT I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT THE TWO TOP PRIORITIES THAT YOU GAVE ME, WE DID PASS THOSE THIS SESSION.AND I WANT TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THOSE TWO BILLS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS HOUSE BILL ONE 49.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION TO REVIEW ALL EXISTING LAWS RELATED TO GROUPS, HOMES, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.
HOUSE BILL ONE 49 PASSED THE LOCAL AND CONSENT CALENDAR ON APRIL 16 AND WAS SENT TO THE SENATE.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I DON'T KNOW, YOU ALL SAW IT, BUT THERE WAS A REAL, UH, CHAOS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THIS SESSION.
AND IT WAS A LITTLE DELAYED GETTING THAT BILL REFERRED.
UH, AND IT DIDN'T GET A HEARING UNTIL MAY THE 19TH SENATOR LAURA'S COLT COURSE WHO REPRESENTS A PIECE OF FORT BEND COUNTY.
SHE SERVED AS THE SENATE SPONSOR AND PASS IT OUT OF HER COMMITTEE.
UH, THIS BILL DIDN'T GET PASSED OUT OF THE FULL SENATE BECAUSE OF THE DEADLINE, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE SO DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE SURE AT THIS BILL DID NOT DIE.
UM, WE WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO AMEND HOUSE BILL ONE 49 ONTO SENATE BILL 500 AS SENATOR BORES MILES HAD ON MAY THE 27TH AND AS AN AMENDMENT.
AND THANK GOD THAT WE, UH, GOT THAT BILL PASSED.
AND CURRENTLY THIS BILL IS SITTING ON GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S DESK.
IT WAS SITTING THERE ON JUNE THE FIRST, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO SIGN IT RN, YOU KNOW, HE HAS UNTIL JUNE 20TH, UH, TO VETO IT.
UM, AND IF HE DOESN'T DO, IF HE DOESN'T YEAH, VETO IT, THEN IT WILL BECOME LAW.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SO MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH GROUP HOMES IN THE CITY.
UH, AND WE'VE HAD MANY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS COMPLAINT TO YOU ALL AND YOUR HANDS WERE TIED.
SO WE NEED TO OFFER YOU RELIEF AT THE STATE LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO REGULATE GROUP HOMES, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN ONE OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES AND HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS BILL IS PASSED AND WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE STUDY, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY AND CREATE THE LEGISLATION SO THAT THE CITY WE'LL HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, UH, TO RECOLLATE THOSE GROUP HOMES.
THE OTHER ONES, PEACE IS A GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE NEED TO DO MORE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES YOU NEED MORE INCENTIVES AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT, UH, HOUSE BILL 26 90, WHICH IS THE HOTEL HOT TAX BILL, UH, WE FILED THAT BILL ON APRIL 12TH.
UH, AND THIS BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE MISSOURI CITY TO HOTEL TAX REVENUE FOR HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER AND OTHER QUALIFIED PROJECTS.
IT WOULD AUTHORIZE MISSOURI CITY TO UTILIZE THEIR TAX REVENUE FROM RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT ON OTHER QUALIFIED PROJECTS, ALLOWING FOR THE CREATION OF A HOTEL ZONE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE COLLECTION OF ALL STATE REVENUE WITHIN ONE YEAR THOUSAND FEET OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AND SO THIS BILL, UH, ALMOST WELL, IT WAS ALMOST DEAD.
AND I WANT TO THANK KAREN CANNARD, WHO IS HERE, WHO YOU ALL, I MEAN, I MAY BE A LITTLE BIT BIASED BECAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH HER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE MISSOURI CITY, UH, HAS HIRED ONE OF THE BEST CONSULTANTS, UH, YOU KNOW, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS LOBBYISTS, WHICH HAS A BAD NAME, BUT SHE IS, IT'S A GREAT ASSET TO MISSOURI CITY.
SHE FOUND ANOTHER VEHICLE COOL AND WORKED VERY HARD AND DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, TWO, UH, MEN, UH, HOUSEMATE 26 90 ON TWO HOUSE BILL 41 OH THREE.
AND THIS BILL PASSED AND IS NOW SITTING ON GOVERNOR ATMOS DESK AS WELL.
AND SO THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THIS WILL ALLOW YOU THE ROOM REVENUE TO CREATE, UM, A, A GREAT PROJECTS.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MALONEY AND THE MAYOR, AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO CREATE MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY.
UH, AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, UH,
THIS IS THAT VEHICLE RIGHT HERE.
UH, THIS WAS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ADVERSITY BECAUSE WHEN WE ENTERED THIS SESSION, UH, AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COVID REVENUES WERE DOWN IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIONS AND, AND THE, UH, CONTROLLER GLENN HAGER, I HAD A FORECAST THAT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.
SO ANYTHING WITH A FIST? NO, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH BAD.
AND THIS BILL HAD A VERY HALF FISCAL NOTE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND KAREN CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
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MUCH DEAD.I'M VERY BLESSED BECAUSE OF OUR HARD WORK AND THE GREAT CITY THAT WE REPRESENT.
WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WORK WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THIS BILL AMENDED SO THAT I'M VERY PLEASED, UH, LESS GOVERNOR ABBOTT VETOES.
THIS BILL, UH, MISSOURI CITY WILL BE IN A GREAT POSITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD.
SO, UH, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY, A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, WE WILL BE GOING BACK FOR A SPECIAL SESSION, UH, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THEN, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BE THE BEST CITY TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
AND I KNOW, UM, KAREN IS HERE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE UP MORE TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU.
ALL OF YOU WERE VERY ENGAGED, UH, AND IT REALLY TAKES A TEAM.
UH, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE GET CREDIT WHEN THEY PASS SOMETHING, BUT IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT REALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THE CONSTITUENTS, THE STAKEHOLDERS, THAT CALL, UH, WHEN THESE BILLS WERE STALLED, WE DID ACTION ALERTS AND, AND ASK PEOPLE TO CALL THE SENATORS, TO ASK THEM TO BRING THIS BILL FORWARD.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.
AND I TELL YOU, I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR MY STAFF, UH, THE COUNCIL, UM, THE, THIS, THAT MISSOURI CITY STAFF AND KAREN ARE CERTAINLY ALL DESERVING OF THE CREDIT.
SO, UH, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I'LL YIELD TO KAREN CONNOR, WELL, UM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU.
UM, I DO RECALL, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU TOOK YOUR TIME TO MEET WITH MYSELF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS SESSION, BUT ALSO KAREN, KAREN, I HOPE YOU CAN COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD, UM, AND ALSO LIKE BEARS AND OUR POLICE CHIEF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY COMING OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW I COULDN'T MAKE IT OUT THERE THAT DAY.
UM, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
WELL, MAYOR YOU SET THE TONE EARLY ON BEFORE THE SESSION, WHEN WE HAD THE PLANNING MEETING, YOU TASKED KAREN AND I, YOU CRACKED THE WHIP.
YOU SAID, GUYS, YOU ONLY HAVE TO ASK THIS SESSION, PASS GROUP, YOU GET SOMETHING WITH GROUP HOMES AND GET ME AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOO.
SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND MEETING YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
I'M SO PROUD OF OUR, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE IN THE SHELBY CITY.
UH, OFTENTIMES YOU GUYS DON'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT, YOU GET CRITICISM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY AND I'M SO HONORED THAT EACH OF YOU ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS SERVING OUR CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THANK YOU, REPRESENTED RENTALS BEFORE YOU STEP AWAY.
ARE THERE ANY ACTION ITEMS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO, TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THESE BILLS OR, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'LL LET KAREN TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, BUT I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD ON THESE BILLS.
I THINK THESE BILLS ARE, UH, THEY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
THE ONLY REAL CONCERN THAT I WOULD SAY IS, IS THERE IS A HIGH FISCAL NOTE ON THE HOT TAX BILL, A VERY, VERY HIGH FISCAL NOTE, BUT IT IS A GREAT RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE STATE SPENDS IT'S GOING TO REAP EXPONENTIALLY, UH, IN, IN TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE.
I THINK GOVERNOR ABBOTT WOULD BE WISE, UH, TO SIGN THIS BILL.
UH, AND I KNOW KAREN CAN ADD ADDITIONAL INSIGHT, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF APPROPRIATIONS, THAT, THAT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE IT ON HIS BILL.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE GOVERNOR REALLY WANTS TO, UH, UH, VITO HIS BILL.
UH, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THIS WAS ON TO THE BILL THAT HE FILED, BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S ALREADY VETOED, HE'S ALREADY THREATENED TO VETO, UH, OUR STATE LEGISLATORS PAY.
SO HE MAY NOT BE TOO HAPPY WITH US RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK PREMATURELY, BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A GOOD, A GOOD INVESTMENT, UH, NOT ONLY FOR MISSOURI CITY, BUT THERE WERE OTHER CITIES, UH, THAT WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE AMENDMENTS FILED AS WELL.
AND, UH, KAREN, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD THAT, BUT, UH, UH, JEFF, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND, UH, LET, LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT, UH, KAREN HAS TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT SHE MAY WANT TO RECOMMEND STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE STOOD FIRM AND YOU HAVE DONE A HUMAN JOB REPRESENTING THE HOST.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
YOU ALL INSPIRE ME TO DO MORE.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KAREN KENNEDY.
REPRESENTATIVE RENTALS, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M KAREN KANARI WITH THE GREENBERG TRAURIG LAW FIRM.
UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN TODAY, JUST TO BRIEFLY,
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UH, SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE END OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, DRAFTED A LETTER THAT WE DID PRESENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ALREADY RELATED TO HOUSE BILL ONE 49, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PART OF SENATE BILL 500.WE HAVE ALSO, WHEN I SAY WE, YOU GUYS SEE ME AS THE FACE OF REWORK CHART, BUT WE HAVE A TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAVE ALL, ALL ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ABOUT THOSE TWO BILLS TO, TO LET THEM KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHY, UH, THE GOVERNOR SHOULD SIGN THEM.
UH, SO WE DID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SESSION WAS OVER LAST MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY MORNING, WE WERE REACHING OUT FOR YOU AS A CLIENT AND THE REST OF OUR CLIENTS.
I THINK WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT YOU DO WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, BUT, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIT AND SEE, UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED SOME BILLS ALREADY.
UH, I WAS JUST ASKED TO GIVE A REALLY BRIEF OVERVIEW.
I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGER ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A LOT OF IT IS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE PERMITLESS CARRY BILL, UH, THAT PARTICULAR BILL HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
I'M SURE CHIEF BARISAN AND HIS OFFICERS ARE ALREADY GETTING, UH, FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION, WHICH NOW ALLOWS FOLKS TO CARRY A WEAPONS WITHOUT HAVING A PERMIT, UH, UH, TO, TO CARRY.
UM, AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE, THEY'RE ALSO QUITE A FEW, UM, BILLS RELATED TO RESTRICTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY.
PROBABLY SOME OF THE BIGGEST ONES RELATE TO YOUR AUTHORITY TO HAVE REGULATIONS RELATED TO HOW YOU DEAL WITH HOMELESS CAMP.
UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY REGULATED BY THE STATE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO QUITE A FEW BILLS.
UH, LIKE EACH JOYCE SAID, UM, LAST MONDAY TILL TODAY, ACTUALLY UNTIL LAST NIGHT, OUR TEAM, WE WERE STILL REVIEWING AND, UM, UH, I GUESS, UH, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT HAD PASSED, BECAUSE RIGHT THERE AT THE END OF THE SESSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONGESTION WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD THOUGHT WE HAD KIND OF TAMPED DOWN.
THEY GOT PUT ON TO BILLS THAT REMOVING WE DID THAT ON THE OFFENSIVE FOR YOU, BUT OTHER FOLKS DID THAT IN SOME WAYS THAT WEREN'T SO GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS LIKE, UM, THINGS RELATED TO, IF YOU HAVE ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEND THOSE TO THE CONTROLLERS OFF.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEND SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
IF YOU DON'T SEND IT IN THE FORM THAT THE LEGISLATORS OR CIVIL PENALTIES FOR BILLS LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE'S CIVIL PENALTIES FOR THAT, UH, ALSO IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ARENA, THERE WERE SOME GOOD THINGS.
THERE'S SOME PROVISIONS THAT NOW ALLOW YOUR CHIEF AND ANYBODY HIRING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO GET MORE INFORMATION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO THEY'RE HIRING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A CIVIL SERVICE CITY.
THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION IN WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE G FILE, THE CONFIDENTIAL FILE.
NOW, IF YOU'RE HIRING FOLKS THAT THERE'S SOME RULES THAT THE, UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HAVE, THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION SO THAT IF THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE A STELLAR RECORD IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT BEFORE MAYBE YOU BRING THEM INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH MY, I THINK I HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS WE STARTED TO, UH, GET, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE REPORT MAYBE DONE SOMETIME TOMORROW.
I THINK TML HAS SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THEIRS FRIDAY.
I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DO A MORE INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH YOU GUYS AS WE GO THROUGH WHAT'S OUT THERE.
I WILL SAY THAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 1991.
MY FIRST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS AS A YOUNG LAWYER WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN 1991.
AND THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT SESSION I'VE EVER HAD REPRESENTING CITIES.
UH, THAT'S BEEN, I THINK MAYBE VALIDATED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND WHEN I SAY DIFFICULT, UH, KIND OF THE, UM, THE NUMBER OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD LIMIT YOUR AUTHORITY, AND I GUESS REALLY HAS BROUGHT YOU UNDER SOME REALLY TIGHT REGULATIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO THIS SESSION WAS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT WITH A REPRESENTATIVE RENTALS, YOUR ENTIRE DELEGATION IN THIS, IN THIS REGION HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
SO BEFORE I LEAVE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS THAT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO REACH OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF, OF THE FORT BEND DELEGATION ALSO TO SENATOR KULKARNI WHO JUST REPRESENT, HE DOESN'T REPRESENT THE CITY, BUT REPRESENTS A SMALL PART BECAUSE THEY REALLY WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND EVERYTHING THAT ME AND MY TEAM DID ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
SO, UH, THEY'RE PROBABLY BACK IN OUR DISTRICT NOW, PROBABLY LIKE MAY TRYING
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TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF SLEEP, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST PICK UP THE PHONE OR IF YOU'RE SEEING THEM OR BITE THEM TO SOME OF THE EVENTS YOU'RE HAVING, JUST TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THEIR WORK FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DID YEOMAN'S WORK AND TRYING TO HELP, UH, THE CITY LEGISLATORS.THANK YOU, STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
[11. RESOLUTIONS (Part 1 of 2)]
OKAY.WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM 11, A EVOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING AN UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND TO MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERE TOO.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON DILIGENTLY.
UH, WE MET ON MARCH 19TH AND 20TH AS A, AS A, UH, A, A TIME FOR YOU TO BE TOGETHER IN A RETREAT WITH A FACILITATOR, JASON GRAY, TO UNDERTAKE THE REVIEW.
NOW DIGGING INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AS YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT TAKE TOGETHER ALL OUR DIFFERENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON COURSE.
AND THEY SAID THEY LIKED THE PATH FOR US AS FAR AS ALL THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE THROUGHOUT THE, UH, THE TIMEFRAME IN WHICH IT'S IDENTIFIED FOR.
UM, MR. GRAY PROVIDED THE CITY WITH 2021 STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
AND AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY UPDATED LAST 2014 WITH AS A MAJOR UPDATE.
AND, UH, WITH THIS PROCESS, WE, UM, WE ARE MEETING THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, MAINTAIN FINANCIAL SOUND CITY, GROWING BUSINESS, INVESTMENT, MISSOURI CITY, DEVELOPING HIGH PERFORMING TEAM AND HAVING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUILD OUT AGAIN TONIGHT, MR. GRAY WILL BE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT INFORMATION THAT SHE HAD BEEN LOOKING AT IN THE PAST TWO MEETINGS.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT WE WERE HOPING TONIGHT THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO, BY RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THIS PLAN SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD AS PART OF OUR, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR YOU TO CONSIDER OVER THE SUMMER.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF I MAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JASON.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK AGAIN.
UM, THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU, THE ONLY CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO IT SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION, OR SIMPLY THE PRIORITIZATIONS THAT ARE A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID AT THE LAST WORK AND WORKING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, THE 18 DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND THE 87 DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE LISTED WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND GOING THROUGH AND PRIORITIZING THOSE.
SO THOSE ARE EACH LISTED OUT AS IN THE OBJECTIVES AS ONE TWOS AND THREES GENERALLY.
UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED EACH ONE OF THE INITIATIVES AS A'S B'S.
AND C'S BASED ON HOW YOU SHOWED YOUR PREFERENCE WITHIN THAT PAST WORK SESSION OF THE PRIORITIZATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO COLLECTED THE ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDED DURING THAT WORK SESSION.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT TO STAFF AS THEY GO THROUGH IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOU HAD SOME MORE SPECIFIC IDEAS AND A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ARE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THOSE LARGER STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AND OBJECTIVES.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL ALSO BE TURNED OVER AS PART OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I KNOW THAT THE STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER A, ESSENTIALLY A DIGITAL WAY TO COMMUNICATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, TO BOTH TRACK THE PROGRESS.
AND THEN ALSO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT TO YOU AND COMMUNICATE THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND WORKING WITH A GROUP THAT DOES THAT, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH STRATEGIC PLANS WITH COMMUNITIES.
AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS WITH THAT.
I, WASN'T GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO OVER ALL OF THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS AND OBJECTIVES LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
CAUSE YOU'VE DONE THAT NOW OVER COUNTLESS HOURS OF, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS AND WORK SESSIONS.
UM, BUT I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRAY? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TO THIS POINT.
UM, I THINK THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF PULLING OUT AN EXTRACT AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO BE WHEN WE GROW UP AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE ON.
ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE FREEDOM TREE INITIATIVE THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS AS YOU KNOW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS SESSION WAS I APPRECIATE IT FROM THIS SESSION IS HOW WELL ALIGNED ALL OF US WERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMONALITIES, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT.
THERE WAS, UM, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE ARE MORE COMMONALITIES THAN DIFFERENCES AND WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS AND, AND, AND TO REFLECT UPON AS PART OF THE PROCESS, APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
I I'LL MAKE SURE I COMMEND YOU ON MAKING SURE
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THAT WE WERE ENGAGED.WE HAVE SOME LONG TIMES TOGETHER, BUT YOU MADE SURE THE ACTIVITIES WERE ENGAGING.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR DEVICES ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST I THINK I COMMENTED TO YOU EARLIER.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST, UH, WORKSHOPS THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN AND I'VE ESTABLISHED PRETTY GOOD PLANS, BUT THIS WAS REALLY GOOD.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK CAME OUT WAS THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY A ROADMAP FOR OUR STAFF.
I MEAN, THIS REALLY TELLS THE STAFF WHAT THE, THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR FIELDS ARE THE PRIORITY ITEMS AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE, UH, PLACING OUR EMPHASIS.
AND, UH, UH, SO IT GIVES THEM THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, LIKE I SAY, AS, AS TO BE A ROADMAP SO THEY CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE ITEMS. AND, UH, THE, UH, THE STAFF CAN BE ASSURED THAT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT CAME OUT, UH, AS, UH, THE RESULTS OF, UH, A LOT OF INTENSE, UH, UH, MEETINGS, UH, THAT, UH, WE HAD TO, UH, TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IT, IT'S CERTAINLY IMPORTANT AND THANKS FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND, AND ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
ALSO MENTIONED THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOUR BUDGET PROCESS.
THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND OBVIOUSLY INTERWEAVING THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND YOUR BUDGET TOGETHER WILL BE A CONTINUAL EFFORT.
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY IT, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY DOES AS WELL AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHILE IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT NEEDS TO BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT IS READDRESSED REPORTED ON, AND THAT YOU'RE USING AS TO, TO HELP EACH OTHER BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU SAID THAT IT WAS THAT YOU WANTED IT TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, AND THAT, THAT SHOULD GO ON OR REALLY, UM, IT SHOULD GO ON CONTINUALLY AND AGAIN, BE LINKED UP WITH YOUR BUDGET PROCESS.
AND I WOULD ASK THE CITY STAFF TO HAVE JASON COME BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, GOING ALONG WITH WHERE WE'RE AT, BECAUSE WE CAN SPEND TIME AND AS EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT, IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S NO GOING BACK AND CHECKING THIS, THERE'S, IT'S JUST DROPS TO THE WATER, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOVE TO ADOPT? SECOND, SECOND, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY? UH, SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MORALIS.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
WE'LL TAKE ITEM 11, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, HIRING PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION.
SO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY PROGRAM COORDINATOR, RACHEL MARIE.
I AM THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE REQUESTING TO APPLY FOR THE COPS HIRING PROGRAM GRANT.
SO THIS GRANT IS A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS.
WE WOULD HAVE TWO YEARS TO RECRUIT AND HIRE OFFICERS.
WE ARE REQUESTING TONIGHT TO HIRE TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS, THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE A 40% MATCH BY THE CITY.
YEAR TWO WOULD BE A 50% MATCH BY THE CITY.
AND YEAR THREE WOULD BE A 65% MATCH BY THE CITY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WOULD PICK UP THE REMAINING TOTAL IN ALL OVER THE THREE YEARS.
IT IS JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, 504,514.
SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO, IF APPROVED, APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND IF ACCEPTED, WE WOULD START THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS, LOOK FOR OFFICER'S HIRE THEM.
THEY WOULD GO UNDER THIS GRANT AND EACH YEAR WE WOULD REQUEST THE REIMBURSEMENT
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AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE GRANT WE HAD BEFORE? UM, WE HAD A GRANT SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE WHERE WE HIRED, I WANT TO SAY TWO OFFICERS AND, UH, PAID THEM THE WAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN THAT INTEGRAL, INCREMENTAL STAGE.
WE HAD FOUR OFFICERS BEFORE ON THIS EXACT GRANT, EXACT SAME ONE.
WE'RE ONLY REQUESTING TWO OFFICERS THIS TIME.
SO RACHEL, WE'RE GOOD WITH BUDGET.
THE 40%, 50% WHERE YOU, WE, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE GRANT STARTS AT 25%.
THE REASON THAT I CAME UP WITH THESE FIGURES SPECIFICALLY IS THAT THERE'S NOT SO MUCH A FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY.
IF WE START OFF AT 25%, THEN THE INCREASES WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY HIGH YEAR TWO.
AND THEN AGAIN, EXTREMELY HIGH YEAR THREE, AND THIS WAY IT KEEPS THEM PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER.
SO YOU'VE GOT CUSHION IN YOUR BUDGET, CORRECT.
FINANCE PROVIDED ME WITH FIGURES AT THE HIGHEST AMOUNT.
SO THESE FIGURES ARE NOT EXACTING, COULD GO DOWN FOR THE CITY SIDE.
I MEAN, MAYBE MY UNDERSTANDING IS INCORRECT, BUT, UH, ONCE THE, UH, THE GRANT, UH, IS, UH, UH, COMPLETELY, UH, UTILIZED THAT, UH, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT WE MUST MAINTAIN THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ON THAT DRANK AS, UH, AND THERE'S POLICE OFFICERS.
BUT THE GRANT REQUIRES ONCE THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THEIR CONTRACT, AFTER THE THREE YEARS THAT THE CITY MUST RETAIN THEM FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THAT, THE CITY WOULD ABSORB A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, SO GIVE OUR OFFICERS A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFE.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE US IN THE, UM, THE AREA THAT WE NEED TO GO.
AS FAR AS OUR SAFETY IS CONCERNED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, TO THIS RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE GRANT? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY CONSTANTLY? WE'RE CLOSER.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM.NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL COMMENTS, BUT WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN TO, UH, ITEM, UH, GENERAL.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FOR AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND WITH THE GENERAL ITEMS. SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING, BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION AND A THREE LIMIT.
UH, THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT IS, IS HERE AT THE CITY.
SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE TIME AND ALERT YOU.
WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMIT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN FOND MEADOW? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BRIDGE ANYTIME SOON YOU CAN BAIL OUT A GOLF COURSE.
I THINK IN SEPTEMBER WITH A $420,000 DEFICIT, WE NOW HAVE THE WARMER WEATHER AND KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.
FIVE METAL, SECTION ONE IS PATIO HOMES.
THERE'S NO DECENT PARK FOR THEM TO PLAY IN.
YOU STILL EXPECT THEM TO CRAWL THROUGH A, BY YOU TO GET TO A PAR WHILE PEOPLE ARE GOLFING.
AND THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZING AN EXPENSIVE HOBBY.
THINK ABOUT THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY.
MOST OF IT IS ZONED TO HOUSTON SCHOOLS.
WHY ARE EVEN WE PART OF YOUR NONSENSE SERIES? YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
THE LAST ELECTION WE HAD TO LEAVE THE CITY LIMITS TO EVEN VOTE.
SO WHEN IS COUNCIL GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY? WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST WATER RATES AROUND.
YOU'VE LET THIS NONSENSE GO ON IN 36 MUD DISTRICTS THAT ALL THESE LAWYERS AND DIFFERENT INTERESTS ARE GETTING RICH OFF THE CITIZENS.
YOU BRAG ABOUT LOW TAXES, BUT YOU FORGET TO ADD THEIR MUD TAXES INTO THEIR TOTAL TAX BILL.
WHAT CITY, WHAT CITY SERVICES DO WE GET IT? THE CITY SERVICES ARE ALL A CAR.
EVERYTHING YOU WANT, YOU PAY EXTRA FOR THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A CANDIDATE TO KICK UP HERE TO THE ROAD
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BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE REST OF THIS COUNCIL IS GOOD AT DOING KICKING A CAN DOWN THE ROAD, ALL IN CARING ABOUT CERTAIN PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE REST OF IT.YOU PRETEND THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.
OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS HOUSTON AND I WISH WE COULD BE USED IN BECAUSE AS A SENIOR CITIZEN, MY TAXES WOULD BE HALF ON THAT SAME LITTLE HOUSE COMPARED TO WHAT I PAID IN MISSOURI CITY.
I WOULD STILL HAVE THE NEGLECT, BUT AT LEAST I WOULDN'T BE PAYING ALL THOSE TAXES.
NOW, KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THE STREET.
MY ONE NEIGHBOR LAST MONTH COMPLAINED ABOUT PEOPLE SPEEDING DOWN RIVA RIDGE.
THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY.
SHOULD WE SEND THEM ON THE GOLF COURSE AND GET A BUS? THINK ABOUT IT.
SO MY WIFE SENT ME UP HERE WITH A LIST OF THINGS, THINKING THAT IF WE COMBINED OUR TIMES, I GET A WHOLE SIX MINUTES, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REAL SHORT.
SO I LIVE AT 15 TO 10 IS HAMPTON CIRCLE AND FONDREN PARK.
AND I KNOW WE'RE COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC AND HOPING TO GET SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY SOON.
I HOPE BECAUSE THE LAST OVER A YEAR I'VE SEEN MY STREET HAS TURNED INTO A, LIKE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
HAMPTON IS NOW THE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET FROM FONDREN THROUGH MY STREET, OVER TO THE BELTWAY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE THE, THE A 90 A EXIT THERE BECAUSE OF THE TWO RAILROADS AT THE THERE THAT BLOCKED THEM.
SO ANYTIME THE TRAINS OR THEY COME DOWN OUR STREET AND ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE TRAFFIC IN THE MISSED TWO LIGHTS CAN TAKE MY STREET, MISS THAT AND GET OVER TO THE BELTWAY.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN A REAL HASSLE.
WE'VE HAD NEW WAREHOUSES THAT ARE NOW OPENED, THAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME NEW ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR STREET NOW THAT ARE GETTING READY TO OPEN.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE TRAFFIC, AND THERE'S NOT EVEN, NOT EVEN A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS NO TRUCKS IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
SO THEY'RE FREE JUST TO DRIVE DOWN OUR STREET AND OUR SUBDIVISION.
UM, W WE HAPPEN TO LIVE AT AN INTERSECTION THAT HAS STOP SIGNS.
UM, I DON'T THINK I SEE MANY PEOPLE EVER STOP THERE ANYMORE.
ONE OF THEM GO STRAIGHT THROUGH IT AT FULL SPEED.
SO I'M SLOWED DOWN JUST TO LOOK GOOD.
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SOMEBODY STOPS, I JUST SEE THIS EROSION, UH, THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL.
IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO CUT THE TRAFFIC OFF FROM FONDREN THROUGH TO THE BELTWAY OR SUBDIVISION WOULD BE SO MUCH SAFER.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL LOOK INTO IT.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, PUTTING SPEED BUMPS UP THERE, AND THAT WASN'T A GOOD IDEA.
WE'VE HAD THE IDEA OF MAYBE PUTTING SOMETHING THERE TO, UH, CLOSE OFF EAST HAMPTON BY THE WATER PLANT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT, THAT IS.
I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT A GATE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD USE A, UH, REMOTE TO OPEN THE GATE TO GET IN AND OUT, OR IT WOULD BE, UH, MAYBE CLOSED EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE WATER PLANT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THESE, THESE 18 WHEELERS COME THROUGH AND THEY COLLECT THE SLUDGE TO TAKE OUT WELL, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T COME IN FROM THE FONDER SIDE, THEY'D COME IN FROM THE BELTWAY SIDE.
SO THEY COME STRAIGHT DOWN OUR STREET TO ALL THE, ALL THE PARKED CARS AND THE KIDS ON THE STREET TO GET TO THE WATER PARK.
EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US, DON'T EVEN APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SUBDIVISION.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR SOME, SOME HELP.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS AND I'M WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE, AND I LOVE TO BE HERE HELP.
CAN YOU GET ONE POLICEMAN ADDRESSES ISSUES AND GET BACK WITH US? OKAY.
SO THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE REST WILL COME TO THE ITEM.
[5. STAFF REPORTS (Part 2 of 2)]
NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS FIVE B CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEP UPDATE.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS COUNSEL.
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UPDATE OF THAT HAS BEEN PROMOTED AS THE SUITES.THEY'RE THE CITY THAT STARTED ON MAY 10.
I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS A HOT BUTTON TOPIC, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET A PICTURE AND THEN, UH, ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT COUNCIL, I CAN RECEIVE THAT AS WELL.
SO KIND OF SET A PICTURE FOR THE TOOL THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS FOR THE CITY.
UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKS IN BOTH A PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE WAY.
UM, SOMETIMES, UH, REACTIVE, UH, CAN GET, UM, A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.
UM, BUT IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, SO CODE ENFORCEMENT, BOTH ENFORCES AND, UH, BATES, UM, PUBLIC NUISANCES, AS WELL AS CITY ADOPTED CODES AND REGULATIONS ON OUR REACTIVE SIDE.
IT'S REALLY, UM, THE TEAM OF THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT PROVIDES DISCOVERY, UM, FOR WHAT MAY BE A VIOLATION, WHAT MAY BE A NUISANCE, UH, WHAT MAY BE A CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE TOOLS THAT THE CITY HAS ENGAGED, UM, FOR THAT REACTIVE PROCESS, UM, HAS BEEN SEEK LIKE FIX IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PRIMARY TOOLS.
UH, THE ONLINE TOOL THAT CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN UTILIZE, UH, TO REPORT, UH, CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OR NUISANCES EXPECT OR SUSPECTED, UM, AS WELL AS SORT OF STILL A CODE ENFORCEMENT HOTLINE AND GOOD OLD FASHIONED EMAIL PHONE CALLS, UM, AND JUST MAKING, UH, TOUCHING BASIS WITH MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF.
THE SWEEPS THAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE PART OF THE PROACTIVE STEPS.
AND PART OF THE PICTURE THAT I WANT TO PAINT IS THAT THE SWEEPS ARE NOT, UM, A NEW, UM, INITIATIVE.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OVER THE YEARS HAS INCORPORATED, UH, VARIOUS LEVELS OF SWEEPS INTO, UH, THEIR, UH, PERFORMANCE, UM, ACTIVITIES AND APPROACHES, UH, TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, UM, AND TO IDENTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ISSUES IN CONCENTRATED AREAS.
UH, THE, UH, TARGETED SWEEPS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS, UM, HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN AREAS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING INCREASED, UH, NUISANCES OR, UH, VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT, THAT TRACKS WITH AGE OF SUBDIVISIONS, AGE OF, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, SO THEY'VE HAD A MORE PROACTIVE FOCUS, UM, IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, UH, IN THE AGING PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THE SCREEN THERE, YOU SEE, UH, WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT ESTABLISHED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IN TERMS OF THEIR GOAL, UM, FOR THOSE TARGETED, UM, APPROACHES.
AND SO, AS THEY TRANSITIONED INTO THE CITY-WIDE, UH, SWEEP THAT WE'LL DISCUSS, UM, THEY WERE ALREADY, UH, PROACTIVELY ENGAGED IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE CITY WIDE SWEEP, UM, EFFECTIVELY WHAT THAT DID WAS IT RE-ESTABLISHED HOW CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, APPROACHES OF THE CITY.
AND SO IT ESSENTIALLY CREATED ZONES, UM, FOR, UH, ALL OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
UH, THE ZONES ARE IDENTICAL TO THE POLICE BEETS.
UM, SO IF, UH, ANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I MEAN, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, WANT TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT DISTRIBUTION IS, WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT THE SUITE REALLY INTRODUCED THIS TARGETED APPROACH.
UM, SO OF THE CODE OFFICER, STAFF MEMBERS, UH, THAT, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED, UM, WE HAVE ONE OR TWO THAT ARE IDENTIFIED FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE ZONE AREAS.
AND WITHIN THOSE ZONES, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE, UH, FOR TARGETING ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS, RESIDENTIAL LOTS, AS WELL AS NON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE ZONES.
THERE WAS ALSO A FOCUS BASED ON FEEDBACK, CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, ALSO FROM THE COUNCIL ON CERTAIN VIOLATIONS AND NUISANCES THAT THE CITY WANTS TO SEE CORRECTED AND ABATED.
UM, AND SO THIS CURRENT SWEEP, UM, WAS A DIRECT FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS YUP.
AS WE GET TO THE SWEEPS, I DO WANT TO SET THE TONE AS WELL BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN ONLY ENFORCE A CODE THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A REGULATED CODE, IF WE DON'T HAVE AN IDENTIFIED, UM, REGULATION CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE LEGAL BOUNDS OR AUTHORITY, UH, TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, THOSE ITEMS IN THOSE ISSUES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, BASED ON HOW THE CITY HAS ADOPTED THOSE CODES AND REGULATIONS ALSO SETS THE TONE FOR HOW THE CITY, UM, CAN PROCESS AND WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, FOR CORRECTION, UM, OF THOSE STATEMENTS, ABATEMENTS AND VIOLATIONS.
SO ON THE SCREEN, SOME OF THE, UH, VIOLATIONS AND NUISANCES, UH, THAT
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WE SEE PRETTY REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE IDENTIFIED.UM, THEY ARE LISTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, THE ASSOCIATED CODE OR ORDINANCE.
AND THE THING TO POINT OUT, UM, WITH THIS SLIDE ARE TWO OF THOSE ITEMS, THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS OUR LOCALLY ADOPTED CODE, UM, REGULATION REGULATE ITS LANDSCAPING STANDARDS, REGULATES PARKING, UH, REGULATES, UH, USE OF PROPERTY, ET CETERA, UM, THAT ANY VIOLATION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE CITY CAN NOT GO IN AND, UH, BAIT, UM, THE VIOLATIONS THAT MIGHT BE DISCOVERED.
SO THERE IS A LEGAL PROCESS THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY'S CODE, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOTIFIED, THE TIMEFRAME THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS, AND THEN HOW THAT IS BROUGHT TO RESOLUTION EITHER WILLINGLY VOLUNTARILY BY THAT PROPERTY OWNER OR THROUGH USE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR, UM, OR MUNICIPAL COURT, THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
THERE ARE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THAT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, BUT AGAIN, ANY, UM, ANY, UH, UH, NUISANCE THAT'S FOUND BASED ON THAT CODE, THE CITY, UM, THERE'S A DESIGNATED PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY CAN HANDLE THOSE ISSUES.
PUBLIC NUISANCES THAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED IN CHAPTER 30 OF ITS CODE ARE PROBLEMS, UM, ISSUES THAT THE CITY CAN GO IN AND ABATE IF A PROPERTY OWNER ISN'T RESPONSIVE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, TIMELINES, UM, NOTICING, ET CETERA, THAT ARE PART OF THOSE PROCESSES.
THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU GENERAL ONCE A VIOLATION IS DISCOVERED HOW POTENT ENFORCEMENT EFFECTIVELY GOES THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES BASED ON EXISTING ADOPTED CODE.
UM, SO ONCE A VIOLATION OR A NUISANCE IS DISCOVERED, UM, THERE IS A NOTICING REQUIREMENT WHERE A PROPERTY OWNER IS GIVEN A 10 DAYS, 10 CALENDAR DAYS TO CORRECT THAT ISSUE.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS TO GO OUT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY, UH, WITHIN THAT 10 DAY PERIOD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT VIOLATION HAS BEEN CORRECTED.
UM, AND AT THE END OF THAT 10 DAY PERIOD, IF THE VIOLATION HAS BEEN CORRECTED, UM, THEN THAT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.
IF IT HASN'T, THEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL STEPS, UH, ACTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN.
SO THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, A SUMMARY OF WHAT I WAS JUST SUMMARIZING ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ABATEMENT AND, UM, ADDRESSING A DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS BASED ON THE CODES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, GETTING TO THE CITY-WIDE SUITE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CITY-WIDE SUITE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL ZONE COVERAGE OF THE TRANSITION OF OUR CODE.
UM, OFFICER'S INTO ZONE COVERAGE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE A LITTLE LESS THAN A MONTH INTO THIS NEW PROCESS.
UM, THE IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN, UH, NUISANCES, UM, AND, UH, VIOLATIONS.
WHAT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT.
SO HERE ARE SOME STATISTICS, UM, FOR WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS PROCESS TODAY.
UM, SO JUST FOR COUNSEL'S KNOWLEDGE, UM, IN TERMS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES, UH, WE HAVE EIGHT POSITION CODE ENFORCEMENT OR CODE OFFICERS THAT COVER THE ENTIRE STATE.
UM, TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY, UM, IN, UH, DIFFERENT STATUSES.
AND SO WE EFFECTIVELY HAVE SIX OFFICERS, UM, THAT ARE OUT, UH, DOING A FORCEMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS IS FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE ISOLATED TO ONLY AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE CDBG GRANT.
SO THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR, THEIR TIME AND THEIR, UM, WORK EFFORTS.
THEY HAVE A VERY CONCENTRATED FOCUS, TOTAL HOUSING UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY TODAY, UM, ARE ESTIMATED.
AND I'M TRYING TO READ THE SLIDE FROM HERE.
UM, BUT YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, THE ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF BUSINESSES, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUITE USING JUST, UM, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES, IF WE DID A DOOR TO DOOR SWEEP OF EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY, EVERY SINGLE HOME AND NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY, IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN TWO YEARS, UM, WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING DILIGENTLY
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TO ADDRESS, UM, CERTAIN RECURRING ISSUES, UM, NUISANCES, UM, AND VIOLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.UM, BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM, A RESOURCE JUST FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, OF, UH, SIX OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD, THE MIDDLE GRAPHIC THERE SHOWS YOU THE ACTIVITY TODAY.
SO BASED ON THE PROCESS THAT I SUMMARIZE BEFORE, UM, SINCE MAY 10TH, UH, TWO EFFECTIVELY, JUNE 2ND, LAST WEEK, UM, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM THE SUITES, INCLUDING INITIAL INSPECTIONS, RE INSPECTIONS, UM, AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS BANDIT SIGNS THAT WERE PICKED UP THAT ACTIVITY ON AVERAGE IS ABOUT 255, UM, INSPECTIONS OR ACTIVITY NUMBERS OVER WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD TYPICALLY DO.
UM, IF THEY WEREN'T FOCUSED THE CITY, THIS IS A SAMPLING OF JUST WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND.
UH, THIS SAMPLING IS FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR.
UM, THIS WAS DONE ROUGHLY BETWEEN MAY 10TH AND, UH, ABOUT THIS WAS ABOUT A TWO WEEK PERIOD.
AND SO YOU SEE THE TYPES OF VIOLATIONS, UM, THAT HAD BEEN FOUND.
THIS WAS ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF TEXAS PARKWAY FROM ROUGHLY HIGHWAY 98 TO TURTLE CREEK.
UM, A LOT OF THESE VIOLATIONS ARE VIOLATIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH MEANS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THE CITY CAN WORK TO, CORRECT THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON A PROPERTY OWNER COMPLIANT.
UM, AND IF NOT WORKING THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY PROSECUTOR HERE.
SO I WANT TO KIND OF RE-EMPHASIZE, AS WE, AS I END THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS CODE ENFORCEMENT IS A TOOL.
IT'S A TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS, BUT IT'S A TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS TO USE, UM, IN ADDITION TO OTHER SERVICES, UM, AND, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THE PUBLIC IS STARTING TO KNOW OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS BEEN OUT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, WE ARE WORKING TO REALIGN THOSE EFFORTS BACK INTO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE TOOLS ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SIDE THAT WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAY.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER WORK GROUPS THAT ARE PART OF THAT CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATION, UM, CORRECTION, ABATEMENT, UM, ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF THESE DIVISIONS HAVE A ROLE, UM, IN THAT.
UM, SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ONE TOOL, UM, THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, UH, TO SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO END, BUT I'M SURE THAT THERE'S COMMENTS.
SO I AM, I'M OPEN FOR THOSE JENNIFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT TAKES A LOT TO DO THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL DO REALLY WELL.
UH, JUST A QUICK, UH, QUESTION FROM ME IF I UNDERSTAND IT, CLEARLY YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD EIGHT POSITIONS AND THEN NOW WE ONLY HAVE SIX PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? CORRECT.
WE HAVE ONE POSITION THAT'S CURRENTLY VACANT THAT IS, UH, WE ARE HIRING, UM, FOR, UM, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER POSITION, UH, THAT WAS, UH, WORKING ON ADMINISTRATIVE WORK FOR.
UM, SO IN A GIVEN DAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN DO THE WORK FIRSTHAND.
SO ON THE BOOKS, ON THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW, WHERE THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF SIX, SIX, 24, AND THEY'RE ALL FULL TIME, THEY'RE ALL FULL TIME, CORRECT? WELL, WE DO HAVE EIGHT POSITIONS.
YOU DO HAVE EIGHT POSITIONS, SIX PEOPLE FILLED RIGHT NOW WITH ONE WORKING ADMINISTRATIVELY.
AND SO THAT'D BE ONE OPEN POSITION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW I SEND SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON VIOLATIONS CAUSE THEY'RE SENT TO ME AND YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS ATTENTIVE GLENDALE AND THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR WHAT YOU DO AS WELL.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND I, YOU STATED THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING, UM, SHORTHAND IT, BUT I REALLY CAN'T TELL, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IF A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PULLED UP TO A SITE THAT WAS A REPEAT OFFENDER, HOW DID WE APPROACH THAT? DID WE START FROM GROUND ZERO OR DID HE BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SOME HISTORY AND MOVE FORWARD? SO YOUR CODE ALREADY ALLOWS FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT HISTORY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS SLIDE IS THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE VIOLATIONS IS TREATED SEPARATELY.
UM, SO WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UM, PULLS UP TO A SITE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HIGH GRASS, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, PILLING
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PAINT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S PARKING LOT STRIPING, EACH ONE OF THOSE AS A SEPARATE OFFENSE, UM, THAT'S HOW IT'S PROCESSED THROUGH THE PROCESS.IF YOU HAVE A NON-RESPONSIVE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, UM, OR YOU HAVE THAT REPEATED OFFENSE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT RESOLUTION WAS.
UM, SO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL TAKE IT, UH, TO THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 10 DAYS, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, EXCEEDED.
NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THERE, THEN IT'S REFERRED ON, UM, IT COULD BE CITED.
UM, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN ABATE, THEN THE CITY WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT IT CAN TO ABATE.
BUT ONCE IT, ONCE, YOU KNOW, IT FIGHT IT, IT GOES INTO A MUNICIPAL COURT AND THEN IT'S HANDLED AND MANAGED BY THE COURT FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
SO LIKE, WE KIND OF STARTED FROM SCRATCH.
WE TOOK SOME HISTORY INTO ACCOUNT, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T START OFF.
SO FOR INSTANCE, UM, TRASH IN THE PARKING LOT, WE'VE KNOWN THIS ONE BUSINESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GUY THAT DOES TRUST.
DID WE START FROM SCRATCH ON THAT GUY? OR DID WE BRING IN SOME OF THAT HISTORY AND THEN PUT A HEAVIER HAND ON IT? YEAH.
AND SO THE, THE MISSING PIECE IS, IS HOW THE MUNICIPAL COURT MIGHT'VE INTERPRETED THAT BECAUSE EACH VIOLATION, SO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL NOTICE AND DAY PERIOD, THAT'S ONE VIOLATION, UM, IT'S CORRECTED AND THEN IT RECURS, IT'S A SEPARATE VIOLATION THAT GOES THROUGH ITS OWN PROCESS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TOO, IN THE PAST, AND THEN GOING FORWARD, WE MAY HAVE, WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE IGNORED THE VIOLATIONS AND WE MET NOT TO POUND PEOPLE, BUT TO GET THEIR ATTENTION, WE'VE HAD ONE CASE, A HOMEOWNER WHERE THERE WAS $19,000 IN VIOLATIONS THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THE COURT THAT THEY HAD TO, UH, GO TO COURT ON AND TRY TO GET RESOLUTION TO THE JUDGE, ENDED UP WORKING OUT A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THIS PERSON.
SO IT IS A ONGOING COLLECTIVE PROCESS TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.
UH, ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF COVID IS THAT OUR DOCTORS, WE WERE WORKING VIRTUALLY ON THE COURT SYSTEM THAT LIMITED OUR ABILITY AND SPEED, AND BEING ABLE TO PROCESS, UH, TICKETS AND, AND VIOLATIONS.
AND SO WE HAVE SEEN THAT BACKUP SOME, AND THAT IS THROUGH AUGUST BASED ON THE SUPREME COURT, UH, TEXAS SUPREME COURT RULING, WHICH WE MENTIONED TO Y'ALL, UH, THEY'LL STILL BE DOING LIMITED BECAUSE OF SPACING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY HAD TO MAINTAIN, UH, FOR COVID.
UH, BUT THEY HAVE GONE LIVE WITH COURT.
AND SO WE HOPE TO START SEEING SOME OF THOSE GET PROCESSED, START HAVING JURY TRIALS, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE RIGHTS AS THAT GOES TO CHOOSE A JURY TRIAL.
AND IF THEY DO THEN THAT SPENDS A LATE IN MANY, UH, SINCE THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, HAS THERE BEEN AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AREA? UH, AND IF SO, WHAT WERE THE FINDINGS? IF NOT, I THINK THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR US TO SOONER THAN LATER, INSTEAD OF DOING A REVIEW OF THAT AREA.
UM, I'VE HAD TREMENDOUS, I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED, UH, UH, FOR THE MOST PART AS TO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT I DRIVE BY AND WITNESS AS A, JUST A REGULAR CITIZEN DRIVING BY.
AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSON NOT SEE THIS SO RECENTLY? AND REALLY I'M GLAD THIS SWEEP IS BEING DONE.
I WAS DRIVING AROUND WITH THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AND WE WITNESSED IT.
THEY GO ON TV AND IN A STRIP CENTER PARKING LOT AND, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING, WASN'T UPKEPT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TRASH AND EGGS.
AND THEN THE GIALLO BELLA BEAUTY SUPPLY AND SIGNS UP WITH LIKE MAGIC DRAWN AND MAGIC MARKERS.
I'M LIKE, WE DON'T DO THIS AND MISSOURI CITY.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF I SEE THESE THINGS AND WE'RE PAYING A CODE ENFORCEMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND THIS IS IN THE CDBG AREA.
SO IF THEY'RE ONLY LIMITED TO THE CDVG AREA, THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE LESS GROUND TO COVER.
SO THEY SHOULD BE REALLY INTENT ON FOCUSING ON THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S JUST THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL SIDE.
I THINK THAT ALSO, UH, WELL, MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE WORK OR DO WE WORK IN CONCERT WITH HOA TO IDENTIFY THESE ISSUES AND ADDRESS THEM BECAUSE HOA IS, UH, OFTENTIMES ARE DEALING WITH SIMILAR ISSUES.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME SYNERGY OR CONVERSATION WITH THE HOS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME, SAME PAGE AND THAT THERE'S NOT DOUBLE WORK OR, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER.
SO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, TIMING WISE.
UM, SO, UH, THE LEAN SIX SIGMA PROCESSES THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH, UH, FOR THE LAST YEAR, UM, HAS, UH, LOOKED AT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, BUT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT ANALYSIS IS TAKING PLACE IN REAL TIME AS WE SPEAK.
UM, AND SO WE WILL HAVE SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, LATE LAST YEAR WAS THE INTEGRATION
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OF CODE ENFORCEMENT TO USE THE INTERGRAPH SOFTWARE, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS CURRENTLY USING, UM, FOR THE PERMITTING SIDE, UM, THAT ALSO, UH, IS A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TO HELP STREAMLINE, UH, SOME OF THE DATA MANAGEMENT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, WORKING THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH, UH, PARCEL MANAGEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK AT A DIFFERENT DATABASES THAT CAN SLOW, UH, PROCESSES DOWN.
UM, SO THAT IS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME.
AND, UM, WOULD HOPE, UH, WHETHER WITH THE BUDGET, UM, PRESENTATIONS OR AS WE GO FORWARD THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE BRINGING WITH, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT INTO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT SOME OF THOSE PROCESS CHANGES, UM, AS WE START TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S TO YOUR FIRST POINT.
ON THE HOS, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS WORKING PROACTIVELY WITH, UH, HOA THAT CONTINUES TO BE A GOAL, UM, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, UM, EVEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, UH, THERE, UM, IT'S OVERLAP IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEWS OR THAT, UH, DIFFERENT HOS, UH, PERFORMANCE.
WELL, UM, SO WE WILL, UH, KIND OF RESHAPE HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND, UH, WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH A HOS.
UH, THERE ARE ALL OF THOSE, THOSE PROCESSES BECAUSE I AGREE, UM, THEY'RE THE EYES AND EARS, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREETS.
UM, THEY ENHANCE AND EXPAND, UM, OUR ABILITY TO SEE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF, UM, EDUCATE THEM AND PUT THAT TOOL, UM, INTO WORK.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY IN THAT HAS BEEN, UM, A FOCUS OF, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT OVER THE YEARS.
ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ADD TO THAT, AND NOT AT THIS POINT, RAY, TO, TO, UH, SHARE IT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON A REORGANIZATION THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, FROM A DEPARTMENTAL STANDPOINT.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT'S THROUGH THE SIX SIGMA PROCESS.
WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT AND WE'LL BE BRINGING ADMINISTRATIVELY, UH, REORGANIZATION OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE DO AS A CITY INTO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND OUT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INTO OTHERS.
SO, UH, STAY TUNED FOR THAT AND WE'RE WALKING THROUGH IT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING MAKES SENSE.
AND WE'LL STREAMLINE A LOT OF THIS.
UM, ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MORE TO PROVIDE BACK THAN IT IS TO THE EXCUSE.
AND THAT IS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE, UH, WHEN THERE ARE ACTIVITIES GOING ON FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, PUBLIC MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE ARE, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CITED AND THEY ARE, IS, I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE EARLIER OF ONE OF THEM THAT WAS $19,000 ON ONE HOME, THERE ARE ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE AGAINST THESE, UH, PROPERTIES IN THE PAST.
AND WE CAN START THIS AGAIN IN THE PASSWORD.
IF YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME, UH, SOME OF THE TOP 10 PROPERTIES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION, WHAT THE VIOLATIONS ARE AND THE STATUS OF THOSE, THAT WAY, IF YOU GET CALLS ABOUT SOME PARTICULAR PROPERTIES, THEN YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY PUTTING IN ENFORCEMENT AGAINST THEM.
IT'S JUST, IT'S IN THE COURT SYSTEM, OR PEOPLE HAVE STAYED THERE AND EXTENDED THEIR PROCESSES IN COURT OR OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE TAKING PLACE, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GET, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY, JUST TRY TO GET SOME OF THIS REORGANIZED AND, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC.
AND I THINK TOO, WITH OUR NEW SOFTWARE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE TRANSPARENCY AS FAR AS THESE TIMES PROCESSES GO STREAMLINING THOSE, UH, THAT, UH, ABOUT THE HOA IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME, UM, VIOLATION D VIOLATIONS THAT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR DURING OUR, UH, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, MAYBE, UM, DETERMINE WHICH VIOLATIONS ARE BETTER HANDLED BY THE HOA VERSUS WHAT'S HANDLED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CONCERTED EFFORT, UH, COLLECTIVELY TO, UH, TO ADDRESS MORE OF THE, UH, OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAY BE OUT THERE.
SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY SIDE, ANY VIOLATION OF A CITY ORDINANCE, UM, OR THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE OR A PUBLIC NUISANCE, THE CITY IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, INVESTIGATE, UM, AND, UM, EITHER A BAIT OR A SITE TO COURT.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO IS POSSIBLY DO KIND OF A LIST OF THE TOP, UM, YOU KNOW, VIOLATIONS THAT THE CITY SEES, UM, AND THAT ARE INVESTIGATED, UM, AND ITS CORRELATION, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SUB YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, REQUIREMENTS, THE CHALLENGE WITH IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THE NUMBER OF RECORDED RESTRICTIONS SINCE
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THE CITY DOESN'T ENFORCE, UH, THOSE PRIVATE, UH, RESTRICTIONS, THE CITY DOESN'T ALWAYS MAINTAIN A CURRENT FILE.SO SOMETHING MAY HAVE BEEN UPDATED, UM, THAT THE CITY MAY NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, READILY AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THE CITY CAN DEFINITELY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HOS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THERE ARE THOSE RECURRENT ITEMS THAT CONTINUE, UH, TO, UH, BE COMMUNICATED.
UM, WE CAN PUT A LIST TOGETHER, UM, AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL, UM, FOR ITEMS LIKE THAT.
AND I, I THINK BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT FOUND, UH, SHARE THAT WITH THE HOA SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S ACTIVITY GOING ON.
UH, SO THAT, UH, W WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DUPLICATE THAT EFFORT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, TO ME IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK WE COULD SPEND OUR TIME MORE WISELY IF WE'RE NOT BOTH, BOTH THE CITY AND THE HOA GOING AFTER THE SAME PROBLEM.
ONE LAST ONE, I, I NOTICED THE, UH, IPMC, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS BROKEN CURBS, BROKEN CURBS, UH, I GUESS MAYBE WHERE IT'S BROKEN NUTS.
SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND OTHERS, UH, I GUESS MAYBE IT'S WHERE THE, UH, THE CURB AND THE DRIVEWAY, UH, CONNECT THAT.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE THAT, THAT BREAK OFF, BUT THAT REALLY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY AS I UNDERSTAND OF THE HOMEOWNER.
SO ARE WE, IS THAT HOW WE'RE, WE WOULD BE SITING BROKEN CURBS, BROKEN CURBS, INTERIOR, YOU KNOW, TO LIKE A NON-RESIDENTIAL SIDE AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THE CITY WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON REPAIR AND THE SAME FOR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, BUT OTHER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CURVES THAT YOU HAVE ON NON-RESIDENTIAL SITES THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT THAT.
UH, AND I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND DIRTY POOLS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE BACKYARD AND YOU CAN'T SEE THEM, BUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED TO BILL, AND I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT IT BEFORE, IS THAT, AND I'LL PICK OUT QUAIL VALLEY ON THE TWO GOLF COURSES THAT WE HAVE THAT'S CITY PROPERTY.
WE CAN DRIVE THAT CITY PROPERTY AND LOOK INTO THE BACKYARDS AND FINE DIRTY POOLS.
SO WE CAN CITE THOSE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS, IT CAN BE A, YOU KNOW, A REAL SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE GOT A DIRTY POOL, UH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BRINGS, UM, MOSQUITOES AND WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE MOSQUITOES RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK IF, UH, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT, WE NEED TO, BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY THAT'S CITY PROPERTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR FOLKS CAN, UH, TEND TO, CAN DRIVE AROUND THOSE BACKYARDS AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE THE DIRTY BULLS ARE.
SO THAT A CONCERN BILL, YOU STATED THAT THE CITATIONS, UM, THERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT MAY NOT, UM, GET A DATE UNTIL AUGUST.
UM, I HAVE, UH, AN, A CONSTITUENT THAT HAS REPORTED AN OVERGROWN PIECE OF LAND, AND IT'S SINCE GONE TO THE COURT.
AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT WON'T BE HEARD UNTIL AUGUST.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVERGROWN FIELD AND PROBABLY MULTIPLE, UH, REPORTS AND CITATIONS IN DIFFERENT, UM, IN DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HOW ARE WE HANDLING THAT? BECAUSE AUGUST, I MEAN, CLARIFY, UM, MY APOLOGIES, BUT THEY, THEY ARE, THERE ARE STILL ACTIVITIES OR CASES GOING THROUGH COURT, AND IT'S JUST ON A LITTLE BIT SLOWER PACE DUE TO THE FACT ONE WAS ORIGINALLY BECAUSE WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING PARTIALLY, AND THAT WAS MUCH HARDER TO DO, UM, NOT ONLY US, BUT OTHER COURTS WERE EXPERIENCING THAT, BUT ALSO, UH, DEFENDANTS HAVE THE CHOICE OF HAVING EITHER A, UH, UH, A TRIAL BY JUDGE OR TRIAL BY JURY WHEN THEY WERE DOING JURIES, REALLY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
AND OTHER CITIES WERE IN THE SAME BOAT WHERE WE COULDN'T HAVE THE JURY TRIALS BY VIRTUALLY.
SO, UH, THOSE HAD BEEN PUT OFF.
UM, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THOSE THAT ARE IN COURT FOR A TRIAL BY JUDGE, WHERE WE CAN DO THOSE.
AND THOSE ARE CONTINUING, BUT JUST AT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER PACE AS WE COME BACK WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AND, UH, HEALTH GUIDELINES IN THE COURT, BECAUSE, UH, THE, AGAIN, THE SUPREME COURT, UH, HAS SAID THAT, UH, THE JUDGE MAY CHOOSE, UH, TO UTILIZE THOSE SAFETY CON OR ADDRESS
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THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH AS MITIGATION MITIGATION FACTORS.AND SO THAT'S BEEN CHOSEN TO BE DONE THROUGH AUGUST.
THIS, THE SUPREME COURT WILL MAKE ANOTHER DECISION AT THAT TIME, IF THEY NEED TO CONTINUE THAT, OR IF THAT WILL CEASE AND WE'LL GO BACK TO REGULAR OPERATIONS.
AND JUST TO SUPPLEMENT THAT TODAY WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TRIAL BY JURY DOCKET.
THEY HAVE STARTED, UM, HAVING THOSE TRIALS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED DOCKETS PER MONTH TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR THE LAG WITH THE TRIALS BY JURY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
CAN'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM AT ONE TIME.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, BUT WE ARE CATCHING BACK UP.
I KNOW YOU LIMITED IN STAFF OR WERE WE ABLE TO GET ANYONE LIKE EVENINGS ON SWEEPING EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS, AND THEN ONE MORE TIME I'M SPINNING.
SO FORCEMENT CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE AN OFFICER WORKING ON SATURDAYS, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO WE HAVE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD SIX DAYS OUT OF EVERY WEEK.
SO MOST OF THE CARS ARE GONE DURING THE DAYTIME EVENINGS AND ON WEEKENDS TO THAT, WE HAD HAD A MEETING WITH SOMEBODY.
AND I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THAT POSSIBLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME SWING SHIFTS DURING THE SUMMER WHEN WE HAVE DAYLIGHT, WHERE THAT COULD BE BETTER PLACED.
SO MY LAST COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, AS CITIZENS ARE LOOKING AT THIS, I MEAN, WE TALKED FOR ABOUT A GOOD 25, 30 MINUTES TODAY, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WITH THE SIX CODE ENFORCERS.
UM, STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT, IT HASN'T GONE AWAY.
SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO BACK TO THAT DEPARTMENT.
NOW, I THINK YOU'RE OVERSEEING IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE HEAR IS SEEK LIKE FIX, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE PUT A COMMENT IN THERE, YOU DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE.
UM, IT'S NOT TIMELY RESPONDED.
UM, AND THEN NOT, DON'T SEE ENOUGH CODE ENFORCES, UH, OFFICERS OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND WITH COURT, PANDEMIC COURT, PANDEMIC TREES, SIDEWALKS.
SO TO A PERSON WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR TO SOMEONE WHO HAS A YARD, THAT'S OVERGROWN.
I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAS A PROBLEM.
WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ALL WE WANT ALL DAY, BUT IT'S NOT GETTING DONE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THERE ARE BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY IN MISSOURI CITY, THERE'S A, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STERLING AND I SAW, AND WE MET WITH A COUPLE OF THEM ABOUT THE DOLLAR GENERAL WALMART OVER IN HIGHWAY SIX.
AND THESE ARE ESTABLISHMENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THE TOP, WE HEAR THAT NAME OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT ALL OF THIS ON TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND AS YOU HAVE TAKEN OVER THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE AND, YOU KNOW, DOCKETS, YOU KNOW, CASES COMING BACK.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE DOCKET.
I MEAN, SOMETHING HAS TO HAVE TO BE DONE.
WE CAN'T JUST KEEP COMING BACK HERE AND TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING AS I HEARD, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S DISAPPOINTED.
I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF US IN HERE HAVE STORIES THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH PEOPLE ON.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY TALKED ABOUT DIRTY POOLS.
I'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR EMAILS IN THE LAST WEEK ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS LET'S FILL THAT POSITION.
LET'S REALLY GO AFTER THIS AND LET'S LOOK AT THIS AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS DONE.
CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THE CITIZENS THAT WE'RE KEEP WHAT I'M HEARING.
WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, I HEARD THE SAME THING I LEFT FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND I'M HEARING THE SAME THING.
SO WE NEED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.
WE NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE AND TELL US CITY COUNCIL, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU TO FIX IT? WHICH MEANS WE, YOU NEED MORE STAFF, YOU NEED MORE RESOURCES.
WHAT IS IT? IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO TELL US HOW TO FIX IT.
WE'RE NOT BLAMING ANYBODY, BUT IT HAS TO GET FIXED, WHATEVER THAT IS.
YOU GUYS RUNS THE DAY TO DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.
SO TELL US AS COUNCIL, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL? HOW CAN WE HELP OUR RESIDENTS? THANK YOU.
UM, AND I DID JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOU DO HAVE A VERY DEDICATED CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM, UH, TO MAKE
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IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU ALL WILL SEE[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
ONE ITEM, NUMBER SIX.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? SECOND? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION OR NO DISCUSSIONS HEARING NONE.
THOSE ARE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
THOSE ARE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
SAY NO MOTION DO PASS SEVEN, ZERO NUMBER
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
SEVEN AS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.UH, SEVEN A ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF A 0.67 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FROM LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT, THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE 10 DESCRIBING SAID 0.67 ACRES OF LAND 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 SEVERAL SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY CITY TEAM MEMBER, MASON GARCIA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE FIFTH STREET IN FM 10 92, CURRENTLY IT'S ZONE DEL C3, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL, UH, RETAIL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS APPLIED FOR THIS PD TO, UH, MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPABLE AREA ON THIS UNIQUELY SHAPED PARCEL AND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A LEASE SPACE BUILDING TO CONSIDER A FLEXIBILITY IN REGULATIONS AND TO ALLOW FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENT, UM, BASED ON WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS FORWARDING A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION OR THE AMENDMENT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, INCLUDE APPROVING THE PD AND IN CONTINUING TO APPLY THE L C3 RETAIL REGULATIONS, EXCEPT WE'RE CALLED OUT AND TO PROVIDE VARIANCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT FIRST VARIANCE IS GOING TO BE, UH, TO THE HEIGHTENED AREA.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE, THAT'S A FIVE FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK, UM, IT'S TO REDUCE THAT REAR YARD.
AND THEN THAT RED DOTTED LINE CALLS OUT THE OTHER, UH, REDUCE REAR YARD SETBACK THAT BUILDING SLIGHTLY ENCROACHES THAT 25 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS, UH, HEIGHTENED AREA VARIANCE WOULD BE THE RELOCATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRASH ENCLOSURE.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THAT TRASH ENCLOSURE, UH, AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RED AREA IS WITHIN THE, UH, EASTERN REAR YARD SETBACK.
UM, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED AT THAT SITE, UH, THERE WILL BE ACCESS TO THE SITE, UM, CROSS ACCESS SPECIFICALLY, AND IT WILL BE AT THE LOCATION OF THE, UH, TRASH ENCLOSURE STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING PROHIBITION OF THE OUTSIDE PLACEMENT AND STORAGE, UH, SALES OF SERVICES.
UM, THIS IS DUE TO THE, UH, VARIANCES TO THE REAR YARD.
AND, UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE ON YOUR PR IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE DARK GREEN LINE ALONG THE FIFTH STREET FRONTAGE, TYPICALLY, UH, THE EL C3 DISTRICT CALLS FOR A 20 FOOT TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD, UM, AS SHOWN ON THIS PROPOSED PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, IT'S A FOREFOOT TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET THAT'S TO ALLOW FOR THE, UH, SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR TREES AND SHRUBS AS REQUIRED BY THE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD, UM, STEPS OFF ALSO RECOMMENDING THE PLANNING ISLANDS AND DIAMONDS AS SHOWN ALONG WITH THE REQUIRED, UH, PARKING LOT PLANTING.
AND THE LAST ITEM FOR LANDSCAPING IS LANDSCAPING ALONG THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN BORDERS OF THIS PROPERTY.
SO DUE TO THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REDUCED REAR YARDS, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING UNDERSTORY TREES, UM, SHRUBS, AND THEN OF COURSE, OR IN OR BERMS, UM, THAT'S TO SCREEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ALONG THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SIDES, AS WELL AS
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FM 10 92.UM, THIS, UH, PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM FMT 92.
THE LAST ITEM, UH, IN THIS, UH, PD IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDING PROHIBITING SIGNAGE.
UH, FREE-STANDING SIGNAGE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ALONG THE, UM, FIFTH STREET, UH, REDUCED, UH, TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD.
THAT'S DUE TO THE REDUCTION IN, UH, THE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD.
UH, THIS WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR SUSPICION SPACE OF THE REQUIRED SHRUBS AND TREES AT THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER, HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, UH, ALONG THIS AT THE SITE, THERE WAS, UH, THERE MAY BE SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR A FREESTANDING SIGN IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE, AND THAT'S ON THE FM 10 92 FRONTAGE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM? MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, 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.
IF I MAY, MAYOR YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN 81, YOU STILL NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OF ALL OF THE MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
SO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
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.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? OKAY.
THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
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.
ITEM SEVEN 82, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 49.75 ACRES OF LAND FROM LC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD PONCH DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE 11 DESCRIBING SAID 49.75 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AMENDING WAS SENDING 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 SUBJECT.
THANK YOU THERE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY THE SAME PRESENTATION AS WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL ON MAY 3RD.
UM, AND SO THERE AREN'T ANY CHANGES IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I CAN GO BACK OVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE.
UH, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO, UH, GO THROUGH THOSE AGAIN.
UM, IT'S SO THE LOCATION IN QUESTION IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS WAS THE AREA, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX, UH, EAST AND WEST, THE BOTH, UH, CREEK MINE, UH, NORTH CREEK MINE, AS WELL AS WATTS PLANTATION ROAD.
THERE'S SEVERAL TRACKS AND COMBINED.
UH, THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES, THE LAND.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, WITH THE APPLICATION.
UH, THE SITE PLAN IS NOT A FINAL SITE PLAN.
UH, THIS IS A PD TO ESTABLISH THE USES, UM, IN GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UH, TO ALLOW, UM, FOR, UH, THE MARKETING OF THIS PROPERTY FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO IT SHOWS A MIX OF, UH, USES AS PROPOSED.
THESE ARE AGAIN THE ELEVATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED, UH, BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID FORWARD, UM, A FINAL REPORT THAT CONTAINED A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, TO CONTAIN
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ALL OF THESE ACRES, UH, WITH THE USES AS A SUMMARIZED, UH, AN ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE SCREEN, UM, THE USES WOULD INCLUDE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY SHOWN IN THE LIGHT TURQUOISE COLOR.UM, ON THE MAP, JUST TO THE WEST OF WATTS PLANTATION, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WOULD FOLLOW THE CITY STANDARDS FOR EL C3.
A RETAIL DISTRICT, UH, USES PERMITTED IN THE EL C3 RETAIL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE LC THREE DISTRICT, UH, FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL AS MULTI-FAMILY TO, UH, DEVELOP NEW STANDARDS FOR, UH, THE TURQUOISE AREA.
IT'S NOT A FINAL CONCEPT, UM, OF THE TYPE OF SIGNAGE, UH, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING AT FOR CERTAIN USES, NOT ALL USES, UH, WITHIN THE PD.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE MORE OF THE EVENT, STYLE GATHERING, UH, PLACES, UH, CREATIVE SPACES THAT ARE PROPOSED WITHIN THIS PD.
UH, THE ORDINANCE WOULD LIMIT THESE TYPES OF FLEXIBILITY, CREATIVE SIGNAGE, UM, SPECIFIC TO THOSE USES.
YES, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL SLIDE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S REFERENCE, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, FOR COUNCIL.
AND SO THIS IS A XR TO THE CITY ZONING MAP, AS IT RELATES TO THAT AREA.
UM, THE AREAS IN QUESTION ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN A BOLD BLACK LINE, UH, BUT ON THIS MAP, THE DEPICTION IS THE DARK RED AREA.
THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS LC TWO.
UM, AND SO I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE ALL OF THE TYPES OF USES THAT ARE PERMITTED, UH, WITHIN THE LC TWO DISTRICT, BUT THIS IS A LISTING OF THESE ARE USES CURRENTLY PERMITTED.
UM, SO IF THE PD, UM, IS NOT APPROVED, THESE ARE STILL USES THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED, UM, IN THIS AREA, JENNIFER, ARE YOU ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT OR SHARE THOSE? I KNOW IT'S QUITE A FEW, BUT IT'S QUITE A FEW, UM, I'LL PICK UP AND NOT, NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UM, PUSH ANY CERTAIN USES OVER OTHERS, BUT, UM, LC TWO IS WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES.
SO A USE OF THIS SUCH AS, UH, STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES, UM, BEAUTY SALONS, HAIR SALON SERVICES, UM, UH, CERTAIN, UH, TYPE OF, UM, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH, UH, RETAIL COMMERCIAL USES, UM, WOULD BE PERMITTED WITHIN THAT LLC TO A DISTRICT.
UM, SO IT'S BROAD, IT'S NOT SPECIFIC BUSINESSES, UM, BUT IT IS BROAD CATEGORIES, UM, OF USES THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE A LONGER HIGHWAY SIX CORRIDOR ALONG OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR, UM, CARTWRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE COMMERCIAL RETAIL, UH, TYPE OF SERVICES COULD DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS RIGHT NOW.
SO THE LAST SLIDE IS, UH, SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER AND WE DO HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVES HERE, UH, TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND SO THIS IS A SUMMARY SLIDE, UH, PROVIDED, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC, UM, BASED ON COUNSEL'S RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MAIN THIRD MEETING, UM, ON, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND WORKING WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS KIND OF A TIMELINE, UH, THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER ON, UH, THOSE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE PRIOR TO MAY 3RD, BUT SPECIFICALLY MAY 3RD TO PRESENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
SO CITY DID RECEIVE SEVERAL, A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THE CITY SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU.
WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMIT.
FIRST, I HAVE A HIGH TOWER
THE OLDEST HIGH TOWER, 24, 26 YELLOW MAPLE LANE.
MY NAME IS LEO DECIDED TOM, I'M A RETIRED SERVICE MEMBER FOR 90 STATE'S ARMY ENTREPRENEUR, RESIDENT OF WINFIELD LAKES, DIRECTOR OF HOA, WINFIELD LAKES BOARD ALSO HAVE A PODCAST CALLED THE REAL MAN TALK, WHERE WE HELP STRUGGLING MEN AND WOMEN DEAL WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
AND WE TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS THAT PLAYS TO COMMUNITY.
MY PLATFORM APP HAS HELPED AND GET THE ATTENTION, MEANING THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND VOTE FOR MANY OF OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS.
IT CAME ON THE SHOW, WHICH ALSO HELPED ME TO MAKE HISTORY.
WE ALSO WAS INSTRUMENTAL MY COMMUNITY AND I, AND PASSING
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THE MUD 24 HOUR.I'M SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT, TAXPAYER AND THE BOYS FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T ATTEND TONIGHT, I'M ASKING AND PLEADING WITH THE BOARD, THE VOTE TONIGHT ON THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGHWAY SIX, TO DELETE A VOTE OR RECONSIDER THE VOTE.
MANY RESIDENTS WELCOME SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT IS NEEDED.
HOWEVER, AS A RESIDENT AND A TAXPAYER I'M OPPOSED BY MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT POSSIBLY MAY BE SOON.
YOU CAN STITCH WHICH WITH THE POSSIBLY REDISTRICTING, WE DO NOT WANT ANY INDUSTRIAL LOW VALUE COMMERCIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES IN OUR AREA.
WE'RE ALREADY CHALLENGED WITH TRAFFIC INCREASED CRIME AND A LACK OF CONSTABLE AND SHERIFF PRESENCE.
WE DO LIKE TO SEE HIGH VALUE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
WHAT BE AN AREA HAS OTHER OUTSIDE.
AS OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF CREEK FEEL RUN WINFIELD LAKES AND ALL THE FARMS CAMERA'S SQUARE LAKE OLYMPIAN, OTHER MULTI-FAMILY PLACES THAT THEY CAN PLACE THIS.
I, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A MEMBER OF MISSOURI CITY, WHATEVER HAPPENS IN MY MISSOURI CITY WILL FADE OVER INTO FRESNO AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE DO NOT WANT THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND NEXT WE HAVE, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MAYOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE TIME FOR US.
I SAID RESIDENT, I CAN, I'M SORRY.
WE FIGURED OUT THAT THESE 300 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CREEK.
WE HAVE KIDS, WE HAVE LAWYERS.
WE HAVE DOCTORS, WE HAVE NURSES.
WE, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU SEE THE PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER, AND THEN EVERYTHING I'M IMPLORING.
IF YOU PUT THIS MORE PEOPLE, IT'S 300 UNITS AND YOU'VE PUT TWO OR THREE PEOPLE FOR AMAZON BUILDING.
IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 600 AND 900 PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOU PUT ALL THE RETAIL IN FRONT DID TRAFFIC, WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO COME IN AND PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES.
I HAVE MY KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ANOTHER HOME.
I HAVE SEEN GRANDPARENTS IN, THEY SEE THEIR GRANDKIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE HAVE COLUMBIA, WE'D HAVE A FINISHED PEOPLE.
WE HAVE NIGERIA AND WE HAVE FROM ARGENTINA AND WE GET ALONG, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE POST THIS, PLEASE.
AND MY ADDRESS IS 25 10 SHADOW OAKS DRIVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.
ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF CREEK MOUNT SUBDIVISION, I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU ALL TO PLEASE SAVE OUR COMMUNITY, SAVE WHAT WE HAVE WORKED HARD FOR, BUT NOT SUPPORTING THIS REZONING.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS AREA HAS BEEN REZONED THREE ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
ALSO, WE ALREADY HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING TO OUR AREA.
SHIPMAN KOHL'S IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO CREEK MATH.
THIS HAS GONE TO BRING A LARGER POPULATION INTO OUR AREA AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS HAS GONE TO INFRINGE OUR RIGHTS IN CREEK MOUNT AS WELL.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER REASONS WE OPPOSE THIS IS TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERYBODY GOES 60 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GOING TO HANDLE THIS.
WE BROUGHT THIS UP ON THE MAY 18TH MEETING, NOTHING HAS BEEN
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RESOLVED WITH THIS.THIS TRAFFIC IS ALSO GOING TO IMPACT CRIME.
MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO OUR AREA, WHETHER IT'S BY FOOT OR WHETHER IT'S BY VEHICULAR.
SECONDLY, OUR PROP A VALUES WERE PROBABLY BE IMPACTED AND THAT THAT HURTS.
WE'VE BEEN IN QUAKE MOUND FOR MOST OF US.
WE HAVE OLDER CITIZENS THERE THAT DON'T WANT TO MOVE THAT HAVE DECIDED THIS IS GOING TO BE THEIR LAST HOME.
SO WE ASK THEM, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THESE THINGS.
WE HAVE BEEN REZONED IN CREEK MOUNT TO OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION.
QUICK SHIPMENTS COLE WAS MOVING IN ALSO HIGH TOWER ACROSS SOME HIGH TILE.
WE HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S COMING.
WE HAVE GRISTMILL HILL THAT'S DOWN THE STREET FROM US, JUST CREEK MOUNT REALLY NEED ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SERVE.
APARTMENT COMPLEX IS NOT GOING TO SERVE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, OUR OTHER ISSUE IS FLOODING.
FLOODING IS A HUGE, HUGE CONCERN.
OF COURSE, THERE HAS BEEN NO TALK OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO PREVENT FLOODING, UM, AFFORDABLE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX HAS BEEN BUILT, UM, CREEK MOUNDS HOMES VALUE IN 200 TO $300,000 RANGE.
AND SO AS SHIPMAN COLDS, IF WE ARE BRINGING THESE AMAZON EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHAT DO WE THINK THE RENT IS GOING TO BE? HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES? I JUST TO HAVE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE WALKED OUT NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN PROTESTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE COME BEFORE YOU ASKING YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS REZONING.
I LIVE AT TWO SIX, TWO SEVEN FACET CREEK DRIVE.
AND I FIRST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU AGAIN, THE FACT THAT YOU HEARD US ON MAY 3RD AND SYNTHES BACK WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GARNER SUPPORT FROM OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH WAS LARGELY ABSENT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED, WHERE YOU'VE SHOWN UP IN NUMBER TODAY, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NOW WE DO NOT WANT THE REZONING TO HAPPEN.
YOU HAVE HEARD SEVERAL REASONS GIVEN I WILL GIVE YOU A, ANOTHER KEYBOARD.
EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE CHOSEN WHERE YOU LIVE BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT WERE EITHER THERE OR THINGS THAT WERE NOT THERE.
AND YOU MAKE CONCERTED EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHINGS YOU NOT COMING TO THE AREAS WHERE YOU LIVE SO THAT YOUR LIFESTYLE, THE WELFARE OF YOUR FAMILY CAN BE MAINTAINED THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS.
WE'RE ASKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME THING, A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT COMPLEX, SHOULD IT BE REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL WOULD NOT BENEFIT ANYONE EXCEPT THE DEVELOPER.
WE, AS THE CITIZENS WOULD BEAR THE BRUNT OF ANYTHING THAT COMES TO THAT COMMUNITY.
AS A RESULT OF THAT REZONING AND THE BUILDING OF THOSE APARTMENTS, NOT THE DEVELOPERS, MISSOURI CITY HAS SUFFERED IN THE PAST FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT WHERE THE DEVELOPERS, THOSE WHO BACK THEM RUN OFF AND GO THEIR OWN WAY.
BUT THE CITIZENS ARE LEFT CARRYING THE BRUNT, EITHER DO CRIME TAXES OR DEVALUATION IN THEIR HOME VALUES.
THE DREAMS THAT THEY, SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU GIVE US THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU AFFORD YOURSELF AND THAT WE INTERESTED IN YOU.
WHEN WE LISTEN TO EACH ONE OF YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND WE VOTED YOU IN TO PROTECT US, THE CITIZENS, MAKEUP, AND MISSOURI CITY, NOT THE DEVELOPERS OR ANYONE ELSE THAT CHAMPIONS IT IS WE YOUR CITIZENS AGAIN, WHO WOULD BEAR THE BRUNT OF YOUR DECISION TODAY.
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SEND THE DEVELOPERS TO COME BACK WHERE THEY CAN DO SAME PLAN.THAT TRULY MORE BENEFIT MISSOURI CITY AS A WHOLE.
IT'S BEEN A DREAM FOR ME TO BUY A HOME AT 26 27 FACET CREEK DRIVE AND TURN AROUND A COUPLE OF FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE, THE OUTCOMES OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE ALREADY HAVE 600 UNITS THAT ARE BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I STAY, BUT IT BUGS ME ALL THE WAY.
NOW YOU GET ANOTHER 300 UNITS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT IT TO BUILD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, PROPERTY VALUES GONE.
AND IN AMERICA PRECEPTS ON THIS EVERYTHING APARTMENT COMPLEX, DON'T HAVE IT.
SOMETHING COMES WITH A THOUSAND UNITS.
YOU ALREADY DOUBLED THE POPULATION RIGHT HERE IN THIS HALF A MILE BLOCK OF HIGHWAY SIX, IT WILL BE THE MOST CONGESTED FROM GALVESTON.
ALL THE WAY TO AUSTIN, TEXAS DROVE.
IT IS HALF A MILE BLOCK ALREADY.
THERE IS A LIGHT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AT WHAT'S PLANTATION DRIVE TRUCKS, COUNTER TRUCKS, SIT ON AN 80,000 POUND BOMB EVERY DAY, COMING DOWN 60,000, 60 MILES AN HOUR.
I NEED THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS TO COME TO A STOP.
GUESS WHAT? GOD BLESS ANY FAMILY MEMBER.
WHAT PLAN SEASON WHEN I'M COMING DOWN THAT BRIDGE, BECAUSE I'LL GO TO WORK WITH 10 FINGERS, 10 TOES.
NOW GO HOME WITH 10 FINGERS, 10 TOES.
YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
THAT IS SAYING, NO, WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE NOW, THANK YOU HAVE RENA MARSHALL MARINA, MARSHALL, MARSHALL, YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR HOA AND, UH, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS IN BEFORE AND WE STILL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS.
COMPLETE ANSWER ON WHAT THEY PLAN TO PUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW.
SO THEIR MARKET VALUE MARKETING ANALYSIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS NOT KNOWN, SO WE'LL BE JUST APPROVING SOMETHING.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET.
BUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR COMMERCIAL WITH COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS NEED TO BE HIGHLIGHTED.
THE FLOODING PROBLEM THAT WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD PLAIN CHANGED.
THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED THE FLOOD PLAIN.
SO THE BILL BEHIND US, SHIPMAN COVE IS FIVE FEET ABOVE US.
AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES TOO.
SO CREEK MINE IS GOING TO BE IN A BOWL OF PASS.
IF THE PEOPLE HAVE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE FLOOD.
PLAIN, WE STILL HAVING THE WRECKS AT THIS RED LIGHT.
WE NEED SOME MORE LIGHTING TRAFFIC LIGHTING.
THAT WAS A WRECK JUST ON SATURDAY.
UM, SOMEBODY WAS TOTAL LOST UP THEIR CARS, THREE CAR ACCIDENTS.
SO THE TRAFFIC LIGHTING IS NEEDED EVEN BEFORE THE BUSINESS HAS COME IN PLACE.
THAT'S TAKE DISHES MAJOR THAT MULTIFAMILY UNIT.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH CROWDING, INCREASED TRAFFIC AND INCREASED CRIME IS ALL CONCERNED.
WE HAD SOME ASS THAT WE SHARED WITH LOVE IT, AND THEY WERE, THEY LISTENED.
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WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO GO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER AGAIN.BUT SOME OF THOSE ASKS WAS A 20 FOOT BUFFER OR, UM, IN BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR BUSINESS STRUCTURE SO THAT THEY ACT AS A BARRIER.
UM, WE ASKED FOR A POLICE SUBSTATION TO BE PUT IN THERE AND THEIR AREA WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR VENDORS.
AND THEN THAT MOST POLICEMEN DIDN'T ALSO HELP PATROL OUR AREAS.
AND THEN WE'VE ASKED IF THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH DOC THIS, THEY ALL THE LAND ALSO.
SO GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT PUT IN SOONER, WE'VE ASKED THE CITY TO DO THE, DO THE SITE, THE GARBAGE DUMPSTER SAID THEY WILL PUT, WE ASK THAT THEY DO THAT STRATEGICALLY AS TO NOT BE A NUISANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT WE ASKED FOR THAT MULTIFAMILY UNITS TO NOT BE PLACED BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING TO BE CONDUCIVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WHEN I GET BACK, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK AS A RESIDENT, 4,100 BLOCK OF NORTH CREEK MONT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND.
WE MOVED INTO CREEK MON FOR EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID.
THE FAMILY FEEL THAT YOU HAVE THERE, THE SAFETY IT'S, MULTI-GENERATIONAL MULTI MULTICULTURAL.
THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO RAISE OUR KIDS.
I WAS PREGNANT WITH OUR FIRST SON WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME.
AND WE BOUGHT IT WITH THE INTENTION OF STAYING UNTIL OUR BOYS ARE AT LEAST IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND NOW THAT THIS IS COMING UP, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR HOME VALUES WERE CONCERNED.
THEY'VE MENTIONED BREWERIES GOING IN.
THEY'VE MENTIONED THINGS LIKE CONCERTS AND EVENTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT NIGHT, AND THAT WOULD BRING LARGE CROWDS.
AND USUALLY WHEN, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOES IN, WHEN PEOPLE RUN OUT OF PARKING IN THE FACILITY, THEY GO TO THE NEAREST BLOCK, WHICH IS OUR STREET.
AND WE'RE CONCERNED THAT WITH THAT OVERFILLED PARKING, THAT IT'S GOING TO OPEN UP THINGS UP TO CAR THEFT.
AND IF PEOPLE ARE INEBRIATED AFTER THEY LEAVE THE BREWERY OR THESE DIFFERENT CONCERTS, UM, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE LOUD, BUT THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT IT'S A CLOSED CIRCUIT.
AND SO THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH OUR STREETS THINKING ALONG, CUT THROUGH, AND WE HAVE KIDS.
WE HAVE SMALL KIDS PLAYING PEOPLE, WALKING THEIR DOGS.
SO IT'S NOT JUST TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
I IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME LONGER TO GET IN AND OUT.
IT'S IT'S PEOPLE SPEEDING TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.
AND THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHO'S ON THE STREET.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE CONCERNED.
UM, AGAIN WITH THESE KIND OF BEING A DESTINATION, HIP TRENDY, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
IF WE WANTED THAT WE WOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE CITY.
WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT IS QUIET.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT DESTINATION FOR WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
I DON'T, I SEE A VALUE TO THE CITY, BUT NOT HERE.
IT LOOKS DIFFERENT ON THE MAP, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY ARE APPROACHING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A PIECE OF LAND.
AND SO, UH, WE MOVED MORE, MANY HOMES AND APARTMENTS IN HOUSTON AND WHAT WE NOTICED THAT WE WOULD PAY MORE TO GET INTO THE APARTMENTS THAT WERE SAFER.
AND THEN WHEN THEY HAD VACANCY THAT WOULD DROP THE PRICES DOWN AND THEN THE CRIME WOULD START.
IT WOULD START WITH CAR THEFT AND THINGS BEING STOLEN OUT OF CARS, AND THEN THEY WOULD BREAK INTO APARTMENTS.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE MOVED OUT OF HOUSTON TO AVOID.
AND SO OUR CONCERN AS A FAMILY FOR OUR TWO AND A HALF YEAR OLD AND OUR NEWBORN IS THE MULTIFAMILY, UH, UH, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND THEN ALSO THINGS LIKE THE CONCERTS, THE BREWERIES, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING MASSES OF PEOPLE, UH, INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THIS IS PUT TO YOU.
I RESIDE AT 25 OH SEVEN SHADOW OAKS DRIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AGAIN.
UM, I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THE, UH, AGAINST THIS, EXCUSE ME, THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED OR WHAT YOU'VE HEARD SO FAR, THOSE ARE THE EMOTIONAL REASONS, BUT LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OTHER INFORMATION,
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BUTDESIGNATION CARRIES A LIMIT OF 20 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE MAXIMUM APARTMENT COUNT WOULD BE 194 APARTMENTS.
THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE INDICATES THERE WILL BE TWO, THREE MORE OR LESS 300 UNITS, OR ALMOST 40% MORE THAN THE STANDARD MF TWO ZONING WOULD NORMALLY ALLOW BAD DENSITY IS NOT BY OUR STANDARDS AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO US.
UH, ESSENTIALLY IN EVERY WAY, THIS PD MAKES THE PROPERTY DENSER AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD.
AND THE DISCUSSION OF PDS PROTECTING CITIZENS ONLY APPLIES IF IT ACTUALLY PROTECTS CITIZENS, THIS WILL NOT PROTECT US.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR CONCERNING THE PROTEST RIGHTS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE'S ENOUGH LAND IN CREEK TO WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO REACH THE SUPER MAJORITY THRESHOLD THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ACTUALLY IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO IF EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CREEK MON COMPLETED, UH, A COMPLETED A, UH, UH, UH, PROTEST, WE COULD NOT AFFECT THIS.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S LIKE BEING, YOU HAVE BEEN BEING BUILT A FLIGHT OF HAND I'LL PROTEST AND PROBABLY NOT GO ANYWHERE.
IF WE CAN REACH THE NUMBER THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY WELL IN MOST OF US AREN'T PROTESTS.
SO THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY, OR EVEN ANY WAY AFFECT THIS, THIS, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, MOVING TO THE SITE PLAN.
THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT SHOW ONE FOOT, NOT ONE FOOT OF DRAINAGE, RETENTION OR DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED BY SOMETHING.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IN THIS ZONING BASE.
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ZONING PHASE WOULD INCLUDE DRAINAGE.
UM, DARNELL HUNTER, 26, 18 FESTER CREEK DRIVE.
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I MOVED THERE DOWNSIZING, PREPARING FOR RETIREMENT.
I STILL HAVE MORE YEARS TO GO.
I SEEMS LIKE I GOT TO MOVE AGAIN AND I REALLY WANTED TO GO IN A SMALL SECTION.
I USED TO LIVE IN SHADOW CREEK FOR 18 YEARS AND ALL THE CHILDREN ARE GROWN AND GONE.
ONE IS SOMETHING SMALLER, NICER.
NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T MOVE TO.
IS IT TIME FOR ME TO GO OR NOT? I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RECONSIDER, YOU KNOW, I HAVE GRANDKIDS COME OVER NOW.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, I PAID THE HIGHER TAXES WHEN I WAS RAISING KIDS, BUT SAFETY.
I HAVE NO KIDS NOW, SO I'M OKAY.
BUT WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN COME THAT AREA'S BEAUTIFUL CREEK MINE IS GORGEOUS.
AND I KNEW WHEN I MOVED TO SHADOW CREEK, THAT I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE FRESNO AREA.
NOW THAT I'M BACK THERE AND ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING, IT, IT REALLY STRIKES ME.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER.
AND ONE MORE THING, CAN WE DO SOMETHING WITH THAT NAME, WATTS PLANTATION? AND WE CHANGED THAT NAME.
IF WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, BUT JUST IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT, BUT PLEASE, WE DON'T NEED ALL OF THAT IN THEIR AREA.
THERE ARE DAYS FOR APARTMENTS, BUT NOT THERE.
THAT PLACE IS TOO SMALL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
I MEAN, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST AN OVERKILL.
AND FOR ME I'M LIKE, JESUS, WHAT DID I HAVE? WHAT IF I MOVED? YOU
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KNOW? AND THAT THERE IS GREAT.THE CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE PLAN.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THOSE APARTMENTS RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU CANNOT BLAME THE PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN THE APARTMENT BECAUSE THEY MOVE IN THERE BECAUSE THEY LIVE.
YOU HAVE AMAZON OVER HERE, BUT IT'S NOT FAIR TO US WHO PAYING TAX.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY THOSE TAXES.
YOU CAN RECONSIDER FOR US, YOUR TAXPAYER.
THAT'S EVERYONE THAT I HAD SIGNED UP FOR TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE YOU ALL ALREADY HELPED THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE.
IS THERE A SECOND? THIS WAS A CLOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
I MEAN, THAT WAS PUBLIC BIG COMMENTS.
SO THESE WERE COMMENTS, CORRECT? THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK WHEN AN ITEM IS PROPERLY POSTED, THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK WHEN AN ITEM IS PROPERLY POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
THIS MOTION IS TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE HAS PRESENTED.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE, NO SECONDS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? UM, YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I AM STATING I HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I WAS ACTUALLY PRIVILEGED TO ATTEND THE, UM, MAY 17TH ZOOM MEETING AND LIKE MS. MARINA STATED, UM, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO I WOULD NOT BE THE REPRESENTATION THAT I HAVE PRIDED MYSELF ON TO BE WHO I AM TO ACTUALLY REPRESENT THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH SO MANY CONCERNS AND NOT BE THE VOICE OF THE CONSENSUS OF THIS ROOM.
SO I PROBABLY VOTE NO ON THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A LOT OF, UM, CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE A JUROR, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M A REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CREEK MARK COMMUNITY THAT I STAND BY.
YOU NEED A SECOND ON THAT MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS SO THERE WAS NO SECOND.
SO THAT'S SAYING WE STILL HAVE A DISCUSSION NOW, UNLESS SOMEONE CHOOSES TO MAKE A SECOND, THERE CAN BE NO DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ITEMS. OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THAT ITEMS, BUT WE'RE DONE WITH YOUR ITEMS, ITEM 71, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE NAME OF CONFEDERATE DRIVE A PUBLIC STREET LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS TO PROSPERITY DRIVE PROSPERITY.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.
SO THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON CONFEDERATE DRIVE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SEGMENT OF CONFEDERATE DRIVE FROM TRUESDALE, UH, TO THE WEST, UH, TO WHERE IT CONNECTS TO A NEW STREET CALLED CONFEDERATE SOUTH DRIVE.
SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA ALONG WHERE IT'S HASHTAG RED ON THE MAP HAD, CAUSE SOMEBODY CLOSED THAT DOOR.
CAN I ASK THIS QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON WHAT THOUGH? ON THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM? NO, WE'RE ALREADY MOVED ON SO WE CAN COME BACK UNDER COMMENTS IF YOU CAN.
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GO AHEAD.UM, SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ALONG THE SEGMENT, HALF PETITION, UH, THE CITY, UM, MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCE, UH, THEY HAVE MADE AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM CONFEDERATE DRIVE TO PROSPERITY DRIVE, AND THAT NAME HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS WITH THAT NAME.
UM, IT COULD BE APPROVED PER THE CITY'S CRITERIA DEFINED IN CHAPTER 16.
UH, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR A COUNCIL TO APPROVE THAT NAME CHANGE.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A CAUTION BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, YOU HAVE LIGHT NAMED STREETS THAT DO TIE INTO THE STREETS.
SO THINKING FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE, AS WELL AS DELIVERIES, UM, AND CONFUSION THAT CAN ARISE, UH, THAT IF THE COUNCIL DOES DETERMINE TO MOVE FORWARD ON RENAME ME, UH, CONFEDERATE DRIVE THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER, UH, THE NAMES FOR CONFEDERATE SOUTH DRIVE THAT IS THROUGH THE SOUTH, AS WELL AS CONFEDERATE PORT, UH THAT'S TO THE WEST SIDE OF TRUESDALE AS SHOWN ON THE MAP.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
UM, THE COST OF, UH, CHANGING THE STREET SIGNS.
UM, IF THIS WAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UH, WOULD BE ASSESSED TO THE APPLICANT.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE VICKSBURG HOA HAD PETITIONED THE CITY ABOUT PROVIDING A RESOURCE, UH, TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THERE'S A DRAFT OF THAT THAT'S INCLUDED, UH, IN COUNCIL'S PACKET.
UM, IT'S A CONVOLUTED, A COMPILATION OF DIFFERENT CHECKLISTS MOVING ADDRESSES, THINGS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD CONSIDER.
UM, IF THE STREET NAME IS CHANGED, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY CHANGING THEIR ADDRESS.
UM, SO SOME DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS THERE.
UM, SO IF COUNCIL HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE CAN FINALIZE THAT AND PUSH THAT OUT TO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT AND MAKE THAT A RESOURCE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR ANY FUTURE REQUESTS AS WELL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY THAT THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH TO CHANGE IS HEAVILY OFFENSIVE, UM, TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF STREET NAMES STILL PROMINENT IN OUR CITY.
I BELIEVE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY, AS WELL AS THE CONTRARY AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE CHANGING THESE OFFENSIVE NAMES.
UM, I AM JUST A STATIC AND I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS A CITY TO PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES TO THE RESIDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NAME CHANGE.
AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONE.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE ANY, I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC AND CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT.
CAN YOU PUT THAT DISPLAY BACK ON THE STREET? UH, YOU'RE ASKING THAT WE DO SOMETHING LIKE CONFEDERATE COURT AND CONFEDERATE SOUTH DRIVE.
HAVE WE GONE THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS TO, YOU KNOW, TO SOLICIT THE INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS ON THOSE TWO STREETS? SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN, UH, HERE AT THE CITY FOR A WHILE.
UM, PART OF THAT WAS TO SEE IF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS COULD REACH OUT TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THOSE, UH, ADJACENT STREETS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF US, WE KNOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG, YOU KNOW, OUR AREAS BETTER THAN SOME OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE FURTHER OUT.
UM, SO AS OF TODAY, UH, WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION OR DIRECT INPUT FROM THOSE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO WE DO HAVE 70% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON CONFEDERATE DRY.
UM, BUT IT IS A CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL, UM, THAT IT COULD EITHER BE PROPERTY OWNER INITIATED, UM, OR COUNCIL INITIATED, UH, TO, UH, LOOK AT CHANGING THOSE NAMES OUT, WILLING TO HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SEE IF THEY WERE SO WE WERE WORKING WITH THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT TO SEE IF THEY COULD, UM, THE CITY HAS NOT FOR, UM, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC PROTOCOL REGARDING THE POSTAL CHANGES REGARDING THAT PROCESS AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
SO THE POST OFFICE CHANGE, UM, ANY KIND OF PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, UTILITY.
SO PART OF THE CITY'S PROCESS, UM, IF THE COUNCIL CHANGES THE STREET NAME, UM, THEN THE CITY
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WOULD NOTIFY THE US POSTAL OFFICE.UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES LIKE THE MUDS, UM, AND THE COUNTIES, THE CAD, UH, CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, UM, SO THAT THOSE RECORDS WOULD BE UPDATED.
UM, BUT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD STILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THEIR PERSONAL SERVICES, PERSONAL ACCOUNTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NEW ADDRESSES ARE REFLECTED, THAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE THEIR, THEIR TITLES TO THEIR, THEIR HOME JENNY MORTGAGES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THE, UH, THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT HAD WHAT 70% WE DO.
SO THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT WAS.
AND WE'LL PUSH OUT THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL.
SO IT'S IN DRAFT FORM, AND THIS IS KIND OF ITS FIRST LIGHT, UM, WITH, UH, COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
UM, SO BASED ON THE BOAT TONIGHT, WE'LL PUSH THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC THOUGH, SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT IMPACT.
WELL, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, RESIDENTS ON THE STREET, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THEM AND THEY'VE BEEN WAITING ON THIS AND IF THEY'VE MET THE THRESHOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, AGE WISE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
IF WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE STREET, CAN I ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? UM, YOU ALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND YOUR RULES, REQUIRING PEOPLE TO REGISTER PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.
SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, YOU ALL CAN TAKE A VOTE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
IF THEY'RE HERE ON THE ITEM WITHOUT REGISTERING IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR RULES.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM CONFEDERATE STREET? OKAY.
LET US TAKE A VOTE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES, TO ALLOW ANYONE FROM CONFEDERATE SPEED.
I THOUGHT WE HAD A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE START MAKING ANOTHER MOTION THAT WE ADDRESS THE MOTION ON, ON THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO I HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF THERE'S NONE, THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, IF WE'RE READY TO VOTE, UH, CALL FOR VOTES, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO, AYE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
NEXT IS PUBLIC HEARING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS.
AND THIS IS WHERE I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP, BUT YOU HAVE A MOTION, BUT I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
SO I DO HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, WHICH IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO OPEN, UM, FOR THIS TO HAVE THAT COMMENT, HE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES.
AND WHILE HE'S COMING UP, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THAT STREET THAT'S HERE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, YOU CAN SPEAK AS WELL.
ARE YOU GUYS DOING TONIGHT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THIS SITUATION BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEING A BLACK MAN LIVING ON A STREET THAT REALLY DEGRADES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY, ONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THAT REALLY IS, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU WERE SITTING ON THE STREET WITH GENERAL LEE HIMSELF, THE NAME OF THE STREET IS NOT ADOLF HITLER.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS STREET IF YOU WERE IN DIFFERENT NATIONALITY AND REALLY BE OFFENDED.
SO I THANK YOU FOR VOTING LIKE YOU DID.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BONIA.
I REMEMBER A YEAR AGO AND I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THIS, UH, PROCESS, BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
UM, AND THANK YOU JENNIFER, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH AND COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN CLOUDS, OR, UM, I WILL SAY THIS, THERE ARE OTHER STREETS THAT HAVE A SIMILAR NAME AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OUR STREET, WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, AND WE WERE ALL FOR THIS AND BEEN FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT LIVED
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ON CONFEDERATE COURT STARTED THE PROCESS, BUT HE DID NOT.UM, AND I THINK, UH, OWL, IT WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT ANYWAY, THE PROCESS WAS STARTED.
SO ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A NEW PROCESS AND GOT OUR NEIGHBORS ENGAGED, THEY WERE ALL FOR IT.
WE DO KNOW MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ON THE BORDERING STREET AND I HAVE LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE AS FAR AS ONCE THEY KNOW THAT YES, WE HAVE MADE SOME HEADWAY.
I BELIEVE THAT THOSE OTHER BORDERING STREETS WILL DO THE SAME THING.
IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, WHO'S GOING TO GET IT STARTED AND START CARRYING THE TORCH.
SO WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH THE WAIT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, WE JUST SAY, THANK YOU.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS SECOND BY CONSULAR KLAUSER.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION TO CLOSE THE MEETING.
UM, THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? UM, I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BACK ON JULY 20TH OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RECOGNIZED BEFORE BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL AND GETTING WITH THE JOYCE WAS THAT OUR THRESHOLD TO CONSIDER ITEMS LIKE THIS WAS AT 90% AND THAT WAS EXTREMELY TOO HIGH.
UH, WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE CONCERNS OR ISSUES TO ADDRESS, UH, THIS SITUATION.
AND SO LOWERING IT TO 70% HAS NOW PROVEN THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION AND YOU HAD PRETTY MUCH SYNERGY AMONGST THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS WHAT, UH, COLLECTIVELY THAT THEY WOULD WANT AND ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.
UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE EXPENSES THAT ARE NOT BEING PAID BY THE, BY THE CITY, BUT BY, UH, THEMSELVES IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THIS CHANGE OF WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY WERE, UM, INSENSITIVE, RACIALLY INCENTIVE, INSENSITIVE INTEGRATING, UH, NAMES.
AND, AND I WOULD STRONGLY, UH, HOPE AND, AND, AND BE ENCOURAGED BY THERE WERE ANY OTHER RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA OF, OF VICKSBURG THAT ARE, UM, AND THERE WAS A LADY EARLIER WHO MENTIONED WATTS PLANTATION, UH, AS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ISSUE, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY TRULY UNDERSTAND, UH, THE IMPACT, UH, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, UH, OF HOW THOSE NAMES AND THE MEMORIES OF THOSE, THOSE INCIDENTS AND, AND NAMES, YOU KNOW, IMPACT.
DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE OVER THERE, UH, WHO, UH, WAS THE FIRST GRAND WIZARD OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, UH, THAT IS ON ONE OF THE STREETS.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT HAVE TO LIVE ON THAT STREET AND DRIVE BY THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT IS, IS HURTFUL, UH, INTERNALLY, BUT I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE THAT, THAT THIS WAS, UM, ABLE TO COME BEFORE US.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR, AND YOUR TEAM FOR PULLING IN GLENN, UH, FOR PULLING TOGETHER THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE HOA, UH, RELATIVE TO WHAT THE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE HOMEOWNERS CONSIDER, UH, FROM A PERSONAL STAND.
I ALSO HEARD, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS LISTENING IN ON THIS DISCUSSION.
I REMEMBER GOING FROM 90 TO 70%, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND, UM, AND I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALONG WITH, UH, JEFF BONEY, UH, MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RABBONI SECOND BY CONSUMER.
CLOUSER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, A CONSIDER OTHERIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MISSOURI CITY[02:40:01]
DRIVE.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SHASHA KUMAR AND ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS AND COUNCIL.
UM, JEREMY DAVIS WILL BE LEADING THIS PROJECT.
UH, HOWEVER, WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS TO AWARD A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH CPN Y OR THE DESIGN OF MINNESOTA CITY DRIVE.
UH, THIS IS THE DRIVE THAT YOU TAKE TO ENTER INTO THE CITY HALL COMPLEX.
UH, THIS IS THE DRIVE THAT SERVES, UH, FOR PENN COUNTY LIBRARY, AS WELL AS HCC CAMPUS.
AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF BEATING OVER THE YEARS.
UM, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE, UH, SOME FUNDING FROM 2017 MOBILITY BONDS.
IT'S A MATCHING CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR METRO DOLLARS.
UH, AGAIN, UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, DELIBERATELY DELAYED THE START OF THIS PROJECT TO ENSURE THE COMPLETIONS OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT.
YOUR IDEA IS TO BEGIN THE DESIGN WITH THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT, THE ACCESS TO THE BACA CITY FACILITIES, WHICH IS THE FLEET IN ANIMAL SERVICES, BEEN CURTAILED.
WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO ENTAIL IS EXTENSION OF MINNESOTA CITY DRIVE, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU AND TIE BACK INTO SCANLON ROAD.
SO THIS WILL IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AROUND THESE CAMPUSES, WHICH WILL REBUILD A PAYMENT, WHICH IS OLD, HAS GOT A LOT OF BAND-AIDS ON IT AND IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE CONDITIONS AS WELL.
UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS TALK A DESIGN CONTRACT.
UH, THE FORM WAS SELECTED, UH, USING OUR PROCESS.
UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF PDI COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE IDEA IS TO BEGIN DESIGN AND COME BACK AND COMPLETE DECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MISSOURI CITY DRIVE, AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF, COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER STERLING MADE THE SECOND.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION, SORRY, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN, WHEN WILL THIS, UH, COMPLETE OR START DATE TO COMPLETION? THE START OF CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR AND WE WANT TO COMPLETE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT FIRST, WHICH IS SLATED FOR COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT'LL START SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE SOME, UH, COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OR FAIRLY THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, SO TO SPEAK.
YEAH, THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY IS AWAY FROM THE DYES ITEM.
NUMBER NINE, BE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FOREBRAIN COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER TWO FOR A WRITER, FOR A WRITER, MY ENTRY ONTO THE PROPERTY FOR A 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY RECREATIONAL MANAGER, JULIA THOMPSON.
SO I'LL, UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME OUT.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT A REQUEST TO UTILIZE PROPERTY BY, UM, THE FORT BEND COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
UM, AND THE REASON WE ARE USING, UH, REQUESTING THIS AS PART OF THE LICENSING REQUIREMENT FOR OUR FIREWORKS CENTER, UM, FOR THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UM, WITH OUR CHANGE IN VENUE FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FORT BEND COUNTY WATER CONTROL DISTRICT AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL NUMBER CLOUDS OR IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI? IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
WELL, THE FIREWORKS GOING TO GO OFF AROUND NINE, NINE OH FIVE.
WHERE WOULD THE CHANGE OF VENUE ON LOCATION BE IN REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY? FOR THE FIREWORKS? MA'AM THE FIREWORKS ARE GOING TO BE SHOT OFF IT'S RIGHT OFF THE SCANLON ROAD.
UM, SO IT'S CLOSE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE, UM, AGENCY SITE.
UM, SO FOR VIEWING PURPOSES, MARINA WHERE THE NEW WATER TANK IS ON SCAM IS SIR.
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HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RABBONI THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN.
ITEM NUMBER NINE C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SIENNA PLANTATION, MUNICIPAL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE AND THE CITY CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, FOR JOINT FUNDING OF REHAB MEDITATION IMPROVEMENT FOR STEEPBANK FLAT BANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY PROPOSED PRESENTATION BY TODD WHORE.
THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO AN ESTIMATED 12.2 MILLION EXPANSION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT FOR STATE BANK FLAT BANKS CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN A MUD ONE WILL FIND ABOUT 9.3, 2 MILLION FOR THE 1.5 MILLION GALLON PER DAY, EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT 0.0 MILLION GALLON PER DAY, TREATMENT PLAN SIX OTHER PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT 42 46, ONE 15 ONE 29, ONE 49.
AND FIRST COLONY MUD NINE WILL FUND APPROXIMATELY 2.88 MILLION FOR THE REHABILITATION PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.
SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT ONE WILL SERVE AS THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCURING GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE EXPANSION REHAB AND UPGRADING OF THE STEEP BANK FLAT BANK CREDIT PLAN.
THE CITY IS ONLY FACILITATING AS THE INTERMEDIARY OF FUNDS COMING IN AND DISTRIBUTING OUT TO FUND THIS PROJECT FOR THESE STEEP BAND FLAT BANK, UH, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PARTICIPANTS AND CLOSING THIS ACTION REQUIRES THE EXECUTION OF A JOINT FUNDED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY AND SIENNA PLANTATION, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION MOTION AMEND THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE.
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.
[10. ORDINANCES]
I HAVE NUMBER 10, OUR ORDINANCES ITEM NUMBER 10 A.AND SO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE PROVIDING CERTAIN STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR THE CITY COUNCIL BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS ESTABLISHING AN ETHICS COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED COUNCIL MEMBERS? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RABBONI.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING? IS THERE A DISCUSSION NOT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM
[11. RESOLUTIONS (Part 2 of 2)]
11, B RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING RULES GOVERNING THE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY DESIGNATING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTMENT OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FUNDS AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELENA PORTERS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, CHAPTER 2256 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A WRITTEN INVESTMENT POLICY REGARDING THE INVESTMENT OF ITS FUNDS AND REQUIRES THAT CITY COUNCIL REVIEW THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND STRATEGIES, NOT LESS THAN ANNUALLY, A CITY COUNCIL LAST REVIEWED AND ADOPTED THE INVESTMENT POLICY ON JUNE 5TH, 15TH 2020 CHAPTER 2020 2256, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS A PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
IT OUTLINES THE ALLOWABLE INVESTMENTS, UH, THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS THAT CITIES CAN USE WHEN INVESTING FUNDS,
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UH, THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY REMAINS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT.AND, UH, THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE ACT DURING THIS MOST RECENT RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
HOWEVER, EXCLUDING MINOR EDITS, THE POLICY HAS BEEN AMENDED IN TWO AREAS.
UM, THE FIRST IS, UH, IN THE DEFINITION OF AN EFFICIENT SECONDARY MARKET DUE TO THE DECLINE IN INTEREST RATES.
OUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR BELIEVES THAT A SPREAD BETWEEN THE BID AND OFFER PRICE OF LESS THAN 10 BASIS POINTS WILL DEFINE ANY EFFICIENT SECONDARY MARKET.
SO THIS IS CHANGING FROM 25 BASIS POINTS TO 10 BASIS POINTS.
UH, SECOND, UH, IS IN THE AREA OF SAFEKEEPING.
UH, CUSTODIAL AGENTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MONTHLY REPORTS AUTOMATICALLY.
SO THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO REFLECT A CHANGE FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A MONTHLY REPORT TO THE REQUIREMENT, TO MAKE AVAILABLE A REPORT.
THAT WAY, WHENEVER WE NEED THE INFORMATION, WE CAN REQUEST THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S THERE.
THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED ON MAY 11, 2021 TO THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE.
IT'S PRESENTED BY THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH OUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTING THE INVESTMENT POLICY AND THAT'S FOUND IN ATTACHMENT A OF THE RESOLUTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
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.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 12.WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WE'LL START WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM RULES.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE 2021 GRADUATES OUT THERE.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A BRIGHT, I KNOW I HAVE ONE OF THOSE OUT THERE, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE'RE TAKING TO HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES TONIGHT WAS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE, UH, ON HOW WE'RE HELPING THEM WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
AND ONE THING, COUNCILMEMBER CLOUDS ARE ANOTHER SHOE JOINED THE EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND.
I'LL JUST KEEP MINE MINIMAL BECAUSE I KNOW MY PEERS WILL PROBABLY WANT TO SPEAK ON THE OTHERS, BUT, UM, ANOTHER GREAT JOB ON MISSOURI CITY GREEN, UH, THEIR SHREDDING EVENT WAS SUPER SUCCESSFUL.
THERE WAS A LINE ALL THE WAY DOWN CARTWRIGHT.
UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SHREDDING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO VOLUNTEERED ON OUR FIRST RYAN'S PROJECT ON MAY 29TH.
UM, TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, IT'S A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT BY THE NAME OF RYAN OF DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'LL CONTACT THEM, ME AND AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS, SUCH AS TAX ASSESSOR, CARMEN TURNER, DISTRICT CLERK, BEVERLY WALKER, AND JUST THE NAME OF OTHER FEW, BUT WE RECEIVED, UM, OVER A HUNDRED, UM, ITEMS, I'M SORRY, 800 ITEMS TO PRETTY MUCH PREPARE THEM 800 CARE PACKAGES, CORRECT ME.
UM, THAT WERE VOLUNTEERED AND DONATED BY VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAD THE BROTHERS OF BETA CON CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, WHICH IS LOCATED HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE WE HAD DONATIONS VOLUNTEERED AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED PROVIDE THAT, UM, INITIATIVE AND MAKE SURE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, MY PART CLEANUP WAS CANCELED HIS WEEKEND.
HE WAS EXPECTED A LOT OF RAIN, BUT IT ACTUALLY WAS VERY HOT AND SUNNY.
SO OUR NEW DATE IS PROPOSED ON JUNE 26TH, FROM EIGHT TO 10:00 AM.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE COMMUNITY PARK LOCATED ON 1700 GLEN LAKE DRIVE.
UM, IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, OR YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY COLLEAGUES AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UM, I'M SORRY.
THE, UM, WE'D BEEN CUTTING OF OUR LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MISSOURI CITY GYMNASIUM.
IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE A PART OF SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO, UM, I TOO WAS, UH, PROUD TO ATTEND THE MISSOURI CITY GRAIN SHRED EVENT ON SATURDAY.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN BOARD PRESIDENT, ANGIE WHERE'S, BECKY.
UM, THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE THE EVENT DUE TO RAIN PREVIOUSLY, BUT HER AND HER TEAM
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WORKED REALLY HARD.AND UM, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO AND CONTINUE TO DO.
THE NEXT EVENT IS GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A, UH, COMPOSTING EVENT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, COMMISSIONER GRADY, PRESTAGE KP GEORGE, UM, FOR PRESERVING THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER AS A COUNCIL WOMAN AT WHERE STATED SEVERAL OF US HERE WERE THERE ON SATURDAY.
AND THAT, UM, RIBBON CUTTING WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE INSIDE THAT GYMNASIUM, UM, MISSOURI CITY, JUNIOR HIGH, AS IT WAS KNOWN, UM, THERE WERE MANY GAMES THAT I WAS A CHEERLEADER FOR.
I EVEN PLAYED BASKETBALL IN THAT GYM.
SO WHEN I WALKED IN AND IT WAS VERY NOSTALGIC AND IT WAS JUST AN HONOR TO BE THERE AND TO TAKE PICTURES WITH SOME OF MY, UM, FELLOW PEERS THERE.
SO, UM, THAT CENTER IS GOING TO BE OPEN FOR FITNESS AND JUST COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO WE ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THAT, UH, THAT CENTER AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, I'M JUST, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO SPENT THEIR EVENINGS INTERVIEWING, UM, IN MAY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WE HAVE 15 SOLID INDIVIDUALS.
UH, THAT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST MISSIONS WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL WAS TO ESTABLISH A SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY COULD BE A VOICE AND ROLL UP THOSE IDEAS TO US.
AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING IN THOSE INTERVIEWS.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SWEAR THEM IN ON JUNE 21ST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
I WAS ABLE TO, UH, I CONTACTED THE CITY.
I HAD SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO WERE ACTUALLY ONES WHO WERE DISABLED AND PEOPLE WILL TICKET BY MYSELF AND PURCHASE WHAT CASES OF WATER TO DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER MEETING, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING ON DEVELOPING REGULATIONS FOR SILVER SERVICES AND ALSO LIKE TO THANK BILL.
WE DISCUSSED THIS IN OUR MEETING EARLIER ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I LIKE TO THINK I'M IN A ROOM FEEL AND LISTEN FOR A COMPANY.
THIS WAS A DEMONSTRATIVE ACT OF WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED EARLIER ON THE OH EIGHT WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU BILL FOR COMING OUT.
ONCE AGAIN, UM, TEXAS PARKWAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE OUR MEETINGS WITH THAT.
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND ALSO THE, UH, THE MISSOURI CITY DREAM.
YEAH, I WAS HAPPY TO ALSO ATTEND, UH, AS WAS, APHRA MENTIONED THE FORT BEND COUNTY LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER RIBBON CUTTING GRAND OPENING EVENT.
UM, I DIDN'T GET THE MEMO FROM MOTHER NATURE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE HOT, UH, AND SCORCHING OUTSIDE.
SO I WORE A SUIT AND WAS, UH, DEFINITELY PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT.
BUT NONETHELESS, I LOOKED AT IT, I THINK I LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S NOW SUCH A MAJOR ASSET, UH, HERE IN OUR CITY, UM, HAVING IT.
SO FROM BEING DORMANT TO NOW HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSTANT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE CONSTANT USE BY OUR CITIZENS, UH, IS, IS DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING.
UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE TOURIST BOARD, AND OF COURSE THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DEDICATE AND INVEST A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THAT PROJECT.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A SKIN IN THE GAME WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'S EXCITING TO BE A PART OF ALSO WAS ABLE TO COME HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AFTER THAT EVENT TO JOIN MOMS, DEMAND ACTION, TEXAS, AND THE FORT MAN COUNTY BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION, WHO ACTUALLY MEET HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, UH, FOR THEIR, UH, BY WEARING, I WORE SOME ORANGE AND WAS ABLE TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY AGAINST ENDING GUN VIOLENCE.
MANY OF THOSE, UM, MOMS, UH, IN INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PART OF THAT GROUP, INCLUDING, UH, UM, A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE WHO ACTUALLY I'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS.
AND, UH, THEY STILL ARE HAUNTED BY THE, THE MURDER OF THEIR SON DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY COMING IN TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND THEY ALSO HAD A BLOOD DRIVE HERE, UH, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY.
SO I ASKED THEM COURAGE IS ALL TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS.
AND AS A COUNCIL WOMAN STERLING INDICATED AND ALLUDED TO, WE ALSO HAD OUR SECOND TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, UH, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ OR ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE DEDICATED, THEY'RE FAITHFUL, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRING FORTH IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PROACTIVELY THAT WILL HELP MOVE US FORWARD.
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AND SO WE DID BRING SOME THINGS FORWARD THAT, UH, I KNOW ARE GOING TO IMPACT THE, UH, INDEPENDENCE AND, UM, INDEPENDENCE MEDIANS ON THE MEDIANS ON INDEPENDENCE IN LEXINGTON, UH, AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE SURVEY, UH, RIGHT NOW, AMONGST THAT GROUP, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, BUT, UH, THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
SO, UH, LET'S, LET'S ALL BE ENCOURAGED THAT WE DID THE RIGHT THING BY ENSURING THAT THIS WAS DEVELOPED AND THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, YEAH, I'LL JUST ECHO, UH, THE, UH, APPRECIATION FOR GRADY, UH, PRESAGE, UH RAMRODDING AND NOT, AND I THINK HE REALLY RAN ROTTED FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO GET THAT TO OFF THE GROUND AND, UH, TO FRUITION, UH, I GUESS IF, YOU KNOW, GRADY, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVING HIM SOMETHING TO DO AND HE NORMALLY GETS IT DONE.
UH, BUT, UH, IT WAS A, A GREAT ADDITION TO, UH, TO MISSOURI CITY AND, UH, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
UH, ALSO, UH, UH, KUDOS TO MISSOURI CITY GREEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A PAPER SHREDDING, UH, UH, EVENT THAT THEY HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY GREEN CONTINUES TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE SERVICES, UH, TO, UH, UH, OUR, OUR CITIZENS, UH, FROM, UH, PAPER SHREDDING TO ELECTRONIC DISPOSAL.
SO, UH, THEY, THEY PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE AND IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, IF YOU CAN ASSIST THEM EITHER AS A VOLUNTEER OR WHEN YOU DROP OFF YOUR PAPER OR YOUR CYCLING MATERIAL, THROW A $5 OR $10 BILL IN THEIR, UH, COLLECTION BECAUSE THEY USE THAT, UH, VERY WISELY.
AND, UH, THEY, UH, UH, BRING A, UH, A REAL, UH, GOOD, UH, VALUE TO, UH, MISSOURI CITY AND, AND OUR CITIZENS.
AND FINALLY, A REMINDER THAT, UH, ON JUNE THE NINTH AT 6:00 PM AT THE, UH, RECKONED TENNIS CENTER, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, PUBLIC MEETING ON, UH, THE 10 92 MEDIANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLACED, UH, BY TEXTILE.
UH, SO, UH, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT, UH, WHO, UH, HAS, UH, ANY, UH, CONCERNS ARE, ARE KUDOS FAR TO TEXTILE FOR, UH, POINTING TO PUTTING MEDIANS DOWN THE, UH, THE MIDDLE OF 10 92, NOW'S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD? BECAUSE, UH, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE GOT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE, UH, UH, GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, STILL CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS EFFECTIVELY, UH, AND, UH, MOVE TRAFFIC DOWN 10 92 AFTER THEY PUT IN THOSE MEDIUMS. SO, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE FARTHER AGAINST IT, NOW'S THE LAST TIME TO REALLY LET TXDOT KNOW, UH, WHAT YOUR, UH, WHAT'S YOUR POSITION IS.
I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS. UM, OF COURSE EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT LANDMARK.
IT IS DEFINITELY A PIECE OF HISTORY.
UH, IF YOU, ESPECIALLY, IF YOU GO DOWN, UM, AND TO THE LOWER LEVEL, YOU CAN SEE THE, SOME OF THE HISTORY AND IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY GREAT T YOU KNOW, SEE ONE OF THE, UM, 19 FORGOT, 57 OR 58, 56 GRADUATE, UH, THAT WAS THERE AND SAID, MY PICTURE IS IN THAT BOOK.
AND TO SEE THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER GRADING, PRESTIGE AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND ALSO TO MISERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VOTED TO, UH, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE TO APPROVE THAT MILLION DOLLARS PART OF THAT HISTORY.
THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK 'EM QUAD VALLEY, PROUD FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THAT 19TH, UM, UH, MEMORIAL DAY KIDS PARADE.
AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, EMORY WAS THERE ALONG WITH MYSELF.
AND TALK ABOUT BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE HAD A THREE FULL DAY, UH, INTERVIEW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WAS THERE, UM, AND OF COURSE, COSTUMER CLOUSER, UH, AS BEING INITIATIVE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO MARIA MARIA GONZALEZ, MARIA JACKSON, UH, OUR CITY SECRETARY, UM, AND EVERYONE KNEW HER NAME.
UM, YOU DID A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, SO THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WENT COMPLETELY FLAWLESS NEXT.
UM, WE JUST HAD OUR COVID-19 VIDEO.
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THIS WAS LAST WEEK, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.UM, THEY'VE DONE NOW WHAT, FIVE OR SIX COVID VIDEOS.
UM, SO I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THAT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DONE RIGHT LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
I WANT TO THANK JENNIFER AND SHE PROBABLY LEFT THE ROOM.
UM, BUT THE REASON I WANT TO THANK HER IS TAKING MYSELF, UM, ON A SITE VISIT THROUGH CREEK MUD.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS REZONING ESTABLISHMENT, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, UM, SEVERAL PROPERTIES ALONG WHAT'S PLANTATION, AS WELL AS, AND CREEK MON.
SO I WANT TO GIVE HER TAKING HARD TIME FROM HER WORK, UM, TO KIND OF GUIDING, WALKING THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WHERE THIS ESTABLISHMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, THERE ARE NO CLOSED, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS, UM, SINCE THAT DEVELOPMENT WASN'T VOTED ON, UM, WHAT IS THE PROTOCOL REGARDING THAT RETURNING POTENTIALLY? UM, BECAUSE AN ACTION EMOTION WAS MADE ON THE ITEM, THE 90 DAY RULE WOULD APPLY.
THEREFORE IF THE ITEM WERE TO RETURN, IT WOULD BE, OR HAVE TO BE BY A MEMBER WHO, UM, WHO DIDN'T TAKE A, ESSENTIALLY ON THE ITEMS. WHY NOT SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HERE NOW, THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE QUESTION.
SO I WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON THAT.
AND I CAN, I'LL ACTUALLY SEND SOMETHING OUT, UM, TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.