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AT 7:01 PM.AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE STAND FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELENA PORTIS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ITEM NUMBER THREE,
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ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS.SO WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO INVITE, INVITE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, LEN KLAUSER TO JOIN ME DOWNSTAIRS.
COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE AND I WILL LET HER GO IN AND HANDLE GOOD EVENING.
WE HAVE A PACKED HOUSE IN HERE TONIGHT, SIX MONTHS AGO TODAY.
ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT FORTH WAS THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS, SO THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH A PLATFORM FOR BUSINESSES TO MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS AND TO PRESENT THEIR CHALLENGES AND SUGGESTIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT.
WE KNOW THAT BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IS STRESSFUL, AND WE KNOW IT ALSO HAS ITS REWARDS.
WE, AS YOUR CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU EXPERIENCE MORE REWARDING DAYS THAN CHALLENGING ONES.
AND WE HOPE THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION TO SUPPORT YOU.
AS YOU GROW THIS SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS PROPOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TWO OF OUR CITY STRATEGIC GOALS, CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND TO GROW BUSINESSES, BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN MISSOURI CITY, WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU AND SUPPORT YOU.
WE DO NOT WANT TO GUESS YOUR NEEDS.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ABOUT.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BE A STRONGER CITY.
AND AS WE GROW, WE ARE COMMITTED TO BECOMING MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND CONTINUED BY FINE TUNING OUR PROCESSES, ADDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND PIVOT AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES.
AND THAT BRING A LION'S SHARE OF REVENUE TO OUR CITY.
THIS VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE WILL BE MADE UP OF 15 VOTING MEMBERS FROM EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL MEMBERS.
EACH MEMBER WILL SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM AND WE'LL MEET AT LEAST ONCE QUARTERLY TO REVIEW AND SUGGEST PROPOSALS AND IDEAS RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY.
LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT INTERVIEWS WERE HELD FOR THREE DAYS IN MAY, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO BE A PART OF OUR FIRST SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE IN OUR GREAT CITY.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, NANA, MOSTLY VOTED TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE AND THOSE WHO CAME OUT FOR THE THREE DAYS TO INTERVIEW THESE AWESOME CANDIDATES A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO OUR CITY
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SECRETARY MARIA, WOULD YOU WAVE YOUR HAND? SHE HANDLED THIS PROCESS FLAWLESSLY AND WHEN THE CANDIDATES CAME IN, THEY ALL KNEW WHO SHE WAS AND ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEYWOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND SHAKE? SHE HELPED IN HER LEGAL GUIDANCE TO FORM THIS COMMITTEE.
THE MORE WE KNOW THE MORE WE CAN GROW NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND INSTALL OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU WILL COME UP AND IF YOU HAVE MEMBERS PRESENT, YOU CAN BRING THEM WITH YOU.
WE'LL TAKE PICTURES AND IF YOU'LL STAY TO THE VERY END WE HAVE 15 MEMBERS.
UH, WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE AFTERWARDS.
UM, OUR FIRST, UH, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER IS SAMUEL HARRELL.
SO REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS STATE, YOUR NAME, SAMUEL HARRELL, WHO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF, OH, I NAMED THE OFFICE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I WILL DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT WAS WHILE I'M AT LEAST AWARE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
THE OWNER OF BURGER, I AM IN PIANO.
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YOU READY IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AND I WILL BE FULLY EXECUTED AT EAST OF THE OFFICE OFF AT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AT THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, CONGRATULATIONS RIGHT, IS THE OWNER OF BUGGY BARBECUE, A CHICAGO STYLE, BARBECUE ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
YOU READY? AND THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS I IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS ISLAND, MARK WAITS.
BECAUSE WHILE I'M GOING TO SWEAR, YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OFF OFFICE.
UH, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, CONGRATULATIONS LAMAR.
ANYBODY WANT BARBECUE? RIGHT? WE'RE COMING OVER TOMORROW.
WHO'S THIS LOVELY LADY WITH YOU.
YOU READY TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE NAME? AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, I KNOCKED AROUND WITH IT WAS WHILE I'M GOING TO SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR RENA MARSHALL.
IT'S ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE,
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RIGHT? MARSHALL HAS HER PUTTING HER MOTHER SO MOM, WE WANT YOU TO BE RIGHT HERE.DID YOU GIVE HIM THE REASON WE'RE ALL LOOKING SIDEWAYS IS BECAUSE THE CAMERA'S THERE.
REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE, BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I RAINA MARSHALL DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WHEEL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
WELL, EVERYBODY GIVE A BIG, ANOTHER ROUND.
JOHNNY JOHNNY GOLF IS THE OWNER OF MISSOURI CITY GARAGE SOLUTIONS.
AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? GARAGE STORAGE, MISSOURI CITY.
AND I PROMISE YOU YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE BUSINESSES AND MORE IN THE DAY OF THE MONTH, THE CAR, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, AYE, AYE.
TO SWALLOW REALLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE FAITHFULLY, EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OR THE STATE OF TEXAS AT WELL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, THIS STATE.
NEXT WE HAVE JONATHAN SMALL JONATHAN SMALL HERE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO SHAHAR, RIGHT.
AN ATTORNEY, BUT SHE IS UNDER OUR RESIDENTIAL, UM, COMMITTEE.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL
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BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.GOD, CONGRATULATIONS, MARTIN BELL, TREECE MARTIN AND BELL TREES IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL ADVISORY MEMBERS.
AND WHO DO YOU HAVE WITH YOU? OKAY.
TERESA AND HER HUSBAND ARE HERE, ALL RIGHT.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF TEXAS, I VILLE TREES.
I SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, CONGRATULATIONS.
BROWNWELL DO YOU WANT TO BUY A RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS ONLINE? BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING ONLINE.
WE'LL GIVE IT A, IT SEES WORTHY.
SHE'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS TO THE TABLE.
REPEAT THAT TO ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS ALICIA BROWN OWL TO SWALLOW ONLY SWEAR, DO FOLLOW ME SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
WORKING OUT WITH ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL, UM, ADVISORY MEMBERS.
JUST REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, RAQUEL DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY
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AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.DENITA IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS DENITA CAREY
THERE YOU GO AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
JAMIE IS A REALTOR IN OUR AREA AND WE GOT TO SLEEP IN BABY.
JAMIE HAS HER HUSBAND AND HER SON.
ALL RIGHT, JAMIE, YOU READY? ALL RIGHT.
REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS AND A NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, JAMIE BERTREND TO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
OH, AND THAT IS OUR FINAL SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER.
MADDIE IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NETTIE IS ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS, CAN YOU REPEAT? OKAY.
SO THAT WAS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU OUR 15 SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU ALL WILL COME BACK UP SO WE CAN TAKE ONE
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GROUP PICTURE.I'D APPRECIATE THAT ANY WAY AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
ALL THE SMALL, SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU'LL COME BACK UP IN FRONT OF THE CAMPUS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
BEING SWORN IN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI CITY, CITY COUNCIL, A COMMUNITY I'M SORRY, DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, HELP ME, GOD.
WE GOT ALL DAY, RODNEY GRIFFIN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN FOR THOSE.
I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING TO COME NOW, COME ON.
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WELL, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING REPRESENT THIS TO GAYE, SO YOU'RE IN DISTRICT CASE.SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS ASKED HERE.
YOU READY? MR. GRIFFIN, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY.
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, RODNEY GRIFFIN, TO SWALLOW, TO SOLVE ME SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OFF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND.
IS THERE A PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, CONGRATULATIONS, MR. GRIFFIN.
RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS I WILLIAM W. JOHNSON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE MISSOURI CITY CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL HAVE THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, THIS STATE.
NEXT WE HAVE DANIEL SILVA, CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
WE'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE CONCERT NUMBER CHARLENE, COME DOWN.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS I DANIEL SILVA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OR THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE, OF MISSOURI CITY CONSTRUCTION, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THE 66, THE BOTH OF YOU COME ON.
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OKAY.IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, I, I BE FOR TERESA WHILE I'M GOING TO SWEAR YOU SELL IN THE SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY ELECTRICAL BOARD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER STATES.
NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN MON SHINE FOR THE ELECTRICAL BOARD.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS I KEVIN MOONSHINE, IT WAS WHILE EMILY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE.
THE DUTIES ARE THE DUTIES OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ELECTRICAL BOARD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER STATES.
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THAT'S FINE.UM, ITEM THREE B IS RECOGNIZE JUDGE JOEL C CLOUSER FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO FORT BEND COUNTY AND TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
SO I LIKE TO HAVE JUDGE CLOUSER PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT NOTICED HIS DAUGHTER, WHEN I HAVE LEN CLOUDS ARE TO COME THE YES, NO.
SO JUDGE CLOUSER, THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU RIGHT HERE.
WHEREAS JUDGE JOEL KLAUSER SERVED 28 YEARS AND HALF 28 AND A HALF YEARS AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN PRECINCT, TWO OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS HE AND HIS WIFE, GLORIA HAVE LIVED AND RAISED THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FORT BEND COMMUNITY SINCE 1981, WHERE HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A CIVIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
AND WHEREAS HE TOOK THE OFFICE ON JANUARY 1ST, 1993, AND ESTABLISHED AND DIRECTED THE JUSTICE COURT TO AND YMCAS TEEN COURT FROM 1993 TO 2016, HE'S ESPECIALLY PROUD OF HIS TEAM COURT WON FIRST PLACE HONORS IN SEVERAL MOCK TRIALS COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND HAS HAD IT POSITIVELY IMPACTED THEIR LIVES ON MANY OTHER YOUTH.
AND WHEREAS JUDGE, JUDGE CLAUSER USE INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING PROGRAMS AND HE'S ALWAYS GAVE TOP PRIORITY TO MENTAL HEALTH, EMERGENCY APPREHENSION AND DETENTION REQUESTS.
AND WHEREAS JUDGE KLAUSER IS VERY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR PAST 28 AND A HALF YEARS, AND ALWAYS VIEWED HIS COURT AS A USER-FRIENDLY COURT AND HIS POSITION AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE IN POINT OF THE NEED.
NOW, THEREFORE I, ROBIN ELLICOTT MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, DO HERE BY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE LEADERSHIP AND MANY PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JUDGE JOEL CLOUSER AND WISH HIM THE BEST ON HIS RETIREMENT JUDGE CLOUDS.
WELL, I'M GOING TO HAVE DEBTS CLOUDS, RIGHT? I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BUT I KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO READ ALL THAT, BUT I HAVE TO SAY A QUICK COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO MISSOURI CITY IN 2009 AND I'VE SERVED UNTIL 2015 AND I HAVE MET JUDGE KLAUSER IN THE EARLY TIMES OF 2008 AND TO COME BACK AND GET REELECTED IN 2021.
THIS IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT HIM.
WHAT YOU HEAR OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JUDGE CLAUSER IS HIS COURT, HOW USER-FRIENDLY HIS COURT IS IF YOU ASK ANY OF THE INVESTORS IN MISSOURI CITY THAT HAVE HOMES OR RENTAL PROPERTIES, AND YOU'LL HEAR THAT.
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BUT YOU ALSO HEAR THE FACT THAT HE IS SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN TALK TO SOMEONE WHO'S VERY FRIENDLY AND SOMEONE WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO GET THINGS DONE.SO I AM VERY PROUD TO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION TO BE GIVEN TO YOU.
AND ESPECIALLY IT'S AN HONOR FROM THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY WHERE YOU SERVE FOR THE LONGEST AND COME AGAIN.
AND JUDGE OUT, INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE AND IT'S BEEN A MOST HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO HAVE SERVED 28 AND A HALF YEARS AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I, UH, I'LL TELL YOU, I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY BACKBONE.
UH, EVERY TIME I RUN FOR REELECTION, SHE'S OUT THERE WORKING HARD AND SHE'S GETTING THE VOTES IN AND, UM, I'M JUST PROUD TO HAVE HER BY MY SIDE.
AND UH, AND THEN I WANT TO SAY, WE DO A LITTLE EGO TRIP HERE.
I'M VERY PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER.
LYNN LYNN ACTUALLY HAS RUN MOST OF MY REELECTION CAMPAIGN.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE GREAT JOB THAT SHE'S DONE.
SO, UH, AS I LEAVE PUBLIC SERVICE AND AS I OBSERVED HERE TODAY, ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN BUSINESS AND PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY, AS I OBSERVE THEM, I CAN SAFELY SAY WAS THERE A CITY IS IN GOOD HANDS IS IN GOOD HANDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME BY THE COURT.
UM, MY LAST DAY IS JUNE 30TH AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME BY AND SHAKE MY HAND.
UH, AND UH, PAT ME ON THE BACK ON JUNE 30TH, I WAS STARTING AT 1230 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REFRESHMENTS AND I INVITE YOU TO COME BY JUST SAY HI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR TO LIVE IN THIS LEGACY.
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE STANDING HERE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
AND ONE DAY I CAME HOME AND TOLD MY DAD, HE GOES, YOU GONNA DO WHAT? AND SO, UM, DAD, I TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR ME.
UM, EVERY TIME I'M IN THE COMPUTER COMMUNITY, I HEAR NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU.
AND IF I CAN BE JUST A DROP OF THE COMMUNITY, SERVING THAT YOU ARE, I WILL HAVE DONE MY JOB.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM THREE C PROCLAIM, JUNE 21ST, 2021 AS ANTHONY J SNIPE STAY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND, AND I IN WHITE COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFFREY BONEY OF DISTRICT B.
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THANK YOU, ANTHONY SNIPES TO MAKE, MAKE HIS WAY UP HERE.MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, UH, ANTHONY SNIPES AS, UH, OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, UH, AND WHO DID A PHENOMENAL JOB FOR US FROM HIS ARRIVAL UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE.
AND, UH, NOT ONLY DID HE SERVE IN THAT RESPECTED ROLE, HE WAS ALSO IN THE ROLE THAT I'M ACTUALLY, UH, PROCLAIMING THIS DAY ON HIS BEHALF FOR, UH, SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, ANTHONY J SNIPES HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS IN F BPA THROUGHOUT THE UNPRECEDENTED PANDEMIC, WHERE HE HAS BEEN A CATALYST FOR PROGRESSIVE GROWTH, DYNAMIC CHANGE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS NF BPA HAS CONTINUED TO FLOURISH DURING THIS TIME WITH OVER 1000 NEW AND RECLAIMED MEMBERS OVER 20 NEW AND RENEWED PARTNERSHIPS, THE CREATION OF RESOURCE PAGE RESOURCE PAGES FOR COVID-19 AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE AWARDING OF 18 SCHOLARSHIPS TO COLLEGE BOUND SCHOLARS, THE RELAUNCH OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IN COLLABORATION WITH GEORGETOWN AND THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF NFB PA'S FIRST VIRTUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
AND WHEREAS THE ORGANIZATION HAS PROMOTED AN INTERNATIONAL FOCUS WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS IN APA, THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, S A L G A AND THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, A P A M.
AND WHEREAS NFB PA'S AND DAUMAN FUNDS HAS GROWN BY OVER A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND UNDER PRESIDENT SNIPES TENURE WITH THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO LAUNCH ITS 2020 TO 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND WHEREAS IN A BPA DURING PRESIDENT SNIPES, HIS TENURE LAUNCHED MOOT PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE EMERGE CONFERENCE SERIES CONVENING OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY COUNTY AND TOWN MANAGERS, AND CA
AND THE NFB PA CONNECT COMMUNITY PORTAL, UH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BY NOW ANTHONY SNIPES IS THE NOW OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS, WHERE HE SERVED, UH, NATIONALLY FOR TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS, AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THIS.
NOW, THEREFORE I JEFFREY REAL BONY COUNCIL MEMBER ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, ROBIN J ELLA CAT, MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TODAY, JUNE 21ST, 2021 AS ANTHONY J SNIPES DAY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
AND I CONGRATULATE HIM FOR CONCLUDING TWO YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AS PRESIDENT OF NF BPA.
I REMINDED OF A QUOTE BY HELEN KELLER WHO SAID ALONG, WE CAN DO SO LITTLE TOGETHER.
WE CAN DO SO MUCH AND ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, I IN TEAM, IT TAKES A LARGE AMOUNT OF FOLKS, WHETHER THAT'S OUR MEMBERS AND PPA MEMBERS HERE, THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTED ME.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT WORDS TODAY IN ONE WORD CAME TO MY MIND AND THAT'S RESILIENCE, WHETHER IT'S THE RESILIENCE OF NPPA THE RESILIENCE OF THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS BEING LED BY GREAT LEADERS.
AND I EXPECT SO MANY GREAT THINGS FROM MISSOURI CITY.
LASTLY, I'LL BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE MY BACKBONE OF 22 YEARS, TRACY SNIPES, SHE DIDN'T COME UP HERE, BUT SHE'S TAKING, UH, THE CAMERA THERE.
UM, OUR LAST TWO YEARS TRAVELING A LARGE AMOUNT OF THINGS GOING GOING, BUT I WAS REST ASSURED THAT THINGS AT HOME OR I WOULD BE OKAY WITH HER BEING AT THE HAM.
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HELLO? OKAY.THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WAITED IT IS, UH, WE DON'T TAKE, USUALLY TAKE THIS LONG, BUT WE HAD SO MANY APPOINTMENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO GET IT DONE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THIS LONG.
AND I KNOW IF YOU'RE JUST HERE, UH, AND THINKING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BE OUT, AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR MEETING ITEM NUMBER, ITEM, NUMBER FOUR,
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND AN ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THE CITY SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU.
WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMIT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT, BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP ARE FOR A AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE'LL JUST PUT THIS OFF TO THE SIDE AND WE'LL GO WITH THE GENERAL COMMENT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM SASHA KUMAR PUBLISHER OF THE FORT BEND, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CITY'S ABRUPT CANCELLATION OF THE LEGAL NEWSPAPER CONTRACT WITH FORT BEND INDEPENDENT.
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION STOP THE PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES IN FORT WAYNE INDEPENDENT SOMETIME IN MARCH, 2021 AND BEGAN ADVERTISING IN THE STAFF.
THE INDEPENDENT HAS BEEN THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD PHARMACY IN THE CITY SINCE 2010, BUT THIS CHANGE IN CONTRACT WAS NOT NOTIFIED TO THIS NEWSPAPER.
THIS NEWSPAPER WAS NOT TOLD UNTIL ASKED ABOUT IT IN APRIL, EVEN TODAY, THE CITY HAS NOT NOTIFIED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD.
I HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL, UH, EXPLAINING THE PROBLEM AND THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED IT IN THE APRIL 19TH MEETING.
I AM QUOTING FROM THE MINUTES OF THAT COUNCIL MEETING HERE MAY HAVE BROUGHT THEM EARLY, STATED THAT FROM THE BID TABULATION SHEET, IT SEEMED THEY WERE GETTING A BETTER DEAL WITH FORT BEND INDEPENDENT AND ASKED WHY THE FORT BEN STAR WAS JOSEPH JONES STATED WHEN THEY ENTERED BID TABULATION WAS TAKEN IN CONTEXT.
STAFF RECOMMEND THAT FORT BEN START BECAUSE IT WAS A BETTER DEAL.
WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSULTATION, ADVERTISING COSTS, HE NOTED IT WAS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT AND THE CITY COULD USE THE FORT BEND INDEPENDENT AS WELL.
THEY ACCREDITED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.
BONNIE JONES STATED THAT BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF STAFF, IT WAS DETERMINED.
IT WAS THE BEST DEAL FOR THE CITY AND NOTHING WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM USING UNDER THE NEWSPAPER FOR OUR LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO CANCEL THE CONTACT WITH FORD WHEN INDEPENDENT, JUST AS IT DID IN THE CASE OF PHARMA CITY MANAGER, ANTHONY SNIPES IN JANUARY, 2020, THAT WAS AN INVITATION FOR NEWSPAPER CONTACT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN INDEPENDENT.
BUT THE ONE NEWSPAPER WHICH SUBMITTED THE BID IN JUNE, 2020, THE BID WAS CANCELED.
ANOTHER BID INVITATION WAS POSTED ON JULY 1ST, 2020, WHO HAD BEEN INDEPENDENT RESPONDING DUELING 17, THE BIG CLOSED ON JULY 19 AND THE TABULATION WAS DONE ON JULY 22ND, 2020 WHEN INDEPENDENT DOLLAR FOR 2,500 COLUMN
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FORD, WHEN DEPENDENT SHORT 24 SUBSCRIBERS AND THE STAR HAD ZERO AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, THEN CITY MANAGER, WHAT IS JONES TOOK THE ACTION UNILATERALLY TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE OTHER NEWSPAPER.AS I STATED EARLIER, MR. JONES TOLD COUNCIL THAT THE CITY COULD USE FOR BEING INDEPENDENT AS WELL.
AFTER THAT MEETING, MR. JONES WAS GONE IN THE LAST 23 YEARS.
EVERY CITY NEWSPAPER CONTACT HAS ALWAYS BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEVER BY THE STAFF ALONE, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN.
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS TO RESTORE THE NEWSPAPER CONTRACT BEFORE WHEN INDEPENDENT, EVEN AFTER KNOWING THE DECISION WAS FLOODED, THE CITY IS SPENDING 3% MORE ON VISION NOTICE PUBLICATION.
[5. STAFF REPORTS ]
ONE MORE TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORT.THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF TO ADOPT? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION DURING NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM SEVEN
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
ARE PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS, ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE 14.9 ACRE TRACKS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC YOUTH, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC YOUTH AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON THIS ITEM.
CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE IT'S BEEN BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, THIS ITEM, UM, IS A REQUEST TO REZONE IN APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, IN THE FONDREN PARK AREA, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE AND SOUTH, UM, AVENUE, THE ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED AND WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN JULY OF 2019.
UM, IT CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.
UM, AGAIN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF 2019.
UM, AND THE LAST TIME THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL WAS IN MARCH OF 2020.
UM, AND SO TO DATE, THE ITEM HAS NOT BEEN ACTED ON, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN, UM, A VOTE TAKEN.
UM, SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING, UM, RESOLUTION, UM, OF THE ZONING CASE, THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY.
AGAIN IS ANY KIND OF USE, UM, THAT, UH, GATHERS PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, AT SPECIFIED POINTS IN TIME, PEOPLE LEAVE THOSE AREAS OF SPECIFIED POINTS.
SO IT'S A CATEGORY THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TYPICALLY FALL IN EVENT CENTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE APPLICATION THAT WAS PRESENTED, UH, IN 2019 AND 2020.
UM, BUT THIS IS A, UM, ACTION ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL, UH, TAKE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, ON THE SIDE ITEM, UH, TO BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON SOME, SOME ISSUES.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IF I MAY, I BELIEVE THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT PRIOR TO YOU OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO YOU ALL GO INTO A BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0 7 1 TO RECEIVE ATTORNEY CLIENT? I MOVE THAT WE GO TO LIKE A SESSION.
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WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A QUICK BREAK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TIME IS EIGHT 30 GOING BACK TO ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, UH, IS THERE MORE, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
WAS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR, THE MOTION PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.
UM, PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM, WHICH I HAVE.
SO CITY DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THE CITY SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THAT TIME LIMIT TERRY.
I LIVE AT 1 1 8 2 7 SOUTH RIDGEWOOD CIRCLE.
I AM TWO HOUSES AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY.
IN QUESTION, WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DENY THE CHANGE OF ZONING.
WE ARE NOT DOING THIS TO ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST A CHURCH.
WE ARE DOING THIS TO ASK YOU OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF OUR HOMES AND THE PEACE AND QUIET OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE HAS NEVER FLOODED.
WE TOOK 50 INCHES OF RAIN, MEASURED INCHES OF RAIN AND HARVEY, NO HOMES WERE FLOODED SINCE THAT TIME.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THE AREA PAVED OVER THE AREA BY THE FIRE STATION IS NOW ENTIRELY PAVED OVER.
AND THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THAT.
THE AREA THAT IS BEING QUEEN THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS HAS NOW ALSO BEEN PAVED OVER.
AND THIS IS SINCE THE CHANGE OF ZONING APPLICATION WAS FIRST MADE.
THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND IS THE ONLY PIECE OF LAND LEFT TO HELP MITIGATE FLOODING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU DECIDE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED, WE STRONGLY SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND THAT IT GO BACK TO COMMITTEE AND THAT THE PEOPLE REQUESTING THE CHANGE OF ZONING BE TO HAVE A NEW FLOOD MITIGATION PLANNING DONE AND A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN IN PLACE BECAUSE OF THESE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEY ORIGINALLY HAD THAT DONE.
THE ONE THEY ALL HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY WILL NO LONGER APPLY.
THE DRAINAGE ISSUE HAS CHANGED THAT RADICALLY.
IF NOTHING ELSE WE ASKED FOR THAT, WE ASKED FOR TRAFFIC MITIGATION.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT DESIGNED TO TAKE THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC THAT A 1000 PERSON CHURCH WOULD DRAW.
THAT IS THEIR STATED GOAL IN WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY HAVE SHOWN AS TO WHAT THEY WANT TO PROGRESS TO A BUILDING OR 1000 PEOPLE
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TO WORSHIP.AND IT IS RIGHT THAT ANY PASTOR WOULD WANT TO MAKE HIS CONGREGATION LARGER AND SPREAD THE WORD OF THE LORD.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ANY CHRISTIAN, ANY PERSON OF ANY RELIGION, BUT WE DON'T WANT THAT TO DESTROY WHAT WE HAVE.
THAT THAT, OR ANYTHING ELSE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DESTROY WHAT WE HAVE.
THERE ARE ALREADY PROBLEMS ON SOME OF THE STREETS ON HAMPTON GOING DOWN TOWARDS THE FIRE STATION.
PEOPLE CAN'T HARDLY BACK OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
I'M THE SENIOR PESTO MCC, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, WE ARE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BUY THE PROPERTY AND WE ARE ASKING THAT IT BE REZONED.
UH, SO WE CAN USE IT FOR A PLACE OF WORSHIP.
NOW I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, AND WE HAVE ALREADY PRESENTED THAT FOR THE STAFF, WHICH THEY LOOKED AT AND THEY APPROVED EVERYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE FLOODING AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEY EVEN SAID, AS TIME GOES ON DURING THE BUILDING, IF WE HAVE TO MAKE AMENDS FOR ANYTHING, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN LINE, WE TOWARDS THE, THE, THEY WANT US TO DO THAT.
SO EVERYTHING WE HAVE SKETCHED OUT, THE ENGINEER WAS HERE EARLIER.
HE STATED HE'S NOT ON STONE IS ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH THEY LEAD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TOLD US WAS THAT, UH, THE TRASH AREA, IF WE CAN BRING IT CLOSER IN, WE EVEN AGREED TO MOVE THE BEAUTY WAY AWAY FROM THE FENCE LINE OF THOSE WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR.
WE'VE TALKED TO THEM, WONDERFUL PEOPLE THEY'VE RECEIVED UP.
WE'VE DONE OPEN HAND DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I WENT TO SOME OF THEIR HOMES.
WE ATE LUNCH WITH THEM AND WE HAVE AGREED TO, TO WALK WITH THEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED OF US IS DONE.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE NOT HERE TO FIGHT ANYBODY.
AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS WHEN WE BOUGHT THE LAND, WE HAD ASKED IF HE COULD BE REZONED.
AND WE TOLD THAT HE COULD BE REZONED AS LONG AS WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT IT TOLD US TO MEET.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS AND I'M ASKING YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD TO USE YOUR GOOD OFFICE, PLEASE.
WE JUST HAD A YOUTH CONFERENCE WITH THE YOUTH, WITH OUR YOUTH WHO CAME AND JUST GOT, GOT TOGETHER.
WE JUST NEEDED A HOME THAT WE CAN CALL OUR HOME.
WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THESE YOUTH IN.
WE ARE A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE OLDEST IN THE GROUP THAT TELLS YOU HOW YOUNG WE ARE.
WE JUST NEED A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND WORSHIP.
IF AS WE ADD BUILDING, THEY RECOMMEND US TO DO ANY OTHER THING.
THE ENGINEER WAS HERE, THE TRAFFIC, WE EVEN HAD OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
WE NOT GOING TO DISRUPT ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE NOT CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL.
WE ARE GOING TO GO IN AND OUT OF, OF EAST HAMPTON WHERE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE ALREADY MET WITH STAFF STAFF.
SO THE PLAN AND SET APPROVED IT.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE USE YOUR GOOD OFFICE, LOOK INTO THIS AND GRANT US AN APPROVAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO TALK WITH YOU.
MY WIFE AND I AND MY CHILDREN HAVE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, WE BOUGHT OUR HOME ROUGHLY 78, 79.
WE LOOKED HARD AT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SUPPORT THAT WE WOULD GET.
WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
WE WERE POOR KIDS AND WE WORKED
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HARD TO NOT ONLY MAINTAIN BY THE RULES AND REGS OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.THOSE ARE THE UH, AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY ON THE ALLOWANCES, IN THE AREA.
AND, UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME CHANGES THAT GO ON.
I E NOW THE BIG BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOW KIND OF A BACKING UP TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE WERE ALL ZONES FOR THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
THIS WAS NOT, THIS IS AN END-AROUND RUN TO GET APPROVALS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE APPROVALS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT CAME FROM, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I THINK THE OTHER COLLEAGUE, MY OTHER NEIGHBORS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEST TO THAT.
WE HAVE MAJOR FLOODING ISSUES.
LUCKILY, THANK GOD THAT THE HOMES ARE ABOVE.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE BUILT UP ON A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOPE.
SO GREGORY MCLEAN, BOTH WHEN WE HAVE ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN, BOTH OF THOSE AREAS WILL FLOOD THAT LAST LITTLE RAIN.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF THREE WEEKS AGO.
I COULDN'T EVEN GET TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOME BECAUSE MCLEAN WAS FLOODED, HAD TROUBLE GETTING THROUGH THERE.
AND THAT WAS JUST A SMALL RING.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HURRICANE HERE, JUST A, YOU KNOW, A HEAVY 10, 30 MINUTE RAIN THAT WE GOT.
THAT EITHER DAY, WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. THE CITY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT BIGGER DRAINAGE HOLES THERE.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE DRAINAGE DITCHES THAT ARE, THAT ARE EXITING IN OUR AREA.
WE NEED HELP, NOT ADDING MORE CONCRETE TO OUR AREA.
WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING SOME MAJOR SIGNIFICANT HOME PROBLEMS. IF WE DON'T START REALLY LOOKING AT THIS, AND THIS IS PART OF IT, THIS IS PART OF IT.
IT'S FOUND THAT LITTLE COMMUNITY CHURCH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND COLLEAGUES WE'LL HAVE MY FRIENDS.
WE'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU TO HELP YOU OUT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU TO HELP US.
WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, LORD KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE.
ALL WE HAVE AS CONSTITUENTS IS YOU HELP US ABIDE BY THE RULES, BY THE LAWS.
DON'T LET IND AROUND, RUNS CHANGE OUR HOMES, CHANGE THE WAY WE ARE AND THE WAY WE'VE BEEN IN OUR AREA, PLEASE HELP US OUT.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M JOE FRAELICH, 15 2 10 EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE.
I CAME AND PRESENTED TO YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WE WERE HAVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT I'M NOT REALLY AGAINST BUILDING ANYTHING ON THAT LAND.
UH, IT'S ZONED FOR MULTI RESIDENTIAL AND WHICH IS, IS GOOD BECAUSE I DON'T MIND HAVING NEW NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
HOWEVER, I HAVE AN ISSUE BUILDING ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING A LOTS OF PEOPLE, LOTS OF TRAFFIC INTO AN ALREADY BAD SITUATION.
THE DYNAMICS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHEN WE MOVED DOWN, IT WAS JUST A NICE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I ACTUALLY LIVED NOT TOO FAR FROM 500 PARK WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT.
I USED TO DRIVE MY, MY BICYCLE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND IT WAS JUST A ROCK ROAD FONDER, AND IT WAS JUST TREACHEROUS TO RIDE YOUR BIKE BACK.
AND FONDREN PARK HAD JUST BEEN BUILT THERE.
WHEN I WENT TO WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL, A LOT OF MY GOOD FRIENDS LIVED IN FONDREN PARK.
SO I'VE BEEN A PROJECT PARK PERSON, EVEN BEFORE I MOVED TO FONDREN PARK.
I LOVE WHERE I'M AT AND THE DYNAMICS HAS CHANGED AS SOON AS THEY INCLUDED MCLEAN AND CONNECTED THAT TO THE BELTWAY.
AND THEN WE GOT WAREHOUSES OVER THERE, MADE THINGS WORSE.
AND NOW WE GOT WAREHOUSES ON EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHURCH, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST CHURCHES.
I'M AGAINST ANY MOVIE THEATER, BOWLING ALLEY EMERGENCY CARE CENTER, GROCERY STORE IN SHOPPING CENTER.
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WE HAVE ZONED THAT FROM MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS AND I, AND I REALLY THINK THAT WOULD BE JUST AWESOME IF WE COULD STICK TO THAT.SO I'M ASKING YOU A GOOD CONSCIENCE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS MATTER, CONSIDER IT AS, UH, AS, UH, WE ARE YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS, WE'RE YOUR PARTNERS IN THIS, AND WE'RE DEPENDING ON YOU AS OUR NEIGHBORS IN MISSOURI CITY, TO HELP US WITH THIS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM LOSING CONTROL THE DYNAMICS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT A NICE LITTLE SUBDIVISION WITHOUT ALL THESE LITTLE THOROUGHFARES ON MCLEAN, ON EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE ON CATHY, ON GREGORY.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE STREETS FOR, FOR US.
THOSE ARE NEIGHBORS, INSTEAD OF ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WILL USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
MY WIFE AND I, AND WE DID HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND FATHER IN PART RAISED THEM TO ADULTHOOD.
WE MOVED THERE IN THANKSGIVING OF 1977.
SO WE'VE BEEN THERE ALMOST 44 YEARS, AND WE'VE SEEN THE CHANGES FROM A ROCK ROAD TO ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED.
NOW, WHAT I'M FINDING INTERESTING, THEN A MIRROR, A CHURCH CALLED YOURSELF MIRACLE CITY CHURCH, AND IT'S LIKELY TO FLOOD AT ALL.
THAT'S THE MIRACLE IS LIKE THE TWO WAREHOUSES HAVE A PROBLEM AND THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN FINISHED.
AND THEY'VE LED TO BAD WEATHER NEAR HAMPTON, UH, MCLEAN, UM, FLOODS EASILY WITH JUST A LITTLE RAIN.
IT'S NOT THAT FAR FROM THEIR MAIN THING.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 10 CHURCHES AND A TEMPLE JEWISH TEMPLE ON FONDREN AND DOWN THE WEST AIR.
AND THERE ARE THREE CHURCHES ON, UH, 98 JUST NEARBY.
SO THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHURCHES RA.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST SPEAKING FROM OUR OWN SITUATION, THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM WHERE THE 25 WAREHOUSES ARE THAT BORDER NANNY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, UH, BELTWAY AND 98 AND THE BELTWAY FEEDER AT, IN THOSE LANES OVER THERE, WHICH HE BLOCKED OFF.
ANYTHING ELSE, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN THE VARIOUS WAREHOUSES TO BUILD A CHURCH I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.
I'VE DRIVEN THE LAW RATHER THAN IT WOULDN'T FLOOD ANYBODY OVER THERE.
IN ADDITION, AS FAR AS JUST TO GIVE YOU THE IDEA OF SHOWING RESPECT THOSE IN MY RELIGION THAT ARE JEWS NEVER BUILD A HOUSE OF WORSHIP INSIDE A SUBDIVISION.
THERE IS A LITTLE TEMPLE BEHIND A WHATABURGER OFF OF WEST BELFORT.
DOESN'T BOTHER US OUT OF VISION OVER THERE.
THERE IS ONE BIND IN 92 AND THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN OR BETH ISRAEL ON NORTH BRAESWOOD, DOESN'T HURT OVER THERE, EMMANUELLE ACROSS FROM LIFE, UNIVERSITY AND MINDSET.
I GOD, WHERE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW CONGREGATION BETHANY INSURANCE IS ON BEACH INSIDE THE BELTWAY.
AND SO WHY THEY CAN'T A BETTER PLACE IS BEYOND ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE BELIEF, THEIR OWN BIBLE.
JESUS SAID WE DO NOT EAT CROW ON OTHERS.
AND ONE LAST THING THEY NEGLECTED TO ME.
I WAS INTO ME THERE SO FAR HAS REACHED ASSIGNMENT.
I HAVE A CARLA MENARD, BUT SHE IS GIVING HER MINUTES TO JEANETTE.
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YES.I'LL JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DESIGNATING THEIR TIME TOUR.
SO, SO FAR I HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 PEOPLE.
IT'S 27 MINUTES AND I'LL START THE THREE MINUTE TIMER.
UH, WHEN WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES, WE HAVE THREE MINUTES REMAINING.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A GOOD PORTION OF IT.
I LIVE AT 11 8 1 4 SOUTH WILLOWDALE CIRCLE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, I FEEL LIKE DAVID AGAINST GOLIATH, MYSELF AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ARE AGAINST THIS REZONING ARE STANDING UP AGAINST AN ENTITY, AN ORGANIZATION THAT APPEARS STRONGER THAN WE ARE DEFINITELY MORE INCOME TO HELP THEIR FIGHT AND WHO HAVE A HIGH POWERED ATTORNEY, WHICH WE DON'T.
WE MAY BE SMALL, BUT WE HOPE OUR VOICES WILL BE AS STRONG AS SLINGSHOT IN THE BATTLE DAY, BUT HAD WITH THE LION IN THE END, THOUGH, THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WILL DECIDE LIKE SOLOMON, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THE 14 PLUS ACRES LOCATED ON QUOTE BONDRA AS LISTED ON PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ON EAST HAMPTON, WILL THE REZONING TRULY BE A BENEFIT TO MISSOURI CITY OR WOULD KEEPING THE CURRENT ZONING BE A BETTER BENEFIT IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S CURRENT REAL ESTATE MARKET TO DEVELOP AS HOMES FOR FOLKS TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THE HOMETOWN FEEL OF MISSOURI CITY, BUT STILL ALLOW THEM TO COMMUTE TO THE BIG CITY OF HOUSTON AND WORK IN THE METROPLEX AND MEDICAL CENTER.
I HAVE TO ASK A QUESTION FOR THIS PROPOSAL TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
WHAT'S CHANGED BECAUSE COMPARING THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FROM 2019 AND 2022, NOW THERE ARE NO CHANGES NOTED ON THE PLANS OF THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SEE IS THAT WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR AND A NEW REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL.
IF THE PLANS ARE DESIGNED, HAVE CHANGED IN ANY WAY, THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO PLANNING BEFORE BEING PRESENTED HERE IS THE OTHER THING I NOTICED WHEN THIS WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
THERE WAS A CHANGE IN WORDING AND I'M A LITTLE BIT OCD.
SO I TOOK THE AGENDA ITEM FROM 2019 IN 2022 CURRENT TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT'S ON THIS AGENDA ITEM TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY.
AND THE CHANGES ARE YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF WHETHER IT'S 14.98 PIECE OF LAND IS SO ANYONE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING THAT LIVED IN MY SUBDIVISION WOULD HAVE HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS WAS BEING PRESENTED IN MARCH OF 2020, AS NOTED ON THE MINUTES, THEIR ATTORNEY, MR. NIXON ASKED WHAT THEY COULD DO TO HELP THE NEIGHBORS.
BUT TODAY THERE'S BEEN NO OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, SINCE MARCH OF 2020, MAYBE THE OUTREACH, WHICH THE PASTOR DID MENTION, WENT TO PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE LAST WEEKEND, MYSELF AND OTHERS KNOCKED ON DOORS.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY WHO KNEW OF THIS AND PRESENTED THEM WITH THEIR PROTEST FORM OR SUPPORT FORM, AS WELL AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MEETING, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO THAT DAY AND THAT MY COLLEAGUES SPOKE TO WERE AGAINST THIS.
SO AGAIN, WHO THE PASTOR MET WITH, I REALLY OUT OF THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WITHIN 200 FEET, HE DIDN'T KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS.
HE ONLY KNOCKED ON SOME PARTICULAR DOORS.
THOSE WHO IN PRIOR YEARS WERE AGAINST IT FROM WHAT I'VE SPOKE TO ARE STILL AGAINST IT.
AND THOSE WHO ARE FOR IT, I DID MEET ONE.
YOU NEED US TO GO BACK OUT AND GET NEW SIGNATURES, BECAUSE IF WE NEED TO YOU JUST SAY THE WORD WE'LL BE KNOCKING ON THOSE DOORS AGAIN, AND WE WILL BRING YOU MORE SIGNATURES OF THE 800 PLUS HOMES FROM MISSOURI CITY THAT WILL EITHER BE IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST THIS, BUT WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND WE'LL KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS.
SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING OR READING IS.
IF THE INFORMATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME FROM 2019 AND 2020
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ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS ORDINANCE ALSO, LET'S BE CONCERNED.THAT'S A CONSIDERABLE CHANGE TO CALL THIS NOW PLACE ASSEMBLY COMPARED TO A PLACE OF WORSHIP.
NO MENTION IS MADE OF THE, THE LAND IS NO MENTION IS MADE OF WHAT THE LAND IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR.
YOU MAKE NO MENTION THAT IT'S RESIDENTIAL, YOU'D MAKE NO MENTION OF THE
AND THEN YOU'VE ADDED SOME LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO, WHICH MEETING A NON-ATTORNEY KIND OF DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
SO I'D TO PULL UP WIKIPEDIA AT LEAST SEE WHAT SEVERABILITY MEANT.
AND THAT CONCERNED ME LET'S START ON THE ACTUAL ISSUES THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
ONE OF THEM FLOODING, WHICH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED WHEN THE REQUEST WAS FIRST MADE AND IT WAS PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
THERE WERE NO WAREHOUSES ON SOUTHAMPTON, EXCUSE ME.
AT EAST HAMPTON, THERE WERE NO WAREHOUSES.
THERE, THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE WAREHOUSES AND CONCRETE, AND TWO OF THOSE WAREHOUSES ARE STILL PENDING CONSTRUCTION.
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS THERE BACK IN 2019 WAS A SMALL LITTLE BUILDING FOR THE WATER DISTRICT.
WITH THE HEAVY RAIN, WE HAD AN APRIL OF 2021.
THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STREET FLOODING ON EASTHAMPTON, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN THERE PRIOR TO THOSE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE WAREHOUSES, NOT ONLY DID THE STREET FLOOD TO THE DEGREE THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE THAT DAY, HOW'S HIS HEAD PONDING FOR MULTIPLE DAYS TO THE POINT THAT MY FIVE YEAR YOUR OLD GRANDSON WONDERED IF HE COULD GO SWIMMING AT THE WAREHOUSES, THE WATER WAS THAT DEEP.
I TOOK PICTURES OF THOSE WAREHOUSES IN THAT WATER.
AND I DID SHARE IT WITH A COLLEAGUE WHO SENT IT ON TO THE CITY TO SHOW YOU THERE'S FLOODING.
NOW THAT WAS NOT THERE PREVIOUSLY, THE PLANNING APPROVED THAT CONSTRUCTION FOR THOSE WAREHOUSES, BUT THEY SEEM TO FAIL, FAIL TO FOLLOW UP ON THE DESIGN AND PLAN UNDER THAT PRIOR LEADERSHIP AND MR. SPRIGS, THE APRIL, RIGHT.
AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IF A STORE DOES COME, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED FLOODING AT A MEETING.
THE CHURCH CAME BACK WITH A COMMENT TO THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, YOU WILL HEAR THE COMMENTS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT FLOODING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY NEED TO CONTROL THEIR FLOOD WATERS BECAUSE IF THEY FLOOD THE CHURCH PROPERTY, CAUSE THEY CAN'T MITIGATE THEIR OWN WATER.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE, COME LOOKING FOR THEM.
AND I'M PARAPHRASING THAT AGAIN.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH MIGHT WANT TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING BETWEEN OUR HOMES AND THOSE NEW WAREHOUSES THAT WERE NOT THERE PREVIOUSLY WATERFLOW SOUTH, OTHER THAN THE NILE.
IF THE WAREHOUSES COULDN'T HANDLE THAT SMALL FLOOD, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THEN TO THEIR CHURCH, THE CHURCH HAS, MAY HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH FLOODING, NOT DUE TO THE HOMEOWNERS, BUT DUE TO THOSE WAREHOUSES, TO THE SOUTH OF THEM, THEY'RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE PONDING.
THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR ON SOUTH OF EAST HAMPTON AND OUR HOMES.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO ONE THE WAREHOUSES THAT THE CHURCH IS GOING TO COME AFTER THEM.
IF THEY FLOODED THE CHURCH PROPERTY, IT PLANTED IN MR. S DID SUCH A POOR JOB MONITORING CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE NEW WAREHOUSES.
HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DO YOU THINK THAT OUR SUBDIVISION HAS? THE PLANNING WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB.
IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED THEIR ORIGINAL REQUEST DESIGNED BASED ON A LARGE VACANT LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT PROPERTY.
WELL, SINCE 2009 THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND THAT PROPERTY DESIGN AND THAT FLOOD MITIGATION MAP ARE BASED ON NO WAREHOUSE SOUTH OF THAT PROPERTY.
SO I WOULD THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO PLANNING AND THEIR OWN ENGINEER NEEDS TO RE-LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FLOODING ON HAMPTON.
PEOPLE BOUGHT SO MENTIONED THAT, WELL, IF YOU KEEP THE ZONING AS IS FOR THOSE HOMES WILL STILL HAVE FLOODING THIS AREA.
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT.
AND IF THE HOMES ARE BUILT, THERE WILL BE A SMALLER CONCRETE FOOTPRINT BASED ON HOW MANY HOMES YOU PUT ON THAT LOT AND ON THAT ACREAGE AND THERE WILL BE DRAINAGE AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME FLOODING AT THE ONSTAR.
IT'S A SMALLER FOOTPRINT FOR THAT PROPERTY.
NOW I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THE COMMENT FROM THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM PATRICIA BARRETT.
THAT WAS THE NEW, THE ORIGINAL PACKET FROM 2019 AND 2020, THAT WAS SUPPORTING THAT PROPERTY AS WELL AS OTHER COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN SUPPORT REGARDING THAT, THAT LAND HAS SAT VACANT FOR 40 PLUS YEARS.
THAT LAND HAS BEEN A SITE FOR DUMPING THE GRUNTS AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
WELL, THAT LAND WAS VACANT AT THE CHOICE OF THE PRIOR OWNER WHO'S PASSED AWAY.
AND THAT LAND PASSED ON INTO THE HANDS OF MS. BARRETT, WHO MADE THE DECISION TO SELL IT.
SUPPORT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED AT THAT TIME AS SHE WAS NOT A LANDOWNER WITHIN 200 FEET OF THAT PROPERTY.
SO IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO BEGIN WITH.
YOU KNOW, NONE OF US KNOW WHY MR. I WANT TO SAY HIS NAME WAS A TOSS EVER DEVELOP THAT LAND, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER PIECE OF LAND.
MY FAMILY OWNS 20 ACRES OF PRIME TIMBERLAND IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI IN AN AREA RIGHT NOW THAT'S GROWING THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED INTO HOMES ON NICE SIZE LOTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT LAND, IT'S GOT A LOT OF TIMBER THAT COULD BE CUT
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DOWN FOR LUMBER.AND AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE HAD OVER THESE YEARS, NO TRESPASSING SIGNS PUT UP, BUT WE STILL HAVE DUMPING.
AND WE STILL HAVE TRESPASSERS.
WHO'D LIKE TO CROSS THE PROPERTY TO HUNT DEER.
THE MARKET FOR THIS AREA IS DESIRABLE.
WHY NOT PUT HOMES ON IT? WHY NOT CUT THAT TIMBER? I, I COULD BE A LITTLE BIT WEALTHIER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DECIDED TO LEAVE IT AS IS IT'S OUR CHOICE TO LEAVE IT AS IS AND WAIT UNTIL WE WANT TO SELL IT.
HE HAD NO MOTIVATION TO SELL IT.
THE WAY THINGS WERE, EVEN IF WE WOULD HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE DUMPING OR OTHER ISSUES, IT'S AN ISSUE ABOUT MONEY AND AN ESTATE THAT WANTED TO GET RID OF THE LAND QUICKLY.
AND I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN WHEN MS. BARRETT SOLD THAT LAND IN 2019, THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WAS SLOW, NOT A VERY HOT MARKET.
THIS MIGHT REALLY BE THE TIME TO RETHINK PUTTING HOMES ON THAT PROPERTY.
THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS VERY HOT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY FOR CONSTRUCTION AND ARGUING ABOUT THE POINT OF WAREHOUSES IN A RAILROAD TRACK THING ACROSS FROM THOSE HOMES.
IF YOU WERE TO GO DOWN U S 90, HEADED TOWARD THE MEDICAL, THE CENTER BETWEEN THE POWER CENTER MANAGER CLINIC AND THE OLD HLMP PLANT, THEY ARE BUILDING APARTMENTS.
THOSE APARTMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP.
WHY? BECAUSE U S D IS A ROUTE INTO HOUSTON, THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER.
LET'S SEE, WE THINK ABOUT THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON EASTHAMPTON.
LET'S RETHINK THE EASY ACCESS TO 90 LET'S RETHINK OF WHAT HOME VALUES ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO MENTION MINE OR THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE SELLING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU MIGHT REASSESS MY TAXES RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL SAY MY VALUE NOW IS FIVE TIMES WHAT I PAID FOR THAT HOUSE OVER 30 YEARS AGO, THAT'S A HECK OF A JUMP.
THE LLC PORTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AS AGAIN, IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN THIS IS VERY SMALL AND PEOPLE SAY, WE DON'T WANT A PAWN SHOP.
THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEFAULTING TO THINKING OF THE NEGATIVE.
AND WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, LET'S THINK OF WHAT THAT LITTLE PIECE OF LC COULD MEAN FOR PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY AND PEOPLE, FONDREN PARK, DANCE STUDIO, SMALL LITTLE RESTAURANT, SMALL LITTLE BUSINESS FOR OUR PRINT SHOPS, SMALL LITTLE, ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS YOU WANT TO DEVELOP.
YOU HAVE A SMALL PIECE OF LLC THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED OUR AREA COLONY CROSSING, FOND MEADOW, FONDANT PARK RESIDENTS, AND MISSOURI CITY WHO LIVE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND WHO ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS ARE LOOKING TO YOU, THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL TO HELP US FEEL LIKE PART OF MISSOURI CITY, INSTEAD OF THE FORGOTTEN STEPCHILD IS BEING HIDDEN BEHIND WAREHOUSES, COMMERCIAL ZONING, AND QP, THE PROPORTION OF WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT COMPARED TO NEW HOMES, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ON OUR SIDE OF THE TRACKS IS OVERWHELMING.
YOU START TO FEEL LIKE MISSOURI CITY JUST WANTS HARRIS COUNTY TO BECOME STRICTLY COMMERCIAL AND WAREHOUSING.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH US.
IT'S BEEN PASSED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS IN, IN EVERYTHING ABOVE HIGHWAY IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND YOU TELL ME HOW MANY NEW RESIDENTS AND HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT ABOVE THOSE TRAIN TRACKS IN MISSOURI CITY, COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE SPACE THAT YOU, YOU OR YOUR PRIOR MEMBERS HAVE THE LAUDED FOR WAREHOUSING CITY.
SO DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, LOOKING AT DEVELOPING MISSOURI CITY AND DEVELOPMENT, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN SUP PERMIT FOR THIS LAND DEVELOPMENT CAN BE BRINGING HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO THE CITY ON THIS SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
WE'D LIKE THE AMENITIES LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS SOUTH OF US AND MISSOURI CITY.
WE'D LOVE A LARGE PARK WITH A BASKETBALL CONCEIVABLY.
IF THE CITY WAS INTERESTED, THERE'S THAT OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ZONE FOR RECREATIONAL.
WE WOULDN'T MIND A JOGGING TRACK.
WE WOULDN'T MIND A BASKETBALL COURT.
IF THE CITY STEPPED IN AND MADE US A LARGER PART, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO ACROSS 90, ACROSS THE TRACKS, TOOK THE KIDS OVER THERE, TOTALLY KIDS TO THE LARGER PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE HAVE A PARK THAT IS SO SMALL THAT OUR KIDS CAN'T WALK.
CAN'T GO TO THESE LARGER PARKS.
IT'S NOT EASY NOW TO TOUCH ON ANOTHER POINT, WHICH IS PARKING OH, BUILDINGS ON THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.
ONE THING WAS TO HOUSE 500 PEOPLE MAXIMUM THE OTHER PHASE ON THE PROPOSALS TO HOUSE THAT WAS 1500 PEOPLE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 1000 PEOPLE BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS, BUT 1,500 IS 1500.
THE PLAN THOUGH SHOWS APPROXIMATELY 290 PARKING SPACES.
I KNOW THERE'S A FORMULA FOR THIS CALCULATION, BUT I DOUBT IT'S FIVE PEOPLE PER PARKING SPOT.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PARK? YOU'RE HOPING FIVE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO THEIR CENTER IN ONE CAR, BUT LOOK AT YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOK AT YOUR OWN HOMES.
HOW MANY CARS DO YOU HAVE? YOU HAVE TEENAGER, ADULT CHILDREN.
HOW MANY CARS DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY TIMES DOES THE ENTIRE FAMILY RIGHT IN ONE CAR? I DON'T THINK THAT WAREHOUSES ARE GOING TO LET THE CHURCH PARK ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY'VE ALREADY PUT UP THE BARRIER WALL, THOSE NEW WAREHOUSES,
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WHICH MEANS THAT LEAVES HAMPTON FOR THEIR OVERFLOW PARKING RIGHT NOW AT ONE POINT, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN GO BACK ON THE VIDEOS COMMENT.HE COULD PLACE A CONCRETE PAD OR PARKING LOT OVER THERE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE PUTTING A CONCRETE PARKING LOT OVER THE RETENTION POND BY YOUR HOUSE? HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT HOLD? ESPECIALLY AFTER A HARVEY OR AN ALISON.
THEN I DREAD IF THE CHURCH MEMBERS DO PARK ON THE STREET AND WE HAVE A DOWNPOUR DURING THE SERVICE, WE ALL KNOW HOW QUICKLY THESE STORMS, THERE'S FLOODING.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEIR CARS TO GET THE FLOODING.
AND LET'S GO BACK TO THAT CAPACITY, 1500 PEOPLE IN TWO BUILDINGS.
WHY DON'T YOU? AND YOU HAVE ORIGINALLY PUT IN YOUR DESIGN IN THAT PLAN.
WHEN YOU SEND IT PLANNING FOR 1500, THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH.
BUT THE PRIOR MEETINGS THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS THOUGH WAS ONLY GOING TO BE 1000.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ESTIMATE, NOT 1500 FROM WHAT WE WERE SAYING, BUT THE DOCUMENT PRESENTED TO PLANNING WAS CLEAR.
ONE PHASE 500, THE OTHER PHASE, 1000, ALL THE DOCUMENTS YOU ADD 1000 PLUS 500 WHAT'S THAT COME UP WITH 1000 OR 1500 WHO'S BEING DECEPTIVE HERE.
IT'S IMPLANTED IT'S ON THEIR DOCUMENTS.
TWO BUILDINGS, TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AMOUNTS.
AND LET'S ADD ONE MORE CAVEAT TO THIS.
THE PASSENGERS, YOU MENTIONED A THIRD PHASE OF BUILDING IN HIS VIDEOS AND PRESENTATIONS ONLINE, BUT NOWHERE IN THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED TO PLANNING WAS THAT THIRD YEAR PHASE PRESENTED REGARDING OUTREACH TO WHO? MISSOURI CITY.
THE OUTREACH TO HOUSTON IS THE GOAL FOR THIS CHURCH TO BE FROM MISSOURI CITY, OR IS THE GOAL OF THIS CHURCH TO DRAW FOLKS IN HOUSTON.
SO THERE'S A BENEFIT TO MISSOURI CITY OR TO HOUSTON.
SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT HE TREATS WANTS.
AND THE DESIGN PLAN HE IS SENT TO PLANNING PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN ELABORATED ON.
AND DON'T WORRY, I'M ALMOST DONE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHOSE PROPERTY ABUTS, THIS PROPOSAL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH MULTIPLE ISSUES.
SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH, WITH REGARDS TO THOSE WAREHOUSES ON EAST HAMPTON, BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LET'S START WITH THAT BARRIER WALL.
THERE'S AN APPROXIMATE ONE TO TWO FOOT GAP BETWEEN THE BARRIER WALL AND THE OWNER'S PROPERTY FENCE.
YOU CAN'T PUT A LAWNMOWER THROUGH THAT GAP AND YOU'D BETTER.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO IT WITH A WEED EATER, THIS GAP IS A TRASH ZONE, MOSQUITO ZONE, OTHER PEST ISSUES, BACK AND FORTH REGARDING THE RESPONSIBILITY AND KEEPING BACK AGAIN.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW TO THESE RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES WILL ABET THAT BARRIER WALL FROM THE CHURCH, THE SAME THING.
NOW THEY GET TO DEAL WITH THE OVERGROWTH, THE TRASH, THE RODENTS, THE PESTS THAT THESE FOLKS BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THE WAREHOUSES I ASK YOU, YOU TRY TO GO BETWEEN 12 AND EIGHT INCHES TO PICK UP THE TRASH BEHIND YOUR HOME.
LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, MOST OF OUR HOMEOWNERS CAN'T MAKE THAT 12 TO 18 INCH GAP, NO MATTER HOW MANY DIETS THEY MAY GO ON AND THEN THINK OF IT THIS WAY TOO.
SO NO ONE'S TAKING CARE OF THAT GAP BETWEEN THE BARRIER WALL, AWESOME FALLS OVER, FILL UP THE TELEPHONE LINE OR ELECTRIC WIRE AND DIES BETWEEN YOUR FENCE AND THAT BARRIER WALL.
AND YOU WANT TO GO OUTSIDE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SMELLING, NOT THEIR TRASHCAN.
IT'S THE DEAD POSSUM BETWEEN THEIR PROPERTY AND YOURS.
NO ONE CAN PICK UP AND DISPOSE OF PROPERLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIT TO GET IT.
IF YOU'RE THE HOMEOWNER IS ALONG THAT BARRIER WALL.
IF YOU'RE THE VERY FIRST HOUSE THAT CAN GET IN THAT GAP, YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST HOUSE.
IF YOUR HOUSE NUMBER 2, 3, 4, 5, AS YOU FURTHER GO ALONG THAT BARRIER WALL, YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE THE FIRST PERSON AT THE FIRST SPOT GENERAL LEVEL.
KEEP REGARDING THAT PROPERTY IS IF THESE OWNERS DO NOT CARE ABOUT MAINTAINING IT NOW, WHY WOULD THEY DO IT IN THE FUTURE? THE LAND WAS MOWED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A WHILE, JUST ACTUALLY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND THAT WAS MY ALERT THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY COMING TO CITY COUNCIL AGAIN, BECAUSE WHEN THE PROPERTY GETS MOWED, THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA.
DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, I DRIVE DOWN EAST HAMPTON.
WHEN I BRING MY GRANDSON HOME FROM SCHOOL AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR THOSE WAREHOUSES LOVE PARKING ON THAT CHURCH PROPERTY.
AND SO DID THE FOLKS WHO LOVE TO DUMP IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS, THE GRASS AND OVERGROWTH, WOULD'VE BEEN WORSE.
OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR AT 11 8 47 SOUTH PERRY, WHICH I THINK THE CHURCH IS FAMILIAR WITH.
HE KEEPS THAT AREA BEHIND HIS HOUSE.
HE MOES, HE TRAMS. HE GOES BACK QUITE A FEW FEET, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S PROBABLY TRESPASSING WHEN HE DOES IT TOO.
THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRESPASSERS NEXT TO IT, ACROSS THE STREET, THE OLD SOFTBALL FIELDS, THEY DO HAVE SOME DUMPING ISSUES, BUT YOU DON'T WANT THOSE OWNERS MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY A HECK OF A LOT MORE THAN A CHURCH THAT WANTS TO BE PART OF THE MISSOURI
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STATE.YOU'RE NOT A GOOD STEWARD OF YOUR PROPERTY.
NOW, DO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE YOU PUT A BUILDING UP.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON COMMENTS FROM THE CHURCH.
THEY DON'T PLAN TO HAVE SOMEONE ON SITE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE PERSON.
YOU DON'T HAVE SECURITY, MOST CHURCHES.
THERE'S SO MANY IN THAT CHURCH OFFICE DURING THE WEEK.
SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS, BUT HERE'S THE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE THERE THEY'RE GOING TO COME DUMP OR OTHER ACTIVITIES AS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, ILLEGAL DRUG DEALS GOING ON, MAKE I'M GOING TO CALL IT MAKE-OUT SESSIONS.
CAUSE I'M A PG TYPE OF PERSON ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT'S GOING ON.
WE HAVE THE YOUNG LADIES OF THE EVENING ACROSS THE WAY WHO COME OVER WITH THEIR GENTLEMEN CALLERS.
AND WE HAVE THE DRUG DEALS GOING ON BEHIND THE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST BECAUSE IT'S A CHURCH, DOESN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
IT WON'T BE FOLKS HIDING BEHIND THE TREES, MAKING THE DRUG DEALS OR MAKING OUT.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO BETWEEN THE CHURCH BUILDING AND THE BARRIER WALL.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THEY HAVE A SECURITY CAMERA BY THE TIME SOMEONE RESPONDS TO THEM MAKING A CALL IN TO THE POLICE OR TO ANYONE ELSE MAKE OUT SESSIONS OVER WITH.
NOW THE LINE OF NOISE, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THOSE WAREHOUSES THAT WERE BUILT, FOUND WALLS APPROVE WILL NOT BE OF MUCH HELP WHEN LARGE EVENTS ARE HELD.
THE ADDITION TO THE WAREHOUSES ACROSS THE STREET HAVE ONLY AMPLIFIED THE NOISE THAT COMES OFF AND THE TRAIN ANY TIME, BUT THAT DOOR ACTIVITY OR LOUD INDOOR EVENT WILL NOW ALSO BOUNCE OFF THOSE WAREHOUSES AND INTO OUR BACKYARDS.
AN EIGHT FOOT CONCRETE WALL IS NOT GOING TO PREVENT THE REBOUND AMPLIFICATION OF THE NOISE.
NOW, ALSO COMING FROM THE CHURCH AND COMING FROM 90, I PROMISE YOU, I'M ALMOST DONE.
WE WERE TOLD THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON VIDEOS.
THEY DON'T MENTION YOU SUPPORTING MISSOURI CITY IN THE VIDEOS THEY MENTIONED SUPPORTING HOUSTON.
LET ME TELL YOU A DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT THE FOLKS FROM HOUSTON AND MISSOURI CITY.
THE SUPPORT, THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, THE STREET IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM MY HOUSE AND IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A CHURCH SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY THAT THOSE MINISTRY HAD NUMEROUS FOOD DRIVES DURING THE PANDEMIC MEMBERS LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, NOT ONLY IN THEIR CHURCH, BUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
THEY PROVIDED FOOD TO MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FUNDING PARK.
AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO WAS 88 YEARS OLD, WOULD RIDE HIS BIKE OVER TO BETHEL'S MINISTRY.
YOU HAD A LITTLE SHELF ADAPTED ON HIS BIKE AND HE WOULD PICK UP FOOD AND BRING IT BACK FOR HIMSELF AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THAT, THOSE MINISTRY BROUGHT IT OVER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OUR OLDER FOLKS, FOUND THE PRAISE IS ALSO VERY CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE A WONDERFUL HELP DURING THE KILLERS PANDEMIC AS WELL AS AN EVENT FROM LAST SUMMER.
BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE THIS TYPE OF OUTREACH, THE TRAFFIC RELATED TO LARGE SINGLE EVENT LAST YEAR, AND TO THE EVENTS OF POBID.
WELL, THEY SET UP SHUTTLE BUSES AT THE COMMERCIAL CENTER LOCATED AT 90 AND HILLCROFT FOR THAT EVENT.
AND THE FOOD DRIVES HAD TRAFFIC BACKED UP ONTO HILLCROFT AND SOUTH MAIN.
AND I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GENEROSITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID.
AND THE MAYOR DID FOR THE WATER.
YOU PROVIDED WATER AT OUR FIRE STATION.
I GET MY NUMBERS MIXED UP, BUT AT OUR FIRE STATION, YOU HAD WATER DISTRIBUTED FOR US.
THANKFULLY, YOU PLANNED AHEAD BECAUSE SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO THOSE WAREHOUSES.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU WERE ABLE TO HAVE A SET UP TRAFFIC LINES TO GO THROUGH THE WAREHOUSE, PARKING LOT INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE FIRE STATION.
AND THEN OUT, IF YOU HADN'T DONE THAT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF FOND IN PART FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING TO THAT WATER DISTRIBUTION.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID.
THANK YOU FOR THE FORETHOUGHT OF WORKING WITH THOSE WAREHOUSES TO SET UP THAT DISTRIBUTION.
NOW LET'S GO BACK AND IMAGINE THIS PROPERTY BEING BUILT ON, ON SOUTH, ON EAST HAMPTON, THE DESIGN IS NOT SET UP FOR ANY TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION, NOT SET UP FOR ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY EVENT THAT YOU'RE HELPING THE COMMUNITY AT MISSOURI CITY.
YOUR DESIGN DOESN'T TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT OF WHERE YOU'D HAVE YOUR OVERFLOW, YOUR ACCESS CARS, OR YOUR DRIVING AS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY BY MYSELF AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
WE'RE NOT AGAINST A CHURCH WE'RE AGAINST THE REZONING FOR AN SUP PERMIT FOR NOW.
WHAT'S CALLED A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY.
I'LL ADMIT TO YOU RIGHT NOW TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
I'VE LISTENED TO PASTOR JEREMIAH ON SATURDAY MORNINGS ON KETH.
AND I'VE ALSO WATCHED SOME VIDEOS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE OR HIS SERMONS AND HIS SERVICES.
HE DOES HAVE A GOOD MESSAGE OF HOPE AND INSPIRATION FROM MANY INDIVIDUALS.
IT'S NOT A BAD CHURCH AND THEY COULD HELP A LOT OF FOLKS.
BUT I WILL ADMIT, I DO HAVE ISSUES WITH SOME OF HIS NON SERMON, GUS OR NON GOSPEL TEACHING AND PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, TO PLANNING TO YOUTUBE, TO HOA, INTO PLANNING WHERE HE PRESENTS ONE THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO ONE GROUP.
AND THEN HE SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT
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TO ANOTHER GROUP.HOW DO YOU TRUST SOMEONE, BUT IS THIS SINGULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AT TO BACH THE LAND, KNOWING IT WAS NOT ZONED FOR THEIR PURPOSE WAS NOT THE BEST CHOICE.
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT IT.
IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN TOLD AND MINISTER MADE THE COMMENT AGAIN, THAT THEY COULD REZONE IT.
IF THE PERSON WHO GAVE THEM THAT ASSURANCE.
SO IT'S MR. SPRIGGS OR SOMEONE ELSE.
WELL, MR. SPRIGGS IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY.
NO ONE COULD MAKE A GUARANTEE THAT THAT PROPERTY COULD EASILY BE RESOLVED.
SO ARE WE ASKING YOU TO DENY THIS REQUEST BEFORE CHURCH? BECAUSE THEY'RE A CHURCH? NO, WE'RE NOT.
ARE WE ASKING YOU FOR OTHER REASONS TO NOT REZONE THIS? YES.
WE ARE DETAILED SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORS, THIS, THAT FEELING THAT YOU WANT THIS CITY TO GROW WITH RESIDENTS AND NOT JUST BUILDINGS OR PEOPLE WHO ONLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN BEING A MISSOURI CITY FOR LESS THAN TWO DAYS A WEEK, OR JUST A FEW HOURS FOR A SERVICE, RANDOM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLACE ROOTS IN MISSOURI CITY WHO WANT TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES IN MISSOURI CITY.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH KEEPING THE ZONING THE WAY IT IS TELLING THEM.
DOES IT MEAN YOU'RE SAYING NO BECAUSE THEY'RE A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION IS TELLING THEM NO, BECAUSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE RESIDENTS GROW WITH THIS CITY.
WE HAVE ENOUGH CONCRETE ON OUR SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
PLEASE DON'T ADD TO IT WHERE SMALL, JUST LIKE DAVID AGAINST GOLIATH.
I KNOW THAT MYSELF AND A LARGE PORTION, MY NEIGHBORS WILL KEEP FIGHTING TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY TO LIVE IN OUR LITTLE NECK OF THE WOODS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT HIGH POWER OF ATTORNEY.
WE DON'T HAVE MULTIMEDIA CENTERS AND YOUTUBE CHANNELS AND EVERY OTHER RESOURCE THAT YOU CAN PAY BASED ON FACEBOOK, HE DOES HIS ORGANIZATION DOES.
SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU WILLING TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY TO LIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND WANT MORE NEIGHBORS BROUGHT IN OR DO YOU WANT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING? THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN FOR TWO HOURS AND THEN GO BACK TO THEIR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANSION IN CYPRESS, TEXAS.
WHAT WAS GOING TO DONATE TIME? I'LL TRY TO DO SOME OF MY OWN TALKING PHONE AND PARK FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
WELL, OVER 40 YEARS, UH, THE TRAFFIC'S BEEN MENTIONED, UH, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT TIMES.
IT'S A ONE LANE ROAD DOWN THERE, THE FONDREN, UH, THE BACKUP INTO A DRIVEWAY.
WHEN I MEET SOMEBODY HEAD ON, UM, IF TWO CARS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, THE WAY THEY PARK ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE, IF THEY'RE ILLEGALLY PARKED ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT, 18 INCHES FROM THE CURB, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET YOU YOUR FIRE TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ARE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SQUEEZE ON THROUGH THERE.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC OF THE FLOODING.
I HEAR THAT FROM 13 YEARS, EVERY YEAR, THE WATER GETS CLOSER.
THE LAST BIG RAIN, IT WAS INCHES OF MY DOOR.
A FRONT DOORSTEP IS A WATER MITIGATION BUSINESS.
UH, THEY ENGINEERS NAMED GET A SHARPER PENCIL.
UM, YEAH, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR RED RAY.
I SEE WHEN I DO GO DOWN, UH, THE LOTS TRASHY, UH, WHY WE CAN'T
UM, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON THIS AND I FOUND THAT OIL, WAIT A MINUTE.
UM, JEREMIAH PRESENTS HIMSELF AS THE OWNER.
WELL, I'M NOT SO NO, THERE WAS A VENDOR LEANS ON THE THING.
AND UH, SO HE'S NOT THE OWNER.
I HOPEFULLY HE'S GOT THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION TO TALK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY FINANCING THE OPERATION.
UH, THERE WERE PAST DUE PROPERTY TAXES.
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ALL PROPERTY TAXES WOULD GET ALL PAID OFF.I THINK THIS WAS A HOUSTON PORTION THAT DIDN'T GET COLLECTED.
SO IT'S NOT A MEMORY SERVES, CORRECT WITH OUR PROBLEM FOR A MISSOURI CITY TAX PROBLEM.
BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'VE GONE SO LONG, EVEN AFTER HAVING BEEN BOUGHT AND HADN'T BEEN CLEARED UP, SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM.
UH, OH, THAT'S EVERYONE THAT HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I THINK MOST OF IT, MOST OF THEM ALLOCATED THERE TO YOU.
JANET, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSE BY WITH ME? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE SECOND BY CONSUMER CLOUSER.
THOSE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
SO THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION, NO MOTION.
[8. APPOINTMENTS]
EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
AUTHORIZATIONS ITEM NUMBER NINE, A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE UPDATE OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SIGNAL ITS EN MASSE THROUGH FAIR PLAN.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SHASHI KUMAR AND ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO I HAVE A RELATIVELY BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
UH, IT'S FAR ITS AND MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN UPDATE.
SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UM, ITSN STANDS FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
UM, SO, UH, THE DEFINITION OF ITS MASTER PLAN IS A, IT'S AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT STRATEGICALLY ADDRESSES UPGRADES TO EXISTING TRAFFIC OPERATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, SO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS.
UH, THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE ON THE SLIDE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR TMC, OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY A RESULT OF OUR PREVIOUS ITS MASTER PLAN, UH, WHICH WAS DONE IN 2016.
SO THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THE THOROUGHFARE OR MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
SO A THOROUGHFARE MASTER PLAN IS A STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND PROVIDE CITYWIDE GUIDANCE FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
UH, THE CURRENT PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2015.
UH, AND SO NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW UPDATE, UH, TO EVALUATE THE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, UH, TO GIVE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, UH, UH, MOBILITY OPTIONS THAT COME FROM THESE PLANS.
THE NIGHT ROAD EXTENSION WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR PREVIOUS UPDATE.
ALL RIGHT NOW GETTING INTO THE, UH, KEY SCOPE ITEMS. SO ON THE THOROUGHFARE MASTER PLAN, UH, SOME OF THE KEY SCOPE ITEMS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE, UH, CURRENT NEEDS AND PROJECTED GROWTH PATTERNS FOR THE CITY.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, PORTION OF IT.
UH, IT'S ALSO GONNA PROVIDE VISIONING FOR FUTURE MOBILITY, PLANNING AND ENHANCEMENTS, AND ALSO, UH, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT MOBILITY STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND AN ACTION PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY.
SO, UH, SO GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PORTION OF THIS, UH, UH, MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
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SO, UM, WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING FOUR, UH, PLANNED COMMUNITY FORUMS, UH, AND THE CITY, THE CITY STAFF IS GONNA SELECT THE VENUES AND FACILITATE THESE EVENING MEETINGS.WE'RE ALSO GONNA WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENCE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL TO, UH, UPDATE AND OUTREACH THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALSO HAVE A SOCIAL PINPOINT MAP TO, UH, COLLECT COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO BACK TO THE ITSC PORTION OF THIS MASTER PLAN, UM, SO SOME OF THE KEY SCOPE ITEMS HERE, WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES, UH, IN THE INDUSTRY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DEVELOP A DEPLOYMENT PLAN FOR ITS, UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A, UH, A FRAMEWORK FOR ADOPTING EMERGENCY EMERGING STRATEGY, UH, TECHNOLOGIES AND TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES, RIGHT.
UM, AND TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE CONSULTANT SELECTION, UH, FOR OUR CONSULTING SELECTION, WE ISSUED RFQ IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND THE RESULTS OF THIS SELECTION PROCESS WAS IT KIMBERLY HORN WAS SELECTED AS THE CONSULTANT.
UH, SO THIS SELECTION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PDI COMMITTEE AND RECEIVED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD FOR A COUNCIL ACTION.
UH, SO, UH, BASED OFF OF THE PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE GIVEN TO US BY KIMBERLY HORN, WE EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS.
AND, UH, THE ACTION ITEM TONIGHT IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH KIMLEY-HORN FOR THE ITSP AND THOROUGHFARE MASTER PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR CONSULTANT TEAM HERE AND THE NEW ISAAC, UH, FROM KIMLEY-HORN.
AND, UH, WE'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, JEREMY PROMOTION AUTHORIZED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE UPDATE OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SIGNAL AND MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY STAFF.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS COMMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT AS JEREMY INDICATED, THIS DID COME BEFORE THE PDI COMMITTEE AND WE DID FORWARD IT WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
THIS IS THE BEST DIRECTION WE SHOULD HEAD ACCORDING TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VOTING THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO, THANK YOU.
IF I MAY, UH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY TO THE LAST ITEM 7 81, UH, THAT THE, UH, ITEM WILL BE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AT A FUTURE DATE.
AND WE WILL PROVIDE NOTICE AS TO WHEN THAT WILL OCCUR.
THANK YOU BILL FOR THAT CLARITY, BUT CAN WE WORK TO GET WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OR CAN WE SEND SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION? SO THE HOA SO THEY CAN DISSEMINATE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS.
I KNOW A LOT OF WE'RE PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE LEFT AND I WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO REVIEW THIS VIDEO JUST TO GET THAT VITAL INFORMATION.
SO CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED BY TOMORROW? THE LATEST I'LL WORK WITH LEGAL TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST DO THAT? WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE HOA PRESIDENT TOO.
AND JUST AS AN FYI AS WELL, THE LAST SPEAKER, OR I BELIEVE SHE WAS THE LAST SPEAKER I WAS STILL OUTSIDE.
AND SO I DID MENTION THAT TO HER AS WELL, SO THAT SHE CAN HELP GET THE WATER BILL.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT INFORMATION FOR THEM PLEASE? SO THE ITEM MAYOR MEMBERS, COUNCIL ITEM 7 81, UH, REGARDING MIRACLE, SEE CHURCH SUP WILL BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEN WE WILL PROVIDE NOTICE AS TO WHEN THAT OCCURS.
[10. ORDINANCES]
OUR ORDINANCES AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING CERTAIN SPECIAL EVENT REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION NINE, SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATION OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, SENDING ORDINANCE SUSPENDING THE IMPOSITION OF CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT FEES, PROVIDING A PENALTY, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE[02:10:01]
AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.UH, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE SEVEN.
UM, AND THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, TO HELP BUSINESSES, UH, AS WE CONTINUE OUR RECOVERY FROM THE PANDEMIC ALLOWING FOR, UH, THE ABILITY OF BUSINESSES TO USE, UM, THE OUTSIDE OF AN EXISTING FACILITY, UH, TO ENHANCE AND TO EXTEND THEIR BUSINESS OPERATION, PARTICULARLY FOR FOOD SERVICE, UM, UH, TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
SO THIS ITEM IS THE FIRST, UM, OF A COUPLE THAT WE'LL BRING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UH, THIS WOULD BE AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD RELAX, UM, EXISTING REGULATIONS AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE SPECIAL EVENT PROCESS, UM, WHICH IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH BUSINESSES, UM, ACQUIRE TEMPORARY HEALTH PERMITS, UM, IN ORDER TO COOK, UM, IN FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED.
UH, SO THIS ITEM WOULD RELAX THE DURATION LIMITATIONS, UH, TIED TO SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS, UM, AS WELL AS THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS OF THE ORDINANCE, IF APPROVES WOULD BE IN EFFECT THROUGH, UH, JANUARY 1ST, 2020, UM, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, STAFF WILL BE WORKING, UH, INTERNALLY AND THEN ALSO WITH, UH, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND, UH, CURRENTLY ASSISTING IN THE CITY, UM, TO CONSIDER PERMANENT REGULATIONS, UH, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO FOR COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY CUSTOMER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUESTION.
IT SAYS THE ORDINANCE WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO BRING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, BUT, UM, WILL YOU GUYS BE COMING BACK BEFORE US TO CONSIDER THIS B YOU SAID PERMANENT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS TEMPORARY, BUT WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PERMANENT AND, AND JUST THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY RELAXATION OF EXISTING ORDINANCES.
SO IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN BEFORE THIS ORDINANCE EXPIRES, THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER.
MEANING THAT TEMPORARY HEALTH PERMITS WOULD BE ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO ANY KIND OF TEMPORARY COOKING FACILITIES WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT.
WHEN, WHEN DO YOU FORESEE THAT YOU'LL BE COMING BACK BEFORE? I MEAN, HOW FAR BEFORE JANUARY 1ST AND FOR ORDINANCE CREATION, ANY KIND OF ZONING ORDINANCE CREATION WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST THE THREE MONTH PERIOD, UH, JUST BASED ON THE PROCEDURE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
SO IT DOES HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, ABOUT THREE TIMES BEFORE IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING WHERE AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY AT THIS POINT, UM, WE HAVE NEW STAFF ON BOARD AS HE MET, UM, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE WORKING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO HOPEFULLY BRING SOMETHING BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, IN THE EARLY FALL TIMEFRAME.
THANK YOU AND COUNCIL, WE CAN ALSO, THE FRIDAY UPDATE PROVIDES YOU A PROPOSED CALENDAR OF WHAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, JENNIFER.
UH, IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION AS TO HOW MANY, UH, EVENTS A BUSINESS MAY HAVE DURING THIS TEMPORARY PERIOD? SO THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THIS TEMPORARY ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU THAT WOULDN'T LIMIT THEM TO NO MORE THAN THREE DAYS IN A WEEK.
UM, SO A BUSINESS COULD DO A SPECIAL EVENT UNDER THIS PROVISION EVERY WEEK FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE LIMITED TO, UH, THREE DAYS EACH WEEK.
SO WHETHER THAT'S A WEEKEND, A GROUPING OR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER OPTIMAL, UH, TIME PERIOD DURING THE WEEK.
IS THERE ANY OTHER 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
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
NUMBER 11, A RESOLUTIONS 11, A A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2021 TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SASSY KUMAR.
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GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MARIN COUNCIL ITEMS,I SERVE AS THE PRIMARY VOTING REPRESENTATIVES AT THIS BODY.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE AS WELL IN THE EVENT.
I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, THE PREVIOUS, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PREVIOUSLY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WAS THE DESIGNATED ALTERNATIVE.
UH, WITH THAT GENTLEMAN LEAVING THE CITY AND TODD MUELLER, UH, TODD, WHO WERE, UH, BEING PROMOTED TO THAT POSITION WERE NOMINATING.
TODD WHO WERE OR RECOMMENDING NOMINATING TODD OR WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE TPC AT AKC BATCH? THE FIRST ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE? THAT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER MAIN COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 11, B THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2021 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDING FOR REFILL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
I WANT TO MAKE US SMALL CORRECTION, THE SHARP HIGH OF TODD, OR CUT THIS TECHNICALITY.
UH, IT SHOULD BE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NOT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE THIS COUNCIL TO PLEASE MAKE A NOTE AND, AND, UH, UM, OUR LEGAL WILL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE RESOLUTION IF SO, APPROVED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, UH, THE ATTACK COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE DEVELOPS THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT IS A, UH, IT SERVES AS AN ADVISORY ROLE TO TPC AND AGAIN, UM, UH, CLIFF, UM, UH, TODD WHO WERE, WILL BE NOMINATED AS THE PRIMARY MEMBER ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND I WILL SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE.
AND THAT'S THE RECORD COUNSEL.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 11 C A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS RANCHING CONSENT TO MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT, DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE, ISSUE UNLIMITED TAX ROAD BOND.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ATLANTA PORTIS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE UTILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE IN THE CITY AND THE LEGISLATION THAT CREATED THE DISTRICT BONDS MAY BE SOLD BY THE DISTRICT WITH THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL AUTHORIZE THE SELL OF BONDS TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS ROAD PROJECTS.
UH, THOSE ROSE ROAD PROJECTS HAVE BEEN LISTED IN ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS TO YOUR AGENDA PACK CAMP.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT MET ON MAY 17TH AND AUTHORIZED THE DISTRICT'S CONSULTANTS TO PROCEED WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE.
AND THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE.
THE UNLIMITED TAX ROAD BOND SERIES 2021 WILL BE ANY AMOUNT OF $4 MILLION.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST DEBT ISSUE, UH, TO BE SOLD BY THE DISTRICT.
A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THE DISTRICT.
THEIR 2020 TAX RATE IS 90 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED.
VALUATION IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS WILL RESULT IN NO INCREASE TO THE DISTRICT'S TAX RATE FOR THE 2020 OR 2021 YEAR.
THE DISTRICT'S PRELIMINARY TAXABLE VALUE AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2021 HAS PROVIDED BY FORT BEN CAD IS APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION, BUT THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE OUTSTANDING DEBT OF $4 MILLION.
AND THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 8% OF THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSED
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VALUATION, THEIR DEBT, THE DEBT BELONGS TO THE DISTRICT AND UNLESS THE CITY DISSOLVES THE DISTRICT, UM, THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE DEBT OF THE DUES.ALSO, THERE'S NOT A PLEDGE OF ANY REVENUES, UH, AT THE DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX THAT'S LEVIED AGAINST ALL TAXABLE PROPERTIES.
UH, WE DO HAVE, AND THAT STEVEN'S HERE.
SHE HAS COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT AND SHE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? HUH? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY? IS THERE A DISCUSSION YOU INDICATED THAT, UH, DISPLAY SOMEWHERE, UH, THAT, UH, INDICATED THE, UH, TRAFFIC NOT TRAVELING, BUT THE, THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, INCREASE EFFECTIVE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE IS THE COST SUMMARY, WHICH OUTLINES ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A SAMPLING OF THE PROJECTS.
THERE'S PARKS PAVING ON PARKS, EDGE BOULEVARD, PARK VISTA DRIVE, UH, LANKA, OLYMPIA PARKWAY, BRIDGE, UH, SHIPMENTS COVE, AND ALSO PAVING ON AN EIGHT AND A HALF ACRE TRACT.
AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COST SUMMARY THAT IS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT I SAW.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER 11, B ITEM 11 D HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
INTO ITEM NUMBER 12.WE'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM OR LEWIS.
UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ENJOYED THE FESTIVITIES OF JUNETEENTH.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO DON SMITH AND OTHERS WHO'VE PARTICIPATED.
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAD A GREAT FATHER'S DAY AS WELL.
AND THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY FOR A PILATES PLACE IN RIVERSTONE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US MARIA WITH THE PROCLAMATION MAYOR.
I SENT YOU IN THE CITY MANAGER, AN EMAIL TODAY REGARDING THE 10 92 MEDIUMS, AND I'LL LET YOU REVIEW IT.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE RETHINK THAT PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR US TO GROW WITH MISSOURI CITY ON 10 92.
SO OVERALL I BELIEVE TRAFFIC HAS ONLY INCREASED.
I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A LOT TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, BUT THE TRAFFIC STILL REMAINS.
SO I AM READY TO PARTNER WITH TEXAS WITH TXDOT TO DO A GREAT PROJECT, TO MAKE 10 92 AND MORE FUNCTIONAL INNER CHANGE FOR US.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, I'LL ALSO HELP EVERYONE ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES WITH THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVALS, UM, AND ACTUALLY US ALL.
SO CONTINUE TO MOVE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ADVANCING AND THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO DO AS WELL AS HOLDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND INVESTING IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY AGAIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GROW AS A WHOLE.
I HAVE A PARK CLEANUP THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 TO I'M SORRY, EIGHT SETS IN AT, UM, COMMUNITY PARK.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, PLEASE SIGN UP AT OUR WEBSITE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE.
UM, UH, MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT OUR MEETING WITH, UH, HAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, I ATTENDED THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES, THE KICKOFF RECEPTION, THE, UM, GALA, AND ALSO FRIDAY'S FORT BEN EXPOSED EXCELLENCE YOUTH PROGRAM, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, AND THEN SATURDAYS
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ONE MILE OF SMILES PARADE, UM, MAYOR MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY L BONEY, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND, UH, OUR FLOAT BROKE, BUT WE DIDN'T LET THAT STOP US.WE ACTUALLY WALKED THE PARADE AND IT WAS FUN.
UM, SHAKING HANDS AND, UH, GETTING OUT MEETING THE, SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD AND KUDOS TO A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SMITH FOR A SUCCESSFUL JUNETEENTH.
UM, ALL OF THE EVENTS FOR THE JUNE TEENS.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET IS EVERY SATURDAY.
THERE'S A TIME CHANGE FROM NINE TO ONE INSTEAD OF 10 TO TWO IS NINE TO ONE.
AND IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO THE SIENNA ANNEX.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT ALL OF THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT FRUITS, VEGETABLES, UM, HOMEGROWN, A LOT OF HOMEGROWN THINGS SOAPS.
SO LET'S SUPPORT, UH, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCAL.
AND LASTLY, UM, I, THE, THE LITTLE GIRL THAT, UM, WE GAVE A PROCLAMATION TO LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CHLOE JOINER, I'VE TEAMED UP WITH HER AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UH, MAYOR, AND ALSO SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL, UH, AND THE CITY.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR TEAMING UP FOR THIS SUNDAY'S DRIVE THROUGH BOOK DRIVE.
SHE HAD US ON A MISSION TO, UM, GET 1 MILLION BOOKS FOR 1 MILLION KIDS AND SHE IS ON A ROLL.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT HER, UH, WITH THIS COMMUNITY EFFORT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF US TO PARTICIPATE, IT'S GOING TO BE A DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT.
UH, POLICE AND FIRE ARE GOING TO BE VOLUNTEERING.
SO JUST COME BY, UH, DROP OFF SOME BOOKS.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A RECEPTACLE HERE, UH, FOR EMPLOYEES TO THAT WAS STACY.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE A RECEPTACLE FOR EMPLOYEES TO DROP THEIR BOOKS IF YOU CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH.
SO LET'S SUPPORT LITTLE CHLOE THIS SUNDAY FROM TWO TO FOUR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT OUT HERE IN THE CITY HALL, UM, DRIVE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
UM, I PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE JUNETEENTH, UH, FESTIVITIES HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO DAN SMITH AND HIS FOUNDATION FOR SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB.
UM, AND CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I DID ATTEND THE, UM, THE, UH, PARADE.
HOWEVER, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE, UH, THE TRAILER HAD BROKEN, I WAS NOT DRESSED IN AN ATTIRE TO WALK A MILE DOWN THE STREET.
AND ALSO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SEVERAL OF THE BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT A ON LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, AND I WAS GOING TO VISIT HIM FOR DOOR TO DOOR ON 2234.
AND ALSO LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO, UM, SASHA KAMARA AND HIS TEAM, UM, AND ABE LEWIS, THEY, THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB IN PUBLIC, WORKS IN DISTRICT A AND I'M GETTING NOTHING BUT KUDOS BACK FROM MY CONSTITUENTS.
I'M CERTAINLY, I WANT TO GIVE, LET HIM KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I THINK THAT MY REPORT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
UM, I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, MISSOURI CITY ROUND TABLE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION A FEW WEEKS AGO, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES, MAYOR, UH, ALLOCATE AND MEDPRO TIMBER RULE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UM, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, LISTENED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HCC IS SEEKING TO DO TO TRY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN THERE IN, IN OUR SCHOOL, WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE WAY ALSO, OH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ATTEND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING, UH, TO SEE OUR, UH, APPOINTED RESIDENTS WHO ARE ON THAT COMMISSION AT WORK.
UH, THEY WERE VERY ENGAGED, UH, ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND YEAH, UH, WE'RE DEEPLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION.
SO I REALLY GET EXCITED WHEN I SEE OUR RESIDENTS ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
THEN THE COMMUNITY IS NOT JUST US ON COUNCIL WHO PUT IN THE WORK AND HOURS TO, UM, TO HELP MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.
UH, ALSO, UH, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING AN EVENT WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL WOMAN LED CLOUDS OR OF, UH, A COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO, THE CONFEDERATE DRIVE TO PROSPERITY DRIVE TOAST.
THAT WAS HARD HOSTED BY, UH, RESIDENTS, OH, N RHONDA GUILBEAU.
UM, IT WAS ATTENDED ALSO BY SEVERAL RESIDENTS ON THE STREET AND RESIDENTS, UH, IN SURROUNDING STREETS.
IT WAS JUST THIS HUGE SENSE OF EXCITEMENT, UH, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CHANGE AND AN APPRECIATION FROM THEM
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ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL HELPED THEM DO TO HELP MOVE THEIR COMMUNITY FORWARD, UH, PROGRESSIVELY AND IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION.AND I KNOW THAT THIS ONE WON'T BE THE LAST TIME WE HEAR FROM THAT, UH, THAT COMMUNITY.
LASTLY, I WANT TO ALSO, UH, SAY KUDOS TO FORM A COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SMITH, FOUNDER OF THE MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION FOR A SLEW OF EVENTS THAT WERE, UM, UH, WELL ATTENDED AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, UH, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS THE, UH, THE ONES I ATTENDED, UH, THE MISSOURI CITY, A CELEBRATION KICKOFF RECEPTION, UH, WHERE SEVERAL, MY COLLEAGUES WERE THERE.
UM, THE JUNETEENTH GALA, WHICH A PHENOMENAL KEYNOTE SPEECH BY SPENCER TILLMAN, UH, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, KIND OF REPLAY BACK IN MY MIND TODAY OF THE ONE MILE A SMILES PARADE AND THE CONCERT IN THE PARK, UH, SHOUT OUT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DON SMITH AND HIS TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND THE SPONSORS WHO HELP PORT THAT WONDERFUL EFFORT TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND A GREAT EVENT FOR THE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.
LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS FOR COMMITTING THEMSELVES TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY.
AND THAT IS PASSING IN ENSURING THAT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS SIGNED INTO LAW.
I'M TALKING ABOUT MAKING JUNETEENTH A FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO, BUT, UM, THIS WAS A GREAT, UH, LONG SOUGHT OUT, UH, INITIATIVE THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
AND I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON, LEE, WHO FOR YEARS HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THIS, AND WAS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THIS CAME TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ROLL ALL THE KUDOS UP THAT WERE GIVEN OUT HERE THIS EVENING TO DON SMITH FOR, UH, THE, UH, GREAT, UH, UH, EVENT, UH, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE, HE IS CONTINUOUSLY PUT ON EVERY YEAR IN THE JUNE TEENS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S FIRST CLASS, HE DOES IT RIGHT.
AND, UH, IT, I, I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION BEING ABLE TO, UH, UH, ATTEND MANY OF THOSE.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM THAT I HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN ANTHONY MEROLA IS FOLLOWING UP AS FAR AS THE MEDIAN'S ON 10 92 MAYOR.
I ALSO SENT YOU A, UM, AN EMAIL WITH ALL OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK, UH, UH, WE'RE PREMATURE IN TRYING TO DO MEDIANS ON 10 92, I THINK UNTIL WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE, UH, HAVE A, UM, A SIX LANE WITH A MEDIAN, UH, AVAILABLE ON 10 92, UH, 10 92 IS JUST NOT CONDUCIVE TO, UM, MEDIANS IN ITS CURRENT, UH, UH, STATE.
SO, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU'D TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND IT'S NOT THAT TEXDOT HASN'T BEEN TRYING TO, OR HAS TRIED TO, UH, WORK WITH US ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY'VE DONE THAT.
AND I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT, BUT, UH, I JUST DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME NOR THE CONDITION TO PUT MEDIANS ON 10 92.
HAVE A FEW ITEMS. I THINK I CAN CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THEN, UH, EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UM, GOING BACK TO JUNE 10TH, I HAVE A DIFFERENT SPIN ON THIS.
UM, I DO LIKE TO, FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO, UM, ESPECIALLY OUR, DURING THE PARADE, OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE, UH, THEY WERE OUT THERE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, EVERYONE WAS SAFE.
UM, AND ALSO DURING THE GALA, I LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO THANK TYSON AND HIS ENTIRE STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY ON THAT DAY TO MAKE EVERYTHING NICE AND TO, UH, COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, HELPING DON AND HELPING THE EVENTS, UH, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS GO THROUGH.
ALL OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE POSTED, UM, ON, ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, AS WELL AS INSTAGRAM AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT WAS, UM, EXCELLENT IDEA.
COUPLE OF LESSONS LEARNED THAT IN MY OPINION, THAT I LIKE TO GIVE, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS PERSONAL OPINION.
I DID SEE, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR AT THE GALA.
SO I WOULD HOPE NEXT YEAR, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOME MORE OF LEADERSHIP TEAM, ESPECIALLY AT THE JUNIOR TEAM GALA.
AND THEN ALSO, I THINK THERE WAS A,
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A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS FROM RESIDENTS WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE IN THE, UM, IN THE, UM, UH, UH, IN THE, DURING THE PARADE.AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE GRASS WAS NOT CUT PROPERLY, UM, OR IT WAS STILL KIND OF GROWN.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLOAT THAT'S BEING BROKEN.
SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, ALONG WITH CITY COUNCIL ON A FLOAT, SO THAT REPRESENT, UH, ACC DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND I'M A COMPETITOR.
SO I LIKE TO GET THAT TROPHY THAT SAYS THE MOST, WHATEVER THAT WAS.
SO, UM, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN DO IT.
UM, AND THEN I APPRECIATE MARIA'S TIME OR NOTIFYING US TO LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THE FLOAT.
AND I HOPE WE CAN TEST THESE THINGS AT LEAST A DAY PRIOR TO IT.
SO RATHER THAN WAITING AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I WILL BE ASKING SOME OF THE, ACTUALLY ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN ME, TO HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, JORDAN TEAM CHAIR, UM, DON SMITH, AS HE HAD CALLED ME AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL.
THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT HE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.
UM, DO LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE COMMENT AS SOMEONE EARLIER ON SEC ON ITEM SEVEN, A TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE AND MAKE THAT A RETURN COMMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS DOES NOT ADD, OR THE MAYOR ADDED ITEMS TO THE AGENDA THE CITY MANAGER DOES.
UM, SO THAT AGENDA OF THAT ITEM WAS NOT PUT THROUGH THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW MEMBER OF NEW MEMBER.
TWO NEW MEMBERS ARE HERE, WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSER.
SO THOSE, THOSE ITEMS WERE NOT PUT FORTH BY ANY OF US.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, MY ANNOUNCEMENTS ITEM NUMBER 13 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS THAT CAN BE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, ANY OTHER ITEMS OF DISCUSSION.