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[Items 1 & 2 ]
SO REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:17 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE WAS DULY POSTED.WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTELL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
COUNSEL, IF YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS ]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION ITEM THREE, RECOGNIZE WE'RE TYING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.SO I HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION OF RECOGNITION TO DR.
IT IS AWARDED TO MONICA LAST MONTH IN RECOGNITION OF HER SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM JANUARY 3RD, 2012 TO JUNE 3RD, 2021.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS ALSO A CERTIFICATION OF RECOGNITION AWARDED TO MONICA RASMUS AND RECOGNITION OF HER SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FROM JUNE 3RD, 2019 TO JUNE 30TH, 2021 REGULATION.
UM, I THANK YOU FOR OF RECOGNITION.
HOWEVER, MORE THAN THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THE LEADERSHIP FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY.
I SAW MY MOTHER AS A CHILD BEING INVOLVED IN CITY, UM, AND SCHOOL SERVICE.
AND SO I WANTED TO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS IN THAT, AND IT IS MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT SERVING ALONG WITH THE OTHER CITIZEN, MISSOURI CITY, THAT I HAVE SERVED TO THE BETTERMENT OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH RECOGNIZES GOD'S GARDEN FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CHERYL STIRRUP.
I'LL TELL HIM FOR LIFE A BALLERY WATER TO PLEASE COME UP, LEAVE.
I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALERIE, WHAT SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, HOUSTON, I'M SORRY.
HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.
SHE ACTUALLY, DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS THE FIRST TO COME UP WITH OUR ASSISTANT MANAGERS AND ALSO INVESTORS DISTRICT A, THE FIRST ONE TO COME UP WITH WANTING TO ESTABLISH AN OUTSIDE DINING PATIO.
SO SHE HAS WORKED VERY TIRELESSLY WITH GARDENS GARDEN AND ALSO
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WITH THE DISTRICT A AND TRYING TO ESTABLISH DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND ALSO INVESTORS ALL ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY.SO WITH A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION, I LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS TO YOU.
CERTIFICATE GOES A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, MICHAEL STRIP, WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF GOD'S GARDEN.
AND ALSO HIS WIFE, LAURENE STREP IS THE SECRETARY OF A GARDEN.
THEY HAVE WORKED SO TIRELESSLY IN DISTRICT A IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT GARDENS GARDEN IS ON HIGHWAY 90 DIRECTLY PINE THE, UM, SECOND MILE, THEY ACTUALLY SECURED LAND CULTIVATED.
THE LAND GREW, THE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE VEGETABLES.
YOU NEED TO TAKE A BIT, YOU TALKED TO MY PRESIDENT AND THAT WAS THE WAY THEY EVEN DISTRICT A, THEY HAVE DONE A MAGNIFICENT IN, IN CULTIVATING THE LAND, GROWING THE VEGETABLES, AND THEY ALSO TAKE THE VEGETABLES.
THEY GIVE IT TO, UM, SECOND MILE
AND HE'S A BOTANIST AND ALSO A CHEMICAL, A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.
AND SHE'S A MECHANICAL ENGINEER.
THEY DID THIS ALL BY THEMSELVES AND WE WERE OUT THERE WITH THEM LAST YEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO THEY ONLY HAD VOLUNTEERS.
SO I WANTED TO SUBMIT THIS RECOGNITION TO THEM FOR THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY AND FROM THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING, AND IT IS AMAZING, UH, IS THE YEARS OF IT.
AND YOU'LL SEE, WHAT DO THEY COME OUT THERE EVERY DAY, AT LEAST SPEND SIX HOURS AND DOING IT.
SO IT IS WORTH IT IT'S WORTH SEEING IT IT'S WORTH GOING OUT THERE AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THESE ARE GIVEN TO SECOND MILE, AND THESE ARE GIVEN TO HOUSTON FOOD BANK BANKS.
SO THEY'RE DONATING THESE TO A GOOD CAUSE TO PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE IN NEED.
AND WE'RE ALSO BEEN TRYING TO SEEK WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING FOR THEM TO ASSIST THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THIS ALL BY THEMSELVES.
AND MR. WOODARD, WHO'S WORKED WITH HER HAS BEEN SEEKING FUNDING FOR THEM AS WELL.
SO IF YOU THINK THE FUNDING OUT THERE, I THINK THEY WILL APPRECIATE IT.
CAUSE THEY, THEY DOING THIS ON THEIR OWN AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONLY HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND THEY HAVE DONE A, AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, FOR BENJI SERVICE LEAGUE HAS COME OUT AND REALLY DONE A LOT OF, UM, VOLUNTEERING THIS YEAR.
UM, JUST ONE QUICK NOTE THAT IN, SINCE MAY THE THIRD THROUGH LAST FRIDAY, WE HAVE PROVIDED OVER 10,000 POUNDS OF FRESH VEGETABLES TO SECOND MILE AND EAST SWEATBAND HUMAN NEEDS MINISTRY.
WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE C PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY PARKS DIRECTOR, JASON MAGNUM, AND I'M GOING TO INVITE SHONDRA EDWARDS TO COME FORWARD.
AS SHE SAYS, THE PARKS CLEAN UP ALL THE TIME AND THINKS SHE KNOWS MORE PARKS THAN I DO.
I'M ACTUALLY NOW PARKS AND RECREATION BY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OUR COUNTRY.
AND YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PARKS ARE CONTINUED TO BE BEAUTIFIED, GIVE OUR RESIDENTS A PLACE TO DEBRIEF, EXERCISE AND HANGING OUT WITH THEIR FAMILY.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO.
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I LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU.I'VE ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH ALISON, BUT I'M SURE EVERYONE ON THIS TEAM IS AWESOME.
AND IT'S JUST AS BRIGHT AS HER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH, JULY, 2021 AS PARK AND RECREATIONAL OR MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO PROVIDE PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE, IN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I THINK PARKS IS PROBABLY WHERE MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH NATURE.
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE THEY GET TO FIRST EXPERIENCE, MAYBE THEIR FAVORITE HOBBIES OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES GATHER AND CELEBRATE SPECIAL MOMENTS.
AND, UH, WE, AS WE'VE LEARNED IN THIS, UH, PANDEMIC, THAT IT'S ALSO A PLACE OF RESPITE AND HEALING AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE, UM, HAVE REALIZED THAT, THAT THEY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT, UH, THEIR LOCAL PARKS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF CALLS I RECEIVED OVER THE PAST YEAR, WHERE PEOPLE JUST THANKED US FOR HAVING PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO, UM, DURING THE TIME WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE WAS CLOSED.
SO THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THIS AND, AND THANKS TO THE BEST STAFF IN THE CITY.
I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE HERE ON JULY 3RD, UH, EVENING PARKS DEPARTMENT PUT ON THE JULY 4TH EVENT THAT WE HAD RIGHT HERE ACROSS IN FRONT OF HCC.
AND I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES WERE HERE, BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THEY WERE HERE FROM THE MORNING OFF, EVEN THROUGH THE RAIN ALL THE WAY TILL IF THE EVENT WAS OVER, BUT NOT ONLY WHEN THE EVENT WAS OVER EVERYONE LEFT, BUT THEY STAYED AROUND TO CLEAN UP AND PUT EVERYTHING BACK.
SO WITHOUT ANYTHING, ANY OTHER CONDITIONS THAT THEIR STAFF HAD TO WORK, THAT WE WERE WORKING BETWEEN FIGURING OUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THIS OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT.
SO I WANT YOU ALL TO GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO PARKS DEPARTMENT, PLEASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM NINE, A UP TO A, UH, CORRESPONDENT IN, UH, COMPLIMENT ITEM THREE, D THE, THEY'RE BOTH CONNECTED WITH THE, UM, UH, THE DONATION TO BE MADE.
THAT'S YOUR MOTION? THAT'S MY MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IF WE COULD DO THREE A FIRST, I THINK IT MIGHT FLOW A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY OR BETTER.
3 8, 3 D THREE D BUT NINE A TO BE MOVED.
SO ITEM THREE, B IS PRESENTATION OF A CHECK THAT CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FROM VALUE FUNDS FOR RICH VIEW PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE A PRESENT PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION.
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JASON MAGNET.I LIKE TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY WANT TO COME DOWN, PLEASE JOIN ME.
ON BEHALF OF THE 3,300 RESIDENTS OF QUAIL VALLEY, THIS JUST REPRESENTS A PORTION OF WHAT WE'VE CONTRIBUTED OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND I THINK YOU HEARD EARLIER SEVEN 50 OF THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THE SPLASH PAD.
BEAUTIFUL 50,000 WILL BE USED FOR ANOTHER PAVILION AND MCNAUGHTON, BUT I'M GONNA JUST TELL YOU THIS EQUATES TO ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT QUAIL VALLEY FUND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING THE PARK FACILITY THAT SET BACK NOT.
AND TODAY WE'VE CONTRIBUTED $75,000 FOR EACH OF THE THREE BRIDGES FOR THE PLANNERS ON THE THREE BRIDGES IN THE CITY.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE SPEND ABOUT $350,000 A YEAR SO THAT JASON DOESN'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE ESPLANADES AND ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL LOCATION WITHIN QUAIL VALLEY.
SO THIS IS A HUGE THING, AND THIS IS ON BEHALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE, IN THE SUBDIVISION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT, UH, WHEN WE SEE IT OPEN.
AND, AND LIKE JASON SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK.
AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WAS MAYOR THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST PARKS, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST PART THAT WE HAD THAT WAS ADA COMPLIANT AND HAS BEEN SENT OUT ALL THOSE YEARS.
AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE THAT WITH THIS.
AND I KNOW JASON'S GOT TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME RESTROOMS AND SOME OTHER THINGS OVER THERE, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND, THIS IS OUR $800,000 CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU JASON, AND I'LL BRING IN A REAL CHECK LATER.
A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION FROM COLE VALLEY FUND FOR RIDGEVIEW PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE PRESENTATION BY JASON.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I CAN SAY THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID, BUT I'M MAKING A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CHECK.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY A MEMBER EMERY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLOUSER IS THERE A DISCUSSION I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUSTICE STATE THAT WHAT I'VE LEARNED, YOU KNOW, IN THE MOST RECENT IS ALMOST $400,000, YOU KNOW, FOR EQUIPMENTS FOR MCNAUGHTON PARK, $75,000 AS FORMER MAYOR JUST STATED FOR EACH OF THE BRIDGES ON GLEN LAKES AND ELDORADO AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND ANNUALLY FOR LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE MEETINGS AND NOW $800,000 FOR RIDGEVIEW.
SO I'D TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A THANK YOU TO QUAD VALLEY, UH, FONDANT AND THEIR HOA FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN A SOLID CONTRIBUTOR TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THIS IS WITH A PRIDE THAT WE TELL YOU, AND WE SAY, THANK YOU.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, AYE,
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ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.ONCE YOU PASS THE SEVEN ZERO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
ITEM THREE, HE RECOGNIZES POLICE, DETECTIVE ALEX ZEALOUS FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR POLICE CHIEF MIKE
WELL, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT, UH, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO WORK WITH A TRUE COPS COP, A GUY THAT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH DONE IT ALL.
AND THE DETECTIVE HERE THAT'S STANDING BESIDE ME, ALEX SALAZAR WOULD BE THE EPITOME OF THAT DESCRIPTION.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UH, HE NOT ONLY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I'M GOING TO COVER THE WHOLE THING, BUT HE STARTED HIS POLICE CAREER HERE IN 1998.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT, HE STARTED WITH THE CITY WHEN HE WAS 19 YEARS OF AGE WORKING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE POACHED FROM JASON AND HIS CREW.
SO, AND THEN HE WENT TO A POLICE SERVICES WHERE I POACHED HIM, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE FROM SHASHI'S CREW.
UH, SOME OTHER CHIEF DID THAT.
AND THEN HE WAS AN ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER IN THE CITY.
SO HE'S SERVED ALL OVER THE CITY AND HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WITH THE, CERTAINLY SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PATROL OFFICER IN 1998, BUT HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HE SAW THAT HE CAN BE A GREATER INFLUENCE AND PROVIDE GREATER SERVICES TO CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND HE TOOK THE TEST FOR DETECTIVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED OUT AND BECAME A DETECTIVE IN 2014 DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DETECTIVE SELLERS ARE SERVED AS A FIELD TRAINING.
NEW RECRUITS IS A, BEEN A MEMBER OF OUR, UH, OUTSTANDING HONOR GUARD.
HE'S ALSO SERVED AT AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY FOR THE SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT, WHICH IS A TRI CITY UNIT OF THREE DIFFERENT CITIES ON THE EASTERN, THE FORT BEND COUNTY.
HE'S RECEIVED SEVERAL ACCOMMODATIONS, INCLUDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS OFFICER THE YEAR BY THE 100 CLUB OF GREATER HOUSTON IN 2000, WHEN HE RESCUED THE OCCUPANTS OF OHIO, UH, IN A HOUSE FIRE, HE ALSO RECEIVED THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD AGAIN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2001.
AGAIN, HE WAS FIRST TO A HOUSE.
FIRE WAS SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO RESCUE THE ELDERLY COUPLE IN THAT HOUSE, FIRE, NOT ALL HE DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HE ALSO RECEIVED A UNIT CITATION AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT INVESTIGATION, WHICH LED TO THE ARREST OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, RESPONSIBLE FOR A GANG RELATED HOMICIDE BACK IN 2010.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, JUST READING THIS SHORT LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF HIS CAREER.
EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE WHO THIS MAN IS AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR FOR THE CITY.
HE RISKED EVERYTHING EVERY DAY, JUST LIKE ALL OF HIS COWORKERS.
AND THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY RISK EVERYTHING AND THEY PUT ON THIS ARMOR DAY THAT THEY MAY NOT SEE THEIR FAMILIES.
AGAIN, HE DID THAT WITHOUT HESITATION EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND YOUR COWORKERS DO THE SAME.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK FOR ANOTHER AGENCY.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL SERVE THAT AGENCY IS GOING TO WORK FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHAT AGENCY, CAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM FUNCTIONING MORE FROM ME SINCE THE SECOND ONE THEY POACHED FROM THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB THERE.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU.
I GET TO SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE CREWS.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
AND AS THE FORMER MAYOR USED TO SAY THE CLOCK OF THE GLOCK, MARY'S ALREADY GOT HIS GLOCK.
SO, UM, ALEX, CONGRATULATIONS, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION IF THAT'S OKAY.
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ALL RIGHT.ON BEHALF OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, THIS HAS BEEN A TRADITION, UM, DATED BACK SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO GIVE A SHADOW BOX.
UM, SO ON BEHALF OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, THIS IS A SHADOW BOX.
WE PRESENT TO ALEX SALAZAR FOR HIS RETIREMENT FROM MISSOURI CITY POLICE.
AND IF YOU WANT TO START, LIKE, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR THIRD.
DETECTIVE SELLERS ARE LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ON YOUR SERVICE.
IS THERE A CITY IN WISHING YOU MUCH SUCCESS IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVOR? AWESOME.
WE HAVE ITEM THREE F RECOGNIZE MCTV PRODUCER DOUGLAS OR FACILITATING COUNCIL ZOOM MEETINGS FROM MARCH 3RD, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 26 THROUGH 2021.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, ANTHONY MEROLA.
UM, THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE ON ZOOM CALLS FROM HOME AND THERE WAS A MASTER TECHNICIAN, MASTER PUBLIC RELATIONS, A MASTER OF ZOOM.
UH, YOU OPENED UP YOUR GIFT REAL QUICK.
I WANT TO PRESENT HIM TODAY WITH THE ZOOM UNIVERSITY T-SHIRT BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU DOUGLAS, WE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS, NOT ONLY FOR CITY COUNCIL, BUT FOR P AND Z FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS, HOA MEETINGS AND WHATNOT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE LAST YEAR IN RECOGNITION, YOUR EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FACILITATING CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FROM MARCH 30TH, 2020 THROUGH APRIL 26TH, 2021.
AND I LOVE ALL THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS GUY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN TELEVISED.
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BRILLIANT.I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DOUG ALSO EXEMPLIFIED AND DISPLAY SO MUCH CALM AND PROFESSIONALISM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS KIND OF WENT HAYWIRE AT TIMES.
AND, UH, I APPRECIATE HIM FOR THAT CALM, DEMEANOR AND FOR BEING PROFESSIONAL, NOT ONLY WITH, UH, COUNSEL, BUT COMMUNITY AND STAFF.
HE'S SUCH AN EXEMPLARY YOUNG MAN AND HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB LAST YEAR.
SO THANK YOU, DOUG DOUGLAS ALMOST BOUGHT YOU A MUG THAT SAYS YOU'RE ON MUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU WELL.
AND IT WAS JUST A PLEASANT GREETING.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
THANK YOU ALL.NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE COMMONS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS OR CONCERNS, NOT ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISH TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED A CITY CITY'S PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO CITY SECRETARY.
PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, 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 YOUR TIME LIMIT, DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
THE FIRST PERSON IS BRUCE ROSKI.
YES,
LET'S SAY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BOND ISSUE THIS YEAR.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN FOND MEADOW, FONDREN PARK, COLONY CROSSING, CALLIE CROSSING NEEDS SOUND WALLS.
YOU GIVE TAX ABATEMENTS TO THE BIG BUSINESSES AND YOU EXPECT THE RESIDENTS TO PONY UP AND PAY.
I'D SAY THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND DONATED THE CITY $800,000.
HOW MUCH DID THE CITY PUT INTO QUAIL VALLEY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS? LITTLE BIT OF THAT, MAYBE TRICKLED BACK, HUH? WELL, I'M AGAINST ANY KIND OF BOND ISSUE.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY, LAST ELECTION, WE HAD TO LEAVE THE CITY LIMITS EVEN TO VOTE.
I HAVE ANOTHER RESIDENT HERE WITH ME.
I'M GOING TO WHEEL HER UP HERE.
SHE HAS, AND SHE DOESN'T DRIVE ANYMORE AND THEIR KIDS CAN'T GET TO A SWIMMING POOL.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A SPLASH PAD.
AND THEN IN QUAIL VALLEY, HOW MUCH DID THE CITY REALLY PUT INTO THAT? OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS? WAS IT 30 MILLION, 38 MILLION TOTAL.
AND THE CHILDREN IN FOND METAL STILL CRAWL THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DITCH TO GET TO THEIR PLAYGROUND.
I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THE BOND ISSUE WE HAVE DOMINIC'S OKAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE A I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU RESTART HER PHONE SO WE CAN GET HER MIKE ADJUSTED PROPERLY.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO SAY THAT TIM'S BEEN MISSING A BRIDGE UNTIL IT GOT DEMOLISHED IN 2016.
I'VE BEEN HANDICAPPED SINCE 1988.
AND BEFORE I, I HAVE SOME CHILDREN THAT I'VE ADOPTED AND SOME THAT I'VE FOSTERED AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT PRETENSE.
UH, MY CHILDREN PLAY IN THE, IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE HAVE TO PLAY BASKETBALL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T EVEN GO OUT TO GO DO THE BASKETBALL BECAUSE WE HAVE A BAYOU THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH.
I CAN'T DRIVE VERY MUCH IN NOW.
SO WE HAVE TO GET OUT FROM, UH, OH, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER, OH MY GOD, YOU HAVE TO COME DOWN INTO BONDERMAN AND THEN, UH, TO WEST AIRPORT AND THEN TO FONDREN AND THEN TO,
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UH, KITTY BROOKE TO GO SWIMMING.AND I CAN'T TAKE MY KIDS BECAUSE I HAVE A WHEELCHAIR.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MISSING OUT ON ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS DONE FOR ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M ASKING YOU ALL, COULD YOU PLEASE HELP US? BECAUSE I HAD A 14 YEAR OLD GRANDSON THAT GOT AMAZED BY THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE THEY WERE PLAYING BASKETBALL OUTSIDE AND HE DIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND I SURE WOULD LIKE FOR OTHER KIDS TO ENJOY THEMSELVES BECAUSE ALL I HEAR IS CRIME UP THERE OR THINGS THE KIDS CAN'T GET INTO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO ENJOY OUT THERE.
SO COULD YOU PLEASE HELP US? UH, WHERE WILL YOU TOO? I'M WILLING TO HELP Y'ALL RAISE MONEY FOR IF I WERE TO DIE.
I'D LIKE FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN FOR THESE KIDS THAT LIVE OUT ON THE POND ON METAWARE, BECAUSE IT'S BAD.
I WILL HEAR ABOUT KILLINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF THE GOOD THINGS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE HERE BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE ALL LOST.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL PLAYING IN THE STREETS INSTEAD OF ENJOYING THE PARK.
I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
AND SO I'VE EVEN SEEN, UH, UH, MRS. UH, UH, HURT HERSELF, TRYING TO GET HER KIDS AND OTHER KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FALLING IN THE RODS ON BY YOU.
AND IT'S LIKE I SAID, WE'D LIKE TO ENJOY THINGS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT HURTS TO BE UP HERE AND TELLING YOU ALL THESE THINGS, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN LISTEN, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOUR HEALTH FOR OUR CHILDREN.
WE WANT THE THINGS YOU'VE HAD TO, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
WHICH THAT RECREATION, LIKE JASON SAID, THE CHILDREN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T MIND PAYING FOR A BOND PITCH, BUT HELPLESS HELP US DO THE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE.
I'VE TRIED FIXING THIS BY MANY OTHER MEANS OF WHAT TRYING TO, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX THIS FOR MANY OTHER MEANS TRYING TO AVOID THIS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN GOING TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE CONTROL TO FIX IT.
HOWEVER, I FOUND OUT OFFICIALLY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE CONTROL NEED YOUR CHANGE TO DO WHAT THEY'VE TOLD ME THEY NEED TO DO.
WHEN THE CITY IMPROVED DRAINAGE BACK IN 2011, TO ACCOMMODATE THE, UM, BUILDING OF THE PRESS, MONT PLACE SUBDIVISION, THEY ADDED A DIRT TO THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE TO CREATE A HIGHER DITCH.
IT CREATED A TILTED LOCATION OF MOWING THAT DIDN'T USE TO EXIST.
THE CITY AND KING REALTY ARGUE ABOUT WHO HIS RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MOW IT.
THEREFORE IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T GET MOWED AND I MOW IT.
IT WASN'T A PROBLEM ON MY HUSBAND ACTUALLY WAS ALIVE BECAUSE HE DID ALL OF THE OTHER WORK AND MOWING BEHIND THE FENCE BECAME KIND OF MY EXERCISE.
ASIDE FROM THE FACT MY HUSBAND SAID, KRISTEN, DON'T FIGHT IT.
AND AN ARROW KRAMER HAVE BEEN TRYING TO, SINCE THE THING WAS BEFORE THE THING WAS BUILT IN 2011, IT'S A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.
I'M NOW A WIDOW MOWING BY MYSELF.
I BELIEVE I READ A 16 DEGREE GRADE TO TRY AND KEEP IT LOW ENOUGH.
SO THAT MICE, RATS, SNAKES, AND OTHER CRITTERS POSSUMS POSSUMS DON'T FIND THEIR WAY INTO MY HOUSE AND ATTIC.
I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MOWING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND REQUIRE PRESSED, MONT PLACE TO DO THEIR PART AS WELL.
IN ADDITION, IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT TO RECONSTRUCT THAT BRANDAGE DITCH.
I BELIEVE A DITCH WATERSHED, UM,
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A FORMER STUDENT AND A FRIEND OF MY DAUGHTER'S, WHO WAS WORKING ON HER EAGLE WAS SO EXCITED WHEN SHE WAS IN MY BACKYARD BECAUSE SHE SAW A VERY RARE BIRD FLY UP OUT OF THE GROWTH THAT IS IN THE DITCH BECAUSE IT NEVER, THE WATER DOESN'T ACTUALLY EVER COMPLETELY DRAIN.THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE I COULD HAVE WALKED ON DRY LAND GOING TOWARDS THE RIVER OR WHATEVER UPLOAD THE BY YOU.
BUT WE HAD A FOOT OR MORE OF WATER DOWN IN OUR WATERSHED BECAUSE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AND CORRECTLY.
MY HUSBAND TOLD ME AGAIN THAT THEY KNEW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED INCORRECTLY WHEN IT WAS BUILT, BUT NOBODY BOTHERED TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS, THE ANGLE WAS WRONG, BUT IT NEVER GOT FIXED.
SO WE HAVE BETWEEN, UM, PRESS MOUNT PLACE AND OLD CRAVEN VILLAGE.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR, UM, DISEASE TO BE BUILDING.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU FIND IT IN YOUR WAY TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO GET THIS FIXED PROMPTLY BECAUSE THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN IS CRITICAL.
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ITEM NUMBER FIVE.OUR STAFF REPORTS ITEM FIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED BY POLICE CHIEF, MIKE
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE POLICE.
YOU ALL CAN SEE WHAT PROGRESS YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING.
UH, IT'S STILL, UH, QUITE AN HONOR, AND I CONSIDERED AN EXTREME PRIVILEGED WRECK, UH, REPRESENT THE 138 MEMBERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS IS FREQUENTLY A QUESTION THAT YOU ALL ASK US ABOUT THE ACTIVITY IN YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WE ACTUALLY BROKE IT DOWN AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THESE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE RATCHETED BACK ON BEING SELF INITIATE, TAKING SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
IT COULD BE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE, IN THE MEDIA, THE LACK OF SUPPORT THAT THEY GET FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES, BUT MISSOURI CITY, WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE GET A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND YOU ALL, AND YOU KNOW, AND I'M, I'M, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO BLANK OUT SOME OF THE NEGATIVITY THAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE MEDIA.
UH, OFTENTIMES, SO IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THIS CHART, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE FIRST FOUR AND MOST OF THOSE CATEGORIES ARE SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE OFFICERS ARE TAKING THE INITIATIVE THEMSELVES TO GO OUT AND DO POLICE WORK RATHER THAN WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO CALL THEM TO DO SOMETHING.
UH, YOU DON'T SEE SOMETHING UNTIL, UH, WAS IT THE FOURTH DOWN IN DISTRICT B WHERE IT'S A RESIDENTIAL ALARM AND THAT'S THE INSTANCE WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ARE BEING ASKED TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING.
THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THIS IS THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T SEE ANY CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS DOWN HERE UNTIL YOU GET WAY DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM HALF, WHERE YOU START TO SEE A DISTURBANCE WITH PERSONS.
CAUSE THAT'S, UH, A GREAT, UH, ATTRIBUTE FOR THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY IN THAT COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, THAT WE DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS ROUTINELY.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LATER ON THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD AN UPTICK IN THOSE TYPES OF CRIMES.
BUT AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE IT COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES OR POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE ACTIVITY MEASURES.
AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERSEES THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU, THE NINE 11 EMERGENCY CENTER.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A SNAPSHOT, ESPECIALLY ON THE, UH, THE TOP TWO ON JUST HOW MUCH THOSE LADIES DEAL WITH EVERY DAY, AND THEY LITERALLY TOUCHED THE PROVERBIAL FOOTBALL ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE IS ABOUT, UH, UH, 111,000.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FIRE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE ABOUT 7,100 PER YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE REPORTS THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE INITIATING INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSIGNED TO CID.
SO YOU SEE YOUR, YOUR, UH, INVESTIGATORS, AND WE DON'T HAVE WHOLE LOT OF THEM, BUT THEY HANDLE A 2200 INVESTIGATIONS PER YEAR.
AND I DO HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THEM.
THEY HAVE A REMARKABLE SOLVENCY RATE, WELL, EXCEEDING STATE AND NATIONAL AVERAGE, UH, THE HOA PRESENTATIONS ARE DOWN.
I HATE TO SOUND CLICHE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF COVID WE KIND OF REGISTERED BACK MAINLY BECAUSE THE H WAYS WEREN'T MEETING.
SO NORMALLY WE HAVE DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.
SO THAT 1 63, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR YOU'LL SEE THAT.
WELL IN THE THREE HUNDREDS YOU ALL DID, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A WHILE.
YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OF OUR DDX SYSTEM, IT'S THE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM WE USE TO ASSIGN
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OUR RESOURCES TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL IN AND MAKE COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR, YOU KNOW, RUNNING STOP SIGNS OR ANYTHING SUCH AS THAT, WE DO AN ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE THRESHOLD.
WE'RE GOING TO ASSIGN RESOURCES AND PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT BECAUSE WE USE DATA AND RE AND, UH, UM, UH, UH, INTELLIGENCE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO.
THAT'S HOW WE ASSIGN THE RESOURCES.
WE HAVE OVER 200 AND SOME ODD PLUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS CITY.
AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE 200 OFFICERS ON THE STREET AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO SAY, I HAVE AN OFFICER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL TIMES, BUT, UH, THAT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A CITY IN THE LAND THAT CAN PULL THAT OFF RIGHT NOW, BUT THE DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, THAT IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT QUITE CUTTING IN HALF, BUT GETTING CLOSE.
SO WE ONLY HAD TO MAKE 48,885 CONTACTS.
SO IF THAT TREND CONTINUES AND THAT CERTAINLY EXPECT TO DO SO THAT THE REDUCTION WILL CONTINUE FOR 20 AND 21, AND THE AMOUNT OF CONTACTS WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE TO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS GOING DOWN SHOULD ALSO TREND IN THAT FASHION.
SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE NEXT YEAR, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NOT, THEN I'LL APPLY FOR A JOB AS A METEOROLOGIST.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, THE IDENTIFIED DDX AREA IN THOSE GRAY.
IT KIND OF LOOKS GREEN PROBABLY ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT YOU'LL SEE AN IN DISTRICT, A THAT'S A GOOD CHUNK.
AND THE REASON THAT THERE WAS, UH, A LOT ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA IS IT'S BASED ON POPULATION DENSITY.
AND THE FACT THAT THE CRASHES THAT'S YOUR PORTAL, AND WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CITIZENS THAT WORK IN THE MED CENTER AND BEYOND THAT'S KIND OF THEIR PORTAL UP UNTIL THE, UH, THE BUILD-OUT OF THE PORTMAN PAUL PARKWAY.
THAT WAS THE EXIT ROUTE FOR MOST EVERYONE HEADED OUT TOWARDS THE MEDICAL CENTER, SO THAT, UH, CERTAINLY WITH INCREASED THE MOBILITY ISSUES, GOING THROUGH THOSE AREAS, UH, UPTAKE AND CRASHES THAT HELPS IT MAINTAIN ITS IDENTIFICATION AS A DETOX AREA.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE DOWN IN THE LOWER HALF, THAT'S KIND OF A NEW ADDITION THROUGH TO OUR MOST RECENT ANALYSIS OF MURPHY ROAD AND HIGHWAY SIX.
UH, YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE THAT COVERS A LITTLE BIT OF CBN, N D.
SO THAT'S YOUR IDENTIFIED DDX AREAS, PROPERTY CRIMES TO GO OVER THAT FOR THE YEAR.
I WANT TO STEER YOU AWAY FROM PERCENTAGES, ALTHOUGH WE PUT THEM ON HERE BECAUSE MOST EVERYBODY REPORTS IN PERCENTAGES, BUT WE HAVE SUCH A LOW PRIME RATE IN MISSOURI CITY.
I'D MUCH RATHER YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS MORE THAN PERCENTAGES, BUT LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY REPORTS ON PERCENTAGES.
THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDE THEM, BUT WE HAD A 10% DROP BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020 IN OUR BURGLARY, RIGHT IN OUR LOWER SNAKE, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL TERM FOR THEFT.
WE SAW A 12% DROP OR A 75 FEWER INCIDENTS OF THAT.
UH, IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, WE ACTUALLY HAD A ONE NUMBER INCREASE ON THAT.
SO IT, WE WENT FROM 53 INCIDENTS IN 2019 TO 54 IN
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2020.SO OVERALL WE SAW A NET NEGATIVE OF 11% IN A DROP OF 84 INCIDENTS.
NOW I KNOW FOR YOU ANALYSTS UP THERE, THERE'S A QUITE A FEW OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE.
IF I GAVE YOU A YEAR TO YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A TRUE PICTURE.
SO WE GIVE YOU THE FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON.
IN 2020, WE DIDN'T REACH OUR HIGH AND OUR HIGH FOR BURGLARY AT ONE TIME.
AND THE FIVE-YEAR SPAN WAS 229.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOWER THAN OUR, OUR FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE LOW IN 2020.
SO OUR BURGLARY RATE REALLY TUMBLED.
AND AGAIN, NOT TO SOUND CLICHE AGAIN, BUT A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH COVID.
PEOPLE TEND NOT TO BREAK IN OCCUPIED HOMES.
SO, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE HOME REPORT INCIDENTS TO US, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY TRUST WHEN THEIR POLICE OFFICER GETS THERE, THEY PROVIDE QUALITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
SO WE WILL STRIVE DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP, OUR LARCENIES, UH, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T, UH, DIDN'T KEEP THEM AS LOW THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S A FEDERAL TERM FOR THEFT.
WE DIDN'T KEEP THEM AS LOW AS WE'D LIKE TO, BUT WE'RE STILL BELOW OUR FIVE-YEAR LOW ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN AUTO THEFT, I'D WISH I'D BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT WE STAYED BELOW, BELOW OUR FIVE-YEAR LOW ON THAT, BUT WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE, UH, DILIGENTLY WORKING WITH OUR CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY LEAVE THEIR CARS UNLOCKED, WHICH WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM NOT TO DO, DON'T LEAVE THE KEYS TO THE CAR NEXT TO IT IN THE OTHER CAR.
SO WHEN THEY GET INTO THE UNLOCKED CAR AND THEY PUSH THAT LITTLE BUTTON AND THE CAR NEXT TO THEM BEEPS, THEY REALIZE NOW I CAN DRIVE AWAY IN THAT CAR.
SO I HATE TO TELL YOU THAT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
I PREFER THAT THEY PUT THEIR CARS IN THE GARAGE.
WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF STORAGE FACILITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THAT ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU HAVE STORED IN THOSE GARAGES THEY'D REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS.
SO THE $300, THE STUFF YOU'VE GOT IN YOUR GARAGE PUT IN THE STORAGE SILTY AND PUT YOUR $50,000 AUTOMOBILE IN THE GARAGE THAT WOULD MAKE ME REAL HAPPY, AND THEN MAKE THESE NUMBERS GO DOWN.
UH, THIS IS YOUR, A TRANSFER 100,000.
THESE ARE WHAT YOUR DEVELOPERS LOOK AT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING EITHER STAYED FLAT OR AT A DOWNWARD TREND FOR OUR PROPERTY CRIMES.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL TALKING ABOUT OUR VIOLENT FRIENDS.
WE ARE BIG BROTHER, JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH.
YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU WATCH THE NEWS, THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HOMICIDE RATE IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE ARE BLESSED IN MISSOURI CITY THAT WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING THAT, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE MAJOR INCREASE THAT WE DID HAVE, AND IT'S IN ROBBERIES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, UH, AGAIN, NOT TO SOUND CLICHE AND BLAME EVERYTHING ON COVID, BUT WHEN EVERYBODY'S, UM, COMPOSITE SKETCH, YOU ONLY SEE THIS BECAUSE A MASK, THE CROOKS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
SO IT WASN'T UNCOMMON TO WALK AROUND WITH A MASK WALKING INTO THE STORE, THE, UH, THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT.
WE ACTUALLY MADE SOME ARRESTS WORKING WITH OUR, UH, JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS IN JASON AGENCIES ARREST SEVERAL CREWS THAT WERE HITTING, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR STORES, INCLUDING SOME OF THE STORES.
SO THERE'S BEEN ARREST MADE WITH THAT, BUT AGAIN, NOT BEFORE THEY DID THEIR, THEIR DIRTY DEEDS, IF YOU WILL, UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO STEER YOU AWAY FROM PERCENTAGES CAUSE THOSE PERCENTAGES OF, YOU KNOW, YOU INTO A, POTENTIALLY INTO A PANIC, UH, WE HAD 17 ADDITIONAL ROBBERIES OVER LAST YEAR AND 30 ADDITIONAL AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
UNFORTUNATELY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, UH, WERE FAMILY-RELATED.
SO A LOT OF IT, PEOPLE ARE HOME AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ALL, I GUESS THEY CAN ONLY PUT UP WITH EACH OTHER SO LONG.
WE, UH, WE DO ALL, WE CAN TRY TO MITIGATE THAT.
SO IT'S NOT REPEAT OFFENDERS TO TRY TO EDUCATE OUR, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY A HIGH AND GET ALONG.
WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON THAT WORKS DILIGENTLY TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, WE CERTAINLY SAW AN INCREASE IN OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE, BUT I AGAIN, FEEL VERY BLESSED THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS NOT EXPERIENCED WHAT ARE BIG, BIG BROTHER NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH IS EXPERIENCING.
SO LET'S, UH, LET'S HOPE THAT CONTINUES THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T.
AREN'T HAPPY WITH THOSE INCREASES IN ROBBERIES AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
AND AGAIN, IT GIVES YOU A FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW A ONE YEAR COMPARISON IS NOT REALLY GOING TO GIVE YOU, UH, A TRUE PICTURE, BUT OUR, OUR MURDER RATE IS, UH, IS NOT AS FAR AS, NOT AS LOW AS OUR FIVE-YEAR LOW, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT AS HIGH AS OUR FIVE-YEAR HIGH.
UM, I DON'T LIKE TO TURN RAPE.
THAT'S THE FEDERAL TERM FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THAT THE STATE TERM, OF COURSE, THE SEXUAL ASSAULT, UH, THANKFULLY WE STAYED BELOW OUR, UH, FIVE-YEAR LOW ON THAT.
AND IN MOST OF THOSE ARE THE SUSPECT KNOWS THE VICTIM.
IN FACT, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE DETECTIVE TO JUST RE UH, RETIRED, WE JUST RECOGNIZE THAT HE ACTUALLY WORKS THOSE TYPES OF CASES.
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HERE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE TO ASK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE, UH, SUSPECT AND SALEM KNOWING EACH OTHER.WE DON'T HAVE PERSONS RUNNING AROUND AND GRABBING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
WE JUST, WE JUST DON'T, WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THAT.
UH, AGAIN, I SPOKE ABOUT THE ROBBERIES.
WE CERTAINLY SAW AN UPTICK IN THE ROBBERIES AND THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE WHETHER THEY'RE TRENDING, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE TOP LINE OF, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
THEY'RE TRENDING, UH, GETTING CLOSE TO THE 2017 NUMBERS.
AND THE 2017 NUMBERS WERE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, UH, THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AT THAT TIME.
UM, THE BEST THING THAT ALL THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS A BIT HIGH IN 2017.
SO THE FRUSTRATIONS ARE A BIT HIGH.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT 2017 TINKER TO THE, UH, UH, 2020 IS, UH, EVERYBODY'S THINKING THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ALL GATHERED TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, SELF QUARANTINING A LOT, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LOST THEIR TEMPER WITH EACH OTHER, UH, GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN THIS, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WORKS DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT KNOWN AS HEAVY HANDED, ALTHOUGH WE ALSO ARE KNOWN AMONGST THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT WE DON'T PUT UP WITH ANY MESS, NOT IN OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS, CERTAINLY DON'T EITHER BECAUSE THEY WILL QUICKLY CALL IF YOU DO NO GOOD.
UH, IS THERE A CITY REMAINS RANKED AS A SAFE CITY? ONE OF THE MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS IS ALARMS.ORG.
IT'S THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HOME SAFETY AND SECURITY, AND THEIR METHODOLOGY IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM SOME OF THESE OTHER RATING ENTITIES, BUT ALARMS.ORG CERTAINLY DOES A GOOD JOB TO GET A TRUE PICTURE OF WHAT THE CRIME IS AND CERTAIN JURY OR IN ALL JURISDICTIONS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE RANKED 34TH, UH, IN CONSIDERING YOUR SO MANY CITIES IN TEXAS.
THAT'S, UH, NOT AS HIGH, NOT AS HIGH A RANKING AS WE HAD BEFORE, BUT WITH OUR UPTICK, WE SAW IN VIOLENT CRIME NEXT TO OUR, OUR BIG BROTHER CITY THAT SINGLE A HORRIBLE HOMICIDE RATE.
UH, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE STILL JUST, THERE WERE 34.
I'D LOVE US TO BE A ONE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS STRIVE FOR THAT.
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON THROUGH THE YEARS, WE STILL PARTNER WITH OUR DEA PARTNERS AND TAKE BACK 556 POUNDS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THROUGH OUR DRUG TAKE-BACK PROGRAM.
WE ALSO STILL HAVE THE DROPBOX IN THE LOBBY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF ANY CITIZENS HAVE UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, PRIMARILY TABLETS AND PILLS, WE DON'T WANT LIQUIDS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO POUR THAT INTO A BOX.
ALTHOUGH WE DO RECEIVE THOSE, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE NEEDLES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE RECEIVED THOSE AND THERE ARE SOMETIMES ALSO, BUT ANY UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS, I ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO TURN THAT IN.
SO WE KEEP IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HIM, MAINLY OUR CHILDREN.
WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THEN THE TAKE ME HOME PROGRAM PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES AND HELP SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS, PRIMARILY SPECIAL NEEDS PERSONS THAT HAVE DIFFICULTY COMMUNICATING.
IT'S A DATABASE IT'S A VOLUNTARY, THE EITHER GUARDIAN OR THE PARENT CAN GO IN AND REGISTER THEIR LOVED ONE OR THEIR, A PERSON UNDER THEIR CARE IN THE TECHNIQUE HOME PROGRAM.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE ENCOUNTER, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE STREETS, HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME, UH, COMMUNICATING, WE CAN SEARCH THAT DATABASE AND HOPEFULLY REUNITE THEM WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO IT'S, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT REMAINS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM WE SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED 30, ALMOST A $31,000 GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE STEP PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
SO IT HELPS PAY FOR THE OVERTIME THAT WE WORK IN THOSE DETOX AREAS THAT I IDENTIFIED EARLIER.
SO, UH, WE FINISHED OUT ALSO A CRIME VICTIM'S LIAISON GRANT FOR TWO YEARS THAT FUNDS THAT CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON.
I TOLD YOU THAT WORKS SO DILIGENTLY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE REPEAT ISSUES WITH THE ASSAULTS, PRIMARILY DOMESTIC ASSAULTS.
UH, WE ALSO BEGAN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LETHALITY SCREENING, THIS PROGRAM THAT SAYS, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH GATHERING EVIDENCE IN ORDER TO PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, OR CAUSING PROBLEMS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, IT BASICALLY DETERMINES IT.
UH, AND IT SOUNDS TERRIBLE, BUT THE PROBABILITY THAT THE PERSON MAY RAMP UP THEIR ACTIVITY TOWARD THEIR VICTIMS, THAT HELPS THE DA'S OFFICE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ACTUALLY THE, THE COURT SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL, TO, UH, IF YOU KIND OF COME DOWN HARDER AND MAKE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, BEING AGGRESSIVE TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, GO THROUGH PROGRAMS AND OR INCARCERATION AT A GREATER RATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SAFE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN STRAIGHTEN THE PEOPLE OUT BEFORE THEY GET INCARCERATED A LONG TIME, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TIME WILL TELL WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH,
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THE COURT SYSTEM AND THOSE PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE ENDEAVORS.ALSO, UH, WE ALSO OFTEN ARE, I OFTEN HEAR WHAT ARE WE USING OUR DRUG SEIZURE MONEY, AS YOU SAW IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MULTIPLE UNDERCOVER OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL TASK FORCES.
AND OFTENTIMES WE'D ABOUT 2.3% OF ANY PROCEEDS THAT COME FROM AN INVESTIGATION WHERE THEY'VE SEIZED EITHER CASH OR ASSETS FROM, UH, SUSPECTS OR, UH, CONVICTED PERSONS TO TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE.
AND YOU ALL HAVE AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE FOR IS THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM, $240,000 OF A DRUG SEIZURE MONEY HAS PAID FOR 32 CAMERAS, A SOFTWARE INSTALLATION IN A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH FLOCKS SAFETY CAMERAS, WHICH IS A, UH, BASICALLY A LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT 32 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND IN WHERE THESE CITIES ARE, WHERE THE SYSTEM HAS GONE IN, IN, UH, SEVERAL CITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY, THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION OF ABOUT A 70% REDUCTION IN CRIMES.
AND IF YOU SAW EARLIER WHERE WE HAD THE, UH, THE UPTICK IN AUTO THEFT, THIS WILL CERTAINLY HELP US WITH THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT, WELL, NOT UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS TOO, THAT HAVEN'T INVESTED IN THESE ISSUES.
CAUSE I'D LOVE TO SAY THAT THE DO NO GOOD STATE WHERE THEY, THEY RESIDE, THEY DON'T, THEY TRAVERSE OUR CITY ALSO.
SO WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, STOLEN VEHICLES AND OTHER TYPE OF, UH, VEHICLES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CRIMES IN OUR ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS ALSO.
SO NOT ONLY LOOKS AT THE LICENSE PLATES, IT LOOKS AT THE, UH, MAKE MODEL AND DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLES.
ALSO, WE ALSO ARE, ARE, UH, ACQUIRING A FARRO CAMERA SYSTEM.
THAT'S A CRIME SCENE MAPPING SYSTEM.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPPING USED FOR CRIME SCENES.
IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE SYSTEMS WE REALLY HATE TO USE, BUT WHEN WE NEEDED IT, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE IT.
SO, UH, I'D KINDA LIKE HOPE TO GET THIS AND HOPE WE NEVER REALLY NEED IT, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR REALITY.
UH, I'M WE'RE ALSO INVESTIGATING LIVE NINE 11, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $11,220.
UH, FIRST YEAR IS, UH, $8,700.
I'M SORRY, FIRST YEAR IS THAT, AND THEN $8,700 ANNUALLY AFTER THAT, UH, WOULD, THAT DOES, AND, AND, UH, CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY STARTED THIS PROGRAM OR STARTED USING THIS PROGRAM.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FIRST IN TEXAS TO DO IT, BUT IT ALLOWS OUR OFFICERS TO HEAR 9 1, 1 CALLS IN REAL TIME, AS IN THE NINE 11 OPERATOR IS TALKING TO THE PERSON MAKING THE NINE 11 CALL.
SO IT CUTS DOWN THE DELAY IN INFORMATION, THE OFFICER THAT'S RESPONDING OR IS IN THE FIELD, IS HEARING FROM THE NINE 11 CALLER.
SO WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OUTSTANDING RESOURCE FOR OUR PERSONNEL.
ALSO, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE FUNDED WITH IN THE PAST WITH OUR, UH, CHAPTER 59 SEIZURES, AGAIN, DRUG MONEY WAS OUR DRAWING PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST DRONE PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE REGION.
WE ASSIST A WHOLE LOT OF AGENCIES IN THE ENTIRE AREA.
IN FACT, UH, LAST YEAR, I THINK OURS WAS A YEAR AND A HALF WHEN THE TORNADOES WENT THROUGH POLK COUNTY AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WERE INJURED.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOME LOST THEIR LIFE.
WE RESPONDED UP THERE WITH OUR DRONES TO HELP THEM SEARCH POLK COUNTY FOR VICTIMS AND EXAMINE THEIR DAMAGE.
BUT, UH, HERE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD NINE SUCCESSFUL SEARCH SEARCHES, THREE OF WHICH WERE AT NIGHT.
AND I SEE THE T IS MISSING FROM THAT USING NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE ON THE FAR RIGHT IS, UH, SUSPECTS IN A SUGAR LAND, ATM ROBBERY IN THE THREE FIGURES YOU SEE IN THAT CORNER RIGHT THERE BY THE STREET, THOSE ARE SUGARLAND OFFICERS.
THEY COULDN'T SEE THOSE TWO HOTSPOTS RIGHT THERE IN THE BUSHES.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE GUYS WERE ARMED OR NOT, BUT IF THEY WERE, THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR THOSE THREE OFFICERS STANDING RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER AND WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE THEM.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DIRECT THOSE OFFICERS STRAIGHT TO THOSE TWO HOTSPOTS FOR THE CRIMINALS HIDING IN THE BRUSH.
UM, SO PROVIDE OVERWATCH WIRE SWAT SCENES.
WE DON'T USE A HELICOPTER ANYMORE, AND WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR INTERIOR SEARCH CAPABILITY.
SO WHEN WE SEARCH SCHOOLS OR REPUBLIC BUILDINGS, OR EVEN JUST REGULAR HOMES, WE CAN USE SMALL DRONES TO DO IT AS OPPOSED TO SENDING AN OFFICER AND RISKING THEIR LIFE OR, OR EVEN ONE OF OUR CANINES INTO IT.
UH, SEARCH YOUTH EXPLORER PROGRAM WAS ALSO FUNDED WITH CHAPTER 59, UM, FUNDS.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LITTLE TAPER BACK WITH, WITH COVID, BUT THAT'S KICKING BACK UP AGAIN.
I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING ON ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS AT ONE OF THE PARKS OUT THERE IN THE HEAT.
SO, UH, OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM IS DOING VERY WELL.
IT STARTED, WE STARTED THE PROGRAM IN 2020, SO IT'S VERY, VERY NEW, BUT WE HAVE, UH, 12 EXPLORERS CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM FROM ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL AND DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UH, FIVE OF OUR OFFICERS VOLUNTEER
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THEIR TIME TO DO THIS AND SERVE AS MENTORS IS, UH, NOT A PROGRAM ALL BY ITSELF.IT'S THROUGH THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
SO, UH, I'M VERY PROUD OF THESE KIDS.
THEY REALLY DO A, UH, AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND LAST THING I'M GOING TO, WITH OUR OPEN DATA INITIATIVE, WE WON THE FIRST AGENCIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
IN FACT, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY STILL ONE OF THE ONLY AGENCIES IN THIS ENTIRE REGION THAT PUTS OUR RAW DATA ON OUR WEBSITE FOR OUR CITIZENS TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT YOU CAN BE THAN THAT.
THEY CAN LOOK AT, UH, UH, CRIMINAL OFFENSES USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS, WHERE THE OFFICERS HAD TO USE FORCE ON SOMEONE, AUTOMOBILE CRASHES, CITATIONS ISSUE ARREST MADE OUR RACIAL PROFILING DATA, INCLUDING OUR ANALYSIS THAT WE SEND OFF TO THE, UH, USED TO BE THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, A INSTITUTE THAT ROYCE WEST, WHO WAS THE, UH, CREATOR OF THE RACIAL PROFILING DATA LEGISLATION.
IT WAS HIS, UH, INITIAL INSTITUTE.
THEY'VE NOW BROKEN OFF AND GONE PRIVATE WHERE WE STILL USE THAT SAME CREW TO CHECK OUT OUR RACIAL PROFILING DATA, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK AND DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN MISSOURI CITY.
ALSO, OUR DEPARTMENT DEMOGRAPHICS WERE UP THERE AND OUR DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS, UM, ANNUAL REPORT THAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU ALSO POSTED ON THAT OR ON THAT SITE.
SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT BESIDES JUST GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND SEEING EVERYTHING THAT JUST PRESENTED TONIGHT.
SO IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE YOU AS THE CHIEF OF YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED AN HONOR EVERY DAY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE TO YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO RECEIVE IT, WHETHER IT'S TONIGHT OR IN THE OTHER NIGHTS.
ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE CHIEF, I DO WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE A POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND A LOT OF ISSUES ARE DISPUTED BY THEM HAVING A COLLECT CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE, YOU GUYS HAVE AN EVENT TOMORROW WITH THE COOL CUBS WITH COOL OFF WITH A COP, SOME CLOTHES THERE, BUT IT'S, UM, EVENTS LIKE THAT THAT GIVES THEM A DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN REALLY GIVE THAT TRUST-BASED RELATIONSHIP.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR KUDOS, MY KUDOS TO YOUR OFFICERS.
WE'LL DO YOU FELT LIKE TO COMMEND YOU AS WELL ON, UM, THE BELTWAY AND SOUTH GESSNER? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU GUYS DO, BUT THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WITH THE ACCIDENTS.
I MEAN, I WOULD SEE BODY BAGS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WERE NOT SYNCHRONIZING, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, BUT IT HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
MOTORCYCLE SQUAD, UH, PERFORMING AND, UH, OTHER, UM, ANY THOUGHTS ON MAYBE, UH, TH THE OUTSTANDING CREW THAT'S ON THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT IS THEY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB, ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SIT ON THOSE HARLEYS ALL DAY AND EAT.
THEY SAY IT'S MIND OVER MATTER.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER, WHICH I'M SURE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT, UH, THEY'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M ON ONE SHORT, UH, OH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, SHE'S A HOME BEING A MOM.
SO, UH, SHE HAD ADDED A NEW MEMBER TO HER FAMILY.
SO AS SOON AS SHE COMES BACK, YOU CAN'T MISS, UH, OFFICER JESSICA BERRY.
SHE, UH, AND MR. SHE'S A CHLOE'S BUDDY, THE YOUNG GAL THAT RAISED ALL THE FUNDS FOR THE BOOKS OR COLLECTED ALL THE BOOKS.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S HOW THAT GOT STARTED WITH THE CITY IS, UH, OFFICER BARRY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, BUT NOW THEY'RE DOING THAT GRANT, UH, OUTSTANDING.
UH, I'VE GOT A FEW VACANCIES IN PATROL RIGHT NOW, SO I'M NOT REALLY ABLE TO EXPAND MY, MY MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC UNIT, BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIALIZED UNIT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON CERTAIN THINGS.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED PATROL UNIT PATROL STAFF BEFORE I CAN EXPAND ON THAT.
BUT TO THAT END, WE OPENED UP AN ALTERNATE.
UH, SO WE HAVE OPENED UP TO OTHER OFFICERS TO GO THROUGH THE TRAINING.
AND ON DAYS WHEN THERE'S EXTRA STAFF LIKE WEDNESDAYS, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, TWO SQUADS ON PER SHIFT, AND WE ALLOW THOSE ALTERNATES TO, UH, RIDE ON THE BIKES, BUT THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE CLASS.
THANKFULLY WE HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR IN-HOUSE AS WE ARE THE T COLD TRAINING PROVIDER, BUT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A POLICE MOTOR CYCLE INSTRUCTOR ON STAFF THAT CAN TEACH THAT ADVANCED LEVEL COURSE.
AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A BOOGER BEAR TO PASS IT AND USUALLY COST US ABOUT $2,700 IN REPAIRS TO THE BIKES AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THAT COURSE.
CAUSE THEY DROP THEM A LOT, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MUSCLE AROUND A THOUSAND POUND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND LITTLE TIGHT SPACES.
BUT, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY EXPANSION I CAN DO AT THIS POINT.
BUT, UH, AS WE GET OUR VACANCIES FILLED OUT, UH, CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EXPANDING THAT IT IT'S, UH, A HUGE HIT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
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CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.THANK YOU TO THE EMPIRE TIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WAS ALSO GONNA ASK ABOUT THE BIKES.
I KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE AND I KNOW BAKOWSKI AND, UH, LAMPI DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
I ALSO KNOW WE HAVE THE TRAILERS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE STILL AT WALMART AND WHATNOT.
DO WE HAVE PLANS TO ADD MORE? YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SURVEILLANCE TYPE TRAILERS, THE LIGHTS AND THE CAMERAS.
THOSE WERE THE SECOND ONE I THINK WAS PURCHASED WITH THE GRANT.
UH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE HOW EXPENSIVE THOSE THINGS ARE.
UM, BUT THE SECOND ONE, I THINK THIS PURCHASE WITH THE GRANT, THE FIRST ONE OR THE FIRST ONE WAS THE SECOND ONE.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY MAY HAVE PURCHASED WITH A NARCOTIC SEIZURE MONEY.
AND, UH, I HADN'T HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT EXPANDING THEM, YOU KNOW, ACQUIRING MORE, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS I'VE GOT TO WORK OUT WITH THE FLEET SERVICES BECAUSE THEY MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, AS MUCH AS I'D LIKE TO ADD EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, MY PARTNERS IN THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE WILLING TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO TAKE ON THAT ADDED RESPONSIBILITY AND MAINTENANCE TOO.
SO, YEAH, I CERTAINLY NOT OPPOSED TO THAT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU USE THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE, BUT LIKE I REMEMBER THE WALMART THAT'S VACATED NOW WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT SPOT AND THEN WE PUT A DEPOT THERE.
BUT, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE ANOTHER TRAILER EVENTUALLY.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA ]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF TO ADOPT AN EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STARLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES.
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS ]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.SEVEN, A ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI FOR THE TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 35.29 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT, THE PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE 12 DESCRIBING SET 35.29 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS 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.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MASON GARCIA.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE, APPROXIMATELY 35.29 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FROM SDS URBAN DISTRICT TO PD.
UM, THE APPLICANT DAN ELKINS, UH, SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER, THE DINER'S TEEN GROUPS THEY'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO ALLOW FOR, UM, LC C3, RETAIL COMMERCIAL ALONG THE HIGHWAY SIX FRONTAGE AND OUR FOUR PATIO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH.
THE SITES LOCATED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX, NORTH OF THE FORT MENTAL WAY, EAST OF THE OAKWOOD ESTATES, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND WEST OF FIRESTONE COMPLETE AUTO CARE.
UM, SO TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE, UH, PROPOSED SUB ZONING FOR BASE OWNINGS FOR THIS PD, UM, THE R FOR PATIO CLUSTER, RESIDENTIAL IS GOING TO BE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH, OR, UM, AS SHOWN ON THIS, IT WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 33.4 ACRES.
UH, THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD IN ESSENCE, BE LIKE A MULTI-FAMILY USE IN THAT IT'LL BE ONE LARGE RESERVE, UH, OWNED BY A SINGLE ENTITY OPERATED BY A MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
UM, THE, UH, OUR FOUR PATIO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL WILL ALSO CONTAIN A LEASING CENTER OR RECREATION CENTER AND MULTIPLE POCKET PARKS THROUGHOUT THE RESERVE.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT WILL HAVE 176, APPROXIMATELY 176 RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UM, INCLUDING TWO CAR GARAGES AND THEN STEN REAR YARDS.
UM, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE CONSIDERATION OF SOME DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS TO SUPPORT THE LAYOUT AS PRESENTED BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS FORWARDING A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
HUH? SO SHOULD COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM? IT WILL, UH, EXHIBIT D WILL BE REVISED TO INCLUDE THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE JUST
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RECEIVED.AND THAT'S SHOWING EACH PHASE OF THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PHASE ONE, TWO AND THREE, PLEASE NOTE SO THAT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, WILL BE, UH, CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARKET CONDITIONS AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE, UH, PROVIDED DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, SO FOR CONFORMANCE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS TRACK, THIS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL, UM, THE 33.4 ACRE PORTION OF THIS TRACK, UH, TO BE POSSIBLY ZONED R FOUR PATIO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL WOULD NEED TO BE REVISED.
UM, SO THAT, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS CORRECT.
SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DEVIATIONS.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME DEVIATIONS FROM THE BASE ZONING.
UM, SO FOR THE HEIGHTENED AREA, UH, THAT IS RECOMMENDING APPLIED TO SETBACKS AS DESCRIBED ON THE INTERNAL SETBACKS, UM, IT'S THIS EXHIBIT EXHIBIT D.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE THE R FOR PATIO CLUSTER, RESIDENTIAL HEIGHTENED AREA REGULATIONS.
UM, THE REASON WE INCLUDE THIS EXHIBIT IS ALTHOUGH THIS DOES FOLLOW THE TYPICAL REGULATIONS DUE TO THIS BEING A SINGLE RESERVE, UM, THIS CAN MORE ACCURATELY CALL OUT THE SPACING BETWEEN, UH, THE SPECIFIC DWELLING UNITS AND THE PRIVATE STREETS AND OTHERWISE.
UM, SO WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THE SECTION 7.5 C5, WHICH, UH, TALKS ABOUT THE MINIMUM LOT WITH A 40 FEET AND NOT LESS THAN 80% OF THE PLANET LOSS AND NO LOTS LESS THAN 35 FEET IN AN EXCEPTION TO SECTION 7.5 C6 REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF A 2,800 SQUARE FEET.
ALSO FOR THE COMMERCIAL USES, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO ALLOW THE SETBACKS AS DEPICTED ON THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.
UM, THIS IS FOR A REDUCED REAR YARD ON THE 0.5 ACRE TRACT DUE TO ITS UNUSUAL SHAPE.
THERE IS A SMALL, UM, WITHIN THE PACKET, UM, THE, UH, LAND USE EXHIBIT MAP CONTAINS A 1.3 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AND A 0.5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND FOR THE EL C3 USES THAT IS INCORRECT.
IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A 1.4 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN A 0.5 ACRE TRACKS.
SO THEY ALL C3 USES SHOULD A COUNCIL APPROVE THIS.
THIS WOULD BE REVISED AND PRESENTED AT THE SECOND READING.
SO FOR THE LAST ITEM, THE LANDSCAPING, UH, STAFF HAS PRO UH, RECOMMENDING APPLYING THE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS AS PROPOSED ON THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN AND REQUIRED BY SECTION 11, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE COMMON LINE.
SO THE ARE FOR PATIO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL THAT IS NEXT TO THE OAKWOOD FORCE.
THE STATES ARE ONE ZONING THAT WOULD INCLUDE A MAY SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL AND ONE CANOPY TREE PORT PER REAR YARD.
UM, ALSO AS A NOTE, WE RECEIVED TWO LETTERS OF PROTEST.
UM, THESE WERE FROM THE SAME RESIDENTS WITHIN THE OAKWOOD, UH, FOREST, THE STATES REZ, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF LANDOVER OWNERS REQUIRING A SUPER MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR APPROVAL.
UM, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? SECOND ADMONITION SPEND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED A CITY PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, I DO HAVE ONE AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND 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 YOUR TIME LIMIT RODRIGO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WE'LL ON 11 PRESIDENT, TEXAS AND RESIDENTIAL, UM, PLANNING, REZONING IN TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW, AND THE ISSUE FOR THIS REFERENTIAL WAY TO PROHIBIT ANY FUTURE RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE WHY OUR SCHOOLS ARE MORE RESIDENTIAL
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NEEDS MORE PROBLEMS FOR SCHOOL PROBLEMS AND AT WHAT AFFECTS ALL OF US, NOT ONLY THE CITY CITY, BUT EVERYBODY IN FOR BEING NICELY.AND THE THING IS, AS SOON AS HE'S DIVIDED DIVIDED, OH, WELL VALLEY RESIDENTS DENYING BE REZONED TO MARSHALL.
WHAT LISA, UH, MAKING, UH, ARE MAKING OUR SCHOOLS ARE MAKING, UH, OPEN CAPACITY WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAN BE, UH, ZONE TO OPEN MORE SCHOOLS FOR MORE AREAS, UH, IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA SIX, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
WHY? BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS PRIVATELY PARENTS ARE NOT WILLING TO MOVE TO, UH, TO MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY WANT TO STAY ELKINS, SO NEED TO UNITE UNITED GET TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER AND ANY OFFICIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKE PLACE.
WELL THEN TO MOVE TO DISTRICTS, UM, LIKE SEE WHERE THERE ARE SCHOOLS ARE BEGGING FOR WE'LL RAISE IT.
UM, WHAT DOES THIS, THE MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL? AND SO HERE AT SASA, I WILL SAY THEY'RE FULLY DEVELOPED.
EVEN OUR MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL IS FULLY DEVELOPED OUR CAPACITY HIGH CAPACITY.
SO WE'LL HAVE A SPACE FOR THESE NEW RESIDENTS TO MOVE IN AND COMING IN.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR CITY TO WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PUTTING OUR KIDS IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT BEING OLD PRIVATE BANKING SCHOOLS FOR NO REASON AND EASILY.
THIS THE SCHOOL'S BEEN DOING BAD JOB, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, PLANNING TO BUILD MORE SCHOOLS, MAKING AN
UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY FROM CITY TO CITY TO STOP AND LIMIT THIS FEATURE IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPING, UH, ALONG HIGHWAY SIX, THAT WILL AFFECT OUR SPLIT DISTRICTS.
AND PLUS IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY TO LEARN FROM STAFFORD STAFFORD.
WHY STAFFERS WEALTHY? NOT THAT WHY? BECAUSE THEY LIMIT BIG DEVELOPING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THEY LIMIT THAT TO KEEP THEIR SCHOOLS THAT LIMIT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SURE THE CITY NEEDS TO DO AND WHAT CHILD.
SO ALL WE'RE DEVELOPING MEANS MORE PROBLEMS AND NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY, BUT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH COSTS US A TAX AND MORE BONDS.
SO, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UH, TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING EDUCATED PROPERLY AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT OVER CROWDING IN ONE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN THE PRIVATE AND OTHERS, THEY SHOULDN'T BE TREATED EQUALLY EVERYWHERE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
I MEAN, MAY I APPROACH HIM MEROLA'S SECOND BY CONSUMER EDWARDS, SIR, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION PASSES.
SEVEN IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NO CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR TOMORROW'S.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND HAS BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
UM, IS THERE A DISCUSSION, JENNIFER MASON? DO WE KNOW WHAT SCHOOL, THIS WOULD BE ZONED TO? JUST, JUST TO AIR.
UM, WILL THIS HAVE ITS OWN HOA? HUH? SO DUE TO THIS, UM, KIND OF OPERATING LIKE A MULTIFAMILY, THE, UH, LIKE MULTI-FAMILIES, IT WOULD BE RUN BY THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
SO THEY WOULD, UM, IN EFFECT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS AND OR OTHER ITEMS THAT COME UP AT THE, UH, I'M SORRY.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PROJECT THAT'S HERE THAT CAN ADDRESS? THEY DO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH,
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VIEW IT.OH, MYRON COUNCIL IS PLANNING TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE
ANYWAY, I WAS ASKED BY THE LANDOWNER SOME TIME AGO TO TRY TO FIND A SUITABLE, UH, USE OF THIS 35 ACRES.
AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT APARTMENTS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAREHOUSES AND I SAID, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK NEXT TO OF WAKE FOREST.
AND SO I WAS CHALLENGED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT DID WORK.
AND, UH, FORTUNATELY WE CAME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT I THINK IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO OPEN AMAZON.
AMAZON IS GOING TO HAVE OVER 500 EMPLOYEES.
A NEW QUEST IS GOING TO OPEN UP THEIR SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS THE STREET WITH MORE EMPLOYEES.
AND I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT AT ONE TIME AND I'M NOT GOING TO KNOCK THE DINNERSTEIN COMPANY.
CAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT BUILDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR FAMILIES TO RAISE THEIR KIDS IN AN APARTMENT VERSUS HAVING A YARD TO PLAY IN.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO UNIQUE.
AND THAT IT'S THE FIRST IN THE CITY.
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE TOOK IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING, THE CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING AND ZONING CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND SAID, YOU GOT TO FIND SOME MORE.
YOU GOT TO FIND ANOTHER SITE TO DO SOMETHING EXACTLY.
WELL, HE LIKED THIS BECAUSE THIS KIND OF HELPS OUR DIVERSITY PLANNING FOR HOUSING AND THE CITY THAT GIVES US ANOTHER OPTION.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE SINGLE FAMILY, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FAST BACKYARDS.
THE BACKYARDS ARE GOING TO BE SYNTHETIC TURF BECAUSE AS WE SAID EARLIER, THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS GOING TO BE TAKING OF ALL OF THE FRONT YARDS AND, AND ALL THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S THERE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE POCKET PARKS WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.
IT WILL HAVE A FACILITY THAT WILL HAVE A REC, UH, SWIMMING POOL.
IT WILL HAVE A WORKOUT FACILITY.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT THEY'VE ALSO OFFERED THE MEETING AREA FOR OAK WAKE FOREST ELMONT ASSOCIATION.
THEY HAVE THEIR HOA MEETINGS AND WE WENT TO PLAN ZONING, SCOTT PROCTOR, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA WAKE FOREST CAME AND ENDORSED THE PROJECT.
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TWO THINGS.
WE WANT TO A MASONRY WALL BETWEEN THE PROJECT AND THEM, WHICH THESE PEOPLE HAVE AGREED TO.
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY SECTION EIGHT HOUSES.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY SECTION EIGHT HOUSES AND DIVISION WHERE THEIR RANTS ARE STARTING AT 1800 OR ONCE A MONTH, BUT WE NEED TO PROVIDE OTHER FORMS OF HOUSING FOR FAMILIES IN THIS, IN THIS CITY.
UH, AS I SAID, YEAH, THE APARTMENTS ARE FINE.
AND I WON'T TELL YOU, THERE ARE MORE APARTMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED ACROSS HIGHWAY SIX THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YET.
AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE DONE SOME TIME AGO, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES, TO HAVE KIDS, RIGHT.
I HAVE A SIDEWALK TO RIDE THEIR BICYCLES UP AND DOWN TO HAVE A STREET THAT'S SAFE TO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL IS WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE ABOUT IN THIS CITY.
AND I FULLY ENDORSED THIS PROJECT.
I'VE WORKED WITH THE DENNER STAIN COMPANIES FOR A LONG TIME.
I WILL TELL YOU THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER A YEAR 65 YEARS.
MATTER OF FACT, UH, BRAD DANDER STAIN IS HERE TONIGHT.
HIS DAD, JACK DINNERSTEIN, AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME.
I WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THIS PROJECT ON AS A FORMER MAYOR OF THIS CITY.
IF I DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING FOR US.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE THAT BACK UP TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I HAVE A FRIEND THAT DOES, HE SAID ALLEN, UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL INSTEAD OF SOMEWHERE ELSE OR SOME APARTMENT THAT COULD BE THERE.
SO I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF PUT SOME AMAZING BEHIND THE DEAL.
IT'S A, IT'S AN IDEAL SITUATION.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THESE.
THERE ARE BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I MEAN, WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
AND I THINK THAT WITH THIS ONE, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH IT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MORE OF IT.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE IT A FAVORABLE APPROVAL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME? YES.
ELLEN, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS EVENING.
SO ON THE DOCUMENT, WE WERE JUST HANDED OUT ITEM THREE STATES, INTERNAL PRIVATE STREETS SHALL BE DESIGNED TO CARRY THE WEIGHT AND EMERGENCY AND TRASH COLLECTIONS OF VEHICLES.
UM, WILL THE OWNERS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT WILL BE PRIVATE STREETS AND THEY'LL MAINTAIN THEM AND THEY'LL REPLACE THEM AND ALL THAT GOING FORWARD? YEAH.
SAY, WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRIVATE STREETS AND THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE GARBAGE TRUCKS AND PROVIDE THE SERVICE THAT WE ALL HAVE TODAY WITH THE CONTAINERS.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR FIRE TRUCKS.
UH, THERE WE'LL HAVE AN ENTRANCE OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX THAT EXCEPT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE FIRE CHIEF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND HE WAS HERE EARLIER ANYWAY.
SO WE, WE HAD, OH, HE'S OVER HERE.
NOW WE ADDRESSED THOSE ISSUES EARLY ON.
THEY ARE EARLY ON THE DETENTION WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FACILITY AND THEY'VE MOVED IT TO THE VERY BACK.
AND THEY MADE THIS POINT OUT THAT, THAT DETENTION AREA AND
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DRY TIMES, NOT LIKE WE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE GOING TO BE DRY ENOUGH FOR KIDS TO HAVE AN AREA TO PLAY IN AS WELL AS THOSE POCKET PARKS THAT ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION.SO THERE'S ONE LIKE THAT BEHIND THE KROGER.
THERE'S THAT DETENTION POND, WHEREAS DRY IT ALL THE TIME.
SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S DRY ENOUGH, UH, IT IS AN AREA THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAY SOCCER AND DO SOME STUFF, BUT IT DOES A SERVE THIS PROPERTY BACKS UP TO THE TOLL ROAD.
AND SO THE DETENTION WAS MOVED TO THE VERY BACK OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT IT WAS ADJACENT TO THE TOLL ROAD INSTEAD OF OCCUPYING THE MIDDLE OF IT, UH, AND TAKING UP SPACE THERE, BUT IT'S 176 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS ATTACHED GARAGES FOR TWO CARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ALAN? UH, THE, UM, EX UH, THE ENDURANCE OR THE EXTRA, UH, OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT TIES IN WITH VICKSBURG.
YES, IT'S DIRECTLY WHERE VICKSBURG DEAD ENDS AND HIGHWAY SIX TODAY.
AND THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CHANGE THERE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS TWO WAY AND IT HAD TO BE A FOUR WAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO THIS PROJECT IS IN THE TERRORS, IS IT NOT? SO THEY WILL BE DOING SOME RE YOU KNOW, THEY WILL ASK FOR SOME REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH DETERS, MAYBE FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS WELL, BUT A TRR WILL BE DONE ANYWAY ON THE PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE WHAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS.
SO LOOKING AT THE COLOR SCHEME, SAME HERE, AS FAR AS THE PHASES, UH, THE A L C3 UPFRONT, WHEN WILL THAT, UH, UH, BE, UM, DEVELOPED, THIS IS BRAD DANNER STAIN, AND I'LL LET HIM ANSWER THAT.
I'M HERE TO SELL IT BEFORE, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
CAN I JUST ASK THIS FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO MARULA IS COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS RELATIVE TO THE PRIVATE STREETS WHO ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINING.
IS IT GOING TO BE THE HOA OR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY? BECAUSE THIS IS A MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BY THE WAY, THEY WILL HAVE ONSITE MANAGEMENT ALL THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE.
AND REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE LOCAL PEOPLE.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE IN THAT SUBDIVISION, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CALLING CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE THEIR NUMBER ON MY SPEED DIAL.
AND IF THEY ADDRESS IT, BUT AGAIN, THESE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF MULTIFAMILY.
THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE MANAGED PROJECTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MULTI FAMILY PROJECTS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THERE'LL BE MAINTAINING WHAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION, BUT THEY ARE PRIVATE STREETS.
PRIVATE STREETS WILL BE A SUBJECT THOUGH, TO A MISSOURI CITY.
THEY WILL HAVE TO BE BUILT TO THE CITY OF STANDARDS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO TAKE THEM OVER.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT US TO TAKE OVER PRIVATE STREETS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T BUILT TO ANY STANDARDS.
AND LIKE I SAID, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THEY'VE GOT WHERE THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE STREETS, THEY'RE MAINTAINING THOSE.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANY QUESTION THAT THESE STREETS WILL BE BUILT AND EVERYTHING, MEANING CITY SPEC, DO YOU LIKE THE ART? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID THAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT GREENMAN, SIANNA, ALL THE STREETS AND SIANNA WERE BUILT TO THE CITY'S SPECS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
SO RIVERSTONE IS LIKE, OLYMPIA IS ALL OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE PRIVATE, UH, STREETS ARE BUILT TO THE CITY SEX THING HAS BEEN EMORY ON THE QUESTION ON NEIL C3 IS NO.
UH, BEFORE I INTRODUCE MYSELF, I'LL GO AHEAD.
I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY.
SO THE L C3 IS A SMALL COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON HIGHWAY SIX IN FRONT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
IT WILL LARGELY BE BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'LL COME IN ONCE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH TXDOT ON GETTING THEIR PERMITS.
UM, I WOULD SAY IT'D BE SOMETIME CALL IT THIRD QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, SPEAKING, REALISTICALLY.
UH, THE SECOND QUESTION THAT YOU HAD PARTICULAR TO OUR PRIVATE STREETS.
SO, UM, AS, AS DISCUSSED, WE WILL BE MAINTAINING THEM ALL OF OUR PRIVATE STREETS.
WE'RE USING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITIES, SPECIFICATIONS AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGNING OURS.
SO ALL OF YOUR STANDARDS, ALL YOUR MINIMUM WITH ALL THE LOAD CAPACITIES THAT YOU GUYS WOULD REQUIRE IN A PUBLIC STREET, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ESTABLISH THAT AS OUR MINIMUM.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING.
DINNERSTEIN A MANAGING PARTNER DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED FOR THE DINNER TEAM COMPANIES, AS ALL HAVE HEARD.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN HOUSTON IN 1955,
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AND WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY DEVELOPING BUILDING AND MANAGING APARTMENT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.UH, SINCE THE LATE 1950S, UM, TODAY WE BUILT OVER 26 STATES, UH, IN EXCESS OF 70,000 APARTMENT UNITS.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND PARTICULARLY IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
WE'RE VERTICALLY INTEGRATED IN THE SENSE THAT WE HANDLE ALL DEVELOPMENT, EITHER CONSTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS IN HOUSE, UH, WE'RE LOCATED IN HOUSTON.
WE'RE JUST IN GREENWAY PAWS RIGHT UP 59.
UH, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO.
WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE BUILD.
MOST OF ALL, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE AREAS THAT WE GO INTO.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS, AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.
UH, WE APPRECIATE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, DIRECTION, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO, UH, SP APPEASE REALLY ANYBODY WE CAN, UH, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE LOOK AT THESE AS A WIN-WIN, IF YOU ALL ARE HAPPY AND YOU'RE PLEASED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT'S REALLY A KEY ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR SUCCESS.
UM, AS, AS YOU ALL HEARD, UM, THE PLAN HERE IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE KEY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT EACH OF THESE UNITS WILL BE LEASED.
THERE'LL BE PLANTED AS ONE BIG LOT, AND WE WILL MANAGE THEM JUST LIKE A STANDARD MARKET RATE, APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD BE MANAGED.
UH, WHEN I SAY WE, IT WOULD BE THE DINNERSTEIN COMPANIES, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, UH, DIVISION, UM, WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY ONSITE FULL-TIME, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE LEAD MAINTENANCE PERSON, AND THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY, ALL THE, UH, EXTERIOR DEALING WITH SORT OF, UH, RESIDENTIAL ISSUES AS THEY COME UP, JUST LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD.
SO THIS WOULD BE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED BY US AT THE SAME TIME, WE'D HAVE A PROPERTY MANAGER, UH, THAT WOULD BE ONSITE AS WELL.
THAT WOULD HANDLE EVERYTHING FROM, UH, LEASING TO SERVICE REQUESTS, TO ANY TYPE OF PROPERTY ISSUES.
UM, WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP SO FAR WITH OUR NEIGHBORING HOA, UH, THAT CAME OUT AND PLANNING AND ZONING WITH, WITH, UH, AN EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN A GOOD, GOOD SORT OF CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD.
UH, THEY HAD A COUPLE OF REQUESTS.
WE LOOKED INTO THEM, WE WORKED ON THEM AND WERE ABLE TO GRANT, UH, THEIR TWO REQUESTS VERY EASILY.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SORT OF CONVICTION BEHIND THIS PROJECT.
WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE AREA.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANY COMMENTS, UH, AND REALLY WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD HERE, UM, WITH THAT.
UH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THANK YOU, BRAD, UM, UM, EVENING MAYOR AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, MS. GOMEZ AND, UH, MR. GARCIA FOR, UH, FOR WORKING FOR THIS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, ON THIS, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING, UM, UH, TIME, UH, UM, GIVEN THIS PRODUCT TYPE.
UM, AND, UH, AND, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
UM, SO W W W WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE SLIDES.
UM, THIS JUST ABOUT US, UM, I THINK BREAD BREAD, UM, WENT BACK UP, UM, PERMANENT LENTEN SMITH, UM, HOW MANY SENIOR ASSOCIATE, OKAY.
UM, I'M A SENIOR ASSOCIATE WITH, UM, WITH INTERESTING COMPANIES.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS NOW.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS.
UM, UM, LIKE BRAD SAID, WE'VE, UH, UM, WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1955.
UM, UH, AND WE CURRENTLY MANAGE, UH, APPROXIMATELY, UH, THREE, UH, 3000 UNITS, UM, IN, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 13 DEVELOPMENTS, UM, IN TEXAS SINCE 2010.
UM, THIS IS JUST A OVERVIEW SLIDE, UM, OVER OUR OWNERS, UM, AND OUR PARTNERS.
UM, THERE, YOU SEE JACK AND TOMMY, UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BRAD, UM, UM, UM, WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
UH, THIS IS A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, UM, OUR DEVELOPMENTS IN TEXAS, UH, DONE A COUPLE IN AUSTIN, A COUPLE IN COLLEGE STATION.
UH, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR, UH, IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND THEN SOME LEGACY PROJECTS, UM, IN THE WOODLANDS THAT WERE, UH, UH, DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 2010S.
SO, UH, BEGINNING TO THE MEAT OF IT HERE.
UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO A 35 ACRE DEVELOPMENT
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HERE AT VICKSBURG AND HIGHWAY SIX, UH, APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX, A SINGLE FAMILY, A FULL RENT UNITS, AND APPROXIMATELY TWO, UH, COMMERCIAL TRACKS TOTALLING, UM, UM, UM, ALMOST A TWO ACRES.THE HOME SITES WILL BE, UH, TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM OPTIONS, UH, RAISING IN SIZE FROM 1100 SQUARE FEET, UH, TO, TO, UH, TO, UH, 2200 SQUARE FEET.
UM, ALSO AS, UH, AS ALAN MENTIONED, THEY WILL EACH HAVE AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE.
UM, ALSO, UM, AS, AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UM, UH, LIKE A STANDARD MULTI MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, IT'LL HAVE A CLUBHOUSE LEASING CENTER, A POOL, UM, UH, IN A FITNESS CENTER, UM, AND THERE AGAIN, UM, UH, MENTIONING THE, UH, COMMERCIAL PARCELS AS WELL, UH, FRONTING HIGHWAY SIX.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BY TDC PLANS TO GATE THE COMMUNITY? IS IT A GATED COMMUNITY OR NOT? IT WILL BE GETTING COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS SHOWN ON THE, UH, ON THE SITE PLAN.
I CAN POINT IT OUT TO YOU IF YOU NEED, BUT IT'S THE LITTLE BLUE LINES THAT GO ACROSS THE ENTRANCE THERE WHERE OUR VISITOR PARKING WITH ZOOM THAT UP AND SAYS WOULD, OR ROD IRON, WHICH ONE IT'LL PROBABLY BE RIGHT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN BY PROPERLY? IS IT WOOD OR IS IT RAW? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU STOP RIGHT HERE, UNLESS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE SLIDES.
CAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD THESE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS ALREADY.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND AND I'M SORRY, BECAUSE WE GOT SEVERAL BUDGETS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GO.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME READY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I'LL BE VERY FAMILIAR.
UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE TO DEAL IN SASHI, SO I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPERS, BUT IF FEELINGS ARE SHAMED, MAYBE YOU WANT TO ADD IN, YOU CAN PUT SOME INPUT.
BUT, UM, MY QUESTION IS, SINCE WE DO HAVE THE ISSUES WITH THE PRIVATE ROAD WITH METAL FREED NOW, DO YOU FIRST SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THE POTTER ROAD? I KNOW THEY SAID THEY WILL MAINTAIN IT, BUT I'M SURE THAT THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPERS PROMISES.
WELL, SO DO YOU FORESEE ANY ISSUES COMING UP WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AS IT WAS PROBABLY MADE VERY CLEAR BACK IN SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES WITH, UM, WITH, UH, METAL CREEK THAT IS A PRIVATE ROAD AND IT WAS DESIGNED LESS THAN A PUBLIC STREET.
IN THAT CASE, IN THIS CASE, THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE A DESIGN AT CITY STANDARDS.
IT'LL BE, UH, DESIGNATED AS SUCH AND MAINTAINED AS SUCH BY THEM.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, SUMMER HAT EDWARDS HAT.
YOU HAD AN INPUT AND COUNCIL COUNSELING JUST WANT TO EXPAND ON WHAT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER SAID.
ALTHOUGH IT'S A PRIVATE STREET, OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS, THE QUANTITY TO BE DESIGNED TO OUR PUBLIC STREETS STANDARDS.
SO WE'LL ENFORCE PUBLIC STREET STANDARDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PRIVATE STREETS.
ARE THERE ANY LEGALITIES THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE TO ASSURE THAT THESE ROLES WON'T BE AN ISSUE CONSIDERING, AND I'M ONLY MAKING THIS STATEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A, UM, CURRENT COMMUNITY THAT'S HAVING SOME ISSUES NOW.
SO THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL ARE CLEAR ON THOSE PARTS, THE CURRENT PLANNING REGULATIONS ALSO REQUIRE THE DESIGNATION OF THREE PRIVATE.
I THINK THAT WAS ADDED LAST YEAR, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO.
THEREFORE, IF THE STREETS THEY'RE PRIVATE, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE DESIGNATED AS SUCH ON THE PLAT TO NEWPORT.
MY LAST QUESTION IS TO JENNIFER, WERE THERE ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS FROM THE P AND Z? UM, AS FAR AS ANY IMPROVEMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS? YEAH.
OTHER THAN THE MASONRY WALL THAT WAS DISPENSED.
SO THE MASONRY WALL THAT WOULD SEPARATE AND THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND I DO WANT TO ADD ON THE PRIVATE STREET ISSUE.
WHAT THEY'RE DESCRIBING IS PLANNING THIS AS ONE LARGE RESERVE.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION, WHERE THE ROADWAYS ARE PLANTED SEPARATELY.
SO THEY'RE PLANTED ADS, RIGHT? A FLIGHT.
THIS ALL WOULD LOOK AS ONE SINGLE PROPERTY ON ACCEPTED VISION MAINTAINED BY ONE ENTITY.
YOU MENTIONED TWO, THREE OR FOUR BEDROOM.
IS THERE A LIMIT ON HOW MANY CAN LIVE IN THAT DWELLING OR DEWY LIMIT? UH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S A STATE OF TEXAS ORDINANCE, UH, IN THE LEASE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY STATE MANDATED.
SO JUST LIKE ANY APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, WOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT CAN DWELL ON A SINGLE UNIT.
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THIS WOULD HAVE THE EXACT SAME LEASE.THE, UH, THE SCHEDULE FOR, I GUESS A PHASE ONE.
UH, SO LET ME JUMP IN HERE IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO PHASE ONE, UM, WE, WE ARE HOPING TO, UH, UM, UM, ONCE WE GET APPROVAL, UM, UM, HOPEFULLY FORTHCOMING, WE WILL START THE, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT PLAT, UH, UH, PROCESS AND THEN HOPE TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WHICH WOULD GIVE US A DELIVERY DATE OF LOTS FOR PHASE ONE, HOPEFULLY AT THE END, UH, UH, Q1 TO Q2 OF NEXT OF 20, 23.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF TWO, THREE OR FOUR.
THEY WON'T, THE OPTIONS WILL BE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO HE RAN OUT OF THE QUESTIONS.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
ITEM SEVEN, B ONE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 86, UTILITIES OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODES, AMENDING REGULATIONS REGARDING CERTAIN DROP CONTINGENCY PLANS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A ON PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
A NEW MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY'S DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON MAY THE SIXTH, 2019.
AND THE CITY'S CURRENT ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED ON MAY THE 20TH, 2019, THIS DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
UM, IT APPLIES TO THE RETAIL AND WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY, UH, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THE CITY HAS A DRUG CONTINGENCY PLAN, OUR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO ADOPT THEIR OWN PLAN AND ALSO REVISED.
AND THIS MAP, IT, IT SHOWS, UH, ON THE LEFT, THE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND THEN THE YELLOW REPRESENT THE SURFACE WATER USERS.
AND I HAVE, UH, TWO OTHER POINTS, UH, TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
AND THOSE ARE OUR GROUNDWATER WELLS SYSTEMS. UH, THE TOP ONE IS MUSTANG BY YOUR GROUNDWATER PLANT.
NUMBER TWO, THE BOTTOM ONE IS GROUNDWATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, AND THEY SERVICE AN AREA OF AROUND THERE FOR GROUNDWATER.
JUST WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT ARE DROPPING SINCE YOU PLAN ENCOMPASSES OF THESE AREAS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY'S DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN IS TO PROTECT OUR SUPPLY OF PUBLIC DRINKING WATER THAT WE USE FOR CONSUMPTION THE ABILITY TO FLUSH OUR TOILETS.
IT PROVIDES ADEQUATE SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR FIREFIGHTING ACTIVITIES AND FOR THE ALL-IMPORTANT USES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE, AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.
SO I'LL PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE TO, TO ILLUSTRATE THAT, UM, WE RECEIVE OUR SUPPLY OF RAW WATER FROM THE GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY CANAL, THE
IT ESTABLISHES THE CRITERIA THAT WE INITIATE AND TERMINATE, UH, THE LISTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE DROUGHT RESPONSE STAGES.
SO FIRST THE CITY MOVES TO THE DROUGHT STAGE AS DECLARED BY GULF COAST WATER AUTHORITY.
AND THEN THE NEXT STAGE, NOTABLY THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, OUR DESIGNEE CAN MAKE DECISION TO MOVE AROUND THE STAGES AND ULTIMATELY INITIATE TERMINATES AND MAKES THESE NOTIFICATIONS NOT ONLY TO OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO TO A REGULATORY AGENCY, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
THIS IS REALLY THE MEAT OF WHAT I'M BRINGING FORTH TONIGHT, THAT THE DRUG CONTINGENCY PLAN, UM, WHILE THIS IS AN UPDATE, IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT REVISION NEEDED AS FOLLOWS.
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AND I'LL KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES AND I'LL GET MORE SPECIFIC IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, SECTION NINE, THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE I NEED TO REMOVE NOTIFYING EVERYONE BY TELEPHONE AND FAX, UM, OF OUR RESIDENTS.AND I CLEANED THAT SECTION UP STAGE TWO.
IT TALKS ABOUT A VOLUNTARY IT'S ACTUALLY MANDATORY STAGE ONE IS THE VOLUNTARY STAGE.
THE NEXT STAGE TO, UH, THERE WAS NEEDED A TIME INSERTION IN THERE.
THE NEXT PART TALKS ABOUT SUGGESTED ALL RESTAURANTS.
IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE RESTAURANTS PROHIBIT FROM SERVING, UH, WATER, UNLESS THEY'RE REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMERS.
NEXT PART IS, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME SEMANTICS IN THERE TO CHANGE OR TO AN, UM, CAUSE IT'S NOT EITHER, OR IT'S AN ADDITION TO, AND THEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THERE LIKE STAGE FOUR WAS, UM, LESS RESTRICTIVE THE STAGE THREE, AND THEN OTHER PARTS WHERE I NEEDED TO, UM, ENTER THE TIMEFRAMES THAT YOU HAD TO COMPLY TO CERTAIN THINGS AND THEN STAGES THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
UM, I ADMITTED CONTINUE ALL PREVIOUS STAGES BECAUSE THE WAY THAT DRUG CONTINGENCY PLAN WAS THAT WHEN YOU WENT TO EACH STAGE, IT SAID, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID ON THE PREVIOUS STAGE.
WELL, THAT WASN'T REALLY NECESSARILY TRUE.
UM, AND ALSO NOT ONLY WERE THERE, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE STAGES, THE INTENT FOR THIS PLAN TO REVISE IT IS TO CLEAN IT UP, OR YOU CAN TAKE OUT A CERTAIN STAGE AND BE ABLE TO, UH, PRESENT THAT AND LET IT STAND ON ITS OWN.
WHEREAS BEFORE YOU HAD TO HAVE THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, SO IT'S REALLY CLEANED UP A LOT OF NOT ONLY SOME THE GRAMMATICAL STUFF AND THEN CORRECT SOME OF THE VERBIAGE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE IT MORE USER-FRIENDLY.
AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID PRESENT THIS DRAFT PROPOSED DRAFT EXTENSION PLAN TO OUR GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I RECEIVED SOME, UM, THEIR COMMENTS AFTER THEY REVIEWED IT AND HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE COMMENTS RECEIVED.
UM, I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RAMPONE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLOUSER SARAH DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING? SO MOVE SECOND.
THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? WHEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS ]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, AUTHORIZATIONS ITEM NUMBER NINE, A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DONUT.OH, WHILE WE DID THAT ITEM NINE, EIGHT ALREADY ITEM NUMBER 10 ORDINANCES.
THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA.
[11. RESOLUTIONS ]
ITEM NUMBER 11 OR RESOLUTIONS 11 EIGHT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TAXES AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF 50 GOLF CARTS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.AND THE APPLICATION OF AN AGREEMENT, AN AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS FOR THE LEASE OF SUCH GOLF COURSE.
I HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TYSON IN AMERICAN COUNCIL.
BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, I CAME TO YOU AND PRESENTED THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT WE REVIEWED.
UM, LOOKING AT, UH, NEW GOLF CARTS ARE CURRENT.
WE HAVE TWO LEASES THAT PRIMARILY IS FOR GOLF CARTS.
ONE OF THOSE WAS COMING TO, UM, THIS FALL AND WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE 50 GOLF CARDS, UH, WITH THIS, UM, YOU APPROVED THE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TEXTRON, UH, EASY GO LEASE DOCUMENTS THE LESS, OR DOES REQUIRE THAT THE CITY, UM, DO A RESOLUTION FOR THESE GOLF CARTS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED A COAL LESSEE WITH THE LGC.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE BRING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
THAT IS, THIS HAS ALL BEEN BUDGETED, UH, IN THE FISCAL 22 BUDGET.
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UM, AS WE WOULD TAKE, UH, POSSESSION OF THESE GOLF CARDS AFTER OCTOBER 1ST.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
ITEM 11, B A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, GRANTS PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THANK YOU.
THERE'S BEEN A PRESENTATION BY RACHEL MARAE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS FOR APPLICATION TO A SUBSECTION OF THE COPS GRANT.
WE ARE APPLYING UNDER THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SUBCATEGORY.
AND THE IDEA OF THIS GRANT IS TO PARTNER WITH THE RED CROSS AS WELL AS FORT BEND ISD TO PUT NOT ONLY OUR SWORN OFFICERS BEFORE, BUT ISD OFFICERS THROUGH CPR, FIRST AID TRAINING, AS YOU ENGAGEMENT, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS GRANT UP TO AREA FORT BEND ISD AREA, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND ALLOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ALSO COME AND BECOME CERTIFIED.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOLER WOULD PARTNER UP WITH AN OFFICER AND TAKE THE COURSE TOGETHER.
ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THE COURSE, THEY WOULD NOT ONLY GET THEIR CERTIFICATION, BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE HIGH SCHOOLER WITH A FIRST AID KIT AND THEN AN OFFICER WITH GO BAG OR PATROL ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE SPIN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY CUSTOMER OR CLOUSER? IS THERE A DISCUSSION WHEN YOU BORN HER UP? WELL WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, I ASSUME THAT THAT INCLUDES ALL FORT BEND HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH FORT BEND ISD SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR SCOPE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS AND NOT JUST MISSOURI CITY HIGH SCHOOLS.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES.
THE ESCALATION STATE LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CONTINUING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.
SO THIS IS AWFUL ALSO AN OFFSHOOT OF THE COPS GRANT.
THIS IS A DEESCALATION TRAINING GRANT.
SO THE GRANT ALLOWS FOR UP TO $200,000 TO BE REQUESTED.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE QUOTE WE'RE ASKING FOR AROUND 133,000, WE HAVE THE QUOTE ALREADY FROM APEX OFFICER TWO FOR THE BACKPACKS THAN IT WOULD INCLUDE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY BACKPACKS FOR DEESCALATION TRAINING AND THIS TRAINING WE'VE SEEN THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY ARE AMAZING AND CAN REALLY OPEN UP DEESCALATION TRAINING, NOT ONLY FOR OUR OFFICERS, BUT HOPEFULLY REGION WIDE, SINCE WE'RE A TYPICAL TRAINING PROVIDER.
WE HOPE ALSO WITH THIS GRANT, NOT ONLY TO GET THE EQUIPMENT, BUT TO SEND OFFICERS OUT OF STATE FOR A TRAIN, THE TRAINER COURSE SO THAT THEY CAN BRING THAT KNOWLEDGE BACK AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE COVERED BY THE GRANT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED THE MOVE STERLING COUNCIL, MR. HURLEY, SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
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12, OUR CITY COUNCIL POINT EMPLOYMENT.UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
UM, THE MAYOR AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, UH, TO HAVE A MEETING WITH TIGER VENTURE, UM, ASIAN TIGER VENTURE ORGANIZATION, UH, WHO WAS ABLE TO DONATE OVER 700 PPS TO MISSOURI CITY.
LEE HONG FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION, HIS DONATION, UH, GUARD'S GARDEN, AS WE PRESENTED TONIGHT, UH, ACTUALLY GIVE OVER 10,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.
I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE SHERIFFS WITH GARDENS CARD.
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UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SUPPORT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS IN HER CLEANUP PROJECT AS WELL, THIS A DRESS TO SUCCESS, UH, PROJECTS.UH, ALSO LIKE TO THINK THAT I'LL WOULD WITH THE LADY WHO WORKED FOR HAR, WHO WAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH ME AND ASSISTED ME IN DISTRICT A AND LOOKING AT INVESTORS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT GRANTS FOR A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES ON TEXAS PARKWOOD, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE AMANI ELECTION MEETING TO VIEW SOME OF THE MANY PRESENTATIONS THAT FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
I ATTENDED THE INDEPENDENCE FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS GREAT THIS YEAR.
I LIKED THE IDEA THAT IT WAS ON THE PARKING LOT IF ACC VERY, VERY MUCH IMPROVED AND ALSO HAD, UH, ATTENDED THE TEXAS PARTWAY COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, AND ALSO THE STAFF AT INDEPENDENCE DAY CONCERT, UH, ON SUNDAYS MAYOR.
I WAS HAPPY AT 10 AND SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL 2021 HIGH SCHOOL, UH, GRADUATES, UH, THAT ATTEND MISSOURI CITY BAPTIST CHURCH, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN FORT BEND COUNTY, A GREAT EVENT.
SEE THOSE NEW GRADUATES THAT ARE ATTENDING COLLEGE AT VARIOUS PLACES.
ALSO, I HAD THE BEST TWO HOURS OF MY LIFE.
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, UH, A COUPLE OF SUNDAYS AGO ALONG WITH, UH, MAYOR ALLAH, CAT COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, CLOUDS, OR, UH, P AND Z CHAIR, SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL.
AND OF COURSE THE, UH, THE PERSON OF THE HOUR MS. CHLOE JOINER, WHO, UM, I THINK WE HELPED HER, UH, COLLECT OVER 6,000 BOOKS IN TWO HOURS ON HER QUEST AND GOAL TO TRY TO RAISE A MILLION BOOKS AND COLLECT A MILLION BOOKS FOR A MILLION KIDS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CLOUSER FOR, INCLUDING ME ON THAT EFFORT.
UH, I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH FUN I HAD AT THE MCT EX INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
UH, I HATE THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES GOT ME ON CAMERA, UH, DOING, DOING MY THING, BUT, UH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THEY, THEY, UH, I'LL GET THEM BACK.
I'M SURE OVER TIME, BUT ANYWAY, SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE CITY STAFF WHO MADE THIS EVENT A HUGE SUCCESS AND THE TALK OF THE REGION.
UH, WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORS IN STAFFORD, UBER, UBER, SUPER JEALOUS, JEALOUS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A NICE LITTLE, UH, ORCHESTRA AND ALL THAT.
I MEAN, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAD A TAG TEAM, YOU KNOW, SO EDDIE RATE A GREAT JOB, UH, PARTS DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS, UH, POLICE, FIRE, EVERYBODY, AND ALL THE CITY STAFF.
WE ALSO, AS A COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, STERLING MENTIONED HAD OUR, UH, MONTHLY, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
GREAT, GREAT MEETING, A LOT OF PROGRESS.
AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT I KNOW, UH, PROGRESSIVELY WILL COME FORWARD.
ALSO, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE, UH, MOST RECENT, UH, BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, UH, OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN THIS ROOM.
LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS LAST TUESDAY, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND DISCUSSED A POTENTIAL PROJECT TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS.
THE CITY THEN HELD A MEETING THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WITH MEMBERS OF THE METAL CREEK COMMUNITY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT SHOWS, UH, HOW THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT, UM, FROM THAT PROGRAM WAY.
THE CITY WILL BE HAVING A HEARING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAM AND OTHER POTENTIAL CDBG PROJECTS THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 19TH, 2021.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO, UH, HAS AN INTEREST, ESPECIALLY THOSE METAL CREEK RESIDENTS WHO WERE IMPACTED AT WHAT WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TO, UH, PLEASE BE AT THAT MEETING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, I WANTED TO, UH, UH, INDICATE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, WORK THAT WAS PUT IN, YOU KNOW, BY STAFF AND ALL FAR THE MISSOURI CITY ETX, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY, UM, EVENT.
UH, IT WAS, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND, IT WAS ATTENDED BY, UH, QUITE A FEW AND THERE WERE SOME VIDEOS TAKEN OF SOMEBODY MAKING MOVES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON.
UM, BUT, UH, UH, KUDOS TO LIKE ALL THE STAFF AND ALL THAT WE WERE INVOLVED.
UH, I ALSO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE, UH, FIREWORKS DISPLAY AND, UH, AN EVENT THAT WAS PUT ON BY, UH, QUAIL VALLEY, PROUD AND QUAIL VALLEY, UH, UH, UH, HOA, UH, THERE AT THE, UH, THE CITY CENTER.
UH, WE DID THAT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
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UH, WE HAD OVER A, A THOUSAND, UH, ATTENDEES.MOST OF THOSE ARE A LOT OF THOSE WERE KIDS, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE YOUNG PEOPLE COME OUT AND, AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
UH, AND, UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY REWARDING AND REFRESHING TO SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING INTO, UH, OUR AREA, UH, AND ALSO LIKE TO, UH, TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE, UH, UH, QUAIL VALLEY HOA, UH, FAR THEIR, UH, REALLY, UH, KIND, UH, DONATION AND, UH, THEIR PARTNERS, UH, I THINK, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO RIDGEVIEW PARK, UH, REALLY, UH, EXPANDS THAT PARK.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A PUBLIC PARK, SO IT GIVES OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ANYONE WHO, UH, LIKES FLASH PADS.
UH, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, IT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
AND, UH, I THINK, UH, IT, IT'S A, AGAIN, JUST REFLECTIVE OF THE, UH, UH, THE THOUGHT AND, UH, AND, UH, HARD WORK THAT THE HOA DOES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ACCUMULATE THOSE, THOSE, UH, ASSETS AND TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM, UH, YEAH, WITHIN, UH, THE, UH, THE PARK SYSTEM, SO KUDOS TO THEM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
MA'AM UM, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UM, I PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR A PHENOMENAL JOB THEY CONTINUE TO DO WITH OUR CITY ALSO, THANK YOU.
THANK THEM FOR CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH ME WITH MY EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR CITY BEAUTIFIED BY CLEANING THE PARKS.
WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT ON JUNE 26TH.
UM, THE, LIKE THE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE EXPLORED PROGRAM THAT WAS 13 OF THE YOUTH THERE, UM, HELPING OUT, AND IT WAS GREAT TO INTERACT WITH THEM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN STERLING FOR HELPING OUT AS WELL AND PICKING UP SOME TRASH.
UM, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF'S EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.
UM, ON THAT SAME DAY, UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ELECTED.
OFFICIALS ARE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN COLLECTING, UM, ITEMS FOR DRESS FOR SUCCESS.
IT WAS INITIATIVE TO GIVE, UM, HOMELESS PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED FINANCIALLY TO CONTINUE TO GO BACK THE WORKFORCE AND ACTUALLY BE CONFIDENT WITH THE CLOTHES THAT THEY WERE BEEN GIVEN.
SO THAT WAS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE.
AND I WAS SO GLAD TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, UM, FOR ALL COLLABORATIVELY PUTTING UP A WONDERFUL FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SUCH A GARDEN ATTAINMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS ON SUCH A LITTLE HOLIDAY.
UM, THE TURNOUT FOR THE BOND HEARING WAS REALLY LOW.
IT WAS A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ON THE COMMITTEES ARE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS ON OUR NEXT ONE, WHICH WILL BE ON JULY 22ND AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
SO PLEASE COME OUT, PLEASE GET EDUCATED ON THE BOND, UM, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE INTERACTING IN THIS, THIS TYPE OF, UM, PERMITTING, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE EDUCATED WHEN SHE GOES TO THE POLLS.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO, COME OUT ON THE 22ND OF JULY.
UM, ON JUNE 23RD, I ATTENDED THE, UM, HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, NEWLY ELECTED, UH, VIRTUAL OFFICIALS WORKSHOP, UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY, AND IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP, UM, ON JUNE 27TH.
UM, I WAS, UM, EXCITED TO LEAD THE INITIATIVE FOR CHLOE'S 1 MILLION BOOKS FOR 1 MILLION KIDS, A BOOK DRIVE AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, WHO JOINED ME ALSO MARY ELLA CAT, AS WELL AS, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER, SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL.
UH, WE, UH, ALONG WITH OUR CITY STAFF, POLICE AND FIRE, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND DONATING BOOKS.
UM, I KNOW THE COMMUNICATION STAFF DONATED, UH, SEVERAL BOOKS, UH, TOGETHER AS A DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND, UH, ALSO I WANT TO THANK, UH, FORT BEND ISD, TRUSTEES, DAY ROSENTHAL AND KRISTEN MALONE FOR ATTENDING AS WELL AS OUR SISTER CITY, STAFFORD MAYOR, UH, CECIL WILLIS AND XAVIER HERRERA.
IT WAS AN AWESOME, AWESOME EVENT.
AND WE ARE DOING PART TWO, JULY 25TH.
WE HAD SO MANY CALLS AFTERWARDS WHERE PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY HAD BOOKS TO DONATE.
SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE JULY 25TH FROM TWO TO FOUR, AND THAT
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WILL BE A CABO DOGS, AND I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND DONATE BOOKS SO WE CAN HELP CHLOE GET TO HER MISSION.UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY AND, UH, BILL ATKINSON AND ALSO RESIDENT MRS. SMITH FOR HELPING US TO CLEAN UP GOODWILL AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE GOODWILL, RIGHT BY LAKE SHORE HARBOR.
UM, IT WOULD GET CLEANED OUT AND THEN RESIDENTS WOULD CONTINUE DUMPING.
SO FINALLY, UM, ALL THE, WE ALL WORKED IN TANDEM TO GET SHANE'S PUT UP AND YOU'LL SEE IF YOU PASS THE LAKE SHORE HARBOR, UH, OLD GOODWILL, UM, THE CHAINS ARE UP AND THERE ARE, THERE'S NO MORE TRASH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PUSH AND YOU PUSH AND YOU PUSH AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS EVIDENCE THAT THINGS GET DONE, I WANT TO THANK, UM, CLIFF BEING WHO IS AS CLIFF STILL HERE, UM, WHO IS SPEARHEADING THE EACH SHOT PLAY CAMPAIGN.
UM, MANY, UH, MOST OF OUR COP, MY COLLEAGUES, WE ARE, UM, GOING TO A BUSINESS AND WE ARE, UH, MAKING A VIDEO AT THE BUSINESS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, TO EAT, SHOP AND PLAY RIGHT HERE LOCALLY.
SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK.
AND LASTLY, I DID ATTEND THE INDEPENDENCE DAY, UM, FESTIVAL.
I WANT TO THANK HEB AND OUR OTHER SPONSORS.
I WANT TO THANK JASON AND JULIA AND EVERYBODY THAT TOOK PART AND THAT, UM, MAN, I TELL YA, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WORK HARD AND WE PLAYED HARD THAT NIGHT.
AND THERE'S ONE THING THAT CAN A FEW THINGS THAT CAN BRING US ALL TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S PRAYER, WHICH WE HAD.
WE HAD GREAT, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, GOOD FOOD AND GREAT MUSIC.
AND IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TIME.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PLAYED A PART IN THAT.
AND, UH, THAT CONCLUDES, THANK YOU.
MAY I APPROACH THEM OR RULES? I WANT TO THANK JEREMY FOR SETTING UP THAT MEETING IN FIRST COLONY TO TALK TO RESIDENTS ABOUT FRONTIER AND THE FIBER INSTALLED AS A LONG MORNING, BUT THANK YOU.
THAT WAS, I THINK, VERY, UH, VERY PRODUCTIVE, UH, CONGRATS.
THE BETH POSA ON A NEW GRAND OPENING OF NEW STRENGTH LATTES.
WE HAD A GRAND OPENING WITH THE MAYOR, HAD A LOT OF FUN AND, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY DO WELL THERE IN THEIR NEW LOCATION.
UH, IT WAS ALSO A PLEASURE TO HOST THE CEO OF MEMORIAL HERMANN SOUTHWEST AND MEMORIAL HARMON SHERLYN.
UH, THE MAYOR HOSTED A NICE MEETING WITH THEM.
WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIAL, UH, PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FUTURE, AND IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU, BILL AND OTHERS WHO JOINED ME, JOINED US A GREAT TIME AT QUAIL VALLEY FIREWORKS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, A THANK YOU TO JASON JULIET DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, COORDINATING THE FIREWORKS AND TO HEB FOR SPONSORING THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
YOU TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD TO SAY, BUT, UH, AGAIN, KUDOS TO ALL FOUR BOOKS STRIVE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE RIBBON CUTTING AND, UH, STRENGTH PILATES.
AND I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO QUAD VALLEY CITY CENTER, UM, AND DO AN HONOR OF CERTIFICATION FOR THE ONE LIFE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH FOR THEIR SECOND YEAR.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD A PASTORS ASSOCIATION, FORT BEND COUNTY PASTORS ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT WAS HELD AT THE EOC.
UH, I ATTENDED THAT MEETING ALONG WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BRIAN MO BRIAN MIDDLETON.
AND OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT MEMORIAL HARMON AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH JULY 4TH, UM, EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT PUT, PUT THAT TOGETHER FROM, UH, SEEING BILL IN SHORTS TO WORKING HARD TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT CAME OUT THERE, UM, THAT WORKED EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RAINING AND IT WAS ON AND OFF.
THE EVENTS WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA OUT THERE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, PROGRAM, UH, THE, THE ENTERTAINERS THAT WE HAD.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO, UM, CONGRATULATE AND WISH.
UM, JUDGE KLAUSER A RETIREMENT.
I DID GET A, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS LAST DAY.
AND I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND WALK THEM, UH, JUDGE MARK GIBSON OF, UH, OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR PRECINCT TWO.
SO THAT'S, UH, HE WILL BE ONE OF, ONE OF THE OTHER JUDGES THAT WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH AND LAST A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UH, WE HAVE HAD THREE DAYS OF BUDGET WORKSHOP.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME, UM, HOT AND HEAVY QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED, UM, AND NOTHING IS MAD ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, BUT IT'S JUST TO BRING OUT THE, AND THE BEST OF THE CITY AND TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WE WERE SAVING EVERYTHING FOR THE LAST, SO SHASHI, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU.
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READY TODAY.UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED THAT Y'ALL ARE BRINGING FORWARD THIS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO END OF JULY, AS BILL STATED, UM, TO BRING THIS, UM, TO, AND, AND GET THIS BUDGET APPROVED IN AUGUST.
SO ELENA AND HER TEAM CAN WORK FORWARD.
ALL ITEM NUMBER 10 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 14 ARE THROUGH RECONVENE INTO OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING.