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I'M A SEVEN 20 AND I CALL THE REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE WAS DULY POSTED.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE ADJACENT MANGUM, UH, WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND I ASKED THAT WE REMAIN STANDING FOR JUST A SHORT TIME THEREAFTER TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MORALE CAT, HIS MOTHER, AND HIS FAMILY, AS HE LOST HIS MOTHER HERE RECENTLY.
SO JUST A BRIEF MOMENT AFTER THE PLEDGE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS ]
ITEM THREE PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION.WE WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH AND A CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CITY FOR CITY BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS, WHO WILL HELP ME HAND THOSE OUT.
SO, UM, THOSE WHO ARE BEING RECOGNIZED AS EVENING, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AS THEY COME UP, I'LL ANNOUNCE THEIR NAMES, BUDDY, SCHNEIDER ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION, EUNICE WRITER, ART AND CULTURE COMMISSIONED DELL SMITH, SLOAN ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION, LILY MCENTIRE, ART AND CULTURE COMMISSION.
ANGELA LEE, ANDREW, OUR CULTURAL COMMISSION AND BEING ON A KYLE'S EARLY BIRD AND BILL CRONIN.
I'LL RE YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AS I SAY YOUR NAME AND THEN IN THE NAME AND THE BODY OF AUTHORITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS, I STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL SAY WHAT POSITION DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OR THE STATE OF THE BOARD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF THIS STATE.
AND SHE'LL HAND OUT YOUR CERTIFICATES.
WE HAVE A BIG MEETING TONIGHT AND Y'ALL COME UP IN THE CENTER AND TAKE PICTURES.
I'M CURRENTLY A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ITEM THREE, B PRESENTATION OF THE GOLDEN TREE WARDS, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CITY FORESTER, PAUL, YOU ALMOST PRONOUNCED MY NAME ALMOST, UH, WHEN YOU MENTIONED TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT MOST FOLKS WILL THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE ROAD REPAIRS, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, SIGNS SO FORTH, BUT I BET MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW IS THAT TEXTILE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TREE PLANTERS AND BEAUTIFICATION ADVOCATES
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IN THE ENTIRE HOUSTON REGION.THE PROOF HERE LOCALLY IS THIS PARTNERSHIP PROJECT.
WE, WE JUST HAD TO BEAUTIFY THE MEDIAN SALON CARTWRIGHT ROAD AND TEXAS PARKWAY.
THIS PARTNERSHIP, THE CITY RECEIVED 268 NEW TREES AND SHRUBS AND SEVERAL PERENNIAL BEDS ALONG THESE MEDIUMS. THEY ALSO IMPROVE THE SOIL CONDITIONS FOR THE MEDIANS FOR BETTER PLANT GROWTH, BETTER DRAINAGE.
AND THEY INSTALLED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT, RESULTED IN CLOSE TO A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS, A NEW LANDSCAPING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS REALLY CRITICAL AREA.
SO IT'S BEEN MY HONOR TO WORK WITH THE GOOD FOLKS AT TEXTA, AND NOW PRESENT THEM WITH THE GOLDEN TREE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION.
HOW ABOUT THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN TEAM? HMM.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE C RECOGNIZE ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER TO BORA FOR COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO THE EMPLOYMENT RECOGNITION COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER AVERAGE.
UM, I CHOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZED TO BORA FOR HER EFFORTS BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN LITTLE IN SPEARHEADING EVENTS TO BUILD ON MORALE WITH OUR STAFF PRIOR TO COVID AND CAN SHE CONTINUES TO DO SO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THIS FOR HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE ANIMALS SHELTER AS WELL.
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SPEARHEADING EVENTS FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS TOGETHER, AS YOU SEE FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO SHE WAS ABLE TO DO SO IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH HER LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AND GIVEN HER FLOWERS FOR HER HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.SO LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND ACCOMPLISHED? UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME, THE FIRST THING COUNCIL MEMBER ED WAS FOR THIS RECOGNITION.
UM, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND GIVE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE ERC NOW THE EERC DOES.
UM, SINCE MERGING WITH THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THE EMPLOYMENT RECOGNITION COMMITTEE NETWORK VIA THE E R THE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION COMMITTEE.
UM, THE TWO THINGS RAN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER.
SO WE ALL HAVE A COMMON THREAD AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT ALL ASPECTS OF IT IN ONE GROUP.
UM, THE ERC HAS MEMBERS FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND ENDEAVORS ON HOW WE CAN ENHANCE EMPLOYEE EXPERIMENT, EXPERIENCE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
WHILE HERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE 374 EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 12 EERC MEMBERS THAT PUT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THE PLANNING, EXECUTION AND EXECUTION OF ALL EERC EVENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THEIR NORMAL JOB DUTIES.
SO MUCH OF THIS TAKES PLACE DURING MEETINGS BREAKS AFTER HOURS, ET CETERA.
AND NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SUMMER, WE HAVE SNOW CONE TRUCKS COMING EVERY OTHER FRIDAY TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLAZA, AS WELL AS CITY HALL.
UH, FOR SEPTEMBER SINCE, UH, THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF THIS PAST MAY, 2020 WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC AND MOST RESTAURANTS WERE CLOSED.
WE DID DO PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE GOT GIFT CARDS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND A CITY LOGO BACKPACK.
THESE THINGS WERE THEN SORTED BY DEPARTMENT AND DISTRIBUTED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FOOD GIFT CARDS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ESSENTIAL ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT WERE HERE THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, SERVICING OUR CITY.
UM, FOR OCTOBER WE HAVE HALLOWEEN CONTESTS OUTSIDE OF THE BARBECUE.
COOK-OFF THIS IS A STANDING FAVORITE FOR EMPLOYEES.
UM, COMPETITION IS WHERE WE SHINE.
UM, HALLOWEEN COSTUMES AND DECORATION OF DEPARTMENTS ARE JUDGED AND GIVEN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE.
UM, AND WE ALSO PLAN TO ADD AN EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT DRIVE IN MOVIE NIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, THIS COMING YEAR, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, OUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS THEY'RE CATERED LUNCH LUNCHES FOR EMPLOYEES, UH, SINCE BOTH OF THESE THINGS TO KIND OF TOOK PLACE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, THE ERC MEMBERS REALLY TOOK CELEBRATING TOGETHER APART TWO GREAT NEW MEETINGS.
TIME WAS TAKEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLACE WERE INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED AND DELIVERED TO EACH SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS.
AND EACH DEPARTMENT BREAK ROOM WAS CATERED IN THE HOLIDAY SCENE.
UH, JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER, THE CITY HAS BEEN GIFTED, A SET AMOUNT OF TICKETS TO SKEETER GAMES IN A SHARED SUITE WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
UH, THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A FAN FAVORITE EMPLOYEES DO GET TICKETS BY GETTING A NOMINATION FROM OTHER EMPLOYEES FOR CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF TEAMWORK, AS WELL AS, AS JUST BEING HARDWORKING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, WE HAVE SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE BARBECUE COOK-OFF COMING UP AND THEN OUR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THIS GREAT WORK IN THE COMING YEARS.
THE GOAL OF THE EERC IS NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR EMPLOYEES, BUT TO ALSO BE AN ADVOCATE, HEALTHY OUTLETS ARE JUST A FRACTION OF A SUCCESSFUL WORKPLACE.
SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR EMPLOYEES IS SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY NEEDED AT THIS TIME.
AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO DO GREAT THINGS.
BELIEF IS A VERY FRAGILE THING, AND WE NEED OUR EMPLOYEES TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE WHOLLY SUPPORTED AND APPRECIATED BY COUNCIL AND LEADERSHIP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CALL ON COUNCILS, TO WORK WITH THE ERC WITHIN CITY CHARTER AND EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK PARAMETERS SO THAT THEY MAY SUPPORT INITIATIVES.
AND SO THAT SUPPORT INITIATIVES AND ADVOCACY CAN BE DIRECTLY HEARD.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
AND I SINCERELY THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND RECORD.
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THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN COLLABORATE ON A MEETING TO WORK WITH TOMORROW TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP AND MAKE SURE HER EFFORTS CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.EVEN GETTING A QUICK PUNCH LIST OF HOW WE CAN HELP SO WE CAN BEFORE THE MEETING, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, ITEM THREE D PRESENTATION OF CERTIFIED TAX RULES AND PROPOSALS, OUR CFO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET.
AND WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TODAY REGARDING OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLL.
UH, NEXT STEPS, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE DATES THAT ARE ON THE CALENDAR FOR ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE HIGH LEVEL ON AUGUST 16TH.
WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH THE ACTUAL PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, AND YOU'LL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL DETAIL AT THAT TIME.
THIS IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR THE CITY.
UH, IT'S THE SAME AS IT IS IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, 2021, THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET, AS IT STANDS NOW WITH ALL FUNDS IS CURRENTLY $136,577,994.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND OR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS THAT SERVICE UTILITY AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
AND WE'LL GO OVER EACH TYPE OF FUND SEPARATELY.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THAT'S FINE EXPENDITURES ARE AT $135,757,312.
SO WE'LL START WITH AN OVERVIEW FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 22 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES REVENUE AND TRANSFERS OF APPROXIMATELY 59.9 MILLION, UH, DO NEED TO STATE THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES IS STILL, UH, AN ESTIMATE.
WE WILL LOOK AT THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CERTIFIED FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
SO WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF ESTIMATING WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE COULD BE.
AND SO WITH THAT ESTIMATION, WE ARE, UH, INCLUDING A 97% COLLECTION RATE.
AND THIS IS THE FIGURE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WHAT WE DO HAVE IS AN ESTIMATE THAT INCLUDES USING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE THE, UH, EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UH, RATE BY 3.5%.
BUT WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT IN THE BUDGET, THE FELLS AND USE TAX, UH, WE HAVE AT 10.7 MILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET, BUT IT'S STILL CONSERVATIVE.
WE'VE USED SOME OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE ECONOMIST.
JOHN HOCKEY KNOWS THAT CAME IN PRESENTED INFORMATION REGARDING THE SALES TAX, UH, DUE TO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC.
WE ARE STILL BEING CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ESTIMATES.
THE OTHER MAJOR AREA FOR REVENUE HAS OUR LICENSES AND PERMITS.
AND WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET, WE DO HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR INCREASES BASED ON VOLUME AND BASED ON, UH, AN INCREASE IN USER FEES PER OUR FINANCIAL POLICY TO USE, UH, THE CPI.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN HERE, AGAIN, THE TOTAL REVENUE WITH TRANSFERS IN APPROXIMATELY 59.9 MILLION PERSONNEL IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR MAJOR EXPENDITURES AT 61.7% OF THE PERSONNEL COST DOES INCLUDE, UM, THE, THE THREE POINT ANNUAL AMOUNT, AS FAR AS THE 3.5% THAT WAS RECENTLY ISSUED TO STAFF.
AND THE TOTAL PERSONNEL INCLUDES A NUMBER OF, UH, 398.
BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THAT SLIDE, I'LL TELL YOU THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT ARE ESTIMATED BY NOW AT 62.7 MILLION, THIS IS INCLUDING A 2.8 MILLION USE OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER ON ANOTHER SLIDE FOR OUR POLICY.
WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, EXPAND AMOUNTS THAT ARE OVER, UH, THE FUND BALANCE POLICY FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES PROPOSED STAFFING AGAIN IS AT 398, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 16.
I WAS THE NET INCREASE, AND THESE INCREASES INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF AN ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALL, UH, 12 STAFF
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MEMBERS FOR FIRE STATION SIX.WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC WORK STAFF, UH, SENIOR INSPECTOR STREETS, TECHNICIAN TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL SPECIALISTS, THEN HR RISK MANAGER.
UH, WE ARE, UH, REMOVING THE TOURISM MANAGER POSITION THAT'S IN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UH, FUND COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE LGC THAT WILL BE TAKING OVER THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, SO AGAIN, THE PROPOSED AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AS IT STANDS NOW IS 398 IN LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND, UH, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY, LOOKING AT ALL THE SOURCES AVAILABLE IF YOU COUNT OUR ESTIMATED BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'LL HAVE TOTAL OF $84.9 MILLION AVAILABLE IN THE EXPENDITURES WILL BE 62.7.
AND WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE AT OVER 22 MILLION.
AS FAR AS THE ASSUMPTIONS, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASING 4%.
AND AGAIN, AS I STATED, A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR OUR SALES TAX INCLUDED OUR ALLOCATIONS OF $5 MILLION, WHICH ARE FROM OUR SUPPLEMENTALS.
SOME OF THAT IS ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES A ONE-TIME EXPENSE OF 483,500 FOR A ONE-TIME PAYMENT TO TMR S FOR OUR UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL LIABILITY.
AND JUST THE, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUND BALANCE AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING SOME OF THE FUND BALANCE.
WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR ESTIMATE FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE AT 91.3 MILLION, OUR EXPENDITURES AT 66.3 WITH AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 25 MILLION.
UH, WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL POLICY, WE HAVE THE METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE PERCENTAGE REQUIREMENT.
OF COURSE, OUR POLICY IS, UH, 20 TO 30%.
AND LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR RECURRENT EXPENDITURES, UH, $25 MILLION WOULD BE A FUN BALANCE OF 47.9%, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT.
THE REQUIREMENT IN DOLLARS IS APPROXIMATELY $15.7 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES $9.3 MILLION AVAILABLE TO FUND ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.
AND THE FUND BALANCE POLICY STATES THAT IF THE FUND BALANCE BALANCE EXCEEDS THE RANGE OF 30%, THE AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE USED FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND SO, AS YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE'D HAVE $2.8 MILLION THAT WE'RE, UH, THAT'S INCLUDED CURRENTLY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THOSE ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES ARE AND POSSIBLE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
SO THIS IS A OVERVIEW OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST OF THE TOTAL REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, INCLUDING RECURRING.
AND ONE TIME WAS ALMOST 6.4 MILLION, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION OF WHICH 2.2 IS RECURRING.
WE ALSO HAD SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR THE PEG MCTV FUND AND PARKLAND ZONE 10.
AND SO THOSE SINCE THEY ARE FUNDED SEPARATELY, UH, WITH SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AS FAR AS THE RECURRING FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT 2.2 INCLUDES, UH, EXPENDITURES FOR FIRE STATION SIX STAFFING IN A ONE-TIME, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY I BELIEVE 1.6 MILLION NOW TO LOOK AT OTHER FUNDS, UM, THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH IS THE FUND, THAT TYPE OF FUND THAT INCLUDES OUR IT AND FLEET REPLACEMENT FUNDS.
SO THE TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE IT'S ABOUT 4.7 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 1 MILLION LEAVING AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3.7.
AND THESE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND, WE'RE ACCUMULATING A BALANCE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD MAJOR REPLACEMENTS AS THEY BECOME DUE, UH, FOR THE IT REPLACEMENT FUND.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY MAJOR REPLACEMENTS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME, UH, BUT THAT'S WHY THERE'S A FUN BALANCE.
IT'S FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENT COSTS, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
NOW THIS PAGE INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOGETHER, BUT OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS INCLUDE OUR TERMS IS PIDS PARKLANDS ZONES, AUTO OCCUPANCY TAX PIG, ASSET SEIZURE.
WE HAVE MUNICIPAL COURT FUNDS AND WE ALSO HAVE GRANTS.
SO ALL OF THEM COMBINED, UH, ARE PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE.
THE TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IS APPROXIMATELY $38 MILLION.
THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 11.6, WITH AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 26.5 MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS, AS FAR AS THE FUND BALANCE IS WITHIN THE TERRORS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, INCLUDING, UH, FUNDS THAT HAVE BOND PROCEEDS REMAINING.
WE HAVE 17.4 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS 12.5 LEAVING AN ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE
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OF 4.8 IN THESE ARE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE DEBT SERVICE, WE HAVE TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE OF 18 MILLION TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 11.6, LEAVING AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 6.4.NOW THIS ONE I KNOW WILL CHANGE.
WE RECENTLY RECEIVED, UM, THE CERTIFICATION OF EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS FROM THE COUNTY.
AND SO THE AMOUNT THAT THEY PROVIDE IN A LETTER, WHICH IS A PART OF YOUR PACKAGE, UM, IS THAT WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL BE USED TO BUY DOWN OUR DEBT SERVICE RATE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THE ESTIMATED REVENUE WILL CHANGE ONCE WE RECEIVE OUR EFFECTIVE OR NO NEW REVENUE RATE THE TRUTH IN TAXATION CALCULATIONS, UTILITY FUNDS, UH, THE TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
SO ALTHOUGH WHEN WE SAY SOURCES, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S CASH THAT WE HAVE 89 POINT ALMOST $9 MILLION, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, 28.1 WITH AN ESTIMATED ENDING NET POSITION OF 61.6, OH, THIS INCLUDES ALL OF OUR UTILITY FUNDS.
UM, AND THE NET POSITION INCLUDES A NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS.
SO THAT'S THE VALUE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR BUILDINGS, UM, OUR LAND, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A NET POSITION OF 89.8, THAT'S NOT MONEY THAT CAN BE SPENT FOR OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS INCLUDES, UH, THE LGC AND SOLID WASTE.
SOLID WASTE IS BASICALLY A PASSWORD IN AND OUT.
WE SUBMIT THOSE INVOICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS, UM, AND WE DO RECEIVE A SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
UH, THE LGC, UM, HAS AN INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR GREEN FEES AND ALSO AN INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.
THE TOTAL SOURCES AVAILABLE WITH LGC AND SOLID WASTE IS 8.5 MILLION WITH TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT OF 8.1, LEADING AN ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 447,000.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE TAX YEAR 2021 TAX ROLL.
THIS IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND IT'S REQUIRED, UH, BY THE PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 26.04.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED, BUT WITHIN THE CODE, IT STATES THAT THE APPRAISAL ROLE SHOULD BE, MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNING BODY.
AND IT INCLUDES THE APPRAISE ASSESS AND TAXABLE VALUES FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES.
WE'LL START WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLL COME FORWARD IN COUNTY FOR 2021.
THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY 7.7 BILLION.
UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW AND THAT'S 74 MILLION.
SO THE TOTAL TAXABLE VAL VALUE, UM, THAT WAS PROVIDED ON THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL IS $7.8 BILLION.
UH, THIS IS A $585 MILLION INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S TAXABLE VALUE AT CERTIFICATION.
UM, AND $147 MILLION OF THAT IS FROM NEW PROPERTY FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED ROLE BECAUSE THEY ARE A LARGE COUNTY.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION TO US.
WE DO HAVE A PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF TAXABLE VALUE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, AND THAT IS OUT OF 518 MILLION.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE WAS IN 2020, AT 402 MILLION.
WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING NEW PROPERTY, TAXABLE VALUE, NEW PROPERTY, TAXABLE VALUES.
UM, BUT THE PRIOR YEAR WAS 1.6.
UH, THE TAX OFFICE ALSO HAS TO PROVIDE, SORRY.
TAX OFFICE ALSO HAS TO PROVIDE US WITH ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE, AND THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AT 100 POINT 38%.
AND THE EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS, WHICH I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WAS $1,056,258.
AGAIN, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION FOR THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, REDUCING THE DEBT SERVICE RATE OVER NEXT STEPS.
UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING ON AUGUST 16TH, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET IN DETAIL, UH, AND WE'LL ALSO BE PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH THE, UH, CERTIFIED FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
AND AT THAT TIME WE'LL BE SETTING THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
AND AUGUST 20TH, THE BUDGET DOCUMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR FOLLOWING.
THEY WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, WE BE SUBMITTING THE BUDGET.
WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE THE BUDGET ADOPTION ON THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE HEARING IF NECESSARY AND ADOPTION, THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE LGC BECAUSE THEY NEED THEIR BUDGET ON THE SAME DAY, ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
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MARION COUNCIL WE WILL BE AS MENTIONED, YOU SAW THAT WE'LL HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, UH, ABOVE OUR EXISTING POLICY.WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN TO BRING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR A POTENTIAL ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.
UH, ADDITIONALLY PUTTING US IN A POSITION, UH, POSSIBLY TO INCREASE OUR BETTER OUR BOND RATING, UM, UH, DO SOME, TAKE SOME STEPS TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE TO HAVE A BETTER, UH, RATING AND A LOWER RATES GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING WITH THE, UM, ON ELECTION THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO TAKE FORWARD.
UH, WE ARE REVIEWING OUR DEBT AS, AS ELENA MENTIONED, POTENTIAL BEING ABLE TO BUY DOWN THAT DEBT SERVICE.
SO WE MADE THEM BE ABLE TO BRING THIS RIGHT DOWN SOME, SOME MORE BEFORE WE GO BACK OUT TO THE MARKET.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS ON YOU, PUT THEM ALL ON THE TABLE TO BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THANK YOU TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL FOR ALL THE HELP.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
I DON'T REMEMBER FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS OR CONCERNS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, I HAVE SEVERAL PENS FOR ITEM FOUR, UM, THAT WILL BE COMING FOR US.
UH, JUST NOTE THAT YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES, UH, I'LL CALL THE FIRST PERSON BRUCE ZEBROWSKI.
I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A BRIDGE TODAY, SO NO ON YOUR BOND ISSUE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE HAVE VIRTUALLY LITTLE SENIOR EXEMPTION ON THESE TAXES.
PROPERTY VALUES ARE RISING RAPIDLY.
YOU KEEP ON POURING MONEY INTO AREAS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T NEED IT.
YOU HAVE 24 MILLION INTO A GOLF COURSE.
THE LAST EMPEROR, MISSOURI CITY PRESENTED $800,000 IN THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND FOR A SPLASH PAD.
WHY DON'T YOU USE THAT TO BUILD YOUR MAINTENANCE SHED FOR THE GOLF COURSE? THE REST OF THE CITY IS TIRED OF YOU SPENDING MONEY IN ONE SECTION AND NOT GETTING IT FOR OTHERS AS A SENIOR I'M OPPOSED TO THIS BOND ISSUE ON ALL LEVELS, BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY.
MY TAXES WOULD HALF OF I LIVE IN ONE BLOCK OVER IN HOUSTON.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY BETTER CITY SERVICES IN HOUSTON.
AT LEAST I'D BE PAYING HALF THE AMOUNT IN TAXES.
YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE MISSOURI SETTING WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BOND ELECTION.
NEXT ONE IS WATERLOO PAY DOMINGEZ.
YOU STATE YOUR NAME, MS. DOMINGUEZ.
I ALSO AM GOING AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE BECAUSE I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN WITH LIMITED INCOME.
AND HOW CAN THIS BENEFIT ME FOR FUN MEADOW SUBDIVISION? I FEEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO EACH BE PAYING A HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH EXTRA ON TAXES.
AND I'VE SAID, I DON'T MIND PAYING MORE TAXES.
WHY SHOULD WE IN METAL? AND WE NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR US.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HOPING THAT Y'ALL THINK ABOUT US WHEN, IF IT SHOULD PASS, HELP US OUT BECAUSE WE NEED THE HELP.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE KIDS.
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE NOBODY CARES ABOUT OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE DON'T GET HELP FOR THEM, THEY'RE GIVING UP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THINGS, YOU KNOW? UM, I'VE, UH, I'M A LOE FOR STAFFORD.
AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S GIVEN A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN, WHICH I COULD PAY TAXES FOR THEM BECAUSE I'VE BENEFITED MORE FROM THEM THAN Y'ALL.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU STOP TO THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN IN FOND METAL SUBDIVISION AND FOR THE ELDERLY AS WORK.
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NEXT IS WILLIAM CRONIN ON ITEM FOUR AND WILLIAM IS GIVEN US SOME HANDOUTS TO, TO REVIEW AS WELL.PUBLIC WORKS, REVIEW THE DRAINAGE ISSUES REGARDING SUBDIVISION.
I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN FOR GREEN SPACE.
SOME TREES HAVE GROWN QUITE HIGH AND ALL THE NORTH ROAD, THERE WAS A CONCERN AS WELL FOR TRAFFIC ALONG SOUTH CRAVINGS AND BUFFALO LAKES DRIVE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH TRAFFIC.
I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT NOISE AND SOUND INCREASED INDUSTRY ALONG BUFFALO LEGS, DRIVERS, SHORTER, POOR CONSIDERATION FOR PARKING.
AS EMPLOYEES ARE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET NOW AND MAKE IT A HAZARD FOR FUTURE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
WE CAN ONLY EXPECT TO INCREASE OR A FEW RESIDENTS AND HAVE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I BELIEVE THERE IS CONCERNS AMONG OTHERS REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF VIEWS.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THESE ITEMS AND WAIT FOR AN ASSESSMENT FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND PLANNING BEFORE APPROVING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NUMBER FOUR.
WE DO HAVE SOME LATER ON FOR SEVEN, UH, ITEM FIVE STAFF REPORTS.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA ]
NONE ITEM SIX CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF? THEY'LL MOVE MOTION BY BONY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD SECOND, IS THERE DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS ]
PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM SEVEN, A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLANS, DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85 TO ALLOW MSU MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT USES REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REFERENCING A SITE PLAN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION TO COME IN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT NUMBER 85 TELL OFFER TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE WESTERN MOST PART OF THE 11 ACRE TRACT.
THIS PD IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF TEXAS PARKWAY, SOUTH OF US, 90 EAST OF BULLYING AND WEST OF SOUTH GREENLAND DRUG.
THE PD CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR LCU THREE RETAIL WAREHOUSE AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR MSU WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX CONSISTING OF 108 UNITS, BOTH ONE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOM, A CLUBHOUSE, A SWIMMING POOL, AND A DOG PARK.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH A 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW FOR MFT ON THE WESTERN SIX ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
MOVING ON TO THE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE BASE ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
ON THIS PD, THE STAFF HAS ASKED THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON HOW THEY ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 11 AND PARTICULARLY THE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENT.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDED AN UPDATE THAT THEY WILL USE MASONRY FENCING ALONG THE PERIMETER, EXCEPT FOR WHERE THERE IS A 60 FOOT WIDE PIPELINE EASEMENT.
AND ON THAT EASEMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO OPT FOR.
INSTEAD THOSE SHOW REDUCED PARKING, HOWEVER, STAFF RECOMMENDED THE APPLICANT MEET THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 12, WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS ACTUALLY PREPARED A FEW SLIDES AND SOME TALKING POINTS.
IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WAS ON THE P AND Z? I KNOW IT CAME OVER RECOMMENDED, BUT DO WE HAVE A COUNT ON THAT 5, 4, 5, 4? THERE'S AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
SO I MOVED THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ARE I ASKED FOR A MOTION IN A PUBLIC HEARING? I MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THE PRESENTATION.
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IS THAT OKAY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.GOOD TO BE IN PERSON GARY WITH TWO EYES REPRESENTING THE BROKERAGE ON THE LAND DEAL HERE I HAVE WITH ME, UH, JEFFREY MARTIN FROM LAND PLAN ENGINEERING AND THE P ON THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, CL LAUER ALSO WITH DOING THE PLANNING ON THIS ONE, DO YOU MEAN TO YOU ALL THE FIRST, PRETTY MUCH TALKS ABOUT ARE JUST LAYOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ON THERE.
IT'S JUST AN OVERLAY, UH, ACRE, UH, EMPTY LAND FOR THE LAST 14 AND A HALF YEARS.
SO WE JUST PUT THAT ON THE EXISTING LAYOUT.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THERE OTHER THAN JUST SHOW YOU WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, HOW WE PROPOSE TO BRING IT IN, UH, SWEET WAYS TO GET IT IN ADAMS STREET, WHICH IS GOING EAST TO WEST.
WE PROPOSE THIS AS A GATED COMMUNITY.
IT IS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY, SO WE ARE PUTTING 20% OF TRAFFIC GOING EAST TO WEST.
AND THEN ON DREAM COURT, WE'RE PROPOSING 40% OF THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
AND THE OTHER THIRD GRADE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REMAINDER TRAFFIC.
SO WE'RE JUST SHOWCASING THE GATES, UM, OFF IN AND OUT ACCESS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF, WHERE ARE YOU THANKFUL TO THE STAFF MEMBERS AND THE PNC TEAM WHERE WE'VE PUT HERE 108 UNITS ON A 180 8 SPACE PARKING LOT.
WE DID TAKE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THERE IS PLENTY OF BUFFER ZONE.
WE HAVE TWO DETENTION AREAS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, WE'VE GOT ALMOST AN ACRE DETENTION ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE GOT A FENCE LINE FOR ABOUT EIGHT FEET ON A MAINSTREAM WALL, ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY.
THE GATES ARE SHOWN, UH, ON THE NORTH ELITE NORTHEAST WITH ADAMS, ANOTHER GATE AND DREAM ANOTHER PROPOSED GATES.
AND WITH THAT, WE CALL FOR A DOG PARK.
WE ALSO CALL FOR A SWIMMING PILL AND WE CALL IT FOR COURTYARD AMENITIES.
SO WE'VE STUDIED THIS ENOUGH TO THE POINT THAT WE FEEL IT'S THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THAT AREA.
THAT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH UNDERDEVELOPED FOR, FOR 14 YEARS, BUT WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE ANY AND ALL COMMENTS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY STEP ONE.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE JEFF A 30 SECONDS OF MY TIME, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS ON THE ENGINEERING PARTNER, JEFF, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT WE TRIED TO WEIGH THIS OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A VERY LARGE AREA FOR ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES.
AS FROM LISTENING TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS EARLIER, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE, PARTICULARLY TO THE SOUTH OF US.
I THINK WE HAVE MORE THAN ADEQUATE WITH TWO AREAS TO BE LANDSCAPE, BUT WITH DETENTION PONDS THERE, UM, WE WILL INCREASE THE PARKING, UH, TO THE ONE 90.
UM, WE, I SHOULD SAY VERY QUICKLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUFFER SOME USES A SINGLE FAMILY VERSUS INDUSTRIAL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE A GATED COMMUNITY.
WE WELL CONSTRAIN ACCESS VIA THOSE GATES DRAINAGE IS SOMETHING WE WILL WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON TO REFINE EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND HOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AS THE NOISE, WHICH IS, WAS RAISED BY A FEW PEOPLE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, WE HAVE FENCES AND WALLS TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION, UH, AROUND THIS AREA.
AND IT IS A SOMEWHAT INWARD FACING DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU MAY NOTE ON THIS IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT MAY GENERATE NOISE, I CAN MENTION THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, THE THREE ACTS, UH, TRAFFIC ACCESS POINTS, AND VERY QUICKLY I WILL HAND IT OVER TO OUR PLANNER, UM, JUST TO DRIVE HOME THE POINT THAT WE DO HAVE THREE ACCESS ACCESS TO THIS WILL BE OFF OF DREAM COURT, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE CLUBHOUSE.
AND FROM THERE THERE'S A DROP-OFF AREA.
AND THEN THE RESIDENCE AND GO ON AROUND THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR WHAT THE GATED COMMUNITY.
THIS WILL STOP A LOT OF CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC TO ADAM STREET.
UM, I THINK MOST OF IT'S GONNA COME OFF A DRINK COURT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON.
UM, AND THEN THE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE N WORD, WE HAD A POOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
ALSO KEEP DOWN A LOT OF THE NOISE WITH THE U SHAPE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, UH, ARCHITECTURAL, BECAUSE YOUR DECK AREAS AND STUFF ALL BE INWARD.
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AND ALONG WITH THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE AROUND THE SIDE.SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS, I DON'T THINK NOISE IS GOING TO BE A FACTOR.
UM, THIS ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS ZONED INDUSTRIAL, THOSE PD.
UM, THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY THAT ARE ON WHAT I WILL CALL THE EAST AND THE SOUTH.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD REALLY WANT INDUSTRIAL.
THAT'S WHY YOU USUALLY END UP HAVING SOME SORT OF MULTIFAMILY BETWEEN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AND A SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THIS IS WHY THIS IS A GOOD USE FOR THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE SCREEN GREEN SPACE RIGHT NOW, BUT EVERYTHING GETS DEVELOPED.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DETENTION AREAS ON THE NORTH SOUTH.
UH, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT WATER, OUR WATER STAYS ON OUR PROPERTY.
LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO ATTAIN AND THEN GO OFF.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, ANY QUESTIONS OF US FROM THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN AFTER THAT COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS, OKAY, THANK YOU.
THE CITY DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN THE CITY.
SECRETARY WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME IS REACHED.
UH, WE'LL GO WITH BILL CRONIN.
WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN THERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE RETENTION POND SHOWS ON THAT SCREEN WONDER RETENTION POND.
I WROTE HERE SOME OF THESE I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT THROUGH AGAIN AND COVER THAT FROM LATER, UH, REGARDING ORDER NUMBER SEVEN OH A ONE I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO HOLD OFF ON APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
IN QUESTION UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT IS PROVIDED REGARDING THE PROPOSED A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE DEVELOPER TO INCLUDE A RETENTION POND.
THIS IN ITSELF MAY OR MAY NOT ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES ON PINE MEADOW DRIVE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
IN FACT MAY EXACERBATE THE ISSUE IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
AGAIN, A CAREFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, MAYBE AN ORDER I RESPECT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP HIS INVESTMENT.
AND I PERSONALLY AM KNOWN AGAINST THE BOLDT PROPERTY MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT NEEDS TO BE MORE RESEARCH ON THIS.
THE OWNER DEVELOPER AS EXPOSED TO SPELL, WANT TO BE A CREATIVE DATA COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT PREVENTS US FROM UTILIZING
I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE AS WELL.
THE OWNER AND DEVELOPERS ALREADY POSTED A SIGN ADVERTISING MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON A SECTION OF HIS PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL IS SECTION THAT IS NOT SOLD FOR RESIDENTIAL.
DOES THIS MEAN THEY MAY HAVE A PRE-APPROVAL FROM SOMEONE ON THE ZONING COMMISSION OR COUNCIL PROPOSALS FOR MILD? I WOULD RESPECT OR CONCERNS.
WE'LL HAVE A NET SIMMONS STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1126, MY SORORITY DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY IN OPPOSITION OF, UM, OUR COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR, UM, KIND OF DIFFICULT TO BE UP HERE SPEAKING, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY WHEN PINE MEADOWS IS RIGHTLY IMPACTED AND THOSE RESIDENTS, UH, ALSO HAVE CONCERNS.
OUR CONCERN IS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY OPENING UP ADAM STREET.
AND WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY IMPACT TO COMMUNITY PAYMENTS VILLAGE ABOUT IN THE STATES IS A VERY OLD HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF MAINLY ELDERLY PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, UH, OPENING ADAMS TO FLOW TRAFFIC JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONDUCIVE TO WHAT WE STAND FOR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT SEEMS UNFAIR AND UNFORTUNATE THAT WE REALLY DO NOT HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE WHEN THERE'S A REVENUE, BIG TAX REVENUE IN BARB, WE'VE INVESTED OUR LIVES WORK TOWARDS PURCHASING AT HOME SETS.
WE CHOOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HELD TO PROTECT OUR
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INVESTMENTS.WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHO REALLY IS PROTECTING THIS FROM HAPPENING.
UM, HOW HAS IT, OUR REPRESENTATIVES ALLOWING TWO NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS ONE PROJECT, THE DEVELOPERS SPOKE ABOUT 20% ACCESS FOR ADAMS. 20% ACCESS HAS AN ACCESS SIGNIFICANT TO CHANGE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT GATED COMMUNITIES AND WE ALL KNOW THAT GATED COMMUNITIES ONLY GATED COMMUNITY.
ONCE THE GATE DOESN'T WORK, IT'S NO LONGER A GATED COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, UM, BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IMPACTED BY WAREHOUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S TRUCKS THAT GET CAUGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS DAMAGED OUR STREETS.
WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL NOR REPRESENTATIVE CAN REALLY CONTROL THAT.
AND SO TO TRUST THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THIS, THESE THINGS WILL NOT HAPPEN IS JUST NOT, HAS NOT BEEN PRACTICED.
WE BY OUR COMMUNITY NEED IS EVERYTHING.
WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH POLICE DO NOT FREQUENT AREAS DUE TO CRIME, UH, WE ARE VIGILANT AND TAKEN CARE OF OUR HOMES, OUR YARDS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE THEY PITTED TO ME OF WHAT A TRUE COHESIVE COMMUNITY IS.
WHY IS THERE NOT ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT PROTECTS US BY DIVERTING TRAFFIC TO THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, AS OPPOSED TO THE RESIDENTIAL, THE POTENTIAL FOR SMELL OVERS AFFECTS US OR INEVITABLE.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS IS NOT ISOLATED THAN THE PROPENSITY OF NOISE TRAFFIC, EXCESSIVE LIGHTING, CRIME AND PROPERTY WILL BE DEVALUED.
IF THERE ARE NOT CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUFFERS TO MINIMIZE VISIBILITY BARRIERS THAT SEPARATE THESE BUILDINGS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY AS WELL, WHO WOULD PAY FOR THIS IS THE DEVELOPER BEING REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE MITIGATION FUNDS FOR THESE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES ALTERNATIVE WITH THESE FUNDS SET ASIDE, REACHED YOUR TIME LIMIT.
I HAVE MY QUESTIONS IN A MEMO.
I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT WITH COUNSEL TO MARIA AND THANK YOU.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
IS GOING TO COST MISSOURI CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND I DON'T THINK THE DEVELOPERS HAVE ADDRESSED THIS AT ALL.
UM, I'M SURE YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR CUSTOMARY ARGUMENTS AGAINST CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCES, WHERE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE EXPECTED, LOTS OF HOME VALUES, NOISE, FLOODING, AND DRAINAGE ISSUES, LOSS OF PRIVACY.
THESE ARE ALL VALID ARGUMENTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOWER YOUR TAX BASE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOWEVER, THE FOOT TRAFFIC ALONE OF THE POSITIONING OF THIS COMPLEX IS GOING TO CREATE A PROBLEM THAT Y'ALL, AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF.
THE POSITION OF THIS APARTMENT.
COMPLEX PROPOSAL IS GOING TO CREATE DIRECT FOOT TRAFFIC PATHS THROUGH CRAISINS AND IN THE STATES TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, UM, THE FOOT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO CUT THE ROBINSON HOME ROBINSON HOMESTEAD.
THIS IS ON THE CORNER OF BULL AND ADAMS. THIS IS THE FOUNDING FAMILY OF MISSOURI CITY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY ECLECTIC.
WE'VE GOT HUNDRED YEAR OLD HOMES.
WE'VE GOT 50 YEAR OLD HOMES AND WE HAVE BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION, ADAMS, MOCKINGBIRD, PORTIONS OF MESA VERDA AND ECHO CREEK DRIVE ARE ALL OPEN DITCH AND SIDEWALK, ABSENT THOROUGHFARES FROM THE MOMENT FAMILIES MOVE IN AND ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
MISSOURI CITY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE SAFE WALKING PATHWAYS BETWEEN THESE APARTMENTS AND THE SCHOOLS.
THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONE WILL COST MILLIONS.
THERE ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO ADD SIDEWALKS PATHWAYS? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE KIDS DROP TRASH.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRASH TRAIL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR CLEANING UP HE'S WALKING PATHS.
THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT WITHOUT SIDEWALKS, THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE PLAYING FROGGER AND TRAFFIC.
IS IT GOING TO TAKE A DEAD KID BEFORE WE VOTED TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS? WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS BEFOREHAND.
YOU KNOW, THESE STREETS WERE NOT DEVELOPED BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL
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NEIGHBORHOOD.THERE'S A REASON THIS LAND IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL IT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN GO AS A BOSS OF A COMPANY.
WE CAN DRIVE IN AND DRIVE OUT.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO USE THE SOUTH MAIN FEEDER ROAD.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO OUT THAT WAY, BUT THEY WANT TO COME IN AND OUT THE HISTORIC SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE ROAD IS NOT PAVED.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OR SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER? I SKIPPED ONE OLLIE, JUST STUCK TO MY OTHER PIECE OF PAPER.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HEARING.
UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM FOR THIS PROJECT 100% AND THE AREA NEEDS IT AND I RESPECT.
UM, YOU, DEVELOPER'S GOING TO COME UP.
UM, I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT COMPANY YOU GUYS HAVE PARTNER WITH AND HAVE YOU GUYS ADDRESSED ANY CAPACITY ISSUES RELATED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? YOU I'M GONNA LET YOU TAKE THAT ONE TOO.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, WE'RE NOT THAT FAR.
I KNOW EVERYBODY IS HUNG UP ON THE SITE PLAN ISSUES, BUT THAT ALL HAD NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH OTHER WORKS.
AND THEN DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITIES, THIS IS ARVIN DESIGNED FOR INDUSTRIAL.
I MEAN, AND THERE'S ALREADY UTILITIES IT'S AROUND THIS PROPERTY AND I KNOW THERE'S WORK.
SINGLE FAMILY THERE'S UTILITIES THERE, SO I DON'T QUITE FOLLOW IT WILL BE THERE.
ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE MULTIFAMILY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL LAID OUT FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.
SO THAT WAS DONE ON EIGHT 12, CORRECT? I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THIS CODE FOR EL C3, A WAREHOUSE INDUSTRIAL.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT'S AT.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS WAS KIND OF SAYING, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE FURTHER GROWTH WHEN YOU'RE ADDING 105 APARTMENTS? UH, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE WORDS.
HAVE YOU KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY? I THINK THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS GOING TO CAPACITY.
I MEAN, INDUSTRIAL IS USUALLY THAT'S FAIR.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION A LOT LARGER FOR INDUSTRIAL APARTMENTS AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WAREHOUSE LITERALLY STOPPED.
THE VISIT ALREADY HAS THREE PHASE POWER.
SO WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR CAPACITY.
UH, KIND OF ADDRESS THIS JUST BECAUSE IT'S ZONED AS, UH, UH, WHAT IS IT? THREE OR YEAH, PD THERE'S GOING TO BE IN NUTS CAPACITY.
UH, I THINK THE QUESTION HERE WAS SPECIFIC TO UTILITIES.
UTILITIES MEANS I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS REFERRING TO WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY.
UM, I BELIEVE WCID NUMBER TWO PROVIDES THOSE SERVICES HERE.
UH, AGAIN, UH, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AS ADEQUATE CAPACITY TO SERVE THIS DEVELOPMENT OR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES HERE, THAT IS A PROCESS THAT AFTER THE ZONING AND WHEN THE SITE PLAN IS SUBMITTED AND THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS ARE PROVIDED, THAT'S WHEN WE CONFER WITH THE UTILITY DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THE CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE, BUT GENERALLY TO PROVIDE THE IDEA TO THIS COUNCIL, WCID NUMBER TWO SERVICES TO UTILITIES HERE AND BROADLY SPEAKING, THAT IS UTILITY CAPACITY.
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JOSH.I HAD A QUESTION RELATIVE TO, UH, UH, THE FLOODING QUESTION OR DRAINAGE, UH, WHETHER, UH, IT'S REZONED TO BE THE PD OR REMAINS LC THREE, WHATEVER IS BUILT THERE.
WOULD THEY BE UNDER THE SAME STANDARDS? AS FAR AS EXPECTATIONS DRAINAGE WAS A MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE DRAINAGE HERE IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S AN OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE SYSTEM, A ROADSIDE DITCHES THAT SERVE DRAINAGE HERE.
A LOT OF THIS OUTFALLS SOUTH INTO WHAT WE CALL THE CANTALOUPE DITCH AND THE BUFFALO RUN DETENTION POND THAT YOU SEE THERE.
UH, WE ARE AWARE OF THAT AND WE ARE WORKING ON A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS WIDENING THE CANDIDACY DITCH TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF A RELIEF HERE.
THAT'S THE BROAD CONCEPT OF BRANDING AROUND HERE, BUT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT OR ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT DEVELOP WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MITIGATE THE DRAINAGE RUNOFF, HE'S GOING TO BUILD, UH, ARE REQUIRED TO BUILD DRAINAGE DETENTION PONDS.
THAT'S GOING TO HOLD THE WATER AND THEN SLOWLY RELEASE IT BACK TO THE DHR TO THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER IS AT THE ZONING STAGE.
THEY'RE NOT PREVENT, UH, PROVIDED US A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT, BUT THEN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SHOULD THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING COUNCIL REAL QUICK? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE NEXT ITEM WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AND SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? WE ALREADY DID THAT.
UM, JUST GOT A MEMO FROM THAT'S FINE.
UM, SO EGO STATED, WE DID VOTE STATED THAT YOU HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND, HOWEVER, I WILL CLARIFY THAT YOU ALL CAN CONTINUE TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO THE MOTION AND SECONDS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR, OR YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR AND THEN VOTE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION UNDER THAT.
I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING.
THE NEXT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF? WE HAVE A MOTION, NO EMOTION ITEM, SEVEN PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON AND TO CONSIDER COMMUNITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUR 2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION RELATED TO THE PLAN AMY MOORE.
UH, THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST FOR THE 2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IS A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM PROVIDING COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES TO ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
WE ARE AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY, SO WE RECEIVE FUNDS DIRECTLY THROUGH HOW'S IT, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES THAT EVERY PROGRAM MUST MEET IS THAT THEY MUST BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, PREVENT OR ELIMINATE SWANS AND BLIGHT AND MEET AN URGENT NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS IS A LIST OF ELIGIBLE CDBG ACTIVITIES.
AND THIS IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE INELIGIBLE USES OF CDBG FUNDS.
OUR CDBG TARGET AREA MAP, UM, IS BASED OFF OF THE CENSUS AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THE AREAS OF FONDREN HUNTERS, GLEN, THIS STREET, 12 GREEN COURT ROAD AND THE LEXINGTON MURPHY ROAD.
THE CURRENT CDBG PROGRAM HERE, UM, IS, HAS AN ALLOCATION FOR $10,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, 16,500 FOR FORT BEN SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS, $167,699 FOR A LARGE SCALE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP CAMPAIGN, UH, $53,341 FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND A TOTAL OF $61,885 TO GO TOWARDS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION OF SALARIES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, TRAVEL AND TRAINING DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS, PUBLICATION AND DELIVERY COSTS AND FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
AND THIS IS A TOTAL OF $309,425.
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IN MIND THAT BY TOMORROW WE WILL SEND THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL AND BY AUGUST 15TH, 2021, THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL CLOSE AND AUGUST 16TH THAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO HUD.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON IT WAS THAT STERLING BY STERLING, JARED DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES IN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AWAY FROM THE DICE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON ITEM 72 PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON A FRANCHISE FOR GAS SERVICES REQUESTED BY SITE ENERGY AND CONSIDER A RELATED ORDINANCE ON THE FIRST OF THREE READINGS CITY ATTORNEY, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY GRANTING TO SEE ENERGY LP, THE RIGHT PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, EXTEND, REMOVE, OR REPLACE ABANDONED, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN ITS FACILITIES WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DELIVERY SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS AND TAINTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FOREGOING SUBJECTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OR DID YOU HAVE MORE TO PRESENT ON IT? COUNCIL MEMBERS
DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY, NO, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF I MAY JUST DESCRIBE THE PROJECT BRIEFLY, THIS ITEM PROVIDES FOR A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR C ENERGY LP FOR GAS SERVICES UNDER THE CITIES, THE CITY CHARTER, THE CITY COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES.
THIS ITEM IS THE FIRST OF THREE READINGS.
THE PROCESS ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE ON THREE READINGS.
IT PUBLICATION WILL BE PLACED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THAT THE FRANCHISE MIGHT BE GRANTED AND THAT THE FRANCHISE ITSELF WOULD NOT BECOME UNTIL 45 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FRANCHISE.
AGAIN, THIS SPECIFIC FRANCHISE RELATES TO C ENERGY GAS.
THE CITY ALSO HAS ARRANGEMENTS WITH CENTER POINT GAS AS WELL.
YOU ALL WILL SEE THAT FRANCHISE LATER ON THIS YEAR AND AN ELECTRIC, UH, ELECTRIC UTILITY FRANCHISE WITH CENTER POINT AS WELL.
THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES FOR A 20 YEAR TERM.
THE CITY'S CHARTER AUTHORIZES THE COUNCIL TO GRANT FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS UP TO 50 YEARS.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS 20 YEARS AND PROVIDES FOR FIVE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS SPECIFIC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE ENERGY TO APPLY FOR OTHER PERMITS THAT RELATE TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT FOR WHICH THIS, UH, THIS FRANCHISE ESSENTIALLY SERVES AS A SUBSTITUTE, THE FRANCHISE FEE IS 4.5%.
THE CURRENT FEE THAT C ENERGY IS PAYING US 4%.
SO THERE IS A 0.5% INCREASE WITH THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE AND QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS.
JOYCE ITEM EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS.
ITEM NINE AUTHORIZATIONS I MADE THERE.
WASN'T A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER.
I HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD SECOND
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COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION.
ONE MORE MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT IT ON THE FIRST READING COUNCIL MEMBER? IS THERE A SECOND SECOND, A FLIGHT EMORY MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
[9. AUTHORIZATIONS ]
NINE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF MATERIALS FOR RIBS.YOU PARK SPLASH, PAG GOT DIRECTOR JASON MANGA.
THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU.
ONCE AGAIN TODAY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I MADE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ABOUT A PROPOSED A SPLASH PAD.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS BEING LARGELY FUNDED BY OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PRIMARILY A QUALITY FUND, UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, WE'RE TO THE POINT IN THE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE COMING TO AUTHORIZATION TO, TO BUILD THAT SPLASH PAD.
UM, I HAVE INCLUDED IN THE, UM, THE, THE, UM, IMAGES FROM THE SPLASH PAD THAT I SHARED WITH YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO, AS WELL AS, UH, THE QUOTE FROM OUR VENDOR LONESTAR RECREATION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF MATERIALS FOR RICHIE PARK SPLASH PAD AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, SECONDLY, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, IS THERE A DISCUSSION OF THE TOTAL COSTS OF THIS, UM, $869,000? THE FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN IS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE COVER MEMO.
UM, WE HAVE A $750,000 DONATION FROM THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND.
WE HAVE $53,000 COMING FROM PARKLAND OR ZONE SEVEN.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR $66,000 FROM JASON, IF YOU CAN CLARIFY AS NOT JUST SPLASH PADS, OTHER AMENITIES AS WELL IN RESTROOMS. THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES, UM, REPLACING THE SOUTH RESTROOM AT, UH, AT RIDGEVIEW PARK, UM, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR 2018, UH, PARKS ASSESSMENT AS BEING, UH, NEEDING TO BE REPLACED BOTH RESTROOMS THERE.
UM, PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, MEETING TO BUILD A RESEARCH FACILITIES FOR THE SPLASH PAD, WE WILL BE REMOVING THAT ENTIRE RESTROOM FACILITY AND BUILDING A NEW RESTROOM, UH, BUILDING AS WELL.
UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES A SHADE, SHADE STRUCTURE.
SO, UM, FOR, FOR PARENTS THAT ARE THERE WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND TO GET OUT OF THE HOT TEXAS SUN, AS WELL AS SOME SITE AMENITIES SUCH AS BENCHES, DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE THE REPAIR OR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRAIL? NOPE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE BOND PROPOSAL.
AND JASON, COULD YOU JUST REITERATE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAMILIES IN MISSOURI CITY? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THIS, THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK.
IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY IN, IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE VISITING THIS PARK TO PARTAKE IN THIS AMENITY THE SAME WAY WE HAVE A LOT OF FIELD VISITING A HUNDRED GRAND RIGHT NOW FOR, UM, THE ONLY OTHER SPLASH PAD THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THE, UH, $800,000 THAT WE RECEIVED IS COMING FROM THE HOA.
AND THERE'S NOT ANY PART OF ANY CITY FUNDS.
SO THESE FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SPLASH PAD.
AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO, TO THE HOA THAT, UH, IF WE, UM, ACCEPT THESE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD USE IT FOR THE SPLASH PAD CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THANK YOU, JASON, JUST FOR CLARITY, THIS ISN'T THE ADDITIONAL $66,000, UM, THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT THAT YOU WERE COMING BACK FOR.
THIS IS A, AN A, WE ARE ASKING FOR A $66,000.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY NOW THAT THEY PROVIDED THE $800,000 CHECKS.
BUT I JUST STAND BY MY COMMENT THAT I MADE TWO WEEKS AGO.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH, I WOULDN'T SAY A WASTE, BUT I THINK THAT THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE
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GETTING READY TO ALLOCATE FOR THIS PART COULD BE PRETTY MUCH DISPERSED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, UM, AT VARIOUS OTHER PARTS AND VARIOUS OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.SO I DON'T CONDONE SPENDING THIS MONEY ON AS FAR AS, ALTHOUGH I WILL BE OPEN TO EVERYONE FOR ACCESS.
I DO THINK WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY IN A MUCH WISER DECISION.
JASON, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PARKS THAT ARE ADA COMPLIANT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE CERTAIN FEATURES OF THIS PARK THAT WERE A HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
SO HOW DO OUR OTHER PARKS COMPARE TO THIS? YEAH, SO, UM, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BUILT SINCE I'VE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN ADA COMPLIANT.
SO, UM, WE, WE RECENTLY CONDUCTED OUR ADA ASSESSMENT OR SELF-ASSESSMENT AND OUR TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH PUTS US IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADA, WITH THE LAW.
UM, AND SO WE WILL GRADUALLY BE BRINGING ALL OUR FACILITIES, NOT JUST OUR PARKS FACILITIES, BUT THESE FACILITIES IN EVERY FACILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY UP TO COMPLIANCE.
HOWEVER, EVERY PROJECT THAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, IN THE CITY, SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I CAN, I CAN SPEAK FOR THESE PROJECTS, HAVE ALL BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ADA, UM, ALL, ANY OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION PARKS.
UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE THAT WE HAVE AN ADA ASSESSMENT DONE, UH, PRIOR TO, TO US RELEASING THE FINAL, UM, ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE, WE ALL, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE, THAT WE BUILD ARE ADA COMPLIANT AND THIS PARK HAS ADDITIONAL ADA, 80 ADA FEATURES.
YEAH, SO THIS, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, UH, PLAYGROUNDS IN THE CITY THAT WAS FULLY ADA COMPLIANT.
HOWEVER, THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE HAVE BUILT SINCE THEN ARE, ARE ALSO EDIE COMPLIANT.
AND WE TALK ABOUT ADA COMPLIANCE ON A, ON A PLAYGROUND.
IT REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF FEATURES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.
UM, SO NOT EVERY FEATURE ON A PLAYGROUND IS, BUT THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE FEATURES THAT HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, UM, TO, TO THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE USING IT.
AND WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE ON ALMOST ALL OUR NEW PLAYGROUNDS.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME OLDER PLAYGROUNDS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH HOS.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE WITH MUDS AND THIS HOA, AND I KNOW FIRST COLONIES WORKING ON SOME GREAT THINGS, SO LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
UH, SO WE ARE DONE WITH DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, YAY.
THOSE OPPOSED? NO, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE.
[10. ORDINANCES ]
ORDINANCES.I UNDERSTAND AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING SINGLE MEMBER, DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS OR DISTRICTS, A B, C, AND D PROVIDING FOR JOINT ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 WITH OTHER ENTITIES CONTRACTING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY, RESPECTIVELY FOR SUCH JOINT ELECTIONS, PROVIDING FOR ELECTION PRECINCTS UNFOLDING PLACES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER? CLOUSER I MEAN, STERLING, I CAN'T HEAR YOU DOWN THERE.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY YES, THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES.
ITEM 10, B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG THE COUNTS, APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER? EMORY SECOND, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION FINANCIAL SERVICES? THANK YOU, SIR.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
[11. RESOLUTIONS ]
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11 RESOLUTIONS COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING CONSENT TO MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.NUMBER TWO, THE AMEX APPROXIMATELY 96.57 ACRES OF LAND THAT SHE WAITED WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AGAIN, UH, THE ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A RESOLUTION TO GRANT A MINNESOTA CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER TWO TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 96.57 ACRE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BEND PARKWAY AND STATE HIGHWAY SIX.
UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS FOUR PENN TOWN CENTER.
NUMBER THREE, UH, MMD NUMBER TWO CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 350 ACRES OF LAND WITH THIS ANNEXATION.
IT'LL ADD ANOTHER 96 ACRES OF LAND INTO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THAT IS DOWN A PERSON REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES ITEM 11, B OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO FACILITATE THE CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE RE-INVESTMENT PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE.
NUMBER TWO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, OR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN PROJECTS OR CERTAIN RETAIL AND MIXED USE FAMILY MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS RESOLUTION IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THIS WILL BE IN RESOLUTION TO DEMONSTRATES TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UH, FBP THEATER PROJECTS, UH, AS A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DRIVER WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THE STAFF, UH, IS DIRECTED THROUGH THIS TO FACILITATE THE CONSIDERATION AND AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN OR THE REIMBURSE REIMBURSEMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
NUMBER TWO MISSOURI SAY, AND FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN PROJECT COSTS, AS YOU WILL RECALL ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDED FOR UP TO $4 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENT OF THE ZONE PROJECT COST DEVELOPERS REQUESTS AND CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER AMENDING THE PROJECT AND THE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE ZONE UNTIL ALLOW FOR SUBSTITUTION OF CERTAIN PROJECT COSTS REIMBURSEMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, THE DEVELOPERS REQUESTS AND CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF FACILITATE THE CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS AS MENTIONED TO THE ZONE PROJECT AND FINDING SOME PLAN FOR THE ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT OF $9 MILLION, UH, IN PROJECT COSTS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND TOLLWAY, THE RESOLUTION IS NINE 10 AND TO WAIVE ANY REQUIRED PROCESS OR PROCEDURES FROM CITY, NOR IS IT INTENDED TO OBLIGATE OR CONVEY BINDING RIGHTS OR PRIVILEGES UPON THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS ARE FORTHCOMING ONE CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED EXPANSION OF TOURIST TO BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL 2.09 ACRES AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT MENTAL ROAD.
SECOND, CONSIDER A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO, OR AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTERS, REINVESTMENT ZONE AND FINANCING PLAN, AND THIRD CONSIDERATION PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER AS AFOREMENTIONED FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF PROJECT COST UP TO $9 MILLION.
UH, THE, THE RESOLUTION IS BEFORE YOU, AND AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND DEVELOPERS ARE HERE IN THE EVENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
UM, IS THERE DISCUSSION AND I'D LIKE TO ASK THE DEVELOPERS TO COME FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO GET A BIG REGIONAL PROJECT HERE.
UH, WE ARE SLIGHTED PLAYED AT ALL A BIDDING FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER.
WE'RE SLATED TO BREAK GROUND FOR THE THEATER ON NIGHT, FIRST PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK ALL OF YOU MANAGER.
ALL OF YOU HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD ON THIS.
MY TEAM, PAUL, STEVE ROBINSON, COUNCILMAN BONI.
UM, WE GET THE SOUTHEAST CORNER REQUIRES VERY DIFFICULT.
ASSEMBLAGE IT'S TO BE QUITE A PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
WE APPRECIATE HAVING A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
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NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL AND MAYOR ELOQUENT.WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, UH, FIFTH GROUNDBREAKING THIS MONTH AT 10:00 AM.
AND I'LL LET STEVE ROBINSON ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, STEVE ROBINSON, UH, AS WAS DESCRIBED BY BILL, UM, AT FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN VERY CHALLENGING TIMES, UH, TO GET A THEATER PROJECT BUILT, UH, DURING, UH, COVID, UH, IS, UH, HAS TAKEN AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT.
UM, THERE AREN'T OTHER THEATERS, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY BEING BUILT.
AND SO WE, WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY ARE ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, EACH CHOICE THAT WE INTERACT WITH MOSTLY, UH, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
UM, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS RESOLUTION PROVIDES THE PATH MOVING SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS, UH, PROJECT MOVING, UH, AND, UH, IT, IT ADDRESSES THE, UH, BOTH THE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE FINANCED, UH, AND, UH, MAKES THIS PROJECT, UH, VIABLE, UM, AND, UH, UH, BOTH THE MMD TWO AND THE TERRORS PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE, UH, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND ARE SUPPORTIVE.
AND SO WE, WE THANK, UH, FOR, UH, THE SUPPORT.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION, UH, THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, BUT, UH, WITH, WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION, UH, THE DEVELOPER IS PREPARED TO, TO BEGIN MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND ALL BIDS ARE IN HAND READY TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION ON MAY 1ST.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER YOU OR STEVE TO SPEAK TO THE TYPE OF PROJECT DISEASE AND HOW THIS IS NOT COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS ANY DIRECT INCENTIVES, BUT THAT THIS IS MORE OF A PROJECT AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BONY, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UH, YOU, YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY CREATED A TERSE TO, UH, AND MADE A COMMITMENT, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UH, PART OF THE REASON WHY TERS IS, ARE A PREFERRED FORM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, THAT THEY'RE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE-BASED MEANING THAT THE, THE PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PAID FOR IN THAT TERMS ARE NOT PAID UNLESS THE DEVELOPER PERFORMS. SO THE DEVELOPER, ALL OF THE COSTS AND THE TERRORS THAT THEY WILL BE REPAID OR HAVE TO BE PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER UPFRONT.
AND THEN IF THE PROJECT PRODUCES, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ANTICIPATE THEN, AND ONLY THEN IS THE DEVELOPER ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER IN FORT MAN COUNTY THAT RECENTLY AGREED TO EXTEND THE TERRORS FOR 20 YEARS, UH, WHICH MEANS THAT A PORTION OF YOUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS IN THE CITY ARE ACTUALLY BEING PAID FOR BY YOUR PARTNER, UH, UH, THE, UH, UH, UH, FORT WAYNE COUNTY.
AND SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW THIS IS BEING PAID FOR.
THE SECOND PART IS THAT WE HAVE CREATED A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT LEVIES ITS OWN TAX JUST ON THIS PROJECT.
SO INSTEAD OF, UH, THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR THOSE COMING OUT OF ANY GENERAL FUNDS OR BOND FUNDS OF THE CITY, THOSE ARE ALL BEING PAID FOR BY THE TAX LEVIED BY THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
AND SO, UM, ALL OF THE COSTS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE EITHER PAID FOR OUT OF THAT TERS OR THE MANAGEMENT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, WELL, THE OTHER STATES, IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NORTHWEST WELL WERE DESIGNED AND OUT TO BID ON ABOUT EIGHT MORE, UH, AIR.
THEY ALL WANT TO MAKE THEIR OWN PRESS RELEASES.
OF COURSE, MANY OF THEM ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU'VE SEEN THEM.
UH, THEY, THEY JUST REALLY HAMMER ME IF I MAKE THOSE PRESS RELEASES OR THEM A MARK WILL BE HERE WITH YOU ALL PARTICIPATING IN THE GROUNDBREAKING, UH, ON A WEDNESDAY AND A CINEMARK IS COMING DOWN, BUT ALL OF THEM WILL MAKE THEIR OWN PRESS RELEASES, BUT MANY OF THOSE LEASES ARE INKED AT THIS POINT.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC PROJECT IN THERE.
WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL.
DIDN'T MEAN TO AVOID YOUR QUESTION.
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I CAN MAKE A GOOD POLITICIAN, REALLY GREAT.SIT DOWN, RESTAURANT, SEVERAL OTHERS.
SO, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE POINT THAT, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE ON YOUR WEBSITE, UH, ARE, UH, REALLY RESPONSIVE AND POSITIVE ABOUT MOVING INTO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY ARE, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT CRITICAL MASS AND THE FACT THAT, THAT WE HAVE TAKEN IN REAL PATIENTS WITH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND OWNED IT A VERY LONG TIME WAITING TO ACQUIRE THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST, PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE BIG MAJOR PROJECT.
AND YOU ALL OF COURSE WORKED VERY HARD ON A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR US FOR THIS.
AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TAX VALUE, GREAT USERS AND, UM, SOMETHING THAT HE HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KICKING IT OFF THE ANCHOR OF THAT AS A NEW STATE OF THE ART CINEMARK.
THEY'VE NOT BUILT ANYTHING LIKE THIS YET.
UH, IT IS THE LATEST AND GREATEST RIGHT DOWN TO THE HEATED SEATS.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO GET THEM TO DO THAT.
THEY'RE THE STRONGEST NATIONAL CHAIN AS FAR AS THE BALANCE SHEET, BUT AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, THEATERS WERE HIT VERY HARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHALLENGING TIME IN CONSTRUCTION, UH, YOU AS A CITY FACE, THAT PROBABLY WHICH ACTUALLY WITH EVERY PROJECT YOU'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW STEALS UP ABOUT 60, 70%, SO THAT THAT'S HURTING US IN ALL OF OUR BIDDING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO GET THROUGH THIS, EVEN WITH HIGH MATERIAL COSTS AND AS ARE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND TENANTS THAT ARE COMING WITH US FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE COMMENTS I DO WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU GUYS.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT DISTRICT B'S ON THE MAP, HOW MUCH THAT HURTS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
WE HAVE AMAZON AND WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERS WITH YOU GUYS, AND THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING REGIONAL CENTER BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.
UM, MISSOURI CITY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND YOU GUYS ARE, WE OPEN UP THAT THEATER.
IT'S GOING TO JUST KEEP ON GROWING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE EQUALLY? SORRY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
BEFORE I GO TO A CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT SEVEN B ONE, CORRECT.
UM, BEING THAT IT IS A CBDG ITEM.
DID WE DO THE, UH, THE PROCESS CORRECTLY, THE VOTING AND THE CLOSING AND, UH, FEMININELY ONE I HAVE IN MY NOTES THAT YOU ALL, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THERE WERE NO COMMENTS.
THERE WAS NOT AN ADDITIONAL ACTION THAT WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE YOU WILL PUT THAT OPTION AT THE LAST WEEK.
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ITEM 12 CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
UH, I ACTUALLY HAD TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE GALA JUBILEE ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
LAST WEEK, I HAVE BEEN IN THE, UM, UH, WORKING WITH ALSO THE BUSINESSES ON TEXAS PARKWAY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH, UH, BS, JUNE, TEXAS PARKWAY, AS WELL AS THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND WORKING WITH THE CORPORATE OFFICE AS WELL AT WALMART, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PART OF THE DISTRICT GAVE THE HARRIS COUNTY ATTENDS THE, AND PATRONIZES THE WALMART, UH, IN STAFFORD.
UH, ALSO THE HOA MEETING I WAS AT T ATTENDED THIS ON LAST ON LAST SATURDAY.
UH, ALSO WANT TO COMP A COMPLIMENT, COMPLIMENT OUR CHAIR FOR OUR TEXAS PART BOY CAUGHT.
UH, COULD MAYBE WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT, THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND WE'VE ALSO HAD ALSO BEEN ENGAGED IN VERY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS AND THE COMMITTEE HAS SUCH GREAT SYNERGY.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS WITH THE TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE.
UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A STAFFING GRANT RISE, RISING MARKETING WITH, UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFFORD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF CARIBBEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, UM, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH WAYNE'S BARBERSHOP AND FLUID, DELICIOUS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR DATE FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST THE EIGHTH FROM 11 TO 2:00 PM.
WAYNE'S BARBERSHOP WILL BE GIVING HAIRCUTS TO KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR KIDS ONLY FOR KIDS NOW FROM 11 TO TWO.
SO I'LL COME AFTER TWO O'CLOCK.
SO ARE WE GOING TO BE GIVING HAIRCUTS A DELICIOUS WE'LL BE GIVING KIDS LUNCH AS WELL AS FRIED CHICKEN, MACARONI AND CHEESE,
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HOMEMADE ICE CREAM.AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE FREE MASS CUSTOMIZED BY PRINTABLE EXPRESSION.
WE WANT YOU TO BRING THE FAMILY OUT FOR FAMILY FUN FOR EVERYONE FOR 1536, KEN FOREST DRIVE, THE MISSOURI CITY WILL BE GIVEN AWAY PRESCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BACKPACKS WHILE THEY LAST, WE WILL HAVE SPACE WALK ALL WEEK ALSO FOR OUR OWN SITE FOR OUR KIDS, SO THAT THEY CAN BURN A LOT OF ENERGY.
SO PLEASE KEEP THAT DATE IN MIND.
THAT'S NEXT SUNDAY, AUGUST THE EIGHTH FROM 11 TO TWO BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAYS.
IT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE WE LAST VISITED.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE GALA AND JUBILEE SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UH, VERY EXCITING TIMES.
UH, I WANT TO THANK FOR A CITY STAFF FOR BEING THERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE, UH, OF COURSE WE ADD COUNCIL STERLING OUT THERE AND, UH, IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO FAIR.
UM, AND I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT ONE OF THEM IS ALREADY TWO THIRDS OCCUPIED AND THE OTHER IS 90% OCCUPIED.
SO WE SURELY SHOWS THAT THERE WAS A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE DEVELOPERS ON THAT ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE SECOND, UH, OPEN HOUSE FOR THE BOND REFERENDUM THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN THIS FACILITY HAD A LITTLE BIT BETTER TURNOUT THAN WE HAD THE FIRST TIME AND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, THANKS STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT ON.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE RETIREMENT CELEBRATION OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FATHER JUDGE, JOEL KLAUSER, PHENOMENALLY, UH, PRETTY MUCH A JUDGE MAN, BY THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT RESPOND TO YOU AND SHOW UP, UH, NOT ONLY WHEN YOU'RE DECEASED, BUT WHEN YOU ARE STILL ALIVE AND GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU CAN STILL SMELL THEM.
AND THEY DID THAT IN A PHENOMENAL WAY, A GREAT EVENT.
I WAS HAPPY TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AND GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EM, GETTING KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT HE, THAT HE DID 31 AND A HALF YEARS, UH, COUNSEL 29 AND A HALF YEARS.
UH, SO YES, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDGE CLOUDS.
I WAS ALSO HAPPY TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, SUPPORT.
UH, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN EMORY WAS THERE COUNCILMEN MAYOR PRO TEM OR RUELAS.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THE KEY ORGANIZER COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, CLOUDS, OR FOR CHLOE JOINERS COLLECT US, HER QUEST TO COLLECT A MILLION BOOKS.
SHE'S STILL DOING BIG THINGS, SHOUT OUT TO CABO DOGS FOR HOSTING IT AT THEIR FACILITY.
UH, I ATTENDED THE HOA SUMMIT.
LISTEN, LET ME TELL YOU THAT WAS AN AMAZING TURNOUT ON A SATURDAY MORNING TO COME OUT AND, UH, FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2021 AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE.
UH, ONE OF THE THING MARSHALL MANAGEMENT, UH, CITY COMMUNICATIONS AND THE RIGHTS AND RIGHTS LAW FIRM FOR THIS INFORMATIVE EVENT ALSO ATTENDED THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT IN THE QUAIL RUN, WHICH IS OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, UH, BUT, UH, DISTRICT, UH, IN DISTRICT K UH, SHOUT OUT TO THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM FROM CITY OF HOUSTON, ONE OF THE CAS STAKES TABLE TATUM, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND I WAS ABLE TO HOP ON HIS HARVEST TROLLEY BUS, MAN.
IT IS SUCH A, BUT WE GOTTA GET THAT IN MISSOURI CITY OF, UH, WHERE THEY GO AROUND WITH A FULLY STOCKED GROCERY STORE ON A BUS, A MINI BUS.
I BOUGHT SOME ITEMS AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN WITH A CLOUD OF STILLS AND MADE SOME MONEY, ALL THE STUFF SHE BOUGHT OFF OF THE BUS THAT DAY, BUT ANY RATE, NO, IT WAS A GREAT AFFAIR.
AND LASTLY, I SUPPORTED THE BARBECUE FUNDRAISER FOR SERGEANT LEWIS, JEFFERSON.
WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED THAT AND WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING, ORGANIZING THAT, THAT LEAVES MY REPORT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD THE TROLLEY IN DISTRICT A SEVERAL TIMES LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE MY APPRECIATION AND, UH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, JUDGE CLAUSER ON HIS RETIREMENT, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, UH, EVEN, UH, UH, COUNCIL, LADY CLOUDS OR KNOWS THAT HE, UH, UH, WHEN MY ELECTION IN 2014, HE SWORE ME IN AND, UH, I HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU.
UH, SO HE WAS A SPECIAL JUDGE, UH, TO ME, UH, UH, FOR, UH, BEING ABLE TO, FOR DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, AND I, I HOPE THAT, UH, A SPECIAL PLACE, UH, FOR JUDGE CLOUSER, UH, AS, UH, HOW'S ABOUT MONI SAID THAT THE HOA MEETING WAS, UH, OUTSTANDING, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, UH, I THINK IT'S THREE FLEX THAT,
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UH, OUR HOA IS, ARE STRONG, UH, AND, UH, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY KNOW HOW TO, UH, TO MANAGE, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE, UM, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE, UM, UH, CHARGED WITH, UH, UH, ADMINISTERING.SO IT WAS, UM, UH, AS I SAY, REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT TYPE OF A, UH, OF A TURNOUT AND, UH, FINALLY AN OUTLET.
UH, AMERIPRO TIM, UH, ROADLESS, UH, GIVES A FINAL ACCOUNTING FOR THE, UH, DOLLARS THAT WE COLLECTED, UH, FAR AS SERGEANT JEFFERSON.
OKAY, WELL, PUT YOUR MONEY IN.
AND SO, BUT, UH, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, UH, AT THE, UH, I THINK WE HAD SEVEN, UM, UH, RETAIL OUTLETS THAT, AND BUSINESSES THAT, UH, ALLOWED US TO PUT A, UH, A DONATION, UH, UH, ONE IN JAR, BUT, UH, IN THEIR, UM, IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT TO COLLECT DONATIONS.
SO, UH, IT WENT WELL THEN, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD OVER AT THE, UH, UH, THE EVENT ON, ON SATURDAY.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE BARBECUE IS GOOD.
SO, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS WILL GIVE HIM SOME, UH, SOME, UH, NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
SO, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS, SIR, MEMBER EDWARDS.
UM, I TOO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF US JOINING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SARGENT, UM, JEFFERSON, IT DEFINITELY WAS A COMMUNITY EVENT.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE OFFICES THERE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND OUR, MY COLLEAGUES IN OUR WE'RE ALL GOING IN AND OUT, BUT I JUST LOVE TO SEE THOSE EFFORTS JOIN TOGETHER TO ASSIST ONE OF OURS AND NEEDS SO KUDOS TO THE OFFICERS THAT SPEARHEADED THIS PROJECT AND KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND JOINING IT AND DONATING THE BARBECUE WAS DEFINITELY GREAT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK THE COMMUNICATION PART DEPARTMENT FOR HOSTING THE HLA SUMMIT.
IT WAS GREAT TO, UM, NO, I WASN'T THERE, BUT I HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAPTURED ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BE AT ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME, BUT THEY MANAGED TO GET IT DONE.
UM, ALSO I LEARNED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
I WANT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS DATA, THE CITY DUE TO A PRIORITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT I DID SPEND TIME THIS WEEKEND MAKING A VIRTUAL VIDEO SO YOU GUYS CAN, UM, UNDERSTAND MY EFFORTS AND THE UPDATES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE.
SO PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND AS WELL AS MY LAST THING, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILWOMAN CLAUSER.
I WAS ABLE TO DONATE A HUNDRED NEW BATH TOWELS THAT WERE HAND-STITCHED BY SOME KIDS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE ON SATURDAY AND HER EFFORT TO PROVIDE SOME HIDING PRODUCTS TO THE WOMEN AT THE FORT BN WOMEN'S SHELTER.
SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE ITEMS FOR THE WOMEN IN NEED.
UM, IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY TWO WEEKS, ESPECIALLY LAST SATURDAY.
UM, I ATTENDED, UM, ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS BONY AND STERLING, THE GALA AND JUBILEE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE SENIOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, VERY NICE EVENT COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY SHARED SOME VERY NICE WORDS.
UM, SO IT WAS, UH, VERY NICE TO BE THAT.
UM, ALSO, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR ONCE AGAIN, COMING OUT AND SHOWING CHLOE JOY, MISSOURI CITY ZONE, UH, CHLOE JOINED OUR SUPPORT FOR HER A BOOK AND A SMILE CAMPAIGN.
CHLOE, UH, HAS AN EFFORT TO GET 1 MILLION BOOKS AND DONATE THOSE 1 MILLION KIDS.
AND SHE MADE A BIG DONATION THIS WEEKEND TO, UM, THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS, BUT SHE, THEY DONATED 600 BOOKS.
AND SO, UH, I WANT TO THANK CABO DOGS FOR BEING OUR BUSINESS, UM, HOST FOR THAT THIS PAST SUNDAY, AND ALSO WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, AND MARULA FOR COMING OUT.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING DONATED TONS OF BOOKS FOR THAT.
SO YOU, YOU WERE THE FIRST SET OF BOOKS THAT WERE THERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE DONATIONS.
UM, ALSO ATTENDED ON MONDAY THE, UH, CITIZEN BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD AN INTERVIEW VIEWS, UM, ON THE 28TH FOR, UM, VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND, UH, SATURDAY, OH MAN.
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I REALLY WAS, BUT THE WONDERFUL, WELL, THE THING ABOUT ATTENDING COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS, NOT ONLY DO YOU GET TO MEET YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT WE GET TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BRING CERTAIN INITIATIVES TO OUR CITY.I MET A GENTLEMAN WHO GIVES OUT FREE LAPTOPS AND TABLETS TO FAMILIES AND SICK CHILDREN.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS AT THE QUAIL GLEN HOA.
THAT IS THAT MISSOURI CITY IS BEEN, UM, FORT BEN HOUSTON, BUT, UH, EXCHANGED INFORMATION.
AND HE WANTS TO BRING THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM TO OUR CITY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT BEING IN THE COMPANY, UNITY AND NETWORKING.
UM, PROBABLY, UM, PROBABLY THE EVENT THAT GAVE ME THE MOST JOY ON SATURDAY.
ALL OF THEM DID, BUT I, ALONG WITH, UM, OUR FORT BEND COUNTY ATTORNEY, BRIDGET SMITH LAWS AND HOSTED A FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER COMMUNITY DRIVE, NORMALLY I REACH OUT TO THEM, BUT THEY REACHED OUT TO ME LAST WEEK AND SAID, LYNN, WE ARE AT CAPACITY.
WE NEED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WOULD YOU HELP? AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
THE CO THE COMMUNITY JUST RALLY BROUGHT TONS OF DONATIONS.
UM, I WANT TO SAY OUR COUNT, WE STOPPED COUNTING AT 3,003,000 ITEMS, SHEETS, DEODORANT BODYWASH THAT THE COMMUNITY DONATED AND THE FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER ACTUALLY CAME OUT, UM, TO BE WITH US FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, EVEN, UM, COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PROTIUM OR RUELAS CAME AND DID SOME HEAVY LIFTING.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, AREN'T YOU LEAVING? AND HE WAS LIKE, NOPE.
SO HE STAYED TO THE VERY END AND LOADED UP, BUT I WANT THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS FOR COMING.
THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HAND-STITCHED, UM, WASHCLOTHS FROM THE CHILDREN WERE VERY, VERY SPECIAL AS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL TOUCH.
AND THE FORT BEND WOMEN'S CENTER WAS ACTUALLY THERE AT THAT TIME TO RECEIVE THEM.
AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, SO, UM, THEY'RE VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THAT INCLUDES CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ALL VERY BUSY AND VERY INVOLVED AND VERY VISIBLE.
I WON'T REPEAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS STATED, BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SONYA MARSHALL FOR THE HOA SUMMIT THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND VERY INFORMATIVE.
I WANT TO THANK STAFF, IE, JOYCE, BILL GLENN, SASHI, JENNIFER, EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THE REGIONAL CENTER, THE NEW QUEST PROJECT.
WE STILL GOT A LITTLE WORK TO DO, BUT TRULY WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'RE DOING IT QUICKLY.
UM, AND ALSO WANT TO, UH, KIND OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SAID.
WE'RE STILL COLLECTING MONEY FOR SARGENT JEFFERSON.
AND ONE WEEK WE COLLECT A 600 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS CASH AND A LITTLE BOX THAT WE PUT AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE RESTAURANTS AND, AND, UM, ASSET THE PUBLIC, VISIT THEM AND DONATE.
SO TRILL, TACO DOUGHNUT, MAMA, TEXAS BEER GARDENS, CABO DOGS AS PHARMACY, VIP CLEANERS, WHO ALSO DOES A LOT OF CLEANING FOR THE OFFICER'S, UH, OLD HICKORY BARBECUE, WHICH IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAFETERIA, I BELIEVE, AND BRANDY AMY'S BURGER AND TACO.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GOING THERE, EATING AND SUPPORTING SERGEANT JEFFERSON.
LASTLY, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CITY.
IT IS AUGUST 5TH, WHICH IS THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM.
WE HOPE YOU CAN ATTEND IF NOT, WE'LL BE UNBELIEV LIVE STREAMING IT.
WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD AGENDA AND A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT ITEM 13 CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
IF I MAY MAYOR PROTON BEFORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, ITEM 7 81, FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO MOTION COULD BE BROUGHT BACK UP AT A LATER TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE STILL HERE, WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THAT ITEM, BUT THERE WAS NO MOTION, UM, TAKEN.
THEREFORE THE ITEM COULD STILL BE BROUGHT UP.
UH, SO THERE'S NO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I KNOW 14 RECONVENE, SO THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS.