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          WE'LL GO INTO OUR, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:22 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. 
          WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT HERE. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE COUNCIL. 
          IF YOU'D PLEASE JOIN ME THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MARTEL ITEM NUMBER 
          [3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
THREE, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS ITEM THREE, A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PHYSICAL YEAR, 2022 BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, ELENA PORTERS. 
          SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, A CITY MANAGER. 
          I WANT TO BE ABLE TO START OFF ONE MOMENT. 
          SO AS A OUTLINE AND PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET, AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THE INTRODUCTION, VISION, MISSION, AND CREDO, UH, PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT. 
          ALONG WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WE UTILIZE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT OR THE, UH, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WITHIN THE, THE, UH, BUDGET TONIGHT THE ROAD HAS BEEN TAKEN TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UH, FROM TONIGHT, THIS, UH, BUDGET DOCUMENT, UH, ON FRIDAY WILL BE HANDED OFF TO YOU, THE COUNCIL TO BEGIN REVIEWING AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE WE GO FROM HERE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE CITY MANAGER, THE, UH, AND THEN ALSO WE WILL DO SOME OF THE HORIZON ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP BEFORE US IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE AN EXEMPLARY, UH, PAST, AS IT RELATES TO BUDGETING WITH TRANSPARENCY STARS, UH, WITH THE, UH, TRADITIONAL FINANCES, THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FROM GFA OR CAFR AWARDS, NOW THAT THEY ARE CALLED OUR RANKING WITH MOODY'S WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE S AND P GLOBAL WORRIES AGAIN, GREAT SHAPE, AND THEN THE GFR WAY ACHIEVEMENT FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING WITH OUR, UH, KHAFRE. 
          AND SO AGAIN, AWARD-WINNING, AND IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER MANY DECADES, AS WE HAVE RECOGNIZED US IN THE PAST. 
          AGAIN, VISION, MISSION AND CREDO COMMUNITY IS THAT, UH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE ENHANCED SERVICE AND A LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND THAT'S THROUGH SERVICE, PROFESSIONALISM, INNOVATION, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, AND TEAMWORK THAT WE UTILIZE DAY IN AND DAY OUT AS A TEAM. 
          AND YOU AS A COUNCIL GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, AGAIN, THESE WERE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL RECENTLY READOPTED, AND WE DID AMEND IN A LITTLE, UH, SOME FASHION, BUT AGAIN, PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE PAST, UH, SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT YEARS, AND CONTINUING ON WITH THAT BEING A GREAT, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, UH, MAINTAIN FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT, GROWING BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN MISSOURI CITY, DEVELOPING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CITY TEAM AND HAVING HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUILD OUT AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AND WHAT'S PRESENTED AND PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, SUPPORTS THESE STRATEGIC FOCUS ORGANIZATION, PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN OVERSEEING FOR THE PAST YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY IN SOME CASES HAVE TO CONTINUE IS OUR EFFECTIVE COVID RESPONSE THAT WE'VE HAD AGAIN, DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROWTH, AND A FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESS AND REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TAKE STEPS TOWARDS ACHIEVING A HIGHER BOND RATING THROUGH INCREASED FUNDING FOR PENSION OBLIGATIONS. 
          WE'LL ADDRESS THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS OPENING AND FIRE STATION SIX IS YOU'RE AWARE OF IT WILL BE NOT ONLY BUILDING THE BUILDING, UH, PUTTING THE MATERIALS AND THE TOOLS NECESSARY, BUT ALSO THE PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND, UH, TO, UH, LIVE AND OPERATE OUT OF THAT STATION IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL SERVICE AS ADOPTED BY THE CITIZENS THIS PAST YEAR. 
          AND WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING OCTOBER 1ST WHEN THIS HAS TO BE IN PLACE CARRYING OUT OF THE 2021, UH, BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2ND TO 2021, THAT ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR YOU TO MAKE FINAL CALL ON HOLDING THAT ELECTION AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 2ND, THE SUMMER HAS BEEN SPENT WITH YOU CITIZENS AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC AND GETTING FEEDBACK IN REGARD TO THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A BOND PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE VERY WORTHY OF THE ORGANIZATION, EXCUSE ME, OF THE CITIZENS AND SERVE THEM WELL FOR THE NUMBER OF YEARS COMING FORWARD, AND THEN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HIGH, THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UPDATED COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAD RECENTLY DONE DURING THE SPRING OF THIS PAST YEAR, 
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FINALLY, A AGAIN, THE ROAD TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, 2020 ON INTO THE FUTURE, AS YOU KNOW, DECISIONS MADE TODAY AFFECT TOMORROW AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE A, THAT STARTED WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT, WHICH WAS HELD MARCH 19TH THROUGH THE 20 20TH. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET GREAT FEEDBACK FROM YOU WORKING WITH JASON GRAY SALES TAX AND ECONOMIC FORECAST WITH WHICH MR. HAWKIN YELLS PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF. 
          AND AS WE WERE FORTUNATE AS A COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT CELL SACS WITH COVID, WE WERE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAD OURS GO UP. 
          WE ARE MONITORING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO CONSERVATIVELY MANAGE THAT AND, UH, HOPE THAT IT CAN 10 YEARS THE, UH, BUDGET WORK SESSIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS DEPARTMENT, MISSION, VISION VALUES. 
          WE JUST RECENTLY CONDUCTED WITH YOU, UH, THE 21ST THROUGH THE 24TH, IN WHICH WE DID OVER AT THE CITY CENTER AND PROVIDING YOU INFORMATION AND OVERVIEW, WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED BY THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, AND THEN THEIR ONGOING OPERATIONAL ITEMS, COMPONENT, UNIT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS SPEAKING TO OUR TOURS OF WHICH WE HAVE THREE AND A, AGAIN, THOSE WERE, UH, THE PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THOSE WERE PRESENTED AND, UH, ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AT THOSE TIMES BEING JUNE 3RD, 23RD FOR ZONE TWO. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE JOHN JULY 13TH, UH, TAXMAN INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, ONE IN THREE, UH, PROPOSED BUDGETS WERE PRESENTED TO YOU THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THAT SHAWSHEE KUMAR, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WENT THROUGH THAT. 
          IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM THAT OUTLINES THE, UH, CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WILL HAVE GOING FORWARD. 
          AND THIS WILL BE VERY CLOSELY TIED TO THE BOND ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, THAT WE PRESENTED ON THE 19TH PRESENTED THOSE OF THE UNISSUED BONDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          AND, UH, AND WE HOPE THAT, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THE BONDS THAT ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THAT WE'LL SEE THOSE, UH, GOING FORWARD IN ORDER TO SUPPORT AND FUND THE PROGRAM AGAIN THE TONIGHT, OR EXCUSE ME, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, THE BUDGET OVERVIEW THAT ATLANTA PRESENTED TO YOU. 
          IT WAS A GENERAL OVERVIEW. 
          WE WERE CONTINUED TO STILL WORK, GAIN THE INFORMATION FROM BOTH HARRIS AND FORT BEN COUNTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY TAX, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST, UH, REVENUE SOURCE. 
          AND SO WE DO NOW HAVE THAT, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. 
          UH, IN FACT, THE CERTIFIED TAX PROPERTY TAX ROLLS, WE DID RECEIVE AGAIN, WE WERE GOING THROUGH CALCULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CORRECT. 
          UH, WE DID FIND SOME AREAS WHICH WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY, UH, AND HAVE SOME CHANGES MADE. 
          AND SO, UH, THEY ACTUALLY, UH, DID THAT, AND WE'RE NOW ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ACCURATE NUMBERS THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET OVERVIEW, UH, HAND IT OVER TO ELENA. 
          BUT AT ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THAT, UH, WE DO RECOMMEND TONIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, OUR RATE RIGHT NOW IS 59 CENTS. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING A 57 CENT TAX RATE OR REDUCTION. 
          AND SO THIS WILL, UH, PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES THAT WE'VE ARE PROPOSING TONIGHT. 
          I WILL, UH, AT THIS POINT, YES, SIR. 
          I JUST HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. 
          SO AS EARLIER YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, UM, YOU WILL HAVE THIS TOO FOR OUR REVIEW ON FRIDAY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WELL, BUDGET DOCUMENT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND THEN AVAILABLE TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DONE, THERE CAN BE NO CHANGES MADE TO THAT, RIGHT? NO, SIR. 
          THERE CAN BE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, THAT IS AT THE POINT IN TIME IN WHICH THE CITY MANAGER, HIS HAND IS FORMALLY HANDING OFF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 20TH FOR WHEN WE ADOPT OR YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET, UH, WE CAN, UH, TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE ADDITIONAL MEANS AS NECESSARY TO REVIEW AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION AND YOUR REVIEW OF THAT DOCUMENT. 
          SURE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, SO IF YOU CAN JUST STAY THERE FOR A SECOND, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND ELENA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM OF DIRECTORS WHO ARE HERE AND WHO'S NOT HERE. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT ON HERE ON THIS BUDGET. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY AS AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, BEFORE ELENA, UM, COME UP HERE AND KIND OF TALK, WALKED US THROUGH. 
          UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT FROM 59 CENTS TO 57 CENTS, UM, SO KUDOS TO YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND I WILL ADD TO THAT, NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO SEE A REDUCTION, BUT ALSO WE HAVE HEALTHY FUND RESERVES. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD THE SALES TAX THAT CAME IN ROBUSTLY AND PROPERTY 
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TAX AND IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE HAD. 
          SO WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF ONE-TIME ITEMS FROM THE A FUND BALANCE. 
          WE HAD AGAIN, HEALTHY BALANCE. 
          AND WHEN WE STAY WITHIN OUR POLICY OF OUR FUND BALANCE RESERVES. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO TOWEL. 
          QUICK QUESTION. 
          UH, YOU, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A REDUCTION TO 57 CENTS, CORRECT. 
          DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, INS IF WE PROVE THE BOND ISSUE? NO, SIR. 
          THAT IS JUST, UH, THE RATE FOR THE M AND O OR FULL RATE, BUT, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, SOMETHING WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU, OUR VALUES CAME IN HIGHER THAN, AS I MENTIONED THAT THE ANTICIPATED. 
          AND SO THE DEBT SERVICE RATE ALSO IS LOWER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED. 
          WE HAVE, UH, GONE BACK TO OUR FAA AND BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THE PAST A WEEK. 
          AND, UH, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH, UH, WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED FOR, AND WE'LL HAVE THIS DURING THE, THE, UH, ORDINANCE TONIGHT, WHAT WE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY FOR 19 CENTS AND 50 19.5, 6 CENTS AS THE PACKAGE THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE BOND COMMITTEE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A LOWER INCREASE THEN THE 1956. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT HAS HAD AN IMPACT, BUT THE GROWTH HAS BOTH ON M AND O AND INS SIDE. 
          AND SO THAT, HOWEVER DEPENDS UPON WHAT THE VOTERS DO IN NOVEMBER. 
          AND THEN THAT WOULDN'T HIT OUR BOOKS UNTIL WE SELL DEBT IN THE FUTURE. 
          SURE. 
          ASSUMING THAT IT WAS, THE BOND WAS APPROVED, WHAT WOULD BE THE NET NET OF THE TAX RATE? I WILL HAVE TO WAIT. 
          WE HAVE SOME, WE MAY HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS IN THERE TO SHOW THE FULL, RIGHT. 
          BUT LET ME, LET ME HAND IT OVER TO ALLINA AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO HIS POINT, BUT YOU ALSO ACCUMULATE THAT WHEN YOU SELL IT, RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE NOT SELLING ALL OF THE, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE BOND AT THE SAME TIME, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT THAT WE TOLD US CITIZENS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT, IT IT'S LIKE YOU, WHEN YOU SELL IT IS WHAT YOU INCUR. 
          BUT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY IS AT 59 CENTS. 
          WE'RE TAKING IT BECAUSE OF OUR TAXES. 
          I MEAN, OUR, OUR, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? SALES TAX AND EVERYTHING, AND PROPERTY TAXES THAT CAME UP EVEN THOUGH DURING PANDEMIC TIME, WHICH WITH BOTH OF YOU LOOKING AT IT, YOU'RE ABLE TO TAKE IT DOWN TO 57 CENTS, CORRECT. 
          WHEN YOUR VALUES GO UP, YOUR RIGHT COMES DOWN, CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          TO BRING IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE HERE, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER THAT. 
          UH, MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON THE CIVIL SERVICE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, UH, IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET, THE IMPACT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO HAVE A NUMBER IN THERE BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW TODAY. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER ONE, BUT WE HAVE A NUMBER IN THERE FOR NOW. 
          SO ASSUMING THAT IF THAT, IF THAT WOULD BE HIGHER, HOW WOULD WE ADDRESS THAT? WELL, WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 20TH TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND ADVISE ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION IS RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS WHERE ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS BY THE DEPARTMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS 2022. 
          BUT SO YES, OUR, UH, THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE NOT, UH, MOST OF THOSE WERE, UH, THE REOCCURRING ONES. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO OUTSTRIP OURSELVES GOING FORWARD WITH REOCCURRING, UH, EXPENSES, UH, MOST, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED AND FRUIT. 
          AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SOME, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS BASED ON THE DEBT LEVEL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR, UH, RESERVE LEVEL. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. 
          AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THAT TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM NINE, A UP BEHIND ELENA'S PRESENTATION THREE, WHICH IS RELATIVE TO THE, UH, MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ATLANTA AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OR THERE WASN'T A VOTE. 
          WHAT HAPPENED? SO THERE WAS A MOTION. 
          AND SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UH, TO MOVE ITEM NINE A, UM, AFTER ITEM THREE, RIGHT, SIR? YES. 
          UH, THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY. 
          UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LENA. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO WHAT I WILL BE DOING IS 
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PROVIDING HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE GENERAL FUND AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AT THE MEETING ON AUGUST 2ND, WE PROVIDED INFORMATION REGARDING SOME OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND ALL OF OUR PHONES AND THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. 
          AND SO I WILL, UH, BE FOCUSING AGAIN, PRIMARILY ON THE GENERAL FUND, AS BILL MENTIONED, OUR TRUTH AND TAXATION CALCULATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY, UH, FORT BEN TAX OFFICE. 
          AND THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET WITH THE, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 57.80 CENTS OF WHICH A LITTLE OVER 44 CENTS IS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION RATE. 
          AND THE INS RATE INCLUDES ALL OF THE, UH, DEBT SERVICE, UH, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS FAR AS THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PLUS, UH, AN ESTIMATE FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR THE DEBT THAT HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED THAT WE ANTICIPATE, UH, SELLING IN THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, THE NOVEMBER BOND ELECTION. 
          SO FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UH, TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS IN, WE HAVE 61 MILLION, $264,589. 
          UH, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT. 
          WE HAVE 68 MILLION, 100, $6,191. 
          THIS IS CLOSED A LOT OF, UH, ONE-TIME, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT, UH, WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          OF COURSE IT STARTS WITH THE ENDING 20, 21 FUND BALANCE. 
          WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THROUGH 2022. 
          SO LOOKING AT OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR 2021, WE ESTIMATE THAT IT'LL BE APPROXIMATELY 25 MILLION AFTER ADDING IN ALL OF THE REVENUE TRANSFERS IN AND ALL OF THE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT. 
          UH, THE ESTIMATED ENDING FUND BALANCE WILL BE 18.2 MILLION, AND THIS WILL BRING OUR FUND BALANCE DOWN TO 34.8%. 
          IF YOU RECALL, AT THE LAST MEETING, WE PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION FOR 2021, AND WE HAD AN EXCESS OF FUND BALANCE OF 9 MILLION. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, INCLUDED ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, WHICH I WILL, UH, GO OVER IN A QUICK SECOND. 
          AGAIN, OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY IS TO HAVE A RANGE OF 20 TO 30%. 
          AND IN USING THAT RANGE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE $2.5 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION. 
          OF COURSE, OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY IS 30%. 
          THESE ARE ESTIMATES. 
          SO THAT EXTRA CUSHION OF 2.5 WOULD BE GOOD JUST IN CASE OUR ESTIMATES DON'T COME IN AS ANTICIPATED. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET AND OUR ESTIMATES FOR 2021, WE WOULD STILL HAVE AN INDIAN FUND BALANCE OF 34.8. 
          SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE LARGEST ITEMS THAT WOULD BE USING A ONE-TIME FUNDING, THE FIRST BEING THE PARK MAINTENANCE FACILITY, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WOULD BE IS 3 MILLION, $130,000. 
          THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THIS MONEY WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY. 
          WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TERMS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY $2,670,000. 
          AND INSTEAD OF ISSUING DEBT, SINCE WE HAVE MONEY, WE CAN USE A PAY AS YOU GO FUNDING NOW TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT AND BE REIMBURSED BY THE TERMS INCLUDING INTEREST. 
          AND THE INTEREST WOULD BE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH OUR CURRENT INVESTMENTS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, TO HAVE 2,000,006 70, WHICH WILL BASICALLY BE A RECEIVABLE, ALMOST LIKE A LOAN TO THE TERMS UNTIL THE TERMS WAS ABLE TO PAY THE CITY BACK. 
          SO IT WILL GO BACK INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO NEED AN ADDITIONAL $460,000 TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, UM, AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED. 
          SO WE HAVE THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS AT 4.9. 
          WE HAVE ISSUED DEBT PREVIOUSLY FOR THE DESIGN AT 400,000. 
          WE STILL HAVE AUTHORIZATION FOR, UH, ISSUING DEBT FOR FACILITIES. 
          AND WE ANTICIPATE, UH, ISSUING 1 MILLION, 370,000, AND THAT WILL COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROJECT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AS ONE TIME FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS 3 MILLION, 130,000 WITH 2,670,000 PLUS INTEREST COMING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND OVER TIME AS THE TERM ACCUMULATES, UH, THE FUNDING TO REIMBURSE THE CITY, ELENA AND BILL, THE PARTS MAINTENANCE FACILITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE ACROSS FROM CITY HALL, CORRECT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          ARE THEY UTILIZING THAT ENTIRE LAND TO DO THE RE UH, BUILD OR THAT YES. 
          AND WHEN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BREAKING GROUND ON PLAN? WHEN WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT OR COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE. 
          WE EXPECT THAT PROJECT TO BE BED EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO SOMETIME IN FYI, 22 WEEKS BACKGROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS, UH, RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, NOT THE 13TH, EXCUSE THAT, UH, THE PENSION IS FUNDED AT 94 POINT 57%. 
          UH, AND WE HAVE A NET PENSION LIABILITY OF APPROXIMATELY 6.7 MILLION. 
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I DO NEED TO MENTION THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDED RATIOS THAT WE ARE PROVIDED. 
          ONE, UH, IS ONE THAT WE RECEIVE WITH OUR RIGHT LETTER, WHICH, UM, THE ASSUMPTION IS A SMOOTHING OF ASSETS. 
          UM, IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FUTURE COSTS RELATED TO COLA AND AD HOC. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER STUDY THAT'S DONE BY THE ACTUARIAL, UM, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECTIONS FOR COLON AD HOC, WHICH ARE, UM, BENEFITS THAT THE COUNCIL TYPICALLY APPROVES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          AND IF YOU INCLUDE PROJECTIONS FOR THOSE COSTS WERE FUNDED AT 80 POINT 46% WITHIN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE A ONE-TIME PAYMENT TOWARDS UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES OF $500,000. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONTRIBUTION INCREASED FROM 10% TO 12% OF PAYROLL. 
          AND SO THE RECURRING AMOUNT WOULD BE $483,494. 
          NOW, OF COURSE, THIS IS TO, UM, ATTEMPT TO BUY DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, PAY OFF SOME OF OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. 
          BUT AGAIN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ABILITY TO PURCHASE CDS OR ANY SECURITIES, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GETTING, UH, POINT 2120 BASIS POINTS, WHICH IS LIKE POINT 20%. 
          SO ON $500,000, WE CAN MAKE A THOUSAND. 
          WHEREAS THROUGH OUR PENSION FUND, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALIZING OVER 7%, SEVEN TO 8%. 
          AND SO IF WE WERE TO PUT AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT INTO THE PENSION FUND, THEY WOULD EARN ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON THAT MONEY, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY SAY LIKE ON THE $500,000, THEY COULD EARN POSSIBLY 37,500 VERSUS OUR THOUSAND, WHICH AGAIN PAYS DOWN SOME OF OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES. 
          SO IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INVESTMENT IN THE CITY ATTEMPTING TO MAKE OUR MONEY WORK FOR US. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          WHAT TYPICALLY IS THE, UH, UH, I GUESS THE TARGET FOR, UH, THE, UH, THE FUNDING OF THE, UH, THE PENSION, WHAT PERCENTAGE I WOULD SAY A TARGET WOULD BE 100% TO BE FULLY FUNDED. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S WRITTEN AS A POLICY, AS FAR AS THE TARGET. 
          I HAVE LOOKED AT, UH, OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE AREA, INCLUDING THERE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AAA RATED OR, UH, AA ONE. 
          AND THEY'RE AT BETWEEN 90% AND 95%, BUT THAT IS, UM, WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO OUR 80%. 
          SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT RATES THAT YOU LOOK AT. 
          AND SO LOOKING AT OUR, WHAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE IN OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND WHAT, UH, THE BOND RATING AGENCIES LOOK AT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE 80 POINT 46%. 
          AND SO IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE SAME AREA AS NEIGHBORING OR A COMPARISON CITIES, THEY'RE CLOSER TO THE 90 TO 95%. 
          OKAY. 
          ELAINA. 
          I KNOW WE CAN MENTION IN 10% INCREASE IN THE CONTRIBUTION PAYROLLS, I SEE YOU MOVED UP FROM 10% TO 12%, SO THAT BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE OR IS IT, THIS IS JUST IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR CONTRIBUTION SO THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE FUN GOING TOWARDS OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITIES UNFUNDED LIABILITY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAVE, UM, OUR CONTRIBUTION RATE HAS EXCEEDED THE REQUIREMENT, UH, BUT WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE REQUIREMENT IS CATCHING UP TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT, UH, WE CONTRIBUTED, LET'S SAY IN THE PAST, MAYBE WE WERE REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE 8% AND WE'VE BEEN CONTRIBUTING 10% FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. 
          NOW, OUR REQUIREMENT IS 9.6% TO ATTEMPT TO GET AHEAD OF IT. 
          AND BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WE HAVE MOVED IT TO 12% SO THAT WE CAN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN COURSE TREAD WATER LEVELS, UH, OTHER EXPENDITURES, THESE AREN'T ALL ONE TIME. 
          UM, BUT THESE ARE JUST WANTED TO BRING THESE TO YOUR ATTENTION. 
          AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, DEALING WITH PERSONNEL, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 9%. 
          OF COURSE, WE HAD A SAVINGS FROM LAST YEAR, UH, BUT WE HAVE AN AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL FOR HEALTH INSURANCE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND WE HAD TO INCREASE THAT BY $70,000 IN ORDER TO MEET THE 9% PROJECTION, AS FAR AS INCREASES UNEMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE, UH, BEEN SPENDING MORE ON UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          UH, SOME OF IT IS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 
          OUR UNEMPLOYMENT BUDGET IS CURRENTLY JUST 17,000. 
          SO WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO BRING IT TO 50,000 AND THAT'S THE $33,920, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, CURRENTLY IT'S ONE TIME, BUT WE'LL SEE, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, CLAIMS WILL DECREASE AS TIME GOES ALONG. 
          AND THE PANDEMIC HOPEFULLY EASES UP, UH, FOR CIVIL SERVICE COMPENSATION, WHICH I KNOW WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UH, LATER, I THINK YOU HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE CURRENT AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN, UH, THE BUDGET FOR THE COMPENSATION PLAN PLUS, UH, INCENTIVES IS $426,743. 
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AND WE ALSO HAVE 2.5%, UM, INCLUDED FOR AN INCREASE FOR NON-CIVIL SERVICE, UH, WHICH WOULD BE RECURRING, UH, $625,912. 
          THE LAST LARGE ITEM THAT IS, UH, ONE OF THE ONE-TIME ITEMS USING FUND BALANCE IS A CONTRIBUTION, UH, TO THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, OF $1 MILLION. 
          YEAH. 
          THIS TIME I'LL GO THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENTALS. 
          UM, AND WHAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEGINNING WITH GENERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, AS CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY, SECRETARY, AND LEGAL, UH, AND JUST WANT TO GIVE, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. 
          OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE THE DEPARTMENT YOU'LL SEE A NARRATIVE OR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE REQUEST WAS. 
          THE COLUMN ONGOING COMMITMENT IS RECURRING, BUT THERE WAS SOME PAST ACTION THAT WAS, UM, DONE BY COUNCIL THAT, UH, REQUIRES THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          UM, AND THEN RECURRING WAS, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTAL REQUEST FOR RECURRING EXPENSE. 
          AND THEN ONE TIME, OF COURSE, AS AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST AND TOTAL FUNDED IS WHAT WAS FUNDED. 
          AND SO FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TOTAL RECURRING OF $9,700, A ONE-TIME OF 20,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 29,700 WITH THE LARGEST ITEM, UH, BEING THE ELECTION COST, UH, IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT OF $20,000 AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE HAVE $1,800 IN RECURRING 15,001 TIME FOR A TOTAL OF 16,800 WITH THE LARGEST BEING OVER TIME FOR THE SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION SUPPORT SERVICES, BEING OUR DISPATCH CENTER. 
          AND THAT IS ISSUED AS ONE TIME IN HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO FEEL VACANCIES AND POSSIBLY THE OVERTIME WILL NOT BE REQUIRED IN THE FUTURE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE A LONG LIST, BUT THIS IS ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION. 
          A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH FIRE STATION SIX AND THE HIRING OF THE ADDITIONAL 12 EMPLOYEES, UM, WHICH INCLUDES SIX FIREFIGHTERS, THREE NEW DRIVERS, AND THREE NEW LIEUTENANTS. 
          SO THIS IS ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR OPERATING OR ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED FOR OPERATING FIRE STATION SIX. 
          AND FOR THE NEW FIREFIGHTERS, THERE'S ALSO, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDS INCLUDED ONE TIME TO BE ABLE TO EQUIP THE FIRE TRUCK, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY UNIFORMS FOR THE NEW FIREFIGHTERS. 
          THOSE ARE, UM, ONE TIME. 
          AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A NEW ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALL THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. 
          SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR RECURRING, WHICH INCLUDES ONGOING COMMITMENTS AND THE RECURRING COLUMN IS 1 MILLION, $235,840. 
          UH, AND ONE TIME EXPENSES OF 360 2, 8, 10 FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST 1.6 MILLION AT 1,598,001 10 COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE THING ON THAT, UH, ASSISTANT FAR MORE SALARY BENEFITS. 
          THERE'LL BE A, UH, THERE'LL BE PAID FOR BY A CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE INSTEAD OF A CONTRACT HAVING PERSONNEL TO PERFORM THAT DUTY, UH, FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY AND US TO BE ABLE TO BETTER RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. 
          A LOT OF IT, UH, BEING IN THE FLEET AREA, UH, INCLUDING OUTFIT AND, UH, VEHICLES AND PURCHASE OF NEW VEHICLES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN AMOUNT FOR BUILDING REPAIRS. 
          TOTAL AMOUNT FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR RECURRING. 
          WE HAVE $311,434 ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, 2 MILLION, 1,667 FOR A TOTAL OF $2,313,101. 
          AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES THE $1 MILLION ONE TIME USE THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN, SO THESE ARE CITIZENS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, AND I'LL LET SHASHI THANK YOU, LENA MARIN COUNCIL, THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 21, WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION BUDGETED FOR STREET REPAIRS. 
          IT'S GOT A FANCY NAME, PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT INVOLVES TYPICALLY FIXING POTHOLES AND WHAT WE CALL PANEL REPLACEMENTS. 
          SO THE BIGGEST OF THE PAYMENT THAT HAVE FAILED, UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAD A STUDY DONE AND WHAT THE STUDY HAD RECOMMENDED WAS BASED ON THE CONDITION OF OUR PAYMENT AND WAY WE ARE, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS ANNUALLY 3 MILLION INTO OUR PROGRAM TO PLAY CATCH UP AGAIN. 
          FISCAL YEAR 21, WE HAVE 1.5 FISCAL YEAR 22. 
          WE ARE PLANNING 1.5, BUT THE ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION 
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IS COMING FROM THE FUND BALANCE. 
          SO IT WILL BE A TOTAL OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, WE SPENT ALL OUR $1.5 MILLION ALMOST A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS AGO. 
          SO THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL HELP US CATCH UP ON PENDING REPAIRS. 
          AND WE, A LOT OF THOSE, I THOUGHT JUST THE LAST TIME IT WAS 1.9. 
          WE SPENT ABOUT 900 OF THAT ALREADY. 
          THAT'S THE SIDEWALK. 
          OKAY. 
          LAST YEAR, OUR TYPICAL ANNUAL FUNDING ON THE SIDEWALK WAS AROUND 400, 450,000. 
          WE GOT 1.8 MILLION INFUSED INTO THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE PAYMENT AND THE AMOUNT IS A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, NEXT WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UM, SOME OF THESE ONGOING COMMITMENTS INCLUDE, UH, CARDIOGRAPH, UM, AND SOME LANDSCAPE SERVICES THAT WERE, UH, PRIOR APPROVED APPROVED. 
          UM, MY COUNCIL, I SAW THE TOTAL ONGOING COMMITMENT AND RECURRING IS APPROXIMATELY $114,000. 
          AND IT ALSO INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN THE HOURLY RATE FOR OUR PART-TIME SEASONAL EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, THEY CURRENTLY MAKE $8 AND 50 CENTS. 
          WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO $10. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THEY HAVE SEEN ANY INCREASES. 
          UM, AS FAR AS ONE TIME, WE HAVE 4,412,500. 
          I INCLUDED IN THIS AMOUNT AGAIN, IS THAT PARK MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT 3 MILLION, 130,000. 
          UH, ANOTHER ITEM WE HAVE IS THE, UH, PARKLAND ZONE, 10 FUNDING, 650,000. 
          SO THIS TOTAL AMOUNT OF 4 MILLION 5 27, 3 45 IS NOT ALL GENERAL FUND 650,000 OF IT WILL COME FROM A PARK ZONE. 
          NUMBER 10 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          I HAD A QUESTION. 
          UM, THERE WAS SOME DOLLARS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, FOR THE XERISCAPE, UH, LANDSCAPING OFF OF TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, LEXINGTON AREA IN POTENTIALLY, UH, OTHER AREAS IN THE, IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, ALL THE EXPLANATIONS AND ALL THAT. 
          CAN YOU, WHERE IS THAT AT ON THE BUDGET? SO FOR THE, UH, THE, UM, D ARE THE ONES THAT WE'D BE USING FOR, UH, THE INITIAL ONES THAT'S NOT INCLUDED. 
          AND WE WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY TRY AND GET THAT DONE IN THIS CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE THE DISPLAY AREAS. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD BE MEAN WITH, UH, TECHSPARK AND WILDLIFE, OTHER TXDOT AND OTHERS, TO TRY TO GET GRANTS, TO HELP IMPROVE THOSE OTHER AREAS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME LANDSCAPING IN THE BOND ON BOND PROGRAM, IF APPROVED. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, IS JASON HERE? ANYONE FROM PARKS? NO, SIR. 
          WHEN WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD, BILL, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGETS, PLEASE? OKAY. 
          THE QUESTION I HAVE THAT I HAD FOR JASON IS THAT I NOTICED IN HERE THAT THERE IS A $200,000 RECURRING TO REPLACE A PLAYGROUND PER YEAR. 
          UH, IS THAT EVERY YEAR THAT WE'RE REPLACING SOMETHING OR IS THIS JUST A ONE TIME? AND IF IT IS ONE TIME WHERE HE WAS WANTING TO DO THAT ON A RECURRING BASIS, IT THROUGHOUT ALL THE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, A THOUSAND PER YEAR, UH, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD PUT IT IN THERE AS A ONE-TIME AND THEN COUNSELOR CAN EVALUATE IT NEXT YEAR TO SEE HOW WE STAND AFTER THE BUDGET AND IN 2023. 
          SO WE PLAY THAT AS A ONE TIME. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING WELL FOR THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND IF IT IS A SUCCESS, THEN I THINK, I WOULD THINK THAT JASON WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAYING THAT, HEY, WE CHANGED THIS, THIS WAS SUCCESS, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO IS EVERY PLAYGROUND IS THE SAME CAPACITY OF 200,000 TO REPLACE, OR IS THIS, WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE FOUND HERE THAT IS JUST A NUMBER THAT HE HAD PUT IN AS RECOMMENDATION? UH, SOME ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, SOME ARE LESS EXPENSIVE AND DO, AND, AND WILL HE COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW WHICH WHERE THAT WILL BE IN THE DOCUMENT YOU GET ON FRIDAY? THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION, LENA, WHAT IS THE REQUESTED TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE TOTAL, UH, IX. 
          SO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 
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THE ONE TIME OPERATIONAL, THE REQUESTED FOR THIS YEAR. 
          I'D HAVE TO GET THAT FROM, FROM BERTHA. 
          I KNOW THAT THE, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE THAT HAS THE ONE TIME AND, UH, WE JUST NEED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER BY THAT AMOUNT THAT I'LL HAVE TO GET IT FROM HER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN MY NOTES IN FRONT OF ME. 
          I MIGHT HAVE IT ON A SLIDE, A FUTURE SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL GET YOUR ANSWER FOR YOU. 
          UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS $18,000 AND THAT'S A POSTAGE FOR, UM, THE NOTICING WE'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE MORE NOTICING AND ALSO, UM, OVER TIME FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AS YOU, UM, APPROVE ADDITIONAL INCREASES TO, TO, TO PAYROLL OR TO, TO SALARIES. 
          UM, THAT AGAIN INCREASES OUR OVERTIME COSTS, UM, BEING THAT THE RATES ARE HIGHER. 
          AND SO, AND IN ORDER TO CATCH UP, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE $5,000 IS BEING PROPOSED FOR. 
          AND IT, UH, WE HAVE ONGOING COMMITMENTS OF 285,000 9 64, JUST BASICALLY OUR EXISTING SERVICE AND REPAIR AGREEMENTS INCREASES THAT, UM, WE HAVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE ALSO ADDITIONAL BACKUP STORAGE. 
          WE HAVE OTHER RECURRENT EXPENDITURES OF 28,000 4, 44, 42, UM, AND ONE TIME OF 164,000 6, 25, WHICH INCLUDES IPADS, UH, AND TRAINING FOR STAFF ON, UH, NEW HARDWARE IN SOFTWARE, TOTAL AMOUNTS AND SUPPLEMENTALS FOR IT HAS 479,031 FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          WE HAVE A TOTAL RECURRING OF 1 67, 5 63. 
          WE'VE BACKED OUT SOME OF THE SALARY FOR THE RISK MANAGER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT POSITION WILL NOT BE ON BOARD OCTOBER ONE, AND WE HAVE THE FULL YEAR IN THERE. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A REDUCTION OF $15,000. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED COSTS FOR EDUCATIONAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          SO TUITION, UH, OUR CURRENT POLICY IS TO PROVIDE $3,000 PER EMPLOYEE. 
          AND WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          ALSO, WE HAVE EMPLOYMENT EXAMS. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE, UM, WITH THE DUE TO CIVIL SERVICE. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 
          SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES IS 167,563 COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE HAVE A RECURRING EXPENSE OF $4,235, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE TIME OF 70 3042. 
          UH, THIS INCLUDES, UH, $15,000 TOWARDS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER. 
          I BELIEVE THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL TO, UH, FOUR NEWSLETTERS AND AN ANNUAL REPORT. 
          UH, THE $43,482 IS MCTV PIG FUNDING. 
          SO THAT IS NOT THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THE PEG FUND AND A GENERAL FUND FOR COMMUNICATIONS, THE TOTAL INCREASE WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $77,717. 
          I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST ONE, DEPARTMENTAL ELENA. 
          YES. 
          GOOD QUESTION. 
          UM, THE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS EXPENSE, UM, WHICH SHE MAY HAVE GONE OVER THAT IN OUR WORKSHOP, BUT CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN AND SAY, THIS IS WITHIN THIS LINE. 
          WE PAY FOR THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER AND THE ANNUAL REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          CURRENTLY WITHIN THE BUDGET, THERE'S, I BELIEVE 100,600, AND THIS WILL BRING IT TO 115,600, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEWSLETTERS. 
          WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING AN ITB IN HOPES OF GETTING A REALLY GOOD PRICING. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT FUNDING WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THAT NUMBER OF NEWSLETTERS, BILL, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, STERLING, AND I, WE HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT A COMMUNITY FUND THAT FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I'LL, I'LL COVER THAT IN A MOMENT. 
          WE, WE KIND OF BREEZED PAST IT, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO READ EVERY LINE. 
          I'VE GOT TWO ITEMS FOR COUNCIL THAT I WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO, UH, THE, UH, CERTIFICATION PAY. 
          UH, WHAT IS IT, 135,000? IS THIS, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, NEW, UH, UH, SURVEYS THAT WE TOOK THAT SHOWED WHAT THE, UH, UH, CERTIFICATION PAY REQUIRED AS WELL? BRING IT UP TO, UM, I GUESS, UH, THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S JUST PARADER CITY, UH, COMPARED TO CITIES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 
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AND NON DEPARTMENTAL, UH, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 1.1 MILLION IN RECURRING, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE TWO AND A HALF SALARY INCREASE AND THE CERTIFICATION PAY, UH, AND A CIVIL SERVICE SALARY ADJUSTMENT. 
          UH, ALSO THE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT I MENTIONED, UM, OUR PRACTICE IS TO INCLUDE THE SALARY INCREASES IN NON DEPARTMENTAL INITIALLY. 
          AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, DISTRIBUTED OR CALCULATED FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THEN WE SUBMIT A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE CORRECT PLACE BASED ON THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME, THE INCREASES GIVEN ALSO, AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS, UH, $500,000, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, AS AN ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR PENSION. 
          SO IF I COULD GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, UH, THERE WERE TWO ITEMS FOR COUNCIL. 
          ONE IS A REPLACEMENT OF YOUR EYE PADS. 
          UH, THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE. 
          I WAS 20,000. 
          IT WAS AN IT BUDGET. 
          AND SECOND OF ALL, UH, THE OTHER COMMENT THAT SHE HAD MADE WAS, UH, THERE'VE BEEN INQUIRED FROM SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT HAVING INDIVIDUAL, UM, UH, SPENDING MY, OR I SAY, SPENDING MY MONEY ALLOCATED PER MEMBER. 
          AND SO ANYWAY, WE, UH, WE HAD DISCUSSION BRIEFLY ABOUT IT AND I WANT TO PUT IT IN. 
          THERE WAS $8,500 TOTAL, IT'D BE A THOUSAND FOR A NON, OR EXCUSE ME FOR A DISTRICT MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN FOR AT LARGE POSITIONS, 1500. 
          SO THAT TAKES IT TO A TOTAL OF 8,500 THAT'S IN THERE AS WELL. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES JUST HOW THAT SPINS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES, UM, WITH HOW IT'S SPENT AND USE THE CITY RESOURCES IN THE LIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, SO THAT FOR OUR TRANSPARENCY, UM, DURING TIMES LIKE THIS WE'RE OFTEN ASKED TO AS A COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPONSOR VARIOUS EVENTS IN OUR DISTRICTS, UM, UM, MANY OF US COME OUT OF OUR POCKETS TO PROVIDE, LET'S SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STERLING JUST CAME OUT OF OUR POCKET, UPWARDS $300 TO PROVIDE SCHOOL BACKPACKS WITH IT. 
          SAY THAT AGAIN, I'M SORRY. 
          SO WE SPENT, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS. 
          UM, SO WE FEEL LIKE THESE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE BENEFITING OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER ENHANCE THEIR LIVES. 
          AND SO WE JUST ASKED FOR A BUDGET FOR EACH DISTRICT TO HAVE A BUDGET AND FOR THE, AT LARGE MEMBERS, SINCE WE OVERLAPPED WITH THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS FOR US TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, IN THAT, SO THAT, UH, BUT THESE MONIES WILL BE BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC AND THE COLLEAGUES KNEW. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $10,850,022. 
          UM, AND THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE HAVE THOSE ONGOING COMMITMENTS OF 1 MILLION 4 24 49, A RECURRING 1 MILLION 8 94, 49 FOR A TOTAL RECURRING OF APPROXIMATELY $3.3 MILLION. 
          THE TOTAL ONE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 6.8. 
          YOU BACK OUT THE TOTAL ONE TIME FROM OUR OPERATING BUDGET, NOT INCLUDING TRANSFERS IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET, UM, IS 51,057,000 6 79. 
          UM, AND THAT IS, UH, IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING, OTHER FRIENDS, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, 6 93, 4 82, THAT INCLUDES THE PARKLAND ZONE. 
          AND, UH, THE MCTV PEG FUNDS PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR POSITIONS TOTAL, TOTAL POSITIONS. 
          RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 382 AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE HAVE 398, WHICH IS A NET INCREASE OF 16. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, THE POSITIONS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE STAFFING FOR STATION SIX. 
          PLUS THE ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALL PUBLIC WORKS HAS THREE FTE AND HUMAN RESOURCES HAS A ONE, THE RISK MANAGER, AND WE ARE REMOVING THE TOURISM MANAGER POSITION AS WE NOW HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE LGC FOR MANAGEMENT OF A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET ME GO BACK, PLEASE. 
          SO ON THIS, THERE WAS SOME POSITIONS THAT WAS ASKED FOR FRONT OFFICE AND OF THAT, HAS THAT ALL THAT BEEN TAKEN OUT OR IS THIS, OR WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS WHAT, WHAT THE NEW THINGS, THE NEW POSITIONS. 
          I DO HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE RESTRUCTURING OF POSITIONS GOING BETWEEN DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT. 
          IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FRONT DESK, GO RED HAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS JUST THE, UH, ANOTHER GRAPHIC FOR THE PROPOSED STAFF. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR LARGEST DEPARTMENT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 138.2 FTE FOLLOWED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT 
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AT 91. 
          AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AT 45. 
          SO THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS ALL OF OUR POSITIONS AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, IT INCLUDES SOME RESTRUCTURING OF DEPARTMENTS, UM, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, BEING REMOVED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GOING INTO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A POSITION THAT WAS THE, UH, FRONT DESK ATTENDANT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNDER COMMUNICATIONS GOING INTO GENERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE WHO'S GENERAL GOVERNMENT, GENERAL FAMILY UNDER CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER ANDREW'S OFFICE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, THE, THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE JUST WENT OVER, UH, INCLUDING THE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          SO TOTAL AMOUNT, 398, OF WHICH 2.6 ARE FUNDED BY SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. 
          ALAINA IS 43 K M ENOUGH TO FUND A TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED FOR THE NEW CHAMBER 43. 
          OH. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PROJECTS UNDERWAY AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THERE. 
          EVERYTHING'S TAKEN CARE OF, IS IT THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR? YES, YES. 
          THAT, SO THAT'S IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 2021. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AS A TEAM AND ELENA, I KNOW DURING THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP, YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE SPLITTING ONE PERSON BETWEEN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I THINK THE, UM, ATTORNEYS, THE ATTORNEYS DEPARTMENT WAS, THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT YOU GUYS JUST KIND OF, THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT, UM, WAS, UH, I BELIEVE HER SPEAKING TO THE, UH, ASSISTANT THAT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND THAT POSITION LIES IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMUNICATION, LOFTY POSITION. 
          THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T REALLY THE COMMUNICATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHEN YOU SHOW F YOU KNOW, YEAR 22 CHANGES, SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT. 
          FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
          THESE ARE THE, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET INCLUDES THE INCREASES IN RESTRUCTURING. 
          WHAT IS IN THE THREE, THREE FTES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS? WHAT WERE THEY? THOSE POSITIONS ARE THE SENIOR INSPECTOR STREETS, TECHNICIAN, TOO, AND SIGNAL SPECIALIST. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, MAYOR TO ANSWER THAT MORE THOROUGHLY TOO, IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE EXISTING, UH, FUNDING FROM METRO TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UH, CON RATHER THAN CONTRACT NOW HAVING THOSE AS ON STAFF PERSONNEL. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON STAFFING, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT TAX REVENUE. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR TAXES, WE COLLECT FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MNO. 
          UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE RATE, UH, BUT THE TERRORS IS GET THEIR PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND AND DEBT, UM, REVENUES ABOVE THE BASE, UH, BEING THE BASE, UH, THE, THE VALUATION YEAR WHEN THE THERESE WAS CREATED. 
          SO, UH, THE GENERAL FUND GETS 68.2% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES, A DEBT SERVICE, 23.3. 
          UH, THEN WE HAVE THE TERMS IS WITH THE TERM TWO BEING THE LARGEST SET 4.5 IN TERMS ONE AND THREE BEING REALLY CLOSE AT TWO AND 1.9%, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING, WE SAY POLICE FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE THE HIGHEST, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY, THEY'RE ALSO THE HIGHEST. 
          WE HAVE THE POLICE AT 14.4 MILLION FIRE AT 10.8 PUBLIC WORKS AT 9.7. 
          A NON DEPARTMENTAL IS AT $9.8 MILLION. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE TRANSFER ALL OF THE REVENUES INTO, UM, THE TERS FROM NON-DEPARTMENTAL. 
          SO WE, WE COLLECT ALL OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THEN WE DO A TRANSFER OUT INTO THE TERMS. AND SO THAT'S A MAJORITY OF THAT, UH, RE UH, EXPENDITURES. 
          THAT'S A NON DEPARTMENTAL FOR ALL FUNDS. 
          NOW THIS INCLUDES GENERAL FUNDS, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECT, THAT SERVICE, UM, ALL OF OUR FUNDS, UM, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, THE TOTAL REVENUE IS WHEN 153 MILLION, 844,277, TOTAL EXPENDITURES 157 MILLION, $545,108. 
          YEAH. 
          FOR OUR UTILITY ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS. 
          UM, WE RECENTLY, UM, FEDERATED ALL OF THE FUNDS OUT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THE REVENUE AND EXPENSE EXPENDITURES FOR ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS. 
          UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SURFACE WATER OPERATING FUND IS THE LARGEST FOLLOWED BY THE STEEPING, UH, FLAT BANK CONSTRUCTION FUND, WHICH RECEIVES REVENUE FROM BOND PROCEEDS, TOTAL AMOUNTS FOR ALL OF OUR UTILITY ENTERPRISE FUNDS IS 39 MILLION 
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5 24, 7 83 WITH EXPENDITURES AT 37 MILLION 3 97, 8 22. 
          NOW ON THE HORIZON, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, UH, ON THE 20TH, THIS FRIDAY AS DISCUSSED, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THE BUDGET, UH, CITY COUNCIL YOU'LL RECEIVE ALL OF THE DETAIL, YOU'LL HAVE THE ENTIRE BUDGET DOCUMENT TO REVIEW. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING AND ADOPTION SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH, 21. 
          SO THIS PROVIDES US AND IT TIRE MODE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY SPECIAL WORK SESSIONS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE INFORMATION AFTER YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO DIGEST IT. 
          UM, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO ADOPT ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, AND WE'RE ALSO SCHEDULED TO ADOPT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. 
          UH, AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE RIGHT AFTER THIS AGENDA ITEM. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ELENA, I JUST WANT YOU TO EXPOUND, OR MAYBE, UM, CLARIFY, WILL THE PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE IF ANY OF THE BONDS ARE PASSED. 
          SO THE PROPERTY, THE INS RATE, WHICH IS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL INCREASE, UH, THE, THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE NOW HAS THE MAXIMUM INS RATE AT 17.57 CENTS. 
          SO THAT IS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT. 
          AND SO, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE DON'T ISSUE ALL OF THE DEBT AT ONCE. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD THE DEBT BEING ISSUED, I BELIEVE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 
          UM, SO THAT IS WHY THE, THE, UM, DEBT RATE DOES NOT GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY YEAR ONE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ISSUING ALL OF THE DEBT AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE OVERALL PROPERTY TAX, RIGHT, THE MNO PORTION CAN CHANGE. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL CHANGE, IT DEPENDS. 
          IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE ASSESSED VALUATION AND, UM, WHAT OUR OPERATIONS ARE. 
          AND IF YOU, UH, ARE YOU, IF YOU'RE APPROVING ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES, IT'S POSSIBLE JUST LIKE THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, THE MNO RATE COULD GO DOWN. 
          UM, AND IF THAT GOES DOWN AND THE DEBT SERVICE GOES UP, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE COULD BE THE SAME. 
          SO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CALCULATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          BUT FROM WHAT WE CAN SEE WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE BOND ISSUE, UH, THE HIGHEST INS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL BE 17.57 CENTS. 
          AND THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT, AGAIN, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE IT AT, I THINK IT'S POINT 13 OR CLOSE TO 14 CENTS. 
          I DON'T MEAN TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY BACK, BUT I WANT TO MAKE, I THINK IT SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN IN A SIMPLER TERM. 
          SO THE RESIDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THAT POTENTIALLY IF THEY VOTE ON THESE PROPOSITIONS, THAT THEIR PROPERTIES HAVE TO, IS THERE GOING TO BE INCREASED, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR PRESENTATIONS? I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT UNTIL I ASKED THIS QUESTION. 
          AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND. 
          SO I'M ASKING YOU GUYS TO CREATE SOMETHING, UM, SOME TYPE OF STATEMENTS IN A SIMPLER FORM THAT CAN BREAK IT DOWN TO THE RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IT. 
          BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IF I NEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION, THE PROPERTY TAXES WOULD HAVE INCREASED IN A, IN A PORTION THAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED. 
          AND WE WOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN THAT BY VOTING ON THESE PROPOSITIONS, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONTINUING AT A LOWER RATE. 
          WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM LATER ON TODAY, AND WE DO HAVE AN ATTACHMENT THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          WHAT'S BEEN PRETTY BRITTEN, BEEN PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SUMMER, TALKING ABOUT THE 17, 18 AND 19 CENT TAX RATE. 
          AND THE BOND COMMITTEE ADOPTED THE 19.56 ON OR A TAX, RIGHT. 
          AND HOWEVER, BECAUSE VALUES HAVE BEEN SO AGGRESSIVE AND BETTER, THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN NOW TO 17 CENTS. 
          AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE BROKEN DOWN FOR THE RESIDENTS, LIKE, SHOULD I THAT'S, WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. 
          AND I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE SET THE TAX RATE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO GO UP OR DOWN OR FLUCTUATE. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO BE A FIXED RATE. 
          BUT WHAT IS BEING STATED IS THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY GO UP THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR IF IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE DEAD RATE IS HIGHER. 
          UH, AND SO IT'S NOT GOING TO, THE TAXES ARE NOT GOING TO INCREASE WITH W YOU KNOW, 57 CENTS IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED NOW. 
          SO THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR OF 22, IT WILL REMAIN WHATEVER THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TAX RATE THAT WE AS COUNCIL VOTE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          I STAND BY MY STATEMENT THAT IT WAS NEVER CLEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I WOULDN'T HAVE, UM, A LARGE AMOUNT OF TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS AND ASKED THIS QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN, 
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IF IT WAS CLEAR FOR THE RESIDENTS, WELL, AGAIN, WE'LL PRESENT IT, IT'S PRESENTED IN THE INFORMATION, UH, TONIGHT, THEY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. 
          UH, CAN WE BREAK THAT DOWN BY THE THREE CATEGORIES? WHAT THE INCREASE IS, OR THE TAX RATE IS ON FRONT OF BOND ISSUE FOR FACILITIES, FOR TRANSPORTATION AND FOR, UH, WHATEVER THE THIRD ITEM IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IN OUR THIRD CATEGORY, IN THE, UH, THE BOND ISSUE, IT DEPEND ON WHEN THE PROJECTS ARE SOLD, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOME STREETS, SOME FACILITIES SOLID, SAME TIME OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 
          I'LL HAVE TO PUT SOME THOUGHT AND ELENA, ELENA, AND I WILL, UH, PUT SOME THOUGHT TO THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT. 
          I JUST DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, ARE, UH, UH, STANDARD, UH, FAR AS GENERAL FUND IS 25 TO 30%. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THIS POINT, PROJECTING 34%. 
          UH, WHAT'S THE, UH, THE VALUE, UH, IN MAINTAINING THAT HIGHER 34% RATE, UH, I KNOW IT MAY BE WITH THE BOND RATING, BUT HOW MUCH, OR WHAT KIND OF A SAVINGS DO WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, BY MAINTAINING IT AT 34 VERSUS, UH, UH, 30%, WHICH IS AT THE HIGH END, THE VAJRA OF OUR STANDARD. 
          DO WE KNOW THAT, OR I W I WILL STATE THAT OUR CURRENT POLICY IS 20 TO 30%. 
          AND WITHIN THAT POLICY, WE ALSO HAVE A RESERVE FOR, UM, EMERGENCIES AND LIKE AN OPERATING RESERVE THAT IS $3 MILLION. 
          AND SO IF WE WERE TO EVER USE ANY OF THAT FUNDING FOR THE EMERGENCY OR FOR, UM, THE OPERATING RESERVE, IF WE WERE ONLY AT 30%, WE WILL BE BELOW 30%. 
          SO THAT EXTRA CUSHION PROVIDES US WITH FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE ADDITIONAL RESERVES WITHOUT, UM, DIPPING INTO OUR TYPICAL 30. 
          WE HAD TO USE THE, WE HAD TO USE GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE EMERGENCIES. 
          WE HAVE NOT AT YEAR END REDUCED OUR FUND BALANCE BASED ON THE USE. 
          BUT IF YOU CONSIDER, UM, SOME OF THE RECENT DISASTERS, WE HAVE HAD TO FRONT ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES PRIOR TO BEING REIMBURSED FOR THEM. 
          SO WE HAVE SORT OF USED IT, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF OUR REVENUES EXCEEDED EXPENSES. 
          SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAP INTO FUND BALANCE, BUT THE POSSIBILITY IS THERE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING SOME OF THE, UM, DISASTERS WE'VE HAD WITHIN THE PAST, I GUESS SOME OF MY QUESTIONING IS, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY WAY OF USING SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL 4%, UH, TO BUY DOWN THE TAX RATE IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          I KNOW, UM, WHENEVER WE HAVE INTERVIEWS WITH OUR BOND RATING AGENCIES, THEY ASK US IF WE HAVE ANY PLAN. 
          I KNOW WE DO HAVE, OUR FFA IS HERE TO KNOCK FINANCIAL ADVISERS HERE TONIGHT. 
          UM, THEY DO ASK US IF WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO SPEND DOWN OUR RESERVES AND WE HAVE TOLD THEM NO. 
          AND SO IF, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THOUGH THE MAXIMUM OF OUR, OF OUR STANDARD, THAT WE'VE SET, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING IT DOWN TO 20% OR 19%. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT ADDITIONAL 4.2% THAT, UH, IS THERE, UM, BASED ON YOUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THE POLICY STATES THAT ANY AMOUNT OVER THE 30% CAN BE USED FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR. 
          AND SO ON THE SLIDE, UM, THIS SLIDE HERE, WE SHOW THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 2.5. 
          SO IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION, IT IS WITHIN OUR POLICY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          ONLY THING IS WE ARE DEALING WITH ESTIMATES. 
          AND SO FOR SOME REASON, UM, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR REVENUE OR SAVINGS AND EXPENDITURES DON'T COME IN, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CUSHION FOR THE 30%, BUT THERE IS 2.5 AVAILABLE. 
          I DON'T MIND, I, I, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE THAT ALLOWS US TO LOWER OUR TAX RATE. 
          SO IF THAT MEANS UTILIZING SOME OF THE EXCESS OVER OUR 30%, BUT LET'S EXPLORE IT AND EXAMINE IT AND SHIFTERS, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE ARE, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE, UH, SOMETHING, UH, UH, OTHER THAN, UH, UH, THING THAT, UH, THAT STANDARD TAX OR THE STANDARD GENERAL FUND PERCENTAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE THING THAT WE MUST CONSIDER IS THAT USING FUND BALANCE FUND DANCE IS A ONE-TIME SOURCE. 
          AND SO IF YOU BUY DOWN YOUR TAX RATE, USING THE ONE-TIME SOURCE, IT WILL IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO, 
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UM, IT WILL IMPACT YOUR FUTURE PROPERTY TAX, UH, RATES IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ONE-TIME MONEY THERE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PAY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES, THEN YOU MIGHT END UP, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. 
          TELL ME WHAT THE, WHAT THAT PUTS US IN JEOPARDY OF DOING, TRYING TO BUY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, ARE USED AT AN ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT IS MY OPINION. 
          YES. 
          WELL, YOU'RE THE FINANCIAL EXPERT, SO I TAKE YOUR OPINION VERY HIGHLY. 
          YEAH. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANY, OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO THE POINT THAT 2 CENTS HAS COMING DOWN IS IS NOT, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FUND BALANCE. 
          SO YEAH, SO WE'RE NOT BUYING ANYTHING DOWN OR WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANYTHING. 
          THAT'S JUST A STRAIGHT VALUE INCREASE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT ON THE INS VR BUYING DOWN THE INS, RIGHT THOUGH, THERE IS EXCESS COLLECTIONS OF $1 MILLION THAT WAS CALCULATED. 
          AND SO THE INS RATE IS, IS LOWER. 
          AND OUR RESERVE IS, IS BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. 
          THE COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED, RIGHT? THE AMOUNT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE ABOVE. 
          AND NOW IT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT LOWER WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT WITH ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES, RIGHT? IF I MAY GO BACK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD, QUESTION ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO VOTERS FIT LAW ACTUALLY REQUIRES THE CITY TO PROVIDE A VOTER INFORMATION DOCUMENT FOR EACH BOND PROPOSITION. 
          THAT DOCUMENT IS BEING TRANSLATED. 
          AND ONCE IT'S TRANSLATED, IT WILL BE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BREAK DOWN. 
          YOU POTENTIAL INCREASE IN TAXES PER $100,000 VALUATION PER RESIDENT SO THAT THEY COULD SEE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT, BUT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. 
          WE HAVE TO GET IT TRANSLATED BECAUSE OF OUR LANGUAGE REQUIRED. 
          I WANT TO GET A PROJECT THAT TO BE FINALIZED. 
          UM, I BELIEVE MAYBE LATER ON THIS WEEK, EARLY NEXT WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          WILL WE RECEIVE A COPY BEFORE IT'S PUBLISHED? YOU ALL ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF THE ENGLISH VERSION IN YOUR DROPBOX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE IS, I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT SAFETY CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS WITH THE CAMERAS ON, ON OUR REC CENTER. 
          SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT IN GENERAL IN THE CURRENT YEAR CORONARY. 
          SO IS THAT IN, IS THAT IN HERE AS A ONE-TIME SPIN, NOT IN, NOT IN THIS POST BUDGET, BUT IN THE EXISTING BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT A POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO PUT IN PLACE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DO HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION, I THINK, UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THAT COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS EXPENSE WAS BROUGHT UP BY MAYOR PRO TEM OR RULES AS NEWSLETTERS. 
          AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE $15,000 IN THERE TO SPEND FOUR IN A QUARTER. 
          I CURRENTLY HAVE $100,600 IN THERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, THIS 15,000, WHICH WOULD TAKE IT TO 115,000. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE QUOTES THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, ATTACHED TO OTHER, UH, PURCHASES, REGARD IT TO THE NEWSLETTER AND WITH POSTAGE, UH, AND I BELIEVE 46, 44 OR 46,000 COPIES OF THE QUOTES. 
          WE'RE AT 15,000. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AN ITB, UM, IN HOPES OF HAVING QUOTES THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 AND SO 15,000 FOR FOUR NEWSLETTERS PLUS AN ANNUAL REPORT. 
          UM, THAT'S YOU WERE SAYING IN 50,000 INCLUDE POSTAGE AND SENDING OUT 46,000 NEWSLETTERS, FOUR TIMES A YEAR. 
          THAT WAS IN ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          OKAY. 
          I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING THAT ITB COMES BACK IN, UH, LESS, WE DO HAVE CASH CUSHION IF IT'S 15,000 AND HOW MUCH WAS WE PUT IN FOR POSTAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WE UTILIZE ONCE IN A WHILE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THAT'S 13,000. 
          SO YOU'RE TELLING ME $30,000 FOR INQUIRIES THAT WE PUT IN TOO, BECAUSE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHOPPING CENTER COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE X AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY, THAT WOULD COST $13,000, YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE, BUT YEAH, FOR 46,000 PEOPLE FOR FOUR TIMES, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEND IT OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE 15,000. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CERTIFIED MAIL THAT THEY HAVE TO USE AS COSTLY. 
          IT'S ABOUT $4. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, BUT IT'S MULTIPLE DOLLARS PER MAILING THAT YOU HAD TO DO THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          AGAIN, WE'LL USE THE FACTS AND THE NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO, WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL, 
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UH, OR NEWSLETTER THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE GET IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 
          AND THEN IF IT IS MORE BASED ON THE BID, WE GET, THEN WE'LL INCREASE THE BUDGET. 
          WE CAN INCREASE THE BUDGET. 
          AND BEFORE IT'S ADOPTED, ONLY REASON I ASK IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S A 13,000 FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND YOU HAVE IN HERE IS, WHICH IS 15,000, WHICH IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS NOT SENDING IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, FOUR TIMES TO THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT YEAH, LET ME CLARIFY ON THE NOTICING. 
          SO THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD ZONING NOTICES, THAT'S THE CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTICES. 
          SO THAT'S THE BUDGET THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET? SO THAT'S THE NOTIFICATION FOR, UM, NUISANCES OBSERVED, UM, OR VIOLATIONS OBSERVED. 
          SO THAT'S THE STANDARD NOTIFICATION, UM, AND THEY'RE ALL CERTIFIED BY CERTIFIED NOW, MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY. 
          FOR THE 46,000 AND ON THE COPIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SENT OUT, WILL THAT BE ENOUGH BASICALLY WHAT TO EXPOUND ON WHAT MAYOR MADE IT? I WOULD LIKE FOR STACY TO BE ABLE TO EXPOUND. 
          SO THAT IS HER DEPARTMENT. 
          SO IF WE COULD, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT AN INVITATION FOR BID. 
          I THINK IF I COULD REAL QUICK ANSWER THE QUESTION OR, UH, ADVISE WHY WE'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION, WE ARE, WE'LL GET THAT INVITATION FOR BID BACK. 
          WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND BASED ON THAT BED. 
          AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IF $15,000 ISN'T ENOUGH, THEN, UH, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD TO THAT WITH BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL FILE ADOPTION. 
          AND THAT WAY WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT MORE MONEY GOING TOWARD THAT. 
          IT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND TODAY. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS TWO NEW ONE, THAT'S A NEWSLETTER THAT WAS THROWN AWAY THAT, UH, WAS BOUGHT THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, SO AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT BASED ON ACTUAL NUMBERS AND ACTUAL BIDS. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHY I WAS THROWN AWAY? I NEED TO HAVE YOU TO ANSWER IT. 
          EVERYTHING IS BECAUSE THE CITY MAN, THERE WAS INFORMATION ABOUT FORMER CITY MANAGER IN THERE AND WE HAD TO TAKE IT. 
          IT HAD TO BE CORRECTED TO BE TAKEN OUT. 
          THANK YOU, STACY. 
          SO, UH, MAN, IT'S OKAY. 
          I'LL JUST MAN COUNSEL. 
          UH, THE REQUEST IN TERMS OF THE CITIZEN NEWSLETTER, UH, CAME ABOUT AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR PRO TEM MARILLAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, UM, TO INCREASE AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY TO INCREASE THE COUNT TO FOUR NEWSLETTERS PER YEAR PLUS AN ANNUAL REPORT. 
          OUR REQUEST WAS FOR 160,000 BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ROOFTOP, CITYWIDE, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND THE CITY'S GROWTH HAS NOT CONTINUED. 
          SO WE'RE NOT MAILING OUT 44,000 COPIES. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY MAILING OUT 50,000 COPIES RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER INCREASE AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE EVEN MORE WHEN THE NUQUEST DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR COMES ON BOARD AND ALL OF THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'VE ALSO GONE FROM AN EIGHT PAGE EDITION TO A 12 PAGE EDITION BECAUSE CITY SERVICES HAVE ALSO GROWN. 
          SO YOU HAVE A 12 PAGE EDITION PLUS AN INSERT, AND WE'VE GONE FROM A 16 PAGE ANNUAL REPORT TO A 20 PAGE ANNUAL REPORT. 
          SO THE COST TO DO FOUR CITIZEN NEWSLETTERS AND ONE ANNUAL REPORT IS ABOUT $160,000. 
          AND THAT'S PROBABLY JUST GOING TO, EVEN OUT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THE CITY IS STILL GROWING. 
          I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW $115,000 IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THE RELATIVE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BILL. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE ARE A LOT OF DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CORRECT PART RIGHT AREA. 
          AND I DON'T SEE, UH, THAT IN THE 22 BUDGET, WILL WE BE ABLE TO EXPEND THOSE DOLLARS BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 30TH END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, IT WILL BE CARRIED OVER AND TO THE NEW BUDGET AND NOT, NOT AS SUPPLEMENTAL, THERE'LL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE EXISTING MONEY OVER INTO THE NEW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER. 
          [9. AUTHORIZATIONS]
WE HAD A BORDERED ON ITEM NUMBER NINE INSTEAD OF AUTHORIZING AND MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY POINT TO 
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MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU MEAN AGAIN, UH, THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THE TAX RATE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, UH, AS MENTIONED IS, UH, 2 CENTS LESS THAN THE CURRENT TAX RATE. 
          THIS IS A REDUCTION OF 3.3, 4%. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 0.5 7 8 0 3 5. 
          WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UM, HAVE SIX DIGITS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SO LONG. 
          5 7, 8 0 3 5. 
          OUR CURRENT TAX RATE IS 5 9 8 0 3 5. 
          NOW THIS AGAIN IS MADE UP OF TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 
          THE FIRST ONE BEING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, WHICH IS AT A 4 4 3 2 2 5, AND THE DEBT SERVICE AT A 1 3 4 8 1 0, UH, OF THE REVENUE GENERATED WITH THIS TAX RATE. 
          UH, 46.2 MILLION IS GENERATED FROM EXISTING PROPERTIES. 
          WHILE 1.1 MILLION WILL BE GENERATED FROM NEW PROPERTIES. 
          UH, THE TRUTH AND TAXATION PROCESS, UM, IS ONE WHERE WE CALCULATE THE, UH, NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS BASICALLY USING THE ASSESS VALUATIONS OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE ON THE ROLL. 
          UH, PREVIOUSLY THE AMOUNT THAT'S AT THE RATE THAT'S NECESSARY TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUES, AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS THE RATE WHEREBY IF WE INCREASE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS BY 3.5%, UM, THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, COLLECT AS A TAX RATE, OF COURSE, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS NOT, UM, UH, REQUIRING ANY TYPE OF, UH, VOTE IT'S ACTUALLY BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, LITTLE INFORMATION AGAIN ABOUT OUR CERTIFIED ROLES, UH, FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE UNDER, UH, PROTESTS AT THE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY $7.8 BILLION. 
          AND WE DID RECEIVE A CORRECTED VERSION OF THE NEW PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUE FROM FORT BEN TAX OFFICE. 
          UH, THAT VALUE IS NOW $164,625,263. 
          AND JUST FOR COMPARISON, UH, THE 2020 TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE AT CERTIFICATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 7.2. 
          AND THEN OUR LAST, UH, SUPPLEMENT WE RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTS EVERY MONTH. 
          THAT SHOWS WHAT OUR VALUE IS. 
          UH, FOR 2020, IT WAS ALSO 7.2. 
          SO THERE IS AN INCREASE IN OUR TAXABLE VALUES FOR 2021 FOR HARRIS COUNTY. 
          WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE CERTIFIED, BUT WE DO HAVE A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE OF THE TAXABLE, UH, ASSESSED EVALUATION. 
          AND SO, UH, FOR HARRIS COUNTY, WE'RE AT ALMOST 519 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT UNDER PROTEST OF ALMOST 460 MILLION IN THOSE THAT ARE, UH, WHICH IS AT 43 MILLION, A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF TAXABLE VALUE IS 500 TO A MILLION, ALMOST 800,000. 
          THE NEW PROPERTY TAX VALUE FOR HARRIS COUNTY IS 27 MILLION. 
          AND FOR COMPARISON, AGAIN, THE 2020 TAXABLE VALUES AT CERTIFICATION WAS 402 MILLION WITH, UH, THE TOTAL VALUE AT THE LAST SUPPLEMENT BEING 436. 
          SO AGAIN, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE TAX RATES, OF COURSE, UH, WE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S TAX RATE, BUT, UH, RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY ACTUALLY PAY MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE PAYING THE CITY. 
          UH, JUST FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, FOR THE TAX YEAR 2020, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR, 20 20, 1 OF THE MISSOURI CITY TAX RATE, AND THIS EXCLUDES ALL MUDS, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE VARYING RATES WITH ALL OF THE MUDS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT EXCLUDING THE MUDS MISSOURI CITY TAX RATE IS 25.2% WITH, UH, FORT BEND ISD BEING A MAJORITY OF THE TAX RATE AT, UH, 52.2%. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE FORT BEND COUNTY AND HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE TAX RATES. 
          SO AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS, UH, 0.5 7 8 0 3 5. 
          THIS WILL RESULT IN APPROXIMATELY $47.3 MILLION. 
          AND WE ARE UTILIZING A 98% COLLECTION RATE. 
          WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR COLLECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR AND WE'RE AT APPROXIMATELY 98%. 
          AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A GOOD ESTIMATE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF THIS AMOUNT. 
          APPROXIMATELY 32.2 WILL BE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          APPROXIMATELY 5.2 WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TERSE FUNDS AND THE REMAINING 9.8 WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT OUR PROPOSED, UH, RATES ARE ON OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES. 
          UM, THE AVERAGE TENURE AVERAGE FOR THE TOTAL TAX RATE IS 0.57748, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED NOW AT 5 7 8 0 4, AS FAR AS, UH, OTHER CITIES. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OF OUR GOALS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO MAINTAIN A TAX RATE THAT IS BELOW THE AVERAGE OF COMPARISON CITIES, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE PROPOSING 
          [01:15:01]
AT THIS TIME. 
          WE'RE LOOKING BACK AT THE 20, 20 TAX YEAR AT THE, UH, RATES OF SOME OF OUR COMPARISON CITIES. 
          THE AVERAGE IS A 0.582 OF COURSE, AROUND IN A THREE NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE. 
          UH, AND THE PROPOSED IS 0.578, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE AVERAGE OF THE COMPARISON CITIES, BUT IT'S LESS THAN THE AVERAGE FOR 2020, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 2021 INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE. 
          NOW, HOW DOES, UH, AFFECTS, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS? UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS CHART IS SHOWING, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, OF COURSE OUR, OUR RATE IS 5 9, 8 0 5, UH, WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, RATE. 
          AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY INCREASES OR DECREASES IN VALUES, OF COURSE, UH, DEPENDENT UPON SOMEONE'S VALUES, THE CHANGES OR INCREASES THEY COULD PAY MORE. 
          UM, BUT IF EVERYTHING REMAINED THE SAME, UH, HELD CONSTANT FOR A HOME THAT WAS 50,000, IT WOULD BE A $10 ANNUAL, UH, DECREASE. 
          AND ON THE HIGH SIDE, A HOME WITH AN ESTIMATED BY A 300,000 WOULD SEE A $60 DECREASE, UH, AND THE VALUE OF 1 CENT USING A 98% COLLECTION RATE IS 729,000 9 21. 
          SO IF YOU WANT IT TO USE A FUND BALANCE OR SOMEHOW DECREASE THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, 729,000 9 21 IS THE VALUE OF 1 CENT. 
          OKAY. 
          IN SUMMARY, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE TNC CALCULATIONS ARE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE IS AT 0.5 8 6 5 0 8. 
          UM, WE ARE NOT, UM, PROPOSING A RATE THAT IS A NO NEW REVENUE RATE WE'RE PROPOSING LISTS. 
          THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS 0.5 9 5 4 6 6. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT'S A 2 CENT REDUCTION, WHICH IS BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, 7 29, 9 21 IS THE FIGURE. 
          IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, PROPOSING A RATE THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          UM, AND IF YOU PROPOSE A RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WE WILL, UH, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. 
          UM, AND DUE TO THE TIMING FOR AN ELECTION, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADOPT A RATE THAT EXCEEDS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. 
          AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, ATLANTA. 
          I JUST WANT YOU TO CLARIFY ONE MORE THING THAT YOU SAID THAT HARRIS COUNTY PORTION OF THAT THAT'S A BUDGETED, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE WERE, WE HAVEN'T THAT AMOUNT HASN'T COME IN YET. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT FORT BEND COUNTY DID CORRECT. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CERTIFIED ROLLS FROM HARRIS COUNTY, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE US WITH WHAT THEY CALL A, LIKE A CERTIFIED ESTIMATE. 
          SO YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO REDUCE, UH, THE RATE DOWN FROM 59 TO 57. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          AND HARRIS COUNTY IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE ROLE. 
          SO, UM, EVEN IF IT CAME IN A LITTLE LESS, WE BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE 2 CENT MAINTAIN THE TWO SANE TO SEND. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ELENA. 
          BEFORE, UM, BEFORE I HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, ON THIS ITEM. 
          SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT BY BRUCE  AND PLEASE, WHEN YOU UP, COME UP HERE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU DO HAVE A THREE MINUTES. 
          SURE. 
           7, 9 1 5 CHANCEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO LOWER THE RATE BY 2 CENTS BY PROPERTY VALUE GOES UP AT LEAST 10% EVERY YEAR. 
          THAT'S THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY HARRIS COUNTY WHEN IT'S YOUR HOMESTEAD. 
          SO BASICALLY IT'S A TAX INCREASE FOR EVERYBODY, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE REDUCING THE RATE. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          EVERYBODY'S APPRAISALS ARE GOING UP, YOU'RE LOWERING IT 2 CENTS. 
          THEY'RE RAISING MAY 10%. 
          SO BASICALLY I'M PAYING 8% MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES NEXT YEAR FOR WHAT THE CITY THAT'S DYSFUNCTIONAL, DOESN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT. 
          THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A MEANINGFUL SENIOR EXEMPTION. 
          LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IF MY HOUSE WAS ONE BLOCK OVER MY TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES, BEING A SENIOR CITIZEN WOULD BE LESS THAN $400 A YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE, THAT THE TAX RATE, UH, MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.5 7 8 0 3 5, WHICH IS LOWER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND THE PLACEMENT OF A PROPOSED TAX RATE OF NO GREATER THAN 0.58 CENTS A SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IS THERE, UH, UM, 
          [01:20:01]
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. 
          IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL AND DOGMATIC ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS AND VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE IS DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND ALL OF OUR BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WERE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDST OF COVID, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE THINGS THAT, UH, OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH WITH THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'RE EXPERIENCING A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND BECAUSE OUR SALES TAXES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THAT IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT AT LOWERING OUR TAX RATE AS, AS, AS MUCH AS WE COULD. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER A TAX RATE OF 2 CENTS. 
          UH, AS FAR AS A DECREASE IS CONCERNED, OF COURSE, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE TAX VALUES WE HAVE AS CITIZENS, THE ABILITY TO PROTEST OUR, UH, OUR PROPERTY VALUES, UH, WITH, WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          BUT NONETHELESS, UH, WE HAVE THE POWER, UH, HERE THROUGH OUR CONTROL OF THE M AND O PARTICULARLY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE RATE IS. 
          AND SO I THANK STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE IMPORTANT NEEDS OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. 
          ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS, BUT ALSO BRING HIS 2 CENTS UNDER, OKAY, ANYONE ELSE, IF THIS, IF IT'S TRUE, BASICALLY, IF IT'S THE VALUE OF THE HOUSES ARE GOING TO GO UP, UM, AND OUR TAXES ARE PRETTY MUCH GONE AWAY IN ON THAT, IS THAT POSSIBLE. 
          WE CAN POST THAT ON OUR OUTLETS JUST TO GIVE CLARITY TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, YOUR VALUES GO UP, THEN YOUR RIGHTS GO DOWN BASED ON THE TRUTH AND TAXATION LAWS. 
          SO AGAIN, CAN WE POST THAT ON THE RESTAURANT FOR THE RESIDENT WE DO WITH REGARD TO OUR POSTING OF OUR TAX RATE TAXATION. 
          WE DO THAT NOW. 
          SO MAYBE WE CAN PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS AS THE, AS A CITY, BECAUSE OF THE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE AND THE CELL TAXES GOING UP, SALES TAX IS GOING UP. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THIS DOWN BY 2 CENTS. 
          NOW, IF YOUR PROPERTY WENT UP BY WHATEVER THAT FORT BEND COUNTY TAX, I MEAN, THAT HAS NOT REALLY, NOT MUCH TO DO WITH CITY, MISSOURI CITY, UH, IS REALLY, I'M JUST NOT FOLLOWING HOW YOUR, YOU KNOW, HIGHER WHEN YOU'RE LOWER, YOUR RATE, HIGHER PROPERTY VALUE GO UP. 
          I MEAN, WHEN YOUR VALUES GO UP, THE RANKINGS GO UP. 
          I MEAN, IT GOES UP, RIGHT? HE GOES UP, THE RATE GOES DOWN AND CAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE RATE. 
          UM, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION. 
          WE CAN PASS MORE INFORMATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IF YOUR VALUE GO DOWN, YOUR RATE IS GOING TO GO TO GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF, SO IT IS A FUNCTIONAL CITY. 
          ANY CITY THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VALUE GO UP AND YOUR, YOUR RATE WILL GO DOWN. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          KLAUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. 
          SAY NO MOTION PASSES FIVE, ONE. 
          [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO PUBLIC. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          THERE ARE NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, RIGHT? NO ONE ELSE HAD ANY OTHER COMMENTS AS ALWAYS. 
          THAT WAS UNDONE. 
          SHOOT. 
          UM, IF IT'S ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA NOW IS THE TIME TO PRESENT ON THAT. 
          SO IF IT'S NOT INDICATED ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          [01:25:05]
OKAY. 
          IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGENDA ITEMS OR CONCERNS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST SUBMIT A, UH, A FORM. 
          SO WE DO HAVE ONE COMP ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S BEEN SIGNED UP, BRUCE ROSKING. 
          I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GET MY NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN. 
          IT'S PRETTY WELL-KNOWN. 
          LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEETING CONCERNING THIS PARK RIDGE VIEW PARK IN MISSOURI CITY WITH AN $800,000, UH, QUAIL VALLEY FUND DONATION. 
          THE REST OF THE COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROPRIATE ANOTHER 66,000 FOR THIS FUND. 
          WE HAVEN'T EVEN VOTED ON THIS BOND ISSUE YET FOR PARKS. 
          AND YOU'RE ALREADY AUTHORIZING MORE MONEY FOR OUR SPLASH BED. 
          WHERE IS THE COMMON SENSE HERE? WHERE, WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I MEAN, WHO, THERE'S ONLY ONE COUNCIL PERSON HERE WHO QUESTIONED IT AND DIDN'T EVEN VOTE ON IT. 
          ONE HAD THE NERVE AND THE GUMPTION TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS FOR? I'M PRESENTING HER WITH THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS FOR HER FORTITUDE AND PERSEVERANCE IN TRYING TO STOP THIS NONSENSE OF THE RUNNING OF MISSOURI CITY. 
          AND SINCE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE IT TO HER, I'M HAVING THE POLICEMEN GIVE, BRING IT UP THERE. 
          NOW A YELLOW ROSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS. 
          THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER 
          [6. CONSENT AGENDA]
SIX, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? SO MOVED. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY MADE THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE SECOND. 
          IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX, ZERO ITEM 
          [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
NUMBER SEVEN ARE PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS. 
          UM, THERE ARE NO ZONING IN PUBLIC HEARING AN ORDINANCE ON THIS AGENDA. 
          ITEM SEVEN B ONE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF REINVESTMENT. 
          NUMBER TWO, THAT HE OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS TO INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 2.09 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONE CONTAINING FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE FOREGOING SUBJECT AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I CAN TURN THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          EMORY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEMS. UH, THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE, UM, ANY PUBLIC REQUEST. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION AND CLOSE. 
          SECOND. 
          SO THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING THOSE IN FAVOR OF THEM. 
          A MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX, ZERO. 
          IS THERE ANY CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS HEARING NONE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF. 
          WE'LL MOVE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO 
          [01:30:01]
ITEM SEVEN, B TWO, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN TOXIC STATEMENT. 
          WE AUTHORIZE IN GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING CITY TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS, PROVIDING FULL REPEAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINS, MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TAXING ENTITIES IN TEXAS ARE AUTHORIZED PROVIDE TAX ABATEMENTS AS YOU WELL KNOW. 
          AND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER THREE 12, UH, TEXAS LAW REQUIRES ELIGIBLE TAXING JURISDICTIONS TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA THE ELIGIBILITY OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AND A BEFORE GRAIN THAT THEY MUST HAVE THAT IN PLACE. 
          BEFORE HE GOT READ BY THE TAXING UNIT, THEY MAY ADOPT, AMEND OR REPEAL REAUTHORIZED, UH, GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA, AND THE BODY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, EXCUSE ME, MUST BE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED ADOPTION AMENDMENT OR REPEAL A REAUTHORIZATION. 
          AND, UH, THIS ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UH, OUR PROPOSED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THE GUIDELINES. 
          UH, JUST A FEW THAT ARE MORE CLARIFYING THAN THEY ARE, UH, CHANGES, UH, TO THE, TO THE CONTEXT. 
          BUT, UH, ONE IS TO CLARIFY THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSE AND SECTION C HEADING, PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION, ALLOWING A BAILMENT FOR NEW BUILD, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS AND DESIGNATED REDEVELOPMENT AREAS TO FOCUS ON AND TO BOLSTER THE CITY COUNCIL'S DESIRE FOR REDEVELOPMENT, DELETING THE PRIORITIZATION FOR PAYMENT CONSIDERATION FACTORS. 
          AND THEN CLARIFY THAT THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON ABATEMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THESE CHANGES. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS IN LIGHT OF HAVING REVIEWED IT FROM THE LAST TIME THAT THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          THANK YOU, BILL. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S AN ABORTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          STERLING THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          THIS ISN'T PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, THE CITY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST AT THIS TIME. 
          SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          STERLING THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          IS THERE ANY CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION BILL, UH, ON THE PART WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT CLARIFYING THAT THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON A BABIES. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT BEING ADDED TO SOMETHING THAT ALREADY IS IN PLACE? OR WHY DID YOU HAVE, WHY DOES THAT NEED TO BE ADDED? AND I'VE GOT TO GET APOLOGIZE. 
          I'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN CERTAINLY I CAN HOP IN OF A PREVIOUS LANGUAGE STATED THAT IT WAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, BUT WITH THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THAT YOUR DIRECT REPORTS, HE IS THE, UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          THEREFORE THE, THE REFERENCE WAS CHANGED FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF SECOND? OKAY. 
          THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BOLEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          STERLING. 
          IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          [8. APPOINTMENTS]
I DON'T REMEMBER EIGHT, OUR APPOINTMENTS EIGHT A CONSIDER APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. 
          NUMBER TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SHAJI KUMAR AND COUNSELED. 
          UH, THE MAYOR RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HISTORICITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO PRECEDENT REQUESTING APPOINTMENT OF TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A MINNESOTA CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. 
          NUMBER TWO, THIS WAS CREATED A SPECIAL DISTRICT CREATED IN 2015. 
          [01:35:01]
UH, ONE OF THE KEY PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT IS TO, UH, FINANCE OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THIS ENCOMPASSES THE BUSINESS PARK AREA. 
          RECENTLY YOU MAY RECALL AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE BOUNDARIES WERE ENHANCED BY INCLUDING, INCLUDING FOR BEN TOWN CENTER TO, UH, SO THE REQUEST IS TO APPOINT TWO BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ONE BEING MR. BENTON MALTZ AND THE OTHER BEING MR. DAVID DENTAL. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, ONE SECOND HERE. 
          THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI. 
          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 SIX ZERO. 
          WE ARE GOING TO SKIP NINE EIGHT BECAUSE WE HAD THAT ALREADY. 
          [10. ORDINANCES]
ITEM NUMBER 10, OUR ORDINANCES ITEM NUMBER 11, I MEAN 10 A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2021 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CERTAIN PROPOSITIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES, 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 AND POOLING PLACES, PROVIDING FULL REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CITY. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED? I WANT YOU TO IMPROVE, SPEND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          EMORY, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. 
          IS THERE A DISCUSSION? UM, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN, UM, ON OUR RECENT NEWSLETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE $800,000. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE RIDGE AS YOU PART OR THE BOND. 
          I WANT TO KNOW WHY IS THAT IN THERE WHEN WE JUST ALLOCATED ROUGHLY $866,000? WELL, $66,000 FROM A ZERO 50 AND 800,000, THAT WAS DONATED BY THE CLUB VALLEY FUND. 
          SO IN TOTAL OF $1.6 MILLION IS GOING TO GO TO RIDGEVIEW PARK. 
          AND IF THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE, I FIND THAT HIGHLY APPALLING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON ONE PARTICULAR PART. 
          SO CAN SOMEONE PROVIDE ME SOME TYPE OF CLARITY REGARDING THE AMOUNT, IF WE'RE ALREADY ALLOCATING FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 800 OR $800,000 FOR THE BOND. 
          YES. 
          THAT, UH, IS IN CONCERT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONCERT WITH CITY'S PARK MASTER PLAN. 
          AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SPAT, THE SPLASH PAD, AND ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WESTERN, OR EXCUSE ME, THE EASTERN, UH, RESTROOM THAT IS THERE THAT WILL BE COVERED BY THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD ON YOUR LAST AGENDA OR WHAT'S ON THE BOND THAT WILL INCLUDE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, TO THE PATH, TO, UH, THE, UH, WALKING PATHS TO A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, A SHADE STRUCTURE, UH, PICNIC TABLES AND, UH, ACTUALLY SEVERAL SHEA STRUCTURES AND THEN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EAST OR THE WESTERN, UH, UH, RESTROOMS IN THAT. 
          UH, SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT A TYPO WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $800,000, CORRECT. 
          WOW. 
          UM, I'M ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO, UM, RECONSIDER VOTING FOR THIS ITEM, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE OTHER PARTS THAT NEED, UM, TREATMENT NEED REFURBISHING NEED REPARENT AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $1.6 MILLION ON ONE PARTICULAR PART. 
          THAT'S JUST ABSURD FOR ME. 
          SO I'M ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND I TO RECONSIDER. 
          THIS IS NOT A CONCRETE, WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION YET. 
          UM, AND IF WE CAN REVISIT 
          [01:40:01]
THIS ITEM, I WOULD THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST, NOT JUST AS OUR INTEREST AS COUNCIL, BUT AS A RESIDENCE. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS GOING TO SAY PART OF THE COVER MEMO WE WERE PROVIDED, DIDN'T IT STATE THAT TODAY? MONDAY, AUGUST 16TH WAS THE STATUTORY LAST DAY FOR US TO ORDER THIS SPECIAL BOND ELECTION. 
          SO IF WE DIDN'T DO IT TODAY, THEN IT WOULDN'T APPEAL ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF I MAY, UM, JUST TO KIND OF ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS WELL, WHEN THE CITY SUCKS A BOW OR A SET OR PUT, PUTS FORTH A BOND ORDER, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. 
          SO THE EXHIBITS THAT YOU'LL SEE ATTACHED TO THIS WORK DEBTS PROVIDE THE GENERAL LANGUAGE, THE AMOUNT, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO, OR IS ASKING VOTERS FOR, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. 
          SOME LETTER IN THE NEWSLETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY, IT DOES HAVE IT ON THERE, RIGHT. 
          BUT THE BOND OR THE BALLAD ITSELF DOES NOT. 
          AND THEN, UH, THESE ARE WATER PROPOSED BASED ON THE INFORMATION TODAY. 
          AND WHAT'S IN OUR PART MASTER PLAN BEING PROPOSED, IT IS GOING TO THIS ONE SPECIFIC PART, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          THE $2 MILLION IS BEING AUTHORIZED OR IS BEING REQUESTED TO BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE EXPENDITURE ON PARK PROJECTS. 
          CAN YOU EXPOUND ON THE $1.1 MILLION THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR RICH PEOPLE AT ONE POINT 800,000. 
          SO THERE'S 800,000 THAT CAME FROM, UH, QUAIL VALLEY FUND AND THEN THERE'S 800,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 1.6 MILLION BEING REQUESTED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, AGAIN, THE WALKING PATH, THE RESTROOM, SHADE STRUCTURES AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THAT PARK, ADDITIONAL 800,000 IS COMING FROM WHERE IT WAS A DONATION BY WHAT YOU SAID, AN ADDITIONAL 800,000. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BONDS BEING REQUESTED $800,000 COMING FROM THE BOND FOR THE PARK, IF APPROVED YES OR THAT'S WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED IN THE, UH, PROPOSAL. 
          IF I COULD, UH, THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT 1,000,006 WAS BEING SPENT BY THE CITY. 
          A MAN SIX IS NOT BEING SPENT. 
          I'M TALKING. 
          SO PLEASE ALLOW ME TO PLEASE BE CLEAR. 
          I NEVER SAID THAT A MILLION WAS MILLION POINTS. 
          THAT'S NOT POINT OF ORDER. 
          LET ME CLARIFY IT EMORY, GO AHEAD. 
          THE 1.6 THAT WAS REFERENCED IS INCLUDES 800,000. 
          THAT WAS A DONATION FROM QUAIL VALLEY FUND. 
          THOSE ARE NOT CITY DOLLARS. 
          THOSE ARE COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THAT HOA. 
          SECOND PART OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT PROJECT ARE FROM THE PARK ZONE, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH, UH, RIDGEVIEW PARK, UH, IS, UH, LOCATED IN THAT PARK ZONE. 
          UH, AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE FOR, UH, PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THE $66,000 IS AN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND I ASKED, UH, ANYONE WHO CAN TELL ME WHERE THEY CAN SPEND $66,000 AND GET A HUNDRED OR $800,000 WORTH OF VALUE IN A PARK. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR KIDS IN THAT AREA. 
          AND I MIGHT, UH, THAT, UH, THE AT LARGE POSITION INCLUDES QUAIL VALLEY AND WHERE THAT PARK IS LOCATED. 
          SO IT ISN'T ONE THAT IS JUST DEDICATED TO A DISTRICT. 
          D THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BILL WITH YOU IS THAT, UM, I GUESS TO ANSWER SOME OF THIS IS WE PUT CITIZENS, EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TO PUT IT ON THE BOND REFERENDUM COMMITTEE, WHICH WE DID THAT. 
          AND THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH ITEMS THAT DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT SHOULD MISSOURI CITY DO WITH THIS AND WHERE SHOULD WE GO? SHOULD WE GO TO, I DON'T KNOW, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, 30 MILLION, SHOULD WE GO TO 50 MILLION? SHOULD WE GO TO 90 MILLION? OR WHAT HAVE YOU. 
          AND THOSE CITIZENS CAME BACK TO FROM THAT COMMITTEE CAME BACK TO THE STAFF 
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AND SAID, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE WANT. 
          AND THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT YOU PRESENTED IN THIS CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER, ALONG WITH OTHER AREAS OF PUBLICATIONS, THAT THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THIS PARTICULAR 2021 BOND REFERENDUM COMMITTEE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD TO, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, TO PUT PLACE THIS ON THE BALLOT, RIGHT. 
          FOR THEM, AND TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT AS IF IT DOESN'T GET VOTED ON IT TODAY, IT WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THESE ARE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL OF US, SEVEN OF US HERE THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, HEARD FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT STAFF. 
          I WOULD ASSUME THAT WAS PRESENTING THIS, WHETHER IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS OR WHETHER IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PARKS BOARD OR PARKS DIRECTOR, OR WHOEVER THAT MAY BE, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK. 
          AND THEY, I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY I'VE NEVER ATTENDED A MEETING, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY HAD DIALOGUES AND THEY HAD QUESTIONS. 
          THEY WENT BACK AND FORTH. 
          UH, YOU Y'ALL HAD A SIT DOWN PRESENTATION WITH THEM. 
          AND SO WHAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD IS SAYING, WE AS CITIZENS, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, WHICH WE HAVE, WE AGAIN, PICK PEOPLE FOR THAT BAY RECOMMENDED JUST LIKE THAT THIS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO PUSH THIS FORWARD. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS TO SAY THAT THESE ITEMS WILL BE ON THE BALLOT TO PUT IT, TO PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT. 
          AGAIN, NOT JUST THOSE 20 PEOPLE, MAYBE THAT SUBMITTED IN THIS COMMITTEE, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS TO VOTE ON IT, WHETHER THEY WANT THIS BOND TO PASS OR NOT, RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN VOTE AGAINST IT. 
          THEY CAN VOTE FOR IT. 
          AND THEY MAY NOT LIKE ONE ITEM IN THERE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST IT. 
          BUT WHAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING IT TO OUR STAFF AND PRESENTING TO OUR COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THIS IN A COUPLE OF TWO QUESTIONS, HAVE YOU ATTENDED ALL THESE MEETINGS? YES, SIR. 
          EXCEPT FOR ONE, I WAS HERE WITH YOU AT ONE ME. 
          OKAY. 
          WAS THERE STAFF MEMBERS THAT PRESENTED ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT POTENTIALLY THAT'S GOING ON HERE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WERE THERE DISCUSSIONS, ROBUST DISCUSSIONS? DID THEY VOTE ON ANYTHING AT THE END AND THEY RECOMMENDED AND THEN BROUGHT FORWARD TWO MEMBERS OR THREE MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, THE CHAIRMAN AND TWO VICE CHAIRS PRESENTED TO YOU, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND, UM, AND THE AMOUNT IN WHICH THEY WISH TO RECOMMEND. 
          I HAVE MY OWN VOTE WHERE I DECIDED TO VOTE FOR THIS OR NOT EVERY CITIZEN DO THAT IN THIS CITY WHERE THEY CAN VOTE ON IT OR NOT, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT. 
          THESE ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT THE SEVEN, IT WAS SITTING UP HERE PUSH FORWARD, BUT ALL WE'RE VOTING ON IS FOR THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT SO THAT THE CITIZEN COULD VOTE. 
          RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THESE MEETINGS DID TAKE PLACE AND WE HAD REPRESENTATION. 
          WE HAD PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AND THAT ADDRESSED, AND, AND I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE WAS A MEETING THAT HELD IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CITIZENS, RIGHT. 
          TWO OPEN HOUSES. 
          AND THEN YOU HAD YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING IN WHICH THE BOARD PRESENTED THERE RECOMMENDATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS I MAY CLARIFY AS WELL, UM, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, ADDITIONAL ITEMS WERE ADDED TO THE COST, UM, OR ADDED TO THE, UH, AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE IN EACH PROPOSITION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE COST OF ISSUING THE BONDS. 
          SO I DO WANT TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT SOME OF THE AMOUNTS HAVE INCREASED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ACTUAL COSTS OF ISSUING THE BONDS, WHICH AMOUNTS ARE THERE. 
          UM, SO IN PROPOSITION A, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS INCREASED TO $51,615,000 AND PROPOSITION B THE AMOUNT WAS INCREASED TO A MILLET, UH, 11 MILLION, $220,000. 
          AND IN PROPOSITION C THE AMOUNT WAS INCREASED TO 23 MILLION, 15,000. 
          WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THOUGH, IS WHEN YOU SAY IT'S INCREASED BY 21. 
          SO THE BOND COMMITTEE PRESENTED TO YOU, THEY PUT A 5% CAP OR A BOND COST IN THERE. 
          SO THAT NUMBER WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS, AND THEY SHOWED IT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. 
          IT WAS, I FORGOT THE NUMBER 2 MILLION, 3%, 2%, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME BACK TO ME. 
          IT WAS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ENDED UP PUTTING ON THERE. 
          AND SO, UH, THEN IN TALKING TO FFA AND TO BOND COUNSEL, WE HAD TO PUT THOSE BELOW THE LINE, BUT AS A PART OF EACH OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS. 
          OKAY, SO TOO, OH NO, NO, IT DIDN'T GO UP ANY HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS PROPOSED TO BE. 
          SO SOME OF THE 
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CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? JUST LIKE WHEN WE DID THE, UM, THE, UH, THE LAST ELECTION, WE HAD THE, UH, THE TERM LIMITS AND ALL OF THAT, WE HAD COMMUNICATION SENT OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL AND WHAT THOSE NINE OR 11 ITEMS WERE. 
          AND I THINK THERE WAS A VIDEO THAT CAME UP FROM UV JOYS THAT WAS EXPLAINING WHAT THOSE WERE. 
          SO AS A EXTRA STEP THAT THE CITY COULD DO IS TO PUT IT OUT THERE WHEN THIS IS FINALIZED. 
          SO THIS WAY WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT WITH OUR CITIZENS. 
          AND AGAIN, WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CITIZENS DECIDE AT THE END, WHAT THEY WANT, NOT WHAT WE TELL THEM WHAT TO DO. 
          SO THIS WAY, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WILL GO IN THERE, WE'LL MAKE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT DECISIONS ON WHETHER THEY WANT THIS OR NOT. 
          BUT COMMUNICATION-WISE, LET'S JUST PUT THAT. 
          LET'S JUST PUT THAT EXTRA STEP. 
          SO THIS WAY WE'RE BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT, AND THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED. 
          AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT WE WILL DO, AND ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST PRESENT THE BAGS, WE CAN'T ADVOCATE. 
          AND SO FOR KNOWLEDGE OF THEM, AND WE HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND OTHER PLACES, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL BE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE, ONE ITEM. 
          [11. RESOLUTIONS]
NUMBER 11 ARE RESOLUTIONS. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ENCOURAGING TRANSPARENCY AND INPUT FROM EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REGARDING THE RISK RATING. 
          2.0 PROGRAM PROPOSED BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, PROVIDING FOR APEAL PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND MAINTAINING AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED THERE TOO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SHASHA KUMAR GETTING, BEING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THIS PROPOSITION, I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF APPRAISED VALUES AND THE BUDGET INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE PRESENTED TODAY, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU GOT TO GET A LITTLE BIT KNOWLEDGE ON FLOOD, PLAIN MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD INSURANCE. 
          I'LL JUST TOUCH ON IT. 
          I WILL TALK ABOUT THE KEY FEATURES PROPOSED IN THIS NEW RISK RATING. 
          2.0, UH, PROPOSITION BY FEMA AND WHAT THE INTENT OF OUR RESOLUTION IS. 
          THE CITY IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
          A TYPICAL HOMEOWNER'S POLICY DOES NOT COVER FLOOD INSURANCE. 
          SO IF YOU NEED FLOOD INSURANCE, UH, THE COMMUNITY FIRST NEEDS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAMS, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, WHAT IT ALSO REQUIRES IS WE ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT FLOOD REGULATIONS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO RESTRICT WHERE AND WHEN, UH, WE CAN BUILD, UH, PROJECTS WITHIN THE FLOOD PLAIN OR A FLOOD WAY. 
          UH, AND WE DO A BOUND BEYOND THOSE REGULATIONS. 
          UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL A COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEMS COMMUNITY. 
          WE DO A BOUND, A BALL, WHAT FEMA REQUIRES, AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RATING, WHICH IS CLASS SEVEN RATING. 
          AND WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS GETTING SOME DISCOUNTS ON FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A MOUND BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED. 
          UH, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, GIVE OR TAKE AROUND 4,700 FLOOD INSURANCE POLICIES. 
          SO 4,700 PROPERTIES OR OWNERS, UH, BUY FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM. 
          SO WHAT IS FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I'LL TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF BRAZOS RIVER. 
          UH, WHAT IT REQUIRES AS PART OF THE FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT IS YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME PATHWAY FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO PASS. 
          THERE ARE TWO KEY CONCEPTS THERE. 
          ONE IS WHAT WE CALL THE FLOOD. 
          PLAIN, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED OR BUILDING IS ALLOWED IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, BUT WITH CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS, FLOOD FLOODWAYS PORTION OF THE STREAM THAT HAS TO BE KEPT OUT OF ANY ENCROACHMENT, NO BUILDING, NO ENCROACHMENTS ON THE FLOOD GRID. 
          UH, THAT'S TYPICAL, UH, KEYWORDS IN FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, NOW YOU MAY ALL KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND HERE IN MISSOURI CITY AS WELL. 
          UH, TO NAME, UH, THE FIVE OF THOSE FIRST COLONY LIT NUMBER ONE, UH, FORT BEN LIT 15, WHICH IS THE RIVERSTONE, UH, LIT 19, WHICH IS ALSO A PORTION OF LIVINGSTONE RIVERSTONE, SORRY, AND SIENNA PLANNED PATIENT LIT. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, UH, THE PURPOSES OF THESE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IS A LOT OF THE LAND HERE ORIGINALLY WAS IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE BRAZOS RIVER TO TAKE THE, UH, FLOOD, UH, LAND OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          THEY BUILT THE LEVEE, UH, AND, UH, KEPT A PATH WHERE THE FLOODWATERS CAN PASS AND THE PROPERTY WAS PROTECTED 
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BY LEVIES AND THE HOMES WERE BUILT, UH, BEING PROTECTED FROM THE LEVEES. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND AGAIN, WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, AT LEAST TO MY LEFT-HAND IS WE CAN ASSUME THAT TO BE THE BRAZOS RIVER, YOU HAVE THE LEVEES PROTECTING, UH, FROM THE FLOODWATERS AND YOU HAVE HOMES THAT ARE PROTECTED BY LEVEES. 
          AND, UM, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM OUR GIS, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2,600 PROPERTIES WITHIN SIM CITY LIMITS THAT ARE PROTECTED BY LEVIES. 
          UH, AND, UM, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 2 BILLION, $2 BILLION, UH, APPROXIMATELY 13 PROPERTIES IN OUR CITY AND D TJ, APPROXIMATELY 5 BILLION. 
          UH, AGAIN HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTIES THAT ARE A NUMBER OF LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. 
          AND OUR ESTIMATES, WHAT WE GOT FROM FORT BEND COUNTY, EDC IS SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO $30 BILLION WORTH OF PROPERTIES ARE PROTECTED BY LEVEES. 
          SO GETTING INTO WHAT THIS FEMA PROPOSED RISK RATING 2.0 IS ESSENTIALLY FEMA IS PROPOSING A NEW RISK RATING METHODOLOGY TO CALCULATE FOR THE FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM. 
          AND THEIR INTENT IS TO HAVE THE PHASE ONE ROLLED OUT AS EARLY AS OCTOBER 1ST, 2021. 
          THIS HAS BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE INTENT IS FEMA ADMINISTERS THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
          IT'S BEEN IN THE RED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY'VE ENDED UP PAYING SOME, UH, BIG LOSSES SUCH AS KATRINA AND WHATNOT. 
          AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ADJUST THE RISK RATING AND THE POLICY PREMIUMS, UH, SO THAT THE REVENUES OPS OFFSET THE EXPENSES. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. 
          SO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT FOR PENN COUNTY IN MISSOURI CITY? I THINK THERE ARE TWO KEY PROPOSITIONS FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND COULD AFFECT, UH, THIS AREA. 
          ONE IS, UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO TREAT ALL PROPERTIES PROTECTED BY LEVEES AS BEING IN HIGH RISK AREAS. 
          UH, SO THAT WOULD RE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO MANDATE FLOOD INSURANCE, UH, FOR THESE PROPERTIES. 
          AGAIN, CURRENTLY IT'S VOLUNTARY AND IT'S AVAILABLE AT A VERY PREFERRED RISK RATE. 
          UH, BUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THIS MANDATORY. 
          AND AGAIN, 30% OF PROPERTIES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ARE, ARE PROTECTED BY LEVIES. 
          AND THE SECOND THING IS, UH, IT'LL BE, UH, PUT, HAS A HIGH RISK PROPERTY. 
          SO CURRENTLY THE PREMIUMS ARE GIVE OR TAKE AROUND THE $500 RANGE FOR AN ANNUAL PREMIUM ON A PREFERRED LIST POLICY. 
          AND THE PREDICTIONS ARE, THIS COULD GO AS HIGH AS $3,000 PER PRE, UH, FOR ANNUAL PREMIUM. 
          SO, UM, THE KNOWING HOW MUCH PROPERTY IS BEHIND LEVEES, UH, THIS COULD HAVE VAST IMPLICATIONS FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND POSSIBLY FOR MISSOURI CITY, UH, FORT BEND, DDC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE HA ARE HAVING RESERVATIONS AND SOME ARE OPPOSING THE SAME, UH, BILL AND HI, I'VE BEEN IN SOME MEETINGS ALONG WITH OTHER STAFF TO UNDERSTAND BETTER ON THIS RISK RATING TO POINT TOE, UH, AND A FEW COMMUNITIES HAVE PASSED A RESOLUTION SUPPOSING THIS. 
          UH, THE KEY THING FOR MISSOURI CITY IS, UH, I THINK THE REASON THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT IS, UH, OUR LEVEE SYSTEMS ARE OF SMALLER SCALE GIVE OR TAKE SIX FEET TO 10 FEET LEVEES. 
          THEY ARE MAINTAINED BY LOCAL DOLLARS, WORST OTHER BIGGER LEVEE SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE FEDERAL LEVEES, 20, 30 FEET PROBABLY. 
          UH, AND, UH, THEY ARE MORE, UH, SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          BUT FEMA WE BELIEVE IS TRYING TO TREAT ALL LEVEES THE SAME AND TRYING TO, UH, COME UP WITH AN ILLUSTRATING METHODOLOGY WHERE IN IT CATEGORIZES PROPERTIES BEHIND LEVEES AS HIGH-RISK AND POTENTIALLY INCREASED PREMIUMS FOR THESE PROPERTIES. 
          AND AGAIN, NONE OF THIS WAS DONE WITH THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE PENN COUNTY OR MISSOURI CITY OR SEEKING TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER ONE. 
          SO THE CITY'S PROPOSED RESOLUTION IS SEEKING MORE TRANSPARENCY ON HOW THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND UNTIL THAT POINT TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK TO, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLUTION PASSED SO WE CAN TAKE IT TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATIONS AND OUR LAWMAKERS. 
          SO WE CAN, UH, WE CAN ASK THAT THEY'D BE MORE TRANSPARENT BEFORE BEING IMPLEMENTATION AND ALSO POTENTIALLY DELAY THIS IMPLEMENTATION. 
          I KNOW BILL HAS BEEN IN SOME MEETINGS WITH FORT BEN DDC BILL, IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, UH, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT A SHOT. 
          YOU MENTIONED THOSE, UH, ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE ARE ADOPTING THIS VERY SIMILAR MEASURES. 
          UH, WE WON AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT 
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ON SOME, SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES WE WANT TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS, IS, ARE AWARE. 
          WHAT'S GOING TO AFFECT HIM AND HOW, AND WE DON'T BELIEVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING HIM TO DELAY IT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT INFORMATION'S OUT THERE. 
          THERE'S BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT. 
          AND BETTER COMMUNICATION OF THAT UNDERSTAND BILL IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE SIDE SHEET THAT THE, THE COST, UH, FAR THEY, UH, THE INSURANCE GOES FROM LIKE $400 UP TO THREE TO $4,000. 
          SO THERE'S A GRADING, YOU KNOW, YES, A COUNCIL MEMBER I'M LIKE, AND THIS HAS BEEN NOT BEEN VERY CLEAR, BUT WHAT WE HAVE UNDERSTAND FROM SOME WORKSHOPS IS EXISTING POLICIES, GIVE WHAT THEY FIND THE DOLLARS IN ANNUAL PREMIUM FOR EXISTING POLICIES. 
          THAT IS A FEMA POLICY THAT YOU CAN'T INCREASE THE PREMIUM BY MORE THAN 18% IN A GIVEN HERE. 
          SO THEY'RE GOING TO STAIR-STEP THAT, OR A 10 YEAR PROCESS. 
          SO YOUR POLICIES WILL GO FROM $500 TO 3000 OVER A 10 YEAR SPAN. 
          BUT FOR NEW POLICIES, I THINK THE NEW POLICIES THAT ARE PROPOSING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 22 OR SOMETHING ON DAY ONE, IF THIS IS IMPLEMENTED, THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE $3,000 PREMIUM. 
          THAT'S HOW WE UNDERSTAND IT. 
          WELL, FROM, FROM THE DISCUSSIONS THAT I HAD, I WAS AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS WITH CORBYN EDC, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, STRONGLY OPPOSING THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON, UH, HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE, THE AREA THAT, UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, TO RECLASSIFY. 
          SO, AND THEY'RE TAKING A BUTCHER KNIFE TO A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED TO HAVE A SCALPEL BECAUSE EACH AREA IS DIFFERENT. 
          IT'S NOT BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EMOTION, MY EMOTION IS THAT, UH, WE WERE VERY STRONGLY, UH, REJECTION OF FEMA'S REQUEST. 
          THE ACTION ITEM FOR YOU IS TO ORD ON THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS. 
          THANK YOU, JOSHY. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? YEAH, IT WAS COUNCILMAN MEMORY. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT, UH, EMORY, THAT WAS YOUR MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI. 
          IS THERE A DISCUSSION, VERY NON THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE ARE POSTED THE MOTION. 
          PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          UH, WE WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I LIKE TO THINK, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR IS NUMBER ONE AND CERTAINLY THINGS STACEY WALKER IN, UM, KELLY MOTT AND THE WHOLE COMMUNICATION TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A MAGNANIMOUS JOB DURING THE STATE OF THE CITY, ADDRESS IT A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          UH, THE EVENT FOR DISTRICT A BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAYS. 
          UH, I LIKE TO THANK MY SPONSORS, MR. DICKSON, TO THE FLOOR, DELICIOUS RESTAURANT. 
          I'LL SAY WAYNE BAZELL, WHO IS THE, UH, BARBER WAYNE'S BARBERSHOP, UH, FOR GIVING HAIR CUTS AND DOING THE EVENT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND ALSO CHIEF PATINA, THANK YOU FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND BRINGING US THE TRUCK OUT FOR THE KIDS. 
          WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. 
          I HAD A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO A COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS ON A HIGH PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. 
          AND I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE, UH, THE DATA FROM THE SURVEY BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          AT SOME POINT IN SOME TIME, UM, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL HAD A BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT DISTRICT A, UH, WE HAD A GREAT EVENT, UM, PRINCIPAL, DR. 
          SANDERS THAT'LL WANT TO PUT JOB AND MS. THOMPSON ON THE EVENT. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF THEM AS WELL. 
          UH, GIVEN KUDOS ALSO TO SAM CHACHA, HAWALA WHO INVITED US OUT TO THE, UH, ISLAMIC EATS, UH, CELEBRATORY EVENT. 
          THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT, ENJOYED IT VERY WELL. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. TOUCH WALLA. 
          UH, AND LASTLY, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UM, THE AMERICAN CARIBBEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          I HAD AN EVENT WITH OUR, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN STAFFORD, AND WE HAD THE, WE ATTENDED THE GRAND RISE IN MARKETS, AND ALSO WE HAD A MEGA BEST BACK TO SCHOOL AT THAT WAS HOSTED AT HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO AFRICA CAMPUS, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT FOR BACK TO SCHOOL KIDS. 
          SO MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY. 
          YES. 
          SO, UH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEW QUEST GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, UH, UH, FORT BEN TOWN CENTER, TOO. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE A PHENOMENAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, OF TRAMMELL FRESNO NEAR TO FORT BEND TOLLWAY HIGHWAY SIX, UH, WITH A CINEMARK STATED ART 14, UH, 14 SCREEN, UH, CINEMARK THEATER. 
          UM, 
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VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, IN DISTRICT B, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, GOING TO THOMAS SCENE JOHNSON'S 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, UH, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS A, AN EVENT I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LIVE BAND AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER FESTIVITIES, AND IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE HER ENJOYING HERSELF. 
          UH, AT 70 YEARS OF AGE, SHE DESERVES AS YOU START TO JUUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND DOES SO MUCH THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM AND WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET AND JUST HER SERVICE ON CITY COUNCILS, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, TERRORS AND, AND OTHER BOARDS. 
          UH, ALSO, UM, I'M WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE, UH, CDAC COMMITTEE FOR, UH, UNANIMOUSLY ELECTING ME AS CHAIR OF THE, UH, CDAC COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THIS PAST WEEK. 
          I APPRECIATE THEM. 
          I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE SINCE 2012, WE'VE DONE SO MUCH TO PROVIDE, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS, TO SENIORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, TO STUDENTS, AND, UH, ANY TYPES OF A HOMEOWNER REPAIRS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND WE'VE EXPANDED. 
          AND I WAS JUST HAPPY TO SPEAK IN A PART. 
          SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLOCATE, UH, OVER $200,000, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FIRST, UH, YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO OVERSEE OVER 200,000 TO THE HUNTERS OF GLEN PARK TRAIL AND TO REPAY THAT ENTIRE, UH, TRAIL PATH, UH, AND BRING A NEW WALKING PATH IN HUNTER'S GLEN PARK. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, UM, THAT SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, ALSO WANT TO SAY MAN, WHAT A GREAT TURNOUT FOR OUR STATE OF THE CITY. 
          UH, IT WAS SO, UH, HUMBLING AND, AND EXCITING TO SEE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SHOWCASED IN SUCH A POSITIVE LIGHT TO HIGHLIGHT MANY OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. 
          AND WE ARE DOING HERE IN THIS CITY AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN, IN THIS, UH, FESTIVITY. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. 
          I LOVE MY PARKING SIGN, UH, BY THE WAY, THAT WAS AMAZING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT AT COUNCIL HAVE A PLAN. 
          YOU KNOW, I STARTED TO TAKE A PICTURE AND SEND IT TO YOU, BUT IT WAS AMAZING. 
          I KNOW YOU WERE AT HOME WITH YOUR DAUGHTER, UH, BUT ANYWAY, LASTLY, SPEAKING OF DAUGHTERS I'LL WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY MIDDLE BABY JASMINE, WHO JUST CELEBRATED ON YESTERDAY. 
          HER 22ND BIRTHDAY HAD A GREAT TIME WITH HER MAN AND, UH, HAVING, UH, HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH THE FAMILY. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, MAY I JUST LIKE THE LEAD COUNSEL MARYLEBONE AND KNOW THAT 70 IS THE NEW CHIEF. 
          I ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE, UH, NEWQUEST FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING NET. 
          WE HAD OUR TOWN CENTER TO, UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF, UH, OF NOT ONLY BUSINESS, BUT ENTERTAINMENT AND, UH, A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO GATHER. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A TOWN CENTER. 
          I THINK THIS IS A FIRST, UH, UH, FORAY THAT WE'VE HAD TOWARDS A TOWN CENTER. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          ALSO. 
          I ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A COMMUNICATIONS STAFF AND ALL THOSE WHO, UH, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE, UH, UH, STATE OF THE CITY. 
          IT WAS WELL DONE, OBVIOUSLY WELL, UH, UH, ATTENDED, UH, THE FOOD WAS GREAT AND, UH, THE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE MC THAT I HAD, UH, I REALLY ENJOY, UH, YOU KNOW, PICKING ON SHARP GUYS, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET THAT GO. 
          UH, AND THEN THE OTHER WAS, UH, I PROVIDED, UH, OR PRESENTED A, UH, UH, PROCLAMATION TO THOMAS SCENE JOHNSON, NOT ON HER 70TH BIRTHDAY, ALTHOUGH I RECOGNIZED IT AT THE FARMER'S MARKET BECAUSE IT WAS A FARMER'S MARKET WEEK, UH, NATIONAL FARMERS A WEEK. 
          SO WE, UH, PROVIDED HER WITH THE PROCLAMATION, UM, OR THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DOING OUT THERE ON THE, UH, THE ONLY MISSOURI CITY FARMER'S MARKETS. 
          SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT AND VISIT THAT, AND I GOT GREAT VENDORS AND I GOT GREAT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S MY, UH, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES AND SAY, THANK YOU TO OUR DEDICATED COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN OUR STATE OF THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, THEY MADE SURE THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ME BY MAKING SURE THAT MY VIDEO WAS CLEAR AND CONCISE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I RECEIVED SO MANY KUDOS, UM, FOR HAVING SUCH A GREAT VIDEO. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU DOUGLAS FOR HIS EFFORT, AS WELL AS CLIFF, UM, IN HIS VIDEO AS WELL. 
          SO KUDOS, YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS THAT MAKE OUR CITY STAND OUT. 
          UM, ALSO 
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I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MISSOURI CITY POLICE ORGANIZATION. 
          I'M SORRY, UM, ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND RAISING ALMOST $11,000 FOR SARGENT JEFFERSON. 
          I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THEM IN PRESENTING THE CHECKS WHO, UM, SARGENT JEFFERSON AND HIS FAMILY. 
          SO I'D THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ALSO ASSISTED IN THOSE DONATIONS. 
          IT REALLY SHOW THAT WE REALLY SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS AND WE ARE A FAMILY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE MORE. 
          I KNOW SMITH ON SATURDAY, THE 21ST, WE WILL BEGIN TO, UM, INTRODUCE OUR NEW ORDINANCE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE A FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL ON OUR PLAZA OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT. 
          IT'LL BE FROM FIVE TO NINE. 
          SO IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WANT TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT WE WILL HAVE HERE, PLEASE DO. 
          SO THIS WILL BE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED BY MY COLLEAGUES AND I, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, NO, IT DOES NOT. 
          LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND WEAR YOUR MASK. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING OPERATIONALIZE, BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN DO WHAT YOUR PART IS AND GET VACCINATED, ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO STAY SAFE AND SOUND. 
          THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THAT INCLUDES MY REPORTS. 
          TELL WHICH FOOD TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE ON SATURDAY. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING CAN ON IT, BUT YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL LIST BY AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, MAYOR. 
          SO I'M SITTING HERE GREEN WITH ENVY WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT I MISSED. 
          UM, MANY OF, YOU KNOW, I HAD MY BALL GOWN ALL PICKED OUT AND MY DAUGHTER, UM, UH, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID. 
          AND SO I COULD NOT BE PHYSICALLY HERE WITH YOU ALL, UM, UH, FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY. 
          BUT, UH, WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING, I FELT LIKE I WAS THERE. 
          I GOT MANY TEXTS FROM MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE THAT SAID THEY FELT MY PRESENCE, BUT, UM, HATS OFF TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, TO THE STAFF THAT PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, YOU ARE APPRECIATED. 
          AND, UM, I, I WAS JUST SO PROUD TO BE NOT JUST A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, BUT A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS CITY. 
          AND, UH, YOU SET THE BAR HIGH MAYOR. 
          SO LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, UM, AND SPEAKING OF COVID, UM, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS DELTA VARIANT IS VERY SERIOUS. 
          MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE INTERVIEWED ON CHANNEL 13, UM, ON A FRIDAY ABOUT HER RECOVERY, SHE'S MADE A COMPLETE RECOVERY. 
          UM, BUT THE DELTA VARIANT IS COMING AFTER, ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY CONTAGIOUS. 
          AND SO I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THAT, UM, YOU CONSIDER, UH, WEARING A MASK IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT GETTING THE COVID VACCINE. 
          I MEAN, GETTING, COVID THINK ABOUT THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND THEM, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITALS. 
          SO JUST THINK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE. 
          UM, WHAT I WANT TO REPORT THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF WAS, UH, LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR FIRST SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UM, BILL AND GLENN FOR BEING THERE AND ALSO, UH, GOODWILL PEER WHO GAVE A DYNAMIC PRESENTATION. 
          I AM EXCITED TO REPORT THAT WE HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE. 
          ALL 15 OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          THEY ARE COMMITTED, THEY ARE DRIVEN TO HELP, UM, OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THRIVE AND GROW. 
          WE EVEN HAD, UM, UH, VERY PRODUCTIVE WORKSHOPS. 
          UM, WE ELECTED A CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, AND A SECRETARY. 
          AND, UM, THEIR MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS TO MEET ONCE A QUARTER. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY MEETING AGAIN SEPTEMBER 8TH IN PREPARATION FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS EXPO ON OCTOBER. 
          THE FIRST IS FIRST. 
          YES. 
          SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, UM, JUST TUNE INTO WHAT THEY, UM, WILL PRESENT TO COUNCIL AND THEIR GOALS AND MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          I THINK YOU SAID A FEW THINGS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE TWO OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR COVERING OUR CITY, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AS YOU KNOW, NORMALLY DO ALL THE TIME. 
          UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          ONE WAS BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STERLING, AND THEN ALSO MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, UH, RON. 
          AND, UH, AND IT WAS, IT WAS WONDERFUL AND THEY BOTH DID A GREAT JOB. 
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AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING WITH, UH, CITY, MISSOURI CITY FOR OUR DRIVE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TOWN CENTER. 
          YOU ALL HEARD THAT? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT GROUNDBREAKING. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND ESPECIALLY JENNIFER GOMEZ FOR YOUR HELP. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY. 
          UH, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, UM, BUT YOU GUYS CAME THROUGH AND MADE THAT HAPPEN. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF THE COUNCIL VOTING ON IT AND IT WAS, UM, IT WAS SEVEN ZERO VOTE. 
          AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I DO HAVE IS COMING UP THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM, WE'LL HAVE A RECOGNITION OF OUR, ONE OF OUR CITY, MISSOURI CITY, UH, SUPERSTAR, I SHOULD SAY, UH, AN OLYMPIAN BRYCE DEDMAN WILL BE PRESENTED WITH PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION THROUGH THE CITY FOR HIS WIN IN 2021 AT TOKYO. 
          SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN BE HERE AND PARTICIPATE IN, JOIN US AS CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THIS YOUNG MAN FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE. 
          UM, AND THE LAST THING I HAVE IS STATE OF THE CITY. 
          I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UM, OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, OUR, OUR, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PARTAKEN IN, ESPECIALLY THE, THAT WAS OUT OF HERE WORKING. 
          UM, SO I DO HAVE TO, UM, SAY A FEW NAMES. 
          I MEAN, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE THROUGH FROM COMMUNICATION, UH, KELLY AND STACY, ALONG WITH, UH, CLIFF AND, AND DOUG AND ALL THE REST OF THE TEAM. 
          AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB, UM, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. 
          UH, WE DID HEAR A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE I SAID, WE TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          SO WE, AS THE MAYOR OF THIS CITY, AND AS LONG AS I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AN EFFORT BECAUSE I DON'T, I ONLY HAVE ONE VOTE AND IT TAKES SEVEN, UH, US TO RUN THE CITY. 
          THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR, TO INCLUDE ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND PART OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          SO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME. 
          KUDOS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF AND THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND OTHERS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME FOR, YOU KNOW, DURING THE DIFFICULT TIME THAT I HAD WITH THE LOSS OF MY MOM. 
          UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND TO STAFF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON A BOND REFERENDUM COMMITTEE, THE BUSINESS COMMITTEE, THE TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, UM, AND ON THE BUDGET AND UNTO ALL THE DIRECTORS IN THIS ROOM, UM, I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE PRETTY TOUGH, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING TOUGH. 
          IT'S JUST ABOUT REPRESENTING OUR CITIZENS OF OUR MISSOURI CITY AND BEING TRANSPARENT AND BEING OPEN ABOUT WHAT WE DO. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. 
          NOTHING IS PERSONAL. 
          IT'S JUST STRICTLY BUSINESS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GET ELECTED HERE TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS. 
          AND IT WOULD ONLY BE FAIR THAT WE ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND YOU GUYS ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS. 
          AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF THAT. 
          AND TODAY I'M TOLD, I KNOW I MISSED THE LAST, UH, LAST MEETING BECAUSE I JUST CAME IN THAT NIGHT FROM BACK HOME. 
          UH, BUT, UM, TOLD THAT TODAY IS OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, HIS FIRST DATE, SO WELCOME. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO TO ALL THE STAFF THAT ARE, THAT IS HERE, UH, AT, DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UM, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE THAT MAKE THE TIME TO COME OUT AND SPEND THE EVENINGS. 
          AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT GETS LONG, IT GETS HARD, BUT YOUR PRESENCE HERE MEANS A LOT TO OUR CITIZENS MEANS A LOT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE HERE, AND IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S FINE THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE AFTER THAT, BUT EVEN THEN MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD, IT TAKES NOT JUST THE SEVEN OF US. 
          IT TAKES THE DIRECTORS. 
          IT TAKES ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM, ALONG WITH OUR CITIZENS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          SO I WOULD HUMBLY ASK AS A RECOMMENDATION AND TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE CONTINUOUSLY TO BE HERE EVERY DAY, UM, DURING THIS MEETINGS AND IF OTHERS CAN JOIN, IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO REPRESENT ALL OF YOU TO OUR CITIZENS. 
          UM, LAST ITEM IS, UM, OUR CITY CA UH, BRYCE BRYCE IS EVENT FOR OLYMPIA AND THIS SATURDAY, UH, PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND RECOGNIZE THIS YOUNG MAN ON A DYNAMIC THING THAT HE'S DONE. 
          AND HE DOES LIVE IN WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY LIMITS. 
          UH, HE'S GONE TO ONE OF OUR ATJ 
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HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING, UH, TO HONOR THIS YOUNG MAN TO RECOGNIZE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS NOW. 
          AND HE'S ALSO A MEMBER OF A OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY. 
          INCORPORATED. 
          GOT TO THROW THAT IN THERE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 15 R IS A AJAR ADJOURN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
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