[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TODAY'S TUESDAY, JANUARY 19TH.
I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM AND STAYED THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
SO WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL AND THEY CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE STATE.
AND IF YOU'RE HERE, MAYOR, PORT TIMBER, WILLIS, PRESENT COUNCIL, BRAD WORDS FROM OR CLOUDS OR COPS NUMBER STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONING COMES OVER TO EMORY.
WE'LL CALL ROLL CALL FOR STAFF MEMBERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING AS I CALL YOUR NAME.
IF YOU'RE HERE, SUSAN MANAGER, WHAT IS JONES SINCE CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, PRESENT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LANDMARK TOWN, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY JOSIE AMO MARIA JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS SAVES YOUR WALKER DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER SHASHI, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS.
THIS IS AN ENGINEERED GERMAN DAVID'S MANAGER.
WE HAVE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE, UM, HERE.
UH, KAREN KENNER, KEN YARD, ANDREI SALAZAR TAGGED HER ALMOST WISH MUELLER.
YES, I'M HERE CALLED BALLS BALLS.
CHAD, UH, WE DO HAVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS.
UM, MS. AMANDA BOLEYN, ALSO ANOTHER REQUEST FROM, UH, LATRICIA BRASIER.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS ON THE CALL FROM THE ZONE THAT I HAVE NOT CALLED?
I MUST HAVE NOTIFIED THE CITY SECRETARY BY EMAIL, PHONE OR SUBMISSION OF A PUBLIC COMMENT FORM BEFORE 4:00 PM TODAY ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AS A 4:00 PM, THE CITY RECEIVED REQUESTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE ON THE GENERAL WE HAVE ON THE SPECIAL MEETING, WE HAVE TWO AND WE HAVE ONE ON THE REGULAR MEETINGS, UM, DISCUSSION
[2. (a) Discuss legislative priorities for the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu and Karen Kennard) (Part 1 of 2)]
OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, A DISCUSS THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 87TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATOR PRESENTATION BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.THIS ITEM IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR INITIAL CONSIDERATION, INCLUDES THE PROPOSED 2021 TYPES OF LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
UM, THE AGENDA ITSELF MAY BE PRESENTED OR ADOPTED LATER ON AT THE REGULAR MEETING.
THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE PREVIEW.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE 87 SESSION STARTED ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND YOU'LL SEE, IN THE COVER MEN THOUGH, AS WELL AS IN THE AGENDA THAT FIT THE CITY'S PROPOSED, UH, PRIORITIES AND THEY'RE LISTED, THEY INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY TAX REFORM, PUBLIC SAFETY, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, ANNEXATION, AND ROUTE TONES WITH THAT.
UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY OF LEGISLATIVE CONSULTANT.
KAREN CANARD, AS YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, PARENTS HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT WITH
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THE CITY FOR A FEW YEARS.SHE IS A PARTNER WITH GREENBERG TRAURIG AND IS A FORMER CITY ATTORNEY HERSELF AND A FORMER EMPLOYEE, UH, ATTORNEY FOR TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KAT.
THANK YOU, JOYCE MAYOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL PREVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE CONSIDERED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
UH, THIS YEAR, UH, AS JOYCE MENTIONED, UH, MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES AT GREENBERG TRUCK, WE'VE REPRESENTED THE CITY SINCE 2017.
AND, UH, WE ARE REALLY PROUD AND HAPPY TO REPRESENT YOU AGAIN IN THIS 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UH, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE OPERATES, UH, UNDER CONSTITUTION.
IT SAYS THAT THEY MEET EVERY TWO YEARS FOR 140 DAYS.
UH, AND SO THAT PROCESS STARTED AS EQUAL THAT LAST WEEK, UH, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AS WELL.
UH, LEGISLATORS ARE ALLOWED TO START PRE-FILING BILLS.
AND THAT STARTED, UH, BACK IN NOVEMBER ON NOVEMBER 9TH, BILL PRE-FILING STARTED, UH, THEY HAVE FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE SESSION STARTING, THEY HAVE 60 DAYS TO FILE BILLS.
AND SO THE BILL FILING DEADLINE WILL END ON MARCH 12TH, WHICH IS THE 60TH DAY AFTER THE SESSION STARTS.
AND THEN ALSO THE HUNDRED AND 40TH DAY OF THE LEGISLATURE.
THIS SESSION IS MAY 28TH AND UNDER THE 140 DAY CALENDAR.
THAT INCLUDES HOLIDAY WEEKENDS.
SO YOU COUNT 140 DAYS FROM JANUARY 12TH AND YOU GET TO MAY 28TH AND IT'S CALLED SUNNY DIED AND IT'S LATIN FOR THE LAST DAY.
AND SO THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION THIS YEAR IS MAY 28TH.
AND THEN AFTER THAT PERIOD, THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE UNTIL JUNE 17TH TO EITHER VETO LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED OR ALLOW IT TO BECOME, UH, THE LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE.
AND THEN UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, MOST BILLS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE, UH, UH, 90 DAYS AFTER THAT, WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE AUGUST THE 27TH, UNLESS THERE'S SOME PROVISIONS WHERE THE LEGISLATURE CAN, UH, THROUGH A THREE FORCE VOTE, UH, MAKE LEGISLATION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
AND, AND THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, WHEREBY IF THEY HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE ON LEGISLATION, THE LEGISLATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
SO THAT'S JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.
UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IS, UH, FROM 2019 TO SO FAR UNDER A PRE-FILING IT AS OF FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, UH, BETWEEN PRE-FILING AND FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK, THAT'S THE SELECTION LITERATURE PERIOD THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY THAT THERE WILL BE STUFF SESSION.
THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE AT THE PACE OF SO FAR.
UH, I DO THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE, PROBABLY BE A DISCUSSION, BUT THAT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
I WILL SAY THAT CITIES, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'LL PROBABLY SEE SIMILAR CHALLENGES THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO SESSIONS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL, UH, CITIES UNFORTUNATELY SEEN SOME REALLY TOUGH CALENDARS IN PAST LIMITS TO THESE, UH, FORTIES PARENTS.
WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW MUCH BETTER? THANK YOU.
AND SO I WAS JUST SAYING THAT SIMILAR CHALLENGES, UH, IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GO THROUGH WHAT THOSE CHALLENGES WILL LOOK LIKE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SESSION.
SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE, UH, AT GT, UH, LOOK OUT FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SPECIFICALLY, IS WE LOOK AT, UH, BILLS THAT RELATE TO ANNEXATION AND ATJ REFORM.
AND WE SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THAT FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE REALLY CRITICAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS IN YOUR CITY.
AND SO WE, WE REALLY TRACK ALL OF THE BILLS ARE ANY BILLS RELATED TO ANNEXATION, AND ETG J REFORM
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TO MAKE SURE THAT NO LEGISLATION NEGATIVELY IMPACTS YOUR CURRENT AGREEMENTS.SO THAT'S ALWAYS NUMBER ONE ON WHAT WE ARE TRACKING FOR YOU, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SO THE MOST IMMEDIATE ISSUES, AND YOU PROBABLY READ A LOT ABOUT THIS, THAT THE CITIES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, AND THAT WE HAVE SEEN BILLS FILED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
FIRST BROAD CATEGORY OF WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS POLICE REFORM.
THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN ONE LARGE BILL OF REFORM AS REFERRED TO AS THE GEORGE FLOYD ACT AND, UH, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR POLICE CHIEF PROBABLY HAS ALREADY THROUGH HIS ASSOCIATION, THE POLICE CHIEF ASSOCIATION, TO LOOK AT IT.
BUT MOST OF THE BILLS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE'LL LOOK AT THINGS LIKE REQUIRING POLICE TO HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF POLICIES FOR THEIR DEPARTMENTS, CORE THINGS LIKE OFFICERS BE REQUIRED TO INTEREST.
SEE IF THEY, WHEN YOU FORCE OR TO REPORT ON AUDRA TO SUPPORT BILLS, THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING ALSO PROHIBIT THINGS LIKE CHILD CALLS AND OTHER TYPES OF POLICE TACTICS.
MAYBE THESE TYPES OF DEALS, LOTS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY THOSE TYPES OF POLICIES, BUT THESE BILLS ARE INTENDED TO HAVE TYPES OF POLICIES AND CHAIN THROUGHOUT THIS DAY.
I KEEP CUTTING OUT KAREN, THIS IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
IF YOU KEEP CUTTING OUT, LIKE YOU'RE LIKE IN A SPOTTY AREA, SORRY, I'M NOT I'M IN MY OFFICE.
SO, UH, IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE WALLS IN MY OFFICE.
UM, MY I'M IN MY I'M IN MY, YOU KNOW, MY WORK OFFICE.
SO LET'S SEE IF YOU'RE CAN HEAR ME.
WE'RE STILL SELLING, SHOPPING.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN MOVE MY COMPUTER CLOSER TO THE WINDOW A LITTLE BIT.
IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? YES.
I MOVED MY COMPUTER MORE TOWARDS MY OFFICE WINDOW.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE, THERE ARE TWO BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT DECREASED MOST PEOPLE.
UH, ANY TYPE OF DECREASE AND PLEASE FUNDING FROM FISCAL YEAR TO FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UM, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE ECONOMY, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DECREASE IN POLICE FUNDING.
YOUR AUDIO IS STILL KEEPS CUTTING OUT IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN CALL WITH YOUR CELL PHONE.
UM, I'M ON MY COMPUTER AT MY OFFICE.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN CALL MY CELL PHONE.
I MAY STILL BE THE SAME THING.
DO YOU NEED THE PHONE NUMBER? OKAY.
UM, IS IT IN THE EMAIL YOU SENT ME? YES.
MA'AM IT SHOULDN'T BE ON WHILE WE GET THIS RESOLVED.
CAN WE MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM? ENJOY IT.
[2. (b) Presentation on the Watershed Master Plan Update. (Proposed presenter: Director of Public Works Shashi Kumar and Assistant City Engineer Jeremy Davis)]
TWO B.KAREN PRESENTATION OF THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN OF DATE.
UH, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, UM, SHASHI AND JEREMY DAVIS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT SAYS SHASHI.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN, GREENISH MASTER PLAN IS ONE OF THE UPDATING THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 20 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
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AUTHORIZED A CONTRACT, UH, IN APRIL LAST YEAR, UH, TO, UH, FOR THIS INITIATIVE.UH, TWO THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL EMPHASIZED DURING THE AUTHORIZATION WAS THAT THEY WANTED A MID-LEVEL PROJECT UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND, UH, KIND OF THE, UH, PROGRESS REPORT, SO TO SPEAK ON THE PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE HERE TO GIVE THAT TODAY AND ALSO WHAT THE COUNCIL IS AND EMPHASIZED BACK THEN WAS TO SEEK CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS INPUT.
AS PART OF THIS UPDATE PROCESS.
JEREMY DAVIS WAS MY CORE PRESENTER HERE, THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, AND HE IS LEADING THIS PROJECT ALONG WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM FROM WALTER P. MOORE AND FREESE AND NICHOLS.
UH, JUST LIKE, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITIES HERE IN THE CITY, BECAUSE OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS.
WE'RE ALSO VERY DIFFERENT HERE IN THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO GRAINAGE.
UH, THE REASON PRIMARILY IS A LOT OF ENTITIES SHARE DRAINAGE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES CITY HAS SOME ROLE TO PLAY.
SO DOES THE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS FOR PENN COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY, THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS WE'LL, UH, WE'LL JUST OVER TO JEREMY AND HIS TEAM.
UH, WHAT THEY WILL COVER TODAY IS WHAT WERE THE MAJOR GOALS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS UPDATE, WHERE WE ARE NOW IN WHAT'S OUR PATH MOVING FORWARD, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, SOLICIT ANY FEEDBACK FROM THIS COUNCIL AS WE, UH, TRY TO WRAP THIS PROJECT UP, UH, JEREMY, THIS IS BACK TO YOU AND I WILL BE THERE AT THE END TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF OUR ONGOING DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
SO A AS SHAWSHEE SAID, UH, THIS UPDATE WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR, UH, AFTER WE SELECTED OUR CONSULTANTS.
UM, SINCE NOW WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS IN COUNCIL I'D LIKE TO GO OVER, UH, SOME OF THE MAJOR GOALS OF THIS UPDATE AND PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
SO, UH, FOR THIS UPDATE, WE HAVE FIVE GOALS HERE, UNDERSTANDING THE CITY'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, COMPLIMENTING OTHER ONGOING STUDIES, UH, FOUR BEING COUNTIES CURRENTLY UPDATING THEIR MASTER PLAN AS WELL.
UH, HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF WATERSHED MASTER PLANS EVALUATING THE ATLAS 14 CRITERIA AND THE BROWSES BACKWATER IMPACTS AND INUNDATION MAPPING.
SO HERE'S A BASIC TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND A BASIC SCHEDULE OF OUR PROGRESS.
SO ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020, UH, WE HAD OUR CONSULTANT SELECTION AND WE CHOSE WALTER P. MOORE AND FREEZED NICHOLS.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO THE TEAM THAT'S PERFORMING THE UPDATE FOR, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY.
UH, THE CONTRACT WAS AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL IN APRIL 20TH, 2020.
UH, THE FIRST PART OF OUR UPDATE, UNDERSTANDING THE CITY'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE, UH, WE HELD A WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 25TH, 2020, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE MUD DISTRICTS AND THE LIDS.
UH, THE OTHER PORTION OF THIS UPDATE, THE MASTER PLAN ASSESSMENT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE.
UH, THE HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF OUR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN IS CURRENTLY ONGOING.
UH, THE BRAZOS BACKWATER IMPACTS AND INUNDATION MAPPING IS STILL ONGOING AND WE'RE 45% COMPLETE AND EVALUATING THE ATLAS 14 CRITERIA, UH, WERE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THAT IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
SO THEY EXPECT TO COMPLETION OF THIS STUDY IS, UH, JUNE 30TH, 2021.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO OVER, UH, THE ROLES OR RESPONSIBILITIES NEXT SLIDE.
SO AS A PART OF THIS STUDY, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE CITY'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, AND INCLUDING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES DURING FLOODS.
UH, THESE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM HARVEY, UH, WHEN THERE WERE SOME HIGH WATER RESCUES.
UM, SO UNDER THE CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER OR EOC, WE MANAGED STREET CLOSURES, POTENTIAL HIGH WATER RESCUES, UH, COORDINATE RESOURCE REQUESTS AND, UH, WORK ON COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH.
SO, UH, ANOTHER MAJOR PART OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THE CITY DIRECTLY MAINTAINS DRAINAGE AND WHO MAINTAINS DRAINAGE IN THE OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CITY, THE DRAINAGE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES LIE WITH THE MUDS OR LIDS FOR THAT AREA.
SO ON THIS MAP, WE SHOW WHERE THE CITY DIRECTLY HAS A ROLE.
UH, SO THAT'S EVERYWHERE IN BLUE, UH, EVERYWHERE THAT'S NOT IN BLUE IS, UH, IS THE MUD OR THE LIDS FOR THAT AREA.
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SO EVEN THOUGH THE CITY DOES NOT DIRECTLY MAINTAIN THE DRAINAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, DURING A DISASTER RESPONSE SCENARIO, MISSOURI CITY PLAYS THE ROLE OF COLLECTING RESOURCE REQUESTS FROM EACH OF THE MUDS AND LIDS.SO REOC HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING THOSE NEEDS UP THE CHAIN TO THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY CENTER.
AND THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC SHOWING THE PROGRESSION FROM THE MINES TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
SO TO GAIN EVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WE ALL REACHED OUT TO EVERY MUD AND LEAD WITHIN MISSOURI CITY AND OUR ETJ, UH, ON AUGUST OF 2020.
SO AT THIS MEETING, WE ALSO HAD AN ATTENDANCE FROM FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS MEETING, UH, WE ASKED ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT, UH, THAT, UH, PARTICIPATED TO COMPLETE A ONE PAGE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT PROVIDED US WITH MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THESE ENTITIES.
UH, THE RESPONSES WERE COLLECTED BY OUR CONSULTANT AND THE TABULATION OF THE RESPONSES ARE SHOWN HERE ON THIS CHART.
AND SO HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS IN THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN THIS GRAPHIC, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UH, FROM OUR RESPONSES, UH, HERE'S SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED.
SO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, SO BASICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE INFORMATION, UH, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THIS UPDATE, UH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS FROM, UH, UTILITY, UH, SORRY, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, UH, WORK COLLECTED EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS FROM LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OR LIDS, UH, IN SEVEN DRAINAGE MASTER PLANS AND SIX HYDRAULIC AND HYDRO HYDROLOGIC MODELS, OR H AND H MODELS.
NEXT SLIDE AFTER PERFORMING OUR RESEARCH, UH, THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT, UH, MUDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING, PERMITTING, AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN THEIR AREAS.
THEY MAINTAIN MOST OF OUR LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. THAT'S OUR INLETS, OUR STORM SEWERS, OUR DRAINAGE DISHES, OUR DETENTION PONDS, AND MOST OF THEM DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS FOR LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
UH, THEIR ROLES ARE TO RECLAIM THE HAZARDOUS FLOODPLAIN LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN FLOOD PROTECTION, LEVIES, MAINTAIN PUMP STATIONS AND OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES, AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN.
SO THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS AFTER RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR MUGS AND LIDS WAS TO SET UP A WEBPAGE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO INPUT ANY DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE NOTICED IN THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIS WEBPAGE OPEN AND WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UH, SO WITH THIS INFORMATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO USE IT AS FEEDBACK TO HELP US IN BETTER ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS MOVING FORWARD, UH, IN THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY AND, UH, THIS, THIS WEBPAGE RIGHT HERE, THE EASIEST WAY TO REACH IT IS, UH, JUST GOOGLE WATERSHED, MASTER PLAN, UPDATE, MISSOURI CITY.
UM, OR WE CAN ALSO HAVE A LINK ADDED, UH, I GUESS TO THE NOTES.
UH, SO NOW I WILL NOW HAND THE PRESENTATION OVER TO, UH, ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS FOR THIS STUDY.
UM, FIRST YOU'LL HEAR FROM ANDREA SALAZAR FROM WALTER P. MOORE ON DRESS.
SO THIS IS LIVE SHOWS, THE 11 WATERSHEDS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THE ATJ IN THESE RENDERS, MUST'VE PUT AN UPDATE WITH TWO X.
WE TOOK EXISTING MODELS DEVELOPED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND INCORPORATED HIGH LEVEL UPDATES AS NEEDED EXAMPLES, EXAMPLES OF HIGH LEVEL UPDATES INCLUDES INCORPORATION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND READINESS PROJECTS.
USE OF NEW MODELING METHODS RECENTLY ADOPTED BY FOUR MAIN COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY AND INCLUSION OF NEW RAINFALL DATA.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THAT THE A HUNDRED YEAR RAINFALL INCREASED FOR APPROXIMATELY 13 INCHES TO ABOUT 17 INCHES.
ONE OF THE PRODUCTS OF THIS MODEL EXERCISE IS THE CREATION OF WIN INUNDATION MAPPING FOR SEVERAL RAINFALL AS SCENARIOS.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ANALYZING, UM, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT RANGE FROM 40 INCHES IN ONE HOUR TO A MULTI-DAY STORM, LIKE THE ONE WE SAW DURING HURRICANE HARVEY AND THE EACH SCENARIO PRODUCES DIFFERENT INUNDATION MAPPING, WHICH AN INUNDATION MAP IS A PRODUCT THAT REFLECTS THE AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT FLOODING, UH, DURING A STORM EVENT.
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OPERATION CENTERS STOP, WE HAVE INFORMATION TO BLOCK POTENTIAL FALLING CONDITIONS FOR THESE VARIOUS SCENARIOS THAT WE MODEL.AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPHIC, YOU WILL SEE KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT HOW THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE USED.
THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INUNDATION MAP LIBRARY, ONE FOR EACH SCENARIO THAT WILL REFLECT DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OR STORMS. THEN THAT LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CITY TO DETERMINING WHAT, WHAT IS THE SCENARIO THAT BEST MATCHES THE RAINFALL THAT IS BEING FORECASTED.
AND WITH, WITH THAT INFORMATION LIKE WIDER ELEVATION DEPTH OF WATER, THE NEW ADDITION, EXTENTS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS CAN BE USED TO FACILITATE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS AS JEREMY PRESENTED AT THE BEGINNING.
THINGS LIKE HIGH WATER RESCUES ON CITY CLOSERS ARE PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THIS INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS OF CONCERN.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE HIGH LEVEL HIGH LEVEL UPDATES, UH, WE ARE DOING ADDITIONAL WORK INTO SPECIFIC WATERSHEDS.
ONE IS THE WILLOW WATER WHOLE WATERSHED IN WHICH, UM, WE ARE IN ADDITION TO UPDATING PREVIOUS STUDIES TO NEW CRITERIA.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REGIONAL DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT BY THE CITY.
SO OUR MODEL EXERCISES ARE DEFINING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE WILL BE NO PROVIDING DIRECTIVE ON, ON THE DESIGN THAT THE CITY, UM, NEEDS TO PURSUE AS A DESIGN MOVEMENT.
THE SECOND WATER SHEDDING, WHICH ARE DOING, UM, ADDITIONAL WORK IS CANGIALOSI DITCH IN KANJI IN
UH, THERE IS A PORTION OF THIS CHANNEL THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE IMPROVED.
IT'S ABOUT 4,400 LINEAR FEET OF CHINA.
UM, PROPOSED TO BE WIDENED ON OUR MODELING EXERCISE IS PROPOSING A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF, UH, INITIALLY PROPOSED IN THE INITIAL STUDIES FOR THIS WATERSHED.
NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT STEP, THE NEXT NEXT TASK IS THE BRUSSELS BACKWATER IMPACT.
AND THAT, THAT IS A TASK THAT OUR PARTNER FREESE AND NICHOLS IS IN CHARGE.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HECTOR ROUNDS.
AS WE HAVE WITNESSED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THERE ARE AREAS WITH THEM IN CERTAIN CITIES THAT ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING FROM THE BRAZOS RIVER.
AS PART OF THIS STUDY, WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO SCENARIOS.
WE HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF HOW THE BRUSSELS RIVER IMPACTS THE CITY.
THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION DURING FUTURE FLOODS.
THE FIRST SCENARIO CORRESPONDS TO SUNDAY CONDITIONS WHERE THERE IS NO RAINFALL WITHIN THE CITY, BUT A LARGE FLOOD MAY BE COMING DOWN THE BRESLOW SWEETER.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY 2016 FOR THIS CONDITION.
WE ARE ESTABLISHING WHAT OUR LEVELS ARE.
FIVE KEY LOCATIONS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE MAP, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS FOR VARIOUS STAGES IN THE RIVER AT THE RETREAT.
IN ADDITION, EXTENTS OR WATER SURFACE ELEVATION WHEN RICHMOND HITS A STAGE 50, SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS THAT ARE IMPACTED WITHIN THE CITY, AND YOU CAN EVEN CLICK ON THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND YOU CAN GET A VALID FOR THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE SAME, UH, CONDITIONS THAT THE RICHMOND GAUGE, EXCEPT THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ALLOWS US TO KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
THE FIRST STEP IN THE, AND THIS PROCESS HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING STEP TWO THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE SECOND SCENARIO CORRESPONDS TO WHEN A LOCAL STORM EVENT IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FLOOD IN THE BRAZOS RIVER, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED DURING HARVEY? THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A COINCIDENCE RAINFALL EVENT AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MORE SEVERE, SEVERE IMPACTS.
WE WILL BE EVALUATING DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ON THE BRAZOS RIVER, COMBINED WITH DIFFERENT RAINFALL INTENSITIES THAT WILL GENERATE A LIBRARY OF INUNDATION MAPS THAT CAN BE USED FOR EMERGENCIES.
SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT ARE, UH, VULNERABLE TO FLOODING OR THE VARIOUS CONDITIONS.
THIS TABLE SUMMARIZES THE RIVER STAGES AND RAINFALL INTENSITIES THAT WE'LL BE USING WHEN GENERATING THIS INUNDATION MAPS.
AND ALL OF THESE MAPS ARE GOING TO LOOK SIMILAR TO WHAT I SHOWED IN THE PREVIOUS LIGHTS.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY.
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THANK YOU, HECTOR AND ANDRESS.UM, I GUESS WE CAN MOVE TO THE LAST SLIDE.
SO, UM, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IF ANYBODY FROM COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE OPEN TO, UH, ANSWER THEM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER AMARULA SPEAKING, UH, JEREMY OR SASHI.
UM, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LINK TO GET ACCESS TO THIS, AND IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A MATTER OF GOOGLING, BUT, UM, WOULD WE ALSO WANT TO MAYBE MAKE THAT ACCESS AVAILABLE THROUGH LIKE OUR MISSOURI CITY WEBSITE AND OUR MISSOURI CITY EMERGENCY, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN GOOGLING SOMETHING MORE OF A HOT BUTTON COUNCIL MEMBER, JEREMY, FIND ME ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION COUNCIL MEMBER, LAURA, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT WE PROVIDE A LINK TO THE CITIZENS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, OR ARE YOU REFERRING TO YEAH.
EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION? UM, AND I FORGET WHAT PAGE IT WAS.
THERE WAS, UH, UH, EVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO BACKWARDS.
JEREMY SAID THAT WE COULD GOOGLE THE WATERSHED, RIGHT? UH, WE DO, WE CAN PROVIDE SOME EASY LINKS ON OUR WEBPAGE AND THEN PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO DO THE OUTREACH.
NOT ONLY HAVE WE PROVIDED THIS LINK ON THE WEBSITE, THEY'VE DONE SOME OUTREACH WHEN THEY GO TO THE HOA MEETINGS AND SO FORTH, UH, TO DRIVE THE MESSAGE TO THE CITIZENS, TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK, UH, WE WILL DO WHAT BEST WE CAN MOVING FURTHER TO SOLICIT THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND YES, THERE IS A LINK ON OUR WEBPAGE AND WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE READILY AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK AS WELL.
I HAD A QUESTION, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE CITIZENS, UH, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UH, HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING THIS, UH, TO THE, UH, CITIZENS THAT, UH, THEY'RE AWARE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS FEEDBACK ON SOME DRAINAGE CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE? I KNOW IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE THROUGH THE H GO A'S, BUT, UH, I THINK WE NEED, UH, UH, A WIDER, UH, UH, NET TO, UM, UH, CAST THROUGH TO OUR CITIZENS SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF, UH, WHAT THIS IS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT BY RECEIVING THEIR FEEDBACK.
I'M GONNA, UH, ASK JEREMY TO ELABORATE ON WHAT I ALREADY EXPLAINED.
UH, JEREMY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR DO YOU SEE ANY OTHER MEANS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE OUR OUTREACH TO OUR CITIZENS? YEAH, THIS IS JEREMY.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH THE COMMUNICATION STAFF.
UH, THEY'VE PUT IT ON THEIR, UH, THEIR NEWSCAST AND THEY POSTED IT ON, UM, ON THEIR EMAIL BLAST.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I GUESS WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COMMUNICATION AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME OTHER WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE CITIZEN.
AND I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS REALLY TO, UH, ADD SOME, UH, UH, SOME DEPTH WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO PROVIDE THIS FEEDBACK.
THIS IS SHASHA KUMARA GAME COUNCIL MEMBER.
I KNOW WE HAVE A DISTRICT COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP.
WE'LL TRY TO EMPHASIZE IN THOSE MEETINGS.
I BELIEVE I'M PRESENTING IN THAT MEETING AS WELL.
UH, WE'LL TRY TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN FOR THE RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING IN THIS WORSHIP MEETING WAR, BUT WE'LL DO ALL WE CAN AND EXPEDITE ALL THE AND EXPLORE ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAVE TO GET THE CITIZENS FEEDBACK.
HI, THIS IS STACY TELLS A MEMBER EMORY.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO FURTHER ADD THAT WE'VE SENT OUT A NEWS RELEASE.
WE'VE SENT OUT VIDEOS, WE'VE SENT OUT LINKS TO THE WATERSHED STUDIES.
IT'S BEEN IN THE DIGITAL NEWSLETTER.
IT'S ALSO BEEN IN THE NEWSCAST, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON AN ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE IS THAT WHILE THERE'S INFORMATION ON THE CITY WEBSITE, THE LINK TO THE ACTUAL SURVEY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY PRODUCED OR MANAGES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO NOT HAVE CITIZENS HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO MANY PORTALS TO GET
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TO THE STUDY, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO PUSH AS MUCH INFORMATION OUT AS POSSIBLE.ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, THANK YOU.
SHASHI JEREMY DAVIS, ANDREA SALAZAR AND HECTOR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[2. (a) Discuss legislative priorities for the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu and Karen Kennard) (Part 2 of 2)]
READY.AND IF YOU WANT TO START WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.
YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST FINISH UP QUICKLY.
UM, UH, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE RELATE TO JUST, UM, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE A LOT OF BILLS AGAIN, THE QUESTION THAT WILL IMPACT THE HOME RULE AUTHORITY, AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THOSE THINGS RELATED TO LIMITING CITY'S AUTHORITY TO DRAFT ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY ISSUES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.
UH, AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY.
UM, WE HOPE WE WON'T SEE IT, BUT AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LEGISLATION LAST SESSION THAT, UH, INTRODUCED A, UH, A REVENUE CAP.
AND SO THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL, UH, LEGISLATION THAT SESSION TO LIMIT CITY'S AUTHORITY TO GENERATE REVENUE, UH, MAYBE EXPAND THE CURRENT, UH, REVENUE CAP.
AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE WATCHING THAT AGAIN, UH, TO, TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THERE AREN'T ADDITIONAL OF LIMITATIONS PLACED ON CITY'S AUTHORITY TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR LOCAL NEEDS.
UH, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES ALL ALREADY DEAL WITH IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SPACE WITH DISEASE PRESUMPTION.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY COMING, UH, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS, UH, LOTS OF LEGISLATION RELATED TO CREATING A PRESUMPTION OF, OF, OF COVID AS A DISEASE, NOT ONLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, UH, ARENA, BUT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BILLS OUT THERE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES.
AND LET ME JUST SAY WE WOULD NOT OPPOSE ANY OF THAT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITIES ALREADY DEAL WITH IN RELATIONS TO POLICE IN FAR AND THOSE KIND OF DISEASE PRESUMPTION, BUT THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THAT, UM, TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE, UH, ON CITIES, UH, TO, TO MAKE A PRESUMPTION, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL BILLS.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, WHEN WE DID OUR WRAP-UP WITH THE CITY, UH, AT THE END OF THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, THE BILLS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PASSED.
UH, THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT CITIES FROM, UH, ENGAGING, UH, LOBBYISTS TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF CITIES AT THE LEGISLATURE, OR THE BILL IS ALSO WITH PROHIBITS CITIES, FROM PAYING DUES TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER, IF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HIRE LOBBYISTS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE KIND OF REAL HIGH LEVEL, UM, UH, ISSUES THAT WE SEE COMING THERE HAVE BEEN BILLS FILED.
WE THINK THERE WILL BE OTHER BILLS FILED UNDER THOSE KINDS OF SIX BROAD TOPICS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY WILL HAVE, AS
AND WE ARE TRACKING THOSE, UM, EVERY WEEK.
UH, WE, WE STARTED THIS LAST FRIDAY, WE SEND, UH, KIND OF A, UH, JUST A REAL HIGH-LEVEL REPORT TO EACH CHOICE, UH, WITH, UH, THE BILLS THAT WE'RE TRACKING AND KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE.
SO, UH, YOU SHOULD LOOK TO START RECEIVING THAT, UH, AGAIN, UH, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, KAREN, UH, THANK YOU.
I WOULD HAVE SOME GUYS NO MORE SLIDES, RIGHT.
KAREN, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT GROUP HOMES? UH, YES.
UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE RENTAL STYLE THAT BILL LAST SESSION HIT HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED AGAIN, UH, IT IS HOUSE BILL 1 49 AND LIKE LAST SESSION, IT WOULD BE A STUDY.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE TO STUDY THE INTERPLAY
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OF LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS RELATED TO GROUP HOMES.UH, LAST, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WE, WE GOT A HEARING ON THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY AND, UH, UH, SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME UP AND THEY TESTIFIED ON THE BILL WHEN IT WAS IN THE HOUSE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THERE IS A, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, GROUP HOME, UH, LOBBY THAT FOR SOME REASON, DOESN'T EVEN LIKE A STUDY OF THE ISSUE.
AND SO WE WILL WORK IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
IT WAS PRE-FILED ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF PRE-FILING NOVEMBER, THE NINTH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE REEL FILED IT, UM, WITH COVID.
HOWEVER, UM, THINGS ARE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT, THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD, BUT WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE MEMBER FROM THE FIRST WEEK WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.
UH, IT'S IT'S BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED, SO I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING OR SPEAKING OUT OF TURN.
HE WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO INTRODUCED THE SPEAKER.
HE HAD TESTED NEGATIVE ON THE DAY OF THE SESSION TO GO INTO THE CAPITOL.
AND THEN BEFORE HE WAS GOING TO GO HOME, HE TESTED AGAIN, AND THEN HE HAD TESTED POSITIVE.
AND SO IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF AS, AS MY LAW FIRM WORKS IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE'VE SEEN THIS.
AND, AND SO THE, UM, THE ABILITY TO GET OVER TO THE CAPITAL, THE ABILITY TO, UH, TALK TO OTHER LOBBYISTS IS VERY MUCH LIMITED THIS SESSION.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WHEN I TALK ABOUT, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'VE BEEN AT THIS PERIOD OF TIME, MORE BILLS FILED, THERE MAY NOT BE MORE BILLS HEARD.
THERE MAY NOT BE MORE BILLS, UH, PASSED BECAUSE COVID, I THINK IT'S GONNA LIMIT JUST A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS, WE HAD THE ABILITY TO JUST BE OVER THERE IN THE BUILDING, MIXING WITH PEOPLE AND JUST RUNNING INTO PEOPLE OVER THERE TO, TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT ISSUES.
SO THE BILL HAS BEEN FILED, UM, COMMITTEES HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, COMMITTEES HAVE NOT BEEN NAMED.
UH, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMITTEE IT WOULD GO TO OR WHO WOULD BE ON THOSE COMMITTEES.
UH, THE MEMBERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GIVE THEIR COMMITTEE, UH, PREFERENCES UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE WE EVEN GET COMMITTEES.
AND SO UNTIL WE GET THAT DONE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BILL IS GOING TO GO AND WHO WE NEED TO BE TALKING TO.
WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, ASK YOU ALL TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SIDE OF THIS WILL ACTUALLY APPEAR ON YOUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA AS WELL FOR FORMAL ACTION AND AUTHORIZATION.
[2. (c) Discuss proposed Sienna MUD No. 1 Wastewater Reuse Agreement. (Presenter: Utilities Manager Todd Hoover)]
ITEM NUMBER ONE, WASTE WATER.THIS PRESENTATION IS COVERING THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE REGARDING WASTEWATER REUSE NEXT LOT TO START A QUICK OVERVIEW OF TYPE ONE.
RECLAIMED WASTEWATER USES OUR RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION PARKS, GOLF COURSES, IRRIGATION IRRIGATION OF FOOD CROPS, UH, TOLL THAT FLUSHING AND REFILLING OF WATER BODIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE PONDS THAT WE COULD USE FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION.
NEXT LOT, THIS MAP SHOWS IN YELLOW, THE AREAS IN OUR CITY THAT USES PRIMARILY SURFACE WATER AND THE GREEN AREA OF THE MAP, OUR GROUNDWATER USERS AND THE BLUE DOTS ARE GROUNDWATER WELL PLANTS JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE.
AND THE RED AREA IS WHERE OUR SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS LOCATED.
THE CITY WILL BENEFIT BY REUSE OF TYPE ONE RECLAIMED WASTEWATER BY THE CONTINUATION OF OUR FORT BEN SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT MANDATES OF GROUND WATER REDUCTION OVER USE CREDITS UNTIL THE YEAR 2025.
AND YOU SEE THAT 30%, 60% WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 40% GROUNDWATER REDUCTION.
NEXT SLIDE, OUR SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PHASE TWO EXPANSION, UH,
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FROM 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TO 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY IS NEAR COMPLETE.AND OUR NEXT PHASE EXPANSION DESIGN WILL BEGIN SOON.
NEXT SLOT GROUNDWATER REDUCTION MANDATES HAVE ASSOCIATED COSTS SUCH AS SURFACE WATER TREATMENT, PLANT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT COST FOR EXPANDING THE TREATMENT CAPACITIES AT OUR SHELTERS WATER TREATMENT.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE SALIENT POINTS FOR THIS EVENING.
THE CITY AND CNM MISS SCHOOL DISTRICTS BEGAN A DISCUSSION ABOUT TYPE ONE WASTEWATER REUSE BACK IN THE YEAR 2015, THE ESTIMATED DIFFERENCE IN COST TO DESIGN AND BUILD A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR ALSO KNOWN AS AN NBR TYPE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT VERSUS A CONVENTIONAL TYPE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO ACHIEVE THIS TYPE ONE REUSE TREATMENT WATER WAS APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION.
UH, SIENNA HAD RELIED ON THE CITY TO PAY THIS DIFFERENCE IN COST FOR THE MORE ADVANCED DESIGN TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED TYPE ONE, REUSE WATER QUALITY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TYPE ONE AND A TYPE TWO, A REUSE IS THAT A TYPE ONE IS MUCH CLEANER WATER QUALITY, AND IT REQUIRES THIS MEMBRANE FILTERING PROCESS WITHIN THE TREATMENT PLANTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF TYPE ONE RECLAIMED WATER USES THE CITY WOULD ALSO PROMOTE CONTINUING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ALONG WITH PARTICIPANTS OF THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN USUALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR CITY.
NEXT SLIDE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE TERMS OF THE REUSE AGREEMENT HAVE TAKEN ABOUT TWO YEARS UNTIL FINALLY ON DECEMBER THE THIRD 2020, THE GRP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT AN INVESTMENT CONCEPT.
SO THIS IS, UH, WHAT THE GRP, UH, COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THE INVESTMENT OF $2 MILLION TO SIENNA MUD ONE.
THEN SIENNA MUD ONE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENSES, WHICH THEY CALL PURPLE PIPE CNM.
ONE WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLING THE ONM EXPENSES TO THE CUSTOMERS.
AND, UM, THERE WOULD BE A FIXED PROFIT SHARING VARIABLE.
NOW THE 50 50 PROFIT SHARING, IT COULD GO UP, IT COULD GO DOWN, THERE WOULD BE A, A FLOOR OF, OF 27 AND A HALF CENTS PER THOUSAND GALLONS OF WASTEWATER SALT.
AND THAT WOULD BE IN PERPETUITY.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'VE ALREADY WRITTEN A DRAFT CONTRACT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND IT'S A CORE OF 40 YEARS.
UH, THE INVESTMENT WOULD BE, UH, RETURNED BACK TO THE CITY, UM, WITH A CHART THAT I HAVE ON THE NEXT PAGE IN ABOUT 30 YEARS.
AND THAT'S THE MINIMUM NEXT SLOT.
SO HERE'S AN, I KNOW YOU JUST KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT, UM, AT THE TOP OF HOLIDAY TO YELLOW, THAT'S THE $2 MILLION INVESTMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE WOULD BE A VARIABLE COST OF
AND THAT 27 AND A HALF CENT OF THAT 50 50 PROFIT SHARE BETWEEN SIENNA MUD, ONE IN THE CITY, UM, COULD GO UP, BUT IT COULDN'T GO ANY LESS THAN 27 HALF CENTS PER THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY WORKED ON.
SO, UM, WE'VE DRAFTED THAT AND TONIGHT THERE'S NO ACTION REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL.
UM, THAT AUTHORIZATION, UM, FOR REQUEST HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY.
THE FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ADD FINALLY THAT WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CALL FROM SANTA AND WHO ARE ALSO OUR PARTNERS IN THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THEREFORE I'D LIKE TO YIELD A FEW MINUTES TO CALL BALLS IF HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS PRESENTATION, MR. BOWLES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? HEY, TODD, THIS IS RICH MALARA.
I DON'T KNOW THAT HE GOT THE ZOOM, UH,
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UH, INFO, UH, UH, TIMELY ENOUGH.I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY IF YOU WORSE.
SO THIS IS RICH MAHLER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR SIENNA MUD ONE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, REITERATE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT TY HAD SAID EARLIER.
UH, FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MISSOURI CITY GROUNDWATER CONVERSION, UH, PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN A CO-OP COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE ETJ, UH, COMMUNITIES, RIVERSTONE SIENNA, AND THE CITY, UH, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, UH, CONVERSIONS THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN OUR REGION.
AND I MEASURE SUCCESS BY THE COST TO THE CONSUMER.
UM, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST GROUNDWATER FEES, A GROUNDWATER, UH, PUBLISH FEES, UH, OF ANY OF THE, UH, CONVERTING ENTITIES IN OUR REGION.
UH, AND THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK OF THE FOLKS, THE CITY, UH, THAT AND THE GRP COMMITTEE WHO HAVE PUT IN THE TIME AND EFFORT TO REALLY COME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION.
LONG-TERM, UH, THIS EFFLUENT REUSE, UH, AGREEMENT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THAT, A MUCH LARGER PUZZLE.
UH, IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, IT SAVES ALL OF THE GRP PARTICIPANTS.
SO THE CITY RESIDENTS AND ADJ RESIDENTS SAVES EVERYBODY MONEY BY USING LESS SURFACE WATER, WHICH IS THE MOST COSTLY WATER YOU CAN, UH, USE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME REGULATORY CREDITS THAT, UH, THAT THE CITY AND THE GRP WILL RECEIVE BECAUSE OF, UH, THIS VERSION.
AND THEN LONG-TERM, WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME, SOME LONG-TERM CAPITAL COSTS AND O AND M REDUCTIONS AT THE SURFACE WATER PLANT THAT AREN'T REALLY EVEN PART OF THE ANALYSIS.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, IT ALL AT ALL, IT'S, UH, IT'S A VERY, UH, POSITIVE INVESTMENT FOR, UH, FOR EVERYONE THAT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN, I THINK ARE VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE THAT ASSUMES WE USE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF REUSE.
I THINK THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE BETTER, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE EVALUATION, WE'VE GIVEN YOU A VERY CONSERVATIVE SET OF NUMBERS.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK TODD, UH, AND JOYCE AND SHAWSHEE, WHO'VE WORKED WITH US ON THIS, UH, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, TO COME TO WHAT I THINK IS VERY FAIR AND REASONABLE ARRANGEMENT ON THE RESPONSIBILITY ALLOCATION AND THE, UH, THE PROFIT SHARE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL STOP TALKING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, TODD AND RICH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR NO QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM
[2. (d) Presentation on the Texas Department of Transportation proposed median improvements to F.M. 1092. (Proposed presenter: Director of Public Works Shashi Kumar)]
TWO D PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROPOSAL MEETING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO FM 10 92.WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR PROBABLY WORKSHOP SHEET TOMORROW.
YEAH, MAN, AND COUNCIL AGAIN, UH, I'LL TAG TEAM, THIS PRESENTATION WITH MY CO PRESENTER, JEREMY HERE, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, FM 10 92 OR MORPHE ROAD IS ONE OF THE MAJOR NORTH SOUTH TECHSTAR ROADWAY CORRIDOR THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY LIMITS.
IT ALSO SERVES OTHER JURISDICTIONS OVER THE YEARS.
AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THIS ROADWAY HAS TRANSFORMED MORE FROM A FOUR FORM PRE-MARKET ROADWAY TO A MAJOR MOVER OF TRAFFIC.
UH, THE LAST COUNT WE HAD, WE HAD ROUGHLY 40,000 VEHICLES USING THIS ROADWAY ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND THIS IS MORE ATTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SUCH AS RIVERSTONE SIENNA, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.
UM, MOST PART OF THIS ROADWAY, CORY DOOR DOES NOT HAVE A MEDIAN BARRIER.
IF YOU MAY RECALL, A TEXAS PARKWAY WAS THAT WAS LIKE THIS DECADES AGO, AND TECHSTARS CAME AND DID WHAT THEY CALL THE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, OR THE TECHNICAL NAME IS ACCESS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT CONTRIBUTED TO REDUCING COLLISION AS WELL AS, UH, AIDING THE MOVEMENT OF, UH, TRAFFIC VOLUME THROUGH THIS MAJOR CORRIDOR TECHSTAR, UH, NOTIFIED THE CITY LATE, UH, IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT THEY INTEND TO DO THE SAME THING FOR FM 10 92 OR TO MORPH MURPHY ROAD THAT IS TO BUILD MEDIANS PART OF THEIR ACCESS MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES, UH, WHAT THE CITY DID.
UM, UH, THEY HOSTED A VIRTUAL MEETING, UH, UH, GIVEN THE COVID ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WE DID SOME OUTREACH WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENTS TO CITIZENS TO, UH, INFORM THEM OF THIS UPCOMING MEETING OR THIS VIRTUAL MEETING THAT WAS HOSTED BY TECHSTARS, WHICH WAS MORE AN INFORMATIVE NATURE.
UH, HOWEVER, I, WE DO REALIZE THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE GOT THE MESSAGE OR ATTENDED THIS MEETING.
UH, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD SOME FEW, UH, CONCERNED BUSINESS OWNERS, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, RESIDENTS, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT HAVE CONTACTED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ASKED FOR A BRIEFING ON
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THIS PROJECT OR VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHAT TXDOT IS AIMING TO DO IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TURNING MOMENTS YOU'RE ON FM 10 92.
THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THIS BUILD MEDIANS.
AND, UH, A, UH, THE, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE COLLISIONS AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
UH, THE CITY HAS REACHED OUT TO TECHSTARS EXPRESS, SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
ALSO, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO TECH START TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME MEDIUM LANDSCAPING HERE WITH OUR, WITH OUR PARTICIPATION WITH TECH START.
UH, AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AGAIN, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THIS UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS OR PROJECT.
UH, GIVE A CHANCE FOR COUNCIL TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
UH, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, GET SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TECHSTARS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY DAVIS ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
WE DO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO PRESENTATION, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
JEREMY, JEREMY, DO I HEAR YOU? WELL, LET ME, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UM, AS SAUCY SAID, WITH THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED MEDIAN INSTALLATIONS BY TXDOT, UH, FOR FM 10 92.
SO HERE'S JUST SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE LENGTH IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 5.8 MILES.
IT GOES FROM A 69 OR A US 59 IS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW IT, UH, TO STATE HIGHWAY SIX.
UH, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS GOING TO BE $4 MILLION.
UH, THEY DON'T NEED TO REQUIRE ANY BRIDE AWAY THEY'RE WORKING WITHIN THE MEDIANS, UH, AND THE TIMELINE THEY, THEY ANTICIPATE TO START IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS A, UH, A GRAPHIC JUST SHOWING THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT GOES THROUGH BOTH STAFFORD AND MISSOURI CITY AND A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSTON, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
SO, UH, NOW WE THERE'S A, THERE WAS A PRERECORDED VIDEO AT THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING THAT TXDOT HELD ON DECEMBER 17TH.
SO WE TOOK THAT, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY ABOUT 11 MINUTE VIDEO.
WE CUT THAT DOWN TO A LITTLE LESS THAN FOUR MINUTES, AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PRESENT THAT VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
UH, THERE SHOULD BE A GIMME ONE BEING ABLE TO CLICK, OKAY.
THE FM 10 92 PROJECT EXTENDS FOR A TOTAL OF 5.8 MILES ALONG FARM TO MARKET 10 92 FROM INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 69 TO STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT VAN COUNTY.
THE PROPOSED FM 10 92 IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE EXISTING 120 FOOT, RIGHT OF WAY.
MOST OF THE EXISTING PROJECT FACILITY IS A SIX LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY WITH A CONTINUOUS CENTER TURN LANE, NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS OCCUR ON EITHER END OR THE ROADWAY REACHES BOTH.
IN ADDITION, WHERE FM 10 92 CROSSES UNDER US.
WHEN NOTABLE MAJOR TRAFFIC GENERATOR IS INDEPENDENCE PARK.
HOWEVER, THE ROADWAY ITSELF IS A BUSY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, DESPITE NOT HAVING MANY INDIVIDUAL MAJOR TRAFFIC GENERATORS.
ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT IS TO REDUCE CRASHES ALONG THE CORRIDOR REGARDING SAFETY.
THE PROJECT TEAM ANALYZED CRASH DATA FOR THE PROJECT CORRIDOR FOR THE YEARS, 2015 TO 2019 AS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GRAPHIC.
THE CRASH RATE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT LIMITS IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.
THE MAJORITY OF CRASHES ALONG THE FM 10 92 CORRIDOR ARE NEAR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, DRIVEWAY DENSITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR EXCEEDS TYPICAL STANDARDS.
AND AS THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS ALONG A CORRIDOR INCREASES.
SO DOES THE PROBABILITY OF A COLLISION SOME SECTIONS OF FM 10 92
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HAVE DRIVEWAY SPACING AS HIGH AS 72 DRIVEWAYS PER MILE.THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A RAISED MEDIAN WOULD LIMIT LEFT TURN OPPORTUNITIES AND THEREBY REDUCE SAFETY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT TURNING CARS CROSSING IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
MOST OF THE EXISTING FM 10 92 IN THE PROJECT AREA IS A SIX LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY WITH A CONTINUOUS CENTER TURN LANE, NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS OCCUR ON EITHER END WHEN THE ROADWAY REACHES BOTH.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE FM 10 92 CROSSES UNDER
ALTHOUGH WHAT IS SHOWN ARE CALLED TYPICAL SECTIONS, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IN SOME SECTIONS OF THE ROADWAY, THE SHOULDER AND DITCH TYPICAL SECTIONS VARY, HOWEVER, THESE VARIATIONS ARE NOT RELEVANT TO THE PROPOSED RAISED MEDIAN INSTALLATION MOVEMENTS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING A RAISED MEDIAN ALONG FM 10 92 THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AREA.
THIS INCLUDES UP TO 35 DESIGNATED SOUTHBOUND TURNING LANES FOR CROSS CONNECTING ROADWAY, ACCESS, IMPROVED ACCESS MANAGEMENT RESULTS IN REDUCED TRAFFIC DELAY IN CONGESTION, AS WELL AS IMPROVED ACCESS AND CIRCULATION FOR LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND ROADWAY USERS.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC VOLUMES AS WELL AS EXISTING SAFETY ISSUES ON FM 10 92, BY PROVIDING THESE NEW TURNING LANES AT INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AREA PROJECT WOULD BE FUNDED WITH A COMBINATION OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION.
IT IS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT FOR BID IN APRIL, 2021.
SO, UM, UH, AFTER THE TECHSTOP MEETING, UM, I'M SORRY, THE, BEFORE OUR TEXTILE MEETING ON THE 17TH, UH, THE CITY NOTIFIED THE RESIDENTS OF BUSINESSES, UH, BY PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, JUST AS SHAWSHEE SAID EARLIER.
UM, AND AFTER THE MEETING, WE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE, UH, SOME CONCERNS FROM, FROM DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, UH, CITY STAFF HAS SCHEDULED AN ADDITIONAL MEETING WITH TXDOT ON FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, IF ANY LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS, UH, HAVE ANY FURTHER CONCERNS, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS ENGINEERING AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV, AND A CITY STAFF WILL ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITH TXDOT AT OUR FEBRUARY 1ST MEETING, NEXT SLIDE.
AND NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.
HEY MAN, THIS IS ANTHONY COUNCILMAN.
YEAH, I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
UH, NUMBER ONE NOW, WHERE WILL, UH, THE, UH, THE PROJECT START IN STAFFORD ARE IN JEREMY? LET ME SEE IF I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT IS FROM HIGHWAY SIX, ALL THE WAY, EXTENDING NOT TO 59 AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH PART IT'LL START.
I MEAN, WHERE, WHICH WILL BE THE START LINE AND THE FINISHED LINE, BUT THE GENERAL LIMITS OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN BETWEEN THE SOUTH SIDE OF PRIVATE SIX AND THE NON SEGMENT OF THIS 59 AS THERE BEEN ANY, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFFORD AS TO THEIR, UH, UH, CONCERNS.
I'M SURE, UH, TEXSTAR IS REACHING OUT TO STANFORD, JUST LIKE THEY REACHED OUT TO OUR JURISDICTIONS TO GATHER THEIR CONCERNS, BUT, UH, UM, MISSOURI CITY HAS NOT SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO STANFORD, BUT THAT I BELIEVE, UH, UH, TECH STOCK IS WORKING WITH STAFF WHEN, JUST LIKE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THIS SORT OF CP AS WELL.
OKAY, GO AHEAD THEN I'LL COME BACK WITH A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS.
WELL, UH, THE ONE THING THAT I,
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AND I HOPE THAT IT'S BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, UH, SEVERAL, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON ON 10 92, UH, THAT, UH, OUR RETAIL OR, UH, UH, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, AND, UH, SOME, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, THAT'S IN PROGRESS.SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT, WHAT IMPACT LET HAVE ON ANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE, UH, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE NOW, UH, SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, PLAN FAR, UH, UH, TURN INS AND TURNOUTS INTO THEIR, UH, THEIR, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
UH, GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AGAIN, THIS IS SHASHI, UM, JEREMY AND HIS TEAM, UH, HAVE REVIEWED THE PLANS FOR NEW DRIVERS THAT COME IN ON CAN 92.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT OR PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, IN THE, UH, UH, 10 92 FIFTH STREET CORRIDOR AREA.
UH, WE HAVE RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO TECH START IN THE COMING MONTHS.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN, AGAIN, THE MAJOR EFFORT HERE IS TO CONSOLIDATE SO TO SPEAK THE DRIVEWAYS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAVE ACCESS INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH FM 10 92.
SO STAFF IS TAKEN THIS INITIATIVE WITH TECHSTAR AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM IN THE COMING MONTHS.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO SEVERAL OF THOSE, UH, THAT ARE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME ARE RETAIL COMMERCIAL, AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THEM IS LIKE A MIXED USE.
SO, UH, THERE'S SOME, UH, RESIDENTIAL INCLUDED IN THAT RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO, UH, SOMEHOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, THESE, UH, DEVELOPERS AND, UH, ARE, UH, ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S BEING, UH, CONSIDERED SO THAT THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WHATEVER'S NECESSARY TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, PROPER ACCESS AND, AND, UH, EXIT, UH, INTO, UH, TO THEIR DEVELOPMENTS.
WELL, SO ACTUALLY THIS HAS COME TO MEMBER EDWARDS.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THE QUESTION COMES FROM
HOW LONG DO YOU ACTUALLY ESTIMATE OR CHECKS? DID THEY PROVIDE A, A TIMELINE OF THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY BEING COMPLETED? UM, GREAT QUESTION.
I ALLOW JEREMY TO CHIME IN AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN, IT'S WEIGHTED TO BE BID IN APRIL.
UH, ONCE THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, WE WILL TRY TO MITIGATE THAT INFORMATION TO THE BUSINESSES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE SOME CONCERNS.
BUT ONE THING IS LIKE ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UH, BEFORE IT GETS BETTER, IT GETS WORSE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE, UH, THE, UH, THING WITH ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, THE LENGTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION.
JEREMY, IF YOU DO ANYTHING, PLEASE ADD ON IF I MISSED ANYTHING.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE TIME, BUT, UH, NO ASHY SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH CONSTRUCTION, UH, THINGS CAN CHANGE, BUT THEY'RE ESTIMATING IT TO BE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS, BUT, UH, AND THAT'S FROM TXDOT.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS.
UH, OR ACTUALLY ONE QUESTION I WANT TO REQUEST, UM, ARE THERE RENDERINGS OF THE PROPOSED TURN LANES AVAILABLE? DO THEY ALREADY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHERE THOSE TURN LANES WOULD BE? YES, SIR.
UH, THE CITY HAS OBTAINED THE RENDERINGS, UH, FROM TECHSTARS AND WE DO HAVE IT, IF THERE IS ANY CONCERN, BUSINESSES OR OWNERS, WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM AND SHARE WITH THEM THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE TOOK AN ADDITIONAL STEP AND WE'RE PAYING THOSE FROM THE TECHSTAR OFFICE.
AND THEN THE LAST REALLY TOWARDS THE CITY SECRETARY IS CAN WE HAVE A MEETING INVITE AND ON CALENDAR FOR THE FEBRUARY ONE MEETING SO THAT WE CAN ALSO, OR AT LEAST JIMMY, UH, PLEASE, UH, UH, ADD ON, WE CAN INVOLVE, UH, ANY BUSINESSES OR IS THIS MORE A TECH START STAFF LEVEL MEETING? AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ELABORATE ON THAT ONE, PLEASE.
SO THIS IS MORE OF A, A TECHNICAL, UH, STAFF LEVEL MEETING.
UM, TYPICALLY AT TECH I'M ACTUALLY FROM TXDOT.
I WORKED THERE FOR SIX YEARS BEFORE I CAME
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OVER TO THE CITY, BUT, UH, THE WAY THAT IT TYPICALLY WORKS AT TXDOT, UH, THEY, THEY LIKE TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS WITH THEIR TECHNICAL STAFF, UH, WITHOUT THE PUBLIC.UH, TYPICALLY WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS INVOLVED, THEY'LL, UH, THEY'LL GET THEIR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE INVOLVED AND THEN IT BECOMES AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEETING.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, HE FIND ME ADD ONTO THAT STAFF FROM TRYING TO SOLICIT ANY COMMENTS WE MAY HAVE.
WE'LL DISCUSS THIS WITH TECHSTAR AND WE'LL DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION TO LOCAL BUSINESSES OR OWNERS THAT HAVE CONCERNS, UH, THAT IS THE APPROACH WE INTEND TO PURSUE.
YES, ESPECIALLY THIS IS A COUNCILMAN EMORY, UH, AS I RECALL, PROBABLY ABOUT, SO I DON'T KNOW, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, TXDOT, UH, SUGGESTED, UH, PUTTING IN MEDIANS AGAIN ARE SIMILAR TO, I ASSUME TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING NOW, BUT THAT, UH, REALLY DIDN'T, UH, UH, GATHER MUCH SUPPORT.
UH, AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UH, IS TEXTILE LOOKING AT THE REASONS WHY THEY BACKED OFF OF THAT, UH, THAT PROPOSAL AND, UH, WILL THEY BE ADDRESSING, UH, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED, UH, BACK IN, UH, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN THEY WERE SUGGESTING THIS SAME TYPE OF, UH, OF A PROJECT OF MEDIANS DOWN TO 92 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS SHASHA AGAIN, TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
UH, YOU HEARD THAT THIS ROADWAY IS TAKEN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
UH, IT IS A ONE OFF THE TOP LIST FOR COLLISIONS.
UH, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ANOTHER OPTION.
YOU KNOW, YOU, IF YOU RECALL, ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE DID SOME TIMING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAS MORE A ABANDONED, UH, WITH THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WE'RE SEEING AND DO NOTHING.
UH, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HERE, UH, TO MOVE THE TRAFFIC, UH, BUT I'M AWARE THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT THERE, THEN I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS, UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES TO SEE HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES.
UH, AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THAT WE INTEND TO PLAY IS, UH, TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK, WORK WITH TECH STOCK, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE THEIR CONCERNS, PRIMARILY ACCESS CONCERNS, AND THEN GET THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S, TO ME IS CRITICAL IS, UH, NOT THAT I'M SUGGESTING IT'S A DO NOTHING, UH, APPROACH TO THIS, BUT, UH, BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED, UH, I THINK, UH, WOULD GO A LONG WAY AND, UH, ACCESSIBILITY BY, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UH, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALONG, UH, TH THAT 10 92 CORRIDOR, WELL, TRY AND DOING THIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I, IF IT WARRANTS, WE MAY BRING THIS BACK FOR ANOTHER UPDATE TO COUNCIL.
UH, BUT WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS A PAPER PUBLIC ABOUT THIS UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS MISSOURI CITY PUSHED FOR THIS, OR THIS WAS A TEXT DOC, UH, PUSHING ON US FOR THIS MEDIA.
JEREMY CAME TO US WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, I DO RECALL WHEN TECH, I MEAN THE HIGHWAY SIX WAS GETTING MEDIANS.
THERE WAS A LARGE WORKSHOP FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE THE TURN LANES KNOW LEFT, LEFT LANES AND ALL OF THAT, WHERE THE CUTOFFS ARE GOING TO, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY CUT OUT WILL BE.
SO DO WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT WILL BE PUT OUT THERE TO OUR, OUR PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS AND OTHERS.
SO WE DO HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, CHROMATIC, UH, SHOT.
SHE SAID, AND, UH, ANYONE WHO EMAILS THAT EMAIL ADDRESS, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.
HOW COME IF I MAY HAVE CAUGHT THEM, THEN WE, WE DID NOT PUT THAT OUT ON THIS PRESENTATION THOUGH.
IS IT JUST BY EMAIL? WELL, SO THE, THE PLANS THAT THEY SENT, UH, THE WAY THAT THEY WERE SENT, IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO READ IF IT WAS ON THE PRESENTATION, THEY DID THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROADWAY, WHICH GOES THROUGH TWO FIFTIES.
SO, UH, WE SORTA CUT OFF THE PORTION THAT JUST, UH, IS FROM MISSOURI CITY, BUT EVEN THEN IT STILL ROLLS OUT TO A PRETTY LONG SET
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OF SCHEMATICS CAUSE.SO I DO RECALL THE LAST ONE AROUND THAT WE'D HAD IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE BIG BOARDS THAT SHOWS CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF HIGHWAY SIX.
SO THIS WAY PEOPLE COULD JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IT.
UM, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY TECH STOCKS? SO TECH STOCK DID NOT SEND US ANY PRINTOUTS, UH, WHAT THEY DID SEND US WITH THE, UH, UH, THE PDF VERSION, WHICH WE HAD OUR GIS STAFF PRINT OUT AND LONG FORM FOR US.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW ALL WE HAVE IS JUST THE HARD COPY THAT WE PRINTED INTERNALLY.
SO JEREMY, THIS IS SHASHI MA IF I MAY ADD IN, UH, MAYOR, UH, WE RECENTLY RECEIVED, UH, THE SCHEMATIC.
IT IS, UH, PRETTY TECHNICAL AND A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED TO READ, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT BEST WE CAN DO TO DECIDE FOR THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE'LL TRY TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, UH, HOST THIS ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VIEW THE SCHEMATIC, UH, THEY MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND ALSO WE'LL PUT A CONTACT THERE IF THEY WANT TO, UH, HAVE A DETAILED, UH, UH, REVIEW OF THIS SCHEMATIC WITH THE CITY STAFF.
UH, WE CAN FACILITATE THAT AS WELL.
AND WE'LL TRY TO DO SOME OUTREACH WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT.
SO THIS IS SO COMPLICATED FOR US TO LOOK AT IT.
HOW IN THE PUBLIC VIEW, THIS OFF OF THE EMAIL IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
I HEAR YOUR MAYOR, UH, AND, UH, UH, UM, THIS PROCESS STARTED IN DECEMBER AND WE, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
I'M NOT ASKING YOU ABOUT WHEN THE PROCESS STARTED.
I'M JUST ASKING YOU IF WE ARE GOING TO EMAIL THIS OUT TO, LET'S SAY A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNER ON, ON 10 92, CAN THEY OPEN IT AND SEE THIS AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT IS MY QUESTION.
THEY CAN WITH ASSISTANCE FROM LAW CITY STAFF, AND WE ARE NOT JUST GOING TO EMAIL THEM A SCHEMATIC, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE, UH, THE CALL-OUTS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT.
UM, SO, UH, OF COURSE, IF THEY REQUESTED WE'LL PROVIDE THE MAPS, UH, WE'RE ALSO THERE TO ASSIST THEM IN DECIPHERING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
SO MY HUMBLE SUGGESTION IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING AVAILABLE FOR OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO NEEDS TO SEE THIS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT SOMEONE SAID EARLIER THAT WE CAN, IF YOU GET EMAILS, WE CAN EMAIL THIS OUT.
AND I'LL, I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT EMAILS MAY NOT DO ANY JUSTICE WITHOUT STAFF GUIDING THEM THROUGH.
SO WE NEED TO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROJECT IS COMING THROUGH TEXTILE AND WE CAN'T STOP IT AND ALL THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO SHOW PEOPLE WHERE THESE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THIS RIGHT UP UNTIL NOW AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN IT.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE I DO RECALL SHASHI THE LAST SUMMER ON TEXAS PARKWAY WAS DONE REALLY NICE PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY HAD THESE LARGE POSTER BOARD, MAYBE THAT THOSE CAME FROM MISSOURI CITY.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY APPEAR FROM, BUT PEOPLE WERE WALKING IN AND OUT TAKING IT, LOOKING AT IT, ESPECIALLY BUSINESS OWNERS OR BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT WAS STAFF THAT WAS THERE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IF THIS IS COMING UP, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW SOON THIS PROJECT IS TO START.
AND THEN I'M HEARING WE DON'T HAVE A TIME LIMIT.
UM, BUT IF IT TAKES SEVEN MONTHS, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT USING THE WORD TRANSPARENCY, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE TO SHOW OUR CITIZENS AND OUR PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS WHERE THESE THINGS ARE HUMANA FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, UH, AND THIS IS OUR FIRST STEP IN THAT APPROACH.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE CHALLENGING IN THIS COVID WORD, UH, TO DO IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
UH, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BEST IN THE VIRTUAL SETTING, UH, TO BEST EMANATE THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, THIS IS, UH, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL WAS ONE OF OUR STEP IN TERMS OF DOING OUTREACH TO CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THIS MEETING, UH, CAUSE IT'S ALREADY, UM, 7:20 PM THAT WE NEED TO JUMP ONTO OUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
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SO I LEFT THEM.THERE ARE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FROM ANYBODY, AND I KNOW WE HAVE, SOME PEOPLE ARE WINNING ON, ON, ON THE SPECIAL MEETINGS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO JUMP TO OUR, OUR, UM, REGULAR MEETINGS.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
IF I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STATE THAT YOU WERE HERE.
A MAYOR PRO TEM OR LOUIS EDWARDS, CONSUMER CLOUDS.
HER COMES FROM HER STERLING CUSTOMER RABBONI COPS.
WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL OF STAFF MEMBERS AND, AND MEETING, UH, PRESENTATION BY STAFF CITY MANAGER ORDERS, JONES, CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTEL, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY JOYCE JAMO SIT SECRETARY AND JACKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.
STACY WALKER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER SHASHI, KUMAR, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS.
SO I BELIEVE, UM, I'M THAT ATTORNEY OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE.
WE HAD KAREN KENNER AND, UH, ANDREA SALAZAR.
UM, ARE THEY STILL PART OF NOT RIGHT.
SAME THING WITH, UH, HECTOR ALMOST RICH MILLER.
CAUSE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THOSE ITEMS ALREADY AND OKAY.
SO WE DID HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS REQUEST, UH, WHICH WAS AMANDA BOLEYN.
ARE YOU STILL OUT OF, THANK YOU.
ANOTHER COMMON PUBLIC COMMENT WAS THE KESHA FRAZIER.
ANYONE ELSE'S NAME THAT I'M NOT CALLED, PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR NAME.
[2. (e) Consider authorizing staff to take further actions on proposed Charter amendments. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu)]
ITEMUH, AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU ALL, UH, CONSIDERED CERTAIN ITEMS LAST WEEK ON JANUARY 11, YOU VOTED ON SIX POTENTIAL ITEMS TO BE PLAYED ON THE CHARTER, UH, ELECTION TO BE HELD IN MAY NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS PRESENTATION AND, UH, THIS ITEM PROVIDES, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT SPEAKS TO THREE OF YOU OR STRATEGIC GOALS.
THE FIRST BEING TO CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THE SECOND TO MAINTAIN A FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT, AND THE THIRD TO DEVELOP A HIGH-PERFORMANCE THAT 18.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRESENTATION ARE TO REVIEW AGAIN, THE AUTHORIZE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS CONSIDER ADDITIONAL PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
IF THAT'S A FAILURE, THAT'S FIVE, PLEASE.
AS MENTIONED LAST WEEK, YOU ALL CONSIDER, UH, THE CITY'S CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT ON PROPOSED ITEMS. UH, YOU AGREED TO PLACE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE MAY, 2021 BALLOT.
THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS TO AMEND SECTION 3.05
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OF THE CITY'S CHARTER TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT STATES THAT THE MAYOR SHALL ACCESS A CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER IS APPOINTED AS MENTIONED LAST WEEK.THIS ITEM IS INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER, WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE MAYOR CANNOT SERVE AS THE CITY MANAGER.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO AMEND SECTION 6.01 TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO FOUR YEARS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS SECTION 6.01 AS WELL, WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE COUNCIL SERVICE, UH, TO 12 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AFTER WHICH A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD HAVE TO SIT OUT FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS.
THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SUCH A TERM LIMITATION OR SERVICE LIMITATION.
THE NEXT PROPOSED ITEM IS TO AMEND SECTION 9.04 TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO TRANSFER UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FROM 60 DAYS TO 90 DAYS.
AND THAT'S ALLOWING STAFF MORE TIME TO CLEAN UP THE BOOKS AND TO RECONCILE ACCOUNTING.
AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THEN NEXT ITEM WAS TO AMEND SECTION 9.10, TO CLARIFY THAT BIDS ARE ONLY REQUIRED A BOARD THAT GOES A COMPETITIVE SALES.
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IT WOULD CLARIFY THAT THE CITY MAY, IF IT'S PROFITABLE AND IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO ACTUALLY NEGOTIATE BOND SALE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS SECTION 11.13, WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE APPOINTMENT DATE FOR THE CITY CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION FROM JULY TO JANUARY.
JUST A RECAP AGAIN, THIS ITEM WAS PROPOSED TO ENSURE THAT THE CHARTER ELECTION WOULD FALL ON THE SAME ELECTION DAY, IF DESIRED BY COUNCIL, AS THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOW IN NOVEMBER.
THE LAST MEETING, YOU ALL ALSO PROPOSED THREE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WERE NOT VOTED ON THOSE ITEMS ARE ON THIS LIE.
THE FIRST ITEM IS TO ESTABLISH A ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM POSITION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO AMEND SECTION 4.01, TO CLARIFY THE MEANING OF CONCURRENCE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO REQUIRE A COUNCIL VOTE ON THE CITY MANAGER CONTRACT.
UM, YOU ALL CAN SEE FROM THE PACKAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU, PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO VOTERS.
GENERALLY STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT SUCH MEASURES HAVE TO BE FORMULATED IN A WAY THAT THE VOTER WILL ANSWER YES OR NO.
YOU'LL SEE THE NEW ITEMS ARE INSERTED IN THE PROPOSED BALLOT LANGUAGE CHARTER FOR THIS CHARTER PROPOSITION NUMBER B, C AND D.
THE PROPOSED THIS PACKET THAT WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU ALSO INCLUDES PROPOSED ESSENTIALLY ON BARK OUT A RED LINE OF WHAT THE CURRENT CITY CHARTER WOULD LOOK WITH.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS ALSO, UM, ITEMS ARE DESIGNATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR PROPOSED CHARTER, UH, ITEM NUMBER.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THAT FIRST BALLOT ITEM WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER A, UH, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.0 BY IF YOU TURN TO THE DOCUMENT CALLED PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGES, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK IN THE CHARTER IF IT'S ADOPTED BY SI ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT IS IN YOUR CHARTER PACKET IS SIMPLY A SURVEY OF CERTAIN BENCHMARK CITIES CONSIDERING, UH, EACH OF THE THREE PROPOSED ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAD AT THE LAST MEETING.
THIS PROVIDES YOU WITH JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN CASE YOU WERE CURIOUS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC, ANY SPECIFIC PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGE.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THESE ITEMS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THESE ITEMS OR HAVE THESE ITEMS PLACED ON MAY FUTURE CHARTER ELECTION BALLOT, OR IF YOU WOULD RATHER NOT DO SO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, NEXT SLIDE SCREEN, YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, REALLY THE QUITE A LOW AMENDMENT NEED TO BE PROPOSED TONIGHT BECAUSE THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE NEEDS TIME TO SEND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO A TRANSLATOR.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE THE TRANSLATORS WITH ENOUGH TIME TO TRANSLATE THE PROPOSED
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ORDINANCE, CALLING THE ELECTION, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE.SO IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE MAY, 2021 BALLOT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO PRESENT THOSE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.
AGAIN, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE.
YEAH, THIS IS COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, HE, JOYCE, COULD YOU, UH, TELL US WHAT THE CLARIFYING LANGUAGE IS, UH, TO, UH, UH, GIVE, UH, ADDITIONAL MEANING TO THE CONCURRENCE? CERTAINLY, UM, THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CLARITY, SIMPLY STATES THAT THE, UM, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL APPOINT SUSPEND OR REMOVE ALL OR ANY ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, AND HE SHALL EMPLOYEES SPEND OR DISCHARGE ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE.
SO IT DELETES THE WORD CONCURRENCE AND REPLACES THAT WORD WITH THE PHRASE AND FIVE AND CONSENT.
AND IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISCHARGE THAT WAS PROVIDED AS WELL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES THAT DON'T, UM, REQUIRE THAT SORT OF, UH, LANGUAGE OR THAT DON'T REQUIRE CONCURRENCE AT ALL.
UM, SEVERAL CITIES USE THE TERMINOLOGY APPROVAL INSTEAD OF CONCURRENCE.
UH, THE, THESE CITY THAT DID USE THE WORD CONCURRENT THIS, THE CITY OF FRIENDS WAS, BUT AS I'VE MENTIONED, MOST OF THE CITIES UTILIZE THE TERMINOLOGY APPROVAL.
UM, AND SEVERAL CITIES DON'T PROVIDE FOR ANY SORT OF COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION OR CONSENT APPROVAL OR CONCURRENCE, BUT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SURVEY IN YOUR PACKET INFORMATION.
WELL, THIS WAS COUNCILMAN EMORY SINCE, UH, I BELIEVE I RAISED THAT QUESTION.
AND, UH, THE LAST MEETING, UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, REPLACING CONCURRENCE WITH ADVISE AND CONSENT, UH, WOULD, UH, MEET THE, UH, UM, THE GOAL THAT I HAD FOR ADDING CLARITY TO, UH, TO THAT PHRASE.
MAYOR THE COUNCIL BUILDING WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT CLARITY ON THE RESECTION 4.01 ITEM, WHICH IS WHAT I, I BROUGHT FORWARD.
UM, BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO SEE HOW THE WORDING THAT IS PRESENTED IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ALREADY DONE.
OR IF, IF I'M LOOKING AT IT WRONG, IT SAYS, UH, THE COUNCIL BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT PRESCRIBES THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS THE COUNCIL DETERMINES APPROPRIATE.
THEN IT GOES ON AND BE THE, SAY IF THE COUNCIL ALEKS TO ENTER INTO A EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY MANAGER WHO RECEIVES SUCH COMPENSATION, THERE'LL BE A FIX BY THE COUNCIL WHEN SUCH EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF DOES THAT SPEAK TO WHAT I WAS THINKING TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE WAS, UH, COUNCIL GAY MAJORITY VOTE THE MAYOR, THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BUT THAT FINAL CONTRACT NEVER CAME BACK BEFORE US FOR APPROVAL.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ENSURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS COUNCIL MEMBERS OR AS THE BODY TO VOTE ON THE FINAL AGREED UPON CONTRACT, BECAUSE UPON OUR, OUR COMMUNICATING, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF OUR EDITS OR A REQUEST HAD BEEN ADDED TO THE CONTRACT OR NOT, OR ACCEPTED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR NOT.
SO DOES THAT, DOES THIS SPEAK TO THAT AUTHORIZATION? I THINK THAT THE PREVIOUS MAYOR HAS, UH, I THINK THAT
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YOU WERE REFERRING TO, WAS TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE THE CONTRACT.SO WHAT THIS LANGUAGE DOES FIRST IS THAT IT AUTHORIZES THE COUNCIL BY CHARTER TO ENTER INTO AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, THAT LANGUAGE WASN'T PREVIOUSLY IN THE CHARTER.
UM, SECONDLY, IT DOES SAY THAT IF THE COUNCIL ELECTS TO ENTER INTO SUCH AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, THEN THE MANAGER CAN ONLY RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION THAT, UH, A BIG BY COUNCIL IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF.
UH, WHAT I CAN DO IS, UH, UM, IT'LL MAKE IT MORE CLEAR IF I CAN ADD ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO THAT FIRST SECTION A THAT STATES THAT SUCH CONTRACT SHALL BE VOTED ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BY COUNCIL, BUT THE BRIAN'S THE COUNCIL BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO IS ESSENTIALLY SAVING THAT IN ORDER FOR THE COUNCIL TO ENTER INTO SUCH A CONTRACT, IT HAS TO DO SO BY MAJORITY VOTE.
BUT I CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN CERTAINLY ADD SOME LANGUAGE HERE AND MAYOR THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AGAIN.
UM, I, I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON, UM, RELATIVE TO THE, THE, THE LENGTH OF TERMS. I KNOW I MADE A MOTION INITIALLY THAT COURSE DID NOT GET A SECOND, UM, ON THREE YEAR TERMS VERSUS FOUR.
UH, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT IT FROM, BY NEIGHBORING CITIES, SUCH AS SUGAR LAND STAFFORD, MANY OF WHICH HAVE THREE YEAR TERMS. AND I WAS HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, HE WOULD ENTERTAIN POSSIBLY, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT LIQUID OF COURSE REQUIRES THE SUSPEND, THE RULES TO DO SO.
IF THE, IF THE COUNCIL'S INSIDE TO, UH, AUTHORIZE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES RELATING TO RECONSIDERATION, THEN YOU ALL COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, HAVE A MOTION.
SO THEY'RE IN ORDER TO DISCUSS IT, THERE HAS TO FIRST BE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
AND THAT WOULD BE SECTION 2.2 DASH EIGHT ONE.
SO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES, UH, IN ORDER RECONSIDER AN ITEM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED THOUGHT WITHIN 50 DAYS OR 90 DAYS.
WELL, IN THAT, IN THAT CASE, MAYOR, UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO, TWO DASH EIGHT, TWO OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE MOVE TO SUSPEND SECTION IS TWO DASH EIGHT ONE.
I MOVE TO SUSPEND SECTION TWO DASH EIGHT.
ONE OF MISSOURI CITY CODE REQUIRES 90 DAYS BEFORE AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED CAN BE CONSIDERED AGAIN.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT A THREE-YEAR TERMS INSTEAD OF FOUR YEAR TERMS AND THE MAY, 2021 SPECIAL ELECTION BALANCE, IS THAT YOUR EMOTION? IT'S MY MOST INTENSE SUSPENDED.
AND FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED, OKAY, THIS IS COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS THERE.
I SECOND, CAUSE WE HAVE A COUNSELOR, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING.
AND THAT IS JUST HELPED ME OUT HERE.
THAT IS TO SUSPEND ALSO DISCUSS RIGHT, THE RULES TO RECONSIDER, RECONSIDER TO ALLOW THE RECONSIDERATION OF THREE-YEAR TERMS VERSUS FOUR YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
SO NOW WE CAN DISCUSS CORRECT.
OH, NOW YOU CAN DISCUSS A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE ROAD.
YOU CAN'T DISCUSS DISCUSSION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
THIS IS COUNCIL WOMAN STERLING.
I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT, AND IT WAS APPROVED AND WE ALL MOVE FORWARD.
COUNCIL WAS WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CLARITY ONCE AGAIN, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REITERATING THE SAME THING.
UM, I I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO CLARIFY TONIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T CLARIFY AT OUR LAST MEETING? SURE.
CAUSE I THINK, UM, SO YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND NOW WE JUST
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NEEDED, I NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.I CAN, I CAN, I CAN REITERATE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THAT MY, MY PRIMARY REASON IS AS DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH AND BECAUSE THIS HAS YET TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD TO BE PUT ON A BALLOT.
UH, I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE MY COLLEAGUES FOR POSSIBLE DISCUSSION, UH, AS THE MOTION STATES, UH, RELATIVE TO THREE VERSUS FOUR YEAR TERMS BECAUSE OF WHAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE DONE.
AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MY INTENT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE TO DO SO.
AND IF MY COLLEAGUES DON'T AGREE, THEN YOU KNOW, WE, WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, WE NEED TO VOTE AND WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR IS TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WHICH IS BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORNING.
SO ALL WE'RE WATERING RIGHT NOW IS TO, TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW RECONSIDERATION.
KAZAKS BERLIN, NO COUNCIL MEMBER BONING.
SO MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE, UH, THIS COUNSELOR ONLY, I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY IF SHE HAD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ADD ABOUT MAYBE CITIES IN THE GENERAL AREA.
I KNOW, UH, SILVERMAN, I KNOW STAFFORD AND MAYBE OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS, UH, HAVE, HAVE THREE-YEAR TERMS. AND IN SPEAKING WITH MANY OF THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, THEY, THEY APPEAR TO, TO BELIEVE THAT THIS, UH, HELPS TO SPRINT THAN, UH, NOT ONLY THE ABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO DO THEIR JOBS AND NOT HAVE TO CAMPAIGN ONE YEAR AND THEN DO THE WORK WHILE THEY'RE CAMPAIGNING AND THEN DO THE WORK IN ONE YEAR, GET TO KNOW THE JOB.
IT GIVES THEM TIME TO DO THAT, BUT ALSO, UM, IT ALSO GIVES THEM, UH, THE CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IN A, IN A TIMEFRAME THAT IS A LOT LESS CUMBERSOME THAN HAVING TO WAIT FOUR YEARS VERSUS THREE.
AND THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD AND ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY IF SHE WAS AWARE OF HAD ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OTHER CITIES.
UH, AND IF NOT, I UNDERSTAND, UH, NOT AT THIS TIME, I DO KNOW THAT STAFF ARE STAGGERED BASED ON THEIR CHARTER.
THEY HAVE A STAGGERED, UH, TERM, THE MAYOR THERE SERVES FOUR YEARS AND THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO OUR THREE YEARS, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, LOOKING AT SUGARLAND CHARTER THAT THEIR MEMBERS SERVE TWO YEAR TERM, BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL AND ULTIMATELY THE VOTERS.
AND DO WE KNOW CITY OF HOUSTON, CITY OF HOUSTON HAS FOUR YEAR TERM FOR BOTH MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
TWO TO FOUR YEAR TERM EMOTION.
UH, WELL, UH, I MEAN, UH, OH, BEFORE WE HAVE THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, LIKE, WELL, I THOUGHT I MADE THE MOTION, UH, WHEN I FIRST MOTION THAT MOTION WAS STILL TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PLACE THE THREE-YEAR ITEM INSTEAD OF THE FOUR YEAR ITEM ON THE PRO VIA PROPOSED BALLOT, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION ESSENTIALLY PLACING, UH, OR ASKING TO HAVE THE PLACEMENT OF THREE-YEAR TERMS INSTEAD OF FOUR YEAR TERM.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO RECONSIDER THAT, UH, MOST, UH, THREE-YEAR TIMES INSTEAD OF A TWO-YEAR TERMS. WELL, I GUESS WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO YEAR TERMS. I'M SAYING MEAT, MEAT, MEAT IN THE MIDDLE THAT ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, SO IF I MAY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS
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IS THE JOYS.IF I MAY, THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED A FOUR YEAR TERM.
SO YOU ARE NOT FOUR YEAR TERMS THAT FOUR YEAR TERMS TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT.
SO THIS MOTION WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE TO REPLACE THAT ITEM FOR FOUR YEAR TERMS ON THE BALLOT WITH A THREE YEAR TERM REQUEST TO VOTERS ON THE BALLOT.
SO YOU COULD STAY, YOU COULD SAY, I MOVE TO REPLACE THE ITEM PROVIDING FOR FOUR YEAR TERMS ON THE MAY, 2021 BALLOT WITH THREE YEAR TERM.
IT ENJOYS THIS, THIS COUNCIL ON THE STERLING, EXCUSE ME, ONE SECOND.
BUT DID WE NOT, UH, SAY THAT THE, WHEN THE CHARTER, THE CHARTER COMMITTEE CAME BACK TOGETHER, THAT WAS PART OF THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
HE ASKED ME ON THE CHARTER COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED 40 PER TERM.
AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY COUNSEL, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AND THE COUNCIL THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE CHARTER WOULD BE COUNSELORS TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I THINK HAVING PUT IN A LENGTHY CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMITTEES, I THINK IT'S JUST A MOOT POINT.
WE KEEP GOING OVER THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE'VE GOTTEN THE INFORMATION AND I'M THINKING THAT, WHY DO WE KEEP REHASHING THIS? THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY, MY PERSONALLY, I DO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINION.
THIS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, YOU KNOW, WE GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMITTEES ALL THE TIME, SUCH AS OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SUCH AS PARKS BOARD, UH, AND, UH, THE CDAC COMMITTEE AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME BEFORE US.
UM, WE HAVE AS COUNCIL WHERE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE, WHO HAS MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US AS A COUNCIL, AND WE'VE NOT GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THEY RECOMMEND.
AND SO STAFF MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY AS THE GOVERNING BODY TO MAKE A DECISION FOR ME, UH, YOU KNOW, AND NOT ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT I SEE IS GOING ON IN NEIGHBORING CITIES, A CITY OF OUR SIZE AND LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE OF THE MICRO STATES.
I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO DECIDE THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO DECIDE, BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, WOULD THAT BE, I SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REPLACE THE FOUR YEAR TERM CONSIDERATION WITH THE THREE YEAR TERM CONSIDERATION ON THE UPCOMING BATTLE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COUNSEL IN THE CLOSET? AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER TO TAKE AWAY THE FOUR YEAR TERM, I MEAN, FOUR YEAR LENGTH OF TERM TO REDUCE IT DOWN TO A THREE YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD PUT A THREE YEAR FOUR.
I MEAN, WHAT AM I SAYING IT? NO, THREE OR FOUR TIMES, CORRECT.
I MEAN, FOR THREE YEAR TERM, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS AS THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN EMORY.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEARED WITH MY MOTION.
THERE'S TWO SEPARATE, UH, POTENTIAL, UM, AMENDMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS TO HAVE 12 YEAR MAXIMUM TERM LIMITS THAT IS SEPARATE FROM MY MOTION, WHICH IS TO HAVE TERMS OF THREE YEARS FOR A TERM.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU SERVE BEFORE 12 YEARS, THEN YOU HIT THAT LIMIT.
BUT IF YOU SERVE ONE TERM, THAT'S A THREE-YEAR TERM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE AREN'T CONFUSED AS TO PUTTING THEM BOTH TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH SEPARATE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MARY YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT IF YOU SERVE FOUR TERMS, UH, AND THREE-YEAR TERMS THAT WOULD HIT YOU AT THE 12 YEAR MARK.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, UH, I I'M OF THE OPINION THAT TOO, WE, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE OFF OF THE TWO YEAR, UH, TERM THAT WE HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, UH, CAN BE DIFFICULT, PUT IT IN THE TIME THAT'S NECESSARY, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT, UH, THE SECOND YEAR WHERE YOU
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SPEND HALF YOUR YEAR, UH, IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR A REELECTION THAT, UH, IT, UH, IT, IT DILUTES THE, I THINK THAT THE QUALITY OF TIME THAT YOU CAN SPEND, UH, ON THE CITIZENS, UH, NEEDS AND, UH, AND REQUEST.SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THAT COMMENTARY AND I'LL WAIT FOR THE VOTE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I DO HAVE A POINT TO MAKE ON THIS IS FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, ALONG WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT SPENT, UM, ABOUT SIX MONTHS, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO COME UP WITH, UM, ALL OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT'S GOING TO BE PLACED IN FRONT OF THOSE CITIZENS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, CITY COUNCIL MOVED FORWARD WITH THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS, UH, VERSUS WHAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OR 3, 5, 6, 5, SO FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS. NOW THAT'S A LOT OF TIME, NOT A COMMITMENT.
I MYSELF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION ALONG WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, UM, AND THE LAST TIME AROUND.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S A COMMITMENT IT'S TIME.
SO THEY LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS, AND THESE ARE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL POINTS TO MAKE THIS, UH, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
AND THEY GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE, UH, DETAILS OF, UM, ITEMS THAT THEY DISCUSSED WHILE, UM, THAT'S IN PLAY.
AND I THINK, UM, JUST LIKE SIMILAR TO CAR NUMBER BONE, HE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STAB RECOMMENDATIONS TO TRY TO REVIEW COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND PARKS, BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALL COME FORWARD, UH, COUNCIL, AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO SIT AND DISCUSS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SEE HOW, WHAT WE NEEDED FOR BEST FOR, UM, THE CITY.
SO, WELL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IF CITY OF STAFFORD IS A THREE-YEAR AND THEN THE MAYOR IS ON BOARD A YEAR, UM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT TWO YEARS, UM, SO IRON MAN, UM, WHY WOULD THE, THREE-YEAR TRY TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE GROUND, UM, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WAS PUSHING FOR, FOR, UM, SINCE NOW THERE'S A THREE.
SO I THINK WE CAN DO, UH, THREE, FOUR, UH, THREE YEARS IN ONE TERM AND ALONG WITH FOUR, UM, AND ALIGN THEM WITH THAT.
AND I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, THANK YOU, JOYCE, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND IF I MAY JUST SAY A SPECIAL, THANKS TO JAMES ST.
ANGELA IN MY OFFICE, WHO'S REALLY THE TEAM MEMBER WHO LED THE CHARTER AND BEING COMMISSIONED, WHO WAS AT EVERY MEETING, LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK.
SO IF I MAY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK HIM.
SO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO YOU, UH, SO WHEN WE VOTE FOR THIS, ARE WE VOTING FOR JUSTICE, ONE ITEM OR WE'RE VOTING FOR 2D, OR WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
YOU WERE JUST, WHEN YOU, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS SIMPLY TO REPLACE THE FOUR YEAR ITEM WITH THE THREE YEAR TERM ITEMS. SO YOU WOULD JUST BE VOTING ON THAT ITEM.
YOU COULD, UH, IF I BELIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL ITEMS WERE REQUESTED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY REQUESTED THE CHANGE TO CONCURRENT, HE WOULD NEED ANOTHER MOTION FOR THAT.
YOU WOULD NEED ANOTHER MOTION AS WELL.
FOR THE ADDITION OF THE BOAT ON THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT, THAT PROPOSED ITEM WOULD ALSO REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL BOOK.
SO THIS IS ONLY THE ONE ITEM AS IT RELATES TO THE TRUCK.
UH, SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, THIS IS COUNSEL ON THE STERLING ANGEL S I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND JAMES, BECAUSE I KNOW SERVING ON THE CHARTER REVIEW IS QUITE CONVERSATION, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT VERY EASY AS ANY OF THE OTHERS, BUT CERTAINLY BECAUSE WHEN THE CHARTER REVIEW MEETS, SINCE WE MEET TOGETHER AND THEY COME UP WITH IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, IT'S REALLY SOLID.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN,
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FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOU, AND SAYING SPOKE MAYOR, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA.I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ANSWERED IN THAT ONE IS THIS EFFECTIVE 20 21, 20 22, BASED ON THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE, IT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE TERMS BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER.
SO IT WOULD BE 2021 FOR THE DISTRICT, UM, MEMBERS.
AND THEN WHEN THE AT-LARGE IS, ARE ON THE BALLOT IN 2022, THEN IT WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE SEATS.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION WE'LL VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONING, CAUSE REMEMBER EMERY AS HE GETS FROM ME, MOTION PASSES FIVE TO 10.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, REPLACE THE LANGLEY, UH, THAT, UH, RELATES TO, UH, CURRENT WITH THE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE OF ADVISE AND CONSENT.
IS THERE A SECOND? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMP NUMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEROLA'S STRANDED DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I COMPLETELY HEARD THAT, UH, THAT MOTION ONCE AGAIN, JUST SO I CAN JUST BE CLEAR.
JOYS, IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EVER COUNSELED THEM FOR EMIRATE, I CAN ASSIST HERE AS EMOTION, MOTION WEST.
YOU REPLACED THE TERM CONCURRENT AND SECTION 4.01 V TWO, WITH THE PHRASE, ADVICE AND CONSENT OF A MAJORITY OF, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM OR RUELAS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE WE'LL VOTE.
REMEMBER CLAUSER CALMS. REMEMBER STERLING EMORY.
FOR ME, MOTION PASSES SIX TO ONE.
DO WE HAVE ONE MORE? HE SAID THERE ARE TWO.
THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WERE PROPOSED AT YOUR JANUARY 11TH, 2021 MEETING.
THE ONE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY RELATES TO AMENDING SECTION 4.01 TO REQUIRE A VOTE ON A PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
THAT ITEM WOULD REQUIRE ABODE.
AND, UH, THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS PROPOSED ON JANUARY 11TH PROVIDED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO IS THERE ANY MOTION FOR ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE JUST READ? YES.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE SECTION 4.01,
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UH, THAT REQUIRES THE COUNCIL BY MAJORITY VOTE TO ENTER INTO AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT PRESCRIBES THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS THE COUNCIL DETERMINES APPROPRIATE.SO I HAVE A MOTION OR A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY CUSTOMER BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
MOTION PASSES SIX TO ONE, AND I BELIEVE THE LAST MOTION IS ABOUT THE MAYOR PORTENT FOR ONE YEAR, BUT I NEED A MOTION, CORRECT.
THIS COUNCILMAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ESTABLISH THE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM'S, UH, TERM TO BE FOR ONE YEAR.
AND THAT'S, UH, AMENDING SECTIONS THREE DOT OH FIVE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? I'M A REALIST.
SECOND BY COMES FROM HER MOROSE.
CAN YOU REFRESH OUR MEMORY ON THIS? SO WHEN YOU SAY ONE YEAR, OR ARE YOU SAYING ONE TERM OF THE THREE? SO IT'S A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS OR IS IT ONE YEAR OUT OF THE THREE YEARS YOU'RE SERVING ONE YEAR OUT OF THE TERM THAT YOUR SURVEY, OKAY.
THAT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW.
I'M LOOKING AT THAT SLIDE UNDER SECTION 3.5.
IT IS WRITTEN AS IF THE COUNCIL TERM ENDED UP BEING THREE YEARS, BUT THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL BE EVERY YEAR, CORRECT.
SO THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IS ON PAGE THREE OF FIVE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CHARTER.
IT REPLACED THIS LANGUAGE ABOUT THE MAYOR PRO TEM BEING ELECTED AT THE FIRST REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
FOLLOWING THE, UH, LATER OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OR SPECIAL ELECTION WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE COUNCIL, NOT LATER THAN THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
AND IT PROVIDES US THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL ELECTED AS MAYOR PRO TEM SHALL HOLD THAT TITLE AND SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL THE EARLIER OF ONE YEAR OR THE ELECTION OF HIS SUCCESSOR.
SO HOW SO, HOW, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED.
SO HOW DOES THIS, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT, WHAT IS THE INTENT OR PURPOSE OR HOPE WITH THIS? I JUST DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT QUITE CLEAR ON WHAT WAS, WHAT THIS BASED ON OUR CURRENT CHARTER, THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS ELECTED ELECTED AFTER EVERY CITY ELECTIONS, BASED ON OUR CURRENT CHARTER, THERE IS A CITY ELECTION EVERY YEAR.
SO WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGE FROM TWO YEAR TERMS TO THREE YEAR TERM, THIS ITEM ESSENTIALLY PROVIDES THAT THERE WILL BE A MAYOR PRO TEM ELECTION EVERY YEAR AND NOT EVERY ONE OR TWO YEARS WITH THE EXTENT, ASSUMING THAT OKAY, I GOT IT.
I UNDERSTAND IF BASED OFF OF THE CHANGE IN TERM.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU COULD NOT SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM MORE THAN ONE TERM, MORE THAN ONE YEAR TERM.
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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, SECOND BY HEARING NON NORTHERN DISCUSSION.VOTING REMAIN MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO.
UH, SO WE ARE TOLD THAT BY THE ATTORNEY THAT THE ITEM TWO IS COMPLETED, UNLESS IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ADD CHOICE, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US BACK.
THAT'S STRENGTHENED LANGUAGE, CORRECT ON THAT.
YOU ALL JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH TIMELINES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE TO CALL, UH, THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON FEBRUARY 1ST, WHICH IS YOUR NEXT MEETING.
AT WHICH TIME I WILL PROVIDE PROPOSED LANGUAGE AGAIN, AS WELL AS A DOCUMENT SHOWING THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
SO I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UM, OR REQUESTED CHANGES AT THAT FEBRUARY 1ST.
[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 1 of 2)]
SO THE TIME NOW IS 9:47 PM.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7 1 AND 5 5 1 0 7, 4 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
SIR, THIS COUNSELOR OF BONEY FOR THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN WAITING, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WOULD THEY MAKE COMMENTS NOW OR WOULD THEY MAKE COMMENTS AFTER WE COME OUT OF CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION? I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW, I GUESS MAYBE THIS IS AN E-JUICE QUESTION.
AND THEY WOULD MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AFTER THE SESSION BECAUSE THE ITEM IS POSTED FOR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU COULD TAKE UP THAT ITEM AND THEN COME BACK INTO THE OPEN SESSION, HEAR THEIR COMMENTS, AND THEN GO BACK INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE OTHER ITEMS, PROPOSE THAT GUESTS CAN GO THERE AFTER WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE MADE PUBLIC COMMENT OR REQUEST.
UH, SO YOU GO IN EVERYONE'S BACK.
[4. RECONVENE (Part 1 of 2)]
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PUBLIC COMMENTS.THE FIRST, THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE IS AMANDA BOLEYN.
SO I WILL TRY TO KEEP THINGS BRIEF, UM, MATTERS.
UH, SHE, I DON'T AMANDA, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
PETER FRAZIER IS ALSO LOGGED IN.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS FOR YOU, I BELIEVE.
UM, BUT SHE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE ALL PRETTY AWARE OF THE SITUATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MY CLIENT WAS TERMINATED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, REGARDING AN INCIDENT THAT BEGAN BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020, UM, INVOLVING SOME DRUG TESTING.
UM, IT'S OUR POSITION THAT, THAT DRUG TESTING WAS DONE IN AN IMPROPER MANNER, UM, DONE IN A COMPLETE CONTRADICTION TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY CITY POLICY THAT EXISTS REGARDING DRUG TESTING.
AND, UM, SHE HAD, SINCE THAT TIME PROVIDED A NUMBER OF PIECES OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THAT WAS AN IMPROPER AND, UM, MISTAKEN TEST SPECIFICALLY, SHE PROVIDED A URINE TEST THAT WAS NEGATIVE.
SHE LATER PROVIDED A HAIR TEST AFTER REMOVING HER BRAIDS.
UM, AND THEN SHE FINALLY PRESENTED A FINGERNAIL TEST THAT WAS ALSO NEGATIVE AND DATES BACK TO THE TIME PERIOD COVERED THE ORIGINAL TEST GIVEN BY THE CITY.
UM, IN ADDITION, SHE DID VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO A POLYGRAPH WHICH SHOWED THAT SHE WASN'T BEING TRUTHFUL WHEN SHE DENIED ANY DRUG USE.
UM, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE POLYGRAPHER THAT CONDUCTED HER EXAMINATION WAS THE ONE THAT IS REGULARLY USED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND SO I THINK THEY HAVE A VERY CLEAR CASE OF SLOPPY MISTAKEN DRUG TESTING DONE IN TOTAL CONTRADICTION OF CITY POLICY.
AND, AND SO IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'LL REPLACE IT OR WHETHER YOU BUY THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS NOT AT ALL PREPARED FOR OUR MEETING.
I DON'T BELIEVE HE REVIEWED ANYTHING WE PROVIDED TO HIM.
UM, IN ADDITION, HE ISSUED A FINDING ON DECEMBER 2ND, UH, WITH OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT THAT I BELIEVE CONTAINS FABRICATIONS.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT THAT ACT WAS ONE THAT IS A CRIMINAL ACT OF TAMPERING OR FALSIFYING A GOVERNMENT RECORD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ADVISE MY CLIENT IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE MY TENDENCY WOULD BE TO TELL HER, REPORT THE CRIME AND SEE THE CITY.
UM, BUT SHE HAS A VERY, VERY LOYAL EMPLOYEE TO CITY, THE CITY, A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE, VERY WELL-LIKED AND WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE HER JOB BACK.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COME TO YOU BECAUSE WE THINK THE CITY IS BETTER THAN THIS.
MS. MS. PAULA, YOU'RE BREAKING UP.
NOW WE CAN, UH, I JUST HAVE TO HAVE HER, UM, BUT IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT, UH, MS.
CONNECTION OR TWO THAT MIGHT HELP.
UM, THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO THE COUNCIL DOES NOT DO HER JOB.
OUR NEXT REQUEST WOULD BE COUNCIL, UH, GIVE THEIR BLESSING COURT.
MS. BOWEN HAS MET HER THREE MINUTE TIME.
MS. BOLAND, CAN YOU PLEASE, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT I NEED THAT.
UM, MY LAST STATEMENT WAS SIMPLY TO REQUEST ANY ALTERNATIVE.
IF YOU DON'T SEE FIT TO REINSTATE HER, TO GIVE ME A BLESSING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
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TO RECONSIDER OR EXCUSE ME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER HER FOR REHIRE, UM, AT THIS STAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S TRULY WHAT SHE WANTS IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FOR NINE YEARS.
I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD REVIEW ALL OF THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY MY LAWYER.
ALSO REVIEW MY WORK HISTORY WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS MY EMPLOYEE FILE AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
[3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]
ALL RIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO OF TWO SECTIONS, 5, 5, 1 0.071 AND 5 5, 1 THOUGHT OH SEVEN FOUR OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
SO DOUGLAS, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TAKE US TO A CLOSE? THANK YOU.
[4. RECONVENE (Part 2 of 2)]
SO WE'LL RECONVENE AT 11:13 PM.STAFF REQUESTED A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE TO WITHDRAW THE AUTHORITY GRANTED ON AUGUST 17TH, 2020 FOR STAFF TO PURSUE JUDICIAL ACTION TO ESTABLISH THE LEGALITIES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY.
SO WE NEED A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
ROULIS MAKING A MOTION, RESEND ITEM THREE DOT THREE DRAWERS.
IS THAT OKAY IF I MAY RECOMMEND LANGUAGE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE TO REFUND THE AUTHORITY GRANTED ON AUGUST 17TH, 2020 FOR LEGAL ACTION REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, ESP NUMBER SEVEN WITHIN CITY JURISDICTION.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION? YES, SIR.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARULA, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, UH, ANY DISCUSSION IT'S NOT GOING FOR A VOTE MAYOR
FOR ME, MARIA JACKSON, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN MOLD THE, UH, 5, 5, 1 0.074 TO THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
YEAH, BECAUSE I'M HEARING SOME OF THE COMMS MEMBERS YEAH.
AND KIND OF EXTENDING IT OUT THE LONGER SORT
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OF THING.UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FURTHER BUSINESS SUGGESTIONS.