Sep 07, 2021 Special City Council

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CAN I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:50 PM

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.

ITEM NUMBER

[2.(a) Present an Update on Texas Department of Transportation FM 1092 Median Improvement Project. (Proposed presenters: Assistant City Engineer Jeremy Davis and Director of Public Works Shashi Kumar)]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JEREMY DAVIS AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SHASHI KUMAR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION ON TECH STOCKS, PROPOSED FM 10 92 MEDIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

AND, UH, WITH US TODAY, WE HAVE THE SEC STOP FORT BEND AREA ENGINEER, UH, CARLOS PEDRO IN THE AUDIENCE, AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO A BRIEF RECAP ON THE PROJECT INFORMATION, UH, THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 5.8 MILES.

THE PROJECT LIMITS ARE FROM 69 OR USB 59 TO STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND MISSOURI CITY.

THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST IS ABOUT 4 MILLION AND THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.

THE PROJECT WAS JUST RE EXCUSE ME, WAS JUST RECENTLY LED FOR BIDS IN AUGUST, 2021.

UH, THE ANTICIPATED START CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE WOULD ASSUME WAS AROUND WINTER 2022.

UH, THE AREAS YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

UH, THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.

SO THIS IS JUST A BASIC MAP SHOWING THE PROJECT LOCATION FROM MISSOURI CITY TO WHERE IT ENDS AND STAFFORD AT I 69.

AND, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A BACKGROUND OR A TIMELINE OF EVENTS UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

SO, UM, BRIEF TIMELINE OF EVENTS, UH, CITY STAFF WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

UH, TEXTSTOP PUBLISHED A PUBLIC INFORMATION VIDEO DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 THAT HE SAT, UH, GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE INITIAL DESIGN AND SEND INITIAL COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT ON JANUARY 4TH, 2021 TO TECHSTOP, UH, AND CITY STAFF PRESENTED THIS PROJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, JANUARY 19TH, 2021, UH, CITY STAFF THEN HELD A PUBLIC MEETING TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON THIS PROJECT.

AND MARCH 17TH, 2021, WE THEN PRESENTED UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL AND MAY 3RD, 2021.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HELD AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 9TH, 2021.

SO ABOUT THE JUNE 9TH MEETING, UH, WE DID A SIMILAR WITH OUR MARCH MEETING, UH, OUTREACH EFFORTS WHERE WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNICATIONS SIGNS ARE POSTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ADVERTISE THAT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

UH, IT WAS PLACED ON THE WEBSITE, EMAIL BLASTS AND HOS WERE NOTIFIED, UH, OF ALL, EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED.

WE HAD 18 BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS.

UH, I'M SORRY, UH, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ATTENDED THIS MEETING.

SO, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT WE PRESENTED THAT WERE ALREADY BROUGHT UP AT THE PREVIOUS PUBLIC MEETING.

AND, UH, IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, I'M GOING TO GO OVER HOW THEY WERE ADDRESSED.

SO, UH, PALM GROVE DRIVE, UH, SHELL GAS STATION AT CARTWRIGHT PARK LAKE TOWNHOMES, RAUL WALLENBERG LANE, AND TOWNSHIP SQUARE WERE PREVIOUS, UH, CONCERNS, UH, THAT WE, UH, BROUGHT UP AT THIS MEETING AND THEN ADDITIONAL, UH, ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE JUNE MEETING WAS, UH, THE, UH, U-TURN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SHOULDER WIDTH ON IFM 10 92, AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING OF THE MEDIUM PROJECT, AS WELL AS A PROPOSED ASPHALT RESURFACING PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED BY TEXT ON 2022.

SO THIS LOCATION, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST LOCATION WHERE WE HAD CONCERNS.

THIS IS AT HOMBRE DRIVE RIGHT NEXT TO QUAIL VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FM 10 92.

UH, ORIGINALLY, UH, THE SCHEMATIC SHOWED THAT THERE WAS JUST GOING TO BE A LEFT TURN LANE GOING INTO PLANTATION SETTLEMENT.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH TXDOT AND IT SAID, GIVE A SLIP LEFT AND HAVE A FULL MEDIAN OPENING FOR, UH, THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND MAKE A, UH, LEFT TURNS AND CONTINUE TO USE THE INTERSECTION AS THEY TYPICALLY WOULD NEXT, UH, SHELL GAS STATION AT CARTWRIGHT.

UH, HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH TECH STOCK TO IMPLEMENT A MALLEABLE CURVE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR LARGE VEHICLES,

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UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, WE ALSO MET ON SITE WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER, UH, MYSELF AND CARLOS, THE, UH, UM, UH, AREA ENGINEER FOR FORT BEN AT STOCK.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS HIS CONCERNS IN PERSON.

NEXT WE HAVE PARKLAKE TOWNHOMES.

THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE FOR ANYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR JUNE MEETING.

SO, UH, TEXTILE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT LEXINGTON VILLAGE, WHICH IS TO THE EAST OF, UH .

AND, UH, WE ALSO JUST RECENTLY HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH TECHSTAR CONCERNING THIS AREA.

SO THE CONCERN WAS, IS THE, UH, THE, UH, RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AT PARK LAKE TOWNHOMES, BUT NOT HAVING FULL ACCESS DRIVE FOR THEM TO MAKE A LEFT AND GO NORTH AND HEAD INTO HOUSTON FOR THEIR DAILY COMMUTE, UH, IN THE SAME ISSUE WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE QUAIL VALLEY.

WELL, NOW THEY'RE, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT AT 1800 APARTMENTS.

UH, HOWEVER, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS COMBATING, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A FULL ACCESS DRIVE FOR QUAIL VALLEY APARTMENTS.

HOWEVER, ON THE PARK LAKE TOWNHOMES, UH, BASED OFF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH TEXTILE, UH, IT WILL BE TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER FULL ACCESS THAT WE JUST ALLOW FOR QUELL VALLEY APARTMENTS.

SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR ROOM FOR, UH, IMPROVING THIS AREA.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT WITH THE SITUATION TO GIVE BETTER ACCESS FOR THE PARK LAKE TOWNHOME RESIDENTS.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN ANYTHING THAT WILL BE PROPOSED WILL BE, UH, PROBABLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

AND, UH, THIS IS RAUL WALLENBERG LANE.

UH, THE ISSUE WITH, UH, I GUESS THIS, UH, PORTION OF THE PROJECT WAS, UH, PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY, WHENEVER THEY WANT TO MAKE A, A LEFT TURN FROM RAUL WALLENBERG ONTO FM 10 92, UH, THEY WILL MAKE THE LEFT AND IT AT A NORTHBOUND, AND IT WOULD, UH, CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SO, UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE CITY PLAY SOME DELINEATORS TO TRY AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM MAKING THAT LEFT, BUT HOWEVER PEOPLE STILL DO.

SO WITH THIS PROPOSED DESIGN, WHAT A TEXT, WELL, WE WORK WITH, WITH TEXTILE WAS HAVING WHAT WE CALL A HOODED LEFT.

UH, AND INSTEAD IT WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO UTILIZE THE TOWNSHIP LIGHT, WHICH IS, UH, FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, UH, NEXT, UH, THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER, UH, I GUESS, UPDATE THAT CAME A LITTLE LATER WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING WITH TECH STOCKS, UH, THE TOWNSHIPS WERE, UH, IS A PRETTY MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ON FMT AND 92.

AND WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO THEIR DRIVEWAY.

SO, UH, TECHSTOP PROPOSED, UH, THIS SCHEMATIC THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ADD INTO THE PROJECT, WHICH BASICALLY ALLOWS FOR A HOODED LEFT TURN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT STILL ENCOURAGES, UH, UH, PEOPLE UTILIZE THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT GO TO TOWNSHIP TO MAKE A PROPER, UH, UTILIZE THE FULL ACCESS OF, UH, MAKING A LEFT BACK ONTO 10 92 IF THEY WANT TO HIT NORTHBOUND.

BUT WHAT'S NEXT.

UM, SO WE ARE STILL, UH, LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND YOU CONTINUE TO USE THE ENGINEERING AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV, UH, TO SUBMIT ANY CONCERNS.

UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE FM 10 92 RESURFACING PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS THE ASPHALT OVERLAY I DISCUSSED EARLIER IS ANTICIPATED TO BID IN 2022.

BUT LIKE I SAID, TECHSTOP PROBABLY HAS AN UPDATE ON THAT.

UH, TECH SHOT HAS AGREED TO THE ACCOMMODATIONS WE PRESENTED, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

AND WITH THAT, I ALSO HAVE THE AREA ENGINEER, CARLOS DATA HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT TEXTILE THAT WOULD BE IN THERE.

THANK YOU.

SORRY, COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

JEREMY, HOW, UH, HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT THE DEVELOPER, UM, THE, LET ME SEE WHAT SLIDE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE SENSIBILITIES.

YEAH.

HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL WORK WITH, UM, WITH A TECH STOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE INCEPTION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ACCESS THAT THEY NEED.

UM, ARE WE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL WORK WITH, WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER ON NUMEROUS OTHER ITEMS THROUGHOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

UM, THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, HOWEVER, WE

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AS OF YET, WE JUST HAD THE MEETING THIS MORNING.

UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ARE THINGS THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN WORKING WITH US ON.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF CARLOS WANTS TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THIS, BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING IMPLEMENTED, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AT THE, UH, THE INTERSECTION THAT'S BEEN CREATED WHERE THERE'S A FULL ACCESS DRIVE.

UH, IF YOU LOOK ON THE, I GUESS THE WRITER, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, AND WE WOULD PROBABLY INCREASE THE Q LINK OR THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF CARDS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO STACK UP IN THE LEFT TURN LANES.

I HAVE QUESTION AS THIS PROJECT IS RUNNING FROM I 69 ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY SIX.

UH, AND IS THERE A REASON WHY THEY'RE STARTING AT HIGHWAY SIX AND NOT ICE 69 COME THROUGH STAFFORD FIRST AND THEN GET MISSOURI CITY? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE? UH, FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM CARLOS, ACTUALLY PROBABLY FOR BEN WALLER AREA ENGINEER FOR TEXTILE.

SO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE TALKS WITH THE CONTRACTOR JUST YET.

THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, UM, BY THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

UM, SO IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WE'LL HAVE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND WE'LL DETERMINE WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL START.

SO THE WAY THE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED, THEY WERE DEVELOPED FROM A NORTH TO SOUTH, UM, DIRECTION.

AND GENERALLY THE CONTRACTORS WILL FOLLOW THE PLANS.

HOWEVER, WE ARE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IF THEY WANT TO START FROM THE SOUTH TO WORK NORTH, BUT IF THEY'RE JUST A DESIRE TO GO FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND PROCEED WAY, WHAT KIND OF INPUT DO YOU NEED FROM THE CITY TO RE-EXAMINE THE, UH, UH, UH, THE STARTING POINT OF REALLY JUST THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, WITH JEREMY DAVIS FOR THE COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AND ALSO IN THE MONTHS PREVIOUS TO THAT, UM, THEY JUST NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME, UM, WHAT THE DESIRE IS, AND THEN I'LL RELAY THAT TO THE CONTRACTOR AND WE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT.

BUT AGAIN, I ENVISIONED THE CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO BE WORKING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

YEAH.

AND COUNSEL, UH, UH, GREENING IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH TECHSTAR, WE HAVE INDICATED THE PREFERENCE TO STOP THE PROJECT FROM THE NORTH AND HEAD SOUTH TOWARDS MINNESOTA CITY.

WE JUST HAD A DISCUSSION THIS MORNING, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU HEARD A IT'S A FLUID PROCESS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR.

AT THAT POINT, WE'RE GOING TO REPLAY IT AGAIN TO HAVE THE PROJECT STARTED AT THE KNOCK AND PROCEED SUPPORTS.

SO THAT'D BE STARTING NORTH TO BE STARTING AT 69 AND MOVING TO HIGHWAY SIX.

SO YOU DO A STAFFORD FIRST? YES.

OKAY.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO SOLIDIFY THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS RIGHT NOW? SO, UM, AGAIN, THOUGH, THE WAY THE PLANS ARE DEVELOPED OR THE CONTRACTORS IS POINTED TO START FROM THE NORTH DIRECTION TO WORK SOUTH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL.

OKAY.

I'M NOT TRYING TO PUSH IT OFF ON STAFFORD, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I ALSO DON'T WANT THE PAIN.

UH, THE MISSOURI CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

I DON'T THINK THAT 10 92 IN ITS CURRENT STATE IS CONDUCIVE TO MEDIANS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TERMS THAT SOME OF OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.

AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ME, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE SAFETY, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE CREATING ADDITIONAL SAFETY ISSUES BECAUSE YOU'VE TURNED AT HAMPTON OR CARTWRIGHT OR SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, WHICH CARRIES LARGE VOLUMES OF, UH, VEHICLES.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, SAFETY ISSUES.

THEY HEAL CRASHES, AND IT WILL ALSO SLOW DOWN THE, UH, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON 10 92, WHICH NOW IS HORRENDOUS.

AND IF WE DO ANYTHING THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL, UH, IMPEDIMENTS TO A GOOD TRAFFIC FLOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I SAY WE'RE ALREADY, UH, UH, PROBABLY WHERE WE HAVE SIX LANE HIGHWAY GOING DOWN IN 92.

SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S CONDUCIVE TO 92 IS CONDUCIVE

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THEY WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF THE BAR DITCHES AND DO A CURB AND GUTTER AND MAKE IT FOUR LANES THEN.

GREAT.

BUT UNTIL THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY FEELING THAT, UH, THIS WAS NOT, UH, UH, THE BEST APPROACH.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.

AND SO, UM, WITH AN ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE AREA, UH, NAMELY IN THE PEAR LAND CITY OF PARALLON AREA, WHICH IS WHERE I WORKED PREVIOUSLY.

UM, UH, OF COURSE THEY HAD THE SAME EXACT CONCERNS.

UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT DEFINITELY HAS INCREASED THE SAFETY OF THE ROADWAY.

WELL, ADDITIONALLY, I THINK WE'VE GOT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, A, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL CUTS THROUGHS.

UH, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT YOU'VE ALREADY, UH, OR THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO, OR YOU'VE ALREADY AGREED TO, WHICH I APPRECIATE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE, UH, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD, BUT IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE ALL OF THEM.

UH, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR FINAL LAYOUTS OF THAT.

UH, I CAN AT LEAST MAKE, UH, MAKE COMMENTS AND SEND THEM ON TO A DETECTIVE.

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL BE GLAD TO RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS IN, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ARISE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, THEN WE'D BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN THOSE, THOSE CONCERNS AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BEST MANAGE THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES ERA.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY IT IS CONSIDERING THE ROADWAY IS HIGHLY DEVELOPED AS IT IS.

UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO, TO, UM, TO HONOR THE ACCESS, ET CETERA.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, ALSO ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT, THAT PROMPTED THE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT.

YEAH.

WELL, IT'S JUST NOT, THERE'S NO DATA BEHIND THAT.

THERE'S NOT THE, IT'S JUST NOT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THE TWO LANE ON EITHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NARROW, WITH THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, THE ROADWAY IS CONDUCIVE TO, UH, TO PUT MEDIUMS. SO I'D LIKE TO MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT.

THANK YOU.

I LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING.

CAUSE A LOT OF THE HOT SPOTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND SASHA AND JEREMY, THANK YOU AS WELL.

I TRULY THINK THAT TECH STOCKS SHOULD BE SOLVING FOR THE CONGESTION THAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE SIGNALING, I KNOW WE'VE DONE STRIPING.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE A LOT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A CONGESTION PROBLEM AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE SOLVING FOR.

UM, WE NEED CAPACITY, NOT ROADBLOCKS.

AND, AND I, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY THAT THIS WILL HINDER.

UM, I WAS ON TEXAS PARKWAY NOT TOO LONG AGO.

AND I SENT THEM MANAGER IN A MIRROR, AN EMAIL, UH, AN 18 WHEELER DID A U-TURN ON TEXAS PARKWAY.

HE TOOK THE INSIDE LANE, DID A U-TURN AND I HAVE A PICTURE.

HE CUT OFF A CAR THAT WAS COMING INBOUND AND SHUT DOWN TRAFFIC ON THIS SIDE TO MAKE A U-TURN.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED ON MURPHY ROAD.

OKAY.

AND THE SECOND THING THERE IS THAT I JUST THINK A HOLISTIC PLAN.

YOU GUYS DON'T JUST DUMP MONEY NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE IT COME BACK WITH A MORE HOLISTIC PLAN AND LET'S MAKE THAT ROAD CONDUCIVE FOR EVERYBODY AND MAKE IT LIKE AN ATTRACTION OF WHY YOU WANT TO COME INTO MISSOURI CITY.

UM, AND I HAVE PICTURES IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT QUESTION, HER CHIEF BEARS AND, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY INPUT REGARDING THE SAFETY OR, UM, ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC CONCERNS REGARDING THOSE PROJECTS.

THERE'S, HADN'T BEEN A PROBLEM THAT MEDIUMS WOULD HELP LET'S START GROUP COLLISIONS ON MURPHY ROAD FOR REAR END COLLISIONS, MEDIA, AND JOINT GOING TO HELP THIS AT ALL.

WE NEED MORE LANES.

CONGESTION IS OUR PROBLEM.

WE DIDN'T, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE FOR US.

ONE MORE.

OH, SORRY.

SORRY TO ANSWER YOUR SAME PREMISE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES, UH, BUT THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS WITH THE MEDIAN CUT THROUGHS IF SOMEONE'S MAKING A U-TURN IN THE MIDDLE AND IT DOES LIMIT OUR CROSSOVERS SOME DEGREE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ON THE U-TURN UH, HERE ON TEXAS PARKWAY, YOU'VE PUT ASPHALT ON THE SHOULDERS.

WHAT'S OUR SOLUTION FOR YOU TURNS ON MURPHY ROAD.

ARE WE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO PLANTS TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANYTHING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

IF NOT, THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY DEVELOP A DETAIL FOR BULL BOUTS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY BEFORE.

SO I'M, IF THERE'S CONCRETE THERE, THEN THEN MOST LIKELY WE'LL TRY TO MATCH THAT WITH CONCRETE, UH, WITH A LITTLE BOWL BOUT TO PROVIDE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR THE U-TURN.

OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MEDIUMS FROM DALLAS TO HIGHWAYS, UH, ON HIGHWAY SIX, ALL THE WAY TO 59, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT DALLAS TO SIENNA PARKWAY

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SO WHY DON'T WE GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK? I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE MEDIANS WITH GRASS AND TREES AND, AND GREAT MODALS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

THAT'S ON FROM DALLAS TO 59 ON HIGHWAY SIX.

IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE SAME STREET GOING INTO MISSOURI CITY, ALL YOU SEE IS VERY SMALL SECTIONS UP UNTIL THAT YOU HAVE JUST WITH GRASS, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE EITHER CONCRETE OR STAMPED CONCRETE OR WHATEVER THE DESIGN IS.

THAT'S ONGOING TO MISSOURI CITY.

SO WHY WE A SECOND CLASS CITIZENS? WELL, I BELIEVE THAT THE PLANS SHOW A STAMPED ASPHALT DESIGN.

UM, NOW LET'S RE CARS TO THE OTHER ROADWAYS OF STREETS UP.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.

UM, THE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WAS BEHIND THOSE STREETS, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A CITY PARTICIPATION, UM, THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.

UM, GENERALLY WITH THE TEXTILE PROJECTS, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, FUNDING WHAT'S NEEDED OUT THERE.

SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS SAFETY PROJECT.

SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ADJUST THE SAFETY OF THE NEEDS OF THE ROADWAY FIRST.

UM, BUT I I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THOSE OTHER ROADWAYS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT, BUT YOU ALSO HEARD FROM THE BOAT.

SHE SAID, THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CAR CONDITIONS, RIGHT.

DID NOT SAY THAT, OR DID I HEAR DIFFERENTLY? SORRY.

SO MAYOR, TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION.

UM, SO PART OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH TXDOT IS TO ADD AREAS IN THE MEDIANS ALONG FM 10 92, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO EXCAVATE AND THEN PUT GRASS DOWN SO WE CAN COME BACK AND PLACE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THOSE AREAS.

UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLACE IT ON EVERY SINGLE MEDIA, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY ACCESS POINTS.

IT DOESN'T MAKE IT CONDUCIVE TO ADD A BEAUTIFICATION ON EVERY SINGLE MEDIA.

AND WE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD MEDIANS ON BRIDGES, BUT THERE ARE SOME SUBSTANTIALLY SIZED MEDIA IS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH TEXTILES AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW COST TO THE CITY, THEY'RE GOING TO EXCAVATE AND PREPARE THOSE WITH IRRIGATION SLEEVES.

SO ALL WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS COME IN WITH AN AGREEMENT AND DO BASICALLY WHAT WE DID ON FM 2234.

AND SO, SO MY POINT IS THAT HOW HIGH DOLLARS 2 59 HAS IT BEEN DONE? AND IN COUNCIL, MOST OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT YOU SEE ON TEXTILES IS MOSTLY OTHER CITY PARTICIPATION WITH TECHSTAR WHEN THEY COME AND DO THE PROJECTS.

NOW, IF YOU'LL RECALL IN THE PROPOSED BOND PROGRAM, I THINK WE MIGHT THEN DEFINE ABOUT $2 MILLION TO, UH, FOR BEAUTIFICATION ALONG MAJOR CORRIDORS.

THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE, A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

IF WE'RE TO MOVE FORWARD, WILL WE ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH TECHSTARS TO INSTALL THE IRRIGATION SLEEPS AND THE NECESSARY THINGS TO DO THE LANDSCAPING, THEN WE'LL SIT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO GET BACK AND DO THE LANDSCAPING WORK.

THAT'S HOW MOST OF THE LANDSCAPING HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OTHER THAN SOME GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE TEXAS PARKWAY AND COCK COCK PRIDE CORRIDORS THAT WE RECENTLY DID.

SO WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS MOST LIKELY THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CITY AND TECHSTOP IN BUILDING THOSE KINDS OF LANDSCAPING PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, IF IT WAS WIDER, WE COULD DO BETTER MEDIUMS. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET A SCHEMATIC OF WHERE, UH, ALL OF THE, UM, UH, CUT THROUGHS ARE GOING TO BE AND ALL OF THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT YOU MADE? YES, SIR.

WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU A PROJECT FROM TECH STOCK, WE'LL GET THAT IN.

WE'LL SHARE IT WITH THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, THROUGH OUR OUTREACH WITH COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OUTSTANDING ITEMS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE UTERINE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO THE TECH STOCK ATTENTION.

BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE SOME CHANGE ORDERS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT, HAS TO BE MOVED TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

AS OF NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A PECK STOCK CONNIE DOOR.

A TXDOT IS MOVING WITH THE PROJECT.

AS WE SHARED WITH YOU, THE MAJORITY OF THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

THE MINOR CONCERNS SUCH AS THE UTERUS, AND ONE OF THE LOCATIONS IS THE POCKET TOWNHOMES THAT ARE SOME ISSUES THAT WE CAN ADDRESS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH TEXTILE FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS.

AND THOSE HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

AGAIN, UH, THE FINAL SCHEMATIC, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, UH, BUT TXDOT, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, TECHSTAR IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS AND WHAT ELSE? OKAY.

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THANK YOU.

ITEM TO

[2.(b) Consider and discuss the appointment of a Community Development Advisory Committee member. (Proposed presenter: Councilmember Sterling)]

UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

YES.

THANK YOU.

COUNSEL.

I COME BEFORE YOU WITH A REQUEST A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE ON MOST OF OUR COMMITTEES.

ONE WAS NOT SELECTED.

HOWEVER WE HAVEN'T, THEY CAN SEE IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ONE PERSON WHO DESIGNED.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO BACK AND CONSIDER THE PERSON WHO INTERVIEWED THAT WAS NOT SELECTED FOR THAT COMMITTEE AND SEE IF WE CAN APPOINT HER IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, WOMAN STERLING.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPOINT CHERYL ORLOFF.

UH, IN FACT, I SPOKE WITH HER TO SEE IF SHE WAS STILL INTERESTED IF WE HAD SOME OPENINGS.

AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE, THANK YOU.

YES.

I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HER.

AND SHE'S STILL INTERESTED IN AN ITEM TO BE CUSTOMER SERVICE OR CUSTOMER CLOSET.

IS THAT YOUR MOTION MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT CHERYL? I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO MAKES THE MOST, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLOUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

UM, CAN WE JUST STATE THAT MOTION ONE MORE TIME IS TO A POINT FOR THE REMAINING TERM OR IS IT, UH, FOR THE, UM, JUST FOR THE BIG, FOR THE REMAINING TERM? SO FOR THE VACANCY THAT WAS CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION YES.

CHERYL ORLOFF FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, TO FULFILL IN TERM OF FEEL YOUR BREATH, FEEL YOUR BREATH.

OKAY.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU.

ITEM TWO C DISCUSSION OF DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR, 2022 BUDGET, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL COUNSEL.

WE ARE BACK BEFORE YOU, UH, ONCE AGAIN, BACK IN AUGUST, MID AUGUST, WE HANDED OVER THE CITY, MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO YOU AND, UH, BRIEFLY, UH, I'LL BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, UH, ALLINA PORTIS US TO GO THROUGH A REMINDER OF WHAT THE BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET AND THE HIGH LEVEL POSITION.

AND THEN, UH, SECONDLY, WE HAD, UH, RECEIVED, UH, 30 QUESTIONS FROM, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE BUDGET THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

AND STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, LATE LAST WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO YOU SOONER.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE WERE PULLING THIS INFORMATION TO GET WORKING, TO GET THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.

AND SO ONCE, UH, ALLINA FINISHES UP, UH, I'VE GIVEN THAT TO YOU.

AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THESE OR HOWEVER, YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH REGARD TO THAT.

SO AT THIS TIME, IF I MAY, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALENA TO GO THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET WITH YOU OR, UH, LOCATING THE POWERPOINT PATIENT.

UM, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND START.

OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, WE ALWAYS, UH, KEEP IN MIND THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS OF A CITY

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AND SO ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET SUPPORT, UH, THOSE FOCUS AREAS IN, WE ALSO HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES THAT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET.

UH, THESE, THESE, THIS LIST HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE, BUT I'LL PROVIDE THEM ONE MORE TIME.

UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR EFFECTIVE COVID-19 RESPONSE.

UH, ALSO WANT TO DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESS.

WE WANT TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS ACHIEVING A HIGHER BOND RATING THROUGH INCREASED FUNDING FOR PENSION OBLIGATIONS.

ALSO WANT TO BE OPENING THE NEW FIRE STATION SIX.

SO THERE'S FUNDING IN THERE FOR STAFFING AND FOR OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL SERVICE CARRYING OUT THE 20, 21 BOX AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UPDATED CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO AT THIS TIME, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE, UH, ANOTHER OVERVIEW.

THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO YOU WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

UH, BUT JUST, JUST TO JUST REMIND YOU OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADOPTION THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH, THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET, THE TOTAL REVENUE AND TRANSFERS THE 61,000,200, ALMOST 265,000 AND THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFER OUT TO 68 MILLION, 100, 6,191.

UH, THIS DOES INCLUDE ONE TIME USE OF FUND BALANCE.

AND THAT IS WHY YOU SEE THAT THE EXPENDITURES EXCEED THE REVENUES.

THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE BUDGET IS A 2 CENT REDUCTION FROM THE CURRENT TAX RATE.

AND THAT'S AT, UH, 5 7 8 0 3 5 CENTS IN, UH, THE, UH, FUND BALANCE.

WE'RE USING SOME BECAUSE OUR POLICY STATES THAT IF THERE'S ANY EXCESS FUND BALANCE AMOUNTS THAT ARE IN EXCESS OF THE 20 TO 30% REQUIREMENT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THEM FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND SO WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW WE BELIEVE THE FUND BALANCE WILL END AFTER THE USE OF, UH, 2021 FUND BALANCE IN 2022, WE DO BELIEVE THAT OUR FUND BALANCE, UM, WILL STILL REMAIN WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS AT 34.9%.

UH, WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF 15 MILLION, 6 99.

UH, WE THINK THAT OUR ESTIMATED UNBALANCED WILL BE 18, WHICH WOULD LEAVE A $2.5 MILLION THAT IS IN EXCESS OF THE 30% REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE BUDGET.

UH, WE HAVE APPROVED SOME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, UM, AND THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

UH THEY'RE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND IN OTHER FUNDS.

UH, SO THESE EXPENDITURES ARE CLASSIFIED IN THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

WE HAVE COMMITMENTS MEANING THAT THERE ARE ITEMS THAT, UH, COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED, SAY LIKE THE FIRE STATION SIX.

SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO FUNDING THE SALARY OF THE NEW STAFF, AS WELL AS OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITY RECURRING, OR THOSE REQUESTS THAT ARE RECURRING.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE A ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENSE.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TOTAL ONE TIME.

SO IN THE GENERAL FUND AMONGST ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES, THE TOTAL IS 10 MILLION, 1 56, 5 40, UH, WITHIN OTHER FUNDS, WE HAVE 650,000 FOR PARKLANDS ON 10.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A 40 3042, WHICH IS, UH, FOR THE MCTV, UH, PEG FUND.

SO TOTAL BALFANZ A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION, $850,000.

WE DO HAVE CHANGES TO THE AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME POSITIONS.

WE HAVE, UH, AN ADDITION OF 16, MAJORITY OF THAT IS WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, 12 OF THOSE POSITIONS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE DRIVERS LIEUTENANTS, THOSE ARE, UH, FOR THE OPERATIONS OF FIRE STATION SIX.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALL WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS.

WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS, A SENIOR INSPECTOR STREETS, TECHNICIAN, AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL SPECIALISTS AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

WE HAVE A RISK MANAGER AND IN THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND, WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF ONE POSITION, WHICH IS THE TOURISM MANAGER.

SO THERE'S A NET CHANGE OF 16 LOOKING AT ALL OF THE FUNDS WITHIN THE CITY.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECT THAT UTILITIES AND OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS THE ENTIRE BUDGET WITH ALL SOURCES FOR REVENUE IS 153 MILLION,

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AGAIN WITH THE GENERAL FUND BEING ONE OF THE HIGHEST AT 43% AND THE UTILITY FUNDS AT 23.7%, WE DO HAVE A ONE POTENTIAL BUDGET AMENDMENT.

UH, WE ARE HOPING TO CONVERT ONE PART-TIME FILING SPECTER TO A FULL-TIME POSITION, AND THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY A REDUCTION IN THE FIRE OVERTIME BUDGET.

CURRENTLY WITHIN THE OVERTIME BUDGET, UH, BACKFILL FOR VACANCIES ARE FUNDED.

AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT REDUCING THAT BUDGET WILL ACTUALLY FUND THE PART-TIME FIRE INSPECTOR OR MOVE THE PART-TIME POSITION TO A FULL-TIME POSITION.

SO NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE NEEDED.

UH, WE WOULD NEED COUNSEL TO INCREASE, UH, FTES BY ONE.

UH, CURRENTLY IT IS NOT IN THE PROPOSAL BUDGET.

SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT ADOPTED WITH THE BUDGET, IF COUNCIL APPROVES THAT MOTION WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED, UH, WITH THE APPROVED BUDGET, OTHERWISE WE WOULD JUST BRING IT BACK AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN OCTOBER.

AND IF AFTER REVIEWING THE BUDGET, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT YOU PROPOSE A CITY COUNCIL WHO WOULD NEED THAT BROUGHT FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THAT WITHIN THE ADOPTED BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.

SO THE NEXT STEPS WE HAVE DO HAVE THE BUDGET HEARING AND ADOPTION SEPTEMBER 20TH, UH, WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BUDGET ON THE 20TH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE ADOPTION ON THE 20TH I SCHEDULED AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BILL, JUST IN CASE HE WANTS TO GO OVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.

I COUNSEL ERIC COUNCIL.

ONE THING I WANTED TO GO BACK TO REAL QUICK WAS THE, UH, THE POSITIONS.

AND ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT WITH RESPECT TO THESE POSITIONS, FOR INSTANCE, IN, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SENIOR INSPECTOR AND ALSO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSPECTOR, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PICK THOSE POSITIONS UP BY UTILIZING CONTRACT DOLLARS, BRINGING IN HOUSE AND DOING THOSE.

SO THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE BUDGET.

SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

UH, AND, UH, AS WE MENTIONED WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DID WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE TOURISM MANAGER.

SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU.

AND AGAIN, AS ELENA MENTIONED, A MAJORITY OF THIS GOES BACK TO, UH, FIRE STATION SIX.

SO I DID WANT TO, UH, APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THESE TO YOU SOONER, BUT WE DID RECEIVE, AS I MENTIONED, 30 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UM, HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE WITH, UH, INFORMATION, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD IN A FASHION THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO GET TO, OR THE ANSWER YOU WERE TRYING TO GET TO, IF NOT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT.

WE DO HAVE THE STAFF HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS.

AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE TO GET THIS, UH, ANY CHANGES, AMENDED, OR AMENDMENTS TO THIS TO YOU.

AND THEN, UH, ALSO I WANT TO POINT OUT, UH, SHE HAD ALSO MENTIONED THE PART-TIME POSITION FOR THE FIRE INSPECTOR THAT COMES AS A RESULT OF CIVIL SERVICE AND, UM, THE CIVIL SERVICE YOU CAN DO PART-TIME, BUT IT'S, UH, MORE, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DO AND THEREFORE FOR THE COST AND WHAT WE NEED AS FAR AS THE ORGANIZATION AND THE SERVICES WE NEED AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT A PHYSICIAN WOULD BE A BENEFIT BEING FULL-TIME.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE DOLLARS TO DO THAT GOING FORWARD, AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT CHANGE TONIGHT, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY AGAIN, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, HAVE FULL STAFF HERE.

THAT'S OUR QUESTIONS.

DO YOU FEEL AS IF YOU AND YOUR STAFF ACTUALLY DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD DO TO LOWER THE PROPERTY TAX RATES WITHIN THE 2%, DO YOU FEEL LIKE I'LL GET EVERYTHING? OH, YES.

WELL, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'VE HAD THESE, UM, PLETHORA PRESENTATIONS OVER THE YEAR ABOUT OUR SALES TAXES BEING, UH, THEY'VE DONE BETTER THAN MOST OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES.

OUR RESERVE IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD HAVE DONE OTHER THAN LAUREN AT 2%, UH, NOT HIRED FIREFIGHTERS, UH, NOT FUND THE POSITIONS NEEDED FOR, UH, PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT WE WANNA MAKE, UH, COST HAVE GONE UP IN SOME RESPECTS.

AND SO, UH, WE, WE HAD THE RECENT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE TO THE PERSONNEL.

UM, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS AS WE MENTIONED WITH CIVIL SERVICE.

SO THOSE RED IN HERE, SO I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

I DO.

ALL OF THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

I JUST FEEL AS IF THERE IS NOT REALLY AN ADVOCACY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CONSIDERING THAT IF

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SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

AND TO THAT END, AS YOU KNOW, WE DID RE UH, LOWER THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE 2 CENTS.

SO IT'S REALLY BALANCED AS OUT, I MEAN, WITH THE APPRAISALS GOING UP, THEY'RE REALLY NOT REALLY TAKEN OFF, UH, WHICH AGAIN, WE CAN NOT CONTROL THE PRICES.

YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AS LONG AS SPEAKING ON OUR BEHALF AS A CITY, NOT WITH FOUR BANDHAS.

RIGHT.

SO WE DID OUR PART BY LOW IN TWO SENTENCE.

GREAT.

FILL ON THE OVERTIME.

UM, YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

UM, $1.2 MILLION IN OVERTIME IS SIGNIFICANT.

UM, MAJORITY COMES FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO CONVERT A POSITION TO FULL-TIME AND REDUCE OVERTIME? SO WE WORKED WITH CHIEF PARTITA, I'LL START WITH FIRE AND, UH, AND CHIEF PARTIDO CAN EXPLAIN THIS BETTER THAN I HAVE REGARDING HOW FAR TIME WORKS, BUT WE WILL SEE, WE DO BELIEVE A REDUCTION WITH THAT ADDITION TO THE 12TH FIREFIGHTERS.

AND, UH, WE, UH, BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE BACKFILL THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE NOW AND IN BACKFILL, THAT MEANS OVERTIME HOURS, RIGHT? AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE HAD, UH, SITUATIONS THIS YEAR, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH COVID AND HAVING TO DO BACKFILL WITH COVID, WITH PEOPLE BEING OUT AND KEEPING OUR FULL COMPLIMENT OF OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS ON THE STREETS.

SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL GET BETTER, UH, AND AGAIN, CROSS OUR FINGERS THAT, UH, COVID GETS BETTER BECAUSE DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON US.

OKAY.

COULD IT BE AMERICANS? I'LL JUST ADD THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT OVERTIME FOR FIRE IS FLS BUILT IN OVER TIME.

THAT'S OVER TIME, THAT'S REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR FIREFIGHTERS THAT WORKED 28 DAYS, A 212 HOURS AND 28 DAYS, ALL THOSE HOURS HAVE TO BE COMPENSATED OVERTIME.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR SHIFT SCHEDULE.

SO THAT IS NOT OVERTIME FOR FIREFIGHTERS WORKING EXTRA JOBS OR EXTRA EVENTS.

UH, IT'S NOT THAT TYPE OF OVERTIME.

AND THIS IS BUILT IN OVERTIME, THAT'S IN THEIR SCHEDULE.

AND THEN POLICE INCREASING OVER TIME, UH, COUNSELING SERVICE THAT THE, UH, THE INCREASING OVERTIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS TO DO WITH SEVERAL THINGS.

YOU'RE CONSIDERABLY SHORT-STAFFED TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CRYING OVER TIME, JUST TO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE SEAT TO ANSWER NINE 11 CALLS, WE'VE INCREASED OUR, UH, COUNCIL SECURITY BY, UH, ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE PER MEETING.

AND THEN ALSO MUNICIPAL COURT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO HIRE BAILIFFS.

WE'RE PROVIDING BAILIFF SERVICE FOR MS COURT.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT A FUNDING FROM THEIR SECURITY FUND TO BACKFILL THAT OVERTIME EXPENDITURE ALSO AS, UH, BILL ATKINSON, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, HE SAID WITH COVID, WE'VE HAD AS MANY AS 16 PEOPLE OUT AT A TIME.

SOMETIMES RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY OUT, BUT, UH, WE'VE HAD AS MANY AS 16 PEOPLE AT A TIME.

SO WE HAVE TO BACKFILL THOSE SPOTS ON PATROL ALSO TO COVER THAT THAT'S OUR OVERTIME TIME CHALLENGES ARE THREE MINUTE LIMIT, BUT TO MY POINT, WE'RE CON WE'RE HAVING TO DO SOME OVERTIME TO WORK THE BAILIFFS SHIFTS.

SO IS THERE ROOM TO HIRE A BAILIFF SO WE CAN REDUCE OVERTIME? I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THEY HIRE AT LEAST TWO BALES, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE POLICE OFFICERS TO DO THAT.

RIGHT.

THE CHALLENGE IS THAT'S A COURT QUESTION, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN ON FORD'S BUSINESS.

THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR US TOO, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE SHORT-STAFFED WITH COVID KEEPS PLANNING, BAILIFFS GOOD THING.

THEY'RE A COURT DOG, WHICH HAD BEEN A BIT DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID ALSO.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HELPED US A BIT.

IF WE COULD JUST LOOK AT THINGS OUTSIDE OF COVID AND STORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THINK IF WE COULD REDUCE OVER TIME AND ADD BODIES, THAT'D BE GREAT IN MY OPINION, AND TO SPEAK TO THE OVERTIME IN REGARD TO COURT BAILIFF, WE DID THAT PREVIOUSLY, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE DID NOT WORK.

WE WERE TRYING TO USE PART-TIME PERSONNEL AND IT DID NOT WORK.

UH, PEOPLE, UH, WE FOUND A FEW PEOPLE WHO, UH, HADN'T RETIRED, UH, WHO WERE PEACE OFFICERS.

AND, UH, WHEN THOSE RAN OUT, UH, PEOPLE WANT MORE, UH, FLEXIBLE AND MORE, WELL, I SHOULD SAY MORE FLEXIBLE HOURS.

AND WITH PORT IT'S NOT AS FLEXIBLE.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE HAVING SOMEBODY FULL-TIME COME AND DO THAT, PART-TIME IT JUST WASN'T WORKING OUT.

UH, WE ARE EVALUATING THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT AT THIS TIME, AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE, IT, IT JUST, IT'S NOT, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THE SOLUTION AND WE'VE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES, OTHER CITIES UTILIZE DOING THIS AS WELL.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS

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SHE'S NOT, SHE'S ON SICK ON MEDICAL LEAVE JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SHE WAS NOT THERE FOR THE BUDGET SESSION.

IT WAS HER ASSISTANT THAT SHE ENDED IT.

SHE WAS OUT.

I LIKE TO SEE HER.

WE LIKE TO SEE HER AT SOME POINT IN TIME, ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MY NEXT STATEMENT.

EACH TIME WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S PRETTY ALARMING TO ME AND QUESTIONABLE.

SO I LIKE TO SEE TO THE COUNCIL BILL, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BAILIFF THAT MAYOR PRO TEM JUST TALKED ABOUT FROM THE COURT DIRECTOR AS TO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN PUT THAT IN PLACE.

I WANTED TO KNOW FROM BILL, WHEN IS THE QUADRANT EXPECTED TO BE BACK FROM MEDICAL LEAVE? I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

OKAY.

WELL, WHEN SHE GETS BACK OR ANYBODY FROM THE COURTS CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FILLING IN OR GET THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED AND MAKE SURE THAT IT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT.

SURE.

WE HAVE THE HR DIRECTOR HERE.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE MEDICAL LUCIA'S SUPPOSED TO RETURN, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IN WITH FMLA, I MAY RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT HAVE THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TYPE OF LEAVE THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.

I BELIEVE THAT MARTIN COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO BILL.

AND THEN, YEAH, ALWAYS IN HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CORK HERE, SO LIKE TO SEE THE COURT DIRECTOR HERE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SHE ONLY FOR, SO LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT.

I HAD, I HAD A QUESTION.

IF YOU COULD JUST TALK TO OR SHARE WITH US, WHAT WAS THE, UM, OR MAYBE ELENA, WHAT WAS THE, UH, TAX RATE FOR, UM, MISSOURI CITY IN 2019, EXCUSE ME, 2020.

AND THEN IT WAS REDUCED IN 21 TO WHAT, AND BY HOW MUCH, UH, THE PREVIOUS TAX RATE WAS 63 CENTS.

AND THEN IT WAS REDUCED TO 59, 8 0 3 5.

AND NOW WE HAVE THE FIFTIES 7, 8 0 3 5 AS PROPOSED ANSWER YOU.

SO WE HAVE WAY MORE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR 20, 20 TWOS BUDGET.

AND WE HAD IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND GET BACK TO YOU AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTALS AND ONE TIMES IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, 2021, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2022 AND 2021.

I KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, BILL.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SOME OF THEM WERE PROCEDURAL, AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE EXPLAINED WHAT SOME OF THESE WERE.

UM, ONE WAS, UH, WE'VE DEFINED HOW THE PEG FUNDS CAN BE USED OR WHAT THEY CAN, CAN BE USED, WHAT ACTIVITIES CAN BE USED.

YES, SIR.

AND IN OUR CONFERENCE, FINANCIAL, UH, UH, RULES AND REGULATIONS, WE DO HAVE THAT.

OKAY.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ALSO, UH, IMPLEMENTED THE CONTROLS TO, UH, ELIMINATE THE ISSUANCE OF POS THAT VIOLATE THE FIVE $50,000 THRESHOLD.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE.

OKAY.

UH, UH, I NOTICED THAT, UH, WHEN I ASKED YOU WHAT WAS, UH, THE, UH, THE PROJECTION FOR, UM, LGC THIS YEAR, AS FAR AS, UH, BEING ABLE TO ABSORB ALL THE COSTS WITH SOME SURPLUS.