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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER[Items 1 & 2]
AT 7:22 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR PLEDGE, UH, WE'LL ASK OUR FIRE CHIEF, MARIO PARTITA TO LEAD US IN THE I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
THANK YOU, CHIEF ITEM, NUMBER THREE, OUR PRESENTATION
[3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS]
AND RECOGNITION ITEM NUMBER THREE, A PROCLAMATION, UM, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021.AS TONY LEVINE DAY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS WE'LL HAVE CONSTANT MEMBER KLAUSER TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
IS TONY LEVINE IN THE HOUSE TODAY? COME ON DOWN, TONY.
IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE TODAY THAT I RECOGNIZE YOU WITH YOUR OWN DAY TODAY.
SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021 IS TONY LEVINE DAY IN MISSOURI CITY.
WE DON'T GIVE THESE PROCLAMATIONS TO ORDINARY PEOPLE.
WE GIVE THEM TO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE.
YOU ARE A FINE EXAMPLE OF HUMANITY.
YOU'RE A GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
TONY LEVINE, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW IS THE OWNER OF SIENNA CROSSING SHIFT BELAY.
HE DOESN'T JUST PROVIDE GREAT CHICKEN TO US.
HE'S MUCH, MUCH MORE AND PROVIDE SO MUCH MORE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS WHY I'M RECOGNIZING YOU.
WE ARE BLESSED THAT YOU NOT ONLY CHOSE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO CALL YOUR HOME AS YOUR RESIDENCE, BUT YOU ALSO CHOSE TO PLACE YOUR BUSINESS HERE.
I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES OF YOUR STORE WAS NOT TO SELL A THOUSAND CHICKEN BISCUITS.
IT WAS TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS BECAUSE OF THAT, YOUR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THIS IS JUST A FEW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONY IS THE ONLY OPERATOR OF A CHICK-FILET THAT PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR KIDS AND TEENS.
HE SPONSORED THE CHICK-FIL-A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL POINT HIGH SCHOOL AND ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH HIS SPONSORSHIP.
30 STUDENTS AT EACH SCHOOL ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM, WHICH EMPHASIZES IMPACT THROUGH ACTION.
THE PROGRAM ENGAGES STUDENTS WITH A MONTHLY LEADER LAB, FOCUSING ON LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PLANNING A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
WHEREAS EVERY AUGUST CHICK-FIL-A SANTA CROSSING DONATES A GIFT CARD FOR A FREE MEALS THAT EVERY TEACHER, STAFF MEMBER AND ADMINISTRATOR AT 17 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY IN THE MISSOURI CITY AREA.
WHEREAS DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, TONY STARTED A SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES CAMPAIGN.
NOT ONLY WAS HE SUPPORTING HIS STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY, BUT HE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND HIM.
HE HELPED 20 LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS BY PURCHASING.
THIS IS PERSONAL PURCHASE OF TWO $50 GIFT CARDS FROM EACH RESTAURANT.
AND HE WOULD PROMOTE THESE RESTAURANTS ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND WOULD PICK A GUEST WHO LIKED HIS POST TO RECEIVE THAT GIFT CARD THAT'S REAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND HELPING OTHER BUSINESSES.
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SIENNA CROSSING GIVES EACH TEAM MEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A $2,500 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP.ALTHOUGH THE PROCESS IS VERY COMPETITIVE.
47 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT THAT'S A TOTAL OF $117,500 GIVEN BACK TO HIS TEAM MEMBERS IN JUST THREE YEARS OF OWNING HIS OPERATION.
TONY, I KNOW THAT YOUR PARENTS IN MINNESOTA, YOUR 87 YEAR OLD PARENTS ARE LOOKING ON, THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY AND THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT A FINE MAN YOU ARE.
BUT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MAYOR ROBIN
YOU ARE A FINE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BUSINESS OWNER, AND YOU HAVE SET THE BAR HIGH.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT I DID THERE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, THE TONY LEVINE DAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021 Y'ALL WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE RISE TO YOUR FEET, TONY LEVINE, AROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THAT HE DOES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVING BACK, OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, AND YOU DIDN'T NEED TO STAND UP AND YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLAP AND THAT I'M, I'M HUMBLED AND I'M HONORED.
AND WHEN YOU CONTACTED ME SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I WAS SPEECHLESS.
AND AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID, I'M SPEECHLESS AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL, NOT ONLY TO ME AND MY FAMILY, BUT, UH, TO OUR RESTAURANT AS WELL.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FAMILY.
MY, UH, UH, BRIDE OF ALMOST 20 YEARS, AARON IS HERE AND, UH, OUR FOUR AMAZING CHILDREN, BEN AND ASHER, AND OUR DAUGHTER WILLA, AND OUR YOUNGEST SON, ELI ARE HERE.
AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT.
AND, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED BACK, UH, UH, JUST NORTH OF HERE IN ST.
PAUL, MINNESOTA, UH, MY PARENTS ARE WATCHING ONLINE RIGHT NOW AND, UH, WITHOUT THEM, I WOULDN'T BE WHO I AM TODAY.
SO, UH, TO MY PARENTS, UH, I LOVE THEM AND THANK THEM AS WELL.
BUT, UH, UM, WHEN I THINK OF THIS HONOR, AND I THINK OF THIS AWARD, AND I THINK OF THIS RECOGNITION, WHAT COMES TO MY MIND IMMEDIATELY IS SOMETHING THAT THE FOUNDER OF CHICK-FIL-A SAID MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, TRUETT CATHY.
AND IN SPEAKING ABOUT THE CHICK-FIL-A BRAND, HE SAID, WE'RE NOT JUST IN THE CHICKEN BUSINESS, WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT STATEMENT RESONATED WITH ME WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE, THE, UH, MISSION STATEMENT OF OUR PARTICULAR LOCATION.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, UH, AT OUR RESTAURANT CHICK-FIL-A SANTA CROSS, WE HAVE OVER 120 MEMBERS OF OUR, OUR TEAM THERE.
AND, UH, WITHOUT THEM IN THE PASSION THEY HAVE FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND SPECIFICALLY THE, CERTAINLY THE LIVES OF OUR GUESTS THAT COME TO OUR RESTAURANT EVERY DAY.
UH, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
SO WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING TEAM AND, UM, IT'S, I'LL USE THE WORD FUN FOR ME TO HEAR YOU MENTIONED, AND CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY, UM, APPRECIATE THIS THIS HONOR.
WE'RE ALWAYS, WE HAD A THREE HOUR MEETING TODAY.
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO MORE AND FEEL LIKE WE DON'T DO ENOUGH.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S PART OF OUR MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME.
BUT SO THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR, AND THANK YOU, UH, TO YOUR ADMINISTRATION AS WELL FOR ALL YOU DO.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY NOTICEABLE IN THE IMPACT HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND OUR FAMILY AT THE RESTAURANT.
AND TONY, WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, THEY'RE THREE IMPORTANT PEOPLE UP HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, AND AUBREY, OUR TEXAS PARKWAY COMMISSION.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE ONE ON TEXAS PARKS.
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OKAY.ITEM NUMBER THREE, B PROCLAMATION, UH, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021 AS DR.
NIECEY HAMILTON DAY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
MICROPHONE, IT'S ON THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU OR AFTER MR. LEVINE AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I TELL YOU ONE THING, MS. NIECY HAMILTON IS PRETTY A HIGH RUNNER AND ACTUALLY IS WORTHY OF SHARING HIS DAY WITH YOU, MR. LEVINE, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS TO HER.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO MAYOR PRO TEM FOR INTRODUCING DR.
I HAVE TO GIVE HER THE MIC ON.
HE INTRODUCED HER TO THE CITY 2020 AND DECLARED, UM, JANUARY 21ST SURVIVOR ACTIVISTS AND EXPERT OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, FREEDOM DAY.
AND SO SINCE THEN, NIECY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY IN HARRIS COUNTY AND AS WELL AS FOR MAN TRYING TO TACKLE DOWN ACTUALLY THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMBAT AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE WORK WITH COUNTLESS AMOUNT OF GIRLS, HOPEFULLY IMPACTING THEIR LIVES IN A POSITIVE WAY.
AND SO I THINK YOU NEED TO BE FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE RECENTLY, NIECY WAS ABLE TO WORK AND SPEAK AND PROVIDE AN EXPERT WITNESS IN THAT 80TH 87 LEGISLATOR SESSION WITH NINE BILLS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATION.
AND SHE SPOKE ABOUT IT PROVIDING HER EXPERT WITNESS FROM HER REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND LAST OF PASSING THE STATE BILL THREE 15TH AND STATE BILL SENATE, BILL A 7 66 BEING SIGNED MACY.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT HELLO, MISSOURI CITY.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE BEFORE YOU AGAIN.
MAY I APPROACH HIM, UM, FOR GIVING ME A DAY? UM, IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SINCE MY FREEDOM WAS DECLARED ON JANUARY 21ST, 2020, IS THAT WE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU CAN NO LONGER WORK AT A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 18, 19 OR 20.
AND SO THAT BILL ALLOWED US TO RESCUE MORE OF OUR GIRLS AND PREVENT MORE OF OUR GIRLS WHO ARE COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL FROM ENTERING INTO THE LIFE.
NOT ONLY THAT, UM, SENATE BILL 7 66 PREVENTED SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES FROM ALLOWING THE GIRLS TO USE FAKE IDENTIFICATIONS, TO WORK INSIDE OF THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL.
SO THAT WAS A VERY TOUGH THING TO DO.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
WAS THERE A CITY FOR STANDING BY MY SIDE AND FOR ALLOWING THIS MARVELOUS WORK TO BE DONE, OUR GIRLS DO DESERVE THIS.
THEY DESERVE FOR THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
AND FOR THEM TO BE IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, BE IN SCHOOL, BE A POLICE, BE IT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED IN DESIGN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL, ONE OF THE SUBJECTS.
NO, IN MY FULL TIME CAPACITY, I AM A PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR JUVENILE PROBATION.
SO MACY HAS WORKED WITH COUNTLESS GIRLS.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, BEING ABLE TO IMPACT THEIR LIVES ON SPEAKING TO THEM.
IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO REALLY RELATE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER REALLY BEEN IN THEIR SHOES.
SO I'M ABLE TO CALL ON THESE THINGS.
SHE'S ABLE TO COME IN AND MENTOR THE GIRLS.
AND SO BEEN A GREAT ASSETS ASSET AGENCY IS AS FAR AS HARRIS COUNTY GOES SOUTH TODAY, IRISH SHONDRA EDWARDS COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT BEHALF OF ROBIN SHAY ELLA CAT MAYOR,
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AND MY COLLEAGUES.SO CITY COUNCIL, I DECLARE TODAY, SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, 2021 IN MISSOURI CITY.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, D UH, PROCLAMATION, UM, PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
SO WE HAVE GREGORY WILLIAMS, JACLYN WATSON AND WANDA JOHNSON.
SO THIS TWO, UH, WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT GREGOR WILLIAMS, JACLYN WATSON AND WANDA JOHNSON WAS DULY APPOINTED TO THE MISSOURI CITY'S FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2020.
AND WHOSE TERM WILL BE FROM DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.
JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS ON LAST YEAR ON NOVEMBER 3RD, MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS GONE TO THE POLLS AND VOTED FOR A CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
UM, AND DUE TO THAT, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT BACK AND WE NEED, WE HAD THE CITY MANAGER, UM, WHEN LONG ONE WITH THE FIRE POA AND, AND, UH, POLICE POE AND HAD THESE THREE LOVELY PEOPLE APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY POA OFFICERS HERE, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU COME UP TO, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST, UM, EVER SINCE DECEMBER 21ST, 2020, WORKING TOWARDS WITH CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND GETTING THAT PROJECT, UM, APPROVED.
SO ANYONE WANT TO SAY, UM, I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF IN MY REMARKS.
I JUST SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET BACK INTO THE CITY.
I MOVED BACK FROM CALIFORNIA, UH, 20 SOMETHING YEARS AGO, AND I'VE JUST WATCHED AMAZING GROWTH.
UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO MANY TIMES I THINK WE GET CAUGHT UP ON BIG GOVERNMENT, BUT THE FOLKS THAT IMPACT YOU MORE CLOSELY ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE IN UNIFORM.
UM, I FEEL SAFE, MY FAMILY SAFE, AND, UH, I JUST SEE THIS AS A WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF Y'ALL CAN DEAL WITH JAY AND MIKE.
I KNOW J J DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME ONE.
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ALL RIGHT.ITEM THREE D UH, PROCLAMATION THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS A NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, WE HAVE A PR PRESENTATION BY TAMIKA JEWETT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING COME DOWN AND GIVE THE PROCLAMATION.
AND GOOD EVENING FOR CLAIMING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN MISSOURI CITY.
WE LIKE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO TAMIKA JEWITT FOR EMERGENCIES.
WE DO KNOW THAT EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME AT ANY PLACE.
SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE PREPARED IN DEVELOPING EMERGENCY KITS AND PLANS FOR DIFFERENT DISASTERS THAT CAN OCCUR IN ONCE AREA AND CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS PROTECT THEMSELVES PETS AND THEIR LOVED ONES FROM THE DANGEROUS OF DISASTER.
FEMA HAS NAMED THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES.
THIS ISN'T OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE TIME, TO DEVELOP EMERGENCY PLANS AND KITS IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS.
SO THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY ALSO ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE, TAKE THIS MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO DEVELOP EMERGENCY PLANS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR DIFFERENT DISASTERS THAT MAY STRIKE OUR AREA AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS TO SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS THROUGH THE WW DOT MISSOURI CITY, READY.GOV.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR, ROBIN J AND THE CITY COUNCIL, OR THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, WE DO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2021 IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND ALL CITIZENS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY, AND THE COMMUNITY TO USE THIS ONE, TO CREATE EMERGENCY KIT, DEVELOP EMERGENCY PLANS AND TALK WITH YOUR FAMILIES, COWORKERS, AND FRIENDS, TO WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES.
SO ON BEHALF OF US, WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU TO MAKE A JEWISH THREE RECOGNIZED MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICER, VALERIE, LEAH FOR THE EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE IS EXCELLENT COVERAGE OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ENSURING THE WELFARE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITIZENS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND STAFF, AND HIS PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING TO MAKE AN AGRO MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS FOOD AND TRUCK FESTIVAL THAT WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2021 AS SUCCESS.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS.
COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS BACK AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR OFFICER ELIAS FOR HIS EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT HE CAN KEEP US SAFE.
AS FAR AS MY COLLEAGUES AND I STAKEHOLDERS THE RESIDENTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMUNITY ON THE DAY TO DAY THAT YOU WERE STERILIZED.
OFTENTIMES I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I'M PASSING BY YOU'RE HELPING SOMEONE OR EITHER RENDERING AID, WHATEVER.
THEN WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT TO THE UTMOST OF YOUR ABILITY AND RESPECTFUL.
UM, LASTLY, HE HAD PERFORMED A WONDERFUL, UM, EVENT ON THE 21ST, OUR FIRST ANNUAL ANNUAL I'M SORRY, OUR FIRST FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL.
AND, UM, ON OUR PHONE CONVERSATION, HE ASKED, HEY, WHAT SHOULD I PLAY? AND I SAID, HEY, DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL.
BUT HE WAS ABLE TO DELIVER A WONDERFUL PLAYLIST THAT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE DIVERSITY, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR CD AND SELL FOR THAT.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR PERFORMANCE, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND MYSELF ARE SAFE AT ALL TIMES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE'RE.
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YOU.[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
FOUR ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS OR CONCERNS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST COMPLETE THE ORANGE COMMENT CARD, PRESENT THE COMMON CARD TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS.
UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT.
THE FIRST ONE, WE HAVE TWO RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE'LL START WITH VOLUME CRONIN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AT 9 0 2 PINE MEADOW ABOUT WHERE YOU SHOULD GO FOR COUNCIL ABOUT SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES WE HAVE WITH PAUL ON PINE MEADOW DRIVE.
AND SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE STREETS DIVISION FOR AN ENORMOUS RESPONSE, OR THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK ON TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUES OVER THERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND EVEN SPEAKING TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THEM.
UM, BECAUSE YOUR NAME PLEASE, UH, WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, HERITAGE COLONY, 35, 15 MOSS TRAIL DRIVE, UH, COMES BEFORE YOU BECAUSE, UM, MY WIFE AND I, UH, HAVE HAD CABLE THERE THROUGH EXTENSITY COMCAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE OH SEVEN AND, UH, NOTICED A TREND LATELY.
UM, WE BOTH WORK AT HOME AS MOST OF US DO.
WE WORK AT HOME MORE THESE DAYS, I DO HAVE AN OFFICE, BUT I GO, I WORK AT HOME ON CERTAIN DAYS.
UM, WE HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN OUR OWN EQUIPMENT, GETTING NEW EQUIPMENT.
WHEN WE CALL AND REPORT A PROBLEM, WE GET NEW EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE PRETTY MUCH UPDATED EVERYTHING IN OUR HOUSE.
UH IT'S AT THIS POINT NOW WHERE I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY HEART, I'VE NOTICED A PATTERN, UM, THE, BETWEEN SAY 12:00 PM AND 7:00 PM.
EVERY DAY WE GET INTERMITTENT SERVICE.
AND WE, WE WERE SO TIRED OF CALLING INFINITY AND COMCAST.
THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP OUR CALLS NOW LATELY.
AND SO, UM, IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY, THEY BASICALLY HAVE A MONOPOLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I'VE BEEN TO AT AND T WHERE I HAVE CELL SERVICE AND ASK THEM ABOUT FIBER.
AND THEY'RE TELLING ME, SORRY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE FIBER IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO I FIND MYSELF VERY FRUSTRATED.
I LET HER UNLOAD ON THEM A LITTLE BIT THE LAST TIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MANAGER SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
SO ANY RATE, UH, NOT TO GET INTO ALL THAT.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S CLEAR.
UH, WE DO HAVE INTERMITTENT ISSUES BETWEEN THAT TIMEFRAME IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE DAY.
SO IT CAN'T BE OUR, IT CANNOT BE OUR EQUIPMENT.
UH, I'LL WORK LATE INTO THE EVENING.
I HAVE NO ISSUES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BETWEEN THOSE TIMEFRAMES AND ESPECIALLY ON BUSINESS DAYS.
SO MY, MY QUESTION, UH, MY, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, I THINK THERE'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY THE BANDWIDTH IS NOT COMING THROUGH THE EXISTING CABLE.
AND I PETITION SYMPATHY OF THE COUNCIL.
SOMEHOW WE CAN GET THE ATTENTION OF EXTENSITY OR ARE PERHAPS LOOK AT ANOTHER CARRIER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THAT'S WARRANTED AT THIS POINT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER ISSUES AT MY HOUSE.
I THINK WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE I END UP.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S ANY OTHER AVENUES THERE, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH ME OR ANYBODY IN THIS, IN THIS ROOM.
MY WIFE IS TOO, BUT WE DO WORK AT HOME MORE NOW.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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OKAY.[5. STAFF REPORTS]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, STAFF REPORT.WE ARE GOING, UH, WE HAVE OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11.
SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY A FIRE CHIEF MURRAY OPPORTUNITY.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR PLANS FOR THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2021.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11.
AND ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE'LL HAVE BRIEF MOMENTS OF SILENCE, UH, AT CEREMONIES AT OUR FLAGPOLES OF THREE OF OUR FIRE STATIONS.
UH, WE'LL BE MEETING AT FIRE STATION ONE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, 3 8 4 9 CAR RIDE ROAD, FIRE STATION 3, 2 4 9 6, TEXAS PARKWAY.
AND AT FIRE STATION 4 5 9 5 5 SIENNA PARKWAY.
WE INVITE CITY EMPLOYEES, CITIZENS, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR TO JOIN, UH, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES AT ANY OF THE LOCATIONS THIS SATURDAY, UH, THEY'LL BEGIN AT EIGHT, BETWEEN EIGHT AND EIGHT 15 ALSO, UM, MISSOURI CITY FIREFIGHTERS HAVE JOINED OTHER FORT BEND COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS THIS MONTH, UH, IN, IN HONORING THOSE THAT WERE LOST.
AND THOSE THAT HAVE SURVIVED BY WEARING MATCHING COMMEMORATIVE.
T-SHIRTS ON DUTY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, UH, LOPA FIREFIGHTER DESIGN THE, THE LOGO ON THE BACK OF THE SHIRT, WHICH IS ON YOUR, UM, UH, UH, DESK THERE.
UH, SO THERE'S A SAMPLE FOR YOU.
UM, THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE PROBABLY WEARING THAT SHIRT THIS MONTH.
UM, I WANT TO THANK STACY AND HIS, HER STAFF, UH, WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING US, UH, PUT THIS OUT ON, ON, ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS, UM, THE PLANS FOR THE SATURDAY'S EVENT, UH, AT OUR THREE STATIONS.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE COME OUT AND JOIN US ON SATURDAY.
APPRECIATE, UH, MAYOR, COULD I JUST, UH, MAKE SURE MARIA, UH, COULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON OUR CALENDAR PLEASE? OUR COUNCIL CALENDAR, I JUST SENT HIM AN EMAIL JUST NOW TO GIVE ME THE DETAILS AND I'LL PUT IT IN YOUR CALENDAR.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? SO MOVED SECOND, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER
[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
SEVEN IS PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.UH, ITEM 7 81, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLANTS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85 TO ALLOW A MESS TO MULTIFAMILY.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS USES REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT REFERENCING A SITE PLAN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION MEMBERS, DORY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE RECEIVED A ZONING APPLICATION.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED ON TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 9TH, 2021.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AT THAT TIME.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL THAT EVENING SINCE THEN STAFF HAS MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ARE RAISED DURING THAT MEETING.
UM, AND I'M ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE SPECIFIC ZONING CASE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS PUBLIC, TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAIN MUST HAVE SUBMITTED THE CITY PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS MEETING REGARDING THIS ISSUE,
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I ADDRESSED SEVERAL POINTS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT NOT ONLY REPRESENTING SOME OF MY RESIDENTS ALONGSIDE ME, UM, AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE I APPROVED, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF DEVELOPMENTAL LONG AGO, JOINING PROPERTY, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ZONING COMMISSION, OUR KEEPER WATCHFUL EYE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA REGARDING ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT WITH TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE AS WELL.SO THANK YOU FOR THAT KEEN INTEREST IN TAKING CARE OF THAT.
NEXT GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THIS TOPIC.
I LIVE AT 8 0 5 MOCKINGBIRD AND, UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON MY PERSONAL HISTORY.
UH, I WAS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR 10 YEARS, NOT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS COMBAT ENGINEER FOR 10 YEARS.
SO, UH, SERVICING ROADS IS ONE OF OUR LESSER FEATURES OF OUR DUTY WAS ALSO HOUSTON FIREFIGHTER FOR 20 YEARS.
WELL, I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF FIRE SERVICE AND ITS EQUIPMENT.
UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN SPOKEN UP FOR DIFFERENT BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO IS THE TWO ROADS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRIMARY ELEMENT HERE, BULL LANE AND ADAMS STREET.
UM, I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO TALK TO THE FIRE SERVICE ISSUES THAT ARE PRESENT WITH THIS THREE STORY STRUCTURE OR THE WATER OR SEWER SERVICE FOR THE AREA OR THE PENDING DRAINAGE ISSUES OR THAT AREA THAT THE LIKELY TO DEVELOP.
AND I, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS MORE PRACTICAL CONCERNS OF ACCESS AND EGRESS, UH, THROUGH THE AIR, THROUGH THE CRAVENS VILLAGE SUBDIVISION TO THIS, FOR THIS, UH, MULTIFAMILY SERVICE.
THERE ARE TWO ROADS THAT THE HUNDRED AND 30 HOMES THAT ARE IN CRAVEN'S VILLAGE USE TO GET INTO AN OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THOSE TWO ROADS ARE PERPENDICULAR.
IF THAT INTERSECTION IS BLOCKED, NOBODY LEAVES.
NOBODY COMES IN THAT INTERSECTION IS A PRIMARY ELEMENT AND THE EGRESS OF THIS MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING PROPER, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE EXIT ON ADAMS, I'VE LOOKED OVER THOSE ROADS.
THEY'RE BLACKTOP ROADS IN THE 23 YEARS, I'VE LIVED THERE.
THEY'VE HAD LITTLE TO NO SERVICE.
SO VEGETATION HAS SLOWLY ERODED THE WIDTH OF THOSE ROADS TO APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF WHAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IN YOUR ONE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, NORMAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
SO YOU ALREADY HAVE A WIDTH PROBLEM.
THOSE ROADS ARE BOUNDED BY DITCHES.
SO YOU HAVE LITTLE TO NO SHOULDER, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS FOR YOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLE ENTERING AND LEAVING.
THEY ARE THE ONLY VEHICLES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO EXCEED THE WIDTH AND WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS EXHILARATED BY THE STATES FOR, FOR A LARGER VEHICLES.
SO THEY HAVE LIMITED NUMBER OF AXLES AND THEY PRESENT A HEAVY FOOTPRINT.
ALSO, THIS IS GOING TO BE A THREE STORY STRUCTURE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE YOUR LARGEST FIRETRUCKS IN AND OUT OF THAT AREA.
I KNOW THEY WANT TO PUT A GATE ON ADAMS. IT'S LIKE, THANK YOU THAT YOU REMEMBER OF COUNCIL AND HELEN FOLTZ, 8 0 5 MOCKINGBIRD LANE AND SPEAKING AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING SUBJECT PROJECT TO ALLOW FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS.
AT THE END OF ADAM STREET INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THIS REZONING PROJECT DOES NOT EXIST.
THE INTERSECTION OF BULLET ADAMS IS THE SOLE ONLY MEANS OF ACCESS.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY IN OR OUT, NO OTHER WAY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO REACH OUR HOMES, NO POLICE, NO FIRE, NO AMBULANCE, NOT EVEN CENTERPOINT CAN GET ACCESS.
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OTHER THAN THE INTERSECTION OF BULL AND ADAMS ADAMS CROSSES BULL AS BULL CURVES TO ENTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.A SINGLE VEHICLE CAN CROSS THIS INTERSECTION AT ANY TIME.
ALL RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CROSSES THE CENTER IN A TURN-TAKING FASHION.
IN SPITE OF THIS BEING A TWO-WAY ONLY STOP EVERY TIME THAT INTERSECTION IS BLOCKED BY A STALLED CAR TRAFFIC, AN ACCIDENT, A WATER MAIN BREAK, CAUSE WC IS UNDER THERE TO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BIBLE STUDY, WHERE SOMEBODY PARKS ON THE STREET ON ADAMS, 130 HOMES LOSE ALL OF OUR ROAD ACCESS.
THIS PROJECT WOULD OPEN UP AN EXTENSIVE PATH OF TRAFFIC FROM ADAMS. THIS REZONING REQUEST WAS PUSHED THROUGH COMMITTEE WITH A FIVE, FOUR VOTE, ONE SINGLE VOTE, NOT ONE OF THE 130 HOMES REPRESENTED WAS NOTIFIED.
AND IN FACT, AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE ALL STILL WITHOUT OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION THAT THIS PROJECT IS HAPPENING.
IT WAS PUSHED THROUGH DURING A PANDEMIC BETWEEN THE SECOND WAVE AND THE DELTA WAVE OF COVID.
AND HERE WE ARE ON ROSH HASHANAH OR YOUR RECONSIDERATION UPRISING, 130 HOMES OF ROAD ACCESS.
IT'S JUST WRONG, PLEASE, CORRECT THIS WRONG.
WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE 90 CORRIDOR, BUT WE ARE AGAINST THE REZONING AND PUTTING ANOTHER 108 UNITS OF TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR TEENY TINY ONE LANE IN AND OUT.
I'M PART OF THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD MADE UP BY ADAM STREET BULL LANE, BOLTON THE STATES AND RAVENS VILLAGE JUST OVER FIVE YEARS AGO.
MY REALTOR BROUGHT ME TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS WE TURNED ONTO BULL LANE, I WAS IMMEDIATELY IN AWE OF THE RULES.
SUBURBAN FEEL CREATED BY THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON LARGE HALF-ACRE THREE ACRE, LOTS.
EVEN AS WE DROVE FURTHER INTO BOLTON A STATES AND CRAVENS VILLAGE, THE QUIET PEACEFUL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUED WITH WELL-MAINTAINED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE VACANT PROPERTY AT THE END OF ADAMS STREET WOULD BE DEVELOPED EVENTUALLY, BUT SEWING WOULD RESTRICT THAT DEVELOPMENT TO RETAIL WAREHOUSE AND INDUSTRIAL USES SUCH AS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, WHICH CURRENTLY BORDERS THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY OWNING WOULD ALSO REQUIRE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONARY WALL ISOLATING MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND FOOT TRAFFIC AND PROVIDING SOME SOUND CONTROL AS WELL.
PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY WOULD REPLACE THE WALL WITH A SIMPLE SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE, SEPARATE THE HIGH DENSITY APARTMENTS FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE HOMES THAT BORDER SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, BUT EVEN WORSE, THIS HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE MIDDLE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD NOT BE ANY MORE OPPOSITE FROM THE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST ITS EXISTENCE WOULD DESTROY THE RURAL, SUBURBAN CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTS OF WHICH DATE BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF MISSOURI CITY, THE INCREASED NUMBER OF PEOPLE, CARS MOVING AND DELIVERY TRUCK WOULD AFFECT WOULD AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERY FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS WE NAVIGATE THE NARROW ROADS OF ADAMS STREET AND BULL LANE IT'S OCCURRED, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO SO DIFFERENT FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING IT, THAT IT COULD SET A LEGAL PRECEDENCE FOR MORE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY.
IS THERE A CITY ADOPTED ZONING IN THE EIGHTIES TO CONTROL GROWTH AND PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM OUT OF PLACE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS? I ASK YOU TO NOT GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY AND DON'T LET THIS MUCH LIVE LOVED HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD BE DESTROYED.
I RESIDE AT 1 0 0 2 ECHO CREEK DRIVE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PROJECT WAS LOOKED AT IN 2012 AND I SAW PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS WHICH SHOWED ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY OR THIS DEVELOPMENT FROM POLOMA DRIVE AND DREAM COURT LITTLE STREET, OR EXCUSE ME, ADAMS STREET WAS NOT PART OF THAT AS HAS CHANGED.
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IT'S NOT BEING INCLUDED OR IT IS.BUT ACCORDING TO THE DRAWINGS, IT'S SHOWN, ADAM STREET WILL BE CONNECTED AND THE COST WILL BE TIED TO THEM.
UM, BECAUSE ADAM STREET AND BOWLING CURRENTLY DO NOT MEET SAFELY.
MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CURRENT RESIDENTS.
THE STREETS ARE NARROW, THE STREETS ARE CONCAVE.
THERE ARE NO CURVES WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT IS CAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO THE DITCH.
AND THAT TWO LANE ROAD BECOMES A ONE LANE ROAD ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS WHEN EVERYBODY PUTS THE TRASH BINS OUT OR WHEN SOMEBODY PARKS ON THE STREET OR WHEN SOMEBODY IS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS THAT TWO LANE ROAD BECOMES A ONE LANE ROAD.
UM, I MEAN AT THIS POINT, UH, THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL DRAWING SHOWS THE BUFFER ON THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE PROD, UH, PROPERTY.
IF THEY MOVE THAT, THAT BUFFER ZONE TO THE OPPOSITE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, THEY COULD END, DO YOU WANT IT TO BE NO NEED FOR USING ADAM STREET? AND THEN THEY CAN USE THE POLOMA STREET AND STILL HAVE THE DREAM CORP ACCESS FOR THE HEAVY FIRETRUCKS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE TYPES OF APARTMENTS.
THERE'S NO NEED TO GO DOWN ADAM STREET AND THEN LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TWO ROADS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THE TIA TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS WILL TAKE THOSE SUBTLE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT.
WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE INITIAL CARS COMING THROUGH THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS MAKE, EXCUSE ME, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, THIS IS ONLY GOING TO EXACERBATE AN ALREADY PRECARIOUS SITUATION ON BULLYING AND ADAM STREET.
PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND BEFORE YOU VOTE.
UH, MY NAME IS MONICA RILEY MAY 1 7 0 6 BOX WITH COURT, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT TONIGHT.
I STAND WITH A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE CONTACTING ME THAT THIS IS NOT A HEALTHY PROJECT FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND IT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ISSUES AS WELL AS SAFETY ISSUES, NOT TO MENTION THE CHILDREN THAT WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO I ASKED COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THERE TO MAINTAIN THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO STAND WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT SO THAT THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE, SAFE UNTIL INFRASTRUCTURE IS DONE PROPERLY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
I LIVE AT 1119 CIRCLE BEN DRIVE, WHICH IS A VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO, UM, THIS, UH, PROPOSED INITIATION FOR TONIGHT.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY'S HIT IT ON THE NAIL WHERE WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM CURRENTLY WITH ENTERING AND EXITING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, IT'S IT'S AND THIS THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON ADAMS AND BULL LANE.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OVER HERE ON THE FALL BUFFALO RUN, WE HAVE THESE WAREHOUSES OVER HERE.
WE CONSTANTLY HAVE 18 WHEELERS COMING IN AND GETTING LOST.
THEY TURN, THEY TRY TO GO DOWN EITHER FIFTH STREET OR ADAMS AND THEY FALL OFF THE ROAD THERE, THEY BLOCK IT OFF AND WE'RE JAMMED IN THERE FOR HOURS, HOURS WHEN AT, AT, AT THE WORST PART, WORST TIMES.
SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADD A LOT MORE VEHICLES, PULL IT IN AND OUT, BUT WHAT I REALLY, I HAVE A, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT AS WELL.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 20 YEARS.
IT JUST SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE HAVE SOME WATER PLANT THERE.
NOW WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE BIG GIGANTIC WAREHOUSES GOING UP.
I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A COMMERCIAL VALUE AS WELL KNOW.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE WANTS TO SEE THEIR HOUSE APPRECIATE.
I'M NOT SEEING AN APPRECIATION FROM THIS.
I'M GOING TO BE SEEING DEPRECIATION FROM THIS.
SO I PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
I'M I'M I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR ART FOR US FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, FROM A, FROM A CONGESTION STANDPOINT AND FOR COMMERCIAL STANDPOINT.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.MAYOR, MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN MY NEIGHBORS HAVE EMPHASIZED THE REASONS WHY THIS IS JUST NOT SUITED FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT REALLY AN AREA THAT'S, UH, MADE FOR INDUSTRIAL FLOW.
UH, A LOT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FOR TRAFFIC.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DESIGNED.
UM, I THOUGHT PERHAPS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM TALKING TO A COUPLE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEY'RE LIKE, PERHAPS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, BUILDING AND HOW YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO COME UP AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE LAID OUT.
SO WHAT I DID, I DROVE AROUND AND I LOOKED AT A LOT OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE MISSOURI AREA.
ALL OF THEM HAVE ONE INTEREST, ONE EXIT, AND THEY ALL IN AND ENTER AND EXIT ON MAJOR STREETS.
I LOOKED AT GALA THAT IS JUST BUILT ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
THEY EXIT ON TEXT'S PARKWAY, VALENCIA PLACE, GATED COMMUNITY.
THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP ON MY END HAS USED COMPLEX, PROBABLY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THIS COMPLEX.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING ON MAIN EXITING ON SOUTH MAIN.
SO WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE THE FUNDS TO REDEVELOP.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REBUILD.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO RELOCATE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REBUILD OUR HOMES.
WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN IT'S IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC OR CRIME OR ANY OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH REDEVELOPING, A REZONING NEIGHBORHOODS TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
WE ALSO, UM, WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S A NECESSITY, BUT WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR IT.
AND THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT ADVERSELY DEVIATING FROM NEIGHBORHOODS BEING RESIDENTIAL AND WITHOUT ALLOWING THE VALUE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO DECREASE BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE SEE YOU ALL IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT.
WE APPRECIATE SEEING YOU IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HONOR THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HOPE.
AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU FURTHER HONOR US IN RESPECTING WHAT I WISHES ARE, AND THAT YOU FURTHER RECONSIDER HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AND REPRESENT US WHEN YOU CAST YOUR VOTE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M HONEYS NEVADA, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND, UH, I'M FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE PROJECT ITSELF BECAUSE THE WHOLE AREA BASICALLY NEEDS IT.
AND I HATE TO SEE THE PROJECT STAND STILL.
AS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WITH, UH, HAKEEM OLAJUWON, JUST A PILE OF DIRT, NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN IN THAT AREA IS BETTER FOR THE AREA, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS NEEDED.
WHAT IS IT THAT NEEDED AND COME TO A GOOD CONCLUSION THAT IT'S BETTER FOR ALL OF US.
UM, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE SOME NICE NEIGHBORS PUT A FLYER IN MY MAILBOX, SO I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS AND, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FABULOUS PREPARED.
LIKE SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS DID.
UM, JUST WENT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON BOLTON DRIVE ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO.
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OUR PURCHASE, I MADE MULTIPLE DRIVES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.I WOULD COME ON MY LUNCH BREAK OR AFTER WORK.
AND I ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE ARE A FEW STREETS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO HOMES ON LARGE, ONE ACRE AND THREE ACRE, LOT.
THE HOUSE RIGHT BEHIND US IS ON THREE ACRES AND THEY HAVE DONKEYS AND I KIDS CAN SEE THAT THROUGH THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW DURING THE WINTER, WHEN THE TREES LOSE THEIR LEAVES, WE COULD GO ON WALKS AROUND THE BLOCK AND SEE HORSES, SOMETIMES COWS.
UM, AND AS A CITY GIRL WHO GREW UP IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, I WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL TO ME.
I LOVED THAT FEELING OF BEING CLOSE TO THE COUNTRY IN A WAY, UM, THINGS OBVIOUSLY HAVE CONTINUED TO CHANGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ZONING CHANGES, AGAIN, BEING A RESIDENT IN HOUSTON WHERE THERE'S NO ZONING.
I APPRECIATED MOVING TO MISSOURI CITY WHERE THERE IS ZONING TO PROTECT THINGS LIKE KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE MOVING INTO WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE.
UM, SO AS I SAID, OTHER CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED.
I USED TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND THE BLOCK AND, UM, ENJOY A CORN FIELD.
AND NOW IT'S A BIG, HUGE WAREHOUSE, THE NICE LOOKING WAREHOUSE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS WHEN I MOVED IN.
SO I'M NOT REAL THRILLED ABOUT THE IDEA OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS PARTIALLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.
AND I AM ESPECIALLY OPPOSED TO THE PLAN TO OPEN UP ADAMS STREET OR ALL OF THE SAME REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT CURRENTLY DEAD IN, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT HELPS TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SOMEWHAT ISOLATED AND FREE OF EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC.
I'M CONCERNED THAT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES.
IT POTENTIALLY RAISED THE RATE OF CRIME.
I MAY BE NAIVE, BUT MY NEIGHBORS SEE ME WALKING AROUND AT NIGHT FOR EXERCISE.
UM, AND I FEEL SAFE RIGHT NOW AND I'M AFRAID IT WOULD REDUCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIVING.
UM, I FIND IT VERY DISCOURAGING, UM, PERSONALLY, JUST BECAUSE I HAD NO INTENTION OF SELLING OR MOVING ANYTIME.
LIKE I THOUGHT THIS WAS OUR HOME.
WE'VE HAD TWO KIDS NOW, AND THIS IS WHERE WE WANTED TO STAY.
AND, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO STAY CITY COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 8 0 7 MOCKINGBIRD LANE.
SO IT IS FROM MY PER I MEAN, I WILL, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE ISSUES THAT ALL MY OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I WILL POINT OUT FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
UM, I'VE BEEN MILITARY 25 YEARS LIVED IN MANY, MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE NOTICED IS APARTMENT COMPLEXES NEAR, UH, ORDERS, CITY BORDERS, COUNTY BORDERS HAVE A HIGHER CRIME RATE.
THESE LIKE THE CRIMINALS, LIKE TO GO INTO THOSE PLACES AND CROSS OVER THE BORDER BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT'S EASIER TO ESCAPE, EASIER TO EVADE, WHATEVER, WHETHER THEY'RE LOW INCOME HOUSING, OR HIGHER INCOME HOUSING, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THOSE HIGHER INCOME HOUSING WE'LL DOWN, IT, IT HAPPENS TO EVERY SINGLE APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE NATION.
ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE FACE WITH THE CURRENT BUILDUP IN THAT WHOLE AREA DURING HURRICANE HARVEY, UM, NOT MANY OF US HAD ANY REAL ISSUE WITH FLOODING OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE INCREASE OF BUILDING IN THAT AREA.
NOW I HAVE NOTICED THAT WE HAVE, UH, INCREASED, UH, WATER BUILDUP.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED INTO MY HOUSE IN 20 15, 1 OF THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE WAS THAT THE, THE DITCHES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WERE JUST FRESHLY BUILT.
THEY WEREN'T BUILT VERY WELL, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE BUILT IN A LOT OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
DITCHES ARE NOW KIND OF, UH, ERODED AND FILLED IN.
SO THE WATER HAS NOWHERE TO GO.
SO WE'RE STILL FACING THAT DRAINAGE ISSUE.
WE'RE STILL FACING THE LOGISTICS OF IT.
WE'RE FACING THE CRIME PORTION OF IT.
AND NOW WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE FACING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO SELLING A HOME OR BUYING A HOME.
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I'M PRETTY SURE ANY OF YOU WILL LOOK AT THIS AS WELL.DO YOU WANT TO LIVE NEAR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHEN TRADITIONALLY THE PRIME RATES ARE HIGHER? NO, NOBODY DOES.
TO BE ABLE TO SELL A HOME NEAR APARTMENT COMPLEX BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.
THE PROPERTY VALUE WILL HAVE TO SELL FOR A LOWER RATE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU CAN EVEN SELL IT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, AND I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE LOOK AT ALL THE ISSUES THAT ALL RUN.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BRINGING UP TO YOU AND GO OPPO, OPPOSE THIS, THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE AREA.
IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD.
HI, I'M TRACY SPENCER AT 9 1 4 BOLTON DRIVE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU ALL GET THE POINT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, IF YOU WOULD PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE FEEL, THERE'S ONE NEIGHBOR I'VE BEEN IN MY HOME NOW FOR 20 YEARS, A HOME OWNER IS A LADY WHO LIVED AT THE CORNER IN THE 15 MILE CURVE.
AND I'M STILL A LOT OF OUR OLDER MEMBERS HERE WOULD REMEMBER HER NAME IS MS. BENSON.
SHE PASSED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
I REMEMBER HER WALKING AROUND A HURRICANE WITH HER HUSBAND GETTING PETITIONS SIGNED, OR WHEN A LOT OF THINGS WERE BUILT ON OUR BACK STREET ON EAGLE CREEK LANE.
AND I ALWAYS VOWED TO HER THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET OUT AND HELP THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TO MEETINGS.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANY EMAILS BACK.
I HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE OLDER.
THEY CANNOT MAKE IT TO THESE MEETINGS.
THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW WHAT CAN WE SIGN A PETITION? LIKE WE USED TO DO BACK IN THE DAY.
NOBODY HAS TOLD ME ANYTHING ON HOW WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL THE SUPPORT OF THOSE HUNDRED AND 30 NEIGHBORS.
A LOT OF THEM CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE MEETING.
THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE AGAINST THIS AS WELL.
THEY WANT TO SIGN THEIR NAMES.
THEY WANT TO SEND IT TO YOU ALL.
THEY WANT YOU TO SEE IF THEY'RE SUPPORTING EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING.
THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TOUCH BASE ON IS THE 18 WHEELERS COMING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE CALLED, WE HAVE ASKED FOR BIGGER SIZE.
I HAVE EVEN TALKED TO SOME OF THE 18 WHEELERS WHEN THEY BLOCK US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CAN'T READ.
WELL, MY GPS SYSTEM TOLD ME TO TURN RIGHT HERE.
I SAID, BUT COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU THAT YOU CANNOT TURN AND MAKE THIS.
AND WHEN THE GUY TOLD YOU ALL EARLIER, HOW WE GET STUCK THERE, WE'RE STUCK FOR HOURS BECAUSE WHEN THEY TURN THEIR JACKKNIFE IN ONE BITCH THIS WAY, AND THEN IN THE OTHER DITCH THE OTHER WAY.
BUT THEN WE GET TOLD OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'RE TEARING UP OUR CURVES AND Y'ALL JUST PUT ALL THOSE NEW CURVES.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN TAKE A SIGN AND MAYBE HAVE THE SIGN BLINKING, LIKE THE SCHOOL'S ON BLINKEN, DON'T TURN THIS WAY.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER, YOU GO, I JUST FEEL LIKE I DRIVE A SUBURBAN.
IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU COULD TELL YOU CAN'T FIT, YOU DON'T TURN THAT WAY.
RIGHT? IF YOUR GPS SYSTEM IS ON AND YOU KEEP STRAIGHT, IT'S GOING TO REROUTE YOU TO 90, AND THEN YOU GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
BUT THERE, THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS TURNING ON FIFTH STREET OR ADAM STREET INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
OKAY? JUST YOU ALL PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES PLEASE, AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE FEEL.
I HAVE A PROPERTY AT 8 0 2 MOCKINGBIRD, 1209 ADAMS FOREIGNER.
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OKAY.LIKE TO AGREE WITH ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT EVERYONE'S BROUGHT UP, IT'S JUST A SMALL AREA.
JUST NOT, I DON'T THINK IT CAN HANDLE IT.
EVERYONE'S HAPPY WITH THE AREA.
THAT'S WHY THEY MOVED THERE IN THERE SINCE THE LATE NINETIES.
JUST HAPPY THE WAY IT IS LIKE TO YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.
ROBERT ROBERT XAPI, 1127 ADAMS. I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT 24, 25 YEARS.
AND IF YOU GO PUTTING THAT ENTRANCE OR EXIT ON ADAMS, BACK ON ME, GOOD.
I'M FOUR HOUSES DOWN FROM, FROM THERE.
THERE'S JUST NOT, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH STREET FOR THE KIND OF TRAFFIC.
WE GET 50 PEOPLE A WEEK, A WEEKEND COMING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THE DEAD END SIGN.
EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A BIG CROSSING THING AT THE END, THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
MAYBE LIKE THIS GUY SAID, FLIP THE THING OVER AND PUT THE DRAINAGE DOWN ON THIS END AND THE ENTRANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE, I'D BE FINE WITH THAT, BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF ADAMS. THANK YOU.
BEEN WITH MY WIFE FOR 40 YEARS.
UH, THE AREAS OVER THOSE 40 YEARS HAVE BEEN VERY QUIET AND I TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
SO I'M OPPOSING THE BUILDING OF THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE A SECOND? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER? BONEY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO, NO.
WELL, I SAID TO THIS WAS TO CLOSE THEM, UH, PUBLIC.
WHAT'S THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHAT WAS IT? THE QUESTION WAS WHAT WAS THE VOTE ON CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM THIS NOTARY THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
UH, WE REPRESENTED IF YOU WANT TO, UH, OR IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT TO THE SLIDE, WHICH HAD THE, UH, THE MAP OF THAT BACK.
AND IF YOU CANNOT PAUSE AND TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT THIS AND, AND IF YOU WANT TO POINT YOUR BEST TO THAT TO THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SEE IT.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 5.97 ACRES
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OUT OF A 10 ACRE TRACT.AND THAT'S THE RECTANGLE WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND IF YOU CLEARLY LOOK AT THAT, WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE GOT FROM THE LAST MEETING.
AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ON ADAMS. WE CLEARLY HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS.
WE HAVE NO ACCESS ON ADAMS, AND I THINK THIS SLIDE WAS MISSED.
SO WE WISH WE WENT FIRST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE HALF THE COMMENTS ARE AT LEAST 90%.
WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY WAS ADAMS ADAMS ADAMS. IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO OUR SLIDE, WE DON'T CALL FOR ANY TRAFFIC ON ADAMS, 50% OFF THIS FIVE ACRE COMPLEX COMES FROM DREAMFORCE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT DREAM COURT TODAY, AND IF YOU CAN POINT OUT TO THAT CL AND NORTH TO SOUTH, IT'S A DEAD END STREET TODAY.
WE PROPOSE BRINGING TRAFFIC ON.
NORTH TO SOUTH IN DREAM COURT.
AND ADAMS IS WHERE MOST OF OUR COMMENTS WERE COMING FROM.
SO WE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT BY SHUTTING OFF ACTS.
SO THERE'S NO ACCESS ON THERE.
AND THE REMAINDER 50% COMES FROM PALOMA BEN DRIVE, WHICH ALSO TODAY IS A CLOSED ENTRY ACCESS.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING ENOUGH FOR THE RESIDENTS IN POLOMA RESIDENCES TO GET IN AND OUT WITHOUT AFFECTING ANY OF THE COMMENTS YOU HEARD TODAY.
I WISH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SAW THIS SLIDE BEFORE, UH, BUT WE WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT.
WE ASK YOU TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CURRENT ZONING, UH, STORY, IF YOU WANT TO BACK UP ONE MORE SLIDE, YOU'LL NOTICE AT ONE MORE, YOU'LL NOTICE THE GRAY AREA IS THE ZONING TODAY.
IT'S ITS OWN PD AND OFF WHICH WE'RE ASKING ONLY THAT 5.97 ACRE TO INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY NORTH OF CRAVENS.
YOU ALREADY HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT DONE WITH INDUSTRIAL.
WE SEE WAREHOUSES AND IN THE YELLOW SECTION IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS PARTICULAR PLACE OF THE PROJECT.
WHOLE TWO NEIGHBORS THAT WE TOUCH.
AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE NEIGHBORS WE TOUCH.
AND ON THE WEST END WITH ADAMS OR THE 40 FEET, WE TOUCH ONE NEIGHBOR.
SO IT'S A TOTAL OF THREE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS THAT THIS PROJECT TOUCHES.
THAT'S IT? THREE, THREE GRAND TOTAL PEOPLE.
AND TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A PERFECT FIT FOR WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE NORTH OF CRAVENS WITH INDUSTRIAL, WITH WHAT'S LEFT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S HOW WE DESIGNED IT.
SO WHEN WE DID OUR STUDIES HIGHEST AND BEST USE, IT IS A 14 YEAR IN THE MAKING RIGHT NOW, VACANT LAND NOTHING'S HAPPENED TO IT.
SO WE'RE THE FIRST TO COME UP TO YOU WITH A PROJECT.
THAT'S A CLASS, A DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE SITE PLAN AGAIN, FOCUSING ON DREAM AND POLOMA AND MORE SLIDES AHEAD.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, THERE YOU GO.
AND I'LL PICK YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SOUTH END.
WE PUT AN EIGHT FOOT WALL, MASONRY WALL FOR SOUND.
WE'VE PUT DETENTION AREA FOR BUFFER.
SO IF YOU'RE THAT NEIGHBOR ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, YOU'VE GOT A MASONRY WALL AND YOU'VE GOT DETENTION AND YOU'VE GOT A GREEN BUFFER.
AND THAT EIGHT FOOT MAKES YOU WANT, CONTINUES AROUND THE PROPERTIES.
IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ADAMS WHERE HE'S POINTING TO, IT'S CLOSED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOG PARK, THERE'S A PLENTY OF, THERE'S A DOG PARK RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC GATE COMING IN FROM BEING POOR, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL HAS 190 SPACES, WHICH WE GOT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CONSIDER ANY AND ALL COMMENTS WE'VE LEFT ENOUGH VEGETATIVE SPACE.
WE'VE LEFT ALMOST ANOTHER ACRE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE FOR DETENTION.
SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF BUFFER SPACE.
IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT, AND WE BELIEVE IT FITS RIGHT IN THERE.
AND AGAIN, I WANT EVERY MEMBER TO KIND OF FOCUS ON THAT ADAM'S CONVERSATION THAT YOU HEARD A MOMENT AGO.
WE DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC COMING IN ON ADAMS. AND WITH THAT, I, I CAN SEE HOW, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CAPACITY ISSUES, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD HAD POINTS ON THAT.
I WOULD GIVE 30 SECONDS OF THE ENGINEER A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AT THE LAST MEETING YOU ASKED, WE TALKED TO OR BEING A COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, AND I DID TALK TO THEM, RIGHT? THE MEETING, I SENT THEM A CAPACITY LETTER REQUESTING CAPACITY FOR THESE UNITS.
EVEN HOW MANY ARE WE GOING TO USE, WHICH ABOUT 18 TO 13,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY FOR THESE APARTMENTS AND A HALF IS CHANCE.
WE HAVE AN EIGHT INCH WATER LINE THAT RUNS ALONG WELL.
IT'D BE THE WEST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY FROM DREAM COURT TO ADAMS AND ACROSS ALL THE WAY TO ALL ALLBOUND.
THEN THERE'S EIGHT INCH WATER LINE THERE.
THAT SERVICES IT'S ALREADY THERE, IT EXISTS.
THERE'S ALSO IN THAT IS A 15 INCH GRAVITY SEWER LINE IN THAT SAME LOCATION.
SO CAPACITY WISE, THEY HAVE THERE, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH CAPACITY TO MAKE THIS, OR, AND THEY, THEY SENT THAT LETTER OUT TODAY.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH CAPACITY.
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ONCE AGAIN, YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT DRAINAGE.WE'VE SHOWN THE BLUE AREAS WILL BE A DETENTION AREA.
SO THAT SIZE APPROXIMATE, WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE DRAIN STATE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR AS RESILIENT ALLOW FOR THE APARTMENTS, WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH A DRAINAGE STUDY.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAFFIC STUDY.
ALL THOSE ARE DOWN THE ROAD I PLAN HAS TO BE APPROVED.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THIS PLANNING STAFF.
AGAIN, WE'LL LOOK AT IT, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE DONE IT ALREADY, WE'VE SAID WE'VE GOT AN EIGHT INCH OR EIGHT FOOT RETAINING WALL AROUND THE MASONRY WALL.
WE ALSO HAVE, EXCEPT FOR THE PIPELINE, THE PIPELINE WON'T ALLOW US A MASONRY WALL.
WE WILL PUT LANDSCAPING THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PIPELINE AND THEY'LL HAVE TO APPROVE WHAT THEY WILL ALLOW US TO DO IN THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THAT PIPELINE.
WE CAN ONLY BE SO CLOSE TO IT.
UM, IT'S A PRETTY MAJOR THING.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO GO IN AND JUST KINDA SCREW WITH SO THAT THEY'LL REVIEW IT AND THEY'LL TELL US WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO IN THAT AREA.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL THE PARKING ISSUES, UM, ARE TOO SHORT.
LAST TIME WE ADDED MORE PARKING.
SO WE'VE GOT THE NINETIES, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS, UH, TO ADDRESS ANYTHING.
BUT I THINK FROM WHAT WE HEARD, THE LAST MEETING, WE'VE DRESSED IT, ADAM STREET, WE ARE NOT CONNECTED TO IT.
WE SHOW A GATE THERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS.
OUR DEPARTMENTAL ASK FOR SOME KIND OF ACCESS WE HAVE TO, BUT THEY MIGHT WANT A THIRD ONE.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS A YEAR AGO, BACK IN FEBRUARY, THAT'S WHEN THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCESS OFF ADAMS. WE WERE PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE STILL SHOW A GATE THERE, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHEN WE GET TO THE SITE PLAN, IT MAY OR MAY NOT GO THERE.
I'D BE COMPLETELY CUT OFF IF THEY, IF THEY CAN LIVE WITH, TO ACCESS GALLING.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? ACTUALLY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EMOTION.
JUST, AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST, AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO ACTION THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS ITEM CAN NOT COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL, THE ITEM COULD STILL COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR A SUBSEQUENT VOTE BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ACTION TAKEN ON THE ITEM AT THE SEAT.
SO JUST SO THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT PRESENTED HERE TO KNOW THAT THERE HAS, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY MOTION FROM ANY COUNCIL SO THAT THE ISSUE IS, UH, THERE'S NO MOTION.
THAT MEANS THAT THE ITEM IS DEAD.
SO IT NEEDS IN ORDER FOR US TO VOTE ON IT.
WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN VOTE ON IT.
SO RIGHT NOW, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE MOVING ONTO THE NEXT TIME.
THE POINT OF CORRECTION, I WOULDN'T CALL IT DEAD BECAUSE IT CAN BE REVIVED, BUT FOR TONIGHT, IT IS.
ITEM SEVEN, ONE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IMPLEMENTING A CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FOR CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 1 43, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATIONS AND RANKS SETTINGS.
THE INITIAL NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED AND BUDGETED POSITIONS WITHIN EACH RANK, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL TIG CATEGORIES, SETTING SICK LEAVE AND VACATION, LEAVE ACCRUAL LEVELS, DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS AND SETTING CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM IN THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, RESPECTIVELY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
YEAH, I REMEMBER THE COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW, A CITY HELD AN ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, AT WHICH TIME THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO ADOPT A CHAPTER 1 43 AT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH ALSO IS BETTER KNOWN AS SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEM.
AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS 81.9 VOTERS WHO
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ARE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY WHO HAD ADOPTED CHAPTER 1 43 OF THE TEXTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE WHEN, UH, THAT OCCURRED WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE MUNICIPALITY'S FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, UH, AFTER THE DAY OF THE ADOPTION, THE ELECTION OF 1 43, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY SHALL IMPLEMENT CHAPTER 1 43.THE, UH, CIVIL SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 A MONTH FROM NOW OR LESS THAN A MONTH FROM NOW TO ALIGN WITH THE FIRST DAY OF THE CITY'S FISCAL YEAR CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSALS AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION THAT WAS DONE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
UH, BEGINNING OF MARCH WITH SEVEN MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD WITH YOU WITH, UH, FINANCE, WITH, UH, HR AND WITH LEGAL, UH, ADVISING YOU AS TO WHAT, UH, THE CITY NEEDED TO DO OR COULD DO.
AND, UH, WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL HAD AS FAR AS DECISIONS THAT HAD TO BE MADE WITH REGARD TO THAT, UH, THE FI WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WASN'T PROVED OR KEY ELEMENTS OF WHAT WAS APPROVED, UH, IS THAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF FIREFIGHTERS SPECIALISTS, UH, FIRE INSPECTORS, WHICH EMPLOYED FOREIGN INSPECTORS AND FIRE DRIVERS SLASH SLASH OPERATORS ARE LIEUTENANTS, BATTALION CHIEFS, DIVISION CHIEFS, AND THE ASSISTANT, UH, ASSISTANT OUR CHIEF, UH, THAT'S A NEW, BUT AS REQUIRED BY, UH, THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1 41 0.02, ONE AS THE, UH, S CLASSIFICATION, THE CLASSIFICATION OF POLICE OFFICERS, CIVIL SERVICE, UH, FOR POLICE OFFICERS, POLICE SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS, CAPTAINS, AND ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF, UH, IS REQUIRED BY 41 43 0 2, 1 AS WELL, OR EXCUSE ME, 1 43, 1 0 2 1.
AND THEN A STEP PLAN MATRIX COMPENSATION BASED ON A PROPOSED STEP PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, UH, BY GALLAGHER, WHICH WE HAD PROVIDED TO YOU AND HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER LONGEVITY PAY FOR THE FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE OFFICER AT $4 A MONTH, WHICH IS EXISTING, BUT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1 41, THE SECTION EDUCATED, EXCUSE ME, CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION AND ASSIGNMENT PAY IS OPTIONAL.
AND WE PRESENTED INFORMATION TO YOU WITH SOME MIX OF WHAT IS EXISTING AND NEW OPTIONS TO CONSIDER WITH REGARD TO THIS ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE, UH, GOING FROM SIX DAYS TO A YEAR TO 15 DAYS A YEAR IS NEW AND REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE AND ADDITIONAL VACATION LEAVE FROM 10 YEARS TO A MINIMUM OF 15 YEARS PER YEAR IS NEW AND REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE AS WELL.
THAT AGAIN IS FOR THE FIREARM POLICE WHO ARE COVERED BY CIVIL SERVICE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND A PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED TONIGHT, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE EFFECTED EMPLOYEES.
AND WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU THE ORDINANCE, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED WITH YOU, UH, WE HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, A PRESENTATION, OKAY.
WE HAD THE PRESENTATION, OH, THAT'S BEING LOADED.
I WILL MENTION TO YOU THAT, UH, AGAIN, LEGAL HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL, UM, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND, UH, WE HAVE ALSO FINANCE BEEN WORKING WITH US AND GAIN INFORMATION TOGETHER TO EDUCATE US ALL ON, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED OF 1 43.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT.
AND, AND ALSO THE, THE, UH, CHANGES THAT, UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED WITH YOU ON THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND WHAT, UH, IS ULTIMATELY IN THE PLAN.
SO AGAIN, JUST VERY QUICKLY, UH, COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS, WHICH WE TRY TO MEET WITHIN, UH, WHAT WE PROPOSE TO YOU IS TO CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, MAINTAINING A FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT, AND DEVELOPING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CITY TEAM.
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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO SEEK AUTHORIZATION WITH REGARD TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.AGAIN, GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT A QUICK TIMELINE.
THIS BEGAN WITH THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, AND, UH, MANY ACTIONS TAKEN.
IN FACT, YOU RECOGNIZE TONIGHT'S COMMISSION, WHICH WAS POINTED.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ITEMS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL BEGAN WRIT, UH, REVIEWING THESE MATTERS, UH, THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TONIGHT, AGAIN ON, UH, MARCH 20TH, 2021.
AND AGAIN, WORKING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, UM, GAINING INFORMATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND COMING FORWARD WITH WHAT THEY, UH, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
UH, AGAIN TONIGHT, UH, WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU ON THE FIRST RAIN ON THE 20TH WOULD BE THE SECOND REGIME AND THEN A CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTION AT THAT MEETING ON THE 20TH, OR TO GO ACTIVE ON, UH, THE, ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND THE 15TH WOULD BE THE EARLIEST DATE, WHICH I WISH THIS EMPLOYEES MAY SEE A CHANGE IN YOUR PAYCHECKS AS A RESULT OF THE ADOPTION OF SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEM.
SO IN YOUR, IN YOUR, UH, ORDINANCE, AS WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING, UH, THE SALARY RANGE FOR EACH POSITION IS DIVIDED AN INCREMENTAL STEPS OR A STEP PLAN.
AND THIS IS BEING PROPOSED AT STEPS OF TWO AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE, UH, STEP PREVIOUS TO WHERE SOMEONE WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.
AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, THAT THE STEP PLAN IS WHAT, UH, WE HAD REVIEWED THE SUMMER.
AND, UH, AS IN THE ORDINANCE BEING RECOMMENDED, THIS IS WHAT YOUR STEP PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
THE TOP, UH, PLAN IS THE FIRE IN RED AND BLUE FOR THE POLICE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, RANKS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE STEP PLAN WITH, UH, GOING TO AS MANY AS 15 FOR A P TWO OR BEGINNING OFFICER, AND TO AS FEW AS EIGHT STEPS OR A SHORTER DISTANCE FROM, UH, LIEUTENANT UP TO ASSISTANT CHIEF, SAME WITH, UH, FARM POLICE OR EXCUSE ME, UH, WITH THE, UM, THE FIRE WE DO HAVE, UH, THE VCS, EXCUSE ME, FIREFIGHTERS, UH, SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS BASES.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE SORRY, MY, MY SITE GAVE ME, UH, UH, CANNOT SEE IT, BUT, UH, VISION SHEET OPS AND DIVISION CHIEF, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN FINALLY, OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF FIVE-YEAR CUMULATIVE COSTS THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED TO SEE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE NOT ONLY IN THE FIRST YEAR, BUT EACH YEAR.
UH, AND THIS IS A CUMULUS STEP FROM 211, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2022.
AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR IN 2023, IT'LL COST 5 74, ULTIMATELY, UH, THE TOTAL COST, UH, WHEN YOU TAKE THE INCREMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION, THE FIVE-YEAR, UH, SPAN WOULD BE 4.6 MILLION.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND, AND DETERMINING, UH, THEIR COMPENSATION METHOD WITH RESPECT TO, UH, SO, SO SERVICE AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE COMPENSATION METHOD AS WELL AS THE INCREMENT THAT THEY UTILIZE.
UH, THESE ARE COMPARED TO C'S THAT WE USE.
AND THERE ARE SOME FROM EVEN OUTSIDE THIS AREA, UH, TO GIVE YOU AS A EXAMPLE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST, UH, ALL, ALL, EXCEPT FOR ONE USE A STEP PLAN AND THE INCREMENTS FOR THE STEP PLAN VARY, HOWEVER MOST ARE.
AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS NINE OF THE TOTAL THAT ARE FOR ONE YEAR INCREMENTS CERTIFICATION FOR FIRE.
UH, AGAIN, WE, WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO YOU, AND THIS IS, UH, PRESENTED AND IS IN THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWING, UH, THE INTERMEDIATE $50 ADVANCED 100 MASTERS, ONE 50 AND INSTRUCTOR 50.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT CUMULATIVE, BUT, UH, ONCE YOU SUCCEED OR GO FORWARD, IT WOULD BE, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
YOU EDUCATION PAY FOR FIRE AND POLICE WE'D HAD NOT HAD PREVIOUSLY, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING COUNCIL, UH, WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE DID HAVE SHOWING OUR, UH, OUR BELIEF AND APPRECIATION FOR EDUCATION.
UH, THIS IS NEW AT A $50 FOR AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND MASTER'S DEGREE AT ONE 50 A MONTH ASSIGNMENT PAY, OR THOSE WHO HAVE TO TAKE ON ASSIGNMENTS OUTSIDE OF WHERE THEY ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ARSON INVESTIGATOR, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS FOR FIRE, UH, WHAT THE BREAKDOWN WOULD BE FOR ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR FIRE.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, JUST FOR YOUR NOTIFICATION BILINGUAL PAY, UH, IS FOR NOT ONLY, UH, OUR IN POLICE, BUT ALSO, UH, NON-CIVIL SERVICE AS WELL AT $30 A MONTH.
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AGAIN, ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR POLICE THERE'S BEING SPECIALISTS AND, UH, A SPECIAL CRIME CID, UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, SWAT, AND AGAIN, BILINGUAL PAY AND THE TOTAL FOR THAT COST.SO THAT IS, THAT REPRESENTS THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU.
THIS IS WHAT IS IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.
AS, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, YOU DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A STAFF MYSELF, UH, HR LEGAL ARE HERE.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO A SECOND, OKAY.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS, UH, TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND IS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE FILLED OUT THE FORM AND HAND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY? YES, WE HAVE TO.
SO AS YOU COME, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THE CITY SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR 38 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE OF MISSOURI CITY FOR 20 YEARS.
AND RIGHT NOW I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION.
THERE GO, UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO YIELD BY THREE MINUTES TO JIM MCCLELLAN.
UH, MY NAME IS JAMES MCCLELLAN.
I'M THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING 95 MEMBERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
UH, WE WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE, THE NOVEMBER, 2020 ELECTION FURTHER.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION MEMBERS, WILLIAMS JOHNSON, AND WATSON, WHO WERE REPRESENTED TONIGHT ON FOR THEIR TIME AND DEDICATION TO ESTABLISH THE RULES AND LOOK FORWARD TO MAINTAINING A WORKING RELATIONSHIP, BUT ALSO LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF, UH, FOR CONTINUED FOCUS, UM, TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE AND REVIEW THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, UH, CLASSIFICATION ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED HERE THIS EVENING, THE ASSOCIATION IS LOCATED AT GLARING MATTER THAT WE PERCEIVE AS A DETRIMENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY UNDER SECTION TWO, SUBSECTION G.
THIS, THIS SECTION STATES THAT IF AN EMPLOYEE IS PROMOTED TO THE NEXT HIGHER RATE, EMPLOYEE ONLY MOVES A STEP ABOVE IN THE NEW GRADE FOR THE RANK IN WHICH THEY ARE PROMOTED, DOING A QUICK ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED STEP PAY MATRIX, AN OFFICER AND A P TWO STEP 14 IS PROMOTED AS SERGEANT P THREE EMPLOYEE WOULD MOVE TO STEP ONE.
IN THAT SERGEANT SCALE EQUATING TO A 1.03% INCREASE IN HIS ANNUAL SALARY FOR ONE YEAR.
THIS DISCOURAGES HIGHLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL FROM SEEKING PROMOTIONS DUE TO LACK OF COMPENSATION, BUT WITH ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES AS FURTHER CREATES ADDITIONAL ISSUES, IF EMPLOYEES OF PARTICULAR RANK DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR VALUE IS FAIRLY CAPTURED CREATING WHAT WE WOULD REFER TO AS A SKIP RANK SITUATION DUE TO THE LACK OF INITIAL INCREASE OF PROMOTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CURRENT SERGEANT'S TEST, IF THEY, IF NO CURRENT SERGEANT SAYS FOR THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT POTENTIAL UNDER THE RULES AS AN OFFICER WITH TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE COULD PROMOTE TO THAT LIEUTENANT POSITION.
SO THAT THAT OFFICER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, HE WOULD RECEIVE A $30,000 INCREASE IN SALARY ONE YEAR.
SO HE WOULD JUMP FROM A P TO TWO STEP TO A LIEUTENANT ONE STEP THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $30,000.
UH, THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS, THE SOULS ASSOCIATION, STRONGLY SUPPORTS A MINIMUM PERCENTAGE INCREASE UPON PROMOTION OR THE MINIMUM IN THE NEW RANK SCALE.
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IF YOUR PROMOTION IS GREATER THAN THE, UM, IF YOUR CURRENT SALARY IS GREATER THAN THE ENTRY LEVEL, THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR A PERCENTAGE ABOVE THAT THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED.UM, AND WE, WE WITH THOSE REMAINED TO BE UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A, UM, PARTICULAR POSITION WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS NOT BEING CLASSIFIED AS A CIVIL SERVICE POSITION, UM, VACATION ACCRUALS IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL REFLECTED, UM, LESS VACATION THAN WE CURRENTLY GET.
SO THAT WOULD RECREATE OUR MEMBERS.
A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS RECEIVING FOUR LESS VACATION DAYS A YEAR.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE INCENTIVE PAY OR THOSE ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR THE POSITION OF DETECTIVE, UM, SHOULD BE INCREASED.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE GIVING UP A RANK, UM, UNDER THIS NEW SYSTEM.
SO THAT IS A POSITION THAT THEY TESTED FOR THAT THEY COMPETED AGAINST THEIR PEERS TO, TO GAIN THAT POSITION.
AND WE'RE NOW UNDER CIVIL SERVICE, GOING BACK TO THE OFFICER WITH AN ASSIGNMENT PAY.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT INNOVATE INCREASE.
AND ALSO WE BELIEVE THAT FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS SHOULD BE PAID A LITTLE MORE AS AN INCENTIVE AS WELL.
UM, THEY'RE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OUR OFFICERS.
SO WE PUT THEM OUT AND THEY'RE DOING DOUBLE DUTY EVERY DAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRAINING YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS COMPETENCE AND COUNSEL IS SURE THESE ITEMS ARE RESOLVED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
SO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING, MAY I APPROACH SORT OF MOTION BY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF.
UM, TWO QUICK POINTS OF CLARIFICATION AND ITEMS THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED.
ONE OF THEM RELATES TO THE VACATION DAYS THAT ITEM WAS CORRECTED AND SUBMITTED TO YOU ALL IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PLACED IN YOUR DROPBOX THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY ARE 18 AND 20 BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE.
THE OTHER ITEM RELATES TO A POSITION THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL SUBMISSION TO STAFF, UM, IN THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT SHE'S BEARS ENDED POINT THAT OUT TO STAFF IN THAT POSITION HAS BEEN ADDED THAT INTO OR PLACED INTO THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO OUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF.
SO THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT SINCE MARCH, UH, APRIL, UH, I FELT WE NEEDED TO HAVE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THIS.
THIS IS A LOT TO DIGEST AND A LOT TO CONSIDER, UH, CONSIDERING HOW THIS IMPACTS OUR OVERALL BUDGET, NOT ONLY FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET, BUT FOR YEARS TO COME.
AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST THIS EVENING OR AFTERNOON, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL, UH, SURROUNDING THIS ISSUE THAT POINTED OUT SOME, SOME ISSUES OR SOME CONCERNS.
AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, OR AT LEAST, UH, EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONCERNS MENTIONED AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT OUT TODAY.
I KNOW BILL, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROMOTION, UM, PERCENTAGE INCREASE.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE POINTED OUT, AT LEAST I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE THAT WAS PROMOTED WASN'T, UH, DIDN'T HAVE A REDUCTION IN SALARY OR WASN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T DECREASED BY THE STEP, UH, FROM TWO,
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2.5 TO AS WAS MENTIONED, ONE POINT, WHATEVER THAT PERCENTAGE WAS EARLIER.SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YES, SIR.
AND SO YOU HAD A SITUATION WHERE, UH, THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT WILL TAKE ON HIGHER RESPONSIBILITY, UH, WHEN THEY TAKE, WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR NEW POSITION, THEY MAY BE, HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FULL RANGE OF STEPS OR SAY A P A P ONE, EXCUSE ME, A P TWO, WHICH THE POLICE OFFICER MAY BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR RANK AND SCALE OR THAT.
AND THEN WHEN THEY PROMOTE TO SAY A SERGEANT, THEY WOULD THEN COME IN, UH, BELOW WHAT ARE NOW, EXCUSE ME BELOW.
AND I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UH, IF YOU COULD TELL ME MONICA LOWER AT, UH, THE LOWEST RANK OR EXCUSE ME, THE LOWEST STEP FOR THAT POSITION.
YOU HAVE A PQ OFFICER AT SEVEN, CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THERE IS A, UH, OFFICER AT P TWO STEP 15 AT 78,533, UNDER THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, THEY WOULD THEN GO TO STEP TWO, UH, P THREE SERGEANT, WHICH WOULD BE 79,168.
AND SO YOU'RE BRINGING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND ONE THING, UH, DISCUSSED AT THE TIME WAS, UH, HAVING A MART, UH, AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD GET FOR A PROMOTION WE'VE DONE, UH, WITHIN THE CITY BEFORE.
AND, UH, SO WE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT, UH, BUT THAT WOULD HELP ADDRESS THOSE THAT WERE, HAD GONE THROUGH THE FULL RANK OF THE LOWER POSITION, COME TO A HIGHER POSITION AND THEN BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM.
UH, SO THEY ARE, UH, AT LEAST MORE THAN WHAT THEY WERE MAKING IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH OR ACCOMMODATE, UH, THAT MOVED BY THEM AND THE MORE AND INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY THEY WOULD BE HAVING.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DOES POLICE AND FIRE KNOW THAT WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT IS THE PLAN BECAUSE BASED OFF OF THE COMMENTS IN THE EMAIL THAT I READ, IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS IF SO, WHAT I THINK IN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING FROM WHAT I READ IS THAT, UH, THERE IS SOME DESIRES THAT, UH, SOMEBODY MAY MOVE FROM THAT ONLY GET LIKE A $500 INCREASE TO BECOME A SERGEANT FOR INSTANCE, AND THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM INCREASE THAT, UH, THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CITY DOES FOR OTHERS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY MAKE MORE THAN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, NOT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THEY WERE MAKING, TAKING ON THOSE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO IN THIS CASE, FOR INSTANCE, IT COULD BE TWO STEPS, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU SAY 5%, UH, OF WHERE THEY WOULD BE WHEN THEY WENT TO THE NEW RANK AND 5% GIVE DOWN THAT.
AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS POINTED OUT IN ONE OF THE EMAILS AND LETTERS THAT WE PRESENTED OUR PRIOR TO YOU WERE PRESENTED TO, UH, TO US, WAS THAT THE, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE ORGANIZATION AT A POSITION, UH, AND WANT TO MOVE UP AND THEY'VE GOTTEN INTO THE TOP OF THE RANGE, UH, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH INCENTIVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT JOB CLASSIFICATION, UH, BECAUSE THE, WHEN THEY COME OVER AND GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RANGE, THEN THEY'RE ONLY MAKING SMALL AMOUNTS MORE COMPARED TO IF THEY WERE GIVEN A GUARANTEED FLAT PERCENTAGE, UH, TO MOVE UP.
AND IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE, UH, CALCULATED TOWARDS STEPS.
I JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT, UH, SECOND AND FINAL READING, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS SOLIDIFIED AND COMMUNICATED SO THAT EVERYBODY ON ALL SIDES CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE.
AND WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, SOUNDS LIKE, UH, IF NEED BE, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY SET ADDITIONAL MEETING TO FURTHER DESCRIBE THIS AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO SHOW WHAT I THOUGHT WE, I THOUGHT WE HAD THAT AFTER READING THIS EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND HEARING, UM, IT'S JUST A SECOND AGO.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M NOT SURE WE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE YOU SOME MORE EXAMPLES OF THAT AND MAYBE SOME, OR WE CAN FURTHER DISCUSS HOW WE MIGHT CORRECT THAT OR SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE JUST PRESENTED, UH, AS, UH, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S A DEFICIENCY IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN, AS BEST WE CAN, UH, ELIMINATE THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A PROMOTION, YOU KNOW, ONE WOULD, UH, YOU WOULD
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EXPECT OR THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, COMPENSATED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY YOU MIGHT BE GIVEN.SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT, UH, GET WITH, UH, UH, MCP AND, UH, LOOK AT THOSE EXAMPLES THAT THEY PROVIDED AND, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE? YES, SIR.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MONICA, MONICA.
YOU SAID THAT, UM, THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS GIVEN, AND IS THERE A PERCENTAGE TO THAT, IS THAT 600 MONTHLY 600 ANNUALLY, OR IS THAT A PERCENTAGE OR ATTACHED TO THAT? SO IT WOULD BE ROUGHLY 600 ANNUALLY, ANNUALLY, $600 IN ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
WHAT DOES THAT PERCENTAGE POINT THAT YOU'RE USING GIVING THAT EXAMPLE? WELL, I WASN'T USING A PERCENTAGE POINT.
I'M IT'S CURRENTLY, AS THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED THAT THEY WOULD JUST RECEIVE A PAY INCREASE TO A STEP ABOVE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, AN OFFICER AT STEP 15 OF MAKING 78,533 WOULD THEN BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT RANK, WHICH IS P THREE SERGEANT.
AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST BE MAKING THE STEP ABOVE OR THE, AT THE STEP, WHICH THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE PAY ABOVE THEIR CURRENT SALARY.
SO IF THEY WERE MAKING 78,533, THEN WE WOULD GO TO P THREE SERGEANT AT STEP TWO, WHICH WOULD BE 79168.8.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO SEE HOW IT WORKED WITH A 5% INCREASE, I COULD THAT'S MY QUESTION.
SO WITH THE 5% INCREASE THAT OFFICER WHO WAS MAKING 78,533 AT FIVE AT A 5% SALARY RAISE, THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY 82,459.
SO THEN THEY WOULD GO TO, INSTEAD OF STEP TWO, STEP FOUR, WHICH WOULD BE 83,000 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX, EIGHTY 2000, YOU SAID, SO THE 5% INCREASE WOULD BE 82,459, BUT THAT IS BETWEEN STEP THREE AND STEP FOUR ON THE SARGENT PAY.
SO THEN THAT WOULD GO TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH WOULD BE 83,176.
SO THAT WOULD BE STEPPED FORWARD.
BILL, WHEN WE DID THE BUDGETING, HOW DID WE, WHAT DID WE USE TWO AND A HALF OR FIVE ORIGINALLY, WE WERE USING FIVE WHEN WE WERE WORKING THAT THROUGH JUST TO BE CONSERVATIVE, WE MODELED IT FIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE.
SO CAN I ASK JAY A QUESTION? SO JAY, IF, IF WE WENT WITH A FIVE, RIGHT, THAT MONICA OFFERED, WHICH TAKES US TO 83, 1 76, HOW WOULD SOMEBODY IN THAT CURRENT RANK OR BELOW FEEL, WOULD THEY FEEL LIKE, WOW, THIS GUY JUST MOVED IN AND TOOK, YOU KNOW, WAS MAKING MORE MONEY THAN I AM, OR WOULD IT CAUSE A PROBLEM IN THAT RANK NOW? UM, THE, I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMEBODY WOULD FEEL WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY CAME IN.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE PROMOTED QUICKER.
UM, DIDN'T GET AS MANY STEPS IN, UM, AT THE RANK OF
AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE THAT MAY HAVE SPENT MORE TIME AS A P TWO, WENT THROUGH MORE STEPS AND THEN ULTIMATELY GOT PROMOTED AS A B3.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IS IT KIND OF A SENIORITY ISSUE AT THAT POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN OFFICER THAT STARTED A FOUR GETS PROMOTED AND THEN SOMEONE THAT, THAT HAS BEEN HERE LONGER THAN PROMOTES AFTER THAT PERSON WE'VE HAD THAT SITUATION HAPPEN? HISTORICALLY, WHAT HAS BEEN IS A PERCENTAGE IT'S USUALLY BEEN 6%, I BELIEVE IS 6% OR TO THE MINIMUM IN THAT RANGE.
SO WHICHEVER ONE WAS THE GREATER.
SO IF SOMEONE GETS PROMOTED, THEY'RE ABOVE THAT, THEN THAT A MINIMUM IN THAT GRADE, THEN THEY WILL RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE TO GET THAT PROMOTION.
ANYONE ELSE SOMETHING, BILL? I JUST WANTED YOU TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
THERE'S A SLIDE THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT.
I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST NEED TO GET THAT SLIDE.
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DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THEIR SCALE OR WHAT ONES ARE THIS ONE? NO, GO BACK RIGHT THERE.SO BETWEEN THESE TWO SLIDES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT TO, TO EVERYONE.
WHY ON MARCH 20TH OR 21ST MARCH OR APRIL WHEN WE HAD THE RETREAT, WHY THIS ISSUE WASN'T VOTED ON THAT DAY IS BECAUSE OF THIS TIMELINE.
THAT'S SHOWING HERE ON TWO PAGES, HOW LONG IT'S TAKING TO GO THROUGH THIS ITEMIZATION OF FIGURING OUT EACH ITEM LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATION, PAYING INCREASED STEPS.
WHAT HAVE YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, JOYCE.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT.
ARE WE STILL NOT CLEAR? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH.
SO MY POINT WITH THIS IS THAT IT MAY SOUND EASY AS JUST, JUST TAKE A VOTE AND BE DONE WITH IT, BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF STEPS.
YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STEPS.
IT TAKES A LOT OF STEPS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTING THAT TIME, COMING IN FOR SPECIAL MEETINGS, UH, ATTENDING MEETINGS THAT OUR THIRD MEETING OR THIRD MEETING FOR A MONTH, UH, TO COME IN THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS, GET THIS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE, THE ASSOCIATION TOO.
AND THEN THE THREE APPOINTED, UH, PEOPLE THAT WE HAD TODAY THAT WE RECOGNIZED PART OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE TAKE THIS APPROACH TO APPROVE THIS, THAT THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TODAY, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE GOING ON FOREVER.
UM, SO MANY PEOPLE THAT, THAT KIND OF WENT BEHIND CLOSED DOOR, WORKED ON THIS PROCESS AND SPENT SO MUCH TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DID NOT APPROVE OR TOOK A VOTE OR THIS COUNCIL DECIDED TO DELAY IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO JUST POINT THAT OUT TO YOU.
AND THANK THE REST OF THE TEAM FOR TAKING THE DUE DILIGENCE TO, TO GO THROUGH THE FINE DETAILS.
AGAIN, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT PERFECT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'LL WORK INTO THIS PROCESS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE INFORMATION AND COME BACK AND GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES AND MAYBE SOME WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS AS THEY WERE PRESENTED TONIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS.
AND SO BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, AND IT FINISHED SHERRY, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
STAFF CAN BE AVAILABLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL MEETING WITH YOU IF NECESSARY.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEROLA'S THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER NINE ARE AUTHORIZATIONS.
THERE ARE NO AUTHORIZATIONS ON THIS AGENDA.
[10. ORDINANCES]
10, OUR ORDINANCES 10 A AND THAT'S.SO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE REQUIRING CERTAIN TRAINING FROM THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED SECOND, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM 10, A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE PERSONNEL POLICY OF THE MISSOURI OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING CERTAIN
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AMENDMENTS RELATED TO CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, ADDING JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY REQUIRING A MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE POLICY FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES, ADDING A QUARANTINED LEAVE POLICY FOR PEACE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND DETENTION OFFICERS AMENDING DRUG TESTING POLICIES FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AMENDING CERTAIN DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROCEDURES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY BILL OR MARTIN RUSSELL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE LIST OF CHANGES THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE TO THE PERSONNEL POLICY COURSE.
WE KNOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSED THE JUNE TEAM, WHICH WILL BE ADDED AS 11TH CITY PAID HOLIDAY.
AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TONIGHT, THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE CHANGES.
AND ACCORDING TO IN CHAPTER 1 43, THE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE OR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES THAT STAY SENATE BILL 1359, PAY QUARANTINE LEAVE OR FIREFIGHTERS, PEACE OFFICERS, DETENTION OFFICERS, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, WHICH IS CONTAINED ON HOUSE BILL 2073 RANDOM DRUG TESTING, NOT ONLY TO INCLUDE A TELECOMMUNICATION AND EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE DO RANDOM DRUG TESTING, UM, TO NOT ONLY THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT OTHERS THERE'S LISTED IN OUR CURRENT RANDOM DRUG TESTING POOL.
AND THEN THE CHANGES TO OUR PROCEDURES ON THE RECEIPT OF THE SAMPLE FROM EMPLOYEES, UTILIZING INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO PROCESS THOSE, UH, THOSE SAMPLES FROM EMPLOYEES.
I AM HERE TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL PERTAINING TO THE CHANGES TO OUR PERSONNEL POLICY.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
[11. RESOLUTIONS]
11 OR RESOLUTIONS 11 EIGHT, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS RATIFYING THE LEASE OF 126 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM UNITS AND RATIFYING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS FOR THE LE, BUT FOR THE LEASE OF 126 GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM UNIT.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TYSON BEARING COUNCIL GAVE AGAIN, THIS IS THE FLIP SIDE OF WHAT WE PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE LGC MEETING OR LESSER DOES REQUIRE A RESOLUTION, NOT ONLY FROM THE LGC BOARD FIRMS, BUT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS TO YOU, UM, AT THIS POINT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED SO MOVED IN COUNCIL MEMBER? THE MOTION IS, WAS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER BONI? IS THERE A DISCUSSION, UH, TYSON, UH, BY USING THESE, UH, GPS SYSTEMS, UH, ON THE UNITS THERE'S ADDITIONAL FEE CHARGED TO THE, UH, RENNER OF THE, UH, THE GOLF CART, CORRECT.
WE DO PLAN TO INCREASE OUR FEES $3 PER RENTAL.
SO TO GO FROM $15 TO $18 TO PAY FOR THE INCREASED VALUE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THE GPS, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PAYBACK IS? UH, WE ARE, WE WILL BE MAKING ABOUT 120% FOR EVERY ANYWAY.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DOLLAR FIGURE, BUT YES, WE WILL BE MAKING A PROFIT WITH US MORE THAN WE ARE CURRENTLY MAKING.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 11, B THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION TWO FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GOOD FIVE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE, A COOPERATIVE
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PURCHASING PROGRAM FOR GOODS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHANNON PLEASANT.
UH, THIS RESOLUTION WILL ALLOW ENTER LOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS FOR GOOD-BYE.
IT'S A PURCHASING COOPERATIVE THAT CAN BE USED BY CITY STAFF TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CONTRACT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THOSE.
NOW YOU TYPE OF GOODS ARE THAT YOU'D BE PURCHASING FROM THEM DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACTS.
THEY CAN BE ANYTHING FROM, UM, PARK EQUIPMENT TO, UM, SOIL OR MOLD OR ANYTHING.
MOST OF THE MOST OF THE, UM, PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARK EQUIPMENT ON THESE, UM, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS ON THIS ONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
SO IN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM WILLIS, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER 12,
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, WE ALL TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY ON SATURDAY TO COMMEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NINE 11 AND THEIR SURVIVORS.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEMORATE THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COME IN MY COLLEAGUE COUNSELING LUMBER WORDS FOR THE FIRST FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL WAS A GREAT EVENT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF WHO PARTICIPATED AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A HUNTER'S GLEN, UH, GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AND THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU JUST VOTED ON JUST A MOMENT AGO AND THE CHANGE IN A POLICY PERSONNEL.
I'M ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, REACH OUT FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND DISTRICT A WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL, AND ALSO WORKING WITH SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT AID TO MEET THOSE YOUNGSTERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR A NEED OF CONTINUING TO HAVE SUCCESS IN EDUCATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT, UH, FROM DISTRICT B.
UH, IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT TO OUR, UH, WHAT'S THE FULL ONE, ONE TOWN HALL THAT'S TAKING PLACE THIS THURSDAY EVENING, UH, STARTING AT 6:00 PM RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, WE'LL BE, UH, HAVING ROUND TABLES AS FAR AS INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO SHARE IMPORTANT INFORMATION, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UH, I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WINGS TRACK CLUB OR THEIR CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS EVENT.
UH, ME COUNCIL MEMBER, UH CLOUSER AS WELL AS MAYOR PRO TEM, OR HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE, UH, AND DELIVER CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO 29 YOUNG JUNIOR OLYMPIANS, WHO, UH, DID A FANTASTIC JOB AT THIS YEAR'S JUNIOR OLYMPICS, UH, AS WELL AS HONOR, BRONZE MEDALIST, UH, AND WINGS TRACK CLUB.
UH, I GUESS ALUM IS WHAT YOU'LL CALL HER RAVEN ROGERS, UH, WHO WAS ALSO HONORED AND WE RECOGNIZED HER AS WELL.
SO, UM, I, SHE WANTED A BRONZE MEDAL AT THE MOST RECENT 20, 20 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE, UH, REMEMBER, UH, WHAT HAPPENED ON NINE 11 AND ALL OF THE, UH, UH, INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER THEY BE AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE, ARE FOREIGN, THE GAZE THAT LOST THEIR LIFE IN A THAT'S A SPECKLED BLACK THAT WAS, UH, UH, PORTRAYED UPON US.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE LOST A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THAT, UH, UH, CATASTROPHE, BUT WE'RE ALSO FINDING OUT THAT WE'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, EFFECTS OF THE, UH, OF THAT, UH, THAT EVENT.
SO THIS KEEP THEM IN, UH, IN OUR PRAYERS, UH, ON NINE 11.
AND REMEMBER THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, UH,
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THOSE THAT RUN AWAY FROM, UH, THE, UH, EVENT IT'S THOSE WHO RAN TOWARDS IT.AND THAT'S, UH, I THINK HAS TO BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE ALL REMEMBER, AND MAYBE WE CAN LIVE TOWARDS, UH, WE ARE HAVING A MAYOR, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, MARULA SON, UH, MYSELF ARE HAVING A JOINT, UH, TOWN HALL MEETING ON, UH, UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH, UH, AT, UH, THE, UH, THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF CENTER, UH, AT SIX 30.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING UP, UH, AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE, UH, UH, THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN, UH, OUR, IN DISTRICT C AND D I'LL LET ANTHONY TALK ABOUT C UH, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WANT TO, UH, UH, BRING ATTENTION TO, UH, NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, TO ADDRESS SUCH AS THE, UH, THE BOND, UH, ELECTION THAT, UH, WE'LL BE HOLDING.
AND ALSO, UH, THE, UM, UH, WELL, I GUESS JUST THE BOND ELECTION ITSELF AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
I ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, AND STACY AND THEIR TEAM DID A WONDERFUL JOB ASSISTING WITH OUR FIRST INAUGURAL FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL.
THIS FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN APRIL TO SMALL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND IT ACTUALLY SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY ALONG ON MORE THAN 10 FOOD TRUCKS AND OVER 500 ATTENDEES.
THE EVENT SPOKE FOR ITSELF AND SHOW THAT FOOD TRUCKS ARE DEFINITELY WELCOME.
AND MISSOURI CITY ALSO WANTS TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO OFFICER ELIAS WHO KEPT THE CROWD ENTERTAINED WITH A WONDERFUL CHOICE OF MUSIC.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT FEELING AND A GREAT VIBE TO BE A PART OF.
SO IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU MISSED A WONDERFUL EVENT.
OVERALL, THIS EVENT WAS MAGNIFICENT TO SAY THE LEAST AND THE RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR FOOD TRUCKS AND CONTINUE TO ASK WHEN IS THE NEXT EVENT.
SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO BRING THEM, AND I WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS HERE REGULARLY.
UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT.
UM, IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES, DR.
STERLING AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN CLAUSER FOR ATTENDING, I DO HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE LEADERSHIP INVOLVED AND PRESENT AT THESE EVENTS TO SHOW THAT WE DO SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN WE'RE INTRODUCING NEW RESOLUTIONS OR ORDINANCE TO THE CITY.
THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES ALL ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY.
UH, SO WANT TO, UM, GIVE ANOTHER THANK YOU TO THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY, AUGUST 21ST.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY HOSTED TWO EVENTS, THE BRYCE DEADMAN EVENT, AS WELL AS A FOOD TRUCK EVENT.
AND SO IT SHOWS HOW PRETTY MUCH DEDICATED THEY ARE SAW STACY, UM, TAKING PICTURES.
KELLY WAS RUNNING AROUND GIVING FLAGS AND WATER.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST VERY NICE TO SEE THEM DEDICATED TO SERVING OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COUNCIL IS REPRESENTED WELL, SO KUDOS TO THEM.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T BE AT THE, UM, CEREMONIES ON NINE ELEVEN, NINE ELEVEN IS ACTUALLY MY BIRTHDAY.
SO, UM, I MAKE IT A HABIT EVERY, EVERY BIRTHDAY THAT MORNING REMEMBERING, UM, THE, UH, THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES AND THEIR SURVIVORS.
AND SO FOR ME, IT'S, IT'S AN EXTRA SPECIAL DAY FOR ME TO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO, UM, UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, SAY HOW MUCH FUN I HAD MY MOTHER AND I HAD AT THE CITY'S FIRST FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL.
UM, I HOPE THAT WE, AS A CITY CAN CONTINUE THOSE AND CONTINUE TO ADD MORE FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, THE MAYOR, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UM, ALMOST MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT WE HAD A QUORUM.
SO, UH, WE ATTENDED THE JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION.
IT WAS A ROUND TABLE THAT WE HAD WITH DON SMITH AND SOME OF HIS, UH, FOUNDATION MEMBERS.
AND WE REALLY SOLIDIFIED OUR COMMITMENT
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TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, ESPECIALLY, UH, NEXT YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE JUNETEENTH IS NOW AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY.AND SO, UM, I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT MEETING AND ALL THAT.
UM, WE DECIDED TO, UH, COMMIT TO DO, TO KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD IN OUR CITY.
UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY STATED, UH, MYSELF AND, AND, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM AND HIM ATTENDED THE RECEPTION HONORING RAVEN ROGERS AND THE WINGS TRACKS CLUB, UH, THOSE ATHLETES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS.
UM, AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO EXPRESS A FEW WORDS ON, AND WE ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO HOLD THAT HEAVY BRONZE METAL.
SO WE WERE HONORED TO HOLD THE BRONZE METAL.
I ALSO ATTENDED LAST WEEKEND, THE LANDMARK CENTER, UH, UNVEILING OF THE LEGACY BACKER WALL.
UM, I WAS HONORED TO, I ACTUALLY HAVE MY NAME LISTED TWICE ONCE AS AN ALUMNI OF MISSOURI CITY JUNIOR HIGH, AND AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE TO HOLD THIS POSITION.
UM, AND THEN, UH, CITY COUNCIL, ALL THE CITY COUNCIL IS LISTED ON THAT WALL TOO, UM, WITH A CITY, UH, PLAQUE.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TOWN HALLS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ON THURSDAY AND ALSO, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY ON THE 15TH TOMORROW, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL MEET AT 6:00 PM, UM, TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE OCTOBER BUSINESS EXPO.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
UM, THEY HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE ON THEIR FIRST MEETING, 15 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEY ARE ROCKING AND ROLLING.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO BECOME, OR WHAT'S BECOMING OF THEM ARE OPRY.
OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HAS REALLY JUMPED IN.
I'VE BEEN SEEING ALL THE EMAILS.
AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU TO HAVE THEM SEEN YOU ON LINKEDIN.
YOU JUST REALLY JUMPED IN AND, AND, UM, ARE MAKING AN IMPACT.
UM, I ALSO WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER OUR LOCAL SHOP, LOCAL EAT LOCAL PLAY LOCAL AND SUPPORT LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN ALL THE SIGNS AROUND, UM, LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND WHEN YOU DO MAKE SURE YOU, UM, TAKE A SELFIE POST AND TAG A SHOP IN MCT X, I THINK THAT'S THE HASHTAG SHOP IN THE EMPTY MCTS PLAY IN MCTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE KNOW ALL OF OUR HIDDEN TREASURES HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
MAY I APPROACH THE MOROSE? SHE CLEARED MY CUE THERE.
UM, SO THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE HOSTING THEIR GOLF TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY.
UM, I BELIEVE THE SPONSORSHIPS ARE SOLD OUT GOLF SOLD OUT.
SO, UH, FOR ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT IT, UH, THANK YOU.
AND THERE'S ALSO AN AUCTION FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
SO PLEASE GO OUT FRIDAY, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS AND THE POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION, UH, TO THE MAYOR, TO A COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, WE ARE HOSTING A TOWN HALL ON THE 15TH AND SIX 30.
IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HELD IN DISTRICT D HE'S ALLOWING ME IN HIS DISTRICT TO HOST A MEETING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR IN CONTENT WHERE WE SHARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN A C THEN D BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT'S ON THE, UH, UH, BOND.
SO THAT'S, AND THEN EAT LOCAL SHOP LOCAL AND PLAY LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBER, OR THAT'S YOURS.
FOR ME, JUST A FEW ITEMS. UM, LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR TEXAS PARKWAY MEETING, UH, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UH, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT AND ROYAL COMMISSION AND STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF IT.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THE, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE TOWN CENTER.
I DID SEE THE VIDEO WITH, UH, AUBREY, OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH MAYOR PRO TEM AND, UH, NO QUEST, UH, WHICH WAS A VERY NICE, UM, REMINDER TO ALL OF US THAT WHAT'S COMING, UM, IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THEN ALSO THERE IS A, UM, FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 29TH, NIAGARA BOTTLING COMPANY IS DOING THAT, UH, PROMOTION OR, WELL, I SHOULD SAY MACK PARK IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S
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BEEN, UH, THAT PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON TO GET THE, TO GET A $90,000 UPGRADE.SO I HOPE THE CITIZENS OF AZURA CITY WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE, UH, FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, WHICH ALREADY STARTED TO SEPTEMBER 29TH BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS, I'M SURE JASON WILL BE HAPPY THAT WE'LL GET THIS, UM, IN MCDONALD PARK.
SO THAT WAY THAT'D BE EXCITING.
UM, EAT LOCAL, PLAY LOCAL SHOP LOCAL, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THE CAMPAIGN, UM, SIGNS ARE OUT THERE WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF.
SO, UM, I HOPE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A RESTAURANT OR SHOP LOCAL OR PLAY LOCAL IN, IN, IN ANY OF OUR AREAS.
UM, SO THE, AND POST THEM ON FACEBOOK SO WE CAN SET EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE CAMPAIGN.
UM, SO I WANNA TAKE THIS TIME ALSO TO THANK COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT FOR GETTING THOSE CAMPAIGN SIGNS OUT THERE, UH, TO REMIND PEOPLE TO ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, EAT LOCAL, PLAY LOCAL SHOP LOCAL.
UH, AND THEN WE HAD OUR, AFTER ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF BREAK, WE RESTARTED OUR COVID VIDEO.
UH, COVID NEWS CONFERENCE, I SHOULD SAY, UM, DR.
JOE ENDS AND DO, UH, ALONG WITH DR.
MONA, UH, AND MYSELF, UH, JUST RESTARTED THE COVID, UH, VIDEO PRESENTATION.
UM, THE NEXT ONES I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN.
UM, SO THIS WAY THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS COMING BACK INTO, ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS GOING BACK INTO SCHOOL THAT WE JUST SAW WITH THE DELTA VERY INTO ANOTHER BOOST.
SO IT'S ALWAYS OUR JOB, ALL SEVEN.
IT WAS OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP MISSOURI CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR ESTABLISHMENT IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT SAFE AT LEAST GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO, TO MOVE ON.
LASTLY, UM, I I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONIS DISTRICT, HUNTER'S GLEN FOR AND THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALONG WITH, UM, MARSHALL MANAGEMENT, SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL, UH, AND PRETTY MUCH, I THINK WE HAD ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES THERE ON A FENCE, GROUNDBREAKING, UH, PERIMETER FENCING, WHICH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THEY WERE VERY GRATEFUL.
THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO, UM, TO GIVE THEM THAT LAND WHERE THEY CAN PUT THE PERIMETER FENCING, WHICH WE TOOK PART IN IT.
WE HAD SOME, UH, PARKS BOARD DIRECTOR, LESBIAN MAC R P AND Z, UH, SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL.
SO EVERYONE WAS THERE TO, TO GET THAT, UM, GROUND.
LASTLY, I WANT TO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T OFTEN THINK ENOUGH, BUT I WANT TO THANK OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
WHEN I SAY LEADERSHIP TEAM, THAT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BUT TO ALL THE DIRECTORS, UM, AND, UM, OUR FINANCE, ELENA PORTIS FOR WORKING DUE DILIGENTLY AND HARD, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND LOOKING AT ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING DOWN FROM 59 CENTS TO 57 CENTS.
UM, IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AND I'M SURE SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR HOUSE VALUE WILL GO UP AND THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING FOR THE 2 CENTS, BUT I'D RATHER PAY AT 57 CENTS FOR MY TAX VERSUS ON A 59 CENTS.
ITEM NUMBER 13 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER 14.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE NOT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING, THE TIME IS 9:41 PM.