Oct 04, 2021 City Council

UH, WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE STARTED A DRIVE OF GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, IT WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, MR. DICKSON WITH LORD.

DELICIOUS.

ARE YOU HERE, MR. DIXON HERE? CAN YOU COME UP MR. DIXON? UH, AND ALSO WAYNE WITH WAYNE BARBERSHOP.

MONICA RALEIGH AND OKAY.

MS. MS. SCOTT, DEWANA SCOTT, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.

I HAVE TO THINK, UH, MR. DIXON FOR PROVIDING FOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS.

I MEAN, FOR EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP FOR THE EVENT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

HE ACTUALLY PROVIDED ALL THE FOOD THAT EVENING.

I WANT TO THANK MS. RALEIGH FOR ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE PPE, THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION, THE MASK AND EVERYTHING.

AND ALSO MS. SCOTT CAME AND SHE DEVOTED, I MEAN, DONATED ALL OF THE, UH, THE, UH, CLOROX CLOROX WIPES.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER.

THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO REALLY REACH OUT FOR THOSE THAT WERE IN NEED.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS, UH, AT THE, WE DID EVERYTHING IN HIS CHIEF POTATOES, NOT HERE, BUT I WANT TO THANK HIM BECAUSE HE HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME OUT FOR THE KIDS.

SO I WANT TO GIVE HIM KUDOS AS WELL.

SO WE DID THE EVENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THIS COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER, ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN ONE YOUNG LADY REACHED OUT TO ME AND SHE SAYS, HI, I HAVE AN IDEA.

WELL, AT THAT TIME WE HAD A SURPLUS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

WE HAD A SURPLUS OF BACKPACKS AND, UH, PPES AND WHITES AND EVERYTHING.

AND SHE SAID, I JUST WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND ASK YOU IF YOU CAN DONATE THIS TO OUR SCHOOL.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL JOB, A WONDERFUL IDEA.

AND THAT'S A CARRIER, A CARRIER.

SCOTT, CAN YOU COME UP? THIS WAS THE BRAINCHILD BEHIND ALL OF THIS, THE CHARACTER.

AND SHE'S A, SHE'S AN ARTIST AND HUNTINGTON GLANDS.

SO WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO, WE SELECTED TWO SCHOOLS FROM DISTRICT EIGHT.

AND WE REACHED OUT TO DISTRICT A, A HUNTINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HUNTINGTON, HUNTINGTON, GLEN, I'M SORRY.

MR. LABONTE WILLIAMS. THE PRINCIPAL WE'VE MET WITH HIM.

MR. WILLIAMS, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.

COME ON UP.

UH, WE REACHED OUT TO MR. WILLIAMS. WE VISITED ALL THE SCHOOLS.

WE SAT DOWN WITH THE KIDS AND WE SAT WITH THEM AND WE TALKED TO THEM.

AND SO MR. LAVANTE WILLIAMS, WE WANTED TO, UH, UH, SUBMIT THIS TO HIM FOR HIS EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP AND HUNTINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I WANT TO GIVE, I MEAN, AND HUNDREDS OF GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND AFTER WE DID THAT, I WANT TO SUBMIT A KARA SCOTT FOR BRINGING THIS TOGETHER.

AND ALSO SHE'S AN HONOR STUDENT.

SO WE WANTED TO HONOR HER BECAUSE WE'VE MET WITH SHE AND THE PRINCIPAL AND TWO OTHER STUDENTS.

SO I WANT TO SUBMIT THIS ON BEHALF OF US COUNCIL, THE MAYOR SUBMIT THIS TO YOU.

WE MET WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND WE MET WITH THE STUDENTS.

WE HAD ONE, UH, THEY WANTED TO NOMINATE TWO OTHER STUDENTS, THREE OTHER STUDENTS, TWO STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S THE DIVINE FULTON IS DEVON.

COME ON, DEVON AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR INSPIRATION.

AND YOUR HONOR, BEING AN HONEST STUDENT AT HUNTER HUNTER'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS MANY TIMES AS I'VE BEEN THERE, YOU WOULD THINK I COULD PRONOUNCE THAT.

CORRECT.

AND LASTLY, MICHAEL PRICE IS MICHAEL HERE.

HEY MICHAEL, COME ON INSPIRATION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHAEL.

AND WE DONATED ALL OF THE SUPPLIES BASED ON THIS BRAIN CHILD RIGHT HERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAN WE GET A PICTURE? AND I'D ALSO LIKE THE MIRROR COME ON AND WE'LL, WE'VE FINISHED THIS.

CAN WE GET THE PARENTS PLEASE? YEAH.

CAN THE PARENTS COME UP WITH YOUR PARENTS, YOUR CHILDREN, PLEASE.

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AND OUR NEXT SCHOOL WE NOMINATED WAS, UH, AEG JONES, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EA JONES.

I TELL YOU A HUNDRED BLENDS.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE H L.

WE HAVE SOME ALARMS UP HERE FROM EA JONES.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS THE SECOND SCHOOL THAT WE SELECTED.

UH, MR. LABONTE, I MEAN MR. COTTLE PRINCIPAL EA JONES.

SO THE TWO STUDENTS, THE THREE THAT WERE SELECTED, WHAT ROBERT PRITCHARD FROM JONES ELEMENTARY, CAN YOU COME UP? AND THE HALF OF THE BARON COUNTS, WE WANT TO SUBMIT THIS FOR YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT STUDENT AND FOR YOUR STUDIES AND YOUR INSPIRATION.

COME ON, STAND RIGHT HERE.

THE NEXT STUDENT WE HAVE IS CHRISTOPHER MALDONADO.

IT'S CHRISTOPHER, COME ON.

WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHEN WE VISIT THE SCHOOLS AND WITH THE PRINCIPAL, I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST PHENOMENAL.

COME ON TO CHRISTMAS.

WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR.

AND SINCE WE WILL PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AND THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFFREY ALIMONY WILL BE PRESENTED.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS ABBY ABBY ROMERO.

AND THANK YOU, ABBY, SUCH A GREAT STUDENT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

CAN I, CAN I GET THE PARENTS TO, TO COME UP? YEAH.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND THIS IS VERY A GREAT EVENT.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER IN A COMMUNITY AND WORK TOGETHER.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY.

NEXT ITEM THREE C

[3(c) Proclaim the month of October as “National Community Planning Month” in the City of Missouri City, Texas. (Proposed presenter: Director of Development Services Jennifer Thomas Gomez)]

UH, IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF, UH, A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, OR IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU ALL TODAY.

GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS THEY COME.

OUTSTANDING GROUP OF THAT ARE HERE.

OH MAN.

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

GIVE THEM ANOTHER BIG ROUND WITH

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THEY GOT A FORUM.

THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION.

GREAT.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWNS, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS, AND OTHER PLACES.

AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PLANS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE.

AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND SUPPORT AND DEMAND, EXCELLENCE, AND PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH WRAP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES.

AND WHEREAS THE MONTH, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME IN, WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION AND DORIS HAS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, HIGHLIGHT HOW PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOVERY AND HOW PLANNERS CAN LEAD COMMUNITIES TO EQUITABLE RESILIENT AND LONG LASTING RECOVERY.

AND WHEREAS THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE PARTICIPATION AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OTHER CITIZEN PLANNERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY A PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNERS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY THESE PROFESSIONALS.

NOW THEIR FI THEREFORE I JEFFREY ALBONY ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, ROBIN J ALLAH, KAT, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2021 AS COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND CONJUNCTION WITH THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH.

AGAIN, LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THIS COMMISSION, ELECTED OFFICIALS APPOINTED OFFICIALS ALONG WITH THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, UM, THAT CONTINUOUSLY EVERY DAY WORKS DAY AND NIGHT, UM, FOR THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, SO THAT WE CAN SEE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY GROW INTENTIONALLY.

SO IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT WE HAVE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS THAT GIVE THEIR TIME, UM, AND COMMIT TO THE GROWTH AND BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF ALL OF US FOR THIS PURPOSE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET US.

BUT SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN REPEAT VIOLATORS FOR THE LAST SIX TO NINE MONTHS.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, TO THANK OUR BOARD PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

WHO'S HERE TODAY WEARING THE GREEN SHIRT.

ANYTIME WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS HERE, WE'VE DEFINITELY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THAT YOU SERVE ON THOSE BOARDS AND YOUR, UM, INPUT THAT YOU GIVE TO

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THE STAFF.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR 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 COMMON CARD.

PRESENT THAT COMMON CAR TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND RESERVE AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

SO WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

WE HAVE FOR REGISTRATION FORMS. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, SANDRA WILLIAMS, IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM THAT EVENING, MY NAME IS SANDRA WILLIAMS AND I RESIDED 1 6 5 1 1 SAGE WILL COURT OVER IN THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

I AM COMING WITH CONCERNS ABOUT OUR BUN.

UM, THAT'S DEALING WITH RAISING THE TAXES.

I HAVE SOME WONDERINGS.

I'M WONDERING IF ANYTHING WILL BE DONE ON THAT SIDE OF THE TRACK OVER IN THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY, AS I WAS DRIVING THIS WAY, I NOTICED THAT THE STREETS ON THIS END HAD

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BEEN PAVED.

AND I NOTICED ALSO THAT THE LIGHTS, THE LIGHTS, THE YELLOW LINE THAT DIVIDES THE ROADS HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY UPDATED AND THEY LOOK VERY NICE.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS END OF MISSOURI CITY.

HOWEVER, WHEN WE CROSS THE TRACK, OURS NEED TO BE UPDATED AS WELL.

AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT SIDE OF THE TRACK.

OUR COMMUNITY IS 30 PLUS YEARS OLD, AND WE HAVE STREETS WHERE THE ASPHALT OR CONCRETE IS MISSING.

WE HAVE CRACKS AND WE ARE BEING IGNORED.

WE PAY TAXES, JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE ON THIS END AND OVER ON THE HIGHWAY 16, BUT YET I DON'T SEE ANY THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR.

CHERYL STERLING FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD SOME SIDEWALKS THERE WERE SAFE BECAUSE BEFORE THAT WE HAD TO RIDE OUR BICYCLES OR WALK IN THE STREET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE SIDEWALKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FOR THOSE SIDEWALKS, BUT WE ALSO NOW HAVE FLOODING THAT IS TAKING PLACE ON SOUTH GESSNER DUE TO ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE IN THE HEAVY 18 WHEELERS RIDING UP AND DOWN.

SO RIGHT AT SOUTH GESSNER AND FINDER AND GROVE, THE WATER IS NOW PONDERING AND IT STAYS THERE WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF HEART RAIN.

SO WE'RE NOW STARTING TO SEE SOME FLOODING IN OUR AREA.

AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW OR ANYTHING OR ANY OF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT YOU ALL ARE PROJECTED TO GET.

IF IT PASSES WILL BE SPENT OVER THERE, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU, KAREN OVERTON, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ZURI, CITY RESIDENTS, AND GUESTS.

I COME HERE WITH A CONCERN AND ALTHOUGH THIS CONCERN REALLY CAME TO ME TODAY, I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REALLY GIVE THOUGHT, OR AT LEAST GIVE US SOME DIRECTION.

I THINK ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE MAJORITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING BOMBARDED WITH CARS, BEING PARKED ON STREETS.

NOW THESE CARS CAN SIT FOR DAYS.

THESE CARS CAN FIT FOR MONTHS AND IT JUST MAKES OUR COMMUNITY LOOK VERY UNCAPPED.

NOW, I AM AWARE THAT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT PARTICULAR AUDIENCE IS NOT BEING ENFORCED.

SO I WOULD PLEAD WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM.

IT IS CREATING A PROBLEM.

AS FAR AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES PASSING DOWN STREETS, IT'S ALSO CREATING, UH, A VERY TENSE SITUATION IN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR NEIGHBOR'S HOME.

AND I JUST WOULD LOVE FOR THE COUNSELOR TO TAKE SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION FOR THE ORDINANCE AND TO ENFORCE HOW CARS PARKED ON PUBLIC STREETS CAN BE MANAGED.

THANK YOU, CAROL MARTIN.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M KARA MARTIN AND I RESIDE AT 1, 2 8 1 1.

HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE COLONY CROSSING ON THE OTHER END OF 90 AND GASPAR.

AND THE TWO CONCERN I HAVE FOR COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON IS BASICALLY PIGGING BACK ON THOSE OTHER TWO LADIES.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER.

ONE OF THEM.

OUR HOUSE IS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UH, THE CITY PUT OUT OUR SIGNS ABOUT WE WERE GONNA DO A SWEEP BACK IN MAY.

AND, UM, IT KINDA MADE ME SCARED A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS, BUT I DON'T THINK THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT DID THE SWEEP BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF VIOLATION.

WE STILL HAVE TREES THAT ARE HANGING TOO LOW ON THE SIDEWALK.

IF WE ARE WALKING, RIDING BIKES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, I DON'T KNOW IF, WHEN I CALL INTO THE MAIN NUMBER, WE NEED MORE MANPOWER.

I GUESS WE DO OUR JOB BY GOING INTO CLICK FIX, PUTTING IT IN.

BUT I THINK IF CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD DO MORE WRITING AND NOTING THINGS, THEY COULD SITE A LOT OF THESE RESIDENTS.

AT ONE POINT, WE USED TO DO THE YELLOW, RED AND GREEN SIGNS AND LIKE THEM TO COURT IF THEY WERE REPEAT VIOLATORS.

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AND I THINK THAT IF WE COULD GET, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED MORE MANPOWER.

I, WHEN I CHECKED WITH THAT DEPARTMENT, IT'S KIND OF LOW, BUT WE NEED TO ENFORCE THE CODES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS FOR MISSOURI CITY.

WE HAVE PARKED CARS, THAT'S AGAINST VIOLATION.

THE TRASH CAN, AGAIN, AS AGAINST VIOLATION, TREES ARE HANGING WAY BELOW EIGHT TO 10 FEET AND IT'S MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS GO DOWN.

SO WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO SWEEP, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HELP SOME OF THE SITUATIONS.

BUT WHEN I CHECKED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, I DON'T THINK THE SWEEP ACTUALLY GOT DONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT DID OR DID NOT.

AND THE SECOND THING I NEED IS PUBLIC WORKS OR FOR THE CITY STREETS, LIKE SHE MENTIONED, THE STRIPING OR THE WHITE LINES OR THE YELLOW SAFETY BETWEEN 90 AND BELTWAY EIGHT, WHICH IS HARRIS COUNTY, MISSOURI CITY, I STREETS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL ON THAT END.

AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO TRASH IS ALL ALONG THE CURB.

THEY'RE SAYING THAT A LOT OF IT IS FROM CONTRACTORS LOSING TRASH OFF THE TRAILERS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHOEVER HAS THAT MEDIUM CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB PICKING UP ALL THAT TRASH BETWEEN THAT WAY AND 90.

SO WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION ON THAT END WITH THE NEW TAX INCREASE.

WE WOULD REALLY BE APPRECIATED OR JUST ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY TAKE CARE OF THAT.

REGIONAL PEARSON THAT YOU NAMED MIRA AND COUNCIL.

UM, I FEEL LIKE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, SOME OF IT IS REDUNDANT, BUT WHAT I COME BEFORE YOU AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT GAY, I COME BEFORE YOU TO ASK, IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CODE ENFORCEMENT COULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE CONSISTENT VIOLATIONS IN THE DISTRICT, A, UH, IN PARTICULAR, A HUNDRED PARK FOND MEADOW.

UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR TAKING SOME TIME TO ALLOW ME TO TAKE HIM AROUND, TO SHOW HIM SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE SOME CONCERN, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK SASHI.

THE MAYOR AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR ADDRESSING, UH, DEALING WITH THE STORM DRAIN OVER IN THE SECOND INTEREST INTO FUND MEADOW, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL, THEY ADDRESSING THAT IT WAS A SIDEWALK AND THE STORM DRAIN ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ADDRESSING, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION OVER IN HUNTER'S GLEN ONE AND TWO, UH, THE POTHOLE, UH, I WENT BY BEFORE I GOT HERE AND IT WAS PAID.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I ALSO JUST REALLY WANT TO ASK IF YOU GUYS COULD TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THOSE THINGS IN DISTRICT A COULD BE ADDRESSED MORE CONSISTENTLY, BECAUSE THESE ARE VIOLATIONS THAT OCCUR ALL THE TIME.

AND AS ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS MENTIONED ALSO, UH, THE AREA ALONG 90 AND THE RAILROAD TRACK, UH, IT HAS, IN MY OPINION, IT'S 30.

WE CAN EVEN MAYBE TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNER THERE THAT SELLS THE PLANTS, SELLS THE PLANTS AND THE DIRT AND EVERYTHING, AND MAYBE THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE.

UM, I GOT IT, DONATE SOME, UH, SHRUBBERY TO PUT OVER THERE.

UH, AND LAST, UH, I WANT TO END WITH, I LIKE THE EAT, PLAY AND SHOP IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO CHANGE IT UP.

I WANT TO SAY, EAT, SHOP AND PLAY IN DISTRICT A AND MISSOURI CITY.

IS THAT ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORT, THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER SIX,

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF PULL SIX B FOR DISCUSSION SIX B BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN YOUR MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY BILL.

I WASN'T HERE THAT EVENING, BUT I DID WATCH THE VIDEO AND I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT.

THERE SHOULD BE A VOTE PRIOR TO, OKAY.

SO WE, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PUT TOMORROW AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, AND THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON

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ITEM SIX.

WE CAN GO OUT AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED TO IT.

SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO, YEAH.

UM, I WATCHED THE VIDEO THAT NIGHT AND JUST WANTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON IT.

SO WE'RE, UM, OUTSOURCING THIS BECAUSE IN-HOUSE, CANT'S, IT CONSISTS OF PRINTING BINDING AND MAIL.

UM, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? DID, ARE WE ALSO DISTRIBUTING IT IN A LARGER AREA OR SO THE EXISTING CONTRACT IS, UH, IS UP AND, UH, WE ARE, THEY HAVE THE RFP THAT THEY JUST RECEIVED BACK THE BIDS BACK, EXCUSE ME, IT'S AN INVITATION TO BID AND THE BIDS HAVE BEEN SENT BACK, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS NEWSLETTER AS YOU KNOW OUT.

AND SO THE EXISTING PRINTER, UH, CME, CME, UH, THEY ARE, UH, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE THE 30 2003 13, WHICH WOULD BE WITH THE EXPENDITURE THAT WOULD GO OVER THE 50,000, WHICH WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT FOR, BUT IT WOULD GET THE, UH, THE NEWSLETTER OUT ON THE STREET.

AND THEN OUR NEW, UH, CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED BY STAFF AND BEING BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WAS THERE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION ON THIS THAT IF CME WERE TO GET SELECTED IN THE RFP PROCESS, THAT WE WOULD GET SOME SORT OF BONUS OR SPECIAL? YEAH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO I'LL USE THE WORD CONTAMINATE THE PROCESS.

AND SO WE DID NOT DO THAT.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, STACY, CAN YOU COME UP HERE? SO MY QUESTION IS THIS IS FROM THE 2021 BUDGET, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

NOT THE ONE THAT WE JUST APPROVED.

SO IN ORDER FOR THIS NEWSLETTER TO GO OUT TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN BUSINESSES, WHEREVER THIS GOES, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 2003, WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT WAS, RIGHT.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? SO THE NEWSLETTER WILL BE MAILED TO ALL CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS, AND YES, WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE CURRENT INVOICE OF 32,000 3, 3, 3 33, 3000, $13 AND 82 CENTS.

WAS NOT BUDGET.

IT WAS BUDGETED AND FISCAL YEAR 2021, BUT BECAUSE THE TOTAL COST OF NEWSLETTER PRINTING, BINDING A MAILING EXCEEDED AT $50,000, IT HAD TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO IN ORDER TO SEND THIS NEWSLETTER OUT, SO YOU WILL NEED THAT ADDITIONAL 30 TO THREE 13 TO GO.

IS THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS BUDGETED OR THIS IS A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 32.

SO WHAT WAS BUDGETED AND FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR NEWSLETTERS WAS $100,600.

THIS 32,000 IS A PART OF THAT $100,600 THAT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED.

SO YOU NEED THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO GET THIS APPROVED.

SO IS THIS A ROUGHLY COST PART NEWSLETTER? UH, I WOULD SAY PER QUARTER THAT WERE, THAT WE NEEDED TO SEND OUT OR YOU'RE STILL WAITING FOR A CONTRACT.

SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22, CORRECT NEWSLETTERS, YOU ARE CORRECT.

WHAT I REQUESTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET WAS $160,000.

THAT WAS BASED ON THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH OR CITIZEN NEWSLETTERS AND ONE ANNUAL REPORT.

SO THAT WOULD COVER ALL OF THAT.

WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BUDGET IS $115,000 AND $115,600 WAS APPROVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS, WAS THIS, WILL IT TAKE $32,000 OR ROUGHLY IN THAT BALLPARK TO PUT OUT A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO OUR RESIDENTS, IT WILL TAKE $32,313 AND 82 CENTS OR MORE PER QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER TO BE PUBLISHED.

YES, SIR.

AND THAT'S INCLUDE THIS ONE AND THEN ALSO FOR THE NEXT COURT NEXT YEAR, THE 20, 22, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT OUT FOUR, RIGHT? CORRECT.

SO IT WILL COST THAT, CORRECT.

I HAVE, LET ME, LET ME FINISH MY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LATER.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LAYMEN.

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YOU CAN SIT DOWN BASICALLY K STANDBY AFTER ELENA AND ELENA.

SO MY QUESTION IS THIS.

WHEN WE WENT OVER THE BUDGET 2022, I ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU HAD ALLOCATED 15,001 FIVE PER NEWSLETTER A QUARTER, AND I'VE ASKED YOU, IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? UH, BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE AMOUNT LOOKED VERY LOW AND YOU SAID THAT, NOPE, THAT WOULD COVER IT.

BUT HERE WE ARE AFTER THE VERY NEXT AFTER.

AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT TAKES 32 OR ROUGHLY 30 TO 35 OR WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT IS TO TAKE, TO PUT OUT A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER.

SO I'M JUST, AND I KNOW THIS HAS TO DO WITH THIS.

AND SO WHEN THIS BROUGHT UP AS AN IMMENSE, UH, AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.

SO ARE YOU ALL GONNA COME TO US IF THIS IS THE COST? AND IF SO, WHY DO WE ONLY PUT 15,000 IN THERE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER AMOUNT? OKAY.

SO 32,000 IS THE AMOUNT FOR CME.

WE HAD AN ITB THAT WAS COMPLETED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE PRICING FOR THOSE TWO VENDORS THAT SUBMITTED, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED TWO QUOTES FOR THEIR SERVICE THAT WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN CME FOR THIS NEWSLETTER HERE.

SO 32,000 IS FOR CME, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THAT IS THE COST IN THE FUTURE BASED ON THE BIDS THAT WE EVER RECEIVED.

SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN GET THE NEWSLETTERS IN THE NEXT FOUR, FOUR QUARTERS FOR THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU BUDGETED.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE WAS AN ITB THAT WAS COMPLETED ON FRIDAY.

WE HAVE PRICING FOR TWO VENDORS, ONE BMC MEETS CME, ONE BEING ANOTHER, THE PRICING WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO WITH ANOTHER VENDOR BEING LOWER.

I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN SPEAK ON THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT KNOW, I'M JUST SPEAKING ON THE 15,000, RIGHT.

YOU HAD ALLOCATED 15,000 PER MONTH IN THAT BUDGET THAT I SAW.

RIGHT.

OH, MY ONLY SIMPLE QUESTION IS, IS THAT, WILL WE BE WITHIN THAT AMOUNT OF WHOEVER THAT COMES 115,000, RIGHT.

RIGHT.

SO WHOEVER THAT CONTRACT IS, WE'LL, WE'LL BE, I MEAN, NOT COMING UP FOR EACH TIME WHEN WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE'RE COMING OUT AND, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY IS MY CONCERN.

THAT'S IN MY OPINION.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I SEE.

CAN YOU COME UP? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

YES.

MA'AM.

I SEE.

CAN YOU PROVIDE A TIMELINE WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT IN 2020? SO THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2020, THE COST WAS $40,000 AND THAT WAS FOR 20 PAGES, THE 20 PAGE ANNUAL REPORT.

AND SO WE WILL ALSO DO AN ANNUAL REPORT THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COST WILL REMAIN THE SAME, HOW MANY WERE SENT OUT IN 2020? AND DO YOU HAVE, LIKE, I GUESS LIKE INDIVIDUAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE? SO THE ONLY NEWSLETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT IN 2020 WAS THE ANNUAL REPORT, UH, THAT WAS IN AUGUST OF 2020.

THE REASON BEING WAS WE WERE IN A PANDEMIC AT THE TIME.

SO WE DID AN ANNUAL REPORT AND AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE, AND THEN WE WERE SHORT-STAFFED AND THERE WAS A TRANSITION IN STAFFING AND FINANCE IN 2021, WE'VE DONE TWO, ONE AT A COST OF $43,248 AND 99 CENTS.

AND THEN THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR, I LOVE THE CITY MANAGER, I'M SORRY, THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE A PART OF EACH DISCUSSION.

EVEN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF TODAY REGARDING THE 32.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND LET ME JUST QUALIFY.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE OUT FOR BID ON THIS.

UM, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD JUST ASK COUNSEL ON STAFF TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF PAPER IS GOING TO BE.

AND WE ALSO DON'T KNOW THE COUNT ON COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ROOFTOPS.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING FOR THESE PUBLICATIONS.

AND THEN ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS ARE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY HAD ASKED IF WE COULD DO ONE-PAGERS OR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW ON GETTING INFORMATION OUT ON, UH, THE TWO BUSINESS PROGRAMS THROUGH THE COUNTY.

SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE BUDGETING FOR PUBLICATIONS FOR THE CITY.

UH, BECAUSE WE ARE, WE USED TO BE SPENDING TWO 44,000, WHICH IS WHAT THESE BIDS

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ARE.

WE ARE NOW AT 50,000 AND ABOVE.

AND SO COMPANIES THAT DON'T HAVE NOT DONE THIS BUSINESS FROM MISSOURI CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US THAT TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW, ADDITIONAL REQUEST WAS PAPER AND ALL THAT.

WE CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY THAT WE NEED MORE MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO EVERYTHING IS BUDGETED.

SO YOU SHOULDN'T MATT BE COMING UP HERE OR ANYONE WILL BE COMING UP.

YOU'RE ASKING FOR A MEN, A BUDGET AMENDMENTS, RIGHT? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS.

AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS STAFF.

SO WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS BEEN BUDGETED.

NO, SIR, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WHEN I MET WITH THE BUDGET TEAM AND WHEN I SPOKE TO COUNCIL, THE LAST TIME AROUND MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE HAVE $160,000 IN THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE $115,600.

THAT IS FOR FOUR QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS AND ONE ANNUAL REPORT DUE TO THE INCREASE IN ROOFTOPS, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN PAPER COSTS, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN POSTAGE.

IT IS NOT MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS WILL COVER THE COSTS.

AND I STATED THAT IN MY BUDGET MEETING AND TO COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET PROCEED.

SO IT'S JUST A ONE TIME REQUEST AND THEN WE'LL JUST KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS BID LOOKS LIKE AND THEN GO FORWARD.

RIGHT? I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS. SIX A AND SIX B.

WE ALREADY VOTED ON SIX, EIGHT.

SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION ON SIX B.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SORRY.

THAT'S JUST THE MAT.

GOT YOU CONFUSED.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR.

PRO-TEM MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ITEM NUMBER NINE AUTHORIZATIONS.

ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.

SEVEN, A ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES.

THERE ARE NO ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA.

SEVEN B IS PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS.

THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.

THERE ARE NO OTHERIZATION OF AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 10 ORDINANCES.

THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 11,

[11(a) Consider a resolution supporting the adoption and approval of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and settlement allocation term sheet agreement for the resolution of certain claims against certain pharmaceutical companies related to the misuse of opioids in the state. (Proposed presenter: City Attorney E. Joyce Iyamu)]

RESOLUTION ITEM 11 EIGHT, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION AND APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND COUNSEL AND SETTLEMENT ALLOCATION TERM SHEET AGREEMENT FOR THE RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RELATED TO THE MISUSE OF OPIOIDS IN THE STATE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING TO THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

JOYCE, GOOD EVENING.

THIS ITEM PROVIDES A RESOLUTION BY WHICH THE COUNCIL MAY ADOPT THE APPROVAL OF THE TEXAS OPIOID ABATEMENT FUND COUNSEL AND SETTLEMENT ALLOCATION TERM SHEET.

THE TERM SHEET WOULD ESSENTIALLY WAIVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

IF A LAWSUIT IS BROUGHT AGAINST SPECIFIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, UM, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, WHICH IS DANCING, CARDINAL HEALTH, AMERISOURCE BERGEN AND MCKESSON, THIS ITEM RELATES TO YOUR STRATEGIC GOAL OF CREATING GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OR ESTIMATED MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THE CITY COULD RECEIVE PURSUANT TO THE SETTLEMENT IS $209,633.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE AND ASSUMES THAT ALL CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT CAN PARTICIPATE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.

SO THE AMOUNT OF CONTINGENT UPON, UM, AGAIN, THAT PARTICIPATION BY OTHER CITIES, THE DATE, CERTAIN CITIES,

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SUCH AS THE CITY OF ROSENBERG, THE CITY OF GARLAND, THE CITY OF PLANO, THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE AND THE CITY OF FRIENDS WOULD HAVE ALL SIGNED ON TO, UH, THE SETTLEMENT AS WELL.

UM, THE QUESTION WAS PREVIOUSLY ASKED REGARDING THE, UH, WHAT THE BASIS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, UM, ESTIMATED PAYMENT AMOUNT IS, OR WAS THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SHARE THE SPECIFIC FORMULA.

HOWEVER THEY DID PROVIDE BY EMAIL THAT THE BASIS OF THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS A CITY'S POPULATION, THE NUMBER OF OPIOID DEATHS IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS HAVING OPIOID USE DISORDER AND THE AMOUNT OF OPIOID PILLS AND DRUGS DISTRIBUTED IN AN AREA, THE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

AND THIS INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE, UH, PROPOSED ESTIMATE METHODOLOGY, BUT THE PROPOSED OR POTENTIAL PROPOSED USES INCLUDE TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NARCAN THAT IS USED TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM, UH, OVERDOSE, UM, OVERDOSES, UH, CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED WITH THIS AS WELL AS PUBLIC EDUCATION RELATED TO OPIOID MISUSE AND DRUG DISPOSAL.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS FOUND ONLINE.

THAT WEBSITE IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

AND AS BEFORE YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU, JOYCE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERN.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NICE WORK, THANK YOU.

AND YOUR TEAM.

B UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IN SUPPORT OF THE, OF SAGE DELIS, LIMITED TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION LOCATED AT 500 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, SUGARLAND FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERE TO THANK YOU.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLACE THAT I WAS OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 11

[11(b) Consider a resolution in support of the application of Sage Dulles LTD. to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for a municipal setting designation located at 500 Industrial Boulevard, Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Texas. (Proposed presenter: Assistant City Manager Glen Martel)]

THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY GLENMARK TOWN, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, AS E-JUICE MENTIONED, THIS IS APPLICATION FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING DESIGNATION, UH, FOR A PROPERTY IN SUGARLAND, UH, THAT IS JUST, UH, OUTSIDE OR JUST INSIDE THE FIVE MILE RADIUS IS REQUIRED.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR SITE DOES HAVE SOME CONTAMINATED WATER, UH, WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD DO, UH, AS EXHIBITED IN THE SUGARLAND RESOLUTION ATTACHED THAT WOULD LIMIT THAT LAND TO NOT UTILIZE THAT WATER, UH, FOR ANY PURPOSE.

UH, SO IT BASICALLY PROHIBITS THEM FROM PUMPING THAT WATER AND DOING ANYTHING SO, UH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, TWO WELLS THAT ARE NOT UTILIZED CURRENTLY IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO NO IMPACT TO OUR WATER SYSTEM OR A RESIDENCE.

SO PENDING ANY QUESTIONS OR I THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLOUSER, SIR, DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

AND NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, COMMENTS, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RAINING, WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, I'M CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO OUR HOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES AND DISTRICT A, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN DISTRICT A AND CERTAINLY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS AT AN OPPORTUNITY WITH STAFF AND, UM, A COUNCIL TO VISIT AMAZON, UH, CLUB THIS PAST WEEK, UH, LAST WEEK, AWESOME FACILITY.

UH, NO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT AMAZON AND COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY.

AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO COME IN MY COLLEAGUE, THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THIS PAST MEETING, AND CERTAINLY WE HAD A PHENOMENAL MEETING AND TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN OUR CITY.

SO I JUST WANT

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TO COMMEND YOU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

UH, YES.

UH, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCIL WOMAN.

UH, STERLING'S COMMENT.

WE DID HAVE A GREAT HAVE A GREAT MEETING.

UH, THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ON THE HORIZON WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF OF BEING THERE TW WITH PARKS OR IT'S, UH, ARBERY NETTLES, UH, NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO PRESENTED, UH, GOT EVERYTHING SHE WANTED.

I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST, THESE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ON THE HORIZON AT, UH, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES AND THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.

I ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK MAYOR ELLICOTT FOR ALSO BEING PRESENT AND SHARING HIS WORDS.

UM, I ENJOYED ALSO RECEIVING AN EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF THE NEW AMAZON FACILITY, UH, OVER 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET.

I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, OVER 1000 NEW PERMANENT JOBS.

UH, THEY SAID THAT THINGS ARE SO PROGRESSIVE AT, UH, WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE HIRING IN PART-TIME POSITIONS.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY HIRED PERMANENT POSITIONS, BUT THEY'RE OFFERING THEM BENEFITS, UH, STARTING THEM AT $15 AN HOUR AND, UH, HAVE PLANS TO HIRE EVEN MORE.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR CITY, UH, FOR OUR ECONOMY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO KUDOS TO AMAZON AND THEY WANT TO BE EVEN GREATER PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I KNOW WE'LL BE HAVING CONTINUED MEETINGS WITH THEM AND TALK ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY, UH, WAS HAPPY TO JOIN OR HAVE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

RON REYNOLDS JOINED ME, UH, AS WE, UH, DONATED SOCKS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS PART OF THE SOCKS FOR SENIORS COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT'S THAT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY MY CONSTITUENT AND, UH, COMMUNITY LEANER, UH, COMMUNITY LEADER, CYNTHIA HIGMAN, IF ANYBODY KNOWS MS. HICKMAN, YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS AN EDUCATOR, BUT ALSO AS A COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY LEADER.

AND SHE LOVES THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I WAS HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH HER TO ENSURE THAT, UH, SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY HAD QUALITY SOCKS, UH, ESPECIALLY COMING INTO THE WINTER TIME.

UH, I WAS ALSO EXCITED TO ATTEND AND SHARE REMARKS AT THE RECENT MISSOURI CITY SUCCESS AND BUSINESS EVENT THAT WAS PUT ON BY, UH, J GOODWILL, PIERRE, UH, GOODWILL, PIERRE, LLC.

UH, HE DID AN AMAZING JOB.

HE AND HIS TEAM, UH, WORKING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, BUT I WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSED THAT AS PART OF THAT INITIATIVE, THEY WERE ABLE TO PROCURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM 95%, UH, OF LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

THAT WAS, UH, AN EXCELLENT EVENT AND EXCELLENT OUTCOME.

UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THAT ON THE WAY, LASTLY, SPEAKING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I'M IN A CITY, I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM THAT A PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN VACANT NEARLY 20 YEARS.

UH, AND THE MOST RECENT OWNER HAS OWNED IT.

UH, I GUESS FOR 14 YEARS NOW, THEY BOUGHT IT BACK IN 2007 IS NOW, UH, GOING TO BE OCCUPIED.

UH, I WANT ALL THE RESIDENTS, UH, OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AS WELL AS STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES WELCOME MR. ARROWS, SHAW, PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL SKILLS, DOING BUSINESSES, MAESTROS BARBARA ACADEMY TO OUR GREAT CITY.

UH, HE COMES TO US, UH, EXPANDING HIS LOCATION, WHICH IS IN SPRING TO MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, THE PROPERTY.

HE JUST PURCHASES RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST, UH, AS WELL AS CARTWRIGHT.

AND LIKE I SAID, THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN UNDER THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP OR HAD BEEN UNDER THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP SINCE 2007.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 14 YEARS, BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO BE OCCUPIED.

AND NOT ONLY IS MR. SHAW, UH, FOCUSED ON EXPANDING HIS COMMUNITY FOCUSED BUSINESS RIGHT HERE IN THE MISSOURI CITY, BUT HE'S ALSO, UH, GOING TO HAVE HIS TWO DAUGHTERS RUNNING THE BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE TWO NEWEST RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS COMING, WE HAVE NEW RESIDENTS COME IN AS WELL.

SO THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO DO.

I WANT TO THANK REALTORS, ELIZABETH COLLINS AND DON BREWER FOR WORKING WITH ME TO COORDINATE AN EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE INAUGURAL MEETING WITH OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

UH, ARBERY NETTLES AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DIRECTOR, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.

I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TRANSITION INTO MISSOURI CITY IS SLIM SEAMLESS, BUT LAST THING, THE OWNER OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY, WHERE THE OLD HEB IS LOCATED, I WAS GOING TO BE COMING INTO TOWN AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SCHEDULED MEETING ON NEXT WEEK, UH, RB NETTLES, AND I TO MEET WITH, UH, HIM, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THAT REMAINING PROPERTY WITH SOMETHING, UH, THAT HE HOPES IN.

I KNOW WE DO THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD ENJOY IT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY INCUMBENT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD, UH, EMORY.

YEAH.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK A STAFF AND, UH, ALL THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN PUTTING ON THE, UH, SATURDAY SMALL BUSINESS, UM, EVENT THAT WE HAD, UH,

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UH, SO, UH, AND, UH, A LOT OF, UH, OF, UM, VENDORS THAT WERE THERE THAT I THINK IN PART, A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO, UH, OUR BUSINESSES, OF COURSE, THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY, UH, PARTICIPATION WAS BEING ABLE TO INTRODUCE, UH, JEFFREY BONEY TO, UH, THE REST OF THE, UH, THE AUDIENCE.

SO YOU DID AN AMAZING, I THOUGHT I DID TOO, ALSO LIKE TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO AUBREY AND, UH, AND JENNIFER, UH, WE'RE WORKING, UH, WITH THE, UH, UH, CARTWRIGHT BUSINESS CENTER THEY'RE AT, UH, CYPRESS POINT AND, UH, CARTWRIGHT.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM GET MORE PEOPLE IN THERE AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, TO THAT CENTER.

UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW THAT'S WHERE ALEX WAS, KITCHEN IS.

AND, AND ONE THING WE WANT TO DO IS KEEP THAT QUALITY, UH, RESTAURANT THERE.

UH, HE DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT, UH, WE'RE, UH, WORKING TOWARDS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, TO THAT CENTER.

UH, AND, UH, I GUESS WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S UH, MY, UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

EDWARDS.

ALRIGHTY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY MAYOR ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I JOINED AT LIEUTENANT HERTZ AT ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE PPE SNACKS OR STRENGTHS TO THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM.

I DO WANT TO THANK LIEUTENANT HERD FOR CONTINUING TO COORDINATE SUCH A WONDERFUL EFFORT TO KEEP LOCAL OFFICIALS ENGAGED WITH OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO KUDOS TO HIM FOR THAT EFFORT.

OUR NEXT HIGH SCHOOL IS HIGH.

SO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO JOIN US ON A TOUR OR PROVIDING PPE SNACKS OR DRINKS.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR LIEUTENANT HERTZ.

UM, ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE DINNER AT MICHELLE'S AND SEE UNITS TO SUPPORT OUR EACH SHOP IN PLAY LOCAL CAMPAIGN.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO USE THE HASHTAG EATING AND MCTS SHOPPING IN CTX AND PLANET MCT X.

UM, CONTINUE TO DO THAT RESIDENTS IN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, COORDINATING THAT FOR AUBREY.

YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ALL ACCOMMODATING ON THOSE SEVEN OF US, THAT YOU HAD A LOT TO HANDLE AT TIMES, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, THE TOUR WAS NICE.

UM, I'M NOT GONNA CONTINUE TO BEAT THE DEAD HORSE.

I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT FOR CAPTURING THAT, UH, JENNIFER THOMAS BATMAN'S.

I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS ON THE SIDE AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT, THAT HUGE BILL DOWN, WHICH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE MENTIONED WAS A MILLION SQUARE FEET, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE BUILDING IS UP TO CODE AND THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING MAJOR ISSUES WITH, COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE AMAZON IN OUR BACKYARD AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM.

UM, THE LAST, NO, ALSO THIS WEEKEND, I WAS ABLE TO HELP OUT MY PARENTS AT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANT, WHICH HAS BEEN A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS, UM, CALLED THE GREATEST BARBECUE.

AND SO AS DOING THAT, I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO RESIDENTS DIRECTLY ABOUT OUR BOND ELECTION.

THAT'S COMING UP AS WELL AS US UPCOMING ELECTIONS.

AND I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A RESIDENT, A DINNER WHO WAS INTERESTED IN TALKING TO ME AND ENGAGE IN.

SO IT'S GREAT FOR US TO HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT AND BE ABLE TO BE DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS AT ALL TIMES.

THAT WAS A WONDERFUL, UM, INITIATIVE ALSO ON NOVEMBER TO SIX DAYS, MARK YOUR CALENDAR.

WE WILL HAVE OUR UPCOMING PARKS CLEANUP.

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BY REGISTERING, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TURNOUT AT BUFFALO PARK.

THE TIMEFRAME IS 8:00 AM TO 10:00 AM.

UM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND JUST SOME OF THE CLOSING COMMENTS, UM, IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEND RESOURCES ALL AROUND THE CITY BY DISTRICT EIGHT AND HEARING FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE BEING NEGLECTED.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

SO INSTEAD OF US SPENDING TIME MAKING FRIVOLOUS OR UNNECESSARY ORDINANCE, WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.

WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, IS UP TO PAR THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE BEING HEARD AND ADDRESSED.

OUR OFFICERS ARE BEING HEARD AND ADDRESSED, AND WE WERE ACCOMMODATED JIM AND PUBLIC SECTORS.

SO AGAIN, UM, I JUST FEEL AS IF WE NEED TO SPEND OUR RESOURCES ELSEWHERE AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR STAFF, BUILDING MORALE AND ADHERENT TO THE RESIDENTS NEEDS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND NOT WASTING CITY RESOURCES

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ON OTHER THINGS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

YES.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, LAST WEEK, MYSELF AND INTERIM, UM, COUNTS, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UH, BILL ATKINSON MET WITH PASTOR MARTIN DEAN OF SIENNA RANCH BAPTIST CHURCH.

UM, PASTOR DEAN REACHED OUT TO ME, UH, WONDERING HOW HE COULD, UM, SORT OF, UH, CONNECT WITH, UH, THE CITY AS WELL AS RESIDENTS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT EVENTS AND MENTAL WELLNESS AND TOOLS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT WELLNESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND STAFF.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WHAT'S TO COME AHEAD ON THAT ALSO WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO JAY GOODWILL PIER, UH, AUBREY NETTLES, UM, AND OUR STAFF FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR AN AWESOME SUCCESS IN BUSINESS EXPO.

THIS FRIDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, MEET SEVERAL OF OUR VENDORS AND THANK THEM AND POP MY HEAD INTO ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS AND, UH, TO WITNESS THAT IT WAS JUST REALLY POWERFUL TO WATCH THE NETWORKING GOING ON.

UM, SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE SUCCESS WITH THAT.

UM, ON FRIDAY EVENING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, AND I, WE STEPPED OUT OF MISSOURI CITY AND REPRESENTED MISSOURI CITY AT, UH, THE NINTH ANNUAL TOP 30 INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN HOUSTON AWARDS.

UM, I WANT TO THANK UPS, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER, ROD BROWN FOR HAVING ME A GUEST AT HIS TABLE, BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND I REPRESENTED WELL, AND WE GAVE REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE MISSOURI CITY.

UM, ALSO, UH, ON LAST SATURDAY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, I'M SORRY.

UH, MAYOR PRO TIM, MYSELF AND MAYOR WHERE I'M HONORED TO ATTEND THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY AT, UH, TEXAS LEAGUER FEST, UH, THEIR BREWERY THAT IS RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME THERE.

AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING TIME.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, I SAW LOTS OF CONSTITUENTS THAT CAME OUT BECAUSE, UM, I HAD PUT OUT A NOTICE AND SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE.

SO, UM, LET'S JUST KEEP SHARING AND KEEP ABOUT OUR SHOP LOCAL PLAY LOCAL BECAUSE IT'S WORKING, IT'S MAKING RESIDENTS AWARE AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AWARE OF ALL OF THE JEWELS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR GREAT CITY.

AND I THINK THAT IS IT.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

UH, THIS MONTH IS BREAST CARE WENT, UH, BREAST CARE AWARENESS MONTH.

SO EVERYBODY WEAR YOUR PINK, BE PROACTIVE, FREQUENT YOUR DOCTORS, PRAY FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN AFFECTED AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE OUTLETS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEND MONEY TO RESEARCH TO, TO BEAT CANCER.

UM, OCTOBER 16TH HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT NINE O'CLOCK, I AM HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE MEDICARE POLICY REVIEW.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS THERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THEIR YEAR TO COME THERE FOR THE MEDICARE OPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE.

THIS IS MY REPORT.

OKAY, GOOD.

MAY APPROACH THEM ATTENDED.

I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING OUR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND, AND COMMUNICATION TEAM FOR GETTING TOGETHER FOR THE SIENNA PARKWAY MOBILITY STUDY.

UM, AND IT WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY A MAYOR PRO TEM AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.

AND WE HAD COMMISSIONER GRADY PRESAGE THAT WAS THERE.

UM, AND I THINK, UM, WANT TO THANK THE TWO DEPARTMENTS FOR YOUR TIME, ESPECIALLY SHASHI FOR ANSWERING ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND YOUR TEAMS OUT THERE WITH THE CHART AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEN, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WENT A LONG WAY.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, AND MAY I APPROACH HIM? AND I MET WITH, UM, OUR NBA CHAMPION AND FORMER PLAYER HAKEEM OLAJUWON, UH, AT THE CITY TO TALK ABOUT IS PART TWO OF HIS DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S ON 90.

WE JUST HAD OUR INITIAL MEETING.

UM, I WANNA THANK, UM, AUBREY, UH, AS WELL AS JENNIFER, UM, FOR ATTENDING THAT MEETING AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COMING UP SO WE CAN PERHAPS UPDATE, UH, SOME OF YOU BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN PREMATURE.

UM, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I WANT TO THANK THESE, UH, STAFF, UM, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM WHO ATTENDED THAT MEETING FOR THE NMS TRAINING.

NOW WE HAD OUR FIRST PART OF THAT MEETING.

UM, AND I THINK THE SECOND ONE IS BEING POSTPONED, UH, TO JANUARY TIME.

BUT THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THAT.

UM, THERE IS A PLAY LOCAL CAMPAIGN THAT TOOK PLACE WITH THE SOCCER GROUP.

I THINK MA

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AND I KNOW HE MISSED THIS, BUT I'LL SPEAK FOR HIM.

UM, HE KICKED THE BALL AND I THINK HE GOT HURT, BUT I BELIEVE HE DID.

COMMENTS AND TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY DISAGGREGATE TALK ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS.

UM, SO HE ATTENDED THE PLAY LOCAL CAMPAIGN.

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR NOT SAYING WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY, RIGHT? UM, AMAZON FACILITY, AGAIN, AUBREY, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME.

AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE AT THEIR MERCY TO GET THAT WALKED THROUGH.

UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN INTO A FACILITY OF, OF SUCH AS THAT, BUT VERY PROUD THAT IT'S IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY IS GOING TO CHANGE THE BALLOONS TO SAY LOSER'S CITY TO MCT X.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MORE TOURS THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.

SO THIS WAY WE CAN PERHAPS HAVE SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEMBER THAT MISSED THE MEETING.

I MISSED THE WALK THROUGH THAT CAN WALK THROUGH AS WELL, SO GREAT TO HAVE THEM HERE AND THAT THE FACT THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT THE JOBS, I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THAT ON ANYWHERE ON ANY LINK.

UM, SO I LIKE TO SEE THOSE WHERE THEY HAVE, THEY SAID, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO HIRE THERE PROBABLY ABOUT 1200, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S COMING UP.

I'M SURE THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR JOBS.

SO I LIKE TO SEE THAT LINK BE POSTED SOMEWHERE IN, UH, IN OUR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE.

SO THIS WAY, OUR CITIZENS, UM, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN APPLY FOR THE JOBS THERE, MCT X BUSINESS FORUM.

UM, I DID COME IN LATE, BUT, UM, ONE, I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, BONEY, UM, AND, AND I BELIEVE IT COMES FROM THE STERLING WAS HERE ALSO TO BE PART OF THAT.

AND THEN I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND I WALKED IN A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT, BUT IT WAS JUST GREAT SEEING THIS PLACE, UM, KIND OF TRANSFORMED INTO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

AND THEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SESSIONS UPSTAIRS, IT, YOU KNOW, YOU ASK ANYONE, THEY HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE COMING UP, UM, ON SATURDAY ON THE EAT LOCAL CAMPAIGN, MYSELF AND AUBREY NETTLES WAS ABLE TO GO TO DONUTS MAMA.

UM, THAT'S LOCAL HERE ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT.

UH, WE LEARN HOW TO MAKE DONUTS.

WE LEARN HOW TO MAKE COLLAGES AND WE'LL LEARN HOW TO EAT THEM AND HOW TO PASS THEM OUT.

SO IT WAS GREAT SEEING THE RESIDENTS, UH, COMING OUT AND THANKING US AND THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK LIVE, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, JUST SAY THAT THEY SAW THIS.

SO THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY TO EAT LOCAL SHOP LOCAL PLAY LOCAL IS WORKING AND I'M EXCITED WITH THEM.

UM, IN NEXT WEEK OR IN TWO WEEKS, I WILL, I SHOULD SAY, UM, THE FIRST MEETING FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION IS STARTING.

UM, I LOOKED TO REVAMP THAT PROGRAM.

SO I HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COORDINATOR OF THAT.

AND I'M SO I'M EXCITED AS IT COMES UP, IT'LL BE COUNTERING BY, WOULD IT BE SENT OUT TO ALL COUNCIL? THERE WILL BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THAT SOME OF YOU WILL SPEAK AT THOSE, UH, NOT, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M NOT THERE TO GIVE, UM, ITEMS AND SUGGESTIONS ON CERTAIN TOPICS, HOW CITY COUNCIL WORKS AND SOME VISITS AND TOURS AND ALL THAT.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WILL GET YOU UPDATED ON YOUR ACCOUNT ON THOSE CALENDARS.

SO, SO YOU ALL CAN BE PART OF THAT.

AND THE 10TH, THE LAST PIECE THAT I HAVE IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UM, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE HERE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT DISTRICT A, UH, FROM A CONSTITUENT THAT HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID, YOU NEEDED TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

I HAD GONE OUT THERE AND SAW IT.

AND I THINK, UM, I POST THOSE PICTURES, UM, FACEBOOK FORUMS AND THINGS OF THAT TYPE OF NATURE AND DOES NOT LOOK GOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE HAVE NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB.

AND AS I HEARD SOMEONE TALK ABOUT THE SWEEP, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TRANSPIRED FROM THAT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M FIVE FOOT FOUR.

THOSE GRASS WERE TALLER THAN ME.

UM, IT IS A FACT, SO THINGS HAVE TO IMPROVE THEIR SIGN THAT ARE LAYING DOWN THAT HAS BEEN LAYING DOWN THERE FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS, UM, IS THERE'S SIDEWALKS THAT ARE BROKEN.

AND I WANT TO THANK SHAWSHEE KUMAR FOR HIS HELP TO GET WORK WITH THE MOD AND, AND GETTING THAT APPROVED.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB.

AND THIS IS THE STAFF.

THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE STAFF WANTS.

UM, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR SO LONG ABOUT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT COME UP AT THESE PUBLIC

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IT'S THE FORGOTTEN PART OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND AFTER MY TRIP, I BEGAN TO THINK THE SAME WAY.

IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, NOT AT ALL.

THERE'S STOP SIGNS.

THAT'S BEING RUN OVER.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE'VE ADDRESSED IT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT PEOPLE DO COME.

THERE'S HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THINGS.

SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT CARS AND ALL OF THIS, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE CITY STAFF.

IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT.

WE CAN'T CALL IT SWEEP AND NOT HAVE THE SITUATION IS BACK TO THE SCENE.

IT'S ON THE CITY SIDE, IT ISN'T OFF THE FONDER OF MEADOWS.

WE WE'RE, THERE ARE CONTRACTS THAT WERE GIVEN UP THERE'S NEXT TO GAS STATIONS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, BY LIVING ON HIGHWAY SIX SIDE, I CAN TELL YOU, IT WILL NOT PEOPLE OVER THERE WILL NOT TOLERATE THAT.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, WHAT MAKES MISSOURI CITY DISTRICT A TOLERATE THAT? ALSO, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IT, THE STATE OF THE CITY, I SAID, WE'RE ONE CITY.

I MEANT WHAT I SAID, I WASN'T BLUFFING.

I WAS NOT JOKING.

WHEN I SAID WE'RE ONE CITY, WHICH MEANS JUST A GAY DISTRICT, B DISTRICT C AND D IS THEY ALL PAY THEIR TAXES.

THEY ALL DO THEIR, THEY ALL DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

WE CAN HAVE THE TALE OF THE TWO CITIES NO MORE.

SO I'M ASKING THE STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO LOOK AT THAT AND TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS IN AN APPROPRIATE TIME AND INAPPROPRIATE MANNER.

SO THAT WAY, THIS IS NOT THAT WE AS CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE IT'S JUST, DOESN'T MATTER.

WHO IS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATION OF A, ALL OF US MAKES THE VOTING.

WE ALL VOTE ON THINGS TOGETHER.

THERE IS NO SEPARATION OF DISTRICT LEVELS VOTING FOR CERTAIN THINGS, A LARGER LEVEL OF VOTING FOR SOMETHING.

AND I, AS THE MAYOR VOTING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE ALL VOTE THE SAME WAY IN THIS CITY.

SO WE REPRESENT EVERYWHERE.

DOES IT MEAN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT B COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, DOESN'T TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT BRINGS UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ON DISTRICT D OR C OR A WE'RE ALL EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THIS.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS.

AND I WOULD ASK THE STAFF IN THIS TO GO BACK OUT THERE AND LOOK, I MADE IT A POINT TO VISIT DISTRICT A ESPECIALLY DISTRICT K BECAUSE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON UNTIL END OF THIS YEAR, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND CONCERNS.

IF WE CAN'T FIX THEM, THEN WE OWE AN EXPLANATION TO THOSE COUNCIL REPRESENTATION AND TO THE HOS, UH, BECAUSE THEY DO MEET PERIODICALLY ON MONTHLY, UM, AND WHICH WE ARE BEING PART OF.

SO WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS WITH THAT.

I CLOSE OUT MY COMMENTS.

ITEM NUMBER 12 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

THERE ARE NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS ON THIS REGULAR AGENDA HAVE NUMBER 15.

UH, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.

THIS MEETING.

THE TIME IS 8:22 PM.