Oct 18, 2021 City Council

ONE IMPORTANT THING IN MISSOURI CITY.

THE CITY RECEIVED TWO FORMS. MIKE WATSON.

HELLO, I'M MIKE WATSON, 3 0 1 8 APPLE VALLEY LANE, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT D.

I'M ALSO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, A MEMBER OF THE BOND COMMITTEE AND, UH, ALSO A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NAACP AND THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE.

THE REASON WHY I VENTURED OUT THIS EVENING, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF STARTING OUR BOND ELECTION TOO.

I REVIEWED THE NUMBERS RECENTLY UPDATED NUMBERS, AND I SEE WE HAVE 450,000 AS BOND COSTS.

I'M JUST IMPLORING EACH OF YOU, EACH OF YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EXPENSES COSTS MONIES ARE APPLIED IN A FAIR, EQUITABLE WAY SO THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SHARE IN THOSE PROCEEDS.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH CONSULTANTS, I'M TALKING ABOUT LAWYERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT UNDERWRITERS.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

THE UNDERWRITERS IN DEALERS, AND FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN WALL STREET ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEBT AND EQUITY ISSUES.

NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES, NOT ONLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT ON FIVE OTHER CONTINENTS.

SO I KNOW IF YOU DON'T MEASURE IT, IT NEVER WILL BE DONE.

I'M JUST IMPLORING.

IF SOMEONE WHO'S VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME IN THIS CONDITION SINCE MAY.

SO PLEASE DO THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SELL SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY, UNLESS YOU CAN CONVINCE THE PUBLIC.

AND THIS IS A CITY, A VERY DIVERSE CITY IN THE 2020 CENSUS JUST EXPOSED US HOW DIVERSE IT TRULY HAS EVEN BECOME MORE DIVERSE.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE, AS I STOOD OUT IN FRONT OF FOOD AROMA YESTERDAY, IMPLORING PEOPLE, GIVING THEM MATERIALS, TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IT.

THOSE ARE EVERYDAY PEOPLE.

YOU GET TWO OR THREE SECONDS WITH THEM, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM IT'S FAIR.

JUST LIKE ON, ON SATURDAY.

I, SO SOME OF YOU AT THE QUAIL VALLEY FUNCTION, THOSE ARE CITIZENS TOO.

AND I, THEM JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE.

SO I'M JUST, THAT'S WHY I CAME TONIGHT.

IT'S NOT FUN FOR ME TO COME OUT LIKE THIS, BUT I WANTED TO EMPLOY, CAUSE THIS IS OCTOBER.

WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AND NOVEMBER'S ELECTION IS NOVEMBER 2ND.

WE'RE IN EARLY VOTING ALREADY.

SO I'LL JUST ASK YOU THAT.

AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

BUT I'LL BENCHMARK IT AND I'LL BE LOOKING.

I, YOU KNOW, I'M A NUMBERS GUY.

I'VE LIVED MY WHOLE WORLD PROFESSIONAL WORLD IN NUMBERS.

AND THEN THE LAST THING MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SEND MY WISHES TO YOU BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A HORRIBLE FLOODING CAROLA.

SO IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM IN HORRIBLE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE POLLS.

YOU CAN COME AND VISIT ME AT QUAIL VALLEY ON ELECTION DAY OR BEFORE, AND ONE OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS.

ALL RIGHT, I LOOK FORWARD.

PLEASE COME AND VISIT, SIR.

BYE-BYE THANK YOU, BRUCE.

7 9 1 5 CHANCEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77 0 7.

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SINCE THE 1980S AS THE SENIOR EXEMPTION HAS NOT BEEN RAISED.

I BEING A SENIOR CITIZEN OF MISSOURI CITY.

I'M DISGUSTED AT THAT FACT, BESIDES NOT HAVING A BRIDGE IN FOND MEADOW OR OTHER ISSUES, THAT'S EVEN A BIGGER ISSUE FOR ME NOW BEING A SENIOR CITIZEN.

IF I WERE TWO BLOCKS OVER MY PROPERTY TAXES, WOULDN'T BE ABOUT $200 A YEAR.

TOTAL HAVE A BOND ISSUE COMING UP MORE MONEY INTO THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE, MORE MONEY INTO THE PARKS AND RECREATION.

THERE, NOTHING IN FOND MEADOW, NOTHING IN FONDREN PARK, EITHER SOME OF YOU CAME UP TO FOND AND PARKLAND SOON, LAST TUESDAY.

AND UM, YOU GOT AN EARFUL AND IT WASN'T FROM ME.

IT WAS FROM THE RESIDENTS AND FONDREN PARK.

SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WAKE UP TO THE FACT THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI CITY IS NEGLECTED? YOU MAY OR EVEN SPOKE TO THAT IS A FACT, BUT YOU ALSO VOTED ADD THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE SPLASH PAD IN QUAIL VALLEY, WHERE THAT MONEY COULD BE USED TO BUILD THEIR NEW MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

THAT'S FALLING DOWN.

THIS IS NONSENSE.

THESE BONDS NEED TO BE REJECTED PERIOD, UNTIL YOU LEARN THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS OTHER AREAS.

BESIDES THAT, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY.

ONLY ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ON HERE VOTED NOT TO FUND THAT SPLASH PAD.

AND I COMMEND HER FOR THAT ACTION BECAUSE SHE SPOKE UP YOU, MR. MAYOR DID NOT SPEAK UP ON THAT, BUT SHE TOLD THE PEOPLE OF FONDREN PARK.

THERE'S A NEW ERA.

NOW IT'S A NEW BEGINNING AND EVERYTHING IS IN THE PAST.

WELL, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THAT'S PRETTY RECENT.

WHEN YOU ALSO VOTED TO EXTEND THAT FUNDING FOR THAT SPLASH PAD.

SO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

ANYBODY ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS.

I DON'T REMEMBER FIVE.

OUR STAFF REPORTS.

THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER SIX,

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF? I MOVE THAT.

WE APPROVE THE CONSENT A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MARIPOSA MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

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

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PRETTY SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND NUMBER SEVEN

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]

SEVEN A'S ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING, AND ORDINANCE.

THERE ARE NO ZONING, PUBLIC HEARINGS, HEARINGS, AND ORDINANCE ON THIS AGENDA.

SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED ACTIONS ITEMS SEVEN B ONE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS SPRINTING, THE CENTER POINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC.

IT'S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS THE RIGHT PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE.

SO YOU USE THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, WITH A CONSTRUCTION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COMPANY'S ELECTRIC UTILITY FACILITIES TO CONDUCT AN ELECTRIC DELIVERY BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

SO A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AN EMOTION BY COSTUMER VOTING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER SIR, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED THE FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING MS. MARIA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM? OKAY.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE? IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

BONEY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY? STAFF HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN RABBONI.

IS THERE A SECOND BEFORE THE VOTE MAYOR? IF I MAY JUST DESCRIBE THIS PROJECT REALLY QUICKLY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FRANCHISES ARE PROVIDED TO CERTAIN COMPANIES TO ALLOW THEM TO UTILIZE THE CITY AS PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY TO PROVIDE

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UTILITY SERVICES.

THIS ITEM PROVIDES A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO CENTERPOINT ENERGY FOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES, A CENTER POINT.

UM, THIS PARTICULAR FRANCHISE FOR CENTER POINT IS FOR A TERM OF 20 YEARS WITH ONE FIVE-YEAR RENEWABLE TERM AT CENTER POINT HAS SENT MS. JESSICA SANFORD AND JEFFREY LED IT.

UM, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THE COMPANY, THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

EMORY, 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.

I DON'T REMEMBER AID IS EMPLOYMENT.

THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER NINE

[9 (a) Consider approving a budget request for $398,000 for the completion of City Council Chambers, 2nd floor Vestibule and City Hall Lobby renovations and upgrades. Proposed presenter: Glen Martel, Assistant City Manager]

OR AUTHORIZATIONS ITEM NUMBER NINE, A CONSIDER APPROVING A BUDGET REQUEST FOR 398,000 FOR THE COMPLETION OF CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.

SECOND FLOOR VESTIBULE AND CITY HALL LOBBY, RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY GLEN MARTELL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

SO MEANING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL BACK IN MAY, UH, WE CAME BEFORE YOU WITH THE COUNCIL UPGRADE.

UH, YOU MENTIONED AS YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT INCLUDED THE LOBBY, THE STAIRWAY OF THE FOYER, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL CITY CHAMBER CITY, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL CHAMBERS ITSELF.

UM, WE'RE HERE TO SEE EVENING DAS FOR SOME MORE MONEY FOR THIS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS, UH, TO EXPAND SOME THINGS IS IN WITHIN NORMAL CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS.

WE ALSO RAN INTO SOME THINGS WITH ELECTRICAL AND, UH, RECURRING THE CEILING WITHIN THE FOYER AREA ITSELF.

UH, SO HERE TO ASK FOR SOME MORE MONEY TO FINISH THAT UP, AS WELL AS LET YOU KNOW THAT DURING THAT PROCESS, SOME OF THE ORDERING OF THE MATERIALS, UH, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES, AND AS YOU I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD WITH THE SHIPPING OF SOME OF THE TECHNICAL STUFF WITH CHIPS AND STUFF.

UH, WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT, UH, THAT BEING OPENED THE FIRST PART OF JANUARY.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I WILL END MY INTRODUCTION.

UH, MIKE TUBBS FROM FACILITIES IS HERE TO DISCUSS THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THAT THE GENERAL FUND PIECE.

I, AS WELL AS STACY WALKER AND HER TEAM FROM COMMUNICATIONS TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNICATION PIECE AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR EITHER OF THOSE TEAMS. SO, UH, WITH THAT ON THE SHELF, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'LL LET THE EXPERTS TAKEOVER.

MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? BYE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, UH, WITHOUT THIS NEW BUDGET REQUEST FOR 3 98, WILL WE BE ABLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT BEFORE US, UH, WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD ON THE RENOVATION OF THE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WOULD BE THAT AMOUNT? UH, NO, SIR.

WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND GO BACK, UH, IN PARTICULAR WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT IS NOT HERE YET.

I THINK STACY AND HER TEAM ARE HERE AS WELL, BUT, UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP THE ORDER OF THAT PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT AND FALL BACK ON THAT PIECE AND THEN FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE ON THE STUFF THAT WAS, UH, REQUESTED THE MATERIALS AND EXTRA WORK, UH, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PIECE WAS AND THEN JUST COME BACK FOR THAT REQUEST AND THEN STOP WHERE WE ARE AND GO FROM THERE.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED WITH THIS, THAT THE COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED $400,000? UH, YES.

WELL, YES, SIR.

IN TOTAL, UH, AS, AS ON THE SHEET THERE, WE HAVE $128,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND ON CONSTRUCTION AND THEN A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO 70 ON THE COMMUNICATION SITE.

CONSTRUCTION-WISE, THAT WAS THE CEILING.

YEAH.

I NEED TO SEE MORE DETAILS AS TO HOW THAT'S BROKEN DOWN, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A RISE IN COSTS AND EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, BUT $400,000 BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO US.

I JUST FIND THAT, UM, UNREALISTIC, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW 400,000 IS OUR ASKED TODAY.

SO, UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE, MORE INFORMATION AND SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY CAN PROVIDE THAT TO ME A BREAKDOWN.

UH, YES SIR.

WE DID A LATE FRIDAY SEND OUT THE BREAKOUT SHEET THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT.

YEAH, I DID LOOK AT IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME PLEASE.

OKAY, WELL, I CAN GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY AGAIN, BUT ON THE, ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SIDE, I, I WOULD, I AM NOT THE COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT.

I CAN JUST KIND OF BASICALLY REPEAT WHAT'S THERE AGAIN, STACY AND HER CONSULTANT.

I BELIEVE WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.

UM, BUT THE, THE RACK AND POWER ACCESSORIES UPGRADE THE ROOM.

UH, WE HAVE THE AUDIO UPGRADES, WHICH INCLUDES THE MICROPHONES AND THE SPEAKERS AND SUCH IN THE ROOM.

WE HAVE VIDEO CONTROLS.

SO ALL THE ABILITY TO UPGRADE, UH, THEIR PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES, TIMELINESS, AND QUALITY OF THAT, OF THE CONTROL EQUIPMENT THAT YOU SEE THERE.

AND THEN ALL THE INTEGRATION WITH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, ANY DETAIL I WOULD ASK THAT STACY AND HER TEAM COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, ON THE, UH, GENERAL FUND SIDE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE AND SOME OF THE EXTRA WORK, UH, WE WERE REQUESTED, ADD THE FOLDING DOORS, THE GLASS DOORS TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, UM, CITY SEALS, UH, WITHIN THE CARPET, UH, UP THE STAIRS.

AND THEN IN THE FOUR AREA, UM, RE UH, REPLACING SOME OF THE PANELS, UM, TO MAKE THEM ALL MATCH UP THERE, UH, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE DOORS, UH, GENERAL CONSTRUCTION.

WE DID RUN INTO SOME ELECTRICAL, UH, CHALLENGES WITH LOOKING AT THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL WE GOT

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INTO THE WALLS AND SUCH.

SO THAT WAS A, MORE OF A NORMAL KIND OF CONSTRUCTION THING AS I CALL IT, NOT NECESSARILY A REQUEST OF THE FOYER REPAIRS.

WE TRIED TO SEAL THAT PAINTED THAT OLD.

IF YOU RECALL THE ORIGIN OF POPCORN CEILING THAT WAS UP THERE, UH, WE WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD AT ALL WITH THAT EFFORT.

SO WE DECIDED AT THAT POINT, JUST TO SCRAPE THAT OFF SINCE WE HAD THE CREW IN THERE, UH, TEXTURE, THAT PATCH UP WHAT WE COULD UP THERE, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE, AND THEN PAINT THAT.

SO THAT WAS THERE A PODIUM UPGRADE TIED TO SOME OF THE KEY, THE COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS, UH, BOTH PODIUMS ON EACH SIDE OF THAT NOW BE, UH, INTEGRATED WITH THE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, UH, BE ABLE TO WORK THEM, UH, RIGHT FROM EACH OF THOSE AND, AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT, UH, MONITORS WITHIN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, AS WELL AS A FOYER DOWNSTAIRS IN THE LOBBY OF NEEDED, UH, THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT COMES WITH SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT, UH, IS IN THE GENERAL FUND REQUEST, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE EXTERIOR REPAIRS, UH, THAT WE NOTICED, AND THAT WERE REQUESTED AS WELL TO SUPPORT, UH, THE REOPENING OF THAT COME JANUARY, PARTICULARLY THE FRONT ENTRANCE, UH, WITH SOME OF THE PAVERS AND SUCH OUT THERE, AS WELL AS, UH, DOING SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE REOPENED THAT THE FACILITY LOOKS VERY NICE.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, YOU'RE SAYING TODAY THAT THE 398,000 AS BEING REQUESTED WAS BASED OFF OF THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT THAT, OR THE ORIGINAL ASS THAT WE RECEIVED, BUT THESE REPRESENT COSTS INCREASES NOT NEW REQUESTS.

WELL, I, THESE ARE COST INCREASES.

SOME OF THEM ARE NEW REQUESTS.

I BELIEVE AGAIN, IT DOES INCLUDE NEW REQUESTS, NOT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST TO COMPLETE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER RENOVATION.

THESE ARE SOME NEW REQUESTS I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH ONE OF THESE ITEMS OR A COMBINATION OF HOW MUCH OF THE 3,390 8,000 REPRESENTS NEW REQUESTS VERSUS COST INCREASES.

ON AGAIN, I WILL LET STACY AND HER TEAM SPEAK ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THOSE DETAILS, UH, ON THE FOLDING DOORS THAT AS A COST INCREASE, THAT WAS REQUESTED, THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, PROCEDURE IN THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT THE CITY SEALS AND THE CARPET WAS NOT THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE EXTRA DOOR PANELS THAT WERE REQUESTED WERE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, THE EXTERIOR REPAIRS THAT WERE REQUESTED WERE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THAT CAME ALONG WITH, UH, THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT PROJECTED.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, THE NEW REQUESTS, I THINK I'M ANSWERING THAT QUESTION THERE, UH, THE PODIUM UPGRADES FOR YOUR REPAIRS AND MAYBE SOME, AND THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADE PART WAS MORE WHAT I WOULD CALL MAYBE NORMAL CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU HIT.

THOSE THINGS SOMETIMES GO TO GET IN THERE AND TRY TO FIX THINGS IT'S JUST BETTER TO, AND PARTICULARLY THE CEILING CEILING TREATMENT, JUST SCRAPE IT OFF AND GET IT BACK TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE MORE ABOUT IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE I PROCEED? OKAY.

GLENN, YOU ARE THE LEAD OF THIS PROJECT, CORRECT.

AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER CONSTRUCTION, I CERTAINLY HAVE A PIECE OF IT.

RIGHT.

I THINK HE HAD JUST NEEDED A YES OR NO.

UM, SO BEFORE THIS, I GUESS TOTAL BECAME TO 398,000.

DID YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US, FOR YOU TO COME AND CONSULT WITH US PRIOR TO RACKING UP SUCH A ENORMOUS BILL? ABSOLUTELY.

AND WHEN IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT FIVE OR SIX WEEKS AGO, UH, THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO OVER THE 25% OF THE CONSTRUCTION, I STARTED TO COLLECT THE NUMBERS SO I COULD GET THE COUNCIL AND LET YOU KNOW.

UH, AND WHEN I GOT ALL THE FINAL NUMBERS TOGETHER, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

SO, UH, YES, THE TEAM NOTICED THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND IN, IN COLLECTING THOSE NUMBERS AND GETTING HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WHEN THIS GOT POSTED HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT THEY EXTEND TO THESE NUMBERS WERE NO.

SO HOW LONG DOES THE DURATION OF THE REST OF THIS PROJECT BEFORE IT BE COMPLETED RIGHT NOW? UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE, THE, UH, CONTROL ITEM IS THE SHIPPING FOR SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE.

AND THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THAT ARRIVING IN DECEMBER.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY SHOOTING FOR A BASELINE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STACEY HAD A CONVERSATION.

THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY IS OUR GOAL RIGHT NOW.

UM, GLENN, WHERE YOU FINISHED COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BROKEN DOWN INTO, UM, THE COSMETIC, YOU KNOW, THE COSMETIC STUFF.

UM, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, LIKE THE SEALS AND THE CARPET, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BROKEN OUT INTO THE THINGS THAT WE MUST HAVE FOR COMPLETION, UH, AS OPPOSED TO COSMETIC THINGS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE.

THE LATEST AND GREATEST AT THIS TIME.

LET'S HAVE A COUPLE OF TVS, BUT WE DON'T NEED

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I CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH MIKE AND THE TEAM ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

AGAIN, I WOULD ASK 'EM, YOU KNOW, I CAN, I CAN WORK WITH STACY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT MIGHT BE BELLS VERSUS WHISTLES ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TO GET US FUNCTIONING VERSUS NICE TO HAVE IN MY TERMINOLOGY, LYNN, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST ASK, UH, I KNOW I READ THIS MORNING AND SOME OF THESE FUNDS ARE COMING OUT OF PIG.

MA'AM ALL OF, WELL, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S LISTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE THING, UH, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SHEET THAT WAS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY IS PEGGED FUND.

THE ORIGINAL 70,000 THAT WAS ASKED FOR, FOR COMMUNICATIONS BACK IN MAY, AS WELL AS 270 OF THIS REQUEST IS ALL OUT OF PEG FUND 340 TOTALS CURRENT REQUESTS.

YOU HAVE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS ANYWAY, RIGHT? YES.

WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.

IF I REMEMBER MY NUMBER, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I LOOKED AT THAT, UH, WE ARE VERY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN EXPEND THOSE ON.

SO, UH, WE DID COORDINATE, UH, THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THESE EXPENDITURES, UH, AND ON THE COMMUNICATIONS LIST, THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN APPROVED THROUGH LEGAL THAT, UH, THOSE ARE OUR HARDWARE TYPE ITEMS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED.

UH, THE ONE THING WE DID PULL OUT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS ESTIMATE WAS THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PIECE THAT CAME WITH THAT PACKAGE THAT WAS PUSHED OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND SIDE SO THAT OUR EXPENDITURES REMAINED LEGAL AND NOT PROOF.

UH, YOU SAID WE HAD A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PEG FINE GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT, I I'D ASK, I'D ASK ALINA IF SHE CAN, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.

1.3, SORRY, IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD COUNCIL REMEMBER, IS THERE A HAVE A, A FEELING THAT, UH, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THOSE DOLLARS OTHER THAN THROUGH HERE THAT THEY'LL JUST SIT THERE IN THE PEG FUND FI UH, RESERVE OR, YOU KNOW, COULD WE USE THESE DOLLARS IN OTHER, UH, OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE USE? WE ARE, AGAIN, I KIND OF LOOKED TO LEGAL COUNSEL ON THAT, BUT FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT'S VERY LIMITED TO HARDWARE.

EVEN MY MOST SOFTWARE COMPONENTS THAT COME TO, TO RUN THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO BE, HAVE THOSE DOLLARS EXPENDED ON THEM.

SO YOU LOOK AT EQUIPMENT, YOU LOOK AT CAMERAS, YOU LOOK AT PERHAPS LIKE THE MCV, UH, MCTV TRUCK, RIGHT.

THE VEHICLE, UM, THAT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS ACTUALLY HAS TO BE PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN SPEND IT ON.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO GO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, BUYING NEW CAMERAS AND BUYING A NEW TRUCK IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT LOOKING TO EXPAND ANYWHERE NEAR $1.3 MILLION, UH, IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THAT.

BUT IT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER, UH, OTHER PURPOSES, ANYTHING RELATED TO THE .

I JUST DON'T WANT THE IMPRESSION THAT WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS OR LET'S JUST GO SPEND IT.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT'S NOT THE CASE WE ARE LOOKING TO PROPOSE HERE IS TO EXPEND IT ON THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED UNDER THE LAW.

I UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE LOOKING TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WITHOUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT, BUT THESE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED ARE WITHIN THE HARDWARE, UH, DEFINITION OF EXPANDING THE FUNDS, BUT THEY ARE AND THE CITY EXPENDITURES.

TURN RIGHT AROUND AND GET WORKING ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEN YOU, UM, AND THIS GOES WITH ANYBODY THAT IS ASKING FOR A BUDGET, UH, INCREASE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE THE SLIDE AND US TO LOOK AT IT WHILE WE ARE TALKING TO IT.

SO NEXT TIME PLEASE INCLUDE THAT IN THE REPORT.

SO FOR TRANSPARENCY, I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS BREAK OUT THOSE THAT ARE REQUIRED BY CONSTRUCTION.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE THAT ARE ALMOST I'LL USE THE WORD MANDATORY BECAUSE YOU RAN INTO ISSUES THAT WHEN YOU GOT INTO DOING THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION INSIDE THAT, UH, LIKE, AND WE ORDERED THE DOORS, UH, BASED ON THAT REQUEST, BECAUSE THAT WAS A LONG LEAD ITEMS. SO THOSE ARE HERE.

THOSE ARE BEING ACTUALLY STARTED TO INSTALL TODAY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY WE'LL BE ON THAT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, LOOKING AT THAT I CAN GET WITH STACY AND HER TEAM AND LOOK, AND AGAIN, GET DOWN TO WHAT I WOULD CALL NECESSARY VERSUS NEED TO HAVE, OR WANT TO HAVE.

UH, AND WE CAN, WE CAN TUNE THAT UP AND SEE WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE CAN INTERCEPT, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU NEXT, NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'LL WE'LL PAUSE WORK RIGHT NOW.

SO WE DON'T INCUR ANY OTHER, UH, EXPENDITURES UNTIL WE GET A HANDLE ON THAT, COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, GET YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL HAVE A NEW BUDGET AND A NEW TIMELINE, UH, BASED ON THAT.

I AGREE.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

UH, AND I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION IS THOSE THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FROM PIG BONDS, WHATEVER CAN BE UTILIZED FROM THAT PARTICULAR FUND SHOULD BE THERE, THEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FACED WITH HAVING THOSE PALESTINIAN ONCE AGAIN, SITTING HERE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

YES MA'AM WE CAN DO THAT.

SO WE'LL PAUSE, CONSTRUCTION AND WORKOUT,

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UH, FOR SOME MORE TRANSPARENCY, MORE OF THE DETAILS ARE NICE TO HAVE VERSUS THE NEEDS TO HAVE, AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE AND I'M SURE YOU'LL LOOK AT CONTRACTS TO MAKE SURE IF WE STOP THE WORK ON SOMETHING, WE WON'T BE VIOLATING ANY OF THE, UH, UH, WELL, YES, SIR.

I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH EACH JOYCE ON THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF, AGAIN, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE, WHEN WE NOTICED WE WERE GOING OVER THE 25%, UM, BASED ON SOME OF THOSE EARLIER REQUESTS, SO WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK WHERE ALL OF THOSE ARE AND CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING IS THAT WE NEED TO PURCHASE BASED ON ANY OUTSTANDING CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN THE NEED TO HAVE COLUMN NOT NICE TO HAVE.

YEAH.

I JUST HAD ONE MORE COMMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHETHER IT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND OR PEG FON OR WHATEVER, SPECIAL FUND THIS, THE SECOND MEETING IN A ROW WHERE WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A LAST MINUTE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR AN ITEM CENTERED AROUND IN THIS CASE, COMMUNICATIONS LAST MEETING WAS SURROUNDING ANOTHER ITEM.

AND NOW WE'RE HIT WITH A $400,000, NEARLY A BUDGET REQUESTS BASED OFF OF WHAT I FEEL LIKE ARE KIND OF SOME AHA MOMENTS WHERE IT'S LIKE, I'M LIKE, WHOA, YOU KNOW, UH, DID WE NOT SEE THIS COMING? AND SO I JUST THINK THAT TO AVOID THIS BECOMING A PATTERN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION INTERNALLY BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, AND WE'RE PRESENTED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNCIL WOMAN BOWSER'S POINT IS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A NEED TO HAVE VERSUS A WANT TO HAVE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ANY CLEAR DETAILS AND BREAK DOWNS, IT PUTS ME IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION.

AND AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS CENTERED AROUND STUFF LIKE THIS, AND TO ME, THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THIS JUMBLED, UH, PRESENTATION WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NECESSARY FROM A COST INCREASE STANDPOINT VERSUS WHAT ARE SOME WISHLIST ITEMS. SO THIS IS THE SECOND MEETING IN A ROW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED.

UH, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE IN US TO PUT SOME DUE DILIGENCE, UH, MEASURES IN PLACE INTERNALLY BEFORE IT COMES BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY COLLEAGUES, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY, UNDERSTOOD COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY WITH THE TEAM.

UM, I, AND I, I CONCUR WITH YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN CAN WE SPEAK WITH SPICY, PRIOR TO MY SPACE IS COMING AND I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE.

HOWEVER, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BUDGETS IS IT IS NOT, THAT'S WHAT GETS US IN TROUBLE ALL THE TIME.

SO I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UTILIZE THE FUNDS THAT COME FROM THOSE PARTICULAR BUDGETS THAT ARE DESCRIBED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

GO AHEAD.

AND FOR ME A COUNCIL WOMAN, IT'S ABOUT PROCESS, NOT SO MUCH, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE UTILIZE UTILIZATION OF THE FUNDS.

I AGREE WITH YOU IF WE CAN UTILIZE THEM.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS A QUALIFIED EXPENDITURE THEN BY ALL MEANS.

BUT TO ME, I THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT PROCESS AND US NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HIT WITH SOMETHING WE'RE HIT WITH WITHOUT HAVING MORE DETAIL.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION SO I CAN MAKE A SOLID DECISION ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE REGARDLESS OF WHAT FUND IT COMES UP.

PSA'S, ALL OF THIS WAS TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION TO PUT THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER, AND THAT TEAM THEN COMMUNICATE IT TO THE PROJECT LEADS THE ENTIRE TIME.

NOW, ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE STACY PROCEED? OKAY.

IT, I CAN ADDRESS THE COMMENT FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, BONEY, COUNCILMAN BALONEY.

THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT HAS CHANGED EXPONENTIALLY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNCIL WAS BEING PROVIDED AND UPDATE IN THE WEEKLY REVIEW THAT SENT TO YOU ALL.

UM, BUT JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, THE PR THE SCOPE HAS CHANGED BASED ON THE $70,000 THAT WAS INITIALLY IN THE BUDGET HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2017, RIGHT? THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY PROJECT ON THE BUSINESS PLAN SINCE 2017.

SO THE SCOPE AT THAT TIME WAS MINIMAL.

THE SCOPE AT THIS TIME IS FULL SCALE, AND THE PANDEMIC HAS ALSO PAUSED A CHANGE IN HOW WE EDUCATE, COMMUNICATE PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC.

SO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, WE'LL PUT THE CITY IN A POSITION OF HAVING MCTV PROGRAMMING THAT'S TREND-SETTING.

SO FOR INSTANCE, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER MEETINGS, THE LAST NEWS CONFERENCES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMMING, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,

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UM, DURING THE WINTER STORM, UH, CHIEF PARTITA REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID HE DID NOT THINK EOC IS A GREAT PLACE TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCES BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF TRAINING AND MEETINGS THERE.

SO THIS TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE ADDRESSES THAT, UH, DURING THE, UM, TOPICAL OR HURRICANE, WE HAD TO COME AND SET UP OVER HERE.

UH, THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO EITHER FILM PRODUCE RECORD.

SO WE NOW HAVE A DEFACTO STUDIO AND THE OFFICIAL MEETING ROOM OF THE CITY FOR ANY BASICALLY PUBLIC MEETING FOR OFFICIALS, APPOINTED OFFICIALS OR COMMISSIONED TOWN HALLS, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, WE CAN DO THAT PROGRAMMING, AND WE CAN DO IT LIVE FROM THAT ROOM.

IT'S ALSO ADA COMPLIANT, WHICH WE WERE NOT BEFORE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL EACH HAVE A MIC THAT THEY CAN TURN ON AND OFF AT THEIR DISCRETION.

WE DID NOT HAVE THAT BEFORE.

UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE PROGRAMMING AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO IS IN THE FOYER, UH, THE VESTIBULE UPSTAIRS, OR THE VEGETABLE DOWNSTAIRS.

WE DID NOT HAVE THAT BEFORE.

ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING ON MCTV WILL BE VISIBLE ON ALL OF THOSE SCREENS AT ANY TIME.

SO WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO THE CITY BEFORE WE WILL HAVE IT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE COSTUME PIECE COMES FROM.

LET ME ASK YOU A STACEY, YOU SAID THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS FOR 70,000, AND THAT WAS FROM 2017 ON THE BOOKS.

WELL, WHEN, WHEN YOU CAME FORWARD FOR WHAT IT WAS GONNA TAKE TO DO THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WASN'T TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, AS FAR AS INCREASING THE BUDGET, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

MOST DEFINITELY.

IT WAS.

AND LIKE I SAID, I COMMUNICATED THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE WITH THE CITY.

UM, AND AS WE STARTED TO DISMANTLE THAT ROAD AND PUT A PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE TOGETHER, I'D BEEN COMMUNICATING THIS THE ENTIRE TIME.

SO IT'S NOT JUST REPLACING AGAIN, THE TELEVISION SCREENS, IT'S REPLACING THE TELEVISION SCREENS.

WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A CENTER PODIUM.

SO WE HAD TO PUT A PODIUM IN PLACE FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE A PODIUM AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE RESTAURANT, THE CRUSHED ON SINKS, ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER.

SO 20 17, 20 21, THAT'S ALL CHANGED.

EVERYTHING IS HD TECHNOLOGY.

UH, WHAT YOU SAW AT STATE OF THE CITY, THE VIDEO WALL, WE WILL HAVE A MINIATURE VERSION OF THAT.

SO WHEN COUNCIL IS SPEAKING, WHEN COUNCIL IS VOTING, WHEN THERE'S AN AGENDA THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED, WHEN THERE'S AN IMAGE, WHEN THERE'S DOCUMENTATION, THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT EXTREMELY WELL THROUGH OUR LASH STREAMING TECHNOLOGY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF THE FONT IS TOO SMALL FOR OUR SENIORS, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF SOMEONE CAN'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, WE CAN DISPLAY ALL OF THAT ON THIS STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'LL HAVE.

SO THAT WAS NOT A CONSIDERATION IN 2017.

WE HADN'T HAD A PANDEMIC WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE HAVING TO JOIN MEETINGS REMOTELY, OR WE HAD TO BRING IN PARTNERS REMOTELY.

WE CAN DO THAT WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.

UH, WE CAN MEET ANY TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS, LAW REQUIREMENT THROUGH THIS TECHNOLOGY AT ANY TIME.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THOUGH, WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR ALL OF THOSE CAPABILITIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT, UH, AT THE POINT IN TIME, WHEN WE ASKED FOR THE AMOUNT TO BE BUDGETED, IT CAME BACK AS A, AS $70,000.

WHY WASN'T IT, WHY WASN'T ALL OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS, YOU KNOW, USE TO, TO, UM, MODIFY THAT A THAT'S $70,000 BUDGET ITEM THAT, TO ME, THAT'S WHERE I'M, I LOOK AT IT AND THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 70,000 AND NOW IT'S $260,000 MORE, I BELIEVE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO, UH, AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK AND DETERMINE WHY, YEAH.

WHY WASN'T THAT BUDGET WITH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING? WHY WEREN'T THOSE CONSIDERED AND SHOWN AS THE BUDGET FOR THE, UH, THE REMODELING AND THE UPGRADING OF THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS? SO, SIR, AGAIN, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THAT WASN'T COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL, BUT I DID COMMUNICATE THAT INTERNALLY.

I DID REQUEST FOR THE RE INCREASED INTERNALLY.

I DID GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I THOUGHT COUNCIL WAS BEING UPDATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THE WEEKLY REPORT THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED.

BUT I HAVE BEEN ASKING, SHARING, COMMUNICATING THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, AS THE REQUIREMENTS ARE INTERNALLY.

SO YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF THE FINAL PRESENTATION AND BUDGET

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ITEMS THAT WERE ASKED OF US IS AS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US.

NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.

I PROVIDED THE FINAL PROJECT UPDATE AND THE FINAL PROJECT COSTS, BUT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ARE SAYING IS AS THE SCOPE EXPANDED AND AS THE COST INCREASED, WHY WAS THAT NOT COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL? AND I'M SAYING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DID COMMUNICATE THAT INTERNALLY, ANY MEETING THAT I WENT TO, I COMMUNICATED WHAT THE NEEDS WOULD BE, UH, COMMUNICATED, WHAT THE COSTS WOULD BE.

WE'RE NOT, WE FINALIZED EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

I'VE COMMUNICATED THAT INTERNALLY.

I COMMUNICATED THAT WELL BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED.

SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY I DID NOT COME BEFORE COUNCIL, BUT I DID SHARE THE INFORMATION WHERE I WAS TOLD TO SHOW THE INFORMATION.

AND I WAS INFORMED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS BEING SHARED WITH YOU ALL.

AND STACY, IF I RECALL YOU COMMUNICATED THAT AT OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD AT QUAIL VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, I MEAN, WELL, VALLEY GOLF COURSE.

I DO REMEMBER THAT.

YES, I DID COUNT THEM ON THIS ISSUE, DAN.

WELL, REGARDLESS OF IF IT WAS COMMUNICATED OR NOT, I THINK IT'S A, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CITY AND PRETTY MUCH HOW WE'RE MOVING, UM, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS UPDATED.

THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL STATE OF THE ART STATE STUDIO ON CAMPUS AND HOW MANY NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE THIS? NONE.

NONE.

SO, I MEAN, I FEEL AS IF YOU'RE NOT AT DIRECT REPORT, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HEAR THAT UPDATE FROM THEM.

SO THIS POINT YOU'RE JUST PROVIDING US THE UPDATE.

CORRECT.

SO FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD IS TO COME BACK WITH THE DETAIL OF WHAT THAT IS.

UH, SO CAN WE BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING OF WHAT TRANSPIRED FROM THE 72, THE 260 ITEMIZED? OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE THAT ADJUSTED.

UH, WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.

AND THEN AS WELL AS A TIMELINE OF A FENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, STARTING IN MAY, UM, HOW THIS WENT DOWN, JUST SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE EARLY COMMITMENTS FROM THE TEAM AND, AND HOW COSTS INCREASE IN WHEN THOSE COSTS INCREASES, WILL NOTIFIED.

SO EVERYBODY HAS A TIMELINE THEY CAN REFER TO.

AND GLEN, SO WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT OUR VISION WAS.

ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE WAS LET'S HAVE SOME FOLDING DOORS.

AT WHAT POINT DID WE START GETTING ALL THE OTHER ADS? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT NOW, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE LIST GREW.

SO IT'D BE KIND OF NICE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT LIST GROUP, I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

AND THEN I'LL, I'LL RELY ON STACY AND HER TEAM, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT GROWTH ON HER SIDE.

BUT YES.

SO THOSE DOORS THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS INCLUDED IN THAT REQUEST.

SO WHEN WE BRING IT BACK AT NEXT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE TO HUSTLE IT.

AND THEY HAVE ADA CAPACITY, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE.

I GUESS THE QUESTION I'D ASK STACY, I MEAN, ARE THERE ITEMS THAT ARE LEAKING CONSIDER NICE TO HAVE, OR JUST MANDATORY, OR ARE REALLY REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY USE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, FOR, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE PURPOSES THAT, UH, THAT WE USE IT FOR? CAN'T REMEMBER WE HAVE A HOLISTIC PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION.

SO THIS IS NOT A WANT, UM, SET UP OR STUDIO.

THIS IS ALL INTERACTIVE INTERFACE TOGETHER.

SO BEHIND YOU, INSTEAD OF HAVING A STATIC IMAGE, THAT VIDEO WALL WILL ALLOW AGAIN FOR ANYONE WHO'S ATTENDING OR WATCHING A MEETING TO SEE THE FULL AGENDA, TO SEE THE FULL COUNCIL VOTE, TO SEE ANY RELATED IMAGES AND ALSO FOR US TO HAVE MARKETING AND BRANDING WITH EITHER THE CITY STILL OR THE LOGO.

SO THAT'S JUST THE VIDEO WALL.

THE TWO FORMAT DISPLAYS ON THE SIDE WILL ALLOW COUNCIL TO LOOK FORWARD AND SEE THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT'S A LARGER FORMAT FORMAT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, CAN YOU SEE IT? CAN YOU READ IT? CAN YOU UNDERSTAND IT, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE THERE.

THEN IN THE AUDIENCE, WE WILL HAVE TWO LARGE SCREENS FOR ANY VISITORS, CITIZENS, OR GUESTS TO SEE IN THE FOUR YEAR.

WE DID NOT HAVE A SCREEN BEFORE.

SO WHAT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC IS WE'RE SITTING OUTSIDE.

WE CAN'T REALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN REAL TIME, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A LARGE SCREEN OUT IN THE VESTIBULE FOR THEM TO SEE IT UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID TO US OVER THE YEARS THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN SPEAK, WHEN THEY'RE READY TO SPEAK, YOU WILL EACH NOW HAVE A MICROPHONE THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF AT YOUR DISCRETION.

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UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE ELECTRONIC NAMEPLATES.

SO FOR EVERY MEETING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S A COUNCIL MEETING, PARKS, BOARD MEETING, UM, P AND Z MEETING ANY, ANY TYPE OF TOWN HALL.

SO THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ANY MEETING.

AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE NAME PLATES, WE WON'T HAVE TO INVEST IN THAT ANYMORE.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING DIGITALLY.

THE PRESS STRAT IS THE CONTROL PANEL, SO THAT WILL CONTROL ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

UM, AND THEN THE TWO PODIUMS ARE ALREADY EXPLAINED.

AND THEN THE ABILITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND A MEETING REMOTELY, IF THEY NEED TO, OR FOR CITY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO IT'S ONE FULL-SCALE SYSTEM.

SO THERE'S NOTHING INCLUDED THAT WE WANT.

IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING MCTV PROGRAMMING THAT THE CITY REQUIRES.

AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL.

I'M JUST CONFUSED.

WHY WAS THIS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL LINE ITEM? IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT, I'D LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO ANSWER IT FOR ME.

SO INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS THE BEGINNING AND IT WAS BASED ON A PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WAS IN PLACE IN 2017, AS WE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND DISMANTLE THE ROOM.

AND WE DECIDED, OKAY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE TO AGAIN, DO THE, UM, STATE LAW REQUIRED RECORDINGS, ANY LIVE STREAMS, ANY STRATEGIC MESSAGES, UH, ANY TOWN HALLS AND ONE CERTAIN PLACE.

THEN WE BUILT THE SYSTEM BASED ON THAT, BUT THIS HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO MANAGEMENT ENTIRELY.

AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS BEING COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL.

SO WHEN WE PUT IN THE INVOICE FOR IT TO BE PAID, I KEPT ASKING FOR A STATUS UPDATE, BUT AT NO POINT WAS, I TOLD COUNCIL HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP TO SPEED.

SO CAN WE BRING THIS BACK STACY? AND DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL.

I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WE WERE EXCITED.

TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT, BUT YOU HEARD EARLIER SOMEONE COMPLAINING ABOUT A SPLASH PAD, WHICH WAS 60 GRAND OUT OF OUR POCKET.

WE'RE ASKING FOR 3 98.

SO WE JUST WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

THAT WE GET IN FRONT OF THESE THINGS.

NO, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

MAYOR PRO TEM, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

AND TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE GOING FROM STANDARD DEFINITION TO HIGH DEFINITION.

SO WE'RE CATCHING UP WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN.

I REMEMBER THE 2017 CONVERSATIONS.

I ALSO THINK THAT THE BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1986.

SO THIS IS 2021.

SO TWO, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST TO DO REDO THE, TO COUNCIL CHAMBER, TO MOVE IT DOWNSTAIRS, WHICH WAS GOING TO COST ABOUT, I BELIEVE DURING ONE OF THE FORMER SENIOR MANAGER, FRANK SIMPSON'S TIME, IT WAS AROUND EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION.

SO IT'S EITHER EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION, OR WE DO IT MAKE OVER WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

SO IF YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN AS WHAT COLLEAGUES ARE ASKING FOR TO SEE WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS GOING, WHERE AND WHAT'S NEEDED IS WE DON'T WANT YOU TO SPREAD ANY OF THE MONEY.

AND THEN IF IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY OUTDATED AND NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT CHAMBER HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1986.

SO WHATEVER THE WORK THAT WE DO, THAT IT'LL BE THERE FOR ANOTHER 25, 30 YEARS.

CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUILD ANOTHER CITY HALL TO MOVE IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 1986 TO NOW HAS BEEN PUTTING BANDAID ON IT.

NOW THAT I GET IT, TECHNOLOGY IS OUTDATED AND ALL THAT, BUT JUST NEEDS A TIMELINE.

I MEAN, NOT A TIMELINE, A BREAKDOWN, WHAT'S GOING, WHERE AND WHY DO WE NEED THAT? AND HOW'S THAT GOING TO BENEFIT US, RIGHT? AND MAYBE SO THAT WAY, THAT HELPS CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OR NOT.

AND CAN I MAKE A, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS CONSIDERING STACY IS NOT MY DIRECT REPORT AND WE SHOULD NOT HOLD HER ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT RECEIVING THIS UPDATE.

CAN BILL OR GLEN PROVIDE US A SEPARATE UPDATE, NOT ALONG WITH THE WEEKLY UPDATES REGARDING UPDATES OF THE CHAMBER.

SO I WON'T GET LOST.

WE CAN'T BADGER HER FOR NOT UPDATING US AND SHE'S NOT.

AND AGAIN, UH, THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE TONIGHT WAS RECEIVED, I GUESS, LAST WEEK.

SO WE'LL, UH, CONTINUE AS WE RECEIVE IT, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU.

ONE THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS, UH, A SYSTEMATIC CHANGES THAT, UH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

AND I WAS TALKING TO ALLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND HAD PUT FORWARD SOME IDEAS ABOUT, UH, BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE

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UH, COUNCILMAN BONNIE, YOU MENTIONED THIS AND THAT WE HAVE PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

AND SO, UH, WE'LL FLESH THIS OUT, BUT THE IDEA BEING, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AS A CITY IS DEVELOPING A QUARTERLY BUDGET OR EXCUSE ME, A QUARTERLY, UH, SPENDING, UH, REPORT WITH REGARD TO LARGE PROJECTS, WHETHER THEY BE AN INVITATION FOR BIDS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS OR RFQ, SCHEDULE THOSE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

AND AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, AND AS THE COMMITTEES DO, THEY'RE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'VE REVIEWED THIS AND WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR X.

UH, SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.

WE'LL BRING THAT AS PART OF THE, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT THAT, UH, WAS MENTIONED.

AND THEN WE CAN, UH, ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR GOING FORWARD.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR ME AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, THE SECOND MEETING IN A ROW WHERE WE GOT HIT WITH A BUDGET INCREASE OR A BUDGET REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE IN EXPENSE EXPENSES.

AND, UH, THIS ONE, I JUST COULDN'T LET THIS JUST GO WITHOUT SPEAKING ON IT, BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.

UH, WHEN WE'RE HIT WITH IS WE'VE HAD IT.

WE HAD EXTENSIVE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FOR MONTHS AND YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT, IS THIS ALL THAT'S NEEDED? ARE WE GOING TO GET HIT WITH ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR 60,000, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T CONFIDENTLY TELL ME THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES.

AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT, THAT THOSE, UM, SYSTEMIC CHANGES TAKE PLACE.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE HAS THE RIGHT.

EVERY ONE OF US HAS THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT BADGERING, ANYBODY.

WE'RE ALL.

UH, WE CAN ALL ASK OUR QUESTIONS, POWERFUL STATEMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M SORRY.

IT WAS A POWERFUL STATEMENT.

THERE'S NO LOTION.

THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

THAT OUR AUDRA AUTHORIZING THE FINAL PROJECT LIST AND THE REAL REALLOCATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS TO FORDHAM IN COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE GROWERS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY CARES ACT PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTIS, DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL SERVICES.

WE'RE ON TO ITEM NINE, BEING

[9 (b) Consider authorizing the final project list and the reallocation of certain funds to Fort Bend County, Texas, for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Proposed presenter: Allena Portis, Director of Financial Services]

YOU GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UH, TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING INFORMATION REGARDING CARES, ACT FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE FINAL PROJECT LIST AND ANTICIPATED COSTS.

UH, BUT BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW, UH, THE ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURES UNDER THE CARES ACT.

UM, THIS SLIDE IS A HIGH LEVEL.

UM, IT BASICALLY INCLUDES COSTS THAT ARE NECESSARY EXPENDITURES INCUR DUE TO COVID-19, UM, CARE.

ZACK FUNDING CANNOT BE USED TO SUPPLANT EXISTING FUNDS, MEANING THAT IT CAN'T BE USED FOR ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED.

AND THE EXPENDITURE PERIOD IS MARCH 1ST, 2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2021.

UH, THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY ENDED DECEMBER 30TH, 2020, BUT IT HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

UM, AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NECESSARY, UH, NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED DUE TO COVID-19, UH, JUST TO NAME A FEW, THAT INCLUDES A MEDICAL EXPENSES, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENSES, ECONOMIC SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH COVID-19 AND THEN ACTIONS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE SUCH AS, UH, IMPROVING TELEWORK CAPABILITIES.

THE CITY HAS UTILIZED THREE STREAMS OF REVENUE RELATED TO THE CARES ACT.

THIS INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,513.

THIS WAS USED FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER FOR ENHANCEMENTS.

WE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD OF $345,015 FROM HARRIS COUNTY, AND THAT WAS USED FOR EQUIPMENT, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY FUNDS.

AND THE AMOUNT OF 5.7 TOTAL, UM, HAS BEEN UTILIZED FOR A VARIETY OF COVID-19 RELATED EXPENDITURES.

NOW THAT 5.7 IS THE ACTUAL AWARD, BUT NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES.

UM, WE DID HAVE AN ORIGINAL ALLOCATION OF APPROXIMATELY $3.8 MILLION.

UH, THE COUNTY LATER SUPPLEMENTED THAT FUNDING WITH $2 MILLION THAT WAS RESTRICTED TO THE RMU, WHICH IS THE RENT MORTGAGE UTILITY PROGRAM AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

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SO AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SPENT TO DATE FOR HARRIS COUNTY, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH SPENT ALL OF THE FUNDS.

WE SPENT 344,006, 50 AND DLJ FOR THE EOC ENHANCEMENT, AND WE SPENT ALL THE FUNDS AT 34,000 1 53.

UM, BUT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, WE HAVE NOT SPENT THE ENTIRE AWARD.

UH, THE PROJECT LIST WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET OUTLINES EXPENDITURES INCURRED, UH, FOR ALL OF THE CARES ACT FUNDS.

UM, THE EXPENDITURES INCLUDED SALARIES RELATED TO COVID-19 RESPONSE, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING PLEXIGLASS PPE, DISINFECTING SUPPLIES, THERMAL IMAGING, SANITIZING ENTRY, GATES, FIRST RESPONDERS, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, WATER TESTING, THE CITY'S MEDICAL DIRECTOR THAT GRANVILLE DOIN AND IT EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST WITH TELEWORK AND REMOTE MEETINGS.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FORT BEND COUNTY FUNDS SPEND TODAY TO DOES APPROXIMATELY 4.6 MILLION.

UM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 100 4150, 2000 FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS AWARD PERIOD THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.

AND THIS LEAVES $1 MILLION AVAILABLE.

AS I MENTIONED, THE COUNTY'S ORIGINAL AWARD WAS $3.7 MILLION.

UM, UH, THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED THE $2 MILLION THAT WAS RESTRICTED FOR THOSE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL AWARD AND $1 MILLION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, UH, AND CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO EXPEND THE FUNDS.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF MISSOURI CITY BUSINESSES QUICKER PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY ON THEIR SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAMS. SINCE IT'S CURRENTLY ACTIVE, OUR PROGRAM ENDED MARCH OF 2021.

AGAIN, THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE COUNTY.

WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE FUNDS.

ALL OF THESE FUNDS ARE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

AND SINCE WE HAVE NOT SPENT THE MILLION DOLLARS, WE HAVE NOT REQUESTED THAT MONEY.

UM, I'VE ALSO TALKED WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND HE STATED THAT IF THE FUNDS WERE REVERTED BACK TO THE COUNTY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO VALIDATE THAT MISSOURI CITY IS RECEIVING BENEFITS AND THAT, THAT, UH, THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FROM MISSOURI CITY BUSINESSES.

IF YOU DO APPROVE, UM, OF REVERTING IT TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE IN THEIR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND SPEAKING OF THIS ASSISTANCE, I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE SPENT AS A CITY ON THESE TWO PROGRAMS. UH, THE CITY SPENT APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION IN CARES, ACT FUNDS TOWARDS THE RMU AND SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS. MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS WERE FOR SMALL BUSINESS, INCLUDING THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PLAN THAT'S FOR SMALL BUSINESS, TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION.

BOTH TOGETHER RESIDENTS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 640,000 THROUGH THE ARMY PROGRAM.

SO IN SUMMARY TONIGHT, WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THE UPDATED CARES ACT SPENDING PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES $1 MILLION BEING REVERTED BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM TO BE USED AND SUPPORT THE MISSOURI CITY RECIPIENTS.

FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ZERO MOTION ON THE TABLE? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING SECOND BY MAYOR PROTEL LITERALS.

SO DISCUSSION.

MAY I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ELENA? UM, JUST FOR CLARITY PURPOSES, THIS WAS THE REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE CARES ACT, CORRECT? THE CARES ACT FUNDING FROM FORT BEND COUNTY, CORRECT.

SO WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING THIS AMOUNT? UM, I GUESS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS DISPERSED TO THE COMMUNITY WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FROM THAT, FOR THAT AS FAR AS THE ACCOUNTING OF ORPHANS FOR THE CITY, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING ALL PHONES.

SO HOW, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG? WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION OR TO, I GUESS, IDENTIFY THIS AREA, THIS ERA TO IDENTIFY THIS, WHAT ERROR? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY ERRORS PRESENTED.

MY QUESTION IS BASICALLY THIS MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPERSED.

UM, LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR, WITH THE PANDEMIC, CORRECT.

ON WHICH PROGRAMS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? WE HAVE SATISFIED ALL REQUESTS THAT CAME IN THROUGH THE CITY FOR OUR PROGRAM THAT ENDED ON MARCH 31ST WITH TOTAL RECONCILIATIONS BEING DONE WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT WE HAD ON BOARD THROUGH JUNE 30TH.

EXCUSE ME.

I THINK, UM, THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES TO DISPERSE, BUT NOT TO CONTROL.

A SPENDING PLAN THAT INCLUDED A BALANCE OF 1.3 MILLION.

WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO PRETEND TO YOU THEN I'M SPEAKING TO BILL OR GLENN, WHO BASICALLY IT WAS CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PUT OUT OTHER THAN FINANCIAL.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY? WE DID COME TO COUNCIL WITH A REPORT THAT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS $1.3 MILLION THAT WAS GOING TO BE LEFT OVER.

SO WE DID COME TO COUNCIL AND YOU APPROVED, UM,

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WHEN DID, WHEN WAS THIS? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT THAT WAS EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR OR EARLIER THIS CALENDAR I'M JUST CONCERNED.

CAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND THIS WASN'T MENTIONED, AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT DURING A PANDEMIC THAT THIS MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES, ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS.

AND, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE THE COUNTY WHO HAS A PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN OPERATIONS.

USE THE FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ANYONE TO ASSIST US.

AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, WE DID HAVE IMPACT ON BOARD AND THEY ASSISTED AS FAR AS WITH THE CALL CENTER AND HANDLING ALL OF THE PROGRAMMATIC, UH, UH, ALL OF THE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS WHEN IT CAME TO THE RMU PROGRAM AND THAT CONTRACT ENDED JUNE 30TH.

UM, I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OR DECEMBER 30TH, 2020 TO SPEND THE MONEY AND BASED ON LEGISLATION, THEY CONTINUE TO, UM, EXTEND THE DATE OUT.

SO ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD THAT WERE IN PLACE WERE BASED ON THE DATES THAT WERE GIVEN TO US BY THE COUNTY FOR WHEN WE COULD EXPAND THE FUNDS.

SO OUR PROGRAM ENDED, UM, I BELIEVE OUR PROGRAM ENDED PRIOR TO THEM GIVING THE EXTENSION TO DECEMBER, UH, 2021.

SO, I MEAN, I GUESS I NEED CLARITY FOR MYSELF.

THE BASICALLY, EVEN THOUGH ATLANTA, YOU OKAY, YOU OKAY.

AT LEAST CONTINUE WHILE I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF YOU OKAY, YOUR BODY LANGUAGE IS INDICATING SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I'M BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WE COULD HAVE HELPED MORE RESIDENTS DURING THE TIME THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD JUST OCCURRED.

SO YES, WE ARE TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS NOW AND HELP SOLVE BUSINESSES WITH ASSISTANCE.

BUT DURING THE TIME THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS REALLY STARTING TO HIT OUR COMMUNITY HARD, I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SITUATION CAME UP WITH A PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER UTILIZING CARES, ACT FUNDING, THAT IT WAS CLOSED.

IT CANNOT NOT HELP ANYBODY ELSE WHEN WE HAD RESIDENTS BEGGING TO GET ASSISTANCE.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THE POINT UP.

UH, SO IF I CAN CLARIFY TO REAL QUICK, UH, THAT WAS CLOSED BASED ON, UH, FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT IT WAS GOING TO CLOSE ON DECEMBER OF DECEMBER 30TH, 2020, AND THEN THEY EXTENDED IT.

WE EXTENDED OUR PROGRAM IF YOU'RE ON CALL OR THE MORTGAGE, ROUTE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND SMALL BUSINESS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GUIDELINE.

AND THAT WAS THROUGH MARCH 31ST.

AND THEN AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, WE WERE ALSO EXTENDING THE, UH, WE HAD TOLD JUNE 30TH TO DISPENSE THE FUNDS BASED ON THEIR, UH, JUNE 30 TO DISPENSE THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED AND, UH, TO BUSINESSES.

AND SO SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING FUNDING BASED ON THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL OR THE BUDGET THAT WAS IN PLACE OR PPE AND OTHER USES.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THAT.

AND YOU HAD, YOU HAD ADOPTED A BUDGET PREVIOUSLY AND THOSE EXPENDITURES, AND NOW WE'RE COMING BACK ONCE AGAIN WITH THE WHAT'S LEFT AND RECOMMENDING THAT WITH WHAT'S LEFT, GOING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ROUTE THROUGH THE COUNTY.

AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE BEST RIGHT OR BEST SOURCE OF USE OF FOR THOSE FUNDS.

SO LET ME ADD SOMETHING.

SO WE HAD, WE HAD THE MONEY THAT WE NEEDED TO GIVE, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO APPLIED DURING CARE ZACK, RIGHT.

WHICH WE DID, WHICH, WHICH WE WENT THROUGH IMPACT, WHICH WAS A GROUP THAT WORKS WITH COUNTY TODAY.

SO WHICH WE LOOKED AT IT AND WE CUT THE CHECKS, WE GAVE IT TO THEM.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THIS 1 MILLION, PUTTING IT BACK TO FORT BEND COUNTY, WHERE IT CAME FROM AND SAYING THAT ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE ALLOCATE THIS MONEY JUST FOR MISSOURI CITY.

RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE IMPACT OR WHOEVER THEY HAVE CONTRACT.

RIGHT.

BUT IT IS DESIGNED FOR OUR BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO WHOEVER APPLIES THROUGH THIS, THAT THEY WILL THIS MONEY BE AFTER THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE OF CHECKING, THEY JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN WE, WHEN WE SPEND OUT ABOUT A MILLION CLOSE TO A MILLION, UH, AND GIVING THIS MONEY BACK.

RIGHT.

SO ALL YOU'RE ASKING US TODAY IS TO AUTHORIZE THIS, THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MONEY IS PUT INTO COUNTY AND TO USE FOR BUSINESSES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.

NO, GO AHEAD.

LET ME ANSWER MY QUESTION.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE

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THOUGH, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT SOLELY MISSOURI CITY, BUT THERE'LL BE A FOCUS ON MISSOURI CITY IS THAT CORRECT? I WAS TOLD BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH THE REPORT THAT SHOWS THAT THE MILLION DOLLARS BENEFITED MISSOURI CITY.

OKAY, GREAT.

THAT WAS MY POINT WHEN I WAS SAYING, GO AHEAD AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO A MISSOURI CITY SO THEY WILL KNOW TO APPLY TO THE COUNTY.

I BELIEVE THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT HAS A COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THAT.

I HAVE SEEN A COROPLAST SIGNS AROUND THE CITY OR PROMOTION.

UM, AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ADVERTISED, BUT, UH, STACY WOULD HAVE TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HER COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THAT.

WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THIS PROGRAM AND GO THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS.

I WAS STILL WORKING WITH IMPACT.

UM, REMEMBER THEY WERE COMPLETED.

ARE YOU HIRING ANOTHER CONSULTANT? ARE WE DOING THIS? IN-HOUSE THE COUNTY.

AND THEN ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY HAD SUCH A CRITERIA ON IT, WHICH MEANS IF THEY WEREN'T HERE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, THEY COULDN'T APPLY.

UM, FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE STRUGGLING BECAUSE THAT WAS THE THAT'S COMING DOWN WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAD THIS, RIGHT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THE ONES THAT BENEFITED ARE THE ONES THAT BENEFITED, THAT CHECKED OFF ALL THE BOXES THAT WAS REGULATED AND THEY GOT THE MONEY.

SO WHICH WE CUT THE CHECKS IMPACTED THE STUDY, OR I WOULD SAY VERIFY AND ALL OF THIS.

SO THIS AMOUNT OF MILLION THAT'S LEFT OVER, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT BACK.

I MEAN, GIVE THAT BACK TO COUNTY AND THEN HAVE THEM MAKE SURE THAT THIS GEARS TOWARDS THEM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE AS MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE ANYWAY, TO SPEND ALL WE COULD ON THAT ALLOWED, UH, EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE CARES ACT AND, UH, FOUND THAT WE ARE WELL-STOCKED CHANGED HERE OR WELL-STOCKED ON PPE AND OTHER ITEMS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.

SO WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THE PHONE.

SO THIS WOULD ULTIMATELY BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING, OR THEY MAY NOT WIN, BUT WITHIN THE CATEGORIES THAT DESIGN FOR THAT, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MARILLAS IS DISTRICT THOSE ONE OR TWO BUSINESSES THAT WANTED THE CARES ACT, TELL, BUT THEY, THEY WEREN'T EXISTING, YOU KNOW, LONG ENOUGH.

SO THEY COULDN'T GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM MONEY.

SO THERE WAS SOME ISOLATED INCIDENCES OF THAT THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO BECAUSE WE'RE FOLLOWING THEIR CRITERIA, NOT THE CRITERIA THAT WE SET BECAUSE WE DON'T SET ANY GREAT TURNOUT IN THIS.

CORRECT.

AND ACTUALLY THE CRITERIA HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME.

AND SO, UH, THE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI SAY, OR BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, UH, ABLE TO ACCESS IT THROUGH THE COUNTY.

THIS WILL JUST BE MONEY THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THAT POT TO HOPEFULLY EXTEND MORE TO MISSOURI CITY.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION I YIELD BACK.

SO AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WILL WE BE ABLE TO KNOW OR GET SOME KIND OF REPORT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT CAN SOMEBODY PRESENT THAT SAY HOW THAT BENEFITED OUR, UH, HOW OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS OR OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE BENEFITED AT SOME POINT IN TIME IS WHAT I WAS TOLD FROM PROVIDE A REPORT TO US, THAT MERIT.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT WAS ACTUALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE PAID.

WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS AND ISSUES WITH IMPACT.

HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE NOT GOTTEN PAID ON TIME.

AND I WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS.

SO ELENA, UH, PLEASE RECOGNIZE AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT THAT THIS DOES NOT REFLECT YOUR DEPARTMENT.

IT PROBABLY DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT APPLY.

WELL, I, I, I HAVE A COMMENT THERE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE, IT WOULD SERVE US WELL TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT DOES.

AND THE DEPARTMENT, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS NOT, DOES NOT OVERSEE THE CARES ACT FUNDING PROGRAM.

IT WAS A CONSULTANT THAT ALL OF US VOTED ON AS A COUNCIL TO HIRE CALL IMPACT.

UH, THEY HAD THEIR CHALLENGES, BUT IT WAS HEAVILY, HEAVILY PROMOTED AND COMMUNICATED.

I KNOW MANY, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THIS DAY ON THIS DAY IS, UH, PUSH THAT IT'D BE, UH, ADVERTISED AND MARKETED THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND WE EXPENDED WHAT PEOPLE APPLIED FOR AND QUALIFIED FOR.

THEY WERE CRITERIA THAT WERE IN PLACE AND THOSE PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR IT.

WE HAVE AN OVERAGE, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND PEOPLE IN THE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT RIGHT HERE IN OUR REGION THAT DIDN'T EXPEND ALL THEIR FUNDS EITHER.

SO I BELIEVE THAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, BY UTILIZING THE COUNTY WHO ALREADY HAS A PROGRAM IN PLACE, WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPAND ANY MORE RESOURCES ON OUR OWN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE IT.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS A, IS A WISE DECISION.

AND THERE'S A MOTION A MAY ON THE FLOOR.

I STILL WANT THIS FISH.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, HOW CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY GET THESE FUNDINGS BACK TO THE CITY? IS THERE A GUARANTEE OR IS IT JUST A HOPE?

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UM, THEY HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR US.

SO IF THE BUSINESSES APPLY, THEY WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDS AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE COUNTY'S CRITERIA.

AND THEN WE'LL RECEIVE A REPORT ON THE AMOUNT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S KEEPING THE INFORMATION.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.

UM, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM WIRELESS.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT OUR MONEY.

THIS IS THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVING IT TO COUNTY, WHICH CAME FROM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOCATE THAT TO BUSINESSES, THAT THEY, SO THAT PROGRAM BY THEM IS STILL GOING ON BY THEY'RE STILL RUNNING IT.

SO A LOT OF THE, UH, MUNICIPALITIES CITIES THAT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THIS DURING THE CARES ACT HAVE DONE.

SO MAYBE SOME HAVE SPENT WHAT THEY GOT, SOME HAVEN'T, BUT IT IS GOING BACK INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HELPS THE BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

AND THEN YOU'LL GIVE US A QUARTERLY OR SOME TYPE OF REPORT TO SHOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALSO NOT A CONCERN, BUT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION THAT THIS MONEY THAT WENT BACK TO, TO THEM, BECAUSE WE CANNOT SPEND THIS MONEY ON ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THESE BUSINESS PROGRAMS, EVEN IF WE HOLD IT HERE, WE CAN'T USE IT UNLESS THIS HAS BEEN DONE.

AND IF WE WERE TO USE IT, WE HIRED SOMEBODY AND WE HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO MANAGE THIS PROCESS, WHICH WILL TAKE AWAY PROBABLY ABOUT 200 OR SOME THOUSAND FIVE MINUTES, THEIR FEE.

THEN YOU REALLY DOWN TO 800,000, WHICH COUNTY ALREADY HAVE THIS PROBLEM, THIS IS IN PLACE.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY TELLING THEM HERE IT IS BECAUSE WE CANNOT, WE CAN'T SPLAY LEGALLY, LEGALLY AND ILLEGALLY.

WE CANNOT SPEND THIS MONEY ON ANYTHING ELSE, EXCEPT FOR THIS.

THAT'S THE WAY I UP.

I UNDERSTOOD IT.

THAT IS A PART OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT THEY GAVE US FOR THE PROGRAMS. SO WE CAN'T SPEND IT ON SIDEWALKS BRIDGE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE PUTTING THIS MONEY BACK INTO COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HELP THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY WHO ARE, WHO ARE ALSO STRUGGLING OR WHO ALREADY GOT THE MONEY.

THEY STILL NEED HELP TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.

SO THIS WILL BE MANAGED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ITEM NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MORALIS, SIR, MOTION.

I MEAN, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE.

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

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM NUMBER 10 ORDINANCES.

THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM, NUMBER 11, A RESOLUTION OR NO RESOLUTION ON THIS AGENDA.

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I'M SORRY.

I I'M JUST STUFFED UP.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

UM, COUNCILMAN PASTORALLY.

UM, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M CONTINUING MY EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO OUR HOS AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, DISTRICT A IN ADDITION, MARIJUANA COMMEND YOU ON THE MALE YOUTH COUNCIL THAT WE HAD LESS LAST WEEK, UH, INSTILLING LEADERSHIP IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND EMPOWERING THEM TO BE GREAT LEADERS.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT WAS A GREAT MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR YOUTH.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING PARADE, UH, AND ALSO IN DISTRICT A, WE DID A TOUR LAST WEEK WITH, UH, COUNCIL STAFF AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN CLOUSER FOR DISTRICT ACE, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAD AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, TRY TO, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY COMPLAINING.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT TOOL WITH OUR STAFF.

AND, UH, LASTLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MEDICARE REVIEW WORKSHOP.

IT WAS A GREAT MEETING HERE AND I JUST EMPLOY EVERYBODY.

WHO'S CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, MEDICARE, PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO YOU, MEDICARE, UH, GREAT MEETINGS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR THIS WEEK.

MA'AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SHARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY ON A VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, MORE OF THE CAS STAKES TATUM WHO SERVES CURRENTLY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, UH, FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT CONVENTION ALSO WANT TO CONGRAT, UH, SAY CONGRATS TO THE WINGS TRACK CLUB ON THEIR RUN AND WALK FOR THE ARTS ATHLETES AND HEALTH, THAT YIELDED MONIES THAT EXCEEDED THEIR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GOAL.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE, UH, HOS WHO HOSTED, UH, EVENTS DURING THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND A COUPLE OF THEM AND ONE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR, I HAD SO MUCH FUN AT, WITH A COUNCIL WOMAN.

THE CLOUDS ARE AT THE VICKSBURG COMMUNITY LEADING SO MANY, UH, MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND, UH, AND HAVING SOME GREAT FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP WITH, WITH THE RESIDENTS.

SO KUDOS TO THEM AND EVERYONE WHO HELD ONE.

ALSO, I ATTENDED THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONVENTION THAT WAS HELD IN HOUSTON.

UH WE'RE WE'RE OF COURSE, A MEMBER OF TML.

UH, THE CITY IS, AND I WANT TO CONGRAT MY COLLEAGUE, UH, WHO IS ALSO MY DISTRICT, UH, NEIGHBOR DISTRICT K IN HOUSTON, UH, AND I'M DISTRICT B OF COURSE, AND MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE

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I WAS HAPPY TO SERVE AS AN HONORARY CHAIR, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER POINT EVENT THAT BENEFITED NOT ONLY THE WINGS TRACK CLUB, BUT SIX OTHER NONPROFITS, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION.

I TOO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND MEET SOME OUTSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND WE HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THIS PAST WEEK WHERE WE AUTHORIZE THE REALLOCATION OF SOME DOLLARS TO THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR.

AND WE ALSO REVIEWED THAT A REALLOCATION OF 200, $8,000 THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT BUSINESS EXTERIOR FACADE PROGRAM, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL TOTALLY ENHANCE THE CORRIDOR.

UH, I WAS, UH, ALSO ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THURGOOD HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING PARADE, A GREAT EVENT.

AND I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNTAIN OF PRAISE CHURCH ON THEIR 62ND CHURCH ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY.

A LOT OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS ATTEND TO FOUND THE PRAISE.

I WANT TO SAY MY COLLEAGUE DOWN AT THE END OF COUNCILWOMAN STERLING IS A MEMBER THERE.

SHE WAS ACTUALLY HONORED, UH, WAS IN ATTENDANCE, UH, AND SHE WAS HONORED FOR HER WORK AT THAT CHURCH.

SO KUDOS TO HER AND TO, UH, PASTORS REMISS AND ME WRITE FOR THEIR 62ND ANNIVERSARY.

LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MR. MURRAY, WHO, UH, CAME DOWN.

HE AND HIS WIFE FLEW DOWN FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

HE IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN ABANDONED.

OH MY GOD.

SINCE, UH, BEFORE 2007 OFF OF A CARD, RIGHT? THE FORM HEB PROPERTY, BUT FLYING IN AND AGREEING TO MEET WITH MYSELF AND OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, RB NETTLES AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, A VERY, VERY ROBUST MEETING AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, MR. MURRAY IS SEEKING TO DO THAT'S COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND HE BELIEVES AND WANTS, UH, AND WE BELIEVE AS A CITY WOULD ENHANCE THAT CORRIDOR, UH, COMPLETELY.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AS WELL AS THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL, UH, THE BARBERSHOP, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE BARBER SHOP ACADEMY, UH, THAT'S COMING IN, UH, IN THE PROPERTY THAT HE SOLD HIM RECENTLY.

SO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN MISSOURI CITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF, THANK YOU.

TO HEAR THE, UM, UNHAPPINESS COMING UP ON THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO JUSTIFY NOT PROVIDING THEM A BRIDGE, PROVIDING THEM WITH SO MANY WAREHOUSES IN THEIR DISTRICT AND WERE ABLE TO ALSO JUSTIFY NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THEIR NEEDS.

UH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROBINSON ROAD BLOCK PARTY.

UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH, UH, ROBINSON ROAD, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO, UH, DURING CHRISTMAS HAVE THE, UH, JINGLE IN THE, UH, IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE, UH, UH, DECORATE ALL OF THE HOMES DOWN, UH, ROBINSON ROAD, UH, FOR CHRISTMAS AND, UH, FOR HALLOWEEN, THEY DID THE SAME.

SO, UH, IT DRAWS A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, FAMILIES AND KIDS OUT TO SEE, UH, WHAT THE SCARY HALLOWEEN SCENES ARE.

AND, UH, THEY, UH, UH, TOP THAT OFF WITH, UH, THE, THE BLOCK PARTY AND WHERE THEY PROBABLY, I THINK SOMEWHERE AROUND 150 200 PEOPLE AT 10.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING, UH, THAT WAS, UH, WELL-RECEIVED AND, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE 21ST, UH, EVENT, UH, ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UH, VISIT SOME OF THE HOS, UH, THAT FOR, UM, UH, IN, UH, IN QUAIL VALLEY AND LAKE OLYMPIA TO, UH, UH, HELP THEM, UH, RECOGNIZE A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

UH, WE, UH, HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, REALLY, UH, IMPRESSIVE TOO, TO SEE THE NUMBER OF, UH, OF NEIGHBORS, UH, WHO HAVE BLOCK PARTIES, UH, INDIVIDUAL BLOCK PARTIES AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO, UH, GET, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EITHER, UH, INTRODUCED OR REINTRODUCED TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND OTHERS THAT, UH, THAT ARE IN THE AREA.

AND, UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, TML, UH, CONFERENCE AND, UH, MADE SOME, UH, UH, SOME GOOD, UH, CONTACTS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN I WAS ON, UH, ACAC TO, TO VISIT WITH.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU, MARY.

UM, ON OCTOBER 12TH, MY COLLEAGUES AND I MIRROR ELLA CAT, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING ATTENDED THE FONDREN PARK HOA.

AND IT WAS JUST REALLY CLEAR AND DISHEARTENING

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BUT WHAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO IS IGNORE THEIR NEEDS.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THEM AND WORK TOGETHER.

SO I DO WANT TO, UM, COME IN THE STAFF OR WORKING, UM, THAT NIGHT IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH NIGHT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN COLLECTIVELY GET TOGETHER.

UM, MY LARGE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE NEW MEMBER OF DISTRICT EIGHT, WHOEVER'S COMING IN AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS.

IT'S JUST NO REASON FOR THEM TO FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT US NEGLECTING THEM.

SO THAT'S MY STATEMENT ON THAT.

UM, JUST OPERATIONAL WISE, WE JUST CANNOT, CANNOT CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD LIKE THIS.

UM, NEXT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE PARADE AND WORK WITH THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR THURGOOD MARSHALL, CONSIDERING I AM A BOOK.

UM, IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE WITH, UH, PTO MRS. STEPHANIE BROWN, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER ADMINISTRATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT PARADE WAS A WONDERFUL AND A NICE EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES THAT WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

I KNOW SOME OF THE OTHERS WERE JUGGLING ANOTHER EVENT.

UM, LASTLY I DO HAVE A PARK CLEANUP COMING UP THAT I'LL BE HOSTING ALONG WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, HAVE A FLOW PARK.

IF YOU LIKE TO COME OUT AND HELP, CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE COME OUT.

AND LASTLY, UM, TODAY IS A REALLY HARD DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SALUTE COLLIN PAUL'S FOR HIS SERVICE FOR COLON PILES.

I'M SORRY FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S CONTRIBUTED.

I KNOW, UM, VETERAN'S DAY IS COMING UP AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UM, CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ONES THAT HAVE SERVED AND CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFE.

SO LET'S KEEP THE FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

UM, I DO WANT TO THANK DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, SASHA KUMAR, AND ALSO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LYNN MARTELL FOR, UM, JOINING COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, AND I LAST WEEK FOR A DISTRICT, A TOUR.

UM, WE'VE HEARD DISTRICT A LOUD AND CLEAR, AND, UM, I ASKED THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO, FOR US TO JUMP IN THE CAR AND JUST RIDE AROUND AND MAKE SOME NOTES.

AND, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S IN DISTRICT DAY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT IN THAT.

UM, I WROTE DOWN ABOUT 10 EVENTS THAT I ATTENDED, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY NOT MOVED TO EVEN TALK ABOUT ANY OF THEM.

UM, WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT, AND THIS IS TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE SITTING HERE ON THE DAY AS WE HAVE TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HARD EVERY DAY.

AND THAT COME TO THESE MEETINGS EVERY NIGHT, RESPECT IS EARNED.

IT IS NOT GIVEN, BUT THE LEAST THAT WE CAN DO IS RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.

WHEN SOMEONE STEPS UP TO THIS PODIUM TO GIVE A REPORT, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, AND I'M TALKING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, WE NEED TO RESPECT, GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

OWNED BUSINESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR SUCCESS AND WE'LL DO SOME MORE PUBLICATION ON THAT.

MAY I APPROACH A MOROSE BEAR? MANY OF THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES COVERED, I WAS GOING TO COVER.

UM, AND WHEN I WAS GOING TO SAY IS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW INVOLVED WE ARE, HOW BUSY WE ARE, HOW EXCITED WE ARE ABOUT THE GRAND OPENINGS AND ALL THE GREAT EVENTS THAT GO ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF BONY DID NOT MENTION THAT MY TEAM WON FIRST PLACE AT THE, UH, WALK-A-THON THERE.

WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT TEAM MEETING THAT VITAMIN C FOR DISTRICT C.

UM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SOME GREAT, UH, PEOPLE ATTENDED.

UM, THE MEDICARE, UH, FORUM ON SATURDAY WAS GREAT.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO DO MUCH BETTER NEXT YEAR, BUT I GOT FROM THAT WAS, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND I INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO GO OUT AND VISIT SOME OF THOSE MICS AT RX AND, UH, ALL INCLUSIVE AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL, GREAT HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS HERE IN OUR OWN HOME HERE TO HELP US AND SERVE US.

AND THEN, UH, FINALLY THERE IS A NEW BEAST JERKY COMPANY IN TOWN CALLED MAMA VANS, AND WE'LL DO SOMETHING WITH THE LOCAL SHOP, LOCAL AND PLAY LOCAL.

UM, BUT IT'S A FAMILY

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THAT'S MY REPORT, MAN.