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[Items 1 & 2]
THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM.STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE REGULAR MEETING REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL HERE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
OUR PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY A RECREATIONAL SPECIALIST, JACKSON PEREZ REVIEW.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3 (a) Administer the oath of office to the Mayor's Youth Commission members.]
I HAD A NUMBER THREE IS ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION MEMBERS.SO I'M SURE PERHAPS YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE YOUNG, OUR YOUNG COMMUNITIES HERE TODAY.
THERE ARE PART OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, SO THERE'S ABOUT 50 OR SO STUDENTS WHO ARE HERE TO THE MISSOURI YOUTH COMMISSION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THEM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME DOWN AND THEN ALSO JACKSON, TO COME HERE AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM RIGHT BEFORE THE OATH OF OFFICE.
AND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION IS IT'S A COALITION OF STUDENTS, UH, HERE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE.
UM, ALL OF THEM, UH, ATTENDING MISSOURI CITY, HIGH SCHOOLS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR RESIDE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, THEY ARE LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY HELP US OUT IN MANY OF THEM, MISSOURI CITY, SPECIAL EVENTS.
THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE A HUGE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE SUCCESS OF MANY SPECIAL EVENTS HERE FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY, UH, TODAY THEY'RE, UH, BEING RECOGNIZED AND THEY'RE GETTING SWORN INTO OFFICE.
BUT SO JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE HAD A FIRST MEETING WITH THEM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, AND WE HAVE REVAMPED THIS PROGRAM.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MYSELF AND OTHERS ARE WEARING THE SHIRT THAT IS TO REPRESENT A MISSOURI CITY YOUTH COMMISSION, WHICH IS WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS YEAR VERSUS WHAT WE'D DONE LAST YEAR.
SO WE HAVE A AGE GROUP OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE HERE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WILL GET TO DO IS THEY'LL GET TO GO TO OUR STATE CAPITOL, UH, AS A TRIP.
AND THEN ALONG WITH MEETING SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND TO GET TO BE PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SEE HOW, HOW THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WORKS AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THIS WILL BE PRETTY EXCITING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE FUTURE MAYOR AND FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE NICHOLS FAMILY.
RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
EVERY YEAR, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR THEY DO COME OUT AND GREET AND GIVE, UM, GRANTS TO THE KIDS.
UM, AS A SCHOLARSHIP, WE HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT IS GENERALLY DONE BY THE NICHOLAS FAMILY AND WHERE THIS YEAR THEY, THEY STEPPED FORWARD TO DO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, SPONSORS AS WELL TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAM SORT OF.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, IF YOU'RE A PARENT HERE, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OUR MAYOR PRO-TEM MEROLA'S IS A SENSITIVE ONE ON THE COUNCIL.
HE'S VERY ATTACHED TO THE KIDS AND, AND THE PARENTS.
SO, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE SENDING YOUR KIDS TO THIS PROGRAM.
THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR CIVIC DUTIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, JASON WHERE'S JASON.
I SAW JASON, JASON, JASON MAGNUM IS OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS DEPARTMENT.
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THEY ALL GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM TO HAVE YOUR KIDS HERE, AND THEY'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT SAFE.AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS ALSO FOR THEM TO HAVE A VISIT TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION, A FIRE STATION SIX.
SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF SIGHT SEEING FOR THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO SET THESE MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
SO TODAY AFTER THEIR OATH, THE CEREMONY THAT YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM TAKE A PICTURE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND I DO SEE OUR PARKS BOARD CHAIRMAN, LARIS TURNER, RAISE YOUR HAND.
YES, HE'S, HE'S ALSO PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO JUST AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TITLE MIRRORS, YOU COMMISSION, IT TAKES THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HERE.
IT TAKES DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
IT TAKES OFF PARKS SPORT AND ITS CHAIR, UH, TO MAKE THIS PROCESS WORK.
AND I, I MEAN, I WANT, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM UNTIL YOUR KIDS COME HOME AND TELL YOU SOME OF THE COOLEST THING THEY GOT TO DO.
AND THEY GOT TO BE PART OF, UH, IN THIS EVENT.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS HAS PICKED FROM ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND NEXT YEAR I WAS TELLING JACKSON THAT WE'RE NOT 50 STUDENTS.
WE'RE PROBABLY I'M HUNDRED, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING FOR THEM TO BE EXCITED WHERE THEY GO OUT THERE AND TELL THEIR COLLEAGUES AND OTHER KIDS THAT THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO BE PART OF.
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE, ALL THE KIDS PART OF THIS PROGRAM TO COME UP.
YOU GUYS CAN COME BY RIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU GUYS WALK BACK A LITTLE BIT? PUSH, PUSH YOURSELF.
COUNCIL MEMBER, STERLING AND COUNCIL READ WORDS.
AT FIRST I WAS THERE TO DO THE OATH OF OFFICE ONE BY ONE, AND HE SAID, I CAN'T DO THAT.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY TAKE FOREVER TO GUYS TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AND YOU GUYS ARE SEEING YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE STANDING TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER HERE.
RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE PAPERWORK, THE PAPER THAT SHOWS FOR THE OATH OF OFFICE.
IN THE NAME AND NOT THIS PART IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF STATE OF TEXAS, I STATE YOUR NAME GO.
DO SWALLOW HEAVILY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE.
READ THE THREE WEDNESDAYS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE RIGHT HERE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ONE QUICK PICTURE WITH OUR, OUR CITY COUNCIL HERE.
SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PARENTS IN THAT ROOM, YOU CAN STEP UP AND TAKE PICTURES AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE SOME PICTURES WITH OUR, OUR BOARD CHAIR AND JOIN YOU AS WELL AS THE NICHOLAS FAMILY.
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OVER HERE.WE CAN HAVE THE PARKS CHAIR OUT THERE.
SO THE KIDS ARE GOING TO TAKE INDIVIDUAL PICTURES.
JOYCE ITEM NUMBER THREE, B, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND USE IT UNDER CON COUNCIL COMMENTS.
IS THAT OKAY? DO WE NEED TO PUSH IT FORWARD? ALL RIGHT.
YOU SAID YOU'LL PASS ON THAT ITEMS. YEAH.
IF YOU ALL CAN JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS OR CONCERNS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED A CITY'S, UH, REGISTRATION PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE CITY DID RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
WE DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR 7, 8, 1 AND 72.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS, THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM NUMBER SIX AND SEND IT INTO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION.COUNCILMEMBER MEMBER KLAUSER SECONDED, ALL COUNCIL MEMBER BONES.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
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YOU HAVE A MISSING MEMBER.[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.
SEVEN, A ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES 7 81.
AND IT'S AT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE 14.98 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AS A SPECIFIC USE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC YOUTH AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THIS.
UH, THERE IS A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST TO RECAP, UH, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THIS IS AN AREA OFF OF FONDREN FONDREN ROAD, UM, NORTH OF EAST HAMPTON, UH, TO THE EAST OF SOUTH CATHY.
UM, THE SITE PLAN HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS, UM, HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, UM, JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, UH, SHOWING, UH, THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, THE SITE, WHAT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING WOULD DO, WOULD BE TO ALLOW FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY ON THE SITE AS SHOWN, UM, CONSISTENT WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FROM THE, UH, LC AND ONE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, THERE ARE SUMMARIZED ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU, UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO WOULD LIMIT THE, UH, FLOOR AREA OF ANY BUILDING, UM, PROVIDED OR LOCATED ON THE SITE, UH, TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS THAT ARE SHOWN, UM, SUMMARIZED ON THIS SHEET, UM, THAT ARE ALSO SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.
UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS SVP AND JUST FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION SINCE THE TIME THAT THE PACKET WAS PROVIDED TO YOU, WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT LETTERS.
ONE OF WHICH IS A REVERSAL OF A PROTEST LETTER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED.
UM, AND SO, UM, I DO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC THEY'LL MOVE? SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN FOR, UH, PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED THESE FORMS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
SO THE CITY DID RECEIVE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS.
UH, NAMED HOWARD REYNOLDS, A LOAD AT 1 5, 3, 4, 2 SUCH IT'S IN CIRCLE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, I'M HERE TO PROTEST THE BUILDING OF THE MUSIC CENTER CHURCH ON A NUMBER OF GROUNDS.
UH, UH, I HATE TO SEE MY RIGHTS AS A MISSOURI CITY PROPERTY OWNER TO HAVE A PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF MY PROPERTY.
UH, IT'S BEEN DETERIORATING OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, UH, INCLUDING THE FLOODING Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO GET AIR BOATS FOR YOUR FIRE STATION.
IT'S JUST NOT GOOD, MORE CONSTRUCTION.
YOU'RE FIXING TO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN, UH, IN THE OTHER OLDER BALL FIELD WHERE WE ARE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CONSTRUCTION ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE, UH, FROM THE FIRE STATION, UH, GOING TO BE PROBLEMS, UM, TRAFFIC, I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT
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OF MY DRIVEWAY NOW VERY EASILY BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.I CAN'T EVEN GET MY GARBAGE CAN OUT TO THE STREET BECAUSE ALL THE CARS ARE PARKED.
ONE CAR ON THE THAT'S FROM FLORIDA.
DOESN'T PAY THEIR TAXES FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO I CAN'T EVEN GET MY TRASH CAN OUT THERE THAT YOUR GARBAGE PEOPLE REFUSE TO TAKE IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WITHIN THREE FEET, I KNOW THREE FEET OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY DON'T, I GUESS, UH, THE MUNICIPAL WATER, I HAD TOO MUCH PARTICULATES IN MY WATER.
Y'ALL DON'T HAVE A MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM.
WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE HIDE, PAY MONEY TO THE WATER DISTRICTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY A CITY CAN'T MAINTAIN THEIR OWN MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.
WE'RE PART OF THE, UH, AREA OF HARRIS COUNTY DOWN THERE, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN A VERY, VERY LITTLE ATTENTION COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
NOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.
I HEAR THE CHURCH WHEN HE MADE THE, NOT A REVEREND, BUT ASKED HER WHATEVER SPEAKER, UH, FOR THEM, UH, FOR THEIR CHURCH THAT HE'S GOING TO SERVE AS HOUSTONIANS.
I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BOUNDARIES, CROSSOVER, TRAFFIC, NOT GOOD, UH, A LOT MORE.
OH, EVEN LAST NIGHT, MY CAR GETS BROKEN INTO LAST NIGHT.
NOT WORTH IT TO CALL THE POLICE.
Y'ALL WOULDN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING.
WHEN A MAN IS TRESPASSING ON MY PROPERTY, BUILDING AN ILLEGAL FENCE, DROP IT NAILS, AND I GET A FLAT TIRE.
SO MY QUALITY OF LIFE HAS GONE DOWN HILL.
I LIVE AT 1 1 8 2 7 SOUTH RIDGEWOOD CIRCLE.
I AM WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY THINGS.
VERY SIMPLE RENDER UNTO CAESAR.
THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR'S AND TO GOD, THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S MAKE NO MISTAKE.
THIS QUESTION BEFORE YOU HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD, NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION AND NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, AS SOME WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU BELIEVE THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DONE ON THAT PROPERTY THAT WILL NOT AFFECT THE PRIVACY AND RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY OWN PROPERTY ADJOINING THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
THE ENTITY THAT HAS PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY WANTS TO PUT UP AN ASSEMBLY HALL THAT WILL HOLD 1000 PEOPLE AND ADDITIONAL OUTLIE ASSEMBLY ROOMS CALLED CLASSROOMS AND A PARKING GARAGE, BECAUSE AFTER THEY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WASN'T PARKING FOR THEIR 1000 PEOPLE, THEY DECIDED TO PUT A PARKING GARAGE THAT PARKING GARAGE ANYBODY CAN GET IN THAT PARKING GARAGE AND LOOK RIGHT DOWN INTO THE NEIGHBORING BACKYARD.
THAT IS A VIOLATION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY.
IF NOTHING ELSE PLAYS YOU, THAT SHOULD STOP AND THINK, WELL, HOW DO YOU, HOW DOES ANYBODY HERE USE YOUR BACKYARD ON A WEEKEND, ON A SUNDAY MORNING? AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE IN THE PARKING GARAGE, LOOKING DOWN AND WATCHING YOU? I DOUBT THAT ANYONE'S GOING TO SAY, YES, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT.
WE DEPEND ON YOU, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND OUR PRIVACY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS CHURCH HAVE DREAMS, AND I'M VERY SORRY THAT THEIR LEADERS DID NOT DO THEIR COMPLETE DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY PURCHASED A PROPERTY THAT WOULD HOLD THE EXPANSION OF THEIR DREAMS. BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY MADE A MISTAKE IN WHAT THEY DECIDED TO PURCHASE.
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IN THE REST OF MISSOURI CITY SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THAT.LET THE MISTAKE STOP NOW, BUT IT STOPPED NOW SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND FIND A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WILL HOLD THEIR EXPANSION DREAMS WITHOUT LIMITING ANYBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SAMUEL.
I LIVE AT 11 8 39 SOUTH EVELYN CIRCLE, AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING OUT THERE FOR 40 YEARS AND MY HOUSE OR RIDE BY RIDE BEHIND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A HAVE COME OVER HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE.
AND MY BIG COMPLAINT IS THAT THEY SAY, THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WELL, THEY HAVEN'T CUT THE YARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
AND I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
I MEAN, THEY COULD GET OUT OF THERE WITH A LOT MORE AND TRIM THE FRONT AND EVERYTHING.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE WE, THERE ARE OTHER OF THE HOUSES THERE.
WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER.
LAST TIME WE HAD THE FREEZE, WE WAS OUT POWER FOR THREE DAYS.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET HAD POWER.
WE WERE OUT OF POWER FOR THREE WEEKS.
AND THE YEAR OF THE PREVIOUS HURRICANE, BEFORE THAT WE WERE OUT FOR A WHOLE WEEK WAS NO POWER.
AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACH WHERE OUR POWER LIES.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
WHAT ARE THEY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT PASS, WHAT DO THEY BUILD A WALL BETWEEN OUR HOUSES AND THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT WE HAD, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IN THE BACKYARD AND SEE THEM AND MAKE IT TO WHATEVER NOISE OR WHATEVER THEY GOING TO DO THERE.
UH, BUT I, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T SEE WHY THEY CAN'T GET THE GRETSCH CAT.
I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND I VOTE FOR NO TWO ZONING RESULTING.
I LIVED AT 1, 1 803 SOUTH CATHY AVENUE, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 42 YEARS, RAISED TWO CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND NOW A GRAM GREAT GRANDCHILD.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN FONDA PARK HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN THE LAND THAT'S THERE IS, IT'S NOT AGAINST RELIGION, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A MASSIVE STRUCTURE UP THERE, WHICH WILL IMPEDE ON OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
THERE'S ALREADY SAFETY ISSUES.
YOU CAN'T GET TO THE, UH, OVER THE TRACKS.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY ANYBODY'S GOING TO COME IN THERE, THEY ALREADY CUT THROUGH TO GET TO THE BELTWAY.
AND IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT ZONED FOR THAT.
THE SMALL AREA NOBODY'S TAKING CARE OF IT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FONDREN PARK.
IT'S NOTHING AGAINST RELIGION.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN RELIGION.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RELIGION YOU ARE.
THAT'S JUST INVADING OUR PRIVACY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WE'RE IN A, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT ABC AND D AND WE'RE IN A, BUT YOU KNOW, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WE HAVE THE WAREHOUSES, WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE THAT TO PUT THAT MANY CARS TO ENDANGER PEOPLE, NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLES, FIRE VEHICLES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND ALL THAT.
WHAT BENEFIT IS THAT CHURCH GOING TO BE TRUST? IT'S NOT A RELIGIOUS THING.
THEY GOT A CHURCH SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ON A SMALL PIECE OF LAND THAT IS INTERFERING WITH THE SAFETY OF MANY PEOPLE? I MEAN, WE SUPPORT YOU GUYS PERSONALLY AND WHATEVER, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT THE WELFARE AND ISN'T, IT'S NOT BEING MET AND IT WON'T BE MET.
AND TO HAVE THAT MANY CARS TO BE OPERATING 5, 6, 7 DAYS A WEEK IS, IS JUST SENSELESS.
AND, UH, NONE OF US ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, THEY CALL IT RELIGION, THEY CALL IT WHATEVER.
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OF PEOPLE.THAT'S NOT CARING ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS.
THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.
AND YOU GUYS NEED TO PUT A STOP TO WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE THE SAFETY MEASURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT TO WORK.
SO I'D LIKE TO YOU GUYS ALL THINK ABOUT IT AND WE SUPPORT YOU AND PLEASE SUPPORT US.
KRISTIN RACE AND I'LL ALGAE ON DIANA RES EVEN ALIGN
I HAVE A TIMER HERE FOR 30 MINUTES.
AND ONCE WE GET DOWN TO 30 TO THREE MINUTES, I'LL SET THE TIMER ON THE SCREEN.
FOR THAT DESIGNATED THEIR TIME.
I'M AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT, PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE CONGREGATION OF MIRACLE CITY CHURCH.
MY PRESENCE HAS BECOME NECESSARY AT THIS MEETING TO REPRESENT MY CLIENT'S INTERESTS IN THE REZONING OF THE LAND, IN QUESTION ON THIS AGENDA AND TO ADVISE THIS BODY OF THEIR ONGOING VIOLATION OF BOTH THE TEXAS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT AND THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT THE FEDERAL STATUTE, WHICH COVERS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AREA OF LAW.
THE FUNDAMENTAL BEDROCK AND PRECEPT OF THIS NATION IS THE PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS CODIFIED IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
MY CLIENTS HAVE BEEN PATIENT THEY'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL AND THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLIANT IN THE FOLLOWING OF THE LAWS OF THIS JURISDICTION.
MY CLIENTS WORKED CLOSELY WITH MISSOURI CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN THE PREPARATION OF THEIR INITIAL PLANS AND HIRED A COMPETENT ENGINEER TO PREPARE THESE PLANES.
MY CLIENTS SUBMITTED THESE PLANS IN PERSON TO THE MISSOURI CITY ZONING COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSION VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS COUNCIL PROCEED WITH REZONING.
AND YET SINCE THAT TIME, THIS BODY HAS ALLOWED THE CLAMOR OF THE MOB TO PARALYZE AND TO VIOLATE NOT ONLY MY CLIENTS SUBSTANTIVE, BUT ALSO THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHTS UNDER THE TEXAS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT, A GOVERNMENT ENTITY MUST NOT SUBSTANTIALLY BURDENED IT PERSON OR ENTITY IN THEIR FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION.
UNLESS THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCY CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE JURISDICTION HAS A COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN THE ACTION THAT BURDENS THE RELIGIOUS CONVICTION IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF ACHIEVING THAT OBJECTIVE.
THE COMPELLING INTEREST UNDER THE STRICT SCRUTINY BURDEN AS LAID OUT BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IS THE HIGHEST AND MOST DIFFICULT BURDEN FOR A GOVERNMENT BODY TO MEET.
AND YOU DO NOT MEET IT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, TEXAS SUPREME COURT, 2009 R V CITY OF SINTON.
THE COURT HELD THAT THE CITY ACTION PROHIBITING THE USE THE PLAINTIFF'S LAND FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES WAS IN VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS FURTHER.
THE GENERAL PROPOSITIONS OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ARGUMENTS RELATED TO ZONING ARE NOT COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST.
AND THE ZONING ORDINANCES ARE NOT TO BE PLACED IN A SUPERIOR POSITION TO FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN BAR.
THE COURT HELD THAT COURTS AND LITIGANTS MUST FOCUS ON REAL AND SERIOUS BURDENS TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND NOT ASSUME THAT ZONING CODES INHERENTLY SERVE THAT COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN BAR.
THE CORE REFUSED, EXCUSE ME, THE COURT REFUSED ABSOLUTELY.
THE CITY'S GENERAL PROPOSITION THAT THE GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY WAS A COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST
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CASE LAW IS REPLETE WITH EXAMPLES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND JURISDICTIONS DOING THE VERY THING YOU ARE CURRENTLY DOING BY FAILING TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND LOSING WHILE THERE ARE SECOND TO NO EXAMPLES OF YOUR CURRENT COURSE OF ACTION, BEING UPHELD AS A PART OF MY PREPARATION OF COMING TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING, I'VE REVIEWED PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS AND OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF MY CLIENT'S LAND AND ABSOLUTELY NONE OF THESE HAVE ANY REASONABLE BEARING ON THIS MATTER.AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDE A COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST.
ONE NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED THAT HE TRESPASSES ON MY CLIENT'S LAND, DRIVING HIS 18 WHEELER THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TO PARK HIS RIG IN THEIR BACKYARD.
AND THAT IF APPROVED, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
SOME NEIGHBORS HAVE COMPLAINED THAT THEY LIKE TO TRESPASS ON MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY TO WALK THEIR DOGS.
ONE OPPONENT OF REZONING HAS COMPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GROCERY STORE CLOSER TO THEIR HOUSE.
SOME HAVE STATED THAT THERE SIMPLY ARE ENOUGH CHURCHES IN THIS TOWN OR THAT YOUR CITY SHOULD MAXIMIZE TAX REVENUE RATHER THAN PROVIDE FOR RELIGIOUS PROPERTY EXEMPTION.
FAR AS CUTTING THE GRASS GOES UP UNTIL ABOUT FIVE MONTHS AGO, THEY WERE CUTTING THE GRASS.
I'VE HEARD WHAT MAKES YOU CHEER THAT MY CLIENT SHOULD NOT HAVE MACS.
THERE THERE BE MOSQUITOES IN A RETENTION POND BUILT TO PREVENT FLOODING.
SO WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD VIOLATE MY CLIENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THE FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION BECAUSE THEY WANT US TO CUT THE GRASS MORE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO DO.
THE TRAFFIC, YOU HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THE TRAFFIC OPPONENTS OF THE REZONING HAVE CLAIM THAT IF THERE IS A CHURCH, THEY WILL BE INUNDATED WITH TRAFFIC.
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THIS BODY DOES NOT HAVE A COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN KEEPING TRAFFIC LIGHT IN A GIVEN RESIDENTIAL AREA.
MY CLIENT INTENDS TO HAVE LARGE GATHERINGS NO MORE THAN TWO TIMES A WEEK, BUT AS IT STANDS, THIS LOT IS 15 ACRES.
UNDER SECTION 7.3 OF YOUR CITY'S ZONING REGULATIONS.
A LOT FOR OUR TWO RESIDENTIAL MUST HAVE A LOT SIZE OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH FOR THAT SPACING WHERE MY CLIENT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES AT THIS LOCATION, THEY COULD PLACE NEARLY 120 ON THAT LAND.
EACH HOME HAD YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE OF TWO VEHICLES, WHICH WOULD UTILIZE THE ROADS ON A DAILY BASIS, AS OPPOSED TO PUNCTUATED TIMES, LET'S CALL THIS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S ANIMOUS THE HEAD PASTOR OF MY, MY CLIENT'S CHURCH HAS BEEN CALLED RACIAL EPITHETS IN PRIVATE.
HE'S BEEN TOLD THAT NO AFRICAN CHURCH WOULD BE BUILT ON THIS LAND AT EVERY TURN.
MY CLIENT HAS ATTEMPTED TO OFFER AN OLIVE BRANCH, LISTENING TO THE CURRENT SERMONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND GOING FURTHER THAN CODE OR CONSCIENCE REQUIRED.
AND YET AT EVERY TURN, THE CACOPHONY OF SHRIEKING VOICES HAS BECOME LOUDER.
THE MOST DEAFENING NOISE, HOWEVER HAS BEEN THIS BODY SILENCE IN DEFENDING MY CLIENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR WITH YOU.
NOW, THIS BODY IS VIOLATING BOTH TEXAS AND FEDERAL LAW.
WE HAVE NOTIFIED YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE CITY REQUIRED, REQUIRED THROUGH THE REQUIRED CHANNELS.
THAT IF YOU DO NOT CORRECT YOUR CURRENT COURSE OF ACTION, WE WILL BE BRINGING A SUIT AGAINST THE CITY, THE RESULT OF WHICH SHOULD WE WIN.
AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL WE'LL BE BAD, PRESS AT LEAST A $10,000 FINE.
THE PAYMENT OF MY LEGAL FEES AND THE WASTE OF YOUR CITY'S RESOURCES AND TIME DO THE RIGHT THING.
STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH MY CLIENTS LAND.
OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR THAT SIX MINUTES MAYO AND THE COUNCIL.
I'M A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND I'VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS.
I'VE WORKED FOR CITY OF HOUSTON FOR 10 YEARS, AND I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT TOOK ME OVERSEAS.
I'VE ALSO DONE PROJECTS FOR THE CITY.
WE'VE BEEN ON BASE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND HAVE GOING TO TWO YEARS.
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INFORMATION TO THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, WHICH THEY HAVE REVIEWED.AND THAT'S I 10 THAT IT MET STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT DO YOU REQUEST TO REZONE THIS PARTICULAR SITE? HOWEVER, THE OPPOSITION COMMENTS COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS HAS NO TECHNICAL AND IT HAS NO PRACTICAL EVIDENCE THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS FACTUAL OR ATTAINABLE BY THE STRUCTURE THAT MY CLIENT INTENDS TO PUT IT.
MY PLAN HAS MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THIS BUDDY.
WE HAVE REVIEWED YOUR ORDINANCE.
WE HAVE REVIEWED YOUR ENGINEERING MANNERS THAT WE HAVE MADE BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY PLANS THAT WERE PRESENTED AS REQUESTED BY THIS BODY.
UNFORTUNATELY, SPECULATIONS ARE NOT FACTS.
ASSUMPTIONS ARE NOT TECHNICAL INFORMATION CLAIMING THAT MY PLAN, IF ALLOWED TO DEVELOP THIS PRODUCT IS GOING TO IMPEDE ON THEIR OWN PRIVACY, BUT THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERING THE EFFECTS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT THE PRIVACY AND THE RIGHTS OF MY CLIENT TO USE HIS PROPERTY.
AS FAR AS SIRI ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS IS CONCERNED, MY CLIENT HAS MET THAT MINIMUM AND THAT BOOTH AS REQUIRED BY THIS BODY.
AND WE HAD ALSO CONSIDERED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THIS BODY THAT WE WILL COMPLY WITH ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENT THAT THIS SEE FIT FOR MY CLIENTS TO INCORPORATE IN THE DESIGN THAT WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED TO ENSURE THAT ANY CODE IS COMPLIED WITH I'M HERE TONIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN, ALTHOUGH SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN VESSEL BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ROAD SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I'M HOPING THAT TONIGHT IT COUNCIL WOULD DO THE THING AND APPROVE MY PLANS REQUEST.
THANK YOU, CHERYL ORLOFF CONNECT QUIMBY MAYOR.
I LIVE AT 11 8, 1 SOUTH OF 11 8 1 4 SOUTH WILLOWDALE CIRCLE IN MISSOURI CITY.
I'M A CHRISTIAN, I'M A SOUTHERN BAPTIST.
AND THAT JESUS IS THE WAY TO SAVE SALVATION.
I BELIEVE THAT UNITED STATES GET US ALL THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM, TO PRACTICE THE RELIGION THAT WE WISH TO PRACTICE.
WHEN WE WANT TO PRACTICE WHERE WE WANT TO PRACTICE THE STATE CODE THAT THE ATTORNEY MENTIONED, I DEFER TO THE FACT THAT THIS, YES, GIVES THE CHURCH A RIGHT TO BUILD A CHURCH ON THEIR LAND THAT WAS ZONED THEIR CHURCH.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY GET EMINENT RELIGIOUS DOMAIN TO REZONE ANY PIECE OF PROPERTY THEY WANT BASED ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
IT SAYS THEY CAN BUILD A CHURCH WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD A CHURCH.
HOPEFULLY IT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR IT, BUT IT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY SAY YOU HAVE EMINENT DOMAIN, WHICH IS WHAT THEIR ATTORNEYS THREATENING YOU AND THREATENING US WITH.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE SAYING, IF I BOUGHT FOUR HOUSES NEXT YEAR HOUSE MAYOR, IF I BOUGHT FOUR HOUSES BY YOUR HOUSE, AND I DECIDED TO MAKE A YOUTH CENTER FOR THE NEW CHURCH OF QUIMBY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'D HIRED THIS HIGH PRICED ATTORNEY BACK HERE.
AND I'D SAY I HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ON BUILDING A YOUTH CENTER NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE MIRROR.
IT'S MY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, RIGHT? BASED ON STATE CODE AND THE SUPREME COURT.
BUT AGAIN, I SHOULD'VE HAD IT ZONED BEFORE I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
THE HARDSHIPS ON ME, I MADE THE CHOICE.
NOW THIS ZONING STAFF, CHURCHES AND NEIGHBORHOODS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IT HAPPENED IN HOUSTON AND HOUSTON SET UP GUIDELINES.
IS THERE A CITY ALSO HAS LOTS OF CHURCHES AND YOU HAVE GUIDELINES.
YOU HAVE THE SIGNATURES OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DIDN'T WANT THIS PROPERTY REZONED.
THAT MEANS A PLOT OF LAND THAT'S DESIGNED FOR FLOODING, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE A LITTLE RIVERS GOING DOWN THOSE STREETS, NOT ONE BIG CONCRETE THAT
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WE DID SAY WE DON'T WANT A CHURCH SAID WE WANTED THE ZONING TO REMAIN THE SAME TYPE OF THE HOMES THEY'RE IN RIGHT NOW.THE HOUSTON HOUSING MARKET AND MISSOURI CITY IS HOT.
IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE IN THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHT, BETWEEN THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE CHURCH AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE AGAINST THE REZONING, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST THE REZONING LIVE IN THE CITY AND THE INTEREST OF THE CITY SHOULD BE IN THE RESIDENCE INTEREST OF THE CITY.
BUT TELL ME IF I WERE TO TAKE A CENSUS OF THESE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT FROM THE CHURCH, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS? HOW MANY OF THEM PARTICIPATE IN MISSOURI CITY ACTIVITIES? HOW MANY SUPPORT MISSOURI CITY FUNCTIONS? WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERGROWN OR ASS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW.
WHO'S MOWING IT FORMED OVER FIVE MONTHS AGO, BUT THAT GRASS HADN'T BEEN MOWED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UNLESS SEAT, CLICK, IT GOT INVOLVED AND WE REPORTED IT.
YES, WE CALLED YOU A LIAR, BUT WE LIVE THERE.
WE SEE THE TRASH, IT GOT MOWED WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING ON FOR THE WAREHOUSES.
BUT AFTER THAT, WE'VE HAD DANGEROUS SITUATIONS TRYING TO, BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T BE A GOOD STEWARD OF YOUR OWN PROPERTY.
IF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE OR CRIMES GOING ON IN THAT PROPERTY, YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY.
WHY DON'T YOU THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS YOUR CHURCH? OKAY.
WHY DON'T YOU SUE? WHY DON'T YOU ADDRESS THE PERSON WHO TRESPASSES TO MOW A GOOD PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY? HE'S NOT PAID.
HE VOLUNTEERS, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE MADE ACCOMMODATIONS.
YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THIS REZ, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU'VE REACHED OUT AND WINED AND DINED A COUPLE OF THE SUPPORTERS, BUT YOU'VE MADE NOTE ATTEMPT IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF TO DO MINISTRY BENEFITS FROM MISSOURI CITY OR FUND IN PART DURING THE FREEZE MISSOURI CITY, THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY SUPPORTED FONDREN PARK AND SUPPORTED MISSOURI CITY.
YOU MAKE NO EFFORT TO SUPPORT MISSOURI CITY.
YOU MAY NO EFFORT FOR A FOOD BANK OUTREACH.
YOU MAKE NO EFFORT FOR MINISTRY.
SO AGAIN, SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, JUST DOESN'T RING.
OUR COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST HAD BEEN ON FLOODING.
WHEN THE PROPOSAL WAS SENT TO PLANNING OVER TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WERE NO WAREHOUSES BUILT PICTURES HAD BEEN SENT PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL AS TO OTHER MEMBERS WITHIN CITY COUNCIL THAT HAVE SHOWN THE FLOODING THAT IS NOW OCCURRING.
SINCE THOSE WERE HOUSES, YOUR PROPOSAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO PLANNING, DIDN'T TAKE THAT INTO EFFECT.
YOU'RE I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS AND I KNOW I RAMBLE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I'M NOT A COLLEGE EDUCATED PERSON.
I'M NOT A HIGH POWERED ATTORNEY AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ONE.
I'M JUST A REGULAR PERSON IS GOING TO TELL YOU AS HIS, AS THE ATTORNEY MENTIONED, HE'S LISTENED TO THE PAST PRESENTATIONS.
WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS FROM THE MINISTER? TALK ABOUT HIS THREE PHASE PLAN THAT WAS NEVER PRESENTED TO PLANNING.
WHY DON'T YOU COMPARE THE NUTS WHEN THEY WANT TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PLANNING? AND THEY SAID, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO DO X, Y, AND Z.
YOU HAVEN'T PRESENTED IT TO PLANNING.
YOU WANT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO HAVE CARS GO OUT ON DIRECTLY ONTO FOND OR MORE ENTRANCES THAT WAY.
SO YOU CAN AVOID THE TRAFFIC GOING DOWN, EASTHAMPTON THAT HASN'T BEEN PRESENTED TO PLANNING YOUR FLOOD ISSUES.
WENT TO MISSOURI CITY PLANNING.
THE FLOOD ISSUES ALSO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY HARRIS COUNTY BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY PLANNING KIND OF FORGETS THAT WE'RE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND NOT FOR BAND.
ALL OF THIS AGAIN IS BEING CALLED.
I CALL IT RELIGIOUS EMINENT DOMAIN TO TWIST AND TURN A STATE CODE AND SUPREME COURT RULINGS TO SAY THAT I HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT I WANT WITH MY PROPERTY, BECAUSE I IDENTIFY MYSELF AS A CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS BODY.
THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD RESEARCH WHAT YOU BUY.
OTHERWISE YOU'RE GIVEN THE POWER OF BOD TO DO WHAT YOU WANT ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME COURT.
AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT, JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE A WRONG MISTAKE, WHOEVER YOU SPOKE TO WITHIN ENGINEERING AT THAT TIME, THAT TOLD YOU IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
THAT'S NOT THE CITY COUNCIL'S FAULT OR THE MAYOR'S FAULT.
IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THAT NO VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN ON THIS PROPOSAL.
IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO STAND UP ALSO FOR THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY AND REPRESENT THIS GOVERNMENT, THE WORLD OF GOD, CHURCH OUTREACH, MISSOURI CITY, YOU CAN AFFORD T-SHIRTS.
SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO MOW THE GRASS.
WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY THAT STEWARDSHIP OR THE DAZZLING GOLD LABELED SHIRTS IS NOT GOOD.
STEWARDSHIP, IS IT BUYING A HIGH POWERED ATTORNEY TO THREATEN MY CITY COUNCIL, MY MAYOR WITH A LAWSUIT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
HE THREATENED THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WITH A LAWSUIT WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
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THAT THERE WAS A THREAT OF A LAWSUIT.IT WAS BASICALLY WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? ROLL OVER AND DIE.
GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY THREATENED YOU WITH THE LAWSUIT.
ONE SMALL LITTLE SUBDIVISION FIGHTING HAVE RESIDENTS COME TO MISSOURI CITY.
AS ONE OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS SAID, WHEN THEY PROPOSE THIS CHURCH, IT WAS NOT FROM MISSOURI CITY.
YOU WATCH HIS VIDEOS FOR CITY OF HOUSTON.
SO AGAIN, IS IT RELIGIOUS EMINENT DOMAIN? THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO QUOTE LAW AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE SUPREME COURT, OR IS IT THE PASTOR MADE A MISTAKE? HE ASSUMED IT WAS AN EASY REZONING.
AND THEY WOULD GO ON DOWN THE ROAD.
ASTERS MAKING SILLY MISTAKES AND THAT'S HOW THEY WIN.
SO PLEASE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REPS.
YOU'VE SEEN US HERE NUMEROUS TIMES AND YOU'VE HEARD ME RAMBLE NUMEROUS TIMES.
WE'VE ALSO HEARD THEM SAY WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY.
YOU'VE SEEN THE SIGNATURES OF HOMEOWNERS WHO DO NOT WANT THIS BILL.
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS AND YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD ASK THAT LOGICALLY BASED ON THE HALF-TRUTHS AND PERCEPTIONS THAT THIS CHURCH HAS PRESENTED ON YOUTUBE ON THEIR OWN PRESENTATIONS, IN THEIR CHURCHES, ON COMMUNICATIONS, THEY'VE SENT OUT.
THERE'S SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS.
THEY REALLY NEED TO PRESENT THE TRUTH.
THE PLANNING, IT'S NOT 1000, IT'S TWO BUILDINGS FOR 1500.
SO ALL THIS NUMBER GAME OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND GIVING POLICE TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC.
IT'S IT'S HE WANTED TO CALL IT POLITICS.
LET'S CALL IT RELIGIOUS POLITICS.
MY GRANDFATHER HAD A PHRASE FOR THAT TYPE OF RELIGION.
UH, GOD, DIDN'T ASK FOR GOLDEN THRONE.
HE DIDN'T ASK FOR GLORIOUS DESIGNER WARDROBES.
HE DIDN'T ASK FOR A PALATIAL MANSION OVER 20 MILES FROM WHERE HE WAS GOING TO PREACH.
HE LIVED THE LIFE OF THE PEAK AIR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, I, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS UP FOR AWHILE.
I KNOW YOU SPOKE EARLIER, BUT UNLESS IF YOU HAD SOMEONE ELSE FROM YOUR TEAM THAT HAD GIVEN YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE THAT THEN NEEDS TO SPEAK HAS TO HAVE SIGNED UP AND YOU HAD SIGNED UP AND I SAW YOU SPEAK.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANYBODY ELSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, RIGHT? MARIA COMMENTS FOR 7 81.
BUT FOR THIS ONE IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT RIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY.
SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONING.
EMORY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF.
MAY I MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY DISCUSSION.
UM, JENNIFER ASKED SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, THERE WAS MENTION OF A PARKING GARAGE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I SEE THAT ON THIS, UH, RENDERINGS IS, IS THAT SO IT'S NOT SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT CAME UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND DISCUSSIONS.
SO THE SITE PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED SHOWS ALL SURFACE PARKING.
SO IF A PARKING GARAGE WERE TO BE BUILT, WOULD IT BE BUILT IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER? I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN DEFINED.
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TERMS OF BUILDING IS, UH, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD APPLY SETBACKS.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS COULD SHIFT UNLESS IT'S LOCKED DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, BY LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S DEFINED EXACTLY WHERE THAT MIGHT BE IF, IF IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.
AND LAST QUESTION, WHAT IS THE, UH, HEIGHT LIMIT FROM MISSOURI CITY ON PARKING DIRECTOR? SO IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON, UH, THE LC ONE DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT'S PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE.
THAT'S TWO STORIES OR 35 FEET.
UM, SO THAT'S TYPICAL, UH, WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
SURE, JENNIFER, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, WHAT IS THE ZONING THAT'S UNDER? SO IT'S CURRENTLY SPLIT.
UM, SO I BELIEVE THE WESTERN MOST PORT PORTION GOING TOWARDS SOUTH PAPPY IS, ARE FIVE.
UM, FOR TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE PORTION CLOSER TO FONTERRA IN THE ROAD IS L C1.
SO ON YOUR DOT ON YOUR SCREEN, WHAT YOU SEE OVER THERE IS THAT AN EVENLY SPLIT, IT'S NOT AN EVEN SPLIT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF SHIFTED THE MAJORITY OF IT IS ON FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UM, JENNIFER THOMAS? THE QUESTION JENNIFER, WOULD THERE BE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE CHURCH BEING BUILT OR RESIDENTIAL AREA AS IT RELATES TO FLOODING? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE FLOODING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO WHETHER IT'S ONE OF THE OTHER, WOULD THAT BE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND I'LL DEFER TO ENGINEERING AS WELL TO OKAY.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY ANY IMPROVEMENT, UM, ON THAT PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S A COMMERCIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL, UM, OR RESIDENTIAL WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, FOR DRAINAGE AND TO END DETENTION BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, ADDED ENGINEERING, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT, THE DETENTION AND THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS IS PRIMARILY BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS AREA.
IF IT WERE TO BE A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S A PARTICULAR FACTOR FOR THE IMPERVIOUS AREA.
IT'S COMMERCIAL VERSUS WHAT'S PROPOSED TO BE A CHURCH IT'S ALL BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS AREA THAT GENERATES THE RUNOFF AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO MITIGATE THE RUNOFF BETWEEN EXISTING AND PROPOSED CONDITION.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY MITIGATED IN THE DETENTION ON.
SO, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, THE DETENTION POND IS SIZED TO MITIGATE DRAINAGE IMPACTS BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS SCOUR, OR IN SIMPLE TERMS. IF I HAVE TO SAY AN AMOUNT OF CONCRETE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON THE GROUND.
CAN YOU COME BACK UP HERE? SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE? THAT'S BEEN ON THIS PROPERTY WITH THE GRASS, HAVE WE, UM, HOW MANY TIMES HAS BEEN REPORTED AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT DID SEND A CERTIFIED.
I WAS ASKED, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT DID SEND A CERTIFIED LETTER, UH, TO, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR ABATEMENT.
UM, SO IT'S STILL GOING THROUGH, UH, THE STANDARD PROCESS FOR COMPLIANCE.
SO THE ISSUE ON MAINTAINING BOEING, UM, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT, UM, THE PROPERTIES FREE OF TRASH AND RUBBISH, UM, STILL HAS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, ADOPTIVE CITY CODES AND REGULATIONS.
ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS BEEN IN SEECLICKFIX BY RESIDENCE? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY PULL IT AND PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU.
SO TODAY, IF WE WERE TO DRIVE OVER THERE, IS THAT, DO WE KNOW IF THE LAWN HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AS A FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK? UM, THE LAWN WAS STILL NOT IN COMPLIANCE OR THE PROPERTY WAS STILL NOT IN COMPLIANCE IS SO IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
SO YOU GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT WHERE IT NEEDS TO, IS IT IN THE PROCESS AND THE CUE OF HOW, WHAT WE DO WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT? SURE.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, A CERTIFIED LETTER WAS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, MID TO EARLY LAST MONTH.
UM, THE PROPERTY OWNERS PROVIDED, UH, 10 DAYS, UH, TO ABATE, UH, THE, THE, UM, UM, ISSUE IN THIS CASE HAD THE PROPERTY MOWED, UM, AND, UH, ANY TRASH OR DEBRIS REMOVED.
UM, IF THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, THEN THE CITY CAN TAKE ACTION TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, UH, UH, BAIT, UH,
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THE PROPERTY, BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE, UM, AND THEN ASSESS, UH, THOSE FEES BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROCESSES, UM, UH, TO, UH, WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON BRINGING THE PROPERTY BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.
I YIELD BACK IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER THOMPSON.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE ATTORNEY COME UP IF HE WOULD TO THE PODIUM.
UH, BUT, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THE, UH, THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE VALIDITY OF IT, BUT DID I HEAR YOU REFER TO OUR HOMEOWNERS AS A MOB? YES.
SO, MY REASON FOR DOING THAT, SIR, HAS BEEN THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OF THE PLANS AND FOLLOWED ALL OF THE NECESSARY PROCEDURES, WE HAVE BEEN LAMBASTED.
MY CLIENTS HAVE BEEN TREATED VERY POORLY BY THE COMMUNITY THAT IS IN PARTICULAR HERE TONIGHT.
AND I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT YOU'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I CALLED THEM A MOB, THAT MY BEEN MY CLIENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED FOR OVER A YEAR.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF YOUR CLIENT.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, DEPICTION OF OUR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY.
I'VE GOT THE PODIUM, IF YOU, YES, SIR.
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO HAVE MY SAY, UH, I JUST FIND IT DISTURBING THAT, UH, YOU COULDN'T FIND SOME OTHER DESCRIPTION OF OUR CITIZENS OTHER THAN A MOB.
THAT WAS MY THIRD REVISION, SIR.
IF WE ALLOW THE ATTORNEY TO SPEAK, I LIKE TO LIKE THE LADY IN THE BACK SPEAK, PLEASE.
WHAT'D YOU SAY, IF WE ALLOW THE ATTORNEY SPEAK, I LIKE TO HAVE HER SPEAK.
IS THAT, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER QUESTION FOR US? SO I LIKE TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
WHAT WAS YOUR STATEMENT? MA'AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT WAS YOUR STATEMENT? WE HAVE FOUND HER IN PARK, REALIZE THAT AT SOME POINT SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT.
WE ARE NOT THE KIND OF CLAMORING MOB, THAT REAL THINGS THAT WE CAN STOP.
ANYTHING FROM BEING BUILT THERE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES AND OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
SOMETHING WILL GO THERE, BUT WE ASK IS THAT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON OUR PRIVACY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, PLEASE PUT ENOUGH RESTRICTIONS ON THEM.
THAT ONE, THERE CANNOT BE A PARKING GARAGE AND TWO, THEY CANNOT CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL? I DO.
I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR JENNIFER.
I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS EARLIER, BUT IT JUST DAWNED ON ME TO ASK, COULD YOU, DID YOU EXPLAIN, UH, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT VERSUS WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE NOW? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES FROM WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS VERSUS THIS? SO LET ME START BY SAYING, UM, THE, UM, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS LIKE A LAYER, SO IT DOESN'T DO A WAY WITH WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING IS.
UM, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT SPECIFIC USE, UH, THAT'S SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE EXISTING RIGHTS, UM, ON THE PROPERTY TODAY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UM, IT IS SITE-SPECIFIC.
UM, SO THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED, UM, WOULD APPLY TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY ON THIS PROPERTY, AS OPPOSED TO THE EXISTING ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS UNIVERSAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO ANY PROPERTY THAT ZONED
ANY PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED R FIVE
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TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAVE THE SAME SET OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS APPLY TO IT.IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC? SO YOU BASICALLY SAYING IT'S JUST A LAYER OVER WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AS FAR AS, SO IS A CHURCH.
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD, IF IT WAS REZONED, IS THAT THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE BUILT THERE OR COULD ANYTHING THAT FITS THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT? WE BUILT THERE AS WELL.
SO THE USE OF SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY.
THERE ARE OTHER USES THAT REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, BUT THEY'RE NOT, UM, USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY THIS ORDINANCE.
AND YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC SPECIFIC ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC USE BARTON, CORRECT? I GOT RIGHT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THAT WAS JUST FOR THE DISCUSSION.
WAS IT A EMOTION? THERE'S NOT A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
THERE'S ONLY THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND OR DISCUSSION PURPOSE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? THE LAST ONE MORE TIME? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI.
IS THERE A SECOND? THAT'S THE DESPERATE CLARITY, DESPERATE.
THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION IS NOW A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF MOTION PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM RULES.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSION WHAT WAS IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION PASSED THE SEVEN ZERO ITEM SEVEN TWO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING REGULATIONS AND PD PLANS, DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 85 TO ALLOW MF TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT USES REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
REFERENCING A SITE PLAN PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
I'M SORRY, IF YOU MARION COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS ZONING APPLICATION IS COMING TO YOU AGAIN TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST 2ND AND SEPTEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO JUST TO PROVIDE A BRIEF RECAP, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO MN PD NUMBER 85, WHICH IS LOCATED WEST OF SOUTH KOREANS ROAD AND SOUTH OF POLOMA BEN DRIVE.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR MF TWO ON THE WESTERN SIX ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
THE APPLICANT HAS MADE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AFTER HEARING SOME CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE MODIFICATIONS, INTO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, UM, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLOUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
STERLING THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO.
DID EVERYBODY VOTE THAT? CAUSE I CAN HEAR
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IS IT, IT WAS A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.WE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER AND STERLING.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, IS, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION? PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE FILLED OUT THIS CITY PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND WE DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT TWO QUICK DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IS THE, UM, ACCESS COMING OFF A BULL LANE ONTO ADAMS AND AN ENTRANCE WAY INTO THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT STREET THAT WE LIVE ON IS A ZONE'S STREET.
THAT'S WIDE ENOUGH TO SUPPLY LARGE VEHICLES COMING INTO AND OUT OF THAT AND WILL CONSIDERABLY DISTURBED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU JUST BLOCK, LEAVE THAT ENTRANCE WAY INTO THIS PROPERTY BLOCKED OFF SO THAT IT'S NOT DISTURBING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
THIS IS A FREE FIRST AREA OF MISSOURI CITY.
SECONDLY, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ONE THING THAT IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS.
THE SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY 90 A IS 55 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU'RE GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR.
AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME AND IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND DRIVE FROM HERE TO THE SIX, 10 LOOP AND SEE IF YOU'RE NOT THE SLOWEST CAR GOING, YOU HAVE THREE ENTRANCES THAT CAN GO IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY, ALL THREE INTEREST IS ENTER AND EXIT OFFER US
IT IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE KILLED IN THE AREA.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF WRECKS IN THE AREA.
IT WAS ONE PERSON WHO KILLED ONE WEEK AFTER THEY OPENED UP US HIGHWAY 90.
THE SAFETY OF ADDING A MULTIFAMILY USE IS ADDING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEY HAVE TO TURN WITH PEOPLE COMING FROM STAFFORD THAT HAVE NO RED LIGHT TO STOP TILL THEY GET TO THE SIX, 10 LOOP.
AND BELIEVE ME, THE SPEEDS ARE QUITE QUICK COMING OUT OF STAFFORD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO LOOK SERIOUSLY AT IS THAT ENTRANCEWAY.
AND IF YOU GO TO A MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THERE, THAT'S ADDING A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL CARS ENTERING AND EXITING AT PROPERTY, AND IT'S GOING TO GET SOMEBODY KILLED.
DON'T ASK ME AT 1403 ADAM STREET.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ON A, ABOUT AN AGENDA ITEM IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE ON PAGE 1 71 IT'S ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
I'M READING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSED TO ENCOURAGE MULTIPLE HOUSING TYPES AND FLOOR PLANS TO OFFER A VARIETY OF HOUSING CHOICES TO RESIDENTS TO CURRENTLY IN THE AREA SURROUNDING AND ALONG THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ROAD, FM 10 92 AND FORT BEN PARKWAY CORRIDORS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALMOST A HALF MILE EAST OF TEXAS PARKWAY WITH NO DIRECT ACCESS TO THE CORRIDOR LOCATION REQUIREMENT OR THE PLAN IS NOT MET FURTHER ON PAGE 1 72.
I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU TOP THAT PAGE.
IT'S CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
IT SAYS THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GROUP COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS WITH SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY, HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL TO CREATE AN AUTO ORIENTATED CHARACTER DISTRICT.
THIS CAN BE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS.
I'M READING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE OTHER, THE
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PARAGRAPH BELOW IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND AUTO ORIENTATED CHARACTER EVIDENCE WHERE A DRIVEWAYS AND GARAGES ARE THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE ALONG NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS IN SUCH AREAS.HOMES ARE RELATIVELY CLOSE TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUAL LOTS HAVE LESS EXTENSIVE YARDS AND LANDSCAPE AREAS COMPARED TO THE MORE OPEN GREENFIELD OF GREENFIELD OF A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH AND THE WEST SIDES OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY DO NOT HAVE HOMES CLOSE TOGETHER.
THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE LARGE ARE THE LARGE QUARTER ACRE TO THREE ACRE LANDSCAPE YARDS.
THEY PROVIDE AN OPEN GREENFIELD, THE VERY DEFINITION OF A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE CLEARLY NOT MET.
DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DENSITY HOUSING HAVE A BENEFIT TO THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT BORDERS IT? NO, NONE AT ALL.
IT'S A DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS OUT OF PLACE IN THIS LOCATION, THESE PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND VOTE NO ON THE REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
I LIVE AT 9 0 2 PINE MEADOW DRIVE, WHICH PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, I'VE MET HERE AT BOTH OTHER MEETINGS.
I'M NOT GOING TO HASH OVER A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE COVERED BY THAT.
I TAKE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE.
UM, MY MAIN CONCERN HAS BEEN WITH DRAINAGE HAD NINE OR TO PINE MEADOW OR IN THE PINE MOUNT OF SUBDIVISION.
I'VE ADDRESSED IT TO THE CITY AND THEY'VE COME OUT.
THEY'VE ANSWERED IT QUICKLY, BUT THEY DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.
UM, I I'M SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE IS THE MAIN IS BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO PUT RETENTION PONDS, MAYBE THEY WILL RESOLVE THE, UH, DRAINAGE ISSUE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T SEEM TO TAKE CARE OF, UM, IN REFERENCE TO THE LAST TWO SPEAKINGS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UM, COUPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, IT WAS A SECOND MILE MINISTRY, UM, HAD SUPPLIED FOOD FOR MANY PEOPLE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF, UH, SOUTH CRAVENS ROAD COMING OFF OF THE BELTWAY COMING OFF OF, UH, HIGHWAY 90 A AND THERE WAS, HAD TO BE WHETHER THEY HIRED, UH, MISSOURI CITY POLICE, WHERE THEY HAD THEIR OWN OFFICERS, THEY HAD TO DIRECT TRAFFIC ALONG THE INSIDE LANE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WHEN YOU OPEN THIS PROPERTY UP.
BUT I THINK THE TRIBE CAN BE RESOLVED.
MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT, UH, THIS AREA I'VE LIVED ON PINE MOUNTAIN DRIVE FOR LIKE 30 YEARS, A LITTLE OVER 30 YEARS.
AND IT'S BEEN A BLIGHT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, THANKFULLY THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD, UH, EVENTUALLY APPROVE THE, UH, HIGHWAY 90 DEVELOPMENT.
BUT FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS FIELD AND WE HAVE NOTHING BUT TRASH BEING DUMPED ON THE STREETS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES OVER HERE AND THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT IN IT.
AND PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IS MAYBE ISSUES WITH ZONING OR REGULATIONS FOR THE LONGEST TIME, IT WAS, UH, OWNED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNITY OR AN OUTSIDE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO I SAW I ENCOURAGED DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THE CITY IS SMALL WISE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
BUT I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO MOVE ON BECAUSE WE STILL GET A CRIME HERE.
WE HAD A RECENT BODY FOUND IN THE PROPERTY AROUND US.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
LARRY HELEN VOLTS, MR. LARRY, DID YOU DESIGNATE YOUR TIME TO HELEN VOLTS? AND YOU'RE ONLY HAD TWO FORMS, ONE FOR LARRY SHAMIK AND HELEN VOLTS HAVE ANY OTHER FORMS. SO YOU HAVE TWO FORMS. LOUNGE ONLY HAVE TWO LEFT.
WHO DOES THAT MEAN? LARRY? OKAY.
ARE YOU SPEAKING, SIR? UH, YOU WERE GIVING YOUR, YOUR MINUTES, JUST SOMEONE ELSE.
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SIMMONS.I SPEAK IN REPRESENTATION OF 10 ESTATES AND MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MINNIE HAS SENT ME, UM, SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE US LOVE IT EVEN MORE IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN MISSOURI CITY.
IT'S A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
WE KNOW THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS ASKING YOU TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY, TO REZONE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO DO THIS WHERE ON THE OTHER HAND, ASKING YOU TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE WE'VE VESTED.
AND YES, WE HAVE AN EMOTIONAL INTEREST AND WE KNOW THAT THAT HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND ARE LOVED BY THE, BY THE COMMUNITY.
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS NO PLAN IN THAT THERE WAS NO MISTAKE IN THE INITIAL PLAN FOR THE AREAS IN QUESTION TO BE COMMERCIAL AND WAREHOUSE AREAS.
WE DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS A MISTAKE IN THAT.
THIS PLAN IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR, FOR THAT AREA.
IS THERE A NEED FOR MULTI FAMILY HOUSING? I'M NOT SURE OF THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE COMPLEX ON SOUTH MAIN.
I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE IN TEXAS PARKWAY THAT WAS BUILT THAT IS NOT FULLY OCCUPIED.
I CALLED AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER OR THE HOUSING ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY IMPEDE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, INTERRUPT OUR LIVELIHOOD, AND ALSO INTERFERE WITH THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE KNOW THAT OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN CAN LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS DEPLETED WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER, UH, SALES THAT OUR FAMILY MEMBER MOVES.
IT'S AN AREA THAT CONTINUES TO STRIPE AND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
WE KNOW THAT FOR THE MOST PART, MISSOURI CITY HAS KEPT THEIR COMMUNITIES RESIDENTIAL AND HAS KEPT THEIR COMMUNITY SITES AND HAS KEPT THEIR COMMUNITIES AT 10 ADHERED WITH THE PLANS, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
AND WE FEEL THAT IN DISCUSSION THAT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S BEING BECAUSE OF CITIZENS LIKE US, THAT WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE AND THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME CARE AND CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AS WE DO.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MAN.
WHAT STREET ARE YOU ON THE STREET NAME OF YOUR MESA VERDE? 1126 MESA VERDE VERDE MESA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HELEN, FULL STATE.
I HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DEFEND 127 YEARS OF MISSOURI CITY HISTORY.
MISSOURI CITY WAS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED IN TEXAS IN 1894 AND BEGAN AS A RAILROAD TOWN ALONG MAIN STREET AND BLUE RIDGE ROAD.
NOW KNOWN AS US 90 IN TEXAS PARKWAY.
THERE WAS A BLIZZARD IN FEBRUARY OF 1895 THAT DISCOURAGED A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM STAYING.
WE HAD THIS PAST FEBRUARY, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE UNWAVERED, THE PEOPLE WHO STAYED, FOUNDED, WHAT YOU NOW KNOW IS MISSOURI CITY.
AND WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS AS BOLT IN THE STATE'S CREPE AND VILLAGE.
WE ARE THE LIVING HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY OR THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD.
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THE CENTURY.WE HAVE A FIVE 18 BULL LANE, 1907 0 2 BULL 1902.
THESE RESIDENCES STILL IN USE.
THRIVING AMONGST HOMES BUILT EVERY DECADE, SINCE BOTH TO THE STATES HAS NEVER NOT FLOURISHED.
WE ARE ALIVE WITH FAMILIES, THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
WE ARE THE ORIGINAL MISERY CITY.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ YOU THE YEARS THEY WERE BUILT 19 20, 19 27, 19 34, 19 40, 19 53, 19 60 TO 1970 2006 EVERY YEAR BEFORE.
AND SINCE THE ZONING, MISSOURI CITY IS RENOWNED FOR PROTECTS OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONCE THIS REZONING HAPPENS, ANY FUTURE OWNER, FUTURE OWNER CAN OPEN THE ADAMS CORRIDOR, REZONING, A FLOOD GATE OF LOOPHOLES THAT WILL LITERALLY DESTROY 127 YEARS OF OUR HISTORY.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE LEGACY WE WANT TO LEAVE.
WE ARE GENERATIONS DEEP IN OUR HOMES.
24 YEARS AGO, I HAD A TWO MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND A SEVEN YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY CAME OVER AND HELPED ME CUT UP A PUMPKIN FOR HALLOWEEN.
LAST NIGHT, THAT LITTLE BOY BROUGHT HIS WIFE AND KIDS BY THE TRICK OR TREAT AT MY HOUSE.
THIS FAMILY IS THE FOURTH GENERATION IN THEIR HOUSE.
WHEN I SAY WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, FOLKS, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND STORM SEWERS.
WE DON'T HAVE PAINT STRIPES ON OUR ROADS.
YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A BUNCH OF INKY, MISS FELTON.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPER COUNCIL MEMBERS STERLING AND THE SECOND 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? I HAVE QUESTIONS.
YOU WANT TO DO THAT? SAME THING AGAIN? I MOVE THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
AND MOROSE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
DISCUSSION JENNIFER THOMAS OR A STORY.
SO THE CURRENT ZONING IS LC THREE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR RETAIL WAREHOUSES AND OTHER LC THREE USES, RIGHT? THE CURRENT DARNING IS ACTUALLY PD, WHICH ALLOWS FOR EL C3 AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR WAREHOUSE AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
AND BY GOING PD OR ACTUALLY APPROVING THIS, IF WE WERE TO PASS, WE WOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE PURPOSES.
SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR MF TO, IN ADDITION TO THOSE USES.
UM, AND THE PACKET, I SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME PRELIMINARY, UM, TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES AND IT STATED THAT THERE COULD BE UP TO 48 TRIPS IN THE MORNING, 62 TRIPS IN THE AFTERNOON, AND UP TO 625 TRIPS IN 24 HOURS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DATA ON SOUTH CRAVEN SINCE WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH, UM, DEVELOPMENT THERE? DO WE HAVE ANY PRIOR TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR THAT AREA? I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THAT TO ENGINEERS, MANDARIN COUNCIL.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY RECENT DATA ABOUT TRAFFIC STUDIES THERE.
UH, BUT, UH, SHOULD THIS GO FORWARD? THERE WILL BE A REQUIREMENT, UH, GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF TRAFFIC HERE TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, TO SUPPORT, OKAY.
SO THE WAY IT, CAN WE HAVE THE MAP UP THERE OR THE RENDERING?
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YEAH.SO THE WAY IT'S DEPICTED, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CLOSED OFF ON ADAM'S CORRECT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING THAT'S PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPER NOW WHERE THE ACCESS IS GOING TO BE GIVEN WILL BE DICTATED BY THE TIA.
THE DEVELOPER IS SHOWING THAT, OR AT LEAST APPEARS TO SHOW THAT THE ACCESS WILL BE CLOSED, BUT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE THE TIA AND WHAT THE PIA DICTATES ON THE CIRCULATORY PATTERN.
SO WITH THAT STATED, UM, BEING THAT IT'S A PD AND MAYBE THIS GOES BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT BEING THAT IT'S A PD, CAN WE CONTROL THAT? SO IN OTHER WORDS, CAN I STATE THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THIS PROJECT WITH THE STIPULATION THAT IT WOULD NOT OPEN ADAM STREET? WHICH MEANS MAYBE IT'S NOT A HUNDRED, FIVE UNITS, MAYBE IT'S 80 UNITS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION OR STORMY QUESTION.
PROTON, WE FIND MAY ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
IF THAT IS THE CONDITION WE CAN ASK THE DEVELOPER OR THE ENGINEER TO WORK ON A TA WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT ADAM STREETS WILL LEARN, PROVIDE ACCESS, BUT TO SHOW THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PATTERN BASED ON THE OTHER ROUTES THAT THEY'RE SHOWING.
AND IF THAT CAN SUPPORT THE PROJECTED TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY AND ANY OTHER POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DOWN THE ROAD.
AND IF I MAY ANSWER MAY OR PROTONS QUESTION AS WELL, LEGALLY YOU ARE UP THE COUNCIL IS AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A SITE PLAN.
AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A SPECIFIC FIGHT PLAN, DESIGNATED DESIGNATING, WHERE CERTAIN JUICES ARE LOCATED TO THAT.
BUT I DO, AS JOSH HAD MENTIONED, ALSO RECOMMEND KIND OF LETTING THE, TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER ABOUT SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, THIS, THIS MAY BE FOR THE DEVELOPER, UM, STORY.
YOU SAID THAT THE RESIDENTS MET WITH THE DEVELOPER, UM, AND SOME CHANGES WERE MADE.
DID I NOT HEAR THAT? SO THE CHANGES ARE MADE BASED OFF OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND ONE OF THOSE WAS THE CONNECTION ON ADAM STREET AND A MAYOR PART-TIME IS CORRECT THAT THEY DID MODIFY THEIR SITE PLAN TO REFLECT THAT, THAT THERE'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE, UM, THAT THROUGH CONNECTION.
AND ALSO, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ADD THAT OUR CURRENT CITY CODES AND REGULATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE THAT ACCESS POINT EITHER.
DO WE HAVE ANY RENDERINGS OF THE COMPLEX RENDERINGS OF THIS COMPLEX OR IS IT JUST THIS, WERE THERE ANY OTHER, UM, AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND EVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS GETTING ANYWHERE? UM, WE ARE VERY OPEN FROM THE START TO LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS.
UM, OFTEN MISSOURI CITY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, THINGS THAT CLIENT ADVISED US WAS WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS OUR THIRD ATTEMPT AT THIS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, WE HAVE LITERALLY HEARD, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'VE HEARD THE GENTLEMEN FROM BULL GENTLEMEN FROM ADAMS, UH, MS. SIMMONS, BOTH IN THE STATES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR LAYOUT, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS FROM ADAMS. SO WE HAVE HEARD THOSE COMMENTS INCORPORATED INTO THIS DESIGN SHUT OFF ACCESS FROM ADAM.
SO EVERY ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HEARD TODAY WAS COMING THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR RESIDENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
UH, WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL OTHER COMMENTS ON PIECE, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE BUFFER ZONES.
UM, UM, ON, ON, UH, DETENTION, WE ARE HOLDING OUR OWN WATER.
WE'RE CALLING FOR TWO DETENTION PONDS, AND WE'VE VERY CONSIDERED WITH EVERY COMMENT WE'VE HEARD FROM THOSE.
AND THE, AS OF, EVEN RIGHT NOW, THE LAST THREE COMMENTS HEARD FROM BOTH THE GENTLEMEN FROM BULL ADAMS WILCON AND SIMMONS, AND BOTH IN THE STATES, WHETHER IT'S 1920, ALL THE WAY TO 2006, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY AT ALL.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK WITH PLANNING AND ZONING THAT WE HAVE TWO ENTRANCES.
IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO DREAM IN THE MIDDLE AND PALOMA, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO WE HOPE THAT THAT COMMENT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST.
YEAH, BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE UNTIL A STUDY IS DONE.
AND IF YOU DO BUILD MF TWO AT 105 UNITS, IT COULD LEND ITS WAY TO OPENING UP ADAM.
AND IT'S MY, UH, VISION THAT WE DON'T GO AHEAD.
AND MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OUT THERE, WE'RE VERY OPEN TO THAT.
WE'RE OPEN TO CONSIDERING IT DEVELOPING WITHOUT ADAMS INTO CONSIDERATION, WHEREVER WE'RE FINE WITH THAT RESTRICTION.
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WE CAN MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS IN ADDITION TO ADAMS. SO WE'RE WHAT HAPPENED AT WORK WITHIN THAT RESTRICTION.IF THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONTINUOUSLY, ABSOLUTELY.
AND NOT TO DIGRESS, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, WHOEVER'S CONTROLLING THE SLIDE DESK.
WE HAVE 26 BRAND NEW ROOFTOPS UP FARE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES.
WE'RE THE ONLY PRODUCT WITHIN A MILE RADIUS.
THAT'S PUTTING 1500 TO 2000 MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, TO WHAT, TO, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE ROOFTOPS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW INDUSTRIAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE YELLOW STAR, YOU WANT TO POINT TO THAT.
YOU HAVE YOUR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE YELLOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BRAND NEW COMPLEXES THAT HAVE COME OUT, THERE'S ABOUT 26 COMPLEXES OUT THERE.
AND LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM US IS 140,000 SQUARE FEET AND 110,000 SQUARE FEET LEASING COMING UP THERE.
SO WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, WE PROJECTED THAT WE COUNTED LAST, A LOWER COUNTS WERE 1500 TO 2000 EMPLOYEES WITH YOU TALKING ABOUT THOSE WAREHOUSES.
PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN WANT THEM THERE, HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN RESPECT TO, CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE A SILENCE PLEASE? SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, GETTING PEOPLE TO ROOFTOP.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT NUMBER EMPLOYEES ARE 1500 TO 2000 EMPLOYEES WITHIN THOSE 25 WAREHOUSES.
THEY COULD LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
THEN THAT TAKES CARE OF YOUR TRAFFIC THAT YOU GOT EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
THESE COULD BE MISSOURI CITIES, RESIDENCES, STAY IN THIS COMMUNITY, PURCHASE YOUR EQUIPMENT HERE, STAY HERE, WALK TO WORK AND COME BACK.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE OF THOSE 1500.
HOW MANY OF YOU THINK DRIVE OUT OF MISSOURI CITY AND LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET A COMMUNITY WITHIN THAT AREA, WALKING DISTANCE OF A WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW IT'S IN TERM BEATS, YOU HEAR IT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BE CLOSER TO IT.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
MARIA, CAN WE, WHO'S CONTROLLING THE THING.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE BEFORE? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT CHANGES YOU MAKE IN THIS? UH, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE ADAMS, WHO CAN YOU GO TO THEIR POINT TO ADAMS STREET? SO THE ADAMS STREET ENTRANCE IS CLOSED.
THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE MAJORITY OF NOT MAJORITY, LET ME CORRECT IT.
ALL THE COMMENTS YOU HEARD TODAY COME FROM.
AND THE OTHER TWO ENTRANCES, IF YOU GO DREAM COURT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOUR AND POLOMA, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER END.
SO WE HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS, WHICH WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE ENOUGH AND TO MEET AND TO COUNSEL THEM AS ANTHONY'S POINTS.
WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THAT AGAIN WITH THE TIA AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORKS.
SO WE'LL TAKE THE RESTRICTION OF NOT WORKING WITH ADAMS. SO THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY, OR NONE OF THE, NONE OF THE RESIDENTS YOU'VE HEARD WILL BE AFFECTED EGOS.
IS THERE ANY WAY IN OUR, MAYBE A JENNIFER, ANY WAY IN THE PD THAT YOU CAN LOCK IN.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE THE, THE TYPE OF QUESTION THAT A MACRO TIM ASKED THAT THAT CAN BE LOCKED INTO THE, UH, UH, THE PD SO THAT, UH, THERE'S A, UH, I'LL USE THE WORD GUARANTEE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO, UH, EXIT, UH, OUT ON, UH, ON ADAM STREET.
SO YOU CAN, UM, AS HE, JOYCE HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU CAN TIE THIS SITE PLAN TO THAT ORDINANCE, YOU CAN STIPULATE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOPE, EXIT FROM THAT DIRECTION.
UM, BUT I WOULD ADVISE NOT TO, UM, UM, LET THE TIA DIRECT, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE ADAM STREET, UH, RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF.
UM, BUT EXITING, UM, FROM THIS PROPERTY, FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, ENTRANCES AND EXITS AND THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN, UM, THAT CAN BE TIED TO, THAT CAN BE AND WOULD DEVELOP, UH, AMENABLE TO THAT.
AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THE ANSWER IS, YES, WE'VE BEEN VERY OPEN TO, TO, TO SAY THE YES, AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE ANSWER IS, YES, JENNIFER, JENNIFER.
I TRIED TO CATCH YOU BEFORE YOU SET OUT.
IT WAS MENTIONED BY, UH, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER ABOUT IF THE ZONING WAS CHANGED OR IF IT WAS REZONED THAT ANYTHING COULD BE PUT THERE IF, IF THIS DIDN'T QUOTE UNQUOTE WORK, UH, AND WE RESTRICT THIS REZONING THROUGH THE PD TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING, UM,
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I GUESS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL, NEGATIVELY IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY, IS IT DOESN'T, UH, FIND ITSELF IN THAT COMMUNITY? SURE.SO RIGHT NOW THAT PD ALLOWS FOR, UM, SRI, UM, PRESENTED, UM, COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE PERMITTED IN THE LC THREE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS OFFICE WAREHOUSE.
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THIS AMENDMENT IS STIPULATE.
UH, MULTIFAMILY USES ONLY, UM, ON THE PORTION OF THE EIGHTH FRIDGE, UH, THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
UM, THE REMAINDER OF THE BALANCE OF THE PD THAT'S CLOSER TO SOUTH CRAVENS WOULD STILL HAVE THE ALLOWANCE FOR, UM, OFFICE WAREHOUSES OR, UH, COMMERCIAL USES, BUT YOU CAN RESTRICT, UM, THE PERMITTED USES ON THIS PROPERTY BASED ON THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT SHOWN.
AND SO ON THIS PLAN, THAT'S SHOWING THE DETENTION ON TWO SIDES.
WHY, I MEAN, WHY IS THE LARGER ONE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND THE SMALLER ONE ON THIS SIDE, THE CONVERSATION RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND I'LL LET, I'LL LET THEM THE MAYOR, IF YOU ZOOM OUT OF THAT VIEW, THERE'S ANOTHER FIVE ACRE TRACT IMMEDIATELY, UH, IN THIS CASE TO THE NORTH OF THAT.
SO FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, IF THAT DEVELOPER EVER WANTS TO DEVELOP, THERE'S ALWAYS A BENEFIT TO HAVE DETENTION PONDS CLOSER.
SO YOU CAN ADD ON TO THAT DETENTION WHEN THEN WHAT IS A SMALLER ONE HERE FOR, UH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE BUFFER TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE THERE'S TWO HOMES THERE.
SO WE WANTED TO GET, BUT THIS IS AGAIN, A DETENTION POND IS A AS A, AS A, THE CONCEPT I LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO, UM, GENERAL PUBLIC IS OUR GOAL IS TO HOLD OUR WATER WHERE, AND WHAT SECTION IS ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO DISCUSSION, BUT WE WILL HOLD OUT WATER.
AND WHERE ON THAT PROPERTY IS, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WILL GO TO PUBLIC WORKS.
AND AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO PROVE IT, UH, WE WERE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE FORT BEND, UH, WATER, UH, FOR CAPACITY.
THEY'VE GIVEN US THE CAPACITY.
THERE'S A SIMILARLY WE'LL WORK WITH THEM, BUT THE END RESULT IS WE WILL HOLD OUT WATER.
AND IF, IF THE CONFIGURATION NEEDS TO BE ALTERED, THEN WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.
I MEAN, JENNIFER, FOR ME, IT'S THE, THE ADAMS STREET IS A CONCERN AS YOU HEARD FROM CITIZENS, RIGHT.
AND HAVING THAT ALLOWED TO BE OPEN.
NUMBER TWO IS THE BUFFER TO ME, WHAT I SEE ON THIS SCREEN IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH THAT'S FOR ME.
SO THE BUFFER THAT YOU'RE TAUGHT AND THEN THE LAYOUT OF THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS NOT EVEN FINAL, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT, IT'S JUST A CONCEPT.
SO I CAN'T GO WITH SOMETHING ON A CONCEPT.
AND WHEN IT COMES, WHEN WE APPROVE THIS AND WHEN IT COME BACK, IT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU TELL ME THAT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT, UM, WITH THE ENGINEERS THAT WE'VE HIRED MAYOR, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS COMES, CLOSES TO CHECKING ALL BOXES WITH RESPECT TO DETENTION, WITH RESPECT TO 190 PARKING SPACES AND WITH RESPECT TO THIS.
BUT, UH, AND WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, THE NUMBER OF UNITS, BUT IF THERE IS A SUGGESTION TO CHANGE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO MY POINT, I MEAN, YOU PUT A LIPSTICK ON A PIG PIG, YOU SAID YOU WOULD CHECK ALL THE BOXES.
YOU JUST DID THAT AT THAT BUFFER THAT YOU PUT ON ADAMS STREET.
THAT IS, I COULDN'T EVEN TELL IF THAT WAS A BUFFER.
SO ARE YOU DOING ON THE SKETCH PLAN HERE IS YOU'RE SHOWING THE CITY COUNCIL WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE AND WHAT, WHICH THIS IS NOT THE FINAL PIECE.
SO EVEN AN, AND I GUESS THIS, WITHOUT ASKING YOU THAT POND ON THE OTHER SIDE, I FIGURED IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
I CAN TELL THAT'S WHY THAT IS SET OUT THE WAY THAT THAT'S SET OUT UP HERE AND NOT DOWN HERE.
SO THIS BUMPER THAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ME.
I, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE.
THE LAYOUT OF THIS WHOLE MULTI-FAMILY, UH, WITH THE WAY, HOW THAT IS SHOWING WITH THE GRASS IN THE MIDDLE IS, IS I FEEL LIKE YOU WASTED A LOT OF THE SPACING BACK IN HERE.
YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM MUCH MORE BUFFER BACK OUT HERE.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CON YOU KNOW, A CONCEPT PLAN IS STILL DOESN'T GIVE ME THE ASSURANCE OF ADAMS STREET.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, THERE'S A PIPELINE EASEMENT.
SO WE TRY TO KEEP AS MUCH GREEN SPACE AND WATER IN THAT CORNER.
SO THERE'S A PIPELINE GOING THERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT EASEMENT THERE.
AND FROM ADAMS STREET, IF YOU NOTICE IT, WHEN WE COME IN, WE CALL FOR A DOG PARK, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF IN THE SMALLEST OF WHEN YOU ENTER, EVEN IF YOU DID NOT EVEN ENTER IS THE DOG PARK, NICE.
THIS, ALL OF THIS AND SATISFIES.
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WHEN CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME ELEVATIONS? WHAT'S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WE CAME TO THIS COUNCIL FOR THE ZONING AMENDMENT.SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SUBMIT THAT ONCE WE GET THOSE DONE, BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY ZONED FRAIL C3 AND INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSES, HE HEARD.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
AND SO JENNIFER, WE HAVE A STANDARD ON APARTMENTS, CORRECT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, I, SHOULD I GO BACK AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW YOU STATED THAT IF SOMEONE WAS TO CHOOSE TO LIVE INTO THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX, THAT YOU WILL MAKE IT A WALKABLE COMMUNITY, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO, I GUESS, GAUGE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FAMILIES WILL ACTUALLY WORK IN THOSE WAREHOUSES.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, A YELLOW, WHICH HAS POLOMA RESIDENCES, I'M GOING TO POINT TO NUMBER ONE SIX, AND I'M ALSO GOING TO POINT TO A SQUARE, WHICH I'M NOT JUST GOING TO WALK OVER THERE.
AND YOU POINT THAT OUT REAL FAST, JUST POINT TO THE NEAREST SQUARE, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT THERE, 16.
AND THAT ONE, THAT SMALL SQUARE IS 110,000 SQUARE FEET PROPOSED LEASING JANUARY, 2022, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN NUMBER 16 IS A 420,000 SQUARE FEET WAREHOUSE SPACE.
SO WHEN I SAID WALKABLE, THOSE ARE THE TWO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, IT'S LITERALLY, I HAVEN'T WALKED IN MYSELF.
BUT WHEN I PARKED OVER THERE, I WOULD SAY, I'M AWARE.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT.
I'M JUST MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT BASICALLY YOU'RE MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE TENANTS WILL ACTUALLY WORK IN A WAREHOUSE AND YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH PROVE THAT.
SO I'M JUST BASICALLY SAYING, YOU'RE, YOU CAN, YOU'VE GOT, YOU CAN FILL IT IN.
NOW THEY HAVE TO LEAVE, RIGHT.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THERE.
IT'S THERE FOR THEM IF THEY WANT TO USE IT.
SO JENNIFER, UH, NUMBER 16 THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S COMING OVER THERE? NUMBER 16, THAT'S THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PARK? EIGHT 90, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO OUT THERE NOW THERE'S THREE, UM, UH, SETS THERE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT'S NOT A RETAIL BUSINESS, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW THAT IN, IN ANY OF THOSE WAREHOUSES, IT'S NOT A RETAIL, IT'S NOT WHERE A LOT OF CLIENTELE IS GOING IN AND COMING OUT.
YOU DO KNOW THAT THAT IS CORRECT TO MR. MAYOR, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT, A WHOLE LOT, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT, THE FIRST INITIAL 30,000 LEVEL FOOT VIEW, SO YOU HAVE INDUSTRIAL AND YOU GOT A RESIDENTIAL AND WE ARE THAT BUFFER.
SO THAT'S HOW THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION CAME UP AS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE SLAPPING IT IN A POCKET.
NO, I MEAN, TO ALL DUE RESPECT, I AM OPEN AND PRO BUSINESS PRO GROWTH, BUT YOU HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE ON THE GROWTH EDGE, WE HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH GOING ON ON HIGHWAY SIX AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR PENN TOLL ROAD AND THEN DOWN TO LAKE COLUMBIA.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES UP ON TEXAS PARKWAY, SOMETHING NEW AND RETAIL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT FOR ME IN THIS ASPECT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD TELL YOU IS THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
AND WHEN IT COMES BACK, IF WE APPROVE THIS, WHEN WE COME BACK AND MAY NOT EVEN LOOK LIKE THIS, AND WHICH IS A CONCERN FOR ME, AND I DON'T THINK THAT BUFFER UP THERE WITH THE ADAMS STREET, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN YOU SHOW AN ADULT DOG PARK AND ALL THIS, BUT IT'S STILL NOT ANSWERABLE TO, TO THE WAY I SEE IT.
CAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU MADE THEM A SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
YOU JUST, JUST GREEN THAT SPACED OUT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, MOVE THAT SMALL BODY OF, TO THE OTHER CORNER.
I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE CHANGES ON HERE.
ONE MORE SLIDE RIGHT THERE, STOP.
BUT YOU CAN EASILY FLIP FLOP THE DETENTION POND.
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OKAY, COME ON BACK UP HERE.SO WHAT HAVE YOU MET WITH THE COMMUNITY? WE TAKE EVERY COMMENTS WRITTEN DOWN AND SIT DOWN WITH OUR DEVELOPER AND EVERY COMMENT Q AND A HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN LISTENING TO IT, DEVELOPERS VERY STRICT TO SAY LET'S ADDRESS IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TILL DATE, WHETHER IT'S PLANNING, ZONING COMMITTEE OR THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS HAS BEEN INTERESTING.
SO YOU, YOU ADDRESS EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMPS OR YOU HEARD THE COMMENTS.
AND WE'RE INCORPORATING THOSE COMMENTS INTO OUR DESIGN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY CONSUMER STERLING FOR DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THE TPD WAS STIPULATIONS THAT THE DEVELOPER BILL TO THE CAPACITY IN WHICH THE ACCESS TO ADAMS STREET REMAINS CLOSED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO ADD ANY MORE LANGUAGE SITE PLAN AND ALL THAT, BUT ESSENTIALLY I WANT TO PROTECT ADAM STREET AND THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SPOKEN MANY OF TIMES.
SO I NEED TO, CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR MOTION AGAIN? MOTION TO APPROVE THE PD WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE DEVELOPER BUILDS TO THE CAPACITY, WHICH THE ACCESS TO ADAMS STREET REMAINS CLOSED, DRIVING ACCESS, COMPLETE ACCESS.
THERE'S A MOTION ON THAT TABLE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM OR WAS, IS THERE A SECOND? YES.
SO SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, BONEY OF DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
RIGHT? SO IT'S A FOUR, NO THREE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER NINE AUTHORIZATION.
WE'RE ON 7 83, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING SECTIONS, 18 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AND TITLE, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, AMENDING RULES REGARDING THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION THAT IS SHOWING HERE IS SEVEN B3.
I MIGHT TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 18, WHICH DESCRIBES THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
UH, BASICALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS RESTORE SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN SECTION 18.
PRIOR TO THE LAST TIME THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SECTION WAS AMENDED, UM, ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED AN AMENDMENT THAT, UH, BROUGHT SECTION 18 UP TO COMPLIANCE WITH SOME THEN CURRENT, UH, OR SUBMITTING
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RECENT, UM, STATE LEGISLATION.AND IN, SO DOING THE, UM, POWERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS RELATING TO, UM, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANTING OF VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS WAS INADVERTENTLY REMOVED.
SO THIS, UM, ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY, UH, BASICALLY JUST RESTORES THAT LANGUAGE IN SECTION 18, UM, GOVERNING THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
THE ONLY CHANGE, UM, THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT, UM, THAT CHANGES WHAT WAS IN THIS, IN THE SECTION PREVIOUS TO THAT, UH, MARCH 20 AMENDMENT IS THAT THE 2021 STATE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY DESCRIBED FURTHER WHAT AN UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRANTING A VARIANCE.
SO, UM, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED THAT LANGUAGE JUST FOR OUR CITY ORDINANCE, UM, IS AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR, DO YOU OPEN PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLOUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY ALL THIS ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE A PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU DO RECEIVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MADE THE MOTION.
COUNCILMEMBER CLOUSER AND SECOND THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF? I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER BONI.
IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDS? SO DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS.
[9 (a) Consider approving the parkland dedication proposal for Vicksburg Single Family Rentals (Dinerstein).]
NINE ARE AUTHORIZATIONS NINE, A CONSIDER APPROVING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL FOR WEEKS WHERE SINGLE FAMILY, A SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS DINERS STEIN IS A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION.UH, THIS, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL IS, UH, FOR THE VICKSBURG SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN PARK ZONE 12.
UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS 176, UH, DWELLING UNITS AND THEY ARE NOT MEETING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT BY PROVIDING 50% OF THE PARKLAND AS PRIVATE PARKLAND THAT WHEN WE OWN THE MAINTAINED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN PROVIDING, UM, THE OTHER 50% AS CASH IN LIEU OF WHICH WILL GO INTO PARKS ON 12 FOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,200.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL WAS APPROVED BY THE PARKS BOARD ON OCTOBER 7TH AND BY THE PLANNING AND COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 13TH.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DID JASON, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL? THEY'LL MOVE THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORNING, 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.
[9 (b) Consider approving a budget request not to exceed $378,000 for the completion of City Council Chambers, 2nd floor Vestibule and City Hall Lobby renovations and]
B CONSIDER APPROVING A BUDGET REQUEST NOT TO EXCEED 378,000 FOR THE COMPLETION OF CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SECOND FLOOR VEGETABLE AND CITY HALL LOBBY RENOVATIONS UPGRADES.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTEL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FALLING UP, UH, FROM OUR MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, HERE TO PRESENT YOU, UH, SOME OF THE DETAIL YOU ASKED FOR, UM, IF WE COULD JUST LOOK AT, UH, TO START WITH THE SLIDE YEAR PRESENTED, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF GENERAL FUND, UH, THAT AMOUNT PER YOUR REQUEST HAS BEEN REDUCED BY $20,000 TO $108,000 MAXIMUM.
UM, SOME OF THE OPTIONS YOU SEE THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE, UH, THE, AS WE USE HAD THE NEED TO
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HAVES ON THAT ARE THE CHANGE ORDER.ONE FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTING UPGRADES OF THAT.
AGAIN, WITH SOME OF THIS STUFF, WHEN WE GOT INTO THE WALLS FOR THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES THAT WERE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE EQUIPMENT, UH, THE DOOR PANELS ABOVE THAT, THAT WERE ALREADY, UH, MODIFIED TO BE BLACK ON BOTH SIDES.
AND THEN THE VESTIBULE CEILING, UH, WHICH WE IDENTIFIED, UH, EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
WE, AGAIN, TRIED TO SEAL THAT AND PAINT THAT, UH, POPCORN CEILING UP THERE THAT DID NOT WORK.
UH, SO WE HAVE THAT AS A NEED TO HAVE, UM, THE TWO CUSTOM PODIUMS, UM, OH, SORRY, CATCH UP HERE.
UH, THE VESTIBULE YOU'LL SEE, THOSE ARE THE SLIDING DOORS FOR THE THERE'S THE DIAS AND THEN A PODIUM, UH, THAT THE OPTIONS HERE, THE $10,000 IS A MAXIMUM, WHAT I'M, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR COUNCIL HERE THIS EVENING IS SOME GUIDANCE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ONE ON YOUR RIGHT, UH, THAT ONE IS AN OPTION.
BOTH OF THESE WOULD BE CONNECTED TO, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROOM.
SO THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, UH, TWO OF THOSE ONE ON EACH END OF THE DYES WOULD BE AROUND $4,500 TOTAL.
UH, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OPTION THAT THE CUSTOM PODIUMS THAT ARE THERE AS A 10,000, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ONE ON THE LEFT, BUT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE DIAS DOES.
NOW, IF I COULD GO BACK THERE, YOU WOULD SEE THAT IT WOULD BE TRIMMED OUT IN THE GRAY AND THE BLACK AS EXISTS NOW IN THE ROOM.
SO, UH, WITH SOME GUIDANCE FROM COUNCIL, WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AND FINALIZE, UH, THE REQUEST FOR THE NEED TO HAVE, UH, UNDER THE OPTIONALS.
YOU'LL SEE THE CITY CARPET SEALS ARE NOT A MUST HAVE.
THOSE ARE OPTIONAL IS NOTED THERE.
UH, THOSE, UH, SEALS, UH, LET ME GO BACK THERE.
THAT ONE ON THE LEFT, UH, THOSE SEALS HAVE NOT BEEN MANUFACTURED YET.
WE, WE, UH, HAVE THOSE ON HOLD PER THE INSTRUCTION FROM COUNCIL.
SO IF COUNCIL CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NOT NEED THAT $21,833.
UH, THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND TECHNOLOGIES OPTIONAL, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL'S DECISION IS ON THE TECHNOLOGY PART OF THE PROGRAM.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S OPTIONAL RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD, THAT COULD GO UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL'S DECISION WAS THERE.
AND THEN AT WHAT I CALL THE NICE TO HAVES, WE DID LOOK AT, UH, DOING THE PAY FOR REPAIRS OUT IN FRONT, DOING SOME LANDSCAPING TREATMENTS, UH, TO SUPPORT THE GRAND REOPENING.
THOSE CAN CERTAINLY BE REMOVED FROM THE PROJECT.
AND THEN THE TWO PRO UH, TWO PROJECTORS THAT WE HAD, UH, SET UP, UH, ON TOP OF WHERE THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICES.
NOW THEY'RE THE PRODUCTION ROOM, UH, THE UP THERE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROJECT SOME THINGS ONTO THE OPPOSITE WALLS, ONE TOWARDS THE WINDOW TO THE NORTH, AND THEN THE MAIN WALL OVER THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ENTRY TO THE SOUTH.
UH, SO IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE PROJECT, UH, THAT WOULD BE A $10,000 A DEDUCTION THERE.
SO, UM, ANY VARIATION WITHIN THERE, UM, AGAIN, OTHER THAN MY GUIDANCE, PLEASE UP TOP, UH, THE NEED TO HAVE, UH, A DECISION ON WHICH PODIUM YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE NOT NEEDED.
SO ON THE CONSTRUCTION SLASH GENERAL FUND PORTION OF IT, I'M READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO, SO YOU'RE SHOWING HERE AS COUNCIL CHAMBER FROM MONITORING PROJECT, THERE IS TWO SLIDES THAT I'M LOOKING AT A SLIDE 84.
CAN WE GO TO THAT? YES, RIGHT THERE.
SO ON THIS ONE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNCIL CHAMBER REMODEL, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, TOTAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, WHICH WAS 265 TOTAL MAXIMUM REQUESTED 108.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? WELL, THE 2 65 WAS THE ORIGINAL THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN MAY MAYOR ON MAY 17TH, I BELIEVE THE DATE WAS, AND THE 108 IS THE MAXIMUM REQUEST THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SPREADSHEET BREAKDOWN IN THE EXCEL FORMAT THAT WAS GIVEN NO, NO, MY QUESTION WAS TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF THIS, YOU NEED 108 MORE, 108 WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER WE WOULD.
IF YOU, IF COUNCIL CHOSE ALL OF THE OPTIONS ON THAT EXCEL SPREADSHEET, WE WOULD NEED 108.
WE COULD TAKE ANY NUMBER BELOW THAT, UH, UP TO AGAIN, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, THERE.
SO WE, THAT COULD BE REDUCED DOWN TO 55,000.
IF COUNCIL CHOSE, UH, THE PRE PRE-MANUFACTURED PODIUMS THAT WOULD REDUCE THE PODIUM BUDGET BY 5,000 STOP, STOP, STOP.
AND WHAT TO ADD, I'M JUST ASKING IS $265,000 IS WHAT CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED TO YOU.
NOW IN ORDER TO GET EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE, ON THE, ON THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE ASPECT, MAXIMUM 108,000 AS NEEDED.
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THE TOTAL CHAMBER REMODEL PROJECT ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE, THE $70,000 WAS TOTAL PEG AND THE MC MCTV FUND THAT WAS ALLOCATED DURING THE INITIAL TIME WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED FOR THIS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.SO IN ORDER TO GET WHAT WE NEED FOR THIS COMMUNICATION FUNDING, WHICH IS SITTING AT 270, IN ADDITION TO THE 70, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE US IS I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS TWO WAY.
FOLD ONE IS THE DIEHARD CONSTRUCTION PIECE.
AND THE OTHER SIDE IS THE COMMUNICATION PIECE.
I MEAN, THE, OH, I SHOULD SAY THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, I SHOULD SAY.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE IS ADDITIONAL IS 270,000 AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF THE SITE IS 108.
WOULD THAT, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YES, SIR.
SO, AND THAT TOTAL IS THE 3 78, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO WITH THIS MOTION THAT YOU HAVE HERE, WHICH INCLUDES THE 3 78, WHICH BREAK DOWN IS 2 74, THE COMMUNICATION OR TECHNOLOGY PIECE, AND THEN THE 108 HUNDRED AND 8,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
TWO PARTS, TWO PARTS, WHICH IS THESE FACTS, WHICH IS WHICH ASPECT OF IT.
CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT TWO WAYS, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT YOU NEED, YOU NEEDED IT DONE RIGHT NOW.
UH, WELL, YEAH, BREAK IT DOWN RIGHT NOW.
SO WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE AND THEN IF ANYTHING WERE TO CHANGE OR ADJUST TIME-WISE OR MATERIAL-WISE ON THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, THE ROOM IS CONSTRUCTED, READY TO SUPPORT, WHATEVER MIGHT COME IN THE WAY, UH, THE WAY INTO THE ROOM.
AGAIN, THAT ELECTRICAL WORK HAS BEEN, UM, BEEN WORKED ON.
UH, THE VESTIBULE IS ALREADY COMPLETE.
UH, AND AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF WHAT I WOULD CALL PHASE TWO, THE COMMUNICATION PIECE OF THE ROOM WOULD THEN SUPPORT WHATEVER WORD YOU DECIDED ON BY COUNCIL.
NO JOYCE OR BILL, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TREAT AS TO, TO PIECE OF THE POT? CAUSE ONE IS A LOT OF MONEY, 270, AND THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT 108,000.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, HOW FAR THE WORK IS PENDING.
SO I LIKE TO SEE, CAUSE THIS MOTION READS IT AS ALTOGETHER AS BUNDLED.
YOU CAN SPLIT IT AND ASK US TO DO THAT PORTION ONLY AT THIS POINT.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH.
GLENN, WHAT, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HAVE THE TIMELINE CHANGED SINCE WE WERE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT THIS PROJECT? IS THAT OKAY? I'LL JUST ASK, LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION FIRST.
MA'AM ORIGINALLY WE WERE SHOOTING FOR SOME TIME IN NOVEMBER, BACK IN MAY ON HERE, BACK AROUND PROBABLY SEPTEMBER TIMELINE.
ONCE WE SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE WERE LOOKING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING.
I RECALL YOU SAYING THAT THIS WAS JUST ONE PACKAGE, LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE COMPLETED TOGETHER.
NOW YOU'RE SEEING IT'S TWO PHASES.
WHEN DID THAT CHANGE? UH, NO, MA'AM, I'VE ALWAYS REFERRED TO THEM AS TWO SEPARATE.
ONE IS A GENERAL FUND CONSTRUCTION OR TECHNOLOGY.
UH, THE PACKAGE, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED AS A PACKAGE AS THE COMMUNICATION PACKAGE THAT WAS REFERRED TO AS A HOLISTIC PACKAGE.
UM, THERE ARE NO, THE DISCUSSION IS EMOTIONAL.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UM, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED AND I'M REALLY KIND OF HONING IN ON THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, UM, REQUESTS.
SO THE 70,000 FROM PEG FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE 2 65, 260 5,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION FROM THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
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CORRECT? NO, SIR.THOSE WERE NOT A PR UM, ALINA CAN SPEAK THAT I BELIEVE, BUT THEY WERE NOT IN THE FISCAL 21 BUDGET, UH, NECESSARILY APPROVED.
WE THEY'D COME BACK FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE, THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THE FUNDING REQUESTS WAS, WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 16TH, I BELIEVE.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO MOVE THAT FORWARD IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 2021, UH, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN FISCAL 21 OR ANY FISCAL YEARS.
AND ONE OF THE REASON I'M LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE THAT WAS PRESENTED AND IT SAYS MAY 13TH, IT WAS AN EMAIL ESTIMATE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHING ORIGINAL TECHNOLOGY BUDGET OF 70,000, THEN EMAIL ESTIMATE FROM CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHING ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION BUDGET OF 252,000.
AND IT SAYS MAY 17TH CHAMBER REMODEL APPROVED BY COUNCIL WITH A $70,000 TECHNOLOGY, PG PEG BUDGET AND A 265,000 CONSTRUCTION GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THAT WAS PART OF THE 20, 21 FISCAL YEAR, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND SO WE HAD PRETTY EXTENSIVE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR, AND I DON'T RECALL AT ALL.
AND IT'S EVEN MENTIONED HERE, UH, THAT ON JUNE 23RD COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING, NO MENTION OF ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BEING NEEDED GENERAL OR PEG FUND BEING NEEDED FOR CHAMBER REMODEL, ADEQUATE RESOURCES, PEG FUND FISCAL YEAR 22 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST OF 40 3004 82.
SO I GUESS WHERE I'M CONFUSED WITHIN A FIVE MONTH IN SOME CHANGE, YOU KNOW, TIMEFRAME, HOW WE GO FROM 70,000 PEG 265,000 GENERAL FUND TO NOW NEEDING ALL OF THIS, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT JUST BAFFLES ME HOW WE HAVE THIS REQUEST AND NOTHING WAS EVER DISCUSSED UNTIL WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THIS AT THE OCTOBER 18TH MEETING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE AROUND MIDDLE OF AUGUST, UM, AGAIN, AS I SAID, LAST MEETING THAT'S WHEN, AND TALKING TO THE TEAM BOTH ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SIDE AND ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, UH, I WAS HEARING NUMBERS THAT WERE INCREASING.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A CHANGE ORDER, ONE, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY, UH, THAT WAS BELOW THE 25% OR $50,000 ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO.
UM, I WASN'T TOO CONCERNED AT THAT POINT.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE GOT IN, UH, THEN TO THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE CHANGE ORDER, NUMBER TWO, THAT PUT US RIGHT UP AGAINST THAT 45 40, ALMOST $46,000.
THAT TOLD ME, OKAY, I'M PUSHING UP AGAINST THAT 25, $50,000, NOT QUITE 25%, BUT CERTAINLY THE 50,000 ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING ON.
UM, I WAS, UH, PER THE JUNE EMAIL, WE ALREADY SEEING, UH, THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL INCREASE AT LEAST TO $166,000 ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE.
SO AGAIN, IN THE AUGUST EMAIL, THAT'S WHEN WE REQUESTED AS A TEAM TO SIT DOWN, I REQUESTED TO HAVE THE TEAM COME TOGETHER AND SET THESE NUMBERS FROM AUGUST 16TH, AUGUST 20TH, I BELIEVE, EXCUSE ME TO, UH, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
UH, THAT'S WHEN WE GOT BOTH THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM COMMUNICATIONS AND FROM CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT'S WHEN YOU SAW LAST MONTH, THE, UH, TO THE 128 FROM CONSTRUCTION ORIGINALLY, AND THEN THE, THE 3 41 TOTAL, UH, FROM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ROUGHLY IS THE TWO 70 YOU SEE HERE EXTRA.
SO THAT'S, AND THEN, SO THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET MEETING OF THE DECISION WAS MADE AGAIN, RELEVANT TO THE FISCAL YEAR TO NOT BRING THAT FORWARD IN THE BUDGET MEETING, AND THEN COME BEFORE YOU ON OCTOBER 18TH AND PRESENT THAT.
SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE OF HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE.
SO BASED OFF OF WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH INITIALLY, WHEN WE, AS A COUNCIL MADE A DECISION ON MAY OF, EXCUSE ME, ON, UM, MAY THE 17TH AT THE MAY 17TH MEETING TO APPROVE THE 70,200 65,000, WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH, UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING ADDED? I'M JUST WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY APPROVE AS A COUNCIL, NOT THE NICE TO HAVES AND THE WANT THE HAS, WELL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO FINISH CONSTRUCTION AND TO GET THE BASIC, UH, EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE VOTED ON ON MAY 17TH? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST SURPRISING TO ME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE BLUE RECEIVE THIS ON OCTOBER 18TH.
SO AGAIN, COMING BACK TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXCEL SHEET, UH, WHERE THAT BREAKDOWN IS, UM,
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FOR, SO IF WE DID THE, I'M ASSUMING JUST THE WAY HE PRESENTED WITH THE CUSTOMIZED CABINET, UH, PODIUMS THAT THE DAY IS AS DESIGNED WITH THE VESTIBULE CEILING REPAIR, THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTING UPGRADES THAT WE'VE ALREADY PROCEEDED ON, BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE TWO, UH, BY THEMSELVES WERE UNDER, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, $50,000.AND THEN THE DOOR PANELS THAT WERE ADDED AT $60,104, THAT'S REFLECTED THERE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE THAT WOULD COMPLETE THE CHAMBER, GIVE YOU FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, A COMPLETE CHAMBER, READY TO GO.
THE ELECTRICAL BEING THERE AT THE LIGHTING WOULD BE ENTER.
THE PAINTING WOULD BE COMPLETE.
THE DOORS ARE IN PLACE, THE LOBBY GLASSES IN DOWNSTAIRS.
SO NOW ON THE PEG FUND SIDE, YOU HAVE NEED TO HAVE UNDER THE NEED TO HAVE CATEGORY.
YOU HAVE $339,670 AND 50 CENTS.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, UH, FROM $70,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED.
AND WE HAD NO CONVERSATION IN THE 22 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET THAT THESE WERE NEED TO HAVE.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE NEED TO HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO, YOU'RE SAYING WE NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE THIS, WHAT I'M BEING TOLD, SIR, ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE OF THIS PACKAGE, AS DESIGNED AS PRESENTED TO YOU MUST GO FORWARD AS A PACKAGE.
THIS IS THE HOLISTIC PACKAGE THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST MEETING AND THERE NO NICE TO HAVE NEEDS TO HAVE OR ANYTHING ELSE AS THIS PACKAGE IS PRESENTED.
WHEN YOU SAY HAS TO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? WHEN YOU SAY IT HAS TO GO, WE CAN'T BREAK THIS UP.
WHY THIS, THIS PACKAGE IS A AGAIN, I'M GOING TO USE TERMINOLOGY VERY SPECIFICALLY, A HOLISTIC PACKAGE THAT WAS DESIGNED BY THE CONSULTANT AND THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I AM TOLD THIS PACKAGE CAN NOT BE BROKEN UP AS PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT.
THIS PACKAGE CAN NOT BE BROKEN UP.
AND THE TOTAL REQUEST IS $339,607 AND 50 CENTS.
SO WE, IF WE CHOSE TONIGHT AS ACCOUNT OR TODAY AS A COUNCIL TO DISAPPROVE THIS PEG FUND REQUEST, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS? YOU WOULD HAVE A COMPLETE ROOM WITH NO TVS, NO MICROPHONES OR NO ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC NAME TAGS, OR ANYTHING THAT ARE PRESENTED WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
UM, IF YOU WERE TO SAY NO TO THIS, WE WOULD HAVE TO FALL BACK AND AGAIN, FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE PUT INTO THAT ROOM.
SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT OPTION B OR ARE WE OBLIGATED TO GO WITH THIS PACKAGE NOW? I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO GO WITH THIS.
THANK YOU, GLENN, HAVE YOU EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS TO THE TECHNOLOGY PARTNER OR ANYONE THAT'S HELPING YOU WITH THIS PROJECT? I KNOW STACY AND HER TEAM WERE VERY HANDS-ON WITH THIS.
HAVE YOU EXPRESSED ANY OF YOUR CONCERNS WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I JUST MENTIONED? YES.
MA'AM THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE STATUS AS RECENTLY AS FRIDAY WHEN I WAS AGAIN, TOLD THAT THIS PROJECT AS PRESENTED IS A HOLISTIC PROGRAM AND CAN NOT BE BROKEN UP ANY FURTHER.
I CONSULTED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS.
I DO REMEMBER USING IT LAST MEETING THAT YOU WERE NOT A TECHNOLOGY EXPERT.
SO CAN I SPEAK WITH THE EXPERT WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THE COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY? YES.
I MEAN, UH, GLEN, WHO WHO'S LEADING YOUR COMMUNICATION PIECE OR THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, CAN WE HAVE HER COME HOME? UH, EDWARDS? YES.
UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE UPDATES.
UM, GLEN SAID THAT YOU GUYS SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT IT, AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT US HAVING SO MUCH PROGRESS.
AND THEN NOW HAVING TO HAVE THIS REQUEST UPON US.
SO IF YOU CAN BRING US UP TO SPEED.
SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BONIS POINT IN MAY, WHEN THIS PROJECT FIRST CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, THERE WAS ONE SCOPE.
IT CHANGED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS IN THAT THAT ROOM WAS TOTALLY DISMANTLED.
SO IT BECAME NOT JUST AN UPGRADE.
SO ONCE THAT TOOK PLACE, WE WERE ASKED TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE BY NOVEMBER 11TH BECAUSE THE INITIAL DEADLINE WAS AT THAT ROOM WOULD OPEN.
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WE WERE TOLD WOULD OPEN IN TANDEM WITH THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL.UH, WE HAVE MET MR. MARTEL, MIKE TUBBS, HIS STAND IN HAVE MET VERY CLOSELY WITH THIS CONSULTANT.
THEY KNEW ALL ALONG WHAT PACKAGE WAS BEING PUT TOGETHER.
THEY APPROVED THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 20TH IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
SO I HAD A HOLISTIC QUOTE THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER THAT INCLUDED EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT WAS A WIRE, A PLUG, A MONITOR, A SPEAKER, WHATEVER WAS INCLUDED IN THAT PACKAGE.
I PRESENTED THAT TO MR. MARTEL.
I ALSO GOT THE SOLE SOURCE VENDOR FORM, COMPLETE IT PURCHASING HAS TALKED DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE FINISHED BY THE END OF OCTOBER, AND WE NEEDED TO MOVE QUICKLY.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE VENDOR BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT I HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM MANAGEMENT.
I HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM PURCHASING ON THE BUDGET ITSELF.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE FINE.
COMING TO COUNCIL WOULD BE A FORMALITY.
I ACTUALLY CALLED THE VENDOR WITH MR. MARTEL ON THE PHONE AND HE THANKED THEM FOR LEANING FORWARD BECAUSE HE SAID WE HAD TO GET THIS DONE AND IN PLACE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
I'VE BEEN KEEPING THEM ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS THE ENTIRE TIME.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, ONE OF THE PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS REACHED OUT TO THE VENDOR LAST WEEK AND ASKED THEM FOR SPECS FOR THE READER SIGNS.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT COMMUNICATION.
AND WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GOT CAME BACK TO COUNCIL TODAY.
SO THERE'S NEVER BEEN A POINT WHEN I'VE TOLD, BEEN TOLD THIS WAS TWO PHASES.
I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD THAT COUNSEL WAS NOT AWARE.
I WAS TOLD THAT COUNCIL WAS BEING GIVEN UPDATES.
WE WERE PREPARED TO PRESENT FIVE TO SIX WEEKS AGO, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE HELD OFF.
WE WERE PREPARED TO PRESENT THE MEETING AFTER WE WAS TOLD THAT WAS GOING TO BE HELD OFF, BUT WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD YOU NEED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
WHEN WE LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE SHIPPING DELAYS, THEY SAID JANUARY 1ST, THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS ENTIRE TIME.
YOU ALL DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SCOPE OF THE PRICE HAD CHANGED, BUT I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS BECAUSE OVER EDWARDS, NO, THIS JUST CONTINUES.
I CAN'T HOLD MY TONGUE AND SAY THIS, THAT THIS GOES INTO WHAT I CONTINUE TO SAY ABOUT OUR LEADERSHIP.
THIS IS NOT A POINT OF ORDER, SIR.
I'M AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND I DO HAVE A VOICE.
ALL OF US ARE LIKE OFFICIALS, THERE'S PROTOCOLS.
YOU ARE DESIGNATED TO YOUR DISTRICT AND I'M DESIGNATED TO MY OPINION.
AND I WAS THINKING MY, LIKE I WAS SAYING, WHAT DID I GO OFF TOPIC ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP? THE LEADERSHIP SHOULD HAVE INFORMED US OF ORDER MIRROR, EATING THEM OUT.
I'M STILL MAKING MY SEGUE COSTUMER MERLE'S STATEMENT HAS BEEN MADE.
SO CONTINUE TO, I SPENT, I SPENT WHAT I SAID EXACTLY.
REMEMBER EDWARDS TO YOU, PLEASE.
THE ADDRESS, THE ADDRESS, THE QUESTION.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TO THE PERSON WHO'S AT THE, AT THE PODIUM PLACE, I SAID ENOUGH.
AND I THINK MY POINT WAS PROVEN LIKE IT WAS LAST WEEK AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT LAST MEETING, I EVER, YOU WANT TO PUT IT? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, TYPICALLY YOU JOYCE, IF, UM, WE HAVE A PROCESS OF, UM, RFPS, WAS THAT PROCESS FOLLOWED WITH THIS PROCESS OF THE, UM, NEEDED EQUIPMENT.
SO COUNSELING OF THE CLASS, OR WHAT WE WERE TOLD BY THE PROJECT TEAM IS THAT THEY HAD, THEY DID NOT DO AN RFP FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING WITH A VENDOR THAT HAS DONE WORK FOR THE CITY BEFORE.
AND THAT WE WERE ON A FAST TRACK TIMELINE.
AND SO THAT IF WE KNEW VENDORS WHO WERE SOLE SOURCE, WHO COULD COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN A TIMELY MANNER, THAT THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A RIP REMOVED AND CITY COUNCIL, WE NEEDED TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL-VERSED IN DOING COUNCIL CHAMBER UPGRADES.
AND THIS VENDOR IS WE NEEDED SOMEONE WITH A GREAT, A, A RECOGNITION IN THE, SO I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT SO, SO THAT PROCESS WAS NOT FOLLOWED THE RFP PROCESS.
THE STANDARD RFP PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WAS NOT FOLLOWED ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT LEAD.
HE SAID THAT PROCESS DID NOT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED THE PROJECT.
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MR. MARTEL AND MR. TODD, IS THAT TRUE, MR. MARTEL, IS THAT, DID THAT, DID YOU GO AGAINST POLICY I DID NOT.UM, WHAT WE'RE CLARIFYING HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THIS WAS APPROACHED, THERE IS, THERE IS A SOLE SOURCE ON THE SIDE.
WE, WE ENGAGE WITH THAT CONTRACTOR AS ALLOWED ON THE BUYBOARD.
SO WE WERE EXEMPT BY RFP PROCESS.
SO IT DID FOLLOW PROCEDURE, DID FOLLOW CHECKS AND BALANCES.
WE ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAT CONTRACTOR.
THE CONTRACT WAS SUPPLIED TO LEGAL CONTRACT WAS APPROVED.
THE CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED BY YOUR CITY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BASED ON YOUR APPROVAL.
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CONTRACT ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, NONE OF THAT OCCURRED A SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENT WAS SUBMITTED THAT SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENT TO THIS DAY IS NOT SIGNED.
SO AGAIN, I AM NOT, AS I SAID, LASTLY, I'M NOT A TECHNOLOGY EXPERT.
I'M NOT A FINANCE EXPERT, BUT A SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENT WAS NOT SIGNED.
I KNOW THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHETHER TO SIGN THAT CONTRACT.
I MEAN, WHATEVER THE SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENT, UM, THERE'S BASE.
WELL, DEPENDING ON THE LIMITS OR AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE, UH, THE PROJECT MANAGER, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S LOOKING FOR THAT.
AND THEN EITHER MYSELF AND OR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF THAT SOLE SOURCE.
I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. MARTEL WAS PROCUREMENT IN THIS ANYWHERE AT WHAT POINT WAS PROCUREMENT, BECAUSE THE POLICY STATES THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE REBATES IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE COMPETITIVE BIDS, IS THAT CORRECT? NOW, A SOLE SOURCE.
NORMALLY IT DOESN'T COME IN UNTIL YOU, YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
THIS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE I'M AGREEING WITH YOU.
SO MY POINT IS, DID WE FOLLOW POLICY WHERE PROCUREMENT AND ALL OF THIS, AND DID WE GET THE THREE COMPETITIVE BIDS? AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, THEN THE SOLE SOURCE COMES IN AND I'VE NEVER BEEN IN AN ORGANIZATION WHERE SOLE SOURCE, WHERE A VENDOR COMES IN AND GIVE A SOLE SOURCE.
I MEAN, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING SO, SO SHE USED IT AND COME IN UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE HIT THE COMPETITIVE BIDS.
SO THAT POLICY, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS.
SO ON YOUR YOU'RE CORRECT IN THAT, ON THE SOLE SOURCE SIDE, WE WERE ALLOWED TO PURSUE THAT ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT VENDOR WAS AUTHORIZED ON THE BUYBOARD.
I DON'T THERE'S PARTICULAR DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUYBOARD IS I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT THAT, THAT CONTRACTOR WAS AUTHORIZED ON THE BUYBOARD.
SO WE DID NOT HAVE TO ENTER INTO A COMPETITION IF YOU WILL, FOR DUBAI TO FIND THREE BIDDERS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THAT APPROVED BOARD AND, AND SELECT A CONTRACTOR AND ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE.
THAT THAT'S ALSO WHAT WAS PURSUED WAS A SOLE SOURCE.
THAT DISCUSSION WAS GOING ON BETWEEN THE TECHNOLOGY TEAM AND FINANCE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT SOLE SOURCE DESIGNATION WAS GIVEN TO THIS PARTICULAR, WELL, WE DIDN'T FOLLOW POLICY.
IS THAT CORRECT? PROCUREMENT AND ALL THIS, THAT'S MY POINT.
AND ANYBODY ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME? I'M SORRY.
WHERE'S PROCUREMENT AND ALL OF THIS.
SO THEY WERE INVOLVED, THERE WERE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE, UH, ELENA.
I KNOW SHANNON WORKED WITH THEM AND I WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PROCUREMENT BECAME INVOLVED WHEN A REQUISITION WAS SUBMITTED INTO THE SYSTEM FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
UH, THAT IS HOW THEY ARE NOTIFIED OF SOME OF THE PURCHASES.
AND AT THAT TIME, THAT IS WHEN WE KNEW THAT THERE WASN'T A BUDGET IN THE PIG FUND FOR THAT REQUISITION.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A BUDGET.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE PROCUREMENT SIDE OF IT AND SOURCING, UM, PROCUREMENT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL.
UM, I KNOW THAT IN LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE REQUISITION, OUR PROCUREMENT MANAGER STATED WHAT WAS REQUIRED AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF QUOTES THAT WERE NEEDED, OR IT'S A SOLE SOURCE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY RECEIVED THE SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENT AND LATER TOLD, UM, THAT YOU SEE THAT THE SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENT NEEDED TO BE SIGNED.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED BY HER OR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
UM, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS PREPARED BY THE VENDOR THEMSELVES AND IT WAS A CITY DOCUMENT.
SO, UH, FOR CAMERON HAS BEEN INVOLVED, UM, AND ALSO HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED TO FIND A SOLUTION AS FAR AS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
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UM, BUT THIS WASN'T A PROCUREMENT THAT WENT THROUGH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.SO MY QUESTION IS, DID PROCUREMENT, DID YOU GET THE THREE COMPETITIVE BIDS FROM PROCUREMENT? WE, BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THIS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED AN RFP OKAY.
AND SO PROCUREMENT, I GUESS, BECAUSE STACY HAS SAID THAT IT WAS SOLE SOURCE ATTEMPTED TO GO THE SOLE SOURCE ROUTE AND HAVE A SOLE SOURCE FORM COMPLETED.
SO THIS IS NOT A PURCHASE ANY PURCHASE WITHIN THE CITY DOES NOT START WITH PROCUREMENT.
IT STARTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINING THE NEED AND THEN COMMUNICATING THAT PROCUREMENT.
AND SO AS FAR AS THE NEED TO GO OUT FOR SOLICITATION, THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO PROCUREMENT, A REQUISITION WAS ENTERED IN THE SYSTEM AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED IT.
SO ELENA, I NEED THE ENERGY TO COME BACK.
SO ONCE THE NEED, MY DEPARTMENT RIGHT, IS, YOU KNOW, IS NEEDED, I SHOULD SAY, THEN THAT DEPARTMENT INITIATED, RIGHT.
INITIATE TO WHO THOUGH, IF THEY GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, DOING AN RFP OR AN ITB, THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO UNDER THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER REMODELING, UM, WAS THAT A, A NORMAL PROCESS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL DEPARTMENTS OR WAS THAT SOMETHING LIKE A, ONE-TIME KIND OF A DIFFERENT DEAL? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I CAN SPEAK AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT.
ONCE THE REQUISITION CAME IN IN AN AMOUNT OF, I BELIEVE OVER $300,000, THAT IS WHEN PROCUREMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PURCHASE.
AND SO AT THAT POINT WE WERE FOCUSED ON THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, OF COURSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE, THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT THIS WAS A SOLE SOURCE, SO IT DIDN'T REQUIRE COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THE SOLE SOURCE, UH, EVEN WITH THE SOLE SOURCE, THE CONTRACT WAS STEEL BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT'S BEEN BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PHONES, WORKING ON THE SOLE SOURCE DOCUMENTATION, IF THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO BE.
SO DO WE, OR DO YOU, OR THAT ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT NEEDS TO HAVE THE CONTRACT, UH, FOR SOLE SOURCE, IS THAT IN PLACE TODAY, WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT IS IN PLACE THAT, THAT, UH, DOCUMENTS, HOW EVERY TYPE OF PURCHASE IS TO OCCUR AND MOST ALL DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS ABIDE BY THOSE POLICIES.
SO ANYTHING OVER 50,000, OUR CHARTER, RIGHT.
ON ANY TYPE OF PROJECT, RIGHT.
WHETHER IT'S A CHANGE ORDER, UM, YOU KNOW, ON BUILDING SOMETHING OR WHAT HAVE YOU WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, CORRECT.
IF COUNCIL APPROVES ITEMS OVER $50,000, EVEN IF THAT'S A GENERAL REGULAR DEPARTMENT PROCESS, OR IF IT'S A, UM, SAUL, SAUL SERVICE, RIGHT.
ANYTHING, WHEREVER THE AMOUNT IS THE KEY HERE, RIGHT? THE AMOUNT IS ANYTHING THAT HAS $50,000 OR HIGHER.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, NOT YOURSELF, NOT THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY MANAGER OR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE SEVEN OF US AND HAVING A FOUR WELL, WOULD APPROVE THAT.
A MAJORITY, MAJORITY, WHICH WOULD BE A FOUR IN THIS SITUATION, WOULD SEVEN WOULD APPROVE THAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW IS THE ADDITIONAL, UH, THE AMOUNT.
UM, SO DO I JUST NEED ONE THING CLARIFIED, RIGHT.
IS THIS SOLE SERVICE, IS THAT IN PLACE OR IS, AND THE AMOUNT IS THE SECOND PART OF THE FAULT.
SO I SEE THIS IN TWO PARTS FIRST WE NEED THE BUDGET.
SO THE BUDGET IS NOT IN PLACE.
SO WE WOULD NEED THE BUDGET BEFORE WE HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, WITH THE VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TELEVISIONS OR THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND AFTER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS AN AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED.
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TO AUTHORIZE A BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE CONTRACT OR THE TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT'S SOLE SOURCE OR NOT, BECAUSE IT'S OVER $50,000 IN THAT.AND THEN WHEN YOU COME OVER TO US WITH THAT CONTRACT AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL APPROVES AND, AND, AND SAYS, YES, GO FOR THIS.
AND THEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT, THEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND DO YOUR, UM, RMS. NO, THE RFP WILL BE DONE BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL.
COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE THE AWARD.
AND ONCE COUNCIL APPROVES THE AWARD, IF THE CONTRACT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED, IT WILL BE DEVELOPED, UH, IF YOU, UH, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND SIGN, UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN THE SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED.
SO IN ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT, I MEAN, WHAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY, RIGHT.
IS THE 108,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING SIDE.
AND THEN THE 270,000 THAT'S FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, WHICH EQUATES TO $378,000.
SO WE EITHER HAVE TO AUTHORIZE THAT.
I MEAN, APPROVE THAT I SHOULD SAY TO YOU, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO EVEN HAVE A BUDGET, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
A BUDGET FOR THE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES AND MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.
SO YOU COULD AUTHORIZE THAT INCREASE.
UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF CONTRACT OR PROCESSES TAKING PLACE TO PUT SOMEBODY IN AS THE TA FOR THE TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS.
WE'RE SAYING THAT YOU'D NEED TO GO DO AN RFP AND THIS, IN THIS CASE OF, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT.
SO YOU HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ASPECT IN PLACE OR, OR AUTHORITY OR WHATEVER.
SO WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE IS YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THE, THE TECHNOLOGY TELECOMMUNICATION FUNDING IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MY QUESTION IS HOW, HOW DOES THE VENDOR FEEL ABOUT THIS SINCE WE ALREADY WORKED WITH, STARTED WORKING WITH THEM REGARDING THIS? I'M ASSUMING WHEN YOU SPEAK TO EMOTIONS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK WITH THE VENDOR IF THEY'RE HEARING.
STACY, CAN YOU SPEAK ON IT? BECAUSE I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED.
AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE VENDOR COME AND SPEAK AS WELL.
SO THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE SOLE SOURCE FORM.
THE SOLE SOURCE FORM WAS FILLED OUT.
IT WAS SIGNED AND IT WAS SENT BACK TO FINANCE.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION WAS WHERE THE ADDITIONAL QUOTES, YES, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL QUOTES, BUT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT CHANGED BASED ON AGAIN, THAT ENTIRE ROOM WAS RIPPED OUT.
SO WE HAVE TO REMOVE EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY.
AND THIS VENDOR HAS EXPERIENCED DOING THIS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
AND SO WE WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER THIS QUOTE, WHICH WAS SHARED WITH MR. MARTEL AND THE ENTIRE PROJECT TEAM.
WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS THERE $70,000 IN THE BUDGET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS STARTED BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS NOVEMBER DEADLINE AND GOING TO COUNSEL FOR THE REMAINDER WOULD BE A FORMALITY.
AGAIN, THEY'VE TALKED TO THE VENDOR AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK.
AND WE WERE NEVER TOLD THIS WAS TWO PHASES OR THAT IT WASN'T ONE COMPLETE PROJECT.
SO AS I UNDERSTAND THE STACEY FROM WHAT I'M JUST GATHERING HERE TODAY, THERE IS NO CONTRACT FOR THE VAN WE'LL TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS THAT THE QUOTE, ONCE THE QUOTE WAS APPROVED, THAT THAT WAS THE CONTRACT, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BUDGET.
RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE THE APPROVED QUOTE, YOU HAVE THE $70,000.
WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO MEET THE NOVEMBER DEADLINE.
AND THAT THE OTHER PIECE OF THE BUDGET WOULD BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT THAT DID NOT CONSTITUTE A CON A CONTRACT.
RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THIS.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE AN OFFICIAL SORT OF A CONTRACT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO HAVE, UM, THIS, UH, TECHNOLOGY PIECE IN PLACE, UH, WA YOU KNOW, SOLAR PROVIDER OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE IT, BUT WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TODAY.
SO I DON'T SUGGEST TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE THE VENDOR COME UP HERE, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IF THERE'S NO CONTRACT IN PLACE, THERE CANNOT SPEAK UP HERE.
THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NO CONTRACT IN PLACE.
AND NUMBER TWO, IF THE FUNDING IS NOT THERE, THEN WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING ASPECT OF IT, TO
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SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD ALLOCATE THIS KIND OF, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO, TO THE STAFF.AND THEN WE NEED TO COME BACK ONCE THE, IF THAT'S APPROVED, THEN COME BACK WITH, WELL, ACTUALLY IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE, I WOULD SUGGEST IS COME WITH TWO OR THREE OPTIONS.
THE, WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, BECAUSE IF, WHAT I'M HEARING, I'M JUST HEARING FROM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND FROM STAFF LEVEL, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
AND THEN I'M ALSO HEARING THERE'S NO MONEY HERE.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE THE 378,000, I LIKE TO GET THAT I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT WAS WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAD ASKED IS TO COME BACK WITH OPTIONS.
UM, DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT NOT MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK WE, ALL OF US, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BUT I CAN TELL FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND GET IT DONE IN THE, IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY.
BUT I BELIEVE THE LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE REQUEST TO, TO ACM MARTEL WAS TO GET ANOTHER OPTION HERE.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN LOOK AT IT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS $378,000.
BUT WHAT I'M HEARING, THERE'S NO CONTRACT.
AND THEN THERE'S NO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY ALLOCATED, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS? WELL, WE CAN DO IS GET THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION SITE APPROVED, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER, AS WE, UH, TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUS OR EARLIER, WAS THAT, UH, THE PROPER PROCESS IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THE CITY DID A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THIS PROJECT.
ONE THING THAT WE DO NEED TO GET A UNDERSTANDING ON IS THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU WANT DONE.
UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS, UH, PRE WELL, WHAT WAS BEING PURSUED.
AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT FROM YOU AS TO WHAT THE SCOPE IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT ROOM.
I THINK BILL, I MEAN, I THINK EVEN BEFORE WE GO THERE, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I NEED, I LIKE TO SEE A CONTRACT OR AT LEAST SOMEBODY FROM HEARSAY THAT THERE'S A CONTRACT IN PLACE.
RIGHT? AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS FOR US TO COME IN.
SO WE CAN HAVE, AS A COUNCIL BODY LOOK A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO SAY THAT, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH ALLOCATING THIS BASE, YOU NOW HAVE SECURED A CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE DONE THE PAPERWORK, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED TO DO.
NOW YOU'RE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL WITH COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR US TO LOOK AT AND SAYING THAT, WELL, WE CAN GO WITH THIS.
AND THEN TODAY I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT I NEED.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO AS A SCOPE IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN BRING YOU SOME OPTIONS? AND YOU CAN SAY, WE WANT TO GO TO THIS LEVEL, THIS LEVEL, OR THIS, WE CAN PUT THAT OUT AS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AS THE, UH, AS THE, UH, PURCHASING PROCESS, THE CORRECT PURPOSE FROM PROCESS.
THAT WAY WE HAVE MULTIPLE VENDORS WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PRICE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
EVEN IF IT'S OTHER VENDORS OR EXISTING MENTORS OR WHOEVER IT IS, I LIKED FOR ME TO, TO ALLOCATE.
THIS IS TO, AS A CHAIR OF THIS BODY HERE, I NEED YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, WHAT I'VE HEARD ARE TWO RED FLAGS, DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCES, YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY.
SO WHAT AM I GIVING MONEY FOR IS A QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WHAT IS THE SCOPE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE CITY HALL.
I MEAN, I MEAN, NOT CITY HALL, WE'D DONE GOLF COURSES.
WE PUT A CITY CENTER, WE'D DONE ALL OF THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT AT THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A CHANGE ORDERS, WHICH I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE THE PROJECT.
WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU OPEN UP CERTAIN WALLS AND THINGS, YOU REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE CERTAIN THINGS, YOU NEED TO ADD MORE TO IT.
SO CHANGE ORDER IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE.
THE ISSUE HERE FOR ME IS TO SECURE WHATEVER IT IS, WHOEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH, AND THEN COME TO US WITH WHAT YOU AS STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES STACY, WHICH INCLUDES ACM, WHICH INCLUDES MIKE TUBBS, WHOEVER ELSE IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT TO COME BACK IN HERE AND SAYING THAT HERE'S THE PACKAGE THAT WE PUT IT TOGETHER.
BECAUSE IF YOU ASK ME TO TAKE OUT A CURVE TV, OR ADD IN A PLUG POINT HERE, I'M NOT A SUBJECT EXPERT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO COME BACK TO US WITH IT, BECAUSE TODAY, JUST TO SAYING THAT APPROVED 378,000, I CAN, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES HERE, BUT I THINK WE NEEDED TO GO IN THE RIGHT WAY.
SO THINGS CAN BE DONE AND I GET THE TIMEFRAME.
BUT I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW THAT TIMEFRAME IS WAY PAST WEEK.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE.
SO WE HAVE TO MOVE IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE NEEDED TO MAYOR.
I HAVE A DEEP CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WAS STATED.
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I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL SINCE NOVEMBER, 2017.I HAVE NEVER, EVER HEARD A DIRECTOR OR ANYONE COME BEFORE THIS BODY AND SAY THAT A INVOICE WAS A APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S OVER $50,000.
SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM ANY VENDOR TO COME UP BEFORE ME THAT HADN'T BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BODY BECAUSE I DIDN'T VOTE TO APPROVE A VENDOR AT WHATEVER AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, THE INVOICE STATES.
AND SO THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE, AND I TOO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF DIRECTIVE OR COMMUNICATION THAT STATES THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION WAS INSTRUCTED TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INVOICE TO GUARANTEE A VENDOR BE SELECTED AND THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE DONE BY A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
AND THAT THE SOLE SOURCE WAS THE DIRECTION THAT THEY WERE INSTRUCTED ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE BODY THAT APPROVES ANY CONTRACTS OR ANY AMOUNTS OVER 50,000.
AND I REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, AROUND THIS TIME, UH, WE WERE GIVEN HAIL FROM THE DAY IT'S ABOUT A $10,000 OVERAGE OVER, UH, UH, $50,000 ON A BRAND ERA CONTRACT WHEREBY YOU KNOW, THAT WENT OVER $50,000.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THEY HAD TO COME TO COUNCIL TO GET APPROVAL AND IT WAS VOTED DOWN.
SO I'M JUST, I'M VERY CONCERNED TO HEAR THAT ANYBODY COULD JUST SUBMIT AN INVOICE AND PROMISE IF YOU WILL, A VENDOR THAT THEY WOULD BE GUARANTEED A CONTRACT BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.
AND IT NOT COME BEFORE THIS BODY.
THAT'S, THAT'S DISTURBING TO HEAR.
UM, THIS APPEARS TO BE A SCATTERGUN APPROACH.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECT MANAGER, WHOEVER, UM, SHOULD BE IN CONTROL, UH, DIRECTOR, BUT NO, NO, IT'S NOT AN IN FRONT TO, TO YOU, BUT IT'S BEEN, MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT WHO'S EVER IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT.
THAT'S THE PERSON WE NEED TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE.
UH, I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LOWER MANAGEMENT, YOU CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE FINAL DECISION IS LEFT WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER AND WHOEVER THE PERSON ABOVE THEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISSING LINKS TO THIS PROCESS.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO GO BACK AND CONNECT THE DOTS.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT FIVE OR SIX TIMES ABOUT US.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE FACTS, IT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
SO I, I JUST HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH THIS.
IT JUST APPEARS THAT THE PROCESSES AND THE PROCEDURES, OR JUST NOT DIVING.
I'M SORRY IF I COULD JUST ADDRESS.
NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU CANNOT PLEASE ORDER LIKE YOU GUYS WANT TO ORDER.
REMEMBER DID NOT ASK A QUESTION TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.
I DIDN'T ASK ANYBODY A DIRECT QUESTION.
I JUST THREW OUT THERE MY CONCERNS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UH, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM HEARING, YOU KNOW, FROM ANYBODY.
I MEAN, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THE BODY.
SO I NEED, YOU KNOW, GUYS, WE NEED TO REALLY MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
I MEAN, TALKING ABOUT THIS BACK AND FORTH AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GETTING US ANYWHERE.
WE HAVE A COUNCIL CHAMBER THAT'S KINDA LIKE HALF WAY DONE.
UM, AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET THIS PLACE BACK IN, BACK IN WHERE WE NEEDED TO.
AND THAT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME IN, THAT'S A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY COMES IN.
THAT'S A PLACE LIKE TODAY WHERE WE HAVE YOUTH COMMISSIONS THAT IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.
THAT IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE DO HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO FIX STUFF ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND, AND ALONG OTHER CORRIDORS.
I MEAN, WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M NOT SAYING THE MAYOR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'M NOT GOING TO APPROVE A $378,000 UPGRADE IN A AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET THAT, UH, WAS NOT PROPERLY DONE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT TYPE OF TIMEFRAME IT TAKES TO GET IT DONE.
I MEAN, IT COULD TAKE NEXT YEAR FOR ALL THAT MATTERS.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THE PROCESS IS IN PLACE, STATE BLIND, NOT GOING TO BE ON THE RECORD OF VOTING FOR ANYTHING THAT WASN'T DONE.
THAT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS ASKING.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS WE NEED TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR IN PLACE OR NOT A CONTRACTOR.
I THINK A CONTRACT IN PLACE, AND THEN Y'ALL NEED TO COME BACK TO US
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WITH WHAT ON CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHAT IS IT THAT Y'ALL NEED TO FINISH THAT WITH RELATIVE TO THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE AND DIVERSION, WHAT WE HAVE TO GET THAT COUNCIL CHAMBER OPEN, BUT I'D LIKE TO STILL GO BACK TO THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE AND AT LEAST STITCH THAT UP, IT'S BEEN APPROVED.WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING 2 65 SINCE MAY 17TH.
SO WE WERE GIVEN SOME OPTIONS NEED TO HAVE OPTIONAL AND NICE TO HAVE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEED TO HAVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.
I DIDN'T HEAR THAT ON THE, PODIUM'S GOING TO THE, UH, LESS EXPENSIVE ACRYLIC.
ARE WE LOSING ANY FUNCTIONALITY WHEN WE KNEW THIS OR IS IT JUST STRICTLY THE AESTHETICS JUST STRICTLY AESTHETIC YOU SEE THERE? UH, THANK YOU.
AND WHERE YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS YOUR LOGO OR THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE MISSOURI CITY LOGO.
UH, BOTH OF THEM WOULD HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, THAT WOULD HOOK UP, UM, AND BE ABLE TO PLUG OR DO WHATEVER MICROPHONE MOUNT AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO IT JUST, IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT YOU WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE.
DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE TWO LOGOS AT THE END OF THE DIOCESE LIKE THAT? OR WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE AGAIN, WHAT I WOULD CALL A CUSTOM PODIUM THAT THAT'S WRAPPED WITH THE SAME MATERIAL THAT YOU SEE THE DIOCESE NOW, THE GRAY WITH THE BLACK TRIM, THAT THAT IS STRICTLY AN AESTHETIC CALL ON COUNCIL.
AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ON THAT.
WHAT DO WE HAD UP THERE BEFORE? UH, WELL, WE ALWAYS HAD THE CENTER CONSOLE FOR, UH, THE CENTER PODIUM.
THAT WAS RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE DIAS.
WHAT WAS IT? WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU SAY THAT WAS A CUSTOM PODIUM OR THAT WAS A, A, THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS THERE AS A CUSTOM PODIUM BECAUSE IT MATCHED YOUR DYESS OR IT'S BUILT INTO THE DYES ESTABLISHED ONE.
SO IS THIS A MUST HAVE OPTION A PODIUM, A POSTING OF SOME KIND AS A MUST HAVE.
I WOULD ASK DIRECTION, WHICH ONE OF THESE COUNCIL WOULD PREFER AGAIN, THE LOGO ONE THAT WOULD SAY MISSOURI CITY IS ABOUT 4,500, $5,000 OPTION.
THE CUSTOM MADE CABINET WITH THAT'S TRIMMED OUT, UH, AS EXISTING DIOCESE TODAY, IT WOULD BE THE $10,000 OPTION.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S WHAT IS LOOKING FOR ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO AGAIN, THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED.
THERE'LL BE EITHER 60,000, 100, 4 55, 100 FOR ROUND NUMBERS.
THAT'S FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT OF IT, RIGHT? THE WHOLE THING.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $10,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUST HAVE AND NICE NEED HAVE.
I MEAN, YOU WANT TO HAVE, THAT IS STRICTLY THE NEED TO HAVE TO CLOSE IT UP AS WE'RE CURRENTLY PROJECTING IT.
SO THAT HAD FINISHED UP THE PAINTING.
THE REST OF THE LITTLE BIT OF THE CARPET FINISHED THE DIAS, THE PODIUM INSTALL, WHATEVER.
FOR EVERY WAY HE WENT THE SHEET ROCK PATCHING.
ALL OF THAT WOULD BE COMPLETE, BUT DOWNSTAIRS LOBBY THE STAIRWELL, THE FOYER UPSTAIRS, THE VESTIBULE AREA, IF YOU WILL, AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WOULD BE ALL CONSTRUCTED REPAINTED, READY TO GO.
AND THEN OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, UH, IF COUNCIL DECIDED WE COULD BRING YOU BACK OPTIONS AGAIN FOR THE TECHNOLOGY, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE MY IPAD WITH ME.
SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MUSTACHE AND THE, AND THE, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THE MUST HAVES AGAINST HER OR THE DOOR PANELS FOR THE 40? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER, THE NUMBER WHAT'S THE MUST HAVE EQUAL UP TO 60, 60,104.
IF YOU, IF YOU PREFER THE CUSTOMIZED PODIUM, $60,104 IS THE NEED TO HAVE TOTAL I'M STUNNED.
WHAT IS THE DELTA BETWEEN, UH, WHAT IS, IS IT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR YOUR WISHLIST VERSUS $60,000 FOR MUSTANG? WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? THE 108,000 TOTAL, THE ADJUSTED NUMBER FROM WHAT WE BROUGHT YOU LAST MONTH AND 60,104 FOR THE, FOR THE MUST HAVES AS PRESENTED.
SO YOU HAVE A DELTA 48, 40 7,800 OR 896 BETWEEN THE WISHLIST AND MUST HAVE CORRECT.
THERE'S A $48,000 DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR WISHLIST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.
WAS I, WAS THAT YOUR MOST? SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
MEROLA'S WHAT WAS THE MOTION WITH A, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION, PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEED TO HAVE ON A CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHAMBER.
AND THAT IS A TOTAL OF 60,104.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNSEL.
THEIR PRODUCTS ARE MORALISTS SECOND BY CUSTOMER
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NUMBER STERLING.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON, I HONESTLY, I KNOW YOU GUYS SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUNISH THE VENDOR JUST BECAUSE OUR LEADERSHIP HAD NEGLIGENCE AND NOT PROVIDING THEM THE PROPER, I GUESS, PARTNERSHIP.
THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT DIDN'T HAVE A CONTRACT, OR I DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY ARE HERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS.
AND I THINK IT'S DOING THEM A DISSERVICE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEM WAIT WITH HER HAND UP AND NOT EVEN HONOR THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT IF OUR, MY DEPARTMENT IS SAYING THAT THERE IS NO CON I MEAN, NOT CONTRACTOR, THERE IS NO CONTRACT IN PLACE.
THEN I CAN HAVE ANYBODY BE HERE AND SPEAK TO ANYTHING.
AND IF THEY HAD A CONTRACT IN PLACE, YOU CAN BET YOUR MONEY THAT I WOULD HAVE THEM UP.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE WE GOING TO HOLD OUR LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT HAVING THAT CONTRACT IN PLACE AND DOING THIS AS, WITH COMING IN, IN SPITE OF, I MEAN, FOR ME WITH THE LEADERSHIP, WHETHER THEY HAVE IT, MY QUESTION TO THEM IS DO Y'ALL HAVE A CONTRACT ON THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
NOT IN DISCUSSION IF WE'RE DISCUSSING WHAT THE MOTION IS THEN YES.
THE MOTION IS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THIS, NOT THE PEG FUND TECHNOLOGY SIDE.
SO MAYBE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MAYOR PORTS AND MEROLA'S.
AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CURLING, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ITSELF? JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION, ALTHOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE LUMP SUM, THERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN CLEAR, DEFINED, MENTIONED PEGGED MONEY AND GENERAL FUND MONEY.
ANY, ANY OTHER, UH, CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE, THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.
SO GLEN, SO YOU UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE AWARDED FOR, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
[10 (a) Consider an ordinance establishing procedures for the consideration of Economic Development Projects within the City; and consider the ordinance on the first of two readings.]
TO ITEM NUMBER 10, 10, A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ESTABLISHING AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IT'S EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR.
AND AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, I'LL ASK THAT COUNCIL VOTE ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL INCLUDE THIS PROGRAM AS AN ALLOWABLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING COUNCIL EARMARKED $1.5 BILLION FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY PART, RIGHT CORRIDOR IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
YOU ALSO APPOINTED THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
THE COMMITTEE EVALUATED SEVERAL PROGRAMS, AND THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THE FACADE PROGRAM IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY.
IN, IN CONSTRUCTING THE PROGRAM, THEY EVALUATED SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE PROMOTE REVITALIZATION.
UM, IN, IN LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM, THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT UNIFORMITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR WAS INSTILLED.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS TO SET THAT TONE.
IT ALSO PROVIDED DIRECTION ON PRIORITY FACADE PROJECTS THAT THEY FELT WOULD HAVE THE LARGEST IMPACT ON THE CORRIDOR.
AND THOSE PRIORITY, UM, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE PAINTING, SIGNAGE, PATIO, OR DECKS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING IN PARKING, LOT REPAVING AND RESEALING AND RE STRIPING.
WE ALSO TOOK THE PROGRAM TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THEY SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND GAVE THIS HELPFUL FEEDBACK.
THEY ASKED FOR A PER PROJECT CAP AND AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE PROGRAM, SEVERAL LARGER REACH.
AND THEY ALSO ASKED THAT WE REQUIRE THOSE RECEIVING FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
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I BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THEY REVIEWED THE PROGRAM AND, UH, CONFIRMED STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO PLACE A $200,000 CAP PER PROJECT MAXIMA REIMBURSEMENT COUNSEL ALSO CONFIRMED THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT IN WHICH THOSE WHO RECEIVE FUNDS MUST MAINTAIN THEIR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS FOR TWO YEARS, OR THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO HAVING TO REIMBURSE A PRO RATA SHARE OF THE FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVED.ADDITIONALLY, COUNCIL EXTENDED THE BOUNDARIES ON CARTWRIGHT ROAD FROM TEXAS PARKWAY TO DULLES AVENUE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PROGRAM.
APPLICANTS WILL NEED TO CLEARLY OUTLINE THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE IN THE CITY WILL REIMBURSE UP TO 75% OF PROJECT COSTS.
THE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT PER PROJECT IS $200,000 FOR LARGER PROJECTS THAT EXCEED 500,000 STAFF WILL RECOMMEND THAT THESE GO BEFORE THE TOURIST BOARD FOR COST CONSIDERATION FOR COST PARTICIPATION.
ADDITIONALLY ACCEPTED PROJECTS WILL HAVE THEIR PERMIT FEES WAIVED.
EACH APPLICATION WILL BE SCORED BY AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PRIORITY PROJECTS, SELECTED ADHERENCE TO THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS AND AVAILABLE FENCE TO BE CONSIDERED THE PROPERTY MUST BE OCCUPIED OR ON THE MARKET.
IT NEEDS TO HAVE BEEN BUILT ON OR BEFORE THE YEAR 2000.
IT CAN NOT HAVE OPEN CODE VIOLATIONS UNLESS THAT CODE VIOLATION IS BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THE FACADE AND PRESENT.
AND EACH APPLICATION WILL GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL APPROVAL.
THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ONCE APPROVED THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE 18 MONTHS TO DO THEIR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND SUBMIT TO THIS CITY FOR FINAL REIMBURSEMENT APPROVAL.
AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THEY MUST MAINTAIN THEIR IMPROVEMENTS FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, AND IF AN APPLICANT RECEIVES FUNDS AND THEN GETS A CODE VIOLATION WITHIN THAT TIME, THEY MAY, UM, BE SUBJECT TO REIMBURSING A PRO RATA SHARE OF THE FUNDS RECEIVED, AND THEY MUST RETAIN OWNERSHIP FOR TWO YEARS AS WELL.
IF THEY SELL WITHIN THAT TIME, THE AGREEMENT WILL MOVE WITH THE SELL OF THEIR PROPERTY LISTED BELOW ARE THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ONES THAT HAPPEN ASTRID THROUGH THE PRIORITY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THE NEXT STEPS ARE A CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 15TH AND WITH, UH, APPROVAL ON BOTH OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PROGRAM WILL GO LIVE ON NOVEMBER 16TH.
WE WILL BEGIN HEAVILY, UM, ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WITH OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND IT WILL ALL BE AN ONLINE EMAIL APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE WILL BEGIN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, AND ONCE WE HAVE RECOMMENDED APPLICATIONS, THEY'LL COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
SO, AND YOU OPERATE BEFORE WE GET INTO DISCUSSIONS.
LET ME GET A, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED MOVE TO ADOPT? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY CUSTOMER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, AS FOR DISCUSSION WISE.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND EVEN THOUGH MAY NOT SOUND TOO MUCH, BUT AT LEAST THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING OUT THERE AND WORKING ON IT.
AND FOR SO MANY OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE ATTENDED, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING AND CUSTOMER BONEY, VONN, TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, CAR RIDE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, AND KIND OF TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS.
AND I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE TEXTS PARKWAY, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE ORIGINAL PEARSON.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT PUTS PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS.
AND I HOPE THIS CAN CULTIVATE INTO HELPING THE CORRIDORS, ESPECIALLY, UH, ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ANY OF THE DISCUSSION AND MAYOR THIS CAME BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION, A LOT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING IN OUR FURTHER INPUT.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND WORKING WITH, UH, WHAT WE HAVE AND HAVE FACED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND ON THE CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ITSELF, A SMALL STEP, BUT IT'S A STEP FORWARD.
THANK YOU, AUDREY, BUT ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR CHAIR WHO REALLY KEPT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING GOING, UM, UH, JEFFREY
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BONY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.WE ATTENDED ALL THE MEETINGS AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE SO DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT.
AND I, I JUST WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL BREE AND JENNIFER AND EVERYBODY WHO, ALL WHO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER TO TRY TO PULL THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU BILL FOR LISTENING TO MY RANTS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT $1.5 MILLION WAS A PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET FOR SO FOR SO LONG, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DEDICATED RESOURCES DEVOTED TO THAT AREA.
AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO UTILIZE THESE MONIES FOR THIS PROGRAM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL IS AS MUCH NEEDED.
AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, NOT ONLY APPRECIATES IT, BUT WE'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCES ONCE WE START IMPLEMENTING IT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT COMING TO PASS AND, AND US, UH, PUTTING IT OUT IN THE STREETS AND PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
SO WE RUN OUT WE'RE BACK, YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE, WELL, WE GOT, YEAH, WE W WE DON'T GET 6 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
I TOO WANT TO THANK THE TEAM AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR MAKING THIS COME INTO FRUITION, I READ, CAME IN AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
SO I COMMEND YOU ON THOSE EFFORTS.
UM, ME BEING A FORMER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE.
AND SO FOR YOU TO COME IN AND GET IT ON THE GROUND, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I GREW UP ON THIS CORRIDOR.
MY PARENTS STILL HAVE A BUSINESS IN THIS CORRIDOR, SO THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND MY PHONE RANG OFF THE HOOK THIS WEEKEND ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE, Y'ALL CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS IN ADVANCE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, I'M HEARING NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, AND THIS IS A TWO-PART RIGHT? SO THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
I DON'T REMEMBER 11 OR RESOLUTIONS.
THERE ARE NO RESOLUTION ON THIS AGENDA.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE ARE GOING TO START TODAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
UM, WANT IT TO SAY THAT I'M CONTINUING MY EFFORTS IN REACHING OUT TO OUR BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AND DISTRICT A, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH YOU, MAYOR WHERE YOU IN, UH, WHAT BEING COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND THAT WITH THE HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, I CAN ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COUNTY.
UM, I ALSO HAD A TENDENCY TO BE REACHING OUT TO MOST OF OUR BUSINESSES, AND WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN DIALOGUE AND IN DISTRICT A ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE AMERICAN CARIBBEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DRIVE THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH FOOD DRIVE.
UH, LAST WEEK I WANTED TO THANK THEM IN DISTRICT AID FOR COMING TO THE DISTRICT ADL.
WE SEEM TO BE A DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, PASSING OUT FOOD.
I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE KINGSLEY FOUNDATION FOOD DRIVE.
AND ON LAST SATURDAY, UH, I, WE HAD THE, UH, OUR PET SHOP FREE, TOOK A TREE DRIVE THROUGH WHERE A COUNCILWOMAN AND I WERE THERE, BUT WE, WE PASSED OUT CANDY BACKPACKS, UM, WHO SUPPLIES AND DOGGY TREATS.
AND LASTLY, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, BEAUTIFUL CHALK AND TRUMP TRICK-OR-TREAT AND QUAIL VALLEY WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND DISTRICTS C OR D, AND THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT ADVANCE AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, WE'LL GO WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER.
JUST WANT TO REMIND THE RESIDENTS AND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A PARK CLEANUP.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIPS WITH MYSELF AS WELL AS OUR PARK DEPARTMENT.
SO IF YOU OR YOUR FAMILY IS IN NEED OF SOME COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, OR YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP US BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE COME OUT.
THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT BUFFALO RUN PARK AT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER THE SIXTH FROM EIGHT 30 TO 10.
THEY'LL ALL THE WAY OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY WAY OUT THERE.
UH, I WAS EXCITED TO BE PRESENT AT THE, UH, AT THE SHARE WORDS AT THE PROJECT MANHOOD OH, TIE CEREMONY AT MISSOURI CITY, UH, MILLER
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MIDDLE SCHOOL.AND I WANT TO THANK MR. DALE WALLER FOR THE INVITATION TO COME OUT AND SEE THESE YOUNG MEN, UH, RECEIVE THEIR FIRST BOW TIE.
UH, AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF MY FRATERNITY, OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED OUT THERE TO ACTUALLY TEACH THEM HOW TO TIE THEIR TIES.
A PROJECT MANHOOD IS A MALE MENTORING PROGRAM ON THE CAMPUS OF MISSOURI CITY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH FOSTERS POSITIVE MALE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A MYRIAD OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS.
AND I'M EXCITED TO NOT ONLY, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT PARTICIPATE IN, BE MORE INVOLVED.
I WAS ALSO THRILLED TO STOP BY AND, UH, HONOR, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, MS. BESSER LEEANN, ALFRED MASON, WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR HER 80TH BIRTHDAY, UH, IN MY CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, SHE WAS SO SURPRISED.
SHE WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE RECOGNITION.
SHE WAS AMONGST MANY, UH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND OUR HOME.
UH, SHE'S A MOTHER AS WELL AS A MOTHER TO MANY IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AND FORT MINT COUNTY AREAS.
UH, I WAS JOINED, LIKE I SAID, BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO CELEBRATE GOD, BLESSING HER WITH 80 YEARS OF LIFE.
AND WE PRAY FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME.
SHE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I GET A HARD TIME.
THEY, THE MOTHER OF FORMER HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, A DWIGHT BOY.
SO, YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS TRIED TO MAKE SURE I STAY ON TOP OF IT, GET SERIOUS.
MOM IS STRAIGHT, BUT ANYWAY, LASTLY ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW WHEN ENCOURAGE ALL MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, UH, TO GO OUT AND CAST THEIR VOTE, UH, YOUR VOTE, YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE.
UH, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS ON THE BALLOT.
OF COURSE, THERE'S BOND REFERENDUM IN SEVERAL, UH, RACES ON THE BALLOT FOR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.
SO PLEASE GO OUT AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, TO QUAIL VALLEY PROUD FOR THE TRUNKS AND TREATS, UH, EVENT THAT THEY PUT ON.
UM, SATURDAY NIGHT, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THEY HAD OVER 250 KIDS, UH, AND PROBABLY A HUNDRED, UH, UH, PARENTS AND FRIENDS, UH, ALL OF WHOM, UH, DRESSED UP IN, UH, VARIOUS, UH, DIFFERENT COSTUMES, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, UH, PRO TIM, UH, ROOTLESS WAS ABLE TO JUDGE AND BELIEVE ME, IT WAS TOUGH.
AND, UH, WE, WHEN WE DIDN'T PICK ONE OF THEM, WE HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE REAL QUICK AS THE MOTHERS THOUGHT THAT THEIR KIDS SHOULD WON.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A TRYING, UH, EVENT, BUT IT WAS ONE, IT WAS GREAT HELD IN COMMUNITY PARK.
AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, COMMUNITY PARK.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, THAT IS A PART THAT HAS A, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, VENUES FOR ALL AGES OF PEOPLE IT'S, UH, IN, UH, IN GREAT CONDITION IS MAINTAINED WELL.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THAT PARK LATELY, YOU SHOULD, BECAUSE IT'S AN EYE-OPENER.
SO THANK YOU, JASON, FOR, UH, BRINGING THAT TYPE OF AMENITY TO THE, THE, UH, THE PUBLIC OF, UH, NOT ONLY IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, I ATTEMPT, WELL, I DID ATTEND THE, UH, TRICKS AND TREATS IN THE PARK PUT ON PARKS AND RECREATION, ALTHOUGH IT WAS RAINED OUT.
I DEFINITELY WANTED TO MAKE MY WAY OVER THERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT AND THEY HAD EVERYTHING SET UP CANDY.
UM, I HAD TO GET MY CHILD OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THE VENDORS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE GIVING AWAY BAGS OF CANDY, BUT GREAT JOB.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS RAINED OUT, UM, MCPD HAD THE BEST CANDY I HAVE TO SAY.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED TO, UH, HOA MEETINGS.
UM, THE HCC MISSOURI CITY CAMPUS TOWN HALL WAS, UM, A GREAT EVENT, GREAT COLLABORATION, UM, MAYOR AND, UH, MYSELF AND A MAYOR PROTIUM ATTENDED.
AND AFTERWARDS, UH, MAYOR AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO DR.
MALDONADO AT THE END ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SATURDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT TO TONY JONES, WHO IS THE OWNER OF MOST CITY FITNESS.
HE'S ALSO A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT, BUT EACH YEAR DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, UM, HE HOSTS A BREAST CANCER WALK AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY RAISES MONEY AND THEY, THEY FIND TWO SURVIVORS AND THEY DONATE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE SURVIVORS.
AND THIS IS HIS SEVENTH YEAR DOING THAT.
AND SO, UM, HE MAKES IT A BIG DEAL DOING IT AS A VERY IMPORTANT, SO, UH, PRESENTED HIM WITH AN S CERTIFICATE
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OF ACHIEVEMENT.UM, LAST SATURDAY, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, AND I, UH, WENT TO THE ALL PET BOND DISTRICT.
THE BUSINESS OWNER TO NICA BRADFORD WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT OUR PRESENCE THERE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING DONATED A BOOK BAGS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES WE GAVE OUT DOGGY TREATS.
IT WAS JUST, IT WAS REALLY FUN.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, I JOINED MAYOR PRO TEM AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS OVER AT THE QUAIL VALLEY TRUNK OR TREAT THAT WAS FUN.
I WAS HAPPY THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY JUDGE AND I JUST SAT BACK AND WATCH THEM GET IN TROUBLE.
AND THEN LASTLY, YESTERDAY, UM, THE MISSOURI CITY SUGAR LAND, UM, CHAPTER OF JACK AND JILL, UH, INCORPORATED, UM, WE HOSTED OUR CHAPTERS, A TRUNK OR TREAT IN THE PARKING LOT OF HIGH TOWER HIGH SCHOOL.
WE INVITED TO LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
AND SO THAT WAS OUR WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SAID, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO VOTE TOMORROW.
MAY I APPROACH? THANK YOU MIRROR.
SO ALONG THE LINES OF EACH SHOP IN PLAY, MAYOR, MYSELF AND MAYOR AND OTHERS, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, UH, WE WENT TO VAN'S BEEF JERKY AND GOT TO WATCH, UH, THE OWNER MAKES SOME GREAT BEEF JERKY.
WE WENT TO THE CHARLOTTE GROCERY, A VERY, VERY POPULAR AND GREAT GROCERY STORE IN DISTRICT C.
WE ALSO WENT TO A WONDERFUL FAMILY, OWNED BLACK BELT MARTIAL ARTS, UH, WHERE THEY NOT ONLY TEACH THE MARTIAL ARTS, BUT THEY TEACH DISCIPLINE, RESPECT AND BEHAVIOR.
ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, AND I ACTUALLY CHANGED IT TO EAT SHOP PLAY IN WORSHIP.
JOHN'S MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THIS IS A CHURCH HERE IN MISSOURI CITY THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY FREED SLAVES IN 1869.
AND THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 152 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO JOIN THAT SERVICE AND TO BE AMONGST US AND GREAT CHRISTIANS.
THEY'RE CELEBRATING A GREAT COST FINALLY, UM, NATIONAL EPILEPSY MONTH THIS MONTH, WE'RE PURPLE SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION SUPPORT THOSE WHO DO HAVE SEIZURES.
IT'S A REALLY TOUGH SITUATION TO BE IN.
AND I PRAY FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
AND I'M APPALLED THAT NO ONE SAID GO ASTROS.
UM, MY REPORT, UM, JUST A FEW THINGS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND WITH MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, UM, IS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, UH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NEXT DOOR AND HAVING THAT, UM, PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM, I THINK WE CAN BOTH BENEFIT FROM THERE.
UH, BUT THE, THE SORT OF THEIR TOWN HALL, YOU KNOW, OPEN ENROLLMENT AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.
UM, SO, UM, UNTIL THE NEXT ONE, THEY'LL HAVE MORE REPORT OUT WITH TALKING ABOUT NEW PROGRAMS THAT THAT WILL START.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE IT, I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THANK SHASHA KUMAR.
UH, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WHEN OTHERS ARE ADDRESSING IN MYSELF IS ADDRESSING ON THESE, WHETHER IT'S SIDEWALKS, UM, UH, QUICK FIXES AND THINGS, YOUR DEPARTMENT IS GOING OUT THERE AND TAKING CARE OF THIS AND CO IN RESIDENTS ARE WRITING BACK TO US AND LETTING US KNOW THAT THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THIS ONE HAS TOUCHED IT FOR 15 YEARS, 16 YEARS.
UM, SO OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T BE JUST FAIR FOR ME TO JUST THANK SHAKUHACHI AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM, UH, JEREMY.
IT WAS JUST POINTING AT YOU, UM, TO THE ENTIRE TEAM BACK HERE.
UM, AND MIKE TUFTS AND, AND, AND ALL OF YOU GUYS, UM, STAND UP.
UH, NO, IT, IT MEANS IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT MIGHT BE A SIDEWALK.
UM, AND WE DON'T NEED TO FIX THE ENTIRE BLOCK, BUT IT'S JUST A CERTAIN INCIDENCES.
SO I DO WANT TO TAKE, AND I, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT AS EACH, PROBABLY, PERHAPS EACH OF US ARE CALLING YOU, UM, AND YOU'RE GETTING OUT THERE FROM DOING WHAT YOU'RE NEEDING TO DO, BUT TAKING CARE OF IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT DIRECTORS, I LOOK ACROSS THIS ROOM AND I SEEN SO MANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WERE HERE TODAY.
UM, AND I AM FULLY AWARE AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T NEED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
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HERE, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO BE PART YOU'RE WALKING IN WITH US ON THIS MEETING TOGETHER, AS WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.SO I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO AT HOME.
YOU COULD BE AT HOME, BUT REALLY I'M ASKING FOR IS FIRST, MONDAY AND THIRD, MONDAY, UM, IS TO BE PART WITH US PARTNER WITH US.
SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CITY AND HELPING OUR STAFF, NEXT THING IS WE HAVE VETERANS MEMORIAL COMING UP ON THE GRAND OPENING.
I SAW THE WORK WHEN I PULLED UP HERE, UM, ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:00 AM.
UM, LOT OF THE WORK THAT ONE BEHIND THE SCENES ARE JASON AND HIS TEAM.
UM, AND I SEEN TW OUT THERE, UM, MORE OFTEN THAN YOU JASON, UH, BUT THESE GUYS ARE WORKING HARD.
I SAW THE PALLETS OF GRASS THAT'S COMING IN THE OTHER DAY THAT I WAS HEARING TWO TRUCK FULL LOADS.
AND THEM IN THERE ARE, I WOULD HOPE ALL OUR COLLEAGUES ATTEND BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS SPECIAL FOR EACH OF YOU ON NOVEMBER 11TH, UM, AT 11:00 AM AT, AND RIGHT HERE OUTSIDE OF THIS PLAZA.
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU KNOW, VETERANS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IN YOUR, WITHIN YOUR OWN FAMILY, WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WITHIN YOUR HOA THAT SERVED OUR COUNTRY, PROBABLY PLEASE INVITE THEM.
UM, THERE ARE ON CITY'S WEBSITE OR A WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGES.
THERE ARE THE FLYERS THAT ARE ATTACHED THERE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY ABOUT DUMB.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SPECIAL GUESTS THAT WOULD COME HERE.
AND OF COURSE WE THANK THEM FOR PARKS FOUNDATION AND EVERYTHING FOR CREATING THIS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE.
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVES IN MISSOURI CITY THAT SERVED THIS COUNTRY PROUDLY IN WHATEVER SERVICES THEY'VE DONE, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE HERE.
UM, AND TH THIS IS ABOUT THEM.
SO PLEASE DO JOIN US, UH, EVERYONE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, LASTLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO, UH, FOUNDER AND PRAISE CHURCH THIS SUNDAY, UM, TO MEET AND GREET RESIDENTS, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, AUBREY THE PROGRAM THAT SHE WAS BRINGING UP HERE, UH, TODAY THAT, THAT WE'VE JUST VOTED ON IT TODAY.
SO PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THERE, THEY HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT'S WORKING, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER WITH, UM, JASON, UH, GLENN, STACY, MYSELF, AND THEN DANIELLE, UH, TRYING TO PUT THE PROGRAM TOGETHER, HOPE YOU LIKE IT.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS AND SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT WORK REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ARE HERE.
I WANT TO, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT JUST FOR ONE HOUR.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, OUR IS OUR VETERANS SPEND THEIR, YOU KNOW, SIX TO SEVEN YEARS SERVING US SO WE CAN SPEND ONE HOUR FOR THEM.
AND ON THIS, UM, THURSDAY, UH, NUMBER 11, NOT THIS THURSDAY, BUT COMING IN TWO WEEKS, YOU CAN BE HERE ON, THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT? THAT ENDS MY COMMENTS.
NUMBER 13 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING, BUT.