Nov 15, 2021 Special City Council

SO PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO DASH 77 C THE, OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, THE COUNCIL MAY DISCUSS THE ITEM, A REPORT FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITHOUT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AUBREY, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UM, ON THIS FAIR AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH A SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG LEADER AT THE HOME.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

UM, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW WILL YOU, UH, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND THE BUSINESSES TO SUBMIT THIS PROPOSAL? UM, I'M SORRY TO SUBMIT, UM, UH, THE REGISTRATION FORM TO, FOR THEM TO SIGN UP FOR IT.

SO THANKFULLY WE ALREADY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD NETWORK OF BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST, THROUGH PREVIOUS JOB THERE'S AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS DEVELOPED A GREAT NETWORK THROUGH PREVIOUS STUDY HOSTED EVENTS AT LIKE THE EVENT I ATTENDED MY VERY FIRST EVENT AT THE CITY AND WHERE THERE WERE A LOT OF BUSINESS SPONSORS.

AND SO WE'LL START BY REACHING OUT TO THEM TO GET THEIR INTEREST AND INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS INVITING THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE FROM THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, BROADCAST AND BITING IT TO ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES ONLINE.

AND WE'LL ALSO USE OUR OTHER AVENUES THROUGH VIDEO AND THROUGH OUR CHLOROPLAST SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OUR DIGITAL SIGNS AS WELL.

PROGRAM, IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, WE, YOUR PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

ONE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE A SHORT RUNWAY FOR THIS ONE, UH, BUT I KNOW THAT IN WORKING WITH THIS HIT HIGHER

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NOW, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I GUESS STRONGLY SUGGEST IN WORKING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THROUGH YOUR DEPARTMENT AND HR IS DOING, UH, SOME CALENDARED TYPE OF JOB FAIRS THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING YEARS, UH, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THESE PLANNED OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE TWO OR MORE.

UH, BUT THE, UH, I KNOW I'VE BEEN, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE AMAZON PEOPLE AS WELL, BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE KEY CONTACTS OVER THERE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO DO ONE.

WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A, UH, JOB FAIR SPECIFICALLY FOR AMAZON POTENTIALLY AT HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE BIG BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY, LIKE NIAGARA WATER, UH, AND BENNY KEY FOODS AND OTHERS THAT ARE ALREADY NESTLED HERE IN MISSOURI CITY TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN TRY TO GET LOCAL PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THESE LOCAL HEADQUARTERED BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY.

UH, AND SO ANYWAY, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE.

GREAT.

I DEFINITELY WILL WORK ON THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, AN EXCELLENT POINT AND SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY ADVOCATE FOR.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE OF, UH, OF ANY VALUE, BUT, UH, JUST AS AN IDEA, TELL, YOU KNOW, PARK GATE 90 HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, BUSINESSES OVER THERE.

AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, TRAVELING FRESNO WAS THE, EXCUSE ME, GRANDMA CORRUPT IS THE, UH, THE COMPANY THAT, UM, MORE OR LESS SITE AND KIND OF HEADS THAT UP.

UH, SO WOULD WE BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM MAYBE TO SEE HOW THEY CAN SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUSINESS PARKS THAT THEY, UH, YES, DEFINITELY WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND OUR CONTACTS THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS WELL.

WE'LL, THERE'LL BE A CAP ON BUSINESSES.

YES, WE ARE.

WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE OUR ESTIMATED CAP AT THIS POINT, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE WILL HAVE SO MUCH INTEREST THAT WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO DETERMINE THAT AMOUNT.

AND, UM, AND THAT WILL LEND OURSELVES TO THE NEXT TIME WE'RE DOING A JOB FAIR, WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLAN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ADVANCE, BUT, UH, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUND THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN A FEW WEEKS REALLY TALKS A LOT ABOUT HELPING GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.

THAT'S A HUGE EMPHASIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THAT, AND VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MISSOURI CITY TO REALLY HELP STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY, HELP OUR CITIZENS AND HELP OUR BUSINESSES BE SUCCESSFUL.

I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME.

SO THANK YOU.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE FINAL THING, CAUSE YOU'VE MENTIONED IT.

UH, WE DEFINITELY WITH ANY AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE ADD SOME TEETH IN THOSE AGREEMENTS WHERE PEOPLE DO HIRE LOCAL AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF A COMMITMENT TO DO.

SO I KNOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS DISPARITY STUDY, AS IT RELATES TO THE TYPES OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED TO POTENTIALLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESSES.

BUT I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL THAT IF WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT IN PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES THAT COME IN, OR THAT ARE IN MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE NEEDING INCENTIVES, WANTING INCENTIVES, THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE WANT THEM TO HIRE A LOCAL PIT PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY HIRE LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.

YES, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE, WE INCENTIVIZE PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY SO THAT, UM, IF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS WANT TO, THAT, THAT THAT'S A RESOURCE THAT THEY CAN, UH, ENHANCE THEIR QUALITY OF LIVES BY GETTING, UH, ENHANCED JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

DO WE, DO WE NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IN PLACE HERE IN MISSOURI? IS IT SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN IN ANY OF OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND THAT I CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON CRAFTING SOMETHING THAT WE INCLUDE IN FUTURE AGREEMENTS AND THEN APPROPRIATELY, IF WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES MAY BE DOING AS WELL AND SEE WHAT WORKS WITH THEM, UH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT CAN SATISFY SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT THESE BUSINESSES HAVE.

AND THAT'S ONE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IN DOING FUTURE JOB FAIRS, IF WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THEM EITHER SEGMENTED OR, YOU KNOW, PROMOTE THEM, LIKE IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR RETAIL PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF RETAIL ON THE HORIZON WITH THE PRO, UH, B UH, UH, TOWN, UH, T WHAT IS IT FOR TOWN CENTER TO, UH, AND OTHERS.

UH, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE INDUSTRIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSE, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES AS WELL.

SO IF WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THEM SEGMENT IT OUT SO THAT WE CAN CRAFT SOME SORT OF JOB FAIRS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE NEEDS WILL BE HOME.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

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THANK YOU, AUDREY.

ITEM TWO, C DRAINAGE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN, UPDATE PRESENTATION.

[2(c) Drainage Watershed Master Plan Update presentation. Proposed presenter: Jeremy Davis, Assistant City Engineer Memo - 21-059 - Pdf Engineer]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JEREMY DAVIS, THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER CHAIRMAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, THIS PAST WEEK.

AND IT WAS A BOARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS A SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL WORKSHOP.

I WANTED TO GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR FOCUS, WHICH WAS AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

SO, UH, ON THIS SLIDE, I HAVE SOME OF THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

UH, FIRST WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD THE CITY'S GOALS, ROLES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN IT CAME TO DRAINAGE, UH, COMPLIMENT OTHER ONGOING STUDIES, UH, FOR WATERSHEDS, LIKE WHAT FOR BEING COUNTIES, UH, CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO DO A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF THE CITY'S WATERSHED MASTER PLANS.

UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO, UM, ANALYZE THE PROCESS RIVER BACK WATER IMPACTS AND INUNDATION MAPPING.

AND WE ALSO WANTED TO EVALUATE THE ATLAS 14, UH, CRITERIA UPDATES TO THE DESIGN MANUAL.

SO FIRST I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLES OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO THIS MAP IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHERE THE CITY HAS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND DRAINAGE, UH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 20% OF THE CITY.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON BLUE IS WHERE THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS, UH, ACTIVE, UH, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF THAT.

UH, IT'S MAINTAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS AND THE LIDS.

UH, THEY BASICALLY MANAGE THE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS, UH, UH, DETENTION PONDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

ALSO AS A PART OF THIS, UH, UM, UH, PART OF THE STUDY, UH, WE HELD A STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, UH, MAINTAIN A LARGE PART OF THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. SO ON AUGUST 25TH, 2020, UH, WE INVITED THE FOREBRAIN COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND VARIOUS MUDS AND LIDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, DISCUSS THE, THE, THE POINT OF THIS, UH, WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

AND OVER HERE, I HAVE A GRAPHIC SHOWING, UH, ON THE BLUE SIDE IS THE TOTAL COUNT OF, UH, HOW MANY WERE INVITED AND THEN IN GREEN, WHERE THE RESPONSES RECEIVED.

SO, UM, TO SUMMARIZE THE MUD AND LID RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CITY, UH, THE MUDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING, THE PERMITTING AND THE MAINTENANCE, UH, FOR MOST OF OUR LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. SO THAT INCLUDES OUR STORM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND OUR DETENTION PONDS.

UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, OUR LEVY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, WHERE THE LIDS THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, OF COURSE, WE'RE CLAIMING FLOOD HAZARD AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT BY BUILDING LEVEES.

UM, THEY ALSO MAINTAIN PUMP STATIONS AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT HELP MAINTAIN THE, UH, FLOOD WATERS AND THEY ALSO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS.

SO, UH, ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, WANTED TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UH, CITIZEN OUTREACH THAT WE DID.

UM, SO THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE, UH, MAP THAT WE PUT ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, BASICALLY GAVE, UH, RESIDENTS THE OPTIONS FOR WHAT TYPE OF NUISANCES FOR CONCERNS THEY HAD FOR DRAINAGE.

THERE WAS ALSO A GPS PORTION WHERE THEY COULD DROP A PIN EXACTLY WHERE THEY NOTICED THOSE DRAINAGE CONCERNS.

AND, UH, THE COMMENT PERIOD LASTED FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.

IT ENDED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, UH, OF THE 12 COMMENTS WHERE WE, UH, PUT RED MARKS WHERE WE GOT THOSE COMMENTS IN POINTED.

UH, WE GOT COMMENTS ABOUT BACKWATER IMPACTS ON THE BRAZOS RIVER THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, STREET PONDING, UH, AS WELL AS THE QUELL VALLEY GOLF COURSE DRAINAGE.

SO THE NEXT PART OF OUR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE WAS THE HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF OUR WATERSHED MASTER PLANS.

SO IN MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE MULTIPLE WATERSHEDS.

UH, EACH OF THEM HAVE, UH, PRETTY MUCH THEIR OWN MASTER PLANS FOR THE MOST PART.

THIS IS JUST A LIST OF OUR, UH, 11 WATERSHEDS AND THE MAP REPRESENTING WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, I WON'T NECESSARILY SAY EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM, YOU PROBABLY RECOGNIZE, SO JUST OYSTER CREEK, UH, CAN GLOC DITCH, WHICH IS, UH, ONE OF THE WATERSHEDS IT'S RIGHT NEAR CITY HALL.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER WATERSHEDS SITTING BY YOU AND, UH, THINGS OF THAT.

SO, UM, ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS STUDY, UM, WAS WE WANTED TO CREATE AN INUNDATION, A BETTER INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL,

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UH, FOR THE CITY.

SO BASICALLY WHENEVER THE CITY EXPERIENCES A HEAVY RAINFALL OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, VARIOUS SCENARIOS AVAILABLE TO US.

SO WE KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE, UH, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF PAWNING WOULD HAPPEN.

UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A TOOL FOR DURING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, TO HELP WITH, UH, UH, EVACUATING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY OR SUBDIVISIONS.

IF WE SEE THAT THE WATER LEVEL IS GOING TO GET TOO HIGH ON THOSE STREETS, IT'S GOING TO POSSIBLY, UH, HAVE ANY HOME DAMAGE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THIS SLIDE JUST BASICALLY SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, UH, WHAT WE SEE, WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN GET FROM THAT, UH, INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL WORKS WITH OUR EXISTING GIS SOFTWARE.

UH, SO THIS EXAMPLE IS FOR A 16 INCHES WITHIN 24 HOURS.

UM, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE INUNDATION EXTENTS OF THE WATER.

UH, WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION AS WELL AS THE DEPTH OF PAWNING FOR THAT WATER.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC POINT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DEPTH IS ONE FEET OR ONE FOOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RUN MULTIPLE SCENARIOS.

UH, WE CAN ALSO SEE, UH, WE CAN PUT OTHER LAYERS ON TOP OF OUR, UH, TOP OF THESE MAPS TO SHOW US, YOU KNOW, WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXPERIENCING THE MOST RAINFALL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THE NEXT I WANTED TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BRAZOS RIVER BACKWATER IMPACTS, WHICH IS ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS STUDY.

SO A BACKWATER IMPACTS IS DIFFERENT FROM LOCAL RAINFALL THAT WE EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO BACKWATER IMPACTS SURPRISES RIVER, UM, WHENEVER THERE'S A MAJOR STORM AND, UH, THE BRAZOS BACKS UP, IT BACKS UP INTO OYSTER CREEK AND OYSTER CREEK IS, UH, DRAINS A LOT OF THE MAJOR AREAS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK INTO THE BRAZOS BACKWATER IMPACT.

SO DEPENDING ON WHAT FLOOD STAGE, UH, AT THE BROWSES, UH, RICHMOND GAUGE IS WHAT WE CALL IT.

IT'S A, UH, A GAUGE THAT MEASURES THE, UH, UH, ELEVATION OF THE BRAZZERS SAID THROUGHOUT THE STORM.

UM, SO WE DEVELOPED OUR, UH, INUNDATION MAPPING BASED ON VARIOUS STAGES WHERE THE RICHMOND GAUGE, AS I JUST MENTIONED, UH, STARTING AT ELEVATION 44.

AND, UH, LASTLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, ATLAS 14 UPDATES AND EXPLAIN WHAT ATLAS 14 MEANS.

SO ATLAS 14 IS A STUDY OF RAINFALL STATISTICS IN TEXAS RELEASED BY NOAH IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018.

UH, NOAH STANDS FOR THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

UH, THE STUDY SUGGESTS THAT, UH, WITHIN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, WE RECEIVE MORE RAINFALL AND MORE FREQUENTLY THAN, UH, PREVIOUS STUDIES.

SO SHOWN, UH, ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE A, UH, A GRAPHIC DEPICTION SHOWING ABOUT A 28% INCREASE OR THIS SPECIFIC HUNDRED-YEAR EVENT.

UH, SO, UH, YOU SEE, IT GOES UP FROM ABOUT 13.2 16.9, UH, INCHES OF RAINFALL DEPTH.

THIS MEANS A LOT TO THE DEVELOPERS TRY TO BUILD WITHIN THE, WITHIN, UH, MISSOURI CITY.

CAUSE THIS IS A, UH, JUST A VERY SIMPLE GRAPHIC SHOWING HOW, UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR INCREASED STORM WATER DETENTION IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THESE ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE IMPACTS.

SO, UH, WITH THESE ATLAS 14 UPDATES, UH, WE CURRENTLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.

UM, WHAT WE INTEND DO IS TO, UH, ADOPT THE ATLAS 14 RAINFALL CRITERIA, UH, AND THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE A DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WHERE THEY NEED TO DESIGN FOR MORE INTENSE AND MORE HEAVY RAINFALL.

UH, WE ALSO ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT CAME OUT OF, UH, THIS UPDATE WAS TO CONSIDER UPGRADING THE EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TO THIS NEW ATLAS 14 CRITERIA WHERE FEASIBLE, UH, SO WHEREVER WE'RE ABLE TO WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING STUDIES TO SEE WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE THE CITY'S DRAINAGE.

AND, UH, WITH THAT THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, JEREMY.

SO AGAIN, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO, THAT SEVEN 70 OF THEM, OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, THE COUNCIL MAY DISCUSS THIS ITEM, UH, AS A REPORT FROM OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER WITHOUT EMOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL DISCUSSION, PLEASE.

THERE ARE ANY JEREMY, DID WE DO ANYTHING SPECIAL FOR OUR FACILITIES, SUCH AS THE EOC INUNDATION WISE? I MEAN, UM, THE EOC AND SOME OF THE FIRE STATIONS, DO WE DO AN INUNDATION REPORT AROUND THOSE? YES.

SO WE HAVE INUNDATION MAPS

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FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, WHEN IT SPECIFICALLY COMES TO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR EOC, UH, IN THIS YEAR CIP, WE HAVE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR A SPECIFIC DRAINAGE STUDY FOR THE EOC TO SEE WHAT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN DO.

ME, I AM, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR MAP AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE HARRIS COUNTY, MISSOURI CITY AREN'T INCLUDED, I CAN SEE THE RED DOTS, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THEY ARE.

SO DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, THE FUNCTION PUNGENT METAL COLONIC PAULSON'S AREA? I'M NOT SURE.

IS THAT A SHARED OR WATERSHED? YES.

YES.

THAT'S IT.

AND WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY.

MY QUESTION WAS, DID YOUR STUDY INCLUDE THE HARRIS COUNTY PART OF MISSOURI? YES, MA'AM IT, UH, IT INCLUDED THE ENTIRE CITY.

THESE ARE JUST THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED.

WE DID STUDY THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY AND HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL.

WE'VE INVITED HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO THE MEETING, UH, FOR THE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP KIND OF RESPONSE TO WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE.

OH, UH, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT TYPE OF RESPONSE, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICING, UM, WE GET A HEAVY RAIN, WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, LOOKING AT THE MAP, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE DOTS AND I DIDN'T SEE THE, ON THE WATER SHED.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS COVERED THAT PART OF IT OR IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED.

SO IT'S ALSO INCLUDED, UM, LET ME GO TO THE WATERSHED.

SO YOU SEE, WE HAVE TWO WATERSHEDS, UH, MAINLY THE WILLOW WATERHOLE WATERSHED, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE MAJORITY OF THE HARRIS COUNTY PORTION OF THE CITY.

UM, SO THAT'S THE WATERSHED WHERE WE, WE ALSO HAVE A REGIONAL DETENTION POND AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THAT DETENTION POND AS WELL.

UH, ALSO ON THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE, WE'RE, UH, ACTUALLY PROVIDING, UH, SPECIFIC STUDIES FOR THE STREETS FOR CERTAIN STREETS, UH, IN THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, EAST HAMPTON.

WE JUST COMMISSIONED A STUDY FOR THAT WHEN WE GOT THE RESULTS BACK FROM THE, UH, UH, DESIGNER.

AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A FEW OTHER STREETS AS WELL.

QUESTION, I'M SORRY.

YOU'VE FINISHED COUNCIL LADY.

EXCUSE ME.

ONE LAST WHERE'S THE WILLOW WATERHOLES WHERE'S THAT LOCAL? I'M LOOKING AT MAPS.

I'M SORRY.

THE MAP IS VERY SMALL.

UNDERSTAND, UH, THE NORTHERN, MOST OF THE PURPLE-ISH COLORED WATERSHED.

THAT'S KIND OF LAVENDER.

THAT'S IT COUNSEL? WE DO IN THE, UH, AS JEREMY POINTED OUT, WE'RE GETTING READY TO, WE'RE DOING A STUDY AND GETTING READY TO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE WILLOW WATERHOLE, AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE'RE UTILIZING PAST DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SOLD.

AND SO THAT ENCOMPASSES A GREAT DEAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, UH, AND UP OFF OF GESSNER.

AND SO THERE, THERE'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH REGIONAL DETENTION AREA FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PARK WHERE, UH, WE AND STAFFORD IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND BE PART OF THAT STUDY AS WELL.

UH, SO FAR WE'VE NOT HAD SUCCESS.

I WENT THROUGH ALL 300 PAGES OF THAT, UH, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, YOUR DRAINAGE PLAN.

I ONLY COME UP WITH THREE QUESTIONS.

SO A LITTLE BIT OVER MY HEAD FROM AN, FROM A TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, UH, POURED BEEN, UH, AT ONE POINT, AND MAYBE YOU STILL ARE TALKING ABOUT GATES, UH, ON, UH, THE, UH, I GUESS DON RON, UH, UH, OYSTER CREEK THAT WOULD, UH, TRY TO STOP THE BACKWATER FLOW COMING IN FROM BRAZZERS WHEN IT REACHES A POINT WHERE IT'S STARTING TO PUSH WATER BACK UP WASTER CREEK, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE WORKS ARE CONSIDERED, ARE, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY EXPENSIVE, BUT WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? AND IS IT REALLY FEASIBLE? AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD MITIGATE SOME OF THE ISSUES GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN ON THE DRAWING BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

IT NOT ONLY BENEFITS OUR RESIDENTS, BUT THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, UM, RESIDENTS WITHIN MISSOURI CITY AND THAT NEIGHBORING CITIES, AS WELL AS, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THE MUD AND THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, THE PREVIOUS PRICE TAG WAS SOMETHING IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT $30 BILLION, MORE LIKE A GATED STRUCTURE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A REGIONAL PROJECT THAT DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS PURSUING WITH SOME GRANTS.

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UH, I THINK ANY, ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THE BENEFIT TO COST ANALYSIS.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO PROVE THAT BY BUILDING $30 MILLION, YOUR BENEFIT TO COST RATIO IS HIGH, AND THOSE PROJECTS GET THE BETTER RANKING.

SO IN SHORT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE COUNTIES PURSUING THAT PROJECT, THE CITY'S ASSISTING THEM AND ALSO PROVIDING THE RELEVANT INFORMATION.

AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO FUNDING TO PURSUE THE PROJECT.

UH, OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, UH, THE, UH, UH, DRAINAGE CONCERNS, I THINK FROM THE, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC HE HAD, WHAT 14 CONCERNS THAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, VOICED THEIR, UH, WAS IT 14 INCHES SAID IT'S 12, 12, I'M SORRY.

UH, VOICED OUR CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING AND IT'S PINPOINTING THE AREAS WHERE THEY WERE HAVING THOSE, UH, THOSE ITEMS I NOTICED IN THREE OF THEM THAT TWO OR THREE OF THEM, MAYBE.

YEAH, I THINK IT WAS THREE, UH, WHERE WE SAID THAT, UH, SOME OF THAT DRAINAGE, EIGHT, THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES OVER ON THE HOMES AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, WE HAVE THE GOLF COURSE AND THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND MAYBE DOING SOME THINGS WITH, UH, BUILDING SOME, UH, DETENTION OR RETENTION FUNDS THAT MIGHT ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE, UH, THE WATER THAT'S ENCROACHING INTO SOME OF THE HOMES AROUND THE GOLF COURSE.

UH, CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS, UM, THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD IS WHERE THE GOLF COURSE DRAINS INTO THE BACKLOG OF THE PROPERTIES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

UH, THE SWALES, UH, SORTA SPEAK OF, UH, OF SILTED UP IN THOSE INSTANCES, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS GONE AND PROVIDED SOME RELIEF.

UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL CONCEPTS, UH, AGAIN, SUBJECTIVE TO FUNDING.

AND I CAN RELATE TO, UH, WHERE, UH, IN PREVIOUS CITIES WHERE I WORKED, WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DO A PROJECT LIKE THAT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TAKING THE FAIRWAY IN THE GOLF COURSE AND DEPRESSING IT, OR LOWERING IT, KIND OF CREATING A BALL TO SERVICE DETENTION.

NOT ONLY THAT PROVIDES SOME KIND OF A FLOOD RELIEF, NOT ONLY TO THE AREA THAT IT SERVES, BUT OTHER AREAS THAT DRAIN INTO IT, BUT ALSO CAN ENHANCE THE DRAINAGE.

AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING OR A PROJECT IDENTIFIED.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.

AND ALSO THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COMING OUT OF THIS WATERSHED MASTER PLAN.

SO AS WE GO BUILD OUR NEXT YEAR CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL EVALUATE A PROJECT IN OF COURSE, ANY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FUNDING.

WE'LL COME TO THIS BODY FOR APPROVAL, FOR INCORPORATION WITHIN THE CIP.

SO WE BUILT AND DIESEL TEST SOME SALES WALES TO PROVIDE SOME TEMPORARY RELIEF, BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM OUT THERE WHERE THE GOLF COURSE TRAINS INTO SOME OF THE BACKLOG OF THE PROPERTIES.

UH, THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS TO DEPRESS THE FAIRWAY AND MAKE THAT MORE TO FUNCTION LIKE A DETENTION POND.

AND THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WILL PUSH YOU IN THE COMING YEARS.

DID YOU SAY, OR MAYBE AT AN EARLIER TIME THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH WHEN THE SWEETWATER, UH, SUGAR, SUGAR CREEK FEATHER INVOLVED IN BOTH THE PROJECT SUGAR CREEK, AS WELL AS THE, ON THE RIVER BAND? YEAH.

WERE THOSE ALL DONE BY THE CITY OR WERE THERE THE CITY PARTNERED WITH A GOLF COURSE? SO THE, UH, THE CITY KIND OF, UH, IT WAS KIND OF A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

UH, IT, THERE WAS SOME ENHANCEMENT MADE TO THE GOLF COURSE AND BECAUSE OF REBUILDING THE FAIRWAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY, UH, WENT INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GOLF COURSE SPACE WHERE THEY GOT THE RIGHTS FOR DETENTION TO HOLD WATER WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE.

SO, UH, THERE WAS SOME FUNDING CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY.

IT WAS A, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOLF COURSE AND THE CITY'S ACTIVE.

DID THE COUNTY I'D BEEN INVALUABLE NOW PITCHED IN ON THAT, BE A REASON WHY THEY AT LEAST SHOULDN'T CONSIDER IT.

CAUSE IT'S FORT BEND COUNTY CITIZENS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED DILLARD.

WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK, BUT, UH, I THINK PROBABLY WE NEED TO, UH, INCLUDE SUCH PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE DRAINAGE BOND, ISSUANCE COUNTY TO CONSIDER THOSE PROJECTS.

I'M SURE WE'RE SEEING MORE OVER TOMORROW ON THE LONG POINT PRESENTATION.

WE'LL CERTAINLY ASK IF THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT'S KIND OF, IT'S DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME RELIEF OUT THERE ON SOME OF THE HOMES AROUND THOSE COURSES.

YES, SIR.

SO WE'LL REMIND YOU THAT IN THE BOND THAT WAS JUST APPROVED, THERE ARE DOLLARS FOR DRAINAGE, UH, WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE, UH, INCORPORATING SOME DRAINAGE FACILITIES WITHIN THE DESIGN OF THE COURSE AND THE REDESIGN OF THE KINA.

THERE'LL BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AS WELL.

OF MONEY FOR, UH, FLOODING ISSUES OR FLOODING RELATED ISSUES, RESILIENCE, AND OTHERWISE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, THIS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BILL THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW TODAY, UH, HAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS

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AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY W YOU KNOW, OF COURSE GETTING WITH OUR CONGRESSPERSON, UH, AL GREEN AND, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF GOING TO BE SPEARHEADING, GETTING THOSE RESOURCES DIRECTLY TO OUR CITIES, UH, HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO POSSIBLY FUND SOME OF OUR PROJECTS AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN.

AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, I'M ON THE ACAC WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL, UH, TODAY AS A MATTER OF FACT ABOUT POTENTIAL MONIES, UH, THAT'S COMING, THAT'S COMING FROM JLL AND WE COULD POSSIBLY USE AS WELL.

BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON THIS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT JUST, SORRY.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LEVERAGE ALL THE DOLLARS WE HAVE AS FAR AS WE CAN GO WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

I REMEMBER WE'LL LOOK INTO THOSE DOLLARS.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE LEVERAGED THE MONEY COMING FROM AFTER HARVEY IS THE CANTALOUPE WIDENING PROJECTS.

THERE'S A LITTLE SHY OF A MILLION DOLLAR, UH, THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE GLO AND THAT'S A PROJECT CURRENTLY WE'RE ON DESIGN AND WE HOPE TO BE IN CONSTRUCTION PRETTY SOON.

NO, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, JEREMY.

TWO, D CONSIDER AND DISCUSS TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONES, ONE, TWO, AND THREE MEMBER APPOINTMENTS.

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[2(d) Consider and discuss Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 1, 2 and 3 member appointments and reappointments. Proposed presenter: Maria Jackson, City Secretary TIRZ Board Appointments and Reappointments Cover Memo - Pdf appointments and reappointments.Proposed presenter: Maria Jackson, City Secretary]

AND WE APPOINTMENTS.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARIA JACKSON CITY, SECRETARY MARIA MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE CANDIDATES.

UM, FOR THE, FOR THE THREE TOURS, FOUR TERMS TERM WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR THE TOURIST NUMBER ONE BOARD, WE HAVE VICKY MCBRIDE, ROSALYNN THOMAS, AND SHEREE JONES FOR THE, UH, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

NUMBER ONE, AND COUNCIL WILL ALSO NEED TO APPOINT A CHAIR PERSON.

CURRENTLY EUNICE WRITER HAS SERVED AS CHAIRPERSON FROM 2015 TO 2021.

HERE IS THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE TOURIST NUMBER ONE BOARD FOR 2021.

THERE'S BEEN ONE MEETING SO FAR.

THIS IS THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2020 FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE GLORIA LUCAS, FRANK HESTER AND GIFFORD EUREKA WHO'S TURNED FULL EXPIRE, AND COUNCIL WILL ALSO NEED TO APPOINT A CHAIR PERSON.

FRANK HESTER HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN FROM 2015 TO 2021.

THIS IS THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2021.

THIS IS A MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2020, AND THIS IS THE LIST OF THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

NUMBER THREE, WHOSE MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS WILL EXPIRE THIS YEAR.

ROBERT HODGE OF SAM SHATTERY WALLAH, JOYCE RAINER, INSURANCE EUREKA, AND, UM, JOE WORKMAN HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN FROM 2015 TO 2021.

THIS IS THE MEMBER ATTENDANCE LISTS FOR THE TERSE NUMBER THREE BOARD FOR 2021.

THIS IS A MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR 2020, AND THIS IS THE MAP OF HIS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.

SO THIS IS COUNSEL'S OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME KNOW HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

NONE OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE NOT THE CITY SECRETARY STUFF.

IT HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO ANY, ANY OF THE CANDIDATES YET.

WE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL FIRST.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MARIA.

IS THERE A MOTION, UH, MAYOR I'D I'D LIKE TO, UH, NOT SO MUCH MAKE A MOTION TO POINT ANYONE, BUT HAVE THE CITY SECRETARY GO FORWARD TO REACH OUT TO OUR EXISTING MEMBERS TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO SERVE FIRST AND THEN BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO US SO THAT THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.

YEAH, I WOULD INCLUDE MAYBE ASKING THE CHAIRMAN IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE ROTATE IT WOULD LIKE TO ROTATE OR, YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT TWO CHAIRMAN WHO WHO'VE DONE GREAT WORK AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN, BUT PERHAPS THEY WOULD LIKE TO STEP DOWN AND HAVE SOMEONE ON THE CURRENT TERMS BOARD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SERVING.

I AGREE.

I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO, UH, JUST A REFRESHER.

CAN A TERS MEMBER ALSO OWN LAND IN MISSOURI CITY AND SERVE ON THE TOURIST BOARD? YOU, IT, YES.

A TOURIST MEMBER MAY OWN LAND IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND THEN CAN THEY WORK FOR A FIRM THAT'S POSSIBLY AN ARCHITECT OR DEVELOPER AND BE ON A TOURIST BOARD POSSIBLY.

UM, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE ON A MATTER THAT WENT BEFORE THAT BOARD.

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CONVERSATION.

I'LL BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING ON THE TOURIST BOARD WHO ACTUALLY HAVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO THAT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND THEN BOLT THAT'S A CONFLICT.

SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

CERTAINLY IF YOU ALL HAVE SOME, UM, EXAMPLES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, YEAH.

SO CAN YOU SERVE ON THE TOURIST BOARD AS WELL AS, UH, ON MARK'S BOARD OR P AND Z AS WELL? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OR MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU CAN ENLIST, THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE IN LAW IN THAT EACH RACE IS AWARE OF.

SO, UM, GENERALLY TOURIST BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SERVE ON MULTIPLE BOARDS BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST A RECOMMENDING BOARD.

SURE.

SO, MARIA, I MEAN, MY COMMENT ON THIS IS SO, AS I HEARD, THERE WAS NO MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, GO BACK AND THEN ASK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO SERVE AGAIN.

AND THEN YOU'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING.

YES.

I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM TOMORROW AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A RESPONSE THIS WEEK.

AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET SURE.

I'LL FURTHER SPEAK ON THIS.

UH, NOT SO MUCH FOR YOU, MARIA, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ABSENCES AND LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS AND THE QUALITY OF THESE, UM, RESIDENTS AND WHO'S LOOKING TO SERVE BECAUSE AS WE CAN POTENTIALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME SORT OF EXPERIENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS KINDA NEEDED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

SO WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ONLY QUALIFIED, BUT PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTANDS WHAT THESE POSITIONS ARE, BECAUSE ONCE YOU APPOINT THESE MEMBERS IN THE, IN THE POSITION, THE BOARD CHAIR JUST GOES RIGHT ON AND THEY'RE JUST GOING WITH IT AND THEN AM NOTICED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEETINGS.

THEY'RE QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT SOMEONE WHO'S ON A CHURCH BOARD OR P AND Z OR PARKS, OR WOULD KNOW, OR AT LEAST THEY THEY'RE ON IT.

SO I WOULD FARTHER FROM WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY IS SAYING TO REALLY LOOK INTO THIS AS WELL.

WELL, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WHEN IT COMES UP.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT'S IN FRONT IS TO JUST ASK, TO SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO PERFORM OR IF THEY WANT TO PERFORM.

CORRECT.

THERE WAS AN ISSUE LAST YEAR AND I BOUGHT THIS UP TO THE ATTENDANCE AND I THINK MARIA, YOU WOULD WANT TO ACTUALLY WORK ON SOME KIND OF PLAN WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR, THE ROBOT THIS UP.

AND WE KIND OF HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND THEN NOT ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

SO WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE THAT STATES THAT IF THEY MISS THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS AND COUNSEL'S AWARE, THEN WE NOTIFY COUNCIL AND THEN COUNCIL DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT TO, UM, LET THAT PERSON STEP DOWN OR HAVE THEM MOVING FORWARD.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE ABSENCES, I THINK I REMEMBER IF IT WAS A TOURIST BOARD OR ANOTHER BOARD WHERE COUNCIL PASSED AND THEN THERE WERE EXCUSED ABSENCES.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT US TO START INCLUDING THOSE IN THERE LAST YEAR, THE ACTRESSES AS WELL.

I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU REPEAT THE, WE DISCUSSED THE EXCUSED ABSENCES LAST YEAR, AND I THINK YOU WERE COMING UP WITH A PLAN AND SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS THAT WE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE, BUT NOT ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

AN OPPORTUNITY JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT IT TO REWARD THEM FOR SUPPORTING THEM, UH, POLITICALLY OR, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HOOK SOMEBODY UP, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A COMMUNITY OR THEY WANT TO SERVE COUNCIL MEMBER MONI TO THAT POINT, THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER IS DECEMBER 6TH WITH THANKSGIVING.

NOW THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE CONVERSATION THEY CONVERSATION, I THINK IT WAS DISCUSSED WHEN WE HAD THE APPOINTMENTS IN JUNE FOUR, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO CORRECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THAT'S OVER THIS AND SEE IF THOSE ABSENCES ARE EXCUSED OR NOT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THERE'S NO ACTION.

THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN TODAY EXCEPT TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK.

I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID.

I THINK YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT.

I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME BEFORE THIS BODY BEFORE ABOUT HOW WE GOVERN OURSELVES AND PUTTING RULES AND EXPECTATIONS IN PLACE.

BUT I THINK WITH THESE VARIOUS POSITIONS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT WHERE THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT THAT CRITERIA AND THOSE QUALIFIED QUALIFICATIONS ARE FOR THOSE RESPECTIVE, UH, BOARDS.

SO THAT, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE DO HAVE OPENINGS AND VACANCIES OR PEOPLE THAT ARE SEEKING TO, UH, POTENTIALLY RENEW OR CONTINUE ON THAT, WE, UH, ARE ABLE TO JUDGE, I'LL HAVE SOME SORT OF A MEASURING STICK AS TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A BODY VERSUS JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVING SOMEONE

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THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, UPON US THAT WE'LL TAKE AWAY SOME, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE STAFF.

SO WOULD YOU MIND IF WE GO TO DECEMBER 20TH MEETING AND PERHAPS MAYBE ON DECEMBER SIX MEETING, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP ON WHAT THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UH, I MEAN, UM, AS LONG AS MY COLLEAGUES ARE THAT I'M GOOD WITH IT.

AND IF ANYONE HAD ANYONE'S OPPOSED TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE MIGHT WANT TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, LIKE YOU SAY, THE CRITERIA AND WHO WERE SWATTING OR ON THESE BOARDS INSIDE EACH ONE OF THESE BOARDS HAS A CHAIRMAN AND MAYBE TO REACH OUT TO THE CHAIRMAN AND ASK THEM THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE UP, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEY BEEN EFFECTIVE? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE CHAIRMAN'S BAR IS TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT EFFECTIVE BOARD DONE THAT, UH, WE'LL DO THE, UH, THE WORK OF THE CITY.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SET UP AS OUR, WHO ARE, ARE CHOSEN AS CHAIRMAN, YOU KNOW, ARE THE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN A GOOD POSITION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US AN EVALUATION, IT'S AT LEAST ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE CAN INTRODUCE.

UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, UH, THE, UH, UH, UH, EFFECTIVENESS OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD, UH, WANT TO BE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

I AGREE.

SO DECEMBER SIX, MEETING BILL, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THIS KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA IS THAT WE MAY WANT TO PUT IN, AND THEN, UM, THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WILL BRING THIS BACK ON DECEMBER 20TH.

THAT WOULD BE OUR LAST MEETING.

SO HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE YEAR, WE CAN MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS, BUT LET'S HAVE SOME CRITERIA THAT WE PUT IN.

UM, SO THIS WAY THAT WE'RE NOT JUST, JUST NAMING ANYBODY TO COUNCIL MEMBER BONUS POINT, I AGREE WITH, AND MAYOR, I THINK, AS AN EXERCISE, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CONSIDERING A CITY MANAGER, UH, HOW WE WERE REACHED OUT TO, AND AS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR IN THESE PARTICULAR, UH, POSITIONS MAY BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF EXERCISE DONE SO WE CAN SUBMIT ALL OF THAT AND THEY CAN GET COMPILED FOR THAT MEETING.

SO WE CAN AT LEAST KIND OF DISCUSS IT AND SEE IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ALL ON AN ALIGNMENT THERE.

YEAH, YEAH, NO, I MEAN, LOOK, I MEAN, THESE, THESE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT COME ONTO THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UH, THEY REPRESENT THE CITY, THEY REPRESENT THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UM, THEY WORK WITH STAFF DIRECTORS, UM, IN WHOEVER THE DIRECTOR IS.

UM, SHE, WE NEED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK JUST BEFORE WE START DOING THIS.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE IT CAN BE, AND WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL TOO, WITH THAT.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS GOING OUT THERE AND JUST GETTING OUT SOCIAL MEDIA, ATTACKING THE CITY AND THINGS OF THAT TYPE OF NATURE.

NOT THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT JUST KIND OF LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE SO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

SO DECEMBER SIX, BILL WORKSHOP, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS AND, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BONIS POINT TO HAVE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CM, AND THEN, UH, ON DECEMBER 20TH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO A TERM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE APPOINTMENT'S MADE.

SO THIS WAY EVERYBODY'S CLEAR.

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THREE ARE CLOSED.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

TIME IS 6:20 PM CITY COUNCIL.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM, A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5, 1 0.07 FOR DELIBERATION CONCERNING, UH, THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE CITY SECRETARY IN THIS SITUATION.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD INTO CITY, UM, TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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THE TIME

[(4) RECONVENE]

IS 7:06 PM.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW I CAN OPEN SESSION FOUR, THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT VICKY BURGLING TO THE ROLE OF INTERIM CITY SECRETARY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 20, 20, 21.

AND WITH A 25% PAY INCREASE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY 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 SIX ZERO.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS OF SOLICITING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF CITY, SECRETARY AND MISSOURI.