* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING. I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE HAS BEEN DULY POSTED. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION POSSIBLE [2(a) Consider and discuss an interlocal agreement between Missouri City Green and the 3-9 Parks and Recreation Department.] ACTION ITEM TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AND ENTER A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TEAM MEMBER, JASON MAGNUM OF DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. JASON. OKAY. MARIN COUNCIL. UH, THANK YOU. UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT I'M, I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU. AND AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE RECOGNIZED THAT WAS ONE OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD DO BETTER IN IS LEVERAGING OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF NOT ONLY OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF, UH, UM, AGREEMENTS WITH LOCAL LOCAL GROUPS TO HOPEFULLY LEVERAGE, UM, UM, LEVERAGE THESE ORGANIZATIONS WITH OUR ORGANIZATION TO INCREASE THE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND MISSOURI CITY. UM, MY POWERPOINT, NOT IN THERE. I'M SORRY. HERE WE ARE. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, UM, SO MISSOURI STATE OF GREEN IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH. THEY ARE, UH, UH, EXIST TO, FOR THE ONLY REASON TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY MORE BEAUTIFUL. UH, THEY ARE OUR KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE, UM, AND THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS THAT WE UTILIZE, UH, SOME FUNDS FROM THE SOLID WASTE PUBLIC EDUCATION ACCOUNT. THIS IS MONEY THAT WE GET FROM OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT, BE USED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS, UH, AND, AND PRETTY PRETTY INDUSTRY STANDARD, UH, TO, TO HAVE THOSE MONIES GO TO THE KEY TEXAS AFFILIATE, KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATES IN THOSE COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN RUN PROGRAMS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, PERLIN DOES SUGARLAND DOES. UM, THE WOODLANDS, DOES IT FULSHEAR DOES IT, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS I TALKED TO MY OTHER DIRECTORS, THEY ALMOST ALL HAVE A SIMILAR AGREEMENT. AND SO IT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROPOSING. SO, SO MISSOURI CITY GREEN CAN SPEND LESS TIME TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS AND RAISE MONEY TO, TO CARRY ON THEIR, UM, PROGRAMS IS THAT WE WOULD PAY THEM $18,000 A YEAR, UH, OUT OF THAT FUND. AND THEY WILL IN RETURN, UH, CONTINUE TO OFFER THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER. AND AS WELL AS ADD SOME, A FEW OTHERS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL COORDINATE AN ANNUAL STORM MARKER DRAIN OR, UH, DUMPING AND DRAINS AND WATERWAYS WITH OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, HAVE A PRESENCE AT SNOW FEST, 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS, OUR EASTER FESTIVITIES, HALLOWEEN EVENTS, AND EDIBLE EARTH FEST. AND THEN THAT IT WILL BE THE PRIMARY, UM, COORDINATOR OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY CURRENTLY DO. ELECTRONICS RECYCLING, PAPER SHREDDING, UH, OFF, UH, WE'LL HAVE THEM START AN ADOPTIVE SPOT PROGRAM AS WELL AS DOING THREE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS A YEAR INVOLVING CONSERVATION RECYCLING AND ZERO WASTE. UM, IS THERE A SEA OF GREEN HAS BEEN PART OF, UH, THE CITY FOR OVER 11 YEARS AND WE'RE HOPING WE CAN KIND OF FORMALIZE THIS PARTNERSHIP. UM, AND I DO HAVE, UH, ANGIE WHERE'S VICKY FROM MISSOURI CITY GREEN HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR FOR HER, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT DOES ADOPT A SPOT PROGRAM? SO IT'S A, AN OPPORTUNITY, IT'S A LITTER CONTROL PROGRAM. UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CALL IT ADOPT A ROADWAY OR ADOPT A HIGHWAY THAT THEY WORK A LOT OF FAMILIES OF KIDS. AND WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, ON ROADWAYS, UH, STATE HIGHWAYS, SO ADOPT THE SPOT WILL BE PARKS, PUBLIC SPACES, PLACES LIKE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY HALL CAMPUS OR WHERE, UM, UH, THE GROUP CAN GET TOGETHER AND THEY CAN DO, UM, SOME ADOPT. THEY CAN ADOPT THESE THOUGHTS TO KEEP, KEEP THEM LITTER FREE. SO THE FUNDS, THE $18,000. SO I KNOW THAT MISSOURI CITY GREEN IS, YOU KNOW, I SEE THEM COLLECTING MONEY ALL THE TIME. SO THE MONEY THAT THEY COLLECT, UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY CONDUCT DEPEND ON HOW MUCH MONEY THAT THEY BRING IN. YEAH. YEAH. AND SO THIS BASICALLY FREES THEM UP. SO THEY'RE SPENDING LESS TIME FUNDRAISING AND MORE TIME DOING THE ACTUAL THINGS THAT BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY. OKAY, JASON, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE ON THE 18,000, THIS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, OR JUST STARTING HERE INTO 2026. THIS IS [00:05:01] THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE VENTURED A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM. UM, WE WE'VE HAD SOME PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM WHERE WE'VE HELPED FUND AND HELP PAY FOR SOME OF THE THINGS, BUT IT ALL, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE EVERY YEAR, IT WAS LIKE, HEY, WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN. WILL YOU HELP US AGAIN? AND THEN WE PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. AND SO WE THOUGHT LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST CUT ALL THAT OUT AND, AND HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND IT'S, AND IT'S, UM, STRUCTURED SO THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ANNUAL MEETING AND THAT THEY CAN ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO WITHIN THE AGREEMENT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON IT EVERY YEAR. SO THERE'S THAT CHECKS AND BALANCE, OKAY, THIS IS THIS, THIS IS MY FINAL QUESTION TOO, BECAUSE I NOTICED THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND THESE, EVEN SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE OR SEPARATELY, BUT TOTALLY FROM MISSOURI CITY GREEN THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. SO WILL THAT BE A SUPPLEMENT TO SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE, THEY WILL BE SUPPLEMENTING, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE SOLD PAYING OUT OF THE 18,000? SO THEY WILL DO THAT AS PART OF THE 18,000, THEY WILL, UM, THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EVENTS. AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE EVENTS LIKE TRASH OFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT. PART OF THIS, IT'S BEEN A MISSOURI CITY GREEN EVENT. IT WILL BE A CO-BRANDED EVENT. THERE'LL BE MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND THE CITY OF MISSOURI. SO THAT'S A JUNETEENTH ON THE AGENDA. WE ALL FUND ON THAT EVENT. SO THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL TOOTH POSITION, TOO. EVERYTHING IS IN ADDITION TO, IN ADDITION TO, OKAY, AND LET ME IN THE OTHER THING, HOW WILL WE GET THE INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE I KNOW MISSOURI CITY GREEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S QUITE PREVALENT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT ON THIS SIDE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE OF, UH, CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT MISSOURI CITY GREEN UNTIL I GOT ON COUNCIL AND I'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION TO ALL THE CONSTITUENTS IN MISSOURI CITY. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S A CONCERN WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH, WITH MISSOURI CITY GRAND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY IN PLACE AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT, BUT WE PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGY IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL CORNERS OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES. OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. HOW DO WE DECIDE ON WHICH COMMUNITY PARTNER WE WERE GOING TO PARTNER WITH? AS FAR AS THIS PARTNERSHIP GOES, HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO PICK MISSOURI CITY? BECAUSE THERE ARE T R KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE, UM, WHICH EVERY CITY CAN HAVE ONE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE THAT CORRECT. ANGIE. AND SO, UH, MISSOURI CITY GREEN IS OUR KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE. UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE OTHER CITIES DO IS THEY PARTNER WITH THEIR KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE IT'S. UM, SO IT WASN'T REALLY A DECISION. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF, KIND OF KIND OF STANDARD PRACTICE, UM, BECAUSE THEY ONLY SERVE MISSOURI CITY AND THEY ARE OUR ONLY KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. ARE THEY THE ONLY ONES? ALL RIGHT. SECONDLY, UM, HOW MUCH HAS OUR BUDGET, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT WITH THIS GROUP IN THE PAST? PRETTY MUCH SUPPORT THAT WE NEED $18,000. DO YOU HAVE ANY, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS THE CITY PUT IN OR HOW MUCH DO THEY SPEND? BECAUSE ANDY CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH THEY SPEND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. OH, THE CITY WE'VE, UM, WE'VE SUPPORTED. IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR. UM, SOME YEARS WE'LL SUPPORT A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE EVENT, UH, WHILE THEY'RE RAISING MONEY FOR OTHER EVENTS. AND, UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO, TO HELP FUND ALL OF THEIR EVENTS. OKAY. CAN YOU PROVIDE, I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S OVER THE YEARS, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH YOU'RE. CAN YOU PROVIDE, UM, A SPREADSHEET TO GO BACK AT LEAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW MUCH WE SPENT JUST TO SEE IF THIS WAS SUFFICE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT ENOUGH OR WE, WE, WE DON'T SPEND, WE DON'T SPEND NEARLY THIS MUCH WHAT THE CITY SPENDS IS PROBABLY LESS THAN 5,000 A YEAR, UM, OR, OR THESE THINGS. AND THEN THEY RAISE FUNDS. I UNDERSTAND. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS GO BACK SIX YEARS, FIVE TO SIX YEARS. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, I READ IN THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT IT WILL BE AN ANNUAL, UM, REVIEW OF THE FUNDING THAT'S SPENT. WHO'S GOING TO REVIEW THAT. IS IT THE PARKS BOARD? IS IT YOU, YOUR TEAM? YEAH. BE MYSELF AND THE, UM, WHOEVER THE PRESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY GREEN. WELL, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO DO AN ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SHOW ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. UM, I THINK THEY'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. UM, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT PART OF, PART OF IT, THE ANNUAL PROCESS YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT SPREADSHEET TO ME AS WELL AS, UM, THIS REPORT IN THE PROCESS ON THE HANGOUT FOR THIS PANEL HAS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU, JASON CUSTOMER AND BONY, UH, ON 18,000 PER YEAR, UH, WITH THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, IS THIS I'M GOING TO BE KEPT WITH, UH, UH, IS GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL RENEWAL, OR ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL EVERY YEAR? UH, WE TALKING ABOUT 18,000 PER YEAR. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ONGOING? IS IT ABOUT FIVE YEARS THEN WE CAN, WE CAN CANCEL IT AT ANY AFTER A YEAR. SO W WE BE COMMITTED FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN THE OTHER THING, UM, THIS FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT THE CITY SOLID WASTE PUBLIC [00:10:01] EDUCATION OUTREACH ACCOUNT. SO, UM, HOW MUCH IS IN THAT ACCOUNT AND, UH, WHAT ACTUALLY DO WE SPEND MONEY ON, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S STILL MANAGE THAT ACCOUNT. AND WE, THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS. UM, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU SOME ROUND NUMBERS. I THINK LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED $30,000 INTO THAT ACCOUNT. UM, AND I, AND I DON'T THINK WE SPENT VERY MUCH AT ALL. UM, I THINK THAT'S KINDA BEEN THE MO IS WE RECEIVED MONEY, BUT HAVEN'T SPENT MUCH OF IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GREAT USE OF THIS MONEY. FOLLOW THE PATTERN AFTER WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES, WHERE DO WE GET THESE FUNDS FROM WASTE CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT GFL. OKAY. AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAVE WE SPENT IT ON IN THE PAST? UM, WE'VE SUPPORTED THE, LIKE THE, UH, RECYCLING EVENT WITH MISSOURI CITY GRAIN. UM, WE'VE HELPED SUPPORT, UH, EDIBLE EARTH FEST, UH, IN THE PAST, BUT AGAIN, NOT, NOT VERY MUCH. UM, IT, IT, IT KINDA JUST SITS THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR EXISTING CONTRACT WITH, UH, GFL WCA NOW, GFL, THERE IS A DOLLAR NINE PER HOUSEHOLD THAT IS, UH, UH, SPENT OR SENT TO US FROM, UH, GFL FOR, UH, ANNUALLY. YOU'LL COME IN JANUARY. THEY GIVE US A DOLLAR NON PER HOUSEHOLD, AND WE GIVE THEM THE ACCOUNTING AND GO THROUGH AND THAT'S IT, THERE ARE NO STRINGS ATTACHED AS FAR AS HOW IT CAN BE USED, BUT THE IDEA WAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE RECYCLING AND EARTH-FRIENDLY TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, EDUCATION, AND THE LIKE, SO THAT THEY TOO ARE, UH, PROPONENTS OF, UH, WITH SOLID WASTE. SO IN RE AND ENCOURAGING RECYCLING IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE MADE, UM, WHEN WE FIRST KICKED OFF RECYCLING AND MISSOURI CITY CITYWIDE, WE, UH, HAD PUT OUT A LOT OF ADVERTISING. WE HAD MADE, HAD MADE SOME, UM, UH, MAGNETS THAT WERE GIVEN TO ALL OF RESIDENTS AND ARE PASSED OUT CURRENTLY. AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS WE'VE GOT, AS JASON MENTIONED, THE RECYCLING PROGRAMS THAT WE DO, AND, UH, THINGS THAT ARE, ARE FRIENDLY ON THE RESOURCES THAT WE RECEIVE ARE THE RESOURCES GOING TO BE AT, OR ABOVE 18,000 ANNUALLY FROM GFS. SO, YES, AND HERE'S THE THING. WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR ON OUR EXISTING CONTRACT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE AS PART OF OUR, WHEN WE GO OUT FOR BID OR WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO THIS COMING YEAR FOR 2023 WOULD BE THE FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW CONTRACT. UH, WE CAN HAVE THAT TERM IN THERE, AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL, UH, THAT YOU SEE CITIES DOING THAT. AND THE AGREEMENT WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN, SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT'S CONTINGENT ON THE FUNDING THAT WE GET FOR THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TOWARDS. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT, RIGHT. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS, SINCE WE SAY WE HAVEN'T USED ALL THE RESOURCES IN THE PAST, HOW THE RESOURCES CARRIED OVER. SO WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT BALANCE, OR I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE HOW MUCH THERE IS, BUT IT DOES CARRY OVER AND ITS OWN FUND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANK YOU. UM, SO WHEN YOU DO PUT THAT LAST W WHATEVER WE SPEND, MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT IT IN THE DROPBOX, SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT US TO SAY THAT ANGIE AND THAT WHOLE TEAM, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB CONTINUE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, AND I KNOW YOUR BOOTH WAS HERE EVEN ON THIS SATURDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, THE AGREEMENT, IS IT GOING TO BE LOCATION SPECIFIC OR ARE WE GOING TO BE SO, UH, CITY GREEN THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE, UH, PARKING LOT, UH, IN PD OR IN ANY OTHER? OKAY, WAIT, WE, WE WORK IN TANDEM WITH THEM ON ALL THESE EVENTS AND IT'S IT STATES THERE THAT, AND THEN, SO IF WE, IF WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE EVENTS SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD COORDINATE THAT. SO THAT'D BE, THERE'LL BE, THEY'LL GO TO BEING A CO-BRANDED EVENT. SO IT WON'T BE JUST A MISSOURI STATE OF GREEN, AND IT'LL BE MISSOURI CITY, GREEN AND CITY OF MISSOURI, BUT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER. AND THEN, RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER ALL THOSE IN, UH, IN FOR THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY, NO, ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO [2.(b) Consider and discuss an interlocal agreement for the use and maintenance of 1o - 26 mountain biking trail systems.] ITEM NUMBER TWO, BE CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AND INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM, JASON MANGUM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS. AND YEAH. SO THE SECOND AGREEMENT THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD BEFORE YOU TODAY IS WITH THE FORT BEND MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION. UH, IT'S, IT'S AN AGREEMENT TO [00:15:01] ALLOW THEM TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRAILS ON SOME OF OUR UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND. UM, DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWERPOINT BY CHANCE? UM, THE, UH, THE PORTLAND MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION IS A NONPROFIT, UH, OF LOCAL, UH, MOUNTAIN BIKERS WHO ARE, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN IMPROVING BUILDING AND MAINTAINING TRAILS IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, UM, RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AN AGREEMENT. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT TOGETHER THAT BASICALLY ALLOWS THEM, GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRAILS ON SOME UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND, SPECIFICALLY 80 ACRES OF LAND THAT WAS DEEDED TO US FROM RIVERSTONE, PARKLAND, DEDICATION. UM, IT WAS DICTATED TO THE CITY IN 2020. IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE CITY PRIOR, BUT WE, UM, TOOK THE DEED IN 2020. UM, THERE'S 80 ACRES RIGHT THERE AT THOMPSON FERRY AND LJ PARKWAY. JUST IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PUMP STATION THAT THEY'RE DOING THE WORK ON RIGHT THERE TO JUST IT'S THE PROPERTY, JUST SOUTH OF THAT. UM, AND THIS WOULD GIVE THE, UM, THEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THESE TRAILS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING IN SUGARLAND AND ANOTHER AREAS AND THAT WHILE THEY ARE MOUNTAIN BIKERS AND THEY'RE BUILDING THESE TRAILS, THAT, UH, THEY ARE, THEY'RE OPEN TO WALKERS, TO, UM, HIKERS, TO FAMILIES. UM, I HAVE BEEN OUT TO THE TRAILS IN SUGAR LAND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND I SEE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, UM, UTILIZING THESE TRAILS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF TRAILS FOR EVERYBODY. UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, IN, IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS OF RESIDENT SURVEYS, INCLUDING THE 20 15 21 MASTER PLAN SURVEYS, UH, TRAILS HAVE BEEN IN ONE OF THE TOP REQUESTED, UH, ITEMS BY RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY. UM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ADVANTAGES TO TRAILS, RECREATIONAL ADVANTAGES, FITNESS ADVANTAGES, UM, ESTIMATED EACH DOLLAR SPENT ON BUILDING, MAINTAINING AND USING TRAILS NEAR YOUR $3 WERE UTILIZED AND REDUCING HEALTHCARE COSTS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE VALUE WE'D VALUE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO TOURISM, UM, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT AND TOURISM. UM, WE, WE FOUND A STUDY FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THEY'VE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILS AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN AN, UH, AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF, UM, UM, IT SAYS, UM, CYCLING HAS PROVIDED $27 MILLION IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOURISM SPENDING. UH, AND I THINK THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT NOW WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME NATURAL RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND, AND, AND WANT TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN. UM, I DO HAVE SOME MEMBERS IF YOU'RE HERE FOR, FOR, UH, TO SUPPORT THIS, I, I HAVE, THIS IS RYAN, HE'S THE, UH, UM, PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION. RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A MOUNTAIN BIKER HERE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HERE, UM, WHO HEARD ABOUT THIS AND WANTING TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT, UH, BY BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, RYAN CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANNA ASK ANY QUESTIONS TO ANY OF THE CYCLISTS THAT ARE HERE, THAT THE WRITERS THAT ARE HERE, I'M SURE THEY'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION? SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM. MORALISTS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER SARAH DISCUSSION, NO MAYOR, OTHER THAN JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORT RYAN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR WANTING TO, UH, MAKE OUR CITY BETTER. AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS, UH, UH, HOW WILL WE, UH, ENSURE THAT, UH, WE DON'T FIND, UH, MOTORIZED UNITS USING THOSE TRAILS? UM, WELL, TH THEY WON'T BE BUILT FOR, UH, MOTORIZED UNITS. UH, IF, IF, IF YOU VISIT THE ONES IN SUGARLAND, THEY'RE MUCH NARROW, IT'S CALLED SINGLE TRACK SO MUCH NARROWER. UM, TREES ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE TIGHTER. UM, SO, UM, I I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY, ANY KIND OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES. DO WE HAVE ANY KINDS OF PROBLEMS LIKE THAT ON THAT THAT HAPPENED, RYAN, ONCE IN A WHILE, AND THE BIKERS ARE, OR GET ANGRY ABOUT IT AND TELL THE GUYS TO GO AWAY SO WE CAN POST IT. OF COURSE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SECOND QUESTION IS THAT WE TALK ABOUT BIKING AND, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY USE IT AS A TRAIL WALKING TRAIL. DO WE HAVE ANY SAFETY ISSUES THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT COULD BE USED AS DUAL PURPOSE? YEAH. AND FOR MEN, MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION HAS REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING THE WORD OUT THERE THAT IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RIDER FOR THE WALKER SAFETY. [00:20:01] SO, UH, THAT THEY, THAT THEY CALL OUT, UM, WRITER. UM, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THE WALKERS DON'T, DON'T HEAR THE WRITERS COMING UP, SO THEY CALL OUT, UM, UH, I, I HAVE SEEN WALKERS GET STARTLED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMEONE'S YELLING WRITER. UM, SO, UM, THEY THEY'RE REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR PARTNER AND THAT, THAT ARE FOR USE FOR EVERYBODY. AND, UM, THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF, OF THE OTHER USERS. SO, UM, YEAH, W WE WOULD HAVE SOME, SOME RULES THAT WOULD BE POSTED, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WANT HELMETS TO BE USED AND, AND, AND SAFETY AND PRECAUTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE ANY, ANY FEATURE THAT THEY BUILT. SO ANY KIND OF, UM, UM, MOUNTAIN-BIKING FEATURE OR JUMP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD A, A RIGHT AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, A SAFER ROUTE OR A ROUTE FOR, FOR WALKERS. YEAH. THAT'S REALLY, I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION IS WHAT STANDARDS ARE THEY BUILDING? WILL THEY BUILD A TRAIL, UH, THAT, UH, YEAH, SO THEY FOLLOW IT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN. YEAH. SO THEY FOLLOW THE STANDARDS OF INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION AND RYAN, IF YOU WANT TO TALK, I MEAN, I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING, ALL RIGHT, CHAPTER ON THE BIKE ASSOCIATION HAS A BOOK, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A BOOK WITH STANDARDS, OR THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TRAIL. GREEN WOULD BE BLUE IS SOMEWHAT MORE DIFFICULT AND BLACK, DOUBLE BLACK. IT'S LIKE, LIKE, SEE I, AS WE GO. UH, SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND THAT IS BASED ON SAYING ANY KIND OF JAIL FEATURE. LIKE IF YOU HAVE A SERIES OF ROCKS IN A ROW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE JUST HAVE A GO AROUND SO THAT ANYBODY CAN DECIDE AROUND IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS AND WRITERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST, UH, IN THE, UH, THE BIKING AND THEY, AND THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO, UM, UH, ADHERE TO THOSE STANDARDS. UM, THAT'S WHERE THEY GET THEIR INSURANCE THROUGH. SO IF IT WORKS OUT, SO ALONG THE LINES OF SAFETY, UM, IS THAT PATH GOING TO BE LIGHTED? UM, IS THERE, NO, THIS IS, THIS IS, I MEAN, THINK ABOUT, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING, UM, THE WILDERNESS KIND OF INTO OUR SUBURBAN AREA. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BEING HIKING IN THE WOODS, OUT IN THE NATIONAL FOREST, UH, THIS IS A DIRT PATH, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'LL BE ROOTS, THERE'LL BE ROCKS, THERE'LL BE SNAKES. THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, UM, UM, SO THERE, THERE IS THOSE INHERENT RISKS THAT'LL COME FROM FROM THESE TRAILS. UM, AND, AND WE WON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF, UH, LIGHTING ON THE TRAILS. IT WOULD BE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A DAWN TO DUSK TYPE OF TYPE OF OPERATION. IF WE, IF WE CAME IN, IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL AND WE WANTED TO COME IN AND BUILD A BIKE PARK, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A SKATE PARK, BUT FOR BIKES. SO A JUMP PARK, UM, THERE'S A VERY POPULAR ONE UP IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CALLED THE RAIL YARD THAT WE HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT AROUND HERE. THEY DRIVE UP TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO, TO RIDE THIS PARK. WELL, IF WE BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UM, WE'D GET THE PEOPLE TO COME TO MISSOURI CITY INSTEAD, AND THEN WE WOULD, IT WOULD, IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OPERATION WITH LIGHTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BUT FOR THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, IT WOULD JUST BE TRAILS THROUGH THE, UM, I HAVE TWO PART QUESTION, WHERE WOULD THIS PART BE LOCATED? AND ARE THERE ANY PARKS OR TRAILS AND FONDREN PARKS AND ON MEADOWS COLONY CROSSING THAT WILL BENEFIT IS SO MANY TIMES AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND I CAN ATTEST TO MY COLLEAGUES WELL, AND OUR LEADERS THAT WE'VE HEARD DISTRICT A SPEAK ABOUT NEEDING SOME TYPE OF PARTS HERE WE ARE, AGAIN, HAVING, UM, A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT WON'T BENEFIT THAT SIDE. UM, JUST KIND OF CONCERNS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE ME SOME INFORMATION ON THOSE QUESTIONS. SO, SO, UM, WHEN WE HAVE OUR LEVELS OF SERVICE, UM, WE HAVE LOCAL PARKS, WHICH ARE 10 MINUTE WALK TYPE PARKS ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR REGIONAL PARKS, WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE DRIVE TO. UM, SO THIS, THIS, THIS PARK WOULD BE A REGIONAL PARK AND IT WOULD DRAW PEOPLE TO DRIVE TO. SO IT WOULD BE DRIVING FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, PROBABLY ALSO CAROLYN AND SUGARLAND AND SIENNA. AND WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE A DRAW FOR PEOPLE. SO, UM, THIS WOULDN'T BE A PARK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL AREAS. THOSE ARE MORE OF OUR POCKET PARKS OR OUR COMMUNITY PARKS. UM, THIS, THIS, THIS IS A REGIONAL PARK AND THIS IS LAND THAT WE HAVE. IT'S 80 ACRES. WE DON'T HAVE, UH, 80 ACRES, UM, WOODED, UM, ANYWHERE ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO WE BUILD SOMETHING, THAT'LL BRING PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CARS AND DRIVE HERE, UM, TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE TRAILS. SO IT WOULDN'T BE SERVING THEM. UH, IT JUST WOULDN'T BE LOCATED IN THAT SPECIFIC, UH, UM, DISTRICT EXACTLY WHERE, WHAT THE PART [00:25:01] B, SO IT'S ON THE LAND IS ON, UH, LJ PARKWAY AND ON THOMPSON FARRIERS, THE INTERSECTION LJ PARKWAY AND THOMPSON FERRY, IT'S A, IT WAS A RIVERSTONE PARKLAND DEDICATION. SO IT WAS PART OF WHEN THEY BUILT RIVERSTONE, THIS WAS THE LAND THAT THEY DEDICATED TO THE CITY, UH, AS, AS THAT DEVELOPMENT AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, AND THE FUTURE PLANNING OR FUTURE PARTS, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO CONSIDER PROVIDING SOME OF RESOURCES TO DISTRICT A, I JUST THINK IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN VARIOUS PARTS AND THEY CONTINUE TO ASK FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF THINGS AND WE CONTINUE TO IGNORE THEM. AND I WOULD SAY THAT YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THAT IGNORE IS THE PROPER WORD, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP ASKING FOR THE SAME STUFF IN OTHER PARTS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN, YEAH, I KNOW. AND NOBODY WANTS TO FEEL IGNORED FOR SURE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT I WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS WHEN WE BRING THE, UM, THE MASTER PLAN, UM, TO, TO COUNCIL, TO, TO, TO REVIEW, UM, BECAUSE THAT HAS COME UP. UM, WE, WE LISTENED AND WE'VE, WE'VE INCLUDED SOME, SOME THINGS IN OUR MASTER PLAN THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO JASON, THIS IS PART OF THE RIVERSTONE THAT LAND, DEDICATION THAT THEY DID. RIGHT? SO THIS, THIS IS, THAT'S ALL THE PLACE WHERE WE COULD PUT THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN PUT IT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY CUSTOMER MAY APPROACH A MEROLA'S SECOND BY CUSTOMER CLOUSER. IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION, JUST TO COMMENT TO YOU GUYS DOING A GREAT JOB, JUST KEEP THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN EAT, EAT, AND SHOP LOCAL IN MISSOURI CITY, RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [2.(c) Discuss the selection and criteria of board and committee members.] ITEM TWO C DISCUSS THE SELECTION AND CRITERIA OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY VICKY INTERIM CITY SECRETARY AT THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO CONSIDER BOARD MEMBER OINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO TEXT INCREMENT ZONES. ONE, TWO AND THREE COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY REQUESTED THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO REACH OUT TO EXISTING TORRES MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2021 TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MAYOR PRO TEM, A RULE IS REQUESTED FOR THE CHAIRS TO BE ASKED IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ROTATE THE POSITION. COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY ASKED STAFF TO REACH OUT TO EACH CHAIRMAN AND ASKED IF THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH EXPIRING TERMS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE CHAIRS OF TERS ONE AND TWO AND THREE WERE ASKED, AND IF THEY WERE WILLING TO ROTATE THE POSITION OF THE CHAIRMAN STEP DOWN AND OR HAVE SOMEONE ON THE CURRENT BOARD SERVE ALL THREE CHAIRS ANSWERED. THEY WERE WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. ALL NINE MEMBERS WITH EXPIRING TERMS RESPONDED POSITIVE TO SERVING ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM TOWARDS MEMBERS WITH TERMS EXPIRE IN DECEMBER 21 ALSO WERE POLLED AND ARE WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER TWO YEAR TONE COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY ALSO REQUESTED FOR CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE THE CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS DURING THE DECEMBER 6TH SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE CRITERIA. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION AND DIRECT STAFF. UM, I DON'T WANT OPINION. I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE ON WITH OUR SMALL INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING JUST TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FORMALITY CONSISTENCY AND PROVIDE A FAIR AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SERVE CALI CHUMMY. AND IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, NOW THAT WE KNOW A MAYOR THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SEEKING, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT WE AT, I GUESS, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING REVIEW THE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THE VARIOUS POSITIONS AND LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE NOW TO, UH, COME PREPARED AT THE NEXT, UH, DECEMBER 20TH COUNCIL MEETING TO CONSIDER, UH, INDIVIDUALS, BUT TERMS, AND I THINK THIS IS JUST FOR TOURISTS, CORRECT? THIS IS JUST FOR TIRES ONE, TWO, AND 3, 1, 2, AND THREE, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY CONFIRMED WAS IT WAS OKAY, UH, FOR SOMEONE THAT OWNED LAND IN MISSOURI CITY TO SERVE, UM, AS, AND THEY SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER ABSTAINING THIS, SOMETHING WITHIN THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY. BUT SO THANK YOU, JOYCE, FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THOSE QUESTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE CAN ACTUALLY SERVE ON THE P AND Z BOARD AND SERVE ON THE TOURS. THAT WAS [00:30:01] ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THAT'S OKAY. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD PRIOR WAS THAT, UH, THEY CANNOT SERVE ON THE TOURIST BOARD AND THEN, UH, SOLICIT BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. I THINK THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE NEVER DID GET CLUB PUT CLOSURE TO VICKI. WERE THERE OTHER CRITERIA ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT OR NO, SIR. THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS Y'ALL WERE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT TO DISCUSS WHATEVER OTHER CRITERIA YOU WANTED TO HAVE OTHER THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN EXISTENCE. AND THEN LASTLY, UH, ON APPLICANTS, UH, DO WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY APPLICANTS. ALL WE HAVE IS EVERY APPOINTMENTS. THERE'S BEEN NO APPLICANTS FOR TOURS, ONE, TWO OR THREE. SO MAYOR, WE COULD EITHER MOVE TO, UH, REAPPOINT ALL OR, UH, HAVE A SOLICITATION OF, UH, APPLICANTS AND PUT IT OUT TO SEE IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, BUT I THOUGHT THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAD MENTIONED? SO YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TO REAPPOINT THE CHAIRS. WELL, I MEAN, IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, I'D BE WILLING TO MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS, UM, OKAY. WITH EVERYONE WHO IS UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT OR WHO'S YOU SAID EVERYONE HAS AGREED. CORRECT. THANK YOU. CAN YOU READ OUT THE NAMES? YES, WE HAVE, UH, AS CHAIR OR CHAIRS ONE, UM, IT'S ON MY OTHER PIECE OF PAPER. YEAH. LET ME GET MY, THE ONE I GOT IT. THERE'S ONE WE HAVE AS THE CHAIR, UH, EUNICE, RYDER RETIRES TOO. WE HAVE FRANK HESTER RETIRES THREE. WE HAVE JOE WORKMEN. THEY WERE ALL WILLING TO ROTATE THE POSITION OF CHAIRMAN STEP DOWN OR HAVE SOMEONE ELSE SERVE ON THE CURRENT BOARD. THEY WERE ALL WILLING TO DO WHATEVER WAS BEST FOR THE BOARD. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAY WE DID REACH OUT TO OTHER APPLICANTS. WE DIDN'T GET ANY. YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE, UH, THREE TOURS, ONE BOARD BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE UP FOR RENEWAL, AND THOSE ARE, UH, ON TARS, ONE VICKY MCBRIDE, ROSLYN THOMAS AND CHERRY JONES. AND THEN FOR TOURISTS TOO, WE HAVE GLORIA LUCAS AND BUFORD ERICA. AND FOR TERM THREE, WE HAVE ROBERT HODGE AS OD JOYCE REINER AND SHARON EUREKA. AND ALL OF THOSE FIRMS EXPIRE DECEMBER 31 AND THEY ALL AGREED AND THEY HAVE ALL AGREED. THERE'S ALL YESES ACROSS THE BOARD, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION TO ANY OF THE, UH, CURRENT, UH, UH, TERRORIST MEMBERS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE, I MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT ALL. IS THAT YOUR MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, I DIDN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION. UM, I JUST WANT TO BASICALLY SAY LIKE, I DO APPRECIATE US HAVING THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO SERVE, BUT MOVING FORWARD. UM, I DO THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO SO MANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO SERVE AND DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO ALTHOUGH WE REACHED OUT, I MEAN, I DO THINK EACH TIME WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. MAY I CONCUR BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE. AND I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, WE CONTINUE TO ROTATE THE SAME PEOPLE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS WELL. VICKY. WHAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE DO TO ALERT OUR COMMUNITY. USUALLY TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR, IF NOT ONCE A QUARTER, WE INDICATIONS WE'LL PUT OUT A ESA REQUESTING FOR APPLICANTS. SO WHATEVER ALL POSITIONS AND BOARDS THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE CALL THOSE AND PULL THOSE TOGETHER AND PRESENT THEM WHEN WE DO HAVE THEM AT THAT TIME FOR REAPPOINTMENTS. I KNOW A MAYOR I HAVE PERSONALLY, UH, REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT I KNOW OF IN MY DISTRICT AND IN THE COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS, UH, MY DESIRE TO HAVE THEM BE CONSIDERED FOR SERVICE ON MANY OF THESE, UH, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. UH, AND SO I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE TO REACH OUT TO THE PEOPLE [00:35:01] THAT I CONNECT WITH AND KNOWING THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEY DO HAVE AN INTEREST. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, I KNOW HERE OF LATE COMMUNICATIONS, MUST'VE BEEN DOING A PRETTY, A YEOMAN'S JOB BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW ALERTS COMING FROM THE CITY, UH, ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR, UH, THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND VARIOUS OTHER, UM, NEWER COMMITTEES, UH, AND EXPRESSED INTEREST. SO, UM, THE WORD IS GETTING OUT, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT TAKES THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT WE TO OFFER AND EXPRESS INTEREST, BUT ALSO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US. IN MY OPINION, ALSO REACH OUT AND ENCOURAGE OUR CONSTITUENTS TO APPLY. NOT JUST RELY ON STAFF AND COMMUNICATIONS. I AGREE, BONNIE, WE JUST ATTENDED A HOA MEETING THIS WEEK. AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PROPER REPRESENTATION. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UM, USE ALL OUTLETS, ALL OUR PLATFORMS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S JUST, UH, POINT MAYBE WE COULD, UH, DELIVER SOME APPLICATIONS AND SHOW THEM HOW THEY CAN APPLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS, UH, WITH THE HOA BOARD AND TO ENCOURAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, NOW, OR EVEN AT THE NEXT HOA MEETINGS THAT WE ATTEND, UH, HOW TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A COMMUNITY, UH, HOA LIAISON THAT WORKS WITH ALL COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT FOR ONE COMMUNITY, THEN YOU GOT TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY. SO I THINK IF CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS PUTTING THESE OUT THERE AND COMMUNICATION IS PUSHING THIS OUT THROUGH OTHER OUTLETS, WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY HOA LIAISON PERSON THAT COULD BE THE CONNECTING PERSON TO, YOU KNOW, THESE HOA ELECTED OFFICIALS. THEY DO ATTEND PRETTY MUCH, I WOULD THINK ALL OF THEIR MEETINGS. SO WHENEVER THERE IS A PSA, SHE WOULD ALSO AT THAT SAME TIME, MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY. [3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] THE TIME NOW IS 6:08 PM CITY COUNCIL. NOW WE'LL GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE OF THE TEXAS OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. [4. RECONVENE] THE TIME IS 6:46 PM. CITY COUNCIL IS NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. IS THERE A MOTION I MAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, UH, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FORT BEN EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN. OKAY. SPEND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING. WAS THERE A DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. MOTION CARRIES 7 0 6 0. I THINK YOU'RE MISSING A MEMBER. I'M SORRY. 600 ZERO. SO IT'S ALWAYS ON THAT SECOND ITEM. WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY EMOTIONS. NO, SIR. DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH IT? I KNOW, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO OTHER BUSINESSES AND HEARING NO OTHER OBJECTIONS. THE TIME IS 6:48 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.