* 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. [00:00:01] CALL THE [Items 1 & 2] MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:46 PM. AND NOTICE THAT THE COUNCIL MEETING HAS BEEN, UH, HAS BEEN DULY POSTED AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S PRESENT HERE. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO TODAY WE HAVE A MISSOURI CITY BOY SCOUT TROOP, 7 31 WHO IS HERE TO SAY THE PLACE. SO WE WILL HAVE YOU COME UP, COME CLOSE TO THE FLAG AND THEN GO AHEAD AND, AND SAY THE PLEDGE. OKAY, COME ON UP, PLEASE. EVERYONE STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND THANK YOU, PLEASE GET MY WRONG. ALL RIGHT, TROUPE 7 31. WE NEED YOU BACK AGAIN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS] NUMBER FOUR ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, THE CITY SECRETARY, CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND SHARE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THE CITY. SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU. NAME IS ELEANOR EDEN'S. ADDRESS IS 1414 BLUE DIAMOND DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. ZIP CODES HAVE A 7 4 8 9 SUBDIVISION IS HUNTER'S GLEN THREE. I'M HERE ON A SPUR OF A MOMENT BECAUSE WE ARE JUST LEARNING AT A SPUR OF A MOMENT THAT THEY'RE DECIDING TO BUILD A GAS STATION IN THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE WALKED MANY DAYS, KNOCKED AT MANY DOORS ON MANY PETITIONS, BUT THE HUNTER PARK, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, GARDA GREW UP IN DAIICHI, SHOWED A KHAN KARATE VOLUNTEERED AT THE LIBRARY. UM, ALSO MS. STACY WALKER HAS BEEN A PART OF THE INSTRUMENTAL OF FEDEX GROWING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BRING IN JOBS, BUT TO PUT A GAS STATION IN THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, UNDERGROUND POTENTIAL LEAKAGE, FARMING, OUR CHILDREN POTENTIALLY BRING IN ALCOHOL. UM, THAT'S VERY NOT EVEN HEARD OF. WE'VE WORKED HARD. MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY NOW OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE, UM, TO BRING SOMETHING AT THIS POINT, WITH THAT, EVEN GIVEN US A CHOICE WHERE SAY, UM, IT'S VERY HEARTFELT. THAT THAT IS NOT RIGHT. SO I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK MUCH. I DO HAVE MUCH MORE OF A COMMUNITY, UM, ELDERLY PERSON, UM, THAT WILL REPRESENT AND SPEAK MORE IN DEPTH OF IT. BUT I DID DECIDE TO COME OUT TODAY TO VOICE HIS OPINION. SO LET IT BE SAID, LET IT BE NOTED ON RECORD. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, INTERIM CITY, SEC CITY SECRETARY. HOW MANY MORE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE OR WHAT IS IT? FOUR. FOUR. OKAY. I THINK, UM, WELL YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR COMMENT. JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I WANTED TO LET THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT AN UPCOMING MEETING. GO AHEAD. GOOD. DO YOU MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IF YOU ARE HERE IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED GAS STATION AT THE 1300 BLOCK OF GRAND PARK THAT SITS IN DISTRICT A, WE DO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY THE 25TH, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY AT 6:00 PM. IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO IF YOU ARE HERE TO, UH, VOICE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR CONCERNS FOR THAT, UH, THAT WILL BE THE DAY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION. THAT WAY YOU CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE DEVELOPERS, UM, THAT PARTICULAR DAY, I'M NOT GOING TO DETERIOR YOU FORM SPANKING FROM, UH, [00:05:01] FROM SPEAKING TONIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STILL DO SO, BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PRESERVE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENERGY AND COMMENTS, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE NIGHT TO DO IT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE DIRECT IMPACT INTO THE EARS OF THE DEVELOPERS. AGAIN, AS TUESDAY, THIS COMING UP TUESDAY NEXT WEEK, JANUARY 25TH AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THIS ROOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHO'S NEXT? THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, SIR. SHE WAS JUST BASICALLY SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE A MEETING. OKAY. WELL, MY NAME IS CURTIS LONDON BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS AND I'M AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WISH TO THANK THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY. ALL CONCERNS, THE OTHER SERVICE STATION AND A CONVENIENCE STORE ON GRAND HAWK AND INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD. WE RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY, THE WHATEVER HE PLEASES, BUT WE AS COMMUNITY, WE WISH TO DISPLAY AND CONVEY OUR, THIS FLEET AND THIS APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES. NOW THE POTENTIAL WILL SAY ALL OF ALCOHOL, SYNTHETIC DROVES WILL INCREASE SUCH AS ROBBER AUDRICA NOW. AND ALSO IT'S TOO COSTLY. THIS PROJECT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL THREAT AND DANGER WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE DO NOT NEED A SERVICE STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO NOT SEE THE NEED FOR ANOTHER GAS STATION. THERE ARE TWO SERVICE STATIONS AND CONVENIENCE STORES, A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE PROPOSED SITE. WE THINK THAT THIS PROJECT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND APPROVED BY A FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR POSSIBLE HOUSES. SO THE NEIGHBORS BEFORE BREAKING THIS, IF THIS PROJECT IS BUILT, NOT ONLY WILL THE COMMUNITY NOT PATRONIZE THIS BUSINESS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BARK OUT AND THIS COURAGE AND IN SUPPORT OF THIS WINDOW WITH ALL LEGAL NAMES, BECAUSE THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND A PARK AREA FOR KIDS IT'S PROJECT. DO YOU ADVERTISE IT? THE SAFETY AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE DO NOT WANT THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF ONE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S CITY COUNCIL OR ENTERTAINING THESE COMMENTS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE INFLUENCED BY THE COMMUNITY, BY THE ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THEM. IF ALL THEY SEE YOUR FAST FOOD PLACES, MAIL SHOPS, AND GAS STATIONS, WHAT DOES THAT TELL THEM ABOUT THEIR WORTH IN THE EYES OF THEIR COMMUNITY? IN THE EYES OF THOSE? THEY ELECT TO SERVE THEM MANY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE, WHEN, UM, ATTENDING CAMPAIGN, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE CAMPAIGNING, I HEAR THEM SAY HOW DISAPPOINTED THEY ARE WITH THE TURNOUT OR PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY. IF ALL WE SEE AROUND US IS KIND OF PRESS COMMERCIALISM. WHAT IS THERE TO INSPIRE US TO COME FORWARD AND TO PARTICIPATE? IF OUR VOICES ARE NOT HEARD, WHEN WE DO SPEAK, WHAT, WHAT IS THERE TO TELL US THAT WHAT WE SAY IS MEANINGFUL, IT'S HARD TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO BE GOOD CIVIC CITIZENS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AND THEY ARE GIVEN NO SAY THEY ARE NOT RESPECTED AND, YOU KNOW, SORRY. AND, UM, I KNOW FOR ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS OR AT ONE, ONE FAMILY, SIT DOWN RESTAURANT. IF I WANT TO TAKE MY FAMILY TO GO EAT IN A SIT DOWN PLACE, I HAVE TO GO UP THE HIGHWAY SIX. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD [00:10:01] BE BETTER SERVED. AND I THINK THE OWNER WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED. I, NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT MONEY. I'M CALLING ON THE OWNER TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HOPEFULLY HE'S HE LIVES HERE ALSO, OR SHE LIVES HERE AND CONSIDER THE WISHES OF THE RESIDENTS AND CONSIDER OUR CHILDREN. WE SAY THERE ARE FREE. LET'S GIVE THEM A FUTURE THAT THEY WILL FEEL PROUD TO CARRY FORTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, UH, MOST OF THE COMMENTS ALREADY GOING TO SAY IT ABOUT THE GAS STATION. MY NAME IS JAMILA HOLLOWAY. MY ADDRESS IS 6 3 0 FOXBORO NAME, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. UM, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, UH, I MIGHT BE OUT OF REPRESENTABLE MY AGE RANGE, MY AGE GROUP, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE, MY COMMUNITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY AGE RANGE, JUST SAY, SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN YOUNGER WHO DON'T SUPPORT A GAS STATION BEING THERE. THEY HAVE CHILDREN. I HAVE CHILDREN. I GO TO THAT PARK ALL THE TIME. I DID SOME QUICK RESEARCH HAVING A GAS STATION. YOU KNOW, IT BRINGS POLLUTION IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOIL POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, OF COURSE HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED THAT A GAS, THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ALCOHOL LIQUOR THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE, UH, PRIME. ALSO THEY BRING PROPERTY VALUES DOWN. I KNOW WE DON'T LIKE TO HIT IT AS ALL MOTORS, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T FIND IT LIKE A WEDNESDAY. THEY SAID, UH, FROM MY, ON MY HOUSE PHONE CELL PHONE THAT I'M GETTING MORE CALLS WITH PEOPLE THAT PURCHASE MY HOUSE AND I, ARE THEY GOING TO OFFER ME WHAT'S A MARKET VALUE OR WHAT'S THE APPRAISED VALUE OF MY HOME WHEN THE GAS STATION IS THERE. IF I DO TEND TO IN IT, I DOUBT IT BECAUSE PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN AND WHEN THE GUYS THEY JUST PUT UP. SO I'M JUST HERE TO AGREE WITH THAT. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO ALREADY, I DO NOT SUPPORT A GUEST TO SEE ME IN THE AREA AND I DO ANYTHING WITHIN MY POWER TO STAND AGAINST IT. THANK YOU, PNEUMONIA. I THINK SHE'S GOING TO TALK ON 7 81. UH, DEBRA TAYLOR, ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ON 7 81 OR? OKAY, SO THESE ARE BOTH 7 81. OKAY. SO THEN SET UP FOR THE PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. MAYOR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING BEFORE YOU CLOSE? UM, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE HEARING YOU, WE ARE CONCERNED, AND THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED GAS STATION. AND THAT'S WHEN, ONE OF THE REASONS I AM, UH, GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE GREAT STAFF AND WE WORK TO SET UP THIS MEETING SO THAT THE DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES WOULD HEAR YOUR VOICES. THIS NORMALLY DOES NOT HAPPEN. SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPERS AND THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WENT TO COME TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, UM, IN A RESPECTABLE AND AMICABLE WAY SO THAT WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME QUALITY OF LIFE. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. UM, AS YOUR DISTRICT, A COUNCIL MEMBER, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. PLEASE COME OUT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS GOOD DIALOGUE TO HAVE WITH THESE DEVELOPERS AND ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS ON JANUARY 25TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS OR NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA. [6. CONSENT AGENDA] ITEM NUMBER SIX IS CONSENT AGENDA SIX, A CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THESE SPECIAL AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 3RD, 2022. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE? SPEND A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO-TEM LONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE. YEAH. UM, AS I REVIEWED THE MINUTES, UH, THERE WAS ONE CORRECTION. IT WAS STATED THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARULA IS, WAS STILL LISTED AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM VERSUS A COUNCIL MEMBER. BONI IS THE MAYOR PRO TEM. IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED IN THOSE MINUTES. YEAH. SO THERE'S AN EMOTION BY MAYOR. PRO-TEM MONI SECOND BY CONSUMER [00:15:01] CLOUSER. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM [7 (a) (1) Public hearing to receive comments for or against rezoning a 6.69-acre tract of land from LC-2 local retail district to CF community facilities district; amending the comprehensive plan; providing a penalty; and consider the related ordinance on the first of two readings. The subject site is located north of Court Road and the Bradford Village residential subdivision; south of the Quail Green West residential subdivision; east of Columbia Blue Drive and the Fort Bend Independent School District Glover Elementary School, and west of Texas Parkway and the Wells Fargo professional offices. Proposed presenter: Jennifer Thomas Gomez, Director of Development Services] NUMBER SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING IN RELATION RELATED ACTION, SEVEN, EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 6.69 ACRES OF LAND FROM LC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO CF COMMUNITY FACILITIES. DISTRICT DEPICTING SAID TRACKS OF LAND EFFECTED THERE BY AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT TO MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER GOMEZ, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND THE SUBJECT OF THIS ITEM IS, UH, SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. UH, IT'S A PROPOSED PARK, UM, BY FORT BEN MUD, NUMBER 26, IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBIA BLUE AND COURT ROAD. UM, IT'S JUST UNDER SEVEN ACRE TRACT OF LAND HAS NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. IT'S CURRENTLY CARRIES A COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATION OF LC, THE MUD PURCHASE, THE PROPERTY, UH, BACKHAND 2020 WITH THE INTENTION OF, UH, PUTTING A PARKSIDE HERE TO ALLOW FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THEIR DISTRICT. UM, IN ADDITION, THE MUD IS LOOKING AT THIS SITE TO, UH, PUT UP A POTENTIAL WATER PLANT OR A WATER TOWER SITE IN THE FUTURE. THE WATER TOWER SITE IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF THE ZONING THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ACTION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL, UM, AT A LATER TIME. UM, BUT WHAT THIS ACTION WOULD DO IS TO REZONE, UH, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM ITS CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION OF LC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICTS, UH, TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES, UH, TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PART, A, THIS IS A MUD, UM, A PARK SITE. THIS IS NOT A CITY PARK. UH, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE. SO INCLUDED IN YOUR BACKGROUND MATERIALS, OUR PROGRAMMING, UH, CONCEPTUAL PROGRAMMING THAT THE MUD HAS PROVIDED, UM, FOR THE PARK. THANK YOU. IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REZONING? SO A SECOND MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S AN EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONI SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THIS IS, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED A CITIZENS' PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE, TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, I SAID A SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, MY NAME IS DEBORAH TAYLOR. I STAYED AT 1803 GREEN WEST IN THE QUELL GREEN WEST SUBDIVISION. AND MY CONCERN WAS THE PARK IS DIRECTLY BEHIND MY BACK. ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. I FEEL SAFE AND SECURE IN MY NAME, BUT WITH A PARK, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, BUT WITH THE PARK I WAS AFRAID OF WHAT IT MIGHT ATTRACT. MY CONCERNS ARE THEY SPOKE ABOUT A FENCE BEING PUT UP A BRICK WALL. THAT'S FINE PROVIDED THAT IT'S UP HIGH ENOUGH. I HAVE A DECK IN MY BACKYARD. SO WHEN I STAND ON MY DECK, WHILE EVERYBODY IN THE PARK BE LOOKING AT ME. SO IF IT COMES UP HIGH ENOUGH WHERE I CAN HAVE PRIVACY AND THEN THERE'S SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL, I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE A KID FRIENDLY PARK, BUT WHEN YOU START PUTTING BASKETBALL GOALS AND IT ATTRACTS OLDER KIDS, YOUNG ADULTS, INDIVIDUALS IN PARK CARS, CITY, DOPPLERS INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS. A PARK IS FINE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY PUT A WALKING TRAIL. CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE SENIORS AND WE LIKE WALKING AND THAT WOULD BE A NICE ATTRACTION OR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE [00:20:01] A PARK WHERE WE CAN WALK. BUT ALSO SOME OF US HAVE GRANDKIDS AND WE'RE ABLE TO BRING OUR GRANDKIDS, FEEL SAFE, BRINGING OUR GRANDKIDS OVER TO THIS PARK. SO IF YOU HAVE TO APPROVE A PARK FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE KEEP IT KID FOR HIM. BUT WHEN YOU START PUTTING THE AMENITIES, AS FAR AS THAT ATTRACT OLDER ADULTS, TO ME, THAT'S WHEN TROUBLE COMES. I, UH, COMMAND, IS THERE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT? WELL, THE WORK THAT THEY DO AS FAR AS THE TURN DRUGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN. SO IF, UH, I CAN SAY ANYTHING AS FAR AS KEEPING IT KID FRIENDLY, I WOULD APPRECIATE. AND I'LL TALLER FENCE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE THAT EVENING MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS LAVANYA BELTON. MY ADDRESS IS 2 3, 3 1 12 PLACE DRIVE AND IS CLUB QUEEN WITH SUBDIVISIONS AND THE LADY WHO JUST SPOKE IS MY NEIGHBOR. SO, UM, SHE LIVES EXACTLY BEHIND WHERE THE POCKET'S GOING TO BE OR IN FRONT AND I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CURVE. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M SO, SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A PARK BUILT. MY SON IS 32 AND HE WENT TO AGRI GLOVER AND I WAS SO FEARFUL WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY TO HAVE TO WALK JUST DOWN THE STREET AROUND THE CORNER TO GET TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I'M A MOM, BUT WHEN HE DID IT, IT WAS, I COULD LOOK OUT MY WINDOW AND SEE HIM. AND NOW I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WHO WILL BE FIVE WHEN SHE COMES TO VISIT HER AND I COULD WALK AROUND THE CORNER TO THE PARK. AND AT SOME POINT HE COULD WALK TO THE PARK AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS IDEA. I DON'T HAVE TO GET IN THE CAR. SHE COULD RIDE HER LITTLE BICYCLE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A WELCOME PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WHICH BRINGS ME JUST AS MUCH JOY IS THAT MY LONG TIME FRIEND, THE LOWEST MOORE WHO WAS A MEMBER OF MUD FOR OVER 25 YEARS, UM, SHE PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS MY SON'S GODMOTHER. AND WHAT BEEN MUD IS GOING TO NAME A PORTION OF THE PATH AFTER HER. THIS BRINGS ME TO, I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL MY GRANDDAUGHTER. THIS PARK IS NAMED AFTER YOUR FATHER'S GODMOTHER. SO I'M THRILLED. I'M EXCITED. AND I THINK, AND THE FACT THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT, UM, THE FIRE STATION IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE. IT'S WALKABLE AND I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY. THAT WAS COOL. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IT'S AN EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. IS THERE A MO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ON THE FIRST READING? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. MOTION BY MAYOR. PRO-TEM BONING. SECOND BY, WAS IT EMORY? EMORY? WAS THAT YOUR TIE? WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU THIS TIME. A CONSTANT NUMBER EMORY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT AND GET JENNIFER TO COME BACK UP HERE, PLEASE. SO AS TO THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE THAT ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENT TALKED ABOUT, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WAS PROPOSED HERE OR WHAT, WHAT WAS THE HEIGHT THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE? THE PLANTS ARE SHOWING A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE. I BELIEVE THE MUD IS DOING THAT TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE PRIVACY FENCES ON THE BACKSIDE, WHICH ARE ABOUT SIX FEET. TYPICALLY THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU HAVE ADJACENT USES IS EIGHT FEET TALL. UM, AND SO ORDINANCE WISE, IT WOULDN'T GO BEYOND, UH, EIGHT FEET. [00:25:01] OKAY. SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S SIX FEET, BUT CITY'S ORDINANCE IS SAYING EIGHT FEET. SO WHICH ONE IS IT? THEY'RE SHOWING ON THE PLANS SHOW SIX FEET. OKAY. AND SO KEEP IN MIND. SO THE ZONING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS NOT LOCKING IN THE SITE PLAN OR THE DETAILS THAT THEY'RE SHOWING ON THE PLAN. SO IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP THE PARK AND PLACE THE FENCE, THEN IT WOULD MEET CITY STANDARDS HAS, OKAY. SO THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT FROM THE CONSTITUENT, I SPOKE HERE ON THIS ITEM THAT THEY LIKE TO SEE IT'D BE HIGHER. SO THIS WAY THAT IS NOT. SO IS THERE ANY TEETH, CAN WE PUT IN AT THIS POINT OR NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE, BUT AS, AS THEY COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT IN TRYING TO DO THIS, SO THIS WAY THEY'LL HAVE EIGHT FEET. SO THERE, THERE THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY. SO, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS FOR A FUTURE WATER TOWER SITE THAT WILL REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UM, TO BE APPROVED ON THAT, THROUGH THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, THEN WE CAN INCREASE OR CONSIDER INCREASING THE HEIGHT. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, JENNIFER. OKAY. THE WATER TUBER MAY COME OR NOT COME AT THIS POINT WHEN THIS PARK IS, IS BEING PUT UP. SO ONE MORE QUESTION WAS SIMPLE. CAN YOU GO BACK ONCE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY IS FOR NOT FOR THE FENCE, BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK IN, CAN YOU TALK TO THE MUD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT EIGHT FOOT NOT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING THE SUP AFTER FOR THE WATERTOWER I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR THE PARK. YES. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO THE MUD BOARD. UM, SO CITY ORDINANCE, THEY CAN GO UP TO EIGHT FEET. THEY CAN'T GO TALLER THAN EIGHT FEET UNDER CURRENT CITY. UNDERSTOOD. BUT I LIKE TO SEE THE EIGHT FOOT AT LEAST IS BETTER THAN A SIX FOOT AS IF THIS WAS IN BACK OF MY HOME. I WOULD LIKE SIX FOOT IS NOT ENOUGH OR EIGHT FOOT, IF NOT, THE BALL WILL COME OVER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS, UH, PART COME TO FRUITION. UM, BACK IN 2018, UM, CHARLES BENTON, WHO WAS HOA PRESIDENT OF BRADFORD VILLAGE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LACK OF PARKS IN THE AREA AND THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER OF BRADFORD VILLAGE AND PEBBLEBROOK CONTRIBUTED TO THE PARK ZONE INSTEAD OF BUILDING A PARK. AND SO, UM, THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HAVING STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY CAN WORK WITH AND THAT HE SITS ON THE MUD 26 BOARD, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR TEXAS PARKWAY MEMBERS, UM, UH, CARTWRIGHT MEMBERS, FRED WALKER, AND SEVERAL OTHERS. AND SO DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD ABOUT THEM POTENTIALLY ACQUIRING THIS LAND AND BUILDING APART, WHICH THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH. AND RIGHT BEFORE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, JENNIFER, MYSELF, UH, TW AND JASON MANGUM, UH, STAFF, WE VISITED WITH THE MUD, UH, MUD 26 AND KIND OF WORKED THROUGH HOW THEY CAN MAKE THIS A TOP-NOTCH PARK. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I KNOW THAT THE, THE CONSTITUENT MENTIONED THE BASKETBALL COURT. I THINK THEY REMOVED THAT FROM THE PLANS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE THE BALL FIELDS, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE SITE PLAN. SO THEY'RE SHOWING MORE, UM, UH, BASEBALL FIELD, UM, RATHER THAN A BASKETBALL, RIGHT? SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THIS IN BROKEN IN THE PHASES, THREE PHASES. AND ONE OF THOSE PHASES, INCLUDING INCLUDES PUTTING A SPLASH PAD THERE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARK AND IN LISTENING TO MS. BARTON, TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD OVER AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S AWESOME. THAT SAYS MY POINT ABOUT JENNIFER. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S AN EIGHT FOOT OVER AS A HOME RUN. NOT SIX FOOT. YES, SIR. NO PLAYING BASEBALL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAY APPROACH. PRO-TEM MORNING. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE ARE POSTED THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. [8 (a) Consider appointing members to the Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC). Proposed presenter: Shashi Kumar, Director of Public Works and City Engineer] ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OR APPOINTMENTS A DAY. CONSIDER APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHASHA KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WHAT YOU HAVEN'T IN FRONT OF YOU IS NOMINATING A MEMBER TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AS YOU BE AWARE, AJC SERVES AS THE REGIONAL PLANNING AUTHORITY FOR THE REGION. WE GET TO MAKE TWO NOMINATIONS EVERY YEAR. THE FIRST NOMINATION, WHICH IS EIGHT, EIGHT IS NOMINATING THE MEMBERS TO THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE AMONG OTHER THINGS PROVIDES OR COORDINATES THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION [00:30:01] PLAN OR RECOMMENDING TODD WHO WERE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AS THE PRIMARY NOMINEE. AND I WILL SERVE AS THE, UH, THE ALTERNATE ON BACK, UH, WITH THAT I RECOMMEND, UH, THAT WE NOMINATE THESE MEMBERS TO THE TAC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S BEEN A RECOMMENDATION BY, UM, SHASHI TO NOT TO REAPPOINT TODD WHO WAS CORRECT. AND YOU WOULD SERVE AS THE ALTERNATIVE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT FOR YES, SIR. AND YOU AS THE ULTIMATE SECOND WAS THAT SECOND. SO THOSE WERE THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY CUSTOMER MEMORIALS. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES 7 0 8 [8 (b) Consider appointing members to the Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Transportation Policy Council (TPC). Proposed presenter: Shashi Kumar, Director of Public Works and City Engineer] CONSIDER APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA, COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION POLICY, COUNCIL SHASHI AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS RELATED TO THE FIRST ITEM THAT I JUST DISCUSSED. THIS IS NOMINATION TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL. AGAIN, THIS MAKES POLICY DECISION AND IT'S A VOTING MEMBER ON THE AJC BOARD. AND AGAIN, IT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE, UH, AGC, UH, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH MAY HAVE PORTEND. BONNIE IS ONE OF OUR, UH, ELECTED OR NOMINATED MEMBERS. AGAIN, I WOULD SERVE AS THE PRIMARY ON THE TPC AND TODD WILL PART WHO WILL SERVE AS THE ULTIMATE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A RENOMINATION WITH THAT. WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RENOMINATE THE SET PERSONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. MOTION. I MOVE THAT. WE NOMINATE SASHA KUMAR AND TIRES, THE ALTERNATE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REMODELS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PRESET. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER NINE. OUR AUTHORIZATIONS, THERE ARE NONE ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 10 ARE ORDINANCES. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCE ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 10. B IS THE RESOLUTION. [11 (a) Consider a resolution to apply for and accept funding from a HGAC General Victim Assistance Grant (VOCA). Proposed presenter: Tamala Burnett, Crime Victim Liasion] YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 11 DAYS OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TO SO THE MOTION BY MAY APPROACH AND BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT. WE'LL START WITH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, MONICA RILEY. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I ATTENDED SEVERAL EVENTS, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE HOLIDAYS. I SPENT TIME WITH MY FAMILY, OF COURSE, AND CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR, SPOKE WITH MANY CONSTITUENTS AND ATTENDED THE HOA MEETING FOR HUNTERS POINT OF STATES AS WELL AS HUNTERS LAND ONE AND TWO AND, UH, LAKE OLYMPIA AS WELL. AND SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY I'M ON A TOUR, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, VISITING ALL OF THE HOS AND VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND STAFF AND EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT ON DECEMBER 20TH TO CELEBRATE AND WITNESS MY SWEARING IN. I APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL FROM SUGAR LAND CITY COUNCIL FROM STAFFORD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FROM STAFFORD AND FORT BEND ISD, ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS COUNTY WISE AND EVERYWHERE. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TO SUPPORT ME. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL FOR RECEIVING ME EDWARDS. YES. THANK YOU. UM, ON THE 11TH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND OUR FIRST COFFEE WITH CITY LEADERSHIP. I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD INITIATIVE TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH CITY LEADERS AND [00:35:01] ASK ANY PARTNER QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD REGARDING THEIR COMMUNITY AND JUST BE ABLE TO SOCIALIZE WITH, UH, UM, A PRETTY CALM ON FORMALIZE, I GUESS, FORMALITY, FORMAL, UM, SETTING SOMETIMES THIS RIGHT, THIS SETTING RIGHT HERE BEHIND THE DIETS WERE NOT ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO SO. SO KUDOS TO THE STAFF, UM, FOR COORDINATING THAT. AND IT WAS, I LOOKED FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE ON THE 11TH THAT SAME DAY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE LAKE OLYMPIA ANNUAL, UM, HOA MEETING. AND WE WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS SOME INITIATIVES TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE AS FAR AS PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WELL AS UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT LIKE OLYMPIA HAS COMING UP AND, UM, ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT, THAT THEY MAY HAVE MOVING FORWARD ON YESTERDAY. IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. SO I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OR I'M WORKING DILIGENTLY TO HELP US PREPARE FOR OUR FIRST ACT OF SERVICE DAY, UM, WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING. UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THAT HIS LIFE WAS DEDICATED TO SERVICE. SO THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO HOST, UM, UH, ACT THE SERVICE DAY WAS VERY MONUMENTAL. WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS, UM, THAT RANGE OF AGE THAT WAS ABLE TO DEDICATE THEIR DAY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CORRIDOR THAT IN MY OPINION HAS NOT PRODUCED OR HASN'T BEEN PRODUCING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO, UM, IT WAS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME TO GET OUT THERE AND SERVE AND NOT JUST STAY TO TAKE PICTURES, BUT ACTUALLY STAY THE WHOLE TIME AND CLEAN UP THE CORRIDOR. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE THAT STOPPED BY OR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS, UM, INITIATIVE WE HAD, UM, THE FORT BEING FAMILY FAMILY-WISE YMCA HIGHTOWER, HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING TEAM, RAISING CANES, UM, FOR BEING IOTAS. UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HELPED THAT AS WELL. POLICE CHIEF. UM, MY BEAR'S IN CLEAN UP THE PARK WITH ME. UM, LIEUTENANT HERD C GFL PROVIDED THE TRASH BAGS AND GLOVES, AND MY DAUGHTER WORKED ALONG THE SIDE OF ME. SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR HER AND THE BOYS IN BLUE KNOWN AS THE FORT BEING SIGMAS HELP OUT. SO IT WAS A VERY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DILIGENTLY WORKED TO MAKE SURE THIS EVENT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND NOT JUST BY TAKING PICTURES, BUT BY VOLUNTEERING TO CLEAN UP AS WELL AND MULTITASKING IN THAT ASPECT. SO I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AS WELL AS STACY WAS THERE FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MAYOR MEROLA'S YES. THANK YOU MIRROR. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ENJOYED, UH, YESTERDAY HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING. THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS AROUND THE CITY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY. UH, AND WELL-DESERVED, UH, WE HAVE A NEW BUSINESS AT OPEN ON HIGHWAY SIX IN GLEN LAKE STAVES, HOT WINGS OR HOT CHICKEN. UM, ON SUNDAY THIS SUNDAY DESTINY CHURCH WILL BE OPENING UP IN THEIR NEW FACILITY THERE AT 10 92 IN CARTWRIGHT. PASTOR NICHOLS IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIS EXPANSION. HE USED TO ACTUALLY, UH, MEET AT THE HOLIDAY INN AND NOW HE HAS A STOREFRONT. SO HE AND HIS CHURCH GROUP WILL BE WORSHIPING FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY'RE AT THAT LOCATION ON JANUARY 20. THANKS CITY, WE'LL BE HOLDING A NEW YEAR CELEBRATION. UH, IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TIGER. SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN THINGS LINED OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND OTHER FAMILY TYPES OF EVENTS. SO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO JOIN US THERE. UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD'S POINT, THE COFFEE WAS THE COFFEE IN THE MORNING WAS AN OUTSTANDING, UH, MEETING. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP SO EARLY AND LET'S KEEP THAT TREND GOING. AND THEN FINALLY A ONE, I WISH SOMEBODY A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOME OLD MAN THAT SITS ON THE DICE. HE TURNED 50 TODAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIELLA, CAT. THANK YOU. SAY THE AGE, RIGHT. YOU DIDN'T SAY THE NUMBER. RIGHT. GOOD COUNCIL MEMBER, CLOSET MAYER. UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LET MET LAST TUESDAY. UM, WENT INTO LETTING MISSOURI CITY BUSINESS OWNERS KNOW ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT. THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON THE 27TH, UH, FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30 AT THE, UH, CITY CENTER QUAIL VALLEY CITY CENTER. SO IF YOU ARE A MISSOURI CITY BUSINESS OWNER, PLEASE COME OUT AND NETWORK WITH OTHER MISSOURI CITY BUSINESS OWNERS. UM, I WILL BE HOSTING CO-HOSTING, UH, ANNUAL HOPE FOR THREE JIGSAW PUZZLE COMPETITION ALONG WITH RX LEARNING AND HEB AND OTHER SPONSORS THIS SATURDAY IN MISSOURI CITY AT THE HISTORIC LANDMARK CENTER. SO AUTISM THE PUZZLE PIECES, THE NATIONAL [00:40:01] SYMBOL FOR AUTISM, AND, UM, THEY, UH, GET TOGETHER AND, UH, PUT TOGETHER PUZZLES, UM, AND HAVE A CONTEST ON THAT. SO THAT'S THE SATURDAY. UM, I WAS HONORED TO SERVE AS MR. SUB CEREMONIES FOR THE NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE, UH, SIENNA CHAPTERS, 2022 SENIOR RECOGNITION GALA ON A SUNDAY RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING, UH, LADIES, UH, YOUNG TEENS FROM OUR MISSOURI CITY AREA FOR THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP ON MONDAY, UH, MYSELF AND MARIELLA CAT JOINED IN, UM, AT THE, UH, MLK DAY, UH, SERVICE DAY. UM, WE HAD TWO EVENTS THAT DAY. UM, SO WE STARTED, UH, WE ACTUALLY PICKED UP AROUND CITY HALL, SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE, THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE RESIDENTS AFTERWARDS, UH, MAYOR. AND I WENT OVER TO, UM, UH, THE WHOLE VALLEY PHARMACY AND MISSOURI CITY CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, UM, HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL DAY OF SERVICE AND, UH, MAYOR. AND I GOT A CHANCE TO DONATE ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, EVENTUALLY, UH, UH, DROPPED OFF AT INTERFAITH MINISTRIES AND FORT BEN FAMILY PROMISE. SO I WANT TO THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR JOINING US, MY SORORITY, UH, MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTED THAT AS WELL. SO, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES. I'D ALSO LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO A STAFF AND THOSE WHO PUT TOGETHER THE, UH, COFFEE WITH, UH, THE, UM, WITH THE STAFF AND WITH, UH, UH, THE, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, OFFICIALS. UH, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, HAD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK, ABLE TO, UH, SHARE SOME IDEAS WITH A NUMBER OF THE, UH, CITIZENS AND CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE, UH, WERE PRESENT. SO, UH, IT, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, I'D LOOK FORWARD TO, AND I KNOW OTHER, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO, UH, ATTENDED THAT WOULD, UH, LOOK FORWARD THERE AND IT, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD, UH, OR A CONTINUATION OF THAT TYPE OF A PROGRAM. UH, AND FINALLY, UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE, UH, SOME KUDOS OUT TO CHIEF BARISAN AND HIS STAFF FOR, UH, THE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM THAT THEY PUT OUT ABOUT RUNNING RED LIGHTS, UH, OUR, UH, UH, RESIDENT, UH, UM, POLICE OFFICER RESIDENCY, UH, UH, RESIDENT, OUR PRES POLICE OFFICER HEARD, EXCUSE ME, UH, PUT OUT A GREAT VIDEO, UH, AND I HOPE IT GETS THE POINT ACROSS THAT, UH, UH, YOU REALLY NEED TO TAKE A CAUTION, UH, AND, UH, OBSERVED THE, UH, THE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS, ESPECIALLY AT SOME OF OUR MAIN, UH, INTERSECTIONS. UH, WE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THERE AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S SURPRISING THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD MORE, BUT, UH, YELLOW MEANS DON'T GET THE GAS AND SPEED THROUGH IT. IT MEANS HE IS GETTING READY TO TURN RED, SO STOP. SO I HOPE, UH, WE ALL ADHERE TO THAT, THEN WE CAN ELIMINATE AND REDUCE, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, THE ACCIDENTS THAT WE FIND AT TYRA ARE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S MY, UH, REPORT MAYOR. YES. I JUST WANTED TO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK BOY COUNT, UH, BOY SCOUT TROOPS, 7 31 FOR DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND FOR STAYING WITH US FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, IT KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. UH, ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CARD, RIGHT? UH, CORRIDOR COMMITTEE. UH, WE MET, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT FOR SOME, SOME POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, WELCOME COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, RILEY TO THAT COMMITTEE, UH, GREAT FEEDBACK. AND, AND, AND HE GOT RIGHT IN THERE AND START, UH, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF VALUE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO HELP MOVE THAT CORRIDOR FORWARD. ALSO, UH, I ENJOYED THE COFFEE AND LEADERSHIP ADVANTAGE AS WELL AS STATED, UH, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT ON, UH, AT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING. SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE VISION FOR THAT IN, FOR THE ATTENDEES THAT CAME, UH, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, ALL THAT CAME OUT, UH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE TRULY GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MISSOURI CITY. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO WISH ALSO A FEISTY 50TH TO A MAYOR, MAYOR, ROBIN ALLOCATES, HOPE HE TURN UP AND I HAVE A GREAT, THE 50TH CELEBRATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR ME, JUST REAL QUICK. ON EARLIER PART OF THIS YEAR, WE DID DO OUR FIRST COVID, UM, COVID CONFERENCE TO ALERT PEOPLE [00:45:01] THAT WHAT'S GOING ON, ESPECIALLY, AND WE ARE STILL AS A STATEWIDE. WE'RE STILL IN THAT PHASE. WELL, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO WEAR MASKS, YOU KNOW, THE THREE W'S, UH, CHARLES, I THINK, UM, WELL, WASH YOUR HANDS, WATCH YOUR DISTANCE AND WEAR A MASK RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. SO THOSE WERE THE THREE WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO FOLLOW, UM, AND THEN FALL, YOU KNOW, GET WITH YOUR DOCTOR AND FOLLOW YOUR, YOUR, UM, UH, IMMEDIATE SOCIAL MEDIAS AND THINGS THROUGH FORT BEND COUNTY. THEY ARE PUTTING A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH FREE COVID KIT, UH, THAT YOU CAN USE FOR TESTING. THAT'S A SURPRISE. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS. WELL, LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT. YES. UM, THE COFFEE PEOPLE HAD ASKED ME, I WANT TO THANK, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM BONY FOR HOSTING THAT, STEPPING IN TO DO THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, CHARLES JACKSON, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, YOU CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA THAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST BEFORE. UM, AND HE BASICALLY SAID, WELL, ROBIN, YOU KNOW, NO POLITICS, NO POLICIES. UH, NONE OF THAT, WE JUST GET AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DIRECTORS OF EACH DEPARTMENT TO MEET WITH THE STAFF. UM, AND TYPICALLY WE HA WE GET THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PEOPLE COME UP AND SHARE THEIR CONCERNS AND ALL OF THIS, BUT THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY AT A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT KIND OF A PHASE WHERE WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM AND WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. AND, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT IT WORKED OUT AND, AND, UH, CHARLESTON, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SET UP SOME, SOME, UH, OTHERS AS DIRECTORS TO SPEAK TOWARDS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE TEXAS PARKWAYS AND, UH, GOT RIGHT AND ALL THAT. THE MIXER IS VERY IMPORTANT. JUST ONE, EVERYONE KNOW THAT, UM, CONSTANT NUMBER KLAUSER HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT ALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY ARE WELCOME TO COME AND PLEASE DO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO COME OUT. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SOCIALIZE, AT LEAST, HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND MEET WHO ARE THE, WHO ARE THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN MISSOURI, UH, IN MISSOURI CITY. I HAD AN, UH, ON FRIDAY, I MISSED A LOT OF THINGS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, BUT I DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO, UH, BE PART OF A GUEST SPEAKER WITH PASTOR DAVIDSON SEAR FOR THE GENTS, UM, WHICH WAS A GREAT PROGRAM. UM, SO, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THOSE YOUNG MEN, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER THAT PART. SO HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO INVITE EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO COME ON AND SPEAK TO THESE KIDS. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND TROOP 7 31, AGAIN, I CONCUR WITH, UH, WHAT, UH, MAYOR SAID, WE THANK YOU FOR SITTING HERE AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM, AND WE WANT YOU TO COME BACK. UH, SO WE WANT YOU TO COME BACK AND SAY THE PLEDGE AND WORK OUR WAY THROUGH AND LEARN FROM US. IF YOU EVER WANT TO COME AND VISIT US, ANY OF US AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STRAITS OR ANYTHING THAT WE DO, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO US. AND WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU. OKAY. LASTLY, STAFF, WE'RE STARTING 20, 20, 22. JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE LAST YEAR. I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTEN A LOT OF THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, AT LEAST LAY THE GROUNDWORK. SO THIS YEAR THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING WHAT WE WILL, WHAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH LAST YEAR WAS A TRUE TESTAMENT. I CONCUR AND I CONGRATULATE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FOR HOLDING THE FORK AND THE FIRST STAFF FOR 2021. AND THEN 2022, I THINK IS WHERE, UH, NO MORE TALKING MORE ACTION IS WHAT WE NEEDED TO GET THINGS HAPPEN. SO I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I KNOW THAT TIMES ARE CHALLENGING. TIMES ARE TOUGH, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. UM, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT PERSONAL AS BUSINESS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO, REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY. THAT'S WHAT WE ASK THESE THINGS, BUT I'M SO PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY FOR ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A, THERE'S NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION [00:50:01] AT THIS AGENDA. AND ITEM NUMBER 14. ARE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? OKAY. ALRIGHT. THIS MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED AT 8:36 PM. THANK YOU ALL. * 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.