Feb 07, 2022 City Council

NUMBER THREE IS PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:04 PM.

STATE THAT THE NOTICE FOR THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL ITEM.

NUMBER TWO IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE LED BY AUBREY NETTLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I SEE THE FLAG FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, WE MAY HAVE A FLAG ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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[3(a) Presentation of a Texas Department of Transportation sign to Carmen P. Turner, the first African-American female Tax Assessor-Collector of Fort Bend County.]

AND THREE IS PRESENTATION OF A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SIGNED TO CARMEN P TURNER.

THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, ALL FOR BANK COUNTY.

SO IT WOULD BE MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER, SANDRA EDWARDS, CARMEN, PLEASE COME UP WELL AND A HALF CITY COUNCIL SEE ME YET.

LET'S TURN IT AROUND FOR THEM FIRST.

YAY.

SHE MADE SURE THE TWO OF THEM MADE SURE IT HAPPENED.

SO I JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY REAL QUICK.

I SEE OUR STATE REP RON REYNOLDS IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

UM, SO WHEN CARMEN GOT ELECTED, SO SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, PERSON TO BE ELECTED TO THAT OFFICE.

SO SHE HAD CALLED ME, WE HAD A SIGN SIMILAR TO THIS ON, ON 90 AND, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY.

UM, SO SHE HAD CALLED IN AND AS WELL AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS, AS WELL SAID, HEY, HOW CAN WE GET THAT SIGN CHANGED? BECAUSE IT'S STILL SAID THE FORMER PERSONS, UM, AND WE HAD, UH, WENT TO OUR PUBLIC, WORKS, OUR SHOOTER SHOW WHERE'S SHASHI SHOT.

HE'S THE ONE THAT DID THE CARMEN RIGHT HERE AND UP THERE HE IS SO SHASHI KUMAR WHEN AND SAID, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT AND TOOK CARE OF THE ONE ON ONE SIDE.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, UH, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS HAD REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID THAT SHE NEEDED TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT.

SO TODAY'S A PROUD DAY, UH, TO HAVE THIS IN THE END.

HONESTLY, CARMEN, THIS IS SO BIG.

WE'RE GOING TO, BUT HEY, WE STAND TALL BEHIND YOU.

UH, BUT ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO PASS THE MIC TO CONSOLE.

BRAD WORKS.

AND THEN FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW, THANK YOU.

UM, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE EPITOME OF US WORKING TOGETHER.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK SASHI FOR, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO COME INTO FRUITION.

IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND IT'S MY DUTY AND HONOR TO MY FRIEND, CARMEN TURNER, AND RECOGNIZE HER AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TAX ASSESSOR OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

LET'S GIVE HER A HAND, THANK YOU FOR WHAT SHE'S DONE FOR THE COUNTY SO FAR.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE ALONG THE SIDE OF YOU HAVE ANY WORDS.

OH MY GOSH.

I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY YOU.

I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HELPED OUT GET THIS DONE, I CALLED THE MAYOR.

AND WHEN I TALKED TO THE MAYOR, UM, HE TOLD ME OUT HIS OWN MOUTH.

HE SAID, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I'LL TAKE EVERY SIGN DOWN.

IF YOUR NAME CAN'T GO UP THERE AND YOU MADE IT HAPPEN FOR ME.

AND, UH, I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT.

CAUSE I KEPT, WE KEPT CALLING MY TEAM, KEPT CALLING TEXT DOC AND THEY KEPT GIVING US ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES.

AND THEN YOU STEPPED, STEPPED UP AND DID YOUR JOB.

YOU PUT ONE SIDE UP.

AND THEN I CALLED THE SHONDA.

THAT CALLS ME EVERY MORNING AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

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BUT, UM, I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE CLASSMATES THAT I WENT TO LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT HERE.

I HAVE ERIC, UH, PRESLEY, UH, ERIC, UH, PERSONALLY, WHO ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME HOW TO GET UP AND TALK.

AND I'M DOING A HORRIBLE JOB RIGHT NOW, ERIC, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I USED TO BE SHY.

AND NOW I'M TALKING, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED US GET THIS DONE, BUT THIS IS NOT FOR ME.

THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE AFFORD BEING COUNTY, MISSOURI CITY.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM.

THEY KEPT CALLING ME, ASKING ME WHAT WAS GOING TO GET THE SIGN CHANGE.

I HAD NO IDEA Y'ALL GOING TO DO IT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA JUST TAKE IT OUT AND BE THROUGH WITH IT.

AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THAT, BUT I WORK HARD FOR THE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY.

AND I TRY TO DO THE SAME THING THAT YOU GUYS DO.

AND Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB HERE IN MISSOURI CITY TO MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENED.

THIS IS NOWHERE ELSE IN, BUT IN MISSOURI CITY, MY SIDE.

AND IT'S A PLEASURE TODAY TO MAKE SURE THE SEAT IS SIGNED.

GO.

I HAVE LINE BARKER HERE WITH ME TODAY.

AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, UH, THIS TAX SEASON, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW IF Y'ALL GOT Y'ALL RATES AND EVERYTHING DONE.

IT WAS BECAUSE HE GAVE ME EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR TO GET IT DONE.

BUT THANKS EVERYBODY IN MY TEAM IS HERE.

UH, SOMEBODY EMPLOYEES THAT WORK IN MY OFFICE ARE HERE.

OH YEAH, COME OVER HERE.

AND I EXPECT YOU.

BUT ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM IS ON CITY.

COUNCIL MEANS NORMALLY THIS SPEAK, OH MY GOD.

WELL, I MEAN, I NEED TO COME TO Y'ALL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED GET THIS DONE, BUT THIS IS NOT FOR ME.

THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR ME, WHO CAME OUT AND MADE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENED AND I'LL MAKE SURE I TREAT THE COUNTY LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE TREATED.

THANK YOU GUYS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT LAST END OF DECEMBER, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE OFFICE TO RENEW MY STICKER.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS VERY PROUD TO SEE YOUR NAME, NOT ONLY YOUR NAME, THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THE STAFF DID WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHO I WAS, UH, TAKING CARE OF.

NOT JUST ME, BUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAITED THEIR PROMPTNESS AND WITH RESPECT.

AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND NOW BEFORE WE CLOSE, I WANT TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN US UP HERE TO TAKE A PICTURE.

AND THEN WHERE'S A STATE REP.

I KNOW HE'S HERE.

I WANT HIM TO COME UP AS WELL.

AND THEN YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COWORKERS, YOUR EMPLOYEES, EVERYONE CAN COME UP AND TAKE A BREAK.

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.

FIRST.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS NOT HERE TODAY.

ERIC FAGAN, WE NORMALLY TRY AND DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER CAUSE I WAS THE FIRST BLACK TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.

AND HE WAS THE FIRST SHERIFF, THE SHERIFF, THE LAST SHIRT THAT WAS 151 YEARS AGO WAS A BLACK MAN.

UM, HE WAS A SHERIFF AND HE WAS A TEXAS AS A COLLECTOR.

ERIC FAGAN IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT HIS WIFE CAME IN HIS PLACE AND EVERYWHERE WE GO, WE ALWAYS ARE PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ERIC AND THANK HIS WIFE FOR COMING OUT TODAY.

WELL, YEAH, THANK YOU.

YES.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TAKE PICTURES.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING FOR A STATE REP REPRESENTATIVE MAYOR.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

CAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T GET THIS DONE, SHE WAS GOING TO BE BOTH OF US.

I MEAN SHE THREATENED TO Y'ALL Y'ALL DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS, THIS, THIS WOMAN DON'T, DON'T BE FOOLED BY THAT SMILE.

SHE WAS LIKE THE OTHER LADY.

SHE AIN'T EVEN THERE NO MORE.

Y'ALL SHOULD'VE HEARD.

Y'ALL KNOW HOW COMMON IT IS.

RIGHT.

BUT I WANT TO, I KEPT, HEY MAN, YOU GOT TO GET IT DONE.

YOU GOTTA GET IT DONE.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, UH, REALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

AND I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THAN DOING BLACK HISTORY MONTH CARMEN.

SO THE TIMING WAS RIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE.

THEY DID IT IN GOD'S TIME BECAUSE THEY WANTED THIS TO BE A HISTORY MAKING MOMENT THAT ALL THE CITIZENS COULD SHARE.

AND UH, AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.

AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT MANY OF OUR PIONEERS IN THIS CITY LIKE YOU.

AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED FOR SHERIFF PAGAN AND SO MANY OTHERS, AND IT WAS MAYOR, UH, SATURDAY SEEING THAT, THAT OLD RELIC OF A CONFEDERATE PASS COME DOWN, THIS CITY IS REALLY BREAKING BARRIERS.

AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR BEING SO ENGAGED AND REALLY ELECTED PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT OUR DIVERSITY AND REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER CITY IS A SPECIALIST, MISSOURI CITY.

UH, I KNOW I MAY BE A LITTLE BIASED, BUT AS A RESIDENT, BUT YOU, YOU CAN'T FIND ANOTHER CITY WITH THIS KIND OF DIVERSITY WITH THIS KIND OF LEADERSHIP.

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ALL THE CITIZENS FOR BEING ENGAGED AND REALLY ELECTING PEOPLE THAT REFLECT OUR GREAT DIVERSITY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, CARMEN, MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND SHINE UPON YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR CLOSE RELATIVES, UH, COLLEAGUES COMING UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOING.

GONNA STEP AWAY FROM HOLDING THIS.

YOU GOT IT.

COME ON.

UH, WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE A PICTURE.

COME ON UP.

YOU GUYS CAN COME UP.

WE'RE PUTTING THIS UP.

HEY, Y'ALL LOOK AT ME.

YES.

THERE WE GO.

YEAH,

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WE'LL BE DONE BEFORE.

IF YOU STAY FOR THE MEETING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME, BUT OTHERWISE I WOULD SAY, PLEASE GO TO THAT DOOR TIME FOR CELEBRATION.

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[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ITEM NUMBER.

WE'RE GOING GO TO EITHER NUMBER FOUR OR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEVER ASKING.

WELL HAPPY NEW YEAR, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL, THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY HAD THEIR PROPERTY TAX IS INCREASED BY AT LEAST 7% THIS YEAR.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET FOR IT? HOW DID YOU EVER COME UP WITH THAT TAX RATE WHERE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY WOULD BE PAYING LESS TAXES THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY? WHY DOES THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION AND MISSOURI CITY HAVE TO PAY MORE PERCENTAGE IN PROPERTY TAXES? THIS YEAR WE GET VERY LITTLE SERVICES.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A BRIDGE IN FOND MEADOW.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DECENT SENIOR EXEMPTION, WHICH HAS BEEN SET AT $15,000 SINCE THE 1980S.

WHEN IS THIS COUNCIL GOING TO ACT ON THIS? I'VE ALREADY FIGURED YOU STARTED ON, DON'T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT A BRIDGE, BUT AT LEAST YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE SENIOR EXEMPTION.

ESPECIALLY SINCE THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION IS PROBABLY GENERATING A LOT OF TAX REVENUE FROM ALL THESE WAREHOUSES, YOU SHOVE IN OUR AREA AND YOU TAKE THAT MONEY AND INVEST IT IN A GOLF COURSE.

SO IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT THIS COUNCIL THINK ABOUT THIS SENIOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OF MISSOURI CITY.

IT HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THE 1980S AND BEING A SENIOR CITIZEN.

I WOULD BE PAYING NO MISSOURI CITY PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE HOUSTON EXEMPTS THE FIRST $220,000 A YEAR VALUATION FOR TAX PURPOSES.

SO RECONSIDER THAT WE'RE ALREADY SUBSIDIZING OTHER PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY.

GIVE US SOME ATTENTION HERE IN THE HARRIS COUNTY SECTION.

HI, I'M MIKE WATSON.

MOST OF YOU KNOW ME FROM THE CITIZENS' BOND COMMISSION AND AS PART OF THE MOVING FORWARD PACK, THE MEMBER, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO IN DECEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING A TRUE TRUE-UP ON THE DIVERSE PROVIDERS BUSINESS VERSUS THE MWB PROVIDERS ON THE BOND ISSUE.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

I'VE HEARD ONE.

MY COUNCILMAN EMORY DID LET ME KNOW ABOUT A LAW, A LAWYER, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON THE ENGINEERING FIRMS, ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO I'LL JUST SAY WE CAN WAIT ALANA UNTIL THE MARCH MEETING, BUT I WILL BE AGAIN BECAUSE I GET QUESTIONS EVERY DAY FROM CITIZENS IN QUAIL VALLEY AND OTHER PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY ON THIS TOPIC.

SECONDLY, INTEREST RATES ARE MOVING.

THE FED CHAIRMAN HAS SAID, HE'S GOING TO DO THREE TO FIVE INCREASES THIS YEAR, JUST IN THE MEETING.

THE TWO DAY MEETING THAT JUST PASSED LAST WEEK, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE PLANS FOR THE ISSUE.

WHAT ARE OUR PLANS? BECAUSE WE'RE A AA RATED CITY.

THERE ARE AAA RATED CITIES IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

THAT SPREAD IS GOING TO GET WIDER BETWEEN THE BONDS AS THE LONG BOND MOVES OUT, FARTHER FOLLOW ALONG ISSUES, EVEN BETWEEN AAA AND AA AA PLUS GET LARGER.

SO I LIKE TO KNOW, OR THE CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE PLAN.

ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT US TO BE THINKING, HAVING ONE NUMBER IN OUR HEAD THAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER AND FALL.

AND THEN THE REALITY IS DIFFERENT.

SO MAYBE FOR MARCH, CAN WE HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA SOMETIME, OR, OR THE LATEST APRIL, BUT MARCH WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.

AND I'M VERY PLEASED AT SISTER CARMEN THAT WAS PRESENTED WITH US.

AND WE'RE ALSO VERY PLEASED ABOUT THE CONFEDERATE SIGN THAT CAME DOWN.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WAS ON THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.

LAST BALL ON MEANT A LOT TO ME BECAUSE HISTORY MEANS A LOT TO ME.

AND I'M FROM ALABAMA ORIGINALLY.

SO I KNOW DIXIE WHEN I SEE IT.

AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE

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THAT FALLING DOWN.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO, BUT AT LEAST THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.

THANKS A LOT.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE MIC, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT THAT YOU SAID, THE DIVERSE IN WHAT BOND, THE BONDS, THE, UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW THAT THE FED RESERVE CHAIRMAN HAS INDICATED THEY ARE GOING TO DO THREE TO FIVE RATE INCREASES THIS YEAR.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ZERO.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, AUTHORIZATIONS NINE, A CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AND EXPAND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OUR FUND BASED ON THE PRESENT SPENDING PLAN FOR LEGIBLE NEEDED PROJECTS.

BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO DO THREE TO FIVE.

NORMALLY ARE QUARTER BASIS POINTS, 25 BASIS POINTS IN EACH INCREASE, BUT IT COULD BE 50.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO DISPARITY IN THE 10 30, EVEN FIVE-YEAR BOND, THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENTIAL IN THE COST OF ISSUANCE OR THE AA CATEGORY VERSUS THE AAA RIGHT NOW IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

THERE'S SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AAA WHERE AA, AA PLUS PITCH.

I JUST LOOKED AT IT A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST NERVOUS THAT WE PARTYING AROUND.

WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUT ON CASH.

THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER SIX

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS A CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAY APPROACH AND BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ARE A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS ON THIS AGENDA.

NUMBER EIGHT, OUR APPOINTMENTS, THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.

[9(a) Consider authorizing the city manager to allocate and expend American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds based on the presented spending plan for eligible and needed projects.]

IT WAS A PRESENTATION BY SHASHI KUMAR.

AND IN COUNSELING.

AGAIN, WE WORKSHOP THIS ITEM WITH YOU AT THE SPECIAL MEETING, WE PRESENTED THE PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN TO SPEND ON AS PART OF THE 6.9 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY THAT WE'RE GETTING AS PART OF THE ARPA FUNDS.

AGAIN, THOSE PROJECTS WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.

UH, THE ITEM FOR YOU TONIGHT IS TO AUTHORIZE, UH, UH, EXPANDING FUNDS ON THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT A SPECIAL MEETING.

IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET WITH THAT IN MY TEAM ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO IN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONI, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

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

TRASHING ITEM

[9(b) Consider authorizing the parkland dedication proposal for Modera Missouri City.]

NINE B.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL FOR THE MADEIRA MISSOURI CITY.

THERE'S PRESENTATION BY MASON GARCIA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, THIS IS THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR MADEIRA MISSOURI CITY.

IT'S OWNED MF TO MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

IT'S LOCATED SOUTH OF TREMBLE, FRESNO EAST OF FORT BEND, TOLLWAY WEST OF HURRICANE LANE, NORTH OF HIGHWAY SIX.

UM, THIS IS ON A 15 ACRE TRACT OF LAND WITH THE PROPOSED 300, UH, UNITS, UH, DWELLING UNITS.

UM, THE PROPOSAL INVOLVES CASH IN LIEU OF, AND THE AMOUNT OF 420,000, UH, BY THE, UH, FOR THE SITE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

UM, HEARD THIS ITEM AT THE JANUARY SIX MEETING AND FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

UM, THEY SENT THAT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH HEARD THIS ITEM AT THE JANUARY 12TH, UH, 2022 MEETING AND FORWARDED THIS ITEM WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.

UM, AND THAT IS ALL.

UM, PARKED ZONE IS THAT, UH, LOCATED THIS ISN'T PARKED ZONE NUMBER 10.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? W WAS THAT YOU SAID IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOANING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WRITING.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION, UH, WHAT,

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YES.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

NINE C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING AT HUNTERS, GLEN PARK.

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[9(c) Consider authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the purchase and installation of sports field lighting at Hunters Glen Park.]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, FARRON COUNCIL.

UH, THIS SIDE ITEM IS COMING TO YOU AS, UH, APPROVED IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET OPERATIONS BUDGET.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY TWO SPORTS FIELDS AT HUNTER'S GLEN PARK.

UM, WE HAVE A HIGH DEMAND PARK.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO USE THOSE FIELDS, ESPECIALLY, UH, IN THE EVENING TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND OUT OF WORK, WE PROPOSED, UH, TO LIGHT THE SECOND FIELD WITH SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING AND, UH, UM, WE ARE BRINGING IT TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

IS THERE A MOTION OCEAN SPEND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MYRTLE'S SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION I JUST WANT TO SAY IN COUNCIL THAT, YOU KNOW, I I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPENING IS THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SAID THAT THIS, UH, SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY DOESN'T GET, UH, ADEQUATE FUNDING, UH, EQUITABLE FUNDING.

AND THIS IS JUST YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN, UH, OUR ASSETS ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, UH, WITH HUNTERS, GLEN PARK.

I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST AS WELL WITH THE CONCRETE TRAIL AS FORTHCOMING, UH, THAT'S COMING, UH, BY WAY OF THE FUNDS THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH OUR CITY AC COMMITTEE.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT TO INVEST IN THIS AREA AND IT'S ALWAYS POSITIVE WHEN YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THIS SIDE AND NOT HAVING THEM GLOSSED OVER BY, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVITY OR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO THANK YOU, JASON AND YOUR TEAM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ITEM, NUMBER 10, OUR ORDINANCES, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING, OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 22, TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STAFFING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

JASON

[10(a) Consider an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2022 Adopted Budget.]

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, THE NOTICE THAT THERE'S A, THERE IS A PRESENTATION I KNOW, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT I HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME.

THEY MUST'VE WENT QUICK WITH THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

SO SORRY FOR BEING A LITTLE LATE.

UM, YES.

NOW TRY TO MOVE FAST ALSO, UM, OR BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

UH, SO THIS IS THE, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

UH, I WANTED TO GO OVER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHANGES IN YOUR PACKET.

YOU HAVE, UH, THIS PRESENTATION, YOU ALSO HAVE THE EXHIBIT A WHICH OUTLINES ALL OF THE ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND HOW THINGS ARE MOVING.

UM, SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE DIFFERENT FUND TYPES IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WHICH INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SOME OF OUR, WE CALL THEM SUB FUNDS, UM, DISASTER FLEET AND, UM, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF $40,749.

AND THIS IS A REVENUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM ENTERPRISE LEASING.

WE RAN A PILOT PROJECT OR WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A PILOT PROJECT, UH, WHERE WE WERE LEASING NINE VEHICLES TO DETERMINE IF THE PROGRAM COULD ACTUALLY PAY FOR ITSELF.

AND SO WE PAID APPROXIMATELY $50,000 LAST YEAR FOR OUR LEASING NINE VEHICLES.

NOW WE'RE SCHEDULED TO SELL THESE VEHICLES.

WE'VE ONLY HAD THEM FOR A YEAR AND WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO BE MAKING BACK THE MONEY THAT WE PAID LAST YEAR FROM THE SALE BASED ON, UM, STILL A NET MARKET VALUE ON.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING REVENUE THIS YEAR,

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40,000 7 49 IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE EXPENSE TO PAY FOR, UH, THIS YEAR'S LEASES.

SO IT'S BASICALLY ONE YEAR FREE.

UH, WE ALREADY TALKED, UH, THIS EVENING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS.

SO IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN SALARY BENEFITS AND MATERIALS, UM, AND OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH TWO NEW PATROL OFFICERS WITH MOTORCYCLES THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

WE'RE INCREASING, UH, EXPENDITURES IN THE AREA OF, UH, OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TO PAY FOR TWO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

YOU SEE THE EXPENSE FOR THE LEASE PAYMENTS.

SO IT WAS BASICALLY NET ZERO WHEN YOU'RE FREE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE INCREASING THE BUDGET WITHIN OUR IT REPLACEMENT FUND $200,000.

AND IT'S JUST A CONTINGENCY JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY EMERGENCY PURCHASES THAT ARE NECESSARY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN ORDER TO, UM, SPEND THE FUNDS THAT WILL ALREADY BE APPROPRIATED BECAUSE THESE FUNDS AREN'T CURRENTLY APPROPRIATED.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE $60,000.

THAT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO OUR FACILITIES PROJECT FUND FOR RENOVATION WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN SYDNEY AND CITY HALL.

AND SO THE NET IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND IS $534,732.

WE DO HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE AS ESTIMATED CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET AT 25.7, WE ANTICIPATED BEING HIGHER THAN THAT.

AFTER WE CLOSE OUT THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, OUR FUND BALANCE WILL BE, UH, OVER THE REQUESTED THRESHOLD OR THE POLICY THRESHOLD OF 30%.

SO, UH, YOU DO HAVE THESE IN YOUR PACKET, SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE POSITIONS AND THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S 230, 7,000 2 57.

AGAIN, IT REPLACEMENT IS 200,000, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES A FLOORING AND THE CITY HALL, EXECUTIVE OFFICES FLOORING, THAT'S 60,000.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CHANGES FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH YOU ALSO HEARD, UH, AT THE SPECIAL REVENUE.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THAT'S SPECIAL REVENUE.

THERE'S A SPECIAL REVENUE PLAN AT THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THIS IS APPROPRIATE IN THE $6.9 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED IN THIS PROGRAM.

THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, THIS IS JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE $60,000 BE ALSO HAVE, UH, $900,000 FOR METRO, UH, HAS MATCHING FUNDS TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF MISSOURI CITY DRIVE.

AND THEN THE UTILITY FUNDS WERE SEPARATING ONE FUND INTO TWO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, UM, AND THE PROCEEDS FOR, UH, THE UTILITIES, BEANS, UH, STEEP BANK, FLAT BANK, AND, UH, MUSTANG BY YOU THAT THEY ARE, THE PROJECTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY.

SO THERE'S NO IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO TOTAL UTILITIES.

IT'S JUST, UH, ADDING ANOTHER FUND AND SHIFTING THE BUDGET AROUND.

WE'RE ACTUALLY RECORDING ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES IN THIS MANNER NOW, AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION I'M AVAILABLE.

AND THE STAFF IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

IS THERE A MOTION I HEARD COUNCIL CLOUDS ARE WITH THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER? EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION WHERE IT CAN ALSO JUST WANTED TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT THIS AS WELL AS A FEW OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE, UH, BUILDING ON A LITTLE LATER CAME BEFORE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE AND WE FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

EMORY.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ITEM NUMBER 11 ARE RESOLUTIONS, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF THE PROGRAM YEAR 2023, EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF FINGERPRINTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TO, WELL, THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM 10 B HAS BEEN PULLED

[11(a) Consider a resolution authorizing the submission of a Program Year 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant application to the Criminal Justice Division of the Office of the Governor through the Houston-Galveston Area Council to fund the purchase of fingerprinting equipment for the Missouri City Police Department.]

WE HAVE RACHEL MORAY FROM THE RECOGNITION AND COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR AND COUNCIL.

WE ARE REQUESTING TO APPLY FOR THE HCAC GRANT, HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL IN THE AMOUNT, JUST OVER 20,000.

WE'RE REQUESTING AN AVIS MACHINE FOR OUR JAIL TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE REQUESTING A PRINTER TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.

AND THREE MOBILE FINGERPRINT SCANNERS OR THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.

THERE IS NO MATCH WITH THIS.

IS THERE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PROCEED? KEN, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

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RILEY, IS THERE A SECOND AT THE COUNCIL MEMBER? CLOUSER SIR DISCUSSION.

I CAN ADD A COMMENT REAL QUICK.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE JAIL.

UM, WHAT I HAVE IS A PRO AND CON THING IS A LITTLE OUTDATED.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DID NOTICE THAT THE NEEDS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT BEFORE COUNCIL.

THE OTHER THING IS I WANTED TO JUST SAY HOW CLEAN IT WAS.

UM, I LOOKED IN THE REFRIGERATOR, THE MICROWAVE EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS NICE.

IT WAS CLEAN.

IT SMELLED PLAIN AS WELL.

NOTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN IN SPITE OF, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OR WHATNOT.

WE STILL HAVE RESPECT FOR HUMAN DECENCY AND YOU KNOW, UM, THE TYPE OF ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

SO THANK YOU.

I'LL PASS THAT ALONG.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIDING A SECOND BY CUSTOMER CLOUSER.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM 11, B THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING REDISTRICTING CRITERIA FOR USE AND THE 2022 REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, UH, AS YOU ALL WILL RECALL, MR. HEATH PRESENTED ON THE PROPOSED REDISTRICTING CRITERIA THAT WAS INCLUDED IN HIS PRESENTATION.

RACHEL

[11(b) Consider a resolution adopting redistricting guidelines.]

THEY INCLUDE, UH, PROVIDING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIABLE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES HAVING AVOIDING, SPLITTING TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, UM, PROVIDING FOR WHOLE VOTING PRECINCTS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, UM, PROVIDING EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PRESERVING EXISTING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICTS, ENSURING THAT EACH DISTRICT HAS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND BY POPULATION, UH, AS WELL AS INCLUDING CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY.

ANOTHER ITEM IS PRESERVING INCUMBENT CONSTITUENCIES, AND, UH, AS HE MENTIONED, AVOIDING RACIAL GERRYMANDERING, UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED DISTRICT SHOULD NOT FRAGMENT A GEOGRAPHICALLY COMPACT MINORITY.

AGAIN, THIS CRITERIA WILL BE USED NOT ONLY BY THE CONSULTANT, BUT BY ANYONE WHO'S PROPOSING A PROPOSED PLAN FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION BACK.

MAY I APPROACH AND BARNEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE? IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

REMEMBER SEE, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING RULES GOVERNING THE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY DESIGNATING THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTMENT OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FUNDS AND PROVIDING FOR REFILL.

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

THANK YOU, JOYCE.

I DON'T

[11(c) Consider a resolution amending the City of Missouri City’s Investment Policy.]

WE HAVE ATLANTA PORT IS DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

THANKS.

SO WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, THREE DIFFERENT CHANGES TO OUR INVESTMENT POLICY.

TYPICALLY WE COME TO COUNCIL IN JUNE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO APPROVE THE INVESTMENT POLICY BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED, UH, ANNUALLY BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS EARLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE IMMEDIATELY.

WE ARE ADDING THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO THE POLICY AS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER.

AND WE'RE ALSO CHANGING THE NAME FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO DEPUTY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER.

AND THEN, ALTHOUGH THERE WEREN'T ANY CHANGES TO THE, UH, PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

IN THE LAST SESSION, WE ARE UPDATING THE POLICY TO ONLY REQUIRE EIGHT HOURS OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

ONCE SOMEONE TAKES THE INITIAL 10 HOURS, UM, ONCE THEY ARE, UM, ONCE THEY ARE APPOINTED AS AN INVESTMENT OFFICER.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER.

AND IS THAT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE WITH THE SECOND? UM, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

D UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR PERSONS SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND REDISTRICTING PROPOSALS

LYNN ITEM NUMBER

[11(d) Consider a resolution establishing guidelines for the submission of comments and redistricting proposals.]

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AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AS MENTIONED, MR. HEATH ALSO BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THIS RESOLUTION SETS FORTH STANDARD PROCEDURES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE APPLIED TO ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE SUBMITTING COMMENTS.

THE FIRST ITEM IS THAT ALL COMMENTS WOULD NEED TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING, PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT THE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS ARE.

ADDITIONALLY, PROVIDING A TOTAL POPULATION AND VOTING AGE FOR EVERY SUBMISSION REDISTRICTING THE ENTIRE CITY.

THERE IS NO WAY FOR THE COUNCIL TO CHANGE ONE PART OR ONE DISTRICT WITHOUT CHANGING OTHER PARTS.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE FOR EQUAL REPRESENTATION BETWEEN DISTRICTS.

THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONFORM TO THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE JUST ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION ANOTHER IS THAT, UM, EACH PERSON HAS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY NAME, ADDRESS, AND PROVIDE A PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONTACTED.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR WRITTEN COMMENTS, THE SEVENTH ITEM IS TO PROVIDE FOR COMMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BY 4:00 PM ON MARCH.

IT STATES THE 14TH.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD EXTEND THAT TO THE 28TH.

SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT OR ADD THAT TO THE MOTION, TO CHANGE THAT DATE, I'D APPRECIATE THAT SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO SUBMIT COMMENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION SO MOVED AND EMOTIONAL BANK, CUSTOMER RILEY'S OR SECOND, UM, DID YOU LEAD US TO ADDITIONAL COMPONENT BEFORE VOTING, IF YOU DON'T MIND TO ADD THAT DATE INSTEAD OF IT STATES THE 14TH AND THE DOCUMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU, IF YOU COULD JUST, UM, ADJUNCT TO YOUR MOTION TO MAKE ITEM SEVEN, UH, MARCH 20TH INSTEAD OF MARCH 14TH, THAT WOULD BE OPTICAL.

VERSE 20 VERSUS MARCH 7TH, MARCH 28TH, NOT MARCH SEVEN, MARCH, 2020 8, 28, 2 8 8 8.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL.

MARIAH IS OUR SECOND ONE SECOND.

SO THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BOWLING AS WELL.

SO IS THERE A DISCUSSION WITH THE, UM, RESOLUTION YOU MADE MENTION THAT, UH, THE WAY THAT THEY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE THEIR NAME, THEIR ADDRESS, THEIR PHONE NUMBER, THEIR EMAIL, THAT IS THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN THEY'RE HERE PHYSICALLY IN PERSON OR THAT JUST WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEM IN WRITING.

SO THAT WOULD BE AT ALL TIMES, ALL TIMES.

SO EVEN IF A COMMENT IS SUBMITTED ORALLY, WE WOULD STILL ASK THAT THEY FOLLOW UP AND SUBMIT IT IN WRITING THE IT DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS WHERE REDISTRICTING COMMENTS THAT WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY SUBMIT THEM TO THAT EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT WE HAVE A RECORD OF ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT MAKE AN ORAL COMMENT.

SO EVEN IF THEY'RE MAKING AN ORAL COMMENT, UM, ARE THEY GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO LIST YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS ON RECORD WHILE VERBALLY? SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT ORALLY, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT AND TO THE DEDICATED EMAIL TO THE CITY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR.

I DON'T, THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE HAVING ANNOUNCED THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAILS OVER AN ORAL COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

HE, WHERE, UH, WILL, UH, THE, UH, CITIZENS THAT WANTED TO MAKE COMMENTS, UH, FIND THE, UH, THE DETAIL AS FAR AS WHAT'S EXPECTED, UH, DATES TIMES.

SO ONCE YOU ALL APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, I'LL WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF A DOCUMENT THAT WILL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE VENDOR WILL RETURN ON THE 21ST TO PROVIDE THAT BASE NAP.

SO THAT WILL BE THE KEY POINT, UM, ON WHICH PEOPLE WILL MAKE COMMENTS, BUT, UH, ONCE THAT'S KICKED OFF, WE WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF, ALMOST LIKE A, UM, A PAMPHLET OR, UH, ELECTRONIC TYPE OF PAMPHLET THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE.

AND EACH CHOICE WILL THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ITEM WITHIN THE MAKE VERBAL COMMENTS, WOULD THIS BE A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING OR WILL THIS BE AT OUR NEXT? SO THE PROPOSED TIMELINE INCLUDES AN ELECTRONIC TELECONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 28TH AFTER WHICH THERE WILL BE AN ITEM UNDER ITEM SEVEN B ON YOUR NEXT AGENDAS.

SO THE NEXT TWO AGENDAS IN MARCH, UM, WHERE THEY CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN AT YOUR FIRST READING AS WELL IN APRIL, WE'LL ALSO PUT THAT UNDER ITEM 70 SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL MAKE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM

WHEN EMOTION BY CONSUMER WRITING SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY,

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[11(e) Consider a resolution authorizing certain City officials to negotiate and execute certain documents for the purpose of making authorized investments and deposits to financial institutions.]

E UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DIRECTOR, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL CONTRACTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, INCIDENT TO ESTABLISHING AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE INVESTMENT OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FUNDS AND PROVIDING FOR REFILLS.

BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY HAD A CHANGE IN INVESTMENT OFFICERS.

SO WE HAD TO INFORM ALL OF THE BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH, UM, TO REMOVE NAMES.

AND, UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, SOME OF THE INSTITUTIONS ARE REQUIRING A SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS.

THIS ITEM WOULD PROVIDE FOR A MASTER RESOLUTION WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THIS RESOLUTION.

AND, UH, THOSE IDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN THE DOCUMENTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE SOME OF THE NAMES THAT ARE ON THE, UM, INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT DOCUMENTS.

SO A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.

IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL NUMBER RILEY.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ADAM 11 F HAVE BEEN PULLED ITEM NUMBER

[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

UH, WE'LL WE'LL START WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, ARE WE SKIPPING OVER ITEM 11? I SAID THERE'S BEEN PULLED.

WONDERFUL SERVICE, GREAT WORSHIP, WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

SO I HAD A VERY BUSY TWO WEEKS.

UM, SO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, UH, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING, UH, TO MEET A LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE, UH, FORT BEND ISD AREA, UH, LEARNING ABOUT THEIR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR FOR EXTENDING THAT INVITATION.

I REALLY ENJOY THAT.

WE ALSO, UH, I WAS ABLE TO ACCOMPANY MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S TO THE PROCLAMATION FOR DESTINY CHURCH RIGHT THERE, AND, UM, RIGHT THERE ON HIGHWAY SIX WHERE THE OLD I'M TELLING MY AGE, THE OLD PALLET RULES WAS THERE RIGHT OVER THERE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PASTOR SCOTT NICHOLS FOR INVITING COUNCIL TO TAKE PART IN THAT.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE VICKSBURG HOA MEETING.

I LISTENED TO SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, UH, THAT I BELIEVE SASHI IS WORKING ON AND COUNSEL THE, I WENT, OF COURSE, FACILITATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, HEAR ABOUT THE GUESTS STATION.

WE HAD A PACKED HOUSE.

UM, IT WAS DEFINITELY GOOD TO SEE RESIDENTS COME OUT AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR ISSUES IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND MIGHT NOT SAY, UH, IT IS A HUGE CONCERN THAT SOME OF THESE LAND PLOTS ARE STEALS ZONE FOR CERTAIN PROPERTIES AND CERTAIN, UM, HIGH-LEVEL COMMERCIALS THAT WE AS COUNCIL DEFINITELY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND TAKE ACTION ON GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES ARE NOT BEING IMPACTED IN A NEGATIVE WAY, UM, AND AFFECTING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

UH, DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW CITY SECRETARY, UH, CRYSTAL ROAN.

UH, WE STOLE HER FROM PEAR LAND, SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE PDI MEETING VIRTUALLY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO A MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S FOR ASSISTING ME AND DEFINITELY, UM, SASHI FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH WORK.

THOSE IT, CAUSE I'M NOT TECH SAVVY ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAID WHEN THAT ACTION.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL PATIENTS HELPED ME GET WORKED THROUGH THAT, UH, ATTENDED THE H UH, THE HOA MEETING FOR HUNTERS, GLEN FOR VIRTUALLY AND LISTENED TO THE REPETITION HERE.

A HUNDRED GRAND FOR HOA VIRTUAL MEETING JUMPED OFF OF THERE, ATTENDED THE HOA HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES MEETING VIRTUALLY TO JOIN BACK TO THE HUNTERS LAND FOR HOA VIRTUALLY MEETING.

UM, AND THEN TO GET PHONE CALLS AFTER BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS FROM BOTH THOSE COMMUNITIES.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, MRS. SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL, WHO WAS OUR CHAIR FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, WHO ASSISTED ME IN NAVIGATING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JENNIFER GOMEZ, WHO HELPED TO FACILITATE THAT MEETING IN REGARDS TO THAT.

AND, UM, OUR RETAILER, I KEEP SAYING, TAYLOR, ARE YOU GONNA CHANGE THE NAME ARMORY? UH, ARE WE METALS, UH, FOR BEING

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SO COOPERATIVE TO HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT COMPLICATED PROCESS? UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LET MY HAIR DOWN WITH THE REST OF, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH CLOUSER WHEN WE ATTENDED THE FORT BAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 50TH ANNIVERSARY DAYLA AND SAFARI, AND I DIDN'T SEE COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, VONI, YOU KNOW, CUT A RUG, BUT, UH, MAYBE AT THE NEXT ONE YOU WILL, AND OF COURSE THE TIGER LUNAR NEW YEAR, NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL AT TANK CITY.

UM, I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE.

I KINDA CAME IN AND CLOSED THINGS OUT THE PARTY AT THE END.

SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE MEETING EVERYBODY.

THE FUN MEADOWS, HOA BOARD MEETING I ATTENDED.

UM, I HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT I'LL BE ADDRESSING WITH, UM, CITY MANAGER JACKSON, ON THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HUNTERS GLEN ONE AND TWO HOA MEETING THE EMERGE CONFERENCE THAT I WAS SO PROUD TO SEE MISSOURI CITY WELL-REPRESENTED THERE.

UM, MARTIN RUSSELL, THEIR HR ALAINA.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU AS WELL.

SOME OF OUR, UH, MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS OPPOSITE ROBIN WILLIAMS. I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET HER AND, UH, LIEUTENANT HERTZ AND, UM, JEREMY, SO, AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BRIAN, JUST THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING MISSOURI CITY.

SO WE'LL AT THE EMERGE CONFERENCE AND THEN OF COURSE, CLOSE IT OUT WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF CELEBRATION, WHAT A JOY IT WAS TO SEE THOSE COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AND THE NEW PROCLAMATION THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THAT NEW DESIGN.

SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ENTERTAINING, MY VERY LONG ANNOUNCEMENT LIST.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I SAW A COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY ACTUALLY REALLY GET INTO THAT SERVICE.

HOW DO I FOLLOW UP TO THAT? UM, I JUST WANT TO BASICALLY SAY THAT THIS MONTH WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS LIKE CARMEN TURNER AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER PIONEERS, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ALL ABLE TO REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN INCREASE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AS FAR AS MISSOURI CITY GOALS.

EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS OR SO BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS, THERE IS A STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER IN A POSITION WHERE WRONG IS BEING IMPLEMENTED, I WILL HOPE THAT YOU WILL HAVE INTEGRITY AND SPEAK UP.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE DONE.

UM, MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN A NATIVE AMERICAN, I'M SORRY, A NATIVE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS BORN AND RAISED IN THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR.

I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PRODUCT OF MY PARENTS WHO ARE STILL PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE RESIDENTS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

UM, PARTNERING UP WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO HELP IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR AND TAKE NEW IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE ON THIS TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR FORWARD AS A BLACK LEADER AND PROFESSIONAL, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CHANGE THE WORLD OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THIS PLATFORM TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

UM, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO DATE JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ FOR HER DUE DILIGENCE AND NAVIGATING THEIR VERY ROUGH CROWD.

I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONS GOING ON.

UM, BUT YOU WEATHER THE STORM, YOU HAD A VERY GOOD PROFESSIONALISM AND YOU WERE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE TOPIC.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO US CORRECTING OUR ZONING ISSUES SO WE CAN BE PROACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UM, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BEFORE THEY'RE HEAD ON.

UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WILL BE HOSTING OUR FIRST ANNUAL 2234 BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

POETRY CONTEST.

THIS POETRY CONTEST WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE MARSHALL'S STUDENTS.

UM, THE NINTH GRADE AND 12TH GRADES.

UM, THEY WILL HAVE A TOPIC.

SUBMISSIONS WILL BE INTER VIRTUALLY, AND THEY WILL BE JUDGED BY A PANEL WITH A FIRST PLACE CASH PRIZE.

SO ON THE FLYER WILL GO OUT TOMORROW ON MY PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. I WILL SEE IF I CAN SHARE IT WITH, UM, OUR OUTLETS ON SOCIAL MEDIA REGARDING MISSOURI CITY, AND JUST TRY TO HELP BRING SOME POSITIVITY AND NEW IDEAS AND HIGHLIGHT THE YOUTH THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SO TALENTED.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND A GOOD EVENING, HAVE A GOOD DRIVE HOME SAFELY.

THOSE ARE TWO VERY GOOD SUMMARIES.

I THANK YOU LADIES FOR COVERING THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, SO WE HAD A GREAT KICKOFF TO THE POINTS EARLIER ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

UM, I ASKED THE PUBLIC TO COME AND VISIT THE ART THAT'S IN THE ART GALLERY, SOME REALLY GREAT ART, LOCAL ART, AND, UM, I THINK YOU GUYS WILL FIND IT VERY WORTHY.

UM, SATURDAY WE ALSO SPENT AT THANKSGIVING WITH CHINESE NEW YEAR AND ONE THING I MENTIONED YESTERDAY OR SATURDAY, WHAT A GREAT CITY WE LIVE IN ONE DAY, WE'RE CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR AND THE NEXT DAY WE'RE CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND IT REALLY IS AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY IN OUR CITY.

UM, DESTINY CHURCH WAS ALSO A GREAT, UH, A GREAT SERVICE.

UH,

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UH, THE MESSAGE WAS MAKING ROOM, WHICH, UH, REALLY, REALLY HAD ME RETHINK SOME THINGS.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO PAY OUR RESPECTS TO A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, BUDDY JEFFERSON, WHO PASSED.

HE SERVED OUR CITY, UM, UH, GRACEFULLY AND, UH, HE'S WITH THE LORD AND HIS MEMORY BE ETERNAL.

UH, SOME, UH, SUPPORT WITH SASHI.

THANK YOU MIRROR.

UM, LAST, UH, THURSDAY, UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, ABRA NETTLES AND HER TEAM AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR HOSTING THE CITY'S VERY FIRST, UH, BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT FOR MISSOURI CITY BUSINESSES.

UH, IT WAS AN EVENT THAT WAS LONG OVERDUE AND, UM, EACH BUSINESS GOT A CHANCE TO GO AROUND AND STATE THE NAME OF THEIR BUSINESS AND REALLY CONNECT, UH, RESOURCES.

SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER IT RIGHT HERE WITH OUR MISSOURI CITY BUSINESSES.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE NEXT QUARTER, RIGHT? YES.

SO THANK YOU, ABRA AND YOUR TEAM.

UM, WE WILL BE HAVING A SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW.

UM, SO PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY STATED, UM, MYSELF MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR, WE ATTENDED THE, UH, FOR BEN CHAMBERS, UH, CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN'S GALA.

UM, I ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO SEE HIM, UM, UH, CELEBRATE 50 YEARS WITH THE CHAMBER.

AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE WITH MY PARENTS AND MY DAUGHTER.

UM, NEXT I WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE AN AWARD ON SATURDAY FROM THE AMERICAN CARIBBEAN CHAMBER AS A MOVER AND SHAKER ALONGSIDE OF SEVERAL, UM, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS.

UH, AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HONORED FOR MY COMMUNITY SERVICE THERE.

I ALSO SNUCK IN ON SATURDAY TO THE ANNUAL DAD DAUGHTER DANCE.

I WAS IN THE AREA.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A GLIMPSE.

I ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAPPENED WITH, UH, JASON AND HIS TEAM, DAD, JASON AND DANIELLE, AND, UM, AND, AND HOW ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS AND THE DADS DANCE AROUND.

AND IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY ACUTE EVENT.

SO I POPPED IN AND I POPPED OUT CAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET KICKED OUT, BUT, UM, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO HOST THAT EACH YEAR, UM, AND ATTENDED WITH MY COLLEAGUES OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF.

UM, I WANT TO THANK EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION FOR, UM, REALLY TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT AND HOSTING THAT.

AND THEN ALL OF THE ARTISTS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

UM, I WANT TO, I KNOW WE ARE SO USED TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH HONORING OUR GREATS, BUT I WANT US TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GREATS RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY TO ALWAYS REMEMBER OUR LOCAL GRADES.

AND, UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE GAS STATION.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE OUR RESIDENTS, UM, COME TOGETHER AND, UM, VOICE VOICE THEIR OPINION.

UM, AND SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THAT AND, UM, JUST TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF, OF, OF, UM, RESIDENTS THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, TODAY I ATTENDED MY VERY FIRST, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES MEETING.

SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, MAY I APPROACH THEM BONEY, UM, AND ALSO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S AND THE TEAM ELENA AND YOUR, YOUR FINANCIAL TEAM FOR WELCOMING ME, WELCOMING ME TO, UM, THE COMMITTEE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT EMORY.

UH, YES, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE, UH, UH, COMMENTS THAT, UM, UH, ANTHONY AND ROSE COUNCILMAN MURAL WAS MADE AS FAR AS THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR, UH, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, THAT SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UM, BUT HE JIMERSON, UH, HE WAS, UH, A MAINSTAY AND, UH, HE WAS WELL-KNOWN AND HE BROUGHT A LOT OF, UH, UH, OF NOT ONLY TALENT, BUT CLASS TO, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, ALSO, UH, I, UH, WAS AT THE, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF, UH, AND IT WAS GREAT.

IT WAS EVEN BETTER BECAUSE WE MOVED IT INSIDE AND DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE FREEZING WEATHER AND WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, UH, EXCITING TO SEE, UH, THAT, UH, MISSOURI CITY AGAIN IS, UH, SHOWING THAT, UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE CITIES AND NOT ONLY THE, THE, THE COUNTY, EVEN ALSO THE STATE.

SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT, UH, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING.

UM, I ATTENDED THE, UH, OH QUICK FAR STATE SHOW A, UH, I, AND LIKE MOST HOS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME REPAIRS AS THEIR STREETS.

SO, UH, FORTUNATELY, UM, I HAD,

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UH, SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, LISTEN AND HEAR WHAT THEIR, UH, THEIR REQUESTS WERE AND THEIR, AND THEIR COMMENTS.

SO THAT WAS ALWAYS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S TO HEAR THE, THE, UH, THE CITIZENS, UM, FIVE SECOND LINE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, CHIEF BERENSON AND CITY MANAGER, UH, JACKSON, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UH, THE PACKAGE FOR, UH, TWO NEW, ADDITIONAL, UH, POLICE OFFICERS.

AND, UH, THEY ARE, UM, UM, MOTORCYCLE, UH, EQUIPMENT.

UH IT'S I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO, UH, UH, THE, UH, PD STAFF.

AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PLACE THOSE ASSETS WHERE THEY'RE REALLY NEEDED AND WE'LL HAVE GREAT IMPACT.

SO WITH THAT, I, YOU KNOW, I THANK, UH, THE EFFORTS TO BRING, UH, THAT REQUEST FORWARD.

AND, UH, FINALLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A QUAIL VALLEY PROUD BOARD MEETING.

QUAIL VALLEY PROUD IS A, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WITHIN QUAIL VALLEY.

UH, THEY, UH, UH, COORDINATE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES WITH, UH, A NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY AND QUAIL VALLEY.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS THERE BECAUSE THEY, UH, UH, UH, GIVE ASSISTANCE, UH, IN SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT, UM, ABLE TO, UH, BRING, UH, TO THE, UH, THE, UH, THE GROUP THAT WAS THERE, SOME OF THE, UH, EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON ON, UH, UH, TOWN CENTER, UH, TWO AND THREE.

AND, UH, THE, UM, UH, DAME-O PARK.

WE, UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ALSO.

AND OF COURSE THE FREEDOM TREE, WHICH WAS, UH, REALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS A REAL, UH, UH, INTEREST, UH, TO, UM, MANY OF THE, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT WERE, UH, THAT HAVE HAD ATTENDED.

SO WITH THAT MAYOR, THAT'S MY, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY.

WELL, FIRST I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMO, RILEY FOR COMING ALL THE WAY OUT TO DISTRICT B, TO VICKSBURG, TO VISIT OUR RESIDENTS.

AND, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WERE WHEN YOU ATTENDED THAT MEETING.

I COULDN'T MAKE IT THAT NIGHT.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THE FORT BEN PATRIOTS LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FOR SURPRISING AND HONORING MYSELF AND MY WIFE FOR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR YOUTH ORGANIZATION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS, UH, WHAT YOU DO WHEN THE CAMERA'S ON, BUT WHAT YOU DO BEHIND THE SCENES AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH MANY THINGS, INCLUDING SECURING A VENUE FOR THEIR GALA AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, UH, WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO RECEIVE THAT HONOR, UH, FROM THEM.

UH, I WAS A 10, I WAS AN ATTENDANT AT THE MISSOURI CITY BAPTIST CHURCHES, 30TH ANNIVERSARY, AND, UH, IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT, UM, AND ALWAYS, UH, A GOOD MESSAGE, UH, FROM, FROM THE ATTENDEES THERE, AT THAT PARTICULAR, UM, YOU KNOW, CHURCH.

SO THEY'RE A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CELEBRATE, UH, UH, THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE, UH, WANT TO WELCOME ALSO OUR NEW CITY, UH, SECRETARY CRYSTAL RONAN TO OUR CITY.

UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD CANDIDATES.

SHE STOOD OUT TREMENDOUSLY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER COME ABOARD.

UH, ALSO LIKE WAS STATED EARLIER, ATTENDED THE FORT BEN, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAIRMAN'S GALA CONGRATS, THE NEW CHAIR, KEVIN RILES, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE WITH MAYOR ALLAH CAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, RILEY AND COUNCILWOMAN CLOUSER.

I THINK WE HAD THE LIVELIEST TABLE, UH, AT THE EVENT AND THAT, AND THE AFTER PARTY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT UNTIL AFTER I TURN OFF THE CAMERAS, BUT AT ANY RATE, UH, THE TIGER LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL WAS GREAT AS WELL.

UH, WILDLY ATTENDED.

I KNOW OUR MAYOR SHARED SOME WORDS THERE, BUT, UM, I WAS THERE WITH THE MAYOR, ALLAH CAT AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IS IN DISTRICT C AT THE TANG CITY ALSO, UM, WAS EXCITED TO ATTEND OUR HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA.

COUNCIL'S ANNUAL MEETING.

UH, I WANT TO CONGRAT THE NEW 2022 OFFICES, AND I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD.

I SERVED AS A MODERATOR, UH, AS THE MODERATOR FOR THE MAYOR'S LEADERSHIP, UH, LUNCHEON EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE EMERGE CONFERENCE PUT ON BY THE NATIONAL FORUM, UM, UH, FOR PUBLIC BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.

UH, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE SOME IMPORTANT DIALOGUE AND ASK KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID AND, AND OTHER KEY MATTERS, UH, TO HOUSTON MAYOR, SYLVESTER TURNER, UH, FORT, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, AUSTIN MAYOR SCOTT ADLER,

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UH, LITTLE ROCK MAYOR, FRANK SCOTT, JR.

AND BATON ROUGE, MAYOR, UH, SHARON WESTERN BROOM, GREAT EVENT WELL ATTENDED AND, UH, LOTS OF GOOD DIALOGUE ABOUT LEADERSHIP IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF CELEBRATION WITH MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND, UH, I'LL ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, TROY AND CHARITY CARTER FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING TO KICK THIS THING OFF.

AND WE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS TO GO, AND I'M SURE MAYOR ELLICOTT WILL MENTION, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, UH, ALSO GOT CHANCE TO GO BY THE FARMER'S MARKET, THE MO THE MO THE, UH, NEW AND IMPROVED FARMER'S MARKET, UH, WITH, UH, MARIELLA AND, AND COUNCIL ON THE CLOUDS OR AFTER THE BLACK HISTORY EVENT PICKED UP A FEW ITEMS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, HEALTH AND, AND NOT SO HEALTHY, UH, SOME PREY LANES AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER STUFF, BUT IT WAS GREG GOT SOME COLLARD GREENS.

I GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF, BUT IT WAS A GREAT, UH, UH, AND I PICKED UP SOME ITEMS BAPTIZED IT.

I HOPE MY WIFE, BUT ANYWAY, UH, AND THEN LASTLY, THE CONFEDERATE DRIVE TO PROSPERITY DRIVE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON SUNDAY WAS, UM, THEY'RE VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MOVING, IT WAS EMOTIONAL AND TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT ON THE FACES AND HEAR IT IN THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS ON THAT STREET, UH, AND ALSO THEIR ENCOURAGEMENT AND HOPE THAT OTHERS IN THAT AREA, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A, UH, A STREET NAMED AFTER THE FIRST GRAND WIZARD OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY FILL OUT PAPERWORK, RECEIVE MAIL AND, AND ALSO, UH, LIVE ON THAT STREET.

SO, UH, I'M JUST EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.

MARIELLA, CAT, AND MYSELF COUNCIL, WOMAN CLOUDS ARE, AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHER DIGNITARIES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO, UH, RHONDA AND BEAU GUILBEAU FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HELPING, UH, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND GET THAT STREET NAME CHANGED.

AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

THAT YOU'RE NOT IN FRONT OF THE SCENES, OR YOU DON'T SEE YOURSELF ON SOCIAL MEDIA OFTEN, BUT WE HEAR YOU AND WE SEE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE SAID HERE.

UH, JUST WITH FEW UPDATES THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP TEAM RIGHT HERE, ACTUALLY RIGHT OUT HERE AT 7:30 AM TO 8:30 AM.

AND THEN ON THIS COMING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, WE'LL HAVE A WALK TO FREEDOM TREE PARK SATURDAY.

IT WILL BE A SATURDAY EVENT AT 2:00 PM, AND WE'RE GOING TO START FROM THE COMMUNITY PARK, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE FREEDOM TREE.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD A GREAT KICKOFF CELEBRATION RIGHT HERE.

UH, ONE OF THE THING, DANIELLE AND, UH, JASON, UM, UH, MANGUM, UH, FOR THEIR HELP TO KICK IT OFF.

I KNOW DANIEL HAS BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD WITH, UH, EDISON FOUNDATION AND TROY AND CHARITY CARTER.

SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THIS.

UM, WE HAD SOME FREEZING WEATHER HERE, UM, AND I WANT TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT CHIP IN, AND I DID SEE THAT ON SEVERAL OF THE BRIDGES THERE WAS SAND.

UM, SO THEY DID WORK EXTREMELY HARD TO TODD WHO WERE SHASHI YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T AS BAD AS WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR, BUT THAT TOOK A LOT AND I WANT TO SHARE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I WANT COUNCIL TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

SOMETHING THAT TRANSPIRED, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THERE'S BEEN A CONSTITUENT OVER, UM, I BELIEVE IN DISTRICT D OR SO HAD REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT HER SIDEWALK HAS BEEN, UM, ACTUALLY NOT SIDEWALK.

HER CURVE HAS BEEN BROKEN THROUGH GFL OR WHERE WERE THE TRASH COMPANY GOING OVER? AND I HAD REACHED OUT TO SHASHI'S TEAM AND, UH, THEY WENT OUT THERE NOT ONLY THEY FIXED THAT PIECE OF THE CURVE, BUT THEY ALSO FIXED ANOTHER SECTION THAT WAS ALREADY BROKEN UP THERE.

AND THAT SHOWS THE EXEMPLARY SERVICE THAT OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF DO, BECAUSE ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS JUST FIX THAT CURVE, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT THEY WERE ASKING, BUT YOU GUYS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DID IT.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE IN SHARING PICTURES AND KIND OF SAYING NOT ONLY THEY FIXED WHAT WE ASKED FOR, BUT THEY FIXED SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THAT'S THE MISSOURI CITY PROV, UH, MISSOURI CITY OF PRIDE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE IN, IN EACH OF US.

AND WE WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT KEPT SAYING I T DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE SHOW, SERVERS, DEVELOPMENT, SERVICES, PARKS, AND PUBLIC WORKS.

EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS HARD, UH, TO MAKE THE CITIZENS, TO MEET THE CITIZENS NEED.

WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE SCENES

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH WITH THAT.

I, MY, UM, REPORT

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ITEM NUMBER 13 IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM AFTER THIS, UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS REGULAR SPECIAL MEETING AT 8:19 PM AND CONTINUE BACK WITH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

AND

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COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NOT ALL, UH, EXCUSE ME, HOW I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT.

ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE JOBY AND CEDRIC ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF FROM VOTING DUE TO THE CON, UM, VERY CONFLICT AND, UM, TERMINATION OF OUR FORMER DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW I WAS OPPOSING.

SO I JUST WANT TO ABSTAIN MYSELF.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE CONFLICT.

I WOULD, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, CEDRIC AND JOBY, UH, WELL, CEDRIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SEAR, YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION, UH, IN EVERY POSITION THAT YOU'VE HAD.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU LEAD, UM, THE DEPARTMENT AND, AND YOU AS WELL.

JOBY THANK YOU, JOYCE.

I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, CAN YOU ABSTAIN FROM A BOAT UP HERE AT THE DAY IS OKAY.

DOES SHE HAVE NO.

AND I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO MAKE THAT A STATEMENT TO JUST LET THE COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW THAT TECHNICALLY YOU CANNOT ABSTAIN.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING BECAUSE THE CHARTER REQUIRES A VOTING.

WHEN PRESENT, I HAVE A WITNESS PEOPLES REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE DYES AND STILL BE PRESENT.

SO IN GENERALLY WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS OR COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE DONE IS THEY MOVED BACK.

SO THEY PHYSICALLY, THEY PHYSICALLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE TABLE FROM THE DIOCESE AND STATE THAT THEY'RE NOT PRESENT.

IT'S NOTED IN THE MINUTES THAT THEY'VE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DIET AND THEN THE VOTES TAKEN.

THEN THEY ROLL KIND OF ROLL THEIR CHAIRS BACK.

AND I DID THAT RECENTLY, TOO.

I GOT UP AND THEN WALKED BACK.

SO IT WAS A COUPLE OF STEPS BACK.

I JUST, I LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CEDRIC AS WELL, BUT I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE'RE GOING WITH.

RIGHT? YOU PUT A CIO OVER TECHNOLOGY.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A NICE STRUCTURE.

AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER FOR THINKING THROUGH THAT, I JUST WANT TO CONCUR ALL MY COLLEAGUES, SENTIMENTS, UM, AND JUST SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, CEDRIC.

I THINK YOU'RE A GREAT MAN FOR THE JOB.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, AGAIN, YOUR INNOVATION IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEADING UP AND THE SAME THING FOR YOU.

JOBY I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT, AT THIS TIME OF OUR CITY, WE NEED STABILITY.

WE NEED LEADERSHIP, WE NEED CONSISTENCY.

AND, UH, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT TALENT AND, UH, WHAT WE NEED IN THIS CITY, UH, BY, UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, TO US THAT CEDRIC COLE WILL BE APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER TO HELP LEAD US FORWARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, CEDRIC, WAS IT SATURDAY? EVERYBODY ELSE SPOKE MIGHT AS WELL AS I SAY SOMETHING TOO NOW.

RIGHT.

UM, ANYWAY, I ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU IN MY PAST AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT C.

AND I REMEMBER YOU COMING INTO THAT POSITION, UM, AND YOU BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE IT TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.

UM, AND I THINK KUDOS TO YOU AND BUILDING A STRONG TEAM WITH YOUR TEAM THAT'S LITERALLY RIGHT BEHIND YOU AND RIGHT, RIGHT ASIDE OF YOU, UM, I THINK YOU HAVE SHOWING WHAT THE, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS, IN THIS CITY.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, TO, YOU KNOW, GET US SOME ACCOLADES AWARDS.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BOEING.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CEDRIC KNEW THAT, UH, I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING TO, UH, PUSH, UH, PASS PAST SOME PRAISE ON HIM, UH, FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT HE'S DONE.

UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, GREAT THINGS, UH, TO MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD, UH, IN THE IT ARENA.

SO THANK YOU.