* 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. [(a) Receive, consider and discuss the initial redistricting map.] [00:01:39] THIS MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON REDISTRICTING NEXT MONDAY AT 6:00 PM. THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT WILL BE VIRTUAL TO HOPEFULLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS. UM, AFTER THAT, YOU'LL HAVE SEVERAL IN-PERSON MEETINGS, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AT YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS. THAT'LL BE MARCH 7TH, MARCH 21ST AND ON APRIL 4TH, THIS TO, UH, AGAIN, PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR INITIAL ASSESSMENTS. AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, THE MAXIMUM DEVIATION BETWEEN YOUR DISTRICTS WAS 21.8, 8%. THE ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGE IS 10% MAXIMUM DEVIATION. YOUR LARGEST DISTRICT WAS DISTRICT 30. YOUR AT LEAST POPULATED DISTRICT WAS DISTRICT C. AND THE IDEAL DISTRICT SIZE IS ABOUT 18,797 PEOPLE. UH, AGAIN, YOU ALL ESTABLISHED CRITERIA AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS PROPOSED MAP INCORPORATES THAT PROPOSED CRITERIA. W WE, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE MOST IMPORTANT I THINK IS THAT YOU WILL WANT IT TO ENSURE THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE IN, UH, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS IN ONE DISTRICT. SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, AND THIS SLIDE JUST INCLUDES A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES, BUT KIND OF THE SIGNIFICANT HIGHLIGHTS HUNTERS, GLEN, UH, FOUR AND FIVE WERE MOVED TO DISTRICT DAY, ALL OF CREEK MONT THE CREEK MONT SUBDIVISION WAS PLACED IN DISTRICT B ALL OF OLYMPIA, UH, STATES WAS PLACED, ALSO PLACED IN DISTRICT FEE. AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, THERE WAS A, A LITTLE SEGMENT OF THAT THAT WAS LOCATED IN DISTRICT D NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS CODE, WHICH IS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ALSO MOVED TO DISTRICT B LIKE SHORE HARBOR WAS MOVED TO DISTRICT B 12 VILLAGE TOWNHOMES, QUAIL VALLEY, NORTH LEXINGTON PLACE, AND PERMITTED FOR MUDA DUNES. VILLAS WERE ALL MOVED TO DISTRICT C AND OYSTER CREEK FARMS WAS MOVED TO DISTRICT D. SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP BEFORE YOU, THIS IS THE FULL KIND OF PICTURE OF YOUR PROPOSED MAP PLAN, A THE RED LINE INDICATES YOUR CURRENT DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. THE COLORS REPRESENT EACH OF THE NEW PROPOSED BOUNDARIES. YOU CAN SEE DISTRICT A AND BLUE DISTRICT B IN GREEN DISTRICT C AND RED AND DISTRICT D AND PINK. THIS SLIDE SIMPLY PROVIDES YOU ALL WITH JUST A SUMMARY OF THE DETAILS AND THE POPULATION BREAKDOWNS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT. YOU'LL NOTE BETWEEN THIS, UH, THIS, THIS THING, NUMBERS THAT THEY ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER. UM, AND AGAIN, THE TOTAL DEVIATION HERE MEETS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF BEING BELOW 10%. UH, SO WITH THAT NEXT STEPS ARE TO RECEIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. UM, IT HAS ASSISTED IN CREATING, UH, A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR COMMENTS RELATED TO REDISTRICTING. THAT EMAIL ADDRESS IS MC REDISTRICTING [00:05:01] AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV. UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS ALSO ASSISTING US BY, UH, PREPARING A WEBSITE THAT WILL INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE FEATURE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, UH, THE PROCESS. AGAIN, THE NEXT, UH, STEP IN THIS PROCESS WILL BE TO HOLD A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR THE PUBLIC NEXT MONDAY, UH, VIA WEBEX AT 6:00 PM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. BEFORE WE GET TO THE QUESTION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY? I NEED A MOTION ON SECOND. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY CUSTOMER MEMORIALS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. NOW IS A TIME OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT MAP ONE MORE TIME? IS THERE A WAY TO ZONE THAT AT IT? OKAY. GO BACK TO THE ONE MORE SLIDE. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES. THESE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. THEY'RE NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES, BUT THERE ARE SOME OF THE, KIND OF THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, I THINK SOME OF THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES PROBABLY FOR A COUNCIL TEAM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU JUST TO HAVE A QUESTION, IT'S ANTHONY, UM, SOME DISTRICTS STAND TO GROW, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPANSION GOING ON AND SOME ARE BUILT OUT AND I THINK, SEE FOR THE MOST PART BUILT OUT IN THESE PROJECTIONS, DO WE HAVE SOME CUSHION THERE FOR THAT? SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONIS, DISTRICT'S GOING TO GET A LOT MORE HOMES, RIGHT. UM, SO DOES THAT MAYBE MEAN THAT MAYBE C COULD GET MORE NOW AND THEN WHEN HE GROWS, WHERE EQUAL, IS THERE A CUSHION IN THAT THERE ISN'T CUSHION? YOU KNOW, THE, THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS BASED ON LOOKING BACK, NOT LOOKING FORWARD. SO THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY BASED ON THE 20, 20 CENSUS. AND SO THAT IS, THAT THAT'S REALLY THE BASIS FROM WHICH THE DISTRICTS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN MOVED. UM, IT'S BASED ON THOSE PAST NUMBERS AND NOT BASED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, SHIPMENTS CODE, I DON'T THINK IS BUILT OUT AND THAT'S IN B. SO I'M SURE THAT WILL ADD, UM, TALKING TO FORECASTING, BUT NO, NOT, NOT BASED ON FORECASTED. CAN WE, OR SHOULD WE, OR DOES THAT HAPPEN NORMALLY? AND MR. HEATH IS HERE THAT HE CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHICH, WHICH DISH, THANK YOU. WHICH DISTRICT WERE YOU SAYING IS THE ONE WHERE A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IS, UH, ANTICIPATED B B. IT IS LIKELY UNDER-POPULATED, UH, NOT DRAMATICALLY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK YOU CAN CONSIDER, BUT YOU HAVE TO COME WITHIN THE 10% DEVIATION USING THE 20, 20 CENSUS AND THE U S SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THE CENSUS GETS OUT OF DATE AND IN FACT, IT'S ALREADY OUT OF DATE BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO. UM, YOU, YOU ASSUME THAT THAT'S THE NUMBER FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND THAT'S, UH, UH, THE REYNOLDS VERSUS SIMS CASE SAYS THAT, WHICH IS PROBABLY FROM THE 1970S THAT HAS CONTINUED TO BE THE LAW. SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED, WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT A LITTLE SMALLER, YOU CAN DO IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO COME WITHIN, UM, THE 10% DEVIATION USING THE 20, 20 CENSUS. AND IT GETS A LITTLE HARDER TO DO THAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOODS SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE LESS FLEXIBILITY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE MOVING A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A TIME, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE IF IT HAD BREASTS THE GROWTH, BUT IT ANSWERS ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT ELSE? YES. UM, I HAVE MORE OF A CONCERN FOR DISTRICT A IF YOU'VE MADE IT TO WHERE IT'S PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN, I'VE LOST A LOT OF MY DIVERSITY WITH THE WHITE POPULATION, ASIAN POPULATION WHERE YOU MOVED OUT OF BERMUDA, BERMUDA DUNES, UM, WELL VALLEY NORTH LEXINGTON PLACE [00:10:01] AND MOVED THEM INTO DISTRICT SEAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS, I THINK THE, UM, ACTUALLY WHEN I LEFT THE DAY, I PICKED UP IN AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE, UM, SOME OF THE LIMITED PURPOSE AND THAT THE NUMBERS I'M LOOKING AT, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THE ANGLO POPULATION IS A LITTLE LESS OF THE ASIAN POPULATION, UM, IS A LITTLE LESS, BUT THEY ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY WERE, UH, I THINK, UH, PROBABLY A PERCENTAGE POINT OR TWO. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU DO THAT, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO END UP A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT USED TO BE, BUT, UM, THERE ARE CHANGES, UH, I WOULDN'T SAY THERE SIGNIFICANT, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MAKES THAT DECISION. YES. I MEAN, I SEE THAT YOU YOU'RE BASING OUR PERCENTAGES. I'M BASING IT ON RELATIONSHIPS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, AND SINCE THESE HAVE BEEN IN THIS DISTRICT FOR DECADES, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES, IT'S NOT ABOUT PERCENTAGE, BUT MORE SO ABOUT THE RESIDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AS WELL. AND SO IT DOES MINIMIZE MY DIVERSITY IN DISTRICT A AND MAKES IT PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHICH IS FINE, BUT IT DOES NEED TO INCLUDE SOME DIVERSITY. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD REEVALUATE THAT THOSE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE IT MORE DIVERSE. THANK YOU. AND I WILL ALSO DEPEND ON INPUT FROM SIOUX CITY STAFF BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE MORE AWARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUCH THE SUBDIVISION MAP THAT WE HAVE. IT SHOWS LIKE 600 SUBDIVISIONS BECAUSE IT'S VERY, UH, DIVERSE. I THINK THAT'S NOT WHERE IT'S, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ARE NOT VERY DIVERSE, VERY DETAILED. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, SO, SO THAT'S WHERE THE LOCAL INPUT REALLY HELPS. AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE ULTIMATE DECISION AS WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE, NOT ME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER Y'ALL SAY, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY ARE PROVIDING THEIR INPUT, IF THEY ONLY SEE ONE OPTION AND THEY FEEL THAT THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER OPTIONS, MAYBE YOU CAN DO MULTIPLE MAPS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SELECT WHICH MAP OF WE DISTRICTS. THEY WOULD PREFER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE RESIDENTS ARE PICKING THE MAP, RIGHT? THEY'RE MAKING SUGGESTIONS AND COUNCIL'S VOTING. THAT IS CORRECT. BUT IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OTHER, I GUESS, OTHER OPTIONS THAT WORK WITHIN THE LEGAL PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS THE ADOPTED CRITERIA, WE CAN CERTAINLY ATTEMPT TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER, UH, VERSION OF THE MAP, BUT JUST TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MR. HEATH SAID, THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT, UH, NUMBERS AND THE PROPOSED NUMBERS FOR THE NON HISPANIC WHITE POPULATION, IT GOES FROM 8.5, 2% TO 6.89. SO IT'S PROBABLY, I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT 1%. IT ISN'T, UH, IT IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS WELL, I WOULD THINK IS LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU MENTIONED TO SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF FOLKS, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, WE, OF COURSE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO, UH, LOOKING AT OR SELECTING PEOPLE BASED ON RACIAL, UH, CLASSIFICATIONS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE PUT ONE OR TWO BACK AND CHANGE SOME OF THE, OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN WHAT ELSE? YEAH, EGOS. I WAS JUST, I KNOW MAYOR ASKED IF HE COULD COME OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WAS KIND OF JUST LOOKING AT THE, AS IT BUMPS UP BETWEEN D AND A, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A PORTION OF WHAT USED TO BE B IS NOW IN A, OFF A CART RIGHT ROAD. AND SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IS THERE A SUBDIVISION OR TWO OR MORE THAT IS NO LONGER IN BE THERE? CAN YOU REPEAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA FOR ME? RIGHT. ROAD LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S CAUGHT RIGHT ROAD, UH, BASED OFF, I CAN'T REALLY OFF OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S IN A NOW. AND I, I KNOW YOU GAVE A, YOU GAVE A, A PROPOSED MAP, A HIGHLIGHTS, AND YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE MOVED. YES. BUT I'M LOOKING HERE AND I'M JUST SAYING, JUST BASED OFF OF THE WAY IT LOOKS YOU, CAUSE YOU MENTIONED [00:15:01] EARLIER THAT METAL CREEK, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE METAL CREEK? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. I DON'T, I'M JUST ASKING. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP THAT'S BEEN GIVEN HERE, BUT, UH, B THE B I'M SORRY. SO HUNTER'S POINT ESTATES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT GREEN BUBBLE AT THE TOP OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED B, I BELIEVE THAT'S HUNTER'S POINT A STATES THAT WOULD GO TO BE UNDER THE NEW MAP. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BLUE, UM, THAT'S A GENIUS. UM, I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THE BUBBLE I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE CARTWRIGHT ROAD. I'M THINKING THAT'S CARTWRIGHT ROAD. IF IT'S A RIGHT. KIND OF IN THE METAL, THAT IS, THAT IS CARTWRIGHT TOWARDS THE TOP. SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS MEADOW CREEK. THAT WAS IN THE, THAT'S GOING TO A CREEK SUBDIVISION. OH, IT IS. OKAY. CAUSE YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT EARLIER. SO I ONLY PULLED OUT A FEW OF THE, UH, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED, UH, AREAS. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T POINT OUT EVERY SINGLE I CHANGED. OKAY. SO I GUESS MY THING IS, ARE WE GOING TO GET, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR LIKE THE OVERALL BREAKDOWN? SURE. I CAN ADD IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH AND ADD EACH NEIGHBOR KIND OF EACH CHANGE. I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I CONCUR. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND JOYCE, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN THE PACKET, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THESE? WHAT ABOUT THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THESE DISTRICTS? WHERE'S THAT DATA AND HOW DOES THAT COMPILE ON TOP OF THIS DATA? SO IN BUILDING DISTRICTS FOR, UM, TO CREATE A LEGALLY COMPLIANT REDISTRICTING PLAN, WE DON'T LOOK AT THE VOTERS. WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL POPULATION, WHICH IS WHAT THIS, THE, THE CENSUS PROVIDES US, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS ON THAT. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL VOTERS. WE CAN, I BELIEVE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE THE BASIS FOR ACTUALLY REDISTRICT. SO I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. WELL, JUST MY EXPERIENCE IN BLOCK WALKING, UM, THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A PREDOMINANTLY, YOU KNOW, EITHER BE ASIAN OR WHATEVER, UH, NATIONALITY, AND THEY DON'T VOTE RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE JUST HERE WITH RESIDENCY OR WHATEVER. SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NUMBER. I COULD HAVE 18,000 PEOPLE AND MAYBE ONLY 12,000 VOTERS, BUT HOW DO YOU CONTROL THAT? I MEAN, WHAT WAS YOUR, MY QUESTION IS, IS CAN I SEE THAT DATA SO I CAN OVERLAP IT TO SEE THAT MAINLY MY COUNTESS IS MUCH HIGHER AND THAT MAY BE COUNCIL MEMORY MEMORIES IS MUCH LOWER NOW THAT WE SHIFTED ALL THIS, ALL RIGHT, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. WELL, LET ME QUALIFY WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE. UM, THERE THERE'S SOME WAYS TO DO THIS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN EVERY VOTING PRECINCT. UM, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION FROM FORT BEND COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY. UM, NOW THIS IS GOING TO SPLIT SOME PRECINCTS. SO YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN SAY DISTRICT A VERSUS DISTRICT C OR WHATEVER IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A FAIRLY ACCURATE COUNT BY GEOCODING ALL THE VOTERS. NOW, IN SOME COUNTIES THEY'RE ALREADY, GEO-CODED WHEN JUST TAKE THOSE AND GET THAT INFORMATION. AND BY THE WAY, I'M SAYING ALL THIS, UM, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO OUR GIS PERSON, WHO IS THE TECHNICAL PERSON WHO DOES ALL THIS, SHE MAY SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY RIGHT, BUT I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST WE HAVE, UH, GONE TO GEO CODE, UH, PEOPLE. AND, UH, IT'S MORE LABOR-INTENSIVE AND MAY INVOLVE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. BUT ONCE YOU GET THAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ASIAN. HOW MANY ARE ANGLOS SO FORTH? YOU WILL, YOU CAN KNOW HOW MANY HAVE SPANISH SURNAMES, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT IS KEPT. AND OF COURSE ALSO, UH, THAT WILL PRODUCE A LIST THAT SOME OF THOSE WILL BE SUSPENSE VOTERS, AND SOME WILL NOT SUSPENSE VOTERS BEING THOSE THAT, UH, HAVEN'T VOTED IN A WHILE. AND THERE'S REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE, BUT THEY'RE STILL ON THE ROADS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION OF RELATIVE TO HOW THIS IS FORMULATED, SO WE HAVE TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT THE MAP HAS TO BE, I WANT [00:20:01] TO USE THE WHERE RIGHT. IS A CONTIGUOUS. YES. YES. SO THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T LOOK AS IF IT'S BEEN CUT UP IN A WAY THAT IS NEFARIOUS OR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHERRY PICKING WHO YOU WANT. RIGHT. WELL, AND THAT, THAT MAY BE MORE COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS WOULD BE THAT EVERY PART OF THE DISTRICT HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T PUT PART OF D DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTH AND ANOTHER PART UP IN THE NORTH WITH NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM. BUT COMPACTNESS WOULD BE THAT IT'S COMPACT. YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S CLOSER TO A CIRCLE OR SQUARE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT MEASURES VERY COMPACT. CAUSE YOU LOOK AT DISTRICT D AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY ARE NOT COMPACT AND IT'S GOT TO FOLLOW THE BOUNDARIES, UH, OF, OF THE CITY. SO THE IS VERY MUCH NON COMPACT, BUT THERE'S NO, UH, ALTERNATIVE TO THAT. THE CITY'S NOT COMING BACK. SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS, UH, RELATIVE TO HOW THIS IS DETERMINED, UM, IT'S BASED OFF OF THE CENSUS BLOCKS, RIGHT? LIKE, AND YOU CAN BREAK THOSE UP OR IT'S TECHNICALLY IT'S POSSIBLE TO BREAK THEM. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK WE HAVE BROKEN TWO BLOCKS OR SPLIT TWO BLOCKS IN THIS MAP, BUT IT WAS WHERE THERE WAS ZERO POPULATION OR ONE PART OF IT. AND ALL THE POPULATION WAS IN THE OTHER, UM, ONCE YOU, BUT A CENSUS BLOCK NORMALLY IS GOING TO BE A CITY BLOCK. SO IT'S PRETTY SMALL. UM, NOW IF WE LOOK AT, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, UNUSUALLY SHAPED SUBDIVISIONS ARE SOMETIMES AROUND THE GOLF COURSE ARE ALL WHERE, UH, THE STREETS AREN'T AGREED BECAUSE THEY'RE FOLLOWING, UH, GOLF HOLES. UH, THOSE BLOCKS MAY BE, UH, UNUSUALLY SHAPED, BUT NORMALLY IT'S A CITY BLOCK. AND SO IT'S PRETTY SMALL A UNIT, BUT IF WE SPLIT ONE AND WE'RE SPLITTING POPULATION, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE SPLIT AND HOW MANY OR THE OTHER WE HAVE TO MAKE ESTIMATES. MY LAST QUESTION IS THIS BASED OFF OF DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RACE. UM, WHAT'S THE VARIATION IN PERCENTAGES THAT WOULD RAISE A RED FLAG. I'M ASSUMING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR ANYONE ELSE? UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY RED FLAG HERE, UH, IN THIS CITY, OBVIOUSLY. UM, ABEL, SO IT'S EASIER TO SEE, UM, FAR A SECTION, UH, SUED UNDER SECTION TWO OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, WHICH IS THE SECTION THAT IS STILL INTACT. SUPREME COURT HAS INSTRUCTED IT, STRUCK IT DOWN. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO SHOW IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO DRAW A DISTRICT WHERE THE MINORITY GROUP CAN CONSTITUTE A MAJORITY IN THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DRAW IT THAT WAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE HERE. IT IS CLEARLY POSSIBLE TO DRAW A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS WHERE THERE IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAJORITY. AND IN FACT, THERE ARE TWO DISTRICTS LIKE THAT HERE. UH, AND, UH, THERE IS REALLY NOT SUFFICIENT, UH, HISPANIC POPULATION OR ASIAN POPULATION THAT IS SUFFICIENTLY COMPACT TO DO THAT, TO DRAW A SINGLE DISTRICT. AND PARTICULARLY WITH SOME RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUPS, THERE IS A LOWER RATE OF CITIZENSHIP OR A HIGHER RATE OF CHILDREN BELOW THE VOTING AGE AND IN THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE. IT HAS TO BE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION. SO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COULD BRING A SUIT TO SAY, YOU'VE GOT TO DRAW SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN DISTRICTS WHERE THEY, UM, HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE DISTRICT THAT CERTAINLY HAPPENED HERE. I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN ALWAYS SUE, BUT NOBODY COULD SUE AND WIN. I DON'T THINK IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE [00:25:01] I THINK YOU HAVE FULLY COMPLIED WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THANK YOU. THE LAST COMMENT, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS FROM A LOGICAL STANDPOINT AND WITHOUT HAVING THE LIST OF HOW Y'ALL MOVED THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, WHICH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PROTEAN, BONEY OF STATE, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT WHOLE LIST, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS LOGISTICALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE RUNNING FOR THESE PARTICULAR OFFICES, HOW IT'S SCATTERED OUT, UM, YOU DON'T LIVE HERE, SO YOU WOULDN'T KNOW HOW THESE NEIGHBORHOODS KIND OF LINE UP, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU, UH, IN DISTRICT A HUNTER'S GLEN ONE, AND TWO'S SITS ON ONE SIDE AND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THAT NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD IN FRONT OF IT IS HUNTER'S POINT OF STATE. WHEN YOU GO OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE, YOU HAVE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH ARE IN DISTRICT B AND THEN YOU CROSS OVER TEXAS PARKWAY. HUNTER'S GREEN WEST IS THEN DISTRICT A. SO IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING TO MOVE HUNTER'S GLAND FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH IS A PARALLEL TO HUNTER'S GLEN ONE AND TWO INTO DISTRICT A LEAD. HOW DOES LAND THREE IN DISTRICT B RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET MOVE. HOW DOES HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES INTO B YOU CROSS THE STREET AND WENT BACK AND ATE IT DOESN'T LOOK LOGISTICALLY, MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE ONE SECTION THAT IS DISTRICT A CROSS, THE STREET, YOU HAVE DISTRICT B CROSS THE STREET AGREEMENT AGAIN, AND THEN YOU HAVE DISTRICT AGAIN, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALL RIGHT, THEY'RE TIGHT KNIT. AND SO ONE THING WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT THOUGH, WAS THE ACTUAL MAKEUP OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO LIKE HUNTER'S GLEN FOUR AND HUNTER'S GLEN FIVE ACTUALLY HAVE SEPARATE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS. AND HUNTER'S GLEN THREE AS A SEPARATE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, OR WHEN I WAS LETTING MR. HEATH KNOW ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, I WAS LOOKING AT DEED RESTRICTIONS AND ITEMS FOR WHICH AN HOA PRESIDENT WOULD GO TO A MEMBER, UM, HOPEFULLY ONE MEMBER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. SO WE WEREN'T JUST NECESSARILY LOOKING AT LOCATION, BUT JUST THE ACTUAL MAKEUP OF THEIR, OF THE HOS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE HUNTERS, HUNTERS, GLENS, OR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF HUNTERS, PLANTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE, THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OKAY TO SEPARATE THEM. UH, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE BECAUSE IT JUST LOGICALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. YOU HAVE HUNTERS LAND ONE AND TWO IN DISTRICT A AND THEN YOU HAVE FOUR AND FIVE IN DISTRICT A AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE LEFT AND B, AND THEN YOU TAKE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT A STATE, WHICH IS RIGHT IN BACK OF HUNTERS, PLAN ONE AND TWO, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A MAP STANDPOINT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND THEN YOU CROSS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. AND YOU'RE NOW BACK IN HUNTER, IN QUELL GREEN WEST, WHICH IS DISTRICT K WHEN ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THAT SIDE ARE ALL DISTRICT AID, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SWITCH THEM ALL UP. AND SO IT'S LIKE A, B A B, AND IT'S NOT A PERFECT GO AHEAD WHERE YOU DONE COUNSELING. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M JUST LOOKING, I WISH I COULD REALLY BLOW THIS MAP UP, BUT I DON'T SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE TO ME IS THAT, CAUSE I KNOW WHERE HUNTER'S POINT OF STATE IS THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES IS IN THIS GREEN BUBBLE AT THE TOP HERE. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE KIND OF THE NUMBERS EVEN OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN TO, TO MEET THE 18,000 7 97 IDEAL SIZE. SO, I MEAN, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL, WOMAN RILEY IS SAYING, BUT IN LOOKING AT THIS MAP, I DON'T SEE THAT THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF HUNTER'S POINT STATES, WHICH IS WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF, OF ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS TO SEE. UM, AND IT, IT ACTUALLY IS PART OF YOUR PACKET INCLUDES A BITE DOWN OF EACH OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE MAPS OF EACH OF THE DISTRICTS. AND AT THE TOP OF THE GREEN BUBBLE IS LEXINGTON BOULEVARD. UM, AND PINE HOLLOW DRIVE IS JUST SOUTH OF THAT IN GRAND PARK DRIVE. UH, ALSO GOES THROUGH THAT. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT'S HUNTER'S POINT BECAUSE IT'S AT ABOUT TEXAS PARKWAY AND, UH, LEXINGTON BOULEVARD. RIGHT. WHERE THEY'RE THE PROPOSED GAS STATION IS RIGHT. AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE GREEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE STATING IN YOUR EARLIEST STATEMENT THAT YOU'RE MOVING TO BE CORRECT. THAT'S I WAS CLARIFYING [00:30:01] THAT WITH MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY, THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FULL BLOWN UP MAP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PRESENTED? UM, MAYOR PRO TIM'S REQUEST AT THE, UH, MEETING THE VIRTUAL MEETING? YES, MA'AM AND, UH, ON FEBRUARY 28TH, WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT, BUT IT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR, IT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BLOW THAT UP AND SEE, UM, THAT I WISH I COULD BRING MY COMPUTER OVER TO YOU, UH, TO SHOW YOU THAT SEGMENT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL MAPS OF EACH DISTRICT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIGGER VIEW THAN WHAT YOU HAVE THERE, BUT ON THE COMPUTER, YOU CAN BLOW THOSE UP TO 200%, 400% ZOOM IN. OH, I SEE. I'VE FOUND IT. SO AGAIN, UH, MR. HEAP, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OPTIONAL MAP BASED ON MY CONCERNS AND THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE. AND IF THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN HELP ME PULL THAT TOGETHER, WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. HE, JOYCE, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, I KNOW YOU STATED THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR VIRTUAL WORKSHOP. UM, WHAT IS YOUR MARKETING PLANS TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT CHANGES AND HOW IT WILL ACTUALLY IMPACT THEM UP DURING ELECTION TIME? WHAT'S YOUR, SO I'M WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO FURTHER DEVELOP THAT AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD INCLUDE A PRESS RELEASE INFORMATION GOING OUT THAT WOULD INCLUDE A LINK TO THE WEBSITE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THEIR CURRENT, UH, DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED PLANS, AS WELL AS THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN PROVIDE COMMENTS. OKAY. SO DO YOU ONLY PROJECT ONLY HAVING ONE VIRTUAL WORK WORKSHOP AT THIS POINT THERE'S ONLY ONE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP, UH, INCLUDED IN THE, UH, KIND OF THE TIMELINE, UH, BUT YOU ALL WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THE TIMELINE AS WELL FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION VIA AT LEAST THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PRESENT ME, I WILL RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO SOME TYPE OF TOUR, UM, AND CONNECT WITH THE RESOURCE LIAISON AND PRESENT THESE TYPE OF CHANGES TO EACH HOA. IF YOU CAN. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF HARD CONSIDERING THE, UM, THE EMPLOYEES IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S JUST SOME TYPE OF WAY THAT YOU CAN INTRODUCE, UM, THE CHANGES AND ASKS ANY QUESTIONS TO THE RESIDENTS AND KIND OF BE HANDS-ON AND MORE ACCESSIBLE CONSIDERING EVERYBODY MIGHT NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL COMPONENT OR MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. WELL IS BEFORE YOU SAY, OKAY, TO THAT, THAT MEANS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS IS ASKING IS EVERY SINGLE HOA, CAUSE THERE'S TONS OF CHANGES IN D TWO B, RIGHT? SO BEFORE YOU SAY OKAY TO IT, I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU HAVING MAYBE ONE OR TWO WORDS FOR MEETINGS, I MEAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GET TO EVERY SINGLE HOA WHO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS AND THEN GO THROUGH IT AND SEND THEM THIS AND SAYING, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS? IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T SEE HOW, IF YOU'RE GIVING US A DEADLINE TO IT. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DO NOT JUST ONE, MAYBE TWO OR THREE WORDS SHOW THIS WAY, HOS AND THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OR WHOEVER IT IS, THAT'D BE ABLE TO COME IN, EITHER NOT FITS WORD. SO THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME IN. THEY CAN SEE IT THROUGH, AT THEIR PALM OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR HAND AND WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, PHONE OR COMPUTER OR IPAD, BUT TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE HOA, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE TAKING PLACE. AND THEN SAYING, THIS IS WHAT THE CHANGE IS. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING BETWEEN FOUR DISTRICTS, THERE'S SO MANY HOS THAT'LL TAKE MONTHS. WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK IF YOU SPREAD IT OUT AMONGST YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO MEET, OR ANOTHER OPTION COULD BE, UM, A, B AND C COMMUNITY MEETING, OR YOU CAN CLUSTER UP THE HOA, UM, HAVE KELLY TO COORDINATE THOSE INDIVIDUAL HLAS AND HAVE JUST COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ENCOURAGING THEM AND INFORMING THEM OF THE CHANGES. I MEAN, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, YOU GO INTO EACH ONE OF THEM. I THINK THAT COMPONENT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT EGOS. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME MAPS IN THE ART AREA HERE OF PROPOSED MAPS AND PEOPLE CAN FREELY COME IN AND OUT AND PERHAPS LEAVE A NOTE OR EMAIL AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS YOU PROVIDED. AND THEN THAT WAY YOU GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND KIND OF PUT THEIR FINGER ON THEIR ADDRESS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE EACH CHOICE, I THINK IS [00:35:01] VERY IMPORTANT IF WE SPECIFY AND HOLD ON ON OUR, OUR MARKETING COMPONENT, UM, MAYBE SOME NICE COLORFUL FLOWER OF MY FLOWERS OF FLYERS AND JUST ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE VOTING MATTERS AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE. AND DUE TO THE CHANGES ADD, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER, EDWARD ZIMMER RULE IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT THOSE SUBDIVISIONS ARE. EVERYBODY CAN'T READ A MAP. SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT IN WRITTEN FORM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THEIR SUBDIVISION, WHERE IT STAYS, WHERE IT GOES OR WHATNOT. SO WOULD THAT BE PART OF THE WORKS ALSO? YES, SIR. EACH ANYWHERE WHERE ANYWHERE WE'RE PUTTING THIS OUT THERE, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION ALSO ON IT. SO PEOPLE KNOW IF, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES FROM, WELL, A LOT OF D WENT TO B, RIGHT? SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND THEN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHAT CHANGES AND WHAT, WHO, WHEN, WHERE CORRECT KATHY JOYCE, IS THERE A TIMELINE, A DROP DEAD DEFINITIVE DATE THAT THIS HAS TO BE COMPLETED MAY 20, 22, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAY 1 20, 22, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BOUNDARIES IS SET FOR APRIL OH. BACK TO THE APRIL 18TH. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSED TIMELINE. YES, SIR. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK THE CITY MANAGER. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE RELATIVE TO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING AND EMPLOYEES, UH, LOGISTICALLY, UH, CITY MANAGER IS, IS WHAT'S BEING ASKED OR PROPOSED POSSIBLE OR WHAT THE BEST POSSIBLE PATH FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE COMMUNICATION OUT TO THE CITIZENS. WELL, I THINK LOGISTICALLY WE DEFINITELY CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL BLAST TO THOSE HOS WITH THE INFORMATION, UM, OFFER THEM AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME SPEAK TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO BE SPOKE TO, UM, AND, AND PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN, UH, THROUGH THAT AVENUE AND THROUGH THE AVENUES THAT WE HAVE TO EVERYBODY. AND MAYBE, I MEAN, I KNOW HE, JOYCE HAS GOT THE VIRTUAL, THE VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS, BUT WE MAY EVEN LOOK AT ONE LIVE TOWN HALL OR HAVE AN AFTERNOON HERE AT CITY HALL WHERE WE HAVE THE MAPS UP IN THIS ROOM. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND ASK QUESTIONS, THEY CAN COME AND ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'LL SIT IN AN ANSWER AND TRY TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME AND JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THE MAPS UP NEXT DOOR. I THINK THAT'S HAVING THE MAPS OF SOMEPLACE WHERE PEOPLE THAT START LOOKING AT THEM AS A GOOD IDEA, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST HAVE INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE IF THEY WANT TO COME IN AND SEE IT. AND EVEN, EVEN TO THAT OTHER POINT, EVEN AFTER IT'S BEEN FINALIZED, THERE'S STILL COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, RIGHT? I MEAN, NOT JUST FOR, FOR US CONSIDERING IT, BUT I THINK ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE ON IT AND MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S STILL BE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION THAT NEEDS TO GO OUT. BECAUSE IF THERE ARE CHANGES WITHIN DISTRICTS, PEOPLE NEED KNOW, OH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGED. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S IN A GROWING CITY, ANYTIME EVERY DISTRICT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHANGED WHEN YOU'RE SITTING STAGNANT, THAT THERE YOU'LL FINALLY GET TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE NOT. SO THEY'LL BE CHANGES. THIS TIME WILL BE CHANGES AGAIN IN 2030, AND THERE MAY BE CHANGES IN 20 AND 2040. UM, SO GETTING INFORMATION ON AFTER, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BIG CONCERN AS TO WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN, BUT THEN AFTER IT'S OVER, THEY MAY BE VOTING IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT POLLING LOCATION, WHATEVER. SO GETTING INFORMATION OUT AND UP TO THE ELECTION HAS BEEN RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER BIG PUSH WITH GETTING INFORMATION OUT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN AND WHERE THEY NEED TO GO VOTE. YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK YOUR MICROPHONE'S ON, IT'S HARD TO HEAR YOU ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [(b) Discussion and possible action on the naming of a 3.83 acre future par...] TWO, B DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NAMING OF A 3.83 ACRE FUTURE PARK LOCATED IN THE PARK'S EDGE SUBDIVISION. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MAYOR PROTON, JEFFREY ALBONY. YEAH. SO MAYOR, UH, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I PRESENTED THE CITY SECRETARY WITH A, A LETTER, UM, ACTUALLY PROPOSING THAT THE NEW, UM, LAKE OLYMPIA, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LAND THAT WAS DONATED [00:40:01] 3.8, THREE ACRES. UM, THAT'S BEING BUILT WITH PARKS EDGE IS RIGHT NOW, UH, IT'S NEEDED, IT NEEDS A NAME. AND I FELT THAT IT WAS NO ONE BETTER TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT PARK NAMED AFTER, UH, THEN RANDY TROXELL WHO SPENT OVER 30 YEARS HERE WITH THE CITY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RANDY. UH, HE WORKED IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS PRIOR TO RETIRING AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN OCTOBER OF 2020 DURING HIS TENURE, HE SAW THE POPULATION JUMPED FROM 36,000 TO 62 TO 75,000 4 57 AND WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEM KEPT UP WITH THE RISING POPULATION. RANDY WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACQUISITION DESIGN OR DEVELOPMENT OF HALF OF MISSOURI. CITY'S 22 PARKS AND THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER. UH, RANDY TROXELL VIEWED HIS WORK AS A LABOR OF LOVE AND WAS OFTEN SEEN ON THE WEEKENDS, PICKING UP TRASH IN THE PARKS, WATERING TREES DURING A DRY SPELL AND TALKING TO RESIDENTS TO THIS DAY, RANDY IS KNOWN TO BE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MISSOURI CITY KNOWLEDGE AND ALL WHO ENJOY THE CITY'S PARKS CAN FEEL HIS LEGACY. AND I FELT IT WAS A APPROPRIATE TO SUBMIT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO SUBMIT TO THE PARK DEPARTMENT, THE NAME EITHER RANDY TROXELL OR TROXELL PARK, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION. AND I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE PARKS, UH, BOARDS, NOT PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS BOARD ACTUALLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, UH, IT BEING NAMED AFTER HIM. AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE HIS TODAY. SO HE'S AT YOUR EMOTION. YES. SO MOVES OR WHAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY, WHAT THE EXACT NAME I WOULD LIKE TO NAME THE 3.83 ACRE FUTURE PARK LOCATED IN THE PARKS AGE SUBDIVISION AFTER RANDY TROXELL AND FOR IT TO BE NAMED TRUCKS OLD PARK. IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, JASON, HOW IN THE PAST HAVE, HOW HAVE WE, UM, PRETTY MUCH DECIDED WHAT OUR PARKS NAME GOING TO BE? WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS IN THE PAST AND PREVIOUS NAMINGS OF THE PARKS? WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS OF DECIDING HOW THE PARKS NAMES ARE GOING TO BE DECIDED? THIS, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PART THAT, UH, WE'VE NAMED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A NAMING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND, UH, IT, IT EXPLAINS HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. UM, AND WE DID, WE DID CHECK THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE OUTLINE PROCESS WAS, WAS FOLLOWED, SUMMARIZE THAT ORDINANCE. UM, SO IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NAME A BUILDING OR A PARK, UM, THEY SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. THE CITY SECRETARY THEN FORWARDED IT ONTO OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, THEN IT WAS PLACED ON THE PARKS BOARD, UH, AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT HAPPENED, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT OUR LAST PARKED BOARD MEETING, UM, THE 10TH AND, UM, THE PARKS BOARD PROVIDED, UH, UH, A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO ULTIMATELY IT'S A CITY COUNCILS, UH, RESPONSIBILITY TO NAME, UH, STREETS, PARKS, BUILDINGS, PROGRAMS, UM, BASED ON THIS, THIS PROCESS. UM, AND, AND, AND THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED. UM, I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT, BUT, UM, I DO THINK, UM, AS A PARKS DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES AND I SHOULD GO THE EXTRA MILE BY HAVING SOME TYPE OF SURVEY GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF INPUT, UM, CONSIDERING THEY ARE THE TAXPAYERS AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES, UM, ULTIMATELY UTILIZING THAT PROPERTY. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR OPINION ONLY, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY INPUT. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED. SO, UM, AS STATED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WORDS, UM, BY THE PARKS DIRECTOR, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD, UH, AND AGENDA WAS POSTED. AND SO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN ON THIS POTENTIAL NAME CHANGE. UH, AND SO THERE WAS NO, UH, FEEDBACK OF OBJECTION OR CONSIDERATION OF A DIFFERENT NAME. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PARKS BOARD. AND NOW IT'S BEFORE, RIGHT. I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THAT HE STATED, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF OUR DON'T, UM, COME TO PARKS BOARD MEETINGS. THEY DON'T COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT ALSO FOR US TO GO TO THEM AND ENGAGE THEM BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT NAME CHANGING AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY CONSIDERING THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDING THIS PROJECT WITH THEIR TAXPAYERS MONEY. SO AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT'S GREAT THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY ULTIMATELY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY [00:45:01] AND MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS PREMISE IS NOT BEING FUNDED BY TAX PAYER DOLLARS. IT'S BEING FUNDED BY, UH, ZONE, UH, MONEY'S A HUNDRED PERCENT DONATION BY THE, BY THE DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU FOR NOMINATING RANDY. UH, HAVING SERVED ON THE PARKS BOARD, WATCHING HIM DO SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS VERY COMMENDABLE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. FOLLOWING THE PROCESS, UH, THE PARKS BOARD VOTED ON IT. THEY PROBABLY PUSHED IT OUT TO GET FEEDBACK. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO TROXELL CONSIDERING WE ALL APPROVE HER ON THIS. OKAY. WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY. NO, I SAID I WAS JUST CALLED A QUESTION. I WAS CALLING FOR US TO VOTE IN ESSENCE. I WAS CALLING FOR THE VOTE. OKAY. UM, LET ME ONE QUESTION, I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS THAT, UH, IN GOING THROUGH THIS NAMING PROCESS, WE FOLLOWED ALL OF THE, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT ARE LAID OUT, UH, IN THE, UH, UH, WHATEVER THE CITY PROCEDURES ARE FOR THE NAMING OF BARKS OR BUILDINGS. CORRECT. IT'S IN THE, IT'S IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 16, I BELIEVE. AND, UM, WE, WE FOLLOWED IT, UH, UH, AS, AS OUTLINED. UM, AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO NAME A PARK. THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT OUTLINED THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO IT. AND, UM, UM, WE, WE FOLLOWED IT AS, AS, UH, AS THAT I THINK WE, BY FOLLOWING IT AND, UH, W WANTING TO NAME IT, UH, AFTER, UH, RANDY TROXELL, UH, IS, UH, IS APPROPRIATE FROM MY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HIM WORK, YOU KNOW, OVER 11 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. AND, UH, HE WAS, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I CONSIDER MR. PARKS. SO THANK YOU, JASON. I DID UNDERSTAND YOU SAID THAT IT WOULD BE, IT WAS DONATED, THE FUNDING WILL BE DONATED BY DEVELOPING, AND ACTUALLY THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON AGENDA. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW, SHOW THE PROPOSED DESIGN, BUT THE, EXCUSE ME, CAN WE JUST NOT STICK TO THAT OTHER AGENDA ITEM? LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THIS AND VOTE ON IT. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL GET TO THAT ONE. CAUSE THAT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA AND DISCUSSION, CORRECT. IT IS UNDER DISCUSSION, BUT, BUT WHERE YOU'RE DISCUSSING AN ITEM THAT'S ON NEXT ON THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, GO AHEAD. YOU'RE RIGHT. I JUST HAD A POINT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I KNOW YOU STATED THAT IT WILL BE FUNDED BY DEVELOPERS AND DONATIONS, BUT MAINTENANCE FOR THE PARK WILL BE FUNDED BY THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. CORRECT? SO THAT AGAIN, THE TAXPAYERS ARE INCLUDED SOME TYPE OF WAY. AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF INPUT IN THE NAVY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? OKAY. THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX. ONE [(c) Receive a presentation on Parks Edge parkland conceptual design.] ITEM TO SEE IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON PARKS, EDGE PARKLAND, CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. OKAY. JUST REAL QUICK. UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST PRESENT TO YOU THE, THE DESIGN OF NEWLY NAMED TROXELL PARK. UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, BUT THIS IS A 3.8 ACRE PARK. IT WAS DONATED IN 2002 AS PART OF THE LAKE OLYMPIA, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THAT LAND CHANGED HANDS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE 2002. AND THEN WAS RECENTLY PART OF THE PARK'S EDGE SUBDIVISION. UM, THE PARKS BOARD APPROVED THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FROM PARK'S EDGE, UH, IN JUNE 1ST, 2017. AND, UM, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. UH, ALSO SAME YEAR. UM, WE HIRED KJ TO FOREST TO DESIGN THIS PARK BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DID THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PARKS EXHIBITION DIVISION. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DESIGNED A PARK THAT WAS LOCATED WITHIN THIS SUBDIVISION, THAT IT, UM, THAT IT FLOWED WITH THE CURRENT, UH, AMENITIES THAT, THAT SUBDIVISION HAVE. I DIDN'T WANT TO DUPLICATE THINGS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT REALLY, UM, HAD THE AMENITIES THAT THE ENTIRE CITY NEEDS BECAUSE IT'S AN ENTIRE CITY PARK, BUT ALSO THAT IT FIT WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION WHERE IT RESIDES. UM, W UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPER WAS INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS AND, AND EASY TO WORK WITH ON THIS. AND THEY MADE SEVERAL CONCESSIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, PROVIDING US ACCESS TO THE PARK, THEN THEY COULD HAVE JUST BUILT HOUSES ALL THE WAY UP AGAINST IT. SO WE HAD NO ACCESS. UM, UH, AND, UM, I'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHERS. WE'VE CONDUCTED A TREE SURVEY IN AUGUST, 2021 TO SEE WHAT KIND OF, UH, UM, TREE SPECIES WERE ON THE SITE. UH, THE DESIGN WAS PRESENTED TO THE PARKS BOARD, UH, LAST AUGUST. AND WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING, UM, WHERE WE PUSH THE INFORMATION OUT AND WE HAD SEVERAL FAMILIES STOPPED BY, UM, TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT ON, ON THE PARK DESIGN. AND SO TODAY WE'RE WANTING TO PRESENT THIS DESIGN TO YOU. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PARK. UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A REFERENCE IF YOU FOLLOW THE BIO OF THIS MUSTANG BY YOU. UM, IF YOU FOLLOW THAT, FOLLOW THAT [00:50:01] RED ARROW ON THE, UM, UH, ON THE MAP THAT WOULD TAKE YOU UP TO THE BRIDGE COMMUNITY PARK. UM, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW, THERE'S SEVERAL, UM, A SMALL PARK. SO, UH, THERE'S A PLAYGROUND, A COUPLE OF, UH, SHADE AREAS, UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF, UH, AREAS FOR, UH, OUTDOOR GAMES. AND THEN, UM, SOME AREAS FOR SITTING IN CONTEMPLATING, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THIS WILL OVERLOOK THE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BODY, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THIS PARK. UM, JUST SOME OF THE IMAGES OF, UH, WHAT WE'LL HAVE THERE. UM, THIS'LL BE SOMETHING WHERE WE'LL HAVE SOME CONCRETE, OUTDOOR GAMES. UH, SO SOME PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND PLAY WHERE YOU DON'T NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL GROUP, YOU CAN PLAY SOME OF THESE OUTDOOR GAMES, UH, THEY'RE MADE FOR PARKS. UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW, UH, THE, THE ROAD, UM, UH, DIANE THOUGH, THAT'S, UH, THE SUBDIVISION LEFT OPEN FOR US, AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER CONCESSION THAT THEY MADE AS THEY AGREED TO CONNECT OUR PARK TO THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS OVER TO COMEY PARK. SO THIS PARK WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A PATHWAY ALONG THE BAYOU UP TO THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS OVER INTO COMMUNITY PARK. SO IT WAS REALLY A NICE NETWORK FOR THE PARK SYSTEM. UM, THAT'S REALLY JUST THE OVERVIEW OF THE PARK DESIGN AND WANTED TO GET ANY INPUT OR, UM, COMMENTS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, JASON. IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA, SIR. DISCUSSION. I HAVE A QUESTION, JASON. UM, I SEE THAT THERE ARE ONLY 10 PARKING SPACES THERE. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR OVERFLOW PARKING? YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THREE ACRES IS A REALLY SMALL PARK. A LOT OF OUR PARKS THAT SAYS DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY PARKING. UM, SO, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FELT THAT 10 SPACES WAS PLENTY. SO WHEN THOSE 10 FILL UP WHERE THEY COULD PARK ALONG A DIANTHUS STREET AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE, THERE COULD BE STREET PARKING THERE. OKAY. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS I SEE THAT THERE'S A COVERED PAVILION. WILL THAT BE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS, OR WILL RESIDENTS HAVE TO RENT THE PAVILION OUT? UH, WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DECISION. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE DESIGN RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, WE'LL HAVE TWO COVERED. SO ONE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR RENTALS WHERE THE OTHER ONE WOULD, MIGHT BE A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COMMENT DON'T NEED TO ANSWER TO ME. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. RANDY. I'VE SERVED ON PARKS SPORT BEFORE WE'RE GETTING ON CITY COUNCIL AND I'VE SEEN THE COMMITMENT FROM HIM AND WHAT HE HAS DONE OUTSIDE OF WHAT HE'S GONE, GONE ABOVE, BEYOND. AND I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH, UM, THE PROCESS THAT IT ENTAILS WITHIN OUR ORDINANCES TO DO SO. SO THIS WAY, EVEN IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE PARTS THAT ARE NAMED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, IF YOU KNOW, COUNCIL OR, UH, PEOPLE WANT US TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, THEY CAN'T FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCES AND MAKE A COMMENT. AND THAT IS MY COMMENT. DON'T ANSWER THAT. I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. WELL, THE PING PONG TABLES, WILL THEY HAVE TO BRING THEIR OWN PADDLES AND BALLS, OR WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FROM THE REC CENTER? BOTH? OH YEAH. WHEN WE FIRST BUILD THEM, WE'LL PROBABLY PUT A BUNCH UP THERE, EXPECT THEM TO GET STOLEN. UM, AND, UH, SO JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND PLAY. WE'VE DONE THAT OTHER OTHER CITIES WHERE I'VE PUT THOSE IN AND IT SEEMS TO WORK OUT WELL, AND THEN IT STARTS ATTRACTING PEOPLE AND, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE. THANK YOU, JASON. I HAVE NUMBER THREE. [3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] TIME IS 6:25 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072 AND 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CALLED. OKAY. [00:55:01] THE [4. RECONVENE] TIME IS 7:23 PM. CITY COUNCIL IS BACK IN OPEN SESSION RECONVENE. THERE'S NO MOTION ON IT. THERE'S NO MOTION FROM THE RE UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING. * 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.