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[1. ROLL CALL]
TODAY'S MONDAY, MARCH SEVEN.NOW CALL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:02 PM.
AND I CERTIFY THAT THE QUORUM OF COUNCIL IS PRESENT.
WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE BY TW PART.
IT'S JUST THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
DID HE LEAVE READY? I APPLIED TO 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.
[(a) Presentation by Rhonda Kuykendall, Texas CASA Anti-Child Trafficking C...]
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION.WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION ITEM THREE, A PRESENTATION BY RHONDA CORECON, DOG, TEXAS, C A S S ANTI-CHILD TRAFFICKING CONSULTANT, A CHILD ADVOCATE OF FORT BEND, FORT BEND, BORDER DIRECTOR, AND FORT BEND COUNTY, DA OFFICE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING TEAM CHAIR, AND ALSO ON SEX TRAFFICKING IN FORT BEND COUNTY, RHONDA DAVEY.
I AM LOOKING FOR MY PRESENTATION.
I DO RHONDA, WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THAT TOGETHER.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE PLEASE? SURE.
UH, MY NAME IS RHONDA KURKENDAHL.
I HAVE LIVED IN FORT BEND COUNTY, MY WHOLE LIFE.
I DO A LOT OF WORK IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
UM, I AM A HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR.
I WORK ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CHILD ADVOCATES OF FORT BEN.
I CHAIR THEIR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY TEAM.
SO I WORK IN AUSTIN WORKING ON CHILD WELFARE LEGISLATION, AND THEN I ALSO, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO I DO? I WORK ON, I CHAIR THE DA'S FORT BEND COUNTY HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMUNITY AWARENESS TEAM.
AND IN THAT THAT'S WHERE WE DO THE SPEAK UP SERIES.
WE DO LEGISLATIVE WORK IN AUSTIN.
WE DO OUR ELICIT MASSAGE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WORK THAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I'M A STUDENT AT UHD.
I'M WORKING ON MY BACHELOR'S IN SOCIAL WORK.
SO I'M A VERY, VERY BUSY, BUSY PERSON.
AND HERE IS MY PRESENTATION, SO WE WILL GET STARTED.
WELL, I JUST DID MY INTRODUCTION, JOE MADISON IS UNABLE TO COME WITH ME TONIGHT.
I USUALLY WORK WITH HIM WITH DEMAND DISRUPTION.
HE HAS A DEFENDER CITY PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
AND SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO DESCRIBE TO YOU REALLY QUICKLY, UM, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND SO ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU, YOU SEE THE DEFINITION OF SEX TRAFFICKING, THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT AS USING THE AMP MODEL, THAT THAT IS THE ACTION MEANS PURPOSE MODEL.
AND THE ACTION IS THE ACTION THAT THE SEX TRAFFICKER TAKES.
IT IS, IT IS, UM, TO RECRUIT HARBOR TRANSPORT OBTAINED, PATRONIZE, OR SOLICIT.
THE NEXT IS MEANS THAT IS HOW, WHAT ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE TRAFFICKER.
THEY HAVE TO USE FORCE FRAUD OR COERCION.
AND THE PURPOSE IS FOR A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.
THAT COMMERCIAL SEX ACT WILL BE A TRANSFER OF SOMETHING OF VALUE FOR COMMERCIAL SEX.
SOMETHING OF VALUE CAN BE MONETARY, BUT IT ALSO COULD BE FOR FOOD.
UM, TICKETS TO CONCERTS, THERE IS ONE EXEMPTION TO THIS AND THAT IS WHEN THE VICTIM IS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.
THAT FORCE FRAUD AND COERCION IS NOT NEEDED.
IF A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT HAPPENS BETWEEN ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, UM, REGARDLESS OF FORCE FRAUD OR COERCION, THAT IS SEX TRAFFICKING IN TEXAS.
SO WHAT DOES SEX TRAFFICKING LOOK LIKE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA? I'M GOING TO BE PAINTING WITH A REALLY BROAD BRUSH HERE.
SO WE HAVE A LIST OF MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
THEY ARE TYPICALLY ASIAN VIETNAMESE, THAI, KOREAN, AND THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
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MORE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES AND STARBUCKS CANTINAS ARE LATIN AMERICAN BARS WHERE YOU GET A BEER AND YOU CAN BUY A WOMAN.THE TRACK, THE TRACK IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY THINK.
WHEN WE THINK OF PROSTITUTION, THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL FIND BOYS AND GIRLS WALKING ALONG THE STREET.
WE THINK OF THE BISSONNET TRACK, STRIP CLUBS IN STRIP CLUBS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SEX TRAFFICKING THAT GOES ALONG IN STRIP CLUBS.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO CURB SEX TRAFFICKING IN STRIP CLUBS, BUT IT STILL GOES ON.
AND THEN PORNOGRAPHY PORNOGRAPHY IS THE LARGEST ONLINE BROTHEL THERE IS.
AND SO WHAT IS SEX TRAFFICKING LOOK LIKE IN FORT BEND COUNTY? SO WE DON'T HAVE STRIP CLUBS AND WE DON'T HAVE CANTINAS, ALTHOUGH WE DID AT ONE TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TRACK, BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS WE HAVE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE SEX TRAFFICKING THAT GOES ON AND HOTELS, MOTELS, PRIVATE RESIDENCES, AND PORNOGRAPHY.
AND SO WHAT IS AN ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESS? IT IS A MASSAGE BUSINESS THAT FRONTS FOR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL OPERATIONS.
THEY'RE BETTER KNOWN AS MASSAGE PARLORS THAT CAN BE FOUND ALONG HIGHWAYS, BUT MORE OFTEN THEY'RE FOUND IN STRIP CENTERS.
THEY CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH-END STRIP CENTERS THAT ARE BRAND NEW, AND THAT CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN, UM, CD, UM, OLDER STRIP CENTERS AS WELL.
THESE ARE FAKE MASSAGE BUSINESSES THAT HURT THE LEGITIMACY OF REAL MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
AND SO BEFORE I GET INTO STATISTICS, I JUST WANT TO, IT IS VERY HARD TO QUANTIFY THIS CRIME.
IT IS DONE IN SECRET, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE, THEY FOUND 9,000 ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT IS A $2.5 BILLION INDUSTRY IN HOUSTON.
THEY HAVE FOUND IT TO BE ABOUT $107 MILLION INDUSTRY.
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED 292 ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
THE MOST COMMON TIME THAT YOU WILL FIND ACTIVITY IN THOSE IMDS ARE FRIDAYS AT NOON.
SO WHAT ARE THE TELLTALE SIGNS? ONCE YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW IT, AND ONCE YOU KNOW IT, YOU CANNOT, UN-KNOW IT.
WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO WORK, TO ADDRESS ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE IS THAT THEIR WINDOWS ARE DARK AND YOU CAN'T SEE INTO THEM.
THERE MAY BE A KEY PAD TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO, UM, YOU CAN'T GO AND OPEN UP THE DOOR.
THEIR PRICES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
THE CLIENTELE IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, ALL MALE.
AND SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES OF ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES AROUND FORT BEND COUNTY.
THESE ARE SUSPECTED ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THEM ARE IN NICER AREAS AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE IN NOT SO NICE AREAS.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN FORT BEND COUNTY SO FAR WHEN BRIAN MIDDLETON WAS ELECTED AS THE FORT BEND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, HE MADE IT HIS MISSION TO FOCUS ON SEX TRAFFICKING.
WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THESE OPERATIONS STINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY QUITE OFTEN.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS MORE SEX TRAFFICKING, THIS STAFFORD OR MORE SEX TRAFFICKING, THIS SUGAR LAND OR KATIE.
IT MEANS THAT YOUR CITY IS BEING PROACTIVE IN ADDRESSING SEX TRAFFICKING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO TO QUANTIFY HOW MUCH ACTIVITY IS GOING ON IN FORT BEN, AS WE LOOK TO CHILDREN AT RISK, THEY ARE A NONPROFIT THAT HOSTS CEASE C STANDS FOR CITIES EMPOWERED AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
THEY KEEP AN ONLINE DATABASE OF SEXUAL ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS.
WE DID A STUDY OVER AN 11 MONTH PERIOD, AND WE FOUND 6,700 ONLINE SEXUAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORIGINATING IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THESE SEXUAL ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS GO OUT, A BUYER WILL CALL THE PHONE NUMBER, LOOKING FOR A GIRL.
HE WILL SPEAK TO THE, THE VICTIM.
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MEET.
AND THEN THEY WILL MEET UP AT A HOTEL, A MOTEL, A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, OR THE TRANSACTION WILL OCCUR.
SO THESE ARE YELP SITES FOR SEX BUYERS.
SO WE DID ANOTHER STUDY AND OVER 11 MONTH PERIOD.
YELP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE APPS TO USE.
SO THIS IS A WEBSITE THAT IS USED BY SEX BUYERS TO, UM, THEY GO ON THIS WEBSITE AND THEY TALK ABOUT WHERE IT'S LOCATED, THE WOMEN THAT ARE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE SERVICES THAT THEY PERFORM.
IF YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT AND A LOGIN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND SEE HOW MANY ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES PER CITY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
UM, AROUND FORT BEND COUNTY, WE FOUND ABOUT 70, ARE THERE 70 ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES IN FORT BEND COUNTY? THAT'S AN EXTREMELY UNDER-REPORTED NUMBER.
THAT IS HOW MANY IMTS WERE REPORTED ON ONE WEBSITE.
SO HERE ARE, HERE'S A GRAPHIC OF SOME ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
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THE YELLOW DOTS REPRESENT OUR DAYCARES.THIS IS THE WHY TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THIS IS, THIS IS SEX TRAFFICKING, AN OPEN DAYLIGHT IT'S, IT'S EVERYWHERE.
AND IT CAN BE SEEN AS LONG AS YOU KNOW, THAT IT EXISTS.
AND THIS IS WHY WE DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THIS? SO YOU ENACT CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
THEY'RE CALLED SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD REQUIRE OF MASSAGE BUSINESSES TO CURB ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES FROM BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION.
SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING ON FEBRUARY 9TH, AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES, JENNIFER GOMEZ, AND KAREN BOSS.
SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO HERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING ON A REGIONAL APPROACH.
AFTER WE GET FINISHED WORKING IN MISSOURI CITY, WE WANT TO WORK IN STAFFORD.
AND ONE OF THOSE APPROACHES IS SO WE MAKE SURE THAT MISSOURI, MISSOURI CITY IS SEEN AS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY, SO THAT MASSAGE BUSINESSES WILL COME ACROSS THE SAME REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN MISSOURI CITY OR SUGARLAND OR STAFFORD, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE.
THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN BEING BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND ALSO IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCES THAT ARE GOING TO PROTECT OUR KIDS, OUR FAMILY, AND OUR NEIGHBORS FROM SEX BUYERS.
HERE'S WHAT FORT BEND COUNTY LOOKS LIKE IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE VERY SMALL CITIES THAT ARE GENERAL LAW CITIES AND THE LARGER CITIES WE'VE ENACTED THESE ORDINANCES IN FIVE CITIES ALREADY, FULCHER RICHMOND, ROSENBERG, MEADOWS PLACE IN PARALLON.
SO IN SEPTEMBER WE ENACTED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ENRICHMENT, AND WE DID A LOT OF WORK IN RICHMOND.
SO WE REALLY, UM, SHOW THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING WITH MS. GOMEZ.
WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK MISSOURI CITY'S EXISTING ORDINANCE.
Y'ALL HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
UM, MANY CITIES DO NOT EVEN HAVE THAT.
SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO ADD TO WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING AND ALSO MAKE IT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITIES.
WHAT WE WOULD DO TO YOUR EXISTING ORDINANCE IS WE WOULD ADD THAT THE WINDOWS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THESE BUSINESSES CANNOT BE COVERED AND THAT THE DOORS HAVE TO REMAIN UNLOCKED DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
THERE IS AN EXEMPTION THERE FOR SOLO THERAPISTS SO THAT THEY CAN LOCK THEIR DOORS.
WE ALSO WANT UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE LOBBY AREA.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT THAT WE WANT TO ADD IS THAT THE CITY CAN REVOKE THE SUP AND THEY CAN ALSO REVOKE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
IF THESE RULES ARE NOT FOLLOWED, AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES THE TEETH TO THIS, TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THESE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T COMPLY WITH THE RULES.
IN FACT, IT'S A DETERRENT FOR THEM EVEN TO OPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO OPEN IN A CITY THAT THEY CANNOT.
UM, THEY CANNOT, THEY CAN'T OPERATE THE WAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING.
AND SO HERE'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
ORBAN COUNTY IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTY WORKING ON THIS HARRIS COUNTY IS WORKING ON ITS SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
MISSOURI CITY IS NOT THE ONLY CITY WORKING ON IT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER CITIES.
AND SO AS OTHER CITIES ARE WORKING ON THIS, IT PUSHES ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES AROUND THE CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THESE ORDINANCES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY CITY IN FORT BEND COUNTY IS COVERED.
WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW WHEN ONE OF THESE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES IS HIT BY A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A STINGER GOES DOWN, THEY JUST POP UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THEY POP UP ACROSS TOWN, THEY POP UP IN THE NEXT CITY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO STOP.
ONE HAS TO BE FINISHED FIRST BEFORE PHASE TWO CAN START IN PHASE TWO IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON CLOSING THE ONES THAT ALREADY EXIST, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL WE STOP THE ONES FROM, FROM OPENING UP IN THE CITIES.
SO BEFORE I LEAVE, I WOULD BE AMISS IF I DID NOT ALL INVITE Y'ALL, I WILL BE HERE IN THIS ROOM TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL.
WE'RE HAVING A SPEAK-UP SERIES, SEX TRAFFICKING TALKS IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
WE WILL HAVE A HUMAN TRAFFICKING, NONPROFIT THAT WILL BE HERE, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE SURVIVORS COMING AND SPEAKING ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE FOR QUESTIONS, RHONDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, NOT JUST FROM MISSOURI CITY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS WELL.
ANY, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS? YES.
I SALUTE YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
UM, I ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AT-RISK YOUTH FOR SEVEN YEARS, PREDOMINANTLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, AND I'VE SEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD I'VE SEEN THEM TRANSITION THEIR LIVES AND BE SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS REALTORS, BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN THE ONES WHO COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN, COULD NOT HAVE SUSTAINED THE OUTCOME OF BEING TRAFFICKED AND HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
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TABOO.A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY TRANSITION YOUR LIFE AND COME BACK AND HELP, I COMMEND YOU.
AND INSTEAD IF I CAN BE A HELP IN ANY TYPE OF WAY, I CURRENTLY STILL WORK IN HARRIS COUNTY.
I'M IN A JUVENILE PROBATION CENTER.
AND I OFTEN LINK UP WITH WORK BEING ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT NACY HAMILTON, JUST TO BRING MORE AWARENESS.
SO, UM, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AGAIN, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO STAND UP BECAUSE WHEN IT'S TOO LATE, YOUR KID HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AND IT COULD BE A SIMPLE HANGING OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR APPEARANCE IN YEARS AND THAT OUTCOME, THAT MENTAL CAPACITY IS JUST RUINED.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN BRINGING MORE WELLNESS, IF YOU NEED MY HELP AND MY PLATFORM, I'LL GLADLY EXTENDED TO YOU.
I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK YOU UP.
THANK YOU, RHONDA OR JENNIFER.
HOW DOES THIS ALSO ADDRESS THE NAME CHANGES OF BUSINESSES? CAUSE I'VE SEEN THEM POP UP AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHANGE OF NAMES.
SO THE ORDINANCE OR THE SUP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WILL THAT ADDRESS THAT AS WELL? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THEY DO IS THEY OPEN UP, THEY GET BUSTED AND THEN THEY HIDE AND THEN RENAME IT.
BUT IT'S THE SAME ORG, RIGHT? MY GUT IS TELLING ME THAT A LOT OF THEM THAT SEE THIS THERE, THEY DON'T COME TO THE CITIES.
I LOOK FOR OTHER PLACES TO GO.
UM, BUT NOW THERE ISN'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WOULD, UM, COVER IF THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME AND ATTEMPT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND REMEMBER IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND DON'T PASS THE SMELL, TEST AND QUALIFY FOR IT, CITY COUNCIL CAN DENY IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LEGIT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
WELL, SO IF COUNCIL ADOPTS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ON THESE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, THEN MOVING FORWARD, UM, ANY, UM, APPLICATION THAT COMES IN FOR A NEW BUSINESS TO LOCATE WOULD, UH, BE SUBJECT TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
IF IT'S AN OWNER NAME, CHANGE, MEANING ELECTRICITY, ALL OF THAT IS, IS STILL IN PLACE.
THEN THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED UNTIL THAT USE IS CHANGED OVER.
UM, BUT WE'LL, UH, TAKE THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THIS WILL GO BACK BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, WE'LL WORK WITH THE LEGAL TEAM AS WELL, UM, ON WHAT THOSE, UH, REGULATIONS WOULD LOOK FOR.
SO JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, CARTWRIGHT AND DULLES AT THE PECAN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER, THERE WAS A NAME CHANGE.
SO WE NEED TO PUT SOME TEETH IN THAT TOO.
OKAY, RHONDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH HAS BEEN WONDERFUL COMMUNICATING WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY TO HELP OTHERS.
ONE IS WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF, UM, THESE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES THAT YOU THINK ARE IN MISSOURI CITY.
YOU DISCUSS FORT BEN, BUT RIGHT, RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, THE NUMBER THAT'S ON, ON THE YELP OF, I NEVER GIVE THE NAME OF THE WEBSITE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THEIR REVIEW WEBSITE IS 31.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT'S ON THE REVIEW WEBSITE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY CONCERTED CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.
UM, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO THE EVENT TOMORROW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE AGE RANGE OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE FOR TOMORROW? REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I WOULD SAY JUNIOR HIGH AND UP.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT HERE IN PERSON, THERE IS A LINK THAT WE ARE GETTING BE GOING FACEBOOK LIVE AND YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THOSE LINKS ON A FACEBOOK GROUP CALLED THEIR VOICE IN TEXAS AND TEXAS IS SPELLED OUT.
SO THESE BUSINESSES THAT GETS CAUGHT RIGHT WITH THIS, WHAT TYPE OF ALERT THAT WOULD COME TO, UH, THE 17 CITIES IN, IN FORT VINE COUNTY.
DO DO WE, BECAUSE IF THEY CHANGED FROM THIS SHOPPING CENTER AND I MOVE TO ANOTHER ONE, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, HOW WOULD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD KNOW IT'S THE SAME? YOU WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT NAME.
IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT NAME WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE IN COMMON IS THE OWNERS.
AND EVEN THAT MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, THE SAME OWNERS.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW THAT ALONG TOO.
AS LONG AS YOU, YOU IMPLEMENT THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND YOU STAY ON TOP OF IT AND YOU KEEP CLOSING THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO GO FIND AN EASIER CITY TO WORK WITH AND DEAL WITH.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF FORT BEND COUNTY.
ARE THERE CITIES? SO IN THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS, THIS ORDINANCE, THERE MAYBE A LAYERED SYSTEM WHERE, UM, I DUNNO LIKE A CHECKS AND BALANCES WHERE THEY, IT GOES THROUGH LIKE A, UM, MAYBE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PASS OR SOMETHING JUST TO HAVE AN EXTRA SET OF EYES
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ON THIS PLANNING AND ZONING IS THE MOST THOROUGH THAT WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH.NOW, GRANTED I LIVE IN FULSHEAR, SO I LITERALLY LITERALLY MADE A CALL AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT THE ORDINANCE TO BE.
AND IT WAS ENACTED, BUT IN PLANNING AND ZONING, MS. GOMEZ HAS TAKEN ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING.
A COUPLE OF TIMES SHE GAVE ME LIKE A TIMELINE AND THEN WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO IT GOES THROUGH SEVERAL EYES.
ALSO RICHMOND'S ORDINANCE WAS Y'ALL'S FORMER CITY ATTORNEY.
SO WE WORKED, WE WORKED REALLY, REALLY IN DEPTH WITH RICHMOND TO ENACT THIS ORDINANCE IN RICHMOND.
SO I HAD A QUESTION FOR CHIEF BEARERS AND, UH, CHIEF, COULD YOU COME UP HERE FOR A SECOND? UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, RHONDA, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND FOR, UH, THIS ENLIGHTENING PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT WAS DEFINITELY TIMELY.
UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH MY QUESTION TO YOU, CHIEF IS RELATIVE TO WHAT, UH, MS. KURKENDAHL SPOKE ABOUT.
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 31, UH, ROUGHLY CONSERVATIVELY IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT THE MISSOURI CITY HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, MCPD OR YOU HAVE DONE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? WELL, WE HAVE UNDERCOVER UNITS THAT FREQUENTLY GET, UH, GO INTO THESE MASSAGE PARLORS AND WE, UH, POSE AS CUSTOMERS AND THEN WE'LL MAKE ARREST.
BUT THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS, OFTENTIMES THE, UH, PERSONS COMMITTING THE CRIME ARE ALSO THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE A VICTIM, UM, IN OUR DA'S OFFICE, ALTHOUGH THEY'D LIKE TO THOROUGHLY PROSECUTE THE MASSAGE PARLORS, UH, THEY'LL JUST PICK UP AND MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UH, IF WE DON'T GET A STRONG ORDINANCE LIKE MS. KIRTON DOLL HAS SPOKE OF HARRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A, FOR A MINUTE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD A PROBLEM OR A PROBLEMS DEVELOPING OUT HERE BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY CHASED THEM TO THE ADJACENT COUNTIES.
SO, UH, WE JUST NEED TO GET ON BOARD WITH WHAT HARRIS COUNTY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE AND GO AFTER THESE PEOPLE, CIVILLY THAT YOU BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP SIGNIFICANTLY.
UH, IT'S BEEN QUITE EFFECTIVE FOR HARRIS COUNTY BECAUSE THEY RAN THEM ALL ABOUT A BUNCH OF THEM OUT OF HARRIS COUNTY.
UM, AND IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS BECAUSE ONCE WE DO TAKE THE SUSPECT SLASH VICTIM IN THE CUSTODY, THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO TALK BECAUSE WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE LESSER OF THEIR DANGERS IN THE DANGEROUS ACTUALLY TO THEIR FAMILIES, NOT TO US OR NOT TO THEM IT'S TO THEIR FAMILIES.
SO WE'RE THE, WE'RE THE LESSER OF THE EVILS, IF YOU WILL, EVEN THOUGH THEY JUST GOT IN TROUBLE.
SO, AND WE TRY TO GET THEM OUT, WE TRY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
CAUSE WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT YEAH, THE PROPRIETORS IN THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS OF THE STRIP CENTERS, THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO LEAN ON TO DISCOURAGE THEM FROM EVER ALLOWING THESE TYPE OF BUSINESSES, EVEN GET A FOOTHOLD.
AND AS KURKENDAHL JUST SPOKE OF IS CERTAINLY AN AVENUE TO DO THAT.
UH, THERE WAS A, HE MADE A STATEMENT, THERE WERE 31 THAT IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, CHIEF, IS THAT OF VALUE TO US TO KNOW WHO THOSE 31 ARE SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, AND ATTENTION TO IT.
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN HIM QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION.
THAT'S LIKE, WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT AND AGGRESSIVE AGENCIES IN THIS AREA TO GO AFTER THESE.
NO, IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER HAVE BEEN, OR ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UH, TO GET THEM OUT OF MISSOURI CITY.
BEFORE YOU GO, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TOOT YOUR OWN HORN, CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT YOUR, UM, HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT AND THE EFFORTS THAT THEY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS REMAIN LOW? AND I WILL SAY THAT, UH, INVESTIGATOR VARGAS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE SAME THING AS WELL, SO AWESOME.
AND I DO CONGRATULATE YOU, CAUSE I, I ASKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE HAD REALLY LOW NUMBERS, BUT THAT CONSISTENT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH US BEING ACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES HEAD ON.
I KNOW WE, UH, WE DO HAVE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
THAT'S OPERATED OUT OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR ONE OF THE FIRST AGENCIES TO PUT PERSONNEL ON THAT.
SO, UH, AND SHE ACTUALLY MENTIONED THE INVESTIGATOR BY NAME AND HE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW, UH, SPEAKING.
SO, UH, WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO IDENTIFY WHO ELSE DOES IT.
UH, WE WERE KIND OF EXPOSING VARGAS MORE THAN WE REALLY WANT TO.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY DOING THIS FOR YEARS AND LET ME JUST COMMEND YOU A CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR DOING SUCH A PROACTIVE AND, UM, PROACTIVE JOB WITH THIS AND
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THANK YOU SO MUCH, RHONDA, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.AND I HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR STORY.
UM, IT WAS TRULY INSPIRATIONAL TO ME SO THAT I COULD ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN THAT I COME IN CONTACT WITH, UM, AND THEIR PARENTS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE JENNIFER, BUT YOU MENTIONED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND HOW DO WE LIMIT THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES? IT WOULD BE LIMITED ONLY TO MASSAGE BUSINESSES.
AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED LIKE NAIL SHOPS OR DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S SOME WORKING UNDERCOVER AS, AS THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARILY THE SHOTS? IT WAS HARD SHOPS? NO, I, I WOULD ASSUME FOOT REFLEXOLOGY ALSO FALLS UNDER THAT MASSAGE ALSO FALLS UNDER THE MASSAGE.
THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I'VE EVER HEARD, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD OF NAIL SALONS ONLY, ALSO BEING MASSAGE PARLORS.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, A SECRETARY.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES SIR.
UM, THE FIRST, UM, IS JEANETTE AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, A GENERIC TOMATO.
IT'S YOUR NAME BEING CALLED? AS YOU COME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MY NAME IS JEANETTE AND I HAVE OWNED PROPERTY IN THE METTA GREEK PATIO HOME SUBDIVISION FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I HAVE IN MY HAND, A COPY OF THE 2021 TEXT STATEMENT ISSUED TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BY FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.
THE TEXT STATEMENTS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY AND THE OWNER OF COTTONWOODS IN, UH, UH, CIRCLE AND THE COUNTY RECORD REFLECTS THE SAME APPEAL TO EACH OF YOU TO ACCEPT COTTONWOOD AND OTHER PATIO HOME STREETS UNTIL THE CITY PUBLIC INVENTORY AND BUY ORDER HAS BEEN FROM MY VOICE, ALLOW PATIO, HOME RESIDENTS, ACCESS TO SAME POLICE AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY.
I PRESENT A COPY OF THE TEXT STATEMENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE RECORD.
I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT SPEAKING PUBLICLY, BUT I BASICALLY AM RE UH, BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR 48 YEARS, 48 YEARS, WHATEVER ILL I WAS SENT BY ALL I PAID IT.
SHE IS ABOUT THE PATIO HOME STREETS.
ANYWAY, LET ME READ A STATEMENT FIRST.
I'VE LIVED IN MEADOW CREEK SEX SUBDIVISION FOR 48 YEARS AND RESIDE IN SECTION FOUR, WHICH IS COMMONLY CALLED MEADOW CREEK PATIO HOMES.
MY PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON COURTNEY COURT.
I HAVE IN MY HAND, A COPY OF THE 2021 TAX STATEMENT ISSUED TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS SISTER TAX STATEMENT.
UH, IN MY OPINION, CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY IS THE OWNER OF ST.
AND SUPPOSEDLY THE COUNTY RECORDS REFLECT THIS.
I ALSO APPEALED TO EACH OF YOU AND THE COUNCIL TO ACCEPT ST.
JAMES, EVEN THOUGH I LIVE ON COURTNEY COURT INTO THE CITY'S PUBLIC INVENTORY.
AND BY ORDER ALLOWS SECTION FOUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THE SAME POLICE AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THEN I PRESENTED A COPY TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
NOW, AT THE END OF THAT STATEMENT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OTHER CITY SERVICES.
WELL, I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR SERVICES BECAUSE I LIVE ON A PRIVATE STREET.
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NOW MY DEAL WAS ABOUT SUBSIDENCE.IT HAD NOTHING TO DO TO THE STREET.
WHEN I GOT THE ANSWER BACK, IT SAID THAT YOU'RE ON A PRIVATE STREET AND WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
AND I WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR PERSONALLY, OKAY.
BUT I GOT AN ANSWER BACK FROM ONA THAT HIS NAME, I DIDN'T WRITE THE LETTER TO BILL NYE.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT WHEN THE LAST ELECTION I HAD YOUR SIGN IN MY YARD, I WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE SUBDIVISION THAT HAD YOUR SON.
AND THE REASON I HAD YOUR SIGN IS THAT AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE NAMED BUTCH SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE THE MAYOR FOR EVERYBODY OUT HERE, THAT YOU WOULD HELP IF WE HAD PROBLEMS. THAT'S WHY I WROTE TO YOU.
I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR THE HIM.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THESE STREETS.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY OUR DEVELOPER, KEN BURG STARTED ALL THIS.
NONE OF US WOULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I GOT TO SAY.
THANK YOU NEXT, MS. ROSELEE, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AT EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ROSELEE AND I RESIDE AT TWO TO ONE FOR KINGSTON COURT.
I'VE LIVED IN THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW.
AND IT'S SECTION FOUR, WHICH IS COMMONLY CALLED METAL CREEK PATIO HOMES.
MY PROPERTY AGAIN, I SAID IS TWO TO ONE FOR KINGSTON COURT.
AND I HAD IN MY HAND, A COPY OF THE 2021 TAX STATEMENT ISSUED TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR ATTACK STATEMENT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY IS THE OWNER OF KINGSTON COURT.
THE COUNTY RECORDS REFLECT THE SAME.
I APPEAL TO EACH OF YOU TO ACCEPT HINGSTON COURT INTO THE CITY'S PUBLIC INVENTORY.
AND BY ORDER ALLOW SECTION FOUR, RESIDENTS IS RECEIVED THE SAME POLICE AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY OTHER MISERY CITY LIONS.
I PRESENT A COPY OF THE TAX STATEMENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR RECORD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE, I CAN'T READ THE FIRST NAME, BUT THE LAST NAME IS SANDEMAN.
I LIVE AT, UH, 2218 CORTNEY COURT IN MEADOW CREEK SUBDIVISION.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 41 YEARS, SECTION FOUR OF BATTLE CREEK PATIO HOMES.
UH, COURSE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE SAND, THE STREETS AREN'T COVERED.
AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL TAKE CARE OF THEM AND Y'ALL SAY IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND ALSO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CARS PARKED OUT THERE THAT ARE NO REGISTRATION, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT OPERATING AND ANYWHERE ELSE IN MISSOURI CITY.
YOU KNOW, THEY GET TICKETS FOR THAT, BUT WE LIVE ON PRIVATE STREET, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING, BUT I HAVE A COPY OF MY TAX WHEN I PUT IT IN THE RECORD.
I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
MR. JIM FONTENEAU, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE, UH, THE CITY ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
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AND MCFARLANE AND EVEN IN COUNCIL MEMBERS.I'VE BEEN A PROPERTY OWNER AND RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR 22 YEARS.
MY HOME AND ADDITIONAL LOT IS LOCATED ON CREEKWAY CIRCLE.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE 2021 TAX STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE CITY TO THE CITY OF MISERY CITY BY THE FORD IN COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.
THE TAX STATEMENT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY IS THE OWNER OF CREEK WAY CIRCLE.
THE COUNTY RECORDS ALSO REFLECT THE SAME.
I APPEAL THE, EACH OF THE, EACH OF YOU TO ACCEPT CRITIQUE BY CIRCLE INTO THE CITY'S PUBLIC INVENTORY.
IN ADDITION, AND BY ORDER ALLOW SECTION FOUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THE SAME POLICE AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER CITIZENS IN MISSOURI CITY.
I AM PROVIDING A COPY OF THIS TAX STATEMENT FOR THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR SERVICES.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM IT EVENING.
MY NAME IS LATANYA KELLY ALIA.
I RESIDED AT 2215 VICTORIA COURT.
I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER IN THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE STREETS IN MIDDLE CREEK.
I HAVE IN MY HAND, A COPY OF THE 2021 TEXTS THEY MADE ISSUED TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ABOUT THE FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.
THE TEXT STATEMENT CLEARLY SHOWS THAT MISSOURI CITY IS THE OWNER OF VICTORIA COURT.
THIS APPEAL TO EACH OF YOU TAKES UP TORIA COURT INTO THE CITY'S PUBLIC INVENTORY AND BUY ORDER ALLOWS SECTION FOUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THE SAME POLICE AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER CITIZENS.
I PRESENT A COPY OF THE, UH, TAX STATEMENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THE RECORDS.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE FRIDAY EVENING, MR. WILLIE JONES, IF YOU WERE PLEASED APPROACH THE PODIUM BEING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS WILLIE JONES AND I LIVE AT 29 2 CREEK WAY.
UH, I LIVED THERE FOR 34 YEARS.
UM, IT'S COMING CALLED MEADOW CREEK PATIO HOMES I HAVE IN MY HANDS, A COPY OF THE, OF THE 2021 TEXT STATEMENTS ISSUED TO THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY ABOUT FORD BEING COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR.
THE TAX STATEMENT CLEARLY SHOWS AND MISSOURI CITY'S OWN IS THE OWNER OF THE ALISON COURT.
AND THE COUNTY RECORDS REFLECT THE SAME APPEAL TO EACH OF YOU TO ACCEPT ALISON COURT INTO THE CITY'S PUBLIC INVENTORY AND ORDER ALLOWED SECTION FOUR RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THE SAME POLICE AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY ARE PRESENT A COPY OF THE TEXT STATEMENT TO THE CITY SECRETARY FROM RECORD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR SERVICE, MR. BRUCE, NEBRASKA.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE, THE PURSE, THE PODIUM,
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GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT A BRIDGE TONIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT YOUR ZONING AND PERMIT DEPARTMENTS BACK AROUND MAYBE TWENTY TWO, TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO, CONNECTING A TELEPHONE IN THE KROGER SHOPPING CENTER.
I SAW A BUSINESS CALLED WASTEBASKET.
THIS MAN HAD A SIGN ON HIS DOOR, SAID OPENING SOON, YOUR CITY ZONING INSPECTOR WROTE HIM A TICKET FOR $400.
CAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS OCCUPANCY PERMIT.
IT JUST HAD A SIGN OPENING SOON.
THIS IS PART OF THE PROBLEM IS MISSOURI CITY NOT BEING BUSINESS FRIENDLY.
THREE YEARS AGO, I HAD THE PLUMBING REPLACED IN MY HOUSE AND I, MY CONTRACTOR HAD TO TAKE OUT A PERMIT WHEN YOUR CITY INSPECTOR CAME BY ALL, AS HE DID WAS ASKING ME, IS IT LEAKING? I SAID, NO, HE LEFT HIS, THIS IS WHAT A BUILDING INSPECTOR IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
JUST GOING TO VOTE THE OTHER DAY, I NOTICED THAT A HOMEOWNER ON EAST ANTON CIRCLE HAD ALL NEW CONCRETE WORK DONE IN THEIR HOME.
THE ADDRESS IS 1 5, 3, 1 8 EAST ANTONE'S CIRCLE.
THEY EVEN READ IT THE SIDEWALK FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
OF COURSE THEY TOOK OUT A PERMIT.
DO YOU THINK THE PERSON IN THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT EVEN ASKED THE RESIDENT, HEY, WE HAVE A SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
MAYBE THE CITY CAN ASSIST YOU WITH THIS? NO, THE HOMEOWNER WENT AHEAD AND REDID ALL THE CONCRETE WORK TO THE TUNE OF $14,000, INCLUDING A SIDEWALK THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
MAYBE THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE HELPING MORE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY THAN RATTING BACK TO CITY HALL OF WHAT KIND OF INVENTORY THEY'RE GOING TO SELL.
IT SYDNEY'S LET THAT SINK IN IS LOOKING AT THE INVENTORY OF A STORE COMPARED TO ACTUALLY HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
THANK YOU MR. BRIAN KELLER, IF YOU WILL PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM.
UH, BRYAN KELLER 1322 MOSS RIDGE DRIVE.
UH, I LIVE, UH, IN, UH, HUNTER GLEN THREE, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HUNTER GLEN PARK, UH, WHICH IS INCIDENTALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PROPOSED GAS STATION, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS NOT NECESSARILY DESIRABLE BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
ANYWAY, DURING THE LAST MEETING REGARDING THAT, I NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRETY OF HUNTER GLEN PARK IS ZONED COMMERCIAL AND AN FURTHER, UH, INSPECTION OF THE MAP THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE ONLINE.
IT'S ACTUALLY STILL SUBDIVIDED FOR FURTHER SALE.
I THINK GIVEN THAT WE HAVE AT ONE GAS STATION GOING IN BASED ON UPC SCANS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
UH, HAVING FURTHER ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL ZONING, THE COMMERCIALLY ZONED, UH, TERRITORY LAND THERE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT BE AS BUSINESS FRIENDLY BY SOME PEOPLE'S STANDARDS AND MAYBE MORE CIVIC MINDED AND THAT'S FINE, BUT, UH, ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE CITIES, FORTUNES CHANGE.
AND, UH, YOU GUYS MAY DECIDE MAYBE NOT THIS COUNCIL, BUT A FUTURE COUNCIL MAY DECIDE THAT THAT'S A GOOD INVENTORY TO GET RID OF, MAKE A QUICK BUCK BALANCE, A BOOK, WHATEVER.
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE IN ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS TYPE OF MEETING.
UH, LIKE THAT LAST ONE WAS THAT WE HAD REGARDING THE GAS STATION.
I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN IN FIVE YEARS WHEN NONE OF YOU GUYS ARE ON COUNCIL ANYMORE.
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO DO TWO THINGS WITH THAT PART.
PRETTY FIRST ZONE ALL WAS, UH, ACTUAL, PROPER PARKLAND.
THE CF, I BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT CODE FOR THAT AND, UH, UNIFY IT, UH, AS ONE BIG PARCEL OF LAND.
SO YOU, SO THE POTENTIAL A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SPLIT IT UP, SEE HOW YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE LOFT AS A SEPARATE ENTITY AND THEN REZONE IT, WHICH MEANS THERE'LL ACTUALLY BE A ZONING HEARING, UH, FOR THAT TO REZONE IT AS BACK TO COMMERCIAL, WHICH MAKES IT AN UNDESIRABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO PURCHASE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I'VE GOT.
IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO BE BACK HERE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AFTER ALL YOU GUYS ARE FINISHED WITH THIS AND FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLE BECAUSE SOMEONE DID A SURVEY DECIDED WE NEED ANOTHER GAS STATION IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT HERE.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME PLEASE? RYAN TAYLOR.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME? YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR ME, BRIAN KELLER.
THANK YOU, MR. KELLER, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE LOCATION? IF YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS OR
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A LANDMARK THAT WE CAN HUNTER GLEN PARK, THE WHOLE ENTIRE PARK IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.YES, MA'AM THE ENTIRE PARK IS ZONED COMMERCIAL.
ACCORDING TO THE ZONING MAP THAT WAS ISSUED, THE PDF IS ISSUED BY THE CITY SITE.
I'M SORRY IF I MISSPELLED THIS PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.
UM, MR. FIDEL, ANDRA, MR. FIDEL, IT SEEMS THAT MR. FIDEL HAS LEFT THE ROOM.
WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WITH THOSE ARE FOR THE PUBLIC HERE.
[5. STAFF REPORTS]
RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR STAFF REPORTS.
THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM NUMBER SIX OR CONSENT AGENDA.SO IT'S BEEN EMOTION BY PROTON BONE AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CAN WE TALK ABOUT SIX C PLEASE? JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
SO IN ORDER TO SPEAK ABOUT 60 EMOTION NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO ADOPT ALL ITEMS OTHER THAN I'M IN THE MOTION TO, UM, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS, UH, ITEM SIX, SEEN FOR DISCUSSION.
ALSO, IF YOU DON'T MIND SIX D AS WELL, IF YOU CAN AMEND THAT SIX C AND D YOU SAID C, C AS IN CAT.
ARE YOU? AND I, YOU SAID, SEE, I SAID DEEP, BUT YOU'RE WANTING TO OKAY.
I WAS LIKE, SO ITEMS, UH, UH, APPROVE THE, UM, AUTHORIZED THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, MINUS SIX C AND SIX D FOR DISCUSSION.
SO IT'S BEEN A, MY CUSTOMER MAY APPROACH AND BONY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ITEMS. CAN WE VOTE ON THIS NOW? OKAY.
THERE ARE NO OTHER, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE OTHER ITEMS BESIDES 60 AND D OKAY.
HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
[(c) Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Co...]
NOW WE COME BACK TO SIX, C SIX C IS AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MASTERS OF HOUSTON FOR THE PROVISION OF RENOVATION SERVICES TO REMODEL FIRE STATION, NUMBER THREE, AND NUMBER FOUR, SHAWSHEE KUMAR AARON COUNCIL.I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
I KNOW THE CHIEF IS YOUR FIRE.
UM, JUST A LITTLE QUICK OVERVIEW.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S FUNDED, UH, IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
AND THIS INCLUDES ROUTINE RENOVATION.
SO FAR STATION NUMBER THREE AND FOUR.
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS MYSELF OR THE CHIEF WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE STATION THREE AND FOUR, I LIKE TO KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WHEN, WHEN IS THIS GOING TO START? RIGHT? AND WHAT'S THE COST, WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? UM, AND ARE YOU DOING THREE AND FOUR TOGETHER OR IS THREE FIRST FOUR FIRST? CAN WE HEAR SOME OF THAT? UM, OBVIOUSLY MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE GOT THIS QUOTATION FROM A BUYBOARD CONTRACT.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION.
AS SOON AS WE CAN LOGISTICALLY GET A CONTRACT EXECUTED, WE WILL START THIS.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE OWNER DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS LEAST DISRUPTION IN THEIR OPERATIONS.
AND AS I ALLUDED TO, UH, THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE APPROVED FYI 22 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT THIS BODY HAD THE APPROVED AS PART OF THE FY 22 BUDGET.
SO WILL THIS CITY MANAGER JACKSON, WELL, THIS ITEM BE COMING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO, WITH MORE DETAILS AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
SO CAUSE THEN HERE, WE'RE JUST GIVING YOU OUT.
I MEAN, AUTHORIZING YOU TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S THE WAY I READ IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD COME BACK.
UM, AS LONG AS IT STAY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAD AUTHORIZED IN THE BUDGET, IF IT DIDN'T STAY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE IN THE BUDGET AS A POLICY, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK.
SEE, AGAIN, MY ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS JOSHUA.
YOUR NAME IS ON THERE AS A PRE PRES YOU KNOW, AS A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT, I JUST ASKED YOU THREE QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS, AND YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE
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THE ANSWERS IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO WHAT THE, UH, RENOVATIONS ARE.I I'M AWARE THAT THERE IS SOME PAINTINGS, SOME FLOATING WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY OR PLANNED, BUT I WILL ASK THE CHIEF TO ADDRESS ANY OF THEM IN THE BUDGET.
UH, THE BUDGET AND AMOUNT, 300,000 FOR THE COMBINED FIRE STATION THREE AND FOUR, IT'S IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS.
WE WORK WITH THE OWNING DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE EXECUTED IN A SMOOTH MANNER.
AND IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE DETAILED WORK ENTAILS, I THINK THE FOREST CHIEF CAN SPEAK, UH, IF NEED BE ADDITIONALLY, WE CAN ALSO TRANSMIT DETAILED INFORMATION OF WHAT THE EXACT WORK IS GOING TO BE SURE FOR $800,000.
I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OH, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE, SO THIS IS A PHASE TWO PROJECT FOR BOTH THOSE RENOVATIONS, THE INTERIOR OF THE STATIONS WERE DONE, UH, COMPLETED, UH, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR.
UH, SO THIS IS FOR THE BAY AREAS WHERE THE FIRETRUCKS ARE STORED ALL THE EQUIPMENT ROOMS, UH, THE OUTSIDE BRICK.
UH, THERE ARE SOME FRAMING UP IN THE FRONT OF STATION THREE TO FOUR.
IS THERE SOME FRAMING, UH, AESTHETIC FRAMING OF THESE LARGE BEAMS THAT HAVE KIND OF DECAYED AND ROTTED.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO REWRAP THOSE.
UH, SO THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IN A SECOND PHASE OF THE EXTERIOR SITES OF THE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS ALL THE BAY ROOMS. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR, RIGHT? WELL IT STATIONS.
AND THEN THE CIP, OR IF IT'S IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED 800 IS FOR BOTH.
THAT'S FOR BOTH THE PROJECTS, FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE AND FOUR.
AND WE'RE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER C SIX C, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
SIX D AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO GROUP.
THERE'S A WET MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A BOAT ON THIS RIGHT NOW? OKAY.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY CONSUMER CLOUSER.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES.
[(d) Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Ba...]
SO THE ITEM 60, WHICH IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BASS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE REMODELING OF THE EXISTING FIRE ADMINISTRATION, BUILDING JEREMY DAVIS MAYOR.THIS IS RELATED TO THE NEW FIRE STATION.
NUMBER SIX, AS WE KNOW, IT'S COMPLETELY, IT'S NEARING COMPLETION.
FIRE ADMIN IS GOING TO RELOCATE INTO THE NEW FIRE STATION SIX THAT OPENS UP THE SPACE FOR IT TO MOVE IN AND EXPAND THERE AS WELL AS THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S FUNDED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE REMODELING SERVICES FOR THE AREA BEING VACATED BY FIRE HAD BEEN TO ACCOMMODATE IT AND COMMUNICATIONS.
AND WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS ROUGHLY AROUND FOUR AND 45,000 WHO 45.
AND THAT WILL START AS SOON AS THE FIRE STATION MOVES OUT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UNLESS IF SOMEBODY ELSE HERE, YOU NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
UH, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT.
SO THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MEROLA SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY THIRD, ALL THE DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
I HAVE NUMBER SEVEN ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN RELATED ACTIONS, SEVEN, EIGHT ZONING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCE.
[(1) Public hearing on proposed redistricting maps.]
71 RELATING TO THE REDISTRICT REDISTRICTING PUBLIC HEARING.I'LL JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK THIS PRESENTATION.
WE'LL JUST PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE LATEST MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED PURSUANT TO YOUR REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
UH, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2022, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROPOSED MAPS.
SEE IT SIMPLY GOES THROUGH WHAT REDISTRICTING IS, WHY
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THE CITY IS REDISTRICTING AGAIN.THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY'S CHARTER REQUIRES REDISTRICTING.
THE TIMELINE IS PROVIDED FOR YOU ALL AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AGAIN, TO HIGHLIGHT THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT.
THE CITY IS OVERPOPULATED IN DISTRICT D AND UNDER-POPULATED IN DISTRICT C IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO EACH DISTRICT, UH, THE CITY'S MAXIMUM DEVIATION HAS TO BE BELOW 10% HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR ESTABLISHED CRITERIA, INCLUDE MAINTAINING EXISTING COUNCIL DISTRICTS, MAINTAINING TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDING CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT IS IN DISTRICT B AND DISTRICT D OR WHICH WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE BY PLACING IT ALL IN ONE, UH, IN ONE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE CENSUS BLOCKS.
AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, KELLY IN THE COMMUNICATIONS ACTUALLY ARE POINTING THIS OUT, UH, WHEN SHE REVIEWED THE MAP, BUT IT'S QUAIL VALLEY EAST, UH, QUAIL VALLEY EAST BECAUSE OF WHERE THE POPULATIONS ARE AND BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LINES ARE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PLACE ALL OF QUAIL VALLEY EAST AND EITHER B OR C.
SO THEREFORE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS STILL IN BOTH, UH, PARTIALLY IN BOTH B AND PARTIALLY IN D UM, PROPOSED MAP, A YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS MAP.
WE WENT OVER, UH, THIS PARTICULAR MAP AT THE LAST MEETING.
UH, IT INCLUDES MOVING HUNTERS ONE, FOUR, AND FIVE TO DISTRICT A MEADOWCREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK TO DISTRICT A, IT MOVES HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES TO DISTRICT B OLIVE CREEK MONT TO DISTRICT B ALL OF THE OLYMPIA STATES TO DISTRICT B NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS COVE, AS WELL AS LAKE SHORE HARBOR TO DISTRICT B A, IT PROVIDES THAT WHOLE VILLAGE TOWNHOMES, WHOLE VALLEY, NORTH LEXINGTON PLACE AND BERMUDA DUNES VILLAS WILL BE MOVED TO DISTRICT C.
IT ALSO MOVES, UH, OYSTER CREEK FARMS TO DISTRICT D.
THIS IS JUST A DEPICTION OF THE MAP, UH, AND ITS ENTIRETY.
EACH OF THE SLIDES INCLUDES A LIST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THIS MAP.
A AS YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL, THE TOTAL DEVIATION ON THIS MAP A WAS ABOUT 9.38%.
BASED ON THAT LAST PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY REQUESTED CERTAIN CHANGES.
UM, THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE IN MAP B, JUST TO NOTE THOUGH, MAP B DOES NOT PROVIDE ALL OF OLYMPIA ESTATES IN ONE DISTRICT.
UM, THAT'S CORRECTED AND MAP C, UH, BUT I WILL GO OVER MAP B FOR YOU ALL, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
THE REQUESTED NEIGHBORHOODS WERE MOVED BACK TO DISTRICT A IN MAP B.
SO THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE MOVED TO D DISTRICT A UNDER MAT B ARE MEADOW CREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES MOVED TO DISTRICT B ALL OF CREEK MONT WAS STILL MOVED TO DISTRICT B NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS COV.
WE'RE STILL MOVED TO DISTRICT B WATERBROOK WEST WAS MOVED TO DISTRICT C, UH, SIENNA MUD SIX AND SEVEN WERE ALSO MOVED TO DIS 1 67.
WE'RE ALSO MOVED TO DISTRICT C AND VILLAS AT SIENNA PLANTATION APARTMENTS WAS MOVED TO DISTRICT C AGAIN, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES JUST INCLUDE DEPICTIONS AS WELL AS THE DETAILS OF WHICH SPECIFIC SUBDIVISIONS WERE ADDED TO EACH PROPOSED DISTRICT UNDER MAP B, UM, MAP, UH, THE TOTAL DEVIATION ON THAT B IS 4.3, 3%.
THERE IS A CHART THAT IS AVAILABLE AS WELL.
THAT JUST SHOWS THE CURRENT POPULATION, UH, MAKEUP AND PERCENTAGES VERSUS THE PROPOSED MAKEUP, UH, IN PERCENTAGES, BASED ON THE PROPOSED MAP.
AND AGAIN, A MAP SEE IS BASED ON MAP B.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT ALL OF OLYMPIA ESTATES HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN, UH, DISTRICT B UNDER MAP C.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, UH, ANALYSIS THAT THE MAXIMUM DEVIATION FOR MAX, UH, FOR MAP C IS ACTUALLY JUST 3.6, 5%.
SO WITH THAT, YOU ALL ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, AGAIN, FOLKS CAN PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS TO MC REDISTRICTING AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV.
THIS POWERPOINT WILL BE PLACED ONLINE.
ALL PREVIOUS POWERPOINTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ONLINE TOMORROW, WE'LL BE HAVING A DISTRICT, A VIRTUAL MEETING, THE, UH, SIGN UP INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE MARCH 14TH.
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TO BE MEETING THE, AGAIN, THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE, UH, MARCH 16TH AND MARCH 22ND, WE WILL HAVE THE DISTRICT C AND D MEETINGS.WE'LL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AT THE MARCH 21ST MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL SIT DOWN SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
THIS IS, UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK MUST HAVE SUBMITTED A CITY CITIZENS PARTICIPATION REGISTRATION FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, UH, DID THE CITY DID RECEIVE? YES, SIR.
UM, SO AS YOU COME UP YOUR, UH, AS SHE CALLS YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND AN ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MR. EVERETT LAND, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, GETTING THE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.
MY NAME HAS EVER LAND, UM, THE, UM, PRESIDENT OF HOUSECLEANING FIVE HOA.
I LIVE AT 8 0 6 FOX CLUB DRIVE.
UM, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED, IT DIDN'T REALLY SHOW A COMPARISON OF WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
I'M REPRESENTING HUNTERS GOING IN FIVE AND THE LAST PRESENT PRESENTATION HUNTER'S GLEN FIVE WAS GOING TO BE BROKEN UP.
I WAS PLAYING FOUR AND FIVE WERE GOING INTO DISTRICT EIGHT.
NOW IT DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT TO ME THAT HUNTER'S GLEN HAS BEEN BROKEN UP TWICE.
WE KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
WE NEED TO FIX THIS RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A FIX Y'ALL NEED TO BRING IN.
ANOTHER DISTRICT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE REALM.
I DON'T KNOW WHO GAVE THE NUMBERS TO SAY THAT A PERFECT DISTRICT HAS SO MANY PEOPLE IN IT, BUT THIS IS NOT WORKING FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME POSITION.
IT WOULD DILUTE WHEN OUR VOTING POWER OVER IN HUNTER'S GLEN.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE THAT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND MORE PERMANENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW, BECAUSE DO WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT WORKING.
THANK YOU, MR. ERNEST GARCIA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM, MR. ERNEST GARCIA, IT SEEMS THAT MR. GARCIA HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
IS THAT CON UH, UNINCLUSIVE, EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP? YES, SIR.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THERE.
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
UH, IF YOU COULD, UH, COME BACK TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I WAS, UH, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO, UH, RESIDENTS, AND THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHY REDISTRICTING IS BEING DONE IN MISSOURI CITY.
I KNOW YOU SPOKE TO THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU COULD, YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THIS PROCESS IS HAPPENING AND WHY? UH, WE HAVE TO, UM, I GUESS, COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW.
UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.02 OF THE CITY'S CHARTER, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO REDISTRICT EVERY 10 YEARS AND WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE RELEASE OF A FEDERAL CENSUS.
SO AS THE TEAM MEMBERS, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE'VE RECENTLY UNDERGONE A FEDERAL CENSUS, THE LAST REDISTRICTING OF MISSOURI CITY TOOK PLACE ON OR ABOUT JULY 15TH, 2012.
UH, THERE ARE, I APOLOGIZE, UH, MAY 15TH, 2012, UH, MAY 21ST, ACTUALLY
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2012.THEREFORE WE'RE REQUIRED TO REDISTRICT, UH, AGAIN, PURSUANT TO OUR CHARTER.
AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT EACH DISTRICT, UH, IN THE CITY IS OF EQUAL POPULATION, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, CREATE EQUAL POPULATIONS WITHIN EACH DISTRICT, THAT THERE IS A ILLEGALLY ALLOWABLE DEVIATION BETWEEN THOSE DISTRICTS.
SO EACH MAP THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL AND TO THE PUBLIC INCLUDES AN, UH, LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE DEVIATION, UH, IN THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF POPULATION OF 10% OR LESS, WE ARE, WE ARE REDISTRICTING BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO SO.
AND COULD YOU ALSO SPEAK TO THE, UM, HAVING CON CON UH, CONTIGUOUS MAP, WHAT THAT MEANS SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS WHEN YOU SAY CONTINUOUS MAP, DO YOU MEAN CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY? UH, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IN ORDER TO CREATE A DISTRICT, THE PARTS AND THE PIECES OF THE DISTRICT HAVE TO ALL CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.
THIS IS MAP A, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT A CUTOFF BETWEEN LET'S USE A DISTRICT DAY, THAT THERE'S NOT A CUTOFF BETWEEN THE PORTION OF DISTRICT A THAT'S ABOVE 90 AND THE PORTION OF DISTRICT A THAT'S BELOW 90 EACH PIECE OF A DISTRICT TASK TO BE NEXT TO, OR HAS TO CONNECT TO THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
SOME SOMEHOW, UH, IT COULD BE A STRIP, UM, BUT IT COULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY OR EXAMPLE, AN EXAMPLE OF A STRIP.
AND THIS MAP IS THE DISTRICT D CONNECTION YOU CAN SEE AT ABOUT HIGHWAY SIX OR KITTY HOLLOW PARK IS THERE'S JUST A, UH, A SMALLER CONNECTION, BUT THERE'S STILL A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NORTHERN PART OF THAT DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT DISTRICT.
SO NO MATTER WHAT MAP THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY DECIDES TO VOTE ON, OR, UH, DECIDES TO ADOPT EACH DISTRICT MUST CONNECT TO OTHER PARTS OF THAT DISTRICT.
SO EACH PIECE WITHIN THE DISTRICT HAS TO CUT.
AND I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION.
UM, IS THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FIGURE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT HAVING EQUAL POPULATION, IS THERE A CERTAIN POINT WITHIN THIS CITY WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD A NEW DISTRICT.
AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WHAT, WHAT NUMBER OR WHAT PROCESSES? THERE'S NOT A MAGIC NUMBER.
HOWEVER, IF THE CITY WANTED TO ADD A DISTRICT, IT COULD DO SO THROUGH THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROCESS, THE CITY'S DISTRICTS ARE SET FORTH IN THE CITY CHARTER AND THAT REVIEW PROCESS OCCURS ABOUT ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
IF THERE IS A DESIRE IN THE FUTURE TO ADD A DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE THROUGH THAT CHARTER REVIEW PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, WITH OUR LAST THREE DISTRICT AND MEETING THAT HELD VIRTUALLY LAST WEEK, DO YOU HAVE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE RESIDENTS? UM, I HAVE, I HAVE, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE QUESTION ACTUALLY HAD TWO SPEAKERS WHO PRE-REGISTERED MS. ROSS, I BELIEVE FROM CREEK MONT, UH, REGISTERED AND JUST MENTIONED WANTING TO HAVE MORE TIME, UH, TO PROVIDE COMMENTS.
AS I'VE MENTIONED, UM, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS THROUGH MARCH 28TH WRITTEN COMMENTS THROUGH MARCH 28TH.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL, UH, VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE, UH, INFORMATION AND COMMENTS AS WELL.
THE SECOND SPEAKER WAS MR. FONTENEAU, WHO I BELIEVE WAS, UH, HERE EARLIER.
AND HE DID HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY MEETING, THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL LAW AS IT RELATES TO REDISTRICTING.
AND AS I MENTIONED TO HIM, THESE PROPOSED MAPS HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THE CITY'S LEGAL SERVICES CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZES IN REDISTRICTING.
SO EACH MAP THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOU ALL HAS BEEN VETTED AND REVIEWED AND ANALYZED TO ENSURE THAT EACH MAP IS DEFENSIBLE.
SO WHICHEVER MAP YOU WILL DECIDE TO, TO MOVE ON WITH, UH, EACH MAP HAS BEEN VETTED TO ENSURE THAT IT'S LEGAL, INDEFENSIBLE.
I KNOW WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING TOMORROW, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED WITH THE MARKETING AND US REALLY GETTING THE WORD OUT AND PUSHING THESE MEETINGS BACK TO BACK TO BACK WITHOUT GIVING RESIDENTS ENOUGH TIME TO ATTEND.
I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO DO THE VIRTUAL COMPONENT, BUT JUST AS MR. LAN JUST CAME UP, IT'S, IT'S VERY CONFUSING.
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SOMETHING TO BE AMENABLE TO THE RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A Q AND A QUESTION.HE JUST CAME UP AND ASKED HIS QUESTIONS AND WE CAN'T GIVE HIM FEEDBACK.
SO I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE DOING THE RESIDENTS, A DISSERVICE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AND WE'RE HAVING THESE MEETINGS AT OUR QUICK PACE, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
SO I KNOW INITIALLY WE STATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS SO WE CAN HAVE A TOUR AROUND THE CITY, BUT AT THIS POINT WE NEED TO REVAMP IT AND DO SOMETHING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE CONDUCIVE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESIDENTS AND EACH, UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, THE CITY IS ALSO HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THE NEXT MEETING, AS WELL AS THE MEETING, FOLLOWING THAT IF INDIVIDUALS WOULD LIKE TO COME IN PERSON, UH, ADDITIONALLY QUESTIONS CAN BE SENT TO MISSOURI CITY MC REDISTRICTING AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV.
AND I HAVE TRIED TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUALS AS THEY, UH, PROVIDE QUESTIONS AT THE EVENT.
AGAIN, MY PROPOSAL IS, UM, JUST AS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS STATED ON THE LAST REDISTRICT AND, UM, MEETING VIRTUAL THAT IF WE CAN DO IT PERSON IN PERSON, OR IT CAN BE A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATIONAL AND NOT HAVE LOGGING ISSUES, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES TURNING ON THEIR, THEIR, UM, CAMERAS, THEIR MEETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SINCE THIS IS VERY SERIOUS, IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING MORE PERSONABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I SPOKE ABOUT THE MARKETING COMPONENT.
I KNOW THE KIOSKS IS, OR THE SIGNAGE AND THE CITY IS BEING ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING THE DISTRICT, A MEETING COMING UP.
BUT WHEN OUR FORMER DIRECTOR, STACY WALKER WAS HERE, WE HAD VIDEOS GOING OUT.
IT WAS HEAVILY PROMOTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE A HEAVY COMPONENT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS BACK TO BACK, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF MARKETING COMPONENT.
THAT'S GOING TO APPEAL TO THE RESIDENTS AND ACTUALLY GET THEM MORE INVOLVED.
I'M HOPING TO GET SOME TYPE OF ACTION ITEMS HEADED OUT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I'M JUST, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE VIRTUAL COMPONENT AND GET SOME MORE MARKETING COMPONENTS OUT TO GET MORE RESIDENTS INFORMED.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT TWO DAYS AGO, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, ON THEIR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES HAVE, UH, UH, THE LATEST EDITION OF MCTS AND THE NEWS.
AND AS PART OF THAT VIDEO, UH, IT INCLUDES THE RE-DISTRICTING AND ALL OF THE WORKSHOPS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ON TODAY IT WAS POSTED AS WELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN SENDING OUT E-BLASTS, UH, I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE NEED TO, TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT AS BEST WE CAN.
I ALSO COMMUNICATING WITH, THROUGH THE HOA LIAISON AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO CONTACT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS.
UH, AS STATED WE HAVE TWO, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ONE TODAY, AND THEN ONE ON THE 21ST.
AND THEN I THINK ANOTHER ONE AFTER THAT AS WELL, APRIL, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, FOUR, UH, UPCOMING VIRTUAL, UH, PER DISTRICT.
AND WE JUST HAD ONE IN AND AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE WHERE CITIZENS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ASK QUESTIONS, ENGAGE AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY IS IMPEDING ANYBODY'S ABILITY TO, TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND PARTICIPATE.
WE JUST NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO GET THE WORD OUT, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL, WOMAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO RAMP IT UP AND DO MORE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY OR WHATEVER, THAT'S FINE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I, I DO KNOW THAT THE CITY, UH, COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION NOW, UM, MAY HAVE HAD TO HAVE, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO HAVE AN DEBATE.
I JUST FEEL AS IF MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE ARE HAVING PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL PROMOTIONAL, UM, VIDEOS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES RIBBON CUTTING EVERY DAY.
I MEAN, HERE WE ARE HAVING A REDISTRICTING THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE VOTERS, THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AT LEAST WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO SPECIFY AND INDIVIDUALIZE.
THIS MAJOR COMPONENT, UH, IN THE NEWS IS SATURATED WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME OR MAYBE A MONTH.
SO AGAIN, I AM PROPOSING THAT WE DO SOMETHING INDIVIDUALLY TO HELP THE RESIDENTS BE MORE CONCERNED, THE FAQ SOMETHING.
SO THE RESIDENTS CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, SOME, UM, A HUNDRED IS GLENN HONOR'S POINT OF STATES.
UM, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE IN, IN DISTRICT A
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DO NOT HAVE ONLINE PRESENCE.THEY'RE NOT SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO JUST LET, LET YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE MARKETING.
AND MAINLY BECAUSE I KNOW MY, MY COMMUNITY, I KNOW MY DISTRICT, A RESIDENTS AND THEIR BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEY'RE VERY CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE IN A CRITICAL PHASE IN THIS CITY WHERE WE'RE REDISTRICTING AND IT'S LIKE A HURRY UP, LET'S HURRY UP AND GET IT DONE PROCESS.
JUST LIKE THE MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO, THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO SEE HOW THE MOVEMENT WAS TAKING PLACE.
AND WE WEREN'T EVEN NOTIFIED PRIOR TO THAT TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND IF I HAD NOT BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A NEW MAP, THEN I'M NOT SURE IF THE RESIDENTS' VOICES WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD.
AND AS WE GO ON TO TOMORROW INTO A DISTRICT, A REDISTRICTING VIRTUAL ONLINE, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS OPTION AND GOING VIRTUAL AND EVEN ABOUT THE MEETING, I'VE HAD TO DO FOOTWORK TO GET OUT THERE AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THAT AND THEIR RESPONSES.
AND A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES, THEY DON'T HAVE INTERNET AT HOME.
AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF, UM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TO THOSE, TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT DO NOT GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA? DID WE SEND OUT MAILERS? DID WE SEND OUT OTHER THAN JUST ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS? BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON THAT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 28TH, THAT VIRTUAL MEETING WHERE WE HAVE OVER 70,000 RESIDENTS, ONLY LESS THAN 40 PEOPLE WERE ON THAT.
AND HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE STAFF AND COUNCIL, THAT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT WE HAD NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY TO SPEAK THEIR VOICES ON THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM BONY ARE SPEAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIFFERENCES.
SOME BELIEVE THAT IT'S WELL AND SOME BELIEVE IT'S NOT GOING WELL.
WELL, I'M HERE TO SAY, THIS IS MY MEETING IS ON TOMORROW.
I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE THE MASS VOICES ON THAT PARTICULAR ONLINE COMPONENT.
AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND OFFER SOMETHING THAT'S MORE PUBLIC ENGAGING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THESE MAPS AND THINGS OF THAT.
AND, AND THE LIST THAT'S ON HERE, I REALLY AM CONCERNED THAT IF PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO GIVE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, IS THE CITY ACTUALLY GOING TO REDO ANOTHER MAP OPTION FOR THEM IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE MOVED, OR IF WHERE THEY'RE MOVING TO, THEY WANT TO STAY OR GO IS THE VOICE IS REALLY GOING TO BE HURT.
THAT THAT WOULD BE A DECISION OF THE BODY, WHAT BODY YOU ALL THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD BRING BACK THOSE COMMENTS TO YOU ALL.
AND IF YOU WILL, WOULD LIKE ANOTHER MAP, PREPARE IT, THE MAP WOULD BE PREPARED.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT AND JOYCE, YOU'RE NOT REDRAWING ANY, YOU'RE NOT APPROVING ANY MAP, ARE YOU? NO, NO, NO.
WE APPROVE THE MAP, CORRECT? YES.
WHETHER YOU HAVE 12 MAPS OR 15 MAPS, THIS BODY RIGHT HERE MAKES MOTION GETS A SECOND AND APPROVES WHATEVER THE MAP.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC IS TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.
SO THIS WAY, THE CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE, THAT CAN LOOK AT, SEE IF IT WORKS.
NOW WE POSSIBLY WITH THE THREE MAPS COULD END UP WITH SEVEN MAP, CORRECT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FROM MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, RILEY, YOU TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE INTERNET AND ALL THAT.
CAN YOU GIVE EACH CHOICE AND THE STAFF, A SUGGESTION AS TO HOW DO YOU, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO REACH THE, THAT TYPE, THAT PUBLIC, THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO? I THINK A MAILER SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT, OR WE SHOULD DID SOME FOOT WORK DOOR TO DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE FOR THESE MEETINGS.
AND THEN ALSO WE COULD HAVE PUT SOMETHING IN THE, UM, THE NEWSPAPER, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NEWSPAPERS WERE BEING DELIVERED TO THOSE ACTUAL HOMES.
AND I PROPOSED ON OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE ACTUALLY GO TO THE HOA MEETINGS.
AND MARY SAID THAT THAT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG, BUT AT LEAST HAVE SOME TYPE OF PRESENCE WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO US AND CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS NOW, AS IT BEING UNREALISTIC.
IS THERE A TIME, A TIME LIMIT FOR THIS TO BE DONE? I GUESS MA'AM OKAY.
SO, I MEAN, WE JUST WASTED TWO WEEKS, BUT THAT COULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN STARTED AND GETTING THE FOOTWORK DONE BY GOING TO THE HOA MEETINGS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON OUR CALENDAR.
SO IT WAS STATED THERE THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
I MEAN, NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A GOAL.
AND I DID SPEAK TO ONE OF THE MANAGEMENT FOLKS FOR ONE OF, FOR ACTUALLY TWO OR THREE OF THE HOS.
AND SHE DID, SHE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE DISTRICT MEETING IDEA WAS A BETTER IDEA THAN HAVING STAFF GO TO EACH INDIVIDUAL HOA MEETING, BECAUSE SHE FELT LIKE WE WOULD REACH MORE PEOPLE THAT WAY.
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UM, SO I DID CONTACT AT LEAST ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO REPRESENTS A FEW OF HOS.AND IS THIS ALSO ON THOSE FIVE OR SIX DISPLAYS SIGNS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY? THAT WHAT DOES THAT THE MARK KEY OR? I BELIEVE SO, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER.
SO YES, THAT'S THEM, OUR KIDS HALFWAY CLEAR, LESBIAN, HONEST, LIKE YOU CANNOT READ THAT DRIVING 45 MILES, 40 MILES PER HOUR TO READ AND GO FROM THERE, THE QUALITY YOU CANNOT READ THAT.
UM, I'M DRIVING UP AND DOWN 20 TO 34 AND I CAN'T READ THAT AND I'VE HEARD RESIDENTS STAYED IN, HEY, WHAT IS THAT? MARK? YOU HAVE A CHALK WALK, UM, CONTESTS.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA RELY ON A MARQUEE TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE HAVE A ZONING, WE HAVE FAILED THE RESIDENTS PREMATURE.
ARE WE DISTRICTING? I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS, UH, PUT OUT ON, UH, JUST ELECTRONICALLY ON NEXT DOOR, TWITTER.
I'M ALSO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN TERMS OF A BANNER.
SO IF ANYONE VISITS THE WEBSITE, SO I DO KNOW THAT THE TEAM PUT IT OUT THAT WAY.
AGAIN, HE, YOURS, THOSE ARE ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. THOSE ARE ALL ELECTRONIC DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND EVERYONE IS NOT A PART OF THAT SYSTEM.
WE NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER TANGIBLE HARD COPIES OF HOW WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AGAIN, I MAY, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CITY MANAGER OR THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR ABOUT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE EACH CHOICE AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY, SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
WE CAN SEND OUT SOME MAILERS, UM, AND ALSO REACH OUT TO THE DUNES, UM, PAPER TO SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION.
AND YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER THIS CEDRIC, BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT EIGHT? OUR MEETING IS ON TOMORROW AT 6:00 PM.
UM, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE OUR HOA LIAISON REACH OUT TO THE HR REPRESENTATIVES TO TRY TO PASS ALONG THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S ONCE ONE SOLUTION, UM, CITY MANAGER, JACKSON.
UM, CAN WE FOLLOW UP OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR THIS MEETING OR DISTRICT A A FOLLOW-UP.
I WOULD ALSO ADD IF THIS AGAIN, SINCE IT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW WITH BEING IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WITH MAILERS, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, CAN WE LOOK AT, STILL GO AHEAD WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU ALREADY POSTED, BUT HAVE ANOTHER ONE PERHAPS MAYBE AFTER DISTRICT D.
SO THIS WAY, UM, RESIDENTS ARE GETTING MORE OPPORTUNITY.
SO, SO THIS WAY YOU HAVE AN, I SEE YOU HAVE A, B, C, D COMING DOWN AT LEAST WITH B AND C AND D YOU HAVE SOME LEAD WAY.
UH, AND IF, IF THE BODY THINKS THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, WE COULD ALSO JUST HAVE AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP MAYBE AFTER ALL OF THOSE VIRTUAL MEETINGS AS WELL, THE WEEK OF MARCH 21ST, RIGHT? I MEAN, I, I'M NOT GONNA ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE ON THEM.
AND I, UNLESS IF I HEAR FROM SOMEBODY ON THIS BODY THAT'S AGAINST HAVING, BECAUSE OF THE TIME SENSITIVITY, BECAUSE THIS AGAIN IS COMING UP TOMORROW, UNLESS IF SOMEBODY HAS A PROBLEM OF HAVING A DISTRICT GUY HAVING ANOTHER MEETING, I DON'T, I THINK EVERYBODY'S SHOULD BE WELCOMED TO COME OUT TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION, NOT JUST ONE DISTRICT.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IMPACTS OUR ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST MY DISTRICT OR ANYBODY SPECIFIC DIFF DISTRICT, WE ALL REPRESENT WHETHER WE ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF OUR DISTRICT OR WHETHER WE'RE ELECTED AT LARGE, WE ALL MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT EACH DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ALL RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER COMMUNICATIONS ARE GOING OUT, WHATEVER METHODS WE USE, WHATEVER MEETINGS WE HAVE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL CITIZENS ARE INVITED AND WELCOMED TO COME OUT.
SO TO, TO, TO THE POINT OF MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU PUT THIS OUT THERE TOMORROW MORNING, THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO CATCH THE NEWSPAPER, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT A, HAVING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF IT'S TOMORROW.
AND IF YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT TOMORROW, BEACON MAKE IT BECAUSE IT'S IT'S 14.
I MEAN, MARCH 14TH AND SEIZE ON MARCH 16, THE MARCH 22ND, I WOULD SAY, JUST TAKE IT UP WITH CONSTANTLY MARAYLA AND YOU GUYS WORK THAT OUT.
IF IT NEEDS TO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING AN, ANOTHER MEETING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, TO COME IN.
AND HERE THEY'RE SAYING ONE OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT CONSIDER MAYOR THAT FINAL MEETING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MAYBE IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO ANYTHING.
MAYBE IT'S JUST QUESTIONING THE ANSWERS OR WHOEVER GETS ONLINE.
CHARLES, I THINK THAT, UM, BEFORE TOMORROW'S DISTRICT A MEETING, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN AND ANNOUNCED THAT PLAN ON THE DISTRICT K MEETING SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM
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AND IT'S THIS DAY AND THIS TIME, AND THERE'LL BE MAPS AND EVERYONE CAN COME IN AND LOOK AND ROUND AND ASK QUESTIONS.BUT WE GOT TO LAUNCH THAT BEFORE, AND WE GOT TO HAVE A PLAN BEFORE WE GO TO THAT MEETING, WE WILL.
SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY CAN ALSO PROMOTE IT SAYING, OKAY, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO EGOS, DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THIS OR NO? RIGHT.
IT'S JUST A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ALL FOUR OF THE MANTLE HAVE SO FAR MEET ALL OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE THREE MAPS IN EACH WEEK.
AND EACH ONE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS YOU CHOSE ONE FINAL.
UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY ONE STATEMENT? UM, SO THAT THOSE THAT GO BACK AND WATCH, THIS WILL UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME RUMBLING, THE STATE THAT THE REDISTRICTING IN REFERENCE TO DISTRICT A WAS TO MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF FORT BEND COUNTY, INTO HARRIS COUNTY.
AND YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT OUR REDISTRICTING LOOKS AND AS IT RELATES TO RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE CITY, YES MA'AM.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE RESIDENTS BETWEEN COUNTIES.
UM, SO I, I'M NOT SURE WHICH PROPOSED MAP FOLKS WERE LOOKING AT THAT THEY, THEY THOUGHT THAT, BUT THE ONLY CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE TO THE CITY'S, UH, DISTRICTS ARE ESSENTIALLY TO THE CITY'S DISTRICTS.
THEY DON'T IMPACT COUNTY, UM, COUNTY LINES OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES, EACH COUNTY THAT'S ITS OWN BOUNDARIES, JUST LIKE THE MISSOURI CITY CITY COUNCIL CREATES ITS OWN BOUNDARIES.
EACH COUNTY SETS ITS OWN BOUNDARIES.
SO FOLKS WOULD NOT BE MOVED BETWEEN COUNTIES.
WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO ANSWER THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION, UH, ABOUT A, UH, BEING, NOT SEEING THEM IN DISTRICT OR IN MAP B, UH, VERSUS MAP A.
SO IN MAP, A HUNTER'S GLEN FOUR AND FIVE WERE MOVED TO DISTRICT A IN MAPS, B AND C, THEY ARE BACK IN, UM, IN DISTRICT B.
SO THERE WOULD NOT BE A CHANGE TO THOSE DISTRICT OR TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER MAPS, B AND C ANY NOISE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ALSO, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT BEFORE, I JUST WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THAT THESE MAPS ARE BASED OFF OF RESPONSES THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AND FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD GET FROM THE RESIDENTS.
AND BASED OFF OF THAT FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL OR THE RESIDENTS, THAT'S HOW THESE MAPS ARE BROUGHT FORTH.
SO THE ORIGINAL MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO PRESENT IT TO US BY THE CONSULTANT WAS A PRELIMINARY MAP FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES AS A, AS A STARTING POINT.
SO THAT THE, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS COULD BE, I GUESS, IN LINES BALANCED.
AND YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE UP OR DOWN ANY ONE OF THESE MAPS.
SO IT'S ALL, UH, IT'S IN YOUR DISCRETION TO ADOPT THEM.
[(2) 7b1. Public hearing to receive comments for or against the adoption of...]
ADAM.SEVEN B TWO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACES, MASTER PLAN, PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING US SEVERAL SEVERABILITY.
HELLO, AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO REREAD THE BACKGROUND THAT I READ ABOUT THIS ITEM IN OUR SPECIAL MEETING TO START OFF WITH OUR PREVIOUS PARK MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 2015.
THE NEW PLAN THAT TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE FIRST READING OF TWO POTENTIAL ONES BEFORE IT BECOMES ADOPTED AS AN ORDINANCE, IT WAS DEVELOPED BY MHS PLANNING AND DESIGN.
THIS NEW PLAN IS DATED 2021 TO 2031.
SO IT'S ROUGHLY A 10 YEAR SPAN, BUT IT SHOULD BE REVIEWED IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS.
PUBLIC INPUT WAS ACHIEVED USING FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS, POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND NATIONAL STANDARDS WERE USED TO EXAMINE BOTH CURRENT LEVELS AS WELL AS FUTURE NEEDS.
AND WE, UH, WE HOPE THAT THIS PLAN WILL REMAIN A FLEXIBLE LIVING DOCUMENT.
IT'S GOING TO CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR THE PARKS, UH, FOR PARK PLANNING, AS WELL AS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
AND FINALLY, UH, BOTH THE PARKS BOARD AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS PLAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
DOES THIS ALSO GOES INTO A PUBLIC HEARING? YES, SIR.
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OKAY.IS THERE A MOTION FOR, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I MAKE A MOTION.
WE OPEN UP HEARING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARING? NO, SIR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO OUR SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
AND YOU ALSO NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S BEEN READ? IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
MARILLAS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
[(a) Consider appointing a physician as the City's Local Health Authori...]
I DIDN'T REMEMBER.EIGHT HOUR APPOINTMENTS, EIGHT A CONSIDER APPOINTING A PHYSICIAN AS THE CITY'S LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY PRESENTATION BY MARIO PARTITA, FIRE CHIEF.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THIS IS A, UM, A RENEWAL OF DR.
ANZALDUA'S CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT AS A HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH DR.
I'LL DO A, UH, HE'S BEEN THE HEALTH AUTHORITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID, UH, SINCE MARCH OF 2020, UH, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT FOR THOSE SERVICES.
UH, SO THIS IS A REQUEST, UH, TO RENEW HIS APPLICATION WITH THE STATE, WHICH EXPIRES IN MARCH AT THE END OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
UH, IF APPROVED, UH, THE SIGNATURE OF APPOINTMENT WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE CITY SECRETARY MS. ROWAN, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH AT OATH AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO FILE HIS APPLICATION, UH, TO REPRESENT THE CITY.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JONES, ADUA CITY, SOUTH LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, UH, FOR RENEWAL OF HIS, UH, CERTIFICATION WITH THE STATE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT JOE AND DOULA AS THE CITY'S LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, RE WE'RE REAPPOINTING HIM, RIGHT.
OR EXTENDING HIS CONTRACT? WELL, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE CONTRACT.
THIS JUST APPROVED HIS APPOINTMENT AS A HEALTH AUTHORITY, UH, FOR HIS STATE APPLICATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY CONSUMER CLOUSER AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO
[(a) Consider authorizing the yearly expense of $25,000 with Patterson Vete...]
ITEM NUMBER NINE.WE HAVE SEVEN, I MEAN, NINE AME CONSIDER AUTHORIZING A YEARLY EXPENSE OF $25,000 WITH PAT PATTERSON, VETERINARY SUPPLY FOR ELIGIBLE AND NEEDED SUPPLIES FOR ANIMAL SERVICES.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TODD WHO WERE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HOPE WAS PULLED.
[(b) Consider authorizing the execution of contracts for bond counsel servi...]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, B NINE B.CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS FOR BOND COUNSEL SERVICES.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION LIKE EGOS CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 9TH, 2022.
THE CITY ISSUED A SOLICITATION FOR BOND COUNCIL SERVICES.
THE CITY RECEIVED FOUR RESPONSES TO THAT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
THE RESPONSES WERE REVIEWED AND THE, UM, E FIRMS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED ARE A HOLLAND AND KNIGHT, AS WELL AS, UH, ORIC AS A KIND OF A SECONDARY AFFIRM FOR CITY SERVICES.
UM, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY FOR OVER, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THE PRIMARY CONTACT MR. DEREK MITCHELL HAS OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DOING BOND COUNCIL WORK.
HE IS, UH, LOCATED OUT OF HOUSTON.
HE HAS WORKED WITH VARIOUS CITIES, INCLUDING MISSOURI CITY, THE CITY OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE CITY OF PERIL LAND.
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UM, ORRICK, UH, IS ONE OF THE TOP RANKING PUBLIC FINANCE FIRMS IN THE COUNTRY.UH, AND IN THE STATE, UH, THE PRIMARY FOR THAT CONTRACT, RICK WYATT HAS AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF VAUGHN COUNCIL EXPERIENCE.
AND THEY HAVE ALSO DONE WORK FOR THE CITY OF PEAR LAND, THE CITY OF CONROE AND THE CITY OF HITCHCOCK.
UM, THESE TWO FIRMS ARE BEING RECOMMENDED.
UH, THEY WERE CONSIDERED BY THE, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND I BELIEVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE TWO, UM, ON A T WITH A TWO, ONE VOTE MOTION.
UM, LET ME SAY THOSE NAMES ALL IN THE NIGHT AND WORK.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, IT'S BEEN AN EMOTION LIKE CONSOLE MEMORIALS.
SECOND, MY CONSUMER EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YEAH, I HAVE A DISCUSSION.
A POINT I'D LIKE TO ASK US, DO WE HAVE, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HOLLAND AND KNIGHT HERE? YES.
UH, DEREK MITCHELL IS HERE FROM OAKLAND.
MR. MITCHELL, CAN YOU STEP UP? IS THERE SOMEONE FROM ORRICK HERE? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
SO THIS CAME BEFORE US TODAY, UM, AND OUR FINANCE, UM, UH, MEETING.
AND MY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN REPRESENTING MISSOURI CITY? 2010, 2010.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN A TIME WHERE, UM, YOU WERE GIVEN, UM, WORK AND IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR YOUR FIRM TO HANDLE WHERE YOU HAD TO PASS WORK OFF TO ANOTHER FIRM? NO.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL OF OUR WORK IN HOUSE.
UM, HAS THERE EVER BEEN A NEED FOR A AND YOU JOYCE? THIS, THIS QUESTION IS TO YOU THERE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE SOUGHT OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR BONDS IN THE PAST? CERTAINLY WE HAVE HAD, WE HAVE HAD SPECIAL PROJECTS COME UP THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE BEST FIT OR, UM, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT.
SO IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE DID HAVE TO GO OUT AND SEEK OTHER COUNSEL, UH, FOR BOND WORK, BUT FOR THE CITY'S PRIMARY BOND WORK, UH, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT, UM, AND DEREK HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACCESSIBLE TO STAFF, UM, HAS PROVIDED THAT, UH, PRIMARY BOND WORK.
SO WHEN I SAY PRIMARY BOND WORK, I MEAN, STREETS, SIDEWALKS, FACILITIES, DRAINAGE, KIND OF THE WORK THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AT TEND TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT.
SO MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS, I MEAN, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS PRETTY BIG PR PRETTY BIG PROJECT.
AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU, UM, I JUST, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
IT'S KIND OF MY PHILOSOPHY, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.
AND SO I WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY, IF WOULD THERE BE, WHAT SITUATION WOULD YOU BE INTO WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO TURN DOWN WORK? SURE.
UM, FIRST LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING US AND EVEN TO STAFF FOR RECOMMENDING US AGAIN, TO CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIP I'VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR ABOUT 20, MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
UH, AND AS WE, AS I MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SINCE 2010.
SO HALF OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN WITH YOU, UM, IN THE CITY.
UM, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY HOLLAND AND KNIGHT AND ANYWHERE ELSE I PRACTICE, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REPRESENT THE CITY.
UM, I, I MUST ADMIT IT'S TYPICALLY, UM, UM, INEFFICIENT TO HAVE TWO COUNCILS, UH, OR ONE, WHAT WE CALL A ONE DEBT PROFILE.
SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S YOUR GEO DEBT, YOUR, YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOND ISSUANCE WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, COME TO COUNCIL ON THE 21ST TO APPROVE FOR, IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PRIOR, UH, NOVEMBER ELECTION.
UM, TYPICALLY YOU ONLY HAVE ONE FIRM FOR THAT.
NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UH, CAN YOU DO SOME MUD WORK OR OTHER PROJECTS THEN, THEN YOU CAN HAVE COUNSEL FOR THAT? TYPICALLY WHAT I SEE IS, WELL, LET ME SAY THIS, UH,
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WE ARE TRULY AT WILL AS COUNCIL.SO MY, MY ENGAGEMENT LETTER PRETTY MUCH SAYS YOU CALL ME AND SAY I'M FIRED, I'M FIRED.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE AN RFP OR AN RFQ TO SELECT COUNSEL.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES JUST SAYS YOU CAN SELECT WHOEVER YOU WANT TO IN THE STATE OR, OR, UM, WHO'S QUALIFIED TO DO THE WORK.
UM, SO YEAH, TYPICALLY ONE BOND COUNCIL, AND THEN, UH, BUT IF IT'S A DIFFERENT, I CALL IT IF IT'S A DIFFERENT CREDIT.
SO IF YOU HAD AN AIRPORT SYSTEM OR YOU HAD A WATER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, THEY MAYBE HAVE A SEPARATE AVANT COUNCIL FOR THAT.
AND JUST TOOK A QUICK, IF I MAY QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION, STATE LAW DOES REQUIRE FOR BOND WORK, THAT WE DO GO THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS IN ORDER TO SELECT BOND COUNSEL.
SO WE DO, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS DID COME BEFORE I FINANCING SERVICES COMMITTEE AND I HAD SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR QUESTIONS.
UH, I DID VOTE NO, UH, TO HAVE TO BOND COUNCILS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A PRECEDENT IN THIS CITY OF HAVING TO, UH, AND SO I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THAT NOW, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY, IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY, COULD BE SOME, SOME WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT THE STANDARD WORK THAT THEY DO FOR US RELATIVE TO THE BOND COUNCIL.
UH, I WANT TO SAY HE SAID G G O A GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM HAVING ORIC AS AN ALTERNATE, BUT AS FAR AS OUR PRIMARY WORK, UM, I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE, UH, CLARIFIED OR, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF, OF HAVING TWO FIRMS DOING THE SAME THING OR TASKED WITH DOING THE SAME THING.
I THINK THAT, UH, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE HAVING A HOLIDAY HOLIDAY NIGHT BE THE PRIMARY OR ONLY FIRM THAT WE UTILIZE.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE ORRICK IN PLACE FOR, AS AN ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE, AND SPECIFY THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY OF THE GEO WORK AND I'M, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
SO I AGREE, UM, WITH A LOT OF THAT, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BONDS COMING UP, RIGHT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK COMING OUR WAY WITH BONDS.
IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE IF WE COULD WORD IT TO SUCH THAT WE HAVE MITCHELLS, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY AND THEN ORRICK SECONDARY, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO IS SECTION 2254 DOT OH THREE, WHERE IT SAYS THAT WE ARE TO BASICALLY SELECT BY COMPETENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, RIGHT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE.
I THINK STAFF WILL GO TO, UH, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMPETENCE AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS.
SO THE MAJORITY OF IT WILL GO TO THEM.
FINALLY, I'LL JUST SAY THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING TO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.
WE'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING TO HAVE A BENCH, SO WHY NOT HAVE A BENCH? SO THAT'S MY POINT.
WHAT DID YOU KNOW? YOU MADE THE MOTION FOR WHAT, BUT FOR BOTH, OR ONE FOR ONE FOR BOTH.
BUT I HEARD FROM THIS SIDE SAYING, MAY I APPROACH AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ON IT.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I'M SAYING THAT IF, IF THE, IF THE SENSE OF THE MOTION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS TO, UH, RETAIN BOTH FIRMS FOR THE SAME WORK GEO WORK, UH, CAUSE THERE'S NO CLARIFICATION IN THAT MOTION THEN I, MY VOTE IS NO.
THEN THEY CAST THAT IT'D BE SEPARATED WHEREBY HOLLAND AND KNIGHT BE THE PRIMARY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR US CLEARLY BASED OFF OF THE TRACK RECORD.
AND SO I, I JUST PERSONALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WE WOULD NEED TWO FIRMS TO DO THE SAME GEO WORK.
AND I'M NOT ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO WE HAVE, YOUR STAFF IS SAYING YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO, I DON'T HAVE TO RECOMMEND YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, RECOMMENDING TO A PR PRIMARY.
AND THEN ESSENTIALLY A BACKUP I'LL ASK AGAIN, YOU MADE THE MOTION TO HAVE TO COULDN'T YOU HAVE MADE THE MOTION FOR ONE.
NO, BECAUSE WHEN I MADE THE MOTION FOR, TO COUNCIL MEMBER, BONEY PROVIDED THOUGHTS ON HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT MORE OF A PRIMARY.
AND SO I WOULD AGREE WITH HIM THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PRIMARY CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LOYAL TO US AND DONE GOING TO WORK.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S VALID TO HAVE A SECONDARY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COST US BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF BOND THINGS COMING FORWARD AND WHY NOT HAVE A SECONDARY.
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AM WILLING TO AMEND MY MOTION IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE HAVING A DIALOGUE.AND THERE'S NO WAY TO, I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO, TO WORK THIS TO WHEREAS, UM, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY GETS THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL FOR THE WORK.
IF COUNCIL'S DESIRE IS TO PROVIDE THAT HOLLAND DID NIGHT WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY, THEN EMOTION CAN BE MADE TO THAT EFFECT AND STUFF.
UM, I KNOW ELENA'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE, BUT THAT WILL BE NOTED MOVING FORWARD WITH ISSUING.
SO HE, JOYCE, I DON'T KNOW IF HOLLAND AND KNIGHT HAS THE COMPETENCE, RIGHT.
IF HOLLAND AND KNIGHT HAS THE QUALIFICATIONS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF THERE ARE INSTANCES IN WHICH THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE WORK OR THEY DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THE WORK, OR THERE'S SOME SORT OF SPECIALIZED BONDING SERVICES THAT THE CITY NEEDS THAT THEY DON'T TYPICALLY DO.
I THINK THEN THE OTHER FIRM COULD, COULD STEP IN AT THAT.
IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE EACH CHOICE TO STATE, UH, THAT, UH, WE, UH, WE SELECT HOLIDAY NIGHT TO PROVIDE PRIMARY GEO SERVICES OR MISSOURI CITY WITH, UH, ORIC BEING AN ALTERNATE FOR ANY EXTRACURRICULAR SERVICES OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT WORK, YOU ALL CAN MAKE AN I'M ASKING, IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE MOTION TO BE MADE? AND WILL THAT BE UNDERSTOOD BY STAFF? SO WHY DIDN'T THIS COME OUT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE? Y'ALL HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH SOMETHING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE AND GO BACK AND FORTH WITH, I MEAN, THIS, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECIDED ALL THIS DIALOGUE THAT Y'ALL ARE HAVING SHOULD HAVE HAD IT WHERE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
SO YOU'RE PRESENTING WITH ONE, I AM NOT, I'M CONFUSED.
AND WE DIDN'T, IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE DIDN'T HAVE MR. MITCHELL HERE.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WAS, THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS TO DIRECTLY TO HIM.
SO WE DIDN'T KNOW UNDERSTOOD, BUT YOU COULD HAVE MADE A MOTION TO GO WITH ONE, BUT YOU MADE A MOTION TO GO WITH TWAN.
I MEAN, SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO ALTER YOUR MOTION TO GO WITH ONE, BUT YOU COULD HAVE MADE A MOTION TO GO WITH ONE.
I THINK THAT MAYOR, UH, TO, TO COUNCIL WOMAN, UH, CLOUDS WAS POINT.
IT WAS MORE INFORMATION THAT WAS NEEDED.
UH, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD ORG HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT, BUT, UH, MR. MITCHELL IS HERE.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS ARE, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOVING IT FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IF WE WOULD HAVE VOTED IT DOWN AND THE, UM, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE, IT WOULD HAVE COME BEFORE US WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WORK.
WE JUST NEEDED MORE, MORE DIALOGUE TO BE HAD ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN BETTER TO DO IT CONFUSED.
IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME AS WELL.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE ALL ALIGNED AS TO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
UM, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OURSELVES SO THAT IN THE EVENT WE NEED OTHER WORK DONE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRM IN PLACE, BUT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, BEEN COMPETENT AND CAPABLE AS, AS MAYOR.
I MEAN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARULA HAS STATED PER THAT, UH, DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT FROM, WITH, WITH ORRICK BEING AN ALTERNATE WITH ORRICK BEING AN ALTERNATE.
SO WHAT IS THE AT LEAST THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S MY POSITION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE, WITHDRAWN MY ORIGINAL MOTION.
AND I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT HOLLAND AND KNIGHT IS OUR PRIMARY LEGAL COUNSEL BOND COUNSEL.
AND THAT ORRICK IS OUR SECONDARY.
AND SO IF ANYBODY HAD COMES FROM EMORY, YOU HADN'T MADE A SECOND.
IS THAT STILL YOUR SECOND? YES, I'M IN MY SECOND TO COINCIDE WITH THE MOTION.
CAN I GET A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? NO PROBLEM TO EAT JOYCE.
UH, I KNOW I STATED PRIMARY FOR GEO SERVICES.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE STATED OR IF THAT'S WHAT'S DESIRED, IT SHOULD BE STATED IN THE MOTION YOU MIND.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND ALL THE GEO SERVICES SCOPE.
SO GIVE ME SOME MORE, SO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE THE PRIMARY BONDS THAT THE CITY ISSUES FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ISSUANCES, INCLUDING REFUNDING BONDS.
THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN BONDS THAT ARE ISSUED FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS, MCDA TOURISM, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT A GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS AS WELL, BUT A GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE THE PRIMARY, UH, BONDS AND ISSUANCES THAT THIS
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BODY SEES.SO BY AMENDING THAT, THEN I KIND OF GO BACK TO NUMBER TWO FOR FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE.
SO I LIKED MR. MITCHELL MET HIM ONCE OR TWICE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM EVERYTHING, IS HE FAIR AND REASONABLE? CAUSE THAT'S, I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP.
THIS IS A PART OF THE GOVERNMENT, RIGHT? SO I'LL STAY WITH MY MOTION, WHICH IS AT HOLLAND AND KNIGHT'S OUR PRIMARY.
AND THAT ORRICK IS OUR SECONDARY.
ANY COMMENTS I SHOULD STICK WITH NINE SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITHOUT ANY OF THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY? CORRECT.
HOWEVER, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT OF THE MOTION THAT, UM, MOTION WILL NEED A SECOND AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO VOTE.
BUT THIS IS ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER MARE.
I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO PER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
WHAT IS THE MOTION THAT IS, ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, GO AHEAD.
IT WAS SECONDED AND SHE'S STATING THAT PER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THAT MOTION.
ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT MAYOR TO INCLUDE, UH, LANGUAGE THAT STATES THAT, UH, THEY WOULD BE PRIMARY FOR ALL GEO WORK IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REMAINDER CAN STAY, STAY AS A SECONDARY OR SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER BEFORE I, WELL, CAN WE, CAN YOU REPEAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE MOTION PLEASE? YOU HAVE IT.
SO THE AMENDMENT IS TO INCLUDE THAT HOLLAND AND KNIGHT WOULD SERVE AS THE PRIMARY BOND COUNCIL FOR ALL GENERAL OBLIGATION WORK.
THE SECOND WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
THE MOTION, THE ORIGINAL MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO HAVE HOLLAND AND KNIGHT AS THE PRIMARY BOND COUNSEL WITH ORIC AS THE SECONDARY BOND COUNCIL THAT WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE WANTING.
THEN HE JUST PUT THE GL IN THERE AND NOW YOU'RE JUST VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT.
SO THAT'S JUST A MAYOR PRO TEM BONIS AMENDMENT.
YOU'RE ONLY VOTING ON THAT FIRST.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY.
I'M GOING TO INCLUDE THE GEO IN MY MOTION THAT ASSOCIATE YOUR MOTION.
WHAT IT IS MY MOTION IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH HOLLAND AND KNIGHT AS THE PRIMARY ORIC AS THE SECONDARY.
AND THAT HOLLAND AND KNIGHT ARE TWO, IS TO WORK WITH THE GEO PORTION OF OUR BA OF OUR LEGAL SERVICES.
ANYBODY WITH THE SECOND? WELL, UH, I GUESS I WITHDRAW MY AMENDMENT IN THAT CASE.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? NAH, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
EMORY, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO.
OH, AT ONE POINT I'D LIKE TO MEET DEREK AS WELL.
[(c) Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate a contract up to an...]
NINE C CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT UP TO AN AMOUNT OF 15,000 FOR A PUBLIC ART MURAL, A PRESENTATION BY DANIEL STEWART.UM, SO THIS ITEM WILL BE IN PART OF OUR RECENT PUBLIC ART MOVEMENT.
UM, IT IS FOR A MURAL THAT WILL BE ON THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF CITY HALL.
UM, THE OAK TREE PLAZA AS WE IN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT LIKE TO CALL IT, WHICH WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE INTERIOR GLASS OF
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THE LOBBY.UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL TRANSFORM THE SPACE AND CREATE A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
THE DESIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF MISSOURI CITY AND OUR TRANSFORMATION INTO THE FUTURE.
AND KEY ELEMENTS INCLUDE THE FREEDOM TREE, BB AND C LOCOMOTIVE AND ASTRONAUT LAUREL O'HARA, WHO IS FROM THE AREA.
THE PIECE ALSO FEATURES ELEMENTS OF MUSIC, DANCE, AND EDUCATION, AND THE DESIGN WAS APPROVED BY THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION ON MARCH 2ND.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? SAME.
DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY REVIEW THIS MURAL? I HAVE.
I ALSO KIND OF ALLOWED OUR ARTS COMMISSION TO BE THE EXPERTISE ON IT SINCE THEY HAVE THE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARTS WORLD.
AND MAYBE YET, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M NOT LOOKING AT THIS, CORRECT.
ARE THOSE SLAVES ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE UNDER THE, UM, THE, UNDER THE FREEDOM, FREEDOM TO, THEY HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED BY THE ARTIST, UM, AS FREED HISTORICAL, UH, CHARACTERS WALKING AWAY FROM, UM, THE HISTORICAL FREEDOM TREE.
AND IS THAT A PLANTATION HOUSE TO THE RIGHT? IT IS THE, UM, ADAM'S HOUSE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL SETTLEMENTS HERE.
AND ONE OF THE LARGEST FARMS IN THIS AREA PLANTATION.
SO THE BB B AND C WAS THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATE 90 ROUTE, UM, WAS A, WAS A TRAIN ROUTE.
AND THAT'S HOW MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COUNTY AS A WHOLE WERE ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE DOOR.
AS I LOOKED AT, I LOOKED AT THIS AND I, IT WAS, I WAS REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SOME SENSE OF THIS.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GO ON THE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY HALL TO WELCOME PEOPLE TO MISSOURI CITY.
WE HAVE SLAVES ON THE LEFT, A PLANTATION HOUSE TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
AND THEN IF YOU GO DOWN, YOU SEE AN ASTRONAUT, YOU SEE A DANCER, YOU SEE A TEACHER WITH READING BOOKS, A DOOR OPEN WITH BUTTERFLIES AND FOOTPRINTS.
I DON'T, I'M NOT AN ARTIST, BUT LOOKING AT THIS, I DON'T, IT DOESN'T RESONATE WITH ME.
TO ME, THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION TO ME.
THIS IS, THESE ARE MY OWN PERSONAL FEELINGS.
BUT WHEN I SAW THE SLAVES, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A PART OF HISTORY.
AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO ERASE HISTORY, BUT I THINK WE CAN FIND OUR ARTISTS CAN FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO REFLECT MISSOURI CITY BETTER THAN SLAVES IN A PLANTATION HOUSE.
AND ON THAT BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE, IT LOOKS AS IF, AND WHEN I'M ZOOMING IN THE GUY TO THE FAR LEFT IS HANGING FROM A TREE.
AND HONESTLY, AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN, BEING SOMEONE, A PART OF BLACK HISTORY THAT HAS MADE HISTORY AND TO ACTUALLY BE A PART OF, UM, WORKING WITH THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY, WE HAVE A WEALTH OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS IN THIS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S AN INSULT, IT'S AN INSULT FROM IMMEDIATE EVEN BE DISCUSSING THIS.
IT'S AN INSULT THAT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE SLAVES.
AND WHEN I SEE THIS TRAIN, I THINK OF HARRIET TUBMAN.
I THINK OF HER IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SYMBOLIZING.
YOU CAN SAY THIS FANCY NAME, IT'S A PLANTATION.
AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS CAUCASIANS BEING REPRESENTED IN A, IN A NICE POSITIVE LIGHT.
WE HAVE A WEALTH OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL IN 7, 7, 4, 8, 9 ITSELF HAS BEEN NATIONALLY PROCLAIMED AS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, UM, ZIP CODE IN THE NATION.
SO THE FACT THAT THIS IS EVEN BEING PRESENTED TO US AS A BLACK WOMAN, I'M OFFENDED.
AND I, I APPLAUD YOU, UM, COUNCILWOMAN LAN FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND BEING THE FIRST TO SPEAK ON IT.
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AND FOR THIS TO BE PLACED IN OUR CITY HALL FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SEE, AND WE HAVE THE MAJORITY BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS CITY, THAT'S ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE.SO, DANNY, I KNOW THIS IS NOTHING PERSONAL TO YOU.
YOU JUST BEEN PRESENTED AT THIS, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE THINGS THAT WE PUT OUT HERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S MAKING IT SEEM LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACCEPT.
AND I KNOW AS A LEADER, I DON'T ACCEPT THIS.
UM, WHAT WAS IT? CONFEDERATE SHRIEK, CUTTING RIBBON.
THE WHOLE HOORAY TAKE PICTURES AS IF WE MOVING FORWARD.
BUT THEN WE PUT UP A PICTURE LIKE THIS AND WE GOING BACK, WE CAN'T CONTRADICT OURSELVES AS LEADERS, DANIELLE.
UM, AND I DID, UH, MY COLLEAGUE INTIMATE.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT IT BECAUSE IT MAY COME ACROSS, UM, VERY DISRESPECTFUL, UH, BECAUSE I AM VERY MUCH OFFENDED, UH, BECAUSE MY FAMILY COMES FROM SLAVES.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS CONCEPT EVEN CAME FROM, WHO GAVE THE DIRECTION AND WAS IN FLOW THE CONCEPT.
DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE? IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, BUT WHO, WHO DID YOU GIVE THE ARTIST, THE CREATIVE, UH, CONCEPT TO DO WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO OR DID Y'ALL GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION AND THEN WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO FROM HERE? UM, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, SO AT THE OPENING EVENT THAT WE HAD HERE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I TOOK DANTRELL BOOM OVER AND SHOWED HIM MY WALL.
THIS IS THE CONCEPT HE CAME UP WITH FOR THAT WALL.
HE IS THE ARTIST THAT DID THE JUNETEENTH MURAL IN GALVESTON, UH, HIM AND HIS TEAM AND HIM AND HIS TEAM ARE THE ONES THAT PUT THIS CONCEPT TOGETHER.
A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ABOUT THIS, THEIR DEPICTION AND THE FIRST WAS EVERY, HE TOLD ME THAT 30 PICTION WAS THOSE PEOPLE WERE WALKING AWAY FROM THE READING OR FROM HEARING THE READING OF THE PROCLAMATION AT THE FREEDOM DREAM.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST SLIDE WAS, WAS MEANT TO, UM, SHELL WAS, WAS MEANT TO, UM, PORTRAY WAS THAT WAS BEING REALLY THE START OF THE BEGINNING OF MISSOURI CITY, WAS THEM HEARING THE PROCLAMATION OF WALKING AWAY TO START THERE, TO START THEIR LIFE.
UM, THE TRAIN, THE HOUSES, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY FOUND ONLINE, UH, WHEN THEY WENT BACK AND DID A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF STUFF HERE FOR MISSOURI CITY AND THE PRESENT, UM, THEY DO HAVE THE ASTRONAUTS, THEY HAVE EDUCATION.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE FIRST BLACK, UH, UH, PRIMA BALLERINA FOR THE HOUSTON BALLET COMPANY, UH, SHOWN THERE AS WELL.
SO THEY TRIED TO REACH ACROSS ALL, ALL, ALL PHASES OF ANYTHING THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS NEW, THAT WAS CURRENT.
OR THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, THAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT, UM, MISSOURI CITY AND INCLUDED IN THERE.
AND THE LAST ONE WAS THEIR, THEIR BASICALLY THEIR DEPICTION OF THE TWO CHILDREN WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR OR IN SUPER CAPES UNLOAD UNLIMITLESS POTENTIAL FOR THOSE TWO KIDS TO GO AND DO WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
AND THE REST OF IT WAS THE UNKNOWN, UH, WHAT THE FUTURE MISSOURI CITY HOLDS.
UM, SO THAT THIS IS WHAT HE GAVE TO ME.
WE DID NOT GIVE HIM ANY DIRECTION, EXCEPT FOR SHOW US A HISTORICAL VIEW OF MISSOURI CITY FROM START TO FINISH.
WELL, IF YOU WERE TO BE STANDING THERE, GIVING THAT, UH, DEPICTION TO EVERYBODY THAT WALKS UP, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WOULD EVEN MAKE SENSE TO ANYBODY.
IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE $15,000 TO HAVE THIS MURAL OF PAINTED ON THE OUTSIDE.
I THINK HE'S A TALENTED ARTIST, BUT THIS, UM, THIS DOES NOT DEPICT MISSOURI CITY, NOT THE MISSOURI CITY THAT I REPRESENT.
AND THIS, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I DIDN'T AT FIRST, I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THE FREEDOM TREE BEHIND IT.
I JUST SAW SLAVES AND SOMEBODY VISITING MISSOURI CITY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MOST PEOPLE THAT COME HERE DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE FREEDOM TREE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT THAT'S FREEDOM TREE.
I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND I, I JUST, I SAW EXACTLY WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD SAW.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT MAN WAS HANGING FROM A TREE AND I'M SORRY, BUT THIS IS JUST $15,000 FOR SLAVES SLAVES IN A PLANTATION HOUSE.
NO, IT'S A NO FOR ME, NO, I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU, UM, WHEREVER AS COORDINATORS, IF WE COULD HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.
UM, AND THE SAD PART ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS THIS IS A PART OF OUR INFORMATION.
AND SO AS PEOPLE GO BACK AND REVIEW THESE, UH, THIS MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AND THEY'RE GOING, THAT'S WHEN THE REFLECTION UPON US THAT WE EVEN ALLOWED THAT TYPE OF PRESENTATION TO COME BEFORE US.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE BE MORE MINDFUL GOING FORWARD,
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WHAT WE PRESENT TO COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT OUR WHOLE BODY OF OUR CITIZENS WOULD APPRECIATE.UM, AND THEN GOING FORWARD, UH, CITY COUNTY, UH, SYDNEY, CITY MANAGER, JACKSON, IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM, BECAUSE NOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CREATIVE MINDSET OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENT TO US IN THE NEXT, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO I WON'T BE VOTING FOR IN FAVOR OF THIS MONTH OF EITHER DANIELLE, THIS IS, UM, AND NOT SPEAK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC, UM, INVOLVE, I GUESS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, US GETTING SOME SURVEYS, SPEAKING WITH A RESIDENT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I BELIEVE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED IN THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT TO REPRESENT THEM.
AND SO I SALUTE YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU DO, YOU, YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB AROUND THE CITY AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK TO YOU.
I JUST THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND SPEND $15,000 TO ME, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY, THIS DOESN'T REPRESENT US.
AND SO I AM VOTING NO, BUT I ALSO MOVING FORWARD.
I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WE DO SOME TYPE OF, UM, COMMUNITY OUT OUTLET FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF INPUT ON IT.
I MOVED FOR US TO, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZE THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
CAUSE I WAS VOTING NO AGAINST THIS AS WELL.
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, SOMEBODY HAD TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO IT, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY PROBABLY WOULD WHEN I SAW THIS FIRST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT IS WE HAVE A LIVABLE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE.
WHAT IS THIS? DIDN'T GO BEFORE THE LIVABLE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, BEFORE IT WAS PUT OUT IN THE PACKET TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO OUR RESIDENTS IS BEYOND ME.
UM, I, I THOUGHT THAT THINGS RELATIVE TO CULTURE AND COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT.
THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT COMMITTEE BEING CREATED.
AND SO TO HAVE THIS, UH, ON AN AGENDA ITEM DESERVE THIS DISCUSSION AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF SOMEBODY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE A MOTION TO DISCUSS THIS.
I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THIS IS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE TO ME.
I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS DONE BY AN ARTIST WHO HAPPENED TO BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BUT THIS IS BY NO MEANS TO COUNSEL WOMAN CLOUD CAUSE THIS POINT REPRESENTATIVE OF MISSOURI CITY TODAY.
SO WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS SUCH AS THEY'RE JUST RECENTLY DECIDING TO CHANGE THE, UM, PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT HIGHLIGHT THE FREEDOM TREE.
WE'RE ABOUT TO DO, UH, SOME RENOVATIONS TO FREEDOM TREE PARK, UM, IN A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TREE.
BUT AT FIRST GLANCE, WHEN A PERSON JUST WALKS UP, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT FREEDOM TREE, NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE PAST PALM PLANTATION OR ANY OF THAT, WHEN THEY SEE THIS, THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS THEY THINK ABOUT AS BEING SLAVES AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO IS AN ASTRONAUT AND A HAPPY FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, A POLICE OFFICER, ALL WHITE AND NO AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHOWN IN A.
NOW YOU CAN ASSUME THAT THE PERSON THAT'S A BALLERINA IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BUT IT'S SO DISTANT.
YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL, YOU CAN ASSUME THAT THE PERSON NEXT TO THE, TO THE POLICE OFFICER'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN CARS, BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY DISTINCTLY TELL, BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT THESE ARE SLAVES OR FORMER FORMERLY ENSLAVED INDIVIDUALS, BUT THEY DON'T A PERSON LOOKING AT FIRST GLANCE.
DOESN'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FREED SLAVE OR AN ENSLAVED PERSON.
SO I, I, UH, I, I JUST, WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA, I FELT WE HAD TO HAVE, CAUSE IT WAS ALREADY OUT THERE.
IT NEVER CAME BEFORE A COMMITTEE.
WE HAD TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS COMING OFF OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
IT'S JUST, I JUST DON'T GET IT, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, THAT THIS WOULD GO BEFORE THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE AND, AND HAVE SOME, SOME MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION BETWEEN THAT COMMITTEE AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I, YEAH, I AGREE WITH, UH, MY, UH, MY CONSOLE MEMBERS THAT, UH, THIS NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, GO THROUGH A WHOLE NEW RETHINKING PROCESS.
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UH, THAT'S, UH, LIKE I SAY, WE'VE GOT A COMMITTEE THAT, UH, CAN, UH, AT LEAST MAKE SOME, UH, SOME SUGGESTIONS AS, AS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, WE WANT OUR VISITORS WHEN THEY COME INTO MISSOURI CITY AND LOOK UP AT THE WALL ONCE THEY SEE THAT IT REALLY REFLECTS MISSOURI CITY.AND, UM, BY THE WAY, DANIELLE, I KNOW YOU'RE JUST THE MESSENGER.
SO IT, THIS IS NOT YOUR CONCEPT.
SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS, IS YOUR WORK.
I THINK EVERYONE HERE RECOGNIZES YOU'RE JUST THE MESSENGER TO BRING THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM FORWARD.
THIS DID NOT COME UP IN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAD VAN A LONG TIME.
CORRECT? UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT LANDSCAPE.
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT LANDMARKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RICH HISTORY IN THE POSITIVE NOTE THAT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT HERE.
AND LET'S HIT THE RESET BUTTON.
SO JUST SAY ONE THING THAT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY SAID, THE NUM THE OTHER THING THAT KIND OF STICKS OUT OF THAT PICTURE IS A TRAIN.
WE DON'T HAVE A, WE'RE NOT A TRAIN TOWN ON TOP OF THIS.
I MEAN, IT KINDA LIKE, UH, DO A 3D VERSION OF THAT 3D.
I CAN SEE IF WE WERE KIND OF A RAILROAD TOWN.
I CAN SEE THE CONCEPT, BUT WHEN I, FOR ME, WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A RAIL THAT'S COMING DOWN ANYWHERE IN MISSOURI CITY THAT WE CAN CLAIM OR EVEN METRO OR ANY OF THAT.
AND OF COURSE, AND THEN ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING, EVEN I SEE THE TREE, BUT I CAN'T TELL THAT IT'S A FREEDOM TREE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T, IT'S BLOCKING, I GUESS THE STEM OF IT IS BLOCKING BY THAT TRAIN OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
IF YOU REALLY PUT THAT OUT THERE ON A, ON A HUGE WALL, LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF DOING.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TELL SOMEONE IF THAT'S MO YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY BESIDES THE LOGO.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME WORK TO BE DONE.
I WISH WE HAD AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE DIFFERENT DRAWINGS TO LOOK AT AND THEN KIND OF SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS OVER THAT.
UM, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT'S JUST ONE ONLY ONE DRAWING.
UM, SO THE ARTS AND COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, LIVABLE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE CAN GO BACK TO LOOKING AT THIS.
AND I WOULD SAY, EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME ARTIST, AT LEAST HAVE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT ARTISTS THAT GIVES SEVERAL DIFFERENT DRAWINGS OF WHAT THEIR IMAGINATION IS.
AND THEN WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.
JUST QUESTION CLARIFICATION, UH, SENIOR MANAGER, WEREN'T THERE THREE ARTISTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS NOT THE PAINTING, JUST A ONE, THREE OR FOUR.
SO IT'S A COLLABORATION WORK BETWEEN THREE DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
I THOUGHT I SAW SOMEWHERE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE WERE, THEY SAY IT WAS A COLLABORATION OF, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T DISMISS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE, UH, UH, THE CONTENT OF IT.
DID THIS GO BEFORE THE ARTS? IT DID.
AND WHAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION? UM, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH SOME TWEAKS, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN SPECIFICALLY.
I JUST WANTED IT TO BE THE, UM, THE FREEDOM TREE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
UM, THEY LIKED THE ARTWORK, THEY, THE OVERALL CONCEPT, THEY JUST WANTED IT TO BE A SIMPLE FREEDOM TREE.
AND THEY REQUESTED THAT IT BE BLENDED A LOT MORE, WHICH THE ARTIST HAS SAID THAT IT WOULD BE, HAVE BETTER TRANSITIONS IN BETWEEN THE IMAGES.
THIS IS MORE OF A DIGITAL PIECE WITH PAINTING.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
HOW MANY, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS.
THIS IS NOT A REFLECTION UPON YOU.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THERE'S JUST UNFORTUNATELY, UM, GOT THE HANDS-ON RESPONSES, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING PROFESSIONAL WAY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THAT ARTS COMMITTEE? SEVEN, SEVEN.
HOW MANY WERE IN THAT MEETING THAT APPROVED THIS SIX.
WHEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO, NO.
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ALRIGHT.[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First Reading of an Ordinance amen...]
UH, NUMBER 10 IS ORDINANCES TEN EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ANIMALS OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF A WILD ANIMAL PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, IT MAKES A MINOR CHANGE TO THE CITY CODE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO CHAPTER 10, WHICH GOVERNS, UH, ANIMAL REGULATION.
UH, THIS WOULD CHANGE THE DEFINITION IN THE CITY CODE OF A WILD ANIMAL, WHICH CURRENTLY, UM, INCLUDES FERRETS.
GENERALLY THIS CHANGE WOULD, UM, SPECIFY THAT ONLY BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS ARE CONSIDERED WILD ANIMALS, WHICH ARE, UH, WILD AND ENDANGERED.
AND, UM, THEREFORE IT EXCLUDES FROM THE DEFINITION OF WILD ANIMALS, A REGULAR DOMESTICATED FERRET SPECIES THAT YOU WOULD, UH, BUY FROM A PET STORE.
AND THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF THAT IS THAT IT'S CURRENTLY, UH, PROHIBITED TO KEEP A WILD ANIMAL WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO KEEP FERRETS DOMESTICATED FERRETS IN THIS.
IS THERE A MOTION HEARD COUNCIL? EMMERICH'S IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ISER DISCUSSION? YES, SIR.
UM, IS THERE A LARGE, I GUESS, POPULATION OF RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO HAVE FERRETS AS PETS? IS THAT WHY WE ARE? I'M SORRY.
IF I COULD ADD MAYBE TWO, THAT THIS WAS A REQUESTED WHEN WE DID THE RIBBON CUTTING AT A PET SPIES, THE ASK THAT WE GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO ALLOWING, UH, THE, UH, PET SHOPS AND MISSOURI CITY TO BE ABLE TO SELL FERRETS SUGAR LAND PASADENA, ALL OF THE OTHER CITIES AROUND HAVE, DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, EXCLUSION OTHER THAN THE BLACK FOOTED FERRET.
SO WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR IS THAT I ASSUME THAT HE HAS A MARKET CITIZENS THAT ARE LOOKING OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE THAT TYPE OF AN ANIMAL.
SO THIS IS REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY THE, UH, THE, UH, OWNER OF THAT PET STORE TO, UH, ALLOW THAT, UH, WE, WE CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE SO THAT HE COULD IN FACT, AND ALL IN ALL PET SHOPS IN MISSOURI CITY COULD SELL THIS TYPE OF FARE, THE GENERAL TERM OF FERRET.
SO, AND I'LL ALSO ADD, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, AND I BELIEVE WE LOOKED AT 21 CITIES AND, UM, OR OF THOSE SPECIFIED THAT THEY REQUIRE RABIES VACCINATIONS FOR FERRETS.
AND I THINK ONLY TWO, UM, MIGHT DISALLOW FAIR, UH, DOMESTICATED FERRETS BASED ON A BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN ONLY CITY OF HOUSTON MADE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN BLACK-FOOTED FERRETS AND, UH, DOMESTICATED FERRETS.
BUT THAT'S MORE OF A POLICY THAN SOMETHING THAT'S IN THEIR CITY CODE C A TUBEROSE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING OR YOU JUST HERE TO FEEL OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANY, I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME, SO I DON'T DID THAT ADD SOME CLARITY TO WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ASK THAT WE GIVE THAT CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MEMORIALS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A Resolution authorizing the execu...]
ITEM NUMBER 11 OR RESOLUTIONS 11 EIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT RELEASE FORM FOR THE RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RELATED TO THE MISUSE OF OPIOIDS IN THE STATE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERE TO, IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE THAT WOULD BE THE RESOLUTION.IS THERE A SECOND? 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
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
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CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.I WOULD JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF WE CAN KEEP IT TO A THREE MINUTES.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED GAS STATION ON A GRAND PARK.
I MEAN, ANY RESIDENTS ARE STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR GAS STATION AND WE'LL BE DOING THE NECESSARY MEANS TO STOP THE PROJECT.
I ALSO ATTENDED SEVERAL OTHER CITY MEETINGS LIKE DEPENDENT PLANNING AND ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
UM, I WAS HAPPY TO, UM, ATTEND THE, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, DINNER THAT WAS HELD AND HOSTED BY THE CITY OF THOMPSON WITH MAYOR FREDDIE NEWSOME.
UH, THEY SAID THEY HADN'T HAD MISSOURI CITY REPRESENTATION.
SO IT WAS GREAT THAT, UH, WE CAME OUT IN MASS NUMBERS WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS A NEW TRADITION.
UH, NOW THAT I'M SERVING ON COUNCIL, THAT ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES CAN JOIN US EVERY MONTH FOR THIS, UH, DINNER.
I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HONORED, UH, BY STAFFORD CITY MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE SENIOR BREAKFAST ON LAST WEEK, UH, HONORING ME FOR MY COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THE WORK THAT I DO WITH THEM AS A WHOLE ALLOWED THEIR STUDENTS.
AND SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THESE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY ARE IN THE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR ASSOCIATES DEGREE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT.
THEN I ALSO WAS A JUDGE AT THE STAFFORD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, UH, ATE LOTS OF CHILI WITH, UH, PTO PRESIDENT JOYCE WILKINS AND THE PRINCIPAL TO WALLOW, UM, HANGS AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WENT TO SOME OTHER EVENTS WITH THE, UH, BARBECUE COOK-OFF THANK YOU TO JONES AND WALKER, THE HALF-ASSED COOKERS, THE, UM, THE FIRST INAUGURAL COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE WALK AND TALK IN MISSOURI CITY WAS HOSTED BY DE MARS.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL, AND DO A LITTLE LINE DANCING.
AND OF COURSE, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, BONI GAVE HIS PHENOMENAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER SPEECH THAT HE'S WELL-KNOWN FOR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH CHEAP BEARS IN, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO JOIN HIM AT HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH IN MISSOURI CITY TO BE A JUDGE FOR ANOTHER CHILI COOK-OFF AND A CAKE.
SO AT THE END OF THIS, I'LL BE TALKING TO MIRA ABOUT GETTING A GYM MEMBERSHIP OR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND OF COURSE, I WANT TO REMIND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT OUR REDISTRICTING MEETING FOR DISTRICT A IS ON TOMORROW 6:00 PM VIRTUALLY I PLEASE WATCH THOSE SOCIAL MEDIA IN ANY TEXT MESSAGES SO THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.
ALSO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MATT, AND WE WILL BE HAVING OUR TOWN HALL MEETING ON MARCH 31ST AT 6:00 PM RIGHT HERE IN PERSON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TOMORROW IS OUR BREAKFAST NOT BREAKFAST.
I'M SORRY, OUR COFFEE WITH MISSOURI CITY, TX LEADERSHIP TEAM TOMORROW AT MARCH 8TH FROM 7:30 AM TO 8:30 AM.
AND THEN ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION WINNERS WHO WERE ABLE TO WIN THEIR ELECTIONS FOR THE PRIMARY ON ALL PLATFORMS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN THE RUNOFF.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT EDWARDS.
UM, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE GAS STATION COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 22ND.
UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND THE RESIDENTS WAS ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND COME UP WITH SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING.
THE COMMUNITY DOES UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS EXALTED ALL OF OUR OPTIONS WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT HOWEVER, I DO STAND WITH THEM.
AND, UM, IN MY, MY DUE DILIGENCE, I WILL DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND WITH THEIR MODEL LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICE IS HEARD AND THAT, UM, THAT THEY GET THE REPRESENTATION THAT THEY DESERVE, THEY WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LEFT OUT IN THE WE'RE JUST FORCING THEM TO ACTUALLY HAVE THIS GAS STATION.
SO I WILL BE STANDING WITH THEM IN SOLIDARITY.
UM, FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS NOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AGRICULTURE MENTOR PROGRAM EACH WEEK, MY MENTOR, MY MENTEE, AND I GROW A LITTLE CLOSER BY READING TOGETHER AND SHARING SOME PERSONAL GOALS AND HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
UM, THIS IS A VERY DEAR PROJECT TO ME CONSIDERING I AM A FORMER AGRICUL OVER EAGLE AND, UM, I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THAT SAME SCHOOL.
SO IT'S JUST A VERY NICE, GOOD PROJECT FOR ME TO ACTUALLY COME BACK AND SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE REDISTRICT AND MEETING VIRTUALLY, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE STAFF.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE WITH MARKETING AND THIS EVENT AND GETTING MORE, UM, PARTICIPANTS TO ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN
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THEM THEN.SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY BEING PRODUCTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE FIX THOSE CHANGES BEFORE THE OTHER MEETINGS ROLL OUT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSTITUENTS TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND MAKE, UM, I GUESS, BAD COMMENTS ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT'S BEING MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES AND I, BUT OFTEN I DON'T SEE THE PARTICIPATION.
SO I'M ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO BE MOBILIZED TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND, UM, JUST TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE JUST MENTIONED THAT THE PRIMARY IS JUST CONCLUDED AND ONLY 17% OF THE VOTERS WERE ACTUALLY PRESENT AND VOTED OUT OF 504 ON 504,000 VOTERS.
AND THAT SAID, SO WE CAN'T COMPLAIN.
AND I SAY, WE, AS A COMMUNITY, YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE WRONGDOINGS AND THE INJUSTICE THAT WE RECEIVING BY OUR LEADERSHIP.
IF WE'RE NOT EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE, UM, ALL OF THE AT-LARGE MEMBERS ARE ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR COMING UP.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE LEADERSHIP, PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE THAT SIMPLE.
SO BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAS CONCLUDED AND I'LL END WITH THIS.
LET'S UM, I KNOW THE PHOTO OPS ARE ENDING AND EVERYONE'S DONE MAKING THEIR PRESENTATIONS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, BUT LET'S CONTINUE TO EXERCISE AND HONOR OUR LIP.
OUR, I GUESS I LIVE IN LEGENDS AND THE LEGENDS THAT I'VE PASSED ON WHAT THEY STOOD FOR.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH IT'S OVER IT, LET'S CONTINUE TO HONOR OUR BLACK HISTORY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT IT'S AMERICAN HISTORY AS WELL.
TO HAPPY CRAB A NEW RESTAURANT ON HIGHWAY SIX, LOCATED AT 54 18 HIGHWAY SIX, A VERY IMPRESSIVE RESTAURANT I'VE DONE WONDERS INSIDE OF THE INTERIOR IS BEAUTIFUL.
THEIR FOOD'S WONDERFUL CRAB CAKES AND LOBSTER AND CRAWFISH.
SO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO GO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS, OUR NEW LOCAL BUSINESS, UM, THE UNVEILING OF THE FREEDOM TREE, UH, PICTURE IN CITY HALL WITH MR. FREEMAN, THAT CEREMONY WAS AWESOME.
I'M SURE OTHER MEMBERS WOULD PROBABLY SPEAK ON IT, BUT I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE THERE AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.
AND, UH, THE LOBBY THERE, UM, IT'S ALSO VERY EXCITING THAT WE JUST SPENT ANOTHER $20,000 IN PARKS IN DISTRICT K.
IT WAS INCONSENT SIX B, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE US DO THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO VEST IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO IN PARKS.
AND THEN FINALLY I HAVE TO SAY THAT I CONTINUE TO PRAY AND I HOPE WE ALL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN UKRAINE.
UM, THIS ONE IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
MY DAD WAS A REFUGEE, SO I HOPE THAT ALL OF US CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PEACE AND PRAY FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THAT HORRIBLE WAR.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 22ND, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, I WAS ASKED TO MODERATE A CANDIDATES FORUM FOR THE, UH, JACK AND JILL CHAPTERS OF SUGAR LAND AND, UM, MISSOURI CITY SUGAR LAND.
UM, AND I WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, ALL OF THE, UM, WINNERS AND THOSE THAT ARE GOING ON TO THE RUNOFF, UH, FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION ON SATURDAY, I ATTENDED THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, AND SUPPORTED THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN TEAM WITH THE NATIVE PLANT SALE.
UM, THEY SOLD OUT OF EVERYTHING I WANTED TO BUY BEFORE I GOT THERE, BUT, UM, JUST TO SEE EVERYBODY SHOW UP AND BASICALLY, UM, SEE THEM SELL OUT WAS WONDERFUL.
UH, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE FARMER'S MARKET HAPPENS EVERY SATURDAY FROM NINE TO ONE IN THE, UM, SIENNA ANNEX, UH, THE LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CNL ANNEX LIBRARY, THEY HAVE FRESH FRUITS, JEWELRY, ORGANIC SOAPS, HONEY.
UH, ALL THE LOCAL ARTISANS ARE OUT THERE.
SO LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OUT THERE AND THEY'RE OUT THERE FOR, UH, RAIN OR SHINE.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR A HAPPY CRAFT TODAY.
UM, THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS AND, UM, THE MANAGEMENT WAS VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE THERE.
SO LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE REDISTRICTING MEETING THAT WAS HELD VIRTUALLY.
I WANT TO THANK EACH JOYCE FOR ALL OF HER PREPARATION, UM, IN ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT SHE'S DONE SO FAR AND THE ONES THAT SHE WILL DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE TRAFFICKING EVENT TOMORROW.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM SIX TO EIGHT, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SHARE THE FLYER.
UM, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SHARE THE FLYER TODAY, BUT MAKE SURE YOU ALL SHARE THAT FLYER.
UM, WE NEED ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS TO SEE THIS INFORMATION.
WE MAY THINK THAT THIS INFORMATION IS TABOO, BUT, UM, WE NEED FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT SEX
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TRAFFICKING IS SO THAT THEY DON'T GET MIXED UP IN IT.SO, UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
YEAH, I, I ALSO, UM, UH, WANT TO THANK, UH, EJS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE, UH, INITIAL, UH, VIRTUAL RE-DISTRICTING, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAD, UH, SOME GOOD INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY IT WEDDED A LOT OF APPETITES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED OR THE, UH, UH, REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, FORT BEEN AMERICAN COUNCIL, UH, DINNER AT THOMPSON, UH, GOOD FOOD.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, CONNECT AGAIN WITH, UH, UH, THE MAYORS AND, UH, MANY OF THE COUNSELING FROM THE CITIES AROUND, UH, OUR AREA.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING QUITE, UH, QUITE OFTEN.
AND, UH, BUT JUST, UH, RECENTLY, UH, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
MY ATTENDANCE FELL OFF OF THAT, BUT, UH, UH, I MADE A COMMITMENT THAT I WOULD, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, TO VISIT, UH, AND CAUSE IT WAS A WORTHWHILE, A WORTHWHILE EFFORT.
UH, I ALSO, UH, WENT OUT TO A FARMER'S MARKET AND, UH, VISITED THE ZERO CITY GREEN, UH, UH, FOODS THAT THEY HAD.
I GOT THERE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SO I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME PLANTS, UH, OR MY WIFE WAS LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, UH, UH, IT'S A REWARDING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH, UH, PETS PLUS THE, UH, BUSINESS, THE, UH, PET BUSINESS PET STORE THAT, UH, WE DID A RIBBON CUTTING ON.
I SAY THE OWNER THAT, UH, THAT SMALL BUSINESS ASKED ME TO SEE IF WE COULD CHANGE THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE COULD IN FACT SELL FERRETS, LIKE ALL OTHER, UH, COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
SO, UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, IT'S A DEMONSTRATION THAT MISSOURI CITY LISTENS TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP, UH, TO, UH, UH, IMPROVE THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS MODEL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO IT.
SO THAT, UH, INCLUDES MY, UH, MY MESSAGE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK THING.
UM, CITY OF SUGARLAND, UH, A GROUP THAT HOSTED, UH, STAN WITH THE UKRAINE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THERE.
THEY HAD INVITED TO SH TO SHOW THAT LAST WEEK I HAD SOMEONE THAT CAME AND SAW ME.
IT'S CALLED THE SOCIETY OF ROYALS.
THEY TALK ABOUT SUICIDE AWARENESS, UM, WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG TEENS.
SO IT'S A WONDERFUL GROUP THAT'S BEEN WORKING.
THEY ALSO HAD A, UM, KIND OF A PROM DRESS EVENT FOR, UH, ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN, UM, HIGH TOWER HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND THEN ALSO, UH, EA JONES ELEMENTARY.
I DID THE TUESDAY, UM, ON 12 22, 22, UM, GREAT GROUP OF TEACHERS AND KIDS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE CLOSING OUT CEREMONY OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, WE HAVE HAD A GREAT EVENT.
I, AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE THANK ALL OF THE STAFF THAT DID THEIR WORK ALONG WITH, UM, TROY AND CHARITY CARTER FROM EDISON FOUNDATION FOR THEIR WORK.
UM, IT WAS IMPRESSIVE AND OF COURSE, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND, AND OTHERS THAT PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORTS INTO, UH, INTO THESE EVENTS.
UH, WE THANK YOU, UM, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, AND THEN ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, SHASHI AND HIS TEAM, UM, FOR WORKING WITH TEXTS, UH, TEXT DOT, UH, FOR GETTING THE RESTRICT, WE STRIPING OF THE CORRIDOR, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH THAT GROUP BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THAT THE OWNERSHIP IS NOT MATURE, CITIES IS SO WE'RE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.
FINALLY, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE HOLDING SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THEY'RE TURNING AROUND AND HELPING US WITH SOME OF IT.
AND I HOPE THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING PROCESS WHERE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DO ONCE, UM, THAT IT'LL BE DONE FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK, UM, I ATTENDED A, UM, HAR, UH, EVENT THAT, UH, HR VIDEO REPRESENTING MISSOURI CITY.
UM, SO I THINK OTHERS AS OTHERS DID AS WELL.
SO, UM, CLOSELY WORKING WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AS YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE MARKET HAS BEEN HIGH.
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THAT, UH, IT WON'T BE AT ONE POINT WHERE I'LL COME TO A STAND STILL, AND THEN WE HAVE A DOWNFALL, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE REPORT ITEM NUMBER[13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
13 IS CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE DO HAVE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE CAN MEET AND RE UH, RECESS FROM THIS MEETING ADJOURN FROM THIS MEETING, ADJOURN THIS ONE, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE KIDS.
SO WE'RE ADJOURNING AT 9:37 PM.
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THAT'S IT? A COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.SO WE HAVE A CONSIDER GRANTED CONSENT TO HIRE A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, CHARLES JACKSON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, UNDER THE SIDE OF, UM, UNDER THE SIDE OF THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S CONSENT TO HIRE MS. PAUL, RYAN AS THE DEPUTY CITY.
IS THERE MORE, IS THERE MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO HIRE PAUL POLO.
RYAN IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
IS THERE A SECOND AND EMOTION BY CONSTANT NUMBER OF KLAUSER? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER? RILEY IS, UH, IS THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO.
SO THE MOTION 6 0 6, THAT'S 11, 11 45 GUYS GAVE HIM.
IS THERE, UM, SO IT'D BE 6, 2, 1 NEXT ITEM.
WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED CONSENT TO HIRE A CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL UNDER THIS ITEM ASKING FOR COUNCIL'S CONSENT TO HIRE MR. DAVID JORDAN, AS THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, SO OUR SECOND, SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL.
AND MARATHI SECOND BY CONSOLE AND MEMORIALS.
UH, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
NOW IS THERE CONSIDER BRANDON CONSENT TO HIRE A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR? WE HAVE, UH, CEDRIC KOHL'S CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, OR YOU SKIPPED ITEM C.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO GRANT THE CITY ATTORNEY? THE, UH, THE CONTRACT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, SOLIDIFY A CONTRACT FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID, OH, I CAN'T HIRE HER.
SOLIDIFY A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
NOW CONSIDER GRANTING A CONSENT TO HIRE A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR WITH PRESENTATION BY CEDRIC COLA CITY.
SEE IT CIO IT'S TO THE THIRD LONG OF A NIGHT.
I'M HERE TO SEEKING CONSENT FOR TERROR CAM.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER GRANTED CONSENT.
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OKAY.MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MURALS.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
UH, IS THERE A DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS HEARING? NONE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY, AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION? NO, NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.
THE MEETING AT THE TIME IS 1150.