Mar 21, 2022 City Council

YES, YOU STAY IN THE BACK.

B RECOGNITION OF POLICE, CAPTAIN PAUL POLTON ON HIS RETIREMENT.

ALL ITEM NUMBER THREE,

[(b) Recognition of Police Captain Paul Poulton on his retirement.]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

MIKE BEARS IN THERE WE GO, GOT ONE.

NOW, UH, GREETING IS MARRYING COUNSEL.

I'M GOING TO, IF IT'S OKAY, I'M GOING TO STEP UP HERE AND BRING THE COMMAND STAFF WITH ME.

UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T GET THIS HONOR VERY OFTEN WHERE I GET TO RECOGNIZE A TRUE LEADER OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WE ASK THEM TO GIVE US A A, AND, AND WHO I'M RECOGNIZING IS CAPTAIN PAUL POLTON, WHO HAS 31 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND FIRST OF ALL, WHEN TO THINK OF FAMILY, BECAUSE EVERY DAY WHEN HE WALKED OUT OF THAT HOUSE, YOU DID NOT KNOW WHETHER HE WAS COMING HOME OR NOT.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN YOUR FAMILY, NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.

UNLESS YOU HAVE MILITARY IN YOUR FAMILY AND YOU KNEW IT, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FAMILY THAT YOU'VE SUPPORTED HIM THIS LONG AND COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

WE THANK YOU ALL FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE OF US.

BUT WE ASKED PAUL TO GIVE US A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER.

AND YOU ALL KNOW PAUL HE'S PRETTY MATTER OF FACT, HE'S EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS PRETTY SUCCINCT.

HE'S ALWAYS SMILING, NOT TRUE, BUT I'M GOING TO READ YOU WHAT HE GAVE US.

AND THIS IS PAUL.

POLTON TRUE TO FORM.

HE GAVE IT TO ME BULLET STYLE, BUT HE BEGAN HIS EMERGENCY SERVICES CAREER IN 1983.

I THINK HE WAS LIKE 12.

OR WERE YOU LIKE 1920 WITH FORTMAN COUNTY EMS? HE LEFT EMS IN 1991, BUT HE WAS A LIEUTENANT OVER THE FORT BEND COUNTY EMS SERVICE WHEN I STARTED AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO HE WAS PRETTY HIGH RANKING IN EMS AND DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO SERVE THE CITIZENS, MISSOURI CITY.

AND AGAIN, HE BEGAN THAT CAREER IN 1991.

SO COUNTING HIS EMS TIME AND HIS TIME WITH THE CITY, HE'S GOT A TOTAL OF 39 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.

THAT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

AND HE'S GOT MOST OF HIS HAIR.

NO, YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TRAILBLAZERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HE CLEARLY FITS THAT BILL.

HE WOULD VOLUNTEER AND JOINED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHOUT BEING TOLD, BECAUSE THEY REALIZED THERE WAS A NEED.

THERE WAS A VOID THAT HE KNEW HE COULD STAND IN THE GAP AND TAKE CARE OF.

HE HAS WORKED IN EVERY DIVISION, IN EVERY CAPACITY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE'S HELD DIFFERENT POSITIONS, INCLUDING POLICE, OFFICER, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, WHICH FOR YOU ALL DON'T KNOW, HE WAS A FULLY CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER.

AND HE WENT THROUGH THE SECOND MISSOURI CITY FIRE ACADEMY BACK IN THE DAY IN LIKE 1991 OR 92 92.

UH, SO HE WAS ALSO A FIREFIGHTER.

WE CALL HIM A NOZZLE NINJA.

UM, HE'S ALSO SERVED AS A CORPORAL, BUT DETECTIVE SERGEANT, LIEUTENANT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S A CAPTAIN IN THE COMMAND STAFF.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DESCRIBE A TRAILBLAZER.

MORE THAN THAT.

HE'S ALSO SERVED ON SO MANY SPECIALIZED TEAMS, INCLUDING HE WAS A SWAT TEAM MEMBER SERVED ON THE DIVE TEAM.

HE WAS PART OF THE ATV SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.

HE WAS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.

HE SERVED ON BIKE PATROL AND HE WAS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

HE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE 100 CLUB IN 1993 AS OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

HE'S A GRADUATE OF THE BILL BLACKWOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF TEXAS, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, THE LEADERSHIP COMMAND COLLEGE.

AND HE'S ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY AT QUANTICO, VIRGINIA.

THAT'S WHO HE TOLD US HE WAS, BUT I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF WORKING WITH PAUL AND KNOWING HIS FAMILY ON A PERSONAL LEVEL

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AND A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, BOTH.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT HE IS ACCOUNT'S COP.

HE WILL BACK ANYBODY UP, BUT HE DOESN'T STAND FOR PEOPLE DOING THE WRONG THING.

HE WILL STEP IN AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING.

HE IS TRULY A, UH, A TRAILBLAZER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HE'S PROBABLY OVER HERE GRIMACING, CAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE COMMENTS OR COMPLIMENTS OR ANY COMMENTS THAT TALK ABOUT HIM.

CAUSE HE'D MUCH RATHER JUST DO HIS JOB AND, AND MOVE ON AND NOT BE RECOGNIZED.

BUT I THINK HE IS WORTHY OF RECOGNITION.

HE'S DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

IT'S GOING TO BE A VOID THAT IS TOUGH TO FILL, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, PHYSICALLY WE KNOW HIS, UH, GOING TO BE WITH US AND MIND AND SPIRIT AND WE COUNT ON THAT.

AND THEN HE SHOWS UP AT LEAST EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO MAKE SURE HE TELLS US HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING THINGS.

BUT, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND JOINING ME, I'D LOVE TO GIVE HIM A NICE ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THEN GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY.

I FIGURED SINCE I'VE GIVEN 31 YEARS, Y'ALL CAN GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING ME TONIGHT, TAKE THIS OUT OF TONIGHT, DO THAT.

UH, I WOULD LOVE TO THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OVER THE LAST 31 YEARS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, THERE ARE OUTSTANDING GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHAT A FABULOUS POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY HAVE AND THE LINKS THEY GO TO DO THAT.

I PREDICT.

UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

I SEE YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALL OF YOU.

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I'M TIRED.

EVERYBODY'S MESSES.

IT'S TIME FOR ME TO RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET.

AND UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MOST OF ALL MY FAMILY, UH, MY MOTHER FOR MOLDING ME INTO THE PERSON I'VE BECOME BECAUSE THERE WAS TIMES THAT IT COULD HAVE WENT EITHER WAY.

UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY CHILDREN, CAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY BEING A COP SON IN THE SAME CITY YOU LIVE IN.

UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED.

I WASN'T A POLICE OFFICER.

AND WHEN I WENT TO TELL HER, CAUSE I HAD OTHER ASPIRATIONS AND UH, WHEN I WENT TO TELL HER, I WANT TO JOIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, LET'S JUST SAY SHE WASN'T ON BOARD WITH THAT.

AND UH, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY ANOTHER TIME.

UH, BUT SHE GREW INTO IT AND, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF MYTHS, BIRTHDAYS HOLIDAYS, UH, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT PHONE CALLS, CALL OUTS AND SHE STUCK WITH IT THE WHOLE TIME.

UH, AND IN CLOSING, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY, UH, FOR THE TIME I'VE HAD HERE.

AND I WISH EVERYBODY GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, NOT JUST THIS COUNCIL, THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL COUNCIL FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS THAT YOU SERVED UNDER AND SERVE WITH ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THEM AND ALL OF THE STAFF, SEVERAL CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY, SECRETARIES THAT YOU WORK WITH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR YOU.

WE JUST ALL LEARNED THE OTHER DAY SUGARLAND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER, THAT'S HAVING MULTIPLE SURGERIES RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S GOING ON.

AND I HEARD OUR CHIEF SAYS MANY TIMES KNOCK ON WOOD THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY KIND OF CONDITION, UNCONDITIONAL EVENTS IN MISSOURI CITY.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND WE DO HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEAM AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND YOU'RE GOING TO RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK AND LOOK FOR YOU.

I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SAY A FEW WORDS THAT THEY WANT TO CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, ANYBODY.

WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT WITH THIS SUPPORT GROUP THAT YOU'VE GOT.

I GUESS NO.

I HAD TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT FAULT.

HE AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY OF THE, UH, POLICE, UH, ASSOCIATION GOLF TOURNAMENTS WITH HIS WIFE, BEVERLY.

I MEAN, THEY WERE GREAT SUPPORTERS OF IT.

UH, THEY MADE IT GO.

UH, AND UH, SO FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT,

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YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.

THREE E RECOGNITION OF, UH, BRIANNA MEANS KENYATTA STERLING AND CARMEN, CAMERON STERLING FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

YOU GOT TO HAVE PUSHBACK FROM ME JUST A LITTLE BIT AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COMMENT ALRIGHT.

READY? MARY, MY COMPANY JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR ME.

ITEM, UM, PRESENT UNDER PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION ITEM

[(e) Recognition of Briana Means, Kenyatta Sterling, and Kamryn Sterling fo...]

POETRY CONTENT CON CONTEST.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY WAS SHONDRA EDWARDS COUNCIL MEMBER.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, LAST MONTH IN FEBRUARY, I WAS ABLE TO START AN INITIATIVE OF OTHER ON SORRY, CALLED THE POETRY CONTEST.

AND SO THAT POURS YOUR CONTEST WAS PRETTY MUCH EAR TO THE, OR BEING MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOLS, STUDENTS FOR THEM TO CONVEY THEIR PASSION THROUGH POETRY, BUT ALSO GIVING US THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE FOR THE 2334 CORRIDOR.

BUT SO MANY TIMES THAT WE ACTUALLY, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CORRIDOR, BUT WE NEVER INCLUDE THE KIDS PERSPECTIVE.

SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS INITIATIVES TO GIVE THESE YOUTH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART, FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THE 2234 CORRIDOR SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND JUST ALLOW THEM TO HAVE FUN WITH IT.

SO I HAD A PANELISTS, UM, THAT CONTRIBUTED DONATIONS.

WE GOT SOME CUSTOMIZED SHIRTS.

AND SO THEN THAT I JUST WANT TO HONOR THEM AND GIVE THEM THEIR FLOWERS BECAUSE THEY HAD SUCH A GREAT OF POETRY, UM, INPUT.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CAN I GET MY LADIES TO COME UP? OUR THREE FINALISTS, BRIANNA MEANS AND YET ERLIN AND CAMERAS STERLING, GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

LADIES.

UH, LESS SUPPORT.

THEN THIS IS PROBABLY THEIR FIRST TIME SPEAKING IN FRONT OF A COUNCIL.

LET'S GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED OH, OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER IS MS. KENYATTA.

I'M SORRY.

WAS CAMERON IRELAND.

ONCE YOU GIVE THEM AWAY, THIS IS CAMERON.

GIVE THEM THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THEY NEED.

IS SECOND PLACE WINNER AND BRIANNA MEANS IS THAT THEIR PLACE WINNER WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THEIR POETRY.

SO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND

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MISS KENYATTA.

YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO FIRST, CAMERON, CAMERA'S GOING TO GO FIRST.

HELLO.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPERATIVE THAT WE HEAR FROM THE YOUTH, HOW THEY FEEL, AND WHAT'S THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF HOW WE SHOULD REACH OUT ALLIES.

THAT'S MY START TO SHAKE A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE, THE LAND WHERE MY ANCESTORS GAVE AND GAVE THEY FOUGHT, BUT DIDN'T CAVE.

THEY WERE OPPRESSED, BUT SOMEHOW STILL MADE HER WAY.

THEY HELD POWER IN THEIR HANDS, NURSED AND TOOK CARE OF IT SO THAT WE BE ABLE TO USE IT ACCORDING TO OUR DEMANDS.

AND THEY PASSED IT DOWN TO US.

A COMMUNITY OF NEGROES WITH NO UNITY.

OH, I WISH YOU COULD SEE HOW IT COULD BE.

IF YOU WOULD PUT DOWN YOUR GUN AND STAND WITH ME, ONCE YOU 2 34, THE PLACE WHERE WE RESIDE SHOULD BE THE PLACE OF THE BLACK MAN'S PRIDE, WALKING DOWN THE STREETS, EATING BLACK OWNED ICE CREAM THIS MORNING, A SMILE.

SO BIG IT'S MISTAKEN FOR A LIGHT BEAM.

IT'S A MAJORITY BLACK COMMUNITY.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT TIME.

WE SEE SOME BLACK UNITY BUILD UP THE BLACK ON BUSINESSES, SAY HI TO A LITTLE COOPERATIVENESS, WORK HARDER TO SEE MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME EVERYDAY WALKING BESIDE ME EVERYDAY THRIVING BESIDE ME EVERYDAY BEING OUR BLACK ITSELVES UNASHAMED AND OUR SPIRITUAL WEALTH HOLDING HANDS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN NOT BREAK US APART, LYING AWAY TOGETHER.

BECAUSE WE CAME UP FROM THE STARS.

LET'S SHOW OUR ANCESTORS HOW ALL THEIR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF BY CREATING A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEIR FEATS WOULD HAVE PROUDLY WAS 2234.

WHAT WILL TOMORROW BE 2234? WHY DON'T YOU HANG AROUND AND SEE THE VIOLATION OF 2234 BIKING ANCESTRALLY 2234, A STREET OF EXCEEDINGLY LONG DISTANCE.

I HAD TO LIVE LIKE A BLOOMING BLOSSOM IN 1894, THE STREET FULL OF BLACK EXCELLENCE, SPATTING THE WORK AND CREATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE.

IT WAS BUSINESSES FOR US AND BIAS 2234 IN THE FUTURE.

I WANT TO DRIVE BY AND SEE PEOPLE WHO LOOK JUST LIKE ME BEING THE BEST.

THEY CAN BE FLOURISHING WITH THE IDEAS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY BUILDINGS.

SO 2234, JUST LIKE BLACK WALL STREET FILLED WITH BLACK BUSINESSES, THRIVING BY THE COMMUNITY AROUND.

WE ALL SURROUND EACH OTHER WITH LOVE CREATING.

SO, SO BETTER THAN THE 2234 BLACK BUSINESSES BUILDING WEALTH TO BE BETTER THAN BEFORE WALK OR TO CREATE MORE TO STORE LIKE TULSA, OKLAHOMA, HOPE TO SEE WITH 2234 WOMEN WILL MAKE OUT TO BE LET ON DOCTORS AND DENTIST OFFICES.

YAY.

THERE'S LUXURY SHOPS AND ATTORNEYS' OFFICES.

THE ROW WE VITALIZED MY HOME, NOT MY HIGHWAY, STRETCHING A FEW MILES ALONG THE WAY THAT THESE SPECIALISTS COULD BE A LITTLE LOVE FROM EVERYONE IN ME.

I WANT TO SIT WITH MY FAMILY TO EAT.

I DO NOT WANT TO TRAVEL AT 34,300 FEET.

I WANT TO SIT BY A WINDOW AND GAZE EACH SCRUMPTIOUS FOOD AND REMINISCENT LUXURIOUS DAYS, WE NEED FLOWERS, RESTAURANTS AND SPECIALTY STOPS.

WE WANT TO STAY IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENJOY OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL PROPS.

I WANT MY ROLE TO BE A SPECIALIST.

THE REST I WANT TO RIDE DOWN MY ROAD AND IT'D BE THE BEST FOR THE ECONOMY HAS SHIFTED.

WE ARE STILL A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DESERVES TO BE GIFTED, MISSOURI CITY LEADERS.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE OUR ROADS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL TO ALRIGHTY.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THESE YOUNG LADIES.

I'M NOT ACTUALLY PRIVILEGED TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEES TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS,

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WHEN YOU SEE 34 OR GIVE THESE YOUNG LADIES ONE MORE ROUND OF A CLOCK AND YOU'VE COME UP.

MS. BROWN WAS VERY PIVOTAL IN ACTUALLY HELPING, UM, RECRUIT AND GET SOME PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER AND SUBMIT THEIR SUBMISSION.

SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER EFFORT.

AND SHE ALSO HAS A GIFT FOR THE GIRLS.

OH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO AT THIS MOMENT ABOUT A SHIRT, RIGHT? I DON'T REMEMBER FOR

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMON REQUESTS? I DO HAVE ONE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION, AND THEN I HAVE SOME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, ANGELA JENNINGS AS THE CITY, SECRETARY CALLS YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

THE CITY.

SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE, OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU.

WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THE TIME LIMIT AND CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO, TO YOU FROM THE DICE.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I AM ANGELA JENNINGS AND I LIVE AT 15, 10 ASHMORE DRIVE AND UNDERSCORING ONE AND TWO.

UM, I AM MAKING A FLEA, I GUESS, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN MAKING SINCE JANUARY, SINCE NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND, UM, COMPLAINTS ABOUT A BUSINESS OF, OR VIOLATING A NOISE ORDINANCE.

UM, THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE EVERY WEEKEND, THERE'S BEEN CONSTANT LOUD MUSIC COMING FROM THE BUSINESS, LITERALLY THREE FEET BEHIND MY HOUSE.

UM, EVERY WEEKEND, TWO, ONE AND TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND.

UM, I WAS ADVISED BY THE, UM, POLICE OFFICERS WHILE I DID LEAVE A COMPLAINT ON THE MISSOURI CITY, UM, WEBSITE.

THEY ADVISE ME TO CALL THE POLICE WHEN THERE WAS, UM, ACTIVITY CALLED DURING THE TIME OF THE ACTIVITY, WHICH I STARTED TO DO.

I DID TALK TO, UH, TWO RESPONDENT OFFICERS AND ALSO A SERGEANT WHO ADVISED ME TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, ATTEND THE MEETING BECAUSE THAT WAS HOW, YOU KNOW, SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE OIL.

AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW EVERY NIGHT CALL POLICE.

I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE NOW NINE TIMES.

SO IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, UM, THREE MONTHS NOW.

UM, I DO HAVE MY GRAINS.

I DO HAVE SLA, WHICH IS LUPUS.

I DO HAVE SEVERE ARTHRITIS.

UM, IT IT'S AFFECTING MY HEALTH.

I DID BREAK OUT WITH A RASH AND HAD TO GET STEROID FOR THAT.

I'M NOT GETTING A CHANCE WITH THIS BEING EVERY WEEKEND.

I'M NOT GETTING A CHANCE TO REALLY RECOVER FROM MY ONE MIGRAINE MOVING TO THE NEXT WEEKEND, UM, AND HAVING ANOTHER MIGRAINE FROM THE THUMP OF THE BASE.

UH, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M WHINING, BUT I'M NOT.

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UM, I WANT TO SAVE MY HOUSE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD BY A CITY WORKER TO, UM, CHECK INTO A HOTEL.

SO I'M GUESSING THEY MET EVERY WEEKEND.

I'M SUPPOSED TO CHECK INTO A HOTEL.

WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING? I JUST DON'T WANT TO SELL MY HOUSE AND LEAVE MY HOUSE THAT I FOUGHT TO BUY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

SINCE I GOT TO DO IT ANYMORE, I WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THIS SECTION, OKAY.

I JUST HAVE A COMMENT FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE FACT THAT STAFF IS TELLING THESE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE SHE HAS TROUBLE GETTING UP HERE TO COME AND TALK TO US.

SO THIS WAY THESE ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS CONSENT AGENDA.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF I WERE STAFF REPORTS.

THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PULLING ITEM SIX F MIRROR.

SECOND, THAT EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THAT WOULD BE JASON MANGUM, DIRECT REPUBLIC, PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH IS AUTHORIZING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SERVICE TO FUTURE SITES IMPROVEMENT AT QUOTE GREEN WEST PARK.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM SIX F

[(f) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing landscape architecture...]

GO AHEAD, SIR.

GOTCHA.

IT'S NOT JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS SO MANY TIMES WE HEAR THAT, UH, RESOURCES PARTICULARLY AROUND PARKS ARE NOT BEING DEVOTED TO EAST SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE STAFF.

UH, SO QUARTERING WEST IS AN 18 ACRE, APPROXIMATELY 18 ACRE PARK, JUST RIGHT HERE, OUT OUR BACK DOOR ON THOMAS TAYLOR AND SCANLON DRIVE.

UM, IT CONSISTS OF A COVER BASKETBALL COURT, UH, PARKING LOT, A, UM, PLAYGROUND AND TO, UM, FULL-SIZE REGULATION, MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS.

UM, THOSE FIELDS HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDER UTILIZED.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF YOUTH GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, UTILIZING THOSE FIELDS.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THERE'S NO RESTROOM FACILITIES AT THE PARK, IT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UH, FORMAL, UH, YOUTH SPORT ORGANIZATION UTILIZE THOSE FIELDS.

SO, UM, RECENTLY WITH THE, UM, AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT FUNDS, UM, HIS BODY IS, UM, DESIGNATED SOME FUNDS TO GO TO PARKS AND PARKS IMPROVEMENTS.

AND, AND WE ARE UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO ADD RESTROOMS TO THAT PARK AS WELL AS THE PAVILION SO THAT THOSE FIELDS CAN BE BETTER UTILIZED, UH, BY OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, WE ARE UTILIZING KIMBERLY HORN, WHICH IS, WE DID A VERY SIMILAR PROJECT OVER AT AMERICAN LEGION PARK, UM, WHICH WAS BUDGETED ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO.

UM, WE ADDED RESTROOMS IN THE PAVILION AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME VERY SIMILAR, UH, RIGHT HERE AT, UH, UM, WALGREEN WEST.

CAN I ASK YOU A FAVOR, UH, FOR, FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS, WHENEVER THEY'RE COMING TO FRUITION AND WE'RE ABOUT TO BREAK GROUND OR CONCLUDE, CAN WE START MARKETING, UH, THOSE, THOSE EFFORTS, UH, LIKE WE DO, LIKE WE DID RIDGEVIEW PARK AND OTHER TYPES OF, UH, LIKE THE SPLASH PAD AND THINGS SO THAT THE COMMUNITY, AS A WHOLE KNOWS THAT WE ARE DEVOTING, UH, TIME, ATTENTION AND RESOURCES TO ALL AREAS IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO IF YOU COULD GET WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND AND EMOTION BY CUSTOMER CLOUSER SECOND BY CUSTOMER ARRIVING.

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

PLEASE SAY NO 61 MOTION CARRIES NEXT.

UH, WE MOVED, UH, THE FOLLOWING

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Only Reading of an ordin...]

THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY 10, A M CITY ATTORNEY JAMO.

PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR THE AUDIENCE.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE

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OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT AND REFUNDING BONDS.

ERIE'S 2022 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $20,000 FOR THE REFUNDING OF CERTAIN BONDS BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS, LOVING A TAX AND PAYMENT THEREOF, MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND MATTERS INCIDENTS THERE TO AWARDING THE SALE OF THE BONDS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A P A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS FAST AS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND AN ACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERE TO THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ATLANTA PORTIS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

ON FEBRUARY 7TH, YOU RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THE 2022 DEBT ISSUE, WHICH INCLUDES NEW MONEY AT APPROXIMATELY 10.9 MILLION.

AND I REFUNDING OF THE TWENTY TEN EIGHT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN 2013 GENERAL OBLIGATION AND REFUNDING BONDS.

TONIGHT, WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE SALE OF DEBT THIS MORNING, THE UNDERWRITERS TOOK ORDERS FOR THIS DEBT SALE AND UPON YOUR APPROVAL, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCESSING THE ORDERS, OR YOU WERE GIVEN THE PRICING BOOK THAT AS A RESULT OF THE ORDERS TAKEN, AND THE BOND ORDINANCE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE OUR BOND COUNCIL, DEREK MITCHELL WITH HOLLAND AND KNIGHT WITH US TONIGHT WHO WILL BRIEFLY REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE BOND ORDINANCE.

THANKS ELENA MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND EVENING.

SO YOU RECEIVED YOUR ORDINANCE, I THINK LAST WEEK AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE SAME.

WHAT YOU RECEIVED IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS TONIGHT, OTHER THAN WE'VE UPDATED THE NUMBERS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IT SAYS HERE AT MOUNTAIN, NOT TO EXCEED $20 MILLION, UH, FORTUNATELY THE MARKET WAS KIND.

AND SO YOU, WE ISSUED 18.05 MILLION.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE NUMBERS ARE WHAT'S IN YOUR, UH, THE BOOK THAT I THINK, UH, HILLTOP SUPPLY TO.

SO THE NEXT STEPS AFTER APPROVAL WOULD BE TO SEND THE TRANSCRIPT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR REVIEW, UH, WITH THE CLOSING AND DELIVERY OF FUNDS TO TAKE PLACE NO LAW NO LATER THAN APRIL 19TH.

UM, AND SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, JOE MORELL WITH US TONIGHT, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN REGARDS TO THIS DEBT.

IS THERE A MOTION AGAIN? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN EMERY.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.

ARE PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.

ITEM SEVEN

[(1) Public hearing to receive comments for or against a request to grant a...]

CITY ATTORNEY TO PLEASE READ THE CAPTION FOR SEVEN, A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE FROM IT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE 3.1 HUNDRED ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC YOUTH FUNERAL HOME PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

THE SUP WILL FOLLOW THE BASE ZONING OF SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT, EXCEPT FOR WHERE SD HAS NO REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY STORY NORI PLATTER ONE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A FUNERAL HOME.

UH, THIS LOCATION WILL BE ON A THREE ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF HIGHWAY SIXTH AND SHIPMENTS COVID BOULEVARD.

THE APPLICATION INCLUDED A SITE PLAN THAT PROPOSED A ONE STORY, 12,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND A DETENTION POND BETWEEN THE FUNERAL HOME AND THE ADJACENT PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR ITS A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW THOSE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE LOCATION OF THE FUNERAL HOME,

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SO THAT INCLUDES BUILDING REGULATIONS, TRASH DISPOSAL, LANDSCAPING, AND PARKING.

AND FOR THESE MENTIONED ITEMS, THE REGULATIONS WILL FOLLOW THEIR RESPECTIVE SECTIONS AND THE CITY OF MISSOURI STUDY ZONING ORDINANCE.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AN EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MURALS SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

LONEY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

MADAM SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARING? WE DO NOT FOR ITEMS SEVEN, A ONE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION AND CLOSE.

WHAT SHOULD MY COSTUME MEMBER AT MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, RIDING THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY.

SECOND BY CONSUMER CLOUSER DISCUSSION.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YOU CAN COME BACK UP HERE, PLEASE.

THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS, UM, IN THAT AREA, TALKING ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION OF WATTS AND STATE HIGHWAY SIX, UH, TO HAVE, UH, INTERSECTION LIGHT.

SO HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED IN, IN WITH THIS PROJECT THAT'S COMING ALONG IN THAT CORNER? GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT SIGNAL LIGHT IS ALREADY APPROVED.

IT'S IN THE WORKS.

A PERMIT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO TECHSTARS.

IT'S BEEN HELD UP THERE, BUT A SIGNAL LIGHT WILL BE INSTALLED INTO THE SECTION.

NOW, SO ACTUALLY ONE MORE QUESTION.

IS THERE A MEETINGS ON THAT HIGHWAY SIX PORTION? YES.

I THINK MAYOR, UH, BASED ON MY RECOLLECTION.

YES, THAT IS MEDIANS.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, FUNERAL HOMES TEND TO DRAW LARGE CROWDS, RIGHT? HOW WILL THEY CONTROL A FUNERAL? UH, GIVEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ALREADY ON SIX.

SO IF THERE'S A LARGE PROCESSION, HOW DOES THAT ALL THAT FIT INTO THE ZONING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT? SO WHAT THE TRAFFIC, UM, UH, WHAT THE ZONING AT THIS TIME, THE ONLY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WORKSHEET, WHICH THEY DID PROVIDE.

I KNOW ALMOST I PLAN TO HELP WITH THE PREPARATION OF A PROCESSION.

THEY HAVE IT MAPPED OUT TO WHERE IT WILL BE LIKE A STACKED PARKING.

UM, SO THAT'S TO HELP WITH THAT.

AND THEY'VE ACCOMMODATED UP TO, I BELIEVE, 20.

UM, IN ADDITION, THERE'S ALSO, I THINK, 70 PARKING SPACES ON THE SITE PLAN TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE OR, UM, ANYBODY COMING FOR THE FUNERAL.

OH, AND ONE LAST THING.

UM, THERE ARE HOMES WITHIN 200 FEET, RIGHT? SO HAVE WE SEND OUT LETTERS TO THE HOMES ON THE NORTH SIDE? YES.

SO I SENT OUT NOTICES FOR HOMES WITHIN 250 FEET AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, PROTEST LETTERS OR SUPPORT LETTERS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE DEVELOPERS DID, UH, REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING HOS TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO THEY WERE PRETTY PROACTIVE OF LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND THEY RECEIVED, UM, NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, SO NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

SO IT'S ROBIN ONE, JUST AS A MATTER OF INTEREST.

I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY THE SECOND FUNERAL HOME THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY.

I THINK THERE'S ONE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN DOWN OFF FIFTH STREET IN THAT AREA.

SO, UH, TH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK THERE'S A, PROBABLY A DEMAND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY A DEMAND FOR, UH, THOSE SERVICES.

BUT, UH, I THINK WHERE IT'S SITUATED IN THE WAY IT'S LOOKS TO BE STRUCTURED, I THINK IT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, AREA AROUND, UH, THE, THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM

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[(2) Public hearing to receive comments for or against a request to grant a...]

NUMBER TWO, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A 1.59 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC USE ELECTRIC UTILITY STATION, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MASON GARCIA PLANNER TO GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION, UH, ON BEHALF OF CENTER POINT OR A MISSOURI CITY SUBSTATION AT THIS 1.59 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.

IT'S LOCATED NORTH OF AN EXISTING CENTER POINT UTILITY EASEMENT, SOUTH OF ADAMS, UH, EAST OF TECHS PARKWAY IN WESTERN CRESTMONT.

THIS IS, UH, ZONED LC TO RETAIL DISTRICT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID FOR THIS AND ADOPT THIS, UH, OR AS, UH, WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS SITE.

THIS SITE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER, THEY DID PASS THIS, UH, FORWARD WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, BUT THE APPLICANT WAS ASKED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE ITEMS WITH REGARDS TO THE HEIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES AND LANDSCAPE UPPER YARDS AND DETENTION.

THOSE ITEMS WERE CLARIFIED AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS DETERMINED DUE TO THE CHANGES, UH, WELL TO THE ITEMS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

UH, THEY PULLED IT OFF THE AGENDA AND THEY TOOK THIS ITEM BACK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT WHICH TIME A NEW NOTICE WAS SENT OUT, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THIS ITEM.

AND THEN THAT NOTICE IT NOTED THAT THE HEIGHT WOULD EXCEED THE MAXIMUM HIGH PERMITTED FOR LC TO RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS A 35 FEET, UM, FOR THIS SITE.

UH, THIS, UH, IS A CENTER POINT ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION STATION, WHICH, UM, CONVERTS MEETING, UH, ROUTES ELECTRICITY TO MEDIUM LINES, WHICH DISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY THROUGHOUT THE SUBDIVISION DUE TO THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE SUBSTATION.

UH, CURRENTLY AT THE SITE CENTERPOINT, UH, SAID THEY NEED TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND IS OPTING TO INSTALL A LOW PROFILE DESIGN.

THIS IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GO FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN PRACTICE TO ENCOURAGE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION, A COUPLE ITEMS THAT, UH, AT THIS SITE THAT WOULD DEVIATE FROM THE TYPICAL THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING WITH ALONG WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND PLANNINGS, UH, AND ZONING'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES THAT ARE ALLOWED OF A HEIGHT OF NO TALLER THAN 100 FEET OR REDUCTION FOR SETBACKS IN THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD, ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY AT 10 FEET, 15 FEET ALONG CRESTMONT PLACE DRIVE IN 15 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK REDUCTION, UM, ADJACENT TO THE CRESTMONT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE BUFFER SETBACKS WITH THE SAME DIMENSIONS OF 10 FEET ALONG, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY, 15 ALONG CRESTMONT PLACE, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IN THE REAR AND, UH, 15 FEET ALONG THE SIDE ROAD CRESTMONT PLACE TRUCK.

UM, AS WELL AS THIS ITEM, THEY WERE, UH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED WITH PLANNING AND ZONING'S RECOMMENDATION AS WELL FOR THE LOCATION OF A MAXIMUM OF 10 FOOT DECORATIVE WALL, ALONG WITH THE ACCOMPANYING ITALIAN CYPRUS OR COMPARABLE LANDSCAPING AT THE SITE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 7, 8, 2? OKAY.

AND EMOTION BY CONSUMER CLOUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ADWERX THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

THAT A SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC? NO, SIR.

NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

CUSTOMER BY RIDE IS SECOND.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? WHAT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO.

SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER PLAZA MADE THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING

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THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE EMOTIONAL, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE BREW THE FIRST RATING.

IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YEAH, OF COURSE YOU COULDN'T DIE.

YOU BRING BACK THE SPANISH WORD, CHOSE THE WALL AROUND THE ENTIRE LIFE THERE.

ONE MORE.

KEEP GOING THERE.

W UH, WHERE IS THE 10 FOOT WALL AND GOING INTO, UH, THE PLACED, SO THIS DIAGRAM IS, UM, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.

UM, THE REASON I DIDN'T REFERENCE THIS AS DUE TO ALL OF THE ITEMS GOING ON, BUT IT WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, ENVIRONMENT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND AND UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER.

THERE'S BLUE LINES.

UM, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, STRUCTURE, IT WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE AND A LONG TEXAS PARKWAY.

IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET THAT THIS PICTURE DOES HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

SORRY.

HOW ABOUT GOING DOWN THE SIDE? RIGHT THE LEFT UP AT THE TOP.

WHAT KIND OF WALLET OR OUR FENCING DO WE HAVE AT THAT LOCATION? SO ALONG THE CURRENT EASEMENT, UM, THEY DO ALREADY HAVE A METAL FENCING, UH, ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY.

IF YOU'RE SAYING I'M FROM TEXAS PARKWAY THAT SHIELDING THE CURRENT, UH, CENTER UTILITY EASEMENT, THEY DO HAVE THE, UH, CROSS HATCH METAL FENCING THAT'S EXISTING.

AND THEY WILL BE REMOVING THE CURRENT ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SUBSTATION.

UM, WHEN THEY REPLACED THIS ONE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THIS ONE UP AND OPERATIONAL BEFORE THEY COULD REMOVE THE, UH, CURRENT ONE.

NICE.

AND, UM, HAVE THE RESIDENTS BEEN NOTIFIED WHAT'S WHAT'S TAKING PLACE, SO THEY ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME NOISE.

THE CONSTRUCTION, THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED TWO TIMES THE FIRST TIME BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 10TH MEETING.

AND THEN PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, THEY WERE NOTIFIED, UH, JANUARY 28TH, 2022, UH, WITHIN 250 FEET OF THIS SITE.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LANDSCAPE, THE LANDSCAPING AND THE UPKEEP OF THAT LANDSCAPE.

IS IT US OR IS IT CENTERPOINT? SO THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATE SITE, UM, PRIVATELY OWNED.

SO IT WOULD BE CENTER POINT.

THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY CUSTOMER RILEY, SECOND BY CUSTOMER KLAUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

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

UH, PROVIDED AND INCLUDED IN THE MAPS.

ITEM SEVEN

[(1) Public Hearing regarding the Proposed Redistricting Maps.]

B ITEM ONE.

GOOD EVENING.

AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM IS YOUR REDISTRICTING PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK.

SO I WILL KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.

UH, THIS PRESENTATION SERVES YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS OF CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND DEVELOPING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CITY TEAM.

UH, AND THIS PRESENTATION, I WON'T GO OVER SOME OF THE SLIDES.

I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE SEEN A FEW TIMES, BUT, UH, JUST FOR THE, UH, THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT.

THE FIRST QUESTION THAT FOLKS ASK IS WHAT IS REDISTRICTING REDISTRICTING AS THE PROCESS OF REDRAWING ELECTORAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OR VOTER REPRESENTATION? THE CITY IS REDISTRICTING IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S CHARTER.

THE PROPOSED MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ARE DERIVED FROM THE CITY'S REDISTRICTING CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS ADOPTED CRITERIA FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

ADDITIONALLY, THE MAPS ARE CREATED TO COMPLY WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND WHERE IT'S POSSIBLE.

COUNCIL AND PUBLIC INPUT ARE ALSO,

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JUST HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, ENGAGED A CONSULTANT BACK IN NOVEMBER TO REVIEW THE CITY'S POPULATION INFORMATION THAT REVIEW FOUND THAT THE CITY IS, UM, HAS A TOTAL MAXIMUM DEVIATION BETWEEN DISTRICTS.

THAT IS 21.8, 8%.

THE DESIRED PERCENTAGE BETWEEN DISTRICTS IS 10% AT THE TIME OF THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT.

HE WAS THE MOST POPULATED DISTRICT WITH 21,451 RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT C WAS THE LEAST POPULATED DISTRICT.

THE IDEAL NUMBER IS 18,797 PEOPLE THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CITY HAS TO CREATE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE 18,797 PEOPLE PER DISTRICT.

THAT'S THE IDEAL SIZE AND FEDERAL LAW ALLOWS A DEVIATION OF 10% BETWEEN THE LARGEST AND SMALLEST DISTRICT AND, UH, HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE, UH, ESTABLISHED CRITERIA BY COUNCIL, INCLUDING INCLUDED, ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN EXISTING COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE IN EVERY SITUATION, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE ITS POPULATION BETWEEN THE FOUR.

THE COUNCIL ALSO ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, PROVIDE CONNECTING TERRITORY BETWEEN, UH, EACH DISTRICT AND ESTABLISH AGAIN THAT RELATIVELY EQUAL POPULATION NUMBER OF 10%.

UM, SINCE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING AT YOUR LAST MEETING, UM, WE'VE ADDED AN IN-PERSON MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD IN THIS VERY ROOM ON MARCH 23RD, 2022 AT 6:00 PM.

THE CITY HAS ADDED LARGER SUBDIVISION SPECIFIC MAPS TO THE WEBSITE.

UH, THE CITY'S WEBSITE DOES INCLUDE EACH PROPOSED MAP.

IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, SIMPLY A SEARCH, UH, REDISTRICTING, YOU WILL SEE THE 20, 22 RE-DISTRICTING PAGE POP UP CLICK ON THAT SITE.

YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO EVERY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION RELATED TO REDISTRICTING, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE PROPOSED MAPS AND DATA DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RELATED TO EACH MAP, JUST TO PROVIDE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM EACH MAP, PROPOSED MAP A A IS THE FIRST MAP THAT WAS PROPOSED.

THE ONLY CHANGES TO THE DISTRICTS IN THESE PROPOSED MAPS ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THESE SLIDES.

SO IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL, UM, IS SCHEDULED OR SLATED TO REMAIN IN THE SAME DISTRICT.

IT CURRENTLY, UH, IS LOCATED IN.

SO FOR PROPOSED MAP, A THE CHANGES INCLUDED MOVING HUNTERS, GLEN FOUR AND FIVE TO DISTRICT A AND, UH, CHANGING, UH, OR MOVING MEADOWCREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK TO DISTRICT A MOVING HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES, ALL OF CREEK MONT ALL OF OLYMPIA ESTATES, NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS COV, AS WELL AS LAKE SHORE HARBOR TO DISTRICT B MOVING QUAIL VILLAGE TOWNHOUSES CALLED VALLEY NORTH LEXINGTON PLACE AND BERMUDA DUNES VILLAS, UH, TOWNHOMES OVER TO DISTRICT C AND MOVING OYSTER CREEK FARMS FROM DISTRICT C TO DISTRICT D.

THIS IS JUST A DEPICTION OF PROPOSED MAP.

A I DO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LOOKING AT THIS, IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ.

HOWEVER, AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW A MAP AND ZOOM IN AND, UH, GET A MUCH BETTER LOOK AT THIS PROPOSED MAP.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS PROVIDED THE, UH, OVERALL DEVIATION FOR PROPOSED MAC A IS 9.38% PROPOSED MAP B INCLUDES MOVING MEADOWCREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK TO DISTRICT A AGAIN, IF YOUR SUBDIVISION IS NOT LISTED HERE, IT WOULD REMAIN IN ITS CURRENT DISTRICT HUNTER'S POINT.

A STATES WOULD MOVE TO DISTRICT B ALL OF CRIKEY MONT WOULD MOVE TO DISTRICT B AS WELL AS NEW POINT ESTATES AND SHIPMENTS COV WATERBROOK WEST WOULD MOVE TO DISTRICT C MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, SIX AND SEVEN WOULD MOVE TO DISTRICT C AND VILLAS AT SIENNA APARTMENTS WOULD ALSO MOVE TO DISTRICT C THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROPOSED MAP C AND PROPOSED MAP B IS THAT ALL OF OLYMPIA ESTATES IS INCLUDED IN DISTRICT B IN PROPOSED MAPS.

SEE THE TITLES THAT THE MAPS REFER NOT TO DISTRICTS, BUT TO THE ORDER IN WHICH THE MAPS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED.

SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THREE MAPS.

I DO HAVE REQUESTS FROM AT LEAST A ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO PREPARE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL MAPS.

ONCE THOSE MAPS ARE PREPARED, IF THEY CAN BE PRACTICALLY PREPARED, THEY WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE WITH THAT.

I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL

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SO THAT YOU CAN INDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING.

BUT IF I MAY REALLY QUICKLY JUST REMIND EVERYONE, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS IS MARCH 28TH, 2022.

PLEASE SEND THOSE WRITTEN COMMENTS OR REQUESTS TO MC REDISTRICTING AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV.

THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING, UH, ON THIS TOPIC IS TOMORROW.

THERE'S A VIRTUAL MEETING.

THE INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE.

THERE IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING ON REDISTRICTING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD, AGAIN AT 6:00 PM IN THIS ROOM.

AND ON APRIL 4TH, THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ORAL COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, RIGHT? SECOND BY COSTUMER.

CLOUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

MADAM SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

WE DO.

UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SHOTSY PRICE.

AS THE CITY SECRETARY IS CALLING YOUR NAME.

PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

THE CITY.

SECRETARY WILL KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMIT.

UM, I AM SHOCKED, SURPRISED MY ADDRESS IS 31 35 COIL VALLEY EAST DRIVE WAS THERE CITY AND I YIELD MY SPEAKING TIME TO MS. MS. LINDELL RUSSELL, THE CYNTHIA GUTEN MY HAIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M LENDER.

SO I LET THAT 29 23 SMART DRIVE.

MAP CITY FOR DISTRICT C OR T, IT JUST GETS TO CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR OLDER RESIDENTS.

I AM AMEN.

A CREEK RESIDENT, AND I AM REPRESENTING MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELDERLY AND DIDN'T WANT TO VENTURE OUT TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER SITUATION, BUT THEY WANTED ME TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN.

MY CONCERN ABOUT REDISTRICTING MET A CREEK FROM THE BLACK TORO DISTRICT B TWO ELECTORAL DISTRICT.

HEY, WE DO NOT WANT TO SWITCH BECOMES MUCH OF STRICT HAYES CONCERNS.

WE FEEL, UH, MORE THAN LIKELY WILL NOT BE I, OUR CONCERNS ON THE VOTING BALANCE DUE TO LOCATION, DISTANCE DISTRICT, BE SEEN TO BE IN COMPLIANCE OF THE NUMBERS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT DISTRICT D HAD MORE POPULATION AND LEAST WAS INTO STRICT C.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ON THE COMMITTEE TO DO THIS DISTRICT THING, BUT A QUESTION WHY COULDN'T DISTRICT D AND C AND G AND EVEN DOWN THERE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S WRITTEN DISTRICT TEAM TO EAT BENEFITS SERIES CITIES, RESIDENTS.

UM, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFUL ALSO TO HAVE STARTED IN FORMING THE ANXIOUS HAZE AND THE PUBLIC THIS PAST FALL WINTER ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING THROUGH HER COMMUNICATION MEANS THIS WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD MORE INPUT BEFORE YOU PUT THE MAPS TOGETHER.

ALSO JUST IT TIDBIT.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE LABELING AS MAPS ARE ABC AND THE DISTRICTS ARE ABC.

SO WHEN WINGER LISTENING OR WATCHING YOU AT THE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND YOU START GOING DISTRICT MAP, BE MAP,

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NEXT LINDA RUSSELL.

THAT WAS LINDA RUSSELL.

DANGER CARPENTER, WAIT, THEN SOMEONE GAVE TIME.

SO, OKAY, GO AHEAD.

WHAT IS CONCERNING IS LITTLE COMMUNICATION BEYOND YOUR WEBSITE PROVIDED TO MAKE HOS OR HOME OWNERS AWARE OF THESE CHANGES.

UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT MEETINGS FOR RECORDED, IF THEY WEREN'T, WHICH YOU PLEASE PUT THEM ON YOUR WEBSITE AND SEE THAT JUST RECENTLY, WE'RE NOT LOCKED BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS CONFUSING TRYING TO FOLLOW WHEN MANY OF US TRYING TO GET ON THE VISUAL PART, WE COULDN'T GET REGISTERED.

FOR SOME REASON, IT WOULDN'T LET US GET ON.

SO WE HAD TO USE THE PHONE AND WE HAD TO LISTEN.

AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO CONFUSING WITH ALL THE ABCS AND STUFF.

UM, THE MAPS ARE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND TO READ.

UM, ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO DEVIATE A LITTLE BIT FROM THIS AS TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

WHEN I CALLED A WEEK AGO TO THE SECRETARY MISERY CITY SECRETARY, AND THEN THAT PO SO LEFT MESSAGE.

DIDN'T GET ANY RETURN, SOME LEFT MESSAGE.

WE HAVE TO TELL THEM, OH, FOR WHAT OUT, FOR SURFACE TO GET MORE INFORMATION HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM ANYONE IS ANYONE THAT ANSWERS THE PHONES.

THAT WAS A CONCERN.

THAT PART, OTHER PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT THAT THEY WANTED TO CLARIFY.

AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO WRITE ON THE WEBSITE AND WAIT BACK AND FORTH FOR ANSWERS, UM, OKAY.

I'M SORRY, JUST TO COMMENT.

IF THERE ARE ANY EXTRA FUNDS OR ANYTHING THAT COMES UP LATER TO RATE ITS FUNDS, WE NEED CITY CODE WORKERS, ESPECIALLY OUT HERE OFF OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD AREA.

THANK YOU, CYNTHIA.

GUTEN .

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA GUYTON.

I'M A DISTRICT.

A, MY ADDRESS IS 1 6 1 2 3 FONDREN GROVE DRIVE.

I AM AGAINST THE REDISTRICTING AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO SOME OTHER CONSTITUENTS FROM DISTRICT A THAT COULD BETTER EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS.

THANK YOU, ADRIAN CARPENTER.

READINGS, MISSOURI CITY, UM, LEADERS.

UH, MY NAME IS TRACY LICENSE.

MY ADDRESS IS 1, 2 7 2 7 ALDERWOOD DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY 7 7 4 8 9.

I RESIDE IN COLONY CROSSING PHASE ONE AND AS A PROUD HOMEOWNER IN THE COLONY CROSSING SUBDIVISION, I RECENTLY BECOME AWARE THAT REDRAWING THE LINES OF DISTRICT A HAS PROPOSED THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CHANGES SUGGEST THAT MY VOICE AND MY VOTE DO NOT COUNT.

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YOU WISH TO CHANGE IT BY REDRAWING LINES.

OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE THAN THE WAREHOUSE AND COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THAT IS CURRENTLY OVERWHELMING.

IT.

YOU WISH TO REMOVE NEEDED PARK AND GREEN SPACE THAT IT ALSO NEEDS.

WHY IS THIS CHANGE SUCH A PRIORITY? WHAT WOULD DISTRICT A GAIN BY REDRAWING THE LINES? NOW, DISTRICT D IS DETAILED AS THE MOST POPULATED AND DISTRICT.

SEE, AS THE LEAST, I CONCUR WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARD TO WHAT VIABLE REASONS EXIST TO COMBINE OUR DISTRICTS.

OUR TWO DISTRICTS DON'T NECESSARILY, OR ACTUALLY REPRESENT TWO, MAYBE OPPOSING POINTS OF VIEW.

OUR CONCERN IS NOT MOVING OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS REDEFINING THE LINES THAT IMPACTS THE VOTE AND REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL SPACE WITHIN THIS BOUNDARY THAT CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO OUR AREA.

WE WISH I WISH DISTRICT A TO REMAIN UNCHANGED CARPENTER.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, HE SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING IS GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, THE, IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.

I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GETTING THIS TODAY.

COURSE.

IT WAS A MAIN KNOWN EIGHT.

THE ADD IN, OF COURSE I'M NOT UP TO DATE, BUT, UH, I DID GET A CALL LAST NIGHT AND I'M HERE TODAY, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR DISTRICT.

UH, I REALIZED THAT I DID MISS THE MEETING ON THE EIGHTH AS A HOMEOWNER.

MY NAME IS DEIDRE CARBON.

MY ADDRESS IS 1, 2 7 1 4, MEGAN WAY, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

UM, I'VE LEARNED THAT OUR, UH, SUBDIVISION IS BEING REDRAWN, THE PARK AND THE DIVISION AS VALUE TROUNG.

SO TAKING AWAY THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALREADY PRETTY SMALL TO ME.

WE NEED MORE HOMES.

WE NEED MORE MONEY SPENT IN THAT AREA.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A GROCERY STORE.

SO TO ME, REZONING IS NOT WHAT WE NEED.

WE NEED MORE MONEY IN ON AREA.

22, 34.

SHE'D BE LOOKING WAY BETTER.

IT'S BEEN LOOKING IN THE SAME WAY FOR YEARS.

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? OH, THAT'S MY KIDS FROM BON LEWIS.

I AM GONE LEWIS.

UH, I LIVE AT 28, 22 ASHMONT DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 45 YEARS.

I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT THE TIME I'VE BEEN IN MY HOUSE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ORIENTED TO THE CARTWRIGHT AREA AND BASICALLY ME EAST AND WEST, I SHOULD SAY.

AND, UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE REDISTRICTING MAP, I NOTED THAT ODDLY ENOUGH, IN THE DISTRICT, SEE IT WAS A LITTLE CUTOUT OR MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN DISTRICT A BUDDED TO IT.

AND IT JUST LOOKED STUPID.

SO I THINK THAT, UM, OVER THAT MAP WAS DRAWN.

IT SEEMS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE UNPOPULAR AND DON'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

UM, I'M FAIRLY NEW TO THE ISSUE, BUT JUST LOOKING AT IT QUICKLY.

I THOUGHT THIS IS NOT A GOOD MAP.

SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

ROSSLYN MCLENNAN.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS ROSALYN LINDSEY MCLENNAN, AND I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER AT 2315 WALNUT RIDGE DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY 7 7 4 8 9.

AND I CAME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I OPPOSE, UH, YOU READ THIS THING, UH, DISTRICT B TO DISTRICT A, OKAY, THANK YOU THEN FONTENEAU.

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UH, WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID, COUNCIL, WOMAN, UH, CLEANSER.

UM, YOU KNOW, I ECHO WHAT MR. VAUGHN SAID, UH, YOU GOT THE ONLY HOA THAT'S ADDRESSED TO CURRENT, RIGHT? AND SOMEHOW YOU WENT DOWN CAUGHT, RIGHT? YOU KEPT THE BUSINESSES IN DIS B YOU BYPASS , WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN VERGED WITH DISTRICT D REPLAY GAMES.

IT NOW I'M ALL FOR POPULATION EQUALIZATION.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE NAACP NOW BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER GRANULE YOU NEED TO GET DOWN TO THE FEDERAL LAW.

I KNOW YOU GUYS LOOKED AT RENO VS.

SHAW, WHICH IS EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

ARTICLE TWO OF THE VOTER RIGHTS ACT.

NOT ONLY ARE YOU AFFECTING SOME OF THE OLDER RESIDENTS IN METAL CREEK TAKEN AWAY A CONSTITUENT THAT SUPPORTS CAUGHT, RIGHT? MAYOR, YOU'RE DOING SOME GREAT WORK ON CARTWRIGHT.

YOU NEED US THERE.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO IMPROVE TEXAS COURTRIGHT, TEXAS PARKWAY, AND CO RIGHT KARMA.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, GUYS, I HOPE THAT YOU GO AND TAKE A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER AND REALLY LOOK AT TROY AND THIS MAP.

THAT MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T, UNFORTUNATELY I'M REPRESENTING METACRITIC ASSOCIATION AND I HAVE GOTTEN ALMOST 120 PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE THIS REMAPPING.

AND I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

REALLY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, WORK WITH THIS.

THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT STARTED THIS PROCESS AS EARLY AS FIRST QUARTER OF 2021 BEFORE THE CENSUS DATA, WHICH WAS DELAYED, CAME OUT, YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO THIS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT PEOPLE ADVERSELY FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS DISTRICT DEED.

WHEN I'LL SAY THIS WAS THAT A COMPLIANT, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS DOWN TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND REALLY SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS, THIS IS SENSITIVE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO MENTION IT.

YOU'RE MOVING AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM ONE BOX TO ANOTHER THAT'S PACKING AND REPACKING.

I BELIEVE THOSE TWO DISTRICTS OUGHT TO BE PROTECTED UNDER THE LAW.

YOU SHOULDN'T TOUCH THEM.

WE'VE WORKED HARD TO DEVELOP THAT KIND OF A VOTING POWER.

IF YOU WILL, TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

SOMETIME WHEN YOU GOT TWO AT LARGE POSITIONS, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD GO TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE BOARD PERIOD.

THE AT-LARGE POSITIONS, NO OFFENSE TO COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS OR HAVE A SHANDRA.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE.

THIS IS WHAT STARTED AT GERRYMANDERING AT-LARGE POSITIONS.

IT'S A SWING VOTE TO SOME EXTENT.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

WILLIE JONES, WILLIE JONES, GETTING COUNSELING.

UH, MY NAME IS WILLIE JONES.

I LIVE AT 29 42 CREEK WAY CIRCLE, UH, MET A CREEK SUBDIVISION AND I'VE ALSO TAKEN A LOOK AT THE MAPS.

UM, FOR ALL DISTRICTS, I OPPOSE THE, UH, MAPPING FOR METTA CREEK.

AND, UM, I HOPE YOU GUYS REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT REMAPPING A LITTLE BIT OF STRONGER, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS.

MY NAME IS GEORGIA HARMON.

I LIVE IN THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION 2118 VALLEY MANOR DRIVE.

I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1997.

I'M HERE TONIGHT, OPPOSING REMAPPING OF METAL CREEK TO ANOTHER DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, MEMORY.

HULETT GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR

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EVERYONE ELSE.

MY NAME IS MEMORY HEWLETT.

I LIVE AT 2114 PEACH WOULD MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

I AM SPEAKING, NOT JUST FOR MY RESIDENT, BUT AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS THAT ON MY STREET THAT WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO WEATHER AND AGE.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I OPPOSE OF THE REMAPPING.

IN FACT, I'VE ALREADY, I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER.

THANK YOU, SANDRA WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.

UH, COUNCILMAN BONEY.

HOWEVER, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU READING WHEN YOU REDISTRICT? WE HAVE NO SAY SO ARE NO, UM, OPTIONS IN, IN ANY OF THE PROPOSED POPE PROPOSALS FROM A TO B AND ALSO FORESEE.

AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, UM, I WANT TO OPPOSE IT.

I'VE BEEN AT MY RESIDENCE AT MY HOME FOR SINCE 1993.

I'M A PROUD, PROUD RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS THE SUBDIVISION OF METAL CREEK.

AND I CAN'T.

MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT YOU ALL ARE, AREN'T TAKING IN CONSIDERATION OUR NEEDS AS WELL AS WHEN YOU REDISTRICT.

THE NEXT THING THAT I THINK WILL PROBABLY COME IS REZONING AND WHICH WOULD POSSIBLY MORE THAN LIKELY, UM, MAKE OUR SUBDIVISION LESS ATTRACTIVE FOR ANY NEW HOME BUYERS.

SO AGAIN, I WANT IT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I DO OPPOSE, AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL RECONSIDER RE REDO REDISTRICTING.

UM, I N ALSO, UM, REDRAWING PERHAPS PUT IN A S LEAVING US IN, IN, IN DISTRICT B FOR THAT MATTER.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

AFTER FROM QUITE A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY THAT RESIDE IN MIDDLE CREEK, UH, SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE WAY SINCE THEY LIVE IN DISTRICT B AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, I LIVED IN THE FORGOTTEN DISTRICT DISTRICT, A ACROSS THE TRACK AND UNLIKE BATTLE CREEK WHO DO NOT WANT TO MERGE WITH US, WE AREN'T FORGOTTEN MIDDLE CREEK.

LET ME PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WE HAVE AREAS OVER THERE THAT ARE NEGLECTED.

WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT ARE NOT ADDRESSED, SO WE DON'T NEED TO GROW.

WE NEED TO JUST BE TAKEN CARE OF THE NURTURE.

ALSO WITH THE REDISTRICTING, I'M UNDERSTANDING SOMEONE WILL LOSE OUT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THAT BEING SAID, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MS. KLAUSER IN MS. EDWARDS, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE? THE PERSON THAT WE ELECTED, SHE WILL NO LONGER BE ON THE BALLOT.

SHE WILL ACTUALLY LOSE OUT.

I AM PRETTY SURE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT-LARGE POSITIONS, WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE HER? IF THOSE AREAS ARE GOING TO MERGE.

SO I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO MERGE OUR REDISTRICT ALIGNS BECAUSE THERE ARE CONCERNS OUT HERE IN A, THAT CREEK DOES NOT HAVE AS THE LADY STATED BEFORE, MS. RUSSELL STATED BEFORE THEIR CONCERNS AND NOT OUR CONCERNS, WE DON'T HAVE THE GLORIOUS OASIS THAT THEY HAVE OVER IN METAL CREEK.

WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR THE LINES DOWN 22, 34 ON THE SOUTH GUEST MASSAGE TO BE PAINTED SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE CROSS OVER THE LINE WHEN IT'S DARK AND THEY CAN'T SEE, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE CONCERNS.

WE HAVE THOSE CONCERNS.

WE HAVE STREETS SINCE OUR COMMUNITY CAME UP IN 1993, AND I'VE BEEN THERE ALL THAT TIME, WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AGAIN, THEY'RE CRACKING, THEY'RE DIVIDING, WE'RE FORGOTTEN OVER THERE.

SO NOW WE DON'T NEED TO ADD ANY MORE COMMUNITIES TO OUR AREA.

WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR AREA.

AND AGAIN, THEY'RE ON THE FURTHER END OF THE EAST SIDE, WHERE THEY HAVE STORES.

WE HAVE NOTHING OVER THERE AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING.

AND NO, YOU DO NOT WANT TO JOIN US.

WE ARE IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

SO ALL WE GET OUR WAREHOUSES, 18 WHEELERS, PEOPLE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD SOUTH.

GESSNER THAT, UH, GO AHEAD AND CELEBRATE IT.

RATES.

NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN DISTRICT A.

WE WANT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN DISTRICT, AND WE DON'T NEED ANY EXTRA PEOPLE TO COME OVER ANY NEW RESIDENTS BECAUSE YOU WON'T TAKE CARE OF THEM.

LET ME TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

YOU WILL BE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE WE HAVE

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BEEN FORGOTTEN.

THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.

WE NEED A LITTLE LUCK.

WE DO PAY OUR TAXES.

MAYER, MAPLE BENEFI, UM, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT SHE IS HERE TO SUPPORT OPPOSITION OF REDISTRICTING.

ANYONE ELSE? THAT CONCLUDES THAT SECTION.

DISTRICTING OF, DID SHE SPECIFY JUST, OR JUST REDISTRICTING AS A WHOLE, UM, JUST REDISTRICTING AS A WHOLE.

SHE LIVES IN COLONY CROSSING.

CRYSTAL.

DO YOU HAVE BRUCE AS AN APPLICANT? UM, HE ASKED TO SPEAK UNDER ITEM NINE B.

ALL YOU'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS.

MAYER BRUCE, UM, SUB ROSKI, BRUCE .

YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I LIVE CRYSTAL AND I HAD A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION.

WHEN I FIRST CAME IN HERE TODAY, I WANTED TO SPEAK IN THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TO COMMEND MS. EDWARDS FOR GOING TO BAT FOR THE PARTY ON EAST ANTON CIRCLE.

WITH THAT SIDEWALK REPAIR THAT THEY PUT OUT ALMOST $3,000 FOR THANK GOD MISSOURI CITY PERMITS GAVE THEM THEIR PERMIT FEEDBACK OR A PLANNING TO, AND I WANTED HER TO HAVE THAT YELLOW FLOWER AWARD.

AGAIN, AS FAR AS THIS, UH, MEETING GOES, DISTRICT A IS NEGLECTED.

IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED.

YOU'RE GOING TO THROW US IN WITH ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY.

THAT'S NEGLECTED.

ARE YOU GOING TO PUT EVERYTHING IN MISSOURI CITY? THAT'S NEGLECTED ALL IN DISTRICT A, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT.

DISTRICT A IS JUST PITIFUL.

YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT DISTRICT A AND YOU WANT TO PUT MORE AREAS INTO DISTRICT A THAT ARE STILL UNDERSERVED IN MAKING ONE BIG DISTRICT.

THAT'S NOT BEING SERVED.

IN OTHER PART OF THIS CITY, IT NEEDS TO STOP.

WE GET NO REPRESENTATION IN FOND MEADOW.

WE'RE ALREADY ZONED TO HOUSTON SCHOOLS.

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN COMMON WITH CREEK LAKE CIRCLE? YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON WITH CREEKWAY CIRCLE WERE NEGLECTED.

THEY NEED STREETS.

WE NEED A BRIDGE.

WE HAVE KIDS CRAWLING THROUGH A FLOOD CONTROLLED BY YOU TO GET TO THE PARK AND YOU GET AN AWARD FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS ON PARKS.

WHY DON'T YOU SHOW THEM THE BAYOU THAT CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS CRAWL THROUGH IN FOND MEADOW TO GET TO A PLAYGROUND OR TO A GROCERY STORE AND FONDREN.

THAT CONCLUDES THE, UM, SPEAKER REQUEST FOR THIS ITEM.

SO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF A SECOND MOTION BY CONSUMER CLOUDS OR SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES.

UM, I RECALL LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT THE REDISTRICT AND HOW IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE MORE IN-PERSON MEETINGS AS OPPOSED TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY, BUT I AM PROPOSING THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE INVITATION OUT TO THE HOS, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM, UM, A GOOD NOTIFICATION THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT WE HAVE MORE MEETINGS TO COME, AS OPPOSED TO JUST CONTINUING ON WEDNESDAY.

I MEAN, DISCONTINUING ON WEDNESDAY AND JUST MAKING OUR FINAL DECISION.

UM, THE CONSENSUS IS THAT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE INFORMED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPOSITIONS AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER WITH DRAWING THIS UP.

SO, UM, THAT'S MY PROPOSAL AND I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL CONCUR.

I WOULD, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, FOR COMING OUT, EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERN, THAT THAT IS YOUR RIGHT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PUT YOUR CONCERNS IN WRITING AS WELL AND SEND THEM TO THE, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS THAT'S PROVIDED.

WITH THAT, SO THEY HAVE AN OUTLINE OF WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY? AND WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PLAYING A GUESSING GAME AND WHERE THEY THINK EVERYONE SHOULD GO AND WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD STAY.

YOU JOYCE, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK THAT YOU, UH, REVISE THE MAPS AND HOW THEY'RE LISTED.

UM, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT LABELED AS MAP A, B AND C, CAUSE IT IS VERY CONFUSING BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR NEXT, UH, VIRTUAL AND PUBLIC MEETING IN PERSON.

AND THEN I ALSO LIKE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, STATE TO THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.

UH I'M WITH YOU.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THESE THINGS AS WELL.

AND I AM GOING TO ENCOURAGE YOU AS MY COLLEAGUE STATED TO PUT YOUR REQUESTED ITEMS IN A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE A SPECIFIC IN HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE LINES REDRAWN.

UM, IF WE HAVE TO PROCEED

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I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU COME UP HERE? QUICK QUESTION.

UM, I HAVE SERIES OF QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE.

WHY ARE WE REDISTRICTING NOW? ANYWAY, UH, WE ARE REDISTRICTING TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S CHARTER.

THE CHARTER PROVIDES THAT WITHIN EVERY 10 YEARS, THE CITY, UH, REDRAW ITS LINES PURSUANT TO A FEDERAL CENSUS THAT WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO I'M ASKING.

SO EVEN IF THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T CHANGED, FOR EXAMPLE, IF DISTRICT A IS MORE PEOPLE, THIS SUCCEEDS THE LEAST COMPARED TO FOUR DISTRICT.

SO EVEN IF THERE WAS NO CHANGES TO ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS, DO WE STILL REQUIRE TO LOOK AT THIS REDISTRICTING? WE WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT IT.

SO YOU ALL DID THAT.

YOU ENGAGED A CONSULTANT.

HE PROVIDED THAT INITIAL ASSESSMENT THAT SHOWED THAT YOU DO HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE OUT OF BALANCE.

SO THIS HAS PUT IN OUR CHARTER, RIGHT? WHICH MEANS ANY, ANY CITY COUNCIL AT ANY TIME THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS EVERY 10 YEARS.

AND YOUR LAST PROCESS WAS IN 2012.

SO DID YOU COME UP WITH THESE THREE MAPS OR HOW DID WE GET THIS THREE MAPS? THREE MAPS WERE DERIVED FROM INFORMATION PROVIDED, UH, TO THE CONSULTANT.

AND BASED ON YOUR ADOPTED, UH, CRITERIA ON FEBRUARY 7TH, YOU WILL ADOPTED LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE PRINCIPLES, UM, INCLUDING MAINTAINING TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, MAINTAINING, CONVICT, CONTIGUOUS AREAS.

UM, AND OF COURSE, UH, ENSURING THAT WHATEVER WAS ADOPTED WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.

AND SO BASED ON THOSE ITEMS, THE MAPS WERE CREATED AND THE, AT LEAST THE FIRST MAP WAS CREATED.

THE SECOND MAP WAS CREATED BASED ON COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AT, I BELIEVE THE FEBRUARY 21ST MEETING.

UM, ANOTHER MAP WILL PROBABLY BE CREATED IF THE NUMBERS BALANCE OUT.

UM, AND ONCE THAT'S CREATED THAT WILL ALSO BE PLACED ONLINE.

SO BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD DISTRICT D AND JUST SUCCEED, RIGHT? THE MOST AND LEAST COULD WE HAVE TAKEN THE TWO DISTRICT AND TAKEN RESIDENTS FROM D AND PUT IT IN C TWO FLUCTUATES WITHOUT TOUCHING AIR B.

SO NO, WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU REDISTRICT IS THAT WHEN YOU TOUCH ONE, YOU HAVE TO TOUCH ALL THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A FINITE, UM, A SET AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY SOME FROM ONE AREA, YOU END UP HAVING TO ADD OTHERS TO ANOTHER AREA.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SO REGARDLESS OF IF WE WERE TAKING PEOPLE FROM D AND PUTTING THEM INTO C, SO THIS WAY IT EQUALS UP, SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD END UP BOXING OUT AND BE SO, SO BASICALLY A, B, C, AND D WOULD BE SOMEHOW IMPACTED IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, AND YOU'LL SEE, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE EVEN LOWER THAN THAT.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAUCASIAN, ASIAN, THE BLACK, I MEAN, ALL THESE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS.

SO BETWEEN THE THREE MAPS, IS THERE ANY MAP LOST TO OUR CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY, RIGHT.

THE ONE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, OR I SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 12 YEARS, THE CURRENT MAP CAR MAP, HOW WE, UH, ACCORDING TO MAPAIS MAPI AND MAP, SEE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US.

HAVE WE LOST ANY SEGMENTS OF, OF, OF DEMOGRAPHIC TO EITHER MAP OR, OR IS IT ALL EQUAL AT THE END? SO, UH, WHEN YOU SAY LOSS, DO YOU MEAN LIKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES WHERE WE KNOW? AND SO IF YOU, IF, UM, FOLKS WANT TO LOOK AT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AS WELL, THERE IS A COMPARISON CHART THAT GOES BETWEEN MAPS, A B AND C THAT PROVIDES THE CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THE CURRENT MAP AND THE PROPOSED MAP.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAP THAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN NOW IS PROPOSED MAP A YOU CAN SEE FROM PROPOSED MAP AND WE'LL JUST TAKE DISTRICT DAY THAT THE CURRENT HISPANIC POPULATION AND MAP A IS 32.8, 5% OF THE POPULATION BASED ON, AND THAT'S THE CURRENT CURRENT MAP BASED ON THE PROPOSED MAP, A, THE CHANGE IS SLIGHT, IT'S LESS THAN ABOUT 3%, AND IT BECOMES 29.92%.

THAT REALLY THE DEVIATION BETWEEN GROUPS PER MAP.

I THINK THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS ABOUT SIX OR 7%.

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WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE LESS THAN 1% CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHICS, BIPAP BY POPULATION.

SO INSTEAD OF SHOWING IT THIS WAY, WHERE YOU GO COUPLE OF SCREENS OVER, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC VERSION, AND THEN YOU GO ANOTHER THREE SLIDES OVER, CAN YOU FOR, FOR THIS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, CAN WE GET ALL OF THEM EIGHT OR 1, 2, 3, 3 MAPS ON WHAT, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT? CAN WE PUT IT ON ONE BIG PIECE OF PAPER SO PEOPLE COULD SEE, UM, I CAN, I CAN TRY, I CAN WORK WITH THE GIS.

SOMEONE WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO BLOW THROUGH.

I'M TALKING ABOUT IF THIS, THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS 60, THE NEXT MAP B SLIDE IS 63, RIGHT.

I'M JUST SAYING, TAKE 60, 63 AND 66 1 AT A TIME.

SO YOU CAN COMPARE IT.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO GO BACK AND C CORRECT.

SO, SO THIS IS WHETHER YOU CAN SEE IT, SEE IT IN A WAY WHERE IT CHANGES.

RIGHT? AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, THAT I HAVE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH IS, SO IF THAT HASN'T CHANGED, UM, DOES THE REDISTRICTING EFFECT ANYONE WHO'S PAYING PROPERTY TAXES IN THE CITY TODAY? IF YOU MEAN, WILL IT CHANGE WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR PROPERTY TAXES? NO, EVERYONE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY WHAT THEY PAY IN PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON THE VALUE ASIAN OF THEIR HOMES, AS WELL AS THE TAX RATES SET BY THE COUNCIL.

SO WITH THE THREE MAPS AS PROPOSED HERE, YES.

DID ANYBODY THAT'S SITTING UP HERE WILL LOSE THEIR COUNCIL SEAT BASED ON THIS CHANGE? NOT BASED ON MAPS, A, B OR C.

SO THAT MEANS COUNCIL REPRESENTATION, A DISTRICT B DISTRICT C DISTRICT D WITH THE THREE APPS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WILL STAY IN PLACE WITHOUT EVEN ONE OF THOSE MAP GETS APPROVED.

THEY WON'T BE OUT OF DISTRICT WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE ELECTED ANYMORE.

WELL, I MEAN, I CAN'T PREDICT WHO'S TALKING ABOUT THEM UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.

NOT BASED ON THE MAP, NOT BASED ON WHICH MEANS IF THERE, IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES, LET'S JUST SAY HYPOTHETICALLY MAPI, THERE'S NO CHANGES TO ANY OF THE FOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO IN ORDER TO CHANGE TO, UH, THE, A LARGE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, I MEAN, LARGE COMES SOME MEMBERS I SHOULD SAY TO A SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE OF THE CITY'S CHARTER AND A CHARTER? SO ESSENTIALLY A CHARTER ELECTION.

HOW DOES THAT, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE CHATTER ELECTION? HOW CAN ONE, HOW CAN ONE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN? BASED ON THE CHARTER ABOUT EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE CITY APPOINTS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT COMMISSION REVIEWS PROPOSES DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE CITY'S CHARTER AFTER THEY PROVIDE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL DECIDES WHICH ITEMS TO PLACE ON IF ANY, A FUTURE ELECTION.

SO NONE OF US SITTING UP HERE CAN MAKE A CHARTER CHANGE, EVEN, EVEN, EVEN TOMORROW, OR THIS COMING MAY ELECTION.

NO, SIR, LEGALLY, LEGALLY, WE CAN'T MAKE THAT STILL.

WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR A, A, UH, APPROVAL OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO BE PUT IN PLACE.

AND THEN YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THESE ITEMS TO, AS MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

SO GENERALLY WE COLLECT POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT COME UP DURING THE INTERIM.

AND WHEN IT'S TIME FOR THAT CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION PERIOD, WE PRESENT ALL OF THIS POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE COMMISSION.

AND THEN THE COMMISSION DECIDES WHICH CHANGES IT WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL.

SO WHEN WILL THE NEXT ONE BE? THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WAS IN 2020.

SO THE NEXT CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION WILL PROBABLY BE APPOINTED IN 20 JANUARY OF 2024.

SO AT THAT POINT AS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, THIS, THIS SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT, YOU CAN PRESENT IT TO THAT CA UH, TO THE REVIEW COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, HOW DO WE PICK THE REVIEW COMMISSION COUNSEL SELECTS THE CHARTER OF THE COMMISSION, AND THEN YOU ALL, YOU ALL DECIDE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW.

SO IS THAT PUT OUT TO PUBLIC THAT IF THEY'RE HAVING AN INTEREST TO SERVE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, I ACTUALLY DON'T RECALL HOW IT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE PAST, BUT IF IT'S BASED ON WHAT THE CITY DOES WITH TRADITIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AN APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED AND PEOPLE APPLY TO BE ON THE COMMISSION.

SO ALL FOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL, COUNCIL, CITY COUNCILS HAD THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEETING THAT YOU HAVE NO, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE MORE MEETING TOMORROW

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FOR DISTRICT D.

UM, BUT WE'VE HAD A MEETING FOR DISTRICT, A DISTRICT B DISTRICT C.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A GENERAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 28TH FOR THE PUBLIC, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE IN-PERSON MEETING ON JANUARY 23RD.

SO THE DISTRICT D MEETING IS TOMORROW, TOMORROW, AND THEN THIS WEDNESDAY IS THE IN-PERSON MEETING IN PERSON MEETING WITH EVERYONE.

SO HOW MANY TOTAL MEETINGS THAT, THAT, HOW WE HAD ALREADY, UM, AND WE'VE HAD, OR WE WILL HAVE HAD FIVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM, THAT'S ALL I CAN RECALL, NOT INCLUDING KIND OF THE PREPARATION MEETINGS, FEBRUARY 7TH AND FEBRUARY 21ST.

SO THIS 23RD MEETING, THAT'S COMING UP WEDNESDAY, ANYBODY IN THE CITY THAT CAN COME UP.

AND ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT MEETINGS ARE KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS SPECIFIC DISTRICTS, ANYBODY CAN CALL IN AND PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL.

SO AFTER THE WEDNESDAY, LET'S JUST SAY, IF SOMEONE DID NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME ON WEDNESDAY, WHAT'S NEXT, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 4TH AT WHICH CO ORAL COMMENTS CAN BE PROVIDED.

HOWEVER, WRITTEN COMMENTS AND PROPOSED MAPS AND CHANGES ARE DUE ON MARCH 28TH.

SO THAT'S A WEEK FROM TODAY.

SO WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO MC REDISTRICT AND SEE REDISTRICTING AT MISSOURI CITY, TX.GOV, THOSE EMAILS.

SO I GET THOSE EMAILS.

ARE YOU RESPONDING TO THOSE? I AM RESPONDING TO THOSE EMAILS.

I HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF THE MONTH.

AND THOSE EMAILS WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL IN YOUR PACKET FOR APRIL 4TH OR APRIL 4TH.

IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, MARY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, REDISTRICTING CAN BE A LITTLE HARRIET IT'S.

IT WAS DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL DONE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

AND OF COURSE, PER OUR CHARTER, WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THE CITY LEVEL HERE.

AND, UH, THAT'S OUR OBLIGATION IS COUNCIL PEOPLE PER THE CHARTER, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN ALL THESE MAPS, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT POPULATION GROWTH IN THE CITY OVER THE 10 YEARS THAT THE CENSUS WAS CONDUCTED, EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IS GOING TO GAIN AND, OR LOSE SOMEONE.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SHIFTING ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT'S NOT JUST MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE TO ONE SUBDIVISION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN STATUS QUO.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST THING TO DO, BUT WE HAVE THE TOUGH TASK OF, OF ACTUALLY HAVING TO, TO, TO LOOK AT THESE.

BUT I, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, YOU KNOW, AT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF US SEEING THE FIRST MAP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US BY THE CONSULTANT SHE MADE A RECOMMENDATION IS AS TO WHAT YOU KNOW, SHE LIKES TO SEE.

AND I THINK ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE, HAVE TRIED TO KICK THE TIRES, SQUEEZE THE FRUIT AND HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT AND MOVEMENT AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING SITUATION, BUT I WELCOME EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK.

I JUST HAVE ONE MORE FOR, SO THAT THIS IS CLEAR EVERY TIME YOU SAY THAT IT, UH, IT ESTABLISHES A RELATIVELY EQUAL POPULATION, LESS THAN 10% DEVIATION BETWEEN DISTRICT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? WHAT THAT MEANS? YES, SIR.

SO, UH, UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THERE IS A MAXIMUM DEVIATION BETWEEN THE LARGEST DISTRICT AND THE SMALLEST DISTRICT THAT IS ALLOWED THAT MAXIMUM DEVIATION AMOUNT IS 10%.

SO EACH MAP THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY HAS A MAXIMUM DEVIATION OF LESS THAN 10%.

YOU CAN SEE FROM A MAP, A IT'S AT ABOUT 9%, THAT B IS ABOUT 4% AND MATSI IS AT ABOUT 3%.

AND WHO DETERMINED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN THAT 10% OR LESS THAN 10% THE SUPREME COURT.

SO EACH OF THE MAPS THAT YOU PROPOSED, WHICH IS A, B AND C ARE UNDER THE 10% DEVIATION.

WHICH IS THE LOWEST, UH, WITHIN THAT RANGE, THE MAP C IS ACTUALLY THE LOWEST AT ABOUT THREE POINT.

I BELIEVE IT'S 3.6, 5%.

SO EVEN IF YOU COME UP WITH A MAP THAT IS THAT 9%, IS THAT WITHIN THE LIMIT? YES.

SO THE GOAL IS TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET IT DOWN A BIT TOO CLOSE TO A ZERO AS POSSIBLE.

WOULD THAT, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THAT'S THE GOAL.

THERE IS A LEGALLY ALLOWABLE, UH, RANGE.

AND SO THE MAXIMUM RANGE IS 10%.

SO ANYTHING UNDER 10% HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL.

WHAT IS A SENSE OF BLOCK? A CENSUS BLOCK? THE CENSUS BLOCK IS A UNIT OF THE POPULATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT, UM, THEY ESSENTIALLY BREAK

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DOWN DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND THE CENSUS BLOCK IS JUST A UNIT BY WHICH THEY USE TO COUNT CERTAIN POPULATIONS.

SO IS THAT BEING USED WITH, UH, WITH ALL, ALL THE MAPS THAT YOU THAT IS CURRENTLY HERE? YEAH.

SO ONE OF THE CITY COUNCILS ADOPTED PRINCIPLES WAS TO, UH, NOT OR TRY NOT TO BREAK APART CENSUS BLOCKS.

AND SO WHEN WE PUT DIFFERENT AREAS TOGETHER, PART OF THE GOALS IS ONE OF THE GOALS IS NOT TO BREAK APART A CENSUS BLOCK.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, A MEADOW CREEK IS IN THE SAME CENSUS BLOCK AS THE PEBBLEBROOK NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WHEREVER THE MEADOW CREEK POPULATION GOES IN ANY MAP, THE PEBBLEBROOK NEIGHBORHOOD WILL GO AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SAME CENSUS BLOCK.

SO HOW DO YOU BREAK THAT UP? THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK UP THE CENSUS BLOCK TO SEE WHO'S IN THE CENSUS BLOCK WE'RE USING CENSUS BLOCK.

IS THIS THE SAME RULE THAT OBTAINED TO CITY OF SUGARLAND OR CITY OF PARALLON OR ANY OF THE CITY'S LOCAL? YES.

THESE ARE THE SAME GENERAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE APPLIED TO NOT JUST CITIES, BUT THE STATE AND TO OTHER UNITS OF GOVERNMENT.

SO THE CENSUS BLOCK WILL PERTAIN TO THE SAME THING AS IF I WAS LIVING, IF THIS WAS IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

CERTAINLY.

SO THERE ARE CENSUS BLOCKS ALL OVER.

THERE ARE CENSUS BLOCKS HERE.

THERE ARE CENSUS BLOCKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU FOR THIS WEDNESDAY PRESENTATION, IF YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF THE Q AND A THAT, THAT IN THESE, EACH DISTRICT THAT PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED THAT HAVE ASKED MAYBE AT THE, TOWARDS THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU CAN HAVE THE QUESTIONS AND THEN HAVE THE ANSWERS AS WELL.

SO THIS WAY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT IT IS AND QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER.

CAN THAT MEETING BE, UM, BE VIDEOED OR RECORDED ONE ON WEDNESDAY? YEAH.

WE'LL TAKE HER.

SO THIS WAY PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO GO BACK AND WATCH, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION PART OF IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE LIKE SOME APPS OUT AND PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND TALK AND LOOK AT STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STUFF WOULD GET REALLY RECORDED, BUT THE PRESENTATION PART OF IT.

I'M TALKING TO MY, YOUR OPENING AND YOUR PRESENTATION OF WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MAPS SHOULD BE PRINTED IN A, IN A LARGER FORMAT.

SO THIS WAY PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THEIR STRAIGHT IF THEY NEEDED TO.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE STAFF THAT'S AVAILABLE OTHER THAN YOURSELF, THAT KIND OF WALKED US, YOU KNOW, WALK THE RESIDENTS THROUGH.

RIGHT.

AND SO WHAT, WHAT I'VE ACTUALLY DONE OR ASKED GIS TO DO IS PRINT OUT THE LARGER MAPS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED MAPS FROM, UH, THE VENDOR THAT INCLUDE KIND OF SUBDIVISIONS TO HELP PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE WHEN THEY'RE, OR WHERE THEY MIGHT BE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED MAP.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT COPIES OF MAPS, A B, AND C THAT KIND OF BROKEN DOWN BY THE SUBJECT.

SO I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT YOUR OPENING, YOUR PRESENTATION.

OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T WALK AROUND.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED, WHETHER THEY'RE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR WHETHER THEY'RE FROM OUR PUBLIC UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS OR EMAIL TO MC REDISTRICTING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO THAT WAY THAT IT'S IT'S, IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ON WEDNESDAY, THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND WATCH AND, AND, AND, UH, OR SOME OF US CAN SHARE IT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.

IF THEY'RE ASKING US THE QUESTIONS.

SO THIS WILL, WE CAN SEE IT AS WELL.

CERTAINLY.

AND I'VE TRIED TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGED.

I'VE RECEIVED.

I HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

AND WHEN I RECEIVED THOSE, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO EACH SUBSEQUENT A DISTRICT PRESENTATION.

THAT, UM, ALL THE HOS ARE NOTIFIED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TOO, TO HAVE EITHER PERHAPS MAYBE A PARKS DEPARTMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO COME UP WITH THESE POSTERS, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SEVERAL EVENTS THAT THEY PUT ON AND THESE POSTERS WERE LARGE ENOUGH.

SO THIS WAY IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.

SO AT LEAST CHIME IN TO HELP, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT KEY PIECE RIGHT HERE FOR RESONANCE.

AS WE HEARD ALL DAY THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE MAP.

THEY'RE NOT, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH.

IT'S NOT A LARGE SIZE ENOUGH.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL JOBS OF JOB FAIRS, SEVERAL THINGS IN THIS ROOM, AND IT'S BEEN AN EXCELLENT TEAM EFFORT.

SO I WOULD ASK THE STAFF OF THE CITY CITY MANAGER, IF YOU CAN, TO ALLOW OTHERS TO BE, TO BE ABLE TO HELP RESIDENTS AND, AND TO HOW ARE WE POSTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE TO PUBLIC? IS THIS ON OUR MARK KEY? HAVE WE SEND OUT A NEWS RELEASE OUT, UH, EMAIL BLAST? I MEAN, OTHER AVENUES ABOUT THIS COMING UP MEETING? UH, YES, SIR.

SO IT'S GONE OUT IT'S ON THE MARQUEE, IT'S AVAILABLE THE WEBSITE AND HAS GONE OUT, UH, I BELIEVE VIA THE EMAIL BLAST THAT I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK WHAT EFFORTS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THEIR HR LIAISON TO MAKE SURE

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I KNOW I, I PROPOSE FOR US TO DO SOME TYPE OF TOURING WHERE WE GO TO THE HOA, BUT IT WAS DEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS YOUR EFFORTS TO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION AND PRIOR TO, UH, BREAKING THE PLAN TO YOU ALL, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF THAT FIRST ILLUSTRATOR OF THE FIRST MAP, PROPOSED MAP TO YOU ALL IN FEBRUARY, I MET WITH THE, UH, ACTING DIRECTOR TO COME UP WITH A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO GET OUT THE INFORMATION ON REDISTRICTING.

UM, SINCE THAT TIME, OF COURSE, UH, IT'S EVOLVING.

AND SO WITH THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AND ADDITIONAL MODES OF COMMUNICATION HAVE BEEN ADDED, AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE, UH, HOA LIAISON AS WELL AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AT THE TIME ABOUT SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO, UH, ALL OF THE HOS.

AND THAT DID GO OUT, I BELIEVE, UM, LATE FEBRUARY, THAT INFORMATION WENT OUT TO ALL OF THE HOA.

UM, I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO BE RUDE.

I WANT TO KNOW.

I'M GOING TO BE, I SHOULD SIMPLIFY MY QUESTION.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED ABOUT THE MEETING THAT'S COMING UP, UM, ON THE WEDNESDAY.

I SEE THAT THE CHIEF INFORMATION ON, WE GOT WITH THE, UM, HR LIAISON AND GOD WITH REPRESENTATIVES AND PROPERTY MANAGERS TO SEND OUT COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING, UM, FROM LAST MONEY THAT YOU CAME UP AND YOU SAID, WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

WE DID GO AHEAD AND GET OUT THERE AND, UM, PUSHED INFORMATION TO ALL MEDIA WEBSITE AND TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

SO OF HOA AND THOSE HLS COME LIKE THOSE PRESIDENTS CONFIRMING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISSEMINATE IT OUT.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM, BUT WE DID SUBMIT THE INFORMATION TO ALL OF THE HOX.

AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE GET LIKE A REALLY NICE, UM, FAQ THAT WE CAN POSE.

UM, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT SOME OF THEIR FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH PUT ON A PAPER THAT WE CAN JUST SEND OUT AND GIVE SOME FACTS.

I DON'T THINK THE PROBLEM IS THE PROCESS.

I THINK IT'S THE, THE COMMUNICATION AND THE LACK THERE OF A LOT OF RESIDENTS AREN'T ABLE TO LOG ON, YOU KNOW, PERSE FIRSTHAND, HOW MANY ISSUES I HAD WITH LOGGING ON THE WEBEX.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

SO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH CONFUSION.

THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.

AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO WORK WITH EACH JOYCE, YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO GET SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION OUT TO THEM, A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO, SOMETHING, BECAUSE I JUST WOULD HATE TO RUSH THIS PROCESS.

AND THEN THEY'RE THINKING THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO LOSE THEIR SEAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHEN REALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

SO I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BREAK IT DOWN TO THEM, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT AND GET THEM INVOLVED MORE.

YES, MA'AM THANK YOU.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, TO ELABORATE ON.

I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OF WHY PEOPLE HAVE TO MOVE FROM CERTAIN DISTRICTS INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT, BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS OF THE CURRENT POPULATION AND C AND D, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW, DEVIATION, UM, HAVING 21,000 PLUS IN D AND 17,000 PLUS AND C.

AND I KNOW MAYOR MADE THE STATEMENT EARLIER ABOUT WHY NOT JUST MOVE THOSE TWO DISTRICTS WITHIN THEMSELVES.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THE STATEMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY SUCH THE OTHER TWO DISTRICTS, IF THEY ARE, SEEM TO BE CLOSER TO THE NORMAL POPULATION VERSUS JUST MAKING SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN C AND D.

YOU CAN'T MOVE PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE WITHOUT TOUCHING PEOPLE IN ANOTHER PLACE.

SO YOUR QUESTION IS KIND OF AGAIN, WHY, AND THAT'S AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU THERE, UM, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO TOUCH ONE DISTRICT WITHOUT TOUCHING ALL OF THE DISTRICTS BECAUSE WHEN WE MOVE POPULATION IN ONE PLACE, WE HAVE TO ADD POPULATION, UM, OR WHEN WE DELETE POPULATION, WE HAVE TO ADD IT, UM, IN ANOTHER PLACE.

ANOTHER REASON AS WELL IS BECAUSE THAT ONE OF YOU ALL ADOPTED A CRITERIA WAS TO TRY TO PUT NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, CREEK MA UH, NORTH IS LOCATED IN, UH, CURRENTLY LOCATED IN DISTRICT B AND CREEK MONT SOUTH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN DISTRICT D.

AND SO ONE CHANGE THAT'S BEEN MADE TO EACH PROPOSED MAPS, EACH PROPOSED MAP, A B AND C IS THAT A CREEK MONT SOUTH HAS BEEN MOVED TO DISTRICT B.

AND SO WHEN YOU DO THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW,

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AND DISTRICT B GAINS THAT POPULATION AND HAS TO OFFSET SOME POPULATION IN ORDER TO PUT THAT ENTIRE DISTRICT IN ONE PLACE.

AND BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT OVERPOPULATION OF DISTRICT D IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO PUT ALL OF IT INTO DISTRICT D.

SO IT MOVES TO DISTRICT.

SO WHY NOT JUST LEAVE CREEK LOCKED THE WAY THAT IT IS AND CONSIDER MOVING ANOTHER AREA IN D INTO C THAT'S A SMALLER PORTION THAT WOULD GIVE, SEE IT'S BALANCED THAT IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE PROPOSING TO MOVE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO BASICALLY TOUCH UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.

AND HONESTLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW METAL CREEK EVEN CONNECTS TO DISTRICT A AND THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO MOVE HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES OUT OF DISTRICT A INTO DISTRICT B AND ADD IN METAL CREEK TO DISTRICT A AND THOSE TWO CONNECT.

THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES DON'T EVEN CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTIGUITY, IT'S THE, THE PART OF THE MAP WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE REST OF DISTRICT A.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, PROPOSED MAPS, SEE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, MEADOW CREEK ALREADY TOUCHES DISTRICT A NEXT TO THE QUAIL VALLEY NORTH AREA.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTIGUITY, WE MEAN, IT HAS TO TOUCH ANOTHER EXISTING PART OF THE DISTRICT.

UM, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT BECAUSE I LOOKED AT ALL THREE OF THE MAPS AND I SEE WHERE A HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES WAS DELIBERATELY CARVED OUT.

IT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION THAT BACKS UP TO A HUNDRED GLEN ONE AND TWO, IT DOESN'T EVEN CONNECT DIRECTLY TO DISTRICT B THE WAY THAT IT CONNECTS TO DISTRICT A, WHICH WOULD ALSO MEAN YOU'RE MOVING HUNTER'S POINT HUNTER'S PARK AS WELL, A GLEN PARK AS WELL, AND A PART OF THOSE BUSINESSES ON TEXAS PARKWAY.

AND FROM LOOKING AT THE MAP, I SEE THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ROUTE THAT YOU CAN TAKE BY MOVING AROUND METAL CREEK, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE MOVED, WHY SHOULD WE BE MOVING THEM? SO ONE OF YOUR, I BELIEVE PROPOSED MAPS WAS TO PUT HUNTER'S POINT AND THIS POINT A STATES BACK INTO B A OH, OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE INTO A, AND SO WHEN I TALKED TO THE CONSULTANT, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'LL LOOK AT.

SO THEY'LL, UM, KIND OF MOVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT YOU PROVIDED.

AND THEN IF, IF THAT WORKS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED AS WELL, ULTIMATELY, THIS COUNCIL GETS TO DECIDE WHICH MAP IT, UM, IT WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT.

SO IF THERE'S A MAP THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, THEN IT'S UP TO EACH ONE OF YOU TO NOT VOTE FOR THAT NOW.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MAP, BUT FIRST WE HAVE TO HAVE A MAP.

THAT'S A MAP THAT'S VALID.

THAT'S GOING TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON.

SO I'LL, AND YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ARE ACCEPTED.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE COMMENTS AND TRY TO ANALYZE THE COMMENTS AND TRY TO CREATE MAPS THAT, UM, APPLY THOSE COMMENTS.

BUT ULTIMATELY AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT DIS OR WHAT SUBDIVISION SHOULD BE IN WHAT DISTRICT THAT'S NOT MY JOB.

I'M JUST HERE TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER MAPS, UH, WE HAVE THAT'S PRESENTED IS COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE OTHER CHANGES, YOU KNOW, YOU SUBMITTED A LIST.

IF THERE ARE OTHER CHANGES, FOLKS CAN SUBMIT THAT IN WRITING.

AND THEN WE WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS CHANGES AND PROPOSE THIS.

SO THEN RESIDENTS REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THESE MAPS AND LOOK AT THE SUBDIVISIONS AND THEY NEED TO MAKE SOMETHING A WRITTEN, A WRITTEN PROPOSAL TO USE WHERE THEY THINK SUBDIVISIONS SHOULD MAP UP TO, TO CONNECT TO AND HOW THEY WANT TO BE MOVED INTO CERTAIN DISTRICTS.

AND THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL.

AND THE DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS AND RESPONSES IS MARCH 28TH, WHICH IS NEXT MONDAY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IT A LITTLE MORE, UH, WORKABLE WHEN YOU HAVE ONE, UH, HOA.

UM, HE JOYCELYN, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT.

UH, DISTRICT DEED, YOU KNOW, HAS THE MOST, UH, MEMBERS ARE CITIZENS, UH, IN THE, UH, THE EXISTING, UM, DISTRICT MAPS, UH, AND IT REQUIRED THAT I THINK OVER 3000 OF THOSE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM DISTRICT D UH, I THINK TWO OF THE MAPS, UH, UH, ARE, UH, IN, IN LINE WITH, UH, THAT, UH, THAT REQUIREMENT, UH, SOME OF IT GOES TO DISTRICT B, UH, AND TO MENTION ABOUT CREEK MAP.

I THINK THE THING THAT, WHAT I SAW WAS WITH CREEK MINE, SOUTH GOING TO BE, THEY HAVE ONE HOA, THEY DON'T HAVE TWO HOS.

SO I THINK IT'S, UH, MAKES

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AND THEN, UH, ON THE, UH, UH, I GUESS THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, OF, UH, D UH, WE GIVE UP, I SAY WE, THE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO, UH, REDISTRICT A NUMBER OF, UH, DEVELOPMENTS INTO DISTRICT C, WHICH HAD THE LEAST, UH, NUMBER AND HAD TO, UH, TO BE, UH, EXPANDED.

SO, UH, I, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, UH, I, I HOPE THAT, UH, WE TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, UH, OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENTS, OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING SPLIT.

AND I THINK, UH, UH, DISTRICT D YOU KNOW, AS, UH, AS ELIMINATOR HAS, UH, BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO MOVE, UH, SOME OF THE IRA DEVELOPMENTS OVER TO, UH, SEEING AND B TO BRING THE, UH, UH, THE MAP INTO CONFORMITY.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY CONSUMER CLOUSER SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, BONEY THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

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

NINE, AUTHORIZATIONS NINE, EIGHT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE REQUEST BY THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF FORT WAYNE, FORT BENT, POST CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS SIGNS ALONG 98 AND PRESENCE STREETS, BASIC GARCIA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

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

ITEM NUMBER

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the request by the Exc...]

UM, SO THE MONTH OF APRIL, SO ACTUALLY CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH, AND THE FORT BEND EXCHANGE CLUB HAS REQUESTED PERMISSION TO DISPLAY SIGNS AND THE HIGHWAY 90 A MEDIAN EAST OF PRESENT STREET, UH, INTERSECTION, WHICH IS, UH, OVER THERE BY BOB, UH, BEST BURGERS.

UM, THIS IS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CHILD ABUSE.

THE EXCHANGE CLUB HAS MADE THIS, UH, SAME REQUEST IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THE SIGN WOULD BE LOCATED FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

UM, THIS WILL HAVE, UH, ABOUT, UH, CONSISTS OF FOUR SIGNS PLACED SUCCESSIVELY, UM, BURMA SHAVE STYLE, AND LEADING TO WHITE STEAKS, UH, WITH BLUE RIBBONS.

UM, THE STAKES AND RIBBONS WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE MEDIAN IN THE CITY OF STAFFORD AS WELL AS ONE BANNER, UM, WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, TO COMMUNICATE TO TRAVELS APPROACHING FROM THE EAST OCEAN APPROVE.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

SO DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

UM, IF I COULD JUST, UM, JUST ADD THAT WE MAYBE PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, MAYBE THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT CHILD, UM, CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS A TRUE AWARENESS.

I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE REMEMBERED IN YEARS PAST SEEING THE SIGNAGE, UM, BUT IF WE CAN JUST TAKE THIS A STEP FURTHER IN AWARENESS AND DO SOME COMMUNICATIONS OUT, OF COURSE, LET ME, LET ME ADD, UH, MISSOURI CITY EXCHANGE CLUB, UH, WHICH, UH, IS TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN THIS, UH, UH, PROGRAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO, UH, I THINK, UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, UH, THE MISSOURI STATE EXCHANGE CLUB, UH, YOU KNOW, PASSES THIS INFORMATION OUT THROUGH, UH, ALL OF OUR, UH, OUR MEMBERS AND, UH, OUR WEBSITE.

SO, UH, IT'S, UH, I, I APPLAUD YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE WORD OUT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND, UH, I THINK ALL OF THE EXCHANGE CLUBS SPONSOR, UH, THE, UH, UH, UH, THESE PROGRAMS TO BRING, UH, UH, LIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, A REALLY PROBLEM THAT, THAT WE HAVE AND WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS AND ATTACK.

THAT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COMES FROM A VARIETY.

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

NINE B, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

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ITEM EIGHT,

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the City Manager to en...]

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A TRACK OF LAND FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE MERIT TO SIGN THE DEED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ACCEPTING SUCH A CONVENIENCES.

UH, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION BY CHARLES JACKSON, CITY MANAGER, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING ON FEBRUARY 21ST OF THIS YEAR.

SO THE COUNCIL ADOPTED AND PASSED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF 8.341 ACRES OF LAND, UH, NEITHER FOR A STREET RIGHT AWAY, PARKS, RECREATION PURPOSES.

UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME, UH, THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAD BEGUN AND HAD COMPLETED AN APPRAISAL ON THAT LAND, UH, AROUND MARCH 3RD.

UM, I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE MANI SCHOOL AND WE SAT DOWN AND WENT OVER THEIR REQUEST FOR THAT PROPERTY.

UM, AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THAT MEETING, UH, WE SETTLED ON A NEGOTIATED PRICE OF $881,260, OR THAT PROPOSED PURCHASE AMOUNT AS WELL WITHIN THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE LAND, AS, AS IT WAS REPORTED IN THE FEBRUARY 7TH APPRAISAL REPORT.

UH, THE PROPOSED CLOSING DATE CONTAINED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT IS MARCH 25TH.

UH, LATER THIS WEEK, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE ME TO EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE 0.3, FOUR, ONE ACRES OF LAND OWNED BY THE AMANI SCHOOL, LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE AND KATIE STREET.

AND FOR THE REQUEST OF MAYOR, THE DEAN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

UM, AND I DO HAVE JASON AND SASHA, IF ANYBODY TALKED ABOUT OFFERING, I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER THE ACTION.

FIRST NEW MANAGER CONTRACT.

IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

MEROLA'S SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONI.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE DO THAT? I DO.

UM, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? RIGHT.

I LIKE TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE CAN GO INTO DISCUSSION MR. BRUCE.

WELL, IT'S GOOD.

YOU'RE FINALLY SHOWING SOME ATTENTION TO THE HARRIS COUNTY.

GREAT.

I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, BUT THERE'S ONE OTHER ITEM.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A PARK OVER THERE OR A PLAYGROUND PEOPLE IN FOND METAL, SECTION ONE, STILL NEED TO BRIDGE TO GET OVER IT BECAUSE THE BAYOU DOES SEPARATE IT.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

MEROLA'S SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM BONIS OR DISCUSSION.

THERE'S BEEN TALK IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT US HAVING THIS LAND AND SEASONING FOR EMINENT DOMAIN.

WE DID PURCHASE IT FOR 800 K, CORRECT.

OH, THAT IS WHAT THE REQUEST IS RIGHT NOW IS TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT AT $881,260.

IS IT CONNECTED TO ANY OTHER, UM, ANOTHER PLOT OR IS IT JUST INDIVIDUALIZED? THERE'S ANOTHER PLOT AS FAR AS, UH, ANOTHER PARK OR ANOTHER PIECE OF GLASS.

SO IT'S SURROUNDED ON TWO SIDES BY ROADS, UH, EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE AND KATHY ON THE NORTH SIDE, IT'S GOT HOMES AND ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE'S THAT, UH, UM, HARRIS COUNTY DRAINAGE, THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS, PHYSICAL ADDRESS, WE JUST CREATED ONE.

UM, IT DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

WE JUST CREATED IT IF I CAN GRAB IT, IF YOU WANT US TO.

THE ADDRESS IS LISTED IN THE, IN THE CONTRACT IS ZERO EAST HAMPTONS.

WELL, WE HAD ONE CREATIVE, BUT WE HAD TO GET ONE CREATIVE FOR JASON.

WHY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THAT? DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN ESTIMATE OF COST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TO BUILD OUT? NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY DESIGN WORK ON THIS, UH, PARK AT ALL RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE JUST FOCUSING ON ACQUIRING THE LAND FOR OKAY.

ONCE YOU DO SO CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH US? I'M SURE YOU WILL, BUT JUST IN YOUR FOREFRONT.

AND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, WHILE HE'S FINISHING, UM, WE WILL HAVE THIS ADDED TO THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT BEGINNING TOMORROW MORNING.

SO WE WILL GET THIS OLD AND KNOCKED OUT AT LEAST WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO OUT THERE AND USE IT AS AN OPEN SPACE, UM, UNTIL WE CAN GET THE PLANNING DONE FOR THE MORNING.

THAT Y'ALL WOULD POSSIBLY CONSIDER STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THIS? YEAH, SO THIS IS NOT A BUDGETED ITEM TO, TO BUILD THIS PARK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, OUR, OUR NEXT FIVE-YEAR BOND PROJECTS, UM, LAID OUT.

I HAVE A QUESTION, JASON, WHAT IS THE PROPOSED TIMEFRAME

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SO, UM, IF, IF IT WERE TO BE SOONER THAN THE NEXT BOND, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FUNDED IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND THAT WOULD GO UP TO Y'ALL.

AND I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

UM, AND CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS FOR ME OR MARY.

IS IT NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE DEED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY? YES, IT IS.

THAT'S IN THE CHARTER.

YOU MEAN, I CAN'T TAKE THAT PARK WITH ME.

NO, I JUST WANT TO, UH, NO, NO QUESTION.

JUST A COMMENT TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD THAT DISAGGREGATE, YOU KNOW, REALLY DON'T HAVE A CITY PARK AND I COMMEND THE STAFF, UH, ESPECIALLY JASON, YOUR TEAM, AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR GOING AFTER THIS AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, UM, AND NOT WAITING FOR SO LONG.

I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, SEE THAT IT'S MOLD AND PUT A SIGN OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR CITY, THAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN THIS.

AND THEN AS WE COME FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY FUNDING OR ARTICLE OR ANY OF THAT FEDERAL DOLLARS, LIKE TO SEE SOME THINGS THAT START HAPPENING WITH THIS AREA, NOT JUST WAITING ON FOR THE NEXT MONTH.

SO, SO, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, THE ADDRESS THAT WAS CREATED FOR THAT PROPERTY IS 1 5 0 0 2 EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE.

AND I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

RILEY'S POINT, HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE WE DO THE BUILD-OUT IT'S NOT BUDGETED AT ALL.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP A BUDGET, BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

UM, AND, AND SO THAT WE, I MEAN, WE COULD START AS EARLY.

I MEAN, WE COULD START IT AS EARLY AS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, PUTTING IN TOGETHER A DESIGN COST ESTIMATES TO DESIGN IT.

I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S YOUR, THE COUNT, THE COUNT AT THE COUNCIL'S PRIVILEGE, JUST BUDGET DISCUSSIONS TO START SOMETIME IN MAY, RIGHT? W WE'LL START, UH, THE STAFF PROCESS AT ABOUT ANOTHER RUG.

SO, AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE THAT SOME PROPOSALS SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT AT THAT POINT.

YOU BET.

AND MY LAST QUESTION, JASON, WILL THE COMMUNITY HAVE ANY INPUT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPOSAL? A PARK? ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S HOW WE DESIGN ALL OF OUR PARKS IS WE REACH OUT, WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, DESIGN, CHARRETTES, WHAT WE CALL THEM AND, UM, GATHER PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE ELEMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE DOWN TO, WE BRING KIDS TOGETHER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN A PLAYGROUND, UH, TYPE OF THING.

SO, UM, WE, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL.

WE'LL DO THAT FOR THIS PARK AS WELL.

RIGHT? ONE LAST COMMENT, UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN STAY CONSISTENT WITH, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GET READY TO START THIS PROCESS, THE DESIGN PHASE, ESPECIALLY, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT A SO THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE THEIR SCHEDULES, TO KIND CONJURE UP THEIR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE VERSUS US, YOU KNOW, WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, PUSH OUT A MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LET'S HAVE SOME GOOD MARKETING ON THAT.

WE, WE WILL, UH, OUR PRACTICES TO ACTUALLY SEND INDIVIDUAL MAILERS OUT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD WITHIN A QUARTER MILE RADIUS OF A NEW PARK SITE.

AND WE WILL, WE WOULD DO THAT FOR THIS AS WELL.

GOOD, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOUR STAFF AND CITY MANAGER FOR YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, ACTING SO QUICKLY, UM, ABOUT THIS AND JASON, THAT'S MY LAST COMMENT.

UM, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT YOU HAVE THAT SAME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE'RE NAMING THE PARK OR COMING UP WITH A NAME JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED, UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AS WELL.

AND THIS IS, UH, TRULY A STEP.

ONE OF THE GREAT WAYS TO NAME PARK IS TO HAVE A CONTEST AND, UM, HAVE I REALLY HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT.

UM, AND WE'VE, I'VE DONE THAT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

SO WE CAN, WE LOOK AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO WE HAVE SOME POLICY AROUND THAT ON NAMING? YES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NEW ORDER.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE NAMING ORDINANCE.

GOOD.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THAT.

THANK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE UP HERE FOR ALSO NOT DELAYING THIS PROCESS AND KIND OF WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THIS AND KIND OF JUMPING ON IT AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THIS TAKES PLACE, UM, FOR THAT DISTRICT.

SO THAT LET THE COMMON BE NOTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, NOT THAT WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF WE DO,

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AND I HOPE THIS PROCESS WOULD WORK TOWARDS FASTER.

LISTEN, THE COMING UP BUDGET, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO START THAT PROCESS.

AWESOME.

IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MEMORIALS.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY.

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

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

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM NUMBER 10 ORDINANCES.

OH, WE DID THAT ITEM 10, A ALREADY ITEM 10

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Only Reading of an ordin...]

CAN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY LATER PORTER'S FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AND YOU'RE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL.

THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT HAS TWO DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE BEING IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS A NET ZERO IMPACT.

IT IS ADDING $70,000 TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, BASED ON THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR, UH, PROGRAMMING.

THE $70,000 WILL BE ADDED TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE OFFSET BY REVENUE.

THIS IS, UM, THIS CHART HERE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT CLASSES.

THE REVENUE IS RECEIVED BY THE CITY AT 100% AND THEN 80% IS PAID TO THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE CITY KEEPS 20% OF THE REVENUE.

SO THIS IS IN THE PRIVATE AND GROUP TRAINERS, YOUTH VOLLEYBALL, BATON TWIRLING LINE, DANCING AND TEEN LIFE SKILLS LAB.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT DEALS WITH THE LGC.

I WAS ALSO PRESENTED AT THE LGC MEETING THIS EVENING, AND THIS IS INCREASED IN APPROPRIATIONS, UH, $80,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM.

THIS AMOUNT WILL BE PAID OUT OF THE, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FEES THAT WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2020.

UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $243,000, UH, SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GOLF COURSE.

UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKS AND REC AND I BELIEVE THE GOLF COURSE FOR ANY SECOND.

I SPENT A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY CUSTOMER.

RIGHT.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS CAME BEFORE I FINANCED THE SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THERE.

CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

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

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX, ONE NUMBER 11, OUR RESOLUTIONS.

THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION ON THIS AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 12

[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

IF WE CAN ALSO KEEP AS PUBLIC DO FOR THREE MINUTES TO GET, IT'D BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN DO THAT, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH, COMES FROM VARIETY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL OF OUR HOURS FRIENDS OUT THERE.

HOPE EVERYONE ALSO ENJOYED THEIR SPRING BREAK AS IDEAS.

UM, I ATTENDED THE MARCH COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE SOME OF OUR RETURN, UH, STAKEHOLDERS COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR COFFEE AND ALWAYS THINK AND APPRECIATE OUR VENDORS.

I ALSO ATTENDED OUR DISTRICT, A DISTRICT MEETING ALONG WITH THE DISTRICT BE REDISTRICTING MEETINGS.

UM, THE FOND MEADOW HOA MEETING.

I WAS ALSO INVITED TO, UH, READ TO THE CHILDREN AT THE HUNTERS GLEN EARLY LITERACY CENTER TO SOME KINDERGARTENERS, UH, AS WELL AS SERVING ON THEIR ADVISORY LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE.

UH, ALSO THE METAL CREEK HOA MEETING AND, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO ATTEND WITH MY COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES, THE CADDY SHACK RIBBON, CUTTING, UH, WHERE THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO CREATE ME A MOUNTAIN MOVING MONICA DAIQUIRI.

THAT WAS A LITTLE TASTY.

UM, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO, UM, ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY SWORE WAY, HOSTED BY THE AMERICAN CARIBBEAN, CARIBBEAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE THEY CELEBRATED DOZENS OF WOMEN.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE,

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UH, EVENT.

I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHELLE'S WITH THEIR GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING THIS PAST WEEKEND.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND AS I WAS OUT OF TOWN, UH, ALONG WITH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE, UH, PROTEST THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, THE GAS STATION PROTEST.

UM, I GOT GREAT FEEDBACK THAT, UH, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE RESIDENTS OUT THERE EXERCISE.

THEY WELL ATTENDED A PEACEFUL PROTEST WHILE ADVOCATING VERY FIRMLY AND DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE FOR THEIR VISION OF THAT PROPERTY, UM, AND FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO THE, THE PORTRAIT READERS, UM, WINNERS TONIGHT FROM, UH, MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SEEING THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE UPCOMING MONTH FOR NEXT MONTH.

THAT ENDS MY REPORT NUMBER EDWARDS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

WE HAVE A WEALTH OF WOMEN LEADERS, UM, THAT ARE PUSHING OUR CITY FORWARD.

SO I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

I WAS ABLE TO, UM, ATTEND THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT WE ALL HELD PREVIOUSLY.

UM, JUST WISHING THAT, UM, WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN FEEL EMPOWERED, EDUCATED, AND THAT THEY AREN'T BEING IGNORED.

UM, I OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WEEKLY ACTUALLY TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AT ELEMENTARY.

MY MENTEE IS EVOLVING EVERY WEEK AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF HER FOR COMING OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO BE THE ROLE MODEL FOR HER.

UM, SATURDAY, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE PROTEST WITH MY CONSTITUENTS.

I'M ON 1300 GRAND PARKWAY, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOTHING PRETTY MUCH WE CAN DO FURTHER FOR THE CITY.

I DO STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS AND HOPING THAT THE HONORS WILL ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND BE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY IN THAT PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE PEACEFUL PROTEST AND THE RESIDENTS FROM GETTING INVOLVED.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REALLY BE PROUD OF THEM FOR ALSO ON THE 20 I'M SORRY, ON THE 18TH OF THIS SATURDAY, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A BALLOON RELEASE FOR THE VICTIM THAT WAS KILLED ON LIKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY.

HE WAS 18 AND HE WAS A GRADUATING SENIOR, UM, PROGRESSED TO PRETTY MUCH GRADUATE IN MAY AND HE WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER.

AND SO THAT WAS A HUGE TRAGEDY AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY DID SHOW UP AND COME OUT FOR HIM FOR THE BALLOON RELEASE.

BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY.

IT'S SO MANY DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE, WHETHER IT'S UBER, LYFT CALLING A FRIEND, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHOICE TO DRINK UNDER THE INFLUENCE WILL HAVE A HEAVY IMPACT ON EVERYONE.

AND SO I DO WANT TO KEEP THE SPOTTY FAMILY IN MY PRAYERS, AND I ASKED FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME.

UM, HE WAS ONLY 18.

AND SO IT'S REALLY A TRAGIC LOSS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE THREE YOUNG WOMEN.

UM, BRIANNA MEANS CAMERON STERLING AND KENYATTA STERLING FOR THEIR PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE TODAY.

UM, IT, SO MANY TIMES, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, BUT WE NEVER ENGAGE THE YOUTH.

AND I THINK THAT THEY SPOKE PROBABLY ON HOW THEY ENVISION OUR CITY TO LOOK FORWARD ON THIS CORRIDOR.

AND I'M HOPING THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND THE DIRECTORS WILL TAKE KEY TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR IDEAS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

BUT HE COULD NOT MAKE IT FOR THE WEATHER.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORALS.

I, ALONG WITH OTHERS JOINED THE CANDY SHACK DAIQUIRI RIBBON CUTTINGS.

WE WELCOME THEM.

ALSO, THE MICHELLE'S RIBBON CUTTING WAS OUTSTANDING.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT FAMILY IS AN AMAZING FAMILY.

I KNOW THEY GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEIR NEW LOCATION.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT PARKS.

WE WENT TO AN AWESOME MULTI GOLF PARK, A RIBBON CUTTING CELEBRATION, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT THAT.

IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT USA THE FIRST GOLF PARK IN MISSOURI CITY.

UH, AND I CONGRATULATE JASON AND TEAM FOR DOING A NICE DISC GOLF AND FOOT GOLF PLAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS WEEKEND AND I STILL AM NOT VERY GOOD.

UM, BUT ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE PARKS AND DISTRICT A, UM, 800 K TONIGHT, 200 K IN, UH, THE SPECIAL, UH, RATHER IN THE CONSENT.

SO THAT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN DISTRICT CASE.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF PARKS INDUSTRY.

K, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN UKRAINE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, UH, VERY TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY IS MARCH 25TH AND LASTLY GO KOOKS FOR MY COUGAR FAN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER MAYER.

UM, I WANT TO SEND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, MR. WILLIAMS, WHO WAS, UM, GRANTED THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

UH, HUNTER'S GLEN.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO HONOR HIM TONIGHT,

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SO WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THAT TILL NEXT, UH, NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN ALSO KEITH FICKLE, WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FORT BEND ISD.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND, UM, I COME FROM A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY AND CONGRATULATE THEM.

UM, I ATTENDED TO, UH, UM, RIBBON CUTTINGS.

UM, I THINK MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOWED UP TO THE DAIQUIRI FINE.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND, UM, UM, AND ALSO, UH, THE COFFEE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

I ACTUALLY TOOK SOME TIME LAST WEEK TO WIND DOWN AND ENJOY MY FAMILY.

AND AS BUSY AS I STAY, IT FELT REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO JUST GO ON VACATION AND ENJOY MY FAMILY.

I HAD ATTENDED MY 90TH CENTRAL, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL REGION, UH, SORORITY ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

UM, WE CELEBRATE IT FROM THURSDAY UNTIL YESTERDAY.

UM, OUR 90TH, UM, SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE.

AND THAT WAS REALLY FUN.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY MONTH HAS BEEN, UM, MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WHO IS LIVING HIS LIFE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM, INTERVIEWED FOR HIS FIRST JOB AND NAILED HIS NAILED HIS FIRST JOB, NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, WOULD I THINK A CHILD THAT POSSIBLY COULDN'T SPEAK ONE DAY WOULD BE BEGGING ME TO GO BUY HIM A NEW SUIT TO DRESS UP IN A SUIT AND TIE, UM, TO GO GET A JOB AT MY PIZZA.

SO I WANT TO THANK MY CONSTITUENT JASON HAMNER, WHO IS THE MANAGER THERE FOR RECOGNIZING, UH, THOSE THAT ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND GIVING MY SON A SHOT.

HE ASKED ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PROUD.

APRIL 1ST IS AUTISM WORLD AUTISM DAY.

AND AS WE APPROACH A WORLD AUTISM DAY, APRIL 1ST, MAKE SURE YOU REACH OUT TO FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING WITH AUTISM.

UM, YOU KNOW, APRIL 1ST IS WORLD AUTISM DAY, BUT THOSE FAMILIES THAT LIVE WITH AUTISM LIVE WITH IT 365 DAYS A YEAR.

SO MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, EMORY.

I ATTENDED AND SUPPORTED THE, UM, 42ND, UH, MISSOURI CITY ST.

PATRICK STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT.

UH, THIS IS A TOURNAMENT THAT, UH, UH, USES THE, UH, THE FUNDS THAT IT RAISES, UH, TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCAL CHARITIES GIVES OUT, UM, UH, BETWEEN 15 AND 17 SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING NEWS.

AND, UH, IT'S, UH, ONE THAT WAS, UH, UH, WE HAD PARTICIPATION OF 30 EIGHTEENS, WHICH IS ABOUT 190 FOLKS.

UH, WE HAD A NICE, UH, DINNER AFTERWARDS AND, UH, THE, UH, UH, THEY HAVE A, A SILENT AUCTION AND A LIVE AUCTION, AND TYPICALLY WHAT, UH, THEY, UH, ARE ABLE TO, UH, TO BRING IN AS, AS A REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE, UH, UH, CHARITIES AND, UH, UH, OUR STUDENTS FOR, UH, THE, UH, UH, SCHOLARSHIPS, EH, RUN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, UH, UH, 75 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT COMES IN, UH, THAT, UH, WE SEND IT RIGHT BACK OUT TO, TO OUR CHARITIES AND TO OUR, UH, LOCAL YOUTH THAT ARE, UH, UH, IN NEED OF, UH, SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE.

UH, I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, THE MICHAUX RIBBON CUTTING.

UH, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, UH, AFTER THE, UH, EVENT WAS WINDING DOWN.

THEY, UM, PROVIDED US WITH A MEAL AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS EYEOPENING TO WATCH OUR PRO MAYOR PRO TEM GET THE, UH, OXTAIL DINNER.

UH, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, HE HAD MORE THAN THE OX TAIL HE HAD THE WHOLE LOT.

IT WAS, UH, BUT THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT.

SO IT WAS THE SERVICE.

UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, VIRTUALLY THE QUAIL LA HOA ANNUAL MEETING.

IT WAS A, A VIRTUAL, UH, UH, MEETING.

SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH, UH, WITH THE, UH, QUAIL VALLEY HOA AND, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR, UH, REDISTRICTING, THE COMMUNICATIONS, WHAT I DID WAS I PULLED, UH, THE, UH, THE TWO, UH, ITEMS OFF OF OUR MISSOURI CITY, TX THAT TALKED ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING, THE, UH, THE DISTRICT D MEETING, A VIRTUAL MEETING, THAT'S COMING UP.

AND THE, UH, IN, UH, IN-PERSON THE LIVE MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD HERE ON THE, UH, THE NEXT DAY THAT THE, UH, 20, 25TH.

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AND, UH, I SHARED THAT WITH, UH, AT LEAST FOUR, UH, OF OUR, UH, PRIVATE, OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY WEBSITES.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, FIND THAT, UH, THAT TYPE OF SHARING, WE HIT, UH, LAKE OLYMPIA, QUAIL VALLEY, AND A LAKE SHORE HARBOR.

SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS OUT THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH A REAL, UH, IMPORTANT PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING, AND WE NEED EVERYBODY'S INPUT.

SO I KNOW THERE'S MORE TO DO, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.

SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO GET THE WORD OUT, I KNOW IT'S COMING UP REAL QUICKLY, BUT, UH, UH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT, UH, SOMEBODY MAY SEE IT AND BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM PONY.

UH, I TOO ATTENDED THE COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP EVENT, ALWAYS A GRAND AFFAIR.

I LOVE BEING THERE.

WE LEFT HERE ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND HAD TO TURN AROUND AND VF AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.

SO, UH, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY THAT MADE IT THAT MORNING, BY THE WAY, INCLUDING THE STAFF, UH, UH, ALSO ATTENDED DISTRICT BNC, REDISTRICTING VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE MICHELLE RIBBON CUTTING, AND, UH, I DON'T THINK I HAD THE WHOLE BOX.

I HAD A, I HAD HALF OF IT.

YEAH, PROBABLY HALF OF IT, BUT NONETHELESS, WE ALSO HAD, UH, AN OUTSTANDING FREEDOM TREE PARK COMMITTEE MEETING.

UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, JASON AND HIS STAFF AND, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, UH, HE AND I HAVE BEEN ON THIS TRAIL SINCE 2018.

UH, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING SPEAKING ABOUT PARKS, UH, TO MAKE THAT PARK, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS A WORLD-CLASS VISITATION SPOT FOR US TO IN DESTINATION SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND AND BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND LEARN ABOUT THE GREAT HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND OF COURSE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THIS, IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IN THIS COUNTRY, I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, THREE HOA MEETINGS IN MY DISTRICT, UH, BRADFORD VILLAGE, QUAIL VALLEY, EASTERN CREEK MONTH, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION ON REDISTRICTING, ANSWER ALL THEIR QUESTIONS, UH, THAT THEY HAD AROUND THAT, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, INVITE THEM OUT TO THE UPCOMING REDISTRICTING MEETINGS VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON.

UH, I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF JOINING MAYOR, UH, ALEC HAT AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS, TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION TO ADD AN EYE MITCHELL, WHO IS A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT WHO ATTENDS THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER, UH, HE WAS THE, THE WIDE RECEIVER WHO CAUGHT THE 40 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO PUT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, HAD AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

AND, UH, OF COURSE THEY EVENTUALLY WON THE GAME.

WE HONORED HIM, UH, WITH A PROCLAMATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS VERY, VERY HUMBLED AND HONORED, AND HIS FAMILY HAD SOME, SOME VERY MOVING WORDS FOR HIM, AND IT WAS A LOT OF TEARS AND ALL THAT INVOLVED, BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK MARY ALLA CAT AND A STATE REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS, AND OF COURSE, CITY STAFF, CRYSTAL, UH, UH, PRICHARD AND, AND, AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT EVENT WAS WELL RECEIVED.

UH, SPEAKING OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS AND MAYOR ELLICOTT, UH, I WAS, UH, HONORED TO STAND WITH THEM ALONG WITH THE RESONANCE, UH, THE HUNTERS GLEN AREA, UH, WHO WERE VEHEMENTLY AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT GAS STATION IN THE HEART OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I'M NOT ANTI-BUSINESS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE DEEP CONCERNS THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAS, UH, REGARDING THE BUSINESS OWNER'S DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

AND, UH, IT'S MY HOPE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR HEARTSTRINGS AND THEIR EARS HAVE BEEN BURNING AS IT RELATES TO THE COMM COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN GOING FORTH, UH, SURROUNDING THIS.

BUT I TOO WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK, UH, MERRILL, ACAT AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THAT A FEW OTHER THINGS I, UH, WENT TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC, UH, WAS PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN, REPRESENT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, OUR GREAT CITY, ESPECIALLY AS I WAS REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND THE NEWLY APPOINTED, UH, POSITION THAT I WAS RECEIVED ON THE RACE EQUITY AND LEADERSHIP REAL COUNCIL, UM, DURING OUR CED MEETING COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING, I ADVOCATED BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE, UH, TO, UH, REGARDING A PUSH TO INCLUDE FUNDING, TO ADDRESS, UH, FOOD DESERTS AND MEDICAL HEALTHCARE DESERTS AS PART OF THE FUNDING ALLOWANCES FOR INCREASED LEGISLATION, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND ALSO PUSH TO URGE CONGRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC POLICY INITIATIVES TO PASS THE OUTDOORS FOR ALL ACT TO INCREASE FUNDING, TO CREATE AN IMPROVED PARKS AND OTHER OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS.

UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, MY WIFE AND I CELEBRATED OUR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS PAST WEEK, AND IT DAWNED ON ME, UH,

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AS I WAS, AS WE WERE COMING UPON IT THAT, UH, OVER HALF OF MY LIFE LITERALLY HAS BEEN SPENT WITH HER ON 47.

AND, UH, SO EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE, I CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT ON MY OWN AFTER DEFINITELY, UH, GIVE HER KUDOS AND CREDIT.

CAUSE I, I CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY SUCCESS WITHOUT HER BEING A MAJOR PART OF IT.

AND THAT INCLUDES MY SERVICE HERE ON MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

UM, THE, THE PERMIT, UH, WAS GRANTED TO THEM AND, AND IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT IT IS.

I DO HAVE A FEW, FEW COMMENTS.

UM, MISSOURI CITY, YOUTH COMMISSION, UH, NOT MISERY CITY MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

I WANT TO THANK, UM, ALL THOSE THAT ATTENDED, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PARENTS WHO WERE, WHO HELPED US TO VOLUNTEER AS WELL AS OUR PD DEPARTMENT, UM, CHIEF BEARS.

AND WE HAD, UM, UM, LIEUTENANT JASMINE HEARD AS WELL AS, UH, OFFICER VALERIE LIES, UM, AND, AND, UH, SHAWSHEE KUMAR.

AND WE HAD, UM, CEDRIC COLE, JOBY MATTHEW, UH, TARA CRANE.

UM, THERE WERE SO MANY OF YOU THAT KIND OF CAME AND ATTENDED AND GREAT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION, NOT ONLY MEET WITH, UM, SEE THE VERY VIP PRIVATE TOUR, BUT THEY GOT TO MEET OUR STATE REP, UH, RON REYNOLDS, AS WELL AS DISTRICT 26, UH, STATE REP, UH, UH, JC GITANE.

SO WE MADE SURE WE HAD A REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT THERE SO THAT THE KIDS WERE EXCITED TO SEE THE DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW AND HOW THEY SEE THINGS.

SO THERE WAS SOME GOOD Q AND A SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE.

AND THEN, UH, AFTER THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK.

SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLD'S OFFICE, WHO REALLY COORDINATED THE ENTIRE EVENT, UM, AND STATE REP FROM DISTRICT 26, JC JUTTON HAPPENED TO BE THERE AND SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

THEN HE'LL TAKE PART OF THIS.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY TO OUR, UM, COORDINATOR FOR THIS IS, UM, UM, JACKSON AND JASON, PLEASE GIVE HIM THE KUDOS BECAUSE HE DID, HE HAD EVERYTHING DOWN FROM GETTING EVERY SINGLE PER PARENT'S PHONE NUMBERS.

SO THERE HE WAS TEXTING WHEN WE LEFT THERE, UH, 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE, HE ALERTED THEM.

SHE WAS A GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE.

SO I'M SURE I DID HEAR A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PARENTS AS WELL, THAT THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.

THE KIDS REALLY ENJOYED IT.

SO THERE WAS A GREAT PROGRAM, ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN COSTUMER MEROLA'S TO THE MAC MULTI GOLF COURSE, AS HE STATED A GREAT COURSE, IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

UH, THERE WAS A MOBILITY AND ITS MASTER PLAN STUDY THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS DONE HERE IN THIS BUILDING WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH SHASHI KUMAR'S TEAM.

UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND GREAT PROCESS.

UM, THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WAS HERE, GONE THROUGH IT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINDINGS AND, AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

UM, A COUPLE OF INITIATIVES AROUND THE CITY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US WAS, UH, RHONDA KURKENDAHL WITH, UH, SPEAK UP SEX TRAFFICKING IN THIS ROOM.

WE HAD A, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS RECORDED.

UM, OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRIAN MIDDLETON, ALONG WITH, UM, UM, RHONDA KIRKLAND DOLAN, AND THE WHOLE TEAM WAS ABLE TO PUT ON A, ON A, A TALK HERE THAT ALERT PARENTS TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY SEX TRAFFICKERS AND TO TALK ABOUT THOSE INITIATIVES.

SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN, I KNOW THOSE ARE OUT THERE, COFFEE LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN GOING REALLY WELL.

I DID HEAR A COUPLE OF POSITIVE COMMENTS, BUT ALSO SOME QUESTIONS TO SEE THAT IF WE CAN ROTATE THIS AROUND TO NOT JUST HAVE IT ON THE SECOND TUESDAY AT SEVEN 30 TO EIGHT 30, SOME WAS HOPING THAT IF WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING ON THE EVENING HOURS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE AS A COMMENT FROM PUBLIC.

UM, AND THEN, UM, I DID HEAR THAT FIRE STATION SIX IS MOVING, UH, NEXT WEEK, UM, OR THIS WEEK THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR NEW PLACE.

AND I THINK WE'RE HAVING THE RIBBON CUTTING IN MAY.

UH, I BELIEVE THE BEGINNING OF MAY, UH, FOR THAT, UM, ALSO WANTS TO JUST WELCOME TARA CREAM.

UH, TARA, I KNOW YOU STARTED IN DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION ON THE 14TH OF THIS MONTH.

SO WELCOME TO CITY AND MISSOURI CITY.

I WAS ALSO BEING ABLE TO JOIN A MAYOR PRO TEM BONY AT THE GAS STATION, UH, PROTEST.

AND, UH, WE SHARED OUR COMMENTS AND SHARED OUR FEELINGS.

UM, AND I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT,

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AND SO WE STAND AGAINST SOLIDLY WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S MY COMMENT, MISSOURI CITY LEADERSHIP.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YOU MAY NOT BE NOTICING OR LISTENING TO IT.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON LINKEDIN FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING IN MISSOURI CITY, NOT JUST WITH THE LEADERSHIP, BUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH MISSOURI CITY.

I HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CONTACTED ME OFF OF LINKEDIN.

I'LL NEVER MET THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, BUT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM OF MISSOURI CITY, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THOSE POSITIVE COMMENTS AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALL WORLD.

UH, MOST OF YOU, MOST OF THEM WOULD KNOW YOU AT SOME SORT OF CAPACITY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS I'M HEARING POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THE LEADERSHIP IS AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH MISSOURI CITY.

SO KUDOS TO THE MISSOURI CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM.

LASTLY, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, JOYCE, UM, FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU SPEND ON THIS REDISTRICTING AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN ON FROM OUR RESIDENTS, UH, THOSE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO YOU FROM, FROM THE MC MC REDISTRICTING, UM, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE YOU BECOME THE WEARABLE OR THE BAD WOLF OF THE WHOLE PACK AND WITHOUT HAVING ANY INPUT WITHOUT HAVING ANY DECISION THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ON THIS REDISTRICTING MAP.

BUT AS A MAYOR OF THIS CITY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I COMMEND YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THIS REDISTRICTING AND HOW YOU'RE TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

THERE ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS NEEDED, BUT THAT'S WITHIN ANY ANYWHERE, BUT AS A CITY ATTORNEY FOR THIS CITY, I APPLAUD YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

THAT ENDS MY CON COMMENT.

ITEM NUMBER 10 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

THERE ARE NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ON THIS ITEM.

NUMBER 15 OF THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESSES MAYOR REAL QUICK.

CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT REAL QUICK? UM, JUST, I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE BEEN, UH, DURING THE COURSE OF ME, NOT, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM A NUMBER OF MY COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE STATE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE HAD A PRETTY BAD TORNADO, TOUCHED DOWN IN ELGIN ALREADY TONIGHT, ANOTHER ONE OR HUDDLE AND ANOTHER ONE AROUND ROCK.

UM, SO WE PROBABLY DO HAVE SOME OTHER COVENANTS WAY.

SO EVERYBODY PLEASE BE CAREFUL THIS NIGHT AND PRAY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND ALREADY BEEN AFFECTED.

WELL, THANK YOU.

CAN I TAKE THIS MOMENT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE UPCOMING TEXAS PARKWAY CAUGHT, RIGHT.

A TOWN HALL MEETING, THAT'LL BE ON THE 31ST OF MARCH.

I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT TO THAT, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN FIND OUT ALL THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING ON THE CORRIDORS.