* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] TODAY'S MONDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2022. I WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:13 PM. STATE THAT [1. ROLL CALL] THE NOTICE WAS DULY POSTED. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL ITEM. NUMBER TWO IS A PLEDGE PLEDGE. WE HAVE BOY SCOUT TROOP, ONE 40 FROM SIENNA. WE'LL PERFORM AN OPENING FLAG CEREMONY AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. SO EVERYONE PLEASE STAND COLOR GUARD, ATTENTION, COLOR GUARD, PREPARE TO POST THE COLORS. OH, THE GUARD POST THE COLORS OUT SALUTE. THERE WAS NOT A UNIFORM. PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND ON YOUR HEART. HE'S RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FEDERATION AND JUSTICE REFORM. OTHER GUARD RETURNED TO POST MAY. OR MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE COLOR GUARD WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE? SURE. KENT, CAN WE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE? SO IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, NOAH, BOYS, UH, TROOP BOY SCOUT TROOP, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO CONTACT OUR CITY SECRETARY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY JUST DID. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER [(a) Recognition of Mr. Lavanta Williams, the Hunters Glen Elementary Princ...] THREE ARE PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION. ITEM THREE, A, UM, RECOGNITION. UH, MR. WILLIAMS, THE HUNTERS GLEN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. [(d) Recognition of National Autism Awareness Month and the Sharp Minds Aca...] WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, AND SHE'S ALSO GOING TO DO THREE D, WHICH IS A RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH AND THE SHARPS MINE [00:05:01] ACADEMY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSET. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE FOR MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER, MONICA RILEY, TO JOIN ME FOR THIS PRESENTATION. THANK GOD FOR OUR TEACHERS. RECENTLY, FORT BEND ISD NAMED THEIR, UH, PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. THEY HAVE TWO PRINCIPALS, ONE FOR THE SECONDARY AND ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND MISSOURI CITY IS HONORED TO HAVE FORT BEN ISD PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY HUNTERS, GLEN, I WOULD LIKE FOR MR. LAVAZZA WILLIAMS TO COME UP TO THE FRONT Y'ALL LET'S GIVE HIM A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. OH, WELCOME MR. WILLIAMS. IT IS OUR HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE, A PROCLAMATION. NOW WE DON'T GIVE THESE TO ORDINARY PEOPLE. WE GIVE THESE TO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU. WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS, IS PROUD TO HONOR MR. LAVANTE WILLIAMS PRINCIPAL OF HUNTER'S GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ON HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR IN HIS 25TH YEAR OF EDUCATION. YES. WHEREAS MR. LAVAZZA WILLIAMS HAS BEEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND DEVOTED EDUCATOR AND CONTINUES TO CULTIVATE A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH LEARNING AND TEACHING HIS VISION, DEDICATION AND DERMA DETERMINATION. AS A PRINCIPAL PROVIDES A MOBILIZING FORCE BEHIND ANY SCHOOL REFORM EFFORT. AND WHEREAS HE IS A PRINCIPAL HELPS TO SET THE ACADEMIC TONE FOR THE SCHOOL AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH TEACHERS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN HIGH CURRICULUM CURRICULUM STANDARDS, DEVELOP MISSION STATEMENTS, AND SET FORTH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. AND NOW I LYNN CLOUSER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TODAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TO BE PRINCIPAL LEVANTE WILLIAMS DAY IN MISSOURI CITY. SO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DAY AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU DO YOU HAVE, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SUPPORT MR. WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY MEMBERS OR ANY, UH, ANY, UH, STAFF HERE TODAY? WOULD YOU ALL STAND UP? ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO. MR. WILLIAMS. IT'S OUR HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS DAY, YOUR OWN DAY IN MISSOURI CITY. AND WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY, WELL, I'LL LET COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SAY SOMETHING AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU SAY SOMETHING. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN ONE DAY, SO, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, MR. WILLIAMS, WE'VE GONE BACK LIKE WHAT, 15 YEARS NOW? UH, WHEN I WAS A PARENT EDUCATOR AND HE, HE WAS AMAZING THEN, AND HE'S AMAZING NOW, SO JUST CONGRATULATIONS. WE KNEW YOU'D BE HERE ONE DAY, ONE DAY. YOU MAY EVEN BE THE SUPERINTENDENT WE NEVER KNOW, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK IN EDUCATION AND HELPING THOSE KIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. SO THIS IS TRULY A BLESSING INTO GOD, YOU KNOW, TO BE COMPLETELY GLORY TO GOD FOR, FOR THIS BEST THING. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 25 YEARS NOW IN EDUCATION. AND SO THIS IS MY 11TH OR 12TH YEAR AS A BUILDING PRINCIPAL. AND SO TO NOTE, THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 50 PLUS ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES OUT THERE AND SAY I'VE BEEN CHOSEN AS, UM, FOUR BEINGS AS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR HAS REALLY BEEN AN HONOR. BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE HONOR TO ALL THOSE THAT MAKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR US, FOR US AS LEADERS, BECAUSE WITHOUT MY STAFF, MY STUDENTS, MY PARENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY ITSELF, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. SO I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. I'M BLESSED. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU ARE HERE AS A STAFF MEMBER, UH, ANY PARENTS, ANY COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT, IF YOU'LL COME UP REAL QUICK AND JOIN US FOR A QUICK PICTURE, UM, WITH OUR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR ON APRIL 4TH, MR. LAVAZZA WILLIAMS DAY, AND I GUESS I CHOSE THE WRONG PROFESSION BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE 25 AND YOU'VE BEEN TEACHING 25 YEARS. WOW. [00:10:53] AND IN TRUE INCLUSION FORM, WE, ALTHOUGH PRINCIPAL FICKLE, WHO IS NOT IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, HE WON PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION THAT WE WILL BE MAILING TO HIM AS WELL. SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO GET THAT MAILED OFF. I AM GOING TO ROLL INTO OUR NEXT, UM, PRESENTATION. UH, APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS LIVING WITH AUTISM OR IS AFFECTED BY AUTISM BY SHOW OF HANDS? A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, AUTISM, THE LATEST STUDIES SHOW THAT AUTISM AFFECTS ONE IN 44. AND I LOOK BACK ON MY DAYS IN SCHOOL, MAYBE YOU ALL CAN LOOK BACK ON YOUR DAYS AT SCHOOL AND YOU WONDER WHY WE DIDN'T REALLY HEAR MUCH ABOUT AUTISM. AND WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT IT. NOW. I PERSONALLY AM LIVING WITH AUTISM EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH MY SON WHO IS 17. AND SO AUTISM IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, NOT JUST FOR HIM, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND ME, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MY NEIGHBORS, THE PEOPLE WHO CALL ME EACH DAY AND SAY, WE JUST GOT THE DIAGNOSIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, AWARENESS. THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT YOUR STORY BECAUSE HAD I NOT KNOWN WHAT THE SIGNS WERE? I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN TO GET MY CHILD TESTED OR URGE MY COUSIN TO GET THEIR CHILD TESTED. AND SO EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEY. TODAY. I WANT TO PRESENT AN ORGANIZATION IN MISSOURI CITY WITH A PROCLAMATION HONORING AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. THIS ORGANIZATION DECIDED, UM, OUT OF THE NEED OF SO MANY PARENTS RECEIVING THAT DIAGNOSIS FOR THEIR KIDS TO START AN ORGANIZATION CALLED SHARP MINDS ACADEMY WOULD SELL ME AND SEED YOU. PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. Y'ALL, LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. AND THEY ARE DAUNTING. THEY'RE BLUE TODAY OR AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. I MET SO MANY AND CGU MAYBE ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO. AND IT STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL. SOMEBODY CALLED ME AND SAID, LYNN, I KNOW A LADY WHO IS TRYING TO START AN AUTISM SCHOOL. SHE WROTE, SHE KNEW THE NEED AND SHE STEPPED OUT ON FAITH TO DO IT. AND SHE'S JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. AND I THINK I CAME OVER THE VERY NEXT DAY. DIDN'T KNOW YOU AND I MET BOTH OF YOU. AND WE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. SO I PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH SOME RESOURCES. ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER TEARS WHEN MEAN WE'VE CRIED TEARS TOGETHER. WE'VE HAD HUGS TOGETHER. UM, BUT THE PASSION THAT YOU ALL HAVE FOR EDUCATING DIFFERENTLY ABLED INDIVIDUALS, THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR HELPING FAMILIES TO HELP FIGURE THIS OUT AND PUT THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER. UM, I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT IN MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT YOU HELP, WE WILL NEVER FORGET. YOU ARE A JUUL IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE WANT YOU TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO MATTERS, NOT EVERYBODY CAN EDUCATE DIFFERENTLY ABLED. IT TAKES, IT TAKES A LOT. TRUST ME, I KNOW I LIVE WITH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT'S A GIFT. IT'S AN ART, IT'S A MINISTRY. AND SO FOR ME, I WANT TO SAY AS A PARENT, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND FOR EVERYBODY IN MISSOURI CITY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT LIVE WITH AUTISM, IT MATTERS BECAUSE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH AUTISM IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY ARE OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY BELONG TO US. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT LEAP OF FAITH TO START SHARP MINDS ACADEMY. AS I TOLD MR. WILLIAMS, YES, WE CAN GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AS I TOLD MR. WILLIAMS, WE DON'T GIVE PROCLAMATIONS TO ORDINARY PEOPLE. WE GIVE THEM TO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE AND YOU BOTH ARE EXTRAORDINARY. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF APRIL IS THE OFFICIAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. EDUCATING THE WORLD ABOUT AUTISM, THE FASTEST GROWING DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES AFFECTING MORE THAN 3 MILLION [00:15:01] PEOPLE IN, WHEREAS CG AND SOMI THOMAS HAVE PAVED THE WAY OPENING THE WORLD TO CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES, SUCH AS AUTISM. AND THEY FOUNDED SHARP MINDS ACADEMY RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. WHEREAS SHARP MINDS ACADEMY IS A PLACE WHERE CG AND SOMI HAVE MADE THEIR DREAM COME TRUE BY CREATING A PLACE OF ENHANCED EDUCATION IN A SAFE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN, WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES. AND NOW THEREFORE I LYNN KLAUSER COUNCIL WOMAN AT LARGE ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HERE BY RECOGNIZE SHARP MINDS. ACADEMY IS AN INNOVATIVE, SAFE HAVEN OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN OF SPECIAL NEEDS. I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO. WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN'T, I'M GOING TO START CRYING, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. IF YOU GUYS WOULD LET ME SO GOOD EVENING, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT IS AN HONOR, AND A PLEASURE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT SHARP MINDS ACADEMY. IT IS AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS ACADEMICS AND SOCIAL SKILLS FOR ALL CHILDREN, INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. WE STARTED THIS LITTLE SCHOOL BACK IN 2019 AND COVID HIT AS HARD, BUT EVEN WITH COVID AND BLESSINGS FROM MISSOURI CITY, WE WERE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MISSOURI CITY FOR CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENCES. THIS PROGRAM INSPIRATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFERENTLY ABLED INDIVIDUALS, SUCH AS MY SISTER AND MY NEPHEW DURING THIS PANDEMIC CG. AND I WERE MORE DETERMINED AND MOTIVATED TO PROVIDE PARENTS AN OPTION FOR EDUCATING CHILDREN IN SMALL RATIOS, PROVIDE TUTORING. AND NOW WE EVEN HAVE IEP ART SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN THAT NEED THEM. DURING THIS TIME, WE BECAME A RESEARCH AND PROVIDER FOR CHILDREN IN MISSOURI CITY. WE CLOSELY WORK WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, OUR PARTNER IN CRIME HOPE FOR THREE, MIKEY'S PLACED AN ARC OF FORT BEND COUNTY TO INFORM OF ANY SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HOLD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ALSO WORK WITH THERAPY SERVICES AS ABA, SPEECH AND OT. I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS HERE TO TELL YOU GUYS SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT FROM OUR PARENTS ABOUT SHARP MINDS ACADEMY. IT HIDDEN GEM, MISSOURI CITY, AN AWESOME SMALL ENVIRONMENT, VERY BLESSED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE FOUND YOU GUYS. THESE STATEMENTS ARE WHAT KEEPS OUR DRIVE GOING EVERY DAY TO PROVIDE THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR PARENTS. AND JUST LIKE LYNN SAID, A SAFE AND FUN ATMOSPHERE FOR OUR CHILDREN. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONTINUED LOVE AND SUPPORT. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO MAY. YOU'RE ROBIN ELLICOTT AND COUNCILWOMAN LYNN KLAUSER FOR ALL THE ADVICE, LOVE AND SUPPORT DURING THESE PAST FEW YEARS. THANK YOU AGAIN, MISSOURI CITY. AND IF YOUR FAMILIES WANT TO JOIN YOU FOR THIS PICTURE EXPEDITIOUSLY, AND IF YOU ARE AN, AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, A SPEECH THERAPIST, I THINK I SAW MS. ERICA. UM, IF YOU ARE A TEACHER THAT TEACHES SPECIAL NEEDS ARE DIFFERENTLY, ABLED CHILDREN, IF YOU WILL JUST STAND SO THAT WE CAN HONOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [(c) Fair Housing Month 2022 / National Community Development Week] NEXUS THREE C FAIR HOUSING MONTH, 2022. IT'S A NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. [00:20:17] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. THERE ARE PRESENTATION SLIDES INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. I'M GOING TO DO TWO PRESENTATIONS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, HAS SO TWO PROCLAMATIONS RELATED TO THESE TWO PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST PRESENTATION THAT I'M DOING, A PRESENTATION SLIDES INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. UM, AS FOR FAIR HOUSING MONTH, THE, OF APRIL, UH, IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING MONTH. UH, THE CITY HAS, UH, PROVIDED A PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORT A FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES FOR MANY YEARS, UM, AS A RECIPIENT OF, UH, FEDERAL GRANTS, CDBG GRANTS, UM, ALSO, UH, STATE LEVEL GRANTS THROUGH TEXTS THAT, UH, THE CITY MUST REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES. SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PRESENTATION IS WHAT FAIR HOUSING IS FOR THE PUBLIC, THIS PRESENTATION AND DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT THE CITY DOES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, UM, ARE PART OF THE CITY'S, UH, CALL, UH, TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING PRINCIPLES. SO FAIR HOUSING IS PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968. UM, IT IS A PROTECTION AGAINST CERTAIN CLASSES OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT THEY WILL HAVE PROTECTION AS THEY GO THROUGH HOME-BUYING PRACTICES, RENTING, LEASING, UH, LIVING IN COMMUNITIES. UH, SO THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO IT IS ENSURING THAT ITS CODES AND REGULATIONS, UM, ALL OF ITS POLICIES FURTHER AND ADVANCE THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, SEEKING TO RESIDE WITHIN THE CITY. UH, SO THAT INCLUDES ANY CITY ADOPTED CODES, ANY CITY PLANS, UH, ANY POLICIES, UH, THAT THE CITY DESIGNATES, THERE ARE EXAMPLES INCLUDED IN THE PACKET OF WHAT DISCRIMINATION LOOKS LIKE, UM, OR, UM, UNDER FAIR HOUSING. UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, UH, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THERE'S ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY IN TEXAS THAT WAS TESTED, UH, FOR, UH, CREATING AND ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND REGULATIONS THAT PROVIDED, UH, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, UH, WITHIN THE CITY FINALLY, UH, THAT OR AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING, WE ARE PARTNERS, UH, WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT INCLUDES THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. IT INCLUDES, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. UM, IT INCLUDES HUD, THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THEN THE CITY'S EFFORTS AGAIN, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UM, AND AS A RECIPIENT OF, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT FUNDS. SO THE CITY DOES HAVE A PROCESS FOR RENTERS HOME BUYERS FROM OWNERS THAT FEEL, UH, AS IF OR, UM, EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION THAT THEY CAN CONTACT THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, UH, THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, AND EXPRESS, UM, WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN. THEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE A WRITTEN, UH, COMMENT ON THE DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED. THE CITY WILL TAKE THAT IN, INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINT AND TAKE ACTION FURTHER. UM, FROM THERE, DOES ANYONE, ANY QUESTIONS ON FAIR HOUSING? OKAY. I AM GOING TO DO NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK. UM, NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK IS ANOTHER NATIONAL RECOGNITION COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE CELEBRATING A NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE, WHICH WILL BE THIS YEAR, APRIL 11, THROUGH THE 15TH 2022. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO EXPRESS THE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE PROGRAM SERVES FOR THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKET IS THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY IN MISSOURI CITY. THE SOCIAL SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED SUCH AS MEALS ON WHEELS, A CHILD ADVOCATES WAS A SOCIAL AGENCY THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE PROGRAM. UM, OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE MINOR HOUSING, UM, REHABILITATION PROGRAM, THE SCHOLARSHIP REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, UM, FOR, UH, AT COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS, UM, FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL, UH, PAINT PROGRAM. UM, SO THE WORK THAT, UH, THE CITY IS ABLE TO ADMINISTER USING CDBG FUNDS, UM, IS ASSISTED BY THE COUNCIL APPOINTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY IS THE CHAIR OF, IN WHICH WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL [00:25:01] MEMBERS THAT ARE ALSO, UM, MEMBERS OF AS WELL. UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, UH, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CALL UPFRONT IN ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT MIGHT BE HERE, IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM. UH, SO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE YOU. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE NEW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, WHICH STARTED WITH THE CITY TODAY, UH, MARISSA MORGAN IT WILL BE ASSISTING THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND, UH, ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM. AND SO WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATIONS LET'S COME OUT FRONT HERE. I DON'T WANT OUR BACKS TURN TO THE AUDIENCE. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GET, I'LL PUT THIS HERE. LET ME START OFF WITH, UH, AS IT WAS STATED, APRIL IS, UH, IT MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968, UH, WHICH SOUGHT TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER HOUSING CHOICES FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND SO WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL IS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE PROVINCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS VIGOROUS LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION CAN BE AS EFFECTIVE IF NOT MORE SO THAN FEDERAL EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS ILLEGAL BARRIERS TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND HOUSING, NO MATTER HOW SUBTLE DIMINISHED THE RIGHTS OF ALL. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAS KENTUCKY CONDUCTED THE ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE. AND NOW THEREFORE I JEFFREY ALBONY MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ON BEHALF OF MIRAI, ROBIN J ALEC HAT AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT IN THE PURSUIT OF THE SHARED GOAL AND RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL MEN AND WOMEN, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY DOES HERE BY JOINED THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION BY PROCLAIMING APRIL, 2022 AS FAIR HOUSING MONTH WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AND THE SECOND PROCLAMATION I'VE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE. AND I LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, WHO SERVED WITH ME ON THE CDAC COMMITTEE TO COME UP, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN RALEIGH, AND COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS. UM, AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SERVED BEFORE COUNCIL WOMAN CLOUDS ARE, BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE SINCE 2012 AND THAT'S WELL, BEFORE I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER IN NOVEMBER, 2017. AND SO THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO THIS COMMUNITY RELATIVE TO THE CDBG DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM HUD IS MAY SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE, UH, REHABBING, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS HOMES, PROVIDING, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS, UH, DELIVERIES TO SENIOR CITIZENS DOING THE RESIDENTIAL PREY PROGRAM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN ANY SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION. SO THIS PROGRAM HAS MADE HUGE DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO, UH, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ AND HER TEAM, UH, WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WHO OVERSEES THE CDAC COMMITTEE, UH, FOR GIVING US ALL THE INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED IN THE TARGET AREAS OF CDBG. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. SO THIS PROCLAMATION STATES, WHEREAS THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM IN 1974, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO ASSIST LOW AND MODERATE, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS HAS UTILIZED NONPROFIT AND NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD AND HUMAN NEEDS. AND WHEREAS THE CDBG PROGRAM HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE CREATION OF POST SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIPS, SOCIAL AND YOUTH SERVICES, MINOR HOME REPAIRS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ACTIVITIES, PARKS, AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND WATER, SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE CAPACITY TO ADMINISTER THE CDBG PROGRAM, TO IDENTIFY, PRIORITIZE, AND RESOLVE PRESSING LOCAL PROBLEMS. AND NOW, THEREFORE I JEFFREY ALBONY ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, ROBIN J ALLEN CAT, THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MY COLLEAGUES WHO SERVED WITH ME ON THE CDH C COMMITTEE, MS. CHERYL OLOF, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TODAY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 11TH THROUGH THE 15TH, 2022 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN AND RECOGNIZE IN THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A PITCHER? [00:30:51] ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE [(b) Recognition of the Thurgood Marshall High School Swim Team.] THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM THREE, B RECOGNITION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM. Y THERE IT IS. I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST. THERE WE GO. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROCLAMATION AS THESE GUYS DO, BUT HEY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME NOISE IN HERE. RIGHT? YOU READY? LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. SO MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY SAW THIS ON FACEBOOK AND IT WAS POSTED BY MS. STEPHANIE BROWN. YOU GUYS KNOW STEPHANIE BROWN, RIGHT? AND SHE HERE TODAY THAT SHARES, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING FOR US TO READ, RIGHT? UH, THIS WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF BOTH COACHES, THE SWIM COACHES, KELLY BURKE, AND KJ MATEO. ARE THEY HERE? I WISH EVERY MEETING WAS LIKE THIS, UH, HAVE THEIR BIGGEST TEAM EVER, AND HOW THEY BROKEN SO MANY RECORDS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS WHOLE THING. HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE. OKAY. I WAS HONORED AND EXCITED TO BE INVITED TO THE SCHOOL TO GIVE, UH, NOT A GREAT RECOGNITION TO MS. CAMERON STERLING. I KNOW, IS SHE HERE TODAY? THERE? SHIT. ACTUALLY THE GUY, SHE'S A MULTI-TALENTED PERSON. SHE CAN DRAW, SHE CAN SWIM. I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN'T. DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER BO JACKSON, RIGHT? THAT'S HER RIGHT THERE. AND I AM HONORED TO, AND THEY HAD A FORT BEND ISD HAD A GREAT RECOGNITION FOR HER AND FOR THE COACHES, REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH, WHAT, AND HOW MUCH THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THEIR SCHOOL PROGRAM. AND ALSO THE STRUGGLES AND HOW MUCH IT TOOK THEM TO GET THERE. AND, AND CAMERON STERLING WAS THE ONE PERSON THAT WAS CHOSEN FROM, UH, FOR BANIZE D TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO WHEN I SAW THIS, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE SO MANY THINGS. WE RECOGNIZE SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THE WANTS. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY FIGHTING TO GET UP THERE. AND SO I FIGURED I WENT THERE AND GAVE CAMERON STERLING THE RECOGNITION, BUT I LOOKED AT ALL OF HER SWIM TEAMMATES. THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 1520 OF THEM THERE. AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT, THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING. AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN A STYLE WE'RE GOING TO DO AT CITY COUNCIL. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING OUT HERE. SO THIS WAY WE CAN TRULY SHOW THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND WE DO HAVE A MARSHALL GRADUATE THAT'S ON CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVAN, ASK OUR COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS TO JOIN ME UP HERE, AND THEN WE'LL BRING EVERYBODY ELSE UP, BUT I WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS VIDEO AND PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. LET'S CRANK IT UP. YEAH. PEOPLE JUST GRAVITATE TOWARDS SCOTTSBURG THAT WAS MY FIRST YEAR COACHING HERE. AND IT'S MY FIRST YEAR HERE. AS SOON AS I ACCEPTED THE JOB, UM, COACH WILLIAMS, THEY DO, YOU CALL IT AN ASSABET SWIM. I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY TRYING TO JUST FOCUS ON TEACHING THIS YEAR. AND I'D BEEN SWEPT UP IN VOLUNTOLD INTO THINGS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT SWIMMING IS MY NUMBER ONE. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN, BUT I DO SINCE I WAS A KID. AND ONCE I SAW THE STUDENT BODY HERE AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF GUY WAS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE MORE I [00:35:01] LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY, THE MORE DETERMINED TO ADVOCATE AND TO PROVE EVERYBODY WRONG. MY PLANS WERE TO JUST DOUBLE THE LARGEST TEAM WE'VE HAD IN HISTORY. SO I WAS HOPING FOR 10 SOLID STUDENTS THIS YEAR, THAT WE COULD REALLY JUST LAY A NICE FOUNDATION, THAT THEY COULD BE INVESTORS FOR TEAM THAT WE COULD BE TEACHING BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND HAVE A SOLID 20 TO 30 NEXT YEAR. UM, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY SHOWED UP TO THE INTEREST MEETING AND THEN SHOWED UP AT SCHOOL THE FIRST DAY THAT WE HAD OUR PRACTICE AT 6:00 AM AND THEY WERE HERE BEFORE ME, THERE WAS OVER 10 PARENTS LINED UP IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, WAITING FOR ME TO GET HERE AT FIVE 30 AND I WAS FLOORED. THEN THEY ALL SHOWED UP TO THE SCHOOL. AS FAR AS AGAIN, I PUT INTO A POOL, I WAS SURPRISED AND HAPPY. AND INSTEAD OF LIKE, EVERY DAY, IT WAS, IT WAS KIDS WANT THIS I'M AN ISRAELI AND I CAN TO PROVIDE IT. I DON'T THINK OVERWHELMED WOULD BE LIKE THE ACCURATE WORD. WE WERE A LITTLE EXCITED, YOU KNOW, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY GRABBED THAT. WE HAD AN INFLUX OF INTEREST. SO I DON'T THINK OVERWHELMED WOULD BE THE WORD. I THINK THAT IT WAS SORT OF LIKE AN ORGANIZED CHAOS IN A SENSE, BECAUSE WE DID GET SO MUCH INTEREST LAST TIME. A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTING TO JOIN IT. I WANTED SOMETHING TO DO IN MY FREE TIME AND WAS SOMETHING I NEVER TRIED BEFORE. SO I WANT TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND BE DIFFERENT. AT FIRST, IT STARTED OFF AS A TEAM WHERE EVERYBODY BRAGGED THE SWIM TEAM AS A, WHY ARE YOU DRAWING THAT AS THOSE? LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE LIKE ANYBODY ELSE? HONESTLY, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO SWIM UNTIL I STARTED FORMING ON THE TEAM, BUT IT REALLY DID GET A NICE, FUNNY, EVERYBODY IS SUCH A SWEETHEART. WE ALL LIKE FAMILY. AND IT WAS, THEY JUST MADE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING I DID. SOME HAD LEARNED IN SWIM LESSONS OR, UM, JUST HAD PLAYED A FRIEND'S POOLS OR WHATEVER. BUT ROD CAME WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE AND A LOT CAME WITH, UH, A DEEP FEAR OF THE WATER FROM THEIR PARENTS OR FROM THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE. AND THEN SO EARNING THEIR TRUST WAS A HUGE THING BETWEEN COACH TAYLOR AND MYSELF, UM, AND THAT WE WILL TEACH THEM LIKE, WE'VE GOT YOU IN THE POOL WITH THEM ALMOST EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS I WAS IN THE POOL EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WANT THEM ALL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS HOME WITH THEM. I WANT THEM TO ALSO GO AND TAKE IT TO THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT, UH, LIKE WATER SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE, HOUSTON, SEEMINGLY MOCKED, BUT HARVEY. AND EVERY YEAR SINCE WE'VE HAD ISSUES AND PEOPLE DIE IN THOSE BEDS EVERY YEAR, THREE FEET OF WATER AND FIVE FEET OF WATER. AND, UM, THAT JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. AND IF WE CAN PREVENT SOME OF THAT BY THESE STUDENTS GOING AND SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEN I WANT TO DO THAT. I TOLD THEM AFTER LIKE A MONTH BEFORE I FIRST MET, I SAID, WELL, WE'LL DO IT. THIS NEED IS GREAT FOR US. AND IT'S HISTORICAL FOR US AS A TEAM AND A SCHOOL. BUT, UM, IF WE STOP RIGHT NOW AND YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WORLD GOES INTO LOCK DOWN AGAIN, LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND YOU CHANGED YOUR FAMILY'S LIVES AND THE FRIENDS AND YOUR PEERS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAN TAKE THIS AND CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WATER WAS POSTED ON THE FORT BEND ISD AND WERE ABLE TO FIND IT. AND AS WE DO THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MS. STEPHANIE BROWN TO COME UP, PLEASE. AND ALSO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME INVITE YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AND THE COACHES OF THE SWIM OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, PLEASE COME ON UP. SO I HAVE, WE HAVE JUST FOR TIME PURPOSES, WE HAD GIVEN THEM THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO EACH OF THEM, WITH THEIR OWN NAMES PRIOR TO THE MEETING. SO THIS WAY WE WON'T TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME. RIGHT. [00:40:01] BUT I DO HAVE A SPECIAL GUESTS WHO HEARD ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING AND ACTUALLY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WOULD LOVE TO COME OUT HERE AND TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE BUFFS YOU ALREADY, FOR THIS GUEST, YOU READY? IT IS NONE OTHER THAN YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS THANK YOU, MARIELLA CAT. AND I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS PHENOMENAL SWIM TEAM. Y'ALL ARE A SIMONE MANUAL, RIGHT? YOU HEARD OF HER FROM SUGAR LAND. WE'VE GOT OUR OWN PHENOMENAL SWIMMERS FROM THURGOOD MARSHALL. AND TYPICALLY WE CELEBRATE THE AMAZING FOOTBALL AND TRACK TEAM THAT HAVE DONE SOME PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL THINGS, AS WELL AS THE BASKETBALL TEAM. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS CELEBRATING THE SWIM TEAM. SO I WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE BROWN FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. I WANT TO THANK, UH, MAYOR ELLA KAT FOR THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND I TO, UH, PREPARE A, A RESOLUTION FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS MARK IN THIS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. I WANT TO THANK THE COACH, UH, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR COMMITMENT. LET'S GIVE THEM THE COACHES AND MAYOR HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE ENTIRE TEAM AND THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 200 MEDLEY RELAY, UH, AND THE GREAT COACH, UH, BURKE AND, UH, COACH, UH, YOU ALL ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THESE STUDENT ATHLETES AND, UH, TO CAMERON STERLING AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS TRULY PROUD OF THESE OUTSTANDING BUS. AND WE KNOW, UH, THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME. YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SOAR, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS NEW FOR YOU ALL. AND WE KNOW THAT WITH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AND HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, BUS OFF THE PARENTS, THE COACHES, COACH. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, COACH WILLIAMS AND THE ENTIRE STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M GOING TO, BEFORE WE TAKE SOME PICTURES, I'M GOING TO HAVE THE COACH TO SAY A FEW WORDS. UH, I THOUGHT, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE EVERYBODY TIME, BUT I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID FOR THIS TEAM AND FOR YOU GUYS GETTING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE PARENTS THAT GET UP WITH THEM AND BRING THEM OUT TO THE POOL. THAT'S WE STARTED AT 6:00 AM AT THE Y YMCA AND, UM, WE'VE HAD INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SCHOOL SUPPORT AND, UM, COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT COACH WILLIAMS AND MY ASSISTANT WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, COACH MATEO. BUT, UM, PLEASE SHOUT THEM OUT WHENEVER YOU SEE THEM, TELL THEM, KEEP IT UP AND ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND EVERYBODY TO GET IN THE WATER EARLY AND, UM, BE INVOLVED. THANK YOU GUYS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ARRESTED, THE CITY COUNCIL ARE STANDING UP. SO INSTEAD OF STANDING IN THE BACK, I'M GOING TO TEND TO COME FORWARD AND CELEBRATE WITH US AND TAKE SOME PICTURES. THANK YOU ALL OKAY. [00:45:02] AND THEN A FEW MINUTES TO GO AHEAD AND EXIT I GAVE IT TO SOMEBODY, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, IF WE HAVE OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESUME THE MEETING BACK ITEM. NUMBER [4. PUBLIC COMMENTS] FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE DO, SIR. OKAY. SO AS, AS THE CITY SECRETARY, CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THE CITY SECRETARY WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED THAT TIME. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND. THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. JOHN FLETCHER, GOOD MORNING, MARY, TO THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE. I JUST WANTED TO COME UP WITH A MINUTE AND JUST BRING TO THE ATTENTION AND ASK FOR SOME HELP FROM THE CITY. MISSOURI CITY IS A, WE LIVE IN GREEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND WE GET OUR WATER FROM FORD BEING, UH, WCID NUMBER TWO. AND SINCE WENT ONLINE WITH THE NEW WATER TOWER, UH, WATER IS COMING OUT IN A GRAYISH COLOR, GOLD COLOR. WE'VE CONTACTED THE CITY OF STAFFORD TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE COLOR ADDITION OF THE WATER AND THE POSSIBLE METALS IN THE WATER. AND, UH, THEY'VE COME OUT AND DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WHEN TALKING TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED FOR THE CITY OF STAFFORD, WHO TAKE CARE OF THE WATER, THEY SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO FIX THE PIPE. IF THEY REPLACED SOME PIPING IN THE OLD PART, LIKE CLOSE TO, UH, UH, EA JONES, ELLEN, RICHARD COUSINS NAMED MOVE OLD, AND THE PIPES NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT OUR PIPES DON'T NEED TO BE REPLACED. IT NEEDS TO BE SWAPPED WITH, UH, UH, SOME TYPE OF TUBE OR SOMETHING TO GO IN AND TO GET ALL THE SIT IN THE DIRT OUT. BECAUSE WHEN HE OPENED THE WATER TANK UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WATERS NOW GOLD HAS METAL IN IT. AND SO THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY TO GET THAT DONE. AND IT JUST STARTED WITH WHEN TODD WENT ONLINE, WHICH WAS LESS THAN A YEAR, AND NOW OUR KIDS ARE, OUR KIDS ARE NOT DOING, BUT THERE ARE KIDS WHO ARE PROBABLY DRINKING THIS WATER, BATHING, THIS WATER, COOKING THIS WATER OF OUR TESTED, THE WATER, DRAIN OUR WATER HEATERS, PUT WATER IN BATHTUBS. AND WHEN I LET THE WATER OUT IS STAIN IN THE WATER. THAT THAT IS, YOU CAN SEE THE RESIDUE FROM THE, FROM THE METALS OF TRAP, BALLING THE WATER IN A CERAMIC POT. THAT'S WHITE INSIDE. AND WHEN YOU TAKE THE WATER OUT, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE GOLDEN RING INSIDE THE POT. AND I KNOW IT'S CONTAMINATED AND THEY KNOW IT'S CONTAMINATED, BUT THE WAY THEY WANT TO FIX IT, IT'S JUST OPEN THE FIREPLUG THINKING IT CAN DRAIN OUT, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING. AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MUD DISTRICT IN AN AREA TO GET WHAT OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S HAPPENING ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT EVERYONE IN OUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION IS BEING, UH, HAVING THIS CONTAMINANT ON THEM. UH, SOME OF THEM LIKE MY WIFE IS ALSO USING A CLEANER ON HER SKIN BECAUSE SHE SAYS EVERY TIME SHE'D TAKE A BATH, SHE HAD TO CLEAN HER, HER SKIN BECAUSE SHE CAN SEE THE RESIDENCE. SHE FEELS THE CONTAMINANT ON HER SKIN. SO I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE OTHER CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE WATER HAS BEEN REALLY BAD AND KIDS HAVE BEEN DYING FROM IT. UH, IT SEEMS TO BE, IF IT'S A HEALTH HEALTH ISSUE, IT SEEMS THAT THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE A, THEY CALL IT A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, MAYBE VERSUS PAYING THE MONEY TO GET IT DONE. IT'S NOT CHEAP, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE. BUT I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS AND THE FAMILY LIFE MATTERS MORE THAN THE COST OF GETTING THIS SITUATION CORRECTED [00:50:01] PROPERLY. THANK YOU, CHRIS, ANY MANAGER JACK, AS MR. BRUCE COMES UP, CAN YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE, UH, CLARIFY THE MUD DISTRICT AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE? MEADOW. YOU SEEN ME ALL THE TIME. I DON'T TO GO INTO DETAILS. WE HAD OUR FIRST ACCIDENT CRAWLING THROUGH THE WILLOW WATERHOLE, GETTING TO THE OTHER SIDE, MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET. SHE'S ALMOST BLIND. I TAKE HER TO THE GROCERY STORE. SHE'D LIKE TO GO TO PIE, BURNS AND WALK. SHE CAN'T. SHE HAS TO GO ON WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD, LEAVE THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY JUST TO GET TO A STORE. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A PARK AND FONDREN PARK, MAKE SOME SORT OF PATHS THAT WE CAN GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAYOU. I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES THAT BECOME UP HERE AND RANT AND YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT. YOU'D RATHER BUILD GOLF COURSES, DO OTHER PARKS, OTHER THINGS THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SENIOR CITIZENS UP THERE. WE GET A VERY LITTLE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN MISSOURI CITY. A $250,000 HOME IN HOUSTON IS TAXED WITH A $40,000 VALUATION RATE. IT'S ABOUT TIME. YOU STARTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS TAX. THIS YEAR, IT'S BEEN 15,000 SINCE MID 1980S. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, LIVING IN MISSOURI CITY IS NO ADVANTAGE TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME AND I PITY THIS POOR MAN OVER HERE WHO HAS POOR WATER. YOU'VE DONE NOTHING WITH THESE MUD DISTRICTS EITHER. YOU'D RATHER RUN THIS LIKE THE ROMAN EMPIRE MAKING ROME GRAND RUN THE REST OF THE EMPIRE CRUMBLES AT THE FRINGES. IT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S ABOUT TIME. YOU START PAYING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU, JONATHAN RIVERS. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JONATHAN RARER IS A RESIDENT, A HUNTER GLEN FOR, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE OPPOSITION OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE. AND I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT FROM US, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE REALLY DON'T WANT. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS AS I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH MISSOURI CITY, I'VE YET TO SEE. AND I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH ALL THE PARKS, ANY CONVENIENCE STORE GAS STATION ACROSS FROM A PUBLIC PARK. COULD IT BE WRONG, BUT I HAVE SEEN IT. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE, UM, GOVERNED BY THE POLICIES THAT ARE PLACED BEFORE YOU, BUT I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE ZONING FOR MISSOURI CITY HASN'T CHANGED SINCE 1985. THEREFORE I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO REPRESENT US AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. OUR KIDS WHO PARTICIPATE AT THAT PARK ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU'RE NOT NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO WHAT MAY HAPPEN OUT THERE. AND I KNOW I DON'T STAND ALONE IN THIS FEELING. AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER OR, AND NOT CONSIDER OR RE VIEW YOUR ZONING OR PUBLIC AREAS SO THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING NOW, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO HAPPEN AGAIN. SMITH SMITH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAROL SMITH. I LIVE IN HUNTERS POINT AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ALSO THE GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE THAT IS EXISTS. THAT IS EXACTLY BEHIND MY HOUSE QUESTION. YOU GAS STATIONS, EMIT FUMES PEOPLE, LIVING A WORKING THEIR GAS STATIONS, AS WELL AS MOTORISTS REFUEL. THEIR VEHICLES MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO A FAR HIGHER LEVEL OF TOXIC FUMES AND PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH BY SCIENTISTS AT COLUMBIA AND JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITIES QUESTION DO GAS STATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION, BOTH AIR POLLUTION AND SOAR POLLUTION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GAS STATIONS. WHILE AIR POLLUTION IS CREATED BY VOLATILE CHEMICALS VAPORIZING DURING THE GAS FILLING PROCESS, SORROW POLLUTION CAN BE CAUSED BY UNDERGROUND PIPES OR TANKS, RUSTING OR LEAKING SLOWLY RELEASING CONTAMINANTS [00:55:01] INTO SURROUNDING AREA QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE REAL DOWNSIDE OF HAVING A GAS STATION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? THE REAL DOWNSIDES ARE NOISE, TRAFFIC PEOPLE, TRAFFIC, POTENTIAL, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AIR POLLUTION, TANK DELIVERIES, AND A HAZARD TO YOUR HEALTH. EVEN WITH ALL THE MODERN HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES, THE GAS STATIONS MUST FOLLOW RESEARCH STATES THAT THERE IS A CONSENSUS THAT THEY STILL POSE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARDS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE SO TIRED OF DECISIONS THAT PUT PROFIT OVER THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE SO TIRED OF HEARING THAT. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. IT IS TOO LATE. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO SAVE A LIFE. WHAT CAN BE DONE IS HAVING THE COURAGE TO SIT, TO STAND AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH TWO LAST QUESTIONS. QUESTION NUMBER ONE, IF WE'RE AS THIS PROJECT PROCEEDS, HOW OFTEN WILL SOAR CONTAMINATION TESTS BE ISSUED? QUESTION NUMBER TWO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WHATEVER YOUR ANSWER IS, PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR US. WHEN HENRY ART, WHEN HENRY. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. EVEN THE COUNCIL, UH, I LIVE AT 1202 MOSS RIDGE. ALSO. I'M A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AND HUNTER'S GLEN THREE COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY. UH, JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THE SAME COMMENT ABOUT THAT GAS STATION. THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED AT THE CORNER OF INDEPENDENCE AND GRAND PARK. UH, IN THAT 1.4 MILE TRACK FROM FONDREN, UM, TO TEXAS PARKWAY ON INDEPENDENCE, YOU DON'T SEE ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT EXCEPT FOR THE BOOKENDS. YOU SEE A SEVEN DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ON THE CORNER OF FONDREN AND EXXON GAS STATION ON THE CORNER. AND THEN YOU CAN ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND THEN YOU HAVE AN EXXON AND HAVE A LOWER STATION. UH, THAT'S ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, UH, I'M NOT A IVY LEAGUE ECONOMIST, BUT TO SAY THAT A CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GAS STATION IN BETWEEN THAT 1.4 MILES IS GOING TO DO THE COMMUNITY ANY BENEFIT. UH, WE STRONGLY AGREE, DISAGREE WITH THAT. UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S MARK THE DATA OUT THERE THAT SAYS, OKAY, THERE'S ENOUGH, UH, REVENUE, OR BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE CUSTOMERS WANT. UH, THE COMMUNITY DISAGREES WITH THAT. WE DO NOT WANT THIS GAS STATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE EXIT OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE OUR PARK RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO SEE A GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE BEING BUILT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE PARK. ALSO, I WANTED TO BRING THE ATTENTION TO THE SAME THING. SHE SAID, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THE NOISE POLLUTION, THE SEMI-TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DRIVING THROUGH DELIVERING THE FUEL, UH, THE, THE, THE HUMAN TRAFFIC, THE FOOT TRAFFIC. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE, UH, EXTRA AT THAT, AT THAT INTERSECTION. WE'RE JUST OPENING OURSELVES TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T FORESEE, BUT I CHALLENGED COUNCIL. I CHALLENGED EVERYBODY THAT'S IN HERE TO REALLY THINK STRONGLY ABOUT PUTTING SOME PARAMETERS IN PLACE TO PREVENT THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING TO ANY OTHER COMMUNITY. UH, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE LATE TO THE GAME, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING OR TO HAVE A GROUP EFFORT TO NOT SUPPORT. THIS IS THAT COMING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT WANTING OH, AURA SCOTT, GREETINGS, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AURA SCOTT. I AM A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY HANNAH'S POINT ESTATE. I LIVE ON PINE, HARLEM AND LEXINGTON BETWEEN GRAND PARK INDEPENDENCE. AND THIS PROPOSED GAS CONVENIENCE STORE IS PRIMARILY IN THE BACK OF MY RESIDENCE. AS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE STATED, WE DO NOT WANT THAT'S GAS STATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REASON, BEING [01:00:02] A YOUTH WHO LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL OF US TO DOUG'S. WE HAVE STATION CONVENIENCE STORES ALREADY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS RIGHT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAN COME UP, TRAFFIC, YOUNG PEOPLE, POSSIBLY HAVING SOMEBODY TO BUY ALCOHOL, WINE CIGARETTES. THESE THINGS PROMOTE UNHEALTHY ISSUES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ARE NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS, OVER 30 YEARS, MOST OF US, AND WE JUST WANT PEACE. WE DON'T WANT ADDITIONAL CRIME. WE DON'T WANT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. WHEN WE WALKED BY THERE, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PARK THIS PROPOSAL? A STATION IS GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE BACK. AS ONE OF THE, UH, LADY SPOKE RIGHT IN THE BACK OF HER HOUSE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WISH THAT IN THE BACK OF THEIR HOMES OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CURRENCY AND ON THAT CURRENCY, IT SAYS, IN GOD, WE TRUST, WE TRUST THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL WE TRUST YOU TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR US. WHEN YOU'RE IN OFFICE, YOU COME BY, YOU ASKED US TO VOTE FOR YOU. WE VOTE, WE DON'T SEE ANY RESULTS IN GOD. WE TRUST. WE TRUST YOU TO THINK ABOUT US WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS. AND WHEN ISSUES COME UP, WE TRUST THAT YOU WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE CONSIDER US STEPHANIE BROWN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE BROWN. I LIVE IN HUNTERS, GLEN THREE. UM, WHEN I LEAVE OUT OF MY SUBDIVISION, I TURN ON GRAND PARK AND I WILL RUN RIGHT INTO THE GAS STATION. UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THE MAYOR WHO HAVE BEEN, WHO HAS BEEN OUT TO SPEAK OPENLY AGAINST THE GAS STATION. UM, AND, AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF DISRESPECT ON THE, UH, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE OWNERS OR THE DEVELOPERS. UH, AS SOON AS WE STARTED TO PROTEST AND, AND SHOW OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AND WHAT WAS GOING ON, IT WAS LIKE WE DID NOT EXIST. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT DEVELOPER CAME, BUT IT WAS SORT OF LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MEETING GREET WITH THEM. UH, AND UNTIL THE MAYOR AND THE PROTIUM AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE US AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WAS GOING ON THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN PLACE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN APPROVED NOW, BUT WE ARE STILL IN DISAGREEMENT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST COMMEND THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO SHOW OUR DIS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE PROJECT. AND I'M HOPING THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. WHEN WE SEE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT AGREE WITH, AND THAT WE COULD COME IN ON ONE ACCORD, LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND I HATE TO SAY THAT LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE WE WANT TO START BEING, UH, PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. SO WHEN WE SEE THESE THINGS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO FORM, OR WE DISCOVER HOW CODES ARE, THINGS THAT, OF THAT NATURE, WE CAN JUMP ON THESE THINGS AHEAD OF TIME AND GET SOME RESULTS BEFORE IT COMES TO THIS. NOW, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE DO THAT, TO MAKE US A PART AND LET US SIT AT THAT TABLE WITH THE DEVELOPER, LET HIM LOOK IN OUR FACES AND TELL US THAT WE'RE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO RECONSIDER THIS. EVEN THOUGH THE, THE, THE DIRT HAS BEEN TURNED, WE STILL WANT, BECAUSE IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WE NEED TO FORM A PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MAKING MONIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND IF WE ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT, THEN I'M ASKING THE COMMUNITY, NOT GO TO THE GAS STATION, NOT A, UH, GIVE THEM THE MONEY THAT WE FELT RIGHTFULLY THERE TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO IF IT IS GOING TO BE SO, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, WHAT SIGNS ON THE BACK OF YOUR FENCES, IF YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND THAT GAS STATION WITH A GUEST, A SIGN ON THERE AND SAY, DO NOT GO TO THIS GAS STATION. THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW ON A DAY-TO-DAY [01:05:01] BASIS, DO NOT PATRONIZE THESE BUSINESSES, MAYBE IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS, THEY'LL SAY, HEY, PEOPLE ARE SERIOUS. I THINK WE NEED TO RECONSIDER. MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO PLEASE THEM, BUT THIS CHART SAYS STRAIGHT OUT OF 7, 7, 8, 9, AND WE GOOD. CAN WE GIVE HIM A PORTABLE MIC? CAN WE GIVE A PORTABLE MIC? ONE OF YOU HAVE, OKAY. I GO AHEAD, SIR. KENNETH GOOD HARNESS POINT IS STATE, UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND I'M HERE TO PETITION, UH, THE CITY AND THIS COUNCIL TO EXERCISE, UH, CONSIDER EXERCISING ITS OPTION AND ITS AUTHORITY OF EMINENT DOMAIN, UH, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, STOPPING THIS GAS STATION FROM BEING BUILT, UH, FROM A LAYMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE CITY CHARTER, THE CITY SHALL HAVE ALL POWERS TO PERFORM AND RUN TO ALL PUBLIC SERVICES AS A GRANTED TO MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND NO CITY, AND, AND TO CITIES BY THE, UH, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE FLIP THE PAGE. AND AS I SAID, FROM A LAYMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, IMPLIED POWERS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT NECESSARY TO EXECUTE ALL POWER WAS GRANTED. THE CITY MAY USE A PART OF WHAT THE CITY CAN DO IN ACCORDANCE TO THIS CITY CHARTER IS THAT THE CITY MAY COOPERATE WITH GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS OR ANY AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF OR WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANY AGENCY THERE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE INTEREST, WELFARE HEALTH, UH, MORALS, COMFORT, SAFETY, AND CONVENIENCE OF THE CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS. I THINK THAT, UH, UH, BY DEFINITION, EMINENT DOMAIN SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO, UH, THE SAME SORTS OF ISSUES THAT REFLECT, UH, OUR HEALTH AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. I WOULD REFER COUNSEL ALSO, UH, AS, UH, MS. SMITH MENTIONED A BIT AGO, UH, TO A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, UH, THAT, UH, THAT SUGGESTS ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, OR AT LEAST MANY OF THE AND HEALTH HAZARDS THAT WILL BE POSED TO US, UH, WHO, UH, LIVE, UH, JOINING THIS, UH, GAS STATION SUBDIVISION. I MEAN THIS GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE. UM, THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THERE ARE HEALTH ISSUES, THERE ARE CRIME ISSUES. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE ISSUES, UH, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF OUR PROPERTIES, OUR PETITION ALSO FURTHER THE CITY CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT, AGAIN, FROM A LAYMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, IT DID, UH, WHEN IT TOOK, UH, THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE BY EMINENT DOMAIN, THERE WERE NO HEALTH ISSUES, NO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, BUT I BELIEVE IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THAT THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE THERE WAS CONCERN FROM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. I THINK YOU CAN, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD. LESLIE MACK. HELLO. HOW YOU DOING, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL? UH, MY NAME IS LESLIE MACK. I LIVE IN HUNTERS, GLEN FOR 25, 15 EDGE DELL. UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MR. GOOD'S SAID, I DON'T LIVE BEHIND. UM, I DON'T LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE GAS STATION, BUT I HAVE AND DO TAKE MY DAUGHTERS TO THE PARK. AND I FEEL LIKE, UM, I KNOW THAT A GAS STATION WOULDN'T BE [01:10:01] A GOOD THING FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT WOULD BE THE FOURTH GAS STATION WITHIN A MILE. IT WOULD BE THE THIRD GAS STATION WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF THIS INTERSECTION. WE ALREADY HAVE FAMILY DOLLAR, DOLLAR, DOLLAR GENERALS, UM, FIESTA. WE HAVE PLACES TO GO TO, TO GET THINGS FROM THE CONVENIENCE STORE. AND LIKE OTHER PEOPLE SAID WE HAVE, UM, WHAT THREE OR FOUR GAS STATIONS AT OUR IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I USUALLY DON'T GET GAS IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT'S SO EXPENSIVE. UM, I GO TO HIGHWAY SIX, SO I I'M WITH THEM THAT I WOULDN'T EVEN USE IT ANYWAY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO READ FROM, FROM, UH, LET'S SEE HERE COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE SYSTEMS, UH, THE ORGANIZATION MINIMUM 500 FOOT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY ZONE NEEDED. UH, THE RESEARCH IS CITED, UH, SAYS THAT, UM, THE S ABOVE INDICATES THAT MOST RELIABLE RATE TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY FROM BENZENE AND OTHER HARMFUL EMISSIONS IS TO GOD NEW GAS STATIONS TO SITES WHERE THEY WILL BE AT LEAST 500 FEET FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONE, PROPERTY, SCHOOL, OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND LEARN TO WORK, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FUTURE. SO THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANYONE ELSE IN MISSOURI CITY TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE WHERE, UM, IT STATES THAT BASICALLY GAS STATIONS CAN'T BUILD WITHIN CERTAIN FEET. I I'M NO LAWYER OR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST. SO I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A SPECIALIST, BUT THIS STUDY SAYS 500 FEET. IN ADDITION, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M NO LAWYER, BUT JUST DID A LITTLE RESEARCH. THERE'S A, A STATE, UM, ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CODE. THAT MEANS THAT SAYS A CITY BY CHARTER MAY PROHIBIT THE SALE OF LIQUOR IN ALL OR PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS OF THE CITY. SO, ONE THING THAT YOU CAN'T DO ALSO IS PUT AN ORDINANCE, A CITY ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN'T SELL ALCOHOL OR MALT LIQUOR WITHIN SUCH AND SUCH FEET OF A PUBLIC PARK OR A RESIDENTIAL HOME. I THINK THAT WILL HELP US IN THE FUTURE AND, UM, HELP US IN THE FUTURE IN MISSOURI CITY. THIS MAY NOT STOP THIS CURRENT GAS STATION, BUT IT CAN STOP OTHERS. AND I WANT TO ECHO THAT. UM, PLEASE USE YOUR POWER AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO STOP THIS GAS STATION FROM BEING BUILT. IT IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR US. THE CITIZENS DON'T WANT IT. WE DON'T WANT IT. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND LISTENING TO ME. MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS STAFF REPORT. THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORT ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER [6. CONSENT AGENDA] SIX IS A CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY MADE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY MADE THE SECOND THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS] AND NUMBER SEVEN IS PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS. SEVEN [(b) Public Hearings and related actions] A THERE ARE NOS ZONING PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AGENDA. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT, UH, WE TAKE UP ITEM SEVEN B THROUGH EIGHT AFTER ITEM SEVEN B ONE AND TWO. I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US TAKE UP ITEM SEVEN B FIVE THROUGH EIGHT AFTER SEVEN B ONE INTO. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? THAT'S YOUR MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? SORRY. WHO'S SECOND. THAT MOTION GOT SUMMER, UH, MOROSE SECONDARY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY MADE THE MOTION, ALTHOUGH IT'S IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. SO WE GO TO ITEM SEVEN B ONE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING MENDING THE LAND USE EXEMPTION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. PLAN FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES IN THE MUSTANG BY YOUR SERVICE AREA, [01:15:01] AND ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT OF SUCH WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TODD WHO WERE, YOU'RE DOING A MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON A SEMI-ANNUAL BASIS. THE PUBLIC WATER DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE ADOPTED IMPACT FEES FOR LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY, EXTENSION MUSTANG BY YOU NORTHEAST ORCHARD CREEK SUB WATERSHED, AND RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES AS NECESSARY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY ENGINEERING'S OFFICE HAS REVIEWED THE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDS NO CHANGES BE MADE TO THE NORTHEAST ORCHARD CREEK SUB WATERSHED AND LAKE OLYMPIA PARK EXTENSION. HOWEVER CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE MADE TO THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THE IMPACT FEES FOR MUSTANG BY USE SERVICE AREA. AT THIS TIME ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2021 STAFF BROUGHT THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE P AND Z COMMISSION. THE P AND Z COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE CHANGES TO THESE, UH, LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PLAN, AND IMPACT FEES. ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2022 CITY COUNCIL THEN APPROVED AN ORDER ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 4TH, 2022 TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THESE AMENDMENTS CITY STAFF SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO INCREASE THE CURRENT IMPACT FEES PER CONNECTION FOR WATER AT $1,009 AND 84 CENTS AND WASTEWATER AT 2276 CENTS, I'M SORRY, TWO HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX AND 29 CENTS TO THE PROPOSED NEW IMPACT FEES PER CONNECTION FOR WATER AT 2,460 AND WASTEWATER AT 5,090, THE ATTACHED WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE STUDY AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IN YOUR PACKET DEMONSTRATES THAT THE INCREASE IN THESE FEES ARE APPROPRIATELY NEEDED TO DEFRAY. THE IDENTIFIED COSTS TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE UTILITIES CAPACITY DEMANDS OF ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN THIS MUSTANG, BY YOUR SERVICE AREA DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, CITY STAFF ALSO COMPARED THE CURRENT IMPACT FEES TO FIVE SIMILAR POPULATION SIZE CITIES IN SUMMARY CITY, MISSOURI CITY IS CURRENTLY MUCH LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE CITY AND THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN FEES WILL BRING OUR CITY WITHIN A CLOSER RANGE OF THE AVERAGE. THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED UPDATES IN ORDER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO AMEND THE PLANS, OUR FEE, AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION, THEREBY ADOPTING THE PLANS AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING, OR THE PROPOSED DATE OF MAY THE 16TH, 2022, TO THEN DISCUSS THE PROPOSED FEES. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM WELL, BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, UM, IS THERE A PUBLIC HEARING? IS THERE COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, BUT I WOULD STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO OPEN IT, JOYCE. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM? SECOND. SO MAY I APPROACH AND BONEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? IS THERE, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SINCE THERE ARE NO PUBLIC, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS OR IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR A PRESENTATION PRESENT PRESENTER. YES, GO AHEAD. SO TODD, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET AND LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GIVEN AN ESTIMATE. AND THEN WE WENT WITH BASICALLY 50% OF THAT. UM, IF MONEYS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE VIA THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, OR IF MONEYS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WOULD WE THEN MAYBE TAKE THOSE MONIES AND TRY TO APPLY IT TO THIS, TO REDUCE IT FURTHER? OR IS THIS KIND OF A SET RATE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THOSE FUNDS COULD BE ALLOCATED TO THAT. UM, THOSE PROJECTS, THE 50% THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, [01:20:01] THERE'S KIND OF TWO OPTIONS EITHER TO GO WITH THE 50% OR THEN TO GO TO A MORE RIGOROUS PROCESS TO ASK FOR HIGHER THAN THAT. UM, SO WE OPT TO ASK FOR THE 50% AND THEN MAKE UP THE REST FOR IN THE USER FEES, UM, AND THE RATES AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND OTHER AREAS. BUT WE DO LOOK AT FUNDING, UM, BEYOND JUST THE IMPACT FEES AND THEN THE RATE STRUCTURE. SO WE DO ALREADY LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, UH, THE, UH, POSITION THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS OTHER, UH, I GUESS, UH, EITHER CITIES OR MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RANGE. SO I, I ACTUALLY HAVE THIS SPECIFIC, SO INSTEAD OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, WE'RE 48% LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE, AND WE'RE 57% LOWER THAN THE HIGHEST OF CITY. AND AGAIN, THOSE WERE FIVE NEIGHBORING CITIES. UH, ONE THAT WAS A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY, BUT SIMILAR SIZE CITIES. SO ADOPTING THE, UH, RECOMMENDED INCREASE OF FEES, WHICH HAS BEEN A WHILE. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2015, SINCE WE'VE RAISED THOSE. SO WE'RE BEHIND THE CURVE TO GET US AHEAD, UH, WILL GET US MORE IN LINE. AND THAT, THAT RANGE OF BETWEEN THE AVERAGE AND THE HIGH. SO THAT'S A GOOD TIMING THOUGH, WITH ALL THE GROUPS. YES, SIR. WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED IT. I MEAN, WITH THE PROJECTION OF 10 YEARS OUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT IN PLACE. THANK YOU. HEY, JOYCE. THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM, RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE SEVEN B TO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AND RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN WHERE WASTEWATER AND WATER IMPACT FEES ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 16TH, 2022 TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES IN THE MUSTANG BY YOU SERVICE AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 95, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. THANK YOU. YOU READ THAT MUCH BETTER THAN I DO. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? NO. MOVE TO SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. MEROLA'S IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO. WASHING CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AND WE'RE MOVING TO ITEM SEVEN B FIVE. I DON'T HAVE THE VERBIAGE ON HERE FOR FIVE. HE RECEIVED COMMENTS RELATING TO RENAMING CONFEDERATE COURT, A PUBLIC STREET TO PROSPERITY CHORD AND CONSIDER A RELATED ORDINANCE ON THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS. UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MAYOR. YES MA'AM. SO A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER [01:25:01] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES 7 0 6 0. OKAY. MARSHA WILLIS. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY FAMILY AND I'VE LIVED ON CONFEDERATE COURT THE PAST 30 YEARS, UM, ALONG WITH MY FAMILY AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND LEE, BUT ALONG WITH OUR FAMILY, THERE ARE ALSO FOUR OTHER FAMILIES REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT. THERE'S A TOTAL OF 16 FAMILIES THAT LIVE ON CONFEDERATE COURT. AND AS I'D MENTIONED TO YOU IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD OVER 90% OF FAMILIES IN SUPPORT OF THIS NAME, CHANGE ON OUR STREET, THE DEGREGATION AND THE EMBARRASSMENT WILL FINALLY COME TO AN END, WHICH YOUR VOTE. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE. MY WIFE IS VERY, UM, CONCISE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS, UH, THAT OCCUPIED STREET AND, UH, NEIGHBORING STREETS WHERE THEY ARE DILIGENT EFFORT. THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE, UH, EXISTENCE IN TRYING TO GET THIS THING RESOLVED. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND WE JUST CELEBRATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RENAMED. MR. WILLIS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS LEE WILLIS. I'M THE HUSBAND OF MARSHALL WILLIS, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER. THANK YOU. DOES THAT. AND THE, UH, OTHER COMMENTS AND PLEASE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S AN EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUSER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. IS THERE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOST, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX, ZERO. IS THERE A MOTION? YOUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ACTUAL ACTION. YEAH, I AM WAY THROWN OFF WITH ALL THESE ITEMS. I MEAN, IT'S, I CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THE ONE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE NAME OF CONFEDERATE COURT, A PUBLIC STREET LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. YOU PROSPERITY COURT. SO THIS HAS A PUBLIC HEARING NOW, SIR. SO THIS IS THE ITEM. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL ACTUALLY THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL ACTUALLY CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STREET. IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED PROUDLY A SECOND. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. I MEAN, MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. IS THERE A DISCUSSION I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO COME TOGETHER, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THIS, UH, THIS NAME CHANGE TOOK PLACE. OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE 70% OF SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND I'M JUST EXCITED THAT, UH, THOSE RESIDENTS FELT IT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO JOIN THEIR FELLOW COLLEAGUES, UH, ON CONFEDERATE, UH, EXCUSE ME, NOW, PROSPERITY DRIVE, UH, TO JOIN IN AND TO HAVE THE UNITY, TO KEEP IT, UH, ALSO PROSPERITY. SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR WORKING WITH THE GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THINGS GOT TAKEN CARE OF. I DO WANT TO ALSO SAY AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK, UH, CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN LIST, UH, STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE ACTUAL CHANGE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKEN CARE OF BY THE RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU AND MAYOR [01:30:01] PRO TEM. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE AS COUNCIL TOOK ACTION TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE COMMUNITY FOR KNOCKING IT OUT 90%. IT'S A GREAT NUMBERS. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. OKAY. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO. SO MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON CHANGING THE NAME OF THE STREET NAME CONFEDERATE SOUTH DRIVE TO PROSPERITY SOUTH DRIVE. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OUR SECOND SECOND, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX, ZERO SHE'S THERE. AND ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAYOR PRO TEM BONY MADE THE MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS MADE THE SECOND. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION SAYING NO MOTION CARRIES SIX, ZERO. IS THERE A MOTION? SEVEN B EIGHT IS ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE NAME OF CONFEDERATE SOUTH DRIVE A PUBLIC STREET LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. DO YOU PROSPERITY SOUTH DRIVE? YEAH, I DON'T SEE SEVEN BA YOU SAID SEVEN BA. AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT CHANGES THE STREET ALSO HAS PUBLIC HEARING. NO, SIR. YOU JUST, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ITEM SEVEN. ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR, I'D PROBABLY, UM, MOVED TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE ON FIRST WEEK. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO FORMER MAYOR FOR, FOR SPEARHEAD IN THIS CONVERSATION. UM, I WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE VOTE THAT ALLOWED US TO MAKE THAT NAME CHANGE. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HER HER KUDOS AND KUDOS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ACTUALLY COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THE EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE NAME. THANK YOU, JENNIFER AND YOUR TEAM AND ANYONE ELSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS? YEAH, I MEAN, I, I DON'T WANT TO DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAYOR FORD WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT ACTUALLY DID NOT CHANGE ANY FUTURE STREET NAMES, BUT, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, VOTED ALSO WITH HER ON THIS COMMITTEE, UH, AS PART OF THE COUNCIL TO REDUCE THE, THE, THE SIGNIFICANT. SO THERE WAS TWO ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE. SO EVEN FOR FUTURE NAME CHANGES FOR BUILDINGS AND STREETS, MERE FORD, UH, WAS, WAS DEFINITELY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED ALONG WITH THIS, THIS, UH, REDUCTION. SO WE HAVE TWO ORDINANCES IN PLACE Y'ALL THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. IT'S BEEN A MO MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY CONSUMER. CLOUSER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY, NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. WE'RE GOING BACK TO ITEM SEVEN, B THREE, [01:35:01] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON YOUR PROPOSED PLANS FOR REDISTRICTING CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION. AND I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AS WELL, BUT THIS SERVES YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS OF CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND DEVELOPING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CITY TEAM. THE OBJECTIVE AGAIN IS TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND TO CONDUCT YOUR PUBLIC HEARING. AND I'LL GO OVER THESE SLIDES. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU, I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN HERE, UM, ON AT LEAST ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS, UM, ON WHICH I'VE PRESENTED, BUT IN CASE THERE ARE, UM, MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE IMPORTANT SLIDES. WHAT IS REDISTRICTING REDISTRICTING IS THE PROCESS OF REDRAWING ELECTORAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OR VOTER REPRESENTATION. THE QUESTION THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME UP, WHY IS THE CITY REDISTRICTING? THE CITY IS REDISTRICTING IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S CHARTER. THE CITY'S CHARTER SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES THE CITY TO REDISTRICT NOT LESS THAN ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS, THE LAST TIME MISSOURI CITY REDISTRICTED OR HAD A REDISTRICTING PROCESS WAS IN MAY OF 2012. THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDE THE FACT THAT BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS, THE CITY HAS A MAXIMUM DEVIATION BETWEEN ITS DISTRICTS OF 21.8, 8%. THE MAGIC NUMBER, THE ALLOWABLE DEVIATION THAT WE STRIVE TO REACH IS 10%. THE DISTRICT WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION IS DISTRICT D. THE DISTRICT WITH THE SMALLEST POPULATION IS DISTRICT C AND THE IDEAL SIZE IS ABOUT 18,797 PEOPLE. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY SOME PEOPLE MIGHT MOVE FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER BASED ON WHAT'S REQUIRED BASED ON ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE. THE REASON SOME PEOPLE MIGHT MOVE BETWEEN DISTRICTS, DISTRICTS IS POPULATION EQUALIZATION. THIS POWERPOINT, SEVERAL OF THE SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. I WILL ENCOURAGE, UM, FOLKS WHO WERE INTERESTED TO GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE SEARCH REDISTRICTING. YOU CAN PULL UP THIS WEBSITE OR THIS WEB, UH, THIS PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS ALL PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. UH, BUT JUST TO GET BACK TO SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SLIDES, WHERE, WHERE DO THE PROPOSED MAPS COME FROM? THEY COME FROM LEGAL COMPLIANCE, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DO THE CITY'S REDISTRICT REDISTRICTING CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS ADOPTED COUNCIL CRITERIA AND COUNCIL AND PUBLIC INPUT WHERE THAT'S POSSIBLE. THE MAPS ARE NOT BASED ON VOTING POPULATION BECAUSE OF LEGAL CONFORMITY. THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES A ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE PRINCIPLE, AND THAT'S NOT BASED ON THE PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY VOTE THAT IS BASED ON TOTAL POPULATION. SO THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE USE. UM, THE MAPS DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS. UM, A QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, THIS IS A NEW SLIDE, A QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT AS WELL IS WHY ALL DISTRICTS ARE BEING CHANGED. IF THERE'S ONLY A SIGNIFICANT IMBALANCE IN DISTRICT C AND D, THE REASON ALL DISTRICTS ARE BEING CHANGED, JUST BECAUSE WHEN YOU MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF ONE DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, DISTRICT D WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PLACE ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO DISTRICT C. SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO GO INTO DISTRICT B, WHICH THEN REQUIRES RELOCATING SOME PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT B. UM, THE CITY ON THE WEBSITE ALSO HAS A HELPFUL LITTLE, UM, PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU CAN SEARCH, UH, AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOUR, UH, ADDRESS WILL BE UNDER EACH PROPOSED MAP. UH, SO THAT IS LOCATED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ONCE THIS IS UPLOADED, YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE LINK HERE, BUT THERE IS A LINK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR REDISTRICTING. IF FOLKS WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE LOCATED ON ANY PROPOSED MAP. SO NOW I WILL GO INTO JUST A FEW BASICS. UH, ONE OF THE LAST QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WHAT IS GERRYMANDERING, AND AS THE CITY GERRYMANDERING, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED FOR EACH PROPOSED MAP, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN DEMOGRAPHICS RANGES FROM LESS THAN 1% TO A MAXIMUM OF 6% FOR EACH DISTRICT. [01:40:01] SO THE CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICS ARE MINIMAL FOR EACH PROPOSED MAP. SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL GO INTO, UH, EACH MAP. WE HAVE FIVE PROPOSED MAPS, THE FIRST MAP, UH, AND THESE MAPS ARE POSTED OUTSIDE IN THE LOBBY AREA. IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE A BETTER LOOK AT ANY OF THE MAPS ABOUT PROPOSED MAP, A MOVES HUNTERS, GLEN FOUR AND FIVE TO DISTRICT A, IT ALSO MOVES MEADOWCREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK TO DISTRICT A, IT MOVES HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES, ALL OF CREEK MONT ALL OF OLYMPIA STATE'S VIEWPOINT OF STATES AND, AND SHIPMENTS COVE, AS WELL AS LAKE SHORE HARBOR TO DISTRICT B. IT MOVES QUELL VILLAGE, TOWNHOMES, QUAIL VALLEY, NORTH LEXINGTON PLACE, AND BERMUDA DUNES VILLAS TO DISTRICT. SEE THIS PROPOSED MAP, A ALSO MOVES OYSTER CREEK FARMS TO DISTRICT D THE PROPOSED, UH, THE MAXIMUM DEVIATION ON THIS PROPOSED MAP IS 9.38%. AGAIN, IT'S UNDER THE MAGIC NUMBER OF 10, SO THAT THIS MAP IS, UM, ONE THAT YOU ALL CAN CERTAINLY DECIDE TO VOTE ON. WELL, EACH MAP ACTUALLY IS ONE THAT YOU COULD VOTE ON IF DESIRED. I WON'T GO THROUGH THE DEMOGRAPHICS AGAIN OF EACH PROPOSED DISTRICT, BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, YOU CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR EACH PROPOSED MAP IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, PROPOSED MAP B INCLUDES MOVING MEADOW CREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK TO DISTRICT A, IT INCLUDES MOVING HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES, AS WELL AS OLIVE CREEK MONT NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS COV TO DISTRICT B. AND IT MOVES WATERBROOK WEST SIENNA, MUDS SIX AND SEVEN, AS WELL AS VILLAS AT SIENNA PLANTATION APARTMENTS TO DISTRICT C. AND THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF WHAT THAT PROPOSED MAP WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE MAXIMUM DEVIATION ON THIS PROPOSED MAP, B IS 4.3, 3%. NAPSI IS ESSENTIALLY THE EXACT SAME AS MAT B WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT ALL OF OLYMPIA ESTATES IS INCLUDED IN DISTRICT B IN MAPS. SEE THE DEVIATION ON MAP C IS 3.6, 5% MAP D REVISED MOVES. HUNTER'S GLEN FIVE. AND PART OF HUNTER'S GLEN FOUR TO DISTRICT A, YOU MIGHT ASK WHY IS ONLY PART OF HUNTER'S GLEN FOUR, MOVED TO DISTRICT EIGHT UNDER THIS PROPOSED MAP WHEN ONE OF THE COUNCILS CRITERIA IS TO TRY TO MOVE, UM, ENTIRE, UH, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS INTO DISTRICTS. THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE HUNTER'S GLEN FOR AREA TO PLACE THEM ALL UNDER THIS PROPOSED MAP INTO DISTRICT A, UM, SO THIS MAP HAS PART OF HUNTER'S GLEN FOR IN DISTRICT A AND ALL OF HUNTER'S GLEN FIVE AND DISTRICT A, IT ALSO MOVES ALL OF CREEK MONT AND ALL OF OLYMPIA STAYS TO DISTRICT B, AND IT MOVES NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS COV TO DISTRICT B AS WELL. AND, UH, WATERBROOK WEST YANA, MUD SIX AND SEVEN, AND VILLAS AT SIENNA PLANTATION APARTMENTS. THE DISTRICTS SEE THE, JUST A QUICK NOTE, UH, PROPOSED MAPS, D AND E HAVE THE SAME MAKEUP FOR, UH, FOR DISTRICTS E AND D UM, IN THOSE MAPS. SO WE'LL, I'LL KIND OF FOCUS ON THE CHANGES TO A AND B BECAUSE THE, UH, THE MAKEUP FOR DISTRICT C AND D DO NOT CHANGE BETWEEN PROPOSED MAPS. SEE THE N E I KNOW THAT WAS PROBABLY A LOT, BUT I JUST REMEMBER THAT C A DISTRICT C AND D DON'T CHANGE IN THE FOLLOWING MAPS. THE PROPOSED DEVIATION FOR THIS MAP IS 7.4% PROPOSED MAP. HE ONLY MOVES BRADFORD VILLAGE AND FIELD CREST TO DISTRICT A SO BASED ON PROPOSED MAP II, THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES TO DISTRICT A OTHER THAN MOVING BRADFORD VILLAGE AND FIELD CREST TO DISTRICT A, IT MOVES ALL OF CREEK MONT AND ALL OF THE OLYMPIA STATES, AS WELL AS NEW POINT OF STATES AND SHIPMENTS COV TO DISTRICT B. IT ALSO MOVES WATERBROOK WEST, THE END OF MUD SIX AND SEVEN, AND VILLAS AT SIENNA APARTMENTS INTO DISTRICTS. SEE THE PROPOSED, UH, OR MAXIMUM DEVIATION FOR THIS PLAN E IS 8.3, 3%. UH, BEFORE I GO, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS FOR BEING SO ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. UM, THE CITY'S MOTTO IS TOGETHER. WE EXCEL, AND I CERTAINLY BELIEVE WHEN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN CERTAINLY CREATE AND MAKE A BETTER MISSOURI CITY. SO THANK YOU. UM, AND ALSO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, WITH EVERYTHING AND WITH THE PROPOSED MAPS, UH, STAFF, SPECIFICALLY THE IT DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, [01:45:02] A GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, DIVISION PARKS, AND RECREATION, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND ALSO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BIGGER STAFF, UH, HEATH AND DELGADO FOR, UH, SERVING AS OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS PROJECT. SO THE NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROCESS ARE FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE YOUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTING THE, THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FINAL PLAN ON FIRST READING TODAY, AND A FINAL ADOPTION ON APRIL 18TH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOYCE. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION. WE OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING SARAH SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. UH, MADAM SECRETARY. WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES. MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, JIM FONDO COUNSEL, JIM FONTANELLE, UH, BETTER CREEK ASSOCIATION. UH, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR AT LEAST CONSIDERING TO ADD THE LAST TWO, UH, PROPOSE MAPS, UH, OVER THE PAST THREE EVENTS AND MORE, IF YOU COUNT THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD OVER 52 MEADOWCREEK RESIDENTS TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE REMAPPING THEM AT A CREEK. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, AND THAT IS ISSUE REGARDING SIENNA, AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN TERMS OF ANNEXATION. I'VE HEARD NOTHING FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING, AND MATT IT'S VERY SERIOUS. UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO PEAK AT 10,000. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WELL OVER 10,000 RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT CONCERNS ME FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW VOTING'S GONNA BE ENACTED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. UH, WE SAW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS DISCUSSION, I HEARD THERE WERE 99 FOLKS THAT WERE ANNEX LIMITED INTO, UH, THE DISTRICT D. NOW I HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS A THOUSAND AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PRECINCT DATA THAT'S EXTRAPOLATED FROM THE U S CENSUS. SO IT WAS 6,000, IF NOT MORE. SO WE HAVE AN ISSUE OVERALL, RELATIVE TO THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THIS, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO RESERVE THE REST OF MY TIME FOR A YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME TO HIGH SYNC, GOOD EVENING. I'M HYACINTH WILLIAMS. AND I LIVE IN METAL CREEK FOR 33 YEARS. OKAY. SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE TWO NEW MAPS THAT CAME OUT THAT HAS THE METAL CREEK, UH, IN THERE AGAIN, BUT WE STILL HAVE CONCERNS. AND WE WILL LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A SAY BASED ON WHICH MAP IS GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE THE RESIDENTS. AND I BROUGHT UP BEFORE IN THE LAST MEETING THAT I FELT THAT PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, I MEAN, ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE, UH, TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ATTORNEY IS ONE THING, BUT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU WHO WE ELECTED AND PUT HERE ALSO, WE NEED YOU TO WORK WITH US. OKAY. SO THE THING IS, IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND THAT ALSO THE PEOPLE ARE HEARD, WE PAY OUR TAXES AND YOU NEED TO PRIORITIZE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. OKAY? SO 20 YEARS, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A PROJECT FOR 20 YEARS, YOU DID IT TO WORK ON OUR STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT AT THE END. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. WE WANT OUR MAP. WE WANT TO VOTE FOR IT. NOT JUST YOU DECIDING, BUT WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO DECIDE MA'AM PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. UH, 22 0 6 WATERFALLS DRIVE. AND YOU DID WORK IN OUR STREET AND OUR SIGN IS NOT FACING WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. AND THE EXCUSE OF THIS CITY IS THAT IT'S A 20 YEAR PROJECT. WE'RE 2020 TO GET UP TO CODE. MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR THIS [01:50:02] PUBLIC HEARING EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, RIDING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO. SO THE MOTION IS SIX, ONE. THAT'S NOT WHERE THAT WAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC, HEARING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING A NEW REDISTRICTING PLAN, THEREBY REVISING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN RESPONSE TO THE 2020 CENSUS PROVIDING FOR THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, CERTAIN FACTS ADOPTING A PLAN AND FIND FINDING PROPER NOTICE AND, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE ITEM, THE ACTION ITEM THAT WILL ADOPT A PLAN YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU PLANS A, B E D N E O. IT IS, UM, AT YOUR DISCRETION AS TO WHICH PLAN YOU'D LIKE TO ADOPT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION FROM ANYONE I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE ADOPTING A PLAN UNTIL WE GOT, HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW ALL OF THE MAPS IN DEPTH AND HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY. HEARING NONE. THE MOTION FAILS. IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? MAY I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER DISTRICT PLAN C UM, AS IT SEEMS TO BEST FIT THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA CRITERIA, IT ALSO HAS THE LEAST OVER YOUR OVERALL AVIATION TO, UM, MR. FONTENEAU, HIS POINT. I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY IF, AND WHEN WE START ACQUIRING OTHERS, THAT, THAT 3.65 DEVIATION ALLOWS SOME CAPACITY AND FUTURE GROWTH. UH, AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS. SO THAT'S MY MO. OKAY. SO IS THERE A SECOND? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN A NEW MOTION, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. I GOT TO DO A SECOND WAS THE SECOND. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? I THINK NOW WOULD BE THE PROPER TIME. I THINK SOMEONE HAD AN AMENDMENT. SO NOW THAT YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IF SOMEONE WAS PROPOSING SOMEWHERE EITHER. OKAY. SO I WANT TO OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED WITH US, THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS WITH OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE FIVE MAPS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE OURSELVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REVIEW THESE IN DEPTH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THERE'S FIVE MAPS. TWO OF THEM JUST GOT PUBLISHED ON LAST WEEK. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON TONIGHT TO GO FORWARD WITH ANY ONE PARTICULAR MAP, UNTIL WE HAVE TALKED TO OUR DISTRICTS, OUR RESIDENTS, AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE, UH, MAY I CONCUR, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS FOR US TO GET MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS INCREASED, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. AND IT'S BASICALLY, LIKE I SAID, NOT ENOUGH FOR THE DRASTIC CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRENCE. AND, UM, AS WE JUST HEARD RECENTLY WITH THE METAL CREEK COMMUNITY, JUST SPEAKING UP THAT THEY'RE STILL NEEDING MORE ENGAGEMENT AND MORE IDENTIFYING OF THE ISSUES AND JUST MORE CLARITY. SO I SECOND THAT AMENDMENT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD THAT, WHAT'S THE AMENDMENT FOUR TIME, ONE MORE TIME. YES. I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION THAT WE, UH, POSTPONED ADD MORE TIME TO REVIEW THOSE MAPS. HE, JOYCE, I HAD A QUESTION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. WHAT WAS THE TIME FRAME WE HAVE YOU SAID THAT WE HAD THIS HAD TO BE DONE PER THE CHARTER BY WHEN, WITHIN 10 YEARS OF THE LAST ADOPTION, WHICH HAS MAY 21ST, 2012, THAT THE AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE TO THE, THE MOTION TO ADOPT PLAN C THERE INITIALLY YOU MADE AN AMENDMENT, A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO POSTPONE THE ADOPTION THAT THAT AMENDMENT FAILED. SO YOU CAN'T REMAKE THAT [01:55:01] SAME AMENDMENT OR THAT SAME MOTION. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE MAKING AN AMENDMENT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TO PLAN C. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE MAP OR MAKE CHANGES TO THE PLAN C MAP, THAT COULD BE THE SUBSTANCE OF YOUR AMENDMENT. SO CAUSE WHEN WE'RE RUNNING SENDS, YOU MADE THAT FIRST MOTION. THERE WAS NO SECOND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MEROLA'S MADE A MOTION TO FORMAT C AND I GOT SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. SO THAT MOTION IS LIVE. SO YOU CAN AMEND TO THAT MOTION BY ADDING TO THE MAP, SEE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE IS WHAT CORRECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS YOURS. AND THAT'S CORRECT. AND ALSO THIS IS THE FIRST READING. SO YOU WILL, BEFORE FINAL ADOPTION, THERE ARE STILL TWO WEEKS. OKAY. WE'VE JUST MADE THIS REALLY MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BY RUSHING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND THIS, THIS IS UNFAIR TO THE RESIDENTS. UH, SO I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE I GO FORWARD, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES TO US? NOT MEETING OUR MAY DEADLINE TO PUT THIS REDISTRICTING IN PLACE? ARE WE GOING TO BE FINE? ARE WE GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS FOR THIS OR THERE'S, UH, OTHER THAN NOT MEETING, LIKE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME, THE CHARTER DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. HOWEVER, AS YOUR ATTORNEY, AS THE CITY'S ATTORNEY, I CANNOT RECOMMEND NOT FOLLOWING THE CHARTER BECAUSE IT'S THE LAW OF THE CITY. AND I CAN'T, I WOULDN'T, I COULD NOT ADVISE YOU TO NOT FOLLOW THE LAW OFFICE AND THAT WOULDN'T BE A PROPER, A GOODLY. OKAY, UNDERSTOOD. SO EGO IS, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. SO SINCE THERE'S BEEN A FIRST MOTION, WE DIDN'T GET SECOND AND THEN THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER MOTION FIRST AND THEN SECOND. SO CAN WE, UM, I MEAN, CAN COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AND A MORE TIME TO THAT MOTION? THE MOTION THAT WAS, THAT IS ON THE FLOOR IS TO ADOPT PLANS C SO THE INITIAL MOTION WAS TO POSTPONE THE ADOPTION. THAT MOTION, THERE WAS NO SECOND TO THAT MOTION, SO THAT MOTION FAILED, BUT THERE CAN BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ADOPTION OF PLAN. NO, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE IN THAT, IN THE ORDINANCE OR IN THE NAP, THEN THAT, THAT AMENDMENT COULD BE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TO YOU OR TO COUNSELING RULES AND HE AMEND HIS OWN MOTION OR TAKE IT OFF THE FLOOR OR CAN I REQUEST TO HAVE IT SURE HE CAN, UH, HE CAN CERTAINLY AMEND HIS OWN INITIAL MOTION IF HE WOULD LIKE TO, BUT AMENDING IT WOULD MEAN THAT I WOULD CHANGE ALL THESE NUMBERS. RIGHT. LET'S JUST SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, I AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE MEADOWCREEK. WELL, THEN THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW WHAT TO AMEND. I KNOW THAT THIS MOTION, IF FORESEE FOLLOWS THE CRITERIA IS THE LEAST DEVIATION AND THAT'S MY MOTION. SO ARE WE LOOKING FOR THE LEAST DEVIATION OR ARE WE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENT AND AS NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO TO MAINTAIN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, C DOES THAT TO PROVIDE CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY. THIS DOES THAT, AND I WON'T READ THE REST, BUT AFTER DOING MY RESEARCH AFTER ATTENDING HOA, AFTER PUTTING IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA, AFTER LEANING ON OUR STAFF, AFTER THE MAPS BEING POSTED MORE MAPS THAN THE LOBBY, I, I THINK OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE GOTTEN MOST OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. HAVE YOU GUYS POSTED, HAVE YOU GUYS ATTENDED HOA? CAUSE I SPOKEN THAT HOA IS ON THIS. OH YES. I'VE ATTENDED ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN WE DO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE H WAYS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED. AND SO THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS AFTER WE HAVE HEARD FROM SO MANY RESIDENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT THE REDISTRICT GAME, UH, THERE IS A CONSISTENCY THAT RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MAPS, A B AND A B AND C, UM, PRIMARILY THE METAL CREEK COMMUNITY AND HUNTER'S POINT COMMUNITY. AND SO THESE IMPACT, UH, DISTRICTS A AND B SIGNIFICANTLY. AND SO CLEARLY METAL CREEK DOES NOT WANT TO BE IN DISTRICT A, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYONE FROM PEBBLEBROOK, UM, AS IT'S A NEWER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE, BUT DEFINITELY METAL CREEK DOES NOT WANT TO BE IN DISTRICT A, WHICH ALIGNS MORE WITH DISTRICT MAPS, D N [02:00:01] E. UM, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THOSE ARE THE BEST MAPS, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO GIVE OURSELVES SOME TIME TO REVIEW THIS AND TAKING CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE, THE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK FOR. BUT ALSO THE BIGGEST PIECE IS THESE ARE OUR RESIDENTS. THESE PEOPLE VOTED FOR US BASED ON THIS BEING THEIR DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSON. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY LIKE ESPECIALLY METAL CREEK. I HAVE TO USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN THE STRONGEST VOICE AND TIN IN THESE MEETINGS THAT THEY WANT TO STAY WITH THEIR DISTRICT B COUNSELED, UH, AND IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT. AND IT'S JUST UNFAIR TO MOVE RESIDENTS AROUND THAT CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND DISPLACED THEM AFTER WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH WE DISTRICTING, THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT NOT JUST ONE SUBDIVISION, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY. AND SO THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AS WELL BECAUSE DISTRICT D UH, WHO ALSO VOTED FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, OR FOR THE DISTRICT D REPRESENTATIVE, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO, BASED OFF OF ALL THE MAPS, UH, I AM TAKING ON THE LION'S SHARE OF ALL THE CHANGE IN DISTRICT B. UM, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERING ALL OF THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE CAN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT NEW POINT IS STATES SHIPMENTS COVE OF THE OTHER PORTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK MONTH, UH, AND OTHER PORTION OF OLYMPIA STATES ARE ALL GOING TO BE. AND THEN ALSO CONSIDERING BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF DEVIATION TO KEEP IT LOW ON HIS POINT OF STATES, UM, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT, IF YOU LOOK AT MAPS, ALL THE CHANGE IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR, BUT I THINK THAT MAP C AS IT'S BEEN PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO SUBDIVISIONS BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME UP FROM DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP 11%, 8% IN THE OTHER ONES ARE HIGHER TO KEEP IT COUNCILMEN TRADITIONAL OR HAVING A NAP, UH, VIEW IN THIS CASE, REPRESENTING SOME PART OF HUNTER. AND NEITHER DOES ANY OF THE OTHER PART OF THE STATE WE'RE TRYING TO FIX THE ISSUE. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE AS TO WHO WE REPRESENTED IT. AND WE RAN FOR OFFICE. WE SERVED WHATEVER RESIDENTS WAS IN OUR DISTRICT AND WHOEVER I REPRESENT, WHETHER THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN MY DISTRICT OR NOT, I'M GOING TO DO MY VERY BEST TO SERVE EVERYBODY. AND I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. WHOEVER IS IN DISTRICT A, B, C, OR D SHOULD GET THE BEST SERVICE AND REPRESENTATION FOR WHOEVER'S IN OFFICE, FROM THE CITY. AND SO THAT'S JUST MY POSITION ON, ON THE PERCENTAGES AS FAR AS TRYING TO KEEP IT AS LOW AND IMPACTFUL, LESS IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE. I LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE THING. SO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. SO I DOWNLOADED DNI, RIGHT? AND THE ONE THING STOOD OUT TO ME FIRST, LET ME SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE METAL CREEK STAY. THEY'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL, THEY'VE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK AND EVERYTHING ACTIVE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU SPLIT RIGHT JUST RIGHT HERE. HERE'S THE PROOF THAT THIS IS NO LONGER CONTIGUOUS AND YOU SPLIT IN TWO PEOPLE UP THERE. THERE'S SOME REALLY THINGS. THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT STAND OUT IN D AND THAT CHANGE WHAT WE VOTED FOR ON THE CRITERIA. [02:05:01] SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, UH, CORRECTION, AIR PRO 10 BOMANI, YOU MENTIONED, UM, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING THAT DISTRICT, UH, EXCUSE ME, MATT D IS OVER 11%. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT ALL OF THE MAPS SHOW THAT THEY'RE ALL UNDER THAT 10% DEVIATION. EACH ONE IS WHAT IS THAT PERCENTAGE FOR THAT D AT DS, THE PERCENTAGE OF 7.4 AND THAT HE IS 8.33. SO ALL OF THE MAPS THAT ARE PRESENTED ARE UNDER THAT 10%. SO THEY'RE ALL LEGALLY COMPLIANT IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO SELECT ANY ONE OF THOSE. OKAY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROB. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE, IF ALL OF THE MAPS WERE IN COMPLIANCE, THE SECOND QUESTION IS HOW MANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, FROM ALL OF THE MEETINGS, HOW MANY COMMENTS THERE WERE, UH, OVER, OVER, OVER 50 COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PACKET ITEMS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, IT INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE COMMENTS, AS WELL AS THE WRITTEN COMMENTS COPY OF THE EMAILS THAT WERE RECEIVED, UH, A MAJORITY, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF THE COMMENTS WERE FROM THE MEADOW CREEK COMMUNITY, BUT THERE WERE OTHER COMMENTS IN THE STACK AS WELL. SO THE CITY RECEIVED OVER 50 COMMENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. OKAY. SO THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS WERE FROM DISTRICT A, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UM, WELL, THEY WERE FROM MEADOW CREEK, SO MEADOW CREEK IS CURRENTLY IN DISTRICT B, BUT THEY WERE RELATED TO MOVING MEADOW CREEK INTO DISTRICT. OKAY. OKAY. HE JOINED US. I KEEP HEARING WHAT WE CAN'T DO, UM, AND WHAT WE, OF COURSE, WHAT WE CANNOT DO ON ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HOW ARE WE ABLE TO JUST PRETTY MUCH ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING THEM MORE TIME FOR THEM TO KIND OF CONSUME THE MAPS AND RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION PRIOR TO US MAKING THIS OFFICIAL VOTE OR THE, UM, OF THE MEMBER, A COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY MADE A MOTION OR INITIALLY MADE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE WAY, HOWEVER, YOU ALL DO. THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST READING. SO THEY, EVERYONE DOES HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS, UH, TO REVIEW THE MAPS, AS WELL AS A REVIEW, THE WEBSITE, THE WEBSITE, ALL OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, IT CONTAINS THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE BY THE VENDOR. IT CONTAINS THE, UH, KIND OF APP THAT LETS PEOPLE FIND OUT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE. UM, IT PROVIDES LARGE, UH, KIND OF BLOW UPS OF EACH MAP. SO THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THEY'RE ALSO LINKED TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS, VIDEOS AS WELL AS RECORDINGS FROM ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN WATCH OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. I'M SORRY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M ASKING WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MORE INVOLVED. WE HAVE A WEALTH OF HOA MEETINGS COMING UP. I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE OPPOSED TO MAKING THE TOUR OF THE HOS AND THEN GOING TO THE COMMUNITIES. ARE YOU OPPOSED TO DOING THAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FROST ALL OUR T'S AND DOT ALL OUR I'S AND WE'VE DONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ALL OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT INFORMATION, EVEN THOUGH THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, ENDED ON MARCH 28TH, I'M STILL HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT REDISTRICTING. UM, SO I CAN CERTAINLY ASK WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO PUT OUT ANOTHER BLAST TO ALL OF THOSE HOS AGAIN, WITH THE INFORMATION, THE KIND OF BASIC INFORMATION, SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES AS WELL AND MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY COURT. SO MY QUESTION IS FOR US TO GO, SO YOU ARE OPPOSED TO ACTUALLY GOING OUT PHYSICALLY WITH YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AND ANYBODY ELSE. I WANTED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, AT ALL. WE'VE HAD, UH, ABOUT NINE, AT LEAST NINE MEETINGS, VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON IN ADDITION TO THE, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO SEND OUT INFORMATION STANDARD INFORMATION TO ALL OF THE HOS VERSUS KIND OF PICKING AND CHOOSING WHATEVER'S LEFT WITHIN THE NEXT 14 OR 30 DAYS. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE IF YOU PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT, BUT ALSO IF YOU ARE MAKING YOURSELF OR ONE OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY COME ONTO THE HOS MEETINGS WE'RE ON THERE AND STAFF ARE ASKING QUESTIONS, OF COURSE WE CAN POINT THEM TO THE LINKS OR WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S ALSO GREAT TO HAVE STAFF [02:10:01] MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY SPECIALIZE IN THIS, BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THAT. SO I'M CHALLENGING YOU TO AT LEAST 10, TWO TO THREE OF OUR UPCOMING HOS AND JUST PROMOTE THE INFORMATION WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK. I WAS EVEN ON A CALL WITH OFFICER SANTOS. I HATE TO PUT HIM UP, BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY PROMOTING IT AND, UM, ENCOURAGING THE RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED. AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEGAL TEAM TO ACTUALLY GO TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND THAT'S ON THE HOS AND PROVIDING THEM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. UM, ANOTHER, UM, QUESTION, WHAT, W WHAT DATE ARE WE SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON A FINAL MAP? APRIL 18TH. OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT CAN BE PUSHED BACK SINCE THE ADOPTION WASN'T UNTIL I THINK YOU SAID MAY 24TH, 21ST, 21ST, UM, IN 2012, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT AGENDA ITEM CAN BE PUT ON ONE OF OUR MAIN AGENDAS? I MEAN, WE'RE FAR AWAY FROM MAY 21ST. ALL RIGHT. YOU MADE A MOTION TO POSTPONE TONIGHT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, BUT YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT MEETING AS WELL, AND THAT WOULD BE THE APRIL 18. SO YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT TO THE MAYDAY. I NEED TO LIST THE ACTUAL DATE. YES MA'AM BUT ENJOY THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO WE NEED TO VOTE. RIGHT. BUT I WAS RIGHT. AND THE GOOD PART IS THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF TWO READINGS AND TO MONITOR COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S POINT, WE CAN ASK THAT WE MOVE THE MEETING ON THE 18TH TO FURTHER DATE TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME IN BETWEEN TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THE MESSAGE, EXCUSE MY VOICE. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO, UH, COUNCILMAN MEROLA'S, UM, MOTION. SO NOW, SO, UM, ENJOY, I, I STAY WITH MY MOTION, HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE SECOND VOTE. THE SECOND READING, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT TWO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE WE WANT TO DO THAT. UM, MAY 21ST YOU SAID THE DEADLINE IS YES. SO WHEN IS THAT? OUR MEETING IN MAY, MAY 9TH WOULD BE THE FIRST MONDAY, OR ACTUALLY MAY 2ND. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE MAY 2ND AND MAY 16TH FOR ME, MAYOR. UH, I WANT TO STAY WITH MY SECOND, UH, TWO, UH, UH, , UH, ORIGINAL, UM, UH, UH, MOTION. UH, AND I, I GUESS I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM EVERYONE. WELL, DISTRICT D WAS THE DISTRICT THAT LOST THE MOST FROM THIS EXERCISE. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT D THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT, UH, CONSOLE MEMBER. UM, BUT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT I'VE HAD IS THAT, UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR PROCESS AND, UH, THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHO WILL REPRESENT THEM, UH, UH, WHEN, UH, THE RE DISTRICTING IS DONE, IF IT IS IN FACT A MAP. SEE, SO, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REINFORCE MY SECOND AND, UH, I THINK, UH, LET'S, DON'T LOSE SIGHT THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN, UM, UH, DISTRICTS A AND B UH, IN MISSOURI CITY. SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE SOME CONSIDERATION OR GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE VOTERS AND THE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN, UH, DISTRICT C AND D. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO THERE'S A MOTION HERE TODAY WITH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE, MAY THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAPS. SEE? YES, SIR. HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY. YES, SIR. SO WHILE WE VOTE ON THAT, ONCE WE WROTE ON THAT, AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE FOR THE SECOND READING YES. OR IT COULD BE JUST A SEPARATE, A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE APRIL 18TH READING FOR THE SECOND READING TO MAY 2ND OR MAY. SO THAT WOULD BE SO THAT IT WOULD BE MADE SECOND. CAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY 2ND. RIGHT? OKAY. SO BY DOING THAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT WE [02:15:01] DON'T HAVE ANY MORE, UM, WHAT IS, IS CALL THE, THE RE-DISTRICTING, UH, SESSIONS. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WHILE WE DO THAT, WHAT IS OUR APPROACH? YEAH. AS SUGGESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, WE CERTAINLY CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION USING THE CITY'S RESOURCES. WE CAN TRY TO ATTEND SOME OF THE MEETINGS, UM, VIRTUALLY HOWEVER, WE CAN ATTEND THOSE WITHIN THE NEXT 14, 30 DAYS. WELL, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE ALL THE DISTRICT, IF THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO CONSTANTLY MARIE'S POINT IN SAYING THAT I JUST DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH JUST DOING, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO DISTRICTS. I MEAN, YOU GOT TO INCLUDE ALL FOUR TO HAVE SESSIONS, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU HAD IN THE PAST NO MORE. AND IT WOULDN'T BE HAVING ANOTHER SESSION. IT WOULD JUST BE CONTACTING THE HOA FOLKS, THE FOLKS WHO ARE HAVING HOA MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND WHATEVER THAT DATE IS THAT YOU ALL DECIDE YOU WANT TO, WITHOUT THE, OKAY. HEY, JOYCE, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE HOS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OUR CALENDAR IS POSTED AND SEND OUT A LINK OR A LIST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE AND GO TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A QUESTION OR EACH JOYCE? I'M NOT SURE WHO IT IS. THOSE TWO. SO AM I ALLOWED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO COUNCILMAN MARULA SAYS A MOTION TO ADD IAN, A CERTAIN SUBDIVISION TO THIS MAP, THE CHANGE, THE MAP. YES. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO. WE WOULD HAVE TO, IF IT'S NOT ONE OF THE MAPS THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK TO BE ANALYZED TO MAKE SURE IT NEEDS TO HAVE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU PUT, LIKE TO SEE, CAUSE REMEMBER WE HAVE FIVE AND IF YOU PUT IN MEADOWCREEK TO SEE, THEN I'LL THROW OFF EVERYTHING ELSE. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT AFFECTS IT WOULD DO. RIGHT. AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WELL, I THINK IDEALLY I THINK MAP E KIND OF SITUATED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING. SO IN MY INITIAL, UM, MOTION WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT YOU MAY WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO WITH E BUT SINCE YOU ASKED FOR, INSTEAD OF THAT MOTION, YOU PUT IN FOR EXTENSION, BUT YOU DIDN'T GET ANY SECOND OUTTA HERE. AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T SECOND AS A MAYOR, I CAN'T SECOND DAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. IF YOU HAD A MAP THAT WAS FAVORED TO YOU, I WOULD HAVE PUT THAT MAP OUT THERE. AND THEN I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD PROBABLY GOT A SECOND AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EITHER VOTED UP OR VOTED DOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND MY, MY PERSPECTIVE, THE WAY I MADE THAT MOTION WAS TO GIVE ALL OF THE DISTRICTS AND THE ENLARGE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WITH THE RESIDENTS TO CONCUR, WHICH MAP THE RESIDENTS LIKED BEST SO THAT WHEN WE MAKE THIS DECISION, THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT THEY WOULD PREFER. NOT THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THAT ONE, BECAUSE WE DO NEED ALL OF OUR SUPPORT ON COUNCIL, RIGHT? TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IMPACTS US FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I MADE THE MOTION IS HOPING THAT THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD WANT MORE TIME WITH THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEIR DISTRICTS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. OBVIOUSLY IT FAILED, WHICH IS FINE AT THIS POINT, BUT MY AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS, HIS MOTION WOULD JUST BE TO AMEND MAPS, SEE WITH ONE PARTICULAR ITEM, ADDING IAN HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES, BACK TO DISTRICT EIGHT. SO IS THAT ALLOWABLE? SO IF WE DID THAT, THEN THE POPULATION CHANGES, THEN THE PERCENT HAS CHANGED. SO WE DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER. SO GIS WOULD HAVE TO RUN THOSE NUMBERS. SO MY AMENDMENT WAS TO ADD TIME TO GIVE PUBLIC INPUT. TODAY'S THE FOURTH I'M ASKING TO EXTEND IT TO THE 2ND OF MAY, RIGHT. WHICH IS ALMOST A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN DRAW THAT MAP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE PUBLIC FORUMS. SOME BASICALLY KIND OF DOING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, EXTENDING IT. UM, BUT I'M PUTTING THE FIRST MOTION OUT THERE FOR C. OKAY. SO IS THAT A NO, I CAN'T IMAGINE MAP SEE, IN THIS MOTION, YOU CAN CERTAINLY PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO MAP. SEE? SO IF THAT'S YOUR AMENDMENT TO MAP, SEE WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IF YOU HAVE A SECOND, THERE'S A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN THERE'S A VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY ALL THIS, SO LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO LET'S JUST SAY, IF THAT GETS AMENDED, NOW YOU THROW OFF DEVIATION, YOU THROW OFF WHO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER AREA OR WHAT OTHER PART IT WILL DO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A INTERACTIVE MAP THAT TO SEE. SO THEN WHAT COMES UP ON MAY 2ND IS WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU VOTING ON? IT DEPENDS [02:20:01] ON WHAT A MAJORITY VOTE ON. SO WITH A MAJORITY VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT TO ADD, UM, HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES BACK INTO A THEN ON MAY 2ND, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A MAP THAT DOES JUST THAT. SO FOR YOUR SECOND READING, YOU WOULD HAVE A MAP THAT ADDS HUNTER'S POINT OF STATE. AND I THINK THE PART GOES ALONG WITH HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES THAT THEY'RE IN THE SAME CENSUS BLOCK. SO WAIT, SO YOU'RE SAYING IF COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY ADDS MEADOWCREEK TO THIS EXISTING MOTION MAP, SEE NO, RIGHT? NO. AT A POINT OF STATE HUNTER'S POINT THAT STATES BACK INTO IT BECAUSE HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES WAS, IS BEING REMOVED. AND THIS DECREMENT FROM DISTRICT A, WHICH ALSO CONNECTS TO THE HUNTERS GLEN PARK. SO ALL THAT GETS MOVED OVER TO DISTRICT V. SO MY QUESTION WAS, UH, IN REFERENCE TO MAP C TO HIS, HIS MOTION WAS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO MAP C TO MOVE A HUNTER'S POINT OF STATE BACK INTO DISTRICT EIGHT. OKAY. I UNDERSTOOD. AND THAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF DEVIATION SINCE WE ARE AT THE LOWEST POINT OF 3% PLUS, UH, THAT SHOULD BE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT MAKING THIS ADJUSTMENT. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT METAL CREEK ON THAT MAP? BECAUSE THAT STILL LEAVES MEADOW CREEK IN DISTRICT A FOR C NO. SO THAT'S THE COMPLICATED PART BECAUSE IF YOU MOVE MIDDLE CR METAL CREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK BACK INTO DISTRICT B AND IT INCREASES THEIR DISTRICT, B'S DEVIATION SIGNIFICANTLY. WE TRIED TO MOVE IN MAPS D AND E WE PUT METAL CREEK BACK AND PEBBLEBROOK BACK INTO DISTRICT B AND MOVE SOME OTHER THINGS AROUND. BUT BECAUSE HIS MOTION COUNCILMAN MEROLA'S, HIS MOTION IS TO ADOPT C I CAN'T MOVE ALL OF THAT AROUND BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TRIED THAT AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK PUTTING HIM BACK IN B BECAUSE THEN METAL THEN B HAS TO BE ALL SHIFTED AROUND, WHICH WAS SHIPPED AROUND D AGAIN. AND SO THAT WAS WHY THE PROPOSED REQUEST FOR MAPS, UH, NEW BATS FOR D AND E TO BE CREATED, TO PUT METAL CREEK AND PEBBLEBROOK BACK IN DISTRICT B BOOM, SOME OTHER THINGS AROUND IN A, AND MAKE SOME OTHER MINOR. AND SO THAT THINGS WOULD PRETTY MUCH STAY SOMEWHAT CONNECTED AND STAY TO THE POINT. IT DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DEVIATION, BUT IT STILL KEEPS US WITHIN THOSE BOUNDARIES OF 10%. AND SO AT THIS POINT, ALL I CAN REALLY ADVOCATE FOR LOGISTICALLY. THAT IS FOR A HUNTER'S POINT OF SITES TO BE BACK IN DISTRICT A, BECAUSE IT HAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POPULATION IN THAT NUMBER VERSUS SHIFTING ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO ON THIS MAP, BACK AND FORTH. SO HE, THAT TRIGGER MAP F AND THEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT REVIVE MAP, SEE IT WILL, WELL, WE'LL BE CREATING A NEW MAP. SO WE'LL RUN DIFFERENT NUMBERS. WE'LL RUN THE DEMOGRAPHICS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY, BECAUSE WITH YOUR AMENDMENT, RIGHT, BECAUSE ON MAP D YOU JUST, YOU DID A REVISION. CORRECT. BUT IT'S STILL A DIFFERENT, IT'S A DIFFERENT MAP. YEAH. BUT THIS MAP WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED, BUT THEN WE REVISE SOME THINGS ON HERE. SO WHY COULDN'T MAP C JUST BE A REVISION. IT JUST MOVE. SO CALLING, WE COULD CALL IT REVISION IF YOU WANT. WELL, YOU CAN CALL IT ANYTHING YOU WANT. BUT WHAT I THINK, WHAT SHE'S STATING IS THAT IT WILL, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER, YOU, YOU CAN'T SAY, SEE AGAIN AND VOTE ON IT BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY EXISTING, RIGHT? WITH REVIVE, WE COULD SAY AT THE TITLE, I THINK IT JUST CONFUSES THE RESIDENT. IF WE START TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ALPHABET, I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE ALPHABETS BEING NAMED AS MAPS BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY CONFUSED. AND EVEN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU GOT TRIPPED UP A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO THAT'S, IF WE CAN TRY TO KEEP THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, CAUSE WE'RE DOWN TO THE FINISH LINE HERE. UM, AND IF WE COULD JUST KEEP IT MAP C REVISED, SO THAT WAY RESIDENTS, AREN'T TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CHANGE AND THE DIFFERENCE IS. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A SIMPLE THING YOU CHANGE ON HERE, INSTEAD OF IT SAYING B IT'LL SAY, HEY, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST HOW I'M THINKING. IT SHOULD BE JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HEY, JOE IS, MY MOTION IS TO ADOPT RIGHT MAP. SEE, EXTEND THE SECOND READING TO MAY 2ND, SECOND, AND TO ASK STAFF TO CREATE A REVISED MAP OF C TO ACCOMMODATE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S REQUESTS 400 POINT ESTATES. THAT'S MY MOTION. [02:25:01] SO IT KIND OF SOMBER EMORY, IS THAT YEAH. ZACH, YOUR SECOND THOUGH, YOU'RE NOT YOU CAN'T REVISE MAP. SEE THAT'S YEAH. WE'RE JUST CALLING IT SOMETHING WELL, OKAY. BUT YOU CAN'T REVISE MAP MAPSYS. SO I MEAN, YOU CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER ITERATION THAT TAKES C AND AS, UM, UH, SOME DEVIATION. CAN WE PUT C DASH ONE, WOULD THAT WORK OR I DON'T CARE. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH ANTSY. YEAH. SO IT'D BE C ONE C DASH ONE. YES. IT'S JUST A TITLE. SO NAPSI WOULD STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION HE REVISED OR C1 OR WHATEVER YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT. IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER MAP WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS. RE SAY IT AGAIN. LET'S SEE. TODAY'S MONDAY. IT TELLS ME A RULE IS COUNSEL, CAN I, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YES, SIR. CAN YOU MAKE THAT AMENDMENT TO SAY C DASH ONE TO ADD ON HIS POINT OF STAYS BACK AND CAN THERE BE A SEPARATE MOTION ON THE DATE BEING CHANGED? THAT WAY YOU CAN SEPARATE THE TWO, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT BEING JUMBLED IN HERE. THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO ADOPT MAPS. SEE, LET ME TRY. THE AMENDMENT HAS NOW BEEN MADE, WHICH WE GOT TO VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT OR YOU'RE AMENDING IT YOURSELF. HOWEVER, IT GOES SO THAT WE CAN CLEARLY IDENTIFY IF THIS IS C1 OR C OR WHATEVER. ALL RIGHT. LET ME TRY THAT. MAY I, MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY MADE THE AMENDMENT TO ADD HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES AND BACK INTO DISTRICT A, DO YOU JUST WANT A SECOND HER AMENDMENT AND HE LAW CAN VOTE ON THAT AMENDMENT THEN. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO NOW I CAN CALL FOR VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. ADD HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES BACK INTO DISTRICT DAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO DO THAT. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. NOW GO. SO NOW YOU HAVE THE MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR, WHICH IS TO ADOPT PLAN C AND IT WILL BE WITH THAT AMENDMENT. THAT WAS MY MOTION. THAT'S MY SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOST? I SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. SO NOW IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE UP THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE ON MAY 2ND, 2022 NOW WOULD BE THE TIME I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE THE, OR EXCUSE ME. UM, CHANGE THE DATE FROM APRIL 18TH, APRIL 18TH, 2022 TO MAY 2ND, 2022 FOR THE SECOND HERE. SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VARIETY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THAT MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE, THAT'S IT. OKAY. LET ME GO TO EIGHT. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR APPOINTMENTS, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION. UH, BY NOMINATING A CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN GRP COMMITTEE, THERE IS A PRESENTATION BY SHASHI KUMAR, AND THEN CANCEL THE NEXT ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION IS NOMINATING A CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE ON THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN COMMITTEE, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GRP. YOU JUST READ WHAT I'VE SAID, WHO IS IT EXTRA? UM, THIS COMMITTEE ADMINISTERS THE GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH WAS CREATED A MANDATE BY THE FORT PENN SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT. UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY 30% RELIED OR IN 2013, WE HAD TO MEET A MANDATE OF 30% RELIANCE ON SURFACE WATER INCREASING TO 60% IN 2025. UH, THERE ARE THREE, UH, NOMINATIONS ARE THREE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE. UH, ONE IS THE CITY NOMINEE WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. UH, LIVING HERE, UH, THAT POSITION HAS BECOME OPEN. UH, THE CITY MANAGER IS REPRESENTED IS APPOINTING ME TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND TODD OVER THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WILL BE THE ALTERNATE. UM, WITH THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS THAT I BE NOMINATED AS THE PRIMARY AND TODD OVER AS THE SECONDARY ON THE GRP COMMITTEE. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND, [02:30:01] WHICH HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WRITING. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THAT MOTION PLEASE SAY NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the City Manager to ex...] NINE ARE AUTHORIZATIONS ITEM NINE. A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH MARTINEZ ARCHITECT LP TO ASSIST WITH CITY IN CITY AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CITY HALL ACCOMPLICE GENERATORS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TODD HOOVER OR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN, THE CITY SOLICITED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR CITY HALL COMPLEX GENERATORS ON JANUARY 26TH, 2022 ON MARCH. THE SECOND, 2022 CITY STAFF BROUGHT THE STAFF EVALUATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION. THE PEDIAC COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD. THE COUNCIL WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A ESA WITH MARTINEZ ARCHITECTS TO ASSIST THE CITY IN THESE DESIGN SERVICES. UH, THE ESTIMATED DESIGN SERVICES COST IS NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND. THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JUNE OF 2022. IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL CITY STAFF WILL THEN COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BASED ON THE PARAMETERS IDENTIFIED IN A DESIGN. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AUTHORIZATION? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER. EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, WHILE WE'RE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE PUT IN GENERATORS OR DO WE NOT HAVE GENERATORS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW? SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO GENERATORS, HOWEVER, UM, THE EXISTING CITY HALL COMPLEX GENERATOR SYSTEM, IT'S AN ADEQUATE FOR THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. IT ONLY SERVICES A PORTION OF THE COMPLEX, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE AN ACCOUNT, THIS BUILDING, WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED, THIS IS A WARMING CENTER, UH, FOR FUTURE EMERGENCIES, UM, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO, UH, A LARGER GENERATOR THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE ENTIRE COMPLEX AND THEN A, UH, A BACKUP FOR THAT AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU SAY THE COMPLEX, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS, AND THEN ALSO CITY HALL, THE BUILDING IS THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S STILL COMPLEX. YES. SO, SO WHAT IF, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN POWER GOES OUT AND THE GENERATOR COMES ON, YOU'LL JUST HAVE CERTAIN, UH, PLACES IN CITY HALL THAT WILL HAVE LIGHTS AND THIS BUILDING, WHEN I HAVE ANY LIGHTS AT ALL, AND THERE'LL BE PORTIONS OF PLANNING AND, UH, PERMITS THAT WILL HAVE LIGHTS, BUT IT DOESN'T SERVE THE COMPLETE COMPLEX HOLISTICALLY. AND ALSO THE DESIGN WILL ALSO INCLUDE A WIRING AND SWITCH GEARS AND EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GENERATORS. AND SO WITH THIS, UM, IT'S NOT AN ESTIMATE OF COSTS, BUT IS THIS GOING TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL GENERATOR FOR THIS SITE FOR THE NEXT ONE, FOR THE PERMANENT LOCATION, THE CITY HALL, OR IS IT ONE HUGE GENERATOR THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE COMPLEX? UH, SO THE, UH, THE PROJECT HAD BEEN FUNDED 1,089,000, UH, THE DESIGN PORTION, WE'VE ESTIMATED TO BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THEN AFTER WE GET THE DESIGN BACK, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE SUBMITTED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED. SO RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT TWO GENERATORS. UM, ONE AGAIN, WE'LL SUPPORT THE ENTIRE COMPLEX AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS AS WELL. SINCE WE HAVE GAS RIGHT OUTSIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY A NATURAL GAS ONE AND AN, A DIESEL. CURRENTLY OUR TWO GENERATORS ARE DIESEL. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THEN HOW TO APPLY THOSE. BUT, AND THEN THOSE OTHER TWO GENERATORS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, REPURPOSING THOSE AS WELL AT, UH, TWO OPTIONS, BUT THAT WILL ALL BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN SCOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY SECOND [02:35:01] BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU. TOP ITEM 10. OUR ORDINANCES. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES FOR CONSIDERATION ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the execu...] NUMBER 11, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CO-SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND THE MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION, INC, OR THE 2020 TO THE JURY CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERE. IS THERE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, IT'S BEEN A MOTION AND SECOND, UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING CONTRACT AND THIS IS A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT BECAUSE IT WILL BE COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND VERSUS HOT FUNDS THIS YEAR. AND THIS WILL ALLOW US MORE TIME TO COME UP WITH OUR LONGTERM AGREEMENT FOR HOT FUNDS FOR FUTURE YEARS. OKAY, THANK YOU, TYSON. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION. EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING TO DO GENERAL FUNDS VERSUS HAAS FUND THIS YEAR I'D FUNDS THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN AN INTEREST BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION TO INCREASE THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP AS FAR AS THE ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ACTUALLY SIGNING SOME CONTRACTS. CURRENTLY, THE, UM, AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE JUNETEENTH FOUNDATION IS FOR REIMBURSEMENT ONLY, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDS UP FRONT. SO IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT, WE ARE LOOKING TO SUSPEND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, ADD THIS ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WOULD COME OUT OF HOT FUNDS. AND THEN I'M SORRY, OUT OF GENERAL FUNDS AND THEN ALLOW US FOR FUTURE YEARS TO REWRITE OUR HOT POLICY SO THAT WE CAN USE HOT FUNDS IN THIS MANNER, IN THE FUTURE IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES OKAY. IS THE ANYBODY WITH THE MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION HERE TODAY? I BELIEVE I SAY, I THINK I SEE COUNT A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. YOU MIND COMING UP AND WELL, DON'S COMING UP THERE, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, DO WE HAVE THE, UH, ADEQUATE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THESE OUT OF, UH, THE, UH, GENERAL FUND AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THEM OUT OF HOT TAX? OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS, UH, WELL, THANKS FOR COMING. UH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY AND JUNE TEEN FOUNDATION HAS. UH, WHAT ACTUALLY WILL THE CITY BE PROVIDING, UH, TO THE JUNE TEAM, UM, CELEBRATION FOUNDATION FOR THE ACTIVITIES, ET CETERA. I LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE LONG ASS, IF YOU DON'T MIND THE, UH, FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS, WE NEVER COME TO THE CITY ASKING THEM FOR ANY FUNDS WHATSOEVER. AND, UH, BUT THE CITIZEN WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE IN KIND SERVICES. WHEN HIGH TAXES WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, WE FOUND IN THE COUNSELOR FOUND ALSO THAT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FIT WELL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF, OF, UH, WHAT HIGH TAXES WERE FIRST AND THAT'S TO PUT HEADS IN BEDS, UM, IN, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, THERE'S ABOUT 800,000 RESIDENTS AND OF THOSE 800,000 ABOUT, UH, 20% FITS WITHIN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHAT JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IS ALL ABOUT. AND IN FORT BEND COUNTY, MISSOURI CITY IS THE EPIC CENTER OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS, AFRICAN AMERICANS. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE COLLECTIVE PEOPLE IN ONE POSITION IN ONE, UH, AREA, UM, MISSOURI CITY IS THAT IT'S THE EPIC CENTER. SO JUNETEENTH IS A WELL-FITTED FOR THAT. SO WE FELT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE THAT ONCE WE GOT STARTED, AND ONCE WE POSITION OURSELVES, UH, MISSOURI SEATED WELL SUITED FOR HIGH TAXES AND TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER WHO HAS, UH, DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SINCE WE WERE SO, UH, INVOLVED AND SO LATE IN THE GAME, THAT WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL TRY TO, UH, USE, UH, GENERAL FUNDS TO FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN PROCEED WITH THE CONTRACT EXTENDED, THE CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD HAD FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. THAT'S THE LONG ANSWER. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE THIS FAR? ALSO, MARK, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE FIVE DAYS OF EVENTS AND WE ONLY CHARGED FOR TWO EVENTS. ONE IS FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS TO PAY FOR, [02:40:02] UH, THE S UH, SET OF FACILITIES. THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE. THE OTHER IS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD GALA, AND THAT'S TO PAY FOR THE FACILITIES WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FOOD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO ALLOW US TO BRING IN ENTERTAINMENT. THAT'S GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE, TO THE CONCERT IN THE PARK AND ALSO TO, UH, ALIGN OURSELVES TO FIT A CAR AND INTO WHAT HIGH TAXES ARE, WHICH WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO COMPLY WITH THE 2023. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH HONORABLE DON SMITH, UH, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO MISSOURI CITY. AND OF COURSE, KEEPING THIS, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION GOING YEAR AFTER YEAR. UH, MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY ENJOY IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO MY QUESTIONS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, OR, UM, IF TYSON, YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THIS, WHAT, WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS THE CITY CONTRIBUTED, UM, YEAR PER YEAR TO THE JUNETEENTH VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS YEAR? UH, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WE ARE HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER HAS BEEN FOR $20,000 UP TO $20,000 PER YEAR. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ASKING FOR $25,000 THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN OR FORMER COUNCILMAN OF SMITH. WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE, YOU CAN INCLUDE, ACTUALLY INCLUDE WHAT THE CITY HAS CONTRIBUTED. SO WHAT DOES THIS EVENT COST OVERALL TO PUT ON THIS FIVE DAY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION? IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO A HUNDRED AND SOME THOUSAND. OH, SO YOU RUN THIS, UH, PROGRAM, UM, ON JUST PRIVATE FUNDING AND DONATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND FUNDRAISING, WE DO OUR BEST. OKAY. AND SO YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR JUST 25,000, THAT'S IT, WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 25,000. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE CONTRACT AND ENTERTAINED US FOR THE CONCERT IN THE PARK AND WHATEVER THOSE FEES ARE THAT FITS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE ASKED THEM FOR. ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD GALA, WE HAVE TRYING TO BRING, UM, ROLAND MARTIN HERE. THIS IS OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO DO IT UP THIS YEAR, MAKE IT BETTER THAN EVER. AND HE HAS HIS FEES PRETTY LOFTY. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WOULD COME AND ASK THEM FOR THAT AMOUNT. THANK YOU. AND TYSON, THE AMOUNT THAT I KNOW YOU STATED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT PREVIOUSLY THIS WAS A REIMBURSEMENT. AND SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE PARTNERSHIP WOULD INCLUDE UPFRONT FUNDS. UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU KIND OF ESTIMATING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, UM, OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THE FUND TO ASSIST, MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT, UM, AND EVEN MORE EXCITING OR WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COSMIN SMITH IS TALKING ABOUT DOING. SO THE, THE INTENT OF DOING THIS AGREEMENT THIS YEAR AND DOING IT, NOT AS A REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THAT THE CITY WOULD BE SIGNING THE ENTERTAINMENT CONTRACTS. UH, WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE OVERSIGHT WITH THAT AND CONTROL AND THOSE MANNERS, UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTING HIM SO HE CAN PUT HIS EFFORTS INTO THE REST OF THE EVENT TO MAKE IT EXCITING. UH, WHEREAS WE WOULD MANAGE THOSE AGREEMENTS UPFRONT INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF THE FOUNDATION HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE AND MANAGE THOSE CONTRACTS, BUT ALL THE, THE, UM, EVENT AND THEN THE CITY REIMBURSING THEM ON THE BACK END, WE WOULD BASICALLY BE DOING THIS ON THE FRONT END OF THIS. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. AND SO BASICALLY THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER THE ENTERTAINMENT ASPECT OF THOSE CONTRACTS. NOW, WOULD THAT ALSO MEAN THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO SOME OF THE OTHER AVENUES THAT HE'S NEEDING HELP WITH THAT CONTRACT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP INCLUDE THAT AS WELL THERE, THE, THE, THE MAXIMUM, UM, FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE SET AT 25,000, THE CITY DOES, UH, EVERY YEAR CONTRIBUTE IN KIND SERVICES. AND THOSE OFTEN SECURITY OFFICERS, UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF, UM, IMPACT, AND THAT IS OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THESE EVENTS. AND THOSE ARE NOT DIRECT DOLLARS THAT THOSE, AND THOSE STILL WOULD BE CONTRIBUTED PART OF THE AGREEMENT. YES, YES. THAT WOULD NOT BE ELIMINATED. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU MANY YEARS DOWN, 29, MORE THAN YOU HAVE IN YOU. I'M SORRY. HOW MANY MORE DO YOU HAVE? AND MANY, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I LIKE TO MENTION, I'M SORRY. I COME YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU'RE, UH, CARRYING THIS THING FORWARD AND BEING A, YOU KNOW, A REAL, UH, UH, ADVOCATE FAR, THE, UH, THE JUNE TEENS PROGRAM, UH, [02:45:01] IT HAS YOUR NAME AND FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT. SO, UH, IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE THING I LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL WOMAN RALEIGH IS THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE'VE GIVEN OVER $20,000 TO I'M SORRY, $200,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO KIDS IN AND AROUND THE FORT MILL AREA. THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILIES. THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE, UH, WE WENT THERE TO, UH, TO DO IS TO KEEP THE FUNDS. THE MONEY IS INSIDE THE CITY AND WAS MISSOURI CITY. WE HIRE, UM, ENTERTAINERS LOCALLY. WE GOT AWAY FROM THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE GOT LOCAL ENTERTAINERS. UH, WE ALSO, AND WE FOUND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BRING AS MANY PEOPLE AT COMMUNITY PARK. I'M SORRY. HOW DOES THE WE IN PARK WITH LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT? THE OTHER THING THAT I LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT, UH, WE, UH, WE ALSO PROMOTE, UH, THE BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY TO SUPPORT, UM, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND WE, AND WE HIRE THEM. WE HIRE THESE PEOPLE. SO WE TRY TO KEEP THE FUNDS CIRCULATING WITHIN WAS CITY. ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB. SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M SURE MANY OF THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, JUNETEENTH, UH, FEST, FESTIVITIES, THE PARADES, EVERYTHING. I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND I WANTED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN. I KNOW TYSON, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH YOU FOR YEARS. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXTENDING, YOU KNOW, EVERY HAND OPEN HAND POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MEETING YOUR BUDGET, THAT YOU'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS ORGANIZATION, THIS FOUNDATION, AND WHAT THE JUNETEENTH, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRULY MEANS IN OUR COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE WELL SUPPORTED AND HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I GOT THE COMMAND TYSON FOR THE HELP THAT HE'S GIVEN OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, ESPECIALLY THAT SHIT. AND ALSO THE CITY MANAGER, HE'S ALL HE'S GIVEN INSIGHT AND OFFER SOME SUPPORT AND IDEAS AS TO HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS THING FORWARD. ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IS IN GOOD STANDARDS STANDARDS. WE HAVE A GOOD BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, OF INTERVIEWING COMPANIES THAT WILL TAKE OVER THE LAND SHARE OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. SO RATHER THAN IT IT'S DON SMITH IS GOING TO BE, WAS THERE A SET OF JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION? AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PRODUCT RATHER THAN IN ITS INDIVIDUAL. ABSOLUTELY. ONLY THING I CAN DO TO BE SUPPORTIVE IF I NEED TO GO WORK. AND MOST OF YARDS, YOU KNOW, JUST LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. CLOUSER AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. AGAIN, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT TO JUST FOR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SMITH, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, EVEN LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH OUR FLOAT BROKE AND YOUR GENDER AND ENOUGH TO, UH, TRY TO GET US A GOLF CART AND ALL THAT BOAT, BUT I THINK CUSTOMER CLOUDS ARE, AND I DECIDED TO WALK. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED. UH, BUT IT WAS TOO HOT, BUT, BUT WE DID IT WELL, THANK YOU. HOPE THIS YEAR, 20TH YEAR, RIGHT. 20TH YEAR WILL BE A HUGE CELEBRATION. AND, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE MISSOURI CITY TO BE PARTAKE, CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP, BUT CELEBRATE EVEN IN A BIGGER SENSE, UH, FOR THIS 20TH YEAR GALA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO. OKAY. WE HAVE 6, 2, 1 MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 11, [(b) Consideration and Possible Action of a resolution suspending the May 2...] B UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, THE SPENDING THE MAY 2ND, 2022 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PROPOSAL BY CENTER POINT ENERGY RESOURCES, CORPORATION, DBA CENTER, POINT ENERGY AND TECHS AND CENTER POINT ENERGY TAX GAS, HOUSTON DIVISION TO IMPLEMENT INTERIM GAS, RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, RIGHT ADJUSTMENTS OR GAS, UTILITY INVESTMENTS, AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. CENTREPOINT FILED AN ANNUAL GAS RELIABILITY PROGRAM RATE ADJUSTMENT ON ABOUT MARCH 2ND, 2022. THEY ARE PROPOSING A RATE INCREASE FOR CUSTOMERS, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS BY ABOUT A DOLLAR 36 [02:50:01] PER RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUSPENSE, THE INCREASE FOR 45 DAYS. THAT WOULD BE UNTIL ABOUT JUNE 16TH, 2022 UNDER STATE LAW. THIS IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CITY AND BE INVOLVED EVENTUALLY IN THE PROVISION OF POST. THANK YOU, JOYCE. IS THERE A MOTION MOTION PROVES THE SUSPENSION OF THE RATES THERE SECOND. YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY CONSUMER CAR. MEROLA'S IT'S BEEN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES IJAZ. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE RIGHT ADJUSTMENT AGAIN? YES. MA'AM THE CENTER FILED A RATE ADJUSTMENT. IT'S CALLED A GRIP. IT'S A GAS, RELIABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM RATE ADJUSTMENT REQUEST WITH THE CITY ON MARCH 2ND. THEY ESSENTIALLY FILED THAT TO PROVIDE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE IN THE PAST. AND SO THEY ATTEMPT PURSUANT TO STATE LAW. THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THAT RECOVER THAT INVESTMENT BACK FROM CONSUMERS. AND SO THIS RATE INCREASE WOULD ESSENTIALLY REPAY THEM FOR THAT INVESTMENT. UM, THIS ACTION, UH, PROPOSED ACTION WITH SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE. THEN OUR POINT, UM, REQUESTED THAT THAT, UH, INCREASED BECOME EFFECTIVE ON MAY 2ND, 2022 IT'S WITHIN THE CITY'S COUNCIL CITY. COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION TO SUSPEND THAT RIGHT OR 40 UP TO 45 DAYS. SO IT WOULD BE JUNE ABOUT JUNE 16TH, 2022. SO THE RESOLUTION IS FOR US TO BASICALLY CHANGE THE DATE, THE SPAN, THE EFFECTIVE DATE. YES, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT WE CAN POSTPONE OR DENY THEM INCREASING THIS RATE OVER TO THE, UNFORTUNATELY THE TEXAS PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IS THE STATE BODY THAT REVIEWS THOSE RIGHTS AND DETERMINES WHETHER THEY ARE EFFECTIVE RIGHTS AND SHOULD BE IMPOSED UPON CONSUMERS. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CITY CAN BE INVOLVED IS THIS RIGHT SUSPENSION FOR 45 DAYS. SO, OKAY. I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT HERE. UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOROSE SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION. PLEASE SAY NO. SEVEN ZERO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO. [12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] I DID NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. IF WE CAN KEEP IT WITHIN THREE MINUTES, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ATTEND THE FIRST COLONY COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, ASSOCIATION ONLY CROSSES HOA THE, UH, HUNTERS, HUNTERS, GREEN, MONTHLY HOA, ALONG WITH THE REDISTRICTING PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETING WENT VERY WELL. UM, I WANT TO COMMEND OUR BRIE AND JENNIFER AND THE PARKS, EVERYBODY FOR MAKING THAT EVENT. UM, SO INFORMATIVE HAVING ALL OF THE MAPS LOCATED IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR RESIDENTS. SO I COMMEND STAFF FOR PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD. AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, JOYCE FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AS WELL. CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON ADDITIONAL MAPS, BUT IT WASN'T, THEY, THE COMPANY WASN'T ABLE TO PRODUCE THEM FOR THAT NIGHT. UM, ALSO ATTENDED THE RECEPTION OF, FOR THE OFFICERS WHO RECENTLY RETIRED AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON YOUR RETIREMENT. I WISH I COULD JOIN YOU. UM, WENT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL DINNER WHERE, UM, I MISSED OUT ON THE ICE CREAM. SO I'M ASSUMING COUNCILMAN PHONY OR COUNCILMAN I'M SORRY. MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY KEYNOTE SPEAKER, UM, AND COUNCILMAN EMORY, UM, SOMETHING Y'ALL ATE MY ICE CREAM CAUSE I MISSED IT AND PEACH COBBLER. OH, THANK YOU. I NEEDED TO GET THE AUNT THAT IN TOO, WHILE I WAS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET TO GO TO THE NEXT HOA, UM, ATTENDED THE, UH, MARCH, UH, EXPO RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT MR. JOHN MITCHELL HOUSE, THERE WERE LOTS OF VENDORS. SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS, STAFF US AS COUNCIL COME OUT WHEN HE HOSTS THOSE EXPOS RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE LOTS OF GREAT PEOPLE OUT HERE, LOCAL VENDORS. UM, I SAW QUITE A FEW VENDORS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT EIGHT THAT WERE THERE. UM, WE SUCCESSFULLY WERE ABLE TO, UH, HOST THE MISSOURI CITY TOWN HALL FOR THE [02:55:01] TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, VERY LONG NAME. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REVISING THAT NAME OR SHORTENING IT ON SOME KIND OF WAY. SO THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AS WELL. I DEFINITELY COMMAND MY COLLEAGUE, UM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, BONY WHO, WHO DID DO HIS KEYNOTE SPEAKING, UH, THAT EVENING AND WAS ABLE TO FACILITATE A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE ABLE TO JOIN US AS WELL AND SPOKE THAT NIGHT AS WELL. UH, ATTENDED THE NAACP BREAKFAST, UH, FOR MLK BREAKFAST THAT WAS POSTPONED FROM JANUARY TILL THIS PAST WEEKEND. THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING. SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE A GOOD PRESENTATION OF MISSOURI CITY THERE AND ALL OF THE, UH, STAFF, UM, WHO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. AND OF COURSE WANT A SHOUT OUT TO THE LOCAL NAACP, MISSOURI CITY AND THE SANDY BRANCH FOR HOSTING THAT EVENT. UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE OPERATION TRANSFORMATION OUTREACH OUT AT MY ALUMNI, WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAD PASTORS SINCERE AND THE TRANSFORMATION CHURCH, UH, THAT WAS GREAT. ANOTHER VENDOR PRESENTATION ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EAGLE SCOUT. I WOULD SAY A SWAN WHO, UM, MAYOR, MAYOR ELLA, KAT, AND I WERE ABLE TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION, UM, TO HIM FOR ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHED ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HIS EAGLE SCOUTS. AND SO JUST WANT TO SAY MAYOR, IT WAS LOVELY CHASING YOU ON SATURDAY. LET'S NOT DO IT AGAIN. UM, I DEFINITELY GOT MY, UH, STEPS IN AND THOSE FOUR INCH HEELS. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. UH, EDWARDS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL MY CONSTITUENTS. I HAPPY RAMADAN. I PRAY IN THIS HOLY MONTH, YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ALL YOUR GOALS AND THAT GOD FIRM PROVIDES YOU WITH THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO ANY CHALLENGES YOU FACE IN LIFE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS. YES. I WANT TO THANK MISSOURI CITY GREEN FOR HOSTING YET ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT ON SATURDAY, THEY HAD THE TRASH OFF. THERE WERE 60 VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME OUT THE COLLECTIVE 750 POUNDS OF TRASH IN TWO HOURS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND TO MISSOURI CITY GREEN AND A SCORE UPDATE FOR JENNIFER AND HER JAY HAWKS, 57 AND 54. THEY'RE WINNING ALEX. THAT'S IT. OH, I'M GOING TO MAKE MINE BRIEF. UM, AGAIN, UM, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WERE BLUE TODAY. NOT EVEN KNOWING IT WAS AUTISM AWARENESS, BUT UM, I'D LIKE TO, WELL, NO ME, I KNEW, BUT MY MOM WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. UH, I THINK WE SAID WE WERE ALL GOING TO WEAR BLUE, UH, ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FOR AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE MONTH. UM, MAINLY OFTENTIMES WE CALL THIS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, BUT WE ARE MOVING INTO AUTISM ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENESS MONTH. UM, JUST CONTINUE TO, UH, EMBRACE THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENT, UH, WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND UH, JUST KNOW THE SIGNS AND, UM, AND GET ASSISTANCE FOR YOUR CHILD OR FAMILY MEMBER OR NEIGHBOR. IF YOU DO NOTICE SOME OF THE COMMON SIGNS OF AUTISM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BRAMMER AGAIN. UH, I ATTENDED A SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP AND I, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE. AND, UH, I THINK WE, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, STILL SOME INFORMATION TO THEM TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL OR EVEN THE START A SMALL BUSINESS. UM, I WAS, UH, UH, GIVEN THE HONOR TO GIVE THEY A QUAIL VALLEY GARDEN CLUB YARD OF THE MONTH TO, UH, JULIA HARDY. UH, SHE'S A RESIDENT THERE IN QUAIL VALLEY AND THAT'S, UH, A, UH, AN AWARD THAT'S GIVEN EVERY MONTH, UH, TO, UH, THE, UH, THE YARD, UH, THAT, UH, IS, UH, MOST DECORATIVE AND, UH, UH, AND APPEALING. AND THEN, UH, ALSO I, UH, ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT CELEBRATION, UH, OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND, UH, UH, I LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF PAUL PUTIN. YOU KNOW, HE'S HAD 30, SOME ODD YEARS AND, UH, HE, UH, IS, UH, GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED. UH, HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF, UH, THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF, UH MCPD AND HE WAS AN ALL AROUND GOOD PERSON. SO, UH, KUDOS TO HIM AND, AND, UH, EPI WISHES FOR HIS RETIREMENT. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GOOD MEETING WITH, UH, MERRILL ACAT AND, UH, FORT BEND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAIR. UM, KEVIN RILES [03:00:02] ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY BETTER TOGETHER. THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND CHAMBER ALSO GOT TO PIN HIM WITH A MISSOURI CITY PEN, AND HE'S A MISSOURI CITY RESONANCE. SO YOU'VE GOTTA BE WEARING THIS PEN, MAN, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN REPRESENT MISSOURI CITY. SO HE'S LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIP. UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE DISTRICT D VIRTUAL REDISTRICTING MEETING, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, IN-PERSON REDISTRICTING MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE THAT SAME WEEK. UH, ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE HUNTERS, GLEN FIVE HOA ANNUAL MEETING ALONG WITH MAYOR. UH, ALEC HAD A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, OLYMPIA STATES, VIRTUAL HOA, QUARTERLY MEETING, AS WELL AS THE MOST RECENT VICKSBURG HOA MEETING. AND I WANT TO THANK SHAWSHEE KUMAR FOR COMING OUT AND, UM, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES GOING ON IN THE VICKSBURG COMMUNITY AND ALSO FOR THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THOSE, UM, STREET, UH, A SPEED CUSHIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH, I SPEND STATE STREET CUSHIONS, BUT SPEED CUSHIONS. THANK YOU. UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE FORT BEND COUNTY MAYOR AND COUNCIL DINNER IN THE CITY OF CLIQUE, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY. AND, UH, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER OUT OF THE, THE PEACH COBBLER WAS, UH, OFF THE CHAIN. SO, UH, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU SOME, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU WENT THOUGH. I GOT YOU. I GOT YOU THEN. UM, UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND. UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS THEIR STATE OF THE CITY WASN'T AS GOOD AS OURS MAYOR. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MADE SURE WE, UH, WE, WE SHOW THEM UP EVEN MORE. SO THIS YEAR I PAID HIM TO SAY THAT ALSO ATTENDED THE NAACP BREAKFAST THIS PAST SATURDAY, GOT TO SEE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DO A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONOREES AND THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. UH, ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO, UH, ATTEND THE MISSOURI CITY LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON OPENER, UH, WITH MAYOR ALLAH CAT. AND, UH, I WILL SAY, AND I THINK THERE'S VIDEO OF IT CAUSE COMMUNICATIONS WAS OUT THERE. HE DID ACTUALLY MAKE IT OVER THE PLATE. I MEAN, EVEN FOR THE FIRST PITCH, HE ACTUALLY DID. I MEAN, I WAS, I WAS, I WAS CROSSING MY FINGERS, MAN. I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT HE MADE IT ACROSS THE PLATE BAN, BUT A GREAT, GREAT TIME AND SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, THAT LITTLE LEAGUE, LASTLY, UM, UH, I WANT TO THANK STAFF THAT ARBERY AND HER TEAM, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, RILEY, AS WELL AS MARIELLA CAT FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TOWN HALL. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE, COUNCIL MEMBER, RILEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST WAS A LADY WHO HAD BEEN HERE SINCE THE EIGHTIES CAME UP, UH, AFTER THAT MEETING. AND I THINK IT WAS CITY MANAGERS WITH ME WHEN SHE SAID IT WAS THE FIRST TIME. AND SINCE BEING HERE THAT SHE FELT LIKE THIS, THIS CITY ACTUALLY CARED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA AND WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND, UH, SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND I THINK SHE EVEN POSTED THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR. SO AT ANY RATE, THANK YOU AGAIN, STAFF AND COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WORK WE'RE DOING TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I DID PRETTY MUCH HALF OF WHAT THEY ALL DID, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, CAPTAIN PAUL HOLT. AND, UM, AND I WAS THERE ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY FOR HIS SENDOFF PARTY THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE POA. HE'S GOT A GREAT FAMILY AND KNOW HE'S GOING TO ENJOY THE RETIREMENT. UH, ONE THING I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I'M NOT SURE IF I HEARD ANYONE SAY THAT, UH, MISSOURI TO CITY, MISSOURI CITY, SMALL GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAD HERE IN THIS BUILDING, I WANT TO THANK, UM, IMPACT AND, AND OTHERS. WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, UM, THE SMALL GRANT PROGRAM, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALBREY AND, UH, JENNIFER ALEXANDER AND TIM UNDERWOOD AND ALL THOSE, UH, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN HELP, YOU KNOW, TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. THERE'S BEEN SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT. SO THANK YOU ALL. AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, MISSOURI CITY, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, THIS WAS MY SECOND YEAR. SO I DID TO MAYOR PRO TEM. IF I DON'T MAKE IT, YOU GET A SECOND SHOT, WE'LL REDO THE VIDEO. UM, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO, UH, THAT WAS GREAT, BUT TH TH YOU HAVE TO GO THERE JUST BEEN WONDERFUL PARENTS, WONDERFUL KIDS. UM, THAT'S JUST BEEN PART OF THAT HISTORY FOR ALMOST, UH, 28 YEARS, UH, IS WHAT I HEARD, TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, WHAT A GREAT TURNOUT AND WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION BY OUR, OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. [03:05:02] THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND SOME, I HAVE NOT EVER SEEN THEM SPEAKING IN PUBLIC FORMAT, BUT, UM, THEY HAD THEIR LITTLE CUE CARDS AND, UH, AND THEY DID IT. UM, SO I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL BREE. UM, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR THAT, SO AWESOME JOB. THANK YOU. I THINK EVERYTHING CAME OUT REALLY GOOD. OBVIOUSLY THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM ANY MORE COMPLIMENTS, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK THE COMPLIMENTS GOES TO YOUR STAFF AND OTHERS THAT HELPED YOU THAT DAY IN THE, WITH ALL THE SLIDES AND PRESENTATIONS IN THE BACK AND COMING UP WITH THAT MCDONALD'S RE UH, RENOVATION AT THE LAST SECOND, UH, TO BLOW THAT UP AND TO SHOW TO THE PEOPLE. I THINK PEOPLE WERE EXCITED. WE DO HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY NOW BECAUSE WE TOLD THEM WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE DOING. UM, NOW WE NEED TO GET IT DONE. SO WE JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE THINGS DONE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THIS SATURDAY WITH, UM, UH, TROOP 1985 TO RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL YOUNG MAN WHO HAS GONE THROUGH SOME HEALTH ISSUES. AND HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF GETTING THAT EAGLE SCOUT, UM, AND ISAIAH, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT, WONDERFUL JOB. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIS PARENTS, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS COMMUNITY, UH, OUT THERE FOR HIM, UM, AND ROOTING FOR HIM. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY SET THE FACT THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT I, I JUST SAW THAT THERE'S ONLY 4% OF BOYS THAT MAKES IT TO EAGLE SCOUT AND LESS THAN 1% OF, UM, MINORITIES THAT MAKES IT TO THE EAGLE SCOUTS. SO THIS WAS A GREAT, GREAT CELEBRATION. SO COSTUMER RILEY AND I, YOU KNOW, GIVING HIM A NICE PROCLAMATION AND, AND HAD HIM CELEBRATE THAT. AND HE WAS ALL IN OUR, AT, AT WHAT TRANSPIRED, BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD HAVE EASILY SENT OUT A LITTLE, A LETTER SAYING THAT WE SUPPORT YOU AND, AND ALL OF THIS. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT WE SHOWED UP, IT WAS A SURPRISE THAT NO ONE KNEW. SO IT WAS GREAT. AND FOR SURE FACT, THAT SHE DID CHASE ME AROUND. SO I BEAT HER TO IT, EVERY PUNCH WITH CUSTOMER VARIETY. UH, AND SHE DID HAVE HEELS ON, UM, TRASH OFF KUDOS TO MISSOURI CITY GREEN, NOT ONLY TRASH OFF, THEY DO ELECTRONIC RECYCLING. AND I KNOW THEY HAD THAT. THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, SO I JUST PROUD OF THAT GROUP. I HAVE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE WELCOME REMARKS AT THE NAACP MIZZOU TO MISSOURI CITY, UM, UM, BRANCH, UH, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO WAS THERE, A MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL AND WERE RIDING. UM, AND WHEN ON SUNDAY, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE KNEW THE AMERICAN LEGION HELD HIS FIRST CONVENTION IN THIS, UM, RIGHT IN THIS PLACE WHERE WE'RE AT COMMUNITY CENTER. AND I WAS TOLD THAT THAT'S THEIR FIRST EVER IN MISSOURI CITY. SO KUDOS TO, I DON'T KNOW WHO SET THIS PLACE UP. I'M NOT SURE WHO DID WHAT WORKED, BUT THIS PLACE LOOKED FANTASTIC. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THOSE CAPTAINS AND, AND COMMANDERS, I SHOULD SAY. AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED. SO I TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY DON'T, IF SOME CITIES ARE NOT OPEN AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO THE, TO MISSOURI CITY. WHAT THEY DID, SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING. I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK THIS IS ON VIDEO, BUT WHEN I DROVE UP COMING INTO THIS PLACE, THEY HAD CHAIRS SITTING OUT THERE IN THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, UH, THAT WAS PLACED THERE FOR, FOR THEM TO HAVE A FIVE MINUTE, UM, UH, PRAYER OR, AND KIND OF REMEMBRANCE, I SHOULD SAY OUT THERE. SO, WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN. AND I DID SEE AFTER LUNCH, THEY WERE SITTING THERE FOR ABOUT A GOOD FIVE TO 10 MINUTES. UM, SO OUR VETERANS MEMORIAL, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY SAW. UM, SO, AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT JUST MISSOURI CITY. THESE ARE PEOPLE ALL OVER ARE, ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON AREA AND, AND A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. AND THAT WAS HERE. SO KUDOS TO THE CITY AND PARKS FOUNDATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS WHO WORKED, YOU KNOW, UH, REAL HARD WITH THIS. LASTLY, APRIL 1ST TO END OF APRIL, STARTS THE RAMADAN, UH, TO OUR, UM, FRIENDS IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. AND THOSE WHO OBSERVED THAT THE HOLIDAY. SO JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY, HAPPY RAMADAN. AND MY REPORT ITEM NUMBER 13 IS, UM, CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. SO WE DO HAVE A CLOSED X, NOT, NOT ON [03:10:01] THIS AGENDA. UM, YEAH, AND I MAKE ONE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT. I JUST WANT TO REMIND ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE TUNING IN THAT WE DO HAVE OUR APRIL 12TH COPY WITH LEADERSHIP SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN WAIT AND PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR TO JOIN US RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON APRIL 12TH AT 7:38 AM. AND THEN I WANT TO DO A, JUST A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER WHO HAS BEEN A FIERCE ADVOCATE IN THE AUTISM COMMUNITY. UM, AND I'M SHARING THIS WITH HER BECAUSE I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT AUTISM, UH, FROM TWO PEOPLE THAT I'VE KNOWN A LOT OF THE LAST 10 YEARS, UM, FROM NIKITA LIONS IRVING'S WAS A MARSHALL PRINCIPLE, BUT ALSO LEARNING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO WHEN COUNCILMAN CLOUDS ARE TALKED TO HEAVILY ABOUT HER SON MARSHALL AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING HIM JOIN US ONE YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AT OUR ACC TEEN SUMMIT THAT WE HOST EVERY YEAR. AND THAT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO LEARN FROM COUNCILMAN KLAUSER, MORE ABOUT AUTISM. AND THEN ALSO SHE SHOWED ME AND TAUGHT ME THE SIGNS AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK FOR WHEN WORKING WITH MARSHALL AT THE TEEN SUMMIT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND ADVOCATING FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE SHARED PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE BEING EMPOWERED BECAUSE THAT HELPED ME TO ADVOCATE MORE FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THROUGH THAT INFORMATION, I WAS ABLE TO HELP MY COUSIN IDENTIFY HER SON, UM, THAT WAS ON THE SPECTRUM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER BUSINESS ADAM NUMBER 15, OR JOURNEY. SO IT'S 10:25 PM. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.