Apr 18, 2022 City Council

[1. ROLL CALL]

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AND EVENING TODAY'S MONDAY, APRIL 18TH.

I'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM STATE THAT THE NOTICE WAS DULY POSTED AND THERE WAS A QUORUM OF COUNCIL ITEM.

NUMBER TWO IS A PLEDGE.

WE HAVE BOYS SCOUT TROOP, ONE 40 FROM SIENNA.

WE'LL PERFORM AN OPENING FLAG CEREMONY AND LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGE.

PLEASE.

YOU NOW HAVE STAMP , UH, THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO PROVE ONE

[(a) Recognition of Fire Battalion Chief Dave Mathews on his Retirement.]

THREE, A RECOGNITION OF FIRE BATTALION, CHIEF DAVID, DAVE MATTHEWS ON HIS RETIREMENT.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CHIEF PARTITA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER FLOYD, EMORY TO JOIN ME AS WELL.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, DAVE MATTHEWS AND HIS FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE FIREFIGHTERS AND CHIEFS, UH, UP FRONT FOR THIS PRESENTATION COUNCIL MAYOR, IF YOU CAN NOTICE, DID HE JOIN US ON SUMMER? SO THIS EVENING WE CELEBRATE THE, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE RETIREMENT OF A LONG TENURED EMPLOYEE.

UH, DAVE MATTHEWS IS A BATTALION CHIEF AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN PASS IT OVER TO, UH, BRADBURN DREAD US SO THAT HE CAN SAY A FEW WORDS FROM HIS SHIFT ON BEHALF OF HIS SHIFT.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, FLORIDA, EMORY WILL JOIN US WITH THE HONORS OF PRESENTING THEM WITH HIS RECOGNITION.

UM, YOU KNOW, DAVE, JUST TO SET THE TONE, DAVE IS, IS A BATTALION CHIEF ON SHIFT AND HIS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS, IS HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL STATIONS IN THEIR OPERATIONS OR DEVELOPMENT.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT THESE FIREFIGHTERS ARE, HIS FAMILY HE'S HELPED DEVELOP THEM OVER THE YEARS.

HE MAKES DECISIONS DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THEM, UH, AND REALLY, UM, UH, TAKES THEM UNDER HIS WING, UH, WHEN DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, FUTURE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, UPON LEARNING, UH, OF HIS RETIREMENT.

I SAID, UH, I THOUGHT ABOUT DAVE MATTHEWS AND WHAT, WHAT I LEARNED FROM HIM AND KIND OF WHAT, WHAT HE REPRESENTS, UH, FOR ME, UH, TO THE ORGANIZATION.

UH, SO I'D LIKE TO READ HIM PART KIND OF WHAT I SAID TO THE, I SET OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, REGARDING DAVE MATTHEWS.

UH, DAVE IS HONORABLY SERVED THE MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY FOR OVER 26 YEARS.

DAVE HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMAND TEAM, THE EPITOME OF A SERVANT LEADER, AND ALWAYS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR HIS PERSONNEL.

HE IS IN MY EXPERIENCE, ONE OF THE BEST INCIDENT COMMANDERS I'VE EVER WORKED WITH HIS CALM, DEMEANOR EXPERIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INCIDENTS ARE SECOND TO NONE.

HIS SENSIBLE APPROACH TO DECISION-MAKING HAS ALWAYS LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON MANY OF US ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING THOSE ASSIGNED

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WHILE DAVE WILL BE LEAVING A VOID THAT WILL TAKE YEARS FOR US TO FAIL.

I'M EXCITED FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND HIS NEXT CHAPTER IN LIFE.

UH, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE NEXT TO YOU AND WITH YOU, AND I BELIEVE, UH, YOU'RE LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT BETTER THAN, THAN, THAN YOU FOUND IT.

YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WISH YOU THE BEST AND, AND YOUR FEATURE ALL RIGHT.

SO THOSE Y'ALL DON'T KNOW ME.

UH, LIEUTENANT FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I'M NOT A TALKER, SO I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS SHORT, UH, CHIEF MATTHEWS OR AS WE CALL THEM DAVE, UH, HE LETS US DROP THE CHIEF, UH, AROUND HERE.

UH, AND WE ALSO COMES WITH OUR FOUR LETTER WORDS SOMETIMES BEHIND HIS BACK.

BUT ANYWAY, HE'S BEEN A MENTOR TO MOST OF US.

HE'S BROUGHT US UP FROM ROOKIES TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND HE TRULY IS LEAVING THIS PLACE BETTER THAN, UH, THAT HE FOUND IT WHEN HE STARTED.

HE'S BEEN WITH US THROUGH MARRIAGES, BARTHA CHILDREN, UH, EDUCATION, UNFORTUNATELY, SOME DIVORCES AND SOME DEATHS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S JUST LIFE.

IT HAPPENS.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM.

HE'S BEEN A HELL OF A MENTOR FOR US.

AND THERE'S OTHER STORIES THAT I CAN'T TELL HIM THIS FOR HIM, BUT THANK Y'ALL WELL, UH, THANK YOU.

AND IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE AND TO, UH, GIVE, UH, UH, APPRECIATION TO, UH, TO, UH, BATTALION CHIEF DAVE, UH, WHO'S GIVEN US 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIS FAMILY BECAUSE THEY SHARED HIM WITH US AND WITHOUT, UH, HER THEIR SUPPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'D BEEN A LONG NIGHT, UH, FAR FOR DAVID ON MANY OF THE OCCASIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING HIM WITH US.

UH, AND IN HONOR OF MY BEING ABLE TO DO THIS RECOGNITION, I WILL WEAR MY RED SHIRT.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT I USE OR WEAR A RED SHIRT IS WHEN WE'RE HONORING A FIREMAN, OUR CHRISTMAS.

SO IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS.

SO I'M HONORING DAVE.

SO THANK YOU, SIR.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WITH THIS, UH, AND THIS IS FROM, UH, MYSELF, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY WHO, YOU KNOW, OWE A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO, UH, TODAY FOR HIS, UH, HIS SERVICE OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS.

AND IT SAYS, UH, THE BATTALION CHIEF DAVID S. MATTHEWS IN RECOGNITION OF 26 VALIANT YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY, UH, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE, KEEPING OUR CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY SAFE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU, DAVE.

I ALSO, UH, FOUND, UH, FROM AN IMPEACHABLE SOURCE THAT HE'S GOING TO TURN OVER ALL OF HIS CULINARY RECIPES THAT HE HAS.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS ANY, BUT WITH WHATEVER HE HAS, HE'S GOING TO TURN THEM OVER TO THE GUYS.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE WORKED WITH DAVE.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A PICTURE.

JUDY AND PONCE AND ANGIE MASON, YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN SURE.

UH, I GUESS WE TAKE THE PICTURES.

UNFORTUNATELY, CHIEF MARTINA HAD CALLED ME THIS MORNING AND SAID, CAN YOU DO THE HONOR OF PRESENTING HIM WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION? AND I SAID, SURE, BUT I COULDN'T FIND A

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SO I PASSED IT.

SO I PASS IT ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, BUT AMONGST US ON COUNCIL, PART OF THE REASON WHY I PASSED IT TO HIM, COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARILLAS HAS A DEEP PASSION FOR FIRE AND POLICE.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM, EVEN THOUGH MEAN THE MAYOR.

SO I THINK IS RIGHTFULLY SO, BUT DAVE, 25 YEARS OF SERVICE, WHAT A CAREER YOU SERVE WITH SO MANY COUNCILS, CITY COUNCILS, SO MANY STAFF THAT'S BEEN GONE AND RETIRED AND YOU'RE GOING TO NOW JOIN THEM AS A TEAM.

I'M SO HAPPY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU GET TO KEEP THAT RECOGNITION HIGH ON YOUR REMARKS AND DO COME BACK AND VISIT YOUR FIRE STATION.

I WOULD HOPE TO SEE YOU AS A LAST REQUEST AT THE FIRE STATION, SIX OPENING.

I KNOW YOU DID A LOT OF WORK TO IT, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ARE THERE TO ENJOY AND TO TURN THIS INTO THE NUMBER SIX WITH THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY, THERE YOU GO.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, DAVE, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR YOU SAY SO.

NO, I GOT NOTHING.

UH, NO, AS FAR AS, SO I'LL ADD TO THE COMMENT EARLIER, UH, AS FAR AS TURNING OVER THE RECIPES, THE GUYS WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE ME LEAVE BECAUSE WHEN I'VE BEEN COOKING, LOOK AT THE KITCHEN, YOU'LL KNOW IT.

OKAY.

THE KITCHEN WILL RAIN CLEAN WOULD BE GONE.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER THREE

[(b) Recognition of the winners of the Missouri City Chalk Festival. Oniyin...]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, COME ON UP HERE.

JOSH IS JASON STILL HERE? JASON, THIS IS PART OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.

SO WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN US UP HERE? WELL, SO WE WERE PRESENTING, UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE WINNERS, A RECOGNITION OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO GO INTO THIS FIRST ANNUAL CHALK FESTIVAL THAT WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK IT WAS THE BRAIN CHILD OF JOSH WHO KIND OF CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT AND THE IDEA.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SO THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IS PRESENTED TO THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT IN RECOGNITION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CHALK FESTIVAL.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND THOUGHTFULNESS AND GENEROSITY IN WHICH YOU HONORED, UH, TODAY'S YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE PRESENT THIS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE MOST FAMOUSLY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE THREE WINNERS.

UM, AND IF JOSH, COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW Y'ALL SELECTED THE WINNERS? UM, IF YOU GUYS MISS THE CHALK FESTIVAL, YOU MISSED A TREE.

THERE WERE OVER 30 CHALK ARTISTS.

I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

THE PARKING LOT WAS FULL OF ART, EVERYWHERE, THREE DIMENSION, A FLAT SPACES.

I EVEN TOOK A COUPLE OF PICTURES, SPEED HOLDING A 3D COW.

I THINK IT WAS.

SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.

SO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE WINNERS OF THOSE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEM.

SO THE CHALK FESTIVAL THAT WE DID, WE HAD PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS COME, BUT WE ALSO HAD STUDENT ARTISTS FROM A MAJORITY FORT BEN ISD SCHOOLS.

UH, WE HAD OVER 30, SOME OF THEM PERFORMING INDIVIDUALLY AND SOME OF THEM PERFORMING, UH, AS GROUPS, THEY WERE JUDGED ON THEIR CREATIVITY, UH, THEIR USE OF THE THEME, WHICH THIS YEAR WAS MEMORIES FROM CHILDHOOD,

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UH, SO MEMBERS OF THE ART AND CULTURE COMMISSION CAME AND THEY JUDGED AND THEY PICKED THE WINNING, UH, ART PIECE, WHICH WAS DONE BY THREE STUDENTS FROM GEORGE BUSH, HIGH SCHOOL IN FORT BEND ISD, UH, JENNIFER OKONKWO, UH, WHEN LEE AND ISABELLA FLORENDA.

SO THOSE THREE GIRLS, UH, WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, IT'S A BUSY DAY FOR 16 YEAR OLDS TODAY, BUT, UH, THEY, UH, I'LL MAKE SURE THEY GET THIS, UH, UH, SHORTLY, UM, SO THEY CAN HAVE IT AND CHERISH IT AND HOPEFULLY COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND, AND IMPROVE WHAT THEY, THEY DID THIS YEAR.

SO IT WAS VERY FUN, A GOOD JOB FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN HIGHLIGHTING THE ART THAT WE HAVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND IN FORT BEND COUNTY AS WELL.

AWESOME.

DID WHAT HE JUST SAID.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A QUICK PICTURE FOR, FOR OUR RECORDS.

AND THEN WE'LL LIKE JOSH SAID, HE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS THOSE THREE WINNERS, THEIR CERTIFICATE, BECAUSE THAT WAS ICONIC TO HAVE THAT MANY ARTISTS TO COME OUT AND THEN THROW THEM TO BE A YOUTH THAT ACTUALLY WON THE CONTEST.

SO WE'RE READY.

I DON'T

[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MADAM SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, I DO.

AS THE CITY SECRETARY, CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STOP.

PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVED THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT CITY.

SECRETARY WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR TIME LIMIT.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

GO AHEAD.

AND THEN HOSEA, DID HE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS? MY NAME IS JOYCELYN HOSEA.

I LIVE AT 2311 OAK VIEW DRIVE AND THE MIDDLE CREEK.

I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, BUT I WANTED TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE CITY'S PROPOSED REMAPPING OF THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION TO DISTRICT EIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE REMAPPING OF THE MIDDLE CREEK SOUTH DIVISION WAS LIMITED AND CONFUSING FOR ME.

IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE ASSOCIATION, I WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT THE REMAPPING PROCESS.

THE BASIS FOR MY POSITION IS SIMPLE.

I HAVE LIVED AT THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION FOR 13 YEARS.

I AM AN ACTIVE VOTER AND HAVE VOTED IN DISTRICT B AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER.

I DO NOT RECALL EVER HAVING TO CONSIDER MY VOTE FOR ANY ELECTION ISSUE IN DISTRICT A AND WOULD FIND IT QUITE DIFFICULT TO ALIGN THAT INTEREST CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS OF METAL CREEK WITH THOSE OF DISTRICT A IN SHORT AND WITHOUT DUE RESPECT TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT A REMAP, THE MIDDLE CREEK WOULD ONLY PROVE TO DILUTE THE MIDDLE CREEK VOTE IN VOICE AND WITHOUT STRONG LEADERSHIP WILL LEAD TO DISTRICT AND FIGHTING AND DIVISION.

THERE ARE JUST NOT ENOUGH COMMON INTEREST BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD SEEM THAT METAL CREEK WOULD BE A NATURAL FIT FOR DISTRICT C R D.

AGAIN, I AM OPPOSED TO REMAP AND METAL CREEK THE DISTRICT A OR RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS GROWING OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN DURING THIS EVALUATION PROCESS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION REGARDING THIS MATTER.

THANKS PATRICIA HERCULES.

WELL, GOOD EVENING TO ALL INTO U S COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PAT HERCULES' AND I LIVE AT 2, 4 0 6 METAL WAY, AND THAT IS IN THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION.

UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS EITHER, BUT I DID A 10 BY WEB.

AND SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE REMAPPING PROPOSAL, TO MOVE US INTO DISTRICT GAY.

UM, UH, QUITE HONESTLY, AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT.

I'VE, I'VE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT THE MISSOURI CITY,

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AND I HAVEN'T FOUND THAT TO BE LIKE WHERE I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO HAVE BEEN.

UM, AND SO THE WEBSITE AS WELL, WHEN I WENT TO THAT, IT WAS ALSO KIND OF DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.

SO, UM, I'VE, I'VE REALLY RELIED ON THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE US THE INFORMATION, AND THAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL BECAUSE NOW I DO THINK I HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT PROPOSAL MIGHT ENTAIL.

SO, UM, MY BASIS FOR OBSERVATION HAS A COUPLE OF FACTORS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE I'VE LIVED IN THE MEADOW CREEK SUBDIVISION FOR 44 YEARS.

I MOVED THERE IN 1978.

I ACTUALLY BUILT THERE.

AND SO I SAW SUBDIVISION GROW FROM GROUND ZERO TO ALMOST NO HOUSES, TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT HOUSES AND, AND I'VE BEEN VOTING AND DISTRICT B AND, UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEART IS.

AND THAT'S WHERE MY LOYALTIES LIE.

THAT'S WHERE MY INTERESTS ARE.

AND, UM, AND ALL OF US IN DISTRICT B CERTAINLY HAVE THE SAME COMMONALITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.

SO IN TAKING A LOOK AT DISTRICT GAY, I REALLY CAN'T SEE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME INTERESTS THAT WE HAVE THE SAME COMMON BUSINESS INTERESTS IS THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGES AND THAT WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS, AND WE'RE NOT ESPECIALLY GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT OTHER PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT.

PERHAPS IF WE ARE TO BE REALIGNED, THEY SHOULD PERHAPS TAKE A LOOK AT C AND D.

SO, UM, I REALLY, UH, HAVE A STRONG OPPOSITION.

I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT YOU ARE SITTING IN THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE OF YOUR VOTE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO LISTEN.

AND SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU LISTEN AND REALLY HEAR WHAT ALL OF US HAVE TO SAY, THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS REALIGNMENT.

AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS THESE CHANGES CONTINUE TO PLAY THEMSELVES OUT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FONTENEAU, MR. JIM FONTENEAU.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

I THINK OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN QUITE ELOQUENTLY AND VERY ARTICULATE IN TERMS OF THE METACRITIC CONCERNS.

THE CONCERNS ARE GROWING.

UH, EVEN TO THE EXTENT THAT AS WE SEE UNFOLDING AND GALVESTON COUNTY, WHERE THE DOJ HAS FILED A LAWSUIT FOR DISCRIMINATION, UH, AS WE SEE IN PASADENA WHERE LATINOS HAVE WON A CASE HAVE BEEN FAVORED BECAUSE OF WRONGFUL REDISTRICTING.

AS WE SEE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHERE A DOZENS OF LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A TASK GROUP.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A COMMITTEE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A COMMISSION, SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT.

WHEN WE DID THE BOND ELECTION, WE HAD A COMMITTEE PUT IN PLACE, TEXAS PARKWAY INITIATIVE.

WE SEE A COMMITTEE.

SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT, AS IMPORTANT AS THIS THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO INPUT ON FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SIT INTO A SMALL MEDIATION ROOM IN SOME COURTROOM TRYING TO DEBATE WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITY.

IT'S TIME TO STOP PROTECTING DISTRICT C AND D AND START LOOKING AT THIS FROM A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY TO ENSURE THAT FUNDING AND OTHER SERVICES ARE GRANTED TO EVERYONE EQUALLY.

AND THAT VOTER REPRESENTATION IS CONSIDERED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS EQUALLY.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

THIS ISN'T JIM FONTENEAU SPEAKING.

THESE ARE THE RESIDENTS, AND THIS IS WHAT'S RESONATING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE IS NO WAY.

AND I GET, I HAVE ALL THE RESPECT IN THE WORLD FOR COUNCIL, WOMAN RALEIGH, AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I DROVE OVER THERE, MYSELF AND TALK WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS.

THEY HAVE SOME ISSUES OVER THERE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T WAKE UP EVERY MORNING THINKING ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO ATTACK ISSUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

I JUST CAN'T DO IT.

WE HAVE ENOUGH IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE ROADS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ATTENDED TO YET.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND $342,000 FOR A CONSULTANT TO GO IN AND, AND REDESIGN FREEDOM TREE.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

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I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU CHANGE IT.

IT WAS, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AS PART OF THE BOND, WHICH I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THE WAY IT ROLLED OUT AS WELL.

SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL DO A BETTER JOB WITH THIS ONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL GET YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SANDY SCONE.

LET ME SHORT.

HI EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS SANDY SHANE.

I LIVE AT, UH, 2310 OAK VIEW DRIVE IN MISSOURI.

SIT IN, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REDISTRICT AND THE MOTOR CREEK.

SO DIVISION TO DISTRICT DAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART.

I'M JUST NOW LEARNING ABOUT THIS ISSUE COMING ABOUT.

AND I'VE LIVED HERE ABOUT NINE YEARS.

I MOVED HERE WHEN I LOST MY DREAM HOME.

WHEN I GOT DIVORCED AND I MOVED OUT OF HARRIS COUNTY ON PURPOSE.

I DID NOT WANT TO LIVE IN HARRIS COUNTY, BUT I LOVED FORT BEND COUNTY.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT, UM, MY HOME IS THAT IT'S MY INVESTMENT.

YOU KNOW, I I'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO IT TO IMPROVE IT.

I PLAN TO DO SOME MORE, UNLESS WE GET REDISTRICT.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, IN MY OPINION, DISTRICT A IS GOING TO LOWER THE PROPERTY VALUES OF MY HOME.

I DON'T WANT TO SINK MONEY INTO SOMETHING.

THAT'S GOING TO BE LESS VALUED THAN IT COULD BE AS IT IS NOW.

THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, LOCATION WAS EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE AROUND EVERYTHING.

WE'RE IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'VE GOT FABULOUS NEIGHBORS.

EVERYBODY TAKES CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, IT'S A GREAT COMMUTE TO THE CENTER WHERE I WORK NOW, I'M ENOUGH SET ON THAT.

THE THING IS, IS WE HAVE A SISTER COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE KISSED RIGHT UP TO OAK, UH, TO QUAIL VALLEY.

UM, THEY ADD VALUE TO OUR PROPERTY, TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

I WAS ON THE BOARD A COUPLE OF DAYS, A COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, I'M ACTIVE, UH, IN VOTING.

AND, UM, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE MY PROPERTY VALUE GO DOWN.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR A SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, IS THAT RIGHT NOW, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, I MEAN, MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, POLICE IS THREE MINUTES FROM MY HOME.

I COULD CALL THEM RIGHT AWAY AND THEY'D BE RIGHT THERE.

IF WE'RE IN HARRIS COUNTY, I'D BE DEAD BY THE TIME THEY SHOWED UP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS, UM, UM, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MISSOURI CITY.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO BE REDISTRICT TO ANOTHER SECTION OF TOWN? THAT IN MY OPINION, IS, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US, YOU KNOW? UM, ANYWAY, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HERE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS.

UM, I DO VOTE AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANYBODY ON COUNCIL THAT SUPPORTS THIS MOVE.

I DON'T WANT THIS CHANGE.

I MOVED DOWN TO HARRIS COUNTY ON PURPOSE.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, METAL CREEK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DISTRICT DAY.

IT SHOULDN'T, IT HAS NO ALIGNMENT TO IT.

THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL.

AND I HOPE YOU'LL ACCEPT MY COMMENTS.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING THE SHERIFF, NATALIE MCMILLAN, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM NATALIE MCMELLON.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT RESIDENT OF METAL CREEK FOR 30 YEARS.

WE LIVE AT A 2342 BROAD GREEN DRIVE.

AND I AM OPPOSED TO HAVING THE, UM, TO BE IN REMAPPED TO A, I HOPE YOU TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE ARE VERY CONCERNED.

UM, WE CAME UP HERE TO LOOK AT THE MAPS.

YOU ALL PAID.

I KNOW A FORTUNE FOR THOSE MAPS.

CAN YOU PUT THEM BACK ON DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC, THE RESIDENTS TO SEE THEM, THE ACTUAL SIZE OF, YOU KNOW, THE LAND AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE CAN DO OUR LITTLE HOMEWORK.

I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH FROM EACH OF I'VE BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR 30 YEARS, MY CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL IN THESE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE.

THEY HAVE GONE ON TO COLLEGE.

THEY DON'T LIVE US.

THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

SO METAL CREEK, I DON'T SEE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, ENTRUST IN A, I DO NOT SEE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RICK HARRIS,

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MY NAME IS RICK HARRIS.

I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF CREEKS SUBDIVISION.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 32 YEARS.

MY KIDS WAS RAISED OUT HERE.

MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL, PLAYED BALL AT ELKINS AND BACK AND TRACK.

MY THING IS THAT WE ARE NOT, WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY GO INTO ANOTHER DISTRICT.

UM, MIKE QUESTION, MY THING IS, I SAID, NO, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I FEEL.

IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY.

EVERYBODY THAT COME TO VISIT ME, HE SAY, MAN, WE LIKE IT OUT HERE.

MATTER OF FACT, A COUPLE OF TWOS.

I BOUGHT HOUSES OUT HERE IN METAL CREEK.

SO MY, MY THING IS DO NOT RE I'M TIRED.

I DON'T NOT WANT TO, I GUESS WHAT YOU WOULD SAY.

I DON'T WANT TO BE REZONED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND COUNSEL, BUT ONLY YOU ARE.

YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT DISTRICT.

THINK ABOUT IT.

CLIFFORD FRANCIS, ALEXA, GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE COUNCIL.

AND, UH, MY NAME IS CLIFFORD FRANCIS.

UM, UH, I LIVE AT 2106 VALOR MOUNT OF DRY.

I MOVED INTO THIS SUBDIVISION BECAUSE ABOUT IT WAS A 2010 AND I LIKED THE SUBDIVISION, COLLECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT METAL CREEK THAT REALLY STRUCK ME TO MAN, REALLY, TO, TO BUILD A, GET A HOUSE OUT IN METAL CREEK AND, AND IT HELPED THEM FOR ME.

AND NOW THAT THINGS ARE KIND OF, I, I ATTENDED THE LAST TWO COUNCIL SESSIONS AND I LISTEN AND, UH, AND IN MY SPIRIT, MAN, IT JUST TELLS ME, HEY, YOU KNOW, VOTE NO TO THE OPPOSITION TO METAL CREEK MOVING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE TO DISTRICT A AND COUNCIL, I WISH Y'ALL WOULD RECONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE TO ME BETTER CREEK IS IT'S A PART OF ME NOW.

AND I ENJOYED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I LET ENJOY THE PARK BEHIND MY HOUSE.

I GO OUT THAT JOG AND EVERY MORNING, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S JUST A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY.

SO RECONSIDER IF YOU GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THERE.

THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION ADAM.

NUMBER FIVE IS STAFF REPORTS.

THERE ARE NO STAFF REPORTS ON THIS AGENDA.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOOD AND EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

KLAUSER THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS]

SEVEN EIGHT IS ZONING, PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDINANCES.

7, 8 1 DID ATTORNEY, ARE YOU GOING TO READ THE CAPTIONS? THE CAPTION IS FOR ITEM 7 82, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 0.56 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE TEMPORARY ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT.

THE PERMANENT LC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT DEPICTING SET TRACKS OF LAND AFFECTED THEREBY AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

I THINK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO WE RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FROM DANIELLE MASSEY TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.5, SIX ACRES FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO LCT LLC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT.

THE REZONING WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 5,500 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING.

THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY SIX AND OPEN FOREST DRIVE.

IT IS ADJACENT TO OBOCK FOREST ESTATE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH AND A NEW SHOPPING CENTER TO THE WEST.

THE APPLICATION IS A

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SO THERE ARE NO DEVIATIONS.

THE DEVELOPER WILL FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE LC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT.

THE ZONING CHANGE IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH DHEA 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND PLANNING AND ZONING AFFORDS A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I'M NOW GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT I'M SECRETARIES OR ANY, ANY COMMENTS? NO, SARAH, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU GOTTA MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

SECOND.

I WAS TOLD THAT WE DON'T THEM.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHY I OPENED IT.

AND AUTISTIC, WAS THERE ANY, UM, ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THERE? SECOND, SECOND, BEEN IN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA.

WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.

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.

[8. APPOINTMENTS]

SO YOU ALL JUST VOTED ON 72, WHICH WAS THE ORDINANCE.

SO YOU'RE ON 7 8, 3, 3.

YES, MINE.

IS THIS OKAY, GO AHEAD.

AND UH, THIS ORDINANCE CAPTION IS FOR ITEM 7 8 4, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 6.85 ACRES OF LAND, LESS THE ACREAGE ZONED EL C3 RETAIL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER OH 95 45 FROM LLC TO LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO L C3 RETAIL DISTRICTS DEPICTING SAID TRACKS OF LAND EFFECTED THEIR THIGH, AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE SITE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY, UH, HAS TWO ZONINGS.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ZONING MAP, ONE THAT STATES LCQ FOR THE LARGER PORTION AND L C3 FOR THE SMALLER PORTION, THE APPLICANT IS, UH, WANTING TO, UH, REZONE THIS AREA THAT IS LC TO TELL C3, TO HAVE A UNIFORM ZONING DESIGNATION OF THE ENTIRE SITE.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE SITE.

UM, THE ORDINANCE, UH, MENTIONED, OH, 95, 45 REZONE THIS TRACT OF LAND FROM OUR FOUR PATIO CLUSTER RESIDENTIAL TO .

THE SECTION WAS TAKEN DUE TO THE EXPANSION OF THE INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD.

IT WAS NOT CURRENTLY, UH, BUILT AS HSA AS IT IS TODAY AND IT WAS CONNECTING STAFFORDSHIRE TO LEXINGTON.

UM, AND 10 92, THIS WOULD CONNECT THE CITIES OF SUGAR LAND IN HOUSTON VIA THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

UM, THROUGH INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD.

THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD WAS DESIGNATED A MAJOR PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CURRENT MAP.

UM, INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL, UH, WHILE FIFTH STREET IS DESIGNATED AS A STATE, UH, STREET ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MAP.

UM, SO COMMERCIAL USES ARE TYPICALLY LOCATED OFF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AS THESE PROVIDE NECESSARY CONNECTION TO TXDOT ROADS, SUCH AS FM 10 92 AND FM 2234 TEXAS PARKWAY.

UM, SO THE APPLICANT WANTS TO HAVE A COHESIVE ZONING OVER THIS SITE AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY DEVIATIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS THIS IS JUST A REQUEST FOR A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW ALL, UM, ITEMS WITHIN THE EL C3 ZONING DESIGNATION.

THIS IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS ADOPTED THIS AS THEIR FINAL REPORT AND FORTIVE WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS? NO, SIR.

AND I GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS ITEM SEVEN EIGHT FOR THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU WOULD BE GETTING A MOTION, LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE

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UM, IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE PARKING OR IS THAT GOING TO BE THE BUILDING? SO THE LIGHT PINK SHADE THERE, IF YOU OVERLAP THE RENDERINGS, YOU WILL, WHAT PART OF THAT BELAY IN THAT PINK SECTION? SO THAT WOULD CONSIST OF, UM, APPLICABLE SETBACK AS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE OR, UH, BY THE ZONING DISTRICT AND THEN, UH, BUILDING.

OKAY.

THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION WE'RE GOING FROM .

YES.

A PORTION OF THE SITE IS FOR, UH, A PARTICULAR TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT THEY WANT TO GET IN EL C3 THAT'S THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOU TO, THERE ARE SOME, UH, BUSINESS TYPES, UH, THAT WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE OR WOULDN'T BE PERMITTED IN THE LC TO DISTRICT.

UM, SOMETHING LIKE THE, UH, PLUMBING, AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE TYPE USE, IF YOU KNOW, UM, THE SANTOS PLUMBING OFF THE FIFTH STREET, UM, JUST DOWN, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, JUST NORTH OF US.

SO IT'D BE MORE OF AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE TYPE USE.

AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER TYPES OF USES THAT WOULD BE, UM, PERMITTED WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, SUCH AS RETAIL STORES, UH, JOB PRINTING FURNITURE, SHOWROOM AND OR WAREHOUSING, UM, ELECTRICAL GAS, APPLIANCE, SALES AND SERVICES, BUT THEY IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT, UH, THEY, UH, THEY MIGHT, MIGHT TRY TO PUT IN.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT THEY'RE DOING THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE, SHELL BUILDINGS ARE BEING POSED AND HOW CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA IS THE PORTION THAT WANTS TO BE ZONED TO L C3 GOING TO BE, THERE'LL BE BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE SITE AND THE RESIDENTS.

THERE'S 140 FOOT DITCH THAT WILL REMAIN, UM, AS IT DOES, UM, DRAIN INTO THE, UH, TRAINING REGIONAL DRAINAGE AREA, JUST SOUTH OF THIS.

AND HOW, HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT RESIDENTS FROM THEM PUTTING THIS LARGE BUILDING THAT CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL, UH, HOMES THAT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE FLOODING? SO THE SITE IS ENGINEERED, UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN LET, UH, OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, TODD, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

UM, BUT I'LL JUST LET HIM SPEAK ON THIS.

W WE'LL CERTAINLY EVALUATE, UH, ANY FLOODING IN THAT AREA.

I MEAN, THERE IS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA FOR DRAINAGE.

I DON'T REALLY FORESEE THAT THIS PROJECT IS REALLY GOING TO IMPACT MUCH, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL ASSESS IT.

OKAY.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE, UM, CAUSE I CAN'T SEE ON THE PLANS, IS THERE SOME TYPE OF A SOUND BARRIER OR SOMETIMES PROTECTION TO PERCENT TO PROTECT THE, UM, THE RESIDENTS I'M LIVE CLOSE THERE, ANY TYPE OF INTERRUPTION OF THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE VERSUS THE BUSINESS.

UM, SO THEY WILL NEED TO FOLLOW ALL STANDARDS WITHIN THE EL C3 RETAIL DISTRICT.

UM, SO THIS IS, UM, JUST A, UH, A LAYOUT.

UH, THIS DOES NOT A LOCKTON PLAN OF HOW THE SITE WILL LOOK, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION, AS THIS IS A GENERAL ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR THIS, THIS IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT, BUT THE PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, WITH THEIR PROPOSED, UH, RETAIL SPACE AND MOVING A PORTION THAT TO L C3.

UM, ARE THERE ANY, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY REQUEST OR DISCUSSIONS OR ANYTHING ABOUT A GAS STATION, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THOUGH? I DID ATTEND AN HOA MEETING FOR THE, UH, NEIGHBORING, UM, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH, UM, THE APPLICANT GAVE A, UH, THEY GAVE, UH, BASICALLY A LAYOUT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SITE.

AND THEY DID SPEAK TO SAY

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DID WE HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING THAT SOLIDIFIES THAT TO ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE SOME, SOME LEVEL OF ASSURANCE? UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING AT THIS TIME, BASICALLY AS THE APPLICANT PRESENT.

YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, SIR, UH, QUESTION WAS SURROUNDING AND PIGGYBACKING ON THE QUESTION THAT WAS PROPOSED BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, I KNOW THAT LOOKING IN THE MINUTES AND TICKET, TAKING A LOOK AT THE P AND Z MEETING, THERE WAS ALSO QUESTIONS PROPOSED BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT A GAS STATION.

UH, AND I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD REACHED OUT TO THE HOA, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A DEFINITIVE, WHETHER THERE WILL OR WILL NOT BE A GAS STATION AT THAT TIME? I CAN DEFINITIVELY TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE NOT PUTTING A GAS STATION AT THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY SPECIFICS, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER BUSINESSES, UH, THAT MAY NOT BE WELCOMED, UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE INCREASING FROM LLC TO, TO LC THREE, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC, UM, RETAIL THAT CAN ACTUALLY GO THERE LIKE THESE, UM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE OTHER NAME, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT RESIDENTS MAY NOT BE ATTRACTED TO.

UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THEN ALSO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS IN THERE, UH, RENDERINGS, BECAUSE, AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS, BECAUSE RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT BUSINESSES THAT HAVE DARK 10TH, UM, ON THEIR BUSINESSES, BURGLAR BARS, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD LEAD INTO LATE NIGHT, HOUR EVENTS, UH, THAT WOULD DISTURB THE RESIDENTS PETE'S AND I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, UH, COUNSEL, WOMAN.

AND SO THE, UH, THEY KIND OF GAVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT W WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU, UH, RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF PIKE ROAD AND STAFFORDSHIRE, THERE'S KIND OF A, UH, A BUSINESS PARK RIGHT THERE.

UH, AND THIS IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR, THAT TYPE OF USAGE, UH, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE AN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALSO AGAINST THE CODE OF ORDINANCES HAVING A SHADED WINDOWS OR, OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES RIGHT THERE.

OKAY.

YES, MA'AM LAWRENCE.

SO WE DO ONE, THREE STORIES.

I KNOW IT'S CALLED OUT FOR THREE STORY STORY, AND THAT'S AN IDEA, UH, BUT, UH, I CAN'T SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THREE STORY OR NOT.

YEAH.

SO THAT PART, IF I LOOK AT THE MAP CORRECTLY, IT IS SORT OF THE BACKYARD OF THE NEIGHBORS NEXT TO THE CREEK.

RIGHT.

SO IF WE CAN BE SENSITIVE TO HAVING A VERY LARGE BUILDING AS A BACKDROP, THAT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW LC THREE PERMITTED, BUT TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

YES, SIR.

AND JUST AS AN ADDED COMMENT, UH, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER BEFORE WE EVEN TAKEN ON THIS PROJECT OF, YOU KNOW, THE AREA'S VERY SENSITIVE RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO REZONING.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

AND, UH, I'M A LONG-TERM PERSON THAT LIVES HERE, AND I'M LIKE, I GOT TO LIVE WITH WHATEVER IS HERE AND THE FOLKS THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE HAS GOT TO LIVE NEXT TO IT.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

KIND OF MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION POLICE, YOU KNOW, SHE CARRIES SEVEN ZERO,

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the City Manager to ex...]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM MAYER A WEEK ON REAL 9, 8, 9, 8.

UM, HOW WE CAN TURN THIS LIGHT.

NOT THAT WAY.

I CAN'T SEE IT'S TOO DARK MARIN COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF, UH, SEVERAL, UH, PARK PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE 2021 BOND PROPOSAL.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING PREVIOUSLY WITH A COMMITTEE FOR THE FREEDOM TREE PARK, UM, FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

AND, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE CONTINUE WORKING WITH, UH, HALF AN ASSOCIATES.

THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, DID THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WITH THE COMMITTEE TO, UH, PROCEED AND MOVE FORWARD

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SO THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL FUTURE PARK PROJECTS FROM THE BOX.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION MOTION OF FRUIT SECOND.

THANK YOU.

IT WAS THE MOST ME, SORRY.

THAT CAN GET FREE.

THANK YOU, TYRONE, FOR TURNING THAT LIGHT ON THAT EMOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BOEING, IS, IS THERE A DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

YEAH.

JASON, I WANTED TO KNOW IS I KNOW THIS, UM, SOUTHWEST SERVICE WILL COST ROUGHLY HALF OF THE 700 K THAT WAS ALLOTTED TO THIS ACTUAL PROJECT.

WAS THERE A REASON THAT IS IT'S SO EXPENSIVE? UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO HAVE MAYBE A LOWER COST? NO, THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, WE, WE, THIS IS THE FIRST WE SOLD $700,000 WORTH OF BONDS IN THE FIRST CELL TO GO TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

SO THIS IS JUST A PORTION OF THE FIRST CELL, BUT THE VOTERS APPROVED THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY.

BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST HAVING THIS MUCH MONEY FOR DESIGN.

IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE WENT WITH THIS SERVICE AND NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE? WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, THIS IS ABOUT 10% OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A VERY REASONABLE AMOUNT.

USUALLY WE'LL FIND IT BETWEEN 10 AND 20%.

AND SO, UM, UH, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF, OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S ON THE LOWER END OF THAT.

AND SO 10% IS, IS A REASONABLE PRICE FOR THIS.

OKAY.

BECAUSE I READ IN THE, UM, THE MEMO THAT SHE PROVIDED, THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY REVISIONS OR ANY CHANGES THAT ACTUALLY LOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THOSE AS WELL.

UM, HOW MUCH DO YOU PROJECT THAT PRICE TO INCREASE? WELL, HOPE HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON THIS PRODUCT.

THAT'S THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS ONE IS WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE LEGWORK GOING UP TO IT.

SO, UH, AND WE'VE INVOLVED THE, THE COMMUNITY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

SO, UM, WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, CHANGES IF ANY, ON THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT, IF SHE CAN'T FOR SURE.

IF, IF THE COMMITTEE DECIDES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, COME BACK AND HAS AN AHA MOMENT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING, BUT, UM, YEAH, I CAN'T, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT I HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL BE PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETED.

UM, W WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO START, IF EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AND, UH, WITH ABOUT A YEAR, UM, BUILD TIME.

ONE LAST QUESTION.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A FIRST DRAFT OF A DESIGN FOR THIS? YEAH.

THAT'S IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A, THERE IS AN OVERVIEW AND A, WE'VE SHARED IT IN A COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL.

I CAN, UM, GIVE TO THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUT IN YOUR DROPBOX.

WE HAVE SOME, SOME RENDERINGS AS WELL, SOME, SOME ARTISTIC RENDERINGS AS WELL.

WE CAN SEND THAT TO YOU ALL.

UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRESENTED, BUT IT MIGHT'VE BEEN PRIOR TO YOU BEING ELECTED.

WE HAVE, UH, JASON, MAYBE YOU COULD IDENTIFY THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE FREEDOM TREE COMMITTEE THAT WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, UH, THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN COMING UP WITH, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR THOUGHTS AND TO GET TO A FINAL, OR I SAY FINAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS WITH THE, UH, THE CAVEAT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT DO SOME, UH, SOME, UH, SOME MINOR CHANGES.

OKAY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, SO WE HAD, UH, TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON THE COMMITTEE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, BONY AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.

UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAD MEMBERS FROM THE PARK FOUNDATION FROM LAKE OLYMPIA, UM, HOA.

WE HAD, UM, LOCAL, LOCAL, UM, REPRESENTATION FROM, UM, PASTORS TO RESIDENTS.

UM, WE HAD A, QUITE A CROSS SECTION BUSINESS OWNERS IN LAKE OLYMPIA, UM, AND MEMBERS OF THE PARK BOARD AS WELL.

SO WE HAD A NICE CROSS SECTION OF, OF RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND APPOINTED.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNTY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.