May 02, 2022 City Council

UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PRESENTATION.

SO I LIKE TO TAKE THREE B AND THREE TO BE THE LAST THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO THAT.

NUMBER THREE IS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2022.

[(a) Proclamation for National Police Week 2022]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOLDS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

OFFICERS PLEASE COME FORWARD.

AND ANYONE ELSE FROM COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE POLICE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

UM, THESE GUYS.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU ALL.

WHEREAS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING 106 SWORN MEMBERS OF MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY SERVE WITH VALOR DISTINCTION AND SUCCESS SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1791 MORE THAN 2100 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

THE NAMES OF THESE DEDICATED SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS AND THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL.

IT WAS DEDICATED IN 1991 IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND WE'RE AS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED.

AND THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS KNEW IN GRAY, BUT THE MEMORIAL WILL BE FORMALLY DEDICATED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND 34TH ANNUAL CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY, MAY 13TH, 2022.

WHEREAS THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD MAY 18TH 7:00 PM.

AS A PART OF THE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, MAY 15TH WILL BE DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY WITH FEDERAL LAW, DIRECTING THAT ALL FLAGS WE'VE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF AND THAT THE DATE IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

NOW, THEREFORE I COUNCIL MEMBER RUELAS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BEHIND ME AND MIRROR ALICA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY DO HEREBY CALL PATRIOTIC CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBSERVE THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST OF THIS YEAR, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK UNDER I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR ALWAYS TO REPRESENT THE FAN MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE THAT I NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNCIL.

THAT'S BEEN NEVER CEASING AND I HOPE IT NEVER STOPS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF YOU CAN PLEASE JOIN US ON MAY 18TH AT PROTECTORS PLAZA, WHICH IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS AT 38 49 CARTWRIGHT ROAD AT 7:00 PM.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH FOR OUR MEMORIAL CEREMONY, UH, LONG AS IT DOESN'T RAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

SO, UH, PLEASE JOIN US WITH THAT TO CELEBRATE ALL THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

THANKFULLY, MISSOURI CITY HAS NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT, BUT MANY OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE DO COLLABORATE WITH TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY HAVE LOST OFFICERS.

SO TO THAT END, WE RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I STILL HAVE TWO PARAGRAPHS, AS WE

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[(c) Proclamation for Hurricane Preparedness Week 2022.]

SAID, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO THREE C PROCLAMATION OF HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK 2022 PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE BRIEF.

UH, OF COURSE, AS WE KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A HURRICANE SEASON AND WE WANT TO DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM.

NO, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT, WELL WE'RE AS TEXAS HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGAN JUNE 1ST AND ENDS NOVEMBER 30TH AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ARE DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF MAY, THE FIRST THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2022 IS HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK IN TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THE 624 MILE TEXAS GULF COASTLINE AREAS OF TEXAS, HUNDREDS OF MILES INLAND IN OUR AREA IN PARTICULAR ARE VULNERABLE TO THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM, INCLUDING HEAVY RAINFALL, INLAND FLOODING, HIGH WINDS, TORNADOES, AND STORM SURGES, AND WHEREAS THE THREAT OF LIFE AND THE YEAR BY YEAR INCREASING PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF HURRICANE AND COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE REDUCED DRAMATICALLY BY CAREFUL PLANNING AND TIMELY IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION PLANS.

AND WHEREAS THE BEST DEFENSE AND PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE DANGER OF THE HIGH WINDS, STORM, SURGE, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES THAT MAY OCCUR FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM.

NOW, THEREFORE I JEFFERY ALBONY MAYOR PRO TEM ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, ROBIN, JAY ALEC HAD, AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY THE FIRST OF THE SEVENTH 2022 IS HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF FORT BEND COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY IN THIS COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES AND TO PLAY, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ANY WARNING INSTRUCTIONS.

THANK YOU, MISS TAMIKA JEWETT IS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

AND JUST AS I MENTIONED, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING UP.

SO MAKE SURE TO MAKE A PLAN AND PUT TOGETHER A DISASTER KIT AND GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER DISASTER TO HELP THEM OUT.

ALSO, THANK YOU.

NUMBER THREE D IS PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK 2022 TO HONOR THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR NATION AS FEDERAL STATE COUNTY, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

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[(d) Proclamation for Public Service Recognition Week 2022, to honor the pe...]

UM, I GUESS I'M PRESENTING.

SO JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK THIS WEEK IS DEDICATED TO HONORING THOSE WHO SERVE OUR NATION.

AND ESPECIALLY WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THIS AMAZING STAFF AT THE CITY OF MISSOULA CITY.

THIS WEEK, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY, MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY, WITHOUT THEIR DEDICATION.

WE CAN NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE, WELCOMING, DIVERSE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AS WELL AS BUILDING COMMUNITY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE.

I DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS AMERICANS ARE SERVED EVERY DAY BY PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THE FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AND

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CITY LEVELS WHO APPLY CONTINUALLY TO OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK HAS BEEN CELEBRATED THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY SINCE 1985 TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR NATION TO FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WHEREAS PUBLIC S PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS SERVE IN AREAS SUCH AS HEALTH EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE ARTS, THE ENVIRONMENT, FINANCE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY PLANNING, HUMAN RIGHTS, RECREATION, AND MANY, MANY MORE.

WHEREAS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ARE COMMITTED TO EXHIBITING THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, CREATIVITY SKILL, AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND NOW, THEREFORE I MAY HAVE ROBYN ELLA KIT ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY ANNOUNCE AND PROCLAIM TO ALL THE CITIZENS THAT MAY 1ST THROUGH THE SEVENTH 2022 IS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK RECOGNIZING ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS PAST AND PRESENT WHO BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE RENTER AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE LOVE TO TAKE THE TIME OUT AS MEMBERS OF THE ERC.

WE DO LOVE TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO APPRECIATE OUR EMPLOYEES WHENEVER WE CAN, UM, AS CITIZENS.

I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES HERE THAT GO THE EXTRA MILE EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR JOB IS DONE, THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE PRESENT, AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THEM.

THANK YOU THE BEST.

SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST

[(b) Recognition of Mike Harris for providing outstanding customer service ...]

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NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO BE RECOGNITION OF MY CARERS FOR PROVIDING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ADDRESSING THE STREET SWEEPING NEEDS OF RESIDENTS WITHIN FOND MEADOW SUBDIVISION.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CONSTANT NUMBER, RIGHT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CAN I HAVE MIKE HARRIS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD AND SASHA, COULD YOU JOIN US AS WELL? WE FIRST SHAKE YOUR HANDS.

IS THERE ANYBODY FROM FOND METAL HERE? IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD ON METAL, IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE AND JOIN US YELLOW, THE REASON WHY HE IS BEING RECOGNIZED, UH, MR. MICHAEL HARRIS, UH, BEHALF OF COUNCIL, MYSELF, MONICA RILEY, AND THE MAYOR.

I HAD AN ALMOST OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO THE SERVICE THAT YOU COMMITTED TO BACK IN MARCH TO, YOU KNOW, STREET SWEEP THE STREETS RIGHT HERE IN FOND METAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT, COME ON UP HERE.

AND SO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN, ESPECIALLY MR. DAVE GOSSIP, UH, WAS JUST ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED SOME PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND REALLY GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY.

SO THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO YOU, MY HARRIS IN RECOGNITION OF PERFORMING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ADDRESSING THE STREET SWEEPING NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN FOND MEADOW SUBDIVISION.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

WE DON'T GIVE THESE OUT.

SO WHATEVER YOU DID OUT THERE, IT WAS OVER THE TOP BECAUSE THOSE RESIDENTS CALL ME OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WOULD NOT LET UP.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COMMITTING TO THAT GREAT SERVICE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING WEEKLY BRIEF, CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE MIC.

YEAH, NO, HE TURNED AROUND AND UH, I WOULDN'T KNOW, LET THIS REST BECAUSE HE TURNED AROUND AND MADE SO MANY PEOPLE HAPPY IN THE SUBDIVISION.

THEY COULD COULDN'T LET IT GO ON NOTICE.

AND I TURNED AROUND AND I WAS GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN IT UP.

BUT WHEN I SAW HIM, I SAID, MAN, WHAT? YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAKE AN EXTRA SWEET.

HE'S A SWEET, SWEET, SWEET BACK AND FORTH TO THAT THING WAS CLEANED.

AND THEN I TURNED AROUND AND I GOT, I GOT RECOGNITION FOR IT.

AND THAT WASN'T FAIR BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO THE WORK YEAH.

AT OUR ANNUAL MEETINGS.

AND THEY TURNED IT AROUND IT CLAMPS FOR ME, I'M THINKING DON'T CLAP FOR ME.

HE DID AMEN TO THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ROUTE PICTURE.

THIS IS A FOND METAL, SASHA.

UH, THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT HE, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT HE WORKS UNDER.

SO IF Y'ALL JUST LOOK THIS WAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET A QUICK PHOTO.

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NUMBER THREE, E RECOGNITION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, MIGHTY STAMPEDE BAND AND THE BAND DIRECTOR OF DARWIN LEWIS FOR THEIR SUPERIOR UL UI L RATING.

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[(e) Recognition of the Thurgood Marshall High School Mighty Stampede Band ...]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

IF I CAN GET THE MARSHALL BAN TO MARCH FORWARD THAT HAD COME ON GUYS, THE BAND DIRECTOR, MR. DARWIN LEWIS, ONE CENTER, MR. LEWIS, THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR EFFORT.

COME ON TO THE MIDDLE.

SO AGAIN, UM, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER, MONICA RILEY, AND ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR, UH, I REACHED OUT TO MR. LEWIS ON BEHALF OF ONE OF YOUR VERY, UH, OUTSPOKEN PARENTS, UM, MS. DEWANA SCOTT.

AND HE INFORMED ME DIRECTLY OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU GOT.

WELL, MOST OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, UH, DID TO REPRESENT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE BAND.

AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT ALL OF THE CREWS, BUT Y'ALL ARE IN SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, KIDS LOOK AMAZING.

SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, MR. DARWIN'S, UH, LEWIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO YOU, UH, THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, MIGHTY STAND PAID, BE BAND DIRECTOR, MR. DARWIN LEWIS IN RECOGNITION OF A SUPERIOR U I L RADY FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

THIS GENTLEMAN TOOK THESE GUYS TO UIL AND WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE HIGHEST RANKING, UM, IN THE REGION OF FORT BEND ISD.

AND THEN IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THIS PAST WEEKEND, Y'ALL WENT AND WON FIRST PLACE AGAIN IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND OF COURSE I MUST BRAG.

MARSHALL IS IN DISTRICT A OF COURSE, SO WE ARE REPRESENTED.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO YOU, MR. UH, LOUIS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS NEXT RECOGNITION.

UH, THIS IS FOR THE SCHOOL FOR THE STUDENTS.

OVERALL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION IS AWARDED TO YOU THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, MIGHTY STAMPEDE BANNED FOR YOUR RECOGNITION OF A SUPERIOR.

YOU ARE READY.

YOU CAN PUT THIS ON YOUR RESUME GUYS.

SO WHEN Y'ALL WERE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE AND GETTING THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS, YOU BET I'LL TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS AND SHOW THEM WHAT Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO DO FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

SO Y'ALL GIVE IT UP FOR THE MIGHTY STAMPY VAN OF THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICK ORDER.

WE HAVE ANY PARENTS OUT THERE.

I KNOW COSTUMES GOT A GRAND BABY UP HERE WHERE WERE YET J IS IF WE WANT TO TAKE ONE QUICK LIKE THIS AND GET THE REST OF YOUR PARENTS COULD MAKE YOUR WAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER ONE AFTER THAT.

I'M SORRY.

CAN I GET MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE? MAYOR? COME ON PARENTS QUICKLY.

SO YOUNG GETTING HIS LAST PHOTO AND THEN WE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF SOME MOST CITY BUSINESS.

YEAH.

SEE I'M WEARING MY COLORS.

THANK YOU PARENTS FOR YOUR DEDICATION.

HARD WORK TOO.

ARE YOU A PARENT? YOU GOT TO COME ON, HONEY.

IF YOU A PARENT, YOU GONNA MISS YOUR MOMENT TO SHINE.

MISS THE ONE THAT'S GOT RAISED HER HAND, THIS WOMAN IS A BEAST AT ADVOCATING FOR MARSHALL STUDENTS.

SO SHE'S A WONDERFUL PARENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND THAT THE BAND RIGHT HERE WILL BE PERFORMING ON MAY 18TH AT 7:00 PM FOR THE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL AT THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS PLAZA.

Y'ALL LOOK THAT WAY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

YES.

GIVE ME A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

Y'ALL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THURGOOD MARSHALL, AS THEY'RE LEAVING, I WAS JUST INFORMED BY THE, OUR POLICE CHIEF MIKE BEARS.

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SO GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SO THE CHIEF SAID THAT THIS IS JUST THE INTRO, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORM, YOU GOTTA BE THERE ON MAY 18TH AT 7:00 PM.

NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MADAM SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES.

MR. MAYOR, WE DO.

SO AS SHE'S CALLING YOUR NAME, UM, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

DOES THE DISCIPLE SECRETARY WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOUR HAVE REACHED YOUR TIME.

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

MR. DAVID GOSSEN.

MY NAME'S DAVE.

THEY'VE GOT SOME, UH, SO MANY 34 70 CIRCLE.

I THINK I SAID PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, UM, THAT AREA, THAT MIKE CLEANED UP AND IT WAS, IT WAS SO DIRTY.

IT WAS STAINED.

IT WOULD STINK.

IT WAS, IT WAS POLLUTED WATER MIXED IN WITH, UM, TRASH FROM THE STRIPES TRASH FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR.

IT WAS, IT WAS BAD.

THERE WAS A, A LEAK THERE ALONG THE SIDE WHERE HE CLEANED UP ON FUN, UH, FOUND METAL BOULEVARD THAT ALL INTERCONNECT, I THINK, BELONGS TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON OR SOMETHING.

AND I WONDER WAS LEAKING FOR MONTHS AND SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS WERE GETTING ON ME ABOUT IT.

AND I'M JUST LIKE, MAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT I WAS GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND BE CLEAN THAT STUFF UP MYSELF.

I CONTACTED MONICA AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, MAN, UH, I FEEL THAT THIS GUY, THIS GUY WAS RECOGNIZED AND I'M THE ONE THAT GOT THE PRAISE FOR IT.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A THREE, A THREE LEGGED STOOL.

YOU KNOW, MONICA, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR, UM, DISPATCHING INTO THE AREA.

UH, I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AND DO THE CLEANING AND HE DID IT AND THEN I WOUND UP GETTING THE PRAISE, BUT ALL THREE OF US ACTUALLY MADE IT HAPPEN.

AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY HOMEOWNERS WERE ACTUALLY MADE HAPPY BECAUSE OF THAT.

IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS, LITERALLY BECAUSE THAT PLAYS, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS STINKING FOR SO LONG.

IT WAS, IT WAS, IT TURNED TO WHERE THERE WAS MOLD IN THERE.

THIS HAS WATER RUNNING DOWN, YOU KNOW, FOUND THE GUTTER WITH IT, UH, WITH THE CLEANER, WITH A STREET SWEEPER CLEANS UP.

AND I'M JUST THINKING WE HAD OUR HOA MEETING, UH, EARLIER I SAID, THIS MONTH, THIS MONTH AND WE HAD OUR HOA MEETING AND I MENTIONED IT TO JOANNE OUR PRESIDENT AND SHE TURNED AROUND AND MENTIONED IT TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE GENERAL KIND OF OUR, OUR GENERAL MEETING.

AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE APPLAUDING ME.

THEY DON'T APPLAUD ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING.

AND THEN THEY WALKED UP APPLAUDING ME.

AND I'M JUST THINKING, I CAN'T LIKE, I CAN'T LET THIS GO.

I I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO FIGHT THIS THING TO THE END UNTIL MY CARERS WINDS UP GETTING ACKNOWLEDGED.

AND I'M SURE GLAD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MONICA HELPED ME MAKE IT HAPPEN ALONG THIS.

UH YEAH.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IF HE CAME IN THERE, YOU KNOW, BANGING UP CARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR HITTING A BIRD, WHATEVER, UM, HE'D PROBABLY BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, BUT HE DIDN'T DO THAT.

HE PERFORMED OUTSTANDING SERVICE FOR US.

I'M JUST THINKING, MAN, HE MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY AND I'M ONE OF THEM AND MY WIFE.

SHOTSY PRICE.

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HI, I'M CHELSEA PRICE.

I LIVE WITH 31 35 QUAIL VALLEY STRIPE, AND I AM OPPOSED TO THIS REDISTRICTING OF OUR AREA.

UH, I LIVE IN DISTRICT B AND WHY IT IS THAT WE CAN'T BE COMBINED OR PUT TOGETHER WITH DISTRICT C.

I HAVE NO IDEA, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT WE ARE CLEARLY OPPOSED TO THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, WILLIE JONES.

MY NAME IS WILLIE JONES.

I LIVE AT 29 42 CREEK WAY CIRCLE.

IS THERE A CITY? UH, I, UH, AM IN THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION, BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND I AM OPPOSED TO MAPPING, UH, TO DISTRICT EIGHT.

UM, I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS WILL SIT HER, UH, VISITING THE MAP AND IT'S A CHANGE NET TO MAYBE THE DISTRICT B OR, UH, POINTING THE OTHER DISTRICT.

BUT, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANKS.

UH, MY NAME IS MARIE TARELL AND I LIVE WITH 2318.

YOU'LL NEVER DRIVE IN EVERY CITY.

I MOVED HERE FROM THE WINDOW ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, AND I AM OPPOSED TO DISTRICT TWO EIGHT, JOE JOSEPH PATH AND HOUSE JOSEPH , UH, FALSE TO THE REDISTRICTING.

UH, THE BOUND ROADS BETWEEN A AND B DON'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS SOME GERRYMANDERING GOING ON AND, UH, ENOUGH CALLS TO THE BOND WITH GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MY NAME IS ROSE LEE.

I LIVE AT 2, 2, 1 4 KINGSTON COURT, MISSOURI CITY.

I AM OPPOSED TO MAPPING MEADOW CREEK SUBDIVISION TO DISTRICT A THANK YOU, GEORGIA HARMON, MAYOR CITY, COUNSELOR.

MY NAME IS GEORGIA HARMON.

I LIVE AT 2118 VALLEY MANOR DRIVE.

I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1997.

I LOVE METAL CREEK AND I AM OPPOSED TO REMAPPING MEADOW CREEK TO DISTRICT A THANK YOU, DARLENE HARRIS.

CHERYL CUNNINGHAM THAT EVENING.

I'M HURTING IN HARRIS.

I LIVE AT 2350 BROADWING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IN THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION.

I OPPOSE THE MEDICAL SUBDIVISION TO BE REMAPPING TO DISTRICT EIGHT.

THANK YOU,

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UM, MY NAME IS 31 34 GROVE VALLEY EAST DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY AND MIDDLE CREEK.

I MOVED HERE IN 2000 FROM LOS ANGELES AND I WAS VERY ECSTATIC TO MOVE TO MEDIC PREACH.

I'M DEEPLY OPPOSED TO THIS REMAPPING AND WHAT I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT AND REALLY WANT AN ANSWER IS WHY IS IT BEEN, WHY IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? WHY HAS THIS BEEN DONE? SO I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET AN ANSWER ON THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLENN W UH, MY NAME IS GLENN OKIDATA.

I'M A RESIDENT OF METAL CREEK.

UH, I TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT, UH, I LIVE AT 2218 LONG GRAD DRIVE.

UH, INITIALLY I'M THE FIRST RESIDENT ALLOW RACK DRAG.

A LOT OF WIFI BEEN THERE SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 91, BUT THE CREEK IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

UH, JUST LIKE THEY WERE SAYING MICHIGAN ABOUT HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.

WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS, WE'VE GROWN WITH THEM.

WE'VE SEEN THE KIDS GO THROUGH QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELK IT'S HIGH SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.

SO I SAID THAT TO SAY THIS, UH, I'M OPPOSED TO REDISTRICTING MYRTLE CREEK DISTRICT GATE.

THANK YOU, LAURIE ASSIGNMENT.

MY NAME IS GLORIA SIMON ON EVERY 2014 BOUNTY MANOR COURT.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RESIDED THERE FOR 42 YEARS.

WE STRONGLY OPPOSE TO REDISTRICT TO A DISTRICT, A WE'RE BOTH IN OUR SEVENTIES, AND WE'D LIKE TO GROW OLDER.

CLIFFORD FRANCIS ALEXA, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

GET INTO THE MIRROR INTO THE SET OF ACCOUNTS.

MY NAME IS CLIFFORD FRANCIS.

UH, BEEN A RESIDENT OF, UH, THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION SINCE 12 YEARS NOW.

IT'S BEEN AND OUT THE VIEW AND THE MAPS THAT IT WAS ON THE WEBSITE.

I AM OPPOSED TO MAPPING METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION TO DISTRICT A AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

LABILE LYNN MCKINLEY.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MEADOWCREEK FOR OVER 35 YEARS.

MY NAME IS LABILE AND MCKINLEY, UH, RESIDE AT 2351 RIVER VALLEY AND METAL CREEK.

I ALSO OPPOSE REMAP INTO DISTRICT A AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TO JUMP ONTO THE NEW FRAN SIERRA GAY.

MY NAME IS FRANCIS EDWARDS GAY, AND I'VE LIVED IN METAL CREEK FOR 22 YEARS AND I AM VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED THE MAPPING TO DISTRICT A AND I KNOW MY TIME ALSO TO JIM.

THANK YOU, DON BAILEY.

HI THERE EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DON BAILEY.

I LIVE AT 2222 COTTONWOOD COURT, AND

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I WANT TO FIRST STATE THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THE REDISTRICTING AS THE MAPS THAT I'VE SEEN.

I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WHY THE MAPS WERE NOT ALL UP.

WHEN I WENT TO CITY COUNCIL SOPHOS OR VOTING, THE ONLY ONE I SAW WAS THE MAPS.

SEE IN THE REVISED SEA MAP.

I REALLY WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE REDISTRICT AT ALL.

YOU'RE TEARING OUR COMMUNITIES APART.

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH QUAIL VALLEY AND FOR YEARS AND YEARS, WHETHER IT BE SWIM TEAM, WHATEVER, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT WILL AFFECT MEADOW CREEK.

AND I RESERVE ANY FUTURE TIME.

I HAVE TO JIM BOTNO AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, PAULA AND JOE MCQUEEN.

NO, MCWANE.

WE LIVED AT, UH, 41 43 QUAIL VALLEY, EAST TROUB, MISSOURI CITY METAL CREEK, SECTION TWO IN, UH, I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, UH, 43 YEARS NOW.

AND WE'RE HERE TO POSE OUR OPPOSITION TO REDISTRICTING AND BECOMING PART OF A THANK YOU AT HERCULES.

HI, GOOD EVENING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

I'M PAT HERCULES AND I LIVE ON 2, 4 0 6 METAL WAY AND YES, THAT IS IN THE MEDICAID SUBDIVISION.

UM, I WAS HERE AT ELLEN AND APRIL ON APRIL THE 18TH.

TAVARUS MY OBJECTION AND MY CONCERN ABOUT THE REMAPPING AND TO DISTRICT GAY.

BUT HERE I AM BACK AGAIN.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TWICE, TWICE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

UM, MY IT'S REAL SIMPLE, WHY I'M OPPOSED.

UM, AND IN ALL DUE RESPECT FOR THE MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITIES OF DISTRICT A WE'RE JUST DIFFERENT.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES, THE CHALLENGES, CONCERNS.

UM, IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME.

UM, AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE.

FIRST OF ALL, UM, UH, AS OF LAST TIME, UH, RECALL THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE VOTED YOU IN AND WE VOTED YOU IN, BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD LISTEN TO US AND YOU WOULD HEAR, I CONCERNS THAT YOU WOULD ACT IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THAT AT HEART AND I'M SURE THAT YOU DO TOO.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT YOUR DECISIONS WILL INDEED TAKE OUR INTEREST, UM, TO, UM, OUR BEST, UH, YOUR, YOUR VOTE TO OUR BEST INTERESTS.

UM, JUST TO EVER WANT YOU TO, UM, TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING, NONE OF YOU LIVE IN METACRITIC SUBDIVISION, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER LIVED THERE, BUT IF YOU DID LIVE THERE, JUST WALK IN THEIR SHOES AND JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU WOULD BE SAYING AND WHAT YOU WOULD BE THINKING IF, UM, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR COMMUNITY WAS FACED WITH A REDISTRICTING PROPOSAL TO A COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T, UH, THINK LIKE YOU DID OR HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND CONCERNS AS YOU DID.

SO, UM, UM, I'M ASKING THAT YOU DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS TO DEEP DIVE INTO THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL TO RE EVALUATE, RE ANALYZE YOUR DATA, YOUR POPULATION NUMBERS, UH, TAKE A REAL CLOSE LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MIGHT RESULT FROM THIS REDISTRICTING, IF YOU DO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT, WITH THAT PROPOSAL.

AND SECONDLY, I ASKED THAT, UM, YOU SAID, YOU'LL LISTEN.

UM, WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR ELECTION NOW, MASKING THAT YOU REALLY HEAR WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO SAY, UM, AND REALLY HEAR WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE, AND REALLY TAKE OUR INTEREST INTO CONCERN WHEN YOU, UH, MAKE YOUR DECISION AND YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UH, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN BE RE DISTRICT IF WE MUST AND, UM, IN C OR D UH, THAT'S MORE ACCEPTABLE.

THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE MORE LIKE US.

AND SO I'M REALLY REQUESTING ONE MORE TIME THAT, UM, THAT YOU NOT PUT US INTO DISTRICT GAY, I'M REALLY OPPOSED TO IT.

AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU TAKE OUR VOICES, YOU LISTEN TO THEM AND YOU TAKE OUR CONCERNS INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, MARY OWENS, MARY OWENS.

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MY NAME IS MARY OWENS AND I AM PROBABLY THE NEWEST RESIDENT TO METAL CREEK.

I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING I OPPOSE THE REMAPPING OR REDISTRICTING TO DISTRICT EIGHT.

I AM AN EDUCATOR.

I BUILT MY HOME THERE AND I MOVED IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, PACIFICALLY AND I MOVED DISTRICTS AFTER 28 YEARS TO FORT BNIS.

AND I PACIFICALLY MOVED THERE BECAUSE I WANTED MY CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE ZONE.

SO I DO OPPOSE TO MOVING TO DISTRICT EIGHT.

GEM FONTENEAU MAYOR.

MR. FONTENEAU WILL BE ALLOWED 13 MINUTES TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANY MORE? YES, SIR.

UH, YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS OF MOST OF THE MEDIC CREEK RESIDENTS.

WOULD YOU GUYS JUST STAND UP FOR ME PLEASE? GREAT.

THAT'S THE MEDICARE PART OF IT.

AND WE WENT OUT TO ALMOST 1400 OF OUR RESIDENTS, 1400 OR 2025.

I DIDN'T GET ONE PERSON TO FAVOR THIS MOVEMENT, THE BOARD MET, AND I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO, THAT'D BE TRANSPARENT WITH THIS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL IN ONE BIG FAMILY.

THE BOARD MET AND UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT IF THIS GOES THROUGH, WE'LL BE IN FEDERAL COURT, FEDERAL COURT, NOT DISTRICT COURT WITH RICHMOND, NOT THE JP COURT OVER HERE WOULD FEDERAL COURT.

THE SAME COURT WHERE GALVESTON COUNTY IS RIGHT NOW FOR SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES.

GERRYMANDERING CRACKING, PACKING THE SAME COURT THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS IS A YOUNG RIGHT NOW.

WELL, THE SAME REASONS, SAME REASON THAT SAME COURT, THAT PASADENA LATINOS, AND ACTUALLY THEY WON THEIR CASE.

THE COURTS, EVEN IN VOLT, A REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT OVER A PERIODIC TIME AT LATINOS HAD GIVEN A FAIR SHOT IN REPRESENTATION AT VOTING.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHEN YOU LOOK INTO COUNCILMAN RALEIGH'S DISTRICT, A YOU'RE PITTING US AGAINST HISPANICS IN BOTH THIS DISTRICT B AND DISTRICT A AFRICAN-AMERICANS REPRESENT ALMOST 50% OF THE VOTING POPULATION AND DISTRICT A, THE HIGHEST POPULATION IS AT 33% BY MY CALCULATIONS MANUALLY 34% BY REPACKING AFRICAN-AMERICANS OVER TO DISTRICT, HEY, WE'RE GETTING READY TO SUPPRESS THE HISPANIC VOTE.

THEY'RE GOING TO DROP FROM 34 TO 30%.

THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO BE PART OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL.

WHEN THE LAST TIME WE HEARD OF A HISPANIC BEING ON THIS COUNCIL, WHEN THE LAST TIME WE HEARD A HISPANIC MAYOR'S NAME, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I'M NOT HOLDING THIS AGAINST YOU GUYS.

DISCRIMINATION IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM.

YOU, YOU, YOU JUST BOUGHT HER A SYSTEM, BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT JUROR MENDING COME INTO PLAY WITH THIS, THEN YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS.

I'VE LOOKED AT.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL, BICKERSTAFF THE CONSULTANT NUMBERS.

AND I LOOK AT DISTRICT, HEY DISTRICT, HEY, ACCORDING TO MY NUMBERS, WHICH CAME FROM THE US CENSUS NUMBERS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PRECINCTS, WHICH WE ALL SAID, WE WANT TO KEEP TOGETHER.

DISTRICT A WAS THE LEAST POPULATION, ALMOST 5,000 VOTES OR 5,000 NUMBERS OF POPULATION.

THIS SEAT, WASN'T THE LEAST AMOUNT.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH A NUMBER NOW I WOULD CONCEDE TO EACH OR SO WHOEVER'S DOING THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACK ROOM RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY DATA.

WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME TOOLS YOU GUYS ARE USING.

SO WE CAN ONLY DO IT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT WE GOT FROM THE US CENSUS.

AND AS IT STANDS, IF WE HAD AN ELECTION TODAY, DESPITE THE AT-LARGE POSITION, WHERE WE LOSE

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IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGISTERED VOTERS FOR 2022 SET OUT BY THE KP CHARGES, THE COMMISSIONER, SO THEY WERE ACCURATE NUMBERS.

WE WOULD LOSE IT.

WHEN WE PUT IN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR INTO THIS POSITION, SAME MEREDITH NEAR ALLOCATES, SITTING IN SECRET MIRROR, ALLOCATES OUR MAYOR LOST BY BLACK FOLKS, DISTRICT C AND DISTRICT C CAME TOGETHER AND THEY VOTED OUT THAT BLACK MAYOR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY, THIS IS SET UP UNDER THIS NEW REVISED C OR EVEN E FOR THAT MATTER, WE WILL NEVER GET A BLACK MAYOR WILL NEVER GET A HISPANIC MAYOR WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT THAT HAVE TO MAKE SOME MISTAKES LIKE MAYOR ORANGE PAID IN THE PAST TO DILUTE THE VOTES IN DISTRICTS, C AND D.

BUT AS IT STANDS, WE DON'T HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE.

SO THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO RESOLVE THIS IS TO LOOK AT THE TWO AT-LARGE POSITIONS, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BASIS FOR SWING VOTING AND GERRYMANDERING USUALLY VOTE TOWARD THE MAJORITY.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON ON HERE.

THAT'S BEEN REPRESENTING US TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

SO I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS WITH A CLEAN SHEET, NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THESE TWO AT-LARGE POSITIONS.

I THINK THE FEDERAL COURT WILL SAY THAT THE HISPANICS NEED A SHOT AT THIS 34%.

AND WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THEM DOWN TO 30% BY STACKING MORE BLACKS OVER THERE, YOU GOT THE DISTRICT, A DISTRICT BEAT, AND YOU GOT, WHEN YOU GET THROUGH WITH THIS MAP, WE WILL BE AT 50%, 50% BLACKS IN BOTH DISTRICTS.

I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAIR AND EQUAL VOTING PROCESS.

AND IT'S NOT TO THE HISPANICS.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT THEY'RE NOT HERE SCREAMING FOR THEMSELVES.

THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR.

AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN THE FEDERAL COURT HAS TO STEP IN.

I'M GETTING TIRED OF THIS.

I'M GETTING TIRED OF FIGHTING YOU GUYS.

THIS IS YOUR JOB.

WE GOT ANOTHER LAWSUIT IN WITH THE CITY.

WHEN, WHEN DID WE STOP THIS? WHAT I DON'T, NOBODY IN HERE WANTS TO SUE CITY.

WHEN WE SUE THE CITY, WE'RE SUING OURSELVES WHAT SOMEBODY HAS TO REPRESENT FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY HERE.

WHEN I LOOK AT THE FORWARD TIMES AND THE FORWARD TIMES SAYING THAT THE BLACK COUNT IN HISPANIC COUNTS WERE UNDER COUNTED.

THAT SHOULD RESONATE WITH YOU.

THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WORK TABLE AND START LOOKING AT WELL, HOW DOES IT AFFECT US? SO I WOULD SAY, WE NEED TO GO BACK BECAUSE THERE IS A COMPLETE DISPARITY DISCREPANCIES ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THESE NUMBERS.

AND ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO IS JUST BRING THEM TO THE TABLE AND LET US SEE IT.

WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO BE A BACK ROOM KIND OF THING, OR US AGAINST THEM, KIND OF THE PROCESS.

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE GERRYMANDERING.

IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE A POLITICAL PROCESS.

AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL.

LET THE STATE LEGISLATORS DO THAT, LET THE FEDERAL LEVEL DO THAT, BUT LET'S BRING IT BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE'RE A FAMILY AND GET THIS DONE.

SO ALL THE POWER'S IN YOUR HANDS RIGHT NOW.

WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS TO COURT, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, I WANT IT TO GO ON RECORD THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AND JUST LET YOU RAILROAD IS LIKE THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO I'M HOPING YOU WOULD CHANGE YOUR MIND.

THAT HISPANIC VOTE VOTE IS GOING DOWN.

THE 30%.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS FOR THE LAST ELECTION, THAT MAYOR ELLICOTT WAS INVOLVED IN DISTRICT THE DISTRICT C, AS IT LOOKS.

NOW, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SIANNA IN THE NEXT THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO TELL US WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SIANNA.

IT DIDN'T PEAK AT 10,000 LOTS.

WE KNOW YOU'RE HERE TO 20,000 TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND LOTS.

THAT'S A LOT OF VOTES AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO BRING THEM IN.

BUT WE HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN PROCESS CALLED LIMITED ANNEXATION, WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN SEEPING A MANS CLOSELY WITH THE MUD DISTRICT THAT MIGHT BE ILLEGAL IN ITSELF.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, GET A CLEAN PIECE OF PAPER, CLEAN SHEET, AND START FROM THE BEGINNING AND START WORKING THIS THING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION, WHERE EVERYONE IN THIS CITY IS FAIRLY REPRESENTED.

I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME, BUT I HOPE YOU'LL DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS RUBIN.

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I LIVE AT 1214 CATSKILL DRIVE.

WAS THERE A STEADY 7 7 4, 5 9.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, UH, BELONG TO THE W TONY WORKMAN, ALWAYS 2 94.

AND WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY HAD A SPRING CONVENTION HERE.

WE WERE ASKED TO HOST IT.

WE SOON REALIZED THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO IT BY OURSELVES.

WE NEEDED HELP FROM THE CITY AND THE CITY DID STEP FORWARD.

AS USUAL, WHENEVER THE AMERICAN LEGION HAS MADE HER ASSISTANCE AND THEY STEPPED UP.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE CITY OF THE MAY REPLACE STEP UP PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING COOPERATION AND APPRECIATION FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAN LEGION DISTRICT NINE SPRING CONVENTION, APRIL THE SECOND, AND THE THIRD 2022 BENEFITED OUR COMMUNITY STATE AND NATION WAS PRESENTED ON THIS DAY.

22ND DAY, SECOND DAY OF MAY, 2022 BY MISSOURI STATE AMERICAN LEGION, POST 2 94 SIGNED BY ROBERT MUELLER, NARROW AND MYSELF COMMANDER RUBEN MIO MAYOR.

I SENT WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.

I'M HIGH SINCE WILLIAMS, 22 0 6 WATERFALL DRIVE.

AND I'M IN METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION.

I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

I'VE SPOKEN.

I'VE ALSO BEEN HERE AT THE LAST MEETING AND LISTENED TO SOME OF THE SPEECHES AND THAT YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO US.

UM, I THINK THE COMMUNICATION IS A BIG ISSUE.

AND AS YOU LISTENED TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN A AND DISTRICT B, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN BOTH SECTIONS.

AND AS MR. FONTENEAU SAID, THERE IS A, THERE IS A, UH, A CASE AGAINST THE CITY BY METAL CREEK.

SO WHOEVER GETS IT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE, UM, THE COURT HAS IT AS SECTION B.

SO NOW YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO EIGHT.

THAT'S KIND OF STRANGE.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH OF A PUBLIC NOTICE.

THERE WASN'T A BILLBOARD SET UP FOR THE PEOPLE.

THE MAPS WERE NOT IN THE HALLWAYS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD COME AND CHECK IT OUT.

PEOPLE ARE WORKING.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WORK IN THE HOSPITALS AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEY MAY HEAR ABOUT IT.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS.

I FEEL WORK IN MY OFFICE THAT LIVE IN THE AREAS AND THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UM, CONGRESS MEMBER, MONICA RILEY, YOU WERE SAYING THAT YOU WERE GOING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AREAS WITH OTHER CONGRESS MEMBERS AND DISTRICT A ONCE B ART SECTION, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR B SECTION, WHICH IS METAL CREEK.

NOW, DID YOU MEET WITH ANY, UH, ASSOCIATION, UH, THE, THE MEMBERS OF OUR ASSOCIATION IN YOUR DISTRICT? AND I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FOR YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFFREY BURNEY, HAVE YOU MET WITH ANYBODY FROM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION? LOOK AT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT IS HERE TONIGHT.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR US? I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU STAND UP FOR US.

SO LET'S GET TOGETHER A TASK FORCE, A COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING.

LET'S MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN WORK WITH.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN A WORKSHOP.

YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT WORKSHOP.

YOU HAD A COUNCIL THAT WAS SHOWING US POWERPOINT.

WE GOT THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THAT'S NOT A WORKSHOP.

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THE DEADLINE IS NOT CARVED IN STONE AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP YOU, OKAY.

COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, UH, THAT YOU LAND THEN GLEN LYNCH'S, UH, HUNTER'S GLEN FIVE, UH, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE IS YOURS.

AND THEN ALSO THE GRILLE VALLEY NORTH PARKING GO FOR C AN AUTO PART CAN STAY WITH METAL CREEK AND B.

SO I THINK WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND DO A BETTER PROCESS THAN WHAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW.

THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT, UH, POSED THIS, UH, THIS MAPPING AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE UPON, AND, AND I BILL AGAINST THIS, THIS, UH, THIS MAP, FONDA, WASHINGTON, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

LINDA JONES, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LINDA JONES.

MY ADDRESS IS 2 3, 3 9 RUSH BROOK DRIVE, AND I LIVE IN METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION.

AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY 26 YEARS.

LOVE IT.

IT'S A QUIET COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S A HAPPY COMMUNITY.

WE SEE EACH OTHER AT THE STORE.

WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE BUY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE LOVE IT.

AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM OPPOSED TO OUR SUBDIVISION BEING REMAPPED, THE DISTRICT GUY, AND LIKE MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID EARLIER.

WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.

IT HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY.

AND WE'RE ASKING YOU AS NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF MISSOURI CITY, TO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.

AND I LIKE TO YELL ANY TIME THAT I HAVE LEFT.

SO MS. LINDA RUSH, THANK YOU, BRUCE.

DOBROSKY YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM AND WHERE I'VE BEEN 40 YEARS OF ME BEING IN MISERY CITY, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME AND 7 9 1 5 CHANCEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 7.

ONE BEING IN MISSOURI CITY FOR 40 YEARS HAS BEEN A TOTAL JOKE.

THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A TOTAL JOKE.

YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT FOND MEADOW, AND YOU'RE GOING TO THROW US IN WITH CREEK WAY CIRCLE.

I THINK THE THING IN COMMON IS, IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MONEY.

YOU'LL SPEND MONEY ON A GOLF COURSE.

YOU'LL SPEND MONEY ON OTHER THINGS.

YOU WON'T SPEND MONEY FOR A BRIDGE.

YOU SAY IT'S THE COUNTY.

YOU TELL PEOPLE IN MEADOW CREEK, THEIR STREETS ARE PRIVATE DRIVES.

AND THIS REDISTRICTING IS PUTTING US ALL TOGETHER IN ONE BOAT.

AND IT HAS TO STOP.

I WISH YOU HAD REDISTRICT.

MY SECTION OF FOND METAL OUT OF MISSOURI CITY.

I'D BE IN HOUSTON AND GET LOWER TAXES.

YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON.

NO CLUE.

YOU REALLY DON'T CARE UNLESS IT'S QUAIL VALLEY.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THAT GOLF COURSE IN QUAIL VALLEY.

WHEN YOU GO BUY A SODA, POP IS $3 AND 50 CENTS.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD PUT A GAS STATION IN QUAIL VALLEY AND LET THE GOLFERS GET CHEAPER SNACKS.

LIKE YOU DO A GAS STATION FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.

YOU PEOPLE ARE TOTALLY OUT OF IT.

I FED UP AND THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS ANY SENSE IS MS. EDWARDS.

AND I MISS CRYSTAL.

WE CAN GIVE HER MY LITTLE GLORIA RO LAURIA RO.

MY NAME IS GLORIA RO.

I'VE HAD 2, 3, 4, 7, CORRECT MEADOWS DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY.

AND I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO SAY I OPPOSED TO MAPPING MEADOW CREEK SUBDIVISION TO DISTRICT DAY.

THANK YOU, RICKY HARRIS CARERS.

UM, THEY HAVE IN THE METAL CREEK SUBDIVISION.

UH,

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MY NAME IS VONDA WASHINGTON.

I LIVE AT 31 27 COLE VALLEY, EAST THRIVE AND MISERY CITY, TEXAS.

I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF METAL CREEK FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS.

UM, MY CHILDREN WERE RAISED HERE.

THEY WENT TO, UH, GLOVER, QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY, QUAIL VALLEY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, UH, OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN DISTRICT A NO OFFENSE, BUT, UH, WE, I OPPOSE, UH, BEING REDISTRICT, JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBORS.

UH, METAL CREEK IS A GREAT SUBDIVISION AND, UH, FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSE US BEING MOWED.

SO I HOPE YOU HEARD THE VOICE OF MY NEIGHBORS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT CAME FORWARD AND REALLY SERIOUSLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE IN TERMS OF SERVICES, IN TERMS OF THE STABILITY WE HAVE IN OUR SUBDIVISION.

AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.

SO WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BE TRANSPARENT, CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE SAYING TO YOU, AND REALLY LOOK AT THE DATA.

UM, AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT MR. FONTENEAU SHARE.

THANK YOU, LINDA RUSSELL, MADAM SECRETARY, THERE'S ADDITIONAL MINUTE TO LENDER RUSSELL, RIGHT? SOMEONE NEW, SOMEONE DID EMAIL THAT TIME.

YES.

MAYOR SYDNEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, LINDA RUSSELL, 29, 23.

I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 46 YEARS.

I DISTRICT B, I AM ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR MAP.

E SAID, IT IS THE ONLY CHOICE LEAVING MEADOW CREEK IN DISTRICT FEE.

UNLESS YOU COME BACK WITH A BETTER PROPOSAL OF A NEW MAP.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN DISTRICT EIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MANY CONCERNS AND INTERESTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE PARTICULARLY LOCATION.

AND DON'T WANT TO SPLIT OUR BOATS ON THEIR CONCERNS FOR OUR TWO AREAS.

WE'RE CONCERNED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH WHERE WE LIVE.

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS THAT THEY ARE AND THEIR CONCERNS.

I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF THE EXPRESSION ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

USUALLY THAT EXPRESSION IS IN A POSITIVE CONNOTATION, BUT FROM THIS COUNCIL, I HAVE SEEN IT IN A NEGATIVE Y EXAMPLE, MANY RESIDENTS FROM METAL CREEK DISTRICT B, ALONG WITH THOSE WHO ALSO REPRESENTATIVES THEY REPRESENTED.

AND THE LONG WITH THE MANY RESIDENTS FROM DISTRICT A, AT ONE OF THE PAST COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS LET YOU MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FORMED UP OUR OPPOSITION TO THE MAPS YOU HAD AVAILABLE, WHICH HAD MEANT THE CREEK CHANGED TO DISTRICT DAY.

NOW, THE SPEAKERS OR HEARD BY A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAP HE WAS CREATED.

THANK YOU TO THAT MEMBER FOR THAT.

BUT ACTIONS OVERPOWERED, BOTH THOSE VOICES, THE RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT COUNCIL, WOMAN, MONICA RILEY THING, BUT OCEAN WAS MADE AT THE FALL LATE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO GO WEB MAPS.

SEE

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REASON BEING IS THAT IT WAS COMPLIANCE.

ALL OF THE MAPS WERE IN COMPLIANCE.

ACCORDING TO THE LAWYERS YOU HAD HIRED.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WENT ALONG WITH THAT MOTION FROM APSEY BY THEIR ACTIONS SHOWN, THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED BY COMMENTS SUBMITTED PREVIOUSLY BY RESIDENTS OF MEDIC CREEK AND DISTRICT DAY MEMBERS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HOPE I AM WRONG ASSUMPTION THAT YOU ALREADY HAD A DECISION MADE ABOUT GOING WITH MAP C.

AND IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND CHANGE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO WITH MAP E WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT COUNSEL.

FUNNY.

I AM DISAPPOINTED AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVEN'T STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT US, PERHAPS.

ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW WHY DO WE KEEP COMING BACK REPEATING THE SAME THING TO YOU? THANK YOU.

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10 ORDINANCE 10 A AND THEN THEREBY PROVIDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN RESPONSE TO THE 2020 CENSUS PROVIDING FULLY WITH THE FOLLOWING, FINDING, SERVE BACK, STOPPING IN A PLAN AND FINDING PROPER.

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EMOTION.

AND SECOND, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND HEARING ON THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION? THOSE ARE THE POSTS.

I DON'T REMEMBER A, OUR APPOINTMENTS.

THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON HIS AGENDA.

I HAD A NUMBER NINE .

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I HAD A NUMBER

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IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION I NEED TO CLARIFY THIS, A MOTION TO ADOPT A CERTAIN MAP.

SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT MAP E UM, FOR REDISTRICTING THE SECOND.

AND THEN THIS IS YES.

MAYOR HAS SOME TALKING POINTS AROUND THAT.

SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEADOW CREEK RESIDENTS.

AND I TOO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE METAL CREEK STAIN.

BE OBVIOUSLY IT'D BE A LOT EASIER IF WE LOOK AT MAPI AND MAKES DISTRICT A, THE SMALLEST DISTRICT OF ALL.

IN FACT, IT ONLY ADDS 285 PEOPLE TO A, IF WE GO FROM THE CURRENT MAP TO TODAY, THAT'S ONLY A 1.5% INCREASE FROM TODAY'S MAP.

IF WE LOOK AT MAP E IT PUTS DISTRICT B OR D, EXCUSE ME, IF IT PUT MAP B YOU SEE COUNCIL MEMBER BONIS DISTRICT, DISTRICT B BE THE HIGHEST POPULATION OF 19,568, WHICH PUTS THE DISTRICTS DEVIATION AT 4.1% PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

SO FROM TODAY, SEE, REVISED E THERE'S A NINE POINT SWING.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? FIRST OF ALL, IT MAKES MAPPY DISPROPORTIONATE TO ALL DISTRICTS.

SECOND OF ALL, DISTRICT B IS THE FASTEST GROWING DISTRICT WE HAVE TODAY.

AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THAT DISTRICT SOME CAPACITY.

IF WE LEAVE THEM AT 4.1% POSITIVE, THERE IS NO CAPACITY FOR THEIR EXPECTED GROWTH TODAY.

SO TO HAVE A DISTRICT, RATHER A MAP LIKE REVISED, SEE WE'RE IN THE NEGATIVE DEVIATION, WHICH GIVES US THAT ROOM FOR GROWTH.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT MR. FONTENEAU BROUGHT UP.

THAT WAS ALSO A CONCERN THAT I BROUGHT UP IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO SIENNA? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND HOW DO WE COMPENSATE THAT THE GROUP DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT, BUT WE CAN, OR I CAN, AT LEAST IN MY MATH AND HAVING A NEGATIVE DEVIATION IS BEST.

SO THAT'S WHY I STAYED AWAY FROM ME.

IT JUST WAS NOT MATHEMATICALLY, UM, TO, TO, TO BE FAIR AND TO MAKE DISTRICT A SMALLER, UH, BY 285, JUST ONLY GROWTH.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT I'LL START WITH THAT.

ON AND TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, NOT TO MENTION THE MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS THAT I RESPONDED TO PERSONALLY, DISTRICT A ME COUNCILWOMAN MONICA RILEY, DID NOT REQUEST TO HAVE METAL CREEK PLACE IN DISTRICT A, UM, I ADVOCATED TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY WOULD BE PLACED BACK IN DISTRICT, UH, B AT THEIR REQUEST.

ANY OTHERS? YES, MA'AM.

I HAVE, UH, QUITE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE.

AND THEN ALSO IT INCLUDES SOME CLARIFICATION'S.

UM, IT WAS MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE HAD AT LEAST 10 PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE AND SUBMIT THEIR INPUT, WHETHER IT WAS VIA ELECTRONICALLY OR WAS IN PERSON.

WE ALSO ASKED OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ATTEND FOR ADDITIONAL HOA MEETINGS, WHICH SHE DID ONE OF THEM, WHICH I WAS ACTUALLY ON A, WE ALSO POSTED ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC NOTICES ON ALL OF THE MARKIES ACROSS THE CITY.

UH, WE ALSO NOTIFIED ALL OF OUR HOA MEMBERS, UH, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOTIFY THEIR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE DID TAKE MEASURES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DONE.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT I DO KNOW WE DID A LOT TO, UH, COMMUNICATE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY.

I KNOW ME PERSONALLY, I ATTENDED QUITE A FEW HOA MEETINGS UPON THE INVITATION OF, UH, VARIOUS HOA PRESIDENTS AND MEMBERS, AND DID MY VERY BEST TO, UM, EDUCATE THE INFORMATION AND REFER PEOPLE BACK TO THE REDISTRICTING MAPS.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR INPUT IN AND THAT THEY WOULD LET THE CITIZENS KNOW WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON.

AND SO THEN SHE WILL LET US KNOW AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO CLARIFY ONE THING HUNTER'S GLEN THREE, FOUR AND FIVE IS NOT IN DISTRICT A IS IN DISTRICT B.

UH, QUAIL VALLEY NORTH IS IN DISTRICT A AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE AFTER MEETING WITH MY RESIDENTS, THOSE THAT WERE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS SAID THEY WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH MY REPRESENTATION AS THEIR DISTRICT, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, I DID ALSO VISIT WITH METAL CREEK ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THREE, BE EXACT, UM, AND HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING

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I CAN ONLY DO THE BEST THAT I CAN POSSIBLY DO AS WELL AS THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR UP HERE, WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND I KNOW ME PERSONALLY, I DO MY VERY BEST TO RESPOND TO THOSE REQUESTS.

UM, ALSO SCHOOLS ZONING DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR REDISTRICT, AND THIS IS A CITY ISSUE.

EVERY 10 YEARS, WE ARE REQUIRED BY OUR CHARTER AND OUR RULES TO REDISTRICT.

AND SO THE LAST TIME IT WAS REGISTERED WAS IN 2012.

SO IF YOU WERE HERE IN 2012, WE WERE A PART OF THAT REDISTRICT, AND MAYBE THE PUBLICATIONS WEREN'T AS A WILL NOTIFIED, AND YOU WANT TO WEAR IT, BUT IT DID TAKE PLACE.

AND THERE WAS SOME MOVEMENT WE'RE AT THAT PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.

I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S REGULATIONS OUT THERE THAT CAN ALLOW US AN ADDITIONAL YEAR SINCE THE CENSUS WAS NOT RELEASED UNTIL 2021.

UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS TONIGHT, OR IF WE CAN PUSH THAT TIME DOWN THE LINE SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THE RESIDENTS AND OURSELVES MORE OPPORTUNITY TO REEVALUATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO REDISTRICT.

THAT'S STILL GOT SOME MORE, UM, I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, REDISTRICTING DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR PROPERTY VALUE.

SO THOSE THAT BELIEVE IF YOU MOVE INTO DISTRICT A YOUR PROPERTY BATTLES ARE GOING TO BE REDUCED, IT WILL NOT BE AVERAGE INCOME IN DISTRICT A IS 85 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND WE'RE DOING PRETTY DARN GOOD OVER HERE.

OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE JUST AS VALUABLE AS EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY.

I LOVE DISTRICT GAYE.

I GREW UP IN DISTRICT A AND I'M A PRODUCT OF DISTRICT EIGHT.

I SEE ON THIS COUNSELING IS DYESS.

WOOD WILL EDUCATE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE THAT FIGHT FOR THIS CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO IF I CAN SIT UP HERE AND I CAME FROM DISTRICT EIGHT, I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY DARN GOOD OVER THERE.

AND SO I DID WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN, AND WE'RE TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND TRYING TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.

THIS IS A HARD PROCESS, BUT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO US AND FOR THOSE THAT WILL RESPOND AND THOSE THAT CAN MAKE DECISIONS.

AND THOSE THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE ARE DOING WHICH, UH, WHICH THAT IS REQUIRED OF US.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT ANS MY COMMENTS.

ANYONE ELSE? I WANT TO THANK MR. FONDOS PUTTING TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION.

UM, IT ACTUALLY SPEAKS TO EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.

IF WE GO TO MAP E IT ONLY ASKS 295 MORE TO AE, SO IT KEEPS A LOW.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DISTRICT A AND YOU'RE, AND WE'RE SPENDING, YOU JUST HEARD THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR, FOR, UM, TEXAS PARKWAY.

I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

UM, I THINK I'VE STATED THIS EARLIER, TOO.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BY COUNCIL HAVE ARRIVED.

THEY HEAR THE SCHOOLS, WELL, THE MEADOWCREEK MOVES INTO A OR STAYS IN B THE SCHOOLS THAT YOUR ZONE TWO IS THROUGH FOR BENIGN DATE.

IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON WHATSOEVER WITH WEAVE DISTRICTING OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SOME HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL GONNA MOVE US TO HARRIS COUNTY.

YOU'RE NOT IN HARRIS COUNTY, YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

THESE ARE MISLED INFORMATION BY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.

THAT'S STATING THESE AND LETTING YOU KNOW.

SO YOU'RE NOT IN HARRIS COUNTY PORTION AND WE'LL NEVER BE PART OF HARRIS COUNTY PORTION.

YOU'RE A CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATION NOBODY'S SITTING UP HERE TODAY WILL BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING.

EVERYBODY THAT PEOPLE VOTED FOR, WE'LL BE SITTING UP HERE TILL THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE.

SO, WHICH MEANS THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS DONE IN A WAY THAT NO SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M TALKING MORE.

SO A, B, C, AND D BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE PROTECTED.

WHEN I SAY PROTECTED, I MEAN, THEY REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS.

ALL IT IS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S MOVES AROUND.

I DO GET DISAPPOINTED WHEN I HEAR THE RESIDENTS COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THIS.

AGAIN.

IF I'M LIVING IN DISAGGREGATE, YOU OFFENDED ME.

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TODAY.

THERE'S BEEN A MESSAGE THAT CAME OUT ABOUT THINGS THAT, THAT BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN PUTTING OUT FOR TEXAS PARKWAY.

SO THERE'S AN INITIATIVE PUSH TO GET TEXAS PARKWAY TO GET BACK ON THE TRACK.

THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THOSE OF YOU LIVE HERE IN ON CARTWRIGHT, KNOW THAT THIS JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

THIS TOOK A LONG TIME, AND THIS CITY COUNCIL, AS SOMEONE SAID, THIS CITY COUNCIL IS A JOKE.

I CAN TELL YOU IT IS NOT A JOKE.

AND I'M HEARING THESE CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH.

SO MANY TIMES, THIS CITY COUNCIL SITTING RIGHT HERE, ALL SEVEN OF US RIGHT HERE, PUT EFFORTS ONTO MAKING DISTRICT A ONE OF THE BETTER PLACES TO BE, AND I'M NOT DONE.

LET ME FINISH A LARGE PHYSICIANS.

SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT AN ENLARGE POSITIONS BEING IS GOING TO BE LOST BECAUSE OF WE'RE DOING THIS A LARGE, INCLUDING MYSELF AS A MAYOR, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE FOR ITS MAYOR AND VOTE FOR, TO A LARGE CONCERT POSITION POSITIONS THAT IS THERE.

THAT IS NOT BEING CHANGED IN THIS PROCESS.

NOW, I HEAR COMMENTS SUCH AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUPPRESSING ONE COMMUNITY OVER THE OTHER, SINCE IT'S REDISTRICTING, I HAVE NOT SEEN A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY OF A PARTICULAR RACE THAT CAME OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR OPPORTUNITY IS BEING TAKEN AWAY.

I HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN ANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT PEOP THAT RESIDENTS ATTENDED.

SO THAT IS A FALSE INFORMATION.

THERE IS AN INFORMATION THAT TALKED ABOUT BACKBONE DEALS.

I HAVE NOT HAD ANY BACKROOM CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY OF THOSE STAFF OR AMONGST THE SEVEN OF US RIGHT HERE, TALKING ABOUT REDISTRICTING, NO CONFERENCE ROOMS, MEETINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

I, UNLESS IF I'M NOT AWARE OF IF THEY, IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAD IT HERE.

AND I WASN'T PART OF THAT, TALKING ABOUT REDISTRICTING OF HAVING BACKBONE CONVERSATIONS, THESE ARE AGAIN FALSE.

AND AS SOMEONE SAID IT HERE, THIS IS ON RECORD IS BEING RECORDED.

AND I'M SAYING THIS TO YOU AND LIMITED ANNEXATION TALKING ABOUT LIMITED ANNEXATION.

THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY LIMITED ANNEXATION THAT KEEPS TAKING PLACE IN AN, EXCEPT FOR A MUD THAT WAS TAKEN OVER BEFORE I GOT HERE.

SO THERE HAS BEEN A MUD THAT'S OVER IN SIENNA THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER DUE TO THE MUDS.

AND THIS IS BEFORE MY ELECTION.

SO THAT MUD AT THAT TIME HAD 36 PEOPLE.

I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WHAT IT GROWS TO TODAY.

SOMEONE SAID PROBABLY 800 OR SOMEONE SAID 600, BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE GIVEN INTO CONSIDERATION THROUGH MAP A, B, C, D N E.

THERE ARE FIVE MAPS THAT ARE OUT HERE AND THEY'RE BEING LOOKED AT AND TALKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNICATIONS BY THE CITY.

I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VIOLET, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS, SOME COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THIS SITUATION, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AS GONE OUT OF HER WAY TO HAVE ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AND TRUE EVERY, I WOULD ASSUME I'M HOPING THAT EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S IN A DISTRICT LEVEL ATTENDED THOSE DISTRICT WE'RE VIRTUAL MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ON A DISTRICT LEVEL CONVERSATION, I, MYSELF ATTENDED TWO OF THEM JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT FORT BEND COUNTY ANNEXATION, I MEAN, SORRY, NOT ANNEXATION.

WE DISTRICT IN THAT HAPPENED.

THEY HAD ONE MEETING AND THEY DID IT IN ONE MEETING.

CITY OF STRUGGLE AND CITY OF PARALLON HAS DONE REDISTRICTING ALREADY BACK IN FEBRUARY.

THIS IS NOW WE'RE IN MAY 2ND.

WE HAVE PUSHED THIS WEEK DISTRICTING BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR RESIDENTS, AND TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND TO LOOK, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SEEING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING

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AT.

SO TO SAY THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY HASN'T BEEN IN PLACE, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.

THAT IS NOT HOW THIS HAS BEEN DONE.

WE HAD MEETINGS THAT PUT OUT HERE WITH TVS IN HERE WITH DIFFERENT MAPS, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY ASKED FOR MAP E, WHICH WAS CREATED IN THE LAST VOTING THAT TOOK PLACE.

WHERE DO YOU THINK COUNCIL? UH, DISTRICT, I MEAN, SORRY, MAPS.

SEE REVISE CAME FROM, THAT CAME FROM THIS COUNCIL.

NOT FROM ANYBODY ELSE.

THERE WAS NO SEE REVISED MAP.

SEE REVISED MAP CAME FROM BASED ON THE SUGGESTIONS AND THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE.

THAT'S HOW THAT MAP CAME ABOUT.

THAT MAP.

DEVON HAD JUST APPEARED ALL OF A SUDDEN ON HIS OWN MAP.

HE CAME OUT AGAIN BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER WILEY MADE A POINT TO ASK FOR THOSE AND WHICH WAS CREATED IF THE CITY HALL TODAY IS IN DISTRICT GATE, IF IT WERE TO BE MOVED TO DISTRICT B, DO ANY OF YOU THINK THAT DISTRICT A WILL NOT GET ANY TYPE OF SERVICES BECAUSE THE BOUNDARIES CHANGED FROM A TO B NO, THE CITY HALL STILL BE THERE.

SITTING HALL WILL STILL OPERATE THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO PROVIDING SERVICES, QUALITY SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHO THE MAYOR AND WHO THE COUNCIL IS, THE STAFF IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICES.

SO EVEN WITH THE CITY HALL, IF IT WERE TO BE CHANGED TOMORROW TO DISTRICT B FROM DISTRICT A, IT DOESN'T STOP ANY OF THE SERVICE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PACKING.

SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT PACKING.

I HEARD COMMENTS OF STREETS AND TRASH COLLECTIONS AND THINGS IN THE REDISTRICTING COMMENTS BY RESIDENTS.

I WOULD THINK THAT'S PACKING BECAUSE WE DISTRICT THING HAS JUST TO DO WITH YOUR MAP, YOUR CONSTITUENT BASIS OF MAP, BUT WE'RE INJECTING OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, THAT SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSED IN THOSE MAPS, BECAUSE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE MAPS AND SAYING, PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK.

YOU'RE COMING BACK TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT THIS DISTRICT.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? BECAUSE THIS CITY COUNCIL UP HERE SAYS AT ONE TIME AFTER EACH TIME AFTER EACH TIME, IT SAYS, OKAY, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT MAP.

WE WILL LOOK AT THIS MAP.

LET'S LET'S RE LOOK AT THIS.

LET'S LOOK AT THIS.

SO TODAY CITY COUNCIL HERE HAS FIVE MAPS IN FRONT OF THEM.

THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILEY FOR ONE MAP.

THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT US VOTING FOR ANY OF THESE MAPS, IT DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR TAXES.

IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHERE YOU LIVE, DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

AND I THINK TODAY EVEN MORE, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT DISTRICT A REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY PUTTING, SPENDING MONEY ON TO DISTRICT GATE TO MAKE THAT DISTRICT MORE PROUD AND MORE PROFITABLE, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE.

AND THESE ARE MY PERSONAL COMMENTS.

I YIELD BACK TO ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS A COMMON YEAH, MAYOR.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO MENTION THAT, UH, DURING MY TENURE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION OR DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING THE CITY HALL TO ANY OTHER LOCATION THAN WHERE IT'S AT.

SO PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS CITY HALL IS WHERE IT'S AT AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE AS FAR AS I KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH.

SO IT'LL BE IN DISTRICT GAY.

I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.

ONE MORE COMMENT.

I HEARD THAT WE HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE SHIGE AT THE CORNER OF CARTWRIGHT AND 10 92 IS A SHELL GAS STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, OR SOME SMALL HOMES THAT'S DISTRICT GATE.

SO METTA CREEK IS TECHNICALLY THE NEIGHBOR OF THE GAS STATION AND OF THE OTHER LITTLE SMALL SPOTS, INCLUDING THE CHURCH FREEDOM CENTER.

THAT'S A BAY.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE A LONG STRETCH.

AND I SHOWED A RESIDENT TONIGHT, SHE'S NEW TO MISSOURI CITY AND WE WELCOME YOU.

I SHOWED THAT INDIVIDUAL ON A MAP.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS MOVING AT ONE STREET OVER TO TIE A CLOSER TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

AND I HAVE THE CURRENT MAP.

IF NO ONE HAS SEEN THAT IT'S VERY EYE OPENING.

IT REALLY SPELLS IT OUT REALLY CLEARLY HOW A AND THE CURRENT B REALLY MATCH UP.

AND, BUT UP TO EACH OTHER VERY WELL.

AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

IF NOT, I, I HAD, UH, A FEW THINGS TO SAY, SO HERE ON THIS DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKED TO MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH, HARD DECISIONS.

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SOME OF THESE DECISIONS THEY'RE NOT EASY.

SOME OF THEM WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

UM, BUT THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THIS AS I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS AND LISTENING TO RESIDENTS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? I HAVE THREE CHEAT.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN.

UH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE CHOOSING WHICH BABY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE AND WHICH ONE YOU GOING TO LET GO IF FACED WITH THAT DIFFICULT CHOICE TO MAKE THAT CALL? UH, I LOVE THE RESIDENTS OF METAL CREEK, JUST LIKE I LOVE THE RESIDENTS OF BRADFORD VILLAGE.

AND I LOVE THE RESONANCE OF HUNTER'S GLEN FOUR AND FIVE.

UM, IF YOU'RE IN MY POSITION, WHAT DO YOU DO CHOOSE A METAL CREEK MEANS THAT I LOSE BRADFORD VILLAGE.

WHO'S REACHED OUT TO ME.

CHOOSING METAL CREEK MEANS I LOSE ON A HUNTER'S GLEN FOUR AND FIVE, WHICH HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME AND HAVE COME IN SHARED COMMENTS, EITHER MAP THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE ME CAUSES ME TO LOSE A SUBJECT.

SO I'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THE ENGAGED RESIDENTS FROM HUNTER'S GLEN 405 BRADFORD VILLAGE HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES, UH, CREEK MONTHS, SOUTH, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING MOVED AND WHAT THAT MEANS, WHO MEANS MORE TO JEFF, WHO MEANS MORE TO THE COUNCILMEN? WHO DO I KEEP? WHO DO I SAVE? WHO DO I LISTEN TO? ALL OF YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME? I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS BEING ASKED AND SOME CONCERNS FOR THOSE WHO ARE SIMPLY JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

AND I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING AN ENGAGED RESIDENT FOR YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR LOVE FOR THIS CITY IS TRULY EVIDENT.

I LOVE THE CITY AS WELL AND THE RESIDENTS IN IT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT POLITICAL.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL.

I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA.

MATTER OF FACT, LOSING METAL CREEK, LOSING BRADFORD VILLAGE, LOSING HUNTERS, LAND FOUR AND FIVE LOSING, UH, ANY, UH, SUBDIVISION IS A LOSS FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS OVERWHELMINGLY ELECTED AND REELECTED BY THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WERE SUPPORTING ME TO SERVE THEM AND REPRESENT THEM.

THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION, BUT IT'S NOT A PERSONAL PETTY POLITICS DRIVEN DECISION FOR JEFF COUNCIL MEMBER, BONEY, MAYOR PROTEAN, BONEY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FACED WITH THAT WE HAVE TO HANDLE.

THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED MEMBERS OF THIS BODY.

SO I CAN'T SAY TO YOU METAL CREEK OR YOU ON HIS MAN, FOUR OR FIVE NEW BRADFORD VILLAGE, YOU A CREEK MONTHS OUT, YOU HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES OR ANY SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE CITY THAT YOU ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER.

ALL OF YOU ARE IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION IS SECONDED, NO OTHER COMMENTS, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTIONS.

THEY KNOW WHAT, CAN YOU REPEAT THE MOTION PLEASE? WHAT IS THE MOTION? THE MOTION WAS FOR MAP E COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S MOTION WAS TO PROCEED.

SO THE RIGHT NOW NOT TAKING ANY COMMENTS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMENTS, RIGHT? WE WENT OVER ALL THE COMMENTS.

YES, YES, SIR.

WE DID.

UM, HE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DISTRICT NAME AND ABOUT GENERAL COMMENTS.

UM, AND THEN HE SPOKE ON BOTH DURING HIS TIME.

UM, WE ASKED IF HE, UM, WAS FINISHED IF HE SAID WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.

HE DID SAY YES.

AND SO HE THEN CHANGED HIS MIND.

SO, UM, MR. MAYOR, IT WOULD BE YOUR DECISION IF YOU WERE, WANT TO ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK ON REDISTRICTING.

SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE, HE CHANGED HIS MIND WENT, UM, AFTER HE MADE HIS INITIAL COMMENTS, UM, HE DECIDED THAT HE DID AND WE ASKED HIM IF THAT COMPLETED, UM, HIS, UM, SPEECH AND HE SAID IT DID.

AND THEN AFTER, UM, HE, HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO SPEAK OUR REDISTRICTING, BUT HE'S ALREADY SPOKE TO BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

VERIFY WITH HIM IF HE WAS, IF HE WAS DONE WITH HIS SPEAKING AND HE DID SAY YES.

SO THE FACT THAT HE, HE SPOKE ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, WAS THERE TWO APPLES, TWO YELLOW FORMS FILLED OUT.

THERE WAS ONE FORM FILLED OUT AND IT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON REDISTRICTING.

AND THE OTHER ONE, HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON GENERAL MATTERS OF THE CITY.

AND, UM, HE, UH, PERSONALLY, UM, UH, THE PODIUM AND HE SPOKE ON BOTH AND WE DID

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SO YOU VERIFIED WITH HIM IF HE WAS, HE DID THE TWO, TWO PORTIONS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY VERIFIED.

SO I'M NOT TAKING THOSE COMMENTS.

UH, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES MOVING FORWARD.

WE NEED TO CLARIFY THIS NO MORE.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY SPEAKING ON ITEMS THEN MAYBE TO TALK ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT PIECES.

ABSOLUTELY.

YES, SIR.

THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT IS BECAUSE IT'S AREAS ARE UNDERSERVED.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MONEY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MONEY DOING THEIR STREETS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY GIVING US A BRIDGE.

IT'S NOT RACIAL, IT'S NOT HISPANIC, BLACK OR WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST, YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY PERIOD.

YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE AREAS.

AND YOU'RE PUTTING THE UNDERSERVED AREAS INTO ONE AREA IT'S WRONG.

WE'RE ALL UNDERSERVED.

EVERYTHING GOES TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY AND IT HAS FOR YEARS.

AND I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE STILL INFLUENCED, BUT THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS HERE THAT RULED THE CITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.

UH, WE, WE RECENTLY PASSED A BOND, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEEDS WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE DID A HUGE STREET STUDY AND THAT'S ALL DATA-BASED RIGHT.

THAT'S, THAT'S A CAMERA CREW GOING OUT, MEASURING STREETS, MEASURING CONDITIONS.

AND I WOULD BET THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND OUR MONEY FIRST IS WHERE THE DATA POINTS IS TO, WHICH IS WHERE THE OLDEST PART OF OUR CITY IS, WHICH IS DISTRICT A.

SO TO HEAR COMMENTS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND MONEY.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE BECAUSE OUR DATA, OUR TEAM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HEAR YOU, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT CAME OUT LOUD AND CLEAR IN THOSE BOND MEETINGS.

WE WANT STREETS AND DISTRICT A WE'LL GET IT ON THE STREETS.

CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR THOSE STREETS.

AND THAT'S MY COMMENT.

I HAD ANOTHER, DO WE HAVE A VOTE? I MEAN, I'M, I HAVE A MOTION IN PLACE COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH AN EYE TO THE FUTURE, I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE MAP E ALLOWS FOR, UH, THE ADJUSTMENT OF GROWTH.

THE ONE THAT WE JUST MADE THE MOTION ON, UH, LOOKED AT THIS FROM THE MOST PRACTICAL LOGISTICAL MEANS POSSIBLE.

UH, AND FIRST THIS PROCESS, LIKE I SAID, IS REQUIRED BY OUR CITY CHARTER.

SECOND, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONTIGUOUS MAPS.

YOU LOOK AT MAPI, IT'S NOT AS CONTIGUOUS WITH, UH, DISRUPTIONS OR SEEMINGLY WHAT WE CALL OR WHAT WAS MENTIONED AS GERRYMANDERING AS THE MAP, E WHICH DEEP DELVES, DEEP DOWN INTO DISTRICT B, WHERE BRADFORD VILLAGES, THERE ARE THE PERCENTAGES OF EACH RACIAL DEMOGRAPHIC IN MAP.

SEE REVISED THAT WE ORIGINALLY VOTED ON AT THE LAST MEETING DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE IN MY DISTRICT, EVEN WITH ALL THE ADDITIONS AND THAT ONE MAJOR ADJUSTMENT ALSO DISTRICT B IS ADDING THE MOST RESIDENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS TO IT MORE THAN ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS DESK THIS DAY IS THAT OUR DISTRICT MEMBERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY OF THE AT LARGE PEOPLE.

FIFTH MAPS SEE REVISE AS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE AND LEAST AMOUNT OF CHANGES OUT OF ALL THE OTHER MAPS CONSIDERED.

AND AGAIN, I WANT THE PEOPLE WITH DISTRICT EIGHT ALSO KNOW THAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE THE SAME AS THE INTEREST OF ALL OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.

EVERYBODY DESERVES TO BE SAFE, HOW THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC AND SIDEWALKS SPEAKS AND RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICES AS EVERYONE ELSE.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS I STAY AT A, THAT'S WHY I'M NOT IN SPORTIVE MAP IN THAT THE PERCENTAGES AND THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY BEING THRUST ON ONE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER AT THIS DAY IS, IS FAR SIGNIFICANT THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS DAYS.

THANKS MAYOR.

IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS BASED ON THE MAPS BASED ON THE 20, 21 OR 2020 SENSES.

SO ARE WE TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A MAP SELECTION BASED ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS OR WHAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW? IS THAT, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE BASING THIS POPULATION IN THIS MOVEMENT BASED ON THE 20, 20 CENSUS, NOT WHAT'S TO COME IN THE FUTURE? UH, YES.

MA'AM THE MAPS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CREATED BASED ON THE 2027.

TO STAND BECAUSE IT GIVES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT.

AND WITH THAT STATED, I WOULD LIKE MY MOTION TO STAND WITH MATT E BECAUSE WE CAN'T PREDICT WHO ALL IS GOING TO MOVE THERE'S SPACE IN DISTRICT A FOR HOMES TO BE BUILT AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE THROWING A GUESSING GAME IF WE'RE DETERMINING WHAT COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE POPULATION IN ANY ONE DISTRICT OVER ANOTHER.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT MY, MY, MY MOTION

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IT PUTS MIDDLE CREEK BACK INTO DISTRICT B AND IT ALSO MINIMIZES THE MOVEMENT AND ALLOWS FOR DISTRICT A TO MAINTAIN THEIR HUNTERS, GLEN PARK, UH, AS WELL AS HUNTER'S POINT OF STATES AND THE BUSINESSES ON TEXAS PARKWAY AS WELL.

SO THE MOTION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE FOR IS FOR MAP E K E E AS IN EDWARD.

ALRIGHT.

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

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO, NO.

WELL HOW'S THE MERRIMACK.

WAS IT A YES OR NO? NO.

IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT C REVISED.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S OR MAP C REVISED AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS, RIGHT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO, YOU ARE NO MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO THANK YOU ALL SUPERVISED IS THE MOTION THAT YEAH.

CAUSE THERE WASN'T.

NO.

SO THAT'S CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE? YEAH.

SO FOR ITEM C REVISED, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCIL ARRIVING.

COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS CONSTANTLY.

MOTION CARRIES FOR THE RIGHT I'M NUMBER 11

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution finding that CenterPo...]

IS A RESOLUTION.

THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS FINDING THAT CENTER POINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLCS APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO AMEND ITS DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR TO INCREASE DISTRIBUTION RATES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY SHOULD BE DENIED FINDING THAT THE CITY'S REASONABLE RATE CASE EXPENSES SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY CENTER POINT ENERGY ELECTRIC LLC.

FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION HAS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND PROVIDING NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION.

ENJOY.

SO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION AND HAVE A PROBLEM.

UH, YES, SIR.

UH, THIS ITEM JUST RELATES TO CENTER POINTS, REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FUND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

THE INCREASE IN REVENUES TO CENTERPOINT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 198 MILLION, $422,017 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

UH, THE CITY IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE GULF COAST COALITION OF CITIES THAT A COALITION HAS ENGAGED A CONSULTANT TO REVIEW THE REQUESTED INCREASE.

AND THIS RESOLUTION SIMPLY DENIES THE APPLICATION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT CONSULTANT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE INCREASES, TO ATTEMPT TO GET CENTER POINTED, DECREASE THE AMOUNT FURTHER.

11 B UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF FEES TO USE THE CITY PARK FOR THE SNOWDROP FOUNDATION, ULTRA 55 RACE PROVIDING FOR PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED TO THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE? OKAY.

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 MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO ITEM

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution of the City Council o...]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MAGNUM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS, UH, A REQUEST THAT COMES UP, UH, ANNUALLY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS FROM THE SNOWDROP FOUNDATION, SEEKING AN IN SPONSORSHIP FROM THE CITY TO WAIVE FEES FOR THE USE OF BUFFALO, RON PARK DURING THEIR ULTRA FIFTY-FIVE RACE

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OVER, UH, THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY.

UM, THIS IS A, A RACE THAT, UH, THEY DO NOT QUALIFY FOR A, UM, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION EVENT, UM, AGREEMENT AUTOMATICALLY.

SO IT DOES HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS, UH, BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, RACE, UM, TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS.

AND, UM, IS THE NUMBER ONE SPORTS TOURISM EVENT IN THE CITY TO DATE, UM, AS JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE.

UH, LAST YEAR THEY BOOKED A 300 HOTEL ROOMS IN MISSOURI CITY WITH AN AVERAGE OF FOUR NIGHTS, UH, PER RESERVATION FOR 1200 ROOM NIGHTS FOR THE SINGLE EVENT.

UM, I HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA IN THE BACKGROUND.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THEM SECOND, SECOND? ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL MAKE UP A SECOND.

I WAS LIKE, IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO-TEM BOWLING.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, WHEN THIS SHOWS UP IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO GO TOGETHER.

IT'S AN OUTSTANDING, UH, EVENT AND TO JASON'S POINT, HOTELS ARE FULL PEOPLE, CAMP OUT, PEOPLE EAT, SHOP, PLAY IN MISSOURI CITY.

IT'S A HUGE EVENT.

AND WHERE WERE THEY ORIGINALLY? JASON? I CAN'T REMEMBER.

THEY WERE IN SUGAR LAND BEFORE US, SO THEY CAME TO THE RIGHT CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO.

SIX ONE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

JASON.

[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL ARRIVING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, JUST WANT TO SAY I ATTENDED THE HCC STATE OF THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE WITH, UH, PRESIDENT, UH, MADAM BURILLO, THE HAR GOVERNMENT OR AFFAIRS WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS.

AND MOST OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE.

SO IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THEIR PRESENTATION.

EARTH DAY WAS A CELEBRATION ON LAST WEEK AT BUFFALO ROTH PARK, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT.

MY FAVORITE DISTRICT DISTRICT K UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE DOZER PALOOZA EVENT THAT WAS HOSTED BY NONE OTHER THAN A MUSICAL ARTISTS.

THEY'LL LEWIS.

I ATTENDED, UH, HUNTER'S GLEN EARLY LITERACY CENTER WITH THEIR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH I SERVE ON AS WELL AS, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP THIS WEEKEND, WHERE WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, ALSO ATTENDED SEVERAL QUILT, QUILT VILLAGE, TOWNHOMES HUNTERS, GREEN COLONY, CROSS, AND PEBBLEBROOK BERMUDA DUNES, UM, AS WELL.

AND I WAS ALSO PRIVILEGED TO, UH, ATTEND THE HOME GOING CEREMONY FOR MR. NOAH PEANUT A LONG TIME AS A CITY RESIDENT WHO WAS LAID TO REST THIS PAST WEEKEND.

I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO STAND NEXT TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUSER WHO PRESENT A RECOGNITION ALONG WITH OUR CHIEF CHIEF BEARS.

AND, UM, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION AND A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE.

SO OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS STILL GO OUT TO THE PEANUT FAMILY IN LOSS OF MR. KNOLL, PEANUT.

I WAS ALSO AWARDED, UM, OUT OF SEVEN WOMEN, THE PHENOMENAL WOMEN IN BUSINESS AWARD THIS PAST WEEKEND.

AND I WAS TRULY HONORED TO RECEIVE THAT RECOGNITION.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO JUST SAY A SHOUT OUT TO MY TWO GRADUATES.

ONE IS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE FROM ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

SHE ACTUALLY GRADUATED DECEMBER 10TH THE DAY BEFORE THE ONE-OFF ELECTION.

UH, SO SHE ELECTED TO NOT WALK SO THAT SHE COULD WATCH HER MOM, UH, WALK ACROSS THE, THE WINNING STAGE OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO SHE'S GOING TO BE WALKING, UH, THIS WEEKEND WITH HER CLASSMATES AND THEN ALSO TO MY HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING SENIOR FROM HOMESCHOOL.

AND, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY MAYOR REPORT.

I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR REGARDING THE REDISTRICT AND ON THE NEEDS FOR TRANSPARENCY ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, AS WELL AS THESE MANOR CITIES MATTERS THAT THE CITY FACE REGARDING ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, OR SHALL I SAY THE LACK THEREOF ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO STAND MY OFFICE IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE ON THE RECORD THAT I REMAIN STEADFAST.

THIS WEEKEND WAS A TIME FOR FAMILY, FAITH AND SELF CARE FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

I SALUTE YOUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND YOUR WORSHIP CENTERS.

AND AS WE CELEBRATE IT A BAR, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESIDENT, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, THAT WE ALL CALL HOME.

AS WE CAN SEND YOU TO MORE IN THE CONOCO FAMILY.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTPOUR OF SUPPORT WE HAVE WITNESSED FOR THE RESIDENTS AS THEY MEMORIALIZED NOEL FOR HIS LEGACY.

UM, ALSO IS ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PINNOCK FAMILY MEMBER WHO VISIT ME LAST WEEK AT OUR FAMILY RESTAURANT HERE ON SEXIST PARKWAY, MY FAMILY, AND I ADMIRE YOUR STRENGTH AND WE CONTINUE TO BE HERE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

WHENEVER YOU NEED US.

AS A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED AND VOICED THEIR OPINIONS ON THE RECENT ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY, AS IT RELATES TO MY OFFICE AND MY DECISIONS I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING TRANSPARENT.

I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE ELECTED ME TO SERVE, AND AS I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS ONLY,

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IF YOU ARE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME REGARDING ANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OVER SHONDRA THAT EDWARDS AT MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS BACA, OR YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY AT FOUR OH ONE, TWO EIGHT ONE FOUR OH ONE NINETY FOUR TWENTY NINE, OR VISIT ME ON TEXAS PARKWAY WHERE I'M THERE EVERY DAY.

I WILL ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I ATTENDED OUR COUNCIL RETREAT THIS WEEKEND, AND I WAS ABLE TO STAY FOR A SMALL DURATION BECAUSE I HAD SUCH 10, UM, A FAMILY MATTER WAS TAKEN CARE OF MY FATHER, WHO RECENTLY HAD SURGERY.

SO I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A ROLE AND THEN ORDERED CONTRIBUTION, INCLUDING MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE CONSULTANT ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISCUSSION REGARDING LIMITED THE TIME ALLOWED IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS RESTRICTING THE AUTONOMY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THESE POTENTIAL ACTIONS SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A POINT OF CENSORSHIP AND IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED.

FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY CONSENT, MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE BROTHERS AND LAWN WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR WORK WITH ME AND ASSISTANT AN ELDERLY RESIDENT IN DISTRICT A ON METAL TO BE EXACT WHO NEEDED THEIR YARD MOWED, WHO ACTUALLY WAS LINKED LIKE THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, YOU AND THE RESIDENT WHO EXISTED WITH NOMINATING THIS RESIDENT OR UNSUNG HERO, MY LOVE AND APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO ALL THE MOTHERS, THE RESIDENTS, AND THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE.

AS WE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY NEXT WEEKEND, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF.

ENJOY AND REMEMBER SELF CARE IS IMPORTANT AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

AS I'M PROUD TO SERVE THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE VALUE OF THE CULTURE THAT IT BRINGS IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THIS THURSDAY IS CINCO DE MAYO, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR MEXICAN RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, CONSTITUENTS, AND EVERYONE THAT CHOOSE TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND IS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS GREAT CITY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND AND TAKE TIME TO LOVE ON THEM AND TO APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

YEAH, BUT TOMORROW I MAY NOT COME BY ME.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, UH, RECENT MOBILITY AND ITS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, UH, MASTER PLAN, COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THANK YOU SHASHA AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING ON EXCELLENT INFORMATION AND TALKING ABOUT HOW, UH, THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY IN INFORMATION IN THIS, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UH, I, UH, ALSO GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE THUNDERBIRD NORTH HOA ANNUAL MEETING, UH, WENT TO DISTRICT D BOY, UM, RIBBON CUTTING AT BIG MAMA'S HOME COOKING, UH, WENT TO THE HCC STATE OF THE COLLEGE, UH, WENT TO CELEBRATE AS AN ALUM, THE TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TIGER BALL, A NOVEL TIGER BALL.

UH, ALSO, UM, WENT TO THE GREEK PICNIC ON YESTERDAY, UH, RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, A KITTY HOLLOW PARK.

AND THAT WAS FUN.

UM, ALSO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND STAFF FOR THE COUNCIL RETREAT THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHERE WE FLESHED OUT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND INFORMATION AND, UH, FORGING FORWARD FOR OUR FUTURE AT EVERY LEVEL.

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO WISH MY SON AGAIN, A HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY, MY SON, JOSHUA, BOTH.

AND OTHERS NOT HAPPY, BUT, UH, THEY HAD A, UH, A, UH, A VERY LARGE TURNOUT AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE DONE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE AS MAYOR, UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, PUBLICLY THANK, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY JOYCE BMO FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK THROUGH OUT THIS WHOLE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, UM, AND THE TEAM THAT SUPPORTED YOU.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, TO YOU AND TO, UM, TO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, UM, OUR INTERIM, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, CEDRIC, UM, I KNOW YOU WERE THROWN INTO, UM, THIS POSITION, UM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND, UM, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS, UM, THAT ARE, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING MOTHER'S DAY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

REMEMBER EMORY? UH, YES, UH, I, UH, WAS ABLE TO, UH, ATTEND IN, IN, UH, THE, UH, QUEER VALLEY, UH, GARDEN CLUB LAND SALE, UH, LAST SATURDAY, UH, AND WAS ABLE TO PULL SOME RAFFLE TICKETS THAT MADE SOME PEOPLE HAPPY

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THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THEY'VE DONE THAT.

UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING HAD BIG MAMAS AND, UH, UH, THAT IT'S, UH, MY BIG MAMA BAR AND GRILL.

AND, UH, IT, IT IS IN DISTRICT D BUT I WON'T SAY THAT AGAIN.

UH, SURE.

I ATTENDED EARTH DAY AND THAT, THAT WAS REALLY, UH, AN INTERESTING, UH, TIME TO SUSPEND WITH A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, UH, OUR CITIZENS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE REALLY, UH, INTO, UH, NATIVE PLANTS AND, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, GREEN TYPE OF, UH, PLANTS.

UM, I TENDED OBVIOUSLY THE MOBILITY AND IDEAS, UH, EVENT THAT, UH, SIANNA, UH, WHICH WAS A VERY, UH, UH, INFORMATIVE AND I THINK, UH, UM, EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE, SASHI AND YOUR STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS THAT WITH THAT ON, UH, AGAIN, UH, MOTHER'S DAY I, UH, ASSET, WE ALL, UH, EITHER, UH, UH, HAVE A, A DAY WITH YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR MOTHER MAY NOT BE WITH YOU.

UH, LIKE SOME OF US STILL THINK OF THEM BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT US ON THIS EARTH.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY, UH, KEEP THEM IN MIND.

AND FINALLY, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, THE MISSOURI CITIES CHANGE CLUB, UH, WILL DONATE A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER OR THE, UH, THE CARE OF ANIMALS IN OUR CARE.

SO WE'LL BE, UH, UH, WORKING WITH THEM TO, UM, UH, INDICATE WHERE, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE, UH, SHOULD BE, UH, SENT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF, UH, UM, THE, UH, EXCHANGE CLUB, UH, REACHING OUT AND DOING THINGS FOR MISSOURI CITY.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT, UH, ENDS MY, UH, MY COMMENTS.

JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.

UM, I WANT TO THANK THE FIRE AND POA OR THEIR ATTENDANTS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT POA FOR THEY ATTENDANCE FOR THE SIENNA BARBECUE, UH, PHOTON EVENT.

I SAW THE TRUCK OUT THERE WITH THE FLAG THAT'S WAY UP THERE AND, AND INCLUDING THE VA POLICE DEPARTMENT POA, THEY WERE OUT THERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING, UH, PARTICIPATED, BUT THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD TURNAROUND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ONE OF THE THANK CEDRIC EGOS AND CHRISTA WRONG FOR YOUR HELP DURING THE RETREAT.

UM, I ATTENDED FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT I DID NOT GET TO ATTEND, UM, SATURDAY DUE TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION I HAD, BUT A GREAT SESSION IS WHAT, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT EVENT.

UH, WE CAN BEFORE, WHICH WAS MOTHER AND SON CHALLENGE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY, UM, KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR DOING THAT.

AND ALSO LAST WEEK, LAST WEEKEND, UH, LEAH GABRIELA, WHO'S A SINGER AS WELL AS, UH, ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, UM, SENIOR, UM, JOINED UP WITH HOW'S HOW'S DISTRICT, UM, REPRESENTED AROUND RENTALS TO GIVE OUT FREE GAS TO THE COMMUNITY OVER IN CHEVRON ALPHA CAR RIDE ROAD.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE TO IT, BUT I WENT BY THERE TO THANK HER ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WAS RESCINDED BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE DONE THIS EVENT ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT THEY CHOSE TO GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE MISSOURI CITY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN BIG MAMA'S COOKING THERE, UM, RIGHT ON HIGHWAY SIX.

SO PLEASE DO STOP BY VISIT WITH THEM NEXT WEEK.

UH, THIS COMING SATURDAY, WE HAVE OUR FIRE STATION SIX, UM, FILE OPENING AT 9:00 AM.

UM, SO HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS STAFF AND, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, THERE TO THAT FIRE STATION SIX AND THE OPENING OF THAT.

AND LASTLY, UM, WANT TO WISH ALL THE MOMS WHO ARE HERE IN STAFF AND ON COUNCIL AND AT HOME, UH, WONDERFUL, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

THIS WILL BE A FIRST FOR ME WITHOUT MY MOM.

I LOST MY MOM LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT, BUT I AM SEEING ALL THE OTHER MOMS AND WHAT THEY DO AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY HELPS TO ACHIEVE THAT.

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THAT'S ALL MY REPORT.

12:16 AM AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW WE CAN MEET INTO OPEN SESSION.

[13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

ITEM NUMBER 13.

UM, OKAY.

THE TIME IS

[14. RECONVENE]

SO THE COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? YES.

MA'AM.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT OF THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER, CHARLES JACKSON, IF CALLS THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.

SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE DIE.

SUPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY NO.

IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION TO CEDRIC CALL THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR UP TO 30 DAYS? SALARY ADJUSTMENT WITH AN INCREASE OF 20%.

I'LL SECOND THAT, OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PFIZER AND THAT SECOND CLASS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

SAY NO, WHAT'S YOUR KERRY'S SIX ONE.

UH, IS THERE ANOTHER MUCH? YES.

MAY.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT TO GIVE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZATION TO, UH, UTILIZE GOV HR TO RECRUIT AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER ALONG WITH HUMAN RESOURCES.

IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION TO SAY NO.

WELL SHE CARRIES SIX ONE BUSINESS.

I'M SORRY.

I KNOW I'VE MADE A MOTION FOR CITY MANAGER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER SHOULD HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER.

IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE ANOTHER MOTION.

I I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, THE CURRENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO, UH, UTILIZE, UH, DOVE HR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI STATE.

ALONG WITH HR ENGAGEMENT, PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACT ALREADY IN PLACE.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.