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[(a) Proclamation declaring May 15 - 21, 2022 as "Public Works Week&qu...]
ARE PASSIONATE TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY AS YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN LEADING THIS TEAM THAT IS READY TO SERVE THIS ASSET IN THEIR ABILITIES TO PICK THEMSELVES UP OFF THE GROUND AFFLUENT CONFLICT CHALLENGES, WHICH WE ALL WITNESSED DURING PRODUCTION.
ARE WE ALL THE RECENT MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE AWARD-WINNING REGIONAL SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BEHIND ME WAS RECENTLY EXPANDED.
IT USES THEY DIDN'T THE ARE EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE SUPERIOR DRINKING, WATER QUALITY, AND COST SAVINGS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, IMPROVING TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY AS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR A FAST-GROWING CITY.
THIS $8 MILLION A NIGHT ROAD EXPANSION PROJECT BEHIND ME IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS PLACED A HIGH PRIORITY ON THE REHABILITATION OF THE STRUCTURE, AND THAT'S A COUPLE OF FUNDING FOR THIS COST CITYWIDE.
OVER THE PAST YEAR ALONE, PUBLIC WORKS WAS COMPLETED OVER $2.5 MILLION IN SIDEWALK MCNAIR AND OVER $2 MILLION PER SPRINT REPAIR CITY.
ONE EXAMPLE IS LIKE THE PRODUCT BEHIND THIS LOVE.
IT WORKS, PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN KEEPING OUR STREETS CLEAN AND FREE OF DEBRIS.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT PROVIDING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALSO SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE OTHER SPEED.
FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE MOTTO OF MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS AS THE FIRST TO RESPOND AND THE LAST TO LEAVE THERE'S PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WAS TRULY THE FIRST RESPONSE AND THE LAST TO LEAVE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
IF WE CAN JUST GET YOU TO DO A VIDEO EVERY TIME, NOT JUST KIDDING.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IDA MAN, AND WE MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT VIDEO ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
THE OTHERS CAN SEE IT AS WELL.
[(b) Recognition of Maryana Guerrero for completing the Edgar Glover Jr. El...]
THREE.B IS RECOGNITION OF MARIANA GUERRERO FOR COMPLETING, FOR COMPLETING THE EDGAR GLOVER JR.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING MENTOR PROGRAM, AND ITEM C
[(c) Recognition of Rachael Susanick-Conegie, for dedication to the Edgar G...]
RECOGNITION OF RACHEL FOR DEDICATION TO AT GOOD GLOVER JR.ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING MENTOR PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BOTH PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
IT'D BE COUNCILMEMBER EDWARDS.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO, UM, PLEASE ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT, UM, SOMEONE THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
SO PLEASE CLAP AND SUPPORT HER AMONGST THE SPEECH THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT MARIANA HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND HER READING AND MENTOR PROGRAM THAT WE MEET ONCE A WEEK FOR 30 MINUTES, SOMETIMES THE TIME CALLED OVER, BUT SHE'S BEEN SUPER DEDICATED AND, UM, CONTINUOUS WHO EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, SHE WAS SUPER SHY.
DIDN'T REALLY TALK, UM, JUST REALLY KINDA IN HER SHELL.
AND SO AS THE WEEKS WENT ON, I SAW HER COME OUT MORE, GIVE ME HUGS, YOU KNOW, TELL ME ABOUT HER WEEKEND.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A MENTOR AND BEING SOMEONE THAT THE KIDS CAN LOOK UP TO AS A ROLE MODEL.
AND SO MARIANA IS LIVING PROOF OF THAT AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF HER.
SO WE LOOK PAST THEM, MY TEAM MARIANA, HI, MY NAME
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ISI'M IN FIFTH GRADE AT ELEMENTARY AND I TO FACE OFF AND HANG THEM ON MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I REALLY LIKED THIS MENTOR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT HELPED ME A LOT.
AND MY TEACHER SELF PROUD OF ME EITHER IN THIS PROGRAM CANNOT BE SHY ANYMORE.
I LIKE HOW MS. MARK KIND OF NICE.
I FEEL MUCH STRONGER THAN CONFIDENT IN.
SO AFTER COMPLETING THIS PROGRAM, I ALSO GOT KIND OF SAVES TIME WITH ME AND TOOK ME TO ALL MY PROGRAM AS WELL.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT HAVE GOT MARIANA.
AND SO ALSO WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PROGRAM IF WE DID NOT HAVE MS. RACHEL TO CONTINUE ON TO MAKE SURE WE COMMUNICATED WELL, IF WE HAD TO, TO HAVE INSIGHT ON OUR PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS, IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT NEXT YEAR BECAUSE MARIANA HAS FADED THAT NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO STILL BE CONNECTED.
SO I WILL BE HER MENTOR WHEN SHE GOES INTO THE SIXTH GRADE AND I'M JUST SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
AND SO I ALSO WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING MARIANNA CHALLENGED ME TO WHERE MY FIFTH GRADE SHIRT.
SO HERE I AM, THIS IS MY SHARK.
LITERALLY FROM THE FIFTH GRADE, YOU CAN SEE THE BLEACH THINGS HAVE MADE IT VERY VINTAGE.
SO, UM, I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE MARIANA AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR PICKING ME AS YOUR MENTOR.
SO, OH, I HAVE TWO CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.
RACHEL, YOU ARE FIRST IS RECOGNITION STATES.
THANK YOU, MS. RACHEL, FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO AGRICULTURE OVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING PROGRAM, MENTOR SHIP, YOUR PATIENTS AND COORDINATIONS WERE KEY AND CONNECTING MENTORS AND STUDENTS.
ALL RIGHT, MS. MARIANA, CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THE AGRICULTURE, VIRGINIA ELEMENTARIES OLD READING MENTOR PROGRAM AS A PHENOMENAL FIFTH GRADE STUDENT.
GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
HUMP COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANY RECEIVED ANY REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
WE DO HAVE ONE
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BRINGING IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVED THE THREE MINUTE BRUCE AT BROSKI 7, 9 1 5 CHANCEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE DOUBLE STANDARD OF MISSOURI CITIES, ESPECIALLY LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU THINK I'M A TERRORIST WHEN I WANT TO PRESENT MS. EDWARDS WITH AN AWARD, BUT THE MAYOR ALLOWS A VETERAN TO GIVE HIM A WARD AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M TIRED OF THE DOUBLE STANDARDS OF THIS CITY, PUTTING US WITH CREEKWAY CIRCLE WHERE THE MOST NEGLECTED PARTS OF MISSOURI CITY NOW ARE MONICA.
OUR, MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY NEVER VOTED FOR HER.
SO YOU PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT OUT BEFORE YOU HAD THE ELECTION FOR COUNCIL.
AND THIRD, WHY ARE WE WASTING MONEY? CITY MONEY ON CONSULTANTS FOR FREEDOM TREE PARK.
WE HAVE A PERFECTLY GOOD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHO COULD BUILD A FENCE AROUND THAT TREE, MAYBE HIRE A TREE SURGEON OR A TREE SERVICE COMPANY TO MAKE SURE NOTHING HAPPENS TO THAT TREE, BUT YOU WANT TO SPEND
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MONEY ON CONSULTANTS.WE DON'T NEED THIS NONSENSE AND MISSOURI CITY THAT FEE FOR CONSULTANTS COULD BE USED TO LOWER SENIOR TAXES AND MISSOURI CITY, WHICH THIS CITY COUNCIL HASN'T ADDRESSED SINCE THE MID 1980S.
THIS COUNCIL STARTED DOING THEIR JOB HARASSING CITY EMPLOYEES, AND WORST HARASSING ME.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF I WERE STAFF REPORTS FIVE,
[(a) An update on mobility and street re-construction projects and programs]
A AN UPDATE ON MOBILITY AND STREET.WE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TRASHY KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THERE IS A FAIRLY LARGE PRESENTATION ON STREETS AND MOBILITY HERE TODAY, BUT WE'LL START OFF WITH THE FIRST PART OF THE MOBILITY PRESENTATION, WHICH IS BY THE METRO TEAM THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO CALL THEM HERE AND INTRODUCE THEM AS WELL.
BOB FRY IS THE METRO BOARD MEMBER, MR. TOM LAMBERT, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AS WELL AS, UH, EDDIE, UH, MIRANDA, THE VICE PRESIDENTS OF METRO.
SO METRO WILL DO THIS PRESENTATION AND, UH, TODD AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH OTHER MOBILITY AND STREET UPDATES.
UH, I'M SURE YOU'VE SAVED THE HARD QUESTIONS FOR THE METRO TEAM AND TODD AND I WILL FOLLOW UP.
UH, MY LAST MEETING HERE, YOU ASKED SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD TO GO BACK AND GET ANSWERS FOR.
I WENT BACK, TALKED TO OUR EXPERTS AND WE ARE BACK TONIGHT TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
YOU HAD LAST MEETING AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO ED WATERMAN MIRANDA, WHO IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, UH, WHO HAS GONE THE BUSHES TO FIND OUT SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MURRAY MAYOR, MAYOR COUNCIL, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
AND AS MAYOR FRYE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HE CAME BEFORE YOU GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE AND YOU ALL HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
SO OUR HOPE IS TO, WE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE PRESENTATION TO TRY TO ANSWER AS MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF WE DON'T ANSWER THEM OR YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MR. LAMBERT, OUR CEO, MR. FRY, AND I WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
LIKE WE THOUGHT, WE'D START WITH A MAP OF OUR METRO SERVICE AREA.
THIS SHOWS OUR 1300 SQUARE MILES THAT WE SERVE IN PARTICULAR.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S IN ORANGE.
THAT IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE MULTI CITIES, BUT IT'S THESE SMALLER 14 CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THE METRO SERVICE AREA, WHICH INCLUDES MISSOURI CITY.
SEEMS TO BE SOME ISSUES WITH THE SLIDES, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, THE FIRST THING WE THOUGHT WE'D DISCUSS IS THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE PUBLIC, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN METRO, THE CITY OF HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY AND THE 14 AREA MUNICIPALITIES THAT PROVIDES MONEY FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS.
WE COLLECT THAT METRO 1 CENT SALES TAX AND UP TO 25% OF THAT ELIGIBLE SALES TAX REVENUES PUT INTO THE GMP FUND.
NOW IN TURN, THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STREETS AND ROADS, BRIDGES, AND GREAT SEPARATIONS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS, SIDEWALKS.
I CAN BIKE TRAILS, STREETLIGHTS DRAINAGE, AND LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER RELATED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION, FACILITIES, STREETS, ROADS, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS.
ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2019, THE VOTERS OF THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION APPROVED A REFERENDUM RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF METRO REGIONAL TRANSIT PLAN.
AND THAT REFERENDUM INCLUDED A CONTINUATION OF THE GMP THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 24.
NOW LOOKING AT THE GMP IN MISSOURI CITY, THE CURRENT GMP AGREEMENT BETWEEN MISSOURI CITY AND METRO PROVIDES MISSOURI CITY WITH 50% ON THE SALES TAX REVENUE GENERATED IN THE SERVICE AREA OR IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, THOSE REBATES ARE MADE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND SINCE METRO'S INCEPTION, MISSOURI CITY HAS RECEIVED $80.1 MILLION IN GMP FUNDS PRIOR TO 2018, WE DID WANT TO NOTE THE MISSOURI CITY LEADERSHIP REQUESTED THAT METRO SERVICES BE LIMITED TO METRO LIFT AND THE NEARBY PARKING RIGHTS.
IT WASN'T UNTIL 2018, THE MISSOURI CITY REQUESTED THAT WE ADD ADDITIONAL SERVICE.
AND EVEN THEN IT WAS LIMITED SERVICE THAT THEY WANTED, WHICH IS WHAT WE NOW REFER TO AS THE CURB TO CURB.
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UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THE CURB TO CURB STUFF ON THE GMP, UH, WE TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAPSHOT, CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GETTING IN RETURN FOR YOUR GMP DOLLARS? AND SO IN 2019 $8 MILLION WAS COLLECTED IN MISSOURI CITY BASED ON THE METRO SALES TAX.WE REBATED HALF OF THAT, WHICH IS $4 MILLION.
AND IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED 6.1 MILLION IN METRO SERVICES.
UM, IN 2021, WE'VE COLLECTED $10.3 MILLION.
WE REBATED 5.17 AND PROVIDED $6.8 MILLION IN MITCHELL SERVICE.
AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THE TITLES ARE A LITTLE OFF, BUT SALES TAX REVENUE FROM FYI 1994 IS LISTED ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
THIS LIST, EVERYTHING WE'VE COLLECTED SINCE 94 AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE REBATED BACK TO MISSOURI CITY STARTED STARTING IN 2000.
NOW WE TOOK A SNAPSHOT FROM 2000 BECAUSE PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT FOR THE GENERAL ABILITY AGREEMENT.
THE WAY IT USED TO WORK WAS THAT MISSOURI CITY WOULD SUBMIT A PROJECT TO MS. TO METRO.
WE WOULD APPROVE THE PROJECT FOR FUNDING ESSENTIALLY.
AND WE WOULD GIVE A PERCENTAGE OF THE GMP DOLLARS TO HELP FUND THAT PROJECT IN 2000 WAS WHEN THE MULTI-CITY IS KIND OF CAME TOGETHER.
THERE WAS AGREEMENTS MADE AND WE STARTED DOING A 50% RETURN REBATE INSTEAD OF A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, THE GMP.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF WHAT WE RETURNED FROM 2000 TO APRIL OF 2022.
NEXT SLIDE, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT AS IT STANDS TODAY, EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2025, AN EXTENSION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE GMP AGREEMENT BETWEEN METRO AND MISSOURI CITY, UM, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2019 REFERENDUM IS STILL PENDING.
SO MISSOURI CITY HAS NOT SIGNED THAT AGREEMENT AS OF YET, THAT WOULD CARRY THE GMP THROUGH 2014.
AND WE DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THE, THIS SAME AGREEMENT IS HELD BY HUMBLE KATIE, MISSOURI CITY AS WELL, BEL AIR HEDWIG VILLAGE WEST U SPRING VALLEY HUNTER STREET VILLAGE IN SOUTH SIDE PLACE.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO TO CURB TO CURB, CAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG DISCUSSION POINT.
UM, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR AND I DO APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THESE SLIDES ARE NOT LINING UP, BUT THEY LINED UP ON MY COMPUTER.
UM, THE CURB TO CURB SERVICE IS A SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT PICKS YOU UP AT YOUR DOOR AND TAKES YOU ANYWHERE WITHIN A SPECIFIC SQUARE MILE RADIUS, AND ALSO CONNECTS YOU TO SOME ANCHOR POINTS, USUALLY A PARK AND RIDE FACILITY THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO ENGAGE AND REACH OUT TO THE GREATER SYSTEM THAT METRO PROVIDES.
UM, IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM THAT WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
UM, AND IT'S PARTICULARLY GREAT FOR AREAS THAT STREETS ARE NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR US TO BRING OUR LARGE BUSES INTO WE DON'T DAMAGE THE STREETS, BUT WE CAN STILL SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS.
BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE CURB TO CURB IN APRIL OF 2018, MISSOURI CITY AND THE METRO BOARD REVIEWED AND APPROVED A COMMUNITY CONNECTOR CONCEPT.
THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO CALL IT.
COMMUNITY CONNECTOR IN JUNE OF 2018, METRO BOARD APPROVED AN INCLUSION OF THE 360 3 MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY CONNECTOR FOR OUR AUGUST, 2018 SERVICE CHANGE IN AUGUST OF 2018, MISSOURI CITY REQUESTED IMPLEMENTATION OF A MODIFIED COMMUNITY CONNECTOR ZONE AS PHASE ONE AND EXPANSION OF THE SERVICE PLAN TO INCLUDE AN ENTIRETY OF MISSOURI CITY AS PHASE TWO.
SO RIGHT AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO ROLL OUT PHASE ONE, WE GOT A REQUEST, HEY, CAN YOU ALSO REACH THESE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY? AND SO WE CREATED THIS PHASE TWO, UM, IN AUGUST OF 2018, WE IMPLEMENTED PHASE ONE AND OCTOBER, 2018.
AND THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, WE EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATED THOSE TO PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO INTO ONE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR THAT WE NOW REFER TO AS CURB TO CURB.
AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS INTO THAT.
ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE TWO MAPS ON YOURS? JUST THAT, YEAH.
UM, WELL ONE MORE YOU DON'T MIND.
I'M GOING TO USE THIS MAP TO TRY TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WAS GOING TO SHOW.
SO PHASE ONE IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE PURPLE MAP AND THE PURPLE COLOR ON THE MAP.
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WAS WHAT WE STARTED OUT WITH.UM, AND THEN THAT HAD A, ABOUT FIVE OR SIX SQUARE MILE RADIUS.
YOU CALL, IT WOULD PICK YOU UP AT YOUR HOUSE.
IT WOULD TAKE YOU ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT PURPLE ZONE, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE ANCHOR POINTS.
SO YOU COULD GET INTO THE GREATER SYSTEM, OR YOU COULD SET UP A KIND OF EVERYDAY APPOINTMENT OR MONTHLY APPOINTMENT.
IF YOU HAVE A MONTHLY VISIT WITH THE DOCTOR, WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU COULD SET IT UP CALL ONE TIME AND THEY WOULD COME AND PICK YOU UP EVERY MONTH.
THEN WE CREATED PHASE TWO, WHICH IS WHAT'S IN GREEN PHASE, TWO, WORKED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
YOU HAD SIX STOPS ALONG THE WAY.
AND THEN IT DEVIATED IF IT NEEDED TO WITHIN THAT SQUARE, THAT GREEN AREA TO GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GET.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY KIND OF DEFERRED THAT.
AND THEY KIND OF OVERLAPPED A LITTLE BIT AT AND OPERATED FRANKLY, WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR OUR WRITERS.
THIS MAP HERE IS KIND OF A HEAT MAP.
UM, BUT WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS THE BOARDINGS THAT WE OBSERVED BETWEEN OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2018.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN WHAT SHOULD BE PURPLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF RED DOTS AND THEY'RE LARGE RED DOTS.
THAT MEANS THERE'S A LARGE, LARGE NUMBER OF BOARDINGS.
YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE SECOND MAP ON THE GREEN MAP, UH, BLUE DOTS, BUT THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER AND FAR FEWER IN BETWEEN WHAT THAT SHOWED US AS WE WERE EVALUATING IT IS THAT THE GREEN SYSTEM, THE GREEN PHASE TWO WAS RUNNING AND EFFICIENT.
VERY FEW PEOPLE WERE RIDING THE GREEN PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR.
AND SO AFTER SOME EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS WE DIDN'T GET RID OF ONE OR THE OTHER.
WE ACTUALLY MORPHED THEM AND KIND OF PUT THEM TOGETHER.
TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS THIS MAP.
WE BROUGHT THE TWO ZONES TOGETHER.
WE ADDED ONE OR TWO BUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY SERVICE.
SO THERE WAS NO DROP OFF IN SERVICE, BUT IT, IT REDUCED THE CONFUSION FOR OUR RIDERS AND YOUR CITIZENS, BUT IT ALSO MADE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING AN EFFICIENT, HIGH QUALITY SERVICE.
AND THIS WILL SHOW YOU SOME RIDERSHIP.
UH, THE BLUE ONE IS PHASE ONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN LINE WAS ALWAYS UNDERPERFORMING THE BLUE LINE.
UM, AND WHEN WE STOPPED IN ABOUT FEBRUARY 20, UM, THE BLUE LINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PERIOD OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH WE SAW RIDERSHIP DROP ACROSS OUR ENTIRE REGION, THE BLUE OR PHASE ONE HAS CONTINUED TO RISE AND UPTICK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME AND IS TO NOW ABOUT 200 4250 WRITERS A DAY THAT WE TRANSPORT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, WHY DID WE CHANGE IT FROM COMMUNITY CONNECTOR TO CURB, TO CURB? AND WHY DID WE GET AWAY FROM THE REP THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY DONE, WHICH HAD A MISSOURI CITY SPECIFIC REP ON OUR BUSES.
SO LATE LAST YEAR, METRO LAUNCHED AN APP.
IT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF OUR WRITERS AND ALSO OUR ATTEMPTS TO KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO UBER OR LYFT.
YOU GO ON YOUR PHONE, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE VEHICLE DRIVING AROUND ON A MAP.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S GOING TO ARRIVE TO PICK YOU UP SINCE THAT, UM, APP WAS CALLED CURB TO CURB, IN ORDER TO ASSOCIATE THE APP WITH THE BUS SERVICE, WE CHANGED THE NAME TO, FROM COMMUNITY CONNECTOR TO CURB, TO CURB.
NOW I WILL SAY, IT'S, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB.
AND I'M LOOKING AT COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT BONY, CAUSE I KNOW, BROUGHT IT UP.
AND IF WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF INFORMING YOU ALL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE, I'LL TAKE OWNERSHIP, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY.
WE SHOULD'VE DONE A BETTER JOB AND WE WILL DO SO MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ALL MAY NEED CHANGES THAT, UH, SHOULD BE COMING UP.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT THE REP WHEN WE STARTED, WE HAD MISSOURI CITY SPECIFIC RAP ON THE BUS, SO IT WAS EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.
WHAT HAPPENED OVER TIME? WHAT WE NOTICED, UM, IT BECAME A KIND OF AN ISSUE FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT FOR US AT METRO WHEN WE HAD TO PULL A BUS DUE TO MAINTENANCE ISSUES, OR BECAUSE WE HAD TO SEND SOMETHING TO GET AN INSPECTION STICKER OR REGISTRATION STICKER, WE DIDN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL BUSES WRAPPED IN A MISSOURI CITY REP TO BACKFILL IT.
AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE A BUS THAT'S NOT WRAPPED IN MISSOURI CITY RUNNING AROUND THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, ROUTE CONFUSING OUR, OUR WRITERS.
AND SO IN ADDITION TO, IN ORDER TO KIND OF RESOLVE THAT AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO OTHER CURB TO CURB SITES IN OUR REGION, UH, WE WENT TO A MORE GENERIC CURB TO CURB REP AND IT ENABLES US IF WE EVER HAVE TO PULL A BUS FROM MISSOURI CITY, WE CAN PULL A BUS FROM ANOTHER
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AREA OR WE HAVE BUSES READY TO BACKFILL.SO THERE'S NO DIMINISHED SERVICE TO YOUR CITIZENS.
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF INFORMING YOU ALL THAT THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN AND WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB INFORMING THE CITIZENS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
WE'LL DO BETTER MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PROVIDED AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE IT W THERE WAS SOME REASONING BEHIND IT.
UM, THIS SUPPOSED TO THE HEADLINE HERE IS SUPPOSED TO SAY MARKETING EFFORTS.
AND SO WHILE WE MAY, AND I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER IN MARKETING THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR.
WHEN WE STARTED THESE EFFORTS, WE DID PUT SOME EFFORT INTO MARKETING THESE THINGS AND INCLUDES SIGNAGE THAT WE INSTALLED HERE AT CITY HALL COMPLEX AND COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS AT THE REC CENTER AND TENNIS CENTER.
WE DELIVERED FLYERS TO CITY HALL FOR PUBLIC USE AS WELL AS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO USE.
UH, AND WE WORK WITH THE MISSOURI CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AT THAT TIME TO ADVERTISE THE SERVICE IN THE NEWSLETTERS.
SO WHILE AGAIN, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB AND WE'RE OPEN TO MEETING WITH YOU ALL AND TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ADVERTISE IT.
UM, THERE WERE SOME EFFORTS DONE WHEN WE STARTED THE SERVICE TO MARKET IT.
WE DID WANT TO JUST MENTION A COUPLE OTHER SERVICES THAT CLEARLY YOUR CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO IT AS BEING PART OF THE METRO SERVICE AREA.
METRO LIFT BEING A BIG ONE, IT'S A PARATRANSIT SERVICE.
YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A MEDICAL EVALUATION TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO USE THE REGULAR METRO SERVICE ON YOUR OWN.
UM, BUT ONCE YOU GET APPROVED, YOU NOT ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO METRO LYFT, BUT YOU HAVE FREE ACCESS IF YOU'RE EVER ABLE TO, TO USE THE BUS AND LIGHT RAIL FOR FREE NEXT SLIDE.
YEAH, OF COURSE, HAVE TO PARK AND RIDES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY AREA.
THE ONE MISSOURI CITY NEAR HIGHWAY SIX IS NEAR TO KROGER.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THAT MISSOURI CITY AND BELTWAY EIGHT IS ALSO A PARK AND RIDE THAT MANY OF OUR CITIZENS USE TO GET ACCESS TO THE GREATER SYSTEM.
AND THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE GREATER REGION, INCLUDING OUR LOCAL BUS SERVICE, WHICH HAS REDESIGNED COMPLETELY.
IN 2015, WE MANAGE THE MAJORITY OF THE HOV HOT LANES IN THE REGION.
OUR METRO RAIL SERVICE, WHICH OPERATES THREE RAIL LINES.
AND OUR RED LINE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING RAIL LINES IN THE COUNTRY.
OUR METRO RAPID SERVICE, WHICH IS FAIRLY NEW SERVICE.
WE RUN IN THE GALLERIA AREA THAT IS SIMILAR TO LIGHT RAIL, BUT IT'S USING BUSES AND A DEDICATED LANE.
UH, METRO STAR VANPOOL SERVICE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE COMMUTING TO DOWNTOWN OR THE MEDICAL CENTER ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY CAN GET TOGETHER, USE ONE OF THESE VANS AND COMMUTE TOGETHER.
SO THEY'RE NOT ALL USING GASOLINE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE DURING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ISSUES, HURRICANES FLOODING, EVENTS, FREEZES.
UM, I KNOW I PERSONALLY GOT CALLS FROM PREVIOUS MAYORS ASKING US TO HELP TRANSPORT PEOPLE OUT OF FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING AND HAPPY TO COME TO ASSIST.
AND OF COURSE WE PROVIDE A MOVE PEOPLE DURING SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE REGION.
UH, JUST TWO MORE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION.
UH, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT REFERENDUM THAT PASSED IN 2019 IS A $7.5 BILLION PLAN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
IT WAS APPROVED BY 70% OF THE VOTERS IN THE METRO SERVICE AREA AND NORTH OF 70% OF MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS VOTED FOR THIS, UH, REFERENDUM.
AND WHILE I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROJECTS, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT WHAT YOUR CITIZENS CAN EXPECT TO SEE, UH, FOR THEIR METRO DOLLARS, IF YOU WILL, UH, IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO.
UM, THERE ARE PLANS TO IMPROVE OUR TRANSIT SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT, UH, JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO BE AWARE THAT OUR LEASE AT THE CURRENT PARKING, RIGHT, THAT'S NEAR THE KROGER ON HIGHWAY SIX AND FOUR, BEN PARKWAY HAS TERMINATED.
AND SO WE DID DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO TRY TO SECURE A LONG-TERM CAPITAL LEASE, APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS, WORKING WITH SOME KIND OF PRIVATE BUSINESS TO CREATE A 1700, UH, COVERED IN STRUCTURED PARKING SPACES AND, UH, A FACILITY THAT WE COULD USE DURING THE WEEK FOR PARKING RIDE.
AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN USE TO PARK AND GO TO ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING, UH,
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THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN AND WE'LL BE SURE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND BRIEF YOU, UH, WHAT, WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT REVIEW? I THINK THAT SHOULD INCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS LISTED HERE.
JOSE POLITO IS MY COLLEAGUE WHO DOES GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WITH ME.
YOU CAN REACH EITHER ONE OF US AND WE'LL, WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
WE'LL, WE'LL TRACK IT DOWN AND GET IT FOR YOU BEFORE WE GO ASK QUESTIONS.
CHACHI, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? YOU HAVE, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT WITH THESE GUYS.
UM, I THINK, AND FINISH THE METRO PRESENTATION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AFTER THAT WE HAVE THE GENERAL STREET AND MOBILITY PROJECTS, UH, PRESENTATION IS ABOUT, SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO FINISH THE METRO PART OF IT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE REST OF, OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN CHATTING WITH YOU GUYS SINCE I GOT ON COUNCIL AND YOU MADE A, YOU MADE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON.
YOU SAID PRIOR TO 2018, THAT CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED, OR THE LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME REQUESTED LIMITED SERVICE, THAT ONLY WAS LIMITED TO PARK AND RIDE AND METRO LYFT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THAT CALL, UH, BUT GOING TO 2018, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND OF COURSE MET WITH YOU ALL AND HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, AND YOU SAID CITY LEADERSHIP REQUESTED LIMITED SERVICE FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE DIDN'T REQUEST LIMITED SERVICE.
WE WERE PRACTICALLY TOLD BY METRO LEADERSHIP, WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO OFFER, UH, WHAT YOU WERE PLANNING TO OFFER.
WHAT WE, WHAT WE DID SAY IS WE DIDN'T WANT BUSES FULL BUSES GOING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THOSE TWO PROGRAMS, THE FIXED ROUTE, UH, WHICH YOU'RE CALLING NOW PHASE TWO, WHICH IT REALLY WASN'T PHASE TWO.
IT WAS TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS, THE FIXED ROUTE SERVICE, WHICH WAS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CITY, BUT ALL THE WAY DOWN HIGHWAY SIX AND TEXAS PARKWAY.
AND IT HAD CERTAIN STOPS THAT IT MADE ON A SEVEN DAY, A WEEK BASIS.
AND THEN IT WAS THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, WHICH WAS LIMITED.
AND YOU CALL THAT WAS CALLED PHASE ONE.
I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU KEEP MENTIONING THAT YOU HAD A PHASE TWO, BUT THERE NEVER WAS A TRUE PHASE, TWO OR THREE THAT CAME AFTER THAT PHASE ONE PROJECT AFTER ONE YEAR, YOU ALL CAME BEFORE YOU CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, AND STATED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE CONSOLIDATING THE FIXED ROUTE INTO THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR AND HAVING ONE SERVICE.
OF COURSE, AT THAT TIME, MY CONCERN AND COMPLAINT WAS THAT A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ARGUED THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T RIDING THE FIXED ROUTE.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU GUYS BEEN DOING TO COMMUNICATE AND MARKET THIS? AND IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO TRUE EFFORT TO MARKET ANY OF THESE SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS.
AND SO, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WRITTEN IF THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT ANYWAY, FAST FORWARD, WE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WHEN YOU MADE THE PRESENTATION THAT DAY ABOUT BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, BEING SOMETHING, UM, BEING LOOKED AT AT MISSOURI IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, BECAUSE OF COURSE, INITIALLY THE REASON THAT WE GOT INTO, WELL, THE CITIZENS VOTED FOR US TO GET A METRO THEN IS THE FUTURE OF, OF RAIL IN MISSOURI CITY, WHICH DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED ABOUT HOW MUCH IS BEING SPENT ON SERVICES HERE AND HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE GIVE, I LOOKED AT THE SALES TAX REVENUE, BUT EVEN IN LOOKING AT THE SALES TAX REVENUE FROM FISCAL YEAR 94, UH, AND THERE WAS MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU TAKE THE MONEY FROM 94 TO 2018, WHEN THIS, THESE NEW SERVICES WERE BEING OFFERED AS WELL, OVER A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAS GIVEN METRO.
AND YOU ALSO INDICATED EARLIER THAT IN THE PAST, OR PRIOR TO 2018 OR WHATNOT, THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PRESENTED.
AND I MEAN, THE CITY WOULD PRESENT TO METRO AND YOU ALL WOULD FUND THOSE.
I'D LIKE TO GET THOSE, I GUESS, SPECIFIC FIGURES AS TO WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WERE.
UH, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE ABOUT 6.1 MILLION IN 2019 AND 6.8 IN 2022 IS WHAT'S PROJECTED 21, 21, EXCUSE ME, IN 2021.
BUT THOSE ARE JUST NUMBERS TO ME.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION TO EXPLAIN WHERE YOU GOT THOSE FIGURES AND NUMBERS FOR, BECAUSE OUR SALES TAXES ARE CONSTANTLY INCREASING, UH, AS YOU SAW.
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OF COURSE WE'RE BEING REBATED, UH, YOU KNOW, HALF OF THAT SIN, WHICH CAN ONLY GO TO MOBILITY PROJECTS, MOBILITY RELATED PROJECTS.SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE QUICK POINTS, UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, TALK TO THEM.
UM, ONE, UM, I WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT YOU ALL ELIMINATED, YOU CALL IT CONSOLIDATED, YOU ELIMINATED THE FIXED ROUTE OPTION.
THERE WERE TWO S TWO PROJECTS PROGRAMS THAT WE AGREED TO WHEN WE FIRST MET IN 2018 AND THAT WE SIGNED OFF ON, AND ONE OF THOSE WAS COMPLETELY ELIMINATED AND YOU CALL IT CONSOLIDATION.
UM, THE PHASE TWO AND THE PHASE THREE THERE'S, UH, NO EXPANSION OF SERVICE TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, SO WE'RE TECHNICALLY STILL AT PHASE ONE ONLY, UH, STILL NO, UM, LIMITED TO NO MARKETING.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT CURB TO CURB AND THE WRAP VEHICLES.
UH, AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE STATUS OF BUS, RAPID TRANSIT AND ANY OTHER SERVICES.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT A PARKING GARAGE AND FORT BEING TOWN CENTER THREE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION PAST THIS MEETING TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THESE, THESE FIGURES THAT ARE BEING THROWN OUT TO US TODAY, I APPRECIATE IT, MR. MAYOR, TIM, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO LET EDDIE STAND AND SAY, HE'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
I AM THE PRESIDENT CEO OF METRO.
SO MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING OUR COMMITMENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND VISIT WITH YOU.
I WOULD TALK ABOUT THE METRO NEXT PLAN, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT BUS, RAPID TRANSIT BEING EXPANDED.
PART OF THAT PLAN IS A REGIONAL EXPRESS BUS ON 98 COMING OUT TO MISSOURI CITY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUS, RAPID TRANSIT GOING ALL THE WAY FROM MISSOURI CITY, ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TO LITTLE YARD PARKING LOT.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THAT PROJECT I'D LIKE TO COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT AS WELL.
SO, UH, WHERE THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO BETTER, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO, UH, I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING, PERHAPS IT'S ON OUR PART AND I'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, WHERE THERE WAS A PLAN THAT STARTED AS COMMUNITY CONNECTOR BACK IN 2018, THERE WAS A DEVIATED ROUTE, WHICH WAS THE PHASE TWO THAT STARTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE CONNECTOR.
UH, AGAIN, IF WE DID NOT DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF EXPLAINING THAT WE WERE GOING TO INTEGRATE THE TWO SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, I ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT DYNAMIC IN THE FUTURE AND WE'LL COME BACK AND MAKE SURE WE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THE FUNDING.
IF YOU GO BACK HISTORICALLY, AND I'VE BEEN AT METRO 43 YEARS, SO THIS IS MY 43RD YEAR AT METRO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM, IT HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME.
THERE WAS ONE POINT IN TIME THAT THE MULTI CITIES HAD TO GO BACK TO HARRIS COUNTY, AS I RECALL TO GET APPROVED FOR PROJECTS, BUT THAT PROBABLY GOES BACK 20 YEARS AGO.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UH, MR. MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TIM WE'LL COME BACK AND REALLY GIVE A HISTORY OF HOW THAT PROGRAM GOT STARTED, WHAT THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES WERE, AND WE'LL ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, FUNDING UNDER THAT CATEGORY.
I HAVE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS.
SO HE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
SO YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE METRO.
SO TO ANSWER ONE OF HIS QUESTIONS, ARE YOU AWARE THAT HE SAID, WELL, YOU SAID YOU CONSOLIDATED IT, BUT HE SAID THAT YOU ELIMINATED, WE DID NOT ELIMINATE ANY SERVICE THERE, BUT WHERE DID THE TWO BUSES GO? PARDON ME? WHERE DID THE TWO? WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY, AND AGAIN, THE SERVICE AREA WITHIN MISSOURI CITY WAS CONTINUED TO BE COVERED UNDER A DIFFERENT SERVICE LEVEL.
NO VEHICLES WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM MISSOURI CITY.
THE COVERAGE AREA WAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF DELIVERING THAT SERVICE.
THE PHASE TWO IN THE GREEN AREA, YOU SAW ON THE MAP WAS A DELINEATED SERVICE WHERE YOU COULD STAY ON THE ROUTE, OR YOU COULD DEVIATE OFF OF THE ROUTE ABOUT A HALF MILE TO PICK PEOPLE UP.
WE SAW VERY LIMITED UTILIZATION THAT SERVICE.
WE SAW AN IMPROVEMENT OF HOW WE COULD DO AN APP TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS.
AND YOU SAW A SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE DIFFERENCE IN RIDERSHIP.
SO THERE WAS A CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES.
THERE WAS AN INTEGRATION OF SERVICES.
THERE WAS A DIFFERENT SERVICE APPROACH, BUT THERE WAS NO FEWER BUSES.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY MORE CURB TO CURB VEHICLES TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO THEY, IT MAY BE A MISINTERPRETATION.
UM, SOMEHOW WE'RE NOT CONNECTING ON WHAT THE REALITY OF WHAT THAT SERVICE LEVEL WAS.
SO I'D LOVE TO SPEND MORE TIME TO WALK THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
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PHASE TWO PHASE THREE, ALL THIS STUFF IS I ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION.WERE THERE TWO SERVICES THAT WAS PROVIDED IN MISSOURI CITY? AND TODAY, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT FROM THEIR APPROACH, TIM'S QUESTION IS WE ONLY HAVE YOU HAVE A CURB TO CURB SERVICE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE SERVICE TODAY, MISSOURI CDS CARVED DRUG.
AND MY QUESTION WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER.
THEY WERE CONSOLIDATED TO MAXIMIZE AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND SERVICE AND CUSTOMER.
UM, HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYBODY? HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THAT WITH CITY COUNCIL? THEY'VE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? APPARENTLY WE DID NOT MIRROR AND I APOLOGIZE.
UH, HE WAS HERE LAST TIME AND I SPOKE WITH HIM AT MIRA.
SO THE OTHER QUESTION IS, SO OUR CITIZENS FOR SOME TIME, THE WAY THAT I'M FOLLOWING UP FROM BASICALLY WHAT HE'S ASKING, HAD THESE WRAPS WITH USERS, CITY WRAPS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WENT AWAY NOW IT'S CURB TO CURB, RIGHT? WAS THAT COMMUNICATED TO THE CITY? I DON'T THINK IT WAS, UM, WHEN YOU PUT THE NEW CURB TO CURB OUT THERE.
SO THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION TO EVEN THE CITY ADMIN TEAM.
DO YOU NOT? AND WHEN THIS CURB TO CURB TO CURB PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT IN, THEY USED TO BE THE SERVICES USED TO COME TO THE CITY CENTER AS WELL.
NOW I'M TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PICKUP BECAUSE THEY USED TO HAVE A BANNER, THIS SITTING, THEY CAN STILL COME TO COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY CAN BE PICKED UP AT HOME.
WELL, I'M TOLD THAT THAT IS NOT WELL, I'M NOT GIVE ME THE FACTS AND I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT ANYWHERE WITHIN THE ZONE PROVIDED THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE WITHIN THE ZONE.
AND SO, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION HERE IS, SO WHEN YOU SAID, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED, THE RIDERSHIP TOLD YOU, OR RIDERSHIP SAID, YOU KNOW, CONSOLIDATION IS NEEDED BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP ON DOWN, YOU KNOW, ON BOARD, UH, HOW DID YOU GET THAT TO BE, YOU DO A SURVEY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY IS YOU SAID IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU GOT THE, THE RIDER SHIP IS WHAT WE HOLD YOU.
AND SO I'M ASKING, HOW DO THEY TELL YOU? I MEAN, DID THEY, DID THEY, DID YOU DO A SURVEY TO FIND OUT NO, WE HAVE COUNTERS ON THE VEHICLES THAT COUNT THE BOARDINGS.
AND SO WE CAN CA WE CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOARDED THE VEHICLE ON A DAILY BASIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, UM, CLEARLY THE GREEN WAS WAY UNDERPERFORMING THE BLUE.
AND SO IT TOLD US THAT WE WEREN'T RUNNING AN EFFICIENT SERVICE, THAT NOBODY WAS WRITING IT.
AND SO WE WERE RUNNING BUSES FOR VERY FEW PEOPLE.
AND SO WE TRIED TO RESOLVE THAT BY INTEGRATING THE TWO TOGETHER.
I THINK I USED THE WORD MORE, BUT INTEGRATING IS PROBABLY A BETTER WORD, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL SERVICING THE AREA THAT WE WANTED TO, WE ADDED BUSES AND MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL GETTING HIGH QUALITY SERVICE, BUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE CALCULATED THE RIDERSHIP, IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH COUNTING OF PEOPLE.
ANYBODY ELSE? THE QUESTION A COUPLE OF QUICK.
UH, CAN YOU, UH, EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THE PARKING, RIGHT WHERE KROGER IS THERE AND HE WENT ON INTO THE PLANS FOR A PARKING RIDE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ON MY LAST SLIDE, BUT IF, AS I MENTIONED, OUR LEASE EXPIRED THERE.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW LOCATION IN THAT SAME VICINITY TO BUILD A MORE STRUCTURED PARKING FACILITY THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 1700 VEHICLES OR SO THAT WE CAN USE ON A, DURING THE WEEK FOR PARK AND RIDE.
AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A MOVIE THEATER NEARBY, PEOPLE NEED A PARK.
IF THERE'S AN EVENT NEARBY, PEOPLE CAN PARK THERE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PRIVATE PARTNER TO HELP US BUILD THAT FACILITY.
UM, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THOSE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS THAT CAME IN.
AND AS WE SPEAK TODAY, FROM THE TIME THAT YOU, YOU SAY, YOU'RE LOSING YOUR LEASE THERE TOO, YOU HAVE THIS NEW FACILITY BILL, BUT ARE THE WRITERS THAT WERE USING THAT PARK AND RIDE SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND SO WHAT'S THE TIME THEY'RE STILL USING IT.
UM, EVEN THOUGH OUR LEASE HAS EXPIRED, WE WERE STILL WORKING WITH THE CURRENT PROPERTY HOLDER TO ENABLE THE WRITERS TO USE IT.
SO NOBODY'S MISSING ANY KIND OF SERVICE OR ANY CONSTRUCTION? NO, SIR.
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SIR.AGAIN, AS A MACRO TIM MENTIONED, UH, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT, UH, YOU FUNCTIONALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, ABLE TO COME OUT AND, UH, GIVE US SOME DETAIL, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT $80 MILLION THAT YOU SPENT IN MISSOURI CITY, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE ASKED HER, I'VE ASKED ANYWAY, SEVERAL TIMES FOR WHAT'S THE DETAIL OF THAT 80 MILLION.
I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENT SPENDING BY PROVIDING YOU, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, THE A HALF PERCENT, UH, OF THE, UH, OR HALF OF THE, UH, THE SALES FACTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANY BUSINESS CALCULATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
SO HELP US WITH HOW WE CAN EXPLAIN TO OUR CITIZENS THAT YES, WE'RE GIVING METRO, YOU KNOW, THIS FIXED AMOUNT EACH MONTH, WELL, NOT FIXED, BUT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON SALES TAX, BUT WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE RECEIVING IN RETURN? SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL TO, UH, TO HELP US, UM, UH, EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING NOT PROVIDING, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PERVERTING ARE, ARE GIVING YOU A PORTION OF OUR SALES TAX, RIGHT? AND, AND THE $80 MILLION THAT I REFERENCED IS ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE REBATED BACK TO MISSOURI CITY FOR YOU ALL TO USE AS ONE OF THOSE MOBILITY OPTIONS.
UM, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK IN THOSE TWO, THERE WAS A SLIDE THERE WHERE IT BROKE DOWN THE TWO YEARS.
SO YOU RECEIVE 50%, BUT IN ADDITION, YOU ALSO RECEIVE OUR SERVICES AND IN, IN A SNAPSHOT 2019, UM, THERE YOU GO, THERE WAS 4 MILLION REBATED FROM THE 8 MILLION WE COLLECTED.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE PROVIDED $6.1 MILLION IN SERVICES.
IN THAT YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PARKING RIDE AND METRO LIFT SERVICES.
UH, 2020 DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THE NUMBERS WERE ALL SKEWED, BUT IN 20 21, 10 0.3 MILLION WAS COLLECTED.
WE PROVIDED A REBATE OF 5.1, 7 MILLION, AND THEN YOU PROVIDE, WE PROVIDED $6.8 MILLION IN METRO SERVICES, WHICH WOULD FOR METRO LYFT PARK AND RIDE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR.
IF YOU COULD HELP US, HELP ME OUT WITH THIS, THE DETAIL OF THAT 6.1 MILLION IN THE 6.8 MILLION, OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A SPREADSHEET.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING A REVENUE STREAM FOR YOU FOLKS.
AND, UH, YOU'RE TELLING US, YOU'RE GIVING US, YOU KNOW, THIS AMOUNT OF SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL TO, UH, UH, FOR US TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CITIZENS WHAT SERVICES WHERE WE'RE GETTING, WE'LL DO, UM, UH, CURB TO CURB.
UH, LAST TIME I LOOKED, I THINK YOU ARE, I'VE TALKED.
I'M NOT SURE IF I COMMUNICATED WITH YOU, BUT ALL OF MISSOURI CITY IS NOT COVERED UNDER CURB THE CURB.
SO EXPLAIN WHY, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT THIS SERVICE PHARMACY OR A CITY YOU'RE EXCLUDING PRETTY MUCH THE SOUTH END OF THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHER POPULATED AREAS RIGHT NOW.
SO IS THERE, IS THERE SOME REASON, OR WHAT'S THE RATIONALE WITH ONLY PROVIDING PARTIAL SERVICES? THE REALITY IS COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THE MAYOR AT THE TIME TOLD US THIS IS THE KIND OF SERVICE WE WANT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THIS KIND OF CURB TO CURB, COMMUNITY CONNECTOR, UH, THE MAYOR, WHAT TIME THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYOR IN 2018.
UM, I WANT TO RESPOND AS WELL.
I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND I'LL BE VERY UPFRONT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE DRIVERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE MECHANICS, THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW, AS WE ROLL OUT THE METRO NEXT PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THE CURB TO CURB PROGRAM IN THE REGION.
IT'LL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT WHAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I THINK AS EVERYBODY SEES THE PANDEMIC COMING TO HOPEFULLY A CLOSURE, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ROLL OUT THE PLAN.
THE VOTERS APPROVE, AS EDDIE MENTIONED BY ALMOST 70% APPROVAL TO BEGIN TO MAKE THOSE TRAVEL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMING YEARS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE SERVICES WE'RE DELIVERING TODAY AND WHAT WE CAN DO TOMORROW AS WELL.
SO MORE OPPORTUNITIES FROM THERE.
SO THE CURB TO CURB WILL STAY IN THE, UH, THE, UH, UH, DEFINED AREAS.
IT MAY EXPAND, BUT I'M NOT READY TO SAY THAT THIS EVENING, I WILL TELL YOU
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TODAY, WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT BACK OUR NORMAL SERVICES BACK TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL.WE'RE BEGINNING TO RESTORE THAT SERVICE, BUT THE CHALLENGE WE'RE SEEING IN THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET RIGHT NOW IS NOT HAVING ENOUGH DRIVERS TO RESTORE SERVICE, NOT HAVING ENOUGH MECHANICS TO MAINTAIN THE FLEET THAT IT TAKES TO RESTORE THAT SERVICE.
BUT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE COMING OUT OF THAT.
AND AS WE SEE THAT TRANSITION AND THAT CHANGE, WE'LL LOOK TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE AREA, WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES THAT WE GROW ANY PROJECTION OF WINDOW, SIR.
I DO NOT HAVE OUR PROJECTION AT ALL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. LAMBERT? YES, SIR.
APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO WE DID A RIDE ALONG COUNCIL'S INVITED VERY GOOD, VERY INFORMATIVE, BUT IT TOOK THAT LONG TO GET THIS INFORMATION BACK.
SO JUST A POINT OF NOTE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THAT TOUR WERE, UM, BRANDING, MARKETING, IMPROVING THE VISIBILITY AT SOME OF THE DROP SPOTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION WHEN WE ALL COME BACK.
THE ONE DROP SPOT OF CONCERN FOR ME IS THE WALMART AT THE 1500 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY SIX.
SO THERE'S A SMALL BENCH AND A VERY LITTLE SIGN.
I THINK IF METRO INVESTED IN BETTER SIGNAGE, WE PROMOTED THE CURB TO CURB OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE CALLING IT TODAY THAT IF PEOPLE SAW IT MORE, THE RIDERSHIP INCREASED, BUT IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I'VE SAID, HEY, WE NEED BETTER SIGNAGE AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I WILL TAKE THAT ON.
WE'LL SEE IF WE GET IMPROVED THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU ANSWERED, UH, THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY QUESTION ABOUT CURB TO CURB AND IT WAS NOT COMMUNICATING AND THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG BREAKDOWN.
SO GOING FORWARD, WE NEED A BETTER RELATIONSHIP.
AND I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
NO STAFF WILL ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ON THAT ISSUE.
I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE ONE, UH, BASIC, UH, UH, BRAND ON THE, UH, THE, UH, THE BUSES FOR PURPOSES OF BEING ABLE TO SWITCH THEM OUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE REPAIRS OR YOU NEED TO TRANSFER THINGS OUT.
IS THERE ANY WAY OF PUTTING A MISSOURI CITY LOGO THAT YOU ON THE BUS THAT YOU'RE USING IN MISSOURI CITY? AND YOU COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A ONE THAT'S, UH, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THAT, THAT COULD BE REMOVED EASILY.
IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT OUT OF MISSOURI COUNCIL, MY RIDE NEVER SAY NEVER TO ANYTHING, BUT I WILL SAY THE, THE METRO NEXT PLAN APPROVED BY THE VOTERS, WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE CURB DICKER PROGRAM, BUT 10 DIFFERENT AREAS ACROSS THE REGION.
THE NEXT ONE WE LOOK TO COME IN WOULD PROBABLY BE THE HARM CLARK COMMUNITY AND CONNECTING THAT TO MISSOURI CITY PARKING.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE PREDICATED ON RESOURCES TO OPERATE THAT SERVICE, BUT I NEVER SAY NEVER DO ANYTHING, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE FLEXIBILITY OF USING THE FLEET TO COVER ALL THOSE ZONES THAT WE'LL CREATE IN THE FUTURE.
THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION IS, AND THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE OUR CITIZENS, THAT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF SERVICES FROM METRO.
AND BY PUTTING SOME TYPE OF BRANDING ON THE CURB TO CURB THAT SAYS, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UH, IS, UH, PART OF, UH, THE, UH, METRO PROGRAM IN MISSOURI CITY.
IT HELPS YOU, AND IT HELPS US AND IT, I THINK IT WILL HELP EXPAND THE RIDERSHIP.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE US SOME HELP SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATE TO OUR CITIZENS, THAT WE ARE GETTING A TRUE VALUE OUT OF METRO FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU, UNLESS YOU DO SOME COMMUNICATIONS THAT HELPS US DISPLAY THAT TO OUR CITIZENS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE BEATING OUR HEAD UP AGAINST THE WALL.
I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, AND SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, BUT, UM, JUST LIKE, UH, COUNCIL OF COUNCIL MEMBER M UH, MEROLA'S STATED ABOUT, UM, THE PROGRAM THAT WAS OFFERED TO US COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK THE THEME HERE IS COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION.
WE CAN'T, OUR CITIZENS CAN'T USE WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UM, MAYBE DOING A COMMUNITY RIDE DAY, UM, TO ADVERTISE THIS, UM, TARA, WHEN IS IT, WHEN IS OUR NEXT NEWSLETTER COMING OUT? THIS IS OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, THE PRINTED ONE THAT'S MAILED TO HOMES.
IT'S ACTUALLY, I'M PROBABLY IN ROUTE TO HOMES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE DURING THE SUMMER.
SO ONCE WE WORK EVERYTHING OUT, I WOULD ASK THAT INFORMATION, DETAILED INFORMATION, BE GIVEN TO TARA AND THAT THE DISSEMINATED TO OUR RESIDENTS AS ANOTHER WAY TO GET THEM.
CAUSE THEY LOVE THOSE NEWSLETTERS AND THEY DO READ THEM.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WORK
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WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO GET SOMETHING GOING, YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE IT BIG.UM, ONCE ALL THE DETAILS HAVE COME OUT, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR OWEN, HADN'T BEEN HERE IN AWHILE, SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
WE'VE GOT NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT INTERESTS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY, HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S REDO IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT RELEVANT TO TODAY BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT GO, I'LL HAVE TO RUN GREY OUR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, GET WITH TERRA IMMEDIATELY AND MAKE SURE WE START WORKING ON.
AND THEN ANOTHER POINT IS OUR HOA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL HOS AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD POINT OF CONTACT TO GET DIRECTLY TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO UTILIZING COMMUNICATION WITH OUR HOS AS WELL.
MA'AM I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THE SLIDE NUMBER 27 SHOWED A LOT OF RED DOTS VERSUS THE BLUE DOTS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THOSE PARTICULAR, I GUESS PROJECTS? SURE.
THE RED DOTS, UM, REPRESENTS BOARDINGS AND THE LARGER, THE RED.IS THE MORE BOARDINGS IN THAT AREA.
IS THAT, IS THAT A, IS THAT PICKING UP FROM PEOPLE'S HOMES OR IS THAT A SPECIFIC SITE LOCATION? IT COULD BE EITHER ONE.
UM, I MEAN IT'S THROUGHOUT THE REGION, IT COULD BE SOMEBODY'S HOME.
IT COULD BE AT A WALMART FOR EXAMPLE, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT ARE THE BLUE DOTS REPRESENT THE SAME THING? THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT COLOR, BUT THIS IS, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IN TERMS OF BOARDINGS.
WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE PHASE TWO, THERE WAS FAR FEWER BOARDINGS IN THE PHASE TWO SECTION THAN THEY WERE IN PHASE ONE.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED TO MAYBE IT MADE SENSE TO INTEGRATE THE TWO, INSTEAD OF RUNNING TWO SEPARATE SYSTEMS, INTEGRATE THE, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BUSES WE'RE USING AND STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY SERVICE.
SO BASICALLY PHASE TWO'S WAS JUST ADD, THERE'S NO LOCATIONS FOR PICKUP, OKAY.
HE'S NOT AS GOOD BEHIND STRUCTURE TO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, BUT YES.
AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A DIFFERENT SERVICE LEVEL.
IT WAS A DV, IT WAS CALLED A DEVIATED ROUTE WHERE YOU HAD A FIXED ROUTE, BUT YOU COULD DEVIATE THE ROUTE, GO OFF ABOUT A HALF A MILE.
AND I WANT TO SAY ALSO, I WANT TO THANK MISSOURI CITY WHEN WE STARTED THIS AND WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR.
WE WERE GOING TO PILOT SOME NEW SERVICES THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE IN THIS REGION.
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MISSOURI CITY FOR WORKING WITH US BECAUSE WE DID LEARN SOME THINGS AS WE STARTED THESE DIFFERENT PHASES.
UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF BRANDING, UH, FROM MISSOURI CITY FOR, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T DO THEM ALL BECAUSE AS SHE'S MENTIONED, THERE'S SOMETIMES MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
YOU HAVE TO DO SOME SWITCH OUT, BUT MAYBE LIKE A REMOVABLE MAGNET, JUST SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THIS IS DEDICATED, UM, FOR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AT THAT TIME OF PICKUP OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME RANDY AS, SINCE OUR NEW ASSIGNED, UH, COLORS ARE RED AND BLUE, I SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO COORDINATE THAT COLOR THAT GOES WITH THAT RED, WHITE, AND BLUE VEHICLE WE HAVE OUT HERE.
UM, IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY, WHEN YOU SAY THIS SAID DELIVER FLYERS, UM, AND THEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT SIGNAGE.
WHAT TYPE OF SIGNAGE DID Y'ALL POST UP AT CITY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND RECREATION CENTER? THERE WERE, THESE COLLAPSIBLE SIGNS ARE ABOUT SEVEN FEET TALL, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE FEET WIDE, MAYBE TWO FEET WIDE.
AND I SAID, ONE UP HERE PERSONALLY, WE SET ONE UP AT THE REC CENTER.
SO PEOPLE WHEN THEY ENTERED IN AND EXITED, COULD SEE THE SERVICE AS WELL AS WE PRODUCED SOME FLYERS THAT GAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONDUCTOR AT THE TIME.
AND WE DROPPED THEM OFF HERE AT CITY HALL, WHICH WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO SO THAT THEY COULD GET TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS PEOPLE COULD COME AND PICK THEM UP.
AND THEN HOW MANY CURB OCCUR VEHICLES ARE DEDICATED FOR SERVICE IN THE MISSOURI CITY AREA AND WHAT ARE THEIR SEATING CAPACITY? I THINK IT'S FIVE VEHICLES THAT ARE FROM MISSOURI CITY AND AS FAR AS THEIR SEATING CAPACITY, AND YOU CAN DO THAT RANG ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT PLUS TWO WHEELCHAIRS, SEVEN TO EIGHT, AND THAT'S PLUS HOW MUCH WHEELCHAIR TO WHEELCHAIRS.
AND THEN I'M ALSO IN AGREEMENT.
I LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED BY METRO, THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAD A QUESTION THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HOV LANES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IS THIS AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE THAT'S BEING GIVEN TO THE CITY? AND THEN ALSO
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DOES IT TRANSPORT OUR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF SOME SORT.SO ALL THESE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, THE HOV LANES ARE THE REGIONAL HOV LANES, RIGHT? AS WELL AS PARK AND RIDE.
THE LOCAL BUS SERVICE IS PREDOMINANTLY IN THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION.
UM, THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO ANYBODY, UM, AS LONG AS YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY, BUT IT IS A SERVICE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS, UM, AS BEING PART OF THE METRO SERVICE AREA.
SO IF THEY'RE CATCHING KITCHEN, ONE OF THE ROUTES FROM OUT OF THE CITY, MISSOURI, SEE THIS WILL TAKE THEM OUTSIDE AND TALK TO THE HOUSTON AREA, RIGHT? SO IF THEY CAUGHT A CURB TO CURB HERE, THEY'D GET CONNECTED AT ONE OF THE PARKING RIGHTS AND THE PARKING RIGHTS.
THEY COULD TAKE THAT TO GO INTO HOUSTON AND THEN USE THE GREATER SYSTEM.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, FOR THE QUALIFIED, UH, SPECIFIC DISABLED WRITERS AT NO COST WHEN THEY'RE USING THIS SERVICE, ONCE THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED TO USE A SERVICE AT NO COST, CAN THEY GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, LIKE TO THE VA HOSPITAL? OR IS IT JUST FOR FREE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY? NO, NOT JUST WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
IT'S ANYWHERE WITHIN THE METRO SERVICE AREA AND IT'S NOT FREE.
WHAT IS FREE IS IF YOU QUALIFY FOR METRO LIFT, THEN YOU CAN USE THE BUS AND LIGHT RAIL IN OUR REGION FOR FREE, BUT THERE IS A DOLLAR 25 FEET TO USE METRO LIFT, BUT IF YOU'RE DISABLED, THEY'LL PICK YOU UP AT YOUR DOOR AND THEN TRANSPORT YOU TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
AND THAT STILL DOES STILL 1 25.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE RESIDENTS FOR DISABLED SENIOR CITIZENS OR POTENTIALLY DID NOT HAVE A VEHICLE.
YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK YOU CAN GIVE ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED.
COUNCILMAN NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT COMMUNICATION, UM, FROM CUSTOMERS THAT MAY HAVE GIVEN US FEEDBACK WHERE DISABLED, I CAN CHECK WITH OUR CALL SOONER, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PARTICULAR SERVICE COMPLAINTS.
UH, BUT I CAN TRACK THAT DOWN TO SEE IF WE'VE HAD ANY.
SO I KNOW YOU GOTTA SAY, HAVE THE TRACKER TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE GET ON THE, UM, THE COMMUTER, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON IT.
THEY ENJOYED THE SERVICE THAT THEY DID NOT.
WE DO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS FOR SYSTEMS THAT USE OUR SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ONE RECENTLY, SPECIFICALLY ON THE MISSOURI CITY CURB TO CURB SERVICE, I CAN FIND OUT AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON.
I CAN ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO KIDS, UM, FEEDBACK WITH THE SURVEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAY WE CAN KNOW HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING, AND IF YOU GUYS NEED TO IMPROVE ON ANYTHING, IT CAN BE PRETTY MUCH ADDRESSED IN THAT MATTER.
NOT JUST WAITING UNTIL WE GET REPORTS SUCH AS THIS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO.
UM, I WANTED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY HOW HAVE METROL ASSISTED US DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE, WHEN IT FIRST STARTED OR THROUGHOUT, UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO RUN ESSENTIAL SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
UH, EVEN BEFORE THE, I REMEMBER THE DAY MARCH, THE 11TH OF 2020, WHEN THE RADIO SHUT DOWN, UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WERE SEEING GROWTH IN RIDERSHIP ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
WE CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UH, WE DID SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD NOT TRADITIONALLY DONE, WHERE WE ACTUALLY DELIVERED FOOD.
WE DELIVER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAY NEED THAT ASSISTANCE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WHAT ACTIONS WE MAY HAVE TAKEN TO MISSOURI CITY.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT I CAN SURE TRACK DOWN.
WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE PARK AND RIDE SERVICE.
WE CONTINUE TO RUN THE CURB TO CURB SERVICE.
WE CONTINUE TO RUN THE METRO LIFT SERVICE.
WE CONTINUE TO EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH YOUR WINTER STORM YURI, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO THE REGION.
UH, EVEN DURING THE TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD WEATHER RELATED DISASTERS DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUED TO KEEP OUR SERVICES UP AND RUNNING.
SO I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO REALLY, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT NEEDED OUR CENTRAL SERVICES TO GET TO PLACES THEY NEEDED TO GO, WHETHER IT'S HEALTHCARE, UH, RETAIL, TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OR THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEEDED, WE CONTINUED TO RUN OUR SERVICES DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND SO I CAN, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE COME UP WITH A PLAN, HOW YOU GUYS CAN POUR BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY, THE FACTS THAT YOU RECEIVED, THE 1% FROM OUR, OUR SALES TAX.
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ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO DO MORE THINGS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MIGHT BE SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR OUTREACH EVENTS.WHEN WE HOST EVENTS AROUND THE CITIES, HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH US, MAYBE DONATE WATER, EAT SOMETHING TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU GUYS A PARTNERSHIP AND THAT THIS ISN'T A ONE WAY BUSINESS DEAL.
SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO GET CREATIVE, GET WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, OUR STAFF LEADERS, AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT COMMUNITY AND SAY, WOW, WE, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO COUNCIL MEMBER LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SO.
I REMEMBER YOU GUYS DOING THE ROLLOUT CEREMONIES WITH THE COMMUTERS A LITTLE WHILE AGO, LIKE COMMUNITY EVENTS, ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING TO DO SOME IN THE FUTURE OR IS THAT DISCONTINUED? NOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IT.
WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY MARKETING DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE KIND OF REALLY FOCUSED ON IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ESSENTIAL TRIPS USE METRO.
NOW THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, YOU'LL SEE OUR WHOLE DYNAMICS CHANGE AS WE BEGIN TO RESTORE SERVICE AND ENGAGE MORE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE SUMMER'S COMING UP HURRICANE SEASON IS COMING UP DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CAN PARTNER WITH US CAN BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REBUILD THIS TARNISHED RELATIONSHIP.
WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
COULD YOU PROVIDE, UM, A LIST OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS? UM, SOMETHING, I MEAN, YOU CAN JUST BE VERY SIMPLE.
WE JUST WANT TO, I PERSONALLY, AND I THINK OUR COLLEAGUES, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT TARA CAN PUT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
JUST SO PEOPLE CAN, UNTIL YOU GUYS GIVE US THE FULL RUNDOWN OF A REPORT, UM, JUST SOMETHING TO LIST A, B, C, D F G UH, SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO.
IF YOU COULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND KNOW, OKAY, THANK YOU, TOM, AND EDUARDO AND THEIR FRY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN BUILD ON THIS PARTNERSHIP, UH, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE, WE DON'T WANT TO FEEL AS IF WE'RE THE STEPCHILDREN OF HOUSTON, UH, OR ANY OTHER CITY FOR THAT MATTER.
UM, THE REASON THAT COMMUNICATION AND THIS INTEGRATION SLASH CONSOLIDATION ROLL OUT THE WAY IT WENT IS CONCERNING TO ME.
UH, FOR MOTHER'S DAY, I WENT OVER TO THE HUNTINGTON, UH, OFF OF FM 10 92, UH, AND IT WAS AN 83 YEAR OLD RESIDENT THAT CAME UP TO ME AND SHE WAS DEEPLY CONCERNED AND PRACTICALLY ALMOST IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE RELIES HEAVILY ON METRO.
AND YOU ALL JUST MOVED THE PICKUP LOCATION FROM THE HUNTINGTON TO ACROSS THE STREET OF 10 92.
AND SO THESE ARE SENIORS WITH WHEELCHAIRS AND WALKERS AND UNABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE BUSY MEDIANS QUICKLY AND STREET OF, OF, UH, CARTWRIGHT IN FM 10 92.
AND THEY ARE JUST, THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THAT YOU ALL NO LONGER PICK UP AT THE HUNTINGTON AND THIS CHAIN.
SO IF, IF IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, UH, THIS CHANGE TOOK PLACE AND THIS RESIDENT HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS CHANGING.
AND THEY ASKED ME TO LOOK INTO THIS THEM.
AND I SENT AN EMAIL TO OUR STAFF TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALL ON THAT.
BUT, UH, IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO MS. CJ OVER AT THE HUNTINGTON, WHO'S 83 YEARS OLD AND IN HER, UH, FELLOW RESIDENTS AT THAT FACILITY, I CAN IMAGINE WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO A LOT OF THESE THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SHORING UP THINGS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, MAYOR PRO TEM.
I ASSURE YOU WE WILL, BECAUSE THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE METRO EMPLOYEES ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SERVING THIS REGION.
WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT PARTNERING WITH ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO METRO BEING SUCCESSFUL.
SO I WILL COMMIT TO YOU THAT WHERE WE ARE LACKING TODAY, WE WILL IMPROVE TOMORROW.
AND MY WORK CAN ONLY BE MY BOND AND ALL DISTRIBUTE AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'LL BE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS I DO JUST HAVE SOMETHING FOR MAYOR PRI.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, ESPECIALLY TO, THIS IS YOUR SECOND MEETING.
I BELIEVE WE'RE MEETING WITH YOU, YOU TOO, AND ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES AND BRINGING THE PRESIDENT AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO THIS MEETING.
BUT OBVIOUSLY FROM THIS MEETING THAT YOU CAN TELL, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR NO CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY LIKED TO GET THOSE ADDRESSED.
YOU HEARD IT FROM THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM,
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AND INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS, I LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, COME BACK IN THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, UH, JUNE 20TH IS THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, UH, WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED HERE.UM, SO THIS WAY, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S SOME ANSWERS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THEY WEREN'T PREPARED FOR IT.
SO IT NEEDS, UH, NOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS.
WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET HERE.
THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, UH, AND AT THIS BRINGS UP SOMETHING, I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT THIS MEETINGS, THESE MEETINGS STARTED BY CONTACT BETWEEN ME AND YOUR MAYOR.
AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE RIGHT COMMUNICATION TO YOU GUYS.
UH, MA COUNCILS CHANGE ALL THE TIME.
YOU'VE GOT NEW PEOPLE COME ON.
I'D NEVER EVEN HEARD OF METRO IN A LOT OF CASES.
SO WE'VE GOT TO KEEP DOING THIS PROCESS OF, UH, THE BUS RIDE OR WHATEVER.
SO THAT AT LEAST YOU GUYS HAVE SOME KIND OF GROUNDING, UH, IN WHAT METRO DOES AND THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE TO GO WHEN YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, THIS YOUR MAYOR'S THE MAN TO TAKE COKE, TO GET TO ME.
AND WHEN HE CALLS, I JUMPED, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE TWO MEETINGS.
I ALSO GET ALL OF IT ABOUT COMMUNICATION THAT, UH, WE SOLVE A LOT OF THIS IF WE COMMUNICATED BETTER.
AND, UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN BE REST ASSURED.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.
AND IF YOU NEEDED TO GO BACK AND YOU'RE, YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND WATCH THIS MEETING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS IS I CAN TELL YOU THIS PEMBRO COUNCIL WILL COME BACK WITH THE EXACT QUESTIONS THAT THEY DIDN'T GET TO ANSWERS FOR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL USE TO BE SHOWN, GOT THEM OFFS.
SO JUST MAKE SURE, AND I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE ASKING AND IT JUST, AGAIN, FOR COMMUNITY PURPOSES, I MEAN, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR CITIZENS, RIGHT? I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL COME BACK AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND THERE WILL BE MORE SO THANK YOU ALL.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE SECOND PART OF STAFF REPORTS TO AFTER SEVEN B.
SO IF WE CAN MOVE TO SIX, GO THROUGH SEVEN AND THEN GO BACK TO SASHA'S REPORT.
THAT'S A, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I HEARD COUNCILMEMBER RIDING SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
NUMBER SIX IS A CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED HAS BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, CAN I PULL SIX FEET FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WOULD LIKE MORE OF AN EXPLANATION.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALREADY IN PLACE, CORRECT? THESE YOURS AND EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
KLAUSNER I JUST WANT TO, I'M SORRY.
I WANT MORE OF AN EXPLANATION FROM THE PRESENTER.
JASON, YOU ALL CAN VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR AND SOMEONE CAN MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, ITEM SIX, A AND THEN DISCUSS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE.
WEIGHTS FOR, BUT WE VOTED FOR AGAINST THE MOTION.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS TO ADOPT BOTH ITEMS A AND B.
SO HAVE A VOTE FOR THOSE ITEMS. A VOTE FOR THAT MOTION WOULD BE TO MOVE ON AND JUST VOTE ON A AND B A VOTE AGAINST WHAT ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS TO MAKE A MOTION TO JUST ADOPT A SO THAT YOU ALL COULD DISCUSS.
I'VE I'VE SINCE I DIDN'T HEAR EVERYONE, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL.
CONSUMER RILEY HAS THIS TOO, EXCEPT I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE A AND B.
NO COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S NO, BUT YOU SHOULD'VE ASKED FOR THE MEETING.
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TELL YOU A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN, BUT I DIDN'T.SO PLEASE DON'T DICTATE WHAT I SHOULD DO.
YEAH, MY MO MY EMOTION IS YES, YES, YES, YES.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.
[(a) Zoning Public Hearings and Ordinances]
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY 24.45 ACRES OF LAND FROM EL C3 RETAIL DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.NUMBER ONE 17 DESCRIBING SAID 24.45 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD PLANS, DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
SO THERE'S A PRESENTATION, RIGHT? YES.
THIS IS ONLY AN ORDINANCE AND YOU BEING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THIS IS A ZONING APPLICATION THAT WE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO TO KIND OF REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THIS WAS AN OBLIGATION TO ZONE, APPROXIMATELY 24 ACRES TRACT OF LAND TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
NINE ACRES OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR LC THREE.
COMMERCIAL USES 13 ACRES OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR MF TWO MULTIFAMILY USES.
AND THE REMAINING TWO ACRES IS ALLOTTED FOR DETENTION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID FOUR TO POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
YOU NEED A MOTION ON THE SECOND TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE SECOND EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONING SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.
[(b) Public Hearings and related actions]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES IN THE MUSTANG VALUE SERVICE AREA.I'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE, B ONE, NOT A SATURDAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY, NO MISDEMEANOR? THERE ARE NO REGISTRATION.
THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TODD HOOVER GETTING AMERICAN COUNSEL, THEN LEAVING THIS ITEM, UM, REALLY BEGAN BACK EARLY DECEMBER, 2021.
WE CAME BEFORE THE P AND Z COMMITTEE, UM, AND IT WAS APPROVED.
WE MOVED FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER THE 20TH, AND THAT WAS APPROVED AND ESTABLISHED A HEARING FOR FEBRUARY 21ST.
UM, THEN ON APRIL THE FOURTH, THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED UPDATE AND MAKE THE DECISION TO AMEND THE PLAN FEES AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
AND IT SET FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE JUST HAD.
AND THEN NOW THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WHICH HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS IS, UM, IS TO CONSIDER, UM, THE ORDINANCE.
AND I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY WITH THE MOTION.
MAY I APPROACH HIM BONING, BUT THE SECOND, ARE THEY ANY QUESTIONS HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM FIVE, UH, FIVE STAFF REPORT PART TWO.
THIS IS A FAIRLY LONG PRESENTATION, UH, BETWEEN TODD AND ME.
WE'LL TRY TO SKIP THIS, UH, UH, PRETTY QUICK,
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UH, THIS, UH, THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.ONLY THE REASON WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU IS BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE UPCOMING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND MOBILITY PROJECTS, OTHER THAN THE MOBILITY PART OF METRO THAT YOU ALREADY HEARD.
TODD AND I WILL HIM THIS PRESENTATION.
I ALWAYS PUT THE SLIDE UP, UH, FOR COUNCIL LAND FOR CITIZENS IS, UH, OUR CITIZENS PLACES.
UH, NUMBER ONE, EMPHASIS ON CITY STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY COMPELLING CHART BASED ON THE CITIZEN SURVEY WE HAD.
UH, IF YOU MAY RECALL, UH, BACK IN 2019, THE CITY CONDUCTED A CITY-WIDE SIDEWALK AND PAVEMENT ASSESSMENT.
WHAT IT DID WAS GIVE, GAVE A RATING FOR CITY STREET, UH, THE HIGHER, THE RATING, THE BETTER THE STREET, THE LOWER THE RATING, NOT, NOT, NOT A GOOD RATING.
AND THIS PCI SCORE IS A SCIENTIFIC WAY OR A TECHNICAL WAY.
WE WILL BE JUDGED TO PRODUCTIZE AND REPAIRS.
UH, ROADWAYS ARE, UH, DURING STREET RECONSTRUCTION, PROJECT CITYWIDE.
THOSE SCORES TRANSLATE INTO THIS COLOR CODED MAP.
AGAIN, IF YOU SEE THE GREENS, THOSE ARE STATING THAT THE PAYMENT IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
IF YOU SEE THE REDS AND THE MAGENTOS, THOSE ARE CITY-WIDE WHERE THE PAYMENT HAS FAILED OR KIND TO FIX IT.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS OR THE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THE STREETS ARE PERFORMED FOR 50 YEARS.
UH, THIS IS A FAIRLY TECHNICAL SLIDE.
UH, THE OUTAGE CONDITION RATING FOR CITY STREET WAS 55.
THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERALL RATING.
NOW, WHAT DOES, UH, ANALYSIS TOLD US WAS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN THE CDS, UH, CONDITIONED TO THIS INDEX, MOVING FORWARD, YOU GOT TO FIX ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE BAD.
AT THAT POINT, THERE WERE ROUGHLY $110 MILLION WORTH OF SWEETS NEEDING TO BE FIXED.
AND AFTER YOU DO THAT, UH, THE STUDY RECOMMENDED THAT WE SPEND AROUND $3 MILLION ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN THE PAYMENT.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM THE STUDY.
NOW WITH THE OVERALL ARCH OF THE, UH, HOW WE FUND STREET PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE STREETS IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, ALL, AND THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO IT.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE REPAIR AND THE MAINTENANCE ACTUALLY THE FUNDS FOR THAT COME FROM THE METRO REBATE THAT COMES BACK TO US.
UH, TODD IS GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO TO MAINTAIN THE STREETS.
THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION.
THE SECOND PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION IS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.
ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT ARE UPCOMING WITH THAT.
I'M GOING TO ASK, TALK TO TOUCH ON THE STREET REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS QUICKLY.
WELL, AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL BE VERY CONCISE.
SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR STREETS IN OUR CITY ARE CONCRETE.
AS SASHA MENTIONED, THERE WERE FOUR 50 YEARS OLD, OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN AND THOSE STREETS.
SO WE DO THOSE IN KIND OF TWO WAYS.
ONE IS A PANEL REPAIR, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE A SECTION OF THE PAVEMENT.
THE OTHER ONE IS THROUGH MUD JACKING, WHICH WE DRILL HOLES AND WE, UH, INJECT, UH, HYDRAULICS, UH, TO, UH, MOVE THE STREET IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE DRAINAGE ASPECT.
SO, UM, WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PROJECT AREAS AND THEN WHEN FUNDING IS APPROPRIATED, WE'LL LOOK AT ALL OF THE AREAS, CITYWIDE, AND CLEARLY THE LIST GROWS YEAR TO YEAR.
NOW THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ABOUT $2.5 MILLION IN ST.
WE'VE DONE ABOUT $780,000 AT THAT WORK.
AND, UH, THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE TALKS ABOUT THE MUD JACKING THAT I MENTIONED.
THERE'S ABOUT A MILLION, $1.1 MILLION IN PROJECTS, AND A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AS WE LOOK AT THE PANEL REPLACEMENTS, THEN WE LOOK AT THE MUD JACKING.
SO OVER THE TWO WAYS TO REPAIR OUR STREETS, CITYWIDE, THAT'S ABOUT $3.6 MILLION NEEDED.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF 1.1 MILLION THAT WE'LL NEED.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN SUMMARY, WHAT I, MY PART OF IT IS TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR NEEDS EXCEED OUR RESOURCES ARE THE RESOURCES ARE FROM THE FUNDING AND THEN EQUIPMENT.
UM, IN THIS NEXT, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR OF 20.3, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, UH, REQUESTING SOME EQUIPMENT.
AND SOME OF THAT SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, FOR POTHOLES, UH, NOW WITH THE CONCRETE AREAS WHERE WE CURRENTLY DOING EITHER COAL PATCH OR A HOT PATCH OF ASPHALT, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING CONCRETE PATCHES THAT WILL, UH, BE MORE PERMANENT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, BUT CLEARLY PUBLIC WORKS NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO BALANCE THE FUNDING WITH THE DEMAND AND THESE ROAD REPAIRS NEEDED BACK TO SASHA.
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THANK YOU, JOHN.UH, NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RECAP, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM.
IF YOU MAY RECALL, THE SLIDE OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS WAS TO THE TUNE OF $86 MILLION, ROUGHLY 52 MILLION WAS COMMITTED TOWARDS, UH, MOBILITY TYPE OF PROJECTS.
IF YOU WERE TO DISSECT THAT 52 MILLION, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 38 MILLION, THERE IS SOME CONTINGENCIES TOO.
SO IF YOU READ THE LED RED LINE THERE ABOUT $40 MILLION IS COMING TOWARDS STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
NOW OUT OF THAT, WE'RE HAVING TO DEDICATE 15 MILLION TO OUR MATCHING FUNDS WITH FOREFRONT COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU DO THE MATH THAT LEAVES US WITH $25 MILLION FOR ALL STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, CITYWIDE IN THIS BOND PROGRAM.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SELLING ALL OF THIS BOND AT ONE TIME.
UH, HERE IS THE SCHEDULE THAT FINANCES PRESENTED THE FIRST YEAR, WHICH IS THE YEAR THAT'S UPCOMING YEAR.
UH, NOW, UH, IF YOU MAY RECALL, UH, EARLY OF THIS, UH, MARCH, I BELIEVE WE DID SELL OUR, UH, CASHING ABOUT 5.5 MILLION.
THE REASON WE DID THAT WAS, UH, WE WERE DOING BETTER FINANCIALLY THAN BEFORE.
AND WE CASHED IN ABOUT 5.5 MILLION.
AND YOU SEE THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE SOME AUTO MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECTS, AND THE, YOU SEE THE REST OF THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE PROJECTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A COMPLICATED A SLIDE WITH A LOT OF NUMBERS, BUT JUST FOCUS ON THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREA.
SO WE WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT 20 MILLION STARTING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE 5 MILLION, ROUGHLY WE HAVE ANOTHER FIVE, UH, ANOTHER 15 MILLION LEFT, BUT THERE'S A LONG LIST OF NEEDS OR PROJECTS.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE MONEY THAT IS DEDICATED TO STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WE HAVE 6.5 MILLION FOR LOCAL STREETS, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEN THERE IS SOME MONEY COMMITTED FOR THE MOBILITY BOND SHARE PROJECTS.
SO IF WE ADD THE TOTAL IT'S 9.4, BUT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, JUST REMEMBER THIS, WHAT WE HAVE IS 6.5 MILLION FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
SO WHERE DOES THAT GET US? UH, ALSO LET ME, I WOULD WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT.
WE DID TALK ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT, SHARE TO FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECTS.
WHAT PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY, UH, THIS, UH, UH, DRIVE HERE, WHICH IS CALLED THE CITY HALL DRIVE IS GETTING READY TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT THE PAYMENT IS DETERIORATED OR FIXING TO DO THAT.
THAT'S COMING FROM A PREVIOUS MOBILITY BOND PROJECT CLA INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
WE EXPECT THAT TO START PRETTY SOON AS WELL.
KNIGHT BROAD EXTENSION IS ONGOING, BUT WE NEEDED SOME MORE FUNDING, WHICH IS COMING FROM THIS MOBILITY BOND PROJECT.
THE LAST THREE LEXINGTON BOULEVARD, CARTWRIGHT.
IT'S HALF OF LEXINGTON AND HALF OF CLOCKWISE, RIGHT? STARTING FROM MOISTURE CAN 92, UH, WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE TO RECONSTRUCT THAT.
AND TYPICALLY FORT BEND COUNTY MOBILITY PROJECTS ARE ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, SO THAT ENHANCES OR INCREASES MOBILITY.
AND OF COURSE, WATTS PLANTATION.
THE, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT WAS TO RECONSTRUCT EXISTING WATTS PLANTATION WITH TWO, SIX FOOT SHOULDERS.
SO THAT IS WHERE THE 15 MILLION IS GOING.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE PROJECTS ON MAP ON A, ON A MAP HERE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
UH, THERE IS ONE OTHER PIECE WHICH IS GLEN LAKES.
LANE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY FUNDED ONLY FOR DESIGN.
THAT IS NOT CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS OF PROPERTY.
THAT FOR IT THAT'S GIVE OR TAKE A $12 MILLION PROJECT.
UH, WATTS PLANTATION COUNTY HAS COME BACK TO US AND SAID THAT ARE TWO OPTIONS.
ONE IS TO REBUILD THE WAY IT IS, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE FUNDED IN OUR MOBILE DEPOSIT PROGRAM.
THEY'VE THROWN US THE SECOND OPTION, WHICH IS TO ADD ANOTHER LANE OF TOWARD LATE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE OPTION AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE NOT FUNDED FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THAT FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT IS IT FOR THE LOCAL STREET PROJECTS? I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION THAT HAS COME FROM COUNCIL AS WELL.
OUR RESIDENTS, THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECTS PAST WHAT PROJECTS ARE WE GOING TO BUILD? SO WHAT STAFF HAS DONE SINCE THEN IS OBVIOUSLY WE DID THE PCR, THE FUGRO STUDY.
WE KNOW THE PCI VALUES OF THE STREETS THAT ARE IN BAD CONDITION.
WE'VE DONE THE FIELD VISIT PARK MYSELF ENOUGH STREETS TO PRETEND PERSONALLY DROVE ALL THE STREETS, UH, AND THE STREETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD A COMPLETE REBUILD.
IT'S NOT LIKE SMALL REPAIRS, TOTAL REBUILDING OF THE STREETS.
YOU'VE DEVELOPED COST ESTIMATES.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO PRESENT THESE PROJECTS, CANDIDATE PROJECTS FOR YOU.
OF COURSE, WE'D LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK.
THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM HERE TODAY, BUT WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE PRESENTATION.
NOW WE'VE, UH, UH, PUT IT IN A DISTRICT WISE IS THIS IS DISTRICT EIGHT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST STREETS.
IF YOU WORK TO DRIVE THESE, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE MEETING IMMEDIATE REPAIRS.
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FOR THE PROJECT JUST IN DISTRICT DAY THAT WE WANT TO DO TODAY.NOW, IF YOU GO TO DISTRICT B THAT ARE $9.6 MILLION PROJECTS, AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM IN THE SENSE OF TIME I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.
IF YOU GO TO DISTRICT C, YOU HAVE $9.5 MILLION PROJECTS.
NOW, AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO DISTRICT D, THIS IS A BIG ONE HERE WE HAVE ABOUT $23 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU ADD UP ALL THESE THAT ARE, YOU WORK, TAKE 50 CLOSE TO $50 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
AND YOU REMEMBER THIS NUMBER, THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE FROM THE BOND PROGRAM IS 25 MILLION.
SO THAT IS SOME PICKING AND CHOOSING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IN WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO BUILD.
ESPECIALLY YEAR ONE, WHERE WE HAVE SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS WHERE WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF HAS A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'LL ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO COUNSEL'S INPUT ON WHAT PROJECTS THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD AT LEAST IN YEAR ONE, MOVING FORWARD.
UH, AGAIN, I, I DID SAY THIS, UH, WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDING TWENTY-FIVE MILLION, BUT THE SLIDES THAT I PRESENTED BEFORE THAT ARE ROUGHLY CLOSE TO $50 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH A VERY ELABORATE PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE MOST NEEDED STREETS THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
YOU'RE ONE WE HAVE ROUGHLY SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
PROBABLY WE CAN DO TWO STREET CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UH, AND AGAIN, NOT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS CAN BE BUILT IN YEAR 23 OR MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH THAT.
UM, MY TEAM WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE FOR WAITING ON THIS.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A FEW QUESTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST STAFF REPORT, RIGHT? YOU JUST TELLING US WHAT THIS IS.
DOES SOME OF THESE ITEMS GO TO THE PDI COMMITTEE, TYPICALLY? NOT.
WHAT IS THAT COMMITTEE STANDS FOR? LEARNING DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE? UH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
MAY HAVE TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IN FRONT OF THE PDI COMMITTEE IS, UH, IN THE PAST AND THE, UH, THE HISTORY AND THE TREND THAT HAS BEEN SET IS WE BRAINSTORM, UH, CONSULTANTS AND CONSULTANTS PROJECTS, WHICH CERTAINLY, UH, THIS MAY HAVE FALLEN WITHIN THE REALM OF, UH, PDI COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO, UM, THIS PAST THE PDI COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN DONE TRADITIONALLY IN THE PAST.
I MEAN, I NAMED THE COUNCIL ON IT.
I LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THIS, ESPECIALLY AT THE DISTRICT LEVELS.
SO THAT JUST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UNDERSTANDS THAT WHAT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEEDED AND WHAT'S SPENT AT LEAST TO HAVE SOME OF THAT DIALOGUE.
SO THEN OBVIOUSLY FROM THAT, IT WILL GO TO FINANCE.
I END UP GOING TO FINANCE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
FOR ME, THE PDI IS THERE'S PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I'M THINKING SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WERE KEY, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE COMMITTEES.
AND I LIKE TO SEE THAT AS, AS A SUGGESTION, THAT THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE YOU SAID FROM METRO $2.5 MILLION, RIGHT? THAT FROM THE METRO COMING BACK INTO THIS, AND THEN YOU USING FOR STREETS, CORRECT.
AND AGAIN, THE METRO DOLLAR THAT COMES BACK VARIES FOR, I BELIEVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, IT'S A LITTLE OR $5 MILLION.
AND WE USE THAT MONEY FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND FALL.
PART OF IT GOES FOR SIDEWALKS OR STREETS FOR TRAFFIC BANG, SALVAGE WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS SO GENTLE.
THAT IS A RESTRICTION OF WHAT METRO FUNDS CAN BE USED BROADLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE IT FOR WHO DECIDE THAT CITY COUNCIL, PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE BRING THE LIST OF PROJECTS IN FRONT OF YOU AND GO OVER ANY COMMITTEE.
UH, WE DO THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS WHERE THIS BODY GETS TO SEE WHAT THE FUNDING IS AND WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE.
ULTIMATELY IT'S APPROVED AND ADOPTED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET UNDER.
THIS IS MY COMMENT IS TO SEE THAT IT GOES THROUGH PDI, ESPECIALLY WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND THROUGH FINANCE.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'LL GO TO THE BUDGET PROCESS AND I'LL COME UP HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF US, BUT AT LEAST I LIKE TO SEE THEM HAVE SOME SORT OF INPUT ON IT, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, EVERY TIME, THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE IS THE METRO MONEY THAT COME BACK TO THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY THAT METRO FOLKS ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT X AMOUNT THAT COMES RIGHT BACK, AND THEN THEY'LL THROW THAT FIGURE OUT.
LIKE THEY'RE JUST GIVING YOU FOR FREE.
THAT'S NOT THE CONVERSATION I'M GOING WITH CONVERSATIONS THAT I LIKE TO SEE IS THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S COMING BACK INTO THE CITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE END CITY COUNCIL VOTES ON IT AS A TEAM, BUT I LIKE TO SEE THE COMMITTEES TO HAVE SOME SORT OF INPUTS ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES BACK TO THE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL AT THE END.
OBVIOUSLY COMMITTEE'S NOT MAKING A FINAL DECISION OR VOTING ON IT IS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, BUT I LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT FROM THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS IS GOING,
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YOU JOYCE OR SOMEBODY IN THE LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT PD HAS OR CYCLE OF THESE MATTERS.AND THE CERTAINLY I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UNLESS WHAT IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE? WHAT IS PDI WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE STANDS IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY IN THAT COMMITTEE, UM, IT'S A WASTE OF, UH, THIS IS MY, MY COMP AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
SO THIS WAY PEOPLE OF THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, FINANCE, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THESE CERTAIN COMMITTEES THAT YOU HAVE HERE THAT DO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT, WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND WHAT DIRECTION THAT, WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, BUT, AND THEN EVENTUALLY COMES BACK INTO IT.
SO I LIKE TO HAVE TO HEAR SOME INPUTS FROM THEM AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING METRO MONEY TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, SALARIES.
RIGHT? I THINK THAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CONFUSION THAT I SEE IT AS, AS LONG AS THE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHERE THAT DOLLAR FIGURE IS GOING AND WHAT IS BEING USED FOR THAT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOES NOT, IT SHOULD NOT GO THERE, BUT AT LEAST A CLEAR CUT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE ARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CEDRIC? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FORT BEND ISD DOES WELL IS THEY POST SIGNS THAT BOND MONEY AT WORK, SO TO SPEAK.
SO AS WE START TO WORK THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND BOND PRO PROJECTS, NICE TO HAVE SOME SIGNAGE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BOND.
WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION TOOL THAT MAYBE THE SEE ONLINE YEP.
PUSH MY HAND IS, AND, UH, HAS TO DO WITH THE FINAL REPAIRS.
UH, AND I KNOW YOU INDICATED THAT YOU THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO USE THE, UH, CONCRETE AND REBAR PROCESSES AS OPPOSED TO, UH, THE BLACKTOP I DON'T REPAIR, UH, WHEN I FOUND IS, YOU KNOW, UH, AND I THINK MAYBE THE STATISTICS BEAR IT OUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BLACKTOP IN A POTHOLE PROBABLY LASTS TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT BACK WITH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, CONDITION YOU HAD BEFORE YOU PUT THE, UH, THE BLACKTOP APPLICATION.
SO IT, HOW ARE WE, UH, UH, GOING TO, UH, DETERMINE, UH, THE EXTENT OF BEING ABLE TO DO CONCRETE AND REBAR VERSUS THE, UH, THE BLACK BLACKOUT? LET ME ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE SHOCKWAVE AT COUNCIL MEMBER.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING TEMPORARY PATCHES ACROSS STREET, AND PRIMARY REASON IS RESOURCES.
OUR BUDGET WAS AROUND 700,000 OVER THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS.
IT'S INCREMENTALLY INCREASED TO 1.5, 2.5 THIS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, AS YOU SAW, THE LIST IS CLOSE TO 3.5 AND IT'S GROWING.
SO IN THE ABSENCE OF RESOURCES, WHICH IS THE FUNDING, AS WELL AS THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT TO DO PERMANENT REPAIRS, YOU'VE RELIED ON TEMPORARY PATCHES.
OBVIOUSLY WE REALIZE THAT THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE.
WE'RE COMING TO YOU AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING, AS WELL AS RESOURCES, WHICH IS THE MANPOWER ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO DO THE PERMANENT FIX.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CAN DO THE PERMANENT FIX.
THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND, WHAT WE WERE CONSTRAINED BY RESOURCE SYSTEM GOOGLE'S KIND OF REPAIRS.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU COULD DO A QUOTE POTHOLE REPAIR USING CONCRETE AND REBAR THE THUMBS TOO? YES.
AND AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, THAT, THAT BLACKTOP PATCH PROBABLY IS TWO TO THREE MONTHS EASIER IF YOU'RE LUCKY.
SO THEN YOU'RE BACK TO THE SAME CONDITION AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, REPAIR AGAIN, LIFT WITH BLACKTOP.
SO I GUESS THERE'S A POINT OF DIMINISHING RETURN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S, UH, MORE, UH, COST EFFECTIVE.
UH, I KNOW IT'S UPFRONT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE KNOWLEDGE, BUT OVERALL, UH, UH, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO, UH, TO CONSIDER IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR, WE'RE MOVING ALONG THOSE LINES AND ALL THAT.
WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THAT TOPIC AND WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD THE PLAN FOR YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE ARE, WE TEND TOWARDS DOING PERMANENT REPAIRS, FORCES, TEMPORARY REPAIRS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IN THE PAST FOR RAPIST REASONS.
SHASHI WITH, UM, THE DISTRICT, A SPACE SISTERS, SO THAT YOU SELECT IT FOR IMMEDIATE REPAIR.
UM, AND ONE OF THESE STREETS, AREN'T WE IN, UH, HAVE WE MADE PREPARATIONS THAT WE WERE PAIRED THESE STREETS WITH THOSE 18 WHEELERS AND ALL THAT STUFF COMING IN AND OUT OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PREVENT THAT
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FROM TAKING PLACE IN DAMAGING THESE NEW STREETS, IF THEY'RE REPAIRED? WELL, UH, I THINK, UH, THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THE QUESTION MA'AM, UH, THE FIRST ONE, WHEN WE BUILD A STREET, WE MAKE SURE OF THE LOADING AND THE PAYMENT ACCESSES, COMMON RATE WITH THE TRAFFIC.THAT'S GOING TO GO, WE'LL HAVE A GEO-TECHNICAL REPORT TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO WE'LL BUILD IT TO SUPPORT THE, WHATEVER THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SEES.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE'RE ALSO ALREADY WORKING ON THE EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE TRUCK, TRAFFIC ISSUES.
SO THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS, BUT IT IS BEING ADDRESSED.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S, MY CONCERN IS IF WE PUT ALL THESE, HIS FUNDS INTO REPAIRING, FIXING, REDOING, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE THE OTHER PROBLEM THAT EXISTS, THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AS FAR.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT YOUR SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT WITH THE TRAFFIC AS FAR AS THAT GOES, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
WE SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THIS, SO THAT THESE 18 WHEELERS AND BIG TRUCKS DON'T COME THROUGH AND DAMAGE THESE STREETS.
AND I GO BACK TO ITEM EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER NINE ON AUTHORIZATIONS, CONSIDER
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action – Authorizing the City Manager to ex...]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION.AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR RFQ NUMBER 2022 DASH 3 0 8, WITH HR GREEN INCORPORATED TO ASSIST THE CITY TOWARDS DESIGN PHASE SERVICING FOR THE MUSTANG VOLUME WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLAN PHASE TWO EXPANSION IN THE AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDED TO 1,000,017, 17, 17,230,000.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THE CITY STAFF, WE SOLICITED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS BACK ON MARCH 11TH, 2020.
AND, UH, THE ITEM IS AS MENTIONED TO ASSIST THE CITY TOWARDS THESE DESIGN PHASE SERVICES FOR THE PHASE TWO OF OUR WASTEWATER PLANT MUSTANG BUYER.
SO THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED TO MEET THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEMAND AND OUR MUSTANG BY YOUR SERVICE AREA IN SHORT OF PENDING DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ARE HEAVILY RELYING ON THIS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION, UM, IN A VERY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE.
SO WHEN WE PUT OUT THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, WE DID RECEIVE RESPONSES WHICH WERE DUE ON APRIL THE EIGHTH, UH, 2022.
UM, AND WE WENT THROUGH THERE AND IT WAS A TWO PART EVALUATION, UH, WITH A STAFF OF EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST PART IS WE EVALUATED, UH, THE ALL FOUR RESPONSES.
AND THEN WE SHORTLISTED THOSE FIRMS AND WE CAME DOWN WITH TWO FIRMS THEN OF THOSE TWO.
THEN WE WENT TO IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS.
SO WE EVALUATED EACH ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES.
THEN WE WENT TO THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PDR COMMITTEE ON MAY, THE THIRD, UM, AND THE PDR COMMITTEE VOTED IN FAVOR TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD BASED ON THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND IN YOUR PACKET, UH, WE HAVE THAT PEDIATRIC COMMITTEE, UM, INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS.
SO IN SUMMARY, THE, UH, PROPOSED SCOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT IDENTIFIED A TOTAL ESTIMATED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
THE TOTAL PROJECT WAS $1,489,770.
WHAT STAFF ASKING, UM, IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A MOUNTAIN ACTIVE SEAT, THE 1 MILLION, 17,000 TO 30.
AND IN THAT SCOPE, IT'S KIND OF SITTING IN THREE DIFFERENT PARTS.
THAT 1.017 MILLION GIVES US THE ENTIRE DESIGN.
THE NEXT PART IS AFTER DESIGN IS THEN IT GOES INTO MORE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN THE LAST ELEMENT OF THAT IS IF WE NEEDED A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 1.48, NINE, AND THE 1.017.
SO IT'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, OFFICER, OR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'M MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY HE DID COME BEFORE THE PR COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE ORIGINAL RESPONSE, UH, TO THE, UH, RFP THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THAT ARE DURA ORIGINALLY RANKED HIGHER
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AND HR GREEN, UH, CAME IN SECOND, BUT PER THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTANT POLICY THAT STAFF WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE AND SHOW, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS ANOTHER PROCESS, UH, HER, THAT CONSULTANT POLICY THAT THEY CAN BRING IN THOSE FIRMS TO DO AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW, WHICH THEY DID.AND, UH, JUSTIFIABLY WENT WITH THE, UH, HR GREEN AS THEIR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO THEY PROVIDED THAT ALONG WITH THEIR SCORES AND EVALUATED SCORES FROM THAT THAT IN-PERSON INTERVIEW.
SO IT DID PASS TWO TO ONE AT THE STATEMENT.
UM, I SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL, AND I DID NOT AGREE WITH THAT PARTICULAR, UM, PROPOSAL MAINLY BECAUSE THE GRADING SCORES WERE NOT COMPLETED, UH, BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE, THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.
AND SO THEREFORE I FELT THAT THE INFORMATION WAS NOT COMPLETE AND IT WAS NOT FAIR, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO I DID NOT AGREE WITH THAT, UH, SIDE.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE, UH, CAPACITY, UH, THAT, UH, THIS, UH, WILL PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS SOME, UH, I GUESS, MUCH NEEDED, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS REQUIRING THIS CAPACITY.
CAN YOU, I MEAN, ARE THERE SOME LARGE DEVELOPMENTS ARE PROJECTS THAT YOU COULD MENTION AS TO GIVE SOME, SOME FIELD FAR, YOU KNOW, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS CAPACITY? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
SO, UM, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UM, THE DESIGN OF THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THIS DESIGN FOR THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF WHEN THAT OCCURRED, THE CITY STAFF HAD, UM, WRITTEN CAPACITY, UM, AGREEMENT LETTERS TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THE DEVELOPERS ARE RELYING ON A VERY RIGOROUS SCHEDULE THAT WE PROVIDE, NOT ONLY THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM COLLECTION AND THE LARGEST VIEWERSHIP, BUT ALSO THE CAPABILITY TO TREAT THE WASTEWATER.
SO THERE ARE VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENTS AND IF I CAN NAME THEM, BUT THAT THEY ARE THERE, THEY ARE RELYING NOW THE IMPORTANCE OF, YES, THIS PROCESS.
AND GIVE ME, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, ONE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE PROVIDED IT'S, IT'S A MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY TOLD US POINT BLANK THAT THEIR LENDER WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO GET THEIR LOAN TO PROCEED UNTIL THE SHOVEL HITS THE GROUND.
AND THERE'S FOUR THAT HAVE ALREADY CAPACITIES THAT ARE RELYING ON THIS TO CONTINUE.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE GRADINGS THAT, THAT SHE'S SAYING THAT IT WASN'T FILLED OUT? OR CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT YES, SIR.
SO THERE'S A 2013 EVALUATION PROCESS AND THE PROCESS DOES IT REALLY INCLUDE THE SPECIFICS OF HOW YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THE GRADING AND THE MATRIX AND EVERYTHING.
MATTER OF FACT, UM, THE 2013, WHICH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY EXPLAIN ELOQUENTLY, IT, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
AND THAT'S ONE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE WE IMPROVE THAT.
MOVING FORWARD, THAT SPECIFIC, UM, ITEM WITH THE MATRIX ON THE INTERVIEWS, THE FIRST PART OF THE MATRIX WE HAD PROVIDED, AND IT WAS IN THERE THAT SHOWED HOW WE NARROWED DOWN THE FOUR CANDIDATES DOWN TO TWO, WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME, BUT WE HAD THE RECORDS WAS HOW WE SCORE THE INTERVIEWS.
AND SO WHEN THAT ITEM CAME UP, WHICH WASN'T PART OF THE PACKET TO EXPLAIN HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
MATTER OF FACT, WHAT I DID IS I TOOK HOW WE DO, UM, INTERVIEWS FOR EMPLOYEES.
AND I USE THAT SAME MATRIX AND SCORING AND ADOPTED IT'S THAT.
SO THERE'S NO STANDARDIZATION FOR IT.
I JUST CREATED IT AND IT FIT, IT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
SO WHEN THAT CONCERN CAME UP, WE WENT QUICKLY DOWN AND GRABBED THEM AND MADE COPIES.
THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS ON HOW, UH, YOU, AGAIN, IT WAS TWO PHASES.
THEN WE INTERVIEWED THEM AND THEN IT SHOWED HOW OUR DORA WAS THE FIRST PLACE.
AND HR BRAIN WAS SECOND FOR CONSIDERATION TO LOOK AT INTERVIEWS.
AND, AND CITY STAFF LOOKED AT IT AS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. ONE WAS THE SHORT LIST ONE AND TWO.
IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER WHO WAS WANTING TO THEN WHEN YOU GOT TO THE INTERVIEWS, THAT WAS LIKE A BLANK SLATE.
SO THEN WHEN WE INTERVIEWED THAT PART, AND THEN WHEN THE FINAL SCORING CAME IN, HR GREEN WAS ON TOP.
SO DO YOU HAVE A BETTER PROCESS IN PLACE WITH
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THIS EXAMPLE GOING FORWARD? WELL, WE CLEARLY CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THAT, BUT THE POINT OF THE MATTER IS NO MATTER WHO, WHAT THE DEPARTMENT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S PRESCRIBED THAT THIS IS HOW YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.THE PART IS, IS THAT THE FIRST PART, IT, ONE OF OUR, WE PUT OUR REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS OUT.
IT IDENTIFIED HOW, WHAT ITEMS THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SCORE IT, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE THE BASIS ON HOW YOU DO THE INTERVIEW PART.
WHAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN JUNCTION TO THIS, THIS, YES, SIR.
WE'RE LOOKING RATHER THAN REINVENTING THE WHEEL, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND LOOKING AT ADOPTING THAT SAME THING, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY.
NOT JUST A COUPLE OF WORKS, BUT MOVING FORWARD UNTIL THAT'S IN PLACE, WE'LL DO JUST LIKE WE DID PROVIDE THAT SAME MATRIX FOR THE FIRST PART.
AND THEN THAT MATRIX FOR THE SECOND PART.
AND THEN THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT HOW IT ALL MATCHES UP.
I REMEMBER I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION POINT AS MY COLLEAGUES COULD PROBABLY ATTEST TO IN THAT MEETING, WE HAVE A 2013, UH, CONSULTANT SELECTION POLICY THERE'S OUTDATED AND ARCHAIC AS WELL AS A SMALL BUSINESS POLICY.
I KNOW PER SHAWSHEE, THERE'S A DISPARITY STUDY GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WITH THAT, COUPLED WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, I THINK THAT THAT DOES NEED TO BE UNIFORMED THOUGH, BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR CUT PROCESS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND MARY, IF I COULD JUST SHARE MY THOMAS AS WELL, MY, MY GREATEST CONCERN IS THAT, UH, HR GREED CAME IN SECOND BASED ON THE SCORING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, OUR DIRECTOR DID NOT COMPLETE A SCORING OR RATING AT ALL.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS IF OUR DIRECTOR IS OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT AND DIDN'T PROVIDE THE PROPER FEEDBACK BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, PROCESS FOR 20TH AND 2013, HOW CAN I ACCEPT A RECOMMENDATION FROM, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, WHEN THE DIRECTOR DIDN'T EVEN COMPLETE THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS HIMSELF.
AND SO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HR GREEN CAME IN SECOND PLACE BASED ON THE OTHER SCORING METHOD METHODOLOGY.
UM, AND THE CURRENT, OUR NEURAL, UM, IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THEY SCORED, UM, I WANT TO SAY THEY SCORED IN FIRST PLACE BASED ON THIS METHOD, HR SECOND.
AND THEN NOW, LIKE I SAID, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT OUR DIRECTOR DID NOT THAT FORM AT ALL.
AND IF I CAN CLARIFY THIS ONE, THERE ARE TWO PIECES DONE ON DIRECTOR.
WHEN YOU SAY TALKING ABOUT DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, CORRECT.
BANNON COUNSEL, LET ME CLARIFY THIS S MAY OF 14 ONLY MENTIONED THIS CONSULTANT SELECTION POLICIES, 2013, IT'S OUTDATED AND TIME TO UPDATE IT.
AND IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT, OBVIOUSLY TAKE IT TO THE PDI COMMITTEE AND BRING IT IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE POLICY.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT AS FAR AS THE SELECTION PROCESS IS CONSIDERED, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AS LISTED IN THE CONSULTANT POLICY WAS DONE.
PART OF THE POLICY, THE CONFUSION IS IN THE PLUS TIER OF SELECTION OR DUDA WAS NUMBER ONE, HR GREEN WAS NUMBER TWO WHEN WE BOUGHT THEM FOR THE INTERVIEWS FLIPPED THE OTHER WAY, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND I'LL GO ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL CHOOSE HR FREE.
AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO CONFUSION.
AND THAT IS THE WAY THE SELECTION POLICY IS LISTED.
WE WENT BY THE LAW AND WE DID WHAT COUNSELED ALL QUESTIONS.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS, DID YOU FILL IT OUT OR WHY DIDN'T YOU, THERE'S NO NEED TO DUMB IT DOWN TO FILL IT OUT.
WE SELECT A TOP RANKING FORM AND WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND AGAIN, I THINK RESPONSIBILITY FALL ON IT AS THE DIRECTOR, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER AND MANAFORT AND BONY AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY MENTIONED.
WE WILL, UH, WE WILL, UH, UPDATE THE PROCESS.
WE'LL BRING MORE CLARITY INTO IT AND WE'LL BRING IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I, I GUESS I WON'T BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IF, IF WE VOTE ON THIS.
SO I LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY SECRETARY I'VE HEARD FROM THE CITY SECRETARY.
THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE OUTDATED.
THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE COMMITTEES IN PLACE.
UH, IF OUR JOB IS POLICY MAKER, RIGHT? OUR JOB IS POLICY ME NOT RUNNING DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
SO I WOULD ASK IF THERE ARE POLICIES
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THAT ARE OUTDATED FROM TWO 13 OR 2005 OR 1984, OR WHENEVER IT IS, CAN WE GET THESE COMMITTEES? IF IT'S VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THIS AND THEN BRING IT TOWARDS THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE I'M NOT PART OF THE COMMITTEE.AND SOME MEMBERS MAY NOT BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A THREE MEMBER BODY THAT LOOKED AT THIS, UNDERSTOOD IT, WENT THROUGH IT, ASK THE QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE PUSHING FORWARD.
INSTEAD OF US SAYING IN 2022 IS QUITE EMBARRASSING.
IN MY OPINION, WHEN WE SAY THAT POLICIES HAVE BEEN OUTDATED AND OUR JOB IS POLICY MAKERS.
SO LESS JUST, I WOULD ASK AND QUITE HONEST WITH YOU AS, AND I WANT TO THANK CHRIS SARONG FOR COMING IN AND ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE POLICIES, BECAUSE AS SHE'S NEW, SHE'S LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO YOU GO? DO YOU GO BACKWARDS? DO YOU GO LEFT? DO YOU GO RIGHT? AND I SAID, NO, DON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE GET THESE POLICIES IN PLACE.
SO, AND THIS IS NOT JUST AN ATTACK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE NEED TO GET THESE POLICIES IN PLACE.
AND I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WHEN WE PUT COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THOSE COMMITTEES, THAT THE STAFF THERE ARE, THERE IS A STAFF MEMBER, ONE OR TWO IS ATTACHED TO THE COMMITTEES.
I WOULD THINK THOSE COMMITTEES, THOSE DIRECTORS, OR WHOEVER'S ATTACHED TO THOSE COMMITTEES ARE KIND OF GUIDING THAT WHOEVER IS SERVING AT THOSE COMMITTEES TO GO THROUGH THESE PROCESSES.
SO WE DON'T END UP WITH THESE KINDS OF ISSUES.
SO I'D ASKED THE CITY MANAGER, CITY, ATTORNEY, AND CITY SECRETARY TO PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT THESE PROCESSES THAT ARE NOT RELEVANT TODAY AND USE THE COMMITTEES TO THE BEST AS IT CAN, AND IS NOT JUST TO SIT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY'RE ALL WORKING, THEY'RE COMING IN FOR THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND SPENDING THEIR HOUR OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THE BEST FOOT FORWARD.
SO THIS WAY WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT WOULD HELP ALL OF US EASY TO VOTE FOR IT, YOU KNOW, THINGS.
SO WE DON'T SIT HERE ON CAMERA AND SAY, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT'S OUTDATED IN 2013.
SO I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IF Y'ALL CAN PUSH IT THROUGH THE COMMITTEES.
AND IF IT'S BEYOND THE JOYS, IF IT'S BEYOND A COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEN BRING IT UP TO US IN A, IN A, IN A, WHETHER IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE AS A BODY NEEDS TO DO TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS.
BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO EXCEL ALL OF US BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR SHASHA TO, AND SIT THERE, TRY TO COME, COME UP WITH A COMPLIANCE WHEN THERE'S NO POLICY THAT'S DICTATING TO WHERE HE SHOULD GO.
UH, SO YOU KNOW, OUR JOB HERE SITTING UP HERE IS TO HELP THE DIRECTORS AND HELP YOU ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND NOT POINTING FINGERS, BUT WE NEED HELP FROM YOU TO TELL US WHAT THINGS ARE NOT WORKING AND BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
SO THIS WAY WE WILL KNOW WHAT YOU CAN'T.
THAT WAS A COMMENT, NOT A QUESTION, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 74, PARKS AND RECREATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE PROVIDING REGARDING THE LICENSING OF CITY PARK FACILITIES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
JASON, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, LICENSING AGREEMENTS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT CITIES CAN STRETCH THEIR RESOURCES AND BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE.
UM, WE'VE RECENTLY ENTERED INTO A LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, FORT BEND MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION, TO BUILD TRAILS ON UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND.
UM, HOWEVER, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS AND, UH, OTHER, UH, LICENSED AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE A DEMONSTRATABLE, UM, BENEFIT TO THE CITY, UM, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE, IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT REALLY, UM, OUTLINED HOW, HOW THESE WORK WITH OUR OTHER PERMITS AND WHATNOT.
SO, UH, LEGAL RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADD A SECTION TO CHAPTER 74 PARKS AND RECREATION, AND ARTICLE THREE OF THEM WERE PERMITS HOW THESE LICENSING AGREEMENTS WOULD, UM, RELATE TO THE, UH, OTHER PERMITS.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION AND WHAT THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSERS AND A SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WE'RE WRITING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO
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MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution in support of request...]
RESOLUTIONS 11:00 AM.RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TO THE MANDATE ISSUED BY THE FORT BEN SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT REGARDING CONVERSION FROM GROUNDWATER SOURCES AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TO, OKAY, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHASHI C'MON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
CURRENTLY THE MANDATES FROM FOUR POINTS OF SILENT DISTRICT REQUIRES US TO USE 30% NON WATER SOURCES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE BUILT THE REGIONAL SURFACE WATER PLANT.
THAT WAS A REGULATION THAT WAS CAME INTO EFFECT IN 2013, BY 2025.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE USING 60% OF OUR WATER SOURCES FROM NON GROUND WATER SOURCES.
UH, THE CITY CREATED THE, UH, GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN COMMITTEE THAT PROVIDES OR CYCLE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UH, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT 60% MANDATE I'VE EVER WITH THE KUWAIT, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
UH, THERE WILL BE SOME DELAY IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECTS.
UM, MISSOURI CITY HAS FELLOWS OUT ADJACENT CITIES ARE GOING TO THE SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT AND ASKING FOR A DELAY IN EXTENDING THIS CONTORTION MANDATE BY AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
AGAIN, OUT OF MY BOOKS, NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE DONE THAT.
AND OUR GRP COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION WHEREIN WE CAN REQUEST FOR A COMMERCIAL EXTENSION AND BECOME A PORTION MANDATE WHAT THIS WILL HELP US.
UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL STABILIZE THE MARKET, THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND THINGS WE HAVE.
WE CAN POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT PROJECT AT A LOWER COST, ULTIMATELY SAVING STAFF CITIZENS WITH THIS, UH, UM, UH, BRIEF PRESENTATION.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PASS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING FOR PRINCE OF PLATINUM DISTRICT TO EXTEND THIS CONVULSION MANDATE.
IS THERE A MOTION? OH, SHOULDN'T DO AN EMOTIONAL BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BONI.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.
PLEASE SAY NO, NO MOTION CARRIES SIX ONE.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the Inter...]
A NUMBER 11 BEAT, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LOCAL ON SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT.PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS ACTING THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE HIGHWAY SIX AT COLONIAL LAKE DRIVE, LIKE COLONY BOULEVARD, DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE AS THE AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL TO ACCEPT, REJECT, AMEND, OR TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT AND MAKING THIS RESOLUTION A PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHASHI CALLED MY DRUG.
UH, JEREMY DAVIS COULD NOT BE HERE, SO I WILL COVER THIS ONE.
UH, WE HAVE A SIGNAL CURRENTLY.
WE CALL IT A SPAN WIRE SIGNAL AT COLONIAL LAKES AND HIGHWAY SIX, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED MOST OF OUR SIGNALS ON HIGHWAY SIX OR MASTER KIND OF ROBUST SIGNALS BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR COTTAGE DOOR.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING THE SIGNAL TO MASS TALK.
SO ANYTIME YOU'RE WORKING WITHIN THE TECH STOCK RIGHT AWAY, UH, THEY, UH, NEED AN AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO FUND AND BUILD THIS PRODUCT AND THUMPS UP THEIR DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND WHATNOT.
SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, ARTISTS DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TECHSTARS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE SIGNAL FROM A SPAN WIRED FOR A MASTER, BUT THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ASK FOR THE SOLUTION.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
KLAUSNER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WRITING.
IS THERE DISCUSSION HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION PLEASE SAY NO, NO.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the purch...]
C UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, AND LICENSES, AND THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUCH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE AND LICENSES.UM, SO I SAID, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT JUST GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN IT REAL QUICK.
UH, THIS WAS PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE LGC MEETING.
UH, THIS IS TO REPLACE OUR SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM AT THE CITY CENTER.
UM, OURS IS CURRENTLY OUTDATED AND INOPERABLE, SO WE NEED TO REPLACE IT FOR NUMEROUS REASONS.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
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TEM.UH, FASHION, UH, WITH THESE NEW CAMERAS, WE'LL VET, UH, UH, INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR OUR VISITORS AND OUR CUSTOMERS WHO USE THE, UH, CRIVELLI GOLF COURSE IN CITY CENTER.
UH, AND I, I MAYBE I, I SEE CHIEF BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, OUR SECURITY CAMERAS DETERRENT FOR CRIME.
HE'S ASKING YOU TO REPEAT THE QUESTION, SIR.
THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE, UH, UH, CITY CENTER.
UH, MY QUESTION WAS, ARE SECURITY CAMERAS, A FARM OF DETERRENT TO KEEP CRIMINALS FROM TRYING TO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, AREAS THAT MIGHT NOT BE COVERED BY CAMERAS, SECURITY CAMERAS? ABSOLUTELY.
SECURITY CAMERAS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY CENTER WAS DESIGNED WITH CRIME PREVENTION IN MIND.
SO NOT HAVING AN OPERABLE SECURITY CAMERA SYSTEM IS CERTAINLY NOT A GOOD THING TO HAVE.
SO IT CERTAINLY TURNED ON YOU, SIR.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF CHIEF, YOU CAN ASK HER A TYSON, UH, BUT HOW MUCH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAVE Y'ALL EXPERIENCED, UM, AT THAT LOCATION IN THE PAST YEAR, PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD TWO, UH, SPECIAL GRABS, I GUESS YOU CALL THEM OUR PARKING LOTS AND TWO INCIDENCES.
THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
UM, THAT'S BEEN ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR YOU TYSON.
THANK YOU, G UM, WHAT IS THE CURRENT, UM, REVENUE THAT'S COMING INTO THE, UH, WELL VALLEY CITY CENTER VERSUS THE, UH, OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OVERALL OR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT FOR OVERALL OVERALL, UM, UNOFFICIALLY THE LAST 12 OR 24 MONTHS.
YEAH, LAST, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT A $270,000 PROFIT, UM, THAT INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY $120,000 INTO OUR FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FEES.
SO THAT WAS $150,000 OPERATIONAL PROFIT.
AND SO FAR IN FISCAL 22, WE ARE EXCEEDING THOSE NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR.
AND WHAT WERE YOUR, YOU SAID THE 200,000 WAS A PROPHET.
AND THIS MONEY IS COMING SPECIFICALLY FROM THE, TELL ME WHERE THIS MONEY IS SPECIFICALLY COMING FROM.
SO PART OF OUR GREEN FEES HAVE A SEPARATE CARVE OUT.
SO SOME OF OUR DOLLARS GO INTO A FACILITY IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT, UM, THAT DOESN'T, THAT IS WHERE THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM.
SO THIS IS A USER FEE THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE ARE PULLING FROM THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY ABOUT $250,000 IN THERE, AND WE ARE PULLING FROM THAT, FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO NOT THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THE LGC P AND L.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION, UM, IN THAT EARLIER MEETING, THAT THIS IS NOT COMING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT FROM YOUR PROFIT PHASE, UH, IT WOULD HAVE IT, AND I'M JUST SHARING THIS WITH YOU, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE INFORMATION I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO KNOW.
I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
UH, BUT JUST SO WE KNOW, CAUSE I HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE RESIDENTS WHILE WE'RE SPENDING X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION.
AND I THINK THE CHIEF, YOU KNOW, SAID IT THE BEST.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE EVERYWHERE IN THE PART OF THE CITY.
I PERSONALLY THINK THAT EVERY CITY BUILDING EVERY CITY, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE THESE CAMERAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE CITIZENS, UH, THAT ARE USING THAT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT I'VE HEARD OF THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ABOUT BREAKING OF CARS AT THE REC CENTER WHILE PEOPLE WERE PLAYING TENNIS OR ON THE INSIDE, I TOOK THEIR BELONGINGS.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TYPE OF PROTECTION FOR OUR CITIZENS AS WELL, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN THERE AND IT ALSO, IT'S A FUNCTIONALITY OF GOING BACKWARDS AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE TIME, THAT'S ANOTHER HELP TO THE PD.
UH, IF THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CALLED TO THE SCENE, THERE'S LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S TWO BURGLARY.
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THEY HAVE A CAMERA ANGLE TO THAT.I MEAN, THAT WOULD HELP THEM, UH, AT LEAST DISCOVER.
SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
SO THERE'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, NO, THAT WAS ON MY WORDS.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES IF POSSIBLE, CONSUMER, RIGHT.
UH, JUST LIKE TO SAY, I HOPE ALL THE MOTHERS ENJOYED THEIR MOTHER'S DAY, THIS PAST MAY 8TH.
UM, I FOR MOTHER'S DAY HAD THE PLEASURE OF ESCORTING MY FIRST HOMESCHOOL DAUGHTER CERENA ONTO THE FIELD.
UM, AS I WATCH HER RECEIVE HER BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ON MY SEVENTH ONE WEEK, UH, LATER, UH, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY OR JUST PAST SATURDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO GRADUATE OUR THIRD HOMESCHOOL DAUGHTER.
SELIYA FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHO WAS CURRENTLY DUAL ENROLLED AT HPU AND ACC SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO SERINA AND SELIYA, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL TRACK TEAM WHO JUST WON STATE.
SO, UM, MARSHALL IS GOING TO BE VISITING WITH US QUITE A BIT.
THESE LAST, UM, THESE NEXT FEW WEEKS, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FORT BEND ISD, UH, NEW BOARD MEMBERS, DAVID HAMILTON, AND RICK GARCIA ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN OUR SCHOOLS OUT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JIM RICE AND ROSENTHAL FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE BOARD.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE HUNTER'S GLEN LITERACY, I ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESTRUCTURING THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.
UH, SO PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN SOME COMMUNITY ACTIVITY FOR THAT.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER RIGHT HERE AT MISSOURI CITY WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, MINISTERS WHO OFFERED BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD.
UH, THE COPY WITH LEADERSHIP WAS AMAZING AS, AS USUAL, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM THAT PUTS THAT TOGETHER EVERY, EVERY MONTH ON THE SECOND TUESDAY AT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING.
AND THANK YOU TO CHARLIE'S CATERING WHO PROVIDED ALL OF THE BREAKFAST AND COFFEE AT NO COST TO US AS THE CITY, AND THEN ALSO ATTENDED THE FORT BEND ISD TEACHER'S APPRECIATION, UM, AT THE SUGARLAND ROTARY CLUB.
THANK YOU TO, UM, THE GENTLEMAN, UH, BURT LAVONNE WHO INVITED ME AND JASON MANGUM.
UM, I WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH SEVERAL GENTLEMEN WHO GAVE YOU LOTS OF PRAISE AND, UM, AND KUDOS FOR YOUR GREAT SPEAKING EFFORTS AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I ATTENDED THE PDI MEETING WITH MY COLLEAGUE MIR PRO TIM BONEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS THE STAFFORD, UH, SUPER SENIOR 55 PLUS BREAKFAST.
THAT THE LAST ONE WAS AMAZING.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS A DOZEN OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL.
STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR RECEIVING THEIR ASSOCIATES DEGREE FROM ACC, ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER, UH, THAT IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP IN MISSOURI CITY AND GOOD FRIENDS OF MR. UH, DIVINE NINE DOWN THERE MERE PROTEIN BONEY, UH, MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR WHO THEY WERE.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOA MEETINGS OF BERMUDA DUNES, FOND MEADOW, GLEN ONE AND TWO HUNTERS, GREEN QUAIL GREEN AND QUILT GREEN WEST UPON THEIR REQUEST.
SO IT WAS NICE TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS ON ALL LEVELS, WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
UH, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF EARLY VOTING NOW, AND UNTIL THIS FRIDAY, IT'S THE PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 24TH.
AND OF COURSE OUR CITY COMMUNITY CENTER IS A VOTING SITE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIFE TO SERVING AND PROTECTING OUR CITY AND ACROSS THIS NATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND YOU'LL ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS.
UM, AND SO I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL JOIN US ON THIS.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH 7:00 PM FOR OUR FALLEN OFFICERS CEREMONY AT THE POLICE STATION ON CARTWRIGHT, WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR MAYOR SPEAKING.
AND THEN ALSO THE MIGHTY HIGH SCHOOL, UH, STUDENTS OF THE MIGHTY STAMPEDE FAN OF MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PERFORMING HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO WISH MY MIDDLE CHILD.
SHARELLE A VERY HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY IS HER 22ND BIRTHDAY.
AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MIRROR.
I TOO WISH ALL THE MOTHERS IN OUR CITY AND STAFF HAD A SELF CARE MOTHER'S DAY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR FLOWERS
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AND WHAT THEY DESERVE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.AS WE ALL SAW TONIGHT THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE.
WE CAN BE CONFIDENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE GREAT LEADERS THAT ARE BREWING IN OUR CITY THAT HAVE STRONG VISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR YEARS TO COME, AS WE MUST CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THEM AND INITIATIVES TO HELP THEM GROW AND DEVELOP LIKE THE READING MENTOR PROGRAM, THAT AGRICULTURE VERSION OF YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS TO OFFER.
I ENCOURAGE YOUR MARIANA'S TONIGHT AND ON A DAILY BASIS, AS WE MEET THAT ARE ALL AREAS THAT SHE CAN IMPROVE IN OR CHALLENGE HERSELF AS YOU STOP EDUCATORS, CONTINUE TO REACH THIS GUY AND TO DEDICATE THEIR DUTIES TO DOWNSIDE, DO APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
ALSO WANTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL EVENTS.
IT WAS GREAT SEEING EVERYONE AT THE FIRE STATION, SIX AMANI, AS WELL AS THE BOUNCE BOUNCE BRAND OPENING.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AS MAYOR.
I'M SORRY, PROJECT NEAR TWICE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY MENTIONED, I DO WANT US TO LOSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THAT GREAT SUCCESS.
WE ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS VERY RARE AND CONSIDERING ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE WORLD.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY AND CONTINUES TO STRIVE, MAKE A COMMUNITY STATE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THEY HURRICANE SEASON WILL BEGAN.
SO I URGE ALL OF YOU GUYS TO PREPARE FOR THE WEATHER AND ANY STORM.
THAT'S GOING TO BE GROWING CHECK OUR OFFICIAL CITY OUTLETS FOR ANY UPDATED TIPS, RESOURCES TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY BUSINESSES AND YOUR PETS.
WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS, YOU KNOW, UM, PERSPECTIVES FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND I SHARE THEM WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I KNOW SOME MIGHT NOT AGREE OR MAY NOT LIKE MY APPROACH, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL COURTESY TO BE EXTENDED ON ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I RESPECTFULLY ASKED FOR IT TO BE EXTENDED SOME MYSELF.
AND FINALLY TODAY IS NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY NATIONAL, DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR AND NATIONAL LEVERAGE FREE DAY.
IN REGARDS, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY PARENTS WHO HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED A SMALL BUSINESS ON 2234 FOR OVER 30 YEARS, CALL IT THE GREATEST BARBECUE.
SO IF YOU WOULD STOP BY GET YOU SOME GREAT FOOD.
AS AN HONOR OF NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER GREAT RESIDENTS WHO MAKE OUR CITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY FORESTER, PAUL WORTH BECKY FOR DOING A GREAT JOB AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE AND OUR PLATINUM SCENIC CITY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE OUR LADY BUFFS AND OUR MAIL BUBS FOR BEING IN OUR BACK-TO-BACK TRACK SEASON WINNERS FOR OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, FOR THE GIRLS AND OUR FIFTH CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
I'M SORRY FOR THE BOYS TRACK TEAM.
I CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE THEM AND OUR UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT MAYOR.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR MENTIONING POLICE WEEK.
IT ACTUALLY STARTED YESTERDAY.
SO WE'D TAKE THAT TIME TO RECOGNIZE FALLEN OFFICERS AND TO MY COLLEAGUES POINTS WEDNESDAYS A SPECIAL DAY.
SO WE HELPED THE COMMUNITY COME OUT AND JOIN US.
UM, MISSOURI SHADE OF GREEN DID A GREAT JOB AT THE EDIBLE ARBITRARY ON SATURDAY FIRE STATION SIX WAS AWESOME WITH THE WHITE DOWN, THE TOWELS, THE HATS AND ALL THAT GREAT JOB.
SHE CAN ENTIRE STAFF PUT TOGETHER A WELL RECOGNIZED IN A WELL WELL-RECEIVED WARM, WELCOME TO CITY.
UM, WHAT ELSE? UM, WE OPENED UP A BOUNCE BOUNCE AND THERE WAS A AWESOME SOCCER GAME THAT OCCURRED.
AND, UH, LET'S JUST SAY A COUPLE OF US SERVED AND SCORED, UM, OFF.
AND SOMEBODY TOOK A HIT IN THE HEAD INVOLVED WITH THOSE GUYS.
AND THEN, UM, FINALLY JUST YET ANOTHER PARK IMPROVEMENT APPROVED TONIGHT, UH, CONTRACT WAS AWARDED FOR QUELL GREEN PARK, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET AND THAT'S A DISTRICT, A COUNCIL METAL RILEY.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
I TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, AS WELL AS THE COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP EVENTS, UH, GREAT EVENTS, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE QUAIL GREEN HOA ANNUAL MEETING.
I ATTENDED FIRE BATTALION, CHIEF, DAVE MATTHEWS, HIS RETIREMENT LUNCHEON.
UH, DID YOU GET SOME CHICKEN? OH YEAH.
THE FRONT ROW ALSO ATTENDED THE SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY EXPO OVER
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AT THE REC CENTER.UH, THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PDI COMMITTEES HAD THEIR MEETINGS.
UH, I ALSO HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE, UH, FIRE STATION SIX RIBBON CUTTING EVENT AND PUSHING THE FIRETRUCK INSIDE THE STATION.
UH, I NEEDED SOME HELP, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE MAYOR A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, UH, ALSO, UH, EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE TRANSFER OF POWER FROM THE DEVELOPERS TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND MUSTANG TRAILS.
UH, THEY HAD A, UH, A VIRTUAL MEETING WHEREBY UH, THEY ELECTED NEW OFFICERS.
UH, WELL, THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE OFFICERS NOW, SO THEY'LL BE FUNCTIONING THEIR OWN HOA MOVING FORWARD, ALSO ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTING FACILITY AND LEARNING CENTER.
UM, I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAST MY VOTE TODAY, WALKING IN THE CITY HALL, ONE, ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT AND VOTE.
AND WHAT I ALSO CONGRATULATE THOSE WHO WERE ELECTED THIS LAST ELECTION CYCLE, INCLUDING MY WIFE, WHO WAS THE NEW MUD 48 DIRECTOR.
UH, SO KUDOS TO HER ON OUR FIRST TIME RUN.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CLAUSES.
UM, I TOO ATTENDED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP.
UM, THE FIRE STATION SIX RIBBON CUTTING, AND, UM, WHO GOES FOR A FIRST CLASS, UH, RIBBON CUTTING.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME AND, UM, FIRST-CLASS EVENT.
UM, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT STATION WILL ALLOW QUICKER ACCESS TO OUR RESIDENTS, UM, QUICKER RESPONSE TIMES.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, ALSO ON SATURDAY, UH, MYSELF, UH, AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S, UM, ATTENDED THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY FOR CHICK-FIL-A, UM, UH, SEEING A CROSSING TONY LEVINE, UH, JUST STOPPED IN AND CONGRATULATED HIM FOR FOUR YEARS AND WISHED HIM, UH, ANOTHER 40 PLUS, UH, OF SUCCESS.
HE DOES A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVES WONDERFUL SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR YOUTH.
I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO MY COLLEAGUE AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, JEFFREY L PHONY, BECAUSE THE L IS ENFORCED, UM, HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL DAY.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT DAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND KEEP CELEBRATING.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
UM, I ATTENDED THE, UH, SOFT OPENING FOR BOUNCE BOUNCE AND TOOK MY DAUGHTER, MY SON, AND ALSO NEIGHBORS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, PLEASE, UH, SUPPORT MR. KIM AND ALL HE'S DOING.
AND, UM, YEAH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME TEAM BUILDING WITH OUR SOCCER GAME.
THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN BAREFOOT.
UM, I WANT TO SAY, UH, CHIEF BEERS THEN, UM, CONGRATULATION ON THE VIDEOS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU IN ONE COMING UP, BUT CONGRATULATIONS, THEY'RE VERY ENTERTAINING AND THEY GET THE POINT ACROSS.
SO, UM, HOWEVER YOU HAVE TO DO IT, DO IT, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR, UH, KEEPING US ENGAGED WITH YOUR VIDEOS.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS COMING UP, INCLUDING, UH, PARTNERING WITH THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS JUNE 13TH FOR RESUME AND INTERVIEW ASSISTANCE, UH, FROM 10 TO FIVE AT THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BUILDING.
AND THEN ON JUNE 14TH, FROM 10 TO TWO AT THE CITY CENTER, UH, BUILDING, UH, QUAIL VALLEY, THERE'LL BE A JOB FAIR.
YOU'LL NEED TO REGISTER FOR THAT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, YESTERDAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING A GUEST SPEAKER AT COVENANT TABERNACLE PASTOR.
HE HAD A SUPER SUNDAY AND ASKED ME TO COME ALONG WITH THREE OTHER MOTHERS WHO ARE RAISING CHILDREN ON THE SPECTRUM.
SO IT WAS REALLY, UM, ENLIGHTENING AND, UM, HE WAS A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AND MOST OF HIS CONGREGATION IS SO THAT WAS A VERY TOUCHING AND REWARDING AS WELL.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AND IT WAS GREAT TO, UH, SEE THE, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, UH, PASTORS AND, UH, UH, LEADERS OF OUR CHURCHES TO BE THERE, TO, UH, TO PRAY FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, THEY BROUGHT TO, UH, TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, AGAIN, THE FIRE STATION SIX RIBBON CUTTING FIRST CLIENT, UH, AND, UM, I MADE SURE WHEN BONY WAS, EXCUSE ME, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM BONY WAS PUSHING THE FIRETRUCK.
SO, UH, HE ALERTED ME WHEN HE GOT READY TO PUT A SHOULDER THROUGH IT.
UH, THE MISSOURI CITY'S CHANGED CLUB, UH, PRESENTED 15 SCHOLARSHIPS
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TO, UH, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, UH, IN THE AREA.UH, THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE $5,000 EACH.
SO IT'S, UM, DOLLARS THAT COME FROM, UH, THE, OUR, UH, UH, FUNDRAISING EVENT THAT WE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONCE A YEAR.
AND I SAY, WE, BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB.
SO, UH, WE PROVIDED SOME MUCH NEEDED SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS TO SOME VERY WELL DESERVING, UH, SENIORS, UM, AT THAT MEETING.
AND FINALLY, UH, THE, UM, UM, MOTHER'S CLUB OF MISSOURI CITY, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE, UH, OLDEST CLUB IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1956, WHICH, UH, UH, THEY ASKED ME TO PRESENT TO THE CITY, A CHECK FOR $400 TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO I WILL TURN THAT CHECK OVER TO WHOEVER, UH, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE, BUT AGAIN, THEY, UH, THEIR PASSION IS, UH, ANIMAL, UH, SURVIVAL AND, UH, AND TREATMENT.
SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR DOLLARS, UH, REFLECTED THEIR, UH, UH, REAL, A REAL PATIENT ARE OUR ANIMALS IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR SOME PATIENTS.
UM, THAT'S, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO FIRE CHIEF, MARIO FOR TITO FOR OUTSTANDING OPENING COMMUNITY, REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE CHORES THAT COMMUNITY IS COMING BY AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ALL THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT OTHERS TALKED ABOUT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION THIS THURSDAY IS HAVING ITS FINAL, UM, KIND OF FINISHED OUT, CLOSED OUT CEREMONY, BANQUET, WANT TO THANK TYSON AND, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, STAFF JACKSON, WHO'S BEEN CONSTANTLY WORKING VERY HARD, UH, WITH THIS PROCESS.
UM, I HAD VERY LITTLE FAITH IN HIM AT FIRST, BUT MAN, HE PULLED ME WRONG IS HE'S TEACHING ME THINGS NOW.
SO IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL THERE IS AT THE, UM, CITY CENTER, UM, THIS WEDNESDAY, THE MAY 18TH AT 7:00 PM FALLEN OFFICER'S MEMORIAL, UH, WE'LL BE AT THE PROTECTORS PLAZA.
SO PLEASE JOIN OUR CHIEF, UM, AND THE ENTIRE PD TEAM TO FOR THIS HONOR ON SATURDAY MAY, MAY 28TH BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL JUNE.
UM, QUAD VALLEY PROUD NEIGHBORHOOD HOA HAS, UH, CONSTANTLY DONE, UH, VETERANS, UH, I MEAN, NOT VETERANS MEMORIAL FOR RATES, SO THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UH, EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST REGISTER, UH, THERE'S A LINK, UH, BUT IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO QUAD BALI, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND PARTICIPATE ON MEMORIAL DAY ITSELF ON MONDAY, UH, ON THE MEMORIAL DAY ITSELF, THERE'S TWO EVENTS THAT CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND COMMUNITY'S ASKED TO JOIN, WHICH ONE IS AMERICAN LEGION PARK MEMORIAL, UM, PARADE AT, UH, 11:30 AM.
AND THEN ALSO VFW 40 10 POSTS, UM, IS HAVING THEM A, MORE OF A CELEBRATION AT 12 NOON.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON ON MEMORIAL DAY, BUT THE CORE OF PROUD IS DOING IT ON, ON THE SATURDAY, WHICH IS MAY 28TH, LIKE TO CLOSE OUT WITH, UH, TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK AUBREY NETTLES.
UH, AUBREY, UH, I KNOW YOUR LAST DAY IS COMING UP, BUT WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE THAT YOU HAVE DONE, UM, AND TAKING THAT COMMITTEE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND I'M SURE COST NUMBER CLOUDS ARE AND OTHERS.
AND THAT COMMITTEE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE DO SHOW UP TO EVERY SINGLE RIBBON CUTTING THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY NOT ONLY WEAR THEIR SHIRTS, BUT THEY WEAR IMPROV, UM, AND THEY DO SHOW UP.
SO IT'S BEEN A, A GREAT, UM, YOUR WORK ON THAT, AND ALSO ON THE TEXAS PARKWAY COMMUNITY, UM, WORKING WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, BONY AS A CHAIR, AND THEN, UH, COS MEMBER RILEY AND PRIOR TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, STERLING, UM,
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AND YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PATIO PROGRAM, WITH FACADE PROGRAM, WITH GETTING SOME OF THIS WORK.SO WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM, UH, WITH THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT, UM, YOUR, UH, THAT YOU STAYED ON WITH US FOR THIS LONG AND EXCITED FOR YOU AND YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOR, UM, AND, UM, CONTINUE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US.
I HAD ONE LAST THING, I'M SORRY, BUT THIS SATURDAY AT HUNTER'S GLEN PARK, UM, THERE'LL BE A FUN DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO I WANT TO INVITE STAFF AND YOUR KIDS COLLEAGUES TO COME OUT.
IT'S THIS SATURDAY, MAY 21ST FROM 12:00 PM TO 6:00 PM.
IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT THERE'LL BE DOING THIS A FUN DAY ON A REGULAR BASIS, RIGHT THERE, NOT AS LAMB PARK.
SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU BY, TO COME OUT THERE AND SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL.
[13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
I HAVE NUMBER 13 IS CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.WE DO HAVE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.0 7 2 5 5 1 0.0 7 1 5 5 1 0.0 7 4 5 5 1 0.087.
[14. RECONVENE]
IT CONSTABLE.NOW WE CAN MOVE INTO OPEN SESSION.
UM, THERE ARE NO FURTHER BUSINESSES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 1120.