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TODAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2022.
AND I WILL NOW CALL THIS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM.
I CERTIFIED THAT INFORMED COUNSEL IS PRESENT.
WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE'LL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RULERS DO OUR PLEDGE TO ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I APPLIED TO APPLY FLAG STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD VISIBLE WHENEVER.
[(a) Recognition of the Fort Bend Thurgood Marshall High School Girls Track...]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE, A RECOGNITION OF THE FORT BEN THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK TEAM FOR WINNING THE UIL FIVE, A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THREE B[(b) Recognition of the Fort Bend Thurgood Marshall High School Boys Track ...]
RECOGNITION OF THE FORT BEN THURGOOD MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TRACK TEAM FOR WINNING THE UIL FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.AND OUR PRESENTER IS COUNCIL WOMAN SHONDRA.
CAN I, UM, ADD BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER ALSO? I DIDN'T FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHAT CAN WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST? OH, SURE.
IT'S THE BODY YOU CAN MOVE ON AND COME BACK TO THREE EIGHT AND BE MAKING A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS UNTIL HE GETS BACK.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO ON TO PUBLIC
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENTS MATTER, SECRETARY.AND YOU RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE ONE, UH, BRUCE OR MUSKIE.
SO AS THE CITY SECRETARY HAS CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT CITY.
SECRETARY WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOU'VE REACHED THE TIME LIMIT.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, RIGHT? BRUCE
I SEE SOME OF YOU VISITED FOND MEADOW OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
UM, YOU COULD LOOK AT THE WAY THE KIDS GROW THROUGH A BAYOU TO GET TO A PARK.
I SEE THIS COUNCIL PUTTING METRO IN THE HOT SEAT ABOUT A PARTICULAR LADY HAVING TO CROSS TEXAS PARKWAY TO A BUS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS IN FOND MEADOW? THE CURL THROUGH A DITCH.
THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SOMEBODY HAVING TO CROSS THE STREET FOR A BUS STOP.
YOU'RE READY TO GRILL METRO ABOUT NOT CARING ABOUT MISSOURI CITY, BUT THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T CARE ABOUT FOND MEADOW.
IT'S CLEARLY EVIDENT A TYPICAL NONSENSE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.
OR MAYBE SINCE THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY LOVES TO PAY LAWYER FEES BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 36 MUD DISTRICTS OR THESE LAW OFFICES ARE RAKING IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH FROM MISSOURI CITY RESIDENCES.
MAYBE YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT SHOULD HELP FIND METAL.
SECTION ONE, BREAK AWAY FROM A POOL THAT WE CAN'T USE.
YOU'RE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY TO GO AFTER CINDY'S, YOU'RE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY AND OTHER NONSENSE AND LEGAL FEES.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY IN A BRIDGE, THEN WHY DON'T YOU HELP FIND METAL SECTION ONE, GET AWAY FROM HAVING NOT ACCESS TO A POOL.
IS THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS LIKE YOU MOVING BACK TO ITEM THREE, A AND THREE B BIND, UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN SHONDRA.
AND PRIVILEGED TO RECOGNIZE MY AMATA ON THURGOOD MARSHALL FOR THEIR SUCCESS THIS YEAR.
PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE AND BREAK RECORDS AND BE VERY HISTORICAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR GREAT EFFORTS.IN ADDITION TO WINNING STATE THIS YEAR, THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE MOST SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE DISTRICT, CORRECT COACH ALEX.
SO THEY ARE ATHLETIC AND SMART.
SO I WANT TO CALL YOU GUYS UP SO I CAN RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS.
AND LADIES I'M JOINED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, MONICA RILEY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THE SUCCESS
SO, UM, AGAIN, OUR COACHES ARE VERY DEDICATED.
YOU SEE THEM HANDS-ON ALL YEAR ROUND, WHETHER IT IS, UM, FUNDRAISING, MENTORING AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE KIDS GET THE ACTUAL SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE GREAT EFFORTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND ESPECIALLY THIS AREA IS SO MANY TIMES THURGOOD MARSHALL IS COUNTED OUT AND WANTING TO SHED NEGATIVE LIGHT, AND I'M A LIVING PRODUCT OF THIS SCHOOL.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO AND CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SUPPORT THAT COULD SEE SUPPORT.
UH, WE PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK, UH, WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND THEY ALSO PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PROUD OF THEM WHERE IT CONTINUED WITH WHERE WE, SORRY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE A RESILIENT CITY PROUD, UM, AND TO KEEP IT GOING.
IT'S THE PIGGYBACK OFF COACH COACHEE.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE, YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND, UM, UH, AS ALWAYS OUR BIGGEST THING IS ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE PUT UP, PUT, PUT A GOOD PRODUCT OUT EITHER IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN A TRACK AND FIELD ARENA.
UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY THE, UH, SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, THAT HAPPENED, UH, WELL TO GET OUR KIDS RECEIVED.
AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, IT GOES HAND IN HAND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN RECEIVE THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS IF WE'RE NOT, UH, ELIGIBLE AND, AND ACADEMICALLY IN GOOD STANDING.
BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I TELL THE KIDS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, YOUR COLLEGE COACHES, THEY MEET MEETING.
HERE'S THE LAST THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO JUST UP THE POSITION, GET BRINGING ANY, ANYBODY THAT CAN, THAT'S GOING TO PUT THEM IN A BAD PLACE.
UH, SO AGAIN, I REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WE'RE HERE.
MY KIDS CAN GET, CAN GET CELEBRATED ENOUGH BECAUSE THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB.
I TELL EVERYBODY I'M NOT TRAIN TRACK.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR, OUR SPORT.
THIS IS EVERYBODY ELSE'S PUNISHMENT, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, I LOVE HIM TO DEATH.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS.
WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS SAID AT ALL, OBVIOUSLY I'M A PROUD BUFF MOM.
UH, I HAD A GRADUATE IN 2010, BUT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU GUYS FOR YEARS AND SUPPORTING YOU.
AND I'M SO VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE MARSHAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT MOST OF ALL TODAY, THE TRACK TEAM FOR THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS AND ALL OF YOUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNING.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING MISSOURI CITY SO WONDERFULLY.
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AND COUNCIL ON THE RALLY FOR ACKNOWLEDGING.THEN LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
Y'ALL WE CAN NEVER PRAISE THEM ENOUGH, CELEBRATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR FUTURE LEADERS, CURRENT AND FUTURE LEADERS.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY THOSE STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COACHES WITH THEIR SACRIFICE AND THE PARENTS.
WELL, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL BACK HERE NEXT YEAR.
[(a) Council Input and Discussion: Presentation by Jon Hockenyos on the eco...]
ITEM FIVE STAFF REPORTS, COUNCIL INPUT, AND DISCUSSION PRESENTATION BY JOHN HAKA, NOSE ON THE ECONOMIC FORECAST AND CITY SALES TAX PROJECT, UH, PROJECTIONS, ELENA PORTER'S GOOD EVENING.MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE JOHN HOCKEY NOSE WITH TXP, UM, TO PROVIDE OUR ANNUAL ECONOMIC FORECAST.
UM, WE ALSO USE HIS SALES TAX PROJECTIONS WHEN WE'RE CALCULATING OUR BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 THIS TIME.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HOCKEY GIFTS.
GOOD EVENING, FOLKS, BOYS AND GIRLS.
TELL YOU WHAT, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN THIS PROPERLY, SMARTER THAN ME.
SO I WANT, I WANT TO HIT, I STRUGGLE WITH SELF-SERVICE GAS LIVE AND DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
YOU KNOW, SADLY, I CAN DO THAT.
WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE REAL INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU, COME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MORNING, I THINK FURTHER UP WHICH
SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL, WE'RE GOING TO START AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL.
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON, REALLY, FRANKLY, AT THIS POINT ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT AFFECTS ON NATION'S ECONOMY, HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO OUR REGION HERE, OBVIOUSLY IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA, HOW IT DRILLS DOWN INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MISSOURI CITY AND THEN ULTIMATELY HOW IT TRANSLATES INTO THE FORECAST, UH, ON SALES TAX.
AND SO THIS YEAR IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE'VE SEEN COMING OUT OF A FAIRLY UNUSUAL COUPLE OF YEARS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY HAPPENED IS WE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF STIMULUS IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BETWEEN THE VARIOUS FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE OUT THERE, WHETHER IT WAS JUST DIRECT PAYMENTS TO HOUSEHOLDS OR, YOU KNOW, PAYCHECK, PROTECTION LOANS, OR SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS EXPANDED UNEMPLOYMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUMPED IN ON THE ORDER OF FIVE TO $7 TRILLION INTO OUR NATION'S ECONOMY.
NOW TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE ON THAT OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY RUNS AT ABOUT $21 TRILLION A YEAR.
SO SOMEWHERE UP TO ABOUT A THIRD OF THE EQUIVALENT OF OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY WAS INJECTED IN.
WE ALSO HAD INTEREST RATES THAT WERE ABSOLUTELY AT HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS.
I REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME, HEY MAN, WHAT'S A GOOD MORTGAGE RATE.
AND I SAID, MAN, IF YOU CAN GET ANYTHING THAT STARTS WITH A FIVE, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
WELL FOR AWHILE, PEOPLE WERE GETTING THINGS STARTED WITH TUBES.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT WAS HIGHLY STIMULATED.
EVERYTHING, THE DEBT WAS CHEAP, IT WAS LOTS OF EXTRA
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MONEY RUNNING AROUND IN THE ECONOMY THAT HAD A COUPLE OF INTERESTING EFFECTS.ONE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES WERE SO LOW, THERE WEREN'T MANY INVESTMENT OPTIONS THAT WOULD GENERATE YIELD WHEN WE PAY DIVIDENDS.
I MEAN, WE ALL REMEMBER LOOKING AND THINKING, GOSH, IF I PUT THE MONEY IN A CD, I MIGHT AS WELL, I'M NOT GETTING ANYTHING ON IT.
SO IT LED TO A RUN-UP INTO THE VALUE OF ASSETS, WHETHER IT WAS A RUN-UP IN THE VALUE OF HOME PRICES OR WHETHER IT WAS A RUN-UP IN THE VALUE OF THE STOCK MARKET.
A LOT OF THIS MONEY HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE LOOKING FOR RETURN AND IT ENDED UP BEING BIDDING UP THE PRICES OF ASSETS, AGAIN, REAL ESTATE AND OR EQUITIES.
SECOND THING THAT HAPPENED IS WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON, THERE WAS THIS A HIGH LEVEL OF PENT-UP DEMAND.
I MEAN, WE ALL WENT HOME IN THE PANDEMIC AND I USED TO COME HOME AND I'D FIND AMAZON PACKAGES STACKED UP TO ABOUT HERE ON MY FRONT PORCH.
CAUSE MY WIFE WAS BORED AND SHE WAS SHOPPING ON AMAZON.
SHE GOT TIRED OF THAT AFTER AWHILE.
AND SO NOW WE ARE SORT OF PAST THAT PEAK.
WE ARE STILL ALL DYING TO SEE EACH OTHER.
I WAS TALKING TO FOLKS EARLIER OUT HERE.
I REALLY DO LIKE PEOPLE IN THREE DIMENSIONS.
I REALLY LIKED BEING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
WE'RE ALL DYING TO GO OUT TO DINNER, WE'RE ALL DYING TO GO.
SEE OUR FRIENDS WERE AKIN TO TRAVEL.
THERE'S STILL SOME OF THAT, BUT THAT HIGH LEVEL OF PENT UP DEMAND IS KIND OF PAST ITS PEAK.
SO WE HAD THE HUGE KIND OF SUGAR HIGH OF THE STIMULUS THAT'S PAST US.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'VE SEEN A MASSIVE UPTICK IN INTEREST RATES.
WELL, WHY IS THAT? OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE INFLATION HAS BEEN SO HIGH.
SO THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS RAISED INTEREST RATES 150 BASIS POINTS.
THAT MEANS A POINT AND A HALF IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THE EXPECTATION IS THEY WILL EAT.
CERTAINLY I THINK ALMOST CERTAINLY DO ANOTHER 75 BASIS POINTS, THREE QUARTERS OF A POINT, UH, INTEREST RATE INCREASE IN JULY.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY DID ANOTHER 75 BASIS POINTS BEYOND THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR, THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A 3% INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY DOUBLING WHERE IT HAS BEEN UP TILL DATE.
THAT HAS A HUGE EFFECT ON SLOWING THINGS DOWN.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS? IT'S BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE CAUSES OF INFLATION, SIMPLE VERSION.
THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY RUNNING AROUND, CHASING TOO FEW GOODS.
THAT'S THE CLASSIC ECONOMICS DEFINITION OF ALL THIS.
THE WAR ON UKRAINE IS A HUGE PIECE OF IT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT AND ITS IMPACT ON ENERGY PRICES, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
THERE'S ALSO SERIOUS SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS. THE WAR ON UKRAINE ACTUALLY IS NOT ONLY AFFECTING ENERGY PRICES.
IT'S ALSO AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL AND COMMODITY PRICES BECAUSE OF ACTUALLY UKRAINE IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTERS OF WHEAT.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING, THAT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON FOOD PRICES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEGINNING TO HAPPEN IS THAT CHINA IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE FROM LOCKDOWNS.
SO THEY'RE CREATING MORE DEMAND.
YOU PUT THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, YOU PUT HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND STRONG INFLATION.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY UNLIKELY TO AVOID A RECESSION IN THE ECONOMY, THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, AND IT SOMETIME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, I'M NOT SURE IT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
AND THEY VERY WELL HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
BUT I THINK GIVEN EVERYTHING GOING ON, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO AVOID ONE, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE TECHNICAL SENTENCE AND THE TECHNICAL SENTENCES, TWO CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF ECONOMIC CONTRACTION OR NEGATIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH, I THINK THAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
YOU'RE SEEING THE IMPACTS OF THE SLOWDOWN ALREADY.
WE'VE SEEN THE STOCK MARKET DROPPED QUITE A BIT.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL INDICATORS AROUND THE BOND MARKET GOING THE LONG DIRECTION.
THE MARKETS ARE REACTING TO WHAT WE'RE FEELING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD RUN FOR AWHILE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF STIMULUS PARTIES KIND OF OVER, AT LEAST FOR THE SHORT RUN LONGER TERM.
WHILE WE HAVE TO SORT OF SAY, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET SUPPLY AND DEMAND BETTER ALIGN? THAT MEANS WE NEED TO GET OUR SUPPLY CHAIN STUFF WORKED OUT.
IT MEANS WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
THAT IS IN FACT, IN MOST COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BIGGEST ISSUES IS LABOR FORCE IS CAN WE FIND GOOD PEOPLE? CAN WE HANG ON TO THEM? CAN WE PAY THEM ENOUGH TO GET THEM TO KEEP THE JOB? IS THERE AVAILABLE HOUSING FOR THEM? HOW DO WE SORT OF ALIGN ALL OF THIS BACK IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER FIT? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE I'VE GONE AHEAD.
AND I STOLE THIS QUOTE FROM THE WORLD BANK BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.
IT TALKS ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS VERY HIGH RATES OF INFLATION AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES ARE LIKELY TO YIELD THEIR RECESSION.
PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SOME DEGREE AT YOUR LEISURE.
SO LET'S DRILL INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE TALKED, INFLATION'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START.
THIS IS A CHART OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IS SORT OF THE GOLD STANDARD.
IT'S A MARKET BASKET OF DIFFERENT GOODS INCLUDES HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE AND ALL THEIR TRANSPORTATION, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.
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BEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT, I THINK IS TO COMPARE THE MOST RECENT MONTH TO THE SAME MONTH, 12, 12 MONTHS AGO.IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA THERE FROM MAY OF 2022, WHERE IT SAYS IT'S UP 8.6%, THAT'S IN COMPARISON TO MAY OF 2021.
AND SO THE BLUE BARS ARE THE OVERALL CPI CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AND THEN ECONOMISTS KIND OF TAKE IT LIKE TO TAKE OUT FOOD AND ENERGY BECAUSE THEY'RE FAIRLY VOLATILE.
AND SO THE ORANGE LINE IS THAT SAME INDEX TAKING THOSE TWO THINGS OUT, WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS UNDERLYING.
AS EVEN IF YOU TAKE OUT FOOD AND ENERGY, THERE'S STILL A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PRICES.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS A VERSION OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
THIS IS THE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX.
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS AND THE INPUTS INTO THEIR PRODUCTION PROCESSES.
AND SO AGAIN, RELATIVELY ELEVATED NORMALLY 10% THAT'S UNUSUALLY HIGH.
LOOK AT WHAT IT, WHERE IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.
WELL, BELOW 2%, THE TAKING FOOD AND ENERGY OUT IS A LITTLE MORE STABLE.
AND SO THIS GIVES US SOME HOPE THAT INFLATION MAY BE PEAKING, BUT CLEARLY IT'S HIGHLY ELEVATED AT THIS POINT.
AND SO REALLY PEOPLE ASK, WELL, WHAT'S DRIVING THAT WELL, WE, THIS IS FROM THE WORLD BANK.
SO THIS IS FROM THE WORLD BANK.
AND WHAT THEY'VE BASICALLY SAID IS THERE ARE THREE BIG FACTORS THAT DRIVE INFLATION GLOBAL DEMAND, THE INADEQUACIES OF GLOBAL SUPPLY AND ENERGY IN THIS CASE OIL PRICES.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF BARS OUT THERE, YOU WILL SEE, MOST OF IT HAS TO DO WITH HIGHER ENERGY COSTS, STRONG GLOBAL DEMAND, NOT AS MUCH HAVING TO DO WITH CHALLENGES IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, NOT TO SAY THAT THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS, BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THE DRIVERS ARE ENERGY.
AND JUST THE FACT THAT THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF DEMAND AND WE CAN MEET THAT.
SO THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE MOON THING, THIS ONE IS A COMPLICATED CHART.
THE AXIS ON THE LEFT STANDARD DEVIATIONS.
IT'S A MEASURE OF PRESSURES ON THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PUT TOGETHER BY THESE GUYS AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS UP UNTIL WE GET TO THE PANDEMIC.
EVERYTHING IS IN ONE STANDARD DEVIATION KNEE, AND THEN YOU SEE THERE WHEN THE PANDEMIC HITS SKYROCKETS AND THEN IT FALLS AWAY BACK DOWN.
AGAIN, THE POINT IS A LOT OF THE FACTORS THAT CREATE PROBLEMS IN THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN ARE QUITE FRANKLY WAY OUTSIDE THEIR NORMAL BALANCE.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE OF THIS CHART.
THERE ARE PROBLEMS CLEARLY ON THE SUPPLY SIDE, ON THE DEMAND SIDE, PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, THAT'S ALL OF US SPENDING MONEY.
YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THAT'S A PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE.
WE GO TAKE OUR DRY CLEANING AND THAT'S A PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE.
SO IT'S WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR OVERALL ECONOMY.
HERE'S THE POINT? IT WAS VERY, VERY HIGH IN THE BAY SHORT AGAINST THE DEPRESSED LEVEL OF THE PANDEMIC.
YOU SEE THIS CRAZY NUMBER OF 38% GROWTH.
WELL THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S 30% HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN APRIL OF 2020.
THE MOST RECENT DATA WE HAD WHEN I MADE THIS CHART WAS IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, 8% ABOVE WHERE WE WERE IN APRIL OF 21.
SO WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AT A RELATIVELY RAPID RATE.
THAT'S AN 8% GROWTH, SO THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE, OUR INCOMES ARE NOT KEEPING UP AT THE RATE.
AND AS A RESULT, OUR SAVINGS RATE IS DECLINING.
SO AGAIN, BACK IN THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE COULDN'T, WE'VE DONE ALL THE AMAZON, WE COULD DO OUT OF THE SAVINGS RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NORTH OF 12% TODAY IT'S UNDER FOUR AND A HALF DROPPING.
AND THAT MEANS WE ARE DEALING WITH INFLATION IN PART LIKE DIPPING INTO OUR SAVINGS BECAUSE OUR INCOMES AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH RISING PRICES.
SO AGAIN, SOMETHING TO PAY ATTENTION TO PREVIOUS TIMES WHEN WE'VE HAD BIG RECESSIONS BACK IN THE 1970S, WHEN I WAS FIVE, IT WASN'T FIVE.
UM, WHEN THE LATE 1970S, WHEN WE HAD SORT OF THE TAIL END OF STAGFLATION AND THEN IN THE GREAT RECESSION, 2008, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOSSIL FUELS WERE AT COMPARABLE LEVELS, ACTUALLY OIL PRICES TODAY HAVEN'T GOTTEN AS HIGH AS THEY DID HISTORICALLY IN PREVIOUS RECESSIONS, ALTHOUGH NATURAL GAS IS OUT OF IT HIGHER.
SO AGAIN, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE GO INTO SUSTAINED RECESSION, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH A SPIKE IN ENERGY PRICES.
AGAIN, THIS IS NATIONAL, BUT THE MARKETS THINK WE'VE HIT THE PEAK OR PRETTY CLOSE.
SO THIS IS THE PRICE OF WEST TEXAS, INTERMEDIATE PER BARREL, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD BENCHMARK.
THE ORANGE BARS ARE REAL NUMBERS.
I THINK THAT I MADE THAT CHART
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PROBABLY A WEEK AGO, PRICE OF WEST TEXAS, INTERMEDIATE, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF $122 A BARREL.AND THEN THIS IS WHAT THE FUTURES MARKET THINKS IT'S GOING TO BE.
AND THE FUTURES MARKET THINKS IT'S GOING TO DECLINE OVER THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT GOING TO DECLINE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN 20 ODD PERCENT TO JUST OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS A BARREL.
THAT'S THE THINKING OF THE MARKETS, WHICH SAYS AGAIN, WE MAY HAVE HIT THE PEAK AND INFLATION.
SO THE STOCK MARKET IS JUST SOMETHING TO SORT OF PAY ATTENTION TO.
WE ALL HAVE RETIREMENT CLIENTS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE, I JUST PICKED THE S AND P 500 TODAY'S CLOSED BY THE WAY, IT WAS 37 65.
SO I MADE THAT AGAIN ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
AND TODAY WAS A RALLY DAY THAT ACTUALLY PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND IT'S STILL BELOW WHERE THAT CHART IS.
THAT'S DOWN QUITE A BIT, OBVIOUSLY FROM THE PEAK IN JANUARY THAT REFLECTS THE CHANGE THAT REFLECTS THE RISE IN INTEREST RATES.
IT REFLECTS THE HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF INFLATION AND IT REFLECTS HIGHER ENERGY PRICES.
AND SO HOW DOES IT MAKE ALL THIS MAKE US FEEL THIS PEOPLE NOT VERY GOOD.
THIS IS A, UH, AN INDEX OF CONSUMER SENTIMENT PUT TOGETHER BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF HIGH AND IT'S A NATIONAL SURVEY.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TODAY AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE GOING IN THE FUTURE? AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S DOWN AT A VERY LOW LEVEL.
THIS IS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY MADE THE CHART.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO LOOK AT IT OVER THE LAST 50 ODD YEARS, THE KIND OF SHADED BARS THAT'S WHEN RECESSIONS HAPPEN.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, WE WERE APPROACHING SIMILAR TERRITORY TO WHERE WE WERE ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO WHEN THE GREAT RECESSION 2008.
AND THIS ONE IS ALSO INTERESTING.
THIS IS A COMPARISON OF HOW HIGH INFLATION GOT AND HOW MUCH THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK RESPONDED BY RAISING INTEREST RATES.
AND THE POINT HERE IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE SOME ROOM FOR THAT BLUE BAR TO GET UP TO ABOUT WHERE THE RED BAR IS.
THEY GOT TO GO AWAY TO GET THERE AGAIN.
THIS IS, THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER BEFORE THE MOST RECENT THREE QUARTERS OF A POINT IN INCREASED 75 BASIS POINT INCREASE.
SO THEY STARTED DOWN THE PATH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THESE TWO KIND OF CONNECT, AND IT'S NOT A PERFECT RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT DOES TEND TO SORT OF TRACK IT SUGGESTS THE FED IS GOING TO GO AT LEAST A WAYS FURTHER RAISING INTEREST RATES BEFORE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE DONE ENOUGH.
SO MORTGAGE RATES, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YOU CAN SEE A DIPPING DOWN BELOW 3%.
THERE ARE REALLY, FOR MUCH OF THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THE DAY I PULLED THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SOURCE HAD A RATE OF 6.28%, WHICH WAS A VERY, VERY SHARP INCREASE.
I THINK YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND A MORTGAGE A LITTLE CHEAPER THAN THAT RIGHT NOW.
I'VE JUST PUT IT IN THERE TO SORT OF ILLUSTRATE THE POINT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AGO, STANDARD 30 YEAR FIXED MORTGAGE.
SO THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE NATIONAL REGIONAL ECONOMY SO FAR SO GOOD.
I MEAN, IN THE HOUSTON AREA, HOUSTON METRO AREA, EMPLOYMENT'S FINALLY BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A STRONG GROWTH HERE.
THE HOUSTON PURCHASING MANAGER INDEX IS A PRETTY GOOD LEADING INDICATOR.
IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE REGION.
YOU'VE BEEN GROWING AT A DOUBLE DIGIT PACE.
I'LL SHOW YOU SOME CHARTS ON THAT.
OBVIOUSLY HIGHER ENERGY PRICES TEND TO BE GOOD FOR THE REGION.
I'M NOT SO GOOD FOR US AS CONSUMERS, BUT TEND TO BE GOOD FOR THE REGION.
AND CONTAINER TRAFFIC HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD AS WELL.
SO ALL IN ALL, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SORT OF GO THROUGH THEIR RECORD EXPORTS, UH, EMERGENCY AS A LOGISTICS CENTER, UM, POPULATION GROWTH.
I MEAN, THAT'S PRESENTED AS A POSITIVE IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REGION, BUT IT IS THE FIFTH IN THAT MIGRATION OVER THE YEAR FROM THE MIDDLE OF 2020 TO THE MIDDLE OF 2021, WHICH IS THE MOST RECENT DATA.
SO, SO FAR SO GOOD ON THE REGIONAL ECONOMY.
UH, AND SO FAR SO GOOD, REALLY ON HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THIS IS DATA PULLED FROM WHAT'S CALLED THE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, AND THIS IS DONE EVERY MONTH BY THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
THEY SURVEY PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE.
SO THEY CALL YOU UP AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
HAVE YOU GOT A JOB? YES OR NO.
IT GETS COUNTED IN THIS, THAT THE ANSWER'S NO, IT GOES INTO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CALCULATION.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY SURVEY PEOPLE, COMPANIES BASED ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
SO THIS IS A SURVEY ABOUT MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.
AND AGAIN, IN APRIL JOBS UP FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT FROM PREVIOUS YEAR, THAT BIG NUMBER AGAIN IN APRIL OF 21, THAT'S BECAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LAID OFF INITIALLY IN THE PANDEMIC.
SO YOU SORT OF PUSHED THAT TO THE SIDE.
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GROWTH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.AND BY EXTENSION, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS COME DOWN AS WELL.
IT WAS RELATIVELY HIGH IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC COME DOWN AS WELL.
SO IN TERMS OF THE LABOR MARKET HERE, THINGS WERE IN RELATIVELY GOOD SHAPE, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, SAME THING IS TRUE IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
I, I STRUGGLED TO FIND SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT MISSOURI CITY.
I WAS ABLE TO GET QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT FORT BEND COUNTY OVERALL AND BLOWN AWAY BY THE SURGE IN THE VOLUME OF HOME SALES, WHICH OF COURSE OBVIOUSLY MEANS THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE GO FROM A COUPLE HUNDRED SALES A YEAR TO ALMOST 1500 IN 2021.
AND AS I SAY, THEY'RE AT THE BOTTOM, THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE HAS GONE UP 65% SINCE 2019.
AND THE MEDIAN PRICE IS UP BY OVER A THIRD IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.
ONE OF THE VERY BEST INDICATORS OF A HOUSING MARKET IS THAT STATISTIC OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT MONTHS OF AVAILABILITY.
NOW, MOST GUYS WHO ARE REAL ESTATE ECONOMISTS WILL TELL YOU THAT A BALANCED MARKET IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS WORTH OF HOUSING SUPPLY.
IF YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN THAT, IT'S A VIRUS MARKET.
IF YOU'VE GOTTEN LESS THAN THAT, IT'S A SELLERS MARKET.
AS OF APRIL OF 2022 IN FORT BEND COUNTY, YOU HAD SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A MONTH OF HOUSES, WHICH MEANS IT'S STILL A SELLERS MARKET THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO GET ALL THE WAYS THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THE INCREASE IN PRICES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE CRISIS TO ACTUALLY GROW UP.
SO AN INTERESTING QUESTION, AS YOU SORT OF THINK ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, THIS POPULATION CENSUS BUREAU JUST RELEASED THEIR OFFICIAL ESTIMATES FOR JULY ONE OF LAST YEAR POPULATION HERE IS ESSENTIALLY FLAT FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO I'M GUESSING MISSOURI CITY IS GETTING REASONABLY CLOSE TO BEING BUILT OUT.
I'M SURE THERE'S STILL SOME ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M GUESSING YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU, MOST OF THE AVAILABLE RAW LAND HAS BEEN CONSUMED.
AND SO AS A COMMUNITY, THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU CAN'T REALLY COUNT ON ADDING A LOT MORE RESIDENTS UNLESS YOUR HOUSING STOCK, IT'S MORE DENSE AS YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT WHERE THAT'S GOING TO GO.
THAT HAS LOTS OF PATIENTS ON THE SALES TAX SIDE.
IT PROBABLY MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD BE THINKING AGAIN ABOUT HOW YOU CAN ENHANCE THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE EQUATION HERE SO THAT YOU'RE DRAWING PEOPLE IN TO PAY SALES TAX WHO MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE LIVING ALONG THE WAY.
IT LITERALLY JUST CAME OUT THAT JULY ONE ESTIMATE LAST YEAR.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND SO THIS IS THE CURRENT SITUATION ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS.
AND THEN MY FORECAST, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADD JOBS.
UH, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE JOBS INCREASE HERE.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY STEADY PACE OF INCREASE.
IT SLOWS DOWN A LITTLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK RE REFLECTING NATIONAL CONDITIONS AND THEN PICKS UP AGAIN ON INTO 24 THROUGH 26, SORT OF IN THE THREE-ISH RANGE, GIVE OR TAKE.
UM, THE QUESTION WILL BE REALLY THE CAPACITY OF ADDING PEOPLE IN THE LABOR FORCE WHO LIVE IN SURREY CITY, TAKE THESE JOBS, BUT I THINK DEMAND WILL BE THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO YOUR SALES TAX REVENUE HERE.
THIS IS ANNUAL CALENDAR YEAR CHANGE.
I IMAGINE YOU ALL KNEW THAT ALREADY, BUT, UH, THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER CONFIRMED IT FOR US.
UH, IT'S A PRETTY VOLATILE SERIES, AS WE SAY, THERE'S LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS, BUT CERTAINLY 20 21, 20 21 WAS GREAT.
AND THEN HERE'S THE MORE RECENT PICTURE AGAIN, KIND OF LOOKING ON A 12 MONTH CHANGE BASIS GOING RIGHT UP TO THE DATA THAT JUST CAME OUT.
UH, I THINK IT WAS AROUND THE 10TH OF JUNE, WHICH OF COURSE REFLECTS ACTIVITY BACK IN APRIL, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S STILL VERY POSITIVE, BUT IT'S SLOWING DOWN.
AND SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE MEASURING AGAINST AN ELEVATED BASE.
THE RATE OF GROWTH AGAINST AN ELEVATED BASE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
AND SOME OF IT IS BECAUSE FRANKLY, THINGS ARE SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH IS STILL POSITIVE, BUT IT IS SLOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN.
AND THEN YEAR TO DATE, I JUST PULLED TOGETHER DATA YEAR TO DATE 2022.
IN OTHER WORDS, JANUARY THROUGH JUNE COMPARED TO JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF 2021 FOR MISSOURI CITY AGAINST HOUSTON PARALLEL AND SUGARLAND KATIE PASADENA FRIENDS WOULD, AND THEN I THREW IN ROUND ROCK AND NEW BRAUNFELS JUST FOR GRINS, JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A SENSE OF CONTEXT HERE.
UM, IT'S POSITIVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT AGAIN, IT'S SORT OF, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE THINGS REALLY, I GUESS, MORE LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS CHART THINGS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN BEFORE I SORT OF TELL YOU WHAT I THINK THE FORECAST IS ON THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS REPORTED ONTO YOU ALL IS KIND OF THE LEVEL OF E-COMMERCE.
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OBVIOUSLY IN AN E-COMMERCE HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT.WE ARE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB.
THANK GOODNESS OF BEING ABLE TO COLLECT SALES TAX FROM PEOPLE SELLING ON AMAZON.
THERE WAS A, CERTAINLY A HEIGHTENED UTILIZATION OF E-COMMERCE IN THE PANDEMIC.
AND WE SAW THAT CARRY THROUGH EVEN TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 21 IT'S LEVEL OFF A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 22.
AND SO MY GUESS IS WE HAVE PROBABLY GOING TO PERMANENTLY STAY IN THAT 14% RANGE OR SO, UH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO LEVEL OFF.
I'M NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO KEEP GROWING AS RAPIDLY AS IT HAS IN THE PAST.
THAT'S A MONTH BY MONTH FORECAST.
THE KEYS AT THE BOTTOM SAYS CHANGE.
THE FORECAST IS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR TO BE UP ALMOST 14%.
AND THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S CHEATING IN PART BECAUSE I GOT MOST OF THE DATA IN HAND, UH, NEXT YEAR, A LITTLE SLOWER AND 2024, A LITTLE SLOWER ON TOP OF THAT, THAT IS REALLY REFLECTING, MOSTLY INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF REAL INCREASE IN CONSUMER ACTIVITY.
I THINK WHAT YOU SEE IN TERMS OF SALES TAX INCREASES IS LARGELY REFLECTING HIGHER PRICES CONTINUE TO INFLATION.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT ARE SLOWER AS A RESULT OF 25 AND 26 PICKUP A LITTLE BIT IN RURAL IN RELATION TO THAT SLOWER COUPLE OF YEAR PERIOD.
AND THEN WE KIND OF GET BACK CLOSER TO THE LONGER TERM TREND OF AROUND 6% GROWTH.
AND THEN TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS HERE, YOU KNOW, THE OPTIMISTIC SCENARIO IS THAT SUPPLY CHAINS RECOVER PRETTY QUICKLY SURGE AND WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION.
AND BY THE WAY, THE WARRANTS, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT AS A RESULT IN PLACE IN PALMS DOWN THE FED SLOWS DOWN, INCREASING THE PACE OF INTEREST RATE INCREASES AND YOU GET TO A SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TRAJECTORY FOR THE FORECAST HORIZON.
ALL THE PESSIMISTIC VIEW IS SORRY, INFLATION STAYS HIGH.
AND IN COMBINATION WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES, WE GET INTO A MORE SIGNIFICANT RECESSION SPREADING THE IMPACT ON BEYOND THE FINANCIAL MARKETS.
I THINK IF YOU ASKED ME THE LIKELIHOOD, I THINK THE BASELINE IS THE LIKELIHOOD, WHICH IS A MILD RECESSION.
I THINK THERE ARE MORE RISKS TO THE DOWNSIDE THAN OPPORTUNITY ON THE OTHER SIDE, AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME.
BUT AS I SAID TO SOMEBODY BEFOREHAND, I'D RATHER BE SLIGHTLY TOO NEGATIVE AND SLIGHTLY TOO POSITIVE BECAUSE IF I'M SLIGHTLY TOO NEGATIVE AND THINGS TURN OUT GREAT, YOU GUYS WON'T BE UNHAPPY.
AND IF I'M SLIGHTLY TOO POSITIVE AND THINGS DON'T TURN OUT SO GREAT, YOU'LL, YOU'LL REMEMBER HOW TO FIND ME.
UM, AND SO THE CONCLUSION IS I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A MODEST RECESSION.
I DON'T SEE SALES TAX ACTUALLY GOING NEGATIVE IN MISSOURI CITY.
I THINK THE GROWTH IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN.
AND I THINK OVER THE LONG, I THINK IT WILL SLOW SORT OF IN THAT THREE, 4% RANGE, IT WILL THEN PICK UP INTO THE SIX, 7% RANGE AND THEN IT WILL SORT OF MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE 6% RANGE GOING FORWARD THAT THESE FACTORS THEN ARE THE LONGER TERM FACTORS REALLY HERE DECIDE FROM ALL THE STUFF WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SHORT RUN POPULATION, GROWTH WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY, HOUSING, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE PRIMARY EMPLOYERS.
THAT'S ALL THE DETERMINANTS OF YOUR ECONOMIC FUTURE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, COUNSEL, WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS VAGINA HOCKEY NEWS? UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE, UH, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS THAT ARE PUTTING THEIR PRODUCT ON THE GROUND AND, UH, OF COURSE THERE'S AN INCREASE IN COSTS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR, UH, UH, THEIR SUPPLIES AND, UH, WHAT THEY USE TO, UH, TO BUILD.
AND THEN WITH THE, UH, UH, INCREASE IN, UM, THE, UH, THE INTEREST RATES.
DO YOU SEE THAT TO BE A KIND OF A LIMITING FACTOR AS TO WHAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE AND MAYBE HAD THOUGHT WITH A FLOURISH, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT REALLY COME.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M INVOLVED RIGHT NOW.
I'M DOING SOME WORK FOR THE TEXAS, A AND M I'M GOING TO MAKE YOUR POINT.
I'M GOING TO DOING SOME WORK FOR THE TEXAS A AND M SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IN FORT WORTH, WHERE WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A FAIRLY COMPLICATED DEAL TO BUILD THREE NEW BUILDINGS FOR THEIR LAW SCHOOL UP THERE.
IT'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS KEEPS GETTING BIGGER BECAUSE THE COST OF BUILDING KEEPS SKYROCKETING THE MOST RECENT NUMBER.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ACADEMIC BUILDINGS, IT'S 750 BUCKS A SQUARE FOOT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THAT LEVEL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A NICE THREE, TWO BEDROOM HOUSE, THREE, TWO HOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
IT MAKES PUTTING NEW PRODUCTS ON THE GROUND, AS YOU SAID, VERY CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOW IT'S GOING TO COST THE HOMEOWNER QUITE A BIT MORE IN FINANCE COSTS.
AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU MAY SEE WITH DEVELOPERS WHO CAN JUST, THEY MAY PAUSE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS FOR THOSE WHO WERE COMMITTED, THEY WILL, I MEAN, YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT
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IN THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE IT.WHAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IS, I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME GUYS SELLING DESPERATELY OPEN TO GET THEIR COSTS BACK OUT OF IT.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT TOUGH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, WITH THESE, UH, THE 12 MONTH PROJECTION, UH, WHAT SLIDE IS THIS? NO, I DIDN'T PUT PAGE NUMBERS ON HERE.
I SHOULD'VE THE ONE WITH THE, UH, THE WELL MONTH PERCENTAGE CHANGE ON, YOU WERE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ONE, THIS ONE.
SO WITH, THIS IS HOW OUR CITY THRIVES, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY TAX WITH OUR SALES TAX, DOES THIS LIKE INDICATE HOW, IF WE DON'T RAIN ANY ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL RETAIL, ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES, UM, DOES THIS FLIGHT REFLECT US BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN YES.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND STILL STAY AFLOAT? YEAH.
THESE NUMBERS IS BASICALLY ASSUMING NOTHING CHANGES IN TERMS OF RECRUITING NEW COMPANIES AND WHAT REALLY IS DRIVING THESE SALES TAX FORECAST IS RISING PRICES.
SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE SOMETHING WAS $10 AND NOW IT'S 12, WELL THAT'S OF 20% IN GREECE.
THE CITY GETS ITS PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT.
SO WHAT'S UNDERLYING A LOT OF THESE FORECASTS IS THE SENSE THAT WE'RE, IT'S NOT REALLY GROWING.
IT'S JUST EFFECTIVELY MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF INFLATION AND AS A RESULT, THE CITY SHARE OF THAT ALSO ARISES.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT IS IF, IF WE HIT A RECESSION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, AS YOU ARE MILDLY PROJECTING, DIPPING MY TOE IN THE WATER.
WHAT IS THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE THAT WE CAN GO DOWN TO, TO WHERE IT WILL NOT IMPACT US SIGNIFICANTLY FROM A SALES SALES TAX ADVANTAGE FROM OUR BUSINESSES? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ASKING ME THE F FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DEEP A RECESSION HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MISSOURI CITY, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR CITY MANAGER AND YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, BECAUSE I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE YOU ARE IN TERMS OF RESERVES AND YOUR TERMS, PLANS FOR YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
IN GENERAL, MY EXPERIENCES, AS LONG AS SALES TAX CONTINUES TO GROW, EVEN AT A SLOWER RATE, MOST CITIES ARE OKAY.
IT'S WHEN YOU GET INTO NEGATIVE TERRITORY THAT YOU START TO BEGIN TO FEEL IT.
AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE END UP HAVING TO CUT INTO MUSCLE.
YEAH, BECAUSE I SEE WHERE IN 2024, YOU'VE GOT A PROJECTION GOING DOWN TO 3.2%.
AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOW FROM THE 13.9 WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
ALTHOUGH MY GUESS IS, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR YOUR FINANCE GUYS, BUT I GUESS MY GUESS IS THEY STORED UP A FEW NUTS FOR THE LITTER.
THEY PAID ATTENTION TO THIS, AND THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT 13% IS AN UNSUSTAINABLE RATE OF BREATH.
ONE TIME WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN AUSTIN ABOUT THAT YOU CAN'T STACK DOUBLE DIGIT ON TOP OF DOUBLE DIGIT FOREVER.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE SAY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD SOME IN RESERVE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MANAGE THAT.
AND THAT HELPS YOU GET THROUGH THOSE TIMES WHEN THE RATE OF GROWTH IS SLOW.
AND WHAT IS THE NORMAL RIGHT HERE? WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE A SIX TO 7%? OKAY.
I'VE GOT ONE MORE SOMEBODY ELSE.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, EMPLOYMENT, UH, FAR MISSOURI CITY, IT'S TRYING TO GET BACK TO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GO DOWN ANY STREET IN PINE HELP ON INSIDE.
SO, UH, I, I GUESS MAYBE THOSE ARE, UH, AT THE ENTRY LEVEL.
UM, BUT, UH, IS THERE ANY RELIEF THAT, UH, WE MIGHT SEE THAT WOULD, UH, WOULD HELP OUR SMALLER BUSINESSES? WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S, THAT'S A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION GOING IN A LOT OF PLACES RIGHT NOW.
WHAT YOU'VE HAD IS YOU'VE HAD A TIME WHEN BUSINESSES WOULD GOT AWAY WITH PAYING QUITE FRANKLY, RELATIVELY LOW WAGES, WAGE GROWTH HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH PRICES FOR A LONG TIME.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS ACTUALLY LOWER, SKILLED WORKERS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND AND BUSINESSES HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT YET OUT OF DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE $21 AN HOUR, TO GET THEM TO TAKE THE JOB AND KEEP THE JOB.
I'M AN INVESTOR IN RESTAURANTS.
I SHOULD HAVE MY HEAD EXAMINED.
LET ME GET THAT STRAIGHT UP RIGHT ON THE
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FRONT END.AND I'VE HAD TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR LEADERSHIP SAYING, GUYS, WE HAVE TO CHARGE ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR RATIOS, RIGHT.
AND THAT INCLUDES BEING ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE WELL ENOUGH THAT WE KEEP UP.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE FIRST TIME EVER, WE PUT ALL OUR COOKS ON SALARY USED TO BE, YOU WOULD GET PAID BY THE HOUR.
AND WHEN THINGS WERE SLOW, YOU'D GET CUT.
YOU'D GET SENT HOME, OR YOU WOULDN'T GET MAKE MONEY WHEN YOU DID THAT, WHEN WE CHANGED THE GAME.
SO NO, ALL YOU GUYS ARE ON SALARY GOING FORWARD.
YOU DID THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD PUT, BRING IN A SOLID QUALITY CREW THAT WAS GOING TO STICK WITH US.
AND SO THAT'S A DECISION WE HAD TO MAKE.
AND THAT'S A TOUGH CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF COMPANIES RIGHT NOW IS THE RENT'S INCREASING.
AS THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SUPPLIES, GETTING, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRODUCTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
IT'S A TOUGH THING TO BE A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON RIGHT NOW.
AND SOONER OR LATER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER DEAL WITH IT OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF BUSINESS.
WHAT CAN THE CITY DO? THERE'S A LOT WE COULD TALK ABOUT.
AND A LOT OF THINGS YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE LABOR MARKET IS NOW IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S ADD IT'S ADVANTAGE LABOR AS OPPOSED TO ADVANTAGE BUSINESS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADAPT.
I THINK, AS YOU SAID THAN DONE RIGHT NOW, THE QUESTION, ALRIGHT, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, JOHN FOR, UH, I MEAN, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, HAVING YOU COME YEAR AFTER YEAR, UH, AND GIVING US A POSITIVE OUTLOOK, UH, FOR MISSOURI CITY IS ALWAYS A REFRESHING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT SIGNAGE INCREASE GOING INTO 23 AND 24 AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH.
BUT THE COURAGING THING ABOUT THAT IS IN SPITE OF THAT EVERY YEAR FROM NOW, UNTIL YOU PROJECT 26, UH, OUR SALES TAXES STILL INCREASE.
AND, UH, IT MORE THAN DOUBLES 20, 20, 24, 25, I THINK THE RATE.
SO THAT, I MEAN, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE LIKE NOSTER DOMINANCE, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST THANK YOU BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOUR, UM, PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY SPOT ON SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, I HAD, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, DO YOU FORESEE, I LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY VALUE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE.
DO YOU FORESEE THE AVERAGE PRICE SALES PRICE AND THE MEDIUM PRICE OVER BOTH OVER $400,000 LEVELING OFF AND STAYING AT THAT NUMBER? YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO SLOW WAY DOWN.
I THINK IT HAS TO, I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO GET CHALLENGING ABOUT IT IS IT'S ONE THING THAT THE HOME'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT, RIGHT.
AND YOU'RE JUST RESPONDING TO MARKET FORCES, BUT PER WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY IS TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER TO BRING PRODUCTS TO THE MARKET AT A REASONABLE PRICE.
I MEAN, WHAT'S A REALISTIC NUMBER FOR BUILDING PROBABLY IT'S GOTTA BE NORTH OF 300 BUCKS A SQUARE FOOT, I WOULD THINK SO.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVEN A 2000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, THAT'S $600,000 JUST TO BUILD IT.
AND SO I THINK FOR EXISTING HOMES, IT'S ONE THING ADDING TO THE HOUSING STOCK IS GOING TO GET TOUGH.
AND ONE WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THAT.
I MEAN, LUMBER PRICES ARE COMING DOWN NOW.
SO IT'S POSSIBLE IN, IN ENERGIES, ENERGIES BAKED IN EVERYTHING.
WE THINK ABOUT ENERGY, MOSTLY ABOUT PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR, RIGHT? BUT THE TRUTH IS 40% OF THE COST OF FOOD IS ENERGY.
BY THE TIME YOU'VE EITHER HARVESTED IT, PROCESSED IT OR TRANSPORTED IT, 40% OF WHAT YOU'RE BUYING THE HAMBURGER FOR AT THE STORE REFLECTS ENERGY COSTS.
SO IF ENERGY COSTS COME DOWN, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET A REAL REDUCTION IN THE COST OF BUILDING A HOME, AND THEN WE MIGHT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
OTHERWISE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH IS FAR FEWER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND FAR MORE MULTI-FAMILY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, UH, OVER THE YEARS AND COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE DEDICATION THAT WE'VE HAD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BAIT AND VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE DID TO TRY TO ATTRACT BUSINESS AND ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BEING LEAN ON OUR, OUR BUDGET YEAR AFTER YEAR UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF SHIFT FROM THAT DEPENDENCY ON PROPERTY TAXES TO NOW THESE INCREASED SALES TAXES IS EXCITING IN WHERE WE ARE.
I MEAN, WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO STEWARDSHIP IS WHAT DONE IS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? THANKS GUYS.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVING ON TO SIX CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL WISHED TO REMOVE FROM THE CENTRAL FURTHER DISCUSSION?
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60 AND 60.SIX 80 THROUGH E UH, COUNCIL, WOMAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? I LIKE TO ADD SHE ANY OTHERS, WHICH WILL BE FOR ME, HE SAYS G ANY OTHER C.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN REQUESTED THAT ITEMS A SIX, EIGHT THROUGH SIX F EXCUSE ME, SIX, EIGHT THROUGH SIX E AND SIX G BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE A MOVE, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX F ON THE CONTINGENT MOTION APPROVED, MOVED, AND PROPERLY SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN, MOTION PASSES.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the execution of an in...]
UH, ITEM SIX, EIGHT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERNAL INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY FOR THE COLLECTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PAID ASSESSMENTS FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN PIT NUMBER TWO AND PIT NUMBER FORMS ARE CITY LANDLORDS.AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS, UH, FOR A NEW CONTRACT WITH CORP COUNTY.
UH, THEY ARE A TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, AND THIS ITEM, AS FAR AS KIT ASSESSMENT, SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE TWO PIDS PID, NUMBER TWO AND FOUR.
UH, THE CONTRACT EXPIRES JUNE 30TH.
SO THIS CONTRACT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.
SO IT WILL BE WITH THE NEW TAX YEAR, WHICH THE BILLS WILL GO OUT, UH, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME.
UH, THIS RATE IS 40 CENTS PER PARCEL, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM 35 CENTS PER PARCEL, WHICH IS THE RATE THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, THEY DID NOT INCREASE DURING THE LAST, UH, CONTRACT TERM, BUT WITH THIS ONE, THERE IS A 14.3% INCREASE.
AND NOW THE CONTRACT HAS, UH, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO REVIEW THEIR COSTS ANNUALLY AND, UM, PROVIDE INCREASES TO US PRIOR TO RENEWAL.
UM, AND SO THE TOTAL COST, THIS CONTRACT IS MINIMAL.
UM, AND IT'S HERE COUNSEL BECAUSE IT'S AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, BUT FOR PEER IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $250 AND PAID FOR 120 HOURS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? YES.
I WANTED TO KNOW, WAS THIS PID LOCATED OR ANY WAY ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, LAKE SHORE HARBOR COMMUNITY PEER TWO IS LAKE SHORE HARPER, CORRECT.
SO HAVE WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE? HAVE WE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS AND, UM, CONTACTING THE H AND ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS, BUT THIS IS JUST THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO SEND OUT THE BILLS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING.
UM, SO THERE, THERE IS NO NEW ASSESSMENT TO PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS.
THEIR ASSESSMENT REMAINS THE SAME AS THE LAST ASSESSMENT ROLE THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS JUST THE COUNTY'S BILL TO US, 40 CENTS PER PARCEL, TO SEND THE BILL OUT TO THEM TO PAY.
WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS PROMPTED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND BASICALLY NOT REPEATING THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
SO YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT THE SAME, UM, THE SAME ISSUE, BUT WE ARE IN CONTRACT WITH MUNI CAP, WHO IS OUR PIT ADMINISTRATOR.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ASSESSMENT PLANS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING THE ASSESSMENT PLANS AND, UH, POTENTIALLY RECALCULATING THE ASSESSMENT ROLES BASED ON ACTUAL COSTS SO POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO OCTOBER WITH NEW ASSESSMENTS, WHICH MAY BE LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE PAYING NOW BASED ON THE ACTUAL COSTS.
AND ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU RETURNED BACK, CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT METHOD OF COMMUNICATION KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN CASE SOMETHING HYPOTHETICALLY HAPPENS.
WE CAN LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT FACED WITH THAT SAME ISSUE WE WERE YEARS AGO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX, EIGHT WASHINGTON, LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE ITEM SIX, EIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Approval to increase Yellowstone L...]
UH, ITEM SIX, B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION APPROVAL TO INCREASE YELLOWSTONE LANDSCAPE CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF 126,000 9 34 AND 20 CENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR NEW PROPERTY RECENTLY ACQUIRED AND RECENTLY ACQUIRED AND REQUIRING TRIM MOON JASON MAKE POWERPOINT.SO, UM, WE, THIS, THIS IS TO, UH, AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH YELLOWSTONE WHO DOES, UH, OUR MOWING IN OUR PARKS AND MEDIANS.
UH, THERE'S SOME, SOME NEW PARCELS THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THE, THE MOWING CONTRACT.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME PARCELS THAT, UM, HAVEN'T BEEN BEING MOWED, UH, THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE OWNED THAT WE NEED TO ADD AS WELL.
I THOUGHT I'D GO AHEAD AND JUST, UH, OUTLINE WHICH SHOP PARCELS
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THESE ARE.THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT'S IN COMMUNITY PARKED CAR SOUTHERN END OF COMMUNITY PARK.
WE, WE HAVE, UH, EXPANDED OUR DISK OFF COURSE FROM 10 HOLES TO 18 HOLES.
AND WE'VE USED THIS, UH, FOUR ACRES THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY JUST OVERGROWN.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE NEED TO START MAINTAINING IT AND MOVING IT AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
WE'VE ALREADY ATTRACTED SEVERAL DISC GOLF TOURNAMENTS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION OF THE, THE, UM, THIS GOLF COURSE.
AND SO WE, WE FEEL IT'S, UH, A SOUND INVESTMENT TO ADD THAT ONE TO THE CONTRACT.
THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, HURRICANE LANE, YOU CAN SEE IN THAT PICTURE, UM, WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S NOT BEING MOWED.
UH, SO THIS IS, UH, UH, A NEW, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND, UM, WHEN THE CONTRACTOR FINISHED IT, UH, UM, WE NEED TO TAKE ON THE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE, OF THE VEGETATION THERE IN THE MEDIAN.
SO THIS WAS TAKEN RIGHT AFTER WE GOT A CALL FROM A RESIDENT THAT IT WASN'T BEING MAINTAINED.
IS THIS HURRICANE LANES, IS THAT A CITY STREET? YES.
UH, THIS IS THE HERITAGE COLONY PIPELINE.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT, UM, THE CITY OWNS, UH IT'S UM, IT DOESN'T GET REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND IT BACKS UP TO HOMES AND WE OFTEN, UH, COMPLAINTS ON IT.
SO, UH, WE FELT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE ONE TO ADD TO THE MOWING CONTRACT RIGHT THERE.
OH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX B? WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE MORE, BUT THERE'S A LAG NORTHWEST PARKLAND IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WAS DEDICATED TO US.
UM, AND, UM, BECAUSE WE HADN'T LOADED, THE HOA STARTED MOWING IT AND THEN THE DEVELOPER AND COMPLETING THE BUILD-OUT THEN DEEDED IT TO THE HOA.
SO WE'RE WORKING AT GETTING THAT REVERSED, UM, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T MAINTAINING IT.
THE PHILOSOPHY HERE IS IF, IF WE OWN IT, LET'S MAINTAIN IT.
SO, UM, BRINGING THAT BACK IN, UH, REVERSED THE DEED BACK TO US AND START MAINTAINING.
AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER ONE LIKE THAT STEEPBANK VILLAGE IT'S, UH, IN SIENNA, IT'S A SMALL PARKLAND THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN MAINTAINING AND, UH, OF THE SCHOOL THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN SIANNA HAS STARTED MAINTAINING IT.
AND, AND, UH, IT'S KINDA LIKE, WELL, IF I LET MY YARD GET BAD ENOUGH, THEN MAYBE MY NEIGHBOR WILL MOW IT FOR ME.
AND, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE THAT KIND OF NEIGHBOR.
SO, UM, ON THE TAKE TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY OF, OF MAINTAINING THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND DOES THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU CITIZEN SIENNA, IS THAT, IS THAT CITY PROPERTY? YEAH, THAT'S A CITY CITY PARKLAND, BUT IT'S NOT DEVELOPED, IT'S JUST A UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND FOR FUTURE, UM, PARK DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE.
UM, THIS IS THE NEWLY ACQUIRED 8.5 ACRES, UM, THAT, THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED UP THERE ON EAST HAMPTON.
UM, AND, UH, WE, NOW WE NOW OWN IT AND WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO START WHEN OWN IT, WE WANT TO OWN, RIGHT.
SO WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP IT NOW OR NOT, UM, WE AT LEAST NEED TO START TAKING CARE OF IT.
THE, THE PROPERTY BEFORE YOU SAID THE SCHOOL WAS MAINTAINED, MAINTAINING THAT.
FORT BEND HAS BEEN, BEEN MAINTAINING THAT.
AND AGAIN, I JUST, I DON'T LIKE BEING THAT NEIGHBOR PATIENT.
ARE THEY ON A SCHEDULE TO MOE OR IS IT BY THE, BY THE DRINK? HAS IT SO CURRENTLY, UH, DURING, DURING THE CURRENT SIX MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE A SEVEN DAY MOTORCYCLES SO THAT EVERY PROPERTY IN THE CITY THAT WE MOW, UM, ON OUR, ON OUR FISHERMEN FINISHED MOWING CONTRACT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ADDING THIS TO IS, IS MOWED ONCE A WEEK.
UH, THEN IN THE OFF SEASON, THEY GET MO UM, EVERY OTHER WEEK AND THEN EVERY THIRD WEEK, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR, WHEN THINGS AREN'T GROWING AS FAST AS A CONTRACT, UH, INCLUDE YOU SAY IT'S CUTTING IS KNOWING.
AND IS IT ALSO EDGING BLOWING AND TRIMMING? HOW ABOUT, UH, BLOWING THE, UH, HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY STREETS, THE GROUND? SO WE'RE CLEANING UP THE MOWING EDGING READINESS.
AND DO WE KNOW ANY OTHER MOHEN NEEDS, OTHER THAN THE ONES YOU MENTIONED WERE ALERTED TO EAST HAMPTON, ANY OTHERS RELATED TO THIS? ANY OTHER MOWING NEEDS AROUND THE CITY? WE ALWAYS HAVE MOWING NEEDS.
UH, WE FELT THESE WERE THE MOST IMMEDIATE TO GET ON THE CONTRACT.
WE DO SOMEONE WE CAN HOUSE STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THINGS THAT ARE LESS VISIBLE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, HONESTLY THAT ARE, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE HIDDEN.
UM, UH, AND WE, WE WILL WE'LL MOST, SOME OF THAT IN-HOUSE, UH, WE HAVE A TRACTOR MOWING AS WELL.
SO SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE JUST TRACTOR
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MODE, A LOT OF OUR UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY.UH, WE TRACKED HER MO AND SO IT MAY ONLY GET MOWED, UM, YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMES DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, BUT IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON IN OUR, IN OUR MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE BASICALLY A LEVEL OF SERVICE.
UM, AND, AND SO WE HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE DEPENDING ON HOW, UM, HOW VISIBLE A PIECE OF PROPERTY IS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, CITY HALL, THE FIRE STATIONS, THE REC AND TENANT CENTER, THOSE ARE LEVEL ONE, UM, UH, LEVEL ONE SITES.
THEY GET A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.
UM, THEY HAVE THE LANDSCAPING AND THE FLOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN IT GOES DOWN BASED ON THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, IN A PERFECT WORLD WOULD, WOULD MAINTAIN IT ALL AT THAT HIGH LEVEL.
BUT THAT'S JUST NOT, THAT'S JUST NOT REALITY.
SO WE TRY TO JUST BE AS, AS, UH, RESPONSIBLE WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND MY QUESTION CAME FROM, I'M STILL GETTING CALLS ABOUT THE HUNTERS PLAN PARK, AND I KNOW WE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO HAVE SOMEONE TO DIRECTLY MAINTAIN THAT AREA.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE MAKING SURE ALL OUR RESOURCES ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY EVENLY.
SO, UM, AND, UH, HUNTER'S GLEN, UH, HUNTER'S BEN PARK IS ON, ON THIS MOMENT CONTRACT, BUT THE HUNTER'S BEEN MEDIANS ARE NOT THOSE THAT WE DO IN HOUSE.
AND, UH, UM, WE, WE, THEY, THEY GET A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LEVEL OF, UH, SERVICE.
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE CITY WHERE WE ACTUALLY MOW AND BAG AND THEN HAUL OFF THE CLIPPINGS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A REALLY BAD ISSUE WITH BEHAVED GRASS AROUND THIS AREA.
AND, UM, AND SO IT GROWS FASTER, POPS REAL FAST.
YOU SEE THOSE SEED HEADS THAT LOOKED LIKE CATERPILLAR EARS, UH, THAT, THAT COME UP THAT'S BEHAVED GRASS.
SO SOMETIMES JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER YOU MOW IT, THAT'LL THAT'LL POP.
UH, SO, SO THAT AREA, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY.
AND THE LAST QUESTION, JASON, UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE NEW AGREEMENTS, THERE, WAS THERE A PRICE INCREASE OR IS AT THE SAME RATE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD? NO, NO, IT'S A HUGE PRICE INCREASE.
UM, THE, THIS TO ADD THESE SIX PROPERTIES IS AN ADDITIONAL $126,934.
UM, AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE, THERE'S NOT A STANDARD COST PER ACRE BECAUSE OF EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT.
AND A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS ON, FOR EXAMPLE, MOWING AN ACRE OF MEDIAN IS WAY MORE LABOR INTENSIVE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE EDGY, RIGHT.
THEN MOWING A PARK, WHICH HAS BIGGER, WIDER AREAS.
SO THEY ACTUALLY MOW, THEY ACTUALLY CHARGE US PER UM, PER EVERY, EVERY PROPERTY.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE BACK PAGE OF YOUR COVER MEMO, EVERY PROPERTY HAS ITS OWN COST PROMOTING CYCLE.
OUR CHEAPEST ONE, JUST FYI IS 14 CENTS.
EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT AND MOW IT, OUR MOST EXPENSIVE ONE IS OVER $1,200 THAT'S COMING IN.
SO IF IT'S 14 CENTS A YEAR AGO, ARE THEY STILL CHARGING US 40 CENTS? OR WAS THERE AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF, SO EVERYTHING THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE CONTRACT, UM, STAYS AT THAT PRICE.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, RAISE IT 3% EVERY YEAR, WHICH I ASSUME THEY WILL CAUSE A FUEL COSTS, BUT ANYTHING NEW, THEY GET, THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UM, THEY CAN GIVE US A PRICE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS RIDGEVIEW PARK, BUT IT'LL COST US PROBABLY ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO MOW BECAUSE OF THE FUEL COST RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S COMING ON NEW THAT WHEN WE GO TO REBID, IT THAT'LL PROBABLY EVEN ITSELF OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, WHAT ISSUES, IF ANY, HAVE WE HAD WITH YELLOWSTONE YELLOWSTONE? UM, SO MOST RECENTLY, UM, WE CHANGED FROM, UH, TO THIS, THIS WEEKLY CYCLE WHERE IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T LIKE THAT.
IT WAS BASICALLY, THEY KIND OF HAD THIS ROTATION AND ON OUR NEWEST CONTRACT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS ON A WEEKLY PSYCHO CYCLE.
WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THEM INTO THAT.
AND SO ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ASKED THEM FOR A, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A ACCOUNTABILITY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO MOLD THIS WEEK? AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK, WHAT WAS MODE SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY SAID THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE DOING.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRACKER THAT THEY EMAILED TO US EVERY WEEK.
UM, WE PUT IT IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SLACK.
SO EVERYBODY IN THE TEAM CAN SEE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY SAY THEY THEY'VE DONE.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE.
WE HAD A NEW PERSON TAKE OUR CONTRACT, UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO, UH, SPECIAL REQUESTS.
LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING UP.
CAN YOU WAIT UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT, INSTEAD OF MOWING IT ON MONDAY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH US ON THOSE THINGS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT.
MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, DO, DOES YELLOWSTONE UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW OUR SEWER SYSTEM WORKS AS FAR AS NOT HAVING THEIR STAFF BLOW INTO OUR, OUR GUTTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? CAUSE I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN WHERE A LOT OF THESE LAWN PEOPLE ARE BLOWING THAT STUFF DOWN THE STREET AND IT'S IT'S CAUSING OTHER ISSUES.
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IN THEIR CONTRACT.UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, PLACES LIKE LET'S TAKE TEXAS PARKWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S LIKE 36 DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS THAT ARE OUR
UM, SO, SO, UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHERS, BUT OUR, OUR CONTRACTORS BEEN VERY, VERY RESPONSIVE, UM, TO NOT DO THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IN ONE SPOT WHERE THEY WERE BLOWING IT OUT OF THE STREETS AND THEN UP, BACK UP ONTO THE, TO THE, UM, THE SHOULDERS AND THEN IT WAS PILING UP.
AND, UH, AND SO THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, TH THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, BUT WE'VE SINCE FIXED THAT PROBLEM.
THE QUESTION THEY SAID, I JUST, AS A FOLLOWUP TO SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR, YOU SEND US A LIST OR SEND ME A LIST OF THE CENTER POINT ENERGY AND DIFFERENT OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY, BUT YET WE GET BLAMED FOR IT.
UM, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE FROM CENTERPOINT WERE COMMITTED TO DOING SOMETHING AND MAINTAINING THEIR RESPECTIVE PARCELS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONES.
SO SEVEN POINT IS STEPPED UP AND WE HAVEN'T, UM, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T BEEN LOW IN THOSE, UH, CENTER PARTS AS WE CONTINUE TO MOKI OTHERS.
UM, UH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT REFLECTS ON US.
UM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PARK USERS ARE HAVING A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
AND IF THERE'S A, UH, A PARCEL THAT'S ADJACENT TO A PARK, UH, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOT OURS.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD EXPERIENCE IN IT AND IN A PERFECT WORLD.
I MEAN, MOST OF IT'S DONE BECAUSE OF AESTHETICS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, THAT OUR PARKS, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
US CENTERPOINT HAS COMMITTED TO STEPPING UP.
AND, AND, AND WE HAVE SEEN A, UM, AN INCREASE IN, IN, IN THE, UH, PERFORMANCE, UH, FOR, FOR THEIR PARCELS, WITH THOSE THAT ARE NOT STEPPING UP OR THAT WE'RE STILL CUTTING FOR ALL THE, WHAT'S NOT OURS.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE OR THAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST, TO TRY TO MAKE THAT A REALITY AND TO TRY TO NOT HAVE YOU ALL SHOULDER THAT FINANCIAL ONE? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIRT, SO IT WOULD BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'D HAVE TO HAVE, UM, WITH, WITH INDIVIDUALS, WITH BUSINESSES.
UM, SOME OF THEM WERE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND SO, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF WE PROACTIVELY REACH OUT TO HIM AND TRY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE CUTTING IT AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO STEP UP AND DO IT JUST LIKE CENTERPOINT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, WE, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LIST AGAIN.
UM, PART OF THIS WAS, WE'VE ALSO BEEN GUILTY OF THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE LAND AND IN SIENNA AND OTHER PLACES.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE BRINGING, BRINGING A LOT OF THAT IN AND, AND, UH, AND WE'LL NEXT STEP WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE, UM, THAT WERE CUTTING OR CUT THEIR GRASS.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IN FOLLOW UP TO COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS, A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAID, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY NEED TO HEAR WHAT YOU SHARED ABOUT THOSE RESOURCES, GOING TO THE HUNTERS, GLEN AREA, PARTICULARLY FOR THE MEDIUMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL VOTED ABOUT A YEAR TO A YEAR AGO, UH, TO ACTUALLY NOT ONLY DEVOTE A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL CARETAKER FOR THAT AREA, BUT ALSO THE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN IT MORE PROPERLY, BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THESE, UH, STATEMENTS THAT ARE MADE THAT WE DON'T DEVOTE RESOURCES OR ATTENTION TO THE AREA.
AND THIS IS JUST YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE HAVE.
SO I THINK WE GOT TO TOOT OUR OWN HORNS A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE, WELL, I CAN ATTEST THAT.
I, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS, UH, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY CALLS TO ANY LOOK BAD.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL CALL THAT A WIC.
JASON, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE WHOLE COUNCIL GETS THE LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE MOLDED BY DIFFERENT COMPANIES? YES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? SIX FEET, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN MOVED.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO MOTION PASSES.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the Interim City Manag...]
RIGHT.NOW ITEM SIX TO SEE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZED IN THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE A PURCHASE ORDER INCREASE OF $20,000 FOR GENERATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FROM PROVIDER CLIFFORD POWER SYSTEMS INCORPORATED.
TODD HOOVER, QUICK CLARIFICATION MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, MAYOR ALLOCATE IS, UH, IS, IS NOT WITH US TODAY.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT A INCREASE REQUEST OF A PO FROM A 20,000, I'M SORRY, FROM 24,000 TO 44,000.WHEN OUR PREVIOUS GENERATOR CONTRACTOR WHO WE HAD ON CONTRACT, THE IT'S ABOUT TO EXPIRE.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
SO WE WORKED WITH OUR PURCHASING COORDINATOR WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE FOUND A, UH, ANOTHER, SOME OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WERE ON BUYBOARD AND WHAT THEY HAD QUOTED US WAS 50% LESS THAN THAT COMPANY WAS PROPOSING TO OFFER IF WE WENT OUT TO BID.
SO WE, UH, WE OPTED TO, UM, ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH, UM, THE COMPANY, CLIFFORD POWER SYSTEMS FROM THE COMPANY OF POWER SECURE, WHERE WE ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THOSE INCREASES TO OUR PARTS AND LABOR.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE HAVE, UH, 21 GENERATORS SYSTEM-WIDE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING TO GET THROUGH ALL THOSE AND DO THE VENDOR MAINTENANCE, PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE, AND THAT'S SCHEDULING.
ANYTIME WE DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, THAT'S ADDITIONAL COST AS WELL.
HI, I DID NOT SEE, UM, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
I DIDN'T SEE THE THICK, UM, COSTS.
I MEAN, WE JUST TRYING TO GET JUST, UM, AN APPROVAL OR DO WE KNOW OF SPECIFIC REPAIRS AND COSTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR EACH ONE OF THE GENERATORS? JUST IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE MORE.
IN OUR AGREEMENT, IT PROVIDES THE RATE AND WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THEY DO, ALL THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
SO THIS IS ALL SCHEDULED WORK AND IT'S A RATE STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO IT.
SO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE.
AND THESE ARE JUST ESCALATION OF COSTS OF PARTS AND LABOR IS ALL THAT IS.
SO DO WE KNOW THE STATUS OF OUR GENERATORS RIGHT NOW? ARE THEY ALL IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION? THIS IS AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT POSSIBLY THESE REPAIRS MIGHT COST.
WELL, WE'RE NOT BEHIND ON ANY PREVENTATIVE OR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING, BUT WE DO NEED THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY TO CONTINUE OUT THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND THIS IS A REOCCURRING COST.
SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE, UM, A REQUEST TO REOCCUR THIS COST RATHER THAN HAVE AS A SUPPLEMENTAL, SEE THIS ISN'T A ONE-TIME INCREASE.
THIS IS THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THE CURRENT RATES.
NOW, ONCE SUPPLY CHAINS AND EVERYTHING KIND OF THESE STABILIZING COMING DOWN, WE MIGHT SEE A REDUCTION IN THIS, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE THE COSTS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT COSTS, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT CONTRACT RATE IS FOR EITHER THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR OR THE PREVIOUS ONE, WHEREVER WHOEVER'S DOING OUR REPAIRS? DO YOU HAVE, WHAT ARE, WHAT WE'RE PAYING ALREADY FOR THAT MAINTENANCE? YES, BUT WHAT WE WHAT'S NOT IN HERE IS OUR RATE STRUCTURE ON WHAT WE AGREED TO.
SO WE HAVE THAT LISTED AS FAR AS OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE WHEN THEY COME OUT AND DO IT.
W WHAT IS THAT RATE? TODD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING IS WHAT I'M ASKING YOU.
AND IT WILL BE 44,000 PER YEAR COLLECTIVELY.
AND SO YOU'RE WANTING US TO INCREASE TO AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 TO TOTAL OUT TO 64,000.
NOW HERE'S THE OTHER QUESTION THAT'S NOT PER THE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT PER THE MEMO, IT SAYS WE'RE INCREASING FROM 24,000 TO 44,000 PER YEAR, NOT 44 TO 64.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD COUNSEL WOMAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 64, 44.
AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFUSION WHEN YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION.
SO IS THE CURRENT RATE THAT WE'RE PAYING 44,000? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WE'RE INCREASING IT TO AN ADDITIONAL 20,000? NO.
SO THE CURRENT PURCHASE ORDERS FOR 24,000, WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20,000, WHICH WILL GIVE US $44,000.
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TO 40, BUT A TOTAL 44,000.SO THEN MY QUESTION IS, UM, THIS, THIS TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO FINISH US FOR THE YEAR OR FOUR YEAR.
IS IT GOING TO GO TOWARDS ONLY OUR EXISTING GENERATORS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE NEW GENERATORS, UM, WILL THAT CONTRACT INCLUDE ANY NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE GET IN THE FUTURE? IF WE'RE STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM, WE'LL HAVE TO ADD, UH, THE TWO, WELL, WE'RE REPLACING TWO GENERATORS NOW, SO IT'LL BE A REPLACEMENT.
SO I DON'T SEE MUCH DELTA DIFFERENCE IN THAT.
NOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE INCREASE IS THAT WE ADDED OUR STATION SIX.
UM, SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF UPTICK, BUT AGAIN, THE DIFFERENCE REALLY WE'RE SEEING IS JUST COST IN PARTS AND LABOR AND GAS.
CAUSE I MEAN, KEEP IN MIND THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE ALL THE GENERATORS ARE OUT THERE HAVING TO DRIVE THERE AND PERFORM ALL, ALL OF THESE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TASKS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ADDITIONAL GENERATORS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ONLINE ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED WITH THIS MAINTENANCE VERSUS THEY'RE SEEING YOU'RE ADDING ON THE NEW ONES, WHICH WOULD BE AT DIFFERENT COSTS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.
AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING ON NEW GENERATORS.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, YES, WE WILL BE REPLACING TWO GENERATORS AND THE TWO EXISTING ONES MIGHT BE RELOCATED AND REPURPOSED, AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED IN TO THIS CONTRACT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN COSTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE AND WE'RE PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS OUT OR SO FROM THAT, AND THEN THERE'D BE A ONE-YEAR WARRANTY PROBABLY BEST, CORRECT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY 24 IT'S BETWEEN FOUR, FOUR.
YOU START SEEING THAT DIFFERENCE.
WHERE ARE THESE GENERATORS GENERATORS LOCATED QUESTION GO TO MY PHONE REAL QUICK.
CAUSE I HAVEN'T MAYBE, WELL, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING ON THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION RELATIVE TO THIS REQUEST FOR $20,000 AS FAR AS THE INCREASE PER YEAR.
UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS KIND OF A NICE TO HAVE, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR? UH, BECAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE, I GUESS I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
SO THIS IS PREVENTATIVE AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE.
NOW YOU COULD DO NONE OF THIS AND JUST RUN YOUR EQUIPMENT TO FAILURE AND HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT COSTS EARLY ON, OR LIKE ANY PREVENTATIVE PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
THIS IS FOR BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE LIFE OF THE GENERATORS.
SO IF WE DON'T GET THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND WE CARTEL A LOT OF THESE MAINTENANCE, PREDICTIVE, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE COST, ALL CHANGES, FILTERS, BELTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN IT JUST, IT LIMITS THE EQUIPMENT SLIFE.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THE ENTIRE $24,000 TO DATE.
WE HAVE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE, BUT WE WILL BE USING THOSE UP RAPIDLY BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND WITH THE INCREASED HEAT, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THIS.
UM, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN JUNE.
AND SO WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE MONTHS LEFT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND YOU HAVEN'T EXHAUSTED, EXHAUSTED ALL $24,000, OR YOU, ARE YOU MAKING THIS ASK BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT HAPPEN OR IS THERE,
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I MEAN, CAUSE I'M, I'M KINDA LIKE COUNCIL WOMAN CLOUDS OR I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT JUSTIFIES THE $20,000 INCREASE AS FAR AS THE ASS? I MEAN, IS THERE A CERTAIN, UH, THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN AS FAR AS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE $20,000 WAS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED GOING INTO NEXT YEAR? YES.I MEAN, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULING THAT THE COMING OUT AND DOING THE PMS, WE HAVEN'T EVEN VOICES COMMAND FOR WORK.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT WORK WILL BE ON THIS FISCAL YEAR OR POSSIBLY CARRY OVER.
I MEAN, DEPENDING ON HOW WE PAID THE BILLS, BUT WE DO NEED THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO DO THE PMS THAT ARE REQUIRED, THAT WE SET OUT IN OUR SCHEDULE ALSO ON THEIR PROTEIN, UM, THIS GOING TO BE A NEW CONTRACT.
SO THE PRICE HAVE INCREASED WITH SERVICES, BUT EVERY DAY ON AN EVERYDAY, EVERY WEEK, THE GENERATORS DO A TEST RUN.
AND IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE GENERATORS IN A HURRICANE CALM, WE CAN BE IN A SITUATION AT THE EOC OR AT THIS LOCATION AS WELL, BUT WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE EQUIPMENT.
SO IT MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYTHING COMES UP AS FAR AS THE STORM OR ANY OUTAGES, IF THE CITY IS COVERED IN PROTECTIVE, I GUESS I DIDN'T TRY ABOUT THE DELAY.
SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO GENERATORS, UM, HERE AT CITY HALL COMPLEX.
WE HAVE, UH, ONE AT COURTS AND EOC, ONE AT PAR STATION NUMBER TWO, ONE ACROSS STATION NUMBER THREE, ONE AT FIRST SECTION FOUR, CROSS STATION FIVE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE AT THE FLEET BUILDING.
WE HAVE ONE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS, ONE AT THE STREETS BUILDING AT THE SURFACE WATER PLANT.
THAT'S TWO OVER THERE AT STEEPBANK FLAT BANK CREEK WASTEWATER PLANT THERE'S ONE, ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO OF THE SURFBOARD PLANT.
THERE ARE TWO THERE'S ONE AT MUSTANG, VOLU GROUNDWATER PLANT ONE, ONE A MUSTANG BY YOUR GROUND WATER PLANT.
NUMBER TWO, WHEN AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT AT MUSTANG, BY YOU, ONE AT THE COLONIAL LAKES LIFT STATION ONE, IF THE CREEK MOP LIFT STATION AND ONE AT THE THOMPSON FERRY LIFT STATION.
SO THESE ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT IF THE POWER GOES DOWN, WE HAVE TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE AND WE NEED POWER TO RUN THE SYSTEMS. I'M GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
UM, WAS THERE EVER A CHANCE THAT WE COULD HAVE USED A RPA FONTS? I THOUGHT WE DID, BUT I JUST WANT CLARITY UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO GET SOME MORE GENERATORS.
WE ARE USING SOME ERP FUNDS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GENERATORS HERE AT CITY HALL COMPLEX.
AND PART OF THAT IS FOR THE RELOCATION FOR THE DESIGN AND THE ONE NEW GENERATOR, THE ARP FUNDS, THEY WOULDN'T BE FOR PREVENTATIVE OR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD BE FOR DESIGNING AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AS OPPOSED TO PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FOR EXISTING.
SO CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UH, AND IT WAS STATED THAT THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT.
THIS CONTRACT'S ABOUT THE END.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RENEW IT.
UM, HE DID THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS WITH CLIFFORD OR WITH ANOTHER FIRM ENOUGH.
IN THAT THAT CONTRACT HAS ENDED OR IS ABOUT TO END WHEN OUR TEAM, WELL, WE, WE HAD, UH, WE CHANGED THE OVER FROM POWER SALT, SECURE TO CLEAR FOR POWER ON APRIL, 2021.
AND WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF GENERATORS.
UM, AND WE WERE ALREADY SEEING INCREASING COST WITH POWER SECURE.
THAT'S WHY WE LOOKED AT THE CHANGE.
YOU KNOW THE QUESTION, RIGHT? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS, SIX SEAT.
I HAVE SUCCEED, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO A HURRICANE AND POSSIBLE BLACKOUTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THE EMOTION WE HAVE SECOND PACKET, ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE PURCHASE ORDER INCREASED 20,000 FOR GENERAL GENERATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FROM PROVIDER CLIFFORD POWER SYSTEMS INCORPORATED.
UH, ALL, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN ITEM PASSES FIVE TO ONE.
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THANK YOU.[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the Interim City Manag...]
LET'S SEE, AUTHORIZING THIS INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE A PURCHASE ORDER INCREASED FOR FLEET REPAIR SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $51,000 PER ANNUM WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDER HEALTH FORD INCORPORATED UTILIZING THE FORT BEND COUNTY IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT, THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE OR PURCHASE ORDER WOULD BE INCREASED FROM $49,500 TO $100,500 PER THE, WITH THIS ITEM.UM, THIS IS GOING FROM A PURCHASE ORDER.
WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST AN ADD A 51,000, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE PURCHASE ORDER A NEW, UH, DO NOT EXCEED AMOUNT OF $100,500 IN THE BREAKDOWN.
AND THAT'S A HUNDRED, 3% INCREASE.
THE BREAKDOWN ON THIS IS WE'VE SEEN 20 TO 40% INCREASE IN PARTS WE'VE HAD.
UM, OBVIOUSLY AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE VALUE OF VEHICLES.
SO WHEN WE'VE HAD DAMAGED VEHICLES THAT TYPICALLY WE COULD TOTAL THEM OUT, IT'S GETTING HARDER TO DO AS THE USE VEHICLES INCREASE TO TOTAL OUT OF VEHICLE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 70% OF THE VALUE.
SO IF YOU HAD LIKE A $32,000 CAR, UM, WE NORMALLY COULD TOTAL OUT THE VEHICLE AT 22,400, THAT $32,000 CAR MIGHT BE AS YOU KNOW, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY CONSERVATIVE, MIGHT INCREASE TO $8,000 IN VALUE TO 40,000.
SO NOW YOU TOTAL IN AND OUT 28,000 FOR A DIFFERENCE OF $5,600.
SO THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS INCREMENTALLY RATHER THAN WHEN WE HAVE DAMAGED VEHICLES THAT WE NORMALLY CAN TOTAL OUT WITH A LOWER, UH, ASSESSED VALUE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TOTAL MILES, SO WE'RE HAVING TO REPAIR THEM.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING SUCH A HIGH INCREASE REPAIR CARE COSTS.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM FOR SERVICE AND NOT WHY MAYBE YOUR LOCAL THEN THOSE OTHER OEMS? I MEAN, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT HELP WHEN FORD IS JUST WHO WE DEALT, DO WE DEAL WITH AND THAT'S WHO WE BUY OUR VEHICLES FROM.
SO JUST LIABILITY OF SERVICE VIA THE VEHICLES FROM THEM.
WE HAVE ALL THE PARTS THAT WE PURCHASED FROM THEM.
NOW, CLEARLY WE DO A LOT OF THAT.
SOME OF THAT WORK IN HOUSE, WE STOPPED ABOUT PARTS AND THEY'VE GONE UP AND WE'VE HAD TO DO MORE AND MORE REPAIR, BUT THAT'S NOT A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH HEALTH.
WE HAVE A KIND OF A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT.
WELL, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO STICK WITH ANY PARTICULAR DEALERSHIP OR EVEN BRAND NEW MERCY TIED.
THE ADDITIONAL 51,000 IS FOR REPAIRS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, OR IS THERE IMMEDIATE NEED RIGHT NOW? WE ARE, OUR VEHICLES ARE THERE SO MANY PEOPLES ARE NOT IN OPERATION RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN YOU REPAIRS OR SOMETHING, THAT'S WE WE'VE SEEN THAT MUCH OF INCREASE IN REPAIRS.
WE WE'VE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN, UH, VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, WHERE YOU NEED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WHERE YOU MIGHT SEND IT TO THE BODY SHOP OR HAVE TO REPLACE SOME PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.
WE HAVE ACCIDENTS FROM OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE, UM, 210 VEHICLES AND THEN OTHER EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE A TOTAL FLEET OF 478 VEHICLES THAT WE DO ON OUR FLEET REPORT.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF VEHICLES GETTING AROUND, PROVIDING A LOT OF SERVICES AND YOU TEND TO HAVE ACCIDENTS ALL THE TIME AND WHEN QUESTIONED.
SO IF COUNSEL WERE TO APPROVE THIS, COULD YOU ALSO USE SOME OF THE FUNDING TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SHOP INSTEAD OF HEALTH? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN? MY QUESTION IS IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ARE WE LOCKED IN THE HEALTH MENTOR COULD, COULD BE, UH, SHOULD GO TO ANOTHER VENDOR FOR REPAIRS, POSSIBLY CC.
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UM, IT IS THE PRO HEALTH MEN FORWARD IS THE PROVIDER, BUT IT IS THE FORT BEND COUNTY IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT.UM, SO I'D HAVE TO TALK WITH MY PURCHASING REPRESENTATIVE.
WE DID SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR THE INCREASE FOR THE PO THAT IS TIED TO HUFFMAN.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S LATITUDE WITH THAT.
I CAN ASK OUR PURCHASING THE OTHER PIECE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
PLEASE HAVE THEM COME UP, PLEASE.
IF I MAY ALSO INTERJECT, IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY, THE CITY WOULD THEN HAVE TO UNDERGO PROPER PROCUREMENT.
SO THAT COULD ENTAIL A COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
IT COULD ENTAIL LOOKING AT OTHER COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER PROVIDERS ON THOSE AGREEMENTS AS WELL.
SO IF THERE'S A DESIRE NOT TO AUTHORIZE THE SUYDAM, THEN I THINK STAFF WOULD JUST NEED TO GO BACK WITH THAT DIRECTION AND PROCURE PROPERLY PROCURE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEW IS HELFMAN FORD, UH, CURRENTLY UNDER AN RFP WITH US THERE TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SERVICE.
THEY'RE PART OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
SO, UH, WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SAYING IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BIDS.
AND EVERY TIME THAT WE LOOK AT DOING ALL THESE SERVICES, SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THE PRICING AND WITH THE COLLABORATION AND LOCAL AGREEMENTS, THEY TEND TO KEEP THEIR PRICING VERY LOW, AS OPPOSED TO GOING OUT TO THE OPEN MARKET.
AND WE'RE JUST HAVING WILD FLUCTUATIONS.
SO AS PART OF THE FORT BEN KELLY, AND A LOCAL AGREEMENT, ARE THEY THE ONLY FIRM OFFERING THESE TYPES OF SERVICES OR THE OTHER FIRMS THAT I'VE HEARD OF, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF YEAH.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANOTHER LIST OF FOUR DEALERSHIPS OUT THERE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT HE SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS, IS SAYING THAT CAN WE LOOK INTO SEEING IF THERE ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE THAT, UH, LESSEN THE MOUNTAIN, WE'RE SPINNING THEM.
AND IF WE HAVEN'T CHECKED OR IF WE DON'T KNOW PROBABLY A GOOD IDENTICAL TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, OR IF WE DO HAVE A NEGOTIATED DISCOUNT WITH THEM, THAT'D BE NICE TO KNOW IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE, BECAUSE WHEN I THINK DEALERSHIP, I THINK STICKER PRICE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S ENOUGH.
THAT IS THE THING THAT SHELTERS US FROM GOING TO THE DEALER AND THEN PAYING ABSORBENT ICING IS THAT THEY'RE PART OF THAT IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT THROUGHOUT ALL 14 COUNTY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO ONE, THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE US SOME DIFFERENT THAN THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE A NEIGHBORING CITY.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, THEY CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT WE COULD GO TO.
NOW, IF WE GO TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME PRICING, AS LONG AS THEY'RE PART OF THAT IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT, I WOULD THINK SO.
I CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DEFINITIVELY TO SAY THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, UM, WHICH, WHICH SIDE ARE WE HEAVIER ON? IS IT MECHANICAL REPAIRS OR IS IT COLLISION TYPE REPAIRS? IT WELL, DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CAUSE WHEN WE DO EVERYTHING FROM A GATOR FORKLIFT ALL THE WAY UP TO FIRE TRUCKS.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LARGER EQUIPMENT, THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REPAIR OF FIRETRUCKS COMFORT LADDER TRUCKS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE FLEET AND AS A WHOLE, THEN IT WOULD BE JUST MECHANICAL REPAIRS.
AND THESE ARE NOT REPAIRS AS FAR AS THE MECHANICAL THAN WE CAN HANDLE IN HOUSE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE PARTS HAVE INCREASED, UH, HAVING TECHNICIANS COME OUT TO DIAGNOSE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT SERVICES HAVE INCREASED.
SO WE'RE SEEING INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD.
UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST UNDERSTAND THE AGREEMENT BETTER FOR, I MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
UM, AFTER YOU EXPLAINING IT MORE, MAYBE THERE IS SAVINGS AT THE HEALTH PLAN LEVEL, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT INFORMATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, I DIDN'T ATTEND EMOTION.
I GUESS MY MOTION WOULD BE THAT STAFF BRING BACK MORE INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HELP AFFORD OR IF WE MIGHT WORD IT IN THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT.
SO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IS ITEM SIX D AND THAT IS TO PROVE THE PURCHASE ORDER INCREASE FOR FLEET REPAIR SERVICES, UH, FROM 51,000 TO 100,500.
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JOYCE? UM, I'D LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.HOW SHOULD THAT EMOTION? SO YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 60 UNTIL A DATE, CERTAIN WHICH COULD BE THE NEXT MEETING OR A FUTURE MEETING MAYOR PRO TEM.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE 16 UNTIL FURTHER INFORMATION.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO POSTPONE MY ITEM 60 TO THE NEXT MEETING OR A FUTURE MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND BEEN BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY? ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
UH, WE GOT YOU FOR ONE MORE CONSIDERATION
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OF POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE A PURCHASE ACTION TO ME.WELL, NO, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE A PURCHASE ORDER INCREASE OF 24,000 FOR HVAC MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FROM PROVIDER LANES, LANES, MECHANICAL SERVICES LP, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN 73,000 PER ANNUM.
UM, AND THAT'S TODD HOOPER BEFORE YOU SPEAK TODD, I JUST WANTED TO FOR THE RECORD GO BACK, UH, CITY CITY SECRETARY ON SIX EIGHT, I THINK I MAY HAVE SAID SIX ONE VERSUS FIVE MORE, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE LIKE YOU GOT, RIGHT? SO THE, UM, THE ITEM HERE IS THE CURRENT PURCHASE ORDERS.
WE'RE REQUESTING AN INCREASE OF 24,000 FOR HVAC MAINTENANCE REPAIR SERVICES.
SO THE NEW PO WOULD BE 30, 73,000 PER YEAR.
ALL THE INFORMATION WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WANTING TO HEAR FROM YOU, UNLESS THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE HAVE 98 HVAC UNITS.
THEY'RE IN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE I COULD GO DOWN EACH FACILITY TO TELL YOU HOW MANY THAT WE HAVE.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE REPLACED FIVE OF THESE HVAC UNITS IN 2022, UM, OF THE 98 MINUS THE FIVE, THE OTHER ONES RANGE IN AGE FROM FIVE TO 15 YEARS.
AND LIKE WITH ANY, UM, AGING EQUIPMENT THAT THEIR COSTS ARE INCREASING AGAIN, THIS IS THE PARTS AND LABOR MATTER.
UM, I'LL YOU THE QUICK BREAKDOWN? SO THE CITY HALL COMPLEX, WE HAVE 20 HVAC UNITS, THE EOC, WHICH INCLUDES THE, UM, IT AND MS FOR COURTS.
THERE'S 13 UNITS, PD AND FIRE SECTION ONE IS 19.
WE HAVE THREE STREETS, THERE'S THREE, THE SIGN SHOP.
THERE'S ONE, UH, THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER TWO, THERE'S EIGHT FIRE STATION.
NUMBER THREE, THERE ARE SEVEN CROSS SECTION FOUR THERE'S SEVEN IN FIRE STATION FIVE.
WHEN HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION CITY MANAGER.
UH, IS THIS ALSO A NEW CONTRACT OR IS THIS THE SAME COMPANY THING? IS IT LANES WE'VE BEEN PRONOUNCING LANE? MY LANE LANE MECHANICAL SERVICES IS THAT THE CURRENT COMPANY OR BIG SYSTEM, THIS THE CUP.
AND SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ON THAT? UM, IN FACT GOES BACK 49, 40 9,000.
YEAH, THAT GOES BACK TO AGAIN, PARTS, LABOR, UM, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE GETTING OF THE 98.
SO IS THIS CONTRACT ENDING OR IS IT UP FOR RENEWAL OR WHAT, WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? SO IT'S NOT ENDING, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMING, NOT IN THE LIFE OF MANY OF OUR NEEDS FOR REPAIR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR EOC AND SERVER ROOMS. COOL.
UM, DURING THIS HOT TEMPERATURE, IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER.
SO THE PAST TWO MONTHS WE'VE ALREADY HIT OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES MULTIPLE DAYS, AND IT'S TAKEN A TOLL ON THESE UNITS AND A LOT MORE SURFACE CALLS.
AND I CAN ALSO ADD THAT LANE MECHANICAL THEY'RE PART OF OUR CHOICE PARTNERS PURCHASING CO-OP.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM AND, UH, THAT CONTRACT, UM, EXPIRES MAY 14TH, 2023 MAY 14TH, MAY 14TH, 2023,
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NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COME QUESTIONS, HEARING NONE.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? SIX, EIGHT, UH, COUNSELING CLOUDS OR IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY AND DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SUN ITEM PASSES FIVE.
UH, NOW TAUGHT, WE GOT YOU FOR ONE MORE ITEM 6G.
I'LL PUT A LOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH 7 1 7 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC, FOR PAVEMENT LIFTING SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,800,000 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM PERIOD.
SO, UM, THIS ITEM IS OUR CONTRACT.
AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE STILL HAD MONEY.
I MEAN, WE STILL HAD TERM LEFT, BUT WE EXHAUSTED THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO BACK OUT FOR BIDS AND WE RECEIVED THREE BIDS ON THIS AND 7 1 7, UH, CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE PROVIDER THAT WE WERE USING BEFORE.
SO THIS CONTRACT IS FOR, UM, PAVEMENT LIFTING OR ALSO CALLED MUD JACKING MUD.
JACKING IS PART OF OUR PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CALLED PAYMENT P UM, YOU'LL WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHILE THE 1.8 MILLION OVER THREE YEAR TERM, IS THIS A LARGE AMOUNT OF IT'S PAID FOR OUT OF THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES? ONE IS OUR METRO FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22.
WE HAD 1.37 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAD 1 MILLION AND UNDER TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE, WE HAD JUST UNDER 200,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 2.5, 7 MILLION.
NOW THAT AMOUNT COVERS NOT ONLY THE PAVEMENT LIFTING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, IT ALSO INCLUDES PANEL REPLACEMENT AND POTHOLES.
SO IT ALL COMES OUT OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND I COULD GO ON ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE SPENT AND HOW MUCH WORK WE'VE DONE AND HOW MUCH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING JUST REAL BRIEF.
UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, WE'VE DONE TWO $132,000 IN WORK.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED 903,000 LEFT TO DO ABOUT $1.1 MILLION WORTH OF WORK, UM, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE NO CONTRACTS, WE HAVE FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS.
THE WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT UNDER CONTRACT, WHO IS 7 1 7 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC.
THAT THE 7 1 7 IS THE COMPANY THAT WE WERE USING FOR PAVEMENT LIFTING.
AND THEY'RE THE LOWEST BIDDER OF THE THREE.
UM, THE BREAKDOWN WAS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED SEVEN.
THEY HAD BID $598,200 PER YEAR, CONCRETE RAISING THE 735,000 TO 25.
AND MOTIVE CONSTRUCTION WAS 2.3 1 1 6 0 5.
AND THAT BREAK DOWN IS IN YOUR PACKET HOME PAGE ONE 13.
SO MY QUESTION IS WHY, WHY ARE WE ASKING? WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR 1.8 MILLION? SO WE TYPICALLY ASK FOR ANYWHERE 400,600,000 PER YEAR.
SO THEY CAME OUT, THEY CAME OUT TO BE JUST UNDER 600,000, SO 600,000 FOR THREE YEARS, 1.8 MILLION.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED A 1 MILLION THAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT AWAY.
SO WE MAY NOT EVEN GET THROUGH THE FULL THREE YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW, UM, THIS ACTIVITY MIGHT BE FUNDED AND APPROVED.
AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE CONCENTRATING ON ALL AROUND THE CITY? AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING IT'S PRETTY WELL SPREAD OUT.
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DISTRICT A WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $211,000 DISTRICT B 292,000 DISTRICTS SEE 200,000 IN DISTRICT D 200, 1000 OF WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED.THIS IS IN LIEU OF SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS AND THE MASSIVE, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS THAT GOES INTO PLACEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS LIFTING BAND-AIDING AND, YOU KNOW, CURING WHATEVER THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS, THIS IS ONLY WHAT WE CALL IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, MUD JACKING, WHERE YOU'RE DRILLING HOLES, YOU'RE INJECTING A FLUID TO KIND OF MOVE THE PAVEMENT AND TO GET UP LEVEL.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PANELS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION, NOTHING TO DO WITH CURVES, SIDEWALKS, RAMPS, STORMING LET'S THIS IS JUST ADJUSTING PAVEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT Y'ALL DON'T COVERING, UM, BEARS DISTRICTS.
UM, CONSISTENTLY I BELIEVE UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, I GAVE HIM THE INFORMATION.
WE PUT HER ON A MAP AND WE SENT IT TO Y'ALL.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE MAPS OF PAYMENT PAGE, UM, IT'S BROKE DOWN THESE EXACT FIGURES COME FROM THOSE MAPS WE'VE BEEN GIVEN, I GUESS MY QUESTION, AND THIS MAY BE ELENA, WE'RE ASKING FOR A LOT OF MONEY PRIOR TO OUR BUDGET.
DO WE NEED THIS MONEY TODAY? OR CAN WE SAY THAT YOU JUST GET HALF OF THIS UNTIL WE GO TO BUDGET AND THEN REALLY START TO LOOK LONG-TERM WHAT THAT BUDGET AMOUNT SHOULD BE FOR THIS, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, UM, I'M ONLY ASKING AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED, 250,000 TO GET US THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 22 AND WHATEVER WE'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 OF THEM IN THE BUDGET CYCLE, THEN WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER PORTION, BUT THIS IS JUST TO GET US GOING BACK ON AND WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR CITIZENS AND THE UNSAFE PAVEMENT.
I MEAN, WE REALLY NEED TO GET BACK ON THIS.
I THINK A COUNCIL MEMBER RULE SPLITTING LENA'S THANK SO AT LEAST STATE IT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, HE JUST NEEDS 250,000, BUT THE $1.8 MILLION IS THE CONTRACT MAXIMUM FOR THREE YEARS.
EVERY CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE HAS A CLAUSE THAT DEALS WITH APPROPRIATIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE TERMINATION CLAUSE FOR 30 DAYS.
SO IF FOR SOME REASON THIS WAS NOT FUNDED HEARSE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD NOT, UH, REQUEST THE SERVICES OF THE SPENDER, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND LESS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A CONTRACT MAXIMUM.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT IF WE EVER NEEDED TO.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRICING IS IN PLACE FOR THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
UH, THESE THREE FIRMS RESPONDED TO AN RFP.
THEY GOT PUT OUT AND 7 1 7 WAS THE VENDOR THAT WAS THE LOWEST BIDDING.
AND SO THEY CAME IN AT $1.8 MILLION OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DECIDING ON THE NINTH WARD, THEM POSSIBLY AWARD THEM THE CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THESE CONTINUE CROP, PROVIDING THESE SERVICES FOR CLARIFICATION.
IT WAS TWO, TWO DASH 3 1 1, AND THEY WERE THE LOWEST BIDDER.
AND THEN THEY GAVE US A PRICE AND WE JUST MULTIPLIED THE UNITS BY WHAT THEIR PRICE WAS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE, JUST UNDER 600,000.
UM, AS ELENA MENTIONED, UM, THAT 1.8 MILLION, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT MUCH.
I MEAN, CLEARLY WE HAVE THE WORK TO DO IT.
THE, THE LIMITING VARIABLE IS WHAT THE COUNCIL APPROVES IN THE BUDGET.
AND WHILE YOU HAVE A CONTRACT FOR ONE POINT MILLION, IF WE'RE ONLY AWARDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR 50,000 FOR NEXT A YEAR, THAT'S WHAT LIMITS US.
SO WE CAN'T PUT A REQUISITION OUT OR GET A PURCHASE ORDER IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING.
SO IN REGARDLESS OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SPEND 1.8 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE ENOUGH WORK TO DO THAT.
BUT IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES NOT TO FUND THAT AMOUNT, THEN WE COULD OVER THREE YEARS, IF WE ONLY WILL GET AWARDED 200,000, ONCE THE THREE YEARS EXPIRES, THEN THE CONTRACT IS EXPIRED.
YOUR PLATOON BIT, A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
WE GUARANTEE YOU THIS PRICING FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, RIGHT? NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO A $1.8 MILLION IS FIXED PRICING GUARANTEE THAT NUMBER.
YOU SAID THAT YOU, UH, HAVE, UH, IDENTIFIED THE AMOUNT OF WORK
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THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, EITHER THROUGH MUD JACKING OR THROUGH THE, UH, UH, THE LIFTING.SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A 1.1, THREE, 5 MILLION OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAGE.
I CAN PUT PANEL REPLACEMENT 2.5.
SO JUST IN PIMA, MP, WE'VE IDENTIFIED 3.6 MILLION.
NOW I THINK WE'RE ONLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING FUNDED 2 MILLION OR 2.5 MILLION.
SO WE WERE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, THEN WE'RE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ALLOWED PER BUDGET.
UM, I GUESS THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE THAT ARE, CAN BE A SAFETY OR HEALTH ISSUE.
UH, IF WE DON'T DO IT, UM, MY JACKING AND, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE LIFTING IS THE MOST EXPEDIENT WAY OF DOING IT AND LESS COSTLY AS OPPOSED TO TEARING UP THE WHOLE STREET AND DO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SECTIONS.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT, IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN EITHER FUND WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE NEED THERE AND IDENTIFIED, OR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, UH, CUT BACK ON SOME OF THOSE, UH, THOSE ITEMS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, WE CAN SWING BY, WITH, UH, OUT ANY PROBLEMS WITH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY LIABILITY FOR, UH, UH, UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? YES.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT HOW THEY BID, IF I RECALL THEY WERE VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T GO UP IN THEIR PRICING.
I MEAN, CAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALMOST 600,007 35, DEFINITELY WAY LOWER THAN THE 2.3 MILLION.
SO, UM, VALUE WISE, I, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THAT'S JUST THE, UH, THE BEST COST ALTERNATIVE TO LEVEL OUT THE STREETS, RATHER THAN LETTING THEM CONTINUE TO GET WAY CATTYWAMPUS.
AND THEN YOU'RE HAVING TO DO FULL PANEL REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
I GIVE IT TO HIM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE YOU MAKE I'M ASSUMING EMOTION, UM, THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS WOULD USUALLY TYPICALLY COME BEFORE THE PDI COMMITTEE, CORRECT? NO.
UM, THAT WE HAD, WE DIDN'T DO THIS PRIOR, PREVIOUSLY TO THE FEET, OUR COMMITTEE FOR THIS.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAVE COME BEFORE THE PDI COMMITTEE WHERE AT LEAST SOME CONSIDERATION CONVERSATION, NONETHELESS.
I MOVED UP, WE APPROVED ITEM SIX G RIGHT? THE EMOTION, THE SECOND PUMP.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, SIX G UH, EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH 7 1 7 CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR PAVEMENT LIFTING SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1.8 MILLION FOR THREE-YEAR TERM.
THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, UH, PROBABLY EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PROBABLY GETS A PHONE CALL A WEEK ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
THIS WILL HELP OFFSET THOSE CALLS.
I LIKED THE CONTRACT FOR THAT.
I THINK THE STAFF ARE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO TODD'S POINT EARLIER.
SO CLEARLY WE WENT OUT AND SHOPPED AND GOT THE BEST DEAL WITH THE GOOD QUALITY.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT I GET A COPY OF THAT REPORT FOR THE BREAKDOWN? IT'S NOT IN MY DROPBOX FOR MY EMAILS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR LITHIUM CONSENT AGENDA.
[(1) PUBLIC HEARING - To receive comments for or against proposed amendment...]
A 7 81 ITEM 71 IS, IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING SECTION FOUR DEFINITIONS REGARDING SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES.I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 7 81.
DID YOU RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I GUESS ARE WE RECEIVE ONE? OKAY.
SO AS THE CITY, SECRETARY CALLS YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVED THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THE CITY SECRETARY WOULD KEEP TRACK OF YOUR TIME AND ALERT YOU WHEN YOU'VE REACHED YOUR LIMIT WITH NO FURTHER AMINA, WHOEVER IS COMING UP IS BRUCE.
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SO I HAVE TO GIVE MY NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN IS PLEASETHIS IS A TOTAL JOKE WITH THIS CINDY'S SINCE THIS MAN SPENT GOOD MONEY IS IN A HIGH RENT LOCATION.
I THINK THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU DON'T WANT IT IS BECAUSE ACROSS FROM QUAIL VALLEY, I MEAN, YOU REALLY THINK THAT TYPE OF STORE IS A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS.
I WOULD THINK A TOPLESS BAR OR SOMEBODY DANCING, OR MAYBE SERVING LIQUOR MIGHT BE SEXUALLY ORIENTED, BUT THAT DEFINITELY IS NOT.
YOU'RE WASTING ATTORNEY TIME ON NONSENSE.
CINDY'S IS ALL OVER THE CITY, LIVE WITH IT.
THIS MAN HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND HE'S PUTTING OUT A LOT OF RENT AND YOU'RE ALWAYS CRYING, YOU KNOW, HAVE ENOUGH TAX REVENUE.
WELL, I THINK THAT COULD BE A PRETTY GOOD SOURCE OF TAX REVENUE FROM MISSOURI CITY.
UH, I WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 7 81.
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of two readings of an ordina...]
AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING SECTION FOUR DEFINITIONS OF APPENDIX A OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AND TITLE, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS, PROVIDING CORE REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.JOSEPH WENT OFF GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITION OF VANESSA, A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS TO ADOPT THE DEFINITION, UH, UH, CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 18, THE CITY COURT OF ORDINANCES.
UH, WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT ENCOMPASSES CHAPTER 18 DEF DEFINITION, AND IT ACTUALLY WOULD EXPAND THE ZONING DEFINITION OF THIS SEXUALLY ONLY BUSINESS.
AND, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE, UH, THE, RIGHT NOW THE, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL ORIENT BUSINESS CONTAINS A LAUNDRY LIST OF, UH, VARIOUS, UH, TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE CONSIDERED A SEXUAL ORIENTED BUSINESS.
THOSE SAME TYPES OF BUSINESSES ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE CHAPTER 18 VERSION, BUT THE CHAPTER 18 VERSION EXPANDS A SEPARATE DEFINITION FOR EACH OF THOSE SUBCATEGORIES OF THE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS.
SO, UH, WE'RE ASKING OR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU, UH, APPROVE AMENDING THE, UH, THE CITY STONING ORGANS TO REFLECT THE DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 18.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, UH, CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON JUNE 8TH, WHERE A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION VOTED TO ACCEPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS ITS FINAL REPORT TO YOU AND REQUEST THE RIGHT.
UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, RIGHT? AND THERE'S BEEN MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER MARILLAS SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLOUDS, ANY DISCUSSION AS JOSEPH, CAN YOU GIVE US BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON WHY THIS IS
AND WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC WHAT BUSINESSES OR BUSINESS WITH THIS DIRECT.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I KNOW IT'S A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS, BUT IS THERE ANY ONE SPECIFIC? NO, IT'S NOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE COMING? YES, SIR.
JOE, THE RED LINES ARE SIGNIFICANT AND WE TAKE OUT A LOT OF GRANULAR DETAILS TO YOU BELIEVE, OR JUST THE LEGAL STAFF BELIEVES THAT BY DIFFER OR BY MENTIONING CHAPTER 18 OR FIVE COVERS ALL THAT RED LINE.
BECAUSE IF YOU, UH, ONCE YOU TAKE OUT THE RED LINE AND INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, MOST, ALL THOSE TERMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE RED LINE ARE FURTHER DEFINED IN CHAPTER 18
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AND MORE PRECISELY FILLED TO SAY, OKAY, MY QUESTION IS CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.UM, WE'RE JUST VOTING ON THE CHANGE OF THE VERBIAGE, NOT A SPECIFIC RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS JUST A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT.
SO YOU WOULD BE VOTING ON AN ORDINANCE THAT CHANGES THE DEFINITION OF A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS UNDER SECTION FOUR OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO WANT TO MAKE IT, UH, MAKE A NOTE THAT ON JUNE 8TH, THIS CAME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WHEREBY THEY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THIS AS WELL.
SO HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ONE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the Interim City Manag...]
NUMBER NINE, EIGHT CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, EXECUTE A CONCENTRATE, UH, EXCUSE ME.A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT STERLING SITE SERVICES, LLC, FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF WILLOW WATERHOLE REGIONAL DETENTION POND FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,179,773 AND 78 CENTS.
UH, SO THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE WILLOW WATERHOLE REGIONAL ATTENTION SYSTEM.
SO THIS SYSTEM PROVIDES A DRAINAGE MITIGATION FOR MOST OF THE CITY LIMITS TO THE NORTH OF US AND IDA.
THERE IS A TO PROVIDE REGIONAL ATTENTION FOR THIS AREA SO WE CAN SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
UM, THIS WENT OUT TO BID IN APRIL AND VISUAL RECEIVED IN ON MAY 11TH IN STERLING SITE SERVICES WITH I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? A MOTION? NO, I DON'T LIKE HIM QUESTION.
UH, DO WE, ARE THE STAFFORD SHARE ANY OF THIS, UH, VOCATION OR THE USE, UH, OF THE DETENTION? SO THE PORTION, SO THE WATERSHED IS A HOLE WE SHARE WITH STAFFORD.
HOWEVER, THE PORTION THAT, UH, THIS CONTRACT CONCERNS IS JUST TO SERVE MISSOURI CITY'S PORTION OF THE WATERSHED OR THE REGIONAL ATTENTION SYSTEM, WE'RE BEARING THE FULL COST JUST FOR MISSOURI CITIES SHARE.
OH, IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? IS THERE A CITY SHARE ONE MAN, 1 79? YEAH.
SO WE'RE NOT PARTNERING WITH STAFFORDS, WE'RE JUST DIGGING OUT OUR PORTION THAT WE NEED FOR OUR BUSINESSES.
AND THEN THE REST WILL BE UNDEVELOPED PLAN AND THEN CITY OF STAFFORD CAN COME IN WHENEVER THEY NEED TO AND DIG OUT THE PORTION THEY NEED FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.
JEREMY DOES, DOES THE WORK MEAN FOR THE, FOR THE TWO CITIES NEEDED TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY? UM, OR TO BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE? NO, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT STAFFORD.
SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH STAFF WE'RE PRETTY REGULARLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND, UH, THEY HAVE REALLY, UH, I GUESS, SHOWN THAT THEY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PORTION.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A CONSTANT NEED BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES COMING ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST CUT OUT THE REMAINING PORTION FOR MISSOURI CITY ONLY.
AND THEN THE CITY OF SOUTH AFRICAN COME IN, UH, WHEN THEY, I GUESS PROVIDE THE FUNDING OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO DO THEIR PORTION.
AND SO, UM, ONCE IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE BUSINESSES, UM, THEIR STRUCTURE, ANYTHING IF THEY DO THERE'S DOWN THE LINE AFRICA'S THERAPY? WELL, IT WOULD ONLY AFFECTS A CITY OF STAFF ROOTS, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, WHICH WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO.
I WILL SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE CAN USE MORE OF THE LAND FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TRACK FOR MORE BUSINESS SPACE, RATHER THAN PUTTING POTENTIAL PAWNS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL PLOT OF LAND, WHICH TAKES AWAY TAXABLE REVENUE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, WHICH I HAD ONE MORE GUY, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE HAVE A LARGE WATER EVENT, WHICH I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DETENTION POND IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DESIGNED TO HANDLE, UH, IF STANFORD DOESN'T DO THEIR SIDE OF THE, UH, THE, UH, DETENTION POND, WE'LL LET HIM AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON US.
SHOULD WE HAVE A, UH, A MAJOR WATER EVENT? WELL, THOUGH, SO WE'RE, UH, PREPARING THIS EXTRA DETENTION SPACE FOR UNDEVELOPED TRACKS, UM, AND JUST LIKE STAFFER HAS UNDEVELOPED.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD OUT THEIR PORTION FOR WHEN THOSE BUSINESSES EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO DEVELOP ON THOSE TRACKS RIGHT NOW, WE ALREADY KNOW WHICH TRACKS NEED TO DEVELOP.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, PROJECT, YOUR MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, COUNSELING MEMORIES OR SECOND SECONDED BY COUNSELOR NUMBER
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RULERS, ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.ITEM NINE B HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Second of Two Readings - An ordina...]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 10, EIGHT, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 34, FINANCE AND TAXATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE, PROVIDING CORE GENERAL TAXATION EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTS HOMESTEADS AND AMENDING THE TAXATION EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTS HOME SETS FOR INDIVIDUALS, AGE 65 OR OLDER PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY.WE APPROACHED HIM, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE SHEET APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I'D LIKE TO, UH, UM, PRESENT AN AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, UH, SCENARIO THAT WAS, UH, UH, I THINK VOTED ON, WELL, LET'S SEE RANCH SESSION.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT FROM THE LATE FORTIES AND THEN SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER ANY OF THE SCENARIOS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK AGAIN, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR TAX YEAR 2022, IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BY JUNE 30TH AT THE LAST MEETING COUNCIL REQUESTED THREE ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE VISITING TONIGHT.
I PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE SCENARIOS, JUST REMINDER ABOUT THE EXEMPTIONS, UH, AND THE STATE AND LOCAL LAWS PERTAINING TO THESE EXEMPTIONS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE, THE DISABLED 65 OR OLDER, AND THE RESIDENT'S HOMESTEAD DISABLED.
IF ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY MUST BE AT LEAST $3,000.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A $10,000 CONSUMPTION, 65 OR OLDER AGAIN, IF ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY HAS TO BE AT LEAST 3000.
UH, AND OURS IS CURRENTLY $15,000.
UM, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE, IF YOU'RE 65 OR OLDER AND DISABLED, YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE TO HAVE ONE.
UM, AND SO THE ASSUMPTION IN THE FIGURES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT, UM, IF THEY ARE 65 OR OLDER AND DISABLED, THEY'RE TAKING THE HIGHER EXEMPTION.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE USING ARE BASED ON THE ACTUAL THAT ARE RECEIVING THE DISABLED EXTENSION, ASSUMING THEY'RE BELOW 65, THE RESIDENT'S EXEMPTION, UH, THE MAXIMUM IS 20%.
THE OTHER TWO ARE FLAT AMOUNTS.
WHEREAS THIS ONE IS A PERCENTAGE, BUT IF THEIR PERCENTAGE ADOPTED RESULTS IN AN EXEMPTION, THAT'S LESS THAN 5,000, THAT HOME RECEIVES A $5,000 EXEMPTION.
SO THE FIRST SCENARIO IS THE SCENARIO THAT, UH, WAS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE, UH, MOTION THAT WAS VOTED UPON LAST MEETING.
AND THAT'S THE $25,000 FOR 65 OR OLDER, UH, DISABLED PERSONS REMAINING AS IS AT 10,000 AND THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BEING 2.5%.
UM, OF COURSE, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE JUST WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS, IT STARTS WITH THEIR PROJECTED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND THAT'S USING THE PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX VALUES AND OUR CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE, UM, UH, UTILIZING THAT INFORMATION, THE EXEMPTION WOULD IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND.
WE'RE ONLY PRESENTING GENERAL FIND ON THE SLIDE BY, UM, 778,000, ALMOST $779,000.
UM, SO WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER ESTIMATES, AS THEY CURRENTLY SIT IN OUR DRAFT, A BUDGET, WHICH IS STILL GOING THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS, THE TOTAL REVENUE AVAILABLE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 67 MILLION, OUR BASE EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF, UH, FUNDING REQUIRED FOR OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICES.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 61.9 MILLION, WHICH LEAVES REVENUE, UH, OVER EXPENDITURES OF FIVE, ALMOST $5.2 MILLION.
OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING ALL THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
BUT EACH OF THESE SCENARIOS WILL SHOW THAT OUR RECURRING REQUESTS ARE APPROXIMATELY $7.7 MILLION.
AND OUR ONE-TIME REQUESTS ARE 33.6 AND OUR ONE TIME REQUESTS ARE ABLE TO BE FUNDED BY FUND BALANCE, TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR 11.3.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS ON EVERY SLIDE.
UM, AND IF WE WERE TO DECIDE THAT WE WANT IT TO FUND ALL OF THE REQUESTS, WE WOULD BE SHORT 6.1 MILLION.
THE NEXT SCENARIO INCLUDES THE 65 OR OLDER AT 30,000, THE DISABLED PERSONS INCREASING TO 15,000, UH, WITH A RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD OF 2.5%.
THE IMPACT IS APPROXIMATELY $925,000.
SO THIS ALONG WITH THE BASE AND THE ESTIMATED REVENUES WILL RESULT IN 5 MILLION, $40,000 AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION.
THE LAST SCENARIO IS THE 65 OR OLDER AT 25,000, THE DISABLED PERSONS AT 20,000 AND THE RESIDENTIAL HOME STOOD AT 2.5%.
THIS IS APPROXIMATELY $795,000.
AND WITH LEAVE A 5 MILLION, $170,868
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AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS ALSO REQUESTED THAT WE PROVIDED A BREAKDOWN OF THE BASE EXPENDITURES.THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT BREAKDOWN APPROXIMATELY 65% OF OUR BASE EXPENDITURES ARE PERSONNEL COSTS.
THE NEXT HIGHEST AREA IS PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS AND SERVICES AT 11% AND OUR SUPPLIES, UTILITIES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES ARE ALL APPROXIMATELY 4%.
UH, BUT OUR TRANSFERS AT 12% AND THOSE TRANSFERS INCLUDE TRANSFERS INTO THE TERRORS FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THE BASE EXPENDITURES, WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN IN ALL OF THE SCENARIOS, UM, IT'S APPROXIMATELY $61.9 MILLION, AND THESE AMOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SO THEN, UM, IN THE NEW SLIDES THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU, WE DO STILL HAVE THE OTHER SLIDES IN THIS PRESENTATION, JUST IN CASE THERE'S ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, UM, ON PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED MATERIALS.
THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME.
I THINK IT WAS YOU, UH, COUNSELING AND MEMORY.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE, UH, UM, THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, TO, UH, REPLACE, UH, SCENARIO ONE WITH SCENARIO SEVEN.
THE, UM, UH, HEY JOEL, THAT WE WOULD USE, UH, UH, IF THIS IS APPROVED, UH, THERE'S JUST ONE SMALL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO AND I THINK THAT'S IN THE, UH, UH, THE AMOUNT OF DISABILITY.
UM, AND, UH, BUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SAY INSIGNIFICANT AS FAR AS THE TOTAL COST TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE, UM, UH, PROGRAM.
OH, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO, UH, CONSIDER SCENARIO SEVEN, UH, AS THE SCENARIO TO PROVIDE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THAT INCLUDES A 2.5% ACROSS THE BOARD EXEMPTION, A $20,000 VISIBILITY AND $25,000, UH, 65 AND OLDER.
IS THERE A SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE LUMPED TOGETHER? CAN WE VOTE ON, UM, I KNOW YOU PRESENT THEM IN SCENARIOS AND I APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN AND I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH THOSE.
MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SENIOR EXEMPTION AS I SEEN IT THE LAST TIME TO BE 30, 30,000.
SO THAT THOSE SENIOR RESIDENTS, 65 AND OLDER WAS SEEING THE IMPACT OF BEING ABLE TO SAY, UM, POSSIBLY $173 A YEAR, UH, VERSUS IF IT'S 20,000, IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND 100 AND 2,030.
AND SO, BUT SOME OF THESE SCENARIOS, THEY'RE ALL MIXED IN.
AND I KNOW I REQUESTED FOR SCENARIO NUMBER SIX, I BELIEVE, YES.
UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH THE 2.5 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE LOSING, YOU KNOW, A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WITH THAT.
AND RESIDENTS, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A $40 SAVINGS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
THAT'S ABOUT $3 A MONTH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IF THEY EVEN SEE THAT.
AND IT WAS, AND THAT'S WHEN THE FORT BEND COUNTY SIDE FILMED THE HARRIS COUNTY SET.
IT'S ONLY $29 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, BUT WE LOSE, I HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO A MOTION FOR EACH ITEM? WE DO OUR 65 AND OLDER MOTION AND THEN NEW VOTE ON THAT ONE AND DO A SEPARATE MOTION FOR DISABLED AND A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THE RESIDENT HOMESICK.
AS A WOMAN, UH, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR SCENARIO SEVEN, UNLESS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY IS OPEN TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO HIS CURRENT MOTION.
THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME.
SO UNLESS HE'S AMENABLE TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE EMOTIONAL, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER ALI MY MOTION ANSWERS.
I WOULD JUST AS KIND OF AN EXPLANATION IF, UH, MAYBE IT HAS BEEN PICKED UP, BUT, UH, THE SENIOR EXEMPTION UNDER, UH, SCENARIO SEVEN IS 25,000.
AND, UH, THE DISABLED, UH, IS 20,
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BUT BECAUSE, UH, A DISABLED PERSON HAS THE THAT'S OVER 65 IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT THE HIGHER OF THE TWO.THE DISABLED INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR EXEMPTION IN THAT CASE, IN ADDITION TO THEIR, UH, UH, TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD DEDUCTION OR EXEMPTION.
AND IF I MAY ANSWER THE PROCEDURAL QUESTION, UM, AS WELL, SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, YOU COULD ASK THE MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT TO AMEND THAT AMENDMENT.
UH, IF THIS AMENDMENT FAILS, YOU COULD ALSO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THAT INCLUDES THE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE AS PRESENTED IT'S ALL IN ONE, UH, EACH EXEMPTION IS IN ONE ORDINANCE, THEY'RE ALL IN ONE CHAPTER IN THE MISSOURI CITY CODE.
SO AGAIN, IF THIS AMENDMENT FAILS, THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
UM, ALAINA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO I HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS AND CONCERNS.
SO I WANT YOU TO PROVIDE ME A BREAKDOWN WITH THE EXEMPTIONS FOR HOMES ACROSS THE BOARD, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MUCH WOULD A HOMEOWNER WHOSE HOUSE IS VALUED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, 150,200,000, 250,000 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH? LIKE HOW MUCH WOULD EACH HOUSEHOLD AT THAT VALUE RECEIVED AS A BREAKDOWN? OKAY.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE OR A CHART FOR THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT, UM, TO YOUR AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THAT HAS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AND IT HAS, UM, THE PERCENTAGE AND THE AVERAGE SAVINGS TO HOME HOME OWNERS.
SO WE'RE USING THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE.
UM, SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SAY A HOME IS VALUED AT $200,000 AND A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT WITH THE EXEMPTION WOULD BE YES, LIKE A TOTAL NUMBER, NOT A PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, UM, I'M RECEIVING CALLS ABOUT THE MISREPRESENTATION OF WHAT IS BEING PUT OUT VERSUS WHAT THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND.
AND I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF OUTREACH, WHETHER THERE'S A NEWS RELEASE, FAQ TAKING A TOUR AROUND ALL THE HOA IS MY OPINION THAT I STILL FEEL AS IF WE ARE RUSHING THIS, UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A DEADLINE, BUT IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A HOT TOPIC, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND ALSO, UM, TO FINISH UP WITH MY POINT, I STILL DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS EXEMPTION, UM, WITH THE ACCOMMODATING ECONOMY THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO, AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, BEING AN ISSUE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO, UM, RETAIN OUR OFFICERS AS WELL AS THEIR SALARY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH PRESIDENTS OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE MEETING THAT, YOU KNOW, MS. SOURS IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE EXEMPTION, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE EXEMPTION.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME TYPE OF BREAK TO RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE, BUT IN THE SAME INSTANCE, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE RUSHED AND PUSHED OUT.
AND IT'S REALLY NOT A BREAK FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED ARE A PRIORITY, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED PERIOD.
SO GOING BACK TO, UM, THE ORIGINAL QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE HOME AND A FLAT AMOUNT, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS BASED ON PERCENTAGES.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO KNOW THE VALUE OF THE HOME, UH, MULTIPLY IT TIMES THAT PERCENTAGE TO GET WHAT AMOUNT, UM, THAT PERSON WOULD RECEIVE AS AN EXEMPTION.
AND SO, UM, WE DO HAVE, LIKE, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THAT AMOUNT FOR AN AVERAGE HOME, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A DEADLINE, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE A CHART TO YOU, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE AMOUNTS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY CALL.
BUT AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IT IS A PERCENTAGE I CAN'T PLEASE RAN RIGHT WHEN OUR DEADLINE IS JUNE 30TH 30.
SO THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED OTHER THAN THE CHART THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO ME ABOUT? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ON WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED? UM, I CAN WORK
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WITH THE COMMUNICATION STYLE, UM, TO PUT SOMETHING OUT, OKAY.I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT AND I DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE I'M ATTACKING ME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO BE INFORMED WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE, UH, WHETHER THEY AGREE OR NOT.
THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE MISINFORMED.
UM, MYSELF, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY GOT MESSAGES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS BEING PUT OUT THERE AND THEY'RE CONFUSED.
AND SO IT'S BEING RUSHED IN MY OPINION, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS AREN'T BEING INFORMED PROPERLY.
SO I WILL MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCORPORATE, UM, THE PUBLIC SCIFI SALARY ISSUES, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PERTINENT FINANCE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS WERE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK, BUT THEY WERE PUSHED TO JULY.
UM, SO THESE TWO ITEMS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT IS SELECTED, IF THERE IS SOMETHING SELECTED, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT WORK WITHIN THE SCENARIOS.
WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND IN MOST SCENARIOS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, THERE IS $5 MILLION EXTRA.
NOW IN THE RECURRING BUDGET REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, ANY SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S BASED ON, UM, THE PRIORITIES, WHAT THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTS TO THE COUNCIL, UM, WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR WORKSHOPS IN JULY WHERE WE GO OVER ALL THE REQUESTS THAT ARE THERE.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'LL HAVE OUR, YOU SHOULD HAVE OUR CERTIFIED VALUES.
WE'LL WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE AS FAR AS WHERE OUR REVENUE STAND WITH PROPERTY TAXES.
AND SO, UH, WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, CITY MANAGER, UM, WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT GETS FUNDED, BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW WITH OUR ESTIMATES, THERE IS $5 MILLION AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE, UH, HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE AS A COUNCIL, ET CETERA.
HOW DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN AMOUNT OF OUTREACH PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE? WELL, WE DO ON A BUDGET, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TOGETHER, ALL THE PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL HAS PUT IN FRONT OF US.
AND THEN WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SALARY SURVEY.
SO FINALLY GETTING THE WHOLE ENTIRE SCOPE, NOT JUST SOME SILVER SERVINGS IN ONE, ONLY GET EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER.
I JUST, UH, IF IT'S A VALUE AND IF, UH, UH, COUNCIL LADY, UH, UH, EDWARDS WOULD INDULGE, I PUT TOGETHER SOME NUMBERS, UH, WITH THE, UM, UH, SCENARIO SEVEN, UH, AND COMPARING IT TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY AS, UH, AS EXEMPTIONS.
SO I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO SHARE THAT NOW OR LATER OUT, LEAVE THAT AT HER DISCRETION AND UNDERSTAND THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR MIRROR PRESENT.
AND DO WE HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS THOSE NUMBERS? I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
IT'S A HEALTHY DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE VOTE THAT THEY MAKE TONIGHT.
WELL, UH, THE, UH, SCENARIO SEVEN, UH, HAS A, UH, UH, SENIOR EXEMPTION OF 25,000.
UH, THE DISABILITY OVER 65 IS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, ABILITY TO CHANGE IS 25,000.
UH, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD AGAIN, USING THE AVERAGES THAT, UH, ELENA TALKED ABOUT FOR FOUR THEN IS $263, 263,770 FOR, UH, HARRIS COUNTY.
IT'S 1 62, 1 36 AFTER TWO AND A HALF PERCENT.
THAT GIVES A DEDUCTION FOR FORT BEN OF $6,594.
AND FOR HARRIS COUNTY, $4,053, UM, BRINGING THAT ALL TOGETHER, UH, THE, UH, OVER 65 WOULD HAVE THE HOME WOULD HAVE AN EXEMPTION, WHICH WOULD BE SENIOR AND HOMESTEAD.
IT'S ONLY 15,000, THAT'S $182 A REDUCTION, UH, THE PLUS 65 AND IN HARRIS COUNTY, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S 25,000 SR.
THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD IS 4,053.
THAT'S, UH, A TOTAL OF 29,853.
UH, AND TODAY THEY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, $15,000 DEDUCT OR EXEMPTION.
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CHANGE WOULD, UH, BE, UH, AN, UH, $168, UH, ADVANTAGE, UH, REDUCTION FOR THE, UH, UH, HARRIS COUNTY DISABILITY, UH, OVER 65, UH, WOULD HAVE, UH, $25,000 PLUS THE 65 THERE IN HARRIS ERA, EXCUSE ME, FORT BEN.UH, THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE A, UM, UH, REDUCTION, UH, OF, UH, 30 1005 94.
AND TODAY THEY ONLY HAVE 15,000, UH, DISABILITY IS THE SAME, UH, FOR, UH, THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY.
THEY HAVE, UH, A, A $29,053 REDUCTION ARE ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION, AND THAT'D BE $168 A YEAR.
UH, THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD UNDER 65 FOR FORT BEN WOULD HAVE A $6,594 EXEMPTION TODAY.
THEY HAVE ZERO AND, UM, UM, HARRIS COUNTY, 165.
UH, THEY HAVE, THEY WOULD GET $4,053, UH, ADDITIONAL EXEMPT EXEMPTION TODAY.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT WAS JUST AN ANALYSIS.
I PUT TOGETHER TO TRY TO SHOW WHAT THE VALUE IS TO OUR HOMEOWNERS, UH, AND OUR HOMEOWNERS, AND SOME THAT ARE DISABLED, UH, AS FAR AS A, UH, UH, A, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, EXEMPTION THAT, UH, WHERE TODAY THEY, UH, SENIORS ONLY HAVE 15 AND ANY OTHERS AND DISABILITY, THEY ONLY HAVE 10 AND ALL OTHERS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
SO I THINK TO ME, IT, IT, IT DISPLAYS THAT, UH, WE'RE MAKING SOME STRIDES IN TRYING TO BE MORE, UH, UH, EQUAL TO SOME OF OUR, UH, SISTER CITIES.
UH, IT, UH, TALKS TO THE MESSAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE SENIORS ARE FOR THE RESIDENTS, AS FAR AS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, UH, WHILE WE MAY NOT BE AS SURE LAND, BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS PUTS US KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF OUR SISTER CITIES, AS FAR AS EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIORS AND OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE.
I MAY, AS WELL, I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR PRO TEM, I STAND CORRECTED, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S OPTIONS, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, AND THEN THAT AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON FIRST BEFORE THE AMENDMENT.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO AMEND? I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION IN ORDER FOR US TO VOTE SEPARATELY ON EACH EXEMPTION ITEM.
NO, I THINK IT WAS TO CONSIDER IT, TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT HE MADE, NOT, WE CAN'T CONSIDER THEM SEPARATELY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL QUITE IN THE SAME ORDINANCE, SO WE'RE NOT, YOU WOULD BE.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU WANTED TO, UH, KEEP WHAT HE'S MADE A MOTION ON, BUT INCREASED FROM INSTEAD OF 25,000, 30,000 FOR THE 65 AND OLDER.
SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH THESE THE 30,000, 20,000 FOR DISABILITY AND A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY.
I WANT TO SPEAK FOR NOW TO BE FRANK.
I WANTED TO, UM, BE VERY MODEST ABOUT THE 2.5, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING WITH THIS POSSIBLE RECESSION AND THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS GOING.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, $1.5 MILLION AND THE RESIDENTS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY SEE A SIGNIFICANT, UM, CHANGE IN THEIR TAXES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 40 BUCKS A YEAR ON AVERAGE, UM, FOR THESE RESIDENTS TO SEE FOR THAT 2.5, WHEREAS WE'RE GOING TO LOSE 1.5 MILLION.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR US TO VOTE INDIVIDUALLY ON THE 65 AND OLDER TO DO THAT AS ONE SET AMOUNT AND THEN VOTE DISABLED ONCE SET AMOUNT.
AND THEN THOSE THAT WANT TO VOTE FOR THE 2.5 SEPARATE VOTE.
SO THAT'S ORIGINALLY WHAT I WAS ASKING VERSUS EVERYTHING BEING LUMPED TOGETHER, BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH THE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND.
I, I ORIGINALLY REQUESTED FOR IT TO BE 30,000 SO THAT OUR SENIOR RESIDENTS CAN
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REALLY SEE AN IMPACT IN THEIR TAXES LIKE THAT.BUT THEN YOUR MOTION COULD BE TO AMEND THE MOTION OF THE AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, UH, TO MAKE THE $25,000, $30,000, THE DISABLED DISABILITY EXEMPTION, $20,000, AND TO HAVE 0%.
SO LIKE THAT I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.
SO I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND SCENARIO NUMBER SEVEN, TO INCREASE TO 30,000 FOR A 65 AND OLDER MAINTAIN THE DISABLED EXEMPTION AT 20,000 AND REMOVE THE RESIDENTIAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO, ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED TO, UM, INCREASED THE 65 AND OLDER, UH, EXEMPTION, CURRENT EXEMPTION TO 30,000.
YOU SAID MAINTAIN, BUT, UM, UM, INCREASE, UH, I BELIEVE YOU MEANT TO $20,000 THE DISABILITY, BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY 10 BECAUSE SHE'S AMENDING THE CURRENT AMENDMENT THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
OR WHAT I'M SAYING IS SHE SAID MAINTAIN AT 20,000.
SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT SCENARIO.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED 30,065 AND OLDER 20,000 DISABILITY AND 0% ON THE OVERALL, UH, TAX EXEMPTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? UM, WELL, I HAVE TO ACCEPT THERE.
IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH, THERE CAN BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT THERE CAN ALSO BE AN AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT.
SO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY HAS PROPOSED IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.
HOWEVER, THE WHAT'S ON THE FLOOR NOW IS THIS FIRST IS HER AMENDMENT AND SHE WOULD NEED A SECOND AND A VOTE AS WELL, RIGHT ON THAT AMENDMENT.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS AMENDMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNSEL, WOMAN RALLIES AND MEN ARE TO BE MOVED AND SECONDED TO, UH, WELL, WE ALREADY STATED THE MOTION 30,000, 20,000 ON DISABILITY AND 0% ACROSS THE BOARD.
CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE.
NELSON WOMAN NELSON MEMBER ROOMS. NO, NO, NO.
AND I AM A NO MOTION FAILS TO FOUR.
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, OR ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL MINUTES TO CONSIDER THE SENIOR EXEMPTION TO BE 30,000 DISABLED, 20,000 AND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, 2.5% ALAINA, WHICH IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE A THOUSAND AND THE 30,000? WHAT DOES THAT IMPACT RESIDENTS? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? I WILL DO THE CALCULATION AND YOU'RE BRILLIANT.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT LIKE I NEED.
SO AS, AS ELENA'S SEARCHING FOR THAT OR TRYING TO CALCULATE THAT, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2017, I JOINED THIS COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER.
AND I KNOW FROM THAT MOMENT UP UNTIL NOW, THERE'S BEEN CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND THE COUNCILS THAT I'VE SERVED ON COUNCIL BEFORE ME COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, BUT AT THE TIME WE KNOW, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION BY JOHN HAKAN YOS.
SO HOW THINGS WERE FINANCIALLY BACK IN THAT TIMEFRAME 2017 AND HOW WE'VE PROGRESSED, PARTICULARLY ON THE SALES TAX FRONT, UH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PROVIDING A TAX RELIEF TO OUR CITIZENS, WE COULD HAVE CONSIDERED THAT AT THAT TIME.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN GROSS, BUT AT THE TIME THE CONVERSATION WAS ALWAYS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO DO IT, BUT ANOTHER THING BASED OFF OF JOHN HOCKNEY'S HIS PRESENTATION TODAY THAT GIVES ME ENCOURAGEMENT IS THE FACT THAT OUR SALES TAX INCREASE IS GOING TO INCREASE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND ALTHOUGH THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIP, UH, GOING INTO THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE YEAR AFTER THAT AND BEYOND WHERE IT'S GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE FROM A PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT.
SO CONSIDERING INFLATION, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
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CIVIL SERVICE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ALREADY.UH, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL, NO SALARY INCREASES OR CONSIDERATIONS FOR THAT GOING INTO A BUDGET CYCLE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT OUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND, UH, WE'RE ON A GOOD PATHWAY.
AND I BELIEVE TODAY IS THE TIME THE RIGHT TIME TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR CITIZENS TO SAY NO TO GIVING TAX RELIEF, TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, NOT JUST OUR SENIORS, BUT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE FACED WITH, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US AGAIN BY JOHN HAKAN YIELDS.
THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IS UP 65% SINCE 2019.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT AMOUNT IS ONE PENNY OR WHETHER THAT AMOUNT IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ANY TAX RELIEF TO OUR CITIZENS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS EXTREMELY WARRANTED AND SOMETHING THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT BASED OFF OF ALL OF THE SCENARIOS AND STUFF THAT I KNOW I'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
OUR SALES TAXES ARE INCREASING, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, REALLY BE IN A GOOD PLACE, UH, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS PER THE FORECAST.
THAT TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO SLOW WALK OURSELVES INTO NOT JUST THROWING SOMETHING AGAINST THE WALL, HOPING IT STICKS, BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO US AND KNOWING THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION, AT LEAST I BELIEVE PARAPROTEIN AND FIRE MY, UH, LET ME CONFIRM THAT IN 2017, WE DID BRING UP THE QUESTION OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
AND, UH, THE REASON THAT, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CARRY IT FORWARD WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T PAY HIM THE DOLLARS, THE REVENUE, BECAUSE THIS IS A RECURRING EXPENSE.
UH, AND, UH, THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT SAID, NO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, UH, SET UP A RECURRING, UH, EXPENSE THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COVER.
SO, UH, THE, THE INTEREST WAS THERE, BUT, UH, THE DOLLARS WEREN'T WHERE HERE THE INTEREST IS HERE AND THE DOLLARS ARE HERE TO SUPPORT IT AND GOING FORWARD REOCCURRING EXPENSE.
UH, WE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, WE'LL, UH, OUR FINANCIALS WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, I GUESS BOTTOM LINE, I'M AGREEING WITH YOU THAT, UH, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND JUST TO THINK ABOUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR EVERYONE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND SO I BELIEVE TO GO INTO THIS MODESTLY BY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE AMENDMENT, WHICH DOESN'T HURT US AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DISABILITY INCREASE THAT COUNCILWOMAN PLOWS ARE MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT PERCENTAGES, YOU KNOW, THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE NUMBER TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALREADY HALF OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH IF THEY ARE QUALIFIED, YOU KNOW, AS A DISABLED PERSON AND, OR, UH, AS A SENIOR, UH, 65 AND OLDER.
SO ANYWAY, YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO EVERY $5,000 AND EXEMPTION IS A SAVINGS OF $28 AND 91 CENTS FOR THE HOMEOWNER.
SO GOING FROM 25,000 TO 30,000 ON THE 65 OR OLDER WOULD BE $28 AND 91 CENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT $2 AND 40 CENTS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED WITH COUNCILMAN RALEIGH.
WE HAVE A SECOND CASHIER AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION PRIOR COUNCIL WOMAN IN THE ROOM.
THE AMENDMENT WAS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY'S ORIGINAL AMENDED, UM, SCENARIO WAS TO INCREASE THE SENIOR OR 65 AND OLDER TO 30,000 VERSUS A 25,000 IN SCENARIO SEVEN AND MAINTAIN IN SCENARIO SEVEN TO 20,000.
AND ALSO TO INCLUDE THE 2.5% FOR HOME CITIZEN.
SO, UH, OCEAN NOW IS 30,000 4 65 AND OLDER 20,000 FOR DISABLED AND TWO AND A HALF PERCENT FOR CROSS BORDERS AND A SECOND HEARING, NO SECOND EMOTION THING.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE DO HAVE ANOTHER OF THIS, THE SAME MOTION OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR, UH,
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FOR CONSIDERATION $25,000 65 AND OLDER $20,000 DISABLED IN TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD.IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER THIS ONE HAS PASSED OR NOT, BUT I BASICALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO NOT TAKE A VOTE TONIGHT IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THE EXACT NUMBERS THAT WE ARE NEEDED AND ASK THEM FOR, BUT ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE PROPERLY INFORMED AND ENGAGED.
UM, PERHAPS MAYBE I'M WORKSHOP, WE HAVE ALL NINE DAYS ROUGHLY, BUT, UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE PROVIDE THIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE PUBLIC AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THIS FINAL DECISIONS IN LIFE.
I THINK A COUNCIL WOMAN EDWARDS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT ONCE THIS MOTION IS VOTED ON, ASSUMING THAT IT PASSES THAT, UH, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT COULD PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING TARA, THAT WOULD GO OUT TO THE CITIZENS TO PROPERLY EDUCATE THEM, GET WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, IN THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING THE DECISION, ASSUMING THAT THE MOTION PASSES TONIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT RELEVANCE THAT WILL HAVE TO THE RESIDENTS VOTED ON THEM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT IF HE WERE NOT TO VOTE ON IT AND STILL GIVE THE RESIDENTS AMPLE ENOUGH TIME TO ENGAGE IN ACTS NECESSARY QUESTIONS.
HYPOTHETICALLY, IF A NEW SCENARIO IS PROPOSED WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ENGAGED FROM THE RESIDENCE,
DO YOU WISH TO WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? NOPE.
SO, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION I JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST ADD THAT, I BELIEVE THE REASON WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH CONFUSING INFORMATION FROM THE RESIDENTS.
UH, APPARENTLY THE MEDIA REPORTED SOME VERY INACCURATE INFORMATION THAT MYSELF PERSONALLY WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE SENIOR EXEMPTION AND WHICH THAT IS VERY MUCH FALSE.
AND SO THE REASON WHY WE ARE NOW IN 2022, TRYING TO ADVOCATE ORIGINALLY AS CONVERSATION AS I APPROACHED OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER ABOUT TRYING TO GET A SENIOR EXEMPTION FOR OUR SENIORS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST CAME OUT OF COVID AND ALL THE ECONOMY ISSUES, A LOT OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WERE DEALING WITH.
AND SO I PERSONALLY STILL STAND ON WHERE I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY, WE AS COUNSELORS NEED TO BE VERY CONSIDERATE AND CONSERVATIVE CONSIDERING GIVING OUR SENIORS A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR ME, I'M JUST SPEAKING RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE ARE AN AGING COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN AN OUTCRY FOR YEARS TO HAVE A LITTLE HELP.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS NOW, BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD REALLY PUSH OURSELVES TO, TO GIVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS PUSHING FOR THE 30,000, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT YEAR.
UM, TO, TO SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, $173 MAY NOT MUCH, BUT TO A SENIOR THAT'S ON A VERY FIXED, TIGHT INCOME.
AND FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, UH, DO AWAY WITH, I MEAN, INCREASE OUR, UM, 2.5 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO ASK, I UNDERSTAND WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING.
THEY'LL SEE SOMETHING $40 IN A COURSE OF A YEAR.
THAT'S THREE BUCKS, $3.30 A YEAR IN A MONTH.
NO ONE'S GOING TO EVEN SEE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN BUY GAS FOR THAT.
AND SO FOR US AS A CITY TO TAKE ON OVER JUST THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS AFTER WE'VE JUST WATCHED THE SALES PROJECTION IS GOING TO GO DOWN AND DECREASE.
AND THEN I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ALL OF THESE EXPENSES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT THAT WE APPROVED IS THAT INCLUDED WITH WHAT WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM OUT OF OUR BUDGET OVER THE NEXT COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
AND SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT US BEING MORE CONSERVATIVE ON THAT OTHER TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE HOMESTEAD VERSUS US NOT GIVING OUR SENIORS AS MUCH AS THEY COULD REALLY USE RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE SCENARIO SIX, PLEASE? THE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
I, WHEN I STUDIED THIS, I WAS HEADING DOWN THE 30, THIS SCENARIO SIX, AND WHAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS THE $925,000.
AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, IF YOU PUT THAT DOWN TO WHAT THAT MEANS AS A TAX RATE, THAT'S OVER A PENNY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TAX OUR RESIDENTS A PENNY OR SO TO GET 925 OUT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SCENARIO THAT WE'RE VOTING ON, IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE 790 OR LESS, IT'S ACTUALLY 0.09, UH, TO THE TAX RATES.
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EVEN MOVE THE PENNY.AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TAX RATE FLAT BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, CAUSE IT'S A MINIMAL IMPACT.
ANYTHING GREATER THAN THIS, THEN YOU HAVE TAX IMPLICATIONS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, ATLANTA, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE AGAIN IN A COURT COUNT?
YOU HAVE 2 69 TO 63, 7 70 AND HARRIS COUNTY.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I KNOW THE, THERE WASN'T A MIMIC COUNCILWOMAN YOU MADE, UH, FIRST TO INCREASE THE, UH, EXEMPTION FOR THE SENIORS TO THE 30,000 VERSUS 25,000.
AND ALSO TO ELIMINATE THE 2.5 AND MAKE ZERO, UH, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE BASED OFF OF THAT FIGURE AND NOT HAVING THAT EXEMPTION, UH, THEY WOULD'VE SAVED $6,594 AND 25 CENTS, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE $5,000, UH, THAT WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING FOR THE SENIOR EXEMPTION.
SO THE 2.5 BENEFITS THE SENIORS, UH, WAY MORE THAN THE $5,000 AND IT BENEFITS THE ENTIRETY OF OUR CITIZENRY BECAUSE EVERYONE DESERVES A TAX BREAK, UH, CONSIDERING THESE, THESE HOME VALUES AND, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN WITH RISING GAS PRICES, ET CETERA.
SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US AS WE'RE VOTING TONIGHT, TO KNOW THAT THERE'S TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ACTUALLY BENEFITS OUR SENIORS WAY MORE, UH, THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, BY NOT GIVING THEM THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT A PERSON 65 YEARS AND OLDER.
I MEAN, I I'M, I'M ALL FOR THAT.
MY PARENTS ARE OVER 65, UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT OUR DISABLED, UM, COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL BREAK AS WELL.
WHEN I, UM, GOT INTO OFFICE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I STOOD ON WAS, UM, REPRESENTING, UH, ALL ABILITIES, THOSE WHO, UM, WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND, UM, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ARE 65 AND OLDER, BUT LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THESE DISABLED RESIDENTS NEED A BREAK AS WELL.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION CALL FOR THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.
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ITEM 11, HEY, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING CONSENT TO FORT VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 1.46 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED WITHIN CORPORATE, THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.ALL RIGHT, TODD HOOPER AND COUNSELING.
THIS ITEM IS FOR A DEVELOPER THAT WAS LOOKING TO DEVELOP A, UM, A CARWASH IN OUR NORTHEAST HORSE TO CREEK SERVICE AREA.
THIS ITEM, UM, CAME TO THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT, UM, AROUND FEBRUARY OF 2022, WE DO HAVE A SITE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN, UH, FOR MAY OF 2021.
THE PLIGHT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA CREEK SERVICE AREA IS OUT OF CAPACITY.
AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THAT MATTER SINCE DECEMBER OF 2020, AND WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION ON IT, BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE YEARS OR MORE BEFORE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REGAIN CAPACITY THAT AREA.
SO THE DEVELOPER IS, UM, ASKING TO ANNEX INTO THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORING QUAIL VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT BOUNDARY IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES THAT THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA CREEK SERVICE AREA DOESN'T HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND AS A REMINDER, UH, THE CITY OWNS AND OPERATES THE WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPES, THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AND QUELL VALLEY UTILITY DISTRICT OWNS AND OPERATES THE TREATMENT FACILITIES OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND THE WATER PRODUCTION FACILITIES OVER THERE.
SO THE CITY GOES INTO A CONTRACT
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FOR CAPACITY THROUGH QUILT VALLEY, AND WE ACQUIRE THAT CAPACITY THROUGH THEM.AND THEN WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO SELL THE CAPACITY TO THEM, TO DEVELOP THEM IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO CAPACITY TO BE HAD.
SO IN ORDER FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THIS ANNEXATION AND A CITY STAFF IS IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING IT TO OCCUR.
IS THERE A MOTION IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY COUNCIL ONE CLOUDS WITH SECOND.
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARILLAS AND THE DISCUSSION IN QUESTION WE'RE JUST LOCATED.
IT IS AT LEXINGTON BOULEVARD AT FM 10 92 SET THE CORNER.
SO THAT WOULD BE JUST NORTH OF THE WALGREENS AND EAST OF THE HURRICANE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION HEARING NONE.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ALRIGHT.NOW IT'S TIME FOR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE'LL START WITH YOU COUNCIL WOMAN, RIGHT? THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY A HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THE MEN.
I HOPE HE ENJOYED YOUR WONDERFUL SPECIAL ONE DAY OF THE YEAR.
UM, I ATTENDED A HOA, UM, COUNTERCLAIM ONE AND TWO.
I SERVE ON THE GULF COAST WORKFORCE COMMISSIONS BOARD.
AND, UH, THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS THAT OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS DECREASED.
UM, WE BROUGHT ON ADDITIONAL EMPLOYERS, UM, WHO HAVE ALSO INCREASED THEIR RESPONSE TIMES TO THE COMMUNITY AND MORE COMPANIES ARE SEEKING, UH, MORE, UM, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND HIRING MORE.
ALSO ATTENDED THE VOLUNTEER DINNER WITH, UH, JUDGE KP, GEORGE, ALONG WITH MANY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS.
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION THAT WAS FOUNDED BY OUR FORMER DISTRICT B COUNCILMEN, DON SMITH.
UM, HE HAD A WONDERFUL, WELL, A BEAUTIFUL PARADE KICKOFF COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS, LOTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS WERE GIVEN ALONG WITH, UM, HAVING THE FAMILY FUN NIGHT ON FRIDAY.
AND I MUST ADD, I HAD A GREAT TIME CLIMBING THAT ROCK CLIMBING.
I WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP AND I EVEN RUNG THE BALE.
UM, I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE PANEL FOR GUN VIOLENCE THAT WAS HELD IN MY DISTRICT AT LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR KIDS SAFE, ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE COUNTY WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DEFINITELY LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN OUR COUNTY SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING.
AND SO HOW YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY CELEBRATE THEIR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UH, LAST THIS PAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHERE I PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD TO COACH GARY NICHOLS, WHO IS ALSO AN EGO AND ATTENDED SEVERAL COMMITTEES.
THE MCDA THE ETHICS COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS TOOK PLACE.
UM, AND, UM, ZURI CITY COFFEE, LIQUID LEADERSHIP WAS REALLY GOOD COMMITTEES.
CDAC UH, ALSO TEND TO CONSTABLE DARYL SMITH FOOD PANTRY.
I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO PLEASE SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY EVERY THIRD, FRIDAY, CONSTABLE DARRYL SMITH HOST HIS, UH, FOOD PANTRY, WHICH HE HAS BEEN DOING SINCE 2019.
I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF OTHER GRAND OPENINGS, UPPER LEVEL HEALTH WELLNESS.
UM, I DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE IB DRIP WITH THE VITAMINS.
I WAS TOO SCARED, BUT I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE, UM, ALL OF MY COUNSELORS AND STOP BY THERE AND CHECK IT OUT.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE SENIORS AT THE MPJ ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE GRADUATION.
THIS IS A SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, UH, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ADULTS ALL THE WAY UP TO 80 YEARS OLD TO GET NOT THEIR GED, BUT TO GET THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
AND SO I WAS BLESSED TO GO OVER THERE AND HAVE A FEW WORDS OF INSPIRATION.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT LIKE A COUNCIL WOMAN, A COUNCIL WOMAN AT WHICH THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY GO BUCKS ONE MORE TIME.
VERSATILE PRODUCT ARE THURGOOD MARSHALL CHAMPIONS.
LET'S CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BREAK AND MAKE RECORDS.
IT WAS HUMBLING TO SEE THE JUNETEENTH CEREMONIES AROUND THE CITIES AND ACROSS THE STATE AS A HISTORICAL DAY, WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER FOR YEARS TO COME.
I HOPE ONE MAJOR MYTH THAT COULD BE, UM, KIND OF WASHED AWAY IS ABOUT ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN TEXAS, NOT KNOWING ABOUT THEIR FREEDOM UNTIL MAYBE TWO YEARS AFTER.
SO I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME FACTS THAT THE TRUTH IS OUR ANCESTORS DID KNOW ABOUT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION EVEN BEFORE THEIR PLANTATION
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OWNERS DID THE PROBLEM THAT THEY WERE FORCED TO IGNORE THE PROCLAMATION DUE TO WEALTHY PLANTATION OWNERS, UM, ENFORCEMENT AND NOT HAVING AN ARMY TO ENFORCE, UM, PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S DECREE.SO AS YOU SEE, FREEDOM WAS NOT ALWAYS FREE AND IT'S NOT FREE NOW, IN MY OPINION.
SO LET'S ALL REMEMBER THE SACRIFICES AND STRENGTH THAT OUR ANCESTORS ON JUNE TEAM, UM, ENDURED AND EVERY DAY TO COME ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR RESIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND PARTNERS FOR OUR GREAT EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE HERE.
AND, UM, I ENJOYED THE PARADE.
UM, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES PROVIDING THE JUNE TEAM, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE OUR VERY OWN CHIEF THERE'S AND PARTICIPATE AND MAKING SURE OPERATIONS WERE DONE HIM AND HIS TEAM AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORTH OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS AND OTHER STAFF THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS AND THE FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE LEADERSHIP MEMBERS, UM, IN THE CROWD OR PARTICIPATING SINCE THIS IS SUCH A PHENOMENAL, UM, PART OF OUR HISTORY.
ON MONDAY MORNING, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS BREAKFAST.
UM, SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE, UM, KUDOS AND THANKS TO MAYOR TURNER OF HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUE AND I, AND RECOGNIZING OUR EFFORTS IN MISSOURI CITY MAYOR PRO TEM BONY, AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND.
AND SO I REALLY ENJOYED THAT NETWORKING EXPERIENCE AND WORKING WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE AREAS OF, UM, EASTERN.
SO BRIEFLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RECENTLY PROMOTED.
I BELIEVE I MET MISS THAT IN OUR LAST, UM, MEETING.
SO HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF OUR LOVING FATHERS.
AND I HOPE YOU GUYS WERE TREATED LIKE THE KINGS THAT YOU ARE.
AND FINALLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICER ELLIS WILLIAMS. UM, HE'S A GREAT PUBLIC SERVANT AND CONTINUES TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, A NUMBER OF HIGH PRIORITIES ISSUES CONTINUE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT THOSE ISSUES IN THE FOREFRONT AND ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IS MORE THAN EVER AND MORE IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD BE HAVING OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY COMING UP.
UM, IT SHOULD BE PLANNED AND IT'S BEING CONDUCTED EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE THROWN OUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO IT'S A HIGH PRIORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE TO KIND OF START PREPARING FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM BONY DID A GREAT JOB COORDINATING THIS MEETING SO KUDOS TO YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN MOVES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN CLOUDS.
MA'AM UM, I ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE COUNTY.
UM, IT WAS PUT ON BY THE FORT MINT CHAMBER ALONG WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, Y UH, COUNCIL FORMA RALLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY ALSO ATTENDED THE GUN VIOLENCE, UH, COMMUNITY FORUM, KUDOS TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY FOR BEING ON THE PANEL, DOING A GREAT JOB, REPRESENTING THE CITY AS WELL AS THEY RIP ROUNDS.
REYNOLDS, DA BRYAN, MILTON, AND, UH, FORT PINTEREST'S D SHIRLEY ROSE GILLIAM.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THESE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, WE ARE PREPARING FOR AN UPCOMING, UH, SERIES OF, UH, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS.
AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT HAS A BUSINESS PLEASE REGISTER FOR THESE WORKSHOPS.
WE HAVE LOW ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW, BUT ANYBODY IN MISSOURI CITY THAT HAS A BUSINESS, UM, THERE WILL BE FOUR WORKSHOPS BUILDING CAPACITY FOR GROWTH ON, UH, JUNE 23RD, UH, STARTING UP, RIGHT, UM, JULY 23RD, KEEPING FINANCES IN FRONT THAT'S, UH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25TH AND ATTRACTING GREAT TALENT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD.
YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THESE WORKSHOPS ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE AND, UM, TARA AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN, UH, CIRCULATING THOSE FLYERS.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, I ATTENDED THE JUNETEENTH PARADE ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
WE WON BEST FLOATS, SO KUDOS TO MISSOURI CITY.
WE WANT TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH NEXT YEAR, WE WERE HAPPY THAT THE FLOAT WAS IN OPERATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH NEXT YEAR, BUT WE WANT BEST FLOAT.
UM, AND, UH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE JUNETEENTH GALA WHERE ROLAND MARTIN WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT COUNCILMAN.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO, FIRST OF ALL, ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT JOB THAT, UH, DON SMITH IS DOING ON A JUNETEENTH PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S HIS BRAIN CHILD.
AND, UH, UH, YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE HE REALLY NURSES IT TO THE, UH, TO THE FULLEST.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT, JUNETEENTH GOLF TOURNAMENT.
I DIDN'T PLAY, BUT I SPONSORED FOUR YOUNG LADIES
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WHO, UH, UH, TOOK FIRST PLACE.SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T MINE, BUT AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN LIKE, I CAN HIT MYSELF ON THE BACK.
AND, UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UH, THE GALA, UH, AT THE, UH, CITY CENTER.
AGAIN, IT WAS, UH, WELL, UH, ATTENDED AND THE SPEAKER WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, DON SMITH IN HIS BOARD, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT JUNETEENTH.
UH, AND JUST, UH, BRIEFLY I, I TOO ATTENDED VARIOUS MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION EVENTS.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE STAFF, UH, OUT, UH, AT MANY OF THE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS GALA, UH, ROLAND MARTIN DID A GREAT JOB.
I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF INTRODUCING HIM.
UH, MY FELLOW CLASSMATES FROM JACKIE'S HIGH SCHOOL, UH, NO, NO, NO SHADE AND WILLARD.
AND ALSO THE MILES OF SMILES PARADE.
WE HAD A BLAST AS WE ALWAYS DO ON FLOAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE THE INTERACTING WITH THE, WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THEN THE CONCERT IN THE PARK AS WELL.
AND, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE REMARKS AND PARTICIPATE.
UH, COFFEE, COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP ALWAYS IS EXCELLENT.
THANK CRYSTAL PRICHARD FOR ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GREAT GIFTS AND ENGAGEMENT AND MORE PEOPLE KEEP COMING.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS A POSITIVE THING.
UH, IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS, A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS WHO WANT TO BE A PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT SOON, ALSO THE CDAC COMMITTEE AND WANT TO FORMALLY WELCOME MS. MARISSA MORGAN TO HER FIRST MEETING.
UH, SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB YEAH.
UH, AND SHE'S, UH, DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THE GATE WITH OUR CDAC COMMITTEE, UH, JOINING FORCES, UH, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, UH, AS, AS THE LEADER OVER THERE AND THAT, UH, THAT GROUP, UH, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS, UH, HAPPY BELATED, SHOULD I SAY FATHER'S DAY? I HOPE YOU HAD AS GOOD AS GREAT OF A FATHER'S DAY AS I DID.
UH, I TOO ATTENDED MIRROR SYLVESTER TURNER'S, UH, JUNETEENTH BREAKFAST FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, IT WAS GREAT THAT HE NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE FORT BEND COUNTY, BUT HE ALLOWED MISSOURI CITY TO GET ITS SHINE KNOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME THINGS REPRESENTING MISSOURI CITY.
UH, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY WIFE, CHARLOTTE WIELDS BONY ON HER RECENT, UH, SWEARING IN AS THE NEW FORT BEND COUNTY MUD, UH, NUMBER 48 DIRECTOR.
AND, UH, SO THAT WAS A BIG THING FOR HER Y'ALL CAN CLAP, YOU KNOW, NO, BUT AT ANY RATE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE, SHE, UH, SHE'S UH, EXCITED ABOUT SERVING AND I KNOW SHE'LL DO IT QUITE WELL.
UH, AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID,
[13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE TIME IS NOW 10:03 PM, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.THERE'S SO MUCH TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO SEVEN FOR THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THE TIME IS NOW 10:34 PM, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.
UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN COMING OUT OF CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO, UH, IN 15, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT.