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TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 18TH, 2022.
I WILL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM.
I DO CERTIFY THAT A QUORUM OF COUNCIL IS PRESENT.
MARY ROBYN ALLEY CAT WILL NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, LET'S PRAY FOR HIS, UH, HEALTH.
UM, HE'S NOT FEELING THE BEST TONIGHT, SO WE DEFINITELY HOPE TO SEE HIM BACK.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL ASK COUNSEL, WOMAN LYNN CLOUDS TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ALL RISE.
AND THE MISERABLE NEXT IS ITEM
[(a) Recognition of Leigha Gabrielle for outstanding community service.]
THREE, A RECOGNITION OF LEAH GABRIEL FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE.THE PRESENTER IS COUNCILWOMAN LYNN CLOUSER YES, IT'S LEAH HERE TODAY.
LET'S GIVE THIS YOUNG LADY A HANDCLAP AND WE HAVE OUR YOUTH.
ANYTIME WE HAVE OUR YOUTH THAT ARE GETTING AN AWARD, WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE HERE.
IT SAYS BREATHE BY LEAH GABRIEL.
WELL ON PATH OF MY COLLEAGUES AND MARY ELLEN, ALSO A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, RON REYNOLDS IS HE IN THE BUILDING THIS EVENING.
HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE.
UM, BUT WE TOO, ARE YOU AND RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THAT ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALL THAT YOU WILL DO IN THE FUTURE.
WE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF REC.
NOW WE DON'T GIVE THE ORDINARY PEOPLE.
WE GIVE THESE TO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME THAT IN APRIL, YOU HOSTED, AND MANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE, A GAS GIVEAWAY.
YOU COLLECTED OVER $10,000, 12,000.
SHE CORRECTED ME 12,000 AND SHE HOSTED A GAS GIVEAWAY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND Y'ALL KNOW HOW HIGH GAS PRICES ARE.
RIGHT? AND SHE POSTED THAT ALSO YOU COLLECTED OVER 5,000 MASKS AND PPE ITEMS TO GIVE AWAY TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOUR MIDDLE NAME JUST MIGHT AS WELL BE COMMUNITY.
UM, ALSO YOU SAYING SHE'S ALSO A RECORDING ARTIST AND A SENIOR AT ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? AND SHE'S SAYING AT THE MISSOURI CITY, UM, THE CANDLE LIGHT VISUAL FOR THE ROBB ELEMENTARY VICTIMS, ALL OF THAT, THAT YOU WERE DOING.
AND I KNOW THIS JUST DOESN'T SCRATCH THE SURFACE AT ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO YOU.
AND IT STATES, THIS IS AWARDED TO LEAH GABRIEL FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
THANK YOU FOR BETTERING THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE COLLEAGUES.
SO IF YOU ALL WOULD JOIN ME, I SAY A FEW WORDS, OH, COME ON.
WHAT DOES YOUR, YOUR SHIRT SAYS BREATH? IS THAT A POEM WROTE I'M FORCING HER TO TALK? UM, BREATHE IS ONE OF MY SONGS THAT I WROTE IN THE HEART OF, COVID BASICALLY EXPLAINING HOW I FELT KIND OF CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND LIKE THE WALLS WERE KIND OF CAVING IN ON ME.
UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, ONLY HELP THROUGH ACTIONS OR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
I TRY TO HELP THEM, MY MUSIC AS WELL.
UM, MORE SO LIKE KIND OF THERAPY SESSIONS FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS, THAT KIND OF RELATE TO WHAT I GO THROUGH ISRAEL.
[(b) Recognition of former Parks Foundation p resident Bill Odle for his de...]
TO ITEM THREE, B RECOGNITION OF FORMER PARKS FOUNDATION, PRESIDENT BILL ODL FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION.[00:05:01]
MEMBER FLUID, EMORY BILL.BILL HAS BEEN THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
UH, HE WAS ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES TO KEEP IT GOING AND TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, BRING SOME DOLLARS TO A LOT OF THE, UH, PROJECTS THAT THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, HE'S DECIDED THAT, UH, HE'S GOING TO HANG IT UP FOR NOW, BUT HE'S STILL GOING TO BE AROUND AND WORK WITH MISSOURI CITY AND THE FOUNDATION.
BUT, UH, HE'S OFF THE GREENER PASTURES.
UH, WE'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BILL.
IT SAYS FOR YOUR DEDICATION LEADERSHIP DURING YOUR TENURE, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, UH, ON BEHALF OF ROBIN ELLA CAT, THE ENTIRE CITY CONSOLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO MISSOURI CITY AND THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
I MEAN, NEED A BIG SHOW, THE WHOLE THING.
I FELT LIKE I'M AT MY WEDDING AGAIN WHILE THESE PICTURES.
UM, WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'VE ENJOYED MY TIME WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT GOODBYE.
I'LL STILL BE AROUND AND I'LL STILL BE CONTRIBUTING AND YOU KNOW, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, ESPECIALLY RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING WITH THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
AND ANTHONY'S SNIPES IS GOING TO TAKE MY SPOT AS IS CHAIR OF THE, OF THE FOUNDATION.
AND I KNOW HE'LL DO GREAT THE REST OF THE FOUNDATION MEMBERS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE THE CITY.
UM, I, I NOTICED THAT, UM, REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS HERE.
SO CAN WE BRING HIM UP REAL QUICK WITH MISS ALIA TO PRESENT? OH YES.
A REPRESENTATIVE, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILL, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY FOR THE MANY YEARS, WE APPRECIATE YOU ANY OF THE PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE, UH, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.
SO OF COURSE, RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE, UH, IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF IT WITH OUR, UH, MEMORIAL VETERANS MEMORIAL.
UM, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS INDICATED THAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS IS HERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP BY, HE MAY HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE, WELL, LET ME SAY, OH, LEAH, YOU WANT TO COME ON BACK UP.
I WAS RUSHING TO GET OVER HERE AND I WAS GIVING MYSELF WHEN THEY SAID I MISSED IT BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF MY DAUGHTER, REALLY, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF ANOTHER YOUNG LADY IN THIS CITY AND THIS YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE, THIS IS A VERY SELFLESS, AMAZING, PHENOMENAL, THE KIND OF PERSON THAT YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER TO GROW UP, TO BE TALENTED, SWEET KIND, GIVING GENEROUS.
AND I, NOT SURE IF IT WAS SAID BEFORE I GOT HERE, BUT SHE
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IS IN ADDITION TO BEING A TALENTED SINGER, A RISING ARTIST Y'ALL CAN REMEMBER WHEN BEYONCE WAS GOING UP AND PEOPLE KNOW HER, AND NOW EVERYBODY ALL OVER THE WORLD, REMEMBER THIS NAME.AND NOT JUST BECAUSE SHE'S A GREAT SINGER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT, THAT SHE HAS A HEART OF GOLD.
AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE TEAMED UP TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND GOODS FOR PEOPLE WITH MASK.
UH, WE DID A FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
UH, SHE HELPED TO DISTRIBUTE, UH, MANY, MANY ITEMS THAT PEOPLE WERE NEEDING.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE RISING PRICES OF GAS AND FELT THAT IN YOUR POCKET, RIGHT, ALMOST BE IN THE WRONG ROOM.
I MUST BE THE ROOM WITH A LOT OF RICH PEOPLE.
MAYOR PRO TEM VOTING BECAUSE IT'S HURT MY POCKET.
AND MANY OF MY CONSTITUENT WAS POCKET.
AND THIS YOUNG LADY SAID REPRESENTATIVE RIDDLES.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO PRESENT, PROVIDE FREE GAS CARDS FOR HUNDREDS OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.
AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE OF HER GENEROSITY.
THERE WERE ALL LONG LINES OF PEOPLE AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, CHIEF BEARS AND THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS FOR HELPING ME WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL BECAUSE WE HAD QUITE A LONG LINE ON CARTWRIGHT.
WHAT THIS YOUNG LADY, HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW THAT ARE DOING THAT? THEY'RE A GIVEN THEIR TIME, THEIR TALENT AND THEIR TREASURE.
AND SO IT IS MY LECTURE, A STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO PRESENT THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.
UH, LEAH HAD A FLAG FLOWN OVER OUR TEXAS STATE CAPITOL JUST TO MARK YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, SHE'S AT ELKINS, SHE'S A NIGHT, UH, AND I THINK ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS, OTHER STUDENTS OF WHAT HARD WORK DEDICATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND FINALLY IT'S AN AFRICAN POPPER.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND I WANT TO THANK HER VILLAGERS, HER MOTHER AND FATHER, WHO ARE VERY BIG SUPPORTERS.
YOU ALL HAVE RAISED ONE HELL OF A YOUNG LADY.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR BEING SO GROUNDED.
UH, SO FOCUSED, SO DISCIPLINED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SO GENEROUS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I KNOW THEY DID IT AND TIME IS LONG, BUT VERY RARELY DO YOU HAVE A YOUNG LADY LIKE THIS? SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF YOU WILL COME UP WHILE I PRESENT THIS FLAG TO THIS YOUNG LADY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, RUELAS, MAYOR PRO TEM BONEY, AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS PRIVILEGE.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL YOUNG LADY WHO IS PROUD TO RESIDE IN THIS SHOW ME CITY.
SO ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
YEAH, YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR PARENTS COME ON UP FAMILY, ANY FAMILY THAT'S HERE.
[(c) Presentation of a 2022 Golden Tree Award to Horizon Baptist Church, 22...]
ITEM THREE C PRESENTATION OF A 2022 GOLDEN TREE AWARD TO HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH, 2, 2, 2, 3 MURPHY ROAD FOR OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPING IN OUR COMMUNITY.ALL RIGHT, MS. ANDREWS, WE HAVE A MIC COMING FOR YOU.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE GOLDEN TREE IS, WE AWARD INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES, CHURCHES, ENTITIES, WITHIN OUR CITY THAT HELPS THEM MAKE US THE PLACE WE WANT TO LIVE.
AND OBVIOUSLY HAR HORIZON BAPTIST CHURCH HAS DONE THAT.
THEY HAVE GREAT, AND THEY EVEN HAD THEIR, YOU GET INVOLVED IN A BUTTERFLY GARDEN, WHICH OF COURSE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
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WITH MUCH ADO, WE'RE GOING TO GO ON AND PRESENT IT TO YOU NOW, PASTOR BLACK.WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A PLAQUE.
WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE ON YOUR SIGN? ALSO, THEY PUT OUT THERE, SO EVERYBODY ALL KNOW, PLEASE GIVE HIM A HAND.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER THING THAT DEALS WITH COUNSEL AND THE GOLDEN TREE AWARD.
I WANT TO OFFER YOU ALL A CHALLENGE.
YOU KNOW, YOUR BUSINESSES WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS.
WE NEED SOME MORE NOMINATIONS FOR THE GOLDEN TREE.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A, JUST A BRIEF STAT THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHAT DISTRICTS HAVE HAD GREAT PERCENTAGES.
THEY ARE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 43% WAS DISTRICT C AND 29% WAS FLOYD'S 14 DISTRICT, A MS. RILEY AND 14% FOR YOU JEFFERY.
SO I I'M OFFERING A CHALLENGE.
I WANT YOU ALL TO BE DISTRICT C.
SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL YOUR DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
THEY CAN GO TO MISSOURI CITY, GREEN DOT OR ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT NOMINATIONS IS ON THERE.
SO I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY FOR ME THE NEXT QUARTER.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK SO MUCH OF OUR PEOPLE AND OUR CHURCH.
I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE, JUST TO SAY A FEW SHORT WORDS.
WHEN THE FREEZE CAME, WE LOST A LOT OF OUR LANDSCAPING.
AND SO OUR, UM, IT WAS KIND OF TIME.
UH, THE CHURCH CAME TOGETHER AND WE, UM, HAD OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH TO THANK, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR RECOGNITION AND FOR US, WE REALLY ARE THANKFUL TO TAKE PART IN MAKING MISSOURI CITY OF MORE BEAUTIFUL CITY.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, TO PLAY AND TO WORSHIP.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO WORSHIP WITH US AT ANY TIME.
ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM SECRETARY.
DID YOU RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? NO, SIR.
[(a) Receive a Presentation and Update from the Harris County Metropolitan ...]
ITEM FIVE, A RECEIVE A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY.I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM, PLEASE.
A MOTION HAS BEEN GRANTED TO POSTPONE TO A FUTURE MEETING.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY, UH, IT'S BEEN MOTIONED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, RULERS AND SECONDED BY A COUNCIL, WOMAN CLOUDS OR ANY DISCUSSIONS.
WHAT IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS BEING POSTPONE? UH, I BELIEVE WE NEED MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT.
AND THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE.
UH, I SPOKE TO BOB FRYE WHO REPRESENTS US ON THE BOARD, UH, TODAY AND HE WAS MENTIONING THAT A PRESENTATION WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO US.
MADAM SECRETARY, DID WE RECEIVE THAT PRESENTATION? OKAY.
SO YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION
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PASSES.[(b) Receive a staff report and provide direction to staff regarding the pr...]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM FIVE B, RECEIVE A STAFF REPORT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING THE PROPOSED RENEWAL AND AMENDMENT OF THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE REMOVAL CONTRACT.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE OUR GFL CONTRACT REVIEW CURRENTLY EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE GFL HERE TO PRESENT, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND TO PROPOSE EITHER AN EXTENSION OR RENEWAL OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
AND I'LL JUST ASK THE DFL REPRESENTATIVE, COME UP THERE AND START THIS PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A, I GET TO CONTROL WIRING.
YOU HAVE THE POWER, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME THIS EVENING TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON, UM, ON A FEW THINGS.
UM, NUMBER ONE, UM, AN UPDATE PROBABLY, UM, A LITTLE OVERDUE ON STATUS OF THE SERVICE.
UM, SOME CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, STATISTICS, UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, UM, WITH, WITH COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, AS MR. JORDAN ALLUDED TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROPOSAL FOR, UM, FOR A RENEWAL ON THE CURRENT SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO, OR WE GET STARTED, I'LL INTRODUCE 'EM SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SUZANNE HOBBYISH, UM, OUR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS MANAGER, UM, KEVIN TUCSON.
HE IS OUR LOCAL GENERAL MANAGER, UH, MR. BURT THOMAS.
HE IS OUR LOCAL OPERATIONS MANAGER AND ARMANDO ORTEGA, OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER.
I'M ALSO THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS MANAGER AS WELL.
SO I'M WANTING TO GIVE JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW ON THE CURRENT SERVICE, UM, THAT GFL CURRENTLY PROVIDES FOR THE CITY.
UM, WE CURRENTLY SERVICE ABOUT 25,000 RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND OVER 400 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
UM, OUR COLLECTION SERVICES ARE BROKEN DOWN.
UM, WE COLLECT SOLID WASTE TWO TIMES PER WEEK IN 95 GALLON CARTS.
OUR RECYCLING IS COLLECTED EVERY OTHER WEEK AND 65 GALLON CARTS AND YARD WASTE IS COLLECTED ONE TIME PER WEEK AND BULKY WASTE OR HEAVY TRASH IS COLLECTED EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UM, SO WHEN WE GET INTO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCCESS, AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE DATA AND THE NUMBERS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, UM, THIS GIVES US A BREAKDOWN OF ANY CALL OR EMAIL OR ITEM THAT COMES INTO OUR CALL CENTER THROUGH, UM, EITHER DIRECTLY THROUGH COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, RESIDENT RESIDENTS, UM, FROM CITY STAFF, UM, FROM ANYBODY THAT GETS LOGGED INTO OUR DATABASE AND WE'RE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THIS.
SO, UM, SO FOR THE FULL YEAR OF 2021, UM, THE HOUSE COUNT AVERAGED ABOUT 24,820, UM, WE PROVIDED 5.1 5.125 MILLION SERVICES OR, OR COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR THE FULL YEAR OF 2021.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, UM, OUR TRUCKS ARE IN HERE 5 MILLION TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE CUSTOMER CALL CATEGORY, WE BREAK DOWN THE, UM, THE ITEMS THAT ARE CALLED IN HOW WE LOG THEM.
UM, SO IF WE LOOK HERE, WE, UM, WE TAKE THAT NUMBER AND WE COMPARE IT BACK TO THOSE NUMBER OF SERVICES TO THOSE NUMBER OF TOUCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, AND WE CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING ABOUT A 99.95% CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCCESS RATE BASED OFF OF THE NUMBER OF COLLECTIONS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, THE TOP THREE ITEMS WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, UM, WITH, UH, THE LARGEST ONE BEING A REPORTED MISS PICKUP OR A MISS COLLECTION.
UM, THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS ABOUT 0.02% OF THE TOTAL SERVICES DELIVERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, THE SECOND ONE BEING A GENERAL SERVICE INQUIRY.
SO THIS WOULD BE A, UM, AN INQUIRY THAT COMES IN ASKING ABOUT WHEN IS MY SERVICE DAY, WHAT ITEMS CAN I PUT OUT? UM, WHAT CAN I, WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT CAN I NOT DO FOR RECYCLING? THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, AN OPERATIONAL ITEM.
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UM, THAT WOULD BE SENT TO A SUPERVISOR OR A DRIVER FOR A REMINDER FOR COLLECTION.UM, ANYTHING THAT A SUPERVISOR NEEDS TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND TALK TO A RESIDENT OR A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER ABOUT, BUT THEN WE MOVE INTO 2022.
UM, THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT FOR THE TIMEFRAME FROM JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR UNTIL JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, UM, AS WE CAN SEE, THE HOME COUNT HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED, UM, A LITTLE BIT WE'RE AT 25,160 ON AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'VE PROVIDED ABOUT 2.6 MILLION SERVICES.
UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SUCCESS RATE OF 99.96%, UM, FOLLOWING THE SAME LINE, THE TOP THREE ITEMS ARE, ARE THE SAME WITH THE REPORTED MS. COLLECTION REPRESENTING AN ABOUT 0.01, 6% OF THE TOTAL, UM, THE TOTAL SERVICES, UM, AND THEN GENERAL SERVICE INQUIRIES AND OPERATIONAL ITEMS. SO WE'LL GET INTO THE, UH, THE GENERAL SERVICE INQUIRY ONE, UM, HERE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO IN 2020, UM, THE CITY DID A, UM, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY AND GFL WAS RANKED THE HIGHEST AND OVERALL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR CITY SERVICES, UM, ONLY BEHIND FIRE AND POLICE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.
I THINK IT'S, UM, DEFINITELY SHOWS THAT THE, UM, AT THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM, FROM RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS SHOWS THAT OUR SERVICES, UM, IS BEING CONDUCTED, UM, AT, AT, AT THE, THE HIGHEST, UM, THE HIGHEST.
SO AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE, I'M GOING TO LET SUZANNE TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, TAKE IT AWAY SINCE NOW.
AND THIS ONE'S REALLY EXCITING.
SO AS YOU KNOW, GFL IS PROUD TO BE A PARTNER WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY EACH YEAR, WE PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CONTRIBUTION, UH, TO THE CITY OF DOLLAR 14 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR 2022.
THAT CONTRIBUTION BACK WAS $28,294, UM, GFL AND ITS TEAM MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ARE ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, AND THROUGHOUT FORTMAN COUNTY.
UM, WE HAVE SPONSORED AND PARTNERED WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
UM, Y'ALL SEE US HERE WITH COFFEE WITH THE LEADERS.
UM, WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY INFORMATION, UH, AND WE TALKED TO YOUR RESIDENTS HERE.
UH, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO ONE OF OUR SAFETY MEETINGS AND WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND OUR DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, OUR EYES ON THE STREET AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE REPORTED BACK, YOU KNOW, SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, CAUSE OUR DRIVERS ARE OUT HERE ALL THE TIME AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK FOR.
UH, WE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, QUAIL VALLEY PROUD, UM, YOUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, UH, THE BIKE RALLY, THE POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION PINK ON THE GREEN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
UM, WE PARTNERED UP ON YOUR CITYWIDE, UM, CLEANUP EVENTS, UM, ARC OF FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, BEHIND THE BADGE CHARITIES, FRONTLINE, UH, FORCES FOUNDATIONS, WHICH GIVES BACK TO OUR VETERANS, UH, SENIOR MEALS ON WHEELS.
GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE AND HOPE FOR THREE.
AND THEN HERE'S JUST A FEW PICTURES.
UM, YOU KNOW, JEFF, WELL GFL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY THROUGH MONETARY CONTRIBUTION, BUT ALSO AS VOLUNTEERS.
WE, WE LOVE TO BE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'LL, UH, YOU'D SEE US OUT HERE AND WE ENJOY IT.
SO, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW THE, UH, THE CURRENT SERVICE AGREEMENT OR THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE, UH, THE INITIAL TERM IS, IS ENDING THIS YEAR ON DECEMBER 31ST.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, RECENTLY WE'VE, WE'VE PROPOSED, UM, A FEW THINGS TO RENEW AND EXTEND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, UM, ALONG WITH SOME ADDED ITEMS, UM, AND SOME VALUE ADDS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WHAT WERE PROPOSING TO DO IS PURCHASE AND DELIVER, UM, BRAND NEW BRAND NEW SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING CARDS FOR, FOR EACH RESIDENT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IT'S ABOUT 50,000 BRAND NEW, UM, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING CARTS.
IT REPRESENTS ABOUT A $3.2 MILLION INVESTMENT BACK INTO THE CITY.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, THE ITEMS THAT, THAT WE'RE ALSO
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PROPOSING IS TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE RECYCLING CART FROM THE CURRENT 65 GALLON UP TO THE 95 GALLON.UM, THE SAME SIZE AS, AS THE, UM, THE SOLID WASTE CAR.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AN OPTION IF THERE'S SOME, UM, SOME OLDER FOLKS OR FOLKS THAT DON'T WANT THE LARGER CAM, WE CAN, THEY CAN STILL STAY WITH THE 65 GALLON AS WELL, BUT WE FEEL THAT THAT WILL ALSO PROMOTE MORE RECYCLING PARTICIPATION, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS ON PROVIDING A REFRESHED, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING EDUCATION PROGRAM, UM, THOSE, THOSE MATERIALS.
AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THAT, THAT SECOND POINT ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS AND INQUIRIES WE GET JUST AROUND GENERAL SERVICE RELATED ITEMS. WHEN IS MY COLLECTION DAY? WHAT CAN I PUT OUT? SO BEING ABLE TO REFRESH THAT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE WOULD DELIVER THE CARDS, UM, ALLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH EVERY SINGLE HOME, EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT WITHIN THE CITY WITH CURRENT RELEVANT INFORMATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE MATERIALS WOULD INCLUDE THE SERVICE DAYS AND THE SERVICE GUIDELINES, UM, FOR ALL, UM, COLLECTION SOLID WASTE, RECYCLING YARD WASTE, AND BULK.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE RECYCLING EDUCATION MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, DO'S AND DON'TS OR RECYCLING.
WHAT CAN YOU RECYCLE? WHAT CAN'T YOU PUT INTO THE CART? UM, AND ALSO A MAG, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH PROVIDING MAGNETS FOR FOLKS THAT CAN PUT ON THEIR REFRIGERATOR, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE ADDRESS SPECIFIC TO THEIR SERVICE DAYS.
AND, UM, IT'S A QUICK REFERENCE, A QUICK GUIDE TO SAY, WHEN IS, WHEN IS MY BULK DAY? WHEN IS MY YARD WASTE DAY? WHEN IS MY RECYCLING DAY AND IT'S ON THE MAG.
UM, AND THEN ALSO INFORMATION ON WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH NOT ONLY GFL, BUT WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SYDNEY PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS WEBSITE, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COOL THAT WE, UM, WE STARTED, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS A QR CODE.
SO ALL OF THE NEW MATERIAL THAT WOULD GO OUT, UM, IT CONTAINS A QR CODE.
SO IT'S EASY TO SCAN WITH YOUR PHONE.
IT PROVIDES A REDIRECT BACK TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE WHERE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS CONTAINED ELECTRONICALLY AS WELL.
AND THEN ALSO AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE MAP WHERE YOU CAN CLICK ON TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS AND IT BRINGS UP YOUR, UM, YOUR SERVICE DAYS.
SO I THINK THERE'S MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN MANY WAYS TO, UM, TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF THE FOLKS AND TO REDUCE THOSE NUMBER OF INQUIRIES THAT COME IN ON A, ON A DAILY AND WEEKLY BASIS THOUGH.
THE NEXT ONE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE EDUCATION MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED SO FAR AND ALSO THE EDUCATION MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE REFRESHED AND PROVIDED DURING THAT FULL CART, REFRESH AND CART ROLL OUT.
UM, WE HAVE A SERVICE FLYER AND SERVICE GUIDELINES ON THE TOP LEFT THE REFRIGERATOR MAGNET ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, AND THEN THE, UH, THE RECYCLING GUIDELINES, UM, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
SO INTO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT RENEWAL.
UM, SO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR RENEWABLE TERMS. THE CITY IS ABLE TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS. CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO DO ONE THREE YEAR RENEWAL, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT $3.2 MILLION INVESTMENT WITH THE CARTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR CURRENT, THE CURRENT CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR AN ANNUAL RATE MODIFICATION.
UM, SO FOLLOWING THE FORMULA IN THE CONTRACT, UM, THE, UH, THE CALCULATION ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO BE 5% IT'S CAPPED AT 5%, UM, BASED OFF OF THE ANNUAL CPI AND THE FUEL INDEX, THE CALCULATION WOULD HAVE BEEN, I THINK IT WAS 13%, 13.1, 3%, BUT WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACT, THAT NUMBER WAS CAPPED AT A MAXIMUM OF 5%.
UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, EXECUTE THAT 5% RATE MODIFICATION STARTING IN JANUARY 1ST, 2023, ALONG WITH THE, UH, THE CONTRACT RENEWAL AS WELL, UM, ON THE, UH, THE ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENT AS WELL, JUST AS A NOTE, WE, UM, WE DID NOT, UM, PROPOSE A RATE INCREASE FOR YEARS TO 2021 OR YEARS, 2022, UM, COMING INTO 2021 THAT WAS, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF 2020 DURING COVID.
UM, IT JUST WASN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE TIME TO, UH, TO INSTITUTE THOSE OTHERS RATE INCREASES AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE SAME THING LAST YEAR, WE MADE A DECISION TO, UM, TO FOREGO THAT RATE INCREASE.
SO THE CITY HASN'T RECEIVED A RATE INCREASE OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY STILL FROM A RATE STANDPOINT, YOU HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN, IN THE FORT BEND AREA.
AND, UM, EVEN WITH THAT 5% INCREASE, YOU STILL MAINTAIN THE, UH, ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES AS WELL WITH HOPEFULLY ONE OF THE BEST SERVICE PROVIDERS.
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OH, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION? UM, ACTUALLY ONE MORE THING, SORRY, I FORGOT.I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A HARD COPY.
IT WAS A LAST MINUTE ADDITION TO, UM, TO THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND IT CONTAINS SOME INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT RECYCLING PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE, WE CONDUCTED A, UM, AN AUDIT OR AN AUDIT OF THE RECYCLING, UM, VOLUME THAT WAS COLLECTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO WE CONDUCTED A RECENT AUDIT AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY.
SO WHAT THIS AUDIT WAS IS AS WE DELIVERED THE, UM, THE RECYCLING MATERIAL THAT WAS COLLECTED TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY, THEY PULL THOSE, UM, THOSE LOADS ASIDE AND THEY ACTUALLY DO A FLOOR AUDIT.
THEY SORT THROUGH IT, THEY BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN, UM, CATEGORIZE IT, AND THEN THEY PROVIDE US THE, UH, BASICALLY THE WEIGHT, UM, AND THE PERCENTAGES OF THE COMMODITIES THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN, UM, WITHIN THOSE LOWS.
SO AS WE CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, UM, A COUPLE OF GOOD THINGS.
UM, THE FIRST TWO ARE CARDBOARD AND OLD NEWSPRINT, SO NEWSPAPERS AND, UM, IN THE CORRUGATED CARDBOARD, CARDBOARD, YOUR AMAZON BOXES, THOSE REPRESENT ABOUT 17.2, FOUR AND 17.8, 4% BY WEIGHT OF THE VOLUME COLLECTED.
AND THEN AS WE MOVE DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, UM, GLASSES ABOUT 17.6, 3%.
SO CURRENTLY GLASS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE RECYCLABLE ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE COLLECTED ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS AS WELL THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY AMEND, UM, INTO THAT CONTRACT, RENEWABLE OF ACCEPTING THAT GLASS IT'S ALREADY IN THE STREAM.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH PEOPLE ARE ALREADY RECYCLING THE GLASS, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE RESIDUE, WHICH AT THE BOTTOM IS THAT 28.5 PORT FIVE, PORT 28.5, 4%.
THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE CONTAMINATED MATERIALS, THAT'S THE TRASH THAT GETS, UM, THAT GETS PUT INTO THE CONTAINERS.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD PERCENTAGE.
UM, TYPICALLY WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE LOW TWENTIES, 20 TO 21% IS I WOULD SAY SOMEWHAT AVERAGE.
UM, YOU GET INTO LIKE THIS 15, 16, 17%, AND YOU GOT A GREAT RECYCLING PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO THERE, BUT, UM, WE'VE GOT A GREAT STARTING POINT 28% IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD NUMBER TO START OFF OF.
AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE REFRESHED, UM, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, THE NEW CARS, THE RECYCLING CART ACTUALLY HAS A STAMP ON THE LID THAT ALSO HAS WHAT CAN BE PUT IN WHAT CAN'T.
SO AS YOU'RE LIFTING THE LEAD, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE, OH, I SHOULDN'T PUT THAT INTO THE RECYCLING CAR.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE AVERAGE AMOUNT COLLECTED PER HOME RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 10.1, FOUR POUNDS ON EACH COLLECTION DAY.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD NUMBER.
AND, UM, TO KIND OF PUT THAT IN INTO COMPARISON WITH SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, UM, WE TYPICALLY SEE FIVE TO SIX, MAYBE EIGHT POUNDS PER HOME.
UM, IN OTHER CITIES IN THE, IN THE FORT BEND AREA, SUCH AS RICHMOND, SUGARLAND, I THINK IS AROUND EIGHT OR NINE POUNDS PER HOME, RICHMOND IS ABOUT EIGHT POUNDS PER HOME.
UM, SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE GOT A VERY GREAT STARTING POINT, UM, TO, TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, DAVID JORDAN, COULD YOU, UH, PLEASE JOIN THE PEOPLE FOR GFL AND CASE STAFF? I MEAN, A CASE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS OF GFL AND STAFF, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO, IT SEEMS, UH, WHAT GFL IS SEEKING, UH, IN STAFF IS SEEKING AS FAR AS DIRECTION.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT, UH, TO A ONE YEAR, ONE, THREE YEAR TERM WITH AN ANNUAL RATE MODIFICATION OF 5% EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2023.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
NOW, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AND OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, WOMAN RILEY FIRST.
I MEAN, UH, I WAS AT FIRST MY APOLOGIES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING, UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME COMMENT.
UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING TRUE COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR, UM, MISSOURI CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T PICK ONE EVENT OR ONE, UM, CAUSE OVER THE OTHER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL PHENOMENAL.
THE, THE VETERANS, THE AUTISM, ALL OF THEM.
UM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING TRUE COMMUNITY PARTNERS BECAUSE WHENEVER MISSOURI CITY HAS SOMETHING YOU ALL ARE THERE AND I LOVE THE NEW BRANDING THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
UM, THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS, UM, BIGGEST COMPLIMENT TO YOUR DRIVERS, RAIN.
I MEAN, I, I'M DRIVING DOWN MY STREET AND WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO RUSH TO GET INTO OUR GARAGES, YOUR GUYS ARE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE
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DOING THE TOUGH JOB, GETTING, GETTING DIRTY, GETTING WET.SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND OFTENTIMES I TELL YOU ALL TO PASS THAT ONTO YOUR DRIVERS.
I KNOW THEY DON'T HEAR IT ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, SECOND, THE QR CODES, UM, I, SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN ME QR CODES, I'VE PASSED THOSE ONTO THE RESIDENTS, UM, THAT ONLY HELPS WITH EDUCATION.
UM, I DO WANT TO MAKE A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO YOU.
ALL, WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU ALL NAME, UM, THE THINGS THAT DON'T BELONG IN THE CANS, A LOT OF THAT IS EDUCATION.
I CAN'T EXTRACT EXPRESS THAT E NEF.
SO THE EDUCATION PART, AND I THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO IS TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER, GOING TO SOME OF THE HOA MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD, GETTING IN CONTACT.
I KNOW YOU'RE IN CONTACT WITH, UM, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
HOWEVER, IF YOU CAN TALK TO OUR HOA DEPARTMENTS, CAUSE THAT BREAKS THINGS DOWN EVEN A LITTLE FURTHER AND YOU GET TO TOUCH THE RESIDENTS EVEN MORE.
UM, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT.
UM, YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT IS BASICALLY A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT GOES OUT TO HANDLE VARIOUS THINGS.
SO KEEP DOING, MAKING THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, QUESTION, MY FIRST QUESTION IS ON SLIDE THREE AND FOUR.
UM, YOU TALK ABOUT THE, UH, MEASURING COMMUNITY, I'M SORRY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, SUCCESS FREE RATE.
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY THAT AND HOW ARE YOU MEASURING THAT SERVICE RATES? RIGHT.
SO IT IS, UM, THE ITEMS REPORTED, UM, ARE THE, IT'S THE COUNT, IT'S THE NUMBER OF CALLS, EMAILS, REQUESTS, OR INQUIRIES THAT COME IN THROUGH OUR WEBSITE PHONE CALLS TO OUR CALL CENTER, UM, DIRECTLY TO US AS WELL.
UM, THOSE ITEMS ARE LOGGED INTO OUR OPERATIONAL SYSTEM, INTO THE DATABASE, UM, AND THEY'RE CATEGORIZED SO WE CAN GO BACK AND THEN THOSE ARE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. THOSE ARE ASSIGNED EITHER TO A SUPERVISOR, TO A DISPATCHER, UM, TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, COMMUNICATION PHONE CALLS, EMAILS BACK TO THE CUSTOMER OR TO THE RESIDENT THAT, UM, THAT CALLED IN OR EMAILED IN, UM, IS OF UTMOST PRIORITY.
SO 2,108 ITEMS THAT WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 2021, UM, THE TOTAL SERVICES FOR THE FOUR YEAR, AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES THE TWICE PER WEEK GARBAGE PICKUP.
THEY, EVERY OTHER WEEK RECYCLING OTHER ONES PER WEEK YARD ONCE PER WEEK YARD WASTE AND THEN THE, EVERY OTHER WEEK BUNK.
SO EACH TIME THAT A, THAT A TRUCK TOUCHES ONE OF THOSE WASTE STREAMS AT THAT HOME, WE COUNTED AS A SERVICE AS A TOUCH AS A COLLECTION.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT 5,125,000 NUMBER COMES FROM.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL THAT 5 MILLION, 125,000 NUMBER REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.
IT ALSO REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAILURE AS WELL.
UM, AND A RESIDENT CAN CALL IN ON FOR, FOR ANY COLLECTION THAT, UM, THAT DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH.
SO THAT'S WHY WE USE THAT NUMBER.
UM, AND THAT, THAT THE ITEMS REPORTED ARE JUST COMPARED BACK TO THAT, THAT 5,125,000 NUMBER AS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE IN, IN ANY GIVEN TIME WINDOW, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR OR A MONTH.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT WOULD THE COST BE TO ADD GLASS TO OUR CONTRACT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOMES? SO LOOKING AT THAT, YEAH, NO, LOOKING AT THE RECYCLING AUDIT INFORMATION, THE GLASSES ARE ALREADY THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT, BUT I, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S, UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THEN, UM, THE LAST QUESTION IS THE, UH, THIS RATE THAT YOU ARE GIVING MISSOURI CITY, THE X YOU'VE EXTENDED, THE RATE, IS THAT EXCLUSIVE TO MISSOURI CITY, OR ARE YOU ALL EXTENDING THIS RATE TO MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES? NO, THIS IS, EXCUSE ME.
UM, CURRENT RATE, UM, THE CURRENT RATE FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE IS, UM, LOOK REAL QUICK IS $13 AND 92 CENTS PER HOME, PER MONTH.
SO THAT 5% INCREASE WOULD BRING THAT RATE TO $14 AND 62 CENTS PER HOME, PER MONTH.
UM, THAT IS THE CONTRACTED RATE THAT WAS AGREED UPON WHEN THE CONTRACT STARTED IN 2016, UM, BASED OFF OF ANY ANNUAL CPI THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD IS WHERE THAT 1392 COMES FROM.
SO THAT'S A RATE SPECIFIC TO MISSOURI CITY THAT WAS NEGOTIATED
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IN THE CONTRACT.WHEN I, WHEN WE STARTED IN 2016 COUNCILMAN MEMORY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, UH, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU MENTION IN THE MORNING, YOUR SERVICE AND THAT'S THE, UH, UH, THE VALET, UH, SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE.
COULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? CAUSE WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE, OR AT LEAST ONE OF US, UH, SOMETIMES NEEDS HELP TO GET TO OUR, UH, BIG, UH, BLUE BIN DOWN TO THE, UH, TO THE STREET.
SO MAYBE, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK, UM, LATE LAST YEAR AND THEN EARLY THIS YEAR AS WELL, UM, AT A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS, I THINK WITH, WITH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER MORALIS AS WELL, UM, AND THEN JUST SOME FEEDBACKS FOR, FROM SOME OF THE ELDERLY, I REALLY RESIDENCE IN THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS IF WE HAD THE NORMAL DRIVER HAD A DAY OFF FOR THE NORMAL DRIVER WAS ON VACATION.
UM, WE WOULD POSSIBLY, HE WOULDN'T KNOW TO GO UP AND PICK UP THAT CARD FROM THE GARAGE DOOR, THE SIDE DOOR AND BRING IT TO THE STREET AND SERVICE IT AND TAKE IT BACK.
SO THAT SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE IS ESSENTIALLY IT'S A GARAGE DOOR SERVICE OR A BACK DOOR TYPE OF SERVICE FOR FOLKS AND ELDERLY WITH DISABILITIES OR ELDERLY THAT THEY CAN'T, THEY JUST CAN'T PHYSICALLY BRING THAT CAR TO THE STREET.
SO OUR DRIVER GETS OUT, BRINGS THE CAR TO THE STREETS SERVICES AND TAKES IT BACK FOR THEM.
UM, SO KIND OF THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE FEEDBACK, WE FELT A NEED TO, UM, IDENTIFY, BUT IN A VERY DISCREET WAY OF, YOU KNOW, A VISUAL INDICATOR FOR THE DRIVER TO SAY, HEY, THAT THAT IS A VALET SERVICE, UM, OR A PERSON I NEED TO GO GET THAT CONTAINER.
SO WHAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS COMPLETED EARLY MARCH, I THINK ON MARCH THE SEVENTH, UM, WE SWITCHED OUT ALL OF THE, UM, THE LIDS ON TOP OF THE CAR TO A YELLOW LID, SO SAME COLOR CARD, IT'S JUST THE YELLOW LID.
UM, AND IT ALLOWS A VISUAL INDICATOR FOR THAT DRIVER AS HE'S DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND HE CAN SEE THAT THAT'S A YELLOW LID, I NEED TO STOP AND GO GET THE CAR AND BRING IT OUT.
UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR DRIVERS SUBSTITUTE DRIVERS AND ALSO TO SOME RESIDENTS AS WELL IN THAT PROGRAM.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR OUTREACH.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'VE TRIED TO, UM, MAYBE GET SOME INFORMATION, UH, LIKE ON TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
UH, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME, NOT YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT A RECYCLING PROGRAM THAT YOU COULD WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND FORT BEND ISD TO SELECT, UH, A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS THAT YOU MIGHT, UH, COORDINATE WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD, UH, MAYBE, UH, CARVE OUT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UH, TO, UH, LISTEN TO YOUR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION AND HELP, UH, FORWARD THE, UH, THE VALUE OF RECYCLING TO OUR YOUNGER FOLKS.
UM, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO DO THAT.
I'LL SAY THAT SPECIFICALLY TO THE SCHOOLS, UM, RUE COVID 20, 20, 20, 21, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF SCHOOLS NOT BEING IN THE SESSIONS, SOME OF THE LOCKDOWN MEASURES, JUST NOT ALLOWING VISITORS INTO THE SCHOOLS, UM, THAT IS PROBABLY KIND OF SLIPPED DOWN ON THE PRIORITY LIST.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, WE WANT TO BE COMMITTED TO.
WE WANT TO BRING THAT BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, CAUSE IT STARTS WITH THE KIDS.
I THINK THE YOUNGER CHILDREN IS WHERE THE RECYCLING EDUCATION STARTS.
THEY BRING IT HOME TO THE FAMILY, TO PARENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TEACH THE PARENTS HOW TO RECYCLE.
I THINK AS THAT WORD SPREADS, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
SO I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO AND EVEN, EVEN ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WE CAN, UM, WE CAN WORK WITH, UH, WITH YOU STAFF AND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL TO, UM, TO PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, FOR KIDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GRADUATING, WE CAN, UH, HOLD RECYCLING, CONTEST, RECYCLING COMPETITIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT INTO A, UM, INTO AN AMENDED CONTRACT RENEWAL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, THE FEEDBACK I GET FROM THE COMMUNITY IS TO THE SAME THING AS OUR, AS OUR, UH, SURVEY IT'S OUTSTANDING SERVICE, GREAT TRUCK DRIVERS AND GREASE BREAK DELIVERY SERVICES ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I GET ASKED IS HOW CAN WE GET MORE RECYCLING? CAN WE GO TO ONCE A WEEK? SO MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE DATA SUPPORT A ONCE A WEEK SERVICE FOR RECYCLING? UM, I WOULD SAY WITH AN INCREASED CONTAINER SIZE, MOVING FROM A 65 GALLON CAR TO A 95 GALLON CARD AND, AND KEEPING IT EVERY OTHER WEEK, UM, AS WE CAN SEE ABOUT 10.1, FOUR, 10 AND A HALF POUNDS ON AN AVERAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE CARS
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FROM A RECYCLING MATERIALS STANDPOINT CAN HOLD 40, 50 POUNDS.SO I THINK, I THINK THE CAPACITY IS THERE IN THE CONTAINER, ESPECIALLY MOVING TO THE LARGER ONE, UM, AND STAYING WITH EVERY OTHER WEEK, I THINK THE CAPACITY'S THERE AND I THINK IT'S, UM, IT COMES DOWN TO THE EDUCATION PIECE, UM, OF, OF THE DO'S AND DON'TS WHAT, WHAT CAN BE PUT IN THERE AND LET'S, UM, LET'S, UH, LET LET'S EDUCATE ON IT.
SO I THINK, I THINK, I THINK IT'S OKAY.
I WOULDN'T MAKE THE, OF MOVING TO THE LARGER CAR.
AND AT WHAT POINT WOULD THE CITY BE ABLE TO MOVE TO ONCE A WEEK PICK UP? WOULD IT BE 20 POUNDS? WE CAN GO BACK AND MAYBE RUN SOME NUMBERS ON IT.
BUT I THINK, UM, AGAIN, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
IF WE FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO DO IT, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT WHATSOEVER.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE DATA SUGGESTS.
TODAY'S DATA SAYS 10 POUNDS, RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PROMOTE THAT.
HOPEFULLY IT GETS TO 15 SOON, UM, WE'RE GOING TO A LARGER CART, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER TURN IN THEIR TRASHCAN AND JUST GO RECYCLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I GET THE MOST.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME DATA GOING FORWARD ON WHAT IS THAT TURNING POINT OR THAT TIPPING POINT.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, QUESTIONS THAT I GET ASKED IS HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND THEIR SCHEDULE PICKUP, UH, CALENDAR? UH, IS THAT LOCATED ONE FOR ONE? HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND IT ON YOUR WEBSITE? CAUSE I COULDN'T FIND IT.
UH, THE SECOND THING IS, IS IT DONE BY SUBDIVISION OR IS IT DONE BY STREET ADDRESS? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE I TRY TO DO IS POST, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IT ON THE SAME DAYS.
SO HOW HAS THAT DISTINGUISHED? YEAH.
SO THERE IS, UM, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IS WHERE REALLY THE INFORMATION IS HOUSED.
THERE IS A MAP, UM, AND IT'S BY SERVICE ADDRESS.
SO BASED OFF OF THE SERVICE ADDRESS, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THERE, IT'S AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE YOU CAN TYPE IN THE ADDRESS AND IT WILL ACTUALLY BRING UP YOUR SERVICE SCHEDULE, UM, OF WHEN EVERYTHING IS, UM, WHEN EVERYTHING IS COLLECTED ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK.
UM, THAT QR CODE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS A DIRECT, SAY IT'S A DIRECT REDIRECT BACK TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, AND IT PUTS THEM ON THAT PAGE TO HAVE THAT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS.
UM, KIND OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WITH SOME OF THE, UH, THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE FLYERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, THE MAGNET IS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, ALSO JUST HAVING THAT QR CODE AND ANYTHING THAT HAS GFL ON IT TO BE ABLE TO SCAN IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL ATTACHED TO OUR PHONES, RIGHT.
UM, BEING ABLE TO SCAN THAT QR CODE AND THEN REDIRECTS BACK, UM, THE SERVICE FLYERS AS WELL, IT'S A TRI-FOLD FLYER, UM, FOLDS UP.
IT HAS THE SOLID WASTE GUIDELINES, THE BULK WASTE GUIDELINES, THE YARD WASTE GUIDELINES.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS THE DAYS, THE SERVICE DAYS PER WEEK, UM, FOR THE RISER.
AND SO THOSE WOULD GET DISTRIBUTED OUT, UM, DURING THE CART REFRESH, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ITEMS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED OUT TO, UM, TO THE HOS AND THE MUDS.
UM, WE'VE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION IN HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IT, BUT WE DID A, A BIG DELIVERY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE WE DELIVERED THOSE FLYERS AND THE BUSINESS CARDS TO CITY HALL, UM, POLICE STATION, FIRE STATION, UM, WHERE ELSE? JILLIAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, JUST THE REPETITION OF REMINDING EVERYBODY WHERE TO GO TOGETHER.
UM, THE AUDIT THAT YOU GUYS CONDUCTED WAS THAT CONDUCTED IN-HOUSE OR WAS THAT AN OUTSOURCE AUDIT THEN? YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S OUTSOURCED, UM, WE, WE UTILIZE WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, RECYCLING PROCESSING FACILITY.
IT IS THE I'M, I'M GOING TO SAY PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN THAT, UM, IS ABLE TO PROCESS THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
UM, SO WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A COMPETITOR OF OURS.
WE'RE ALSO A CUSTOMER OF THEIRS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THEM.
UM, WE IDENTIFY THE TRUCKS, THE LOADS, THE DAYS OF WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY SEGREGATE THOSE LOADS OFF TO THE SIDE AT THE RECYCLING FACILITY AND AN AUDIT IS PERFORMED.
AND I WANT TO DITTO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY'S, UH, POINT ABOUT THE EDUCATION TO THE SCHOOLS, AND THEN ALSO, UM, SEEING HOW WE CAN HAVE MORE COMMUNITY, UM, RECYCLED BANDS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY FOR LIKE LARGER CAUSE I DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY, UH, GIVEAWAYS AND PPES.
AND SO THE RECEPTACLES THAT I HAVE ARE JUST NOT SUFFICIENT AND I CAN NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.
SO MAYBE CONSIDER THAT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS BEING A LOCATION DROP-OFF OR ANOTHER CENTRALIZED LOCATION IN THE SYDNEY, MISSOURI CITY
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THAT HAVE THE BIGGER BEANS THAT PEOPLE CAN DROP OUT LARGER QUANTITIES OF RECYCLED MATERIAL.AND THEN MY LAST, UM, QUESTION IS WITH GOING TO THE 95, UM, IS A GALLON OR POUND, UM, RECYCLED BEANS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT TO DO, BUT IT ALSO GIVES ME THE CONCERN OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CURRENTLY USE OUR 65 GALLON WAS HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IS THAT GOING TO BE FROM CURRENTLY THE SIZE THAT WE HAVE NOW TO THE BIGGER SIZE? I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS MAKE THE, THE 95 GALLON CARD, THE STANDARD.
UM, AND THEN IF ANYBODY WANTED TO OPT OUT OF THE LARGER SIZE AND THEY WANTED TO GO TO A 65 GALLON CART, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
THEY COULD CALL ON THE GFL CALLING TO THE CITY.
UM, WE TRACK THAT IN HIS, ON AN ADDRESS AND THEN WE GO OUT AND IT JUST EXCHANGED A LARGER CARD OR TAKE THEM THE 65 GALLON CARD.
UM, DURING THAT REFRESH PROCESS, NO PROBLEM.
THE WOMAN EDWARDS, UM, THIS THERE'S QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO YOU, DAVID.
SO I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS WITH THEM OR ARE WE JUST, OH, THIS IS, UH, EXCUSE ME.
SO THE EXISTING CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, THAT'S COMING UP FOR REVIEW AND RENEWAL.
SO WE WANT TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION ON, I'M GONNA CONTINUE WITH COMPANY.
YOU WANT TO DO ONE YEAR EXTENSION, OR YOU WANT TO DO THE THREE-YEAR EXTENSION.
THERE'S A, UH, PROPOSING, ET CETERA.
SO MYSELF, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, COLE, UH, SAT DOWN WITH DFL REPRESENTATIVES, WENT THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, UH, MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND FIRST WE HEARD THAT HEARD THEIR PITCH MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND, UM, HOW WE COULD CONTINUE TO PARTNER TOGETHER IF THE CONTRACT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE CITY AS THOSE TYPICAL PRACTICE OR TRADITIONALLY HAVE, WHEN HAVE WE MOVED ON TO THE RFP PROCESS WHEN CONTRACTS ARE ENDED OR ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO END? WELL, IT'S UP TO THE STATE, IT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT IS TYPICAL PRACTICE TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, TO SEE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE, OR IF YOU WANT US TO GO OUT FOR RFP FOR THE CONTRACT CONTRACT.
NO, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.
I'M JUST ASKING, HAVE WE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHEN CONTRACTS ARE GETTING READY TO END? I GUESS FIRST DEDRICK, CAN YOU CHIME IN
I KNOW, I KNOW A COUNCIL WOMAN, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, IT'S HAPPENED A FEW TIMES, UH, WHERE WE'VE EXTENDED CONTRACTS BEFORE THEY'RE RENEWING, LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WAS JUST SHARING WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM THE STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER, SO THAT I'M CLEAR YOUR QUESTION IS WHETHER THE CITY TYPICALLY GOES OUT FOR RFPS OR RFQ UPON THE EXPLORATION OF CONTRACTS, CORRECT.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL.
THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT ACTUALLY ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL RENEWALS.
SO IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO BASE ON SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RENEW COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION TO RENEW ON THE SPECIFIC CONTRACT.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON CONTRACTS.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A CONTRACT THAT HAS EXPIRED THAT HAS NO RENEWAL TERMS OR THAT HAS UTILIZED ALL OF THIS RENEWAL TERMS IN THAT SITUATION YOU WOULD DEFINITELY, OR THE CITY WILL DEFINITELY GO OUT FOR AN RFP OR AN RFQ IN THIS SITUATION.
THEY WILL COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL TERM ON, UH, ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.
BUT THE CONTRACT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED ALLOWS YOU ALL TO RENEW SPECIFICALLY ONE YEAR, UH, THREE ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THOUGH IS ONE THREE-YEAR TERM.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO RENEW OR WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME OTHER ACTION, LIKE AMENDED AS THEY'RE REQUESTING OR WHATEVER Y'ALL'S DESIRE IS AT THIS BARE.
I WANT TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY, HAVE WE WENT OUT TO VERIFY OUR LAST CONTRACTS WITH WCA OR THE REPUBLIC? YEAH.
SO FOR THIS, OR FOR THAT, I THINK THIS ONE, I BELIEVE THEY BOUGHT YOU PURCHASED, UH, WCA OR ACQUIRED WCA.
UM, BUT YES, THAT CONTRACT DID GO OUT FOR, OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OH, OH, SHE SAID, NO, I'M NOT DONE.
UM, SO THIS QUESTION IS DIRECTED TO GFL REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, I WANT TO KNOW BASICALLY HOW DO YOU PLAN TO MITIGATE SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD
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WHEN MAJOR DISASTERS, SUCH AS THE RECENT ICE STORM OR, UM, ICE SITUATION THAT WE HAD AND FLOOD ISSUES.SO I RECEIVED SEVERAL, UM, INQUIRIES BY RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR TRASH PICKED UP AND IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR A LARGER PERIOD OF TIME PERIOD OF TIME.
SO HOW DO YOU PLAN TO MITIGATE THOSE, UM, MOVING FORWARD? SURE.
UM, I THINK DURING THE WINTER STORM IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, DURING ONE OF THE, UH, THE STORM EVENTS LATE LATER LAST YEAR, UM, I THINK WE'RE COMING INTO THE FALL SEASON.
UM, I THINK, UH, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS LAST YEAR AT CAMP.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, WHAT HAPPENED DURING THAT IS THE STORM HAD PASSED THROUGH, UM, THE CITY STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS AN ACCUMULATION AND EXTRA AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS AND YARD WASTE AND BULK WASTE THAT THAT WAS PUT OUT.
SO IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED VERY QUICK.
WE WORKED AT THE TIME WITH, UM, WITH INTERIM CITY MANAGER, UM, ATKINSON, AND WE, THERE IS IN THE CONTRACT IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THERE IS A, UM, THERE IS ALREADY PRICING THAT IS SET FOR ADDITIONAL CLEANUP EVENTS.
UM, AND THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO WHAT WE CALL A TEMPORARY SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AND STORM EVENT CLEANUP.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY ENACTED VERY QUICKLY.
I WANT TO SAY WITHIN A FEW DAYS, UM, WE WORK WITH STAFF AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUBLISH WHAT SPECIFIC DAYS THOSE, UM, THOSE CLEANUP EVENTS WOULD TAKE PLACE.
SO YOU KIND OF JUST ALMOST CUT THE CITY IN HALF NORTH AND SOUTH ALMOST.
WE DID NORTH ON ONE SATURDAY AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY.
AND IT WAS A COMPLETE AREA WIDE CLEAN UP, ANYTHING THAT WAS OUT OF THE STREET FROM THE STORM OR ADDITIONAL ITEMS AS WELL, OR WERE CLEANED UP AT THAT TIME, UM, BACK TO THE WINTER STORM AS WELL.
IT WAS, UM, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE WAS, UM, I BELIEVE THE CITY HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, UM, FOR NATURAL DISASTER CLEANUPS.
AND IF THAT, THAT CLAUSES AND ACTED, YOU CAN UTILIZE COUNTY SERVICES AS WELL OR COUNTY VENDORS TO COME IN AND DO IT.
UM, SO I THINK IT WAS A KIND OF A JOINT, UM, A JOINT EFFORT, BUT, UM, WE, AT THE SAME TIME FOR THE WINTER STORM CLEANUP, THAT SAME CLAUSE IN OUR CONTRACT WAS ACTED UPON.
AND WE PROVIDED THAT STORM CLEANUP.
I WANT TO SAY OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE DIRECTED TO OPERATIONS AND IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT AS WELL, BUT, UM, OUR FRONT DESK AND STAFF OFTEN RECEIVE A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT THEIR TRASH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT PROCESS AND, UM, DO YOU GUYS PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT WILL MITIGATE THOSE QUESTIONS COMING TO STAFF AS FAR AS OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FRONT DESK IS CONSIDERED.
SO WE HAVE A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS, DEDICATED PHONE NUMBER FOR MISSOURI CITY.
UM, IT'S, UM, IT'S IN ANY PUBLISHED MATERIAL, IT'S ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, IT'S ON THE NEW BUSINESS CARDS WITH THE QR CODE IT'S ON 'EM AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION, UM, FLYERS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL THAT GOES OUT, THEY'LL HAVE THAT REITERATE, THAT EMAIL ADDRESS AND THAT PHONE NUMBER, THOSE COME DIRECTLY TO GFL.
UM, IT COMES THROUGH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHERE THESE NUMBERS, AS WE SEE ON THE SCREEN COME FROM, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU DO RECEIVE CALLS AT THE FRONT DESK.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, HAVE DEVELOPED A PROCESS WHERE IF IT DOES COME INTO THE CITY, THEY REACHED DIRECTLY OUT TO US, UM, THROUGH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
UM, WE HAVE A LEAD, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT FIELDS, A LOT OF THOSE, SOME OF THEM COME DIRECTLY TO, TO ARMANDO OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER, IF THEY'RE AN ESCALATED ITEM.
UM, AND THOSE ARE ACTED UPON THEM WITH IMMEDIATELY AND WELL, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THAT CONVERSATION HEALTHY AND CONTINUING ON.
SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR LEADERS IN THE CITY.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT BASICALLY MARKETING AND DIFFERENT VIDEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WERE DONE WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD, IS THAT THE AVENUE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TAKE, OR WILL YOU GUYS BE TAKEN ON THAT PROJECT INDEPENDENTLY? WE CAN DO IT BOTH WAYS.
UM, I THINK WE'VE RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT, UM, DOING A REFRESH RECYCLING VIDEO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF AN ANIMATED VIDEO THAT GETS INTO THE RECYCLING EDUCATION SIDE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF ANY TYPE OF VIDEOS THAT THE CITY STAFF DOES, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT MARKETING DEPARTMENT, UM, WHETHER IT BE INTERVIEWS, VIDEOS, UM, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
WE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS UNDERSTAFFED.
SO I THINK IF YOU GUYS HAVE SOME WAY TO ACTUALLY PROMOTE YOUR OWN, ACTUALLY MAKE YOUR OWN VIDEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.UM, $3.2 MILLION, UH, INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE, UH, 50,000 BRAND NEW SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING CARS IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO WANT TO HAVE A COMMITMENT, TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN RECOUP THOSE COSTS, UH, AND NOT HAVE TO RELY ON THE YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT COUNSEL'S GOING TO DO.
UH, AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT, OF WHAT I'VE HEARD, I DID MY KIND OF OWN QUASI SURVEY OUT THERE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS NEXT DOOR AND THROUGH THE HOS AND, AND GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THEM.
AND, UH, ALMOST ALL OF IT WAS ALL POSITIVE ABOUT GFL AND HOW IT'S 10 TIMES A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS ARE ABOUT THE, THE WORKERS OUT IN THE FIELD AND HOW GREAT THEY ARE.
AND WE ENJOY SEEING YOU ALL AT OUR COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AESTHETIC STUFF AND THE OPTICS, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE IMPROVED SERVICES ACROSS OUR CITY, I THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UM, I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE STAFF, UH, AND ALSO YOU ALL AT GFL, CAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT TALKED ABOUT RELATIVE TO COMMUNICATIONS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, JUST MY THOUGHT, UH, THAT WE DO SOME SORT OF A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME OUT TO MEET YOU ALL, BUT ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, AND ALSO TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU ALL PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HEALTHY AND IMPORTANT, UH, FOR, FOR STAFF AND YOU ALL TO DO.
AND THEN OF COURSE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, MAYBE TO EVEN PROVIDE SOME QUARTERLY, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR NEWSLETTERS, UH, TARA AND, AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER UPDATES OR INFORMATION THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE AWARE ABOUT, THEY CAN GET THAT FIRSTHAND FROM YOU ALL.
I DO THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT I ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER THAT A POOL OF SURVEYS THAT YOU GUYS REFERENCED TO IS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO NEXT TIME YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CONSIDER A SURVEY, JUST MAKE SURE IT'S MARKETED AND YOU CAN TOUCH MORE HOMES IN A SMALL PORTION.
WELL, BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE THAT I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLORIDA AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL AND MCCLOUD'S STEPPED AWAY FROM THE DAY S AND SHE MADE THE SECOND.
IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE WILLING? YEAH, MINE WAS JUST MORE OF A COMMENT BEFORE THE COMMENT THOUGH.
IS THERE ANYONE WILLING ELSE? I KNOW COUNCIL AND RILEY MADE THE MOTION OR ELSE READY TO MAKE A SECOND? YUP.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
NOW YOUR, THIS WAS MY ONLY COMMENT WAS, IS THAT I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S STANDARD PRACTICE, BUT WE HAVE 365 DAYS SERVICE.
THAT INCLUDES ALL HOLIDAYS NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.
SO THERE'S NO DISRUPTION OF SERVICE BECAUSE OF A HOLIDAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A STANDARD PRACTICE, BUT IF IT ISN'T A, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PLUS FOR OUR, UH, UH, OUR RESIDENTS.
IT'S TRASH PICKED UP EVERY DAY ON THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE, EVEN IF IT'S A HOLIDAY.
AND, UH, WE, WE, WE DO IT FOR YOU ALL AND IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD BENEFIT OF THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
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MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE? ALL RIGHT.
CAN I SPEND MOVING PROPERLY SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN, SEVEN, A PUBLIC HEARING SEVEN, A PUBLIC HEARING SAID SOMETHING BE ON HERE.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT'S 71,
[(1) Public Hearing - A public hearing on the submission of the Texas Parks...]
A PUBLIC HEARING 71 PUBLIC HEARING ON A SUBMISSION, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, LOCAL GRANTS APPLICATION THROUGH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 OR FREEDOM TREE PARK.UH, PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGA.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND IN FRONT OF ME ONCE AGAIN.
UM, THESE, UH, ITEMS REGARDING A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, UH, FOR FREEDOM TREE PARK, AS, AS YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS, UH, RECENTLY PASSED, UH, PARK'S POND, WHICH, UH, HELPS US, UH, TO, TO FUND THIS PARK, UM, STAFF AS WE'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF THIS PARK.
UH, WE ARE, UH, TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE IN, UM, ANTICIPATED, UH, COST US ESCALATIONS AND INFLATION, WHICH WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, NAMELY SINCE THE BOND PASSED.
AND SO AN EFFORT TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF A POTENTIAL, UH, UM, INCREASED COSTS, WE ARE, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, APPLYING FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANT.
IT WOULD BE A $750,000, UH, GRANT, WHICH WOULD HAVE A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH, WHICH WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND.
UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE GRANT.
WELL, NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, B ONE MADAM SECRETARY.
DID WE RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
WELL, IF NO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A NUMBER SEVEN B ONE, UH,
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the submi...]
ITEM SEVEN, B TWO LUCIAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION WHERE THE LOCAL PARK GRANTS FOR THE NON-URBAN OUTDOOR GRANT PROGRAM TO THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEDOM TREE PARK, A PUBLIC PARK FOR THE PARK AND RECREATIONAL USES AGREEING TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THERE TOO.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR? SAY AYE.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint Thomasine Johnson to ...]
ITEM EIGHT, A TO REAPPOINT THOMAS SEEN JOHNSON TO THE PARKS BOARD POSITION TWO FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.AND MAYOR ROSS TO THE PARKS BOARD POSITION FOR, FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2020 FOR SUSAN DARKER TO THE PARKS BOARD POSITION SIX FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024, WHERE I MERCHANT TO THE PARKS BOARD POSITION EIGHT FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024, BUT HE SNYDER TO THE PARKS BOARD POSITION 12 FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2020 FOR, UH, CRYSTAL WRONG.
UM, THE PROCESS THAT I USE THIS YEAR IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST.
UM, WE DID, UM, HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS THAT WILL BE ON THIS AGENDA.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BRING TO YOU OFF AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT MINE ON THE, OKAY, SO HERE FOR, UM, THE PARKS BOARD, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, EXCEPT FOR MR. ATKINS, WHO HAS MISSED THREE MEETINGS, UM, HAVE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO ATTENDING THE MEETINGS.
IS THAT IT? OKAY, WELL, LET ME JUST, BEFORE WE, UH, CONSIDER A MOTION, UH, ITEMS EIGHT, EIGHT THROUGH EIGHT, I, UH, COLLEAGUES ALL CONCERN THE POSSIBLE, UH, REAPPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUALS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE, UH, BOARDS AND OR COMMISSIONS OR COMMITTEES.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALTOGETHER, UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A MOTION.
MAYOR PRO TEM, WHEN I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THAT, UM, I LIKED TO POSTPONE A AND H AND HERE'S WHY, HEY, AND WHAT, H AS IN HENRY, O H SO PARKS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REDUCING THAT FROM NINE TO SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO GET SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT.
I BELIEVE THE CHAIR WAS MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOME DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ENDED UP.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT ON, ON THAT BOARD AND ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
I KNOW WE JUST, JUST SAW A RETIREMENT COME IN A RESIGNATION RATHER, UH, LAST WEEK.
UH, SO I THINK, UH, AS A COUNCIL, WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT ONE.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST, YOU KNOW, POWERFUL BOARDS, ONE BOARD THAT MEETS MONTHLY.
UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT ONE REALLY CLOSELY.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS AT LEAST FOR PARKS AND PNC, THAT POSTPONED THAT.
IT'S A, SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEMS EIGHT, EIGHT, I MEAN A AND H TO A FUTURE MEETING.
UH, DO WE, DO YOU HAVE A DATE OR, UM,
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ABOUT, UH, THE C AUGUST THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER OR THE FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER? WHAT IS THAT DATE? UH, THE FIFTH I BELIEVE.AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE, UM, IT'S THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER.
AND IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IT SOONER, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT AS WELL.
UH, BUT I I'LL BE HELD FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO AGAIN, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW BY THE 15TH, THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO POSTPONE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE NEW DILIGENCE ON THOSE TWO BOARDS.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? I KNOW I HAVE TO CONCUR WITH YOU ON THAT, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE VERY PARKS BOARD AND THE PLANT IN HIS OWN AND ARE VERY INTEGRAL TO OUR CITY.
AND I THINK IT WAS HUGH BRIGHTWELL WHO JUST SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AND HE'S BEEN A LONGTERM PNZ MEMBER AND EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, THE PARKS BOARD MEMBERS THAT, UH, I THINK THERE'S A VACANCY THAT WAS ALSO THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE RESIGNATION AS WELL.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE SENSE FOR US TO, UNLESS WE'RE PREPARED TONIGHT TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY, AS FAR AS THESE, TO KEEP THESE KEY, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ON MY MEMORIAL IS IF YOU COULD, UM, AMEND YOUR EMOTION TO, UM, BRING THIS BACK TO THE SEPTEMBER SIX MEETING.
UM, SEPTEMBER THE FIFTH IS LABOR DAY.
I MET MY MOTION TO BRING THIS BACK ON SEPTEMBER SIX FOR ITEM EIGHT, A EIGHT H IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO MOVE ITEMS. A EIGHT, EIGHT A AND EIGHT H TO THE SEPTEMBER, THE SIXTH BOARD MEETING COUNCIL MEETING.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM SECRETARY, IF WE COULD, UH, REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR OF THE PARKS BOARD AND GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT DIRECTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint George E. Johnson III...]
UH, ITEM EIGHT B TO REAPPOINT GEORGIE JOHNSON, THE THIRD TO THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS POSITION.ONE FOR TERM EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH, 2024, WILLIAM CRONIN TO THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS POSITION TWO FOR A TERM.
I'LL JUST READ THEM ALL TOGETHER, UH, TO REAPPOINT GEORGIE JOHNSON, THE THIRD WILLIAM CRONIN AND MAX J WELL, EXCUSE ME.
SO I GOT TO READ THEM ALL OUT.
UH, WILLIAM CRONIN TO THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS POSITION TWO FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024, AND MAX J MONTAGUE THIRD TO THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS ALTERNATE POSITION FOR A TERM EXPIRING ON JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IT'S BEEN MOVED THERE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint Charles Jarvis to the...]
C TO REAPPOINT CHARLES JARVIS TO THE ELECTRICAL BOARD POSITION TWO FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.AND CHRISTOPHER HARVEY TO THE ELECTRICAL BOARD POSITION FOR FOUR TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IS THERE A MOTION? I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION YES.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE ELECTRICAL BOARD ACTUALLY DO? AND HOW OFTEN DO THEY MEET? UM, SO THE ELECTRICAL AND CORRECT ME IF I'M, IF I'M WRONG.
UM, THE ELECTRICAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, UM, IS A BOARD THAT WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD RECONSIDER THE BUILDING OFFICIALS, UM, UM, UM, ADVICE ON IF A PERMIT IS APPROVED OR NOT.
UM, SO IT WOULD GO TO THAT BOARD AND THEY WOULD CONSIDER, UM, BASICALLY COME ON.
SO THEY WOULD CONSIDER, SO THEY WOULD CONSIDER BASICALLY TRYING TO OVERTURN, UM, THE BUILDING OFFICIALS DECISION.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT FOR ME, JENNIFER? YES.
AND CRYSTAL IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO IT'S, UM, THE, UH, ADOPTED BUILDING CODE ON, UM, ELECTRICAL CODES.
SO A DECISION OR DETERMINATION ON AN APPLICATION, UM, OR A CODE INTERPRETATION, UM, THEN THE RELIEF THAT, UM, AN APPLICANT WOULD HAVE,
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WOULD BE TO APPEAL TO THE ELECTRICAL BOARD.SO THERE ARE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, THAT THEY DO TO HAVE, UM, PROFESSIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTIFICATIONS, UM, AND CERTAIN EXPERIENCE WITHIN THAT FIELD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CALLS.
AND TO YOUR QUESTION ON MEETING THIS SPORT DOES NOT MEET, UM, REGULARLY AT ALL.
UM, AND, UM, IN MY TIME HERE, UH, THE SPORT HAS NOT MET, UM, THAT REGULARLY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU, CRYSTAL FRIENDS FOR QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint Eunice Reiter to the ...]
EIGHT D TO REAPPOINT UNITS RIDER TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION POSITION TWO FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2020 FOR BRIANNA KYLES.SO THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION POSITION FOR FOUR TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024, AND ADRIAN BARKER TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION POSITION.
SIX OR TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IS THERE A MOTION SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THAT WE STARTED THIS OR VOTED TO START THIS, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, AND IT TOOK US A WHILE TO ACTUALLY APPOINT THESE INDIVIDUALS.
SO THEY HADN'T EVEN REALLY DONE A WHOLE TERM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK, TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE.
SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN, MOTION PASSES,
[(e) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint James Davidson Jr. to...]
UH, ITEM EIGHT E TO REAPPOINT JAMES DAVIDSON JR.WELL, JAMES DAVID'S A JUNIOR POSITION, ONE ANTHONY SNIPES POSITION TO E-JUICE A JAMO POSITION, THREE TOM S NICHOLS POSITION FOR JULIA HARDY POSITION FIVE, DEBBIE PONTE PONCIK POSITION SIX AND ALICE AND STEWS POSITION 10 TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IS THERE A MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
[(f) Consideration and Possible Action - To appoint Anthony Snipes to the P...]
EIGHT F UH, THE APPOINT ANTHONY STIPES TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION CHAIR POSITION.IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED TO PROBABLY SECOND BY COUNCIL WHEN THE CLOUDS ARE.
NO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL, WOMAN RALEIGH AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL WOMAN.
CLOUSER UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
[(g) Consideration and Possible Action - To appoint Angie Young to the Comm...]
EIGHT G TO A POINT ANDREW YOUNG POSITION SIX IN CHERYL L ORLOFF POSITION SEVEN TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.IS THERE A MOTION THERE A SECOND? ALRIGHT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
[(i) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint Reggie Abraham to the...]
ITEM EIGHT.I TO REAPPOINT REGGIE ABRAHAM POSITIONED FOR THE KNEES PREGO POSITION FIVE
WELL IT'S I MEAN, LET ME READ THAT.
REGGIE ABRAHAM POSITIONED FOR THE KNEES PRINGLE POSITION FIVE TO THE BONEY ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2020 FOR CLEO VA ALDRIDGE AND SHARON JERICHO TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS ALTERNATE POSITION FOR A TERM TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
DID WE MAKE CONTACT WITH ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR, UH, REAPPOINTMENT ON HERE? THERE'S ONE NAME THAT STANDS OUT.
I KNOW THEY WERE AWAY FROM THEIR HOME IN MISSOURI CITY FOR SOME TIME.
SO, UM, THAT WAS LEFT UP TO THE LIAISONS TO MAKE THE CONTACT.
UM, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THE ATTENDANCE OF EVERYONE.
UM, SO FOR THEY'VE ONLY HAD ONE MEETING SO FAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE, UM, WAS IN ATTENDANCE OF THE MEETING.
JENNIFER, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, ONE MEAN THEY HAD TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE REAPPOINTING MS. THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE YOU'RE CORRECT.
SO I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION THAT WE CONFIRM THAT WE SPEAK WITH MS. PRINGLE, THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE CONTINUING ON AND THAT SHE STILL IS A RESIDENT HERE.
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TO THAT.UM, WE CAN, UH, REACH OUT AND BRING THAT BACK, UM, TO THE COUNCIL, UM, AND, UH, FIND OUT WHAT THEIR AVAILABILITY, BUT THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VERY IMPORTANT, UM, BOARD, UM, AS, UH, A COUNCIL KNOWS, AND THEY DON'T MEET REGULARLY AS WELL.
UM, BUT WHEN THEY DO MEET, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, UM, AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
AND SAME QUESTION APPLIES TO MS. ALDRIDGE.
WAS THERE CONTACT MADE THAN SHE HAD PLANNED ON CONTINUING NOT TO BE ACTIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK, UM, AND PROVIDE THAT TO CRYSTAL AND HER TEAM TO PROVIDE.
SO WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO RESEND THEIR MOTION AND HAVE THIS COME BACK AS WELL AT OUR NEXT MEETING MARIJUANA? PROTIME I WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
AND I GUESS THE NEW MOTION WOULD BE TO BRING BACK, UM, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BRING BACK BASICALLY CONFIRM TO POSTPONE THIS POSTPONE THIS DECISION UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH? IS THAT YOUR MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN? YEAH, THAT WAS MY MOST TO POSTPONE IT.
AND THEN TO REACH OUT TO THE CANDIDATES TO SEIZE THE, SO IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNCIL WOMAN? ALL RIGHT.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE MOVE OR POSTPONE THIS DECISION.
UH, EIGHT UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER IS A SIX MEETING.
UM, CONTINUED UPON YOU ALL REACHING OUT TO ALL INDIVIDUALS ON HERE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO CONTINUE.
ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? I REMEMBER ON SUNDAY, WE USED TO GET A PAGE.
THERE WAS A MOTION TO POSTPONE H MS. THAT, OH YEAH.
WE, WE, UH, POSTPONED A AND H UH, EARLIER.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing for the Interim City M...]
EIGHT AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BASS CONSTRUCTION TO CONVERT HOTTEST LAND PARK TRAIL FROM DECOMPOSED GRANITE TO CONCRETE.MAYOR COUNCIL, MERIT PROCUREMENT COUNCIL.
THIS IS A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR LAST, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HUNTERS GLEN PARK TRAIL.
THIS IS THE TRAIL THAT'S WITHIN THE PARK, UH, CONVERTING IT FROM GRAVEL OR DECOMPOSED GRANITE TO, TO CONCRETE.
SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A BUYBOARD CONTRACTOR WHO WILL, UM, WILL, UH, DO THIS WORK FOR US, A FUNDING SOURCE, AND WE WILL SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE APPROPRIATE, UM, ENTITIES AFTERWARDS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS? YES, JASON.
UM, WHEN YOU PUT THE VIET OUT, UH, WITH BASS CONSTRUCTION, DID THEY GIVE YOU LIKE, UH, A TIMEFRAME LIKE COMPLETE THIS AND HOW LONG THE PARK WOULD BE AN ACCESSIBLE OR WOULD THEY EVEN HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE PARK? UM, THEY, THEY WOULDN'T SHUT DOWN THE PARK.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS, SO THEY WOULD SHUT DOWN THE SHUT SECTION AT A TIME.
AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD COMPLETE THE SECTIONS, UH, ONE AT A TIME.
SO WOULD THEY KIND OF, UM, I GUESS, CLOSE OFF THOSE AREAS AND SETS OF WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, DO THEY KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE OVERALL TO DO THE COMPLETE PAYMENT? UM, I LEFT MY GLASSES UP MY SEAT, BUT I'M JUST GONNA TURN AROUND AND ASK YOU, W COULD YOU GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION PLEASE? APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS I DO WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU ALL STAFF FOR KIND OF HUDDLING UP, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS.
UH, I DID WANT TO ASK JENNIFER IF SHE COULD COME UP AS WELL.
CAUSE I KNOW SHE'S BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH JASON AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON TRYING TO GET THIS DONE, BUT THERE WERE SOME UPDATES THAT WE HAD AT OUR RECENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT KIND OF EXPLAINED THE DELAY AS TO WHY WE WEREN'T, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH EXECUTING THIS BY JUNE 1ST, AS WE HAD TARGETED.
UH, AND IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE DELAYS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF HOW WE SUBMITTED THAT REALLOCATION FROM THE CARES ACT DOLLARS.
AND WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, IS MENTIONING IS, UH, WE HAD IDENTIFIED USING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, CDBG FUNDS, AND IT WAS, UH, FUNDS THAT WERE
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ALLOCATED TO THE CITY, UH, FOR THE CARES ACT, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PROGRAMMING OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO MEET THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES OUTLINED BY HUD.UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, HAS TO, UH, PREVENT, UM, OR, UH, PREPARE FOR, UM, A FUTURE PANDEMIC OR RESPONSE TO, UH, THE PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE, UH, COMING OUT OF.
UM, SO THE PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE FUNDS, ANY ACTIVITY, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS OR, UM, ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT'S PROGRAMMED WITH THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO MEET THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR PARK PROJECT WAS A PORTION OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED.
AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER PORTION WAS IDENTIFIED FOR ANOTHER PROJECT.
UM, SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEVERAGE THOSE RESOURCES, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE FROM HUD.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, TO USE, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES THAT THE CITY, UH, IS ANITA.
YEAH, SO BASICALLY, UM, IN A NUTSHELL, WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS DELAYED AND HUD HAD MADE A DECISION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UM, THIS PORTION THAT WENT TOWARDS THE PARK, UM, CONCRETE TRAIL, BUT ALSO ANOTHER PORTION THAT WE HAD AS A COUNCIL DECIDED UPON AS RELATED TO THE BUILDING FACADE, I MEAN, UH, EXTERIOR FACADE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN ALLOWABLE USE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF DELAYED THEIR DECISION ON THIS AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY MODIFYING THIS, IT WOULD EXPEDITE OUR ABILITY TO GET THOSE MONIES BACK.
SO, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TOGETHER AND JUST FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE AND US BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE CAN, UM, AS COUNCILWOMAN RILEY STATED, YOU KNOW, GET THE COMMUNITY SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE LONGED FOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND JUST TO SAY, BUILDING FACADE IN THE CDBG TARGET AREA.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HEARING? NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorizing the Interim City Manag...]
ITEM NINE B AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MISSOURI CITY DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION WITH CONRAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, L LIMITED IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2 MILLION, 1 95, 971 SHAWSHEE KUMAR, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.WHAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TONIGHT IS TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO CONRAD CONSTRUCTION FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MINNESOTA CITY DRIVE.
YOU SEE THE PICTURE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, THIS IS THE DRIVE THAT ENCOMPASSES THE CITY HALL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE FOREFRONT LIBRARY, UH, AND THIS IS THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS NOT EXCEED $2 MILLION ON A 95,971.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE, UM, THE MAP IS IN FRONT OF YOU, THE YELLOW, UH, UH, HIGHLIGHTED SECTION IS THE STREET THAT'S DETERIORATED.
THAT IS GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED WITH SOME IMPROVED DRAINAGE AND STRIPING.
UH, THE GREEN PIECE THAT YOU SEE IS THE EXTENSION.
THAT IS THE PIECE OF NOW WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WETLANDS MEMORIAL.
UH, THE NORTHERN PIECE OF THE STREET HAS BEEN KIND OF TRUNCATED, SO TO SPEAK.
SO WITH THIS EXTENSION, IT'LL HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO SCANDAL DRAWER.
OBVIOUSLY THIS PROJECT IS OF MUCH SIGNIFICANCE.
UH, THE CITY HALL COMPLEX TAKES A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
IT ALSO SERVES OUR COMMUNITY CENTER EVENTS, AS WELL AS THE FORT LIBRARY.
WHILE WE HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD THIS IN PHASES, WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE TRAFFIC FLOW INTO THIS ONE.
UH, THE IDEA IS TO BUILD THE EXTENSION OF THE GREENPEACE FIRST AND KIND OF, UH, PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY AND THEN BUILD THE SEGMENTS OF THE ROADWAY AND PIECES TO MINIMIZE, UH, UH, INCONVENIENCE TO THE EXTENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE LESSER EXTENT.
NOW, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS PROJECT FUNDED, UH, WITH THE 50% MATCH FROM FORT BEND COUNTY.
IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER GRADY, PRESTIGIOUS STAFF, AND THE ENGINEERING STAFF.
THEY WERE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN CITY'S PROPOSAL TO ACCEPT THIS IDEA TO FUND THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT ALSO SERVES THE FOREFRONT LIBRARY.
SO UP TO 1.1 MILLION IS BEING REIMBURSED BY FORT BEND COUNTY.
UH, AGAIN, UM, UH, WE HAVE, WELL, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION, BUT JUST LIKE ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, I MUST SAY THAT IT GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER, BUT WILL BE VERY DILIGENT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE ANY INCONVENIENCE TO THE THREAT, TO DEMOCRACY AROUND THE CITY HALL COMPLEX.
UH, THE START DATE IS FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT AFTER THE, UH, STATE OF THE CITY EVENT, UH, THE, THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY ME.
UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, THEIR EMOTION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SASHA, HAVE WE DECIDED OR FIGURED OUT HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT HTC OR OUR LIBRARY? WE OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ALSO A COUNTY FUNDED PROJECT, UH, UPON THE
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AUTHORIZATION OF DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS COMING, BUT ONCE THIS CONTRACT IS AUTHORIZED BEFORE THE START OF CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.
SO WE MEET WITH THE BETA STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH IS HCC AND THE LIBRARY, AND SHARE WITH THEM, OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL PLANTS.
OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL MEET THEM AT REGULARLY AND GIVE THEM UPDATES.
SO THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED.
AND WE HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, MARY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OUTCOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS HEARING? NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN MOTION PASSES.
SIX ZERO, UH, ITEM 10 ORDINANCES.
THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO RESOLUTIONS ON THIS AGENDA.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
TO CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.WE'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCIL, WOMAN RILEY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU.
I DON'T SEE JEREMY HERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO STILL GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT.
THANK HIM FOR ALL OF HIS WORK HERE AND DEDICATION IN CITY, UH, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND DEFINITELY WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN HIS NEXT, UM, ENDEAVORS, UH, KUDOS TO DAVID JORDAN, UM, WHO WAS WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY IN THE ABSENCE, UM, UM, OF OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PRESENT DILIGENT, UM, AND ALSO CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO BEING EVERYWHERE.
YOU CAN START, IT REMINDED ME OF BEING A MOUNTAIN MOVER OUT THERE CAUSE YOU WOULD JUST EVERYWHERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH ALSO FOR, UM, YOURSELF, JASON AND SHASHI FOR HELPING ME KIND OF NAVIGATE, NAVIGATE MY DISTRICT, A TOUR ON THE NORTHERN SIDE TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME REALLY MAJOR ISSUES, UM, THAT WERE GOING ON, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE DITCH AND THEN ALSO THE 170 AND PARK TRAIL AND THEN OUR OTHER PARK QUILL PROGRAM WEST.
UM, I ALSO ATTENDED PLANNING AND ZONING THIS PAST WEEK.
UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, THE TEXAS PARK RECORD OR MEETING PARTICIPATED WITH THE MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL BAND CARWASH, UM, THE REC CENTER AND TENNIS CENTER, UH, ALSO ATTENDED AND WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE, UH, REC CENTER.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE REC CENTER STAFF AND TEAM FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY PARTY.
UM, THE PARKS COMMUNITY, UM, ALSO WAS HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEETING OUT THERE.
UM, ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF DISTRICT, A FOND METAL WAS THE FIRST MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKLAND OF THOSE EIGHT ACRES THAT WERE PURCHASED, UM, FOR THE HARRIS SIDE OF DISTRICT A IN MISSOURI CITY.
I, SO I WANT TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF THAT AND FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO REALLY WORK DILIGENTLY, TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE, UM, RESIDENTS, UM, ALL OVER THE CITY, BUT MAINLY IN THAT AREA.
UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND TO EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED THAT DAY TO, UM, UH, SPEAK WITH THOSE, A FEW RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO LEARN ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PARKLANDS FUTURE.
THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, JULY 25TH IN FONDREN PARK AT 7:00 PM AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
THE ONE AFTER THAT IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY, AUGUST 9TH, BACK IN FOND MEADOW AT THE CLUBHOUSE AT 7:00 PM.
AND THEN THE, UH, LAST ONE WILL BE MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 7:00 PM, AND FUNDRAISING PARK.
SO IF YOU ARE LISTENING, PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR RESIDENTS TO COME OUT, TO LEARN ABOUT THAT.
UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, THERE'S A COUPLE OF EVENTS COMING UP THIS MONTH.
UM, THE MEGA FEST IS GOING TO BE HOSTED ON AUGUST 12TH AT THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 5:30 PM TO 8:00 PM.
THEY WANT TO REMIND PARENTS IN ORDER TO GET THE BACKPACKS YOUR CHILD DOES NEED TO BE PRESENT WHEN THEY PICK THAT UP.
ALSO, THERE'S GOING TO BE A DUB WAY FOUNDATION, FREE FOOD AND BACKPACK GIVEAWAY A BACK TO SCHOOL HOSTED IN HUNTER'S GLEN CART ON AUGUST THE SEVENTH FROM 4:00 PM TO 7:00 PM, FREE FOOD, FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND FREE SUPPLIES.
ALSO OTHER PPE SUPPLIES WILL BE GIVEN OUT THAT'S HOSTED BY THE DUB WAY FOUNDATION, UM, WHICH I'M ALSO PARTNERING UP WITH.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO TWO MISSOURI CITY RAPPERS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM MISSOURI CITY, RAPPER, LOLITA, AND THEN ALSO RAPPER ZERO, UM, WHO ARE ALSO GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE UPCOMING BACK TO SCHOOL, UH, EVENTS.
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HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING A CAMEO FEATURE IN MS. LOLITA'S, UH, RAP VIDEO.SO THE COUNCIL WOMAN, MONICA RILEY IS WELL-ROUNDED.
UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING COUNCILS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
I'M SUPER PROUD TO SERVE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN ALL DISTRICTS AND ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES.
OVER THE PAST MONTH, I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS AND MESSAGES OVER SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTACTING ME AND TRUSTING ME AS YOU ARE AT LARGE POSITION ONE MEMBER I'M LISTENING AND I WILL REPORT ALL OF MY CONCERNS TO ALL OF THE DESIGNATED STAFF AND LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T CONTACTING ME AND OTHERS, PLEASE CONCERN, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO ME, A MESSAGES.
I CONTACTED MY PHONE DIRECTLY TO EIGHT ONE FOUR ZERO ONE NINETY FOUR SIXTY NINE, OR I CAN BE EMAILED DIRECTLY AT SHONDRA DOT EDWARDS AT MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.GOV.
SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME ALSO.
IT ACTUALLY HASN'T STARTED TOO MUCH, UM, MUCH RAIN, BUT I WANT TO REMIND ALL THE RESIDENTS TO STAY PREPARED AND GET THOSE NECESSARY ITEMS. UM, THERE ARE TWO POWERFUL COVID-19 VARIANTS THAT ARE STARTING TO BREW.
SO AS CASES ARISE, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, SOCIAL DISTANCE, AND GO SEE A DOCTOR.
ALSO THIS SATURDAY, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE BITA MATCH FOUNDATION AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HOST A BONE MARROW DRIVE, INHERIT OUR LOCAL CAR, HOW DOES BLANCH RAIL? AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S A LOW POPULATIONS OF MINORITIES AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS HISPANIC THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A LOW TURNOUT ON THE BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LIST.
SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GO TO BEAT A MATCH, LEARN MORE INFORMATION, AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DONATE.
FINALLY, IT IS WORLD LISTENING DAY AND I'M PARTICIPATING BY MAKING SURE I STAY OH, HERE ON LISTENING TO ALL VOICES AND IDEAS AND DIFFERENCES IN DIALOGUE THAT MATTER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RULERS.
UM, I ENJOYED THE BIRTHDAY AT THE REC CENTER.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS GREAT TURNOUT AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOOK FORWARD TO MORE SUCCESSFUL YEARS AHEAD.
ALSO, WHEN I ANNOUNCED THAT OUR OWN LOCAL BREWERY, TEXAS LEAGUERS BREWERY HAS A NEW BEER, IT'S CALLED DOWN THE PIKE AND IT'S FOR THE CITY.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN THEY START SELLING CANS, WHICH WILL BE PROBABLY AT THE END OF AUGUST, PART OF THOSE PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO OUR PARKS FOUNDATION.
SO I WANT TO THANK JASON AND HIS TEAM.
I WANT TO THANK THE PARKS BOARD.
I'D RATHER THAT HAVE PARKS FOUNDATION FOR, UH, WORKING WITH THE BREWERY TO DO THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE, BUT ANOTHER SOURCE OF GREAT BRANDING FOR OUR CITY.
SO YOU CAN TRY IT ON TAP CURRENTLY AT THE BREWERY AND CANS WILL BE HERE AT THE MONTH OF JULY, AUGUST.
SO ONE OF THE CLOUDS, UM, MATT PROTEST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF, HARDWORKING STAFF.
YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED EMORY.
I'D AGAIN, LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A HUGH BRIGHTWELL FROM P AND Z IS, UH, UH, LEAVING.
UH, IT'S GONNA LEAVE A GAP IN, UH, THE, UH, UH, PROCESS OF, UH, THAT THE P AND Z GOES THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, HE, UH, HAS A GREAT BACKGROUND AND HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND BROUGHT THE PROFESSIONALISM TO THE P AND Z, UH, PROCESS.
AND THEN ALSO TO BILL OVER RULE FOUR, UH, IS, UH, GUIDANCE, UH, WITH THE, UH, PARKS FOUNDATION AND AS AMERIPRO TIM.
BUT WHEN HE STATED, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG, UH, ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IS THE, UH, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE.
AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A, FOR A BIGGER THING.
UH, THE PARKS FOUNDATION IS STILL ACTIVE.
UH, WE, I, I ATTENDED THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING AS ALWAYS.
I WANT TO THANK JENNIFER ALEXANDER AND JEREMY DAVIS AND, UH, MAX, UH, FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, P P UH, UH, THE PERMITTING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR BEING THERE, UH, WANT TO ALSO THINK, UH, THE CDAC COMMITTEE FOR ALSO HELPING US GUIDE THROUGH OUR RECENT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM HUD.
AND WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER RILEY, AND COUNCILMAN EDWARDS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION ON THAT, AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN MURALI AND HER PARTICIPATION ON TEXAS
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PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT COMMITTEE.UH, LASTLY, I TO, UH, ENJOY THE, FOR THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I WAS ABLE TO STAY, UH, BEFORE GETTING TO THAT CDAC MEETING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REC AND TENNIS CENTER, AND JUST SEEING EVERYBODY THERE, PARTICIPATING IN, IN, IN LIVELY AND EXCITED, UH, ABOUT SOMETHING HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND WE HAVE A LOT TO BE EXCITED AND CELEBRATED ABOUT, AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES AND OUR WINS HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.
[13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TIME IS NOW 8:45 PM.AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074 AND SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
ALRIGHTY, WE ON A ROLL YAM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
[14. RECONVENE]
NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:01 PM.