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[1. ROLL CALL]
UH, MONDAY, THE THE CITY COUNCIL SEVEN OH, ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER TWO, THE PLEDGE.PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE THE ALLEGIANCE TO THE NATION, INVISIBLE JUSTICE CARL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR OF RECOGNITION.
[(b) Proclamation recognizing November 7 - 11, 2022, as Municipal Court Wee...]
WE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZE COURT.WE HAVE PROCLAMATION
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING? GO ASTROS.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS FAIRLY QUICK.
UH, WE'RE, UH, CELEBRATING AND HONORING, UH, THIS SPECIAL OCCASION, AND I WANNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO EVERYONE, WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND ANYONE FROM MUNICIPAL COURTS, COME ON UP.
IF YOU'RE HERE, UH, WE HAVE ANYBODY COME ON UP HERE.
JUST GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS THEY COME.
AND I'LL START READING AS THEY'RE COMING.
WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF MISSOURI CITY SERVES A VITAL ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU COME ON AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS MORE PEOPLE COME IN PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED, AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY, LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE AND MUNICIPAL COURT.
AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND COURT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL TO THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY, RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL AND CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS SET BY THE CANNONS OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS COMMITTED TO THE NOTION THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR AND COMPETENT JU JUDICIARY AND INTERPRET, EXCUSE ME, WILL INTERPRET AND IMPLY THE LAWS THAT GOVERN US, AND THAT JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND ACT IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.
AND WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND CLERKS CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE AND LOCAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTAIN PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS AND CRIMINAL CASES FOR ALL DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AND SUPPORTS THE MISSOURI CITY MUNICIPAL COURT IN COMPLYING WITH SUCH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
AND NOW THEREFORE, IT BE, IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY, EXCUSE ME, IT BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, THAT THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH THROUGH THE 11TH 2022, IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED AS MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK AND RECOGNITION OF THE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL JUSTICE OFFERED TO OUR CITIZENS BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF MISSOURI CITY.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SOMEBODY WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SAY SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A PICTURE.
[(a) Proclamation recognizing November 2022 as Family Court Awareness Month...]
THE NEXT NATION IS GONNA BE, UH, THE RECOGNIZING TWO COURT OF IN THE COUNCIL.UM, IS, LET'S SEE, ANDREW, ROSS
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AND DAVID.WONDER, ARE THEY HERE TODAY? YOU WON'T WANNA COME ON UP AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER PARTIES, YOU ALL MAY COME ON UP AS WELL.
HOW DO WE WANNA DO THIS? YEAH, COME ON AROUND.
WELL, WE ARE PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION, UM, TODAY FOR FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH, WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S, I'M GONNA SAY F C A M C, IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAMILY COURT SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES CHILD SAFETY AND THE ACTS AND BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN WHILE HONORING THE OVER 800 CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN MURDERED DURING VISITATION WITH A DANGEROUS PARENT WHEN THE FAMILY WAS INVOLVED IN A DIVORCE, SEPARATION, CUSTODY, VISITATION, OR CHILD SUPPORT SITUATION.
AND WHEREAS CONGRESS FOUND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH INDICATES THAT COURTS REGULARLY DISCOUNT ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD, PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE WHEN THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE RAISED IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES.
AND THAT ALLEGED OR KNOWN ABUSIVE PARENTS ARE OFTEN GRANTED CUSTODY OR UNPROTECTED PARENTING TIME BY COURTS.
APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF PARENTS ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED CHILD ABUSE, TOOK PRIMARY CUSTODY FROM THE PROTECTIVE PARENT REGARDING THE ABUSE PLACING CHILDREN AT ONGOING RISK.
WHEREAS THE MISSION OF F C A M C IS TO BRING AWARENESS OF THE TRAUMATIZING FORCE REUNIFICATION CAMPS AND TREATMENT THAT HAVE NO SCIENTIFICALLY VALID PROOF OF THE SAFETY, EF EFFECTIVENESS AND THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF REUNIFICATION TREATMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE MISSION AT FCA M C IS TO EDUCATE JUDGES AND OTHER FAMILY COURT PROFESSIONALS ON EVIDENCE-BASED PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH, WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF USING TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE SCIENTIFICALLY VALID, EVIDENCE BASED AND PROVEN TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
SUCH RESEARCH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE TRULY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCILWOMAN LYNN CLOUDER, ALONG WITH OUR MAYOR ROBIN J ELCA, MY COLLEAGUES ON CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, WE DO HEREBY DECLARE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER TO BE FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAMILY COURT SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES CHILD SAFETY AND ACTS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT TO SAY, BUT THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, IF, UM, DAVID AND ANDREW WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, MY NAME IS ANDREW ROSS AND I'M A JUNIOR AT CLEMS HIGH SCHOOL, WORKING WITH EVERYONE BEHIND ME TO RAISE AWARENESS OF FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH FOR COUNTY.
OUR MISSION IS TO INCREASE, IS TO MAKE KNOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAMILY COURT SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES CHILD'S SAFETY BY LISTENING TO CHILDREN'S VOICES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR THIS VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY HE HAS GIVEN US TO MAKE CHANGE.
HELLO, I'M DAVID WONDER, AND I AM A JUNIOR AT BLUE BUN HOME COLLEGE COLLABORATIVE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DOING THIS.
THIS IS A BIG STEP TOWARDS DOING THE EVIL THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO HURT COUNTLESS CHILDRENS AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I'VE SEEN THE EFFECTS OF IN MY LIFE.
MY FRIENDS HAVE SUFFERED FROM IT, MY FAMILY HAS SUFFERED FROM IT, AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALL AGREED THAT THIS UNREGULATED TREATMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION ON OUR YOUTH WHO ARE OUR FUTURE IS WRONG AND YET HAVE DONE NOTHING.
THAT'S WHY WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED HERE IS SO IMPORTANT.
CHANGE STARTS WITH US AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, CAMP IS A HUGE BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IT CAN'T STOP HERE.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR EVERY CHILD OUT THERE WHO IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THIS EVIL.
AND THAT'S WHY TODAY WHERE NOVEMBER OFFICIALLY BECOMES FAM AWARENESS MONTH IS SO IMPORTANT.
I SEE SOME FUTURE MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE SO WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR A PICTURE.
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THERE.[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER FOUR.UM, SHOULD START BRUCE SADOWSKI, 79 15 CHANCE DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77,071.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS IF PEOPLE CAN'T SPEAK ON DIFFERENT ITEMS? LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
I WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE.
THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAYS PEOPLE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONCE IN COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YOU'RE SILENCING THE VOICE OF MISSOURI CITY.
IF PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK ON DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS, JUST BECAUSE THEY SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULDN'T PREVENT THEM FROM SPEAKING ON OTHER ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA.
I AM NOT GONNA GO AWAY IN MISSOURI CITY, AND HOPEFULLY WE MAY HAVE A REGIME CHANGE HERE NEXT MONTH.
WELL, THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED.
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS COUNCIL ACTING LIKE A DICTATOR.
IT HAS TO STOP AND IT HAS TO STOP WITH THIS MERRY GO ROUND OF CITY EMPLOYEES LOSING TODD HOOVER, ONE OF THE BEST EMPLOYEES THAT EVER DID ANY HELP FOR FOND MEADOW IS MOVING ONTO GREENER PASTURES BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL CANNOT ACT RESPONSIBLY AND RUN THIS CITY PROPERLY.
HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WILL BE A CHANGE.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSIDER OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING OCTOBER AND MEETING OCTOBER.NUMBER SEVEN ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED.
[(1) Public Hearing - Receive comments for or against a request by Joe Doug...]
ONE PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST WITH THE DON'T REMEMBER.DISTRICT SIX ORDINANCE AMEND REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING MAINTENANCE TO USE REGULATIONS, HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS IN RELEVANT SCHEDULE AND SUCH ZONING
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NDAS FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE.WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION NOW OR HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING? UM, LET'S SEE.
I'M GONNA CALL THE HEARING FOR ITEM A ONE MAYOR, WE HAVE THAT
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
HEARING.IN OF THE CITY, TEXAS REGULATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 96 REGULATING AND T THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH DUTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND MANY, UH, ING, DISTRICT OF THE CITY PROVIDED FOR AMENDMENT YOU TO COMPREHENSIVE THE PLAN, PROVIDING TO APPEAL.
ON THE SCREEN IS THE AREA OF PD 96.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED ACRES ON, UH, THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE OLYMPIA, UH, WEST OF THE FORT BEND PARKWAY.
UM, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THAT AREA.
UH, FIRE STATION SIX IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF PD 96.
THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL LAND USE PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED AS PART OF THIS PD, UM, PROVIDING FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT BUILD OUT.
UH, SO THE COLORS REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT LAND USES THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN, UH, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PD.
UM, THE AMENDMENT ONLY INVOLVES ONLY A PORTION OF THIS PD, UH, THE DARK RED AREA THAT'S SOUTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA, EAST OF THE VICKSBURG AREA.
UM, AND THEN, UH, CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.
SO THE SCREEN SHOWS A SUMMARY OF WHAT THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE PROPOSED.
UH, THE AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TO AMEND THE PHASE ONE.
UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS TWO, UH, MULTI-FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT, UM, ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE PHASE ONE SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW IS TIED TO, UM, A MAXIMUM OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATION OF MULTI-FAMILY UNITS, UH, THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN, UH, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PD.
UH, SO THE REQUEST IS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY, THEY CAN BUILD UNDER PHASE ONE.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS CAPPED AT 50% OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATION.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THAT.
WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN IS 4 76, AND THE DEVELOPER MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ASK, UM, ON THAT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH THAT, THE PHASE TWO IS TIED TO DEVELOPMENT IN PHASE ONE.
SO THIS AMENDMENT, IF APPROVED, UH, WOULD ALSO ADJUST, ADJUST THE LANGUAGE IN PHASE ONE, UM, TO INCLUDE THE TOTAL BUILD OUT OF MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL USES.
SO THIS IS THE AREA, UH, IN QUESTION.
UH, THE AREA THAT'S SOUTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA, EAST OF VICKSBURG, UH, WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING ASKED TO DO, UM, IS TO INCLUDE THE USE OF MINI WAREHOUSE, UH, OF A MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA.
THE REQUEST INCLUDES, UM, ALLOWING FOR THAT MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY AT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF NOT TO EXCEED THREE STORIES OR 45 FEET.
AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, IS THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN OF WHAT THE MINI STORAGE COULD LOOK LIKE.
ONE SINGLE MULTI-STORY BUILDING, UM, WITH THREE ADDITIONAL OR FOUR ADDITIONAL, UH, ONE STORY, UM, BUILDINGS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
AND THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLE IMAGES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE MINI STORAGE COMPLEX COULD LOOK LIKE, UM, FOR THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDINGS, THE ARTICULATION AND THE DESIGN.
AND THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE EXAMPLE OF A SIMILAR TYPE FACILITY, UM, IN PROXIMITY TO OTHER, UH, SIMILAR USES.
PUBLIC NOTICE WAS ISSUED, UM, FOR THIS PD AMENDMENT, UH, PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WAS SETTLED ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.
UH, PUBLISHED NOTICE WAS ALSO, UH, PROVIDED AND THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD BEFORE BEN INDEPENDENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE FORT BEND STAR.
UM, AND THIS, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UM, MEETING WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 17TH AND WAS RESCHEDULED, UH, FOR THIS MEETING DATE.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT.
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UH, THAT'S BEFORE YOU, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FORWARD TO NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.UM, THE CONTEXT ON THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY A TIED VOTE, UM, ON THE MOTION TO SEND WITH THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND THAT VOTE, UM, WAS A TIE.
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION DUE TO THAT REASON.
UM, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND CONCERNS THAT WERE RECEIVED, UM, WERE OVER THE OVERALL USE OF THE MIXED OR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AS A MIXED USE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY EXPRESSED, UM, MINI STORAGE IS NOT A PREFERRED USE.
UM, THAT, UH, THIS AREA HAS BEEN MARKETED AS A MIXED USE, UH, TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THERE WERE SOME CURRENT CONCERNS WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING HEIGHT, UM, IN PROXIMITY TO SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES.
UM, SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THE DEVELOPER, UM, THE ARCHITECT DESIGNER, THEY ARE HERE.
SO IF COUNCIL WANTS TO HEAR FROM THEM, UM, THEY ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SECOND, MR. MOTION A SECOND THERE.
THIS QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, JENNIFER, YOU, THE PRESENTATION QUESTION IS, UH, RELATIVE TO THE, UH, WAS THE TITLE OF FOUR FOUR MM-HMM.
AND I CORRECT, I'LL CORRECT MYSELF IN MY, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MINUTES.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A TIE, IT WAS A SPLIT BETWEEN, WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, A TIEBREAKER AT THAT MEETING.
I KNOW THERE WAS QUITE FEW THAT WERE NOT PRESENT MEETING.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS SURROUNDING THE, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE INDIVIDUALS YOU SAID RESPONDED BACK.
UM, I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH, UM, AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT, UM, WHO, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH WHO'S PART OF THE HOA FOR OLYMPIA STATES.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN APRI, UH, BEEN MADE AWARE, UM, OF SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES THAT THE DEVELOPER, UM, HAS, UH, PUT TOGETHER.
UM, THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED WAS THAT THEY WERE IN SUPPORT, UM, OF WHAT THE DEVELOPER, UH, WAS PRESENTING AT THIS STAGE.
THE HOA BOARD OR PRESIDENT, THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT I SPOKE WITH, UH, WITH OLYMPIA STATES.
IS HE ON THE BOARD OR IS HE, JUST SO I KNOW THAT HE BACKS UP TO THE PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS ROLE IS ON THE HOA BOARD.
JENNIFER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER STORAGE, UM, PERMITS IN THE PROCESS CURRENTLY MIND? YEAH.
SO NOT IN THE CURRENT PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE STORAGE FACILITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, MOST ALL OF THE STORAGE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, AND THIS IS THE LETTER THAT THE DEVELOPER IS HANDING TO ME FROM THE, UH, THE HOA GENTLEMAN.
UM, UH, UH, THE STORAGE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE ALL WITHIN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.
UM, SOME BACK TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UH, MOST ALL ARE ALONG, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS.
UM, SO WE HAVE THEM IN ALL PARTS OF, OF THE CITY, BUT NONE THAT ARE ACTIVELY IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN YOU RECEIVED THIS REQUEST WAS WITHIN THE PACKET, SOME INFORMATION ON THE DEMAND WAS RECEIVED.
SO WE INFORMATION ON THAT THERE IS A NEED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN THE PACKET, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS HERE TO SPEAK TO THAT IF NEEDED.
UM, I THOUGHT THE PACKET WAS PUT TOGETHER VERY WELL, JENNIFER.
HE PROVIDED SOME GREAT EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY.
SO ON 10 92, UH, THREE LOCATION, ALL ONE STORY.
UH, BES, CARTRIGHT, BE LEXINGTON, ALL ONE STORY HIGHWAY SIX NEAR ACROSS STREET FROM CLUB VALLEY.
ONE STORY, THE ONLY TWO STORY THAT I SAW WAS AT SIX LAKE.
THE CURRENT PRINTS THAT WE SEE HERE, THEY'RE ASKING THERE STORIES.
SO I, IT'S ONE DEVELOP MULTIPLE COPIES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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JUST GAVE JENNIFER A COPY OF THE LETTER FROM THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE ARC OF THE HOA.AND THEY HAVE TAKEN NO EXCEPTION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTOOD CUZ WE'RE COMING WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF A TIE THAT WE'VE LISTENED TO P AND Z'S THOUGHTS, WE'VE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY, NOW WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS.
WE, UM, HAVE WORKED TO FOLLOW THE, THE TENANTS OF YOUR EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE CHANGED THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING TO ONLY ABOUT 42 FEET INSTEAD OF THE 45.
AND THAT IS USING THE 39 FOOT OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF AND LEAVING SOME SPACE FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS.
AND, AND WHAT WE ALSO HAVE TRIED TO GET ACROSS THE POINT THAT BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH STORIES, IT WILL NOW BECOME A BUFFER TO BOTH NOISE AND, UH, OTHER LIGHT POLLUTION FROM A MAJOR INTERSECTION AND THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND THE OTHER THINGS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT DOES PROVIDE SOME BUFFERING FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE HEIGHT OF IT IS, AS WE'RE ASKING, IS NOW ONLY ABOUT 39 AND 42.
THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ZONING ENVELOPE GOES UP TO 35 FEET.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TOO RADICALLY FAR ABOVE IT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SET BACK ABOUT 40 FEET, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT A PROPER, NOT ONLY TAKE, DO THE BUFFER YOU GUYS REQUIRE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT ALSO.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THE THREE VERSUS THE, THE THE TWO AND THE THE OTHER.
UH, IT TURN FROM, AND I CAN BRING THE DEVELOPER UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT HIS ECONOMICS ARE PROVING OUT THAT IT IS THE BEST, BEST BECAUSE THE TWO STORY ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, IS NOT AS ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
YET AT THE SAME TIME, IT ALSO LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF, OF SHADOWING AGAINST THE, THE EXISTING RESIDENCE.
YET AT THE SAME TIME IT DOES NOT BLOCK SUNLIGHT.
IT DOES NOT CAST SHADOWS ON ANYBODY'S PROPERTY.
SO WE FELT THAT THAT BRINGING THAT HEIGHT DOWN, SINCE THE COMMUNITY WAS WORRIED AS WAS P Z, THAT UH, AND BUFFERING IT EVEN BETTER, WOULD PROVIDE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT FITS MORE INTO THE, THE COMP PLAN IN WHAT YOU GUYS WANT IN THE WAY OF A CITY.
AND THE LOOKS IN THE FIELD AND THE, THE ARC HAS GENTLEMEN HAS AGREED AND TO THE DEMAND QUESTION.
UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A GOOD NEED FOR THIS MISSOURI CITY? PAUL? HE, HE KNOWS MUCH BETTER THAN I DO.
SO MY NAME'S PAUL GLOVER, 27 27 RUTH STREET IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
UH, BEEN IN THE STORAGE BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE OWNED, DEVELOPED, MANAGED A MILLION AND A HALF SQUARE FEET OF IT.
UH, WE RUN A THREE MILE MARKET.
TYPICALLY OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS COME WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS.
WE, UH, WE LOOK AT ALL THE COMPETITORS IN THE MARKET, WE LOOK AT THEIR SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'S AVAILABLE AND UH, THEN WE RUN OUR NUMBERS ON THAT.
AND YES, AND THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SITE, THREE MILE RADIUS, THERE IS A DEMAND.
I DON'T, I CAN'T GIVE YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS CUZ I DON'T HAVE THOSE WITH ME, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA INVEST 15 MILLION PLUS AND WE WOULDN'T BE PUTTING THAT KIND OF MONEY IN THE DEAL THAT THERE WASN'T ANY DEMAND.
BUT THERE, YES, THERE IS DEMAND, YOU BET OCCUR, UM, WOULD BE INCREASED HEIGHT.
UM, YOU, FOR THE RESIDENTS ARE THE THIS PARTICULAR, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY RECEIVED THE NEW REQUEST OR WOULD THEY BASED ON, SO THE, THE DISCUSSION COMING OUT OF PZ WAS AT 42 FEET, UM, BETWEEN 42 AND 45 FEET.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, JOEL AND UH, JOEL HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS, UM, ALONG THAT AB BUT, UH, THE PROPERTY, UM, SO THIS INFORMATION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, HAS BEEN SHARED WITH RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, UM, WITH YOU.
NOW WE HAVE SHARED WITH THEM BOTH THE 45 THAT WE REQUESTED INITIALLY AND THE 42 THAT PZ SUGGESTED, WHICH MY CLIENT CAN DEFINITELY LIVE WITH CUZ THAT'S KIND, THAT'S WHERE WE TARGETED, SO MM-HMM.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE INCREASE OF UNITS MM-HMM.
AND SO WHAT WAS THE, WAS THE IFIED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THOSE PARTICULAR UNITS AND WHAT WAS THE REASONING BEHIND THAT AFTER THAT? AT,
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SO THE, THE PD ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 700 TOTAL UNITS.UM, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PHASES.
AND SO PREVIOUSLY PHASE ONE ONLY CAPPED IT AT HALF THAT THEY COULD ONLY CONSTRUCT UP TO HALF OF THAT 700.
UM, SO IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY PLANNED FOR.
UM, JUST THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT IN THAT PHASE ONE.
UM, THERE WASN'T MUCH, UH, DISCUSSION.
MOST OF THE FOCUS WENT TO THE, THE MINI STORAGE, UH, USE.
SO THERE WASN'T MUCH DISCUSSION, UM, ON THE, THE MULTIFAMILY UNITS, UM, COMING OUT OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
AND HOW MANY ARE THOSE YOU USE? YEAH, FOUR.
SO THE MULTI-FAMILY IS ALLOWED TO DO FOUR STORIES OR 55 OR 40 OR 45.
ONE, ONE OF THEM, UH, THIS IS JOEL SCOTT BY THE WAY.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS, UH, IS THREE STORY AND IT'S, THAT'S THE 276 UNIT, UH, GARDEN STYLE APARTMENTS.
AND THE OTHER IS A FOUR STORY SENIOR APARTMENTS THAT'S, UH, HIGHLY AMENITIZED, BUT, UH, BUT ACTUALLY FOUR STORIES.
AND THAT'S 220 UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF 496 UNITS, WHICH THAT'S A CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED.
SO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT DEVELOPER ON FINE TUNING THEIR LAND PLAN.
SO IT ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 20 UNITS.
UM, SO IF, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WANTS TO ADJUST THAT NUMBER, UM, THAT'S A CHANGE FROM WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE SOME POINT 50% TO THE 68% MM-HMM.
SO THE 68% IS OFF OF THE, UH, FOUR PHASE ONE.
WHAT'S WHAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU IS, IS FOUR SEVEN AND SIX SIX.
SO WHAT JOEL JUST PRESENTED WAS 4 96.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR ORDINANCE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TO INCREASE
SO NOW, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME? THREE STORE, YOU SAID ONE IS, UH, THE 270, 76 UNIT GROUP IS THREE STORIES.
THE 220 THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT, THIS IS THE AGE, AGE RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ARE FOUR STORIES AND UN AND UNDER THE 45 FEET.
AND TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT AREA IS, SO THE, THE STRAIGHT MULTI-FAMILY AREAS ARE THOSE BROWN AREAS.
SO THE FIRE STATION IS KIND OF THAT GRAY BOX JUST ABOVE THE, THE DARK RED AND THEN THE, THE PORTION THAT WRAPS AROUND THAT IN BROWN.
AND THEN THE PORTION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IN BROWN ARE THE, THE MULTI-FAMILY TRACKS.
SO THE, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE INSIDE OF THAT AREA, NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT, UM, TO THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY.
THAT AND, AND IF, IF THIS HELPS ON CLARIFICATION, WHAT IT DOES IS IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE CAP WE HAVE OF THE 700 UNITS.
IT SIMPLY ADJUSTS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS AND THEN WE STILL HAVE CAPACITY FOR ANOTHER PROJECT LATER AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
MORE OF AN URBAN MIXED USE TRYING TO, TRYING TO, TRYING TO, TRYING AGAIN, TRYING TO, THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE A LITTLE, A VILLAGE, TOWN CENTER FROM MISSOURI CITY.
AND THIS BECOMES AN INTEGRAL PART OF IT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE? JUST ARRANGE? I WANT TO, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT EIGHT, 900 UP TO ABOUT 12 OR 13.
SO, AND ARE THESE RENTAL UNITS OR ARE THESE PURCHAS? UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE THEY'RE ALL RENTAL.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE IT'S IN THE YELLOW THERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LARGER THAN THAT.
UH, THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AMEND THE PD.
BUT THE YELLOW IS THE FOR SALE PRODUCT.
SO THE YELLOW IS FOR SALE? THE IS FOR LEASE.
DID YOU PUT IT IN? I TOOK IT OFF.
I DON'T ANY COMMENTS? THE TOP.
YOU KNOW THE ON REACH, UM, THE BUDGET AND IF WE, WE'LL LET YOU BOTH.
FORT BEND INDEPENDENT IS THE NEWSPAPER ON RECORD FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT BOTH THE FORT BEND INDEPENDENT AND FORT BEND STAR, UM, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTE THROUGHOUT FORT BEND COUNTY, BUT I DON'T HAVE THEIR, THEIR SPECIFIC CIRCULATION NUMBER.
CAN YOU FIND THAT? I WANTED TO MOVE
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FORWARD AND WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GIVE ENOUGH PRESIDENT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK YEAH.FOR BEED ON THIS PROJECT AND HAVE A VOICE ON IT.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER
WHAT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TWINS WE HAVE WHAT HAVE THES WHAT YOU, I'M ASK, THEY'RE ASKING IN AMENDMENT.
IT'S BEING MADE FOR THE ADDITIONALS.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, THE QUESTION WAS, IS ANYONE MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL 20 UNITS, UM, INTO THE MOTION INTO, UH, WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IN THE ORDINANCE? WE WOULD NEED TO, UM, CAN I JUST VERBALIZE THAT? IF YOU WANTED TO, UM, IF YOU WANTED TO RESTATE YOUR MOTION AND IF THE SECOND AGREES THAT I'D LIKE MAKE THE, TO THE MOTION 20 UNITS.
DO NEED TO HEAR THE VOTE AND
CAN WE, IS CAN SOMETHING? YES, IS YOUR HONOR.
CAN WE, A, IN A, UM, CAN WE NOW SET IT UP FOR THE VOTE PIECE? CAN WE DO ROLL CALL? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, THE, UM, INCREASE FOR THE PHASE ONE, UH, AS WE STATED, THE INCREASE FROM THREE 50 OR FOUR NOW 96, UH, IS, WELL THEN WE ALREADY ALLOW 700 UNITS.
SO WE'RE NOT MAKING A, THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO, UH, INCREASE THE NUMBER ON THE FIRST TWO PHASES.
SO NOT ADDING THOSE OVERALL TO SOMETHING THAT'S, THEY ALREADY PAID SEVEN SOMETIMES.
AND THE OTHER THING IS RELATIVE TO THE CROSS OF STREET, WHICH, UH, INVOLVED MANY STORAGE, I'M VERY SATISFIED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY DONE THEIR DUES AND REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FOR LENDING STATES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE HE REPRESENTS THOSE CONSTITUENTS IN THAT AREA.
AND HE, UH, IN HIS STATEMENT STATES THAT, UM, THAT THEY'VE BEEN SHARING DUA ALL THE PLANS RELATIVE TO THIS RETAIL CENTER AND THE SELF STORAGE FACILITIES, AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN ANSWERING ALL OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE SELFS RETAIL CENTER.
DON'T A PROBLEM WITH, UH, THAT'S AND YOUR TIME IS SPEEDING.
UH, JENNIFER, MY COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO HAVE YOU GUYS, UM, WORK WITH SA ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY AS WELL AS TEACHERS IN ON HOW PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE IMPACTED.
I KNOW WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE STUDY, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE A IMPLEMENT AND WE HAVE FEEDBACK OF THE PROCESS.
HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
WELL, AND SASHA'S COMING UP THE TWO BEHIND YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF
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THIS SIZE.WE HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ON FILE AS, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS IN THE COUNCIL ALLUDED TO.
THIS IS SHIFTING THE TOTAL VOLUME, I THINK, INSTEAD OF 700 UNITS AT THE END.
I THINK THE UNITS ARE GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME.
UH, BUT WE WILL ASK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO TIA.
UH, BUT WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER IS NOT CHANGING, BUT THE FACING IS CHANGING.
SO IT SHOULD GENERALLY NOT IN FACT THE TIA, BUT WE DO HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ON FILE AS AND WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD, WE WILL ASK FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.
UM, AS FAR AS YOU DO THAT AT A LATER DATE OR WELL, CAN YOU US, UM, IN THAT PROCESS AND THEN QUESTIONS FOR CEDRIC.
UM, HOW ARE WE HAVING PROJECTED HOW MUCH REVENUE WILL BE RECEIVED ON THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE NO DATES.
UH, CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT TO ME TOMORROW? THANK YOU.
THANK, AND I TO, UM, THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE.
[(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by a req...]
1173 PUBLIC HEARINGS TO RECEIVE A COMMENTS FOR REQUEST.A REQUEST S NATASHA SER FOR AS TO PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF CIRCLE EVENTS AND TO THE EXTEND SUCH ZONES FROM THE FUTURE.
AND THE TO PROVIDE FOR FEET SPACE
DO YOU EMOTIONS? NO, WE DO HAVE THREE THAT DURING HEARING.
UM, THIS IS CLAUDIA ALEXANDER, CLAUDIA, MS. ALEXANDER, I SHOULD MAKE YOUR TO PODIUM.
UM, PLEASE RECOGNIZE, AND YES, IT'S CLAUDIA ALEXANDER, 31, 39 CYPRESS POINT DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77,459.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, WELL, NUMEROUS QUESTIONS, BUT IN FACT I SIMPLY JUST RECENTLY EVEN, UM, BY OPENING UP THE LITTLE LOCAL PAPER, DID I EVEN FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS THIS REQUEST GOING ON? SO THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE TIME, UM, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WITHIN QUAIL VALLEY, UH, NONE OF THEM HAVE EVEN KNOWN ABOUT THIS.
SO THERE ARE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS LIKE, UM, WHAT SIZE IS IT GOING TO BE? UM, WHAT DO THEY EXPECT IN ATTENDANCE? WHAT, UH, HAS ANYBODY DONE A TRAFFIC, UM, UH, STUDY ON IT? UH, CYPRESS POINT IS JUST A SMALL STREET.
WE HAVE, UM, UM, CARTRIGHT ROAD, WHICH DOES NOT, UH, IT'S ALREADY HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AND IT'S NOT A PARTICULARLY WIDE STREET.
SO JUST IN LOOKING AT THIS FROM LITERALLY YESTERDAY TO TODAY, YESTERDAY, FINDING OUT ABOUT IT.
AND I'M THINKING, WHY, WHY WAS THIS NOT CONSIDERED? I MEAN, AS AN EVENT CENTER, WHY WAS IT NOT CONSIDERED ON 2234 OR 10 92 WHERE THERE WAS AMPLE, UM, OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE? AND WHY WAS IT NOT, UM, UH, STUDIED THAT IT WOULD BE ON A NARROW STREET BEING CARTRIGHT
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ROAD? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN I'M GOING DOWN AND THE RESIDENCE, UM, BOTH ON LAQUINTA AS WELL AS CYPRESS POINT TO MAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN ONTO CARTRIGHT.UM, AND HOW LATE, HOW LATE IS IT GOING TO BE THESE EVENTS? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, IS THERE GOING TO BE HOW LATE INTO THE NIGHT? AND THIS BACKS UP RIGHT AGAINST, RIGHT AGAINST RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
AND SO I PERSONALLY AM, UH, HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE OF IT AND AM NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.
AND THOSE THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THUS FAR AS RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA, THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT EITHER.
SO THAT'S OUR, OUR LOOK ON IT.
I WOULD LIKE MORE OF A STUDY ON IT.
CAN YOU REPEAT HER NAME? GO AHEAD MA'AM.
EXCUSE ME, CYPRESS POINT DRIVE.
I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH MS. CLAUDIA.
I'M ACTUALLY A SECOND GENERATION.
UH, WE MOVED INTO OUR FAMILY HOME AND MY CONCERN IS WITH HER, UH, DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
I WANNA KNOW IF, ARE THEY GONNA BE SERVING ALCOHOL? WHAT TYPE OF EVENT IT IS, HOW MANY IN ATTENDANCE IS IT GONNA BE? HOW OFTEN IS, IS IT GONNA BE THE DAYS OF WEEK? LIKE THE MONTHS? IS IT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, JUST MORE INFORMATION? IS IT GONNA, CUZ I DON'T WANT RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S VERY SCARY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
SO I'M, I'M AFRAID IF THAT EVENT COMES, COMBS IS GONNA BE EVEN MORE IN TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF LOUD NOISE.
AND WHAT TYPE OF, UM, CROWD IS IT GONNA CREATE.
SO MY CONCERN IS WITH, WITH HERS AS WELL.
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT, BUT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU MISS CELIA WINFIELD, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEAK FOR MISS CECILIA.
JUST BACKING UP WITH, MY NAME IS REX, ALFONSO, 31, 30 CYPRESS POINT DRIVE MISSOURI CITY.
I GUESS THE PRIMARY THING IS, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS? UH, ASSEMBLY? ASSEMBLY, UH, UH, ASSEMBLY AND EVENT CENTER.
AND WHAT KIND OF EVENTS? IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL FROM A VERY SHORT, UH, PARAGRAPH THERE.
EXACTLY WHAT IS TO BE IS TO BE USED FOR, I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM, UH, UH, ON CYPRESS POINT, UM, ALONG WITH THE LADIES THAT PREVIOUSLY UP, UH, WERE UP AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ULTIMATE USE OF THE, UH, FACILITY.
ALSO, THE SKETCH THAT'S SHOWN IN THE PAPER ANYWAY, UH, SHOWS ADJACENT TO ALEX'S, THE NEW RESTAURANT, UH, WELL ADJACENT TO ALEX'S IS IN FACT, UH, DHL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE PLACE OF DHL OR NOT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, THE SKETCH THAT'S SHOWN THE CROSSHATCHED MEMBERS IS THAT IT IS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF, UH, THE DHL UNIT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 6,400 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS NOMINALLY 80 BY 80.
AND, UM, THAT DHL FACILITY IS NOT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
NOW, THERE WAS A, IT'S A ABANDONED RIGHT NOW, OR NOT UTILIZED, UM, UNIFORM SHOP.
IT USED TO BE A RETAIL SHOP BETWEEN THE DHL AND THE OLD FOODORA.
FOODORA IS PROBABLY ABOUT 6,400 TO MAYBE 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
BUT I DON'T, WE CAN'T TELL FROM, UH, WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT IS.
AND PERHAPS SOMEBODY COULD, UH, EXPLAIN THAT.
THE SECOND THING IS THAT, I SEE THIS IS THE SECOND, THIS IS BOTH THE FIRST AND THE SECOND READING.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS IT ALL TO TAKE PLACE TODAY? THIS IS THE FIRST READING.
THERE'LL BE A SECOND READING NEXT WEEK.
THE SECOND READING, SORRY, SECOND READING.
SO IF THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THIS MM-HMM.
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AND DOES EACH EVENT HAVE TO BE PERMITTED? IS THERE ANY ALCOHOL, YES OR NO? AND WHAT SIZE AND WHAT LIMITS ARE GOING TO BE AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE? I, AGAIN, FROM THE SKETCH, I CAN'T TELL WHAT'S BEING, UH, CONSIDERED.IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? THAT CONCLUDES OKAY.
I'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND, AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER A THREE CITY
[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
ATTORNEY, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.SECOND AND FINAL READING IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A 6,900 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY ON APPROXIMATE SIX POINT 90 ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
A, A SPECIFIC USE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, DEPICTING SAID, 6,900 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE.
AMENDING THE ZONING, UH, DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR A REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
IS THERE A MOTION? CAN WE PUT IT IN? IF THERE IS MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE MS. GREEN ISN'T WORKING.
IS SHE GONNA MAKE A APPROVE THERE A SECOND? UH, DC A MOTION BY MEMBER BONY NE TIMONI.
SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE MOTION.
OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE PUT IT IN, UH, INTO THE, WELL CAN WE HEAR THE PRESENTATION? LET'S GO WITH THE PRESENTATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING MARION COUNSEL.
SO, UM, THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TELL ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2021.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, CUZ I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS, UM, A APPLICATION FOR AN S E FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY FOR AN EVENT CENTER TO BE LOCATED IN A 6,900 SQUARE FOOT LEASE SPACE THAT'S LOCATED IN A SHOPPING CENTER AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KARIE ROAD AND CYPRESS DRIVE.
SO DURING THE LAST MEETING, COUNCIL MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT SECURITY WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS.
THE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING DOES INCLUDE THIS AMENDMENT.
ALSO, FROM THAT MEETING, COUNCIL EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER WHETHER RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED NOTICE AND RESPONSE.
STAFF DID PROVIDE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING, WHICH IS, UM, WHAT WE JUST HAD AND WE DID.
WE SENT OUT NOTICES TO RESIDENTS WITHIN 250 FEET AS WELL AS NOTICES TO LIKE LOCAL HOA AND AS WELL AS POSTED THE NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL.
AND AS OF TODAY'S STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PROTEST LETTERS VIA MAIL OR EMAIL.
ADDITIONALLY, THE AKA PROVIDED A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE CONCERNS THAT CAME FROM COUNSEL DURING THE INITIAL MEETING.
AND THIS IS SUMMARIZED TO YOU ALL IN YOUR COVER MEMO.
COUNSEL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME OF WHEN EVENTS ARE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
UM, AND THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED DOES NOT DICTATE A TIMEFRAME AND DOES NOT PROVIDE A LIMIT FOR HOW LATE EVENTS CAN GO.
HOWEVER, IF, UH, COUNCIL DID WANNA PUT A LIMIT ON A TIMEFRAME, THE AL JURY NEED TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MOTION TONIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE EVENT CENTER? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THEY STATED THAT THEY'RE BROKEN.
CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE? CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? MICHAEL HAZEL.
I'M THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR MS. LATASHA.
AND WHO'S THE GENTLEMAN WITH YOU? UM, REESE DOWN.
I'M THE COMMERCIAL BROKER REPRESENTING THE CLIENT.
UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED SOME, UM, CONCERNS.
UM, CAN, I DON'T KNOW WITH YOU AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THESE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND I KNOW STORMY SPOKE TO, TO SOME OF THEM, BUT AS FAR AS THE ALCOHOL IS CONCERNED, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE DETAILS OR JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT? AS FAR AS THE ALCOHOL, NOT REALLY, BUT CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE? AS FAR AS THE ALCOHOL, THERE'S GONNA BE NO ALCOHOL THERE AT ALL.
THERE'S NO ALCOHOL GONNA BE SERVED.
WOULD IT BE ALCOHOL? I SEE HERE IT SAYS WE WILL PROVIDE BASED ON NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND IF ALCOHOL WILL BE PROVIDED, IF WE WILL REQUIRE ARMED OR UNARMED GUARDS.
SO IF YOU, ARE YOU PREPARED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS? I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SINCE I REPRESENT A OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO OPEN
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BAR.UH, AND THE TYPE OF THE HOURS I HEARD SEVERAL QUESTION ABOUT THE HOURS.
THE HOURS IS GONNA BE UP TO TWO O'CLOCK.
UH, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S OUTTA THERE, UH, ABOUT NO LATER THAN TWO 30.
UH, AS FAR THE TYPE OF EVENTS IS A TYPICAL EVENT CENTER WHERE THERE'LL BE WEDDINGS, UH, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, JUST LIKE ANY OF Y'ALL WAS TO GO TO, TO, TO AN EVENT WHERE YOU, UH, WHERE YOU ARE CELEBRATING SOMETHING THAT'S THE TYPE OF EVENT CENTER THAT THEY HAVE.
I MEAN, THAT THEY WOULD BE RUNNING.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, OTHER QUESTION WAS TRAFFIC.
I BELIEVE YOUR TRAFFIC GUARD SHOULD HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS TO HAVE THE IMPACT OF THAT TRAFFIC ON, ON, ON THE FACILITY, I MEAN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
UH, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THAT, I BELIEVE IT WAS A, UH, UM, UH, A GROCERY STORE, SOMETHING CHAIN, WASN'T IT AT ONE TIME WHEN YOU HAD ALL THE TRAFFIC THERE.
SO I DON'T SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO REALLY BE AN ISSUE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND THEN I SEE THAT SECURITY, OUR CONCERN WAS SECURITY, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, BUT I SEE THAT THE, THE FACILITY HAS AGREED TO HAVE SECURITY AT ALL EVENTS REGARDLESS OF THE TIME.
THE, IT'S A HUSBAND, WIFE, AND THE WIFE RUNS THE EVENT CENTER.
THE HUSBAND HAS THE SECURITY COMPANY AND IT'S A VERY LARGE SECURITY COMPANY, PROVIDES SECURITY TO A LOT OF COMPANIES.
UH, AND THEY WILL, THAT'S WHERE THE SECURITY WILL COME AND IS, IS HIS COMPANY WILL PROVIDE ALL THE SECURITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, THERE'S NO UNRULY ACTIVITY GOING ON.
THIS IS NOT AN EVENT CENTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THIS IS A ORGANIZED EVENT CENTER TO, TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON WEDDINGS, UH, TO RECEPTIONS.
UH, UH, UH, LIKE MY COMPANY FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY.
UH, IT'LL BE THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS, UH, THAT IS NOT AN EVENT THAT IS GOING TO BE CATERED AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE.
THAT CREATES A DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTIVITY OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THIS WOULD BE A WELL ORGANIZED EVENT CENTER.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF A SOMEBODY WANTED TO HAVE A GRADUATION PARTY FOR SOME TEENAGERS, THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? CUZ THIS SAYS ALL INCLUSIVE.
WELL, IF SOMEONE HAD THE GRADUATION, I'M SURE THEY WERE HAVING A, A, UH, A, A GRADUATION.
BUT SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING TO ME EARLIER ABOUT, UH, A TYPE OF HOOKAH LOUNGE.
WELL, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT TYPE OF A BUSINESS, THAT TYPE OF, UH, YOU'RE SAYING HOOKAH HOOK, HOOKAH LOUNGE HOOK.
IF, IF, IF H O O K H K A H, IF, IF YOU WANTED TO CELEBRATE YOUR SON'S GRADUATION, YES, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD TAKE YOUR APPLICATION AND THE THEY DIDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
IF YOU WANTED TO CELEBRATE ANY OTHER EVENT, YOUR 60TH BIRTHDAY, UH, OR WHATEVER PARTICULAR BIRTHDAY YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE.
THE, THE SAILORS WILL OBVIOUSLY OPEN THEIR DOORS TO, TO THOSE TYPE OF, UH, EVENT CENTERS.
UM, STORMY AND ALSO SHAHI HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
DO, DO WE HAVE ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR AREA? BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN.
UM, THAT TURNING IS, IS RISKY.
UM, EVEN MYSELF AS AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER, UM, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, TROUBLE COMING OFF OF A CART RIGHT.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE, THE RED LIGHT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER UP.
WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC STUDIES DO WE HAVE OR CONCERNS SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT? COUNCIL MEMBER AT THIS POINT? WE DO NOT HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY.
UM, THIS IS FOR, UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
TYPICALLY, WE DON'T ASK FOR IT, BUT MY TEAM JUST INFORMED ME THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT WORKSHEET THAT'LL TELL US WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE VOLUME IS BEING GENERATED.
WE'LL SEE, THAT TRIGGERS A SIGNAL THERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE
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RESIDENTS WAS PEOPLE COMING FROM CYPRESS POINT DRIVE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT ONTO CARTRIGHT.WILL THAT VOLUME DICTATE A SIGNAL? WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER.
TYPICALLY THAT'S NOT ASKED DURING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
BUT EVEN IF YOU WERE TO GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT BEFORE WE APPROVE A SITE PLAN FOR THE BUILDING OR IT MOVES FORWARD, MY TEAM WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TRAFFIC IMPACTS ARE ADDRESSED.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, WE DO NOT HAVE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN MY, UH, OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, STORMY.
UM, CAUSE WE HAD RESIDENTS, WE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO US HAVING CONCERNS.
THERE'S NOTHING ON FILE, NO EMAILS OR ANYTHING, UH, SUBMITTED BY THOSE RESIDENTS STATING THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR EVENT CENTER.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PROTEST LETTERS.
UM, SO MY CONCERN, UM, AS IT WAS BEFORE, AS IT IS TONIGHT, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, UH, COMING IN, ESPECIALLY LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THERE'S ALCOHOL INVOLVED, UM, JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND ALSO VISITORS TO OUR CITY, UH, BEING SAFE AND DRIVING SAFE.
THE, ALSO THE ISSUE OF INCREASED NOISE AND BUSYNESS IN THAT AREA WILL PUT OUR PD, UM, MORE ON ALERT FOR THAT PARTICULAR AREA WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS, UH, POSSIBLY IF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE COMPLAINING AND WHATNOT.
AND, UM, SO THOSE ARE MY, MY MY REAL CONCERNS IS SAFETY OF THOSE PARTICIPATING AND THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN ALSO PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON OUR, UH, PD.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THOSE COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO VOTING.
UH, THE HOURS AT ONE POINT, I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT, UH, WE CHANGE FROM TWO DOWN TO 12.
UH, 12 WOULD BE THE, UH, THE LATEST, UH, TIME THAT WAS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THAT? OR IS THAT, UH, EVEN AN OPTION? SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION OUT OF THE LAST MEETING, BUT THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE.
UM, BUT IT COULD TONIGHT, IF YOU MADE A MOTION, YOU COULD AMEND IT TO RESTRICT THE TIMEFRAME OF WHEN EVENTS ARE ALLOWED.
THE GENTLEMEN THAT SPOKE FOR THE, UH, SEE, IS THAT AN ISSUE? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'D BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE DONE OTHER EVENTS AND, AND REALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, MOST OF THESE ANS AT 12 O'CLOCK ANYWAY, UH, 11 TO 12, LIKE VERY SELDOM, UH, THE ONES THAT I'VE DONE BEFORE GOES UP UNTIL 2:00 PM BUT SHE, THAT'S WHAT, UH, MS. SAILOR HAD TOLD ME.
BUT YOU CAN STILL BE, SHE CAN STILL BE PROFITABLE AT THE 12 O'CLOCK VERSUS THE TWO O'CLOCK.
BUT, BUT I'M NOT THE PERSON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK SHE MIGHT LOOK FAVORABLE ON IF Y'ALL DID APPROVE IT AND MODIFY THE TIME.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS, YOU, YOU INDICATED THAT YOU THOUGHT MOST OF THE PARTIES 12.
UH, UH, I'VE BEEN TO THREE COMPANY EVENTS THIS YEAR AND WE, UM, AND, AND ONE OF 'EM WAS A JAMAICAN EVENT AND THEY LIKED KA PARTY, BUT AT 12 O'CLOCK WE SHUT IT DOWN.
AND, AND, UH, WE WANT A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY FOR PEOPLE WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW.
TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT IT WAS TO CELEBRATE GOING ON UNTIL, YOU KNOW, ALL HOURS.
SO ANYWAY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME OPPORTUNITY TO RESTRICT THE HOUR TO 12.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT MM-HMM.
UH, FOR THE SAILORS, BUT I GET JUST WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, UH, FROM THE, UM, THE OWNER OF THE, UH, SO AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 19TH MEETING, THE APPLICANT WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT SHE DID REVIEW, UM, THE ENTIRE MEETING AND THE CONVERSATION AND THE STATEMENT THAT SHE PROVIDED IS WHAT SHE PROVIDED AND IT'S INCLUDED ON YOUR COVER MEMO.
AND IN THAT STATEMENT SHE DID, UM, SAY THAT EVENTS WILL GO UNTIL TWO.
SO SHE DID NOT, SHE DID NOT AMEND IT.
I JUST, JUST AS A NOTE, YOU KNOW, QU VALLEY CITY CENTER AS A BANQUET ROOM AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ASSEMBLIES, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THERE AND WE CLOSE AT 12.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO OPEN SOMETHING UP THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO THE TWO, YOU KNOW, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WOULDN'T, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, LIKE TO CONSIDER, UH, DAYS HOW MANY, WHAT DAYS ARE, UH, THE, UH, ARE, IS THE EVENT CENTER OPEN RIGHT
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NOW? THE PROPOSAL IS THURSDAY TO SUNDAY FROM 5:00 PM TO 2:00 AM OKAY.THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE.
THE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY DOES NOT DICTATE ANY SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME OF WHEN EVENTS CAN OCCUR.
UM, THAT IS JUST WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED.
UH, THE QUESTION OF NOISE, I SAW SOMETHING THAT THEY INDICATED THAT, UH, THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME NOISE ABATEMENT TYPE OF, UH, OF THE, UH, I'M SORRY.
PLEASE UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE.
WE GONNA BE USING OUR ROCK ROLL INSULATION.
THAT'S A SOUNDPROOF INSULATION TO PREVENT, UM, NOISE GOING TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORS.
THE BRAND OF THE INSULATION IS ROCK WALL INSULATION.
IT'S A SOUNDPROOF INSULATION THAT'S GONNA BE USED IN THE FACILITY THAT'LL CONTAIN THE NOISE INSIDE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY NOTHING OUTSIDE, SO THERE'S NO, WELL, I MEAN, IF IT'S CONTROLLED ON THE INSIDE, THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND OF COURSE, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS TRAFFIC THEN WE HAVEN'T DONE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, UH, YET.
UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO SEE THAT THAT CENTER, UH, BUSINESS CENTER OCCUPIED, YOU KNOW, I COME DOWN SACS POINT ALL THE TIME, EITHER GOING TO MY HOUSE OR COMING FROM MY HOUSE, AND THEN IT CAN BE A REAL BEAR TRYING TO GET OUT ONTO CAR PRICING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, LET TAKE A REAL HARD LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE, UH, IT IS, UH, TO ME IT'S, IT'S A DANGEROUS, UH, SITUATION AND MORE TRAFFIC'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DERATE THAT, UH, ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT TO THE WEST OF CYPRESS POINT DRIVE IS MEADOW CREEK DRIVE.
SO THE TRAFFIC COMING POTENTIALLY FROM THIS SITE, AGAIN, IT'S A SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION.
THOSE CAN USE THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE COULD BE SOME TRAFFIC SPILL OVER TO CYPRESS POINT RIGHT.
I FORGOT ABOUT THE LIGHT THERE AT MEADOW CREEK.
SO THAT PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FOR, IS IT AT MEADOW CREEK OR IS IT MEADOW CREEK? YEAH.
SO YOU PROVIDING SOME RELIEF GOING IN AND OUT OF, UH, THE BUSINESS CENTER.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, NOT BEING FOR THE LADIES THAT, UH, CAME UP, I MAY MENTION, CAUSE WHEN I SAW ASSEMBLY I THOUGHT IT HAD SOME AFFILIATION WITH THE CHURCH.
IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T THAT I'M AWARE OF.
UH, THAT WAS JUST THE, UH, THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WAS USED TO IDENTIFY THE CENTER, UH, AS A PLACE THAT WAS ASSEMBLED.
SO SORRY FOR THE MIS I MISSPOKE.
COUNCIL EDWARDS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM? SORRY, IS WHAT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO SPEAK? NO, I'M SORRY.
SO YOU HAD YOUR TIME COUNCIL FROM REDWORKS.
UM, STORING, CAN I USE THE REST OF MY TIME? WHAT REST OF YOUR TIME? WE'VE ALREADY CLOSED THE PUBLIC.
WE ALREADY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, MA'AM, SO I CAN'T OPEN IT BACK UP AGAIN.
SO, UM, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
I KNOW THE YOUNGMAN SAID THAT THEY HAVE A SECURITY GUARD.
IS THAT THE ONLY TYPE OF WAY WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAFETY? SO IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, WE DID WRITE IN THAT, UM, SECURITY IS GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR EVERY SINGLE EVENT.
SO THAT IS WRITTEN WITH THE ORDINANCE AND WILL BE REQUIRED.
AND THEN THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED WAS THAT THERE HUSBAND OWNS A SECURITY COMPANY AND SO THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MANDATE SECURITY FOR EVERY EVENT ALSO.
BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED OF IT BEING A 2:00 PM CLOSING TIME, THAT HOW CAN WE ASSURE THAT SECURITY WILL BE PROVIDED? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ELABORATED ON HOW SECURITY WILL BE REQUIRED, RIGHT? BECAUSE I MEAN, IF THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE IT AND IT'S A POINT IN TIME THAT THEY STOP, HOW WOULD WE KNOW AND ASSURE THAT RESIDENTS OR THE ACTUAL EVENT IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF? SO I WOULD SAY, AND SORRY, I'M SORRY.
DUE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT NOT BEING THERE.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA REGULATE THAT? SO AS FAR AS REGULATION GOES, UM, IT IS A ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO IT WILL BE BY LAW THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR EVERY SINGLE EVENT.
AND IN THE INSTANCE THAT THEY DO NOT, THEN THEY
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WOULD BE BREAKING THE LAW.THEY WOULD BE GOING AGAINST THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF MISSOURI CITY AS FAR AS, UM, I GUESS A CHECKS IN BALANCES SYSTEM ONTO HOW TO CHECK IN ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE DOING THAT.
I, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
WELL, MY CONCERN STILL STANDS, I MEAN, THE SECURITY GUARD CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH AND, UM, DOTA IS ALREADY HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH STAFFING IN OUR PD.
I JUST THINK THAT US CONTINUING TO ADD DIFFERENT, UM, PROBLEMS ON THEM, IT'S GIVEN TOO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES AND WE CAN'T ASSURE THAT THE SECURITY GUARDS WOULD BE THERE AT EVERY EVENT.
AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE, THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED PROVIDES THAT, UH, ON, UH, SECTION FIVE MANEUVER TWO B, SAFETY APPROPRIATE SECURITY AND SUPERVISION IS REQUIRED FOR ANY EVENING AND LATE NIGHT EVENT HELD ON THE PROPERTY.
SO IT DOESN'T SAY FOR EVERY EVENT IT'S FOR ANY EVENING AND LATE NIGHT EVENT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS MADE A RESPONSE TO, UH, STAFF THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR EVERY EVENT, BUT THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT.
AND THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN NOW WITH, AS FAR AS THE SAFETY PROVISIONS, UH, IS IN, WAS IN RESPONSE TO COUNSEL'S CONCERNED AT THE FIRST READING THAT SECURITY BE PROVIDED FOR THESE LATE NIGHT EVENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION.
BUT I'M SPEAKING ON A REALISTIC TYPE OF APPROACH.
UM, HOW DO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GONNA WORK AT TWO, 2:00 PM 1:00 PM I MEAN, 1:00 AM SO YOU CAN REPEAT THAT CLAUSE, BUT IT'S STILL NOT GIVING ME THE COMFORT THAT OUR OFFICERS WON'T HAVE TO APPROACH THIS EVENT.
SO LET ME FINISH MY QUESTIONS UNLESS YOU HAVE A REBUTTAL.
NO, UH, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF, I DON'T HAVE A REBUTTAL.
ALL, ALL I WAS SUGGESTING IS I WANTED TO GET IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD WHAT COUNCIL WILL BE VOTING ON.
IT WASN'T MEANT TO ADDRESS YOUR PARTICULAR CONCERN.
I WASN'T ADDRESSING YOUR CONCERN.
I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD WHAT IS ON BEING CONSIDERED FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
SO MY NEXT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, I JUST WANTED TO ADD REAL QUICK.
UM, AS FAR AS THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, THE CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT IT AND IF THEY ARE FOUND IN VIOLATION, THEN THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WOULD BE AT RISK AS WELL.
SO IF IT WAS REPORTED TO US AND WE WERE TO INVESTIGATE, AND IT WOULD BE, IF WE WERE TO FIND IT TO BE TRUTHFUL, THEN WE COULD REVOKE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTS SPEAKING UP ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, IT JUST REALLY MAKES ME WONDER HOW, HOW FAR DID WE GO TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY HAD AN INPUT IN THIS? SO PRIOR TO US MAKING THIS DECISION, ARE YOU WILLING TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF WORKSHOP WITH THEM, UM, A LITTLE MEETING JUST TO ALLOW THEM TO INVITE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF INPUT? SO TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE APPLICANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF WORKSHOP WITH THE, WITH THE RESIDENTS? THAT WOULD BE FAIR.
BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE APPLICANT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT COULD NECESSARILY BE DICTATED BY, UM, THE MOTION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
WELL I THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE.
UM, MAYOR, UH, BASED OFF OF ALL THE COMMENTS, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD THUS FAR.
I WAS WANTING TO AMEND MY MOTION, UH, MY ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WAS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS IS, BUT, UM, TO MAKE A MODIFICATION FOR US TO CONSIDER, WHICH WOULD CAP THE TIMEFRAME AT MIDNIGHT, UM, UH, EACH DAY.
UH, AND THAT SECURITY BE PROVIDED AT EVERY EVENT, NOT JUST AT EVENING AND, UH, LATE NIGHT EVENTS.
AND I WISH THE ACTUAL, UM, OWNERS WERE HERE TO KIND OF SPEAK TO A LOT OF THAT, BUT CONSIDERING THAT THEY'RE NOT, UH, THAT I THINK THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT WE COULD DO AT THIS POINT FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO THEN, AND I KNOW, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY ONE FINAL THING, AND I THINK THAT THE GENTLEMAN MADE A GOOD POINT.
UM, THERE WERE TWO GROCERY STORES IN THAT AREA, HE HEB AND A FOOD AROUND AT ONE POINT.
SO CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC THERE.
WE HAVE A, UM, REC CENTER THAT'S THERE THAT'S HEAVILY, YOU KNOW, VISITED AND ALEX'S KITCHEN JUST DID A GRAND REOPENING WITH AN EXPANSION.
AND, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO HAVE NOT ONLY INDIVIDUALS VISITING THERE, BUT ALSO THEY SERVE ALCOHOL ALSO.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT CENTER IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ALEX'S KITCHEN OR ANY OTHER HIGH, HIGH TRAFFICKED, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS THAT HAS OR IS CURRENTLY THERE.
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OKAY.COUNCIL RILEY? YES, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE, THE OWNERS ARE NOT HERE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, BUT DO YOU KNOW, WITH THE END TIME, UM, BEING EITHER 2:00 AM OR 12:00 AM, UM, HOW DOES THAT LOOK AS FAR AS THE LOITERING OUTSIDE AND THE CONVERSATIONS? IS THE EVENT SUPPOSED TO BE OVER AND EVERYBODY CLEARED OUT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AS WELL BY 12 P 12:00 AM AND OR 2:00 AM OR THE EVENT IS OVER AND PEOPLE HAVE TO EXIT THE BUILDING, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE OUTSIDE EVENT, UH, EXTENDED GOING ON? I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A, YOUR DISCRETION.
SO BASED OFF OF, UM, THE MOTION AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE EVENT AND TIME IS GONNA BE ENDED AT MIDNIGHT.
SO AS FAR AS THE LOITERING, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COULD BE WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCE THAT NO LOITERING PASSED A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME PAST IT GOING TO CLOSE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE TO YOUR DISCUSSION.
YOU HAD A, YOU HAD A COMMENT? YES, MA'AM.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE, SINCE THE OWNER, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S MORE THAN ONE SECURITY GUARD.
THIS IS A BIG SECURITY COMPANY, SO THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE SECURITY GUARD THERE.
SECONDLY, THEY DID TELL ME THAT FOR, LET ME FIRST GO BACK, THE OWNERS WOULD'VE BEEN HERE IF IT WAS NOT FOR THAT.
IT HAD ALREADY PLANNED A FAMILY VACATION ALREADY IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY ARE PLANNING ON MAKING SURE THAT THE PARKING LOT AND THE PEOPLE ARE GONE WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THE CLOSING TIME.
NOW, AT THAT TIME IT WAS TWO O'CLOCK, SO THEY SAID TWO 30.
SO IF IT'S 12 O'CLOCK, THEN THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE PARKING LOT IS VACANT AND PEOPLE HAVE LEFT THE FACILITY AT THAT TIME, EXCEPT FOR THE CLEANING, THE CLEANINGS STAFF, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEM LONGER TO CLEAN THE FACILITY THAN, THAN THE ACTUAL VISITORS OR THE PARTICIPANTS.
AND THEN WHILE YOU'RE STILL THERE, SIR, MY SECOND QUESTION IS THIS, UH, SECURITY COMPANY, ARE THE SECURITY GUARDS ON THE PROPERTY, ARE THEY ARMED OR UNARMED? THEY ARE HARMED.
COUNCILWOMAN MES SAHI, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO RECOMMEND TO, FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, TO HAVE A EXIT PLAN WHICH WOULD DIRECT TRAFFIC TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT? AND COULD WE PUT THAT IN THERE SO THEY CAN, IT'S, IT'S A PUSH MOST OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE QUESTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T SEE A WAY HOW WE COULD ENFORCE THAT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LEAVING IT, SORRY, THEY'LL FIND THE EASIEST WAY, WAY TO GET OUT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM CYPRUS POINT, THEY'LL USE THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION, BUT I CAN'T SEE HOW WE CAN MANDATE THAT.
MAYBE WE COULD JUST MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THEIR SECURITY GUARDS AND TEAM TO, TO HELP THAT EXIT, USE THAT PATH.
BUT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING Y'ALL COULD TAKE BACK TO THE APPLICANT.
UH, IT SAYS SECURITY GUARD OR GUARDS.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE, UH, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WOULD, UH, DICTATE THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE? OR WHAT WAS THE, UH, PLAN? UH, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF, OF SECURITY GUARDS THAT WOULD BE ON, UH, ON SITE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, UH, ORDINANCE HAS WRITTEN DOES NOT ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF, UH, SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
IT SIMPLY SAYS APPROPRIATE SECURITY AND SUPERVISION IS REQUIRED FOR ANY EVENING AND LATE NIGHT EVENT HELD ON THE PROPERTY.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE THAT'S HERE TODAY WAS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
I HAVEN'T STILL HEARD THE ANSWER.
SO IF YOU CAN TELL ME, IS THIS JUST BIRTHDAY PARTIES, GRADUATION PARTIES, OR IS THIS GONNA BE LIKE ONE OF THOSE EVENT PLACES THAT, UH, THAT ONLY OPERATES WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT? OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BOUNCE BOUNCE THAT'S ALWAYS OPEN FROM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION IS GONNA BE OPEN FROM 2:00 PM TO, UH, 2:00 AM OR, YOU KNOW, 5:00 PM OR WHATEVER IT IS.
IS IT, IS IT ONGOING EVERY DAY IT'S OPEN OR IS ONLY OPEN WHEN THERE'S AN EVENT? I THINK I WILL DEFER THAT QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT.
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MY CLIENT'S PLANS IS TO ACTUALLY, TO BE PROFITABLE IS ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE, UH, THE PLACE OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY FROM BUSINESS PURPOSES, THAT MAY NOT, IF THEY, IS IT FIVE OUTTA SEVEN? WE DON'T KNOW, OR THEY DON'T KNOW.
BUT, BUT THE PLAN IS THAT IF ANYBODY CALLS AND WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT ON A CERTAIN DAY, THEN YES, IT WOULD BE OPEN.
AND THEIR TIME PERIOD IS FIVE, NOT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, IT'S FROM FIVE THAT SHE PROPOSED TO TWO.
AND SO IF Y'ALL CHANGE IT TO 12, THEN OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE FIVE TO 12.
SO I, I GUESS I'LL CLARIFY MY QUESTION AND, AND YOU KNOW, SO IT'S 5:00 PM TO RIGHT NOW, THE WAY HAS IT IS, UH, FIVE TO TWO TO 2:00 AM RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, CORRECT? NO, IT'S MONDAY TO, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
DIDN'T SHE HAVE SEVEN DAYS IN THERE ON THE APPLICATION THAT SHE PROVIDED TO US? ON THE STATEMENT IT SAID FROM THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, I BELIEVE IT DID NOT STAND CORRECTNESS THURSDAY TO SUNDAY THEN.
SO MY QUESTION WAS, SO WILL IT BE OPEN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OR IS IT ONLY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DEPENDING ON AN EVENT THAT'S BOOKED, IS THE QUESTION I HAVE.
UM, DEPENDING UPON THE EVENT, IF NOBODY'S BOOKING ANYTHING ON THURSDAY, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO INCUR THE COST.
SO IF WHEN THE PLACE STUFF AND PROVIDING SECURITY GUARDS OF THAT NATURE.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS WHEN WE, UH, NOTIFY THE NEARBY RESIDENTS, DO I KNOW WE HAVE A PROTOCOL IN PLACE THAT YOU SEND OUT X AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO, TO THE RESIDENTS TO NOTIFY THEM OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING? HAS THAT BEEN SENT OUT? YES, IT'S BEEN SENT OUT TWICE NOW.
ONE FOR THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND AFTER THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE SENT OUT AGAIN FOR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
AND THAT DISTANCE IS 250 FEET TO RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO NOTICE SPECIFICALLY OUT TO THE HOAS, WHICH ARE MEADOW CREEK AND CROW VALLEY FUND.
AND WE ALSO POSTED IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
AND TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD, UH, SOME RESIDENTS THAT CAME AND, AND SPOKE AGAINST THIS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
MY LAST THING IS, YOU KNOW, SECURITY WISE, IF, DO WE HAVE OTHER PLACES IN OUR CITY THAT HAVE THE SIMILAR SETUP? THERE USED TO BE ONE ON HIGHWAY SIX AND KNIGHTS ROAD.
UM, I'M NOT TOTALLY FAMILIAR, BUT I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT A YEAR.
JENNIFER, CAN WE HAVE ONE ON TEXAS? CAN WE GET THE DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT TO COME UP INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY ANSWERING? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO THE GOLF COURSE, UM, AND ALL OF THAT ARE, ARE LARGER, UH, FACILITIES.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN INCREASED INTEREST, UM, IN GROUPS TRYING TO LOCATE IN, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS.
UM, SO LEASING OUT A SPACE WITHIN AN EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER TO DO SOMETHING COMPARABLE.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE ACTIVELY, UM, PERMITTED OR OPERATING, UM, UNDER THAT, UH, ZONING RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE WAS A COMPLAINT, JENNIFER, THAT CAME, UM, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, UM, THAT WAS LOUD MUSIC TILL ONE OR 2:00 AM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I KNOW, UH, CUZ I WAS, IT WAS SENT TO ME.
SO IS THAT SIMILAR TO THIS TYPE OF SETUP? SO THAT ONE WAS OPERATING ILLEGALLY.
SO THAT ONE, THE BASE ZONING WAS THE SAME, BUT THAT ONE PRESENTED THEMSELVES NOT AS AN EVENT CENTER, BUT THEN OPENED UP AND BASICALLY PERFORMED AS AN EVENT CENTER.
SO, AND THEN THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ACTUALLY FOUND THEM OPERATING.
UM, BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEY WERE DOING THINGS FOR LIKE A SMALL GROUP, UM, BUT IN, IN ACTUALITY, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
SO THAT WAS AN ILLEGAL, UM, OPERATION, NOT AN APPROVED, UM, EVENT CENTER.
JUST STAY UP THERE FOR ME PLEASE.
SO, CITY, UM, ATTORNEY TEAM, WHAT IS OUR SOUND ORDINANCE? THAT'S, UH, THAT'S THERE TODAY? SOUND ORDINANCE MEANS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOUD MUSIC AFTER X AMOUNT OF TIME.
DO WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE? WE DO.
WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE SOUND ORDINANCE,
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A COMPONENT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND, AND, UM, CODE ORDINANCES AS WELL.SO IF THAT NOISE ORDINANCE IS BEING, UM, IS PEOPLE ARE PASSING THAT, WHAT, I MEAN, WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY CALL 9 1 1 MM-HMM.
AND THEN THAT, THAT GETS OUR PD TO RESPOND MM-HMM.
SO EVEN IN THIS SITUATION THAT YOU HAD HIRED SECURITY BY THE PARTICULAR PLACE THAT THEY'RE HOSTING.
BUT IF THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CLOSE BY OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS, THAT ARE STILL COMPLAINING, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, SO THEY WOULD CALL OUR, OUR, THEY WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD CALL OUR PD NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER OR 9 1 1 DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
SO THIS SECURITY, WE DON'T REGULATE ANY OF THAT.
ALL WE PUT, ALL WE'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SECURITY, UM, DURING ANY EVENT THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAVE, UH, THAT'S TAKING PLACE BETWEEN 5:00 PM TO, UH, 12, I MEAN 2:00 AM OR 12 MIDNIGHT.
BUT WE DON'T CONTROL OR WE DON'T REGULATE ANY OF THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE? YES, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, STATE AGAIN THAT I'M AMENDING MY MOTION.
UH, AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDER STEPPED AWAY WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT, BUT SHE MADE THE SECOND, UH, TO CAP THE TIMEFRAME OF THE DAYS THAT ARE TO BE OPERATED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, UH, AT 12 MIDNIGHT.
AND THAT SECURITY BE PROVIDED FOR EVERY EVENT REGARDLESS OF THE TIME.
IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNCIL MCCLOUDS? IT IS JUST SECOND MAYOR, MR. MAYOR.
WE DO HAVE, UH, MEMBER RILEY THAT IS IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK AS WELL.
YEAH, I WAS IN THE QUEUE BEFORE YOU STARTED DOING YOUR, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHY I DIDN'T SHOW UP, BUT, UH, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UH, STORMY, HOW MANY HOMES ARE ACTUALLY, UH, WITHIN THE 200 AND FEET, UH, REGULATION OF NOT BEING NOTIFIED YOU? WE SENT OUT ABOUT 37 NOTICES.
AND WHAT IS THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL POPULATION OF QUILL VALLEY THAT SITS BEHIND THERE, DO YOU KNOW? I DO NOT KNOW THAT.
AND THEN HOW MANY OTHER, UM, SIR, HOW MANY OTHER, UH, EVENT CENTERS DOES THIS, UH, COMPANY OR THIS COUPLE OWN, DO THEY HAVE, OR DO THEY HAVE OTHER EVENT CENTERS IN THE AREA OR SURROUNDING AREAS? NO, MA'AM.
THEY DO NOT HAVE OTHER EVENT CENTERS IN THE AREA.
THEY'RE FROM ALBUQUERQUE NEW, I MEAN, THEY'RE FROM NEW MEXICO, AND THEY HAVE HAD EVENT CENTERS THERE.
THEY, THEY OP UM, I GOT INVOLVED INITIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAD EVENT CENTERS AND DAYCARES.
THEY HAVE TWO OPERATING DAYCARES, UH, HERE AT, UH, IN ROSENBURG AND IN RICHMOND.
UH, AND THEN THE HUSBAND HAS THE, THE SECURITY COMPANY THAT HE PROVIDES TO A LOT OF LARGE COMPANIES.
UH, AND SO I FOUND THEM THE TWO DAYCARES, AND NOW THEY WANT TO REOPEN OPEN UP AN EVENT CENTER.
SO THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST EVENT CENTER HERE IN TEXAS.
BUT THEY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THOUGH.
UM, I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL THING, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR, AGAIN, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BEING CALLED OUT, UM, AND BEING PRESSED FOR OUR 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS AND EVEN OUR NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.
UM, TO YOUR POINT, I WANNA, UH, MAYOR THE, I WANNA SAY THE NOISE ORDINANCE CALLS FOR A 10:00 PM UM, WHO, WHO DOES WHO'S, CAN YOU VERIFY THAT, UM, JOSEPH, I THINK IT'S 10:00 PM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THEN FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, I WANNA SAY IT'S 11:00 PM I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW AND FIGURE IT OUT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THAT'S STILL HAVING AN EVENT THAT GOES PAST OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.
UM, I JUST SEE THAT BEING AN INCREASED, UH, CALL VOLUME FOR OUR DISPATCHERS.
AND ALSO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT IN REGARDS TO, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S NOT THE RESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY US WHEN, YOU KNOW, LAWS ARE BEING BROKEN, WHEN OUR STAFF IS NOT ACTUALLY, UM, ON THE CLOCK WHEN THESE TYPE OF EVENTS ARE BEING TAKE, ARE TAKING PLACE AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, TO BE DISTURBED IN THE EVENT THERE ARE NOISES OR THERE'S ISSUES OR THINGS GOING ON INSIDE OF THE BUILDING OR OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO, UM, FOR ME, IT'S GONNA BE A NO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE OWNERS TO ANSWER SOME OF OUR DETAILED QUESTIONS.
CAUSE I'M, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND MAYBE THEY CAN CONSIDER, UM, LOOKING AT ONE OF OUR OTHER, UH, STRIP CENTERS THAT IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO THIS TYPE OF, UH, EVENT.
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MA'AM, SEE NOBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND STORY.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT THIS IS THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'VE HAD, AND THIS IS THE FINAL AND LAST READING OF THE OR, OR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST.
THE MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO THREE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR APPOINTMENTS.
THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, OUR AUTHORIZATIONS NINE
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Interim City Manager...]
A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO MEN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH LAKE MANAGEMENT NOT TO EXCEED IN THE AMOUNT OF 168,000 FOR THE REMEDIATION ON GOING MAINTENANCE OF PLAN LIFE AND WATER QUALITY IN THE CITY LAKES AND WATER WASTE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANUM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS.
THIS IS, UH, A FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET ITEM, UM, TO INCREASE THE, THE LAKE MAINTENANCE IN OUR CITY LAKES AND WATERWAYS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PLANT AND AQUATIC, UH, AQUATIC PLANT LIFE, UH, TRYING TO ELIMINATE THOSE.
UH, AND SO, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, UH, LAKE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
WE SPRAY ONCE A MONTH, UH, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE WANT.
WE, UM, PROPOSE AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS APPROVED, AND THIS IS AMENDING THAT CONTRACT TO, UM, START, UH, SPRAYING AT THE APPROPRIATE, UH, RRS.
CAN WE PUT IN A MOTION? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND IS THERE A DISCUSSION? DO YOU NEED TO THE FINGER? COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS.
UM, I JUST BASICALLY WANNA ASK, SINCE THIS CONTRACT INCREASE HAS BEEN REQUESTED BASED ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE FY 23 BUDGET, WHY WASN'T IT BROUGHT TO US SOONER CONSIDERING WE JUST APPROVED, CONSIDERING WE JUST APPROVED THE CITY BUDGET? YES.
SO WE JUST, THE FUNDS JUST BECAME AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER.
WE HAD SOME, UM, SAVINGS AND SOME BUDGET LINE ITEMS LAST YEAR.
SO WE STARTED DOING THIS, UH, UH, WE STARTED DOING AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS IT WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.
UM, AND, AND SO NOW WE JUST NEED TO, UH, AMEND THE CONTRACT SO WE CAN CONTINUE ON.
SO WE, WE, WE HAD ALREADY, WE'D ALREADY STARTED DOING THIS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME SAVINGS.
UH, THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET, CORRECT? THE DOLLARS FOR THE, UH, WHAT? FOR THE INCREASED SERVICE? YES.
FOR THE INCREASED, UH, SPRING.
AND THIS COVERS, UH, LAKES ALL ACROSS MISSOURI CITY.
YEAH, PARTICULARLY OUR PROBLEM LAKES.
UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR FOUNTAIN MAINTENANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT AMERICAN LEGION PARK AND COMMUNITY PARK, IF WE HAVE, UH, ISSUES WITH THE FOUNTAINS, INCLUDES FOUNTAIN MAINTENANCE, UH, ALSO INCLUDES THE AQUATIC, UH, AQUATIC SPRAY.
SO, UM, INCLUDES SOME CHANNELS, A COUPLE OF CHANNELS THAT GET CLOGGED WITH, UH, AQUATIC VEGETATION.
UH, BUT MOSTLY IT'S, UH, IT'S THE LAKES IN THE PARKS AND, UH, UM, ON THE GOLF COURSE.
WHAT TYPES OF, UH, PROBLEMS DOES THIS PRESENT WHEN YOU HAVE THE CLOGGING OF THE WATERWAYS WITH THE AQUATIC? YEAH, IT, UM, IT PROVIDES SEVERAL, UH, ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, UM, AESTHETIC PROBLEMS, UM, THE REMOVING, REMOVING THE, UM, REMOVING THE AQUATIC VEGETATION HELPS MAINTAIN, UH, UM, AN ECOSYSTEM THAT'S HEALTHY FOR, UM, AQUATIC LIFE, UH, FISH, FROGS, TURTLES, ET CETERA.
SO WE WANNA MAINTAIN IT TO THE, THE BEST PART.
THERE'S ALWAYS A POTENTIAL THAT, UH, YOU CAN HAVE FISH KILLS OR, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND THESE ARE ALSO DRAINAGE WAYS TOO, SO, UM, HAVING THE, HAVING THE AQUATIC VEGETATION THAT CLOS DRAINAGE WAYS CAN, UM, CAUSE FOR EXTRA MAINTENANCE, UM, ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM CLEAR SO THE WATER CAN FLOW THROUGH AS WELL.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Accept the Quarterly Investment Re...]
NINE B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION EXCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTERS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL PRESENTATION LIKE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, BUT THE INVESTMENT POLICY STATES THAT A QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT IS TO BE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED
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BY NOT ONLY CITY COUNCIL, BUT OUR FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE.UH, WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION AT OUR FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE THIS EVENING WHERE THE REPORT WAS, UM, REVIEWED IN DETAIL.
UM, THE REPORT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, THE COURT ORDER DID END WITH THE YIELD OF 1.77%.
THAT'S IN, UH, COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR QUARTER YIELD OF 1.03%.
UH, THE ENDING PORTFOLIO MARKET BALANCE WAS $160 MILLION.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE DO HAVE SUSAN ANDERSON, WHO WAS OUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR, UH, WITH THE VALUE VIEW HERE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND IN A SECOND IS THERE A DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MORNING.
JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS CAME BEFORE, UH, OUR FINANCES SERVICES COMMITTEE HAS STATED BY ELENA AND WE, UH, FORWARDED A POSITIVE, UH, UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
SAYING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Interim City Manager...]
C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIES INCORPORATED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE CANO DITCH WATERSHED IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,255,821 AND 64 CENTS.UH, PRESENTATION BY SHASHI KUMAR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MUCH AWAITED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE OSEI DITCH IS A DITCH THAT CROSSES TEXAS PARKWAY HERE AND EXTENDS EACH INTO THE BUFFALO RUN, UH, BY THE THURGOOD MARSHALL, UH, HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, WIDENING THIS CHANNEL TO AUTOMATE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE CAPACITY, HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
RECOMMENDED IN OUR MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
UH, THIS WAS BUDGETED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.
UH, THERE WAS A HARVEY GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME IN.
STAFF SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, AND WE WERE AWARDED, UH, 954,000 TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WENT TO THE DESIGN, WE BID THE PROJECT, WE GOT SOME VERY GOOD.
AND THIS IS TO WHAT? THE BID FOR THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS NOTHING BUT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, MAINLY ENTAILING CHANNEL WIDENING.
WITH THAT, UH, WE STAFF PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATIONS TO WHAT THE CONTRACT WITH THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER, WHICH IS ENVIRONMENTAL ALLY SYNC FOR THE AMOUNT STATED IN THE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? SEE A MOTION? SEE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? SEEING NOBODY ON THE QUEUE.
ITEM NINE D, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR CITY MANAGER SERVICES AND APPOINT ANGEL JONES AS CITY MANAGER.
MAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT THIS, UH, ITEM BE MOVED TO AFTER, UH, ITEM 13.
THAT, CAN WE PUT THE MOTION IN? OKAY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR.
CAUSE IT SAYS MOTION TO APPROVE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST TO MOVE THE ITEM.
SO YOU NEED VOTES FROM ALL OF US, RIGHT? WE NEED VOTES? YES, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MAYOR PROTON, WHY ARE WE MOVING IT? WHAT'S YOUR REASONING? I, I'M SEEKING TO HAVE IT MOVE BECAUSE, UM, IN CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, AS FAR AS ITEM 13 C, IS REGARDING, UH, THE CITY MANAGER.
AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN COME BACK OUT.
ARE YOU VOTING OKAY? NO, I WAS DELAYED RESPONSE.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR VOTING? MM-HMM.
AND THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER 10, OUR ORDINANCES.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Second and Final Reading - An ordi...]
A CONSIDERATION OF, GO AHEAD, SIR.10 A, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
THE SECOND AND FINAL READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CREDITING OF UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN CITY OF MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MEMBERSHIP IN SUCH SYSTEM PROVIDING FOR INCREASED ANNUITIES FOR CERTAIN CITY OF MISSOURI CITY
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RETIREES AND BENEFICIARIES OF DECEASED RETIREES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.IS THERE A MOTION? AND A SECOND? WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ATLANTA PORTES.
AGAIN, I, UH, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL, UH, READING.
UM, I MADE A PRESENTATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
I HAVE THE SAME ONE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT AGAIN.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL AND BRA, YOUR MIKE, TOO MANY BUTTONS.
SO THE, UM, UPDATED SERVICE, UH, AMOUNT, IT'S BASICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT YOUR SALARY IS OVER A CURRENT, UH, CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, WHEN YOU RETIRE, THAT YOU'RE, UM, STILL UP TO SPEED ON THAT.
DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE ALSO? YES.
THAT'S EVERYONE THAT'S WITHIN OUR RETIREMENT PLAN.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER 11, OUR RESOLUTIONS,
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution in support of City of...]
11 A 11 A IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, SUPPORTING THE CITY OF SUR LAND'S SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE SEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.STRENGTHEN THE MOBILITY AND REVOLUTION REVOLUTIONIZING, UH, TRANSPORTATION SMART GRANTS TO FUND THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
ITS RAILROAD MONITORING, COMMUNICATION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM PROJECT, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE, TOO.
IS THERE A MOTION? CAN WE PLUG IT IN SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHAHI KUMAR.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ACRONYMS HERE, BUT THIS SUGAR CITY OF SUGARLAND IS SUBMITTING A GRANT APPLICATION TO US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO FUND THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT MONITORS THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR.
IF THERE IS POTENTIAL DERAILMENT, POTENTIAL CLOSURE STOPPAGE, IT KIND OF SENDS AUTOMATED NOTIFICATION TO RESIDENTS.
SUGARLAND CURRENTLY HAS A LIMITED CAPABILITY.
THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT TO, UH, TO ACROSS ALL THE CORRIDORS OR INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND BEYOND THEIR JURISDICTIONS INTO RICHMOND, STAFFORD, AND MISSOURI CITY, INCLUDING NER ANDRA ROLE.
THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, IF THE, UH, IF MISSOURI CITY WOULD, UH, SUPPORT THIS AND GIVE THEM A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THEIR APPLICATION, IT WOULD BUILD UP THEIR CASE.
I THINK THIS IS A BENEFIT TO MISSOURI CITY IN THE REGION AS WELL.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION OR PASSING THIS RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CITY OF SUGAR LAND'S APPLICATION.
UH, YOU, YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT AFTER I, UH, PUT IN FOR, UH, A QUESTION, BUT GIVING THEM, UH, THE SUPPORT, UH, DOES THAT STRENGTHEN THEIR CASE AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO, UH, BE GRANTED, UH, THE FUNDS FROM, UH, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT? I THINK SO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, ANY FEDERAL GRANTS, THEY SUPPORT MORE REGIONAL, REGIONAL TYPE PROJECTS.
SO GOING ALONE AS A CITY VERSUS HAVING A COALITION OF CITIES, I THINK IT BUILDS UP A STRONGER CASE.
SEEING NO ONE ON US ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution consenting to the sal...]
ITEM 11 B 11 B IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING CONSENT TO MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE TO ISSUE UNLIMITED TAX, WATER, SEWER, AND DRAINAGE BONDS.OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ATLANTA PORTER'S, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
UM, APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF BONDS TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
THIS INCLUDES LAND ACQUISITION, WATER, AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES AND NON-CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AS OUTLINED IN THE, UH, USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOND PROCEED SECTION, UH, OF THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT THAT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE.
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WITH THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE, UH, ANY DEBT ISSUANCE.AND THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND DEBT ISSUANCE OF THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE FOR $9,825,000.
UM, IT ALSO WILL HAVE A MATURITY SCHEDULE OF 25 YEARS.
UH, IT WILL NOT IMPACT THEIR TAX RATE, THEIR CURRENT TAX RATE, UM, OR THE 2022 TAX RATE WAS 90 CENTS, AND THE PRIOR YEAR WAS ALSO 90 CENTS.
NOW THE COMPOSITION OF THE TAX RATE CHANGES BASED ON THEIR, UH, ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE NEEDS, BUT IT WILL NOT IMPACT THEIR TAX RATE.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, IF YOU HAVE ANYS HERE, AS WELL AS OKAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THEIR DATA ONES.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
NUMBER 12, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL START WITH COUNCILMAN VARIETY.HOPE THAT WE CAN STAY UNDER THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO OUR ASTROS ON THEIR SECOND WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, SO I DEFINITELY WANNA, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE, THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON COMMUNITY THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND MY ALUMNI WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WALL OF HONOR LUNCHEON WITH THEIR PAR GOLF TOURNAMENT, UH, THIS PAST WEEK WHERE THEY'RE RAISING MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS, IF YOU EVER WANNA PLAY GOLF, QUAIL VALLEY CENTER HAS THE BEST GOLF COURSE.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR, ALL OF OUR ALUMNI WILLOW RICH HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI WHO PARTICIPATED IN HOMECOMING ON LAST WEEKEND.
SO WE HAD THREE AMAZING EVENTS, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE, UH, AN ALUMNI.
OF COURSE, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE THE FIRST WILLOW RICH EAGLE TO BE ELECTED TO OFFICE IN FORT BEND COUNTY IN THE SAME AREA THAT I GREW UP IN.
UM, ATTENDED THE, UH, CITY MANAGER CANDID, UH, MEETING GREED, WHERE, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UNANIMOUSLY MAKE A SELECTION WITH, UH, ANGEL JONES.
THE, UM, I ATTENDED THE LINE DANCING, THE HAPPY FEET LINE DANCING, UH, FOR OUR PINK OUT CANCER AWARENESS, UM, WITH THEM AS WELL.
UH, SEVERAL TRICK OR TREAT EVENTS, ONE AT BUFFALO PARK, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT A, UH, PROUD TO HAVE ATTENDED THAT ONE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ONE THAT, UH, MYSELF AND DUB FOUNDATION HOSTED IN HUNTERS GLEN PARK ON THIS PAST, UM, SUNDAY LAST WEEK, WHERE WE HAD OVER 300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE OVERALL AND, UH, 200 KIDS.
UM, ALSO ATTENDED THE GRAND OPENING FOR HOTSHOT LIQUOR IN DISTRICT A ALONG WITH THE GRAND OPENING FOR, UH, MOD MOD PREMIER REAL ESTATE, WHO IS ALSO AN ALUMNI.
AND THEN THE GRAND OPENING FOR, UH, MISS JAMILA WESLEY, UH, A LEGACY LIVING DID HER RIBBON CUTTING ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LYNN CLOUDER, UM, HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE RETIREMENT, UH, PARTY FOR RONNIE AND THE ADAMS, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THERE ARE ALSO WILLOW RIDGE ALUMNIS AND ALSO HAVE BEEN TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS IN MISSOURI CITY SCHOOLS AS WELL.
UM, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, ALEX KITCHEN HAS REOPENED, UH, WITH AN EXPANSION, HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARS.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME ALONG WITH STAFF CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY SECRETARY, UM, AND JOIE, AND SOME OF EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THERE, SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM.
SO PLEASE GO OUT AND PATRONIZE ALEX'S KITCHEN AS THEY ARE BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITH A LARGER SPACE TO UTILIZE.
ATTENDED THE HOAS FOR HUNTERS GREEN, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, HUNTERS LAND ONE AND TWO, THOSE HOAS AS WELL.
AND THEN HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING AT THE RICOS INDIAN DEWA EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY AND PRESENT AWARDS TO THEM AS WELL.
DO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE DO HAVE OUR COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP THAT'S, UH, TAKING PLACE ON TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH IT'S ELECTION DAY, WE ARE GONNA BE IN THE QUILL VALLEY CITY CENTER, UH, WHICH IS OVER THERE OFF OF LA LAQUINTA.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PARTICIPATING.
JOIN US AT THE QUILL VALLEY CITY CENTER TOMORROW AT 7:30 AM AND LASTLY, TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY.
SO IF, IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED, TOMORROW IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST DAY TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE.
UH, POLL WILL OPEN HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM WANNA REMIND ALL OF DISTRICT A THAT A PART OF YOU ARE IN HARRIS
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COUNTY.SO IF YOU ARE IN HARRIS COUNTY AND DISTRICT A LIKE COLONY, CROSSON FUN PARK, AND FONT MEOW, YOU DO HAVE TO VOTE IN YOUR HARRIS COUNTY POLLING SITES, UM, AS WELL.
AND THOSE THAT LIVE IN FORT BEND COUNTY OF DISTRICT A, YOU WILL STILL VOTE HERE IN FORT BEAN COUNTY.
AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE, UH, MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, PLEASE CONTINUE TO LIFT UP THE, UH, DON SMITH FAMILY.
UH, WE OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE JOINED, UH, THE SERVICES WITH THE SMITH FAMILY, AND SO PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS AND GHOST ROSES, COUNCILWOMAN EDWARDS.
UM, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR AND AND CONCISE.
I WANT MY PD OFFICERS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN PRAYER.
YOU GUYS HAD A REALLY ROUGH NIGHT, AND I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU GUYS ARE SUCH A TIGHT KNIT FAMILY.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PD KNOWS THAT I'M PRAYING FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TO SUPPORT THEIR OFFICERS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS TAKING CARE OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
SO, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLARIFYING THAT AND MY PRAYERS IS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I LOVE MY CITY, AND I'M SUPER PROUD TO SERVE WITH PRIDE AND INTEGRITY.
I WANT RESIDENTS TO KNOW, AGAIN, THAT IF ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT MY VOTER RECORD, UM, I CAN BE ADDRESSED AT 2 81 FOR A 1 94 69, OR YOU CAN CATCH ME ON TEXAS PARKWAY AT MY FAMILY'S RESTAURANT, WHICH HAS BEEN A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS.
IF ANY QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED, PLEASE CONTACT ME.
UH, I HAD THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT B IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, DON SMITH, UH, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, MAYOR ACA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EMORY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUDER.
UM, AND IT WAS A VERY SOLEMN, UH, TIME.
UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT HE HAD SUCH A LEVEL OF SUPPORT, UH, AT HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE, UH, AND TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS HE'S DONE IN LIFE, AS WELL AS FOR MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND HE WILL DESPERATELY BE MISSED.
UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CITY MANAGER MEET ANDRE EVENT, ALONG WITH US HAVING A C D A C MEETING, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEN WE MADE SOME KEY DECISIONS, UH, FOUND SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.
UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
WE'RE MOVING FAST, UH, FASTLY AHEAD ON THAT.
I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, UH, ROBINSON ROAD BLOCK PARTY YESTERDAY WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY AND HIS DISTRICT, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONYS AND COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDER AND STATE REP RON REYNOLDS.
UH, ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE BEST UNIVERSITY'S, UM, HOMECOMING THIS PAST WEEKEND, TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY,
I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT THERE, UH, TO THE PARADE TODAY AND, UH, CELEBRATE WITH OVER 2 MILLION FOLKS, UH, THAT WERE THERE, OF COURSE, OTHERS THAT WERE WATCHING AT HOME.
AND, UH, SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN, BUT OF COURSE, UH, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE BEST CITY EVER, NOW IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
I ATTENDED SEVERAL EVENTS, BUT, UM, THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST TO ME IS, UM, THE MEMORIAL FOR OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SMITH.
UH, HE WAS A MENTOR, UH, TO ME AND A COUPLE OF OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE SITTING HERE, AND MY PRAYERS ARE WITH, UH, HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
AND, UM, IT WAS TRULY A CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT US TO CONTINUE HIS LEGACY FORWARD AND TO CONTINUE, UH, TO MAKE HIM PROUD.
THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, YES, I ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE, UH, UH, RENOVATION OF ALEX'S KITCHEN.
UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, WE'VE GOT TO ONE OF THE TYPES OF, UH, UH, RESTAURANTS THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN CALLING FOR ON, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTRIGHT, UH, WITH THE QUALITY, UH, RESTAURANT WITH SIT DOWN, UH, SERVICE.
UH, AND, UH, THE FOOD HASN'T CHANGED.
AND, UH, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, UH, ATTEND THAT EVENT WITH, UH, THE MAYOR, MR. BONY, AND, UH, UH, MS. FRY.
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I'M TALKING ABOUT COUNCIL LADIES AND COUNCILMAN AND, UH, UH, SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, I THINK A GREAT COMING OUT FOR, UH, ALEX'S KITCHEN.UH, I, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, LIKE OLYMPIAN AND, UH, QUILL ALLEY, UH, HOA MEETINGS.
UH, I ALSO, UH, HAD THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE BY DON SMITH, UH, FARMER, A COUNCIL MEMBER, A GOOD FRIEND.
AND, UH, I PASS AND MY FAMILY PASSES OUR, UH, SYMPATHY OVER TO, UH, TO HIS WIFE, EDA AND, UH, THEIR FAMILY.
UH, IT'S A GREAT LOSS FOR THE CITY, AND I'M SURE A GREAT LOSS FOR, UH, THE, UH, UH, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THE, UH, UH, FREEDOM TREE PARK, WHICH WAS ONE OF HIS PASSIONS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE JIM TEAM PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, WAS, UH, WAS HIS BABY.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS THE ASTROS, UH, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IT NOW IS THERE IS NO ASTERISK NEXT TO THE 19TH OR 2022 WORLD SERIES OF CHAMPIONS.
NOBODY CAN PUT AN ASTERISK TO IT AND SAY, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CHEAT IT.
UH, AND, UH, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMENT, UH, SOME OF YOU THAT'S IN THIS ROOM, UM, AS STAFF WISE, OR EVEN COUNCIL THAT PROBABLY SERVED WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DON SMITH OF DISTRICT B, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAD MY MOMENTS, UM, FROM 2010 TO 2015, SERVING ALONGSIDE WITH HIM.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE PERSON, I THINK SOME OF THE STAFF COULD, UH, ADHERE TO AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE AGREED ON A LOT OF THINGS.
WE DISAGREED ON THINGS, BUT WE, THE DISAGREEMENTS WERE IN HIGH LEVEL PROFESSIONALISM OF A MAN WHO, UM, THAT PROBABLY WE VOTED HALF AND HALF, UH, AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT THAT IS THE CITY COUNCIL THAT I GREW UP IN THE SYSTEM.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT DISAGREES ON THINGS, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU AGREE ON THINGS AFTERWARDS, OR YOU LEARN FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY.
I WANNA, UM, OFFER MY FAMILY'S CONDOLENCES TO ADD HIS WIFE AS WELL AS HIS CHILDREN AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN, UM, FOR, FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW, CUZ IT'S STILL A SORROW AMONGST ALL OF US.
THERE'S A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SERVED WITH, UH, NON SMITH.
AND I'M ALSO, I WAS ASKED TODAY TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL, UH, TO LET THE FAMILY KNOW AND LET THE STAFF KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE ALSO JOINING US, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, TO SAY IT FAREWELL TO OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, DON SMITH.
WHILE I SAY THIS, I HAVE JUST ONE MORE COMMENT TO ADD TO THIS.
I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR SENDING FLOWERS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FAMILY HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES THAT JOINED, UM, THE, DURING THE CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, HE HAD A, A GREAT REMARKABLE, UM, HISTORY WITH CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
WHEN I THINK OF DON SMITH, I THINK OF THREE THINGS.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY SPOKE TO, WHAT ONE WAS, OF COURSE, A FREEDOM TREE PARK.
I, AS A YOUNG COUNCIL MEMBER COMING INTO MISSOURI CITY, I HAD REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT JUNETEENTH WAS, AND HE TAUGHT ME ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE, I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE ANYONE KNEW IN 2010 WHEN HE CAME ON COUNCIL, HIS FIRST THING THAT HE TOLD ME WAS, WE NEED TO HAVE A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL HERE CUZ HE SERVED, UH, PROUDLY.
AND IT STARTED OFF, AND UNFORTUNATELY, DON WAS OUTTA CITY COUNCIL BEFORE, UM, IT EVER, EVER BECAME, UM, WHAT YOU SEE OUT HERE.
BUT I'M GLAD AS A MAYOR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE HIM AND HE SPOKE AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.
UM, AND THANKS TO JASON AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, UM, FOR WORKING WITH HIM ON THAT.
SO, WITH THAT, I WILL END MY COMMENTS.
[13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ITEM NUMBER 13, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING AN ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS IN 5 5 1 0.0 7 1 5 5 1 0.074.
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I'M SORRY.[14. RECONVENE]
THAT'S FINE.THE TIME IS 9 29 20 9:00 PM THE CITY COUNCIL.
NOW WE'LL RECONVENE BACK TO REGULAR MEETING.
[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Mayor to execute a c...]
GONNA GO, GO BACK TO ITEM NINE D, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR CITY MANAGER SERVICES AND APPOINT ANGEL JONES AS CITY MANAGER.IS THERE A MOTION? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'VE SEEN COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY ON THE QUEUE.
I'M SORRY, ARE YOU ON THE QUEUE? I DIDN'T NEED TO LEAVE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO ANY OTHER MOTIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE ITEM.
YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO DISMISS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY VERSUS PAXTON LAWSUIT.
WHAT? THE SYSTEM'S READY FOR THAT QUESTION.
I, I'M DOING A SECOND, BUT IT IT'S NOT GOING.
LET COUNSEL AND RILEY TAKE IT.
WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY IT WON'T? NO, NO.
I KNOW I GOT A SECOND, BUT WHY CAN'T SHE MAKE A SECOND? I'M JUST ASKING.
UM, WE'LL TEST THE SYSTEM RIGHT AFTER THIS.
WE JUST TESTED IT BEFORE AND WORKED.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
ARE THOSE IN FAVOR? WELL, OR AGAINST MEMBER EDWARDS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTION? UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONCUR WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIRE A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS.
DO YOU NEED NAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION? MY MOTION? OKAY.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE NO OTHER MOTIONS.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER 15 OR TO ADJOURN MEETING TIME IS 9:32 PM.