[1. ROLL CALL]
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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, DO HEAR BY CALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO ORDER.
7:01 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS OUR PLEDGE.
WE HAVE JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA, MISSOURI CITY, SUGARLAND CHAPTER, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHEST HANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH JUSTICE.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER THREE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO.
MR. ZA BROSKI, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
ROME IS BURNING AND YOU'RE THROWING A GRAND PARTY.
THIS IS A NEW NORM FOR MISSOURI CITY WHO IS PAYING FOR ALL THIS.
WHAT ABOUT THE POLICE OVERTIME, THE COST OF THIS HALL AND THE ROOM AND THE EXTRA CITY EMPLOYEES, MISSOURI CITY'S AND DIRE STRAITS.
AND YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY FOOLISHLY IT NEEDS TO STOP AND IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW, BUT APPARENTLY IT WON'T.
WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL, SOME BEST PUPPETS, AND WE HAVE A PRIOR EMPEROR HERE, SO THROW A WILD PARTY AT THE CITY EXPENSE WHILE ROME BURNS.
WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER, UH, ROD RICO KRAN.
MR. CARREN, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE, PLEASE.
TO THE MIC, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS? GOOD EVENING.
MY ADDRESS IS 1122 AMC FRESNO, TEXAS.
I JUST COME TO, UH, LET THE COUNCIL KNOW.
OH, THAT, UH, TOO MANY OAK TREES ARE BEING PLANTED ON TAMO FRESNO ROAD, WHICH IS GONNA TEAR UP OUR SIDEWALKS RIGHT BEHIND THE THEATER.
SO IT'S GOOD TO REPLACE RELOCATE THOSE OLD TREES ALONG THE TOW ROAD AND PUT, UH, UH, STREET STREETLIGHTS ON TRA FRESNO.
THAT WAY MY RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS FROM FRESNO OR VICKSBURG CAN WALK SAFELY AND DOWN SIDEWALKS TO THE THEATER AND ENJOY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME.
WHAT I TRIPPING AND FALLING IN THE FUTURE.
SO THESE TO TREES ARE WINNING FIVE FEET OF EACH OTHER, EACH OTHER.
THEY SHOULD BE WINNING 2050 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
THAT NOW CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORTION.
[(b) Administer the oath of office to Lynn Clouser, City Council At-Large P...]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION.AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM B, UH, B FIRST.
WE'LL TAKE ITEM B AND THEN GO BACK TO A AND THEN GO BACK TO C.
SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, MADAME SECRETARY, GO AHEAD WITH ITEM FOR B, ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR LYNN CLOUDER CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GOING UP ON THE STAGE WITH YOUR FAMILY, JUDGE, JUDGE CLAUS' TO TURN IT.
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OKAY.UH, ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS JUST A GREAT HONOR AND I'M SO PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER.
IT'S JUST A GREAT HONOR TO SWEAR HER HAND.
AND, UH, I WILL GET STARTED IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.
AND, AND THE NAME BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I WILL SWEAR IN LYNN CLAUSER.
I LYNNER DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE.
POSITION NUMBER TWO, THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCILWOMAN AT LARGE.
POSITION TWO FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
THANK YOU TO MY FATHER, UM, RETIRED JUDGE KLAUSER, UM, FOR ADMINISTERING THE OLD FOR NOT ONLY MY FIRST TERM, BUT MY SECOND TERM.
SO I'M BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AND WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE BLESSED TO HAVE HIM RIGHT HERE.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND I'M GONNA BE BRIEF.
UM, I CAN'T THANK THE CITIZENS ENOUGH FOR ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE IN POSITION TWO.
I WANNA THANK ALL MY CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK SO DILIGENTLY THROUGH THIS LONG CAMPAIGN SEASON.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MY CHEERLEADERS AND MY DRUM MAJORS WHO PUT OUT A CALL, PUT OUT A TEXT CALLED A FRIEND, SENT DONATIONS.
UM, TO HELP ME REGAIN THIS POSITION, I WANNA THANK MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, FELICIA MOON THOMAS, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND? FELICIA.
FELICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID TO MAKE ME SHINE.
I WANNA ESPECIALLY THANK SOMEONE'S SO SPECIAL WHO SACRIFICED HER TIME, 12 HOURS EACH DAY FOR 16 DAYS, PASSING OUT MY PUSH CARDS, FACING ADVERSITY AT THE POLLS, BUT STAYING POSITIVE DURING THE FIRING LINE.
MY MOTHER, GLORIA CLAUSER, MOM, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? MY MOTHER IS THE REAL MVP.
AND MOM, I JUST WANNA SAY I THANK YOU WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
YOU ALWAYS USED TO TELL ME PRETTY IS IS PRETTY DOES.
YOU CAN BE PRETTY ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT IF YOU DON'T ACT PRETTY ON THE, ON THE INSIDE AND ACT NICE TO OTHERS, YOU'RE NOT PRETTY.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE VALUES THAT YOU INSTILLED IN ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I TREAT THE WAY I WANNA BE TREATED.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR RAISING ME TO BE THE WOMAN THAT I AM TODAY.
I LOVE YOU AND I WANNA THANK MY LITTLE GIRL, LAUREN.
LAUREN, WOULD YOU STAND UP? MY DAUGHTER LAUREN? SHE KEEPS ME GOING.
AND WHETHER I KNOW IT OR NOT, SHE IS BECOMING A LITTLE ME WHEN I TAKE HER PLACES.
MANY OF YOU SEE ME TAKING HER PLACES WHEN I GO TO SERVE.
AND I DO THAT FOR A REASON BECAUSE MY FATHER TOOK ME PLACES WHEN HE SERVED.
AND LITTLE DID MY FATHER KNOW THAT HE WAS PLANTING SEEDS OF A LEADER.
AND HERE I AM AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU LAUREN.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR MAYOR ON ANOTHER VICTORY AND SAY, MAYOR, THAT I'M SO PROUD TO SERVE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES, JEFFREY ELONI, OUR MAYOR PRO ANTHONY MARRUS, MONICA RILEY, AND FLOYD EMERY, WHO IS
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NOT HERE, WHO IS OUT OF TOWN.WHILE WE ARE ELECTED OFFICE HOLDERS, WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.
AND WE, AS WE STRIVE TOWARDS PUBLIC SERVICE, THE HARSH REALITY IS THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLEASE EVERYBODY AND WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
BUT IF WE ALWAYS KEEP THE RESIDENTS IN MIND, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR ME OR NOT, I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR GREAT CITY.
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY BY BEING VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO LISTEN, TO ADDRESS YOUR REAL CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND TO KEEP YOU INFORMED.
I WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT I CONTINUE TO RESPECT OUR CITY STAFF WHO GIVE SO MUCH TO US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL WORK WITH OUR MAYOR AND ALL OF THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO WHAT, WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU? THE CITIZENS OF OUR GREAT CITY, MY COLLEAGUES.
WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT NOW WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL THAT RESPECTS ONE ANOTHER AND REFLECTS THE CORE VALUES OF MISSOURI CITY.
I WANNA SAY TO MY FRIEND, MY SISTER, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ACCEPTING THE CALL TO SERVE.
I AM SO EXCITED TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU AS AN OUT AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO US WORKING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE, MISSOURI CITY THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN IN ME AS YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILIES AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS MISSOURI CITY.
[(a) Administer the oath of office to Sonya Brown- Marshall, City Council A...]
JUDGE TONY WALLACE WILL NOW ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE POSITION ONE THAT ALL RIGHT.IT IS A TRULY A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR, UM, TO ADMINISTER THIS OATH TO A WOMAN THAT I HAVE KNOWN TO BE A TRUE SERVANT AT HEART.
AND SO IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I ASK YOU MISS SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HERE IS YOUR OATH OF OFFICE, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, I, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION ONE.
THE DUTIES OF OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE.
POSITION ONE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
I'LL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS YOU WERE
I SAID HASHTAG SONYA FOR THE CITY.
WE DID IT FIRST, I MUST GIVE HONOR TO GOD WHO IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR.
I AM HUMBLE AND FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR IT ALL.
THANK YOU JUDGE TONY WALLACE FOR SWEARING ME IN AND FOR OUR QUICK TALKS WHERE YOU ALWAYS HAVE OFFERED ENCOURAGEMENT, YOU'VE UPLIFTED ME AND SUPPORTED ME.
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I THANK YOU TO MY PARENTS, GUS AND TOMMY.WAIT,
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU TAUGHT ME AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO JUST BE ME TO MY HONEY.
ANTHONY MARSHALL, WHOM HAS SELECTED HIS OWN NEW PET NAME, THE FIRST MAN
HONEY, I THANK YOU FOR PUSHING ME, LISTENING TO ME AND FOR CONSTANT HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER MY OWN MIND.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WOULD WONDER OR GET DOWN OR GO ASTRAY.
THANK YOU TO MY BOYS PEYTON AND MATTHEW.
FOR EVERY GRAIN OF SALT THAT WE INSTILLED IN YOU, YOU BOTH SINGLE HANDEDLY GAVE IT BACK TO ME AND TURNED YOUR MOM INTO A ROCK STAR.
YOU BOTH KEPT ME FOCUSED, GAVE ME CREATIVITY, AND KEPT ME IN THE GAME.
I'M ETERNALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PERSONALLY THANK FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, REGINALD PEARSON AND HIS WIFE KIM.
THANK YOU, JERRY WYATT, BOBBY MARSHALL, DANNY WYN, UN WRITER, AND ALAN OWEN, OF COURSE.
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO MY MENTOR, THE LATE AND GREAT FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DON SMITH, MENTOR.
WE DID IT FOR EVERY SEED THAT YOU PLANTED AND INSTILLED IN ME TO LEAD, TO BUILD AND TO CRUSADE, I AM PREPARED.
AND NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, I AM READY TO SERVE.
MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT I AM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ONE OF THE BEST AND BADDEST REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT FIRMS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSTON AREA, MARSHALL MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.
AND MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I AM A LICENSED TEXAS REALTOR WHO'S POWERED BY GEORGIE JOHNSON PROPERTIES LLC.
I CAN'T THANK BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ENOUGH.
WHEN I TOLD MY STAFF THAT I WAS GONNA RUN MY SISTER SAM LOVE YOU
WHEN I TOLD MY BROKER COURTNEY JOHNSON, ROSE OF GE THAT WAS GONNA RUN, SHE SAID, LET'S GO.
AND GUESS WHAT? SECOND AIN'T ALWAYS BAD.
I THINK EVERY PERSON THAT HELD A SIGN FOR ME BLOCK WALKED FOR ME.
TEXT CALLED A SUPPORTED CONTRIBUTED MONEY, HELD A FUNDRAISING EVENT AND HELPED WORK ON MY CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGNING ISN'T EASY, BUT WHEN THERE IS WORK TO DO AND A CALLING ON YOU, YOU MUST DO IT TO MY HIRED CAMPAIGN SPECIALIST, ESPECIALLY CHAR BONY.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR ADVICE, YOUR CREATIVITY, AND FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE AND TO MAKE THE SONYA FOR THE CITY A REAL LIVING AND BREATHING THEME.
LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS WHO ENTRUSTED ME TO SERVE AS THEIR CHAIRWOMAN FOR THE LAST 10 PLUS YEARS.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY IN SUCH A HUGE CAPACITY.
BEING A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER REQUIRES THE ABILITY TO WORK THROUGH COMPLEX LAND PLANS AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
IT TAKES COMMITMENT AND A DISCIPLINED STUDY OF THE CRAFT.
THROUGHOUT MY TENURE, I'VE MET SOME INCREDIBLE DEVELOPERS AND SEEN SOME PRETTY AMAZING PROJECTS HIT THE GROUND.
BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING TO SEE AS A PZ COMMISSIONER IS THE HARD WORKING STAFF WHO MAKES THE MAGIC HAPPEN.
THANK YOU JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR GUIDANCE.
I HONESTLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.
SHASHI KUMAR AND FORMER STAFF MEMBER JEREMY DAVIS, THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR SKILL SET AND WILLINGNESS TO SHARE IT WITH THOSE ON PLANNING AND ZONING TO VICE CHAIR TIM HANEY AND SECRETARY JOHN O'MALLEY LEADWELL SERVES LEADWELL.
WHILE I'VE ALSO SERVED ON VARIOUS ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND FOCUS BOARDS FOR THE CITY AS WELL.
MY DEDICATION TO THE CITY DID NOT STOP THERE.
ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2022, THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ELECTED ME,
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SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, TO SERVE ON CITY COUNCIL AS THE AT LARGE POSITION ONE COUNCILWOMAN.I AM EXCITED TO WORK COHESIVELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BONY S EM MARIE RILEY AND MAYOR ACA.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT TOGETHER WE WILL FORGE A PATH TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
I AM EAGER TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIZENS TAKE ON THE IMMINENT NEED FOR REDEVELOPMENT, CONTINUED GROWTH AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO CONTINUE KEEPING OUR CITY OPEN FOR BUSINESS THROUGH NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL KEEP OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE DOWN.
LASTLY, I THANK EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN WHO VOTED FOR ME, WHO YOU SHOWED UP FOR MORE FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR BETTER.
TO THOSE THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR ME, IT'S OKAY.
I WILL WORK HARD FOR YOU AND IT'S HARD TO EARN YOUR CONFIDENCE.
IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET IT RIGHT.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MAY.
GOD PLEASE CONTINUE TO BLESS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE AUDIENCE.
UH, CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, CONSTABLE RENNIE, THOMAS SMITH, FORMER MAYOR ALLEN OWEN, JUDGE ELECT SHA PATEL, FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY WYATT.
CARMEN TURNER, TAX ASSESSOR FOR FORT BEND COUNTY.
MAYOR ZIMMERMAN FROM SUGARLAND SHERIFF ERIC FAGAN.
CHERYL ROSE GILLUM FOR BEN I S D.
FORT BEND COUNTY TREASURER CONSTABLE GARRETT.
XAVIER COUNCILMAN WYNN GUERRERA.
COR BEND, I S D UM, JUDGE DAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER BOBBY MARSHALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER BUFORD JICA, IF I'VE LEFT ANYONE OFF, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE AUDIENCE? CONSTABLE DARRELL SMITH, CITY OF CITY PEARSON? YEP.
FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER P MR. PEARSON.
OBJECT COMING MORE THAN JUDGE KALI MORGAN.
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GRANT KALIA, WE HAVE DOUG SURRENDER AT THE BACK, RIGHT? ANYBODY ELSE? THE NEXT ITEM, UM,[(c) Administer the oath of office to Robin J. Elackatt, Mayor.]
I WILL ASK CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, UM, HE WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR ROBIN J ACA.AS I'M MAKING MY WAY TO THE PODIUM, UH, THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIS FAMILY COME UP.
UH, MAYOR, IF YOU STAND ON MY LEFT AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, IF THEY'LL COME UP NOW, PLEASE.
AND WOULD YOU KINDLY GIVE THEM AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION AS THEY MOVE FORWARD? MAYOR, THEY SAID YOUR WIFE WAS GOING TO BE COMING UP.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR THREE DAUGHTERS.
OH, FRIENDS, THIS REALLY IS A SINGULAR HONOR FOR ME AND IT'S VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE THIS IS HISTORY.
AND AS I LOOK OUT AT THIS AUDIENCE, I JUST HAVE TO COMMENT AND SAY, THIS IS REALLY WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE, LET'S HEAR IS FOR AMERICA.
HOW ABOUT THAT? AND, UM, IF I JUST MAY SAY THIS, MAYOR, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE TO SALUTE AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY HERE, UH, IS NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
BUT AFTER HAVING HEARD ALL OF THE PERSONS INTRODUCED, I'M TEMPTED TO SAY, IF YOU ARE NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, RAISE YOUR HAND
BUT I HAVE TO SINGLE OUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM BONY, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING SURE THAT I ARRIVE TIMELY.
OWEN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN CONSISTENT.
YOU NEVER GAVE UP ON YOUR CITY AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR IT.
A HAND FOR MARILYN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
JUST THE WORD TO THIS MAYOR, UH, MAYOR, YOU ARE TRULY THE, THE EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
BORN IN INDIA, CAME HERE AT THE AGE OF 15, 10, 10, AND YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO US THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM HAS NO BORDERS.
MANY OF US THINK THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS FOR PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WELL, YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED TO US THAT IT'S FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS AMBITION AND WHO WANTS TO COME TO A GREAT COUNTRY, PAY SOME DUES, WORK HARD, AND EXCEL.
SO FOR THIS MAYOR, WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU TONIGHT.
AND FINALLY, THIS, YOU ARE ALSO THE PERSONIFICATION OF POSSIBILITIES.
YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF AN EXEMPLAR, A SUPREME SUPERB EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE, NOT JUST ACROSS THIS CITY.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND YOUR HISTORY AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, THEY TOO HAVE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES THAT THEY CAN REALIZE IF THEY'RE BUT ONLY WILLING TO WORK HARD AND PAY SOME DUES.
AND I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT THE PAYING DUES LATER.
WITH THIS SAID, LET ME PLACE THESE THINGS HERE.
I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT THEM AT A LATER TIME.
AND MAYOR, IF YOU WILL PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE.
AND YOUR RIGHT HAND, IF YOU'LL RAISE IT, PLEASE.
AND I'LL STAND BACK SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU AND NOT ME.
AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT IN THE NAME AND BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, I HAVE BEEN ACCORDED THIS PREEMINENT PRIVILEGE.
AND I ASK THAT YOU NOW REPEAT AFTER ME.
AND AFTER SAYING THE WORD I, I WANT YOU TO REPEAT YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF
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MISSOURI CITY.MAYOR OF THE OFFICE OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND TO THE WILL OF THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO HELP ME, GOD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE I INTRODUCED THE NEWLY INSTALLED MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY.
THIS IS YOUR OATH OFFICE THAT YOU WILL BE SIGNING.
AND I HAVE HERE IN MY HAND ALSO A FLAG THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESENTED TO YOU ON THIS MOST AUSPICIOUS OCCASION BY HONOR.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WHY DON'T WE ALL GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR CONGRESSMAN AL GRANT.
AFTER WINNING THE ELECTION, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE WOULD BE HONORED TO COME TO MISSOURI CITY.
AND IT'LL BE AN HONOR FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY THAT IF HE CAN SWIM ME INTO OFFICE.
AND HE SAID, LET ME CHECK MY SCHEDULE.
AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA CALL ME BACK.
AND THEN HE WENT BACK AND TALKED TO HIS STAFF AND SAID, I'M NOT IN DC I WILL BE THERE.
WHETHER IT'S RAINING OR SH OR THERE'S SNOW OR EVEN DAY LIFE.
WELL, THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN GREEN.
WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
THERE ARE SO MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I DO HAVE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK OUR SISTER CITIES MAYOR OF SUGARLAND, JOE ZIMMERMAN AND MAYOR OF STAFFORD, THE ONE THAT LAST IN 2020.
HE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS A FIRST BECAUSE HE GOT TO SWEAR INTO OFFICE FOUR HOURS BEFORE ME.
LET ME ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE TEAM.
AS YOU HEARD ME SAY SEVERAL TIMES, THERE IS NO I IN A TEAM AND IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.
SO LET ME START OFF BY THANKING THEM AND THANKING OUR A LARGE POSITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN CLOUDER.
SHE AND I STARTED THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER BACK IN 2020 AND WE DID IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME IN 2022.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE SLOGAN WAS ROBBING AND LYNN FOR THE WIN.
LET ME ALSO THANK OUR MAYOR PROTON, JEFFREY ALONI, AS YOU KNOW, IN THIS ROOM THIS YEAR, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE SHARED THE STAGE TOGETHER TO DELIVER THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR 2022.
HE HAS DONE SO MUCH WORK AND KEPT ME MOVING WITH THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR TEXAS PARKWAY HEART RIDE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH OUR TAX EXEMPTIONS AND CHAIRING OUR FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY.
AND THE PERSON WHO REPLACED ME IN 2015 ARE, WERE AT MY DISTRICT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF, UH, DISTRICT C ANTHONY MARS.
AS HE ALWAYS CLAIMS DISTRICT C IS THE PLACE TO BE.
HE'S ALSO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, WHO, IF YOU SEE THE CINEMA MARK, IT'S NOT, I LIKE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT, BUT IT TOOK ALL OF US.
BUT JUST FOR HIS EGO, WE'LL GIVE HIM CREDIT TODAY.
AND OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY OF DISTRICT A HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY FOR SO MANY YEARS, BUT ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER.
AND SHE WON HER ELECTION LAST YEAR AND SHE'S BEEN A STRONG PARTNER WITH THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL,
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BUT ALSO WORKING ON OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CART RIDE CORRIDOR COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, I THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT D UH, MY COUNCIL MEMBER.I LIVE IN DISTRICT D UH, FLOYD EMERY, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
AND I TOLD HIM TAKE THE DAY OFF BECAUSE IF I GAVE HIM THE MICROPHONE, HE'LL SPEAK FOREVER.
HE'S VISITING HIS GRANDKIDS, UH, OUT OF TOWN.
SO HE WILL, UH, THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT HERE.
BUT I WANT TO THANK HIM ALSO NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT ELECT AND NOW SO INTO OFFICE, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL.
THERE WAS A COMPONENT THAT'S MISSING ON CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS SOMEONE THAT SERVED IN P AND Z.
AS YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED ON PARKS BOARD AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA SERVED ON PARKS BOARD AND WE NEVER HAD SOMEONE IN THIS TERM, IN 2020, I SHOULD SAY, THAT HAVE NOT HAD P AND Z.
SO I'M EXCITED WITH THE 20 YEARS ON THE COMMITTEE WITH 10 YEARS AS A CHAIR.
WE'RE ABOUT TO TURN MISSOURI CITY UPSIDE DOWN.
ANTHONY TOLD ME TODAY THAT MAKE SURE THAT HE STILL KEEPS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHARE.
I TOLD HIM, LET'S SEE HOW HE DOES.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN CHECK OFF HIS EGO.
BUT LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MY WIFE, TINA ELICA, MY TWO DAUGHTERS, MY OLDEST, LEAH AND YOUNGEST CAITLIN, FOR BEING HERE.
OUR RIDE REALLY STARTED FOR US FROM 2009 WHEN MY OLDEST WAS FOUR AND A HALF.
MY YOUNGEST WAS TWO AND A HALF ALL THE WAY TO 2015.
AND THEN AFTER A SHORT BREAK OF FIVE YEARS BACK AT IT AGAIN, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THAT TINA HAS EMERGED FROM THIS VERY QUIET, SILENT, NOT SAYING A WORD TO TELLING ME WHAT TO DO ON EVERY MOMENT AND MERGING ON THIS CAMPAIGN.
LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW, EVEN AFTER 12 HOURS OF BEING AT THE POLLS.
AND I'M TIRED AND I GET BACK HOME AND SHE'S, SHE'S GOT A FULL MENU READY TO GO AS THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN A CHECKOFF LIST.
SO I WANT TO THANK TINA AND I WANT TO THANK MY IN-LAWS, UH, WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
UH, DAD AND MOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND ALSO MY BROTHER, HIS WIFE, AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE KIDS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME FOR THIS PAST TWO YEARS AND ALL OF THOSE, I HAVE A LOT OF COUSINS IN THIS ROOM, BUT THEY CAN'T VOTE BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY.
BUT I, BUT I'M STILL GONNA THANK THEM BECAUSE IT IS TO HAVE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THANKSGIVING, UH, TO BE HERE AND TO CALL OTHERS TO COME OUT AND VOTE FOR THIS ELECTION.
I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
BOY, WE STARTED THIS ELECTION OFF.
I THOUGHT WE HAD GLOBAL WARMING IN MISERY CITY, BUT OUR CAMPAIGN TEAM DID A GREAT JOB.
BUT THERE WAS A PERSON THAT I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WHO HAS BEEN WITH ME THE BEGINNING, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THIS ELECTION.
NONE OTHER THAN AS I CALL HIM SUPERMAN, JAMES THOMAS.
AND I TOLD PEOPLE THAT MAY, YOU KNOW THAT HE'S NOT FOR HIRE, SO YOU CAN'T HIRE HIM AT THE NEXT ELECTION EITHER, BUT HE IS, HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
HIM, BJ JOHNSON, I SAW HER HERE.
BJ AND OF COURSE JAMES' WIFE, FELICIA MOON, THANK YOU.
AND THOMAS, ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY THE CLOUDER FAMILY AND THE, AND THE BROWN MARSHALL FAMILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN A, A TOUGH, TOUGH LAST TWO, THREE WEEKS.
BUT TODAY I JUST WANTED TO REALLY JUST TALK ABOUT, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE THE STATE OF THE CITY TODAY, BUT I DO WANNA DO TALK ABOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M THINKING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE HERE, WE HAVEN'T VISIBLE.
WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE, WE HAVE BEEN INCLUSIVE, AND WE HAVEN'T TRANSPARENT WITH OUR PEOPLE.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DOING THAT.
WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN CITY.
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TAX RELIEF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO OUR PEOPLE AND ALSO INCREASE ON EXEMPTIONS FOR 65 AND OLDER, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITH DIS WHO ARE DISABLED.AND OF COURSE, THE MARRIAGE YOUTH COMMISSION DID NOT START WITH ME.
IT STARTED WITH OUR FORMER MAYOR, ALLEN OWEN.
UH, AND IT IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND OF COURSE, THANKS TO THE, ANY OF THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, THANK YOU TO, UH, NEWQUEST, THANK YOU TO TERRAMARK FOR COMING INTO OUR CITY AND MAKING THIS CITY A GREAT PLACE.
AND OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
WANT TO THANK THEM IN THIS NEXT TWO, NEXT THREE YEARS, I SHOULD SAY.
THERE'S A HUGE FOCUS FROM ME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR CITY PROUDLY AND OUR CITY STAFF.
STARTED OFF WITH OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CEDRIC COLE AND OUR CITY SECRETARY, OUR CHRIS RON, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY EJO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP US WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE AND ALLOWING US TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.
AND TO ALL THE DIRECTORS, ALL THE MANAGERS, ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE TODAY, YOU ARE WHAT MAKES MISSOURI CITY.
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND LASTLY, MISSOURI CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND MYSELF AND THIS COUNCIL WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT THE HARDSHIP AND WORK OF OUR FORMER MEMBERS.
THEY ARE SITTING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.
IN 2007, I WAS AT A BLOCKBUSTER RENDERING A VIDEO.
AND, AND OF COURSE I'VE RECOGNIZED FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND HE WALKED OUT.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO HIM.
AND YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM I WAS SERVING ON HOA AND HE SAID, WELL, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE CITY, LET ME KNOW.
HE THOUGHT I WAS GONNA TELL HIM LIKE THREE MONTHS LATER.
AND HE CAME OUT AND SAYS, WELL, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S ANY BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS THAT YOU WANNA APPLY, GO AHEAD.
I DID IT THE NEXT DAY AND I SENT HIM A COUPLE OF MESSAGES SAYING THAT I FILLED IT OUT AND HE HAD APPOINTED ME TO THE PARKS BOARD.
AND, AND OF COURSE EVER SINCE THEN, IT STARTED THE JOURNEY FOR ME.
SO THANK YOU BRETT AND COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY WHITE.
AND THOSE OF YOU KNOW THAT FROM 2009 TO 2015, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITE AND I USED TO ARGUE THE MOST, BUT I DID LEARN A LOT OF THINGS FROM HIM.
UH, HE WAS SOMEONE THAT KNEW THE AGENDA INSIDE OUT AND I READ THE AGENDA HALFWAY.
SO EVERY TIME I DIDN'T SEEM LIKE I KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, HE WOULD SAY, YOU HAVEN'T READ YOUR STUFF.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WYATT, I WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU.
YOU GAVE ME A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY, AND TODAY I'M TRYING TO BE LIKE YOU WITH THEM.
AND TO OUR FORMER MAYOR OF CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY, 24 YEARS, YOU HAVE MOVED THIS CITY TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND I'M PROUD TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH THIS COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TO ALL THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH BOBBY MARSHALL, UH, FROM, UH, DISTRICT A ALONG WITH, UH, OTHERS.
I I SAW YOU AS WRITER HERE, UM, AND OTHERS WHO ARE SITTING HERE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
MISSOURI CITY WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY AND WHERE IT IS TODAY WITHOUT YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND WE ARE JUST TAKING, IT'S LIKE A RELAY RACE.
WE'RE JUST GRABBING IT FROM YOU AND RUNNING WITH IT.
BUT WE WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR HARDSHIP AND THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY AND SERVING THIS CITY.
AND WE, I AM THANKFUL TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LASTLY, I'LL END IT WITH THIS.
IT'S, I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS THREE, I MEAN THREE YEARS.
SO USED TO SAYING TOO, I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
I BELIEVE MISSOURI CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I BELIEVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY THAT WE CAN
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MAKE MUCH MORE THINGS HAPPEN.I EACH, EACH OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT JOB.
SO I WANT TO THANK EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF EACH DISTRICT.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAME RESPONSIBILITY ALL OVER, UH, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
BUT TOGETHER WE ARE ONE TEAM AND TOGETHER WE MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.
AND I ENDED WITH THIS, AND I'VE SAID THIS IN BOTH OF THE STATE OF THE CITY, AND I WILL SAY THIS ONE MORE TIME.
PROUDLY, THERE IS NO HIGHWAY SIX SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY.
THERE IS NO FIRST COLONY SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY.
THERE IS NO TEXAS PARKWAY SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY OR THE HARRIS PORTION SIDE OF MISSOURI CITY.
THERE IS ONE MISSOURI CITY WITH ALL OF YOU IN IT AND ALL OF US TOGETHER.
WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AT 7 47.
UM, THERE ARE REFRESHMENTS, UM, IN THE OTHER SIDE IN THE VISITOR CENTER.
UM, PLEASE HELP YOURSELF AND SAFE TRAVELS HOME.