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[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
UH, ABOUT THE DIGITAL MARQUEE THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN THE SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING.AND AS, UH, FOUR MONTHS LATER, UM, THEY HAVEN'T BROKE ANY GROUND AND WE FOUND OUT IT IS ELECTRICITY THERE.
I SPOKE TO SAS OFFICE ON DECEMBER THE FIRST.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR ANY UPDATE AS TO THE PROGRESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE 400 MEMBERS STRONG IN COLONY CROSSING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIREES WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND WE REALLY NEED THE URGENCY OF THAT INFORMATION BOARD ON THE CORNER OF SOUTH GASNER AND MORGAN RUN.
SO, UH, IF WE CAN GET SOME GOING, UM, OR IF HE COULD HAVE GIVEN ME A LITTLE UPDATE OR RANDY COULD HAVE, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT SO I CAN REPORT BACK TO THE HOMEOWNERS WHERE WE STAND ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
CITY MANAGER, IF YOU COULD GET WITH TOMORROW AND THEN GIVE US AN UPDATE TOO.
CAUSE WE, WE WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE AT.
THANK YOU, MR. BRUCE SAND BROSKI.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION AND OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
IN ADDITION, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UM, WHO IS THE MAYOR, AND I WILL ALERT YOU WHEN YOU'VE REACHED YOUR TIME LIMIT.
MY SHOULDERS HURT FROM FALLING IN A SIDEWALK IN MISSOURI CITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO REPAIR.
SO HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU COUNCIL.
TRYING TO SUPPRESS THE VOICE OF MISSOURI CITY.
JUST BECAUSE I REPEAT SOMETHING THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER UP HERE SAYS.
IF IT'S A FACT, DEAL WITH IT, TOO BAD.
I HAVE A GIFT HERE FOR THE NEW CITY MANAGER TO TO SEE THE LIGHT OF MISSOURI CITY.
IT'S A SOLAR LIGHT AND I PUT IT IN YOUR YARD AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GUIDE THESE PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND REPRESENT ALL OF MISSOURI CITY, EXCEPT THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
AND AS FAR AS THE POLICE OFFICERS GO, I THINK YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE IT'S LONG OVERDUE.
YOU'RE RUNNING OFF GOOD PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY JUST FOR YOUR OWN AGENDAS AND IT NEEDS TO STOP, PERIOD.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR YOU.
YES, IF YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS.
YEAH, IT'S FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
[(a) Receive Presentation - Missouri City Green Annual Report.]
NUMBER FOUR ARE STAFF REPORTS.WE HAVE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM MISSOURI CITY GREEN ANNUAL REPORT.
I KNOW YOU HOW ALL EXCEPT FOR YOU GUYS ALL NOW.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS CONTROL OF THE PRESENT? YOU.
VICKY, I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT FROM MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
UM, BEFORE I CONTINUE, I DO WANNA INTRODUCE TWO OTHER, UM, TWO, UH, MORE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, IF YOU'LL STAND UP REAL QUICK.
DIANE GILTNER AND NANCY CHEF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS.
UM, THANKS JASON FOR GETTING US ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, WE USED TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST CHANGES AS WE GOT BUSY, WE STOPPED DOING THIS.
AND WITH OUR RENEWED PART, WELL NOT RENEWED WITH OUR NEW PARTNERSHIP, UH, FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
UM, WHO KNEW THAT THE MICROPHONE HAD TO BE LOWERED FOR ME?
WE ARE THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATE FROM MISSOURI CITY.
IF YOU HEAR, UH, KEEP SUGARLAND BEAUTIFUL.
WE'RE JUST CALLED MISSOURI CITY GREEN BECAUSE WE STARTED BEFORE WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE AFFILIATION ON.
SO, REAL QUICK, UM, WELL, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
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OUR 22, UH, 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW, UH, WE HAD A NATIVE PLANT EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IN SIENNA.AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY FUN.
AND THOMASINE WILL TELL YOU, AS SOON AS PEOPLE STARTED COMING TO THAT, UH, TO THAT FARMER'S MARKET THAT DAY, THERE SAID, WHERE'S MISSOURI CITY GREEN? WHERE'S MISSOURI CITY GREEN? AND DON'T, YOU KNOW, SHE ASKS DIANE EVERY MONTH, ARE YOU COMING BACK? ARE YOU COMING BACK? AND MAYBE WE GOT LOTS OF THINGS TO DO,
60 VOLUNTEER HOURS WENT INTO THAT.
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING WAS IN MARCH.
WE USUALLY HAVE THAT IN JANUARY, BUT IT WAS PUSHED BACK DUE TO COVID LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, WE HAD, UM, BUT WE STILL HAD ALMOST 400 VEHICLES COME THROUGH, RECYCLING 25,000 POUNDS OF E-WASTE THAT IS REAL POPULAR BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T RECYCLE IT WITH US FOR FREE, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AT THE FORT BEND COUNTY FACILITY IN ROSENBERG.
AND WE DON'T HAVE CURBSIDE RECYCLING, ELECTRONIC RECYCLING.
SO, UM, PEOPLE TELL US ALL THE, THE TIME, HOW MUCH THEY SAVE IT UP IN THEIR GARAGE ALL YEAR LONG WAITING FOR OUR EVENT.
THE TRASH OFF IS ACTUALLY OUR OLDEST EVENT.
WE DID THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2011.
AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A CITYWIDE CLEANUP.
THIS YEAR OR THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD 80 PEOPLE AND THAT WAS ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEER HOURS.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG ONE DAY EVENT.
UM, AS ADDITIONAL TO US ACTUALLY PLANNING IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF, A LOT OF TEDIOUS WORK TO PLAN THAT THING.
SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THOSE FEW EVENTS.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE LOVELY SMILING FACES.
IF THIS WAS 2021, I'D HAVE A PICTURE OF ANTHONY AND THE MAYOR PICKING UP TRASH, CUZ THEY DID IT IN 2021.
ALRIGHT, APRIL 30TH, WE HAD OUR PAPER SHREDDING EVENT.
THIS IS A, ACTUALLY PROBABLY BECOME MORE POPULAR THAN ELECTRONICS RECYCLING.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 420 VEHICLES COME THROUGH.
WE, UM, SHREDDED 26,000 POUNDS OF PAPER.
SO WE KEPT 26,000 POUNDS OF PAPER OUT OF THE LOCAL LANDFILLS.
MAY 14TH WAS OUR EDIBLE EARTH FEST.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EVENT THAT WAS PAUL, WHERE'S VICKY'S BRAINCHILD? AND, BUT WE WORK WITH HIM ON THAT HAND IN HAND PLANNING IT, UM, RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, LOTS OF BOOTHS.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE MINI FESTIVAL IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE.
IT'S VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY, UNLIKE MAYBE THE DRIVE THROUGH PAPER SHREDDING EVENT, THE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT.
YOU, THE PARTICIPANTS COME AND GO VERY QUICKLY.
PEOPLE STAY AND FOR A COUPLE HOURS HERE AND VISITING ALL THE BOOTHS.
AND WE HAD 350 PEOPLE COME OUT LAST YEAR.
SO THAT WAS, UM, A PRETTY BIG INCREASE IN RECENT YEARS.
AND SO WE EXPECT IT TO GROW MORE THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO THE Y M C A.
SEPTEMBER 17TH WAS THE RAINWATER HARVESTING, UH, WORKSHOP.
WE ACTUALLY CHARGED FOR THIS BECAUSE WE, UM, PROVIDE RAIN BARRELS FOR THE, THE PEOPLE WHO COME OUT.
IT'S ONE OF OUR TENANTS TO HAVE EDUCATION EDU ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE BACK TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA DO THINGS IN THE CITY FOR AT, AT LARGE OR IN MASS PEOPLE.
BUT THIS IS FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE BACK TO THEIR HOMES.
AND, UM, THIS SOLD OUT IN THREE DAYS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE TO LIMIT THE PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZE THE RAIN BARRELS.
HOW MUCH DO THEY COST? ABOUT $80.
SO, UM, THIS IS FOR, UM, WE DON'T MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU PROBABLY 95% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FROM MISSOURI CITY.
SO THOSE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THERE.
LOOK AT THOSE HAPPY PEOPLE TAKING THEIR RAIN BARRELS AWAY.
I HOPE YOUR WIFE HAS HEARD SOME HOOKED UP
OCTOBER 8TH, UM, WAS OUR INAUGURAL TEXTILE RECYCLING EVENT.
AND THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAD, A LOT OF TIMES THESE COME ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAVE RESIDENTS COMING TO US, SAYING, ASKING AND, UM, WHERE ARE THIS? AREN'T WE DOING THIS? WE HAVE SOME NEARBY CITIES WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDE DOOR TO DOOR TEXTILE RECYCLING.
AND SO WE HAD SOME RESIDENTS ASKING US ABOUT IT.
WE WENT AND RESEARCHED IT AND, UM, TOOK A LITTLE FIELD TRIP AND VISITED THE, UM, COMPANY THAT DOES THIS.
AND WE HELD THE EVENT AND HAD, UM, A DRIVE-THROUGH EVENT.
AGAIN, 3,700 POUNDS OF TEXTILES WERE SAVED FROM THE LANDFILLS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
UM, IT'S A GROWING PROBLEM BECAUSE FAST FASHION, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS AREN'T AS DURABLE.
PEOPLE DON'T WANNA KEEP THINGS AS LONG.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR YOUR CLOTHES, IT'S CURTAINS, SHOES, AND, UH, IT'S VERY, UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, WE, WE AREN'T TRYING TO TAKE FROM THE PENNYWISE OR THE EAST COR BEND HUMAN NEEDS MINISTRY, A LOT OF TIMES THIS IS STUFF THAT YOU JUST CAN'T USE AGAIN.
AND WE ARE ABLE TO, TO SAVE THAT.
NOVEMBER 4TH WAS A TREE PLANTING.
THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY A PUBLIC EVENT.
WE PAID $2,000 TO HAVE 20, UM, TREES PLANTED.
WE DIDN'T OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC CUZ WE ONLY NEED 10 NEEDED, 10 VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS, NOT A SMALL BUSINESS ACTUALLY,
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BUT WE HAD A BUSINESS COME OUT AND THEY WERE VOLUNTEERS PLUS A COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, HARDCORE MISSOURI CITY GREEN VOLUNTEERS.SO, UM, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE REPLACED THE LAST TWO EDIBLE, UH, UH, EDIBLE ARBOR GROVES THAT WERE DESTROYED IN THE HUR UH, IN THE WINTER STORM URI.
SO NOW ALL OF THOSE GROVES HAVE BEEN REPLACED.
THEY'RE ALL FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET THAT FINISHED IN 2022.
NOVEMBER 12TH WAS A STORM DRAIN MARKER EVENT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FEW THINGS WE DO OUTSIDE OF THE PARKS, WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
WE WORK WITH, UM, VINCENT SILVA AND PUBLIC WORKS.
AND WE HAD ABOUT 50 PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER, 140 VOLUNTEER HOURS.
WENT INTO THAT WITH 250 STORE DRAIN MARKERS PLACED IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY.
AND AT THE END OF IT, I THINK ALL OF THESE, A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLERS AND THEIR PARENTS, ALL OF 'EM WERE ASKING WHEN AND WHERE COULD THEY DO IT AGAIN.
SO WE DEFINITELY, BECAUSE OF LIMITED CAPACITY, WE CAN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY WE'VE DONE IT FOR A FEW YEARS AND WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTINUE THAT.
UH, AND THERE'S SOME OF THOSE PICTURES, SOME OF THOSE HAPPY PEOPLE SEE, WE'RE JUST SO HAPPY.
ONE THING, AND I WANTED TO MENTION IT AT THE BEGINNING ACTUALLY, SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATES.
SO WE TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL, WE'RE GREEN, BUT MORE THAN AN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
IF YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE GET INVOLVED, HOW MANY DIFFERENT, UM, PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AGES, ALL ACROSS THE CITY THAT GET INVOLVED.
AND WE REALLY GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD, I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER NONPROFIT IN MISSOURI CITY PUTS AS MUCH VOLUNTEER WORK INTO THE CITY AS WE DO.
SO, BEFORE WE, WELL, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE, I'LL TRY TO WRAP THIS UP.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE EVENTS THAT WE REALLY PLAN.
THESE, UM, EVENTS ARE THE EVENTS THAT THE CITY PUTS ON THAT.
WE HAVE A BOOTH AND WE PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION AT THOSE BOOTHS OR, UM, SUMMER CAMP, WE HAVE A SESSION WITH ALL THE KIDDOS, BUT 585 PEOPLE WE TOUCH.
THEY'RE YOUTH FRIENDLY, USUALLY WITH THOSE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
SEE, THEY'RE SO YOUTH FRIENDLY, I LOVE IT.
AND THEN WE HAD, UM, OH, THAT KINDA CAME OUT WRONG, BUT WE HAD THE GOLDEN TREE AWARD WHERE WE HAD TWO BUSINESSES THAT WE AWARDED, UH, FOR DEMONSTRATING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP.
UH, WE ACHIEVED GOLD STAR STATUS FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW WITH KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
THAT IS A PROCESS WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR EVERY YEAR.
THE APPLICATION FIT ALREADY, UM, GOES INTO OUR APPLICATION TO BE A GOLD STAR, UM, RECOGNIZED AFFILIATE.
AND THEN WE DID IMPLEMENT YOU ADOPT SPOT PROGRAM WHERE WE ALREADY HAD A FAMILY SIGN UP TO CLEAN UP A SECTION OF HUNTER'S GLEN PARK.
SO WE ARE MOVING AND SHAKING, UH, SHAKING OFF THE, THE DUST OF THAT COVID, THOSE TWO YEARS OF COVID OFF OF OUR BOOTS.
IN SUMMARY, 2022, WE HAD 13 EVENTS.
2100 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO THOSE EVENTS.
WE SPENT 920 HOURS VOLUNTEER HOURS.
AND THAT'S UNDERESTIMATING A LOT OF ADMIN TIME.
AND THEN, WHICH EQUALS TO, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW NONPROFITS WORK, THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR VALUES IN 2022, THEY VALUED THE NON VOLUNTEER HOUR AT $29 AND 95 CENTS, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT EQUALS TO $27,554 MORE THAN WE'VE GOTTEN IN FINANCIAL TO GIVE BACK TO YOU ALL AS THE CITY.
AND WE DO HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT YOU WITH THAT.
SO WE JUST WANNA SAY, UM, WE JUST WANNA SHOW YOU GUYS THAT THIS IS, WELL WE SHOULD, THERE WE GO.
I'M THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN ME.
UM, THAT THIS IS JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE VALUE TO SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'VE, UM, IT'S NOT JUST US THREE, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE SAID 920 VOLUNTEER HOURS.
THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT COME OUT AND THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, UM, SERVICES TO THE CITY THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE DONE OR WOULD BE DONE BY PAID STAFF.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTNER WITH YOU ALL.
WOULD, COULD WE GET A PICTURE WITH THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL AS WELL WITH THIS CHECK? SURE.
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WE GO RIGHT HERE ON THREE.OKAY, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE BOUGHT TWO RAIN BARRELS AT THE HOUSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING, AND FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S A, THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC WHO'S OUT THERE AND LISTENING ALSO, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MEMBERS.
IT'S A GREAT TEAM AND THEY DO GREAT THINGS.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND HEARING? NO QUESTIONS.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - To reappoint or appoint members to...]
SIX ARE APPOINTMENTS.A CON CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO REAPPOINT OR APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
POSITION ONE FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION POSITION TWO FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION POSITION THREE FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
PLANNING AND ZONING, COMMISSION POSITION NUMBER FOUR FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION POSITION SEVEN FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
COUNSEL, AS YOU WILL RECALL, UM, AT OUR LAST RETREAT, UM, WE DISCUSSED THE POSITIONS FOR THE PLANE AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, INFORMATION WAS PREVIOUSLY SENT TO YOU ALL, UM, WHICH SHOWED, UM, THE DISTRICT THAT EACH ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, UM, RESIDES IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY'VE RESIDED IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEIR CURRENT OCCUPATION, EDUCATION, ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE, AND PREVIOUS BOARD EXPERIENCE.
SO I COME TO YOU TONIGHT, UM, ASKING THAT YOU APPOINT, UH, MEMBERS BASED ON THE CANDIDATE LIST THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU ALL, UM, TO, UM, SELECT FOLKS FOR, UH, THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE BODY, MAYOR? MM-HMM.
YOU, YOU TALKING ABOUT POSITION ONE? YEAH.
TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY AS INDIVIDUAL VOTES.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION? THAT IS YOUR MOTION.
WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S A SECOND.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, CAN WE DO IT THAT WAY WITHOUT THE MOTION? UH, CERTAIN THE CAN.
IF ONE PERSON STARTS OFF MAKING A MOTION FOR POSITION ONE, BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT WOULD ALLOW ANOTHER PERSON TO MAKE A MOTION FOR TWO THREE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR MOTION.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? I JUST HAD A COMMENT BEFORE WE MADE A MOTION THERE.
UM, I, I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
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MEMBER MARLIS FOR, UH, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BRAINSTORMING WITH ME ABOUT THIS.AFTER WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, HE AND I SERVE ON THE PDI COMMITTEE AND WE RECENTLY WERE PRESENTED WITH A SCORECARD, UH, THAT WAS DONE BY, UH, THE NEW PROCUREMENT MANAGER.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE TOOK THAT AND KIND OF MASSAGED IT SOME AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS? CUZ IT'S BASED OFF OF EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY SECRETARY, THE CITY SECRETARY HAD PROVIDED TO US, UH, WITH THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
AND SO THOSE CRITERIA WERE RESIDENT MISSOURI CITY RELATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF ORDINANCES, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ZONING TOURS, UH, FAMILIARITY AND KNOWLEDGE AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT CITY INITIATIVES AND THE BOND COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND THEN THE SPARK INTERVIEW RATING.
AND SO IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UM, I WAS ABLE TO MYSELF KIND OF, UM, PUT TOGETHER A, A SCORECARD AND A RANKING, UH, FROM ONE THROUGH 10.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
UH, AND THIS IS IN NO PARTICULAR, THIS IS MORE ALPHABETICAL ORDER THAN ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS MY TOP.
UH, SO I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, MAKING A MOTION, UM, FOR POSITION ONE.
UM, JEREMY DAVIS FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
ARE YOU GOING WITH, YOU WANT ME TO JUST DO ALL? YEAH.
JAMES DAVIDSON, POSITION THREE.
AND POSITION, YOU SAID FOUR, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S ALSO A SEVEN.
CAN YOU, HEY JOYCE, CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE? SURE.
SO IF WE NEED TO REPEAT THAT, UM, THAT MOTION WE HAVE, UM, POSITION ONE, UH, JEREMY DAVIS, POSITION TWO.
JAMES DAVIDSON, POSITION THREE.
REGINAL PEARSON, POSITION FOUR.
DANIEL SILVA IN POSITION SEVEN GUY SIL AWAY.
AND MAKE, AND PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT POSITION SEVEN IS FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM TO EXPIRE, UM, IN 2023.
SO I SEE THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, BUT I'M OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ON YEAH.
PLEASE PLACE YOURSELF IN THE Q IIC COUNCIL MEMBER MURS.
SO, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MENTIONED, WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT P D I COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO SUBMIT THE MATRIX TO THE CITY SECRETARY.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT, MASSAGE IT, UM, BUT IT REALLY HITS ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT SPECIAL MEETING LAST, OUR RETREAT.
UM, AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO I'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU TOMORROW OR TONIGHT.
WHAT, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE, UM, THE MATRIX THAT YOU CREATED SINCE WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT? IT'S, IT'S NO DIFFERENT.
YOU DON'T WANT ME, UH, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE RETREAT.
RIGHT? SO IT SAYS, KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIELDS COULD BE USEFUL, BUT NOT REQUIRED.
ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING, LAND PLANNING, REAL ESTATE, CITY PLANNING, LAND DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THE MATRIX FROM? YES.
SO I, I TOOK THOSE IN, PUT 'EM IN LITTLE, IN EACH INDIVIDUAL BUCKET, UH, INCLUDED EDUCATION.
CAUSE I JUST THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED.
AND, UM, ALSO I PUT IN A CATEGORY FOR THE SPARK INTERVIEW CUZ WE ALL GOT SPARK INTERVIEWS AND SO WE SHOULD MEASURE THAT AS WELL.
AND THE REASON, UM, FOR IT, BECAUSE BASED ON THE MATRIX THAT WE WENT OVER DURING THE RETREAT, UM, THERE WERE IN OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT MET SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT RECOMMENDED, UM, IN THIS MOTION.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT MEET THAT PARTICULAR CRITERIA THAT ARE LISTED IN THE MOTION.
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I'M SORRY.NO, I, I'M, I'M, I'LL WAIT TILL YOU DONE.
SO WITH THAT, MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER BONE, IF HE WOULD CONSIDER AMENDING HIS MOTION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR ONE OF THE ENGINEERS.
UM, SHAZAD CHAT FOR, FOR POSITION NUMBER SEVEN.
CAN I, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE? YEAH.
SO, UM, LET ME JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH, UH, RELATIVE TO SCORING WISE, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY MINIMUM THREE YEARS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT THE RELATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, SO I LOOK AT THEM, UH, BASED OFF OF, UH, EXPERIENCE AND THEN I LOOK AT THE KNOWLEDGE AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCES, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WERE ASKED VIA THE SPARK INTERVIEW MM-HMM.
AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I HAD, UH, WITH MR. TWA CHA WAS THAT HE WAS NOT, UH, AT ALL DEFINITIVE ON HIS RESPONSES, UH, OR CLEAR AS TO HIS RELATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, ALSO, UM, HIS, HIS OVERALL INTERVIEW ON THE SPARK INTERVIEW WAS VERY LOW AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED ON, ON.
AND THEN OF COURSE EDUCATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE, NONE OF THOSE THINGS, UH, I GUESS CATAPULTED HIM ABOVE.
UH, THE OTHER ENGINEER, I GUESS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, JEREMY DAVIS.
JEREMY DAVIS IS A FORM NO, I DIDN'T REFERENCE JEREMY.
YOU SAID THAT POSITION, YOU SAID TWO ENGINEERS, YOU SAID REMOVING ONE OF THE ENGINEERS.
ONE THAT DID NOT HAVE THE, UH, MY REQUEST WAS REPLACE POSITION SEVEN WITH, UH, SHAZA.
SO WHO'S IN SEVEN? WHAT, WHAT OTHER ENGINEER ARE YOU RE CAUSE I DON'T, SO AT, UM, MEMBER BON'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR GUY SWAY TO BE APPOINTED TO POSITION SEVEN.
UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DIDN'T SEE HIM AS A ENGINEER WHO MR. CHAT IS A CONSULTING ENGINEER IN NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM.
I'M JUST GOING OFF OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN RILEY WAS SAYING.
SHE SAID REMOVING ONE OF THE ENGINEERS, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ENGINEER, CAUSE THE ONLY ENGINEER THAT I KNOW TO BE ON THIS LIST OTHER THAN HIM IS JEREMY DAVIS.
NO, I DIDN'T SAY REMOVE THE OTHER ENGINEER.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD.
REPLACING POSITION NUMBER SEVEN, INSTEAD OF GUY SOLOWAY ADDING SHAZA CHA, I MEAN, I'M, I'M OPEN TO CON TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT TELL ME WHY HIM OVER GUY.
WELL, ONE OF THE CRITERIA WAS TO, TO HAVE THAT ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.
THE EDUCATION IS THERE, UM, FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS.
BUT, UH, MR. TWA HAS A DEGREE IN, UM, CIVIL ENGINEERING, NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING, UH, FROM TEXAS A AND M.
AND MR. GUY SOLOWAY HAS A BA IN MBA FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
SO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, MR. CWA HAS MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE BASED ON LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ZONING, UM, FROM THE ENGINEERING ASPECT.
AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY REQUEST YES.
YEAH, I I, I DID TAKE THAT HIM INTO CONSIDERATION STRONGLY BASED OFF OF HIS EXPERIENCE.
NOW, ONE THING THAT, AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE SPARK INTERVIEWS MM-HMM.
ESPECIALLY THE ONE ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH A, UM, AN ITEM THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, UH, AND HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE THAT ITEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM START TO FINISH.
HE ANSWERED THEM PRETTY DEFINITIVELY TO ME.
AND SO I DID LOOK AT THEM KIND OF EQUALLY IN THE, IN THE EXPERIENCE REGARD MM-HMM.
BUT THOSE SPARK INTERVIEWS WERE THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE FOR ME.
AND THAT'S WHY I FELT STRONGLY THAT GUY SOLOWAY, UM, WOULD NEED TO BE ON THIS LIST OF FIVE THAT I HAVE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY LIST.
UH, I'M, UH, I GUESS QUESTION, UH, THE REPLACEMENT OF, UH, GUY SWAY WITH, UH, UH, CHAR CHARI.
UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UH, HE HAS THE, UH, UH, ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, BUT THAT'S A PREFERENCE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CRITERIA THAT'S, UH,
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WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, UH, I TH I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ORDINANCES, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, ZONING AND TURS, UH, MR. UH, SOLOWAY, UH, HAS, UH, A GREATER APPRECIATION OF THAT, UH, KNOWLEDGE AND BASIC OF, UH, CURRENT BOND AND INITIATIVES.UH, I, I FOUND THAT TO BE, UH, EQUAL, UH, PRIORITY EXPERIENCE VOLUNTEERING IN MISSOURI CITY, HOA AND, UH, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, MR. SOLOWAY, UH, IS THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF QUI VALLEY PROUD, UH, AND, UH, A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, HOAS THAT, UH, HE HAS.
AND, UH, MR. CHA SHALI, UH, UH, IS SLIDE ON THAT.
AND THE OTHER IS, UH, OVERALL RATING OF THE PRESENTATIONS.
I, AGAIN, FOUND, UH, UH, MR. SOLOWAY TO, UH, UH, PRESENT A, UH, BETTER, UH, INTERVIEW PROCESS AND, UH, AND ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK, AND, AND THIS IS MORE SUBJECTIVE THAN OBJECTIVE, UH, MR. UH, SOLOWAY, UH, IS, UH, AN ACHIEVER.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT HIS, HIS, UH, SPARK INTERVIEW, YOU'LL SEE THAT.
AND HE HAS A STRONG WORK ETHIC.
THINK, UH, AND, UH, I DON'T FIND THOSE SAME THINGS WITH, UH, MR. CHATI.
UH, AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S AN ACTIVE DEVELOPER, IS CAN AN ACTIVE DEVELOPER REALLY, UH, GIVE A GOOD SOUND, UH, RECOMMENDATION OR FINDINGS OR ARGUMENT WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING? AND, UH, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UH, I, UH, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE SAME MOTION THAT, UH, UH, MR. BONY PROVIDED AND, UH, PROVIDING SOME REASONS WHY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
AND I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU MAYOR PROTE ELABORATING ON YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.
AND, UM, ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES THAT SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WERE TRULY, YOU KNOW, REALLY GOOD, UM, APPLICANTS, AND THEY BRING SUCH A WEALTH OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIVERSITY.
SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED PREVIOUSLY AND SOME THAT ARE LOOKING TO SERVE AGAIN, AS WELL AS SOMEONE THAT ARE LOOKING NEW TO SERVE.
AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT, UH, DEFINITELY MR. SOLOWAY HAD DONE A DYNAMIC JOB WITH HIS, HIS INTERVIEW.
WELL, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH BOTH YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ON THAT.
UM, SO JUST MOVING FORWARD, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ASK IS IF I COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN MAYBE THAT SAME MATRIX AND KIND OF HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO GO DIVING IN A LITTLE DEEPER, UM, THAT WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN HELPFUL FOR ME TO MAKE MY DECISIONS AS WELL.
AND SO, BASED ON YOUR, YOUR SELECTION, I DO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GREAT CANDIDATES AND WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T KEEP EVERYBODY, UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, BUT I DEFINITELY DO SUPPORT THAT.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ELABORATING THAT ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND WHY YOU STAND ON YOUR, YOUR MOTION.
UH, I JUST WANT TO JUST REITERATE THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME YEAH.
SECRET SIDEBAR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
NO,
AND REALLY, IT, IT'S STILL IN LINE WITH WHERE I WAS AT ANYWAY.
IT WAS JUST A SCORECARD MATRIX THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PLUG IN THE SCORES IN.
AND IT MADE IT, IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, I GUESS VISIBLY AND OPTICALLY, UH, ACCEPTABLE FOR, FOR ME TO SAY, OH, YEAH, I WAS IN, IN THE RIGHT VEIN IN WHO I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
BUT MY, MY LIST OF FIVE WAS THE SAME PRIOR TO THE, THE MATRIX THAT CAME, THE, THAT SCORECARD THAT WAS THAT HE PRODUCED CONSTANT MERLES.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA REPEAT THAT.
IT WAS BASICALLY FORMALIZING EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT RETREAT.
AND WITH MY ENGINEERING MIND, I PUT IT INTO EXCEL SPREADSHEET, RIGHT.
UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE CANDIDATES, SORRY.
OH, NOW, UM, THE ONE THING I DID WANNA ADD IS, UM, MR. CWA DID HAVE, UH, CURRENT COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE SERVING ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND AS WELL AS THE PARKS, UM, NO, HOLD ON.
THE TIERS THREE AND AN HOA REPRESENTATIVE, UM, AND SERVES ON THE, UH, THE FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING REP, UM, AS WELL.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE, THE POSITIVE OF EVERYBODY AND THEIR EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
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WANT TO THANK THE SEVEN OF US.REALLY, UH, PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M THANKING ALL SEVEN OF US IS AT LEAST WE FINALLY GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
AND WITH THE HELP OF, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, AND, AND, AND OF COURSE CRYSTAL RONNER, CITY SECRETARY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT THIS AND HAVE SOME SORT OF CRITERIA NOW IN PLACE.
UM, SO THIS WAY MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE NOT JUST APPOINTING ANYONE, BUT THERE'S SOME SORT OF A CRITERIA TO LOOK AT.
AND I WOULD ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES THE SAME THING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARS DID, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH ALL OF US EQUALLY.
AND IF WE HAVE OUR OWN METHODOLOGY, SO TO SPEAK, THAT IF YOU COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE COME UP WITH IT AND MAKE A MOTION.
AND, UM, SO FOR ME IS, I WOULD URGE THE SAME ECHOING THAT I HEARD THROUGHOUT THE RETREAT WAS EVERYONE DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, LOOK AT THIS STUFF AND BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
AND OF COURSE, WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF COMMONALITY THAT WE'RE APPOINTING TO THIS, UH, THESE BOARDS.
BECAUSE AS FAR AS PLANNING AND ZONING AND PARKS BOARD, UM, I CAN TELL THAT THERE ARE STAFF THAT WORKS WITH THEM DIRECTLY.
UH, AND A LOT OF VERY, VERY STRONG IMPORTANT THINGS THAT DISCUSSED IN THAT, UH, WITH JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ AND THAT TEAM.
SO THIS WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF 'EM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS IS AND COMING UP WITH IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATIONS IN THAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS AND TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO I APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU KNOW, ALL SEVEN OF US, CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, FOR DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE AND GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO IRON THIS OUT AND ADD SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
AND PART OF THE REASON IS THAT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT, AND HE HAD CAME TO ME TALK ABOUT, MAYOR, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE BECAUSE THE WAY HOW WE'RE PICKING IS NOT ACCURATE.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR US TO DO SO.
AND I'M GRATEFUL AFTER TWO YEARS, WE FINALLY GOT IT, UH, GOT IT IN PLACE WHERE EACH OF US ARE AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE CANDIDATES AND SOME SORT OF CRITERIA THAT WE CAN, WE CAN PICK FROM, UH, NOT JUST, SOMETIMES IT'S POLITICAL OR NON-POLITICAL, BUT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, HAS TO BE MOVED IN, IN PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT FROM THESE MEMBERS.
JUST TO COMMENT, CITY MANAGER JONES, CAN WE BRING PARKS FORWARD NEXT WEEK? CAUSE WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES THERE.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN
NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, I, I THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT YOU SAID, MAYOR, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE END ALL.
I THINK THE REASON THAT WE KIND OF WANTED TO COME TODAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WAS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORT RUNWAY.
UH, THESE PEOPLE HAD TO BE IN PLACE BY THE 11TH, UH, BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST ENOUGH, I THINK, TO POP, TO BARELY MAKE A QUORUM.
AND SO, TO ME, THIS WAS KIND OF A, A WAY FOR US TO JUST KIND OF GET SOME THINGS AS FAR AS A CRITERIA PUT TOGETHER, LIKE SHORT TERM, KINDA LIKE THE SHORT TERM LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE LGC AND THE GOLF COURSE.
BUT FOR HERE, UH, I THINK THAT WE DEFINITELY CAN PRESENT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
IT'S TOTALLY NOT
UH, IT WAS JUST A, A, A SIMPLE, SIMPLE, UH, SCORECARD PUT TOGETHER.
BUT WE GOT A LOT OF FLESHING OF THIS OUT TO DO, BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO BE APPLICABLE TO PARKS, TO TURS.
WE GOT A LOT OF OTHER POSITIONS.
AND KEEP IN MIND, THESE FOUR POSITIONS, ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE UP AGAIN JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THIS ONCE AGAIN IN ABOUT FIVE, SIX MONTHS.
SO, UM, I, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, REALLY NOT WAIT AND REALLY KIND OF DELVE INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, SOONER THAN LATER.
LET, I'M ON THE Q2, SO LET ME ADD ONE MORE COMMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I THINK AT THE RETREAT THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A FAST TRACK WHEN, WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE APPOINTED OR, OR ONCE IT GETS TONIGHT MM-HMM.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A, A TRAINING THAT THE, THE BODY OF THE COUNSELOR HAD TALKED ABOUT GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED.
SO THIS WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, ON DAY ONE, YOU KNOW, OUR DIRECTOR CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANS WHERE WE SHOULD NEEDS ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL, UM, FAST TRACK, GIVING THE OATH OF OFFICE AND ALSO FAST TRACK, UM, SENDING OUT THE LINK FOR THEM TO TAKE THE, UH, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, UH, COURSE THAT IS REQUIRED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, MS. GOMEZ,
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UH, THOMAS WILL THEN TAKE IT OVER THEN WITH THE TRAINING FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, GO AHEAD AND VOTE NOW OR AGAINST THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
ITEM NUMBER SIX ARE APPOINTMENTS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ARE AUTHORIZATIONS SEVEN AS
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A RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE LEASE OF 76 GOLF CARTS, A DRIVING RANGE GOLF CART, AND TWO BEVERAGE CARTS, AND THE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS FOR THE LEASE OF SUCH CARTS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TYSON.
COUNSEL, THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH EARLIER IN THE L G C MEETING.
THE LESSER DOES REQUIRE THAT IT IS APPROVED BY BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE UC BOARD, UH, FOR THIS LEASE.
THIS IS WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT TO YOU AGAIN.
IS THERE A MO OH, I SEE THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
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SEVEN B, CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE MUSTANG MACHINERY COMPANY, UH, MUSTANG CAT TO PURCHASE VARIOUS HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 209,000 HUNDRED $18.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHAJI, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THIS IS A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, THREE PIECES OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
WE CALL THEM COMPACT ROLLER, COMPACT SKID TIER, AND MINI EXCAVATOR FOR THE STREETS DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE FI 23 BUDGET.
WITH THAT, I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR A SECOND? SEE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE.
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SEVEN C.SEVEN C ARE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE PURCHASE OF A WATER TANK TENDER TRUCK THROUGH SIT-INS, MARTIN EMERGENCY GROUP FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $494,966.
UM, COMING FOR YOU TO REQUEST, UH, AUTHORIZING, CONSIDERING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE OF A WATER TANKER TENDER.
UH, THIS IS A LARGE APPARATUS THAT CARRIES 3000 GALLONS OF WATER, AND IT WILL ASSIST US IN PROVIDING FIRE COVERAGE AND PROTECTION TO AREAS OF THE CITY THAT, UH, DO NOT HAVE HYDRANTS.
UH, SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 600 HOMES IN MISSOURI CITY, AS WELL AS TWO AREAS IN OUR ATJ OFF OF THOMPSON FERRY AND HAK ROAD, WHERE WE COULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING A, UH, STATIC WATER SOURCE, YOU KNOW, ON A MOBILE VEHICLE.
UH, AND WE DID SEEK ALTERNATIVE FUNDING IN LATE 2021.
WE APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE TO FIRE FIGHTER GRANT, AND IT WAS, UH, WE DID NOT GET THAT GRANT.
UH, SO WE WENT THAT ROUTE FIRST.
UH, AND ON DECEMBER 5TH OF THIS YEAR, UH, WE WENT BEFORE THE FINANCE SERVICES COMMITTEE AND PRESENTED THIS REQUEST.
UH, AND, AND THEY SUPPORTED AND APPROVED, UH, BRINGING IT FORWARD TO COUNSEL.
UM, I DO HAVE A NOTE WHEN WE WENT TO THE FINANCE SERVICES COMMITTEE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, FIRETRUCK CONSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW.
SO THEY TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO BUILD ONE.
UH, INITIALLY WE WENT TO THE FINANCE SERVICES COMMITTEE.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LOOK AT A STOCK UNIT THAT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE BY THIS SPRING.
UH, THEY HAVE SINCE SOLD THAT TRUCK.
UH, BUT THIS REQUEST IS FOR ANOTHER TRUCK THAT WE'VE LOCATED THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN QUEUE.
SO I'LL, I'M, I'M FIRST, SO LEMME START OFF.
HOW MANY PEOP HOW MANY TANKERS DO WE HAVE? WE DO NOT HAVE A TANKER IN OUR FLEET AT ALL.
WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
UH, SO THIS WILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO MISSOURI CITY FIRE AND RESCUE.
SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE TWO THEN? THAT, THAT'S CORRECT, SIR.
AND WHERE WILL THIS BE HOUSED? UH, WE'LL DO AN ANALYSIS OF, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY YOU DON'T WANT THAT TRUCK FIRST ON SCENE, SO WE'LL DO A, A STUDY TO TAKE A LOOK, AN INTERNAL STUDY WITHIN OUR OPERATIONS TO SEE IF, UH, IF IT NEEDS TO BE AT OUR STATION ONE, STATION SIX, OR EVEN AT STATION FOUR, UH, TO, TO BETTER RESPOND TO THAT.
UH, CUZ WE WE'RE GONNA USE SOME CROSS STAFFING, UH, TO GET THAT VEHICLE TO THOSE LOCATIONS.
UM, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
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IT'S ON, SO THIS TRUCK IS, IS GOING INTO PRODUCTION NOW.AND SO THE EXPECTED DELIVERY DATE IS BY THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, THE, UH, STILL USING THE, UH, UH, THE PUMPS IN LAKES, UH, AS A SOURCE OF, UH, WATER, ARE THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO, UH, WATER, UH, HYDRANTS? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE USE ABOUT, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT METHODS FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES.
AND THE TANKER IS, IS ONE LAST COMPONENT OR ONE LAST PIECE THAT WE ARE LACKING TO, TO, TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE, UH, ALTERNATIVES TO FOUR INCIDENT COMMANDERS ON SCENE.
AND, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, OTHER, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GIVING SOME CONSIDERATION TO PUTTING IN WATER LINES FOR FIRE HYDRANTS.
DO WE KNOW WHO THOSE ARE AND WHERE THAT MIGHT STAND? I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION IN THE SILVER RIDGE AREA.
UH, SAHI WAS, UH, KIND OF PARTNERING WITH US IN, IN THAT WHOLE GROUP TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOME ALTERNATIVE, UM, STATIC SOURCES THAT THEY COULD BUILD SOME PIPES OR, OR, OR SUPPLY SOME DRY HYDRANTS TO.
UH, SO I THINK THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL, YEAH.
I THINK NEWPOINT AT ONE POINT HAD SOME INTEREST.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
I'M YES, NEWPOINT'S ON THE LIST AS WELL.
NEWPOINT IS ON THE LIST AS WELL AS FAR AS THE AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE HYDRANTS.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
IN OUR FINANCE, UH, MEETING, I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED, UM, THE SHARING OF, UH, A TANKER THAT WAS AN OPTION THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING WITH STAFFORD.
AND WE JUST COULD NEVER GET THAT FINALIZED.
UH, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN ON THE FENCE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PROCEED WITH THAT OR NOT.
UH, AND ACTUALLY THE LAST DISCUSSION WAS, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WASN'T VERY PROMISING.
AND, AND, AND THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS THAT DURING HEAVY EVENTS LIKE THE STORM OR THE, THE COLD THAT WE JUST HAD RECENTLY, UH, WE WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO THAT.
SHERRY, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD PRIORITIZE KEEPING IT IN THEIR STA TAKING IT BACK TO THEIR STATION.
YEAH, I WANTED TO MENTION ALSO IN OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, UH, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE, WE BROUGHT THIS A COUPLE TIMES, RIGHT? WE VOTED THROUGH IT THOROUGHLY.
UM, TO MAKE THIS DECISION FOR THE CITY.
SO I JUST, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
SO WILL THIS TANKER, UH, BE SHARED WITH, UH, OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES? IT WILL BE PART OF OUR MUTUAL AID AGREEANCE WITH OTHER CITY, BUT BECAUSE WE OWN IT AND IT BECOMES PART OF THE CITY, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S A PRIORITY.
SO THAT TRUCK, WE CAN HOLD IT, WE CAN HOLD, HOLD IT BACK.
UH, MISSOURI CITY'S A PRIORITY, SO IT'S OUR, IT WOULD BE OUR TRUCK.
UH, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
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EIGHT ARE ORDINANCES, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS, APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STAFFING OR FISCAL YEAR 2023, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS AND AMENDMENTS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN,
UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ARE DUE TO, UH, PRIOR ACTIONS MADE BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE WATER TANKER, UH, TENDER TRUCK.
THAT IS, UH, ONE ITEM THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE, UM, UH, TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND INTO, UH, ANOTHER FUND, BUT IT'S FOR THE 494,966, WHICH IS A USE OF FUND BALANCE.
UM, AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE MET WITH THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
UH, CURRENTLY OUR FUND BALANCE EXCEEDS THE 30% THRESHOLD, AND OUR POLICY STATES THAT ANY AMOUNT THAT'S OVER THAT THRESHOLD CAN BE USED FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.
UH, THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED, UM, A LISTING OF, UH, ITEMS CONSIDERING, UH, JUST SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE, THE WATER TANKER WAS ONE OF THOSE.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS THE USE OF 1.2 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
AND THAT IS ALSO COMING FROM FUND BALANCE.
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LOOKING AGAIN AT THE REVENUE SIDE, UM, WE DO HAVE A TRANSFER IN TO THE GENERAL FUND FUND 1 0 1 FROM FUND 800, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A SUB FUND OF THE GENERAL FUND.AND THIS IS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR COVID 19.
IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE, UH, THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US, WE WERE ABLE TO REQUEST, UM, SALARIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THOSE SALARIES WERE RECORDED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THE CASH WAS PUT PUT IN 800.
SO WE'RE JUST TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS TO THE FUND THAT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, $100,000, UH, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN, UM, HEALTH PREMIUMS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TODAY DURING THE SPECIAL MEETING.
WE ALSO HAVE A CHANGE, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A RECENT, UH, RECLASSIFIED VACANT POSITION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR.
IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE REMOVING IT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE'S NO REQUEST FOR FUNDS, IT'S JUST MOVING THE FUNDS FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.
THE TOTAL IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND IS APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS, FOR THE, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND FOR THE WATER TANKER.
OUR ESTIMATED FUND BALANCE WILL STILL BE, UH, OVER THE 30% THRESHOLD AT APPROXIMATELY, UH, 52%.
OF COURSE, IF WE'RE, UM, PUTTING THINGS INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT, UH, INCLUDES A TRANSFER INTO OTHER FUNDS, WE HAVE TO BUDGET IN THOSE OTHER FUNDS.
SO THIS IS THE 1.2 MILLION FOR SIDE ROCK REPAIRS BEING PLACED INTO THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS FOR THE UTILITY FUNDS.
UH, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED TO, UH, DEALING WITH THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, THE REGIONAL LIFT STATION, AND THE FUNDING FOR THAT WAS TO COME FROM IMPACT FEES AND FROM THE, UM, UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION FUND.
SO THIS IS, UH, PUTTING IN THE APPROPRIATIONS SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, EXPEND THOSE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S FROM THE IMPACT FEES, WE'LL BE PAYING APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND FROM THE CONSTRUCTION FUND, APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION.
AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WE DO HAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN RAMONI ON THE QUEUE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK, UH, ELENA AND HER FINANCE TEAM FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND WORKING WITH THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS AND COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM EMORY OFTEN STATES IS THAT THE FUND BALANCE BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS.
AND WE HAVE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARRUS, UH, CAME TO ME AND WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD, UH, LOOK AT UTILIZING SOME OF THE FUN BALANCE FOR SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE FUNDED PRIOR TO THIS WAS THE, UM, THE WATER TANKER THAT WE DON'T HAVE AND, AND NEED DESPERATELY FOR OUR BURGEONING GROWING AREAS.
ALSO, UM, IF YOU NOTICE THE 1.2 MILLION IN, UH, SIDEWALK REPAIRS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF, UH, SIDEWALK REPAIR NEEDS IN THE CITY.
BUT WITH THIS 1.2 MILLION, THE PLAN THAT WAS SUGGESTED WAS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT 1.2 MILLION SPREAD EQUALLY OVER ALL DISTRICTS A, B, C, AND D.
AND SO, SO THEREFORE, UM, EACH OF THE DISTRICTS WILL BE GETTING $300,000, AND I THINK SHASHI HAS IDENTIFIED ALREADY THE, UH, HIGH-NEED SIDEWALKS THAT, THAT NEED REPAIRS.
SO, UH, THIS IS JUST A, A GREAT USE OF, UH, OUR FUND BALANCE.
AND, UH, OF COURSE THAT'S A PART OF THIS OVERALL, UH, AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.
BUT THANK YOU ELAINE AGAIN, AND TEAM AND MY COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
ELAINE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE WERE ABOVE, UH, 30% STILL WITH THE FUND BALANCE.
DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE AND HOW MANY DOLLARS THAT, UH, THAT REPRESENTS? UH, 52% AND, UH, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 13 MILLION.
WELL THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, EXCESS DOLLARS THERE THAT WHEN USED POTENTIALLY, UH, AS WE'VE USED THE, UH, THE DOLLARS, UH, TONIGHT.
SO AGAIN, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY REALLY, UH, BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS.
SO WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GREAT FOR OUR CITIZENS, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, USING THOSE DOLLARS OUT OF THE FUND.
SO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MORALES.
YEAH, AND TO ADD TO THAT, THESE FUNDS ARE ONE TIME USE ONLY.
SO WE CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, FUND ANYTHING.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LIST THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
SO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH A LIST WITH THE
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FINANCE TEAM TO SEE WHERE ELSE WE CAN APPLY THOSE.THANK I, I HAVE ONE THING TO ADD.
UM, AS WE ARE SPENDING THIS MONEY, YEAH, I'M, I'M REFERRING TO 1.2 MILLION THE SIDEWALKS, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF REPORT BACK FROM YOU, UM, TO THIS BODY OF COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE IN PUBLIC, WE CAN SAY WHERE THAT 1.2 MILLION WENT TO AND WHAT DISTRICT AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM PUBLIC SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SIDEWALKS HERE AND SIDEWALKS HERE, AND THAT'S NOT FIXED.
SO SINCE THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE FUND, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THAT PORTIONS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING EVERY TIME YOU SPEND SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW, BUT AT LEAST QUARTERLY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, LET THE BODY OF THE COUNCIL KNOW.
CUZ I KNOW THAT THIS GOES DEEPLY THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT AS OTHERS WHO ARE NOT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE, JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE, WHERE THAT BEING SPENT.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT STREET ADDRESS, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, YOU OR OF THAT MONEY THAT WAS USED FOR WHAT DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHAT SUBDIVISION, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, WE HAVE SONYA BROWN, MARSHALL COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHALL, SAME COMMENT AS MAYOR, BUT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, UM, AS TO HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE SIDEWALKS OF THIS 1.2 MILLION TO START, UH, MOVING FORWARD DURING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR? UM, AGAIN, THIS YEAR, THE TYPICAL BUDGET WE GET FOR SIDEWALK THIS YEAR, THE, FROM THE METRO FUNDS WAS 630,000 APPROXIMATELY TO DATE.
WE'RE ALMOST, UH, PAST ONE QUARTER, WE'VE SPENT ALREADY HALF THE MONEY.
SO THERE IS MORE NEEDS THAN WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE.
WITH THIS ONE, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE SPENDING SPREADING UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IF YOU'RE ASKING ON A TIMELINE OF WHEN THIS IS GONNA BE DONE, PROBABLY WITHIN SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
SO WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS A, UH, CREATING, UH, LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE GONNA APPROPRIATE THIS MONEY IN TERMS OF PROJECTS.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE REPORT TO COUNCIL, AND ONCE WE ARE DONE, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL A REPORT AS TO WHEN THIS WORKS, WE'RE COMPLETED.
BUT MY ESTIMATE IS BETWEEN SIX TO NINE MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE ALL THIS RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THE FOUR DISTRICTS THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS REQUESTED.
AND IF IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T USE ALL OF THE MONEY WITHIN THIS BUDGET, UH, PERIOD WITHIN THIS FISCAL PERIOD, UM, ELENA, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT 1.2? IT REMAINS IN THAT FUND.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRANSFER THE FULL 1.2 INTO THE FUND THAT PAYS BESIDE ROCK REPAIR.
SO WE'LL STILL BE THERE FOR FUTURE USE.
AND ALSO IF YOU HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER OR ENCUMBER THE FUNDS, THERE WILL BE AN ENCUMBRANCE THAT ROLLS UNTIL IT'S SPENT.
AND IF I MAY ADD COUNCIL MEMBER AND I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING, WE HAVE A NEED
BUT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT EXPENDED.
COUNCIL
UH, WE BUDGETED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE 23 BUDGET, 600 SOMETHING THOUSAND, AROUND 6 30, 600 30,000.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL OF $1.83 MILLION.
SO THAT'S A HUGE, UH, BOON TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, GETTING, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TOTAL WE HAVE IN SIDEWALK REPAIRS TOTAL.
WELL, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT OVER THE PAST, UH, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE ALMOST INVESTED CLOSE TO $5 MILLION IN SIDEWALK REPAIRS.
SO, AND WHERE ARE WE NOW AS FAR AS, UH, UH, THE NEED? WELL, UM, IT'S AT US.
ANY SNAP POINT THAT YOU TAKE THE NEED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU FIXED THE SIDEWALKS, BUT AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE THE TREE ISSUES THAT PREES THE SIDEWALK CONDITIONS, UH, BUT WE HAVE TACKLED MAJORITY OF THE CRITICAL SIDEWALK ISSUES.
THIS IS GONNA GO, TAKE US A LONG WAY IN ADDRESSING THE BACKLOG, AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE NEXT REPORT, WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE ON THAT AND, UH, WHAT THE FUTURE NEEDS ARE AT THAT POINT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION, THERE'S BEEN A SECOND AND ALL THOSE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A Resolution identifying certain o...]
NINE ARE RESOLUTIONS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, IDENTIFYING CERTAIN OFFICIALS WITH AUTHORITY TO OPEN AND MAINTAIN AN ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS WITH WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS, UM, JUST CHANGING AN AUTHORIZED SIGNER ON THE ACCOUNT, UH, INCLUDED AS AN AUTHORIZED SIGNER AS THE MAYOR PROTE.
AND SO THIS IS REMOVING THE PRIOR MAYOR PRO TEM ACCOUNTS MAN, BONY AND ADDING MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, EMORY
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TO THE ACCOUNT.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO NINE B
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Adopt a Resolution in response to ...]
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING RECOGNITION OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, EXCLUDING THE HEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EXEMPT EMPLOYEES UNDER TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1 42 0.058 B, DETERMINING THAT THE CITY MAY MEET AND CONFER WITH THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 1 42, SUBCHAPTER B, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.OKAY, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MONICA.
AND MAYOR, THIS ITEM PROVIDES FOR A COUNSEL IN CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO THE PETITION THAT WAS SUBMITTED ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2022, BY THE POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION, UH, REQUESTING THAT THE, UH, COUNSEL GRANT RECOGNITION OF THE ASSOCIATION AS A SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS COVERED BY CHAPTER 1 42 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SUB CHAPTER B, UH, IN RESPONSE, UH, UNDER STATE STATUTE COUNCIL MUST TAKE, UH, CERTAIN ACTION WITHIN, UH, 30 DAYS OF SUBMISSION OF THE PETITION.
THIS ACTION CAN INCLUDE GRANTING RECOGNITION AND DETERMINING BY MAJORITY VOTE THAT THE CITY MAY ENGAGE IN ME, CONFER WITH THE ASSOCIATION OR DEFERRING, UH, GRANTING OF THE RECOGNITION IN ORDERING IN AN ELECTION.
IS THERE A MOTION? UH, YES MA'AM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, UM, RECOGNIZING, UH, OR GRANTING RECOGNITION TO THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT FOR THE COVERED POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONI, CAN YOU PUT THAT MOTION IN? I THOUGHT I HAD IT IN THERE.
SO IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'M SORRY I WASN'T LISTENING, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST LITTLE THING GOING ON HERE.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? DID YOU GET IT? I DID, I DID.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION GRANTING RECOGNITION TO THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT FOR THE COVERED POLICE OFFICERS OF THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[10. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
10 ARE CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.SO HERE, ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF, FOR WHICH NO FORMAL ACTION WILL BE DISCUSSED OR TAKEN.
AND WE WILL START WITH A, UH, TIME CLOCK.
SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION, A LARGE POSITION ONE LYNN KLAUSER.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND, UM, MANY THANKS TO, UM, CITY MANAGER JONES ON THE, UH, COUNCIL RETREAT.
UH, THE THREE OF YOU LADIES DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON THE RETREAT.
I'M VERY, VERY EDUCATIONAL, AND SO I REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT FOR ME TO ATTEND MEETINGS, AND I WILL SEE YOU GUYS VERY, VERY SOON ROUNDING THEM OUT NOW, TRYING TO GET 'EM ON THE CALENDAR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT, UM, COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP COMING UP JANUARY 10.
COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION TWO, LYNN
YES, I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY, VERY, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR, PROSPEROUS YEAR, AND, UM, I TOO WANNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT RETREAT AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RILEY, AND I WANNA RALLY TO CALL IT A COUN COUNCIL WORKSHOP INSTEAD OF RETREAT, CUZ THE RETREAT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE FUN.
BUT WE DID, WE DID A LOT OF WORK AND WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS TEAM.
AND THAT'S ALL OF MY ANNOUNCEMENTS,
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UH, THIS CUSTOMER, VERONICA VALLEYWANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY, HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR, UM, AS WELL AS THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THAT THEY DID IN THE 2022 YEAR TO GET US THROUGH, TO GET US OVER AND TO THRIVE, UM, AS A CITY.
UM, WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER, JONES, CITY SECRETARY RON AND CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
I ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT WAS ABLE TO, TO ASSIST, UM, FROM BEHIND THE SCENES AS WELL.
UM, I WANNA JUST SAY, UM, THANK YOU F TO, UM, MR. NDA FOR HOSTING A REALLY WONDERFUL KWANZA EVENT, UM, HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, UM, OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND AGAIN, UM, WE HAD A GREAT, A GREAT YEAR.
AND SO I WANNA ALSO END BY SAYING, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FORT BEND COUNTY NEWLY ELECTED PEOPLE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYONE GET INTO OFFICE AS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND A FAREWELL, UM, TO ALL THOSE THAT SERVED AND, UM, HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN THE PAST.
WANNA END BY SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY YOUNGEST AND NEWEST, UH, 18 YEAR OLD
AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT B COUNCIL MEMBER
YES, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A, A MERRY, VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, A HAPPY KWANA AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UH, SPEAKING OF KWANA, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY COUNCILWOMAN RILEY ABOUT THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY KWANZA CELEBRATION.
SO HAPPY TO HAVE THAT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THE FIRST YEAR THEY DID IT, THEY DID IT ACTUALLY IN FORT BEND, HOUSTON, AND I WAS LIKE, NAH, NEVER AGAIN.
SO, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, UTILIZED OUR MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY CENTER AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM THERE.
IT WAS GREAT SEEING, LIKE I SAID, MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, UH, IN ATTENDANCE.
ALSO A GREAT JOB ON THE COUNCIL RETREAT.
I THINK IT'S THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING SPECIAL, UH, FOR US TO GROW AND BECOME, UH, A TEAM, UH, AND MOVE FROM THE GROUP STAGE TO THE TEAM STAGE.
AND I THINK WE'RE, UH, ON OUR WAY IN, IN INTO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW YEAR.
UH, AND LASTLY, UH, I WAS ABLE TO GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING ONCE AGAIN FOR THE SNOWDROP ULTRA RACE AND RALLY EVENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS I GET OUT TO BED.
IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO GO OUT AND, AND, AND HANG WITH ANTHONY MARRUS, COUNCILMAN MARRUS.
BUT ALSO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR NEW CITY MANAGER COME OUT.
W WAS IT EARLY ENOUGH FOR YOU? NO, IT WAS WAY
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, JASON MANGHAM, AND SO GREAT EVENT BRINGS A LOT OF, UH, DOLLARS.
THEY, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE STAYING AT THE HAMPTON AND THE FAIRFIELD HOTELS, AND SO, UH, SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY IN THE CITY, SO GREAT USE OF OUR HOT, HOT FUNDS AND, UM, GREAT TO HAVE THEM HERE CONTINUOUSLY, AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C ANTHONY MURS.
UH, THANK YOU TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS.
UM, THE SNOWDROP ULTRA 55 IS A BIG, BIG DEAL FOR US, SO THEY COME FROM EVERYWHERE TO VISIT US TO RUN FOR CANCER PATIENTS.
THERE WERE OVER 202 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR.
UM, WHAT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL IS PEOPLE WOULD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUN AND COME OVER TO ANGEL, COME OVER TO, FOR OUR AWARD-WINNING PARKS DIRECTOR AND SAY, WE LOVE THIS PARK.
I GOT ANOTHER TEXAS ON SUNDAY.
UH, AND IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.
IT'S THEIR 10TH ANNUAL AND THEY'RE GONNA DO MORE WITH US, SO THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D EM, FLOYD, EMORY.
I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND, UH, HER STAFF, UH, AND, UH, OUR, UH, CITY'S SECRETARY ALSO AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR MAKING THE, UM, CITY RETREAT THAT WE HAD, UH, A SUCCESS.
UH, I THINK IT WAS INFORMING STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT IT SHOWS WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO, UH, UH, PUT OUR, UH, OUR REFERENCE INTO.
UH, THE OTHER IS, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH TYSON SPIELBERG FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS.
UH, HE'S, UH, BECOME ALMOST, UH, A SECOND SON TO ME, OUR THIRD SON, EXCUSE ME.
UH, BECAUSE I, BECAUSE I SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH HIM, UH, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT,
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UH, UH, I I'VE RELISHED OVER THOSE YEARS AND I'M REALLY, UH, GONNA, GONNA MISS HIM.UH, AND, UH, OUR NORMALLY DAILY CALLS TO, UH, TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING ON AT THE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT HE IS STILL STAYING IN QUAIL VALLEY.
HE'S NOT MOVING, SO HE'LL BECOME A TAXPAYER AND HE MAY BE UP HERE ASKING US WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING? SO, UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HIS PRESENCE IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY.
UH, WE HAD A RETREAT FOR TWO DAYS.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, ALL SEVEN OF US TOGETHER, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY SECRETARY, WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND START THIS PROCESS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE TO COME IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR PARTICIPATING AND HEALTHY DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE THIS THING WORK.
UM, SO LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND LASTLY TO YOUR THIRD SON, UH, TYSON
UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU, TYSON.
UM, ARE YOU HERE? THERE, THERE YOU ARE.
UH, I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU WITHOUT YOU HERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO US, UH, OTHER MAYORS THAT WORKED HERE BEFORE ALL BENEFITED FROM YOUR SERVICE AT THE, UH, CITY CENTER.
UM, I THINK TO ALL THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UH, WITH MISSOURI CITY THAT HAVE SEEN YOU OUT THERE WORKING SO HARD.
UM, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THE, YOU DID MULTIPLE PEOPLE'S JOB AT THE SAME TIME, UH, AND AS SOME OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND EVEN WHEN NOT ELECTED, SEEING YOU IN THERE, IN THERE, EVEN DOING THE ROLE OF HOUSEKEEPING AND PICKING UP THINGS, AND YOU KEPT THAT PLACE GOING FOR 14 YEARS, AS YOU STATED, IT'D BE, UH, YOU'LL BE MISSED DEEPLY, UH, IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
UM, AND, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU AS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
SO WE CAN'T FAULT YOU FOR LEAVING, UH, TO DO SOMETHING EVEN BETTER.
UH, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY CENTER AND THE GOLF COURSE WILL GO AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR, UH, DEPARTURE.
BUT, UM, YOU, YOU'LL BE MISSED BY ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY BY MYSELF AS WELL.
BUT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, LEISURE CORPORATION.
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, RIGHT? WE DON'T.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN AT 8:30 PM ALL ON THE MONEY.