Jan 17, 2023 City Council

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, UH, CAL ARNER.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

UH, TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 2023.

UH, I'LL CALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF REGULAR MEETING INTO ORDER AT 7 7 0 2.

AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, UH, ROLL CALL AND CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM.

AND IT APPEARS WE HAVE EVERYONE OTHER THAN OUR MAYOR HERE.

SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, PLEDGE.

ALLEGIANCE IS THE NEXT ITEM.

AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET, UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF, MR. BEAREN HERE.

IS CHIEF BEAREN HERE? NO, HE'S NOT.

PLEDGE STATES OF AMERICA JUSTICE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION, UH, PRESENTATION OF MISSOURI CITY CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS.

[(a) Presentation of the Missouri City Clean Restaurant Awards.]

UH, JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY DANIEL WADE AND CHRIS JOETTE.

OKAY, YOU COULD PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING GOOD TONIGHT.

MY NAME'S DANIEL WADE.

I'M A HEALTH INSPECTOR HERE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

ALONG WITH, MY NAME IS CHRIS HEALTH INSPECTOR, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS WELL.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO DO OUR CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS.

UM, IF THERE ARE ANY AWARD RECIPIENTS HERE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN CALL 'EM UP FOR DAVE'S HOT CHICKEN 63 24 HIGHWAY SIX.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU TO STAND RIGHT HERE.

THOUSAND THREE, TEXAS PARKWAY.

WE ALSO HAVE DONUT HEART MAMA.

GONNA TAKE SOME PICTURES.

CAN WE GET YOU ALL OVER HERE PLEASE? ? THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.

ABSOLUTELY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S, CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S EVEN BETTER.

OH, GO AHEAD.

SO, TO GET STARTED, CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS, UH, THIS, THE CITY ISSUES SEMI SEMI-ANNUAL CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS.

IN AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE, THIS PROGRAM HONORS THE RESTAURANTS HAVING THE BEST SCORES OVER THE PRECEDING SIX MONTH ROUTINE INSPECTION PERIOD.

THE CRITERIA TO EARN A CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARD, ANY RESTAURANT THAT COOKS SERVES, DINE-IN FOOD FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY BE ELIGIBLE.

THIS EXCLUDES CONVENIENCE STORES, GROCERY STORES, SCHOOLS, CAFETERIAS, ET CETERA.

THE RESTAURANT MUST SCORE 95 OR ABOVE IN ITS ROUTINE INSPECTION.

THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS NO CRITICAL VIOLATIONS AND THAT, AND THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT IS OPERATING WITH A VALID PERMIT TOTAL.

THERE WERE 78 RESTAURANTS THAT ACHIEVED A ROUTINE INSPECTION SCORE OF A 95 OR HIGHER, UM, BETWEEN JULY, 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER, 2022.

TONIGHT, WE ARE REP, UH, GIVEN THESE AWARDS TO THE 14 RECIPIENTS WHO EARNED A SCORE, A PERFECT SCORE OF 100.

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JUST TO FINISH UP, THERE ARE MORE, UM, WATER BURGER 88, 20.

THEY'RE NOT HERE.

HIGHWAY SIX, WE GOT BURGER KING 2207, TEXAS PARKWAY, DAIRY QUEEN 58 0 1 HIGHWAY SIX.

DREAM DINNERS 54 18 HIGHWAY SIX.

I JUST DIDN'T CHECK .

OH, THERE YOURE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A PICTURE LATER? OKAY.

WE'LL PASTE YOUR PICTURE IN.

HUH? WE'LL PASTE YOUR PICTURE IN.

I'M, YOU'RE ALREADY HERE.

AND IT IS, OH GOD, I HAVE IT IN VIDEO.

YOU DO IT FOR US.

WE ALSO HAVE MARCOS PIZZA, 62 45 HIGHWAY SIX, EARNED A PERFECT SCORE OFF THE VINE BISTRO 28 65 DOLLIS AVE.

PAPA JOHN 62.

62, HIGHWAY SIX, PAPA MURPHY'S, TAKEN BAKED PIZZA 87 70 HIGHWAY SIX AND POPEYE'S 48 50 HIGHWAY SIX, SUBWAY 1100 FM 10 92.

AND TEXAS BEER GARDEN, 63 0 2, HIGHWAY SIX.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE AWARD RECIPIENTS.

UM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I THINK WE KNOW WHERE WE'LL ALL BE EATING.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, SAY THANKS TO, UH, ALL OF THE, UH, RESTAURANTS THAT, UH, HAVE, UH, ACHIEVED THE, UH, THE GRADING THAT REQUIRES OR ALLOWS THEM TO, UH, BE IN THE CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS, UH, PROGRAM.

AND, UH, IT'S, UH, WE SEE OUR RESTAURANTS ARE GROWING, SO I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE AND MORE CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS AS WE GO ON.

SO, THANK YOU AGAIN.

UH, NEXT, NEXT ITEM IS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MR. MAYOR PROAM.

WE DO HAVE TWO THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

HIT THANK YOU, MS. HITTLE.

AS YOU APPROACHED THE, UH, PODIUM, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

I, I, I THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

OH, YEAH.

UH, MY NAME IS JULIE HITTLE.

I LIVE AT 29 LITTLE TRAIL, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77 459.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF BANES MIDDLE SCHOOL, PTO, AND OBVIOUSLY A RESIDENT OF SIENNA.

AND ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, UM, ARE TWO ORDINANCES, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ON SIENNA RANCH ROAD.

THERE, UM, ARE A FEW REASONS THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND TO BEGIN.

SO, SIENNA RANCH.

SO SIENNA PARKWAY RUNS THROUGH SIENNA, AND THAT IS THE BUSIEST ROAD.

UM, BUT BESIDES THAT, SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND SIENNA SPRINGS ROAD ARE THE ONLY ROADS IN ALL OF SIENNA THAT HAVE SPEED LIMITS THAT ARE 35 OR OR ABOVE 35 MILES PER HOUR.

ALL THE OTHER ROADS HAVE EITHER 30 MILES AN HOUR OR 35 MILES PER HOUR.

AND SO CURRENTLY IT'S 40 MILES PER HOUR IN THE PART THAT IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE HOPING WILL HAPPEN IS THAT YOU'LL, UH, VOTE TO APPROVE REDUCING THAT TO 35, WHICH THEN ALSO WOULD REDUCE THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT TO 20, WHICH CURRENTLY IS 25.

IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONFUSING.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, KEEPING CONTINUITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE GREAT.

SO THE SECOND PIECE TO THAT, UH, BANES MIDDLE SCHOOL'S SCHOOL ZONE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT HALF OF IT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF MISSOURI CITY, AND HALF OF IT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

SO, BECAUSE NOW, UM, THE FORT BEND COUNTY SIDE HAS A SCHOOL ZONE OF 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE OTHER SIDE, THE MISSOURI CITY SIDE, HAS 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SO, IF YOU'RE A, A CAR DRIVER AND YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN SIENNA RANCH ROAD, YOU SEE A SIGN ON THE ROAD THAT SAYS DROP YOUR SPEED TO 20 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE, IN THE SCHOOL ZONE.

DURING THESE TIMES, YOU KEEP DRIVING,

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AND THEN IT HALFWAY THROUGH BUMPS UP TO 25.

IT'S VER IT'S UNUSUAL.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I THINK IT'S CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.

SO, AGAIN, CONTINUITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE LAST PIECE THAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IS SAFETY.

THIS STRETCH OF ROAD HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UH, THIS, THIS YEAR ALONE, WE'VE HAD TWO GIRLS THAT CAME OUT OF BANES MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY LEFT THE SCHOOL, THEY WERE CROSSING SANTANNA RANCH ROAD ON FOOT, AND THEY GOT HIT BY A CAR.

UM, FORTUNATELY THEY WERE ALL OKAY IN THE END, BUT PARAMEDICS HAD TO BE CALLED.

WE'VE HAD FOUR BIKERS GET HIT.

UM, YOU KNOW, KI KIDS OR ONE ADULT ON BIKES TRYING TO CROSS.

UM, TWO OF THEM WERE IN THE CROSSWALK.

TWO WERE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS.

SO I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING FASTER MAKES FOR WORSE ACCIDENTS.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO PREVENT THE, A TRAGEDY FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE TWO ORDINANCES.

THANK YOU, BRUCE.

SAND BROSKI.

MR. SAND BROSKI, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.

P, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR PRESENTATION, AND PLEASE OBSERVE.

THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABOUT A BRIDGE.

IT'S ABOUT ABUSE OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS DISTRICT, A HOUSE AT 15 318 EAST ANTOINE CIRCLE.

LAST YEAR HAD CONCRETE WORK DONE.

I THINK THEY SPENT OVER $14,000.

THEY DID THE SIDEWALK FOR MISSOURI CITY.

THE PITIFUL PART IS ALLING, THE CITY GAVE THEM BACK THE PERMIT FEE.

I THINK YOU COULD DO BETTER THAN THAT.

IF YOU CAN WASTE MONEY ON A PLACE LIKE CINDY'S FROM STOPPING OPEN, YOU CAN AT LEAST COME TO A CONSENSUS AND GET FOUR OF YOU TOGETHER AND GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT 1 53 18 EAST ANTON CIRCLE AND GO UP TO THAT HOMEOWNER AND SAY, WE'RE SORRY THIS HAPPENED.

WE SHOULD MAYBE MAKE SOME SORT OF RESTITUTION TO YOU.

YOU CONTINUE TO WASTE MONEY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

WHY DON'T YOU MAKE AN AGENDA ITEM AND GIVE THEM THIS CUSTOMER, THIS HOMEOWNER, SOME MONEY BACK TO THEM.

UH, MR. MAYOR PROTEM, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEXT ITEM ON BUSINESS OR STAFF REPORTS.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Receive a report on proposed chang...]

DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF REPORTS? I BELIEVE, UH, YES.

AYE, SIR? YES.

CITY ATTORNEY? YES.

TIMES DURING THE PROCESS.

MAYOR PROTE AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SECTION TWO DASH 6 53 OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE REQUIRES YOUR ETHICS COMMISSION TO PROVIDE TO YOU ALL WITH A REPORT AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR.

THAT SETS FORTH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CITY'S CURRENT ETHICS ORDINANCE.

AT THE DECEMBER 13TH, 2022 MEETING, THE ETHICS COMMISSION REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE, AND THEY PROVIDED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

THIS PRESENTATION AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SERVE YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS OF CREATING A GRACE, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, MAINTAINING A FINANCIALLY SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT, AND DEVELOPING A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM.

SO, THE ETHICS COMMISSION HAD ABOUT 22 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT.

I WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS BRIEFLY GO OVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE SUBMITTED IN YOUR PREVIOUS SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING, AFTER WHICH YOU ALL CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THESE AT A LATER, UH, WORKSHOP, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH A REVISED ORDINANCE INCORPORATING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION WAS TO DEFINE CITY OFFICIAL TO INCLUDE FORMER CITY OFFICIALS.

THE NEXT ITEM WAS TO REQUIRE NOTARIZED COMPLAINT FORMS. THE NEXT ITEM WAS TO CHANGE THE TIME LIMIT FOR ETHICS COMMISSION COMPLAINTS FROM SIX MONTHS.

SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO 365 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE VIOLATION WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED, OR WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER THE ALLEGED VIOLATION BECAME KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN.

THE NEXT ITEM WAS TO REQUIRE THE CITY SECRETARY TO DETERMINE IF COMPLAINTS ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE.

SO THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE REVIEWING THE APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE, OR THE, THE COMPLAINT FORM TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE BLANKS ARE FILLED IN.

THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO DEFER THE PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS, UH, IF THEY ARE FILED WITHIN 120 DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION.

THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

WITH, UH, A FEW EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE WERE NOTIFIED THE ETHICS COMMISSION WOULD REQUIRE, OR HAVE THEY HAVE ASKED THAT WE INSTITUTE SPECIFIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, UH, AT DIFFERENT

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THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE, UH, MAKING COMPLAINTS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL DISMISSED OR SCHEDULED FOR A DETERMINATION HEARING.

THE NEXT ITEM EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS RETALIATION.

ITEM NINE REQUIRES A JURISDICTIONAL JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION WITHIN 10 CALENDAR DAYS OF RECEIVING A A REPORT.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD REVIEW THE COMPLAINT TO DETERMINE BEFORE SENDING ANYTHING OFF TO AN ATTORNEY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY UNDER THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVIEW A COMPLAINT.

ITEM 10 REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF AN IN INVESTIGATING ATTORNEY WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS OF THAT DETERMINATION, UH, OF JURISDICTION BY THE COMMISSION.

ITEM 11 REQUIRES THE SUBMISSION OF THE PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE INVESTIGATING ATTORNEY WITHIN 15 BUSINESS DAYS OF THE DESIGNATION OF THAT ATTORNEY.

THE NEXT ITEM REQUIRES THE PRELIMINARY REPORT MEETING WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE REPORT IS SUBMITTED.

AND SOME OF THESE YOU WILL, OF COURSE, UH, RECOGNIZE FROM THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.

WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE THOUGH, IS THEY'VE REQUIRED SPECIFIC DATES AND TIMELINES FOR CERTAIN PROCESSES.

THE NEXT ITEM, UH, NUMBER 13, IS TO, UM, REQUIRE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE REFERENCES FOR THREE ATTORNEYS, UH, IF A DESIGNATION OF A, AN ATTORNEY IS DESIRED.

ITEM 14 REQUIRES FUNDING FOR THE ETHICS COMMISSION BECAUSE IF AN EXTERNAL COUNSEL IS DESIGNATED, OF COURSE THERE WILL BE, UH, CHARGES AND FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DESIGNATION.

ITEM 15 PROVIDES FOR SPECIFIC DEADLINES FOR VARIOUS SUBMISSIONS AND RELEASES.

ITEM 16 AUTHORIZES THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY EX PROVIDE EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING TIMELINES DEPENDING ON, UH, THE NATURE OF THOSE REQUESTS.

ITEM 17 PROVIDES FOR THE COMPLAINT, UH, THE COMPLAINANT TO ACTUALLY PROSECUTE THE COMPLAINT.

SO INSTEAD OF A CITY STAFF MEMBER, UH, PRESENTING A CASE, ESSENTIALLY, OR, UH, AN ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY IS PAYING FOR PRESENTING A CASE, IT WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO'S FILED THE COMPLAINT, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT THEIR CASE TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

ITEM 17 PROVIDES FOR, OH, I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS ITEM 17.

ITEM 18 PROVIDES THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION, UH, OR ALLOWS THE ETHICS COMMISSION TO IMPOSE CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITHOUT COUNCIL ACTION.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS A RECOMMENDING BODY.

THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN YOU ALL, UH, EITHER AGREE WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR YOU DON'T.

UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN, UM, CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITHOUT COUNSEL.

A ACTION ITEM 19 ALLOWS THE COMMISSION TO PUBLISH, UH, IN THE NEWSPAPER CERTAIN SANCTIONS.

ITEM 20 AUTHORIZES THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THE SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL OF AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL FOR VIOLATING CERTAIN, UH, CERTAIN CODE OF CONDUCT OR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN THE ETHICS COMMISSION ORDINANCE.

ITEM 21 REQUIRES COUNSEL ACTION ON ETHICS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.

AS THE ORDINANCE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, YOU ALL JUST HAVE TO RECEIVE THE REPORT WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME, BUT THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION ON, UH, ANY RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.

ITEM 22 PROVIDES FOR AN APPEAL OF A SANCTION, UH, TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

I DO BELIEVE, OH, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM THE ETHICS COMMISSION HERE TONIGHT.

UM, BUT I WILL GO ON THEN TO THE, UH, JUST A SUMMARY OF YOU.

ALL OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSED CHANGES.

YOU ALL ALSO, UH, RECOMMENDED DEFINING CITY OFFICIAL TO INCLUDE FORMER OFFICIALS AS WELL.

UH, YOU ALL ASKED TO CLARIFY THAT THE STANDARD OF CONDUCT, UH, THAT PROHIBITS DEFAMATION AND HARASSMENT DOES INCLUDE THAT SORT OF LANGUAGE ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

UH, YOU ASKED TO ADD A STANDARD OF CONDUCT THAT PROHIBITS THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, UM, THAT IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, AND THAT'S PROVIDED IN CLOSED MEETINGS.

AND YOU'VE ALSO ASKED TO HAVE THE PRELIMINARY REPORT MEETING WITHIN SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER,

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UH, THE REPORT IS SUBMITTED.

THE COMMISSION, THE DIFFERENCE HERE, AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT, UM, IN THE PARENTHESES, IS, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION RE RECOMMENDED 15 DAYS, AND YOU'VE ALSO SUGGESTED ADDING FOUR ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE COMMISSION.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

AGAIN, NEXT STEPS ARE EITHER ONE, YOU LOOK AT THESE ITEMS MORE, UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING, PERHAPS A SPECIAL MEETING, OR WE CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH PLACING THIS ITEM ON THE NEXT AGENDA IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE.

A DRAFT ORDINANCE IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AS PART OF THE COMMISSION'S REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? LET ME, OKAY.

IS THE DESIRE TO HAVE THIS ITEM ON, UH, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, ACCEPTING ALL OF THE COMMISSION'S CHANGES, OR WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO HAVE THIS AT A FUTURE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING? BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, COULD WE, UH, LISTEN TO, UH, COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL LADY KLAUSER? YES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS E JOYCE.

UM, AND I LIKE THE UPDATES THAT THE, UM, COMMITTEE HAS SUGGESTED, UM, SPECIFIC, AND THIS, THIS PROBABLY WILL REQUIRE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL WILL PROBABLY HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

MINE NUMBER 14, YOU KNOW, WHAT BUDGET ARE WE LOOKING AT? YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE ALREADY INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WHERE'S THAT GONNA COME FROM? SO THOSE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

UM, SO I AM GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, HAVE A WORKSHOP, MAYBE A SPECIAL, UH, SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

NEXT, UH, LET'S TAKE THE COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH TO, UH, ADDRESS THE, UH, THE ITEMS. NEXT IS, UH, UM, BROWN MARSHALL.

UM, YES, E JOYCE.

UM, MY QUESTIONS SURROUND ITEM NUMBER 10 AND NUMBER 13.

SO I DEFINITELY WOULD SEE THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, DIALOGUE IN REGARDS TO THIS.

UM, THE WAY I READ IT IS 10 REQUIRES A DESIGNATION OF AN INVESTIGATING ATTORNEY WITHIN 10 DAYS, AND THEN 13 COMES BACK AND STATES THAT THE INVESTIGATING ATTORNEY IS REQUIRED, BUT IT REQUIRES THE CITY ATTORNEY TO RECOMMEND THREE.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TIGHTEN THAT UP SO THAT WE DON'T MISS CERTAIN TIMELINES.

SURE.

AND I CAN, UM, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH ME ANSWERING THAT QUESTION AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO ITEM 10 REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF THAT ATTORNEY IF, IF A, AN ATTORNEY HAS TO BE DESIGNATED, UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR WITHIN 10 DAYS AS WRITTEN.

THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE FOR DESIGNATING AN ATTORNEY.

SO THAT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 10 JUST PUTS IN THAT 10 DAY REQUIREMENT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

DOES, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION? I KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK ONCE WE TALK A LITTLE MORE.

BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SURE.

LIKE, UH, A TIME, ESSENTIALLY A TIMELINE.

TIMELINE.

THAT'S, YES, WE CAN DO THAT.

THERE, THE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.

UH, NEXT, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER 18, UH, AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO IMPOSE CERTAIN SANCTIONS WITHOUT COUNCIL ACTION.

GREAT.

UH, WHAT KIND OF PARAMETERS DO YOU PLACE ON THAT AS FAR AS, UH, THE ETHICS COMMISSION WOULD, UH, UH, BE ABLE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER MAYBE A, THE FINAL DECISION ON THE, THE, UH, COMPLAINT? SURE.

AND CERTAIN CITIES HAVE ETHICS COMMISSIONS THAT DO NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL.

THEY MAKE DECI DECISIONS AND DETERMINATIONS.

AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY IT FOR THE COMPLAINANT AND FOR THE RESPONDENT.

UM, WHAT OUR ETHICS COMMISSION IS PROPOSING HERE IS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ACCENTURE, IF THEY FOUND SOME, A, AN, UH, A COMPLAINT TO BE EGREGIOUS, THEY WOULD LIKE THE AUTHORITY WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL ACTION TO STATE THAT A CERTAIN, OR TO FIND THAT IN ACTION IS EGREGIOUS.

AND THEY WOULD DO THAT BY IMPOSING, FOR EXAMPLE, ACCENTURE OR A PUBLICATION IN A NEWSPAPER.

UH, THEY WOULD REQUIRE THOSE ACTIONS WITHOUT, UH, THAT ACTION COMING OR THAT RECOMMENDATION COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN THAT MIGHT OCCUR.

WELL, WOULD WE HAVE A, A FIRM LIST OF OUR, THE TYPES OF, UH, OF COMPLAINTS THAT WOULD FALL UNDERNEATH THIS, UH, THIS CATEGORY? IT WOULD BE, UH, ANYTHING, UH,

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SO IT WOULD BE ANYTHING THAT'S ALREADY IN EXISTING, UM, STANDARD OF CONDUCT UNDER THE EXISTING, UH, ORDINANCE AND THE EXISTING PROVISIONS.

BUT IF THEY FOUND, UH, IN MY RECOLLECTION OF THEIR CONVERSATION, WAS THAT IF THEY FOUND SOMETHING TO BE JUST EGREGIOUS, THEY WOULD WANT TO ACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR COUNSEL TO EITHER AGREE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION OR NOT.

IF THEY HAVE RE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY RECEIVE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION, THEY RECEIVE THAT PRELIMINARY REPORT.

AND IF AFTER A DETERMINATION HEARING, THEY DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A NEGATIVE FINDING, THEY JUST WANTED THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION PRETTY QUICKLY.

SO IT WOULD BE FOR ANY EXISTING VIOLATION.

UH, IF WE, UH, WOULD HAPPEN TO GO TO, UH, A, UH, A WORKSHOP, UH, AND WE'LL BE VOTING ON THAT SHORTLY, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY FINITE DEF DEFINITION OF WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE THAT, UH, WOULD NOT REQUIRE THE CITY.

I'M, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL.

I KNOW YOU'VE ENUMERATED THEM HERE, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, LAYING 'EM OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF, UH, COMPLAINTS THAT, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL, UH, WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN, UH, IN REVIEWING.

NEXT, IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

YES.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTO.

I, I THINK THAT, UH, FOR ME, THERE'S, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT A FEW OF THESE.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE ETHICS COMMISSION FOR, UH, ALL OF THEIR THOUGHTFULNESS IN TRYING TO COME, UH, WITH THESE PROPOSED, UH, CHANGES.

BUT IS IT POSSIBLE THAT, IN DOING IT, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS TO DO A WORKSHOP, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMMISSION OR A REP, THE CHAIR, OR WHOEVER, TO COME ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THESE IN MORE DETAILS? SEEING, SEEING THAT THEY'RE THE ONES, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE TRYING TO DEFEND THEIR POSITIONS OR PROPOSED CHANGES.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THOSE CHANGES, I'D LIKE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM PERSONALLY.

THAT'S JUST WHERE, WHERE I LAND ON THAT.

BUT, UM, CUZ THEY'RE SIX MONTHS TO 365 DAYS, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE BEING, UH, SU SUGGESTED.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA ASSUME JUST BASED OFF OF WRITTEN, UH, COMMUNICATION AND KIND OF LIKE, I LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH THE BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE, WHEREBY THEY CAME, THEY NOT, THEY NOT ONLY DELIVERED US A REPORT, BUT THEY ALSO CAME BEFORE US TO DELIVER THAT REPORT AND ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

AND THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, FOR US, THIS IS NEW.

, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CONSIDER TO BE, UH, IMPORTANT.

AND IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE LIVES OF EVERY, UH, APPOINTED OFFICIAL, EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND EVERY, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER, BOARD COMMISSION, UH, MEMBER.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A WORKSHOP.

UH, CONSTABLES.

YES.

SO IF WE'RE GONNA RETURN, UM, AND I LOVE THAT IDEA, IF IT'S A GREAT IDEA, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND DISCUSS, MY QUESTION WAS AROUND NUMBER THREE, AND THEN ALSO JUST A LITTLE, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON NUMBER 19, WHICH IS THE PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER.

UH, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'LL BE PUBLISHING IN THE PAPER? IS IT, SO IT WOULD BE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WAS A FINDING THAT A MEMBER VIOLATED, YOU KNOW, SECTION TWO DASH 6 0 4 C, IT WOULD BE LIKE A LINE OR A STATEMENT STATING THAT THE COMMISSION FOUND THAT A MEMBER VIOLATED OR WAS CENSURED, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SANCTION IS, THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.

I'LL WITHHOLD REST.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE REVISIT THIS WITH, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS.

COMMISSION COME FORWARD FOR OUR NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING FOR A SPECIAL MEETING.

SEEING NO OTHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ON THE, UH, DISCUSSION LIST, UH, DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

IT APPEARS TO, UH, GO FORWARD ON THIS.

DO, UH, I, UH, HAVE A MOTION AS TO WHICH OF THOSE OPTIONS WE MIGHT WANT TO, UH, CONSIDER? I HAVE A MOTION AND I SEE, UH, LETTING CONSULATE KLAUSER MADE THE MOTION.

AND, UH, CONST LADY RILEY MADE THE, UH, THE SECOND.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A DISCUSSION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE DISCUSS, UM, UH, ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND HAVE A MEMBER FROM THE ETHICS

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AND COUNCIL LADY RILEY, YOU SECOND THAT MOTION? YES.

WITH THAT, LET'S, UH, TAKE A VOTE.

THANK YOU, JOYCE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, THE, UH, APPROVING THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

COUNCILMAN BONY MADE THE, UM, THE MOTION AND COUNCIL LADY KLAUSER MADE THE SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO, LET'S VOTE.

UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS, UH, ZONING, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES.

AND THERE, AT THIS POINT, APPEAR TO BE ANY, UM, MS. HILE, UH, SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, IF SHE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS, IT'S, IF YOU DESIRE, SHE CAN COME BACK JUST OKAY.

PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED ACTIONS, PUBLIC HEARING RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR AGAINST PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT FOR HIGH TOWER HIGH SCHOOL, AND I BELIEVE SASHI MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

[(1) PUBLIC HEARING - Receive comments for or against proposed changes to t...]

UH, MAYOR PRO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I THINK THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, IF THERE IS NOBODY TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

I AM SORRY, SASHA, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? THE, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO, OKAY.

SO, UM, I SA I STATED BEFORE MS. HITTLE HAS, UM, SPOKEN AND SHE SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND SHE DOES NOT DESIRE TO, UM, SPEAK ANY FURTHER.

SO AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ORDINANCE, UH, IF YOU'RE READY, THEN TO GO ON TO EIGHT I CAN READ THE CAPTION FOR THE ORDINANCE.

SO WE JUST HAD THESE, THE ONE THAT IS CORRECT, RESIDENT THAT MADE COMMENTS, BUT SHE MADE IT IN THE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION.

THAT IS CORRECT, BUT I WOULD ASSUME HER COMMENTS STILL STAND.

ALSO, WE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS, WHICH WAS GOOD INPUT.

YES.

AND LET ME, UH, EXPLAIN THIS, UH,

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR A PORTION OF TRAMEL FRESNO ROAD, ADJACENT TO HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL IN MISSOURI CITY, DESIGNATING SPEED LIMIT LOCATIONS AND TIMES PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROTE.

AND COUNCIL, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE PUBLIC, UH, THE, THE REST THAT SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS RELATED TO THE NEXT DIGIT ITEM, WHICH IS ALSO A SPEED, UH, SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE.

I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING THIS ONE.

UH, WHAT YOU SEE THERE TO YOUR WEST IS HURRICANE LANE, WHERE THERE IS A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE LIMIT, UH, TO THE NORTH WHERE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE.

UH, THAT IS THE SECTION OF THE TRAMEL FRESNO ROADWAY THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN MISSOURI CITY LIMITS.

THE EASTERN PIECE IS IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER HAS DONE A STUDY AND THE, BASED ON THE GROWTH THAT WE ANTICIPATE THERE AND THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA, UH, ACCESS THE HIGH TOWER HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ON TRAMEL FRESNO.

THE, OR THE FIRST, THE ORDINANCE IS PRESENTED FOR YOU.

TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING TO ADOPT SPEAR'S SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ON TRAMEL FRESNO WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF MISSOURI CITY.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M HAVE TO GET MEMBER RILEY.

IS THERE, UH, A MO MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, OR DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION? FIRST? MEMBER BONY, UH, MADE THE MOTION AND MEMBER RILEY, UH, SECOND IT, THAT MOTION.

THE, UH, I SAY THE MOTION WAS MADE BY, UH, HUSBANDMAN BONY AND SECOND BY, UM,

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I DON'T HAVE TO GET GLASSES OR, IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

UM, MEMBER RILEY, SECONDED, UH, THE MOTION.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE READY FOR THE VOTE.

BOARD DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION.

ANY DISCUSSION? I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT.

I, IF THIS IN FACT IS APPROVED, UH, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME READERS SIGNS, MAYBE AT THESE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN ALERT THE DRIVERS? UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE MADE A CHANGE TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE, UH, SPEED LIMITS.

SO WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACT TO THOSE AND NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, BE SURPRISED WHEN, UH, THEY MIGHT GET PULLED OVER BY, UH, POLICE BECAUSE OF SPEEDING.

SO I THINK ANYTHING WE CAN GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO ALERT THEM THAT WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES AND THE CHANGES, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, OUR, I THINK, I BELIEVE FOR THE GOOD.

SO, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO SAJI? CERTAINLY, SIR.

I THINK WE CAN PUT DIGITAL, UH, READER SCIENCE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WHAT WE REFER TO AS DMS SCIENCE OUT THERE AHEAD OF THE SPEED ZONE CHANGES.

WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS IN DOING SOME OUTREACH AS WELL.

WE'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW THAT.

GREAT.

DO WE, UH, HAVE, UH, I'M, YEAH, YOU'RE HONOR THE RECOGNIZING, I'M RECOGNIZING, THANK YOU, LADY PRO TIM.

LADY COUNCILMAN KLAUSER.

UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MS. HITTLE AS A FORMER P T O PRESIDENT MYSELF.

I UNDERSTAND, AND I THANK YOU FOR CHAMPIONING, UM, THIS AND, UH, SENDING OUT COMMUNICATION.

UM, I THINK MOST OF US THAT HAVE CHILDREN, WE, WE, WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

AND WE WANT, UH, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, SASHI, MY QUESTION IS TO YOU, UH, WHEN AFTER THIS VOTE IT IS, IF IT'S VOTED FAVORABLY, WHEN WILL THIS GO INTO EFFECT? AND I'LL DEFER TO EJO, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS AFTER THE SECOND READING, THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

IS THAT CORRECT, JOYCE? SO THIS IS THE FIR THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ITEM, SO IT'S ONLY A ONE READING ORDINANCE.

SO IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT, UH, UPON ADOPTION.

I SIGNED STANDPOINT.

SO THAT WOULD BE, IF WE VOTED FAVORABLY UPON THIS TONIGHT, IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW.

TOMORROW.

BUT WE COULD, UH, JUST, UM, KIND OF, WE CAN'T, UH, PROSECUTE FOR IT FOR, UNTIL IT'S PUBLISHED, UNTIL THE, THE CAPTION'S PUBLISHED, BUT IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW.

AND WHEN WOULD THE EARLIEST BE THAT YOU THINK YOUR TEAM COULD GET SIGNS OUT? UH, I WOULD SAY SOMETIME NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLACE SOME SIDES.

SO, MONDAY, UH, I WON'T COMMIT IT, BUT WE'LL DO IT CERTAINLY NEXT WEEK.

UH, COUNCIL LADY RILEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR TIM.

UM, I CONCUR.

THIS IS, UH, REALLY A SERIOUS, UM, ISSUE BECAUSE THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING ALONG THAT SIDE, UM, THAT SPEED IS JUST WAY TOO HIGH.

UH, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, UM, THE PARENTS AND MS. HITTLE, YOU KNOW, TOOK THE EFFORT TO CONTACT COUNSEL AND LET THIS BE, BE KNOWN TO US, UM, IN THE PUBLIC.

SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE WE VOTE FOR THIS.

AND, UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT HOW SOON WE CAN GET THIS, UH, IMPLEMENTED.

THE LAST COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THE SCHOOLS ARE A GREAT, UH, SOURCE FOR GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO LET THE PARENTS KNOW ABOUT THE CHANGE OF, UM, HAVING THIS, UH, NEW SCHOOL ZONE OVER THERE.

SO UTILIZE THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

SHAHI, WITH NO, UH, FURTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, OR DISCUSSIONS? UH, SELECT YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

WHAT'S THE MOTION? THE MOTION IS TO, UM, ADOPT THE FIRST AND FINAL READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, UM, FOR SPEED ZONES ALONG TRAUMA FRESNO ROAD FOR HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL.

IS THIS, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU NEED TO, UH, READ THE CAPTION FOR CLOSED ORDINANCE? SO, PROVIDED THAT, SO, EIGHT THREE.

[(3) PUBLIC HEARING - Receive comments for or against proposed changes to t...]

THERE'S, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.

JUST THAT IS CORRECT.

EIGHT P FOUR IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR A PORTION OF SIENNA RANCH ROAD ADJACENT TO BANES MIDDLE SCHOOL IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, DESIGNATING SPEED LIMIT LOCATIONS AND TIMES PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]

SAHI? YES, SIR.

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UM, MAYOR PROTE AND COUNSEL, THIS IS, UH, NEAR THE BANES MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATED, UH, AT SIENNA RANCH AND SIENNA PARKWAY.

AS SHOWN ON THE MAP, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, THE BLUE PIECE IS THE SECTION OF THE ROADWAY THAT'S LOCATED WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY.

THE CURRENT POSTED SPEED LIMIT THERE IS 35 MILES PER HOUR.

THE EAST SECTION THAT FRONTS THE MAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL IS LOCATED WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.

AND THERE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 40 MILES PER HOUR.

SO HERE WE'RE DOING TWO THINGS.

ONE, TRYING TO BRING THE SPEED LIMIT CONSISTENTLY TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CORRECTING.

THE SECOND IS, WHILE DOING, SO, THE TYPICAL SCHOOL LIMIT SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT IS 15 MILES PER HOUR THAN WHAT'S POSTED THE REGULAR POSTED, UH, SPEED LIMIT IS.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL BE REDUCING AND MAKING 20 MILES PER HOUR AS THE CONSISTENT SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HA, UH, HEARD, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, AGAIN, WITH THIS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNCIL LADY RILEY? YES.

UM, SHAHI, BECAUSE, UM, SINCE PARTLY IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND MISSOURI CITY, UM, IS THERE ANY, ANY TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTACT THE COUNTY TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS NEW SIGNAGE? OUR TRAFFIC TEAM HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.

THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE'RE DOING, DOING THIS.

I, I THINK THEY DID THEIRS, UH, FAIRLY RECENTLY.

SO WE'RE PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT THEY DID, AND IT'LL BE A FAIRLY CONSISTENT SPEED LIMIT, UH, THE PR UH, THE REGULAR POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT.

SO WE'RE IN CO WE'RE DOING THIS IN COORDINATION WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.

AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS, UM, THE TIMING ON IT, AND IF YOU, IF, IF, IF YOU CAN, UM, ONCE YOU GET THE SIGNAGE, UM, IN PLACE, IF YOU'LL JUST SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO, UM, CITY MANAGER JONES SO THAT WE KNOW, UM, AND THAT WE CAN LET, UM, OTHER, UH, RESIDENTS KNOW AS WELL, SO THAT WE'RE JUST INFORMED.

CERTAINLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, ONCE IT'S DONE, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

WE'LL PROBABLY GET YOU SOME, UH, UH, PICTURES AS WELL TO SHOW THAT THIS PRODUCT, THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

I ESPECIALLY WANT MS. HIT NOW TOO.

SURE.

AS THANK YOU.

SEEING NO OTHER, UH, REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION? WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

UM, AND THAT WAS MOTIONED BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SONIA BROWN MARSHALL, AND THEN THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MEMBER MARRUS.

GREAT.

LET'S, UH, LET'S VOTE.

AUTHORIZATIONS AUTHORIZE, UH, THE CITY MANAGERS EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA FOR RADIO SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.

TAKE THE WORD BACK THAT WE'RE GONNA SLOW DOWN SOME CARS ON, UH, ON THOSE ROADS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM,

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action- Authorize the City Manager to execu...]

CHIEF BEON.

YES, SIR.

UH, MAYOR PRO TIM.

AND COUNSEL, THIS IS MERELY AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND MOTOROLA TO CONTINUE OUR AGREEMENT FOR THEIR COUNCIL MAINTENANCE.

SO IT'S TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $38,000.

THAT'S A TWO YEAR TERM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR.

UH, THEY ACTUALLY DID ADD A NEW CYBER SECURITY ADDENDUM TO THE AGREEMENT.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT IS IN A NUTSHELL.

COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN MARS MADE THE MOTION.

AND, UM, COUNCIL LADY KLAUSER MADE THE SECOND.

IS THERE, UH, ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, LET'S, UH, VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE 2023 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution of the City Council o...]

THE 2023 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTED ON JANUARY 10TH OF THIS YEAR.

THIS RESOLUTION PROVIDES FOR THE COUNCIL'S PROGRAM FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

IT INCLUDES, UM, AS YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED

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AT YOUR SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING, UH, CERTAIN ITEMS, UH, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PROPERTY TAX REFORM, AND MAINTAINING YOUR ABILITY TO RAISE FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES, SPECIAL DISTRICT ANNEXATION.

AND THAT, UH, PROVIDES THAT YOU ALL, UH, WILL HAVE CONTROL FOR, UH, OR CONTROL OF YOUR BOUNDARIES.

GROUP HOME REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX ALLOWANCES FOR PARK INFRASTRUCTURE.

THOSE ARE THE FIVE KEY PRIORITIES.

THERE'S ALSO A LIST, AS YOU ALL RECALL, OF, UH, ITEMS AND PROPOSITIONS THAT YOU SUPPORT AND OPPOSE.

UH, BUT THE GIST OF IT IS THAT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S USUALLY A, A TOUGH SESSION FOR CITIES, UH, MOST LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING DIFFERENT THIS SESSION.

SO, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THERE, UM, A MO WELL, A MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY? NO.

SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

UM, FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

IT'S NOT SHOWING ON MY, UH, DISPLAY.

UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

ARE ANY DISCUSSIONS SEEING NO DISCUSSIONS LOGGED? LET'S VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

SIX TO ZERO.

NEXT ITEM IS A, UH, UNDER RESOLUTION IS, UH, CONSIDERATION IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution to apply for and acce...]

A RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, GENERAL VICTIMS ASSISTANCE GRANT, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 GENERAL VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR THROUGH THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TO YOU.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, TO OLIVER BURN NOW.

BURNELL? NO PRESENTATION.

I'M SORRY.

NO PRESENTATION.

NO.

NO DISCUSSION NEEDED.

BUT I'LL COME UP HERE ANYWAY.

WELL, JUST LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO APPLY FOR AN ACCEPT FUNDING FOR, UM, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.

THIS WILL BE FOR THE UPCOMING 13TH YEAR, SO THANK YOU.

SO, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF, UM, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LISTENING AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE MM-HMM.

, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS? UM, IT'S A GRANT FOR VICTIM SERVICES.

UM, IT ACTUALLY BASICALLY JUST COVERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A CRIME VICTIM LIAISON.

SO IT COVERS THE CRIME VICTIM'S LIAISON, LIAISON POSITION.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M TAMMY BURNETT, THE CRIME VICTIM LIAISON.

SO THAT MEANS THAT IF SOMEONE IS THE VICTIM OF A CRIME, THEN THEY GET ASSISTANCE FROM CORRECT.

I HELP THEM AS FAR AS, UM, SERVICES FOR, SAY IF THERE'S A, A CRIME COMMITTED AS FAR AS LIKE ROBBERIES.

UM, YOU LOSE A FAMILY MEMBER DUE TO VIOLENCE.

WE HELP WITH LIKE FUNERAL SERVICES, C V C, UH, JUST ANYTHING, JUST HELPING FIND DIFFERENT RESOURCES, UM, WORKING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY, LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES, AND JUST WORK WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF FORT BEND COUNTY, UH, COUNSELING BROWN MARSHALL.

DO WE, UM, HAVE WE EVER RECEIVED THIS GRANT BEFORE? YES.

THIS'LL BE THE 13TH YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING IT FOR 13 YEARS.

13TH YEAR.

, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHY MY NAME POPPED UP, BUT, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK A QUESTION.

CALL ON YOURSELF.

I'LL CALL ON MYSELF.

CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO WITH, UH, WITH THAT, NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

UH, SELECT YOUR VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES, UH, SIX TO ZERO.

[11. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WE HEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM, UH, OUR, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

LET'S START OFF WITH, UH, DISTRICT A.

ALL RIGHTY.

COUNCIL LADY RILEY, LET ME FIRST START OFF BY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL, UH, NIGHT DOING THE MAYOR PROTE.

MAYOR, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, .

WELL, WE'RE ALMOST OUTTA HERE.

, NEXT

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MEETING.

WE GETTING YOU SOME READERS.

OH YEAH.

NEXT TIME ON ME.

I'LL BRING MY READERS OR BORROW YOURS.

GREAT JOB, MAYOR PRO TIM.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE, THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOU.

AND AS YOUR DISTRICT, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

UH, KICKING OFF THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, I WAS ABLE TO, UH, ATTEND THE COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP IN JANUARY, OUR FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

DO WANNA MAKE A NOTE, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO EVERY OTHER MONTH, UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SINCE MARCH, OUR SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IS GOING TO BE, UM, WHAT IS THAT SPRING BREAK? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR NEXT ONE, UH, ON MAY 9TH.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WATCHING OUR CITY WEBSITE, AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FROM MISSOURI CITY AND, UM, WAS ABLE TO ATTEND OUR COLONY CROSSING, UH, RESIDENCE, UH, MEETING I WAS INVITED TO.

I SPOKE AT SEVERAL CAREER DAYS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UM, HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE ANNUAL NAACP M L K BREAKFAST.

THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

SO THANK YOU TO THE NAACP AND MISSOURI CITY AND VICINITY BRANCH FOR, INCLUDING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND THEN ALSO ATTENDED THE, UM, A GIRLFRIEND'S, UH, INCORPORATED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH TOWN HALL, UH, WHERE, UM, I WAS INVITED IN.

OUR MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS WERE INVITED OUT TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, THE, UM, STRESSORS AS WELL AS PREVENTION, MAINTENANCE, AND TAKING, UH, SELF-CARE OF YOURSELF.

AND SO THANK YOU TO, TO GIRLFRIENDS, INCORPORATED ONE OF OUR CITY, UM, EMPLOYEES, UH, OVERSEES THAT PARTICULAR, UH, COMPONENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S A SEPARATE FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO JUST ANNOUNCE ON, UH, THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20TH, LATIN DELIGHTS, UH, A NEW VENEZUELA RESTAURANT IS OPENING UP ON TEXAS PARK.

WE ACTUALLY ALREADY OPEN ON TEXAS PARKWAY, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THEIR RIBBON CUTTING.

AND THEY HAVE ASKED, UH, YOU GUYS SUPPORT THEM AND, UH, SUPPORT THEIR RESTAURANT.

AND, UM, ALSO ON JANUARY 23RD, COFFEE WITH A COP WILL BE AT THE STARBUCKS ON, UH, ON, IN TARGET RIGHT HERE.

I THINK IT'S LIKE EIGHT O'CLOCK 8:00 AM ON JANUARY 23RD.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDARS, JANUARY 30TH, MY BIRTHDAY, WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, QUARTERLY H O A MEETING FOR ALL THOSE PRESIDENTS OUT THERE.

AND MEMBERS OF HOAS, PLEASE, UH, COORDINATE YOUR CAL CALENDARS ACCORDINGLY.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

COUNCIL LADY.

YES, SIR MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR PRO.

UM, I WAS EXTREMELY, UM, EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE JANUARY 4TH, 2023 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL.

THERE.

WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM ALL OF THE DIRECTORS.

AND, UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THE DIRECTION ON, UH, PROBABLE LEGISLATION THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD DURING THIS, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

UM, I WAS IN PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE, UM, ATTENDED A MEETING WITH TARA MARK VENTURES TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

AND LET ME SAY THAT PART AGAIN.

CONCEPTUAL PLAN, OR AN EXCITING VENUE THAT COULD POSSIBLY INCLUDE WALKABLE AMENITIES, GROCERY, UM, EVENT CENTER, AND EVEN A HOTEL.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT FAR, UM, DOWN, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY NICE TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF SIT DOWNS WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO, TO GET THEIR, UH, IDEAS AND TO SEE HOW THEY'LL FIT INTO THE PLAN OF OUR CITY.

UH, COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP IS ALWAYS A BLAST.

IT'S ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY SEE YOU GUYS BACK HERE IN MAY.

I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND ONE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, COMMISSION TRAINING MEETINGS, AND I DID GET A CHANCE TO PEEP IN ON THEIR, UM, ACTUAL FIRST MEETING.

SO IT SEEMS TO BE GOING PRETTY WELL.

WHAT'S NOT ROCKY? THEY CARRIED RIGHT ON ALONG WITHOUT A PROBLEM, SO THAT WAS GOOD.

I WANT TO THANK THE PARKS BOARD FOR INVITING ME OUT.

I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW, I THINK IT'S PROPOSED MUD 26TH PARK THAT'S GONNA GO IN OVER OFF OF COURT ROAD.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

AND YESTERDAY'S NAACP, UH, M L K BREAKFAST, UM, NOTHING BUT GOODNESS THERE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

SEE YOU GUYS.

UH, TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? GOOD EVENING FROM, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARD WINNERS.

UH, JUST A REMINDER TO EAT LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL, UH, THEY NEED US AND, AND I DEFINITELY, WE NEED THEM.

SO PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO MAMA'S CAFE IN BREW.

THIS IS A NEW BUSINESS THAT OPENED UP WHERE THE FORMER BLACK IP IS OR WAS, UH, NOW THE NEW TOWNSHIP THAT'S BEEN RESTORED.

UH, GREAT COMFORT FOOD, GREAT FAMILY, UH, TIME AND, UH, GREAT DECOR.

SO GO OUT THERE AND VISIT WITH THEM.

THEY'LL HAVE THEIR SOFT OPENING STARTED YESTERDAY IN GRAND OPENINGS ON THE 30TH, WHERE WE'LL DO A RIBBON CUTTING.

SO JOIN US, UM, THERE IN DISTRICT C AT MAMA'S CAFE AND BREWER.

AND THEN FINALLY, GREAT JOB TONIGHT.

MAYOR PRO TOWN.

YOU GETTING US OUTTA HERE

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BEFORE NINE? YEAH.

BEFORE 8:00 AM OH, THAT'LL BE THE ONLY GOOD THING I DID TONIGHT.

NO, YOU DID AWESOME.

COUNCIL LADY KLAUSER.

WE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE YOU TAKE OVER NEXT MEETING.

, DON'T PUSH IT.

SPEAKING OF, UM, UH, IF WE CAN ALL JUST KEEP OUR MAYOR IN, IN OUR THOUGHTS.

HE IS IN INDIA VISIT.

NOTHING IS WRONG.

HE'S JUST VISITING HIS FATHER AND SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HIM.

SO I'M ENJOYING ALL OF THE PICTURES AND, AND SEEING HIM, UM, UH, MINGLE WITH HIS FAMILY.

AND SO HE NEEDED THAT GETAWAY.

SO JUST KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS HE ENJOYS TIME WITH HIS FATHER.

UM, I TO ATTENDED THE NAACP M L K BREAKFAST, UH, SHEILA JACKSON LEE WAS OUR, UH, CONGRESSMAN'S, UH, SHEILA JACKSON LEE WAS OUR, UH, KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

WE'RE OUR SECOND KEYNOTE SPEAKER, .

AND SO, UM, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY NICE EVENT.

WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE YEAR, UH, LAST WEEK.

AND WE HAD OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, HERMAN THERE.

AND SO WE TOSSED AROUND A LOT OF IDEAS, LOOK FORWARD TO SOME GREAT THINGS COMING UP WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SOME THINGS WITH OUR YOUTH THAT ARE COMING UP.

AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY TO MY SOROS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

WE CELEBRATED 115 YEARS OF SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND.

AND, UH, SO I WANTED TO SAY, UH, HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY TO ALL OF MY MISSOURI CITY SORORITY SISTERS AND SURROUNDING SORORITY SISTERS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

GREAT JOB MAYOR PRO, TIM , COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, I TOO WANT TO, UH, WISH A HAPPY FOUNDER'S DAY TO, SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY CELEBRATES, UH, FOUNDER'S DAY IN, UH, THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

BUT, UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING FOR SURE, UH, THE LADIES OF, UH, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, I KNOW AS A MEMBER AND ANYONE ELSE WHO'S A MEMBER THAT'S PART OF STAFF, OR, UH, MISSOURI CITY, OF COURSE, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER, AND OF COURSE, THE LADIES OF ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE IN THE BACK, UH, ELENA PORTERS.

UH, AND SO ANYONE ELSE WHO, UH, IS A PART OF THOSE PHENOMENAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AS WELL AS THE MEN OF PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, AS WELL AS THE MEN OF KAPPA ALPHA SIZE, I THINK THEY CELEBRATED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY CELEBRATES IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY EXCEPT OMEGA SOUTH FIVE FRATERNITY COURT.

ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO THE, WELL, YEAH, THEM TOO.

ANYWAY, , WE, WE HAD A TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.

UH, IT WAS GREAT.

CITY MANAGER JONES, UH, FOR COMING OUT AND JOINING ME.

AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY AND THE REST OF THE MI COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UH, GREAT.

UH, AS WELL AS, UH, OUR NEW ED, UH, DIRECTOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HE CAME AND JUMPED RIGHT IN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPED, UH, UH, JOIN, BE A PART OF THE TEAM.

LOTS OF GREAT THINGS ON THE HORIZON.

UH, I GOT, I HAD THE ABILITY TO, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY, SHOULD I SAY, TO GO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WORKSHOP, UH, THAT WAS PUT ON BY MISSOURI CITY GREEN.

UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL PARKS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, THAT WAS THERE.

SHAHI CAME AND JOINED US AS WELL, BUT WE GAVE FEEDBACK.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO, TO TRY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, UM, SO THAT WE COULD, UH, GET, UH, FUNDING FOR, FOR OUR PARKS AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS, UH, IN THE CITY AND, AND THE RECOGNITION MORE IMPORTANTLY.

SO THANK, UH, ANGIE WITH BECKY FOR COORDINATE THAT.

I ATTENDED THE COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP.

UH, GREAT, GREAT TIME.

UH, AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST MAYOR FOR TIM'S FIRST TIME, UH, LEADING THAT CHARGE.

SO, UH, AWESOME JOB THERE.

UH, ALSO, I GOT A CHANCE TO GO AND SAY HELLO AND WELCOME THE NEW AND EXISTING COMMI COMMISSIONERS, UH, AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, LAST WEEK AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR.

UH, AND THAT WAS GREAT.

I WENT TO THE, UH, NAACP MISSOURI CITY BRANCH M MLK BREAKFAST.

I THINK THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON THE BENEDICTION.

ANYWAY, AND I THINK, UH, I THANK, UH, ALSO MAYOR PRO TE FOR, UH, DELIVERING REMARKS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

UH, I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE H G A C BOARD RETREAT IN GALVESTON WITH MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST, UH, CONCLUDE BY SAYING I WANT TO THANK JASON MANGE AND HIS TEAM, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, CITY MANAGER JONES FOR JOINING US TODAY, ALONG WITH MAYOR PRO.

TIM AND I WITH A GREAT MEETING WITH PHILLIPS 66, BOB FREEDOM TREE PARK.

UH, GREAT MEETING, AND WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

I THINK, UH, CONS.

MEMBER MARRUS HAD ONE MORE, JUST ONE MORE COMMENT.

UM, G FFL IS REPLACING OUR CARTS, UH, BE PATIENT.

UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE.

FIRST RUN IS THE TRASH CAN, AND THEN THE SECOND ROUND WILL BE THE RECYCLING CART.

SO, BE PATIENT AND, UH, LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.

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YEAH, THANK YOU.

UH, I'LL MAKE A FEW REMARKS.

UH, I ALSO, UM, ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, NAACP UH, BREAKFAST, UH, MISSOURI CITY BRANCH.

AND, UH, WAS, UH, HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME REMARKS, UH, AT THE, UH, AT THE EVENT.

UH, OF COURSE, UH, I WAS OVERSHADOWED BY, UH, OUR, UH, COUNCIL LADY CONS, EXCUSE ME, CONGRESSMAN , SHEILA JACKSON, SHEILA JACKSON LEE, AND ALSO LIZZIE FLETCHER.

WAS THERE.

SO, UH, IT WAS, UH, A REALLY REWARDING, UH, EVENT.

AND, UH, IT, IT BRINGS, UH, A GREAT MESSAGE TO, UH, MISSOURI CITY.

SO WITH THAT, UH, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WE HAD THE MEETING WITH THE, UH, UH, AL GREEN CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN ON, UH, THE, UH, FREEDOM TREE PARK.

AND, UH, WITH, WITH JASON AND SOME, UH, ASSOCIATES FROM, UH, PHILLIPS 66 THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

SO IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, COMING ALONG REAL WELL.

AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH, UH, HOW IT'S TURNING OUT.

AND WE'RE, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT ON THE GROUND AND, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, FOR THE, THE USE BY ALL THE CITIZENS, UH, OF MISSOURI AND IN SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO, WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

UH, NO OTHER, UH, REMARKS TO BE MADE.

UH, DO WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE ? HURRY UP.

DID WE BEAT THE 46 MINUTES? ABOUT THREE MINUTES.

ALRIGHT.