Feb 06, 2023 City Council

SPOT, OR I SHOULD SAY A, A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A ROUND SPOT.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT, CITY STAFF, AND THEN ALONG WITH, UM, THE FOUNDATION, EDISON FOUNDATION WITH TROY AND, UH, CHARITY CARTER TO HAVE A GREAT KICKOFF THIS PAST SATURDAY, UH, RIGHT HERE AT THIS CHAMBER, UH, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH KICKOFF.

AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT, ON FRIDAY, WE HAD A, UH, A ANOTHER PROGRAM HERE FOR WINE TASTING.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF PRESENTATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING UP, INCLUDING THE GALA THAT WE HAVE.

SO, I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION TO THANK THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE, OF COURSE, WE CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT IT ALWAYS ENDED UP WITH A PROCLAMATION AND PRETTY MUCH ONE OR TWO ITEMS AND EVENTS.

BUT THANK TO THE COUNCIL THAT EVER SINCE LAST YEAR, WE'VE STARTED THE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NOT JUST WITH THE PROCLAMATION, BUT OF COURSE WE CHANGED THE PROCLAMATION TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TREE IN THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF.

UH, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALSO THAT IF YOU WALKED UPSTAIRS, UH, IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE THE ELEVATOR, YOU CAME UP, YOU SAW THE FREEDOM TREE ON THE WALL THAT, UM, THAT WAS ALSO PAINTED BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH WE HAD A, A GREAT RECOGNITION LAST YEAR.

AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE IS THE WALK TO THE FREEDOM TREE, UH, WHICH WILL BE ON SATURDAY, AM I CORRECT? FEBRUARY 25TH? UM, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.

SO WE'LL MEET AT THE COMMUNITY PARK AND KIND OF MARCH TOWARDS THE FREEDOM TREE, UH, WHICH WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THAT TREE THAT, UM, IN MISSOURI CITY OFF OF MUSTANG TRAILS IN LAKE COLUMBIA.

UM, AND I WAS LOOKING FOR MAYOR.

I MEAN, UH, COUNCILMAN BARONY, HE WAS IN PUERTO RICO THIS SATURDAY, BUT I KNOW HE'S HERE , BUT I WANTED HIM TO COME UP HERE AND TALK A FEW THINGS.

WE SPENT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO THE, UH, PARK THAT WE'RE, UH, NOW ABOUT TO SET, TO DO OVER BY THE FREEDOM TREE PARK.

AND THERE'S A, UM, A GREAT NEWS THAT I WANTED HIM TO SHARE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, HE STEPPED AWAY FOR A SECOND.

BUT WHAT IT IS, IS THAT HE, WE HAD A SP A LITTLE SPOT WITHIN THAT PARK THAT WAS BY PHILLIPS PHILLIPS 66.

AND THANKS TO THE HARD WORK AND WELL, AND CONNECTING CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN BY THEN, MAYOR PROTON, JEFFREY BONY, AND TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HAVING THAT ONE LITTLE

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SO THAT WON'T BE A SORE THUMB IN, IN OUR CELEBRATION IN OUR FREEDOM TREE PARK, WHICH I GUESS HE'S THUMBED OUT, WHICH, UM, AND I'LL TAKE THIS, UM, WHICH WE WERE TOLD THAT LAST WEEK ON SATURDAY OR FRIDAY, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM JEFFREY BONY, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SAYING THAT THAT NEGOTIATION HAS BEEN DONE.

CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN HAD WALKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOW IN LINE TO RECEIVE THAT, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHICH NOW WILL MAKE A GREAT EFFORT TOWARDS THE PARK THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND I KNOW THIS IS A CONCERN.

OUR, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, JASON MANUM, ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT HAD, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THIS SO, 2023 BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.

THIS IS, IS WONDERFUL NEWS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS I READ THE PROCLAMATION.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I'M GONNA HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, COME UP HERE, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL COME UP HERE, MINUS JEFFREY EL BONY .

I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S AT BECAUSE THIS IS TRULY A CELEBRATION AND A PROCLAMATION GIVEN BY ALL OF US HERE.

HE JUST LANDED IN HOBBY IN FROM PUERTO RICO.

, HE ALWAYS MAKES YOU GRAND IN YOU GUYS FIGURE.

SO, EVEN THOUGH I SAID THAT, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE HIM THE MICROPHONE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE OF LAND WITH PHILLIPS 66, BECAUSE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS PROJECT THAT THE CITY'S DOING.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORNING.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO ONCE AGAIN HONOR, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

SHOUT OUT TO, UH, EVERYONE WHO HAS DONE A, UH, A YEOMAN'S JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER THIS MONTH'S FESTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE CELEBRATING JUST IN LIEU TO WHAT MAYOR'S TALKING ABOUT.

I JUST WAS RUNNING FROM MY CAR, SORRY.

UH, , UH, BASICALLY, UH, FREEDOM TREE PARK IS NEAR AND DEAR, UH, TO OUR HEART.

IT'S DEFINITELY IN OUR PLANS TO, UH, BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON REAL SOON.

ONE OF THE SNAGS THAT WE HAD, THOUGH, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT AND MOVING FORWARD HERE IN 2023, THERE WAS AN EASEMENT, OR IS AN EASEMENT THAT IS OWNED BY PHILLIPS 66, UH, ON THAT PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE FREEDOM TREE PARK, THE ACTUAL TREE IS LOCATED.

WE HAVE A, A, A MAJOR PLAN TO RENOVATE THAT, THAT PARK, UH, THERE'S SIGNAGE OUT.

SO WHAT WE DID IS RECENTLY, UH, THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF, UH, JASON MANUM AND CITY MANAGER, UH, OFFICE, UH, WE PULL TOGETHER, AND OF COURSE, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM EMORY, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE A MEETING.

UH, I REACHED, WE ACTUALLY, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND IT, THIS ISSUE CAME UP.

AND SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND I CALLED CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, AND I SAID, HEY, LISTEN, THIS IS A ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THIS EASEMENT.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS EASEMENT ON THE LINE AND TRY TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT? OTHERWISE, IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, THROW US OFF AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE, THE TYPE OF PARK THAT WE DESIGNED IT TO BE.

SO HE PICKED UP THE PHONE, SCHEDULED A MEETING.

WE HELD THAT MEETING.

UH, WE ALSO COORDINATED, OR SHOULD I SAY CONGRESSMAN GREEN COORDINATED, UH, A MEETING FOR THEM TO COME, COME DOWN TO MISSOURI CITY, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE.

UH, WE HAD THE BELLS AND WHISTLES OUT THERE, BANDS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON TO TRY TO, UH, IMPRESS OR WHATEVER.

BUT THE MAIN THING IS TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT SITE AND THE, THE, THE DESIRE THAT WE HAVE AND THE COMMUNITY HAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SUCH A MEANINGFUL PROJECT.

UH, AND SO TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE AND STARTED AND MOVING FORWARD DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT HERE, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, YES, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, UH, CITY STAFF AND CITY LEGAL'S OFFICE, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, MEETING WITH THE PHILLIPS 66 PEOPLE.

AND, UH, GOT ON THE PHONE WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN GREEN AND, UH, THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM PHILLIPS 66, AND THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE THE EASEMENT TO US.

UH, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, ON SCHEDULE AS WE, UH, HAD PLANNED IT TO BE.

AND, AND, AND TO HAVE THAT NEWS COME DURING SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME IN THIS COUNTRY, UH, AND HERE IN MISSOURI CITY COULDN'T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR WALK, UH, AND EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, WHAT'S BEEN DONE THERE AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO.

UH, BUT THESE ARE SOME VERY EXCITING TIMES ON TOP

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OF THE $750,000 GRANT THAT THE CITY JUST RECEIVED, UH, TO, TO GO TOWARDS FREEDOM TREE PARK.

AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU, THE CITIZENS VOTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE $3.5 MILLION ALLOCATION TO THE BOND FOR FREEDOM TREE PARK.

UH, COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM EMERY, MY, MYSELF, AND HE AS WELL AS, UH, JASON, MEGAN, WE COULDN'T BE, UH, MORE EXCITED.

SO GREAT TIMES FOR MISSOURI CITY AND, UH, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH AGAIN.

UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT TOOK A, A FEMALE TO GET IT DONE , RIGHT? OUR CITY MANAGER.

UH, BUT EVEN THOUGH COUNCIL MEMBER BONY IN DISTRICT B DID ALL THE WORK, IT'S IN COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT D FLORIDA A .

SO, SO THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

AND I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, SONYA HOLD IT UP.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROCLAMATION, UH, THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WE HAVE OUR, OUR FREEDOM TREE THAT'S THERE IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED YET.

SO THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN AMERICAN TO OUR ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEREAS IN 1915, DR.

CARTER WOODSON NOTED, BLACK SCHOLAR AND SON OF FORMER SLAVES FOUNDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY.

DR.

WOODSON INITIATED BLACK HISTORY WEEK IN FEBRUARY 12TH, 1926, AND FOR MANY YEARS, THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, CHOOSING TO COINCIDE WITH THE BIRTHDAYS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS CELEBRATED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS IN 1976, AS PART OF THE NATION'S BY CENTENNIAL, BLACK HISTORY WEEK WAS EXPANDED AND BECAME ESTABLISHED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND IS NOW CELEBRATED ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA.

AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVATION, THE OB OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CAUSED OUR NATION'S ATTENTION TO CONTINUE, NEED TO BATTLE RACISM, AND TO BUILD A SOCIETY THAT LIVES UP TO ITS DEMOCRATIC IDEALS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I ROBIN ALICA, MAYOR OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND MY COLLEAGUES ON CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY, 2023 AS NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND WE ASK ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY AND CHALLENGES FACED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR HIS STRENGTH AND CHARACTER AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

WHILE I SAY THIS, THAT IS A PROCLAMATION.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, THAT ARE BLACK BUSINESSES.

PLEASE GO OUT THERE AND SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES, UH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE.

WE NEED THE SUPPORT.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES.

AT THE SAME TIME, PLEASE DO COME OUT.

WE HAVE A WEEK, I MEAN, A MONTH LONG OF CELEBRATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AS YOU HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THAT ON THIS MARCH, ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, FROM COMMUNITY PARK TO THE FREEDOM TREE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE TAKE VERY DEARLY TO OUR HEARTS.

SO WE EXPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, IF YOU CAN JOIN US THAT DAY.

LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE FIRST EVENT, IT WAS SO COLD AND IT WAS WINDY, BUT WE WERE OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE, WE ARE HOPING TO DUPLICATE.

YOU HAVE STAFF FROM JASON'S AREA THAT WILL HAVE, UH, A GREAT PARKING ASSIGNED, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM LEADERS.

AND JUST THE FACT THAT THIS WILL BE, I BELIEVE, ONCE THE PARK IS IN PLACE, THIS WILL BE A HISTORIC, UH, UH, PIECE OF HISTORY IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.

MR. MAYOR, WE DO, UH, FIRST I'LL CALL MR. EDWIN FELIX.

MR. FELIX, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE

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IN ADDITION, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, STAKEHOLDERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, MY NAME IS DR.

FELIX AND I AM REPRESENTING HUNTERS GLENN ONE AND TWO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

AND, UM, WE, AS WE KNOW THAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ARE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE NOT COMMERCIAL COMMUNITIES.

WE DON'T SHARE THIS DICHOTOMY BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL IN OUR AREA.

SO, UM, THE MECHANIC SHOP THAT OPERATES ON SI ON 1426 TWINING OAKS, WE SAY THAT, AND WE SEE IT DISRUPTS THE PEACE OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT PREVENTS THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF THE RESIDENTS.

UH, OVER AND OVER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING, THEY JUST CANNOT TAKE IT.

SO WE, NOT ME ALONE, BUT WE CONSIDER THIS TO BE AN AUDIO OF THE MOST GRIEVOUS, THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE, UNBELIEVABLE KIND OF ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE ASKING ALL, UH, CITY, UM, UH, I WOULD SAY CD PEOPLE, UH, TO HELP US IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO BRING AN END TO THIS MECHANIC SHOP.

IT BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2016, AND I HAVE HEARD OR LEARNED THAT 186 CITATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THIS, UH, GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, RUNNING THE SHOP THERE AND IS STILL CONTINUE RUNNING IT.

SO WE REALLY, REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.

BY GOD'S GRACE, WE PRAY AND WE PUT OUR TRUST OR HOPE IN YOU THAT YOU WILL HELP US TO SOLVE THIS UNABLE PROBLEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN WE GET J GERALD OR CITY SECRETARY? CAN WE GET HIS CONTACT NUMBER AND HIS ADDRESS? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

NEXT, TAKE MY SEAT.

YES, MR. MIKE WATSON.

MR. WATSON, AS YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

IN ADDITION, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

YOU PASS.

I GOT THAT.

YOU GOT THAT CLOCK HERE FOR ME? YES, SIR.

SO THAT'S A TIME HERE.

ON THE BOND ALLOCATION AS A BOND COMMITTEE MEMBER.

I CAN EVEN YIELD BACK.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M MIKE WATSON, 30 18 APPLE VALLEY LANE, MISSOURI CITY, 77 4 59.

BUT I HAVE AN HONORARY CITIZENSHIP IN THE EIGHT NINE, UH, .

BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO THANK YOU.

I'M SO GLAD TO SEE MY COUNCILMAN.

I THOUGHT HE GOT CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO NEW ORLEANS CAUSE HIS MARDI GRAS STARTED , JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, THE MOTHER MYSTICS AND MOBILE IN NEW ORLEANS, MARDI GRAS STARTED AND I SAID, THAT'S WHERE HE IS.

THAT'S WHERE SOUTHERN, BUT I WANTED TO FIRST, AS NAACP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER, WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE NAACP BREAKFAST.

AND MY COUNCILMAN FLOYD EMORY, WHO PRESIDED IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR DEAR MAYOR.

SO I WAS PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS GOT TO EXPERIENCE TWO CONGRESSWOMEN WERE WITH US THAT DAY.

SHEILA JACKSON LEE CAME ALL THE WAY OVER CROSS HOUSTON AND LIZZIE FLETCHER JOINED HER.

SO WE HAD TWO CONGRESSMEN.

OUR DEAR AL GREEN WAS STUCK IN THE PARADE TRAFFIC, SO HE REGRETTED IT, BUT HE'LL BE BACK WITH US.

BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL CUZ IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT CITY SUPPORT.

AND I WANT TO THANK TYSON'S TEAM TOO, BECAUSE THEY REALLY MADE IT WORK.

IT WAS EXCELLENT.

OKAY, THAT'S THAT ONE.

NOW, NUMBER TWO, I'M JUST DOVETAILING ON THE MAYOR CUZ I WANTED TO COMMEND OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND RECREATION TEAMS BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, FORT BEND INSIDER LAST MONDAY.

A WHOLE ARTICLE ABOVE THE FOLD ABOUT THE FREEDOM TREE AND THE 700,000 THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS NOW HAS KICKED IN.

AND I RECALL DOING A LETTER AND I WANTED TO THANK STACY AND THE TEAM FOR ASSEMBLING ALL THAT STUFF, GETTING IT OFF TO THEM.

BUT THAT WAS AMAZING TO WAKE UP MONDAY MORNING.

AND THERE MY BELOVED FREEDOM TREE WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE ABOVE THE FOLD.

SO I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT CUZ IT'S WITH THE 500,000 FROM LAKE OLYMPIA, THE 700,000 NOW FROM THE STATE 3.5

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I'M SUPER EXCITED.

I KNOW IT'S COUNTING DOWN.

THE LAST THING, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, UH, AS I PROMISED BEFORE BACK IN THE DECEMBER MEETING, I HAVE A SUGGESTION THAT ON INDEPENDENCE RIGHT AFTER YOU PASS THE PARK, BUT BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT BEAUTIFUL GREEN LEXINGTON PLACE AREA, THERE'S A BRIDGE.

THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE WITH NO NAME.

AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT BRIDGE BE NAMED FOR JUNETEENTH.

AND IF YOU WANT ME TO CONNECT WITH TECH DOT, CUZ I'M ON SOME OF THEIR COMMITTEES NOW, I'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK, THAT'S A UNIFYING THING FOR MISSOURI CITY, AND I WANT OUR CITY TO OWN IT WITH OUR FREEDOM TREE.

JUST AS NOW I'M PULLING IN FOR DEXTER, THIS, UH, STUFF TO JOIN, MAKE SURE WE CONNECT SL 95, CHI 95 WITH THE FREEDOM TREE AND THE KENTON CEMETERY THAT OLSON IS HEADING UP.

SO MR. WE ALL HAVE FORT FORBID.

MR. WEIS, THANK YOU.

I, WELL, I YIELD BACK AND I'M SO GLAD TO BE Y'ALL.

AND I WILL BE THERE ON THE 25TH AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SO I'M EXCITED.

THANK YOU ALL YOU STAFF TOO.

OKAY, MS. KRISTEN LUCAS.

MS. LUCAS, IF YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

IN ADDITION, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

OKAY, I STOOD HERE A FEW YEARS BACK ON THE SAME TOPIC.

I'M KRISTIN LUCAS.

I LIVE AT 9 38 CIRCLE BEND.

I AM RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS AT DUIS HIGH SCHOOL.

MATTER OF FACT, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT I BELIEVE I TAUGHT THEIR CHILDREN AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

AND I CENTER MYSELF A FAIRLY INTELLIGENT, UM, KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON BETWEEN MY HUSBAND AND AUTO MECHANICS.

AND ACTUALLY HAVING WORKED ON QUITE A FEW THINGS FOR BONNIE BEARD, SHE NAMED THE RABBIT HOUSE AFTER HIM.

THE GARY LUCAS RABBIT HOUSE.

UM, I AM VERY FRUSTRATED BY THE LACK OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH YOU THAT I'M ALWAYS REFERRED TO.

AND THEN THEY REFER ME TO THE NEXT PERSON.

THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO TALK TO ME, THEY'RE WONDERFUL, THEY'RE POLITE, THEY'RE RESPECTFUL, THEY ASK ME QUESTIONS, THEY FOLLOW THROUGH, AND THEN THEY REPORT TO THEIR BOSS AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, I, THE, THE DITCH AND THE MOWING, IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF RE A STRESS RELIEVER.

I WOULD MOW, HE WOULD MOW THE FRONT YARD, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE ENERGY HE DID.

SO HE WOULD MOW THE FRONT AND THE BACKYARD AND I WOULD, AND I WOULD MOW BEHIND MY FENCE WHERE THEY BUILT ADAM'S DITCH.

ACTUALLY ADAM'S DITCH WAS THERE, BUT THEN WHEN THE INCREASED THE, UM, THEY NEEDED TO INCREASE HOW MUCH WATER IT COULD HOLD.

WHEN THEY BUILT CRESTMONT PLACE, THEY WERE TOLD, THE ENGINEERS WERE TOLD WHAT? YOUR BUILDING WILL NOT DRAIN BASIC GEOMETRY.

THE SLOPE IS WRONG.

THEY COULD HAVE ASKED ANY GEOMETRY TEACHER AND WE COULD HAVE USED A CLINOMETER TO SHOW THEM WHAT THEY DID WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

WHAT IS ADAMS DITCH THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DITCH.

IT WAS NOT BUILT AS A HOLDING POND.

HAS HAD TURTLES, FISH.

AND MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND WHO SHE GOT HER EAGLE BADGE WITH, WAS SO EXCITED ONE NIGHT WHEN WE WERE IN THE, OUR BACKYARD BECAUSE SHE SAW A RARE BIRD THAT WHAT THEY HAVE THOUGHT WAS ALMOST EXTINCT FLY OUT OF ADAM'S DITCH BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LOVELY POND.

DURING THE, UM, DROUGHT, THERE WAS A POINT WHERE IT WAS COMPLETELY DRY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND WHAT, SINCE IT WAS BUILT, DID ANYBODY COME TO CLEAN IT OUT? TO START OVER, TO RES SLOPE IT SO IT DIDN'T HOLD WATER? NO.

TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER THIS HAVE GIVEN ME THE RUNAROUND TWICE.

BOTH OF THEM ARE CONDESCENDING.

ONE OF THEM'S GONE AND HE WAS REPLACED.

BOTH OF THEM ARE CONDESCENDING, MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I KNOW NOTHING.

OH, WE'LL BE AROUND TO SEE IT.

THEY'VE NEVER KNOCKED ON MY DOOR.

THEY HAVE NOT SEEN IT.

I HAD ONE PERSON IN ADMINISTRATION WHO ACTUALLY CAME BY WHEN I CAME BY AND I SAID, WOULD YOU COME WALK THIS WITH ME? AND THEY SHE DID.

AND SHE AGREED IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE, INTOLERABLE.

IT'S AMAZING.

A KID HASN'T DROWNED IN IT AND IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD.

YOU SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED THAT IT'S JUST ACROSS THE STREET AND DOWN THE ROAD FROM YOU.

I REALLY HOPE.

DO NOT SEND ME OFF TO ANOTHER CITY MANAGER.

THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.

REPRESENT HERITAGE COLONY AND I'M SO HAPPY I GET TO MEET ANGEL AND ANTHONY.

THANK YOU MS. LUCAS.

JENNY, SUE.

MR. SUE, AS YOU APPROACH THE, UM, UM, SORRY, MS. SUE, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE.

SO I'M HERE.

I HAVE A PROPOSAL.

I WANTED YOU TO FIND IT IN YOUR HEART AND IN YOUR BUDGET, ALLOCATE SOME MONEY TO HELP US TO CONTROL WIRE HAWKS.

ALL RIGHT, SO WILD HAWKS.

WILD HAWKS.

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WITH A FOREST AND THE INSIDE OF FOREST, THEY ARE HAWKS.

SO THEY COME OUT SEVEN TIMES LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THE MENTAL STRESS AND THE FINANCIAL LOSS TO OUR YARD.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LEV, OUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.

SO WE SPEND 40,000 TO BUILD IRON FENCE ABOUT FOUR FEET TALL WITH THE GATE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO GO TO THE GREEN AREA.

WORKS PERFECTLY.

NOW, I HEARD WHITEHAWK CAN FLY, BUT THEY CAN SWIM.

SO IF THEY SWIM OVER, WHAT DO WE DO? SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW.

NO MONEY, NO SOLUTION.

SO PLEASE FIND SOME MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET.

COME UP WITH THE MONEY ACTION PLAN.

IT'S EASY, RIGHT? WE COULD CALL THE PROFESSIONAL SET TRAPS.

ALL RESIDENTS WOULD BE SO HAPPY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX ARE STAFF REPORTS.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

[(a) Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2022 collections report presentation f...]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 COLLECTIONS REPORT PRESENTATION FROM LINEBARGER.

WE HAVE A GUEST PRESENTER.

HOW YOU DOING, RICHARD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNSEL, GOOD EVENING.

AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS RICHARD HILL.

I'M A PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF LINEBARGER, GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMPSON.

AND WE ARE THE CURRENT COLLECTIONS LAW FIRM REPRESENTING YOUR CITY IN THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT MUNICIPAL RECEIVABLES.

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO, UH, SHARE A WHAT'S CALLED AN ANNUAL COLLECTIONS REPORT, UH, AND WITH ME THIS EVENING.

AND, UH, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THAT RE REPORT IS BRIAN GROSS.

AND ALSO WITH ME THIS EVENING IS KAREN BEN.

SHE'S A CONSULTANT WITH OUR LAW FIRM.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE ACTUAL REPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO THE EVALUATION, UH, OF THE PERFORMANCE UNDER THE CONTRACT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING.

AND IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE, EXCUSE ME, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SHOULD BE BASED UPON CONTRACT DATE AND TERM, SPECIFICALLY UNDER THE EXISTING CONTRACT.

NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE.

THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT THE PERFORMANCE IS BASED UPON THE ANNUAL TOTAL PORTFOLIO COLLECTION RATE, AND WE ARE TO ACHIEVE A 25% RATE UNDER THAT TERM.

UNDER THAT LANGUAGE, IT ALSO SUGGESTS AN EXHIBIT B THAT WE ARE TO ACHIEVE A COLLECTION RATE 10% FOR FALSE ALARMS OF 10%.

THE LANGUAGE ACTUALLY SAYS, ATTAIN AN ANNUAL OVERALL TOTAL PORTFOLIO COLLECTION RATE OF 10% FOR FALSE ALARMS AND 25% FOR MUNICIPAL FEES AND FINES.

AND I MAKE THAT DISTINCTION AND CORRECTION BECAUSE THE REPORT THAT YOU WILL HEAR WILL BE BASED

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UPON THE LANGUAGE AND THE CONTRACT.

THE NUMBERS THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ANNUAL OVERALL TOTAL PORTFOLIO COLLECTION.

THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT IS IN YOUR PORTFOLIO THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO US TO COLLECT ON, NOT JUST THOSE THAT CAME IN DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OR THOSE THAT CAME IN DURING THE TERM OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT, BUT EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THAT PORTFOLIO.

SO HAVING MADE THAT CLARIFICATION, UH, I'LL ASK BRIAN TO COME FORWARD AND WALK THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS WITH YOU GUYS, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER NOW PRIOR TO HIS PRESENTATION.

WILL RICHARD? YES, SIR.

LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN YES, SIR.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE QUESTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD MORNING.

OH, I DIDN'T SEE, I BELIEVE Y'ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION.

SO TO START WITH, ON THE FIRST SLIDE TO JUST IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LAW FIRM OF LINEBARGER, IT JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE HAVE OVER 120 ATTORNEYS AND AN ATTORNEY MANAGES EVERY PROJECT WITHIN THE FIRM.

ATTORNEYS MONITOR THE LEGAL STANDARDS AND THE LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

AS FAR AS OPERATIONAL STAFF, WE HAVE OVER 175 HIGHLY TRAINED IT STAFF.

WE HAVE IN-HOUSE SYSTEM ARCHITECTS, PROGRAMMERS, ANALYSTS, SECURITY EXPERTS, AND NETWORK ENGINEERS.

WE DO IN-HOUSE BACKUPS AND WE INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY ON IT, IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES AND OUR PROCEDURES.

OUR COLLECTORS WORK DIRECTLY FOR THE LAW FIRM.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN COLLECTING DELINQUENT COURT ACCOUNTS.

WE HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT CALL CENTERS NATIONWIDE AND ALL COLLECTORS GO THROUGH ACA TRAINING.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO SLIDE TWO AND WE CAN GET INTO THE NUMBERS.

OH, YOU WANT ME TO CLICK IT? OKAY.

IS IT THE RED BUTTON? THIS ONE? YEAH.

THE PORTFOLIO IS AT 57.39%, AND THE DOLLAR RESOLUTION RATE SINCE INCEPTION OF THE CONTRACT IN 2003 IS AT 75.7%.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO, ON SLIDE TWO, YOU HAVE A COLLECTIONS OVERVIEW AND IT IS A OVERVIEW OF THE PORTFOLIO AS A WHOLE.

SO, SINCE CONTRACT TO DATE, BACK FROM SEP UH, 2003, UP TO SEPTEMBER, 2022, WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 44,421 CITATIONS ASSIGNED BY THE COURT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, WHICH IS SET AT A VALUE OF $16,000,836.

THERE'S BEEN 13,389 CITATIONS ADJUSTED WITH THE NEGATIVE VALUE OF $1,303,000.

OF THE 44,000 CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE LAW FIRM, LINEBARGER HAS COLLECTED 16,584 OF THOSE FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN AT 5.6 MILLION.

CITATIONS CANCELED AND CANCELLATIONS ARE MADE BY THE COURT, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THEY RE RECALL CASES OR THE JUDGE DEEMS COMMUNITY SERVICE OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF REMEDY FOR THAT CASE, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF A LITTLE OVER 5.7 MILLION.

SO, IN TOTAL, AS FAR AS CITATIONS RESOLVED, 35,715 OF THE 44,421 CITATIONS ASSIGNED HAVE BEEN RESOLVED EITHER THROUGH COLLECTIONS OR THROUGH CANCELLATIONS.

AND A LOT OF THOSE CANCELLATIONS ARE DUE TO, THESE ARE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO US.

THEY HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS, THEY'VE RECEIVED THE PHONE CALLS.

SO SOME OF THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE DO PUSHING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE COURT SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THESE CITATIONS.

SO THE AMOUNT RESOLVED OF THE 16.8 MILLION IS A LITTLE OVER 11.4 MILLION.

THE OVERALL COLLECTION RATE ON

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ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A MONTHLY COLLECTION ACTIVITY FROM OCTOBER, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER, 2022.

AND IT SIMPLY GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN BY MONTH AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF LETTERS MAILED, ANY ADDRESS OR, UH, PHONE UPDATES.

THEN IT GIVES YOU THE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND PHONE ACTIVITY ALONG WITH THE DOLLARS COLLECTED THAT MONTH.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH EACH LINE, I CAN, BUT KEEP GOING.

THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS HARD TO SEE UP THERE, BUT THIS IS A YEARLY COLLECTION.

IT'S SIMPLY A GRAPH THAT SHOWS YOU, UH, SINCE 2017, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS COLLECTED.

AND ONE THING TO NOTE IS DURING COVID, UH, UNLIKE MANY OTHER COLLECTION FIRMS OUT THERE, UH, WE CARRIED ON OUR OPERATIONS DURING COVID.

UH, MANY OF THE COURTS, AS YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN AS FAR AS NOT PUSHING OUT NEW CITATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, DURING THAT.

BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT, UH, THE CITY RELIED ON REVENUE FROM COLLECTIONS.

SO WE CONTINUED OUR OPERATIONS AND ALL THE BACKLOG CASES THAT HAD BEEN PLACED WITH THE LAW FIRM BEFORE COVID BEGAN.

AND IN 2020, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A DROP IN COLLECTIONS FROM 20 19, 20 19 WAS ACTUALLY OUR HIGHEST COLLECTION YEAR FOR MISSOURI CITY.

SINCE 2003, THERE WAS A DROP, BUT THERE WAS REVENUE STILL GENERATED IN THE AMOUNT OF 291,000 2022.

WE COLLECTED $380,878 FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS THE SECOND BEST YEAR WE'VE HAD IN COLLECTING FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

THE NEXT GRAPH IS JUST A CUMULATIVE COLLECTIONS REPORT, AND IT IS A, EACH YEAR, IT JUST ADDS ON AS FAR AS WHAT WAS COLLECTED.

SO YOU GET AN OVERALL VIEW OF WHAT WAS COLLECTED AND IN THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT.

SINCE 2003, WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 5.7 MILLION.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU HAVE MAILINGS AND A CALL OVERVIEW THAT JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW.

AS FAR AS A CONTRACT TO DATE, WE'VE MAILED OVER 76,000 LETTERS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

WE'VE HAD OVER 23,000 ADDRESS AND PHONE UPDATES, AND WE'VE MADE OVER 364,000 PHONE CALLS.

THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE PLACEMENTS, MAILINGS AND CALL ACTIVITY OVERALL.

UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS, UH, THERE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THE LISTING AND WHAT'S NEXT? THE NEXT TABLE IS A PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS IN RELATION TO OUTSTANDING PLACEMENTS.

SO LET ME EXPLAIN THIS VERY QUICKLY.

YOU HAVE HAVE ALL THE ACCOUNTS UP AT THE TOP, AND THEN YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS ADDRESS, NO MAILING ADDRESS, RETURN MAIL, GOOD ADDRESS, AND THEN YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS OFFENSE, AGE AND PLACEMENT AGE.

AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PLACEMENTS AND THE AVERAGE BALANCE RELATED TO THOSE PLACEMENTS.

THE NEXT TABLE IS A AGE OF PLACEMENTS, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU BY EACH MONTH SINCE OCTOBER OF 2021 AS FAR AS THE AGE OF PLACEMENTS THAT WERE PLACED EACH MONTH WITH THE COURT FROM THE COURT.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS A STATUS OF OPEN ACCOUNTS.

AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERVIEW AS FAR AS THE STATUS OF THE ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED WITH LYBARGER FOR COLLECTION OF THE TOTAL OF 10,762.

THERE ARE 9,499 OF THOSE ACTIVE, MEANING WE ARE ACTIVELY CALLING ON THEM AND MAILING ON BEHALF OF THE COURT AND THE CITY.

AND THEN IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN AND A DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THOSE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I SEE IN THE QUEUE.

WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR LINE BARKER.

UH,

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UM, ON TOP OF THE, UM, PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

UM, ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE FROM, UH, ON OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT OR ADDED VALUE TYPE THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE OR, UH, OR SOME THINGS THAT YOU ARE PREPARED OR WILLING TO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE FOR US THUS FAR OR MAYBE OFFERED TO DO OR, UH, IN THE CONTRACT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THERE ARE TWO EXHIBITS.

ONE EXHIBIT A AND ONE EXHIBIT B, EXHIBIT A TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WERE ASKED OF LINEBARGER IF WE WERE WILLING TO DO.

AND OF COURSE, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN THE CONTRACT, WE AGREE TO DO THOSE THINGS.

UH, EXHIBIT A TALKS ABOUT A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT MU RECEIVABLES, UH, SUCH AS PARTICIPATING IN WARRANT ROUNDUPS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY DOING PRE WARRANT ROUNDS, ROUNDUPS.

RIGHT.

WARRANT, UH, THE CITY'S CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE, UM, BEGINNING THIS MONTH.

UM, OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT EFFORT, UM, I BELIEVE WOULD ENHANCE THE SUCCESS OF SUCH AN ENDEAVOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

BUT THE CONTRACT SAYS WE'RE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THAT.

ALSO UNDER, UH, EXHIBIT A, IT TALKS, UM, ABOUT, UM, UH, REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR, UH, ITS EXPENDITURE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, USING, UH, TRANSUNION OR OTHER DATABASES TO LOCATE FOLKS WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF, THE COURT STAFF PERHAPS.

UH, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THERE ARE A LIST OF THINGS IN THIS EXHIBIT, UH, THAT WE ARE, UH, WILLING, ABLE, AND WOULD LIKE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN UNDER THE CONTRACT, IN ADDITION TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT COLLECTIONS.

UM, THE FALSE ALARM COLLECTIONS IS ANOTHER, UH, AREA WHERE THERE HAS NOT BEEN, UM, UH, MUCH PARTICIPATION ON BEHALF OF OUR, UH, LAW FIRM WITH REGARDS TO DELINQUENT COLLECTIONS.

UH, BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF RECEIVABLES OR THE NUMBER OF CASES TURNED OVER TO US, UH, IS VERY SMALL.

UH, WHILE WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN COLLECTING ON THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO US, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF WE COULD GET MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF, UH, DELINQUENT RECEIVABLES PLACED WITH OUR LAW FIRM, IT WOULD BE, UH, AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO PERFORMING UNDER THE CONTRACT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED UNDER THE CONTRACT, UH, LINEBERGER HAS ALWAYS PARTICIPATED IN, UH, CIVIC, UH, ENDEAVORS ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE CITY, AND WE FULLY ENGAGE OURSELVES IN THAT PROCESS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SO, UH, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

WELL.

WELL, I GUESS I, AS A FOLLOW UP, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU SAID THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT IS IN PLACE, THE WARRANT ROUND UP THE, THE, UH, DELINQUENT FALSE ALARMS AND, AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? UH, THE SECOND ONE YOU MENTIONED, UH, REIMBURSEMENT.

REIMBURSEMENT.

REIMBURSEMENT, YES, SIR.

SO THAT'S A PART OF THE CONTRACT, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

SO IF IT'S A PART OF THE CONTRACT, WHY HAVEN'T YOU OR AREN'T YOU PARTICIPATING? I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION.

I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

UH, WELL, UH, IT, IT REQUIRES A, A PARTNERSHIP TO DO THAT.

UH, WE NEED TO GET THE INFORMATION OR THE DATA OR THE REQUEST FROM THE CITY AND, UH, THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE FOR US TO PERFORM THOSE KINDS OF, UM, ISSUES OR, OR THOSE KINDS OF TASKS, UH, THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO PERFORM IN THE CONTRACT ITSELF.

SO YES, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UM, UM, THE VOLUME OF FALSE ALARM DELINQUENCIES THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE, NOR HAVE WE, UM, UH, HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH REGARDS TO PARTICIPATING, UH, IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT RECEIVABLES, UH, AS FULLY AS THE CONTRACT MIGHT CALL FOR.

JUST THOSE THAT HAVE COME IN DURING THE PHYSICAL YEAR OR THOSE THAT HAVE COME IN DURING THE CONTRACT YEAR, BUT THE ANNUAL OVERALL TOTAL, WHAT YOU'RE DOING EACH YEAR TO COLLECT ON ALL OF THE CITATIONS THAT WE'VE SENT TO YOU THAT THE CITY HAS SENT TO US.

WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MARLIS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF ANNUAL TOTAL PORTFOLIO, IF WE'VE GOT IT WRONG? MY DEFINITION, UH, OF ANNUAL TOTAL PORTFOLIO AS A CONTRACT READS IS ANNUAL OVERALL TOTAL PORTFOLIO COLLECTION RATE.

AND THAT IS WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE CITY ON EVERY DELINQUENT RECEIVABLE THAT WE HAVE PLACED WITH YOU, NOT

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SO WHERE IS THAT IN YOUR, UH, REPORT TODAY? IT'S IN, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT DESCRIBES THE COLLECTION RATE AS 59%, AND THE OVERALL RESOLUTION RATE AS 75.7%, I'M SORRY, 57.39% AS A COLLECTION RATE, OVERALL COLLECTION RATE, AND 75.7% AS AN OVERALL DOLLAR RESOLUTION RATE.

AND, AND TO ME, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANNUAL RIGHT? TO ME, IT SAYS, AND THIS IS A TIMESTAMP 2003 TO 2022, THAT'S NOT ANNUAL, THAT'S HISTORICAL.

SO I THINK WE NEED SOME GRANULARITY TO THE DELIVERABLES, WHICH SAYS ANNUAL.

THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, ITEM NUMBER NINE SAYS PERFORMANCE HISTORY, SERVICE REPORT, OR PERFORMANCE HISTORY REPORT.

HOW OFTEN DO WE GET PERFORMANCE HISTORY REPORTS? THE CITY RECEIVES A COLLECTION REPORT EVERY MONTH, MONTHLY.

UH, THIRD QUESTION, YOU REFER TO THE TWO EXHIBITS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE, UM, EXHIBIT A AND EXHIBIT B.

UM, EXHIBIT B IS FOR ALARM FEES, AND THE TOLERANCE IS 10%.

WHERE'S THAT IN THE REPORT? COURT COURT, UH, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT RECEIVABLES.

I THINK THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR POINTED OUT THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS REFERRED TO US FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

UH, THAT'S A SEPARATE, UM, UM, REPORTING FOR, UM, DOCUMENT THAT WE DO FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.

BUT WE CAN PRESENT, WE CAN MAKE ONE AVAILABLE TO YOU, BUT WE, WE WOULD, I THINK WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE ENTIRE CONTRACT.

THE ENTIRE CONTRACT EXHIBIT A, EXHIBIT B, B IS FOR ALARM FEES.

SO I THINK YOU GUYS OWE US THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR REPORT.

IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE US ALSO WHAT THE ANNUAL REPORT IS NOT THE ENTIRETY? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN SIR.

IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE US A REPORT FOR THE ANNUAL OVERALL TOTAL PORTFOLIO FOR THIS YEAR? NOT FROM 2003 TO 2022? YES, SIR.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS.

I'M SORRY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS.

IT DOESN'T IN MY WAYS, IT DOESN'T SAY FROM 2003 TO 2022.

WELL, UH, PERHAPS THERE COULD BE SOME CLARIFICATION IN THE LANGUAGE, BUT, UH, MY INTERPRETATION OF THAT AND THE INTENT DURING THE NEGOTIATION CERTAINLY WAS TO HAVE THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO COLLECTION RATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THE COLLECTORS ARE ALL WITH LINEBARGER.

IS THAT, ARE THEY NOT SUB OUT? ANY OF THESE COLLECTIONS ARE NOT SUB OUT AT ALL? THEY ALL WORK FOR THE COMPANY, YES, MA'AM.

THEY'RE ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE LAW FIRM.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS BECAUSE, UM, I TOO, I DON'T HAVE, UM, THE ANNUAL TO KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN YEAR BY YEAR.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT WHAT IS THE, THE VALUE OF THE UNCOLLECTED DEBT AS OF DATE UNCOLLECTED ACCOUNTS TODAY? I SEE, I, I SEE WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED, UM, FROM OUR OCTOBER, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER, 2022.

THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 400,000, BUT WHAT IS STILL THE UNCOLLECTED? THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING, UH, DEBT IN THE PORTFOLIO IS $4,189,075 3.7 AS FAR AS ACTIVE ACCOUNTS.

AND HOW FAR BACK DOES THAT GO? BACK TO 2003? UH, IT GOES AS FAR BACK AS THE RECORDS BEING KEPT BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

WE BEGAN THE COLLECTION PROCESS FOR THE CITY IN 2003.

HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE CITATIONS IN THAT PORTFOLIO THAT ARE OLDER THAN THAT.

AND THAT'S FAIR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A REQUEST, UM, TO GET SOME SORT OF AN ANNUAL REPORT.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING THAT MONTHLY REPORT.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT, UH, BEEN PRIVY

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TO THAT INFORMATION.

UH, SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH AN ANNUAL REPORT DATE BASED ON THESE CALCULATIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO REVIEW.

COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER? YES.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

UM, SO MY QUESTION, UM, SORT OF SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S, UM, IN REFERENCE TO THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, THAT'S ONE.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UM, AS FAR AS THE 370,000 THAT, UM, IS UNDER THE, UM, CATEGORY OF THE RETURN MAIL AND NO MAILING ADDRESS, WHAT HAPPENS, EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF THAT? IS THAT JUST A, A, A DEAD FEE? HOW DO YOU ALL GO ABOUT, UH, TRYING TO COLLECT THOSE FEES? THE SKIP TRACE PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE INVEST IN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY AS FAR AS THE LAW FIRM IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE THAT IS THE VERY HEART OF, UM, A DELINQUENT COLLECTION EFFORT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE AND FIND THE PROPER PARTY WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBT.

UH, WHEN WE RECEIVE A DELINQUENT RECEIVABLE FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, WE BEGIN THAT PROCESS BY NUMBER ONE, CONFIRMING THAT WE HAVE A MAILABLE ADDRESS THAT IS SENT TO US FROM THE CITY.

THAT MAIL GOES OUT, AND IF IT COMES BACK TO US IN THE FORM OF A MAIL RETURN, IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO A SKIP TRACING PROCESS.

WE EMPLOY SIX TO NINE DIFFERENT SKIP TRACE VENDORS THAT COMPETE FOR LINEBARGER BUSINESS, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WHEN THAT MAIL RETURN COMES BACK TO US, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY PUT INTO A SKIP TRACE STATUS.

AND ALL OF THOSE VENDORS OUT THERE THAT ARE WORKING FOR LINEBARGER BEGIN TO LOOK FOR THE PROPER AND RESPONSIBLE PARTY BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO TRYING TO IDENTIFY THAT INDIVIDUAL.

AND THAT PROCESS CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE CITATION, NO MATTER HOW LONG WE HAVE IT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SOME OF THE, UH, THE OLDER CITATIONS, OR IN THE REPORT THAT YOU, UH, WERE PROVIDED, THERE IS A CHART THAT SHOWS WHAT THE COLLECTION RATE IS FOR A CITATION THAT HAS BEEN WITH LINEBARGER FOR ONE YEAR, AND THE COLLECTION RATE FOR A CITATION THAT HAS BEEN WITH LINEBARGER FOR FIVE YEARS OR SIX YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS.

THAT COLLECTION RATE, THE LONGER WE HAVE IT, THE HIGHER IT GETS.

SO THE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THOSE THAT ARE IN SKIP TRACE STATUS AND BAD ADDRESS WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THOSE SKIP TRACE VENDORS, UH, EVERY THREE MONTHS, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE A DEBTOR AND YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A CAR, MAYBE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WILL COME UP, OR MAYBE THE ADDRESS THAT WAS GIVEN AT THE TIME, THE CITATION WILL POP UP AS A LOAN ADDRESS.

THOSE SKIP TRACE VENDORS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY ARE USING THAT INFORMATION OR LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY PARTIES.

AND WHEN THEY FIND SOMEONE, THEY SEND IT IT BACK TO US AS A HIT.

WE THEN SEND OUT ANOTHER LETTER STARTING ALL OVER FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST LETTER TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

ONCE THAT LETTER IS RECEIVED AND NOT RETURNED TO US IN 30 DAYS IN THE FORM OF A MAIL RETURN, WE ASSUME THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PARTY, THEN WE START LOOKING FOR PHONE NUMBERS.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE MAILING, WE'RE CALLING, WE WILL GET A, UM, UH, A RESPONSE FROM THAT DEBTOR, EITHER BY MAIL OR BY PHONE OR SOME CONTACT, OR THE COURT WILL GET A PHONE CALL OR CONTACT FROM THAT DEBTOR.

UM, AND THE COLLECTION PROCESS BEGINS IN EARNEST AT THAT POINT.

SO WE NEVER STOP LOOKING, IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

OF SOUTH CITATIONS THAT GET CANCELED, THAT COUNTS TOWARDS YOUR 25%.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL NUMBER SONIA BROWN MAJO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR PROVIDING THIS REPORT, UM, TO US.

UM, EARLIER I WAS TRYING TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT ANNUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARRUS, HE WAS, UM, MUCH MORE ELOQUENT IN EXPLAINING WHERE IT WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GO.

I SPENT SOME TIME TODAY BREAKING IT DOWN ON MY OWN TO SEE IF I COULD COME UP TO AN ANNUAL NUMBER.

AND IN CONCLUSION, WHAT I CAME UP WITH IS THAT ON AVERAGE, WE ARE COLLECTING ABOUT 8%.

IT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR NUMBERS.

THAT WAY WE CAN TRULY SEE THE BREAKDOWN.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT INSIDE OF THE CONTRACT, THE DOLLARS THAT YOU COLLECT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, PLUS THE AMOUNT

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I, I UNDERSTAND THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING IS, ON AVERAGE WITH SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT I RAN TODAY, WE ARE BRINGING IN FROM YOUR, YOUR FIRM ABOUT $300,000 A YEAR ON AVERAGE.

ALSO ON AVERAGE, WE'RE SENDING OVER TO YOU NEW BOOKS OF BUSINESS OF, OF, OF AN AVERAGE OF ALSO $300,000 PER YEAR.

SO IT'S NEGATING IT'S, IT'S ZERO THAT, THAT'S JUST WHAT THE BASIC MATH IS SHOWING ME.

SO IN YOUR OVERALL TOTALITY OF YOUR COLLECTIONS FROM 2003 TO 2022, IT LOOKS AMAZING.

IT LOOKS GREAT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONTRACT IS DOING WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.

IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR US WHEN WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT COME AND SAY, I NEED $1 MILLION TO BUILD A TRAFFIC SHOOT UP ON CRAVENS AND 90, AND THEN I'M LOOKING HERE AND I'M LIKE, OH, WOW.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY BRING IN A MILLION DOLLARS IN CITATION, BECAUSE IF I DO 25% TIMES 4.1 MILLION, THAT'S 1 MILLION.

BUT IF ON AVERAGE, IF ALL WE'RE BRINGING IN IS 300,000, LET'S GET YOU A CONTRACT TO REFLECT WHAT'S GOING ON.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN COURTS AND THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF THE TICKET DEBT IS JUST THAT.

IT'S IT'S DEAD.

IT MAY NOT EVEN BE COLLECTIBLE.

SO WE WANNA GET IT IN, IN MY OPINION, AND MY COLLEAGUES MAY NOT EVEN AGREE WITH ME, BUT I THINK IT WOULD PAINT FOR A BETTER PICTURE FOR US SO THAT I, FOR ONE, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF IT IS POSSIBLY NOT EVEN COLLECTIBLE.

UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR CITY MANAGER.

UH, THIS CONTRACT WAS RENEWED FOR ONE YEAR, CORRECT? IT IS RENEWABLE FOR ONE YEAR, RENEWABLE FOR ONE YEAR.

SO DID WE EXTEND IT? NO, THE LAST TIME.

OH, THE LAST TIME I WOULD SUSPECT YES, BECAUSE IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS WHETHER IT SHOWS THE COLLECTION RATE AT 57 SOME PERCENT TO, YOU KNOW, UH, THE DOLLAR IS AT 75 SOME PERCENT.

IS THAT WITHIN THAT CONTRACT? IS IT, WAS IT, IS IT REASONABLE? ARE WE ACHIEVING WHAT THOSE CONTRACT THAT THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE? I WOULD HAVE TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF THAT.

I CANNOT JUST LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SAY THAT IT'S MEETING THE CONTRACT OR NOT MEETING THE CONTRACT.

I MET, UM, WITH THE TEAM A FEW DAYS AGO AND THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD PROVIDE ME THE INFORMATION BE SO I COULD DO A DEEPER DIVE, BUT I HAVE, I HAVE NOT HAD THAT, THE TIME OR THE INFORMATION TO DO THAT AS OF YET.

SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THIS IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR TO GIVE A REPORT OUT TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.

CORRECT.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTRACT EITHER WILL RENEW, WE WILL DO ANOTHER ONE YEAR RENEWAL.

UM, THE CONTRACT, THE DEADLINE ON THAT IS JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

SO EITHER WE WILL ELECT TO REDO IT OR WE WOULD PUT IT OUT FOR PROPOSALS.

SURE.

SO, UM, TO THE POINT OF WHAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM 2003 TO NOW TO 2023 OR 2022 IS WHAT IT SHOWS AS 57 AND 75%.

SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF YEAR, UM, AND THEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER RON MARSHALL'S POINT OF VIEW, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HITTING AT 350,000 CASES PER YEAR, ACCORDING TO HER NUMBERS, AND IF WE'RE GETTING NEW CASES, WHICH IS ABOUT 350,000 MM-HMM.

, SO THEN I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE DO WE INCREASE, BECAUSE TO ME IT'S A WASH.

MM-HMM.

UM, SO WITHOUT LOOKING AT THAT DAY TO DAY, I MEAN THE YEAR TO YEAR DATE OF PERFORMANCE, THEN WE CAN'T REALLY TELL.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, AND THESE ARE GIVEN THE NUMBERS THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ACCURATE.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOUR TEAM IN, YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK TO THE LINEBERGER, AND YOU HEARD THE COMMENTS TODAY FROM MM-HMM.

, SEVERAL OF ONE OF US MM-HMM.

IS TO GET THE SPECIFICS, SO THIS WAY, AND HAVE THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA BEFORE JUNE.

AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THIS WAY WE CAN HAVE A LOOK AT IT AND, AND KIND OF AS A BODY OF COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A RENEWAL, OR WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD BACK WITH RFQ

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BUT TO TO, TO THE LINEBARGER, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

YOUR COLLECTION RATE RATES, YOU KNOW, PREDOMINANTLY HAS BEEN GREAT.

AND AGAIN, TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT'S BEEN RAISED UP HERE TODAY, IT'S JUST AN EYE-OPENER.

SO I THINK FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND IN GENERAL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM A YEAR TO YEAR, AND IT'S ONLY FAIR, I MEAN, I WOULD THINK IT'S FAIR.

AND THEN TO REALIZE HOW MANY CASES THAT ARE COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, PER YEAR, AND TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT RATE WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE ARE WE COLLECTING AS WE THINK WE ARE, OR MAYBE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SHORT OF A LITTLE BIT.

AND IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT CONTRACT, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT NEW RATE BE IN THE, UH, THE EXPECTATION OF COLLECTION RATE WILL BE IN ORDER FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT THAT NUMBER OOH.

MEAN WE NEEDED TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS.

SO THIS WAY YOUR OFFICE CAN KIND OF GIVE US A SUGGESTION AS TO THE COLLECTION RATE PER YEAR SHOULD BE THIS AMOUNT OR THIS PERCENT VERSUS WHAT IT IS TODAY AT, ON A GENERAL BOOK MM-HMM.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD BACK.

UH, WE HAVE MAYOR PROAM EMORY.

UH, EXCUSE ME, ANY STATISTICS IS HOW LONG A, UH, UH, AN AVERAGE CLAIM WOULD, UH, WHEN, WHEN IT'S PLACED WITH, UH, LEINBERGER THAT IT WOULD BE RESOLVED AND, UH, WE WOULD RECEIVE WHATEVER THOSE FUNDS ARE.

CERTAINLY.

UM, THERE IS, UM, VERY LITTLE EXPECTATION THAT NEW PLACEMENTS, NEW CITATIONS PLACED WITH LINEBARGER ARE GOING TO BE RESOLVED WITHIN ONE YEAR.

THE COLLECTION PROCESS IS A CYCLICAL, UH, EVENT WHERE THINGS HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT WILL EITHER MOTIVATE SOMEONE TO PAY OR CAUSE FOLKS TO RUN AWAY AND HIDE AND NOT WANT TO PAY THAT CITATION OR VISIT WITH THE COURT AND DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT CITATION.

ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 24 TO 36 MONTHS TO, UM, RESOLVE, UH, A COLLECTION PROCESS OR A CITATION, UH, COMPLETELY.

SO THE EXPECTATION OF AN ANNUAL COLLECTION RATE OF 25% IS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC, AND I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARIFICATION WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY ON THAT.

WHEN WE ENTERED INTO THIS CONTRACT, THAT WAS THE WHOLE DISCUSSION BEHIND DRAFTING A LANGUAGE THAT SAID OVERALL TOTAL PORTFOLIO ANNUAL OVERALL ANNUAL OVERALL.

WELL, YEAH, AND, AND I I WANTED JUST TO BRING OUT, YOU SAY IT'S, UH, THE CLEARING OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE ACCOUNT IS WHAT, 24 TO HOW MANY MONTHS TO 36? 24 TO 36.

AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT DEBT HAS A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT COLLECTION CYCLE AT LEAST ONCE, MAYBE TWICE, AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COLLECTORS TO MAKE CONTACT AND ACTUALLY MAKE THE, THE, THE, UH, DEFENDANT AWARE OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PAYING ARE 24 TO 36 MONTHS.

UH, IS THE AVERAGE THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE, IS THAT A, A, A STANDARD, UH, BY THE, UH, UH, THE COLLECTORS? COLLECTORS? I MEAN, DO WE HAVE AN OVERALL, UH, ANTICIPATION RATE THAT, UH, WHEN ONE LOOKS AT, UH, A, UM, COLLECTION SERVICE, WHAT, UH, THEY WOULD NORMALLY, UH, SEE AS THE CLEARING RATE? I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY PUBLISHED NUMBERS FOR MUNICIPAL DEBT OF THE TYPE THAT WE ARE COLLECTING FOR YOU WITH REGARDS TO THAT.

IT IS OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THE 2000 AND MORE CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE SERVICE THAT THOSE ARE THE AVERAGE TERMS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT IT REQUIRES, THAT IT TAKES, AND THE AMOUNT THAT YOU PROVIDE BACK TO MISSOURI CITY IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE THREE YEARS, IF YOU WILL, BUT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO, UH, I'LL SAY INCEPTION.

THE VERY OLDEST DEBT THAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO US, WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND THOSE FOLKS IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.

THAT WE'RE NOT JUST COLLECTING DEBTS FOR THIS MONTH OR THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

UH, AND I, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE, UH, PUT THIS CONTRACT INTO PLACE, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS TO RECOGNIZE

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WE'RE COLLECTING IT FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU HAVE THE HISTORY FROM MISSOURI CITY.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT GOES BACK TO 2003.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COLLECTING THOSE DOLLARS FROM THOSE PRIOR YEARS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND I MIGHT MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME AGENCIES OR FOLKS IN THIS BUSINESS, IF THEY COME UP AGAINST A YEAR AND THEY HAVEN'T COLLECTED THAT DEBT, THEY'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY AND THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR COLLECTION PERCENTAGE BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBT, BUT IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT THAT IT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE RESOLVED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BECAUSE THE CONTRACT SAYS WE CAN GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.

THAT'S NOT OUR PURPOSE AND THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL.

UH, THE OTHER LAST THING IS, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ALARMS, UH, AND, UH, THE, UH, THE COLLECTION PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU INDICATING THAT, THAT THE CITY IS NOT PROVIDING YOU WITH ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE, UH, DELINQUENT FORM? YES, SIR.

AMOUNTS, YES, SIR.

HOPEFULLY A BETTER COLLECTION EXPERIENCE.

I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ALL OF THE ALARM ACTIVITY GOING TO WHOEVER THE COLLECTOR MAY BE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UH, HAVE A, UH, UH, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE'LL HAVE A BIGGER POT TO, UH, PROVIDE TO THEM THAT THEY CAN, UH, COLLECT AGAINST.

ACTUALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S ON THE LIST FOR STAFF TO REVIEW AND TO PROVIDE ME A BRIEFING ON AS TO WHERE WE ARE OKAY.

WITH THE STATUS OF THAT.

UM, SO AS SOON AS THAT IS COMPLETED, I WILL MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO COUNSEL.

IS THERE, WAS THERE A SECOND CATEGORY THAT NO, SIR.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WE REALLY, UH, AT THIS POINT, IF WE PROVIDED YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION, YOU'D BE ABLE TO HAVE YES, SIR.

FOR THAT TYPE OF, UH, OF THE, UH, PROCESS.

I WOULD JUST, UH, ASK THE CITY MANAGER NEXT TIME WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS, LET'S JUST HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THIS.

SO THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE, WE SPENT QUITE CLOSE TO ABOUT 35 TO 40 MINUTES ON THIS YES.

ON THIS REPORT, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS.

SO THIS WAY IN THE FUTURE REPORTS, IF WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE REVIEW THIS BEFORE IT GETS PUT ON THE AGENDA.

NOTE IT.

DEFINITELY.

IF I COULD BEAR WITH ME THAT ON THERE, I DIDN'T HIT IT QUICK ENOUGH.

GO.

MAYOR PRO TOWN .

UH, ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES, YOU, YOU SAID, OH, AND MY FELLOW CONS LADY INDICATED THAT, UH, THE, UH, ROUNDUP WARRANT ROUNDUP, YES.

WARRANT ROUNDUP.

ARE WE, HOW INVOLVED ARE IS LEINBERGER IN THAT PROCESS? UH, WE WERE, UH, JUST NOTIFIED, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY OR DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY THAT THE CITY WAS PLANNING TO DO THAT.

UH, SO WE ARE, UH, GOING TO GET INVOLVED AS MUCH AS WE CAN SINCE HOW THE ROUNDUP STARTS THIS MONTH, I BELIEVE ON THE 15TH.

WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE WARRANT ROUNDUP WOULD BE TO, UM, UH, EVALUATE THE PORTFOLIO TO SEE WHAT CASES, UH, ARE OF HIGH DOLLAR VALUE, WHAT CASES ARE WITHIN THE ZIP CODE OF MISSOURI CITY, WHAT CASES ARE WITHIN ZIP CODE SURROUNDING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WHAT CASES HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR WHAT CASES HAVE RECEIVED, UH, PHONE CALLS WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, VISIT WITH THE CITY'S, UH, COURT, UH, AND DETERMINE WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF THAT WARRANT ROUNDUP ARE GOING TO BE.

WHO IS GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE, WHO ARE THEY GOING TO PARTICIPATE OR PUT INTO, UH, THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WARRANT ROUNDUP, UH, AND ENGAGE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARDS TO IF THEY WERE GOING TO PARTICIPATE WITH REGARDS TO PERHAPS DOOR HANGERS OR MAPPING OUT, UH, ZIP CODES FOR THEM TO GO KNOCK ON DOORS, UH, THAT ARE WITHIN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO EVALUATE THE PORTFOLIO IN ADVANCE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE WARRANT ROUNDUP.

UH, OUR LATE NOTICE OF THE E EVENT, UH, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO DO THE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND STILL BE AVAILABLE TO DO A MAILING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE WARRANT ROUNDUP AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE COURT HAS SET.

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CITY MANAGER, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH NOW? YES.

TO DETERMINE.

YES, IT IS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST BECAME AWARE OF THE ROUNDUP WARRANT ROUNDUP AS A RESULT OF OUR MEETINGS.

SO YOU'RE IN TEXAS A ROUNDUP.

COME ON.

YOU'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP.

SO, BUT YES, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT.

NUMBER SEVEN, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? ITEMS A THROUGH E? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.

SUBMIT A SECOND.

THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

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NUMBER EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS.

EIGHT.

A CONSIDERATION IMPOSSIBLE.

ACTION TO APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

POSITION SEVEN, POSITION EIGHT, POSITION NINE, POSITION 11, POSITION 12, POSITION 13, POSITION 14, AND POSITION 15 FOR UNEXPIRED TERMS TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH, 2024.

MR. MAYOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL? UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 15 POSITIONS, UM, ON THE PARKS FOUNDATION, UH, BOARD.

WE HAVE EIGHT VACANCIES CURRENTLY ON THAT BOARD.

UM, OUT OF THOSE EIGHT, UM, WE HAVE THREE, UM, THAT ACTUALLY QUALIFIED OF THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY, UH, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION WOULD QUALIFY TO SERVE ON THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

SO I WILL NEED TO KNOW TONIGHT IF COUNSEL WISHES TO APPOINT ALL THOSE MEMBERS TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION, OR, UM, ONE OR NONE.

YOUR DESIRE.

AS A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THOUGH, THOSE AREN'T TECHNICALLY VACANCIES.

THE BYLAWS FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION PROVIDES THAT THE FOUNDATION CAN HAVE UP TO 15.

SO NOT ALL OF THOSE I AREAS NEED TO BE FILLED OR NOT.

ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS TECHNICALLY NEED TO BE FILLED.

SO, SO LET ME START OFF WITH THE QUEUE, AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE OUR PARKS FOUNDATION, UH, PRESIDENT ANTHONY SNIPS, WHO'S HERE ALSO.

SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? JUST ONE MAYOR.

MARION COUNSEL ANTHONY TONIGHT, 43 11 ROUNDTREE LANE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

PLEASE EXCUSE MY ADDRESS.

WHEN I SAW, UH, THE EMAIL FROM MS. ROME TODAY, I RUSHED UP, UH, WATCHING TELEVISION TO GET UP HERE BECAUSE, UH, HISTORICALLY AS WE, WHEN WE, UH, UH, CREATED THIS FOUNDATION, UH, WE KNEW THAT 15, WE, WE SPECIFICALLY PUT UP TO 15 BECAUSE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A NEW FOUNDATION.

WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME FOUNDATION AND NOT HAVING A LARGE, UM, MEMBERSHIP.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL WAS GRACIOUS TO ALLOW US TO HAVE A WORKABLE, UH, UH, COUNCIL, NOT COUNCIL WORKABLE COMMISSION, UM, BOARD TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE, UH, OUR WORK, UM, THAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE.

AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, QUITE FRANKLY, IS WHEN YOU HAVE 15 INDIVIDUALS, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A QUORUM.

AND WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, TO BE DOING, UH, TO BE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.

SO THE SEVEN TO NINE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR US.

AND AT THIS POINT, UM, AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WHEN WE, UH, THE, THE THREE INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT WE HAVE FUNDRAISING REQUIREMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS THAT OUR CHARTER REQUIRES.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WHEN IT WAS SENT OUT AS A 5 0 1 IF THAT INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR EYES OPEN WHEN THEY COME IN, THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS FINANCIALLY, UH, THAT, UM, UH, WE WANT THEM TO ADHERE TO.

AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT COULD CAUSE SOME ISSUES, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY START THE WORK, UH, FOR THE FOUNDATION.

SO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE ALWAYS WELCOMING INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE WORK AND FULFILL THE WORK THAT YOU WANT US TO DO, UH, TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONK.

YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, UH, UH, MR. SNIPES.

UM, AND

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UM, I, I WANTED TO, UH, ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION OR, OR AT LEAST, UH, ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER, UH, THIS MOTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE, WE FIND OURSELVES ONCE AGAIN, UM, WITH THE SAME SITUATION WHERE WE'RE TASKED WITH HAVING TO POTENTIALLY FILL POSITIONS THAT ARE EITHER FOR, UH, WELL, MOSTLY FOR UNEXPIRED TERMS OR TERMS SET TO EXPIRE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T VETTED THESE INDIVIDUALS.

WE, ON THE LAST, UM, GO AROUND WITH THIS, UH, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS, WE, UH, DID SPARK INTERVIEWS.

UH, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO HAD METRICS AND WHO HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA AND WHO DIDN'T.

AND, AND, AND, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ASK OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WHO AND WHY, AND, AND, AND, AND WHATNOT.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, POSTPONE THIS, UM, TO, UM, A DATE TO BE DETERMINED LATER WHEREBY WE CAN ACTUALLY FINALLY COME UP WITH, AGAIN, A UNIFORMED SYSTEM AS TO HOW WE CHOOSE ALL OF OUR BOARDS, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WITH WHAT WE JUST DID WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT THESE VERY IMPORTANT, ALL OF THESE POSITIONS AND THESE, UH, COMMITTEES ARE IMPORTANT.

AND I, AND I, AND I THANK, UH, MR. SNIPES FOR COMING IN AND SHARING KIND OF THE BACKSTORY ON THE, UH, THE FOUNDATIONAL, UH, ROOTS OF THIS PARKS FOUNDATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED, WE NEED TO WRAP OUR, OUR MINDS AND OUR ARMS AROUND OUR PROCESSES.

AND WE JUST CAN'T JUST KEEP, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT, OKAY, HOW WE GONNA DO IT THIS TIME? HOW WE GONNA DO IT THIS TIME? I THINK THAT IF WE TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS WITH ALL OF OUR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES, UH, AND TAKE SOME TIME TO DO SPARK INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE, UH, THAT ARE, THAT HAVE APPLIED, THAT WE'VE NEVER, I'VE NEVER SEEN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME SET OF QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE UNIQUE TO THOSE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS THAT ARE ASKED EACH TIME.

AND WE SET SOME SORT OF A TIMELINE IF WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, EXPIRING ON JUNE 30TH, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE BY, I DON'T KNOW, APRIL OR WHATEVER TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONSISTENCY.

AND CUZ IT'S JUST, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL SINCE NOVEMBER, 2017, AND WE'VE YET TO JUST HAVE SOME SORT OF ESTABLISHED SYSTEM.

IT'S ALWAYS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SOMETHING NEW EACH TIME.

AND WE SHOW UP TO THE MEETING AND IT'S ROUND AND ROUND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD OPERATE LIKE THAT.

AND SO I'M ASKING, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER.

UM, WELL, MY MOTION IS TO POSTPONE, UH, ITEMS EIGHT A, B, AND C TO A DATE, UM, CERTAIN TO BE DETERMINED LATER.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE MARCH 20TH MEETING OR APRIL, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL.

I DON'T CARE.

UM, BUT WE, WE NEED TO FLESH THIS OUT THROUGH A WORKSHOP OR SOME FINALITY, AND THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS AND THAT'S MY MOTION.

CAN YOU PUT IN YOUR MOTION? OKAY, SO WE, UH, LET, LET ME GO BACK TO THE QUEUE.

WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, ACTUALLY I WAS IN THE QUEUE AND HAD ALREADY, UH, PUSHED, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION.

WELL, I THOUGHT I HAVE TO CALL FOR THE MOTION, OR DO WE, IF WE KEEP PUT PUTTING MOTION FIRST BEFORE WE EVEN CALL FOR IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF OTHERS WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION? SO I, I WOULD SAY IS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WHEN WE WERE IN PAPER, I WOULD CALL FOR A MOTION FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION.

AND YOU CAN'T JUST PUT IN A MOTION FIRST AND THEN BE ON A QUEUE.

CUZ THAT JUST CONFUSES THE WHOLE PURPOSE.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT, HAVE MYSELF CALL FOR A MOTION, WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN CALL FOR A MOTION.

AND IF IT RECEIVES A SECOND, AND THEN YOU HAVE A SECOND AND A VOTE.

IF IT DOESN'T RECEIVE A SECOND, THEN WE GO BACK AND ASK FOR ANOTHER MOTION AGAIN.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE QUEUE FIRST AS A MOTION AND THEN YOU'RE DISCUSSING, THEN WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO.

WELL, MAYOR, OH, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

WELL, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA SAY I'M STILL IN THE QUEUE.

I, I STILL HAVE THE, THE FLOOR.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

SO YOU DIDN'T, YOU DID NOT CALL FOR A MOTION AND THE DISCUSSION WAS, HAD ALREADY BEGUN, ALTHOUGH I HAD MADE A MOTION IN THE QUEUE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY WAS ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HIS CONVERSATION, HIS STATEMENTS, AND THEN OFFERED A MOTION BEFORE YOU EVEN ASKED FOR A MOTION, HE STATED THAT HIS, IT

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WAS HIS MOTION, RIGHT? YOU STATED, WELL, BUT HE HAD NOT PUSHED THE BUTTON FOR A MOTION IF I COULD.

COUNCIL, OH, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, FIRST OF ALL, MAYOR, YOU DON'T, ANY OF ANY OF US CAN MAKE A MOTION AT ANY TIME.

IT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO CALL FOR US TO MAKE A MOTION.

UM, WITH THIS ITEM THAT WAS ON THE, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW, I, I WAS FIRST INTO THE QUEUE, AND SO AS PART OF MY DISCUSSION, I, I MADE A MOTION OR, UH, STATED THAT I WAS MAKING A MOTION.

NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, I HAD TO PUNCH THE, PUNCH THE BUTTON TO SAY MOTION MADE.

BUT I STATED VERBALLY THAT I'M MAKING THIS MOTION.

AND SO, UM, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, OKAY, SO I, IT, IT, IT DIDN'T REQUIRE YOU TO SAY NO, I, I GOT YOU.

BUT EJO IS, HERE'S MY PROBLEM.

I HAVE, SO I HAVE A, SO THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBER, RILEY PUSHED THE MOTION FIRST, BUT HE'S ON THE QUEUE FIRST TO TALK, AND THEN HE MAKES THE MOTION.

WHERE DO WE GO? SO DID SOMEONE MAKE AN ORAL MOTION? HE DID INITIALLY, BUT NO, NOT INITIALLY.

HE MADE THE MOTION INITIALLY IN HIS CONVERSATION.

SO, BUT SHE CUED ME IN TO MAKE A MOTION.

I WAS FOLLOWING THE PROCESS THAT MAYOR ORIGINALLY SAID.

SO THEN TECHNICALLY SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FIRST IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CUE, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION.

BUT ON THE CUE, HE SAID, FIRST TO TALK, I'M GOING OVER, OVER THE ORDER.

I'M NOT TO MAKE A MOTION.

WELL, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AND I DON'T HAVE A CUE, SO FORGIVE ME.

I DON'T NOT, SO, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OKAY, LET'S BE, LET ME JUST BE CLARIFY.

I DID NOT PUSH, UH, MOTION MADE, OR, UH, I DID NOT MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE I WANTED TO, TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHAT MOTION I WAS MAKING.

AND SO I WASN'T MAKING A MO WE WERE DISCUSSING OR DELIBERATING ITEM EIGHT A I MAKE, I'M MAKING A MOTION, WHICH IS ON THE FLOOR, UH, THAT WE POSTPONE, UH, UH, EIGHT A, EIGHT B AND AC TO A LATER DATE.

UH, AND THAT'S MY MOTION.

AND SO, YEAH, I DIDN'T PRESS THE MOTION MADE BUTTON, BUT I WAS IN THE QUEUE AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE MAYOR FIRST, AND I, AND THEREFORE I MADE MY MOTION.

AND SO MY MOTION, SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, SO YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE FIRST TO MAKE A COMMENT AND WITH THE COMMENT, CORRECT.

SO I RECOGNIZED HIM AND COUNCILMAN RILEY WAS SECOND ON THE QUEUE TO, TO BE RECOGNIZED.

BUT THERE WAS A, YOU'RE SAYING THERE WAS A MOTION? THERE WAS ALREADY A MOTIONED PUSH, BUT HE'S THE FIRST PERSON THAT I'M RECOGNIZING AS A CHAIR TO SPEAK BECAUSE HE'S ON THE QUEUE FIRST.

SO IF HE WAS FIRST IN TO, IN THE QUEUE TO MAKE A COMMENT, AND WITHIN THAT COMMENT HE DID MAKE A MOTION, THEN I WOULD GO WITH THAT MOTION FIRST AND THEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY'S MOTION.

IF HE WAS IN THE QUEUE FIRST, HE WAS, YEAH.

MAYOR, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, GO AHEAD.

SO, WELL THEN, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THIS TECHNOLOGY IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE? I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER VOI, WE DO NEED TO HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD AND FOLLOW THOSE PROCESSES.

BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS EXPLAINED WHEN WE FIRST CAME BACK INTO COUNCIL CHAMBERS AFTER ALL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, IS THAT THIS WAS HOW IT WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A MOTION WOULD BE MADE FROM THIS PARTICULAR DEVICE.

SOMEONE WOULD SECOND IT, THAT WOULD BE STATED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.

AND IF SO, IF THE MOTION WAS SECONDED, IT WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH CONVERSATION THROUGH WHO WAS IN THE QUEUE IN THAT ORDER.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS WAS EXPLAINED FROM THE BEGINNING, WHO EXPLAINED THAT, HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, THE PERSON WHO MAKES THE MOTION FIRST IS THE PERSON WHO'S, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST MOTION THAT'S CONSIDERED, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL ADOPT, WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR RULES, UH, ADOPT A RULE THAT SPECIFICALLY SETS FORTH IN WHAT ORDER YOU RECOGNIZE THOSE MOTIONS MOTION, SO THAT THERE'S NOT CONFUSION IF THERE'S EVER A MOTION IN THE SYSTEM VERSUS AN ORAL MOTION VIA COMMENT IN THE FUTURE.

WHY? SO THEN WHAT'S THE, THEN IT DOESN'T, THEN IT'S THIS IRRELEVANT TO, TO PUSH THE BUTTON TO MAKE A MOTION.

BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS DONE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT'S BEEN, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE ON THE TECHNOLOGY.

SOMEONE SECONDED.

THEN WE HAD DISCUSSION WHERE THE MAYOR WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE FOR DISCUSSIONS AND COMMENTS.

IT'S ALSO BEEN DONE THE OPPOSITE WAY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR MOTION WAS MADE BY ME.

IT HAD NOT BEEN SECONDED, BUT THE DISCUSSION WAS OPENING AND THE MAYOR OPENING UP FOR, FOR A DISCUSSION WHO WAS BASED IN THE, WHO WAS IN THE QUEUE FIRST, SO IT WAS NOT CLEARED AND WAS NOT CLARIFIED.

AND SO THEREFORE MY MOTION WAS DELETED OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

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I'M SORRY TO DO YOU, SIR, THE, THE PROCESS.

BUT WE'RE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS, UH, I'M ASSUMING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN THAT YOU WERE SEEKING TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, ON ITEM EIGHT A TO RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION.

NO, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT WE TABLE EIGHT A, SO I'M GLAD YOU YOU CLARIFIED.

SO, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS EIGHT A, THERE, WHEN YOU HIT MAKE A MOTION, YOU WERE BASICALLY MAKING A MOTION ON THE ITEM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, WHICH IS EIGHT A.

AND SO YOU WOULD THEN, IN YOUR MOTION, BE LOOKING TO MAKE A MOTION TO EITHER TABLE EIGHT A, BUT WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING IN WHICH I CAN AMEND THE MOTION OR WITHDRAW MY MOTION FIRST, HOWEVER WE WANT TO DO IT, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ASK THAT WE ADD ITEMS EIGHT B AND C TO YOUR MOTION.

THAT WAY IT'S THE SAME OUTCOME, UH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DESIRING TO DO, TO TABLE IT TO A LATER DATE.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I, I DO BELIEVE, AND I THINK ON NEXT WEEK, UH, THE 15TH, WE HAVE ARY PROCEDURES TRAINING OR WHATNOT.

YES, WE DO.

AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ALL THIS SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR AND WHATNOT.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF OUR RULES, UH, AS TO HOW, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, I DIGRESS, BUT I JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, I THINK, GO IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

SO I'M NOT, I DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT FOR WHO GETS THE MOTION FIRST OR SECOND OR WHATEVER.

SO I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

AND IF YOURS IS THE SAME AS MINE, THEN, YOU KNOW, I CONCUR IN SECOND.

SO, MAYOR, DO I PUT MY MOTION IN THE QUEUE OR DO I STATE IT VERBALLY? CAN WE, CAN WE CLEAR IT? CLEAR EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING.

INCLUDING THE, I MEAN, THE CONVERSATION OR SIGNED UP.

SO I GUESS I'M GONNA CALL FOR MOTION EACH TIME BEFORE I RECOGNIZE PEOPLE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M GONNA DO? YEAH.

BECAUSE I CAN'T, SO A MOTION IS REQUIRED UNDER YOUR RULES ANYWAY, FOR DISCUSSION, UNLESS A REPORT IS GIVEN.

SO IN THIS CASE, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, YOU HAD A MEMBER WHO PUT IN A, A WHO DESIGNATED THAT HE WANTED TO SPEAK, AND ANOTHER MEMBER WHO ACTUALLY DESIGNATED THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.

HE HAPPENED TO MAKE A MOTION DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.

I THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE, I, I REALLY STILL RECOMMEND A RULE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR.

UH, BUT, UH, IN THE FUTURE, YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY LET THE FOLLOW THE MOTION VERSUS WHOEVER IS ASKED TO SPEAK.

SO YOU'RE ASKING ME TO CHECK THE MOTION.

IF THERE'S A MOTION CORRECT, CALL THAT PERSON FIRST IN YOUR CUE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.

WELL, I NEED IT REMOVED.

THE, THE, THE MOTION IS, THE MOTION CAN BE MADE IN THE QUEUE, BUT IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THE MOTION WAS STATED VERBALLY, WHAT THAT MOTION WOULD BE IS WHY THE MOTION TO POSTPONE WAS TAKEN FIRST.

HOWEVER, WE'VE CLEARED OUT THE QUEUE.

AND SO IF NOW IF WE WANT TO ALLOW, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY TO MAKE HER MOTION, UM, TO POSTPONE, THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

WELL, WHATEVER HER MOTION IS.

ME.

SO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN THE MOTION.

IT WOULD BE POSTPONE.

YOU WANT ME TO STATE IT FIRST? YES, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THE APPOINTMENTS FOR EIGHT A, EIGHT B AND EIGHT C.

THAT WAS WHAT BONEY SAID.

MEMOR.

MEMORAL, IF YOU COULD RESTATE THAT TO SAY POSTPONE, MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM EIGHT A FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION APPOINTMENT EIGHT B, THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

AND EIGHT C, THE PARKS BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WE HAVE UNDER NOW DISCUSSIONS.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON, IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, PLEASE SIGN UP AND GOT SOME REMOVALS.

MR. SNIS, DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM, UH, CONCERN AT ALL AT THIS POINT? IF WE DO NOT APPOINT ANYONE TONIGHT? IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH QUORUM? NO, SIR.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN MEETING OUR, OUR QUORUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOUNDATION.

WE'RE SCRAMBLING IF WE'RE GOING TO A POINT, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA APPOINT, IF WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE.

UM, I, I AGREE ABOUT REALLY COLLECTIVELY COMING UP WITH A STANDARD PROCESS AND A STANDARD SCORECARD.

I THINK THE CITY SECRETARY FOR PUTTING OUR SCORECARDS TOGETHER, UM, I STRUGGLED.

I WENT ON LINKEDIN TO FIND PEOPLE TO GET MORE CONTENT, AND I WAS ABLE TO SCORE MM-HMM.

BUT I DO BELIEVE IT IS TIME THAT WE STANDARDIZE ACROSS ALL BOARDS.

SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BONY FOR THAT.

THAT'S MY COMMENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY AND I CONCUR.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE SOME TYPE OF A PROCESS THAT IS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER.

UH, CUZ EVERY TIME THIS HITS OUR DESK,

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UM, AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, OUT OF COURTESY TO THOSE THAT COME TO THE MEETINGS THINKING THEY'RE GONNA BE APPOINTED THAT NIGHT.

UM, WE'VE GOTTA GET A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE, UM, TO OUR PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS THE NIGHT OF AND COME IN READY TO, UM, TO MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS CLOSE.

I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION .

UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, UM, IT, WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A, A FOUNDATION LIKE THE PARKS FOUNDATION, WHEN PEOPLE WALK INTO THIS, THEY DO NEED TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A NONPROFIT, THERE IS A FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.

AND SO I THINK GIVING THESE PEOPLE TIME THAT TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT PREPARED FOR, FOR THAT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, WHATEVER IT IS, UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY BOARD THAT WILL REQUIRE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION AS A NONPROFIT.

THE SECOND THING IS, UM, IF WE GO BACK TO MS. SOTO, WHO WAS HERE FOR, WITH THE ETHICS COMMISSION, I THINK ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE HELD TO THE STANDARD OF OUR ETHICS COMMISSION.

AND THAT, UM, WITH ALL THAT ENTAILS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THAT AS A PART OF WHAT THEY'RE STEPPING INTO SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN GOVERNANCE, ETHICAL GOVERNANCE OVER THEM AND WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IF, UM, A GRIEVANCE IS BROUGHT TO THEM.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE, AND AND LASTLY, I WILL STATE AGAIN AND REITERATE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ESTABLISH TERM LIMITS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES.

WE HAVE THOSE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRANSLATE THAT OVER TO OUR COMMITTEES.

AND LASTLY, BEFORE WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS, I THINK WE SHOULD COME UP WITH A DATE, A WORKSHOP DATE.

WE, WE DO ALL THIS TALK ABOUT WORKSHOP DATES.

I THINK WE SHOULD WALK, BEFORE WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS TOPIC, WE SHOULD COME UP WITH A WORKSHOP DATE SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THESE PROCESSES AND PUT THIS TO BED.

AND THAT'S MY COMMENT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

A D, CONSIDERATION, IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.

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TO APPOINT TWO REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD PRESENTATION BY CRYSTAL RAW.

SO THIS ITEM, UM, BASICALLY THIS, UM, AIRPORT ZONING BOARD WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 1992.

UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER PRESID HAS, UM, SINCE, UH, WISHED TO REVIVE THIS ZONING BOARD.

AND WE HAVE, UM, ONE PERSON WHO IS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY THAT HAS ASKED TO, UH, SERVE ON THE, ON THE BOARD AGAIN.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, WHO HAS ASKED TO, UM, SERVE ON THIS BOARD AS WELL.

IS THERE A MOTION? OKAY.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY, I MEAN, MAY I APPROACH A MEMORY? GO AHEAD.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, RESTRICTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PERFORM THE DUTIES ON THE, ON THAT BOARD? THAT THERE WERE NONE STATED IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO, I MEAN, AND IT'S OPEN TO NINE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.

UM, IN THE PAST, THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE ON THE BOARD WERE BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MARIS REYNOLDS WAS A FORM, IS A FORMAL COUNCIL MEMBER FROM AROUND THE NINETIES.

UM, AND SHE HAS SINCE, UM, EXPRESSED HER INTEREST TO COMMISSIONER PRESTI TO SERVE AGAIN.

COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

TO APPOINT, UM, INDIVIDUALS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AGAIN, HAVE A FAIR PROCESS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT STATE, WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THAT, ON THAT BOARD OR THAT COMMITTEE.

UM, WHAT ARE THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BROWN MARSHALL SERVING? ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS THAT MIGHT COME UP WITH HER SERVING? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES IN A POSITION WHERE THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF, UM, CONFLICT WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

SO I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UM, SPECIFICS ON SERVING MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, DOES, DOES THIS PERSON NEED AVIATION EXPERIENCE? I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

SO I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE WE DECIDE

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SO FROM WHAT, UM, WHAT I'VE RECEIVED AND WHAT I'VE LOOKED OVER, UM, WHEN THE APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE BACK IN 1992, UM, AS I STATED, BOTH OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE APPOINTED BY THE CITY WERE BOTH CURRENT CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, RECENTLY, THERE WAS NO CRITERIA FOR A PERSON, UM, SERVING ON THE BOARD, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THEM BEING APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL EJO.

UM, WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE, DO YOU FORESEE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF US SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THIS BOARD DOES.

HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK MANY OF US HAD EVER HEARD OF THIS BOARD UNTIL BRISTOL, UH, SUBMITTED THIS LETTER FROM THE COMMISSIONER.

SO I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE BOARD DOES.

IF THIS BOARD ACTUALLY MAKES FINAL DECISIONS ON ITEMS, UH, THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE CITY, THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND AGAINST IT.

UH, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE THOUGHT IS OR, UH, WHAT THE GOAL IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.

MY SOLE PURPOSE FOR STATING THAT I WOULD STEP UP TO DO IT WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAD A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

UM, ANYTIME YOU START TALKING ABOUT AIRPORT OR AIRPORT TRAFFIC OR ANY TYPE OF FACILITIES, THERE ARE PRECIOUS ASSETS THAT WILL FALL ON THE GROUND.

AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE THERE AND THAT WE WOULD NOT BE LEFT BEHIND.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES SIT OVER IN THE CITY OF ARCOLA, HOWEVER, AS I UNDERSTAND THIS WILL BE A FORT BEND JOINT VENTURE.

HOWEVER, IF UM, MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ME GOING TO SIT, THEN I, THEN I WILL WITHDRAW.

AND WE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH US FINDING SOMEONE ELSE.

WELL, CRYSTAL, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I'VE BEEN IN THE QUEUE FOR THIS TOO.

WHAT IS THIS? WHAT BOARD IS THIS? IS THIS, HOW COME IT CAME UP AS MARCH, 2023 THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOMEONE PLACED IN AND WHERE WE'RE NOT EVEN, WE'RE STILL NOT EVEN AWARE OF WHAT THIS IS.

WHAT, WHAT IT, WHAT DOES THIS BOARD DO MM-HMM.

AND REPRESENTING TWO PEOPLE ON IT.

WHAT'S THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS? AND IT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY NOT IN IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE BORDERLINE OF MISSOURI CITY.

MM-HMM.

AND OFF OF MAVA ROAD AND SIENNA PARKWAY.

AND IT'S OFF, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT THERE.

IT'S MORE BETWEEN OUR COLUMNS OR CITY.

SO ARE THEY CREATING A NEW AIRPORT? IS SOMEONE BUYING IT? I MEAN, WHAT IS THIS AGAIN? I HAD A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THE URGENCY OF THIS BOARD, AND I THINK IT'S THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TO PUT FORTH SOME KIND OF, UM, GRANT OR, OR SOME KIND OF PETITION TO APPROACH THE AIRPORT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY.

AND SO THAT'S THE URGENCY OF GETTING THE APPOINTMENTS MADE, BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT THEY WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S VERY LIMITED QUICK, LIKE OFF THE FLY , UH, CONVERSATION THAT I HAD THAT I DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT OF ADDITIONAL DETAIL.

THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO, BUT WE'VE BEEN MISSING EACH OTHER.

SO THAT'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO TODAY'S, TODAY'S MOTION.

UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IS TO APPOINT TWO PEOPLE TO THIS BOARD.

MM-HMM.

AND WHAT IS THERE, WHAT ARE THE TERMS? TWO YEARS? TWO YEARS? MM-HMM.

TWO YEAR TERMS. OKAY.

I YIELD BACK ON MAY I APPROACH EMORY? WELL, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE RIGHT TIME OR NOT, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

IT, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MADE BY MAYOR.

I MEAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONING.

UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

SO I'M JUST GOING OVER WHAT'S IN THE QUEUE.

SO WHAT I SEE IS TWO PEOPLE LEFT.

COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER AND BROWN MARSHALL.

THAT'S JUST, THAT'S MY COMMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, CAN WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, UNTIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL HAS MORE INFORMATION AND THE OTHER PERSON, UM, CAN WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION? WE CAN POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE FEBRUARY 20TH, UM, MEETING, UH, MS. COMMISSIONER PRESS JUST ASKED THAT WE MAKE OUR APPOINTMENTS PRIOR TO MARCH THE FIRST.

SO I JUST, UM, UH, JUST TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BROWN MARSHALL'S POINT, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION MM-HMM.

, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE, YOU'RE NOT STEPPING INTO SOMETHING.

I, I, I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WANNA HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT STEPPING INTO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY, UM MM-HMM.

BE A LANDMINE FOR YOU LATER.

NOT TO SAY THAT IT COULD BE, BUT I JUST, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION MM-HMM.

UM, AND SO THAT'S,

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WE HAVE CO UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, OR YOU? I, I WILL WITHDRAW THE COMMENT.

YOU REMOVE YOURSELF.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BASED OFF OF, UH, MY COLLEAGUES' RE RECENT COMMENTS AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU HEARING THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL, WOULD YOU RATHER, UH, YOU KNOW, POSTPONE THIS OR, UH, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD? UM, AS IS, CUZ THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER I WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

I UNDERSTAND.

FOR MYSELF, I AM COMFORTABLE.

I, I AM QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COLLEAGUES ALSO BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS WELL.

AND IF WE CAN GO UNTIL FEBRUARY THE 20TH, THAT WHICH WOULD GIVE E JOICE MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO ANSWER SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RAISED.

I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

AND ALSO, AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE IN BETWEEN THAT TIME IF, WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN.

I GUESS MY CONCERN IS TO GET MORE DETAILS, I GUESS, INFORMATION.

I'M MORE DETAILS.

I'M, I'M GOOD EITHER WAY.

UH, BUT I JUST, WITH THE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE NON COUNCIL MEMBER MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, SERVICE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OVERALL MAKEUP IT IS OF IT IS EITHER, WHETHER THOSE INDIVIDUALS, I MEAN, I WAS ASSUMING THAT WITH THIS BEING PRESENTED TO US, THAT THERE WAS NO, NO CRITERIA, SO RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD BE, UM, AN INTERESTED PARTY OR A RESIDENT OR WHATEVER, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT DEFINITIVELY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, IF YOU SAY THAT THAT'S THE CASE, LIKE I SAID, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, I, I, YOU KNOW, SO FEBRUARY 20TH, OR ARE YOU? LET'S DO IT ON FEBRUARY THE 20TH.

NINE, ORDINANCES NINE A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I EFFECTIVELY WITHDRAW MY MOTION.

MAY, WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

SO WE NEED A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET ME JUST ALSO ADD ONE MORE COMMENT.

I DID PLACE MYSELF IN THE QUEUE.

UM, MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF ITEMS, LET'S JUST DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE THROW IN ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING IS, I MYSELF WAS JUST GOTTEN AN EMAIL ABOUT, THERE'S A COMMITTEE I, WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND, WHILE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ON THE OTHER SIDE NEEDS IT FOR THEIR BENEFIT, WHAT THIS IS, BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.

AND IF THERE'S A CITIZENS THAT'S ASKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT, I LIVE CLOSE BY, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE TRYING TO RECREATE THIS INTO A SUGARLAND AIRPORT.

I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE RESIDENTS? THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE SOUND ORDINANCE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.

SO FOR ME, I LIKE TO GET SOME INPUT.

AT LEAST THE COUNCIL HAS A MEMO SO THEY CAN READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS.

SO THIS WAY IT WOULD HELP TO, TO CLEAR WHAT IT IS.

AND, AND SINCE I WASN'T HERE, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE COMMISSIONER TO FIND OUT, HEY, CAN YOU GIMME LIKE TWO MINUTES OF WHAT THIS IS? I HAVE NO IDEA.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO POSTPONE THIS, TO FEBRUARY THE 20TH MEETING.

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AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSOURI CITY CODE AMENDING RULES REGARDING MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, AND PROVIDING FOUR SEVERABILITY.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY A JOSS.

THIS ITEM SERVES YOUR STRATEGIC GOAL OF DEVELOPING A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM.

UH, THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, UH, INITIALLY BY A CITY SECRETARY ROAN BACK ON APRIL 30TH, 2022.

AT THAT TIME, YOU ALL CONSIDERED SEVERAL POTENTIAL REVISIONS.

A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS THEN PRESENTED TO YOU ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022, AT WHICH POINT YOU ASKED

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FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGING YOUR RULES.

THE, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL AT YOUR RETREAT ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 27TH, 2022.

THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS A RESULT OF THOSE MEETINGS.

SO I WILL GO OVER THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT ARE IN EACH PROPOSED SECTION.

SECTION TWO DASH 71 PROVIDES FOR YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS.

THE SUB SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE HERE IS THAT IT WILL CHANGE YOUR MEETING TIME FOR REGULAR MEETINGS FROM SEVEN O'CLOCK TO SIX 30.

SECTION TWO DASH 72 PROVIDES FOR THE ACTUAL PREPARATION OF MEETING AGENDAS BY THE CITY MANAGER.

IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MAYOR, IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT THE CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR, AND ANY THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REQUEST A SPECIAL MEETING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT ATTENDANCE.

IT PROVIDES THAT, UH, YOU ALL WILL NOTIFY THE COUNCIL, UH, OF ABSENCES THROUGH THE MAYOR.

AND IF THE MAYOR IS OUT, HE WILL NOTIFY THE COUNCIL OF ABSENCES THROUGH THE MAYOR PROTE WITH A COPY TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

THE NEXT ITEM MAKES NO, UH, SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO SECTION TWO DASH 74 2 DASH 76 PROVIDES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THIS ITEM, IT ESSENTIALLY KEEPS A LOT OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE, BUT IT CLARIFIES THAT EACH RESIDENT WILL, OR EACH PARTICIPANT WILL GET THREE MINUTES TO DISCUSS ITEMS THAT ARE NOT, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THEY WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES FOR EACH ITEM THAT IS POSTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA.

SECTION 2 77 PROVIDES YOUR ORDER OF BUSINESS.

IT PROVIDES FOR, UH, THE PREPARATION AGAIN, OF YOUR MEETING AGENDAS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND CONSULTATION WITH THE MAYOR.

IT PROVIDES A PROCESS TO REQUEST ITEMS. UNLIKE A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH WILL REQUIRE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, A REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ONLY REQUIRES TWO, OR THE MANAGER OR THE MAYOR.

IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT THOSE REQUESTS MUST BE IN WRITING AND FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE NO LATER THAN NOON ON THE MONDAY BEFORE THE WEEK OF THE MEETING.

IT ALSO ADDS, UH, CERTAIN ITEMS TO YOUR REGULAR MEETING AGENDA, SUCH AS THE CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM.

AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

IT DOES MOVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS UP, UM, TO AN EARLIER POSITION IN YOUR MEETING.

SECTION TWO DASH 78 PROVIDES FOR YOUR RULES ON DECORUM.

IT, UH, ELIMINATES THE, UH, THE WARRANT.

YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A PERMISSION THAT ALLOWS THE MAYOR TO ISSUE A $10 WARRANT, UH, FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS.

THAT ITEM WOULD BE ELIMINATED UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.

IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT, UH, MEMBERS HAVE TO CONFINE THEIR DISCUSSIONS TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY POSTED, UH, SHOW RESPECT TO OTHERS, AS WELL AS, UH, IT REQUIRES STAFF TO NOTIFY COUNSEL ABOUT ANY HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS THAT ARE MADE AGAINST OTHER MEMBERS.

IT ALSO AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO ISSUE A WARNING, REMOVE INDIVIDUALS OR RECEIVE A MOTION TO ENFORCE, UH, THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM.

AND IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR AN ORAL REPRIMAND AND A WRITTEN CENSURE FOR REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF DECORUM.

SECTION TWO DASH 70 79 UH, PROVIDES FOR A SERGEANT AT ARMS. THIS WOULD BE NEW.

UH, THE CITY MANAGER WOULD DESIGNATE THE SERGEANT OF AT OF ARMS AT EACH MEETING.

UH, THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO SECTION TWO DASH 82 84.

WE PROVIDE FOR VOTING.

IT JUST CLARIFIES, AND THIS IS, UH, CONSISTENT WITH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER THAT A THAI VOTE IS LOST.

IT ALSO, UH, CLARIFIES THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR NOT BEING PRESENT AT, UH, A VOTE.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOUR CITY CHARTER REQUIRES YOU TO VOTE ON MATTERS THAT ARE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UNLESS YOU HAVE A CONFLICT.

SO IT ACTUALLY ALSO ADDS THAT LANGUAGE IN THE RULES SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT, IN THAT INSTANCE, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE.

IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL FIND A CHART THAT PROVIDES A COMPARISON OF CERTAIN CITIES THAT PROVIDE THE, UH, CENSURE FOR A VIOLATION OF RULES SUCH AS THIS.

AS YOU WILL SEE ONLY ABOUT THREE CITIES, UH, ONE BEING THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE

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OTHER LEAK CITY, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY PROVIDE FOR A CENSURE FOR A VIOLATION OF THESE TYPES OF RULES.

OTHER CITIES DON'T PROVIDE, UH, FOR CENSURES FOR THAT TYPE OF RULE VIOLATION.

THEY JUST PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE MEMBER BY THE, UH, BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SUBMIT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE PLACE YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE.

WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, YOU MAY MENTION, UM, OF ONE ITEM THAT I DON'T RECALL US DISCUSSING WHERE THE COUNCIL HAD TO, UH, CONTACT IN WRITING BY 12 NOON THE MONDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

I DON'T RECALL US DISCUSSING THAT PART.

IT'S BEEN IN, UM, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED SINCE THE INITIAL PROPOSAL, AND THAT'S TO ADD AN ITEM.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UH, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT REQUIRES THAT THE CITY POST NOTICE OF ITEMS THAT ARE TO BE ON AN AGENDA WITHIN 72 HOURS BEFORE THAT POSTED MEETING.

USUALLY THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UH, REQUIRES ALL ITEMS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR PACKETS THAT FRIDAY BEFORE THE NOON, UH, DEADLINE WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER WITH TIME, UH, IF NEEDED TO PREPARE FOR THAT ITEM AS WELL.

BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE PACKET IS FINALIZED THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE MEETING.

SO THAT ITEM HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN, UH, THE PROPOSAL SINCE, UH, ABOUT APRIL LAST YEAR.

YES, MA'AM.

JUDGE, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UH, THERE WAS LENGTH OF CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND BEING IN THE QUEUE AND PASSING, UM, YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE.

WAS IT, WHERE IS THAT? YES.

SO THAT'S UNDER TWO DASH 76.

AND IT, UH, DOES PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CANNOT YIELD THEIR TIME OR GIVE IT TO ANOTHER PERSON.

EVERY PERSON ONLY GETS THREE MINUTES, UM, UNLESS THEY HAVE ALSO SIGNED UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, IN WHICH CASE, AND THIS WAS ALSO I THINK, DISCUSSED AT YOUR MOST RECENT RETREAT, IF THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THEY WOULD GET AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

WE HAVE ITEM 10 RESOLUTIONS 10 A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2024 CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF A CRASH DATA RETRIEVAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OBTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.

NOW

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CAN WE HAVE RACHEL MARRAY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

RACHEL'S .

RACHEL'S NOW FEELING WELL THIS EVENING.

EVENING.

SO I'M GONNA FILL IN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR.

THIS GRANT IS THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION GRANT, AND WE ARE SEEKING TO GET THE BOSCH CRASH DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.

WHAT THE SYSTEM WILL DO WILL ALLOW OUR INVESTIGATORS TO, UH, ANALYZE, UH, INFORMATION FROM A VEHICLE'S BLACK BOX.

UH, CURRENTLY, IF WE HAVE THAT NEED, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

AND IF WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THIS GRANT, WE'LL BE THE ONLY AGENCY IN FORT ME COUNTY TO HAVE IT.

UH, THIS GRANT COVERS THE EQUIPMENT, THE TRAINING, AND IS A NOMA GRANT.

SEE THAT? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A CRAZY QUESTION, BUT NO, GO AHEAD.

WOULD THIS BE A BLACK BOX, THE SAME BLACK BOX THAT LIKE IN AN AIRPLANE? AIRPLANE? YES, MA'AM.

SO YOU CAN RETRIEVE A VEHICLE.

SP LIKE, SAY FOR INSTANCE, WE USE A FATALITY ACCIDENT, YOU CAN RETRIEVE A VEHICLE'S SPEED, UH, PRIOR TO IMPACT ANY EVASIVE MOVEMENTS, UH, LANE CHANGES, BRAKING, ACCELERATION, WHETHER THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON TURN SIGNALS THERE, THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS WE'LL BE ABLE TO RETRIEVE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MEMBER RILEY.

NO, SHE SAID RIGHT.

AND NUMBER 10 B OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution selecting a represent...]

SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2023 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE HOUSTON AREA, GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

WE HAVE CRYSTAL BROWN.

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CURRENTLY THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE IS, UH, MEMBER JEFFREY BONY, AND THE ALTERNATE IS MAYOR PRO TIM FLOYD EMERY.

UM, THEY ASK THAT WE APPOINT NEW MEMBERS, OR WE CAN RE YOU ALL MAY REAPPOINT THE CURRENT MEMBERS TO THE 2023 BOARD.

I SEE A MOTION.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTION, SIR? YEAH, THANK YOU.

MY MOTION IS, UH, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BON TO CONTINUE ON, UH, SERVING OUR, REPRESENTING US.

AND THEN MAYOR PROTE EMERY, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH GOING SECOND? YES, THAT'D BE MY MOTION.

IS THAT YOUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, RIGHT? YES.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I DON'T SEE ANY OF THE DISCUSSIONS, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

NUMBER 11 ARE CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

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UM, AS WE INDICATED EARLIER, WE WERE ALSO GOING TO TIME OURSELVES TO THREE MINUTES.

SO LET'S TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES.

UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, A LARGE POSITION ONE, UH, SONYA PRMA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, MY REPORT THIS WEEK, I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH LAKE OLYMPIA HOA.

UM, WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS OR NO ROUNDABOUTS, SO WE'LL EVENTUALLY FIGURE THAT OUT.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH ANGEL JONES AT HER OFFICIAL WELCOME RECEPTION TO OUR CITY.

THAT WAS REALLY NICE.

IF ANYONE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE TYSON UH, RECEPTION, OH MY GOD, IT WAS AMAZING.

UM, THE WINE AND ART EXPO IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH THAT WAS HELD HERE, UM, AT, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR.

UH, MAYOR PRO TIM EMERY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, UM, HOLDING US ALL TOGETHER WHILE MAYOR ALAKA WAS TRAVELING.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

ON LAST SATURDAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO PRESENT THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF THE DON SMITH DRUM MAJOR AWARD, UM, THAT WILL NOW BE AWARDED ANNUALLY EVERY BLACK HISTORY GALA.

IT WAS, UM, TRULY A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT.

AND, UM, MS. ED SMITH WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE EDISON FOUNDATION HAD GONE TO SUCH GREAT LINKS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, DON SMITH IS FOREVER MORE, UM, COMMEMORATED.

UM, MISSOURI CITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS AND THE EDISON FOUNDATION FOR ARTS.

THEY'VE PARTNERED FOR A LOT OF AMAZING, UM, EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA COME UP FOR THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

UM, I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET ON ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, THE MISSOURI CITY SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, THE PARKS, SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW EVERYTHING.

THEY MAKE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS THERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING.

AND LASTLY, UM, SWAMP CHICKENS.

GRAND OPENING WAS ON FRIDAY.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I DIDN'T STAY VERY LONG, BUT I HAD THE AUDACITY TO GO THERE YESTERDAY, AND I I ATE SO MUCH FOOD UNTIL, JASON, I WILL BE AT THE NEXT PICKLE BALL TRAINING , THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

NEXT IS, WE HAVE A LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION TWO LYNN KLAUSER.

SO I, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SEVERAL EVENTS, UM, BUT ONE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME WAS THE BLACK HISTORY KICKOFF ON SATURDAY MORNING, WHERE I GAVE THE OCCASION.

AND, UM, I HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL BLACK HISTORY FIGURES, UM, NOTABLY JERRY WYATT, WHO IS THE FIRST BLACK ELECTED OFFICIAL IN MISSOURI CITY, OUR OWN E JOYCE IAMU, WHO IS OUR, WAS OUR FIRST, UM, AND STILL IS, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY ATTORNEY, AND SEVERAL OTHER, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT HAVE MADE THEIR MARK RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

DOWN, THE TWO NEW SIT DOWN RESTAURANT RIBBON CUTTING SWAMP CHICKEN AND, UH, LATIN DELIGHTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, DISTRICT A THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE COLONY CROSSING, H O A, THE HUNTERS GREEN, H O A, THE HUNTER'S GLEN ONE AND TWO H O A, THE, UM, MEADOW CREEK.

THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING THAT.

THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING AS WELL AS THE HUNTERS POINTS ESTATES, UH, H HOA, UM, HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE QUARTERLY, UH, H HOA MEETING CITYWIDE, WHICH WAS VERY WELL FACILITATED.

SO I DEFINITELY GIVE, UH, KUDOS TO, UH, OUR NEW, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR, RAMONA FOR THAT.

AND, UH, SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR THAT.

UH, ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OUR TEXAS PARKWAY COURTRIGHT CORRIDOR MEETING.

THE, UH, TWO SIT

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BOTH OF THOSE WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

UH, ATTENDED THE COFFEE WITH COP AT TARGET IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, THAT JENNIFER NAVA HOSTED.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND ALSO THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY BAPTIST CHURCH CELEBRATED THE 31 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE AT THAT.

ALSO, UM, WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO, UM, SUPPORT OUR BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING UP.

UM, I ATTENDED THE, UH, WINE AND JAZZ, UH, ART AFFAIR ON FRIDAY.

AND, UM, AGAIN, MAYOR PRO TIM EMORY, YOU DID AN ABSOLUTE FABULOUS JOB.

UH, SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, KUDOS TO, UH, TYSON AND TO EVERYONE THAT, UH, PUT TOGETHER THAT RECEPTION FOR HIM.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE ART SUPPLIES, UM, TO HUNTERS, GLEN ELEMENTARY, GLOVER ELEMENTARY AND STAFFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF THE BENEFACTOR, UH, ONE OF OUR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, BERNADETTE BLAIR.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TAKING OUR NEW CITY MANAGER ON A DISTRICT A TOUR.

UH, SHE GOT A CRASS COURSE IN TWO HOURS OF WHAT DISTRICT A LOOKS LIKE, SOME OF THE HISTORY OF IT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE AREAS, UH, THAT HI WERE HIGHLIGHTED AND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, TO WORK ON AND IMPROVE.

I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, KEVIN ROWLES, A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.

HE WAS OUR PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE FORT BEND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

UH, THEY DID THE CHAIRMAN'S GALA, WHICH WAS, UM, VERY NICE AND VERY WELL ATTENDED.

UM, AND I CELEBRATED MY 25TH TIMES TWO PLUS TWO YEARS BIRTHDAY ON JANUARY 30TH.

SO THAT WAS A, A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE.

IF YOU ARE A SENIOR CITIZEN, THE MISSOURI CITY SENIOR CITIZEN, UH, WORKFORCE WORKSHOPS ARE STILL TAKING PLACE EVERY, UH, SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY AT LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER.

UH, WE WILL NOT DO ONE ON THIS, UH, NEXT TUESDAY BECAUSE IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY.

SO TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 7TH, WE WILL SEE OUR SENIORS OUT THERE.

UH, THAT IS A COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP THAT I HAVE WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THANK YOU, MAYOR .

COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B JEFFREY AL BARN .

YOU GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? UH, HEY, ALBUM MAN.

WE DECIDED TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

LET ME, LET ME HURRY.

LET ME HURRY UP.

GO .

RESIDENTS AND, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY.

I, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, UH, ANNUAL MEETING, UH, WITH MAYOR PRO TE EMORY.

UH, GREAT EVENT, TALKING ABOUT THE VISION AND FUTURE FOR THE REGION, UH, AS IT RELATES TO HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR TRUST IN ME SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY.

WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND A LOT MORE TO DO.

SO, UH, NEWS WILL BE COMING FORTH AS TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, TRYING TO GET THAT FLYOVER TOO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN FOR THE CRAVINGS ROAD.

ANYWAY, I, I TOO ATTENDED THE RECEPTION FOR, UH, TYSON OVER AT THE, UH, QUELL VALLEY CITY CENTER.

UH, JUST, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE LOVED AND, AND TO HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT AND SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE YOU, UH, NOT JUST YOUR FAMILY, BUT THOSE THAT YOU KNOW, YOU'VE IMPACTED.

AND HE'S DONE SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB, UH, WHILE WE'VE LOST HIM AS FAR AS BEING, UH, OVERSEEING THAT, THAT, UH, GOLF COURSE AND FACILITY IN THAT CAPACITY.

HE'S STILL INVOLVED AND WILL BE INVOLVED AND, UH, A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, BIG SHOES TO FILL.

BUT I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

HE DEFINITELY SET, UH, THE BAR AND HE SET A GREAT FOUNDATION FOR US.

UH, ALSO THAT SAME NIGHT, UH, I RUSHED ON OVER TO ATTEND A RECEPTION FOR OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, ANGEL JONES THAT WAS BEING HELD, UH, GEORGE JOHNSON, UH, AT THEIR, UM, FACILITIES OFF OF LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY.

UH, ALSO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOOD TO BE WELCOMED IN AND, AND LOVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

UH, SPEAKING OF CITY MAN JONES, I HAD A ONE-ON-ONE WITH HER, UH, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A TWO HOUR LONG MEETING WHERE I TALKED AN HOUR AND 55 MINUTES.

UH, BUT IT WAS A GOOD HOUR AND 55 MINUTES CONVERSATION.

BUT ANYWAY, I, YOU KNOW, I DID ALLOW HER FIVE, FIVE MINUTES TO ASK ME QUESTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH THAT WAS A GOOD FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT? ? NO, BUT IT WAS GREAT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE VISION AND, AND, AND WHERE, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD.

UM, WRAPPING UP FORT BEND CHAMBER GALA, UH, ATTENDED THAT AS WELL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

UH, THAT WAS GREAT.

I ALSO ATTENDED, UH, A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS, TEXAS BLACK EX EXPO, HELD AT HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UM, LAST SATURDAY, UH, WITH COM AMERICA BANK, TALKING ABOUT FINANCING THE FIVE SEASONS CREDIT, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS LANE STAFF AND CARLA LANE, AND THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING TO EMPOWER, UH,

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AND, UH, I WENT TO THE QUARTERLY H O A EVENT, BUT THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT AND FUN THING THAT I DID WHILE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, OVER THE LAST, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WAS ATTEND HOT CHOCOLATE DAY HERE AT CITY HALL.

I STAYED OUTSIDE THE HOT CHOCOLATE TRUCK EATING, DRINKING AS MUCH HOT CHOCOLATE AS I CAN.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY ELSE CAME UP HERE TO GET SOME HOT CHOCOLATE.

NO, WE WERE WORKING.

YOU WERE WORKING.

WELL, I WAS WORKING, DRINKING THAT HOT CHOCOLATE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

WOW.

TWO SECONDS BEFORE YOU GOT THE HAND.

THE GAVEL, NO GAVEL FOR ME.

COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C ANTHONY MERLES.

FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM EMORY FOR COVERING US WHILE THE MAYOR WAS OUT.

UH, YOU HAD SEVERAL GOOD EVENTS TO HOST, AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

SWAMP CHICKEN.

I DIDN'T MAKE THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT I SURE WENT THAT NIGHT AND GOT SOME WINGS.

GIVE IT A TRY.

THEY HAD SOME GREAT JAZZ THAT NIGHT AND SOME GREAT DRINKS.

OOPS.

UM, THANK YOU TO THE ART AND CULTURE COMMITTEE AND TO THE PARKS FOR THE WINE AND ART.

I MADE IT THAT EVENING.

IT WAS AMAZING.

GREAT ART.

GOT TO MEET SOME OF THE ARTISTS AND, UM, WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID WAS HOW WONDERFUL.

NOT ONLY THE EVENT WAS, BUT THE PLACE THAT WE HOSTED IN.

SO, JASON, JUST SOME FEEDBACK.

UM, AS MOST OF YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M IN HEALTHCARE AND I'M AN ENGINEER.

AND AT WORK I ALWAYS SHARE BLACK HISTORY, UM, WITH MY TEAMMATES.

AND I ALWAYS SHARE SOMETHING ENGINEER WISE, SO I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU.

UH, IN 1959, OTIS BLANKMAN DEVELOPED A PACEMAKER CONTROL UNIT FOR THE PACEMAKER.

AND THAT HELPED THE PACEMAKER BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.

UH, I WON'T GET INTO THE TECHNICAL PART, BUT HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS ONE YEARS OLD, AND 31 YEARS LATER, HE INVENTED A LITTLE CONTROL UNIT TO CREATE THE PACEMAKER.

SO NEXT TIME YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT A PACEMAKER, THERE YOU GO.

MR. BOYKIN DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO YEAH, I SHARE THAT WITH MY PEOPLE AT WORK.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

GOT A MINUTE.

47.

THERE YOU GO.

MAY I APPROACH TOMAN COUNCIL NUMBER, DISTRICT D, FLORIDA EMERY.

UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, H G A C, UH, ANNUAL MEETING ALSO WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY.

AND, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY IS REPRESENTING US WELL WITH H G A C.

UH, WE'RE, UH, FINDING THE, UH, THE FRUITS OF HIS, UH, LABOR.

SO, UH, LOOK FOR GOOD THINGS FROM THE COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ATTENDED THE COMBINED, UH, UH, HOA MEETING.

GOOD TURNOUT, GOOD DIALOGUE.

I THINK WE CAME AWAY WITH A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, SO THAT'S GOOD.

UH, I ATTENDED THE HOA FOR WATERBROOK.

UH, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT'S OFF OF SIENNA PARKWAY.

UM, UH, KICKOFF OF THE, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS OUTSTANDING.

UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD UP HERE SATURDAY MORNING WAS AGAIN, OUTSTANDING.

UH, THE, UH, WINE, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WENT WITH IT, BUT I JUST SAW THE WINE.

SO IT DID WAS IT WAS REAL, UH, ART.

THERE WAS ART THERE, YEAH.

, ART AND WINE.

NOT IN THAT ORDER EITHER.

WELL, NO, THE ART WAS, THE ART WAS OUTSTANDING BETTER THAN THE WINE.

I ONLY HAD, I ONLY HAD ONE GLASS.

UH, THE, UH, FAREWELL TO TYSON AGAIN WAS, UH, OUTSTANDING.

IT JUST SHOWS THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, COMMITMENT AND, UH, THAT HE HAD, UH, HAS HAD GIVEN AND HAS GIVEN FOR, YOU KNOW, 17 YEARS, UH, IS, WAS REFLECTED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT AND, UH, SALUTED HIM.

AND ALSO, I THINK WHAT WAS REALLY, UH, ENCOURAGING, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS, UH, A POSITIVE FEELING FOR TYSON, WAS ALL OF THE CITY STAFF THAT CAME OUT AND ALSO RECOGNIZED HIM AND, UH, UH, BIT HIM FAREWELL.

SO I KNOW HE APPRECIATED THAT VERY MUCH.

NOT MY BILL OF AFFAIR, BUT I LIKED IT.

AND, UH, WELCOME BACK, MAYOR.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU, UH, .

UH, I, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT, ARE YOU THE MAYOR PRO CHIM OF INDIA NOW, OR, OR WHAT? .

SO WITH THAT, WELCOME BACK .

NEVER SEEN A CELEBRATION LIKE THAT WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE, OF SOMEONE THAT'S LEAVING THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE.

LET ME THANK, UH, THANK YOU.

MAY I APPROACH HIM FOR, UM, WONDERFUL THREE WEEKS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, RUNNING A GREAT, UH, PROGRAMS HERE WHILE YOU WERE OUT, ESPECIALLY ALL THE ATTENDING EVERYTHING.

I WANT TO THANK, UM, TYSON ALSO AND STAFF, UH, FOR ARRANGING THAT.

UH, I DID, I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE PICTURES, THE CUTOUTS.

IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

I'VE SEEN, I'VE

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LASTLY, UM, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT REHA REACHED OUT TO ME, AND SHE IS A, UH, NURSE WHO'S GOING FOR HER MASTER'S IN, UH, NURSING ADMINISTRATION.

HER NAME IS SOMI MATTHEW, JUST WAVE YOUR HAND.

UH, SO SHE'S IN THE BACK.

SO SHE WANTED TO, SHE HAD REACHED OUT TO US TO SEE HOW COUNCIL MEETINGS RUNS.

AND THEN HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, HERE AND WATCHING US.

AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED AFTER, AFTER OUR MEETING, YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND TALK TO, UH, ANY ONE OF US HERE THAT ENDS MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAD SOMETHING I WANTED TO SAY IF I COULD, SINCE YOU GOT A MINUTE, 50 LEFT.

, YOU KNOW, WE, EVERYBODY SEES US ON THE DESK AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE DO, CUZ THIS IS A SACRIFICE TO VOLUNTEER, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANTHONY MARRUS, HIS DEPARTMENT WAS JUST, UH, RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY, UH, AS PART OF HOUSTON METHODIST AS BEING THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MONTH.

AND, UH, HE LED, HE LEADS THAT DEPARTMENT, UH, WHAT IS IT, 85 PEOPLE, ABOUT 65 PLUS SOME OTHERS.