[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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OKAY, TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 2023.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:10 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
WE HAVE SHASHI KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND OUR CITY ENGINEER WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, HIGH PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION.
[(a) Recognition of Gabrian Rullin from Quail Valley Middle School for bein...]
OF ITEM FOUR A.IS GABRIEL ROLAND, IS HE HERE? THERE HE IS.
WITH CO VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BEING CROWNED THE FORT BEN, I S D, DISTRICT SPELLING B CHAMPION.
ALL RIGHT, GABRIEL, YOU READY FOR YOUR WORD? YES.
SO THE EVERYONE, THIS IS GABRIEL.
HOW DO YOUR LAST NAME IS? I DON'T WANT TO BUTCHER IT.
UM, WE ARE HONORING GABRIEL TODAY, TONIGHT FOR CROWNING THE CO CHAMPION OF THE FORT BEND, I S D DISTRICT SPELLING B.
SO GABRIEL ATTENDS MISSOURI CITY'S QUAD VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND NOW HE'S A REPEAT CHAMPION.
GABRIEL WAS ALSO A CROWNED A CHAMPION AT LAST YEAR'S DISTRICT SPELLING BEE.
SO HE'LL, HE JOINED OTHER TOP SPELLERS FROM THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA AT THE 2023 SCRIPPS REGIONAL SPELLING BEE HOSTED BY HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH.
SO WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS AS A PARENT.
I HAD KIDS IN SPELLING BEE, SO BELIEVE ME, I COULDN'T EVEN SPELL THOSE WORDS.
SO, BUT I DO WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT WAS THE WORD THAT YOU SPELLED THAT GOT YOU THE CHAMPIONSHIP? ADOBO.
UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU.
I'M GONNA ASK OUR MEMBERS TO JOIN US.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU NOW ON SUNDAY, MARCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH.
SO YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK HERE AGAIN, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND TAKE SOME PICTURES.
CAN YOU SCOOT BACK FOR ME PLEASE? YEAH.
IS THIS OVERWHELMING FOR YOU? NO.
SO WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION HERE, WHICH IS PROUDLY PRESENTED TO GABRIEL ROLAND ON THE 2023 SPELLING B CO CHAMPION FORT BEND, ISS D DISTRICT, RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE OUR MAYOR PROTON HAS A LITTLE GOODY BAG FOR YOU.
IT'S JUST THE SHERIFF, SO YOU KNOW HOW TO SPELL ALL THE WORDS.
WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY? UH, NO.
OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
HOW DO YOU SPELL ADOBE ADOBO? THAT'S A,
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YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? OH, UH, NO.SO, FOR ANYONE THAT HAVE YOUNGSTERS OR EVEN ADULTS THAT HAVE ANY TYPE OF RECOGNITION IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BE HIGHLIGHTED AND, AND PRESENT YOU WITH OUR, UH, OR HONOR YOU.
SO PLEASE GET WITH OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, CITY SECRETARY, WAVE YOUR HAND.
YOU CAN FIND HER INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK, UH, I MEAN WEBSITE, UH,
UM, SO SH YOU CAN CONTACT HER.
[(b) Presentation for Snowdrop 55 Ultra Race and Relay.]
B IS A PRESENTATION OF SNOWDROP 55 ULTRA RACE AND RELAY.WE HAVE A GUEST PRESENTED HERE, SO PLEASE COME ON OUT.
I HOPE YOU FOUND A NICE GOODIE BAG ON YOUR SEAT, AND IF YOU DID, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO HOME.
IT'S OUR LITTLE, UM, THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANNA CALL IT A BRIDE BECAUSE WE'RE IN CITY COUNCIL AND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT LEGAL.
UM, IT'S JUST A BIG THANK YOU.
I KNOW ANTHONY, I KNOW YOU WOULD FILL THAT OUT.
UM, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A RUNNER.
SO JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW IN THESE BAGS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE GIVE TO ALL OF OUR RUNNERS.
CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT? OH, THAT, OH, I DIDN'T DO THAT.
WHAT TIME WAS THAT, JEFF? THAT WAS SIX IN THE MORNING.
NO, THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE RACE STARTED BECAUSE, UM, JEFFREY TALKED A LITTLE LONG AND I LITERALLY
REALLY? JEFFREY TALKED TOO LONG.
ARE YOU KIDDING? ANYWAY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M PATTY GODFREY, RACE DIRECTOR OF THE SNOWDROP 55 HOUR.
YOU CAN SHARE THEM WITH, THERE'S A LOT OF FUN THINGS.
UM, AND I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE MY PRESENTATION AND WHAT THEY HAVE UP THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT WORK THIS TIME.
FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR, UM, WE HAVE THE ULTRA 55 HOUR RACE AND RELAY.
IT TAKES PLACE AT BUFFALO RUN PARK.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SNOWDROP FOUNDATION.
AND THE SNOWDROP FOUNDATION IS A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER.
AND I CAN SAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MONEY RAISED FROM OUR RACE GOES TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SURVIVORS OF PEDIATRIC CANCER WHO ARE ON THEIR WAY TO COLLEGE.
CUZ THOSE PARENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH FINANCIALLY.
OUR GOAL IS TO JUST HELP THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO OUR RUNNERS HAVE 55 HOURS TO RUN AS MANY MILES AS THEY CAN AND WAIT TILL I TELL YOU HOW SOME OF THESE RUNNERS RAN AND HOW FAR THEY WENT.
AND THESE ARE RUNNING ON THEIR FEET, RIGHT? NOT A HORSE, NOT A WAGON, UM, NOT A CAR.
UM, IF YOU CAME OUT TO THE RACE, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH BUFFALO RUN PARK? I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE THE BIG PARKING LOT THAT'S OFF OF BUFFALO RUN THAT ACTUALLY TURNS INTO A MINI CITY.
AND IN THAT CITY, WE HAVE GIANT TENTS PUT UP IN THOSE TENTS, PROVIDE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER FOR ALL OF OUR RUNNERS.
THEY PROVIDE GRAB AND GO FOOD BEVERAGES.
WE HAVE A MEDICAL TENT, A BEVERAGE TENT, PHONE CHARGING STATION, A DROP BAG TENT.
WE HAVE A DRY STORAGE, A REFRIGERATOR, STORAGE AND ICE MACHINE, A DUMPSTER POWER GENERATOR AND PORTA POTS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WE DO TO THAT LITTLE PARKING LOT.
UM, REAL QUICK, THEY TOLD ME I ONLY HAD FIVE MINUTES AND I'M, I'M, I KNOW I ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE ME THE BOOT, I'M SURE.
BUT REAL QUICK, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO COUNCIL OR DON'T KNOW, WE STARTED OUR RACE.
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AT BUFFALO RUN PARK.IT'S ON THAT LOOP THAT GOES AROUND THE LAKE WITH THE TOWER AND THE BRIDGE, RIGHT? IT RUNS ALONG BUFFALO RUN IT CUTS INTO THE, THE CRUSHED GRAVEL COMES AROUND OVER THE BRIDGE THAT, UM, WE HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WITH ABOUT FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE RACE THIS YEAR.
IT COMES BACK AROUND TO THAT PARKING LOT.
IT'S A CERTIFIED U S A T CERTIFIED COURSE.
SO IN ORDER TO GET A HUNDRED MILES, THEY HAVE TO RUN 145 LOOPS.
OKAY? YOUR MIND STARTS GOING TO PLACES THAT ARE ODD.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU DON'T QUIT BECAUSE THE KIDS WITH CANCER CAN'T QUIT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD TWO AMERICAN RECORDS SET AT BUFFALO RUN THAT ARE STILL STANDING TODAY.
UM, VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 220 VOLUNTEERS COME FOR OUR RACE.
130 OF THOSE WERE STUDENTS WHO CAME, WHO GOT COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.
WE WERE OVERWHELMED WITH THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR.
ANTHONY EVEN CAME OUT AND I THINK PUT A LITTLE TIME IN THE WATER STATION
UM, COUPLE TIMES THIS YEAR WE HAD 163 SOLO RUNNERS.
WE HAD ONE OF OUR RUNNERS RUN 200 MILES.
WE HAD 10 RUNNERS RUN 150 PLUS MILES.
96 OF OUR RUNNERS REACHED A HUNDRED MILES.
WE HAD 17 RELAY TEAMS THAT PUT IN 3,251 MILES FOR A TOTAL RUN AT BUFFALO RUN PARK ON THAT POINT.
6 9 0 4 5 LOOP 17,759 MILES RUN THIS YEAR ALONE.
YEAH, A COUPLE, COUPLE COOL TIDBITS.
OUR OLDEST FINISHER IS, WAS 80 YEAR OLD.
WE HAD AN 80 YEAR OLD MAN FINISH A HUNDRED MILES.
AND HE WAS JUST INSPIRATIONAL.
BEYOND, WE CAN'T EXPLAIN IT EMOTIONALLY.
IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH HIM DO THIS.
UM, OUR FIRST RACER TO A HUNDRED MILES LADIES WAS A WOMAN.
IN FACT, THE SECOND PLACE MAN TO BEAT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEHIND HER.
SHE ENDED UP NOT ONLY GETTING TO A HUNDRED MILES, BUT CONTINUED ON AND RAN OVER 190 MILES.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE HAD, UH, RUNNERS COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE RUN THIS RACE 10 YEARS IN A ROW.
THREE OF THOSE HAVE DONE THE A HUNDRED MILE OR ALL 10 YEARS.
WE HAD ONE FATHER AND SON, UH, DUO RACE, A HUN UH, EACH GET TO 150 MILES.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOR SOME OF YOU WHO ARE MARRIED AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS, WE ACTUALLY HAD FIVE HUSBAND AND WIFE'S TEAM REACH A HUNDRED MILES.
SO, OH, YOU DID PUT THE NEW ONE UP.
UM, OUR FIRST FOUR YEARS WE WERE AT ANOTHER PARK OVER IN THE CITY NEXT DOOR.
WHEN WE MOVED HERE, WE WERE TOLD AFTER YEAR FOUR FROM THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, WE CAN'T HAVE, WE COULDN'T HOST OUR RACE AT THEIR PARK AGAIN CUZ OF THE CAMPING.
THEY DECIDED TO NOT ALLOW CAMPING.
AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, SO WE GOTTA FIND A NEW PLACE.
SO WE DROVE AROUND THE CITY, WE DROVE AROUND THE CITY.
WE CAME HERE, WE WALKED AROUND THE PARK AND I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS PERFECT.
SO I MADE A PHONE CALL TO ANTHONY CUZ ANTHONY AND OUR KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AND HE PUT THE WHEELS IN MOTION.
AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN AT BUFFALO RUNS SINCE.
AND SINCE THAT WE'VE HAD EIGHT OF OUR RUNNERS RUN OVER.
42 OF OUR RUNNERS HAVE RUN OVER 150 MILES.
468 RUNNERS RAN OVER A HUNDRED MILES.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, OUR SOLO RUNNERS, I'M JUST GONNA LOOK AT THE TOTAL MILES, TOTAL MILES RUN AT BUFFALO RUN PARK SINCE OUR RACE STARTED, THERE WAS 92,803 MILES HAVE BEEN RUN ON THAT LOOP.
IMAGINE THE PAVEMENT, THE POUNDING, THE SWEAT, THE TEARS, NO BLOOD, THANK GOODNESS, THE BLISTERS, THE LEG CRAMPS, ALL OF THAT.
AND OUR RUNNERS COULD NOT BE HAPPIER BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE.
THE LAKE TAKES THEIR MIND OFF OF THE RACE.
THE SUNSETS, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN OUT AT THAT PARK DURING SUN RISE OR SUNSET, THE SUNSETS OUT THERE ARE FABULOUS.
AND OUR RUNNERS TAKE ALL OF THAT IN THIS YEAR.
WELL, WHEN WE FIRST CAME, WE HAD THOUSANDS OF HITS TO BUFFALO RUN PARK ON THE UM, FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND I THINK JASON WILL TELL YOU, WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THIS RACE, IT WAS CRAZY.
UM, IT CONTINUES TO DRAW VISITORS TO THE CITY EVERY YEAR.
AND IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO YOUR PARK WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WHERE THE PARK IS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
WELL, THESE ARE SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS, UH, HOTELS, COMFORT
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SUITES, FAIRFIELD HAMPTON, HOLIDAY INN, GO ON AND ON.WE BROUGHT 140 PLUS ROOM NIGHTS THAT WE KNOW OF TO THE CITY, OTHER PLACES THAT WE USE LOCALLY.
WE TRY TO KEEP ALL OF OUR BUSINESS IN MISSOURI CITY CUZ WE KNOW THAT YOU, WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US, WE'VE GOTTA GIVE BACK TO THE CITY.
WE'VE NEVER COME UP WITH A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT.
BUT I'M SURE AT SOME POINT WE COULD.
AND IT'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
THIS YEAR ALONE, WE HAD, UM, 196 OF OUR RUNNERS FUNDRAISE, OUR TOTAL FUNDRAISING.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE OF OUR RUNNERS RAISE $10,000 OR MORE.
SO THIS IS OUR 10TH YEAR AND, AND HONEST AND TO BE, AND TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS IS ALSO MY LAST YEAR AS RACE DIRECTOR.
UM, WE HAVE TWO NEW AMAZING GENTLEMEN COMING IN AS OUR RACE DIRECTORS.
AND YOU'RE GONNA, WELL, YOU WON'T LOVE THEM AS MUCH AS ME CUZ YOU CAN'T
AGAIN, IT'S TWO GUYS COMING IN TO TAKE THE JOB OF ONE WOMAN.
UM, BUT I OH, DID I, IS THIS REC, IS THIS RECORDED? OH, DARN IT.
I THINK THAT, I DON'T NEED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE I DID SAY IT OUT LOUD, JEFF.
I DID, UM, THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR ALONE, WE RAISED $175,000 FROM OUR LITTLE RACE WITH ABOUT 400 PEOPLE AT BUFFALO RUN PARK FOR A TOTAL OVER 10 YEARS OF $1,103,000.
AND, AND I, AND I MEAN THIS SERIOUSLY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MISSOURI CITY, JASON AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE THE BEST, BEST, BEST PARKS DEPARTMENT PEOPLE YES.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THERE, THERE WAS NO RUNNING WATER AT THAT PARKING LOT.
AND THE FIRST YEAR,
AND WE HAD ONE OF THOSE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, JASON? ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GOES OVER THE HOSE, LIKE TO COVER IT.
WELL, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN AT THAT PARK, THOSE TRUCKS DRIVE LIKE A BAD OUTTA YOU KNOW, WHAT? DOWN THAT ROAD.
AND THEY WERE RUNNING OVER THAT AND WE STILL GOT WATER.
SO JASON'S LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN'T DO THAT NEXT YEAR.
LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL GET, FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GET WATER IN THE END.
YOU GUYS, YOU MISSOURI CITY AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ENDED UP RUNNING A, UM, UNDERGROUND WATER SOURCE FROM THE SPIGOT OVER BY THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY ALONG THE LAKE WHERE THE BOAT RAMP IS TO THAT PARKING LOT JUST FOR US.
AND WE CAN'T THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES.
UM, WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS AMAZING.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SPONSORS AND I'M JUST GONNA FINISH IT OUT WITH, THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OUR RUNNERS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT THIS YEAR, MAKE IT OUT.
THE RACE STARTS EVERY YEAR ON DECEMBER 30TH AT 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING AND ENDS ON JANUARY 1ST AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, YOUR PARK WILL LOOK NOTHING LIKE YOU THINK YOUR PARK LOOKS LIKE DURING THIS RACE.
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE RACE, IT'S TENTS, HUNDREDS OF TENTS THAT LINE THE PARK.
THERE ARE PICTURES OF CANCER SURVIVORS AND LITTLE KIDS WHO'VE EARNED THEIR ANGEL WINGS ALL ALONG THE PATH.
IT HAS CHANGED MINE AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE OUR RACE TO RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT THOSE KIDS WITH CANCER.
OH, I DO HAVE ONE QUICK PRESENTATION TO THE MAYOR
IT'S FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S GONNA GO TO THE MAYOR.
UM, EACH YEAR YOU GUYS GET ONE OF OUR ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR RUNNERS GET WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE A HUNDRED MILES IS THEY GET A BELT BUCKLE.
AND THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD 'EM, THEY WERE CUTE, THEY WERE LITTLE, THEY WERE CUTE.
AND THIS IS OUR, UM, 10TH ANNUAL BELT BUCKLE.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE ANTHONY.
NO MAN, IT'S GOES IN YOUR OFFICE.
JASON'S GOT ONE EVERY YEAR SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS.
BUT UM, WE ALSO HAD, UM, A NICE WOODEN STAND MADE FOR IT SO YOU CAN DISPLAY THAT SO YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY PUT IT IN THE CITY DISPLAY IT.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN SO MUCH, ANTHONY.
TELL US, TELL US WHY 55? SO 55 HOURS.
SO YEAH, PEOPLE ARE LIKE Y 55.
SO THERE, THE YOUNG WOMAN, HER NAME IS CHELSEA CAMPBELL, WHO THE FOUNDATION WAS, UM, ESTABLISHED FOR, HAD AT THE TIME
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THE LONGEST SURGERY AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S.IT STILL STANDS AS THE LONGEST SURGERY AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER.
UM, IT WAS 27 HOURS AND IN THOSE 27 HOURS THERE WAS ONLY TWO DOCTORS THAT WERE IN THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
THERE WERE NURSES AND, AND OTHER PEOPLE COMING AND GOING, BUT THERE WERE TWO DOCTORS IN THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
AND THAT'S 27 TIMES TWO IS 54 PLUS CHELSEA WAS 55.
CHELSEA EARNED HER ANGEL WINGS BACK IN, OH GOSH, 2001.
SO SHE'S BEEN GONE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW, 13 YEARS.
UM, BUT THE FOUNDATION IS FOR HER AND ALL THE MONEY WE RAISE IS BECAUSE HER IMPACT WITH OTHER KIDS DEALING WITH CANCER, UM, WHEN WE MET HER.
SO ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RACE, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME OUT AND RUN IT IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO PUT A RELAY TEAM TOGETHER.
THE CITY COULD PUT A RELAY TEAM AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, NO, WE'VE NOT DONE IT IN FIVE YEARS.
SO PATTY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL OF US COME TOGETHER SINCE THIS IS YOUR LAST YEAR OKAY.
ALONG WITH OUR PARKS DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TO PRESENT.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS IN THE AUDIO MORNING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR HOW WONDERFUL.
IT'S I KNOW MY FIVE MEN WAS, SORRY.
IS THAT CRAZY? WHERE'S OUR CITY MANAGER OUT THERE? EVERYONE RIGHT HERE.
AS WE SETTLED BACK DOWN, I JUST DO WANTED TO, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A PERSON WHO'S IN THE CHAMBER TODAY IS NONE.
THEN OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER OF CITY OF SUGARLAND.
SO NOW HE'S A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
YOU'LL PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AS YOU, UM, START YOUR, UM, BEGINNING OF YOUR TALK.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTES TIME LIMIT.
IF YOU CAN PUT IT, I'M PUSH PA DESAI.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS 1 12 42 MOUNTAIN LAKE DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY.
I LIVE IN LEXINGTON SETTLEMENT FOR 32 YEARS.
I'M HERE TO APPRECIATE OUR DEAR COUNCILWOMAN MONICA REILLY FOR HER HELP IN GETTING A STRAY CAT
IT WAS, IT STAYED INSIDE MY HOUSE FOR FIVE DAYS.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET, GET IT OUT OF MY HOUSE.
I TRIED MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND KEPT THE DOORS OPEN.
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I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE CAT.AND BY FEEDING I MIGHT GET INTO MORE TROUBLE THEN I HAVE TO CLEAN UP A LOT.
AND AFTER FOUR DAYS, I CALLED MONICA.
NOW WHAT KIND OF HELP CAN I GET FROM THE CITY? SHE SAID, WAIT, I'LL CALL A FEW PEOPLE AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
AND I CALLED HER IN THE MORNING.
AND THEN SHE, THEN SHE CALLED ME AGAIN AT FOUR.
AND, UH, SHE SAID, WAIT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO WAIT ANY LONGER AFTER FIVE DAYS OF THIS OR DEAR, I WILL BRING MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND COME THERE AND TRY TO GET IT OUT MYSELF.
I SAID, YOU ARE THE COUNCILWOMAN.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS
SEND SOMEONE WHO CAN DO IT FOR ME.
MY DAUGHTERS ARE GOOD WITH THE CAT.
AND THEN SHE CAME AT, UH, FOUR, FOUR O'CLOCK AND WITHIN HALF AN HOUR, SHE AND HER DAUGHTERS TOOK THE CAT OUT, UH, IN, SHE BROUGHT A CAGE WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS AND A CAGE.
AND SHE
THIS SOUNDS LIKE A BOOK, A MOVIE.
I HAVE HER PICTURE HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
AND, UH, AND IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT JOB SHE DID FOR ME.
I WAS WORRIED FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
AND I DID NOT KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL GO
AND I, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, TO APPRECIATE HER FOR HER KINDNESS, FOR HER CARING.
AND THEN I FELT SO GOOD ABOUT A COUNCILWOMAN COMING AND HELPING ME.
MONICA, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
SHE'S THE CAT WHISPER INSTEAD OF TWO MEN IN THE TRUCK, TWO WOMEN IN A CAGE.
AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, SORRY, YOU HAVE ON.
IS IT THE SECRETARY? WELL
MR. ZABRISKI, AS YOU, UH, POST THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
BRUCE SAKI, 79 15 CHANCEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77,071.
WISH TO ADDRESS THE CONTINUING DETERIORATION OF SERVICES IN MISSOURI CITY.
I'M TIRED OF PAYING THE SKY HIGH TAXES, VIRTUALLY NO SENIOR EXEMPTION, AND THE CONTINUED NONSENSE OF FUNDING GOLF COURSES AND OTHER NONSENSE PROJECTS THAT REALLY DON'T HELP ANY ONE CITIZEN OF THE CITY.
I BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE A MONTH AGO ABOUT A SIDEWALK REPAIR BY A RESIDENT, AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THEM SPENDING ALMOST $3,000 ON CONCRETE WORK.
WHILE PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ADULT NOVELTY STORE OPENING IN MISSOURI CITY AND PAYING LEGAL FEES FOR SUCH NONSENSE, MISSOURI CITY CONTINUES TO PAY LEGAL FEES FOR ALL KINDS OF NONSENSE IN THIS CITY THAT ARE REALLY WORTHLESS.
WE HAVE A POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE VACATING THE CITY AND LEAVING IN DRAMATIC NUMBERS.
AND THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T EVEN SEEM TO CARE ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT ISSUE, MR. MAYOR OF THAT BRIDGE IS A LONG DEAD ISSUE WHEN YOU TOLD ME THAT IN A COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT YOU PRAISE THIS LADY WITH THIS PARK ST.
AND THIS CANCER SURVIVORS, I WANNA REMIND YOU, CHILDREN AND FOND ME WILL PLAY IN THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY STILL CAN'T GET TO A PARK.
THERE'S A VACANT LOT AT 79 0 3 PATIO GLENNON, SECTION ONE THAT THE CITY COULD PURCHASE, BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO CARE.
YOU'LL FUND MORE GOLF CARTS, YOU'LL FUND PET PORK PROJECTS, BARBERSHOP THINGS WHERE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY NEED ASSISTANCE AND NOT THESE PORK BARREL PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING ALL OVER THE CITY.
UH, CITY SECRETARY, I LIKE TO PULL THE, ONE OF THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS TO FIND OUT WHEN THAT THIS PRESENTER WHO JUST PRESENTED THAT TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, SIDEWALKS MM-HMM.
AND, AND, AND IF YOU CAN SEND THAT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, UH, WITHIN THIS WEEK, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE, KEVIN, KELVIN SHEROD.
MR. SHEROD, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
KELVIN SHEROD, 1 7 2 2 TIMBER CREEK DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
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OF MISSOURI CITY, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.AND THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY, UM, WE'RE AT THE, UH, COMMUNITY PARK HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE ACTUALLY BUILT THE FIELDS THAT YOU SEE THERE TODAY, THE BASEBALL FIELDS WITH THEIR OWN FUNDS, RIGHT? SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MAYBE TWO TO THREE YEARS, UM, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION HAS COME IN AND WAS ABLE TO GET TWO OF THOSE FIELDS FROM OUR LEAGUE.
AND IT WAS AT THE TIME THAT THE LEAGUE WAS KIND OF STRUGGLING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, THE, UM, WE HAD COVID HIT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FUNDS.
AND IF YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT THE LITTLE LEAGUE, A LOT OF THOSE KIDS, AND A LOT OF THOSE FAMILIES ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED, RIGHT? SOME OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM, OR A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE ON, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FUNDS, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE LET'S SAY SELECT BASEBALL OR TRAVEL BASEBALL, THAT'S WHERE THE LITTLE LEAGUE COMES INTO PLAY.
SO SINCE LAST SPRING, OUR LEAGUE HAS GROWN OVER 40%.
THAT'S A BIG, BIG JUMP, AND WE WOULD HAVE GROWN OVER 60% THIS YEAR, BUT WE HAD TO CUT OFF REGISTRATION.
AND THE REASON WE HAD TO CUT OFF REGISTRATION IS BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIELDS FOR OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
NOW, WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND I LOOKED AT HOW WE TURNED AWAY, 90 FAMILIES, WE HAD TO CUT OFF AND THEY WERE UPSET.
IT, IT REALLY DID SOMETHING TO ME, WHICH IS WHY I'M STANDING HERE TODAY.
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO CUT OFF OUR OWN CITIZENS WHO PAY TAXES IN THIS VERY CITY AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SORRY I CAN'T HELP YOU.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY SON IS 12 YEARS OLD, HE'S ABOUT TO TURN 13.
IT'S ABOUT TO BE THE END OF THE ROAD FOR HIM BECAUSE WHEN YOU TURN 13, WE HAVE TO USE ONE OF THE BIGGER FIELDS.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE FIELDS.
THE SELECT TEAM THAT DON'T EVEN PAY TAXES IN THIS CITY HAS THOSE PARTICULAR FIELDS.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DID THAT EVEN HAPPEN? UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, LITTLE LEAGUE, THEY HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR IN THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT KEEP UP WITH.
BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE WANT YOU GUYS TO REALLY CONSIDER OF GIVING THOSE, THOSE FIELDS BACK.
I WAS TALKING TO, UM, ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO DON'T MAKE THE, UH, VARSITY TEAM AT ELKINS OR AT A HIGH TOWER, SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THE MICKEY MANTLE LEAGUE.
THEY CAN ONLY PLAY ON THOSE BIG FIELDS.
SO GUESS WHAT? THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO TO CONTINUALLY THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL BY THE PASSION IN MY VOICE, I PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL.
I WANT US TO BE LIKE PEARL LIL LEAGUE.
EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AROUND, THEY ON ESPN, I WANT US TO BE JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SEE OVER THERE IN BEL AIR WHEN THEY'RE ON ESPN, AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST COLIN AND ALL THOSE PLACES.
WE JUST HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT AND RECONSIDER TO GIVE THOSE FIELDS BACK TO MISSOURI CITY, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.
SEAN SHA SHE, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
AS I START, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE HANDOUTS I ATTACH GO AROUND TO EVERYBODY.
THERE'S PICTURES FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT.
THAT'S PART OF THE, WHAT I'M ADDRESSING, MR. MAYOR.
I DO HAVE THE PHOTOS THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME JUST PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND I WILL SUBMIT THOSE TO THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL.
SO GOOD EVENING, JAY WEAVE AND SAG.
I LIVE AT 28 19 BROADMORE CIRCLE, MISSOURI CITY IN QUELL VALLEY PATIO HOMES.
ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME AS AWARE THAT I'M NOT A FAN OF GOLF, I DON'T NOT, I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD OWN A GOLF COURSE, AND THAT IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THERE'S AN ECHO ON THIS, AND THE, THE COURSE SHOULD BE SOLD TO A PRIVATE COMPANY AND PLACED BACK ON THE TAX ROLL FOR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
THAT BEING SAID, THE CITY CURRENTLY OWNS IT.
AS OWNERS OF A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR BEING GOOD STEWARDS TO THE SURROUNDING HOMES.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT COMPLETELY DISAGREE THAT THERE IS SOME IMPLIED LIABILITY OWNING A HOME ON A COURSE.
BUT IT'S MY BELIEF THAT EVERY CONSIDERABLE MEASURE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND REASONABLE ACTIONS TAKEN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AS SEEN IN THE PICTURES, MY HOME HAS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO PLAY FROM THE COURSE AND THE DRIVING RANGE WHERE MY HOUSE SITS, IT CORNERS BOTH THE 15TH HOLE FOR LAQUINTA AND THE, AND THE DRIVING RANGE.
OUR SIDING HAS MULTIPLE HOLES FROM BEING HIT WITH GOLF BALLS AS WELL AS OUR GARAGE DOOR AND VEHICLES.
I HAVE A COOLER FULL OF GOLF BALLS THAT HAVE STRUCK OUR PROPERTY AND SEVERAL STILL ON MY ROOF FROM BOTH THE COURSE AND THE DRIVING RANGE.
THE DAMAGE TOTALS IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, AND IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
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STEWARDS OF THE COURSE, HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PREVENTING DAMAGE TO HOMES AND NEEDS TO REEVALUATE THE DRIVING RANGE USE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WIND WEATHER, AND THE EFFECT, HOW IT AFFECTS TRAJECTORY OF THE BALLS.THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
PREVIOUSLY, I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COURSE MANAGER, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS GONE NOW, AND YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT SOME POINT ABOUT POLICING GOLFERS AND, AND BEHAVIORS AS WELL.
OUT OF BOUNDS MARKERS NEED TO BE CLEAR AND PRESENT TO GOLFERS TO SET BORDERS WHERE PLAY IS ALLOWED AND WHERE IT IS NOT.
ALSO, THE USE OF GOLF CART PASS IS NOT BEING USED CORRECTLY.
MANY GOLFERS DRIVE ALL OVER THE COURSE, INCLUDING RIGHT UP TO MY PATIO TO CONTINUE PLAYING, WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I'M BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND REQUEST.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THIS BUSINESS, YOU NEED TO RESPECT ITS NEIGHBORS AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES IMMEDIATELY.
YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD NOT COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.
THIS WILL ALSO HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON RESALE VALUE OF MY HOUSE TOO, IF I CHOOSE NOT TO CORRECT ALL THESE ISSUES.
SO AGAIN, IT'S COSTING ME MONEY.
FIX THE ISSUES OR CLOSE THE GOLF COURSE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SESSION.
I WOULD ALSO ADD, UM, CITY, THE SECRETARY, THE COMMENT THAT THAT WAS MADE HERE ABOUT THE, UH, SIDEWALKS.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU ASK THE IT DEPARTMENT TO SEND, UH, VIDEO CLIPPINGS FROM THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL THAT TALKED ABOUT REPAIRS TO WHERE IT WAS, UH, OR IF IT ADDRESSED WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SECTION, WHAT NEEDS IT WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT ALSO.
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NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDAS.SEE WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A SECOND ALSO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE OR AGAINST.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, OUR APPOINTMENTS SEVEN A
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action – Appoint two representatives to the...]
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO JOIN AIRPORT ZONING BOARD.UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CRYSTAL RON, CITY SECRETARY.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, UM, AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, AND THE DIRECTION WAS TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION.
UM, IT HAS COME TO, UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, WE CANNOT HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF CITY COUNCIL SERVE ON THE AIRPORT ZONING BOARD.
UM, WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR COUNCIL TO PLEASE, UM, APPOINT TWO MEMBERS TO THIS BOARD.
SO I WOULD ASK IS IF ANYONE HAVE ANY MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND WITNESS TO PUT IN A MOTION? CAN OR CANNOT? CANNOT.
WHAT? SO NO MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL CAN SERVE ON THIS JOINT AIRPORT.
I WILL ASK MS. YAHOO TO PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH ME PROVIDING YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IN PUBLIC, THEN I WILL, WELL, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT TO PROVIDE A LEGAL RECOMMENDATION IN PUBLIC? YES.
UM, MAYOR, I MOVED THAT, UH, WE ALLOW THE CITY SECRETARY TO PROVIDE US WITH LEGAL ADVICE.
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE US WITH LEGAL ADVICE ON THIS.
I GUESS WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, SO I DID RECOMMEND THAT WE NOT NOMINATE A CITY, SITTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, UH, BECAUSE THIS ZONING, IT'S AN AIRPORT ZONING, UH, AUTHORITY.
THEREFORE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT REGULATIONS, ZONING REGULATIONS RELATED TO THIS AIRPORT.
YOU ALL ARE THE FINAL AUTHORITY AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL FOR ZONING REGULATIONS IN THE CITY.
THAT WOULD CREATE A POTENTIAL, UH, INCOMPATIBILITY WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A MEMBER WHO'S VOTING ON ZONING REGULATIONS ON ANOTHER BOARD, AS WELL AS ON THIS BOARD.
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THERE.ADDITIONALLY, THE, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AVIATION DIVISION ALSO RECOMMENDS AGAINST HAVING A MEMBER OF THE NOMINATING AGENCY ON THE JOINT, UH, ZONING AUTHORITY, UH, BOARD AS WELL.
SO THAT IS WHY I PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MEMBER ABOUT NOT SERVING ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.
UM, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
IS IT TRUE THOUGH, THAT A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER USED TO SERVE ON THIS? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR PREVIOUS.
BUT THE GUIDANCE TODAY IS SUCH THAT, OKAY.
AND THE AVIATION DIVISION GUIDANCE ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN 2003, SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN AFTER THAT MEMBER SERVED.
MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, CITY SECRETARY.
HAS ANYONE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD? OR HAVE WE PUT OUT A NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC FOR SOMEONE TO SERVE? SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE ARE, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES NAMES OR MEMBER NAMES BY, UM, MARCH THE FIRST.
WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY, UM, PUT THIS OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE DO HAVE A FORMER, UM, BOARD MEMBER, UH, MS. MARRIS REYNOLDS, UM, THAT WAS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS ASKED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
AGAIN, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, STAFF FOR GETTING THAT INFORMATION OVER.
ONCE I DID LEARN ABOUT STAFF'S, UM, CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE APPOINTMENT, UM, I DID DO SOME SEEKING AROUND GIVING THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE SOMEONE APPOINTED TO TRY TO FIND SOMEONE THAT WE COULD, UH, POSSIBLY CONSIDER.
AND I DID REACH OUT TO THIS PERSON, WHICH IS COURTNEY JOHNSON ROSE.
UM, WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH MS. ROSE.
I DID SPEAK WITH HER AND SHE DID SAY THAT SHE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO SERVE.
WE ALSO, UM, TAPPED DANNY WYNN AS AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
UM, SO I GUESS MY RECOMMENDATION, IF, IF I JUST HAD TO, SINCE I WAS KIND OF THE ONE THAT KIND OF STEPPED UP TO THIS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE COURTNEY JOHNSON, ROSE AND MS. MAR.
CAN YOU PUT THAT, OH, IF YOU CAN CLEAR THE MOTION.
WAIT AND I'LL MAKE THE SECOND.
IF THAT'S YOUR MOTION, PUT THAT MOTION IN AND THEN WE NEED A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, CAN YOU RE-EMPHASIZE THAT MOTION ONE MORE TIME SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHAT MM-HMM.
UH, MS. MARRIS, IS THAT HOW YOU SAY HER NAME? MARRIS MARRIS REYNOLDS.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
YEAH, I'M JUST, UH, JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE, CUZ THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE OF COURSE DONE THIS, BUT ALSO I'VE NOT SEEN US APPOINT PEOPLE TO THESE TYPES OF BOARDS OR WHATNOT WITHOUT AC ACTUALLY HAVING SOME SORT OF A, I GUESS, PROCESS.
AND WE TYPICALLY ARE TOLD BY CITY STAFF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN SELECTED OR RECOMMENDED, UH, TO SERVE ON THEM.
SO, UM, IS THERE, CUZ THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE THAT MARCH 1ST DEADLINE, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, MISS, MISS, UH, COURTNEY JOHNSON, ROSE PERTH CONVERSATION ACCEPTED, BUT WHAT IF SHE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
THEN WHAT IS OUR, THEN WHAT WOULD BE OUR ALTERNATIVE TO THAT? I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO THE LEGAL.
I BELIEVE THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER RESPONSE.
THEN THE APPOINTING ENTITY WOULD APPOINT A REPLACEMENT LIKE YOU WOULD ANOTHER, ANY OTHER OR, OR COMMISSION, YOU WOULD APPOINT A REPLACEMENT EVEN IF, EVEN IF IT'S AFTER THE MARCH 1ST? CORRECT.
IF THERE, THAT MEANS THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD CREATE A VACANCY AND SO JUST LIKE A REGULAR BOARD COMMISSION YOU WOULD THEN APPOINT WITH REQUEST.
MY RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, KLAUSER COUNCIL MEMBER OR BROWN MARSHALL, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAID YOU TAPPED, UM, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DANNY WYNN, WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE? UM, HE WOULD BE VERY MUCH SO INTERESTED, UM, IN, IN DOING IT AS WELL.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE ISSUE THAT KIND OF CAME UP WITH, UM, PROPERTY OWNERSHIP WITH MR. WYNN.
IS WOULD THAT BE A CONFLICT? ANY PROPERTY OWNERSHIP CONFLICTS? SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT
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PROPERTY.I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF HE, OKAY.
SO COULD WE, WE, COULD WE APPOINT HIM AS AN ALTERNATIVE IF IN FACT THESE TWO, IF THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND A APPOINTEE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, UM, EJO OR CRYSTAL REITERATE, WHAT IS THE, THE TIME, THE TERM LIMIT FOR THIS? HOW, HOW MANY YEARS DO THEY SERVE? IT'S TWO YEARS.
AND THEN LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THAT THOUGH.
WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, LET ME ASK MY SECOND QUESTION.
DID WE, DID WE ESTABLISH A CRITERIA FOR THE PERSON SERVING ON THIS BOARD? DO THEY NEED TO HAVE AVIATION EXPERIENCE OR ANYTHING LIKE A KNOWLEDGE? SO WE, AS THE CITY DID NOT, BECAUSE THIS IS A FORT BEND, UM, BOARD THAT THEY ASKED US TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS TO, THERE WAS NO CRITERIA THAT WAS LISTED IN, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED.
DO WE HAVE AN OPTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUS'S, UM, STATEMENT? DO WE HAVE AN OPTION TO, UH, APPOINT AN ALTERNATIVE? AN ALTERNATE? IT WASN'T GIVEN TO US.
ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, EACH PARTICIPATING ENTITY GETS TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS AND THEN EACH ENTITY, THOSE TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH ENTITY THEN GET TO APPOINT ONE PERSON AS WELL, UH, TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.
BUT E THE GOVERNING BODY HERE WOULD ONLY GET TO APPOINT TWO.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I MEAN, MAYOR I PRO TO MEMORY.
UH, MADAM SECRETARY, UH, DID WE CONTACT, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE CANDIDATE THAT'S ON THE, WELL ACTUALLY IS A BOARD MEMBER NOW, UM, MARRIS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HER LAST NAME IS REYNOLDS, BUT DID WE CONTACT HER AND DID SHE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SHE WOULD BE, UH, UH, RECEPTIVE TO, UH, STAYING ON THE, UH, THE BOARD BE REAPPOINTED? UM, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS HAD WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, GRADY PRESAGE, AND SHE ASKED TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD AGAIN.
UH, ONE, UH, CITY SECRETARY, DID YOU, YOU SAY YOU REACHED OUT TO THE JOINT AIRPORT ZONING BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, OR IS, IS THAT COMMISSIONER PRESAGE? THAT'S COMMISSIONER PRESAGE.
AND SO DID HE PROVIDE ANY CRITERIA OF ANY SORTS, ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE, UH, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT DANNY WYNN AND, AND HIM BEING, UM, A, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNER, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, REAL ESTATE OWNER.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT COURTNEY ALSO IS RIGHT IN DEVELOPER BUSINESS REAL ESTATE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT.
SO IF, IF, IF THERE WERE NO CRITERIA THAT OFFSET THAT, THEN I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT.
THERE WAS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T, I WASN'T PROVIDED ANY CRITERIA.
UM, I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE BOARD AND SO SHE MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN I DO, BUT AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED, THERE WAS NO CRITERIA THAT WAS LISTED RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, BROWN MARSHALL, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THE SIMPLEST OF FORMAT FOR WHAT WE WERE PROVIDED WITH, AS FAR AS CRITERIA IS CONCERNED, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FORT BEND, FORT BEND COUNTY IS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THE ARCOLA AIRPORT, IF YOU WILL, AND THE FAA HAS A REQUIREMENT OF JURISDICTIONS WITH 45,000 PEOPLE OR MORE THAT THEY MUST POINT, UM, PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THE ZONING BOARD FROM SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO THERE WILL BE AN APPOINTMENT OF TWO FROM MISSOURI CITY, TWO FROM THE CITY OF ARCOLA, UM, AND TWO FROM, UH, UH, THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE OVERALL, AND THEN ONE AT LARGE SEAT.
UM, THIS IS TO MEET THAT PART OF THE REGULATION IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THIS PURCHASE.
I DO HAVE A COMMENT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILOR BROWN MARSHALL, UM, I HAD THE CONVERSATION TO SPEAK TO SOME, UM, IN THE COUNTY LEVEL, WHICH IS, THIS IS REALLY A PILOTING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS EVEN GONNA WORK OR NOT.
SO THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT IS A WORKABLE THING, THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE, UM, BOARDS OR WHATEVER THEY CALL THIS, TO BE IN PLACE, TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO HAVE.
SO IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF UNCERTAIN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO BASICALLY THING WAS THAT IF YOU HAVE TWO, TWO PEOPLE
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THAT YOU CAN APPOINT TO, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS ISSUE HAD CAME UP BACK SOMETIME IN THE EIGHT, LATE EIGHTIES OR NINETIES, EARLY NINETIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH, FOR BEND COUNTY AS WELL AS THAT PARTICULAR AIRPORT.
UM, SO THIS HAS, THAT'S HOW THAT NAME, UH, THE OTHER NAME THAT'S ALREADY ON THERE CAME FROM YES.
SO WHO KNOWS, THIS MAY LEAD TO SOMETHING.
THIS MAY NOT LEAD TO ANYTHING.
UH, BUT IT'S JUST OUR JOB, WHICH THEY ASKED US TO JUST GIVE THEM TWO PEOPLE.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT YOUR MOTION IS HERE.
IT'S A QUICK, A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
STATE LAW ALSO ALLOWS THE ENTITY TO CREATE ITS OWN AIRPORT ZONING BOARD.
SO IT'S KIND OF AN EITHER OR THE CITY ELECTED IN THE EARLY NINETIES TO, UH, JOIN THIS KIND OF JOINT AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
BUT THE CITY COULD ALSO, IF IT WANTED TO REPEAL THAT ORDINANCE AND CREATE ITS OWN AIRPORT ZONING BOARD, RIGHT.
THE RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, YES.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT FOR, I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS AN ANOMALY AND THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL, ALL THE TIME, BUT I JUST FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE BEING ASKED AS A, A COUNCIL PERSON TO MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING WHERE IT'S JUST SO VAGUE, BUT YET WE'RE APPOINTING PEOPLE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING THAT SEEMINGLY, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE KEY DETAILS, I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOME SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL UNDERTAKE CUZ THEY'LL, LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY TALKED ABOUT THIS INVOLVES ZONING.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT, PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO VET THIS GOING FORWARD IF WE APPROACHED WITH STUFF LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THE DETAILS AND KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
AND SO I'M JUST BEING TRANSPARENT SAYING THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION SO THAT I KNOW I'M MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION AND I JUST FEEL A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE BEING PUT ON, PUT THAT TASK BEING PUT ON US, UH, WITHOUT HAVING ALL THAT DETAIL.
THAT'S ALL RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
YES, MAYOR, I REMEMBER US HAVING EXTENSIVE DIALOGUE AROUND THIS THE LAST TIME THIS CAME UP.
AND I, TOO, COUNCIL MEMBER BON'S POINT ASKED FOR INFORMATION TO COME BACK SO THAT WE COULD BE MORE ARMED WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
AND I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE DIDN'T GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS HOPING TO GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TODAY AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL
UM, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPOINT SOMEONE IN A BY MARCH 1ST? WHAT HAPPENS AND WE SAY APPOINT SOMEONE TO PEOPLE AFTERWARDS.
WHO'S THAT QUESTION TO? GO AHEAD.
I WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER IT.
I WOULD THINK THAT BECAUSE THE CITY IS STILL A PARTICIPANT IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, BOARD OR ON THIS BOARD, THAT THE CITY WOULD STILL BE ABLE, ABLE TO APPOINT SOMEONE JUST LIKE THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPOINT SOMEONE IF THERE WERE A VACANCY.
HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY KIND OF OPERATIONAL OR PRACTICAL NEEDS THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS, WHICH IS WHY WE SET THAT MARCH 1ST DEADLINE.
YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO STATE I'M NOT VERY COMFORTABLE MAKING THIS DECISION, UM, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A CRITERIA, WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY VETTED, UM, THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BUT IT'S, IT'S LANDED ON OUR TABLES AND NOW WE'RE ON, ON A, ON A DEADLINE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
SINCE THERE ARE NOBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE HAD PLENTY OF DISCUSSIONS.
THE MOTION CARRIES FOUR TO TWO.
[(1) Public hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Brian...]
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.A ENJOYS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 2.78 ACRES OF LAND FROM R TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT DESCRIBING SAID 2.78 ACRE AT TRACT LAND, AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING
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FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO SI UH, PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
GOING TOIT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JIMMA EDWARDS PLANNER.
PRESENTED, UH, BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO REZONE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 2.78 UM, ACRES.
TRACK OF LAND FROM R TWO SINGLE FAMILY, UM, DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, UH, TO LC.
THREE RETAIL DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR A MEDICAL FACILITY.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF HIGHWAY SIX, SOUTH OF SUGAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH, MISSOURI CITY AND FORT BEND COMMUNITY CHURCH, WEST OF OYSTER CREEK VILLAGE AT LAKE OLYMPIA, SECTION ONE RESIDENTIAL, UH, SUBDIVISION AND NORTH OF OYSTER CREEK VILLAGE AT LAKE OLYMPIA SECTION THREE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
CURRENTLY THERE IS A OVERLAYING, UM, SG P PERMIT, UH, NUMBER 1 26 THAT ALLOWS FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, SGPS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE USE OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR REQUESTING TO REZONE A STRAIGHT REZONING FROM R TWO TO LC THREE.
DO WE HAVE THE, UM, UH, THE OWNER OR THE, OR THE CONTRACTOR OR ANYONE HERE? DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANTS HERE? YEAH.
ANYTHING Y'ALL LIKE TO ADD? I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A ACCESS HELP MR. WONG.
DANIEL WONG BEFORE BEND COMMUNITY CHURCH.
7 7 0 7 HIGHWAY SIX SOUTH MISSOURI CITY.
WE'VE BEEN IN, UH, MISSOURI CITY FOR 25 YEARS AS A FORBANK COMMUNITY CHURCH.
WE START IN 1997 WITH OUR FIRST SERVICE, ABOUT MAYBE 300 PEOPLE NOW.
IT HAS GROWN TO ABOUT 1700 PEOPLE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF COMMUNITY WORK AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY WORK IS TO PARTNER WITH ACCESS HELP TO PROVIDE, UM, MEDICAL SERVICE TO NO INSURANCE AND UNDER INSURANCE PEOPLE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS ALREADY WITH A MOBILE UNIT ON OUR SITE.
UM, WE OUTGROWN IT ALREADY, UH, EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.
THE DEMAND IS SO GREAT WITH NO INSURANCE AND UNDER INSURANCE PEOPLE.
SO WE PARTNER WITH ACCESS HELP AND TRY TO PROVIDE A MORE PERMANENT PLACE WITH 10, UH, UH, UH, UH, EXAMINATION ROOM RATHER THAN TWO.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO ON THE MOBILE UNIT.
WE NEED ABOUT 10, UH, UNIT, WHICH IS ON A MORE PERMANENT PLACE.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING FOR THAT RESONING.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND QUESTION, BY THE WAY, FOR FORBANK C I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ACTUALLY TO COME TO OUR CHURCH.
WE'VE BEEN IN MR FOR 25 YEARS.
THE MAYOR HAS BEEN OUR CHURCH, SO PLEASE, UH, CONTACT ME IF YOU WANNA GET A TOUR.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, FOOD SERVICE AND, AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AND, AND, UH, PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION.
BUT THIS ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ACCESS HELP TO PROVIDE THAT MEDICAL SERVICE.
AND WE ARE NOT SOON TO MEDICAL SERVICE, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THAT RELEASE ONLY.
AND WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARUS, MS. EDWARDS.
SO IF THE S U DOES NOT ALLOW FOR, UM, HEALTHCARE MEDICAL OFFICES AND WE ALLOW THAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THES U? DOES IT STAY INTACT? YES.
UM, SO UNDER THE ONLY, THE UNDERLYING ZONING, AND WE DO ALSO HAVE TO MENTION THAT IF YOU CHOSE TO REZONE TO LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT, IT WILL ALLOW ALL USES THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.
SO IT STILL STAYS PLACES OF ASSEMBLY? MM-HMM.
SO IS THE ACCESS HELD, IS THAT, UM, FOR
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A PUBLIC, FOR PUBLIC, UM, ACCESS PARTICIPATION OR IS IT JUST FOR THE CHURCH? I BELIEVE THAT IS FOR PUBLIC, UM, PARTICIPATION, RIGHT? CORRECT.YES, IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I, I'VE BEEN IN THE QUEUE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS, UM, DANIEL WONG SAID TO VISIT THIS CHURCH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TO CHECK OUT ACCESS HEALTH.
UH, THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH THE MOBILE UNIT.
UM, WHEN I WAS THERE, UM, THEY HAD PATIENTS THAT'S FROM ALL OVER THE SCHEDULING IN, AND I KNOW THEY WORKED VERY HARD DURING THE PROCESS OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT Y'ALL DID ALLOWING TO GIVE VACCINATIONS AND ALL THAT WHEN IT WAS TOUGH AT, DURING THAT TIME PARTNERSHIP WITH FOR BEND COUNTY AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, IT'S THE SAME SETUP THAT, UH, THEY'VE DONE IN STAFFORD, UM, TO NOW TO COME INTO MISSOURI CITY.
SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE, UH, IT'S A GREEN SPACE AREA WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE AT.
IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT ALREADY.
UM, SO I WOULD, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT TO YOUR, TO COUNCIL MEMBER, RILEY'S QUESTION, ANYONE CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND, AND GO OVER THERE AND GET TREATED, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID DURING THE COVID, UM, AT TIMES AS WELL.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK UNLESS IF ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MAYOR ALICA, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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B ONE EIGHT BK ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FOURTH AMENDED AND RECEDED PROJECT PLAN AND REINVESTMENT ZONE FINANCING PLAN FOR REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO.OKAY, MADAM SECRETARY, WE'RE OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
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EIGHTIS THERE ANY MOTION? THIS IS, WHAT'S THE MOTION FOR, OH, GO AHEAD.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, FOURTH AMENDED PROJECT PLAN.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, YOU JUST APPROVED THE, THE MISSOURI CITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AGREEMENT.
THIS, UH, PROPOSED CHANGE SIMPLY CHANGES THE ALLOCATION FOR WATER, SEWAGE, AND DRAINAGE IN THE TURS TWO PROJECT PLAN FROM 9 MILLION, UH, $585,000 TO 39 MILLION, UH, $585,000.
SO IT ADDS AN ADDITIONAL $30 MILLION TO THE AMOUNT THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED TO WATER AND DRAINAGE.
THAT IS NOT GIVING THE CITY AN ADDITIONAL, UH, $30 MILLION.
IT'S IT CREATING CAPACITY IN THE PROJECT PLAN SO THAT IF OTHER PROJECTS COME ALONG IN THE FUTURE WHEREBY THEY NEED WATER AND SEWER, THERE WILL BE, UH, THE, THE TURS BOARD WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENTER INTO SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS FOR THAT WATER AND SEWER.
SO AGAIN, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT WRITING A 30 MILLION CHECK TO THE CITY OR ANY OTHER DEVELOPER.
IT'S SIMPLY CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF THE ESTIMATED PROJECT IN THE PROJECT PLAN FROM ABOUT 9.5 MILLION TO, UH, 39.5 MILLION.
AND THAT'S FOR WATER, UH, SEWER AND DRAINAGE.
I'M IN A SECOND NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE, SO GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY BONY I SEE COUNCILMAN BONY.
THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MORALES.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
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ITEM NUMBER NINE, OUR AUTHORIZATIONS NINE.A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE
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A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH TSC INC.FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE END INTERSECTION OF LAKE COLUMBIA AT THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED MORE THAN $738,386.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHAHI KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN.
UH, THIS IS THE MUCH AWAITED TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT, UH, LAKE OLYMPIA AND FORT BEND TOLL ROAD.
UH, I'D SAY THAT BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAS BEEN PUSHING THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I'M SURE HE IS GLAD TO SEE THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION, OR AT LEAST START THE PROJECT, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, WHAT YOU SEE IS A VICINITY MAP OF THE PROJECT LOCATION.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER MAP SHOWING, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS DRY CREEK PARK EDGE, AMAZON, TO THE RIGHT.
AND THE, THE BLUE AREA IS THE MORE, THE AMAZON AND THE COMMERCIAL PART, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
NUMBER TWO, UH, TYPICALLY WE INSTALL TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHEN IT'S BEEN WARRANTED.
WARRANTED IS BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUME, SAFETY AND WHATNOT.
UH, THIS WILL BE WHAT WE CALL, UH, FOUR LENGTH SIGNAL.
UH, THIS IS A LITTLE COMPLICATED EXHIBIT, BUT THE RED LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE FOUR LEGS OF THE SIGNAL.
UH, YOU HAVE THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AND THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF FORT PENTO ROAD CROSSING LAKE COLOMBIA.
THAT'S WHERE THE SIGNAL IS GONNA BE.
THERE IS ALSO GONNA BE A RIGHT TURN LANE FOR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC HOPPING ON INTO THE FORT BEND TOLL ROLE.
UH, THE PROJECT WAS BID, UH, PUBLICLY.
UH, THE, UH, THE THREE BIDS RANGED ANYWHERE FROM, UH, 0.738 MILLION TO ONE POINT, UH, ONE PLUS MILLION.
THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER WAS TSC INC.
UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE BID IS 738,000 3 86.
WE HAD FUNDED, UH, UH, WE HAD PUT FUNDS IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO CONSTRUCT THE SIGNAL.
UH, THERE IS ALSO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, WHERE THEY WOULD PAY FOR A PRORATE SHARE OF THE SIGNAL DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT'S PROJECTED.
FROM THERE, WE ESTIMATE THAT'S ABOUT 21%, AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT EQUATES TO 155,000, UM, OR SO WE'LL BE, UM, SENDING A REQUEST TO THEM FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
UH, AGAIN, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
UH, I SAY THIS BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FROM CITY MANAGING TRAFFIC PROJECTS AS WELL AS DEVELOPER, UH, MANAGING SIGNAL PROJECTS.
THE SIGNAL, UH, MATERIALS ARE IN BACK ORDER, ORDER SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
IF WE WERE TO SIGN A CONTRACT TODAY, IT'LL TAKE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS FOR THE POTENTIAL CONTRACTOR TO OBTAIN THE SIGNAL PARTS AND EQUIPMENT, AND THEN IT'LL TAKE ABOUT THREE MONTHS TO INSTALL.
SO THAT'LL PUT US, UH, AT OCTOBER.
BUT I CAN ALSO ASSURE YOU THAT MY TEAM, ESPECIALLY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AMINA, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SANDRA, UH, SHE'S BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS PROJECT VERY AGGRESSIVELY, AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER HAS PROMISED ME THAT, UH, HE WILL DRIVE THIS PROJECT AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETED WELL AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE DILIGENTLY PUSHING THIS PROJECT FOR COMPLETION WELL BEFORE OCTOBER 23.
WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ON THE TIMING OF THE ORDER.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE MD.
UM, WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT COVERS MORE THAN 155,000.
SO HOW DID YOU, HOW DID WE GET TO THAT NUMBER? IS THAT A OBJECTIVE NUMBER OR IS THAT A REALISTIC NUMBER? WE DID THE, SO-CALLED THE STUDY TO DETERMINE WHERE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON HOW THE VOLUME IS COMING FROM.
UH, WE DID THE ACTUAL COUNTS, AND BASED ON THAT, ABOUT 21% OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME IS COMING FROM WHAT WE REFER TO THAT BLUE AREA, AND THAT'S HOW'RE PROPORTIONING TO APPROPRIATE THE COST FOR MMD NUMBER TWO.
SO IS THAT, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY THE 155,000 IS THEIR FINAL NUMBER? OR IS IT, THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE CALCULATED AND WILL BE PROPOSING TO THAT, TO THEM, AND EJO, YOU MAY WANT TO CHIME IN ON THAT.
THE AGREEMENT, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS WITH MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO REQUIRES THAT THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PAY, ITS PRO RATISH SHARE OF THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC.
UH, THAT'S CA THAT REQUIRES THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
AND SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT BASED UPON AN ENGINEER'S REPORT.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY IF THE ENGINEER'S REPORT SAYS IT'S 21%, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE JUST, THE CITY IS ABLE TO JUSTIFY THE REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
SO IS THAT 21%? I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M ASKING.
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A, UH, A FIRM OR DID THAT COME UP WITH YOU, OR, OR HOW DID WE GET TO THAT? 21% IS WHAT I'M ASKING.THE CONSULTANT THAT WE USE FOR THE DESIGN DID THE STUDY, AND IF YOU ROUGHLY SEE ON THE MAP, IT'S PROPORTIONATE TO ABOUT 21% OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME.
SO WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT WITH THAT NUMBER.
LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, WE TEND TO GIVE TO THE LOW BIDDER MOST OF THE TIME, OR I WOULD JUST SAY PROBABLY ABOUT 95% OF THE TIME.
UM, HAS THIS, UM, THESE COMPANY HAS HA HAVE THEY DONE ANY OTHER WORK FOR MISSOURI CITY? I DON'T THINK THIS SPECIFIC COMPANY HAS DONE ANY WORK FOR MISSOURI CITY, AND I'M GONNA ASK MY TEAM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY'VE BUILT OTHER SIGNALS FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM OUR DESIGN CONSULTANT.
NOW, I ALSO WANT TO ADD, UH, IF I MAY, MAYOR, UH, ON OTHER PROJECTS, SOMETIMES WE ALSO HAD, THIS IS BASED ON THE PRICE, BUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS WHERE SCHEDULE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE DO WHAT WE CALL QUALIFICATION BASED CONS, UH, SELECTIONS IN THAT YOU PUT A WEIGHTAGE ON THE PRICE, YOU ALSO PUT A WEIGHTAGE ON THE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE, AND WE FACTOR THOSE IN, IN EVALUATING THE CONTRACTOR.
BUT THAT WAS NOT DONE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE, UH, WE BELIEVE REALISTICALLY IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO BUILD A SIGNAL.
AND, UH, WE FEEL THAT, UH, THIS IS A GOOD BID AND, UH, WE CAN GET THE SIGNAL DONE, UH, BY OCTOBER.
AYE, YIELD BACK, UH, RECOGNIZING MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, SHAHI, WHEN IS THE ESTIMATED START OF CONSTRUCTION NOW, AS SOON AS WE CAN EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND GIVE THEM A PURCHASE OR ORDER, THAT'S WHEN THE START OF CONSTRUCTION IS PROBABLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS FROM NOW TO GET THE BONDING INFORMATION AND DO ALL THAT INFORMATION.
THAT IS THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACTOR IS GONNA ORDER THE SIGNAL PARTS AND THE EQUIPMENT, BUT LIKELY YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANYTHING OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OTHER THAN SOME STAKING OR WHATNOT, BECAUSE THEY GOTTA GET THE PARTS TO GO BUILD THE SIGNAL.
UH, TO SPECIFICALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE GROUND CONSTRUCTION, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE IT AFTER THREE MONTHS.
BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION.
BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE STARTING, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE POSSIBLY COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 23? WELL, UH, WE IN THE PART OF THE BID IS WHAT IS THE, UH, ESTIMATED DATE TO GET THIS SIGNAL EQUIPMENT PARTS, THEY SAID THREE MONTHS AFTER THE CONTRACT IS EXECUTED AND THEY HAVE A TIMELINE, 180 CALENDAR DAYS TO TOTAL COMPLETE THE JOB AND THREE MONTHS AFTER THE PARTS ARE DELIVERED.
SO THAT PUTS US RIGHT AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, WHEN DO YOU, WHEN DO THEY ESTIMATE TO, TO, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY ROAD CLOSURE TAKING PLACE? I'M NOT THE BEST AT READING MAPS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
EVEN IF WE ANTICIPATE ANY ROAD CLOSURE, IT'LL NOT BE A FULL CLOSURE, MAYBE A PARTIAL LANE CLOSURE AT SOMETIMES, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE A FULL LANE CLOSURE ON THIS PROJECT.
AND SO MY REQUEST TO THAT WOULD BE IS TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, IN PLENTY ENOUGH TIME.
UM, WE, WE'VE GOT REALLY GOOD, GOOD OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT FRUSTRATED AND SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, PREP THEMSELVES FOR TRAVEL PLANS, DELAYS, THINGS OF THAT NA NE UH, THAT NEED.
AND THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD SIGNAGE, UH, THAT'S EASILY IN, UH, VISIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS AS THEY'RE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH.
WONDER MA'AM? THANK YOU, SHAHI, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING, AS YOU KNOW.
UH, I REMEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARU AND I, JANUARY 27TH OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A PDI COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE ACTUALLY VOTED ON APPROVING THE, THE, THE DESIGN CONTRACT, THE GRADIENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, FAST FORWARD A WHOLE YEAR AND SOME CHANGE LATER.
NOW WE'RE HERE, UH, AND WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT ANYONE THAT TRAVELS THAT AREA KNOWS THAT IT'S INCREASED, UH, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKDAY MORNINGS.
I'VE SEEN IT GO FAR AS FAR BACK AS GOING TO SEVEN 11, EVEN DEPENDING ON THE TIMES.
UH, AND THEN WITH, UH, FORT BEND TOWN CENTER TOO, AND OTHER RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING IN THE AREA, THIS, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS MUCH NEEDED.
UH, AND IT'S, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THIS AND, AND, UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THIS HEAVY CONGESTION THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE MORNINGS.
I, I TEND NOT TO EVEN GO THAT WAY, UH, ANYMORE.
I JUST GO THE OPPOSITE WAY AND KIND OF CATCH THINGS ON THE BACK END.
BUT, UM, THIS IS WELCOMED AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME TO FRUITION FOR OUR, UH, THE AREA AND FOR THAT, THE RESIDENCE IN THAT AREA, PARTICULARLY
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RECOGNIZING BROWN MARSHALL.UH, SHASHI, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
IF IN THE EVENT THAT THE TRACK THAT IS, WILL EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED, THAT'S JUST, UH, BEFORE LAKE OLYMPIA WHERE THIS NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT IS GOING TO GO, I THINK THAT'S THE TERRAMARK, UH, AREA THERE.
UM, DO YOU FORESEE THAT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO PUT IN SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC LIGHT OR IF THAT SECTION, IF, HOW CAN I SAY THIS? IF IN THE EVENT THAT THEY NEED A DIFFERENT EXIT, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THIS? UH, GREAT QUESTION.
AND, UM, WE ARE MA WE WERE MADE AWARE BY THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE EXIT, UH, FURTHER UP NORTH.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY ENTAIL IS PUTTING A U-TURN AT THE SIGNAL.
AND OUR TEAM HAS WORKED TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE DESIGNED HERE INCORPORATES THE U-TURN FEATURE.
SO WITH LITTLE OR NO MODIFICATIONS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND WOULD WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDING OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS, OR DO YOU THINK THE DEVELOPER WOULD PICK UP THAT? I WOULD SAY NO.
I WOULD PUT IT ON THE DEVELOPER.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the Third Amended and Re...]
B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THIRD AMENDMENT TO RESTATE A GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, MISSOURI CITY, RECREATION LEISURE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION OF A PRESENTATION, UH, BY EJ.YES, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED GOLF COURSE, UH, MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND THE MISSOURI CITY RECREATION AND LEISURE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION.
THIS JUST INCORPORATES SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO YOUR EXI TO THE CITY'S EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AS WE, UH, CALL THE LGC.
UM, UPON THE DEPARTURE OF FORMER GOLF COURSE MANAGER, TYSON BERG, A WORKING GROUP WAS CREATED TO REVIEW THE CITY'S AGREEMENT WITH THE L G C.
THAT GROUP INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, HUMAN RESOURCES, PUBLIC WORKS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE LEGAL DIVISION.
UH, IN THE COURSE OF THAT REVIEW, SEVERAL, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WERE PROPOSED.
THEY INCLUDE CLARIFYING THAT THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN AND COVER THE COST OF STRUCTURES ON ITS PROPERTY, UH, CONSISTING OF THE GOLF COURSE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY DOES OWN, UM, THE GOLF COURSE, AND IT WAS PURCHASED WITH PARKS, BOND FUNDS.
UM, IT ALSO EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZES THE COLLECTION OF USER FEES FOR FACILITY EXPENSES.
THE, THOSE FEES ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTED BY THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THE AGREEMENT JUST SPELLS OUT THAT THOSE FUNDS MAY BE COLLECTED AND MAY BE UTILIZED FOR FACILITY EXPENSES.
IT PROVIDES THE LGC, UH, OR PROVIDES THAT THE LGC WILL PAY ONLY OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
IT PROVIDES FOR ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
IT AUTHORIZES THE CITY, UH, THE CITY, UH, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH TYSON'S DE UH, MR. BERG'S DEPARTURE, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, GAPS AND SERVICES THAT THE CITY WILL NOW TEMPORARILY FILL IN UNTIL A PERMANENT MANAGER IS HIRED.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR DEFICIT FUNDING, AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXISTING POLICY THAT THE CITY HAS.
AND IT ADDS THE LIQUOR LIABILITY INSURANCE TO THE LIST OF REQUIRED INSURANCE ITEMS THAT THE LGC MUST MAINTAIN.
AND IT CREATES A NEW EXHIBIT B TO THE AGREEMENT, WHICH SPELLS OUT, UH, OR GENERALLY DESCRIBES WHAT SOME OF THE FACILITY EXPENSES ARE.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT.
TR UM, I JUST, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO CITY MANAGER.
SO THIS WOULD BE KIND OF OVER TAKING OVER SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR, WITHIN THE CITY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT IS AN ASSET OF THE CITY.
SO THIS IS GOING INTO THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE THEN, OF COURSE, UH, THE, UH, THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT, WHICH MEANS THE COLLECTION OF IT.
CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY? IS THAT GONNA BE DONE BY OUR, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES, OR, OR HOW IS THAT MOVING? WELL, WHAT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION, CUZ BASICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE A GENERAL MANAGER THAT'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY.
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PART OF THE DAY-TO-DAY IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT, UH, RESOURCES ARE COMING FROM OPERATIONS.ADDITIONAL TO THAT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF TO ENSURE THE CITY IS PROTECTING ITS ASSET.
AND WITH THAT, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE C I P PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ZERO.
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C.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS TOWARDS THE ALLOCATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT MITIGATION C D B G FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,070,900.
AND TO START THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY SHAHI KUMAR.
UH, LATE LAST YEAR, UH, I THINK THE MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE, WHO SERVES AS THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE ON THE H E C BOARD, WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS GRANT FUNDING FROM THE G L O.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE H E A C REGIONAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT COUNCIL.
MISSOURI CITY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED A FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,070,900 FOR SOME ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
UH, JUST WITH ANY OTHER GL OF FUNDING, THEY DO NOT GIVE YOU THE MONEY UPFRONT.
UH, YOU HAVE TO EARN IT IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY YOUR PROJECTS, GO THROUGH THE ELABORATE, UH, APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE CRITERIA IN THIS CASE IS 50% OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATED DOLLARS, WHICH EQUATES TO ABOUT 2.6 MILLION, SHOULD BE SPENT WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE LOW TO MODERATE IN INCOME AREAS.
SO, SINCE, UM, THIS NOTIFICATION CAME, UH, STAFF HAS WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.
WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE G L O STAFF.
UM, IF YOU MAY RECALL, LA UH, BACK AFTER HARVEY, WE TO 2017, WE WERE AWARDED $954,000.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
UH, JUST IF YOU WALK OUT OF CITY HALL, UH, AND MAKE A LEFT ON TEXAS PARKWAY, THERE IS A DRAINAGE CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UNDERWAY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE WORKED IN SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION AND GOT THE FUNDING, UH, TO WORK ON THAT PROJECTS.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
UH, THE FIRST PROJECT ONE, AND I, I STAND HERE AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, VERY DILIGENT HIGH YEAR CAUGHT THE SPELLING MISTAKE THAT I HAD ON MY, ON MY SLIDE, I MISSPELLED MCLEAN.
SO MY APOLOGIES,
ONE IS THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MCLEAN AND GREGORY.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU BEING HERE IN THE CITY, THAT ONE OF THE FIRST PARTS THAT YOU HEAR WHEN THERE IS A RAIN, UH, EVENT HERE IN THE CITY, IS THAT LOW SPOT WHERE THE FLOODING OCCURS.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER, UH, NEARBY STREETS THAT GET AFFECTED TOO, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE MAIN INTERSECTIONS.
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A PROJECT TO ELEVATE, UH, UM, SOME OF THE DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING HERE.
THIS INCLUDES BUILDING NEW INLETS, STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, AND DOING SOME OUTFALL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CHANNEL.
UH, WE'VE ESTIMATED A PROJECT CAST IDENTIFYING BASED ON THE G L O CRITERIA.
THIS IS ABOUT, UH, 2.3 MILLION PROJECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, USING, UH, UH, THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
UH, THE, THIS IS KIND OF THE VICINITY MAP SHOWING THAT PROJECT.
UH, THIS ALL DRAINS INTO WHAT WE CALL THE WILLOW WATERHOLE, WHICH IS THAT BLUE LINE THAT YOU SEE AND GOES INTO HARRIS COUNTY, UH, UC, GREGORY AND LANIN THERE.
AND, UH, UH, JUST IN THE VICINITY OF THAT IS WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, THE SECOND PROJECT, AGAIN, UH, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS DRAINAGE, AGAIN, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG PINE MEADOW DRIVE.
UH, YOU MAY RECALL THERE WERE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP AT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE OPEN DITCH TRUST SYSTEM AND THE LACK OF, UH, DRAINAGE HERE.
UH, AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE DOING IS TO REGRADE THOSE DITCHES SET, RESET THE DRIVEWAY CULVERTS MORE STORM SEWER INLET, STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THE DRAINAGE CAPACITY.
UH, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT 2.8 MILLION, AND THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA.
THE RED LINE IS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED.
UH, IT IS JUST LOCATED SOUTH OF 90 IN CRAVENS.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE LMI MAP.
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UH, IF YOU SEE THE RED BOUNDARY THERE, UH, THAT IS THE DRAINAGE AREA THIS PROJECT SERVES, AND IT'S LOCATED WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA IDENTIFIED BY THE G L O.SO WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP? UH, THE ACTION ITEM FOR YOU TODAY IS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING USING THE FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS.
UH, SHOULD THE COUNCIL APPROVE, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IS WORKING VERY DEL DILIGENTLY TO DO THE, WHAT WE CALL THE PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED.
AND THAT'S SET TO GO OUT, I BELIEVE TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A 30 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD AFTER WHICH WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HOLD, UH, IN-PERSON COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR MARCH THE 23RD.
WE HAVE THE DATE NOW, UH, AND ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 24TH.
UH, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ADOPTING THESE TWO PROJECTS.
AND CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDING SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION TO THE G L O, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE IN APRIL.
UH, NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DELTA BETWEEN THE FUNDING THAT HAS COME FROM THE G O AND OUR ESTIMATED COST, THERE IS A GAP OF ABOUT 42,600.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MONIES IDENTIFIED IN THE CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE PINE MEADOW PROJECT.
WE, WE HAD FORECASTED THAT, UH, WE WILL DO SOMETHING HERE, AND WE HAD PUT IN SOME MONEY TOWARDS DESIGN.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE THE MATCHING FUNDS, AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN APRIL.
WITH THAT, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I SEE THAT WE, UH, HAVE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, UH, SONYA BROWN.
MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR PROTON.
I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, PLEASE.
IS THERE A LIST OF PROJECTS ONGOING THAT YOU GUYS CHOSE FROM, OR WERE THESE THE ONLY TWO THAT YOU EVEN CONSIDERED NOW? UH, GOOD QUESTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, BUT AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THE CRITERIA THAT THE G L O HAS.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, BUT WE BELIEVE THESE ARE THE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT CAN ALSO MEET GLO CRITERIA.
SO, OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE LISTED, BASICALLY WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THAT YOU, YOU PUT TOGETHER A CRITERIA BASED ON WHAT G L O WOULD ALLOW FOR YOU TO DO AND TO MATCH THE FUNDING THAT G L O WOULD BE WILLING TO, UM, TO GIVE.
WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT G L O COULD HAVE PROVIDED OR ASSIST THE MAXIMUM THAT IS SET IN STONE? I WILL LET MR. COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, INPUT ON THAT.
I, I KNOW HE WAS IN THE H G C COMMITTEE, THAT CARD OUT THESE FUNDS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU MAY WANNA SPEAK TO THAT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE ON THE, UH, H G A C BOARD, UH, AS PART OF H G A C I SERVE ON THE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE, WHICH THIS CAME THROUGH OUR, OUR COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE FIRST METHOD OF ALLOCATION, UH, METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION ALLOCATION CAME OUT FOR US, IT WAS $2.13 MILLION.
AND SO, UH, I STARTED WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND H G A C STAFF TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE COULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PROJECT POTENTIAL PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE COULD, UH, USE THE FUNDS FOR.
AND IT WENT UP TO $3.36 MILLION.
UH, BUT WE KEPT PRESSING AND PUSHING AND, UH, PRODDING.
AND, UH, WITH, WITH THE CONTINUAL DIALOGUE CONVERSATION AND, UH, TWEAKING OF THE METHOD OF, UH, DISTRIBUTION ALLOCATION, IT GOT UP TO FIVE, UH, 0.07.
UH, AND SO WE'RE AT A GREAT PLACE.
THERE'S, I MEAN, WE HAVE WAY MORE MONEY, UH, THAN, UH, WE HAD WHEN WE STARTED, WELL OVER LIKE THREE, ALMOST $3 MILLION MM-HMM.
SO, UH, WE WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE.
THIS IS THE MAX, UH, THAT WE'LL RECEIVE.
BUT THIS IS WAY MORE MONEY THAN WE INITIALLY STARTED AT 2.13 MILLION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BONY.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CONTINUING THAT FIGHT TO GO BACK IN AND GET ADDITIONAL, UH, MONIES AS WELL.
SO, RETURNING BACK TO THE PROJECTS, UM, AND THE TWO THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED, THIS IS GONNA BE A STICKY QUESTION, SO I WANNA WARN YOU PROJECT NUMBER TWO.
UM, DID PINE METAL EXPERIENCE ANY FLOODING OR SERIOUS DRAINAGE ISSUES PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE BUILDINGS? NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE THERE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR CURRENT CRITERIA DOES
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NOT ALLOW OPEN DITCH DRAINAGE.THESE AREAS WERE BUILT WITH OPEN BRIDGE DRAINAGE.
AND I THINK PRIMARILY THE CONCERNS THERE ARE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE CALL PRIOR STANDARDS OR LOWER STANDARDS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN, BUT WERE BUILDING DETENTION TO OFFSET ANY MITIGATION THERE.
BUT MOST OF THESE ARE BECAUSE THESE STANDARDS WERE LOWER WHEN THEY, WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE YOU SAID, THE SUBDIVISIONS ARE, ARE OLDER, THEY WERE THERE RIGHT.
LONG BEFORE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFSITE DRAINAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS WERE THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, I APOLOGIZE.
LET ME TAKE MYSELF OUT OF THE QUEUE.
YOU ACTUALLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
NUMBER 10, ORDINANCES 10 A.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS, APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ATLANTA PORTIS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE USE OF FUND BALANCE.
UM, OUR CITY'S FUND BALANCE POLICY STATES THAT AN AMOUNT THAT'S OVER, UH, THE 30% THRESHOLD CAN BE USED FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.
AND WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE REVIEWED PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UM, FOR USE OF, UH, FUND BALANCE, PREVIOUSLY YOU HAVE APPROVED A 1.2 MILLION TRANSFER FOR SIDEWALKS AND ALSO APPROXIMATELY, UH, $450,000 FOR A WATER TANKER, UH, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THESE, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE WITHIN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT ARE THE REMAINING PROJECTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, WHERE WE RECEIVED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO REQUEST APPROVAL.
UH, SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THIS LIST ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF $45,000 FOR OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND THIS IS FOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFERRING ANIMALS OUT OF STATE.
UM, THAT'S FOR IF WE ARE, IF THE SHELTER IS FULL.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AVOIDING, UH, POTENTIAL EUTHANASIA.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, $200,000, WHICH IS, UH, THE COST TO COVER ONE ADDITIONAL READER SIGN IN DISTRICT DAY.
WE DO HAVE, UH, DESIGN THAT IS, UH, TAKING PLACE NOW FOR THREE READER SIGNS, BUT WE ONLY HAD FUNDING FOR TWO.
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR, UH, ALL THREE SIGNS TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
ALSO, WE HAVE A STUDY FOR, UH, SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD.
ALSO FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER, WE HAVE $80,000 TO COVER THE COST OF REMODEL, UH, REMODELING OF THE FACILITY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE $144,000, WHICH COVERS THE COST AT THE RECREATIONAL CENTER TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.
UH, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL SPORTS LIGHTING ON COURT 13, UH, WHICH IS THE PICKLEBALL COURT AND, UH, WALKWAY LIGHTING.
AND SO THE TOTAL COST, UM, FOR THESE ITEMS, UH, IS $469,000.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS INTENTIONAL USE OF OUR FUND BALANCE.
OUR FUND BALANCE WOULD STILL REMAIN, UM, ABOVE THE, UH, THRESHOLD OF 30%.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE AT 49%.
WHENEVER WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND WE TRANSFER TO OTHER FUNDS, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT IN THOSE FUNDS ALSO.
SO THE $200,000 THAT'S FOR THE STUDY AND THE DIGITAL READER SIGN WILL BE PAID OUT OF OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, CAPITAL PROJECT FUND.
THE $80,000 FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BE PAID OUT OF OUR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR FACILITIES.
AND THE $144,000 FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AT THE, UH, RECREATION CENTER WILL BE PAID OUT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR PARKS PROJECTS.
AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
YES, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
UM, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY MORE SO TO THE CITY MANAGER.
LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD OUR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I THOUGHT THE AMOUNT THAT WENT FROM FINANCE, WHAT I SAW ON THE SCREEN WAS AROUND $400,000, WENT FROM FI, YOU KNOW, CAME TO FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR AN ADDITIONAL REASSIGN OR ONE SIDE OF THE SIGN.
BUT IN HERE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT SHOWS 200, THIS
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IS, UH, 100,000 FOR THE READER SIGN, AND ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE, UH, PHOTO, THE PHOTOMETRIC STUDY FOR SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING.SO IT'S 200 TOTAL, BUT ONLY 100,000 FOR THE DIGITAL SIGN.
THE OTHER ONE IS A LIGHTING STUDY.
SO THERE'S 100,000 FOR THE DIGITAL SIGN AND 100,000 FOR THE LIGHTING STUDY, WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO THE DIGITAL SIGN.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE IS $200,000.
THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS WENT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ASKED FOR IN ADDITION, OR 200 PLUS ANOTHER A HUNDRED.
NO, YOU ONLY ASKED FOR A HUNDRED.
FOR THE ADDITIONAL LEGAL SIGN, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 100,000.
SO WEEK IN THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS A CHART UP THERE THAT SHOWED IT WAS AROUND 700 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THREE MARQUEE SIGNS.
AND IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL, IT WENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL $400,000, IS WHAT I SAW.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AND I, AND IT WAS, IT WAS SAID BY, UH, THE PRESENTER THAT THEY WENT TO, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE MARQUEE SIGNS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AND I'M, AND I'M FINE WITH IT.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS, WAS IT 400 OR WAS IT 200, OR WAS IT HUNDRED FOR THE SIGN AND A HUNDRED FOR SOME STUDY? WHAT'S, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER IS WHAT I'M ASKING, MAYOR, I IF I CAN MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, THIS, I BELIEVE IS ALLOCATION FROM THE RESERVE TO FUND THE ONE SIGN THAT NEEDS ONE SIDED.
THE OTHERS ARE ON A DIFFERENT P AND L ON ANOTHER, UH, C I P WHATEVER WE'RE USING.
SO, SO YOU PROBABLY TOTALED AT THAT SAME TITLE FOR SIGNS IF YOU TOTAL IT.
SO WHAT WAS IT GONE TO FINANCE COMMITTEE TO ASK FOR? BECAUSE LAST WEEK IT WAS SHOWN, IT WAS ASKED $400,000 IS WHAT THAT PRESENTATION THAT I SAW, I QUESTIONED IT, IT WENT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IT ASKED FOR $400,000 IN ADDITION, UH, FOR THE MARQUES.
THAT'S WAY IT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK.
AND NOW YOU'RE PRESENTING SOMETHING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I'M ASKING WHICH ONE IS IT IS, WAS IT $400,000 THAT YOU GUYS WENT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE, OR WAS IT THE AMOUNT THAT'S SHOWN HERE? THERE WERE, UM, VARIOUS ITEMS THAT WENT TO THE FINANCE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE.
THERE WAS ALSO, UM, A READER SIGN THAT WAS ONE SIDED THAT INCLUDED LANDSCAPING.
BUT THIS IS $100,000 FOR THE SIGN AND DISTRICT DAY.
THIS INFORMATION, I'LL GIVE A REPORT BACK THAT DETAILS.
NOW I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE SLIDE FROM THAT SLIDE.
CAUSE CAUSE I WANTED TO COMPARE.
I, YES, I YIELD BACK COUNCIL MEMBER MORALE.
UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH OUR ILLUSTRIOUS CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY, UH, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON HOW TO BETTER USE THESE RESERVE FUNDS.
WE GAVE IT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND THEY CAME BACK WITH SOME, SOME NUMBERS AROUND IT.
SO I WANT TO THANK OUR CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
UH, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU SEE A LOT OF MONEY GOING TOWARDS THE SHELTER.
YOU SEE MONEY GOING TOWARDS THE SIGNS, WHICH CAME FROM THE PUBLIC ASKING FOR MORE SIGNAGE.
UH, WE'RE THROWING MONEY AT THE PARKS AND WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHTS.
SO I, I REALLY WANTED TO REALLY MAKE THE POINT OF SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE RESERVES, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH MEANINGFUL USE.
AND THESE ARE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES.
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK SASHI IS IN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MENTIONED LIGHTING ON 10 92.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT THE TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE DO NEED LIGHTS ON 10 92.
I'VE HAD TWO BUSINESSES TELL ME THAT WITH THE MEDIANS NOW IT'S REALLY DARK.
SO IF WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT THAT PHOTOMETRIC STUDY, EXPANDING IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, SHAHI, I SEE THE ALLOCATION FOR THE 80,000.
AND MY, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUE AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER? I MEAN, 80,000 FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ARE GREAT, BUT THERE'S SOME INTERNAL, UM, SERIOUS ISSUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE, THE SMELL THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT PARTICULAR SHELTER BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, UM, FLUSH OUT THE SEWAGE, THE FECES, AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
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I'M CONCERNED ABOUT US DECORATING, USING 80,000 TO REMODEL IT.BUT WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED SOME OF THE REAL INTERNAL ISSUES, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THAT SHELTER AND THE CLEANLINESS, THE SMELL, THE ODOR, AND ALSO THE DRAINAGE COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES THAT YOU MENTIONED.
OUT OF THIS ALLOCATION, THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY ISSUES.
ONE IS THE DRAINAGE, UH, WHEN THEY CLEAN THE KENNELS.
UM, OVER THE YEARS, UH, THERE HAS BEEN LACK OF POSITIVE DRAINAGE OR TO SPEAK, THAT'S GONNA BE ADDRESSED.
THERE IS GONNA BE A WALL, UH, OR A BARRIER BETWEEN THE KENNEL SPACE AND THE MAIN BUILDING.
THAT IS WHERE THE SOURCE OF ORDER IS APPARENTLY.
SO THAT IS GONNA BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
AND THEN A PART OF THE FUNDING IS GONNA BE USED FOR REMODELING THIS OFFICE SPACE AS WELL.
SO WHATEVER YOU MENTIONED, THOSE THREE ISSUES ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS FUNDING.
WELL, THANK YOU CUZ ON THIS SLIDE.
IT, IT JUST SPEAKS ABOUT REMODELING AND INTERIOR WALLS AND THING.
THAT DOESN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT DRAINAGE.
GENERALLY PART OF THE REMODELING.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SPELLED IT OUT, BUT IT IS BEING ADDRESSED.
AND THEN MY SECOND, UH, STATEMENT, THIS WAS NOT FOR YOU, UH, SHAHI.
UM, IN THE TEXAS PARKWAY PARKWAY CORRIDOR MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PHOTOMETRIC STUDY.
UM, AND MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND FOR A STUDY, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS INTENSELY AND CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, PLEASE, UM, ADD YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AS WE ADDRESS SPENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT YET WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS OR POSSIBLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE ACTUAL LIGHTING.
SO WHY ARE WE SPENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RIGHT NOW FOR A STUDY FOR LIGHTS THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE? AND I JUST, FOR ME, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE, BEING RESPONSIBLE RIGHT NOW, SPENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE'RE NOT READY TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT OF THAT MAGNITUDE TO ACTUALLY PUT THE LIGHTS OUT THERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY RECOGNIZE.
UH, I'LL, I'LL START OFF BY ADDRESSING THE, UH, QUESTION INQUIRY FROM MY, MY COLLEAGUE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE STUDY IS TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHAT OUR OVERALL, WHAT THE OVERALL DELTA IS FOR, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF ACTUALLY PUTTING LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE ON TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT FIGURE, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN OR CANNOT AFFORD IT.
ANOTHER THING IS, EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO IN THE FUTURE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, I GUESS STARTING IN MARCH.
UH, NEXT MONTH, UH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AS A COUNCIL AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF.
AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING, AFTER GETTING THE STUDY BACK, WE FEEL THAT AS A CITY, UH, AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT MONEY BEHIND.
THEN OF COURSE, WE WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION AT THAT TIME, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FIGURE IS.
SO THE ONLY WAY WE CAN FIND THAT OUT IS BY DOING A STUDY, WHICH IS, IN THIS CASE GONNA COST 100,000, UH, RELATIVE TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL SITUATION.
AND I THINK, UH, ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARRUS FOR, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, PRODDING US AS A COMMITTEE TO TRY TO LOOK AT WAYS OR BEST PRACTICES, HOW WE COULD USE THE FUND BALANCE.
UH, WE HAVE AN OVERAGE, AS WE ALL KNOW.
UH, THESE ARE THE, THE CITIZENS DOLLARS, NOT OURS.
UH, AND SO WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT, AFTER HAVING DONE THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, THERE WERE A LOT OF PROJECTS, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT TO, UH, ELENA AND THE FINANCE TEAM ASKED HER TO GET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND ASKED THEM WHAT POTENTIAL NEEDS THAT, UH, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE AS ONE TIME EXPENDITURES TO USE SOME OF THESE FUNDS FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO UTILIZE, UH, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO WE TOOK THESE THINGS THAT CAME FROM, UH, WE FUNDED VARIOUS, UH, APPARATUS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY CAME AND PRESENTED BEFORE US.
UH, YOU SEE SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES HERE.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD TO EXPORT, UH, AND TRANSFER ANIMALS OUTTA STATE TO AVOID POTENTIAL EUTHANASIA.
LAST YEAR IT WAS A, A LAST MINUTE EXPENSE.
AND SO BEING PROACTIVE THIS YEAR, UH, WE SET ASIDE 45,000 FOR IT.
UH, THE $100,000 FOR THE ONE DIGITAL READER SIGN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR.
UH, IN DISTRICT A OF COURSE, WE HAD, UH, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAS CONSTANTLY COME BEFORE US, UH, AND SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.
SO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT ONE DIGITAL READER SIGN THAT WE DIDN'T ALLOT THE FUNDS FOR, THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM THE FUND BALANCE THERE.
OF COURSE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE PHOTOMETRIC STUDY, UH, THE 80,000, UH, CITY, UH, SHAHI CAME BEFORE US AND TALKED EX, UH, EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE NEED TO SEPARATE
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AND SOUNDPROOF, UH, THE OFFICE SPACE AND THE, THE KENNELS.UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE SEE HERE THE, UH, PICKLEBALL REQUESTS AND THE LIGHTING AROUND THERE BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS IN THE COURT.
13, UH, ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS CAME BEFORE US AND PRESENTED BEFORE THE, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE.
WE VETTED THEM, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
SOME OF THEM WE DID NOT ACCEPT.
SOME OF THEM WE POSTPONED AND WE SAY, WE'LL LOOK AT LATER.
UH, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES WE FELT WERE IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES, UH, AS A COMMITTEE, AND THEY WERE UNANIMOUSLY PUSHED FORWARD TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
IS THERE EVER AN OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS GET TO EXPRESS MAYBE SOME CONCERNS AS WELL THAT MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE FUNDS SPENT ON? OR DOES THAT SOLELY LIE JUST WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE?
I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD, AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO AS STAFF IS PRESENT THEM TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN OVERALL TO COUNCIL.
SO JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THIS, THE, SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WENT TO FINANCE COMMITTEE AND ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE CAN USE FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT A REOCCURRING AND, AND SOME OF IT.
SO ANY OF US SITTING UP HERE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS SUGGESTION OF A ONE-TIME EXPENSES TO THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.
AND THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY GET BACK TO FINANCE COMMITTEE AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND BE BROUGHT BACK FOR VOTING.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, WE ALL VOTE ON WHATEVER ITEM THAT SIT IS, WHETHER IT'S UP OR DOWN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IF THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO ADD, THIS JUST DOESN'T END HERE.
SO, WHICH MEANS IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE TIME REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK AT THIS AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UM, CONSOLIDATE WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEN GO THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR A POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, OPTION TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST, UM, I WOULD ASK THEM TO SUGGEST, SUGGEST TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK OVERALL, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT'S BEEN, UH, HERE IS WELL WORTH IT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ANIMAL CONTROL AREA AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THANK THE, UM, UM, DIRECTOR OF FINANCES, UM, FOR MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THESE ITEMS GETS PUSHED THROUGH.
I WOULD JUST ADD THE ONLY, UM, CHANGE THAT I WOULD, UH, IMPLEMENT IF A COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITTED AN ITEM THAT GOES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THAT REGARDLESS OF THE ACTION THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TAKES, IF THEY VOTED UP OR DOWN, THAT ITEM WOULD STILL GO BEFORE THE FULL COUNSEL.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY.
I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I JUST WANTED TO BRING A LITTLE CLARITY TO IT.
WE DID NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THESE REQUESTS TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INTO, UM, THESE ARE NOT ALL OF OURS.
WHAT WE DID IS, AND, AND I, AGAIN, I WANT TO, UH, GIVE KUDOS TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARRUS WHO, UH, OPENED UP THIS CONVERSATION.
WE WANTED TO ASK FINANCE AND WE WANTED FINANCE TO GET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO ASK THEM IF THERE WERE ANY ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES THAT WE COULD CONSIDER AS A FINANCE COMMITTEE.
AND SO THERE ARE A FEW OF THEM THAT WE PROACTIVELY KIND OF BROUGHT FORTH AND, AND ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION.
BUT THE LIONS SHARE OF THESE ARE FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WHO STATED THAT THESE WERE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT THEY HAD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE, UH, CONSIDERING.
AND SO, AGAIN, THERE'S STILL SOME OTHERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT LIST THAT WE'VE YET TO, UH, TO, TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
BUT I JUST WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR THAT, THAT THESE WERE, UH, BROUGHT TO US PER OUR REQUEST TO FIND OUT FROM THEM WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS BROUGHT BEFORE OUR FULL COUNCIL TODAY.
AND AGAIN, I, I CAN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS CONCUR MORE THE SEVEN OF US ARE THE DECISION MAKERS, NOT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO REINFORCE, UH, THE, UH, THE THOUGHT THAT, UH, WAS BROUGHT FORWARD HERE THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S MORE DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT AVAILABLE.
I THINK WE'RE AT 49%, SO WE'RE, UH, HAVE SOME, UH, SOME, UH, EXCESS I'LL, Y'ALL USE EXCESS DOLLARS.
BUT I THINK IF THERE ARE THOSE THINGS THAT THE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE
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TO, UH, TO PRESENT TO, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER FOR CONSIDERATION, PLEASE DO.BECAUSE, UH, I, I THINK WE TRIED, UH, TO, UH, MAKE THE STATEMENT, AND I THINK WE'VE MADE IT, THAT THOSE ARE THE DOLLARS OF THE CITIZENS.
THEY'RE NOT CITY COUNCIL DOLLARS, THEY'RE NOT BUDGET DOLLARS, UH, OR FINANCIAL OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
THOSE DOLLARS BELONG TO THE CITY.
SO HOWEVER BEST WE CAN GET THOSE DOLLARS BACK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO PROGRAMS THAT AFFECT AND, UH, ARE, UH, ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE, UH, UH, REINFORCEMENT TO, UH, THE CITIZENS, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, UM, I GREATLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE, FOR CLARIFYING THAT AND GOING INTO SUCH GRAVE, UH, DETAIL.
I APPRECIATE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND BEING SO, UH, DETAILED IN MAKING THESE SELECTIONS.
UM, THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE CAN GET A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL, Y'ALL WEREN'T ABLE TO, UM, APPROVE OR THAT WEREN'T SELECTED SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S ON THE TRAJECTORY FOR THE FUTURE, OR IF WE CAN ADD VALUE TO THAT AS WELL AS INPUT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the Mayor...]
11.A 11 IS RESOLUTION IN 11 A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT RELATED TO A SETBACK ENFORCEMENT MATTER IN THE STILLWELL PARTITION SUBDIVISION.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER 12.WHERE CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS, UH, I MEAN CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, SO LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT THE CLOCK ON.
SO THIS WAY WE KEEP EVERYBODY KEEPS IN TIME.
WE START OFF WITH, UH, OUR, A LARGE POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ON YESTERDAY ACTUALLY MARKED MY 90TH DAY AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE THUS FAR.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO SEE NEW BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED UP WITHIN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS.
THAT'S ACROSS DISTRICTS A, B, C, AND D.
AND I THINK IT SENDS A RESOUNDING MESSAGE THAT MISSOURI CITY IS INDEED OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
AT OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON LAST WEEK, WE SAW FORWARD YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL THAT WILL TOUCH ALL DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S VERY, VERY GOOD TO SEE.
UM, ALL WHILE THE CITY IS SHOWING SUPPORT TOWARDS PROGRAMS THAT, UM, IGNITE COMMUNITY INTERESTS THIS PAST WEEK OR TWO, WE ENJOYED THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH GALA, UM, THE DAD AND DAUGHTER DANCE AND JAZZ NIGHT.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
UM, IT, IT INCREDIBLY SADDENED ME, BUT IT ALSO MAKES ME EVEN MORE APPRECIATIVE OF OUR VERY OWN MISSOURI CITY MEN AND WOMEN THAT WEAR BLUE FOR US.
WHILE OUR AGENCY, ALONG WITH OTHER POLICE AGENCIES ARE EXPERIENCING LOWER POLICE RECRUITS, I STILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO FINDING WAYS THAT WILL INCREASE OUR HIRING PROCESS FOR MUCH NEEDED POLICE OFFICERS.
UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT EFFORT, I PRAY THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS REMAIN SAFE.
IN CLOSING, I FOREVER REMAIN PROUD OF MY CITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, A LARGE POSITION, NUMBER TWO, LYNN KLAUSER.
UM, I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT TO THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH FREEDOM WALK THIS SATURDAY AND WALK WITH COUNSEL AND THE REST OF OUR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT SMALL BUSINESS MIXER IS NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT AT THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE.
SO ENCOURAGING ALL MISSOURI CITY SMALL BUSINESSES TO JOIN US.
AND, UH, WANTED TO THANK JOHNNY TO MOLLY FOR HAVING A SOFT OPENING AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
UH, MY PARENTS AND I WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT YESTERDAY.
AND LAST AND FINALLY, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, TODAY IS MY SON'S 18TH BIRTHDAY, AND TODAY I WANNA SHINE THE LIGHT ON AUTISM AND
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ALL CAREGIVERS THAT ARE ON THIS JOURNEY.THIS IS A COMPLEX DISORDER THAT AFFECTS ONE IN 44 CHILDREN.
THIS JOURNEY OF AUTISM HAS CREATED ME TO BE THE MOTHER, THE PERSON, THE COUNCIL MEMBER I AM TODAY STANDING ON FAIRNESS, INCLUSION AND STANDING IN THE GAP FOR THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED.
RARELY DO I PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK FOR ANYTHING BUT THIS.
I FEEL LIKE ALL OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS, MAKING IT THROUGH 18 YEARS OF AUTISM TRUMPS ANY PLAQUE, ANY AWARD, ANY ACCOLADE I COULD EVER RECEIVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED ME ON THIS JOURNEY, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED MY PARENTS, WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND I WANNA THANK AND COMMEND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WHO IS ON THE AUTISM JOURNEY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS IN THIS ROOM WHO ARE RAISING SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS ON THE SPECTRUM.
THERE WERE MANY DAYS IN MAYOR, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR GOING OVER MY TIME IF I DO.
BUT I ASK FOR A MOMENT PER A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES, ESPECIALLY THOSE COUNCIL MEMBER MARRUS AND MAYOR
THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT I COULDN'T MAKE, AND I CALLED THOSE GUYS AND SAID, AUTISM GOT ME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR CARING AND THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING.
AND TO ANYBODY IN OUR CITY WHO WAS ON THIS JOURNEY, REMEMBER, YOU'VE GOT THIS.
MY SON COULDN'T TALK UNTIL HE WAS FOUR.
NOW HE'S WORKING, HE'S THRIVING.
I JUST SURPRISED HIM IN MICHIGAN FOR HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY.
HE ASKED ME TODAY, HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, MOM, I'M NO LONGER, I'M NO LONGER A MINOR.
AND I SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT, SON.
I SAID, NOW YOU HAVE TO THINK LIKE AN ADULT, BECAUSE NOW MORE IMPORTANT, NOW YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO DEPEND ON YOUR THOUGHTS.
SO I SAY TO ANYBODY WHO'S ON THIS JOURNEY, YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU CAN DO IT WITH THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF YOUR VILLAGE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT MY SON, I'VE GOTTEN HIM SO MANY RESOURCES AND I'VE DONE THE WORK.
AND SO TODAY, 18 YEARS AGO, I BIRTHED HIM AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE HIS MOTHER.
MONICA, WELCOME TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY.
REALLY
UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE, UH, AS I CALL IT BLACK EXCELLENCE MONTH, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE SUPPORTING, UH, BLACK BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTING SOME OF OUR MISSOURI CITY EVENTS, UH, FOR THIS MONTH AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF, UM, JOINING MY COLLEAGUES TO THE MAESTROS BARBER COLLEGE RIBBON CUTTING.
WANNA ENCOURAGE THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AVENUES FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN THE COSMETOLOGY BARBER FIELD TO CHECK OUT MAESTROS RIGHT THERE ON COURTRIGHT, UM, AND PARTICIPATE WITH THEM.
I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE CAREER DAY AT VAES MIDDLE SCHOOL, QUELL GREENS WEST, H O A, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, BEING HONORED AT THE BRIDGEGATE ELEMENTARY FOR MY WORKS THAT I'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THEIR TEAM, THE TEACHERS AND THE EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT FORT BEND, I S D.
BUT THANK YOU, MOST OF ALL, TO THE RIDGE GATE TEAM OUT THERE DOING A GREAT JOB ATTENDING THE JOHNNY TAMAS FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY YESTERDAY WAS PHENOMENAL.
UH, THEY ARE OPEN OFFICIALLY TO THE PUBLIC ON TOMORROW, SO GO AND CHECK THEM OUT.
UH, WANNA DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION WITH TROY AND CHARITY CARTER.
THEY HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH ALL OF OUR MISSOURI CITY EVENTS WHERE THEY EVEN HONORED, UM, OUR FORMER AND LATE DON SMITH COUNCIL MEMBER FOR MISSOURI CITY AT THE, UM, KICKOFF, UM, ATTENDED THE BLACK HISTORY GALA ON THIS PAST SATURDAY.
ALSO HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING 80, UH, HAPPY FEET RECIPIENTS IN DISTRICT A AND MISSOURI CITY, WHO WERE 75 YEARS AND OLDER, WHO ARE ALL STILL DOING LINE DANCING AT THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
SO, KUDOS TO, UH, SHEILA BROWN WHO SPEARHEADS THAT AND TO KEEP THOSE HAPPY FEET MOVING.
AND LASTLY, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO, UM, SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THE METRO BUS THAT EVERYONE'S SEEN OUT THERE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, IS NOT COMING TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
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THE TOUR FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE TO, UH, GO AND VISIT, UH, SOME OF THE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTRIGHT.AND SO, LASTLY, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 10:00 AM WE'RE STILL HAVING OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WORKSHOPS WITH THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHERE WE'RE TEACHING ALL ALSO ALL SORTS OF TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER SKILLS, AND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, I TOO WANT TO, UH, SEND MY CONDOLENCES TO FORMER, UH, POLICE CHIEF JOE FITZGERALD AND HIS FAMILY, THE LOSS OF HIS SON AND THE LINE OF DUTY.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS OVERALL, UH, HAVE A VERY TOUGH JOB.
AND SO, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU HEAR NEWS LIKE THAT, UH, DEFINITELY HITS CLOSE TO THE HOME, ESPECIALLY WITH HIM BEING CONNECTED TO MISSOURI CITY.
SO, UM, MY PRAYERS, UH, FROM MY FAMILY, UH, AND MYSELF, UH, GO TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
UH, WE HAD AN AMAZING, UH, CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, OWNERS, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARRUS AND I WITH THE OWNERS OF THE DRAPER TRACK.
UH, THAT IS, UH, THE TRACK THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ARCADIA SUBDIVISION BEHIND CVS AT TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT.
UH, WE BELIEVE, UH, AFTER THAT, THAT MEETING, UH, IN DISCUSSION, UH, THERE'S SOME AND THE CITY MANAGER, UH, THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF, UH, GREAT, UM, FUTURE THINGS THAT, UH, WE COULD BRING TO THE, THE AREA AND, AND THEY HAVE AN IDEA AND NOW A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN.
AND, UH, IT FELT GOOD TO KNOW THAT THEY AREN'T LOOKING TO JUST GIVE THAT PROPERTY THE WAY TO ANYBODY.
THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING SOLID IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
WE ALSO HAD A, A MEETING WITH CRAIG MURRAY, THE OWNER OF THE OLD H HEB PROPERTY, TO HEAR HIS, UH, PLANS FOR HIS, UH, POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME, SOME GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN ON THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, UH,
UH, WE HAD THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, METRO TOUR OF THE CORRIDOR.
UH, WE GOT TO GO OUT AND, UM, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE AREA AND DISCUSS WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PRO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR.
AND I THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, AS WELL AS ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR CITY MANAGER FOR JOINING US ON A, A, A LONG TOUR OF THE CORRIDOR.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE, UH, THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING OUR TOUR.
WE GOT OFF, UH, TO SEE OUR WORK THAT WAS DONE RIGHT THERE AT THE 90 HIGHWAY, 98 IN TEXAS PARKWAY, WHERE THE LANDSCAPING IS THERE.
AND IT WAS SO FILTHY, SO DIRTY, SO MUCH TRASH MAN.
I SAID, MAN, LET ME GO PICK UP THIS BAG AND SOME TRASH.
AND ALL OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES JOINED IN WITH ME.
AND NOW IF YOU PASS BY THERE, THERE'S NO TRASH OVER THERE.
Y'ALL
WAS ABLE TO JOIN, UH, ALSO FOR THE MAESTROS BARBER ACADEMY RIBBON CUTTING.
ALSO WENT TO THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA 59TH ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION WITH COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS AND WE PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION TO THEM.
UH, ALSO WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST ANNUAL NATIONAL CHARACTERS DAY AND BE A SPONSOR WITH DR.
CYNTHIA HICKMAN AT THE MISSOURI CITY LIBRARY.
AND ALSO, UH, I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IT AS THE MISSOURI CITY BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION, GALA MC.
ANTHONY MARULAS, MISSOURI CITY GREEN, HAD ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONICS RECYCLING THERE.
HAD OVER 400 CARS AND COLLECTED OVER THREE TRUCKS FULL OF ELECTRONICS.
AND NOT IN THE WASTE, BUT INTO A RECYCLING CENTER.
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES IN THAT WAS, UM, A GUY PULLS UP IN A TRUCK AND IT'S FULLY LOADED.
AND I LOOK AT THE BACK, I GO, OH MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF TO UNLOAD.
MY WIFE THINKS YOU, BECAUSE NOW I HAVE MY GARAGE BACK.
SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT SHE WAS THANKFUL OF THAT.
EVERYONE MENTIONED JOHNNY TAMALES.
GREAT PLACE FOR FAMILIES, GREAT FOOD.
UH, PLEASE, UH, GO BY AND SHOP.
SO, MY BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING BLACK HISTORY OF THE MONTH TOPIC TODAY IS DR.
HE WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF BLOOD BANKING, SO HE CREATED HOW TO BLOOD BANK.
AND BECAUSE OF HIS INVENTION, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER AND, UH, BASICALLY MOVE AND TRANSPORT MASS QUANTITIES OF BLOOD DURING WORLD WAR II.
SO IMAGINE THAT BACK IN THE DAY, THE GUY CAME UP WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S MY TOPIC FOR THE DAY, AND HE'S A MEMBER OF OMEGA SCI FIVE FRATERNITY INCORPORATION.
WHAT TIME, UH, MAY OFFICER FITZGERALD'S, MEMORY B ETERNAL AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE AT PEACE.
I HOPE GOD, UH, GUIDES HIM TO THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
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AND THEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARSHALL.I WENT TO MOD PIZZA SUNDAY AND STARTED TEARING UP, CUZ I REMEMBER HE USED TO WORK AT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A FLOYD EMORY.
YEAH, I, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE BLACK HISTORY GALA.
UH, UH, AL GREEN IS A GREAT PRESENTER.
HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE BELIEVES IN, AND, UH, IT'S, UH, WA WAS, UH, A REAL PLEASURE TO, UH, TO BE THERE.
I ALSO, UM, FOUND OUT THAT, UH, NOW THAT, UH, OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BONY IS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, HE NOW HAS BECOME THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES
SO HE, HE'S WEARS TWO HATS AND HE WEARS THEM BOTH WELL.
WELL WORK ON THAT
AND, AND THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED.
UM, I, UH, GAVE A LITTLE, UH, TALK WITH THE MISSOURI CITY WOMEN'S CLUB.
THAT'S, UH, ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVIC CLUBS IN MISSOURI CITY.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR, UH, CONCERNS ARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MISSOURI CITY, GET ABOUT 20 LADIES TOGETHER,
SO IT, IT, BUT IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE AND, AND FRUITFUL.
I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED JOHNNY TAMALES AND HAD, UH, UH, A GREAT MEAL, MY WIFE AND MY SON.
AND, UH, THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT.
UH, AND, UH, I MIGHT ADD THAT, UH, THE OWNER OF, UH, JOHNNY, UH, TAMALES IS, UH, MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT LIVING IN SILVER RIDGE.
SO BI LOCAL, LET'S SUPPORT OUR MISSOURI CITY, UH, RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BUSINESSES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
SO THAT WAS, UH, UH, A REAL, UH, PLEASURE TO, TO SPEAK WITH THEM.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO FINALLY, UH, GIVE THANKS TO THE, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER AND JASON FOR PICKING UP THE ACTIVITIES AND THE, UH, UH, GOLF OPERATIONS UNTIL WE FIND A, UH, A REPLACEMENT FOR, UH, UH, FOR TYSON.
IT'S NOT A SMALL, UH, UH, JOB TO TAKE ON BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY ASPECTS OF WHAT GOES ON OVER THERE, NOT ONLY IN THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IN THE, UH, THE CITY CENTER, IN THE, UH, THE BANQUET AREA AND, AND, UH, THE BLUE BON GRILL.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR, UH, THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT MANY OF US GOLFERS, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, LAST WEEK, UH, WITH THE MAYORS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT TRANS STAR, WHICH IS A EMERGENCY KIND OF OPERATION SYSTEM, UM, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN A LOT.
AND, UM, THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME OUT HERE, UH, TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR, UM, NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE WITH US.
UM, I DO WANT TO COMMEND, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION.
I DID SEE DANIELLE STEWART HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO, BUT PUTTING ON THE DAD AND DAUGHTER DANCE, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
UH, BUT EVERY YEAR IT BECOMES MORE COLORFUL, BECOMES MORE CROWDED.
AND, AND KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP THAT AROUND VALENTINE'S DAY.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE PICTURES, IT LOOKS A LOT OF FUN.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN MY KIDS WERE SMALL, THEY WOULDN'T GO, UH, WITH ME.
NOW THEY'RE OLDER, THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING WITH ME.
UM, AGAIN, OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, ANDRE, OUR, UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT, JASON AND YOUR, BOTH OF YOUR STAFFS, ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, AND OF COURSE OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR THAT, THAT I SAW THAT WAS THERE AT THE GALA.
WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, SAID THANK YOU FOR COMING, BECAUSE IT RESEMBLANCE OUR CITY, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE THERE.
UM, AND IT SHOWS THAT WE CARE AND WE'RE PART OF, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT CELEBRATION, UH, WITH HIM.
AND OF COURSE, ANDRE WAS THERE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE.
UM, LASTLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, YOU SPOKE VERY PASSIONATELY, UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARSHALL.
AND I SAW THE VIDEO THAT YOU POSTED OF HIM, UH, SHOOTING AT THE BASKETBALL, AND, AND YOU SHARE THAT PICTURE OF YOU WHEN HE WAS FOUR AND I THINK, AND TODAY,
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AND HE CHANGED A LOT, BUT YOU HAVEN'T.UM, HE'S, HE'S NOW ABOUT SIX, ALMOST SIX FEET 6, 6 2.
UM, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS BECOMING 18.
SO NOW HE GETS TO VOTE, RIGHT? BRING THEM BACK OVER HERE,
UH, LASTLY, UH, OUR FORMER CITY, UM, POLICE CHIEF JOEL FITZGERAL.
UM, I, OF COURSE, I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN MARSHALL.
UM, NONE OF US UP HERE CAN EXPERIENCE THIS TO LOSE A CHILD, TO BURY A CHILD, UM, WHEN YOU ARE AT THE MOST WEAKEST POINT IN YOUR LIFE.
UM, WE HAD A GREAT TIME WORKING HERE AT THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, CEDRIC, UM, SO SOME OF YOU WHO'S BEEN HERE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T TYPICALLY CRY, BUT WHEN I HEARD THIS NEWS FROM YOU, IT WAS TOUGH, VERY TOUGH.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AND HIS YOUNGEST SON WENT TO KINDERGARTEN AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO FOURTH GRADE.
UM, I DIDN'T WANNA REACH OUT TO HIM, BUT YOU KNOW, GOD SENT AN EMAIL TO HIM, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND THE WAY IT HAD HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU READ THE, UM, ARTICLES OF THE NEWS.
IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND DISTURBING, UH, TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE, ESPECIALLY CHRISTOPHER, HIS SON LEAVES A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS, UM, BEHIND.
THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS, NO ISSUES.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 9:21 PM THANK YOU ALL.