[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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OKAY, SO THIS IS MONDAY, MARCH 6TH.
I CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:03 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL OF QUORUM.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.
WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO COME FORWARD, ANDREE HUMPHREY, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
OKAY, IEM NUMBER FOUR ARE PRESENTATIONS
[(a) Proclamation recognizing National Dentist's Day.]
AND RECOGNITION.FOUR A IS A PROCLAMATION REC RECOGNIZING NATIONAL DENTIST, A.
WE HAVE PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING A VERY SPECIAL DAY AND A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TODAY.
CHI, WOULD YOU COME ON UP? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, TODAY IS NATIONAL DENTIST DAY AND DR.
CHI IS ONE OF OUR DENTISTS, ONE OF OUR MANY DENTISTS HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE ARE RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR DENTISTS TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY DR.
SHE IS NOT JUST AN AVERAGE ORDINARY DENTIST.
UM, SHE OPENED HER PRACTICE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY IN 2016.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SHE WAS, UM, VOTED THE HOUSTON'S TOP DENTIST IN 2017, AND MOST RECENTLY WAS VOTED BEST, DENNIS IN AMERICA OF 2023.
SHE GRADUATED MAGNA C*M LATTI FROM HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, AND SHE GOT HER DOCTORATE IN DENTAL SURGERY FROM TEXAS A AND M WITH HONORS IN CLINICAL DENTISTRY.
SHE IS A MOTHER OF FIVE, AND RECENTLY WE PARTICIPATED IN HER, UM, RIBBON CUTTING, AND IT WAS SPECIAL BECAUSE SHE MOVED LOCATIONS.
BUT IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, SHE BOUGHT THE WHOLE COMPLEX, Y'ALL, SHE BROUGHT THE WHOLE COMPLEX.
SO NOT ONLY IS SHE A BUSINESS OWNER, SHE OWNS ADDITIONAL LAND IN MISSOURI CITY, AND SHE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A LANDLORD.
SO WE HAD THE COMPLETE HONOR, ME AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OF, UH, DOING A RIBBON CUTTING, UH, WITH HER AND HER STAFF LAST WEEK.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WAS THAT YOU HAD, UM, A COUPLE OF YOUR PATIENTS THAT DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM WHAT WAS WHAT CITY? DAMON, TEXAS.
AND WE WERE LIKE, WHERE IS ANYBODY EVER HEARD OF DAMON, TEXAS? ANYBODY? 1, 2, 5 PEOPLE.
AND, AND SO THE MAYOR, THAT'S HOW SMALL IT IS.
AND SO THE MAYOR ASKED ME, I JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT MADE YOU DRIVE ALL THE WAY HERE FROM DAMON, TEXAS AND TO, TO SEE THE DENTIST? WE KNOW YOU PASS UP ABOUT FIVE, 500 OF THEM TO GET HERE.
WE LOVE THE FACT THAT SHE CONNECTS WITH US NOT JUST AS PATIENCE, BUT AS FRIENDS.
AND THAT MEANT THE WORLD TO THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY CONTINUE TO COME SEE HER.
SHE ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL DENTIST DAY AND MAYOR, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE WITH ME? HOLD HER PAPER
SHE HAS, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S BUSIER ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAN ALL OF US, BUT SHE REALLY CONNECTS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO PRESENT HER WITH A PROCLAMATION.
SHE, WE DON'T GIVE THESE TO ORDINARY PEOPLE.
WE GIVE THEM TO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE.
AND TODAY, WHEREAS NATIONAL DENTIST DAY IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE AND SHOW APPRECIATION, AND THANKS FOR DENNIS, IT'S A WAY TO BRING AWARENESS TO DENTISTRY SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW TO CARE FOR THEIR TEETH.
WHEREAS WE SALUTE DENTISTS FOR KEEPING OUR TEETH LOOKING GREAT.
IT IS THEIR JOB TO PREVENT, DIAGNOSE, AND
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TREAT ORAL DISEASES, MONITOR THE GROWTH OF OUR TEETH, AND PERFORM SURGICAL PROCEDURES ON OUR TEETH AND MOUTHS, AND ALSO MAKE A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH, WITH OUR PATIENTS, RIGHT,WHEREAS DENTAL HEALTH IS IN INTEGRAL TO OUR OVERALL HEALTH.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE DENTIST HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
ALL OF THEM AND OUR LOCAL DENTISTS STRIVE TO ALWAYS EXEMPLIFY OUR CITY CREDO OF TOGETHER WE EXCEL.
NOW, THEREFORE, I COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUSER ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN, J ELLA CATT, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL BEHIND ME AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, WE DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH 6TH AS NATIONAL DENTIST DAY IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO WE WANNA PRESENT THIS TO YOU, DR.
CHI HAS ALSO WRITTEN TWO BOOKS, AND DR.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS CALLED OVERCOMING DENTAL ANXIETY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS DEFEATING DENTAL ANXIETY.
AND I'M ONE OF THOSE ANXIOUS DENTAL PATIENTS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR NOT JUST BEING A PRACTITIONER, BUT BEING AN AUTHOR TO HELP PEOPLE OVERCOME THEIR ANXIETY IN THE DENTAL CHAIR.
JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS HONOR.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING AND MISSOURI CITY HAS BEEN MY HOME.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY A FEW.
WHAT ABOUT THE BOOKS? THE THING IS, I'M FROM NIGERIA AND WE DON'T DO TI OVER THERE.
AND SO WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, I TOOK MY KIDS TO THE DENTIST LONG BEFORE I WENT TO THE DENTIST MYSELF.
AND SO I HAVE DENTAL ANXIETY AND SO I WANTED TO HELP UNDERSTAND, LIKE, HELP UNDERSTAND AND HELP MYSELF.
AND SO I WROTE THAT FOR MY PATIENTS.
SO I REALLY DO CARE ABOUT YOU OVERCOMING THE DENTAL ANXIETY.
I'M NOT THE GIRL THAT'S GONNA TAKE OFF ALL YOUR TEETH AND PUT VENEERS, ALTHOUGH I CAN DO THAT.
BUT IF I CAN HELP SOMEONE, CUZ I'M, I'M ALL DECKED OUT WITH TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST, MY PASSION IS JUST TO HELP PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEIR HEALTH.
THAT'S JUST WHY I WROTE THE BOOK, JUST TO OVERCOME IT AND JUST COME AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU TO THE VENEERS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE CAN JUST GET YOU TO TAKING CARE OF YOUR ORAL HEALTH BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND BEFORE I WENT TO DENTAL SCHOOL IS MEDICINE.
UM, I DID CANCER RESEARCH BEFORE I BECAME A DENTIST.
SO THAT BACKGROUND HELPED ME, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND I'M JUST HONORED.
CHI, WE'RE GONNA SHIFT OVER THIS WAY.
AND MAYOR, IF YOU'LL SHIFT OVER THIS WAY, WE HAVE, UM, A LITTLE SPECIAL PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA TEE UP BEFORE WE BRING THE NEXT PERSON UP.
IT'S A NINE YEAR OLD FROM TEXAS WITH A BIG HEART IS ON A MISSION TO STRENGTHEN TIES IN HER COMMUNITY AS SHE HOPES TO INSPIRE OTHERS WITH A BOOK AND A SMILE.
NINE YEAR OLD CHLOE JOINER IS ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THE WORLD ONE BOOK AT A TIME.
NOW MY GOAL IS 1 MILLION BOOKS TO 1 MILLION KIDS.
SHE PUT OUT A CALL FOR BOOKS AND PEOPLE ARE DELIVERING MORE BOOKS.
OH, PILES OF BOOKS ARE EVERYWHERE IN THEIR HOME.
WE HAVE THEM IN THE GARAGE, WE HAVE THEM IN THE DINING ROOM, WE HAVE THEM IN THE WASHROOM AS WELL.
WE HAVE THEM IN A LOT OF PLACES.
WHAT REALLY MATTERS, I LIKE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT HAS A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FROM HARD BACK BOOKS.
THIS ONE, IT'S ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRING TO CHAPTER BOOKS.
I LIKE FUNNY BOOKS AND GENTLY USED BOOKS ALL TO GIVE AWAY AND TURN A NEW PAGE IN ANOTHER CHILD'S LIFE.
THE YEAR WE LEARNED TO FLY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, CHLOE IS COLLECTING AND GIVING AWAY BOOKS ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
MY GOAL WAS A THOUSAND DIVERSITY BOOKS.
AND, UM, WE DEFINITELY READ THAT BY NOW.
I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEMSELVES IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES AND KNOW HOW IT'S LIKE SO THEY CAN START HELPING.
CHLOE'S HELPING STORY BEGAN WHEN SHE MET OFFICER JESSICA BERRY IN THEIR HOMETOWN OF
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MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.AND THEY ARE STILL FRIENDS TO THIS DAY.
SHE SAW OFFICER BERRY WITH HER LONG RED BRAID GIVING A TICKET.
SO SHE AND HER GRANDMOTHER CAME UP WITH AN IDEA.
WE KEPT GETTING BOOKS TO THE POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE IT TO THE KIDS WHEN THEY PULLED OVER THEIR PARENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR WORLD, BUT THERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD POLICE OFFICERS THERE.
AND OFFICER BARRY DEFINITELY IS AT THE TOP OF MY LIST.
CHLOE USED HER VERY OWN MONEY TO BUY THOSE FIRST BOOKS.
I USED ALL MY QUARTERS THAT I'VE BEEN SAVING UP JUST SINCE LIKE A YEAR OR SOMETHING.
AND IT ALL SUMMED UP TO A TOTAL LEVEL, $150.
NOW WITH THE HELP OF COMMUNITY DONATIONS, CHLOE ALSO GIVES BOOKS TO SCHOOLS, HOMELESS SHELTERS AND HOSPITALS.
BOOKS ARE LIKE A DOSE OF MEDICATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, YOU CAN KIND OF GO WHEREVER YOU NEED TO GO AND WHEN THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A MINUTE TO JUST KIND OF ESCAPE THAT REALITY.
I MEAN, IT CAN REALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
HERE COME, I PUT IT ON A WARM FEBRUARY SUNDAY,
THESE ARE EASY TO READ RIGHT HERE.
NEW FRIENDS CAN I, AND, AND OLD FRIENDS.
THIS IS A NINE-YEAR-OLD THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SET OUT THERE TO MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK CHLOE'S GOING TO OPEN UP THE EYES OF LOTS OF CHILDREN TO REALIZE I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP OUR WORLD.
I JUST HAVE TO JUST GET STARTED SOMEWHERE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M DEFINITELY GONNA BE, IT WAS MY GOAL, HER GOAL.
A MILLION BOOKS FOR A MILLION KIDS.
THE LATEST CHAPTER IN CHLOE JOINER'S STORY ON GIVING.
HELLO? SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR GUEST WHO HAS BEEN ON N B C NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT.
CAN WE GET A BIG WELCOME FOR HER COLEY TO COME UP HERE? SO JUST SO EVERYONE KNOW THAT DR.
SHE WROTE THESE TWO BOOKS AND SHE HAD ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO ME AND SAYING, MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT? BUT I DID TELL HER AT THAT TIME WE BEEN HAVING AS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DID A LOT OF DRIVE, ESPECIALLY DURING BOOK DRIVES ABOUT THIS.
CHI HOW WONDERFUL IT IS ON NATIONAL DENTIST DAY.
AND WHY DON'T WE GET CHLOE OVER HERE TO PRESENT THAT BOOK TO HER.
SO, SO I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE, COME ON UP HERE.
SO THESE TWO BOOKS WILL GO INTO YOUR MILLION BOOKS COLLECTION, OKAY,
AND IF YOU NEED MORE, JUST LET ME KNOW.
NEXT WE'RE GOING FOR ANDERSON COOPER, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHAT? I WANT YOU TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UH, THANK YOU EVERYONE AND PEOPLE, YOU ALL KNOW THAT CHLOE IS NO STRANGER TO THE CHAMBER.
WE, I GAVE HER HER OWN DAY TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, I ALSO PRESENTED HER WITH A PROCLAMATION, UH, THE END OF LAST YEAR FOR WINNING THE BARREN AWARD, WHICH CAME WITH HOW MUCH? 10 $10,000.
$10,000 TO FURTHER HER MISSION.
AND UM, I SEE SOME EDUCATORS IN HERE AND SO YOU'LL APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT UM, AND I THINK EVERY TIME WE PRESENT CHLOE WITH SOMETHING, SHE GETS TALLER AND TALLER CUZ I'M HUGGING UP NOW.
SO KEEP RACKING UP THOSE AWARDS AND YOU'LL BE LIKE THIS.
BUT WE WANNA SAY WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
I WANNA, UH, SEND KUDOS TO YOUR MOM, YOUR GRANDDAD, AND YOUR GRANDMOM.
UM, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, DOING GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU PUT THE UNITY IN COMMUNITY AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU HAPPY DENNIS DAY AND THANK YOU, CHLOE.
YOU KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
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1, 2, 3, 1 MORE.ALL RIGHT, ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR
[(b) Presentation of Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Award t...]
B IS PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER ASSOCIATIONS, UH, G F O A AWARD TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S FINANCE, CHARLES SERVICE DEPARTMENT.I JUST COULDN'T THINK OF ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN OUR CHAIR OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, JEFFREY ELBO.
AND JUST BE COUNCIL MEMBER TO DO THIS IN, IN RECOGNIZING THE STAFF.
GET READY TO CHEER, CRY, GET EMOTIONAL
I KNOW IT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR FINANCES, RIGHT? AND, UH, I'M HERE AT THIS TIME TO, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP THE MISSOURI CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
UH, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR 'EM AS THEY COME.
Y'ALL, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.
ANYONE AND EVERYONE TIED TO THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY.
WE'VE RECEIVED EXCITING NEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, MISSOURI.
THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HAS RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR IN 2021.
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION AND ILLUSTRATES THE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.
I DO ALSO, AS I UH, READ THIS LETTER, I WANNA ALSO LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING EXCITING.
UH, JUST LAST WEEK, UH, MOODY'S INVESTOR SERVICE, UH, UPGRADED THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S ISSUER RATING TO AA.
ONE FROM AA TWO AND THE CITY'S GENERAL OBLIGATION LIMITED TAX RATING TO AA.
ONE FROM AA TWO AA ONE IS MOODY'S SECOND HIGHEST BOND RATING POSSIBLE.
LET'S GIVE A, UH, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT.
SO I'LL READ, UH, FROM THE LETTER, IT IS FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
Y'ALL JUST RACKING UP THE AWARDS
IT SAYS, WE'RE PLEASED TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2021, QUALIFIES FOR G F O A'S CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.
THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ITS ATTAINMENT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY A GOVERNMENT AND ITS MANAGEMENT.
WHEN A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IS AWARDED TO A GOVERNMENT, AN AWARD OF FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT IS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS IN DEPARTMENT, UH, DE DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS HAVING EARNED THE CERTIFICATE.
THIS AWARD HAS BEEN SENT TO THE SUBMITTER AS DESIGNATED ON THE APPLICATION.
WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL ARRANGE FOR A FORMAL PRESENTATION, WHICH WE'RE DOING TONIGHT, OF THE CERTIFICATE AND AWARD OF FINANCIAL REPORTING ACHIEVEMENT AND GIVE APPROPRIATE PUBLICITY TO THIS NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT.
A SAMPLE NEWS RELEASE IS INCLUDED TO ASSIST WITH THIS EFFORT.
WE HOPE THAT YOUR EXAMPLE WILL ENCOURAGE OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.
LET US ALL CONGRATULATE THE MISSOURI CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON ACHIEVING THE CERTIFICATE ACHIEVEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN THE AREA OF GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, MS. ELENA PORTIS.
AND I'LL LET HER TALK RIGHT NOW, AND IF SHE WANTS TO LET ANYBODY ELSE SPEAK, SHE CAN.
AND YES, I AM SO HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND STAFF HERE TONIGHT.
THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE OUR 40TH YEAR DOING THIS.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING TOGETHER THE DOCUMENT, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK, OF COURSE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON THE ENTIRE YEAR AS FAR AS MANAGING OUR FINANCES, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE RECORDED APPROPRIATELY.
NOT ONLY IS IT OUR STAFF, BUT IT'S ALSO OTHER STAFF WITHIN THE CITY THAT ASSISTS US IN MAKING SURE THINGS ARE RECORDED RIGHT.
UH, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE AUDIT AND THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, IT'S LED BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, FATIMA YWE.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE EVERYONE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO GET UP HERE THAT OFTEN.
SO WE HAVE, UH, KEVIN COLEMAN, WHO'S OUR PROCUREMENT MANAGER.
WE HAVE SANTA CURION, WHO'S, UH, ONE OF OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS, FATIMA Y WALKWAY.
SHE'S AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER, UH, FINANCE AND TREASURY.
WE HAVE BERTH ALEXANDER, WHO'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER BUDGET AND
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PERFORMANCE.WE HAVE KAREN HUDSON, WHO'S OUR TREASURY MANAGER, WAY GO, UH, ANNA TAYLOR EDWARD, WHO'S OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER, AND WE HAVE WAA THOMAS, WHO IS, UH, ONE OF OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
UH, AND YES, WE WERE UPGRADED.
UM, AA ONE MEANS A LOT TO US, UH, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE PROUD OF CAUSE IT SAVES THE CITIZENS MONEY IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE LIKE YOUR PERSONAL CREDIT, ONCE YOUR CREDIT IS UPGRADED, THE INTEREST YOU'RE PAYING IS LESS.
SO WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S MONEY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR HIM ONE MORE TIME.
I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL DOES A LOT TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS YOU NEED.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MARY, COME ON DOWN.
Y'ALL HAVE ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE RIGHT HERE.
AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, WE HAVE TWO ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT'S WITH US.
WE HAVE KRISTEN MALONE, WHO'S OUR PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND ISD.
SHIRLEY ROSE GILLIAN, WHO'S THE SECRETARY OF THE FORT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
RIGHT, WE WILL GO INTO NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC CO COMMENTS.DEPUTY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
SHIRLEY ROSE GILLIAN, UM, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I AM, UH, REPRESENTING EDUCATORS THIS EVENING.
I AM SECRETARY OF FORT BEND IS D SCHOOL BOARD, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
DID I DO EVERYTHING THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO? YOUR ADDRESS? MY ADDRESS IS 30 11 BONNIE BRIAR DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77,000 4 59.
AND BEFORE I GO, CHLOE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
DID SHE ALREADY LEAVE? MM-HMM.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M HERE TODAY, UH, THIS AFTERNOON JUST TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION.
I AM A 32 YEAR EDUCATOR, AND, UM, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT I DO.
I'VE RETIRED AND I WENT RIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL AND I'M OUT IN H I S D, ASSISTING IN HELPING.
AND I ACTUALLY SEE ONE OF MY STUDENTS OVER HERE TO MY LEFT FROM WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.
25 OF THOSE YEARS, WERE RIGHT HERE IN FORT BEND IS D I WORKED FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE, TEACHING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL OF BUSH HIGH SCHOOL, MARSHALL AND MCCULLOUGH.
I COME TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR, WITH, UH, YES.
AND I'M ASKING TODAY, AND I'M GONNA GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF WHAT THE REASON FOR IT IS.
UH, I'M ASKING TODAY TO PROTEST THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE LAND.
WE ARE ASKING TO DENY THE PERMIT AND PLEASE VOTE AGAINST IT.
AND WHAT I HAVE MANY TIMES, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I AM IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE ARE, UH, SANCTIONED BY THE STATE.
WE HAVE PROFESSIONALLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
OUR AVERAGE TEACHER EXPERIENCE IS 10.9 YEARS AS COMPARED TO A CHARTER SCHOOL OF 3.3 YEARS.
TEACHERS HAVE ADVANCED DEGREES.
WE HAVE 30% OF OUR TEACHERS WITH ADVANCED DEGREES AS COMPARED TO 15%.
TEACHER TURNOVER IS LESS THAN, UH, TEACHER TURNOVER AT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
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LESS THAN TEACHER TURNOVER AT, UH, CHARTER SCHOOLS, STUDENTS PER TEACHERS, STUDENT STUDENTS PER TEACHER, 15.3 STUDENTS COMPARED TO 17 STUDENTS IN CHARTERS.I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS OUR DIFFERENTIATION IN HOW WE WORK WITH OUR CHILDREN.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE'RE LOOKING OUT A LOT OF SERVICES AND MOST OF THOSE SERVICES NOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH COVID 19, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND, UH, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.
OF COURSE, ASSISTANT HELPS US, BUT THE, THE MAJOR ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE LEARNING LOSS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS CERTIFIED TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR STUDENTS, BE WITH OUR CERTIFIED.
I'M SORRY, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME.
OH, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET A MINUTE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA GIVE ME A OKAY.
THAT THREE MINUTES WENT BY REALLY QUICK.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE KRISTEN MALONE, SIMON MALONE.
SO AS YOU, AS YOU COME UP, JUST WATCH THE CLOCK.
WE PUT THESE ON IT JUST FOR THREE MINUTES.
AS YOU APPROACH YOUR PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THREE MINUTES I MOMENT, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 2123 SOUTH FOUNTAIN VALLEY IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77,459.
AND, UM, AS YOU ALREADY MENTIONED, YES, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF FORT BEND, I S D, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING RIGHT NOW, AND I HAVE CHOSEN TO SHOW UP LATE TO OUR MEETING BECAUSE FOR ME, THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO SPEAK.
HOWEVER, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS KRISTEN, THE RESIDENT, THE TAXPAYER IN MISSOURI CITY, NOT AS THE TRUSTEE.
THE TRUSTEE DID SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, OPPOSING CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND WE GAVE, I SENT YOU THIS SPECIFIC PARAMETERS AND SUCH.
SO AS THE TAXPAYER, I ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND I BELIEVE IN TAX TAXES WITH REPRESENTATION, NOT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS, THERE IS NOT REPRESENTATION.
WHY? WELL, FORT BEND, I S D AND OUR I S D SCHOOLS HAVE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES THAT ARE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.
CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE THAT.
WHO ARE THEY ACCOUNTABLE TO? I ASK YOU THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE ISDS HAVE.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHER CERTIFICATIONS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING PROPERTY.
THEY CAN JUST GET MONEY FROM THE STATE AND US AS THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR IT.
WHERE IN FORT BEND, WE RECENTLY CALLED FOR A BOND, WHICH OUR VOTERS WILL DETERMINE IN MAY, WHETHER IT PASSES OR NOT, AND WILL ELECT WHETHER WE TAKE THAT TAX BURDEN OR NOT.
IT IS NOT FAIR AND IT IS NOT RIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN I THINK ABOUT PERFORMANCE, FOR ME, I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
I HAVE SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND BECAUSE I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, PLENTY OF FRIENDS AND FRIENDS THAT ARE LIKE FAMILY WHERE I GENUINELY CARE ABOUT EDUCATION AND EDUCATING ALL OF OUR KIDS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND IN THE AREA.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT PERFORMANCE, AND I COMPARE DIRECTLY, YES, PREP TO THE LOCAL I S D, I SEE THAT GRADUATING STUDENTS THAT ENTER SCHOOL, 59.3% OF FORT BEND, I S D KIDS WHO ENTER INTO A TWO YEAR OR FOUR YEAR PUBLIC INSTITUTION, 59.3% ARE ABOVE A 3.0 GPA.
WHEN I LOOK AT BELOW A 2.0 GPA, 27.2% OF YES.
PREP OR BELOW A 2.0 FORT BEND, 17.7 ON THE 2.2 TO 2.99, IT'S A 14.3 TO 23%.
ESSENTIALLY, FORT BEND OUT KICKS THEIR COVERAGE IN EVERY SINGLE FACET.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE SAFE.
FORT BEND, I S D SPINS $173 IN COMPARISON TO 32 AT YES PREP.
SAFETY AND SECURITY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS CARE ABOUT THAT AND PRODUCING KIDS WITH EQUALITY EDUCATION TO SUPPORT THIS COMMUNITY.
YOUR IN OUR GROWTH IS IMPERATIVE AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE CHARLES MCKINNEY AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 33 0 2 TEXAS PARKWAY IN JUBILEE APARTMENTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS COMING TO THE PODIUM, BUT I'M HERE ANYWAY.
AT ANY RATE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THERE, AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT THREE
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YEARS OLD IN THE APARTMENTS, AND I'VE TRIED TO GET HELP WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THERE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER TENANTS.AND I'S BEEN FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
I TRIED WITH THE MANAGER AS WELL AS THE OWNERS, AND I HAD, I, THEY TOLD ME THAT I COULD COME HERE TONIGHT AND SEE IF I COULD GET SOME OF THE ISSUES.
UH, I HAVE A LIST OF GRIEVANCES HERE SIGNED BY SOME OF THE TENANTS IN THE APARTMENT AS WELL AS THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR VERIFICATION.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE COUNCIL PERSON IS FOR MY AREA.
77, 4 89, WHOEVER IT IS, THAT'S YOU.
UM, I'D LIKE TO PASS THESE ON BECAUSE, UH, WE HADN'T, WE HAD, CAN'T GET ANY ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SECURITY THAT, SHOULD I SAY THE LACK OF SECURITY, NO CAMERAS, NOTHING.
WE HAVE NOTHING GOT PETS RUNNING IN THE HALLWAY, KIDS LIVING IN THE APARTMENTS, AND THEIR 55 PLUS UNITS.
WE GOT KIDS LIVING THERE RIDING BICYCLES IN THE HALLWAY.
WE HAD FIVE BREAK-INS LAST WEEK, AND WE WENT TO THE MANAGER AND SHE, ALL SHE WOULD SAY WAS, UH, DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING VISIBLE IN YOUR CAR.
THESE ARE OLDER PEOPLE AND I'M HERE TO TRY TO REPRESENT THE UNIT MYSELF THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO COME.
MOST OF 'EM ARE WHEELCHAIR WALKERS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT.
AND I'D LIKE TO PASS THESE ON TO WHOEVER HONOR, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS, AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHO WE HAVE NEXT WE'LL HAVE MS. BRENDA CLARK.
MS. BRENDA, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I RESIDE AT 34 18 LACOSTA ROAD, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE MY STRONG FEELINGS AND CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER SHOCK, RIGHT? UM, I'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES BEFORE IN THE YEARS PAST, AND I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE.
I'VE HEARD A RUMOR THAT Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING MOVING THE ANIMAL SERVICES TO A NEW DEPARTMENT.
IF THIS IS TRUE, AND EVEN IF IT ISN'T MY WORDS STAND, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS BEING DULY CONSIDERED FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM.
IF THIS IS TRUE, PERHAPS IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC AND GREAT MOVE FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT IS INDEED A FACT, THAT IT IS THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
OUR SHELTER HAS COME TOO FAR, AND IT HAS GONE WAY TOO LONG WITHOUT OUR DOGS SAY WOLF WOLF, OUR KENNELS STINK.
THE SHELTER WAS BUILT OVER 12 YEARS AGO, OVER 12 YEARS AGO, AND IT STILL ONLY HOUSES THE SAME 32 DOGS.
WITH OUR GROWING POPULATION OF MISSOURI CITY, WE SEEM TO BE VERY PROUD THAT OUR CITY IS GROWING.
I AM TOO, BUT 80,000 PEOPLE AND STILL 32 DOGS.
I ASKED THESE QUESTIONS NOT ONLY AS A CITIZEN, BUT AS I AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE SHELTER.
I SPEND MANY HOURS OF MY LIFE AND MY TIME WORKING WITH THESE DOGS, HELPING THEM GET OUT ALONG WITH THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
I APPROACH SASHI IN JUNE OF 2022 REGARDING MY FEELING THAT THE CITY IS NOT PROACTIVE, BUT IS REACTIVE ON ANIMAL SHELTER ISSUES.
WE RECEIVE VERY LITTLE MEDIA PR COMMUNICATIONS, VERY INADEQUATE AND INEFFECTIVE CITY SPONSORED LOST DOG STRAY REPORTS.
TRY SEARCHING ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR A LOST DOG.
BUDGET REQUEST FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR SOFTWARE FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS BEEN DENIED AT LEAST TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
THIS SOFTWARE WOULD GIVE REAL TIME STATUS ON DOGS UPON INTAKE, UPON ADOPTION, UPON EUTHANASIA, UPON TRANSPORT, THAT WE WORK HARD TO GET DOGS OUT TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
THIS PROBLEM COULD SOLVE THE CITY POSTING ISSUE.
OUR SHELTER WAS BUILT, AS I SAID, 12 YEARS AGO.
WE ALLOWED STAFFORD TO HOUSE THEIR DOGS IN OUR CITY SHELTER, AND THAT STILL CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T A GREAT FIT FOR OUR DOGS, ESPECIALLY, WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHY I'VE ASKED MANY TIMES.
I KNOW NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING THE SAME WAY FOR SO LONG DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD NOT MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN GOING FORWARD TO LAURA GONER SHOULD NOT BE MANAGING STAFFORD DOGS.
THAT SHOULD NOT BE HER JOB DESCRIPTION,
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AND I'M SURE SHE'S NOT GETTING PAID FOR IT.THIS IS AN OLD CONVERSATION TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO MOVE ITEM SEVEN A ONE.
UH, AND YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT IF THE BODY CHOOSES TO DO SO WITH, UH, UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
IF NOT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY CALL FOR A VOTE.
SO CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? DOES IT HAVE TO BE THROUGH HERE? UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, IF THERE'S UNANIMOUS CONSENT, YOU ALL CAN JUST, UM, GO AHEAD AND USE THE SYSTEM TO OKAY.
SO DO YOU STILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND OR MAY? I MEAN, I'M JUST, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THEN YOU ALL CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD.
BUT IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION, THEN YOU ALL WILL, UH, PUT IN A MOTION IN A SECOND.
SO IF THERE'S UNANIMOUS CONSENT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUT, AND THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, MAYOR, I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE ONE ITEM BEFORE THAT CONSENT AGENDA, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE BEING PULLED.
I SUGGEST WE JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA AS IS RIGHT NOW.
HUH? IS THAT EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS? I AGREE WITH MR. BONY.
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ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, IS CONSENT AGENDA.SO IS THERE A, SO I SEE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? IT'S NOT QUEUED UP.
SO WHILE I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TO MEMORY.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST MOTION APPROVED.
CAN WE LOOK AT, SEE IF SHE CAN QUEUE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED TO ACTION.
[(a) ZONING PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES]
SEVEN A SEVEN A ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF AN 8.22 ACRE ATTRACTIVE LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC USE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE.AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
UM, I'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN A ONE CITIZEN CITY SEC.
DEPUTY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.
MR. MAYOR, WE DO, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? UM, TOTAL COUNT.
OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE, WITH THE, GO AHEAD WITH THOSE.
AND, AND THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, BUT IF Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, I WOULD ASK THAT IS THREE MINUTES TIMES 11.
YOU CAN SEE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE, UH, IF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST, BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY WITHIN THAT THREE MINUTES ABOUT THIS ITEM ONLY.
BUT IF YOU CONCUR WITH OTHERS, UH, YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SPEAKING, UM, PLEASE ALLOWED TO SAY THAT YOU ARE FOR IT OR AGAINST.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN KEEP MOVING.
SO FIRST WE'LL HAVE MS. GLORIA LUCAS.
MS. LUCAS, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
GLORIA LUCAS, 1 5 4, 1 4 POOL VIEW FUND, PARK BOARD OF DIRECTOR.
I'M HERE TO PROTEST THE COMING OF YES PREP SCHOOL.
I WANNA FIRST SAY THAT I'M APPALLED THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVE THIS IN SPITE OF ALL THESE OBSTACLES THAT ARE IN THE WAY.
ANOTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT, FIVE OF THESE HERE, SUPPORT, UH, LETTERS ARE NOT IN FUND PARK SUBDIVISION.
OKAY? FIVE OF THEM OUT OF WHAT? OUT OF EIGHT.
SO THEY DO NOT LIVE IN FUNDER PARK SUBDIVISION.
WE HAVE POINTED OUT SEVERAL TIMES, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE THE MAP UP THERE THAT THIS WILL NOT BE CONDUCIVE TO FUNDER PARK SUBDIVISION NOR TO FUND MEADOW.
THIS WILL BE A DISRUPTION OF OUR SUBDIVISION AS WELL AS TO THE FIRE STATION.
AGAIN, I'M JUST APPALLED THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED THIS.
BASED ON THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
I AM ALMOST SURE 100% SURE TEXT.IS NOT GOING TO APPROVE THIS.
BASED ON THE LOCATION AND THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT, THEY WANT TO GO OFF THE FOR OFF THE FEEDER.
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LETTERS THAT WERE SENT OF THESE, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION, THIS IS DECEPTIVE.SO THIS SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL.
THEY DO NOT LIVE HERE IN THIS SCHOOL.
I WISH YOU WOULD TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION.
DO NOT DISRUPT OUR SUBDIVISION BY ALLOWING THEM IN HERE.
WE ARE TAXPAYERS, WE ARE HOMEOWNERS, AND WE ARE VOTERS.
WE ARE TAXPAYERS, WE ARE HOMEOWNERS, AND WE ARE VOTERS.
WE DON'T WANT THIS DISRUPTION IN OUR SUBDIVISION, OKAY? WE HAVE PEOPLE WALKING MOURNING EVENINGS TO AND FROM THAT AREA EVERY DAY.
AND WITH THAT HEAVY TRAFFIC THERE, THAT WILL CAUSE A DISRUPTION.
WE ARE HOMEOWNERS, WE ARE TAXPAYERS, AND WE ARE VOTERS.
WE ARE HOMEOWNERS, WE ARE TAXPAYERS, AND WE ARE VOTERS.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE CHERYL ORLOFF, PLEASE, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I RESIDE AT 11 8 0 2 SOUTH PERRY AVENUE, FOND PARK, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
YES, I'M HERE IN REGARDS TO THIS, YES, PREP SCHOOL.
FIRST OF ALL, THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY DID NOT DO THEIR HOMEWORK OR INVESTIGATE ANYTHING, SO I GIVE THEM AN F.
AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS 1500 MAIL OUTS SENT OUT FOR THEIR OPEN HOUSE.
WELL, FOND AND PARK DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY.
THE TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION IS A DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AT MCLEAN.
SO WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU GET? TRAFFIC WOULD BE WORSE IF YOU PUT A SCHOOL THERE WITH PEOPLE COMING IN.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A LANE OF TRAFFIC ON THIS FRONTAGE ROAD BECAUSE THEN IF SOMEBODY NEEDED TO GET DOWN THE FRONTAGE ROAD, YOU CAN'T SEE PAST THOSE CARS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE AS IT IS IN MISSOURI CITY.
WE'RE LOSING POLICE EVERY DAY.
HOW ARE THEY GONNA PATROL OUR SUBDIVISION IN THIS SCHOOL? THEY CAN'T.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS WOULD PUT HORRIBLE PLANS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR FRONTAGE ROAD IN THE MORNINGS ALL DAY LONG, EVEN IN THE EVENINGS, THIS WOULD CREATE A HAZARD TO THEM GOING OUT ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE MCLEAN TURNAROUND THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE BELTWAY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BELTWAY OVER TO OUR SIDE AT MCLEAN, WHICH IS ONLY FOUR FEET AWAY FROM THE BELTWAY.
THAT'S GONNA CREATE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. SCHOOL BUSES.
WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE SCHOOL BUSES IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
WE HAVE ENOUGH AS IT IS, AND HALF OF THEM I SAW TODAY OUTTA MY KITCHEN WINDOW WAS ONE OF YES PREP'S, SCHOOL BUSES THAT PARKS ILLEGAL TO LET KIDS OUT AND BLOCKS PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE MS. JEANETTE QUIMBY AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I LIVE AT 1 18 14 SOUTH WILLOWDALE CIRCLE.
SO I'M GONNA REITERATE WHAT CHERYL DID SAY ABOUT THE INVITATION SO I CAN VOUCH NORTH AND SOUTH WILLOWDALE AND NORTH AND SOUTH WILLOW NEVER RECEIVED AN INVITATION IN THE MAIL REGARDING THEIR OPEN HOUSE.
SO THAT WAS A HALF WHATEVER AT PLANNING.
THE PLANNING LETTER THAT WENT OUT DID GO TO SEVEN RESIDENTS WHO DID DENY AND SAID NO.
FIVE WERE YESES THAT WERE INTERESTED PARTIES IN NON-RESIDENTS THAT HAD INFORMATION BLACKED OUT ON THEIR FORMS. WHY WAS THE INFO BLACKED OUT? ALSO, NOT KNOWING THAT INTERESTED PARTIES COULD ALSO FILL OUT THAT FORM.
BELIEVE ME, I COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOU MORE FORMS FILLED OUT BY RESIDENTS OF FOND AND PARK WHO WOULD'VE SAID NO TO IT, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE ONLY TIME YOU COULD FILL OUT THAT SPECIAL FORM WAS YOU HAD TO BE WITHIN 200 FEET.
SOMETHING'S CHANGED WITH THE TIMES.
OKAY? THEY CHANGED THE ENTRANCE FROM THE SCHOOL FROM BEING PRIMARILY OFF OF MCLEAN TO BEING OFF OF BELTWAY EIGHT.
THERE IS NO TECH STOP TRAFFIC SURVEY REGARDING THAT TRAFFIC ON BELTWAY EIGHT YET, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO IT TILL THEY GET APPROVAL.
MY QUESTION IS, IF IT GETS DENIED BY TEX OT TO HAVE A MAIN ENTRANCE TO THAT SCHOOL ON BELTWAY EIGHT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? DO THEY GO BACK TO PLANNING WITH A NEW MAIN ENTRANCE OFF OF MCLEAN, WHICH BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
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FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE HIGHLY AGAINST HAVING AN ENTRANCE TO A SCHOOL IN FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE AND WITH YOU'LL SEE IN THE PLAN LATER ON THE ENTRANCE OR THE SCHOOL BUSES IS IN FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE ENTRANCE.UM, THE FEEDER ROAD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SETUP THAT YES, PREP HAS ON SIX 10, THE FEEDER FOR THAT SIX 10.
PREP IS A STRAIGHT, FLAT AWAY THE FEEDER ROAD FOR BELTWAY EIGHT, APPROACHING THE ENTRANCE TO THAT.
YES, PREP ACADEMY IS AN INCLINE.
IF YOU COME OUT TO THE PICKLE PARK PICKLE COURT DEDICATION TOMORROW, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE SAY YOU'VE GOT AN INCLINE RAMP OF ABOUT 35 DEGREES GOING UP UNTIL IT GETS ABOUT WITHIN 20 FEET OF THE MCLEAN INTERSECTION.
ANY CARS WAITING TO GET INTO THAT SCHOOL AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON HAVE A HIGH RISK OF BEING HIT FROM ANYONE FLOORING IT TO GET UP THAT INCLINED OFF, OFF OF SOUTH MAIN.
IF THE SCHOOL HAS TO PUT AN ENTRANCE ON MCLEAN, WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR EXPANDING THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE ENTRANCE ON THAT SIDE OF MCLEAN IS A TWO-LANE ROAD THAT ALSO ALREADY HANDLES 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC.
COMING OFF OF THOSE WAREHOUSES, YOU WOULD NEED TO EXPAND MCLEAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA TRAFFIC WAITING TO ENTER THAT SCHOOL.
SO AGAIN, WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT? THAT'S THE PUBLIC STREET THAT WILL COME UNDER MISSOURI CITY'S JURISDICTION TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT COULD BE PREVENTED BY SAYING NO.
NOW AGAIN, YES, PREP I, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEY TEACH A LOT OF KIDS.
I'M LOOKING AT MY SAFETY, I'M LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF THEIR PARENTS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF THOSE STUDENTS AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO COMMUTE ALONG BELTWAY EIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY 90 TO GET ONTO THE MAIN BELTWAY EIGHT RIGHT AFTER MCCLAIN BOULEVARD.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR DESIGN AND THEIR PLAN, YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT TRAFFIC MERGES IN THE HAZARD THAT IT CAN DEVELOP WHEN YOU COME TO PICKLEBALL COURT.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A JOE RELIC AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I'M JOE FRAK, 15,210 EAST HAMPTON CIRCLE FONT AND PARK MISSOURI CITY.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT.
FOLKS, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME.
I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU YES, PREP NEEDS TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO LOCATE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR US IN FONT PARK.
WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS FEEDING INTO OUR SUBDIVISION.
DIG IN YOUR HEARTS, PUT YOURSELF IN OUR PLACE, DO THE RIGHT THING.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE CARMEN DEVILLE DARVILLE AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
GOOD EVENING, CARMEN DARVILLE, 97 11 LAFAYETTE WAY, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77,459.
UM, I SERVE AS THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AT YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THIS IS MY EIGHTH YEAR AT YES PREP.
OVER 16 YEARS IN EDUCATION, WORKING FOR THE TWO LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
HOUSTON I S D IN DALLAS IS S D.
I'M THE PREVIOUS CHIEF OF STAFF AND A TALENT LEADER.
YES, PREP HAS OVER 25 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS, 24 CAMPUSES SERVING OVER 18,000 STUDENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT CHARTERS.
WE SERVE MAJORITY BLACK AND BROWN LOW INCOME KIDS.
AND IF YOU DISAGGREGATE THE DATA FROM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AND COMPARE IT TO YES PREP, YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE STRINGENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ARE SUBJECT TO A THREES STRIKES POLICY BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
WE HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS AND WE RECEIVE VERY LIMITED FACILITIES FUNDING.
THE TRADITIONAL I S D RECEIVES ABOUT $1,700 PER STUDENT, AND THE TYPICAL CHARTER RECEIVES $200 PER STUDENT.
WE ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.
MYSELF, I'M A MOM OF TWO FORT BEND, I S D STUDENTS.
MY DAUGHTER'S HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, UM, WHO'S IN THIRD GRADE AT LEONI SCHOOL, WE GO TO AN EXCELLENT FORT BEND I SD SCHOOL.
SHOUT OUT TO PRINCIPALS, SWINGER, AND HER ENTIRE STAFF.
I BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET.
OUR YOUNGER SON, COOPER, WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, ALSO ATTENDS A FORT BEND I S D LEONARDI, BUT ONLY CERTAIN CLASSROOMS WILL MEET HIS NEEDS.
AND SO I WANT CHOICE AVAILABLE TO ME AND AVAILABLE TO OTHER PARENTS.
I GREW UP IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MYSELF AND HAD TO TRA TRANSFER TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT MY PARENTS MADE.
AND THE REALITY IS PRIVATE SCHOOL IS A CHOICE AVAILABLE TO THOSE IN PRIVILEGE.
AND FOR FAMILIES OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, THEIR CHOICES ARE LIMITED FOR A VARIETY
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OF REASONS AS TO WHY THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO CHOOSE WHAT TYPE OF SCHOOL THEY ATTEND.I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM DIVINE SAVIOR ACADEMY AND WE HAVE SO MANY EXCELLENT SCHOOLS AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND I JUST WANT THE SAME AVAILABLE FOR YES PREP STUDENTS.
I'M WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ANYONE AS SO MANY MEMBERS OF MY STAFF ARE.
SO MANY OF THE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THIS POTENTIAL CAMPUS ARE ACTUALLY ZONED TO H I S D.
YES, SOME FORT BEND I S D STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE THIS, BUT AS A FORT BEND RESIDENT, I WOULD WANT ALL FAMILIES TO HAVE CHOICE.
SO COMPETITION REQUIRES ALL OF US TO STEP OUR GAME UP IN SHORT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CHOICE SHOULD NOT BE RESERVED FOR THE PRIVILEGE, BUT CHOICE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.
BRAZO SECONDARY HAS BEEN SERVING KIDS THREE MILES AWAY FOR A DECADE, AND MANY OF THESE PARENTS WOULD LIKE THEIR OTHER CHILDREN TO ATTEND, TO ATTEND A SCHOOL AS PART OF THE SAME THEATER PATTERN.
BRA OAKS SECONDARY HAS A HUNDRED PERCENT COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE AND A 90% FOUR YEAR RATE, AND THOSE KIDS RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY GIVE BACK.
I HOPE YOU WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE KEITH WEAVER, PLEASE AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
KEITH WEAVER, MANAGING DIRECTOR.
PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.
UM, WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY YOUR, A HOLD ON YOUR ADDRESS, SIR.
WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AROUND THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS AND WHAT YES, PREP HAS DONE, UH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE ORIGINALLY DID THE PRE-PLANNING MEETING, UH, WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND GOT HELD UP AT THE COURT AS THEY VOTED TO REQUEST A TRA A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THE SITE BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
WE WENT BACK, WE DID THE, DID THE T I A, PRESENTED IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THEY REJECTED US.
AGAIN, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE DID SEVERAL RENDITIONS AND WE ALSO TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US.
WE PUT THOSE INTO PLAY ON THE PLAN.
WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WORKED, MET THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE PUT FORTH.
THEY PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND SENT US ON TO A, OR GAVE US A, UH, ACCEPTABLE LEVEL RATING AND MOVED US ON TO YOU GUYS FOR VOTE FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT SO THAT WE CAN GO INTO PERMITTING.
THE COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP EARLIER ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS MCCLEAN AND THE FIRE STATION AND THOSE THINGS.
ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DRESSED IN THE T I A.
WE'VE PULLED THE TRAFFIC OFF OF MCCLEAN BOULEVARD AND MOVED OUR ENTRY EXIT TO THE BELLWAY EIGHT SIDE.
IT IS CURRENTLY IN WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH TEXT DOT FOR APPROVAL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, GIVING YOU THAT CONTEXT, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO VOTE FOR APPROVING THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A VADA CAESAR, PLEASE AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MY NAME IS JADA CAESAR, JADA, I'M SORRY, 2322 BRIGHT SUNRISE TRAIL, FRESNO, TEXAS 77 545.
I'M A BRA OAKS ALUM IN COR CURRENT EMPLOYEE.
UM, I WAS A GIFTED STUDENT, BUT ONCE I GOT TO BRA OAKS, IT BECAME MY SAFE SPACE.
BECAUSE BRAY OAKS WAS SO SMALL, MY TEACHERS WERE MY EXTENDED FAMILY.
THEY SAW MY GIFTS, THEY SAW MY TALENTS AND CULTIVATED THEM FROM THE START.
BRA OAK HELPED ME EARN A PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP, $400,000 THAT PAID FOR ALL FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE, A SUMMER IN SCOTLAND, AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AFTER I GRADUATED.
I HAVE WORKED AT GUEST PREP AS A SEVENTH GRADE ELA TEACHER, AND MORE RECENTLY AS A COLLEGE COUNSELOR.
MANY PEOPLE ASKED ME WHY I DECIDED TO WORK AT BRAYS OAKS.
I CAME BACK BECAUSE I WANTED TO POUR INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT ONCE POUR INTO ME, I WAS SEEN AND I WAS SEEN TO HURT AS A STUDENT, AND I'M STILL SEEN AND HURT AS A STAFF MEMBER.
BRAYS OAK'S SECONDARY HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER A DECADE WITH OUTSTANDING RESULTS.
AS A COLLEGE COUNSELOR, THE CLASS OF 2023 HAS A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCEPTANCE RATES OF FOUR YEAR COLLEGE, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK, BUT NOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY STUDENTS HAS A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE AS AN OPTION.
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HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT OPTION.A LARGE PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS COME FROM OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ALREADY BEHIND BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW READING LEVELS.
BRAS OAKS SECONDARY OFFERS ALL OF THESE STUDENTS READING INTERVENTION CLASSES TO HELP INCREASE THEIR PROGRESS.
HAVING BRA OAKS ELEMENTARY WOULD ALLOW US TO BRIDGE THE GAP BEFORE THEY EVEN ENTER BRAYS OAKS SECONDARY.
I'VE NOW TAUGHT GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES.
THE FAMILIES ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH SOMEONE FROM THEIR COMMUNITY.
I GREW UP IN MISSOURI CITY AND I THINK THE CITY COULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING A SCHOOL THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH AND HAVE A PLACE THAT IS COMMITTED TO GIVING STUDENTS THE QUALITY EDUCATION THAT THEY DESERVE.
SO I ASK THAT YOU HOPE FOR BRAYS OAKS ELEMENTARY.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE, UH, NADIA ESP ESPINOZA.
PLEASE, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, RECOGNIZE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 23 0 2 LANDSLIDE DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77 0 31.
I'M HERE TO, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED YES, PREP BRAZOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I LIVE ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THIS BUILDING, AND I'M A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER AT YES PREP.
BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A PARENT.
MY DAUGHTER NICOLE, GRADUATED FROM YES PREP LAST YEAR AND IS NOW A SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE STUDENT AT HCC STAFFORD.
BUT HER EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY WASN'T EASY.
SHE STARTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT AN I Z AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER.
BY THE TIME SHE REACHED SIXTH GRADE, THOUGH SHE WAS A FLUENT ENGLISH READER, THERE WERE MAJOR GAPS IN HER READING COMPREHENSION.
WE CHOSE TO ENROLL HER AT YES PREP.
YES, PREP OFFERED HER THE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT TO CLOSE THE GAPS IN HER READING COMPREHENSION.
IN HER HIGH SCHOOL YEAR, SHE WAS ALSO ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE TRIPS THAT HELPED HER GAIN CONFIDENCE THROUGHOUT HER TIME AT YES PREP, THE COLLEGE FOCUS CULTURE TOLD HER OVER AND OVER THAT COLLEGE WAS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE FOR HER, BUT THAT SHE COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT SHE NEEDED.
YES, PREP HELPED HER GET ACCEPTED AND EARNED SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPORT HER ATTENDANCE.
I'M GRATEFUL TO YES, PREP FOR OPENING DOORS FOR MY DAUGHTER AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO PURSUE HER DREAMS. I ONLY WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE STARTED EARLIER IF NICOLE HAD BEGUN AT YES PREP AS AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT.
I BELIEVE SHE WOULD'VE HA HA SHE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO PLAY CATCH UP IN SIXTH GRADE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR SUCCESS FROM THE START.
TODAY I HEAR ABOUT THE BILINGUAL PROGRAMMING AT YES PREP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND I'M THRILLED THAT OTHER FAMILIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE LIFE-CHANGING PROGRAMS THAT MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T HAVE.
I WANT THAT FROM MY COMMUNITY FOR MY NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THIS NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ALSO, AS A SIXTH GRADE READING ENRICHMENT TEACHER, I GET TO SEE ABOUT 165 SIXTH GRADERS EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
OUT OF THOSE 165 SIXTH GRADERS THAT I GET AS A READING LAB TEACHER, ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 110 STUDENTS OF THOSE COME IN WITH READING GAPS.
I KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVE THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE YES PREP CULTURE THAT WE HAVE, THOSE GAPS WILL BE LESS AND WE'LL SEE LESS STUDENTS COME IN INTO SIXTH GRADE WITH LESS GAPS WHEN IT COMES TO READING COMPREHENSION.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE STEVE BASSETT.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE RECOGNIZE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
STEVE BASSETT, UH, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR BEND ISD.
HERE TO SPEAK OPPOSED TO THE ES UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
I'M AT, UH, 1522 DAVIS SEAS BOULEVARD.
BASICALLY THINKING ABOUT THE INEFFICIENCIES OF HAVING TWO SYSTEMS, THE CHARTER SYSTEM AND THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN JUST THE, UH, MARSHALL FEEDER PATTERN ALONE, K THROUGH K THROUGH EIGHT, WE HAVE 2000 OPEN SEATS.
OKAY? AND SO FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL TO COME IN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR THE, FOR THEIR OVERALL TAXPAYERS.
AGAIN, WE TAKE ALL KIDS, IT'S NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
AND EVEN WITHOUT THAT, OUR ACADEMIC RESULTS ARE, ARE BETTER.
UH, UH, MS. MALONE WENT THROUGH THAT A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
LET'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPENDING, THOUGH.
WE SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE PER STUDENT IN INSTRUCTION.
UH, OUR YES PREP SPENDS $53 PER STUDENT IN, UH, HEALTH SERVICES.
SO COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO US? WE SPEND $276 PER STUDENT.
WE HAVE AN RN AT EVERY CAMPUS THAT KIDS BENEFIT FROM.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND ALL THE IMPACTS GOING ON WITH MENTAL HEALTH, UH, WE SPEND $191 MORE PER STUDENT THAN, THAN YES PREP.
AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ADMINISTRATION, JUST GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, WE SPEND ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS PER STUDENT ON GENERAL ADMINISTRATION THAN YES.
PREP, YOU KNOW, SO IN THIS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RESULTS OR WHATEVER ELSE BEFORE, AND THEY DO HAVE CERTIFIED TEACHERS.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE 30, 73% OF THEIR TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED.
99% OF OUR TEACHERS ARE CERTIFIED.
OUR TEACHERS HAVE 7.6 MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAN THEY DO.
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TURNOVER FOR ALL TEACHERS.THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE AS YOU GO YEAR TO YEAR.
UH, THINK ABOUT THIS ALSO FROM A, UH, UM, UH, JUST FROM A TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE, CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT FROM PAYING PROPERTY TAXES IF APPROVED.
THIS, THIS SITE, AND THIS IS A PRIME TIME SITE, I MEAN, RIGHT THERE AT HIGHWAY 90.
AND, AND THE BELTWAY, UH, IF APPROVED, THAT SITE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY TAX ROLLS AND WILL REDUCE THE FUTURE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FOR MISSOURI CITY AND FOR FORT BEND IS D AND, YOU KNOW, FOR, THEY SHOULD PROBABLY PICK SOMETHING ELSE IF THEY ARE GONNA BE IN THE AREA THAT ISN'T SUCH A PRIME SITE FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
BUT WE JUST ASK THAT YOU VOTE NOW.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE A PENELOPE HAZELWOOD AS YOU PRO APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS PENELOPE HAZELWOOD, 1 18 19 SOUTH MARYANNE CIRCLE IN FONDER PARK.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN FONDER PARK FOR 56 YEARS.
I MOVED IN WHEN FOND ROAD WAS, UH, JUST GRAVEL, HAD HORSES AND CATTLE GRAZING ON EACH SIDE.
THAT'S WHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ENTIRE AREA WAS WONDERFUL.
BUT WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT.
WE WANTED PROGRESS, RESTAURANTS, MOVIE THEATERS, SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
CIVILIZATION TOO BAD THAT WE GOT WHAT WE DREAMED OF, BUT IT CAME AT A PRICE.
ALSO, OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, ONLY HAD ONE ROAD IN AND ONE THE SAME ROAD OUT.
NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
ONE OF THE ROADS, MCCLEAN BOULEVARD IS THE PROPOSED, IF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL IS BUILT, LEADS US TO THE PROBLEM.
YES, PREP SCHOOL PLANS TO BUILD ON THE CORNER OF MCCLEAN BOULEVARD IN BELTWAY EIGHT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE THAT APPROVED THIS HAS OBVIOUSLY NOT THOUGHT THIS OUT.
THERE IS A FIRE STATION, WHICH WOULD BE ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL AND JUST DOWN FROM THE FIRE STATION OR WAREHOUSES.
THE SCHOOL'S ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOULD BE ON EITHER SIDE OF MCLEAN, WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH RESPONSES FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, UH, IT WOULD BLOCK AND HINDER TRAFFIC ON MCLEAN WITH RESIDENCE, WANTING TO ENTER AN EXIT.
THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS AN ENTRANCE OR EXIT ON A BELTWAY.
WHAT CHAOS AND MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS WILL BE WAITING, THIS IS IF TRAFFIC IS EXPECTED TO COME DOWN OFF OF HIGHWAY 90 ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND SLOW DOWN FOR SCHOOL ZONES FOR CHILDREN LOADING OR UNLOADING.
IN CONCLUSION, THE BUILDING OF A SCHOOL ON THIS PROPERTY IS A POOR AND IMPRACTICAL PROPOSITION.
A DANGER NOT ONLY TO CHILDREN, BUT ALL PERSONS TRAVELING ON EITHER MCCLEAN OR THE BELTWAY.
I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THIS LUDICROUS PROPOSAL.
ALLEN FAR, AND AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
11, 7 34 NORTH INGHAM CIRCLE IN FLO AND PARK.
UM, I'M TRYING TO BE SPECIFIC.
THE STREET ITSELF IS A VERY CONGESTED STREET.
MANY TIMES IT'S ONLY TWO LANES.
I'M GOING TO, I'M NOT AN ARTIST, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THE WHOLE AREA LOOKS LIKE.
IF YOU COME DOWN THE STREET FROM
THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GONNA COME TO IS A TENNIS COURT ON THE LEFT.
THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET THE FIRE STATION ON THE LEFT.
THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET A COUPLE OF WAREHOUSES WITH BUSINESSES.
THEN YOU'RE GONNA COME TO, UH, TWO LANE CIRCULAR STREET THAT CIRCLES AROUND, UH, OFF.
SO YOU CAN GO CIRCLE OFF SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT THE, AROUND THE, UH, BELTWAY FEEDER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND YOU CAN REACH THE BELTWAY FEEDER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
ONE, ONE FOR COMING, ONE FROM GOING THERE.
AND THEN YOU COME OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE TO GO FORWARD TOWARD 90 A.
IF YOU CAN GET ON WITH ONE OF THE LANES TO GO TO 90 A, UH, TOWARD HOUSTON, OR YOU GO RIGHT
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TOWARD MISSOURI CITY, THAT'S YOUR CHOICES.OR YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT AHEAD, UH, INTO FOLLOW UP THE BELTWAY A.
NOW, OTHERWISE YOU GO DOWN AND YOU, AND YOU COME TO BELTWAY A AND YOU ONLY HA YOU CAN ONLY GO.
RIGHT? IT'S VERY DANGEROUS THERE WHEN YOU, WHEN IT GETS BUSY, THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO 45.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU, SOMETIME THEY'RE GOING 70 OR MORE AND YOU HAVE TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT.
AND, AND IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AN EXIT, UH, BY MEANS OF IN, BY THEIR SCHOOL RIGHT INTO THAT TRAFFIC, YOU HAVE BIG POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A, THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD BE OPPOSITE ALL THIS STUFF.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE THE GENTLEMAN THE PICTURE TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL ART, BUT AT LEAST IT'LL GIVE YOU A PICTORIAL WHAT THEY'VE ALL BEEN SAYING.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY IT.
AND AS FAR AS THIS BUSINESS ABOUT RULING OUT THE SCHOOLS, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
MY SYNAGOGUE CONGREGATION, BETH, SHE HAS A VERY FINE ONE.
IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND IT EMPTIES IN THE FRANK WAY, WHICH IS A STREET THAT'S NOT DANGEROUS.
IT FEEDS INTO BEST INTO, UH, BEACH TIME.
AND IT'S SAFE CUZ YOU DON'T GO RIGHT INTO BIG TRAFFIC.
THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 81 AND ITEM 7 82, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF AN 8.22 ACRE TRACT LAND IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A SPECIFIC USE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE.
AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
OKAY, SO I'M GONNA PRESENT, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THIS IS AN IMAGE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, COMMENTS WERE JUST OVER, UH, SITE LOCATION.
SO FOR THOSE, UM, NOT KNOWING WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED, THE SUBJECT SITE IS SHOWN IN THE BLACK OUTLINE ON THE SCREEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MCCLAIN BOULEVARD IN THE BELTWAY EIGHT, UH, SAM HOUSTON TOLL ROAD.
UM, IT'S ALL OF THE AREA WHERE THE LABEL SAYS PROJECT LOCATION.
YES, PREP HAS SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION.
UH, THE LAND IS CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL, WHICH THE INDUSTRIAL USE DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL.
UM, AND A LIGHT MANUFACTURING WAREHOUSE USES THIS APPLICATION WOULD NOT REMOVE, UH, THOSE USES.
THAT INDUSTRIAL, UH, WOULD STILL, STILL BE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY.
WHAT THIS APPLICATION WOULD DO IS TO ADD THE ABILITY FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, AN EDUCATIONAL PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, UM, THROUGH THE S U P.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT IS BEING CONSIDERED THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU, UH, IS, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THAT USE.
IN ADDITION TO, UH, WHAT THE EXISTING ZONING IS ON THAT PROPERTY.
THESE ARE, UH, PERSPECTIVES OF WHAT THE CAMPUS COULD LOOK LIKE, UH, WHAT YES, PREP HAS PRESENTED.
UM, KEEP IN MIND WITH LAND USE, LAND USE IS NOT ABOUT THE PARTICULAR GUEST PREP.
IT'S ABOUT THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY IS AN SUITABLE LAND USE.
UH, FOR THIS SUBJECT LOCATION, THIS IS, UH, YES, PERHAPS POTENTIAL, UH, UH, CAMPUS LAYOUT SHOWING A BUILDING, UH, BUILDING FOOTPRINT FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS YOU HEARD, A FEEDER WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN WITH, UH, ACCESS OFF OF BOTH, UH, MCLEAN AND OFF OF, UH, THE BELTWAY.
THIS IS THE LAST ITERATION OF THE SITE PLAN, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AGAIN, THIS SHOWS THE LOCATION, UH, WHERE THE LABEL THAT SAYS HARRIS COUNTY, W C I D NUMBER TWO, THAT'S NOT PART OF, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
UH, YES, PREP HAS PRESENTED A CONCEPT PLAN, UH, THAT SHOWS SITE WORK BUILDING FOOTPRINT, UH, FOR THE AREA CLOSER TO MCCLEAN, THE PORTION TO, UH, THE NORTHWEST OF, UH, THE W C I D W C I D NUMBER TWO LABEL, UM, DOES NOT HAVE PROGRAMMING, UM, WITH THIS SITE PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE ITERATION, THE ACCESS WHERE YOU SEE BELTWAY EIGHT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, PRIMARY ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS FOR VEHICLES, UH, TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU SEE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACCESS FOR, UH, SCHOOL BUSES ENTERING THE SITE, UH,
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DURING PEAK UM HOURS.THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, DID CONSIDER THIS ABOUT THREE TIMES.
UM, AND AT, UH, THE LAST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AFTER CONSIDERATION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES FORWARD A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITH THE, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THEIR FINAL REPORT, UH, FOR COUNSEL TO, UH, APPROVE THE S U P FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THESE ARE SOME COMPARISONS FROM, UH, ORIGINAL ITERATIONS OF THE CAMPUS.
UM, YOU HEARD SOME OF THAT ALLUDED TO IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, CAMPUS LOOK CALLED FOR 73,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, FACILITY, ALLOWING FOR UP TO A THOUSAND STUDENTS.
UH, WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE ORDINANCE, UM, IS A 65,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WITH A MAXIMUM OF 700 STUDENTS.
SO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING, UM, IS TO ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, EDUCATIONAL PLACE OF ASSEMBLY WITH A MAXIMUM OF 700 STUDENTS IN YOUR ORDINANCE AS WELL.
IF THE ENROLLMENT INCREASES ABOVE 700 STUDENTS, THEN AN UPDATED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED, UH, FOR REVIEW.
THESE ARE PERSPECTIVES FROM THE INTERSECTION, UH, THAT YOU JUST HEARD, UH, DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THIS KIND OF GIVES A PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE HILL, UM, WHAT THE IMAGE WOULD BE FROM THAT 65,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.
UM, AND THEN THIS ALSO GIVES YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF THE RAMP.
UM, THE VIEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE STANDING AROUND HIGHWAY 90, UH, LOOKING UP, UH, THE RAMP ALONG BELTWAY EIGHT.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
IF COUNSEL HAS ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, UH, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE.
IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND QUEUE IN, UM, ONTO THIS, UM, OUR SYSTEM.
SO I'M, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, THIS, THIS QUESTION MAY NOT BE DIRECTED TOWARDS YOU, BUT I I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DO WE RECEIVE ANY SUPPORT LETTERS FROM ANY RESIDENTS FROM FOND PARK? HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
ALL OF THE SUPPORT LETTERS THAT STAFF HAS RECEIVED ARE IN THE PACKETS, UM, AND NONE OF THOSE HAD FOUND PARK ADDRESSES.
UM, THE SECOND, UH, QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW, UM, IF THIS WAS APPROVED, HOW WOULD WE MANAGE OR MONITOR THE CAMPUS ENROLLMENT OF MAXIMIZING ONLY 700 STUDENTS? SO IF YOU KEPT THE ENROLLMENT AT 700, THEN THAT WOULD BE A CONDITION OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, AND THEN ALSO A CONDITION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, AND SO COUNCIL CAN PUT A ANNUAL REPORTING OR A SCHOOL YEAR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REPORTING THAT THEY REPORT BACK, UM, TO CONFIRM WHAT THAT OCCUPANCY IS.
UM, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR, UM, ELENA, WHAT IS THE VALUE? WHAT IS THE TAX ROLL VALUE FOR THIS LAND? GOOD EVENING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE ASSESSED VALUE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THIS LAND NOW IS $6,415, AND APPROXIMATELY $4,800 OF THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS A STATEMENT, UM, REALLY TO THE, UM, MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND THOSE THAT HAD SPOKEN, UM, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE MUNICIPAL ROLE FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WE'RE TASKED WITH, UH, MAKING EXECUTIVE DECISIONS AS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, UM, OUR CITY BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS, UH, FOLLOWING POLICIES AND MANAGING THE, THE BUDGET, UM, THAT'S TASKED TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS, UM, UNFORTUNATELY OF MAKING GOOD AND BAD DECISIONS AS IT RELATES TO EDUCATION.
THAT'S NOT WHAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, SO I JUST WANT US TO KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE ARE MAKING OUR DECISIONS AND WHEN WE'RE GOING AND DOING OUR RESEARCH AS WELL.
UM, I DO DO SEE WHERE THIS IS A CONFLICT IN WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE ON AS IT RELATES TO, UM, INTERRUPTING, POSSIBLY INTERRUPTING THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AND THE SAFETY AND THE ISSUES, UH, AS IT RELATES TO OUR FIRE STATION.
NUMBER TWO OVER THERE, PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS CAR RIDERS.
UM, I'M GOING TO PAUSE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, BUT THAT'S MY STATEMENT.
SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SKETCH, THE SITE PLAN OR THIS ONE? UM, NO, NOT THIS ONE.
SO, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING OFF A BELTWAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
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WAY THROUGH BELTWAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.SO THE FIRE STATION TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT CUTOUT RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE RIGHT HAND? WELL, MY RIGHT HAND, BUT THAT EN THE EXIT OR ENTRANCE WHERE IT SHOWS THE BUS, SCHOOL BUS MM-HMM.
SO IF THAT ENTRANCE WAS NOT THERE, LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT MEANS ALL OF YOUR VEHICLES WOULD HAVE TO GO IN THROUGH THE BELTWAY AND IN AND OUT.
SO THERE'S NO ENTRY POINT AT, AT ANYWHERE TO, UH, LAN.
GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THAT ACCESS RIGHT ACROSS MCLEAN ON THE FIRE STATION AS IS PROPOSED, IS FOR SCHOOL BUS ONLY, ENTRY ONLY, AND IT'LL BE RESTRICTED IN SUCH A WAY THROUGH CAR READERS OR WHAT ONLY SCHOOL BUS CAN ENTER, NOT EXIT.
NOW, THE GENERAL TRAFFIC WOULD BE COMING OFF THE BELTWAY FEEDER, AND THE DRIVEWAY THAT YOU SEE ON THE FAR LEFT CORNER IS WHERE, UH, THE DROPOFF KIDS WILL ENTER, DROP OFF AND GO THROUGH THE LANE THERE TO PICK UP THE KIDS AND EXIT, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL BUS THAT WILL EXIT.
SO TO RETRAIN WHAT I SAID, THE SCHOOL BUSES CAN ONLY ENTER AS PROPOSED OFF OF MACLEAN, AND THE OTHER TRAFFIC CAN ENTER AND EXIT OFF OF BELTWAY EIGHT.
AND I MAY WANT TO ADD THIS EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, AND THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME FROM P AND Z AS WELL, AND OUR CONSULTATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF, THIS WAS DONE TO ELEVATE TRAFFIC AND OVERCROWDING ON MACLANE AND TO PRIMARILY USE THE, UH, THE EX, UH, THE DRIVEWAY OFF OF BELTWAY AS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR THIS FACILITY.
SO I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
MY QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ENTRY POINT OFF OF MCLEAN FOR THIS SITE? I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, YES.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ENROLLMENT OF 700 ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES HAVING ONE ENTRY IN THE EXIT, I THINK THAT CREATES A CHALLENGE.
LET ME ASK YOU BACK, THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE BUILT ON THE OTHER SIDE, BEHIND THE FIRE STATIONS, RIGHT? WE, WE HAVE, PEOPLE CAN COME TODAY THROUGH MCLEAN, MAKE A RIGHT ON, WHAT IS THAT STREET? UM, THE ONE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CLOSE, WHAT IS THAT NAME OF THE STREET? EAST HAMPTON.
SO TODAY PEOPLE COME UP THROUGH MCLEAN PAST THE FIRE, THE FIRE STATION MAKES A RIGHT ON THAT ROAD AND GET INTO, I'M TALKING ABOUT TRUCKS.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE AN ANOTHER ENTRY POINT, WHICH IS OFF OF FONDRICK, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO TO YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU JUST SAID, WE ARE TRYING TO CLOSE TWO, TWO WAY OF COMING IN ON EAST HAMPTON.
SO MY QUESTION BACK TO YOU AGAIN, SIR, IS DO WE HAVE TO HAVE MCCLEAN TO HAVE THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE CARS OR ONLY CARS AND SCHOOL BUSES, OR ANYBODY THAT'S ENTERING TO THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITE OR ONLY ENTERING THROUGH BELTWAY, THEN NOBODY GETS ON MCLEAN.
YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT? WE ARE, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
AT THE SAME TIME I'M MAKING A CONTRAST, IS THAT FOR THE COM FOR THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE ABOUT TO CLOSE.
SO THIS WAY IT WON'T HAVE TWO, UH, ENTRANCES POINT OFF OF THIS.
SO I'D LIKE SOMEONE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY, UNLESS YOU TELL ME FOR THERE IS A CONCERN OF SAFETY, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO ENTRY POINTS.
ONE HAS TO BE OFF OF MCLEAN, THEN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I, I THINK, UH, MAYOR, THAT MAY BE AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, BUT BASED ON MY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER SPR SCHOOLS THAT WE DID THE VISIT, THEY HAVE TWO ENTRANCES.
ONE FOR THE SCHOOL BUS FOR, UH, UH, FOR THE STACKING OF SCHOOL BUS AND THE OTHER DRIVEWAY FOR THE GENERAL TRAFFIC FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED.
UH, THEIR INTENTION FIRST WAS TO MAKE MCLEAN THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE, WHICH, UH, THE PNC DID NOT WANT TO.
AND THE STAFF BASED ON DISCUSSIONS, UH, DIRECTED THEM TO USE BELT WEIGHT AS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED TO HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS, AND THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE APPLICANT.
I YIELDED BACK, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSH.
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SURE IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR SHAHI OR FOR JENNIFER.UM, WE DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YES, PREP DID COMPLETE A TIA.
UM, WERE THE CRASH REPORTS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS INCLUDED INSIDE OF THAT TIA I COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE T I SUBSEQUENTLY, SOME REQUESTS HAVE COME IN AND STAFF HAS RESEARCHED THE OFFICIAL CRASH DATABASE.
WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION, UH, RIGHT AT THE LOCATION OF, UH, BELTWAY EIGHT AND MCLEAN, THE NORTHBOUND FEEDER.
UH, OVER A PERIOD OF LAST THREE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR REPORTED CRASHES BASED ON THIS REPORT.
IN THE LA WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, I UNDERSTAND.
AND CRASHES WITH INJURY OF THOSE FOUR WOULD BE ONE.
UM, IS, IS THAT, IS THERE NOT A STANDARD THAT THE CRASH REPORT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE T I A T IS GENERALLY, HOW DO YOU MITIGATE YOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES THAT YOU'RE GENERATING? UH, OFTENTIMES IT'S NOT INCLUDED, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THAT, WHICH WE DID AND THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, OR WE GATHERED THAT INFORMATION.
JU JUST, UH, UM, THESE ARE JUST GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AT THIS POINT.
THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY QUESTIONS.
I, I DID THE VERY BEST THAT I COULD TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON IF, UM, CHANGING THE ZONING TO ALLOW THE SCHOOLS SHOULD FIT THERE WITHIN THE NEEDS OF OUR OWN CURRENT CITY.
I EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY CALL THEIR OPPORTUNITY LOCATOR.
I DID NOT DENOTE WITHIN THEIR OPPORTUNITY ZONE LOCATOR THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY WAS WITHIN THAT PURVIEW.
IF I WAS READING THEIR MAP CORRECTLY.
WHAT I DID DETERMINE TO SEE IS THAT IT DOES FALL WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, WHICH WOULD BE MORE SO HOUSTON.
AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS IN WHICH I HEARD FROM SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OF YES PREP, THEY THEMSELVES INDICATED THAT THIS WOULD BE MORE SO FOR AN H I S D SCHOOL.
NOW, BY NO MEANS AM I CITING THAT I AM NOT PRO SCHOOL BECAUSE I AM, MY CONCERN THOUGH IS THIS, IF WE ALREADY HAVE LOW ENROLLMENT INSIDE OF OUR OWN CURRENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SOME TYPE OF TEAM EFFORT FOR YES.
PREP IN OUR CURRENT SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO HELP GET OUR ENROLLMENTS UP AND IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THIS PATIS, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, JUST MERELY A STATEMENT.
THE LAST PART OF MY STATEMENT, AND I'M SO SORRY, MAYOR, I WILL BE A VERY QUICK, QUICK HERE WITH THIS.
UM, OF THE 957 TOTAL CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE YES PREP BRAZE OAK, UH, LOCATION IS RANKED 415, NUMBER FOUR 15 OUT OF, UH, THE 957.
AND THAT'S JUST PULLED JUST FROM GENERAL INFORMATION.
I, FOR ONE, AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED WITH THE CRASH REPORTS AND THE, UM, TRAFFIC THAT DOES GO ON OVER THERE.
AND, AND I'M JUST NOT AT THE POINT WHERE I CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THIS SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO SIT HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR TRACKED.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
UM, I, I ATTENDED, UM, THE LAST TWO P AND Z MEETINGS, UH, WHERE THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS HEARD AND ALSO HAVE DRIVEN THE AREA IN THE MORNINGS, IN THE AFTERNOONS AROUND THE TIME THAT YES, PREP WOULD BE OPERATIONAL.
AND I STILL HAVE A QUESTION ON THE STACKING ISSUE.
UM, IT'S, IT GETS PRETTY BUSY AROUND THOSE TIMES, AND I'M JUST WITH THAT ONE ENTRANCE EXIT OFF OF, UH, THE BELTWAY.
UH, AND NO OTHER PLACE TO RELIEVE THAT, THAT THAT TRAFFIC AND THOSE VEHICLES, UH, I SEE IT AS POTENTIAL, UH, ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN OR, YOU KNOW, A CON A MAJOR CONGESTION.
UH, AND SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED BY THE APPLICANT A LITTLE EARLIER ABOUT, UH, HOW THAT COULD OR WOULD BE MITIGATED, BUT JENNIFER, UH, SHAHI, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THAT'S GONNA BRING ABOUT, UH, I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, WHEN THIS CONCEPT CAME TO US BEFORE, THE ENROLLMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED WAS ABOUT THOUSAND STUDENTS.
SO WE HAVE STANDARDS IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL THAT ARE INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NECESSARY STACKING LENGTH REQUIRED IS.
THAT STACKING LENGTH IS THE LENGTH GOING ACROSS THE SCHOOLS.
OUR TRAFFIC TEAM DID A VERY EXTENSIVE REVIEW AND FOUND OUT THAT THE STACKING LENGTH, WHAT THEY HAD PROPOSED IS NOT ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT A THOUSAND ENROLLMENT.
SO IT DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL
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OF THE T I OR, UH, UH, CLEARING THE T I A COMMENTS.AND THEN THE APPLICANT CAME BACK WITH A REDUCED SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS 700 STUDENTS.
AND THEN THE CRITERIA MET, MET THE STACKING REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS THE 3000 FEET THAT THEY'RE REFERENCING TO.
SO AS FAR AS THE STACKING REQUIREMENT IS CONCERNED, WE'VE DONE AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH AND WHAT THEY PROPOSED MEETS OUR CRITERIA THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, SHAHI, I REVIEWED, UM, THE STATE DATABASE, UM, BASED ON THE VICINITY OF MCLEAN AND US 90, THEIR CRASH REPORTS.
AND WHAT I FOUND IS FROM 2020 TO 2022, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED, THE STUDY PERIOD OF THREE YEARS AT BELTWAY EIGHT AND US HIGHWAY 90, THERE WERE 79 CRASHES WITH INJURIES WITH A TOTAL OF 229 CRASHES, UM, AT THE BELTWAY.
UM, AND MCCLEAN, WHICH YOU ALLUDED TO, WELL, THERE WAS FOUR CRASHES, ONE OF THOSE WITH, WITH INJURY.
THE OTHER ONE WAS THE BELTWAY AT THE FEEDER OF MCCLEAN.
UM, THERE WAS SIX CRASHES WITH INJURIES AND 13, UM, TOTAL FOR THE PERIOD.
SO MY CONCERN IS, UM, WITH HOW THE STACKING METHOD IS ON PAPER, IT LOOKS GREAT.
UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND VISIT THE ACTUAL CAMPUS, AND WHAT I FOUND WAS SOMEWHAT CONCERNING TO ME IS THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS, I THINK THE ENROLLMENT IS UNDER 300 FOR THEIR ELEMENTARY CAMPUS.
I SAW THAT THERE WERE FIVE, UH, BUSES LINED UP IN THEIR STACKING.
THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNED ME IN COMPARISON TO HAVING 700 STUDENT COUNT, UH, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A WHOLE LOT MORE BUSES THAT ARE GONNA BE TRAVELING IN AND OUT OF FUNDER PARK.
UM, THE ISSUE FOR, THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES, AND THE OTHER ISSUE FOR ME IS WE AS A CITY ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING A PRESS BUDGET AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING MCLEAN, MCLEAN BOULEVARD HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS OF TRAFFIC, NOT TO MENTION THE SERVICE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT.
AND NOW WE'RE SEEKING TO PUT EVEN MORE PRESSURE ON THESE STREETS, NOT TO MENTION DISRUPTION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THEN THE FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO IS A MAJOR, BECAUSE THAT IS ONLY A TWO-LANE, UM, STREET AT MCLEAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THESE BUSES ARE GONNA BE COMING IN, IF THEY'RE COMING IN OFF OF THE BELTWAY, OR IF THEY'RE GONNA BE TRAVELING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FUND AND PARK THE BACK WAY TO TURN INTO THAT ONE ACCESS FOR THE BUSES TO, TO LINE UP.
AND WHAT I SAW VISUALLY AT THEIR OTHER CAMPUS IS WHERE THE PARENTS ARE LINED UP AND THESE CARS ARE STACKED AROUND THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE STACKED DOWN THE FEEDER OF SIX 10, AND THE ONLY ENTRANCE INTO THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE NOT COMING TO PICK UP KIDS, THEY HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND INTO THE ENTRANCE OF THE ACTUAL EXIT LANE TO GET INSIDE OF THE CAMPUS.
I SAW MULTIPLE TIMES CARS ALMOST RUN INTO EACH OTHER BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE AROUND THAT PARTICULAR LANE THAT'S TECHNICALLY AN EXIT LANE.
I SEE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES AND ACCIDENTS, NOT JUST FOR THE PARENTS AND THE SAFETY OF THESE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NOT TO MENTION THE FACT IF THESE BUSES OR CARS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH TRYING TO GET INTO THIS PARTICULAR LANE, HOW DO I, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOW DO THOSE, THOSE, THOSE TRUCKS GET IN AND OUT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, IF POTENTIALLY THERE'S A BUS COMING IN OFF OF THE BELTWAY TO TURN RIGHT ON MCCLAIN AND THEY'RE WAITING TO SAFELY TURN LEFT INTO THAT ONE DRIVEWAY, AND THEY'RE WAITING THERE, IF THERE IS A CALL FOR STATION NUMBER TWO TO GO OUT, OUR TRUCKS CANNOT GET OUT.
THESE ARE THE REALISTIC ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
THE PAPER LOOKS ONE WAY, BUT FACTUAL INFORMATION AND WHAT WE VISUALIZE AND WHAT I SAW IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, I AM SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION, BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF THESE RESIDENTS, THE DISRUPTION OF THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS IN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SPOT, AND I SEE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND I SEE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS, AND WE'RE GONNA GET ALL THE BUTT OF THOSE COMPLAINTS, THOSE CONCERNS.
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AND THEN WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THESE ROADS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND WE HAVE NO FUNDS TO SUPPORT THAT.RECOGNIZING MAYOR PROTO EMORY.
UH, SAHI, UH, DID I HEAR EARLIER THAT, UH, TO, UH, PUT THE, UH, ENTRANCE EXIT OFF OF OUR ENTRANCE OFF OF, UH, THE BELTWAY OR TAKE TEXTILE APPROVAL? WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, OUR MAIN PRO, THERE IS A DRIVEWAY ALREADY ON THE BELTWAY FEEDER, AND THAT IS THE DRIVEWAY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AS WELL.
NOW, TEXTILE WILL HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE T I A AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS, WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS ASKED IS IF IT WERE A SCHOOL ZONE, THEY CAN PUT A SCHOOL ZONE FLASHER, WHICH ENABLES REDUCED SPEED LIMITS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ONE OF THE ABILITIES FOR TRAFFIC EXITING FROM MELANE ONTO BELTWAY NORTH.
IT WOULD GIVE, UH, WHAT WE CALL A GAP TO BETTER FACILITATE THAT ENTRANCE.
SINCE THE LAST P AND Z MEETING, OUR TEAM, MY STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO TECHSTAR.
AGAIN, TECHSTAR DOES NOT COMMIT TO PUT THE SCHOOLS ZONE FLASHER.
THEY, THEIR PREFERENCE IS TO HAVE THE PRIMARY ENTRANCES OFF OF MACLEAN.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE S U P GETS APPROVED AND THE PRIMARY ACCESS IS PROVIDE OUT OF BELT WEIGHT, TECHSTAR WILL EVALUATE IT.
THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES TO PUT A SCHOOL ZONE THERE ON BELT WEIGHT FEEDER.
AND, AND WHAT'S THE PROBABILITY OF TEXTILE APPROVING? THAT I CANNOT SPECULATE, BUT GENERALLY, IF THERE IS A SCHOOL ZONE, UH, THEY, THEY TEND TO PUT A SCHOOL ZONE FLASHER, ESPECIALLY IF A SAFETY ISSUE LIKE THIS IS PRESENT.
UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS THE, THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED FOR 700 OR A THOUSAND.
INITIALLY THEY PROPOSED 1000, BUT NOW THEY REDUCED THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING FOR A CAP OF 700 ENROLLMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY PROPOSED IN THE U.
AND FOR THEM TO, UH, INCREASE THEIR, UH, ENROLLMENT TO A THOUSAND THAT HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER T I OR, YES.
SO THE LANGUAGE TO SEND YOUR ORDINANCE, UM, HAS THE CAP AT ENROLLMENT AT 700, AND THEN WITH THE PROVISION THAT IF IT EXCEEDS THAT, THEN AN UPDATED T I A WOULD NEED TO BE SUBMITTED.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE REASON WAS THAT THEY DROPPED THE ENROLLMENT ANTICIPATION FROM A THOUSAND DOWN TO 700? I CAN ANSWER THAT.
MAYOR PROTE, UH, ONE, THE STACKING THE CURRENT SITE LAYOUT AND CONFIGURATION WOULD NOT HAVE SUPPORTED THE STACKING FOR THOUSAND STUDENTS.
SO THEY HAD TO DROP THE ENROLLMENT TO MEET THE STACKING REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS REQUIRED PER OUR STANDARDS.
SO ARE, ARE YOU TELLING ME THEY'D NEVER BE ABLE TO GO FROM 700 TO A THOUSAND? BECAUSE THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH DEAL.
I JUST HAVE ONE, UM, QUESTION FOR IT.
IT IS WHAT GRADE TO WHAT GRADE IS THIS GONNA BE? ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS WHAT THIS CAMPUS WOULD BE.
SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE FIRST GRADE, UM, THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
UM, NOT SEEING ANY, UM, NO OTHER, DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.
UH, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? A MOTION IS TO DENY THE S U P, UH, FOR YES.
THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.
UH, SO STATE YOUR MOTION ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE VOTE.
MY MOTION IS TO DENY THE S U P FOR YES PREP.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
NO, WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? BECAUSE OKAY.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE THE MOTION PASSE SUPPORT IN ONE.
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TO MOVE TO ITEM[8. AUTHORIZATIONS]
NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZATIONS.WE HAVE EIGHT, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT WITH PHILLIPS 66 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE RIGHT OF WAY DEED AT THE FREEDOM TREE PARK SITE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGHAM, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
COUNSEL, IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY.
CAN WE ASK CONGRESSMAN GRANDE COME UP AND JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT? I WAS GONNA RECOGNIZE HIM, BUT WHEN YOU WERE DONE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST PRESENTING
WELL, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT NEEDS A, A LOT OF BACKGROUND.
UH, THE, THE STORY BEHIND THE FREEDOM TREE PARK IS, IS WELL KNOWN TO MOST OF YOU.
UH, THE RESIDENTS PASSED A BOND TO DEVELOP THIS PARK AT THIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREA OF OUR TOWN.
UH, WHEN WE WENT TO START DOING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, WE REALIZED THAT A, A PIPELINE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS ABANDONED, UM, THE PIPE WAS ABANDONED, BUT THE EASEMENT WAS STILL ACTIVE.
UM, AFTER TRYING TO, UH, UH, DO THIS ON OUR OWN, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND, AND, UH, ARE BLESSED TO HAVE, UH, A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, UM, WHO HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO, ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT IS, IS WE ARE A APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH PHILLIPS 66 THAT WILL AMEND THEIR, UH, RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT IN THAT PARK.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO BUILD THE PARK AS DESIGNED, AND THEN IF THEY EVER NEED TO GO IN, UH, THAT WE'LL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE SPACE, UH, TO GO IN AND, UH, DO WHATEVER WORK THEY MIGHT NEED TO DO ON, ON THE PIPELINE.
AND I'D LIKE TO YIELD THE, THE MIC TO CONGRESSMAN GREEN.
THERE'S ANY OTHER BACKGROUND? THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY KIND AND WARM STATEMENTS.
MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR PRO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, AND IT'S AN HONOR BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.
THIS NOTION OF A FREEDOM TREE PARK IS HISTORIC, AND I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT I'D LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT THE AMIABLE AND AMICABLE ATTITUDE DISPLAYED BY PHILLIP 66.
THEY WERE MORE THAN COURTEOUS AND KIND.
THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA, NOT ONLY OF JUST THE EASEMENT, BUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF A FREEDOM TREE PARK.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY CALLED THIS TO MY ATTENTION.
WE SPOKE TO EXECUTIVES WITH PHILLIPS 66, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HISTORIC, NOT ONLY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT ALSO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BECAUSE I INTEND TO PLACE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD THAT ON THIS DAY, ON THIS EVENING, THIS ORDINANCE BECAME APPROPRIATE.
AND I ASSUME THAT IT WILL PASS, UH, IS MY HONOR TO BE WITH YOU.
AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO I'M RECOGNIZING CONS, UH, MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU, CONGRESSMAN, FOR DOING THIS FOR US.
JASON, THANK YOU FOR SEEING THIS THROUGH, AND JUST COULDN'T APPRECIATE YOU MORE, SIR.
CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING EVER PRESENT AND EVER ACTIVE.
UH, AS A CONGRESSMAN, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE BUSY, BUT TO ALWAYS STOP THROUGH MISSOURI CITY AND SUPPORT, WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED HERE.
THANK YOU, JASON, FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR OUR PARKS IN OUR CITY TO MAKE THEM BETTER.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY FOR, UH, HAVING THE WILLPOWER AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO, WE NEED TO GET HIGHER UP, HELP
AND SO FOR THAT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
AND I KNOW THAT THE ANCESTORS WOULD APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONI.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU CONGRESSMAN GREEN, FOR NOT JUST, UH, HELPING TO GET THIS, UH, HE HELP THIS BECOME A REALITY, BUT, UH, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, UH, YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAD A BUSY DAY AND, UH, JUST WAS RUSHING
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OVER HERE FROM ANOTHER IMPORTANT, UH, EVENT, UH, ON A ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE.BUT TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR, FOR THIS, THIS, THIS VOTE, UH, MEANS SO MUCH.
I WANNA, UH, SAY TO YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JASON HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US, UH, TO, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND DEFINITELY MY COLLEAGUE, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM EMERY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS JESUS, UH, SINCE, UH, UH, 2018, UH, 2018, UH, TO TRY TO HELP THIS COME TO FRUITION.
UH, AND WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ALMOST HOME, UH, UNTIL THIS ISSUE CAME UP WITH THE EASEMENT.
AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO DELAY, HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO ANOTHER DESIGN, UH, WHICH WOULD'VE PUT US BACK, WHAT, JASON, ABOUT ANOTHER NINE MONTHS.
SO, SO, SO PICKING UP THE PHONE, WE WERE IN THE MEETING ACTUALLY HERE IN THE BACK.
AND, UH, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUE.
AND, AND I SAID, WELL, I KNOW WHO WE COULD POSSIBLY CALL.
AND, AND, AND SOON AS WE CALLED YOU, YOU WERE SO QUICK TO, TO HELP AND JUMP IN AND GOT YOUR STAFF INVOLVED, AND, AND IT HAPPENED SO FAST, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR NOT ONLY HELPING TO GET THIS EASEMENT, UH, RELEASED TO US, BUT ALSO, UH, TO GET THEM FULLY COMMITTED, CUZ THEY'RE NOT JU THEY'RE COMING TO FOR AN EVENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOON, UH, TO ACTUALLY DO A MORE CEREMONIAL, UH, SIGNING OF THIS DEAL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMITMENT TO, TO MISSOURI CITY IS, IS PARAMOUNT.
RECOGNIZING, MAY I APPROACH IN MEMORY? WELL, CONGRESSMAN GREEN, THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
YOU'VE SHOWED THAT, UH, WHEN MISSOURI CITY NEEDS SOME ASSISTANCE, YOU'VE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
UH, I THINK IT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT, UH, WE, UH, REALLY NEEDED TO BUILD ALLIANCES BETWEEN OUR CITY AND OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND, UH, IT'S THOSE TYPES OF, UH, UH, ALLIANCES THAT, UH, PROVIDE THE, UH, THE RESULTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE WORKED ON AND, AND HELPED US WITH.
AND AS I TOLD, UH, COUNCILMAN BONY, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES,
UH, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, I KNOW THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING THE, UH, BROOM TREE PARK ON THE GROUND AND, UH, BEING UTILIZED BY, UH, OUR CITIZENS.
MAY I HAVE A PARTING WORD, MAYOR? YES, SIR.
UH, MR. MAYOR PROTE, I THANK YOU BECAUSE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON BOARD.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNCIL, AND I WOULD COMPLIMENT JASON AS WELL.
UH, HE HAS MADE THE PRESENTATION OF THIS PARK PERSPICUOUS CLEAR, SUCH THAT EVEN PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE SOME LIMITED UNDERSTANDING HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO, THE, UH, APPLAUSE THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ACCORDED THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNCIL.
SO I'D ASK MY CONSTITUENTS TO JOIN ME IN GIVING THE COUNCIL A HAND.
I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT TO IT, TO, UM, ADDING IT TO CONGRESSMAN GREEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.
UH, AS COUNCILMAN MORONI ALLUDED TO, WE WILL HAVE A CEREMONIAL EVENT AT, UH, WHEN, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO FAR.
MARCH 18TH AT 1:00 PM I WANT TO SAY.
SO WE HAVE, UM, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHALL, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY WILL SCENE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE.
WHAT'S THE MOTION? OH, ONYA, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH PHILLIPS 66 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE RIGHT OF WAY DEED AT THE FREEDOM TREE PARK SITE.
THE MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
UM, DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY, I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO, UH, JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT ON SEVEN A ITEM ONE, MY N VOTE WAS TO NO, TO PREP SCHOOL.
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AFTERWARDS MINE CAME OUT.SO, WANNA MAKE THAT NOTE OF THAT.
DO WE NEED TO REVOTE 7 81 TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, NOT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M JUST GOING TO CORRECT MAKING CORRECTION.
THAT HAS BEEN NOTED AND WILL BE DOCUMENTED AT THE NOTES.
I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND, THOUGH, THAT WE GO AHEAD AND SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE A, A RECONSIDERATION VOTE IN ORDER TO CORRECT THAT, BECAUSE THE VOTE HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN.
AND, UH, AT LEAST DOCUMENT IT IN THAT SYSTEM.
SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT IF THERE'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT, UH, SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO RECONSIDER, THAT WOULD BE ONE VOTE, AND THEN SOMEONE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.
SO THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO SUPPORT THE MOTION AGAINST THE S U P, ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WOULD THEN VOTE TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM SO THAT ANOTHER VOTE CAN BE TAKEN.
SO AGAIN, THAT FIRST VOTE IS TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN NOW, AND THE SECOND VOTE WOULD BE TO RECONSIDER THE ACTUAL ITEM.
IS THAT THE MOTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I THOUGHT YOU VOTED NO, NO, I, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I'M VOTING FOR NO, BUT IT SHOWED UP.
OH, IT WASN'T TO, FOR OR AGAINST THE, WHAT AM I SAYING? IT WAS TO DENY HER MOTION WAS DENIED.
SO I'M VOTING NO FOR PREP, BUT IT'S, BUT THE WAY, WHEN THE VOTE COMES OUT, IT'S, I GOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? VOTE AGAINST HER MOTION, HER MOTION TO DENY.
SO THAT IT WAS, IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS YOUR MOTION IS TO, AND YOU VOTED UP OR DOWN.
BUT THIS WAS A MOTION TO DENY, RIGHT? OKAY.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION ON THE, CAN WE DO THOSE, UH, VERBALLY MAYORS, JUST TO AVOID THE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SEE, SO THE FIRST MOTION WOULD BE TO SUSPEND, ARE WE DONE WITH THIS? BECAUSE THIS IS STILL ON THE SCREEN.
SO CAN WE GO AHEAD AND WE CAN CLEAR THAT? SO, OKAY.
SO FIRST, THE FIRST MOTION WOULD BE TO SUSPEND THE RULES, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
I SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
WHAT DO YOU NEED NOW? E JOYCE.
SO NOW YOU NEED A VOTE ON THAT.
YOU WANNA DO A ROLL CALL? COUNCILMAN MORALE? YES.
COUNCILMAN BROWN MARSHALL? YES.
THE VOTE PASSES TO SUSPEND THE RULES FIVE TO ZERO.
NEXT WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE.
IS THE MOTION TO WE JUST STATE RECONSIDER, OR DO WE STATE THE MOTION AGAIN? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU STATE THE MOTION AGAIN.
SO YOU WOULD, UH, OR SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, UH, ITEM SEVEN A TWO.
SO FOR SEVEN, A TWO ITEM, MY MOTION IS TO
I GOTTA SAY, RECONSIDER THE ITEM TO, ARE WE RECONSIDERING THE ITEM? RECONSIDERING THE ITEM.
SO THEN ACTUALLY YOU WOULD NEED, UH, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A THIRD VOTE, BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ITEM.
SO THIS MOTION, YOU WERE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.
SO YOU NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND HER MOTION.
NOW WE'RE VOTING ON IT TO RECONSIDER CONSIDERED.
I DIDN'T HEAR COUNCILMAN BONY.
SO THEN YOUR LAST VOTE NOW WOULD BE ON THE ITEM.
SO IF YOU WANNA REASSERT YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION, THAT WAS TO DENY THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
MY MOTION IS TO DENY THE S U P.
NOW MY VOTE IS YES, BECAUSE I AGREED TO MY MOTION.
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PASSES.[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - Consider...]
ITEM NINE ARE ORDINANCES ITEM NINE A.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN BONDS RELATED TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2014.
AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERE TO, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTIS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS ITEM IS, UH, A REQUEST TO PAY OFF OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2014 EARLY.
UH, THEY ARE CALLABLE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITY MAY REDEEM THE BOND BEFORE IT REACHES THE STATED MATURITY DATE FOR THIS, UH, SERIES, THE MATURITY DATE WAS 2033.
UH, PAYING DOWN DEBT EARLY BY EXERCISING, UH, CALLABLE BOND, SAVES THE CITY INTEREST EXPENSE, UH, EXCESS COLLECTIONS FOR DEBT SERVICE AND FISCAL YEAR 2022 WILL BE USED TO CALL $1,055,000 IN DEBT, REALIZING A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF $197,040.
OKAY, SEE A MOTION? THERE'S A SECOND.
THE MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
WAIT, I DIDN'T SEE IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT IT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING MOVE FORWARD.
LET'S GET IT UP HERE A SECOND.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
ITEM NINE B, CONSIDER, GO AHEAD.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2023 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 15 MILLION, AUTHORIZING EACH OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO APPROVE THE AMOUNTS, INTEREST RATES, PRICES AND TERMS THEREOF AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERE TOO.
LEVYING ATTACKS AND PAYMENT THEREOF, MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRI DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND MATTERS INCIDENT THERE TOO.
AWARDING THE SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERE TO, OKAY.
UH, ELENA PORTERS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
WE ARE IN THE LAST STRETCH OF ISSUING DEBT, UH, FOR 2023, AND THIS IS THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.
UH, COUNCIL RECEIVED A PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER THAT OUTLINED ALL OF THE PROJECTS, UM, AND WE HAD TO SUBMIT A NOTICE OF INTENT TO THE NEWSPAPER TO BE PUBLISHED.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS DONE AND WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER ON JANUARY 18TH AND JANUARY 25TH.
AND THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE TO GIVE THE, UM, VOTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PETITION, UM, FOR A VOTE.
AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PETITION, SO WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUANCE OF THIS DEAD, AGAIN, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 15 MILLION.
UM, TONIGHT YOU APPROVED, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TURS AND MC D A WHERE THEY WILL PAY, UH, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION TOWARDS UTILITY PROJECTS, WHICH WE'RE ON, WHICH WAS ON THE ORIGINAL, UH, PROJECT LIST.
SO THAT BRINGS THAT DOWN TO SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION.
AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO, UH, ISSUE DEBT FOR PI TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO PAY VICKSBURG STATES FOR THEIR, UH, DEVELOPMENT COSTS RELATED TO WATER AND WASTEWATER FOR LAKESHORE HARBOR.
[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
ITEM NUMBER NINE C, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES 20 23, 1 OR MORE SERIES OR SUBSERIES AS MAY BE FURTHER DESIGNATED IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20 MILLION OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS, LOVING ATTACKS AND PAYMENT THEREOF, AUTHORIZING EACH OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE[01:55:01]
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO APPROVE THE AMOUNTS, INTEREST RATES, PRICES AND TERMS THEREOF AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERE TOO.PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF, MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RE REGARDING SUCH BONDS, INCLUDING AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ONE OR MORE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENTS, ONE OR MORE OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND MATTERS INCIDENT THERE TOO, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ONE OR MORE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING THE ENGAGEMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS.
FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IS REQUIRED BY LAW AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING THERE TOO.
IN THIS ITEM, UH, WE HAD A, A DETAILED PRESENTATION ON FEBRUARY 15TH WHERE WE WENT OVER ALL OF THE PROJECTS.
THIS, UH, DEBT ISSUANCE IS A GENERAL OBLIGATION, WHICH OF COURSE, WAS, UH, VOTED ON BY, UH, THE VOTERS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUING 1.5 MILLION FROM THE 2003 BOND ELECTION FOR DRAINAGE, AND THE BALANCE WILL COME FROM THE 2021 BOND ELECTION.
UH, WE HAVE STREETS 11.6 MILLION PARKS 4.4 MILLION IN FACILITIES, 2.5 MILLION.
I SEE A MOTION BY BROWN MARSHALL, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SEEING NO ONE ON THE QUEUE.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution of the City Council o...]
UH, RESOLUTIONS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SETTLEMENT RELEASE FORM FOR THE RESOLUTION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST CERTAIN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RELATED TO THE MISUSE OF OPIOIDS IN THE STATE, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED THERE TOO.UH, ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022, UH, NOVEMBER 22ND, 2022, AND DECEMBER 9TH, 2022, THE STATE OF TEXAS ENTERED INTO MULTIPLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS PHARMACEUTICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF OPIOIDS IN OUR STATE.
UM, AS YOU ALL HAVE SIGNED ON TO THE PAST OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS IN THE PAST, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL, A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS WITH CVS ALLERGEN, WALGREENS, AND WALMART.
THIS PARTICULAR SETTLEMENT, UM, COULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH UP TO $197,000 TOTAL TO ADDRESS OPIOID ISSUES IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, AS WITH THE PREVIOUS AUTHORIZATION, THOSE THAT FUNDING IS LIMITED TO, UH, OPIOID PREVENTION TRAINING.
IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IT CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED FOR, UH, THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT LIKE NARCAN, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD ASSIST OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN ADDRESSING THE OPIOID CRISIS.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SEE, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY MAYOR PROTO EMORY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution of the City Council o...]
OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ENCOURAGING THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION RELATING TO BOARDING HOME REGULATION BY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED, RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.UH, THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
UH, IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2023, YOU DID AUTHORIZE, UH, AND SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATION RELATED TO GROUP HOMES IN YOUR PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BACK IN 2021, YOU ALL SUPPORTED A BILL, UH, THAT REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS HELPED PUSH THROUGH.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A STUDY OF BOARDING HOME FACILITIES IN THE STATE THAT, UH, STUDY CAME BACK.
IT'S ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA INFORMATION.
THE STATE FOUND THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOARDING HOME REGULATIONS TO ALLOW CITIES TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS, UH, TO REGULATE THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
THAT'S BEFORE YOU WOULD MAKE THE REQUIREMENTS MORE FLEXIBLE FOR BOARDING HOME REGULATIONS IN THE STATE, WHICH IN TURN COULD LEAD MORE CITIES TO ADOPTING BOARDING HOME REGULATIONS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE STATE THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS TO, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND HOPEFULLY TOOLS FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO REGULATE BOARDING
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HOMES.I SEE A MOTION, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SEEING, UH, RECOGNIZING MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT ANYONE WHO MAY BE VIEWING THIS, UH, WE NEED TO GET BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION.
UH, WE OF COURSE, UH, ADVOCATED FOR THIS STUDY TO BE DONE.
UH, IT REALLY KIND OF, UH, EJO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TEETH IN IT STILL, BUT IT GAVE, UH, US, UH, SOMETHING TO WORK WITH TO AT LEAST START TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING.
AND SO, UH, IF WE CAN GET THIS, UH, PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED, I BELIEVE THAT IT COULD HELP TO KIND OF BUILD UPON WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND GIVE US SOME SORT OF POWER LOCALLY, UH, IN ORDER TO TRY TO REGULATE.
I, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, UH, EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES AND EVEN LOOKED ON THINGS LIKE NEXT DOOR AND, AND CERTAIN SITES SEEING THAT, UH, THAT GROUP HOME, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN SOME, SOME GROUP HOMES ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY, WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET CARRYING KNIVES, UH, AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.
AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO TRY TO GET A REIN ON THIS.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE US TO CALL ALL OF OUR STATE, UH, LEGISLATORS, UH, ON THE, THE, THE, UH, HOUSE AND THE, UH, SENATE SIDE TO, UH, GET BEHIND THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING.
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OUR COUNCIL, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KEEP THE THREE MINUTE.
WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, A LARGE POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
UM, WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS, I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY THE RIBBON CUTTING OF A VELO.
UM, THE SECOND ANNUAL FREEDOM WALK AND PROGRAM WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
IT WAS TRULY A COLORFUL DISPLAY OF UNITY, IF YOU WILL, WITH SO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT IN, UM, PARTICIPATED IN IT AS WELL.
I ATTENDED MY FIRST P D I MEETING AND MY FIRST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UM, HELPING ME GET THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS.
CONSIDERING IT WAS MY VERY FIRST TIME, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, ATTEND THE T M L REGION 14 MEETING, THOUGH IT WAS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, I MADE IT
UM, I ENJOYED IT TREMENDOUSLY.
I DID THE PRIMARY DISCUSSION AND FOCUS ON THAT NIGHT, WAS ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS.
UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE, UH, MAYOR, AND IT'S ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW, BUT RECENTLY WHEN ALL OF THE, UM, TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN THEIR AREA, AND THE ONE THING THAT HE STRESSED IS THAT, UM, YOU MUST FORGE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS IN YOUR CITY, IT'S WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.
I DID ATTEND THE COMMUNITY AND FAITH LEADERSHIP APPRECIATION AND UPDATE ON THE, UM, 88TH LEGISLATION.
UM, IT WAS VERY, VERY NICE TO TALK WITH, UH, STATE REP DR.
LELANI, WHO WAS THERE, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER OFFICIALS THAT WERE THERE AS WELL.
IN REGARDS TO, UM, SOME OF THE BILLS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR, I DO WANNA EXTEND A BIG THANKS TONIGHT TO MAYOR ALAKA FOR ALLOWING ME A SPACE SO THAT WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH COULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED HERE IN OUR CITY.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO DIRECTOR HUMPHREY AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AS WELL, FOR HELPING ME TO SHAPE A VIRTUAL HONORARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF WOMEN WHOM HAVE, WHOM HAVE AND ARE MAKING HISTORY THIS VERY DAY, AND WHOM ARE FROM MISSOURI CITY LIVE IN OUR CITY, OR HAVE STRONG TIES TO OUR CITY.
I JUST ASK THAT YOU GUYS KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN VIA OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, UM, AND ALL OF OUR ONLINE OUTLETS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE, UM, THE BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY THAT WILL BE UNFOLDED TO FOR YOU GUYS TO MEET THESE WOMEN.
UNTIL THEN, I ENCOURAGE EVERY WOMAN THAT SITS HERE TONIGHT INSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER, DON'T WAIT FOR HISTORY TO BE MADE.
WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISK, MONICA RILEY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UH, I WANNA SEND OUT MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES, UH, AND STAFF OF ED'S PHARMACY, UM, AS THE ORIGINAL OWNER, UM, HAS PASSED AWAY.
SO OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SEVERAL OF MY HOAS HUNTERS, GREEN LIBERTY RIDGE, UH, QUELL VILLAGE, H O A ONE, AND QUELL VILLAGE, H O A TWO.
ALTHOUGH I WAS AT ONE BY MISTAKE, HAPPENED TO SHOW UP AND THEN RAN ACROSS THE STREET AND WENT TO THE OTHER ONE.
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HONORED WHEN I CAN GO TO, UM, MY BUFF SCHOOL, UH, MARSHALL AND SPEAK, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SPEAKING AT MARSHALL CAREER DAY, AND THEN ALSO, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUES IN ATTENDING THE CHIEF FAMILY DENTAL RIBBON CUTTING AVILA PEDIATRIC WELLNESS, UH, RIBBON CUTTING, AND THEN ALSO WALKING, UH, TOWARDS OUR FREEDOM TREE DURING OUR SECOND ANNUAL FREEDOM TREE WALK.THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAFF THAT CAME OUT AND DISPLAYED YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR LOVE AND PASSION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, ALSO AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR THE CITY OF SUGAR LEARN, LEARNED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION, THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BUBBLES OVER THERE.
UM, BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE FORT BEND UNITED BREAKFAST WHERE MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS GATHERED AND CONFERRED, UH, VARIOUS AREAS OF LEGISLATIVE AND ISSUES THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING FROM THEIR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
UM, ALWAYS GREAT TO ATTEND MY TEXAS PARKWAY CARRE CORRIDOR MEETING WITH MY, UH, FELLOW COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN BONY, AND THEN ATTENDED THE FINAL RODEO KICKOFF BREAKFAST WITH MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER.
THIS WILL BE HIS LAST RODEO, AND SO WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST.
UM, AS WE CLOSE OUT, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND BLACK EXCELLENCE, AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, WE ENTER INTO, UM, WHAT WE CALL IS WOMEN IN HISTORY MONTH.
AND I WANT TO, UM, SEND A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DAUGHTER WHO IS EXEMPLARY, UH, POSITION OF, WHO IS EX EXEMPLIFYING BLACK EXCELLENCE IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SHE WAS CROWNED THE NEW UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, 20 23 5 BETA SIGMA QUEEN FROM THE PAGEANT THAT SHE PARTICIPATED WITH.
I AM NOT ONLY A QUEEN AND A MOTHER MYSELF, UM, BUT I'M A WOMAN WHO IS MAKING HISTORY AND I START WITH MY OWN HOUSEHOLD, WITH MY SEVEN DAUGHTERS.
AND SO I ENCOURAGE EVERY WOMAN, UM, WHO HAS CHILDREN IN THEIR OWN HOUSE.
YOU MAKE HISTORY WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR CHILDREN TO BE GREAT, AND THEY DO GREAT THINGS AND THEY SERVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUSER, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL, OUR ATTORNEYS, UH, EJO CITY MANAGER, UH, ANGEL JONES, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF CITY SECRETARY, UH, CRYSTAL ROME, THANK YOU FOR BEING WOMEN.
IN HISTORY AND TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND DIRECTIVES.
AND, UM, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS SHERELL RILEY FOR BEING THE QUEEN OF U OF H SIGMA BETA PAGEANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT P JEFFREY L BONNEY.
UH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH, ATTENDING THE HUNTERS LYNN, UH, FOUR AND VICKSBURG, H O A MEETINGS.
UH, ALSO, UM, GOT A CHANCE TO SEE, UH, UH, OUR, OUR NEW CHAIR OF THE P D I COMMITTEE IN RARE FORM DOING HER THING, UH, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, I, UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE A VELO PEDIATRIC WELLNESS RIBBON CUTTING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, AND THE SECOND ANNUAL FREEDOM WALK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR YOUR VISION FOR THAT WALK.
UH, UH, IT IS BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER.
IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER, AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, UH, HOW IT GROWS EVEN NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO DO AS A CITY, UH, IN THE, UM, THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I'M SO EXCITED AS I, UH, CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE, MEET PEOPLE.
I WAS, UH, AT A RESTAURANT, UH, THIS, UH, PAST WEEK, AND A GENTLEMAN ACTUALLY CAME UP AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE, RIGHT? I SAID, I AM.
SO I'M EXPECTING THE WORST, POTENTIALLY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, OKAY, LET ME HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
UH, AND HE SAID, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SEE THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE CITY ARE DOING, UH, IN YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE DOING ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
IT'S NOTICE OF, AND YOU MAY HEAR A WHOLE LOT OF PO NEGATIVE THINGS, BUT I WANT YOU TO HEAR SOMETHING POSITIVE.
I SAID, NOW, CAN YOU COME TO COUNSEL AND SAY THAT
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, WE GET BEAT UP A LOT FOR THINGS THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE IN OUR CONTROL, BUT WE APPRECIATE THOSE KIND WORDS, AND IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS CITY, OUR STAFF, UH, IS WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLEAGUES OR WHATEVER WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THOSE KIND WORDS AND TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THE LANDSCAPING, IF YOU SEE THE CHANGES AND THE ATTENTION TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEVOTING RESOURCES AND ATTENTION TO THE AREAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LACKING IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IN THOSE REGARDS AS WELL.
WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT TOO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO WE CAN WORK ON THINGS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET THOSE REFRESHING WORDS FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D FLOYD, EMORY, AND MAYOR PORT TEMP, UH,
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MISSOURI CITY, UH, LOST A GREAT, UH, CITIZEN, A GREAT BUSINESSMAN, UH, WHO LOVED MISSOURI CITY AND, UH, RESIDED IN QUAIL VALLEY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.UH, HE WAS THE, UH, OWNER AND PROPRIETOR, UH, OF, UH, ED'S PHARMACY.
AND, UH, HE, HE, UH, WE, WE LOST HIM.
WE LOST, LIKE I SAY, A GREAT, UH, ASSET OUT OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, HE WAS ONE THAT WAS KNOWN IN THE QUAIL VALLEY AREA AS THE UNOFFICIAL MAYOR OF QUAIL VALLEY
SO HE HAD THAT DISTINCTION BECAUSE, UH, ANY TIME ANYTHING WAS GOING ON IN QUAIL VALLEY, UH, HE WAS, UH, THERE AND, UH, WAS SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, YEAH, MANY OF THE, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT WERE GOING ON.
SO HE WAS ALSO, UH, A GOLF BUDDY OF MINE.
SO, UH, IT'S, UH, REALLY SAD THAT, UH, UH, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE HIM ON THE LINKS ANYMORE UNTIL I MAKE THE, THE JOURNEY TO, UH, THE, UH, GOLF COURSE IN THE SKY.
SO, UH, BUT, UH, HE, HE'S GREATLY MISSED.
AND, UH, UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, CONS LADY, UH, RILEY FOR RECOGNIZING HIS, UH, HIS PASSING AND HIS LOSS.
ALSO, UH, I ATTENDED, UH, MISSOURI CITY LITTLE LEAGUE FIRST PITCH.
I DIDN'T MAKE THE FIRST PITCH BECAUSE THAT WAS DELEGATED TO OUR MAYOR, WHO I'M SURE WILL GIVE US SOME, UH, BLOW BY BLOW, PLAY BY PLAY.
FIRST PITCH, LOCATION AND SPEED.
WELL, I'M NOT, I DIDN'T WANNA SAY THAT.
I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT UP THE END.
BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, I THINK THERE WERE LIKE 165, UH, KIDS OUT THERE.
FOUR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, I BELIEVE, UM, OF, UH, BASEBALL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, UH, IT, UH, UH, I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, JASON, UH, COMMUNITY PARK AND THE BASEBALL FIELDS, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE, UH, IN GREAT SHAPE AND IT'S AN ASSET TO MISSOURI CITY TO, UH, TO HAVE THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO OUR KIDS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN THE MARCH TO THE FREEDOM TREE, UH, WITH MY BAD KNEE.
I'M NOT SURE I WAS GONNA MAKE IT, BUT I DID.
UH, BUT I GOT A RIDE ON THE BUS BACK, SO
SO, AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO, UH, UH, OUR, UH, UH, STATE REP, UH, AL GREEN FOR, UH, ASSISTING CARMAN CONGRESS.
OH, IS HE GONE? YEAH, HE, OH, OKAY.
SO
BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO, TO HAVE SOMEONE ON MISSOURI CITY SIDE CAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, REALLY IS.
SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE MY REMARKS.
UM, SO I TOO HAVE WENT TO SIMILAR A LOT OF THE EVENTS, BUT I DO WANTED TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL FORM OF BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS RECOGNIZED OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES AT HER EVENT, AND MYSELF AND A FEW OTHER OTHERS WERE THERE.
SO, UM, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT WE HAD IN OUR CITY.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, FREEDOM, UH, THE WHOLE FREEDOM TREE WALK.
UM, BUT BESIDES THAT, I'M IN, LET'S, LET ME TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EDISON ART FOUNDATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DID LAST YEAR, AND OF COURSE LEADING INTO THIS YEAR.
AND JASON MANGA AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM STEPPED IT UP ANOTHER NOTCH.
AND OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, ANDRE AND ROAL, THEY'RE SITTING BACK THERE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP.
AND OF COURSE, JOE CONSTANTLY REMIND ME TO THANK IT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO THANK THEM AND THE LAST TIME, SO IT DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW, BUT THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR HELP.
UH, MISSOURI CITY LITTLE LEAGUE.
UM, OF COURSE, LAST YEAR MYSELF AND THEN AT THAT TIME, MAYOR PRO, TIM JEFFREY BONY, WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE.
I WAS LITTLE LATE, BUT I CALLED HIM AND SWITCHED IT SO HE WON'T THROW THE FIRST PITCH.
UH, PRACTICE, BUT LIKE, TO YOUR POINT, 140 SOME KIDS AND FAMILIES, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT THING.
UM, OF COURSE WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER MARS
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AND, AND YOU WERE THERE AND, UH, JASON, OF COURSE, UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO SPEAK AND, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.UM, THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, UM, AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN MORALES AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE GOT ATTENDED.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT ALL THE TIME.
NEVER BEEN IN IT, UM, NEVER BEEN TO THAT PLACE, BUT IT IS A FANTASTIC PLACE TO, UH, TO JUST TO WALK IN.
THEY HAD THEIR FOUR YEAR AS COUNCILMAN RILEY JUST MENTIONED.
FOUR YEAR BUBBLES BIRTHDAY, UM, EVENT.
LASTLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PASSES AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ED ED'S PHARMACY, I REMEMBER FIRST TIME RUNNING, EVERYONE SAID YOU CAN'T ED PHARMACY BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT THERE ON CARTRIGHT ROAD AND HE HAD IT FOR SO LONG, UH, BLESS HIS HEART AND WE WISH HIM AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY AS HE WAS A GREAT, UH, RESIDENT OF QUAD VALLEY AND, AND OF COURSE FOR MISSOURI CITY.
LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, UM, FOR THEIR INPUT AND FOR THEIR HELP FOR, UH, THE WHOLE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND TWO THURSDAYS.
COMING UP NEXT THURSDAY THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMING UP, UH, WOULD BE, UH, THE, THE ROAD ON NIGHT ROAD EXPANSION TO SIENNA THAT IS GONNA BE OPENED, UH, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY AT OMA O'CLOCK, THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY, WHICH ON THE 16TH WOULD BE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION IS GOING TO STATE CAPITAL.
EVERYBODY'S INVITED ALL THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE KEY STAFF AS WELL.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THEM.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS AND, AND ALONG WITH OTHERS, UM, WE'LL MEET WITH OUR KIDS AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL DAY.
SO IF YOU ARE, PLEASE LET GERALD KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE SIGNING UP.
[12. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
12, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS. UM, AND WE, IF YOU HAVE, THERE WAS NO OTHER BUSINESS.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND END ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 9:20 PM THANK YOU ALL.