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OKAY, TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2023.
I'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:36 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.
COUNCIL, I'M NUMBER THREE IS PLEDGE.
UH, WE HAVE JOVI MATTHEW, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE FOR THE PLEDGE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.
[(a) Presentation of a 2023 Golden Tree Award to Anchor CM (Construction Ma...]
ITEM FOUR, A PRESENTATION OF A 2023 GOLDEN TREE AWARD TO ANGER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.WE HAVE A OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS 4,000 CARTWRIGHT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY GUEST PRESENTER.
AND I YOU PLEASE JOIN US, MAN, BECAUSE IF YOU ALL REMEMBER COUNSEL, I GAVE YOU ALL, ALL A CHALLENGE TO GIVE YOU SOME PEOPLE OR SOME COMPANIES FOR THE ARY.
ANCHOR MA, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
THEY TOOK OVER, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER THE OLD SWIM CLUB ON HEART, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WELL, THEY TOOK OVER THAT BUILDING AND INSTEAD OF TEARING IT DOWN, THEY REFURBISHED IT.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF DAYLIGHT COMING IN.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE A LOT OF ELECTRICITY.
AND EVEN IN THE HALLWAYS WHERE THERE IS NO WINDOWS, THEY HAVE THE L E D LIGHTING.
THEY'RE ALSO DOING HARD SCAPE LANDSCAPING, LESS WATER USE.
SO WE HAVE WATER CONSERVATION AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE BECOMING A PARTNER WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN ON THE ADOPT A THANK YOU ADOPTER SPOT.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR COMPANY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO, BUT IF NOT, WE WANNA PRESENT THE GOLDEN TREE AWARD TO THEM.
UH, YEAH, WE'RE JUST, UM, TYPICAL COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, NEWTON, MISSOURI CITY AS A BUSINESS.
UH, BUT WE ARE RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO CONTRIBUTE MORE AND DO MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MISSOURI CITY.
HE'S ACTUALLY A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.
HE BOUGHT THAT BUILDING FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A MILLION, AND SPENT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS IN IMPROVING, UH, THIS AMAZING FACILITY.
HIS OFFICE IS THE SWIMMING POOL AT WHERE SEASTAR USED TO BE.
UH, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FUTURE PLANS.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU GOT MORE PATIO PLANS.
IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU AS WELL.
BUT BROCK'S A GREAT LEADER AND HE'S LOOKING TO DO GREAT THINGS IN, IN OUR CITY, AND WE SUPPORT YOU AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
AND COUNSEL, I AGAIN, CHALLENGE YOU.
I NEED SOME MORE GOLDEN FREE AWARDEES.
WHAT WAS YOUR GREEN SHIRT?
[(b) Recognition of Public Works Utilities Coordinator, Millie Holifield on...]
YOU ALL.WE HAVE ITEM FOUR B IS A RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC WORKS UTILITIES COORDINATOR MILLIE HOLYFIELD ON HER RETIREMENT, AND FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE.
WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION BY SHASHI KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER.
MILLIE OFIELD HAS BEEN A 33 YEAR DEDICATED EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY.
SHE CAME ON BOARD THREE DECADES AGO IN 1990.
I'M TOLD SHE STARTED WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT,
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BUT SHE GOT A PUBLIC WORKS AS SOON AS SHE COULD GET TONOW, MILLIE HAS SEEN A LOT IN THE CITY.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
SHE KNOWS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT UTILITIES.
WE'RE TRYING TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE INFORMATION SHE HAS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
BUT IF I HAVE TO SAY THREE THINGS ABOUT MILLIE, SHE'S VERY HONEST AND HUMBLE EMPLOYEE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE ON THE CALL OF DUTY, HURRICANE, WINTER STORM, NIGHT OR DAY.
WHILE I HAVE THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN MEMBERS HERE ON THE COUNCIL, SH SHE NOT ON THE NORMAL CALL OF DUTY.
IF YOU SEE HER ON THE TRASH PICKUP DAY, SHE'S HAULING BIG RECYCLED CANS AND SHE PROMOTES RECYCLING ALL ACROSS MISSOURI CITY.
UH, IT'S, WE ARE GLAD THAT SHE'S RETIRING TO BE WITH HER GRANDSON, WHO IS EXPECTED 1ST OF MAY.
SHE'LL BE RETIRING THIS MONTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SORRY TO SEE HER GO BECAUSE SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO MISSOURI CITY CITIZENS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UH, SO IF I CAN REQUEST MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO BE HERE, AS WELL AS SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORK SCHEME, WE HAVE A LITTLE MOMENTO FOR MILLIE, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR WANTS TO RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL.
UH, WHY DON'T I PRESENT THIS ONE AND LET MILLIE SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN THE MAYOR WILL FOLLOW.
I REQUEST THE MAYOR AND PUBLIC WORKS AND MAYBE PLANNING EMPLOYEES TO COME HERE AND JOIN ME IN THIS ONE.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? SINCE I STARTED HERE IN 1990, THE CITY'S ABOUT DOUBLED IN SIZE.
AND THE E T J OBVIOUSLY HAS GROWN A LOT WITH SIENNA AND RIVERSTONE, AND I'VE WORKED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, MY COWORKERS AND CITIZENS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND I HAVE MEMORIES OF ALL THESE PEOPLE, AND I FEEL LIKE I, ALONG WITH THEM, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THE, I'M GONNA MISS THE CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS A GREAT TEAM, AND I SORT OF HATE TO LEAVE ON THAT ACCOUNT BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE, INCLUDING SHASHI.
SO
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE IT.
WAIT, WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
SO I'D ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO COME DOWN HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S 33 YEARS.
SO TO, AS THEY'RE COMING UP HERE, UM, JUST TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MILLIE, I'VE STARTED HERE IN 2009 AS A DISTRICT C COUNCIL MEMBER, AND I'VE SEEN MILLIE MILLIE, YOU LOOK THE SAME.
UM, BUT WHAT I'VE NOTICED IN MILLIE IS THAT SHE WOULD COME UP TO COUNCIL MEETINGS, LIKE SOME OF THE STAFF WHO ARE HERE TODAY WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
BUT THE THREE THINGS THAT I CAN THINK OF IS SHE WAS ALWAYS QUIET, QUIET AND QUIET.
SHE NEVER RUFFLED ANY FEATHERS.
UH, SHE NEVER TOOK ANYTHING PERSONALLY.
UM, ANY DECISIONS THAT TOOK BY COUNSEL AT THAT TIME.
SHE'S ALWAYS, WHENEVER YOU SEE HER, SHE'S ALWAYS SMILING.
I GUESS SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT REALIZED THE CHARTER STAFF CAN'T TALK TO COUNCIL.
SO I TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER.
SHE WALKS AWAY MY NO MILLIE 33 YEARS OF CAREER.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SERVED WITH SO MANY OTHER MAYORS AND SO MANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SERVED THIS CITY PROUDLY.
AND YOU WERE ONE OF THEM ALONG WITH DIRECTORS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL
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DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY THAT YOU HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING.BUT IT IS THE SEVEN OF US AND THE CITY MANAGER.
AND SHAHI, OF COURSE, SHAHI YOU, SHE SAID, YES.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO SEND YOU OFF.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SEND YOU OFF WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION.
AND THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, PROBABLY PRESENTED TO MILLIE HOLYFIELD FOR 30 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO MISSOURI CITY.
YOU ALWAYS DO GOOD
AND, AND MILLIE, THERE'S A SAYING, SAYS HELLO, PENSION, GOODBYE.
ENJOY YOUR, YOUR, UH, RETIRE RETIREMENT IN VACATION.
[(c) Proclamation declaring April as National Pickleball Month.]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR C, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL AS THE NATIONAL PICKLEBALL MONTH.AND I DECIDED TO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER BONY TO GIVE THAT PROCLAMATION BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD HAD AN INGE, HIM COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY PUT ON A SHOW.
AND MYSELF AND ANTHONY MARS TRIED, BUT WE COULDN'T GET THERE.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER VERON, THANK YOU, AS MAYOR STATED, UH, THIS IS NATIONAL PICKLEBALL.
COME ON UP, PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, PICKLEBALL PLAYER IN THE HOUSE.
CAN SAY, UH, THAT SOMEBODY WHO PROPOSED THE HERE ON THE DESK MADE A COMMENT THAT, YES, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RILEY, MYSELF AND MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARU IS ALL PLAYED, UH, PICKLEBALL SEPARATE.
HE PLAYED WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RULERS.
I PLAYED WITH COUNCILWOMAN RILEY TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND HE MADE THE COMMENT, WELL, THE PERSON WITH THE GAVEL MADE THE COMMENT,
SO I GUESS THAT MEANS I'M THE BEST, ALTHOUGH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROBERT DID THING.
ANYWAYS, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT ANYBODY ELSE IN HERE PLAY PICKLEBALL OR HAVE PLAYED THE GAME.
WELL, THEY NOT, NOT TOO MANY HANDS.
WELL, THESE ARE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS HERE.
UH, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN UP AT THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS REX, UH, BUILDING, UH, FACILITY, BUT THEY ALSO, WE HAVE BRAND NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, BEFORE I DELIVER THIS PROCLAMATION, UH, IS ALLOW, UH, THESE LADIES, UH, OR, OR THEIR SPOKESPERSON TO SHARE SOME WORDS ON PICKLEBALL.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, UH, SOME CITIZENS CAME IN JANUARY, I THINK, AND ASKED FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, UH, AT THE REC CENTER TO BE RESURFACED AS WELL AS, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PARTICIPATION.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT A BUDGET ITEM, AND WE WERE SYMPATHETIC AND SAID, PLEASE CONSIDER IT FOR 2024.
WELL, I WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT ON COURT.
YOU REMEMBER COURT 13? WE HAVE THREE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WERE RESURFACED.
NOT ONLY THAT, THAT I'M GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
WE HAD A GRAND OPENING OUTSIDE, AND MAYOR CAME AND ANTHONY CAME AND THEY PLAYED, UH, FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AND, BUT THEY, THEY CAUGHT ON VERY QUICKLY.
AND I WANNA SAY THIS ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
PICKLEBALL IS A SPORTS THAT'S VERY EASY TO PICK UP.
IT'S, UH, I CALL THIS MY PICKLEBALL FAMILY BECAUSE WE PLAY MORE THAN JUST PICKLEBALL.
AND THE HARDEST THING ABOUT US WHEN WE PLAY IS, IS REMEMBERING THE SCORE
SO WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY A BIG FAMILY.
I ASKED THEM TO COME OUT BECAUSE WE WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL FOR MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT WITH THE BUDGET.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PLAY PICKLEBALL.
IT'S LIKE, UH, A SALAD OF THE UNITED NATION BECAUSE IT'S ALL TYPES OF, UH, PEOPLE, AGES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WE DON'T DO IT FOR COMPETITIVENESS.
SO WE LAUGH AND GIGGLE THE WHOLE TIME.
UH, THIS IS JUST PART OF THE FAMILY.
AND SINCE THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO COME OUT, I'M GONNA LET YOU LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I'M 67, AND PICKLEBALL HAS MADE ME, HEY,
AND I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, 90% OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS ARE REGISTERED VOTERS,
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO GET REELECTED OR, UH, ELECTED, MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT THERE AND PLAY PICKLEBALL.
WE'LL BE AT THE COURT TOMORROW AND SUPPORT PICKLE PICKLEBALL.
I WANT TO THANK KAREN AND ALL OF THE REST OF THE LADIES FOR COMING OUT, UH, ON TODAY.
AND I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION.
BUT IF YOU DON'T PLAY THE GAME OR HAVEN'T SEEN THE GAME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BY MISSOURI CITY, UH, PARKS AND REC, UH, FACILITY.
THANK YOU, JASON, UH, MANGUM AND ALL OF THE TEAM OVER IN PARKS, UH, IN REC, UH, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN FOR US.
BUT, UH, I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION NOW.
WHEREAS PICKLEBALL WAS INVENTED IN 1965 IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND HAS EVOLVED FROM ORIGINAL HANDMADE EQUIPMENT AND SIMPLE RULES INTO A POPULAR SPORT THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
AND WHEREAS THE SPORTS AND FITNESS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, S F I A NAMED PICKLEBALL, THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA, AND THE SPREAD OF THE SPORT IS ATTRIBUTED TO ITS POPULARITY WITHIN COMMUNITY CENTERS, PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES, Y M C A FACILITIES AND RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL PICKLEBALL MONTH IS DESIGNED TO CONNECT EVERYONE WITHIN THE SPORT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME INTRODUCE PICKLEBALL TO NEW AUDIENCES BY HIGHLIGHTING IN ITS INCLUSIVE, FUN AND HEALTHY QUALITIES.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I JEFFREY A BONY COUNCIL MEMBER, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ROBIN J ACA ALAKA, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF APRIL AS NATIONAL PICKLEBALL MONTH.
AND I GUESS I WANNA CHALLENGE MY COLLEAGUES TO A GAME OF PICKLEBALL.
I'VE BEEN PRACTICING IN DISTRICT A THANK YOU.
I THINK WE SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD DO US AGAINST THEM.
THEY MIGHT BE, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DOING.
I THINK MS. KAREN, I THINK IF Y'ALL CAN GRAB ONE MORE MEMBER FROM THE TEAM.
YOU JUST THREW US UNDER THE BUS.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ME INTO BRING SOME BANG, FOLLOW ALONG SOME MOTRIN.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDAS.I JUST DO WANTED TO RECALL THAT STAFF HAS REQUESTED THE ITEM SIX B TO BE REMOVED FROM THE, FROM THIS AGENDA.
SO THE MOTION IS REALLY FOR SIX A AND SIX C.
IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
DO I HAVE TO MAYOR, DO I HAVE TO STATE SIX A AND SIX C SINCE THAT REMOVAL? IT WAS PULLED.
NO ONE ELSE, UH, REQUESTED TO SPEAK.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(1) Public Hearing to receive comments for or against a request by Heping ...]
THANK YOU.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTIONS.
UH, SEVEN A ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 8.57 ACRES OF LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT WITH AN AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECIFIC USE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY TO PD PLANS DEVELOPMENT
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DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 18.SO ON ITEM SEVEN A ONE, WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SIX A ONE MEANT SEVEN A ONE.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE DO, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
HELLO, UH, ONE SAO 35 30, UH, PLYMOUTH POINT.
UH, GONNA BE SIMPLE, SHORT AND SIMPLE, DIRECT AND TO THE POINT.
UH, KNIGHTS COURT AND, UH, THOMPSON FERRY HAVE BANNED AND CONTINUED TO BE THE, UH, PRIMARY STREETS FOR ACCESS TO ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
EACH, EACH OF THE STREETS IS ONLY TWO TRAFFIC LANES.
EACH, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTION HAD BEEN A PROBLEM.
RIVERSTONE WAS BUILT AND ADDED MORE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.
NOW, A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS, ITS SCHEDULED TO OPEN WITH ADDED TRAFFIC FLOW.
THE STREET WILL BE OVERLOADED WITH TRAFFIC.
TALK ABOUT A TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE AND SAFETY ISSUES, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND THIS AREA IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
I UNDERSTAND WHY AN APARTMENT WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO BUILD AN APARTMENT, BUT THIS LOCATION IS JUST NOT IDEAL FOR AN APARTMENT.
I MEAN, TWO LANES ON NIGHT, SCORE TWO LANES ON TERRY BUS SCHOOL BUSES ALREADY TAKEN, UH, UH, TRAFFIC OUT THERE.
IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE.
IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR THE PARENTS.
IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS GETTING INTO SCHOOL, COMING OUTTA SCHOOL, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOW COMING IN, MORE EDITED BUSES COMING IN, MORE PARENTS COMING IN.
I MEAN, AND THAT TWO LANE HAS, THAT TWO LANE ON THE, ON THE TWO STREETS HAVE NEVER CHANGED.
WE MOVED INTO THE AREA IN 1987.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS, THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE AREA IS DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERSTONE, DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NOW, I, I CAN, I CAN JUST NOT SEE AN, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
ANYTHING ELSE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, A RETAIL STORE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MR. LARSON, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
EXCELLENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. MAYOR, MY NAME IS KYLE LARSON.
I LIVE AT 65 10 PORTUGUESE BEND DRIVE.
IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW THE ENTHUSIASM OF PICKLEBALL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
UM, BUT I RISE IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING IN THE AMENDMENT TO BUILD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HEAR ME OUT AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE POINTS THAT I'LL, I'LL PUT FORTH.
UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS, THERE'S, THERE REALLY HAS BEEN NO ARTICULATION OF ZERO, UH, OF ANY UPSIDE TO THE TAXPAYER.
IT'S ALL, IT ALL SUPPORTS ZERO UPSIDE AND WON'T LOWER THE TAXES.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GONNA IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THAT AREA, AND IT REALLY SCREAMS LIABILITY.
UM, FOR STARTERS, THE TRAFFIC FLOW ARE, IT IS A HUGE ISSUE THERE ALREADY, THE ROADS AND KNIGHTS COURTS IN THOMPSONS FERRY ARE ALREADY UNDERPERFORMING ACCORDING TO THE CITY ENGINEERS.
ONE ACCIDENT THERE WILL SHUT THAT ROAD DOWN, WE'LL BRING IT TO A SCREECHING HALT, AND YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT WILL NOW BE TARDY FOR SCHOOL.
NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ANYWHERE.
THERE'S GONNA BE UP TO 270 STALLS, WHICH NOW PUTS THE LIMIT OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ZERO TO 270 POTENTIAL CARS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING OUT AND ACROSS TRAFFIC, TRYING TO GET A LEFT ONTO HIGHWAY SIX ONE.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE INCREASED VISIBILITY FOR THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC THAT THEY HAVE TO TURN INTO.
IT JUST SCREAMS, ONCE AGAIN, LIABILITY.
UM, THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE WILL ALSO DISCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE, SHOULD CLEMENTS CLOSE, AND THOSE STUDENTS GET REDISTRICT TO ELKINS.
AND THEN THE TRAFFIC FOOT MITIGATION PROGRAM THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR SUNO BASHAR IS JUST, LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S WISHFUL THINKING.
WITH THIS COMPLEX, YOU'RE ALSO GONNA GET RENTERS.
AND WITH THOSE RENTERS, YOU'RE GONNA GET SUB RENTERS.
AND WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUBLEASE, WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE OF RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA THAT THE RENTER DOESN'T BECOME A DEVIANT? OR ISN'T THE DEVIANT
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TAKING OCCUPANCY IN THAT BUILDING? AND NOW YOU'RE PUTTING THE POTENTIAL FOR THOSE DEVIANTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO NOT ONE, BUT THREE SCHOOLS.YOU'VE GOT ELKINS, SUNO, BASHAR, AND THE GYMNASTICS SCHOOL.
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO GOING TO PUT A HEAVY BURDEN ON THOSE ROADS, UM, AND IT'S GONNA DEPRECIATE THOSE ROADS FASTER THAN WE COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
UM, WITH THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER'S GONNA HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL.
UH, BUT IF YOU DO APPROVE IT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF OPENING UP A POSSIBILITY TO HOLD AN ESCROW FROM THE DEVELOPER.
ANY MONIES THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO REPAIR OR IMPROVE THAT FACILITY.
UM, SO SOCIETY GROWS GREAT WHEN A, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS PLANT TREES, THE SHADES OF WHICH THEY KNOW THEY WILL NEVER LIVE IN.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE AND REFLECT THE TYPE OF TREE THAT YOU'RE GONNA PLANT, BECAUSE IF YOU PLANT A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ROAD, IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A CA A, A CATASTROPHE.
AND I'M AFRAID THAT IN PEOPLE WILL BE INJURED OR HURT.
HAMMID MIAD, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS HAMMID MURAD.
I LIVE AT 64 27 CRYSTAL POINT.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REZONING AND, UH, ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER IF THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR PROBABLY MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWN UP SO FAR.
I ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE OF YOU TO GO AND GO TO ELKINS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND SEE HOW BAD THE TRAFFIC IS.
UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, NIGHT COURTS GO, YOU'RE BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY SIX, UH, FROM HIGHWAY SIX.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, A STRAIGHTAWAY LANE.
IT'S BECOMING A TURN LANE BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO TURN IN.
IT'S BACKED UP THE OTHER DIRECTION.
THE SAME WAY CARS ARE GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH, UH, OF ELKINS.
NOW I UNDERSTAND JUST A, A PICKUP AND, UH, DROP OFF.
THE KIDS IN THE MORNING AND EVENING IS NOT GOING TO, UH, UH, CHANGE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS.
BUT UNLESS THE CITY IS PLANNING TO IMPROVE THE ROAD CONDITIONS ON NIGHT COURT AND THOMPSON FERRY WITH THE NEW HIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE, UM, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING AT ELKINS.
I DUNNO IF ANYBODY'S BEEN THERE, KIDS IN THE MORNING PARK AT THE CHURCH, AND THEY WALK THERE ALREADY.
THERE WAS THE ONE CHILD THAT WAS HIT BY A CAR.
UM, THERE'S BEEN INCIDENTS OF VERY CLOSE CALLS.
UH, IT'S BECAUSE IT, IT IS JUST NOT A SAFE CONDITION.
UM, NOT HERE TO STOP PROGRESS, BUT, UH, LET'S MAKE THE RIGHT PLANS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND EXPAND THE ROAD TO AT LEAST A TWO LANE ROAD, UM, ON BOTH, UH, PARTS OF IT, THE, UH, THOMPSON FERRY AND ELKINS BEFORE WE ADD MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC INTO IT.
MS. RU, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
UH, CHARLIE BUTERA, 74 39 COLONY BEND LANE.
I LIVE IN COLONY LAKES, UH, WHICH WILL BACK UP RIGHT TO THE, UH, PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX, MY CUL-DE-SAC.
UH, I'M THREE HOUSES FROM THE END OF THAT CUL-DE-SAC, UH, WHERE THIS WILL BE BUILT.
UH, I HAVE A SON THAT GOES TO ELKINS.
I HAVE A SON THAT DRIVES TO ELKINS AND I AM GLAD THAT HE IS DRIVING HIMSELF AS MUCH AS IT SCARES ME.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT DRIVE MYSELF.
THIS ON ANY MORNINGS, THE TRAFFIC WRAPS ALL THE WAY TO SIX, LIKE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT WRAPS ALL THE WAY UP.
THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A OIL FIELD.
AND THE NIGHTMARE IT IS AT THAT LEFT TURN LIGHT, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS PROTECTED.
THE BACKUP ON SIX, I CAN SEE FROM MY BACKYARD, WHICH BACKS UP TO HIGHWAY SIX.
AND I CAN JUST WATCH THE LIGHTS STAND THERE AS THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP.
SO YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT AN ENTIRE SQUARE OF TRAFFIC FOR DROP OFF AND PICK UP IN THE MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS.
I REALIZE THIS ISN'T GONNA IMPACT THOSE OTHER TIMES OF DAY, BUT ELKINS WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY IN THAT LOCATION.
I'VE LIVED HERE OVER 40 YEARS.
THAT NEEDS TO BE, THE PRIORITY IS ELKINS AND THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF RENEGADE DRIVING GOING ON IN THE MORNING.
YOU'VE GOT PARENTS WHO ARE IN A HURRY TO GET TO WORK.
YOU'VE GOT BUS DRIVERS WORKING FOR THE DISTRICT WHO ARE IN A HURRY TO GET THEIR ROUTES GOING CUZ THAT'S THEIR FIRST STOP IS THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE HAD BUSES PASS AROUND ME AT STOP SIGNS TO GET INTO THAT TURN LANE.
AND THAT TURN LANE ONLY EXTENDS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FEED THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO DRIVEWAYS COMING OUTTA THIS NEW COMPLEX.
PEOPLE TRYING TO GO LEFT ON SIX CUZ THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GOING RIGHT CUZ YOU CAN'T GO RIGHT.
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FOR 30 MINUTES JUST TO GET BACK AROUND TO SIX.THAT'S GONNA BE A BLIND TURN ALMOST THE WAY THAT ROAD CURVES.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE TWO DRIVEWAYS WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC WITH NO TURN LANE WHEN YOU'VE GOT STUDENT DRIVERS, PARENTS IN A HURRY, BUSES IN A HURRY ALREADY.
IT'S A SAFETY AND IMPATIENCE ISSUE.
AND YOU'VE GOT WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE IN WAY TOO BIG OF A HURRY IN THAT TIME OF MORNING TO ADD TO IT.
AND THOSE RESIDENTS WHO DO END UP AT THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX ARE GONNA BE NOTHING BUT FRUSTRATED ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S JUST GONNA ADD TO THE AGGRAVATION.
SAME SITUATION IN THE AFTERNOONS WITH PICKUP.
SAME SITUATION SOMETIMES WITH CHURCH ON SUNDAYS.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE BASEBALL GAMES, IF YOU'VE GOT A SOFTBALL GAME AND A BASEBALL GAME, YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES BECAUSE THE ROADS CAN'T HANDLE IT.
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOING IN, NO EXTENSIONS, YOU PUT IN SIDEWALKS, GREAT, THAT'S GOOD FOR THE WALKERS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE CHILDREN CROSSING THESE ROADS FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET TO THESE NEW SCHOOLS.
AND THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE CUZ THOMPSON FERRY IS HARDLY EVEN A ROAD.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT OF THAT SCHOOL WITH THAT GIANT LOOP OF A PARKING LOT, AND IT'S GONNA BE, OR THE ENTRANCE WAY, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE ON THOSE ROADS TO SUPPORT THIS MUCH MORE POPULATION.
AND AS A RESIDENT, THAT BACKS UP TO IT.
I GOT ENOUGH NOISE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T NEED AN APARTMENT COMPLEX BACKING UP TO ME JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 11.
MR. CHRISTO IS YOUR PROTO PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
UH, MY NAME IS RICARDO CHRISTO.
MY ADDRESS IS, UH, 70 23 73 COLONY BU LANE.
I BUY THIS HOUSE MAYBE 22 OR 23 YEARS.
I GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA TRY TO TRANSLATE.
UH, MY FATHER'S BEEN THERE FOR LIKE 21 YEARS ALREADY.
HOW LONG VIEW LANE? HIS NAME IS RICARDO CHRISTO.
HE'S SAYING THERE'S A, LIKE A DITCH, LIKE A ROUGH TERRAIN, UH, IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE.
UM, UH, ANOTHER THING HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION.
HE WAS, UH, CONCERNED THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES MAY GO DOWN.
UH, ALSO THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH TRAFFIC.
UM, SO HE WAS, UH, HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, EVERYTHING HE WANTED TO SAY.
UH, FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, THE ROUGH TERRAIN GOING ON, AND HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
AND, UM, RIGHT HERE, UH, RIGHT THERE WHERE HE LIVES.
UH, LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, THERE'S A ROUGH TERRAIN GOING ON.
HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, HE WAS, UH, ASKING IF, UH, FOR HELP, IF, UH, IF YOU GUYS CAN FIX THAT.
HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
HE DOESN'T APPROVE ABOUT, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
UM, HE HAS, UH, 15 NEPHEWS AND, UH, HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
I'M NOT FIXING MY FRONT HOUSE.
IT IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IN FRONT, OH, THERE'S, UH, THE GAS PIPE IS AROUND THERE, SO HE'S CONCERNED IT'S, UH, DANGEROUS IF SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN.
WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THIS? I'M SORRY? WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS SPANISH? NO, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO YOU NEED THE ADDRESS? WE, NO, WE HAVE IT.
UH, THE, THE DESCRIPTION THAT WE WERE PROVIDED TONIGHT, BASICALLY IT'S A GRAVEL ROAD THAT'S OWNED BY THE MUD.
SO THE CITY STOPS WITH THE CITY STREET AND THEN A GRAVEL ROAD IS PICKED UP.
SO IT'S A MUD THING, AND I KNOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING WITH THAT.
MARTHA, ROBS, MS. ROBS, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
IN ADDITION, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
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HI, MY NAME IS MARTHA ROBS AND I LIVE AT 31 0 2 TEXAS PARKWAY, APARTMENT 2 0 8 MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77 4 89.WE WERE HERE THE LAST MEETING, AND WE'LL BE HERE AT EVERY MEETING UNTIL WE GET SOME HELP.
WE ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP FOR THE SENIORS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
YOUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY.
THE GATE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS.
THEY PUT A SCREW IN IT TO KEEP IT OPEN.
ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY CAN WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS AND THEY DO.
THERE WAS A HOMELESS WOMAN JUST THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS SLEEPING IN THE LOBBY.
I SEE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH KIDS.
I COME HOME AT NIGHT, I'M AFRAID TO GET OUT OF MY CAR.
I MOVED THERE BECAUSE I WAS ASSURED THAT THIS WAS A SAFE PLACE TO BE.
I LIVE ALONE AS MANY OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS.
I'M, I APOLOGIZE, BUT THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING, UH, AMENDMENT.
IT'S NOT THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD.
THAT PERIOD HAS ALREADY PASSED.
BUT THIS IS FOR, UH, A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEVEN A ONE ITEM
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
SEVEN A TWO SEVEN A TWO.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF AN APPROXIMATE 8.57 ACRE ATTRACTIVE LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT WITHIN AN AUTHORIZATION FOR A SPECIFIC USE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY.
TWO PD PLANT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 18 DESCRIBING, SAID 8.57 ACRES OF LAND REGULATING AND RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH PD.
PLANT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 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 SEPARABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, STORY NORI.
WE RECEIVED A APPLICATION TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 8.5 7.8 0.57 ACRES OF LAND FROM S U SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
UM, THE SITE IS LOCATED ON KNIGHTS CORE SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY SIX IN SOUTH OF CONEY LAKE SUBDIVISION.
THE ZONING AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR STORY, UM, APARTMENT BUILDING THAT WILL HOUSE 150 UNITS, A PAVILION, A TENNIS COURT, A DOG PARK, A PLAYGROUND, AND A QUARTER MILE TRAIL AROUND THE DETENTION POND.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TWO VARIANCES WITH THEIR PD APPLICATION.
UM, THESE VARIANCES ARE FROM THE NORMAL MF TWO, UM, ZONING STANDARD.
THE FIRST VARIANCE IS THEY WOULD LIKE AN ALLOWABLE HEIGHT OF 50 FEET, WHICH IS, UM, ASKING FOR A FIVE ADDITIONAL FEET OF DEVELOPMENT SPACE.
AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND VARIANCE IS FOR, IS TO ALLOW FOR 150 UNITS WITHIN A SINGLE UM, BUILDING.
TYPICALLY, WE ONLY ALLOW UP TO 24 UNITS, AND WITH THIS PD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, BUILD A SINGLE BUILDING WITH 150 UNITS A AND USE, UM, FIREWALLS WITHIN SECTIONS OF 24 UNITS.
INSTEAD, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE ZONING AMENDMENT.
UH, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY THEY'RE ASKING THE TO GO OVER FIVE FEET TALLER THAN WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE CURRENT MULTI-FAMILY TO REGULATIONS ONLY ALLOW UP TO 45 FEET AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR 50 FEET.
AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER NUMBER THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT? 150 VERSUS 24? EXPLAIN.
SO THE OTHER REQUIREMENT, THE OTHER VARIANCE HAS TO DO WITH THE DENSITY OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO FOR OUR REGULAR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEVELOPERS CAN ONLY DO 24 UNITS PER BUILDING.
AND SO WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS A SINGLE BUILDING THAT HAS UP TO 150 UNITS.
AND SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR REGULATIONS THAT WOULD ALL OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN IS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO 150 UNITS WITHIN A SINGLE BUILDING, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO USE FIREWALLS WITHIN SECTIONS OF 24 UNITS.
SO DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT WE WE DON'T ALLOW THAT? CORRECT.
I YELL BACK AND, UH, GO TO THE NEXT PERSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN MARSH.
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OKAY.UM, STORY, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, WHICH IS PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT TYPES OF THINGS COULD GO THERE NOW IN ITS CURRENT ZONING? SURE.
THE CURRENT S U P ALLOWS FOR AN ELEMENTARY, UM, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MONTESSORI, UM, CAMPUS.
SO I BELIEVE THE S U HAS IN PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND, UM, THE OWNER WAS LOOKING INTO DOING THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT HAS SINCE SWITCHED OVER TO THIS MODEL.
SO WE, THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY PURSUING THAT ANY LONGER, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A SCHOOL I, I DID NOT NOTICE IN THE, UM, IN THE PROJECT.
IS IT STILL OWNED BY THE SAME OWNERS OR IS THIS YES, DIFFERENT.
SO IT IS, UM, I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE APPLICANT, UM, SELECTED THIS PARTICULAR SITE LOCATION FOR THIS MULTI-FAMILY.
YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE OWNED THIS, UM, THIS PARTICULARLY LAND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UH, WE HAVE RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MEIS STORY.
UM, IN THE P AND Z IT WAS STATED THAT, UH, TRAFFIC WORKSHEET WAS DONE.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN OUR PACKET.
DO WE HAVE THAT TONIGHT FOR REVIEW OR? I DO NOT HAVE THE T I A WORKSHEET FOR REVIEW, BUT I CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU ALL.
SO I WANNA SHOW THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I'LL SHARE IT A LITTLE LATER AS WELL.
BUT THERE WAS A, A TRAFFIC WORKSHEET PERFORMED AND THE STUDY CAME BACK AND SAID THERE'LL BE 57 CARS PEAK AM AND 51 CARS PEAK PM SO ABOUT 108 CARS A DAY.
UM, SO I'LL SHARE THAT A LITTLE BIT LONG, UH, LATER ON IN THE EVENING.
UM, WHEN I HEARD A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THERE WAS A CAR ACC OR A POSSIBLY AN ACCIDENT ON, ON KNIGHT'S COURT, HAS PD OR FD EVER HAD TROUBLE WITH ACCESS TO AN EMERGENCY THAT YOU KNOW OF? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL DEFER THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR POSSIBLY PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THIS IS THE TI WORKSHEET, CHIEF PARTIDO.
DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S EVER BEEN ANY ACCESS ISSUES ON KNIGHT'S COURT, UH, FOR ANY EMS ACTIVITY? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WHEN, UH, SON BUTCHER'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, WAS BUILT, WAS THERE A T I DONE ON THAT? I WILL DEFER THAT TO SAHI MARIN COUNCIL.
I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAINTY, BUT TYPICALLY ANY SCHOOL WILL WILL HAVE A T I A DONE.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PROTO EMORY.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN WE DIDN'T YEAH, I, THAT, EXCUSE ME.
WHEN WE DID THE T I THAT, UH, IT OR DIDN'T, UH, MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, YOU HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST WHAT, 75 VEHICLES IN THE ANALYSIS AND THEY ONLY CAME UP WITH 73 AS, AM I READING THAT RIGHT? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT PROJECT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAIN PRO? YES.
THE CURRENT, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS JUST GIVEN US A T I A WORKSHEET THAT'S TELLING HOW MUCH PROJECTED TRAFFICS ARE GOING TO COME.
AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE NOT DONE A T I A, IT'S NOT TYPICAL TO GET A T I A DONE ON A ZONING CASE AT THIS STAGE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO T I A ON FILE, BUT IF IT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, STAFF WOULD BE REQUESTING A THOROUGH T I A AND A CIRCULATION PLAN.
AT THIS POINT, WE DO NOT HAVE A T I.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WENT OUT AND VISUALLY, UH, NOTICED OUR RE YOU KNOW, UH, LOOKED AT THE, UM, TRAFFIC IN THE MORNINGS, UH, AND THEN ALSO IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND, UH, BELIEVE ME, UH, I, I THINK, UH, MR. BUTERA PROBABLY, UH, DOWNPLAYED HOW MANY CARS STACK UP ON HIGHWAY SIX AND BACK UP ON, UH, THE, UH, THE OTHER, UH, ROAD COMING IN.
SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT THAT WE, UH, DO A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
CAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE REALLY MAIN STICKING POINTS AND FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET THIS APPROVED.
UM, JUST WANNA ADDRESS TWO QUICK THINGS.
THE, BASED ON THE CURRENT TRAFFIC, WE ARE AWARE THAT KNIGHT'S ROAD IS CONGESTED.
THERE ARE CONGESTION ISSUES, THERE ARE PLANS BY PUBLIC WORDS TO IMPROVE IT.
AGAIN, NOT BASED ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, BUT BASED ON EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, TO TAKE THAT ROAD FROM A TWO-LANE ROADWAY TO CONVERT IT INTO A THREE-LANE ROADWAY WITHIN THE EXIST EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LANE, AS WELL AS ADD ANOTHER DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE COMING OFF OF FROM KNIGHTS CODE TO HIGHWAY SIX.
OBVIOUSLY, DOES THE DOCK FACTOR THIS DEVELOPMENT? SHOULD THIS MO MOVE FORWARD? WE DO WHAT'S CALLED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS WHERE THEY WILL HAVE TO PROJECT THE TRAFFIC COMING HERE AND SIMULATE IN THE MODEL THAT IT'S NOT GONNA CAUSE ANY ADVERSE CONDITIONS.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE THOUGH.
THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICE IS, UH,
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THIS IS A FOUR STORY, UM, COMPLEX.THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THAT'S BEING, UH, UH, ASKED TO BE, UH, APPROVED IS A FOUR STORY COMPLEX.
AND, UH, AGAIN, AS I THINK, UH, SOME OF THE FOLKS BACK IN THE BACK, UH, OF THAT COMPLEX, UH, THEY'LL BE LOOKING OVER, UH, FENCES AND SEEING A FOUR STORY BUILDING OVER THERE WHERE IN THE, IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THEY EITHER HAD TREES.
NOW I KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THREE STORY.
SO I, UH, I GUESS ASK, YOU KNOW, IS IT REALLY AN, UH, A NECESSITY FOR IT TO BE FOUR STORIES? SO YES.
SO THE REASON THAT, UM, WE WERE GOING THE PD ROUTE WAS BECAUSE OF THE FOUR STORY MODEL THAT THEY HAVE, THE FOUR STORY AND THE SINGLE BUILDING LAYOUT THAT THEY HAD.
UM, AND JUST FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER, IT'S JUST BASED OFF OF THE OWNER'S, I GUESS, VISION FOR WHAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED MORE ABOUT REDUCING IT DOWN TO THREE STORIES.
UM, THE CURRENT MULTI-FAMILY TWO REGULATIONS ALLOW UP TO, UM, A 30, EXCUSE ME, 45 FOOT DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT'S THREE STORIES OR 45 FEET.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR 50 FEET, WHICH IS JUST ADDITIONAL, UM, FIVE FEET TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY ALLOW.
AND SO WE DID THAT BECAUSE OF THAT KIND OF, UM, WE DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING DURING, DURING THE TIME THE PERMITTING, BUT IN REALITY, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ABOUT FIVE FEET EXTRA FROM WHAT MULTI-FAMILY TWO WOULD ALLOW.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, I THINK IN OUR, UH, ORDINANCES, UH, UH, ON, UH, MULTI-FAMILY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DEDICATED, UH, GARAGE AREA FOR EACH OF THE, UH, OF THE UNITS.
IS THAT BEING FOLLOWED HERE ALSO? SO IT'S NOT CURRENTLY DEPICTED ON THE SITE PLAN, BUT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THAT AS PART OF THE REGULATIONS? YES.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S MANDATORY.
I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, UH, TO GIVE UP, UH, WHAT WE WORKED HARD TO, TO GET SO THAT WE DON'T, UH, HAVE CARS PARKED IN THE, UH, PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF IN A GARAGE.
SO, UH, I WOULD, WOULD, UH, STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THERE.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS, AND UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, UH, THE, THE SITUATION IS WITH THE, UH, ALL THE AMENITIES THAT ARE BEING SHOWN HERE, UH, IS THE PROJECT PLAN THAT BEFORE WE WOULD GIVE A, UH, A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT ALL OF THOSE AMENITIES WOULD BE IN PLACE AND FUNCTIONAL AND WORKING.
AND, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS WERE PROMISED THEY'RE NOT THERE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S MY, UH, YOU KNOW, GOAL IS THAT IF SOMEONE BUYS ONE OF THESE UNITS OR RINSE ONE OF THESE UNITS, AND IT HAS ALL OF THESE AMENITIES THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY GONNA BE THERE, THAT THEY'RE IN, THAT THEY'RE THERE AND IN PLACE, AND THEY CAN BE ENJOYED BY THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, THAT YOU CAN, UH, INDICATE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE WILL BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE FIRST RENTAL? YEAH, SO AS PART OF THE PD, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, THEY ARE RESTRICTED TO THEIR SITE PLAN.
SO IF THEY ARE PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENITIES AS PART OF THEIR SITE PLAN, THEN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE AMENITIES.
AND CAN WE TIE THAT, THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO RENT ANY OF THE UNITS UNTIL THEY, UH, ALL OF THOSE AMENITIES THAT WERE STATED HAVE BEEN PROVIDED? YES, WE COULD, I BELIEVE.
WOULD WE NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PD TO REQUIRE THAT? AS FAR AS THE CEO, SHOULD I MAKE A MOTION? SO LET ME PROVIDE A CLARIFICATION ON THE AMENITIES, BECAUSE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE AMENITIES, THE MF TWO MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT REQUIRES CERTAIN, UH, LEVEL OF AMENITIES, BUT ALSO RESIDENTIAL IS REQUIRED TO DO PARKLAND, UH, DEDICATION.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT PARKLAND DEDICATION IS, UM, SOME MULTI-FAMILY TEND TO DO CASH IN LIEU OF, UM, IF THEY DO A COMBINATION OF ON-SITE AMENITIES AND CASH IN LIEU OF, THEN THAT CAN BE TIED TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
IF IT'S A PRIVATE DEAL OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO DO BY THE CITY, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE ENFORCEABLE, UM, WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
WELL, I, I, I GUESS I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT, UH, UH, IF THE, UH, THOSE AMENITIES ARE PROMISED THAT THEY'D, THEY'D BE THERE AND, UH, THEY'D BE, UH, ON THE GROUND WHEN THEY START, UH, RUNNING OUT THE UNITS.
UH, I, I KNOW WE MAY NOT HAVE ANYTHING FROM A CITY STANDPOINT TO, TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
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ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS COMPLEX.IS THE, UM, DEVELOPER HERE? YES, THEY'RE HERE.
CAN THEY COME UP? HELLO? HELLO.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT COMMUNICATIONS HAVE YOU ALL HAD WITH THE RESIDENTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU ALL WANT TO BUILD? UM, SORRY.
THE, UH, MR. CHEN IS THE OWNER.
YOU, I'M THE ARCHITECT AND MR. TEN'S ENGLISH.
IS HE HE
UM, ACTUALLY, MR. CHEN LIVE IN, UM, THIS AREA AND ACTUALLY BOTH OF HIS SON, UH, GO TO, UH, ELKINS HIGH.
SO HIS OLDER SON GRADUATE AT 2021, AND HIS YOUNGER SON ACTUALLY IS A CURRENT STUDENT IN ELKINS HIGH.
UH, AND HE ATTENDED THE CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO I CAN SEE HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND FAMILIAR WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK HE RECENTLY JUST APPLIED FOR JOIN THE O P T FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
HIGH APPLY FOR WHAT? THE, UM, THE, THE, UM, PARENTS', UH, PTO.
SO YOU'VE BEEN TO THE PTO MEETINGS? HE'S BEEN TO THE PTO MEETINGS.
SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION.
GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS AROUND AND THE RESIDENTS, SO HAVE, HAVE, HAS HE READ THE PROTEST LETTERS FROM THE RESIDENTS? WE DO.
UH, ACTUALLY THANKS TO THE, UH, COUNSELOR AND WE ACTUALLY, WE ALSO ATTENDED THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO SEE IS WE ARE BOTH PARENTS.
ACTUALLY, MY KIDS ALSO GO TO FORT BEND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THE KIDS' SAFETY AND THE TRAFFIC IS ALSO OUR PRIORITY.
AND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF A INVESTOR DEVELOPER, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE MONEY.
THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE MONEY.
SO THAT WILL ALSO BE A MAJOR ELEMENT.
THEY GONNA CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC AND THE SAFETY.
ACTUALLY, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT COMPARED TO OTHER BUSINESS BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVE THERE.
SO THE SAFETY IS IT, IT IS A PRIORITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ALREADY DID THE T I A WORKSHEETS AND WE ALSO PROMISED TO DO, UH, A FULL TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO WHAT WE WISH IS, LET'S LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM IN THE OBJECTIVE WAY AND LET THE, LET THE DATA TALK SO WE UNDERSTAND, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND PARENTS FEELING.
AND ACTUALLY WE ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE TABLE.
ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DEVELOPERS? I DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHALL, OR, OKAY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, MR. CHIN.
SO I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
WHAT TYPE OF APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, WILL THIS DO YOU PLAN ON THIS BEING? OKAY, SO, UM, THE DEVELOPER'S GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A HIGH END APARTMENT FOR LEASING PURPOSE.
THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PERFORM THE T I A PRIOR TO US MAKING THIS DECISION? YEAH, WE WILL DO A TRAFFIC STUDY.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO IT PRIOR TO US MAKING THIS DECISION? UH, WE ALREADY DID THE T I A WORKSHEETS? NO, THE FULL STUDY.
UM, I GUESS WE, THEY WERE ASKING IF WE WERE WILLING TO DO A FULL TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE THE ZONING, WHICH IS, UH, NOT A TYPICAL REZONING PROCESS FOR WHAT I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TYPICAL, BUT WE HAVE SEEN IT DONE BEFORE IN THE PAST, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONTENTIOUS AS THIS.
YOU, I, I APPRECIATE THAT HIS TWO BOYS HAVE ATTENDED ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL AS SO DID MINE MM-HMM.
SO I WAS IN, INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'VE HEARD THERE, ALL OF THE CITIZENS STAY, AND MY KIDS GRADUATED IN 2011.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, WOULD YOU CONSIDER DOING IT PRIOR TO US MAKING? YES.
WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN AND CORPORATE WITH THE CITY EXPERTS
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MM-HMM.I REALLY THINK BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS SUCH AN ISSUE IN THE AREA, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE YOU PERFORM THAT T I A IN ADVANCE.
UM, THEY COULD HAVE REQUESTED IT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING LEVEL TO HAVE THAT FULL WORKUP DONE.
I, I THINK THAT WAY WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE WOULD BE UP AGAINST AND WHAT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED OF YOU TO PUT SOMETHING WITH SUCH HIGH DENSITY IN THIS AREA.
YOU'RE GONNA REMAIN THE OWNER.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, RIGHT.
STORMING, UM, MY QUESTION IS THE FIVE FEET THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, IS THAT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE FOUR STORIES? UH, BECAUSE IN THIS DESIGN IT'S SHOWING, IT'S ALREADY FOUR STORIES.
SO IS THAT THE 45 FEET OR IS THAT THE 50 FEET? IT'S A 50 FEET.
SO ACTUALLY THEY'RE, UM, DEVELOPMENT, THE WAY THEY SHOW IT ON THEIR PLANS, THEY'RE RIGHT OUT 45 FEET AND THAT'S THE MAXIMUM FOR THE MFT REGULATIONS.
SO WE DECIDED TO DO THE PD TO GIVE THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET.
SO THERE'S, UM, NO ISSUES DURING TIME OF PERMITTING.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UH, SOUND WALL, IS THERE ANY PROTECTION FROM THIS COMPLEX WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT BACK UP TO THAT, UH, BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE LAYOUT, THERE'S GONNA BE A DOG PARK BACK THERE, TENNIS COURT, THERE'S A LOT OF THE, UM, AMENITIES.
SO IS THERE ANY, ANY OPTIONS FOR ANY TYPE OF SOUND WALLS THAT, WHERE, WHERE ANY OF THE RESIDENTS WILL BACK UP TO, TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTIES OR ITS AMENITIES? SO YES, YOU CAN PUT, UM, YOU CAN PUT A MASONRY WALL AS A REQUIREMENT, AS PART OF THE PD.
THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD CURRENTLY ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD IS THERE'S ACTUALLY A DITCH BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IF THERE'S AN X, UM, AMOUNT, WIDTH OF DITCH, THEY ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO A WALL.
BUT AS PART OF THE PD, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT.
AND TO THE, TO THE OWNERS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE A REQUIREMENT? UH, WE, WE WILL DISCUSS WITH THE, UH, ENGINEER AND THEN STUDY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IMPACT THIS WILL BE.
BUT AGAIN, WE WILL DO WHATEVER NECESSARY.
AND ALSO THIS PROPERTY IS NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO ANY RESIDENCE, SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE, UH, RETAIL CENTER AND ON LEFT SIDE ACTUALLY IS A PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH.
SO WE WILL EVALUATE YOUR COMMENTS AND MAKE THE WHATEVER APPROPRIATE DECISION YOU NEED.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MERLES.
SO I'VE MET WITH BOTH AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A GREAT PROJECT AND THEY'RE DIALED IN TO ELKINS AND THEY'RE DIALED INTO THIS STREET.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER THREE FLOORS? THREE FLOORS? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT? WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER THE PROJECT AND IT BE A THREE STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX? MM.
I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
REALLY THAT'S A NUMBER DRIVEN, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S A STICKING POINT FOR ME AT LEAST.
UM, SASHI, IF A T I TRIGGERS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXPAND THE STREET, THEN TO WHAT? OH, I'M SORRY.
TO WHAT BOUNDARY OR EXTENT ARE THE, IS IF F M A RESPONSIBLE FOR, WILL IT BE JUST IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY? TYPICALLY IT IS TO THE AREA THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING.
NOW, IT COULD BE THAT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, MAYOR IN COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN ISSUE THERE ON NIGHT COURT.
THAT IS WELL KNOWN THAT WE DO HAVE A TRAFFIC ISSUE THERE ON NIGHT'S COURT.
WHAT IS IN THE PLANNING STAGE THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, WE PUT SOME STREETLIGHTS, IS TO TAKE THAT TWO-LANE ROADWAY EXCEPT TO THE PIECE WHERE IT TIES TO HIGHWAY SIX, WHERE IT BECOMES A TWO-LANE EACH DIRECTION.
GENERALLY IT'S A ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION, A ROADWAY.
THE CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY ALLOWS IT TO BE THREE LANE THAT IS ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION WITH A TURN LANE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO THAT WAY YOU'LL GET THE PROVISION TO, UH, HAVE THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS.
THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE CURRENT EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.
AS WELL AS BUILD A LEFT TURN LANE, A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE AT HIGHWAY SIX.
CURRENTLY IT'S A SHARED LANE YOU CAN GO THROUGH OR MAKE A LEFT.
UH, BY DOING THE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN PUT A DEDICATED LEFT-HAND LANE AT HIGHWAY SIX THAT'LL PROVIDE MORE CAPACITY.
NOW WE ARE DOING A STUDY, THERE IS NOT A FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROJECT.
SHOULD THE T I A DO SOME, UH, STUDY AND FIND OUT THAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTENT
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WHAT THEY'RE GENERATING TRAFFIC PRORATE A SHARE OF TRAFFIC, THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE FOR THE SHARE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.NOW, IF THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE, LET'S SAY I'M JUST HYPOTHETICALLY SAYING ONE LANE IS NOT DEDICATED.
IT NEEDS TO BE TWO LANE EACH DIRECTIONS, WHICH I DOUBT BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF THAT'S WHAT THE T I S SAYS, IT IS THE OBLIGATION OF THE DEVELOPER TO CONSTRUCT THAT IN FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY, NOT BEYOND R P C CHURCH, NOT ONLY TO THE EXTENT WHERE THEY'RE IMPACTING THE TRAFFIC.
GOT RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAPON.
UH, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HA ON, UM, THE QUESTION FIRST, A QUESTION I HAVE IS I'M LOOKING, UH, AT THE DESIGN AND, UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME ABOUT THE ENTRANCE AND THE EXIT? CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE YOU'RE IN THERE, AND FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE, MAY BE IN THE BACK, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER ENTRANCE BUILDING ENTRANCES OR EXITS OTHER THAN THIS NIGHT'S COURT, UH, ENTRANCE AND EXIT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY? UM, UH, THIS, THIS SITE PLAN IS ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF DATE.
SO WE, BEFORE WE HAVE LIKE TWO EXITING ON THE NIGHT, NIGHT IS NOT LIKE NIGHT, ROAD, NIGHT, UH, COURT.
YEAH, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE.
SO OUR MOST UPDATED DESIGN IS WE ONLY HAVE ONE ENTRANCE, UH, WHICH IS THE MIDDLE ONE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A EASEMENT, UH, FIRE LANE EASEMENT ACCESS TO THE RETAIL CENTER ON THE, UH, SHOULD BE THE EAST SIDE.
SO, SO THAT WILL BECOME OUR SECOND EXIT.
SO WHEN YOU SAY THE RETAIL CENTER, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SELF STORAGE? UH, THE, I THINK THAT RETAIL CENTER IS ONE STORY ON THE EAST SIDE.
THAT TOWARDS, YEAH, TOWARDS HIGHWAY SIX.
SO IF YOU USE, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE IS THAT, WHERE IS THAT AT THE SOUTH END? YOU SEE AT THE SOUTH END THERE IS THE, YEAH.
WELL, SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE SELF STORAGE? SO THE SELF STORAGE OR THE, IS IT SELF STORAGE FOR THE RESIDENTS OR IS THIS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO, IS IT LIKE A PUBLIC STORAGE? NO, THAT RESIDENCE, THAT ACTUALLY IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS LIVING HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU SIZE DOWN INTO APARTMENT, EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING, YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT WHERE YOU DON'T WANNA THROW AWAY.
SO THAT'S THE ACTUAL STORAGE SPACE THAT LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE APARTMENT.
AND ALSO THOSE STORAGE SPACE CAN BE LIKE A COVERED PARKING GARAGE IN CASE SOMEBODY HAVE A EXPENSIVE X MODEL, TESLA, THEY DON'T WANNA PARK OUTSIDE.
SO LET'S JUST PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONVENIENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WOULD, WOULD YOU BE, WOULD ANYONE WHO'S NOT A RESIDENT AT THIS LOCATION BE ABLE TO RENT FROM THE SELF STORAGE AND PLACE THEIR ITEMS THERE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS IN AND OUT? THAT'S THE OPERATING QUESTION.
I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE OWNER TO ANSWER, BUT THEIR INITIAL PURPOSE IS TO KEEP THAT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
LAST QUESTION IS, I KIND OF WANNA PIGGYBACK ON MAYOR PRO.
TIM'S COMMENTS ABOUT, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE GUN SHY ABOUT THESE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE WALKTHROUGH THAT WE HAD WITH THE RESIDENT WHO CAME AND TRIED TO SPEAK EARLIER ON THE, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE AMENITIES AND THINGS THAT ARE INDICATED, UH, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL, UH, UH, IN THE PD TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO THESE THINGS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD BE MONITORED AND HOW THAT WOULD BE, UM, HOW, HOW WE WOULD HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
BECAUSE CLEARLY THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AT THE GAYLAND JUBILEE, UH, PROPERTY THAT, THAT, UH, IS OFF OF TEXAS PARKWAY.
BUT NONETHELESS, UH, I GUESS IN, IN A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THESE AMENITIES NOT ONLY ARE, UM, FUNCTIONAL AND THAT THEY'RE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, UPON THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY FIRST RESIDENT BEING ABLE TO MOVE IN.
UM, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME? IS THERE SOMEONE THAT'S, THAT MONITORS THIS? I MEAN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT THAT TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF A TIMEFRAME OF WHEN THE AMENITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS YEAH.
BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER MOVES IN FIRST SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE, THESE AMENITIES FROM DAY ONE.
RIGHT? SO, CURRENTLY, UM, KIND OF LIKE THE WAY JENNIFER EXPLAINED, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CURRENTLY TIE TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT WOULD ENFORCE THAT AS PART OF THE PD.
UM, THE SITE PLAN IS ENFORCEABLE, BUT THAT AMENITIES, BUT NOT WHAT THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
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BUILDING SIDE, THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO ENFORCE THAT'S SOMETHING WOULD NEED TO BE IN PLACE OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING REGULATIONS.AND IS THAT TIED TO STATE LAW OR IS THAT SOMETHING HOW, YOU KNOW, WHO REGULATES THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE SELF-IMPOSED? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TIE THAT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
WELL, SO YOUR SITE PLAN IS TIED TO YOUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
SO THE, THE ZONING COMPLIANCE HAS TO BE IN PLACE FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO BE ISSUED.
UM, SO ANYTHING THAT'S TIED TO IT, WHAT THIS SITUATION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE TEXAS PARKWAY SITUATION, UM, IS THIS IS ALL CONTAINED ON ONE SITE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A CONCEPT, IF THE COUNCIL ELECTS TO ADOPT THIS AND THEN REQUIRES THAT NO SITE PLAN THAT COMES IN FROM PERMITTING, DEVIATE FROM WHAT'S SHOWN ON THAT SITE PLAN, THEN THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WOULD BE BASED ON.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE SITE PLAN HAS TO SPELL OUT ALL OF THOSE DETAILS.
SO WHETHER IT'S THE TRAIL, WHETHER IT'S THE SWIMMING POOL, WHATEVER AMENITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DESIRED, THAT'S DEPICTED, THAT CAN BE ADOPTED WITH THE PD AS THE SITE PLANT.
BUT UNDERSTAND TOO, IS THAT THIS ALSO HAS TO GO THROUGH A PARKLAND DEDICATION IF THE ZONING IS APPROVED.
SO THE AMENITIES THAT ARE SHOWN IN CONCEPT RIGHT NOW ARE STILL CONCEPT, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO KIND OF PAIR DOWN WHAT THOSE AMENITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE ON SITE AND FOR THIS PARK ZONE DISTRICT.
SO AT WHAT POINT WOULD WE FLESH THAT OUT TO BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, CUZ WE MEET, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER MONTH, I MEAN, EVERY OTHER, UH, I MEAN THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS OF EVERY MONTH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH P AND Z, IT'S NOT GOING BACK THERE.
SO IF THIS WERE TO COME BACK BEFORE US, OR IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, OR IF WE SENT IT BACK FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS, WOULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT? OR WOULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR? SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO BRING IT BACK CUZ IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
SO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU, UM, IS TO PERMIT MULTI-FAMILY, UM, WITH, UH, THE DEVIATION ON, UH, THAT I, UH, REFERENCE IF THE AMENITIES ARE ON THERE.
SO THE MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR AMENITIES.
SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC AMENITIES THAT THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO BE SEEN IN THAT PD, THEN THAT LIST CAN BE APPLIED TO THAT PD ORDINANCE AND THAT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING.
SO AGAIN, WE, WE DO THAT TONIGHT OR WE, THEY DO THAT AT A FUTURE MEET IT, YOU WOULD, YOU COULD VOTE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING FORWARD A LIST OF WHAT THOSE AMENITIES ARE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE OWNER.
UH, I KNOW YOU'RE TRANSLATING, UH, HOW MANY OF THESE TYPE OF MULTI-FAMILY THAT YOU'RE, UH, THE OWNER HAS BUILT IN THE PAST? OH, UH, I, I HAVE ANOTHER PARTNER.
UH, HE HAS BUILDING MANY, UH,
YEAH, MR. MR. CHEN IS ONE OF THE PARTNERS.
SO THIS COMPANY OWN HAVE TWO OWNER.
THE OTHER OWNER IS OUT OF TOWN.
UH, BUT, UH, MR. CHEN IS, UH, MAIN EXPERIENCE IS ON THE EDUCATION PART.
UH, BUT THE OTHER PARTNER BUILT A LOT OF A, UM, LIKE THE, UH, MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AND ALSO HE RECENTLY INVEST, UH, AND BUILD THE, UH, I THINK IT'S A TOWNHOUSE, RIGHT, AT THE, AT THE GALVESTON AREA.
YEAH, GALVESTON AND THE PARENT HAVE A OFFICE BUILDING.
THEY HAVE, HE ALSO BUILD A, UM, UH, MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AT THE PIER LAND.
SO THAT PARTNER HAS, UH, SOME CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE, MA'AM, IN THIS? ARE YOU JUST A TRANSLATOR OR YOU PART OF THE REALTY OR, OR REAL ESTATE? UH, I'M, I'M A ARCHITECT.
UH, BUT THE OWNER REQUESTS ME TO ACTUALLY ASKING ME TO HELP TRANSLATE.
AND ALSO BECAUSE WE TALK TO EACH OTHER A LOT, I LITERALLY WALK THEM THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE CLOSER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION.
SO HE WANTED ME TO EXPLAIN HIS IDEA.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID MEDICAL OFFICES, BUT YOU HAVE NOT BUILT A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, YOU OR YOUR PARTNERS ANYWHERE, WHETHER IT'S PEARLAND, I HEARD YOU SAY PEARLAND OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO THIS WOULD BE YOUR FIRST YEAH.
AM I, AM I CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO MY, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
SO, SITE PLAN, FIRST OF ALL, FOR ME, YOU
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TALKED ABOUT THERE'S NO NEIGHBORS OVER THERE.SO YOU DO HAVE NEIGHBORS OVER THERE.
I USED TO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, SO, AND I KNOW HOW CONGESTIVE THAT IS.
AND TWO, THERE'S THAT DITCH THAT'S BACK THERE THAT IS JUST, IT'S NOT A DITCH OF PROBABLY FROM HERE TO HALF OF THIS ROOM.
SO YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK AT MASONRY WALLS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE ONCE THIS BUILDUP, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND THEN ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, I THINK MAYOR PROTO HAD TALKED ABOUT GARAGE COVERS.
YOU COULDN'T ANSWER THAT FOR US TODAY.
UM, HOW MANY OF THAT, UH, THREE STORIES.
THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THREE STORY OR FOUR STORIES, AND YOU SAID YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
UM, THEN GETTING INTO, I HEARD OUR ENGINEER, UH, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE, TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS ROADWAY IS NOT, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING IN YOUR WORDS, IS NOT READY FOR THIS TYPE OF TRAFFIC OR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE WITH THIS.
AND I I HAD ASKED THE PLANNER EARLIER, UH, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 150, UH, VERSUS 26? AND YOU, YOU HAD BASICALLY SAID THAT'S WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE WANTING.
SO FOR ME, WHEN I LOOK AT FAIL, NOT FAIL ROADWAYS, BUT THAT ROADWAY NEEDS TO TAKE ON THIS, AND I'VE FULLY HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT THE LEFT TURNS.
AND IF YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, KID THAT WENT TO SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, UM, AND EVEN WITH THE OTHER ISSUES THAT'S GOING ON.
SO THIS TYPE OF, THERE'S MORE CLARITY THAT FOR ME TO, THAT I NEED FROM BOTH STAFF AND FROM YOU TO MAKE A RIGHTFUL DECISION TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT.
AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, BECAUSE UNLESS YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION.
BUT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T REALLY HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING.
AND I SEE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL FORMAT, I LOOKED AT IT, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT THAT'S HERE.
BUT FOR ME, WITH ALL THOSE VARIABLES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PUSH FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNLESS YOU CAN COME BACK AND ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR US.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
IF WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PUT IN.
MOTION YOU MADE IT AND RILEY'S GOT A MOTION.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MARS.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR MOTION? UM, ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN VOTE, BUT I HAVE COMMENTS.
SO MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS SAFETY.
I THINK EVERYONE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THE PUBLIC AND ALL THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN IS SAFETY.
AND EVEN THE OWNERS TALKED ABOUT SAFETY.
UM, AND AS MENTIONED IN THE P AND Z, MEANING THIS ROAD IS A FAILED ROAD, UM, UH, TO THE, TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THE ROAD IS A TWO-LANE ROAD THAT HAS SHOULDERS AND THEN IT CHOKES UP WITH ATTORNEY LANE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THIS, IT CLEARLY DOESN'T WORK.
TODAY, I WANT TO PROVIDE EVERYBODY SOME ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS.
AND I HAVE SPREADSHEET IF YOU GUYS AND I NEED IT.
BUT THIS COMES STRAIGHT FROM FORT BEND, I S D ACCORDING FOR, UH, TO THE RECENT FORT BEND ISD REPORT, ELKINS IS AN OVER UTILIZATION STATE.
THAT MEANS THAT IT'S EXCEEDED ITS CAPACITY.
THE UTILIZATION RATE IS 1 0 4 0.45, AND THE OPTIMAL STATE IS 85, WHICH MAKES IT 20% HIGHER THAN THE OPTIMAL STATE.
ADDITIONALLY, THEIR ATTENDANCE IS 2,653 STUDENTS.
IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR 2,540 STUDENTS, WHICH IS 113 STUDENTS MORE THAN IT'S DESIGNED FOR.
AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE THE OVERFLOW OF PARKING AT BC CHURCH, ET CETERA.
SO A TRAFFIC WORKSHEET, I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.
THERE'S 57 CARS IN THE MORNING.
51 CARS IN THE EVENING, IT'S 108 CARS.
SO WE'RE ALREADY PUMPING 113 MORE STUDENTS DOWN A FAILED ROAD.
AND NOW WE'RE ASKING THAT WE PUMP A HUNDRED UNDER EIGHT IN THERE.
AND TO ME, THAT'S A CHOKE POINT.
TO ME, THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMENTS EVEN IN P AND Z WITH THE HIGHWAY SIX AND, UH, KNIGHT'S COURT INTERSECTION, THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S A, IT'S A MESS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO STACK 108 MORE CARS ON TOP OF BUSES, ON TOP OF PARENTS.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE T I A I TRUST THE PROCESS, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WORKED VERY WELL FOR THOMPSON'S FERRY BECAUSE ALLS WE GOT WAS SIDEWALKS.
SO I'M KIND OF CONCERNED THAT, UM, THAT WE'LL JUST GET A PEDESTRIAN PLAN AND STILL HAVE THE CHO CHOKE POINT.
UM, WITH ALL THAT SAID, UM, MR. CHEN AND TEAM, I'VE TOLD YOU FROM THE START, I WANT TO SEE YOU BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK AS A TEAM ON A NICE ROAD, A NICES COURT PLAN, A PLAN FOR SUCCESS, A PLAN FOR SAFETY.
THE WAY WE'RE DOING THIS IS ONE STEP AT A TIME AND IT'S NOT WORKING.
YOU MAY FIX YOUR PART, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DOWNSTREAM? SO
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I KNOW FORT BEND ISD HAS 12.5 MILLION BOND COMING UP.IF IT PASSES, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME FUNDS THERE.
I KNOW THERE'S SIDEWALKS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE PLANNED WITHIN THAT 12.5 MILLION.
BUT, UH, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER ON A NIGHT'S COURT PLAN SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WITH THAT, I SAY AROUND THE HEIGHT AND THE TR THE SAFETY MATTERS.
I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS, THIS EVENING.
WHAT IS YOUR MOTION, SIR? UM, I, I VOTE.
WELL, I THINK WE JUST VOTE AND THEN WE SAY YAY OR NAY.
YES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT.
I THINK HIS MOTION WAS TO ADOPT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE VOTING.
SO NOW WE VOTE AND WE CAN ALL DO YAY OR NAY.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? SO THE MOTION, IF YOU SUPPORT IT, YOU CAN VOTE.
SO I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE AUTHORIZATIONS.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to exec...]
NUMBER EIGHT, AUTHORIZATIONS EIGHT, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM AGREEMENT.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TRUMKA JUT ITEM EIGHT A, THE PRESENT.
UM, TODAY WE ARE, UM, REQUESTING PERMISSION TO, TO AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND FEMA.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE ARE PLANNING, PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT.
IT'S A FEMA OWNED SYSTEM CALLED IPOS.
IPOS IS THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM.
BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, IT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO FEMA'S OPEN PLATFORM.
THIS WILL GIVE US A ABILITY TO GEO GEO CODE AND SEND ALERTS TO CITIZENS IN CRITICAL LEVEL EMERGENCIES.
THIS IS NOT A SUBSCRIPTION BASED SYSTEM.
SO THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS IF WE HAVE CITIZENS OR VISITORS IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY THAT GOES ON, WE CAN SEND THEM A NOTIFICATION OR AN ALERT TO NOTIFY THEM THAT SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
THIS IS GONNA BE JUST A TOP TIER CRITICAL IMMINENT THREAT TYPE EMERGENCIES ONLY.
UM, THE FIRST STEP TO GET ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TO SIGN THAT A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WITH FEMA.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR TODAY.
SO WE CAN, UM, GET THIS SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING IF APPROVED.
SO FOR EMINENT THREATS, THAT MEANS IT'S GONNA BE IN A PROTECTIVE ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY OR SOON SEVERE.
THAT'S THE OTHER TYPE OF THREAT WE WOULD SEND OUT.
THIS IS FOR AN EMERGENCY THAT IS CAUSING EXTREME OR SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE WOULD UTILIZE THIS SYSTEM FOR IS DANGEROUS WEATHER SUCH AS TORNADO WARNINGS OR EMERGENCIES.
THOSE NOTICES HAVE TO GO OUT IMMEDIATELY, AND WE CAN SEND THOSE TO EVERY CELL PHONE WITHIN THAT AREA.
WE'RE PING TO LET THEM KNOW THEY NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
ANY OTHER TYPE OF SHELTER IN PLACE, WARNINGS SUCH AS A GAS OR CHEMICAL LEAK, WE CAN NOTIFY EVERYONE WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT THAT SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
IN ADDITION TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PART, WE CAN UTILIZE IT FOR A ACTIVE THREAT OR SHOOT, OR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION OR AN ACTIVE EVACUATION THAT IS GOING ON AT THAT THIS TIME.
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO, I JUST WANT TO ASK COUNCIL MC RILEY, ARE YOU IN THE QUEUE? MM-HMM.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, HOW SOON WOULD THIS GO INTO EFFECT WITH THIS APPROACHING HURRICANE SEASON? UM, WITH IT, WE DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE TIMELINE.
WE'VE TRIED OUR BEST TO SHORTEN IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AFTER THIS STEP IS DONE, WE THEN HAVE TO GET THE COUNTY, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY ONCE THEY SIGN OFF THE STATE, AND FEMA THEN HAS TO GO AND SIGN OFF.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON THE BACK END TO KIND OF SPEED THIS UP.
BUT BEING THAT IT'S FEMA, THEY DON'T GIVE US A DEDICATED TIMELINE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO COLLECT THE ACTUAL PHONE NUMBERS? HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE AN EFFORT TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION? DO WE HAVE A DATABASE ALREADY OR HOW DO WE NOTIFY THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED THAT BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM?
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SO WE WILL HAVE A TWO-PART SYSTEM FOR OUR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.ONE PART WILL BE SUBSCRIPTION, BUT THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS NOT SUBSCRIPTION BASED.
THIS IS WILL ALLOW US TO USE FEMAS PLATFORMS. SO THE SAME SYSTEM THEY USE FOR THE AMBER ALERTS, WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES SYSTEM, AND ALL THE FEDERAL PLATFORMS BECAUSE IT IS AN EMINENT THREAT, BUT IT'S ONLY USED FOR THAT LEVEL OF EMERGENCIES.
BUT FOR OUR REGULARS, WE WILL HAVE UNMASK UNIFICATION SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR.
THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, ARE THERE OPTIONS TO HAVE THIS IN MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE? UM, YES.
OUR CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, UM, DOES GO IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
AND IF THEY DO REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT WITH US, THEY CAN SET THEIR OWN LANGUAGE THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE THESE ALERTS THEN.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
ARE THERE OTHER CITIES, UM, OR SISTER CITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM? UM, YES.
SUGARLAND, UM, ADOPTED THIS PROGRAM IN 2019.
A LOT OF THE LARGER CITIES ALSO ARE, UM, A PART OF THE IPOS PROGRAM, INCLUDING BOTH HARRISON, FORT BEND COUNTY ALSO.
AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE ANY, THE FINANCIAL PIECE.
IS THERE A FINANCIAL COMPONENT TO THIS? NO, IT'S A FREE PROGRAM THROUGH FEMA.
WE JUST HAVE TO SIGN, UM, THE DOCUMENTS IN COURT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENTS ON OUR END.
RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TO MEMORY.
COULD YOU, UH, MAYBE, UH, EXPLAIN, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE PROCESS IS? WHO'S INVOLVED WHEN WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT AN ALERT, WHO'S, UH, IN THE LOOP TO MAKE THAT DECISION THAT IT DOES MEET THE CRITERIA TO, UH, BE ABLE TO PUT THIS OUT ON THE, UH, THE NETWORK.
SO ONCE WE GET THIS IMPLEMENTED, WE WILL HAVE OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE GUIDE THAT WILL BE FOR INTERNAL OPERATIONS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT EMERGENCY MANAGER.
THE CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW, AT A MINIMUM, WILL BE THE ONLY ONES THAT'LL BE ABLE TO AUTHORIZE TO CERTIFY THAT THIS IS AN IMMINENT THREAT TO GO OUT.
BUT WE ARE, WE MAY CHANGE AS WE DEVELOP THAT DOCUMENT AND SEE IF IT'S ADDITIONAL NEED.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, UH, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, UH, HEARING AND SEEING NO ONE ON THE LIST TO SPEAK.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action- Authorize the Mayor to execute a st...]
ITEM A B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MERIT TO EXECUTE A STANDARD OPERATING GUY WITH FORT BEND COUNTY FOR THE USE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERTS AND WARNING SYSTEM, UH, FOR PUBLIC MESSAGING TRAMEKA.SO THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE IPOS, UH, DOCUMENTATION THAT WE'LL NEED TO COMPLETE.
BECAUSE WE ARE A PART OF FORT BEND COUNTY, WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE SAME PLATFORM AS FORT BEND COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE SO THAT WE KNOW LIMITATIONS OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT AREA.
MISSOURI CITY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO SEND NOTIFICATIONS THROUGH IPOS FOR THE MISSOURI CITY PROPERTY.
E T J WILL GO THROUGH FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE PLAN WITH FORT BEND COUNTY AND MISSOURI CITY WILL DESIGNATE THAT THE SYSTEM WE'RE USING HOW AND WHEN WE SEND OUT THESE ALERTS.
SEEING NO ONE ON THE SPEAKING LIST, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
NUMBER NINE ARE ORDINANCES.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS, APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AMENDING THE AUTHORIZED STAFFING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS IN AMENDMENTS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS, AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTERS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, NO HONOR.
UM, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UH, AS MENTIONED BY, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
UH, THIS ITEM INCLUDES AN AMENDMENT, UM, FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
UH, WE HAVE ONE AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,609 WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT IS TO FUND THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION ON APRIL 3RD.
UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, SO THIS FUNDS THE POSITION.
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UM, UH, AMENDMENT, AND THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT AT MC D A AND THAT IS, UM, APPROPRIATING THE $1 MILLION FOR THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT EXPENSE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF VICKSBURG.LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BROWN MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action – A resolution authorizing the execu...]
I'M NUMBER 10 ON RESOLUTIONS, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO ATTEST THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND KEVIN MOORE OF MCDONALD'S REAL ESTATE COMPANY PERTAINING TO CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO AN APPROXIMATELY 0.73 ACRE TRACT LAND LOCATED IN, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS CAR PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ROAD FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY HERMAN RODRIGUEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT WITH A FEW OF YOU AT DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO NOW WE GET TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE IN DETAIL.
1605 CARTWRIGHT IS ALSO KNOWN AS MCDONALD'S.
SO KEVIN MOORE OWNS THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, WAS TORN DOWN AND THEY APPLIED FOR THE FACADE PROGRAM AND FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, BECAUSE ANYTHING BUILT AFTER 2000 DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FACADE PROGRAM.
THE ONLY THING THAT QUALIFIES IS LIKE STATED ON THE SLIDE PARKING LOT, REPAVING, RESEALING, RES STRIPPING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION.
UH, THEY'RE SET TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MCDONALD'S NEXT MONTH, AND THEY WOULD START ON THE FACADE.
WE ALSO INCLUDED, UH, THE INVOICE OF A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS LANDSCAPING IS CONCERNED.
NEW SHRUBS, GROUND COVER, UM, BERMUDA ADE TREES, UM, IN UUA, NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM ALONG WITH WATER, ALONG WITH WATER PIPING, AND, UM, ALL THE TECHNICAL STUFF ALONG WITH THE, THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE AROUND THE BUILDING ITSELF.
AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING IS CONCERNED, THAT IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE LANDSCAPING AND THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
YOU HAVE ANY MORE SLIDES, BUT THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO, SITE IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL ARE 239,000 930 90 92.
UM, ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS AT 307 99 90.
75% OF THAT IS 2 25 WITH A MAX REIMBURSEMENT OF $200,000.
UM, WE DID HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE, TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TOTAL RE RE, UH, REIMBURSEMENT.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO GO AND, UM, REQUEST IF THEY COULD HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT WAS GONNA DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM OTHER MCDONALD'S IN THE AREAS.
UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO MR. MOORE ABOUT THAT INPE, UM, SPECIFICITY, HE SAID THAT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MCDONALD'S WAS NOT TO HAVE THE PLAY SYSTEM IN PLACE.
AND HE WENT AHEAD BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING THE FACADE BEING PUT IN.
HE WENT AHEAD AND PUSHED AND GOT THE PLAY SYSTEM IN PLACE.
I THINK IT WAS ALREADY THERE, BUT I THINK THAT THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE NEW ONE WAS NOT TO DO IT, AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT IN THE ACTUAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND OF COURSE WITH EXTRA LANDSCAPING.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMASH, HOW YOU DOING? WERE WE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF INDEED HE IS THE OWNER OF THE FACILITY? THAT WAS ALSO A QUESTION THAT WE HAD INSIDE OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MCDONALD'S CORPORATE OWNS THE LANDS OF ALL THE MCDONALD'S, BUT THEY HAVE LONG-TERM LEASES WITH THE OWNERS OF THE FRANCHISE.
SO HE'S THE OWNER OF THE FRANCHISE WITH A LONG-TERM LEASE.
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SAID QUALIFIES HIM.HE, HE WILL OWN THE FACILITIES OKAY.
THAT HE'S PUTTING IN, BUT NOT THE ACTUAL LAND.
AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION, HERMANN, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE PLAY FACILITY.
WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE? IT'S GONNA BE IN THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN MORALES.
SO, HERMANN, WHEN WE MET IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS FACADE PROGRAM SHOULD BE AN INCENTIVE, RIGHT.
FOR DEVELOPERS ON THE CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR, UM, TO ALSO HAVE CERTAIN INCENTIVES, BUT TO, TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM OTHERS SO THAT IT PULLS PEOPLE TO THAT MCDONALD'S.
AND THE OTHER THING I MENTIONED WAS, IS THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE ME REIMBURSING SOMEBODY FOR A PARKING LOT MAKES ME WANT TO GO TO THAT MCDONALD'S.
SO IF I'M GONNA CUT A CHECK, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CUT A CHECK TO MAKE THAT MCDONALD'S, THE MCDONALD'S, TO, TO DRAW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH TO DRAW PEOPLE AT THAT CORRIDOR.
SO, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THIS VOTE, AND FOR THOSE WHO DO VOTE, UM, I, I PERSONALLY AM OUT ON PARKING LOT RESTORATION THAT DOESN'T DRIVE ME TO GO TO MCDONALD'S.
I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I ADDRESSED THAT WITH EJO AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, AND SHE SAID IF WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE ACTUAL, UM, PROGRAM, WE COULD, BUT WE ARE A PUBLIC ENTITY.
SO WHAT REQUIREMENTS WE PUT ON ANYBODY, THEY HAVE TO BE THE SAME.
SO IF YOU ARE GONNA HAVE AN EXTRA REQUIREMENT ON A SPECIFIC BUSINESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU PREFER, YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME REQUIREMENT OF EVERY PERSON THAT APPLIES.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE A REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE APPLICATION PROGRAM SO THAT IT'S, IT'S ARBITRARY.
BUT THE BARBERSHOP, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT? WE, THAT PARKING LOT NEEDED TO BE RESTORED.
IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT HELPED THAT BUSINESS REALLY KICK OFF.
THESE GUYS ALREADY POURED A PAD
SO I WOULD RATHER GIVE THEM MONEY TO JUST FURTHER INCENTIVIZE AND MAKE THAT MORE APPEALING, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
NO, AND I'M JUST LIST THAT WE CAN, I I AM ACTUALLY NOT AGREEING OR DISAGREEING WITH YOUR COMMENT.
JUST GIVING YOU ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDANCE.
UH, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN INCORPORATE IT WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
UM, I DID SIGN UP FOR A COMMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN I STARTED THIS TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT ROAD COM, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, BACK IN 2020, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.
WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS FROM, UM, 10 92 TO, UM, UH, TO TEXAS PARKWAY, AND THEN FROM TEXAS PARKWAY TO 90.
AND THEN FURTHERMORE, WE EXTENDED IT TO MAKE THIS CORRIDOR APPEALING.
SAME STRATEGY THAT WAS COMING INTO PLAY WAS TO BEAUTIFY THIS WHOLE CORRIDOR.
UH, AND THEN THIS COUNCIL WENT FURTHER TO PUT IN FACADE PROGRAMS TO HELP, UM, ESPECIALLY THAT, UH, CORRIDOR, UH, TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO THAT CORRIDOR.
WHILE I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, TO DO, AS I THINK I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBER, WHAT, WHICH HAS SUGGESTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A LONG TERM, IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DRIVE ON TEXAS PARK WHERE YOU HAVE DITCHES, UH, VERSUS HAVING CONCRETE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD GIVE MUCH MORE APPEALING TO WHAT THE CORRIDOR WILL HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT.
BUT I THINK, UH, WHAT THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THE, EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKE TO IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UH, EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ALL THE CHANGES THAT'S COMING.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FACADE PROGRAM IN PLACE.
WE HAVE THE BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM IN PLACE.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND TO BEAUTIFY THE OUTSIDE, NOT ONLY THE PATH SITE, BUT JUST TO BRING, TO STARTED TO SHIFT THE AREA CHANGES.
I THINK MCDONALD'S AS A FRANCHISEE PLACE, NOT JUST A MOM AND POP STORE, ARE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE THIS WORK.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE FOR PEOPLE, OTHER OWNERS, POTENTIAL OWNERS, UH, TO COME INTO THE CITY, UH, TO ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS FACADE PROGRAM IS, HOW CAN THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS? SO I THINK, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, UH, PUTTING INTO, TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS THING IS MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT WAS MY, JUST MY COMMENT, NO QUESTIONS TO YOU.
UH, EAR BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, WHO PUT IN A LOT OF WORK ON SEEKING TO DEVELOP THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE, UH, THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR, THIS BEING ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, WHEN THIS COUNCIL VOTED ON THIS PROGRAM, WHEN IT CAME
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BEFORE US, UH, THERE WERE CRITERIA THAT WERE ESTABLISHED, UH, IN THINGS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS.UH, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE ARE ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, AND THE CRITERIA THAT, UH, WE WOULD AS A, AS A CITY, UH, PROVIDE 75% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COSTS OF ELIGIBLE, UM, EXPENSES.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
BUT I, I GUESS I HAD A QUESTION.
UH, WHAT IS THE OVERALL INVESTMENT THAT MCDONALD'S, DO YOU HAVE THAT FIGURE OF WHAT THAT TOTAL, UH, INVESTMENT FOR THE, FOR THE TEAR DOWN AND, AND REBUILD OVERALL? I, I DON'T HAVE IT LIKE AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE.
AND I WANNA SAY IT'S CLOSER TO $2 MILLION.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING $200,000 TO TOTALLY ENHANCE AN AREA, AND THEY'RE INVESTING $2 MILLION OVERALL.
THIS IS A 2 MILLION, $2 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO, UH, THIS CORRIDOR, UH, OF THEIR OWN MONIES, UH, TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL FACILITY, WHICH INCLUDE THE DEMOLITION AND, AND THE REBUILD.
UH, AND, AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS SHARED AS FAR AS WHAT SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS WERE, UH, THAT HE, HE WAS, UH, AMENABLE TO DOING THAT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY, UH, MODEST, UM, INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY.
UH, WE SAY THAT WE'RE, UM, OPEN TO BUS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND WE'RE WILLING TO, UH, DO WHAT IT TAKES TO IMPROVE THIS AREA AND THIS CORRIDOR.
AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF WHAT, UH, MCDONALD'S IS DOING OR WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, SHOULD I SAY, AS A CITY, MCDONALD'S IS WILLING TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT.
UH, THERE'S OTHER, UH, POTENTIAL AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S COMING, UH, IN THE AREA OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED, THAT ARE NATIONAL CHAINS, UH, THAT HAVE FOUND INTEREST IN THIS CORRIDOR.
SO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, DONE A GREAT THING IN BRINGING THIS FORTH AND SEEING THAT THERE ARE ENTITIES WHO ARE WILLING TO, TO TAKE THE STEPS TO IMPROVE THIS AREA AND INVEST IN THIS CORRIDOR, THIS MUCH NEEDED INVESTMENT.
NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON THE SPEAKING LIST.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution authorizing the submi...]
ITEM 10 B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF THE COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES HIRING PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY RACHEL MORAY.
REQUESTING TO APPLY FOR THE COPS HIRING GRANT, WHICH WOULD GIVE US TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSITIONS FOR THE CITY.
THIS GRANT SUPPLEMENTS THE MONEY THAT THE CITY WOULD SPEND OUT FOR TWO POSITIONS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BUDGET SECTION, THERE IS AN INCREASING MATCH BY THE CITY WITH A LOWERING REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT BY THE COPS OFFICE OVER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD.
IF YOU SEE THE GRANT PERIOD IS EXTENDED ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS, WE HAVE UP TO A YEAR FOR HIRING PURPOSES AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IF WE NEED TO EXTEND THE GRANT FOR ANY OF THOSE REASONS.
WE, I'M RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BOEING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I HAD A QUESTION, UH, FOR YOU OR CITY MANAGER, UM, THESE TWO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS, IS THIS ASSUMING THAT WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL POLICE POSITIONS FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET? OR CAN THIS BE RETROACTIVE TO THE ONES THAT WE APPROVED IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR? BUT HAVE YOU FAILED YET? I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF THE GRANT, BUT I THINK IT'S TO ADD TWO POSITIONS IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET, IF I CAN SPEAK.
YES, IT IS TO ADD TWO ADDITIONAL, IT WOULD START IN THE 2024 FISCAL PERIOD.
AND IT CANNOT BE FOR OFFICERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIRED.
WELL, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT WE APPROVED FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, BUT THEY'VE YET TO BE FILLED, EVER.
SO THAT'S MY QUESTION IS WOULD THIS, WOULD THIS BE APPLICABLE TO THAT, OR WOULD IT JUST BE TWO NEW, UH, POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD HIRE THAT HAVE YET TO BE FILLED? SO THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS AS TO WHO CAN BE PUT INTO THESE POSITIONS.
I KNOW ONE OF THE TWO MUST HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND.
SO THERE ARE STIPULATIONS TO WHO CAN, THE CANDIDATES THAT CAN FILL THIS POSITION.
AND IF I MAY, MOST OF THESE FEDERAL GRANTS REQUIRE THAT IT'S NEW, IT'S NEW MONEY, ESSENTIALLY.
SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR TWO POSITIONS, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY BUDGETED.
NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON THE LIST.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL,
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SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[11. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
I'M NUMBER 11 R, CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, WE WILL START OUR ANNOUNCEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SONYA BROWN MARSHALL AT LARGE POSITION ONE.
UM, I ENJOYED ATTENDING THE BUDGET, UH, FOUR YEAR, 2024 WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD, UH, THE WEEK BACK.
A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION CAME OUT OF THAT.
UM, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE CITY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN THE EVENT.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD OCCUR.
UM, IT WOULD, I THINK, HONESTLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF MAYBE WE COULD ATTEND SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN BE BRIEFED ON HOW WE SHOULD ACT OR REACT.
UM, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, IFTAR CELEBRATIONS, THERE WERE TONS OF THEM, UM, WAS SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND ONE WITH A COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER.
I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PLACE.
SO IF YOU SEE ME IN THERE HANGING OUT, JUST WAVE AND LET'S JUST HAVE FUN.
UM, SATURDAY WAS REALLY, REALLY BUSY.
UM, OPERATION TRANSFORMATION OUTREACH EVENT, WHICH WAS HOSTED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBER, UH, PASTOR DAVIDSON.
UM, THE EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
I WAS HONORED TO JUST BRING GREETINGS AND SAY HI.
BUT THE SHOWSTOPPER TO ME WAS MS. TAMIKA DEWITT.
SHE AND I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE STAGE AND THE INFORMATION THAT SHE PROVIDED TO THE CITIZENS WAS INVALUABLE.
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE, ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, OUTSTANDING JOB ON, ON SATURDAY BITES WITH BADGES.
I ATE SHOP AND PLAYED AGAIN OVER THERE.
I DID MORE EATING, OF COURSE, THAN I PROBABLY SHOULD, BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THE POLICE OVER AT THAT PARTICULAR OUTING ON SATURDAY.
UM, IT WAS JUST A GREAT BIG EVENT, AND IT WAS SUPER, SUPER NICE.
UM, OF COURSE, Y'ALL KNOW I DO A LOT OF EATING IN THE CITY.
I'M TRYING TO, UM, SURPASS COUNCIL MEMBER MARULAS HERE WITH EATING EVERYWHERE.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN EAT AND SHOP LOCAL, UH, PLEASE DO SO.
IT, IT HELPS THOSE BUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT AND IT MAKES OTHER BUSINESSES WANT TO COME HERE AS WELL.
LASTLY, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR POLICE CHIEF MIKE BARON, FOR AS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
SIR, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LEAVING US.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT, AND, UM, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUSER A LARGE POSITION TOO.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, RAMADAN MUBARAK TO ALL OF OUR MUSLIM FRIENDS.
UM, I, UM, ALWAYS ENJOY BEING INVITED TO THE IFTAR DINNERS, UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE FIND OUT AT THOSE DINNERS THAT WE ARE, OUR FACES ARE MORE ALIKE THAN THEY ARE DIFFERENT.
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS A REMINDER FOR ME.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNIZING.
COUNCIL MEMBER MONICA RILEY, DISTRICT A THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO TAKE THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF MY TIME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PRAYER, UM, FOR THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON YESTERDAY.
AND THEN I'LL CONTINUE WITH MY COMMENTS.
UM, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH OUR, UM, REC CENTER EMPLOYEE WITH THE LOSS OF, UM, THAT TRAGIC ACCIDENT.
UM, I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS, BUT I SADLY, UM, I'M A LOSS FOR WORDS, BUT I'M TRYING TO GATHER MYSELF.
UH, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE HOUSTON HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ATTENDED THERE BIG EVENT, UH, DOWNTOWN, WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED.
I WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE BUSINESSES REPRESENTING THERE.
UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE, UH, IFTAR INVITATIONS THAT I AND COUNCIL RECEIVED.
I WAS ABLE TO MAKE, UH, MANY OF THEM GREAT FOOD, GREAT FRIENDS, GREAT FELLOWSHIP.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RONNIE DAVIS AGRICULTURAL CENTER THAT IS LOCATED AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS.
UM, ALSO THE H C STATE OF THE COLLEGE.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR LOCAL, UM, COLLEGES RIGHT HERE
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IN OUR CITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE DOING WELL AND FINANCIALLY BEING, UH, RESPONSIBLE.CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DUB WAY FOUNDATION, WHO, UH, WE HOSTED THE SECOND ANNUAL EGG HUNT RIGHT THERE IN DISTRICT A AT HUNTERS GLEN PARK.
AND ALSO WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL CHIEF CHIEF BAREN FOR ALL OF HIS HARD WORK, HIS DEDICATION FOR THE MANY, MANY DECADES.
AND JUST KNOW THAT, UH, MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU.
I'M CON VERY HAPPY FOR YOU AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
AND THEN THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, TARGET JENNIFER, WHO IS ALWAYS, UH, A BLESSING TO US, THE HR DIRECTOR OVER THERE.
AND TO KEN HEAD OF SAVAN ENERGIES, ALONG WITH MYSELF, WE COORDINATED THE FIRST EVER BITES WITH BADGES.
UM, A HUGE GIVE BACK TO BE, UM, TO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR SHOP WITH A COP THAT TAKES PLACE IN DECEMBER.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT NEAR AND FAR, UH, THAT CAME OUT.
UM, AND COME TO FIND OUT, UM, WE'RE A FULL CIRCLE WITH OUR FAMILY.
UH, SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE OFFICERS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR COMING OUT.
AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL FOR, UH, PARTAKING IN ALL OF THE SNACKS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY ABO, DISTRICT B.
UH, CONDOLENCES AS WELL TO THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE TRAGIC ACCIDENT AUTO ACCIDENT ON YESTERDAY.
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL THE FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED.
UM, ALSO, UM, UH, WANT TO SAY, UH, UH, GOODBYE AND WELL WISHES TO OUR POLICE CHIEF MIKE BAREN.
UM, WE HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE EVERY YEAR, UH, ON MARCH THE 15TH, BECAUSE WE SHARE THE SAME WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
SO WE, HE EITHER TEXTS ME OR I TEXT HIM.
WISHING A HA, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
UH, SO WE DON'T NEVER FORGET, RIGHT? UH, WANT TO, UH, SAY I HAD A GREAT TIME AT OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING, THANK YOU, UH, HERMANN AND TEAM FOR, UH, PULLING US ALL TOGETHER AND HELPING US MOVE FORWARD.
EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE ITEM THAT, UH, WE VOTED ON, UH, ON TONIGHT.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT MORE FORTHCOMING.
UH, WENT TO THE MUSTANG TRAILS AND BR BRADFORD VILLAGE, H O A MEETINGS, UH, AND SHARED SOME OF THE GREAT, UH, AND EXCITING THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR GREAT CITY.
UH, ALSO SERVED AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THE A A R P, UH,
NO, I WAS AT THE A A R P, UH, MONTHLY MEETING OVER AT THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND REC, UH, FACILITY MAN.
UH, SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT TOO, ABOUT, UH, 50 SOME ODD, UH, ATTENDEES.
UH, ALSO, UH, WAS EXCITED TO ATTEND THE OPEN HOUSE, UH, TO MEET THE NEW GOLF PERSONNEL.
UH, THIS, UM, UM, UM, NEW NEW TEAM.
AND EXCITING, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S SEEING, UH, WHAT WE SEE GOING ON OVER THERE.
UH, GOT A CHANCE TO DO A, A WALKTHROUGH AT THE OLD H E B PROPERTY WITH, UH, UH, THE OWNER, CRAIG MURRAY, UH, WHO WAS IN TOWN.
AND, UH, GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE, THE EXCITING THINGS THAT HE PLANS TO, TO DO AT THAT LOCATION.
UM, SO I KNOW, I KNOW HE IS BEEN TALKING WITH JENNIFER AND, UH, TEAM.
UH, AND SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE FORTHCOMING.
AND LASTLY, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS AND, UH, STATE SENATOR BORIS MILES.
UH, I WENT TO AUSTIN, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, FRIDAY.
AND, UH, WAS ABLE TO VISIT WITH BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT, UH, LEGISLATION, UH, PARTICULARLY PERTINENT TO MISSOURI CITY, UH, THAT HAS BEEN FILED ON OUR BEHALF, OR THINGS THAT ARE, UH, IMMINENT THAT, UH, WE NEED TO BE ON TOP OF AND AWARE OF.
AND I APPRECIATE THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO, UH, TO SIT DOWN AND, AND VISIT WITH ME ON BEHALF OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE AND, AND THINGS THAT COULD IMPACT MISSOURI CITY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY, JIM MELES OF DISTRICT C.
WE REMEMBER BLUE GRASS COURT MANY YEARS AGO,
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR BRAVERY, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I'LL MISS YOU, BROTHER.
UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ELENA PORTIS.
SHE WAS, UH, SELECTED AS AN HONOREE OF THE 2023 GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER OF AMERICA SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
UH, SHE WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED IN MAY, UH, FOR THE NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK.
SO, I, I, AND I DON'T SEE BERTHA HERE, BUT IT WAS HARD TO KEEP THAT SECRET FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT WE, WE WORKED HARD TO NOMINATE YOU, AND WE WERE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU DID, UH, WIN.
UM, ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN A LEGAL DIVISION ON FACILITATING A ROBUST POLICY AROUND
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MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS.SO GOVERNOR ABBOTT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZES THAT, AND, AND HE BRAGS ABOUT US.
SO, NICE JOB, JOYCE AND TEAM, UH, FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS A BEST PRACTICE.
UM, SOMETHING FOR THE MAYOR THE OTHER DAY, I WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND A GUY NAMED MR. DAVID SAID, MAYORS OF TEXAS WANT TO IMPACT YOUR CITY AND SERVE THE PEOPLE, ATE SOMEONE LIKE THIS MAYOR.
AND I KNOW YOU SEE US AS A TEAM, AND I KNOW YOU SAY TOGETHER EXCEL, SO IT'S A TEAM.
BUT, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY NICE THAT SOMEBODY'S, UH, LIFTING MISSOURI CITY FROM A LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT.
LASTLY, WELCOME BLACKROCK AND INDIAN PALACE, AND, UM, I'LL MEET YOU AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS ON SATURDAY.
UM, MAYOR, I PRO TE FORWARD TO EMORY DISTRICT D.
YES, I, I'M ON TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANKS TO OUR CHIEF, UH, BEK, UH, FOR THE MANY YEARS THAT HE'S, UH, GIVEN OF HIS LIFE FOR SOMETHING THAT HE LOVES DEARLY.
UH, IT WAS UNDER HIS GUIDANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, MAINTAIN AND, AND RETAIN AND, AND STILL TRYING TO BE THE SAFEST CITY, UH, IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
SO IT'S UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TULEY THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, UH, UH, RECEIVE THOSE AND, UH, THOSE HONORS.
SO THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
UH, WE HAD A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR ED ZAI.
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER OR KNOW, ED ZAI WAS THE OWNER OF ZI OF ED'S, UH, PHARMACY.
UH, HE PASSED AWAY, UH, UH, SEVERAL ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AND WE HAD A CELEBRATION OF LIFE OF, AT THE, UH, QUE VALLEY, UH, CITY CENTER.
UH, ABOUT 300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND, UH, CELEBRATED HIS LIFE WITH, UH, NOT ONLY A BEER TOAST, BUT ALSO A MARGARITA TOAST
THOSE WERE HIS TWO FAVORITE DRINKS.
SO WE, WE FELT IT WAS, UH, APPROPRIATE TO, UH, HONOR HIM.
AND THOSE HAVE BOTH, HUH? DID YOU HAVE BOTH? YES, I HAD BOTH.
SO ANYWAY, UH, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT, UH, TRIBUTE TO, UH, TO ED.
AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, LIKE I SAY, WELL ATTENDED.
UH, THE OTHER AGAIN IS, UH, IS SOME OF OUR, UH, MY OTHER, UH, COUNCIL, UH, ASSOCIATES INDICATED, UH, PRAYERS FOR THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A YOUNG LADY THAT LOST HER LIFE, UH, IN THE ACCIDENT OVER ON, UH, CARTWRIGHT AND, UH, UH, CYPRESS POINT.
UH, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A REAL DIFFICULT, UH, INTERSECTION TO, UH, NAVIGATE IN MANY, UH, SITUATIONS.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANT TO BE IN A HURRY, BUT DON'T BE IN A HURRY WHERE YOU LOSE YOUR LIFE.
SO, UH, BE SAFE WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.
AND WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY, UH, REMARKS.
UH, SO FOR ME, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL EVENTS THAT I'VE ATTENDED, MULTIPLE BACK AND FORTH.
SO I'M NOT GONNA, UH, SAY ANY OF THAT, UH, OVER HERE.
BUT I DID WENT TO SOMETHING YESTERDAY, WHICH IS THE, UM, NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH OVER ON MURPHY ROAD, WHI, WHICH THEY HAD A GOSPEL JAZZ.
IT'S A, A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK DIANE WHITE, WHO'S ALSO ON OUR, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE FOR EXTENDING THE INVITATION.
UM, REAL QUICK THING, THERE ARE SO MANY RESTAURANTS IN SO MANY PLACES THAT ARE OPEN IN MISSOURI CITY, WHICH GETS EVERYBODY EXCITED.
NOT ONLY CITY COUNCIL, BUT OUR RESIDENTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE MOD PIZZA, OLIVE GARDEN, UH, BLACK RA, BLACK ROCK COFFEE CAFE, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, ROYAL INDIAN, UH, RESTAURANT.
SO AS MORE AND MORE PLACES DO COME OPEN, UM, PLEASE SHARE THAT, UM, WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS OUT THERE, UH, TO, BECAUSE THE SMALL BUSINESSES NEEDS ARE EVERY CITIZEN'S HELP TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL OF THESE GRAND OPENINGS AND RIBBON CUTTINGS, THERE ARE, IN MY OPINION, THERE ARE THREE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE IT SEEMINGLESS, UH, WHICH ARE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, ANDRE AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HERMAN AND HIS TEAM, UH, THEY GO THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS THERE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WHICH IS CRYSTAL AND, UH, JERAL AND, UH, ENTIRE TEAM MAKE IT
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SEEM LIKE EVERYTHING IS THERE FOR US.WE JUST WALK IN AND DO OUR THING AND, AND SHAKE HANDS AND TAKE PICTURES.
BUT WE, I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO PERSONALLY THANK THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS FOR YOUR HARD WORK, BECAUSE TRUST ME, UH, IT'S A LOT OF COORDINATION BACK AND FORTH.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, AND LASTLY THAT I HAVE IS ALSO, LET'S THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY OF THAT, UH, INDIVIDUAL THAT PASSED AWAY.
I GOT THE CALL YESTERDAY AROUND TWO 30 OR THREE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, UM, SAYING THAT THE PERSON WAS BEING LIFE FLIGHTED TO, UH, TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL, WHICH, UM, AS MORE DETAILS COME OUT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL.
AND THAT IS MY COMMENT FOR TODAY.
UM, TODAY IS ONE OF OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES, LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CLIFF MCBEAN.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 10 YEARS.
HE'S BEHIND THE SCENES IN MCTV.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO COME OUT, BUT I DID WANT TO, UH, WISH CLIFF, UH, THE BEST IN HIS ENDEAVORS, AND TO THANK YOU FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND I ALSO IS CLIFF BACK THERE? OH, JUST THANK YOU, CLIFF.
AND THEN I ALSO, UM, BILLY MTRA, I DON'T, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW, UM, CHLOE JOINER, WHO WE BRING TO CITY COUNCIL ALL THE TIME.
UM, HER GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY, UH, WITH SOME COMPLICATIONS.
AND BILLY MTRA IS A, WAS A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, NEIGHBORS OF, UM, THERE'S CLIFF RIGHT THERE.
THANK YOU, CLIFF, FOR YOUR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH MISSOURI CITY.
BEST OF LUCK IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVORS.
SO BILLY METRA WAS A, UM, A, AN INTEGRAL PART OF NOT ONLY JUST, UM, MISSOURI CITY, BUT PALMER, P T O, AND TAUGHT MANY OF THE STUDENTS AT BARRINGTON, UH, ELEMENTARY, HER AND HER HUSBAND.
SO I WANTED TO EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO, UM, TO THE FAMILY OF THE RIS.
AND THEN CHIEF, YOUR LAST DAY ISN'T UNTIL MAY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WE GOT TIME TO ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 12 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS, UH, FOR CLOSING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, UH, SINCE THERE ARE NO OTHER BUSINESSES, UM, THE TIME AJON IS 8:33 PM WE'RE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW BE ADJOURNED.