May 15, 2023 City Council

GET A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE IT AND SOMEONE FROM COMMUNICATION TO COME UP HERE WHILE THE JUDGE MAY, UH, COME UP HERE AS WELL.

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[(a) Recognition from Fort Bend County to the City of Missouri City for Fro...]

EVENING EVERYONE.

I AM JUST EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS, I MEAN, RECOGNITIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO BEFORE I CALL THE FORT BEND COUNTY, JUDGE, CAPE GEORGE, WHO'S HERE TO COME FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, UM, ON THE, UM, ON THIS RECOGNITION PIECE ITSELF.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN 2020, UM, WE HAD THE COVID AND I GOT ELECTED IN DECEMBER OF 2020.

AND WHEN WE CAME IN, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE COVID, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE MISSOURI CITY, UM, UH, CARE HOMES, NURSING, NURSING CARE HOMES AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO WE KIND OF WENT AROUND AS CITY COUNCIL.

THERE WAS NOBODY HERE IN STAFF EXCEPT FOR, UM, IT, WE HAD COMMUNICATIONS AND OF COURSE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT AT THE CITY HALL.

UH, VERY FEW LIMITED STAFF, UM, AND ENOUGH, AND CITY LEADERSHIP.

I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BONY COUNCIL, KLAUSER MAYOR, PROTO EMERY, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS, AND OF COURSE, WHO ARE NOW HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHALL AND, AND RILEY FOR THEIR HELP.

BUT IT WAS DURING THAT TIME WE DECIDED TO DO COVID PRESS CONFERENCES.

A LOT OF WAS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, BY THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, BY IT WHO WAS HERE TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

WE HAD GREAT PRESENTATIONS AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND IN FOR THOSE PRESS CONFERENCES.

UH, AND TODAY WE'RE EVEN HAPPY THAT COUNTY JUDGE IS RECOGNIZING US, YOU KNOW, AS PARTNERS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU FAR.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR, AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE HERE, ALMOST ONE PERSON FROM EVERY CONFERENCE THAT WE HAD HERE.

AND I KNOW CHIEF PORT AND, AND TRAMEKA JUTT, ALL OF YOU WERE HERE DURING THAT TIME TO WALK OUR CITIZENS AND OUR, OUR, OUR MAKE SURE OUR STAFF SAFETY, OUR CITIZEN SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COVID CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE.

BUT TO CONTINUE TO DO SO, THERE'S A PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE THAT PLAYED A HUGE ROLE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DO THINGS AND WE FORGET BECAUSE WE'RE SO BUSY AND WE MOVE ON.

THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT WAS HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I HAD MADE THE CALL TO HIM TO SEE IF HE CAN COME BY TODAY AND STAND HERE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH, UH, COUNTY JUDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE BEING RECOGNIZED LY DUTY, THAT HIS WORK, UH, IN THESE CONFERENCES AND EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY WAS A HUGE IMPULSE.

PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO DR.

ANNA DOAH.

COME ON IN, SIR.

AS INDEED, YOU STILL WEARING THE SCRUBS? YES.

AND I ALSO HAD ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS HERE AMONGST ALL THE STAFF THAT WAS HERE, WAS DR.

MONA FINLEY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER FROM GLEN LAKE PHARMACY.

I HAD C REACHED OUT TO HER, AND UNFORTUNATELY SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT SHE SENT, UM, HER REGARDS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WORKED BACK HERE TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT THAT IS DR.

MONA FINLEY FROM GLEN LAKE PHARMACY.

SO WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU AND IF I CAN HAVE MY COLLEAGUES TO COME DOWN HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ONE PERSON SHOULD RECEIVE.

BUT THIS WAS AN EFFORT BECAUSE THERE'S COVID CO COVID CONFERENCES THAT WAS DONE EVEN WHEN I WASN'T HERE BY WITH THEM AS WELL.

AND IF I CAN ALSO

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AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD MAYOR PROTO EMERY WENT OUT TO, UH, JUDGE'S EVENT AND HAD THIS, UM, HAD THE RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE FROM OVER THERE.

BUT I TOLD THE JUDGE HOW WONDERFUL IT WOULD BE THAT IF HE CAN COME OUT TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND OUR FIRE AND POLICE, SOMEBODY FROM REPRESENTING THEM, PLEASE COME UP HERE.

UM, BECAUSE IT TAKES, IT TAKES EVERYBODY IN THE CITY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND I WANT TO THANK COUNTY JUDGE AND, AND FROM CITY LEADERSHIP, UH, CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU JOIN US? AND, UH, CEDRIC COLE, YOU WERE INTERIM AT THAT TIME.

CAN YOU JOIN US AS WELL? YES.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M SURE, UH, JUDGE WILL HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY.

SO LET ME WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE THIS FORT BEND COUNTY JUDGE KP GEORGE.

WHAT AN HONOR.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO STAND IN FRONT OF ALL OF MY FRIENDS.

I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING I DON'T GET OFTEN.

COME HERE AND CELEBRATE THIS KIND OF STUFF.

AND, UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST VA UH, COVID VACCINATED COUNTY IN STATE OF TEXAS AND BEYOND.

MISS CITY IS IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE TODAY.

I LIVE IN, I LIVE IN SUGAR LAND.

LAST 23 YEARS, I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE CHANGES HAPPENING.

AND SO YOU GUYS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND MISS O CITY IS GOING MOVING FORWARD.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ALWAYS ASKING, SHOW ME, BUT NOW IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SHOWING IT AND, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I, IT'S AN HONOR TO CALL YOUR FRIEND AND, YOU KNOW, AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND, AND I CONSIDER YOU AS MY FRIEND.

AND IT IS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, LET ME SAY THIS TO YOU.

FEBRUARY 26TH, 2020, WE HAD THE FIRST COVID CASE IN UNITED STATES IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MARCH 4TH, WE HAD THE FIRST COVID CASE IN FORT BEND COUNTY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST CASE IN STATE OF TEXAS.

AND MARCH 12TH, I SIGNED A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, WHICH IS, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO IT BECAUSE NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT.

UH, SOME PEOPLE LIKED IT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T, LIKE, DIDN'T LIKE IT.

AND SO WE ALL WENT HOME, NOT ME AND NOT MANY OF YOU.

AND WE WERE WORKING 16 HOURS, 18 HOURS SOMETIME, WHATEVER IT TOOK, WHATEVER IT TOOK, WE TOOK AND RAN WITH IT.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, I ALWAYS LEARNED THIS.

THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT WHAT I DO IF I DON'T HAVE MY, EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL.

EVERY COMMUNITY LEADER IS PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

AND WE ALL KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IS, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN COVID CAME.

AND I THOUGHT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE, MAYBE TWO MONTHS, IT'LL GO AWAY.

AND SO IT DID NOT, AND TODAY, FORT BEND COUNTY IS IN A BETTER SHAPE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE'S HARD WORK.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO SAY ANYTHING, SOMETHING SPECIAL OR SOMETHING, OR SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE TOOK AND RAN WITH IT ALONG WITH US.

AND, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, WE HAD A SNOW.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH MAYOR AND HIS TEAM AND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN UP THE ONLY THE BIGGEST SHELTER IN MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP, AND THEY REQUESTED IT.

WE WENT AND WORKED WITH, UH, TEDOM AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IT HAPPENED.

AND, AND I TELL YOU, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME, IF YOU ARE A PESO CITY CITIZEN, YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS.

AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT, UH, TO JUST FEEL, UH, FEEL, MAKE THESE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, BUT SURELY I MEAN THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS JOURNEY WAS HARD FOR ME TOO AT TIMES.

AND I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH, I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T COME HERE TO LISTEN TO ME, AND YOU CAME HERE TO LISTEN TO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS THEY'RE DOING, RIGHT? SO I, I'M TRYING TO, TRYING TO BE PRECISE, BUT FEW THINGS I NEED TO SAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HEAR ALL THE TIME AND I GO PLACES.

PEOPLE SAY IT IS, OH, YOU'RE DOING GOOD JOB AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT IT IS COLLECTIVELY EVERY JURISDICTION WE WORK TOGETHER, EVERY JURISDICTION.

THAT'S ONE THING.

OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MISSOURI CITY.

AND BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE IF EVERYBODY IS NOT ON BOARD.

AND ONE THING I TELL YOU, THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONE TIME WE SET UP A, UM, A VACCINE LOCATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A HUNDRED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL VACCINE VACCINE LOCATION, A HUNDRED PEOPLE LINED UP, AND I KNOW 20 OF THEM STANDING IN LINE AND THEY'RE HAPPY.

AND I DID THAT.

THEN, THEN I TURN AROUND AND LOOK HERE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE WANTED TO BEAT ME UP FOR DOING THE SAME THING, .

AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET CONFUSED ABOUT IT.

BUT I TELL YOU THIS, OUR COUNTY, OUR CITY, MISSOURI CITY, UM, IS IN A BETTER SHAPE.

AND WE ARE BETTER THAN PRE COVID, BETTER THAN PRE COVID.

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AND BECAUSE OF THAT, PEOPLE CONTINUE TO MOVE TO FORT BEND COUNTY.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS ON THIS SIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FORT BEND TALL ROAD, AND I, I REMEMBER THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES ARE BUILT, AND OUR COUNTY IS OUR COUNTY.

OUR CITY IS GETTING, BECOMING A BETTER PLACE.

THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL I CAN SAY OR I CAN GIVE YOU TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, BUT THE THING ABOUT IT'S FOR THE SAKE.

IT'S SIMPLY, IT'S SIMPLY SYMBOLIC.

AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, MAY 11TH, I WANTED TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE OF YOU, BECAUSE OF OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE BECAUSE OF OUR EMS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I TELL YOU THIS, FORT BEND COUNTY IS B BLESSED WITH PEOPLE LIKE OUR, OUR EMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND THEY TOOK 2000 PLUS VACCINE TO HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE MOBILITY TWICE.

TWICE.

AND THAT'S A SPECIAL PLACE.

AND IT IS A, A LITERALLY AN APPLAUD, COME ON, , BECAUSE THAT'S SPECIAL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP, CONTINUE TO HELP.

AND NOTHING I DO ANYTHING MAGICAL ABOUT IT, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE, AND ESPECIALLY YOUR CITY COUNCIL AND YOUR MAYOR IS VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEMBERS.

AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

AND I WAS A VOLUNTEER PERSON, BUT NOW, THANKFULLY, I GET PAID.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.

AND SO, SO, UH, MAYBE ONE DAY ALSO THEY WILL GET, UM, UPGRADED TO THAT LEVEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, UNTIL, UNTIL THEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE TO WORK.

SO I, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? JUST TO, IF YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, I DEFINITELY START WITH, UH, MS. CITY MAYOR, HONORABLE MAYOR, ROBIN ELCOT AND I, I READ THIS BRIEFLY.

PORTMAN COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, PROBABLY PRESENTED TO, UH, MS. CITY MAYOR ROBIN ELCOT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVALUABLE SERVICES, SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND OUTSTANDING GENEROSITY IN SERVICE TO THE PORTMAN COUNTY COMMUNITY.

IN THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

THE CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 2023, SIGNED AND SEALED BY OUR OFFICE AND PROUDLY PRESENTED.

AND OF COURSE, I'M, I DON'T NEED TO READ THE SAME CERTIFICATE, SO I WILL JUST CALL THE NAME MAYOR BROUGHT EMORY, UM, MR. CITY COUNCILWOMAN , COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SONIA BROWN, MARSHALL, COUNCIL MEMBER, MY GOOD FRIEND LYNN.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND I ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, APPRECIATION POWER PRESENTED TO, UH, MISS CITY.

AND I, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, YEAH.

THESE PEOPLE ARE, UM, SITTING UP THERE.

BUT WITHOUT SERVICE, WITHOUT YOUR EFFORT, NOTHING WOULD'VE HAPPENED.

AND I HAVE SO MANY STORIES TO TALK ABOUT LAST THREE YEARS OF MY JOURNEY, BUT ONE DAY, SOME OTHER DAY, UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROCEED.

THE STAFF.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE STAFF.

COME ON.

SECRETARY.

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NO, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

THANK SO MUCH.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME.

YEAH, THIS ONE.

THAT ONE.

[(b) Proclamation recognizing American Public Works Week. ( May 21- May 27)]

UH, ITEM, UH, FOUR B IS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, MAY 21ST THROUGH MAY 27TH.

SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LYNN KLAUSER.

OH, THE MAYOR'S BOSSING ME AROUND.

HE TOLD ME TO GO IN THE MIDDLE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, UM, THIS WEEK, MAY 15TH.

AND I HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO PRESENT.

AND WHO IS GOING TO BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION? COME ON DOWN, SHASHI.

AND DO YOU HAVE YOUR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, Y'ALL? LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

COME ON Y'ALL.

OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

OH, THIS IS AWESOME.

COME ON DOWN.

SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SIDEWALKS AND, AND YOUR STREETS AND YOU WONDER, WOW, HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THIS? THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER , THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND THIS IS JUST A FRACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE DON'T OFTEN GET TO SEE ALL OF YOU ALL.

SO IN THIS FORUM, WE SAY THANK YOU, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

AND PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO ALL OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS.

SO I HAVE THE PROCLAMATION IN HAND.

I'M NOT GONNA READ THE WHOLE THING CUZ IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY.

SO I'M GONNA READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.

WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2023 MARKS THE 63RD ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, BE IT NOW MAYOR ROBIN J ALAKA, ALONG WITH CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATES THIS WEEK, MAY 21ST THROUGH THE 27TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEKS WEEK, AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND CEREMONIES DESIGNATED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

WE ARE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE YOU, THANK EVERYBODY CLOSER TOGETHER, PLEASE AND WE'LL PUBLIC WORKS.

BEFORE YOU GET, HOLD ON, BEFORE YOU GUYS LEAVE, I THINK THERE IS A VIDEO PRESENTATION.

OH MY, YES.

, I KNOW IT'S A LONG COUNCIL MEETING.

FIRST THING, I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING PUBLIC WORKS AND FOR RECOGNIZING AND FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

WHAT IS PUBLIC WORKS WEEK? EVERYBODY HAS A WEEK, BUT I, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO SHOWING WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND WHAT WE DO HERE AT MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS.

BEFORE WE PLAY THE VIDEO, I JUST WANNA SAY TWO THINGS UP, , AND IT STARTS NOW AGAIN, , I, I JUST WANNA SAY TWO THINGS.

PUBLIC WORKS, EMPLOYEES OR STAFF ARE

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ALWAYS UN SAN GIROS.

WE ALWAYS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND.

COVID OR ANYTHING.

NONE OF THESE GUYS WENT HOME, THEY WERE ALWAYS WORKING.

WATER WAS FLOWING, YOU COULD FLUSH YOUR TOILETS.

TRAFFIC SIGNALS WERE WORKING.

THE SECOND THING, I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM.

SOME OF THEM WHO ARE HERE AND WHO ARE NOT HERE WITHOUT THEM PUBLIC WORKS WILL NOT RUN THE LA THE THIRD THING, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, OUR MOTTO IS FIRST TO RESPOND AND LAST TO LEAVE.

HURRICANE HARVEY WINTER STOP.

WE'RE THE GUYS FIRST RESPONDING ALONG WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS THE LAST TO LEAVE AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN IT.

AGAIN, FIRST TO RESPOND, LAST TO LEAVE.

LET'S PLAY THE VIDEO PLEASE.

C IS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, UH, BEFORE THEY COME UP.

THIS IS TOMORROW, YOUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS OBSERVED EACH YEAR DURING THE THIRD FULL WEEK OF MAY.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS CONNECTING THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.

THIS YEAR'S THEME ILLUSTRATES HOW PUBLIC WORKS CONNECTS US ALL THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THESE PROFESSIONALS SERVE.

IN THIS SHORT VIDEO, WE WILL SHOWCASE THE SUPERHEROES WHO WORK WITHIN MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS AND CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES EACH AND EVERY DAY TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

AS YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN LEADING THIS PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.

EVERY DAY WE REACH HIGHER AND DIG DEEPER TO BE THE VERY BEST.

AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IS VITAL TO SUPPORT OUR GROWTH AND TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES.

IN 2003, OVER 50 MILLION IS BUDGETED IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM TO FUND MOBILITY, DRAINAGE, UTILITIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THE CITY RECENTLY COMPLETED THE 8 MILLION NIGHT ROAD WIDENING PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.

THIS PROJECT WILL HELP CONNECT COMMUNITIES ENHANCED MOBILITY AND SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NEW FORT BEND TOWN CENTER AT HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, AND THE ARCADIA DEVELOPMENT AT TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT.

THE CITY'S ENGINEERING AND INSPECTIONS TEAM ARE DEVELOPING NEW STREETS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, DETENTION PONDS, AND UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE.

LAST YEAR ALONE, OVER A HUNDRED MILLION IN NEW PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAS INVESTED IN THE CITY ENGINEERING AND INSPECTIONS.

ENSURES THAT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESIGNED AND BUILT TO OUR HIGH STANDARDS AND THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE MITIGATED.

OUR REGIONAL SURFACE WATER PLANT DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY PORTABLE WATER AT ONE OF THE LOWEST COSTS IN THE REGION.

WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND EXTEND UTILITIES TO SUPPORT GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IN THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, WE ARE IMPROVING MOBILITY AND ENHANCING SAFETY IN OUR FAST-GROWING CITY.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS.

WE HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER TO MANAGE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.

THE TRAFFIC DIVISION TEAM WORKS AROUND THE CLOCK DAY AND NIGHT TO KEEP MISSOURI CITY MOVING WITH SOME AREAS OF MISSOURI CITY.

NOW OVER 60 YEARS OLD, REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC STREET AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN OPERATIONAL CHALLENGE AND A CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY.

JUST THIS YEAR ALONE, PUBLIC WORKS IS IMPLEMENTING OVER 5 MILLION IN STREET AND SIDEWALK REPAIR CITYWIDE.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE SUPERHEROES OF MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS.

THE FIRST TO RESPOND AND THE LAST TO LEAVE.

WE ARE THE MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS TEAMING THE, AND I WANNA THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR HELPING US PUT THIS VIDEO, GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

VERY GOOD.

YOU GUYS SAID YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO BE HERE AND LAST ONE TO LEAVE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE NEXT PRESENTATION I'M ABOUT TO DO.

THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE.

GREAT JOB ON THE VIDEO.

CITY MANAGER.

MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE EVERY RECOGNITION THIS WAY.

UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[(c) Proclamation recognizing National Police Week. (May 14 - May 20)]

UH, THE WEEK IS MAY 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH, AS YOU KNOW.

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AS YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, IT WOULD NOT BE FAIR FOR ME TO JUST PRESENT THIS WITHOUT HAVING MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL.

UM, UH, THAT ALSO SUPPORTS HIGHLY AND VOTE JUST LIKE I DO.

SO I WOULD PRE PLEASE ASK THEM TO COME ON DOWN.

YES, COME ON, HELP SHAHI KUMAR, YOU HAVE COMPETITION.

, BEFORE I READ THIS, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF BEFORE I READ THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, TO YOU ON THIS WEEK, I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD IT IS FOR ME TO READ, BUT I THOUGHT THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT WOULD FIT EVEN MORE SO TO READ THIS.

UM, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE ALL VOTED FOR THE, UH, DISPATCHER'S RACE AND, AND WE HAVE ALL NOW VOTED FOR THE INCREASE IN PAY AND ALL THIS.

BUT I'VE SEEN THIS ONE PARTICULAR PERSON EVEN BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED, UH, HIS PASSION, COMPASSION TOWARDS POLICE, AND THE FACT THAT WITH DISPATCHERS AND EVERY POLICE, WE COMING OUT THERE AND, AND GOING AROUND THE CITY AND, AND GETTING FOOD, AND GETTING DRINKS AND GETTING CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, AFTER.

AND HE EVEN CREATED A LITTLE STICKER, UH, TO GET OUT THERE AND TO SELL IT OUT TO COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, IF Y'ALL WILL JOIN ME AND COUNSEL, IT'S OKAY FOR ANTHONY MARS TO PRESIDENT THIS PRO.

HERE COME EVERYBODY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY HAS TO JOIN ME TOO.

WE'RE A TAG TEAM.

THANK YOU, MARY.

THAT WAS A SURPRISE.

AND GUYS, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

UH, FIRE AS WELL.

CHIEF PARTITA.

IT'S AN HONOR TO, UH, TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION.

YOU GOT ME ALL TEARED UP, MAN.

COME ON IN.

, EVERYBODY WHEREAS MAY 15TH THROUGH 21ST OF 2023 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS AND KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, AND FAMILIES SAFE.

AND WHEREAS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED OFFICERS OF MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS ZIMMER NEEDS TO COME UP HERE, COME UP HERE, MAN.

AND WHEREAS CALL ME BY SURPRISE.

WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK, TRADE, AND VISIT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

AND WHEREAS WE REFLECT UPON THE SELFLESSNESS, DEDICATION AT BRAVERY OF OUR LOCAL STATE AND OUR PUBLIC SECTOR POLICE AS OUR SAFETY AND WELLBEING ARE PROMOTED AND BEING THEIR DEVOTION TO MAINTAINING PEACE AND SECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 21ST OF THIS YEAR AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.

AND WE PUBLICLY SALUTE THE SERVICE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF SURE.

IF YOU'LL SAY SOME WORDS AND CONGRATULATIONS.

ITEM FOUR D, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS G F O A, AWARDED TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BUDGET DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU MARION.

COUNSEL, THIS, THIS REALLY MEANS A LOT.

UH, MY NAME IS BRANDON HARRIS AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO BE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF HERE.

AND NATIONALS POLICE WEEK IS A TIME WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THOSE OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED IN LINE OF DUTY.

AND FORTUNATELY FOR OUR AGENCY, WE HAVEN'T LOST ONE, BUT CITIES AROUND US AND CITIES WE PARTNER WITH HAVE.

SO TO THAT END, MARION COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

SCOOCH, PLEASE SCOOCH.

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[(d) Presentation of Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Award t...]

NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SHAHI AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CHIEF HARRIS, BUT WITHOUT FINANCE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING .

SO AS THEY COME UP, UH, I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR, UM, WHO'S BEEN A CHAIR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, IS COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND HIS TEAM, WHO'S ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO JOIN HIM TO COME UP HERE.

OH, MAYOR PRO 10 MEMORY.

DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD, UH, PROGRAM.

I'M EXCITED TO, UH, TO HAVE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON TONIGHT.

UH, THIS IS CALLED THE DISTINGUISHED.

I WANNA REPEAT THAT.

THIS IS THE 34TH TIME.

34.

HAS ANYBODY EVER DONE ANYTHING SECONDARY? 34 TIMES.

IT WASN'T BAD.

UH, THEY WON THIS AWARD 34 YEARS IN A ROW.

Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 34 YEARS.

HAVE OKAY.

SO THEY CONTINUE THE TRADITION.

AND SO I WANNA READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE G UH, F O A.

UH, THEY ESTABLISHED THE DIS, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARDS PROGRAM, OR ALSO KNOWN AS THE BUDGET AWARDS PROGRAM IN 1984, TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PREPARE BUDGET DOCUMENTS ON THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY THAT REFLECT BOTH THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON STATE AND LOCAL BUDGETING AND THE GFO A'S BEST PRACTICES ON BUDGETING.

AND THEN TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENTS THAT SUCCEED IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.

APPROXIMATELY 1800 GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING STATES, CITIES, COUNTIES, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND MORE, HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR TRANSPARENCY AND BUDGETING.

TO EARN RECOGNITION, BUDGET DOCUMENTS MUST MEET PROGRAM CRITERIA, AND EXCEL AS A POLICY DOCUMENT, FINANCIAL PLAN, OPERATIONS GUIDE AND COMMUNICATION TOOL.

I WANNA READ A LITTLE BIT FROM THE AWARD ITSELF THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY.

THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS HAS RECEIVED GFO A'S DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR ITS BUDGET.

THE AWARD REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT BY THE ENTITY.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BUDGET AWARD, THE ENTITY HAD TO SATISFY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZE GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

THESE GUIDELINES ARE DESIGNED TO ASSESS HOW WELL AN ENTITY'S BUDGET SERVES AS FOUR PARTICULAR CATEGORIES.

A POLICY DOCUMENT, A FINANCIAL PLAN, AN OPERATIONS GUIDE, AND A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE.

BUDGET DOCUMENTS MUST BE RATED FOR PROFICIENT IN ALL FOUR CATEGORIES AND IN THE 14 MANDATORY CRITERIA WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES TO RECEIVE THE AWARD.

SO ONCE AGAIN, AGAIN, FOR 34 YEARS STRAIGHT, THIS TEAM, THIS GROUP, THIS CITY, HAS RECEIVED THIS DISTINGUISHED AWARD, AND WE NEED TO GIVE OUR NOW FORMER, UH, CFO SLASH FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, ELENA PORTS PORTIS, WHO IS NOW OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THE TEAM, UH, A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR KEEPING OUR, COME ON.

NOW WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY.

I WOULD SING THE SONG.

HOW'D IT GO? MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.

MONDAY.

ANYWAY, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT LIKE, LIKE, UH, MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, SHASHI, YOU GUYS ARE THE FIRST TO, TO GET HERE AND TO LAST TO LEAVE, BUT WITHOUT THAT MONEY, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO EITHER .

SO WE APPRECIATE FINANCE FOR ALL AS THEY DO.

LET'S TURN IT OVER REAL QUICK TO, UH, ELENA AND HER TEAM.

GIVE BERTHA ALEXANDER A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I WILL SAY THAT ALL CREDIT IS DUE TO BERTHA ALEXANDER, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OVER BUDGET.

UM, HER AND HER TEAM PUT THE DOCUMENT TOGETHER, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR DOCUMENT, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, MISSOURI CITY TX.GOV, AND LOOK FOR THE CITY BUDGET.

YOU WILL FIND OVER 15 YEARS OF BUDGET DOCUMENTS.

SO 15 OF THOSE 34, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THERE.

UM, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY BUDGET ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP ON JUNE 10TH.

UH, THAT IS A SATURDAY, UH, FROM 10 TO 12.

WELL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO COME ON OUT AND, UH, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET AND HOW WE PUT THE BUDGET DOCUMENT TOGETHER.

UM, AND AGAIN, ALL CREDIT, THANK YOU, BERTHA, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETING FOR THE CITY.

UH, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT FOR BERTHA.

LET'S

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AND SO WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PROUDLY PRESENTED TO THE MISSOURI CITY FINANCE AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ACHIEVING THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS ON EXCEEDING THE PROGRAM STANDARDS AND RECEIVING, RECEIVING THE HIGHEST AWARD AND GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING.

THANK, I JUST REALIZED, UH, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, JUST REALIZE ON THE ITEM FOUR, A RECOGNITION OF THE COUNTY, UH, UM, ADDRESSING THE FRONTLINE WORKERS AND PANDEMIC PARTNERS, UM, IN 2020 AND 2021.

WE ALSO HAD OUR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, WHERE'S SHE? SHE'S HIDING IN THE BACK OVER THERE.

SHE'S GONNA LOOK BEHIND HERSELF.

, I WANNA STAY WITH DOCTOR.

AND DR.

STERLING, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU ARE WELL DESERVED, AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING WITH THOSE COVID VIDEOS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR, ONE MORE COMMENT ON THAT.

I ALSO LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK DR.

BOONE FROM HOUSTON METHODIST, WHERE HE TOOK THE TIME OFF TO COME IN AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST, UH, VIEWED, UH, VIDEOS THAT WE PRODUCED.

SO THANK YOU, DR.

BOOM, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADAM THE SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, MR. MAYOR? WE DO.

YES, MA'AM.

MIKE WATSON.

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

IN ADDITION, PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

ALSO FOR THE AUDIENCE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TO, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC DURING THIS PORTION.

SATURDAY, I WENT TO CONGRESSMAN GREEN'S EVENT, UH, FOR BRINGING ALL THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

UH, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

MY NAME IS MIKE WATSON.

I RESIDE AT 30 18 APPLE VALLEY LANE, MISSOURI CITY, QUAIL VALLEY.

UM, I ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE AT NOW 1800 MURPHY ROAD.

UM, WHICH SPACES? JONATHAN ACROSS THE LAKE .

ANTHONY, ANTHONY , THE OTHER GUY, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THE OTHER GUY, .

BUT ANYWAY, THE REASON WHY I CAME HERE, NO, ALICE, VERY, ALL SERIOUSNESS.

I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER DID.

UM, MS. TRAMEKA, SHE DID A PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS.

SHE HAD KITS READY, SHE HAD GREAT GRAPHICS THAT WERE SIMPLE, EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THESE MATERIALS BACK BECAUSE SHE HAD ENOUGH TO SENIORS IN PRECINCT 2028 SIT THERE WITH MY PHONE COMPUTER GETTING THEM REGISTERED SO THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES AND HURRICANE WILL COME, FLOODING WILL COME TO THIS AREA THAT THEY CAN GET OUT FIRST.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER A HAND CAUSE IT WAS OUTSTANDING AND I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL FOR SENDING ME THAT, THAT LITTLE PIECE, THAT BLURB TO SAY, YOU KNOW, COME HERE.

AND IT WAS OUTSTANDING.

SO NOW THEY'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER ONE.

I UNDERSTAND AT AN EVENING WHEN, SO FOLKS WHO WORK CAN COME, SO PLEASE JUST, THEY'RE OUTSTANDING.

THEN FOR TWO, AS THE AGAIN, PRECINCT CHAIR FOR 2028 AND THE NAACP'S CLIMATE JUSTICE CHAIR, I WANT THE STATUS REPORT OF THE PLANS ON, I CALL IT THE QUAIL VALLEY MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND THE QUAIL VALLEY ROADS.

THERE'S A LOT OF FLOODING OVER THERE.

MAINTENANCE FACILITY WE KNOW WAS THE BOND COMMITTEE.

IT'S FALLING IN.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO FALL IN ON ANYBODY.

I DON'T WANT THE EMPLOYEES TO OWN, SORRY, AS A LAWYER, I CAN SAY THAT.

SO PLEASE, LET'S, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, HAVE A STATUS REPORT FOR THAT.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, A TIMELINE WOULD BE HELPFUL.

NOW, ALSO, FLOODING YESTER

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THAT WAS THAT FOUNTAIN LIFE CENTER, WHAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO GO OUT.

AND I DIDN'T SEE FOUR TIMES THERE.

UM, I, WE WERE DIRECTED TO GO OUT ORUM THAT WAY AND COME ACROSS HORRIFIC FLOODING WHERE ORUM COMES INTO FOND AND THEN DOWN TO BUFFALO SPEEDWAY OR RUNWAY OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.

SO TERRIBLE.

SO PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT AND LET'S GET THAT ON THE AGENDA.

UM, THEN WE HAVE TO SAY STUFF GOING ON, ON INDEPENDENCE, OKAY, BY WALGREENS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO REVOLUTION IN LEXINGTON PLACE.

GREAT ROADS, IT'S WONDERFUL, THE BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING'S WONDERFUL.

BUT THE FLOODING, NOW EVERYBODY HAS TO SCOOCH YOU IN MR. WATSON TO THE MIDDLE END.

IF I CAN, IF I CAN ASK FOR 10 SECONDS.

I CAN'T DO THIS, SIR, CUZ I GOTTA GIVE TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

OKAY? JUST PLEASE BRING IN THE CONSTABLES WHO REPRESENT US FOR YOUR PRAISE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT'S ALL I'D ASKED.

CON TWO, TWO, AND THREE.

THANK YOU, MR. MEET BRENDA CLARK.

MS. CLARK IS YOUR APPROACH PODIUM.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND, UH, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

MS. CLARK, BRENDA CLARK.

HI.

SORRY, I COULDN'T HER NAME.

HI, MY NAME IS BRENDA CLARK.

I RESIDE AT 34 18 LACOSTA ROAD.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE MISSOURI CITY ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS WITH STAFFORD.

AS YOU KNOW, FROM MY PAST, UM, STATEMENTS UP HERE AS A CITIZEN AND AS A VOLUNTEER, I AM NOT THRILLED THAT STAFFORD IS STILL IN OUR SHELTER.

AND IN SEPTEMBER, Y'ALL, OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER, ALL OF YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF VOTING YAY OR NAY ON A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE SOLUTION, UH, TO THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY READ FACTS.

THIS IS THE INTERLOCAL STAFFORD AGREEMENT WITH MISSOURI CITY.

AND SOME OF THE KEYWORDS I WANNA MAKE SURE STAND OUT IS THAT IT IS OFTEN SAID IN THESE LINES, PROVIDED THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE UNDER RECITALS.

ON PAGE ONE OF PAGE EIGHT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE MISSOURI CITY REUNION OR UNION OF THE, UM, SHELTER BEING SOLELY OWNED BY MISSOURI CITY, AND THAT STAFFORD IS ALLOWED TO USE THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE SHELTER OF THEIR PETS.

WHEREAS SU STAFFORD HAS COMPENSATED MISSOURI CITY PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT FOR SUCH USER.

AND WHEREAS PROVIDED THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE STAFFORD ANIMALS, MISSOURI CITY DESIRES TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST STAFFORD IN THE SHELTER MAINTENANCE.

WHEREAS THE CURRENT COST OF OPERATING THE ANIMAL SHELTER IS $213,232.

AS DETERMINED BY CALCULATING, UM, AMOUNTS INCURRED, MISSOURI CITY AND STAFFORD WILL THEN PAY THEIR PROPORTIONATE AMOUNTS OF RATES ANOTHER CLAUSE, WHEREAS THE JOINT USE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER BY MISSOURI CITY AND STAFFORD WILL MUTUALLY BENEFIT MISSOURI CITY.

I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY ADEQUATE CLAUSE, AND IT SEEMS QUITE VAGUE.

UNDER ARTICLE FOUR, UNDER JOINT DUTIES, MISSOURI CITY AND STAFFORD AGREE TO APPORTION THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAILY MAINTENANCE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

DAILY MAINTENANCE OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER SHOULD INCLUDE OCCASIONALLY CHECKING ON THE ANIMALS.

AND I CAN ATTEST THAT YES, STAFFORD DOES OCCASIONALLY CHECK OCCASIONALLY BEING THE KEYWORD.

UNDER ARTICLE FIVE, STAFFORD'S RIGHTS AND DUTIES, AGAIN PROVIDED THAT THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE STAFFORD ANIMALS, STAFFORD SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE.

STAFFORD SHALL CLEAN ANIMAL CULT SHELTER KENNELS AND THEY SHOULD FOLLOW, ARE OPERATING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

UNDER ARTICLE 5.03, IT ALSO STATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE DETERMINATION WHETHER THE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE.

STAFFORD, I WOULD LIKE IS TO CONTINUE TO BE IN Y'ALL'S VISION AND UNDERSTAND MY MS. MS. CLARK COMPLAINTS.

THAT IS TIME.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERISM.

BRUCE SAND BROSKI.

MR. BROSKI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ALSO, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

BRUCE AKI 79 15 CHANCE HOUSTON, TEXAS.

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I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS COUNCIL ON THE CORONATION CEREMONY THE MAYOR HAD BACK IN NOVEMBER.

THIS WAS CLEARLY A MISUSE OF CITY FACILITIES, CITY STAFF, AND CAUSED EXTRA OVERTIME OR USE OF CITY EMPLOYEES FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

I REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND I GET A HALF, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TERM NONSENSE RESPONSE, THAT EIGHT HOURS FOR THREE CITY EMPLOYEES WERE USED FOR THAT FUNCTION.

I COUNTED MORE THAN 13 CITY EMPLOYEES HERE FOR THAT FUNCTION, INCLUDING FIRE EXTRA STAFF.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

I'M TIRED OF THIS CITY MISUSING PUBLIC MONEY FOR SOMEBODY'S OWN GAINS.

I REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM THE CITY DEPARTMENT AND I GUESSED NONSENSE RESPONSES.

I REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH THE CITY HAS SPENT IN LEGAL FEES TO REPRESENT POLICE AND FIRE.

THEY HAVE FIVE MORE DAYS TO GIVE ME AN INFORMATION ACT ON THAT.

IF YOU DON'T GIVE ANY INFORMATION, I'LL BE FORCED TO GO TO OTHER SOURCES AND GET CORRECT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY.

I AM TIRED OF YOU WASTING MY TAXPAYER'S MONEY.

I'VE BEEN HERE 41 YEARS.

MY TAXES ARE DOUBLE WHAT THEY PAY ON THE NEXT BLOCK IN HOUSTON, SO USE IT WISELY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ITEM SIX, OUR

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSENT AGENDAS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? IF SO, SOMEONE PUT IT IN.

SUBMIT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE YES.

YES, GO AHEAD.

SUBPOENA THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

NOW, OKAY.

ITEM SEVEN ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND

[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Roger...]

RELATED ACTIONS.

SEVEN A SEVEN A ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR AGAINST A REQUEST BY ROGER DORIS ON BEHALF OF ELEVATE MINISTRIES OR AN S E P SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, CHURCH AND EVENT CENTER.

OKAY, NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN A ONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO TALK? NO.

MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING SEVEN A ONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN A

[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]

TWO.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY ON AN APPROXIMATE 2.53 ACRE AT TRACT LANDIS.

A SPECIFIC USE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY DEPICTING SAID, 5,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, PROVIDING LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND CONDITIONS ON SUCH SPECIFIC USE.

AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JIM EDWARDS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

EVENING, EVENING.

PRESENTED BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSAL, UM, SUBMITTED BY ROGER DORIS OF ELEVATE MINISTRIES TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OF LEASE SPACE TO S U P.

THE S U P WILL ALLOW FOR A CHURCH AND AN EVENT, UH, CENTER.

UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID PROVIDE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE S U P AND TO NOT GO BEYOND THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE.

IS THERE A MOTION OR SECOND? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND IF I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

SO GO AHEAD AND COUNCILWOMAN.

TOOK A MINUTE.

UM, WHEN YOU SAID, UM, UH, O OTHER FACILITY, YOU SAID A, UH, MINISTRY AND AN EVENT CENTER? YES.

SO ARE, IS THIS FOR OUTSIDE EVENTS OR JUST FOR THEIR OWN EVENTS? IN-HOUSE? UM, FOR IN-HOUSE AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THEY WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONFIRM.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UM, BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY DO HOST OUTSIDE EVENTS OR IN-HOUSE, WHAT TIME ARE THEY ENDING THOSE EVENTS? IS THERE A TIME LIMIT? UH, BECAUSE THAT DOES HAVE A, A RESIDENTIAL AREA VERY CLOSE BY.

CORRECT.

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SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE, UM, HAVE CONSIDERED THAT.

SO WE ARE PLANNING ON OPENING IT UP FOR EVENTS LIKE WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE HAVE CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE SOUND, ANY SOUND ORDINANCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE.

SO EVERYTHING WOULD BE ENCLOSED INSIDE THE FACILITY, NOT EXTERNAL.

AND WE WILL, UM, ADHERE TO WHATEVER REGULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S GUIDELINES.

SO APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME DO YOU, WOULD YOU NORMALLY CONSIDER CLOSING DOWN OR SHUTTING OFF IN AN EVENT? IS THAT 12 O'CLOCK, ONE O'CLOCK, TWO IN THE MORNING? WHAT I'M THINKING MORE LIKE AROUND MAYBE 11 OR 12, DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME SOMEONE HAS A WEDDING.

MOST WEDDINGS WILL USUALLY HAPPEN IF THEY HAD A WEDDING IN RECEPTION, STARTING SOMETIME AROUND ONE, TWO, SOMETIMES MAYBE EVEN SIX.

BUT EVEN IF IT'S SIX, WE'RE PLANNING ON LIKE FOUR HOUR BLOCKS MAXIMUM.

AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE OKAY WITH THE PARKING OVER THERE? IT'S LIMITED PARKING.

IS THERE GONNA BE AN OVERFLOW LOCATION? WE HAVE CONSIDERED PARKING AND SINCE, AND I'VE TALKED TO ALL OF THE, UH, BUSINESSES THERE AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT US COMING AS WELL.

BUT THE TIMES THAT WE WILL BE HAVING OUR EVENTS AND EVEN OUR PLACE OF ASSEMBLY WILL ALWAYS USUALLY BE OFF HOURS.

SO PARKING IS NOT REALLY THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING.

HOWEVER, I WAS GOING TO LOOK AT TALKING TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, GIVEN THAT IT WOULD BE OFF HOURS AS WELL, IF THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH US USING SOME OF THEIR PARKING IN THEIR FACILITIES AS WELL.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

YES MA'AM.

UH, I JUST THINK THAT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UM, DECISIONS ON, ON THESE TYPES OF, OF THINGS.

WE JUST HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION THAT, UH, CAME BEFORE US SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHERE WE PUT RESTRICTIONS.

I, I WANNA SAY JENNIFER OR JAMIE, YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, BUT I KNOW IT WAS PROPERTY ON CARTWRIGHT, UH, EVENT CENTER AS WELL, WHERE, UM, WE HAD CONCERNS SOME OF THE SIM SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE EVENTS, UH, TIME, WHETHER THE SECURITY WAS GONNA BE THERE, UH, AND, AND OTHER, UH, MATTERS.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT IN, IN HOW WE'RE MAKING OUR DECISIONS AND WANT TO KNOW, UH, IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS AND MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WHAT WE DID WITH THAT OTHER, UH, ENTITY.

JUST I GUESS TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO.

I WANNA SAY IT WAS THREE.

CAN ANYBODY SPEAK TO, TO THAT, IF, IF THIS IS SIMILAR OR IF WE COULD PUT THOSE SAME? YES.

SPEAK, SPEAK ON THAT.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE HEAD OF MY BOARD, CLIFF SMITH.

HE'S BACK AT WAVS HAND.

HE IS A LIFELONG RETIRE.

HE'S NOW A RETIRED HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE'S A LIFELONG, UH, POLICE OFFICER AS WELL.

HE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF OUR SECURITY CREW.

SO WE, WE HAVE THAT COVERED AS WELL.

AND SO IF THAT WERE SOMETHING OF A CONCERN WE ALREADY HAVE THAT CONSIDERED.

IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT YOU.

YOUR, UH, YES.

YOUR, WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING BEFORE US.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FROM A CONSISTENCY STANDPOINT, WE DO THE SAME THING THAT WE DID WITH THE OTHER ENTITY THAT CAME BEFORE US WITH A SIMILAR REQUEST.

AND SO THIS DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE SAME.

UH, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I KNOW THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST OR SECOND READINGS, BUT BY THE, THE NEXT TIME THAT THIS COMES BEFORE US, THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTED, WAS THAT A PD OR WHAT WAS IT? A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY AT THIS TIME.

CAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING AT THAT PREVIOUS, UH, UH MM-HMM.

IT WAS A S U P ACCOUNTS.

U P YES.

COUNSEL CAN PROVIDE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE CAN BRING IT FORWARD, UM, DURING THE SECOND MEETING AS STATED.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL IT INCLUDED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, BY THE NEXT MEETING, HAVE THE SAME CRITERIA, UH, FOR THAT.

UH, BE A PLACE TO THIS.

BECAUSE IT'S IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AND IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF REQUEST.

CORRECT.

WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.

BUT I DON'T, AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO EVERY SINGLE THING RIGHT NOW CAUSE IT'S NOT BEFORE ME, BUT I WANNA BE AT THE SAME, I WANNA BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DID, UH, THE LAST TIME.

SO THOSE, I WAS GONNA ECHO SOME OF THOSE SENTIMENTS.

AND THEN ALSO I, I NOTICED THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY PROTESTS FOR OR AGAINST, WHICH IS A, A, A, A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW, FROM RESIDENTS.

SO, UM, WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND KNOWING THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY RESIDENT PROTESTS I WOULD BE IN FOR, UH, IN FAVOR OF THIS.

ACTUALLY, I DID TURN IN ONE FOUR, BUT I, I, I HAD OH, GREAT.

I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE .

I TURNED IT IN AT THE LAST MEETING WITH THE PLANNING AND ON.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

UM, YES MA'AM.

UH, SPACE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT GOING IN.

UH, MAY I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK MY QUESTION MAY BE MORE SO FOR AJI AJI, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS SAME,

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WASN'T THAT AT ONE TIME A CHURCH, UH, BEFORE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A CHURCH, IT WAS A DAYCARE AT ONE TIME AS WELL.

A DAYCARE OR AT LEAST THERE WAS ANOTHER CHURCH OR, OR IS IT EVEN STILL THERE? I BELIEVE A MARTIAL ARTS STUDIO WAS THERE ONE TIME.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHURCH FACILITIES IN THIS PARTICULAR APARTMENT? NOT IN THAT, I DO NOT.

YES, SIR.

I COUNCILMAN I CAN SPEAK TO THE COUNCILWOMAN.

I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

THERE WAS ANOTHER, THERE WAS THE, THE FACILITY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS MUCH LARGER.

I BELIEVE IT USED TO BE WINDSOR VILLAGE, UH, PRIOR TO THEM MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

BUT THAT UNIT IS UNOCCUPIED AT THIS TIME.

THERE ARE NO OTHER PLACES OF ASSEMBLY IN THAT, THAT SPACE.

AND, AND JUST SO THAT I'M STRAIGHT IN MY MIND, YOUR PRIMARY FOCUS IN THIS FACILITY WILL BE FOR CHURCH USE? FOR CHURCH USE? I AM A PASTOR, YES.

I JUST, WELL, BASED ON THE, THE DRAWING, THE RENDERING, IT LOOKED TO BE MORE OF A CHURCH SPACE MM-HMM.

MORE SO THAN AN EVENT SPACE.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MOST OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THERE WOULD BE MORE SO GEARED TOWARDS WEDDINGS OR ABSOLUTELY.

WE, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO TURN UP.

THANK YOU, PASTOR.

UH, WILL, THERE WILL BE ADULT BEVERAGES SERVED AT THIS LOCATION.

HEY, YOU'RE HAVING, COME ON.

THERE WAS NO PLAN TO HAVE ADULT BEVERAGES SERVED.

HOWEVER, IF WE DO, WE PLAN TO DO IT IN THE BACK PATIO AREA, IF AT ALL.

AND EVEN THEN IT MIGHT BE LIMITED TO SOMETHING LIKE WINE OR JUST SOME LIGHT MIXER.

UH, IS THIS A LONG-TERM PLAN OR DO YOU ENVISION, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW BEING IN A LARGER FACILITY FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, I REALLY HOPE THAT WE ARE IN A LARGER FACILITY RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

WE WERE ACTUALLY IN, UH, JERSEY VILLAGE.

AND MY, I LIVE IN SIENNA THOUGH, SO, OKAY.

A LOT OF OUR CONGREGANTS LIVED ON THIS SIDE OF, OF THE WORLD, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

SO WE, WE ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE OUR PLACE OF ASSEMBLY CLOSER TO HOME.

SO WE, I WANT TO STAY HERE.

WE WELCOME YOU.

MY QUESTION TO THAT IS, GINA, LET'S SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN FIVE YEARS THEY DO GREAT AND IT'S ZONED THIS WAY.

WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO PUT IT BACK TO ITS NORMAL USE? THAT IT DOESN'T STAY OPEN AS A U FOR ASSEMBLY? YES.

THE, THE S U WILL LIVE FOR, FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT CAN'T GO BEYOND THAT.

SO PER THE REGULATIONS, IT WILL REVERT BACK TO THE YES.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU PASTOR.

RECOGNIZED AND COUNSEL NUMBER KLAUSER.

I HAVE ONE LAST THING.

YOU MENTIONED ALCOHOL.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ANY LANGUAGE, UM, IN THIS MM-HMM.

THAT COVERS EVEN THE CHURCH WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL.

UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, I DID HEAR THAT, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER MOTION, UH, MADE BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

UM, YEAH, I JUST, I THINK YOU GOT YES.

MY, YES.

SO THERE WAS A, AN AMENDMENT, A MOTION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS SEP THAT WAS PASSED FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY A FEW MONTHS AGO.

UH, SO THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION AND THEN A VOTE.

SO CAN WE CLEAR THAT THEN? CAN WE CLEAR THAT WHOEVER IT IS? MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.

THIS, THE ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US.

SO IF HE'S AMENDING, ARE WE AMENDING ALL OF OUR REQUESTS THAT WE WERE ASKING ABOUT? THERE'S BEEN A SECOND TOO, RIGHT? WHAT? THERE WAS A SECOND.

WHO'S SECOND THERE? THERE WAS ONLY ONE OF US.

NO, NO.

I, I, SO TO BE CLEAR, I THINK THAT THE ALCOHOL PIECE WAS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL, UM, S U FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO.

BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T, WHEN YOU SAY EVERYBODY'S, WHAT WAS YOURS? THERE WERE, THERE WERE JUST SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, MINES WAS THE TIME.

AND YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY.

THE ALCOHOL WAS MENTIONED.

SO ARE WE, IS YOUR AMEND, IS YOUR MOTION AMENDING, UM, THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO BE AS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER EVENT CENTERS? CUZ IF NOT, WE DON'T HAVE TO LIST ALL OF THEM.

WE CAN JUST GO, RIGHT? YEAH.

IT WAS BASICALLY, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF IT AT THIS TIME, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN DAYS MM-HMM.

THAT IN CERTAIN TIMES THAT IT WAS TO END.

AND I BELIEVE IT WAS NOT, IT WAS SECURITY.

SECURITY WAS SECURITY AND ALL.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IT NEEDS TO COME BACK BEFORE US ON THE SECOND READING SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

BUT I'M, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR AMENDMENTS ARE IN PLACE.

MM-HMM.

AND THAT EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON WHAT, SO WHAT WILL BE THE, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION? IT WAS MR. MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW, I DO HAVE THE LANGUAGE FROM THE LAST TIME

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UM, FOR A DIFFERENT BUSINESS.

UM, THE, UM, AMENDMENT INCLUDED A TIME CAP OF MIDNIGHT ON THE DAYS OF OPERATION, WHICH IS FROM THURSDAY TO SUNDAY.

UM, AND ALSO YOU ARE MANDATED, UM, THAT SECURITY BE PROVIDED AT ALL EVENTS.

THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT ALCOHOL.

NO.

SO CONSISTENTLY, ARE YOU IN A, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? THAT'S EASIER THAN WHAT I WAS THINKING.

SO THURSDAY TO SUNDAY AND THE CAP WOULD BE MIDNIGHT AS THE TIME AND THAT SECURITY WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS.

SO NOW WHEN THE THURSDAY TO SUNDAY IS THAT FOR ALL OF YOU SAY ALL EVENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, A BIRTHDAY PARTY ON A TUESDAY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT.

SAY THAT AGAIN.

BIRTHDAY PARTY ON TUESDAY.

IS THAT, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE CLEAR.

NO, I MEAN, BASED ON WHAT, WHAT, GO AHEAD.

I I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHURCH VERSUS AN EVENT CENTER.

SO THE CHURCH IS, COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IF, IF THERE'S BIBLE STUDY OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION US FROM LOOKING AT JUST THURSDAY THROUGH WHATEVER FORCE EVENTS, UM, OR IN GENERAL, BUT BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE THURSDAY THROUGH WHATEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE THIS IS A CHURCH VERSUS AN EVENT CENTER.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE TRICKY PART ABOUT IT.

TRYING TO MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT FROM A FAIRNESS STANDPOINT, THAT WE DISTINGUISH, UH, THAT THIS IS A CHURCH AND THERE ARE CHURCH ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE.

BUT BECAUSE WE'RE CO-MINGLING CHURCH AND EVENT CENTER, WE DO HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.

BUT WHAT WE DID WITH ANOTHER BUSINESS OR ENTITY SHOULD I SAY, IN, IN THE CITY THAT'S, SO I, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE WOULD NEED TO BE STATED RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME, E JOYCE, OR SURE.

WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS UTILIZED IN THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE AND WE WILL ADD THAT, UH, TO THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL FOR SECOND READING AS IT RELATES TO ALCOHOL.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THOSE ARE SEPARATE PERMITS.

SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE BUSINESS OR ENTITY IS OPERATING AS, THEY WOULD HAVE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAWS AND LOCAL LAWS RELATED TO ALCOHOL.

SO JUST NO, TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, UH, WHAT MY AMENDMENT IS, I WANNA MAKE SURE YEAH, BECAUSE THE, THE OTHER ONE, WHAT I STATED WAS WHAT WE DID PREVIOUSLY WITH ANOTHER ENTITY, WHICH WAS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SO IF WE'RE SEGMENTING AND MAKING IT SEPARATE IN PART CUZ OF THE CHURCH, ARE WE SAYING, YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WE WILL NOT BE THERE SEVEN DAYS? CONSISTENCY? I THINK WE WOULD JUST STICK WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH PREVIOUS EVENTS, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY FOR CONSISTENCY.

WHAT OUR BIBLE STUDY IS ACTUALLY ONLINE.

I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF BEING THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WELL I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE, SO LET ME GO TO MAYOR PRO TO MEMORY.

EXCUSE ME.

I, I THINK, UH, MAYBE WE'VE ALREADY, UH, ADDRESSED THE QUESTION, BUT MY CONCERN IS I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT, EXCUSE ME, WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE OR THE RESTRICTIONS ARE AND THAT YOU'RE IN, UH, IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU COME, BEFORE THE SECOND READING.

EXCUSE ME.

SO I DON'T SEE ANY MOTION, ANY SECOND ON THE SCREEN.

I CAN'T MAKE IT.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, UNTIL WE FIGURE THIS OUT.

OH, THERE IT IS.

WHILE WE GOT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY, WHAT IS YOUR MOTION? KNEW THAT WAS COMING AS PREVIOUSLY STATED BY .

MY MOTION IS PREVIOUSLY STATED AS, AS E JOINS DELIVERED.

EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR AS CITY SECRETARY.

EVERYBODY CLEAR ON WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MAKE SURE WE GET AN INVITATION.

, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

SO NOW YOU VOTE, GO BACK AND VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH WAS MADE, WHICH WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAR LIP.

WAS THAT YOUR SECOND BEFORE? YEAH.

SO WITHDRAW THE MOTION.

WE DON'T NEED.

SO YOU GOT THAT RIGHT CONSTABLE? I DO, I DO HAVE THAT.

I HAVE BROWN MARSHALL.

YES, I HAVE THE MOTION MEMBER.

BROWN MARSHALL MADE THE MOTION.

AND MEMBER MARILLA SECONDED THE MOTION.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE ACTUAL, ON

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THAT MOTION.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

DO WE HAVE TO REDO THE MOTIONS HERE? YES.

SHOULD WE VOTE NOW? OKAY.

YEAH, DO IT VERBAL.

MR. MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF WE DO THAT AS A VERBAL? YEAH.

NO PROBLEM.

MAYOR ALI KAT.

MOTION CAN THIS MOTION BEATED IT'S WORTH? HUH? PLEASE DON'T YOU HAVE ONE MORE READING.

THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED ORDINANCE .

GO AHEAD.

YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL? YES, SIR.

MR. MAYOR? YES.

UM, MEMBER SONJA BROWN MARSHALL? YES.

TO GO TO ITEM SEVEN A THREE.

THANK YOU, JIMMA.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING

[(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Harmo...]

[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]

NOW THAT'S CITY MANAGER.

YEP.

DO WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY? WAS THAT ITEM BEING PULLED? SE UH, 7 83 AND SEVEN A FOUR WERE PULLED.

PULLED.

OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Appoint directors to Missouri City...]

NUMBER EIGHT.

APPOINTMENTS EIGHT.

A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT DIRECTORS OF MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, UH, EJO YAMO.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 39, UH, 31.052 OF THE TEXAS SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE, THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE, UH, AUTHORIZED TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MEMBERS TO THE MU MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD.

NUMBER ONE, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD TO REAPPOINT ANTHONY FRANCIS, TODD BURR, ADRIAN BARKER, AND JAMIE VERUS TO THAT BOARD.

UM, BASED ON QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED ABOUT ANOTHER BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING, I DID INQUIRE FROM THE, UH, BOARD'S ATTORNEY, UH, RELATED TO RESIDENCY.

AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TODD BURR, ALL OF THE PROPOSED APPLICANTS ARE, UH, AND THEY'RE ALL CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL, BUT THEY, UH, EITHER LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY OR IT'S E T J.

UH, WITH THAT, THEIR INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, I BELIEVE THE BOARD.

THE BOARD ATTORNEY IS HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE, AND I SEE SOME OF THE BOARD, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.

UH, AJO, I SEE WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UM, NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPOINT DIRECTORS TO MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, EJO.

ITEM EIGHT B, CONSIDERATION

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - Appoint directors to Missouri City...]

THIS IS MISSOURI CITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL ITEM THAT YOU CONSIDERED AT THE LAST MEETING.

UM, THIS BOARD IS COMPRISED OF INDIVIDUALS FROM VARIOUS, UH, PARTS OF, UH, THE METROPOLITAN AREA.

IT'S, UH, THE BOARD IS ASKING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOHN, UH, VAN DEWE, JAMES BROWN, CHUCK HOWELL, AND, UH, JAMIE STEWART.

UH, JAMES BROWN IS A CURRENT MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.

UH, CHUCK.

HOWS A FORMER MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT, AND THE OTHERS ARE FROM EITHER SUGARLAND OR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MOTION OR SECOND, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE BOARD.

OH, YES.

THE BOARD ATTORNEY IS ALSO HERE.

IF Y'ALL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ITEM NINE.

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

OUR ORDINANCE IS NINE A.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

TRANSFERRING VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AMONG ACCOUNTS, APPROPRIATING SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE TO VARIOUS FUND ACCOUNTS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH TRANSFERS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTERS.

ELENA, TAKE IT AWAY.

TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATION.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, SO WE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES ATTEMPT NOT TO HAVE MANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARING A BUDGET, IT IS AN ESTIMATE.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT REQUIRE US TO COME TO COUNCIL TO SEEK A BUDGET AMENDMENT WITHIN THE CHARTER.

UH, IN ORDER TO SPEND FUNDS, WE HAVE

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AND SO, UH, DOING AN AMENDMENT, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT ENSURES THAT WE'RE ABIDING BY THE CHARTER.

AND SO, UH, FOR THIS AMENDMENT, WE HAVE, UM, A FEW ITEMS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR MID-YEAR AMENDMENT.

THERE'S SOME CLEANUP THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED WITH THIS.

UH, SOME OF THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, BY COUNCIL.

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IN YOUR BUDGET ANALYSIS, IT MIGHT SAY THAT A BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

YEAH, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS ARE, ARE HERE.

SO YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE THINGS.

UM, FIRST WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR SALES TAX.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH HDL FOR SALES TAX COMPLIANCE.

UM, AND THEY FOUND, UM, SOME TIME AGO A, A BUSINESS THAT WAS NOT PAYING CITY TAXES.

AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GET 30%.

AND SO, UM, UH, WE HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT TO REVENUE FOR THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE REVENUE FOR OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM.

UH, WE FOUND ALSO THAT IN OUR RECREATION, WE HAVE MORE DEMAND.

SO WE HAVE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FOR, UM, THAT ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE SOME TRANSFERS FROM OUR, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS INTO THE GENERAL FUND, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME ITEMS DEALING WITH OUR INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE THAT WEREN'T BUDGETED.

UM, AND THEN WE RECEIVE FUNDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPROPRIATE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THOSE, UM, EXPENDITURES.

AND SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE NET IMPACT WILL ACTUALLY BE AN INCREASE, UH, OF 121,867, AND THAT IS IN REVENUE FOR OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE 252,596 FOR THE PURCHASE OF TASERS.

UH, IN OUR GRANTS FUND, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING TWO GRANTS.

ONE, A JAG GRANT FOR 20,963, AND ANOTHER, UH, BULLET, UH, PROOF SHIELD.

SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURES.

UH, MOST RECENTLY, UH, YOU ALL APPROVED, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND THE TURS TO PAY FOR 7.5 MILLION OF THE MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA, UM, EXPANSION.

SO WE'RE APPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS.

AND IN OUR UTILITY FUNDS, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, CLEANUPS.

SO WE HAVE, UH, INSURANCE MONEY FOR A SPILL, UM, SOME IMPACT FEE REVENUE WITH THE OFFSETTING EXPENSES AND SOME OTHER, UH, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, UM, INCLUDING ITEMS DEALING WITH OUR G R P FEES.

AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

10 A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, FINDING THAT CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLCS APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO AMEND ITS DISTRIBUTION COST RECOVERY FACTOR TO INCREASE DISTRIBUTION RATES WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY SHOULD BE DENIED FINDING THAT THE CITY'S REASONABLE RATE CASE EXPENSES SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY CENTER POINT ENERGY, HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, FINDING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION IS PASSED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND PROVIDING NOTICE OF THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU, LINDA.

ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, RESOLUTIONS

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

YOU SEE A MOTION? IT'S AN, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONNIE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT.

ITEM NUMBER 11, OUR COUNCIL,

[11. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

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

THREE MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

FIRST, I DEFINITELY WANNA, UM, SAY THANK YOU PUBLICLY TO THE POLICE AND FIRST, UH, RESPONDERS FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR DEDICATION, RIGHTFULLY SO.

CELEBRATING THIS WEEK AND HONORING YOU GUYS IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT I MAKE SURE TO HONOR YOU GUYS EVERY DAY.

SO I TREMENDOUSLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES.

UM, WAS ABLE OBVIOUSLY TO ATTEND A LOT OF EVENTS AND GET OUT INTO THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

JUST TONS OF THINGS GOING ON.

REALLY PROUD OF ALL THOSE THINGS.

UM, BUT ON TONIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LITTLE TIME OUT TO, UM, COMMENT ON A GREAT MEETING THAT I HAD TODAY WITH, UH, JASON OVER, UH, PARKS AND WITH ANDRE IN REGARDS TO OUR SHOP WITH POP THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP ON JUNE THE 11TH.

UM, THE CITY WAS INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE, UM, A DONATION FROM OPEN HEART'S CHARITY, WHERE WE WILL PLAN ON GIVING AWAY, I THINK IT'S 1700 PIECES OF MEN'S CLOTHING.

UM, AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN AWAY ABSOLUTELY FREE.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE WATCH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES.

UM, WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION THAT'S GONNA COME OUT ON IT.

IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT.

WE'RE STILL PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT ON TODAY, WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT PRETTY MUCH FINALIZED.

THOSE WERE ALL MY COMMENTS ON TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION TWO.

LYNN KLAUSER.

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YES, MAYOR.

UM, FIRST I WANNA CONGRATULATE AND SAY WELCOME ABOARD TO OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO, WELCOME ABOARD, AND WE WELCOME YOU OFFICIALLY.

HOW'S YOUR FIRST WEEK BEEN? GOOD.

EXCELLENT.

NEXT, I WANNA SAY A WONDERFUL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COUN, MY COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, JEFFREY L BONY, BECAUSE THE L MATTERS CELEBRATED HIS, UH, BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE DIGITS.

I'LL LET YOU DO THAT.

BUT, UM, BUT I ALSO, UH, HE'S ALSO AN ACCLAIMED AUTHOR, AND I PICKED UP MY BOOK, UH, YESTERDAY.

SO THANK YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO READING.

DON'T ARGUE WITH ME.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, I WANTED TO, UM, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL'S TOWN HALL COMING UP JUNE, UH, JUNE 8TH, FROM SIXTH TO EIGHTH.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE MOST, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE.

AND SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO, UH, COME OUT, UM, AND JOIN US.

I WANT TO SAY A KUDOS TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHO DID A FABULOUS JOB PLANNING AND EXECUTING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK.

LAST WEEK.

WE HAD JOB FAIRS, WE HAD WORKSHOPS, UM, WE HAD, WHAT ELSE DID WE HAVE? WE HAD RIBBON CUTTINGS.

UM, BUT IT WAS JUST A GREAT WEEK, AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF WONDERFUL FEEDBACK, UM, AND COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS SAYING THAT THEY REALLY GOT A LOT OF IT OUT OF IT.

SO, I WANNA THANK OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.

AND LAST, LASTLY, I WANNA PLUG OUR KID CAMP.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN, UM, IN THE WORKS FOR SOME TIME.

AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THAT APPLICATION SHOULD BE OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE SELECTING 10 TO 12 MISSOURI CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

ACTUALLY, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, GRADE SEVEN THROUGH 10.

SO IF YOU KNOW A KID WHO IS INTERESTED IN STARTING A BUSINESS, UM, GO ONLINE AND APPLY.

WE ARE DOING THAT, UM, CAMP IN CONJUNCTION WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT.

AND THE, UM, CAMP WILL BE JUNE THE 27TH THROUGH THE 29TH, AND THE LAST DAY WILL BE A PITCH DAY.

HEY, HEY, HERMAN , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALL YOUR, UH, DEPARTMENT'S, UM, HARD WORK.

AND SO IS THAT APPLICATION LIVE? IT'S LIVE, IT'S UP, AND IT'S, UH, WE WANT EVERYBODY, BUT THEY, THE STUDENTS HAVE TO BE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, AND THERE HAVE TO BE RISING SEVENTH GRADE TO 10TH GRADE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A, MONICA RILEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND HAPPY YOUR BIRTHDAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, I WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UM, OUR, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND, UH, CELEBRATING THIS WEEK, UM, YOUR WEEK, AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

UM, I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO HERMAN AS WELL, UH, FOR HAVING A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK, UH, WHERE I, AND MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED THE, UM, SMALL BUSINESS MIXER, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE, UH, OVER THERE, WINE VIBES, AND ALSO THE JOB FAIR.

I HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH I WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

MY DAD ACTUALLY WENT THERE AND WAS LOOKING FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WAS LOOKING FOR ME OVER THERE.

I GOT A JOB, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, , BUT HE SAID IT WAS REALLY NICE.

SO, GREAT JOB.

UM, ATTENDED THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, UH, THAT WAS AMAZING FOR MISSOURI CITY AND THE CITY OF SUGARLAND.

UM, HAVING OUR FORT BEND PASTORS OUT THERE TO CELEBRATE AND PRAY AS WELL, THE FORT BEND HEALTH AND WELLNESS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALONG WITH THE, UH, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP THAT, UH, MR. MIKE WATSON TALKED ABOUT.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A WONDERFUL WORKSHOP.

THANK YOU TRAMEKA FOR THAT.

AND THE COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP WAS AMAZING.

THANK YOU, CHIEF PETITA FOR HOSTING IN YOUR, UH, FIRE STATION.

NUMBER SIX.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE A LITTLE SHY.

THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH WERE THERE.

SO, UM, AND WE KNOW THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBER MARRUS WAS, UM, TAKING CARE OF HIS BABY GIRL, AND THANK GOD SHE'S DOING BETTER.

ABSOLUTELY ATTENDED THE RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR QUELL GREEN WEST NEW PARK.

UH, KUDOS.

JASON AND YOUR TEAM AND DANIELLE, THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT, AS WELL AS JOHNNY TAMALES, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE, UH, SPEAKER, UM, AT CAREER DAY AT HUNTERS GLENN, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, AND OUR MAYOR WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND ALSO BEING THE, UH, MC FOR THE EID MILAN AND LAW ENFORCEMENT GALA WITH, UH, CONSTABLE NABEL SHEIK.

SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND FUN.

AND ALSO THANK YOU TO, UH, JUDGE KP GEORGE FOR HIS FIRST EID GALA THAT HE HOSTED WITH THE EBNA SENNA, UH, FOUNDATION.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND VERY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL, WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHA WAS THERE.

AND

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ALSO, I WAS ABLE TO BE THE SPEAKER AND INSPIRE STUDENTS AT EA JONES, UM, THAT WERE INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL ELEMENTARY HONOR SOCIETY.

SO, THANK YOU, ABBY, FOR INVITING ME.

AND I WANNA SAY, UM, A QUICK, UM, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, UH, TO CHIEF REZIN, WHO THIS WILL BE HIS LAST WEEK.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF, FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, UH, UH, HARRIS FOR STEPPING IN.

LASTLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SIXTH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE SONAY AND MY FOURTH HOMESCHOOL GRADUATE.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, SONAY, AND YOU GAVE ME THE BEST MOTHER'S DAY PRESENT EVER.

YAY.

AND, AND PRAYING FOR MY FAMILY.

NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B JEFFREY L BONY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I HAD TO LOOK OVER TO MY RIGHT A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE MEETING, UH, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SEE IF CEDRIC WAS STILL THERE AFTER I HEARD THAT.

UH, TRAMEKA GOT A, A, A, A PROMOTION, CITY MANAGER, YOU DIDN'T LET US KNOW.

UH, BUT, UH, YOU HEARD THAT TOO, RIGHT? OKAY.

CHECK WITH, CHECK WITH ANGEL, YOU KNOW, CHECK WITH CHANGE.

MY NAME IS JONATHAN .

I, I WANT TO THANK, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY, JUDGE KP GEORGE FOR, UH, RECOGNIZING, UH, ALL OF US ON TODAY, UH, THE ENTIRE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I, UH, AND ALL THOSE THAT WERE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, UM, FOR, UM, ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT, THAT WE DO.

PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OF COURSE.

AND, UH, POLICE, UH, SPECIFICALLY AS WELL AS, UM, OUR, UM, OUTSTANDING FINANCE, UH, AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I WANNA, UH, ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR QUELL GREEN WEST PARK RIBBON CUTTING, UH, WHERE, UH, I BEAT THE MAYOR IN JINGGA.

UH, HE TRIED TO SAY THAT I PUSHED THE TABLE, BUT I HAVE TWO YOUNG WITNESSES THAT SAY OTHERWISE.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE IT WAS THE WIN MAYOR.

IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T YOU .

UH, BUT NONETHELESS, UH, THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

THANK YOU, JASON.

AND TEAM.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE, UM, JOHNNY TAMAS, UH, RIBBON CUTTING.

WE HAD A TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING, AS WELL AS A PDI, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.

A LOT OF PROGRESS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ADVANCE AND MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

ATTENDED THE DRY CREEK VILLAGE, UH, FIRST A HOA MEETING.

UM, OF COURSE, THEY HAD A LOT OF BUILT UP CON CONCERNS AND COMMENTS, UH, HAVING NEVER MET BEFORE.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS.

THANK YOU, SHAHI, FOR A LOT OF THE EFFORTS AND WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

ATTENDED THE COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP EVENT.

WE MISSED YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARRUS.

UM, ALSO, WE HAD A GREAT, UH, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARRUS, UH, LEADERSHIP.

WE HAD A GREAT, UH, SECONDARY MEETING WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MEYERS ON PROJECTS, UH, UH, PRIMARILY IN DISTRICT C, BUT, UH, CRO, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL HELP THE CITY.

UH, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH STA UH, ATTENDED THE SMALL BUSINESS MIXER.

UH, ENJOYED EVERYTHING ABOUT, UH, WHEN I GOT THERE AFTER THE HOA MEETING.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY ENJOYED THE WINE.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER FOR, UH, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE.

UH, WE HAD A GREAT TWO DAY CITY COUNCIL RETREAT.

THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER AND TEAM.

UH, I, I AS MENTIONED EARLIER, ATTENDED THE HUNTERS GLEN ELEMENTARY CAREER DAY, UH, WHERE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, UH, YOU KNOW, SPOKE AND LED THE WAY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE IN THE MAYOR SMALL BUSINESS SEMINAR ALSO.

I ATTENDED THAT.

THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

THANK YOU, HERMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN CLOUD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE.

THE GLOBAL INDIANS AWARD EVENT.

MAN, I TELL YOU, THAT WAS A CULTURALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, EXCITING SITUATION.

I GOT MY, I STILL GOT MY MY GUARD THERE, MAN, SO I APPRECIATE IT.

LOOKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR ME.

I WAS BORN ON MOTHER'S DAY, SO, UH, IT'S ALWAYS A BITTERSWEET, UH, TIME.

MY LOST MY MOM IN 2004, BUT GOD BLESS YOU GUYS, AND I HOPE YOU HAD EN ENJOYED MOTHER'S DAY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, NEXT WE ARE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C ANTHONY MARLES.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, CONGRATS TO ELENA.

UH, WE CELEBRATED HER AWARD AT THE ASFA AWARDS AT THE U OF H, SO YOU JUST KEEP ROLLING THERE, DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

UH, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR A GREAT RETREAT.

I DIDN'T MAKE ALL OF IT, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF TIME IN IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU'VE DONE THERE.

SASHI, AWESOME VIDEO.

UM, I, I GOT CHILLS.

I HOPE WE PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE BLOW IT UP, CUZ IT REALLY TRULY SHOWS, UH, WHAT WE DO IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR PRAYERS.

WE TALK ABOUT TEAM HERE, BUT WE'RE REALLY A FAMILY.

I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR MELANIE.

UH, SHE'S HOME, SHE'S SAFE, SHE'S HAPPY, SHE'S EATING.

UM, I WANT TO THANK MAYOR PROTE MEMORY.

HE OFFERED TO WATCH DISTRICT C WHILE I WAS OUT .

AND I SAID, YES, THAT'S DANGEROUS, .

I SAID, YES, BUT DO NOT THE ANNEX, THIS DAIRY QUEEN .

BUT I THANK EVERYONE FOR, FOR HAVING MY BACK

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ABSOLUTELY ALL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, HERMANN.

WE'LL GO TO MAYOR PRO TIM AND COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT D FLOYD EMERY.

YEAH, AGAIN, I'M, UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY AND EXCITED AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR FAMILY THAT, UH, MELANIE'S, UH, YEAH.

ON THE MEND.

AND, UH, SHE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A GREAT YOUNG PERSON AND, AND LADY.

SO, UH, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE, UH, HER RETURN TO HEALTH, SO THANK YOU.

GREAT.

UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. BONY.

NOBODY'S GONNA ASK YOU HOW OLD YOU ARE, BUT I AM A LITTLE, UH, YOUNGER THAN YOU.

LITTLE YOUNGER, SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY YOUNGER THAN YOU.

YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A 40 YEAR SLIDE.

, UH, THE RETREAT WAS, UH, THAT, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER PUT ON AND STAFF WAS GREAT.

UH, BROUGHT SOME GREAT INFORMATION TO US.

UH, I THINK IT KIND OF GETS US IN, IN THE, UH, UH, THE, THE MOOD OR THE MODE FOR, UH, GETTING INTO OUR, OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, UH, I THINK, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO.

UH, KP GEORGE.

UH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UM, AWARDS FOR THE, UH, TO MISSOURI CITY REPRESENTING, UH, THE MAYOR.

I'M NOT SURE, UH, BUT, UH, HE GOT HIS PICTURE WITH, UH, KB GEORGE NOW.

SO I, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.

SO, UH, COFFEE WITH LEADERSHIP WAS GREAT.

UH, AGAIN, SHOWING, UH, STATION SIX TO A NUMBER OF NEW, UH, UH, BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND, AND, UH, RESIDENTS, I THINK, UH, KIND OF OPENED THE EYES OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AS TO EXACTLY HOW EXTENSIVE THAT IS.

AND, AND, UH, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A TESTAMENT THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN, UH, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, IS RIGHT THERE UP ON TOP.

SO THAT, THAT WAS A, A GREAT PRESENTATION.

UH, AND I WISH, UH, CHIEF EON, UH, WELL, AS HE, UH, HAS HIS RETIREMENT AND, UH, WISH HIM NOTHING BUT THE BEST, UH, JUST ASK THAT, UH, HE KIND OF SLOWED DOWN ON THAT MOTORCYCLE SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE, HE DOESN'T HAVE, UH, ANY, UH, UH, SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO IN AND, AND GIVE HIM A SKIN GRAFT.

SO , WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HIM TO, UH, UH, TO EXA, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY EXPLAIN, UH, AND ENJOY HIS, UH, RETIREMENT .

AND WITH THAT, I'VE GOT 33 SECONDS.

DON'T START THE TIME YET.

UH, ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY, JUDGE KP GEORGE FOR COMING OUT HERE.

UM, AND, AND OF COURSE, MAYOR PROTON WENT OUT THERE, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, DURING THE EVENT AND CAME, BUT HE WANTED TO COME OUT HERE AND RECOGNIZE EACH OF US, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, SO, WHICH WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND A NICE THING FOR HIM AND HIS OFFICE.

WE'LL, THANK HIM THAT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, SHAHI KUMAR AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM ON PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

UM, YOU GOT ME ON THAT VIDEO.

THAT WAS GOOD.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

UM, SO, AND OF COURSE, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF WE'RE USED TO BEING AT THE, UH, PROTECTOR PLAZA.

SO I HOPE IN THE YEARS TO COME, AND I KNOW WE SHUT THAT DOWN DURING COVID, UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT BACK.

AND OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS TO ELENA AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN RECEIVING THIS RECOGNITION.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

UM, COUPLE OF QUICK THING ON THIS IS, UM, I KNOW HE LEFT AGAIN.

WAIT, HERMANN, HE'S STILL HERE.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IN A WEEK FULL OF EXCITEMENT OUT THERE FOR THE CITIZENS.

UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON SO MANY DIFFERENT, UH, MIXER.

I MEAN, YOU HAD STUFF GOING ON EVERY WEEK, ALMOST EVERY WEEK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SETTING UP IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO THANK YOU TO, AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

UM, LET ME ALSO, UM, THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY, AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ALONG WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR A WONDERFUL RETREAT.

UH, WE WERE THERE FOR TWO DAYS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION.

AND, AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER.

AND ALSO JAMES THURMAN, UH, HE USED TO BE OUR, A LONG TIME AGO, CITY MANAGER HERE, AND HE DID THAT SERVICE FOR FREE.

F R E

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E BRUCE.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

UM, CITY, UH, RETREAT, UH, BUSINESS DELEGATES.

UH, WE HAD OUR, UH, BUSINESS DELEGATES FROM INDIA THAT WAS HERE.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER FOR ALLOWING US TO, UH, MEET WITH THEM AND THEN SHARE THEIR THOUGHT WITH THEM.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WE HAD IT IN THE CITY HALL.

UH, WONDERFUL EVENT.

UH, THANKS TO ALL THE TEAM AND THEN, UH, THE RESIDENTS AND THE PASTORS, FORMER PASTORS ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH THE CITY STAFF TEAM THAT MADE IT OUT HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, LASTLY, I KNOW WE'RE CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER MONNY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER HAD A BIRTHDAY THIS PAST FRIDAY.

ANGEL JONES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

AND ALONG WITH, UH, ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS COUNCIL MEMBER JEFF BONY, WHICH IS JOBBY MATTHEW FROM IT, I THINK HE DIDN'T COME TO WORK TODAY, RIGHT? HE'S, UH, CELEBRATING.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.

ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. SO EJO, ARE WE GONNA TAKE THIS FIRST? YES.

ITEM NUMBER 12

[12. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.

YES, SIR.

SO THE TIME IS 8:11 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL NOW WILL GO INTO A CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.072 AND 5 51 0.074, AS DID THE TIME IS 8:50 PM

[13. RECONVENE]

BECAUSE YOU ALREADY, CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE HAVE ANY MOTIONS OR ANY, ANY CO COMMENTS? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO CONCUR WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPOINT ASSISTANT CHIEF BRANDON HARRIS AS THE INTERIM CHIEF AS OF MAY 20TH.

UH, THERE'S A MOTION BY MEMBER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, CHIEF .

IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? I THINK IT'S NOT CLEAR.

YEAH, IT'S NOT CLEAR.

GO AHEAD.

COUNCIL RULES.

IS THAT BON? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

AM I GOOD TO GO? ALL RIGHT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO, UH, BEGIN NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE SELECTED JUDGES, UH, AND INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR THE AMOUNTS $125 FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE, $100 FOR THE ASSOCIATE JUDGES, UH, AND THEN ALSO $500 FOR TRAINING FOR ALL JUDGES.

OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, UH, SEEING NO ONE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

UH, EJ, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ADJOURN THIS AND THEN PICK, RIGHT? YES, SIR.