* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] TIME IS 6:39 PM TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 20TH. WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM COUNSEL. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE. WE HAVE JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [(a) Recognize the Parks and Recreation Department for their designation as...] ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE PRESENTATIONS, THAT RECOGNITION FOR A RECOGNIZE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNN KLAUS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. OH MY GOSH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT WE ANNOUNCE THAT THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS ACHIEVED THE DESIGNATION OF CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTER THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF CREDENTIALING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION STANDARDS. IT IS ALREADY WELL KNOWN THAT THE MISSION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PARKS, PROGRAMS, AND FACILITIES THAT ENGAGE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY. WITH THIS NEW DISTINCTION, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN THEIR MISSION A STEP FURTHER TO GUARANTEE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL, COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES, CAN SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY TAKE PART IN ALL MISSOURI CITY PARKS. UH, ALL THAT MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION HAS TO OFFER. THIS CERTIFICATION REPRESENTS OUR TEAM'S COMMITMENT TO ONGOING TRAINING AND EDUCATION, AND IT WILL ENSURE ALL FAMILIES WITH AUTISM AND SENSORY DISORDERS ARE PROPERLY ACCOMMODATED. THE I B C C E S STAFF HAVE PROVIDED THE DEPARTMENT WITH ESSENTIAL TRAININGS TO ASSIST IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS AN ONSITE AUDIT OF FOUR OF OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES, THE RECREATION AND TENNIS CENTER, BUFFALO RUN PARK, COMMUNITY PARK, AND MCNAUGHTON PARK. THE AUDIT REVIEW PROVIDED VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS AT THESE LOCATIONS, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THESE SUGGESTIONS. THE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM WILL ALSO BEGIN UTILIZING SENSORY GUIDES, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE, THE DESIGNATION PROCESS. LET ME ADD THAT THE C D C REPORTED ONE IN 36 CHILDREN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM. BOYS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED THAN GIRLS. 168 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE THE AUTISM DIAGNOSIS, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES, IMPAIRED SOCIAL SKILLS, AND RESTRICTIVE AND REP REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS. MISSOURI CITY PARKS AND RECREATION IS HONORED TO BE THE FIRST AND ONLY, LET ME REPEAT THAT, THE FIRST AND ONLY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH A CERTIFIED AUTISM DESIGNATION DESIGNATION. SO I WANT TO, AT THIS TIME BRING UP JASON MANGUM AND THE ENTIRE PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND RECOGNIZING THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS OVER 5,000. WELL, FORT BEND COUNTY HAS OVER 5,000 FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE LIVING RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. SO I WANNA BRING THEM UP AND SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE FAMILIES IN MISSOURI CITY AND BEYOND LIVING WITH AUTISM. [00:05:01] JUDGE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING HERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, I, I, A COLLEAGUE OF MINE IN ARIZONA, UH, THEIR CITY HAD GONE THROUGH, UH, THIS SAME CERTIFICATION AND FELT THAT THIS HAS, UH, HELPED THEIR CITY IN SO MANY WAYS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SINCE THEIR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH IT, THEIR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE GONE THROUGH IT, AND THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS GONE THROUGH IT. UH, IN MISSOURI CITY, WE BELIEVE THAT OUR, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THAT OUR, OUR PURPOSE IS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER IN MISSOURI CITY, AND WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY. AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THE, THE, UH, EFFORTS OF THE STAFF IN, IN MAKING THIS, UH, DESIGNATION A REALITY. I'M GONNA STAND, I'M VERY, VERY NEXT. [(b) Recognize Etta Smith for her contributions to the Juneteenth celebrati...] ITEM FOUR B, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE EDA SMITH FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. SO EDA, IF YOU CAN COME UP HERE, PLEASE COME ON OUT. WOO. AS SHE'S, SO, AS WE ALL KNOW ANYBODY ELSE. SO AS WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THIS JUNETEENTH FEDERAL HOLIDAY WAS YESTERDAY, BUT WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT 10, 10, 10 DIFFERENT EVENTS. WELL, NOW YOU CAN TELL I ONLY WENT TO FIVE, BUT THERE ARE 10 EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE. AND THIS YEAR, UM, ED SMITH AND THE FOUNDATION, UH, TEAM RAN IT BY THEMSELVES THIS YEAR. SO THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. UH, ONLY THING THEY COULDN'T DO WAS THE WEATHER, BUT THAT'S OKAY. RIGHT. UM, SO I WANTED TO CALL OUT MY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU, FOR A WONDERFUL JOB THAT YOU DID FOR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND I DO WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT IN THE COUNTRY, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES THIS MANY, UH, PROGRAMS OUT THERE TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. SO PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO EDA AND AS MY COLLEAGUES ARE, SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU. YES, WE DO. THERE IT IS. THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE A RECOGNITION, WHICH I'LL READ. UH, IT'S A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PROUDLY PRESENTED TO S SMITH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2023 MISSOURI CITY, JORDAN AND TEEN CELEBRATION, AND FOR ALWAYS BEING A DRIVING FORCE AND CONSISTENT PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. SIGNED ON JUNE 20TH, 2023. AND I'M SURE AS I GIVE THIS TO YOU, I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO HEAR HOW YOU MANAGED ALL OF THIS BY YOURSELF AND THE TEAM MEMBERS WITHOUT THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT. YES. WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I, I DID IT BY MYSELF. IN FACT, I DID NOT DO IT BY MYSELF. ACTUALLY, DON SMITH, WHO PASSED IN, IN, UM, IN OCTOBER OF 19, HAD DONE, HAD PRESENTED THIS PROGRAM. HE DEVELOPED IT AND PRESENTED IT FOR 20 YEARS. SO WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, HE PASSED IT DOWN. SO THERE WAS A PATTERN TO FOLLOW, AND HE HAD ESTABLISHED GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHO WERE VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THIS DONE. TRUST ME, IT TOOK ALL OF YOUR HELP AND THE HELP OF OTHERS. BUT PRIMARILY, WE GOT A LOT OF HELP FROM MISSOURI CITY TO GET THIS DONE. AND WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT. WE HAD ONE OF THE LARGER EVENTS EVER. WE HAD A NEW WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM AND JOB FAIR THAT WAS CROWDED. I MEAN, IT, WE EXCEEDED THE NUMBERS. UM, WELL, WE, IT WAS THE FIRST EVER, SO ANY NUMBER WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT, BUT WE HAD LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY FOR COMING OUT [00:10:01] AND PATRONIZING. SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY. UH, WE ARE KINDA LEADING THE WAY, ACTUALLY. YES. SO WE WANNA CONTINUE TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. WE WANNA ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE. SO, THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITIZENS FOR HELPING US. I'LL SAY ONE MORE, ONE LAST THING. UH, KUDOS TO OUR POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR PARK STAFF, OUR COMMUNICATION, THE ENTIRE TEAM, CITY MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS. I MEAN, IF I MISS SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU PARTICIPATED, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BECAUSE IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND WE SHOWED IN MISSOURI CITY, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, YES, THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THE PICTURES, THE RECOGNITIONS, UH, THE LUNCHEONS. I MEAN, THERE WAS EVEN A POINT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, MISS EDTA SMITH AND THE FOUNDATION MEMBERS WERE EVEN PUTTING CHAIRS OUT THERE, CUZ THAT'S HOW IT GOT OUT THERE. SO IT TOOK ALL OF US TO DO IT. AND IF YOU MISSED IT THIS YEAR, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU, SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. [5. PUBLIC COMMENTS] OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, WE DO. MM-HMM. , GO AHEAD. JOHN RA, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ALSO, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. AND FOR THE AUDIENCE SAKE, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. YES. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS JOHN URA. I REPRESENT, UH, OAK POINT SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. WHEN HE, WHEN WE HAVE ANY GENERAL BODY MEETING, ONE CONCERN COME FROM SO MANY HOMEOWNERS THAT SO MANY GOLF CARS RUNNING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT ANY CONTROL. OUR, UH, SUBDIVISION IS ALMOST INSIDE THE GOLF COURSE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING TIME WHEN PLAYERS ARE TO GO HOME OR RETURN THE GOLF CART. UM, THAT'S THE SAME TIME HOMEOWNERS COMING, UH, AFTER WORK OR WHATEVER. THEY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE AN ACCIDENT. AND LOT OF THESE GOLF CARS GO SO FAST. THERE IS NO DESIGNATED LANE OR ANYTHING. SINCE THE CITY OWNS ALL OUR STREETS. WE HAVE NO CONTROL. WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND I LIKE TO SEE CITY TAKING THIS AS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND, UM, GET SOMETHING DOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TOO. LISTEN TO ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KORAN NUP. AS YOU'RE APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. UH, THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME AND GIVING A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS. I'M ALSO WITH THE SAME OAK POINTS SUBDIVISION. MY NAME IS KIRAN NUP PEN. MY ADDRESS IS 29 27 OAK POINT BOULEVARD, MAJOR CITY, TEXAS 77 4 59. YOU'RE SPEAKING TO IT, SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE. UM, MY ADDRESS IS TWENTY NINE TWENTY SEVEN OAK POINT BOULEVARD, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77 4 59. I'M THE RESIDENCE THERE SINCE FIVE YEARS. UH, WHAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NOW HERE IS [00:15:01] WE ALMOST SIX OR SEVEN HOUSES BEHIND US, THERE IS A RAVI. AND THAT RAVI, THE WATER IS COLLECTED LIKE A POND. NO ANY CIRCULATION. AND THIS WATER IS, UH, DISCHARGED FROM THE GULF COURSE WASTEWATER. AND THERE ARE SO MANY TREES ARE LYING ON THAT POND. AND WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, CLEANING OURSELF EVERY YEAR, BUT WHATEVER WE COULD. BUT OTHER SIDE, THERE IS A BIG, BIG TREES ARE FALLING INSIDE THE POND. ALSO, THERE ARE SO MANY MOSQUITOES AND, UH, THE POND IS VERY DIRTY. I, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST MAJORITY CITY, UH, TAKE SOME EXON ON THAT ONE BECAUSE THE GOLF COURSE, UH, USING TO DISCHARGE THEIR WASTEWATER ON THAT POND. AND ONE MORE THING, UH, AS MY, UH, UH, FRIENDS, UH, MR. JOHN KUNTAR TELL RIGHT HERE, UH, WHEN THE GULF CART ARE COMING FROM THE GULF COAST TO OUR SUBDIVISION ON THAT CORNER IS VERY DARK. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, UH, MAKE, IF POSSIBLE, MAKE ONE, UH, LIGHT POLE THERE ON THAT CORNER FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE GULF COAST TO OUR SUBDIVISION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRUCE ROSKI. MRS. ROSKI, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ADDRESS, UH, YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. BRUCE Z BROSKI, 79 15 CHANCE DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THIS CITY IS GETTING REALLY PITIFUL IN TRYING TO GET PUBLIC INFORMATION AND GET THE CORRECT PUBLIC INFORMATION. I'VE REQUESTED OVER A MONTH AGO FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAYOR'S CORONATION PARTY LAST NOVEMBER, I NEVER RECEIVED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL REPORT OF HOW MANY EXTRA FIREMEN WERE ON DUTY JUST TO KEEP THIS SITUATION SAFE. I'M TIRED OF THE WASTE OF FUNDS AND RESOURCES IN THIS CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. IT'S GETTING MORE RIDICULOUS. IT'S GETTING VENOUS TO THE POINT WHERE THERE WAS LAND BEING DEVELOPED ON EAST HAMPTON, BUT THIS CITY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANT A WAREHOUSE THERE. SO IT'S STILL ZONED RESIDENTIAL WHO IS GONNA, IN THEIR RIGHT MIND, GONNA BUILD A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, WHERE FREIGHT TRAINS BARREL THROUGH THERE EVERY EVENING, SOMETIMES 20 MINUTES APART. YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND THINK AND GET REVENUE FOR THIS CITY. YOU'RE ALWAYS CRYING, YOU'RE BROKE. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS SOURCE OF REVENUE, THAT SOURCE OF REVENUE. YOU'RE THROWING MONEY AT BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE THEIR PARKING LOTS. WELL, YOU CAN'T EVEN KEEP THE STREETS REPAIRED. I'M TIRED OF THIS NONSENSE AND I'M TIRED OF NOT GETTING THE CORRECT INFORMATION WHEN REQUESTED FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. [7. CONSENT AGENDA] I'M NUMBER SEVEN, OUR CONSENT AGENDAS. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION, A SECOND HEARING AND SEE NO ONE ELSE. OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS. EIGHT A [(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a request by Llara...] EIGHT A ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 2.31 ACRES OF LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT. OKAY. MM-HMM. . GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. GOOD EVENING. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. ARE Y'ALL OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING? IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN? YES. OKAY. YES. OH, YEAH. WE'LL, NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. MR. MAYOR. WE DO NOT. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM [(2) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...] 8 82. 8 82 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF 2.31 ACRES OF LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT, DEPICTING SAID TRACKS OF LAND AFFECTED, THEREBY AMENDING THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. GO AHEAD, . OKAY. UH, BEFORE YOU, AS A REQUEST FOR STRAIGHT REZONING FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO LC THREE, RETAIL DISTRICT TWO LOTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST. LOT ONE, UM, APPROXIMATELY [00:20:01] ONE POINT 19 ACRES AND LOT TWO, APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT 12 ACRES. THE SUBJECT SITES ARE LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY SIX, WEST OF FORT BEND COMMUNITY CHURCH NORTH OF OYSTER CREEK VILLAGE AT LAKE OLYMPIA RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND SOUTH OF SUGAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH. THE APPLICANT WILL SEEK TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS. OKAY. THE PROPOSAL IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH GOAL THREE OF THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE AN ONGOING AND INCREASED FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO MATURE. THE PROPOSAL IS ALSO IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE SUBJECT'S SITE AS SUBURBAN, UH, COMMERCIAL ON MAY 10TH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO PROTEST LETTERS FROM BOTH CHURCHES. DOES IT, DOES THAT END HERE? PRESENTATION. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAD A GENERAL QUESTION. UM, DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT THERE? IS THERE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO THERE? NO. UM, AT THIS TIME, THE, UM, THE, UM, I'M SORRY, THE BUYERS ARE NOT, ARE UNKNOWN. MM-HMM. , IT'S JUST TO ALLOW THOSE USES, THE USES OF LC THREE. MM-HMM. . AND DID THE CHURCH, UM, DID EITHER OF THE CHURCH STATE WHY THEY WERE OPPOSING IT IN PARTICULARLY BESIDES TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WERE THERE ANY OTHER REASONS? MAJORITY OF IT WAS TRAFFIC. I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. OKAY. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS, TWO QUESTIONS. IS IT TOO EARLY TO TELL WHERE THE ENTRANCE ENTRANCES WILL BE FOR THOSE TWO PATHS? OR WOULD THEY BY DEFAULT ENTER INTO THAT CENTER DRIVEWAY THAT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME? UNKNOWN. MM-HMM. . UM, HAS THE PROPERTY BEEN PURCHASED? SO IS THERE A BUYER? UM, AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY BUYERS. NOT A BUYER, JUST THE APPLICANT REQUESTING ZONING BECAUSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL'S POINT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE LANDLORD'S GONNA BE. AND I'D LIKE FOR THE LANDLORD TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND TO BE REALLY STRATEGIC IN WHAT THEY PUT THERE. I KNOW OF A LANDLORD WHO'S DOING THAT AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. SO I'D HATE TO HAVE TO ZONE SOMETHING TODAY, LC THREE AND IT'D BE WIDE OPEN. WIDE OPEN FROM A BUYER STANDPOINT, WIDE OPEN FROM A LC THREE STANDPOINT. SO DO WE HAVE, LIKE, ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE LAND? IS SOMEONE HERE TONIGHT THINKING ABOUT BUYING IT THAT WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS? LET ME SEE. WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME? YES. SO I, OR, OR I GUESS CLANCE IS GONNA REPRESENT THEM. GOOD. A EVENING. EVENING, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CLANCE TURNER WITH COLLUS INCORPORATED. AND SO THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES APPROACH THEM. THEY'VE HAD AN OFFICE COMPLEX, THEY'VE HAD A, UM, UM, A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT APPROACH HIM. BUT, UH, AGAIN, EVERYBODY GETS CONCERNED UNTIL THEY HAVE THE PROPER ZONING, UH, FOR IT RIGHT THERE. THE ZONING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS DEFINITELY COMPARABLE TO WHAT'S ADJOINING TO IT AS WELL, BUT, UH, THEY CAN'T GET A DEFINITIVE BUYER UNTIL THEY HAVE ZONING. AND SO, BUT THEY DO HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS TALKING TO 'EM. SO, CLARENCE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE POTENTIAL BUYERS ABOUT BEING STRATEGIC? YEAH. OH, NO, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE STRATEGIC ABOUT 'EM FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM HAVE BEEN MORE, MORE SO EITHER OFFICE OR, OR RESTAURANT TYPE OF DEALS. OKAY. SO WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS A COUPLE DIRECTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, THIS COULD BE IN FRONT OF A CHURCH. YES. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO NOT BE CDB, YOU KNOW, UH, OILS AND ALL THESE WEIRD THINGS. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY STRATEGIC. OKAY. AND, AND THEN THERE'S JUST A HUGE POPULATION OF NAILS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF ON SIX. SO IF AND WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT, I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO REALLY THINK WHAT WE NEED VERSUS WHAT FITS WELL. AND ALSO TOO, IT'S GOTTA BE A MARKET. I MEAN, IF IT'S SATURATED WITH LET'S SAY STORAGE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULD FAIL. AND SO TYPICALLY THEY WANT TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING THERE THAT'S A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT, B ONE EIGHT B ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING [00:25:01] TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DIS UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [(1) Public Hearing - First of Two Public Hearings - To receive comments fo...] UH, I'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM EIGHT B ONE. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR? WE DO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. CINDY HERNANDEZ, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CINDY HERNANDEZ, 94 15 NORTH FITZGERALD WAY, SIENNA SLASH MISSOURI CITY. I ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE AS A RESIDENT OF SIENNA. ONE IS COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THIS CONSIDERATION. I REALIZE THAT YOU ALL PROBABLY MET OR DID MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF NOTIFICATION, BUT I WILL SAY THAT MOST CNA RESIDENTS IN MUD TWO DO NOT GET THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. WE, THEY AREN'T DELIVERED OUT THERE. UM, AND SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS WITHIN CNA MUD TWO. AND I DO LIVE IN MUD TWO, AND I DON'T GET ONE OF THOSE. I USED TO, BUT I DON'T ANYMORE. UM, RELATED ALSO TO THAT, I DID ATTEND THE MUD TWO MEETING YESTERDAY, AND THERE WAS LIMITED INFORMATION AVAILABLE EVEN IN THAT MEETING ON WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN IN TERMS OF SERVICES CONCERNS RELATED TO MAINTENANCE, WHETHER IT BE SIDEWALKS, LIGHTS, UH, GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADWAYS, WHICH WE'RE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE DOING SOME MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, OR YOU GUYS ARE DOING MAJOR ROADS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN SIENNA, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO ROADS THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE MUD TWO DISTRICT. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST TOUCH BASE ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF MISSOURI CITY WITH THE LEVEE. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATION ON THAT. I ACTUALLY LIVE AGAINST THE LEVEE, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT IS ALL GONNA WORK OUT. UM, WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO RELATED TO SERVICES THAT ARE COMING OVER FROM THE MUD DISTRICT AND, UM, COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO JUST NOTE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN TAXES WITH THIS ANNEXATION FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IN MUD TWO. SO, CURIOUS AS TO WHAT, I KNOW THAT THOSE SERVICES WERE ROUGHLY OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I DID SEE PROVIDED THROUGH THE MUD MEETING YESTERDAY, BUT WANTED TO GET A CLARIFICATION AT SOME POINT ON WHAT ALL THAT WOULD BE. I REALIZED THAT THE TIMING IS 120 DAYS, POTENTIALLY IF ANNEXATION IS APPROVED, BUT THAT STILL SEEMS RATHER RUSHED AND MAYBE NOT ENOUGH PRE COMMUNICATION TO RESIDENTS ON WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SANDRA DENTON, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNSEL. MY NAME IS SANDRA DENTON. I'M A CURRENT RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AT 5 0 15 CYPRESS SPRING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY. AND I ALSO AM THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE ASCENA SIENNA ASSOCIATIONS. MY COMMENTS TONIGHT ARE RELATIVE TO BEING A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY, AS I WILL MEET WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS TO THE ASSOCIATION'S SERVICES. SO AS A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY, I WONDER HOW THIS BENEFITS ME. ANNEXING, I'VE READ IN THE NEWSPAPER, I'VE HEARD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT THE CITY IS CURRENTLY HAVING A CHALLENGE KEEPING STAFF AS MANY BUSINESSES ARE. UM, AND SO IF WE ARE HAVING A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW, KEEPING STAFF TO SERVICE THE CURRENT AREAS, HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAFF UP TO SERVE A NEW AREA AS QUICKLY AS IT MAY HAPPEN? UM, AND OUR TAX RATE FROM MISSOURI CITY IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE AREAS AROUND HERE. SO WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION TO THE CITY'S TAX RATES? AS I UNDERSTAND, WHEN AN AREA IS ANNEXED FOR RESIDENTIAL, IT BECOMES AN NET EXPENSE TO THE ASSOCI, TO THE CITY, TYPICALLY, VERSUS WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL AND YOU HAVE THE SALES TAX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROLANDO DEZA, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. YEAH. UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS ROLANDO DEZA, AND I LIVE IN 39 0 6 PLUM HILL LANE, SIENNA SUBDIVISION. UH, IT'S MY FIRST TIME TO ATTEND THIS SESSION AND JUST WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE ANNEXATION OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, SIENNA SECTION THAT WE HAVE. THANK [00:30:01] YOU. THANK YOU. DAVID ATWOOD, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO MY NAME IS DAVID ATWOOD, 1 0 0 11 CALEB WAY IN MISSOURI CITY IN STATE BANK, MILLAGE EAST. UM, I'M HERE AS A REPRESENT, I GUESS AS A RESIDENT. THAT'S IN THE ZONE THAT'S GONNA BE ANNEXED. UM, COUPLE OF JUST, UH, QUESTIONS AND MINOR POINTS. I, I REALIZE OVER THE YEARS IT'S ALWAYS GONNA HAPPEN. UH, SO NUMBER ONE, UM, SO I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO READINGS OF THIS IN ORDER FOR IT TO TAKE EFFECT. I NOTICED THAT THE MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW IS CANCELED. SO THIS, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WHEN IS THE SECOND READING GONNA HAPPEN FOR ALL THIS TO HAPPEN? SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. UM, NUMBER TWO, UM, SOME OF THE HOW, THE, THE MUD DISTRICT NUMBER TWO BILL THAT WE ALL GET, THAT'S BASICALLY A BIG, UH, MISHMASH OF ALL OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES. UM, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE DIVVIED OUT? AND ARE WE STILL GONNA GET CHARGED FROM THE MUD DISTRICT FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SHORT TERM? OR HOW IS ALL THAT GONNA BE HANDLED? UM, I ASSUME THEN THE TAX BILL WE GOT FROM MUD NUMBER TWO, OR AT LEAST I GUESS THE, THE PRELIMINARY TAX BILL. WELL, WE WON'T HAVE THAT, AND WE'LL HAVE ONE FROM MISSOURI CITY THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR. AND THEN AGAIN, NUMBER ONE, AS SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP, I THINK THE TAX RATE FROM MISSOURI CITY IS ABOUT 10 OR 15% OR 20% HIGHER THAN WHAT MUD DISTRICT NUMBER TWO CHARGES US NOW. SO, HOW, AGAIN, I THINK AS, AS, UH, SANDY SAID, AND CINDY SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, HOW IS, ARE WE GONNA, YOU KNOW, JUSTIFY THIS INCREASE IN OUR TAXES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY VERSUS WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET? AND THEN NUMBER, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO BRING UP HERE IS, UM, I TRUST THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE FORT MC BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS DONE IN CONTROLLING, UH, SPEEDING ALONG SIENNA PARKWAY ESPECIALLY. IT'S JUST, IT'S LIKE A RACETRACK IN, IN THERE. SO I HOPE THAT, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL DO A MUCH BETTER JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RAM. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING FOR ITEM B ONE. OKAY. UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I KNOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT EJO, CAN YOU, UH, TALK TO THAT TIMETABLE? CERTAINLY. UM, SO THE MEETING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW HAS BEEN CANCELED. UH, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON JULY 17TH. MAYOR HAVE WHAT? JULY 17TH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, CAN WE MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, CAN WE MAKE SURE WE POINT SOMEBODY TO HIM TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND FOLLOW UP WITH HIM PLEASE? YEAH. WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THERE. THAT, THAT YOU, UH, AND THEN LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION, AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THIS CAN BE ANSWERED AT, IN THAT ONE, BUT IF NOT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. WE HAVE THE, OUR ACMS AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO THEY CAN SPEAK TO YOU WHILE THIS IS GOING ON. GO AHEAD. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I HOPE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION IT DOES ANSWER, UH, MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE, UM, PRESENTED TODAY. UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT IS ANNEXATION? UH, ANNEXATION, UM, AT ITS BASIC IS EXPANDING THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL LAND OR AREAS. IT'S ALSO A TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE ANNEXED AREA FROM ONE GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO ANOTHER. AND THIS IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW, UH, CHAPTER 43 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SPECIFICALLY. WE ALSO HAVE A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SIENNA MUD NUMBER TWO, THAT, UH, GOVERNS THE DEVELOPMENT AND ANNEXATION OF THIS AREA. AND SO, Y ANNEX NOW, UM, WE HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FOR ANNEXATION, WHICH I'LL GO OVER A LITTLE LATER. UM, THIS ALLOWS EXISTING RESIDENTS, UM, AND THOSE IN THE AREA BEING ANNEXED TO BENEFIT ECONOMICALLY FROM THE SURROUNDING GROWTH, UH, REDUCES THE COMPLEXITY OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES BY STREAMLINING GOVERNMENT, IT'LL IMPROVE THE OVERALL RESPONSIVENESS AND THE COST OF BENEFIT ANALYSIS. SUPPORTS DOING SO AT THIS TIME, UH, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE 2019 CITY MUD STUDY. A LITTLE ABOUT, UH, THE MUD NUM SIENNA MUD NUMBER TWO, THE ESTIMATED POPULATION IS AROUND 6,000. IT IS IN OUR [00:35:01] E T J. UM, AND THEY RECEIVE REGIONALIZED PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES THROUGH THE MASTER MUD, UH, WHICH IS SIENNA REGIONAL. AND, UM, THAT INCLUDES A COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS, UH, SIENNA MUDS TO PROVIDE WATER, SANITARY SEWER, AND STORM SEWER. UM, THE CITY WILL, UM, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE CITY WILL CONTRACT WITH THAT MUST MASTER MUD TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. THIS IS A MAP OF THE AREA THAT'S TO BE ANNEXED. AND SPEAKING OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, INSIDE OF THIS AGREEMENT, IT STATES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ANNEX WHEN AT LEAST 90% OF THE DEVELOPABLE AC ACREAGE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH WATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES. AND WE'RE AT THAT POINT, UM, AS MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS UPON ANNEXATION OF THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST FOR 120 DAYS. AND ALSO WITHIN THE AGREEMENT IT STATES THAT UPON ANNEXATION THE FEES AND CHARGES TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, THE NEW RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WILL BE EQUAL TO THOSE FEES AND CHARGES IMPOSED ON ALL OTHER, UH, RESIDENTS. SIMILARLY SITUATED QUESTION ABOUT PROPERTY TAX. UM, WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSED VALUATION FOR, UH, THIS MUD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY, UH, 726.5 MILLION. AND THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD, UH, TAXABLE VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY 432,000. CURRENTLY, UM, FOR TAX YEAR 2022, THE MUDS TAX RATE IS 43 CENTS. UH, CURRENTLY THE CITY'S TAX RATE IS 57 CENTS, WHICH IS A DIFFERENCE OF 14 CENTS. UH, ONE THING, UH, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT THEIR MUD BILL. ONE THING THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR MUD BILL NOW IS A FIRE FEE THAT IS, UH, PRO A LITTLE OVER $20 FOR, UM, PER MONTH FOR FIRE SERVICES. AND ONCE THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE CITY, THEY'LL SEE A REDUCTION IN THEIR, UH, BILL. SO, ALTHOUGH WE SAY THE DIFFERENCE IS 14 CENTS, RIGHT NOW, THE REDUCTION OF $259 ANNUALLY IS APPROXIMATELY 6 CENTS, UH, PROPERTY TAX ON A $432,000 HOME, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE, UH, TAXABLE VALUE. SO THE ADDITIONAL NET TAX ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 8 CENTS, WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $346 ANNUALLY ON, UH, HOME VALUED AT 432,000. SO THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDE INCLUDES POLICE. UH, THEY'LL HAVE, UH, THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE. WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE FIRE SERVICES, UM, THAT'S BY CONTRACT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICES, BUT IT'LL BE UTILIZED. UM, THE PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE UTILIZED TO FUND THAT VERSUS THE FIRE FEE, STREET MAINTENANCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, ANIMAL SERVICES, AND ALL OTHER CITY SERVICES. IF THIS, UH, AREA IS ANNEXED, UH, WE WILL HAVE TO DISTRICT, UH, THOSE AREAS. AND THIS IS A PROPOSED COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP. AND AGAIN, UH, TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION. UH, WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS, UM, PROVIDED ON MAY 31ST AND JUNE 7TH. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS ARE SCHEDULED. TODAY IS THE FIRST, WE ARE RESCHEDULING THE SECOND, UM, PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO HAVE TWO READINGS OF THE ORDINANCE. UH, THE FIRST READING IS ON JULY 17TH WITH THE SECOND ON AUGUST 7TH. A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE ORDINANCE, UH, FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE WILL ACTUALLY BE ON AUGUST 7TH, AND THE SECOND READING WILL BE ON AUGUST 21ST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LENA, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A LITTLE MORE . YOU HAVE MORE? A FEW MORE, A FEW MORE SLIDES. OKAY. UM, UH, NEXT STEPS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE HOLDING THE PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS PROVIDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES, THAT HAS TO BE DONE NO LATER THAN TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANNEXATION. AND THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT MUST BE OUTLINED IN OUR SERVICE PLAN. AND NOW, IN ADDITION TO ANNEXATION, THE MUD WOULD BE DISSOLVED. AND SO IT HAPPENS WHEN THE MUD IS DISSOLVED. ALL OF THE MUD'S ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BECOME THE CITY'S ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. SO SOME OF THE LARGE LIABILITIES THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR BOOKS IS THEIR DEBT ISSUANCE, WHERE THEY PAID THE DEVELOPER FOR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S, UM, ONE DEBT ISSUANCE 2014 THAT WOULD BE CALLABLE. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY THAT OFF WITH SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE TAKE, THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THEM. UM, AND SERIES 2019 WON'T BE CALLABLE UNTIL, UH, 2025, BUT WE BELIEVE THE ASSETS, INCLUDING THE CASH, WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THAT WHEN IT BECOMES, UH, AVAILABLE TO, UM, THE FEES INCOME STATEMENT, ALL OF THE REVENUES, UH, AND EXPENDITURES BECOME THAT OF THE CITY. UM, WE WILL NOT RECEIVE THE FIRE FEES, OF COURSE, WE WON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY TAX FOR THE MUD, BUT THE CITY WILL HAVE ITS PROPERTY TAX M AND O AND I N S AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES, THEY'LL WILL NO LONGER BE, UH, CONSULTANTS INCLUDING BOOKKEEPERS AND ENGINEERING SERVICES OR THE DIRECTOR FEES. UM, THAT WILL BE, UM, THE CITY AND THE CITY STAFF THAT WILL BE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES. BUT WE WILL MAINTAIN THE OPERATOR IN ALL OF THE MASTER [00:40:01] DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS. AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE, UH, THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM ON THIS, RIGHT? NO, SIR. IT'S JUST A HEARING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. UH, THANK YOU, LENA. ALL RIGHT, GO [(2) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against renaming Bedford F...] AHEAD AND GO TO ITEM EIGHT B TWO. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR AGAINST RENAMING BEDFORD FOREST DRIVE, G LIBERTY WAY DRIVE. OKAY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER THOMAS GOMEZ, OR, OR COMMENT, SO NOT A PRESENTATION, BUT A LITTLE BACKGROUND. UM, SO THIS IS A STREET IN THE VICKSBURG SUBDIVISION. UM, VICKSBURG WAS A LAND PLAN SUBDIVIDED BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES. UM, AND THOSE THAT ARE FAMILIAR, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE OF VICKSBURG DRIVE, UM, THE, UH, THEME OF THE STREETS WERE CONFEDERATE, UM, NAMED AFTER, UH, DIFFERENT PLACES AND PEOPLE OF THE CONFEDERACY. UM, THIS IS THE THIRD STREET, UH, WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, FOR A STREET NAME CHANGE. UH, COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, TWO STREETS, UH, LAST YEAR. UM, SO THEY HAVE MET THE THRESHOLD, UM, VIA A PETITION, UM, MADE BY PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG, UH, BEDFORD FOREST DRIVE TO RENAME, UH, THAT STREET TO LIBERTY WAY DRIVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, I'M TRYING TO SEE, IS THERE A MOTION? THERE'S A, OH, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR. WHY DO I HAVE THIS OFF? OKAY, GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. THERE ARE NO COMMENT. . ALRIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. [(3) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize a street name change fro...] ITEM EIGHT B THREE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CHANGING THE NAME OF BEDFORD FOREST DRIVE, A PUBLIC STREET LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS TWO LIBERTY WAY DRIVE. OKAY. SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, TO SPEAKING TIMES. GO AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY, UM, EXCITED TO, ESPECIALLY ON THE HEELS OF US CELEBRATING, UH, JUNETEENTH ON YESTERDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, UH, WITH THE MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION EVENTS. BUT, UM, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF, UH, THE PERSON NAMED AFTER THIS STREET, YOU KNOW, NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST WAS THE, UH, NOT ONLY A CONFEDERATE GENERAL, BUT HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST GRAND WIZARD OF THE KU KX KLAN, WHO WE KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, TERRORIZED PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN MURDERING THEM, UH, AND, UH, DOING SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE NAME OF THE CONFEDERACY. AND SO TO, UH, HAVE THESE RESIDENTS STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GET THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF VOTES CONSIDERING THE CURRENT THRESHOLD ON THE ORDINANCE. SO THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, I THINK IS ADMIRABLE. AND THE KUDOS TO THEM. UM, YOU KNOW, SADLY IT WASN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, YOU WISH IT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN WE, UH, ORIGINALLY BROACHED THIS TO TRY TO REDUCE IT FROM 90 TO, TO JUST TRY TO DO IT AT 70 TO SEE WHAT KIND OF TRACTION WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. AND I'M REALLY KIND OF SOMEWHAT SADDENED THAT THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TWO STREETS ON, ON THIS, UH, AGENDA FOR TODAY. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, FOR FUTURE MEETINGS TO CONSIDER EVEN A, A, AN ADDITIONAL REDUCTION IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE TO A, A SLIGHTLY LOWER THRESHOLD, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR BEDFORD FOREST, UH, WHAT WAS IT COURT, UH, CORRECT, YOU KNOW, WAS, WAS ONLY, UH, NEEDING ONE MORE SIGNATURE. AND TO DENY THEM, YOU KNOW, WHO WORKED SO HARD TO TRY TO, TO, TO GET THIS NAME CHANGE, SOMETHING THEY DESPERATELY WANT THE LION'S SHARE OF PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS, IS NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH COUNSEL OURSELVES COULD MAKE THAT, THAT CHANGE ARBITRARILY, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT IN OUR PURVIEW. I STILL WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER MEETING. UH, BUT I'M EXCITED TO, TO APPROVE THIS. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSEN. YES. UM, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY FOR, UH, HIS WORK IN LOWERING THE THRESHOLD, UH, FROM 90 TO 70%. I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, WHO HAS PUT UP THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COST OF THE CHANGE OF NAME FOR BEDFORD FOREST AND FOR, UH, THE PREVIOUS STREET. UM, THAT JUST SHOWS HIS COMMITMENT TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY. AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO LIVE IN THE VICKSBURG COMMUNITY FOR 14 YEARS, UM, AND WHO PASSED THO THE NAMES OF THOSE STREETS AND WHO'S TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORS, UH, DAY IN AND DAY OUT ABOUT, UM, THE NAMES AND LIVING ON THOSE STREETS, IT BRINGS ME GREAT JOY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, VOTE, UH, FOR THIS CHANGE [00:45:01] AND HOPEFULLY, UM, IN, IN JUST KNOWING THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A MUCH BETTER, UM, SPACE THAN WE HAVE BEFORE. SO, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS, THIS IS JUST A COMMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS SINCE I'VE KNOWN THE GUY, AND TODAY'S THE DAY, BROTHER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [9. APPOINTMENTS] NINE, OUR APPOINTMENTS, THERE ARE NO APPOINTMENTS ON THIS AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER [10. AUTHORIZATIONS] 10 ARE AUTHORIZATIONS. THERE ARE NONE. [11. ORDINANCES] ITEM NUMBER 11 ARE ORDINANCES. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES ON THIS AGENDA. AND ITEM NUMBER [(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Adopt the Investment Policy as of ...] 12 ARE RESOLUTIONS 12 A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ADOPTING RULES GOVERNING THE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, DESIGNATING DEPUTY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVESTMENT OF CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FUNDS AND PROVIDING FOUR REPO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ELENA PORTERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO ON TO 12 B. YEAH, I'M GONNA GO TO, CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. LET [(b) Consideration and Possible Action – A resolution authorizing the execu...] ME GO TO ITEM 12 B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY SECRETARY TO ATTEST AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AN ARROW SHAW PERTAINING TO CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO AN APPROXIMATELY 0.75 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ROAD FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY HERMAN RODRIGUEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC. ACTUALLY, HERMAN IS OUT SICK, SO I'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, SEE MANAGER JONES. UM, GOOD EVENING. UM, GOOD EVENING TO THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM'S BEFORE YOU, UM, SEEKING ACTION. STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED TO THIS, UH, FACADE INCENTIVE APPLICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES TO INCLUDE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THIS TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, UH, TOTAL INVESTMENT OF THE PROJECT IS OVER $2 MILLION, INCLUDING PURCHASE OF THE LAND BUILDING AND COMPLETE REHAB. IT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I SEE WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SEEING NO ONE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM 12 A READ EJO. NO, IT'S ALREADY BEEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE VERY BRIEF. UM, OUR INVESTMENT POLICY IS GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, AND AFTER EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE UPDATE OUR INVESTMENT POLICY FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, IMPLEMENTED IN THAT ACT. DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THIS YEAR, THERE WERE NO CHANGES. SO THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS INVESTMENT POLICY ARE MINIMAL. IT'S JUST A, A CHANGE IN, UM, UH, WHERE WE PLACED MARKETABILITY. UM, AND THAT'S IN TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY. AND THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SEE, UH, A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONI, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. [13. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS] ITEM NUMBER 13, OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION ONE, SONYA BROWN MARSH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. UM, WANTED TO START OFF BY THANKING EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH OUR AT LARGE TOWN HALL. UM, IT WAS A HIT TO SAY THE LEAST. UM, WE HAD AN, AN AMAZING TIME. UM, WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO ENGAGE THE CITIZENS IN SUCH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLATFORM. AND ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE BASICALLY RECEIVED IS THAT EVERYONE REALLY ENJOYED IT. UM, WAS ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR ALLOY PERSONAL TRAINING. UH, Y'ALL GET READY BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS OVER THERE, AT ALLOY. BUT, UM, I REALLY LIKE THEIR, UM, THEIR PRODUCT, THEIR SERVICE THAT THEY'RE OFFERING OVER THERE ON HIGHWAY SIX. SO IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, DO STOP IN AND VISIT WITH THEM. UM, DID ATTEND THE GROUNDBREAKING EVENT FOR BEVERLY WOOD. [00:50:01] IT'S GONNA BE A NEW SUBDIVISION LOCATED OFF OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD. UM, JUST BEHIND THE WOODS OF QUAIL VALLEY. THE 21ST JUNETEENTH EVENTS PRESENTED BY MISSOURI CITY, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION WERE OVER THE TOP, TO SAY THE LEAST. THEY WERE FABULOUS. THEY WERE, THEY WERE JUST ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, THE GALA, UH, OUTDOOR CONCERTS IN THE PARADE. NOW, I KNOW WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE HEAT, AND I'M STILL HOT TODAY, , BUT WE DID SURVIVE IT. AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP ON THE STAGE AND TO LOOK OUT AT THE CITIZENS THAT WERE THERE PARTICIPATING ON SATURDAY NIGHT. ALL YOU SAW WERE JUST PEOPLE, JUST WAVES AND WAVES OF PEOPLE. SO, UM, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU GUYS PRESENTED THIS YEAR WERE, WERE TOP TIER. UM, THE SHOP WITH POP EVENT, THAT'S ANOTHER EVENT THAT WAS OVER THE TOP IN COLLABORATION WITH MANISH, SETH OF SETH, AND ALEXANDER. OPEN HEARTS, PALMER HOUSE, AND DOUBLE DAVE'S PIZZA. THE EVENT EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS. I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, ALLISON AND ALICIA. I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT. UM, PHOTOGRAPHER SONYA, AND OF COURSE, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION. UM, YOU ALL WERE JUST INVALUABLE TO THE SITUATION. EVERYBODY GOT IN THERE, YOU ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES, YOU ROLLED UP YOUR ARMS. WE EVEN BECAME PERSONAL SHOPPERS FOR PEOPLE, AND THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME. SO EVERYBODY JUST STAY TUNED. UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE HONORING THE CONTRIBUTORS, UH, VERY, VERY SOON. WE HAD SOME SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, SO WE COULDN'T GET IT DONE ON TONIGHT. BUT THAT WILL BE COMING, UM, FOR FORWARD, BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND THINGS, I MEAN, THEY DESERVE TO BE HONORED AND ACKNOWLEDGED. I WAS HUMBLED TO HAVE RECEIVED A PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD, UM, THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE SANYA AND ASSOCIATES FOUNDATION. I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, SO THANK YOU. MY LAST COMMENT FOR THE NIGHT IS, I HOPE YOU'LL FIND IT FUNNY, BUT ON SATURDAY AT THE PARADE, UM, I SAW THIS GUY HE HAD ON THE COOLEST T-SHIRT, AND IT, RED FATHER'S DAY BETTER BE LIT, . I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT ALL THE FATHERS HAD A LIT FATHER'S DAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. NICE JOB. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA NOW GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE POSITION NUMBER TWO, LYNN KLAUSER. I TOO WANT TO ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL'S, UH, SENTIMENTS ABOUT OUR JOINT, UM, TOWN HALL. IT WAS AMAZING. THE FORMAT WAS WONDERFUL, AND I, I DO BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS WALKED AWAY WITH WHAT THEY CAME FOR, AND THAT WAS TO HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO WERE PUT IN OUR HOT SEAT, AND WE WILL BE INVITING YOU BACK AGAIN. UM, I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL FOR HER ONCE WONDERFUL SHOP WITH POP EVENT. I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER AND HER BEST FRIEND, AND THEY WENT SHOPPING. THEY HAD PERSONAL SHOPPERS, EVEN HAD, UM, ASSISTANCE FROM, UH, PALMER HOUSE AND, UH, STAFF TO TAKE THINGS TO THE CAR. AND MY, MY, MY DAUGHTER'S FATHER SAID IT WAS THE BEST FATHER'S DAY HE HAD. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN THAT. UM, I ATTENDED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY RIBBON CUTTING FOR LESLIE'S FINE FURNITURE, ALONG WITH, UH, A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES. AND, UH, ALSO WAS HONORED ALONGSIDE MY FATHER FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD, UM, WITH DR. SANTI AND ASSOCIATES. UM, I ATTENDED, OH MY GOD, SO MANY JUNETEENTH EVENTS. WHAT WAS IT? 10, 9, 10. AND ON MONDAY I WOKE UP THINKING, MAN, I'M BORED. , I'M READY FOR ANOTHER EVENT. BUT, UM, IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. EACH YEAR, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS GET BETTER AND BETTER. AND I THINK THIS WAS THE BEST ONE YET, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DON WAS SHINING DOWN ON ALL OF US, MAKING SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. AND WE JUST, WE HAD A BALL, WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE RODE THE FLOAT. WE THREW OUT CANDY, WE DANCED. AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY AND I, I THINK WE HAD TO REST OUR LEGS CUZ UH, WHEN WE, AT THE END OF THE PARADE, OH, WE JUST, WE JAMMED AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, WE JUST, WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME, UH, IN THE SPIRIT OF JUNETEENTH AND WHAT THAT MEANS, UH, FOR ALL OF US. AND, UM, LASTLY, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ANTHONY SNIS. ANTHONY SNIS WAS KIND OF THROWN INTO THIS, UH, POSITION OF LEADERSHIP FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION, GALA AND, AND EVENTS. AND HE SWEAT EVERY TIME I SAW HIM, HE WAS SWEATING , BUT , THESE WERE SWEAT. THE, THAT WAS SWEAT THAT HE DEFINITELY EARNED. AND SO I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK HIM FOR ROLLING UP HIS SLEEVES, ACCEPTING THAT, UH, THAT TASK OF LEADING THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, UM, FESTIVITIES ALONG WITH EVERYBODY [00:55:01] ON THE BOARD. AND MISS ETTA, I TELL YOU, YOU DID THIS, UH, STAND UP. MISS ETTA. YOU, YOU WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK WITH GRACE, AND YOU DIDN'T, UM, YOU DIDN'T MISS A BEAT. I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D BE TIRED, YOU SAID NO. I'M GONNA REST WHEN IT'S ALL OVER. SO I WANNA SAY KUDOS TO YOU, UM, FOR ALLOWING US TO HONOR DAWN. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY. THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, I DEFINITELY WANNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS, UH, OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, BROWN MARSHALL AND KLAUSER ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH, UH, CELEBRATION. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, MS. ED, BUT I WAS EXHAUSTED. I REALLY WAS. UH, SO KUDOS TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE ENTIRE, UH, FOUNDATION. ANTHONY S SNIPES, LAURA, CHARLES, UH, MIKE, EVERYBODY WHO STEPPED UP AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. UM, I MUST SAY, I THINK THE PARADE WAS PROBABLY MY, MY MOST FUN, UH, CUZ IT GAVE US A CHANCE TO REALLY INTERACT WITH THE CROWD. AND, UH, WE EVEN, YOU KNOW, THREW SOME CANDY AT SOME PEOPLE ON TOP OF SOME PEOPLE. IT WAS RAINING CANDY OUT THERE. SO, SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE. UM, I THINK ONE OF MY MOST IMPACTFUL MOMENTS WAS WHEN, UH, WE HAD THE, ON THAT TUESDAY, THE STEM TO STEAM FOR THE 25 STUDENTS THAT CAME OUT TO THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTED BY AT T AND THE JUNETEENTH, UH, FOUNDATION. YOU KNOW, FOR ME THAT WAS MY PASSIONATE MOMENT, IS SEEING ALL THOSE KIDS GET ENGAGED AND LEARN ABOUT AVIATION AND DRONE AND WANT TO, UH, FIND MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN A CAREER NET. SO THAT WAS MY MOST IMPACTFUL MOMENT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. ED, YOUR WHOLE TEAM. I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO COME AND, UH, CELEBRATE AND ENJOY THE AT LARGE TOWN HALL. UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL. CONGRATULATIONS TO Y'ALL BOTH. UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE. AND, UM, WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, CORETTA BROWN FOR INVITING ME, UH, TO BE A SPEAKER AT THE BRIDGES TO EMPOWERMENT CHAT AND CHEW, UH, TO DISCUSS SOME ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH, UM, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT SHE'S DOING. UH, SHOUT OUT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE MC, TX ADAPTED RECREATION OPEN HOUSE. I LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY. I WAS GLAD THAT I STOPPED BY. I ACTUALLY WOUND UP STAYING THE WHOLE TIME. AND THEN I PERSONALLY BEAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY IN PICKLEBALL. OH MY. OKAY. AND SINCE I GET TO GO FIRST, BECAUSE A IS BEFORE B IF WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU AFTER THAT IS NOT TRUE, I WON. OKAY. UM, WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS WELL, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, HE IS NOW THE NEW MAYOR. KEN MATTHEWS IN THE CITY OF STAFFORD, HAD THE PLEASURE, UH, TO BE, UH, TO WATCH, UH, MAYOR ELCAT, UH, SWEAR HIM IN. UM, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE MY LONGTIME FRIEND BEING SWORN IN AS THE NEW MAYOR OF CITY OF STAFFORD. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SWEARING IN MY GOOD FRIEND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL, WHO WAS THE FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, IN THE STAFFORD MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WAS SWORN IN LAST WEEK AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SO, I ALWAYS WANNA SAY MY LAST 23 MINUTES, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THE FATHERS. UM, REALLY APPRECIATE, I'M SURE MY, MY HUSBAND'S, UH, FATHER'S DAY WAS LIT, SO IT WAS LIT AND SO WAS MY DAD'S CAUSE THEY WAS TOGETHER. I GOT TWO SHOTS WITH, WITH ONE, WITH ONE, UH, EVENT. AND SO, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH PARKS AND EVERYBODY FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DONE. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT B JEFFREY EL BONNEY. YOU NOTICE I HAVE THE MIC AFTER COUNCILWOMAN RILEY. SO MY WORD STANDS, YOU KNOW, WE DID PLAY PICKLEBALL AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING A LOT LESS RUNNING THAN SHE WAS. NO, I'M JUST TEASING. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. YOU KNOW, THE WAY THESE KNEES ARE WIRED, I, I COULDN'T REALLY KEEP UP. SO, UH, THAT WAS AT THE MISSOURI'S MCT X ADAPTED RECREATION OPEN HOUSE. UH, BASICALLY THE ATTENDEES, THEY LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. UH, AND THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A SKILL SKILLS ASSESSMENT FOR THE, UH, SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL LEAGUE. SO IT WAS A GREAT AFFAIR. UM, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK A GROUP PICTURE AND, UH, JUST SEEING THEIR, UH, PRESENCE AND EXCITEMENT BEING THERE WAS E EXCITING. I TOO ATTENDED THE AT LORDS TOWN HALL WITH MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SONYA BROWN MARSHALL AND COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER. UH, I TOLD THEM, MAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH A, A CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE, UH, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, PODCAST STYLE AND, AND BEING ONE WHO ACTUALLY DOES PODCASTS. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS DEFINITELY A, UH, AN EXCITING THING AND GREAT TURNOUT AND GREAT QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED. I ALSO ATTENDED THE BEVERLY BEVERLY WOOD GROUNDBREAKING, UH, CEREMONIES WITH COUNCILWOMAN SONYA BROWN MARSHALL IN DISTRICT B, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE WOODS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, THAT WAS ALSO GOOD TO SEE, UH, AND THOSE PRICE HOME VALUES, I WAS LIKE, WHOA. YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THE THREE HUNDREDS [01:00:01] AND, AND HIGHER. SO IT'S ONLY 36 HOMES, YOU KNOW, BEING BUILT. BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR, UH, COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND HELPING TO SPUR MORE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. UH, LASTLY, I TOO, UH, ATTENDED ALL OF THE, WELL, NOT ALL, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION FOUNDATION EVENTS, THE KICKOFF RECEPTION, UH, THE DON SMITH TRIBUTE LUNCHEON, THE 21ST JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS GALA, THE, UH, H C C WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM AND JOB FAIR. UH, THE JUNETEENTH FAMILY NIGHT OUT, THE ONE MILE OF SMILES PARADE AND THE JUNETEENTH CONCERT IN THE PARK. WOO, I'M TIRED SAYING ALL THAT. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ALL OF THEM THAT I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE WENT TO. UH, BUT I CALLED, UH, SPEAKING OF ANTHONY SNIPES. AND, AND THANK YOU, UH, ED, UH, SMITH FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UH, PERSEVERANCE TO, TO SEE THIS THING THROUGH IN THE ABSENCE OF YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR HUSBAND. BUT, UH, I CALL, UH, ANTHONY SNIPES, KING MIDAS, CUZ PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES IS LIKE GOLD. IT TURNS INTO GOLD. HE DOES SUCH AN AMAZING JOB, AND HE PUTS HIS ALL INTO PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING HE DOES. UH, AND WITH THAT, WE THANK HIM. UH, ALSO GOT THE CHANCE TO, UH, SHOP, UH, FOR SOME FURNITURE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, KLAUSER AND, AND MARY ALLCAT OVER AT LESLIE FUR, LESLIE FURNITURE'S, UH, 20TH ANNIVERSARY RIBBON CUTTING. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATS AGAIN TO THE PEOPLE OVER IN VICKSBURG WHO GOT THAT NAME CHANGED AND HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHERS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI, DISTRICT C I'LL BE QUICK. UM, GREAT JOB COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER BROWN MARSHALL. UH, YOU GUYS SET THE STANDARD. UH, I'M NOT HOLDING A DISTRICT MEETING. I'M , LET'S ROLL WITH IT. BUT IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING. UM, THIS YEAR, JUNETEENTH FLAG REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EVER. SO I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? IT'S RED, WHITE, AND BLUE WITH A BURST IN THE CENTER. I'M LIKE, IT'S KIND OF COOL. AND IT'S A BURST FOR SLAVERY, FOR THE CELEBRATION OF, OF, UH, REPRESENTING THE END OF SLAVERY. AND THEN I SAID, MAN, WHAT A BURST OF EXCITEMENT IN MISSOURI CITY. WITH ALL THE EVENTS YOU GUYS WENT TO AND, AND WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY. IT MAKES ME PROUD, UH, TO, TO CELEBRATE SUCH AN IMPORTANT, UM, CELEBRATION. AND SO I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE FLAG. I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE SEES IT THE SAME WAY I DO. THAT LITTLE BURST REALLY, UH, GOT ME EXCITED. AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S A NEW RESTAURANT COMING UP, UH, NEXT TO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS. IT'S CALLED OLIVER'S GOURMET. UM, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE COURT, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE GREAT FOOD WITH SALADS AND SOUPS AND SANDWICHES. SO GO OUT AND, UH, TRY 'EM OUT STARTING FRIDAY. THAT'S MY MESSAGE. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, OF DISTRICT D AND MAYOR PROTON FLORIDA. EMORY. THANK YOU. UH, I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, UH, AT LARGE TOWN HALL EVENT THAT, UH, OUR, UH, TWO ESTEEMED, UH, AT LARGE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES PUT ON. THEY, UH, I, I BELIEVE, SET A NEW STANDARD THAT, UH, SOME OF US WILL TRY TO MIMIC , BUT PROBABLY WILL FALL SHORT. I'M NOT GONNA TRY , BUT, UH, WE, UH, IT, IT, THE THING THAT I SAW THAT IT KEPT THE, UH, THE AUDIENCE, UH, INVOLVED AND, UH, THEY WERE, UH, A PART OF THE, UH, UH, THE PRESENTATION, THE FULL EVENING. SO, AND I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO, IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED. AND I THINK YOU CAME OUT WITH, WITH, UH, WINE COLORS ON, ON THAT, UH, ON THAT END. UH, THE OTHER IS, UH, THE JUNETEENTH. UH, THERE'S SO MANY, UH, EVENTS THAT WE, UH, ALL ATTENDED. UH, THE ONE THAT STUCK OUT FOR ME IS ONE THAT, UH, UH, THAT, UH, I, UH, HAD WORKED WITH, UH, WITH DON ON AND WITH, UH, UM, ANTHONY SNIPES AS THE, UH, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. UH, IT HAD NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UH, UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. THEY, UH, I BELIEVE SOLD OUT THE, UH, NUMBER OF, OF, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THE, UH, UH, IN THE, UH, EVENT. UH, WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL, UH, ALL LADY, UH, TEAMS THAT, UH, THAT SHOWED UP. UH, ONE THAT, UH, I WAS, UH, UH, PLEASURE TO, UH, WELL, THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE, BUT ONE THAT I HAD, UH, UH, HAD GREAT, UH, AFFECTION FOR. BUT, UH, I, I, I WON'T, UH, DOWNGRADE OR DEGRADE THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN BY THE OTHER ALL WOMAN, UH, TEAM THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WAS THERE. UH, YEAH, THE THING THAT SURPRISED ME IS WHEN SHE CAME IN, OR WHEN THEY CAME IN, THEY WERE ALL [01:05:01] FRESHLY DRESSED AND SHOWERED. AND HOW THE HECK CAN YOU PLAY GOLF IN A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER AND COME IN LOOKING LIKE THIS? BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, WHAT OUR, OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER DOES. SHE, UH, , SHE BEATS ALL EXPECTATIONS. , UH, AND, AND AGAIN, NO, I'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE, UH, SPECIAL, UH, RECOGNITION TO, UH, UH, TO ANTHONY SNIPES AND TO, UH, LAWRENCE, UH, TAYLOR ALSO, THEY, UH, THEY LAWRENCE TURNER. YEAH. NOT THE FOOTBALL PLAYER. . OKAY. UH, UH, THEY PUT IN GREAT EFFORT TO, UH, MAKE THE, UH, UH, THE EVENT. UH, I'VE GOT SEVEN SECONDS. AND ED, THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THE, UH, ITEMS AND, UH, DON'S, UH, UH, GOALS THAT HE HAD AND PLANS. AND AS WE'VE SAID, WERE NOT FINISHED. WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN BIGGER . THAT, THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. . THAT DID THAT. DID, UH, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE BY EVERYONE. UM, UH, SO, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY, UM, CO COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT PARTICIPATED, AND WHEN I HAD MY I ISSUE THAT WAS GOING ON. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING OUT THERE. I DON'T USUALLY MISS AN EVENT, BUT I KNOW I HAD TO MISS, UH, SEVERAL. SO I WANNA TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU. AND EDA, WE DID RECOGNIZE YOU, SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM OF BOARD, BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB. AND TO OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING OUT THERE IN THAT HEAT. UH, WE, WE WERE, UH, WE WERE IN WALKING, BUT YOU GUYS WERE ON A BICYCLE AND, AND BEING OUT THERE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. UM, I DO WANT TO BRING IT, BRING BACK TO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE. WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS WE HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR CITIZEN THAT GETS UP HERE ON, ON COMMENTS AND TALK ABOUT, UM, SPENDING MONEY ON PARKING LOTS IN, IN, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY. UH, MY MESSAGE TO, UH, UNDER THIS COUNCIL OF COMMENTS IS THIS COUNCIL HAS, UH, WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND WORKING WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND OTHERS, AND TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE. THESE ARE CITIZENS WHO WORK, WHO'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO THOSE COMMITTEE, HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR HAS A STRONG IMPROVEMENT. AND IF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNETEENTH PARADE IN THAT HEAT, ABOUT 108 DEGREES, YOU ARE IN A PARKING LOT THAT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT'S BEING RENOVATED. UH, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DONE YET, BUT THE PARKING LOT IS NEXT. ONCE THE, ONCE THAT PROCESS IS DONE, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BONY FOR CHAIRING THIS COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, FOR HER LEADERSHIP PRIOR TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, STERLING AND OTHERS THAT WHO HAVE PUT FORTH A BEST EFFORT TO MAKE THAT TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR, THE DISPLAY LUNCHEON THAT WE HAD HONORING COUNCIL MEMBER DON SMITH. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A VIDEO THAT, IN TALKING RIGHT EXACTLY ABOUT TEXAS PARKWAY CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR, UH, IN THAT VIDEO THAT HE EXPLAINED, UH, HIMSELF ABOUT SPENDING ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DURING THAT TIME AND TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THAT. SO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, I THINK IT'S A LEGACY THAT WE'RE DOING, NOT JUST TO THE HIGHWAY SIX SIDE, BUT ALSO TO THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR. UH, I'M NOT GONNA MENTION ANY NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING, BUT WHEN IT DOES, UH, MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY COMMITTEE WILL RIGHTFULLY SO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO MENTION. BUT THE BEAUTIFICATION, WHEN WE HAD THE PARADE DOWN THAT TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTRIGHT CORRIDOR AND HEARING FROM THE CITIZENS DIRECTLY, UH, MEANS A LOT TO THIS COUNCIL TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY, AND OTHER STAFF AND MEMBERS WHO GOES OUT DAY TO DAY, AND ESPECIALLY THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. I MEAN, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CITY IS MOVING FORWARD. AND I KIND OF WANTED TO, I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR A WHILE, AND I WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE TO YOU ALL, TO THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, THAT I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS, ESPECIALLY THE, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR THIS CITY AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL END. THANK YOU. [14. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] ITEM NUMBER 14, OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS 7:48 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED [01:10:01] EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.074, AND 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE, OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE MAYOR, YEAH. WANNA DO YOURS FIRST? THIS IS REALLY, EVERY TIME I GET UP TO THE PODIUM, I'M ON ZOOM AND I'M TALKING ABOUT JUNETEENTH. I FORGET TO THANK SOMEBODY, AND IT FEELS REALLY, REALLY TERRIBLE WHEN I DON'T MENTION EVERYBODY. BUT I DO WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OPENING EVENT FOR, FOR JUNETEENTH, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. MR. LAWRENCE TURNER WAS THE DRIVING FORCE WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLOYD EMORY AS, UH, THE MANAGER, UH, THE SUPPORTER, THE SPONSOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT HE WORKED WITH THEM. THE, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT WAS A SELLOUT. AND THAT'S THANKS TO LAWRENCE TURNER, ANTHONY SNIPES, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FLOYD EMORY. WE ALSO HAD, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, A WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM DON PUT IN PLACE, DR. CYNTHIA TURNER. THE WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM WAS SUCH A HIT THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND ASKING FOR THE NEXT TIME AROUND. OH, WOW. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE STATED. AS I SAID BEFORE, EVERY TIME I GET UP TO, TO THANK SOMEONE, I USUALLY THINK THE ONES WHO ARE CLOSEST TO ME, AND I FORGET ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY DID A WHOLE LOT OF WORK. THE CITY, I TALKED ABOUT THE COUNCIL, AND YOU WERE THERE, YOU WERE PRESENT AND YOU WERE SUPPORTIVE. THERE WERE ALSO CITY OFFICERS WHO WERE, WHO WERE THERE. WE HAD THE E M S, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL SERVING AND ALL PRESENT AT ALL. I MEAN, AT EVERY EVENT, UH, WE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE INTERNAL OFFICES, OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY. EVERYONE WAS SUPPORTED, AND IT WAS ALMOST TOO MANY PEOPLE TO REMEMBER. AND I NEVER REMEMBER EVERYBODY. SO EVEN NOW, I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING SOMEONE, BUT I FEEL REALLY BAD IF I DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, ANNA. OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SEC. [15. RECONVENE] THAT'S THE TIME IS 8:53 PM AND CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION, UH, CITY COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIONS OR ANY MOTIONS? HEY GUYS, I CAN PULL IT. OH, UH, ALREADY. ALRIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT DONNIE HAYES AS PARKS DIRECTOR FOR ISLAND B. CAN WE, UH, RESET TO 14 WRONG. I'M SORRY, I JUMPED THE GUN. SORRY. SO GO. YEAH. CAN YOU RESET? RIGHT. WE CAN GO. GO TO 14 A MOTION. OKAY. SO I'M 14 A, 14 B. YOU WANT ME TO YOU? 14 B. 14 B. I'D LIKE TO MAKE MAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, UH, INCREASE, UH, OR AWARD, NOT AWARD. JESUS, I'M SORRY TO GIVE A 3% INCREASE, UH, TO THE CITY SECRETARY, CRYSTAL RONE, UH, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, CITY STAFF. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. OKAY. HEARING NO ONE ALL ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. EFFECTIVE. WHEN WOULD BE EFFECTIVE? WHEN BE EFFECTIVE? UH, [01:15:01] WHEN WOULD BE THE NEXT PAY PERIOD? I DON'T KNOW. NEXT PAY PERIOD. YOU, JOE, YOU GOT THAT AT THE NEXT PAGE? YES. MM-HMM. , DO I NEED TO RESTATE THAT MOST, OR, YOU GOT IT? WE HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SPEND A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. OKAY. ITEM NEXT 14 B, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, PROVIDE CONCURRENCE TO THE HIRING OF DONNIE HAYES AS THE PARKS DIRECTOR. IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY. IT'S BEEN SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY SENIOR. EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE JULY 17TH, R. ALL RIGHT. UH, I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO. OKAY. UH, WITH NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8:56 PM THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD ONE. GOOD NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.