[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TODAY IS MONDAY, JULY 3RD, 2023.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE MISSOURI CITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AT 5:30 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ACCOUNT.
WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.
[2. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS? YES, SIR.MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE MS. STEPHANIE SA.
YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
SHE WANTED TO TALK ON THE ITEM.
PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
SAW YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN MY HUSBAND ROGER SAW MORE OFTEN THAN ME.
UM, ROGER'S FLIGHT WAS DELAYED, SO HE CALLED ME AND HE ASKED ME IF I COULD COME AND TALK WITH YOU ALL.
UM, WE ARE ABOUT 75% FINISHED WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THAT SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED AND WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT.
FINALLY, UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS, UM, FOR AN EXTENSION OF SIX MONTHS FOR, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE T I R I S FUND.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION.
UM, WE FEEL THAT THAT WILL GIVE US PLENTY OF TIME.
WE'RE, SINCE WE'RE 75% DONE, REALLY WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, YOU'VE SEEN THE SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING.
UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO FINISHING UP THE FINAL PARTS OF THE FACADE AND THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN I THINK WE WILL BE DONE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ON THAT.
WHAT UP? AND, AND WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC REASON THAT YOU NEED AN EXTENSION? OKAY, IF I MAY REALLY QUICKLY, WE'RE NOT AT THE ACTUAL ITEM YET.
DO YOU WANT ME TO, WHAT ARE WE PUBLIC? OKAY.
SO AFTER THIS ITEM, UH, THREE A, WE WILL GO ON TO THE ACTUAL ITEM.
[(a) Consider amending the development agreement for the Missouri City Cent...]
SO ITEM NUMBER THREE, OUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION THREE A, CONSIDERING AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR MISSOURI CITY CENTRAL SHOPPING CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSION OF THE PROJECT COMPLETE DATE.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY HERMAN, WE HAVE YOU HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION.
YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE, UM, WHAT WE CALL THE OLD MOVIE THEATER.
UM, THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IS THEY HAD, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF AN, UH, ISSUE WITH GETTING THE FIRE SUPPRESSION WATERLINE THROUGH THE MUD, AND THEN THEY HAD A COUPLE OF CONTRACTOR ISSUES.
BUT I DID CHECK WITH DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES TO SEE, UM, HOW THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN, UM, STREAMLINED AND FLOWING AND EVERYTHING.
AND I ASKED, UM, JENNIFER, WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER, UM, IF SHE FEELS THAT IT'LL BE, UH, COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS, AND SHE DEFINITELY FEELS THAT IT CAN BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
BUT THERE WAS A, A BIG, UH, DELAY BECAUSE OF THE MUD AND, UH, UM, THE CONTRACTOR ISSUES.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE, WHAT THEY ARE, UH, ITEMIZED, PROJECTED COST, UM, MOST OF EVERYTHING IS DONE.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS ABOUT 80% COMPLETE.
DOES THAT END YOUR PRESENTATION? YES.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE ON THE QUEUE, SO WE'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR HER.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO COUNCIL MEMBER BARNEY.
HOW ARE YOU? FIRST OF ALL, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS THING HOPEFULLY COME TO FRUITION REAL SOON.
I KNOW ROGER'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON TRYING TO GET THIS DONE IN SPITE OF ALL OF THE ROADBLOCKS, CHALLENGES AND INCREASED COSTS.
UM, I THINK THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK IS, UM, I KNOW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THIS AMENDMENT, UH, AMENDED, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, BEFORE US ORDINANCE, RIGHT? IT'S A CONTRACT, CONTRACT AMENDMENT, UH, BEFORE US.
UM, ASSUMING THAT IT MAY, YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID TAKE LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS, SHOULD WE CONSIDER IT BEING LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS, SAY NINE 12 MONTHS VERSUS SIX MONTHS? OR IS SIX MONTHS,
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UH, REALISTIC TIMEFRAME? CUZ I DON'T WANT IT TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE US AGAIN, BUT IF WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE FINALIZED AND DONE EVERYTHING IN SIX MONTHS, THEN I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS IS.I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY, MY ANGLE CUZ MR. SAW ISN'T HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHERE HE FEELS HE'LL BE IN SIX MONTHS, WE THINK, FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, THAT HE CAN DEFINITELY FINISH IN SIX MONTHS.
SO I WILL KIND OF GO BACK TO EJO AS THE LEGAL, UH, COMMENT ON WHETHER IT CAN BE EXTENDED MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OR IF THAT IS A LEGAL ISSUE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE EX THE CITY HAS EXTENDED CONTRACTS IN THE PAST, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN EXTENDED BEYOND AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTH TIMEFRAME.
UH, THAT DOESN'T PREVENT, UH, THE M CDA AND THE TOURIST BOARD FROM EXTENDING THIS BEYOND THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, I, I BELIEVE THAT IN THE PAST EXTENSION, IT WAS ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
SO THIS WAS, THIS RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVAL CAME BEFORE THE TOURIST BOARD FIRST ANNOUNCED.
IT HAS NOT, IT WILL GO BEFORE THE TOURIST BOARD NEXT MONDAY.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF YOUR QUE LINE OF QUESTIONING WITH EJO, IF IN SIX MONTHS THIS IS NOT COMPLETED, CAN THEY COME BACK FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION? YES.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? OKAY.
DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA? IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S ASKING QUESTIONS.
WE'RE DONE WITH THE MAIN LINE? CORRECT.
SO WE SHOULD NOT, UH, I'M GONNA BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.
UM, I'M SPEAKING AS THE WIFE OF THE HOUSE OF THIS INVESTMENT.
UM, IT'S BEEN, IT WAS TAKEN ON, ON A WHOLE DIFFERENT AGENDA IN THE BEGINNING.
UM, WE WERE THROWN A LOT OF LOOPS.
UM, FIRE SPRINKLERS, THIS WATER LINE.
WE DID NOT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IN HERE IS FROM THE MED DISTRICT AND SORRY IF I OFFEND ANYBODY.
THE COOPERATION FROM THE MED DISTRICT, THAT WAS A DIFFICULT, THAT WAS A DIFFICULT PROCESS.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, WE'RE A, WE'RE A SMALL FAMILY THAT INVESTS.
WE'RE NOT A LARGE COMPANY THAT COMES OUTTA STATE AND BUYS PROPERTY OR DOES ALL THAT.
IT'S BEEN, UM, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUY TWO OTHER SHOPPING CENTERS OUT OF THIS CITY AND DO A COMPLETE REMODEL WITHIN FOUR MONTHS.
THE TIMEFRAME THAT IT'S TAKING TO GET THIS DONE HAS BEEN SO TAXING ON OUR STRESS LEVEL IN THIS HOUSE.
IT WILL NOT GO PAST SIX MONTHS.
IT WON'T, IT WILL GET DONE BECAUSE THANK YOU.
COUNCIL ALSO MEMBER, I MEAN, MAY I APPROACH TO MEMORY? YEAH.
I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UH, HOW REALISTIC IS SIX MONTHS? I MEAN, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE MUD AND WITH, UH, THE, UH, WE'RE DONE WITH WATER LINES.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE LAST MONTH OR MONTH AND A HALF, IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY FAST.
UM, UH, A LOT FASTER THAN WHAT, UH, WE HAD SEEN BEFORE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IT'LL BE COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS.
AND I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE WERE OUT THERE FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
WE'VE SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
AND I KNOW IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT EXTRA LONG TIME AND WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THE STAFF AND, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR COMMITTEE, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, UH, ALL ON THIS PROJECT AND WORKING THROUGH IT.
SO THIS SIX, IT SEEMS LIKE SIX MONTH EXTENSION IS DOABLE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLOS.
MY QUEUE ISN'T WORKING AT ALL.
I CAN'T, I'M NOT SEEING IT THOUGH.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER LES SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
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MOTION PASSES SEVEN TO ZERO.UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
THERE ARE NONE ON THIS AGENDA, SO TIME IS FIVE 40.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.