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ALL RIGHT.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
UH, REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:15 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL AND CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM.[2. ROLL CALL AND CERTIFICATION OF QUORUM]
WE CERTIFY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
WE WILL HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, MARCUS SNELL, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.
[3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLAG]
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.[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.MADAM CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
MS. IBARRA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MY NAME IS BETH IBARRA, 1 0 1 1 9 CROSBY COMMONS.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TAX PAYING RESIDENTS IN SIENNA MUD TWO THAT HAVE PROVIDED THEIR SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION.
THERE ARE 578 SIGNATURES THAT REPRESENT 1006, UH, 35.9% OF 1,609 HOMES IN MUD.
I WENT TO PETITION SCHOOL AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.
ON MONDAY, AUGUST 7TH, THE UNDERSIGNED, ELIZABETH A IBARRA, A 20 YEAR, 23 YEAR RESIDENT OF SIENNA MUD TWO AFFIRMS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT EVERY ADDRESS IN THIS PETITION, PAGES ONE THROUGH 120, HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AS A SIENNA MUD TWO TAXPAYER, AND THAT NO PERSON HAS SIGNED THIS PETITION MORE THAN THE ALLOTTED ONE SIGNATURE.
I WON'T REPEAT THE PETITION BECAUSE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CONTENTS, BUT I WANT TO SHARE A FEW COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE PETITIONS, JUST FROM THE FIRST 10 PAGES.
UM, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE IN THE COMMENT SECTION, TOO FAST, UNORGANIZED, AND MISSOURI CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN THAT THEY CAN EX ACTUALLY EXECUTE UPON.
THAT WAS A LAWYER ANNEX, WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL POLICE FORCE, NOT EQUITABLE TO CURRENT STANDARDS, EXTRA COST WITH THE POLICE SHORTAGE, QUESTION MARK, MISSOURI CITY IS NOT READY.
MAKE A STRATEGIC PLAN AND PARTNER IN THE PLANNING.
BE UPFRONT AND HONEST AS A REALTOR.
UM, LOST A SALE DUE TO MUD TWO TAX INCREASE, NO NOTIFICATION FROM MISSOURI CITY.
YOU SHOULD HONOR THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
NEGOTIATE, HIRE, POLICE, COORDINATE.
PLEASE DO THIS WITH US AND NOT TO US.
SO I'M SURE YOU WON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO READ ALL OF THEM.
THAT'S JUST A SUMMARY OF THE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, SANDY 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.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I AM HERE TONIGHT IS THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE SIENNA RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION, AND THAT ADDRESS IS 9,600 SCANLON TRACE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
I AM ALSO A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.
I'M JUST REITERATING THAT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF MUD TWO, WE REQUEST THAT COUNSEL DELAY THE ANNEXATION OR RESIDENTS FOR THE MOST PART, FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT ANNEXATION WILL HAPPEN, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU DELAY IT SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE THAT THE CITY CAN PROVIDE THE
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SERVICES AND ALSO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS TO THEM.MR. MECHI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM J MITCHIE, JR.
I LIVE IN 91 11 SOUTH FITZGERALD WAY, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
FIRST, I WANNA REVIEW HOW MISSOURI CITY HAS ADDRESSED CERTAIN ISSUES IN THE PAST.
MISSOURI CITY IS FIRST NATION ADOPTING AUTISM CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
MISSOURI CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED PUBLIC PROTECTION CLASS RATING ONE, ONE Y.
THE HIGHEST RATING AWARD IS BY INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICER WITH 26 OTHER TEXAS AND 97 OTHER CITIES NATIONWIDE ACHIEVING HIS RATING.
YOU'VE ALSO RECEIVED CAPRA ACCREDITATION.
IN NUMBER CITIES, A GREATER THAN 50,000 POPULATION FOR ALARMS BY HOME SECURITY, SAFETY, SECURITY.
YOU'RE WARD AND BEST OF CITY LIVING IN TEXAS.
THE POINT OF BEING IS YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
NEXT, I WANNA THANK MUD TWO BOARD MEMBERS, H O A, ALONG WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL, ACCOUNTANTS, ENGINEERS, MAINTENANCE PEOPLE TO MAKE CIAN AND MUD.
TWO, THE BEST AND THE BEST, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF MUD TWO.
THIS IS FURTHER DONE BY SPENDING EXCESS MONIES FOR MUD TWO.
NEXT, I REVIEWED THE ANNEXATION DOCUMENTS ON THE WEBPAGE AND THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW.
I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW HOW MISSOURI CITY, HOW MUD TWO RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT ECONOMICALLY AS I CANNOT FIND ANY BENEFIT TO ANNEXATION FROM ATTENDING MED TWO MEETINGS.
IT WAS DISCLOSED IN MISSOURI CITY, USED FINANCIAL DATA FROM FEBRUARY, 2022 WHEN THAT DATA FROM MID 2023 WAS AVAILABLE, NOT BEING THE BEST OF BEST.
CURRENTLY, MUD TWO TAX RATE IS 0.43.
MR. RATE, TAX RATE AFTER ADJUSTMENT IS 0.51.
HOWEVER, WITHOUT ANNEXATION SEEING MUD TWO RATE 2025 WOULD BE 0.09.
THIS RESSEM REPRESENTS MAINTENANCE OPERATING PORTION OF MUD TWO AS MENTIONED BY THE MUD TWO PRESIDENT.
SO MUD TWO RESIDENTS WILL BE PAYING ABOUT 5, 5, 5 TIMES HIGHER THAN GOING FORWARD.
NOT BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST.
MUD TO 65 EXEMPTION IS $30,000, AND YOU'RE NOT THE BEST OF THE BEST.
UM, THE ONLY, IT ONLY ADDS COMPLEXITY TO GOVERNMENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
YOU'RE NOT THE BEST OF THE BEST MAINTENANCE OPERATING EFFICIENCY OF THE CURRENT MUD BOARD IS, IS GOOD.
I DON'T SEE ANY ENGINEERS COMING.
YOU'RE NOT BEING THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE, IN THIS RESIDENT.
RESIDENTS OF MUD TWO ALREADY HAVE SERVICES OF MISSOURI CITY.
AGAIN, YOU DON'T OFFER US ANY, ANY IMPROVEMENT.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FROM MI MISSOURI CITY THAT MORE EFFICIENT ADDRESSING MUD TWO MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING ISSUES.
IN THE CURRENT BOARD, THERE ARE A MYRIAD OF ISSUES ADDRESSED WHEN SYSTEMS ARE 25 YEARS OLD.
ONE HAS TO CONSIDER TO SOLVE, SOLVES WATER HARDNESS, PH MAINTENANCE CALCULATION PRESSURE HIGH AND EQUATION TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT, UH, GAS PIPING, THEIR ISSUES WITH PUMPS WASTE IN THE DISHES.
THE DISHES ARE CONTINUING PROBLEM.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW MISSOURI CITY CURRENT TAX RATE IN THE 23 TO 27.
AND THEN THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY MISSOURI CM MUDS THAT MISSOURI CITY WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY.
ESTABLISHING A TRACK RECORD OF BEING THE BEST AND THE BEST FOR THE FIRST ANNEXATION THROUGH ADDRESSING ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARISE AND UNCOVER SOME UNKNOWN TODAY, WILL GO A LONG WAY IN DEVELOPING THAT PUBLIC TRUST TO STOP THE INEVITABLE NUMEROUS SPEECHES LIKE THIS ONE THAT OCCUR IN EACH MONTH TO MS. UH, ANNEXATION MONTH.
ALRIGHT, LASTLY, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WHO SAYS IT SHOULD HAPPEN THIS FAST.
MR. FERGUSON, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALWAYS ALSO, PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
SCOTT FERGUSON, 9 3 0 3 NORTH FITZGERALD WAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD LOTS OF APPEALS ABOUT, UM, NOT YET.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER A LOT OF THOSE FACTS.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY, WE DON'T WANNA BE ADVERSARIES WITH THE CITY.
IF WE COME INTO THE CITY, WE WANNA DO IT AS PARTNERS.
AND SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS TO SLOW IT DOWN SO THAT CAN HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US WHO LIVE THERE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ANNEXATION WAS GOING TO HAPPEN SOMEDAY, BUT NOT LIKE THIS.
SO THE PROCESS IS WHAT BUILDS TRUST AND WHAT BUILDS COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T WANNA BE AT ODDS.
AND SO THE WAY TO APPROACH IT IS TO SLOW IT DOWN, BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE, GET CONCERNS ADDRESSED, GIVE THE TIME FOR IT TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN WE, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, AT LEAST EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND CAN DO SO WITH A LEVEL OF TRUST.
SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO SLOW IT DOWN, PLEASE.
MR. ATWOOD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
OKAY, DAVID ATWOOD, UH, 1 0 0 1, 1 CALEB WAY, OBVIOUSLY IN SIENNA MUD NUMBER TWO RANGE.
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THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME I'VE COME BEFORE YOU, UH, FOLKS AND, UH, VOICE MY OPINION HERE.SO BASICALLY, UH, AGAIN, AS A LOT OF EVERYBODY IS SAYING, WHY THE URGENCY TO DO THIS SO FAST? YOU KNOW, IT, IT TAKES TIME TO BUILD TRUST, BUILD PLANS, EXECUTE PLANS AND ALL THAT.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT YET FROM MISSOURI CITY TO THE LEVEL I WOULD THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, FOR, FOR EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN IN THE PROPER DEAL.
YOU KNOW, ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT ANNEXING SIENNA INTO MISSOURI CITY IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION, LIKE LITTLE MUD BY LITTLE MUD, BY LITTLE MUD, IS THE WRONG WAY TO DO IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE MESS OF SIENNA, IT'S PROBABLY A THIRD OR, YOU KNOW, 40% OF THE, THE POPULATION OF MISSOURI CITY.
NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN WHERE YOU, YOU DO THIS RIGHT, IN MY EYES, YADA ANNEX, LIKE ALL OF SIENNA RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, THE MUDS IN THAT ALL AT ONE TIME WERE NOT AT ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA CREATE UTTER CHAOS FOR THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS OF SIENNA BY THE ISSUES WITH DUES AND ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IN WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT ANNEXING OUR AREAS, LIKE ADDING EIGHT OR 9% TO THE POPULATION OF MISSOURI CITY OVERNIGHT, DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF TO HANDLE 1600 PLUS NEW HOMES? DO YOU HAVE THE STAFF TO HANDLE 6,000 PLUS RESIDENTS? I DON'T THINK YOU DO, ESPECIALLY IN POLICE.
AND THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL.
UM, THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE, AGAIN, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, KEYWORD PARTNERSHIP, UM, IT'S CRAFTED WAY BACK IN 1997, I BELIEVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT WAS TO HAVE A POLICE STATION INSIDE OF SIENNA.
I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT I, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THAT'S THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
THE TAX RATE, I DON'T SEE THE, UM, THE BENEFIT TO US ON, ON THE TAX RATE FROM MISSOURI CITY VERSUS WHAT WE ARE GETTING NOW.
AND, UM, I GUESS THE LAST THING I'LL THROW IN HERE IS I, UM, IN THE EMAILS I SENT YOU, THERE WAS, UH, MY SEVEN PS OF MANAGEMENT.
THE FIRST THREE PS, PROPER PRIOR PLANNING.
MS. HERNANDEZ, PLEASE, UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
SORRY, CINDY HERNANDEZ, 9 4 1 5 NORTH FITZGERALD WAY, SIENNA, MISSOURI CITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME, THIS EVENING AGAIN.
AND YES, I'M HERE TO SAY HELLO AND TO CHECK IN
WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SMALL STEPS TAKEN SINCE THE MID-JUNE ANNOUNCEMENT, WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
IN MY OPINION, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF CONJECTURE, MISUNDERSTANDING, AND MISINFORMATION REGARDING THE TYPES OF SERVICES, COSTS, AND IMPACT THAT WILL RESULT FROM THIS ANNEXATION.
THESE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN DETAIL.
OTHERS HAVE BROUGHT UP THIS EVENING AND PREVIOUSLY VALID CONCERNS SUCH AS LANDSCAPING, ROADWAYS, TAXES, POLICE SERVICE, AND MORE PUBLIC PERCEPTION IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN THE LONG TERM.
YOU AREN'T DEALING WITH JUST 6,000 RESIDENTS IN MUD TOO.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH 34,000 IN ALL OF SIENNA, SIENNA RESIDENTS.
YOUR FUTURE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS NEED AND FRANKLY DESERVE TO RECEIVE CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON HOW THIS ANNEXATION WILL AFFECT THEM NOW AND GOING FORWARD, EXCUSE ME, PLEASE SLOW DOWN AND DELAY THIS ANNEXATION.
WORK WITH THE ASSOCIATION, THE CITIZENS, TO MAKE THIS PROCESS AS POSITIVE AND SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL INVOLVED.
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO COMMUNICATE AND WORK WITH US.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE STAFF REPORTS.
[5. STAFF REPORTS]
WE HAVE FIVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION.[00:15:01]
UH, IS IT POSSIBLE, UH, IF I COULD ASK THE CITY SECRETARY, IF WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS SEVEN, EIGHT, UH, ONE THROUGH EIGHT? AND IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE MOVE ITEM EIGHT B UH, FOR STAFF REPORTS IS A, IS MY MOTION, BUT I DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON? ANY ITEMS? SEVEN A ONE THROUGH EIGHT? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM EIGHT B, UH, BEFORE A STAFF REPORT.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
OKAY, SO, SO I MAY THE SECOND OBJECTION, HONOR.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY, AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KLAUSER.
MR. MAYOR, IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH IT, CAN WE PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE CAN, BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA BE FILED FOR OUR VOTES.
SO DO WE PULL THAT OR IT'S NOT WORKING? IT'S WORKING.
THIS WASN'T A VOTING ITEM, SO YOU DIDN'T LOAD THE VOTE.
SO IS RECORD THAT CONST MAYOR BONY MADE, MADE THE MOTION AND SECONDED BY CONST MCC CLAUSE? YES, SIR.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
B, GO AHEAD.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, EXTENDING THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS TO INCLUDE SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER TWO, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF SIENNA MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, SOUTH OF MCKEEVER ROAD, EAST OF THE FRANCIS RIVER, AND WEST OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD BY 21 FOR FULL PURPOSES, DESCRIBING SUCH TERRITORY.
AND LEXINGTON, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
ALL OF THE AREAS WITHIN SUCH TERRITORY PURSUANT TO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SAID DISTRICT APPROVING A SERVICE PLAN FOR THE AREA WITHIN SUCH TERRITORY, ADDING THE WESTERN PORTION OF SAID AREA TO, AND THE EASTERN PORTION OF SAID AREA WITHIN SUCH TERRITORY TO COUNCIL DISTRICT C AND COUNCIL DISTRICT D RESPECTIVELY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
ARE WE READY WITH THE PRESENTATION? GO AHEAD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M GONNA, UH, JUST PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE ANNEXATION OF MUD TWO THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
UM, A COUPLE OF THESE SLIDES YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT AGAIN, UM, AS TO WHAT IS BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS ANNEXATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SIENNA MUD TWO, UM, INCLUDING THE HISTORY FROM THE CREATION AND ENTERING INTO THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE POPULATION SIZE, THE ESTIMATED POPULATION, UM, AND IT'S CURRENTLY WITHIN THE E T J, THE ANNEXATION WOULD ASSUME, UH, WHAT, UH, MUD TWO, UH, CURRENTLY PROVIDES SERVICE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THOSE SERVICES INCLUDED FOR LOCATION PURPOSES.
UH, THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES OF MUD TWO, AS IS POSITIONED, UH, IN THE C COMMUNITY, UH, UH, JUST SOUTH OF, UH, SIENNA PARKWAY AND MCKEEVER ROAD.
AND THEN JUST FOR CONTEXT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, THIS MAP IS AVAILABLE, UM, ONLINE IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY LIMITS, UH, WOULD, UH, EXTEND TO.
UM, AND SO THIS MAP IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE, UH, FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE OF WHAT'S TRANSPIRED TO DATE.
UH, AGAIN, THIS SHOWS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT HAVE, UH, HAPPENED, UH, PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING THE ANNEXATION, UM, INCLUDING, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, THAT WERE HELD HERE, UH, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST, A LOT OF COMMENTS, A LOT OF CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, THE ANNEXATION.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, A FEW ITEMS, UH, JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL START WITH THE TOP.
UM, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE SIENNA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, AND THE CITY'S, UM, ROLE IN THE ANNEXATION.
UH, THE SIENNA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED, UM, WOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE, UM, AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE TODAY, UM, PROVIDED THAT THEIR BOARD, UH, CONTINUES THAT FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF SIENNA.
SO THIS ANNEXATION WOULD NOT CHANGE THE ROLE OF THE SIENNA, UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, IN THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE IN THE AREAS OF LANDSCAPING, SUPPLEMENTAL PATROL, AND OTHER AMENITIES.
THE ANOTHER ITEM THAT IS OUT THERE, UM, IN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION,
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UH, IS MISSOURI CITY WILL ACQUIRE THE $4 MILLION, UH, THAT, UH, THE SIENNA MUD HAS ASSUMED, UM, THIS IS NOT TRUE.UM, UH, WHAT IS TRANSPIRING TODAY, UH, IS THE MUD BOARD IS IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, DISTRIBUTING AND, UH, USING THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
SO THOSE FUNDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BECOME, UM, PART OF, UH, THE MISSOURI CITY'S GENERAL FUND IF THE ANNEXATION GOES THROUGH.
FINALLY, WE HEARD EVEN TONIGHT ABOUT POLICE COVERAGE AND RESPONSE.
UM, STAFF IS, UH, CONFIDENT THAT THE SERVICE LEVEL, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AWARD-WINNING POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS FOR MISSOURI CITY, WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, APPROPRIATE SERVICE LEVELS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS BUSINESSES WITHIN, UH, MUD NUMBER TWO.
AND AGAIN, WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, MISSOURI CITY IS CONFIDENT, UH, THAT IT IS PREPARED AND, UM, READY, UH, TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL OPERATIONS WITH MINIMAL IMPACT, UH, TO CITY SERVICES.
THERE WAS A, A STATEMENT OUT THERE ABOUT THE SUGARLAND MODEL, UM, SUGARLAND ANNEX, NEW TERRITORY, GREAT, GREAT WOOD WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS, UM, OR SO, UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNEXATION, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COMPARABLE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY OF SUGARLAND WENT THROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS A LARGER, UM, PIECE OF LAND AND ENCOMPASS RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, UM, AND MORE COMPLICATED AREAS, UH, FOR ANNEXATION.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN APPLES TO APPLES, UH, COMPARISON, UM, IN THE MODEL THAT SUGARLAND, UH, TOOK AS OPPOSED TO WHAT MISSOURI CITY IS GOING THROUGH TODAY.
AND FINALLY, MISSOURI CITY'S ANNEXATION WILL REQUIRE MUD TO RESIDENTS TO PAY ADDITIONAL TAXES IN THE NEXT, UM, UH, TAX PERIOD.
AND IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED, UM, UH, RESIDENTS OF MUTU WILL NOT SEE A MISSOURI CITY TAX BILL OR MISSOURI CITY TAX STATEMENT UNTIL THE FALL OF 2024.
UM, AND THOSE TAXES WOULD NOT BE ASSUMED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UM, UNTIL JANUARY, 2025.
SO THE SERVICE PLAN IS PART OF THE ORDINANCE THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT, UH, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY UPON ANNEXATION.
UM, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, POLICE PROTECTION, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE PROTECTION, SOLID WASTE WOULD CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT CONTRACT, UH, THAT MUD RESIDENTS, UM, ARE USING TODAY.
UM, WATER WASTEWATER FACILITIES, THE SAME, UH, THE CITY WOULD ASSUME, UH, CONTROL OF, UH, MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND STREETS, UM, PUBLIC PARKS, UM, AND ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE CITY'S TOOLS AND RESOURCES REGARDING ZONING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, UH, WOULD BE ADDITIONAL, UH, CITY SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THIS AREA.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF SNAPSHOTS, UM, OF WHAT THOSE SERVICES WOULD ENTAIL.
UM, POLICE SERVICES GIVES YOU, UH, JUST KIND OF A BREAKDOWN, UM, FOR WHAT THE CNA MUD TWO AREA, UM, HAS, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE OVERALL CITY.
UM, SO YOU SEE, UH, GENERALLY COMPARISON OF POPULATION, UH, TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS.
UM, THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICES ON THE RECORD, UM, CURRENTLY FOR MUD TWO, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE ENTIRE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, MISSOURI CITY CURRENTLY HAS 135 AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME CERTIFIED OFFICERS, UM, WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL FORT BEND COUNTY SECURITY OFFICERS, UM, THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE WITHIN, UH, CNA MUD TWO ON OUR PUBLIC WORK SIDE.
UM, YOU SEE AGAIN, THE COMPARISONS, UM, OF, UH, SIDEWALKS MAINTAINED STREET MAINTENANCE, STREET SWEEPING, MOSQUITO SPRAYING, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, AND STREET LIGHTS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE OVERALL COVERAGE THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY, UM, PROVIDES WITHIN ITS CITY LIMITS.
PARKS AND RECS, UM, WOULD BE ANOTHER, UM, ADDED AMENITY FOR, UH, SIENNA MUD TWO, UM, WHERE YOU SEE THE ADDITIONAL PARK ACRES COMPARED TO, UH, THE PARK ACREAGE THAT MISSOURI CITY IS CURRENTLY HOLDING, MAINTAINING, AND PROVIDING AMENITIES FOR, UH, WITHIN ITS CITY LIMITS.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON ZONING, UM, WHICH WOULD BE AN ADDED TOOL, UM, FOR RESIDENTS OF MUD TWO, UM, ZONING DOES NOT EXTEND TO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES.
SO AN ANNEXATION WOULD, UM, CLASSIFY ALL OF THE LAND WITHIN MUD TWO, A SUBURBAN DISTRICT WITH, WHICH IS A HOLDING DISTRICT UNTIL PERMANENT, UH, ZONING IS APPLIED.
UM, BUT ZONING IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE AN ADDED, UM, ADDITION, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, OF MUD.
NUMBER TWO, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE ALSO PROVIDES FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS.
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SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WOULD OVERLAP WITH THE H O A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, BUT WOULD ALSO, UM, BE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S REGULATIONS ON HO HOME OCCUPATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION, AGAIN, ON PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE H O A CURRENTLY, UH, PROVIDES.UM, THE CITY'S, UH, PLAN REVIEW PROCESS FOR ANY ADDITIONS, MODIFICATIONS, ALTERATIONS, UH, WOULD BE PART OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT MISSOURI CITY WOULD PROVIDE.
UM, AND SO THE H O A IS TYPICALLY LOOKING AT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, COLORS.
THE CITY, UM, WOULD NOT ASSUME THOSE DUTIES THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE, UH, PERFORMED BY THE H O A, UM, BUT THE CITY WOULD PERFORM, UH, PLAN REVIEWS AND ISSUE PERMITS AND PERFORM INSPECTIONS.
THE CITY'S ALARM PERMIT PROGRAM FOR ALL MONITORED ALARM SYSTEMS WOULD ALSO APPLY, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE AREA AS WELL AS THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL, UH, RENTAL, UH, REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHERE IT STANDS WITH MUNICIPAL SERVICES AS IT STANDS TODAY.
THE CURRENT, UH, PROVISION OF THOSE UNDER THE CNA, H O A, THE CNA, MUD TWO, AND THEN FORT BEND COUNTY.
AND IF THE SANITATION IS APPROVED, WHO WOULD ASSUME THOSE DUTIES? UM, AND SO YOU SEE, UH, WHERE FORT BEND COUNTY MUD, NUMBER TWO, USER FEES, UM, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE ASSUMED BY THE CITY AND BECOME PART OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE PLAN, UH, THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND THEN THIS IS ALSO A BREAKDOWN, UM, OF THOSE DUTIES THAT WOULD BE ASSUMED BY THE CITY.
UM, UPON ANNEXATION, THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THE INCREASE IN TAXES, UM, AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN TO SHOW JUST AN EXAMPLE CASE OF WHAT THAT INCREASE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND SO IT'S ESTIMATED BASED ON THIS YEAR'S TAX, UM, UM, DOLLARS THAT THE AVERAGE COST INCREASE TO A PROPERTY OWNER IN SIENNA MUD TWO WOULD BE ABOUT $301, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF $25 MORE, UM, PER MONTH IF THIS ANNEXATION WERE TO GO THROUGH.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE $25 PER MONTH TO ASSUME ALL OF THOSE MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
CITY SERVICES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND SUMMARIZED, UM, BEFORE.
SO $25 PER MONTH BROKEN DOWN, UM, AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, UM, RESIDENTS WOULD BE, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR FLOOD INSURANCE DISCOUNTS.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, STREET MAINTENANCE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, MONITORING, WHICH THE CITY CURRENTLY, UH, PROVIDES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AGAIN, AND, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HAS LIVE.
9 1 1 MISSOURI CITY IS THE ONLY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THIS AREA, UM, THAT HAS NINE LIVE, 9 1 1, UH, SYSTEM, UH, THAT WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO, UH, RESIDENTS WITHIN THIS AREA.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.
I KNOW THERE'S AN ASTERISK ON THE, UH, SIENNA MUD TWO.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A VOTE TAKEN EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THAT INCREASED THAT FROM 25,000 TO 30,000.
THIS IS BASED ON, UH, THE 2022 TAX ROLL.
UM, SO THAT NEW AMOUNT HAS NOT TAKEN EFFECT YET.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE COMPARISON, UH, WITH THE CITY'S EXEMPTIONS, UH, THAT WOULD APPLY IF ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, AGAIN, ON, UM, THE, UH, IMPACT ON THE TAX ROLL.
AGAIN, IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED, UM, THE CITY WILL NOT ASSUME THE DOLLARS FROM THOSE TAXES UNTIL TAX YEAR 2024, WHICH WOULD BE DUE IN 2025.
ADDITIONAL FUNDS COMING IN, IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, RESIDENTS WOULD NOT, UH, BE ASSUMING THESE COSTS, UH, WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 2024.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE, UM, FOR THE ANNEXATION.
SO TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT INCLUDES THE SERVICE PLAN, UM, THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.
UM, COUNSEL WILL HAVE TO, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, CONSIDER IT FOR A SECOND AND FINAL READING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 21ST.
AND IF, UM, APPROVED ON AUGUST 21ST, THEN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, ON AUGUST 22ND, UH, 2023, UM, THERE IS A TRANSITION PERIOD THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS IF THE ANNEXATION IS APPROVED.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK, IS THERE A MOTION WORKING? SO I GOT A MOTION BY CONS, MEMBER MELES.
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OKAY.SO SECOND BACK COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SO, UH, IF ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, PLACE YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE, WHICH I'M NOT.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, GO AHEAD.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY FAST-PACED, UM, PROCESS, AND I STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, AND CONCERNED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT ALSO KNOW THERE'S BENEFITS ON BOTH SIDES FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND FOR THAT, I WOULD ASK THAT WE, THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MOTION IS, BUT POSSIBLY CONSIDER DELAYING THIS PROCESS UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO GATHER AS MUCH DETAILS AND INFORM OUR RESIDENTS OF ALL OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE GETTING FROM THE CITY, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, OTHERWISE, MY, MY VOTE WOULD BE NO, FOR TONIGHT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAMONI.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, STATE THAT I THINK THE STAFF HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF GETTING US TO THIS POINT TO MAKE A DECISION.
UM, I BELIEVE IN LOOKING AT ALL THE DETAILS, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, UH, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S SEEMINGLY RUSHED, BUT, UH, YOU CAME IN, UH, AND ANALYZED THE 2019, UH, MUD STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
AND OF COURSE, BASED OFF OF THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO, YOU HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO TRY TO, TO, TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO ADDRESS, UH, ALL OF OUR MUDS, UH, INCLUDING THIS ONE.
AND SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, RUSHED OR, UH, IT HADN'T BEEN DONE PROFESSIONALLY.
UH, COULD THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE TIME CONSIDERED? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE TASKED WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH US HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR FUTURE IN THE BUDGET, UH, OF, OF COMING WITH A SOLUTION, POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR THIS.
BUT, UM, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS THAT I HAVE, UH, ON THIS AND MY PRIMARY CONCERN.
UM, AND I DO WANNA WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH, UM, THE H O A AND, AND THE MUD TO, UH, HAVE A SOLUTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WHO, WHO BOUGHT A HOME IN THAT AREA KNOWS THAT ANNEXATION IS INEVITABLE.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YES, IT COULD HAVE HAD MORE CONVERSATION LEADING UP TO THIS POINT.
UH, BUT ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS IS ABOUT POPULATION, UH, AND ADDING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE DISTRICTS, UH, TO, TO DATE.
I, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T RE RECEIVED ANY ANALYSIS, UH, ON HOW THIS IMPACTS THE DISTRICTS, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE NUMBERS DEMOGRAPHICALLY, UH, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE HAD A REAL ROBUST, UH, REDISTRICTING CONVERSATION AND DECISION THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR IN, IN 2022.
UH, IN LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AFTER WE LANDED WITH OUR FINAL, UH, MAP C REVISED DISTRICT A WAS AT 19,683, MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT B UH, WAS AT 17,888.
DISTRICT C WAS AT 18,857, AND DISTRICT D WAS AT 18,761 WITH THE PROPOSED 6,000, UH, POPULATION.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER IS, I'M WAITING ON THAT.
UH, BUT ASSUMING THAT IT IS 6,000, YOU DIVIDE THAT, UH, IN HALF, IT'S 3000, UH, OR EVEN IF IT WAS 1500, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS.
UH, IF YOU ADD 3000 TO DISTRICT C, THAT PUTS IT AT 21,857, UH, AND IN DISTRICT D, IT WOULD BRING IT TO 21,761.
BUT EVEN IF YOU TOOK THAT IN HALF AND 1500, UH, PEOPLE PER DISTRICT AT, UH, ADDING 20,357 IN DISTRICT C 20,261, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, AND I THINK THAT, UH, THE, THE ENTIRE MISSOURI CITY WOULD, WOULD, UH, WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT.
UH, AND OF COURSE, HAVING THAT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND DISTRICT C AND D INCREASED OVER, YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT, LIKE I SAID, IS A LITTLE LESS THAN 18,000, IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.
AND I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE DISPROPORTIONATE, UH, NUMBER THAT WOULD, WOULD, UNLESS WE DID REDISTRICTING AGAIN.
UH, IT JUST IS, IS VERY DISPARATE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATIONS, WHITE, HISPANIC, ASIAN, UH, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND HOW THIS IMPACTS OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, MY CONVERSATION, UH, UNTIL I GET THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, ASSURANCES OF WHAT THIS WOULD DO, AND, YOU KNOW, FROM AN IMPACT STANDPOINT, UH, TO AVOID ANY DISPARATE ACTION TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY, UH, I VOTE NO RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EVERY EMAIL THAT HAS BEEN SENT OVER TO ME ALONG WITH READING EVERYTHING THAT HAS, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT THE AGREEMENTS HAVE SAID AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
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HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY? MAYBE SO, UM, BUT INEVITABLY WE KNOW THAT ANNEXATION IS AND WILL HAPPEN AND IT WILL OCCUR.THE ANSWER IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
WHEN WILL THAT HAPPEN? I DO CONCUR WITH YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY, THAT THOSE ISSUES MAY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, AT, BUT AT WHAT POINT IN TIME COULD THEY BE ADDRESSED WOULD BE ALSO A CONCERN OR QUESTION AS WELL? THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IT IS APPARENT TO ME THAT WE CAN LEARN SOME THINGS FROM SIENNA AND MUD TOO, AS FAR AS IT, UM, RELATES TO, UH, THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT GOES INTO THEIR SUBDIVISION AND SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN OUR OWN CITY.
BUT HERE ON TONIGHT, THE QUESTION AT HAND IS, IS THE TIME.
NOW, THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION I YIELD RECOGNIZING, COUNCILMAN ME.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT POLICE, AND I'M WONDERING IF ANGEL, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT ON POLICE CHIEF AND WHAT YOU CAN SHARE, RIGHT? AND THEN WHERE WE'RE AT ON HIRING YOU OFFICERS.
UM, YES, AND I ALSO HAVE, UM, INTERIM CHIEF HERE, IF I NEED TO MORE SPECIFICS, BUT BASICALLY, UM, WE ARE SEEING A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN OUR, UM, POLICE FORCE NOW THAT WE'VE INCREASED THE SALARIES.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO OR THREE THAT ARE CHALLENGING THEIR T C O CERTIFICATION.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THE POLICE CHIEF THAT IS UNDERWAY, THE POSITION CLOSES ON AUGUST THE 11TH, AND AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD RECEIVE A LIST OF CERTIFIED CANDIDATES FROM THE RECRUITING FIRM, AND THEN WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH INTERVIEWS AFTER THAT, AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, LOOKING TO MAKE FINAL DECISIONS IN LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER.
CON I RECOGNIZE AND CON, MAY I APPROACH YOUR MEMORY? YES.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE, UH, IF YOU COULD, UH, E JOYCE IS, UH, COULD YOU, UH, TALK TO THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, POLICE STATION BEING REQUIRED IN SNA AND THE, THE TRANSITION FROM THE ORIGINAL, UH, AGREEMENT TO, UH, THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING UNDER, CERTAINLY THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UTILITY DISTRICT REQUIRED THE, UH, MASTER MUD DISTRICT OR THE DEVELOPER TO CREATE A, UH, OR ESTABLISH A SUBSTATION, UM, WITHIN THE DISTRICT, WITHIN THE SIENNA AREA, UH, BASED ON ITS LOCATION IN THE MASTER PLAN.
THAT MASTER PLAN IS PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED IN ABOUT 2013 TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE POLICE SUBSTATION IN THE AREA.
HOWEVER, THE CITY'S, UH, FIRE STATION FIVE, WHICH IS IN THE SIENNA AREA, DOES INCLUDE A, UH, ROOM OR AN AREA THAT IS UTILIZED CURRENTLY BY THE FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS KIND OF A SUBSTATION AS WELL.
THE OTHER, UH, UH, IS COMMENT THAT I'LL MAKE IS, UH, AND WE HAVEN'T, UH, TALKED ABOUT IT, UH, AT ALL.
AND THAT'S THE, UH, THE SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, UH, FOR THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY, UH, FOR, UH, HOMEOWNERS.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HOMEOWNER IS REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY, UH, MODIFICATIONS OR REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS TO, UH, THOSE, UH, UH, SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF, UH, AND, UH, UNDER THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT, IF IT GOES THROUGH THAT, UH, UM, MODIFICATIONS OR, UH, REPLACEMENTS OR REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE BY THE CITY, AND THERE WOULD BE NO CHARGE TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE RESIDENT OF, UH, MUD TWO, WHO MAY, UH, REQUIRE SOME, UH, REMEDIAL, UH, ACTION ON, UH, THE, UH, SIDEWALK CENTER, UH, IN, IN FRONT OF THEIR, THEIR HOME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT 'CAUSE WE HADN'T REALLY SEEN IT IN ANY OF THE, UH, UH, DISPLAYS THAT WE HAD.
SO, UM, THE LAST THING IS THE, IS THE, THE QUESTION OF, UH, THE POLICE COVERAGE? UH, NO, NOT YOU FOR YES, WE'RE GOOD.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING TO ME.
THE LAST ONE IS A POLICE COVERAGE.
AND HERE AGAIN, UH, THE, UH, UH,
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USE OF, UH, THE, UH, FORT BEND, EXCUSE ME, FORT BEND SHERIFF, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE COVERAGE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COVERAGE, UH, FOR, UH, SIENNA, WHICH INCLUDES MUD TOO, WOULD CONTINUE, AND, UH, IT WOULD BE COMPLIMENTED BY THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE, UH, COVERAGE THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT, UH, IF THE, UM, ANNEXATION WOULD GO THROUGH.SO I WANTED TO, UH, AT LEAST PUT A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE REALLY WOULDN'T BE SEEING A DEGRADATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN MUD TWO.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUS? YES.
UM, I WANNA SAY, UM, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF THAT, UM, HAS PROVIDED AND PUT A LOT OF THIS STUFF TOGETHER, UM, IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, AND TO THE RESIDENCE OF SIEN MA TWO.
UM, I'VE HEARD YOU, I'VE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS, I'VE RECEIVED YOUR EMAILS, I'VE READ EACH ONE OF THEM.
UM, I EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND COME TO ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS.
UM, I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO OUR STAFF AND OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND, UM, I DID MY DUE DILIGENCE TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO GO THROUGH SOME THINGS TO JUST BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN TO ME.
UM, WE AS, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TASKED WITH TOUGH DECISIONS, AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST, UM, SITUATIONS THAT I'VE BEEN IN AS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER WE ARE, WE ARE ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY AS WELL.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE TOUGH DECISIONS, WE ALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND PUT OURSELVES IN ALL THE RESIDENTS POSITIONS, UM, WHO WE ARE VOTING ON, YOU KNOW, FOR OR AGAINST CERTAIN ISSUES.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS FOR ME WAS, UM, THE SAFETY, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY, UH, AND EVEN THE ASSUMPTION OF THIS AREA WOULD BE, UH, SAFE.
AND, UM, I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH, WITH YOU GUYS IN OUR SESSION, UM, AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WOULD ALMOST BE DOUBLE COVERAGE OF, UH, POLICE COVERAGE IN THAT AREA.
UM, I DID HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE, UM, THE $4 MILLION THAT THE SIENNA MUD DISTRICT TWO HAS, I HEAR A LOT OF, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THAT $4 MILLION.
UM, SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT? IF, IF THIS VOTE IS APPROVED, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT $4 MILLION? WELL, AS UPON ANNEXATION, THE CITY WOULD ASSUME THE ENTIRE, ALL OF THE ASSETS AND ALL OF THE LIABILITIES OF THE, UM, DISTRICT.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THOSE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS WERE NOT SPENT, THEY WOULD BE, UH, AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER OVER.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE DID AS, AS FROM A STAFF POSITION, WAS TO NOTIFY THE BOARD INITIALLY ON JULY THE SEVENTH, THAT WE WOULD USE THOSE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO PAY DOWN SIENNA DEBT.
WE LATER CHANGED AND REPORTED OUT AT THE JULY 31ST MEETING THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO, I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND ASK FOR A CONTRACT THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO SIMA TWO FOR THEIR PURPOSES.
SINCE THEN, THE, BUT THE, THE BOARD HAS BEEN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT USE OF THOSE FUNDS, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING THEM FOR HOW THEY FEEL, UH, WHAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT DISTRICT AT THIS POINT.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UM, THEY WOULD ROLL OVER TO THE CITY, AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF THERE ARE UNRESTRICTED, UM, FUNDS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD STIPULATE THOSE FUNDS BEING USED IN THE DISTRICT.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, THE, I GUESS MOST OF ALL
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THE EMAILS I'VE GOTTEN HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WHY THE RUSH SLOW DOWN.SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO BASE THE TIMING OF THIS IS WHAT, WHEN WAS OUR LAST FULL ANNEXATION? UM, AND WHAT WAS THE TIMING OF, OF THAT IN COMPARISON TO THIS ANNEXATION? SINCE I WAS NOT HERE DURING THAT TIME, I'M A DEFER TO EITHER THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE, UM, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO LAST FULL ANNOTATION WAS 20 12, 20 13, UM, TIMEFRAME.
AND THAT OCCURRED, UM, OVER A SIMILAR PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOU SAY SIMILAR
SO IT'S THE, ALTHOUGH THE LAW HAS CHANGED, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THAT TIME, THE PROCESS IS STILL SIMILAR.
YOU HELD BACK, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAMOZ.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REVISIT THIS SLIDE SO EVERYONE HAD A BETTER GLANCE AT, AT WHAT SERVICES WERE EVERYONE'S LANES ARE.
I ALSO WANTED JUST TO MENTION, AND THIS WAS PROVIDED THAT WE AS A CITY INTEND TO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING AS FAR AS CONTRACT GOES.
SI ENVIRONMENTAL WILL STILL BE INVOLVED.
YOU GUYS WILL STILL HAVE THE SAME GARBAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WILL REMAIN.
AND SO I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE EVERYTHING AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, OPERATE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EQUAL OR BETTER SERVICE ACCORDING TO THIS AND OUR TRANSITION PLAN.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BRA MARSH.
UM, I KNOW MS. JONES AND OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ALONG WITH, UH, E JOYCE, AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT AND GIVING ME THAT TIME TO UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
COULD YOU PLEASE WALK US THROUGH THE 2024 TAX YEAR, WHEREAS WE WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY PROPERTY TAX INCOME, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE SERVICES.
HOW, HOW DOES THAT, UH, WORK? OKAY, BASICALLY, UM, FOR FISCAL 24, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN, UM, THE PROPERTIES WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN ON THE TAX ROLL AS OF JANUARY OF THAT YEAR.
SO SINCE WE'RE ALREADY BEYOND JANUARY THERE, THERE WOULD BE, THE CITY COULD NOT LEVY TAXES FOR THE 24 YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF UTILITY SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT, THOSE UTILITIES ARE STILL BEING PROVIDED AND THEY WILL STILL RECEIVE UTILITY BILLS TO COVER THE COST OF THOSE SERVICES.
SO UNTIL, IF, IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THE FIRST, UM, THE EARLIEST THAT THE, THE PROPERTIES WOULD BE ON THE TAX ROLLS WOULD BE JANUARY OF 24, WHICH WOULD THEN PUT IT INTO FISCAL YEAR 25.
AND AT THAT TIME, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY TAX PORTION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING PLACED ON THE TAX ROLLS, WHAT EXPENSES WOULD THAT WOULD BE USED TO COVER, UH, OUR POLICE EXPENSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? CORRECT.
BUT IN THE CURRENT, IN THE YEAR THAT WE DON'T COLLECT INC PROPERTY TAXES FROM THEM, WE WOULD COVER THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL OF THE EXPENSES THAT THAT'S CORRECT WOULD BE NEEDED INSIDE OF MUD WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY TYPE OF INCOME.
I MEAN, I, I GET THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, GET THE WATER BECAUSE THE UTILITIES WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN MY, MY LAST, UM, QUESTION THAT I, THAT I WANTED TO, UM, NO, THAT WAS IT.
ALRIGHT, JENNIFER, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY MOTIONS ON THE QUEUE, SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
CAN YOU STAY WHAT THE MOTION IS? UH, TEST STATED, UH, AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING SANTA MUD DISTRICT TWO.
THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO TWO.
WE'RE MOVING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, STAFF REPORTS.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION BY CERTIFIER, UH, CERTIFIED TAX ROLES.
UH, FATIMA, IT SAYS GIVE A FATIMA, LET'S GIVE IT A FEW MINUTES.
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OKAY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLE FOR, FOR FORT BEND COUNTY AND THE ESTIMATED TAX ROLE FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 26 0 4 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE.
THE TAX ASSESSOR SHALL SUBMIT THE APPRAISAL ROLE FOR THE UNIT FOR THE CITY, SHOWING THE TOTAL APPRAISED ASSESSED AND TAXABLE VALUES OF ALL PROPERTY AND THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY TO THE GOVERNING BODY.
THE ASSESSOR SHALL CERTIFY AN ESTIMATE OF THE COLLECTION RATE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF DEBT TAXES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF THE ANTICIPATED AMOUNT IN THE PROCEEDING YEAR.
IT SHOWS THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE AND THE, UM, APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD UNDER REVIEW PROPERTY.
THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE IN MISSOURI CITY FOR FORT BEND COUNTY IS 10,354,028,000 400 7700.
AND FOR COMPARISON, THERE IS THE 2022 TAXABLE VALUE AS CERTIFICATION AND THE 2022 TAXABLE VALUE.
AS OF THE LAST SUPPLEMENT, WHICH IS ABOUT JULY 21ST, 2023, THE NEW PROPERTY IN FORT BEND COUNTY FROM MISSOURI CITY IS 343 MILLION 500 4040 3,207.
AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR, IT WAS 347,729,460 A.
THIS IS THE ES CERTIFIED ESTIMATE FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUE IN HARRIS COUNTY FOR MISSOURI CITY IS 633,895,991.
THERE IS A COMPARISON FOR A LAST YEAR CERTIFICATION AND AN AMOUNT FOR THE LAST SUPPLEMENT AROUND JULY 21ST, 2023.
THE NEW PROPERTY IN HARRIS COUNTY IS 8,236,157 AS OPPOSED TO THE 2022 VAL.
UM, NEW PROPERTY OF TAXABLE VALUE OF 10,887,267.
OTHER INFORMATION, THE ANTICIPATED COLLECTION RATE FOR 2023 IS 1 1 0 1 0.01%.
THE 2022 EXCESS DEBT COLLECTIONS WERE $181,597.
THESE ARE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A COMPARISON OF EXEMPTIONS.
THE NEW, THE NET DIFFERENCE IN EXEMPTIONS FROM 2022 TO 2023.
THERE WERE 923 NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS FOR VALUE OF 17 MILLION 9 77 970 7,696.
THERE WAS A NET DIFFERENCE OF 611 OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR 14,388,185 AND FOR THE DISABLED THERE WERE 20.
THERE WAS A NET DIFFERENCE OF 27 NEW EXEMPTIONS CLAIM FOR A VALUE OF $420,045.
THE NEXT STEPS RELATING TO TAXES.
THERE WILL BE A, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON AUGUST 21ST REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM TAX RATE ON, ON AUGUST 31ST.
WE, THE BUDGET WILL BE THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET WILL BE SUBMITTED AND POSTED TO THE WEB ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
THE CC'S BUDGET WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE BUDGET ADOPTION AND THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, FATIMA.
UM, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
[6. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A MOTION SEND? A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARSHALL, SEEING NO NOTICE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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ITEM SEVEN,[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a resolution reaut...]
PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTION.UM, WE HAVE SEVEN A ONE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A RESOLUTION REAUTHORIZING TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA OF HER PRESENTATION BY HERMAN RODRIGUEZ.
DO WE HAVE, OKAY, HERMAN'S NOT HERE.
HER, CAN WE GO SO I CAN ASSIST IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE ON THIS ONE.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S REQUIRED TO REAUTHORIZE YOUR TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES.
THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE A CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION THAT OPS YOUR EXISTING TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES.
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES MADE TO THOSE GUIDELINES.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MEAN, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THERE'S ANYONE CORRECT? NO, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEVEN A ONE ITEM SEVEN A TWO CITY ATTORNEY
[(2) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution of the City Council o...]
SEVEN A TWO IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN TAX ABATEMENT REAUTHORIZING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA GOVERNING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR SEPARATE PENALTY.IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S BEEN A MOTION BY CONST MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
THERE'S BEEN SECOND BY CONST MEMBER KLAUSER.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
UM, IN THE EXCLUSIONS, EJO, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AS TO WHAT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO.
UM, QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT IF THERE'S ALREADY, I'LL CALL IT A CLEANERS, RIGHT? AND ANOTHER CLEANERS WANTED TO DO ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
WOULD WE CONSIDER THAT TO BE ABATED OR IS THAT JUST A DISCUSSION? WE DECIDE AT THAT POINT? YOU ALSO HAVE THE, UH, DIRECTOR HERE.
WELL, I CAN'T GIVE A LEGAL OPINION AND I KNOW THEY JUST ASKED CJO, SO, UM, GO BACK TO YOU, JOYCE.
UM, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THAT SITUATION, AND THE GUIDELINES DO PROVIDE FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT IN THAT SITUATION, I DO NOT THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE TAX ABATEMENT.
BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE DISCRETION.
BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME DISCRETION? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP EMERY.
YOU KNOW, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO I THINK WE, UH, AS, AS A COUNCILMAN MADE A, UH, HAVE AN INFORMAL, UH, DECISION THAT, UH, WE'D ONLY USED TAX ABATEMENT, UH, AS THE, UH, UH, I GUESS THE INCENTIVE TO, UH, BRING A, A BUSINESS INTO, UH, MISSOURI CITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW WITH, UH, THE LACK OF LAND, UH, TO DO SOME OF THE MAJOR, UH, PROGRAMS OR MAJOR PROJECTS, UH, I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE WITH DOING A, A REAL SERIOUS, NOT THAT IT WOULDN'T BE SERIOUS, BUT A BUT A, A STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WHEN WE GIVE A TAX ABATEMENT, IT'S GONNA BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, IN WHOLE.
AND THAT, UH, WE, UH, USE THE TAX ABATEMENT SPARINGLY WHEN, UH, UH, THE, UH, SITUATION, UH, WARRANTS, UH, THE USE OF TAX ABATEMENTS TO INCENTIVIZE, UH, BUSINESSES TO COME INTO MISSOURI CITY.
SO, UH, THAT'S JUST THE COMMENT THAT, UH, THAT I HAVE.
SINCE, SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES SEVEN TO ZERO.
[(3) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against the Community Deve...]
A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.YEAR 2023, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, MARISSA MORGAN.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER LEADERSHIP STAFF MEMBERS.
WHAT IS C D B G? IT IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
IT'S A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES TO ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
UM, THE PROGRAM ALLOCATES ANNUAL GRANT FUNDS, UH, TO DEVELOP VIABLE
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COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING, A SUITABLE LIVING ARRANGEMENT OR ENVIRONMENT, AND, UH, TO EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES PRINCIPALLY FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS.WHAT IS C D B G? JUST ASK THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA GET A BETTER ANSWER.
IT IS A FEDERAL FUNDED PROGRAM, UH, TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS BY PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING, SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND EXPANDED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
IT IS ALSO CONSIDERED A, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IS CONSIDERED AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY.
UM, THE CITY RECEIVES THIS FUND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
ALSO, WE HAVE SUB-RECIPIENTS THAT ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVING THE FUNDS AND IT IS ALSO BASED ON ELIGIBILITY ACTIVITIES.
AND THAT IN THAT DOES INCLUDE AN APPLICATION.
ONE OF THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS IS A QUALIFYING ACTIVITY THAT MUST MEET, UH, YOU PRESSING THE BUTTON ON THE KEYBOARD.
NOW HOW DO I GET BACK TO WHERE I WAS? ONE SECOND.
THAT WAS THE BEST PRESENTATION EVER.
WE'LL GET BACK ON A ROLL HERE.
SO, UM, QUALIFYING ACTIVITY MUST MEET THE HOOD NATIONAL OBJECTIVE BENEFIT.
UH, SOME OF THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES, UH, BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO PREVENT AND ELIMINATE SLUM AND BLIGHT AND TO MEET AN URGENT COMMUNITY NEED.
SOME OF THE OTHER BENEFITS THAT I FIND REALLY SUPER IMPORTANT IS THAT, UH, THE GENERAL LOW TO MODERATE INCOME CLIENTELE, THE PUBLIC IS IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC OR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, OF MISSOURI CITY IN THE LO DEMARI INCOME, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE CITY.
THAT'S, THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME, AS WELL AS THE LIMITED CLIENTELE IN RICHARD RES.
ON THE THIRD LEADER, THE MAP THAT YOU SEE IS THE C D B G TARGETED AREAS.
THIS INFORMATION IS USED, IS RECEIVED UTILIZING, UM, THE CENSUS TRACKING AND I ALSO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE IN MY OFFICE AND I CAN EMAIL THEM TO ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED.
SOME OF THE PRIORITIES FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HERE TO DISCUSS, IS EDUCATION OF THE YOUTH AND ADULTS HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES, SENIOR AND ADULT SERVICES, UH, DISABLED POPULATION AND HOMELESS SERVICES, WHICH DO EXIST HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT I REALLY, REALLY, UH, LIKE TO SEE IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS VERY GOOD AND IMPORTANT.
VITAL PART OF THE C D B G PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE REHABILITATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES.
A PUBLIC FACILITIES SUCH AS GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, CENTERS, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER FACILITIES AS WELL.
AND PUBLIC SERVICES, INCLUDING FAIR HOUSING INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
IF YOU GOT ELIGIBLE, YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME INELIGIBLE.
SO HERE ARE SOME OF THEM POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, AND THEY'RE MORE LISTED THERE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PRO, UM, FUNDED PROGRAMS. UM, FROM 2019 TO 2022.
UH, OUR SCHOLARSHIP, UM, PROGRAM CODE ENFORCEMENT, FORT BEND SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS IS AWESOME.
WE HAVE THE HOUSING AND REHAB PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES RIGHT NOW.
AND OUR NEWEST ONE HAS BEEN THE RISING STAR ACADEMY OF DANCE.
THIS IS OUR OVERALL YEAR FUNDING FROM 2019 TO 20 20 23.
AND, UM, ONE THING THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO NOTE TO ALL OF MY APPLICANTS AND ANYONE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE C D B D PROGRAM IS THAT THE PROGRAM IS REIMBURSABLE.
IT'S A REIMBURSABLE BASIS ONLY.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT A LOT OF MY, UH,
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MY CUSTOMERS ARE, ARE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE CALLING.THEY ALWAYS THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.
AND I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT DOES NOT.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL, UM, PHYSICAL YEAR 2023 ACTION PLAN.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN MY C D A C COMMITTEE, UM, IS, UH, $10,000 FOR THE POST SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO I'M GONNA READ FROM MY PAPER, $10,000 FROM THE POST SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.
WE'VE ALLOCATED $23,062 AND 70 CENTS.
SCRATCH HUNGER IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST APPLICANTS.
IT'S ALSO CALLED THE PALMER HOUSE.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY FOR THE HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALLOCATED $138,271 AND 70 CENTS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH AGAIN, IS A REALLY RE UH, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE C D B G PROGRAM.
OUR OFFICERS DO GO INTO THOSE TARGETED AREAS IS WE'VE ALLOTTED $70,000 AND FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, $64,083 AT 60 CENTS FOR A TOTAL OF $320,000, 418.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON, UH, COUNCILOR MCLE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AROUND THE PROGRAM AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WAIT, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE NO SIR, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - To approve the Community Developme...]
YES.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G PROGRAM, YEAR 2023.
ACTION PLAN, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I DIDN'T, I SAW THAT YOU REFERENCED THE ARTS PROGRAM IN THE BEGINNING, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE ALLOCATION HERE FOR, UH, RISING STAR OR PALMER.
THEY, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION OVER SIX MONTHS AGO AND THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND THEY WERE ALLOCATED $10,000.
AND THEY ARE, CAN YOU, UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME, ARE THEY LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY? ARE THEY LEASING OUT? I I REMEMBER LAST TIME THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEASING OUT SPACE IN A LOCATION IN MISSOURI CITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THEY ARE LEASING OUT SPACE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THEY'RE FINDING DIFFICULTY IN DOING IS TRYING TO FIND TRUE ALLOCATION FOR UTILIZING THE FUNDS IN THE MISSOURI CITY AREA.
SO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS UTILIZE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND, UM, THE DIFFICULT PART IS ACTUALLY GETTING THE SCHOOL TO COOPERATE TO TELL THEM OR GIVE THEM INFORMATION STATING THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE WITHIN THE C D B G TARGETED AREA.
SO THEY'RE STRUGGLING, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, WERE YOU ON THERE? I'M SORRY.
I WAS IN YOUR ENGULFED IN THIS MACHINE.
I JUST WANTED TO REALLY ADD SOME, SOME THOUGHTS FROM THE MEETING.
UH, THAT CHAIR BONY AND MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD, ROBUST, UM, CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING SOME OTHER AREAS THAT REALLY HAD A HIGH NEED.
UH, LIKE THE SENIORS MEALS ON WHEELS.
UM, AND A LOT OF THAT TAKES PLACE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY, UH, AT LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER.
THOSE, UH, SENIORS MEET THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO GO BY THERE AND SIT AND VISIT WITH THEM.
THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND THEN ALSO ADDING ON A NEW VENDOR, UH, THE PALMER HOUSE, UM, WE'LL SEE ALLOWED THEM, THEY WERE AT THE, UH, DOUBLE DAVE'S PIZZA GRAND OPENING.
AND SO THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY IN THIS PARTICULAR GRANT PROGRAM.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND THEN MOVING SOME FUNDS INTO MORE OF OUR, UM, CONSTRUCTION SIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, AS WELL.
SO BEING ABLE TO HOPEFULLY MAXIMIZE THESE DOLLARS SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEM, WE CAN GET THEM THEIR REIMBURSEMENT AND WE CAN HELP MORE FAMILIES IN OUR CITY.
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NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(5) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against proposed changes t...]
SEVEN, A FIVE IS PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT FOR SONAL BUTCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARCUS NOW.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, OH, NO, I'M CLICKING AHEAD.
TECHNOLOGY CONFOUNDS ME SOMETIMES.
UM, SO THIS IS MY VERY ROBUST ONE SLIDE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
I'M GONNA BE SPEAKING TO THIS ITEM AND THEN THE NEXT SERIES OF ITEMS AS THEY'RE ALL RELATED TOGETHER.
UH, WHAT WE'RE, UH, AIMING TO DO WITH THESE, UH, WITH THESE ITEMS IS IF WE LOOK ON THE LEFT WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS, THERE WE ARE.
IF WE LOOK ON THE LEFT WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS, UH, THERE IS SOME OVERLAP RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE EXISTING ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SCHOOL SPEED ZONE, AND THEN THE SONAR, UM, SONAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, SPEED, SPEED ZONE, WHICH IS GONNA BE COMING IN, UH, STARTING UP THIS WEEK.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS FIRST DE-CONFLICT THOSE SPEED ZONES.
THERE'S THAT OVERLAP AND THERE'S, THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL CONFUSION WHEN PEOPLE SEE CONFLICTING SPEEDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DECONFLICT THOSE SPEED ZONES AND, UH, REDUCING THE SIZE OF BOTH ELKINS AND, UH, SONAR BY A LITTLE BIT, PROVIDING A GAP IN BETWEEN.
AND THEN ALSO, WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE SPEED ON KNIGHT'S COURT FROM, UH, 40 MILES AN HOUR TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
BY DOING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA CREATE A NICE COHESIVE SPEED ZONE THROUGH THE AREA.
VERY EASY LEGIBLE SPEEDS FOR EVERYBODY TO READ AND WITHOUT AN OVERLY LARGE AREA, UH, IF COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD WITH ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS, WE'RE READY TO IMPLEMENT THIS TOMORROW.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SEVEN A FIVE.
MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR PEOPLE TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEVEN A FIVE ITEM SEVEN A SIX, AN
[(6) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR KNIGHTS COURT, FOR BUCHAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.DESIGNATED SPEED LIMIT LOCATIONS AND TIMES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN MARLIS.
A LOT OF EFFORT'S GONE INTO ELKIN, SO A LOT OF EFFORT'S GONE INTO THIS WHOLE AREA.
I SEE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HERE, A LOT OF EFFORT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING SAFETY FIRST.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(7) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against proposed changes t...]
A SEVEN.UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT FOR ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
MAYOR, THIS IS THE, UH, THIS IS THE SAME ITEM THIS IN, IN THIS ONE.
IT'S, UM, REDUCING THE SPEED ZONE ON THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL SECTION.
WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(8) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
A EIGHT.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR KNIGHTS COURT FOR ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL, LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
DESIGNATED DESIGNATING SPEED LIMIT LOCATIONS AND TIMES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR FAVORABILITY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
LES, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU, MARK, YOU'RE NOT DONE YET.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - First and Final Reading - An ordin...]
NUMBER EIGHT, ORDINANCES EIGHT A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR KNIGHT'S COURT LOCATED IN MISSOURI CITY.DESIGNATED DESIGNATING SPEED LIMIT LOCATIONS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SAME STREET, THE THE FIRST ONE ADJUSTED, ADJUSTED, UM, UH, SONAR.
THE, THE LAST ONE ADJUSTED, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY ADJUSTING THE SPEED LIMIT OF NIGHT COURT ITSELF, LOWERING IT BY FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
I HAVE A, UM, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
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UM, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.MAY I APPROACH A MEMORY, UH, HOW MUCH, I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TIMES, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST CERTAIN, UH, TIMES WHERE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION OR THE SPEED LIMIT IS, IS BASED ON THE SPEED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT ALSO THE TIME THAT THAT SPEED, UH, IS IN FORCE.
THE, FOR THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE TIMES, THOSE ARE DURING VERY SPECIFIC WINDOWS.
UM, AND DURING, UH, DROP OFF IN THE MORNING AND PICK UP IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, FOR THIS ITEM, WE'RE LOWERING THE SPEED OF ALL OF KNIGHT'S COURT.
IT'S CURRENTLY 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS WILL LOWER IT DOWN TO 35.
UH, THAT'S BASED ON THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED AND THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED RIGHT NOW IS 38 39 MILES PER HOUR.
SO 85TH PERCENTILE IS LESS THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, GIVEN THAT, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED BY OUR TRAFFIC STUDY THAT IS SAFE TO REDUCE THE SPEED FROM 40 TO 35.
AND THAT'LL CREATE A UNIFORM SPEED LIMIT, UM, ON, ON BOTH PARADISE AND KNIGHT'S COURT.
AND THEN A UNIFORM, UH, SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MILES AN HOUR ON PARADISE AND KNIGHT'S COURT.
ALRIGHT, I SEE NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE, CITY COUNCIL
[9. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENT.WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, A LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONIA BRAMOS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS ON US TO, TO SAY THE LEAST.
SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO KIND OF START OFF BY SAYING, UM, TO THE SIENNA MUD RESIDENTS, I, I TRULY DID READ EVERY LAST CONCERN THAT YOU SENT OVER.
I DID ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT I COULD.
I VISITED WITH STAFF, I DID EVERYTHING THAT I COULD.
AND WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO TOWARDS THIS ANNEXATION AND ANY OTHER ANNEXATION IS BEING AS TRANSPARENT AND ADVOCATING FOR ALL OF THOSE CITIZENS THAT DO GET ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND THAT ADVOCATION FROM ME WILL BE TO ENSURE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECEIVE THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS PROMISED YOU.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S CRITICAL.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT AS A CITY WE CAN LEARN FROM THE MUD TOO, AND SNA, UM, WITH THEIR LEVEL OF SERVICE IN HOW THEY DO THINGS OVER IN SIENNA, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
AND I'M HOPING THAT, UM, WE'LL BE OPEN TO LEARNING THOSE THINGS.
UM, SHASHI'S NOT HERE ON TONIGHT, BUT I DID WANNA, UM, SEND A PERSONAL THANKS TO HE AND HIS THEME, UM, FOR PUTTING OUT A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CALMING SOLUTION OVER ON MISSION VALLEY AT QUAIL GROVE.
IT WAS A TEMPORARY ROUNDABOUT THAT WENT THERE, AND, UM, JUST TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK OUT.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, WHAT'S GONNA GO THERE PERMANENTLY.
I'M HOPING THAT THE TEMPORARY SIT, UH, SITUATION WAS NOT JUST THAT TEMPORARY.
WE REALLY NEED A FINAL SOLUTION TO GO THERE.
UM, THE NEWQUEST IN METRO PRESS CONFERENCE AND GROUNDBREAKING WAS PHENOMENAL.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING SOME OF THE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
SOME PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHERE IT, WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.
MOST PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN? AND IT'S KIND OF NICE TO READ SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE CITIZENS AND SAYING THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT IT IS COMING IN BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE POPULATION THAT DOES LEAVE FROM OUR CITY, AND THEY DO GO INTO THE MEDICAL CENTER.
SO TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE 1,750, UH, PARKING SPACES THERE WITH SOME EV THAT'S IMPORTANT,
SO, UM, I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE EVERYTHING THAT WENT INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A, UH, STATE, A COUNTY, AND EVEN A FEDERAL, UM, GROUP THAT PUT THOSE DOLLARS TOGETHER.
AND WITH PRIVATE, UH, PRIVATE FUNDING, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ON THAT DEAL.
WE'RE JUST GONNA BE THE RECIPIENTS OF IT.
THE FORT BEND MAYORS AND COUNCILS MEETING THAT WE HAD WAS, UM, WAS VERY GOOD.
WE GOT TO HEAR ABOUT NEW LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT LIFETIME IS OPEN AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE ON A RESORT WHEN WE GO THERE.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY, REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE NEW LIFETIME COMPLEX IS THAT IT ALSO PROVIDES THREE, UM, PLACES INSIDE OF THE FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND IT COSTS THEM NOTHING.
SO WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE GO CHECK 'EM OUT.
RECOGNIZING A LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER, LYNN KLAUSER.
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YES.UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, MS. IBARRA, UM, THAT'S YOUR NAME, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN WALKING THE BLOCK IN, IN BLOCKS AND GETTING THE PETITIONS.
UH, WHEN I SAID THAT, THIS IS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST DECISION THAT I'VE EVER MADE.
BUT I, WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND, 'CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE THE LAST ONE LEFT, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, AND I'M, I LOVE YOUR SMILE RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WILL BE PARTNERS WITH YOU ALL SHOULD THIS PASS.
WE WANT, WE WILL BE PARTNERS WITH YOU ALL.
WAS IT A PERFECT PROCESS? NO, IT WAS NOT.
BUT WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS AND WE WILL BE PARTNERS WITH YOU ALL.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO, TO KNOW THAT, UM, AND IF YOU CAN, AND IF, IF ANY OF THE CNA MUD RESIDENTS ARE LISTENING, UM, AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CARRY THAT, THAT BACK TO THEM.
UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL STATED, YOU KNOW, WE ALL DID OUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, WE ALL VOTED, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL GET ONE VOTE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT FROM MY HEART THAT I HEARD EVERYTHING.
I, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH YOU ALL.
IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO READ ALL OF THE EMAILS.
AND THAT JUST LETS ME KNOW HOW MUCH OF GREAT PARTNERS YOU ALL WILL BE WITH US.
OKAY? SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, AND I WANTED TO USE THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME MAYOR FOR THAT.
UM, I ATTENDED A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THOSE.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO USE MY TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU AND YOUR, YOUR, UH, NEIGHBORS DID.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
UM, I TOO WANNA CONCUR MY THOUGHTS, UH, FOR THE SIENNA MUD TOO.
THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS.
UM, AND WE'RE, IT'S ONE OF THE, THE HARDEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WHEN WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES UPSET OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, BUT WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, THAT WE CAN ENSURE SOME CONFIDENCE WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, FACILITIES AND OUR STAFF AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO YOU GUYS, UM, AS PARTNERS.
AND LET'S BE COLLABORATIVE AND LET'S DO OUR BEST TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO, UH, GAIN SOME GREAT RESIDENTS, UM, IN SPITE OF HOW THINGS MAY HAVE NOT WORKED THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO.
BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, LET'S JUST EXCEL TOGETHER AS OUR MOTTO, UH, STATES.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT.
WE CAN USE YOU AS SOME BLOCK WALKING, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UH, THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
I WANNA START MY, UM, OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OFF BY JUST SAYING, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AMAZING DYNAMIC, WONDERFUL, OUTSTANDING HUSBAND, UH, MR. LARRY RILEY.
HE IS, UH, THE APPLE OF MY EYE AND THE SOURCE OF MY POSITIVE ENERGY.
SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, LARRY.
I KNOW YOU'RE ASLEEP, BUT, UM, I'M STILL UP HERE WORKING.
AND I WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY NEWEST COOG MEMBER.
OF COURSE, I'M WHERE MY, UH, COOG RADIO, MY DAUGHTER SHARELLE RUNS THAT STATION THERE, U OF H.
UH, BUT ALSO MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER IS NOW A NEW MEMBER, UM, OF THE, UH, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AS A SOPHOMORE.
AND SO, JUST IN SUPPORT OF HER WANTING TO WEAR THIS, I ALSO WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY RADICAL RILEY'S, UH, SERENA SHIREL, ELIANE AND SHYLA, WHO WORE AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL AWARDS FOR THEIR WORK IN MISSOURI CITY AND THROUGHOUT FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, RECEIVING THE, UM, WOMEN EMPOWERMENTS AWARD.
WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION AND A WORKSHOP WITH OUR CITY SECRETARY AND DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY AS THE NEWEST AD HOC BOARD.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR NAME IS, UH, BUT MYSELF AND OUR CHAIR, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, CO-CHAIR, UM, BONY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, KLAUSER AND MYSELF, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UM, LOOK AT WHAT OF OUR BOARDS AND OUR COMMISSIONS AND OUR COMMITTEES AND MEETING CRITERIA AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR SELECTIONS GOING FORWARD.
UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE WERE SELECTED, UM, UNWILLINGLY,
SO, AND OF COURSE I ATTENDED A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER STUFF.
UM, BUT WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING ON THE, UH, EATS AND BEATS.
ALL I HEARD OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS WAS MY KIDS WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE, EATS AND BEATS, EATS AND BEATS.
SO, I'M GLAD I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE LAST ONE.
UM, AND SO, AND CONCLUSION, I WENT TO A LOT OF STUFF.
BUT MY LAST THREE SECONDS, I JUST WANNA TELL THE STAFF AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND EVERYBODY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER DIS B JEFFREY LBO.
UH, I TOO ATTENDED THE FORT BEND COUNTY MAYOR AND COUNCIL DINNER.
UH, LEARNED A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UH, IT WAS A LITTLE LONGER THAN IT USUALLY IS, BUT IT'S 'CAUSE THEY WERE LIKE THREE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED, UH, THAT WE, UH, AS A FORT BEND CONTINGENCY, UH, ALL OF OUR CITIES WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM, UH, RESPECTIVE, UH, ENTITIES AND, AND INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO IT WAS VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE.
UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE LIFETIME FITNESS RIBBON CUTTING.
UH, AND, AND AS STATED EARLIER, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A, A RESORT IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE BY THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND IF YOU CAN AFFORD, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL STAFF CAN PROBABLY GO NOW 'CAUSE THEY DONE GOT THIS SALARY INCREASE.
SO Y'ALL CAN GO FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, $200 A MONTH? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT WHATEVER IT IS.
UH, BUT AT ANY RATE, NO, IT'S A, IT'S PHENOMENAL.
THEY HAVE IN INDOOR OUTDOOR, UH, OLYMPIC STYLE POOLS AND CAFE, AND A BAR COUNCIL AMERIPRO TEMP, UH, BUT NONETHELESS,
WELL, WE HANG OUT AT, WE HANG OUT THERE.
UH, BUT AT ANY RATE, UH, GREAT, GREAT, UH, RIBBON CUTTING AND AND TOUR OF THE, OF FACILITY.
UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE NEWQUEST METRO GROUNDBREAKING.
IT WOULD SEEM LIKE SINCE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S JUST BEEN A, A MYRIAD OF MEETINGS.
UH, WE HAD A WORKSHOP FOR DANGEROUS DOG ORDINANCE MEETING, UH, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN OUR BOARD'S COMMISSIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, I ATTENDED THE VICKSBURG H O A MEETING, AND I ATTENDED ALONG WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, SIENNA MUD TWO MEETING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WERE, WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE, UH, THE BOARD ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, UH, IN THE MIDST OF THAT MEETING, AS WELL AS AFTERWARDS WITH MANY OF THE H O A, UH, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, CNA, MUD, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND REALLY HEARD, UH, FROM THEM AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND, AND PARTICIPATE.
LASTLY, UM, I WAS, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
UH, AND I WANNA THANK MAYOR, UM, TACOMA, MAYOR VICTORIA WOOD, FOR PUTTING ME ON THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE REAL COUNCIL.
UH, AND WE HAD A VERY, UH, PRODUCTIVE CONFERENCE.
AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, UH, RELATIVE TO THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE ON WRITING SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO OUR, UH, ADMINISTRATION, UM, UH, THE WHITE HOUSE, AS WELL AS OUR LEGISLATORS, UH, THAT I BELIEVE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP MISSOURI CITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT C ANTHONY MER.
UM, I, I ATTENDED THE METRO, UH, GROUNDBREAKING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD THE MAYOR WAS JUST HOW GOOD CONGRESSMAN GREEN'S BEEN TO US.
IF WE REALLY JUST TAKE A QUICK STAB AT IT.
HE'S GIVEN US ABOUT $12 MILLION, RIGHT? 5 MILLION TO METRO FOR THE GARAGE, WHICH DIRECTLY IMPACTS MISSOURI CITY, 6.5 FOR HARPA AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO I JUST, I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY NEAT AND BENEFICIAL TO OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP IN COORDINATING THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY, CONGRESSMAN GREEN ALSO WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING AN AWESOME BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE.
IT WAS ORGANIZED
UH, OF COURSE, THE KIDS AND FAMILIES WERE LINED UP.
AND I WANT TO THANK OFFICER ARGUETA FOR REALLY MAKING DAY ONE SCHOOL AMAZING FOR THESE KIDS.
UM, SUNDAY WAS A HOT DAY, AND I NEEDED A REFRESHMENT AND NOT AN ORDINARY REFRESHMENT.
I WANTED LIKE A ROOT BEER FLOAT.
AND SO I DIDN'T WANT JUST A REGULAR ROOT BEER FLOAT.
I WANTED LIKE A JEFFREY EL BONY ROOT BEER FLOAT
SO ANYWAY, UH, CARRY FROZEN DELIGHTS THAT ARE A COOL THING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
TOOK HIS ADVICE, CREATED A FLOAT, AND I WENT THERE SUNDAY AND HAD IT, IT WAS GREAT.
SO GO BY THERE AND TAKE CARE OF, UH, OR HAVE ONE.
BUT YOU DIDN'T GO SATURDAY THOUGH.
'CAUSE IT WASN'T AS HOT AS SUNDAY.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR CARRIE FOR DOING THAT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BOWIE.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT D AND MAYOR PROTO, SIR.
UH, I TOO WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN FOR THE, UH, FRIENDSHIP AND THE, UH, PRO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS AND, UH, A LOT OF THE FUNDING THAT HE'S MOVED MISSOURI CITY'S WAY.
UH, HE'S BEEN A, A GREAT FRIEND OF, UH, MISSOURI CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS WAS, UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, HIM, UH, LOOKING
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OUT AND, UH, BEING A FRIEND OF MISSOURI CITY, THAT METRO GARAGE, BY THE WAY, IS GOING TO, UH, HANDLE 1,750 CARS.SO, UH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE, UH, UH, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE CARS THAT ARE OVER IN THE, THE, THE KROGER PARKING LOT WHERE IT'S, UH, THE METRO PARKING RIDE IS SO, UH, THERE'LL BE LOTS OF, UH, ROOM FOR EXPANSION.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THAT COME ON, ON STREAM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ANXIOUS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, UH, LIFETIME.
WE ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ATTENDED THE, UH, LIFETIME, UH, GRAND OPENING, UH, IF, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BY THERE, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT ONLY A, UH, A COUNTRY.
I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE A COUNTRY CLUB THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S GOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU COULD THINK OF, UH, AVAILABLE TO, UH, ALL LI ALL GENDERS AND, AND ALL AGE GROUPS.
AND THE THING THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME WAS THE ROOMS AND THE ACTIVITIES THEY HAD FOR KIDS.
SO IT'S A GREAT PLACE IF, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, SMALL ONES AND YOU, UH, WANNA DO YOUR EXERCISE OR PLAY BASKETBALL OR SWIM.
UH, THEY'VE GOT ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS.
SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
UH, AND THE OTHER IS, UH, UH, I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT, UH, WE JUST WENT THROUGH WITH SIENNA MUD TWO.
UH, I ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THE, UH, UH, OF THE, THE MEETINGS, UH, THE BOARD MEETINGS.
UH, THEY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED US WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UH, THEY WERE, UH, TRANSPARENT IN, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE, UH, AREAS THAT THEY WERE, UH, UH, INTERESTED IN.
AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, WHAT THE, THE FINAL OUTCOME IS.
BUT, UH, I'M HOPING, AND, UH, I, I THINK, UH, WE'VE GOT THE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM A CITY STANDPOINT TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, THE CIENA FOLKS WITH, UH, A GREAT LEVEL OF SERVICE AND, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP THAT WE CAN, UH, DEVELOP BETWEEN, UH, THE CITIZENS.
UM, WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MAYOR PROTE FOR THE LAST MEETING, UH, THAT YOU RAN.
I KNOW IT WAS A, A TOUGH MEETING, UH, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, YOU HAD IT SAID, AND THANK YOU TO CITY SECRETARY'S TEAM FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS COOL.
HOW WOULD YOU GRADE ME? UH, YOU WOULD GET AN A PLUS.
SO, UH, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ACCESS HEALTH.
BACK TO SCHOOL WAS ON SATURDAY, SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND WITH, UM, FOR COUNTY JUDGE, UM, KP GEORGE, UH, COMMISSIONER GRADY PRESTIGE, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, DARRELL SMITH CONSTABLE.
UM, SO IT WAS A VERY WELL TURNOUT.
THANK YOU TO OUR, OUR, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE, OUR POLICE.
UM, AGAIN, METRO, I THINK EVERYONE SPOKE THE SAME, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING.
UH, NEW QUEST, UM, FOR THEM WORKING TOGETHER WITH METRO.
AND THEN OF COURSE, CONGRESSMAN GREEN ON TOP OF THAT, COMING IN WITH A FEDERAL GRANT OF $5 MILLION.
I THINK THAT WAS HUGE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD HERE TODAY.
I, I'VE TOLD CONGRESSMAN GREEN AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, NOW, MAKE SURE THAT I, YOU DON'T, I DON'T OWE YOU THE 12 MILLION.
UH, LET ME ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UM, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OUR, OUR CITY, CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, UM, AND ALL OTHERS, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ALL OTHERS FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THE BUDGET REVIEW.
I KNOW COUNCIL HAD KIND OF GONE OVER SOME OF SOME OF THE THINGS AND HELPING US TO MAKE SURE AS WE PREPARE FOR IT, AS WE HEAR FROM YOU MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AS TO THE BUDGET, AND I BELIEVE EVERYONE ATTENDED, UM, ONE OF THE POSITIVE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS, UM, OUR PRESENCE OF OUR POLICE.
UM, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH.
THEY'VE SEEN THE MOTORCYCLES OUT THERE, PEOPLE GETTING STOPPED AT STOP SIGNS THAT THAT MEANT THAT THEY'RE NOT STOPPING.
UM, AND SPEEDERS AND RED LIGHT, UH, PEOPLE WHO
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ARE PASSING THE RED LIGHT.AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TOLD OUR INTERIM CHIEF THAT, WOW, YOU KNOW, GLAD THAT THEY DIDN'T STOP ME, BUT I DID NOT RUN ANY, MADE ANY OF THOSE VIOLATIONS.
UM, LAST THING ABOUT ANNEXATION.
I DIDN'T MAKE MUCH COMMENTS ABOUT IT BECAUSE I, I, I DID RECEIVE SEVERAL EMAILS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND I'VE TAKEN THOSE AND DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AGAINST WHAT STAFF WAS, UH, RECOMMENDING.
AND, UH, SAME THING AS OTHERS ECHOED HERE.
I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AS A PARTNER.
I DON'T LIVE IN SIENNA, BUT I LIVE RIGHT BY SIENNA.
SO AS A LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY AS DISTRICT LEVEL.
THEY REPRESENT THEIR OWN DISTRICTS.
WE'RE HERE TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL BE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
SO TO ALL, I KNOW SOME OF YOU LEFT AND SOME OF YOU'RE STILL HERE, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET YOU, UM, AFTERWARDS, AND THEN SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THIS PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I END MY COMMENTS.
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A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE TIME IS 8:51 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE I A SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
THANK YOU ALL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.
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UH, THERE IS NO ACTION ITEMS. UM, SO THERE ARE NO, UH, THERE IS A, UH, FURTHER BUSINESS THAT I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT, AJO, IS THAT ONE OF MY COMMENTS EARLIER UNDER COUNCIL COMMENTS, I MADE THE, I MADE THE SUGGESTION THAT THE, A LARGE AND THE MAYOR RESPO, YOU KNOW, REPORT TO OR DIRECT IT TO ALL THE, ALL THE CITY.UH, AND THE DISTRICT IS REPORTED TO DISTRICT.
SO I'M GONNA CORRECT THAT BY SAYING THE DISTRICT IS ELECTED BY A DISTRICT COUNCIL WHERE THEY REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 9:04 PM AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.