[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023.
WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:39 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL, AND NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.
WE WILL BE LED BY OUR PLEDGE WITH JOB B MATTHEW, DIRECTOR OF IT.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[(a) Proclamation for Emergency Management National Preparedness Month]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION.WE HAVE ABOUT THREE, BUT ITEM FOUR A IS A PROCLAMATION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
WE WILL HAVE FLOYD EMORY, MAYOR PRO, TE.
AND IF I COULD, UH, CHIEF OR SOMEONE FROM, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ALL OF YOU FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU COULD, UH, COME UP MAYBE AND, UH, JOIN US.
I THINK SO SINCE YOU'RE, UH, INTERVIEW PART OF THE, UH, THIS PROCESS.
WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS IS REALLY A CRITICAL, UH, PART OF THE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR, UH, MISSOURI CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, DISASTERS THAT, UH, EITHER, UH, COLD DISASTERS, UH, FLOODS, AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE HAD ANYTHING OTHER THAN THOSE TWO.
BUT, UH, THIS IS A GROUP THAT REALLY, UH, UH, TAKES CONTROL OF THE, UH, SITUATION, LAYS OUT ALL OF THE PLANS, AND, UH, BE ABLE AND ARE ABLE TO, UH, UH, MAKE ASSIGNMENTS AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, UH, AS LAID OUT IN THE, IN THE MANUALS THAT, UH, AND IF YOU'VE SEEN THE MANUALS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE, UH, VERY VOLUMINOUS AND, UH, EXHAUSTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO REALLY, UH, RECOGNIZE ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS, UH, BY THE, UH, THE VARIOUS PARTIES.
I'M SORRY, I, I DIDN'T SEE YOU FORGOT I SAW YOU BACK THERE, BUT I DIDN'T, UH, YEAH,
SO LET ME, UH, READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WHEREAS EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME.
AND WHEREAS PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS BY DEVELOPING EMERGENCY KITS AND PLANS FOR THE DIFFERENT DISASTERS THAT CAN OCCUR IN ONE'S AREA CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS PROTECT THEMSELVES, PETS, AND THEIR LOVED ONES FROM THE DANGERS OF DISASTERS.
AND WHEREAS THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA, HAS NAMED THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL PREP PREPAREDNESS MONTH TO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE TIME TO DEVELOP EMERGENCY PLANS AND KITS IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY ALSO ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO TAKE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO DEVELOP THEIR EMERGENCY PLANS AND KITS IN PREPARATION OF THE DIFFERENT DISASTERS THAT CAN STRIKE OUR AREA, AND TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS.
IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO THE ALERT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, UH, WE GET WIND OF IT, THAT SOMETHING'S GOING ON, OUR, UH, FOLKS HERE CAN, UH, CONTACT, UH, ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS SO YOU GET A HEADS UP.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY, UH, AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
NOW, THEREFORE, I FLOYD EMERY FOR ROBIN J CHET MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF FORT
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BEND COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY, AND THIS COMMUNITY TO USE THIS MONTH TO CREATE EMERGENCY KITS, DEVELOP EMERGENCY PLANS, AND TALK WITH YOUR FAMILIES, COWORKERS AND FRIENDS ON WHAT TO DO IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCIES.SO, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO VORA.
UH, I WANT TO, UH, PROVIDE THIS TO YOU AND GIVE THIS TO YOU AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SERVICE.
AND BELIEVE ME, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO ONE OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MEETINGS, SHE RUNS THE SHOW, BELIEVE ME.
SO, UH, THESE GUYS, UH, ALL, UH, STEP UP TO, UH, TO THE PLATE WHEN SHE SAYS, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND, UH, SHE'S, UH, A REAL, UH, ASSET TO MISSOURI CITY AND WE APPRECI THAT.
UH, JUST ONE SECOND IF WE COULD.
JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, LIKE THEY MENTIONED IT IS SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A THEME FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NATIONWIDE THAT WE USE TO ENSURE WE'RE PREPARING NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR NEIGHBORS, AND EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS TAKE CONTROL IN 1, 2, 3.
UM, WITH THIS IS ONE, ASSESS YOUR NEEDS.
TWO, MAKE A PLAN, AND THEN THREE, ENGAGE AND SUPPORT NETWORKS TO SAY SAFE WHEN DISASTER STRIKE.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR, NOT ONLY WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE, IS MAKING SURE WE ARE PROTECTING OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
SO WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED STEER STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY, STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY THAT WE WILL BE PROMOTING, AND WE WILL BE DOING SOME PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BETTER PREPARING OUR SENIORS AND OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION.
SO, BE ON THE LOOKOUT ON OUR WEBSITES, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION PUBLISHED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH ON TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN BETTER PREPARE YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO, UH, MAYBE JUST GO DOWN THE LINE SO YOU KNOW WHO THE, UH, REAL KEY PLAYERS ARE IN, UH, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, GROUP.
UH, SO, UH, IF I COULD SHASHI.
UM, WE ARE MISSOURI CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
MY NAME IS SHASHI KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
MY TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
IN ANY EVENT, SUCH AS HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING, WE ARE A TEAM.
AND THIS CAN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT WORKING AS A TEAM TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES.
HI, MY NAME IS BRANDON HARRIS.
I'M THE INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE, AND SASHA HERE IS FAMOUS FOR SAYING THAT PUBLIC COURSE IS THE LAST TO LEAVE.
WELL, WE'RE THE FIRST TO GET THERE.
UH, MARIO PARTITA, THE FIRE CHIEF.
I SERVE AS A DIVISION CHIEF WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, I SERVE AN ALTERNATE ROLE WHEN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ACTIVATES AS THE PLANNING SECTION CHIEF.
AND I'VE HAD THAT UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE SINCE IKE.
SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY AND SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY.
I'M ONE OF DIVISION CHIEFS FOR FIRE, AND I'LL BE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER FOR OUR E O C.
WITH HOW ABOUT A BIG HAND FOR THESE FOLKS? 'CAUSE THEY PUT IN MANY, UH, THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TIRELESS COMMITMENT THAT THEY MAKE, UH, TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE, SO THEY'RE OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
SO, WITH THAT, THANKS AGAIN FOR, UH, YOUR SERVICE TO, UH, TO MISSOURI CITY.
OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO THANK YOU ALL.
[(b) Presentation of donation from Wal-Mart.]
ON TO ITEM FOUR B, PRESENTATION OF DONATION FROM WALMART.WE HAVE A GUEST PRESENTATION, PRESENTER.
FIRST OF ALL, I, MY NAME IS CY SONNY.
I'M A MARKET COORDINATOR, UM, MANAGE AGE STORES, TWO OF WHOM IS ACTUALLY
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IN MISSOURI CITY.AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, SO PICKING UP THIS YEAR, I WAS MET WITH A CHALLENGE.
SO WALMART HAS THIS GRANT PROGRAM AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH APPLICATIONS COMING TO US, RIGHT? SO I REACHED OUT TO MAYOR ROBERT J
UH, AND TOGETHER WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE PAPERWORK.
I KNOW IT WAS A HASSLE, BUT THANK YOU.
UM, AND FINALLY, AFTER THE, THE HARD WORK, WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT APPROVED.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PRESENT THIS CHECK TO, UM, MAYOR ROBERT J AKAT, AND, UM, ANGEL JOAN, CITY MANAGER.
UM, SO IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE COME FORWARD A GOOD JOB.
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UH, LET ME JUST SAY A FEW WORDS.
I KNOW YOU CALL ME, BUT THIS IS BIGGER THAN ME AND THE CITY MANAGER.
SO I LIKE TO ASK ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO COME DOWN AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME US GETTING A CALL FROM WALMART AND HERMAN AS WELL, ASKING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE CITY.
UH, AND, AND THEY, HE'S RIGHT THAT WE HAVE TWO STORES IN MISSOURI CITY.
SO WE ARE WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, DONATION TO THE CITY.
AND I'M SURE THE CITY MANAGER WILL FIND A CAUSE THAT, THAT WE CAN USE THIS FOR.
WE NEVER SAY NO TO MONEY, SO WE'LL TAKE THAT.
WELL, WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO WALMART AT ARTS, RIGHT? 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3.
AND, UH, I JUST SAW THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO I'LL BE GRABBING, UM, YOUR BUSINESS CARD 'CAUSE I GOT MORE MONEY.
OKAY, CHIEF, BUT WE HAVE BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS HERE, RIGHT? LET'S GO GET HIM.
WE ARE MOVING STILL ON THE, UH, RECOGNITION ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOUR C IS
[(c) Presentation of the Missouri City Clean Restaurant Awards.]
A PRESENTATION OF MISSOURI CITY CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR, WALTER GANTT.
UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HAVE, UH, CHRIS
THIS IS ONE OF OUR HEALTH INSPECTORS.
I JUST WANTED HIM TO COME 'CAUSE THEY DO THE HARD WORK.
SO, UM, I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK HIM AND MARIA VI VILLANUEVA.
SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB FOR US.
WELL, THE CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS, IT'S A BIANNUAL INSPECTION THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND SO THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE GO OUT, WE INSPECT, THEY GET A GRADE, THE GRADE RANGES FROM 90 TO A HUNDRED, AND THAT'S AN A, UH, 80 TO 89, THAT'S A B 70 TO 79, AND THAT'S A C.
SO IT'S INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS.
WE HAD 62 RESTAURANTS, 62 RESTAURANTS THAT OUR GUYS WENT OUT SERVICED.
AND THEY HAD GRADES FROM A 95 TO A 99.
SO I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE BEING NEW, I JUST STARTED GOING TO THESE RESTAURANTS.
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IT PRETTY SERIOUS.WELL, OUT OF THAT GROUP, WE HAD 19 THAT SCORED A HUNDRED.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IS HAVE YOU MAYOR, COME AND WE HAVE THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE.
COULD OUR RESTAURANT OWNERS PLEASE STAND THAT ARE HERE.
IF THERE'S ANY HERE, THERE'S ONE.
AND, AND MAYOR, WHAT WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE, UH, THEM COME UP WITH YOU.
WE HAVE 'EM IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, AND THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM.
THAT WAY WE CAN SHOWCASE OUR RESTAURANTS AND WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY'RE DOING.
YES, WE'LL CALL 'EM OUT FOR YOU.
FIRST ONE, WE HAVE ALEX KITCHEN.
WE HAVE TWO OF THE LOCATIONS OF BEAN HERE.
AND ALSO 43 40 SIENNA PARKWAY.
ARE THEY NOT HERE? WE HAVE BURN'S RESTAURANT WINE AND BAR.
ALSO WE HAVE BURN'S, TACOS, BURGERS.
NEXT WE HAVE DAVE'S HOT CHICKEN.
ALRIGHT, UP NEXT WE HAVE FIVE GUYS, BURGERS AND FRIES.
NEXT WE HAVE HANNI, JAPANESE CHINESE CUISINE.
UP NEXT WE HAVE MOHAMMED'S INDIAN BISTRO.
UP NEXT WE HAVE MILLION CAKES.
NEXT WE HAVE PAPA MURPHY'S TAKING BAKED PIZZA.
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SUMMER MOON COFFEE.NEXT WE HAVE THE GREATEST BARBECUE.
NEXT WE HAVE TEXAS BEER GARDEN.
UM, SO IF I CAN HAVE THE MEMBERS AND COUNCIL TO COME DOWN WITH, WITH THOSE WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
AND WALTER, I JUST NEED YOU TO STAY WITH US.
ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE HERE TODAY, AS YOU COME UP, JUST WANT TO TELL THE AUDIENCE AND THE PEOPLE AT HOME.
IN 2020, UH, WE HAD A COVID THAT TOOK PLACE AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUR RESTAURANTS WERE STRUGGLING.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU WENT AND CREATED A, UH, PROGRAM, UH, AS A CAMPAIGN, WAS TO SHOP LOCAL, EAT LOCAL, AND PLAY LOCAL.
SO THAT CAMPAIGN WAS RAN THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR.
AND I, I BELIEVE, IF NOT, UH, MYSELF, NOT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
AND SOME OF THE STAFF HAVE MADE IT TO ALL OF YOUR LOCATIONS WHEN YOU OPEN UP AFTER THE, AFTER THE COVID THAT HIT.
SO TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY, I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE CHALLENGES OF GETTING STAFF THAT'S AMONGST YOUR STORES, BUT TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE OUT HERE AND WORKING HARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE SIMPLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'M NEVER GONNA TELL YOU FOLKS.
AND RIGHT HERE JURORS, PLEASE.
AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
THOSE THAT WEREN'T HERE TODAY, WILL SOMEONE FROM THE CITY BE HANDING THOSE, THOSE AWARDS TO THOSE? ABSOLUTELY.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NUMBER FIVE, OUR PUBLIC CO COMMENTS.MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.
YES, MR. MAYOR? WE DO, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
MS. SUTTER, AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE, AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
HI, MY NAME IS PEARL SLIDER AND I RESIDE AT 1 1 2 1 4 CONCORD PLACE, MISSOURI CITY, OF COURSE.
UM, IN LEXINGTON SQUARE, UH, ASSOCIATION.
AND, UM, TODAY I WILL BE DISCUSSING A FEW, UH, CONCERNS REGARDING OUR H O A AND AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S, I WAS JUST SAYING MORE THAT MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, REGARDING THE H O A AND COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE CITY, WE WERE ASSIGNED A LIAISON, UM, AND, UM, I THINK HER NAME IS MS. SHARON.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE EMAILS SINCE PRE COVID THAT WE MADE TO THE PRESIDENT, UM, REGARDING SOME FEW CONCERNS.
AND THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF DETERRED OVER TO, OR SAID, IT'S MOSTLY THE CITY NOT PART OF THE H O A.
UM, SO A FEW OF THOSE THINGS ARE, UM,
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MULTIPLE CARS BEING PARKED.AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MOST LIKELY ABANDONED.
UM, I HAVE MADE, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT, THAT I HAVE TO CONTACT THE CITY AND MAKE A TICKET, WHICH I DID.
IT TOOK ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR SOME OF THESE CARS TO BE REMOVED.
UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG.
ONE TIME THERE WAS FIVE DOGS AND I WAS GETTING OUT OF MY HOUSE WITH, UM, MY KIDS, UM, THAT I COULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN MAULED OR MY CHILDREN.
UM, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE NEW, UH, HIGHWAY.
I MEAN, MURPHY, YOU PUT UP THE, UM, IN THE MIDDLE FOR MAKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND TRAFFIC IS FLOWING, BUT NOW EVERYBODY'S CUTTING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, NOT SURE IF MAYBE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT ENTRANCE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE KIDS BUS STOP IS PICK UP AND DROP OFF ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AT EXIT AND ON, UM, INDEPENDENCE DRIVE.
THERE'S CARS PARKED IN GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AS WELL AS SCHOOL BUSES TO MAKE THESE SHARPS TURNS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO AN AREA THERE WHERE THE KIDS ARE BEING PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF.
UM, A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TO OUR H O A, THEY'VE BEEN DISMISSED.
UH, AND THEY SAY BASICALLY IT'S ON THE CITY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHERE THAT COMMUNICATION IS.
UH, SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO BRING THINGS UP, THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD OR FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION SOMEWHERE.
SO IF MAYBE YOU CAN STEP IN WHERE YOU CAN AND PROVIDE US A PROPER LIAISON.
AND I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION IN CASE.
I WANT HER TO LEAVE HERE ASSURED THAT SHE'S GONNA GET SOME ASSISTANCE.
CAN SHE CONNECT WITH YOU OR CAN YOU GIVE HER YOUR NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW.
MS. BYNER IS YOUR PERSONAL PODIUM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE, AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I AM DEBBIE BYNER, AND I MOVED INTO THE LEXINGTON SQUARE SUBDIVISION IN 2008.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT I MOVED INTO THAT SUBDIVISION WAS LOW CRIME RATE, AND I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I HAD HEARD ABOUT CRIME IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
UH, ANOTHER ASSET TO THE SUBDIVISION WAS THE WELL-KEPT YARDS AND HOMES.
IT WAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE SUBDIVISION AT THAT TIME.
UM, I'VE NOTICED A STEADY DECLINE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, I THINK, UH, PORTION OF THE PROBLEM IS OUR BYLAWS.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN BOUGHT AND RENTED, AND WE HAVE NO ABSOLUTELY NO, UH, TERMS IN OUR BYLAWS THAT REGULATE HOW, UH, LEASED HOME IS CARED FOR.
UM, ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE SUBDIVISION PROPERTIES, THE CLUBHOUSE, THE FENCE, AND THE ENTRANCES HAVE ALL TAKEN ON A RUNDOWN APPEARANCE.
UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD APPEARS TO BE IN DECLINE AND THE PLAYGROUND IS DILAPIDATED.
UH, SOME OF THE PLAY EQUIPMENT IS SIMPLY NOT SAFE FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY ON.
THERE ARE HOLES IN THE PARK AND RUTS VERY DEEP, SOME OF THEM AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES DEEP.
WHEN I WAS WALKING MY DOG OVER THERE AND THERE WAS A HOLE TOWARD THE BACK, TOWARD THE FENCE THAT WAS A GOOD 12 INCHES DEEP.
AND ABOUT EIGHT INCHES WIDE, A CHILD RUNS UP OR AN ANIMAL RUNS UP TO THAT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT YOUR FAMILY TO BE EXPOSED TO.
UM, I THINK THAT BUSINESSES ARE BEING RUN.
UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM ME, I HAVE NOTICED AS MANY AS EIGHT VEHICLES PARKED AROUND ONE PARTICULAR HOUSE.
AND I HAVE SEEN MEN AT THAT LOCATION.
THERE ARE THREE MEN THERE WHO ARE WORKING ON MOSTLY BIG TRUCKS AND,
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YOU KNOW, NOT COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, BUT, UH, BIG PERSONAL TRUCKS.AND THEY ARE PUTTING ON PAPER TAGS.
THEY'RE ALSO PARKING IN THE ENTRANCE.
WHEN I LEFT TO COME HERE TONIGHT, THERE WAS ONE PARKED AT THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE.
ONE PARKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXIT TO OUR SUBDIVISION.
IT'S DANGEROUS, UM, THAT MANY CARS.
IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
UM, I THINK PART OF OUR PROBLEM IS OUR H O A PRESIDENT, BUT WE WON'T GET INTO THAT TONIGHT.
UMANA, PLEASE STATE YOUR, UM, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I LIVE AT 1215 CONCORD PLACE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERN ME.
I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, I HAVE A FOLDER OF IMAGES THAT, UM, EXPRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT PEARL AND DEBBIE HAVE BOTH SHARED WITH YOU.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT AN ELECTION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN, UH, A NOTICE OF A FORMATION OF AN ELECTION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.
WE HAVE COMMUNICATED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE H O E PRESIDENT REQUESTING FOR INFORMATION AND FOR A RESPONSE TO THESE COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCERNS AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING AT THIS TIME.
UM, OUR ASK IS FOR THE ELECTION COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM AN ELECTION.
WHAT CAN BE DONE BETWEEN THE CITY AND, UM, HAVING A COM COMMUNICATION WITH THE H O A PRESIDENT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS POSSIBLE? SO THE COUNCIL'S NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
OR DISCUSS ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT I'VE HEARD IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF, IT INCLUDE, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT BYLAWS, JUST COMMUNICATIONS IN GENERAL.
UM, MY PROFESSION, I'M A CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
UM, SO MY JOB IS BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT MESSAGES, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE COMPLEX OR UM, LENGTHY, ARE MADE SIMPLE SO THAT ANYONE THAT RECEIVES THAT INFORMATION CAN MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND.
I'M SEEING A LOT OF CONFUSION IN SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S SHARED WITH IT FROM THE H O A.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'VE REACHED OUT.
YOU KNOW, NO RESPONSES REALLY IS CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DEALS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING DUES AND ASSESSMENTS AND WANTING TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME.
HUMIRA, MS. HUMANA, UH, IS YOUR APPROACH.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
AND I'M FROM LEXINGTON SQUARE ALSO.
AND WE HAVE C CONCERNS WITH CONCERNS WITH OUR H O A PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATED, ASKED HER FOR QUESTIONS WHEN WE MOVE IN.
THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED, I NEEDED ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE 'CAUSE I HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT BYLAWS, ANY DEEDS RESTRICTION, ANY OF THAT.
SO SHE SAID SHE WAS WORKING ON THE WEBSITE.
I DID NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS TO IT.
SO AFTER THE MEETING AND I MENTIONED IT, I GOT ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE.
WELL, THE WEBSITE IS NOT A WORKING WEBSITE, IT'S JUST A TEMPLATE OF A DOCUMENT AND THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS, NOTHING UNTIL HOMEOWNERS STARTED ASKING FOR DOCUMENTS.
AND EVERY TIME WE WENT, IT'S LIKE WE ASKED FOR MORE DOCUMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO ASK FOR EVERY DOCUMENT AND STUFF.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE HEARD, LIKE GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE WE ARE PART OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE THAT WE FIRM LIKE, UH, PEARL, DEBBIE AND I WERE THE ONES, THE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WE STEP IN AND VOLUNTEER TO BE CANDIDATES IN THAT FIRST ELECTION THAT SHE HAD.
AND SHE, WE HAD PEOPLE WERE READY TO VOTE AND AT THE LAST MINUTE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
SO IT GOT RESCHEDULED TO JULY.
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SO IT'S BEEN MOVING.SHE HAS BEEN SENDING US MISCOMMUNICATION.
SHE'LL SEND US AN EMAIL WITH INFORMATION TWO DAYS LATER.
THERE'S DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
SHE ALSO CHANGED OUR LOCATION FOR THE, WE USUALLY USE OUR CLUBHOUSE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SHE DIDN'T LIKE SHE JUST SAID WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT DUE TO FIRE HAZARDS OR SOMETHING.
BUT I KNOW WHEN UNITED STATES HAS AN ELECTION, PEOPLE GO IN BY SECTIONS.
THE OTHER CONCERN IS, UH, THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS WE HAVE REQUESTED, SHE PROVIDED ONE IN MAY 30TH.
AND SO WHEN WE ASKED FOR PRIOR YEARS, SHE DID DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
SHE DID THE, THIS QUARTERS, THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023.
AND ACCORDING TO THE BYLAWS THAT SHE HAD, LIKE WE, WE CAN ASK FOR DOCUMENTATIONS OR LIKE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATIONS.
AND THE LAST THING WE HEARD IS JUST THAT ONE PERSON DIRECTOR IN OUR BOARD.
I THINK WE NEED AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS.
SHE CHANGED IT FROM FIVE TO THREE.
SO SHE'S DOING THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION AND THE TREASURER.
WHERE'S THE DIVISION OF POWER THERE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I LIVE IN THE GLEN LAKES DIVISION OF QUAIL VALLEY.
WHILE I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO COUNSEL THIS EVENING, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT EMOTIONS CAME TO MIND.
A LOT OF THOUGHTS CAME TO MIND.
I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT COVID, UH, HIT EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY, HAD A A LOT OF TIME TO SELF-REFLECT ON THE MEANING OF LIFE AND OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS.
DURING MY TIME REFLECTING, I, I FOUND THAT THE HISTORY THAT I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL SEEMED TO STOP AT THE 1920S.
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CONVERSATION OR PRESENTATION ABOUT THINGS THAT IMPACTED COMMUNITY OR THE UNITED STATES, UH, SINCE THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND THROUGH THAT, THAT PERIOD, I HAD A CHANCE TO BE INTRODUCED TO A VOLUME OF BOOKS CALLED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE LATE CAROLYN BODEN.
UH, IT TELLS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MISSOURI CITY AND SOME OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT HAPPENED, UH, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 18 HUNDREDS.
I'D LIKE TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S RELEVANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICE FORCE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER, UM, MATTERS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT GIVEN UPCOMING BUDGET CON CONVERSATIONS AND, AND TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE FORWARD IN THE BOOK, UH, WRITTEN BY CAROLYN STATES TO EFFECTIVELY PRESERVE HISTORY.
THERE SHOULD BE STORIES ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED.
HOWEVER, IT TAKES MORE THAN DATES AND STATISTICS TO GIVE LIFE TO A LASTING MEMORY.
ALSO, SHORT STORIES CAN CAPTURE THE INTEREST OF ALL AGES AND BECOME PART OF THE FOLKLORE OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WAS WRITTEN AS A WEEKLY COLUMN IN A NEWSPAPER, SPECIFICALLY THE FORT BEND INDEPENDENT TO REFLECT TRUE LIFE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AND ITS NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE SETTING FOR THESE VOLUMES IS A RURAL, RURAL AREA OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS IN THE 18 HUNDREDS, AND THEN MOVES ONTO THE ERA OF THE TWO THOUSANDS.
THIS BOOK IS A GIFT FROM ME, CAROLYN, TO MY COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN.
THE THE ARTICLE THAT I'M, I'M CURRENTLY READING IS FROM THE MISSOURI CITY, INCORPORATES THE FIRST POLICE DEPARTMENT ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED.
IT WAS REFERRING TO LIFE IN MISSOURI CITY BACK IN 2015.
AND IT SAID, TODAY'S POLICE FORCE IS VERY VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A REPUTATION FOR LESS THAN THREE MINUTE RESPONSE TIME TO EMERGENCY CALLS, SPEED CONTROL UNITS, AND POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED A PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM FOR USE IN EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, CITIZENS CAN NO LONGER LEAVE THEIR DOORS UNLOCKED.
BUT TODAY, MISSOURI CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REGARDED, UH, IS HELPING TO CREATE A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY.
IN 2014, MISSOURI CITY WAS HONORED AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 SAFEST CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BY REAL ESTATE WEBSITE MOVADO.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ALSO THE SIX SAFEST CITY IN TEXAS.
SHE ASKED, SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION TO YOUR POLICE OFFICERS.
WHEN YOU SEE A POLICE OFFICER IN PERSON, SMILE AND SAY, THANK YOU MRS. THAT IS TIME, SIR.
MS. PARKER, AS YOU APPROACH TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE
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ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.I RESIDE AT 2311 RED FOX DRIVE IN SIENNA.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN SIENNA PARKWAY AT THE PRIMROSE SCHOOL INTERSECTION AT SIENNA RANCH ROAD.
I HAVE PROVIDED, UM, AN EMAIL TO SEVERAL, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO MANY OF THE PARENTS AT PRIMROSES HAVE ALSO DONE THE SAME.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MS. ANNIE WADE, WHO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT SHE WANTED TO HAVE SOMEONE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
PRIOR TO THE CHANGE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE PRIMROSE SCHOOL AND MAKE A LEFT TURN, UH, ON SIENNA PARKWAY GOING SOUTH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A PROTECTED MANNER BY A STOPLIGHT.
WE NO LONGER HAVE THE PROTECTION OF THE STOPLIGHT, AND IT HAS MADE THAT INTERSECTION VERY UNSAFE.
MY CHILDREN GO TO PRIMROSE SCHOOL.
MY OLDEST HAS WATCHED MANY ACCIDENTS IN THAT SAME AREA AND THE AFTERMATH OF ACCIDENTS IN THAT SAME AREA.
I HAVE REQUESTED THAT SOMEONE LOOK INTO THIS AND AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO CHANGE WHAT IS NOW AN ENTRANCE ONLY TO AT LEAST AN ENTRANCE AND AN EXIT, SO THAT WE MAY LEAVE IN A PROTECTED MANNER AND GET TO, UM, THE SIENNA PARKWAY, GO SOUTH ON SIENNA PARKWAY.
WITHOUT THAT, WE ARE IN DANGER.
OUR CHILDREN, THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY ARE IN DANGER.
I SENT A MESSAGE AND I WAS RESPONDED.
I HAD GOT A RESPONSE FROM MR. MARCUS SNELL, AND HE STATED THAT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRAFFIC FLOW AND REEVALUATE THE TIMING OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO ALLOW FOR IMPROVED FLOW WHILE PROVIDING SAFE GAPS IN TRAFFIC FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE TIMELY RIGHT TURNS THAT STOPPED HAPPENING.
WE WERE ALSO GIVEN THE ADVICE THAT WE COULD UTILIZE SIDE STREETS DURING RUSH HOUR AND MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM THE LIGHT AT INTERSECTION AT MCKEEVER OR WATTS PLANTATION ROAD.
WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED IT BEFORE CHILDREN ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.
I'M ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHOEVER MAY BE INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION MAKING TO LOOK INTO THIS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT.
MS. BILLINGS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ALSO PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT BONITA BILLINGS.
UM, 8 0 2 7 HIGHWAY SIX, SUITE 100 MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 7 7 4 5 9.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT NOISE DISTURBANCE CALLS AGAINST MY BUSINESS, WHICH HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO THANK, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO EMORY, UM, CITY, UH, MEMBER CITY COUNCIL, EMORY MEMBER EMORY AND KLAUSER FOR TAKING LEAD IN SEEKING A RESOLUTION ON THIS MATTER.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO, UM, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF HARRIS AND IN THE MISSOURI CITY POLICE OFFICERS FOR THEIR DILIGENT EFFORTS IN ASSESSING THE SITUATION AND ENSURING FAIR EVALUATIONS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IN RESPONSE TO THE NOISE CONCERN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE IN TAKING MEASURES TO CONTAIN NOISE LEVELS AND MINIMIZE ANY DISTURBANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY THOSE BEHIND OUR BUSINESS.
WE, WE'VE ACTED, UH, WE'VE TAKEN MEASURES TO CLOSE OUR BACK DOORS DURING THE TIME OF LIVE MUSIC OR TO PREVENT THE EXCESS NOISES FROM ESCAPING AND REACHING NEARBY RESIDENCES.
WE RESTRICTED THE USE OF ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ON OUR PATIOS.
WE'VE DONE EXTERIOR, EXTERIOR BUILDING CHECKS PRIOR TO THE START OF BUSINESS.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF HELP CONTAIN THE SOUND WITHIN THE BUILDING ITSELF, UH, WE'VE INVESTED IN A DECIBEL METER TO MONITOR NOISE LEVELS AND TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS ONCE A NUMBER IS ESTABLISHED IN THE ORDINANCE.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE, THERE ISN'T A SOUNDWALL SEPARATING THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND THE RESIDENCE THAT BORDERS THE BACK OF OUR BUS BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, BASED ON FINDINGS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SUCH A WALL WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND THE RESIDENTS BEHIND ME.
WHILE WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THESE
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MEASURES, WE MAINTAIN, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATING AND IMPROVING OUR NOISE CONTROL STRATEGIES TO MOVE FORWARD COLLABORATIVELY.I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST SOME, A FEW ACTIONS, REVIEW THE EXISTING NOISE ORDINANCE TO BETTER ALIGN IT WITH THE CHANGING COMMUNITY LANDSCAPE, WHICH HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE OURS ALSO.
NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER ADDING A SPECIFIC DECIBEL NOISE LEVEL TO THE ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE CLEAR OBJECTIVE GUIDELINES FOR NOISE CONTROL.
THIS WILL HELP AVOID SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE VITAL ROLE OUR BUSINESS PLAYS IN BOTH MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OUR DEDICATED EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN OUR POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN MY LIVELIHOOD, A LABOR OF LOVE, AND A SOURCE OF PRIDE.
IT'S NOT JUST A VENTURE, IT'S A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I HOLD DEAR.
FURTHERMORE, IT PROVIDES MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT TO SICK 15 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE STRIVED TO BE A POSITIVE STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, QUALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM HAS BEEN OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
ALL MY SUPPORTERS PLEASE STAND.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MARLIS.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(1) Public Hearing- To receive comments for or against a resolution adopti...]
PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED ACTION.A UH, ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO ANIMAL SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION, PROVIDING AN FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
UH, SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT.
THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NO ONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS ADOPTING A SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION, REGISTRATION, IMPOUNDMENT AND HANDLING OF ANIMALS BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
WE HAVE, UH, FATIMA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THIS, THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ON THE AGENDA RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S USER FEES.
THE CITY ENGAGED WILL DAN FINANCIAL SERVICES TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE USER FEE STUDY TO DETERMINE THE COST TO THE CITY, PROVIDING PRIVATE BENEFITS TO THE INDIVIDUALS REQUESTING THEM.
THE STUDY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN HOUSE BILL 34 92 THAT NOW DISALLOWS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING OR IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN DETERMINING THE FEE TO REVIEW AND INSPECT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
EACH FEE WAS CALCULATED INDIVIDUALLY AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE REASONABLE FULL COST OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
THIS INCLUDED PERSONNEL COSTS AND DIRECT AND INDIRECT OVERHEAD APPLICABLE TO THAT PERSONNEL.
SOME FEES WERE INCREASED, SOME WERE REMAINED THE SAME AND SOME DECREASED AFTER THE STUDY.
IN SOME CASES, NEW FEES WERE ADDED.
THE STUDY WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENTS THAT CHARGE USER FEES AND WORK WITH THE CITY'S OBJECTIVES, WHICH INCLUDES DEVELOPING A RATIONAL BASIS FOR SETTING FEES, UNDERSTANDING TOTAL COSTS, IDENTIFYING HOW MUCH THE COST, HOW MUCH OF THE COST THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZING AND MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND OR LOCAL POLICIES.
THESE ARE SOME FACTORS TO DETERMINE REASONABLE FULL COST.
THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS WHOSE FEES WERE ANALYZED, AND THIS IS A SUMMARY OF STEPS OF THE STUDY AND TYPICAL FEE
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COMPONENTS.THESE ARE TYPICAL COST INPUTS TO A FEE USING THE FULLY BURDENED FULL COST APPLICATION.
DEPARTMENT FEES THAT WERE ANALYZED WITH THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING DEPARTMENT SERVICES CLOSER TO FULL COST RECOVERY WHILE STAYING COMPETITIVE WITH SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER OBJECTIVES.
THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE ANALYZED WAS FIRE FIRE'S.
CURRENT CURRENT GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY FOR USER FEES IS THAT 24%.
THE STUDY SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS WOULD BRING THE SUBSIDY DOWN TO 14%.
CURRENT GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY IS AT 77%.
AFTER SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS, IT WOULD BE 66% ANIMAL CONTROLS.
ANIMAL CONTROL PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE WHERE COST RECOVERY IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE DESIRE TO ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE ANIMAL OWNERSHIP.
PARKS AND RECREATION PARKS AND RECREATION'S.
GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY IS CURRENTLY AT 31%.
AFTER SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS, IT WOULD BE 29% PUBLIC WORKS.
AFTER ADJUSTMENTS, IT WILL BE 29% DUE TO HOUSE BILL 34 92, 3 OH FEES WILL BE REPLACED BY FOUR NEW ONES.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTS GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY IS CURRENTLY AT 55%.
AFTER ADJUSTMENTS IT WOULD BE 53%.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE COST RECOVERY IS NOT THE MAIN FOCUS.
COMPLIANCE WITH CITY RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.
THE STUDY, COMPLETE THE STUDY.
THE STUDY CONCLUDED WITH POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
MOST OF 'EM ARE ALREADY IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE DENNIS GURAL IS HERE.
IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT METHODOLOGY OR LOGIC OF THE STUDY.
I, UH, PUT MYSELF ON THE QUEUE.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE US EJO IS SEVEN A TWO, CORRECT? YES.
SO CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT'S THE CHANGE THAT I WILL BE VOTING FOR OR AGAINST ON 7 8 2? I KNOW I SAW THE WHOLE SLIDE.
WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING ON 7 8 2? WHAT'S THE CHANGE? WHICH ONE IS TWO? WHICH ONE IS I DON'T HAVE.
LEMME THE ONE THAT WE JUST READ.
AND WE ALSO HAVE HERE WHO WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE USER FEE STUDY IS ANIMAL CONTROL HERE.
UH, I'M SORRY TO ASK THIS BECAUSE IT SAYS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A SCHEDULE OF FEES PERTAINING TO THE RE REGULATIONS, REGISTRATION, IMPOUNDMENT OF HAND HANDLING OF ANIMALS.
WHAT IS THE CHANGE? WE REVIEWED OVER 600 FEES DURING THIS STUDY.
AND PROVIDED OVER 300 COMPARISONS.
THERE SHOULD BE IN THE PACKET.
I DON'T KNOW KNOW ON TOP OF MY HEAD THE EXACT FEE CHANGES, BUT IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES SLIDE, IT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I SAW THAT IT SAY 77% TO 66%, CORRECT? NO, THEY WERE IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
SO WHAT WAS THAT? 77 CHANGE TO 66%.
CAN YOU GO BACK, LET ME SEE IT.
MY SLIDE HERE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IN HERE.
I HAVE, SO IN FOR ANIMAL CONTROL, WE LOOKED AT 38 FEES.
UH, THERE WOULD BE SMALL INCREASES TO 21 FEES JUST TO MATCH CLOSER TO FULL COST RECOVERY AND DISCOURAGED NEGLECT AND, YOU KNOW, OFFENSES OF ANIMALS, UH, NINE FEES WOULD DECREASE ACTUALLY TO BE CLOSER TO FULL COST.
AND EIGHT FEES WOULD REMAIN AS CURRENTLY SAID.
AND ONE NEW FEE WOULD BE ADDED.
THAT IS A SERVICE THAT IS NEEDED THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT CURRENTLY CHARGING FOR.
UH, THE EXACT FEES WOULD BE IN THE PACKET FOR N M O CONTROL.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S 38 FEES IN TOTAL ON TOP OF MY HEAD.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT CHANGE FOR EACH ONE.
SO WHAT DID THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED? WHAT WAS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS THERE? THE PRESENTATION WAS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE TO ASSIST.
I YIELD BACK IF, BECAUSE WE NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I YIELD BACK, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN MEROSE.
SO WHEN I COMPARED, UH, 23 TO 21, WE HAVE ANNUAL CITY REGISTRATIONS IN 21, BUT THEN WE REBRAND IT AND SAY LIFETIME CITY REGISTRATION FEES.
AND I THINK WHEN WE GET INTO TERMINOLOGY LIKE LIFETIME, THAT TENDS TO MEAN THAT MAYBE THE FEES ARE LOCKED IN.
SO I HAVE IT FOR A COPY IF YOU WANT TO COME AND LOOK AT IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
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UNDERSTAND WHY WE CHANGED THAT.IS THAT, UH, WHICH ONE, WHICH DEPARTMENT? SO RIGHT HERE IT SAYS LIFETIME REGISTRATION FEES AND IT USED TO SAY ANNUAL.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE CHANGING THAT.
CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? OH, MM-HMM.
WE'RE CHANGING THAT FROM BEING AN ANNUAL FEE TO JUST TO PAY ONCE FOR THE ENTIRE LIFETIME INSTEAD OF BEING AN ANNUAL FEE.
SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT COST RECOVERY, BUT HONESTLY OUR ANIMAL SHELTER NEEDS SOME RECOVERY.
UH, SO WE NEED TO RE-LOOK AT THIS.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT FOR, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONLY FOR, UH, A COUPLE OF FEES ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES.
BUT I DIDN'T, I I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT EXACTLY.
HE HAS ANOTHER ONE WHERE HE COMPARES THE OLD COST TO THE NEW COST AND FULL RECOVERY TO, WELL, WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS, I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD CHANGE.
CAN I TAKE A LOOK? PLEASE? YES, SIR.
TRY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE LIFETIME THAT THAT WAS, UH, THIS LIFETIME CITY REGISTRATION FEES JUST FOR STERILIZING ANIMALS, UH, NON STERILIZED ANIMALS.
SO THERE'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OTHER CATEGORIES IN ANIMAL FEES THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE LIFETIME.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, UH, WHY IT SAYS LIFETIME CITY REGISTRATION FEES HERE.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY A COUPLE OF THOSE FEES THAT WERE FOR LIFETIME.
NOT, UH, ALL THE FEES FOR ANIMAL SERVICES.
SO WE NEED TO FIX THAT AGAIN, THE TECHNICALITY.
IF, IF, I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE SECTION ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR ANIMAL RIGHT NOW.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE REPORT, BUT THE REPORTS WERE A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME AND I THINK EVEN THE WAY, THE MOTION OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSING, WE WENT FROM JUST TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS TILL WE COVERED A MYRIADS OF FEES.
AND ONE THING THAT I FOUND KIND OF CONFUSING INSIDE OF THE REPORT, IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL TO ME IF I HAD A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON.
YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THE OVERALL SIX FROM 70% TO 66%.
I DO APPRECIATE IT, OF COURSE.
BUT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS CHANGING.
I CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN MARULA THAT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER IS IN DIRE NEED OF A LOT OF THINGS.
SO WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT REVAMPING AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITY, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER LOOK AT THESE FEES, UM, IN A PRACTICAL MANNER THAT WE CAN ALL EASILY UNDERSTAND.
AND, UH, WE'VE PROVIDED A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THAT HAS THE CURRENT FEE, THE SUGGESTED FEE.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE THOSE.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IN THIS PAST.
AND AGAIN, IT, IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE ANIMAL CONTROL.
IT NEEDS A LOT OF, UH, MORE MONEY.
AND THAT'S WHY OUT OF THE 38 FEES, 21 FEES ARE INCREASING TO BE CLOSER TO FULL COST.
LET'S GET A, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THAT WOULD HELP ME ON TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, SO I PUT MYSELF BACK ON AGAIN JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT.
NO QUESTION IS THAT I AGREE WITH THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT SPOKE.
YOU CAN'T GO ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THAT'S WHY I READ WHAT'S IN HERE.
SO WHAT I LIKE TO SEE FOR US TO VOTE ON IT WHEN IT COMES TO ALL OF THESE ITEMS, THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO CITI, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE, WHEN YOU CHANGE THE FEES.
RIGHT? WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND TO TELL ME THAT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
IF YOU'RE PRESENTING SOMETHING ON THE SLIDE, I LIKE TO SEE A COMPARISON OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AND WHAT THE CHANGE IS.
AND THESE ARE WHAT OUR CITIZENS SEE, WHAT'S ON THE SLIDE AND AGENDA PACKAGE, THEY DON'T SEE.
SO BEFORE I VOTE ON SOMETHING, I LIKE TO GET THOSE ITEMS UP HERE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE MEMBER OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY VOTING FOR OR VOTING AGAINST.
SO TO TELL ME THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA PACKET, THAT'S A WRONG ANSWER.
IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T ANSWER ANY FOR ANY OTHER SIX PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.
SO IF WE ARE GOING TO BREAK DOWN, WHETHER IT'S ANIMAL, SHELTER, PARKS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE DOWN BREAKDOWN TO FIRE AND ALL THESE FEES.
ANY, ANY TIME THERE ARE FEES THAT ARE INVOLVED, JUST GIVE US A COMPARISON OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN PLACE, WHAT'S CHANGING.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AND BECAUSE I JUST WANT, AND THIS IS JUST A COMMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL.
NOBODY OF OUR CITIZENS SEE THE
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AGENDA PACKET, RIGHT.SO THE EVERY SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT WE PUT UP HERE IS ACTUALLY IF THE CITIZENS ARE WATCHING, THEY'RE SEEING WHAT IT IS.
AND WE NEEDED TO TELL A STORY ON WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, NOT BASED ON SOME EXCEPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, NOW IT'S OKAY THAT SOMETIMES NOT ALL OF US AGREE ON CERTAIN THINGS.
ISSUE HERE IS WE NEED TO HAVE PRESENTATION ON EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE VOTING FOR BASED ON PER ITEMS. AND I YIELD BACK AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MAYOR PROTO EMERY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU COULD, UH, TAKE THE SLIDES BACK, THE PRESENTATION BACK TO, UH, UH, KEEP GOING.
THE, UM, ONE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT, WELL, THIS IS, UH, THE SUBSIDY.
GO BACK TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER THERE.
UH, IT SAYS, UH, MY, MY QUESTION I GUESS IS TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY WOULD DECREASE FROM 77% TO 66%.
DO WE HAVE A TARGET OF WHAT THAT SUBSIDIES SHOULD BE FOR THESE VARIOUS, UH, FUNCTIONS? OR HOW DO WE DETERMINE, UH, WHAT, UH, I GUESS WE DETERMINE THAT WHATEVER OUR EXPENSE IS, WE BOUNCE THAT UP AGAINST WHAT REVENUE WE COME IN AND THE REST IS COVERED BY A SUBSIDY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
AND ACTUALLY, WE, WE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHING SOME THRESHOLDS FOR EACH OF THE AREAS IN TERMS OF FEES TO DETERMINE WHAT IS OUR TARGET OBJECTIVE AND, AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE THINK WE SHOULD BE CHARGING TO GET CLOSER TO THAT.
UM, AND, AND LET ME JUST STATE IN, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED, I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY, UM, FOR THAT BECAUSE, UM, WE LOOKED AT THIS FROM A PUBLIC HEARING PERSPECTIVE AND NOT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, FEES AND, UH, AND SHOWING THOSE COMPARISONS.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST AT THIS POINT IS THAT WE COME BACK, UM, WITH EACH, UM, FEED ITEMIZED AND SHOW A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON SO THAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY SEE WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR AND NOT HAVE IT ALL COMPILED INTO ONE.
ONE, IF, UH, WE, UH, CAN LOOK AT THE, THE SUBSIDY, LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, ANIMAL CONTROL FROM 77%, THE 66%, WHAT DOLLAR VALUE DOES THAT WE WILL SHOW THAT REDUCE, YOU KNOW, THE SUBSIDY.
YES, WE WILL, WE WILL SHOW THAT.
AND THAT, THAT'S FOR ALL OF THE ITEMS. YES.
AND, AND SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE SPENT TIME ON THE L G C OF SETTING A PARAMETER OF WHAT WE WANTED TO GET OUT OF L G C FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT.
WELL, I KNOW THIS ISN'T REALLY REVENUE, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE'VE, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH ARE WE SUBSIDIZING EACH OF THESE OPERATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT? I MEAN, AND, AND IT MAY BE, I SAY, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, THE ANIMAL NEEDS ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.
BUT LET'S, UH, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SETTING SOME STANDARDS AS TO WHAT OUR, UH, SUBSIDY SHOULD BE AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO WORK TOWARDS THAT SUBSIDY.
EITHER KEEPING IT AT THAT LEVEL OR REDUCING IT.
AND WE WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK BECAUSE I DEFINITELY THINK THERE SHOULD BE A THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE TARGETING AND IS IN IT AS IT WAS STATED FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.
SOME OF IT IS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION.
SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT TO ACCOUNT.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A FEE? TOTALLY, UH, REVENUE SUPPORTED? IS THAT GONNA DISTRACT FROM TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COMPLY? AND EACH ONE OF THOSE SERVICES, WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL, UH, REGARDING THE FEES.
AND TO ME, I, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UH, AND, UH, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THAT'S, UH, THAT SUBSIDY REPRESENTS SO THAT WE GET SOME FEEL FOR, UH, THE, UH, UH, THE MAGNITUDE OF SUBSIDIES THAT WE'RE GIVING TO, UH, THESE VARIOUS OPERATIONS.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO INCREASE THOSE SUBSIDIES.
BUT AT LEAST GIVE US SOMETHING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SO WE CAN DETERMINE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR, UM, IN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
UM, OUTSIDE OF DOING THE, THE SIDE BY SIDE, UH, COMPARISON, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT CHANGES AND GREAT CALL, UH, CATCH, UH, BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, MERU IS ABOUT THE LIFETIME CITY, YOU KNOW, THING.
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DIFFERENCE IN WHY THERE WAS A CHANGE FROM THE ANNUAL TO THE LIFETIME, BUT, UH, VETERINARY REIMBURSEMENT WASN'T, UH, IN PREVIOUS, UH, THE PREVIOUS FEES AND NOW IT'S AT COST.UH, WAS THAT BASED OFF OF AN ANALYSIS DONE FROM OTHER CITIES OR UH, HOW DID WE CHOOSE TO ADD THAT? THAT WAS THE ONLY ADDITION THAT I SAW THAT WAS ADDED TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.
I BELIEVE SOME FEES ALREADY INCLUDED THAT VETERINARY FEE, UH, IN THE FEE ITSELF.
UH, WHICH WAS, I BELIEVE, UH, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEES.
I THINK SOMETHING WITH THE RABIES TEST AND SOME OF THOSE TESTS WERE ALREADY INCLUDING THE FIELD OF VETERINARY SERVICES, BUT WHAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY HAD TO GO TO THE VET TO GET CERTAIN SERVICES AND THEY WANTED TO BE COVERED TO MAKE SURE, NO MATTER WHAT SERVICE THEY GET FROM THE VET, 'CAUSE IT'S THIRD PARTY, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A PASS THROUGH DIRECTLY TO THE CUSTOMER.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
UM, AT THE NEXT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS, YES, WE'LL HAVE JUST A SIDE BY SIDE REVIEW AND THE EXPLANATION FOR THE, UM, SUBSIDY IS, IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE SUBSIDY AND WHAT THE CHANGE IN THE, UH, RATES WILL DO IN TERMS OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE CHANGE IN THE SUBSIDY.
L LASTLY, UH, I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT IS THIS GONNA BE APPLICABLE TO ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA YES.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I SAID IN LIGHT OF, I, THAT'S WHY I SAID I GIVE, I GAVE OUT THE WRONG DIRECTION AND THAT'S WHY IT WILL BE, I THINK, BETTER FOR YOUR TIME TO PULL THESE AND HAVE US COME BACK WITH ALL OF THEM, UH, POSITIONED IN A WAY THAT ADDRESSES THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS RAISED.
CAN I STATE THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS ONE HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER 1ST AND PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE APPROVED BECAUSE STATE LAW CHANGED THAT ONE.
SO THAT, THAT ITEM IS THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ITEM OR THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SCHEDULE OF FEES? THAT'S ITEM FOUR.
PUBLIC WORKS IS, OH, IT'S ON DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
IT'S ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SCHEDULE WITH FEES.
WHO, WHO DID THIS STUDY? WHO, WHO, WHO IS THE STUDY? WILDON FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SO WHAT DID YOU DO? SO WALK ME THROUGH WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US? UH, WELL WHAT WE PRESENTED IS SUBSIDY AMOUNT AVERAGES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
UH, WE DIDN'T WANT, UH, WE DIDN'T PRESENT THE 600.
THERE'S OVER 600 FEES WE REVIEWS.
WE, IF WE GO OVER FEE ONE BY ONE, IT'S GONNA TAKE A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, THE WAY WE CALCULATED THESE FEES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS FEES, IS THAT THE STATE LAW SAYS THAT NOW IT HAS TO BE BASED ON DIRECT TIME ESTIMATES AND HOURLY RATES.
SO THE WAY WE DID THIS PROCESS IS WE GATHERED TIME ESTIMATES TO COMPLETE EACH INDIVIDUAL SERVICE OR FEE.
AND THEN WE ADDED, UH, UH, FULLY BURN HOURLY RATES ON THAT TO DEVELOP THE FULL COST OF SERVICE OF EACH SERVICE AND FEE.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY SET, THAT'S ALL YOUR POLICY AND CITY POLICY RIGHT.
TO SET WHAT, HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO RECOVER.
WHAT WE CA WHAT WE DID IS WE CALCULATED THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING EACH INDIVIDUAL SERVICE, UH, THAT WE REVIEWED.
SO FOR PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING, THERE WERE THREE FEES THAT WERE, UH, BASED ON THE VALUE OF IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTIONS.
THOSE THREE FEES HAD TO CHANGE TO FOUR DIFFERENT FEES THAT WE, UH, STRUCTURED BASED ON THE NEW STATE LAW WITH DIRECT TIME INVOLVED AND FULLY BURDEN HOURLY RATES.
LET ME ASK THIS MORE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I'M A AVERAGE CITIZEN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK YOU THIS.
SO GOING BACK TO THE ANIMAL, RIGHT, THE ONE THAT WE JUST READ THAT, THAT WAS READ BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT WERE YOUR FINDINGS AND WHAT WERE YOUR CHANGES THAT YOU WERE DOING? YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE VOTING ON IT TO INCREASE OR DECREASE, RIGHT? FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL? YEAH.
THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE TO 21 FEES TO BE CLOSER TO FULL COST RECOVERY.
NONE OF THE FEES ARE EVEN CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT COST RECOVERY.
'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE FEES WOULD NOT REALLY BE REASONABLE TO BE A FULL COST RECOVERY, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ADOPTION.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE 16 OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT YOU SAID 21, UH, FEES WOULD INCREASE? YEAH.
THERE WOULD BE, UH, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE DIRECT THINGS.
I CAN OPEN MY LAPTOP REAL QUICK AND GET YOU THE DIRECT, UH, FEE CHANGES.
SO WHAT WERE YOU GONNA PRESENT HERE TODAY? THE AVERAGE, YOU WERE GONNA SUBSIDY CHANGES.
YOU JUST GONNA GIVE US THE AVERAGE FOR US TO VOTE ON AND DEPARTMENT AND THEN PRESENT, GIVE YOU ALL THE FEES WITH THE CURRENT CHARGE AND PROPOSED CHANGE AND, AND YOUR IN THE BACK APPENDIX OF THE POWERPOINT.
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ALL RIGHT.IS THERE'S A, UH, MOTION THAT SOMEONE LIKE TO ENTERTAIN.
MEMBER BROWNIE, WHAT IS THE MOTION? I ACTUALLY WITHDREW MY MOTION ON MARCH
NOW IT'S SHOWING BROWN MARSH AND I JUST WITHDREW AS WELL.
DO WE, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO BRING IT BACK? YES.
YOU'LL NEED A MO MOTION TO POSTPONE.
OKAY, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ITEMS. A ONE AND A TWO.
NOT JUST JUST A ONE BACK AT A LATER TIME.
WE DO YOU WANNA DO THREE? TWO HAVE BY.
SO IT'LL BE FOR ITEMS A TWO AND A THREE, A FIVE AND FIVE AND SIX.
FOUR IS THE ONE THAT WE SAID WE NEEDED.
RIGHT? SO FOUR IS THE ONE THAT WE NEED FOR CORRECT.
THAT HAS THE, UH, M MC I, SHE'S RIGHT.
CHANGE FOR HOUSE BILL FOUR NINE.
AND I BELIEVE JENNIFER'S HERE SO SHE CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THE CHANGES OF WHAT THE OTHER CHANGES ON THAT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
SO ON TONIGHT, MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, BRING BACK ITEMS A TWO AND A THREE AT A LATER DATE FOR CONSIDERATION.
OKAY? SO THAT, THAT'S YOUR MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MELES, IS THAT YOUR SECOND? THAT'S MY SECOND.
THERE'S, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE QUEUE WITH FURTHER DISCUSSION, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY TO POSTPONE ITEMS TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
TWO AND THREE AND NO, TWO AND THREE IS BOTH.
[(4) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving and adoptin...]
WE'RE GOING TO ITEM SEVEN A FOUR.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SCHEDULE OF FEES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERE TO, OKAY.
THAT PRESENTATION INCLUDED, UH, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, SIR.
AND THE SIDE BY SIDE IS AVAILABLE AND WE'LL BE SENDING IT OUT.
UM, I CAN GO DOWNSTAIRS AND SEND IT IF YOU'D LIKE.
NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO, IS THAT YOUR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNEY, TO APPROVE.
UM, SO WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK MAYBE JENNIFER OR ELENA IF THEY COULD JUST GIVE US A VERY QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S EXACTLY CHANGING.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE HEAR DEVELOPERS COMPLAIN TO US ABOUT THE COST OF OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEES.
SO I THINK BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, I THINK WE NEED AT LEAST A GENERAL OVERVIEW.
SO THAT NUMBER INCLUDES BOTH PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, I BELIEVE.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING, UH, HAD AN INCREASE OF 11 FEES.
TWO FEES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.
THREE OLD FEES WOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE FOUR NEW FEES FOR THE TEXAS HOUSE BILL.
UH, AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAD ACTUALLY A LOT OF FEES.
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT HAD 185 FEES THAT WE REVIEWED.
UH, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE TO 57 FEES TO BE CLOSER TO FULL COST RECOVERY.
126 FEES WOULD REMAIN AS CURRENTLY SAID.
SO THE MAJORITY WOULD REMAIN AS CURRENTLY SAID.
'CAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO FULL COST RECOVERY ALREADY.
AND, UH, ONE NEW FEE WOULD BE ADDED THAT, UH, IS FOR SERVICE THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING AND ACCURATELY CHARGING.
DOES THAT END THE PRESENTATION? YES.
CONSTABLE MONROE IS RECOGNIZING.
UM, BE PATIENT WITH ME 'CAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES ON THIS.
SO I WAS REALLY SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH RENTAL REGISTRATION.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 50 AND 20 FOR EXEMPT.
UM, PERSONALLY I'D LIKE TO SEE US CHANGE THAT, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK OUR TOP PRIORITIES ARE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
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INCREASE THE RATES THAT WAY, WE CAN FUND IT BETTER.AND WE CAN DO INSPECTIONS ON PROPERTIES THAT LANDLORDS ARE FLIPPING.
WE CAN BRING HOUSES UP TO CODE.
WE CAN SCREEN PEOPLE FOR SEXUAL, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED THESE DAYS, UH, LIKE REGISTRATION FOR, UH, SEXUAL PREDATORS, SEXUAL OFFENDERS.
UM, SO I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT INCREASING THOSE FEES.
I DID SOME RESEARCH, UH, FOUND THAT OTHER NEIGHBORS DO 75 BUCKS, 93 50, UH, SOME CHARGE INSPECTION FEES AND WHATNOT.
SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT FOR EVERYONE TO GRASP.
I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE MY NOTES.
BUT MY THOUGHTS ARE THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE OUR FEE TO $85 ANNUALLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PENALTY FOR LATE FEES, 25 BUCKS.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER UP A PENALTY FOR NOT REGISTERING AT $225.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE CHARGING THE SAME.
AND THEN AN INSPECTION RATE, SO WHEN WE GO OUT, WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE INSPECT THAT HOME AGAIN TO MAKE SURE IT'S WITHIN COMPLIANCE BEFORE WE PASS THOSE PROBLEMS ON TO ANOTHER RENTER.
SO, UH, I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, BUT IN THE END, WHAT I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON IS HOLDING RENTERS ACCOUNTABLE, MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER, AND ALSO CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANT.
AND I CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION MORE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE RENTAL REGISTRATION FEE, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, AN ORDINANCE FOR RENTAL REGISTRATION AND IT ONLY ALLOWS FOR SO MANY THINGS.
SO I SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT PENALTIES AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AND THEN BRING THOSE FEES BACK WITH THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE FOR THE RENTAL REGISTRATION FEE.
I CAN SHARE MY NOTES WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
RECOGNIZING, UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM, EMERY? YEAH.
UH, QUESTION I HAD, UH, AND THIS IS, UH, FOR, UH, LEGAL REJOICE.
WAS THERE A TIME DEADLINE FOR, UH, MAKING CHANGES TO THE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SCHEDULES? THE ONLY DEADLINE THAT WE HAD, OR THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS THE SEPTEMBER 1ST DEADLINE, UH, THAT RELATED TO THE BILL THAT PREVENTS THE CITY FROM CHARGING FEES FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON THE VALUE OF THAT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT BILL BECAME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
SO I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE TO PASS THIS, UH, OR CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION, UM, AS CLOSE TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY DEADLINE, UM, THAT I'M AWARE OF.
IN, IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL POLICY, WE STATE THAT WE'LL, UH, REVIEW AND UPDATE OUR FEES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND SO WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO UPDATE THE FEES IN LINE WITH THE BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THESE ITEMS ARE COMING TO YOU NOW, JUST SO THAT THEY WOULD BE EFFECTIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND MY QUESTION IS, THOUGH, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE FEES, UH, CHANGED OR, OR, UH, UH, AMENDED BY SEPTEMBER 14TH OR 15TH? THE FEE, UH, THE FEES THAT RELATE TO THE VALUE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE CHANGED, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT BILL BECAME EFFECTIVE, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM ALONG WITH THE OTHERS, THE CITY MANAGER COULD RELY ON THE BILL AS THE BASIS FOR NOT IMPLEMENTING THE CURRENT METHODOLOGY FOR IMPOSING THE CURRENT CHARGE.
BUT SHE WOULD NEED SOME BASIS TO, UM, IMPOSE A DIFFERENT CHARGE ON THOSE BUSINESSES.
THE, THE REASON I ASK IS IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WE HAVE ATI, WE HAVE A DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET TO MAKE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND THE OTHERS, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO DEADLINE FOR US TO, TO DO ALL OR CHANGES TO ANIMAL CONTROL OR ANY OF THE OTHERS.
BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR FUNCTION, WE HAVE A, A DEADLINE THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED.
AND IF THE COUNCIL DESIRED TO, YOU COULD PULL THOSE FEES, I THINK IT'S ABOUT THREE, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR FEES, MAYBE PULL THAT WE COULD CREATE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT WOULD TAKE THEM OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, FEE SCHEDULE.
UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE ONLY TO APPROVE THOSE SPECIFIC FEES, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT WITH A MOTION.
UH, WE COULD CHANGE THE, THE RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT.
WELL, I, I GUESS I'D ASK THE CITY MANAGER WHAT'S, UH, THE PREFERENCE FROM STAFF IS SO THAT WE CAN MEET THESE, THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT, BUT WE CAN ALSO ADDRESS THE BASIC,
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UH, ISSUE THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.I, WELL, I LIKE TO DO THINGS IN ORDER, AND I THINK THIS, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONFUSION TONIGHT, SO, UM, I DO NOT THINK WAITING ANOTHER UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK IS GOING TO HURT THAT MUCH MORE, UM, THAN IT ALREADY IS NOW.
UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO NOT TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
IF THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT FEES, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEM ALL IN ORDER.
RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RAMONI.
I WAS JUST GOING TO, UH, IN LINE AND PIGGYBACKING ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES ON THE RE RENTAL REGISTRATION THING.
UM, I KNOW, I THINK IT WAS JUNE 2ND, YOU SENT OUT A WEEKLY RECAP ABOUT YOUR VISIT TO GALA AND JUBILEE, UH, APARTMENTS.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES MM-HMM.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE, IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM AS WELL, OR NOT JUST THEM, BUT ANY TYPE OF ENTITY SUCH AS THAT.
UH, TO INCLUDE POTENTIAL RENTAL REGISTRATION FEES OR, UM, REQUIREMENTS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THEM.
AND ACTUALLY THAT THE RENTAL REGISTRATION IS WHAT GAVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
THAT WAS OUR ENTRYWAY INTO HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS.
SO I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A ACCOUNTABILITY STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO TO, TO HIS POINT, BUT ALSO MORE REVENUE POTENTIALLY AS WELL.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, MY QUESTION IS PRIMARILY TO MS. E.
JOYS, IN THE EVENT THAT WE TAKE ACTION ON TONIGHT, IN ORDER TO M MAKE THE SEPTEMBER 1ST THING, WOULD WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND AMEND? OF COURSE.
SO, EJO, THIS QUESTION IS TO YOU.
SO WHAT ARE THE THREE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE NEED TO BUY SEPTEMBER 1ST? UM, THERE ARE A LIST OF, WELL, THEY'RE CALLED MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT FEES.
THEY'RE A SECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE OF FEES THAT PROVIDE FEES FOR, UM, APPLICANTS WHO ARE BUILDING ROADS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE IN THE PAST IS BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CITY HAS ASSESSED A FEE.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITY CAN NO LONGER DO THAT.
THEREFORE, UH, USING THE STUDY, THE TEAM HAS COME UP WITH A SET FEE, UH, BELIEVE SHASHI IS HERE AND CAN, UH, TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC FEES, BUT THEY HAVE, UH, CREATED A SET FEE THAT WOULD THEN BE CHARGED, UM, TO APPLICANTS WHO ARE BUILDING ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, YES, THAT WHAT BROWN MARSHALL JUST TALKED ABOUT WAS THE THREE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT HAS TO DO WITH, WITH PLANNING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW YES.
THEY CAME IN THROUGH, SO IF WE PASS THAT TONIGHT, THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK IN AND, AND AMEND IT WITH WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE NATURE OF, OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S QUESTION.
IF YOU ALL PASSED THIS ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM FOUR, UM, AND YOU, THE CITY MANAGER CAME BACK WITH SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR JUST RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISCUSSION POINTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AT THE NEXT MEETING, SEPTEMBER 18TH, YOU COULD AMEND THE SCHEDULE OF FEES AGAIN TO ADDRESS THOSE OTHER ITEMS. OKAY.
SO I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY, I SEE YOU AS MOTION.
CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION, SIR, IF THAT, IF YOU HAVE ONE? UM, WE SEEKING TO HAVE THIS POSTPONED AS WELL, OR, OR CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH? YES.
UH, MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS CONSIDERED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SEE IN A SECOND.
UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
SO HEARING, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
UH, IF YOU'RE AT THE DAAS, YOU HAVE TO VOTE RIGHT OUT.
DON'T DO THE MOTION CARRIES FIVE TO ONE AND ONE ABSTENTION.
NOW WE HAVE, WAIT, I'M CONFUSED NOW.
[(5) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against a resolution adopt...]
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RIGHT? YES, SIR.IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS OR FOR AGAINST A RESOLUTION, ADOPTING RATES AND ESTABLISHING TAR F FOR THE PROVISION OF NATURAL GAS SERVICES BY SI ENERGY LP WITHIN MISSOURI CITY OF TEXAS.
IS THERE A PUBLIC HEARING? I MEAN, IS THERE, WE'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(6) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution adopting the settleme...]
A SIX.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, SETTING RATES AND ESTABLISHING TARIFFS FOR THE PROVISION OF NATIONAL NATURAL GAS SERVICES BY SEA ENERGY LP.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE'S NO, NO FORMAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT RELATED TO THIS ITEM.
BACK IN MAY, YOU WILL PASS A RESOLUTION TO SPENDING THE FEES OR SEE ENERGY.
THEY WANTED TO INCREASE THEIR REVENUE BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.
UM, THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE GULF COAST COALITION OF CITIES, OR THE, THE SEA ENERGY COALITION, UH, NOW HAS KIND OF GOTTEN THEM TO THE TABLE.
THEY'VE AGREED TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
SO INSTEAD OF A BASE FEE FOR RESIDENTS OF ABOUT $25, THOSE WHO HAVE SEA ENERGY, THEY WOULD NOW HAVE A BASE FEE OF ABOUT $19.
SO THIS IS JUST THE AGREEMENT TO, UH, ADOPT THOSE FEES AND SETTLE THE, UH, LITIGATION.
SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(7) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against the ordinance amen...]
ITEM SEVEN A SEVEN A SEVEN.IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S, UH, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY'S INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, I T S AND MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARCUS SNELL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
MR. MR. MAYOR, IF WE COULD, UM, HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENTS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[(8) Consideration and Possible Action - First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]
A EIGHT.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ADOPTING A NEW MOBILITY PLAN, INCLUDING A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN, AN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PLAN, AND A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY PLAN, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO, GUYS, SIR.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR COUNSEL.
ALRIGHT, UH, I'M HERE TO PRONOUNCE OR TO PRONOUNCE
SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO THOSE, UH, I T S MASTER PLAN.
SO IS IT DOWN HERE PRESENTING? THANK YOU.
SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO OUR I T S MASTER PLAN.
SO THESE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED TOGETHER.
UH, OUR I T S MASTER PLAN, I T S STANDS FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THINGS LIKE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, UH, WIRED, UH, WIRELESS, AND THEN ALSO OUR, UH, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, OUR T M C.
SO THAT'S PICTURED HERE ON THE RIGHT.
AND THAT IS A PRODUCT OF OUR 2015 PLAN.
SO OUR PLANS, THE PLANS THAT WE CREATE IN PUBLIC WORKS, WE JUST DON'T PLAN TO PLAN.
WE PLAN TO DO, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE PLANS, UH, THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE WITHIN THIS CITY.
OUR MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, THIS IS THE OTHER HALF.
IF I T S IS TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR SMART SYSTEMS ARE TALKING TO OUR SMART SYSTEMS, OUR MOBILITY MASTER PLAN IS TALKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE MOVING PEOPLE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
THAT'S NOT JUST VEHICLE MOVEMENT, THAT'S PEDESTRIAN, THAT'S BICYCLE, THAT'S WHY IT'S MOBILITY AND NOT JUST TRAFFIC MASTERPLAN.
IN THE PAST, UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC AND, UH, THEN PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY SEPARATELY TO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM TOGETHER.
OUR LAST PLAN WAS DONE IN 2011.
UM, ONE OF THE GREAT PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IS NIGHT ROAD.
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PLAN, WE START, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR NIGHT ROAD.WE JUST OPENED THAT UP AGAIN, CREATING PLANS TO DO THINGS WITH THEM, NOT JUST TO CREATE PLANS AND TURN TREES INTO WONDERFUL DOCUMENTS.
SO THERE WAS SOME GREAT KEY SCOPE ITEMS THAT WE HAD WHEN GOING INTO THIS.
IN GENERAL, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HERE IS WHERE'S MISSOURI CITY RIGHT NOW? AND WHERE IS MISSOURI CITY HEADED? AND TO DO THAT, WE ENGAGED THE PUBLIC.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WERE THINKING.
WE, WE VERY INTERESTED AND NOT JUST MAKING SOMETHING THAT'S FOR ANYONE, FOR EVERYONE.
SO THIS IS OUR CITY TODAY AND OUR CITY.
AS WE LOOKED AT THIS PLAN, THAT'S OUR CITY LIMITS AND OUR E T J, UH, THESE ARE THE PLANS THAT THE ENGINEERING TEAM REVIEWED.
IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THESE NEW MASTER PLANS, UH, THERE WERE FOUR PLANS THAT WENT INTO THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN AND TWO THAT WENT INTO THE I T SS MASTER PLAN.
UH, OF THESE SIX PLANS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE, UH, THE TWO NEW PLANS ARE GONNA REPLACE FOUR OF THEM.
UH, THE PLANS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ON ARE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WHICH IS HELD BY PLANNING OR, UH, BY PLANNING AND, UH, THE PARKS PLAN, WHICH IS HELD BY PARKS.
SO WE DID HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THESE PLANS.
LIKE I HAD SAID BEFORE, WE DID FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS BACK IN 2022.
WE ALSO DID TWO MEETINGS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND, UH, MYSELF AND MANU, WHO IS HERE ALSO, WE HAD THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THESE PLANS AT THE A P A, UH, A P W A CONFERENCE IN WACO.
A FEW MONTHS BACK, I WAS A VERY INTERESTED IN JUST VIBRANT CROWD WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT MASTER PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. SO DELIVERABLES AND OBJECTIVES THAT CAME OUT OF THIS.
SO WE WENT, WE STUDIED THE PLANS, WE LOOKED AT THE CITY, WE TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE PROVIDED A FUTURE FRAMEWORK FOR MOBILITY WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
WE ESTABLISHED GUIDANCE FOR I T S TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPED COST-EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLAN.
NOT JUST OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CADILLAC OF ALL PLANS, BUT WHAT ARE PLANS THAT WE CAN DO THAT ARE ACTIONABLE AND VALUE ENGINEERED.
WE LOOKED AT SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM PROJECTS.
IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST DO EVERYTHING IN THE NEXT YEAR, THEN WE'RE BACK AT THIS AND A YEAR AFTER THAT.
WE DON'T WANT PLANS FOR ONLY 10 YEARS OUT.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO STAGE OUR PROGRESS AND GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, IDENTIFYING GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS KALEIDOSCOPE OF PROJECTS.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, WE LOOKED AT, UH, SOME SIGNAL TIMING AND INTERSECTION, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, DIFFERENT ROAD SECTIONS THAT INCLUDE BIKE LANES AND, UH, EXPANDED SHARED USE PASS.
THEN ALSO OUR SMART CITY INITIATIVE, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR ADAPTIVE SYSTEM, UH, ADAPTIVE SIGNALS.
SO THE SCHEDULE, WE HAD A SCHEDULE FOR THIS WHOLE THING.
UH, WE STARTED THE DATA COLLECTION BACK IN THE WINTER OF 2021.
WE ARE NOW WHAT FALL? IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER, BUT FALL OF 23.
AND WE ARE BETWEEN, UH, REVIEW AND COMMENT AND FINAL REPORT.
THIS IS THE, THE LAST PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT DOCUMENT.
IF THE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, VOTES FAVORABLY ON THIS THIS EVENING WHEN WE READ IT AGAIN.
UH, NEXT WHAT NEXT SESSION, IT'LL BE THE FINAL REPORT.
THAT WAS A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, OF OUR DOCUMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THANK OUR ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WORK ON THIS KIMLEY HORN.
THEY CAME HERE TONIGHT, THEY'RE IN THE BACK.
YOU GUYS WANNA STAND UP REAL QUICK.
THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, UM, SHOWING OFF OUR CITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, AMINA PAD, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO LED THIS PROJECT INTERNALLY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(9) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against an increase in the...]
NUMBER NINE, OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST AN INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING MATERIAL COLLECTION RATES.I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM A NINE.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A NINE ITEM, UH,
[(10) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution adopting rates for re...]
SEVEN A 10.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, ADOPTING A SCHEDULE OF RATES AND FEES FOR CITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTER, JASON MANGUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UH, GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AGAIN, NO FORMAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
OUR CONTRACT WITH, UH, G F L PERMITS THEM TO, UH, ANNUALLY
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INCREASE THE RATES FOR COLLECTION FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE SERVICES.UM, OUR CONTRACT, UH, ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT BASED ON, UH, TWO FACTORS, THE CONSUMER PRICE AND INDEX, AND THE, THE DIESEL FUEL PRICE INDEX.
HOWEVER, IT CAPS THE INCREASE AT 5%.
UM, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, FROM G F L INDICATING THE DESIRE TO RAISE THE PRICES.
UM, THE, THE C P I WAS, UH, 6.28% AND THE DIESEL FUEL PRICE INDEX WAS 8.45%.
SO, UH, THEY, UH, WENT AHEAD AND PROPOSED THE 5%, WHICH IS WHAT IT'S CAPPED AT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
REQUESTING ANY MOTION OR A SECOND? YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.
MEMBER THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the execution of a lease...]
EIGHT ARE AUTHORIZATIONS EIGHT A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH AS 91, UH, FOUR PARK, FOUR POINT PARKWAY, AND HIGHWAY SIX FOR A 10, $10 PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS FOR AN APPROXIMATE 1,190 SQUARE FOOT SPACE TO SERVE AS POLICE SUBSTATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND, UH, PARKWAY.SEE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[9. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]
I'M NUMBER NINE, OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, POSITION ONE.
OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
SO, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND QUITE A FEW EVENTS.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT STUCK OUT THE MOST WAS THE DEMOLITION OF AN OLD AND ABANDONED STRIP CENTER, UM, THAT SOME OF US GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO, WHICH IS OVER OFF OF, UM, WEST FUQUA.
WEST QUAY, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE TIP TO ONE OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY OWNED BY, UM, TROY AND CHARITY CARTER.
AND TO ME, THEY HONESTLY SHOULD BE THE POSTER CHILDREN AS TO HOW TO REDEVELOP AND TURN SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ABANDONED OR BLIGHT INTO SOMETHING NEW AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THEM AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, SET THOSE TRENDS BECAUSE THAT WAS DONE THROUGH PUBLIC AND, UM, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT'S HOW THAT ENTIRE PROJECT IS GOING TO THE TUNE OF $19 MILLION.
UM, MS. BILLINGS LEFT, UM, THE OWNER.
I WANNA THANK HER FOR TAKING SUCH A PROACTIVE BUSINESS MEASURE.
UM, PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH NOISE.
UM, TO SEE A BUSINESS OWNER GO OUT AND PURCHASE A NOISE, BEL READER, THAT'S TO BE COMMENDED.
IT SHOWS THAT SHE DOES WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND, AND FOR, AND TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, A LOT OF US ENJOY GOING OVER TO THAT, UH, PLACE, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS.
YES, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK AND ON.
UM, LASTLY ON TONIGHT, I I JUST KIND OF WANT TO DEDICATE SOME TIME TO OFFICER PAXTON ON SATURDAY.
WE WERE OVER AT THE LIBERTY WAY OF STREET UNVEILING AND IT WAS REALLY HOT OUT THERE.
AND, UM, THROUGH SOME QUICK ACTIONS OF SOME, SOME OF US HERE, EVEN ON COUNCIL, WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO GO DOWN AND THE HEAT IS REALLY, REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW.
BUT OFFICER PAXTON, HE DECIDED HE SAW THE NEED AND HE MADE THE CALL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT SOME, UM, FIRE AND AMBULANCE HELP OUT THERE FOR US.
SO PLEASE BE MINDFUL IF YOU SEE SOMEONE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT IN DISTRESS.
IT'S REALLY CALLED HEAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HEAT EXHAUSTION, IF YOU WILL, IN HEAT STROKE.
SO THANK YOU OFFICER PAXTON FOR STEPPING UP AND MAKING THAT CALL.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LYNN KLAUSER, A LARGE POSITION CHIEF.
UM, WE HAD OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, WHERE JAMIE BERTRAND WAS APPOINTED AS OUR NEW CHAIR OF THE SS B A C COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ALSO HAD OUR THIRD QUARTER SMALL BUSINESS MIXER.
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WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WITH PRESENTATIONS BY THE S B A, UM, THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.LOTS OF NETWORKING, LOTS OF BUSINESS CONNECTIONS, UM, AND LOTS OF RESOURCES FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND, UH, WE, WE REMAIN COMMITTED AS A CITY TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO, UH, THRIVE AND GROW.
I WANNA WISH A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO MAYOR PRO, TIM FLOYD EMERY BIRTHDAY KIND OF SLIPPED BY ME, BUT, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, NOT FIGHTING.
UM, ALSO, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, BONY AND, UM, UH,
WE ATTENDED CARRIE'S FROZEN DELIGHTS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND WHAT A PARTY IT WAS.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME, UH, THERE, CELEBRATING HER ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UM, LAST WEEKEND, THE MU KAPPA OMEGA CHAPTER OF THAT'S THE MISSOURI CITY CHAPTER OF OWL ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED, CELEBRATED ITS 45TH CHAPTER ANNIVERSARY AND HONORED OUR CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UM, OUR MAYOR, ROBIN ELLA KATZ RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
AND THAT EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY ALMOST 800 PEOPLE AND WAS MCD BY CHANNEL ELEVEN'S, MIA GRADNEY AND LYNN CANNON.
I WAS HONORED TO OFFICIALLY, UH, WELCOME ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ALSO READ OUR MISSOURI CITY PROCLAMATION AND HONOR OF THE AUSPICIOUS EVENT.
UM, THE, WE HAD OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING WITH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND RILEY TO CONTINUE SHAPING THE GUIDELINES FOR OUR CITY'S, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION.
UM, I ATTENDED OUR DRY CREEK, UH, H O A, UH, MEETING, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, BONY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
UH, THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAD, SO I FUNNELED THOSE UP, SENT THOSE TO THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR THOSE ANSWERS.
UM, AND WE'LL SEND THOSE OVER TO THE H O A.
AND LAST, BUT LINE NOT LEAST, I ATTENDED ON SATURDAY, THE LIBERTY WAY, STREET NAME CHANGING.
THAT IS THE, UH, COMMUNITY OF VICKSBURG WHERE THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, OFFENSIVE STREETS.
WAS THAT THE THIRD STREET? FIFTH.
UM, THE FIFTH STREET THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE LIKE A WHOLE CEREMONY FOR EACH ONE.
UM, WE DID ONE FOR THE FIRST THREE.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA COMMEND, UM, THE, UH, PETERSONS FOR THAT, TAKE PEARSON'S FOR TAKING THAT CHARGE, UM, FOR NAMING, FOR RENAMING THAT STREET AND COUNCIL, UM, AND CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN FOR, UH, COMING OUT OF HIS POCKET FOR THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MONICA RILEY, DISTRICT A THANK YOU.
UM, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO STAY HYDRATED.
I PERSONALLY HATE WATER MYSELF, UH, BUT DEFINITELY IF I'M DRINKING IT, EVERYBODY ELSE SHOULD REALLY BE DRINKING IT 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HOT OUT THERE.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A FEW THINGS.
I KIND OF TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND ENJOYED SOME TIME WITH MY FAMILY, BUT I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO HUNTERS GREEN AND QUELL VILLAGE HOAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AND HEAR SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AND SHARE THOSE WITH STAFF.
UM, ALSO THE DUTCH BROTHERS, UH, COFFEE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING WAS AMAZING.
AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BONY EVEN ADDED A HIGHLIGHT, UH, TO OUR EVENING AS WE CLOSED OUT THE DAY.
I ALSO TOOK ME AND MY SEVEN KIDS OVER THERE TO, UH, THE ANNIVERSARY, THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM.
AND THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRING, UH, GREETINGS AND RECOGNITIONS TO THE WILLOW RIDGE CLASS OF 1993 30TH, UH, CLASS REUNION RIGHT HERE.
THEY CELEBRATED WHERE OUR ROOTS ARE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND HOSTED ALL THEIR EVENTS IN MISSOURI CITY AND THE PICNIC AND THE, UH, BLUE AND WHITE BALL RIGHT HERE IN DISTRICT A.
AND SO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING WITH THEM AS A WILLOW RIDGE GRADUATE MYSELF.
UH, WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF, YOU KNOW, PARKED VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THEIR SUBDIVISIONS.
WE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL.
I WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER.
AND THEN ALSO HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD, UH, FOR NEXT WEEK.
UM, A YEAR AGO, MY DAD WAS NOT ALMOST HERE ON EARTH, SO TO HAVE HIM HERE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IS THE TRUE BLESSING.
I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO, UH, OLIVER'S GOURMET RIBBON CUTTING THIS FRIDAY AND TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OUR RESTAURANTS.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE THAT MADE A 100 ON THEIR, THEIR BLUE RIBBON OR
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MISSOURI CITY, UH, RESTAURANT GOALS.AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA CLOSE OUT BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO MONICA RILEY DAY ON AUGUST 30TH TO CELEBRATE.
UH, WE WERE PLANNING ON 70 PEOPLE AND WE HAD OVER 350 PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.
I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LOVE AND ALL THAT Y'ALL DID TO, TO SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, UH, DISTRICT B.
UH, I ATTENDED, UH, THE P D I COMMITTEE, UH, CHAIRED BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL, OF COURSE, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, UH, AS WELL AS THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'RE, UH, THINK MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS AND I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES, MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THAT.
UH, ATTENDED THE CREEK MONT H O A MEETING.
I KNOW MAYOR AAD AND I WERE THERE.
UH, DRY CREEK H O A MEETINGS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY COUNCILWOMAN KLAUSER.
ALSO ATTENDED THE VICKSBURG ANNUAL MEETING, UH, VERY WELL ATTENDED AS ALWAYS.
I ATTENDED THE, UH, HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ELECTED OFFICIALS RECEPTION.
GREAT TO SEE, UH, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WITH HORROR, A LOT OF THE REALTORS, UH, IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UH, I ALSO ATTENDED THAT EDISON ARTS DEMOLITION PARTY.
UH, NEVER BEEN TO A DEMOLITION PARTY BEFORE, BUT, UH, IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF A KIND AND I ENJOYED BEING THERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, I WENT TO THE DUTCH BROTHERS RIBBON CUT, AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN RILEY AS WELL AS, UH, UH, ANDRE HUMPHREY, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND, AND, UH, MANY OF OUR OTHER, UH, CITIZENS.
UH, I HAD A, MY KNEE BUMP, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING A LITTLE OLD, I GUESS, BUT ANY RATE, UH, THEY WERE THERE TO HELP ME AND, UH, HELP ME TO MY CAR.
AND, UH, I'M, I'VE SINCE, UH, BEEN OKAY.
BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL PUBLICLY FOR, FOR ASSISTING ME IN THAT TIME OF NEED.
UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE CARIES FROZEN DELIGHTS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
UH, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE LIBERTY WAY DRIVE AND LIBERTY WAY COURT STREET SIGN UNVEILING CEREMONY.
I WAS HAPPY TO, UH, BE THERE TO, UH, KIND OF MODERATE THE, UH, AGENDA FOR THE DAY, AS WELL AS CELEBRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BROWN, MARSHALL AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, KLAUSER.
UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR SOMETHING.
UH, WE, WE INITIATED A CONVERSATION THROUGH OUR, UM, TEXAS PARKWAY CART RATE CORRIDOR COMMITTEE MANY, MANY YEARS.
I MEAN, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO LANDSCAPING, UH, DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BROUGHT TO US WAS A ZEROSCAPE LANDSCAPING IDEA.
AND SO WE KICKED THE TIRES AROUND THAT SQUEEZED THE FRUIT, AND, UH, WE WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SOLD ON, ON MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
A LOT OF PUSHBACK IN THE COMMUNITY CAME AS A RESULT OF THAT.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THIS AND THAT, BUT HERE WE STAND WITH EXTREME HEAT AND WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT IT STILL MAKES OUR AREA LOOK, UH, GOOD.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DAMAGED FLOWERS AND GRASS AND THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
SO KUDOS TO THE, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE VISION, JASON AND YOUR TEAM.
UH, LASTLY, UM, I WENT BY TO SUPPORT AND GIVE WORDS AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO MIKE JUANA ANA, WHO, UH, IS THE OWNER OF BEING HERE AT COFFEE.
UH, HE'S BEEN HERE IN THE CITY FOR SEVEN YEARS, WON ONE OF THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY CLEAN RESTAURANT AWARDS, AND WENT BY THERE TO SUPPORT HIM.
AND, AND I'M ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO DO THE SAME AFTER WHAT HE WENT THROUGH WITH THE DAMAGE TO HIS PROPERTY ON, UH, HIGHWAY SIX.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY, ME OF DISTRICT C.
REAL QUICK, TO THE RESIDENTS OF L SQUARE, WE HEAR YOU.
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU NEED A NEW BOARD.
GET ELECTED, CHANGE THE BYLAWS, PUT SOME TEETH IN IT, AND MOVE YOUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
FROM OUR CITY STANDPOINT, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT OPPORTUNITY THERE.
SO LET'S ROUND AT THE, UH, AT OUR CONVENIENCE.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 19 RESTAURANTS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, THERE WERE SOME REALLY EXCITING ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UH, SOME NC SO THANK YOU.
PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MONEY AT WORK, RIGHT? WE'RE WORKING TO, UH, MAKE SURE ALL OUR ROADS ARE SAFE.
I KNOW EVERYONE MENTIONED, UH, DUTCH BROTHERS, BUT REALLY COOL.
NUMBER TWO IN MISSOURI CITY AND THEIR 779TH STORE, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL.
UM, SATURDAY IS GRANDPARENTS' DAY, UH, POPSICLE AND PAINT FOR THE PARKS, UH, ON AT ONE 30, AND THEN COMPOSTING THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY WITH MISSOURI CITY GREEN.
SO, UH, HEAD OUT, TAKE CARE OF THOSE KIDS, AND, UM, MAKE SURE THEY HYDRATE, GET SOME WATER, BUT ALSO ATTEND THESE AWESOME EVENTS.
RECOGNIZING MAYOR PROTON AND COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT D FLOYD EMERY.
YEAH, I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES.
SO,
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AND, AND GIVEN A, UH, BONY ROOT BEER FLOAT BY PAID FOR BY MR. BONY.UH, NEXT, UH, I WANNA BRING ATTENTION TO, UH, PDS PRESENCE, UH, AT, UH, A LOT OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, UH, AND, UH, THE, UH, SOME OF THE SPEED SPOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, I RECOGNIZE THEM THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE.
UH, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE THE, UH, EFFORT THAT, UH, OUR PD IS PUTTING INTO GETTING A HOLD OF THE, UH, RED LIGHT RUNNERS AND THE SPEEDERS.
SO, THANKS AGAIN FOR, UH, YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.
UH, AND, UH, BONY, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, IF YOU WANT A DEMOLITION PARTY, I'VE GOT THREE THAT I WILL INVITE YOU TO.
UH, AND I THINK, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, YEAH, KELLY IS STILL HERE, BUT, UH, ELIMINATE THE DEMOLITION OF THE, UH, QUAIL VALLEY, HALFWAY HOUSE
UH, THE, UH, UH, DEMOLITION OF THE QUAIL VALLEY MAINTENANCE BARN, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE DEMOLITION OF THE, UH, MASONRY WALL ALONG CARTWRIGHT AND, AND 10 92.
SO YOU'RE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND ALL OF THOSE
I WAS, UH, ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO ADDRESS IT.
UH, THERE WAS A HOUSTON PRESS, UH, UH, ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT.
IT SAYS, THE K K K GRAND VISITOR'S NAME IS GONE FROM THE WICKBURG SUBDIVISION IN MISSOURI CITY.
WHY DID I CHOOSE TO SAY THIS? BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, BUT THERE WAS A COMMENT IN THERE THAT SAYS, OKAY, NOW YOU DO.
NOW DO YOU FEEL BETTER? SO LET ME ANSWER THAT.
AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT IN 1983, THIS SUBDIVISION WAS CONSTRUCTED AND PLOTTED FOR, UH, FOR OUR CITY.
AND DURING THAT TIME, UM, THERE WAS THINGS IN PLACE WHERE A DEVELOPER COULD BRING IN, UH, NAMES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT TODAY, FAST FORWARD TO 20, 23 TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
I BELIEVE THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST, UH, DEMOCRACY OF THIS COUNTRY IS, IS AT ITS GREATEST.
AND WHERE ANYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR OWN OPINION, JUST LIKE THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT CLAIMED, UH, THEIR OPINION IN HERE.
BUT I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT THIS SUNDAY DUE TO, UH, AN ISSUE THAT I HAD GOING ON AT HOME.
BUT I WANTED TO COMMEND ALL OF THE SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE, UH, FOR VOTING UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE STREET NAME CHANGES.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE FIFTH STREET THAT WAS CHANGED.
UM, IN DOING SO, IT'S FOR THE BETTER OF MISSOURI CITY.
WE CLAIM WE, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN OUR COUNTY.
AND WHEN WE SAY THAT, WE HAVE TO ACT UPON IT.
SO THERE WAS A CONGRESSMAN BY THE NAME CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NINE, WHO BEAR THE COST OF THIS PROJECT.
AND WHILE ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS MAKE THE CHANGES, BUT THESE CHANGES CAME ON FROM THE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI CITY, WHICH MEANS IT WAS A RESIDENT PUSHED TOWARDS THE COUNCIL, WHICH COUNCIL WORKED TO THROUGH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR CITY.
WHILE THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE WRONG, SOMETIMES WE GOTTA UNDO THEM TO MAKE 'EM CORRECT.
THAT IS THE JOB OF THIS COUNCIL.
WHEN I SAY DIVERSITY, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS COUNCIL, ALL SEVEN OF US DON'T LOOK ALIKE.
WE ARE DIFFERENT IN ALL PARTS OF DIFFERENT, COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WHERE WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN DOING SO.
WE DIDN'T GET UP HERE BY OURSELVES.
ALL OF SEVEN OF US GOT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI CITY TO GET UP HERE AND DO THE BUSINESS OF MISSOURI CITY TO MAKE IT SO, SO I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THIS COMMENT THAT WE IN MISSOURI CITY, WE ALWAYS DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE KNOWN AS SHOW ME CITY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW AS THIS CITY AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE, OUR CULTURES, AND OUR VALUES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY.
WITH THAT, I END THIS COMMENT AND THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 10 ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
THERE IS NO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS ITEM.
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ITEM NUMBER, NUMBER, UH, 12 IS TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING, UH, IT IS 8:34 PM WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.