Dec 18, 2023 City Council

TODAY'S MONDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 2023.

TODAY'S, UH, GOOD EVENING.

WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:43 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL OF COUNSEL.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNSEL.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR PLEDGE.

WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY MISSOURI CITY BOY SCOUT TROOP 6 5 9.

ALRIGHT, GOOD SUMMARY.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO LIE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC COURSE STANDS FOR ONE NATION HONOR GOD, INVIS, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, ALL.

ARE WE HAVE, UH, SOME PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION.

ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[(a) Recognition of 2023 Missouri City Eagle Scouts.]

WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM FOUR A IS A RECOGNITION OF THE 2023 MISSOURI CITY EAGLE SCOUT.

WE HAVE SEVERAL EAGLE SCOUTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

WE'LL HAVE ALAN WHITE, COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY ELONI OF DISTRICT B TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE HONORS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME ALRIGHT? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

OH, COME ON.

Y'ALL CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

UH, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE SOME YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, A HUGE FEAT.

UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE CUB SCOUTS, AS YOU JUST SAW, UH, WHO GAVE US THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE BOY SCOUTS.

THERE'S ANOTHER RANK, THE HIGHEST RANK IN SCOUTING, AND IT'S CALLED EAGLE SCOUTS.

AND I WANT YOU IN ADVANCE OF THEM COMING UP TO GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THIS HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

AND SO TO BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT, UH, I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO, TO DO.

YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD VARIOUS LEADERSHIP ROLES.

YOU HAVE TO, UH, EXHIBIT A LOT OF OUTDOOR SKILLS.

UH, YOU HAVE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT, AND YOU HAVE TO EARN 21 MERIT BADGES AMONGST OTHER THINGS.

SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT.

AND THESE INDIVIDUALS TODAY THAT WE'RE HONORING DID THAT VERY THING.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ANNOUNCE THEM AS THEY COME AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION.

UH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ALL OF COUNCIL TO COME DOWN RIGHT NOW AS WE CELEBRATE THESE YOUNG MEN.

UH, THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL IS, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I PRONOUNCE IT CORRECT, AND IF I DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT, YOU KNOW, DON'T BEAT ME UP.

UH, JUST LET ME KNOW THE CORRECT SAYING.

IT'S IAN KHAN.

IS THAT CORRECT? I GOT IT RIGHT.

GIVE WHAT IT, GIVE IT TO ME.

A YAWN.

A YA CON TROOP.

7 31 EAGLE SCOUT.

ALRIGHT, I WANNA READ A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, A YA AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

HE COMPLETELY RE RENOVATED THE COURTYARD AT LEXINGTON, CLEA CREEK ELEMENTARY IN MISSOURI CITY, INCLUDING MULCHING, BUILDING BENCHES AND MORE.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR AAN AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.

PUT 1, 2, 3, ALL, JUST GET YOU TO STAND OVER HERE, UH, WHILE WE CALL THE REST.

ALRIGHT, NEXT IS COLE METS.

IS THAT CORRECT? COLE METS.

YOU STAND RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

COLE IS WITH TROOP 1852.

HE BUILT PICNIC TABLES FOR THE JOHN HARGROVE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLEX IN PARA LAND.

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GIVE IT UP FOR COLE.

OPEN THAT UP.

TWO THREE.

NEXT IS CHRISTOPHER SHOP.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

HE RENOVATED THE PLAYGROUND AT NEW HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MISSOURI CITY.

TWO BENCHES WERE ALSO BUILT TO ALLOW PARENTS TO SIT WHILE THEIR CHILDREN PLAY ON THE PLAYGROUND.

NEXT IS CHARLES JAMON, WHITE TROOP.

1 4, 2 4.

HE BUILT A FENCE IN CLOSING THE FRONT YARD OF THREE LITTLE PITIES ALL ANIMAL RESCUE.

NICE.

TWO THREE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HEY, YOU, YOU GO OVER THERE, THAT SIDE RIGHT THERE.

TRY TO MAKE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY.

KYLE DOM DOMINO.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YES.

2 1 4.

TWO FOUR.

HE BUILT AN OUTDOOR PICNIC AREA FOR ST.

ANGELA MEE, UH, CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MISSOURI CITY.

ALRIGHT, NEXT.

VICENTE DEAN.

YEAH, THAT'S, I GOT THAT RIGHT.

TRO 1 4 2 4.

HE PERFORMED CLEANUP AND RESTORATION OF A QUAIL VALLEY ELEMENTARY OUTDOOR CLASSROOM IN MISSOURI CITY.

IAN MICHAEL MORRIS, TROOP 1 4 2 4.

HE BUILT 122 FEET OF FENCING AROUND THREE LITTLE PITIES, RESCUE AND FRIENDSWOOD.

KEVIN HUGH, I GET THAT RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, THERE IT IS.

TROOP 6 5 9.

HE BUILT CARTS AND DOLLIES FOR THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL BAND IN MISSOURI CITY.

ALL TWO THREE WE'RE ALRIGHT.

HE CREATED SENSORY BOARDS FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR FORT BEND.

ISD WILLOW RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD.

YOU ON THE HOME STRETCH? VINCE CYRO.

JOSE, JOE JO.

LIKE MR. JOE, THEY CAME TO VISIT US.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.

TROOPS 6 5 9.

BUILT WOODEN TRASH RECEPTACLES FOR THE KANA KANA KANAYA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CENTER IN MISSOURI CITY.

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ALRIGHT, LET'S GIVE IT UP.

TROOP 6, 5 9.

HE BUILT AN INSTALLED FISHING LINE RECYCLING, UH, BINS AT BUFFALO RUN PARK IN MISSOURI CITY.

LOGAN M CHOPPING TROOP 6 5 9.

HE BUILT A PROGRESSIVE COMPOST COMPOSTING BIN FOR MAIN STREET MINISTRIES.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GABRIEL GRAYSON AWA YES.

CHURCH.

ONE 40.

HE BUILT A LARGE WOODEN CART.

AND ROLLING TEST OF DRAWERS FOR NEWMAN CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN KENTON.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA ASK ALL OF YOU TO COME, COME BACK UP.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A, A, A LARGE GROUP PHOTO.

I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR GIVING ME THESE TONGUE TWISTER, UH, WORDS AND THINGS.

I SEE.

I THANK YOU.

NEXT, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, THE FOUR BEING, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY DO WITH THE GRADUATIONS? YOU GOTTA IN ADVANCE.

YOU GOTTA GET A PRONUNCIATION.

WILL YOU STOOP DOWN SLIGHTLY, PLEASE.

YOU LOOKING AT THE BIG CAMERA, PLEASE? THREE.

ALL THAT'S LIKE THE MOM DO EVERYTHING.

C, WHICH IS, UH, RECOGNITION OF ANAYA SMITH 2023 SNOW FEST PARADE.

NEXT WE'RE GONNA JUMP TO FOUR

[(c) Recognition of Anais Smith, 2023 Snowfest Parade Grand Marshall.]

GRAHAM MARSHALL.

I'M GOING TO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MARULAS, COME DOWN HERE TO, UH, GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE CONVER TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND, AND KIND OF THE GIFT THAT, UH, HE'S GOING TO GIVE.

NICE.

HEY, ANI, BEFORE WE START, IF YOU NOTICE THE MAYOR'S, UH, WEARING MAROON MAN.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, HE IS THE 12TH MAYOR OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO IE 12TH, MAN.

OUR HOST, OUR GRAND MARSHALL, OUR LEADER OF THE CITY.

YOU GOT THAT.

I GOT IT.

UM, IT, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR, UM,

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UM, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

THE MAYOR AND I WERE AT A RESTAURANT EATING ONE DAY, AND A AND M WAS PLAYING.

I GO, HEY, MAYOR C'S NUMBER ZERO.

THAT GUY'S GONNA MAKE IT BIG ONE DAY.

AND HE LIVES IN DISTRICT C.

AND, UH, HE GOES, HEY, LET'S PUT TOGETHER A PLAN.

LET'S, UH, HAVE HIM BEING A GRAND MARSHALL.

SO HE AND STAFF WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO HAVE ANAIS TO BE OUR GRAND MARSHALL.

WE'VE KNOWN ANANIAS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE IS A GREAT LEADER.

HE'S A MAN OF FAITH.

COMES FROM A GREAT FAMILY.

I'M TRYING TO FIND HIS MOM RIGHT NOW, MAMA.

HE'S A MAN OF FAITH.

IT COMES FROM A GREAT FAMILY AND HE'S GOING PRO THIS YEAR.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO A REALLY BRIGHT FUTURE IN SMITH.

UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS WE WANT PRESENT TO YOU.

TENIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE CAN BRING COUNSEL.

SO HE'S RIGHT.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MISSOURI CITY HEROES AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MISSOURI CITY HEROES THAT ARE OUT HERE THAT'S, UH, GROWN UP IN THIS COMMUNITY.

NOW, ANAIS WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE STARTED FOR GRAND MARSHALL.

AND AS I'VE SAID IT TO THE COMMITTEE, MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SNOW FEST PARADE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMEONE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, UH, WHETHER, UM, HIGH SCHOOL OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, SOMEONE THAT WE CAN LOOK UP TO IN THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION OF SNOW FEST PARADE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR 40 YEARS.

AND SO WE'LL START WITH, WE HAD THE 40TH AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE IT'S JUST A GREAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US, EVEN INCLUDING MYSELF, ARE NOT AWARE OF ALL THE LOCAL HEROES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, BUT WE, IT IS TIME TO EMBRACE THEM.

IT'S TIME TO BRING THEM FORWARD AND MAKE THEM PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT ONCE THEY MOVE UP, THEY MAY NOT LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, THEY MAY MOVE AROUND, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO MISSOURI CITY AND BECOME THE HEROES OF THOSE KIDS OR THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GREW UP IN.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT YOU COME BACK AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S THE MESSAGE IN HERE.

SO WE WERE EXCITED.

WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIFTS FOR YOU.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER IF I CAN HAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME DOWN, BECAUSE IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT AND WE HAD A GREAT CELEBRATION.

UM, AND OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE ANY FOOTBALL THAT YOU CAN THROW AROUND, BUT .

BUT THANK YOU.

AND I WANNA ALSO THANK THE STAFF, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STAFF, GERALD AND CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, SO MANY THAT WORK SO HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR YOU.

SO I SEE JASON HAS SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU AS, AS WELL AS WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU AS A GIFT AS WELL.

AND NICE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT BEFORE WE DO, SO THIS WAS ON THE, UH, PARADE.

UH, HOLD THIS.

I GOT YOU.

SO THAT WAS ON THE, UH, TRAILER.

OH, WOW.

SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT BACK TO THE NFL AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU.

WAIT.

OH, YOU NEED ONE MORE? ONE MORE.

YOU NEED ONE MORE? ALRIGHT.

AND ME.

MOM, YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND TAKE PICTURES.

THIS IS GONNA BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY, MAN.

WHY NOT? DAD'S RIGHT.

WHERE'S IT DAD? COME ON, DAD, COME ON.

ALL, ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE'LL WRAP THAT UP.

OH WOW.

AND LEMME JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS REAL QUICK, SO I'M GONNA HO HAVE YOU HOLD IT.

SO, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE LAST MINUTE, WE HAD TO GET SOME SHIRTS.

UH, HE WEARS ZERO AND SUB-ZERO AS HE CALLS IT.

UM, SO WE HAD TO GET THE COLOR INSTEAD OF A AND M WE HAD TO GET HASHTAG MISSOURI CITY PROUD.

AND THEN HIS, UH, HIS NUMBER AND THEN WITH SOME PICTURES FROM THAT DAY WHEN WE HAD THE PARADE.

AND THEN OF COURSE OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY, CITY ATTORNEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SIGN IT FOR HIM.

SO WHEN YOU GET THAT NFL CONTRACT AND YOU HAVE THAT BIG GAME ROOM, DON'T FORGET ABOUT IT.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT US.

, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT.

MAKE SURE UP THERE.

SO MAKE SURE IT'S HUNG UP THERE.

THAT SAYS MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS PRO.

SO I LIKE TO INVITE THE THREE APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO JOIN US AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUR SIGNATURE ON THEM AS WELL.

I'LL, OKAY.

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IN MY HOUSE THOUGH.

WORTH A LOT OF MONEY IN MY HOUSE.

ALRIGHT, LOOK RIGHT HERE.

OH, ALL READY? ON 1, 2, 3.

LET'S GET MOM AND DAD IN A OH YEAH.

IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

UH, FIRST OFF, UM, MAN, I JUST WANT TO THANK GOD, UH, THANK EVERYBODY THAT'S UP HERE.

THANK YOU MR. MORALES FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S A PART OF THE CITY.

UM, EVERYBODY THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY.

THANK Y'ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY.

UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP.

ONE THING I DEFINITELY WANNA SAY, UM, I KNOW YOU WERE SAYING HOW HOPEFULLY I'LL COME BACK TO THE CITY.

I'M DEFINITELY COMING BACK.

THERE'S NO QUESTION .

I'M DEFINITELY GONNA COME BACK AND GIVE BACK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UH, ONE THING, ANOTHER THING THAT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, UM, MY PARENTS, I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

WITHOUT Y'ALL, I WOULDN'T BE HERE AT ALL.

UM, I REALLY WASN'T EXPECTED TO TALK FOR REAL , BUT, UH, NAH, I, I JUST WANT TO GIVE THANKS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M TRULY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO STEP INTO THIS OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? STEP INTO THIS ROLE, UM, THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE, AND REALLY JUST CONTINUE TO GROW MY FAITH AND MAKE THIS CITY STRONGER.

[(b) Administer Oath of Office for the 2023 - 2024 Mayor's Youth Commis...]

PRESENTATION OF RECOGNITION IS TO ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE 20 23 20 24 MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION OFFICERS.

WE HAVE HISTORIAN, UM, ANIKA HONG, COME ON UP.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR SECRETARY, UH, ANNIE CHEN AND CHEN.

WE HAVE WISE P WE HAVE OUR VICE PRESIDENT, ANN ANTHONY.

WE HAVE OUR PRESIDENT, DYLAN BARROW.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA STAND WITH YOU BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THIS FORMS. YOU JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

JUST REPEAT AFTER ME.

OKAY? SO WHEN I SAY, UH, YOUR NAME, SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU SAY YOUR OWN NAME.

DO SWALLOW SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OFF OF THE OFFICE OF SAY YOUR OFFICE, VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT MISSOURI, FOR THE OKAY.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL TOO, TO THE BEST AND WILL TOO.

TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, OF MY ABILITY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SO, HELLO EVERYBODY.

I'M DYLAN, AS YOU GUYS KNOW BY NOW, PRESIDENT OF MYC AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR.

UH, I WANT TO, WE'RE GONNA BRING IN SOME NEW ENERGY AND WE'RE GONNA START, WE BEING MORE ACTIVE WHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND START GETTING NYC MORE INVOLVED

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IN PLANNING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANNA DO.

WE WANNA BRING THE YOUTH INITIATIVE AND YOUTH ADVICE AND THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE TO MISSOURI CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HERE CAN JUST SEE WHAT, UH, THE FUTURE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ANN ANTHONY, I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS ROLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN ORDER TO MAKE THE EVEN BETTER.

HI EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ANN CHEN.

I'M VERY HONORED TO SERVE AS THE SECRETARY OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION THIS YEAR.

AND SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE.

I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO STEP INTO THIS POSITION AND HELP MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.

MY NAME IS ANNIKA HUANG AND I JUST WANNA SAY HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO GET THE ROLE OF HISTORIAN AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU GUYS OUR EXPERIENCES THROUGH PICTURES.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOW MANY TOTAL MEMBERS? 60 THIS YEAR.

67.

67 MEMBERS.

79 MEMBERS.

79 MEMBERS THIS YEAR ON MARRIAGE YOUTH COMMISSION.

SO THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST, UH, THE, THE MARRIAGE YOUTH COMMISSION THAT WE EVER HAD.

AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS WAS STARTED IN 1994, NOT BY ME, NOT BY ME.

AND THESE ARE ALL THE KIDS THAT, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS MARRIAGE YOUTH COMMISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

'CAUSE IT STARTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AND INTO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE WANNA ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, THANK ALL THE SPONSORS THAT COME AT THE END, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THEIR FINAL GRADUATION IN DOING THIS.

A BIG KUDOS TO YOUR PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO GET THESE GUYS UP AND GOING.

AND IF YOU WERE THERE AT THE SNOW FEST PARADE, YOU NOTICE THAT A LOT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS HAVE BEEN GOING AND THEM DOING THE WORK AND THEY'RE KIND OF INVOLVED IN THE CITY.

UM, AND THEY EVEN HAVE AN ACTUAL ELECTION THAT TAKES PLACE AMONGST ALL OF THEIR PEERS THAT VOTE FOR THEM.

SO IF YOU SEE THAT SHIRT, MYC, SO YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND MISSOURI CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SO PLEASE, UH, CONGRATULATE THEM FOR DOING THIS GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU ALL.

LOOK FORWARD TO A 2324.

RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THE PROMISES YOU'RE GONNA KEEP, YOU GONNA KEEP ALL THE PROMISES.

REPORT SIX A TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION OF MISSOURI CITY'S PARKS FOUNDATION.

ALRIGHT, TAKE THAT BACK PICTURE.

CAN I GET THE COUNSELOR TO COME OUT TO, THIS IS JUST ME.

COME ON.

RIGHT HERE ON 3 1 2 3.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MADAM CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.

MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NONE.

[(a) Receive a Presentation - Missouri City Parks Foundation Annual Report.]

WE FILLED OUT FORMS. MR. MAYOR, I RECEIVED, UM, ONE FORM AND THAT FORM WAS RECEIVED AT 6 41.

WE'LL LET THAT ONE PERSON SPEAK.

WHAT DID THIS COME, MR. MAYOR? THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO.

YES, SIR.

AND IT CAME IN AT ONE TIME.

1 6 31 6 30.

THE OTHER ONE CAME IN AT SIX 30 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, JUST NOW.

DO WE PUT TIMESTAMPS ONTO THESE THINGS OR HOW DO WE NORMALLY, UM, THEY WOULD EITHER PUT THEM IN THE BOX AND WHEN WE, WE WOULD PICK 'EM UP THAT WAY.

OR IF I AM HERE AT THE DE, THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO ME OR IN MY ABSENCE, JARRELL IS ALSO HERE.

YEAH, UH, WHOEVER THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE, TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT AND TO SAY SOME THINGS THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

MAYOR, IF I COULD,

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SO I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, WE, UH, ALLOW BOTH OF THEM TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE THEIR, UH, THEIR INPUT.

SO JUST, UM, AS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT, ANYONE? NO.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT IT SHOULD BE IN BY SIX 30 TO THE CITY SECRETARY OR DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY.

AND, AND IF NOT, RIGHT AT THAT DESK WHERE IT SAYS CITY SECRETARY, YOU CAN LEAVE IT RIGHT ABOUT HER NAME.

SO THIS WAY AS SHE COLLECTS 'EM, SO WE'LL HAVE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, GO AHEAD.

BRUCE ROSKI.

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

BRUCE ROSKI 7 9 1 5 CHANCE HOUSTON, TEXAS.

WE DID PUT THE INFORMATION UP THERE.

THE CITY SECRETARY WAS NOT SITTING AT HER DESK, SO SHE HAD THE INFORMATION.

THE MEETING WASN'T CALLED.

SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO STOP SOMEBODY FROM SPEAKING FOR A TECHNICALITY LIKE THAT IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.

AND IT'S FURTHER DISPLAYS THE COMPETENCE OF THIS COUNCIL.

I'M JUST TIRED OF IT.

AND IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER ETHIC ISSUE, WHICH I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE UP HERE TAKING CARES, ACT MONEY ON COUNCIL, VOTING ON THINGS.

THAT'S AN ETHICS VIOLATION.

NOTHING HAPPENS TO 'EM.

YOU HAVE A PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL WHO TRIES TO GIVE A FELLOW WORKER FRIEND OF MINE TROUBLE ON HIS JOB FOR SPEAKING AND CALLING THE MAYOR A DICTATOR TROUBLE ON HIS JOB.

YOU HAVE A PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL WHO'S HAVING TROUBLE RUNNING A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION IN SOUTH MEADOW AND IS HAVING LEGAL ACTIONS WITH IT.

THAT'S AN ETHICS PROBLEM.

SO I'M TIRED OF THIS NONSENSE OF MISSOURI CITY.

YOU NEED TO GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND START RUNNING THE CITY PROPERLY AND REPRESENTING ALL OF MISSOURI CITY AND NOT JUST CERTAIN AREAS THAT GET ALL THE ATTENTION.

THANK YOU GUYS.

SWAY.

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

UM, GUYS, SWAY, I LIVE AT 35 14 CROSS CREEK COURT IN MISSOURI CITY, AND I'M, UH, PRESIDENT OF QUAIL VALLEY.

PROUD.

SO, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, UH, STAFF.

THANKS.

UM, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A QUICK REPORT.

UH, QUAIL VALLEY PROUD HAD OUR 10TH ANNUAL JINGLE ALL THE WAY ON FRIDAY.

AND I KNOW THE CITY HAD TAKEN AN INTEREST IN IT, SO I THOUGHT I'D TELL YOU HOW IT WENT.

UM, IT RAINED RIGHT .

UM, BUT BESIDES THAT, UH, WE HAD OVER 800 RESIDENTS REGISTER FOR CARRIAGE AND, AND HAY RIDES.

WE HAD SOME CANCELLATIONS.

WE ENDED UP RIDING ALMOST 600 PEOPLE, THOUGH THEY CAME OUT, SAT THROUGH THE RAIN.

UM, IT WENT EXTREMELY WELL.

WE HAD ADDED HAY RIDES TO ACCOMMODATE THE OVERFLOW.

THAT WENT REALLY WELL, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

WE MOVED IN, SMOOTH SOME STUFF INSIDE.

UH, WE MOVED OUR CRAFTS LETTERS TO THE VETERAN'S HOSPITAL.

UH, OUR PICTURES WITH SANTA, WE MOVED TO THE INSIDE, I WANNA SAY, WORKING WITH KELLY JARRETT, LIZ LISETTE, AMY, THE STAFF AT CITY CENTER WAS FABULOUS ABOUT HELPING US DO THAT.

MADE OUR DAY GO REALLY, REALLY WELL.

UH, AT THE END, EVERYTHING CAME OFF AS PLANNED.

WE ENDED UP WITH OUR, AS I SAY, OUR BIGGEST JINGLE EVENT EVER, EVER.

AND, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD COMPLIMENTS.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF FLOYD AND I STANDING IN FRONT OF A COUPLE OF MULES.

IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME.

UM, BUT WE HAD A, A REALLY GOOD TIME AND IT CAME OFF VERY, VERY WELL.

SO, ANYWAY, THANKS FOR Y'ALL'S SUPPORT.

HOPE TO SEE Y'ALL NEXT YEAR.

COME OUT AND RIDE WITH US WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE ITEM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING WITH CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UM, BOTH THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY AND THE CITY SECRETARY.

WHEN WE HAVE THESE FORMS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT ON YOU OR EITHER ONE OF YOU AT THE TIME OF SIX 30 WHEN OUR MEETING STARTS.

SO THIS WAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, AS ALL OF US.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP ANYONE FROM SPEAKING, BUT WE HAVE A CUTOFF.

THERE'S, EVERYTHING HAS A RULE.

SO SIX 30 IS THE TIME, THAT'S THE SIX 30 IS THE TIME.

I NEED SOMEBODY TO PUT A STAMP ON THOSE, UH, THOSE REQUESTS THAT'S SAYING THAT IT'S RECEIVED.

IT COULD BE A QUICK INITIAL OR SOMETHING.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS GOING BACK AND FORTH AS TO CALLING THE CITY COUNCIL UP FOR NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON THE TIME.

SO SIX 30 IS A CUTOFF TIME.

SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR WITH THAT.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR STAFF REPORT SIX A RECEIVE A PRESENTATION.

MISSOURI CITY'S PARKS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT.

WE HAVE A, UH, PRESENTATION BY ANTHONY SNIPES, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY'S PARKS FOUNDATION.

MR. SNIPES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

LET ME JUST FIRST OF ALL SAY THAT, UH, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE SERVICE, UH, THAT EACH OF YOU PUT FORTH, UH, TO RUN OUR CITY, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE, SOMETIMES A THANKLESS, UH, JOB, BUT

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YOU DO IT WELL.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE OUR CITY GREAT.

UH, MY NAME IS ANTHONY SNIPES.

I'M, UH, LIVE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, 43 11 MISSOURI CITY.

I'M HERE AS THE GUEST PRESENTER TO, UM, PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR ANNUAL REQUIRED, UH, FOUNDATION, UH, ANNUAL REPORT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IT LOADED.

PRIORITY IN REVENUE GENERATION, NOT ONLY IN SUPPORTING MISSOURI CITY, BUT ALSO OPERATIONALLY SUPPORTING THE FOUNDATION AS WE GO FORTH, UH, AND TRY TO BE SUSTAINABLE AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, UH, I THINK A YEAR AGO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, OUR DYNAMIC CITY MANAGER CAME ON BOARD.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I GIVE HER A AMEN.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, RELATED TO OUR FOUNDATION.

UH, WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3 FOUNDATION THAT WAS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE OF ALLOW BY LAW.

OUR, OUR ROLE, QUITE FRANKLY, IS TO SUPPORT THIS CITY, UH, AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, AND SUPPORTING THE 21 DEVELOPED PARKS IN 14.4 MILES OF TRAILS, UH, THAT ARE IN OUR GREAT CITY.

WE HAVE FIVE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS.

WE RECENTLY HAD TWO RESIGNATIONS.

UM, BUT WE, WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO RECOMMEND NEW MEMBERS TO YOU, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORK DONE OF THE FOUNDATION.

WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO RAISE OVER $1.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT THIS CITY.

ALL OF OUR DOLLARS ARE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

ONE.

UH, AS IT RELATES TO OUR BOARD, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, TOM NICHOLS, WHO DOES A TREMENDOUS AND YEOMAN'S JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN REGINA, ARE HERE, WANT TO THANK THEM FOR COMING TO SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION.

BUT THESE ARE THE CURRENT FIVE, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE, UH, PART OF THE FOUNDATION CURRENTLY.

DURING THE TAIL END OF THE SPRING AND FALL, WE HAD A, UH, OUR RETREAT AND WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES AS IT RELATES TO, AS WE TRY TO GROW OUR BOARD NEEDS AND THINGS THAT, UH, WERE IMPORTANT.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE, UH, FUND, FUND DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE, NONPROFIT EXPERTISE, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS FINANCE.

AND, UH, THESE INDIVIDUALS, BASED ON RECOMMENDATION OF SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, I WAS TASKED TO GO OUT AND SEE IF THEY WOULD SERVE.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, THE, UH, THIS COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT IN THE NEAR FUTURE THESE INDIVIDUALS SO WE CAN HAVE A QUORUM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK OF THE FOUNDATION.

OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS IS THAT OF THE CITIES, UH, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR PARKS, RECREATION, AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT, UH, SINCE OUR BEGINNING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UH, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH, UH, PARKS, SUPPORTING PARKS AND PROVIDING DOLLARS, OR THROUGH OUR VETERANS MEMORIALS.

WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AS IT RELATES TO, UH, WHAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT, WE FEEL ENGAGING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENHANCE PROGRAMMINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS IMPORTANT.

WE DO THAT BY TAKING, UH, SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE ANNUAL, UH, SNOW FEST, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, AS WELL AS OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, SPEAKING OF THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, WE AWARDED $7,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE MAYOR, UH, YOUTH COUNCIL THROUGH DONATIONS THAT CAME THROUGH THE FOUNDATION THIS PAST YEAR.

AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UH, UH, PARK BENCHES TO DESIGNATED PARK LOCATIONS AS WELL AS WE'RE ENCOURAGED THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PAVER PROGRAM.

'CAUSE WE DO HAVE ROOM AT OUR, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITMENT TO YOUTH.

WE JUST ALLUDED TO THE $7,000 IN 2023, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE INVEST IN PARKS, UH, LIVING SPACE, GREEN SPACE, ALL OF THAT IS INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE YOUTH.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO ASSIST THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS.

WE'VE CREATED AND MAINTAINED A NUMBER OF NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

ALL OF THEM, UH, HAVE SUPPORTED NOT ONLY THE FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO, UH, MISSOURI CITY.

AND WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO LET, UH, ALL OF OUR CORPORATE ENTITIES THAT NORTHWEST SOUTH EAST TO COME AND SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS.

BECAUSE IF THEY CAN SUPPORT US, IT MAKES OUR JOB MUCH EASIER AS WE MOVE FORWARD EXPLORING AND CULTIVATING KEY, UH, PARTNERSHIPS.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS, WE, WE LAUNCHED OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, WHICH IS THE EAST HAMPTON PARK.

UH, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY, UH, VERY ELATED TO, UH, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HOUSTON ENDOWMENT, THE GEORGE FOUNDATION, AND THE KINDER FOUNDATION.

UM, I WAS TOLD 10 YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT WAITING 10 YEARS TO GET THAT, UH, THAT, UH, VISION TO COME TO FRUITION.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN A YEAR TWO, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH.

AND OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO GET THAT COMPLETED SOONER THAN LATER.

FUND DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH, UM,

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AS WE STATED, WE'VE LAUNCHED OUR EAST HAMPTON FUNDRAISING EFFORTS IN OCTOBER.

WE HAVE $160,000 THAT, UH, HAS BEEN RAISED TO DATE.

OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN THAT PARK ALREADY.

OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO ESTABLISH A MATCHING, UH, INITIATIVE WITH ALL OF THE FOUNDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITIOUSLY ACHIEVE OUR $4.5 MILLION GOAL.

UH, LASTLY, UH, I THINK THIS IS CLOSE TO THE END.

WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE.

UH, WE'VE, UH, STRESSED IMPORTANCE OF ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS CONTRIBUTING, NOT JUST ASKING FOR MONEY, BUT BEING A PART OF, UH, UH, COMING OUTTA THEIR OWN POCKETS TO SUPPORT.

AND SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE 100% CONTRIBUTED, UH, TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS FOUNDATIONS ASK.

WHAT ARE YOUR, YOUR, UM, BOARD MEMBERS DOING? HOW ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING? AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, EAST HAMPTON IS OUR, OUR PRIORITIES.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO END BY SAYING SPECIAL THANKS TO DONNY HAYES, DANIELLE STEWART, AND STACY SILVA FOR THEIR WORK.

UH, FROM A PARK STANDPOINT, WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO BE, UH, FINANCIALLY SOUND TO ACHIEVE OUR PRIORITY PROJECT SUCCESS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

AND THAT'S EAST HAMPTON.

AND TO SUPPORT, UH, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE ARE A UNIQUE NONPROFIT.

WE'RE 5 0 1 C3, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S NO OTHER BOARD OF COMMISSION, UH, THAT HAS THAT DISTINCTION.

UM, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS LET THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT MISSOURI CITY GETS OUR BEST.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR.

IF ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE SIGN UP.

I DID SIGN UP.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, UM, AS A PRESIDENT OF THE PARKS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOUNDATION, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU FOR COLLABORATING WITH OUR PARKS, BUT ALSO WITH MYC AND WITH OTHERS.

UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO EVEN AS SUCCESSFUL, UM, UM, OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU'RE ADDING TO IT, UH, WILL MAKE IT AND THIS WILL BE A GREATER, UH, 20, 24 YEAR.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

APPRECIATE IT.

I'M GOING TO, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, ANTHONY, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM YES MA'AM.

MA'AM, LET'S GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU'RE STILL HERE.

BUT I WANNA ECHO THE MAYOR'S SENTIMENTS AS WELL.

UM, AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PARKLAND IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT A, UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL DID EARLY ON WHEN I JOINED COUNCIL.

AND SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND I SEE YOUR PASSION AND THE BOARD'S PASSION ABOUT GETTING THIS PARK, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR TAKING ON THIS, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AND BEING SO PROGRESSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE ABOUT RAISING THE MONEY AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR TEAM.

THEY'RE AMAZING AND I JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE AND THE RESIDENTS, THEY'RE SO EXCITED LOOKING FORWARD YES.

TO WHAT THE FUTURE'S GONNA HOLD OVER THERE IN THAT AREA.

RECOGNIZING, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP EMERY ANTHONY, UH, I WANT TO, UH, ALSO ECHO THE, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER ABOUT, UH, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE, UH, PARKS FOUNDATION.

AND, UH, I, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE YEOMAN'S WORK AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY FIVE ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, APPEAR TO BE GREAT, UH, CANDIDATES FOR, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE FOUNDATION.

SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S DIFFICULT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO, UH, TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE.

AND, UH, YOU AND, UH, THE REST OF YOUR FOUNDATION BOARD, YOU KNOW, I THINK HAS, UH, DONE A, A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING THOSE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO THE, UH, TO THE FOUNDATION.

SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

UH, ANTHONY, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THE WAY YOU CONTINUE TO LEAD AND YOU LEAD WITH SUCH ENTHUSIASM, UM, NO MATTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

AND I JUST, I ADMIRE YOU.

YOU'RE ONE OF MY HEROES HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

I'M, I'M BEING VERY SERIOUS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE, YOU JUST CONTINUE TO HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND YOU LEAD AND YOU LEAD WITH INTEGRITY.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE, UH, PARKS FOUNDATION AND JUST, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU DO SO MUCH IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BRA MARSHALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR ANTHONY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO BY VIRTUE OF YOUR REPORT ON TONIGHT.

UM, THERE ARE SO MANY THAT IF THEY'RE LISTENING TO THE WRONG VOICES THAT ARE BEING SAID, THE CITY WOULD BE LED TO BELIEVE THAT

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NOTHING GREAT IS HAPPENING OVER ON THAT FONDANT END OF TOWN.

AND THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

EVEN TO SEE THAT SUBDIVISION PUT FORTH THEIR OWN MONEY FROM THAT HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, THAT'S A TESTAMENT THAT THEY EVEN BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU AND THE PARKS FOUNDATION ARE DOING.

SO KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

DON'T STOP.

IF, IF THERE'S ANOTHER PARCEL OF LAND SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, UM, HEY , WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

BUT, UM, PLEASE KEEP IT UP.

OKAY? YES MA'AM.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

UH, SO ANTHONY, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE REPORTS AND FOR YOU ALWAYS, UH, BEING, YOU KNOW, SO DILIGENT IN PROVIDING US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE COULD EVER ASK FOR, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK TO THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE IS SO HELPFUL.

UH, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS, EVEN AS CITY MANAGER WITH THIS, UH, UH, VETERANS MEMORIAL AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE PARKS FOUNDATION, UH, CONTINUOUSLY, UH, HAS DONE TO TRY TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME OTHER PHASES THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING WITH THAT.

UH, THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.

UH, I THINK THAT IT'S A TESTAMENT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE YOU ARE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE OUR PARKS HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED, AS WELL AS OUR FUTURE PARKS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING ON THIS ENDEAVOR WITH, UH, EAST HAMPTON.

AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET YOU, UH, WELL, YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY IN ORDER TO HELP, UH, MOVE THIS FORWARD.

LOOK FORWARD.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON LEFT, COUNCILMAN A AND A .

18, UH, ANTHONY, SOME OF US HAD THE LUXURY TO SERVE WITH YOU.

UM, AND YOUR VISION OF TOGETHER EXCEL STILL EXISTS TODAY.

AND THAT'S, I BELIEVE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS FOUNDATION IS TOGETHER YOU WILL EXCEL.

WE WILL EXCEL.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, WHAT CAN WE DO AS COUNCIL TO HELP YOU? WELL, I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR, UH, AS WE ENGAGE CORPORATIONS AND, AND, AND, UM, FOUNDATIONS, IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO, TO LEVERAGE.

UH, THERE'S A LARGE, YOU KNOW, FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, THERE'S SOME DOLLARS, UH, AND RESOURCES THAT CAN, UH, CAN SUPPORT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE IN THE, UH, MASTER PLAN THAT YOU HAVE ENDORSED.

UH, SO OUR HOPE IS, UM, WE, WE MET WITH THE GEORGE FOUNDATION, NOT GEORGE FOUNDATION, THE UH, UH, BROWN FOUNDATION RECENTLY.

AND THE PARKS DIRECTOR WAS ON THAT CALL WITH US, AND THEY WERE VERY ELATED THAT NOT ONLY WAS THE FOUNDATION ON THE CALL, BUT THE PARKS DIRECTOR WAS ON THE CALL ABOUT HOW WE ARE COLLABORATING TO IMPACT EAST HAMPTON.

AND FROM THAT, HE INTRODUCED US TO OTHER FOUNDATIONS TO SAY, GET ON BOARD.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING ALONG YOU CAN, UH, WE CAN DO SO, UH, ALONG WE CAN DO SO LITTLE TOGETHER.

WE CAN DO SO MUCH.

SO WE ARE FOCUSED IN ON TRYING TO BRING ALL, UH, INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER SO WE CAN MAKE IMPACT.

OKAY, ANTHONY? I HAVE, I'VE SIGNED UP MYSELF ONE MORE TIME JUST TO SAY THING.

YOU START, YOU CAME UP HERE AND STARTED SAYING THAT AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVEN ON THE FOUNDATION, WHEN THIS PARK WAS PURCHASED THROUGH, THERE WAS SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THAT COMMUNITY.

WENT OVER SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND, AND, AND ITEMIZING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, AND ALL OF THAT.

YOU CAN VERY WELL HAVE THIS BE, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT JUST BE STRONG.

UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE ONE PERSON TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS TO KNOCK IT ALL DOWN.

BUT IT TAKES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEHIND YOU AND BEHIND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BEHIND THE COUNCIL THAT ADDRESSED ALL OF THESE ISSUES, UH, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING.

UNDERSTOOD THAT WE CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE ASKED FOR, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE FOUNDATION FOR KEEPING UP.

AND WHEN IT ALL SET AND DONE, WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE WHOLE THING WITH YOU AND WITH OUR COUNCIL, OUR STAFF, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT AND I LEAVE YOU WITH ONE WORD.

RESILIENCY.

THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE, THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS.

AND I KNOW WE SHALL PREVAIL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M NUMBER

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

SEVEN.

OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

OH, WAIT, THAT'S WHAT MORNING YOU HEAD OUT? IS THAT FOR THIS ITEM OR THE ONE BEFORE? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA, UH, ASK THAT, UH, ITEM SIX G BE PULLED.

I MEAN, UH, SEVEN G.

SEVEN G.

ONE, WHICH ONE IS IT IS COUNCILMAN RAMONI IS THE ONE THAT MADE THE MOTION.

SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I'LL TRY TO PUSH IT, BUT, OKAY.

SO I HAVE GUYS, I HAVE RON MARSHALL HERE HAS MADE THE MOTION SECONDED BY EMERY.

YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE GONNA APPROVE THE, OH, SO, AND WHICH, WHICH

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I THINK THE MOTION THAT'S IN THE QUEUE ARE PROBABLY THOSE WHO ARE GONNA SUPPORT ALL ITEMS, BUT, OKAY.

SO CAN WE CLEAR? WELL JUST, UH, APPROVE I AMEN.

WITH THE AMENDMENT.

CAN YOU, UH, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT ITEMS A AND F.

WILL THAT BE YOUR SECOND? I SECOND THAT MOTION.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO SEVEN

[(g) Consideration and Possible Action - To approve a parkland dedication p...]

GG.

SO, UH, MAYOR, THE REASON THAT I, UM, I, I DON'T NEED A FULL PRESENTATION.

I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION OF CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, THE, UH, PARKS DIRECTOR OR, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S JUST IN RELATION TO, UH, HOUSE BILL 1526 THAT WAS PASSED.

I KNOW IT WAS APPLICABLE TO TEXAS, UH, CITIES THAT ARE 800,000 IN POPULATION AND HIGHER.

BUT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT, UH, THE DEDICATION, PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES, AND I, AS WE'RE DOING THESE PARKLAND DEDICATIONS, I KNOW WE'VE DONE 'EM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, US UPDATING OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES OR THE NEED TO DO IT? I KNOW IT'S NOT IN AUSTIN, THEY JUST DID IT 'CAUSE IT WAS, THEY WERE OBLIGATED TO DO IT.

BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OR WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO? UH, AND I CAN, UH, IF THE DIRECTOR DOESN'T MIND, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.

I HAVE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT BILL.

IF IT APPLIES TO CITIES OVER 800,000, IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CURRENT WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING ACROSS NOT JUST THE STATE OF TEXAS PERIOD.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, SHORTING OURSELVES AND, AND, AND NOT MAKING, UH, ENOUGH MONEY, UH, BASED OFF OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE ALLOWING.

AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LAND LEFT, SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE, WHERE WE STAND ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND JUST FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I KNOW THAT, UM, OVER THE SIX MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF JUST INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY CODE.

UM, I KNOW IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BEGINNING TO LOOK AT.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT AND, UM, TALKING ABOUT THAT EVEN FURTHER.

UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR SEVEN G? OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SER, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S STILL HAVE VOTE.

EIGHT ARE APPOINTMENTS EIGHT A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR ELECT A MAYOR PROTON.

ITEM

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Elect a Mayor Pro Tem.]

SO CRYSTAL WRONG, MR. MAYOR.

THE CHARTER STATES, UM, THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM AT THE SECOND MEETING, UM, EACH YEAR, UM, IN DECEMBER.

YOU IS THAT I SEE YOUR NAME ON THE MOTION? YES.

WHAT IS THE MOTION THERE? MOTION IS TO, UH, PLACE, UH, CONS.

UM, MOTION.

EXCUSE WHAT? UH, NO, UH, SONIA BROWN MARSH AT LARGE.

NUMBER TWO.

AND J NUMBER TWO, I'M SORRY.

LYNN KLAUSER, UH, TO BE, UH, THE, UH, THE NEXT MAYOR PRO TEMP.

IS THAT YOUR SECOND? OKAY.

SO, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SO I'LL PLACE MYSELF IN THE QUEUE.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK, UH, OUR MAYOR PROTON UNTIL THIS MOTION'S GONNA BE TAKEN.

WE GOT A FEW SECONDS ON, UH, LORD EMERY OF THIS INDEED.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING FOR THIS WHOLE YEAR, UH, SINCE LAST YEAR TIME.

I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THOSE MEETINGS THAT YOU ATTENDED ON, ON, ON OUR BEHALF AND ALSO ON MY BEHALF AND SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GO, THAT I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO.

SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, GREAT HERE.

UH, AND I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WITH THAT, I'LL END MY COMMENT.

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'M GONNA JUMP TO.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MAROLA IS RECOGNIZED.

UH, HAVING SERVED MAYOR PRO TEM, HAVING SERVED MAYOR PRO TEM UNDER MAYOR

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ALCAT, UH, CAN BE FUN.

, SO PUBLICLY, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM EMERY.

UH, YOU REPRESENTED US WELL.

YOU STEPPED UP WHEN IT WAS TIME AND, UM, YOU LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION, AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL RILEY.

UM, I DID SHOW THOSE SENTIMENTS, BUT PERSONALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND STEPPING UP EVEN WHEN IT WAS SHORT NOTICE, CHANGE OF OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN ALSO JUST THANK YOU FOR IT BEING ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO SEE YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER ALL THESE YEARS THAT YOU HAVE SERVED.

YOU COULD JUST CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH JUST BEAUTY AND GRACE, UM, AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE BEST DRESSED HOLIDAY MAN TODAY.

JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, .

AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, LYNN KLAUSER, IF EVERYBODY DECIDES TO VOTE IN HER FAVOR, UNANIMOUSLY, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING AS WELL WITH YOU UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AS THE NEXT MAYOR PRO TIM.

AND SO, I'M JUST GONNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE, AND YOU HAVE MY VOTE.

WE MAY HAVE YOUR RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER.

BONNEY, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY, UH, JOB WELL DONE.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM EMERY FOR THE NEXT FEW SECONDS.

UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR SECOND RODEO, UH, SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT, UH, WHEN YOU HAD ASKED, UH, TO SERVE AGAIN, THAT, UH, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY DO SO WITH DISTINCTION.

AND, UH, I TOO HAVE SERVED AS MAYOR PRO TEM UNDER THE ELLA CATT, UH, REGIME .

AND, AND I, I MUST SAY THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT AND READY TO GO.

SO, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LAUER, IF IN FACT, UH, YOU ARE VOTED, UH, AS THE MAYOR PRO TE GET READY, GET READY, GET READY, GET READY.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER KLAUSER, YES.

UM, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR BEING, UH, NEXT TO YOU, , UM, HELPING YOU WORK ALL YOUR STUFF OVER HERE.

BUT, UM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOU, UM, YOU'RE THE, THE MOST SENIOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HERE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

WE NEED YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND WE HAVE NEEDED IT.

AND SO I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU STEPPING UP IN THE MAYOR'S ABSENCE.

EVEN ON LATEST, UH, SATURDAY YOU STEPPED IN WHEN MAYOR COULDN'T ATTEND THE VETERANS, UH, LUNCHEON AND YOU STEPPED IN, GAVE WORDS, AND YOU EVEN GAVE THE PRAYER.

YOU GOTTA STEP UP YOUR GAME.

UH, MAYOR .

BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A TALL TASK.

I KNOW , YOU ALWAYS GOTTA BE READY FOR SOMETHING, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR STEPPING UP TO LEAD AND SERVING, RECOGNIZING THE MAYOR PROTE LAST TIME I SAY IT.

WELL, THANK, THANKS FOR ALL THOSE KIND WORDS.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND I, UH, APPRECIATE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST SENIOR AND .

YOU HAVE TO BE TALL AND STEP UP.

UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, UH, THINGS THAT I, UH, HAVE NEVER REALLY, UH, THOUGHT THAT MUCH ABOUT .

BUT, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN, UH, AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO, UH, UH, FULFILL THE, UH, THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE MAYOR PRO TIM FOR THIS LAST YEAR.

AND, UH, IT WASN'T THAT BAD, ROBIN.

I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA MINUTE TODAY AT COUNCIL COMMENTS.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, .

THANKS TO MY, UH, MY FELLOW, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS, AND, UH, THANKS TO, UH, CITY SECRETARY AND CITY, UH, MANAGER AND CITY, UH, ATTORNEY FOR, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT, UH, I NEEDED AT TIMES, UH, TO TRY TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS OF THIS POST.

SO, UH, YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU STUMBLE LIKE I DO, I'LL HELP YOU.

OKAY? ALRIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM EMERY.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MEMBER , YOU STILL THINK THE MOTION? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY ALL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

MAYOR PROTE KLAUSER MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER, YOU WANNA CHANGE SPEECH ? YEAH, WE'LL MAKE THAT CEREMONY.

THE JANUARY 2ND.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE YEAH.

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THE TIE.

OH, I HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE TIE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

I HAVE ONE SAVED HERE FOR YOU, .

A RESOLUTIONS, UH, NINE A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

ITEM NINE

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution confirming the City M...]

I THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A, UM, PRESENTATION OR CONVERSATION WITH SHAUNA.

GO AHEAD.

YES, I THINK THEY'RE GETTING MY PRESENTATION TOGETHER, BUT AS THEY'RE GETTING THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I SERVE AS YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, UM, BUT I'M ALSO, UH, SERVE AS YOUR CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR, WHICH I WAS APPOINTED THIS YEAR.

CAN WE PUT A TIMER, ? NO, DON'T TAKE MY TIME.

NO.

I'M TALKING ABOUT TO GET THE PRESENTATION ON.

GOT THREE MINUTES.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

THIS IS HOLIDAY SEASON.

MM-HMM.

IT MONEY, UH, LIGAMENT JOKINGLY.

BUDGET, I'M ASK YEAH, WHILE IT GETS READY.

JUST TALK.

GO AHEAD.

TERM, BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2024, ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.

SO AS WE'RE GETTING THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER, UM, PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON NOVEMBER 3RD, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY VOTED TO ADOPT CHAPTER 1 43 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 1 43, CHAPTER 1 43, GOVERNANCE MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ARE SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 1 43.

PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, THE CITY MANAGER IS REQUIRED TO APPOINT THREE COMMISSIONERS WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF CITY COUNCIL.

THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, UM, CONSISTS OF THREE COMMISSIONERS EACH SERVING STAGGERED TERMS. THE TERM AM MS. WANDA JOHNSON, WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, WILL END ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

UM, SHE DID DECIDE NOT TO, UM, REAPPLY, AND SHE EXPRESSED HER GRATITUDE OF SERVING ON THE COMMISSION AND SERVING THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, CITY, UH, CITY STAFF MEMBERS CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH ALL APPLICANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION POSITION.

WE HAD SIX APPLICANTS TO APPLY.

AND FROM THAT INTERVIEW PANEL, WE HAD THE HR DEPARTMENT, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FIRE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AS A RESULT OF THE THOROUGH INTERVIEW PROCESS, CITY MANAGER BO JONES HAS APPOINTED THE GUSTAVO RODRIGUEZ TO SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER.

CITY MANAGER JONES SEEKS COUNSEL CONFIRMATION OF MR. RODRIGUEZ TO SERVE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

POSITION THREE, TO SERVE A THREE YEAR

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MR. RODRIGUEZ IS A COMMITTED RESIDENT FOR OVER SIX YEARS AND RESIDES IN DISTRICT D, AND HE HAS ALSO JOINED US HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR JUST WOULD LIKE TO SIMPLY SAY HELLO.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRING THEM UP.

THANK YOU, SHAUNA.

SO DO WE, IS THERE A MOTION? CALLING FOR A MOTION'S? SUBMIT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

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

OR WAIT, UH, BEFORE YOU VOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

OH, MA'AM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM, UH, THE, UH, CANDIDATE, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, HOW ARE YOU? EVENING.

IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, I MEAN, I READ YOUR, YOUR, YOUR RESUME, UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'RE SEEKING TO SERVE IN THIS IMPORTANT ROLE.

OF COURSE.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU.

UH, AS FAR AS, UH, MY BACKGROUND, I DO WORK FOR FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I AM A DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR, UH, LAKE OLYMPIA LAKE OLYMPIA TERMINAL.

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, AND I HAVE SERVED, UH, WHAT IS THE, UM, MYSTERY CITY, UH, UNIVERSITY.

I, I, I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I LEARNED A LOT IN REGARDS TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, THE IN AND OUTS.

AND IT'S VERY INTRIGUING, VERY, UH, INTERESTING.

I LEARNED A LOT, AND I'M ALWAYS WILLING AND WANTING TO EXPEND MY KNOWLEDGE AND TO LEARN MORE AND TO BE MORE ENGAGED.

AND IF I'M ABLE TO HELP IN THIS POSITION, IT WILL BE A PLEASURE AND IT WOULD BE AN HONOR FOR ME.

UH, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER, UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

NINE B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CASTING ITS BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION OF A PERSON TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY HARRIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution casting votes for the...]

UH, CRYSTAL.

UH, MR. MAYOR, THIS IS A, UM, APPOINTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, DONE EACH YEAR OR EVERY TWO YEARS.

MIKE SULLIVAN IS THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THIS BOARD POSITION, UM, TO REPRESENT THE CITIES.

I SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

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

C, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, CASTING ITS VOTES FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FORT BEND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1ST, 2024, AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERE TOO.

UH, ITEM NINE

[(c) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution casting votes for the...]

UM, SEE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

YES, MA'AM.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, ACTUALLY CAST ALL OF OUR 101 VOTES FOR PAM, PAM GASKIN.

UH, REASON BEING, PAM IS THE ONLY ONE, UH, ON THIS LIST OF FIVE THAT IS, UH, LIVING IN MISSOURI CITY AND ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MISSOURI CITY.

SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE MISSOURI CITY CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF APPEALS.

UH, AND SHE'S BEEN, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

UH, AND SHE'S VERY ACTIVE.

AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST TIME ABOUT THE RESPECTIVE CANDIDATES, BUT, UH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM, UM, CASTING ALL OF OUR 101 VOTES, UH, JUST FOR PAM GASKET.

UM, I, I SIGNED UP MYSELF FOR THIS.

SO, EJO OR CRYSTAL, SO THE VOTE FOR THE CAD, HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE PROPOSED? UM, THERE ARE FIVE, UM, THERE ARE FIVE NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOARD.

ACTUALLY.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT THE CITIES ARE VOTING FOR, WHICH IS PAMELA, UH, GASKIN, JIM, UH, KEY, UH, JIM RICE, MICHAEL RO ROSELL, AND PAUL STAMUS.

KNOW, I'M GUESSING, AND I'VE ASKED THROUGH YOUR OFFICE TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE COULD, OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED BY OTHER CITIES OR BY WHOEVER IT IS TO COME FORWARD, UM, OR COME AT LEAST SAY HELLO TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON.

SO, TO THE POINT OF COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, I MYSELF ALSO ONLY

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SO, SO THAT AT LEAST WE KNOW WHO WE'RE VOTING FOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I FIND THAT'S TROUBLESOME, AS YOU HEARD IT IN OUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY IS CITY COUNCIL OF MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER CITIES, I SHOULD, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR OTHER CITIES, BUT DO OFTEN GET BLAMED FOR, UH, WHEN WE REDUCE TAXES, CAT RAISES, UH, PROPERTY VALUES, AND IT GOES UP AND IT ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING THAT CITY OF MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL DID BECAUSE OF THAT.

THIS IS WHY I'VE ASKED TO SEE AT LEAST IF MEMBERS OF THAT COUNCIL OR THE BOARD TO BE VOTED ON IF THEY CAN BE HERE TODAY.

SO AT LEAST WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHERS UP HERE, BUT I DO KNOW MS. PAM AS WELL.

UM, AND SHE'S A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT I CAN ONLY VOTE FOR ONE THAT I KNOW.

AND I WAS, IF THE VOTING WAS FOR EVERYBODY, I WAS GONNA ABSTAIN MYSELF FROM THAT BECAUSE I, I LIKE TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, SO AT LEAST I CAN TALK TO WHEN RESIDENTS BRING UP THESE ISSUES OF PROPERTY VALUES GOING UP AND IT FLUCTUATES.

MM-HMM, IT, IT DIRECTLY GOES OPPOSITE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE RAISE THAT AND WHEN WE LOWER DOWN OUR TAXES.

SO, I HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION FOR EJO AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY IS THE VOTE THAT WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW.

THE MOTION THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE IS TO VOTE FOR ONLY ONE MEMBER, WHICH IS PA MS. PAM GAS.

THAT IS MY MOTION THAT VOTE.

I'M SORRY, MAYOR.

YES, SIR.

SO BASICALLY THERE ARE 101 VOTES THAT WE ARE, UH, ALLOCATED, AND WE HAVE TO, WE CAN DIVVY ALL THOSE UP AMONGST ALL FIVE.

WE CAN ONLY GIVE SOME TO 3, 4, 2, BUT I'M SAYING THAT, UH, MY MOTION IS ALL 101 VOTES SOLELY FOR PAM GAS.

THANK YOU, UH, RECOGNIZING MAYOR PROTON KLAUSER.

IT'S A HUNDRED, IS IT A HUNDRED? 101.

A HUNDRED VOTES.

I APOLOGIZE.

I JUST, I I JUST WANTED TO ECHO.

UM, IT'S 101.

IT'S 1 0 1.

IT, HERE IT SAYS A HUNDRED.

IT SAYS 1 0 1 OH BALLOT IN THE RES.

ON THE BALLOT IT SAYS 1 0 1.

WELL, THE RESOLUTION SAYS A HUNDRED.

SO IT IS A HUNDRED OR IS IT A HUNDRED? I SHOW, I SHOW 101.

I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A TYPO.

MAY I PRO HIM PAUSE? YES.

UH, I JUST WANNA, TO MY COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANNA ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, ABOUT PAM GASKIN.

I'VE KNOWN PAM GASKIN FOR OVER, UH, OVER 20 YEARS, AND I KNOW HER HARD WORK HERE IN THE CITY.

I KNOW HER WORK ETHIC, AND, UM, I DEFINITELY AM IN SUPPORT OF US, UH, UTILIZING ALL OF OUR VOTES FOR, UM, MS. PAMELA GASKIN.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MARLI.

SO, I, I SUPPORT THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT IT FROM A BOARD STANDPOINT, AND IF THEY'RE AN ELECTING BODY, IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE UP THERE THAT COULD KIND OF WORK TOGETHER A SECOND IN, UH, A MOTION AND WHATNOT.

AND SO I WAS GONNA ASK IF MAYBE WE SHOULD INCLUDE JIM RICE, BECAUSE HE ALSO KNOWS FORT BEN.

SO IF, IF IT'S A BOARD AND SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION, AT LEAST THOSE TWO CAN REPRESENT US BY SECONDING THAT MOTION.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT THAT'S, I, I'M GOOD WITH WHAT BONY PUT OUT THERE.

I'M JUST THINKING KIND OF A LARGER PICTURE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE FROM FORT BEND COUNTY REPRESENTING US THAN JUST ONE.

SO, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO OTHERS, E JOYCE, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED, RECEIVED A SECOND YET.

WELL, NOW I DID MAYOR, UH, PRO TEM KLAUSER.

SO WERE YOUR MOTION TO AMEND IT? IT WAS A, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THAT.

I'M GOOD WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH IT, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE, BIGGER PICTURE, I SEE US HERE.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY ON THAT TEAM TO SECOND A MOTION THAT ONE PERSON COULD BE A LEFT ALONE.

SO RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER AB BONY.

INTO, UH, ASSESSING APPRAISED, YOU KNOW, UH, DOING THE APPRAISED VALUE, THEY'RE THE ONES KEEP IN MIND THAT HIRE THE, UH, RIGHT.

I, I, I KNOW JIM, UH, RICE AS WELL.

AND, UH, UH, THE THING ABOUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT GOES BACK TO, UH, HEARING FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND, AND GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES, THEIR PHILOSOPHIES.

UH, AND I CAN'T SAY THAT I KNOW THAT ABOUT, UH, TO BE HONEST, ANY OF 'EM , UH, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS HOW THEY VIEW HOW THEY WOULD VIEW GOING

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THE INDIVIDUAL WHO ACTUALLY DOES THIS.

UH, AND SO I THINK THOSE INDIVIDUALS, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING PEOPLE IN THERE THAT ARE THOUGHTFUL AND MINDFUL, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN HEAR, UH, UH, WELL, EXCUSE ME, SEE HOW THEY'RE GONNA VOTE OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA MOVE, HOW THEY'RE GONNA MAKE DECISIONS.

SO I THINK THAT FOR ME, UH, I'M MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT I KNOW AND HAVE KNOWN, AND YEAH.

PUT ALL THOSE EGGS IN ONE BASKET AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ON THE OTHER POSITIONS, THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA BE DECIDED REGARDLESS, WE'RE ONLY ONE CITY, AND I JUST FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A Q AND A OR SOMETHING THAT WE RECEIVE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN'T COME BEFORE US AND ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS LIKE MS, MR. UH, UH, RODRIGUEZ DID FOR US TODAY.

AGREED.

I I JUST PLACED MYSELF IN THE QUEUE.

ONE MORE TIME.

UH, CRYSTAL, JUST WALK THE COUNCIL THROUGH SO THE PUBLIC WOULD KNOW TO, WHAT DID YOU DO TO REACH OUT TO THESE FORT BEND CA, UH, BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED, AND WHAT WAS THAT CONVERSATION LIKE? OKAY.

SO, UM, ORIGINALLY BECAUSE WE, THE COUNCIL HAD NOT MET, UM, ANY OF THE, UM, THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD, I DID REACH OUT TO FORT BEND COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND SENT EMAILS, UM, ASKING FOR THE CHIEF APPRAISER, UH, TO COME AND, UM, GIVE A PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE COUNCIL.

UM, THE CHIEF APPRAISER NEVER RESPONDED BACK TO ME WITH, UM, A SPECIFIC TIME OR EVEN RESPONDED BACK TO ME AT ALL.

UM, SO PREVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO NOMINATE ANYONE FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.

UM, SO WITH THAT, THESE FIVE, UM, THESE FIVE CANDIDATES ARE FOR FIVE POSITIONS.

SO BASICALLY, UM, THE OTHER CITIES, UM, THAT SUBMITTED THEIR NOMINATIONS, UM, THESE ARE BASICALLY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ALL AGREED ON.

UM, I HAVE ASKED THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, TO NEXT YEAR SUBMIT, UM, INFORMATION TO US IN ADVANCE SO COUNSEL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SPEAK WITH THE CANDIDATES AND TO ALSO, UM, BE, HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO NOMINATE OTHERS IF YOU SO DESIRE.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MS. GASKIN ON LAST FRIDAY, AND SHE IS STILL VERY, VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS, UH, PARTICULAR BOARD.

BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES, UM, JIM, KIJ DON'T WANNA MISS, UH, SAY HIS NAME WRONG, ALONG WITH MICHAEL D. ROSE, ROSEL, AND PAUL, THEY ARE ALL CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE, ON THE BOARD, UH, NOW AS WELL.

BUT I TOO HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH, UM, GOING ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCILMAN BONY AND SENDING OVER ALL 101 SINCE WE, UH, I, I PERSONALLY DO KNOW MS. PAM GASKIN AND, UM, BUT SHE IS DEFINITELY, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO SERVE US FOR CERTAIN.

USE THE COMPLAINT FORM AND FILE A COMPLAINT.

I SIGNED UP MYSELF ONE MORE TIME TO CLARIFY THIS ISSUE, UM, TO THE PUBLIC THAT EVERY TIME FORT BENCA GOES OUT THERE AND RAISE YOUR PROPERTY EVALUATIONS, WHICH MEANS GOES UP IN DOLLARS, UM, OF COURSE YOUR TAX GETS AFFECTED WITH THAT.

THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT THEY, OUR RESIDENTS TEND, YOU KNOW, LIKELY WOULD CALL IS THE CITY STAFF OR YOUR CITY COUNCIL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS.

AND WHEN WE ARE TO MAKE A DECISION ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES, UH, ALL 18 CITIES IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, WE ARE JUST ONE OUTTA 18.

SO THE REQUEST BY WAS TO ASK THE CITY'S SECRETARY TO TALK WITH THE CHIEF APPRAISAL OFFICER, TO HAVE THESE MEMBER, THESE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TO VOTE TO APPEAR, AT LEAST TO MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS WAY WE CAN AT LEAST SEE WHO THIS IS, OR AT LEAST KNOW THAT PERSON OR SHAKE THEIR HANDS OR GET TO KNOW THAT PERSON TO ME AS A RESIDENT FIRST, NOT AS A MAYOR.

MY ALSO PROPERTY VALUATION HAVE GONE UP JUST LIKE OTHERS.

AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AROUND TO TRY TO FIND WHO THE APPOINTED OFFICIALS ARE, SO THIS WAY I CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT IS TO THE RESIDENTS, GO

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UH, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE A HEARING AND YOU CAN GET YOUR PROPERTY, UH, VALUATION REDUCED A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT'S WHAT TEND TO HAPPEN.

SO IF I, MYSELF BEING THE MAYOR NOW, WEARING THE MAYOR HAT BACK IS IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'M VOTING FOR TO BE SITTING UP THERE, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.

UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY, UM, THIS VOTE'S BEING CONSIDERED AND THE REASON I SUPPORT THIS MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ON ONE MEMBER WHOM I KNOW THAT LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY, THAT I CAN PICK UP THE PHONE OR, OR, OR MEET WITH THAT PERSON AND KIND OF DISCUSS AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHAT, HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS? OR, OR AT LEAST INVITE THAT PERSON TO COME AND SPEAK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WITHOUT THE OTHERS NOT KNOWING.

THEY ALL HAD THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SHOW UP TODAY AND JUST TO SHOW THEIR FACE, JUST LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE, THAT GOT, JUST GOT VOTED IN AND JUST TO SAY HELLO.

SO WE WILL KNOW FACE TO FACE AND MEET WITH THAT PERSON.

SO, LIKELIHOOD THAT WHEN THE CAD COMES OUT, AGAIN, IF THE EVALUATIONS GO UP AND EVERY RESIDENT WILL BE BACK AT THE CITY COUNCIL ASKING FOR HELP OR WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND THAT'S WHY I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GIVING 101 VOTES ALL OF OUR VOTES TO, UH, ONE MEMBER, WHICH IS PAM GASTON, WHOM MOST, I WOULD ASSUME THAT MOST OF US KNOW AT LEAST.

SO WE CAN HAVE AN ADVOCATE ON THE FORT BEND CA APPRAISAL DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TIMM KLAUSER.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ITEM NUMBER 10, OUR CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE RIGHT

[10. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR, A LARGE POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONYA BROWN MARSH.

THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL SAID, THE SPIRIT OF GIVING, THIS IS THE MOST GIVING COUNCIL THAT I HAVE KNOWN MISSOURI CITY TO HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

UM, FIRST I WANTED TO SEND OUT A GREAT BIG CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC ANNEX, UH, FACILITY.

NOW UP AT HIGHWAY SIX OFF OF THE FORT BEND TOLL.

I COULD NOT BE PRESENT FOR THE GRAND OPENING, BUT I'VE WATCHED IT VIA FACEBOOK LIVE AND I ENJOYED IT JUST AS MUCH AS LIKE, AS I WAS THERE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHOMEVER IT WAS THAT HAD IT ON FACEBOOK LIVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, MY FAMILY AND I ARE HONORED THIS YEAR TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

UM, CHILDREN WITHOUT PLACEMENT, UM, CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS.

WE ADOPTED A COUPLE OF FAMILIES THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT, UH, FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

TO US, THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY IS TRULY ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF GIVING, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY THANKFUL AND BLESSED FOR THE THINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME THINGS BACK.

ALSO, WANNA THANK MAYOR ALCAP FOR PROVIDING A SPACE, UM, FOR US TO HAVE A SNOW FEST PARADE EVENT, UM, AND TREE LIGHTING RECAP.

UM, IT WAS A GREAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN, UM, MYSELF AND MAYOR AND LEADERS OF STAFF AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER AND MAKE IT EVEN GRANDER IN THE YEARS, UM, COMING FORWARD.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, REVISITING WITH THAT AND MOVING FORWARD ON WHAT WE CALLED OUR THREE, SIX AND NINE MONTH, UM, CHECK IN ON IT SO THAT NEXT YEAR IT'S EVEN GRANDER.

LASTLY, UM, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF, EVEN TO ALL OF THE COLLEAGUES UP HERE.

UM, WE HAD SOME CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX ISSUES THIS YEAR, BUT WE MET THEM WITH GRACE, POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND THE FORTITUDE TO WORK THROUGH THEM TOGETHER.

SOME NEW IDEAS EVEN EMERGED THIS YEAR, AND, UM, WE, WE TOOK THOSE ON AS WELL, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD, PROUD AND HONORED TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF THIS TEAM.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE, AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING OUR, A LARGE POSITION, NUMBER TWO AND MAYOR PROTON, LYNN KLAUSER.

THANK YOU, UM, TO MAYOR AND MY COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF YOU ALL FOR, UM, YOUR, UH, VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN ME AS THE NEXT MAYOR PRO TE.

UM, I'M ENDING MY THREE YEARS HERE, AND I'LL BE STARTING MY FOURTH, UH, NEXT YEAR.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AND SOMETHING

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AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AT THE, THE VERY LAST COUNCIL MEETING FOR US TO HAVE SOMEONE TO COME HERE AND, AND SAY ALL THESE THINGS ABOUT US, ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THOSE THINGS ARE NOT TRUE.

AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.

WE ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY SOMETIMES GET TIRED OF SEEING US, BUT WE DO WHAT WE DO FROM OUR HEARTS BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR, WE LOVE OUR CITY, AND WE LOVE WHAT WE DO.

YEAH, WE MAY MAKE SOME DECISIONS THAT MAY NOT BE POPULAR, BUT WE, WE, WE LIKE EACH OTHER AND WE WORK WELL TOGETHER.

AND SO, UM, WE HAVE ONE COMMON GOAL.

UM, SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING.

UM, I ATTENDED SEVERAL EVENTS, TWO THAT I WANNA, UH, BRING UP MYSELF AND MAYOR ELLA CAT.

EACH YEAR.

WE, UM, WE PERSONALLY SPONSOR THE VFW POST.

UM, WE, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE VETERANS, WE, UH, PROVIDE A HOLIDAY MEAL FOR THEM.

AND WE DID THAT ON SATURDAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, MERRICK ELLA CAT WAS A LITTLE SICK, AND, UM, FLOYD EMERY, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, UH, CAME IN AND WE JUST HAD A GOOD TIME AND, UH, PROVIDED FOOD.

AND, UM, THEY SANG CAROL'S AND WE PLAYED BINGO.

AND IT WAS JUST A REMINDER OF HOW SPECIAL OUR COMMUNITY, OUR VETERANS, AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

UM, I WANNA THANK DOUBLE DAVE'S PIZZA AND ALSO RICHEST PRODUCTS FOR, UH, THEIR DONATIONS TO THE EVENT I ATTENDED, UM, COMMISSIONER GRADY'S ANNUAL BLACK TIE AFFAIR AT THE EPICENTER.

UM, I ALSO ATTENDED THE MISSOURI CITY GREEN, UM, THEIR PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH PROGRAM AT TEXAS LEGAL BREWERY.

OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD THEIR HOLIDAY MIXER, AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR SHOWING UP TO THAT.

WE HAD ABOUT 80 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND, UM, KUDOS TO, UM, OWNER OPERATOR TONY LEVINE AND FORMER, UH, COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH FOR, UH, BEING OUR FABULOUS KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

HE SAID HE HAD ABOUT 50 BUSINESS OWNERS THAT CAME UP TO HIM AFTERWARDS, JUST SEEKING HIS ADVICE AND, UH, NEEDING HELP WITH THEIR BUSINESS.

SO, UM, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT MOVE TO HAVE HIM THERE TO SPEAK A LITTLE LIFE INTO OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

UM, I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, ANNEX GRAND OPENING.

ALSO, UH, MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER BONY ATTENDED THE KWANZA, UH, JIMA COLLECTIVE, UH, CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY.

AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

AND BE SAFE.

UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY.

AS WELL AS, UM, OUR ARCHANGELS.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY FIRST OFF, TO THE STAFF, TO OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY SECRETARY CITY'S, UH, ATTORNEY, ALL OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND STAFF AND DIRECTORS, CHIEFS, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FROM THE TOP OF OUR ORGANIZATION, ALL THE WAY TO OUR JANITORS AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN, IN BETWEEN.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS.

Y'ALL WORK SO HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY Y'ALL SHOW UP, YOU HAVE SMILES ON YOUR FACES, Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS SO POLITE AND PROFESSIONAL.

AND WITH THAT, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOU AS YOU GUYS HAVE SERVED US.

UM, AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONY MAYOR PRO, TIM LYNN KLAUSER, UH, FORMER MAYOR PRO TIM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT D FLOYD EMERY, MAYOR ECAD, COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA AND COUNCILWOMAN, SONYA BROWN.

MARSHALL.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SERVE WITH YOU GUYS.

I'VE HAD SO MUCH FUN ON THIS COUNCIL.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MANY TIMES THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE TOGETHER, MAKE GOOD DECISIONS TOGETHER, AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT OUR RESIDENTS MAY NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH.

BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING IT FROM A GOOD PLACE AND WITH EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT PROCESS IN THAT.

AND SO THANK YOU GUYS, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO VERY MUCH.

UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY TO WALTER GANTT.

UM, WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED COUNCIL, JOINED COUNCIL, WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED, UH, THE CITY, I TOOK YOU ON A TOUR, AND I JUST WANNA SAY, PERCY, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE PROBLEM AREAS IN DISTRICT A.

THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM.

I'M SEEING LANDS CLEARED OFF, GRASSES BEING MOWED, AND PEOPLE KEEPING UP THEIR PROPERTIES.

AND SO FROM A PERSONAL THANK YOU, UH, SO MUCH, WALTER, YOU'VE GONE THE EXTRA MILE AND YOUR WORK IS NOT UNNOTICED.

IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED ACROSS THE CITY.

UH, BUT DEFINITELY I GIVE SO MANY REPORTS FROM DISTRICT A RESIDENTS TO SAY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE YOU.

I ATTENDED A LOT OF EVENTS THIS MONTH.

MY FAMILY AND I WERE BLESSED TO SPONSOR, UM, SEVERAL EVENTS, THE DUB WAY FOUNDATION, CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK,

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WE HAVE A NEW ADOPTION AGENCY IN FORT BEND COUNTY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BE A PART OF.

I ATTENDED THE SMALL BUSINESS.

UM, I WORE MY BEST, UM, UGLY SWEATER.

UM, YOU GUYS CAN CHECK THAT OUT ON FACEBOOK.

UM, AND THEN I JUST WANNA , I WANNA CLOSE OUT BY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO MY DAUGHTER RELL, WHO GRADUATED TOP OF HER CLASS FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, UM, AS I, SO I GOT MY FOURTH BACHELOR'S AND I GOT A MASTER'S UNDER MY BELT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, RELL, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.

UM, AND ALSO TO WISH MY DAUGHTER SERENA, TODAY A HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

EVERYBODY HAVE A HAPPY, HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A MERRY MER, BLESSED NEW YEAR.

RECOGNIZING DISTRICT B COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFREY LBO.

UH, I GOTTA START OFF AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY MIDDLE BABY, JASMINE SINCLAIR BONI ON EARNING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN.

LET'S ALL GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, EVERYBODY.

GO CREW, SO SHE CAN HEAR Y'ALL.

ANYWAY, I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF HER.

WE GOT THE NEWEST ACCOUNTANT IN THE FAMILY, SO I'M VERY, VERY GODLY PROUD OF HER.

UH, WELL, THIS IS THE SECOND, UH, BACHELOR'S, UH, OF THE CHILDREN.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE THIRD.

UH, I WANTED TO THANK, UH, SHAHI.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, YANU AND THE CITY MANAGER JONES ON THE FORT BEND MUD.

UH, 26 BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED THUS FAR, ALONG WITH MAYOR ALL KAT JOINING US ON THE FIRST ONE.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME THINGS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THAT.

AND, UH, IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WE CAN GET PAST THEM SO WE CAN HELP MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD, UH, WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, OFF TEXAS PARK.

WHEN CARTWRIGHT ALSO ATTENDED THE C DAC ME MEETING, UH, THAT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE, UH, ALSO ATTENDED TWO OF GREAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GRADY PRE'S EVENTS, HIS CAJUN CREOLE HOLIDAY PARTY AT THE LANDMARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND HIS BLACK TIE PARTY EVENT WAY OUT IN ROSENBERG.

BUT IT WAS A GRAND AFFAIR.

I SAW MY COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CLOUDS AND COUNCILWOMAN BROWN, MARSHALL COUNCILWOMAN BROWN MARSHALL.

YOU WAS ON THE FLOOR GETTING IT.

I WAS GETTING IT.

OH, YEAH, YOU WERE GETTING IT.

IT, I SAW YOU, I SAID YOU UNTIL THAT ONE SONG CAME ON, YOU HAD TO COME SIT DOWN.

UH, I ALSO ATTENDED STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, DISTRICT 27 ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY AND TOY DRIVE, UH, THE MISSOURI CITY KWANZAA CANDLE LIGHTING EVENT, UH, AS A PARTICIPANT, THE PUBLIC SAFETY ANNEX OPENING.

I ALSO ATTENDED TEXAS LEGISLATIVE, UH, BLACK CAUCUS'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN AUSTIN.

UH, CHAIR REYNOLDS, UH, YOU KNOW, PUT ON A GRAND AFFAIR AND HONORED MANY OUTSTANDING TEXANS INCLUDING, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY ATTORNEY BRIDGET SMITH LAWSON, AS WELL AS FORT BEND COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, UH, CARMEN TURNER.

UH, ALSO ATTENDED THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, GREEN EVENT, AS WELL AS THE UGLY SWEATER, UH, EVENT.

I THINK I WON BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD THE, THE BEST UGLY SWEATER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAD ON, UH, .

SHE HAD ON A, A SIGN THAT SAID, THIS IS MY UGLY SWEATER.

THAT WAS COOL.

UH, UH, LASTLY, UH, WE DID THE HOLIDAY VIDEO SHOOT.

AND THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO THE END OF MY COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE BEST PART OF THE, THIS TIME OF YEAR, UH, FOR ME IS MAKING MEMORIES.

UH, WE ALWAYS, UH, AS A FAMILY, WE GET TOGETHER AND WEAR OUR PAJAMAS ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND OPEN OUR GIFTS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, HERE'S HOPING FOR PEACE.

ENJOY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON FOR ALL OF YOU.

HERE'S THE WISHING YOU MUCH HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY IN THE YEAR AHEAD.

AND I PRAY THAT ALL OF YOU ENJOY THE BLESSING OF HOPE AND GRATITUDE THAT THIS HOLIDAY BRINGS.

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, AND GOD BLESS MISSOURI CITY.

PROVIDE, UM, 20 KIDS AND THREE FAMILIES CHRISTMAS GIFTS, WHO WOULD'VE NOT GOTTEN GIFTS.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT C ANTHONY MERU.

CONGRATS MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER, THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING.

I'M SUPER HAPPY FOR YOU.

UH, TONIGHT WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION.

UH, WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THERE WAS A BUNCH OF YOUTH HERE, THE YOUNG, THE FUTURE OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION.

ANGEL OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT KNOW THEY'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE OF THE CITY , BUT, UH, I KNOW THE MAYOR WILL VOLUNTOLD THEM.

BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME TO SEE, UH, THE YOUTH IN OUR CITY COME FORWARD AND LEAD, UH, AT THIS TIME, UM, I KNOW LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED ANGEL'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE STAFF FOR HAVING ONE YEAR OF SUCCESS, ONE YEAR OF STABILITY, ONE YEAR OF PROGRESS, ONE YEAR OF POSITIVE CULTURE, AND I'M SUPER PUMPED UP ABOUT THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT.

AND, UM, I HAD A VIDEO AND I, IT JUST CAME UPON ME, BUT WE HAVE A LOT IN STORE IN 2024, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024.

FINALLY, UH, THANK YOU ANCHOR CMM.

THEY'RE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN MISSOURI CITY, WHO'VE THEY'RE DOING PARKS FOR US, BUT DOING A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ACTUALLY HELPED ME, AND DESTINY CHURCH HELPED ME AND MY WIFE AND KIDS HELPED TO

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AND THERE WERE TEARS IN THE ROOM.

THERE WAS JOY IN THE ROOM, THERE WAS PRAYER IN THE ROOM.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE TWO PEOPLE, DESTINY CHURCH, SCOTT NICHOLS, AND, UH, ROCK BLY AT ANCHOR CMM.

FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER YAELL FOR OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

UH, I KNOW SAUL ALSO GOT THE, UH, SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, BUT, UM, SUPER HAPPY FOR OFFICER.

UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED RECOGNITION, BUT, UH, I KNOW OFFICER DEL, HE, HE'S AWESOME.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT D FLOYD EMERY.

WELL, FIRST, FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, AGAIN, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, COUNCIL LADY LYNN KLAUSER IS A NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR PROTI.

I KNOW SHE'LL CARRY THE, UM, UH, THE POSITION, UH, WITH, UH, WITH GREAT HONOR.

UH, I ALSO, UH, ATTENDED WITH, UH, MAYOR PROTI KLAUSER THE, UH, VETERAN'S DINNER OR LUNCHEON, UH, FOR AT POST, UH, 40 10.

UH, THERE WAS A GOOD TURNOUT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A WAY OF, UH, OF, UH, SHOWING, UH, OUR, UH, GRATITUDE TO, UH, OUR VETERANS, UH, THAT, UH, HAVE SERVED, UH, AND SOME SERVED, UH, UH, WITH, WITH DISTINCTION AND HONOR, UH, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, UH, UH, TO THE STAFF AND, UH, THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, UH, AND, UH, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, UH, STAFF.

I MEAN, THEY, UH, HAVE DONE YEOMAN'S WORK.

UH, THEY STARTED OUT WITH VERY LITTLE, AND WE'RE, UH, GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE, UH, I, I THINK ARE GETTING UP TO, UH, EITHER COMPLEMENT OR CLOSE TO COMPLEMENT.

SO, STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO WISH THEM A, A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

UH, ALSO TO THE LGC STAFF, THEY NORMALLY DON'T GET MUCH RECOGNITION.

BUT, UH, KELLY, UH, O'DONNELL HAS DONE, UH, YEOMAN'S WORK OVER, UH, AT, UH, QUAIL VALLEY AND PICKING UP THE, UH, THE REIGNS THAT, UH, WERE LEFT BY, UH, UH, LONG SERVING, UH, UH, GENERAL MANAGER, UH, TYSON STEINBERG.

UH, AND, UH, I THINK HE'S, UH, DONE WELL IN THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HE, UH, HAS BEEN WITH US.

AND I LOOK FOR GREAT THINGS OUT OF THE LGC STAFF.

THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE HARD WORKERS.

UH, I ATTENDED THE, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE CITY, ANNEX MINUTE LEFT.

UH, TWO, HE'S GIVING AN EXTRA.

THE, UH, MISSOURI CITY EXCHANGE CLUB, UH, HAS A PROGRAM WHERE, UH, WE, UH, ASK, UH, THE BETHEL MINISTRIES DOWN ON FIFTH STREET TO GIVE US, UH, EIGHT FAMILIES THAT ARE IN, UH, IN NEED AND PROBABLY, UH, WON'T HAVE A VERY, UH, UH, EVENTFUL, UH, CHRISTMAS OR, AND FROM STANDPOINT OF, UH, PRESENCE AND RECOGNITION.

SO, UH, THE EXCHANGE CLUB, UH, SPONSORED THOSE EIGHT, UH, EIGHT, UH, UM, FAMILIES, AND IT'S, AND IT'S ABOUT, UH, 40 KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

SO HOPEFULLY, UH, 40, UH, KIDS OF, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A PRESENT UNDERNEATH THE THREE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THE EXCHANGE CLUB HAS DONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SO, UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, THANKS TO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR A YEAR AS MAYOR PRO TIM.

AND, UH, IT WAS AN HONOR THAT I TRULY, UH, UH, HONORED AND, UH, AND APPRECIATED.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.