Jan 02, 2024 City Council

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ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING,

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU.

HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT TIME.

THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, SO WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT TO IT.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 2ND, 2024.

WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR ROLL CALL.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL.

ITEM NUMBER THREE.

OUR, OUR IS OUR PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY MARCUS SNELL, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO COMPLY ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR

[(a) Recognition of Allison Vickery, Recreation Specialist of Parks and Rec...]

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A RECOGNITION OF ALLISON.

ALLISON, IS SHE HERE? UH, RECREATION SPECIALIST OF PARKS AND RECREATION FOR BEING AWARDED THE 2023 YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.

WE'LL HAVE THIS PRESENTATION DONE BY DISTRICT C COUNCIL MEMBER AND A FORMER PARKS BOARD MEMBER, ANTHONY LES.

HEY, ALLISON.

CONGRATULATIONS.

SO, AS A FORMER PARKS BOARD MEMBER, AS A PARENT OF KIDS THAT ENJOYED EVERY AMENITY IN THIS CITY, UM, WE THANK THE ENTIRE PARKS BOARD, BUT TONIGHT WE SPECIALLY RECOGNIZE YOU.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR RECEIVING THE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY, OR THE TRAPS.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR VISION, YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY, AND ON BEHALF COUNCIL, WE PRESENT THIS REWARD.

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? NO, .

THANK YOU.

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COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN WE GET THE PARKS DIRECTOR AND ANY OF THE STAFF HERE TO GET A PICTURE? YOU GOT ONE MORE, RIGHT? NO.

NO.

OKAY.

ALLISON, AND THEN DONNIE.

AND ANY PARKS BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANNA CELEBRATE? DO YOU GUYS WANNA COME DOWN ALSO? YEAH, YOU CAN.

YOU CAN DO IT.

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THEY'RE COMFY.

I'M NOT DRESSED.

THIS IS .

ITEM NUMBER FOUR B IS ALSO A RECOGNITION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, MR. MAYOR? WE DO.

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 CHANCELLOR DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS.

WAY TO GO.

MISSOURI CITY.

AGAIN, A 13% INCREASE FOR THE PEOPLE IN FOND MEADOW ON PROPERTY TAXES.

OTHER ENTITIES PRETTY MUCH WENT TO ZERO.

BUT YOU PEOPLE JUST SPEND MONEY FOOLISHLY CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY.

FOOLISHLY.

IT'S BIZARRE.

THEIR POLICE ARE SPREAD THIN.

YOU STRONG ARM A PERSON IN CINDA TO GET SOME LITTLE POLICE SUBSTATION? THERE IS ANYBODY IS SITTING THERE? NO.

PUT A PERSON ON THE STREET.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

IT'S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.

YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE DOING UP THERE.

I'VE, I'VE HAD IT, IT, IT'S PITIFUL.

IF YOU WANT ME TO SHUT UP, PAY MY MISSOURI CITY PROPERTY TAXES 'CAUSE I WAS ONE BLOCK OVER, I WOULD BE ZERO.

WE GET NO CITY SERVICES FROM MISSOURI CITY.

WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR OWN WATER AND SEWER WHILE QUAIL VALLEY GETS BOND MONEY FOR STORM SEWER, FOR GOLF COURSE RUNOFF.

QUAIL VALLEY HAS A MUD DISTRICT MAKE THEIR MUD PAY FOR STORM SEWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE IN MISSOURI CITY HAS TO PAY THEIR OWN SHARE.

I'M TIRED OF THIS NONSENSE OF MISSOURI CITY.

YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY FOOLISHLY.

IT'S MY MONEY AND I WON'T SHUT UP UNTIL IT STOPS.

THANK YOU.

MOVE ONE BLOCK OVER, BRUCE.

YOU'LL BE FINE.

YEAH, AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RESPOND BACK TO ME.

I YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TOO.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, OUR STAFF

[(a) City Manager Report - Provide an overview of items and announcements o...]

PROVIDE US AN OVERVIEW OF TERMS, ITEMS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

UM, THIS IS THE START OF CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS GOING FORWARD.

UM, TONIGHT I HAVE TWO ITEMS I'D LIKE TO SHARE.

UH, ONE IS THE FACT THAT ETC HAS CONCLUDED THE CITIZEN SURVEY, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE A THANKS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT COMPLETED THE SURVEY.

BECAUSE OF THEIR RESPONSE, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE THRESHOLD THAT INCREASES THE RELIABILITY OF THE DATA.

WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO EACH OF YOU, UM, ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN THE REPORT FROM THE CONSULTANT.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ONE, BECAUSE I ENCOURAGE CONTINUOUS LEARNING.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE NORMA WEST FROM COURTS.

SHE JUST COMPLETED A YEAR LONG PROGRAM THAT GIVES HER THE CERTIFIED COURT MANAGER DESIGNATION.

SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO PASS THAT ON TO, SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS THAT INFORMATION.

SO WITH THAT, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE THESE REPORTS AS NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER.

WE DO HAVE A PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, NOT SIGNED UP.

A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM SEVEN A.

OKAY, SO THAT'S THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.

UM, I'M JUST ASKING THAT, UH, ITEM SEVEN, AB POOL FOR DISCUSSION.

OH.

AND APPROVE, UH, ITEM SEVEN B.

OKAY.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BBO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN B? I THOUGHT I HAD INCLUDED THAT.

I INCLUDED THAT IN THE, THE MOTION.

SO THE MOTION WAS FOR ITEM SEVEN B ONLY.

OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Authorize the City Manager to exec...]

OKAY.

LET'S SEE IT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

YEP, MA'AM.

MAYOR, I ASKED THAT THIS BE PULLED.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING, AND THERE WAS A FEW THINGS THAT STOOD OUT ON THIS ITEM THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF GET CLARITY ON.

UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THESE ARE APPROVALS THAT ARE REQUIRED SIGNATURES.

AND, UM, I SEE THAT THERE WERE FIVE SIGNATURES ON THERE FOR THIS CONTRACT.

BUT WHERE IT SAID, UM, WHERE IT SAYS, UH, LET ME SEE HERE.

I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP NOW.

IT, IT, IT WAS A REQUIRING, UH, IF THEY CAN CONCURRED OR DID NOT CONCUR.

TWO OF THEM SAID CONCUR, BUT THE OTHER THREE WERE BLANK.

THEY DIDN'T SAY CONCUR OR DID NOT CONCUR.

THEY SIGNED, BUT I DID NOT KNOW IF THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY CONCURRED WITH THE DECISION OR DID NOT CONCUR WITH THE DECISION.

SO I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THE DETAILS OF THIS.

UH, IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO ONE YEAR, I MEAN, ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS FOR TWO YEARS.

RIGHT.

FIVE TOTAL.

I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON YOUR QUESTION.

ARE YOU STATING ON THE CONTRACT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SIGNATURE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE DOCUMENT? UH, I'M LOOKING AT IT HERE.

UH, I THINK KELLY O'DONNELL WAS ONE.

OH, HERE IT IS.

UH, LET'S SEE, THREE OF 26.

YES, THANK YOU.

PAGE THREE OF 26.

UH, THE SIGNATURE AND DATE IT SHOWS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THESE PEOPLE'S NAMES FULLY ARE.

I KIND OF CAN TELL NORMA WEST IS ONE, KELLY O'DONNELL AND DANIEL STEWART.

BUT, UH, FOR NORMA, KELLY AND DANIELLE, THEY DIDN'T CHECK CONCUR OR DO NOT CONCUR, WHEREAS THE FIRST TWO DID.

AND I JUST WANTED TO, I I WILL LET, UM, ER SPEAK TO THAT.

THANK YOU.

BUT NOW I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

HI, MY NAME IS VELMA ADAMS. I'M THE FLEET AND FACILITIES MANAGER.

I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IS THIS, UM, VALIDATION OF THE SCORE SHEET.

AND, UM, THEY DID ALL CONCUR.

I DO SEE WHERE IT'S NOT CHECKED OFF, AND

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SO THEY THEY DID CONCUR.

THEY DID CONCUR, YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND, UH, COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS CONTRACT? I MEAN, HAS THIS FIRM, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE BEST, UH, LOW COST BIDDER, I GUESS, BUT, UH, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS FIRM AND HAVE THEY DONE BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BEFORE? UH, OKAY.

UM, DEXTER IS THE, UH, CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE, UM, SUGGESTING FOR AWARD.

UM, THERE WERE ONE OF FIVE THAT WE, WE DID PUT OUT AN RFP FOR IT.

WE GOT FIVE RESPONSES.

UH, WE COMPLETED AN EVALUATION ON IT.

THEY WERE PART OF, PART OF THE EVALUATION WAS, UH, PRICING, 40% OF A A HUNDRED, UM, SCORE TOTAL OF A HUNDRED WAS, UH, PUT TOWARDS PRICING.

UH, THEY DID GET THE 40% OR 40 POINTS FOR THAT.

THEY DID HAVE THE LOWEST PRICE, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY WERE SUGGESTED.

UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEIR BACKGROUND AND THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS PART OF THE VALUATION AS WELL.

UM, SO THE EVALUATION OF ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER IS WHAT, UM, GAVE US THE AWARDED, UH, VENDOR.

THEY, I'M SORRY.

HAVE THEY DONE BUSINESS WITH ANY OTHER CITIES OR OUR CITY BEFORE? THEY HAVE DONE, UH, BUSINESS WITH CITIES.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE RATHER LARGE.

THEY, THEY HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE, UM, CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

THEY, UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BASED OUT OF AUSTIN, BUT THEY HAVE, UM, LOCATIONS, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 75 YEARS.

AND, UH, THEY, UM, THEY ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.

WE, UM, WE, WE SPOKE TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR NEEDS AND, UH, WE WERE SATISFIED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MELIS.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.

I SPOKE TO, WELL, I EMAILED THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS.

SO THE PROJECT MANAGER THAT STATED IN THE CONTRACT IS, HAS BEEN ASSIGNED, WHICH IS PROMISING CONGRATULATIONS, .

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATION IN THE CONTRACT ABOUT HAVING A PROGRESS REPORT AND HAVING CHECKS AND BALANCES.

AND THAT'S ALSO BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT.

SO YES, SIR.

VERY NICE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE AND THERE'S SOMEBODY ASSIGNED TO THIS, UH, AGREEMENT.

SO, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, PROGRESS REPORT IS ALSO CUSTOMIZABLE.

SO IF WE FIND A DEFICIENCY THAT WE DIDN'T NOTICE BEFORE, WE CAN ADD IT ON TO CONFIRM THAT, UM, WE'RE VALIDATING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE QUALITY IS THERE FOR OUR NEEDS.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY? YES.

UH, WHAT ARE THE, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT, UH, THE, UH, SERVICES BE PROVIDED FOR? IS IS, IS IT, DOES IT INCLUDE LGC, THE GOLF COURSE? YES, SIR.

IT DOES.

UM, SO IT, THEY COVER, THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR, TO ALL OF OUR CITY LOCATIONS, INCLUDING, UH, PD ANNS.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT CITY HALL, THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER, REC CENTER, ALL, ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS.

SO ALL ALTOGETHER, THERE'S, UH, 19 LOCATIONS, UH, SERVING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

UM, THEY WILL PROVIDE, UM, DAILY SERVICES THERE.

THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE WEEKLY SERVICES.

THEY ALL HAVE MONTHLY SERVICES AND ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL, UM, SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING.

WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE OPTION TO, TO PROVIDE, THEY CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR 'EM ON OUR REQUEST, SUCH AS COVID FOGGING, IF WE GET AN ANOTHER OUTBREAK OR IF WE, WE DO COVID, UH, FOGGING NOW, BUT WE DO IT IN-HOUSE.

BUT IF WE NEED SERVICES OR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE NEED THEIR HELP, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF SERVICES AS WELL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK, AND THAT'S BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, WILMA.

UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

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

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, WILMA.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, OUR APPOINTMENTS EIGHT A GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF, WAIT, HOLD ON.

I DO HAVE COUNCIL.

YES, MAYOR.

UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 10 C, UM, BEFORE EIGHT A.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THERE IS A, UM, A STAFF MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF STAFFORD THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.

OKAY.

THAT'S YOUR

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IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE? THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM 10

[(c) Consideration and Possible Action- A resolution with the City of Staff...]

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY WALTER GANTT, DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

YES, SIR.

SAY, UM, YES.

I NEED TO GET THE PRESENTATION UP.

NICE PAUSE.

UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

EVENING TONIGHT.

WHAT I'LL HAVE FOR YOU IS THE MISSOURI CITY ANIMAL SERVICES STAFFORD INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.

I WANTED TO GIVE A, UH, BRIEF HISTORY ON THIS.

THE, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER HAS HAD A SHARED JOINT USE AGREEMENT SINCE 1987.

IN 2011, STAFFORD PAID AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND TOWARDS THE REDESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES OF A NEW SHELTER.

THE 2018 AMENDMENT AGREEMENT HAS ENDED, AND THE MISSOURI CITY, UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFFORD.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE, UH, FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, UH, AGAIN, HAS ENDED AND WE RESTRUCTURED IT FOR A NEW CONTRACT TO CONTINUE SO WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH STAFFORD, UM, ON A SHORT TERM SOLUTION, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS AT THE SHELTER.

UH, THIS CONTRACT, UH, HAS ALSO ALLOWED FOR TWO PART-TIME STAFF, UM, AND HAD ALSO, UH, THIS CONTRACT GIVES SEVEN KENNEL SPACES, UM, AT THE SHELTER, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

IT'S ALSO GREAT TO SEE THAT, UM, THE MOVEMENT THERE FOR THE ANIMALS IS ALSO WORKING OUT, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE TRANSPORTS, UH, NEEDS MET WITH THE NEW CONTRACT.

THE AGREEMENT ASSISTS WITH THE INCREASING COST OF RUNNING THE SHELTER, THE MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR TRANSPORT OF THE ANIMALS, ADEQUATE MANAGEMENT OF THE STAFF, UH, SOP COMPLIANCE, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR INTAKE AND, AND THE WAY WE RUN IT OPERATIONALLY.

UH, THE, IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO RENEWALS FOR A TOTAL OF THREE YEARS.

SO WE'RE NOT STUCK IN THIS CONTRACT, AND NEITHER IS STAFFORD.

UM, CITY OF STAFFORD.

YOU KNOW, THEY BENEFIT IN REGARDS TO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A NEW SHELTER.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO FUND THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

AND IT ALSO, NOW THEY'RE, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS.

IT'LL BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEM IN SERVING THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL.

IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK THEM AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

UH, I SIGNED UP TO ASK A QUESTION, WALTER, UH, WITH THIS NEW AGREEMENT, WHAT'S THE, IS THERE A COST CHANGE? I MEAN, IS THERE DIFFERENCES IN THE NEW COST? IF SO, WHAT THAT IS? WELL, THE AMOUNT FOR THIS IS 117,852.

UH, LAST YEAR'S COST ANNUALLY WAS 29,352.

OKAY.

AND WITH THIS, I KNOW WE JUST HAD OUR NEW OPENING THAT WE HAD, UM, WILL THERE BE A PLAN TO ADD MORE SPACES INTO THAT KERNEL SPACES FOR STAFFORD, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE KEEPING IT TO WHERE THEY WANT IT WE'RE AT THIS TIME, KEEPING IT TO SEVEN TO SEVEN.

YEAH.

SO FROM THEM, FROM I SAY WHEN I SAY THEM, CITY OF STAFFORD, HAS THERE BEEN ANY NEW ITEMS THAT THEY BROUGHT THROUGH, UH, IN ORDER FOR THIS CONTRACT? UH, NO.

TO MISSOURI CITY? NO NEW ITEMS? NO NEW ITEMS? NO, SIR.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MORE.

SO, WALTER, YOU SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD A NEW SHELTER, BUT ISN'T THIS A KIND OF SOFT LANDING FOR THEM RIGHT NOW? SO THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A SHELTER ONE DAY, BUT WE'RE JUST HELPING THEM THROUGH THAT UNTIL THEY DO THAT.

CORRECT.

UM, ANGEL, I JUST THINK, UM, THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF A REGIONAL SHELTER THAT THE COUNTY IS WORKING TOWARD.

SO TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD NEED TO BUILD A NEW SHE SHELTER IS OUT OF OUR PURVIEW.

YEAH.

AND WE HOPE THAT, UM, THE COUNTY WILL COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THAT REGIONAL SERVICE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO TRY TO HELP MAKE A REALITY.

OKAY.

AND AS FAR AS THE SEVEN DEDICATED

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UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY EFFICIENT IN MAKING SURE OUR TRANSPORTS ARE DONE REGULARLY ALSO.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY ISSUES, BUT IF THEY COME IN, WE WON'T TURN THE ANIMAL AWAY.

WE DO STILL HAVE AREAS AVAILABLE.

YEAH.

'CAUSE I THINK THE WAY IT READ IS THAT WE HAD PRIORITY AND IF THERE'S ROOM YES, SIR.

THEN THEY GET SEVEN.

YES, SIR.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF KENNELS THAT WE HAVE? GRAND TOTAL, TOTAL NUMBER OF KIMS, I BELIEVE IT'S 37, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU APPROXIMATE ANSWER ON THAT SO I CAN GET THAT.

THAT'S ALRIGHT.

THAT, THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

OR, OR 42, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE ON THAT.

OKAY.

AND SO THE SEVEN DEDICATED, WHICH YOU JUST, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE, OF THE FUNDS, CAN YOU KIND OF ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? PREVIOUSLY YOU SAID THAT IT'S GONNA BE 117,000 MM-HMM.

, IS THAT FOR ONE YEAR OR FOR FOR ONE? THAT'S ONE IN ONE YEAR.

YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

VERSUS WHAT THEY HAD PAID IN THE PAST WAS WHAT? YES.

WHICH WAS 29,352.

OH, THANK YOU.

YES, MA'AM.

ALRIGHT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

YES.

UH, I NOTICED IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, THIS WAS, UH, SHOWN AS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION.

UH, DOES THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM STAFFORD, ARE THEY HERE? COULD WE MAYBE GET SOME KIND OF A YES, SIR.

THEY ARE CLARIFICATION FROM THEM.

MORNING, EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS SCOTT ETH.

I'M THE CODE COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF STAFFORD, AND I'M THE TEAM LEAD FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.

UM, RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE FIXING TO BUILD A SHELTER IN STAFFORD.

UH, THERE IS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COUNTY GOING TO A REGIONAL FACILITY.

UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S EASIER TO PUSH THE ROCK AS A GROUP THAN IT IS TO DO IT BY YOURSELF.

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT IN ANIMAL CONTROL RIGHT NOW IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR ALL AGENCIES.

IF YOU CALL FORT BEND COUNTY, THEY'RE FULL AND THEY'RE FULL ALL THE TIME.

UM, IT'S A PROBLEM AND IT'S A PROBLEM NATIONWIDE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND AND, AND, AND TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION.

UM, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER AS FAR AS ARE WE GONNA STRIKE A AND AND BUILD A SHELTER IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS? UM, JUST CAN'T.

OKAY.

WELL, MY OTHER QUESTION, UH, IS THAT, UH, UH, AND I THINK WE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON IT.

UH, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF MISSOURI CITY HAS RUN OUT OF CAPACITY FOR OUR DOGS, THERE'S, THERE WOULD, BECAUSE THIS IS A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER, UH, TERMINATING THAT AGREEMENT OR AT, AT THE NORMAL TERMINATION TIME SO THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE MISSOURI CITY DOGS.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO KICK YOU OUT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT UNDERSTAND THAT ANIMAL SHELTER IS, IS PRIMARILY FOR MISSOURI CITY DOGS.

AND IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ASSIST STANFORD IN THEIR, UH, THEIR PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND DO THAT.

BUT JUST SO THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTOOD, SIR, AND YOU SAY, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE OR WHEN FORT BEND COUNTY'S GONNA COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

UNDERSTOOD, SIR.

SO, UH, I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AND, AND I LIKE THE, UH, THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE LENGTH OF THAT.

SO I JUST, AND, AND I'M, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MISSOURI CITY DOGS FIRST.

UNDERSTOOD, SIR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

UM, LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

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

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - Appoint members to the 2024 Charte...]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

UM, THERE IS NO FORMAL PRESENTATION

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UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CHARTER REQUIRES THE APPOINTMENT OF A CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION IN JANUARY OF THE YEAR OF THE CHARTER, UH, PROPOSED CHARTER, A POTENTIAL CHARTER ELECTION.

UM, BACK IN OCTOBER.

I MET WITH YOU ALL AND PROVIDED THE PROPOSED PROCESS FOR THE SOLICITATION OF MEMBERS FOR THIS COMMISSION.

THE, UH, STAFF ADVERTISED, UH, UTILIZING NEWSPAPERS, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, MARQUEES, HOA LISTS AND OTHER MECHANISMS FROM OCTOBER UNTIL DECEMBER.

UH, AND THE CITY HAS RECEIVED, UH, FIVE APPLICANTS, UH, FIVE APPLICATIONS, UM, FROM SOME VERY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.

UH, THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUALS ARE, UH, JEREMY DAVIS.

HE'S AN ENGINEER AND FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE.

UH, UH, MARK RUBEL, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY AND A FORMER BOARD MEMBER FOR THE SIENNA, UH, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.

NUMBER TWO, UH, KEATON IN INAM, WHO IS THE DE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE FORT BEND COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT.

AND HE'S ALSO A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE AND HAS A BACKGROUND IN BUDGETING AND FINANCE.

UH, MARK KRAMER IS A PHARMACY CONSULTANT, AND HE HAS SERVED ON, UH, AN HOA, UH, LOCAL HOA BOARD.

UH, PETER, UH, HAN, UH, IS A RETIREE, BUT HAS ALSO SERVED ON AN HOA BOARD IN THE AREA.

UH, MR. HAN HAS ALSO, UH, ATTENDED THE POLICE AND FIRE ACADEMY AS WELL AS, UH, CITIZENS UNIVERSITY.

SO THESE, UH, FIVE APPLICANTS WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING.

I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE HERE AND PRESENT.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I LEAVE IT TO YOU ALL.

UH, AS MENTIONED, YOU HAVE UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY TWO APPOINT A COMMISSION.

ONCE THAT COMMISSION IS APPOINTED, THEY SERVE A SIX MONTH TERM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.

UH, YES.

UH, THE, UH, THE CUTOFF FOR THE, UH, APPLICATIONS WAS, UH, WHAT, THE 15TH? IT WAS DECEMBER 15TH OF DECEMBER? YES, SIR.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UH, AND THE REASON I, I ASKED THAT IS, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, FROM THE, UH, PRIOR, UH, UH, CITY, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT, UH, HAD EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST.

BUT, UH, IF, UH, WE NEED FIVE AND WE'VE GOT FIVE, UH, CANDIDATES THAT, UH, I'M ASSUMING PASSED ALL OF THE CRITERIA, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, ESTABLISHED.

SO, UH, I WILL, UH, UNLESS THERE'S SOME, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, UH, REQUIRES THAT WE, UH, HAVE ANOTHER, UH, CANDIDATE, UH, PLEASE, UH, KEEP, UH, UH, JOE WORKMAN, UH, IN, UH, CONSIDERATION.

UH, HE INDICATED, AND HE DIDN'T, HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T, UH, APPLY ON TIME.

UM, BUT, UH, UH, WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, HE SAID HE'D BE INTERESTED IF NEEDED.

SO, UH, I, I JUST WANT TO, UH, PUT HIS NAME ON THE LIST IN CASE WE, UH, HAVE A, UH, A NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMISSIONER.

SO, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILOR RAMONI.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK THAT THERE'S AN ITEM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING ENCLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT I BELIEVE IMPACTS THIS ITEM.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE NOT MAKE A DECISION ON THAT UNTIL WE, UH, ACTUALLY DISCUSS THINGS AND CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO, NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION TONIGHT, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO, UH, SPEAK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY.

RECOGNIZING, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM KLAUSER? YES.

UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

IS MR. KITAN IN, IN DEMAR HERE? CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? IN LOOKING AT YOUR, UM, APPLICATION, I NOTICE THAT I, IN THE QUALIFICATION STATEMENT, UM, YOU DID NOT AGREE TO, UM, THE, UH, TERMS OF IF APPOINTED YOU WILL MEET OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR BOARD AND UNDERSTAND THAT MISSING THREE CUMULATIVE MEETINGS PER CITY FISCAL YEAR IS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL AT THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD.

WERE YOU, IT'S PROBABLY AN ERROR WHILE I WAS TYPING TO IT.

SO, IS IS THAT AN ERROR? DID YOU MEAN TO YES.

THAT WAS JUST AN ERROR ON MY PART.

I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RILEY.

THANK YOU.

E OYS.

UM, IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE MISSES, UM, SOME OF THE MEETINGS, UM, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO APPOINT AN ALTERNATE

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UH, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

I THINK IT'S A, A GREAT IDEA, BUT THE CHARTER ONLY PROVIDES FOR FIVE.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, TO INCLUDE IN THE CHARTER MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT GRADE AND BECAUSE OF THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY FIVE, UM, I'M ASSUMING WE NEED AT LEAST THREE FOR QUORUM TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN MAKE PROPER DECISIONS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

GENERALLY, THE WAY WE PROCEED IS THAT THEY DON'T MAKE FORMAL DECISIONS UNTIL THE VERY LAST MEETING.

MM-HMM.

EACH MEETING, THEY'RE PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION ON PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS, AND THEN AT THE VERY LAST MEETING, THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND MY LAST QUESTION, WILL THEY ALSO GO THROUGH THE, UH, ETHICS TRAINING ALL BOARDS AND MOVING FORWARD? ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE, UH, REQUIRED TO, UH, COMPLETE THAT ETHICS TRAINING.

SO ONCE APPOINTED, THEY WILL RECEIVE THE LINK TO THE TRAINING AND BE ASKED TO COMPLETE THE FORM? YES.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU COUNCILOR RAMONE, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO POSTPONE.

IS IT POSTPONED? I'M, I WAS ASKING IF WE WOULD CONSIDER A POTENTIAL, UH, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION AFTER WE HAVE OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

EJO, DO WE, DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM? SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SO WHAT YOU COULD DO IS IF YOU WANTED TO GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW, YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE UP ITEM 12 A AT THIS POINT AND THEN COME BACK OUT AND CONTINUE THE AGENDA.

OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS ITEM, THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER 12 A, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THAT MOTION.

SO MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM, UH, EIGHT A, UH, AFTER 12 A.

OKAY.

SPEND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, WHICH I DON'T SEE ON THE SCREEN.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

NO OTHER, NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NINE, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND

[(1) Public Hearing - To receive comments for or against the proposed aband...]

NINE A, UH, ONE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED AB ABANDONMENT OF A 9.523 SQUARE FOOT DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN THE ARCADIA SUBDIVISION.

SO WE'LL NOW CALL, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NINE A ONE CITY SECRETARY.

DO WE HAVE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT.

OKAY.

WITH NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

UH, WE'LL NOW GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NINE A ONE AND NINE A TWO.

[(2) Consideration and Possible Action – First of Two Readings - An ordinan...]

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MARCUS SNELL, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UH, SO THIS IS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION.

UH, IF WE LOOK, I ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRESENTATION.

IF YOU LOOK TO ITEM THREE IN THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, OR PAGE THREE OF THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PACKET, UH, THAT SHOWS THE, UH, LIMITS OF THE EASEMENT, IT'S A 9,500 SQUARE FOOT EASEMENT.

HISTORICALLY, IT HAD BEEN USED FOR DRAINAGE TO MOVE ACROSS THE HUMBLE PIPELINE INTO AN EXISTING POND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, THE ARCADIA SUBDIVISION.

ALL OF THAT'S NOW BEEN MOVED INTO, UH, DETENTION FACILITIES.

IN ADDITION TO UNDERGROUND CONVEYANCE, THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED FOR THE CITY TO OWN OR OPERATE THIS EASEMENT AS WE WILL NOT OWN OR OPERATE ANY OF THE, UH, DETENTION FACILITIES WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.

AND SO WHO WILL MAINTAIN THIS? UH, IT IS CURRENTLY THE, WELL, THE EASEMENT ITSELF WILL BE ABANDONED.

THERE'LL BE HOMES PLACED ON TOP OF IT.

UH, BUT THE PONDS ARE THROUGH AGREEMENT TO BE MAINTAINED BY MUD.

UH, 26 23.

YEAH.

26.

26.

AND THE, UH, THAT'S ALONG WITH THE OTHER STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN BROWN MARSHALL.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MARCUS, COULD YOU TELL US HOW THIS CAME ABOUT? COULD WE START THERE? THE ABANDONMENT OF THE EASEMENT? MM-HMM.

.

UH, SO HISTORICALLY THAT

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IT'S ON PAGE THREE.

I'M VERY SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, THERE WAS A, AN EXISTING POND THAT EASEMENT ALLOWED FOR CONVEYANCE OF DRAINAGE FROM THE NORTH SIDE.

MM-HMM.

OF THE PIPELINE TO THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THERE WAS A DETENTION POND OR AN EXISTING FISHING KIND OF MUCK POND.

AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF COMING IN, THAT THAT PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT IS NOT BEING USED FOR STORM WATER CONVEYANCE ANYMORE.

THAT'S NOW MOVED TO UNDERGROUND STORM WATER, UH, FACILITIES.

AND THEN THAT GOES INTO THE POND.

THE POND'S ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, CONVERTED INTO A VERY NICE DETENTION FACILITY, AND THAT WILL BE WHERE THE WATER COLLECTS UNTIL IT MOVES DOWN SOUTH, UH, INTO THE CAR RIDE AREA.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, IS THERE A MOTION SEND? A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONY SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER.

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

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER

[(a) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving the submiss...]

I THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

RACHEL MARAY RECOGNITION AND COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS FOR THE STEP GRANT, STEP COMPREHENSIVE GRANT, WHICH WE HAVE HAD SINCE 2016.

THERE IS A 20.75 MATCH BY THE CITY, WHICH COMES FROM FRENCH BENEFITS FROM OFFICER OVERTIME.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO REDUCE CRASHES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE ARE REQUESTING APPLICATION OF IT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MEMBER MORALE MORALES, IT SAYS THANK YOU.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER 10 B,

[(b) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution approving the submiss...]

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, RACHEL STILL ME HAND THE ON, SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS JUST COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO STOP JUST COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE, WHEREAS STEP COMPREHENSIVE IS FOR ALL OTHER VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO REDUCE CRASHES WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, AND THERE'S A 20.61% MATCH ON THIS BY THE CITY.

ALSO COMES FROM, UH, FRINGE BENEFITS FOR OFFICER OVERTIME.

ALRIGHT.

I DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO, UH, ASK QUESTIONS.

YEP.

OR COMMENTS RECOGNIZING MAYOR LAUER.

HI RACHEL.

HI.

UM, WHICH, UM, TWO HIGH TRAFFIC LOCATIONS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I KNOW THIS, UH, MENTIONED TWO HIGH TRAFFIC LOCATIONS.

SO WHICH, WHICH TWO LOCATIONS ARE THESE? SO WE'RE ALLOWED TWO SQUARE MILES.

OKAY.

FOR EACH ZONE.

TXDOT ALLOCATES US TWO ZONES WITHIN THE CITY.

FOR THIS ONE PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE THE DISTRICT THAT GOES FROM 90 AND GESNER.

THAT WHOLE BASIC LOOP BETWEEN THE BELTWAY 90 AND GESNER, IT COMES DOWN TEXAS PARKWAY THROUGH BUFFALO RUN.

OKAY.

THROUGH THAT DISTRICT RIGHT THERE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT PARK OVER THERE.

AND THEN WE HAVE HIGHWAY SIX AND SIENNA PARKWAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD DOWN BY NORTH CREEK MONT.

SO SPANS OUR CITY END TO END.

OKAY.

FROM SIENNA AND THEN GOES UP TO VICKSBURG AND THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD FOR OUR ZONE TWO.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, UH, ON BOTH OF THOSE TWO, UH, GRANT APPLICATIONS, IS THERE A GRANT AMOUNT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US? SO, TDOT HAS ALWAYS CAPPED THE GRANT AND TOLD CITIES WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR 2025.

THEY HAVE OPENED THAT UP.

HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE BEEN UNDER OUR VALUES OF BEING ABLE TO SPEND THE ENTIRE ALLOTTED AMOUNT, WHICH IS WHY THIS YEAR HAVE KEPT THE AMOUNT FOR 2025 HAVE KEPT THE

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TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF KIND OF WHERE OUR NUMBERS ON OUR FIGURES ARE GONNA BE AT.

HOW MUCH IS THAT GRANT? SO THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE GRANT IS TDOT'S PORTION OF IT IS 11,930.

AND FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE GRANT, IT'S 22,992,000.

THEY'RE BOTH, UH, OUR PORTION IS WHAT, 27.5%? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? 20.61 ON COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND 20.75 ON COMPREHENSIVE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

UM, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARLIS.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[(d) Consideration and Possible Action - A resolution amending and restatin...]

AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

A DA GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE FOR CITY SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATING THERETO.

OKAY.

UH, PRESENTATION BY JASON MANGUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I DO, I DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.

UH, UH, ARTICLE TWO OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, UH, OUTLINES THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AGENCIES.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW.

UM, IT PROVIDES A, A, UH, GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND, UH, NAMES AN INDIVIDUAL AS AN A DA COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PROAM KLAUSER, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY.

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

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE NUMBER 11,

[11. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS]

UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WITH, UH, OUR, A LARGE POSITION ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, SONIA BROWN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

UM, I JUST ONLY HAD REAL SMALL COMMENTS ON TODAY.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SNOW DROP ULTRA RACE AND RELAY ON SATURDAY.

KUDOS TO ME, I MADE IT THERE AT 6:27 AM , AND IT WAS, UH, VERY COLD, BUT VERY WELL ATTENDED AND, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON, ON THAT AND WHY THEY, WHY THEY DO IT.

THE NUMBER 55, UH, WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE TWO DOCTORS THAT OPERATED ON ONE LITTLE GIRL RIGHT HERE AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR 27 HOURS.

SO THE ONE HOUR COUNTED FOR HER.

AND, UM, IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY CONTINUE TO RAISE MONEY, UH, TO THIS DATE AND PROBABLY GOING FORWARD FOR YEARS TO COME IN AN EFFORT TO, UM, HAVE RESEARCH FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER.

SO, KUDOS TO, UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

JASON, IT WAS AWESOME SEEING YOU OUT THERE AS WELL.

AND, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HOST SUCH A, UM, AN INCREDIBLE EVENT RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY.

IT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND LASTLY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SYLVESTER TURNER'S FAIRWELL GATHERING ON THIS PAST SATURDAY AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT WAS A GREAT DEAL AS WELL.

I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING A LARGE POSITION NUMBER TWO AND MAYOR PROTO LYNN KLAUSER.

YES.

UH, I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UM, I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES AT THE 11TH ANNUAL SNOW FEST PARADE.

THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR ATTENDING, AND I WANNA NOD TO COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE POINT PERSON FOR THAT EVENT AND RALLYING THE TROOPS.

AND WE, WE, WE STOOD TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY, UM, FOR EVERYBODY WHO WAS RUNNING IN THE COLD.

AND SO, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, UH, FOR BEING THERE.

THEY RAISED OVER $75,000 JUST THAT MORNING.

SO I'M PRETTY SURE BY THE END OF THE RACE THEY HAD RAISED MORE FOR, UH, PEDIATRIC CANCER.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE CITY'S HOLIDAY EMPLOYEE LUNCHEON AND THE BI BICENTENNIAL PARK IMPROVEMENT DISCUSSION ALONGSIDE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTEERS FROM THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COMMISSION.

UM, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TOMORROW IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER AS WE SEND OFF OUR VERY OWN MISSOURI CITY PRINCESS IN MISS TEXAS.

UH, ELLIE BRO, AS SHE HEADS TO COMPETE IN THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT, WE'LL BE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER TOMORROW FROM FIVE TO EIGHT.

SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN US AND AS WE, UH, AS WE ARE NOW IN 2024, I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO EAT LOCAL, SHOP, LOCAL, AND SUPPORT LOCAL RIGHT HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND A CAUSE, A MISSION, AN ORGANIZATION TO VOLUNTEER WITH.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE BY H BROWN JACKSON JR.

WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF LIFE'S LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK.

THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ARE NOT THOSE WHO ARE

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AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, RECOGNIZING, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT A MONICA RILEY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN.

UM, WHEN I WISH EVERYBODY A WONDERFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE, UH, BICENTENNIAL PARK, UM, PARK IN THE DARK, UM, AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, BEFORE THE LIGHTS SHOWED UP.

SO, UH, KUDOS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT.

WE WERE ABLE TO SCARE A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS OUT OF THEIR HOUSES TO COME AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH US.